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CONTAINING   THE 

OLD    AND    NEW    TESTAMENTS 

TRANSLATED   OUT   OF   THE   ORIGINAL   TONGUES 

BEING   THE   VERSION   SET   FORTH   A.D.   1611 
COMPARED  WITH  THE  MOST  ANCIENT  AUTHORITIES  AND  REVISED 

A.D.  1881-1885 

Netolg  3Eliiteti  tig  i\}c  American  i^c&ision  Committee 
A.D.  1901 

ST  AND  Ann  EDITION 


NEW  YORK 

THOMAS  NEL.S0:N  &   SONS 

381-885  FOURTH  AVENUE 


Bourgeois  8to 


This  Standard  American  Edition  of  the  Revised  Version  of  the  Bible,  and  editions  in  con- 
formity with  it  published  by  Messrs.  Thomas  Nelson  &  Sons  and  certified  by  this  endorsement, 
are  the  only  editions  authorized  by  the  American  Committee  of  Revision. 

George  E.  Day,  Secretary  of  the  Committee,  and  of  the  Old  Testam,ent  Company. 
J.  Henry  Thayer,  Secretary  of  the  New  Testament  Company. 


From  the  American  Standard  Edition  of  the  Revised  Bible, 

Copyright,  1901, 

By  THOMAS   NELSON  &  SONS. 

Copyright,  1929, 

By  international  COUNCIL  OF  RELIGIOUS  EDUCATION. 

to  insure  purity  of  text. 


J,  S.  CusUng  &  Co.  —  Berwick  &  Smith  Co. 
Norwood,  Mass.,  U.S.A. 


PREFACE 


A  FEW  statements  need  to  be  made  respecting  the  origin  of  this  edition 
of  the  Revised  Version  of  the  English  Bible. 

In  the  course  of  the  joint  labors  of  the  English  and  American  Revisers 
it  was  agreed  that,  respecting  all  points  of  ultimate  difference,  the  English 
Companies,  who  had  had  the  initiative  in  the  work  of  revision,  should  have 
the  decisive  vote.  But  as  an  offset  to  this,  it  was  proposed  on  the  British 
side  that  the  American  preferences  should  be  published  as  an  Appendix  in 
every  copy  of  the  Revised  Bible  during  a  term  of  fourteen  years.  The 
American  Committee  on  their  part  pledged  themselves  to  give,  for  the  same 
limited  period,  no  sanction  to  the  publication  of  any  other  editions  of  the 
Revised  Version  than  those  issued  by  the  University  Presses  of  England. 

There  still  remained  the  possibility  that  the  British  Revisers,  or  the 
University  Presses,  might  eventually  adopt  in  the  English  editions  many, 
or  the  most,  of  the  American  preferences,  in  case  these  should  receive  the 
approval  of  scholars  and  the  general  public.  But  soon  after  the  close  of 
their  work  in  1885  the  English  Revision  Companies  disbanded ;  and  there 
has  been  no  indication  of  an  intention  on  the  part  of  the  Presses  to  amalga- 
mate the  readings  of  the  Appendix,  either  wholly  or  in  part,  with  the  text 
of  the  English  editions. 

The  American  Revision  Committee,  after  the  publication  of  the  Revised 
Version  in  1885,  resolved  to  continue  their  organization,  and  have  regarded 
it  as  a  possibility  that  an  American  recension  of  the  Englisn  Revision  might 
eventually  be  called  for.  Accordingly  they  have  been  engaged  more  or  less 
diligently,  ever  since  1885,  and  especially  since  the  year  1897,  in  making 
ready  for  such  a  publication.  The  judgment  of  scholars,  both  in  Great 
Britain  and  in  the  United  States,  has  so  far  approved  the  American  prefer- 
ences that  it  now  seems  to  be  expedient  to  issue  an  edition  of  the  Revised 
Version  with  those  preferences  embodied  in  the  text. 

If  the  preparation  of  this  new  edition  had  consisted  merely  in  the 
mechanical  work  of  transferring  the  readings  of  the  Appendix  to  the  text, 
it  would  have  been  a  comparatively  easy  task.  But  the  work  was  in  point 
of  fact  a  much  more  elaborate  one.  The  Appendix  w^as  itself  in  need  of 
revision;  for  it  had  been  prepared  under  circumstances  which  rendered 
fulness  and  accuracy  almost  impossible.  This  work  could  of  course  not  be 
taken  in  hand  until  the  revision  was  concluded ;  and  since  it  required  a 
careful  consideration  of  discussions  and  decisions  extending  over  a  period 
of  many  years,  there  was  need  of  many  months'  time,  if  the  Appendix  was 
to  be  satisfactorily  constructed,  especially  as  it  was  thought  desirable  to 


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reduce  the  number  of  recorded  differences,  and  this  required  the  drawing 
of  a  sharp  line  between  the  more  and  the  less  important.  Manifestly  such 
a  task  would  be  one  of  no  little  difficulty  at  the  best.  But  when  the  time 
came  for  it  to  be  done,  the  University  Presses  deemed  that  the  impatient 
demand  of  the  British  public  for  the  speedy  publication  of  the  Revision 
must  be  respected  ;  and  they  insisted  on  a  prompt  transmission  of  the 
Appendix.  Prepared  under  such  pressure  and  in  such  haste,  it  was  obvi- 
ously inevitable  that  it  should  be  marked  by  grave  imperfections  ;  and  the 
correction  of  its  errors  and  the  supplementing  of  its  defects  has  been  a 
'work  of  much  time  and  labor. 

When  the  Appendix  was  originally  prepared,  an  effort  was  made  to 
pave  the  way  for  an  eventual  acceptance  of  the  American  preferences  on 
the  part  of  the  English  Presses,  by  reducing  the  number  of  the  points 
of  difference  to  the  lowest  limit,  and  thus  leaving  out  much  the  larger 
part  of  the  emendations  which  the  Revisers  had  previously  by  a  two-thirds 
vote  pronounced  to  be  in  their  opinion  of  decided  importance.  In  now 
issuing  an  American  edition,  the  American  Revisers,  being  entirely  untram- 
melled by  any  connection  with  the  British  Revisers  and  Presses,  have  felt 
themselves  to  be  free  to  go  beyond  the  task  of  incorporating  the  Appendix 
in  the  text,  and  are  no  longer  restrained  from  introducing  into  the  text  a 
large  number  of  those  suppressed  emendations. 

The  remainder  of  this  Preface  has  especial  reference  to  the  Old  Testa- 
ment. Nothing  needs  to  be  said  about  the  various  particular  proposals 
which  are  found  in  the  Appendix  of  the  English  Revised  Version.  But 
some  remarks  may  be  made  concerning  the  General  Classes  of  changes, 
therein  specified,  and  also  concerning  those  emendations  in  this  edition 
which  are  additional  to  those  prescribed  in  the  Appendix. 

I.  The  change  first  proposed  in  the  Appendix  —  that  which  substitutes 
"  Jehovah  "  for  "  Lord  "  and  "  God  "  (printed  in  small  capitals)  —  is  one 
which  will  be  unwelcome  to  many,  because  of  the  frequency  and  famili- 
arity of  the  terms  displaced.  But  the  American  Revisers,  after  a  careful 
consideration,  were  brought  to  the  unanimous  conviction  that  a  Jewish 
superstition,  which  regarded  the  Divine  Name  as  too  sacred  to  be  uttered, 
ought  no  longer  to  dominate  in  the  English  or  any  other  version  of  the 
Old  Testament,  as  it  fortunatelj^  does  not  in  the  numerous  versions  made 
by  modern  missionaries.  This  Memorial  Name,  explained  in  Ex.  iii.  14, 
15,  and  emphasized  as  such  over  and  over  in  the  original  text  of  the 
Old  Testament,  designates  God  as  the  personal  God,  as  the  covenant  God, 
the  God  of  revelation,  the  Deliverer,  the  Friend  of  his  people;  —  not 
merely  the  abstractly  "  Eternal  One  "  of  many  French  translations,  but  the 
ever  living  Helper  of  those  who  are  in  trouble.  This  personal  name,  with 
its  wealth  of  sacred  associations,  is  now  restored  to  the  place  in  the  sacred 
text  to  which  it  has  an  unquestionable  claim. 

The  uniform  substitution  of  "  Sheol "  for  "  the  grave,"  "  the  pit,"  and 
"  hell,"  in  places  where  these  terms  have  been  retained  by  the  English 
Revision,  has  little  need  of  justification.  The  English  Revisers  use  "  Sheol  " 
twenty-nine  times  out  of  the  sixty-four  in  which  it  occurs  in  the  original. 

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No  good  reason  has  been  given  for  such  a  discrimination.  If  the  new  term 
can  be  fitly  used  at  all,  it  is  clear  that  it  ought  to  be  used  uniformly. 

The  use  of  "  who  "  and  "  that "  for  "  which,"  when  relating  to  persons, 
should  commend  itself  to  all  as  required  by  grammatical  accuracy.  The 
same  remark  applies  to  the  substitution  of  "  are  "  for  "  be  "  in  indicative 
clauses,  the  omission  of  "  for  "  before  infinitives,  and  the  change  of  "  an  " 
to  "  a  "  before  "  h  "  aspirated.  The  latter  change  was  made  in  the  English 
Revision  of  the  New  Testament,  but  not  in  that  of  the  Old.  Likewise  we 
have  uniformly  adopted  the  modern  spelling  in  place  of  antiquated  forms. 
No  one  would  advocate  the  resumption  of  the  exact  orthography  of  the 
edition  of  1611.  The  mere  fact  that  in  a  few  cases  an  older  form  has 
happened  to  be  retained  constitutes  no  reason  for  its  perpetual  retention. 

II.  Inasmuch  as  the  present  edition  differs  from  the  English  Revision 
not  simply  in  presenting  in  the  text  the  American  preferences  as  given  in 
the  Appendix,  a  few  remarks  may  be  made  with  regard  to  the  additional 
variations  which  will  be  found  to  exist, 

1.  As  has  already  been  intimated,  this  edition  embodies  a  very  con- 
siderable number  of  renderings  originally  adopted  by  the  American  Old 
Testament  Company  at  their  second  revision  (and  so  by  a  two-thirds 
majority),  but  waived  when  the  Appendix  was  prepared.  These  repre- 
sent the  deliberate  preference  of  the  American  Company  ;  but,  for  reasons 
already  assigned,  they  were  not  included  in  the  Appendix. 

2.  Partly  coinciding  with  the  foregoing  is  a  number  of  alterations 
which  consist  in  a  return  to  the  readings  of  the  Authorized  Version.  While 
in  some  cases  the  older  readings,  though  inaccurate,  seem  to  have  been 
retained  in  the  English  Revision  through  an  excessive  conservatism,  in 
others  they  have  been  abandoned  needlessly,  and  sometimes  to  the  injury 
of  the  sense  and  the  sound.  In  such  cases  fidelity  to  the  general  principle 
that  has  governed  us  has  required  us  to  give  the  preference  to  the  rendering 
of  the  Common  Version.  Among  the  many  instances  of  these  restorations 
we  may  note  :  Ex.  xx.  4,  13  ;  Lev.  xix.  22  ;  Ps.  xlviii.  1 ;  civ.  2&  ;  cxiv.  4  ; 
cxvi.  11 ;  Prov.  xiii.  15  ;  Am.  vi.  5. 

3.  Sometimes  we  have  found  occasion  to  recede  from  proposals  origi- 
nally made,  when  a  more  careful  and  mature  consideration  required  us 
to  do  so.  Besides  individual  cases,  like  Ps.  Ixviii.  8  ;  Ezek.  v.  13,  may 
be  mentioned  the  fact  that  the  requirement  of  the  Appendix,  that  "be 
ashamed  "  should  everywhere  be  changed  to  "  be  put  to  shame,"  has  been 
found  to  need  qualification.  While  the  change  seems  desirable  in  a  major- 
ity of  the  instances,  it  is  by  no  means  so  in  all.  We  have  therefore 
retained  "  ashamed  "  in  a  large  number  of  passages  ;  in  some,  however,  we 
have  preferred  "confounded"  as  better  suiting  the  connection. 

4.  Very  many  of  the  instances  in  which  we  have  gone  beyond  the 
literal  requirements  of  the  Appendix  are  alterations  demanded  by  consist- 
ency. Changes  were  originallj'^  proposed  in  certain  passages  only,  though 
the  reason  for  the  changes  equally  requires  them  to  be  made  in  numerous 
others.  Thus  at  Ps,  xxxiii.  5,  and  in  tw^enty-four  other  places,  "  justice  " 
was  to  be  put  for  "judgment."  But  it  is  manifest  that  in  a  multitude  of 
other  passages  there  is  equal  need  of  the  same  alteration.    We  have  accord- 


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ingly  undertaken  to  introduce  it  wherever  the  Hebrew  word  plainly  has 
this  abstract  sense.  For  the  same  reason  we  have  substituted  "  ordinance  " 
for  "judgment"  in  the  numerous  passages,  like  Lev.  xviii.  4,  where  the 
word  denotes,  not  a  judicial  sentence,  threatened  or  inflicted,  but  a  law  of 
action.  This  rendering  of  the  Hebrew  word  is  found  in  the  Authorized 
Version  in  some  instances,  and  has  been  introduced  by  the  Revised  Ver- 
sion in  a  few  more  ;  but,  since  the  English  word  "  judgment "  in  common 
use  never  denotes  a  statute  or  command,  it  is  manifestly  desirable  that 
"  ordinance  "  should  be  used  wherever  the  Hebrew  word  has  this  meaning. 

Similarly,  the  English  Revision  in  a  few  cases,  and  the  Old  Testament 
Appendix  in  a  few  more,  put  "  despoil "  for  "  spoil."  But  the  same  reason 
which  holds  for  those  few  is  equally  good  for  the  numerous  others  in 
which  this  word  occurs.  The  word  "  spoil "  in  the  Authorized  Version 
represents  a  great  number  of  Hebrew  words,  some  of  which  denote  "  lay 
waste,"  "  ruin,"  or  "  destroy,"  rather  than  "  despoil  " ;  and  as  "  spoil "  has 
nearly  lost  in  popular  use  its  original  meaning,  and  is  liable  to  occasion 
misconception,  we  have  replaced  it  by  "  despoil,"  "  plunder,"  "  ravage," 
and  other  terms,  each  as  best  adapted  to  the  connection. 

In  like  manner  we  have  carried  out  another  alteration  which  was 
made  to  a  limited  extent  by  the  English  Revisers  —  the  distinction  between 
the  words  "stranger"  ("strange"),  "foreigner"  ("foreign"),  and  "so- 
journer." These  renderings  correspond  fairly  well  to  three  distinct 
Hebrew  words  ;  there  is  no  good  reason  why  the  correspondence  should 
not  be  made  uniform  throughout.  Likewise  we  have  carried  out  con- 
sistently the  substitution  of  "  false,"  "  falsehood,"  and  other  terms,  for 
"  vain,"  "  vanity,"  where  the  meaning  of  the  original  requires  it.  Here 
too  a  beginning  was  made  by  us  in  the  Appendix.  Many  other  examples 
might  be  adduced. 

Here  may  be  mentioned  also  that  changes  made  for  the  sake  of  eu- 
phemism have  been  considerably  increased.  It  has  not  been  possible  in 
every  case  to  find  an  appropriate  substitute  for  terms  which  in  modern 
times  have  become  offensive  ;  but  when  it  has  been  possible,  we  have 
deemed  it  wise  to  make  the  change.  Some  of  the  words,  as,  for  example, 
"  bowels,"  are  tolerable  when  used  in  their  literal  sense,  but  offensive 
when  employed  in  a  psychological  sense.  Thus,  no  other  word  would  be 
appropriate  in  2  Sam.  xx.  10  ;  but  in  Jer.  iv.  19  or  Lam.  i.  20  to  retain  that 
term  would  be  both  unpleasant  and  incorrect.  The  conception  of  the 
writer  is  not  really  reproduced  by  a  literal  translation.  The  Hebrews 
were  accustomed  to  attribute  mental  actions  or  emotions  to  various  physi- 
cal organs,  whereas  in  English  such  a  trope  is  limited  almost  entirely  to 
"  heart  "  and  "  brain."  There  is  nowhere  any  occasion  for  using  the  latter 
of  these  in  the  Bible  ;  consequently  it  is  almost  unavoidable  that  "  heart " 
should  often  be  used  as  the  translation  of  different  Hebrew  words.  All 
scholars  know  that  the  Hebrew  word  commonly  rendered  "  heart "  is  used 
very  largely  to  denote  not  so  much  the  seat  of  the  emotions,  as  the  seat  of 
thought.  It  is  rendered  in  the  Authorized  Version  more  than  twenty  times 
by  "  mind,"  and  might  well  be  so  rendered  much  oftener. 

The  word  "  reins  "  is  one  of  those  which  in  the  Old  Testament  is  used 

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in  a  psychological  relation.  This  word  was  retained  by  the  English 
Revisers,  and  was  also  left  without  mention  by  the  American  Revisers 
when  they  prepared  their  Appendix.  But  if  the  synonymous  word  "  kid- 
neys "  had  been  used  in  these  passages,  there  would  be  an  earnest  and 
unanimous  protest.  In  favor  of  the  continued  use  of  "  reins,"  therefore, 
one  can  only  urge  the  poor  reason  that  most  readers  attach  to  it  no  mean- 
ing whatever.  We  have  consequently  regarded  it  as  only  a  consistent 
carrying  out  of  our  general  principle  when  we  have  uniformly  substituted 
"heart"  for  it,  whenever  it  is  used  in  a  psychological  sense. 

In  this  connection  it  may  be  remarked  that,  while  the  English  Revis- 
ers, yielding  to  the  urgent  representations  of  the  Americans,  voted  to  sub- 
stitute "its"  for  "his"  or  "her"  when  relating  to  impersonal  objects  not 
personified,  the  substitution  was  so  imperfectly  made  that  we  have  had 
occasion  to  supplement  the  work  in  some  two  hundred  cases. 

Furthermore,  the  general  intention  of  the  American  Revisers  to  elimi- 
nate obsolete,  obscure,  and  misleading  terms,  has  been  more  fully  carried 
out  by  replacing  some  expressions  which  were  left  unmentioned  in  the 
Appendix  ;  e.g.,  "  boiled  "  (Ex.  ix.  31),  "  in  good  liking  "  (Job  xxxix.  4). 

5.  Closely  connected  with  the  foregoing  are  certain  additional  altera- 
tions which  have  seemed  to  be  required  by  regard  for  pure  English  idiom. 

We  are  not  insensible  to  the  justly  lauded  beauty  and  vigor  of  the 
style  of  the  Authorized  Version,  nor  do  we  forget  that  it  has  been  no  part 
of  our  task  to  modernize  the  diction  of  the  Bible.  But  we  are  also  aware 
that  the  rhetorical  force  and  the  antique  flavor  which  we  desire  to  retain 
do  not  consist  in  sporadic  instances  of  uncouth,  unidiomatic,  or  obscure 
phraseology.  While  we  may  freely  admit  that  the  English  of  the  Scrip- 
tures can,  as  a  whole,  hardly  be  improved,  yet  it  would  be  extravagant  to 
hold  that  it  cannot  be  bettered  in  any  of  its  details.  What  was  once  good 
usage  is  often  such  no  longer  ;  and  we  can  see  no  sound  reason  for  retain- 
ing such  expressions  as  "  smell  thereto  "  (Ex.  xxx.  38),  "  f oi'th  of  "  (instead 
of  "  forth  from  "),  "  inquire  at  "  (1  K.  xxii.  5),  "  a  fool's  vexation  is  heavier 
than  them  both  "  (Prov.  xxvii.  3),  or  "  when  ...  he  be  jealous  over  his 
wife "  (Num.  v.  30).  These  are  only  a  few  of  the  many  instances  of 
phrfiseology  which  there  is  the  best  reason  for  amending. 

A  change  of  a  more  general  kind  is  the  introduction  of  a  greater  degree 
of  consistency  and  propriety  in  the  use  of  the  auxiliaries  "  will  "  and 
"  shall."  The  latter  is  certainly  used  to  excess  in  the  Authorized  Version, 
especially  when  connected  with  verbs  denoting  an  action  of  the  Divine 
Being  ;  and  the  two  are  also  often  very  inconsistently  used,  as  may  be 
observed  in  such  a  striking  case  as  Ps.  cxxi.  3,  4. 

Again,  the  attempt  to  translate  literally  from  the  original  has  not  in- 
frequently led  to  Hebraisms  which  had  better  be  avoided.  Many  of  these 
have  indeed  become,  as  it  were,  naturalized  in  our  language,  and  need  not 
be  disturbed.  But  others  must  be  called  bad  and  outlandish.  Thus,  in 
Ezek.  XX.  17,  we  read,  "  mine  eye  spared  them  from  destroying  them," 
which  is  a  very  literal  translation  of  the  Hebrew,  but  very  poor  English. 
Scarcely  more  tolei'able  is  the  expression,  "  that  they  may  be  to  do  the 
service "  (Num.  viii.  11),  which  also  comes  from  over-literalness.     To  the 


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same  class  belongs  the  phrase  "  by  the  hand  of,"  as  used  after  such  expres- 
sions as  "Jehovah  spake"  (or,  "commanded"),  e.g.,  in  Num.  xxvii.  23. 
This  is  indeed  the  literal  rendering  ;  but  the  Hebrew  really  means  simply 
"  through  "  or  '"'  by  means  of,"  and  is  in  the  majority  of  these  instances  in 
the  Authorized  Version  rendered  "  by,"  but  sometimes  "  by  the  hand  of." 
Manifestly  the  simpler  form  is  every  way  preferable  ;  and  the  change,  if 
any  is  made,  should  be  in  this  direction,  whereas  in  the  English  Revision 
"  by "  is,  in  nine  cases  out  of  forty-two,  changed  to  "  by  the  hand  of." 
Similarly,  "  in  the  land,"  in  Deut.  v.  16  and  in  several  other  places,  has  been 
changed  in  the  English  Revision  to  ""  upon  the  land  "  ;  but  as  "  land  "  is 
here  equivalent  to  "  country,"  "  in  the  land  "  is  clearly  the  most  appropri- 
ate. In  both  these  groups  of  cases  we  have  everywhere  adopted  the 
idiomatic  English,  rather  than  the  slavishly  literal,  rendering. 

6.  In  introducing  certain  translations  different  from  those  of  the  Eng- 
lish Revised  Version,  and  also  not  directly  or  implicitly  required  by  the 
Appendix,  we  have  been  governed  by  the  conviction  that,  in  cases  where 
accuracy  and  perspicuity  clearly  required  an  emendation,  we  were  fully 
warranted  in  resorting  to  it.  We  have  been  careful,  in  making  these  altera- 
tions, to  consult  the  best  authorities,  and  especially  the  recent  carefully 
revised  versions  of  the  German,  Fi-ench,  Dutch,  Danish,  Swedish,  and 
Norwegian  Bibles.  Few  certainly  will  object  to  such  alterations  as  are 
found  in  Deut.  xxxii.  14  ;  Judg.  v.  20  ;  Is.  xxx.  32  ;  xxxv.  8  ;  Hos.  xi.  2  ; 
Mic.  i.  6.  We  have  also  not  hesitated  to  insert  "  the  "  before  "  Jordan  " 
and  other  names  of  rivers.  Likewise,  as  the  English  Revisers  had  with 
good  reason  removed  the  fabulous  '*  unicorn  "  from  the  Old  Testament,  so 
we  have  removed  the  equally  fabulous  "  dragon,"  as  also  the  "  arrow- 
snake"  of  the  English  Revision  (Is.  xxxiv.  15)  —  an  animal  unknown  to 
zoology,  the  term  having  obviously  been  adopted  through  a  too  literal 
translation  of  the  German  word  "  Ffeilschlange." 

7.  Another  particular  in  which  we  have  to  some  extent  deviated  from 
the  requirements  of  the  Appendix  relates  to  our  treatment  of  the  refer- 
ences in  the  margin  to  the  readings  of  ancient  versions.  On  account  of  the 
extreme  difficulty  of  correcting  the  Hebrew  text  by  means  of  those  ver- 
sions, we  originally  decided  that  it  would  be  better  to  make  no  reference 
to  them  at  all.  The  case  is  radically  different  from  that  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment, where  the  variant  readings  are  mostly  found  in  Greek  manuscripts  of 
the  New  Testament  itself.  The  authorities  referred  to  in  the  Old  Testament 
are  translations  from  the  Hebrew  ;  and  though  the  date  of  these  translations 
is  more  ancient  than  any  extant  manuscripts  of  the  Hebrew  Bible,  yet 
there  is  no  means  of  verifying  with  certainty  the  text  of  these  translations  ; 
and  one  can  never  get  beyond  plausible  conjecture  in  attempting  to  cor- 
rect the  Hebrew  text  by  means  of  them.  It  is  one  thing  to  admit  that 
the  Hebrew  text  is  probably  corrupt  here  and  there ;  quite  another,  to  be 
sure  how  to  rectify  it.  In  the  English  Revision  there  are  frequent  refer- 
ences in  the  margin  to  the  ancient  versions.  The  most  of  these  seem  to  us 
at  the  best  of  trivial  importance,  and  have  been  dropped.  A  few  represent 
only  a  different  vocalization  of  the  Hebrew.  A  certain  number,  however, 
have  to  do  with  variations  of  some  importance  and  such  as  may,  with 

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PREFACE 

considerable  probability,  be  conjectured  to  represent  the  original  Hebrew. 
We  have  therefore  retained  a  little  more  than  one-sixth  of  the  references 
given  in  the  English  Revision,  but  have  been  careful  to  designate  which 
of  the  ancient  versions  contain  a  specified  reading,  instead  of  making  the 
vague,  and  often  inaccurate,  statement  that  ''  some "  or  "  many "  ancient 
versions  present  the  reading  in  question. 

8.  For  the  sake  of  facilitating  the  use  of  the  Old  Testament  we  have 
provided  it  with  marginal  references  to  parallel  and  illustrative  passages, 
and  with  topical  headings.  In  preparing  the  references  we  have  been 
assisted  by  able  scholars  not  connected  with  the  Old  Testament  Company. 
The  aim  has  been  to  illustrate  and  elucidate  the  meaning  by  referring  to 
other  passages  which,  either  in  word  or  in  thought,  bear  a  resemblance  to 
the  one  under  consideration.  Previous  lists  have  been  consulted,  but  they 
have  been  carefully  sifted,  and  the  effort  has  been  made  to  omit  every- 
thing that  is  irrelevant  or  misleading.  In  preparing  the  headings  we  have 
intended,  by  means  of  brief  but  descriptive  terms,  to  enable  the  reader  to 
see  at  a  glance  what  the  general  contents  of  each  page  are.  Everything 
that  might  seem  to  savor  of  a  questionable  exegesis  has  been  carefully 
avoided. 

9.  Considerable  attention  has  been  paid  to  the  paragraph  divisions  and 
to  the  punctuation.  While  the  English  Revisers  did  well  to  abandon  the 
older  way  of  making  a  paragraph  of  each  verse,  they  often  went  to  the 
opposite  extreme  of  making  the  paragraphs  excessively  long,  leaving  in 
some  cases  whole  pages  without  a  break,  as,  for  example,  at  Gen.  xxiv.  and 
Num.  xxii.-xxiv.  We  have  revised  the  paragraph  divisions  throughout, 
making  them  generally  shorter,  and  sometimes  altering  the  place  of  the 
division. 

In  the  matter  of  punctuation,  we  have  aimed  to  remove  many  incon- 
sistencies found  in  previous  editions,  and  also,  while  retaining  the  general 
system  adopted  by  our  predecessors,  to  make  the  book  conform  somewhat 
more  nearly  to  modern  usage.  One  result  is  a  considerable  reduction  of 
the  number  of  colons,  which  are  often  replaced  by  semicolons,  occasionally 
by  periods  or  commas.  In  some  cases  a  change  of  punctuation  has  modi- 
fied the  sense  ;  as,  e.g.,  in  Gen.  ii.  5  ;  xiv.  24  ;  Ezek.  xxix.  9,  10.  We  have 
also  made  much  more  frequent  use  of  the  hyphen  than  has  been  made  in 
previous  editions.  In  many  instances  we  have  recurred  to  the  punctuation 
of  the  Authorized  Version,  especially  where  the  English  Revisers  have 
departed  from  it  out  of  an  undue  regard  to  the  pausal  accents  of  the 
Massoretic  text ;  as,  e.g..,  in  Lev.  vi.  7  ;  Zech.  xi.  16. 

Further  particulars  respecting  the  points  of  difference  between  this 
edition  and  the  English  Revision  of  1881-1885  may  be  learned  from  the 
Appendix  to  the  Old  Testament,  which  is  published  in  the  first  edition 
of  this  version  of  the  Bible. 

Earnestly  hoping  that  our  work  may  contribute  to  the  better  under- 
standing of  the  Old  Testament,  we  commend  it  to  the  considerate  judgment 
of  all  students  of  the  Sacred  Scriptures. 


LS 


THE  NAMES  AND  ORDER 

OF  THE 

BOOKS   OF   THE   OLD   TESTAMENT. 


PAGE 

Genesis 1 

Ecclesiastes 

Exodus 

.       53 

Song  of  Solomon      .        .        .        . 

Leviticus  . 

.       97 

Isaiah 

Numbers     . 

.     129 

Jeremiah 

Deuteronomy 

.     174 

Lamentations 

Joshua 

.     213 

EZEKIEL 

Judges 

.    239 

Daniel 

Klth  . 

.     266 

Hosea 

I.  Samuel   . 

.    270 

Joel 

II.  Samuel. 

.    304 

Amos  ....<,.. 

I.  Kings 

.    333 

Obadiah 

II.  Kings     . 

.     366 

Jonah          

I.  Chronicles 

.     398 

MiCAH 

II.  Chronicles 

.     428 

Nahum         

Ezra   . 

.     465 

Habakkuk.         .        .         .         .        . 

Nehemiah  . 

.    476 

Zephaniah 

Esther 

.    492 

Haggai 

Job 

.     500 

Zechariah. 

Psalms 

.     538 

Malachi 

Proverbs   . 

.     629 

THE  NAMES  AND  ORDER 

OF  THE 

BOOKS   OF   THE  NEW   TESTAMENT. 


PAGE 

The  Gospel  :  — 

II.  Thessalonians      .        ,        . 

According  to  Matthew  ...         1 

I.  Timothy  . 

According  to  Mark 

35 

II.  Timothy 

According  to  Luke  . 

57 

Titus  . 

According  to  John 

93 

Philemon 

The  Acts    . 

121 

Hebrews 

Romans 

157 

James . 

I.  Corinthians 

173 

I.  Peter 

11.  Corinthians 

188 

II.  Petee 

Galatians  . 

198 

I.  John 

Ephesians  . 

204 

II.  John 

Philippians 

210 

III.  John 

COLOSSIANS 

214 

JUDE    . 

L  THESSALONIANf 

} 

218 

Eevelation 

THE   FIRST   BOOK   OF   MOSES, 

COMMONLY    CALLED 

GENESIS 


Cl(?(i's  Work  of  Creation 


1"  In  the  beginning  *  God 
"created  the  heavens  and  the 
earth.  2  And  the  earth  was 
"* waste  and  void;  and  "darkness 
■was  upon  the  face  of  the  deep  :  and 
the  Spirit' of  God  ^■' moved  upon 
the  face  of  the  watei's.  3  And 
*God  said,  Let  there  be  light :  and 
there  was  light.  4  And  God  saw 
the  Hght,  that  it  was  'good:  and 
God  ^divided  the  light  from  the 
darkness.  5  And  'God  called  the 
light  Day,  and  the  darkness  he 
called  Night.  And  '"there  was 
evening  and  there  was  morning, 
one  day. 

6  And  God  said.  Let  there  be  a 
'^"firmament  in  the  rnidst  of  the 
■waters,  and  let  it  divide  the  waters 
from  the  waters.  7  And  God  made 
the  firmament,  and  divided  "the 
waters  which  were  under  the  firma- 
ment from  the  waters  ^  which  were 
above  the  firmament :  and  it  was 
so.  8  And  God  called  the  firma- 
ment Heaven.  And  there  was 
evening  and  there  was  morning,  a 
second  day. 

9  And  God  said,  «  Let  the  waters 
under  the  heavens  be  gathered  to- 
gether unto  one  place,  and  let '"  the 
dry  land  appear:  and  it  was  so. 
10  And  God  called  the  dry  land 
Earth  ;  and  the '  gathering  together 
of  the  waters  called  he  Seas :  and 
God  saw  that  it  was  good.  1 1  And 
God  said,  Let  the  earth  put  forth 
'grass,  hei-bs  yielding  seed,  and 
fruit-trees  bearing  fruit  after  their 
kmd,  wherein  is  the  seed  thereof, 
upon  the  earth :  and  it  was  so. 
12  And  the  earth  brought  forth 
grass,  herbs  yielding  seed  after 
their  kind,  and  trees  bearing  fruit, 
wherem  is  the  seed  thereof,  after 
their  kind:  and  God  saw  that  it 
was  good.  1 3  And  there  was  even- 
ing and  there  was  morning,  a  third 
day. 

'  Or,  was  brooding  upon 
2  Heb..expan^£- 


"  Ps.  102.  25 ; 

Isa.  4U.  21 ; 

Jn.  1.  1,  2 
b  Ps.  S9.  11 ; 

90.  2 ;  Acts 

17.  24 

"^  Isa.  42.  5 ; 

45.  18 
'' Jer.  4.  23 
"  ,Tob  3S.  9 

/  P8.  104.  30 

'J  Dt.  32.  U  ; 

Isa.  31.  5 

A  Ps.  33.  0, 

9 ;  2  Cor. 
4.  6 
»  Ps.  145.  9, 

10 
fc  Isa.  45.  7 
'  Ps.  74.  16 
"'  Ps.  65.  8 
"  Isa.  40.  22 
»  Job  3>i.  8-11 
''  Ps.  14S.  4 
SPS.  104.6-9; 

Jer.  5.  22 ; 

2  Pet.  3.  6 
*■  Ps.  24. 1,  2 ; 

95.  6 
'  Ps.  33.  7 ; 

95.  5  ;  146.  6 
<  Ps.  05.  9-13; 

104.  14 


"  Ps.  74.  16 ; 

1.36.  7 
"  Ps.  19.  1 ; 

150.  1 
"  .Jer.  10.  2 
"  Ps.  104.  19 
-  Ps.  1.3fi.  8,  9 
"  Job  38.  7 ; 

Ps.  8.  3 ; 

Isa.  40.  26 
6 .)  er.  33.  20, 

<=  Vs.  104. 
25-28 


<*  Ch.  2.  19 


'ch.  7.  21, 
22  ;  Jer. 
27.6 


14  And  God  said.  Let  there  be 
"  lights  in  the  *"  firmament  of  heaven 
to  divide  the  day  from  the  night: 
and  let  them  be  for  •"  signs,  and  for 
"  seasons,  and  for  days  and  years : 
15  and  let  them  be  for  lights  in 
the  firmament  of  heaven  to  give 
light  upon  the  earth :  and  it  was 
so.  16  And  God  made  the  two 
great  lights;  the  'greater  light  to 
rule  the  day,  and  the  lesser  light 
to  rule  the  night:  lie  tnade  "the 
stars  also.  17  *  And  God  set  them 
in  the  firmament  of  heaven  to  give 
light  upon  the  earth,  18  ana  to 
rule  over  the  day  and  over  the 
night,  and  to  divide  the  light  from 
the  darkness  :  and  God  saw  that  it 
was  good.  19  And  there  was  even- 
ing and  there  was  morning,  a 
fourth  day. 

20  And  God  said,  Let  the  waters 
swarm  with  swarms  of  living  crea- 
tures, and  let  birds  fly  above  the 
earth  ^in  the  open  firmament  of 
heaven.  21  And  God  created  Hhe 
great  sea-monsters,  and  every  liv- 
ing creature  that  moveth,  where- 
with the  waters  swarmed,  after 
their  kind,  and  every  winged  bird 
after  its  kind  :  and  God  saM-  that  it 
was  good.  22  And  God  blessed 
them,  saying.  Be  fruitful,  and  mul- 
tiply, and  fill  the  waters  in  the 
seas,  and  let  birds  multiplj'-  on  the 
earth.  23  And  there  was  evening 
and  there  was  morning,  a  fiftf 
day. 

24  ''And  God  said,  Let  the  earth 
bring  forth  living  creatures  after 
their  kind,  cattle,  and  creeping 
things,  and  beasts  of  the  earth 
after  their  kind :  and  it  was  so. 
25  And  God  made  the  *  beasts  of 
the  earth  after  their  kind,  and  the 
cattle  after  their  kind,  and  every- 
thing that  creepeth  upon  the 
ground  after  its  kind :  and  God 
saw  that  it  was   good.      26  And 

s  Heb.  on  the  face  of  the  expans^t  of  the  heavens. 


1.27 


GENESIS 


2.22 


God's  Work  of  Creation.    Man  made,  and  placed  in  Eden.    Woman  made  ii-om  Han 


God  said,  Let  "us  make  'man  in 
our  image,  after  our  likeness :  and 
let  them  have  "dominion  over  the 
fish  of  the  sea,  and  over  the  birds 
of  the  heavens,  and  over  the  cattle, 
and  over  all  the  earth,  and  over 
every  creeping  thing  that  creepeth 
upon  the  earth.  27  And  God  cre- 
ated man  ''in  his  own  image,  in 
the  image  of  God  created  he  him  ; 
'male  and  female  created  he  them. 
28  And  God  blessed  them :  and 
God  said  unto  them,  -^Be  fruitful, 
and  multiply,  and  replenish  the 
earth,  and  subdue  it ;  and  have 
dominion  over  the  fish  of  the  sea, 
and  over  the  birds  of  the  heavens, 
and  over  every  living  thing  that 
^moveth  upon  the  earth.  29  And 
God  said,  Behold,  fl  have  given 
you  every  herb  yielding  seed,  which 
is  upon  the  face  of  all  the  earth, 
and  every  tree,  in  which  is  the 
fruit  of  a  tree  yielding  seed  ;  to  you 
*t  shall  be  for  food :  30  and  ''  to 
every  beast  of  the  earth,  and  to 
every  bird  of  the  heavens,  and  to 
everything  that  creepeth  upon  the 
earth,  wherein  there  is  ^life,  I  have 
given  every  green  herb  for  food : 
and  it  was  so.  31  And  God  saw 
everything  that  he  had  made,  and, 
behold,  it  was  very  'good.  And 
there  was  evening  and  there  was 
morning,  the  sixth  day. 

2  And  the  heavens  and  the 
earth  were  finished,  and  all 
*  the  host  of  them.  2  And  on  '  the 
seventh  day  God  finished  his  work 
which  he  had  made;  and  "'he 
rested  on  the  seventh  day  from  all 
his  work  which  he  had  made.  3  And 
God  blessed  the  seventh  day,  and 
hallowed  it ;  because  that  in  it  he 
jested  from  all  his  work  which  God 
had  created  and  made. 

4  "These  are  the  generations  of 
the  heavens  and  of  the  earth  when 
they  were  created,  in  "the  day 
that  Jehovah  God  made  earth  and 
heaven.  5  ^And  no  plant  of  the 
field  was  yet  in  the  earth,  and  no 
herb  of  the  field  had  yet  sprung 
up ;  *  for  Jehovah  God  had  not 
caused  it  to  rain  upon  the  earth : 
and  there  was  not  a  man  to  till  the 
ground ;  6  but  there  went  up  a 
mist  from  the  earth,  and  watered 
the  whole  face  of  the  ground. 
7  ''And  Jehovah  God  formed  man 
of  the  dust  of  the  ground,  and 
breathed  into  his  nostrils  the 
breath  of  life ;  and  '  man  became 

>  Or,  creepeth  ^  Heb.  a  living  soul. 


"ch.  3.  22; 
11.  7  i  19. 
24 

*  ch.  5.  1 ; 
9.  6 

"  Ps.  8.  6-8 
d  1  Cor.  11.  7 
"  Mt.  19.  4  ; 

Mk.  10.  6 
/ch.  9.  1,7; 

Ps.  127.  3,  6 
»  Ps.  104.  14  ; 

1.36.  25 
1^  Pa.  145.  15 
'  Ps.  104.  24, 

28  ;  119.  68 

*  Dt.  4.  19  ; 
17.  3 

'  Ex.  20.  8-11 
'"  Heb.  4.  4 
"Job  38.  4-11 
"  ch.  1.  3-31 
P  ch.  1.  11 
«  Jer.  10.  12, 

13 
»■  ch.  3.  19 
» 1  Cor.  16. 45 


«ch.  13.  10; 

Isa.  61.  3; 

Ezek.28.  l.T 
"Ezek.47.12 
"  ch.  3.  22 ; 

Rev.  2.  7 ; 

22.  2,  14 
^  Dan.  10.  4 
V  ch.  16.  18 


=  ch.  3.  2,  3 


"  Dt.  30.  15, 
19,  20 ; 
Ro.  6.  23 ; 
1  Tim.  6.  6 ; 
Ja.  1.  16 

6  1  Cor.  11.  9 
'  ch.  1.  24 


d  ch.  1.  26 


«ver.  18 


/ 1  Cor.  11. 

8,9 


a  living  soul.  8  And  Jehovah  God 
planted  a  'garden  eastward,  in 
Eden ;  and  tliere  he  put  the  man 
whom  he  had  formed.  9  "  And 
out  of  the  ground  made  Jehovah 
God  to  grow  every  tree  that  is 
pleasant  to  the  sight,  and  good  for 
food ;  *■  the  tree  of  life  also  in  the 
midst  of  the  garden,  and  the  tree 
of  the  knowledge  of  good  and  evil. 
10  And  a  river  went  out  of  Eden 
to  water  the  garden ;  and  from 
thence  it  was  parted,  and  became 
four  heads.  11  The  narne  of  the 
first  is  Pishon :  that  is  it  which 
compasseth  the  whole  land  of  Hav- 
ilah,  where  there  is  gold;  12  and 
the  gold  of  that  land  is  good  :  there 
is  bdellium  and  the  ^onyx  stone. 

13  And  the  name  of  the  second 
river  is  Gihon  :  the  .same  is  it  that 
compasseth  the  whole  land  of  Cush. 

14  And  the  name  of  the  third 
river  is  ^  -^  Hiddekel :  that  is  it 
which  goeth  ^  in  front  of  Assyria. 
And  the  fourth  driver  is  the  Eu- 
phrates. 15  And  Jehovah  God 
took  the  man,  and  put  him  into 
the  garden  of  Eden  to  dress  it  and 
to  keep  it.  16  And  Jehovah  God 
^commanded  the  man,  saying.  Of 
every  tree  of  the  garden  thou  may- 
est  freely  eat :  17  but  of  the  tree 
of  the  knowledge  of  good  and  evil, 
thou  shalt  not  eat  of  it :  for  in  the 
day  that  thou  eatest  thereof  "  thou 
shalt  surely  die. 

18  And  Jehovah  God  said.  It  is 
not  good  that  the  man  should  be 
alone ;  *  I  will  make  him  a  help 
•'meet  for  him.  19  And  "out  of 
the  ground  Jehovah  God  formed 
every  beast  of  the  field,  and  every 
bird  of  the  heavens ;  and  brought 
them  ''unto  the  man  to  see  what 
he  would  call  them :  and  whatso- 
ever the  man  called  every  living 
creature,  that  was  the  name  there- 
of. 20  And  the  man  gave  names 
to  all  cattle,  and  to  the  birds  of 
the  heavens,  and  to  every  beast  of 
the  field;  but  for  ^man  there  was 
not  found  "a  help  meet  for  him. 
21  And  Jehovah  God  caused  a 
deep  sleep  to  fall  upon  the  man, 
and  he  slept ;  and  he  took  one  or 
his  ribs,  and  closed  up  the  flesh 
instead  thereof:  22  and  -^the  rib, 
which  Jehovah  God  had  taken 
from  the  man,  *made  he  a  woman, 
and    brought  her  unto  the  man. 

3  Or,  hervl  «  Or,  answering  to 

*  That  is,  Tigris.  ?  Or,  Adam, 

6  Or,  toward  the  east  of     *  Heb.  builded  ne  into. 


2.23 


GENESIS 


4.1 


Temptation  and  Disobedience  of  Adam  and  Eve.    Their  Expolsion  from  Eden 


23  And  thfc  man  said,  "  This  is  now 
bone  of  my  bones,  and  flesh  of  my 
flesh  :  she  shall  be  called  '  Woman, 
because  she  was  taken  out  of  '"  Man. 
24:  ''Therefore  shall  a  man  leave 
his  father  and  his  mother,  and 
shall  cleave  unto  his  wife :  and 
they  shall  be  one  flesh.  25  "And 
they  were  both  naked,  the  man 
and  his  wife,  and  were  not  ashamed. 

3  Now  ■'the  serpent  was  more 
subtle  than  any  beast  of  the 
field  which  Jehovah  God  had  made. 
And  he  said  unto  thff  woman.  Yea, 
hath  God  said.  Ye  shall  not  eat  of 
^any  tree  of  the  garden  1  2  And 
the  woman  said  unto  the  serpent, 
'Of  the  fruit  of  the  trees  of  the 
garden  we  may  eat :  3  but  of 
the  fruit  of  the  tree  which  is  in 
the  midst  of  the  garden,  God  hath 
said.  Ye  shall  not  eat  of  it,  neither 
shall    ye    touch    it,    lest    ye   die. 

4  ■''And  the  serjient  said  unto  the 
woman,  Ye  shall  not  surely  die : 

5  for  God  doth  knov/  that  in  the 
day  ye  eat  thereof,  then  your  eyes 
shall  be  opened,  and  ^ye  shall  be 
as  '*God,  knowing  good  and  evil. 

6  ''And  when  the  woman  saw  that 
the  tree  was  good  for  food,  and 
that  it  was  a  delight  to  the  eyes, 
and  that  the  tree  was  ®to  be  de- 
sired to  make  one  wise,  she  took  of 
the  fruit  thereof,  and  did  eat ;  and 
she  gave  also  unto  her  husband 
with  her,  and  he  did  eat.  7  And 
the  eyes  of  them  both  were  opened, 
and  they  'knew  that  they  were 
naked ;  and  they  sewed  fig-leaves 
together,  and  made  themselves 
®  aprons.  8  And  they  heard  the 
■^  voice  of  *  Jehovah  God  walking  in 
the  garden  in  the  *  cool  of  the  day  : 
'and  the  man  and  his  wife  hid 
themselves  from  the  presence  of 
Jehovah  God  amongst  the  trees  of 
the  garden. 

9  And  Jehovah  God  called  unto 
the  man,  and  said  unto  him, 
"'  Where  ai-t  thou  1  1 0  And  he  said, 
"T  heard  thy  ''voice  in  the  garden, 
r<nfl  I  was  afraid,  because  I  was 
naked;  and  I  hid  myself.  11  And 
he  said.  Who  told  thee  that  thou 
wast  naked"?  Hast  thou  eaten  of 
the  tree,  whereof  I  commanded 
thee  that  thou  shouldest  not  eat? 
12°  And  the  man  said.  The  woman 
whom  thou  gavest  to  be  with  me, 
she  gave  me  of  the  tree,  and  I  did 

•  Heb,  Ixshah.         ^  Or,  desirable  to  look  upon 
-  Ueb  /</i.  '  Or,  girdles 

'  Or,  all  the  trees    '  Or,  sovnd 

*  Or.  gods  *  Heb.  xtdnd. 


°-  Eph,  6.  28, 

'JM 
l>  JMt.  19.  5  ; 

Mk.  10.  7, 

h  ;  1  Cor.  6. 

Hi ;  Eph. 

r,.  :,l 
'  ell.  3.  7,  10, 

11 
d'^Cor.  11. 

:i ;  Kev.  12. 

9 ;  a).  2 
'  ch.  ■>.  Iti,  17 
/Ju.  8.  44 
"  Is  14.  14; 

Ezek.  ^8.  2, 

ii;-i7 
A  I  Tim.  2. 

11;  J  as.  1. 

14,  15;  1 

Jn.  2.  16 
'Is,  47.  3; 

Lam.  1.  8 
*:ch.  18.  33; 

Lev.  2U.  12 ; 

I)t.  23.  14 
'  Hos.  10.  8 ; 

Rev.  6. 

Ii5-17 
"'  ch.  4.  9 ;  18. 

9 
"  Ex.  20.  18, 

19;  Dt.  6. 

23 
"  Job  31.  33  ; 

Prov.  28.  13 


P2Cor.  11. 

3 ;  1  Tim. 

2.  14 
1  Dt.  28.  15- 

20 
'■  Isa.  60.  26 ; 

Mic.  7.  17 
"  Eom.  16.  20 
<■  1  Tim.  2. 15 
"  1  Cor.  14. 34 
"ch.  5.  29; 

Horn.  8. 

20-22 

'  Job  5.  7 ; 

u.  1 
y  Ps.  90.  3  ; 

104.  20 ; 

Eccl.  12.  7 
=  ch.  2.  7 
"  2  Cor.  11, 

3 ;  1  Tim. 

2.  13 


6  ch,  1.  26 
«  ch.  2.  9 


d  Ezek.  31. 11 


'  Ex.  2.5.  18- 
22;  Ezek. 
10.  1-20 

/ch.  2.9 


eat.  13  And  Jehovah  God  said 
unto  the  woman.  What  is  this  thou 
hast  done  %  And  the  woman  said, 
''The  serpent  beguiled  me,  and  I 
did  eat.  l-i  And  Jehovah  God 
said  unto  the  serpent,  *  Because 
tliou  hast  done  this,  cursed  art 
thou  ''above  all  cattle,  and ''above 
every  beast  of  the  field  ;  upon  thy 
belly  shalt  thou  go,  and  ''dust  shalt 
thou  eat  all  the  days  of  thy  life : 
15  and  I  will  put  enmity  between 
thee  and  the  woman,  and  between 
th.y  seed  and  her  seed:  'he  shall 
"  bruise  thy  head,  and  thou  shalt 
^''bruise  his  heel.  16  Lhito  the 
woman  he  said,  1  will  greatly  mul- 
tiply thy  pain  and  thj^  conception  ; 
'  in  pain  thou  shalt  bring  forth 
children ;  and  thy  desire  shall  be 
to  thy  husband,  and  "he  shall  rule 
over  thee.  17  And  unto  Adam  he 
said.  Because  thou  hast  hearkened 
unto  the  voice  of  thy  \yife,  and 
hast  eaten  of  the  tree,  of  which  1 
commanded  thee,  saying.  Thou 
shalt  not  eat  of  it:  ''cursed  is  the 
ground  for  thy  sake;  "^in  "toil 
shalt  thou  eat  of  it  all  the  days  of 
thy  life  ;  18  thorns  also  and  thistles 
shall  it  bring  forth  to  thee  ;  and 
thou  shalt  eat  the  herb  of  the  field  ; 
19  in  the  sweat  of  thy  face  shalt 
thou  eat  bread,  till  thou  ^'retui-n 
unto  the  ground;  for  ^out  of  it 
wast  thou  taken :  for  dust  thou 
art,  and  unto  dust  shalt  thou  re- 
turn. 20  And  the  man  called  his 
wife's  name  ^-"Eve;  because  she 
was  the  mother  of  all  living.  2 1  And 
Jehovah  God  made  for  Adam  and 
for  his  wife  coats  of  skins,  and 
clothed  them. 

22  And  Jehovah  God  said.  Be- 
hold, the  man  is  become  as  one  of 
*  us,  to  know  good  and  evil ;  and 
now,  lest  he  put  forth  his  hand, 
and  take  also  of  nhe  tree  of  life, 
and  eat,  and  live  for  ever—  23  there- 
fore Jehovah  God  sent  him  forth 
from  the  garden  of  Eden,  to  till 
the  ground  from  whence  he  was 
taken.  24  So  ''he  drove  out  the 
man  ;  and  he  placed  at  the  east  oi 
the  garden  of  Eden  the  "  Cherubim, 
and  the  flame  of  a  sword  which 
turned  every  way,  to  keep  the  way 
of  •''the  tree  of  life. 

4      And  the  man  knew  Eve  his 
wife;  and  she  conceived,  and 
bare  Cain,  and  said,  I  have  ^"  gotten 

9  Or,  from  among 

10  Or,  lU  in  wait  for  n  Or,  sorrow 
1'  Heb.  Havvnh.  that  is,  Living,  or  Life. 
u  Heb.  kanah,  to  get. 


4.2 


GENESIS 


5.4 


Cain  and  Ibel.    Mnrder  of  Abel.    Cain's  Ponislunent.    Cain's  Descendants.    Birth  of  Setli.    Descendants  of  Setli 


a  man  with  the  help  of  Jehovah. 
2  And  again  she  bare  his  brother 
Abel.  And  "  Abel  was  *  a  keeper  of 
sheep,  but  Cain  was  a  tiller  of  the 
ground.  3  And  in  process  of  time 
it  came  to  pass,  that  Cain  brought 
^i  the  fruit  of  the  ground  an  offer- 
ing unto  Jehovah.  4  And  "Abel,^ 
he  also  brought  of  the  firstlings  of 
his  flock  and  of  the  fat  thereof. 
And  "^Jehovah  had  respect  unto 
Abel  and  to  his  offering :  5  but 
"unto  Cain  and  to  his  offering  he 
had  not  respect.  And  •''Cain  was 
very  wroth,  and  his  countenance 
fell.  6  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Cain,  "  Why  art  thou  wroth  %  and 
why  is  thy  countenance  fallen '? 
7  ''If  thou  doest  well,  shall  it  not 
be  lifted  up?  'and  ir  thou  doest 
not  well,  sin  coucheth  at  the  door  ; 
and  unto  thee  shall  be  its  desire ; 
*but  do  thou  rule  over  it.  8  And 
Cain  ^  told  Abel  his  brother.  And 
it  came  to  pass,  when  they  were 
in  the  field,  that  Cain  rose  up 
against  Abel  his  brother,  and  '  slew 
him. 

9  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Cain, 
™  Where  is  Abel  thy  brother  "i  And 
he  said,  I  know  not :  am  I  my 
brother's  keeper  %  10  And  he  said. 
What  hast  thou  done?  "the  voice 
of  thy  brother's  blood  crieth  unto 
me  from  the  ground.  1 1  And  now 
"cursed  art  thou  from  the  ground, 
which  hath  opened  its  mouth  to 
receive  thy  brother's  blood  from 
thy  hand ;  1 2  ^  when  thou  tillest 
the  ground,  it  shall  not  henceforth 
yield  unto  thee  its  strength ;  « a 
fugitive  and  a  wanderer  shalt  thou 
be  in  the  earth.  1 3  And  Cain  said 
unto  Jehovah,  ^My  punishment  is 
greater  ^than  I  can  bear.  14  Be- 
hold, thou  hast  '"driven  me  out 
this  day  from  the  face  of  the 
ground  ;  and  from  thy  face  shall  I 
be  hid ;  and  *  I  shall  be  a  fugi- 
tive and  a  wanderer  in  the  earth ; 
and  it  will  come  to  pass,  that 
'whosoever  findeth  me  will  slay 
me.  15  "And  Jehovah  said  unto 
him.  Therefore  whosoever  slayeth 
Cain,  vengeance  shall  be  taken  on 
him  "sevenfold.    And  Jehovah  ap- 

Eointed  a  sign  for  Cain,  lest  any 
nding  him  should  smite  him. 
16  And  Cain  went  out  from  the 
presence  of  Jehovah,  and  dwelt  in 
the  land  of  ■*Nod,  ^on  the  east  of 

1  Heb.  "aid  unto.  *  That  is.  Wandering. 

2  Or,  Mine  ini.quity  '  Or,  in  front  of 

3  Or.  than  can  be/orgiverv 


"  Lk.  11.  50, 

51 

b  ch.  46.  32 ; 

47.  3 
'  Heb.  11.  4 

d  1  S.  \a.  22 
"  Num.  10. 

15 ;  1  S.  16. 

/  Isa.  3.  9 ; 

Jude  11 
"  Jon.  4.  4 
'I  Jer.  3.  12 ; 

Mic.  7.  IS 
» Num.  32. 

23 
k  Job  U.  14, 

15; 

Rom.  6. 

12,  16 
'  Mt.  2.-!.  35 ; 

1  Jn.  3.  12 
™  ch.  3.  9 
"  Num.  35. 

33 ;  Dt. 

21.  1-9 ; 

Heb.  12. 

24 ;  Rev.  6. 

9, 10 
"  ch.  3.  14 
P  Dt.  28. 

15-24 ;  Joel 

1.  10-20 
«  Lev.  26.  17, 
36 


>■  ch.  3.  24 ; 

Jer.  62.  3 

•  Dt.  28.  64- 

67 

t  Num.  35. 

19 

"  Rom.  2.  4 

"  ver.  24 

"  ch.  2.  24 

V  Ex.  20.  13 ; 

Lev.  19. 18 ; 

Dt.  32.  35 ; 

Pa.  94.  1 
'  ver.  15 

"  ch.  5.  3 


b  ch.  4.  8 
"  Lk.  3.  38 


d  ch.  12.  8  i 

26.  26 


'  ch.  1.  27. 


/  Mk.  10.  6 
"  ch.  1.  28 


Eden.  17  And  Cain  knew  his 
wife ;  and  she  conceived,  and  bare 
Enoch  :  and  he  builded  a  city,  and 
called  the  name  of  the  city,  after 
the  name  of  his  son,  Enoch.  1 8  And 
unto  Enoch  was  born  Irad :  and 
Irad  begat  Mehujael ;  and  Mehujael 
begat  Methushael ;  and  Methushael 
begat  Lamech.  19  And  Lamech 
took  unto  him  ^  two  wives :  the 
name  of  the  one  was  Adah,  and 
the  name  of  the  other  Zillah. 
20  And  Adah  bare  Jabal :  he  was 
the  father  of  such  as  dwell  in  tents 
and  have  cattle.  21  And  his 
brother's  name  was  Jubal :  he  was 
the  father  of  all  such  as  handle  the 
harp  and  pipe.  22  And  Zillah,  she 
also  bare  Tubal-cain,  ®  the  forger  of 
every  cutting  instrument  of  "brass 
and  iron :  and  the  sister  of  Tubal- 
cain  was  Naamah.  23  And  Lamech 
said  unto  his  wives  : 

Adah    and     Zillah,    hear    my 

voice ; 
Ye  wives  of  Lamech,  hearken 

unto  my  speech : 
*'For  *I  have  slain  a  man  ®for 

wounding  me. 
And  a  young  man  for  bruising 
me : 
24  If  Cain  shall  be  avenged  ^seven- 
fold. 
Truly  Lamech  seventy  and  sev- 
enfold. 
25  And  *Adam    knew  his  wife 
again ;    and  she  bare  a  son,   and 
called  his  name  ^°  Seth :  For,  said 
she,  God  ^hath  appointed  me  an- 
other seed  instead  of  Abel ;   *  for 
Cain  slew  him.      26  And  to  Seth, 
to  him  also  there  was  born  "  a  son ; 
and   he  called   his    name   Enosh. 
Then  began  men  "^  to  call  upon  the 
name  of  .Jehovah. 

5  This  is  the  book  of  the  gen- 
erations of  Adam.  In  the  day 
that  God  created  man,  ^in  the 
likeness   of    God   made    he    him ; 

2  ■''male  and  female  created  he 
them,  and  ^  blessed  them,  and 
called  their  name  -"'-Adam,  in  the 
day    when     they    were    created. 

3  And  Adam  lived  a  hundred  and 
thirty  years,  and  begat  a  son  in  his 
own  likeness,  after  his  image  ;  and 
called  his  name  Seth :  4  and  the 
days  of  Adam  after  he  begat  Seth 
were  eight  hundred  years :  and  he 

*  Or,  an  instructor  of  every  artificer 

7  Or,  copper  (and  so  elsewhere) 

8  Or,  I  will  slay 

9  Or,  to  my  wounding.  And  a  young  man  to 
my  hurt 

10  Heb.  Sheth.       "  Heb.  shath.       ^  Or,  Man 


5.5 


GEI^SIS 


6.11 


Descendanta  of  Seth.    Th«  Corrnption  of  Mankind.    Noah  and  his  Soni 


begat  sons  and  daughters.  5  And 
all  the  days  that  Adam  lived  were 
nine  hundred  and  thirty  years : 
and  he  died. 

6  And  Seth  lived  a  hundred  and 
five  years,  and  begat  Enosh  :  7  and 
Seth  livea  after  he  begat  Enosli 
eight  hundred  and  seven  years, 
and  begat  sons  and  daughters : 
8  and  all  the  days  of  Seth  were 
nine  hundred  and  twelve  years : 
and  he  died. 

9  And  Enosh  lived  ninety  years, 
and  be^at  Kenan:  10  and  Enosh 
lived  after  he  begat  Kenan  eight 
hundred  and  fifteen  years,  and 
begat  sons  and  daughters  :  1 1  and 
all  the  days  of  Enosh  were  nine 
hundred  and  five  years:  and  he 
died. 

12  And  Kenan  lived  seventy 
years,  and  begat  Mahalalel :  1 3  and 
Kenan  lived  after  he  begat  JVIaha- 
lalel  eight  hundred  and  forty  years, 
and  begat  sons  and  daughters : 
14  and  all  the  days  of  Kenan  Avere 
nine  hundred  and  ten  years :  and 
he  died. 

15  And  Mahalalel  lived  sixty  and 
five  years,  and  begat  .Jared :  1 6  and 
Mahalalel  lived  after  he  begat 
Jared  eight  hundred  and  thirty 
years,  and  begat  sons  and  daugh- 
ters :  17  and  all  the  days  of  Maha- 
lalel were  eight  hundred  ninety  and 
five  years  :  and  he  died. 
^  18  And  Jared  lived  a  hundred 
sixty  and  two  years,  and  begat 
Enoch :  1 9  and  Jared  lived  after 
he  begat  Enoch  eight  hundred 
years,  and  begat  sons  and  daugh- 
ters :  20  and  all  the  days  of  Jared 
were  nine  hundred  sixty  and  two 
years  :  and  he  died. 

21  And  Enoch  lived  sixty  and 
five  years,  and  begat  Methuselah  : 
22  and  Enoch  "walked  with  God 
after  he  begat  ]\Iethuselah  three 
Jiundred  years,  and  begat  sons  and 
daughters  :  23  and  all  the  days  of 
Enoch  were  three  hundred  sixty 
and  five  years :  24  and  Enoch 
walked  with  God :  and  he  was  not ; 
for  God  *tonk  him. 

25  And  ^lethuselah  lived  a  hun- 
dred eighty  and  seven  years,  and 
begat  Lamech  :  26  and  Methuselah 
lived  after  he  begat  Lamech  seven 
hundred  eighty  and  two  years,  and 
begat  sons  and  daughters:  27  and 
all  the  days  of  Methuselah  were 
nine  hundred  sixty  and  nine  years : 
and  he  died. 

28  And  Lamech  lived  a  hundred 


"  ch.  6.  9 ; 

17.  1 ;  Ui. 

40:  48.  lo 
f'2K.2.  lo; 

Ps.  49.  16 ; 

73.  24 ; 

Heb.  11.  5 


■  ch.  3.  17-19 


d  ch.  7.  « 


'  1  Pet.  3.  20 


/ch.  8.21; 
Ps.  14.  1-3 


S  Dt  28.  63 ; 
29.20 


■  Am.  7.  3,  e 
k  El.  33.  17 


'  Ps.  37.  39 

"'  ch.  17.  1 ; 

l)t.  18.  13 ; 

Jobl.  1 
"  ch.  6.  24 


"Dt.  31.  29; 

Judg.  2.  19 

P  Ezek.  8. 17 


eighty  and  two  years,  and  begat  a 
son :  29  and  he  called  his  name 
Noahj  saying.  This  same  shall 
^comfort  us  -in  our  work  and  -in 
the  toil  of  our  hands,  u'hich  comet h 
'  because  of  "  the  ground  which 
Jehovah  hath  cursed.  30  And 
Lamech  lived  after  he  begat  Noah 
five  hundred  ninety  and  five  years, 
and  begat  sons  and  daughters : 
31  And  all  the  days  of  Lamech 
were  seven  hundred  seventy  and 
seven  year.s  :  and  he  died. 

32  And  Noah  was  ''five  hundred 
years  old  :  and  Noah  begat  Sliem, 
Ham,  and  Japheth. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
men  began  to  multiply  on  the 
face  of  the  ground,  and  daughters 
were  born  unto  them,  2  that  the 
sons  of  God  saw  the  daughters  of 
men  that  they  were  fair  ;  and  they 
took  them  wives  of  all  that  they 
chose.  3  And  Jehovah  said,  'My 
Spirit  shall  not  ^strive  with  man 
for  ever,  *  for  that  he  also  is  flesh  : 
^yet  shall  his  days  be  a  hundred 
and  twenty  years.  4  The  "^Neph- 
ilim  were  in  the  earth  in  those 
days,  and  also  after  that,  when  the 
sons  of  God  came  in  unto  the 
daughters  of  men,  and  they  bare 
childi'en  to  them :  the  same  were 
the  mighty  men  that  were  of  old, 
the  men  of  renown. 

5  And  Jehovah  saw  that  the 
wickedness  of  man  was  great  in 
the  earth,  and  that  -^ every  imagi- 
nation of  the  thoughts  of  his  heart 
w^as  only  evil  continually.  6  And 
^it  repented  Jehovah  that  he  had 
made  man  on  the  earth,  and  it 
grieved  him  at  his  heart.  7  And 
Jehovah  said,  ''  I  will  "^  destroy  man 
whom  I  have  created  from  the  face 
of  the  ground ;  both  man,  and 
beast,  and  creeping  things,  and 
birds  of  the  heavens ;  for  '  it  re- 
pen  teth  me  that  I  have  made  them. 
8  But  Noah  *^  found  favor  in  the 
eyes  of  Jehovah. 

9  These  are  the  generations  of 
Noah.  Noah  was  a  '  righteous 
man,  and  ^'"perfect  in  his  genera- 
tions: Noah  "walked  with  God. 
10  And  Noah  begat  three  sons, 
Shem,  Ham,  and  Japheth.  1 1  And 
the  earth  was  ''corru])t  before  God, 
and  the  earth  was  ^  filled  with  vio- 

1  Heb.  vahfni,  to  comfort.         2  Heb. /rom. 
8  Or,  rule  in  Ace.  to  Sept.,  Vulg.,  and  Syr. 
ahici''  in 

*  Or,  in  their  going  astray  they  are  flesh 

5  Or,  therefore 

«  Or,  giants.    See  Num.  l.S.  33. 

7  Heb.  blot  out.  s  Or,  blameless 


6.12 


GENESIS 


7.21 


Soah  commaaiied  to  make  an  Ark.    The  4rk  entered.    The  Flood  comes 


lence.  12  And  God  saw  the  earth, 
and,  behold,  it  was  corrupt ;  for 
"all  flesh  had  corrupted  their  way 
upon  the  earth. 

13  And  God  said  unto  Noah, 
*  The  end  of  all  flesh  is  come  before 
me ;  for  the  earth  is  filled  with  vio- 
lence through  them ;  and,  behold, 
I  will  destroy  them  with  the  earth. 
14  Make  thee  an  ark  of  gopher 
wood;  ^ rooms  shalt  thou  make  in 
the  ark.  and  shalt  pitch  it  within 
and  without  with  pitch.  15  And 
this  is  how  thou  shalt  make  it :  the 
length  of  the  ark  three  hundred 
cubits,  the  breadth  of  it  fifty  cubits, 
and  theheight  of  it  thirty  cubits. 

1 6  A  '  light  shalt  thou  make  to  the 
ark,  and  to  a  cubit  shalt  thou 
finish  it  ^upward  ;  and  the  door  of 
the  ark  shalt  thou  set  in  the  side 
thereof ;  with  lower,  second,  and 
third  stories  shalt  thou  make  it. 

17  And  I,  behold,  I  do  bring  the 
flood  of  waters  upon  the  earth,  to 
destroy  all  flesh,  wherein  is  the 
breath  of  life,  from  under  heaven  ; 
everything  that  is  in  the  earth 
shall  die.  18  But  I  will  establish 
"  my  covenant  with  thee ;  and  ''  thou 
shalt  come  into  the  ark,  thou,  and 
thy  sons,  and  thy  wife,  and  thy 
sons'  wives  with  thee.  19  *  And  of 
every  living  thing  of  all  flesh,  two 
of  every  sort  shalt  tliou  bring  into 
the  ark,  to  keep  them  alive  with 
thee ;  they  shall  be  male  and  fe- 
male. 20  •''Of  the  birds  after  their 
kind,  and  of  the  cattle  after  their 
kind,  of  every  creeping  thing  of 
the  ground  after  its  kind,  two  of 
every  sort  sliall  come  unto  thee,  to 
keep  them  alive.  2 1  And  take  thou 
unto  thee  of  all  food  that  is  eaten, 
and  gather  it  to  thee  ;  and  it  shall 
be  for  food  for  thee,  and  for  them. 
22  ^Thus  did  Noah;  according  to 
all  that  God  commanded  him,  so 
did  he. 

7  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Noah, 
Come  thou  and  all  thy  house 
into  the  ark  ;  for  thee  have  I  seen 
"" righteous  before  me  in  this  genera- 
tion. 2  Of  every  *  clean  beast  thou 
shalt  take  to  thee  seven  and  seven,^ 
the  male  and  his  female ;  and  of 
the  beasts  that  are  not  clean  two, 
the  male  and  his  female :  3  of  the 
birds  also  of  the  heavens,  seven 
and  seven,  male  and  female,  to 
keep  seed  alive  upon  the  face  of  all 
the  earth.  4  For  yet  *^  seven  days, 
and  I  will  cause  it  to  rain  upon  the 

1  Heb.  nests.      *  Or,  roof      3  Or,  from  above 


°  Ps.  14.  1-3 

b  Is.  34.  1-4  ; 

Ezek.  7.  2,  3 
"ch.  9.9-16; 

17.  7 
d  ch.  7.  7 
«  ch.  7.  2,  14, 

l.> 
/ch.  7.  3 
"  ch.  7.  5 
A  ch.  6.  9 
'Lev.  11.  1- 

31 ;  Dt.  14. 

3-L'O 
*:  ver.  10 


'  ver.  12,  17 
"'  ch.  6.  7,  13 

"  ch.  6.  22 
°  ch.  6.  32 
P  ver.  13 ;  ch. 

6.  18 
9  ver.  2,  3 ; 

ch.  6.  19,  20 


"■  ver.  4 
'  ver.  6 


t  ch.  8.  2 


"  ver.  4, 17 


"  ver.  7  ;  ch. 
6.  18 


*  ver.  9 ;  ch. 
6.  19 


y  ver.  4, 12 


*  ch.  8.  4 
"  ver.  4 ;  ch. 
6.  7,  13,  17 


earth  '  forty  days  and  forty  nights ; 
and  '"  every  living  thing  that  1  have 
made  will  I  ''destroy  from  off  the 
face  of  the  ground.  5  "And  Noah 
did  accorrhng  unto  all  that  J  ehovah 
commanded  him. 

6  And  Noah  was  "six  hundred 
years  old  when  the  flood  of  waters 
was  upon  the  earth.  7  And  f  Noah 
went  in,  and  his  sons,  and  his  wife, 
and  his  sons'  wives  with  him,  into 
the  ark,  because  of  the  waters  of 
the  flood.  8  ''  Of  clean  beasts,  and 
of  beasts  that  are  not  clean,  and 
of  birds,  and  of  everything  that 
creepeth  upon  the  ground,  9  there 
went  in  two  and  two  unto  Noah 
into  the  ark,  male  and  female,  as 
God  commanded  Noah.  10  And  it 
came  to  pass  after  ^  the  seven  days, 
that  the  waters  of  the  flood  were 
upon  the  earth.  11  In  the  'six 
hundredth  year  of  Noah's  life,  in 
the  second  month,  on  the  seven- 
teenth day  of  the  month,  on  the 
same  day  were  all  'the  fountains 
of  the  great  deep  broken  up,  and 
the  windows  of  heaven  were 
opened.  12  And  "the  rain  was 
upon  the  earth  forty  days  and 
forty  nights. 

13  In  the  selfsame  day  "entered 
Noah,  and  Shem,  and  Ham,  and 
Japheth,  the  sons  of  Noah,  and 
Noah's  Avife,  and  the  three  wives 
of  his  sons  with  them,  into  the 
ark;  14  they,  and  every  beast 
after  its  kind,  and  all  the  cattle 
after  their  kind,  and  every  creeping 
thing  that  creepeth  upon  the  earth 
after  its  kind,  and  every  bird  after 
its  kind,  every  bird  of  every  *  .sort. 

15  And  they  went  in  unto  Noah 
into  the  ark,  ^two  and  two  of  all 
flesh  wherein  is  the  breath  of  life. 

16  And  they  that  went  in,  went  in 
male  and  female  of  all  flesh,  as 
God  commanded  him :  and  Jehovah 
shut  him  in.  1 7  And  the  flood  was 
*  forty  days  upon  the  earth;  and 
the  waters  increased,  and  bare  up 
the  ark,  and  it  was  lifted  up  above 
the  earth.  18  And  the  waters  pre- 
vailed, and  increased  greatly  upon 
the  earth  ;  and  the  ark  went  upon 
the  face  of  the  waters.  19  And 
the  waters  prevailed  exceedingly 
upon  the  earth ;  and  all  the  high 
mountains  that  were  under  the 
whole  heaven  were  covered.  20 
Fifteen  cubits  upward  did  the 
waters  prevail ;  ^  and  the  mountains 
were  covered.     21   "And  all  flesh 


*  Heb.  blot  out. 


*  Heb.  vnng. 


7.22 


GENESIS 


9.  S 


The  Waters  abate.    The  Raven  aad  the  Dove.    Noah  leaves  the  Ark,  and  sacrifices.    Cod  blesses  Noah 


died  that  moved  upon  the  earth, 
both  birds,  and  cattle,  and  beasts, 
and  every  ^creeping  thing  that 
creepeth  upon  tlie  earth,  and  every 
man  :  22  all  in  whose  nostrils  was 
the  breath  of  the  spirit  of  life,  of 
all  that  was  on  the  dry  land,  died. 
23  -And  every  living  thing  was 
*  destroyed  that  wa^  upon  the  face 
of  the  ground,  both  man,  and  cattle, 
and  creeping  things,  and  birds  of 
the  heavens;  and  they  were  ^de- 
stroyed from  the  earth :  and  "  Noah 
only  was  left,  and  they  that  were 
with  him  in  the  ark.  24  'And  the 
waters  prevailed  upon  the  earth  a 
■  hundred  and  tifty  days. 

8  And  God  remembei-ed  Noah, 
and  all  the  beasts,  and  all  the 
cattle  that  were  with  him  in  the 
ark :  and  "  God  made  a  wind  to 
pass  over  the  earth,  and  the  waters 
assuaged  ;  2  ''the  fountains  also  of 
the  deep  and  the  windows  of  heaven 
were  stopped,  and  ''the  rain  from 
heaven  was  restrained ;  3  and  the 
waters  returned  from  ofi"  the  earth 
continually  :  and  after  the  end  •''of 
a  hundred  and  fifty  days  the  waters 
decreased.  4  And  ''  the  ark  rested 
in  the  seventh  month,  on  the  seven- 
teenth day  of  the  month,  upon  the 
mountains  of  Ararat.  5  And  the 
waters  deci'eased  continually  until 
the  tenth  month:  in  the  tenth 
month,  on  the  first  day  of  the 
month,  -rere  the  tops  of  the  moun- 
tains seen. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end 
of  forty  days,  that  Noah  opened 
the  window  of  the  ark  which  he 
had  made :  7  and  he  sent  forth  a 
raven,  and  it  went  forth  to  and 
fro,  until  the  waters  were  dried  up 
from  ofi'  the  earth.  8  And  he  sent 
forth  a  dove  from  him^  to  see  if  the 
waters  were  abated  from  off  the 
face  of  the  ground  ;  9  but  the  dove 
found  no  rest  for  the  sole  of  her 
foot,  and  she  returned  unto  him  to 
the  ark ;  for  the  waters  were  on 
the  face  of  the  whole  earth :  and  he 
put  forth  his  hand,  and  took  her, 
and  brought  her  in  unto  him  into 
the  ark.  10  And  he  stayed  yet 
other  seven  days ;  and  again  he 
sent  forth  the  dove  out  of  tlie  ark  ; 
1 1  and  the  dove  came  in  to  him  at 
eventide ;  and,  lo,  in  lier  mouth 
■•an  olive-le^f  plucked  off:  so  Noah 
knew  that  the  waters  were  abated 


1  Or,  iwarminrt  thing  that,  xtcarvuth 

2  Or,  And  he  destroyed  ev'-ii  living  thing 

»  Heb.  blottec^  out.         *  Or,  a  fresh  oUvtrleaf 


"  Mt.  24.  38, 
31);  Lk.  17. 
2ii,  27 ; 

1  Pet.  3.  20  ; 

2  Pet.  2.  6 
t>  ch.  8.  3 

'  Job  12.  15 ; 

Ps.  29.  10 ; 

Is.  44.  27  ; 

Nah.  1.  4 
rfch.  7.  11 
"  ch.  7.  4,  12 
/cll.  7.  24 
"  ch.  7.  20 


A  Jer.  48.  28 
•  ch.  7.  6 


*  ch.  1. 


<ch. 

13. 

12.  7,8: 
18 ;  22.  y 

'"ch. 

7.2 

"ch. 
Ex 

To.  "25 

"Ex 

29.  18, 

26 

Pch. 

6.  7,  13 

9ch. 

6.6 

'  Ps.  74.  17  ; 
Jer.  33.  20, 


'  ver.  7  ;  ch. 
1.28 


"  ch.  1.  29 

7 


from  off  the  earth.  12  And  he 
staj^ed  yet  other  seven  days,  and 
sent  forth  ''  the  dove ;  and  she  re- 
turned not  again  unto  him  any 
more. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
'six  hundred  and  first  year,  in 
the  first  month,  the  first  day  of 
the  month,  the  waters  were  dried 
up  from  off  the  earth  :  and  Noah 
removed  the  covering  of  the  ark, 
and  looked,  and,  behold,  the  face 
of  the  ground  was  dried.  14  And 
in  the  second  month,  on  the  seven 
and  twentieth  day  of  the  month, 
was  the  earth  dry.  \b  And  God 
spake  unto  Noah,  saying,  16  Go 
forth  from  the  ark,  thou,  and  thy 
wife,  and  thy  sons,  and  thy  sons' 
wives  with  thee.  17  Bring  forth 
witli  thee  every  living  thing  that 
is  with  thee  of  all  flesh,  both  birds, 
and  cattle,  and  every  creeping 
thing  that  creepeth  upon  the  earth  ; 
that  they  may  *  breed  abundantly 
in  the  earth,  and  be  fruitful,  and 
multiply  upon  the  earth.  18  And 
Noah  went  forth,  and  his  sons,  and 
his  wife,  and  his  sons'  wives  with 
him :  1 9  every  beast,  every  creep- 
ing thing,  and  every  bird,  whatso- 
ever moveth  upon  the  earth,  after 
their  families,  went  forth  out  of 
the  ark. 

20  And  Noah  builded  'an  altar 
unto  Jehovah,  and  took  of  every 
™  clean  beast,  and  of  every  clean 
bird,  and  offered  "burnt-oirerings 
on  the  altar.  21  And  Jehovah 
"smelled  the  sweet  savor;  and 
Jehovah  said  in  his  heart,  I  will 
not  again  ^  curse  the  ground  any 
more  for  man's  "sake,  for  that  *the 
imagination  of  man's  heart  is  evil 
from  his  youth ;  *■  neither  Avill  I 
again  smite  any  more  everything 
living,  as  I  have;  done.  22  While 
the  earth  remaineth,  seedtime  and 
harvest,  and  cold  and  heat,  and 
"summer  and  winter,  and  day  and 
night  shall  not  cease. 

9  And  God  blessed  Noah  and 
his  sons,  and  said  unto  them, 
'Be  fruitful,  and  multiply,  and  I'e- 
plenish  the  earth.  2  And  the  fear 
of  you  and  the  dread  of  you  shall 
be  upon  every  beast  of  the  earth, 
and  upon  every  bird  of  the  heavens ; 
with  all  wherewith  the  ground 
^teemeth,  and  all  the  fishes  of  the 
sea,  into  your  hand  are  they  deliv- 
ered. 3  Every  moving  thing  that 
liveth  shall  be  food  for  you ;  "  as 

'  Or.  sate ;  for  the  *  Or,  creepeth 


9.4 


GENESIS 


10,8 


Soali  receives  God's  Blessing  and  lojanctlons.    Covenant  of  tbe  Rainbow.    The  Gorse  of  Canaan.    loah's  Posterity 


the  green  herb  have  I  given  you 
all.  4  But  flesh  with  the  life 
thereof,  which  is  "  the  blood  thereof, 
shall  ye  not  eat.  5  And  surely 
*  your  blood,  the  blood  of  your  lives,_ 
will  I  require;  "at  the  hand  of 
every  beast  will  I  require  it :  and 
at  the  hand  of  man,  even  at  the 
hand  of  every  man's  brother,  will 
I  require  the  life  of  man.  6  ''  Who- 
so sheddeth  man's  blood,  by  man 
shall  his  blood  be  shed :  for  in  the 
Image  of  God  made  he  man.  7  And 
you, "  be  ye  fruitful,  and  multiply ; 
bring  forth  abundantly  in  the 
earth,  and  multiply  therein. 

8  And  God  spake  unto  Noah, 
and  to  his  sons  with  him,  saying, 

0  And  I,  behold,  •''I  establish  my 
covenant  with  you,  and  with  your 
seed  after  you  ;  10  and  with  every 
living  creature  that  is  with  you, 
the  birds,  the  cattle,  and  every 
beast  of  the  earth  with  you  ;  of  all 
that  go  out  of  the  ark,  even  every 
beast  of  the  earth.  1 1  And  I  will 
establish  my  covenant  with  you ; 
^neither  shall  all  flesh  be  cut  off 
any  more  by  the  waters  of  the 
flood ;  ''  neither  shall  there  any 
more  be  a  flood  to  destroy  the 
earth.  12  And  God  said.  This  is 
Hhe  token  of  the  covenant  which 

1  make  between  me  and  you  and 
every  living  creature  that  is  with 
you,    for    perpetual    generations : 

13  ^  I  do  set  my  *  bow  in  the  cloud, 
and  it  shall  be  for  a  token  of  a  cov- 
enant betv/een  me  and  the  earth. 

14  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
I  bring  a  cloud  over  the  earth,  that 
the  bow  shall  be  seen  in  the  cloud, 

15  and  'I  will  remember  my  cov- 
enant, which  is  between  me  and 
5'ou  and  every  living  creature  of 
all  flesh  ;  and  '"  the  waters  shall  no 
more  become  a  flo.od  to  destroy  all 
flesh.  16  And  the  bow  shall  be  in 
the  cloud  ;  and  I  will  look  upon  it, 
that  I  may  remember  the  everlast- 
ing covenant  between  God  and 
every  living  creature  of  all  flesh 
that  is  upon  the  earth.  17  And 
God  said  unto  Noah,  This  is  the 
token  of  the  covenant  which  I 
have  established  between  me 
and  all  flesh  that  is  upon  the 
earth. 

18  And  the  sons  of  Noah,  that 
went  forth  from  the  ark,  were 
Shem,  and  Ham,  and  Japheth : 
and  "  Ham  is  the  father  of  Canaan. 

»  Or.  /  have  set 


«  Lev.  17. 10- 

16 ;  Dt.  12. 

16,  23 
b  Ex.  20.  13 ; 

21.  12 
'  Ex.  21.  28, 

29 
dNum.  36. 

33 
'  ver.  1 
/ch.  6.  18 
'J  ch.  8.  21 
ft  Is.  54.  9 

i  ver.  13, 17 ; 

ch.  17.  11 
k  Ezek.  1.  28 
'  L»t.  7.  9 
"'  ver.  11 
"  ver.  25-27 


"  ver.  1,  7  ; 

ch.  10.  32 

P  Hab.  2.  16 


«  Dt.  27.  16 


"■  ch.  14.  20  ; 
24.27 


'  ch.  10.  2-6  ; 
Is.  66.  19 


1 1  Chr.  1. 

5-7 
«  Ezek.  38.  2, 

0 
"  2  K.  17.  6 
^  Is.  66.  19 
V  Ezek.  38.  2 
-  Jer.  51.  27 
"  1  Chr.  1.  6, 

Diphath. 
b  Ezek.  27. 

14 
'  Ezek.  27. 

12,  25 
rf  1  Chr.  1.  7, 
Rodanim. 


'  1  Chr.  1. 
8-10 

/  Is.  43.  3 


»  Ezek.  27. 
h  Ezek.  27. 


:  Ezek.  27. 
15,  20 


19  These  three  were  the  sons  of 
Noah  :  and  "  of  these  was  the  whole 
earth  overspread. 

20  And  Noah  began  to  be  a  hus- 
bandman, and  planted  a  vineyard : 
21  and  he  drank  of  the  wine,  and 
was  drunken ;  and  he  was  uncov- 
ered within  his  tent.  22  And  ^ Ham, 
the  father  of  Canaan,  saw  the 
nakedness  of  his  father,  and  told 
his  two  brethren  without.  23  And 
Shem  and  Japheth  took  a  garment, 
and  laid  it  upon  both  their  shoul- 
ders, and  went  backward,  and 
covered  the  nakedness  of  their 
father ;  and  their  faces  were  back- 
ward, and  they  saw  not  their 
father's  nakedness.  24  And  Noah 
awoke  fi'om  his  wine,  and  knew 
what  his  '^  youngest  son  had  done 
unto  him.     25  And  he  said, 

*  Cursed  be  Canaan  ; 

A  servant  of  servants  shall  he 
be  unto  his  brethren. 

26  And  he  said, 

*■  Blessed  be  Jehovah,  the  God  oi, 

Shem ; 
And  let  Canaan  be  ^  his  servant. 

27  *  God  enlai;ge  Japheth, 

And  •*  let  him  dwell  in  the  tents 

of  Shem  ; 
And  let  Canaan  be  ^  his  servant. 
28  And  Noah  lived  after  the  flood 
thi*ee  hundred  and  fifty  years.  29 
And  all  the  days  of  Noah  were  nine 
hundred  and  fifty  years :  and  he 
died. 

-J  f\  Now  these  are  the  genera- 
WJ  tions  of  the  sons  of  Noah, 
namely,  of    Shem,  Ham,  and    Ja- 

gheth :  and  unto  them  were  sons 
orn  after  the  flood. 
2  '  The  sons  of  Japheth :  "  Gomer, 
and  Magog,  and  "Madai,  and  •'Ja- 
van,  and  Tubal,  and  ^Meshech, 
and  Tiras.  3  And  the  sons  of 
Gomer  :  ^  Ashkenaz,  and  "Riphath, 
and  ''Togarmah.  4  And  the  sons 
of  Javan  :  Elishah,  and  '^Tarshish, 
Kittim,  and ''  Dodanim.  5  Of  these 
were  the  ^  isles  of  the  nations  di- 
vided in  their  lands,  every  one  after 
his  tongue,  after  their  families,  in 
their  nations. 

6  "  And  the  sons  of  Ham  :  Cush, 
and  Mizraim,  and  Put,  and  Canaan. 
7  And  the  sons  of  Cush :  -^Seba, 
and  Havilah,  and  Sabtah,  and 
"Raamah,  and  Sabteca;  and  the 
sons  of  Raamah :  ''  Sheba,  and 
*  Dedan.  8  And  Cush  begat  Nim- 
rod  :  he  began  to  be  a  mighty  one 


2  Or,  younger 
*  Or,  their 


*  0.^  he  shall 
A  Or,  eoastlanda 


10.9 


GENESIS 


11.15 


Koab's  Posterity.    Tfat  Tower  of  Babel.    Conftision  of  Ton^nes.    Descendants  of  Shim 


in  the  earth.  9  He  was  a  mighty 
hunter  before  Jehovah  :  wherefore 
it  is  said.  Like  Nimrod  a  mighty 
hunter  before  Jehovah.  10  And 
the  beginning  of  iiis, kingdom  was 
"  Babel,  and  Lrech,  and  Acead,  and 
Calneh,   in  the  land   of   *  iShinar. 

1 1  Out  of  that  land  '■  he  went  forth 
*into  Assyria,  and  builded  Nine- 
veh, and  Rehoboth-Ir,  and  Calah, 

12  and  Resen  between  Nineveh 
and  Calah  (the  same  is  the  great 
city).  1 3  And  Mizraim  begat ''  Lu- 
dim,  and  Anamim,  and  Lehabim, 
and  Naphtuhim,  14  and  Path- 
rusim,  and  Casluhim  (whence  went 
forth  -the  Philistines),  and  Caph- 
torim. 

1 5  And  Canaan  begat  *■  Sidon  his 
first-born,  and-^Heth,  16  and  "the 
Jebusite,  and  the  Amorite,  and  the 
Girgashite,  17  and  the  Hivite,  and 
the  Arkite,  and  the  Sinite,  18  and 
the  Arvadite,  and  the  Zemarite, 
and  the  Hamathite :  and  afterward 
were  the  families  of  the  Canaanite 
si3read  abroad.  19  And  the  border 
of  the  Canaanite  was  from  Sidon, 
as  thou  goest  toward  Gerar,  unto 
Gaza ;  as  thou  goest  toward ''  Sodom 
and  Gomorrah  and  Admah  and 
Zeboiim,  unto  Lasha.  20  These  are 
the  sons  of  Ham,  after  their  fami- 
lies, after  their  tongues,  in  their 
lands,  in  their  nations. 

21  And  unto  Shem,  the  father  of 
all  the  children  of  Ebei%  ^the  elder 
brother  of  Japheth,  to  him  also 
were  children  lx)rn.  22  *  The  sons 
of  Shem:  *Elam,  and  'Asshur, 
and  "*Arpachshad,  and  "Lud,  and 
Aram.  23  And  the  sons  of  Aram  : 
"Uz,  and  Hul,  and  Gether,  and 
Mash.  24  And  Arpachshad  begat 
p  Shelah ;  and  Shelah  begat  Eber. 
25  And  unto  Eber  were  born  two 
eons :  the  name  of  the  one  was 
*  Peleg ;  for  in  his  days  was  the 
earth  divided ;  and  his  brother's 
name  was  Joktan.  26  And  Joktan 
begat  Almodad;  and  Sheleph,  and 
Hazarmaveth,  and  Jerah,  27  and 
Hadoram,  and  Uzal,  and  Diklah, 
28  and  *Obal,  and  Abimael,  and 
Sheba.  29  and  Ophir,  and  Havilah, 
and  Jobab  :  all  these  were  the  sons 
of  Joktan.  30  And  their  dwelling 
was  from  Mesha,  as  thou  goest 
toward  Sephar,  the  ^mountain  of 
the  east.    3 1  These  are  the  sons  of 


1  Or,  toent  forth  Asshur       '  Heb.  PdishfiTn. 
s  Or,  the  brother  of  Japheth  the  elder 

*  That  iB,  DirUion. 

•  In  1  Chr.  1.  T2,  Ebal.  •  Or,  MU-country 


"ch.  n.  9 
i>ch.  11.  2; 

14.  1 
0  Mic.  6.  6 
d  Jer.  4«.  9 
"iChr.  1.13; 

Jer.  47.  4 
/  ch.  23.  3 
!'ch.  16. 19-21 
"ch.  14.  2,  3 
'  1  Chr.  1.  17 
k  ch.  14.  1,  9 
'  2  K.  15.  29 
"'  ch.  11.  10 
"  Is.  66.  19 

»  Jobl.  l; 

Jer.  25.  20 
P  Lk.  3.  35 


'  ch.  9.  19 
'ch.  10.  10; 
14.  1 


*  ch.  14.  10 


<  Dt.  1.  2S ; 

9.  1 ;  Ps. 

107.  26 
"ch.6.  4; 

2  S.  8.  13 
"  Dt.  4.  27 
'ch.  18.  21  ; 

Ex.  3.  8 ; 

19.  11,  18,20 


y  ver.  1 


«Ex.  4.  11; 
Ib.  33.  19 


i>  ver.  4 


<'ch.  10.  10 


d  ch.  10. 
22-25 


Shem,  after  their  families,  after 
their  tongues,  in  their  lands,  after 
their  nations. 

32  These  are  the  families  of  the 
sons  of  Noah,  after  their  genera- 
tions, in  their  nations :  and  *  of 
these  were  the  nations  divided  in 
the  earth  after  the  Hood. 

nAnd  the  whole  earth  was 
of  one  '^  language  tMid  of  one 
®  speech.  2  And  it  came  to  pass, 
as  they  journeyed  "east,  tliat  they 
found  a  plain  in  the  land  ""of  Shi- 
nar ;  and  they  dwelt  there.  3  And 
they  said  one  to  another,  Come, 
let  us  make  brick,  and  burn  them 
thoroughly.  And  they  had  brick 
for  stone,  and  ^'*' slime  had  they  for 
mortar.  4  And  they  said,  Come, 
let  us  build  us  a  city,  and  a  tower, 
whose  top  *  may  reach  unto  heaven,, 
and  let  us  make  us  "a  name;  lest 
we  "be  scattered  abroad  upon  th© 
face  of  the  whole  earth.  5  ""And 
Jehovah  came  down  to  see  the  city 
and  the  tower,  which  the  children 
of  men  builded.  6  And  Jehovah 
said.  Behold,  they  are  one  people, 
and  they  have  all  ^  one  language ; 
and  this  is  what  they  begin  to 
do  :  and  now  nothing  will  be  with- 
holden  from  them,  which  they  pur- 
pose to  do.  7  Come,  ^let  us  go 
down,  and  there  °  confound  their 
language,  that  they  may  not  under- 
stand one  another's  speech.  8  So 
Jehovah  *  scattered  them  abroad 
from  thence  upon  the  face  of  all 
the  earth  :  and  they  left  off  build- 
ing the  city.  9  Therefore  was  the 
name  of  it  called  "Babel;  because 
Jehovah  did  there  "confound  the 
language  of  all  the  earth :  and  from 
thence  did  Jehovah  scatter  them 
abroad  upon  the  face  of  all  the 
earth. 

10  ''These  are  the  generations  of 
Shem.  Shem  was  a  hundred  years 
old,  and  begat  Arpachshad  two 
years  after  the  flood  :  1 1  and  Shem 
lived  after  he  begat  Arpachshad 
five  hundred  years,  and  begat  sons 
and  daughters. 

12  And  Arpachshad  lived  five 
and  thirty  years,  and  begat  Shelah : 
13  and  Arpachshad  lived  after  he 
begat  Shelah  four  hundred  and 
three  years,  and  begat  sons  and. 
daughters. 

14  And  Shelah  lived  thirty  years, 
and  begat  Eber :    15  and  Shelab 

T  Heb.  lip.  10  That  is,  bitumen. 

8  Heb.  words.  ii  Heb.  balal,  to  confoand 

•  Or,  in  the  east 


11.16 


GENESIS 


12.16 


Descendants  of  Shem.    Terah's  Family.    Ibram  with  Lot  goes  to  Canaan,    ibram  sojourns  in  E^pt.    Deceives  Pharaoh 


lived  after  he  begat  Eber  four  hun- 
dred and  three  years,  and  begat 
sons  and  daughters. 

16  And  Eber  lived  four  and 
thirty  years,  and  begat  Peleg :  1 7 
and  Eber  lived  after  he  begat  Peleg 
four  hundred  and  thirty  years,  and 
begat  sons  and  daughters. 

18  And  Peleg  lived  thirty  years, 
and  begat  Eeu :  1 9  and  Peleg  lived 
after  he  begat  lieu  two  hundred 
and  nine  years,  and  begat  sons  and 
daughters. 

20  And  Reu  lived  two  and  thirty 
years,  and  begat  Serug :  21  and 
Reu  lived  after  he  begat  Serug  two 
hundred  and  seven  years,  and  begat 
sons  and  daughters. 

22  And  Serug  lived  thirty  yeai^s, 
and  be^at  Nahor :  23  and  Serug 
lived  after  he  begat  Nahor  two 
hundred  years,  and  begat  sons  and 
daughters. 

24  And  Nahor  lived  nine  and 
twenty  years,  and  begat  "  Terah : 
25  and  Nahor  lived  after  he  begat 
Terah  a  hundred  and  nineteen 
years,  and  begat  sons  and  daugh- 
ters. 

26  And  Terah  lived  seventy 
years,  and  begat  Abram,  Nahor, 
and  Haran. 

27  Now  these  are  the  generations 
of  Terah.  Terah  begat  Abram, 
Nahor,  and  Haran ;  and  *  Haran 
begat  Lot.  28  And  Haran  died 
before  his  father  Terah  in  the  land 
of  his  nativity,  in  "  Ur  of  the  Chal- 
dees.  29  And  Abram  and  ''Nahor 
took  them  wives :  the  name  of 
Abram's  wife  was  ^  Sarai ;  and  the 
name  of  Nahor's  wife,  ^  Milcah,  the 
daughter  of  Haran,  the  father  of 
Milcah,  and  the  father  of  Iscah. 
30  And  "  Sarai  was  ban-en ;  she  had 
no  child.  31  And  Terah  took 
Abram  his  son.  and  Lot  the  son  of 
Haran,  his  son's  son,  and  Sarai  his 
daughter-in-law,  his  son  Abram's 
wife ;  and  they  went  forth  with 
them  from  ''  Ur  of  the  Chaldees,  to 
go  into  the  land  of  Canaan  ;  and 
they  came  unto  Haran,  and  dwelt 
there.  32  And  the  days  of  Terah 
were  two  hundred  and  five  years : 
and  Terah  died  in  Haran. 

•^  O  Now  'Jehovah  said  unto 
J-.-^  Abram,  Get  thee  out  of  thy 
country,  and  from  thy  kindred, 
and  from  thy  father's  house,  unto 
the  land  that  I  will  show  thee : 
2  and  *  I  will  make  of  thee  a  great 
nation,  and  'I  will  bless  thee,  and 
make  thy  name  great ;   and  *"  be 


"  Josh.  24.  2 
<>  ver.  31 ;  ch. 

12.  4 
"  ver.  31 
rf  ch.  24.  10 
'  ch.  20.  12 
/ch.  22.  20, 

23  ;  24.  16 
»  ch.  16.  1 
''  ch.  16.  7 ; 

Neh,  9.  7 
i  Acts  7.  3 ; 

Heb.  n.  8 
*  ch.  17.  4,  6 ; 

18.  18 
'  ch.  22.  17 
'"  Zech.  8.  13 


"  ch.  27.  29 
"  Acts  3.  25 ; 

Gal.  3.  8 
P  ch.  11.  27, 

31 
9  ch.  13.  6 
'  ch.  14.  14  ; 

Lev.  22.  11 
*  ch.  35.  4  ; 

Dt.  11.  30 


«  ch.  17.  1 ; 

18.  1 
"  ch.  13.  15  ; 

15. 18 ;  Gal. 

3.  16 
"  ch.  13.  18  ; 
22.  9 


Josh.  8.  9, 


"  ch.  4.  26 ; 
21.  33 

'  ch.  13.  1, 3 ; 

20. 1 ;  24.  02 


°  ch.  26.  7 ; 

29.  17 
>'ch.  20.  11 


'  ch.  20.  2,  5, 
12 


d  Jer.  3S.  17, 

20 


■  ch.  20.  2 


/ch.  20.  14 
9  ch.  13.  2 


thou  a  blessing :  3  and  "  I  will  bless 
them  that  bless  thee,  and  him  that 
curseth  thee  will  I  curse:  "and  in 
thee  shall  all  the  families  of  the 
earth  be  blessed.  4  So  Abram 
went,  as  Jehovah  had  spoken  unto 
him ;  and  ^  Lot  went  with  him : 
and  Abram  was  seventy  and  five 
years  old  when  he  departed  out  of 
Haran.  5  And  Abram  took  Sarai 
his  wife,  and  Lot  his  brother's  son, 
and  all  their  *  substance  that  they 
had  gathered,  and  ""the  souls  that 
they  had  gotten  in  Haran ;  and  they 
went  forth  to  go  into  the  land  of 
Canaan ;  and  into  the  land  of 
Canaan  they  came.  6  And  Abram 
passed  through  the  land  unto  the 
place  'of  Shechem,  unto  the  ^oak 
of  Moreh.  And  the  Canaanite  was 
then  in  the  land.  7  And  Jehovah 
'appeared  unto  Abram,  and  said, 
"Unto  thy  seed  will  I  give  this 
land :  and  there  builded  he  "  an 
altar  unto  Jehovah,  who  appeared 
unto  him.  8  And  he  removed  from 
thence  unto  the  mountain  on  the 
east  of  Beth-el,  and  pitched  his 
tent,  having  ^  Beth-el  on  the  west, 
and  Ai  on  the  east :  and  there  he 
builded  an  altar  unto  Jehovah,  and 
*  called  upon  the  name  of  Jehovah. 
9  And  Abram  journeyed,  going  on 
still  toward  Hhe  "South. 

10  And  thei'e  was  a  famine  in 
the  land :  and  Abram  went  down 
into  Egypt  to  sojourn  there ;  for 
the  famine  was  sore  in  the  land. 
11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
was  come  near  _  to  enter  into 
Egypt,  that  he  said  unto  Sarai  his 
wife.  Behold  now,  I  know  that 
thou  art  a  "fair  woman  to  look 
upon:  12  *and  it  will  come  to 
pass,  when  the  Egyptians  shall 
see  thee,  that  they  will  say.  This 
is  his  wife :  and  they  will  kill  me, 
but   they   will    save    thee    alive. 

13  Say,  I  pray  thee,  thou  art  "  my 
sister ;  that  it  may  be  well  with 
me  for  thy  sake,  and  that  ''my 
soul    may    live    because   of    thee. 

14  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when 
Abram  was  come  into  Egypt,  the 
Egyptians  beheld  the  woman  that 
she  was  very  fair.  •  15  And  the 
princes  of  Pharaoh  saw  her,  and 
praised  her  to  Pharaoh:  and  Hhe 
woman  was  taken  into  Pharaoh's 
house.  16  And  •''he  dealt  well 
with  Abram  for  her  sake  :  and  ^  he 
had  sheep,  and  oxen,  and  he-asses. 

1  Or,  terebinth 

>  Heb.  Ifegeb,  the  southern  tract  of  Judab. 


10 


12.17 


GENESIS 


14.8 


Abrom  retarns  to  Canaan.    Separates  from  Lot.    Fonr  Kin^s  war  with  Five  in  the  Vale  of  Siddim 


and  men-serA'ants,  and  maid-ser- 
vants, and  she-asses,  and  camels. 
17  And  Jehovah  "plagued  Pha- 
raoh and  his  house  'witli  great 
plagues  because  of  iSarai,  Abram's 
wife.  18  And  Fhai-aoh  called 
Abram.  and  said,  *  What  is  this 
that  tnou  hast  done  unto  me? 
why  didst  thou  not  tell  me  that 
she  was  thy  wife?  19  why  saidst 
thou,  She  is  my  sister,  so  that  1 
took  her  to  be  my  wife  1  now 
therefore  behold  thy  wife,  take 
her,  and  go  thy  way.  20  And 
Pharaoh  gave  men  charge  con- 
cerning him :  and  they  brought 
him  on  the  way,  and  his  wife, 
and  all  that  he  iiad. 
'i  O  And  Abram  went  up  out 
JL  O  of  Egypt,  he,  and  his  wife, 
and  all  that  he  had,  and  Lot  with 
him,  into  ''the  South.  2  And 
Abram  was  very  rich  in  cattle,  in 
silver,  and  in  gold.  3  And  he 
went  on  his  journeys  from  the 
South  even  to  Beth-el,  unto  the 
place  where  his  tent  had  been  at 
the  beginning,  **  between  Beth-el 
and  Ai,  4  unto  the  place  of  the 
altar,  which  he  had  made  there  at 
the  first :  and  there  Abram  called 
on  the  name  of  Jehovah.  5  And 
•  Lot  also,  who  went  with  Abram, 
had  flocks,  and  herds,  and  tents. 
6  And  ■''the  land  was  not  able  to 
bear  them,  that  they  might  dwell 
together  :  "for  their  substance  was 
great,  so  that  they  could  not  dwell 
together.  7  ''And  there  was  a 
strife  between  the  herdsmen  of 
Abram's  cattle  and  the  herdsmen 
of  Lot's  cattle  :  and  '  the  Canaanite 
and  the  Perizzite  dwelt  then  in 
the  land.  8  *And  Abram  said 
unto  Lot,  Let  there  be  no  strife,  I 
pray  thee,  between  me  and  thee. 
and  between  my  herdsmen  and 
thy  herdsmen  ;  for  we  are  bi'ethren. 

9  Is  not  the  whole  land  before 
thee"?  separate  thyself,  I  pray 
thee,  from  me :  if  thou  wilt  take 
the  left  hand,  then  I  will  go  to 
the  right ;  or  if  thmi,  tal-e  the  right 
hand,  then  I  will  go  to  the  left. 

10  And  Lot  lifted  up  his  eyes, 
and  beheld  all  the  ^ '  Plain  of  the 
Jordan,  that  it  was  well  watered 
every  where,  before  Jehovah  de- 
stroyed Sodom  and  Gomorrah,  like 
"*  the  garden  of  Jehovah,  "  like  the 
land  of  Egypt,  as  thou  goe^t  unto 
"  Zoar.  1 1  So  Lot  chose  him  all 
the  Plain  of  the  Jordan ;  and  Lot 

1  Or,  dTcU 


"  Ps.  lO.-..  14 
t>  ch.  20.  9,  10 
'ch.  \-l.  9 
li  ch.  12.  8 
'■  ch.  12.  o 
/ch.  30.  7 
"  ver.  2 ;  ch. 

12.  5,  n; 
''  ch.  26.  20 
'  ch.  12.  0 ; 

In.  19-21 
k  Prov.  15. 

18;  20.  3 
'  ch.  19.  17- 

29;  Dt. 

34.  3 
'"  ch.  2.  8 
"  ch.  47.  6 
"ch.  14.  8; 

Dt.  34.  3 


P  oh.  14.  2  ; 
19.  24,  25 

«ch.  39.  9; 

Num.  32. 

23;  2  Pet.  2 

7.  8 
»■  Dt.  3.  27 ; 

34.  1-4 
'  ch.  12.  7 
«  ver.  17 ;  15 

7,  8;  17.  8 
"  ch.  IC.  10 ; 

28.  14  ; 

Num.  23. 

l(t 
"Num.  13. 

17-24 
"  ver.  15 

y  ch.  14. 13 

'  ch.  8.  20 ; 
12.  7,  8 


"  ch.  10.  10 ; 

11.  2 
'>  Dan.  8.  2 


"^  ch.  10.  19 

d  Dt.  29.  23 

•^  ch.  13.  10 

/ver.  8,  10 

s'Dt.  3.  17; 
Josh.  3.  16 


h  Dt.  3. 

n,  13 

'  Dt.  1. 

4; 

Josh. 

9.  10 

*  Num. 

32. 

37 

'  ch.  36 

20; 

Dt.  2. 

12.  22 

"•  ch.  21 

21; 

Num. 

10. 

12 

"  Num 

13. 

26 

''2Chr 

20.  2 

journeyed  east:  and  they  sepa- 
rated themselves  the  one  from  the 
other.  12  Abram  dwelt  in  the 
land  of  Canaan,  and  Lot  dwelt 
in  '^the  cities  or  the  Plain,  and 
moved  his  tent  as  far  as  Sodom. 
13  Now  the  men  of  Sodom  were 
wicked  and  'sinners  against  Jeho- 
vah exceedingly. 

14  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Abram,  after  that  Lot  was  sepa- 
rated from  him,  ""  Lift  up  now  thine 
eyes,  and  look  from  the  place 
where  thou  art,  northward  and 
southward  and  eastward  and  west- 
ward :  1 5  *  for  all  the  land  which 
thou  seest,  '  to  thee  will  1  give  it. 
and  to  thy  seed  for  ever.  16  And 
1  will  make  thy  seed  "  as  the  dust 
of  the  earth  :  so  that  if  a  man  can 
number  the  dust  of  the  earth,  then 
may  thy  seed  also  be  numbered. 
17  Ai'ise,  "walk  through  the  land 
in  the  length  of  it  and  in  the 
breadth  of  it;  for  ""unto  thee  will 
I  give  it.  18  And  Abram  moved 
his  tent,  and  came  and  dwelt  by 
the  "^oaks  of  *Mamre,  which  are 
in  Hebron,  and  built  there  ^an 
altar  unto  Jehovah. 

MAnd  it  came  to  pass  in 
the  days  of  Amraphel  king 
of  "  Shinar,  Arioch  king  of  Ellasar, 
Chedorlaomer  king  of  *Elam,  ana- 
Tidal  king  of  ^  Goiim,  2  that  they 
made  war  with  Bera  king  of 
Sodom,  and  with  Birsha  king^^ 
of  Gomorrah,  Shinab  king  of 
"Admah,  and  Shemeber  king  of 
''Zeboiim,  and  the  king  of  Bela 
(the  same  is  *Zoar).  3  All  these 
^joined  together  in  ■''the  vale  of 
Siddim  (the  same  is  ^  the  Salt  Sea). 
■1  Twelve  years  they  served  Che- 
dorlaomer, and  in  the  thirteenth 
year  they  rebelled.  5  And  in  the 
fourteenth  year  came  Chedorla- 
omer, and  the  kings  that  were 
with  him,  and  smote  the ''  Kephaim 
in  '  Ashteroth-karnaim,  and  the- 
Zuzim  in  Ham,  and  the  Emim  in 
'^^Shaveh-kiriathaim,  6  and  the- 
'Horites  in  their  mount  Seir, 
unto  El-™paran,  which  is  by  the 
wilderness.  7  And  they  returned, 
and  came  to  En-mishpat  (the  same 
is-  "Kadesh),  and  smote  all  the 
''country  of  the  Amalekites,  and 
also  the  Amorites,  that  dwelt  in 
"  Hazazon-tamar.  8  And  there 
went  out  the  king  of  Sodom,  and 

2  Or,  UreM-nths  »  Or,  nations 

*  Or,  jnined  th-emselves  together  agaivst 
5  Or,  the  plain  of  Kiriathaim         *  Heb.  field  ■ 


w 


14.9 


GENESIS 


15.13 


The  Four  Kings  capture  Lot    ibram  delivers  Lot.    Melcliizedeic  blesses  Abram.    Jehovah's  Premise  to  Ibram 


the  king  of  Gomorrah,  and  the 
king  of  Admah,  and  the  king  of 
Zeboiim,  and  the  king  of  Bela  (the 
same  is  Zoar) ;  and  they  set  the 
battle  in  array  against  them  in 
"  the  vale  of  Siddim ;  9  against  Che- 
dorlaomer  king  of  Elam,  and  Tidal 
king  of  Goiim,  and  Amraphel  king 
of  Shinar,  and  Arioch  king  of  EUa- 
sar ;  four  kings  against  the  five. 

10  Now  the  vale  of  Siddim  was 
full  of  ^  slime  pits;  and  'the  kings 
of  Sodom  ancf  Gomorrah  fled,  and 
they  fell  there,  and  they  that  re- 
mained   fled    to    the     mountain. 

1 1  And  they  took  all  the  goods  of 
Sodom  and  Gomorrah,  and  all 
their  victuals,  and  went  their  way. 

12  And  they  took  Lot,  "  Abram 's 
brother's  son,  ''who  dwelt  in 
Sodom,  and  his  goods,  and  de- 
parted. 

13  And  there  came  one  that  had 
escaped,  and  told  Abram  the  "  He- 
brew :  now  he  dwelt  by  the  ''oaks 
of  •''Mamre,  the  Amorite,  brother 
of  Eshcol,  and  brother  of  Aner ; 
and  these  were  «' confederate  with 
Abram.  14  And  when  Abram 
heard  that  *  his  brother  was  taken 
captive,  he  led  forth  his  ti'ained 
men,  '  born  in  his  house,  three 
hundred  and  ei^teen,  and  pur- 
sued as  far  as  *Dan.  15  And 'he 
divided  himself  against  them  by 
night,  he  and  his  servants,  and 
smote  them,  and  pursued  them 
unto  Hobah,  which  is  on  the  ^left 
hand  of  '"Damascus.  16  And  he 
brought  back  all  the  goods,  and 
also  brought  back  "his  brother 
Lot,  and  his  goods,  and  the  women 
also,  and  the  people. 

17  And  "  the  king  of  Sodom  went 
out  to  meet  hun,  after  ^  his  return 
from  the  slaughter  of  Chedorlao- 
mer  and  the  kings  that  were  with 
him,  at  the  vale  of  Shaveh 
(the  same  is  *the  King's  Vale). 
18  And  "■  Melchizedek  king  of 
Salem  brought  forth  '  bread  and 
wine  :  and  he  was  '  priest  of  ^  God 
Most  High.  _  19  And  he  blessed 
him,  and  said.  Blessed  be  Abram 
of  *  God  Most  High,  ® "  possessor  of 
heaven  and  earth :  20  and  blessed 
be  ■^God  Most  High,  who  hath  de- 
livered thine  enemies  into  thy 
hand.  "And  he  gave  him  a  tenth 
of  all.  21  And  the  king  of  Sodom 
said  unto  Abram,  Give  me  the  per- 


1  That  is,  bitumen  pits. 
>  Or,  terebinths 
*  Or,  north 


*  Heb.  El  Elyon. 

*  Or,  maker 


"  ver.  3 

*  ver.  17,  21, 
22 

'  ch.  11.  27 
rf  ch.  13.  12 
'  ch.  40.  15  ; 

Ex.  3.  18 
/ch.  13.  18 
"  ch.  21.  27, 

32 
''  ver.  12 
'  ch.  12.  0  ; 

Eccl.  2.  7 
k  ]  K.  15.  20 

'  Judg.  7. 

IG 
'"  ch.  15.  2 
"  ver.  12,  14 
"  ver.  10 
P  Heb.  7 
«  2  S.  18.  18 
"•  Heb.  7.  1 

*  Ps.  104.  15 
'Ps.  110.  4; 

Heb.  6.  6, 

10 
"  ver.  22 
"  Heb.  7.  4 


"  ver.  19 
V-2'S..b.  16 
'  ver.  13 
"  ver.  4 ;  1  S. 

15.  10 
b  ch.  21.  17 ; 

26.  24 
"  Pt.  33.  29 

d  Num.  18. 

20 
'  ch.  14.  14 


/GaL4.  28 


"  ch.  22. 

17; 

26.  4 ; 

Dt. 

1.  10 

h  Ex.  32 

13; 

Rom. 

4.  18 

«  Rom. 

4.  3; 

Gal.  3 

6; 

Jas.  2 

23 

*  ch.  11 

31 

'  ch.  13 

16, 

'  Lk.  1. 18 


"  ver.  17 
°  Lev.  1. 17 


P  ch.  2.  21 ; 
28.  11; 
Job  33.  16 


sons,  and  take  the  goods  to  thyself. 

22  And  Abram  said  to  the  king  of 
Sodom,  I  have  lifted  up  my  hand 
unto  Jehovah,  ''•'God  Most  High, 
"possessor  of    heaven   and   earth, 

23  that  "1  will  not  take  a  thread 
nor  a  shoe-latchet  nor  aught  that 
is  thine,  lest  thou  shouldest  say,  I 
have  made  Abram  rich:  24  "^save 
only  that  which  the  young  men 
have  eaten,  and  the  portion  of  the 
men  that  went  with  me,  ^Aner, 
Eshcol,  and  Mamre ;  let  them  take 
their  portion. 

-\  ^  After  these  things  "the 
_L  tJ  word  of  Jehovah  came  unto 
Abram  in  a  vision,  saying,  ''Fear 
not,  Abram :  I  am  "  thy  shield, 
"^  and  thy  exceeding  great  "*  reward. 
2  And  Abram  said,  O  Lord  Jeho- 
vah, what  wilt  thou  give  me,  seeing 
I  *go  childless,  and  he  that  shall 
be  possessor  of  my  house  is  Eliezer 
of  Damascus  1  3  And  Abram  said, 
Behold,  to  me  thou  hast  given  no 
seed :  and,  lo,  one  *  born  in  ray 
house  is  mine  heir.  4  And,  be- 
hold, the  word  of  Jehovah  came 
unto  him,  saying.  This  man  shall 
not  be  thine  heir ;  ''but  he  that 
shall  come  forth  out  of  thine  own 
bowels  shall  be  thine  heir.  5  And 
he  brought  him  forth  abroad,  and 
said.  Look  now  toward  heaven, 
and  ^number  the  stars,  if  thou  be 
able  to  number  them  :  and  he  said 
unto  him,  ''So  shall  thy  seed  be. 
6  ^And  he  believed  in  Jehovah; 
and  he  reckoned  it  to  him  for 
righteousness.  7  And  he  said  unto 
him,  I  am  Jehovah  that  brought 
thee  out  of  *  LJr  of  the  Chaldees,  to 
'give  thee  this  land  to  inherit  it. 
8  And  he  .said,  O  Lord  Jehovah, 
"•  whereby  shall  I  know  that  I  shall 
inherit  it?  9  And  he  said  unto 
him.  Take  me  a  heifer  three  years 
old,  and  a  she-goat  three  years  old, 
and  a  ram  three  years  old,  and  a 
turtle-dove,  and  a  young  pigeon. 
10  And  he  took  him  all  these,  and 
"divided  them  in  the  midst,  and 
laid  each  half  over  against  the 
other :  but  "  the  birds  divided  he 
not.  11  And  the  birds  of  prey 
came  down  upon  the  carcasses, 
and  Abram  drove  them  away. 

12  And  when  the  sun  was  going 
down,  ^a  deep  sleep  fell  upon 
Abram ;  and,  lo,  a  horror  of  great 
darkness  fell  upon  him.     13  And 

'  Or,  let  there  be  noihivqfor  me;  only  ihat&e. 

7  Or,  thy  reward  shall  be  exceeding  great 

8  Or,  go  hence 


12 


15.14 


GEKESIS 


17.6 


Sarai  and  llagar.    Expnlsion  of  Dagar.    BirUi  or  IshmaeL    Covenant  of  Ciraimcision 


he  said  nnto  Abram,  Know  of  a 
surety  that  "  thy  seed  shiiU  be 
sojourners  in  a  land  thai;  is  not 
theirs,  and  *  shall  serve  them  ;  and 
they  shall  atiiict  them  'four  hun- 
dred years;  l-t  and  also  that  na- 
tion, whom  they  shall  serve,  will  I 
judge :  and  af  tei'ward  shall  they 
come  out  ''with  great  substance. 
15  Bat  'thou  shalt  go  to  thy  fath- 
ers in  peace ;  thou  slialt  be  Luried 
in  a  good  old  age.  IG  And  in  •'the 
fourth  generation  they  shall  come 
hither  again:  for  ''the  iniquity 
of  the  Amorite  is  not  yet  full. 
17  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when 
the  sun  went  down,  and  it  was 
dark,  behold,  a  smoking  furnace, 
and  a  flaming  torch  that  ''passed 
between  these  pieces.  18  In  that 
day  Jehovah  made  a  covenant  with 
Abram,  saying.  Unto  thy  seed  have 
I  given  this  land,  from  *the  river 
of  Eg3/pt  unto  the  great  river,  the 
river  Euphrates  :  1 9  ''  the  Kenite, 
and  the  Ivenizzite,  and  the  Kad- 
monite,  20  and  the  Hittite,  and 
the  Perizzite,  and  the  Ilephaim, 
21  and  the  Amorite,  and  the 
Canaanite,  and  the  Girgashite, 
and  the  Jebusite. 
-J  /I*  Now '  Sarai,  Abram's  wife, 
JL\J  bare  him  no  children:  and 
she  had  a  handmaid, '"  an  Egyptian, 
whose  name  was  Hagar.  2  And 
Sarai  said  unto  Abram,  _  Behold 
now,  Jehovah  hath  restrained  me 
from  bearing ;  "  go  in,  I  pray  thee, 
unto  my  handmaid  ;  it  may  be  that 
I  shall  ^obtain  children  hy  her. 
And  Abram  hearkened  to  the  voice 
of  Sarai.  3  And  Sarai,  Abram's 
wife,  took  Hagar  the  Egj^ptian, 
her  handmaid,  after  Abram  had 
dwelt  "ten  years  in  the  land  of 
Canaan,  and  gave  her  to  Abram 
her  husband  to  be  his  wife.  4  And 
he  went  in  unto  Hagar,  and  she 
conceived  :  and  when  she  saw  that 
she  had  conceived,  her  mistress  was 
despised  in  her  eyes.  5  And  Sarai 
said  unto  Abram,  ^My  -wTong  be 
upon  thee:  I  gave  my  handmaid 
into  thy  bosom ;  and  when  she  saw 
that  she  had  conceived,  I  was 
despised  in  her  eyes :  « Jehovah 
judge  between  me  and  thee.  6  But 
Abram  said  unto  Sarai,  Behold, 
•"thy  maid  is  in  thy  hand;  do  to 
her  that  which  is  good  in  thine 
eyes.  And  Sarai  dealt  hardly  with 
her,  and  she  fled  from  her  face. 
7  And   'the   angel    of   Jehovah 

•  Heb.  be  buiMed  by  her. 


«  Acta  7.  6, 

17 
fc  Dt.  6.  15 
'(Jal.  3.  17; 

Ex.  i:j.  40 
d  Ex.  12.  32- 

38 
*  cli.  25.  8 ; 

47.  30 
/ver.  13 
"  Lev.  18. 

24-28 
h  Jer.  34.  18, 

19 
•'  Ex.  23.  31 ; 

Num.  34. 

1-16 ;  Dt. 

1.  7,  8 

k  Ex.  3.  17  ; 

23.  28 ; 

Josh.  21. 

43;  24.  11 
I  ch.  11.  30 
'"  Cb.  12.  16 
"  ch.  30.  3,  4, 

9,  10 
"  ch.  12.  4 
P  Jer.  61.  35 
«  ch.  31.  63 
•■  ver.  9 
*ch.  21.  17, 

18;  22.  n, 

16 ;  31. 11 


<  ch.  20.  1 
«  ch.  3.  9 ;  1 

K.  19.  9,  13 
"  ch.  17.  20 
'  Ex.  3.  7,  9 
V  Job  24.  6 ; 

39.  6-8 
*  ch.  2r,.  18 
"  ch.  32.  30 


b  ch.  14.  7 


"  ver.  3 ;  ch. 

12.4 


d  ch.  12.  7 ; 

15.  1 

«  ch.  28.  3 ; 

3.5.  11 
/ch.  6.9; 

Pt.  IS.  13 
0  ch.  16.  IS 
h  ch.  13.  16  ; 

16.  6 

<  ver.  17 ; 
ch.  18.  2 


fc  ch.  35. 11 ; 

48.  19 


'  Neh.  9.  7 
"*  Kom.  4.  17 


found  her  by  a  f(juutain  of  water 
in  the  wilderness,  hy  the  fountain 
in  the  way  to  '  Shur.  8  And  he 
said,  Hagar,  Sarai's  handmaid, 
"  whence  earnest  thoul  and  whither 
goest  thou'?  And  she  said,  I  am 
fleeing  from  the  face  of  mj  mis- 
tress Sarai.  9  And  the  angel  of 
Jehovah  said  unto  her,  Return  to 
thy  mistress,  and  submit  tliyself 
under  her  hands.  10  And  the 
angel  of  Jehovah  said  unto  her, 
''I  will  greatly  multiply  thy  seed, 
that  it  shall  not  be  numbered 
for  multitude.  11  And  the  angel 
of  Jehovah  said  unto  her.  Be- 
hold, thou  art  with  child,  and 
shalt  bear  a  son ;  and  thou  shalt 
call  his  name  -Ishmael,  because 
"^  Jehovah  hath  heard  thy  aflliction. 
1 2  And  he  shall  be  as  a  *  wild  ass 
among  men ;  his  hand  shall  he 
against  every  man,  and  every 
man's  hand  against  him ;  and  he 
shall  dwell  ^'over  against  all  his 
brethren.  13  And  she  called  the 
name  of  Jehovah  that  spake  unto 
her,  •*"Thou  art  ''a  God  that.seeth  : 
for  she  said.  Have  I  even  here 
looked  after  him  that  seeth  mel 
14  Wherefore  the  well  was  called 
^  Beer-lahai-roi ;  behold,  it  is  be- 
tween *  Kadesh  and  Bered. 

15  And  Hagar  bare  Abram  a 
son :  and  Abram  called  the  name 
of  his  son,  whom  Hagar  bare,  Ish- 
mael. 16  And  Abram  was  ''four- 
score and  six  years  old,  when  Hagar 
bare  Ishmael  to  Abram. 
-i  ^  And  when  Abram  was 
X  I  ninety  years  old  and  nine, 
''  Jehovah  appeared  to  Abram,  and 
said  unto  him,  I  am  ''God  "Al- 
mighty; walk  before  me,  and  be 
thou  •''perfect.  2  And  I  M-ill  make 
my  ^covenant  between  me  and 
thee,  and  will  ''multiply  thee  ex- 
ceedingly. 3  And  Abram  'fell  on 
his  face:  and  God  talked  with 
him,  saying,  4  As  for  me,  behold, 
my  covenant  is  with  thee,  and 
thou  shalt  be  the  father  of  a  *  mul- 
titude of  nations.  5  Neither  shall 
thy  name  any  more  be  called 
''Abram,  but  'thy  name  shall  be 
^Abraham;  for  '"the  father  of  a 
multitude  of  nations  have  I  made 
thee.  6  And  I  will  make  thee  ex- 
ceeding fruitful,  and  I  will  make 

2  That  is,  God  heareth.       s  Or,  to  the  east  of 
*  Or,  Thou  God  seesf  me 

5  Heb.  El  mi,  that  is,  God  of  seeing. 

6  That  is,  The  well  of  the  living  one  who  seeth 
me.  ~  Heb.  E!  Shaadai. 

8  That  is,  exa'ted  father. 

»  That  is,  father  of  a  multitude. 


13 


17. 


GENESIS 


las 


CovcnADt  of  Circnmcision.    Birtb  of  Isaac  promised,    ibraham's  Honsehold  circmndsed.    Three  Angels  visit  Abrahiun 


nations  of  thee,  and  "kings  shall 
come  out  of  thee.  7  And  I  will 
establish  my  covenant  between  me 
and  thee  and  thy  seed  after  thee 
throughout  their  generations  for 
an  ''  everlasting  covenant,  '^  to  be  a 
God  unto  thee  and  'Ho  thy  seed 
after  thee.  8  And  *I  will  give 
unto  thee,  and  to  thy  seed  after 
thee,  the  land  of  thy  sojournings, 
all  the  land  of  Canaan,  for  an  ever- 
lasting possession ;  and  I  will  be 
their  (jod. 

9  And  God  said  unto  Abraham, 
And  as  for  thee, -^  thou  shalt  keep 
my  covenant,  thou,  and  thy  seed 
after  thee  throughout  their  gen- 
erations. 10  ^  This  is  my  covenant, 
which  ye  shall  keep,  between  me 
and  you  and  thy  seed  after  thee : 
every  male  among  you  shall  be 
circumcised.  _  11  And  ''ye  shall  be 
circumcised  in  the  flesh  of  your 
foreskin ;  and  it  shall  be  a  token 
of  a  covenant  betwixt  me  and  you. 
12  And  he  that  is  'eight  days  old 
shall  be  circumcised  among  you, 
every  -male  throughout  your  gen- 
erations, he  that  is  born  in  the 
house,  or  bought  with  money  of 
any  foreigner  that  is  not  of  thy 
seed.  13  He  that  is  born  in  thy 
house,  and  he  *that  is  bought  with 
thy  money,  must  needs  be  circum- 
cised :  and  my  covenant  shall  be 
in  your  flesh  for  an  everlasting 
covenant.  14  And  the  uncircum- 
<iised  male  who  is  not  circumcised 
in  the  flesh  of  his  foreskin,  that 
soul  shall  be  cut  off  from  his  peo- 
ple :  he  hath  broken  my  covenant. 

15  And  God  said  unto  Abraham, 
As  for  Sai'ai  thy  wife,  thou  shalt 
not  call  her  name  Sarai,  but  ^  Sarah 
shall  her  name  be.  1 6  And  I  will 
bless  her,  and  moreover  I  will  give 
thee  '  a  son  of  her :  yea,  I  will  bless 
her,  and  she  shall  be  a  mother  of 
nations  ;  '"  kings  of  peoples  shall  be 
of  her._  17  Then  Abraham  "fell 
upon  his  face,  and  laughed,  and 
said  in  his  heart,  Shall  a  child  be 
born  unto  him  that  is  a  hundred 
years  old  1  and  shall  Sarah,  that  is 
ninety  years  old,  bear"?  18  And 
Abraham  said  unto  God,  Oh  that 
Ishmael  might  live  before  thee ! 
19  And  God  said.  Nay,  but  Sarah 
thy  wife  shall  bear  thee  "  a  son ; 
and  thou  shalt  call  his  name 
'^  Isaac :  and  p  J  will  establish  my 
covenant  with  him  for  an  everlast- 

1  That  is,  Prinresa. 

2  From  the  Heb.  word  meaning  to  laugh. 


'  ver.  16 ;  ch. 

35,  U 

6  ver,  13,  19 ; 

Ps.  105.  9, 

10 
■^Lev,  11.  45; 

•M.  12,  45 
<i  Gal.  3.  16 
«  ch,  12.  7 ; 

13.  15,  17 
/  Ex.  19.  5 
"  Jn.  7,  22 ; 

Acts  7,  8 
fc  Ex.  12.  48 ; 

Dt.  10. 16 
>  Lev.  12.  3 
k  Ex.  12.  44 
'  ch.  18.  10 
"'  ver.  6 ;  oh, 

36.  31 
"  ver.  3 

"  ver.  16 , 

ch.  21.  2 

P  ch.  26.  2-5 


1  ch.  16.  10 
*"  ch.  25.  10 
'  ver.  19  ;  ch. 

18.  10,  14 
«ch,  18,  33; 

35,  13 
"  ch,  14,  14 
"  Bom,  4,  11 

"  ch,  16,  16 


^ch.  12,  7; 


*ch,  13,  18; 
14.  13 


"  ver,  16,  22  ; 
ch,  32.  24 ; 
Josh.  6. 13; 
Judg.  13, 
6-11 


i-ch 

19.2; 

24, 

32;  43, 

24 

«  Judg.  6.  18. 

19 

13, 15, 16 

ing  covenant  for  his  seed  after 
him.  20  And  as  for  Ishmael,  I 
have  hoard  thee :  behold,  I  have 
blessed  him,  and  *will  make  him 
fruitful,  and  will  multiply  him  ex- 
ceedingly ;  '■  twelve  princes  shall 
he  beget,  and  I  will  make  him  a 
great  nation.  21  But  my  cove- 
nant will  I  establish  with  "Isaac, 
whom  Sarah  shall  bear  unto  thee 
at  this  set  time  in  the  next  year. 

,22  And  he  left  off  talking  with 
him,  and  '  God  went  up  from 
Abraham.  23  And  Abraham  took 
Ishmael  his  son,  and  all  that  were 
"born  in  his  house,  and  all  that 
were  bought  with  his  money,  every 
male  among  the  men  of  Abraham's 
house,  and  circumcised  the  flesh  of 
their  foreskin  in  the  selfsame  day, 
as  God  had  said  unto  him.  24  And 
Abraham  was  ninety  years  old  and 
nine,  when  "  he  was  circumcised  in 
the  flesh  of  his  foreskin.  25  And 
■^  Ishmael  his  son  was  thirteen  years 
old,  when  he  was  circumcised  in 
the  flesh  of  his  foreskin.  26  In 
the  selfsame  day  was  Abraham 
circumcised,  and  Ishmael  his  son. 
27  And  all  the  men  of  his  house, 
those  born  in  the  house,  and  those 
bought  with  money  of  a  foreigner, 
were  circumcised  with  him. 
■i  O  And  /Jehovah  appeared 
JLO  unto  him  by  the  '^oaks  of 
Mamre,  as  he  sat  in  the  tent  door 
in  the  heat  of  the  day ;  2  and  he 
lifted  up  his  eyes  and  looked,  and, 
Iq,  three  "men  stood  over  against 
him :  and  when  he  saw  them,  he 
ran  to  meet  them  from  the  tent 
door,  and  bo^Yed  himself  to  the 
earth,  3  and  said,  '^My  lord,  if  now 
I  have  found  favor  in  thy  sight, 
pass  not  away,  I  pray  thee,  from 
thy  servant :  4  let  now  a  little 
water  be  fetched,  and  ''  wash  your 
feet,  and  rest  yourselves  under  the 
tree :  5  and  "  I  will  fetch  a  morsel 
of  bread,  and  strengthen  ye  your 
heart ;  after  that  ye  shall  pass  on  : 
*  forasmuch  as  ye  are  come  to  your 
servant.  And  they  said.  So  do,  as 
thou  hast  said.  6  And  Abraham 
hastened  into  the  tent  unto  Sarah, 
and  said,  Make  ready  quickly  three 
measures  of  fine  meal,  knead  it, 
and  make  cakes.  7  And  Abraham 
ran  unto  the  herd,  and  fetched  a 
calf  tender  and  good,  and  gave  it 
unto  the  servant ;  and  he  hasted 
to  dress  it.     8  And  he  took  butter, 

»  Or,  terebinths  *  Or,  0  Lord 

*  Or,  for  therefore 


14 


18.9 


GENESIS* 


19.3 


Promise  of  a  8on  renevrea.    The  Doom  of  Sodom.    Abraham's  Intercession.    Thtr  Aogels  visit  Sodom 


and  milk,  and  the  calf  which  he 
had  dressed,  and  set  it  before  them  ; 
and  he  stood  by  them  under  the 
tree,  and  they  did  eat. ' 

9  And  they  said  unto  him.  Where 
is  8arah  thy  wife  I  And  he  said, 
Behold,  in  the  tent.  10  And  he 
said,  "  I  will  certainly  return  unto 
thee  when  the  season  ^  cometh 
round ;  and,  lo,  ^arah  thy  wife 
shall  have  a  son.  And  Sarah  heard 
in  the  tent  door,  which  was  behind 
him.  1 1  Now  *  Abraham  and  Sarah 
were  old,  and  well  stricken  in  age  ; 
it  had  ceased  to  be  with  Sarah 
after  the  manner  of  women.  1 2  And 
Sarah  laughed  within  herself,  say- 
ing. After  1  am  waxed  old  shall  I 
have  pleasure,  my  ""lord  being  old 
alsol  13  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Abraham,  Wherefore  did  Sarah 
laugh,  saying,  Shall  I  of  a  surety 
bear  a  child,  who  am  old"?  14  ''Is 
anything  too  -  hard  for  Jehovah  1 
At  the  *set  time  I  will  return  unto 
thee,  when  the  season  ^cometh 
round,  and  Sarah  shall  have  a  son. 
15  Then  Sarah  denied,  saying,  I 
laughed  not ;  for  she  was  afraid. 
And  he  said,  Nay ;  but  thou  didst 
laugh. 

16  And  'the  men  rose  up  from 
chence,  and  looked  toward  Sodom : 
and  Abraham  went  with  them  to 
bring  them  on  the  way.  17  And 
!' Jehovah  said.  Shall  I  hide  from 
Abraham  that  which  ''I  do;  18 
seeing  that  Abraham  shall  surely 
become  a  great  and  mighty  nation, 
and  'all  the  nations  of  the  earth 
shall  be  blessed  in  himl  19  For  I 
have  *  known  him,  to  the  end  that 
he  may  command  his  children  and 
his  household  after  him, '  that  thej' 
may  keep  the  way  of  Jehovah,  to 
do  righteousness  and  justice ;  to 
the  end  that  Jehovah  may  bring 
upon  Abraham  "'that  which  he 
hath  spoken  of  him.  20  And  Je- 
hovah said,  ^"Because  the  crj^  of 
Sodom  and  Gomorrah  is  great,  and 
*  because  their  sin  is  very  grievous  ; 
21  "I  will  go  acwn  now,  and  see 
whether  they  have  done  altogether 
according  to  the  cry  of  it,  which 
is  come  unto  me ;  and  if  not  I  will 
know. 

22  And  the  ^men  turned  frou. 
thence,  and  went  toward  Sodom : 
but  Abraham  stood  yet  before  'Je- 
hovah. 23  And  Abraham  drew 
near,  and  said,  "■  Wilt  thou  consume 

*  Heb.  liveth,  or,  revivdh.       8  Or,  wonderful 
*  Or,  VerUv 


"  Rom.  9.  9 
*•  ch.  17.  17 
"  I  Pet.  3.  6 

d  Jer.  32.  17, 

27 
'  ver.  10 ;  ch. 

17.  21 
/ver.  2,  22; 

ch.  lu.  1 
"  ver.  22,  26, 

33 
'i  ver.  21 ;  ch. 

19.  24 
'  Gal.  3.  8 
*■■  Neh.  9.  7  ; 

Amos  3.  2 
'  ch.  17.  9 
"'  ch.  12.  2,  3 
"  ch.  19.  13  ; 

Ezek.  16. 

49,  .'50 
"ch.  11.  5; 

Ex.  3.  8 
P  ver.  10;  ch. 

19.  1 
9  ver.  17 

'■  Ex.  23.  r 


'  Pt.  1.  16, 

17 
'  I)t.  32.  4 
"  ch.  3.  19  ; 

Job  30.  19  ; 

42.  6 


'  Ex.  32.  22 


=  ch.  17.  22; 
35.  13 


V  ch.  IS.  22 


'  ch.  18.  2-5 


the  righteous  with  the  wicked'? 
24  Perad venture  there  are  fifty 
righteous  within  the  city :  wilt 
thou  consume  and  not  spare  the 
place  for  the  fifty  righteous  that 
are  therein  'i  25  That  be  far  from 
thee  to  do  after  this  manner,  to 
slay  the  righteous  with  the  wicked, 
that  so  *the  righteous  should  be  as 
the  wicked  ;  that  be  far  from  thee : 
shall  not '  the  Judge  of  all  the  earth 
do  right  *?  26  And  Jehovah  said. 
If  I  find  in  Sodom  fifty  righteous 
within  the  city,  then  I  will  spare 
all  the  place  for  their  sake.  27  And 
Abraham  answered  and  said.  Be- 
hold now,  I  have  taken  ui)on  me  to 
speak  unto  the  Lord,  "  who  am  but 
dust  and  ashes :  28  peradventure 
there  shall  lack  five  of  the  fifty 
righteous :  wilt  thou  destroy  ali 
the  city  for  lack  of  five/?  And  he 
said,  I  will  not  destroy  it,  if  I  find 
there  forty  and  live.  29  And  he 
spake  unto  him  yet  again,  ana 
said,  Peradventure  there  shall  be 
forty  found  there.  And  he  said, 
I  will  not  do  it  for  the  forty's  sake. 

30  And  he  said,  "Oh  let  not  the 
Lord  be  angry,  and  I  will  speak : 
peradventure  there  shall  thirty  be 
found  there.  And  he  said,  I  wall 
not  do  it,  if  I  find   thirty  thei'e. 

31  And  he  said,  Behold  now,  I 
have  taken  upon  me  to  speak  unto 
the  Lord  :  peradventure  there  shall 
be  twenty  found  there.  _  And  he 
said,  I  will  not  destroj^  it  for  the 
twenty's  sake.  32  And  he  said, 
Oh  let  not  the  Lord  be  angrj%  and 
I  will  speak  yet  but  this  once : 
peradventure  ten_  shall  be  found 
there.  And  he  said,  I  will  not  de- 
stroy it  for  the  ten's  sake.  33  And 
•'Jehovah  went  his  way,  as  soon  as 
he  had  left  off  communing  with 
Abraham  :  and  Abraham  returned 
unto  his  place. 

■^  (\  And  the  *'  two  angels  came 
_L  «^  to  Sodom  at  even  ;  and  Lot 
sat  in  the  gate  of  Sodom :  and 
^Lot  saw  them,  and  rose  up  to 
meet  them  ;  and  he  bowed  himself 
with  his  face  to  the  earth  ;  2  and 
he  said.  Behold  now,  my  lords, 
turn  aside,  I  pray  you,  into  your 
servant's  house,  and  tarry  all 
night,  and  wash  your  feet,  and  ye 
shall  rise  up  early,  and  go  on  your 
way.  And  they  said.  Nay;  but  we 
will  abide  in  the  street  all  night. 
3  And  he  urged  them  greatly  ;  and 
thes^  turned  in  unto  him,  and  en- 
tered into  his  house ;  "  and  he  made 


16 


19.4 


•genesis 


19.30 


Wickedness  of  the  Hen  of  Sodom.    Lot  delivered.    (Sties  of  the  Pliun  destroyed 


ihem  a  feast,  and  did  bake  unleav- 
ened bread,  and  they  did  eat.  4  But 
before  they  lay  down,  "  the  men  of 
the  city,  even  the  men  of  Sodom, 
compassed  the  house  round,  both 
young  and  old,  all  the  people  from 
every  quarter ;  .5  and  they  called 
unto  Lot,  and  said  unto  him, 
*"  Where  are  the  men  that  came  in 
to  thee  this  night "?  bring  them  out 
unto  us,  that  we  may  know  them. 
6  And  Lot  went  out  unto  them_  to 
the  door,  and  shut  the  door  after 
him.  7  And  he  said,  I  pray  you, 
my  brethren,  do  not  so  wickedly. 
8  Behold  now,  "  I  have  two  daugh- 
ters that  have  not  known  man  ;  let 
me,  I  pray  you,  bring  them  out 
unto  you,  and  do  ye  to  them  as  is 
good  in  your  eyes:  only  unto  these 
men  do  nothing,  ^forasmuch  as 
they  are  come  under  the  shadow  of 
my  roof.  9  And  they  said,  Stand 
back.  And  they  said,  Tnis  one 
fellow  came  in  to  sojourn,  and  ''he 
will  needs  be  a  judge  :  now  will  we 
deal  worse  with  thee,  than  with 
them.  And  they  pressed  sore  upon 
the  man,  even  Lot,  and  drew  near 
to  break  the  door.  10  But  *the 
men  put  forth  their  hand,  and 
brought  Lot  into  the  house  to  them, 
and  shut  to  the  door.  11  And  ^  they 
smote  the  men  that  were  at  the 
door  of  the  house  with  blindness, 
both  small  and  great,  so  that  they 
wearied  themselves  to  find  the 
door. 

12  And  the  men  said  unto  Lot, 
Hast  thou  here  any  besides  1  son- 
in-law,  and  thy  sons,  and  thy 
daughters,  and  whomsoever  thou 
hast  in  the  city,  bring  them  out  of 
the  place:  13  for  we  will  destroy 
this  place,  because  -'the  cry  of 
them  is  waxed  great  before  Jeho- 
vah;  and  *. Jehovah  hath  sent  us 
to  destroy  it.  14  And  Lot  went 
out,  and  spake  unto  his  sons-in-law, 
who  ^married  his  daughters,  and 
said,  LTp,  get  you  out  of  this  place  ; 
for  Jehovah  will  destroy  the  city. 
'  But  he  seemed  unto  his  sons-in-law 
as  one  that  mocked.  1-5  And  when 
the  morning  arose,  then  the  angels 
hastened  Lot,  saying.  Arise,  take 
thy  wife,  and  thy  two  daughters 
that  are  here,  lest  thou  be  consumed 
in  the  ^iniquity  of  the  city.  16 
But  he  lingered ;  and  the  men 
*laid  hold  upon  his  hand,  and  upon 
the  hand  of   his  wife,  and  upon 

1  Or,  for  therefore        *  Or,  were  to  marry 
8  Or,  punUhanent 


"■  ch.  13.  13 ; 

ch.  18.  20 
>>  Judg.  la. 
22;  Lev. 
IS.  22 

'  Judg.  19. 

24 
d  Ex.  2.  14 
■^  ver.  1 
/Dt.  28.  28, 

29;  Acts 

13.  11 

0  ch.  18.  20 

1^  Lev.  26.  30- 
33  ;  Dt.  4. 
26;  28.45 

1  Jer.  43.  1,  2 
*  Dt.  6.  15 ; 

6.  21 ,  7.  8 


'  Jer.  48.  6 
"'  ver.  26 
"  ch.  13.  10 
"  ch.  14.  10 


P  Lk.  17.  29 ; 
Jude  7 


9  Dt.  29.  23 ; 

Is.  13.  19; 
Lam.  4.  6; 
2  Pet.  2.  6 


■  ver.  17 ; 
Lk.  17.  32 


'  ch.  18.  22 


<  Eey.  9.  2 


«  Dt.  7.  8 ; 

9.  fi,  27 
"  2  Pet.  2.  7 


the  hand  of  his  two  daughters, 
Jehovah  being  merciful  unto  him  : 
and  they  brought  him  forth,  and 
set  him  without  the  city.  17  And 
it  came  to  pass,  when  they  had 
brought  them  forth  abroad,  that 
he  said,  '  Escape  for  thy  life ;  ™look 
not  behind  thee,  neither  stay  thou 
in  all  the  "  Plain ;  escape  to  "  the 
mountain,  lest  thou  be  consumed. 
18  And  Lot  said  unto  them.  Oh, 
not  so,  *  my  lord :  1 9  behold  now, 
thy  servant  hath  found  favor  in 
thy  sight,  and  thou  hast  magnified 
thy  lovingkindness,  which  thou 
hast  showed  unto  me  in  saving  my 
life;  and  I  cannot  escape  to  the 
mountain,  lest  ^evil  overtake  me, 
and  I  die :  20  behold  now,  this 
city  is  near  to  flee  unto,  and  it  is 
a  little  one.  Oh  let  me  escape 
thither  (is  it  not  a  little  one  X),  and 
my  soul  shall  live.  21  And  he  said 
unto  him.  See,  I  have  accepted 
thee  concerning  this  thing  also, 
that  I  will  not  overthrow  the  city 
of  which  thou  hast  spoken.  22 
Haste  thee,  escape  thither;  for  I 
cannot  do  anything  till  thou  be 
come  thither.  Therefore  the  name 
of  the  city  was  called  ®Zoar. 

23  The  sun  was  risen  upon  the 
earth  when  Lot  came  unto  Zoar. 
24  Then  Jehovah  '' rained  up6n 
Sodom  and  upon  Gomorrah  brim- 
stone and  fire  from  Jehovah  out  of 
heaven;  2-5  and  ''he  overthrew 
those  cities,  and  all  the  Plain,  and 
all  the  inhabitants  of  the  cities, 
and  that  which  grew  upon  the 
ground.  26  But  his  wife  ''looked 
back  from  behind  him,  and  she  be- 
came  a  pillar  of  salt.  27  And 
Abraham  gat  up  early  in  the  morn- 
ing to  Hhe  place  where  he  had 
stood  before  Jehovah :  28  and  ho 
looked  toward  Sodom  and  Gomor- 
rah, and  toward  all  the  land  of  the 
Plain,  and  beheld,  and,  lo,  '^the 
smoke  of  the  land  went  up  as 
the  smoke  of  a  furnace. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass,  w-hen 
God  destroyed  the  cities  of  the 
Plain,  that  "God  remembered  Abra- 
ham, and  "sent  Lot  out  of  the 
midst  of  the  overthrow,  when  he 
overthrew  the  cities  in  which  Lot 
dwelt. 

'  30  And  Lot  went  up  out  of  Zoar. 
and  dwelt  in  the  mountain,  and 
his  two  daughters  with  him ;  for 
he  feared  to  d  weli  in  Zoar :  and  ha 

*  Or,  0  Lord  *  Or,  the  evU 

«  That  is,  Little.    See  ver.  20 ;  ch.  14.  8. 


16 


19.31 


GENESIS 


21.2 


Birth  of  Nonh  and  Ben-ammi.    Abrahftm  in  Gerar.    He  deceives  Ubimelerh.    Isaar  born 


dwelt  in  a  cave,  he  and  his  two 
daughters.  31  And  the  first-born 
said  unto  the  younger.  Our  father 
is  old,  and  there  is  not  a  man  in 
the  earth  to  come  in  unto  us  after 
the  manner  of  all  the  earth:  32 
come,  let  us  make  our  father  drink 
wine,  and  we  will  lie  with  him, 
that  we  may  preserve  seed  of  our 
father.  33  And  they  made  their 
father  drink  wine  that  night :  and 
the  tirst-born  went  in,  and  lay 
with  her  father ;  and  he  knew  not 
when  she  lay  down,  nor  when  she 
arose.  34  And  it  came  to  pass  on 
the  morrow,  that  the  tirst-born 
said  unto  the  jn:)unger,  l^ehold,  I 
lay  yesternight  with  my  father : 
let  us  make  him  drink  wine  this 
night  also ;  and  go  thou  in,  and  lie 
with  him,  that  we  may  preserve 
seed  of  our  father.  35  And  they 
made  their  father  drink  wine  that 
night  also  :  and  the  younger  ai'ose, 
and  lay  with  him ;  and  he  knew 
not  when  she  lay  down,  nor  when 
she  arose.  36  Thus  were  both  the 
daughters  of  Lot  with  child  by 
their  father.  37  And  the  first-born 
bare  a  son,  and  called  his  name 
*  Moab :  the  same  is  the  father  of 
the  Moabites  unto  this  day.  38 
And  the  younger,  she  also  bare  a 
son,  and  called  Iws  name  Ben- 
ammi  :  the  same  is  the  father  of 
the  children  of  *Ammon  unto  this 
day. 

C^(~\  And  Abraham  journeyed 
^\J  from  "thence  toward  the 
land  of  ''the  South,  and  dwelt  be- 
tween Kadesh  and  Shur ;  and  he 
sojourned  in  "Gerar.  2  And  Abra- 
ham said  of  Sarah  his  wife,  -^She 
is  nu''  sister  :  and  ^  Abimelech  king 
of  Gerar  sent,  and  took  Sarah. 
3  '^But  God  came  to  Abimelech 
in  a  dream  of  the  night,  and  said 
to  him.  Behold,  thou  art  but  a 
dead  man,  because  of  the  woman 
whom  thou  hast  taken  ;  for  she  is 
a  man's  wife.  4  Now  Abimelech 
had  not  come  near  her :  and  he 
said.  Lord,  wilt  thou  slay  even  a 
righteous  nation?  5  Said  he  not 
himself  unto  me.  She  is  my  sister "? 
and  she,  even  'she  herself  said, 
He  is  my  brother :  in  *  the  integrity 
of  my  heart  and  the  innocency  of 
my  hands  have  I  done  this.  6  And 
God  said  unto  him  in  the  dream. 
Yea,  I  know  that  in  the  integrity 
of  thy  heart  thou  hast  done  this, 
and  I  also  withheld  thee  from  sin- 
ning against  me :  therefore  suffered 


"  Dt.  2.  9 
>>  Dt.  2.  19 
•■  ch.  18.  1 
<'  ch.  12.  9 
'  ch.  21).  1,  (i 
/  ver.  12 ;  ch. 

12.  i;i 
9ch.  12.  15 
''ch.  12. 17, 18 
'  ver.  i;i 
«•■  1  K.  9.  4 ; 

Ps.  7.  8 ; 

2B.  6 


'  1  Sam.  7.  5 ; 

Job  42.  8 
'"  ch.  12.  18 


"  ch.  12.  12 ; 

26.  7 


"  ver.  5 
P  ch.  12. 16 


■  Num.  12. 
13 ;  21.  7 


'  ch.  12.  17 


'  ch.  17.  16. 
21;  18. 10, 14 


"  Gal.  4.  22  , 
Heb.  11.  11 


"  ch.  17.  21 ; 
18.  10.  14 


17 


I  thee  not  to  touch  her.  7  Now 
therefore  restore  the  man's  wife ; 
for  'he  is  a  prophet,  and  he  shall 
pray  for  thee,  and  thou  shalt  live  : 
and  if  thou  restore  her  not,  know 
thou  that  thou  shalt  surely  die, 
thou,  and  all  that  are  thine. 

8  And  Abimelech  rose  early  in 
the  morning,  and  called  all  his 
servants,  and  told  all  these  things 
in  their  ears :  and  the  men  were 
sore  afraid.  9  '"Then  Abimelech 
called  Abraham,  and  said  unto 
him,  What  hast  thou  done  unto  us"? 
and  wherein  have  I  sinned  against 
thee,  that  thou  hast  brought  on  me 
and  on  my  kingdom  a  great  sin  i 
thou  hast  done  deeds  unto  me  that 
ought  not  to  be  done.  10  And 
Abimelech  said  unto  Abraham, 
What  sawest  thou,  that  thou  hast 
done  this  thing?  11  And  Abraham 
said.  Because  1  thought.  Surely  the 
fear  of  God  is  not  in  this  place ; 
and  ''they  will  slay  me  for  my 
wife's  sake.  12  And  moreover  she 
is  indeed  my  sister,  the  daughter 
of  my  father,  but  not  the  daugh- 
ter of  my  mother  ;  and  she  became 
my  wife:  13  and  it  came  to  pass, 
when  God  caused  me  to  wander 
from  my  father's  house,  that  I  said 
unto  her,  This  is  thy  kindness 
which  thou  shalt  show  unto  me : 
at  every  place  whither  we  shall 
come,  "  say  of  me,  He  is  my  brother. 
14  And  ^Abimelech  took  sheep 
and  oxen,  and  men-servants  and 
women-servants,  and  gave  them 
unto  Abraham,  and  restored  him 
Sarah  his  wife.  15  And  Abimelech 
said,  « Behold,  my _  land  is  before 
thee  :  dwell  where  it  pleaseth  thee. 

16  And  unto  Sarah  he  said.  Behold, 
I  have  given  thy  bi'other  a  thou- 
sand pieces  of  silver  :  behold,  ^  it  is 
for  thee  a  covering  of  the  eyes  to 
all  that  are  with  thee ;  and  ^  in 
respect   of   all    thou  art   righted. 

17  And  ''Abraham  prayed  unto 
God:  and  God  healed  Abimelech, 
and  his  wife,  and  his  maid-ser- 
vants ;    and    they    bare   children. 

18  *For  .Jehovah  had  fast  closed 
up  all  the  wombs  of  the  house  of 
Abimelech,  because  of  Sarah,  Abra- 
ham's wife. 

O  ^  '  And  .Jehovah  visited 
^  J_  Sarah  as  he  had  said,  and 
.Jehovah  did  unto  Sarah  as  he  had 
spoken.  2  "  And  Sarah  conceived, 
and  bare  Abraham  a  son  in  his  old 
age,  at  *'  the  set  time  of  which  God 

I  Or.  he  *  Or,  before  al'  men 


21.3 


GENESIS 


22.1 


Isaac  born.    Hagar  and  Ishmael  sent  away.    The  Covenant  of  Beer-sbeba 


had  spoken  to  him.  3  And  Abra- 
ham called  the  name  of  his  son 
that  was  born  unto  him,  whom 
Sarah  bare  to  him,  "Isaac.  4  And 
Abraham  circumcised  his  son  Isaac 
when  he  was  *  eight  days  old,  as 
God  had  commanded  him.  5  And 
Abraham  was  "a  hundred  years 
old,  when  his  son  Isaac  was  born 
unto  him.  6  And  Sarah  said,  God 
hath  ^made  me  to  ''laugh;  every 
one  that  heareth  will  laugh  with 
me.  7  And  she  said,  "  Who  would 
have  said  unto  Abraham,  that 
Sarah  should  give  children  suck? 
for  I  have  bor.'ie  him  a  son  in  his 
-old  age. 

8  And  the  child  grew,  and  was 
weaned :  and  Abraham  made  a 
great  feast  on  the  day  that  Isaac 
was  weaned.  9  And  Sarah  saw 
''the  son  of  Hagar  the  Egyptian, 
whom  she  had  borne  unto  Abra- 
ham, -mocking.  10  Wherefore  she 
said  unto  Abraham,  ^  Cast  out  this 
handmaid  and  her  son :  for  the 
son  of  this  handmaid  shall  not  be 
heir  with  my  son,  even  with  Isaac. 
11''  And  the  thing  was  very  griev- 
ous in  Abraham's  sight  on  account 
of  his  son.  1 2  And  God  said  unto 
Abraham,  Let  it  not  be  grievous  in 
thy  sight  because  of  the  lad,  and 
because  of  thy  handmaid  ;  in  all 
that  Sarah  saith  unto  thee,  hearken 
unto  her  voice ;  for  '  in  Isaac  shall 
thy  seed  be  called.  13  Aiid  also  of 
*the  son  of  the  handmaid  will  I 
make  a  nation,  because  he  is  thy 
seed.  14  And  Abraham  rose  up 
early  in  the  morning,  and  took 
bread  and  a  ^  bottle  of  water,  and 
gave  it  unto  Hagar,  putting  it  on 
her  shoulder,  and  gave  her  the 
child,  and  sent  her  away  :  and  she 
departed,  and  wandered  in  the 
wilderness  of '  Beer-sheba.  1 5  And 
the  water  in  the  bottle  was  spent, 
and  she  cast  the  child  under  one  of 
the  shrubs.  1 6  And  she  went,  and 
sat  her  down  over  against  him  a 
good  way  off,  as  it  were  a  bowshot : 
for  she  said,  Let  me  not  look  upon 
the  death  of  the  child.  And  she 
sat  over  against  him,  and  '"lifted 
up  her  voice,  and  wept.  17  And 
God  "  heard  the  voice  of  the  lad ; 
and  the  angel  of  God  called  to 
Hagar  out  of  heaven,  and  said  unto 
her.  What  aileth  thee,  Hagar? 
"fear  not ;  for  God  hath  heard  the 
voice   of    the    lad    where    he    is. 

1  Or,  prepared  laughter  for  me 

*  Or,  playing  *  Or,  skin 


"  Ch.  17.  19, 

21 
'ch.  17.  12; 

Acts  7.  8 
"  ch.  17.  17 
d  ch.  18.  13 ; 

Is.  54.  1 
«  ch.  18.  13 
/ch.  16.  15 
"  Gal.  4.  30 
'■  ch.  17.  18 
'  Rom.  9.  7  ; 

Heb,  11.  18 
*  ver.  18  ;  ch. 

16.  10;  26. 

12-18 
'  ver.  31 
'"  Jer.  6.  26  ; 

Am.  8.  10 
"  Kx.  3.  7 ; 

Dt.  26.  7 ; 

Ps.  6.  8 
0  ch.  26.  24 


P  ver.  (3 ;  ch. 

16.  10 ;  2o. 

12 
■^  ch.  '6.  7,  14 

"■  ch.  28.  :;■  • 

39.  2,  3,  21 
'  ch.  25.  18 
tch.  20.  14  i 

2ii.  2ii 
«  ch.  26.  28 


"  ch.  20.  15, 
18,  20-22 


V  ver.  14 ;  ch. 
26.  33 


'  ch.  12.  8 

°  Ex.  15.  18  ; 

Dt.  32.  40 ; 

Ps.  90.  2 ; 

Is.  40.  28 ; 

Jer.  10.  10 
b  ch.  22.  19 

'  Dt.  8.  2,  16 


18 


18  Arise,  lift  up  the  lad,  and  hold 
him  in  thy  hand  ;  -pfor  I  will  make 
him  a  great  nation.  19  And  God 
opened  her  eyes,  and  she  saw  ''a 
well  of  water ;  and  she  went,  and 
filled  the  bottle  with  water,  and 
gave  the  lad  drink.  '20  And  *■  God 
was  with  the  lad,  and  he  grew  ;  and 
he  dwelt  in  the  wilderness,  and 
became,  as  he  grev.'  up,  an  archer. 
21  And  'he  dwelt  in  the  wilder- 
ness of  Paran  :  and  his  mother  took 
him  a  wife  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 
22  And  it  came  to  pass  at  that 
time,  that  'Abimelech  and  Phicol 
the  captain  of  his  host  spake  unto 
Abraham,  saying,  "God  is  with  thee 
in  all  that  thou  doest :  23  now 
therefore  swear  unto  me  here  by 
God  that  thou  wilt  not  deal  falsely 
with  me,  nor  with  "*  my  son,  nor 
with  my  son's  son  :  but  according 
to  the  kindness  that  I  have  tlone 
unto  thee,  thou  shalt  do  unto  me, 
and  to  the  land  wnerein  thou  hast 
sojourned.  2-i  And  Abraiiam  said, 
I  will  swear.  25  And  Abranam 
reproved  Abimelech  because  of  the 
well  of  water,  which  Abimelech's 
servants  "had  violently  taken 
away.  26  And  Abimelech  said,  I 
know  not  who  hath  done  this  thing : 
neither  didst  thou  tell  me,  neither 
yet  heard  1  of  it,  but  to-day.  27 
And  Abraham  took  sheep  and  oxen, 
and  gave  them  unto  Abimelech ; 
and  -"they  two  made  a  covenant. 

28  And  Abraham  set  seven  ewe 
lambs  of  the  flock  by  themselves. 

29  And  Abimelech  said  unto  Abra- 
ham, What  mean  these  seven  ewe 
lambs  which  thou  hast  set  by  them- 
selves'? 30  And  he  said.  These 
seven  ewe  lambs  shalt  thou  take  of 
my  hand,  that  it  may  be  a  witness 
unto  me,  that  I  have  digged  this 
well.  3 1  Wherefore  he  called  that 
place  ^  Beer-sheba  ;  because  there 
they  sware  both  of  them.  32  So 
they  made  a  covenant  at  Beer- 
sheba  :  and  Abimelech  rose  up,  and 
Phicol  the  captain  of  his  host,  and 
they  returned  into  the  land  of 
the  Philistines.  33  And  Abraham 
planted  a  tamarisk  tree  in  Beer- 
sheba,  and  ^called  there  on  the 
name  of  Jehovah,  the  "  Everlasting 
God.  34  And  Abraham  sojourned 
*in  the  land  of  the  Philistines  many 
days. 

O  O  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
iW  /^  these  things,  that "  God  did 
prove  Abraham,  and  said  unto  hi  qq, 

*  Or,  my  offspring,  nor  with  my  posterity 


22.2 


GENESIS 


23.3 


Ibraham  tempted  to  offer  Isaac.    Nahor's  Family.    The  Death  of  Sarah 


*  Abraham ;  and  he  said,  Here  am 
I.  2  And  he  said,  Take  now  *thy 
son,  thine  only  son,  whom  thou  lov- 
est,  even  Isaac,  and  get  thee  into 
the  land  of  "  iMoriali-;  and  offer  him 
there  for  a  ''burnt-offering  upon  one 
of  the  mountains  which  I  will  tell 
thee  of.  3  And  Abraham  rose  early 
in  the  morning,  and  saddled  his 
ass,  and  took  two  of  his  young  men 
with  him,  and  Isaac  his  son  ;  and 
he  clave  the  wood  for  the  burnt- 
offering,  and  rose  up,  aftd  went 
unto  the  place  of  which  God  had 
told  him.  4  On  the  third  day 
Abraham  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and 
saw  the  place  afar  off.  5  And 
Abraham  said  unto  his  j'oung  men. 
Abide  ye  here  with  the  ass,  and  1 
aiid  the  lad  will  go  yonder  ;  and  we 
will  worship,  and  come  again  to 
you.  6  And  Abraham  took  the 
wood  of  the  burnt-offering,  and 
'laid  it  upon  Isaac  his  son ;  and  he 
took  in  his  hand  the  fire  and  the 
knife  ;  and  they  went  both  of  them 
together.  7  And  Isaac  spake  unto 
Abraham  his  father,  and  said.  My 
father  :  and  he  said.  Here  am  I,  my 
son.  And  he  said.  Behold,  the  fire 
and  the  wood :  but  where  is  the 
''lamb  for  a  burnt-offering  1  8  And 
Abraham  said,  God  will  ^  provide 
himself  the  lamb  for  a  burnt-offer- 
ing, my  son  :  so  they  went  both  of 
them  together. 

9  And  they  came  to  f  the  place 
which  God  had  told  him  of :  and 
Abraham  built  ''the  altar  there, 
and  laid  the  wood  in  order,  ana 
b9und  Isaac  his  son,  and  'laid 
him  on  the  altar,  upon  the  wood. 
10  And  Abraham  stretched  forth 
his  hand,  and  took  the  knife  to 
slay  his  son.  1 1  And  *  the  angel 
of  Jehovah  called  unto  him  out  of 
heaven,  and  said,  Abraham.  Abra- 
ham :  and  he  said.  Here  am  I. 
12  And  he  said.  Lay  not  thy  hand 
upon  the  lad,  neither  do  thou  any- 
thing unto  him  ;  for  now  I  know 
that  thou  fearest  God,  seeing  thou 
hast  not  withheld  'thy  son,  thine 
onlj'^  son,  from  me.  13  And  Abra- 
ham lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  looked, 
and,  behold,  behind  him  a  ram 
caught  in  the  thicket  by  his  horns  : 
and  Abraham  went  and  took  the 
ram,  and  offered  him  up  for  a  burnt- 
offering  in  the  stead  of  his  son. 
14  And  Abraham  called  the  name 
of  that  place  '^  Jehovah  iireh  :  as  it 

1  Heb.  if e for  himself. 

*  That  is,  Jehovah,  will  see,  OT  vrovide. 


"  ver.  U 
i>veT.  ?2,  16; 

Jn.  3.  IG; 

I  Jn.  4.  9 
'  •.'  Llir.  ;i.  1 
''  ch.  f>.  -M 
"Jn.  ID.  17 
/  Ex.  'jy.  3S- 

42;  Jn.  1. 

l>a,  36 ;  Rev. 

13.  8 
f  ver.  2 
ftch.  12.  7,8; 

13.  18 
•Heb.  11. 

17-19 
*  ch.  16.  7- 

11;  21.  17, 

18 
'  ver.  2,  16 


"'  ver.  8 

"  Heb.  6.  13, 

14 
"  ch.  16.  5 ; 

26.  4 
Pch.  32.  12 
«  ch.  24.  60 
"■  Gal.  3.  8, 

16;  Acts  3. 

'  ch.  18.  19 
'  ver.  5 


"  ch.  n.  29 


'  ch,  24.  16 


^  Josh.  14. 
1 ') ;  16.  13 ; 
21.  U 


^ch 

10.  16; 

lo. 

20 

'  Lev.  25.  23 

1  Chr.  29. 

16 

Ps.  39. 

12 

Heb. 

11. 

9,13 

"ch 

14.  14; 

20. 

7 

is  said  to  this  day,  In  the  mount 
of  Jehovah  ^""it  shall  be  provided. 
15  And  the  angel  of  Jehovah  called 
unto  Abraham  a  second  time  out  of 
heaven,  IG  and  said,  "By  myself 
have  I  sworn,  saith  Jehovah,  be- 
cause thou  hast  done  this  thing, 
and  hast  not  withheld  thy  son, 
thine  only  son,  17  that  in  blessing 
I  will  bless  thee,  and  in  multiply- 
ing I  will  multiply  thy  seed  as  the 
"  stars  of  the  heavens,  and  as  *  the 
sand  which  is  upon  the  sea-shore ; 
and  /'thy  seed  shall  possess  the  gate 
of  his  enemies  ;  1 8  and  ''  in  thy  seed 
shall  all  the  nations  of  the  earth 
■*  be  blessed ;  because  thou  hast 
'obeyed  my  voice.  19  *So  Abra- 
ham returned  unto  his  young  men, 
and  they  rose  up  and  went  together 
to  Beer-sheba  ;  and  Abraham  dwelt 
at  Beer-sheba. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
these  things,  that  it  was  told  Abra- 
ham, saying,  Behold,  "Milcah,  she 
also  hath  borne  childi'en  unto  thy 
brother  Nahor :  21  Uz  his  first- 
born, and  Buz  his_  brother,  and 
Kemuel  the  father  of  Aram,  22  and 
Chesed,  and  Hazo,  and  Pildash, 
and  Jidlaph,  and  Bethuel.  23  And 
Bethuel  begat  "Bebekah :  these 
eight  did  Milcah  bear  to  Nahor, 
Abraham's  brother.  24  And  his 
concubine,  whose  name  was  Eeu- 
mah,  she  also  bare  Tebah,  and 
Gaham,  and  Tahash,  and  Maacah. 
O  O  And  the  life  of  Sarah  was 
w  O  a  hundred  and  seven  and 
twenty  years  :  these  were  the  years 
of  the  life  of  Sarah.  2  And  Sarah 
died  in  ''^  Kiriath-arba  (the  same  is 
Hebron),  in  the  land  of  Canaan : 
and  Abraham  came  to  mourn  for 
Sarah,  and  to  weep  for  her.  3  And 
Abraham  rose  up  from  before  his 
dead,  and  spake  unto  the  children 
of  ^  Heth,  saying,  4  I  am  "  a  stran- 
ger and  a  sojourner  with  you  :  give 
me  a  possession  of  a  burying-place 
with  you,  that  I  may  bury  my  dead 
out  of  my  sight.  5  And  the  chil- 
dren of  Heth  answered  Abraham, 
saying  unto  him,  6  Hear  us,  my 
lord  ;  thou  art  a  "  prince  of ^  God 
among  us :  in  the  choice  of  our 
sepulchres  bury  thy  dead  ;  none  of 
us  shall  withhold  from  thee  his 
sepulchre,  but  that  thou  mayest 
bury  thy  dead.  7  And  Abraham 
rose  up,  and  bowed  himself  to  the 
people  of  the  land,  even  to  the  chil- 
dren of  Heth.  8  And  he  communed 

3  Or,  he  shall  be  seen       *  Or,  bless  themselves 


19 


23.9 


GEiffESIS 


24.14 


PoTchase  of  the  Field  of  Machpelah.    Burial  of  Sarah.    Betrothal  of  Isaac  and  Rebekah 


with  them,  saying.  If  it  be  your 
mind  that  I  should  bury  my  dead 
out  of  my  sight,  hear  me,  and  en- 
treat for  me  to  "Ephron  the  son 
of  Zohar,  9  that  he  may  give  me 
the  cave  of  Machpelah,  which  he 
hath,  which  is  in  the  end  of  his 
field ;  for  the  full  price  let  him 
give  it  to  me  in  the  midst  of  you 
for  a  possession  of  a  burying-place. 

10  Now  Ephron  was  sitting  in  the 
midst  of  the  children  of  Heth  :  and 
Ephron  the  Hittite  answered  Abra- 
ham in  the  audience  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Heth,  even ''  of  all  that  M^ent 
in  at  the  gate  of  his  city,  saying, 

1 1  Nay,  my  lord,  hear  me :  the 
field  give  I  thee,  and  the  cave  that 
is  therein,  I  give  it  thee ;  in  the 
presence  of  the  children  of  my  peo- 
ple giv^e  I  it  thee:  bury  thy  dead. 

12  And  Abraham  bowed  himself 
down  before  the  people  of  the  land. 
1.3  And  he  spake  unto  Ephron  in 
the  audience  of  the  people  of  the 
land,  saying,  But  if  thou  wilt,  I 
pray  thee,  hear  me  :  I  will  give  the 
price  of  the  field ;  take  it  of  me, 
and  I  will  bury  my  dead  there. 
14  And  Ephron  answered  Abra- 
ham, saying  unto  him,  15  My  lord, 
hearken  unto  me  :  a  piece  of  land 
\vorth  four  hundred  "  shekels  of  sil- 
ver, what  is  that  betwixt  me  and 
thee?  bury  therefore  thy  dead. 
16  And  Abraham  hearkened  unto 
Ephron;  and  Abraham  ** weighed 
to  Ephron  the  silver  which  he  had 
named  in  the  audience  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Heth,  four  hundred  shekels 
of  silver,  current  Tnoney  with  the 
merchant. 

1 7  So '  the  field  of  Ephron,  which 
was  in  Machpelah,  which  was  be- 
fore Mamre,  tne  field,  and  the  cave 
which  was  therein,  and  all  the  trees 
that  were  in  the  field,  that  were  in 
all  the  border  thereof  round  about, 
were  made  sure  18  unto  Abraham 
for  a  possession  -^in  the  presence 
of  the  children  of  Heth,  before  all 
that  went  in  at  the  gate  of  his 
city.  19  And  after  this,  Abra- 
ham buried  Sarah  his  wife  in  the 
cave  of  the  field  of  Machpelah 
before  Mamre  (the  same  is  Hebron), 
in  the  land  of  Canaan.  20  And 
the  field,  and  the  cave  that 
is  therein,  were  made  sure  unto 
Abraham  for  a  possession  of  a 
burying-place  by  the  children  of 
Heth. 

O/l       And  Abraham   was   old, 
^  TC  and  well  stricken   in   age : 


°  Ch.  25.  9 
*  ver.  18 ; 

ch.  34.  20. 

24 ;  Rutli  4. 

«  Ex.  30.  13 
d  2  S.  14.  26  ; 

Jer.  32.  9 ; 

Zech.  11. 12 
«  ch.  25.  9 ; 

49.  29,  30 ; 

60.  13 
/ver.  10 


^  ver.  35 ; 

ch.  12.  2 
''  ch.  47.  29 
■  ch.  14.  19, 

22 
fc  ch.  10.  18, 

19 ;  26.  34, 

35  ;  28.  1,  2, 

8 
'  ch.  12.  1  ; 

Heb.  11.  16 


"*  ver.  8 
"  ver.  3 


"ch.  12.7; 

13.  15 ; 

15.  18 
P  ch.  16.  7 ; 

21.  17 ;  22. 

11 ;  Ex.  23. 

20,  23 


9  ver.  6 
"■  ver.  2 


«ch.ll.  31,32 


"  ver.  42 
''  1  S.  9.  II 


*  ver.  27,  42, 

48 
y  ch.  27.  20 


and  Jehovah  had  ^blessed  Abra- 
ham in  all  things.  2  And  Abra- 
ham said  unto  his  servant,  the 
elder  of  his  house,  that  ruled  over 
all  that  he  had,  ''  Put,  I  pray  thee, 
thy  hand  under  my  thigh  :  3  and 
I  wiU  make  thee  swear  by  Jeho- 
vah, 'the  God  of  heaven  and  the 
God  of  the  earth,  that  thou  wilt 
not  take  a  wife  for  my  son  of 
the  daughters  of  *  the  Canaanites, 
among  whom  I  dwell :  4  but  thou 
shalt  go'  unto  '  my  country,  and  to 
my  kindred,  and  take  a  wife  for 
my  son  Isaac.  5  And  the  servant 
said  unto  him,  Peradventure  the 
woman  will  not  be  willing  to  fol- 
low me  unto  this  land :  must  I 
needs  bring  thy  son  again  unto 
the  land  from  whence  thou  cam- 
esf?  6  And  Abraham  said  unto 
him, "'  Beware  thou  that  thou  bring 
not  my  son  thither  again.  7  "Je- 
hovah, the  God  of  heaven,  who 
took  me  from  my  father's  house, 
and  from  the  land  of  my  nativity, 
and  who  spake  unto  me,  and  who 
sware  unto  me,  saying,  "  Unto  thy 
seed  will  I  give  this  land ;  he  will 
send  ^his  angel  before  thee,  and 
thou  shalt  take  a  wife  for  my  son 
from  thence.  8  And  if  the  woman 
be  not  willing  to  follow  thee,  then 
thou  shalt  be  clear  from  this  my 
oath ;  *  only  thou  shalt  not  bring 
my  son  thither  again.  9  And  the 
servant  ''put  his  hand  under  the 
thigh  of  Abraham  his  master,  and 
sware  to  him  concerning  this  mat- 
ter. 

10  And  the  servant  took  ten 
camels,  of  the  camels  of  his  mas- 
ter, and  departed,  ^having  *all 
goodly  things  of  his  master's  in  his 
hand :  and  he  arose,  and  went  to 
^Mesopotamia,  unto  'the  city  of 
Nahor.  1 1  And  he  made  the  cam- 
els to  kneel  down  without  the  city 
by  "  the  well  of  water  at  the  time 
of  evening,  "the  time  that  women 
go  out  to  draw  water.  1 2  And  he 
said,  ""O  Jehovah,  the  God  of  my 
master  Abraham,  ^send  me,  I  pray 
thee,  good  speed  this  day,  and 
show  kindness  unto  my  master 
Abraham.  1 3  Behold,  ^I  am  stand- 
ing by  the  fountain  of  water  ;  and 
the  daughters  of  the  men  of  the 
city  are  coming  out  to  draw  water : 
14  and  let  it  come  to  pass,  that 
the  damsel  to  whom  I  shall  say, 

1  Or,  far  all  the  goods  of  his  master  were  in  his 
hand 

2  Heb.  Aram-naharaim,  that  is,  Aram  of  the 

two  rivers. 


20 


24.15 


GENESIS 


24.43 


Betrothal  of  Isaac  and  Rebekah 


Let  down  thy  pitcher,  I  pray  thee, 
that  I  may  drink  •  and  she  shall 
say,  Drink,  and  I  will  give  thy 
camels  drink  also  :  let  the  same  be 
she  that  thou  hast  appointed  for 
thy  servant  Isaac ;  and  thereby 
shall  I  know  that  thou  hast 
showed  kindness  unto  my  master. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  "  before  he 
had  done  speaking,  that,  behold, 
''Kebekah  came  out,  who  was  born 
to  Bethuel  the  son  of  Milcah,  the 
wife  of  Nahor,  Abraham "s  brother, 
with  her  pitcher  upon  her  shoulder. 

16  And  the  damsel  was  "very  fair 
to  look  upon,  a  virgin,  neither  had 
any  man  known  her  :  and  she  went 
down  to  the  fountain,  and  filled 
her  pitcher,  and  came  up.  1 7  And 
the  servant  ran  to  meet  her,  and 
said,  Give  me  to  drink,  I  pray 
thee,  a  little  water  from  thy 
pitcher.  18  And  "^  she  said.  Drink, 
my  lord  :  and  she  hasted,  and  let 
down  her  pitcher  upon  her  hand, 
and  gave  him  drink.  19  Ana 
when  she  had  done  giving  him 
drink,  *  she  said,  I  will  draw  for  thy 
camels  also,  until  they  have  done 
drinking.  20  And  she  hasted,  and 
emptied  her  pitcher  into  the 
trough,  and  ran  again  unto  the 
well  to  draw,  and  drew  for  all  his 
camels.  21  ■^And  the  man  looked 
stedfastly    on    her,    holding     his 

Eeace,  to  know  whether  Jehovah 
ad  made  his  journey  prosperous 
or  not.  22  And  it  came  to  pass, 
as  the  camels  had  done  drinking, 
that  the  man  took  ''a  golden  ring 
of  ^half  a  shekel  weight,  and  two 
bracelets  for  her  hands  of  ten 
shekels  weight  of  gold,  23  and 
said,  AVhose  daughter  art  thou  1 
tell  me,  I  pray  thee.  Is  there 
room  in  thy  father's  house  for  us 
to  lodge  inf  24  And  she  said  unto 
him,  '•  I  am  the  daughter  of  Bethuel 
the  son  of  Milcah,  whom  she  bare 
unto  Nahor.  25  8he  said  more- 
over unto  him.  We  have  both 
straw  and  provender  enough,  and 
room  to  lodge  in.  26  And  the 
man  'bowed  his  head,  and  wor- 
shipped Jehovah.  27  And  he  said, 
*  Blessed  be  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
my  master  Abraham,  who  hath 
not  forsaken  his  lovingkindness 
and  his  truth  toward  my  master : 
as  for  me,  'Jehovah  hath  led  me 
\n  the  way  to  the  house  of  my  mas- 
ter's brethren. 
28  And   ""the  damsel  ran,  and 

1  Heb.  a  beka.    See  Ex.  38.  28. 


"  ver.  45 
*  ch.  22.  20, 

23 

''ch.  12.  n  ; 

29.  17 
<i  ver.  14,  40 
*■  ver.  14 
/ver.  12-14, 

27,  52 
"  ver.  47 
ft  ver.  15 
'  ver.  48,  62 
*:  ver.  12,  42, 

48 
'  ver.  21 
"'  ch.  29.  12 


"  ch.  29.  13 

°  ch.  29.  14 
P  ch.  18.  3-5  ; 
19.  2,  3 


'  ver.  2 
*■  ver.  1 


'  ch.  13.  2 

« ch.  21.  1-7 
"  ch.  25.  6 
"  ver.  2-J 


*  ver.  6 


'ver.  11,12 


i>  ver.  13 


told  her  mother's  house  according 
to  these  words.  29  And  llebekah 
had  a  brother,  and  his  name  was 
"  Laban :  and  Laban  ran  out  unto 
the     man,     unto     the     fountain. 

30  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
saw  the  ring,  and  the  bracelets 
upon  his  sister's  hands,  and  when 
he  heard  the  words  of  Bebekah  his 
sister,  saying.  Thus  spake  the  man 
unto  me ;  that  he  came  unto  the 
man ;  and,  behold,  he  was  stand- 
ing by  the  camels  at  the  fountain. 

31  And  he  said,  "Come  in,  thou 
blessed  of  Jehovah ;  wherefore 
.standest  thou  without '?  for  *I 
have  prepared  the  house,  and  room 
for  the  camels.  32  Ana  the  man 
came  into  the  house,  and  he  un- 
girded  the  camels ;  and  he  gave 
straw  and  provender  for  the  cam^ 
els,  and  water  to  wash  his  feet  and 
the  feet  of  the  men  that  were  with 
him.  33  And  there  was  set  food 
before  him  to  eat :  but  he  said,  I 
will  not  eat,  until  I  have  told  mine 
errand.  And  he  said,  ISpeak  on. 
34  And  he  said,  I  am  *  Abraham's 
servant.  35  And  ''Jehovah  liath 
blessed  my  master  greatly  ;  and  he 
is  become  great :  and  he  hath 
given  him  *  Hocks  and  herds,  and 
silver  and  gold,  and  men-servants 
and  maid-servants,  and  camels  and 
asses.  36  'And  Sarah  my  mas- 
ter's wife  bare  a  son  to  my  master 
when  she  was  old  :  "and  unto  him 
hath  he  given  all  that  he  hath. 
37  "And  my  master  made  me 
swear,  saying.  Thou  shalt  not  take 
a  wife  for  my  son  of  the  daughters 
of  the  Canaanites,  in  whose  land  I 
dwell :  38  but  thou  shalt  go  unto 
my  father's  house,  and  to  my  kin- 
dred, and  take  a  wife  for  my  son. 
39  ""And  I  said  unto  my  master, 
Peradventure  the  woman  will  not 
follow  me.  40  And  he  said  unto 
me,  2' Jehovah,  before  whom  I  walk, 
will  send  his  angel  with  thee,  and 
prosper  thy  way;  and  thou  shalt 
take  a  wife  for  my  son  of  my  kin- 
dred, and  of  my  father's  house : 
41  nhen  shalt  thou  be  clear  from 
my  oath,  when  thou  comest  to  my 
kindred ;  and  if  they  give  her  not 
to  thee,  thou  shalt  be  clear  from 
my  oath.  42  And  "I  came  this 
day  unto  the  fountain,  and  said, 

0  Jehovah,  the  God  of  my  master 
Abraham,  if  now  thou  do  prosper 
my  way  which  I  go :  43  'behold, 

1  am  standing  by  the  fountain  of 
water ;  and  let  it  come  to  pass,  that 


21 


24.44 


GENESIS 


25.7 


Betrothal  of  Isaac  and  Rebekah.    Their  Harriage.    Abraham  and  Ketnrah 


the  maiden  that  cometh  forth  to 
draw,  to  whom  I  shall  say,  "  Give 
me,  I  pray  thee,  a  little  water  from 
thy  pitcher  to  drink ;  44  and  she 
shall  say  to  me.  Both  drink  thou, 
and  I  will  also  draw  for  thy  camels  : 
let  the  same  be  the  woman  whom 
Jehovah  hath  appointed  for  my 
master's  son.  45  And  before  I 
had  done  *  speaking  in  my  heart, 
behold,  ''Rebekah  came  forth  with 
her  pitcher  on  her  shoulder ;  and 
she  went  down  unto  the  fountain, 
and  drew  :  and  '*  I  said  unto  her, 
Let  me  drink,  I  pray  thee.  46  And 
she  made  haste,  and  let  down  her 
pitcher  from  her  shoulder,  and 
said,  *  Drink,  and  I  will  give  thy 
camels  drink  also  :  so  I  drank,  and 
she  made  the  camels  drink  also. 
47  -^And  I  asked  her,  and  said. 
Whose  daughter  art  thou?  And 
she  said,  The  daughter  of  Bethuel, 
Nahor's  son,  whom  Milcah  bare 
unto  him  :  and  I  put  the  ring  upon 
her  nose,  and  the  bracelets  upon 
her  hands.  48  And  ^I  bowed  my 
head,  and  worshipped  Jehovah, 
and  blessed  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
my  master  Abraham, ''  who  had  led 
me  in  the  right  way  to  take  my 
master's  brother's  daughter  for  his 
son.  49  And  now  if  ye  will  'deal 
kindly  and  truly  with  my  master, 
tell  me  :  and  if  not,  tell  me ;  that  I 
may  turn  to  the  right  hand,  or  to 
the  left. 

50  Then  Laban  and  Bethuel 
answered  and  said.  The  thing 
proceedeth  from  Jehovah :  *  we 
cannot  speak  unto  thee  bad  or 
good.  51  Behold,  Rebekah  is  be- 
fore thee,  take  her,  and  go,  and  let 
her  be  thy  master's  son's  wife,  as 
Jehovah  hath  spoken.  52  And  it 
came  to  pass,  that,  when  Abra- 
ham's servant  heard  their  words, 
he  'bowed  himself  down  to  the 
earth  unto  Jehovah.  53  And  the 
servant  brought  forth  "jewels  of 
silver,  and  jewels  of  gold,  and  rai- 
ment, and  gave  them  to  Rebekah  : 
he  gave  also  to  her  brother  and 
to  her  mother  precious  things. 
54  And  they  did  eat  and  drink, 
he  and  the  men  that  were  with 
him,  and  tarried  all  night ;  and 
they  rose  up  in  the  morning,  and 
he  said,  "Send  me  away  unto  my 
master.  55  And  her  brother  and 
her  mother  said,  "Let  the  damsel 
abide  with  us  a  few  days,  at  the 
least  ten ;  after  that  she  shall  go. 
56  And  he  said  unto  them,  Hinder 


°  ver.  14 
i"  1  S,  1.  13 
■^  ver.  15 
<*  ver.  17 
«  ver.  18 
/ver.  23,  24 
"  ver.  26,  52 
'» ver.  27 
i  ch.  47.  29  ; 

Josh.  2.  14 
tch.  31.24,  29 
'  ver.  26,  48 
'"  ver.  10,  22 
"  ver.  5<i ; 

ch.  30.  25 
°  Judg.  19.  4 


P  ch.  35.  8 
9  ch.  17.  16 


'  ch.  16.  14 ; 
25.  11 

« ch.  20.  1 

"  Ps.  119.  15, 
■j7,  48;  143. 
5;  14.i.  5 

"  ch.  18.  2 


"  ch.  29.  IS 


ych.  23.1,2; 
25.  20 


-  1  Chr.  1. 
32,33 


'  ch.  24.  35 
36 


me  not,  seeing  Jehovah  hath  pros- 
pered my  way  ;  send  me  away  that 
I  may  go  to  my  master.  57  And 
they  said,  We  will  call  the  damsel, 
and  inquire  at  her  mouth.  58  And 
they  called  Rebekah,  and  said  unto 
her.  Wilt  thou  go  with  this  mani 
And  she  said,  I  will  go.  59  And 
they  sent  away  Rebekah  their  sis- 
ter, and  ^  her  nurse,  and  Abraham's 
servant,  and  his  men.  60  And 
they  blessed  Rebekah,  and  said 
unto  her.  Our  sister,  be  thou  ''the 
mother  of  thousands  of  ten  thou- 
sands, and  let ""  thy  seed  possess  the 
gate  of  those  that  hate  them. 

61  And  Rebekah  arose,  and  her 
damsels,  and  they  rode  upon  the 
camels,  and  followed  the  man : 
and  the  servant  took  Rebekah, 
and  went  his  way.  62  And  Isaac 
came  from  the  way  of  *  Beer-lahai- 
roi ;  for  he  dwelt  in  the  land  of 
*the  South.  63  And  Isaac  went 
out  "  to  meditate  in  the  field  at  the 
eventide:  and  "he  lifted  up  his 
eyes,  and  saw,  and,  behold,  there 
were  camels  coming.  64  And 
Rebekah  lifted  up  her  eyes,  and 
when  she  saw  Isaac,  she  alighted 
from  the  camel.  65  And  she  said 
unto  the  servant,  What  man  is  this 
that  walketh  in  the  field  to  meet 
usi  And  the  servant  said.  It  is 
my  master  :  and  she  took  her  veil, 
and  covered  herself.  66  And  the 
servant  told  Isaac  all  the  things 
that  lie  had  done.  67  And  Isaac 
brought  her  into  his  mother  Sa- 
rah's tent,  and  took  Rebekah,  and 
she  became  his  wife ;  and  ^  he 
loved  her :  and  Isaac  was  com- 
forted after  *his  mother's  death. 
O  pT  And  Abraham  took  an- 
^  tJ  other  wife,  and  her  name 
was  Keturah.  2  And  ^she  bare 
him  Zimran,  and  Jokshan.  and 
Medan,  and  Midian,  and  Ishbak, 
and  Shuah.  3  And  Jokshan  begat 
Sheba,  and  Dedan.  And  the  sons 
of  Dedan  were  Asshurim,  and  Le- 
tushim,  and  Leummim.  4  And 
the  sons  of  Midian :  Ephah,  and 
Epher,  and  Hanoch,  and  Abida, 
and  Eldaah.  All  these  were  the 
children  of  Keturah.  5  "And 
Abraham  gave  all  that  he  had 
unto  Isaac.  6  But  unto  the  sons 
of  the  concubines,  that  Abraham 
had,  Abraham  gave  gifts;  and  he 
sent  them  away  from  Isaac  his 
son,  while  he  yet  lived,  eastward, 
unto  the  east  country.  7  And 
these  are  the  days  of  the  years  of 


22 


25.8 


GENESIS 


26.4 


ibraliiim's  Death.    Descendants  ef  Isbmael.    Bi~ th  of  Esaa  and  Jacob.    Esan  sells  his  Birthright.    Isaac  in  Gerar 


Abraham's  life  which  he  lived, 
*a  hundred  threescore  and  fifteen 
years.  8  And  Abraham  gave  up 
the  ghost,  and  died  *  in  a  good  old 
age,  an  old  man,  and  full  of  year^, 
and  was  ''gathered  to  his  people. 
9  And  Isaac  and  Ishniael  his 
sons  buried  him  in  ''-  the  cave  of 
Machpelah,  in  the  field  of  Ephron 
the  son  of  Zohar  the  Hittite, 
which  is  before  Mamre ;  10  the 
field  which  Abraham  purchased 
of  the  children  of  Heth :  there 
was  Abraham  buried,  and  Sarah 
his  wife.  1 1  And  it  came  to  pass 
after  the  death  of  Abraham,  that 
•God  blessed  Isaac  his  son  :  and 
Isaac  dwelt  by  ^  Beer-lahai-roi. 

12  Now  these  are  the  genera- 
tions of  ^  Ishmael,  Abraham's  son, 
whom  Hagar  the  Egyptian,  8a- 
rahs  handmaid,  bare  unto  Abra- 
ham:  13  and  these  are  the  names 
of  *  the  sons  of  Ishmael.  by  their 
names,  according  to  their  genera- 
tions :  the  first-born  of  Ishmael, 
Nebaioth  ;  and  Kedar,  and  Adbeel, 
and  Mibsam,  14  and  Mishma,  and 
Dumah,  and  Massa,  15  Hadad, 
and  Tenia,  Jetur,  Naphish,  and 
Kedemah  :  1 6  these  are  the  sons 
of  Ishmael,  and  these  are  their 
names,  by  their  villages,  and  by 
theirencampments ;  'twelve princes 
according  to  their  nations.  1 7  And 
these  are  the  years  of  the  life  of 
Ishmael,  *a  hundred  and  thirty 
and  seven  years  :  and  he  gave  up 
the  ghost  and  died,  and  was  '  gath- 
ered unto  his  people.  18  And 
they  dwelt  from  Havilah  unto 
""  Shur  that  is  before  Egypt,  as  thou 
goest  toward  Assyria  :  "he  ^  abode 
over  against  all  his  brethren. 

_  1 9  And  these  are  the  genera- 
tions of  Isaac,  Abraham's  son : 
Abraham  begat  Isaac :  20  and 
Isaac  was  forty  years  old  when  he 
took  "Rebekan,  the  daughter  of 
Bethuel  the  "Syrian  of  Paddan- 
aram,  the  sister  of  Laban  the 
'^Syrian,  to  be  his  wife.  21  And 
Isaac  entreated  Jehovah  for  his 
wife,  because  she  was  barren  :  and 
''Jehovah  was  entreated  of  him, 
and  Rebekah  his  Avife  conceived. 
22  And  the  children  struggled 
together  within  her  ;  and  she  said. 
If  it  be  so,  ^  wherefore  do  I  live '{ 
And  she  went  to  inquire  of  Jeho- 
vah. 23  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
her, 

^^T,  settled    Heb./eH.        ^'B.eh.  Aramean. 
'  Or,  wherefore  am  I  thus  t 


"  ch.  12.  4 
*  ch.  15.  15 
"  ver.  17 ;  ch. 

35.  29 ;  49. 

29,33 
''ch.  23. 17,18 
"  ch.  12.  2,  3  ; 

22.  17  ;  211.  3 
/ch.  24.  02 
■'  ch.  16.  15 
''  1  Chr.  1. 

29-ul 
'ch.  17.  20 
k  ch.  10.  10 

'  ver.  8 
'"  ch.  20.  1 
"■  ch.  10.  12 
°  ch.  24.  15, 

29 
''Ps.  127.  3; 
1  S.  1.  17 


«  ch.  17.  4-6, 

10;  Num. 

20.  14  ; 

Dt.  2.  4,  8 

»■  ch.  27.  29 

*  ch.  27.  40  ; 

Mai.  1.  2, 
3 ;  Rom.  9. 

12 
<  Hos.  12.  3 
"  ver.  20 


*Dt.  21.  10, 
17;  1  Chr. 
6.  1,  2 


y  Heb.  12.  16 


-  ch.  12.  10 


'  ch.  20.  1,  2 


b  ch.  12.  7 ; 

17.  1 ;  18.  1 
'  ch.  12.  1 

d  ver.  24 ;  ch. 
28.  15 ;  31.  3 

'  ch.  12.  7  ; 

13.  16  ;  16. 


"  ch.  15.  5  ; 
22.  17 ;  Ex. 
32.  13 


«Two  nations  are  in  thy  womb. 

And  two  peoples  shall   be  sepa- 
rated from  thy  bowels  : 

''And    the    one  people  shall  be 
stronger  than  the  other  people  ; 

And  'the  elder  shall  serve  the 
younger. 
24  And  when  her  days  to  be  de- 
livered were  fulfilled,  behold,  there 
were  twins  in  her  womb.  25  And 
the  first  came  forth  ■*  red,  all  over 
like  a  hairy  garment ;  and  they 
called  his  name  Esau.  26  And 
after  that  came  forth  his  brother, 
and  'his  hand  had  hold  on  Esau's 
lieel ;    and    his    name    was    called 

*  Jacob  :  and  Isaac  was  "threescore 
years  old  when  she  bare  them. 

27  And  the  boys  grew  :  and  Esau 
was  a  skilful  hunter,  a  man  of  the 
field  ;  and  Jacob  was  a  ^  quiet  man, 
dwelling  in  tents.  28  Now  Isaac 
loved  Esau,  because  he  did  eat  of 
his  venison  :  and  Rebekah  loved 
Jacob.  29  And  Jacob  boiled  "pot- 
tage :  and  Esau  came  in  from  the 
field,  and  he  was  faint :  30  and 
Esau  said  to  Jacob,  Feed  me,  I 
pray  thee,  with  ^  that  same  red 
pottage ;  for  I  am  faint :  therefore 
washisnamecalled'^Edom.^  31  And 
Jacob   said.    Sell    me    ^  first    thy 

*  birthright.  32  And  Esau  said. 
Behold,  I  am  about  to  die :  and 
what  profit  shall  the  birthright  do 
to  me  i  33  And  Jacob  said.  Swear 
to  me  ^  first ;  and  he  sware  unto 
him  :  and  ^  he  sold  his  birthright 
unto  Jacob.  34  And  Jacob  gave 
Esau  bread  and  pottage  of  lentils  ; 
and  he  did  eat  and  drink,  and  rose 
up,  and  went  his  way :  so  Esau 
despised  his  birthright. 

O/^  And  there  was  ^a  famine 
iii  yj  in  the  land,  besides  the 
first  famine  that  was  in  the  days 
of  Abraham.  And  Isaac  went 
unto  "  Abimelech  king  of  the  Philis- 
tines, unto  Gerar.  2  And  Jeho- 
vah *  appeared  unto  him,  and  said. 
Go  not  down  into  Egypt;  ''dwell 
in  the  land  which  I  shall  tell  thee 
of:  3  sojourn  in  this  land,  and ''I 
will  be  with  thee,  and  will  bless 
thee  ;  for  "  unto  thee,  and  unto  th;^ 
seed,  I  will  give  all  these  lands,  and 
I  will  establish  -^the  oath  which  I 
sware  unto  Abraham  thy  father:, 
4  and  ^I  will  multiply  thy  seed  as 
the  stars  of  heaven,  and  will  give 

*  Or,  rtcddv 

s  That  is.  One  thai  takes  by  theheel  or  supplants. 

6  Or,  /i.nrmie.'S    Heb.  perfect. 

'  Heb.  the  red  pottage,  this  red  pottaEe. 

8  That  is.  Red.  »  Heb.  to  day. 


23 


2a  5 


GENESIS 


26.34 


Isaac  in  Cerar.    He  deceives  ibimelech.    Isaac  prospers  and  is  envied.    His  Covenant  with  ibimelecb 


unto  thy  seed  all  these  lands  ;  and 
"in  thy  seed  shall  all  the  nations 
of  the  earth  ^  be  blessed ;  5  be- 
cause that  Abraham  obeyed  my 
voice,  and  kept  my  charge,  my 
commandments,  my  statutes,  and 
my  laws.  6  And  Isaac  dwelt  in 
Gerar  :  7  and  the  men  of  the  place 
asked  him  of  his  wife ;  and  he  said, 
*  She  is  my  sister  :  for  he  feared  to 
say.  My  wife  ;  lest,  said  he,  the  men 
of  the  place  should  kill  me  for  Re- 
bekah  ;  because  she  was  "  fair  to 
look  upon.  8  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  he  had  been  there  a  long 
time,  that  Abimelech  king  of  the 
Philistines  looked  out  at  a  window, 
and  saw,  and,  behold,  Isaac  was 
sporting  with  Rebekah  his  wife. 
9  And_  Abimelech  called  Isaac, 
and  said,  Behold,  of  a  surety  she 
is  thy  wife :  and  how  saidst  thou. 
She  is  my  sister  ?  And  Isaac  said 
unto  him.  Because  I  said.  Lest  I 
die  because  of  her.  _  1 0  And  "*  Abim- 
elech said.  What  is  this  thou  hast 
done  unto  us?  one  of  the  people 
might  easily  have  lain  witn  thy 
wife,  and  _  thou  wouldest  have 
brought  guiltiness  upon  us.  11  And 
Abimelech  charged  all  the  people, 
saying.  He  that  touch  eth  this  man 
or  his  wife  shall  surely  be  put  to 
death. 

1 2  And  Isaac  sowed  in  that  land, 
and  found  in  the  same  year  a  hun- 
dredfold: and  *  Jehovah  blessed 
him.  13  And  the  man  waxed 
great,  and  grew  more  and  more  un- 
til he  became  very  great:  14  and 
•''he  had  possessions  of  flocks,  and 

Kossessions  of  herds,  and  a  great 
ousehold  :  and  the  Philistines  en- 
vied him.  15  Now  ^all  the  wells 
which  his  father's  servants  had 
digged  in  the  days  of  Abraham  his 
father,  the  Philistines  had  stopped, 
and  filled  with  earth.  16  And 
Abimelech  said  unto  Isaac,  Go  from 
us ;  for  thou  art  much  mightier 
than  we.  17  And  Isaac  departed 
thence,  and  encamped  in  the  valley 
of  Gerar,  and  dwelt  there. 

18  And  Isaac  digged  again  the 
wells  of  water,  which  they  had 
digged  in  the  days  of  Abraham  his 
father ;  for  the  Philistines  had 
stopped  them  after  the  death  of 
Abraham :  and  he  called  their 
names  after  the  names  by  which 
his  father  had  called  them.  19 
And  Isaac's  servants  digged  in  the 
valley,  and  found  there  a  well  of 

1  Or,  hless  themselves 


"  ch.  22.  18 ; 
Oal.  3.  8 

*  ch.  12.  13 ; 
20.  2,  12 

«  ch.  12.  11 ; 

29.  17 
d  ch.  20.  9 

•  ver.  3 
/ch.  24.  35 ; 

25.  6 
"  ch.  21.  25, 
30 


A  Ps.  4. 1 ; 

Is.  54.  2 


*  ch.  22.  19 
t  ver.  2 

'  ch.  17.  7,  8 ; 

24.  12;  Ex. 

3.6 
"■  ver.  3 ;  22. 

17 


"  ch.  12. 7,  8 ; 


"  ch.  21.  22 


P  ch.  21.  22, 

23 


«  ch.  21.  31 


■  ch.  21.  31 


24 


-springing  water.  20  And  the 
herdsmen  of  Gerar  strove  with 
Isaac's  herdsmen,  saying,  The 
water  is  ours :  and  he  called  the 
name  of  the  well  ^Esek,  because 
they  contended  with  him.  2 1  And 
they  digged  another  well,  and  they 
strove  for  that  also  :  and  he  called 
the  name  of  it  ^Sitnah.  22  And 
he  removed  from  thence,  and 
digged  another  well ;  and  for  that 
they  strove  not :  and  he  called  the 
name  of  it  ^  Hehoboth  ;  and  he  said, 
''  For  now  Jehovah  hath  made  room 
for  us,  and  we  shall  be  fruitful  in 
the  land. 

23  And  he  went  up  from  thence 
to  'Beer-sheba.  24  And  Jehovah 
*  appeared  unto  him  the  same  night, 
and  said,  'I  am  the  God  of  Abra- 
ham thy  father  :  fear  not,  for  I  am 
with  thee,  and  "•  will  bless  thee,  and 
multiply  thy  seed  for  my  servant 
Abraham's  sake.  25  And  he 
builded  an  "altar  there,  and  called 
upon  the  name  of  Jehovah,  and 
pitched  his  tent  there:  and  there 
Isaac's  servants  digged  a  well. 

26  Then "  Abimelech  went  to  him 
from  Gerar,  and  Ahuzzath  his 
friend,  and  Phicol  the  captain  of 
his  host.  27  And  Isaac  said  unto 
them.  Wherefore  are  ye  come  unto 
me,  seeing  ye  hate  me,  and  have 
sent  me  away  from  you  'I  28  And 
they  said.  We  saw  plainly  ^that 
Jehovah  was  with  tliee :  and  we 
said,  Let  there  now  be  an  oath  be- 
twixt us,  even  betwixt  us  and  thee, 
and  let  us  make  a  covenant  with 
thee,  29  that  thou  wilt  do  us  no 
hurt,  as  we  have  not  touched  thee, 
and  as  we  have  done  unto  thee 
nothing  but  good,  and  have  sent 
thee  away  in  peace  :  thou  art  now 
the  blessed  of  Jehovah.  30  And 
he  made  them  a  feast,  and  they 
did  eat  and  drink.  31  And  they 
rose  up  betimes  in  the  morning, 
and  '  sware  one  to  another :  and 
Isaac  sent  them  away,  and  they 
departed  from  him  in  peace.  32 
And  it  came  to  pass  the  same  day, 
that  Isaac's  servants  came,  and 
told  him  concerning  the  well  which 
they  had  digged,  and  said  unto  him. 
We  have  found  water.  33  And  he 
called  it  '  Shibah :  therefore  the 
name  of  the  city  is  Beer-sheba  unto 
this  day. 

34   And  when  Esau  was  forty 

2  Heb.  livinq.  3  That  is,  Contention, 

*  That  is,  Enmity. 

6  That  is,  Broad  places,  or,  Room. 


26.35 


GENESIS 


27.30 


l!sga's  Wires.    Jacob  obtains  Isaac's  Blessing 


years  old  "he  took  to  wife  Judith 
the  daughter  of  Bee\'i  the  Hittite, 
and  Basemath  the  daughter  of 
Elon  the  Hittite:  35  and  "they 
were  '  a  grief  of  mind  unto  Isaac 
and  to  Rebekah. 

O  'T  And  it  came  to  pass,  that 
^  §  when  Isaac  was  old,  and 
'his  eyes  were  dim,  so  that  he  could 
not  see,  he  called  Esau  his  "^  elder 
son,  and  said  unto  him,  My  son  : 
ana  he  said  unto  him.  Here  am  I. 
2  "And  he  said,  Behold  now,  1  am 
old,  I  know  not  the  day  of  my 
death,  o  Now  therefore  take,  1 
pray  thee,  thy  weapons,  thy  quiver 
and  thy  bow,  and  go  out  to  the 
field,  and  'take  me  venison  ;  4  and 
make  me  savory  food,  such  as  I 
love,  and  bring  it  to  me,  that  I 
may  eat;  that ''my  soul  may  bless 
thee  before  I  die. 

5  And  Rebekah  heard  when  Isaac 
spake  to  Esau  his  son.  And  Esau 
went  to  the  held  to  hunt  for  veni- 
son, and  to  bring  it.  6  And  ''Ke- 
bekah  spake  unto  Jacob  her  son, 
saying,  Behold,  I  heard  thy  father 
speak  unto  Esau  thy  brother,  say- 
ing, 7  Bring  me  venison,  and  make 
me  savory  food,  that  I  may  eat,  and 
bless  thee  before  Jehovah  before 
my  death.  8  Now  therefore,  my 
son,  'obey  ray  voice  according  to 
that  which  I  command  thee.  9  Go 
now  to  the  flock,  and  fetch  me 
from  thence  two  good  kids  of  the 
goats  ;  and  I  will  make  them  savory 
food  for  thy  father,  such  as  he 
loveth  :  10  and  thou  shalt  bring  it 
to  thy  father,  that  he  may  eat,  so 
that  he  may  bless  thee  before  his 
death.  1 1  And  Jacob  said  to 
Rebekah  his  mother,  Behold,  Esau 
my  brother  is  a  *  hairy  man,  and  I 
am  a  smooth  man.  12  'My  father 
peradventure  will  feel  me,  and  I 
shall  seem  to  him  as  a  ^deceiver; 
and  I  shall  bring  a  curse  upon  me, 
and  not  a  blessing.  13  And  his 
mother  said  unto  him,  Upon  me  be 
thy  curse,  my  son  :  only  '"obey  my 
voice,  and  go  fetch  me  them.  14 
And  he  went,  and  fetched,  and 
brought  them  to  his  mother :  and 
his  mother  made  savory  food,  such 
as  his  father  loved.  1-5  And  Re- 
bekah took  the  goodly  "garments 
of  Esau  her  elder  son,  which  were 
with  her  in  the  house,  and  put  them 
upon  Jacob  her  younger  son;  16 
and  she  put  the  skins  of  the  kids  of 
the  goats  upon  his  hands,  and  upon 

iMeb.  bitterness  qf  spirit       *  Or,  mocker 


"ch.  2&.  8; 

31).  2 
<-  ch.  27.  46 
■^  ch.  48.  10  ; 

1  S.  a.  2 
<*  clj.  26.  26, 

33,  34 
'  ch.  47.  29 
/ch.  26.  28 
'^  ver.  19,  26, 

31 
''  ch.  26.  28 
'  ver.  13,  43 
*  ch.  26.  26 
'  ver.  21,  22 
'"  ver.  8 
"  ver.  27 


"  ver.  31 
^  ver.  4 


«  ch.  24.  12 


^  ver.  12 


"  Heb.  n.  20 

"  S.  S.  4.  U 
^  Ps.  65.  10 


y  ver.  39 ; 

Dt.  33.  13, 
28 ;  Prov. 
3.  20 ; 
Zech.  8.  12 


-  ch.  25.  23 ; 
Is.  45.  14 ; 

49.  7,  23  ; 
fiO.  12,  14 

"  ver.  37 ;  9. 

2fi,  27 
b  ch.  37.  7, 10 

"  ch.  12.  3 ; 
Num.  24.  9 


the  smooth  of  his  neck  :  1 7  and  she 
gave  the  savory  food  and  the  bread, 
which  she  had  prepared,  into  the 
hand  of  her  son  Jacob. 

1 8  And  he  came  unto  his  father, 
and  said,  My  father :  and  he  said. 
Here  am  I ;  who  art  thou,  my  son? 
1  y  And  Jacob  said  unto  his  father, 
I  am  Esau  thy  tirst-born ;  I  have 
done  according  as  thou  badest  me  : 
"arise,  1  pray  thee,  sit  and  eat  of 
my  venison,  that  ^thy  soul  may 
bless  me,  20  And  Isaac  said  unto 
his  son.  How  is  it  that  thou  hast 
found  it  so  quickly,  my  son  1  And 
he  said, « Because  Jehovah  thy  God 
sent  me  good  speed.  21  And 
Isaac  said  unto  Jacob,  Come  near, 
I  pray  thee,  that  'I  may  feel  thee, 
my  son,  whether  thou  be  my  very- 
son  Esau  or  not.  22  And  Jacob 
went  near  unto  Isaac  his  father ; 
and  he  felt  him,  and  said.  The  voice 
is  Jacob's  voice,  but  the  hands  are 
the  hands  of  Esau.  23  And  he  dis- 
cerned him  not.  because  his  hands 
were* hairy,  as  his  brother  Esau's 
hands  :  so  he  blessed  him.  24  And 
he  said.  Art  thou  my  very  son 
Esau  j  And  he  said,  I  am.  25  And 
he  said.  Bring  it  near  to  me,  and  I 
will  eat  of  my  son's  venison,  that 
'my  soul  may  bless  thee.  And  he 
brought  it  near  to  him,  and  he  did 
eat :  and  he  brought  hirn  wine,  and 
he  drank.  26  And  his  father  Isaac 
said  unto  him.  Come  near  now,  and 
kiss  me,  my  son.  27  And  he  came 
near,  and  kissed  him :  and  he 
smelled  the  smell  of  his  raiment, 
and  "  blessed  him.  and  said. 
See, "  the  smell  of  my  son 
Is  as  the  smell  of  a  field  *  which 
Jehovah  hath  blessed : 

28  And  ^  God  give  thee  of  the  dew 

of  heaven. 
And  of  the  fatness  of  the  earth. 
And  plenty  of  grain  and  new 

wine : 

29  ^Let  peoples  serve  thee, 

And  nations  bow  down  to  thee  : 
"  Be  lord  over  thy  brethren, 
*  And  let  thy  mother's  sons  bow 

down  to  thee : 
"  Cursed  be  every  one  that  curs- 

eth  thee. 
And  blessed  be  every  one  that 
blesseth  thee. 
30  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon 
as  Isaac  had  made  an  end  of  bless- 
ing   Jacob,    and    Jacob    was    yet 
scarce  gone  out  from  the  presence 
of  Isaac  his  father,  that  Esau  hia 
brother    came  in  from    his  hun}> 


25 


27.31 


GENESIS 


26.  x( 


Esau's  Disappointment  and  Enmity.    Jacob  is  sent  to  Paddan-aram.    Esan  takes  another  Wife 


ing.  3 1  And  he  also  made  savory 
food,  and  brought  it  unto  his 
father ;  and  he  said  unto  his 
father,  "Let  my  father  arise,  and 
eat  of  his  son's  venison,  that  *thy 
soul  may  bless  me.  32  And  Isaac 
his  father  said  unto  him,  "  Who 
art  thou"?  And  he  said,  I^  am 
thy  son,  ''thy  first-born,  Esau. 
33  And  Isaac  trembled  very  ex- 
ceedingly, and  said,  ""Who  then 
is  he  that  hath  taken  venison, 
and  brought  it  me,  and  I  have 
eaten  of  all  before  thou  camest, 
and  have  blessed  him?  ■'yea,  and 
he  shall  be  blessed.  34  When 
Esau  heard  the  words  of  his  father, 
-  he  cried  with  an  exceeding  great 
and  bitter  cry,  and  said  unto  his 
father,  Bless  me,  even  me  also,  O 
my  father.  35  And  he  said,  ''  Tliy 
brother  came  with  guile,  and  hath 
taken  away  thy  blessing.  36  And 
he  said,  Is  not  he  rightly  named 
'  Jacobl  for  he  hath  supplanted  me 
these  two  times :  he  took  away  my 
birthright ;  and,  behold,  now  he 
hath  taken  away  my  blessing.  And 
he  said.  Hast  thou  not  reserved  a 
blessing  for  me)  37  And  Isaac 
answered  and  said  unto  Esau,  Be- 
hold, I  have  made  him  *  thy  lord, 
and  all  his  brethreji  have  I  given 
to  him  for  servants ;  and  with  grain 
and  new  wine  have  I  sustained 
him  :  and  what  then  shall  I  do  for 
thee,  rny  son  ?  38  And  Esau  said 
unto  his  father,  Hast  thou  but  one 
blessing,  my  father  1  bless  me,  even 
me  also,  O  my  father.  And  Esau 
lifted  up    his    voice,    and    '  wept. 

39  And  Isaac  his  father  answered 
and  "*  said  unto  him. 

Behold,  ^ "  of  the  fatness  of  the 
earth  shall  be  thy  dwelling, 

And  ^  of  the  dew  of  heaven  from 
above ; 

40  And  by  thy  sword  shalt  thou 

live,  and  "thou  shalt  serve  thy 

brother ; 
And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  *  when 

thou  shalt  break  loose. 
That  thou  shalt  shake  his  yoke 

from  off  thy  neck. 
41  And  Esau  *  hated  Jacob  be- 
cause of  the  blessing  wherewith 
his  father  blessed  him :  and  Esau 
said  in  his  heart.  The  days  of 
mourning  for  my  father  are  at 
hand  ;  then  will  I  slay  my  brother 
Jacob.  42  And  the  words  of  Esau 
her  elder  son  were  told  to  Rebekah  ; 
and  she  sent  and  called  Jacob  her 

lOr.  away  from 


"  ver.  19 

*  ver.  4 
'^  ver.  18 

d  ch.  25.  33, 
34 

*  ver.  35 
/ch.  25.  23 

«  Heb.  12.  17 
ft  ver.  19 
'  ch.  26.  26, 

32-34 
k  ver.  28,  29 
'  Heb.  12.  17 
'"  Heb.  11.  20 
"  ver.  28 ; 

Dt.  33.  13, 

28 
°  ver.  29 
J"  2  K.  8.  20-22 
«  ch.  32.  3-11 


'■  ver.  8, 13 
»  ch.  2i.  29 
t  ch.  31.  41 
"  ver.  12,  19, 

3.) 
"  ch.  26.  34, 

35 


■  ch.  24.  3,  4 


V  ch.  25.  20 


'  ch.  17.  1 ; 

35.  ll;4S.  3 
°  ch.  22.  17 
*>  ch.  17.  0,  20 
"  ch.  17.  2 ; 

26.  4,  24 
d  ch.  35.  11 ; 

48.  4 


'  ch.  15.  7,  8 
/ch.  27.  43 


A  ch.  26.  34, 
35  ;  27.  46 


>  ch.  26.  34  ; 
36.  2 


»  ch.  26.  23 

26 


younger  son,  and  said  unto  him 
Behold,  thy  brother  Esau,  as  touch 
ing  thee,  doth  comfort  himself 
piirposing  to  kill  thee.  43  Now- 
therefore,  my  son,  ""obey  my  voice  : 
and  arise,  flee  thou  to  *  Laban  my 
brother  to  Haran  ;  44  and  tarry 
with  him  'a  few  days,  until  thy 
brother's  fury  turn  away ;  45  until 
thy  brother's  anger  turn  away  from 
thee,  and  he  forget  "  that  which 
thou  hast  done  to  him  :  then  I  will 
send,  and  fetch  thee  from  thence  : 
why  should  I  be  bereaved  of  you 
both  in  one  day  1 
46  And  Rebekah  said  to  Isaac, 

1  am  weary  of  my  life  because  of 
''  the  daughters  of  Heth :  if  Jacob 
take  a  wife  of  the  daughters  of 
Heth,  such  as  these,  of  the  daugh- 
ters of  the  land,  what  good  shall 
iT)  O  my  life  do  me  1  1  And  Isaac 
i^  O  called  Jacob,  and  blessed 
him,  and  charged  him,  and  said 
unto  him,  "^  Thou  shalt  not  take  a 
wife  of  the  daughters  of  Canaan. 

2  Arise,  go  to  Paddan-aram,  to  the 
house  of  ^Bethuel  thy  mother's 
father ;  and  take  thee  a  wife  from 
thence  of  the  daughters  of  Laban 
thy  mother's  brother.  3  And'^^'^God 
Almighty  "  bless  thee,  and  *  make 
thee  fruitful,  and  '"multiply  thee, 
that  thou  mayest  be  a  **  company 
of  peoples ;  4  and  give  thee  the 
blessing  of  Abraham,  to  thee,  and 
to  thy  seed  with  thee ;  that  thou 
mayest  "  inherit  the  land  of  thy 
sojournings,  which  God  gave  unto 
Abraham.  5  And  ■''Isaac  sent  away 
Jacob :  and  he  went  to  Paddan- 
aram  unto  Laban,  son  of  Bethuel 
the  ^  Syrian,  the  brother  of  Re- 
bekah, Jacob's  and  Esau's  mother. 

6  Now  Esau  saw  that  Isaac  had 
blessed  .Jacob  and  sent  him  away 
to  Paddan-aram,  to  take  him  a  wife 
from  thence ;  and  that  as  he  blessed 
him  he  gave  him  a  charge,  saying, 
^  Thou  shalt  not  take  a  wife  of  the 
daughters  of  Canaan ;  7  and  that 
Jacob  obeyed  his  father  and  his 
mother,  and  was  gone  to  Paddan- 
aram  :  8  and  Esau  saw  that  ''  the 
daughters  of  Canaan  pleased  not 
Isaac  his  father  ;  9  and  Esau  went 
unto  Ishmael,  and  took,  'beside: 
the  wives  that  he  had,  Mahalath 
the  daughter  of  Ishmael  Abraham's 
son,  the  sister  of  Nebaioth,  to  be 
his  wife. 

10  And  Jacob  went  out  from 
*  Beer-sheba,     and     went    toward 


a  Heb.  SI  Shaddai. 


8  Heb.  Aramean. 


28.11 


GENESIS 


29.17 


Jacob's  Visioji  iit  Itetliel.     His  Vow.    He  meets  Rachel.    Labun  receives  liiin 


"  Haran.  1 1  And  he  lighted  upon 
^  a  *  certain  place,  and  tarried  there 
all  night,  because  the  sun  was  set ; 
and  he  took  one  of  the  stones  of  the 
place,  and  put  it  under  liis  head, 
and  lay  down  in  that  i)lace  to 
sleep.  12  And  ''he  dreamed  ;  and, 
behold,  a  ladder  set  up  on  the  earth, 
and  the  toj)  of  it  reached  to  heaven  ; 
and,  behold,  ''  the  angels  of  God 
ascending  and  descending  on  it. 
13  And,  behold,  *-' Jehovah  stood 
"above  it,  and  said,  I  am  .Jehovah, 
■'tlie  God  of  Abraham  thy  father^ 
and  tiie  (Jod  of  Isaac  :  the  land 
whereon  thou  liest,  '■>  to  thee  will 
I  give  it,  and  to  ''thy  seed  ;  14  and 
thy  seed  shall  be  as  '  the  dust  of 
the  earth,  and  thou  shalt  ^spi'ead 
abi-oad  *  to  the  west,  and  to  the 
(>ast.  and  to  the  north,  and  to  the 
south:  and  'in  thee  and  in  thy 
seed  shall  all  the  families  of  the 
earth  be  blessed.  15  And,  behold, 
'"  I  am  with  thee,  and  "  will  keep 
thee  whithersoever  thou  goest,  and 
"  will  bring  thee  again  into  this 
land;  for  ^'I  will  not  leave  thee, 
until  I  have  done  that  which  I  have 
spoken  to  thee  of.  16  And  -Jacob 
"awaked  out  of  his  sleep,  and  he 
said,  '  Surely  .Jehovah  is  in  this 
place  ;  and  I  knew  it  not.  17  And 
he  was  afraid,  and  said,  *How 
dreadful  is  this  place  !  this  is  none 
other  than  the  house  of  God,  and 
this  is  the  gate  of  heaven. 

18  And  .Jacob  rose  up  early  in 
the  morning,  and  took  'the  stone 
that  he  had  put  under  his  head, 
and  set  it  up  for  a  pillar,  and 
poured  oil  upon  the  top  of  it.  19 
And  he  called  tlie  name  of  that 
place  '' Beth-el :  but  the  name  of 
the  city  was  "  Luz  at  the  first. 
20  And  .Jacob  "vowed  a  vow,  saj'- 
ing,  ^If  God  will  be  with  me,  and 
will  keep  me  in  this  way  that  I  go, 
and  will  give  me  bread  to  eat,  and 
raiment  to  put  on,  21  so  that  I 
come  again  to  my  father's  house  in 
peace,  ^and  .Jehovah  will  be  my 
God,  22  then  this  stone,  which  I 
have  set  up  for  a  pillar,  "  shall  be 
God's  house  :  and  ""  of  all  that  thou 
shalt  give  me  I  will  surely  give  the 
tenth  unto  thee. 

r)  (3^  Then  Jacob  ^went  on  his 
mJ  rJ  journey,  and  came  to  the 
land  of  "the  children  of  the  east. 

1  Heb.  the  pi  act?.  2  Or,  beside  him 

'  Heb.  hrenh  forth. 

*  That  is,  The  house  of  God. 

*  Or.  then  shall  Jehovah  he  mv  God,  and  this 
stone  &c.  «*  Heb.  lifted  up  his  feet. 


"ch.  1'.'.  4,5; 

;!7.  « 
''  ver.  19 
'  Num.  12.  6 
<'  Jn.  1.  51 
'■  Am.  7.  7  ; 

ch.  35.  1 
/  ch.  26.  3,  24 
'■'  ch.  13.  15, 

17  ;  26.  3 
''  ch.  12.  7  ; 

15.  18 
'  ch.  13.  16 ; 

22.  17 
k  ch.  13.  14, 

15 
'  ch.  12.  3 ; 

IS.  18;  22. 

is;  26.  4 
"'  ch.  26.  3 
"  Num.  6. 

24  ;  Ps.  121. 

7,  8 
°  ch.  48.  21 ; 

Dt.  30.  3 
PDt.  7,  9; 

31.  6,  8 
«  1  K.  3.  15  ; 

.fer.  31.  26 
"■  Ps.  139.  7- 

12 
'  Ps.  68.  35 
'ver.  11 ; 

ch.  35.  14 
"  ch.  35.  6 ; 

48.  3 
"  ch.  31.  13 
^  ver.  15 
"  ch.  .35.  7 
=  Jit.  14.  22 
"  Judg.  6.  3, 

33 


f-  ch.  24. 10, 
11;  Ex.  2. 
15,  16 

"  ch.  28.  10 

<'  ch.  24.  24, 
29 

'■  Ex.  2.  16 


/ch 

28 

5 

"ch. 

24. 

28 

''Ch. 

31 

24. 

29- 

ich 

33 

4 

«:  Judg.  9.  2 

2  And  he  looked,  and,  behold,  *a 
well  in  the  field,  and,  lo,  three 
flocks  of  .sheep  lying  there  by  it: 
for  out  of  that  well  they  watered 
the  flocks  :  and  the  stone  upon  the 
well's  mouth  %\as  great.  3  And 
thither  were  all  tlieflocks  gathered  : 
and  they  rolled  the  stone  from  the 
well'smouth,  and  watered  thesheep, 
and  put  the  stone  again  upon  the 
well's  mouth  in  its  place.  4  And 
Jacob  said  unto  them.  My  breth- 
ren, whence  are  ye  1  And  they  said. 
Of  •-'  Haran  are  we.  5  And  he  said 
unto  them.  Know  ye  Laban  the 
•^  son  of  Nahor  1  And  they  said. 
We  know  him.  6  And  he  said  unto 
them.  Is  it  well  with  him  ?  And 
they  said.  It  is  well  :  and,  behold, 
*■  Iiachel  his  daughter  cometh  with 
the  sheep.  7  And  he  said,  Lo,  it  is 
yet  high  day,  neither  is  it  time 
that  the  cattle  should  be  gatliei-ed 
together :  water  ye  the  sheep,  and 
go  and^  feed  them.  8  Ancl  they 
said,  We  cannot,  until  all  the  flocks 
be  gathered  together,  and  they  roll 
the  stone  from  the  well's  mouth  ; 
then  we  water  the  sheep.  9  While 
he  was  yet  speaking  with  them, 
Rachel  came  with  her  father's 
sheep  ;  for  she  kept  them.  10  And 
it  came  to  pass,  when  Jacob  saw 
Rachel  the  daughter  of  Laban  his 
mother's  brother,  and  the  shee]i  of 
Laban  his  mother's  brother,  that 
Jacob  went  near,  and  rolled  the 
stone  from  the  well's  mouth,  and 
watered  the  flock  of  Laban  his 
mother's  brother.  11  And  Jacob 
kissed  Rachel,  and  lifted  up  his 
voice,  and  wept.  12  And  .Jacob 
told  Rachel  that  he  was  her  •''fath- 
er's brother,  and  that  he  Avas 
Rebekah's  son :  and  '■'  she  ran  and 
told  her  father. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
*  Laban  heard  the  tidings  of  Jacob 
his  sister's  son,  that  he  ran  to  meet 
him,  and  '  embraced  him,  and 
kissed  him,  and  brought  him  to 
his  house.  And  he  told  Laban  all 
these  things.  14  And  Laban  said 
to  him,  Surely  thou  art  *  my  bone 
and  my  flesh.  And  he  abode  with 
him  the  space  of  a  month.  1.5  And 
Laban  said  unto  Jacob,  Because 
thou  art  my  brother,  shouldest 
thou  therefore  serve  me  for  nought"? 
tell  me,  what  shall  '  thy  wages  be  1 
16  And  Laban  had  two  daughters  : 
the  name  of  the  elder  was  Leah, 
and  the  name  of  the  younger  was 
Rachel.     17  And  Leah's  eyes  were 


27 


29.18 


GENESIS 


30.15 


Jacob  marries  Leah  and  Rachel.    His  Chndr«B 


tender ;  but  Rachel  was  "  beautiful 
and  well-favored.  18  And  Jacob 
*  loved  Rachel ;  and  he  said,  "  I  will 
serve  thee  seven  years  for  Rachel  thy 
younger  daughter.  19AndLaban 
said,  It  is  better  that  I  give  her  to 
thee,  than  that  I  should  give  her  to 
another  man  :  abide  witli  me.  20 
And  Jacob  served  seven  years  for 
Rachel ;  and  they  seemed  unto  him 
but  a  few  days,  for  the  love  he  had 
to  her. 

21  And  Jacob  said  unto  Laban, 
Give  me  my  wife,  for  my  days  are 
fulfilled,  that  I  may  go  in  unto  her. 
22  And  Laban  gathered  together 
all  the  men  of  the  place,  and  made 
a  feast.  23  And  it  came  to  pass  in 
the  evening,  that  he  took  Leah  his 
daughter,  and  brought  her  to  him  ; 
and  he  went  in  unto  her.  24  And 
Laban  gave  Zilpah  his  handmaid 
unto  his  daughter  Leah  for  a  hand- 
maid. 2b  And  it  came  to  jiass  in 
the  morning  that,  behold,  it  was 
Leah  :  and  he  said  to  Laban,  "^  What 
is  this  thou  hast  done  unto  me  1  did 
not  I  serve  with  thee  for  Rachel  1 
wherefore  then  hast  thou  "beguiled 
me'?  26  And  Laban  said.  It  is 
not  so  done  in  our  place,  to  give 
the  younger  before  the  first-born. 
27  -^Fulfil  the  week  of  this  one, 
and  we  will  give  thee  the  other 
also  for  the  service  which  ^  thou 
shalt  serve  with  me  yet  seven  other 
years,  28  And  Jacob  did  so,  and 
fulfilled  her  week :  and  he  gave 
him  Rachel  his  daughter  to  wife. 
29  And  Laban  gave  to  Rachel  his 
daughter  Bilhah  his  handmaid  to 
be  her  handmaid.  30  And  he  went 
in  also  unto  Rachel,  and  ''  he  loved 
also  Rachel  more  than  Leah,  and 
served  with  him  yet  seven  other 
years. 

31  And  Jehovah  saw  that  Leah 
was  hated,  and  he  opened  her 
womb :  but  Rachel  was  barren. 
32  And  Leah  conceived,  and  bare 
a  son,  and  she  called  his  name 
^Reuben:  for  she  said,  Because 
Jehovah  hath  'looked  upon  my 
affliction ;  for  now  my  husband 
will  love  me.  33  And  she  con- 
ceived again,  and  bare  a  son  :  and 
said,  *  Because  Jehovah  ^  hath  heard 
that  I  am  hated,  he  hath  therefore 
given  me  this  son  also  :  and  she 
called  his  name  ^Simeon.  34  And 
she  conceived  again,  and  bare  a 
son ;  and  said.  Now  this  time  will 

1  That  ia,  See,  a  unn.  s  Heb.  shama. 

3Heb.  Shimeon. 


"ch.  12.  n, 

14 ;  26.  7 
*  ch.  24.  67 
"  Hob.  12.  12 
rf  ch.  12.  18 ; 

20.  9 ;  26.  10 
«  1  S.  28.  12 
/  Judg.  14.  12 
"  ch.  31.  41 
''  ver.  17,  18 
'  ch.  16.  11 ; 

31.  42 
k  Dt.  21.  15 


'  ch.  40.  5 
"■  ch.  49.  8 ; 

Mt.  1.  2 
"  1  Sam.  1.  5, 

6 


"  ch.  20.  18 ; 
29.31 


P  ch.  16.  2 


9  ch.  16.  3,  4 


••  S.  S.  7.  13 


my  husband  be  *  joined  unto  me, 
because  I  have  borne  him  three 
sons  :  therefore  was  his  name  called 
'  Levi.  35  And  she  conceived  again, 
and  bare  a  son  :  and  she  said,  This 
time  will  I  ^ "'  praise  Jehovah :  there- 
fore she  called  his  name  ®  J  udah ; 
and  she  left  off  bearing. 
O/^  And  when  Rachel  saw 
Ow  that  she  bare  Jacob  no 
children,  Rachel  envied  her  sister  ; 
and  she  said  unto  Jacob,  "Give 
me  children,  or  else  I  die.  2  And 
Jacob's  anger  was  kindled  against 
Rachel :  and  he  said.  Am  I  in 
God's  stead,  who  hath  "  witlilield 
from  thee  the  fruit  of  the  womb? 

3  And  she  said,  ^  Behold,  my  maid 
Bilhah,  go  in  unto  her ;  that  she 
may  bearupori  my  knees,  and  I 
also  may  '  obtain  children  by  her. 

4  And  *she  gave  him  Bilhah  her 
handmaid  to  wife  :  and  Jacob  went 
in  unto  her.  5  And  Bilhah  con- 
ceived, and  bare  Jacob  a  son. 
6  And  Rachel  said,  God  hath 
•^judged  me,  and  hath  also  heard 
my  voice,  and  hath  given  me  a 
son  :  therefore  called  she  his  name 
Dan.  7  And  Bilhah  Rachel's  hand- 
maid conceived  again,  and  bare 
Jacob  a  second  son.  8  And  Rachel 
said.  With  ^  mighty  wrestlings  have 
I  ^°  wrestled  with  my  sister,  and 
have  prevailed  :  and  she  called  his 
name  Naphtali. 

9  When  Leah  saw  that  she  had 
left  off  bearing,  she  took  Zilpah  her 
handmaid,  and  gave  her  to  Jacob 
to  wife.  10  And  Zilpah  Leah's 
handmaid  bare  Jacob  a  son.  11 
And  Leah  said,  "  Fortunate  !  and 
she  called  his  name  '^  Gad.  1 2  And 
Zilpah  Leah's  handmaid  bare  Jacob 
a  second  son.  13  And  Leah  said, 
'*  Happy  am  I !  for  the  daughters 
will  call  me  happy  :  and  she  called 
his  name  "  Asher. 

14  And  Reuben  went  in  the 
days  of  wheat  harvest,  and  found 
'® '■  mandrakes  in  the  field,  and 
brought  them  unto  his  mother 
Leah.  Then  Rachel  said  to  Leah, 
Give  me,  I  pray  thee,  of  thy  son's 
mandrakes.  1 5  And  she  said  unto 
her.  Is  it  a  small  matter  that  thou 


*  From  the  root  lavah. 

5  From  the  Heb.  hodah.       «  Heb.  .Tehudah. 

7  Heb.  be  builded  by  her. 

8  Heb.  dan,  be  judged. 

s  Heb.  wrestlings  of  God. 
1"  Heb.  nivhtal,  he  wrestled. 
11  Heb.    With  fortune !    Another  reading   iat 
Fortune  is  eome.  12  That  is,  Fortune. 

13  Heb.  With  my  happiness  ! 
1*  That  is,  Happy.  "  Or,  love  applet 


28 


30.16 


GENESIS 


30.43 


Jacob's  Children.    His  Bargain  vltli  Laban.    His  Prosperity 


hast  taken  away  my  husband  1  and 
wouldest  thou  take  away  my  son's 
mandrakes  also  ?  And  Kachel  said, 
Therefore  he  shall  lie  with  thee 
to-night  for  thy  son's  mandrakes. 
IG  And  Jacob  came  from  the  He'd 
in  the  evening,  and  Leah  went  out 
to  meet  him,  and  said,  Thou  must 
come  in  unto  me  ;  for  I  have  surely 
hired  thee  with  my  son's  man- 
drakes. And  he  lay  with  her  that 
night.  17  And  God  hearkened 
unto  Leah,  and  she  conceived,  and 
bare  Jacob  a  fifth  son.  18  And 
Leah  said,  God  hath  given  me  my 
'  hire,  because  I  gave  my  handmaid 
to  my  husband  :  and  she  called  his 
name  Issachar.  1 9  And  Leah  con- 
ceived again,  and  bare  a  sixth  son 
to  Jacob.  20  And  Leah  said,  God 
hath  endowed  me  with  a  g<Jod 
dowry ;  now  Avill  my  husband 
■'dwell  with  me,  because  I  have 
borne  him  six  sons  :  and  she  called 
his  name  Zebulun.  21  And  after- 
wards she  bare  a  daughter,  and 
called  her  name  Dinah.  22  And 
"  God  remembered  Rachel,  and  God 
hearkened  to  her,  and  opened  her 
womb.  23  And  she  conceived,  and 
bare  a  son :  and  said,  God  hath 
taken  away  my  reproach  :  24  and 
she  called  his  name  .Joseph,  saying, 
*  Jehovah  ^add  to  me  another  son. 

25  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Kachel  had  borne  Joseph,  that 
Jacob  said  unto  Laban,  ''Send  me 
away,  that  I  may  go  unto  mine 
own  place,  and  to  my  country. 
26  Give  me  my  wives  and  my 
children  ^  for  whom  I  have  served 
thee,  and  let  me  go :  for  thou 
knowest  mj'^  service  wherewith  I 
have  served  thee.  27  And  Laban 
said  unto  him,  If  now  I  have  found 
favor  in  thine  eyes,  tarry  :  for  I 
have  divined  *that  Jehovah  hath 
blessed  me  for  thy  sake.  28  And 
he  said,  ■'^Appoint  me  thy  Avages, 
and  I  will  give  it.  29  And  he  said 
unto  him.  Thou  knowest  how  I  have 
served  thee,  and  how  thy  cattle 
have  fared  with  m.e.  30  For  it  was 
little  which  thou  hadst  before  1 
came,  and  it  hath  ■*  increased  unto 
a  multitude ;  and  Jehovah  hath 
blessed  thee  ^  whithersoever  I 
turned :  and  now  when  shall  I 
provide  for  mine  own  house  alsol 
31  And  he  said.  What  shall  I  give 
theel    And  Jacob  said.  Thou  shalt 

>  Heb.  sachar.  *  Heb.  broken  forth. 

-  Heb.  znhal.  he  dwelt.     *  Heb.  at  my  foot. 
3  Heb.  Joseph. 


°  1  S.  1. 19,  £0 


>>  ch.  35. 17 


dch. 

27; 


«ch. 

/ch. 
31. 


29.  18, 

Hoa. 

12 


29.  15; 
7,  41 


i'ch. 
Ach 


31.  8 

12.  16; 

2;  24. 

;  26.  13, 


not  give  me  aught :  if  thou  wilt  do 
this  thing  for  me,  I  wnll  again  feed 
thy  flock  and  keep  it.  32  I  will 
pass  through  all  thy  flock  to- 
day, removing  from  thence  every 
''speckled  and  spotted  one,  and 
every  black  one  among  the  sheep, 
and  the  spotted  and  speckled 
among  the  goats  :  and  of  suc/i  shall 
be  my  hire.  33  So  shall  my  right- 
eousness answer  for  me  hereafter, 
when  thou  shalt  come  concerning 
my  hire  that  is  before  thee  :  every 
one  that  is  not  speckled  and  spotted 
among  the  goats,  and  black  among 
the  sheep,  that,  if  found  with  me, 
shall  be  counted  stolen.  34  And 
Laban  said.  Behold,  I  would  it 
might  be  according  to  thy  word. 
35  And  he  removed  that  day  the 
he-goats  that  were  ringstreaked 
and  spotted,  and  all  the  she-goats 
that  were  speckled  and  spotted, 
every  one  that  had  white  in  it, 
and  all  the  black  ones  among  the 
sheep,  and  gave  them  into  the 
hand  of  his  sons ;  36  and  he  set 
three  days'  journey  betwixt  him- 
i^elf  and  Jacob  :  and  Jacob  fed  the 
rest  of  Laban's  flocks. 

37  And  Jacob  took  him  rods  of 
fresh  ^  poplar,  and  of  the  almond 
and  of  the  plane-tree  ;  and  peeled 
white  streaks  in  them,  and  made 
the  white  appear  which  was  in  the 
rods.  38  And  he  set  the  rods 
which  he  had  peeled  over  against 
the  flocks  in  the  gutters  in  the 
watering-troughs  where  the  flocks 
came  to  drink  ;  and  they  conceived 
when  they  came  to  drink.  39  And 
the  flocks  conceived  before  the  rods, 
and  the  flocks  brought  forth  ring- 
streaked,   speckled,    and    spotted, 

40  And  Jacob  separated  the  lambs, 
and  set  the  faces  of  the  flocks  to- 
ward the  ringstreaked  and  all  the 
black  in  the  flock  of  Laban  •.  and 
he  put  his  own  droves  ajjart,  and 
put  them  not  unto  Laban's  flock. 

41  And  it  came  to  pass,  whenso- 
ever the  stronger  of  the  flock  did 
conceive,  that  Jacob  laid  the  rods 
before  the  e.yes  of  the  flock  in  the 
gutters,  that  they  might  conceive 
among  the  rods ;  42  but  when  the 
flock  were  feeble,  he  put  them  not 
in  :  so  the  feebler  were  Laban's, 
and  the  stronger  Jacob's.  43  And 
*the  man  increased  exceedingly, 
and  had  large  flocks,  and  maid- 
servants and  men-servants,  and 
camels  and  asses. 

5  Or,  storax-tree 


29 


31.1 


GENESIS 


31.31 


Jacob's  Secret  Departure  for  Canaan.    Laban  porsnes  and  eludes  him 


O  ^  And  he  heard  the  words  of 
OX  Laban's  sons,  saying,  Jacob 
hath  taken  aAvay  all  that  was  our 
father's ;  and  of  that  which  was 
our  father's  hath  he  gotten  all  this 
'glory.  2  And  Jacob  beheld  the 
countenance  of  Laban,  and,  behold, 
it  was  not  toward  him  as  before- 
time.  3  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Jacob,  Return  unto  the  land  of  thy 
fathers,  and  to  thy  kindred ;  and 
"  I  will  be  with  thee.  4  And  Jacob 
sent  and  called  Rachel  and  Leah 
to  the  field  unto  his  Hock,  5  and 
said  unto  them,  I  see  your  father's 
countenance,  that  it  is  not  toward 
me  as  bef  oretime  ;  but  *  the  God  of 
my   father   hath    been   with    me. 

6  And  ye  know  that  with  all  my 
power  I  have  sei'ved  your  father. 

7  And  your  father  hath  "  deceived 
me,  and  ''changed  my  wages  ten 
times ;  but  "  God  suffered  him  not 
to  hurt  me.  8  If  he  said  thus. 
The  speckled  shall  be  thy  wages ; 
then  all  the  flock  bare  speckled : 
and  if  he  said  thus,  The  ring- 
streaked  shall  be  thy  wages  ;  then 
bare  all  the  flock  ringstreaked. 
9  Thus  God  hath  taken  awaythe 
cattle  of  your  father,  and  given 
them  to  me.  10  And  it  came  to 
pass  at  the  time  that  the  flock  con- 
ceive, that  1  lifted  up  mine  ej^es, 
and  saw  in  a  dream,  and,  behold, 
the  he-goats  which  leaped  upon  the 
flock  were  ringstreaked,  speckled, 
and  grizzled.  11  And  -^the  angel 
of  God  said  unto  me  in  the  dream, 
Jacob :  and  I  said,  Here  am  1. 
12  And  he  said.  Lift  up  now  thine 
eyes,  and  see :  all  the  he-goats 
which  leap  upon  the  flock  are  ring- 
streaked, speckled,  and  grizzled: 
for  I  have  seen  all  that  Laban 
doeth  unto  thee.  13  I  am  s'the 
God  of  Beth-el,  where  thou  *  anoint- 
edst  a  pillar,  where  thou  yowedst 
a  vow  unto  me :  now  arise,  get 
thee  out  from  this  land,  and  *  re- 
turn unto  the  land  of  thy  nativity. 
14  And  Rachel  and  Leah  answered 
and  said  unto  him.  Is  there  yet  any 
portion  or  inheritance  for  us  in  our 
lather's  house'?  15  Are  we  not 
accounted  by  him  as  foreigners^ 
for  *  he  hath  sold  us,  and  hatn  also 
quite  devoured  ^  our  money.  1 6  For 
all  the  riches  which  God  hath 
taken  away  from  our  father,  that 
is  ours  and  our  children's :  now 
then,  whatsoever  God  hath  said 
unto  thee,  do. 

I  Or,  luealth  *  Or,  the  price  paid  for  us 


"  ch.  28.  15 
<>  ver.  29,  42, 

53 ;  ch.  28. 

13,  15 
"  ch.  29.  25 
d  ver.  41 
*  ver.  29 
/ver.  13;cb. 

16.  7-11 ;  22. 

11,  15 
»  ch.  28.  13 
A  ch.  28.  18, 

20 
i  ch.  28.  15 
k  ch.  29.  20, 

23,  27 


t  ch.  35.  27-29 

"'  ver.  30,  34 ; 

Judg.  17. 5 ; 

1  S.  19.  13; 

HoS.  3.  4 


"  ch  37.  25 


P  ver.  11 ;  ch. 

20.  3,  6 
«  ver.  7,  29 


*■  Ex.  15.  20 

»  ch.  4.  21 
'  ver.  56 


"  ver.  5, 42, 53 
"  ver.  24 


17  Then  Jacob  rose  up,  and  set 
his  sons  and  his  wives  upon  the 
camels ;  1 8  and  he  carried  away 
all  his  cattle,  and  all  his  substance 
which  he  had  gathered,  the  cattle 
of  his  getting,  which  he  had  gath- 
ered in  Paddan-aram,  '  to  go  to 
Isaac  his  father  unto  the  land  of 
Canaan.  1 9  Now  Laban  was  gone 
to  shear  his  sheep :  and  Rachel 
stole  the  ™  teraphim  that  were  her 
father's.  20  And  Jacob  ^  stole 
away  unawares  to  Laban  the  Syr- 
ian, in  that  he  told  him  not  that 
he  fled.  21  tso  he  fled  with  all 
that  he  had ;  and  he  rose  up,  and 
passed  over  ''the  River,  and  set 
his  face  toward  the  mountain  of 
"  Gilead. 

22  And  it  was  told  Laban  on 
the  third  day  that  Jacob  was  fled. 

23  And  he  took  his  brethren  with 
him,  and  pui'sued  after  him  seven 
days'  journey ;  and  he  overtook 
him  in  the  mountain   of   Gilead. 

24  And  "God  came  to  Laban  the 
Syrian  in  a  ^' dream  of  the  night, 
and  said  unto  him,  «Take  heed  to 
thyself  that  thou  speak  not  to 
Jacob  either  good  or  bad.  25  And 
Laban  came  up  with  Jacob.  Now 
Jacob  had  pitched  his  tent  in  the 
mountain :  and  Laban  with  his 
brethi'en  encamped  in  the  moun- 
tain of  Gilead.  26  And  Laban 
said  to  Jacob,  What  hast  thou 
done,  that  thou  hast  stolen  away 
unawares  to  me,  and  carried  away 
my  daughters  as  captives  of  the 
sword  1  27  Wherefore  didst  thou 
flee  secretly,  and  ^  steal  away  from 
me,  and  didst  not  tell  me,  that  I 
might  have  sent  thee  away  with 
mirth  and  with  songs,  with /■  tabi'et 
and  with  'harp;  28  and  didst  not 
suffer  me  'to  kiss  my  sons  and  my 
daughters'?  now  hast  thou  done 
foolishly.  29  It  is  in  the  power 
of  my  hand  to  do  you  hurt :  but 
"  the  God  of  your  father  spake  unto 
me  yesternight,  saying, "  fake  heed 
to  thyself  that  thou  speak  not  to 
Jacob  either  good  or  bad.  30  And 
now,  though  thou  wouldest  needs 
be  gone,  because  thou  sore  iong- 
edst  after  thy  father's  house,  yet 
wherefore  hast  thou  stolen  ''my 
gods'?  31  And  Jacob  answered 
and  said  to  Laban,  Because  I  was 
afraid :  for  I  said,  Lest  thou 
shouldest  take  thy  daughters  from 

8  Heb.  stole  the  heart  of  Laban  the  Aramean. 
*  That  is,  the  Euphrates, 
s  Heb.  didst  steal  me. 


30 


31.32 


GENESIS 


32.4 


Jacob's  angry  Reply.    Covenant  of  Galecd.    Jacob  at  Mahanaun 


me  by  force.^  32  "With  whomso- 
ever thou  linrlest  thy  pcods,  he 
shall  not  live  :  before  our  brethren 
discern  thou  what  is  thine  with 
me,  and  take  it  to  thee.  For  Jaco)) 
knew  not  that  Kachcl  had  stolen 
them. 

33  And  Laban  went  into  -Jacob's 
tent,  and  into  Leah's  tent,  and  into 
the  tent  of  the  two  maid-servants  ; 
but  he  found  them  not.  And  he 
went  out  of  Leah's  tent,  and  en- 
tered into  Kach  ■'I's  tent.  34  Now 
Kachel  had  taken  the  teraphira, 
and  put  them  in  the  camel's  saddle, 
and  sat  upon  them.  And  Laban 
felt  about  all  the  tent,  but  found 
them  not.  35  And  she  said  to  her 
father.  Let  not  my  loi'd  be  angry 
that  i  cannot  rise  up  before  thee ; 
for  the  manner  of  women  is  upon 
me.  And  he  searched,  but  found 
not  the  teraphim. 

36  And  Jacob  was  wroth,  and 
chode  with  Laban :  and  Jacob  an- 
swered and  said  to  Laban,  What 
is  my  trespass"?  what  is  my  sin, 
that  thou  hast  hotly  pursued  after 
me^  37  Whereas  thou  hast  felt 
about  all  my  stuft",  what  hast  thou 
found  of  all  thy  household  stuff  1 
Set  it  here  before  my  brethren  and 
thy  brethren,  that  they  may  judge 
betwixt  us  two.  38  These  twenty 
years  have  I  been  with  thee ;  thy 
ewes  and  thy  she-goats  have  not 
cast  their  young,  and  the  rams  of 
thy  flocks  have  I  not  eaten.  39 
That  which  was  torn  of  beasts  I 
brought  not  unto  thee  ;  I  bare  the 
loss  of  it ;  of  my  hand  didst  thou 
require  it,  whether  stolen  by  day 
or  stolen  by  night.  40  Thus  I  was  : 
in  the  day  the  drought  consumed 
me,  and  the  frost  by  night ;  and 
my  sleep  fled  from  mine  ej^es. 
4 1  These  twenty  years  have  I  been 
in  thy  house  ;  *  I  served  thee  four- 
teen years  for  thy  two  daughters, 
and  six  years  for  thy  flock :  and 
thou  hast  ''changed  my  wages  ten 
times.  42  Except  **  the  God  of  my 
father,  the  God  of  Abraham,  and 
the  Fear  of  Isaac,  had  been  with 
me,  surely  now  hadst  thou  sent  me 
a\yay  empty.  *God  hath  seen 
mine  affliction  and  the  labor  of  my 
hanrls,  and  -^rebuked  thee  yester- 
night. 

43  And  Laban  answered  and  said 
unto  Jacob,  The  daughters  are  my 
daughtei's,  and  the  children  are 
my  children,  and  "the  flocks  are 
my  flocks,  and  all  that  thou  seest 


°  ch.  41.  9 
6  ch.  29.  27, 

30 
'  ver.  7 
<*  ver.  5, 29,  63 
•■  ch.  29.  32 
/  ver.  24,  29 
"  ver.  1 


h  ch.  21.  27. 

32 
>  ch.  28.  18 ; 

Josh.  24. 

26,  27 


fc  Josh.  22.  34 


'Judg.  11.20 


'  Jer.  29.  23 ; 
42.6 


"  ch.  28.  13 


"  ver.  42 
P  Ex.  18.  12 


r*Ch.  32.  1  in 
Heb.] 

«  ver.  28,  43 


""  2  K.  6.  16, 
17  ;  Ps.  34.  7 


'Josh.  21. 

;iS  ;  2  S.  2.  8 
'  ver.  7,  11 ; 

ch.  27.  41, 

42  • 
"  ch.  14.  6 
"ch.  25.  30, 

36.  8,  9 


31 


is  mine:  and  what  can  I  do  this 
day  unto  these  my  daughters,  or 
unto  their  children  whom  they 
have  borne"?  44  And  now  come, 
let  us  ''make  a  covenant.  I  and 
thou ;  and  let  it  be  for  a  witness 
between  me  and  thee.  4.5  And 
-Jacob  took  'a  stone,  and  set  it  up 
for  a  pillar.  46  And  Jacob  said 
unto  his  brethren,  father  stones ; 
and  they  took  stones,  and  made  a 
heap :  and  they  did  eat  there  b.y 
the  heap.  47  And  Laban  "called 
it  Megar-saha-dutha :  but  Jacob 
called  it  '^Galeed.  48  And  Laban 
said.  This  heap  is  witness  between 
me  and  thee  this  day.  Therefore 
was  the  name  of  it  called  Galeed  : 
49  and  ^'Mizpah,  for  he  said, 
Jehovah  watch  between  me  and 
thee,  when  we  are  ■*  absent  one  from 
another.  50  If  thou  shalt  afliict 
my  daughters,  and  if  thou  shalt 
take  wives  besides  my  daughter.s, 
no  man  is  with  us ;  see,  "'  God  is 
witness  betwixt  me  and  thee. 
51  And  Laban  said  to  Jacob,  Be- 
hold this  heap,  and  behold  the 
pillar,  which  1  have  set  betwixt 
me  and  thee.  52  This  heap  be 
witness,  and  the  pillar  be  witness, 
that  I  will  not  pass  over  this  heap 
to  thee,  and  that  thou  shalt  not 
pass  over  this  heap  and  this  pillar 
unto  me,  for  harm.  53  "The  God 
of  Abraham,  and  the  God  of  Nahor, 
the  ^God  of  their  father,  judge 
betwixt  us.  And  Jacob  sware  by 
"  the  Fear  of  his  father  Isaac. 
54  ^And  Jacob  offered  a  sacrifice 
in  the  mountain,  and  called  his 
brethren  to  eat  bread  :  and  they 
did  eat  bread,  and  tarried  all  night 
in  the  mountain.  *55  And  early  in 
the  morning  Laban  rose  up,  and 
*  kissed  his  sons  and  his  daughters, 
and  blessed  them :  and  Laban 
departed,  and  returned  unto  his 
Oh~)  place.  1  And  Jacob  went 
O.^  on  his  way,  and  ''the  angels 
of  God  met  him.  2  And  Jacob 
said  when  he  saw  tliem.  This  is 
God's  host  •  and  he  called  the  name 
of  that  place  '*'  Mahanaim. 

3  And  Jacob  'sent  messengers 
before  him  to  Esau  his  brother 
unto  the  land  of  "Seir,  the  field 
of  "Edom.  4  And  he  commanded 
them,   saying,   Thus  shall  ye  say 

1  That  is,  The  heap  ofimtness,  in  Aramain. 

2  That  iB,  The  heap  of  witness,  in  Hebrew. 
'  That  is.  The  watch  tower. 

*  Heb.  hidden. 

s  Or,  gods 

«  That  is,  Two  hosts,  or,  Comvaniee. 


32.5 


GENESIS 


33.1 


Jacob's  Fear  of  Esan.    He  sends  liim  Presents  and  a  Message.    He  wrestles  with  an  Angel 


unto  my  lord  Esau :  Thus  saith 
thy  servant  Jacob,  I  have  sojourned 
with  Laban,  and  "  stayed  until 
now:  5  and  *I  have  oxen,  and 
asses,  and  flocks,  and  men-servants, 
and  maid-servants :  and  I  have  sent 
to  tell  my  lord,  that  I  may  find 
favor  in  thy  sight.  6  And  the 
messengers  returned  to  Jacob,  say- 
ing. We  came  to  thy  brother  Esau, 
and  moreover  he  cometh  to  meet 
thee,  and  four  hunared  men  wdth 
him.  7  Then  Jacob  was  "gi'eatly 
afraid  and  was  distressed :  and  he 
divided  the  people  that  were  with 
him,  and  the  flocks,  and  the  herds, 
and  the  camels,  into  two  com- 
panies; 8  and  he  said.  If  Esa.u 
come  to  the  one  company,  and 
smite  it,  then  the  company  which 
is  left  shall  escape.  9  And  Jacob 
said,  O  ''God  of  my  father  Abraham, 
and  God  of  my  father  Isaac,  O  Je- 
hovah, who  saidst  unto  me,  ''Re- 
turn unto  thy  country,  and  to  thy 
kindred,  and  I  will  do  thee  good  : 
10  ^  I  am  not  vrorthy  of  the  least 
•''of  all  the  lovingkindnesses,  and 
of  all  the  truth,  which  thou  hast 
showed  unto  thy  servant ;  for  with 
my  staff  I  passed  over  this  .Jordan  ; 
and  now  I  am  become  two  com- 
panies. 11  Deliver  me,  I  pray  thee, 
"from  the  hand  of  my  brother, 
from  the  hand  of  Esau  :  for  I  fear 
him,  lest  he  come  and  smite  me, 
the  mother  with  the  children. 
1 2  And  thou  saidst, ''  I  will  surely 
do  thee  good,  and  '  make  thy  seed 
as  the  sand  of  the  sea,  which  can- 
not be  numbered  for  multitude. 

13  And  he  lodged  there  that 
night,  and  took  ot  that  which  he 
had  with  him  a  present  for  Esau 
his  brother:  14  two  hundred  she- 
goats  and  twenty  he-goats,  two 
hundred  ewes  and  twenty  rams, 
1.5  thirty  milch  camels  and  their 
colts,  forty  cows  and  ten  bulls, 
twenty  she-asses  and  ten  foals. 
1 6  And  he  delivered  them  into  the 
hand  of  his  servants,  every  drove 
by  itself,  and  said  unto  his  ser- 
vants, Pass  over  before  me,  and 
put  a  space  betwixt  drove  and 
drove.  1 7  And  he  commanded  the 
foremost,  saying.  When  Esau  my 
brother  meeteth  thee,  and  asketh 
thee,  saying.  Whose  art  thou  ?  and 
whither  goest  thou?  and  whose 
are  these  before  thee?  18  then 
thou  shalt  say,  TJiey  are  thy  ser- 
vant Jacob's ;  it  is  a  present  sent 
I  Heb.  lam  less  than  all  Ac. 


"  ch.  31.  41 
*>  ch.  30.  43 
"  ver.  ]1 
<i  ch.  31.  42 
'  ch.  28. 16 ; 

31.13 

/ch.  24.27 
'J  ch.  27.  41, 

42 ;  33.  4 
''  ch.  28.  14 
'  ch.  22.  17 


*  Dt.  3.  16 ; 
Josh.  12.  2 


'  Ho3. 12.  3,  4 


ch.  35. 10; 
1  K.  18.  31 


"  Judpr.  13. 

17,  18 


"  ch.  16.  13  ; 
Ex.  33.  20 ; 
Num.  12. 
8 ;  Judg.  6. 

22 ,  13.  22 
P  Judg.  8.  8 


9  ch.  32.  6 


32 


unto  mjr  lord  Esau :  and,  behold, 
he  also  is  behind  us.  19  And  he 
commanded  also  the  second,  and 
the  third,  and  all  that  followed  the 
droves,  saying.  On  this  manner 
shall  ye  speak  unto  Esau,  when 
ye  find  him ;  20  and  ye  shall  say. 
Moreover,  behold,  thy  servant  Ja- 
cob is  behind  us.  For  he  said,  I 
will  appease  him  with  the  present 
that  goeth  before  me,  and  after- 
ward I  will  see  his  face  ;  peradven- 
ture  he  will  accept  me.  2 1  So  the 
present  passed  over  before  him : 
and  he  himself  lodged  that  night 
in  the  company. 

22  And  he  rose  up  that  night, 
and  took  his  two  wives,  and  his 
two  handmaids,  and  his  eleven 
children,  and  passed  over  the  ford 
of  the  *  Jabbok.  23  And  he  took 
them,  and  sent  them  over  the 
stream,  and  sent  over  that  which 
he  had,  24  And  Jacob  was  left 
alone  ;  and  there  '  wa'estled  a  man 
with  him  until  the  breaking  of 
the  day.  25  And  when  he  saw 
that  he  prevailed  not  against  him, 
he  touched  the  hollow  of  his  thigh  ; 
and  the  hollow  of  Jacob's  thigh 
was  strained,  as  he  wrestled  with 
him.  26  And  he  said.  Let  me  go, 
for  the  day  breaketh.  And  he 
said,  I  will  not  let  thee  go,  except 
thou  bless  me.  _  27  And  he  said 
unto  him.  What  is  thy  name  %  And 
he  said,  Jacob.  28  And  '"  he  said, 
Thy  name  shall  be  called  no  more 
Jacob,  but  '^Israel :  for  thou  hast 
^  striven  with  God  and  with  men, 
and  hast  prevailed.  29  And  "  Ja- 
cob asked  him,  and  said.  Tell  me, 
I  pray  thee,  thy  name.  And  he 
said.  Wherefore  is  it  that  thou  dost 
ask  after  my  name  1  And  he  blessed 
him  there.  30  And  Jacob  called 
the  name  of  the  place  *  Peniel :  for. 
said  he,  "I  have  seen  God  face  to 
face,  and  my  life  is  preserved. 
31  And  the  sun  rose  upon  him  as 
he  passed  over  ^Penuel,  and  he 
limped  upon  his  thigh.  32  There- 
fore the  children  of  Israel  eat  not 
the  sinew  of  the  hip  which  is  upon 
the  hollow  of  the  thigh,  unto  this 
day :  because  he  touched  the  hollow 
of  Ja>3ob's  thigh  in  the  sinew  ol: 
the  hip. 

O  O  And  Jacob  lifted  up  his 
O  O  eyes,  and  looked,  and,  be- 
hold, '  Esau  was  coming,  and  with 

2  That  is,  Ee  who  striveth  with  God,  or,  Godi 
strivfith.  3  Or,  had  power  with 

*  That  is,  The/ace  o/  Ood. 


33.2 


GENESIS 


34.12 


Jacob  meets  Esau.    He  goes  to  Shetbem.    Duuih  avenged  by  Simeon  and  Len 


him  four  hundred  men.  And  he 
divided  the  children  unto  Leah, 
and  unto  Rachel,  and  unto  the 
two  handmaids.  2  And  he  put 
the  handmaids  and  their  children 
foremost,  and  Leah  and  her  chil- 
dren after,  and  Kachel  and  Joseph 
hiudermost.      3    And    he    himself 

{)assed  over  before  them,  and  b()wed 
riinself  to  the  ground  seven  times, 
until  he  came  near  to  his  brother, 
•i  And  Esau  ran  to  meet  him,  and 
embraced  him,  and  "fell  on  his 
neck,  and  kissed  him:  and  they 
wept.  5  And  he  lifted  up  his 
eyes,  and  saw  the  women  and 
the  children ;  and  said.  Who  are 
these  with  thee?  And  he  said, 
'The  children  whom  God  hath 
graciously  given  thy  servant. 
b  Then  the  handmaids  came  near, 
they  and  their  children,  and  they 
bowed  themselves.  7  And  Leah 
also  and  her  children  came  near, 
and  bowed  themselves :  and  after 
came  Joseph  near  and  Eachel,  and 
they  bowed  themselves.  8  And  he 
said.  What  meanest  thou  by  "all 
this  company  which  I  met '2  And 
he  said.  To  find  favor  in  the  sight 
of  my  lord.  9  And  Esau  said,  ''I 
have  enough,  my  brother  ;  let  that 
which  thou  hast  be  thine.  10  And 
Jacob  said.  Nay,  I  pray  thee,  if 
now  I  have  found  favor  in  thy 
sight,  then  receive  my  present  at 
my  hand  ;  ^  forasmuch  as  I  have 
seen  thy  face,  as  one  seeth  the  face 
of  God,  and  thou  wast  pleased 
with  me.  11  Take,  I  pray  thee, 
my  -  gift  that  is  brought  to  thee  ; 
*  because  God  hath  dealt  graciously 
with  me,  and  because  I  have 
^  enough.  And  he  ur^ed  him,  and 
he  took  it.  12  And  ne  said.  Let 
us  take  our  journey,  and  let  us  go, 
and  I  will  go  before  thee.  1 3  Ana 
he  said  unto  him.  My  lord  knoweth 
that  the  children  are  tender,  and 
that  the  flocks  and  herds  with  me 
have  their  young  :  and  if  they  over- 
drive them  one  day,  all  the  flocks 
will  die.  1-1  Let  my  lord,  I  pray 
thee,  pass  over  before  his  servant : 
and  i  will  lead  on  gently,  accord- 
ing to  the  pace  of  the  cattle  that 
are  before  me  and  according  to  the 
pace  of  the  children,  until  I  come 
unto  my  lord  unto  -^Seir.  15  And 
Esau  said.  Let  me  now  leave  with 
thee  some  of  the  folk  that  are  with 
me.  And  he  said,  ^Vllat  needeth  it  ? 

1  Or,  for  there/ore  have  I  sten 
2  Heb.  blesslna.  ^  Heb.  all. 

2 


"  ch.  4o.  14, 

15 
b  ch.  46.  9 
"  ch.  32.  14- 

10 
d  ch.  27.  39, 

40 
"  ch.  30.  43 
/ch.  32.  3 


V  Judff.  8.  6, 

14;  Ps.  60.  G 
''ch.  12.  6; 

Josli.  24.  l; 

Judg.  9.  1 
■  ch.  2o.  20 ; 

28.  2 
*  Josh.  24. 

32 ;  Jn.  4.  5 


'  ch.  30.  21 


"  Dt.  22.  21 ; 
Judg.  20. 
C ;  2  Sam. 
13.  12 


"ch.  13.  9; 
20.  15 


let  me  find  favor  in  the  sight  of  my 
lord.  16  So  Esau  returned  that 
day  on  his  way  unto  Seir.  17  And 
Jacob  journeyed  to  ^Succoth,  and 
built  him  a  house,  and  made  booths 
for  his  cattle  :  therefore  the  name 
of  the  place  is  called  ■*  Succoth. 

18  And  Jacob  came  ^in  peace  to 
the  city  of  ''Shechem,  which  is  in 
the  land  of  Canaan,  when  he  came 
from  '  Paddan-aram  ;  and  en- 
camped before  the  city.  19  And 
*  he  bought  the  parcel  of  ground, 
where  he  had  spread  his  tent,  at  the 
hand  of  the  children  of  Hamor, 
Shechem's  father,  for  a  hundred 
''pieces  of  money.  20  And  he 
erected  there  an  altar,  and  called 
it  'El-Elohe-Israel. 
O'/l  And  '  Dinah  the  daughter 
O  a!  of  Leah,  whom  she  bare 
unto  Jacob,  went  out  to  see  the 
daughters  of  the  land.  2  And 
Shechem  the  son  of  Hamor  '"the 
Hivite,  the  prince  of  the  land,  saw 
her  ;  and  he  took  herj  and  lay  with 
her,  and  humbled  her.  3  And  hia 
soul  clave  unto  Dinah  the  daughter 
of  Jacob,  and  he  loved  the  damsel, 
and  spake  "^  kindly  unto  the  damsel. 
4  And  Shechem  spake  unto  his 
father  Hamor,  saying.  Get  me  this 
damsel  to  wife.  5  Now  Jacob  heard 
that  he  had  defiled  Dinah  his  daugh- 
ter; and  his  sons  were  with  his 
cattle  in  the  field  :  and  Jacob  held 
his  peace  until  they  came.  6  And 
Hamor  the  father  of  Shechem  went 
out  unto  Jacob  to  commune  with 
him.  7  And  the  sons  of  Jacob 
came  in  from  the  field  when  they 
heard  it :  and  the  men  were  grieved, 
and  they  were  very  wroth,  because 
he  had  wrought  "folly  in  Lsrael  in 
lying  with  Jacob's  daughter ;  which 
thing  ought  not  to  be  done.  8  And 
Hamor  communed  with  them,  say- 
ing, The  soul  of  my  son  Shechem 
longeth  for  your  daughter  :  I  pray 
you,  give  her  unto  him  to  wife. 
9  And  make  ye  marriages  w^th  us  ; 
give  your  daughters  unto  us,  and 
take  our  daughters  unto  you.  10 
And  ye  shall  dwell  with  us :  and 
°  the  land  shall  be  before  you  ;  dwell 
and  trade  j'e  therein,  and  get  you 
possessions  therein.  11  And  She- 
chem said  unto  her  father  and  unto 
her  brethren.  Let  me  find  favor  in 
your  eyes,  and  w;hat  s'e  shall  say 
unto  me  I  will  give.     12  Ask  me 

<Thatii   Booths. 

s  Or,  to  Shalem,  a  cUy  «  Heb.  kesitah. 

1  That  is,  God,  the  God  of  Ixrael. 

8  Heb.  to  the  heart  uf  the  damsel. 


33 


3C.1S 


GENESIS 


35.10 


Dinah  avenged  by  Simeon  and  Led.    Shechem  plundered.    Jarob  puts  away  Idols  and  goes  to  Bethel 


jaever  so  much  dowry  and  gift,  and 
I  will  give  according  as  ye  shall  say 
unto  me :  but  give  me  the  damsel 
to  wife.  1 3  And  the  sons  of  Jacob 
answered  Shechem  and  Hamor  his 
father  with  guile,  and  spake,  be- 
cause he  had  defiled  Dinah  their 
sister,  14  and  said  unto  them.  We 
cannot  do  this  thing,  to  give  our 
sister  to^one  that  is  uncircumcised  ; 
for  that  were  a  reproach  unto  us. 
15  Only  on  this  condition  will  we 
consent  unto  you :  if  ye  will  be  as 
we  are,  that  every  male  of  j^ou  be 
circumcised  ;  16  then  will  we  give 
our  daughters  i;nto  you,  and  we 
will  take  your  daughters  to  us, 
and  we  will  dwell  with  you,  and 
we  will  become  one  people.  1 7  But 
if  ye  will  not  hearken  unto  us, 
to  be  circumcised ;  then  will  we 
take  our  daughter,  and  we  will  be 
gone. 

18  And  their  words  pleased 
Hamor,  and.  Shechem  Hamor's 
son.  19  And  the  young  man  de- 
ferred not  to  do  the  thing,  because 
he  had  delight  in  Jacob's  daughter  : 
and  he  was  honored  above  all  the 
house  of  his  father.  20  And  Hamor 
and  Shechem  his  son  came  unto  the 
gate  of  their  city,  and  communed 
with  the  men  of  their  city,  saying, 
21  These  men  are  peaceable  witli 
us  ;  therefore  let  them  dwell  in  the 
land,  and  trade  therein ;  for,  be- 
hold, the  land  is  large  enough  for 
them;  let  us  take  their  daughters 
to  us  for  wives,  and  let  us  give  them 
our  daughters.  22  Only  on  this 
condition  will  the  men  consent  unto 
us  to  dwell  with  us,  to  become  one 
people,  if  every  male  among  us  be 
circumcised,  as  they  are  circum- 
cised. 23  Shall  not  their  cattle 
and  their  substance  and  all  their 
beasts  be  ours  ?  only  let  us  consent 
unto  them,  and  they  will  dwell  with 
us.  24  And  unto  Hamor  and  unto 
Shechem  his  son  hearkened  *all 
that  went  out  of  the  gate  of  his 
city;  and  every  male  was  circum- 
cised, all  that  went  out  of  the  gate 
of  his  city.  2-5  And  it  came  to  pass 
on  the  third  day,  when  they  were 
sore,  that  two  of  the  sons  of  Jacob, 
■^Simeon  and  Levi,  Dinah's  breth- 
ren, took  each  man  his  sword,  and 
came  upon  the  city  ^  unawares,  and 
slew  all  the  males.  26  And  they 
slew  Hamor  and  Shechem  his  son 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and 
took  Dinah  out  of  Shechem's  house, 

I  Or,  boldly 


"ch. 

17. 

14 

i-ch. 

23. 

10 

=  ch. 

49. 

5-7 

d  Ex 

.  5. 

21; 

2  Sam 

10. 

6 

'  ver 

.  2 

ch. 

13 

7 

/ch. 

46. 

2fi, 

27  ; 

1  Chr.    1 

10. 

19 

?ch. 

23. 

19 

''ch. 

28. 

13 

<ch. 

31. 

19, 

30 

*Ex 

19 

10, 

14 

'  ch.  28.  20-22 

"Ch. 

28. 

15 

"Ex 

15 

16; 

Dt 

2. 

io 

"ch. 

28. 

19; 

48. 

3 

Pvei 

.  3 

«ch. 

24. 

59 

••ch. 

32. 

29 

and  went  forth.  27  The  sons  of 
Jacob  came  upon  the  slain,  and 
plundered  the  city,  because  they 
had  defiled  their  sister.  2S  They 
took  their  flocks  and  their  herds 
and  their  asses,  and  that  which  was 
in  the  city,  and  that  which  was  in 
the  field  ;  29  and  all  their  wealth, 
and  all  their  little  ones  and  their 
wives,  took  they  captive  and  made 
a  prey,  even  all  that  was  in  the 
house.  30  And  Jacob  said  to  Sim- 
eon and  Levi,  Ye  have  troubled  me, 
''  to  make  me  odious  to  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  land,  among  "the 
Canaanites  and  the  Perizzites :  and, 
-^I  being  few  in  number,  they  will 
gather  themselves  together  against 
me  and  smite  me ;  and  I  shall  be 
destroyed,  I  and  my  house.  31  And 
they  said.  Should  he  deal  with  our 
sister  as  with  a  harlot  1 

3pf  And  God  said  unto  Jacob, 
fj  Ari.se,  go  up  to  ^  Beth-el,  and 
dwell  there :  and  make  there  an 
altarunto  ''God,  who  appeared  unto 
thee  when  thou  fleddest  from  the 
face  of  Esau  thy  brother.  2  Then 
Jacob  said  unto  his  household,  and 
to  all  that  were  with  him,  Put  away 
Hhe  foreign  gods  that  are  among 
you,  and  *  purify  yourselves,  and 
change  your  garments :  3  and  let 
us  arise,  and  go  up  to  Beth-el ;  and 
I  will  make  thei'e  '  an  altar  unto 
God,  who  answered  me  in  the  day 
of  my  distress,  and  '"  was  with  me 
in  the  way  which  I  went.  4  And 
they  gave  unto  Jacob  all  the  foreign 
gods  which  were  in  their  hand,  and 
tlie  rings  which  were  in  their  eai's  ; 
and  Jacob  hid  them  under  the  "^  oak 
which  was  by  Shechem.  5  And 
they  journeyed  :  and  "  a  teiTor  of 
God  was  upon  the  cities  that  were 
round  about  them,  and  they  did 
not  pursue  after  the  sons  of  Jacob. 
6  So  Jacob  came  to  "  Luz,  which  is 
in  the  land  of  Canaan  (the  same  is 
Beth-el),  he  and  all  the  people  that 
were  with  him.  7  And  *he  built 
there  an  altar,  and  called  the  place 
^  El-beth-el ;  because  there  God  was 
revealed  unto  him,  when  he  fled 
from  the  face  of  his  brother.  8  And 
"Deborah  Rebekah's  nurse  died, 
and  she  was  buried  below  Beth-el 
under  the  oak  :  and  the  name  of  it 
was  called  '^Allon-bacuth. 

9  And  God  appeared  unto  Jacob 
again,  when  he  came  from  Paddan- 
ai'am,  and  ''blessed  him.     10  And 

*  Or,  terebinth      s  That  is,  The  God  of  Beth-eU 
*  That  is.  The  oak  of  weeping. 


e4 


35.11 


GENESIS 


36.15 


God  blesses  Jacob.    Birth  of  Benjamin.    Eacbel's  DeatL    Jacob's  Soos.    Isaac's  Death.    Esaa's  Posteritj 


"  God  said  unto  him.  Thy  name  is 
Jacob  :  thy  name  shall  not  be  called 
any  more  Jacob,  but  Israel  shall  be 
thy  name  :  and  he  called  his  name 
Israel.  1 1  And  God  said  unto  him, 
I  am  ^  *  God  Almighty  :  "  be  fruitful 
and  multiply;  a  nation  and  a  ''com- 
pany of  nations  shall  be  of  thee, 
and  "kings  shall  come  out  of  thy 
loins;  12  and  •'the  land  which  I 
gave  unto  Abraham  and  Isaac,  to 
thee  I  will  give  it,  and  to  thy  seed 
after  thee  will   1   give   the   land. 

13  And  ^  God  went  up  from  him  in 
the  place  where  he  spake  with  him. 

14  And  Jacob  set  up  ''a  pillar  in 
the  place  where  he  spake  with  him, 
a  pillar  of  stone  :  and  he  poured  ou  t 
adrink-offeringthereom  and  poured 
oil  thereon.  15  And  Jacob  called 
the  name  of  the  place  where  God 
spake  with  him,  Beth-el. 

16  And  they  journeyed  from 
Beth-el;  and  there  was  still  some 
distance  to  come  to  '  Ephrath  :  and 
Rachel  travailed,  and  she  had  hard 
labor.  17  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  she  was  in  hard  labor,  that 
the  midwife  said  unto  her.  Fear 
not ;  for  now  *thou  shalt  have  an- 
other son.  18  And  it  came  to  pass, 
as  her  soul  was  departing  (for  she 
died),  that  she  called  his  name 
"  Ben-oni  :  but  his  father  called  him 
^Benjamin.  19  And 'Rachel  died, 
and  was  buried  in  the  way  to 
Ephrath  (the  same  is  Beth-lehem). 

20  And  Jacob  set  up  a  pillar  upon 
her  grave  :  the  same  is  the  ™  Pillar 
of  Rachel's  grave  unto  this  day. 

21  And  Israel  journeyed,  and 
si^read  his  tent  beyond  the  tower 
of  Eder.  22  And  it  came  to  pass, 
while  Israel  dwelt  in  that  land, 
that  "Reuben  went  and  lay  with 
Bilhah  his  father's  concubine  :  and 
Israel  heard  of  it. 

Now  the  sons  of  Jacob  were 
twelve:  23  "  the  sons  of  Leah  :  Reu- 
ben, Jacob's  first-born,  and  Sim- 
eon, and  Levi,  and  Judah,  and 
Issachar,  and  Zebulun ;  24  ^the 
sons  of  Rachel :  Joseph  and  Ben- 
jamin ;  25  and  *  the  sons  of  Bil- 
hah, Rachel's  handmaid  :  Dan  and 
Naphtali ;  26  and  ''the  sons  of 
Zilpah,  Leah's  handmaid  :  Gad  and 
Asner  :  these  are  the  sons  of  Jacob, 
that  were  born  to  him  in  Paddan- 
aram.  27  And  Jacob  came  unto 
Isaac  his  father  to  •  Mamre,  to  Kiri- 

1  Heb.  El  Shadfiai. 

*  That  is.  The  son  of  my  sorrow. 

s  That  is,  T?u  son  of  the  right  hand. 


"  ch.  32.  28 
t>  ch.  17.  1 ; 

28.  3 
'  ch.  9.  1,  7 
<i  ch.  48,  4 
«  ch.  17.  C, 

10  i  3«.  31 
/ch.  13.  15; 

2U.  3  ;  28. 

13 
"  ch.  17.  22 ; 

18.  33 
''  ch.  28.  18, 

I'J;  31.  46 
'  ver.  19 ; 

Ruth  4. 11 ; 

Mic.  5.  2 
*  ch.  30.  24 
'  ch.  48.  7 
'"  1  S.  10.  2 
"ch.  49.  4; 

1  Chr.  5.  1 
"  ch.  29.  31- 

3.i  ;  30.  18- 

20 
P  ch.  30.  22- 

24 
9  ch.  30.  6-8 
'■  ch.  30.  10- 

13 

'  ch.  .8.  1 ; 
23.  19 


t  ch.  25.  26 
"  ch.  25.  8 
"ch.  15.  15 
"  ch.  25.  30 
y  ch.  26.  34  ; 

28.  9 
'  ch.  12.  5 


"  ch.  13.  6 


6  ch.  32.  3 
"  ver.  1,  19 


35 


ath-arba(thesame  is  Hebron),  where 
Abraham  and  Isaac  sojourned. 

28  And  the  days  of  Isaac  were 
'a  hundred  and  fourscore  years. 
29  And  Isaac  gave  up  the  ghost, 
and  died,  and  was  "gathered  unto 
his  people,  "old  and  full  of  days: 
and  Esau  and  Jacob  his  sons  buried 
him. 

O  f^  Now  these  are  the  genera- 
O  vJ  tions  of  ''Esau  (the  same  is 
Edom).  2  Esau  took  ^  his  wives  of 
the  daughters  of  Canaan  :  Adah  the 
daughter  of  Elon  the  Hittite,  and 
Oholibamah  the  daughter  of  Anah, 
the  daughter  of  Zibeon  the  Hivite, 
3  and  Basemath  Ishmael's  daugh- 
ter, sister  of  Nebaioth.  4  And  Adah 
bare  to  Esau  Eliphaz  ;  and  Base- 
math  bare  Reuel ;  5  and  Oholi- 
bamah bare  Jeush,  and  Jalam,  and 
Korah  :  these  are  the  sons  of  Esau, 
that  were  born  unto  him  in  the  land 
of  Canaan.  6  ^And  Esau  took  his 
wives,  and  his  sons,  and  his  daugh- 
ters, and  all  the  souls  of  his  house, 
and  his  cattle,  and  all  his  beasts, 
and  all  his  possessions,  which  he 
had  gathered  in  the  land  of 
Canaan ;  and  went  into  a  land 
away  from  his  brother  Jacob. 
7  "For  their  substance  was  too 
great  for  them  to  dwell  together; 
and  the  land  of  their  sojournings 
could  not  bear  them  because  of 
their  cattle.  8  And  Esau  dwelt  in 
mount  *Seir  :  Esau  is  ''Edom. 

9  And  these  are  the  generations 
of  Esau  the  father  of  ^the  Edom- 
ites  in  mount  Seir:  10  these  are 
the  names  of  Esau's  sons  :  Eliphaz 
the  son  of  Adah  the  wife  of  Esau, 
Reuel  the  son  of  Basemath  the 
wife  of  Esau.  11  And  the  sons 
of  Eliphaz  were  Teman,  Omar, 
^Zepho,  and  Gatam,  and  Kenaz. 
12  And  Timna  was  concubine  to 
Eliphaz  Esau's  son ;  and  she  bare 
to  Eliphaz  Amalek :  these  are  the 
sons  ot  Adah,  Esau's  wife.  13  And 
these  are  the  sons  of  Reuel :  Nahath, 
and  Zerah,  Shammah,  and  Mizzah  : 
these  were  the  sons  of  Basemath, 
Esau's  wife.  14  And  these  were 
the  sons  of  Oholibamah  the 
daughter  of  Anah,  the  daughter  of 
Zibeon,  Esau's  wife:  and  she  bare 
to  Esau  Jeush,  and  Jalam,  and 
Korah. 

15  These  are  the  chiefs  of  the 
sons  of  Esau  :  the  sons  of  Eliphaz 
the  first-born  of  Esau :  chief  Te- 
man,   chief    Omar,    chief    Zepho, 

«Heb.  Edom.  » In  l  Chr.  l.  36.  Zephi. 


36.  IC 


GENESIS 


37. 


Cbiers  of  P.dnni.    Hon*  of  N«ir.    Kin^cH  of  Kdoiu.    Jacoli'H  Partiiilily  for  .loRiiph.    .losAph'H  Dreamii 


chief  Konaz,  1()  clii(if  Korali,  cliici 
(iiiUiiu,  cliict"  Ainalck  :  tlicso  aio 
tli(M:liic!t:s  that  ciiiiici  of  P^liplia/,  in 
tlic  land  of  l^ldoiti  ;  l,lic.s(i  arx;  llui 
sons  of  Allah.  17  Ami  tluvsc  arc 
tilt)  sons  of  lU'UcI,  J'^sau's  son  • 
(;lii(!f  NaJiath,  ch'mi  Z(;rali,  chief 
.Shaiuniah,  chief  Mizzah:  th(^se 
aro  the  (ihicfs  that  canu;  of  K.cuu',1 
in  tlic  liiiid  of  l^ldoni ;  theses  are  the 
sons  of  Haseniath,  Msa.u'a  _  wife. 
IH  And  (,hese  are  tin;  sons  of  Oho- 
lihaniah,  Msau's  wif(i :  chiiif  Jeush, 
cliief  .hilani,  chi()f  Korah  :  these 
are  th<5  chiefH  that  came  of  Oho- 
lil);iinah  tjlio  dauKhter  of  Anah, 
I'lsau's  wife.  11)  These  are  the 
.sons  of  l*isa.ii,  and  these  are  tlieir 
chiefs:  tlu^  same  is  l*]dom. 

■JO  'I'hese  are  iJie  sons  of  Seir 
"the  llorite,  (-he  inhal)itants  of  the 
l;i,nd  :  LotaJi  a,n(l  Sholwil  and  Ziheoii 
and  Anah,  "J  I  and  Dishonaiid  Kzer 
and  Dishan  :  these  ai'(!  the  chiefs 
that  cauK)  of  tiu^  llorites,  the  chil- 
dren of  Seir  in  the  land  of  Edom. 
■J'J  And  tJie  children  of  Jjotan  were 
lloii  .•iiui  '  Heman  ;  and  Jjotau's  sis- 
ter was  'I'innia.  2.'i  And  these  are 
thecliildren  of  Shohal  :  "Alvanand 
Manahath  and  Mhal,  •'Shepho  and 
Onam.  "J  1  And  these  ai'C  tiie  cliil- 
dren  of  Zil)eon  :  Aiali  and  Anah  ; 
this  is  Anah  who  found  the  hot 
s[)rinji:s  in  the  wilderness,  as  lie  fed 
tlie  assivs  of  Zibeon  his  father.  25 
And  these  are  the  children  of 
Anah :  l^ishoii  and  Oholibamah 
tlie  dauf,diter  of  Anah.  'Jii  And 
thes(^  are  the  children  of '' Dislion  : 
''  llemdan  and  i^ishban  and  ithran 
and  ('heran.  27  These  are  the 
<!hildren  of  Mzer :  Hilhan  and 
Zaavan  and  "Alcan.  28  The.se  are 
thc!  childrcni  of  Dishan:  Uz  and 
Aran.  29  These  are  the  chiefs 
tint  carr.e  of  the  llorites :  chief 
ijotan,  chicif  Shobal,  chief  Zibeon, 
chief  Anah,  'M)  chief  Dishon,  chief 
Ezer,  chief  Dishan:  these  are  the 
chiefs  that  came  of  the  Horites, 
according;  to  their  chiefs  in  the 
land  of  Seir. 

M  And  these  are  the  kinffs  that 
reigned  in  the  land  of  Kdom,  be- 
fore there  reigned  any^kinf?  over 
the  children  of  Israel.  .S2  And 
Bola  the  son  of  Beor  reiuned  in 
Edom ;  and  the  name  of  liis  city 
was  Dinhabah.     33  And  Bela  died, 

iln  1  Cl\r.  1.  :m,  Homam. 

••ilii  I  <'lir.  1.  Ill,  Aliiin. 

a  In  1  Clir.  1.  40.  «S7i.;)>/ii.        *  Heb.  Dishan. 

'In  1  Clir.  I.  41,  llamran. 

*Id  1  Ohr.  1.  4^,  Jaakait. 


"ch.  14.  «; 
J>t.  H.  I'J, 
•Si;  I  Chr. 

1.  3N-42 
b  ch.  17.  0, 

10 :  [it,.  1 1 
1  Ohr.  1.  '1 


'ch.  17.  8; 

li8.  4 


<'  ch.  41.  40 


'  ch.  36.  25, 


/  ch.  44.  20 
w  ver.  23,  32 


i>ch.  28.  12; 
31.  10,11,24 


and  .Jobab  the  .son  of  Zerah  of 
Bozrali  reigned  in  hin  stead.  31 
And  Jobab  di(id,  and  Husham  of 
the  land  of  the  Temanites  reiKiuid 
in  his  st-ead.  ."55  And  llusliarn 
di(Ml,  and  lladad  the  son  of  l>edad, 
who  smote  Midiaii  in  the  tield  of 
Moab,  {-(iifjfned  m  his  stc^ad :  and 
the  name  of  his  city  was  Avith. 
3()  And  Hadad  died,  and  Sainlah 
of  Masrek;i,h  r-(!i;4ned  in  his  stead. 
37  And  S;uiila,li  dic^d,  and  Shaul  of 
li(!hoboth  by  the  Iviver  reif^ned  in 
his  stead.  3iS  And  Shaul  died,  and 
Baal-hanan  the  son  of  Achbor 
reifjjned  in  his  st(vad.  39  And 
Baal  lianan  tlu;  son  of  Achbor  died, 
an<i  '  Hadar  reijjcned  in  his  st(^ad  : 
and  the  name  of  his  city  was 
"I'au;  and  his  wife's  name  was 
Mehetabel,  the  daughter  of  Hatred, 
the  d;nifiht.er  of  i\le-zahab. 

40  And  these  are  the  names  of  tlie 
chiefs  that  came  of  l^^sau,  according 
to  their  families,  after  their  places, 
by  their  names  :  chief  Timna,  chief 
"Alvah  chief  Jetheth,  41  chief  Oho- 
libamah, chief  Elah,  chief  Pinon, 
42  chief  Kenaz,  chief  Teman,  chief 
Mibzar,  43  chief  Magdiel,  chief 
Iram  :  tihese  are  the  chiefs  of  Edoin, 
according  to  their  habitations  in 
tile  land  of  their  po.ssession.  This 
is  l']sau,  the  father  of  '"the  Edomites. 
O^  And  Jacob  dwelt  in  ''the 
O  4  land  of  his  father's  .sojourn- 
ings,  in  the  land  of  Canaan.  2 
These  are  the  generations  of  Jacob. 
Jo.seph,  being ''seventeen  years  old, 
was  feeding  the  flock  with  his 
brethren;  and  he  was  a  lad  with 
"the  sons  of  Bilhah,  and  with  the 
sons  of  Zilpah,  liis  father's  wive.n: 
and  Joseph  brought  the  evil  report 
of  them  unto  their  father.  3  Now 
Israel  loved  Joseph  more  than  all 
his  children,  becau.se  he  was  -^the 
son  of  his  old  age :  and  lie  made 
him  "  a^coat  of  many  colors.  4  And 
his  brethren  saw  that  their  father 
loved  him  mc^re  than  all  his 
brethren  ;  and  they  hated  him,  and 
could  not  speak  peaceably  unto 
him. 

5  And  Joseph  ''dreamed  a  dream, 
and  he  told  it  to  his  brethren  :  and 
they  hated  him  yet  the  more.  6 
And  he  said  unto  them.  Hear,  I 
j)ra,y  you,  this  dream  which  I  have 
dreamed  :  7  for,  behold,  we  were 
binding  sheaves  in  the  field,  and, 

7  Tn  1  Ohr.  1.  r.n,  Hadad. 

<*  iu  \  Chr.  1.  Wi,  I'di. 

»  In  1  Chr.  1.  f.l,  Alinh.       >"  Heb.  Edom. 

11  Or,  a  long  fiarment  with  sleeves 


I 


37.  H 


GfiLVESIS 


37,  3o 


Jti%*fk'%  tfrnm*,    H«  i*  MWt  U  Kkylwni.    IJ«  krttlKri  Mil  kia  into  Ecnpt.    iz/'ib'«  lamtnUtMi 


upright ;  nwl,  i>^}»oW,  your  hhc-avf* 
carne    roun'l    atj<<ur,,   and    "ututh 


< A x:\yAncji  to  rny  hhc-af.  /5  Anrl  hi-s 
bretli reri  /-^icl  to  hirri,  ''Shalt  thou 
inrjfefcrj  rfeiKTi  ov»;r  Uh  '  or  «t»alt  thou 
inde^xl  have  dominion  over  uh  i 
Axid  they  liatfxl  him  yet  the  mor*; 
for  Ills  Jrf;am>j,  and  for  hLs  wordw. 
y  And  h-^  dreauj'^J  y*^.  another 
dream,  and  told  it  to  his  l^rethren. 
and  8aid,  liePu^ld,  1  ha\e  dn^amerJ 
yet  a  dream ;  and,  Vxrhoid,  the  lun 
and  the  mrx^n  and  eleven  stars  mad/; 
obeijsance  to  me.  10  And  he  tr^ld 
It  to  r;Ls  father,  and  t<^;  liin  breth- 
ren; ari.i  his  father  rebuked  him, 
and  said  unto  hirn.  What  i.s  this 
fire&Tii  that  thoti  hasit  <ir«-fi.xfi(A  ] 
Shiall  I  and  thy  mother  and  Hhy 
brethren  inde^xi  come  to  U^w  down 
ourselves  t/}  thf*  to  the  earth? 
1 1  And  ''his  brethren  envied  him  ; 
but  hiii  t&tlitr  kept  th/;  Haying  in 
mind. 

12  And  his  brethren  went  to 
feed  thfcir  father'-  •^'.•'>  in  SW 
cheiD.      13  Ano  ;.Id  unto 

Joseph,  Are  not  .  r en  f reed- 

ing th/i  fl<^x;k  in  *  .ii-/;€ijem  '{  come, 
and  I  will  .v^-nd  the*:  unto  thern. 
And  he  said  to  him.  Here  am  L 
14  And  he  said  to  nim.  Go  now, 
fif^.  -jAe.r'-.i.r  it  is  well  with  thy 
br  .d  well  with  the  flock ; 

ar.  ;  .'^;  word  ajrain.    ■'So  ?je 

seiit  h'lUx  Out  of  the  vale  of  Hebron, 
and  he  came  to  >h(-f},(r(i.  15  AruJ 
a  certain  rx.-;  .   and,  b*;- 

Itold,  he   V  ■    in   the 

^,u.  ..,.]•  -^^   ..-. 

t^ 

tell  me.  I  x^iay  to^^b,  w/»*;ie  t/iey 
are  feedin«  </»>? /foc^,  17  And  tfi^ 
man  -.aid,  TTiey  are  der^rl/; . 
for  I  lieard  th'-rn  ^.^y,  I>, 
'LV/tfian.  And  .J<^j«ei;h  '*.,,...  ^.i,-.. 
his  brethren,  and  found  them  in 
Dothan. 

18  And  they  saw  him  afar  oft, 
and  before  he  came  n^ir  uziUj 
them,  they  cortipired  against  him 
to  slay  hirn.  10  And  they  said 
one  to  anot?*er,  J>:hoId,  this 
'dreamer  cornetVj.  iO  Come  now 
therefore,  and  let  us  slay  him,  and 
ca^  him  into  one  of  the  ijiits,  and 
*we  will  say.  An  evil  heast  hath 
derocred  him:  and  ire  shall  see 
what  win  become  o£  his  dreams^ 
21  And  '  Reuben  beard  it,  and  de- 
lirered  him  oat  of  their  hand,  and 


''  fAi.  42,  ft, 

*i.  It 
»  fth.  4&,  », ; 

Pt. ;«.  If, 
'  eti.  27.  2& 
■<  AtM  7,  J> 
*  cb.  JB.  J^ 

2r< 
/chi.  *;,  « 
»  2  K.  «,  12 

'  cb.  «2.  22 


W.  12 ;  :a.  1 

« ch.  «,  1 1 
"JfST.  *.  22; 
4A.  II 


*  T(iT.  20 

» ct.  «2.  a 


»  T«r  2S ; 
itn\n.<i.  I; 

4.22.2* 

«  ch.  te.  4 ; 

A/:;t«7.  » 


'rer  ■S4;ct 


««*.  «2L  15, 


"  Ter  *, . 


said.  I>:fc  us  not  take  his  lif/;.  22 
And  ii/;uUj:n  said  unU>  them,  Sliefi 
no  bJfx*d  ;  r;ast  him  ifit/>  this  pit 
that  i.H  in  the  v/i)d«;rneHS,  but  lay 
nr>  hand  u|K.»n  him  ;  tliat  lie  might 
rjfiliver  him  out  of  their  hand,  t'i 
restore  him  t*,*  hi.s  father.  23  And 
it  came-  t/.i  nas.s,  w/ien  Jo«/fph  wa« 
c^/me  unto  nis  brethrf;n,  that  they 
strippfjrj  ./^/f.<;ph  of  his  c^at,  the 
r;r;at  of  many  colors  that  was  on 
him;  24  and  they  \.(t*,V  him,  and 
cast  him  into  the  pit :  and  the  pit 
was  empty,  there  was  no  wat^T  in 
it. 

25  And  \\\K'.y  sat  down  U>  eat 
hrearJ :  and  tnev  \\i\>-i\  up  their 
Hyt-A  and  \(>i>\i(A,  and,  V/^rhold,  a 
f:aravan  i'/f  *  lshx/i;i/:lit/>»  wan  c//m- 
inj^  from  Oil'^a/J,  with  their  f;a.mels 
\x:ii.r\nii  ''*Hf)'u:f:ry  and  *'"l>almand 
*myrrri,  nfnuu  to  carry  it  d<^;v/n  to 
K/fypt.  20  And  Judah  Jsaid  unf>/ 
his  br/rthr^m,  \V'l»at  [>rofJt  is  it  if  we 
slay  our  brother  and  ''conc/;al  his 
bU^xl  {  27  ''Corne  and  let  us  sell 
him  to  the  l>,hn»af;lite-s,  and  let  i»ot 
our  hand  l^e  urK,»n  him ;  f/;r  l»e  is 
oar  brother,  our  flesh.  -And  his 
brethren  iK^arkenwi  unto  him. 
28  And  there  j:>a«>erj  V,v  '■ilidian- 
it^ 
ar. 

anc ,-. ,    . 

for  twenty  nie/*  r.    -\rid 

''they  brought ./'  /  f^pt, 

2':>  And    ii/:ul>;n   relurn^rd   unto 
tlie  pit ;  an/1.  \)t-jto\f\.  Jff^i,h  wstM 
the  pit ;   .         ' 
,    30  An' 

... .  ...  .r.hren,  ar.  

i«  not ;  and  J,  v  ;/o  { 

31  And  "tl^ey  v  ^.at. 

and  killer]  a  hf:-ii(j(*.t,  m^\  ()>.\>i^-A 
the  Ci^f'  fri  the  \,\(ieA\:  32  J^nd  they 


'▼er.S:«fc. 


now  w . 

or 

not.    ''j-. 

.  ^i^J, 

It  is  my  ixfAi  s  t>«»l)  'ai*  evi» 

(.east 

hath    devoore'J    htm : 

JrjAerih    i«j 

without    do 

34  And  .Ja^; 

and  prj^  -> 

and  ni 

days. 

his  <\AniiitU-AH  KiHh.    up 

him ;   but  he  refu-^'r'J 

u. 

*^> 

itftifA :  and  he  -.. 

down  Uf  '.Slier^l 

inip    And  his  fai;. ..   - 

,/.  u>.- 

...u.^ 

»  Or,  ^a*  tn»g«u»mtk    Ot,  ttr/rnx 
*  Oc,  «MMt<«  4  Or,  l/idammm 


37.36 


GENESIS 


3a  28 


Jndah's  Children  by  Shaa.    His  Children  by  Tamar 


36  And  the  ^  Midianites  "  sold  him 
into  Egypt  unto  Potiphar,  an  officer 
of  Pharaoh's,  the  ^captain  of  the 
guard. 

O  O  And  it  came  to  pass  at 
O  O  that  time,  that  Judah  went 
down  from  his  brethren,  and 
turned  in  to  a  certain  *  Adullamite, 
whose  name  was  Hirah.  2  And 
Judah  saw  there  a  daughter  of  a 
certain  Caiiaanite  whof-e  name  was 
Shua ;  and  he  took  her,  and  went 
in  unto  her.  3  And  she  conceived, 
and  bai-e  a  son ;  and  he  called  his 
name  ""Er.  4  And  she  conceived 
again,  and  bare  a  son ;  and  she 
called  his  name  Onan.  5  And  she 
yet  again  bare  a  son,  and  called  his 
name  Shelah :  and  he  was  at  Che- 
zib,  when  she  bare  him.  6  And 
Judah  took  a  wife  for  Er  his  first- 
born, and  her  name  was  Tamar. 
7  And  "*  Er,  Judah's  first-born,  was 
wicked  in  the  sight  of  Jehovah ; 
and  Jehovah  slew  him.  8  And 
Judah  said  unto  Onan,  ''Go  in 
unto  thy  brother's  wife,  and  per- 
form the  duty  of  a  husband's 
brother  unto  her,  and  raise  up 
seed  to  thy  brother.  9  And  Onan 
knew  that  the  seed  would  not  be 
his ;  and  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
went  in  unto  his  brother's  wife, 
that  he  spilled  it  on  the  ground, 
lest  he  snould  give  seed  to  his 
brother.  10  And  the  thing  which 
he  did  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
Jehovah:  and  he  slew  him  als9. 
11  Then  said  Judah  to  Tamar  his 
daughter-in-law,  -^Remain  a  widow 
in  thy  father's  house,  till  Shelah 
my  son  be  grown  up ;  for  he  said, 
Lest  he  also  die,  like  his  brethren. 
And  Tamar  went  and  dwelt  in  her 
father's  house. 

1 2  And  in  process  of  time  Shua's 
daughter,  the  wife  of  Judah,  died  ; 
and  Judah  was  comforted,  and 
went  up  unto  his  sheep-shearers  to 
I'Timnah,  he  and  his  friend  Hirah 
the  Adullamite.  13  And  it  was 
told  Tamar,  saying.  Behold,  thy 
father-in-law  goeth  up  to  Timnah 
to  shear  his  sheep.  14  And  she 
put  off  from  her  the  garments  of 
her  widowhood,  and  **  covered  her- 
self with  her  veil,  and  wrapped 
herself,  and  sat  in  the  gate  of 
*  Enaim,  which  is  by  the  way  to 
Timnah  ;  for  she  saw  that  Shelah 
was  grown  up,  and  she  was  not 
given  unto  him  to  wife.     15  When 

I  Heb.  Medanites. 

*  Heb.  chief  of  the  executioners. 


"  ch.  39. 1 
i>  Josh.  16. 

35 ;  1  Sam. 

22.  1 
'  ch.  46.  12 ; 

Num.  26. 

19 
d  1  Chr.  2.  3 
'  Dt.  25.  5, 

6 ;  Mt.  22. 

24 
/Ruthl.  12, 

13 
"  Josh.  15. 

10,  57 
A  ch.  24.  65 
'  JoBh.  15. 

34 


*  ch.  41.  42 


'  Lev.  21.  9 


'  ch.  25. 

24-26 


Judah  saw  her,  he  thought  her  to 
be  a  harlot;  for  she  had  covered 
her  face.  1 6  And  he  turned  unto 
her  by  the  v/ay,  and  said.  Come,  1 
pray  thee,  let  me  come  in  unto  thee  : 
for  he  knew  not  that  she  was  his 
daughter-in-law.  And  she  said. 
What  wilt  thou  give  me,  that  thou 
mayest  come  in  unto  me  1  17  And 
he  said,  I  will  send  thee  a  kid  of 
the  goats  from  the  flock.  And  she 
said,  Wilt  thou  give  me  a  pledge, 
till  thou  send  if?  18  And  he  said. 
What  pledge  shall  I  give  thee? 
And  she  said,  *  Thy  signet  and  thy 
cord,  and  thy  stalf  that  is  in  thy 
hand.  And  he  gave  them  to  her, 
and  came  in  unto  her,  and  she  con- 
ceived by  him.  1 9  And  she  arose, 
and  went  away,  and  put  otF  her 
veil  from  her,  and  put  on  the  gar- 
ments of  her  wido\vliood.  20  And 
Judah  sent  the  kid  of  the  goats  b,y 
the  hand  of  his  friend  the  Adul- 
lamite, to  receive  the  pledge  from 
the  woman's  hand :  but  he  found 
her  not.  21  Then  he  asked  the 
men  of  her  place,  saying.  Where  is 
the  ^  prostitute,  that  was  at  Enaim 
by  the  wayside"?  And  they  said, 
There  hath  been  no  ^prostitute 
here.  22  And  he  returned  to 
Judah,  and  said,  I  have  not  found 
her ;  and  also  the  men  of  the  place 
said,  There  hath  been  no  ^prosti- 
tute here.  23  And  Judah  said. 
Let  her  take  it  to  her,  lest  we  be 
put  to  shame :  behold,  I  sent  this 
kid,  and  thou  hast  not  found  her. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass  about 
three  months  after,  that  it  was 
told  Judah,  saying,  Tamar  thy 
daughter-in-law  hath  played  the 
harlot ;  and  moreover,  oehold,  she 
is  with  child  by  whoredom.  And 
Judah  said.  Bring  her  forth,  and 
'let  her  be  burnt.  25  When  she 
was  brought  forth,  she  sent  to  her 
father-in-law,  saying,  By  the  man, 
whose  these  are,  am  I  with  child : 
and  she  said.  Discern,  I  pray  thee, 
whose  are  these,  the  signet,  and 
the  cords,  and  the  staff.  26  And 
Judah  acknowledged  them,  and 
said.  She  is  more  righteous  than  I, 
forasmuch  as  I  gave  her  not  to 
shelah  my  son.  And  he  knew  her 
again  no  more.  27  And  it  came  to 
pass  in  the  time  of  her  travail, 
that,  behold,  '"twins  wei'e  in  her 
womb.     28  And  it  came  to  pass, 

8  Heb.  kedeshah,  that  is,  a  woman  dedicated 
to  impure  heathen  worship.  See  Dt.  23. 17 ;  Hoa, 
4.  14. 


38 


3a  29 


GENESIS 


40.2 


Joseph  is  made  Fotiphar's  Overseer.    Joseph  and  Potiphar's  Wife.    Joseph  is  pot  in  Prison 


when  she  travailed,  that  one  put 
out  a  hand  :  and  the  midwife  took 
and  bound  upon  his  hand  a  scarlet 
thread,  saying.  This  came  out  first. 
29  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  drew 
back  his  hand,  that,  behold,  his 
brother  came  out :  and  she  said, 
^  Wherefore  hast  thou  made  a 
breach  for  thyself  1  therefore  his 
name  was  called  '" "  Perez.  30  And 
afterward  came  out  his  brother, 
that  had  the  scarlet  thread  upon 
his  hand  :  and  his  name  was  called 
Zerah. 

0(\  And  Joseph  was  brought 
O  «_/  down  to  Egypt ;  and  Poti- 
phar,  an  officer  of  Pharaoh's,  the 
captain  of  the  guard,  an  Egyptian, 
bought  him  of  the  hand  of  ''the 
Ishmaelites,  that  had  brought  him 
down  thither.  2  And  "Jehovah 
was  with  Joseph,  and  he  was  a 
prosperous  man ;  and  he  was  in 
the  house  of  his  master  the  Egyp- 
tian. 3  And  his  master  ''  saw  that 
Jehovah  was  with  him,  and  that 
Jehovah  *made  all  that  he  did  to 
iprosper  in  his  hand.  4  And  Joseph 
found  favor  in  his  sight,  and  he 
ministered  unto  him  :  and  he  made 
him  overseer  over  his  house,  and 
•''all  that  he  had  he  put  into  his 
hand.  5  And  it  came  to  pass  from 
the  time  that  he  made  him  overseer 
in  his  house,  and  over  all  that  he 
had,  that  Jehovah  "blessed  the 
Egyptian's  house  for  Joseph's  sake  ; 
and  ''the  blessing  of  Jehovah  was 
upon  all  that  he  had,  in  the  house 
and  in  the  field.  6  And  he  left  all 
that  he  had  in  Joseph's  hand  ;  and 
^he  knew  not  aught  that  tvaa  with 
him,  save  the  bread  which  he  did 
eat.  And  Joseph  was  'comely,  and 
well-favored. 

7  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these 
things,  *that  his  master's  wife 
cast  her  eyes  upon  Joseph ;  and 
she  said,  Lie  with  me.  8  But  '  he 
refused,  and  said  unto  his  master's 
wife,  Behold,  my  master  *  knoweth 
not  what  is  with  me  in  the  house, 
and  he  hath  put  all  that  he  hath 
into  my  hand  :  9  '"  he  is  not  greater 
in  this  house  than  I ;  neither  hath 
he  kept  back  anything  from  me 
but  thee,  because  thou  art  his 
wife  :  how  then  can  I  do  this  great 
wickedness,  and  "  sin  against  God  1 
10  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  she 
spake  to  Joseph  day  oy  day,  that 

1  Or,  How  hast  thou  made  a  breach  !  a  breach 
be  upon  thee .'  »  That  is,  A  breach. 

8  Or,  with  him  he  kneiv  not 

*  Or,  knoweth  not  with  me  what  is  Sic. 


"ch.  46. 12; 

Kuth  4.  12 
6  oh.  37.  2.1, 

28,  36  ;  Ps. 

106.  17 
'  ver.  3,  21, 

23 
d  ch.  21.  22  ; 

2ii.  28 
'  Ps.  1.  3 
/  ver.  8,  22 
"  ch.  30.  27 
''  Dt.  28.  3, 

•  ch.  29.  17 

*  Prov.  7. 

15-20 
'  Prov.  6.  23, 

24 
""ch.  41.  40 
"  ch.  42.  IS  ; 

2  Sam.  12. 


"  Ps.  105.  18 


P  ver.  2 ;  Ps. 

10.'..  ly ; 
Acts  7.  9 


"■  ver.  3,  8 
'  ver.  2 
<  ver.  3 
"  ver.  11, 13 


39 


he  hearkened  not  unto  her,  to  lie 
by  her,  or  to  be  with  her.  1 1  And 
it  came  to  pass  about  this  time, 
that  he  went  into  the  house  to  do 
his  work ;  and  there  was  noLie  of 
the  men  of  the  house  there  within. 
12  And  she  caught  him  by  his  gar- 
ment, saying.  Lie  with  me  :  and  he 
left  his  garment  in  her  hand,  and 
fied,  and  got  him  out.  13  And  it 
came  to  pass,  when  she  saw  that 
he  had  left  his  garment  in  her 
hand,  and  was  fled  forth,  14  that 
she  called  unto  the  men  of  her 
house,  and  spake  unto  them,  say- 
ing. See,  he  hath  brought  in  a 
Hebrew  unto  us  to  mock  us :  he 
came  in  unto  me  to  lie  with  me, 
and  I  cried  with   a    loud    voice : 

15  and  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
heard  that  I  lifted  up  my  voice 
and  cried,  that  he  left  his  garment 
by  me,  and  fled,  and  got  him  out. 

16  And  she  laid  up  nis  garment 
by  her,  until  his  master  came 
home.  17  And  she  spake  unto 
him  according  to  these  words, 
saying.  The  Hebrew  servant, 
whom  thou  hast  brought  unto 
us,  came  in  unto  me  to  mock  me : 
18  and  it  came  to  pass,  as  I  lifted 
up  my  voice  and  cried,  that  he  left 
his  garment  by  me,  and  fled  out. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
his  master  heard  the  words  of  his 
wife,  which  she  spake  unto  him, 
saying.  After  this  manner  did  thy 
servant  to  me ;  that  his  wrath 
was  kindled.  20  And  Joseph's 
master  took  him,  and  "put  him 
into  the  prison,  the  place  where 
the  king's  prisoners  were  bound : 
and  he  was  there  in  the  prison. 

21  Bu  t  ^  Jehovah  was  with  Jo.seph, 
and  showed  kindness  unto  him, 
and  gave  him  favor  in  the 
sight  of  the  keeper  of  the  prison. 

22  And  the  keeper  of  the  prison 
'committed  to  Joseph's  hand  all 
the  prisoners  that  were  in  the 
prison ;  and  whatsoever  they  did 
there,     he    was    the    doer   of    it. 

23  ''The  keeper  of  the  prison 
looked  not  to  anything  that  was 
under  his  hand,  because  'Jehovah 
was  with  him ;  and  that  which  he 
did,  'Jehovah  made  it  to  prosper. 

Af\  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
jtv/  these  things,  that  "the but- 
ler of  the  king  of  Egypt  and  his 
baker  offended  their  lord  the  king 
of  Egypt.  2  And  Pharaoh  was 
wroth  against  his  two  officers, 
against  the  chief  of  the  butlers. 


40.3 


GENESIS 


41.8 


J«seph  iRterprets  the  Dreams  of  Fellow-prisoners.    Pharaoh's  Dreams  of  the  Rine  and  the  Ears  of  Grain 


and  against  the  chief  of  the  bakers. 
3  And  he  put  them  in  ward  in  the 
house  of  the  "  captain  of  the  guai'd, 
into  the  prison,  the  place  where 
Joseph  was  bound.  4  And  the 
captain  of  the  guard  charged  Jo- 
seph with  them,  and  he  ministered 
unto  them :  and  they  continued 
a  season  in  ward.  5  And  they 
dreamed  a  dream  both  of  them, 
each  man  his  dream,  in  one  night, 
eacla  man  according  to  the  inter- 
pretation of  his  dream,  the  butler 
and  the  baker  of  the  king  of 
Egypt,  who  were  bound  in  the 
prison.  6  And  Joseph  came  in 
unto  them  in  the  moi-ning,  and 
saw  them,  and,  behold,  they  were 
sad.  7  And  he  asked  Pharaoh's 
officers  that  were  with  him  in 
ward  in  his  master's  house,  say- 
ing, *  Wherefore  look  ye  so  sad 
to-day "?  8  And  they  said  unto 
him,  ""We  have  dreamed  a  dream, 
and  there  is  none  that  can  inter- 
pret it.  And  Joseph  said  unto 
them,  "^Do  not  interpretations  be- 
long to  God?  tell  it  me,  I  pray 

9  And  the  chief  butler  told  his 
dream  to  Joseph,  and  said  to  him, 
In  my  dream,  behold,  a  vine  was 
before  me;  10  and  in  the  vine 
were  three  branches :  and  it  was 
as  though  it  budded,  and  its  blos- 
soms shot  forth ;  and  the  clusters 
thereof  brought  forth  ripe  grapes : 
11  and  Phai'aoh's  cup  was  in  my 
hand ;  and  I  took  the  grapes,  and 
pressed  them  into  Pharaoli's  cup, 
and  I  gave  the  cup  into  Pharaoh's 
hand.  12  And  Joseph  said  unto 
him,  This  is  the  interpretation  of 
it :  the  three  branches  are  three 
days;  13  within  yet  three  days 
shall  Pharaoh  lift  up  thy  head, 
and  restore  thee  unto  thine  office : 
and  thou  shalt  give  Pharaoh's  cup 
into  his  hand,  after  the  former 
manner  when  thou  wast  his  butler. 
14  But  have  me  in  thy  remem- 
brance when  it  shall  be  well  with 
thee,  and  show  kindness,  I  pray 
thee,  unto  me,  and  make  mention 
of  me  unto  Pharaoh,  and  bring  me 
out  of  this  house:  15  for  indeed 
"  I  was  stolen  away  out  of  the  land 
of  the  Hebrews :  and  here  also 
have  I  done  nothing  that  they 
should  put  me  into  the  dungeon. 

16  When  the  chief  baker  saw 
that  the  interpretation  was  good, 
he  said  unto  Joseph,  I  also  was  in 
my  dream,  and,  behold,  three  bas- 


"  ch.  39.  1,  20 
t>  Neh.  2.  2 
"  ch.  41.  15 
d  ch.  41.  10 ; 

Dan.  2.  27, 

28 
«  ch.  37.  26- 

28 


/2K.  26.  27; 
Jet.  62.  31 


"  ver.  13 
''  ver.  19 


'  Job  8.  11 ; 
Is.  19.  6,  7 


*  Dan.  2. 1, 3 
'  Ex.  7. 11,  22 


•  Dan.  2.  27  ; 
4.  7 


kets  of  white  bread  were  on  my 
head :  1 7  and  in  the  uppermost 
basket  there  was  of  all  manner  of 
baked  food  for  Pharaoh ;  and  the 
birds  did  eat  them  out  of  the  bas- 
ket upon  my  head.  18  And  Jo- 
seph answered  and  said.  This  is 
the  interpretation  thereof :  the 
three  baskets  are  three  days ; 
19  within  yet  three  dajrs  shall 
Pharaoh  lift  up  thy  head  from  off 
thee,  and  shall  hang  thee  on  a 
tree ;  and  the  bii-ds  shall  eat  thy 
flesh  from  off"  thee.  20  And  it 
came  to  pass  the  third  day,  which 
was  Pharaoh's  birthday,  that  he 
made  a  feast  unto  all  his  servants  : 
•^and  he  lifted  up  the  head  of  the 
chief  butler  and  the  head  of  the 
chief  baker  among  his  servants. 
21  And  he  restored  the  chief  but- 
ler unto  his  butlership  again  ;  and 
"  he  gave  the  cup  into  Pharaoh's 
hand:  22  but  ''he  hanged  the 
chief  baker :  as  Joseph  had  inter- 
preted to  them.  23  Yet  did  not 
the  chief  butler  remember  Joseph, 
but  forgat  him. 

/\  -(  And  it  came  to  pass  at 
T^X  the  end  of  two  full  years, 
that  Pharaoh  dreamed :  and,  be- 
hold, he  stood  by  the  ^I'iver. 
2  And,  behold,  there  came  up 
out  of  the  river  seven  kine,  well- 
favored  and  fat-fleshed ;  and  they 
fed  in  'the  reed-grass.  3  And, 
behold,  seven  other  kine  came 
up  after  them  out  of  the  river, 
ill-favored  and  lean-fleshed,  and 
stood  by  the  other  kine  upon  the 
brink  of  the  river.  4  And  the 
ill-favored  and  lean-fleshed  kine 
did  eat  up  the  seven  well-favored 
and  fat  kine.  So  Pharaoh  awoke. 
.5  And  he  slept  and  dreamed  a 
second  time :  and,  behold,  seven 
ears  of  grain  came  up  upon  one 
stalk,  ^rank  and  good.  6  And,  be- 
hold, seven  ears,  thin  and  blasted 
with  the  east  wind,  sprung  up 
after  them.  7  And  the  thin  ears 
swallowed  up  the  seven  -  rank  and 
full  ears.  And  Pharaoh  awoke, 
and,  behold,  it  was  a  dream. 
8  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
morning  that  *  his  spirit  was  troub- 
led ;  and  he  sent  and  called  for 
all  the  ^ '  magicians  of  Egypt,  and 
all  the  wise  men  thereof :  and 
Pharaoh  told  them  his  dream ;  but 
"*  there  was  none  that  could  inter- 
pret them  unto  Pharaoh- 

1  Heb.  Yeor,  that  is,  the  Nile. 
2  Heb.  fat.  ^  Or,  sacred  scribes 


40 


41.9 


GENESIS 


41.40 


,„n.,. 


Joseph  interprets  Pharaoh's  Dreams.    He  is  made  Eoler  of  E);ypt 


9  Then  spake  the  chief  butler 
unto  Pharaoh,  saying,  I  Mo  re- 
member   "my    faults    this     day: 

10  Pharaoh  was  wroth  with  his 
servants,  and  put  me  in  ward  in 
the  house  of  the  captain  of  the 
guard,   me  and  the  cliief    baker : 

1 1  and  we  di-eamed  a  dream  in 
one  night,  I  and  he ;  we  dreamed 
each  man  accordiiig  to  the  inter- 
pretation of  his  dream.  12  And 
there  w-as  with  us  there  a  young 
man,  a  Hebrew,  servant  to  the 
captain  of  the  guard  ;  and  we  told 
him,  and  he  interpreted  to  us  our 
dreams ;  to  each  man  according 
to  his  dream  he  did  interpret. 
13  And  it  came  to  pass,  *as  he 
interpreted  to  us,  so  it  was;  ^me 
he  restored  unto  mine  ollice,  and 
him  he  hanged. 

14  '^Then  Pharaoh  sent  and 
called  Joseph,  and  they  brought 
him  ''hastily  out  of  the  dungeon: 
and  he  shaved  himself,  and 
changed  liis  raiment,  and  came 
in  unto  Pharaoh.  15  And  Pha- 
raoh said  unto  Joseph,  I  have 
dreamed  a  dream,  and  *  there  is 
none  that  can  interpret  it :  and  I 
have  heard  say  of  thee,  that  when 
thou  hearest  a  dream  thou  canst 
interpret  it.  16  And  Joseph  an- 
swered Pharaoh,  saying,  ■''It  is  not 
in  me  :  »  God  will  give  Pharaoh  an 
answer  of  peace.  17  And  Pharaoh 
spake  unto  Joseph,  In  my  dream, 
behold,  I  stood  upon  the  brink  of 
the  river:  18  ana,  behold,  there 
came  up  out  of  the  river  seven 
kine,  fat-fleshed  and  well-favored  ; 
and  they  fed  in  the  reed-grass : 
19  and,  oehold,  seven  other  kine 
came  up  after  them,  poor  and  very 
ill-favored  and  lean-fleshed,  such 
as  I  never  saw  in  all  the  land  of 
Egypt  for  badness :  20  and  the 
lean  and  ill-favored  kine  did  eat 
up  the  first  seven  fat  kine  :  21  and 
when  they  had  eaten  them  up,  it 
could  not  be  known  that  they  had 
eaten  them ;  but  they  were  still 
ill-favored,  as  at  the  beginning. 
So  I  awoke.  22  And  I  saw  in  my 
dream,  and,  behold,  seven  ears 
came  up  upon  one  stalk,  full  and 
good :  23  and,  behold,  seven  ears, 
withered,  thin,  and  blasted  with 
the  east  wind,  sprung  up  after 
them :  24  and  the  thin  ears  swal- 
lowed up  the  seven  good  ears  :  and 
I  told  it  unto  the  magicians ;  but 

1  Or,  %mll  make  mention  of 

*  Or,  /  was  restored  . . .  and  he  was  hanged 


"  ch.  40.  23 
*  ch.  40.  21, 

22 
■^  Ps.  lOf).  20 
rf  Dan.  2.  25 
"  ver.  8 
/Dan.  2.  30; 

Zech.  4.  <i ; 

Acts  3. 12 ; 

2  Cor.  3.  r, 
"  ver.  2.'),  2S, 

32 ;  ch.  40.  8 


>•-  ver.  28,  32 

■  2  K.  8.  1 

^  ver.  25,  32 
'  ver.  47 


'  ver.  54,  56 ; 
ch.  47.  13 


"  ver.  25,  28 


P  ver.  48 


«  Dan.  4.  8, 

9,  18;  6.  11, 
14 


'  Ps.  105.  21, 
22 ;  Acts  7. 
10 


41 


there  was  "none  that  could  declare 
it  to  me. 

25  And  Joseph  said  unto  Pha- 
raoh, The  dream  of  Pharaoh  is 
one :  ''  what  God  is  about  to  do 
he  hath  declared    unco    Pharaoh. 

26  The  seven  good  kine  are  seven 
j'ears ;  and  the  seven  good  ears 
are  seven  years  :  the  dream  is  one. 

27  And  the  seven  lean  and  ill- 
favored  kine  that  came  up  after 
them  are  seven  years,  and  also  the 
seven  empty  ears  blasted  with  the 
east  wind ;  '  they  shall  be  seven 
years  of  famine.  28  That  is  the 
thing  which  I  spake  unto  Pharaoh  ; 
*  what  God  is  about  to  do  he  hath 
showed  unto  Pharaoh.  29  Behold, 
there  come  ^  seven  years  of  great 
plenty  throughout  all  the  land  of 
Egypt :  30  and  there  shall  arise 
after  them '"  seven  years  of  famine  ; 
and  all  the  plenty  shall  be  for-got- 
ten  in  the  land  of  Egypt ;  and  the 
famine  shall  consume  the  land ; 
3 1  and  _  the  plenty  shall  not  be 
known  in  the  land  by  reason  of 
that  famine  which  followeth ;  for 
it  shall  be  very  grievous.  32  "  And 
for  that  the  dream  was  doubled 
unto  Pharaoh,  it  is  because  the 
thing  is  established  by  God,  and 
God  will  shortly  bring  it  to  pass. 

33  Now  therefore  let  Pharaoh  look 
out  a  man  "discreet  and  wise,  and 
set  him  over  the  land  of  Egypt. 

34  Let  Pharaoh  do  this,  and  let 
him  appoint  overseers  over  the 
land,  and  take  up  the  fifth  part  of 
the  land  of  Egypt  in  the  seven 
plenteous  years.  35  And ''  let  them 
gather  all  the  food  of  these  good 
years  that  come,  and  lay  up  grain 
under  the  hand  of  Pharaoh  for  food 
in  the  cities,  and  let  them  keep  it. 
36  And  the  food  shall  be  for  a 
store  to  the  land  against  the  seven 
years  of  famine,  wnich  shall  be  in 
the  land  of  Egypt,  that  the  land 
perish  not  through  the  famine. 

37  And  the  thing  was  good  in 
the  eyes  of  Pharaon,  and  in  the 
eyes  of  all  his  servants.  38  And 
Pharaoh  said  unto  his  servants, 
Can  we  find  such  a  one  as  this,  a 
man  « in  whom  the  spirit  of  God  is  ? 
39  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Joseph, 
Forasmuch  as  God  hath  showed 
thee  all  this,  '  there  is  none  so  dis- 
creet and  wise  as  thou  :  40  '  thou 
shalt  be  over  my  house,  and  ac- 
cording unto  thy  word  shall  all 
my  people  ^  be  ruled  :  only  in  the 

3  Or,  order  themselves    Or,  do  homage 


41.41 


GENESIS 


42.15 


Joseph  is  made  Rnler  of  E^ypt    Hit  Marriage.    The  Famiae  comet.    Jacob's  Sons  seat  to  E^t  for  Food 


throne  will  I  be  greater  than  thou. 
4 1  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Joseph, 
See,  I  have  set  thee  "over  all  the 
land  of  Egypt.  42  And  Pharaoh 
''  took  off  his  signet  ring  from  his 
hand,  and  put  it  upon  Joseph's 
hand,  and  arrayed  him  in  vestures 
of  ^nne  linen,  and  "put  a  gold 
chain  about  his  neck ;  43  and  he 
made  him  to  ride  in  the  second 
chariot  which  he  had ;  and  they 
cried  before  him,  ^  Bow  the  knee : 
and  he  set  him  over  all  the  land 
of  Egypt.  44  And  Pharaoh  said 
unto  Joseph,  I  am  Pharaoh,  and 
''  without  thee  shall  no  man  lift  up 
his  hand  or  his  foot  in  all  the  land 
of  Egypt.  45  And  Pharaoh  called 
Joseph's  name  Zaphenath-paneah ; 
and  ne  gave  him  to  wife  Asenath, 
the  daughter  of  Poti-phera  priest  of 
*0n.  And  .Joseph  went  out  over 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

46  And  Josepn  was  •''thirty  years 
old  when  he  stood  before  Pharaoh 
king  of  Egypt.  And  Joseph  went 
out  from  the  presence  of  Pharaoh, 
and  went  throughout  all  the  land 
of  Egypt.  47  And  in  the  seven 
plenteous  years  the  earth  brought 
forth  by  handfuls.  48  And  he 
gathered  up  all  the  food  of  the 
seven  years  which  were  in  the  land 
of  Egypt,  and  laid  up  the  food  in 
the  cities :  the  food  of  the  field, 
which  was  round  about  every  city, 
laid  he  up  in  the  same.  49  And 
Joseph  laid  up  grain  as  the  sand 
of  the  sea,  very  much,  until  he  left 
off  numbering  ;  for  it  was  without 
number.  50  And  unto  Joseph  were 
born  two  sons  before  the  year  of 
famine  came,  whom  Asenath,  the 
daughter  of  Poti-phera  priest  of  On, 
bare  imto  him.  51  And  Joseph 
called  the  name  of  the  first-born 
^  Manasseh  :  For,  said  he,  God  hath 
made  me  forget  all  my  toil,  and 
all  my  father's  house.  52  And  the 
name  of  the  second  called  he 
'Ephraim:  For  "God  hath  made 
me  fruitful  in  the  land  of  my  afflic- 
tion. 53  And  the  seven  years  of 
plenty,  that  was  in  the  land  of 
Egypt,  came  to  an  end.  54  And 
*tne  seven  years  of  famine  began 
to  come,  according  as  Joseph  had 
said :  and  there  was  famine  in  all 
lands  ;  but  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt 
there  was  bread.     55    And  when 

1  Or,  cotton 

*  Abrech,  probably  an  ERyptian  word,  similar 
In  sound  to  the  Hebrew  word  meaning  to  kneel. 

3  That  ia^Makino  to  forget. 

*  From  a  Hebrew  word  signifyine  to  he  fruitful. 


«  ch.  42.  6 
i>  Esth.  3.  10 
•  Dan.  5.  7, 

16,29 
d  Ps.  105.  22 
'  Jer.  43.  13  ; 

Ezek.  30. 

17 
/  ch.  37.  2 
"ch.  17.  6; 

28.  3 ;  49. 

22 
ft  ver.  30 ; 

Ps.  105.  16 ; 

Acts  7.  n 


'  Acts  7.  12 


*  ch.  43.  8 


'  ch.  36.  24 


""  ch.  41.  67 ; 
Acts  7.  11 

"  ch.  41.  41, 


'  ch.  37.  »- 
10  i  41.  43 


9  ch.  37.  2 ; 

41.  46,  63 

>■  ch.  37.  6-9 


'  ch.  37.  8 


«  ver.  16,  19, 
31,  34 


"  ch.  43.  7 
"ver. 32;  ch. 
37.  30 ;    44. 


42 


all  the  land  of  Egypt  was  famished, 
the  people  cried  to  Pharaoh  for 
bread  :  and  Pharaoh  said  unto  all 
the  Egyptians,  Go  unto  Joseph ; 
what  he  saith  to  you,  do.  56  And 
the  famine  was  over  all  the  face 
of  the  earth  :  and  Joseph  opened  all 
the  store-houses,  and  sold  unto  the 
Egyptians ;  and  the  famine  was 
sore  in  the  land  of  Egypt.  57  And 
all  countries  came  into  Egypt  to 
Joseph  to  buy  grain,  because  the 
famine  was  sore  in  all  the  earth. 
A^  Now  'Jacob  saw  that 
Tc^  there  was  grain  in  Egypt, 
and  Jacob  said  unto  his  sons,  vVny 
do  ye  look  one  upon  another? 
2  And  he  said.  Behold,  I  have 
heard  that  there  is  gi'ain  in  Egypt : 
get  you  down  thither,  and  buy  for 
us  from  thence  ;  *'  that  we  may  live, 
and  not  die.  3  And  Joseph's  ten 
brethren  went  down  to  buy  grain 
from  Egypt.  4  But  'Benjamin, 
•Toseph's  brother,  Jacob  sent  not 
with  his  brethren ;  for  he  said, 
Lest  peradventure  harm  befall  him. 
5  And  the  sons  of  Israel  came  to 
buy  among  those  that  came  :  ™for 
the  famine  was  in  the  land  of  Ca- 
naan. 6  And  "  Joseph  was  the 
governor  over  the  land  ;  he  it  was 
that  sold  to  all  the  people  of  the 
land.  And  Joseph's  brethren  came, 
and  "bowed  down  themselves  to 
him  with  their  faces  to  the  earth. 
7  And  Joseph  saw  his  brethren, 
and  he  knew  them,  but  made  him- 
self strange  unto  them,  and  ''  spake 
roughly  with  them ;  and  he  said 
unto  them,  Whence  come  yel  And 
they  said.  From  the  land  of  Canaan 
to  buy  food.  8  And  Joseph  knew 
his  brethren,  but  *they  knew  not 
him.  9  And  Joseph  ''remembered 
the  dreams  which  he  dreamed  of 
them,  and  said  unto  them.  Ye  are 
spies  ;  to  see  the  nakedness  of  the 
land  ye  are  come.  10  And  they 
said  unto  him,  Nay,  *  my  lord,  but 
to  buy  food  are  thy  servants  come. 
1 1  We  are  all  one  man's  sons ;  we 
are  '  true  men,  thy  servants  are  no 
spies.  1 2  And  he  said  unto  them. 
Nay,  but  to  see  the  nakedness  of 
the  land  ye  are  come.  13  And 
they  said,  We  thy  servants  are 
twelve  brethren,  the  sons  of  one 
man  in  the  land  of  Canaan ;  and, 
behold,  the  youngest  is  this  day 
with  "our  father,  and  "one  is  not. 
14  And  Joseph  said  unto  them. 
That  is  it  that  I  spake  unto  you, 
saying,  Ye  are  spies :  1 5  hereby  ye 


42.16 


GENESIS 


43.  T 


Joseph's  RoDgbness.    Simeon  bonnd.    The  others  return.    Their  Money  fonnd  in  their  Sads,    Tbey  are  sent  again 


shall  be  proved  :  by  the  life  of  Pha- 
raoh ye  shall  not  go  forth  hence, 
except  your  youngest  brother  come 
hither.  16  Send  one  of  you,  and 
let  him  fetch  your  brother,  and  ye 
shall  be  bound,  that  your  words 
may  be  proved,  whether  there  be 
"truth  in  you:  or  else  by  the  life 
of  Pharaoh  surely  ye  are  spies. 
17  And  he  put  them  all  together 
into  *  ward  three  days. 

18  And  Joseph  said  unto  them 
the  third  day.  This  do,  and  live ; 
for  " L  fear  God:  19  if  ye  be  true 
men,  let  one  of  your  brethren  be 
bound  in  your  prison-house ;  but 
go  j'e,  carry  grain  for  the  famine 
of  your  houses :  20  and  **  bring 
your  youngest  brother  unto  me ; 
so  shall  your  words  be  verified, 
and  ye  shall  not  die.  And  they 
did  so.  21  And  they  said  one  to 
another,  "  We  are  verily  guilty  con- 
cerning our  brothei,  in  that  we 
saw  the  distress  of  his  soul,  when 
he  besought  us,  and  we  would  not 
iiear ;  therefore  is  this  distress 
come  upon  us.  22  And  Reuben 
answered  them,  saying, -^  Spake  I 
not  unto  you,  saying.  Do  not  sin 
against  the  child  ;  and  ye  would 
not  hear  I  therefore  also,  behold, 
his  blood  is  required.  23  And  they 
knew  not  that  Joseph  understood 
them  ;  for  there  was  an  interpreter 
between  them.  24  And  he  turned 
himself  about  from  them,  and 
"wept ;  and  he  returned  to  them, 
and  spake  to  them,  and  ''took 
Simeon  from  among  them,  and 
bound  him  before  their  eyes.  25 
'Then  Joseph  commanded  to  fill 
their  vessels  with  grain,  and  to  re- 
store every  man's  money  into  his 
sack,  and  to  give  them  provision 
for  the  way  :  and  thus  was  it  done 
unto  them. 

26  And  they  laded  their  asses 
with  their  grain,  and  departed 
thence.  27  And  as  one  of  them 
opened  his  sack  to  give  his  ass 
provender  in  the  lodging-place,  he 
espied  his  money ;  and,  behold,  it 
was  in    the   mouth    of   his    sack. 

28  And  he  said  unto  his  brethren. 
My  money  is  restored ;  and,  lo,  it 
is  even  in  my  sack  :  and  their  heart 
failed  them,  and  they  turned  trem- 
bling one  to  another,  saying,  *What 
is  this  that  God  hath  done  unto  us  "? 

29  And  they  came  unto  Jacob  their 
father  unto  the  land  of  Canaan, 
and  told  him  all  that  had  befallen 
them,  saying,  30  The  man,  the  loM 


"  ver.  n 
fc  ch.  40.  4,  7 
'  ch.  3a.  9 
rf  ver.  34 
'  ch.  37.  26- 

2ii  ;  ■iCi.  3 
/ch.  37.  22 
"  ch.  43.  30  ; 

4o.  14,  15 
'i  ch.  43.  14, 

23 
'  ch.  44.  1 
*  ch.  43.  23 


'  ver.  11 


'  ch.  43.  12, 
16 


"  ch.  37.  36  ; 
44.  29,  31 


'  ch.  41.  66, 
67 


P  ver.  6 ;  ch. 
44.23 


43 


of  the  land,  .spake  roughly  with  us, 
and  took  us  for  spies  of  the  country. 
31  And  we  said  unto  him.  We  are 
'  true  men  ;  we  are  no  spies  :  32  we 
are  twelve  brethren,  sons  of  our 
father ;  one  is  not,  and  the  youngest 
is  this  day  with  our  father  in  the 
land  of  Canaan.  33  And  the  man, 
the  lord  of  the  land,  said  unto  us, 
Hereby  shall  I  know  that  ye  are 
true  men  :  leave  one  of  your  breth- 
ren with  me,  and  take  grain  for  the 
famine  of  your  houses,  and  go  your 
way  ;  34  and  bring  your  youngest 
brother  unto  me :  then  shall  I 
know  that  ye  are  no  spies,  but 
that  ye  are  true  men  :  so  will  I  de- 
liver you  your  brother,  and  ye 
shall  trafiic  in  the  land. 

35  And  it  came  to  pass  as  they 
emptied  their  sacks,  that,  behold, 
'"every  man's  bundle  of  money  was 
in  his  sack  :  and  when  they  and 
their  father  saw  their  bundles  of 
money,  they  were  afraid.  36  And 
Jacob  their  father  said  unto  them. 
Me  have  ye  bereaved  of  my  chil- 
dren :  Joseph  is  not,  and  Simeon  is 
not,  and  ye  will  take  Benjamin 
away  :  all  these  things  are  ^  against 
me.  37  And  Reuben  spake  unto 
his  father,  saying,  Slay  my  two 
sons,  if  I  bring  him  not  to  thee  : 
deliver  him  into  my  hand,  and  I 
will  bring  him  to  thee  again.  38 
And  he  said.  My  son  shall  not  go 
down  with  you  ;  for  his  brother  is 
dead,  arid  he  only  is  left :  if  harm 
befall  him  by  the  way  in  which  ye 
go,  then  will  ye  "  bring  down  my 
gray  hairs  with  sorrow  to  Sheol. 
/\  O  "  And  the  famine  was  sore 
^  O  in  the  land.  2  And  it  came 
to  pass,  when  they  had  eaten  up 
the  grain  which  they  had  brought 
out  of  Egypt,  their  father  said  unto 
them,  Go  again,  buy  us  a  little 
food.  3  And  Judah  spake  unto 
him,  saying,  ^The  man  did  solemnly 
protest  unto  us,  saying.  Ye  shall  not 
see  my  face,  except  your  brother 
be  with  you.  4  If  thou  wilt  send 
our  brotner  with  us,  we  will  go 
down  and  buy  thee  food  :  5  but 
if  thou  wilt  not  send  him,  we  wiU 
not  go  down  ;  for  the  man  said  unto 
us.  Ye  shall  not  see  my  face,  except 
your  brother  be  with  you.  6  And 
Israel  .said.  Wherefore  dealt  ye  so 
ill  with  me,  as  to  tell  the  man 
whether  ye  had  yet  a  brother  1  7 
And  they  said.  The  man  asked 
straitly  concerning  ourselves,  and 

1  Or,  up<m 


4as 


GENESIS 


43.34 


Jacob's  Sons  sent  again,  and  Benjamin  witli  tliem.    Josepb  feasts  with  his  Brothers 


concerning  our  kindred,  saying, 
"  Is  your  father  yet  alive  1  have  ye 
another  brother  1  and  we  told  him 
according  to  the  tenor  of  these 
words  :  could  we  in  any  wise  know 
that  he  would  say,  Bring  your 
brother  down  1  8  And  Judah  said 
unto  Israel  his  father,  Send  the  lad 
with  me,  and  we  will  arise  and  go  ; 
"that  we  may  live,  and  not  die, 
both  we,  and  thou,  and  also  our 
little  ones.  9  ''  I  will  be  surety  for 
him  ;  of  my  hand  shalt  thou  require 
him  :  if  I  bring  him  not  unto  thee, 
and  set  him  before  thee,  then  ^  let 
me  bear  the  blame  for  ever  :  1 0  for 
except  we  had  lingered,  surely  we 
had  now  returned  a  second  time. 
11  And  their  father  Israel  said 
unto  them.  If  it  be  so  now,  do  this  : 
take  of  the  choice  fruits  of  the  land 
in  your  vessels,  and  carry  down 
the  man  '*  a  present,  a  little  "  balm, 
and  a  little  honey,  spicery  and 
myrrh,  ^  nuts,  and  almonds ;  1 2  and 
take  double  money  in  j'our  hand  ; 
and -^  the  money  that  was  returned 
in  the  mouth  of  your  sacks  carry 
again  in  your  hand;  peradventure 
it  was  an  oversight :  13  take  also 
your  brother,  and  arise,  go  again 
unto  the  man :  14  and  '■^^  God  Al- 
mighty ''  give  you  mercy  before  the 
man,  that  he  may  release  unto  you 
*  your  other  brother  and  Benjamin. 
And  *  if  I  be  bereaved  of  my  chil- 
dren, I  am  bereaved.  15  And  the 
men  took  '  that  present,  and  they 
took  double  money  in  their  hand, 
and  Benjamin ;  and  rose  up,  and 
went  down  to  Egypt,  and  stood 
before  Joseph. 

16  And  when  Joseph  saw  Ben- 
jamin with  them,  he  said  to  the 
steward  of  his  house.  Bring  the 
men  into  the  house,  and  slay,  and 
make  ready  ;  for  the  men  shall  dine 
with  me  at  noon.  17  And  the  man 
did  as  Joseph  bade;  and  the  man 
brought  the  men  to  Joseph's  house. 
18  And  the  men  were  afraid,  be- 
ijause  they  were  brought  to  Joseph's 
house ;  and  they  said.  Because  of 
the  money  that  was  returned  in 
our  sacks  at  the  first  time  are  we 
brought  in  ;  _  that  he  may  *  seek 
occasion  against  us,  and  fall  upon 
us,  and  take  us  for  bondmen,  and 
our  asses.  1 9  And  they  came  near 
to  the  steward  of  Joseph's  house, 

1  Heb.  /  shall  have  sinned  against  thee  for  ever. 

*  That  is,  pistachio  nuts. 
»  Heb.  El  Shaddai. 

*  Heb.  roll  himself  upon  us. 


"  ver.  27 ;  ch. 

42.  13 
b  ch.  42.  2 
"  ch.  42.  37 
d  ver.  25,  26 
°  ch.  37.  25 
/  ver.  21,  22 
"  ch.  17.  1 ; 

28.3;  35.  11 
'i  Ps.  106.  46 
'  ch.  42.  24 
«-■  ch.  42.  36 
'  ver.  11 


"^  ch.  42.  35 
"  ver.  12,  16 


'  ch.  42.  28 


P  ch.  42.  24 


«ch.  18.  4; 
19.  2  ;  24.  32 


■  ver.  11, 15 


'  ch.  37.  7, 10 


<  ver.  7 ;  ch. 
45.  3 


"  ch.  37.  7, 10 


■  Num.  6. 
25 ;  1*8.  67. 
1 


"  ch.  42.  24 ; 

46.  2, 14, 15  ; 

46.  29 
^  ch.  45.  1 


"  ch.  46.  34 
t>  ch.  42.  7 


and  they  spake  unto  him  at  the 
door  of  the  house,  20  and  said,  Oh, 
my  lord,  we  came  indeed  down  at 
the  first  time  to  buy  food  :  21  and 
it  came  to  pass,  when  we  came  to 
the  lodging-place,  that  we  opened 
our  sacks,  and,  behold,  "^  every 
rnan's  money  was  in  the  mouth  of 
his  sack,  our  money  in  full  weight : 
and  "  we  have  brought  it  again  in 
our  hand.  22  And  other  money 
have  we  brought  down  in  our  hand 
to  buy  food :  we  know  not  who  put 
our  money  in  our  sacks.  23  And 
he  said,  Peace  be  to  you,  fear  not : 
"your  God,  and  the  God  of  your 
father,  hath  given  you  treasure  in 
your  sacks :  I  had  your  money. 
And  ^he  brought  Simeon  out  unto 
them.  24  And  the  man  brought  the 
men  into  Joseph's  house,  and  «gave 
them  water,  and  they  washed  their 
feet ;  and  he  gave  their  asses  prov- 
ender. 25  And  they  made  ready 
''  the  present  against  Joseph's  com- 
ing at  noon :  for  they  heard  that 
they  should  eat  bread  there. 

26  And  when  Joseph  came  home, 
they  brought  him  the  present 
which  was  in  their  hand  into  the 
house,  and  'bowed  down  them- 
selves to  him  to  the  earth.  27  And 
he  asked  them  of  their  welfare, 
and  said,  'Is  your  father  well,  the 
old  man  of  whom  ye  spake  1  Is  he 
yet  alivel  28  And  they  said.  Thy 
servant  our  father  is  well,  he  is  yet 
alive.  "  And  they  bowed  the  head, 
and  made  obeisance.  29  And  he 
lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  saw  Ben- 
jamin his  brother,  his  mother's  son, 
and  said.  Is  this  *'your  youngest 
brother,  of  whom  ye  spake  unto 
me'?  Andhesaid,^ God  be  gracious 
unto  thee,  my  son.  30  And  Joseph 
made  haste  ;  for  his  heart  yearned 
over  his  brother :  and  he  sought 
where  to  weep  ;  and  he  entered 
into  his  chamber,  and  ^  wept  there. 
31  And  he  washed  his  face,  and 
came  out ;  and  he  ^  refrained  him- 
self, and  said.  Set  on  bread.  32  And 
they  set  on  for  him  by  himself, 
and  for  them  by  themselves,  and 
for  the  Egyptians,  that  did  eat 
with  him,  Dy  themselves:  because 
the  Egyptians  might  not  eat  bread 
with  the  Hebrews  ;  for  that  is  "  an 
abomination  unto  the  Egyptians. 
33  And  they  sat  before  him,  '  the 
first-born  according  to  his  birth- 
right, and  the  youngest  according 
to  his  youth  :  and  the  men  mar- 
velled one  with  another.    34  And 


U 


44.1 


GENESIS 


44.31 


Joseph's  Brothers  depart  with  his  Cap,  and  are  refalied.    Jadah's  Intercession  for  Beqjamin 


'  he  took  and  sent  messes  unto  them 
from  before  him  :  "  but  Benjamin's 
mess  was  five  times  so  much  as  any 
of  theirs.  And  they  drank,  and 
^  were  merry  with  him. 
A  A  *  And  he  commanded  the 
Ti  rt  steward  of  his  house,  saying. 
Fill  the  men's  sacks  with  food,  as 
much  as  they  can  carry,  and  put 
every  man's  money  in  his  sacks 
mouth.  2  And  put  my  cup,  the 
silver  cup,  in  the  sack's  mouth  of 
the  youngest,  and  his  grain  money. 
And  he  did  according  to  the  word 
that  Joseph  had  spoken.  3  As 
soon  as  the  morning  was  light,  the 
men  were  sent  away,  they  and 
their  asses.  4  And  when  they  were 
gone  out  of  "^  the  city,  and  were  not 
yet  far  off,  Joseph  said  unto  his 
steward.  Up,  follow  after  the  men ; 
and  when  thou  dost  overtake  them, 
say  unto  them.  Wherefore  have  ye 
rewarded  evil  for  good?  5  Is  not 
this  that  in  which  my  lord  drinketh, 
and  whereby  he  indeed  "^  divineth  1 
ye  have  done  evil  in  so  doing.  6 
And  he  overtook  them,  and  he 
spake  unto  them  these  words.  7 
And  they  said  unto  him.  Where- 
fore speaketh  my  lord  such  words 
as  these  1  Far  be  it  from  thy  ser- 
vants that  they  should  do  such  a 
thing.  8  Behold, 'the money,  which 
we  found  in  our  sacks'  mouths,  we 
brought  again  unto  thee  out  of  the 
land  of  Canaan  :  how  then  should 
we  steal  out  of  thy  lord's  house 
silver  or  gold  %  9  -^With  whom- 
soever of  thy  servants  it  be  found, 
let  him  die,  and  we  also  will  be  my 
lord's  ^  bondmen.  10  And  he  said. 
Now  also  let  it  be  according  unto 
your  words :  he  with  whom  it  is 
found  shall  be  my  bondman ;  and 
ye  shall  be  blameless.  11  Then 
they  hasted,  and  took  down  every 
man  his  sack  to  the  ground,  and 
opened  every  man  his  sack.  12 
And  he  searched,  and  began  at  the 
eldest,  and  left  off  at  the  youngest : 
and  ^  the  cup  was  found  in  Ben- 
jamin's sack.  13  Then  they  'rent 
their  clothes,  and  laded  every  man 
his  ass,  and  returned  to  *  the  city. 
14  And  Judah  and  his  brethren 
came  to  Joseph's  house  ;  and  he 
was  yet  there :  and  '  they  fell  be- 
fore him  on  the  ground.  15  And 
Joseph  said  unto  them,  Wliat  deed 
is  this  that  ye  have  done  1  know  ye 
not  that  such  a  man  as  I  can  indeed 
"'  divine  ?   16  And  Judah  said,  What 

*  Or,  messei  were  taken         »  Heb.  drank  largely. 


"  ch.  36.  24 

*  ch.  42.  25 

'  ver.  !.•$ 
<*  ver.  16 ;  ch. 

30.  27  ; 

Lev.  19.  26 ; 

Dt.  18.  10- 

14 
'  ch.  43.  21 
/ch.  31.  32 
»  ver.  10 
fc  ver.  2 
'  ch.  37. 29, 

34 

*  ver.  4 

'  ch.  37.  7,  10 
"'  ver.  5 


°ch.  37.7,8; 

41.  40-44 
P  ch.  43.  7 


'  ver.  30 ;  ch. 

43.  8 
""ch.  37.  33; 
42.  13,  38 


'  ch.  43.  3 


<  ch.  37.  31- 

36 


"  ver.  31 ;  ch. 

42.  38 


shall  we  say  unto  my  lord '?  what 
shall  we  speak  1  or  how  shall  we  clear 
ourselves!  God  hath  found  out  the 
iniquity  of  thy  servants  :  behold, 
we  are  my  lord's  "  bondmen,  both 
we,  and  he  also  in  whose  hand  the 
cup  is  found.  17  And  he  said.  Far 
be  it  from  me  that  I  should  do  so : 
the  man  in  whose  hand  the  cup  is 
found,  he  shall  be  my  bondman; 
but  as  for  you,  get  you  up  in  peace 
unto  your  father. 

18  Then  Judah  came  near  unto 
him,  and  said.  Oh,  my  lord,  let  thy 
servant,  I  pray  thee,  speak  a  word 
in  my  lord  s  ears,  and  let  not  thine 
anger  burn  against  thy  servant ; 
for  "  thou  art  even  as  Pharaoh.  1 9 
^My  lord  asked  his  servants,  say- 
ing, Have  ye  a  father,  or  a  brother  1 
20  And  we  said  unto  my  lord.  We 
have  a  father,  an  old  man,  and  a 
child  of  his  old  age,  *  a  little  one ; 
and  his  brother^  '"is  dead,  and  he 
alone  is  left  of  his  mother  ;  and  his 
father  loveth  him.  21  And  thou 
saidst  unto  thy  servants.  Bring  him 
down  unto  me,  that  I  may  set  mine 
eyes  upon  him.  22  And  we  said 
unto  my  lord,  The  lad  cannot 
leave  his  father :  for  if  he  should 
leave  his  father,  his  father  would 
die.  23  And  thou  saidst  unto  thy 
servants,  *  Except  your  youngest 
brother  come  down  with  you,  ye 
shall  see  my  face  no  more.  24  And 
it  came  to  pass  when  we  came  up 
unto  thy  servant  my  father,  we 
told  him  the  words  of  my  lord. 
25  And  our  father  said.  Go  again, 
buy  us  a  little  food.  26  And  we 
said.  We  cannot  go  down  :  if  our 
youngest  brother  be  with  us,  then 
will  we  go  down ;  for  we  may  not 
see  the  man's  face,  except  our 
youngest  brother  be  with  us. 
27  And  thy  servant  my  father 
said  unto  us.  Ye  know  that  my 
wife  bare  me  two  sons :  28  and 
the  one  went  out  from  me,  and 
'  I  said,  Sui'ely  he  is  torn  in  pieces ; 
and  I  have  not  seen  him  since : 
29  and  if  ye  take  this  one  also 
from  me,  and  harm  befall  him,  ye 
will  "bring  down  my  gray  hairs 
with  ^sorrow  to  Sheol.  30  Now 
therefore  when  I  come  to  thy  ser- 
vant my  father,  and  the  lad  is  not 
with  us ;  seeing  that  ■*  his  life  is 
bound  up  in  the  lad's  life  ;  31  it 
will  come  to  pass,  when  he  seeth 

3  Heb.  evil. 

♦  Or,  his  soul  is  knit  with  the  lad's  soul  See  I 
Sam.  18. 1. 


45 


44.32 


GENESIS 


45.26 


Joseph  makes  himself  known.    Pharaoh  sends  for  Jacob 


that  the  lad  is  not  loith  us,  that  he 
will  die :  and  thy  servants  will 
"  bring  down  the  gray  hairs  of  thy 
servant  our  father  with  sorrow  to 
Sheol.  32  For  thy  servant  'be- 
came surety  for  the  lad  unto  my 
father,  saying,  If  I  bring  him  not 
unto  thee,  then  shall  I  bear  the 
blame    to    my    father    for    ever. 

33  Now  therefoi'e,  let  thy  servant, 
I  pray  thee,  abide  instead  of  the 
lad  a  bondman  to  my  lord  ;  and  let 
the  lad  go  up  with  his  brethren. 

34  For  how  shall  I  go  up  to  my 
father,  if  the  lad  be  not  with  me  ? 
lest  I  see  the  evil  that  shall  come 
on  my  father. 

4PJ'  Then  Joseph  could  not  re- 
*J  frain  himself  befoi'e  all  them 
that  stood  by  him ;  and  he  cried, 
Cause  every  man  to  go  out  from 
me.  And  there  stood  no  man  v/ith 
him,  "while  Joseph  made  himself 
known  unto  his  brethren.  2  And 
^  he  ^  wept  aloud  :  and  the  Egyp- 
tians heard,  and  the  house  of  Pha- 
raoh heard.  3  And  Joseph  said 
unto  his  brethren,  I  am  Joseph ; 
"doth  my  father  yet  live  1  And 
his  brethren  could  not  answer  him  ; 
for -^ they  were  troubled  at  his  pres- 
ence. 4  And  Joseph  said  unto  his 
brethren.  Come  near  to  me,  I  pray 
you.  And  they  came  near.  And 
he  said,  I  am  Joseph  your  brother, 
whom  ye  sold  into  Egypt.  5  And 
now  be  not  grieved,  nor  angry  with 
yourselves,  that "  ye  sold  me  hither : 
for  ''God  did  send  me  before  you 
to  preserve  life.  6  For  ^  these  two 
years  hath  the  famine  been  in  the 
land  :  and  there  are  yet  five  years, 
in  which  there  shall  be  neither 
plowing  nor  harvest.  7  And  *  God 
sent  me  before  you  to  preserve  you 
a  remnant  in  the  earth,  and  to  save 
you  alive  "_  by  a  great  deliverance. 
8  So  now  it  was  not  you  that  sent 
me  hither,  but  God :  and  he  hath 
made  me  a  father  to  Pharaoh,  and 
lord  of  all  his  house,  and  ruler  over 
all  the  land  of  Egypt.  9  Haste  ye, 
and  go  up  to  my  father,  and  'say 
unto  him.  Thus  saith  thy  son 
Joseph,  God  hath  made  me  lord 
of  all  Egypt :  come  down  unto 
me,  tarry  not;  10  and  thou  shalt 
dwell  in  the  land  of  '"Goshen,  and 
thou  shalt  be  near  unto  me,  thou, 
and  thy  children,  and  thy  chil- 
dren's children,  and  thy  flocks, 
and  thy  herds,  and  all  that  thou 

1  Heb.  gave  forth  his  voice  in  weeping. 

2  Or.  to  be  a  great  company  that  escape 


"  ver.  29 
6  ch.  43.  9 

"  Acts  7.  13 
d  ver.  14,  16; 

ch.  46.  29 
'  ch.  43.  27 
/  ch.  37.  20- 

28;  42.  21, 

22 
»  ch.  37.  28 ; 

44.20 
ft  ver.  7,  8 ; 

ch.  50.  20 
ich.  37.  2; 

41.  46,  53 
*  ver.  ft 
'  Acts  7.  14 
'"  ch.  46.  28, 

34 


"  ch.  47.  12 
0  Acts  7.  14 
P  vei.  2 


9  Acts  7.  13 


■  ch.  27.  28 


'ver.  21,27; 
ch.  46.  5 ; 
Num.  7. 
3-8 


"  ch.  43.  34 


"ch.  37.  31-36 

46 


hast :  1 1  and  there  will  I  "  nourish 
thee ;  for  there  are  yet  five  years 
of  famine ;  lest  thou  come  to  pov- 
erty, thou,  and  thy  household,  and 
all  that  thou  hast.  12  And,  be- 
hold, your  eyes  see,  and  the  eyes 
oi  my  brother  Benjamin,  that  it 
is  my  mouth  that  speaketh  unto 
you.  13  And  ye  shall  tell  my 
father  of  all  my  glory  in  Egypt, 
and  of  all  that  ye  have  seen  :  and 
ye  shall  haste  and  °  bring  down 
my  father  hither.  14  And  he  fell 
upon  his  brother  Benjamin's  neck, 
and  ^  wept ;  and  Benjamin  wept 
upon  his  neck.  15  And  he  kissed 
all  his  brethren,  and  wept  upon 
them  :  and  after  that  his  brethren 
talked  with  him. 

16  And  *the  report  thereof  was 
heard  in  Pharaoh  s  house,  saying, 
Joseph's  brethren  are  come :  and 
it  pleased  Pharaoh  well,  and  his 
servants.  17  And  Pharaoh  said 
unto  Jo.seph,  Say  unto  thy  breth- 
ren. This  do  ye :  lade  your  beasts, 
and  go,  get  you  unto  the  land  of 
Canaan ;  18  and  take  your  father 
and  your  households,  and  come 
unto  me :  and  ""I  will  give  you  the 
good  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and 
ye  shall  eat  the  fat  of  the  land. 
1 9  Now  thou  art  commanded,  this 
do  ye :  take  you  *  wagons  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt  for  your  little 
ones,  and  for  your  wives,  and  bring 
your  father,  and  come.  20  Also 
regard  not  your  stuff";  for  the  good 
of  all  the  land  of  Egypt  is  youi*s. 

21  And  the  sons  of  Israel  did 
so :  and  Joseph  gave  them  '  wag- 
ons, according  to  the  command- 
ment of  Pharaoh,  and  gave  them 
provision  for  the  way.  22  To  all 
of  them  he  gave  each  man  "changes 
of  raiment ;  but  to  Benjamin  he 
gave  three  hundred  pieces  of  sil- 
ver, and  "five  changes  of  raiment. 
23  And  to  his  father  he  sent  after 
this  manner  :  ten  asses  laden  with 
the  good  things  of  Egypt,  and  ten 
she-asses  laden  with  grain  and 
bread  and  provision  for  his  father 
by  the  way.  24  So  he  sent  his 
brethren  away,  and  they  departed  : 
and  he  said  unto  them,  See  that  ye 
fall  not  out  by  the  way.  25  And 
they  went  up  out  of  Egypt,  and 
came  into  the  land  of  Canaan  unto 
.Jacob  their  father.  26  And  they 
told  him,  saying,  Joseph  is  yet 
alive,  and  he  is  ruler  over  all  the 
land  of  Egypt.  And  his  heart 
fainted,  for  *  he  believed  them  not. 


45.27 


GENESIS 


46.29 


Jacob  and  his  Family  com«  to  Goshen.    Their  Names  given.    Joseph  meets  his  Father 


27  And  they  told  him  all  the  words 
of  Joseph,  which  he  had  said  unto 
them  :  and  when  he  saw  the  "  wag- 
ons which  Joseph  had  sent  to  carry 
him,  the  spirit  of  Jacob  their  father 
i-evived :  28  and  Israel  said,  It  is 
enough ;  Joseph  my  son  is  yet 
alive  :  I  will  go  and  see  him  before 

I  die. 

A  f*  And  Israel  took  his  journey 
tlO  with  all  that  he  had,  and 
came  to  *  Beer-sheba,  and  offered 
sacrifices  unto  the  "God  of  his 
father  Isaac.  2  And  ''God  spake 
unto  Israel  in  the  visions  of  the 
night,  and  said,  "Jacob,  Jacob. 
And  he  said,  Here  am  I.  3  And 
he  said,  ^1  am  God,  the  God  of  thy 
father :  fear  not  to  go  down  into 
Egypt ;  for  I  will  there  make  of 
thee  ?.  great  nation :  4  ^  I  will  go 
down  with  thee  into  Egypt ;  and 
''I  will  also  surely  bring  thee  up 
again:  and  'Joseph  shall  put  his 
hand  upon  thine  eyes.  5  And 
Jacob  rose  up  from  Beer-sheba : 
and  the  sons  oi  Israel  carried  Jacob 
their  father,  and  their  little  ones, 
and  their  wives,  in  the  *  wagons 
which  Pharaoh  had  sent  to  carry 
him.  6  And  they  took  their  cattle, 
and  their  goods,  which  they  had 
gotten  in  the  land  of  Canaan,  and 
'came  into  Egypt,  Jacob,  and  all 
his  seed  with  him :  7  his  sons, 
and  his  sons'  sons  with  him,  his 
daughters,  and  his  sons'  daughters, 
and  all  his  seed  brought  he  with 
him  into  Egypt. 

8  And  these  are  the  names  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  who  came  into 
Egypt,  Jacob  and  his  sons :  Reuben, 
Jacob's  first-born.  9  And  the 
sons  of  Reuben :  Hanoch,  and 
Pallu,  and  Hezron,  and  Carmi. 
10  And  the  sons  of  Simeon  :  ^  Jem- 
uel,  and  Jamin,  and  Ohad,  and 
^Jachin,  and  ^Zohar,  and  Shaul 
the  son  of  a  Canaanitish  woman. 

II  And  the  sons  of  Levi:  ''Ger- 
shon,  Kohath,  and  Merari.  12  And 
the  sons  of  Judah  :  Er,  and  Onan, 
and  Shelah,  and  Perez,  and  Zerah  ; 
but  Er  and  Onan  died  in  the  land 
of  Canaan.  And  the  sons  of  Perez 
were  Hezron  and  Hamul.  13  And 
the  sons  of  Issachar :  Tola,  and 
"Puvah,  and  lob,  and  Shimron. 
14    And    the    sons    of    Zebulun : 


1  In  Num.  26.  12, 1  Chr.  4.  24,  Nemuel. 

2  In  1  Chr.  4.  24,  Jarib. 

3  In  Num.  26.  13,  l  Chr.  4.  24,  Zerah. 
♦In  1  Chr.  6.  16,  Gershoni: 

s  In  1  Chr.  7.  1,  Puah,  Jashub.    See  Num. 
23,24. 


"  ver.  19 


6  ch.  28.  10 
'^  ch.  26.  24 ; 

28.  13 
'Num.  12. 6; 

Job  33.  14, 

l.''> 
•■  ch.  22.  11 ; 
31.  11 

/ch.  17.  1; 
28.  13 


"  ch.  28.  15 


ft  ch.  60.  24 ; 

Ex.  3.  8 
■  ch.  60.  1 


*  ch.  45.  21 


'  Acts  7.  15 


'Ex.  1.  5; 

Dt.  10.  22 ; 
Acts  7.  14 


'  ch.  46.  10 


47 


Sered,  and  Elon,  and  Jahleel 
15  These  are  the  sons  of  Leah, 
whom  she  bare  unto  Jacob  in 
Paddan-aram,  with  his  daughter 
Dinah :  all  the  souls  oi  his  sons 
and  his  daughters  were  thirty  and 
three.  16  And  the  sons  of  Gad: 
^Ziphion,  and  Haggi,  Shuni,  and 
''Ezbon,  Eri,  and  "^Arodi,  and 
Areli.  1 7  And  the  sons  of  Asher  : 
Imnah,  and  Ishvah,  and  lshvi,and 
Beriah,  and  Serah  their  sister ; 
and  the  sons  of  Beriah :  Heber, 
and  Malchiel.  18  These  are  the 
sons  of  Zilpah,  whom  Laban  gave 
to  Leah  his  daughter ;  and  these 
she  bare  unto  Jacob,  even  sixteen 
souls.  19  The  sons  of  Rachel 
Jacob's  wife :  Joseph  and  Benja- 
min. 20  And  unto  Joseph  in  the 
land  of  Egypt  were  born  Manasseh 
and  Ephraim,  whom  Asenath,  the 
daughter  of  Poti-phera  priest  of 
On,  bare  unto  him.  21  And  the 
sons  of  Benjamin  :  Bela,  and 
Becher,  and  Ashbel,  Gera,  and 
Naaman,  ^Ehi,  and  Rosh,  ^"Mup- 
pim,  and  "  Huppim,  and  Ard. 
22  These  are  the  sons  of  Rachel, 
who  were  born  to  Jacob  :  all  the 
souls  were  fourteen.  23  And  the 
sons  of  Dan  :  ^'^  Hushim.  24  And 
the  sons  of  Naphtali :  '^Jahzeel, 
and  Guni,  and  Jezer,  and  '^Shillem. 

25  These  are  the  sons  of  Bilhah, 
whom  Laban  gave  unto  Rachel  his 
daughter,  and  these  she  bare  unto 
Jacob :  all  the  souls  were  seven. 

26  All  the  ^^  souls  that  came  with 
Jacob  into  Egj^pt,  that  came  out 
of  his  loins,  besides  Jacob's  sons' 
wives,  all  the  souls  were  three- 
score and  six  ;  27  and  the  sons  of 
Joseph,  who  were  born  to  him  in 
Egypt,  were  two  souls:  "'all  the 
souls  of  the  house  of  Jacob,  that 
came  into  Egypt,  were  threescore 
and  ten. 

28  And  he  sent  Judah  before 
him  unto  Joseph,  to  show  the  way 
before  him  unto  "  Goshen ;  and 
they  came  into  the  land  of  Goshen. 
29  And  Joseph  made  ready  his 
chariot,  and  went  up  to  meet 
Israel  his  father,  to  Goshen  ;  and 
he   presented   himself   unto  him. 


« In  Num.  26.  15,  Zephon. 

7  In  Num.  26.  ]6,()zni. 

8  In  Num.  26.  17,  Arod. 

9  In  Num.  26.  38,  Ahiram. 

10  In  Num.  26.  39.  Shenhupham.     In  1  Chr.  7 
12,  Shnpmin.  "  In  Num.  26.  39,  Hupham. 

12  In  Num.  26.  42,  Shuham. 

13  In  1  Chr.  7.  13,  Jahzifl. 
1*  In  1  Chr.  7.  13,  Shallum. 

16  Or,  soids  belonging  to  Jacob  that  came 


46.30 


GENESIS 


47.19 


Joseph  meets  his  Father.    Jacob  presented  to  Pharaoh.    The  Famine  and  its  Resnlts 


and  fell  on  his  neck,  and  "  wept  on 
his  neck  a  good  while.  30  And 
Israel  said  unto  Joseph,  Now  let 
me  die,  since  I  have  seen  thy  face, 
that  thou  art  yet  alive.  31  And 
Joseph  said  unto  his  brethren,  and 
unto  his  father's  house,  ''I  will  go 
up,  and  tell  Pharaoh,  and  will  say 
unto  him,  JNIy  brethren,  and  my 
father's  house,  who  were  in  the 
land  of  Canaan,  are  come  unto  me  ; 
32  and  the  men  are  shepherds,  for 
they  have  been  keepers  of  cattle ; 
and  they  have  brouglit  their  flocks, 
and  their  herds,  and  all  that  they 
have.  33  And  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  when  Pharaoh  shall  call  you, 
and  shall  say.  What  is  your  occupa- 
tion "?  34  that  ye  shall  say.  Thy 
servants  have  been  keepers  of 
cattle  from  our  youth  even  until 
now,  both  we,  "and  our  fathers: 
that  ye  may  dwell  in  the  land  of 
**  Goshen ;  for  every  shepherd  is 
an  abomination  unto  the  Egyp- 
tians. 

4  ^  Then  Joseph  went  in  and 
Tt  f  told  Pharaoh,  and  said.  My 
father  and  my  brethi'en,  and  their 
flocks,  and  their  herds,  and  all  that 
they  have,  are  come  out  of  the 
land  of  Canaan  ;  and,  behold,  they 
are  in  the  land  of  Goshen.  2  And 
from  among  his  brethren  he  took 
five  men,  and  presented  them  unto 
Pharaoh.  3  And  Pharaoh  said 
unto  his  brethren.  What  is  your 
occupation  1  And  they  said  unto 
Pharaoh,  Thy  servants  are  "shep- 
herds, both  we,  and  our  fathers. 
4  And  thej^  said  unto  Pharaoh,  To 
sojourn  in  the  land  are  we  come ; 
for  there  is  no  pasture  for  thy  ser- 
vants' flocks;  for  the  famine  is 
sore  in  the  land  of  Canaan :  now 
therefore,  we  pray  thee,  let  thy 
.servants  dwell  in  the  land  of 
Goshen.  5  And  Pharaoh  spake 
unto  Joseph,  saying.  Thy  father 
and  thy  brethren  are  come  unto 
thee :  6  the  land  of  Egypt  is  before 
thee ;  in  -^the  best  of  the  land  make 
thy  father  and  thy  brethren  to 
dwell ;  in  the  land  of  Goshen  let 
them  dwell :  and  if  thou  knowest 
any  ^  ^  able  men  among  them,  then 
make  them  rulers  over  my  cattle. 
7  And  Joseph  brought  in  Jacob 
his  father,  and  set  him  before 
Pharaoh  :  and  Jacob  ''  blessed  Pha- 
raoh. 8  And  Pharaoh  said  unto 
Jacob,  How  many  are  the  days  of 
the  years  of  thy  life  1    9  And  Jacob 

1  Oi,  men  of  activity 


"  ch.  45.  14, 

15 
l>  ch.  47.  1 
"  ch.  13. 7,  8 ; 

L'e.  20  ;  37.  2 
<*  ch.  45.  10, 

18  ;  47.  6, 

11 ;  Ex.  8. 

26 
''  ch.  46.  34 
/ver.  11; 

ch.  46.  10, 

IS 
"  Ex.  18.  21, 

''  ver.  10 ; 
2  S.  14.  22 ; 
1  K.  8.  66 


ch.  25.  7 ; 
35.  28 
ver.  7 
ver.  6,  27 
ch.  46.  11 


46 


said  unto  Phai*aoh,  The  days  of  the 
years  of  my  "  pilgrimage  are  a  hun- 
dred and  thirty  years :  few  and 
evil  have  been  the  days  of  the 
years  of  my  life,  and  'they  have 
not  attained  unto  the  days  of  the 
years  of  the  life  of  my  fathers  in 
the  days  of  their  '^pilgrimage. 
10  And  Jacob  *  blessed  Pharaoh, 
and  went  out  from  the  presence  of 
Pharaoh.  1 1  And  Joseph  placed 
his  father  and  his  brethren,  and 
gave  them  a  possession  in  the  land 
of  Egypt,  in  '  the  best  of  the  land, 
in  the  land  of  Rameses,  as  Pharaoh 
had  commanded.  12  And  JoseT)h 
"*  nourished  his  father,  and  his 
brethren,  and  all  his  father's  house- 
hold, with  bread,  ^according  to 
their  families. 

1 3  And  there  was  no  bread  in  all 
the  land  ;  for  the  famine  was  very 
sore,  so  that  the  land  of  Egypt  and 
the  land  of  Canaan  fainted  by 
reason  of  the  famine.  14  And 
Joseph  gathered  up  all  the  money 
that  was  found  in  the  land  of 
Egypt,  and  in  the  land  of  Canaan, 
for  the  grain  which  they  bought : 
and  Joseph  brought  the  money 
into  Pharaoh's  house.  15  And 
when  the  money  was  all  spent  in 
the  land  of  Egypt,  and  in  the  land 
of  Canaan,  all  the  Egyptians  came 
unto  Joseph,  and  said.  Give  us 
bread :  for  why  should  we  die  in 
thy  presence'?  for  om-  money  faileth. 
16  And  Joseph  said,  Give  your 
cattle  ;  and  I  will  give  you  for  your 
cattle,  if  money  fail.  17  And  they 
brought  their  cattle  unto  Joseph ; 
and  Joseph  gave  them  bread  in 
exchange  for  the  horses,  and  for 
the  *  flocks,  and  for  the  herds,  and 
for  the  asses  :  and  he  ®fed  them 
with  bread  in  exchange  for  all 
their  cattle  for  that  year.  1 8  And 
when  that  year  was  ended,  they 
came  unto  him  the  second  year, 
and  said  unto  him,  We  will  not 
hide  from  my  lord,  how  that  our 
money  is  all  spent ;  and  the  herds 
of  cattle  are  my  lord's ;  there  is 
nought  left  in  the  sight  of  my  lord, 
but  our  bodies,  and  our  lands : 
1 9  wherefore  should  we  die  before 
thine  eyes,  both  we  and  our  land  1 
buy  us  and  our  land  for  bread, 
and  we  and  our  land  will  be  ser- 
vants unto  Pharaoh :  and  give  us 

2  Or,  sojoumings 

3  Or,  according  to  the  number  of  their  littlt 
ones 

*  Heb.  cattle  of  the  flocks,  and  for  the  cattle  oj 
the  h^ds.  '  Heb.  led  them  as  a  shepherd. 


47.  2(? 


GENESIS 


48.14 


Jacob's  last  Days.    Joseph  and  bis  Sons  visit  Jacob 


seed,  that  we  may  live,  and  not 

die,  and  that  the  land  be  not 
desolate. 

20  ISo  Joseph  bought  all  the  land 
of  Egypt  for  Pharaoh  ;  for  the 
Egyptians  sold  every  man  his  held, 
because  the  famine  was  sore  upon 
them :  and  the  land  became  Pha- 
raoh's. 21  And  as  for  the  people, 
^he  removed  them  -to  the  cities  from 
one  end  of  the  border  of  Egypt  even 
to  the  other  end  thereof.  22  Only 
the  land  of  the  priests  bought  he 
not :  for  the  pi  iests  had  a  portion 
from  Pharaoh,  and  did  eat  their 
portion  which  Pharaoh  gave  them  ; 
-vherefore  they  sold  not  their  land. 
23  Then  Joseph  said  unto  the 
people.  Behold,  i  have  h(  ught  you 
this  day  and  your  land  foi  Pharaoh : 
lo,  here  is  seed  for  you,  and  ye 
shall  sow  the  land.  24  And  it 
shall  come  to  pass  at  the  ingather- 
ings, that  ye  shall  give  a  '^  fifth 
unto  Pharaoh,  and  four  parts  shall 
be  your  own,  for  seed  of  the  field, 
and  for  your  food,  and  for  them 
of  your  households,  and  for  food 
for  your  little  ones.  25  And  they 
said,  Thou  hast  saved  our  lives : 
let  us  find  favor  in  the  sight  of  my 
lord,  and  we  will  be  Pharaoh's  ser- 
vants. 26  And  Joseph  made  it  a 
statute  concerning  the  land  of 
Egypt  unto  this  day,  that  Pharaoh 
should  have  the  fifth  ;  only  the 
land  of  the  priests  alone  became 
not  Pharaoh's. 

27  And  Israel  dwelt  in  the  land 
of  Egypt,  in  the  land  of  Goshen ; 
and  they  gat  them  'possessions 
therein,  and  ""were  fruitful,  and 
multiplied  exceedingly.  28  And 
Jacob  lived  in  the  land  of  Egypt 
**  seA^enteen  years :  so  the  days  of 
Jacob,  the  years  of  his  life,  were 
a  hundred  forty  and  seven  years. 
29  And  the  time  drew  near  that 
Israel  must  die :  and  he  called  his 
son  Joseph,  and  said  unto  him,  If 
now  I  have  found  favor  in  thy 
sight,  ^put.  I  pray  thee,  thy  hand 
under  my  thigh,  and  •''deal  kindly 
and  truly  with  me :  bury  me  not, 
I  pray  thee,  in  Egj-pt ;  30  but 
when  I  sleep  ^with  my  fathers, 
thou  shalt  carry  me  out  of  EgjT^t, 
and  bury  me  in  *  their  burying- 
place.  And  he  said,  I  will  do  as 
thou  hast  said.  31  And  he  said, 
*  Swear  unto  me:    and   he  sware 

1  According  to  Sept.  and  Vulg.,  he  made  bond- 
men of  them.,  from  <i-c. 

*  Or,  according  to  their  cUiet 


"  Ch.  41.  34 

l>  ver.  II 
'  ch.  35.  U ; 

Kx.  1.  7 
d  ver.  9 
"  ch.  24.  2 
/  ch.  24.  49 
"ch.  15.  15; 

Dt.  31.  le 

*  ch.  23.  17- 
20 ;  49.  29- 
32 

•  ch.  21.  23, 
24  ;  24.  3 ; 
31.  63;  60. 


fc  ch.  41.  51, 


'ch.  35.  9-12 
'"  ch.  28.  19 ; 


"  ch.  .33.  18 
P  ch.  35.  19, 

20 


»  ver.  10 


"•  ch.  33.  f 


'  ch.  27. 1 


« ch.  42.  6 


49 


unto  him.  And  Israel  bowed  him- 
self upon  the  bed's  head. 
A  Q  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
Tt  O  these  things,  that  one  said 
to  Joseph,  Behold,  thy  father  is 
sick :  and  he  took  with  him  his 
two  sons,  *  Manasseh  and  Ephraim. 
2  And  one  told  Jacob,  and  said, 
Behold,  thy  son  Joseph  cometh  unto 
thee  :  and  Israel  strengthened  him- 
self, and  vSat  upon  the  bed.  3  And 
Jacob  said  unto  Joseph,  *'God  Al- 
mighty appeared  unto  me  at  "^  Luz 
in  the  land  of  Canaan,  and  blessed 
me,  4  and  said  unto  me.  Behold,  I 
will  make  thee  fruitful,  and  multi- 
ply thee,  and  I  will  njake  of  thee  a 
company  of  peoples,  and  will  give 
this  land  to  thy  seed  after  thee  for 
an  everlasting  possession.  5  And 
now  thy  two  sons,  who  were  born 
unto  thee  in  the  land  of  Egypt  be- 
fore I  came  unto  thee  into  Egypt, 
are  mine ;  "  Ephraim  and  Manas- 
seh, even  as  Reuben  and  Simeon, 
shall  be  mine.  6  And  thy  issue, 
that  thou  *  begettest  after  them, 
shall  be  thine  ;  they  shall  be  called 
after  the  name  of  their  brethren  in 
their  inheritance.  7  And  as  for 
me,  when  1  came  from  "Paddan. 
^Eachel  died  ®by  me  in  the  land 
of  Canaan  in  the  way,  when  there 
was  still  some  distance  to  come  unto 
Ephrath :  and  I  buried  her  there 
in  the  way  to  Ephrath  (the  same  is 
Beth-lehem). 

8  And  Israel  'beheld  Joseph's 
sons,  and  said.  Who  are  these? 
9  And  .Joseph  said  unto  his  father, 
""They  are  my  sons,  whom  God 
hath  given  me  here.  And  he  said, 
Bring  them,  I  pray  thee,  unto  me, 
and  I  will  bless  them.  10  Now 
"the  eyes  of  Israel  were  dim  for 
age,  so  that  he  could  not  see.  And 
he  brought  them  near  unto  him ; 
and  he  kissed  them,  and  enibraced 
them.  11  And  Israel  said  unto 
Joseph,  I  had  not  thought  to  see 
thy  face  :  and,  lo,  God  hath  let  me 
see  thy  seed  also.  12  And  Joseph 
brought  them  out  from  between 
his  knees ;  and  he  bowed  himself 
with  '  his  face  to  the  earth.  1 3  And 
Joseph  took  them  both,  Ephraim 
in  his  right  hand  toward  Israel's 
left  hand,  and  Manasseh  in  his  left 
hand  toward  Israel's  right  hand, 
and  brought  them  near  unto  him. 
14  And  Israel  stretched  out  his 
right  hand,  and  laid  it  upon  Ephra- 

3  Heb.  El  Shaddai.  *  Or,  hast  begotten- 

*  Or,  to  my  sorrow 


48.15 


GENESIS 


49.14 


Jacob  blesses  Joseph's  Sons.    His  Prophecy  concerning  his  Sons 


im's  head,  who  was  the  younger, 
and  his  left  hand  upon  Manasseh's 
head,  *  guiding  his  hands  wittingly  ; 
"for  Manasseh  was  the  first-born. 
1 5  And  he  blessed  Joseph,  and  said, 
*  The  God  before  whom  my  fathers 
Abraham  and  Isaac  did  walk,  "  the 
God  who  hath  fed  me  all  my  life 
long  unto  this  day,  16  ''the  angel 
who  hath  redeemed  me  from  all 
evil,  bless  the  lads ;  and  let  my 
name  be  named  on  them,  and  the 
name  of  my  fathers  Abraham  and 
Isaac ;  and  "  let  them  grow  into  a 
multitude  in  the  midst  of  the  earth. 
17  And  when  Joseph  saw  that  his 
father  laid  his  right  hand  upon  the 
head  of  Ephraim,  it  displeased  him  : 
and  he  held  up  his  father's  hand, 
to  remove  it  from  Ephraim's  head 
unto  Manasseh's  head.  18  And 
Joseph  said  unto  his  father,  Not  so, 
my  father  ;  for  this  is  the  first-born  ; 
put  thy  right  hand  upon  his  head. 
19  And  his  father  refused,  and  said, 

1  know  it,  my  son,  I  know  it ;  he 
also  shall  become  a  people,  and  he 
also  s*hall  be  great :  howbeit  his 
younger  brother  shall  be  greater 
than  lie,  and-^his  seed  shall  become 
^a  multitude  of  nations.  20  And 
he  blessed  them  that  day,  saying, 
^In  thee  will  Israel  bless,  saying, 
God  make  thee  as  Ephraim  and  as 
Manasseh  :  and  he  set  Ephraim  be- 
fore Manasseh.  2 1  And  Israel  said 
unto  Joseph,  Behold,  I  die :  but 
"  God  will  DC  with  you,  and  *  bring 
/ou  again  unto  the  land  of  your 
lathers.  22  Moreover  I  have  given 
to  thee  one  ^portion  above  thy 
brethren,  *  which  I  took  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  Amorite  with  my  sword 
and  with  my  bow. 

A  (\  And  Jacob  called  unto  his 
T!  c/  sons,  and  said  :  Gather  your- 
selves together,  that  I  may  tell  you 
that  which  shall  befall  you  *  in  the 
latter  days. 

2  Assemble  yourselves,  and  hear, 

ye  sons  of  Jacob  ; 
And  hearken  unto   Israel   your 
father. 

3  Reuben,  thou  art  my  first-born, 

my  might,  and  '  the  *  begin- 
ning of  my  strength ; 
The  pre-eminence  of  dignity,  and 
the  pre-eminence  of  power. 

4  Boiling  over  as  water,  *  thou  shalt 

not  have  the  pre-eminence ; 

>  Or,  crossing  his  hands  *  Heb.  fulness. 

s  Or,  By 

*  Or,  mountain  slope    Heb.  shechem,  shoulder. 
6  Or,  first-fruits  *  Or,  have  not  thou 


"  ch.  41.  51, 

I-  ch.  17.  1 

'  ch.  49.  24 
dch.  22.  II, 

15-18 ;  2S. 

13-lu;  31. 

11 
«  ch.  28. 14 ; 

4G.  3 
/ch.  28.  14; 

46.  3 
"  ch.  26.  3 
A  ch.  28.  15  ; 

46.  4 ;  50. 

24 
"Josh.  24. 

32  ;  Jn.  4.  5 
t  Num.  24. 

14 
'  Dt.  21. 17 ; 

Ps.  78.  61 ; 

105.36 


™  ch.  35.  22 ; 

Dt.  27.  20 
"  ch.  34.  25- 

30 
"  Ps.  64.  2 
P  Josh.  19.  1, 

9 ;  21.  1-42 


9  ch.  27.  29 ; 
1  Chr.  5.  2 


'  Ezek.  19. 
5-7;  Mic. 


'  Num.  24. 
17 ;  Ps.  60. 
7 ;  108.  8 


*  Ps.  2.  6-9 ; 

72.  8-11 


"  Dt.  8.  7,  S  ; 
2  K.  18.  32 


"  Is.  63.  2 


'  Dt.  33.  18, 
19 


'  Judg.  5. 
16 ;  Ps.  6 
13 


•"Because  thou  wentest  up  to 

thy  father's  bed ; 
Then  defiledst  thou  it :  he  went 

up  to  my  couch. 

5  "Simeon  and  Levi  are  breth- 

ren ; 
Weapons  of  violence  are  their 
''  swords. 

6  O  my  soul,  "  come  not  thou  into 

their  *  council ; 
Unto  their  assembly,  my  glory, 

be  not  thou  united  ; 
For  in  their  anger  they  slew 

®a  man. 
And    in    their    self-will    they 

hocked  ^°  an  ox. 

7  Cursed  be  their  anger,   for  it 

was  fierce ; 
And    their  wrath,   for   it  was 

cruel : 
p  I  will  divide  thern  in  Jacob, 
And  scatter  them  in  Israel. 

8  Judah,  thee  shall  thy  breth- 

ren praise : 
Thy  hand  shall  be  on  the  neck 

of  thine  enemies ; 
«Thy  father's   sons   shall  bow 

down  before  thee. 

9  Judah  is  a  *■  lion's  whelp  ; 
From  the  prey,  my  son,  thou 

art  gone  up : 

3e  stooped  down,  he  couched 
as  a  lion. 

And   as   a   lioness ;    who  shall 
rouse  him  up  1 
10  'The  sceptre  shall  not  depart 
from  Judah, 

Nor  "  the  ruler's  staff  from  be- 
tween his  feet, 

^^  Until  Shiloh  come  ; 

And  'unto  him  shall  the  obe- 
dience of  the  peoples  be. 
11"  Binding  his  foal  unto  the  vine. 

And   his   ass's    colt   unto    the 
choice  vine ; 

"He  hath  washed  his  garments 
in  wine. 

And  his  vesture  in  the  blood  of 
grapes : 

1 2  His  eyes  shall  be  red  with  wine. 
And  his  teeth  white  with  milk. 

13  ""Zebulun  shall  dwell  at  the 

^^  haven  of  the  sea  ; 
And  he  shall  be  for  a  ^^  haven  of 

ships ; 
And  his  border  shall  be  ^*upon 

Sidon.  _ 

14  Issachar  is  a  strong  ass, 

*  Couching  down  between  the 
sheepfolds : 

7  Or,  compacts       8  Or,  secret       *  Or,  men 

10  Or,  oxen  n  Or,  a  lawgiver 

12  Or,  Till  he  come  to  Shiloh,  having  the  obedi- 
ence of  the  peoples  Or,  ace.  to  Syr.,  Till  he  com.e 
whose  it  is  &c.        13  Heb.  beach.  i*  Or,  by 


60 


49.15 


GENESIS 


50.6 


Jacob's  Prophery  concerning  his  Scat.    Dis  Du't^ 


15  And  he  saw   'a   resting-place 

that  it  was  good. 

And  tlie  land  that  it  was  pleas- 
ant; 

And  he  bowed  his  shoulder  to 
bear, 

And  became  a  servant  under 
taskwork. 

16  "  Dan  shall  judge  his  people. 
As  one  of  the  tribes  of  Israel. 

17  Dan  shall  be  a  serpent  in  the 

way, 
An  ^  adder  in  the  path, 
That  biteth  the  horse's  heels, 
So  that  his  rider  falleth  back- 
ward. 

18  *  I  have  waited  for  thy  salva- 

tion, O  Jehovah. 

19  "Gad,   ^a  troop  ''shall   press 

upon  him ; 
But  he  shall  press  upon  their 
heel. 

20  ''  Out  of  Asher  his  bread  shall 

be  fat. 
And  he  shall  yield  royal  dain- 
ties. 

21  'Naphtali  is  a  hind  let  loose: 
He  giveth  goodly  words. 

22  -^Joseph  is  'a  fruitful  bough, 
A  fruitful   bough   by   a  foun- 
tain ; 

His  ®  branches  run  over  the 
wall. 

23  The  archers  have  sorely  grieved 

him. 
And  shot  at  him,  and    perse- 
cuted him : 

24  But  his  bow  abode  in  strength, 
And  ^the  arms  of   his   hands 

were  made  ^  strong. 
By  the  hands  of  the  ''Mighty 

One  of  Jacob 
(®  From  thence  is  '  the  shepherd, 

*  the  stone  of  Israel), 

25  Even  by '  the  God  of  thy  father, 

who  shall  help  thee. 
And  "'by  the   Almighty,   who 

shall  bless  thee, 
"With     blessings     of     heaven 

above. 
Blessings    of    the    deep    that 

coucheth  beneath. 
Blessings  of  the  breasts,  and  of 

the  womb. 

26  The  blessings  of  thy  father 
Have  prevailed  above  the  bless- 
ings of  my  progenitors 

Unto  the  utmost  bound  of  "  the 
everlasting  hills : 

•  Or,  rest  -  Or,  horned  snake 
'  Heb.  gedud,  a  marauding  band. 

♦  Heb.  gad,  to  press. 

6  Heb.  the  son  of  a  fruitful  tree. 

*  Heb.  daughters.  ^  Or,  actwe 

8  Or,  From  thence,  from  the  shepherd     Or,  as 
otherwise  read,  By  v^e  name  of  the  shepherd 


"  Dt.  33.  22 ; 
Judg.  18. 

26.  27 
6  Ex.  15.  2 ; 
Ps.  26.  6 ; 

40.  1-3 ; 
119.  166, 
174  ,  Is.  2!>. 
il ;  A'lC.  7.  7 

'  IJt.  33.  20 
d  Dt.  33.  24, 

2.) 
«  Dt.  33.  23 
/  Dt.  33.  13- 

17 
"  Ps.  18.  34 ; 

73.  23 ;  Is. 

41.  10 

''  Ps.  1,32.  2, 

6;  Is.  1. 

24  ;  49.  26 
■  Ps.  23.  1 ; 

80.  1 
fcPs.  118.  22; 

Is.  28.  16  i 

1  Pet.  2.  6-8 
'  ch.  28.  13 ; 

32.  9 

"'  ch.  28.  3 ; 

48.  3 
"  ch.  27.  28 
"  Dt.  33.  15, 

16 


''  ch.  2f:  8 
«  ch.  23.  10- 
20 


•■  ch.  25.  9 
'  ch.  23.  19 
<  ch.  35.  29 


"  ch.  26.  8  ; 

Acts  7.  15 
"  ver.  29 


*  ver.  26 


y  ver.  10 ; 
Num.  20. 
29 ;  Dt.  34. 

8 


'  ch.  47.  29- 
31 


51 


They  shall  be  on  the  head  of 

Joseph, 
And  on  the  crown  of  the  head 

of  him  "that  was  separate 

from  his  brethren. 
27      Benjamin  is  a  wolf  that  rav- 

eneth : 
In  the  morning  he  shall  devour 

the  prey. 
And  at  even  he  shall  divide  the 

spoil. 
28  All  these  are  the  twelve 
tribes  of  Israel :  and  this  is  it  that 
their  father  spake  unto  them  and 
blessed  thern  ;  every  one  according 
to  his  blessing  he  blessed  them. 
29  And  he  charged  them,  and  said 
unto  them,  I  am  to  be  ^gathered 
unto  my  people  :  bury  me  with  my 
fathers  in  the  cave  that  is  in  *  the 
field  of  Ephron  the  Hittite,  30  in 
the  cave  that  is  in  the  field  of 
Machpelah,  which  is  before  Mamre, 
in  the  land  of  Canaan,  which 
Abraham  bought  with  the  field 
from  Ephron  the  Hittite  for  a  pos- 
session of  a  burying -place.  31 
There  they  buried  '■Abraham  and 
"  Sarah  his  wife ;  there  they  buried 
'  Isaac  and  Rebekah  his  wife  ;  and 
there  I  buried  Leah— 32  the  field 
and  the  cave  that  is  therein,  which 
was  purchased  from  the  children 
of  Heth.  33  And  when  Jacob 
made  an  end  of  charging  his  sons, 
he  gathered  up  his  feet  into  the 
bed,  and  "yielded  up  the  ghost, 
and  was  "gathered  unto  his  people. 
pT  /~\  1  And  Joseph  fell  upon  his 
O  \J  father's  face,  and  wept  upon 
him,  and  kissed  hipn.  2  And  Jo- 
seph commanded  his  servants  the 
physicians  to  embalm  his  father : 
and  the  physicians  ''embalmed  Is- 
rael. 3  And  forty  days  were  ful- 
filled for  him ;  for  so  are  fulfilled 
the  days  of  embalming :  and  the 
Egyptians  2' wept  for  him  three- 
score and  ten  days. 

4  And  when  the  days  of  weeping 
for  him  were  past,  Joseph  spake 
unto  the  house  of  Pharaoh,  saying. 
If  now  I  have  found  favor  in  your 
eyes,  speak,  I  pray  5'ou,  in  the  ears 
of  Pharaoh,  saying,  5  'My  father 
made  me  swear,  saying,  Lo,  I  die : 
in  my  grave  which  I  ^"have  digged 
for  me  in  the  land  of  Canaan,  there 
shalt  thou  bury  me.  Now  there- 
fore let  me  go  up,  I  pray  thee,  and 
bury  my  father,  and  I  will  come 
again.  6  And  Pharaoh  said.  Go 
up,  and  bury  thy  father,  according 
*  Or,  that  is  prince  among  v>  Or,  benight 


50.7 


GENESIS 


50.26 


Jacob  is  bnried  at  Machpelali.    Joseph's  Kiadness  to  his  Brothers.    His  Death 


as  he  made  thee  swear.  7  And 
Joseph  went  up  to  bury  his  father ; 
and  with  him  went  up  all  the  ser- 
vants of  Pharaoh,  the  elders  of  his 
house,  and  all  the  elders  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  8  and  all  the  house 
of  Joseph,  and  his  brethren,  and 
his  father's  house :  only  their  little 
ones,  and  their  flocks,  and  their 
herds,  they  left  in  the  land  of 
Goshen.  9  And  there  went  up 
with  him  both  chariots  and  horse- 
men :  and  it  was  a  very  great  com- 
pany. 10  And  they  came  to  the 
threshing-floor  of  Atad,  which  is 
beyond  the  Jordan,  and  there  they 
lamented  with  a  very  great  and 
sore  lamentation :  and  he  made  a 
mourning  for  his  father  seven  days. 
1 1  And  when  the  inhabitants  of 
the  land,  the  Canaanites.  saw  the 
mourning  in  the  floor  of  Atad,  they 
said.  This  is  a  grievous  ^mourning 
to  the  Egyptians :  wherefore  the 
narne  of  it  was  called  Abel-mizraim, 
whichisbeyondtheJordan.  12  And 
his  sons  did  unto  him  according  as 
he  commanded  them:  13  for  his 
sons  carried  him  into  the  land  of 
Canaan,  and  buried  him  in  "the 
cave  of  the  field  of  Machnelah, 
which  Abraham  bought  with  the 
field,  for  a  possession  of  a  burying- 
place,  of  Ephron  the  Hittite,  before 
Mam  re.  14  And  Joseph  returned 
into  Egypt,  he,  and  his  brethren, 
and  all  that  went  up  with  him  to 
bury  his  father,  after  he  had  buried 
his  father. 

15  And  when  Joseph's  brethren 
saw  that  their  father  was  dead, 
they  said,  *  It  may  be  that  Joseph 
will  hate  us,  and  will  fully  requite 
us  all  the  evil  which  we  did  unto 
him.  16  And  they  sent  a  message 
iReb.ebeL 


"  ch.  23. 10-20 

b  ch.  37.  28 ; 

42.  21,  22 


"  ch.  37.  8- 
10 ;  41.  43 


d  ch.  37.  26, 
27  ;  45.  5,  7 


«  ch.  45. 11 ; 

47.  12 


/ch.  30.  3 


!'  ch.  48.  21 ; 
Heb.  U.  32 


ft  ch.  13.  15, 
17  ;  15.  7,  8 
'  ch.  26.  3 
k  ch.  28.  13 ; 
35.  12 

'Ex.  13.  19; 
Josh.  24. 
32;  Heb. 
11.  22 

">  ver.  2 


unto  Joseph,  saying,  Thy  father 
did  command  before  he  died,  say- 
ing, 1 7  tSo  shall  ye  say  unto  Joseph, 
Forgive,  I  pray  thee  now,  the 
transgression  of  thy  brethren,  and 
their  sin,  for  that  they  did  unto 
thee  evil.  And  now,  we  pray  thee, 
forgive  the  transgression  of  the 
servants  of  the  God  of  thy  father. 
And  Joseph  wept  when  they  spake 
unto  him.  18  And  his  brethren 
also  went  and  ''fell  down  before 
his  face ;  and  they  said.  Behold, 
we  are  thy  servants.  19  And  Jo- 
seph said  unto  them.  Fear  not :  for 
am  I  in  the  place  of  God  1  20  And 
as  for  you,  **  ye  meant  evil  against 
me  ;  but  God  meant  it  for  good,  to 
bring  to  pass,  as  it  is  this  day,  to 
save  much  people  alive.  21  Now 
therefore  fear  ye  not :  ^  I  will  nour- 
ish you,  and  your  little  ones.  And 
he  comforted  them,  and  spake 
'kindly  unto  them. 

22  And  Joseph  dwelt  in  Egypt, 
he,  and  his  father's  house :  and 
Joseph  lived  a  hundred  and  ten 
years.  23  And  Joseph  saw  Ephra- 
im's  children  of  the  third  genera- 
tion :  the  children  also  of  Machir 
the  son  of  Manasseh  were  born 
■^upon  Jo.seph's  knees.  24  And 
Joseph  said  unto  his  brethren,  I 
die;  but  ^God  will  surely  visit 
you,  and  bring  you  up  out  of  this 
land  unto  the  land  which  he  sware 
to  ''Abraham,  to  *  Isaac,  and  *to 
Jacob.  25  And  Joseph  took  an 
oath  of  the  children  of  Israel,  say- 
ing, God  will  surely  visit  you,  and 
'ye  shall  carry  up  my  bones  from 
hence.  26  So  Joseph  died,  being  a 
hundred  and  ten  years  old :  and 
they  ™  embalmed  him,  and  he  was 
put  in  a  coflin  in  Egypt. 
*  Heb.  to  their  heart. 


THE   SECOND  BOOK   OF   MOSES, 

COMMONLY   CALLED 


EXODUS 


Israel  oppressed  in  Egypt.    Male  Children  slain.    Moses  is  born  and  hidden 


INow  these  are  the  names  of 
the  sons  of  Israel,  who  came 
into  Egypt  (every  man  and  his 
householcf  came  with  Jacob) : 
2  "Reuben,  iSiraeon,  Levi,  and 
Judah,  3  Issachar,  Zebulun,  and 
Benjamin,  4  Dan  and  Naphtali, 
Gad  and  Asher.  5  And  all  the 
souls  that  came  out  of  the  loins  of 
Jacob  were  *  seventy  souls :  and 
Joseph    was    in    Egypt    already. 

6  And  "^ Joseph  died,  and  all  his 
brethren,  and  all  that  generation. 

7  And  the  children  of  Israel  **  were 
fruitful,  and  increased  abundantly, 
and  multiplied,  and  waxed  exceed- 
ing mighty ;  and  the  land  was 
filled  with  them. 

8  Now  there  arose  a  new  *king 
over  Egypt,  who  knew  not  Joseph. 
9  And  •'he  said  unto  his  people. 
Behold,  the  people  of  the  cnildren 
of  Israel  are  ^more  and  mightier 
than  we:  10  come,  let  us  deal 
wisely  with  them,  lest  they  multi- 
ply, and  it  come  to  pass,  that, 
when  there  falleth  out  any  war, 
they  also  join  themselves  unto  our 
enemies,  and  fight  against  us,  and 
get  them  up  out  of  the  land. 
11  Therefore  they  did  set  over 
them  *  taskmasters  to  afflict  them 
with  their  burdens.  And  they 
built  for  Pharaoh  ''store-cities, 
Pithom  and  Ranmses.  1 2  But  the 
more  they  afflicted  them,  *  the  more 
they  multiplied  and  the  more  thej'^ 
spread  abroad.  And  they  ^were 
grieved  because  of  the  children  of 
Israel.  13  .\nd  the  Egyptians 
made  the  children  of  Israel  '^to 
serve  with  rigor:  14  and  they 
made  their  lives  bitter  with  hard 
service,  in  mortar  and  in  brick, 
and  in  all  manner  of  service  in  the 
field,  all  their  service,  wherein  they 
made  them  serve  with  rigor. 

15  And  the  king  of  Egypt  spake 
to  the  Hebrew  midwives,  of  wnom 

1  Or,  too  many  aiid  too  mighty  for  ui 
*  Or,  abhorred 


°  Gen.  46.  8- 

27 

b  (Jen.  46.  27 
'  Gen.  60.  26 
dGen.  28.  3; 

35.  11 ;  45. 

3;  47.27; 

48.  4 ;  Acts 

7.  17 
'  Acts  r.  18, 

19 
/  Ps.  105.  25 
"  ch.  3.  7  ;  5. 

6 
A  1  K.  9.  19 ; 

2  Chr.  8.  4 
'  ver.  7 
fc  Gen.  15. 

13;  Dt. 

4.  20;ch.  5. 

7-19 


'  Acts  7.  19 
'"•  ver.  21 


"  ver.  17 


P  Acts  7. 19 
«  Gen.  41.  1 


'  Ex.  6.  19, 

20 


'  Acts  7.  20 ; 
Heb.  11.  23 


( Is.  18.  2 


«  Is.  19.  6 

"  ch.  15.  20 ; 
Num.  26. 


'  ch.  7.  15 ; 
8.  20 


53 


the  name  of  the  one  was  Shiphrah, 
and  the  name  of  the  other  Puah : 
IG  and  he  said.  When  ye  do  the 
office  of  a  midwife  to  the  Hebrew 
women,  and  see  them  upon  the 
birth-stool ;  'if  it  be  a  son,  then  ye 
shall  kill  him  ;  but  if  it  be  a  daugn- 
ter,  then  she  shall  live.  17  But 
the  midwives  ""feared  God,  and 
did  not  as  the  king  of  Egypt  com- 
manded them,  but  saved  the  men- 
children  alive.  18  And  the  king 
of  Egypt  called  for  the  midwives, 
and  said  unto  them.  Why  have  ye 
done  this  thing,  and  have  saved 
the  men-children  alive  "J  19  And 
the  midwives  said  unto  Pharaoh, 
Because  the  Hebrew  women  are 
not  as  the  Egyptian  women ;  for 
they  are  lively,  and  are  delivered 
ere  the  midwife  come  unto  them. 

20  And  God  dealt  well  with  the 
midwives:  and  "the  people  mul- 
tiplied,  and  waxed  very  mighty. 

21  And  it  came  to  pass,  because 
the  midwives  "feared  God,  that  he 
made  them  households.  22  And 
Pharaoh  charged  all  his  people, 
saying,  ^  Every  son  that  is  born 
ye  shall  cast  into  *the  river,  and 
every  daughter  ye  shall  save  alive. 

2  And  there  went  a  man  of 
""the  house  of  Levi,  and  took 
to  wife  a  daughter  of  Levi.  2  And 
the  woman  conceived,  and  bare  a 
son :  and  when  she  saw  him  that 
he  was  a  'goodly  child,  she  hid 
him  three  months.  3  And  when 
she  could  not  longer  hide  him, 
she  took  for  him  an  'ark  of  ^bul- 
rushes, and  daubed  it  with  *  slime 
and  with  pitch ;  and  she  put  the 
child  therein,  and  laid  it  in  the 
"flags  by  th'"-  river's  brink.  4  And 
"his  sister  stood  afar  off,  to  know 
what  would  b,  done  to  him. 
5  And  the  daugiirer  of  Pharaoh 
came  down  f  to  bathe  at  the  river ; 
and  her  maidens  walked  along  by 
the  river-side ;  and  she   saw   the 

3  That  is,  papyrus.  *  That  is,  bitumtti  ■ 


2.6 


EXODUS 


3.8 


Moses  adopted  by  Pharaoh  !<  Uanghter.    He  kills  an  Egyptian,  and  flees  to  Kidian.    His  marriage.    The  Horning  Bnsh 


ark  among  the  flags,  and  sent  her 
handmaid  to  fetch  it.  6  And  she 
opened  it,  and  saw  the  child  :  and, 
behold,  the  babe  wept.  And  she 
had  compassion  on  him,  and  said, 
This  is  one  of  the  HelDre\ys'  chil- 
dren. 7  Then  said  his  sister  to 
Pha,raoh's  daughter,  Shall  I  go  and 
call  thee  a  nurse  of  the  Hebrew 
women,  that  she  may  nurse  the 
child  for  theel  8  And  Pharaoh's 
daughter  said  to  her.  Go.  And 
the  maiden  went  and^  called  the 
child's  mother.  9  And  Pharaoh's 
daughter  said  unto  her.  Take  this 
child  away,  and  nurse  it  for  me, 
and  I  will  give  thee  thy  wages. 
And  the  woman  took  the  child, 
and  nursed  it.     10  And  the  child 

frew,  and  she  brought  him  unto 
haraoh's  daughter,  and  "he  be- 
came her  son.  And  she  called  his 
name  ^  Moses,  and  said.  Because  I 
^  drew  him  out  of  the  water. 

1 1  And  it  came  to  pass  in  those 
days,  *when  Moses  was  gi'own 
up,  that  he  went  out  unto  his 
brethren,  and  looked  on  their  "bur- 
dens :  and  ''  he  saw  an  Egj^^itian 
smiting  a  Hebrew,  one  ot  his 
brethren.  12  And  he  looked  this 
way  and  that  way,  and  when  he 
saw  that  there  was  no  man,  he 
smote  the  Egyptian,  and  hid  him 
in  the  sand.  1 3  And  he  went  out 
'the  second  day,  and,  behold,  two 
men  of  the  Hebrews  were  striving 
together :  and  he  said  to  him  that 
did  the  wrong.  Wherefore  smitest 
thou  thy  fellow  1  14  And  he  said, 
(Who  made  thee  a  prince  and  a 
judge  over  usi  thinkest  thou  to 
kill  me,  as  thou  killedst  the  Egyp- 
tian 1  And  Moses  feared,  and  said, 
Surely  the  thing  is  known.  15  Now 
when  Pharaoh  heard  this  thing,  he 
sought  to  slay  Moses.  But  "  Moses 
fled  from  the  face  of  Pharaoh,  and 
dwelt  in  the  land  of  Midian :  and 
he  sat  down  ''  by  a  well. 

16  Now  Hhe  priest  of  Midian 
had  seven  daughters  :  and  *  they 
came  and  drew  water,  and  filled 
the  troughs  to  water  their  father's 
flock.  17  And  the  shepherds  came 
and  drove  them  away  ;  but '  Moses 
stood  up  and  helped  them,  and 
watered  their  flock.  1 8  And  when 
they  came  to  "Reuel  their  father, 
he  said,  How  is  it  that  ye  are  come 
so  soon  to-day  1  19  And  they  said, 
An  Egyptian  delivered  us  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  shepherds,  and 
I  Heb.  Mosheh.      ^  Heb.  mas/iah,  to  draw  out. 


"  Acts  7.  21 

*  Acts  7.  23  ; 
Heb.  11.  24 

«  ch.  1.  11 ;  5. 
4,6;  6.0,7 
d  Acts  7.  24 

*  Acts  7. 
26-28 

/Gen.  19.  9; 

Acts  7.  27 
"  Acts  7.  29 
A  Gen.  24. 

11 ;  29.  2 
'  ch.  3. 1 ;  18. 

12 

*  Gen.  24. 
13,  19 

'  Gen.  29.  3, 

10 
"  ch.  3.  1 ; 
Num.  10. 
29 


"  Acts  7.  29 
0  ch.  4.  26  i 

18.  2 
P  ch.  4.  20 ; 

18.  3,  4 
9  Gen.  23.  4 
"■  ch.  6.  5,  9 
'  ch.  3.  7,  0 
'  Gen.  22. 

16-18;  26. 

2-5  ;  28.  13- 

15 


"  ch.  2.  18 


"  ch.  4.  27 ; 

18.  6;  24.13 
"  ver.  12 ;  ch. 

17.  6  ;  33.  6 
S'ver.  1-11, 

16;  Gen. 

22,  11,  U, 
'  Dt.  33.  16 ; 

Mk.  12.  26 ; 

Lk.  20.  37 
"  Acts  7.  31 


<>  ch.  4.  6 


'  .Tosh.  0 

Acts  7. 

15; 
33 

d  Mt.  22. 
32 ;  Mk 
20;  Lk 
37 

31, 
.12. 
20. 

•  Acts  7.  32 

/  ch.  2.  2 
Neh.  9. 
Acts  7. 

9; 

31 

"  Gen.  15.  is- 
le;  46.  4 ; 

50.  24,  25 

54 


moreover  he  drew  water  for  us, 
and  watered  the  flock.  20  And 
he  said  unto  his  daughters,  And 
where  is  hel  why  is  it  that  ye 
have  left  the  man  1  call  him,  that 
he  may  eat  bread.  21  "And  Moses 
was  content  to  dwell  with  the  man : 
and  he  gave  Moses  "Zipporah  his 
daughter.  22  And  she  bare  ^a  son, 
and  he  called  his  name  Gershom ; 
for  he  said,  I  have  been  ^«a  so- 
journer in  a  foreign  land. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
course  of  those  many  days,  that 
the  king  of  Egypt  died :  and  the 
children  of  Israel  *■  sighed  by  rea- 
son of  the  bondage,  and  they  cried, 
and  '  their  crv  came  up  unto  God 
by  reason  of  tne  bondage.  24  And 
God  heard  their  groaning,  and 
God  remembered  /his  covenant 
v.ith  Abraham,  with  Isaac,  and 
with  Jacob.  25  And  God  saw  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  God  took 
knowledge  of  them. 

3  Now  Moses  was  keeping  the 
flock  of  "Jethro  his  father-in- 
law,  the  priest  of  Midian :  and  he 
led  the  flock  to  the  back  of  the 
wilderness,  and  came  to  the 
"mountain  of  God,  unto  ^Horeb, 
2  And  ^'the  angel  of  Jehovah 
appeared  unto  him  in  a  flame  of 
fire  out  of  the  midst  of  a  ^  bush : 
and  he  looked,  and,  behold,  the 
bush  burned  with  fire,  and  the 
bush  was  not  consumed.  3  And 
Moses  said,  "I  will  turn  aside 
now,  and  see  this  great  sight, 
why    the     bush     is     not     burnt. 

4  And  when  Jehovah  saw  that 
he  turned  aside  to  see,  'God 
called  unto  him  out  of  the  midst 
of  the  bush,  and  said,  Moses, 
Moses.     And  he  seid.  Here  am  I. 

5  And  he  said.  Draw  not  nigh 
hither  :  ''put  off  thy  shoes  from  off 
thy  feet,  for  the  place  whereon 
thou    standest    is    holy    ground. 

6  Moreover  he  said,  ''I  am  the 
God  of  thy  father,  the  God  of 
Abraham,  the  God  of  Isaac,  and 
the  God  of  .Jacob.  *And  Moses 
hid  his  face ;  for  he  was  afraid  to 
look  upon  God.  7  And  Jehovah 
said,  I  have  surely  -^seen  the 
affliction  of  my  people  that  are 
in  Egypt,  and  have  heard  their 
cry  Dy  reason  of  their  task- 
masters ;  for  I  know  their  sor- 
rows ;  8  and  I  am  come  down 
^to  deliver  them  out  of  the  hand 
of   the   Egyptians,    and  to  bring 

»  Heb.  ger. 


3.9 


EXODUS 


4.8 


Cod  commissions  Hoses  to  deliver  Israel.    Confirmatory  Signs  and  Promises 


them  up  out  of  that  land  unto  a 
good  land  and  a  large,  unto  a  land 
"flowing  with  milk  and  hcney ; 
unto  the  place  of  *"  the  Canaanite, 
and  the  Hittite,  and  the  Anio- 
rite,  and  the  Perizzite,  and  the  Hi- 
vite,  and  the  J  ebusite.  9  And  now, 
behold,  ''the  ci-y  of  the  children  of 
Israel  is  come  unto  me  :  moreover 
I  have  seen  the  oppression  where- 
with the  Egyptians  oppress  them. 
10  Come  now  therefore,  and  I  will 
send  thee  unto  Pharaoh,  ''that 
thou  mayest  bring  forth  my  peo- 

Ele  the  children  of  Israel  out  of 
gypt.  11  And  Moses  said  unto 
God,  'Who  am  I,  that  I  should  go 
unto  Pharaoh,  and  that  I  should 
bring  forth  the  children  of  Israel 
out  of  Egypt's  12  And  he  said. 
Certainly  -^1  will  be  with  thee; 
and  this  shall  be  the  token  unto 
thee,  that  I  have  sent  thee  :  "  when 
thou  hast  brought  forth  the  people 
out  of  Egypt,  *  ye  shall  serve  God 
upon  this  mountain. 

13  And  Moses  said  unto  God, 
Behold,  when  I  come  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  shall  say 
unto  them,  The  God  of  your  fathers 
hath  sent  me  unto  you ;  and  they 
shall  say  to  me.  What  is  his  name  1 
what  shall  I  say  unto  them  1  1 4  And 
God  said  unto  Moses,  ^  'I  am  that 
I  AM  :  and  he  said.  Thus  shalt  thou 
say  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  ^I 
AM  hath  sent  me  unto  you.  1 5  And 
God  said  moreover  unto  Moses, 
Thus  shalt  thou  say  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  *  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  your  fathers,  the  God  of  Abra- 
ham, the  God  of  Isaac,  and  the 
God  of  Jacob,  hath  sent  me  unto 
you :  this  is  my  name  for  ever,  and 
this  is  my 'memorial  unto  all  gen- 
erations. 16  Go,  and  gather  the 
elders  of  Israel  together,  and  say 
unto  them,  ™  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
your  fathers,  the  God  of  Abraham, 
of  Isaac,  and  of  Jacob,  hath  ap- 
peared unto  me,  saying,  I  have 
surely  visited  j'ou,  and  seen  that 
which  is  done  to  you  in  Egypt : 

1 7  and  "  I  have  said,  I  will  bring 
you  up  out  of  the  affliction  of 
Egypt  unto  the  land  of  "the  Ca- 
naanite, and  the  Hittite,  and  the 
Amorite,  and  the  Perizzite,  and  the 
Hivite,  and  the  Jebusite,  unto  a 
land  p  flowing  with  milk  and  honey. 

18  And  *  they  shall  hearken  to  thy 

1  Or,  I  AM.  BECAUSE  I  AM  Or,  /  AM 
WHO  AM  Or,  I  WILL  BE  THAT  I  WILL 
BE 

^Seb.Ehyeh.   Ftova the ea,mBiootas Jehovah. 


"  ver.  17:  ch. 
13.  6 ;  Jer. 

11.  6 
friJen.  15. 

19--'l ; 

Josh.  24. 

11 
'^  cli.  2.  2.3 
d  en.  12.  41 
•  ch.  4.  10 ; 

6.  12 
/  ch.  4.  12, 

15;  32. 

14-16 
»  ch.  19.  2,  3 
A  Acts  7.  7 
'  ch.  6.  3 ; 

Jn.  8.  68 ; 

Rev.  1.  8; 

4.  8 
*-■  ver.  6 
'  Ps.  30.  4  ; 

97.  12 ;  102. 

12  ;  135. 13 ; 

Hos.  12.  6 
'"  ver.  2 
"  Gen.  15. 

13-21 ;  46. 

4  ;  50.  24,  25 
0  Josh.  24.  11 
t'  ver.  8 
«  ch.  4.  31 


''  ch.  5,  1 
»  ch.  6.  3 ;  8. 

'  ch.  5.  2 
"  ch.  6.  1 
"  ch.  6.  1 ;  7. 

4,  6  ;  13.  3, 

9,  14 
''  ch.  15.  11 
ych.  11.  i; 

12.  31-33 

'ch.  II.  2,  3; 

12.  36,  36 

"  ch.  3.  18 ;  6. 

30 
*  ch.  3.  15,  16 


"  ch.  7.  10-12 


d  Num.  12. 

10  ;  2  K.  5. 


•2K.  5.  14; 
Mt.  8.  3 ; 
Lk.  17. 
12-14 


voice  :  and  '  thou  shalt  come,  thou 
and  the  elders  of  Israel,  unto  the 
king  of  Egypt,  and  ye  shall  say 
unto  him,  Jehovah,  the  God  of  the 
Hebrews,  hath  met  with  us  :  and 
now  let  us  go,  we  pray  thee,  '  three 
days'  journey  into  the  wilderness, 
that  Ave  may  sacrifice  to  Jehovah 
our  God.  19  And  I  know  that  the 
king  of  Egypt  '  will  not  give  you 
leave  to  go,  no,  "  not  by  a  mighty 
hand.  20  And  I  will  put  forth 
'my  hand,  and  smite  Egypt  with 
all  my  ^wonders  which  I  will  do  in 
the  midst  thereof  :  and  ^  after  that 
he  will  let  you  go.  21  And  I  will 
give  this  people  favor  in  the  sight 
of  the  Egyptians  :  and  it  shall  come 
to  pass,  that,  when  ye  go,  ye  shall 
not  go  empty  :  22  but  every  woman 
^  shall  ask  of  her  neighbor,  and  of 
her  that  sojourneth  in  her  house, 
jewels  of  silver,  and  jewels  of  gold, 
and  raiment :  and  ye  shall  put 
them  upon  your  sons,  and  upon 
your  daughters;  and  ye  shall  de- 
spoil the  Egyptians. 

4  And  Moses  answered  and 
said,  But,  behold,  they  will  not 
believe  me,  nor  "hearken  unto  my 
voice ;  for  they  will  say,  *  Jehovah 
hath  not  appeared  unto  thee. 
2  And  Jehovah  said  unto  him. 
What  is  that  in  thy  hand  1  And 
he  said,  A  rod.  3  And  he  said, 
Cast  it  on  the  ground.  And  he 
cast  it  on  the  ground,  and  ''it  be- 
came a  ^  serpent ;  and  Moses  fled 
from  before  it.  4  And  Jehovah 
said  unto  Moses,  Put  forth  thy 
hand,  and  take  it  by  the  tail  (and 
he  put  forth  his  hand,  and  laid 
hold  of  it,  and  it  became  a  rod  in 
his  hand) ;  5  that  they  may  believe 
that  Jehovah,  the  God  of  their 
fathers,  the  God  of  Abraham,  the 
God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of  Jacob, 
hath  appeared  unto  thee.  6  And 
Jehovah  said  furthermore  unto 
him,  Put  now  thy  hand  into  thy 
bosom.  And  he  put  his  hand  into 
his  bosom:  and  when  he  took  it 
out,  behold,  his  hand  was*'' leprous, 
as  white  as  snow.  7  And  he  said, 
Put  thy  hand  into  thy  bosom  again. 
(And  he  put  his  hand  into  his  bosom 
again  ;  and  when  he  took  it  out  of 
his  bosom,  behold,  "  it  was  turned 
again  as  his  othei'  flesh).  8  And  it 
shall  come  to  pass,  if  they  will  not 
believe  thee,  neither  hearken  to 
the  voice  of  the  first  sign,  that  they 
will  believe  the  voice  of  the  latter 

*  Heb.  nahash. 


55 


4.9 


EXODUS 


5.5 


Moses'  ttclactance  OTercome.    H«  returns  to  E^ypt.    Aaron  meets  him.    They  demand  Israol's  Release 


sign.  9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
if  they  will  not  believe  even  these 
two  signs,  neither  hearken  unto  thy 
voice,  that  thou  shalt  take  of  the 
water  of  the  river,  and  pour  it  upon 
the  dry  land  :  and  the  water  which 
thou  takest  out  of  the  river  "  shall 
become  blood  upon  the  dry  land. 

10  And  Moses  said  unto  Jehovah, 
Oh,  Lord,  *I  am  not  \eloquent, 
neither  heretofore,  nor  since  thou 
hast  spoken  unto  thy  servant ;  for 
I  am  slow  of  speech,  and  of  a  slow 
tongue.  1 1  And  Jehovah  said 
unto  him.  Who  hath  made  man's 
mouth  I  or  ''who  maketH  a  man 
dumb,  or  deaf,  or  seeing,  or  blind  1 
is  it  not  I,  Jehovah'^  12  Now 
therefore  go,  and  ''I  will  be  with 
thy  mouth,  and  "teach  thee  what 
thou  shalt  speak.  13  And  he  said. 
Oh,  Lord,  send,  I  pi^ay  thee,  by  the 
hand  of  him  whom  thou  wilt  send. 
14  And  the  anger  of  Jehovah  was 
kindled  against  Moses,  and  he 
said,  Is  there  not  Aaron  thy  brother 
the  Levite'?  I  know  that  he  can 
speak  well.  And  also,  behold,  -^he 
Cometh  forth  to  meet  thee :  and 
when  iie  seeth  thee,  he  will  be  glad 
in  his  heart.  15  And  thou  shalt 
epeak  unto  him,  and  ^'put  the 
words  in  his  mouth  :  and  I  will  be 
with  thy  mouth,  and  with  his 
mouth,  and  will  teach  you  what  ye 
shall  do.  16  And  ''he  shall  be  thy 
spokesman  unto  the  people  ;  and  it 
snail  come  to  pass,  that  he  shall  be 
to  thee  a  mouth,  and  thou  shalt  be 
to  him  as  God.  17  And  thou  shalt 
take  in  thy  hand  '  this  rod,  *  where- 
with thou  shalt  do  the  signs. 

18  And  Moses  went  and  returned 
to  ^Jethro  'his  father-in-law,  and 
said  unto  him,  Let  me  go,  I  pray 
thee,  and  return  unto  my  brethren 
that  are  in  Egypt,  and  see  whether 
they  be  yet  alive.  And  Jethro 
said  to  Moses,  Go  in  peace.  1 9  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  Moses  in  Mid- 
ian,  Go,  return  into  Egypt ;  for  all 
the  men  are  dead  that  sought  thy 
life.  20  And  Moses  took  his  wife 
and  his  '"sons,  and  set  them  upon 
an  ass,  and  he  returned  to  the  land 
of  EgyiDt :  and  Moses  took  the 
"rod  of  God  in  his  hand.  21  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  Moses,  When 
thou  goest  back  into  Egypt,  see 
that  thou  do  before  Pharaoh  all 
"  the  wonders  which  I  have  put  in 
thy  hand  :  but  ^  I  will  ^  harden  his 

1  Eeb.  a  mav  of  words.  2  Heb.  Jether. 

3  Heb.  make  strong. 


»  ch.  7.  19 
f>  ver.  1 ;  ch. 
3.  11 ;  Jer. 

I.  6 

"  Ps.  94.  9  ; 
146.  8 ;  Mt. 

II.  5;  Lk. 

I.  20,  64 

d  ver.  15, 16 ; 

Dt.  18.  IS 
*  Mt.  10.  19, 

20 ;  Mk.  13. 

11;  Lk.  12. 

II,  12;  21. 
14,  15 

/ver.  27 
"  ver.  12,  .30 ; 

Is.  51.  10; 

69.  21 ;  Jer. 

1.9 
h  ch.  7.  1,  2 
'  ver.  2,  20 ; 

ch.  17.  9 
fc  ch.  7.  9-20 ; 

14.  16 
'  ch.  2.  21 
"'ch.  18.  3; 

Acts  7.  29 
"  ver.  17 ;  ch. 

17.9 
0  ch.  11.  9, 10 
i'ch.7.  3;  9. 

12 ;  10.  1, 

20,  27 ;  14. 


9  Is.  63.  16  ; 
64.  8 ;  Hos. 
11.  1 

'■  ch.  5.  1 :  6. 

11;  7.  16 
'  ch.  12.  29 
'Josh.  5.  2,  3 

"  ver.  14 


'  ver.  15 


'  ch.  3.  18 


^ch. 

12 

.27 

=  ch. 

3. 

18 

"^ch. 

4. 

23 

ft  Job  21.  15 

''oh. 

3. 

19 

dch. 

3. 

18 

«ch.  1. 11;  2. 
11 ;  6.  6,  7 


heart,  and  he  will  not  let  the  people 
go.  22  And  thou  shalt  say  unto 
Pharaoh,  Thus  saith  Jehovah, 
9  Israel  is  my  son,  my  first-born : 
23  and  I  have  said  unto  thee,  '"Let 
my  son  go,  that  he  may  serve  me  ; 
and  thou  hast  refused  to  let  him 
go:  behold,  "I  will  slay  thy  son, 
thy  first-born.  24  And  it  came  to 
pass  on  the  way  at  the  lodging 
place,  that  Jehovah  met  him,  and 
sought  to  kill  him.  25  Then 
Zipporah  took  'a  flint,  and  cut  off 
the  foreskin  of  her  son,  and  ^  cast 
it  at  his  feet ;  and  she  said.  Surely 
a  bridegroom  of  blood  art  thou  to 
me.  26  So  he  let  him  alone.  Then 
she  said,  ''A  bridegx'oom  of  blood 
aH  thou,  because  of  the  circum- 
cision. 

27  "And  Jehovah  said  to  Aaron, 
Go  into  the  wilderness  to  meet 
Moses.  And  he  went,  and  met  him 
in  the  mountain  of  God,  and  kissed 
him.  28  And  Moses  told  Aaron  all 
the  words  of  Jehovah  wherewith 
he  had  sent  him,  and  all  the  signs 
wherewith  he  had  chai'ged  him. 
29  And  Moses  and  Aaron  went  and 
gathered  together  all  the  elders  of 
the  children  of  Israel :  30  and 
"  Aaron  spake  all  the  words  which 
Jehovah  had  spoken  unto  Moses, 
and  did  the  si,gns  in  the  sight  of 
the  people.  31  And  ■'the  people 
believed :  and  when  they  heard 
that  Jehovah  had  visited  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  that  he  had  seen 
their  affliction,  then  ^they  bowed 
their  heads  and  worshipped. 

5  And  afterward  Moses  and 
Aaron  came,  and  said  unto 
Pharaoh,  -Thus  saith  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  Israel,  "Let  my  people  go, 
that  they  may  hold  a  feast  unto 
me  in  the  wilderness.  2  And  Pha- 
raoh said,  '  Who  is  Jehovah,  that  I 
should  heai'ken  unto  his  voice  to 
let  Israel  go "?  1  know  not  Jehovah, 
and  moreover  '  I  will  not  let  Israel 
go.  3  And  they  said,  "The  God  of 
the  Hebrews  hath  met  with  us : 
let  us  go,  we  pray  thee,  three  days' 
journey  into  the  wilderness,  and 
sacrifice  unto  Jehovah  our  God, 
lest  he  fall  upon  us  with  pestilence, 
or  with  the  sword.  4  And  the  king 
of  Egypt  said  unto  them,  Where- 
fore do  ye,  Moses  and  Aaron,  loose 
the  people  from  their  works'?  get 
you  unto  your  "^  burdens.     5  And 

*  Heb.  made  it  touch. 

5  Or,  A  bridegroom  of  blood  in  regard  of  tki 
circumcision 


5.6 


EXODUS 


6.11 


Pharaoh  iocreases  the  People's  Bordeos.    The  People  disheartened.    God  renews  his  Promises 


Pharaoh  said.  Behold,  "the  people 
of  the  land  are  now  many,  and  ye 
make  them  rest  from  their  burdens. 
6  And  the  same  day  Pharaoh  com- 
manded ''the  taskmasters  of  the 
people,  and  their  "-'officers,  saying, 
I  \  e  shall  no  more  give  the  peopk- 
straw  to  make  brick,  as  heretofore  : 
let  them  go  and  gather  straw  for 
themselves.  8  And  the  number  of 
the  bricks,  which  they  did  make 
heretofore,  ye  shall  lay  upon  them  ; 
ye  shall  not  diminish  aught  thereof : 
tor  they  are  "^  idle ;  therefore  they 
cry,  saying.  Let  us  go  and  sacrifice 
to  our  God.  9  Let  heavier  work 
be  laid  upon  the  men,  that  they 
may  labor  therein ;  and  let  them 
not  regai'd  lying  words. 

10  And  "the  taskmasters  of  the 
people  went  out,  and  their  officers, 
and  they  spake  to  the  people,  say- 
ing. Thus  saith  Pharaoh,  I  will  not 
give  you  straw.  1 1  Go  yourselves, 
get  you  straw  where  ye  can  find 
it ;  for  nought  of  your  work  shall 
be  diminished.  12  8o  the  people 
-were  scattered  abroad  throughout 
all  the  land  of  Egypt  to  gather 
stubble  for  straw.  13  And  the 
taskmasters  were  urgent,  saying, 
Fulfil  your  works,  you?-  daily  tasks, 
as  when  there  was  straw.  14  And 
■''the  officers  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  whom  Pharaoh's  taskmas- 
ters had  set  over  them,  ^were 
heaten,  ^and  demanded.  Where- 
fore have  ye  not  fulfilled  your  task 
both  yesterday  and  to-day,  in  mak- 
ing brick  as  heretofore  1 

15  Then  the  officers  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  came  and  cried  unto 
Pharaoh,  saying.  Wherefore  deal- 
est thou  thus  with  thy  servants'? 
16  There  is  no  straw  given  unto 
thy  servants,  and  they  say  to  us, 
Make  brick  :  and,  behold,  thy  ser- 
vants are  beaten  ;  but  the  fault  is 
in  thine  own  people.  17  But  he 
said.  Ye  are  ''  idle,  ye  are  idle : 
therefore  ye  say.  Let  us  go  and 
sacrifice  to  Jehovah.  1 8  Go  there- 
fore now,  and  work  ;  for  there  shall 
no  straw  be  given  you.  yet  shall  ye 
deliver  the  number  of  ibricks.  1 9 
And  the  officers  of  the  children  of 
Israel  did  see  that  they  "were  in 
evil  case,  when  it  was  said,  Ye 
shall  not  diminish  aught  from  your 
bricks,  yovr  daily  tasks.  20  And 
they  rnet  Moses  and  Aaron,  who 
stood  in  the  way,   as  they  came 

•  Heb.  saying. 

2  Or,  were  set  on  mischW,  when  they  said 


"  ch.  1.  9 

b  ver.  10,  13, 
14 ;  ch.  1. 
11;  3.  7 

"  ver.  10,  11, 
Ij,  19 

<'  ver.  17 

"  ver.  6 

/  ver.  G 

'■'  Is.  10.  24 

''  ver.  8 


'ch.  14.  11 ; 

la.  24;   Hi.  2 

*■■  Gen.  10.  6 ; 

M.  53 
'  Gen.  34. 30 ; 

I  S.  27.  12 
"*  Num.  11. 

I I  ;  Jer.  4. 

10 
"  ch.  3.  8 


"  ch.  3.  19, 

20 ;  7.  4, 
6 ;  13.  3 


P  ch.  3.  14,  15 


9  Is.  52.  6  ; 

Jer.  16.  21 ; 

Ezek.  37. 

6,  13 
""Gen.  12.  7; 

15.  18;  26. 

3,  4 ;  28.  4, 

13 


'  ch.  2.  24 


« ch.  13.  3, 
14  ;  20.  2 ; 
Dt.  6.  12 

"  ch.  12.  61  ; 
16.  6  ;  18.  1 


"Dt.  4.  34; 
6.  16 


'  ch.  16.  12 ; 
Is.  41.  20 ; 
49.  23,  26; 
60.  16 


"Num.  14. 
30;  Neh.  9. 
15;  Ezek. 

20.  6,  G 

'  Josh.  24. 
13 ;  Ps.  136. 

21,  22 
"  ver.  6 

b  ch.  2.  23 


■  ch.  4.  22, 


forth  from  Pharaoh  :  21  and  Hhey 
said  unto  them,  *  Jehovah  look 
upon  you,  and  judge ;  because  ye 
have  'made  our  savor  to  be  ab- 
horred in  the  eyes  of  Pliaraoh,  and 
in  the  e.yes  of  his  servants,  to  put 
a  sword  in  their  hand  to  slay  us. 

22  And  Moses  returned  unto 
Jehovah,  and  said  '"Lord,  where- 
fore hast  thou  dealt  ill  with  this 
people?  Avhy  is  it  that  thou  hast 
sent  me?  23  For  since  I  came  to 
Pharaoh  to  speak  in  thy  name,  he 
hath  dealt  ill  with  this  people; 
"  neither  hast  thou  delivered  thy 
f\  people  at  all.  1  And  Jehovah 
\J  said  unto  Moses,  Now  shalt 
thou  see  what  I  will  do  to  Pharaoh  : 
for  by  a  "  strong  hand  shall  he  let 
them  go,  and  by  a  strong  hand 
shall  he  drive  them  out  of  his  land. 

2  And  God  spake  unto  Moses, 
and  said  unto  him,  I  am  ^  Jehovah  : 

3  and  I  appeared  unto  Abraham, 
unto  Isaac,  and  unto  Jacob,  as  ^  God 
Almighty;  ^'but  ''by  my  name  Je- 
hovah I  was  not  *  known  to  them. 

4  And  I  have  also  established  'my 
covenant  with  them,  to  give  them 
the  land  of  Canaan,  the  land  of 
their  sojournings,  wherein  they  so- 
journed. 5  And  moreover  I  have 
'  heard  the  groaning  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  whom  the  Egyptians  keep 
in  bondage ;  and  I  nave  remem- 
bered my  covenant.  6  Wherefore 
say  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  'I 
am  Jehovah,  and  "  I  will  bring  you 
out  from  under  the  burdens  of  the, 
Egyptians,  and  I  will  rid  you  out 
of  their  bondage,  and  I  will  redeem 
you  with  "an  outstretched  arm,  and 
with  great  judgments  :  7  and  I  will 
take  you  to  me  for  a  people,  and  I 
will  be  to  you  a  God  ;  and  j^e  "  shall 
know  that  I  am  Jehovah  your  God, 
who  bringeth  you  out  from  under 
the  burdens  of  the  Egyptians. 
8  And  I  will  bi'ing  you  in  unto  the 
land  which  ^I  ''sware  to  give  to 
Abraham,  to  Isaac,  and  to  Jacob ; 
and  ^  I  will  give  it  you  for  a  heri- 
tage :  "  I  am  Jehovah.  9  And  Moses 
spake  so  unto  the  children  of  Israel : 
but  they  hearkened  not  unto  Moses 
for ' ''  anguish  of  spirit,  and  for  cruel 
bondage. 

10  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  sajnng,  11  "Go  in,  speak 
unto  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  that 
he  let  the  children  of  Israel  go  out 

3  Heb.  El  Shaddai.  *  Or,  as  to 
5  Or,  made  known 

s  Heb.  lifted  up  my  hand. 

1  Or,  impatience    Heb.  shortness  of  spirit. 


67 


6.12 


EXODUS 


7.12 


denealogy  of  Moses  and  Aaron.    Commission  of  Moses  and  Aaron.    Israel's  Release  again  demanded.    Sign  of  Aaron's  Rod 


of  his  land.  1 2  And  Moses  spake 
before  Jehovah,  saying,  Behold,  the 
children  of  Israel  have  not  heark- 
ened unto  me;  "how  then  shall 
Pharaoh  hear  me,  who  am  of  uncir- 
cumcised  lips'?  13  And  Jehovah 
spake  unto  Moses  and  unto  Aaron, 
and  gave  them  a  charge  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  unto  Pha- 
raoh king  of  Egypt,  to  bring  the 
children  of  Israel  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt. 

14  These  are  the  heads  of  their 
fathers'  houses.  *The  sons  of 
Reuben  the  first-born  of  Israel: 
Hanoch,  and  Pallu,  Hezron,  and 
Carmi ;  these  are  the  families  of 
lieu  ben.  15  And  the  sons  of 
Simeon :  Jemuel,  and  Jamin,  and 
Ohad,  and  Jachin,  and  Zohar,  and 
Shaul  the  son  of  a  Canaanitish 
woman ;  these  are  the  families  of 
Simeon.  16  And  these  are  the 
names  of  "  the  sons  of  Levi  accord- 
ing to  their  generations  :  Gershon, 
and  Kohath,  and  Merari ;  and  the 
years  of  the  life  of  Levi  were  a 
hundred  thirty  and  seven  years. 
17  ''The  sons  of  Gershon:  Libni 
and  Shimei,  according  to  their 
families.  18  And  the  sons  of 
Kohath :  Amram,  and  Izhar,  and 
Hebron,  and  Uzziel ;  and  the  years 
of  the  life  of  Kohath  were  a 
hundred  thirty  and  three  years. 
19  And  the  sons  of  Merari:  Mahli 
and  Mushi.  These  are  the  families 
of  the  Levites  according  to  their 

generations.  20  And  '  Amram  took 
im  Jochebed  his  father's  sister  to 
wife ;  and  she  bare  him  Aaron  and 
Moses  :  and  the  years  of  the  life  of 
Amram  were  a  hundred  and  thirty 
and  seven  years.  21  And -^  the  sons 
of  Izhar  :  Korah,  and  Nepheg,  and 
Zichri.  22  ^And  the  sons  of  Uz- 
ziel :  Mishael,  and  Elzaphan,  and 
Sithri.  23  And  Aaron  took  him 
Elisheba,  the  daughter  of  ''Am- 
minadab,  the  sister  of  /Nahshon, 
to  wife  ;  and  she  bare  him  *  Nadab 
and  Abihu,  Eleazar  and  Ithamar. 

24  And  the  '  sons  of  Korah  :  Assir, 
and  Elkanah,  and  Abiasaph  ;  these 
are  the  families  of  the  Korahites. 

25  And  "*  Eleazar  Aaron's  son  took 
him  one  of  the  daughters  of  Putiel 
to  wife  ;  and  she  bare  him  "  Phine- 
has.  These  are  the  heads  of  the 
fathers'  houses  of  the  Levites  ac- 
cording to  their  families.  26  These 
are  that  Aaron  and  Moses,  to  whom 
Jehovah  said,  "  Bring  out  the  chil- 
dren of   Israel  from   the  land  of 


"  ver.  30 ;  ch. 

4.  1,  10 
6  Gen.  46.  9 ; 

Num.  26. 

5-11 
"0611.46.11; 

Num.  3. 

17 ;  1  Chr. 

6.  1 

d  Num.  3. 
18-20 ; 
1  Chr.  6.  17 

•  Num.  26. 
69 

/Num.  16.  1 
0  Lev.  10.  4  : 

Num.  3.  30 
h  Ruth  4.  ID, 

20 ;  1  Chr. 

2.  10 
■  Num.  1.  7 ; 

2.  3 

*  Lev.  10.  1 ; 
Num.  3.  2 

'  1  Chr.  6.  22, 
23   37 
'"  Josh.  24.  33 
"  Num.  25. 

7,  U  ;  Ps. 
106.  30 

"  ver.  13 


Pch. 
«  ver 
"■ch. 

5. 

1 
,6, 

'  ver 
'ch. 
"ch. 

.  1 

4. 
4. 

21 

"ch. 
20; 

3.  19, 
11.9 

^  ch.  12.  51 ; 
13.  3,  9 


"  ch.  8.  19 ; 
10.  7 


'  Gen.  6.  22  ; 
7.6 


Dt.  34.  7 


'  ver.  22 ;  ch. 
8. 7 ;  2  Tim. 
3.9 


68 


Egypt  according  to  their  hosts. 
27  These  are  they  ^that  spake  to 
Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  to  bring 
out  the  children  of  Israel  from 
Egypt :  these  are  that  Moses  and 
Aaron. 

28  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
day  when  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  29  that 
Jehovah  spake  unto  Moses,  saying, 
*I  am  Jehovah  :  ''speak  thou  unto 
Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt  all  that  I 
speak  unto  thee.  30  And  Moses 
said  before  Jehovah,  Behold,  I  am 
of  ^^  uncircumcised  lips,  and  how 
shall  Pharaoh  hearken  unto  me? 

71  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Moses, '  See,  I  have  made  thee 
as  God  to  Pharaoh ;  and  Aaron 
thy  brother  shall  be  thy  prophet. 
2  Thou  shalt  speak  all  that  I  com- 
mand thee  ;  and  Aaron  thy  brother 
shall  speak  unto  Pharaoh,  that  he 
let  the  children  of  Israel  go  out  of 
his  land.  3  And  "  I  will  harden 
Pharaoh's  heart,  and  multiply  my 
signs  and  my  wonders  in  the  land 
of  Egypt.  4  But  "Pharaoh  will 
not  hearken  unto  you,  and  I  will 
lay  my  hand  upon  Egypt,  and 
■'bring  forth  my  nosts,  my  people 
the  children  of  Israel,  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt  by  great  judgments. 
5  And  ^the  Egyptians  shall  know 
that  I  am  Jehovah,  when  I  stretch 
forth  my  hand  upon  Egypt,  and 
bring  out  the  children  of  Israel 
from  among  them.  6  And  Moses 
and  Aaron  did  so ;  ^as  Jehovah 
commanded  them,  so  did  they. 
7  And  Moses  was  "  fourscore  years 
old,  and  Aaron  fourscore  and  three 
years  old,  when  they  spake  unto 
Pharaoh. 

8  And  Jehovah  spake  unto  Moses 
and  unto  Aaron,  saying,  9  When 
Pharaoh  shall  speak  unto  you, 
saying.  Show  a  wonder  for  you ;; 
then  thou  shalt  say  unto  Aaron, 
Take  thy  rod,  and  cast  it  down 
before  Pharaoh,  that  it  become  a. 
'  serpent.  10  And  Moses  and. 
Aaron  went  in  unto  Pharaoh,  and 
fchey  did  so,  as  Jehovah  had  corn- 
manded  :  and  Aaron  cast  down  his 
rod  before  Pharaoh  and  before  his 
servants,  and  it  became  a  serpent. 
11  Then  Pharaoh  also  called  for 
the  wise  men  and  the  sorcerers : 
and  they  also,  the  *  magicians  of 
Egypt,  "did  in  like  manner  with 
their  ^enchantments.    12  For  they 

1  Heb.  tannin,  any  large  reptile ;  and  bo  Is 
ver.  10, 12.  *0r,  secret  arts 


7.13 


EXODUS 


a  12 


Pharaoh  stabborn.    Waters  turned  to  Blood.    The  Plagoe  of  Frogs 


cast  down  every  man  his  rod, 
and  they  became  serpents :  but 
Aaron's  rod  swallowed  up  their 
rods.  13  And  Pharaoh's  heart 
^  was  hardened,  and  "  he  heark- 
ened not  unto  them;  as  Jehovah 
had  spoken. 

14  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Moses,  Pharaoh's  heart  is  ^stub- 
born, he  refuseth  to  let  the  people 
go.  15  Get  thee  unto  Pharaoh  in 
the  morning;  lo,  *he  goeth  out 
unto  the  water ;  and  thou  shalt 
stand  by  the  river's  brink  to  meet 
him;  and  ""the  rod  which  was 
turned  to  a  serpent  shalt  thou 
take  in  thy  hand.  16  ''And  thou 
shalt  say  unto  him,  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  tne  Hebrews,  hath  sent  me 
unto  thee,  saying,  '  Let  my  people 
go,  that  they  may  serve  me  in  the 
wilderness :  and,  behold,  hitherto 
thou  hast  not  hearkened.  17  Thus 
saith  Jehovah,  ■'In  this  thou  shalt 
know  that  I  am  Jehovah  :  behold, 
I  will  smite  with  the  rod  that  is  in 
my  hand  upon  the  waters  which 
are  in  the  river,  and  ''  they  shall  be 
turned  t<)  blood.  18  And  Hhe  fish 
that  are  in  the  river  shall  die,  and 
the  river  shall  become  foul ;  and 
the  Egyptians  shall  'loathe  to 
drink  water  from  the  river.  1 9  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  Moses,  Say  unto 
Aaron,  Take  thy  rod.  and  stretch 
out  thy  hand  over  the  waters  of 
Egypt,  over  their  rivers,  over  their 
^streams,  and  over  their  pools,  and 
over  all  their  ponds  of  water,  that 
they  may  become  blood  ;  and  there 
shall  be  blood  throughout  all  the 
land  of  Egypt,  both  in  vessels  of 
wood  and  in  vessels  of  stone. 

20  And  Moses  and  Aaron  did  so, 
as  Jehovah  commanded ;  and  he 
lifted  up  the  rod,  and  smote  the 
waters  that  were  in  the  river,  in 
the  sight  of  Pharaoh,  and  in  the 
sight  of  his  servants  ;  and  *  all  the 
waters  that  were  in  the  river  were 
turned  to  blood.  21  And  the  fish 
that  were  in  the  river  died ;  and 
the  river  became  foul,  and  the 
Egyptians  could  not  drink  water 
from  the  river ;  and  the  blood  was 
throughout  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 
22  'And  the  magicians  of  Egypt 
did  in  like  manner  with  their  en- 
chantments :  and  Pharaoh's  heart 
^  was  hardened,  and  he  hearkened 
not  unto  them ;  as  Jehovah  had 
spoken.    23  And  Pharaoh  turned 

*  Heb.  was  iirong.  *  Heb.  heavy. 

»  Or,  eanalt 


•M 


.6;  8. 


'  ver.  10 ; 

ch.  4.  3 
rf  ch.  3.  18  ;  4. 

Ti;  b.  \ 
'  ch.  4.  23 
/ch.  10.  U 
"  ver.  20 
'1  ver.  21 
■  ver.  21,  24 
fc  Ps.  T8.  44 ; 

lOi.  29 

*[Ch.  7.  26  in 

Heb.] 
'  ver.  11 ; 

ch.  8.  7 


*[Ch.  8.  1  in 

Heb.] 
"  ch.  7.  19 


"  Ps.  78.  45 ; 

105.  30 
P  ch.  7.  11,  22 


9  ver.  25 ; 
ch.  9.  27 
""  ver.  28 


'  ver.  15,  29 


'■  ch.  9.  14 ; 
Dt.  4.  3.5, 
39 ;  33.  20 

'  ver.  13 


69 


and  went  into  his  house,  neither 
did  he  *  lay  even  this  to  heart. 
24:  And  all  the  Egyptians  digged 
round  about  the  river  for  water  to 
drink  ;  for  they  could  not  drink  of 
the  water  of  the  river.  25  And 
seven  days  were  fulfilled,  after 
that  Jehovah  had  smitten  the 
river. 
*  Q      And   Jehovah    spake    unto 

O  Moses,  Go  in  unto  Pharaoh, 
and  say  unto  him.  Thus  saith  Je- 
hovah, "Let  my  people  go,  that 
they  may  serve  me.  2  And  if  thou 
refuse  to  let  them  go,  behold,  I  will 
smite  all  thy  borders  with  frogs : 
3  and  the  river  shall  swarm  with 
frogs,  which  shall  go  up  and  come 
into  thy  house,  and  into  thy  bed- 
chamber, and  upon  thy  bed,  and 
into  the  house  of  thy  servants,  and 
upon  thy  people,  and  into  thine 
ovens,  and  into  thy  kneading- 
troughs :  4  and  the  frogs  shall 
come  up  both  upon  thee,  and  upon 
thy  people,  and  upon  all  thy  ser- 
vants. *  5  And  Jenovah  said  unto 
Moses,  Say  unto  Aaron,  "Stretch 
forth  thy  hand  with  thy  rod  over 
the  rivers,  over  the  ^streams,  and 
over  the  pools,  and  cause  fi'ogs  to 
come  up  upon  the  land  of  Egypt. 
6  And  Aaron  stretched  out  his 
hand  over  the  waters  of  Egypt ; 
and  the  "frogs  came  up,  and  cov- 
ered the  land  of  Egypt.  7  ^And 
the  magicians  did  in  like  manner 
with  their  enchantments,  and 
brought  up  frogs  upon  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

8  Then  Pharaoh  'called  for 
Moses  and  Aaron,  and  said,  ''En- 
treat Jehovah,  that  he  take  away 
the  frogs  from  me,  and  from  my 
people;  and  *I  will  let  the  people 
go,  that  they  may  sacrifice  unto 
Jehovah.  9  And  Closes  said  unto 
Pharaoh,  Have  thou  this  glory  over 
me :  against  what  time  snail  I  en- 
treat for  thee,  and  for  thy  servants, 
and  for  thy  people,  that  the  frogs 
be  destroyed  from  thee  and  thy 
houses,  and  remain  in  the  river 
only?  10  And  he  said.  Against 
to-morrow.  And  he  said.  Be  it 
according  to  thy  word ;  that  thou 
mayest  know  that  there  is  'none 
like  unto  Jehovah  our  God.  11 
And  the  "frogs  shall  depart  from 
thee,  and  from  thy  houses,  and 
from  thy  servants,  and  from  thy 
people ;  they  shall  remain  in  the 
river   only.      12  And   Moses  and 

*  Heb.  tel  his  heart  even  to  this. 


8i3 


EXODUS 


9.5 


The  Plague  of  Lice ;  of  Flies.    Ilie  fflnrrain  of  Cattlu 


Aaron  went  out  from  Pharaoh : 
and  Moses  cried  unto  Jehovah 
concerning  the  frogs  ^  which  he 
had  brought  upon  Pharaoh.  13 
And  Jehovah  did  according  to  the 
word  of  Moses  ;  and  tlie  frogs  died 
out  of  the  houses,  out  of  the  courts, 
and  out  of  the  fields.  14  And  they 
gathered  them  togethei'  in  heaps ; 
and  the  land  stank.  15  But  when 
Pharaoh  saw  that  there  was  i^espite, 
he "  hardened  his  heart,  and  "  heark- 
ened not  unto  them ;  as  Jehovah 
had  spoken. 

1 6  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
Say  unto  Aaron,  Stretch  out  thy 
rod,  and  smite  the  dust  of  the 
earth,  that  it  may  become  ^lice 
throughout  ail  the  land  of  Egypt. 
1 7  And  they  did  so ;  and  Aaron 
stretched  out  his  hand  with  his 
rod,  and  smote  the  dust  of  the 
earth,  and  there  were  lice  upon 
man,  and  upon  beast ;  all  the  dust 
of  the  earth  became  ''  lice  through- 
out all  the  land  of  Egypt.  18  And 
the  magicians  did  so  with  their 
enchantments  to  bring  forth  lice, 
but  " they  could  not :  and  there 
were  lice  upon  man,  and  upon 
beast.  19  Then  the  magicians 
said  unto  Pharaoh,  **  This  ^  is  the 
finger  of  God  :  and  Pharaoh's  heart 
■•was  hardened,  and  he  hearkened 
not  unto  them ;  as  Jehovah  had 
spoken. 

20  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
*  Rise  up  early  in  the  morning,  and 
stand  before  Pharaoh;  lo,  •'he  com- 
eth  forth  to  the  water;  and  say 
unto  him.  Thus  saith  Jehovah, 
»  Let  my  people  go,  that  they  may 
serve  me.  21  Else,  if  thou  wilt 
not  let  my  people  go,  behold,  I 
will  send  swarms  of  flies  upon  thee, 
and  upon  thy  servants,  and  upon 
thy  people,  and  into  thy  houses : 
and  the  houses  of  the  Egyptians 
shall  be  full  of  swarms  of  flies,  and 
also  the  ground  whereon  they  are. 

22  *And  I  will  set  apart  in  that 
day  the  land  of  Goshen,  in  which 
my  people  dwell,  that  no  swarms 
of  flies  shall  be  there ;  to  the  end 
thou  mayest  know  that  'J  am 
Jehovah  in  the  midst  of  the  earth. 

23  And  I  will  ®put  a  division  be- 
tween my  people  and  thy  people  : 
by  to-morrow  shall  this  sign  be. 

1  Or,  as  he  had  apvointed  unto  Pharaoh 

2  Heb.  made  heavy. 

3  Or.  sandflies    Or,  fleas 
*  Heb.  was  strong. 

^  Or,  set  a  sign  of  deliverarux  Heb.  set  re- 
dc:r:)tion. 


°  ch.  7.  4 
*  Ps.  105.  31 
"  ver.  7 ;  ch. 

7.  11,  12  ;  9. 

U 
d  ch.  7.  5 ;  10. 

7 
'  ch.  9.  13 
/  ch.  2.  5 ;  7. 

If, 
"  ch.  4.  23 
A  ch.  9.  4,  6, 

2U  ;  10.  23  ; 

11.  7 
i  ch.  9.  29 ; 

19.  6;  20.  11 


k  Ps.  78.  4o : 

Kii>.  ?,l 
'  ch.  8.  8 
"^  ch.  9.  -28 ; 

10.  8,  24 ;  12. 

31 

"ch.  3.  IS;  5. 


o  ver.  8,  15, 

29,  32 


P  ver.  8 


s  ver.  8,  16 


''  ver.  8, 15 


'  ch.  4.  23 


60 


24  And  Jehovah  did  so;  and  there 
came  grievous  swarms  of  flies  into 
the  house  of  Pharaoh,  and  into  his 
servants'  houses :  and  in  all  the 
land  of  Egypt  the  land  was  *^  *  cor- 
rupted by  reason  of  the  swarms  of 
flies. 

25  And  Pharaoh  '  called  for 
Moses  and  for  Aaron,  and  said, 
"Go  ye.  sacriiice  to  your  God  in 
the  land.  26  And  Moses  said.  It 
is  not  meet  so  to  do ;  for  we  shall 
sacrifice  the  abomination  of  the 
EgyiDtians  to  Jehovah  our  God  r 
lo,  shall  we  sacrifice  the  abomina- 
tion of  the  Egyptians  before  their 
eyes,  and  will  they  not  stone  usl 
27  We  will  go  "  three  days'  journey 
into  the  wilderness,  and  sacrifice 
to  Jehovah  our  God,  as  he  shall 
command  us.  28  And  Pharaoh 
said,  "I  will  let  you  go,  that  ye 
may  sacrifice  to  Jehovah  your  God 
in  the  wilderness ;  only  ye  shall 
not  go  very  far  away :  ^  entreat 
for  me.  29  And  Moses  said.  Be- 
hold, I  go  out  from  thee,  and  I 
will  entreat  Jehovah  that  the 
swarms  of  flies  may  depart  from 
Pharaoh,  from  his  servants,  and 
from  his  people,  to-morrow :  only 
let  not  Pharaoh  ''deal  deceitfully 
any  more  in  not  letting  the  peo- 
ple   go    to    sacrifice    to   Jehovah. 

30  And  Moses  went  out  from 
Pharaoh,  and  entreated  Jehovah. 

31  And  Jehovah  did  according 
to  the  word  of  ]\Ioses ;  and  he 
removed  the  swarms  of  flies  from 
Pharaoh,  from  his  servants,  and 
from  his  people ;  there  remained 
not  one.  32  And  Pharaoh  "hard- 
ened his  heart  this  time  also,  and 
''  he  did  not  let  the  people  go. 

9  Then  Jehovah  said  unto 
Moses,  Go  in  unto  Pharaoh, 
and  tell  him.  Thus  saith  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  the  Hebrews,  *Let  my 
people  go,  that  they  may  serve  me. 
2  For  if  thou  refuse  to  let  them 
go,  and  wilt  hold  them  still,  3  be- 
hold, the  hand  of  Jehovah  is  upon 
thy  cattle  which  are  in  the  field, 
upon  the  horses,  upon  the  asses, 
upon  the  camels,  upon  the  herds, 
and  upon  the  flocks  :  there  shall  be 
a  very  grievous  murrain.  4  *And 
Jehovah  shall  make  a  distinction 
between  the  cattle  of  Israel  and 
the  cattle  of  Egypt;  and  there 
shall  "nothing  die  of  all  that  be- 
longeth  to  the  children  of  Israel. 
5    And  Jehovah  appointed  a  set 

«  Or,  destroyed 


*6.x 


EXODUS 


9.32 


Tlie  Plague  of  Boils;  ofUail 


time,  saying,  T(>morrow  Jehovah 
shall  do  tins  tliiuj,^  in  the  land. 
6  And  Jehovah  did  that  thinj^  on 
the  morrow ;  an^l  ''all  the  cattle 
of  Egypt  died;  'but  of  the  cat.le 
of  the  children  of  Israel  died  not 
one.  7  And  Pharaoh  sent,  and, 
behold,  there  was  not  so  much  as 
one  of  the  cattle  of  the  Isi'aelites 
dead.  But  the  heart  of  Pharaoh 
was  ^  stubborn,  and  he  did  not  let 
the  people  go. 

8  Ana  Jeliovah  said  unto  Moses 
and  uiito  Aaron,  Take  to  you  hand- 
fuls  of  -ashes  of  the  furnace,  and 
let  Moses  sprinkle  it  toward  heaven 
in  the  sight  of  Pharaoh.  9  And  it 
shall  become  small  dust  over  all 
the  land  of  Egypt,  and  shall  be 
a  boil  breaking  forth  with  blains 
upon  man  and  upon  beast,  through- 
out all  the  land  of  EgyiDt.  10  And 
they  took  ashes  of  the  furnace,  and 
stood  before  Pharaoh ;  and  j\Ioses 
sprinkled  it  up  toward  heaven ; 
and  it  became  a  boil  breaking  forth 
with  blains  upon  man  and  upon 
beast.  11  ''And  the  magicians 
could  not  stand  before  Moses  be- 
cause of  the  boils ;  for  the  boils 
were  upon  the  magicians,  and 
upon  all  the  Egyptians.  12  And 
■*  Jehovah  ^hardened  the  heart  of 
Pharaoh,  and  he  hearkened  not 
unto  them  ;  as  Jehovah  had  spoken 
unto  Moses. 

1 3  And  Jehovah  said  unto  ]\Ioses, 
^Rise  up  early  in  the  morning,  and 
stand  before  Pharaoh,  and  say  unto 
him.  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  the  Hebrews,  •''Let  my  peoi^le 

fo,  that  they  may  serve  me.  1 4  1  or 
will  this  time  send  all  my  plagues 
upon  thy  heart,  and  upon  thy  ser- 
vants, and  upon  thy  people ;  that 
thou  mayest  know  that  there  is 
"none  like   me   in   all  the   earth. 

15  For  now  I  had  put  forth  my 
hand,  and  smitten  thee  and  thy 

i)eopIe  with  pestilence,  and  thou 
ladst  been  cut  ofi"  from  the  earth  : 

16  but  in  very  deed  ''  for  this  cause 
have  I  made  thee  to  stand,  to  show 
thee  my  power,  and  that  my  name 
may  be  declared  throughout  all 
the  earth.  17  As  yet  exaltest 
thou  thyself  against  my  people, 
that  thou  wilt  not  let  them  gol 
18  Behold,  to-morrow  about  txiis 
time  '  I  will  cause  it  to  rain  a  very 
grievous  hail,  such  as  hath  not 
been  in  Egypt  since  the  day  it  was 
founded  even  until  now.     19  Now 

1  Heb.  heavy.     *  Or,  ioot     ^  Heb.  itiade  strong 


"  ver.  19,  20, 
tb ;  ch.  11.  6 
<>  ver.  4 
'  ch.  8.  18 
<<  ch.  4.  i;i 
"  ch.  9.  20 
/  ch.  4.  lis 
'J  ch.  8.  10 
h  Rem.  9.  17 
'  ver.  'Si,  ii 


*■■  ver.  G 
'  ver.  lio 
™  Prov.  13. 13 


"  Gen.  19.  24 


"  ver.  19 ; 

Ps.  78.  47, 
48  ;  105.  32 

Pch. 

8.  22 

9ch. 

8.8 

"■ch 
17 

10.  16, 

»ch. 

8.8 

«ch. 
10. 

8.25; 
8 

"  ch.  8.  22 ; 

19.  5 ;  20. 
11;  Ps. 

24.  1 
"  ch.  S.  29 


61 


therefore  send,  hasten  in  ''thy  cattle 
and  all  that  thou  hast  in  the  field  ; 
for^  every  man  and  beast  that  shall 
be  found  in  the  Held,  and  shall  not 
be  brought  home,  the  hail  shall 
come  down  upon  them,  and  they 
shall  die.  20  '"  He  that  feared  the 
word  of  Jehovah  among  the  ser- 
vants of  Pharaoh  made  his  servants 
and  his  cattle  llee  into  the  houses : 
21  and  he  that  regarded  not  the 
word  of  Jehovah  left  his  servants 
and  his  cattle  in  the  field. 

22  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
Stretch  forth  thy  hand  toward 
heaven,  that  there  may  be  hail  in 
all  the  land  of  Egypt,  upon  man, 
and  upon  beast,  and  upon  every 
herb  of  the  field,  throughout  the 
land  of  Egypt.  23  And  Moses 
stretched  forth  his  rod  toward 
heaven :  and  Jehovah  sent  thun- 
der and  hail,  and  fire  ran  down 
unto  the  earth ;  and  "  Jehovah 
rained  hail  upon  the  land  of 
Egypt.  24  So  there  was  hail, 
and  fire  •*  mingled  with  the  hail, 
very  grievous,  such  as  had  not 
been  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt 
since  it  became  a  nation.  25  And 
"  the  hail  smote  throughout  all  the 
land  of  Egypt  all  that  was  in  the 
field,  both  man  and  beast ;  and 
the  hail  smote  every  herb  of  the 
field,  and  brake  everj'  tree  of  the 
field.  2G  ^Only  in  the  land  of 
Goshen,  where  the  children  of 
Israel  were,  was  there  no  hail. 

27  And  Pharaoh  sent,  and  *called 
for  Moses  and  Aaron,  and  said  unto 
them,  ''I  have  sinned  this  time: 
Jehovh  is  righteous,  and  I  and 
my  people  are  wicked.  28  "En- 
treat Jehovah ;  for  there  hath  been 
enough  of  these  *  mighty  thunder- 
ings  and  hail ;  and  '  I  will  let  you 
go,  and  ye  shall  stay  no  longer. 
29  And  Moses  said  unto  him.  As 
soon  as  I  am  gone  out  of  the  city, 
I  will  spread  abroad  my  hands 
unto  Jehovah ;  the  thunders  shall 
cease,  neither  shall  there  be  any 
more  hail ;  that  thou  mayest  know 
that  "the  earth  is  Jehovah's.  30 
"  But  as  for  thee  and  thy  servants, 
I  know  that  ye  will  not  yet  fear 
Jehovah  God.  31  And  the  flax 
and  the  barley  were  smitten:  for 
the  barley  was  in  the  ear,  and  the 
flax  was  in  bloom.  32  But  the 
M'heat  and  the  spelt  were  not 
smitten  :  for  they  were  not  grown 

*  Or,  flashing  continually  amidst 
'  Heb.  voices  (or,  thunderi^igs}  of' God, 


9.33 


EXODUS 


10.21 


The  Plague  of  Locnsts 


up.  33  And  Moses  went  out  of 
the  city  from  Pharaoh,  and  spread 
abroad  his  hands  unto  Jehovah : 
and  the  thunders  and  hail  ceased, 
and  the  rain  was  not  poured  upon 
the  earth.  34  And  when  Pharaoh 
saw  that  the  rain  and  the  hail  and 
the  thunders  were  ceased,  he  sinned 
yet  more,  and  ^  hardened  his  heart, 
he  and  his  servants.  35  And  the 
heart  of  Pharaoh  "^was  hardened, 
and  he  did  not  let  the  children  of 
Israel  go ;  as  Jehovah  had  spoken 
by  Moses. 

■1  /~\  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
JLv/  Moses,  Go  in  unto  Pha- 
raoh :  for  "  I  have  ^  hardened  his 
heart,  and  the  heart  of  his  ser- 
vants, that  I  may  show  these  my 
signs  in  the  midst  of  them,  2  and 
'  that  thou  mayest  tell  in  the  ears 
of  thy  son,  a,nd  of  thy  son's  son, 
^  what  things  I  have  wrought  upon 
Egypt,  and  my  signs  which  I  have 
done  among  them ;  "  that  ye  may 
know  that  I  am  Jehovah.  3  And 
Moses  and  Aaron  went  in  unto 
Pharaoh,  and  said  unto  him.  Thus 
saith  Jehovah,  the  God  of  the 
Hebrews,  How  long  wilt  thou  re- 
fuse to  humble  thyself  before  mel 
''let  my  people  go,  that  they  may 
serve  me.  4  Else,  if  thou  refuse  to 
let  my  people  go,  behold,  to-morrow 
will  I  bring  locusts  into  thy  border  : 
5  and  they  shall  cover  the  face  of 
the  earth,  so  that  one  shall  not  be 
able  to  see  the  earth :  and  they 
shall  eat  the  residue  of  that  which 
is  escaped,  which  remaineth  unto 
you  from  the  hail,  and  shall  eat 
every  tree  which  groweth  for  you 
out  of  the  held :  6  and  thy  houses 
shall  be  filled,  and  the  houses  of 
all  thy  servants,  and  the  houses 
of  all  the  Egyptians ;  as  neither 
thy  fathers  nor  thy  fathers'  fathers 
have  seen,  since  the  day  that  they 
were  upon  the  earth  unto  this  day. 
And  he  turned,  and  went  out  from 
Pharaoh.  7  And  "Pharaoh's  ser- 
vants said  unto  him.  How  long 
shall  this  man  be  a  snare  unto  us  1 
let  the  men  go,  that  they  may 
serve  Jehovah  their  God  :  knowest 
thou  not  yet  that  Egypt  is  de- 
stroyed "?  8  And  Moses  and  Aaron 
•''were  brought  again  unto  Pha- 
raoh :  and  he  said  unto  them, 
*'  Go,  serve  Jehovah  your  God ; 
but  who  are  they  that  shall  gol 
9    And  Moses  said,  ''  We  will  go 

1  Heb.  made  heavy.  2  Heb.  wos  strong. 

^  Or,  how  J  have  mocked  the  Egyptians 


°-  ch.  4.  21 
b  ch.  12.  26, 

27  ;  13.  8, 

14,  15 
"  ch.  7.  5,  17 
d  ch.  4.  23 
'  ch.  7.  5 ;  8. 

19  ;  12.  33 
/  ch.  8.  8 
"  ch.  8.  25 
"  ch.  12.  37, 

38 


■  ver.  26 

^-  ch.  8.  29 

'  ver.  28 


'  Ps.  78.  46 ; 

10;').  34 
■  Joel  1.  4, 


"  ch.  S.  8 
P  ch.  9.  27 

«  ch.  8.  8,  29 


•■  ch.  4.  21 


with  our  young  and  with  our 
old ;  with  our  sons  and  with  our 
daughters,  'with  our  flocks  and 
with  our  herds  will  we  go ;  for 
we  must  hold  a  feast  unto  Jeho- 
vah. 10  And  *he  said  unto  them, 
So  be  Jehovah  with  you,  as  I  will 
let  you  go,  and  your  little  ones ; 
look  to  it ;  for  evil  is  ^  before  you. 
1 1  Not  so :  go  now  ye  that  are 
men,  and  serve  Jehovah ;  for  that 
is  what  ye  desire.  And  '  they 
were  driven  out  from  Pharaoh's 
presence. 

1 2  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
Stretch  out  thy  hand  over  the 
land  of  Egypt  for  the  locusts,  that 
they  may  come  up  upon  the  land 
of  Egypt,  and  eat  every  herb  of 
the  land,  even  all  that  the  hail 
hath  left.  1 3  And  Moses  stretched 
forth  his  rod  over  the  land  of 
Egypt,  and  Jehovah  brought  an 
east  wind  upon  the  land  all  that 
day,  and  all  the  night;  and  when 
it  was  morning,  the  east  '"wind 
brought  the  locusts.  14  And  "the 
locusts  went  up  over  all  the  land  of 
Egypt,^  and  rested  in  all  the  bor- 
ders of  Egypt ;  very  grievous  were 
they ;  before  them  there  were  no 
such  locusts  as  they,  neither  after 
them  shall  be  such.  15  For  they 
covered  the  face  of  the  whole  earth, 
so  that  the  land  was  darkened ; 
and  they  did  eat  every  herb  of  the 
land,  and  all  the  fruit  of  the  trees 
which  the  hail  had  left :  and  there 
remained  not  any  green  thing, 
either  tree  or  herb  of  the  field, 
through  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 
16  Then  Pharaoh  "called  for  Moses 
and  Aaron  in  haste  ;  and  he  said, 
p  I  have  sinned  against  Jehovah 
your  God,  and  against  you.  17 
Now  therefore  forgive,  I  pray  thee, 
my  sin  only  this  once,  and  *  entreat 
Jehovah  your  God,  that  he  may 
take  away  from  me  this  death  only. 
18  And  he  went  out  from  Pharaoh, 
and  entreated  Jehovah.  19  And  Je- 
hovah turned  an  exceeding  strong 
west  wind,  which  took  up  the 
locusts,  and  drove  them  into  the 
Red  Sea ;  there  remained  not  one 
locust  in  all  the  border  of  Egypt. 
20  But  ''  Jehovah  ^  hardened  Pha- 
raoh's heart,  and  he  did  not  let  the 
children  of  Israel  go. 

2 1  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
Stretch  out  thy  hand  toward 
heaven,  that  there  may  be  dark- 

*  Or,  what  ye  purpose    Heb.  before  your  face. 

*  Heb.  m.aae  strong. 


10.22 


EXODUS 


12.10 


The  Thick  Darkness.    Tbe  Last  Plagne  threateaed.    The  Passorer 


ness  over  the  land  of  Egypt,  ^  even 
darkness  "which  may  be  felt.  22 
And  Moses  stretched  forth  his 
hand  toward  heaven  ;  and  there 
was  a  *  thick  darkness  in  all  the 
land  of  Egypt  three  days  ;  23  they 
saw  not  one  another,  neither  rose 
any  one  from  his  jilace  for  three 
days  :  "  but  all  the  children  of  Israel 
had  light  in  their  dwellings.  24 
And  Pharaoh  "^  called  unto  Moses, 
and  said.  Go  ye,  serve  Jehovah  ; 
only  let  your  flocks  and  your  herds 
be  stayed  :  let  your  little  ones  also 

fo  with  you.  25  And  Moses  said, 
hou  must  also  give  into  our  hand 
sacrifices  and  burnt-oli'erings,  that 
we  may  sacrifice  unto  Jehovah  our 
God.  26  "  Our  cattle  also  shall  go 
with  us ;  there  shall  not  a  hoof  be 
left  behind  ;  for  thereof  must  we 
take  to  serve  Jehovah  our  God  ; 
and  we  know  not  with  what  we 
must  serve  Jehovah,  until  we  come 
thither.  27  But  -^Jehovah  "-^ hard- 
ened Pharaoh's  heart,  and  he  would 
not  let  them  go.  28  And  Pharaoh 
said  unto  him,  ''Get  thee  from  me, 
take  heed  to  thyself,  see  my  face 
no  more  ;  for  in  the  day  thou  seest 
my  face  thou  shalt  die.  29  And 
!Moses  said.  Thou  hast  spoken  well ; 

*  I  will  see  thy  face  again  no  more. 

nAnd  Jehovah  said  unto 
Moses,  Yet  one  plague  more 
will  I  bring  upon  Pharaoh,  and 
upon  Egypt ;  '  afterwards  he  will 
let  you  go  hence  :  ^  when  he  shall 
let  you  go,  he  shall  surely  thrust 
you  out  hence  altogether.  2  Speak 
now  in  the  eai'S  of  the  people,  and 

*  let  them  ask  every  man  of  his 
neighbor,  and  every  woman  of  her 
neighbor,  jewels  of  silver,  and 
jewels  of  gold.  3  '  And  Jehovah 
gave  the  people  favor  in  the  sight 
of  the  Egyptians.  '"•  Moreover  the 
man  ]\Ioses  was  very  great  in  the 
land  of  Egypt,  in  the  sight  of 
Pharaoh's  servants,  and  in  the 
sight  of  the  people. 

4  And  jSIoses  said.  Thus  saith 
Jehovah,  About  "  midnight  will  I 
go  out  into  the  midst  of  Egji>t : 
5  and  "  all  the  first-born  in  the 
land  of  Egypt  shall  die,  from  the 
first-born  of  Pharaoh  that  sitteth 
upon  his  throne,  even  unto  the 
first-born  of  the  maid-servant  that 
is  behind  the  mill ;  and  all  the  first- 
born of  cattle.     6  And  there  shall 

1  Or.  so  that  mm  ahall  grope  in  darkness 
*  Heb.  made  strong. 

3  Or,  when  he  shall  let  you  go  altogether,  he 
thall  utterly  thnist  you  out  hence 


"  Dt.  28.  29 

t>  Ps.  105.  28 
0  ch.  8.  22 
d  ch.  8.  8, 

26 
'  ver.  9 
/  ver.  20 
■'  ver.  U 
!>■  Heb.  n.  27 
'  ch.  12.  31, 

33,39 
*  ch.  3.  22  ; 

12.  35,  36 
'  ch.  3.  21 ; 

12.  3G 
'"  L»t.  34.  10- 

12 
"  ch.  12.  29 
"  Ps.  78.  51 ; 

105.  30 ;  135. 

8 ;  130.  10 


P  ch.  12.  30 
«  ch.  8.  22 
•■  ch.  12.  31- 

33 
*  Heb.  11.  27 
«  ch.  7.  4 

"  ch.  4.  21 


"  ch.  13.  4 ; 
23.  15 ;  34. 
18 ;  Dt.  16. 
\ 


"  Lev.  22. 

18-20 


V  ver.  14,  17  ; 
Lev.  23.  6 ; 
Num.  9. 


'  Dt.  16.  4,  6 
"  ver.  22 


i>  ch.  34.  26 : 
Num.  9. 12 
'^  Dt.  16.  7 
■'  Dt.  16.  3,  4 
''  Num.  9.  11 

/  ver.  8 

"ch.  29.  13, 

17,  22 
fcch.  16.  19; 

23.  18 ;  34. 

26 


be  ^a  great  cry  throughout  all  the 
land  of  Egypt,  such  as  there  hath 
not  been,  nor  shall  be  any  more. 
7  *  But  against  any  of  the  children 
of  Israel  shall  not  a  dog  ■*  move  his 
tongue,  against  man  or  beast :  that 
ye  may  know  how  that  Jehovah 
doth  make  a  distinction  between 
the  Egyptians  and  Israel.  8  And 
''all  these  thy  servants  shall  come 
down  unto  me,  and  bow  down 
themselves  unto  me,  saying.  Get 
thee  out,  and  all  the  people  that 
follow  thee  :  and  after  that  I  will 
go  out.  *  And  he  went  out  from 
Pharaoh  in  hot  anger. 

9  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
'  Pharaoh  will  not  hearken  unto 
you ;  that  my  wonders  may  be 
multiplied  in  the  land  of  Egypt. 
10  And  "Moses  and  Aaron  did  all 
these  wonders  before  Pharaoh : 
and  Jehovah  ^hardened  Pharaoh's 
heart,  and  he  did  not  let  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  go  out  of  his  land. 
^  O  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Jlj^  Moses  and  Aaron  in  the 
land  of  Egypt,  saying,  2  "  This 
month  shall  be  unto  you  the  begin- 
ning of  months  :  it  shall  be  the  first 
month  of  the  year  to  you.  3  Speak 
ye  unto  all  the  congregation  of 
Israel,  saying.  In  the  tenth  day  of 
this  month  they  shall  take  to  them 
every  man  a  *lamb,  according  to 
their  fathei's'  houses,  a  lamb  for  a 
household :  4  and  if  the  household 
be  too  little  for  a  lamb,  then  shall 
he  and  his  neighbor  next  unto  his 
house  take  one  according  to  the 
number  of  the  souls  ;  according  to 
every  man's  eating  ye  shall  make 
your  count  for  the  lamb.  5  Your 
lamb  shall  be  ""  without  blemish, 
a  male  a  year  old :  ye  shall  take 
it  from  the  sheep,  or  from  the 
goats :  6  and  ye  shall  keep  it  until 
the  ^  fourteenth  day  of  the  same 
month  ;  and  the  whole  assembly  of 
the  congregation  of  Israel  shall  kill 
it  ^ '"  at  even.  7  "  And  they  shall 
take  of  the  blood,  and  put  it  on 
the  two  side-posts  and  on  the  lintel, 
upon  the  houses  whei*ein  they  shall 
eat  it.  8  And  they  shall  eat  the 
flesh  in  Hhat  night,  'roast  with 
fire,  and  "  unleavened  bread  ;  *with 
hitter  herbs  they  shall  eat  it.  9 
Eat  not  of  it  raw.  nor  boiled  at 
all  with  water,  hut  -^roast^with 
fire  ;  its  head  with  its  legs  and  with 
"  the  inw-ards  thereof.     10''  And  ye 

*  Heb.  whet.  ^  Or.  kid 

•  Heb.  between  the  two  evenings. 


63 


12.11 


EXODUS 


12.34 


The  Feast  of  the  Passover  and  of  Unleavened  Bread.    The  firstborn  of  Egypt  slain 


shall  let  nothing  of  it  remain  until 
the  morning ;  but  that  which  re- 
maineth  of  it  until  the  morning  ye 
shall  burn  with  lire.  1 1  And  thus 
shall  ye  eat  it :  with  your  loins 
girded,  your  shoes  on  your  feet. 
and  your  staff  in  your  hand ;  and 
ye  shall  eat  it  in  haste :  it  is  "  Je- 
hovah's passover.  12  For  1  will 
go  through  the  land  of  Egypt  in 
that  night,  and  will  smite  all  the 
first-born  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
both  man  and  beast ;  and  *  against 
all  the  gods  of  Egypt  I  will  execute 
judgments:  I  am  Jehovah.  13  And 
the  blood  shall  be  to  you  for  a  token 
upon  the  houses  where  ye  are  :  and 
when  I  see  the  blood,  1  will  pass 
over  you,  and  there  shall  no  plague 
be  upon  you  ^  to  destroy  you,  when 
I  smite  the  land  of  Egypt.  14  And 
Hhis  day  shall  be  unto  you  for  ''a 
memorial,  and  ye  shall  keep  it  a 
feast  to  Jehovah  :  throughout  your 
generations  ye  shall  keep  it  a  least 
by  "  an  ordinance  for  ever. 

15  -'Seven  days  shall  ye  eat  un- 
leavened bread  ;  even  the  first  day 
ye  shall  put  away  leaven  out  of 
your  houses  :  for  whosoever  eateth 
leavened  bread  from  the  first  day 
until  the  seventh  day,  ^  that  soul 
shall  be  cut  off  from  Israel.  16 
And  in  the  first  day  there  shall  be 
to  you  a  holy  convocation,  and  in 
the  seventh  day  a  holj''  convoca- 
tion; no  manner  of  work  shall  be 
done  in  them,  save  that  which  every 
man  must  eat,  that  only  may  be 
done  by  you.  1 7  And  ye  shall  ob- 
serve the/(?as<  o/unleavened  bread ; 
for  in  this  ''selfsame  day  have  I 
brought  your  hosts  out  of  the  land 
of  EgTOt :  therefore  shall  ye  ob- 
serve tnis  day  throughout  ^owv 
generations  by  'an  oi-dinance  for 
ever.  18  *  In  the  first  month,  on  the 
fourteenth  day  of  the  month  at 
even,  ye  shall  eat  unleavened 
bread,  until  the  one  and  twentieth 
day  of  the  month  at  even.  19 
'  Seven  days  shall  there  be  no 
leaven  found  in  your  houses :  for 
whosoever  eateth  that  which  is 
leavened,  that  soul  shall  be  cut  off 
from  the  congregation  of  Israel, 
whether  he  be  a  sojourner,  or  one 
that  is  born  in  the  land.  20  Ye 
shall  eat  nothing  leavened;  in  all 
your  habitations  shall  ye  eat  un- 
leavened bread. 

2 1  Then  "'  IMoses  called  for  all  the 
elders  of  Israel,  and  said  unto  them, 
1  Or.  for  a  destroyer 


°  ver.  13,  21, 

27,43 
6  Num.  33.  4 
"^  ver.  6 
d  ch.  13.  9 
'  ver.  17 
/ch.  23. 16; 

34.  18 ; 

Dt.  16.  3 
6'  ver.  19 
''  ver.  41 
1  ver.  14 
*  ver.  2 ; 

Lev.  23.  5- 

8;  Num. 

2S.  16-25 
'  ver.  15 
"'  Heb.  11.  28 


"  ver.  11 
"  ver.  7 
P  ver.  12,  13 ; 
ch.  11.  4 

1  ch.  13.  5, 10 


■  ch.  10.  2 ; 

13.  14,  15 


« ch.  4-  31 


"  ch.  11.  4,  5 
"  ch.  4.  23 


^  ch.  9.  6 

y  ch.  11. 6 

'  ch.  8.  8 
°  ch.  8.  25 

6  ch.  10,  9,  26 


'  ver.  39 ; 
ch.  10.  7 ; 
11.  1 ;  Ps. 

105.  38 


64 


'•^Draw  out.  and  take  you  ^  lambs 
according  to  your  families,  and  kill 
"the  passover.  22  "And  ye  shal' 
take  a  bunch  of  hyssop,  and  dip  it 
in  the  blood  that  is  in  the  basin, 
and  strike  the  lintel  and  the  two 
side-posts  with  the  blood  that  is  in 
the  basin  ;  and  none  of  you  shall  go 
out  of  the  door  of  his  house  until 
the  morning.  23  For  ^Jehovah 
will  pass  through  to  smite  the 
Egyptians ;  and  when  he  seeth 
the  blood  upon  the  lintel,  and  on 
the  two  side-posts,  Jehovah  will 
pass  over  the  door,  and  will  not 
sufier  the  destroj^er  to  come  in  unto 
your  houses  to  smite  you.  24  And 
*  ye  shall  observe  this  thing  for  an 
ordinance  to  thee  and  to  thy  sons 
for  ever.  25  And  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  when  ye  are  come  to  the  land 
which  Jehovah  will  give  you,  ac- 
cording as  he  hath  promised,  that 
ye  shall  keep  this  service.  26  "■  And 
it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  your 
children  shall  say  unto  you,  What 
mean  ye  by  this  service'?  27  that 
ye  shall  say,  It  is  the  sacrifice  of 
"Jehovah's  passover,  '*who  passed 
ovei  the  houses  of  the  children  of 
Israel  in  Egj^pt,  when  he  smote 
the  Egyptians,  and  delivered  our 
houses.  'And  the  people  bowed 
the  head  and  worshipped.  28  And 
the  children  of  Israel  went  and  did 
so ;  as  Jehovah  had  commanded 
Moses  and  Aaron,  so  did  they. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass  at  "mid- 
night, that  Jehovah  smote  all "  the 
first-born  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
from  the  first-born  of  Pharaoh  that 
sat  on  his  throne  unto  the  first-born 
of  the  captive  that  was  in  the  dun- 
geon ;  and  all  the  first-born  of  "  cat- 
tle. 30  And  Pharaoh  rose  up  in  the 
night,  he,  and  all  his  servants,  and 
all  the  Egyptians ;  and  there  was 
y  a  great  cry  in  Egypt ;  for  th6re 
was  not  a  house  where  there  was 
not  one  dead.  31  And  "^he  called 
for  Moses  and  Aaron  by  night,  and 
said.  Rise  up,  "get  you  forth  from 
among  my  people,  both  ye  and  the 
children  of  Israel ;  and  go,  serve 
Jehovah,  as  ye  have  said.  32  Take 
'both  your  flocks  and  your  herds, 
as  ye  have  said,  and  be  gone ;  and 
bless  me  also.  33  And  "  the  Egyp- 
tians were  urgent  upon  the  people, 
to  send  them  out  of  the  land  in 
haste ;  for  they  said.  We  are  all 
dead  men.    34  And  the  people  t  )ok 

iOt.Oo  forth  ^Ot.kids 

*  Or,  for  that  fie  passed 


12.35 


EXODUS 


13  12 


Israel  departs  from  Egypt.    Ordiuancc  of  the  Passover.    Cousecratioo  of  tbe  First-born 


"their  dough  before  it  was  leavened, 
their  kneading-troughs  being  bound 
up  in  tiieir  clothes  upon  then-  shoul- 
ders. 35  ''And  the  children  ot:  Is- 
rael did  according  to  the  word  of 
Moses ;  and  they  asked  of  the 
Egyptians  jewels  of  silver,  and 
jewels  of  gold,  and  raiment:  3iJ 
and  Jehovah  gave  the  people  favor 
in  the  sight  uf  the  Egyptians,  so 
that  they  let  them  have  what  they 
asked.  And  they  'despoiled  the 
Egyptians. 

37  And  the  children  of  Israel 
journeyed  from  ''Rameses  to  Suc- 
coth,  about  "six  hundred  thousand 
on  foot  that  were  men,  besides  chil- 
dren. oH  And  a •'^  mixed  multitude 
went  up  also  with  them ;  and  flocks, 
and  herds,  even  ^  very  much  cattle. 

39  And  they  baked  unleavened 
cakes  of  the  dough  which  they 
brought  forth  out  of  Egypt ;  for  it 
was  not  leavened,  because  they  were 
"thrust  out  of  Egypt,  and  could 
not  tarry,  neither  had  they  pre- 
pared for  themselves  any  victuals, 

40  Now  the  time  that  the  children 
of  Israel  dwelt  in  Egypt  was  '  four 
hundred  and  thirty  years.  41  And 
it  came  to  pass  at  the  end  of  four 
hundred  and  thirty  years,  even  the 
*  selfsame  day  it  came  to  pass,  that 
'all  the  hosts  of  Jehovah  went  out 
from  the  land  of  E^ypt.  42  '"It  is 
^a  night  to  be  much  observed  unto 
Jehovah  for  bringing  them  out  from 
the  land  of  Egypt :  "  this  is  that 
night  of  Jehovah,  to  be  much  ob- 
served of  all  the  children  of  Israel 
throughout  their  generations. 

43  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses 
and  Aaron,  This  is  the  ordinance 
of  "  the  passover :  there  shall  no 
"foreigner  eat  thereof;  44  but 
every  man's  ^  servant  that  is  bought 
for  money,  when  thou  hast  circum- 
cised him,  then  shall  he  eat  thereof. 
45  A  sojourner  and  a  hired  servant 
shall  not  eat  thereof.  46  In  one 
house  shall  it  be  eaten  ;  thou  shalt 
not  carry  forth  aught  of  the  flesh 
abroad  out  of  the  house ;  *  neither 
shall  ye  break  a  bone  thereof. 
47  'All  the  congregation  of  Israel 
shall  *keep  it.  48  And  when  a 
stranger  shall  sojourn  with  thee, 
and  will  keep  the  passover  to  Jeho- 
vah, let  all  his  males  be  circum- 
cised, and  then  let  him  come  near 
and  keep  it ;  and  he  shall  be  as  one 

1  Or,  a  night  of  ^catching  unto  Jehovah 
-Ot,  this  same  night  is  a  night  of  watching 
unto  Jehovah  for  ail  &c.  3  Heb.  do  it 


"  ver.  39 
6  ch.  3.  ai, 

•Si;  11. -J,  3; 

Ps.  HJ6.  37 
'  ch.  3.  -Z-i 
^  Num.  33.  3, 

4 
"  ch.  38.  26 ; 

Num.  1. 

4G  ;  ■-'.  3i; ; 

n.  21 ;  2*i. 

h\ 
/Num.  11.  4 
'•>  cli.  17.  3; 

Num.  lii). 

lit;  3i.  1 ; 

Pt.  3.  19 
''  ver.  31-33 ; 

ch.  11.  1 
■  Gen.  If..  13, 

lu;  Acts  7. 

6 ;  Gai.  3. 

17 
fc  ver.  17 
'  ch.  3.  S,  10  ; 

e.  6 
'"ch.  13. 10; 

34.  18 ; 

Dt.  16.  1 
"ver.  11 
"  ver.  48 
J'Gen.  17. 13, 

Lev.  22.  11 
s  Num.  9. 12; 

,Tn.  19.  3G 
"■  Num.  9. 13, 

14 


'  Lev.  24.  22 ; 

Num.  l.i. 

15,  IG,  29 
t  ver.  12,  13, 

In ;  ch.  22. 

29 ;  Lk.  2. 

23 
"  ch.  3.  20 ; 

6.  1 
^  ch.  12.  19 
''ch.  12.  2 
y  ch.  3.  8, 17  ; 

Josh.  24.  11 
'  ch.  12.  25 
°  ch.  12. 

16-20 


6  ver.  14 ;  ch. 
10.  :i 


*  ver.  16 ;  ch. 
12.  14 ; 
Dt.  6.  8 ; 
11.  18 


d  ver.  3 


'  ver.  5 ;  ch. 

12.  24,  26 


/ver.  6 


that  is  born  in  the  land:  but  no 
uncircumcised  person  shall  eat 
thereof.  49  'One  law  shall  be  to 
him  that  is  home-born,  and  unto 
the  stranger  that  sojourneth  among 
you.  50  Thus  did  all  the  children 
of  Israel ;  as  Jehovah  commanded 
Moses  and  Aaron,  so  did  they. 
51  And  it  came  to  pass  the  self- 
same day,  that  Jehovah  did  bring 
the  children  of  Israel  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt  by  their  hosts. 
-i  O  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
JL  O  Moses,  saying,  2  '  iSanctify 
unto  me  all  the  tirst-born,  whatso- 
ever openeth  the  womb  among  the 
children  of  Israel,  both  of  man  and 
of  beast :  it  is  mine. 

3  And  Moses  said  unto  the  peo- 
ple. Remember  this  day,  in  which 
ye  came  out  from  Egypt,  out  of  the 
house  of  ■*  bondage ;  for  "  by  strength 
of  hand  Jehovah  brought  you  out 
from  this  place :  "  there  shall  no 
leavened  bread  be  eaten.  4  This 
day  ye  go  forth  in  the  "^month 
Abib.  5  And  it  shall  be,  when 
Jehovah  2' shall  bring  thee  into  the 
land  of  the  Canaanite,  and  the  Hit- 
tite,  and  the  Amorite,  and  the  Hi- 
vite,  and  the  Jebusite,  which  he 
sware  unto  thy  fathers  to  give 
thee,  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and 
honey,  ^that  thou  shalt  keep  this 
service  in  this  month.  6  "Seven 
days  thou  shalt  eat  unleavened 
bread,  and  in  the  seventh  day  shall 
be  a  feast  to  Jehovah.  7  Unleav- 
ened bread  shall  be  eaten  through- 
out the  seven  days :  and  there  shall 
no  leavened  bread  be  seen  with 
thee,  neither  shall  there  be  leaven 
seen  with  thee,  in  all  thy  borders. 

8  *And  thou  shalt  tell  thy  son  in 
that  day,  saying,  It  is  because  of 
that  which  Jehovah  did  for  me 
when  I  came  forth  out  of  Egypt. 

9  And  "  it  shall  be  for  a  sign  unto 
thee  upon  thy  hand,  and  for  a  me- 
morial between  thine  eyes,  that  the 
lay  of  Jehovah  may  be  in  thy 
mouth :  for  with  ''  a  strong  hand 
hath  Jehovah  brought  thee  out  of 
Egypt.  10  Thou  shalt  therefore 
*  keep  this  ordinance  in  its  season 
from  year  to  year. 

11  And  it  shall  be,  when  ■''Jeho- 
vah shall  bring  thee  into  the  land 
of  the  Canaanite,  as  he  sware  unto 
thee  and  to  thy  fathers,  and  shall 
give  it  thee,  12  that  "thou  shalt 
^set  apart  unto  Jehovah  all  that 
openeth  the  womb,  and  every  first- 

*  Heb.  bondmen.       *  Heb.  cause  to  pass  over. 


65 


13.13 


EXODUS 


14.13 


Cooserration  of  the  First-born.    How  the  People  were  led.    The  People  are  pursned  by  Pharaoh 


ling  which  thou  hast  that  cometh 
of  a  beast ;  the  males  shall  be  Jeho; 
vah's.  13  And  "every  firstling  of 
an  ass  thou  shalt  redeem  with  a 
^  lamb ;  and  if  thou  wilt  not  redeem 
it,  then  thou  shalt  break  its  neck  : 
and  all  the  tii-st-born  of  man  among 
thy  sons  shalt  thou  redeem.  14 
*  And  it  shall  be,  when  thy  son  ask- 
eth  thee  in  time  to  come,  saying. 
What  is  this?  that  thou  shalt  say 
unto  him,  *By  strength  of  hand 
Jehovah  brought  us  out  from  Egypt, 
from  the  house  of -bondage:  15  and 
it  came  to  pass,  when  Pharaoh 
^  would  hardly  let  us  go,  that  Jeho- 
vah slew  all  the  hrst-born  in  the 
land  of  Egypt,  both  the  first-born 
of  man,  and  the  first-born  of  beast : 
therefore  I  sacrifice  to  Jehovah  all 
that  openeth  the  womb,  being 
males  ;  but  all  the  first-born  of  my 
sons  I  redeem.  16  And  ''it  shall 
be  for  a  sign  upon  thy  hand,  and 
for  frontlets  between  thine  eyes : 
for  by  strength  of  hand  Jehovah 
brought  us  forth  out  of  Egypt. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Pharaoh  had  let  the  people  go, 
that  God  led  them  not  by  the  way 
of  the  land  of  the  Philistines,  al- 
though that  was  near ;  for  God 
said,  *Lest  peradventure  the  peo- 
ple repent  when  they  see  war,  and 
they  return  to  Egypt :  1 8  but  God 
led  the  people  about,  by  the  way 
of  the  wilderness  by  the  Red  Sea  : 
and  the  children  of  Israel  went 
up  -^ armed  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt.  19  And  Moses  took  Hhe 
bones  of  Joseph  with  him :  for  he 
had  straitlj^  sworn  the  children  of 
Israel,  saying,  God  will  surely 
visit  you  ;  and  ye  shall  carry  up 
my  bones  away  hence  with  you. 
20  And  they  took  their  journey 
from  *Succoth,  and  encamped  in 
Etham,  in  the  edge  of  the  wildei'- 
ness.  21  And  *Jeho^'ah  went  be- 
fore them  by  day  in  a  pillar  of 
cloud,  to  lead  them  the  way,  ajid 
by  night  in  a  pillar  of  fire,  to  give 
them  light ;  that  they  might  go  by 
day  and  by  night:  22  ^the  pillar 
of  cloud  by  day,  and  the  pillar  of 
fire  by  night,  departed  not  from 
before  the  people. 
'i  A  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
-jL^  Moses,  saying,  2  Speak 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  that 
they  turn  back  and  encamp  before 

1  Or,  kid  2  Heb.  bondmen. 

8  Or,  hardened  himself  anaivet  le'tina  ms  go 
*  Or,  Ae  took  not  away  tJie  piUar  of  cloud  by 
day,  nor  the  drc. 


"  ch.  34.  20 
*  ver.  8 ;  ch. 

10.  2 ;  12. 26, 

27 ;  Dt.  6. 

20 
"  ver.  9 
d  ver.  9 
«ch.  14.  11, 

12;  Num. 

1 4.  1-4 
/Josh.  1.14; 

4.  12,  13 
"  Gen.  60. 

24,  25; 

Josh.  24. 

32 

A  ch.  12.  37 ; 

Num.  33. 

6-8 
'  ch.  14.  19, 

24;  33.  9, 

10 ;  Ps.  78. 

14  ;  99.  7  ; 

10a.  39 


'-"  Num.  33. 

7,  S 
'  ver.  17 ; 

ch.  4.  21 
'"  ver.  17,  23 
"  ver.  26 


P  Num.  33. 
3;  Acts  13. 
17 


I  ver.  2 


•Neh 
'ch 


5.  21; 
24 ;  16.  2 


«ch.  20.  20; 

Gen.  16.  1 ; 

46.  3 
"  ver.  30 ; 

ch.  15.  2 


*  Pi-hahiroth,  between  Migdol  and 
the  sea,  before  Baal-zephon :  over 
against  it  shall  ye  encamp  by  the 
sea.  3  And  Pharaoh  will  say  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  They  are 
entangled  in  the  land,  the  wilder- 
ness hath  shut  them  in.  4  And 
'I  will  "harden  Pharaoh's  heart, 
and  "'  he  shall  follow  after  them  ; 
and  I  will  get  me  honor  upon 
Pharaoh,  and  upon  all  his  host ; 
and  "the  Egyptians  shall  know 
that  I  am  Jehovah.  And  they  did 
so.  5  And  it  was  told  the  king 
of  Egypt  that  the  people  were 
fled :  and  the  heart  of  Pharaoh 
and  of  his  servants  was  changed 
towards  the  people,  and  they  said. 
What  is  this  we  have  done,  that 
we  have  let  Israel  go  from  serving 
VLsl  6  And  he  made  ready  his 
®  chariot,  and  took  his  people  with 
him :  7  and  he  took  six  hundred 
chosen  chariots,  and  all  the  char- 
iots of  Egypt,  and  captains  over  all 
of  them.  8  And  "Jehovah  '^  hard- 
ened the  heart  of  Pharaoh  king  of 
Egypt,  and  he  pursued  after  the 
children  of  Israel :  for  the  children 
of  Israel  went  out  with /a  high 
hand.  9  And  the  Egyptians  pur- 
sued after  them,  all  the  norses  and 
chariots  of  Pharaoh,  a,nd  his  horse- 
men, and  his  armj^,  and  overtook 
them  encamping  by  the  sea,  'be- 
side Pi-hahiroth,  before  Baal- 
zephon. 

10  And  when  Pharaoh  drew 
nigh,  the  children  of  Israel  lifted 
up  their  eyes,  and,  behold,  the 
Egyptians  were  marching  after 
them  ;  and  they  were  sore  afraid  : 
''and  the  children  of  Israel  cried 
out  unto  Jehovah.  1 1  And  *  they 
said  unto  Moses,  Because  there 
were  no  graves  in  Egypt,  hast 
thou  taken  us  away  to  die  in  the 
wilderness'?  wherefore  hast  thou 
dealt  thus  with  us,  to  bring  us 
forth  out  of  Egypt  1  1 2  Is  not  this 
the  word  that  we  spake  unto  thee 
in  Egypt,  saying,  Let  us  alone, 
that  we  may  serve  the  Egyptians  1 
For  it  were  better  for  us  to  serve 
the  Egyptians,  than  that  we  should 
die  in  the  wilderness.  13  And 
Moses  said  unto  the  people, '  Fear 
ye  not,  stand  still,  and  see  "the 
salvation  of  Jehovah,  which  he 
will  work  for  you  to-day :  ^  for 
the  Egyptians  whom  ye  have  seen 

5  Heb.  make  strong.  *  Or,  chariots 

7  Heb.  m,ade  strong. 

8  Or,  for  whereat  ye  have  teen  the  Eavptiam 
to-day 


14.14 


EXODUS 


15.7 


Th«  Egyptian  Host  destrsyed.    Song  of  Moses  and  Miriam 


to-<3ay,  ye  shall  see  them  again  no 
more  for  ever.  14  "Jehovah  will 
fight  for  you,  and  'ye  shall  hold 
your  peace. 

15  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Moses,  Wherefore  criest  thou  unto 
me'{  speak  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  that  they  go  forward. 
16  And  lift  thou  up  ''thy  rod,  and 
stretch  out  thy  hand  over  the  sea, 
and  divide  it :  and  the  children 
of  Israel  shall  go  into  the  midst 
of  the  sea  on  dry  ground.  17  And 
1,  behold,  "*!  will  4iarden  the 
hearts  of  the  Egyptians,  and  they 
shall  go  in  after  them  :  and  I  will 
get  me  honor  upon  Pharaoh,  and 
upon  all  his  host,  upon  his  char- 
iots, and  upon  his  horsemen. 
18  *  And  the  Egj^ptians  shall  know 
that  I  am  Jehovah,  when  I  have 
gotten  me  honor  upon  Phai-aoh, 
upon  his  chariots,  and  upon  his 
horsemen.  19  And  -^the  angel  of 
God,  who  went  before  the  camp 
of  Israel,  removed  and  went  be- 
hind them  ;  and  the  pillar  of  cloud 
removed  from  before  them,  and 
stood  behind  them  :  20  and  it  came 
between  the  camp  of  Egypt  and 
the  camp  of  Israel ;  and  there  was 
the  cloud  and  the  darkness,  yet 
gave  it  light  by  night :  and  the 
one  came  not  near  the  other  all 
the  night. 

21  ''And  Moses  stretched  out 
his  hand  over  the  sea  ;  and  Jeho- 
vah caused  the  sea  to  go  back  by 
a  strong  east  wind  all  the  night, 
and  made  the  sea  ''dry  land,  and 
*  the  watere  were  divided.  2  2  *  And 
the  children  of  Israel  went  into 
the  midst  of  the  sea  upon  the  dry 
ground:  and  'the  waters  were  a 
wall  unto  them  on  their  right 
hand,  and  on  their  left.  23  And 
^  the  Egyptians  pursued,  and  went 
in  after  them  into  the  midst  of  the 
sea,  all  Pharaoh's  horses,  his  char- 
iots, and  his  horsemen.  24  And 
it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning 
watch,  that  "Jehovah  looked  forth 
upon  the  host  of  the  Egjrptians 
through  the  pillar  of  fire  and  of 
cloud,  and  discomfited  the  host 
of  the  Egj-ptians.  25  And  he  ^  took 
off  their  chariot  wheels,  ^and  they 
drove  them  heavily ;  so  that  the 
Egyptians  said,  Let  us  flee  from  the 
face  of  Israel ;  "for  Jehovah  fighteth 
for  them  against  the  Egyptians. 

1  fleb.  make  strong. 

i  Ace.  to  Sept.  and  S5T.  houTid. 

s  Or,  an^  made  them  to  d/rive 


"  ch.  16.  3 ; 
Dt.  1.30, 

3.  22 

!>  Is.  30.  16 

<^  ch.  4.  17, 
20;  17.6,6; 
Num.  20.  8, 
0,  11 ;  la. 
10.  20 

"*  ver.  4 

'  ver.  25 

/ch.  13.  21, 

"  ver.  16 ; 

ch.  7.  19 
A  Ps.  UH>.  9 ; 

136.  la,  14 
•  Ps.  78.  13 ; 

114.  3,  6; 

Is.  63.  12,  13 
fc  Josh.  3. 17 ; 

4.  22 ;  Neh. 
9.  11 

'  ver.  29 ;  ch. 

15.  8 
"*  ver.  4, 17 
"  ch.  13.  21 

"  ver.  4, 18 


P  ver.  16 
«  Ps.  78.  53 , 

106.  11 
"■  ver.  22 ; 

Ps.  66.  6 ; 

Is.  11.  15 
*  ver.  13 ; 

Ps.  106.  8, 

10,  22 ;  Is. 

63.  8,  11 


«  Ps.  106.  12 


'  Ps.  106.  12  ; 
Kev.  15.  3 


'Is.  12.6, 
42.  10-13 


*  Jer.  61.  21 

y  Is.  12. 2 


'  Ps.  48.  14 


■  ch.  3.  6,  15 


l>  ch.  14.  14 
''ch.  3.  15; 

6.  2,  7,  8 
d  ch.  14.  6,  7, 

17,  28 


•  ver.  10 ; 
Neh.  9. 11 

/ch.  3.20; 
6.  1  ;  Ps. 
lis.  15,  16 


26  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
^  Stretch  out  thy  hand  over  the 
sea,  that  the  waters  may  come 
again  upon  the  Egyptians,  upon 
their  chariots,  and  upon  their 
horsemen.  27  And  Moses  stretched 
forth  his  hand  over  the  sea,  and 
the  sea  returned  to  its  ''strength 
when  the  morning  appeared ;  and 
the  Egyptians  fled  against  it ;  and 
Jehovah  ^  overthrew  the  Egyptians 
in  the  midst  of  the  sea.  28  And 
the  waters  returned,  and  covered 
the  chariots,  and  the  horsemen, 
even  all  the  host  of  Pharaoh  that 
went  in  after  them  into  the  sea; 
*  there  remained  not  so  much  aa 
one  of  them.  29  But  the  children 
of  Israel  walked  upon  'dry  land  in 
the  midst  of  the  sea ;  and  the 
waters  were  a  wall  unto  them  on 
their  right  hand,  and  on  their  left. 
30  'Thus  Jehovah  saved  Israel 
that  day  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
Egyptians ;  and  Israel  saw  the 
Egyptians  dead  upon  the  sea- 
shore. 31  And  Israel  saw  the 
great  ®  work  which  Jehovah  did 
upon  the  Egyptians,  and  the  peo- 
ple feared  Jehovah:  and/tney 
believed  in  Jehovah,  and  in  his 
servant  Moses. 

-i  pT  "  Then  sang  Moses  and  the 
JLtJ  children  of  Israel  this  song 
unto  Jehovah,  and  spake,  saying, 

I  will  "sing  unto  Jehovah,  for 
he ''hath  triumphed  gloriously : 

The  -^  horse  and  his  rider  hath  he 
thrown  into  the  sea. 

2  ^^  Jehovah   is  my  strength  and 

song, 
And  he  is  become  my  salvation  : 
^This   is   my  God,  and    I    will 

praise  him  ; 
My  "father's    God,    and  I    will 

exalt  him. 

3  Jehovah  i.s  a  *  man  of  war  : 
"Jehovah  is  his  name. 

4  '^  Pharaoh's  chariots  and  his  host 

hath  he  cast  into  the  sea  ; 
And    his    chosen    captains   are 
sunk  in  the  Red  Sea. 

5  The  deeps  cover  them  : 

They  ^  went  down  into  the  depths 
like  a  stone. 

6  Thy  right  -^han.i,  O  Jehovah,  is 

glorious  in  power. 
Thy   right    hand,    O    Jehovah, 
^dasheth    in    pieces    the    en- 
emy. 

7  And  in  the  greatness  of  thine 


*  Or,  loonted  flnw 
5  Heb.  shook  off. 
^  Heb.  hand- 


'  Or,  is  highly  exalted 
6  Heb.  Jak 


61 


15,8 


EXODUS 


16.2 


SoDg  of  Moses  and  Miriam.    Israel  at  Marah.    Bitter  Waters  made  sweet    Israel  at  Elim  and  the  Wilderness  of  Sin 


excellency  thou  "overthrow- 
est  them  that  rise  up  against 
thee : 
Thou  sendest  forth  thy  *  wrath, 
it  consumeth  them  as  stubble. 

8  And  with  the  blast  of  thy  nos- 

trils the  "=  waters  were  piled 

up. 
The  floods  '^  stood  upright  as  a 

heap  ; 
The  deeps  were   congealed  in 

the  heart  of  the  sea. 

9  The  enemy  said, 

1  will  "  pursue,  I  will  overtake, 
I  will  divide  the  spoil ; 

My  desire  shall  be  sa.tisfied 
upon  them ; 

I  will  draw  my  sword,  my  hand 
shall  destroy  them. 

10  Thou  didst  blow  with  thy  wind, 

the  -^  sea  covered  them  : 
They   ^sank   as    lead    in    the 
mighty  waters. 

11  *Who  is  like  unto  thee,  0  Je- 

hovah, among  the  gods  1 
Who  is  like  thee,  'glorious  in 

holiness, 
*  Fearful    in    praises,     'doing 

wonders  1 

1 2  Thou  stretchedst  out "  thy  right 

hand. 
The  earth  swallowed  them. 

13  Thou    in     thy    lovingkindness 

hast  "led  the  people  that  thou 
hast  redeemed : 
Thou  hast "  guided  them  in  thy 
strength  to  thy  holy  habita- 
tion. 

14  The  ^peoples  have  heard,  they 

tremble : 
Pangs  have  taken  hold  on  the 
inhabitants  of  Philistia. 

15  Then  were  the  *  chiefs  of  Edom 

dismayed ; 
The  ^mighty  men  of  ''Moab, 

trembling  taketh  hold  upon 

them : 
All  the  '  inhabitants  of  Canaan 

are  melted  away. 

16  'Terror  and  dread  falleth  upon 

them; 
By  the  greatness  of  thine  arm 

they  are  as  still  "as  a  stone; 
Till  thy  people    pass  over,   O 

Jehovah, 
Till  the  people  pass  over  that 

thou  "hast  '^  purchased. 

17  Thou  wilt  -"  bring  them  in,  and 

"  plant  them  in  ^  the  mountain 

of  thine  inheritance, 
The  "place,  O  Jehovah,  which 

thou  hast  made  for  thee  to 

dwell  in, 
1  Heb.  rams.  3  Heb.  gotten. 


»  cb.  14.  27 
6  Pb.  78.  49, 

50 
'  ch.  14.  22, 

d  Ps.  78.  13 
•  ch.  14.  6 
/ch.  14.  27 
"  ver.  6 
A  ch.  8. 10 ;  9. 

14;  Dt. 

3.  24 ;  Ps. 

71.  19; 

Mic.  7.  18 
'Is.  6.  3; 

Rev.  4.  8 
»••  Ps.  22.  23 
'  Pb.  72.  18  ; 

130.4 
'"  ver.  a 
"  ver.  16 ; 

Neh.  9.  12 ; 

Ps.  77.  16, 

20 
"  ver.  17 ; 

Ps.  78. 64 
P  Dt.  2.  25 ; 

Hab.  3.  7 
«<;en.  36.  15 
"■  Num.  22.  3, 

4;  Ps.  114. 

4,6.7 
'  Josh.  2.  9, 

11,  24 
t  ch.  23.  27 
"  ver.  6 ;  1  S. 

25.  37 
"  ver.  13 ;  Ps. 

74.2 
"  ch.  23.  20 ; 

32.  34 
y  Ps.  44.  2 ; 

80.  8,  15 
'  Ps.  2.  0  ; 

78.  64,  68 
"  Ps.  68.  16  ; 

76.  2;  132. 

14 


*  Ps.  78.  69 
"Ps.  10.  16; 

29.  10 
<*  ch.  14.  23, 

28 
'  ch.  14.  22, 

29 
/ch.  2.  4 

"Ps.  81.2; 

149.  3 
''  Ps.  30.  11 ; 

160.  4 
'■  ver.  1 

*  Ps.  77.  20 ; 
78.  62,  / ; 

'  Num.  33.  8 
"'  Geu.  16.  7 ; 
20.  1 

"  Num.  33.  8 
"ch.  14.  11; 
Ps.  100.  13 
P  Ezek.  47. 

7,  8 
1  ch.  16.  4 
"■  ch.  19.  6,  6 
"  ch.  20.  2-17 
t  Dt.  7.  16 ; 

2S!.  00 
"  Dt.  32.  39  ; 

Ps.  30.  2 ; 

103.  3 
"  Num.  33. 

9,  10 


*  Num.  33. 

11,  12 
y  ch.  12.  6, 

61 ;  19. 1 


«ch.  14.  11 

68 


The  *  sanctuary,  O  Lord,  which 

thy  hands  have  established. 
18  "Jehovah  shall  reign  for  ever 

and  ever. 
19  ''For  the  horses  of  Pharaoh 
went  in  with  his  chariots  and  with 
his  horsemen  into  the  sea,  and 
Jehovah  brought  back  the  waters 
of  the  sea  upon  them  ;  but  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  walked  on  *dry  land 
in  the  midst  of  the  sea.  20  And 
•''Miriam  the  prophetess,  the  sister 
of  Aaron,  took  a  "timbrel  in  her 
hand ;  and  all  the  women  went  out 
after  her  with  timbrels  and  with 
''dances.  21  And  Miriam  answered 
them, 

'Sing   ye   to  Jehovah,  for   he 

^hath  triumphed  gloriously ; 
The  horse  and  nis  rider  hath  he 

thrown  into  the  sea. 
22  *  And  Moses  led  Israel  onward 
from  the  Red  Sea,  and  they  went 
out  into  Hhe  wilderness  of  ""Shur ; 
and  they  went  three  days  in  the 
wilderness,  and  found  no  water. 
23  And  when  they  came  to  "  Marah, 
they  could  not  drink  of  the  waters 
of  Marah,  for  they  were  bitter : 
therefore  the  name  of  it  was  called 
*  Marah.  24  And  the  people  °  mur- 
mured against  Moses,  saying.  What 
shall  we  drink  ■?  25  And  he  cried 
unto  Jehovah ;  and  Jehovah  showed 
him  ^a  tree,  and  he  cast  it  into  the 
waters,  and  the  waters  were  made 
sweet.  There  he  made  for  them  a 
statute  and  an  ordinance,  and  there 
he  'proved  them  ;  26  and  he  said, 
*■  If  tnou  wilt  diligently  heai'ken  to 
the  voice  of  Jehovah  thy  God,  and 
wilt  do  that  which  is  right  in  his 
eyes,  and  wilt  give  e-ar  '  to  his  com- 
mandments, and  keep  all  his  stat- 
utes, '  I  will  put  none  of  the  diseases 
upon  thee,  which  I  have  put  upon 
the  Egyptians:  for  I  am  "Jehovah 
that  healeth  thee. 

27  And  they  came  to  "Elim, 
where  were  twelve  springs  of 
water,  and  threescore  ana  ten  palm- 
trees  :  and  they  encamped  there  by 
the  waters. 

^  f^  And  they  took  their  jour- 
j-vJ  ney  from  Elim,  and  all  the 
congregation  of  the  children  of 
Israel  came  unto  the  wilderness  of 
^Sin,  which  is  between  Elim  and 
Sinai,  on  *  the  fifteenth  day  of  the 
second  month  after  their  departing 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt.  2  And 
the  whole  congregation  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  ^  murmured  against 
»  Or,  is  Mahly  exalted    *  That  is.  Bitterness. 


16.^5 


EXODUS 


16.29 


The  People  murmor  for  Food.    Qoails  and  Manna  sent    The  Gathering  of  the  Nanns 


Moses  and  against  Aaron  in  the 
wilderness :  3  and  the  children  of 
Israel  said  unto  them,  "  Would  that 
we  had  died  by  the  hand  of  Jehovah 
in  the  land  of  Egypt,  *  when  we  sat 
by  the  flesh-pots,  when  we  did  eat 
bread  to  the  full;  for'  ye  have 
brought  us  forth  into  this  wilder- 
ness, to  kill  this  whole  assembly 
with  hunger. 

4  Then  said  Jehovah  unto  Moses, 
Behold,  "I  will  rain  bread  from 
heaven  for  you ;  and  the  people 
shall  go  out  and  gather  a  day's  por- 
tion every  day,  that  I  may  ''proye 
them,  whether  they  will  walk  in 
my  law,  or  not.  5  And  it  shall 
come  to  pass  ""on  the  sixth  day, 
that  they  shall  prepare  that  which 
they  bring  in,  and  it  shall  be  twice 
as  much  as  they  gather  daily.  6 
And  Moses  and  Aaron  said  unto 
all  the  children  of  Israel,  At  even, 
then  ye  shall  know  that  Jehovah 
hath  brought  you  out  from  the  land 
of  Egypt ;  7  and  in  the  morning, 
then  ye  shall  see  -^the  glory  of 
Jehovah ;  for  that  "  he  heareth 
your  murmurings  against  Jeho- 
vah :  and  *  what  are  we,  that  ye 
murmur  against  us  1  8  And  Moses 
said.  This  shall  be,  when  Jehovah 
shall  give  you  in  the  evening  flesh 
to  eat,  ana  in  the  morning  bread 
to  the  full ;  for  that  Jehovah  hear- 
eth your  murmurings  which  ye 
murmur  against  him :  and  what 
are  wel  your  murmurings  are  not 
against  us,  but  against  Jehovah. 
9  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron,  Say 
unto  all  the  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  'Come  near  be- 
fore Jehovah  ;  for  he  hath  heard 
your  murmurings.  1 0  And  it  came 
to  pass,  as  Aaron  spake  unto  the 
whole  congregation  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  that  they  looked  toward 
the  wilderness,  and,  behold,  *the 
glory  of  Jehovah  appeared  in  the 
cloud.  1 1  And  Jeliovah  spake 
unto  Moses,  saying,  12  I  have 
heard  the  murmurings  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel :  speak  unto  them, 
saying,  ^At  even  ye  shall  eat  flesh, 
and  in  the  morning  ye  shall  be 
filled  with  bread ;  and  ye  shall 
know  that  I  am  Jehovah  your  God. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass  at  even, 
that  'the  quails  came  up,  and  cov- 
ered the  camp :  and  in  the  morning 
the  dew  lay  round  about  the 
camp.  14  ""And  when  the  dew 
that  lay  was  gone  up,  behold,  upon 

i  Heb.  Between  the  two  evenings. 


"ch.  17.3; 

Num.  14. 

2,  3 ;  20.  3 
^Num.  11. 4, 

f. 
"  Jn.  6.  31 ; 

Neh.  9. 15 ; 

Fa.  78.  23- 

•2i  ;  105.  40  ; 

1  Cor.  10.  3 
d  ch.  15.  26 
"  ver.  22 
/ver.  12 
"  Num.  14. 

27  ;  17.  6 
A  Num.  10. 11 
i  Num.  10. 16 
k  ver.  7 
'Num.  11. 

31 ;  Ps.  78. 

25 ;  105.  40 
"^  Num.  11. 

7-9 


"  ver.  31 
"  ver.  4 
P  2  Cor.  8.  15 


«  ver.  23 ;  ch. 
12.  10 ;  23. 
18 


•■  ver.  6 


•  ch.  34.  31 


'  ch.  20.  8 ; 
23. 12;  Neh. 
9.14 


"  ver.  20 


*  Ps.  73. 10 


the  face  of  the  wilderness  "  a  small 
'^  round  thing,  small  as  the  hoar- 
frost on  the  ground.  1 5  And  when 
the  children  of  Israel  saw  it,  they 
said  one  to  another,  *  What  is  it  t  for 
they  knevy  not  what  it  was.  And 
Moses  said  unto  them,  "It  is  the 
bread  which  Jehovah  hath  given 
you  to  eat.  16  This  is  the  thing 
which  Jehovah  hath  commanded. 
Gather  ye  of  it  every  man  accord- 
ing to  his  eating  ;  an  omer  a  head, 
according  to  the  nurnber  of  your 
persons,  shall  ye  take  it,  every  man 
tor  them  that  are  in  his  tent.  1 7 
And  the  children  of  Israel  did  so, 
and  gathered  some  more,  some  less. 
18  And  when  they  measured  it 
with  an  omer,  ^he  that  gathered 
much  had  nothing  over,  and  he 
that  gathered  little  had  no  lack  ; 
they  gathered  every  man  according 
to  his  eating.  19  And  Moses  said 
unto  them,  «Let  no  man  leave  of 
it  till  the  morning.  20  Notwith- 
standing they  hearkened  not  unto 
Moses  ;  out  some  of  them  left  of  it 
until  the  morning,  and  it  bred 
worms,  and  became  foul :  and 
Moses  was  wroth  with  them. 

2 1  And  they  gathered  it  morning 
by  morning,  every  man  according 
to  his  eating :  and  when  the  sun 
waxed  hot,  it  melted.  22 /And  it 
came  to  pass,  that  on  the  sixth  day 
they  gathered  twice  as  much  bread, 
two  omers  for  each  one  :  and  all  the 
'rulers  of  the  congregation  came 
and  told  Moses.  23  And  he  said 
unto  them,  This  is  that  which  Jeho- 
vah hath  spoken,  '  To-morrow  is  a 
solemn  rest,  a  holy  sabbath  unto 
Jehovah  :  bake  that  which  ye  will 
bake,  and  boil  that  which  ye  will 
boil ;  and  "all  that  remaineth  over 
lay  up  for  you  to  be  kept  until  the 
morning.  24  And  they  laid  it  up 
till  the  morning,  as  Moses  bade : 
and "  it  did  not  become  foul,  neither 
was  there  any  worm  therein.  25 
And  Moses  said,  Eat  that  to-day; 
for  to-day  is  a  sabbath  unto  Jeho- 
vah :  to-day  ye  shall  not  find  it  in 
the  field.  26  Six  days  ye  shall 
gather  it ;  but  on  the  seventh  day 
is  the  sabbath,  in  it  there  shall  be 
none.  27  And  it  came  to  pass  on 
the  seventh  day,  that  there  went 
out  some  of  the  people  to  gather, 
and  they  found  none.  28  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  Moses,  ""How 
long  refuse  ye  to  keep  my  com- 
mandments and  my  laws  1    29  See, 

s  Or,  flake      *  Or,  It  is  vianna   Heb.  man  hu, 


16.30 


EXODUS 


18.3 


nanna  to  be  kept  as  a  memorial.    Water  from  Uie  Eock  at  fiephidkn.    War  with  Imalek.    Jethro  meets  Moses 


for  that  Jehovah  hath  given  you 
the  sabbath,  therefore  he  giveth 
you  on  the  sixth  day  the  bread  of 
two  days ;  abide  ye  every  man  in 
his  place,  let  no  man  go  out  of  his 
place  on  the  seventh  day.  30  So 
the  people  rested  on  the  seventh 
day. 

31  And  the  house  of  "Israel 
called  the  name  thereof  ^  Manna : 
and  it  was  like  *  coriander  seed, 
white  ;  and  the  taste  of  it  was  like 
wafers  maiie  with  honey.  32  And 
Moses  said.  This  is  the  thing  which 
Jehovah  hath  commanded,  Let  an 
omerful  of  it  be  kept  throughout 
your  generations,  that  they  may 
see  the  bread  wherewith  I  fed  you 
in  the  wilderness,  when  I  brought 
you  forth  from  the  land  of  Egypt. 
33  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron, 
*  Take  a  pot,  and  put  an  omerful  of 
manna  tnerein,  and  lay  it  up  be- 
fore Jehovah,  to  be  kept  through- 
out your  generations.  34  As 
Jehovah  commanded  Moses,  so 
Aaron  laid  it  up  before  "*  the  Testi- 
mony, to  be  kept.  35  ""And  the 
children  of  Israel  did  eat  the 
manna  forty  years,  until  they 
came  to  a  land  inhabited ;  they  did 
eat  the  manna,  until  they  came 
unto  the  borders  of  the  land  of 
Canaan.  36  Now  an  omer  is  the 
tentla  part  of  an  ephah. 
■i  ^  And  all  the  congregation 
i  I  of  the  children  of  Israel 
journeyed  from  the  wilderness  of 
■''Sin,  by  their  ^journeys,  accord- 
ing to  the  commandment  of  Jeho- 
vah, and  encamped  in  "  Rephidim : 
and  there  was  no  water  for  the 
people  to  drink.  2  Wherefore  the 
people  ''strove  with  Moses,  and 
said.  Give  us  water  that  we  may 
drink.  And  Moses  said  unto  them, 
*Why  strive  ye  with  mel  where- 
fore do  ye  tempt  Jehovah  %  3  And 
the  people  thirsted  there  for  water ; 
and  the  people  murmured  against 
Moses,  and  said,  *  Wherefore  hast 
thou  brought  us  up  out  of  Egypt, 
to  kill  us  and  our  children  and 
'our  cattle  with  thirst  1  4  And 
Moses  cried  unto  Jehovah,  saying. 
What  shall  I  do  unto  this  people? 
they  are  ™  almost  ready  to  stone 
me.'-  5  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Moses,  Pass  on  before^  the  people, 
and  take  with  thee  of  "  the  elders 
of  Israel ;  and  thy  rod,  wherewith 
"thou  smotest  the  river,  take  in 
thy  hand,   and   go.     6    Behold,   I 

1  Heb.  Man.  2  Or,  staaes 


"  Num.  U. 

6-9 ;  Dt.  8. 

3,  16 
*  ver.  14 
'  Heb.  9.  4 ; 

Rev.  2.  17 
d  Cll.  25.  16 ; 

27.  21 
'  Josh.  6. 12  ; 

Nell.  9.  20, 

21 
/ch.  16.  1 
"ch.  U>.  2; 

Num.  33. 

14,  15 
ftch.  14.  U; 

Num.  20. 2, 

3,  13 
'  ch.  16.  8 
«:  ch.  16.  3 
I  ch.  12.  38 
'"  Num.  14. 

10 ;  1  Sam. 

30.  6 
"  ch.  3.  16, 18 
"  ch.  7.  20 


P  ch.  3.  1 
9  ]^t.  8.  15 ; 

Neh.  9.  15 ; 

Ps.  78.  15 ; 

105.41;  1 

Cor.  10.  4 
•"Dt.  6.  16; 

9.  22 ;  Ps. 

05.  8 
'  Num.  20. 

13,  24;  27. 

14;  Ps.  81.7 
i  Num.  14. 

22 ;  Dt.  33. 

8 

"  Num.  24. 

20 ;  Dt.  25. 

17-19 
"  ver.  1 
"  ch.  24.  13 
y  ch.  4.  20 
'  ch.  24.  14 ; 

31.  2 
"  Is.  33.  3 


!>  ch.  24.  4 ; 

34.  27  ; 

Num.  33.  2 
"  Dt.  25.  19 


<i  ch.  24.  4 
'  Gen.  22.  14 
/Gen.  22. 16 


»  ch.  2. 18 ; 
3. 1 


A  ch.  2.  21 ; 

4.  25 

«■  ch.  2.  22 ; 
4.  20 ;  Acts 
7.  29 


will  stand  before  thee  there  upon 
the  rock  in  ^Horeb;  and  «thou 
shalt  smite  the  rock,  and  there 
shall  come  water  out  of  it,  that 
the  people  may  drink.  And  Moses 
did  so  in  the  sight  of  the  eldex's  of 
Israel.  7  ■  And  he  called  the  name 
of  the  place  ^''Massah,  and  ^*Meri- 
bah,  because  of  the  striving  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  because 
they  Hempted  Jehovah,  saying,  Is 
Jehovah  among  us,  or  not  % 

8  Then  came  "  Amalek,  and 
fought  with  Israel  in  "Rephidim. 

9  And  Moses  said  unto  "^Joshua, 
Choose  us  out  men,  and  go  out, 
fight  with  Amalek :  to-morrow  I 
will  stand  on  the  top  of  the  hill 
with  ^  the  rod  of  God  in  my  hand. 

10  So  Joshua  did  as  Moses  had 
said  to  him,  and  fought  with  Ama- 
lek :  and  Moses,  Aaron,  and  '  Hur 
went  up  to  the  top  of   the  hill. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Moses  held  up  his  hand,  that  Is- 
rael prevailed;  and  when  he  let 
down  his  hand,  Amalek  prevailed. 

12  But  Moses'  hands  were  heavy; 
and  they  took  a  stone,  and  put  it 
under  him,  and  he  sat  thereon ; 
and  Aaron  and  Hur  "  stayed  up 
his  hands,  the  one  on  the  one  side, 
and  the  other  on  the  other  side; 
and  his  hands  were  steady  until 
the  going  down  of  the  sun.  13 
And  Joshua  ^discomfited  Amalek 
and  his  people  with  the  edge  of 
the  sword.  14  And  Jehovah  said 
unto  Moses,  *  Write  this  for  a 
memorial  in  ®a  book,  and  rehearse 
it  in  the  ears  of  Joshua :  ''  that  "^  I 
will  utterly  blot  out  the  remem- 
brance of  Amalek  from  under 
heaven.  15  And  Moses  built  an 
•*  altar,  and  called  the  name  of  it 
*  *  Jehovah-nissi ;  1 6  and  he  said, 
^•''.Jehovah  hath  sworn:  Jehovah 
will  have  war  with  Amalek  from 
generation  to  generation. 

^  O  Now  "Jethro,  the  priest 
LO  of  j\Iidian,  Moses'  father-in- 
law,  heard  of  all  that  God  had 
done  for  Moses,  and  for  Israel  his 
people,  how  that  Jehovah  had 
brought  Israel  out  of  Egypt. 
2  And  Jethro,  jSIoses'  father-in- 
law,  took  ''Zipporah,  Moses'  wife, 
after  he  had  sent  her  away,  3  and 
her  '  two  sons ;  of  whom  the  name 

3  That  \s,  Temvting,  or.  Proving. 

4  That-  is,  Chiding,  or,  Strife. 

5  Heb.  prostrated.      6  Or,  the  hook     f  Or, /or 

8  That  is,  Jehovah  ).s  my  banner. 

9  Or,  Because  there  i.i  a  hand,  a,qainst  the  throng 
of  Jehovah  Heb.  A  hand  is  lifted  up  upon  the 
throne  o/Jah. 


70 


la  4 


EXODUS 


19.3 


Jetfaro  counsels  Hoses  to  appoint  assistant  Judges.    Israel  at  Sinai 


of  the  one  was  Gershom ;  for  he 
said,  I  have  been  ^"a  sojourner  in 
a  foreign  land  :  4  and  the  name  of 
the  other  was  -Lliezer;  tor  he 
said,  "The  God  of  n>y  father  was 
my  help,  and  delivered  me  from 
the  sword  of  Pliaraoh.  5  And 
Jethro,  Moses'  father-in-law,  came 
with  his  sons  and  his  wife  unto 
Moses  into  the  wilderness  where 
he  was  encamped,  at  "the  mount 
of  God  :  G  and  he  said  unto  Moses, 
I,  thy  father-in-law  Jethro,  am 
come  unto  tliee,  and  thy  wife,  and 
her  two  sons  with  her.  7  And 
Moses  went  out  to  meet  his  father- 
in-law,  and  ''did  obeisance,  and 
'kissed  him  ;  and  they  asked  •''each 
other  of  their  welfare ;  and  they 
came  into  the  tent.  8  And  ]\Ioses 
told  his  father-in-law  all  that  Je- 
hovah had  done  unto  Pharaoh  and 
to  the  Egyptians  ^for  Israel's  sake, 
all  the  ''travail  that  had  come 
upon  them  by  the  a\  ay,  and  how 
*  Jehovah  delivered  them.  9  And 
Jethro  rejoiced  for  all  ''  the  good- 
ness which  Jehovali  liad  done  to 
Israel,  in  that  he  had  delivered 
them  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
Egyptians.  10  And  Jethro  said, 
'Blessed  be  Jehovah,  who  hath 
delivered  you  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  Egyptians,  and  out  of  the 
hand  of  Pharaoh  ;  who  hath  deliv- 
ered the  people  from  under  the 
hand  of  tne  Egyptians.  11  Now 
I  know  that  '"Jehovah  is  greater 
than  all  gods ;  yea,  in  the  thing 
wherein  they  dealt  ]>roudly  against 
them.  12  "And  Jethro,  Moses' 
father-in-law,  took  a  burnt-offer- 
ing and  sacrifices  for  God  :  and 
Aaron  came,  and  all  the  elders  of 
Israel,  to  eat  bread  with  Moses' 
father-in-law  before  God. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
morrow,  that  Moses  sat  to  judge 
the  people :  and  the  people  stood 
about  Moses  from  tne  morning 
unto  the  evening.  14  And  when 
Moses'  father-in-law  saw  all  that 
he  did  to  the  people,  he  said,  What 
is  this  thing  that  thou  doest  to 
the  people]  why  sittest  thou  thy- 
self alone,  and  all  the  people  stand 
about  thee  from  morning  unto 
eyenl  15  And  Moses  said  unto 
his  father-in-law,  Because  the  peo- 
ple come  unto  me  "to  inquire  of 
God :  1 6  when  they  have  a  mat- 
ter, they  come  unto  me ;  and  I 
judge   between    a    man    and    his 

i  Heb.  ger.         2  Qeb.  £1,  God,  and  ezer,  help. 


"  ch.  i.  22 
i>  Gen.  49.  25 
''ch.  3,  1,  12; 

4.  27  ;  24.  13 
d  Gen.  43.  2U, 

28 
•  Ex.  4.  27 
/(ien.  43. 

27 
0  ch,  4.  23 ; 

7.  4,  5 
A  Num.  20. 

14 ;  Nell. 

9.32 
»  ch.  1.5.  C,  16 
fc  Is.  C3.  7-14 
i  1  K.  S.  5(3 ; 

Ps.  68.  19, 

20 

™  ch.  12. 12 ; 

l.'i.  11 

"  ch.  24.  5  ; 

Gen.  31.  fi4 
"Gen.  2.5. 22; 

Num.  9.  8 ; 

27.  6 ; 

Dt.  17.  8-13 


PPt.  1.12 

«]n.  1.18 

"■  ver.  2.5 ; 
Dt.  1.  13, 
15 ;  Ps.  15. 
1-5 


•  Dt.  1.  ir, 
18 


"  ch.  iz.  6, 
61 ;  16.  1 


*  Dt.  1.  6 ;  4. 
10,  15 ;  5.  2 

y  ch.  17. 1 
'  ch.  18.  6 


neighbor,  and  I  make  them  knew 
the  statutes  of  God,  and  his  laws. 
17  And  Moses'  father-in-law  said 
unto  him.  The  thing  that  thou 
doest  is  not  good.  18  -pTIiou  wilt 
surely  wear  away,  both  thou,  and 
this  people  that  is  with  thee:  for 
the  thing  is  too  heavy  for  thee; 
thou  art  not  able  to  perform  it 
thyself  alone.  19  Hearken  now 
unto  my  voice,  I  will  give  thee 
coun.sel,  and  God  be  with  thee: 
be  thou  for  the  people  to  God- 
ward,  and  bring  tliou  the  causes 
unto  God :  20  « and  thou  shalt 
teach  them  the  statutes  and  the 
laws,  and  shalt  show  them  the 
way  wherein  they  must  walk,  and 
the  work  that  they  must  do.  21 
jNIoreover  thou  shalt  provide  out 
of  all  the  people  ''able  men,  such 
as  fear  God,  men  of  truth,  hating 
unjust  gain ;  and  place  such  over 
them,  to  be  rulers  of  thousands, 
rulers  of  hundreds,  rulers  of  fifties, 
and  nilers  of  tens :  22  and  let 
them  judge  the  people  at  all  sea- 
sons :  and  it  shall  be,  *  that  every 
great  matter  they  shall  bring  unto 
thee,  but  every  small  matter  they 
shall  judge  themselves  :  so  shall  it 
be  easier  for  thyself,  and  they  shall 
bear  the  burden  with  thee.  23  If 
thou  shalt  do  this  thing,  and  God 
command  thee  so,  then  thou  shalt 
be  able  to  endure,  and  all  this  peo- 
ple also  shall  go  to  their  place  in 
peace.  24  So  Moses  hearkened 
to  the  voice  of  his  father-in-law, 
and  did  all  that  he  had  said. 
25  And  Moses  chose  'able  men 
out  of  all  Israel,  and  made  them 
heads  over  the  people,  rulers  of 
thousands,  rulers  of  hundreds, 
rulers  of  fifties,  and  I'ulers  of 
tens.  26  And  they  judged  the 
people  at  all  seasons :  "  the  hard 
causes  they  brought  unto  Moses, 
but  every  small  matter  they 
judged  them.selves._  27  And  Mo- 
ses let  his  father-in-law  depart; 
and  he  went  his  way  into  his  own 
land. 

'^  C\  "In  the  third  month  after 
JL  *J  the  children  of  Israel  wei'e 
gone  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  the  same  day  came  they 
into  the  wildernass  of  'Sinai. 
2  And  when  they  were  departed 
from  ^Rephidim,  and  were  come 
to  the  wilderness  of  Sinai,  they 
encamped  in  the  wilderness ;  and 
there  Israel  encamped  before  *  the 
mount.    3   And   Moses   went    up 


19.4 


EXODUS 


20.5 


Moses  meets  Jehovah  in  the  Moant.    The  People  warned  not  to  approach  tlie  Honnt,    The  Ten  Commandments  given 


unto  God,  and  Jehovah  called 
unto  him  out  of  the  mountain, 
saying.  Thus  shalt  thou  say  to 
the  house  of  Jacob,  and  tell  the 
children  of  Israel:  4  Ye  have  seen 
what  I  did  unto  the.  Egyptians, 
and  how  I  bare  you  on  "eagles' 
wings,  and  brought  you  unto  my- 
self. 5  *  Now  therefore,  if  ye  will 
obey  ray  voice  indeed,  and  "keep 
my  covenant  J  then  ye  shall  be  "^  mine 
own  possession  ^from  among  all 
peoples  :  for  "all  the  earth  is  mine  : 
6  and  ye  shall  be  unto  me  ^a.  king- 
dom of  priests,  and  '  a  holy  nation. 
These  are  the  words  which  thou 
shalt  speak  unto  the  children  of 
Israel. 

7  ''And  Moses  came  and  called 
for  the  elders  of  the  people,  and 
set  before  them  all  tnese  words 
which  Jehovah  commanded  him. 
8  *And  all  the  people  answered 
together,  and  said,  AH  that  Jeho- 
vah hatn  spoken  we  will  do.  And 
Moses  reported  the  words  of  the 

Eeople  unto  Jehovah.  9  And  Je- 
ovah  said  unto  Moses,  Lo,  I  come 
unto  thee  in  *a  thick  cloud,  that 
the  people  may  hear  when  I  speak 
with  thee,  and  may  also  believe 
thee  for  ever.  And  Moses  told  the 
words  of  the  people  unto  Jehovah. 
10  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
Go  unto  the  people,  and  sanctify 
them  to-day  and  to-morrow,  and 
let  them  '■  wash  their  garments,  1 1 
and  be  ready  against  the  third 
day ;  for  '"  the  third  day  Jehovah 
will  come  down  in  the  sight  of  all 
the  people  upon  mount  Sinai. 
12  And  thou  shalt  set  bounds 
unto  the  people  round  about,  say- 
ing. Take  heed  to  yourselves,  that 
ye  go  not  up  into  the  mount,  or 
touch  the  border  of  it :  whosoever 
toucheth  the  mount  shall  be  surely 
put  to  death:  13  no  hand  shall 
touch  ^him,  but  "he  shall  surely 
be  stoned,  or  shot  through ; 
whether  it  be  beast  or  man,  he 
shall  not  live  :  when  the  ^  trumpet 
soundeth  long,  they  shall  come  up 
to  "the  mount.  14  And  Moses 
went  down  from  the  mount  unto 
the  people,  and  sanctified  the  peo- 
ple; and  they  washed  their  gar- 
ments. 15  And  he  said  unto  the 
people.  Be  ready  against  the  third 
day  :  come  not  near  a  woman. 

16  ^  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
third  day,  when  it  was  morning, 
that    there    were    thunders    and 
1  Or.  above         *  Or,  it        3  Or,  ram'i  horn 


"  Dt.  32.  n 

*  ch.  15.  26 
"  Ps.  78.  10 
d  Dt.  7.  6 ; 

14.  2 
'  ch.  9.  29 
/ 1  Pet.  2.  5, 

9;  Rev.  1. 

6 ;  5.  10 
"  Dt.  14.  21 ; 

26.  19 
ft  ch.  4.  29,  30 
i  ch.  4.  31 ; 

24.  3,  7  ; 

Dt.  6.  27 

*  ver.  16 ; 
ch.  24.  15, 
16 ;  Ps.  99. 
7 

'  Gen.  35.  2 ; 

Num.  8.  7 ; 

19.  19 ; 

Kev.  22.  14 
""  ver.  IG 
"  Heb.  12.  20 
"  ver.  17 
P  Heb.  12. 18, 

19 


«  Ps.  104.  32 ; 

144.  6 
••  Dt.  5.  4 ; 

Heb.  12.  18 
'  Gen.  19.  28 
«  Ps.  68.  7,  8 
"  Neh.  9.  13 
"  cb.  3.  6 ; 

1  S.  6.  19 
'  ver.  24 ; 

ch.  24.  5 ; 

Lev.  10.  3 ; 

21.6-8 


y  ver.  12 


•  ch.  24. 1 
"  ver.  22 


6  Sh.  15.  13, 

16;  Dt. 
6.  6  ;  7.  8 


*  ver.  23 ;  ch. 
15.  U 

d  Lev.  26.  1 ; 
Dt.  4.  15- 
19 ;  27.  15 


*  ch,  23.  24 


/ch.  34.  14; 

Dt.  4.  24 

9  ch.  34.  6,  7  ; 

Dt.  6. 9,  10 


lightnings,  and  a  thick  cloud  u^on 
the  mount,  and  the  voice  of  a 
trumpet  exceeding  loud ;  and  all 
the  people  that  were  in  the  camp 
trembled.  17  And  Moses  brought 
forth  the  people  out  of  the  camp  to 
meet  God ;  and  they  stood  at  the 
nether  part  of  the  mount.  18  *And 
mount  Sinai,  the  whole  of  it, 
smoked,  because  Jehovah  descend- 
ed upon  it  "■  in  fire  ;  and  the  smoke 
thereof  ascended  as  '  the  smoke  of 
a  furnace,  and  'the  whole  mount 
quaked  greatly.  1 9  And  when  the 
voice  of  the  trumpet  waxed  louder 
and  louder,  Moses  spake,  and  God 
answered  him  by  a  voice.  20  "  And 
Jehovah  came  down  upon  mount 
Sinai,  to  the  top  of  the  mount : 
and  Jehovah  called  Moses  to  the 
top  of  the  mount ;  and  Moses  went 
up.  21  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Moses,  Go  down,  charge  the  people, 
lest  "they  break  through  unto 
Jehovah  to  gaze,  and  many  of 
them  perish.  22  And  let  the 
""  priests  also,  that  come  near  to 
Jehovah,  sanctify  themselves,  lest 
Jehovah  break  forth  upon  them. 
23  And  Moses  said  unto  Jehovah, 
The  people  cannot  come  up  to 
mount  Sinai :  for  thou  didst  charge 
us,  saying,  *Set  bounds  about  the 
mount,  and  sanctify  it.  24  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  him.  Go,  get 
thee  down ;  and  thou  shalt  come 
up,  Hhou,  and  Aaron  with  thee: 
but  let  not  the  "priests  and  the 
people  break  through  to  come  up 
unto  Jehovah,  lest  he  break  forth 
upon  them.  25  So  Moses  went 
down  unto  the  people,  and  told 
them. 

O/^  And  God  spake  all  these 
^\J  words,  saying, 

2  I  am  Jehovah  thy  God,  *who 
brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of  ^bond- 
age. 

3  Thou  shalt  have  no  other  "gods 
®  before  me. 

4  ''Thou  shalt  not  make  unto 
thee  a  graven  image,  nor  any  like- 
ness of  any  thing  that  is  in  heaven 
above,  or  that  is  in  the  earth  be- 
neath, or  that  is  in  the  water  under 
the  earth :  5  *  thou  shalt  not  bow 
down  thyself  unto  them,  nor  serve 
them  ;  for  I  Jehovah  thy  God  am  a 
-'^jealous  God,  *' visiting  the  iniquity 
of  the  fathers  upon  the  children, 
upon  the  third  and  upon  the  fourth 
generation  of  them  that  hate  me, 

*  Heb.  bondmen,  '  Or,  besides  me 


72 


20.6 


EXODUS 


21.12 


The  Ten  Commandments.    The  People  terrified.    Laws  coneerning  Idols  and  Altars;  concerning  Servants 


6  and  showing  lovingkindness  unto 
^"thousands  of  them  that  love  me 
and  keep  my  commandments. 

7  *  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name 
of  Jehovah  thy  God  ''in  vain  ;  for 
Jehovah  will  not  hold  him  guiltless 
that  taketh  his  name  '''in  vain. 

8  Remember  "^  the  sabbath  day, 
to  keep  it  holy.  9  Six  days  shalt 
thou  labor,  and  ''do  all  thy  work  ; 
10  but  the  seventh  day  is  a  sab- 
bath unto  Jehovah  thy  God :  in  it 
thou  shalt  not  do  anv  work,  thou, 
nor  thy  son,  nor  thy  daughter,  thy 
man-servant,  nor  thy  maid-servant, 
nor  thy  cattle,  nor  thy  sti^anger 
that  is  within  thy  gates:  11  *for 
in  six  days  Jehovah  made  heaven 
and  earth,  the  sea,  and  all  that  in 
them  is,  and  rested  the  seventh 
day :  wherefore  Jehovah  blessed 
the  sabbath  day,  and  hallowed  it. 

12  -^ Honor  thy  father  and  thy 
mother,  that  thy  ^  days  may  be  lon^ 
in  the  land  which  Jehovah  thy  God 
giveth  thee. 

13  "Thou  shalt  not  kill. 

14  'Thou  shalt  not  commit  adul- 
tery. 

15  *Thou  shalt  not  steal. 

16  'Thou  shalt  not  bear  false 
witness  against  thy  ™  neighbor. 

17  "Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy 
neighbor's  house,  thou  shalt  not 
covet  thy  neighbor's  wife,  nor  his 
man-servant,  nor  his  maid-servant, 
nor  his  ox,  nor  his  ass,  nor  anything 
that  is  thy  neighbor's. 

18  "And  all  the  people  perceived 
the  thunderings,  and  the  light- 
nings, and  the  voice  of  the  trum- 
pet, and  the  mountain  srnoking : 
and  when  the  people  saw  it.  they 
^trembled,  and  stood  afar  off. 
19  ^And  they  said  unto  Moses, 
Speak  thou  with  us,  and  we  will 
hear ;  but  let  not  God  speak  with 
us,  lest  we  die.  20  And  Moses 
said  unto  the  people,  '^  Fear  not : 
for  God  is  come  ''to  prove  you, 
and  that  'his  fear  may  be  before 
you,  that  ye  sin  not.     21  And  the 

Seople  stood  afar  off,  and  Moses 
rew  near  unto '  the  thick  darkness 
where  God  was. 

22  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
Thus  thou  shalt  say  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  Ye  yourselves  have 
seen  that  "  I  have  talked  with  you 
from  heaven.  23  "Ye  shall  not 
make  other  gods  with  me ;  'gods  of 

1  Or,  a  thousand  peneration» 

2  Or,  for  vanity  (or,  falsehood) 
s  Or,  were  moved 


"  Dt.  7.  9 
ft  Lev.  19.12; 

Dt.  6.  13; 

10.  20 
'  ch.  23.  12 ; 

31.  15 
it  ch.  34.  21 ; 

3.1.  2,  3 
•ch.  31.  17; 

Gen.  2.  2,  3 
/  Lev.  19.  3 ; 

Mt.  16.  4 ; 

19.  19; 

Eph.  6.  2 
V  Dt.  5.  16, 

33 ;  0.  2 ; 
11.9 
Ach.  21.  12; 

Mt.  19.  18 
■  Lev.  20. 10; 

Mt.  19.  18 
^ch.  21.  IG; 

Lev.  19.  11, 

13 ;  Mt.  19. 

18 
'  ch.  23.  1, 7 ; 

Mt.  19.  IS 
"'  Lev.  19.  18 
"  Rom.  7.  7  ; 

13.  9 
"  ch.  19.  16, 

IS 
P  Dt.  6.  \  23- 

27 ;  Heb. 

12.  19 
«  ch.  14.  13 
>■  ch.  1,-i.  2:-. 
'Dt.  4.  10; 

6.  24 

<  ch.  19. 16 ; 

Dt.  6.  22 
«  Dt.  4. 
30  ;  5.  24,  26; 

Neh.  9.  13 
"  ver.  3 
*  Dt.  29.  17 


y  ch.  27.  1-8 
-  ch.  10.  25; 

18.  12 
"  ch.  24.  6 
i>Dt.  12.6; 

26.  2 
'  Dt.  27.  5,  6 
d  ch.  28.  42, 

43 
'  Lev.  26. 

39-43;  Dt. 

1.1.  12-18 
/ch.  22.  8,  9, 

28 

"  Neh.  6.  6 


A  ver.  2,  3 


1  Cor.  7.  3, 
6 


«;  Gen.  9.  6 ; 
Lev.  24.  17 


73 


silver,  or  gods  of  gold,  ye  shall  not 
make  unto  you.  24  "An  altar  of 
earth  thou  shalt  make  unto  me, 
and  shalt  sacritice  thereon  thy 
'  burnt-oti'erings,  and  thy  "  peace- 
oU'erings,  thy  sheep,  and  thine 
oxen :  in  every  place  *  where  I 
■*  record  my  name  I  will  come  unto 
thee  and  1  will  bless  thee.  25  And 
if  thou  make  me  an  altar  of  stone, 
thou  shalt  not  build  it  of  "hewn 
stones ;  for  if  thou  lift  up  thy  tool 
upon  it,  thou  hast  polluted  it, 
26  Neither  shalt  thou  go  up  by 
steps  unto  mine  altar,  that  ''thy 
nakedness  be  not  uncovered  there- 
on. 

O  -i  Now  these  are  the  ordi- 
w  _L  nances  which  thou  shalt  set 
before  them. 

2  If  thou  buy  *a  Hebrew  ^ser- 
vant, six  years  he  shall  serve  :  and 
in  the  seventh  he  shall  go  out  free 
for  nothing.  3  If  he  come  in  by 
himself,  he  shall  go  out  by  himself  : 
if  he  be  married,  then  his  wife 
shall  go  out  with  him.  4  If  his 
master  give  him  a  wife,  and  she 
bear  him  sons  or  daughters ;  the 
wife  and  her  children  shall  be  her 
master's,  and  he  shall  go  out  by 
himself.  5  But  if  the  servant  shall 
plainly  say,  I  love  my  master,  my 
wife,  and  my  children ;  I  will  not 
go  out  free :  6  then  his  master 
shall  bring  him  unto  "-^God,  and 
shall  bring  him  to  the  door,  or 
unto  the  door-post ;  and  his  master 
shall  bore  his  ear  through  with 
an  awl ;  and  he  shall  serve  him  for 
ever. 

7  "  And  if  a  man  sell  his  daughter 
to  be  a  ''maid-servant,  she  shaU. 
not  go  out  '^as  the  men-servants  do. 
8  If  she  please  not  her  rnaster, 
**  who  hath  espoused  her  to  himself, 
then  shall  he  let  her  be  redeemed  : 
to  sell  her  unto  a  foreign  people  he 
shall  have  no  power,  seeing  he  hath 
dealt  deceitfully  with  her.  9  And 
if  he  espouse  her  unto  his  son,  he 
shall  deal  with  her  after  the  manner 
of  daughters.  10  If  he  take  him 
another  wife;  her  "food,  her  rai- 
ment, and  'her  duty  of  marriage, 
shall  he  not  diminish.  11  And  if 
he  do  not  these  three  things  unto 
her,  then  shall  she  go  out  for  noth- 
ing, without  money. 

12  *He  that  smiteth  a  man,  so 

*  Or,  cause  my  name  to  be  remembered 
'  Or,  bondman  *  Or,  the  judges 

7  Or,  bondwoman 

8  Another  reading  is,  so  that  he  hath  not  M- 
poused  her.  »  Heb.  flesh. 


21.13 


EXODUS 


22.6 


Laws  concerning  Crimes  of  Violence;  Damage  done  by  or  to  Beasts;  Eestitatioa  for  Trespais 


that  he  dieth,  shall  surely  be  put 
to  death.  13  "And  if  a  man  lie 
not  in  wait,  but  God  deliver  him 
into  his  hand  ;  then  I  will  appoint 
thee  a  place  whither  he  shall  tlee. 
14  *And  if  a  man  come  presump- 
tuously upon  his  neighbor,  to  slay 
him  with  guile ;  thou  shalt  take 
him  from  mine  altar,  that  he  may 
die. 

15  And  he  that  smiteth  his 
father,  or  his  mother,  shall  be 
surely  put  to  death. 

16  "And  he  that  stealeth  a  man, 
and  selleth  him,  or  if  he  be  found 
in  his  hand,  he  shall  surely  be  put 
to  death. 

17  ''And  he  that  ^curseth  his 
father  or  his  mother,  shall  surely 
be  put  to  deatli. 

18  And  if  men  contend,  and  one 
smite  the  other  with  a  stone,  or 
with  his  fist,  and  he  die  not,  but 
keep  his  bed  ;  1 9  if  he  rise  again, 
and  walk  abroad  upon  his  staff, 
then  shall  he  that  smote  him  be 
quit :  only  he  shall  pay  for  '^  the 
loss  of  his  time,  and  shall  cause 
him  to  be  thoroughly  healed. 

20  And  if  a  man  smite  ^  his  ser- 
vant, or  his  maid,  with  a  rod,  and 
he  die  under  his  hand  ;  he  shall 
surely  be  punished.  21  Notwith- 
standing, if  he  continue  a  day  or 
two,  he  shall  not  be  punished:  ''for 
he  is  his  money. 

22  And  if  men  strive  together, 
and  hurt  a  woman  with  child,  so 
that  her  fruit  depart,  and  yet  no 
harm  follow  ;  he  shall  be  surely 
fined,  according  as  the  woman's 
husband  shall  lay  upon  him  ;  and 
he  shall  pay  as  the  judges  deter- 
mine. 23  But  if  any  harm  follow, 
''then  thou  shalt  give  life  for  life, 

24  ^  eye  for  eye,  tooth  for  tooth, 
hand    for    hand,    foot    for    foot, 

25  burning  for  burning,  wound 
for  wound,  stripe  for  stripe. 

26  And  if  a  man  smite  the  eye 
of  his  servant,  or  the  eye  of  his 
maid,  and  destroy  it ;  he  shall  let 
him  go  free  for  his  eye's  sake. 
27  And  if  he  smite  out  his  man- 
servant's tooth,  or  his  maid- 
servant's tooth ;  he  shall  let  him 
go  free  for  his  tooth's  sake. 

28  And  if  an  ox  gore  a  man  or  a 
woman  to  death,  ^  the  ox  shall  be 
sui-ely  stoned,  and  its  flesh  shall 
not  be  eaten  ;  but  the  owner  of  the 
ox  shall  be  quit.     29  But  if  the  ox 

1  Or,  rmleth       '  Heb  his  sitting  or  ceasing. 
3  Or,  his  bondman,  or  his  bondivoman 


"  Num.  35. 

10-34; 
Dt.  19.  1- 
13; 
Josh.  20. 

1-9 
ft  1  K.  2.  28- 

34 
"  Dt.  24.  7 
rfMt.  15.  4; 

Mk.  7.  10 ; 

Lev.  20.  9 ; 

Dt.  27.  16 
'  Lev.  26. 

44-46 

/  Lev.  24. 19 ; 

Dt.  19.  21 
9  Mt.  5.  38 
ft  Gen.  9.  5 


i  Zech.  11. 
12 ;  Mt.  26. 
15 


[*Ch.2I.37in 
Heb.] 

*•■  2  Sara.  12. 

0 ;  Lk.  19. 

8 
f*Ch.  22.  1  in 

Heb.] 


was  wont  to  gore  in  time  past, 
and  it  hath  been  testified  to  its 
owner,  and  he  hath  not  kept  it 
in,  but  it  hath  killed  a  man  or  a 
woman ;  the  ox  shall  be  stoned, 
and  its  owner  also  shall  be  put  to 
death.  30  If  there  be  laid  on  him 
a  ransom,  then  he  shall  give  for 
the  redemption  of  his  life  whatso- 
ever is  laid  upon  him.  31  Whether 
it  have  gored  a  son,  or  have  gored 
a  daughter,  according  to  this  judg- 
ment shall  it  be  done  unto  him. 
32  If  the  ox  gore  a  man-servant 
or  a  maid-servant,  there  shall  be 
given  unto  their  master  '  thirty 
shekels  of  silver,  and  the  ox  shall 
be  stoned. 

33  Arid  if  a  man  shall  open  a 
pit,  or  if  a  man  shall  dig  a  pit  and 
not  cover  it,  and  an  ox  or  an  ass 
fall  therein,  34  the  owner  of  the 
pit  shall  make  it  good;  he  shall 
give  money  unto  the  owner  thereof, 
and  the  dead  bea.<<t  shall  be  his. 

35  And  if  one  man's  ox  hurt 
another's,  so  that  it  dieth,  then 
they  shall  sell  the  live  ox,  and 
divide  the  price  of  it ;  and  the  dead 
also  they  shall  divide.  36  Or  if  it 
be  known  that  the  ox  was  wont  to 
gore  in  time  past,  and  its  owner 
hath  not  kept  it  in  ;  he  sliall  surely 
pay  ox  for  ox,  and  the  dead  least 
shall  be  his  own. 

*0  4">  If  a  man  shall  steal  an 
w  w  ox,  or  a  sheep,  and  kill  it,  or 
sell  it ;  he  shall  pay  five  oxen  for 
an  ox,  and  ''four  sheep  for  a  sheep, 
f  2  If  the  thief  be  found  breaking 
in,  and  be  smitten  so  that  he  dieth, 
there  shall  be  no  ■*  bloodguiltiness 
for  him.  3  If  the  sun  be  risen 
upon  him,  there  shall  be  blood- 
guiltiness  for  him ;  he  shall  make 
restitution :  if  he  have  nothing 
then  he  shall  be  sold  for  his  theft. 
4  If  the  theft  be  found  in  his  hand 
alive,  whether  it  be  ox,  or  ass,  or 
sheep  ;  he  shall  pay  double. 

5  If  a  man  shall  cause  a  field  or 
vineyard  to  be  eaten,  and  shall  let 
his  beast  loose,  and  it  feed  in 
another  man's  field  ;  of  the  best  of 
his  own  field,  and  of  the  best  of  his 
own  vineyard,  shall  he  make  resti- 
tution. 

6  If  fire  break  out,  and  catch 
in  thorns,  so  that  the  shocks  of 
grain,  or  the  standing  grain,  or 
the  field  are  consumed ;  he  that 
kindled  the  fire  shall  surely  make 
restitution. 

iHeb  blood. 


u 


22.7 


EXODUS 


23.8 


Laws  concerning  Restitation  for  Trespass.    Sundry  Laws,  civil  and  relig:i«ns 


,v  7  a  jf  3^  man  shall  deliver  unto 
his  neighbor  money  or  stutf  to 
keep,  and  it  be  stolen  out  of  the 
man's  house  ;  if  the  thief  be  found, 
he  shall  pay  double.  8  If  the 
thief  be  not  found,  then  the  master 
of  the  house  shall  come  near  unto 
^  *  God,  to  see  whether  he  have  not 
put  his  hand  unto  his  neighbor's 
goods.  9  For  every  matter  of 
trespass,  whether  it  be  for  ox,  for 
ass,  for  sheep,  for  raiment,  or  for 
any  manner  of  lost  thing,  whereof 
one  saith.  This  is  it,  the  cause  of 
both  parties  shall  come  before 
^ "  God  ;  he  whom  ^  God  shall  con- 
demn shall  pay  double  unto  his 
neighbor. 

10  If  a  man  deliver  unto  his 
neighbor  an  ass,  or  an  ox,  or  a 
sheep,  or  anv  beast,  to  keep ;  and 
it  die,  or  be  hurt,  or  driven  away, 
no  man  seeing  it:  11  the  oath  of 
Jehovah  shall  be  between  them 
both,  whether  he  hath  not  put  his 
hand  unto  his  neighbor's  goods ; 
and  the  owner  thereof  shall  accept 
it,  and  he  shall  not  make  restitu- 
tion. 12  But  if  it  be  stolen  from 
him,  he  shall  make  restitution  unto 
the  owner  thereof.  13  If  it  be 
torn  in  pieces,  let  him  bring  it  for 
witness  ;  he  shall  not  make  good 
that  which  was  torn. 

1 4  And  if  a  man  -  borrow  aught 
of  his  neighbor,  and  it  be  hurt,  or 
die,  the  owner  thereof  not  being 
with  it,  he  shall  surely  make  resti- 
tution. 1-5  If  the  owner  thereof 
be  with  it,  he  shall  not  make  it 
good :  if  it  be  a  hired  thing,  ^  it 
came  for  its  hire. 

16  ''And  if  a  man  entice  a  virgin 
that  is  not  betrothed,  and  lie  with 
her,  he  shall  sui'ely  pay  a  dowry 
for  her  to  be  his  wife.  17  If  her 
father  utterly  refuse  to  give  her 
unto  him,  he  shall  pay  money  ac- 
cording to  the  dowry  of  virgins. 

1 8  Thou  shalt  not  suffer  p  '  sor- 
ceress to  live. 

19-'^  Whosoever  lieth  w?  ih  a 
beast  shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

20  "  He  that  sacrificeth  unto  any 
god,  save  unto  Jehovah  only,  shall 
be  ■* ''  utterly  destroyed.  2 1  And  '  a 
sojourner  shalt  thou  not  wrong, 
neither  shalt  thou  oppress  him : 
for  ye  were  sojourners  in  the  land 
of  Egypt.  22  *  Ye  shall  not  afflict 
any  widow,    or    fatherless    child. 

1  Or,  thejjudaes  *  Heb.  ask. 

*  Or,  it  IS  reckoned  in  (Heb.  cometh  into)  its 
i  ir*  *  Heb.  devoted. 


"  Le".  6.  1-7 

*  ver.  9,  28  ; 

ch.  21.  C; 

L)t.  17.  8, 

9;  19.  17 

«  ver.  8,  28 

<'  Dt.  22.  28, 
29 

^  Lev.  20. 27  ; 

Dt.  18.  10; 

Jer.  27.  9, 

10 
/Lev.  18.23; 

20.  15,  10; 

Dt.  27.  21 
•'  ch.  32.  S ; 

34. 15 ;  Lev. 

17.  7 
''  Lev.  27.  29 
'  Lev.  19.  33. 

34 ;  Dt.  1. 

IG ;  27.  19 
*:  Dt.  24.  17, 

IS 


'  Prov.  23. 

10, 11 ;  Jer. 

7.  6 ;  22.  3 
'"  Dt.  15.  9 
"  Dt.  10.  18; 

Ps.  10.  14, 

18;  (>S  6 
"  Ps.  lO'J.  9 
P  Lev.  85. 

3.5-37 
«  Dt.  23.  19, 

20 
'■  ver.  23 
'  Lev.  24.  15, 

16 
'  Acts  23,  5 
"  ell.  23.  16, 

19 ;  Dt.  26. 

2-11 
"  ch.  13.  3 
"  Oeu.  17. 

i2;  Lev. 

12.  3 
''ch.  19.  6; 

Lev.  11.  44 
'  Lev.  7.  24 ; 

17.  15 

"  ch.  20.  16 


>>  Dt.  19.  16- 
21 ;  Ps.  35. 
11 


"Dt.  1C.  19; 

24.  17 
d  ver.  G ; 

Lev.  19.  1,:;; 

Dt.  1.  17; 

IG.  19 
•  Dt.  22.  1-4 


/ver.  2,  3 

9  ch.  20.  16 ; 

Ps.  119.  29 
h  ch.  20.  l.-i ; 

Dt.  27.  25 
i  ch.  34.  7  ; 

Dt.  25.  1 

«••  Dt.  10.  17 ; 
ifi.  19; 
Prov.  17. 
^  23 ;  Is.  6. 


23 


76 


23  'If  thou  afflict  them  at  alL  and 
'"  they  cry  at  all  unto  me,  I  will 
surely  hear  their  cry  ;  24  and  "my 
wrath  shall  wax  hot,  and  I  will 
kill  you  with  the  swoixl ;  "  and 
your  wives  shall  be  widows,  and 
your  children  fatherles.s. 

25  -Plf  thou  lend  money  to  any 
of  my  people  with  thee  that  is 
poor,  thou  slialt  not  be  to  him  as  a 
creditor  ;  neither  shall  ye  lay  upon 
him  "interest.  26  If  thou  at  all 
take  thy  neiglibor's  garment  to 
pledge,  thou  shalt  restore  it  unto 
liim  before  the  sun  goeth  down : 
27  for  that  is  his  only  covering, 
it  is  his  garment  for  his  skin : 
wherein  shall  he  sleep  1  and  it 
shall  come  to  pass,  ''when  he  crieth 
unto  me,  that  I  will  hear ;  for  I 
am  gracious. 

28  Thou  shalt  not '  revile  ^  God, 
'nor  curse  a  ruler  of  thy  people. 

29  «  Thou  shalt  not  delay  to  offer 
of  ^thy  harvest,  and  of  the  outflow 
of  thy  presses.  "  The  first-born  of 
thy  sons  shalt  thou  give  vinto  me. 

30  Likewise  shalt  thou  do  with 
thine  oxen,  and  with  thy  sheep : 
seven  days  it  shall  be  with  its 
dam ;  f  on  the  eighth  clay  thou 
shalt  give  it  me.  31  *  And  ye  shall 
be  holy  men  vmto  me  :  therefore 
^  ye  shall  not  eat  any  flesh  that  is 
torn  of  beasts  in  the  field  ;  5^6  shall 
cast  it  to  the  dogs. 

O  O  "  Thou  shalt  not  take  up  a 
^  O  false  report :  put  not  thy 
hand  with  the  wicked  to  be  an 
''unrighteous  witness.  2  Thou  shalt 
not  follow  a  multitude  to  do  evil ; 
neither  shalt  thou  •*  speak  in  a, 
cause  to  turn  aside  after  a  multi- 
tude to  "  wrest  Justice  :  3  ^  neither 
shalt  thou  favor  a  poor  man  in  Ids 
cause. 

4  "If  thou  meet  thine  enemy's 
ox  or  his  ass  going  astray,  thou 
shalt  surely  bring  it  back  to  him 
again.  5  if  thou  see  the  ass  of 
him  that  hateth  thee  Is'ing  under 
his  burden,  ''thou  shalt  forbear  to 
leave  him,  thou  shalt  surely  release 
it  with  him. 

6  f  Thou  shalt  not  wrest  the 
justice  due  to  thy  poor  in  his 
cause.  7  ^Keep  thee  far  from  a 
false  matter ;  and  the  innocent 
and  righteous  *  slay  thou  not:  for 
'I  will  not  justify  the  wicked. 
8  *And  thou  shalt  take  no  bribe: 

s  Heb.  thy  fulness  and  thy  tear. 
'  Or,  bear  witness 

1  Or,  and  wouldtst. forbear  to  reteaseit/or  himi 
thou  shalt  surely  release  it  with  kim 


23c  9 


EXODUS 


24.3 


Sabbaths,  Feasts,  and  First-fruits.    Promised  Retarn  to  Canaan.    Jeliovah's  Covenant  witli  Israel 


for  a  bribe  blindeth  them  that 
have  sight,  and  perverteth  the 
^  words  of  the  righteous.  9  "  And 
a  sojourner  shalt  thou  not  oppress  : 
for  ye  know  the  heart  of  a  so- 
journer, seein^ye  were  sojourners 
in  the  land  of  Egypt. 

10  *And  six  years  thou  shalt 
sow  thy  land,  and  shalt  gather  in 
the  increase  thereof :  1 1  but  the 
seventh  year  thou  shalt  '^  let  it  rest 
and  lie  fallow,  that  the  poor  of  thy 

f)eople  may  eat :  and  what  they 
eave  the  beast  of  the  field  shall 
eat.  In  like  manner  thou  shalt 
deal  with  thy  vineyard,  and  with 
thy  oliveyard.  12''  Six  days  thou 
shalt  do  thy  work,  and  on  the 
seventh  day  thou  shalt  ^  rest ;  that 
thine  ox  and  thine  ass  may  have 
rest,  and  the  son  of  thy  handmaid, 
and  the  sojourner,  may  be  re- 
freshed. 13  And  ''in  all  things 
that  I  have  said  unto  you  take  ye 
heed :  and  *  make  no  mention  of 
the  name  of  other  gods,  neither 
let  it  be  heard  out  of  thy  mouth. 

14  •'Three  times  thou  shalt  keep 
a  feast  unto  me  in  the  year.  1 5  The 
feast  of  unleavened  bread  shalt 
thou  keep :  seven  days  thou  shalt 
eat  unleavened  bread,  as  I  com- 
manded thee,  at  the  time  appointed 
in  the  ''month  Abib  (for  in  it  thou 
camest  out  from  Egypt) ;  and  ''none 
shall  appear  before  me  empty  :  1 6 
and  '  the  feast  of  harvest,  tne  first- 
fruits  of  thy  labors,  which  thou 
so  west  in  the  field  :  and  the  feast 
of  ingathering,  at  the  end  of  the 
year,  when  thou  gatherest  in  thy 
labors  out  of  the  field.  17  *  Three 
times  in  the  year  all  thy  males  shall 
appear  before  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

18  'Thou  shalt  not  offer  the 
blood  of  my  sacrifice  with  leav- 
ened bread  ;  "'neither  shall  the  fat 
of  my  feast  remain  all  night  until 
the  morning.  1 9  "  The  first  of  the 
first-fruits  of  thy  ground  thou  shalt 
bring  into  the  house  of  Jehovah 
thy  God.  "Thou  shalt  not  boil  a 
kid  in  its  mother's  milk. 

20  Behold,  I  send  ^an  angel  be- 
fore thee,  to  keep  thee  by  the  way, 
and  *  to  bring  thee  into  the  place 
which  1  have  prepared.  21  Take 
ye  heed  before  him,  and  hearken 
unto  his  voice  ;  ^  *■  provoke  him  not ; 
for  he  will  not  pardon  your  trans- 
gression :  for  '  my  name  is  in  him. 

'  Or,  ftnt.se 

2  Or,  release  it  and  let  it  lie/allov;  See  Dt. 
16  2  3  Or,  keep  sabbath 

*  Or,  Dt  not  rebellious  against  him, 


"  ch.  22.  21 
*  Lev.  25. 1-7 

"  ch.  20.  8- 

11;  31.  15; 

35.  2,  3 
d  Dt.  4.  9,  23 
'Josh.  23. 

7  ;  Pa.  16.  4 
/ch.  34.  22- 

24  ;  Dt.  16. 

16 
"  ch.  12.  2 
ftch.  22.  29; 

34.  20 
i  ch.  34.  22 
k  ver.  14 
'  ch.  34.  25 ; 

Lev.  2.  11 
"•ch.  12.  10; 

Lev.  7. 15 
"  ch.  22.  29 ; 

34.  26 
0  Dt.  14.  21 

Pver.  23;ch. 

3.  2;  14. 19; 

32.  34  ;  33,  2 
«  ch.  15.  16, 

17 
*■  Dt.  9.  7 
'  ch.  3.  14 ; 

6.  3  ;  34.  6-7 


<Gen.  12.  3; 

Num.  24.9; 

Dt.  30.  7 
"Josh.  24. 11 
"ver.  13,33; 

ch.  20.  6 

*  Num.  33. 
62;  Dt. 
7.6;  12.3; 
2  K.  18.  4 

y  ch.  34.  13 ; 

Lev.  26.  1 ; 

2  K.  3.  2 
^  Lev.  26.  3- 

13 ;  Dt.  28. 

1-14 
"ch.  15.26; 

Dt.  7.  15 
t>  Dt.  7. 14 
<'Dt.4.40; 

Job  6.  26 
d  ch.  15.  16 
'  Dt.  7.  23 
/Dt.  7.  20; 

Josh.  24.  12 
V  ch.  33.  2 ; 

34.11 
A  Dt.  7.  22 
i  Gen.  15. 18; 

Dt.  1.  7,  8 

*  Dt.  2.  36 ; 
Josh.  21.  44 

"•  Josh.  24. 

12,  18 
""  ch.  34.  12  ; 

Dt.  7.  2 
"  ver.  13,  24 
0  Dt.  7.  l-o, 

16 


P  ch.  19.  24 
9  ch.  6.  23  ; 

Lev.  10. 1, 2 


76 


22  But  if  thou  shalt  indeed  hearken 
unto  his  voice,  and  do  all  that  1 
speak;  then  '1  will  be  an  enemy 
unto  thine  enemies,  and  an  ad- 
versary   unto    thine    adversaries. 

23  "  For  mine  angel  shall  go  before 
thee,  and  bring  thee  in  unto  the 
Amorite,  and  the  Hittite,  and 
the  Perizzite,  and  the  Canaanite. 
the  Hivite,  and  the  Jebusite  :  and 
I  will  cut  them  off.  24  "  Thou  shalt 
not  bow  down  to  their  gods,  nor 
serve  them,  nor  do  after  their 
works ;  ^  but  thou  shalt  utterly 
overthrow  them,  and  break  in 
pieces  their  ^  *  pillars.  25"^  And  ye 
shall  serve  Jehovah  your  God,  and 
he  will  bless  thy  bread,  and  thy 
water;  and  "I  will  take  sickness 
away   from    the    midst    of    thee. 

26  There  shall  none  cast  her  young, 
nor  *be  barren,  in  thy  land:  "the 
number  of  thy  days  I  will  fulfil. 

27  I  will  ''send  my  terror  before 
thee,  and  *will  discomfit  all  the 
people  to  whom  thou  shalt  come, 
and  I  will  make  all  thine  enemies 
turn  their  backs  unto  thee.   28  And 

1  will  send  ■''the  hornet  before  thee, 
which  shall  ^  drive  out  the  Hivite, 
the  Canaanite,  and  the  Hittite, 
from  before  thee.  29  I  will  not 
drive  them  out  from  before  thee  in 
one  year,  lest  the  land  become  deso- 
late, and  the  beasts  of  the  field 
multiply  against  thee.  30  '^  By  lit- 
tle and  little  I  will  drive  them  out 
from  before  thee,  until  thou  be 
increased,  and  inherit   the   land. 

31  'And  I  will  set  thy  border 
from  the  Red  Sea  even  unto  the 
sea  of  the  Philistines,  and  from  the 
wilderness  unto  Hhe  River  :  *forI 
will  deliver  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land  into  your  hand;  and  'thou 
shalt  drive  them  out  before  thee. 

32  '"  Thou  shalt  make  no  covenant 
with  them,  "nor  with  their  gods. 

33  "They  shall  not  dwell  in  thy 
land,  lest  they  make  thee  sin 
against  me  ;  for  if  thou  serve  their 
gods,  it  will  surely  be  a  snare  unto 
thee. 

r)/l  And  he  said  unto  Moses, 
.«^"t:  ^Come  up  unto  Jehovah, 
thou,  and  Aaron,  *  Nadab,  and 
Abihu,  and  seventy  of  the  elders 
of  Israel ;  and  worship  ye  afar  off : 

2  and  Moses  alone  shall  come  near 
unto  Jehovah ;  but  they  shall  not 
come  near ;  neither  shall  the  peo- 
ple go  up  with  him.  3  And  Moses 
came  and  told  the  people  all  the 

s  Or,  ohdisks  ^  That  is.  the  Euphrates. 


24.4 


EXODUS 


25.18 


Moses  again  in  tlie  Moant.    Offerings  for  tlie  Sanctnary  enjoined.    Directions  concerning  the  Ark 


words  of  Jehovah,  and  all  the  or- 
dinances :  and  all  the  people  an- 
swered with  one  voice,  and  said, 
"All  the  words  which  Jehovah  hath 
spoken  will  we  do.  4  And  *  Moses 
wrote  all  the  words  of  Jehovah,  and 
rose  up  early  in  the  morning,  and 
builded  an  "altar  under  the  mount, 
and  twelve  pillars,  according  to  the 
twelve  tribes  of  Israel.  5  And  he 
sent  young  men  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  ''who  offered  burnt-ofl'erings, 
and  sacrificed  peace-otferings  of 
oxen  unto  Jehovah.  6  And  "  Moses 
took  half  of  the  blood,  and  put  it 
in  basins  ;  and  half  of  the  blood  he 
sprinkled  on  the  altar.  7  And  he 
took  -^the  book  of  the  covenant, 
and  read  in  the  audience  of  the 
people:  and  they  said,  fAll  that 
Jehovah  hath  spoken  will  we  do, 
and  be  obedient.  8  And  *  Moses 
took  the  blood,  and  sprinkled  it  on 
the  people,  and  said.  Behold  *the 
bloou  of  the  covenant,  which  Jeho- 
vah hath  made  with  you  '  concern- 
ing all  these  words. 

y  Then  went  up  !Moses,  and 
Aaron,  *Nadab,  and  Abihu,  and 
seventy  of  the  elders  of  Israel : 
10  and  Hhey  saw  the  God  of 
Israel ;  and  ""  there  was  under  his 
feet  as  it  were  ^a  paved  work  of 
sapphire  stone,  and  as  it  were  the 
very  heaven  for  clearness.  1 1  And 
upon  the  nobles  of  the  children  of 
Israel  he  laid  not  his  hand  :  and 
"they  beheld  God,  and  did  eat  and 
drink. 

1 2  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
Come  up  to  me  into  the  mount,  and 
be  there  :  and  "  I  will  give  thee  the 
tables  of  stone,  and  the  law  and 
the  commandment,  which  I  have 
written,  that  thou  mayest  teach 
them.  13  And  ^Moses  rose  up,  and 
*" Joshua  his  minister:  and  Moses 
went  up  into  "the  mount  of  God. 
14  And  he  said  unto  the  elders, 
*  Tarry  ye  here  for  us,  until  we 
come  again  unto  you  :  and,  behold, 
'  Aaron  and  Hur  are  with  you ; 
whosoever  hath  a  cause,  let  him 
Oome  near  unto  them.  15  And 
Moses  went  up  into  the  mount, 
and  '  the  cloud  covered  the  mount. 
16  And  the  glory  of  Jehovah  abode 
upon  mount  Sinai,  and  the  cloud 
covered  it  six  days  :  and  the  seventh 
day  he  "called  unto  Moses  out  of 
the  midst  of  the  cloud.  17  "And 
the  appearance  of  the  glory  of  Je- 

1  Or,  upon  all  these  conditions 
*  Or,  work  of  bright  sapphire 


°  ver.  7 ;  ch. 

19.  8 
6ch.  17.  14; 

34.  27 
'  ch.  17.  IS 

dch.  18.  12 
'■  Ps.  99.  6 
/ver.  4 
"  ver.  3 
''  Heb.  9.  19, 

•2i) 
i  Mt.  26.  28  ; 

Lk.  22.  20 ; 

1  Cor.  11. 

25;  Zech. 

9.  11 
*  ver.  1 
'  ver.  11  ; 

Num.  12.8; 

Is.  6.  6;  Jn. 

1.  18;  6.  46 
"■  Ezek.  1.  26 
"  ver.  10 
"  ch.  31.  18 
J*  ch.  17.  9- 

14;  33.  11 
1  ch.  3.  1 
'■  Gen.  22.  6 
'  ch.  17.  10, 

12 
t  ch.  19.  9 
"  Ps.  99.  7 
"  Ps.  99.  2-6 


"  Dt.  4.  24 ; 

9.  3;  Heb. 
12.  29 

y  ch.  .34.  28 ; 
Dt.  9.  9 ; 

10.  10 

'  ch.  .3.5.  4-9 

"  ch. :«.  21 

*  ch.  29.  45, 
46 ;  Num. 

6.  3;  Dt. 
12.  11 

"  ver.  40 ;  ch. 
26.  .SO;  Acts 

7.  44 ;  Heb. 

8.  2,  6 

d  ch.  37.  1-9 


•  Heb.  9.  4 


/Heb.  0.4 


hovah  was  like  ^devouring  fire  on 
the  top  of  the  mount  in  the  eyes 
of  the  children  of  Isiael.  18  And 
Moses  entered  into  the  midst  of 
the  cloud,  and  went  up  into  the 
mount :  and  Moses  was  in  the 
mount  2' forty  days  and  forty 
nights. 

r)  pr  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
^^  tJ  Moses,  saying,  2  sSpeak 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  that 
they  take  for  me  an  ^offering  :  "oi 
every  man  whose  heart  maketh  him 
willing  ye  shall  take  my  ^ortei-ing. 
3  And  this  is  the  ^offering  which 
ye  shall  take  of  them  :  gold,  and 
silver,  and  brass,  4  and  blue,  and 
purple,  and  scarlet,  and  ■*  fine  linen, 
and  goats'  hair,  5  and  rams'  skins 
dyed  red,  and  ^sealskins,  and  acacia 
wood,  6  oil  for  the  light,  spices  for 
the  anointing  oil,  and  for  the  sweet 
incense,  7  ®onyx  stones,  and  stones 
to  be  set,  for  the  ephod,  and  for  the 
breastplate.  8  And  let  them  make 
me  a  sanctuary,  ''that  I  may  dwell 
among  them.  9  ''According  to  all 
that  I  show  thee,  the  pattern  of  the 
^  tabernacle,  and  the  pattern  of  all 
the  furniture  thereof,  even  so  shall 
ye  make  it. 

10  "*  And  they  shall  make  an  ark 
of  acacia  wood :  two  cubits  and  a 
half  shall  be  the  length  thereof, 
and  a  cubit  and  a  half  the  breadth 
thereof,  and  a  cubit  and  a  half  the 
height  thereof.  1 1  And  thou  shalt 
*  overlay  it  with  pure  gold,  within 
and  without  .shall  thou  overlay  it, 
and  shalt  make  upon  it  a  *  crown 
of  gold  round  about.  1 2  And  thou 
shalt  cast  four  rings  of  gold  for 
it,  and  put  them  in  the  four  feet 
thereof ;  and  two  rings  shall  be  on 
the  one  ^side  of  it,  and  two  rings 
on  the  other  ®side  of  it.  13  And 
thou  shalt  make  staves  of  acacia 
wood,  and  overlay  them  with  gold. 

14  And  thou  shalt  put  the  staves 
into  the  rings  on  the  sides  of  the 
ark,  wherewith  to  bear  the  ark. 

1 5  The  staves  shall  be  in  the  rings 
of  the  ark  :  they  shall  not  be  taken 
from  it.  16  And  thou  shalt  fput 
into  the  ark  the  testimony  which  I 
shall  give  thee.  1 7  And  thou  shalt 
make  a  "  mercy-seat  of  pure  gold  : 
two  cubits  and  a  half  s/iall  be  the 
length  thereof,  and  a  cubit  and  a 
half  the  breadth  thereof.  1 8  And 
thou  shalt  make  two  cherubim  of 

3  Or,  heave-offering  7  Heb.  dwelling. 

*  Or,  cotton  ^  Ox,  rim    Or,  moulding 

6  Or,  vorpoise-akins  *  Heb.  rib. 

6  Or,  oervl  i°  Or,  covering 


25,  IS 


EXODUS 


26.6 


The  Table  of  Skowbread.    The  Candlestick.    Curtains  of  the  Tabernade 


gold ;  of  ^  beaten  work  shalt  thou 
make  them,  at  the  two  ends  of 
the  mercy-seat.  1 9  And  make  one 
cherub  at  the  one  end,  and  one 
cherub  at  the  other  end :  '^  of 
one  piece  with  the  inercy-seat  shall 
ye  make  the  cherubim  on  the  two 
ends  thereof.  20  And  "the  cheru- 
bim shall  spread  out  their  wings  on 
high,  covering  the  mercy-seat  with 
their  wings,  with  their  faces  one  to 
another ;  toward  the  mercy-seat 
shall  the  faces  of  the  cherubim  be. 
21  And  thou  shalt  put  the  mercy- 
seat  above  upon  the  ark ;  and  in 
the  ark  thou  shalt  put  the  testi- 
mony that  I  shall  give  thee.  22 
And  ''  there  I  will  meet  with  thee, 
and  I  will  commune  with  thee 
from  above  the  mercy-seat,  from 
between  the  two  cherubim  which 
are  upon  the  ark  of  the  testimony, 
of  all  things  which  I  will  give  thee 
in  commandment  unto  the  children 
of  Israel. 

23  "And  thou  shalt  make  a  table 
of  acacia  wood  :  two  cubits  shall  be 
the  length  thereof,  and  a  cubit  the 
breadth  thereof,  and  a  cubit  and  a 
half  the  height  thereof.  24  And 
thou  shalt  overlay  it  with  pure 
gold,  and  make  thereto  a  ''crown 
of  gold  round  about.  25  And  thou 
shalt  make  unto  it  a  border  of  a 
handbreadth  round  about ;  and 
thou  shalt  make  a  golden  crown 
to  the  border  thereof  round  about. 
26  And  thou  shalt  make  for  it  four 
rings  of  gold,  and  put  the  rings  in 
the  four  corners  that  are  on  the 
four  feet  thereof.  27  Close  by  the 
border  shall  the  rings  be,  for  places 
for  the  staves  to  bear  the  table. 
28  And  thou  shalt  make  the  staves 
of  acacia  wood,  and  overlay  them 
with  gold,  that  the  table  may  be 
borne  with  them.  29  And  thou 
shalt  make  the  dishes  thereof,  and 
the  spoons  thereof,  and  the  flagons 
thereof,  and  the  bowls  thereof, 
wherewith  to  pour  out :  of  pure 
gold  shalt  thou  make  them.  30 
And  thou  shalt  set  upon  the  table 
^*  show  bread  before  me  alway. 

31  ■''And  thou  shalt  make  a  candle- 
stick of  pure  gold  :  of  ^  beaten  work 
shall  the  candlestick  be  made,  even 
its  *  base,  and  its  shaft ;  its  cups,  its 
knops,  and  its  flowers,  shall  be  *  of 
one  piece  with  it:  32  and  there 
shall  be  six  branches  going  out  of 

1  Or,  turned  *  Ileb.  out  of  the  mercy-seat. 

•  Or,  Presence-bread  *  Heb.  thigh. 

*  Heb.  out  of  the  same. 


°  1  K.  8.  7 ; 
Heb.  9.  6 

b  ch.  29.  42, 

43  ;  30.  6, 36 
"^  ch.  37.  10-16 
rf  ver.  11 
0  ch.  39.  36 ; 

40.  23 ;  Lev. 

24.  6-9 
/ch.  37.  17- 

24 


f  Heb.  8.  6 
h  ver.  9 


.h.  36.  8-19 


the  sides  thereof ;  three  branches 
of  the  candlestick  out  of  the  one 
side  thereof,  and  three  branches  of 
the  candlestick  out  of  the  other  side 
thereof :  33  three  cups  made  like 
almond-blossoms  in  one  branch,  a 
knop  and  a  flower  ;  and  three  cups 
made  like  almond-blossoms  in  the 
other  branch,  a  knop  and  a  flower : 
so  for  the  six  branches  going  out 
of  the  candlestick:  34  and  in  the 
candlestick  four  cups  made  like 
almond-blossoms,  the  knops  there- 
of, and  the  flowers  thereof ;  35  and 
a  knop  under  two  branches  ^  of  one 
piece  with  it.  and  a  knop  under  two 
branches  ®  of  one  piece  with  it,  and 
a  knop  under  two  branches  ^  of  one 
piece  with  it,  for  the  six  branches 
going  out  of  the  candlestick.  36 
Their  knops  and  their  branches 
shall  be  ^  of  one  piece  with  it ;  the 
whole  of  it  one  ^  beaten  work  of 
pure  gold.  37  And  thou  shalt 
make  the  lamps  thereof,  seven : 
and  they  shall  "light  the  lamps 
thereof,  to  give  light  over  against 
it.  38  And  the  snuff'ers  thereof, 
and  the  snuffdishes  thereof,  shall 
be  of  pure  gold.  39  Of  a  talent 
of  pure  gold  shall  it  be  made,  with 
all  these  vessels.  40  And  "  see  that 
thou  make  them  *  after  their  pat- 
tern, which  hath  been  showed  thee 
in  the  mount. 

O  /^  '  Moreover  thou  shalt  make 
^  \J  the  tabernacle  with  ten  cur- 
tains; of  fine  twined  linen,  and 
blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  with 
cherubim  the  work  of  the  skilful 
workman  shalt  thou  make  them. 
2  The  length  of  each  curtain  shall 
be  eight  and  twenty  cubits,  and 
the  breadth  of  each  curtain  four 
cubits :  all  the  curtains  shall  have 
one  measure.  3  Five  curtains  shall 
be  coupled  together  one  to  another  ; 
and  the  other  five  curtains  shall  be 
coupled  one  to  another.  4  And 
thou  shalt  make  loops  of  blue  upon 
the  edge  of  the  one  curtain ''  from 
the  selvedge  in  the  coupling ;  and 
likewise  shalt  thou  make  in  the 
edge  of  the  curtain  that  is  outmost 
in  the  second  ®  coupling.  5  Fifty 
loops  shalt  thou  make  in  the  one 
curtain,  and  fifty  loops  shalt  thou 
make  in  the  edge  of  the  curtain 
that  is  in  the  second  ^coupling ; 
the  loops  shall  be  opposite  one  to 
another.  6  And  thou  shalt  make 
fifty  clasps  of  gold,  and  couple  the 


78 


6  Or,  set  ut) 

1  Or,  that  is  outmost  in  the  first  set 


8  Or,  set 


2a  7 


EXODUS 


26.35 


i/nnains  ot  tne  f  aoernacle.    Boards  aod  Bars  of  Uie  Tabernacle.    Tbe  Veil  and  the  Screen 


curtains  one  to  another  with  the 
clasps :  and  the  tabeinacle  shall  be 
one  whole. 

7  And  thou  shalt  make  curtains 
of  goats'  hair  for  a  tent  over  the 
tabernacle :  eleven  curtains,  shalt 
thou  make  them.  8  The  length  of 
each  curtain  shall  be  thirty  cubits, 
and  the  breadth  of  each  curtain 
four  cubits :  the  eleven  ciu'tains 
shall  have  one  measure.  9  And 
thou  shalt  couple  i\\e  curtains  by 
themselves,  and  six  curtains  by 
themselves,  and  shalt  double  over 
the  sixth  curtain  in  the  forefront 
of  the^  tent.  10  And  thou  shalt 
make  fifty  loops  on  the  edge  of  the 
one  curtain  that  is  outmost  in  the 
^  coupling,  and  fifty  loops  upon 
the  edge  of  the  curtain  which  is 
outmost  in  the  second  '"^coupling. 
1 1  And  thou  shalt  make  fifty  clasps 
of  brass,  and  put  the  clasps  into  the 
loops,  and  couple  the  tent  together, 
that  it  may  be  one.  12  And  the 
overhanging  part  that  remaineth 
of  the  curtains  of  the  tent,  the  half 
curtain  that  I'emaineth,  sliall  hang 
over  the  back  of  the  tabernacle. 
13  And  the  cubit  on  the  one  side, 
and  the  cubit  on  the  other  side,  of 
that  which  remaineth  in  the  length 
of  the  curtains  of  the  tent,  shall 
hang  over  the  sides  of  the  taber- 
nacle on  this  side  and  on  that  side, 
to  cover  it.  1-1  And  thou  shalt 
make  a  covering  for  the  tent  of 
rams'  skins  dyed  red,  and  a  cover- 
ing of  ^  sealskins  above. 

15  And  thou  shalt  make  "the 
boards  for  the  tabernacle  of  acacia 
wood,  standing  up.  16  Ten  cubits 
shall  be  the  length  of  a  board,  and 
a  cubit  and  a  half  the  breadth  of 
each  board.  17  Two  tenons  shall 
there  be  in  each  board,  '"joined  one 
to  another :  thus  shalt  thou  make 
for  all  the  boards  of  the  tabernacle. 
18  And  thou  shalt  make  the  boards 
for  the  tabernacle,  twenty  boards 
for  the  south  side  southward.  19 
And  thou  shalt  make  forty  sockets 
of  silver  under  the  twenty  boards  ; 
two  sockets  under  one  board  for  its 
two  tenons,  and  two  sockets  under 
another  boai'd  for  its  two  tenons : 
20  and  for  the  second  side  of  the 
tabernacle,  on  the  north  side, 
twenty  boards,  2 1  and  their  forty 
sockets  of  silver ;  two  sockets  under 
one  board,  and  two  sockets  under 
another  board.     22    And  for  the 


»  Or,  first  set 
»  Or.  set 


3  Or,  porpoise- skins 
*  Or,  mortised 


'  ch.  3a  20- 


■  ch.  36.  35- 

3« ;  Mt.  ^. 
51 ;  Heb. 


39 


hinder  part  of  the  tabernacle  west- 
ward thou  shalt  make  six  boards. 
23  And  two  boards  shalt  thou 
make  for  the  corners  of  the  tab- 
ernacle in  the  hinder  part.  24  And 
they  shall  be  double  l)eneath,  and 
in  like  manner  they  shall  be  entire 
unto  the  top  thereof  unto  *one 
ring :  thus  shall  it  be  for  them 
both;  they  shall  be  for  the  two 
corners.  25  And  there  shall  be 
eight  boards,  and  their  sockets  of 
silver,  sixteen  sockets ;  two  sockets 
under  one  board,  and  two  sockets 
under  another  board. 

26  And  thou  shalt  make  bars  of 
acacia  wood  ;  five  for  the  boards 
of  the  one  side  of  the  tabernacle, 
27  and  five  bars  for  the  boards  of 
the  other  side  of  the  tabernacle, 
and  five  bars  for  the  boards  of  the 
side  of  the  tabernacle,  for  the 
hinder  part  westward.  28  And 
the  middle  bar  in  the  midst  of  the 
boards  shall  pass  through  from  end 
to  end.  29  And  thou  shalt  over- 
lay the  boards  with  gold,  and  make 
their  rings  of  gold  for  places  for 
the  bars :  and  thou  shalt  over- 
lay the  bars  with  gold.  30  And 
thou  shalt  rear  up  the  tabernacle 
*  according  to  the  fashion  thereof 
which  hath  been  showed  thee  in 
the  mount. 

31  And  thou  shalt  make  *a  veil 
of  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet, 
and  fine  twined  linen  :  with  cheru- 
bim the  work  of  the  skilful  work- 
man shall  it  be  made  :  32  and  thou 
shalt  hang  it  upon  four  pillars  of 
acacia  overlaid  with  gold ;  their 
hooks  shall  be  of  gold,  upon  four 
sockets  of  silver.  33  And  thou 
shalt  hang  up  the  veil  under  the 
clasps,  and  shalt  bi'ing  in  thither 
within  the  veil  the  ark  of  the  testi- 
mony: and  the  veil  shall  separate 
unto  you  between  the  holy  place 
and  the  most  holy.  34  And  thou 
shalt  put  the  rnercy-seat  upon  the 
ark  ot  the  testimony  in  the  most 
holy  place.  35  And  thou  shalt  set 
the  table  without  the  veil,  and  the 
candlestick  over  against  the  table 
on  the  side  of  the  taoernacle  toward 
the  south :  and  thou  shalt  put  the 
table  on  the  north  side. 

36  And  thou  shalt  make  a  screen 
for  the  door  of  the  Tent,  of  blue, 
and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine 
twined  linen,  the  work  of  the 
embroiderer.  37  And  thou  shalt 
make  for  the  screen  five  pillars  of 

«  Or,  the  first 


27.1 


EXODUS 


28.6 


The  iltar  of  Barnt-offering.    The  Court  and  the  Lamp.    Aaron's  (lannenti 


acacia,  and  overlay  them  with 
gold ;  their  hooks  shall  be  of  gold : 
and  thou  shalt  cast  five  sockets  of 
brass  for  them. 

Q  ^  And  thou  shalt  make  "the 
w  I  altar  of  acacia  wood,  five 
cubits  long,  and  five  cubits  broad  ; 
the  altar  shall  be  four-square  :  and 
the  height  thereof  shall  be  three 
cubits.  2  And  thou  shalt  make 
the  horns  of  it  upon  the  four  cor- 
ners thereof;  the  horns  thereof 
shall  be  of  one  piece  with  it :  and 
thou  shalt  overlay  it  with  brass. 
3  And  thou  shalt  make  its  pots  to 
take  away  its  ashes,  and  its  shov- 
els, and  its  basins,  and  its  flesh- 
hooks,  and  its  firepans :  all  the 
vessels  thereof  thou  shalt  make  of 
brass.  4  And  thou  shalt  make  for 
it  a  grating  of  network  of  brass ; 
and  upon  the  net  shalt  thou  make 
four  brazen  rings  in  the  four  '  cor- 
ners thereof.  5  And  thou  shalt 
put  it  under  the  ledge  round  the 
altar  beneath,  that  the  net  may 
reach  halfway  up  the  altar.  6  And 
thou  shalt  make  staves  for  the 
altar,  staves  of  acacia  wood,  and 
overlay  them  with  brass.  7  And 
the  staves  thereof  shall  be  put  into 
the  rings,  and  the  staves  shall  be 
upon  the  two  ^  sides  of  the  altar, 
in  bearing  it.  8  Hollow  with 
planks  shalt  thou  make  it :  as  it 
hath  been  showed  thee  in  the 
mount,  so  shall  they  make  it. 

9  And  thou  shalt  make  *the 
court  of  the  tabernacle :  for  the 
south  side  southward  there  shall 
be  hangings  for  the  court  of  fine 
twined  linen  a  hundred  cubits  long 
for  one  side :  10  and  the  pillars 
thereof  shall  be  twenty,  and  their 
sockets  twenty,  of  brass ;  the  hooks 
of  the  pillars  and  their  fillets  shall 
he  of  silver.  11  And  likewise  for 
the  north  side  in  length  there  shall 
be  hangings  a  hundred  cubits  long, 
and  the  pillars  thereof  twenty, 
and  their  sockets  twenty,  of  brass ; 
the  hooks  of  the  pillars,  and  their 
fillets,  of  silver.  12  And  for  the 
breadth  of  the  court  on  the  west 
side  shall  be  hangings  of  fifty 
cubits  ;  their  pillars  ten,  and  their 
sockets  ten.  13  And  the  breadth 
of  the  court  on  the  east  side  east- 
ward shall  be  fi.fty  cubits.  14  The 
hangings  for  the  one  side  of  the 
gate  shall  be  fifteen  cubits ;  their 
nillars  three,  and  their  sockets 
three.     15  And  for  the  other  side 


1  Heb-  ends. 


2  Heb.  ri6s. 


"  ch.  38.  1-7 
6  ch.  38.  9-20 


"  ch.  35.  8, 

28;  Lev. 

24.  1-4 
d  ch.  2.5.  22  ; 

29.  42 ;  30. 

36 


•Ps.  99.  6; 
Heb.  5. 4 


/ch.  24.  1,9 


»  ch.  25.  3 
^  ch.  39.  2-r 

80 


shall  be  hangings  of  fifteen  cubits ; 
their  pillars  three,  and  their  sock- 
ets three.  16  And  for  the  gate 
of  the  court  shall  be  a  screen  of 
twenty  cubits,  of  blue,  and  purple, 
and  scarlet,  and  fine  twined  linen, 
the  work  of  the  embroiderer ;  their 
pillars  four,  and  their  sockets  four. 
17  All  the  pillars  of  the  court 
round  about  shall  be  filleted  with 
silver ;  their  hooks  of  silver,  and 
their  sockets  of  brass.  18  The 
length  of  the  court  shall  be  a  hun- 
dred cubits,  and  the  breadth  fifty 
every  where,  and  the  height  five 
cubits,  of  fine  twined  linen,  and 
their  sockets  of  brass.  1 9  All  the 
instruments  of  the  tabernacle  in 
all  the  service  thereof,  and  all  the 
pins  thereof,  and  all  the  pins  of 
the  court,  shall  be  of  brass. 

20  And  thou  shalt  command  the 
children  of  Israel,  that  they  bring 
unto  thee  "pure  olive  oil  beaten 
for  the  light,  *to  cause  a  lamp  to 
burn  continually.  21  In  the** tent 
of  meeting,  witn9ut  the  veil  which 
is  before  the  testimony,  Aaron  and 
his  sons  shall  keep  it  in  order  from 
evening  to  morning  before  Jeho- 
vah :  it  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever 
throughout  their  generations  ''on 
the  behalf  of  the  children  of  Israel. 
C\  O  And  "bring  thou  near  unto 
^  O  thee  Aaron  thy  brother,  and 
his  sons  with  him,  from  among  the 
children  of  Israel,  that  he  may 
minister  unto  me  in  the  priest's 
office,  even  Aaron,  ■''Nadab  and 
Abihu,  Eleazar  and  Ithamar, 
Aaron's  sons.  2  And  thou  shalt 
make  holy  garments  for  Aaron  thy 
brother,  tor  glory  and  for  beauty. 
3  And  thou  shalt  speak  unto  all 
that  are  wise-hearted,  whom  I 
have  filled  with  the  spirit  of  wis- 
dom, that  they  make  Aaron's  gar- 
ments to  sanctify  him,  that  he  may 
minister  unto  me  in  the  priest's 
office.  4  And  these  are  the  gar- 
ments which  they  shall  make :  a 
breastplate,  and  an  ephod,  and  a 
robe,  and  a  coat  of  checker  work, 
a  ® mitre,  and  a  girdle :  and  they 
shall  make  holy  garments  for 
Aaron  thy  brother,  and  his  sons, 
that  he  may  minister  unto  me  in 
the  priest's  office.  5  And  they 
shall  take  "  the  gold,  and  the  blue, 
and  the  purple,  and  the  scarlet, 
and  the  fine  linen. 

6  And    they   shall    make    *the 

3  Or,  to  set  up  a  lamp  continually 
*  Or,  from  *  Or,  turban 


28.7 


EXODUS 


28.33 


The  Ephod  and  the  Breastplate.    Robe  of  the  Ephod 


ephod  of  gold,  of  blue,  and  purple, 
scarlet,  and  fine  twined  linen,  the 
work  of  the  skilful  workman.  7  It 
shall  have  two  shoulder-pieces 
joined  to  the  two  ends  thereof, 
that  it  may   be    joined    together. 

8  And  the  skilfully  woven  band, 
which  is  upon  it,  wherewith  to 
gird  it  on,  shall  be  like  the  work 
thereof  and  of  the  same  piece ;  of 
gold,  of  blue,  and  purple,  and 
scarlet,    and    fine    twined     linen. 

9  And  thou  shalt  take  two  '  onyx 
stones,  and  grave  on  them  tne 
names  of  the  children  of  Israel : 

10  six  of  their  names  on  the  one 
stone,  and  the  names  of  the  six 
that  remain  on  the  other  stone, 
according  to  their  birth.  1 1  With 
the  work  of  an  engraver  in  stone, 
like  the  engravings  of  a  signet, 
shalt  thou  engrave  the  two  stones, 
according  to  the  names  of  the 
children  of  Israel  :  thou  shalt  make 
them  to  be  inclosed  in  settings  of 
gold.  12  And  thou  shalt  put  the 
two  stones  upon  the  shoulder- 
pieces  of  the  ephod,  to  be  stones 
of  memorial  for  the  children  of 
Israel :  and  Aaron  shall  bear  their 
names  before  Jehovah  upon  his 
two  shoulders  for  a  memorial. 
13  "And  thou  shalt  make  settings 
of  gold,  14  and  two  chains  of  pure 
gold;  like  cords  shalt  thou  make 
them,  of  wreathen  work  :  and  thou 
shalt  put  the  wreathen  chains  on 
the  settings. 

1 5  And  thou  shalt  make  a  breast- 
plate of  judgment,  the  work  of 
the  skilful  workman  ;  like  the  work 
of  the  ephod  thou  shalt  make  it ; 
of  gold,  of  blue,  and  purple,  and 
scarlet,  and  fine  twined  linen, 
shalt  thou  make  it.  16  Four- 
square it  shall  be  and  double ;  a 
span  shall  be  the  length  thereof, 
and  a  span  the  breadth   thereof. 

17  And  thou  shalt  set  in  it  set- 
tings of  stones,  four  rows  of  stones : 
a  row  of  -sardius,  topaz,  and  ^car- 
buncle   shall    be    the    first    row ; 

18  and  the  second  row  an  ''emerald, 
a    sapphire,     and     a     ^diamond; 

19  and  the  third  row  a  '^jacinth, 
an  agate,  and  an  amethyst ;  20  and 
the  fourth  row  a  "beryl,  and  an 
'  onyx,  and  a  jasper  :  they  shall 
be  inclosed  in  gold  in  their  set- 
tings. 2 1  And  the  stones  shall  be 
according  to  the  names  of  the  chil- 


1  Or,  beryl 
s  Or,  ruby 
8  Or,  emerald 
*  Or,  carbuncle 


^  Or,  sardonyx 

*  Or,  amber 

1  Or,  chalcedony 


'  ch.  39.  6,  7 


<>  ch.  39.  22- 
2G 


dren  of  Israel,  twelve,  according 
to  their  names  ;  like  the  engravings 
of  a  signet,  every  one  according  to 
his  name,  they  shall  be  for  the 
twelve  tribes.  22  And  thou  shalt 
make  upon  the  breastplate  chains 
like  cords,  of  wreathen  work  of 
pure  gold.  23  And  thou  shalt 
make  upon  the  breastplate  two 
rings  of  gold,  and  shalt  put  the 
two  rings  on  the  two  ends  of  the 
breastplate.  24  And  thou  shalt 
put  the  two  wreathen  chains  of 
gold  in  the  two  rings  at  the  ends 
of  the  breastplate.  25  And  the 
other  two  ends  of  the  two  wreathen 
chains  thou  shalt  put  on  the  two 
settings,  and  put  them  on  the 
shoulder-pieces  of  the  ephod  in  the 
forepart  thereof.  26  And  thou 
shalt  make  two  rings  of  gold,  and 
thou  shalt  put  them  upon  the  two 
ends  of  the  breastplate,  upon  the 
edge  thereof,  which  is  toward  the 
side  of  the  ephod  inward.  27  And 
thou  shalt  make  two  rings  of  gold, 
and  shalt  put  them  on  the  two 
shoulder-pieces  of  the  ephod  under- 
neath, in  the  forepart  thereof, 
close  by  the  coupling  thereof, 
above  the  skilfully  woven  band  of 
the  ephod.  28  And  they  shall 
bind  the  breastplate  by  the  rings 
thereof  unto  the  rings  of  the  ephod 
with  a  lace  of  blue,  that  it  may  be 
upon  the  skilfully  woven  band  of 
the  ephod,  and  that  the  breast- 
plate be  not  loosed  from  the  ephod. 
29  And  Aaron  shall  bear  the 
names  of  the  children  of  Israel  in 
the  breastplate  of  judgment  upon 
his  heart,  when  he  goeth  in  unto 
the  holy  place,  for  a  memorial 
before  Jehovah  continually.  30 
And  thou  shalt  put  in  the  breast- 
plate of  judgment  *  the  Urim  and 
the  Thummim  ;  and  they  shall  be 
upon  Aaron's  heart,  when  he  goeth 
in  before  Jehovah :  and  Aaron 
shall  bear  the  judgment  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  upon  his  heart  be- 
fore Jehovah  continually. 

31  *And  thou  shalt  make  the 
robe  of  the  ephod  all  of  blue.  32 
And  ^it  shall  have  a  hole  for  the 
head  in  the  midst  thereof:  it  shall 
have  a  binding  of  woven  work 
round  about  the  hole  of  it,  as  it 
were  the  hole  of  a  coat  of  mail, 
that  it  be  not  rent.  33  And  upon 
the  skirts  of  it  thou  shalt  make 
pomegranates     of     blue,    and     of 

8  That  is,  the  Lights  and  the  Perfections. 
»  Or,  there  shall  be  a  hole  in  the  top  0/  it 


81 


2a  84 


EXODUS 


29  13 


Aaron's  Golden  Plate,  Coat,  and  Mitre.    The  Priests'  Garments.    Their  Consecration 


purple,  and  of  scarlet,  round  about 
the  skirts  thereof ;  and  bells  of 
gold  between  them  round  about : 
34  a  golden  bell  and  a  pomegran- 
ate, a  golden  bell  and  a  pomegran- 
ate, upon  the  skirts  or  the  robe 
round  about.  35  And  it  shall  be 
upon  Aaron  to  minister :  and  the 
sound  thereof  shall  be  heard  when 
he  goeth  in  unto  the  holy  place  be- 
fore Jehovah,  and  when  he  cometh 
out,  that  he  die  not. 

36  And  thou  shalt  make  "  a  plate 
of  pure  gold,  and  grave  upon  it, 
like  the  engravings  of  a  signet. 
Holy  to  Jehovah.  37  And  thou 
shalt  put  it  on  a  lace  of  blue,  and 
it  shall  be  upon  the  ^  mitre ;  upon 
the  forefront  of  the  ^  mitre  it  snail 
be.  38  And  it  shall  be  upon 
Aaron's  fore^head,  and  Aaron  shall 
bear  *the  iniquity  of  the  holy 
things,  which  the  children  of 
Israel  shall  hallow  in  all  their  holy 
gifts ;  and  it  shall  be  always  upon 
his  forehead,  that  they  may  be  ac- 
cepted before  Jehovah.  39  And 
thou  shalt  weave  "the  coat  in 
checker  work  of  '-^fine  linen,  and 
thou  shalt  make  a  ^ mitre  of  "fine 
linen,  and  thou  shalt  make  a  girdle, 
the  work  of  the  embroiderer. 

40  And  for  Aaron's  sons  thou 
shalt  make  coats,  and  thou  shalt 
make  for  them  girdles,  and  ''head- 
tires  shalt  thou  make  for  them,  for 
glory  and  for  beauty.  41  And 
thou  shalt  put  them  upon  Aaron 
thy  bi^other,  and  upon  his  sons 
with  him,  and  shalt  anoint  them, 
and  ^  consecrate  them,  and  sanctify 
them,  that  they  may  minister  unto 
me  in  the  priest's  office.  42  And 
thou  shalt  make  them  "linen 
breeches  to  cover  the  flesh  of  their 
nakedness ;  from  the  loins  even 
unto  the  thighs  they  shall  reach : 
43  and  they  shall  be  upon  Aaron, 
and  upon  his  sons,  when  they  go 
in  unto  the  tent  of  meeting,  or 
•''when  they  come  near  unto  the 
altar  to  minister  in  the  holy  place ; 
that  they  bear  not  iniquity,  and 
die:  it  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever 
unto  him  and  unto  his  seed  after 
him. 

r)Q  ^And  this  is  the  thing 
— w  ^  that  thou  shalt  do  unto 
them  to  hallow  them,  to  minister 
unto  me  in  the  priest's  office  :  take 
one  young  bullock  and  two  rams 
without  blemish,  2  and  ''unleav- 
ened bread,  and  cakes  unleavened 

1  Or,  turban    »  Or,  silk    *  Heb.  fill  their  hand. 


"  ch.  39.  30, 

31 
6  Lev.  10. 17 ; 

L'2.  16 ; 

Num.  IS.  1 
"  ch.  39.  27- 

2'J 
d  ch.  29.  9  ; 

39.  28 ; 

Lev.  8.  13 
*  ch.  39.  28 
/ch.  2(1.  26 
"  Lev.  S.  1-34 
A  Lev.  6.  19- 

23 


'■  ch.  28.  39 
k  ch.  28.  31 
'  ch.  2.8.  6 
"'  ch.  28.  15 
"  ch.  28.  8 

°  ch.  28.  4,  39 

P  ch.  28.  36, 
37  ;  Lev. 
8.  9 

9  Ps.  133.  2 


'^  ch.  2S.  39 
'  ch.  28.  40 


*  eh.  40.  15 ; 
Num.  3. 
10 ;  18.  7 ; 
25.  13 ; 
Dt.  18. 6 


mingled  with  oil.  and  wafers  un- 
leavened anointed  with  oil :  of  fine 
wheaten  flour  shalt  thou  make 
them.  3  And  thou  shalt  put  them 
into  one  basket,  and  bring  them  in 
the  basket,  with  the  bullock  and 
the  two  rams.  4  And  Aaron  and 
his  sons  thou  shalt  bring  unto  the 
door  of  the  tent  of  meeting,  and 
shalt  wash  them  with  water.  5 
And  thou  shalt  take  the  garments, 
and  put  upon  Aaron  the  '  coat,  ana 
Hhe  robe  of  the  ephod,  and  Hhe 
ephod,  and  '"the  breastplate,  and 
gird  him  with  the  skilfully  "  woven 
band  of  the  ephod ;  6  and  thou 
shalt  set  the  ^ "  mitre  upon  his  head, 
and  put  ^  the  holy  crown  upon  the 
'  mitre.  ^  7  Then  shalt  thou  take 
'  the  anointing  oil,  and  pour  it  upon 
his  head,  and  anoint  him,  8  And 
thou  shalt  bring  his  sons,  and  put 
''coats  upon  them.  9  And  thou 
shalt  gird  them  with  'girdles, 
Aaron  and  his  sons,  and  bind  head- 
tires  on  them  :  and  they  shall  have 
'the  priesthood  by  a  perpetual 
statute  :  and  thou  shalt  consecrate 
Aaron  and  his  sons. 

10  And  thou  shalt  bring  the 
bullock  before  the  tent  of  meeting : 
and  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  lay 
their  hands  upon  the  head  of  the 
bullock.  11  And  thou  shalt  kill 
the  bullock  before  J  ehovah,  at  the 
door  of  the  tent  of  meeting.  12 
And  thou  shalt  take  of  the  blood 
of  the  bullock,  and  put  it  upon  the 
horns  of  the  altar  with  thy  finger  ; 
and  thou  shalt  pour  out  all  the 
blood  at  the  base  of  the  altar.  13 
And  thou  shalt  take  all  the  fat  that 
covereth  the  inwards,  and  the  caul 
upon  the  liver,  and  the  two  kid- 
neys, and  the  fat  that  is  upon 
them,  and  burn  them  upon  the 
altar.  1 4  But  the  flesh  of  the  bul- 
lock, and  its  skin,  and  its  dung, 
shalt  thou  burn  with  fire  without 
the  camp  :  it  is  a  ^  sin-oflFering. 

15  Thou  shalt  also  take  the  one 
ram ;  and  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall 
lay  their  hands  upon  the  head  of 
the  ram.  16  And  thou  shalt  slay 
the  ram,  and  thou  shalt  take  its 
blood,  and  sprinkle  it  round  about 
upon  the  altar.  1 7  And  thou  slialt 
cut  the  ram  into  its  pieces,  and 
wash  its  inwards,  and  its  legs,  and 
put  them  ^  with  its  pieces,  and  ®  with 
its  head.  1 8  And  thou  shalt  burn 
the  whole  ram  upon  the  altar :  it  is 
a  burnt-offering  unto  Jehovah;  it 

*  Heb.  sin.  '  Or,  upon 


29.19 


EXODUS 


29.42 


Consecratory  Sacrifices  for  the  Frieste.    The  Daily  Offerings 


is  a  sweet  savor,  an  offering  made 
by  fire  unto  Jehovah. 

19  And  thou  shalt  take  the  other 
ram  ;  and  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall 
lay  their  hands  upon  tlie  head  of 
the  ram.  20  Then  shalt  thou  kill 
the  ram,  and  take  of  its  blood,  and 
put  it  upon  the  tip  of  the  right  oar 
of  Aaron,  and  upon  the  tip  of  the 
right  ear  of  his  sons,  and  upon  the 
thumb  of  their  right  hand,  and 
upon  the  great  toe  of  their  right 
foot,  and  sprinkle  the  blood  upon 
the  altar  rcand  about.  21  And 
thor  shalt  take  of  the  blood  that  is 
upon  the  altar,  and  of  the  anointing 
oil,  and  sprinkle  it  upon  Aaron,  and 
upon  his  garments,  and  upon  his 
sons,  and  upon  the  garments  of  his 
sons  with  him  :  and  he  shall  be  hal- 
lowed, and  his  garments,  and  his 
sons,  and  his  sons'  garments  with 
him.  22  Also  thou  shalt  take  of 
the  ram  the  fat,  and  the  fat  tail, 
and  the  fat  that  covereth  the  in- 
wai'ds,  and  the  caul  of  the  liver, 
and  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat 
that  is  upon  them,  and  the  right 
^  thigh  (for  it  is  a  i-am  of  consecra- 
tion), 23  and  one  loaf  of  bread, 
and  one  cake  of  oiled  bread,  and 
one  wafer,  out  of  the  basket  of 
unleavened  bread  that  is  before 
Jehovah :  24  and  thou  shalt  put 
the  whole  upon  the  hands  of  Aaron, 
and  upon  the  hands  of  his  sons, 
and  shalt  wave  them  for  a  wave- 
oiferin^  before  Jehovah.  25  And 
thou  shalt  take  them  from  their 
hands,  and  burn  them  on  the  altar 
upon  the  burnt-offering,  for  a  sweet 
savor  before  Jehovah  :  it  is  an  offer- 
ing made  by  fire  unto  Jehovah. 

26  And  thou  shalt  take  "the 
breast  of  Aaron's  ram  of  consecra- 
tion, and  wave  it  for  a  wave-offer- 
ing before  Jehovah  :  and  it  shall  be 
thy  portion.  27  And  thou  shalt 
sanctify  the  breast  of  the  wave- 
offering,  and  the  ^  thigh  of  the 
heave-offering,  Avhich  is  waved,  and 
which  is  heaved  up,  of  the  ram  of 
consecration,  even  of  that  which  is 
for  Aaron,  and  of  that  which  is  for 
his  sons:  28  and  it  shall  be  for 
Aaron  and  his  sons  as  their  portion 
for  ever  from  the  children  of  Israel ; 
for  it  is  a  heave-offering :  and  it 
shall  be  a  heave-offering  from  the 
children  of  Israel  of  the  sacrifices 
of  their  peace-offerings,  even  their 
heave-offering  unto  Jehovah. 

29  And  the    holy  garments   of 

1  Or,  thovider 


'  Lev.  7.  31- 
34 


6  Lev.  22. 

10,  13 

"ch.  12.  10; 
23.  18  ;  34. 


d  Lev.  8.  33 


«  Num.  28. 
3-31;  29. 
0-38 


83 


Aaron  shall  be  for  his  sons  after 
him,  to  be  anointed  in  tiiem,  and 
to  be  consecrated  in  them.  30 
Seven  days  shall  the  son  that  is 
priest  in  his  stead  put  them  on, 
when  he  cometh  into  the  tent  of 
meeting  to  minister  in  the  holy 
place. 

31  And  thou  shalt  take  the  ram 
of  consecration,  and  boil  its  flesh 
in  a  holy  place.  32  And  Aaron 
and  his  sons  shall  eat  the  flesh  of 
the  ram,  and  the  bread  that  is  in 
the  basket,  at  the  door  of  the  tent 
of  meeting.  33  And  they  shall  eat 
those  things  wherewith  atonement 
was  niade.  to  consecrate  and  to 
sanctify  them :  but  *a  stranger 
shall  not  eat  thereof,  because  they 
are  holy.  34  And  "  if  aught  of  the 
flesh  of  the  consecration,  or  of  the 
bread,  remain  unto  the  morning, 
then  thou  shalt  burn  the  I'emainder 
with  fire :  _  it  shall  not  be  eaten, 
because  it  is  holy. 

35  And  thus  shalt  thou  do  unto 
Aaron,  and  to  his  sons,  according 
to  all  that  I  have  commanded 
thee:  "* seven  days  shalt  thou  con- 
secrate them.  36  And  every  day 
shalt  thou  offer  the  bullock  of  sin- 
offering  for  atonement :  and  thou 
shalt  "^  cleanse  the  altar,  when  thou 
makest  atonement  for  it ;  and  thou 
shalt  anoint  it,  to  sanctify  it.  37 
Seven  days  thou  shalt  make  atone- 
ment for  the  altar,  and  sanctify  it : 
and  the  altar  shall  be  most  holy ; 
^whatsoever  toucheth  the  altar  shall 
be  holy. 

38  Now  this  is  that  which  thou 
shalt  offer  upon  the  altar :  *  two 
lambs  a  year  old  day  by  day  con- 
tinually. 39  The  one  lamb  thou 
shalt  offer  in  the  morning ;  and 
the  other  lamb  thou  shalt  offer 
■*  at  even :  40  and  with  the  one 
lamb  a  tenth  part  of  an  ephah  of 
fine  flour  mingled  with  the  fourth 
part  of  a  hin  of  beaten  oil ;  and 
the  fourth  part  of  a  hin  of  wine 
for  a  drink-offering.  41  And  the 
other  lamb  thou  shalt  ofler  '*at 
even,  and  shalt  do  thereto  accord- 
ing to  the  meal-offering  of  the 
morning^  and  according  to  the 
drink-offering  thereof,  for  a  sweet 
savor,  an  offering  made  by  fire 
unto  Jehovah.  42  It  shall  be  a 
continual  burnt-offering  through- 
out your  generations  at  the  door 

2  Or,  pnr<ie  the  altar,  by  thy  making  atonement 

3  Or,  whosoever 

*  Heb.  between  the  two  evenings. 


29.43 


EXODUS 


30.23 


The  Altar  of  Incense.    The  Atonement  Money.    The  Brazen  Larer 


cf  the  tent  of  meeting  before 
Jehovah,  where  I  will  meet  with 
you,  to  speak  there  unto  thee. 
43  And  tnere  I  will  meet  with 
the  children  of  Israel ;  and  tlie 
Tent  shall  be  sanctified  by  my 
glory.  44  And  I  will  sanctify 
the  tent  of  meeting,  and  the 
altar :  Aaron  also  and  his  sons 
will  I  sanctify,  to  minister  to  me 
in  the  priest's  office.  45  And  "I 
will  dwell  among  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  will  be  their  God. 
46  And  they  shall  know  that 
I  am  Jehovah  their  God,  that 
brought  them  forth  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  that  I  might 
dwell  among  them :  I  am  Jeno- 
fah  their  God. 

0/~\  And  thou  shalt  make  *an 
O  w  altar  to  burn  incense  upon  : 
of  acacia  wood  shalt  thou  make 
it.  2  A  cubit  shall  be  the  length 
thereof,  and  a  cubit  the  breadth 
thereof ;  foursquare  shall  it  be ; 
and  two  cubits  shall  be  the  height 
thereof :  the  horns  thereof  shall 
be  of  one  piece  with  it.  3  And 
thou  shalt  overlay  it  with  pure 
gold,    the   Hop    thereof,   and    the 

sides  thereof  round  about,  and 
the  horns  thereof;  and  thou  shalt 
make  unto  it  a  *  crown  of  gold 
round  about.  4  And  two  golden 
rings  shalt  thou  make  for  it  under 
the  crown  thereof ;  upon  the  two 
ribs  thereof,  upon  the  two  sides 
of  it  shalt  thou  make  them ;  and 
they  shall  be  for  places  for  staves 
wherewith  to  bear  it.  5  And  thou 
shalt  make  the  staves  of  acacia 
wood,  and  overlay  them  with  gold. 
6  And  thou  shalt  put  it  before  the 
veil  that  is  by  the  ark  of  the  testi- 
mony, before  the  mercy-seat  that 
is  over  the  testimony,  where  I  will 
meet  with  thee.  7  And  Aaron 
shall  burn  thereon  incense  of  sweet 
spices :  every  morning,  when  he 
dresseth  the  lamps,  he  shall  burn 
it.  8  And  when  Aaron  '^lighteth 
the  lamps  ^  at  even,  he  shall  burn 
it,  a  perpetual  incense  before  Jeho- 
vah throughout  your  generations. 

9  Ye  shall  offer  no  strange  in- 
cense thei'eon,  nor  burnt-offering, 
nor  meal-offering ;  and  ye  shall 
pour    no    drink-offering    thereon. 

10  And  Aaron  shall  make  atone- 
ment ^upon  the  horns  of  it  once 
in  the  year  ;  with  the  blood  of  the 

»  Heb.  roof.  2  Heb.  walls. 

8  Or,  rim    Or,  moulding 

*  Or,  setteth  up    Heb.  causeth,  to  ascmd. 

*  Heb.  between  the  two  eveaingt.        «  Or,  for 


»  ch.  25.  8 ; 

Num.  6.  3; 

Dt.  12.  11 
6  ch.  3T. 

25-29 


'  ch.  38.  25, 
26;  Num. 
1.  2 ;  26.  2 


d  ch.  38.  8 


sin-offering  of  atonement  once  in 
the  year  snail  he  make  atonement 
'for  it  throughout  your  genera^ 
tions  :  it  is  most  holy  unto  Jehovah. 

1 1  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  12  When  thou  tak- 
est  "the  sum  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  according  to  those  that 
aie  nurnbered  of  them,  then  shall 
thej'  give  every  man  a  ransom 
for  his  soul  unto  Jehovah,  when 
thou  numberest  them  ;  that  there 
be  no  plague  among  them,  when 
thou  numberest  them.  13  This 
they  shall  give,  every  one  that 
passeth  over  unto  them  that  are 
numbered :  half  a  shekel  after 
the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary  (the 
shekel  is  twenty  gerahs),  half  a 
shekel  for  an  offering  to  Jehovah. 
14  Every  one  that  passeth  over 
unto  them  that  are  numbered, 
from  twenty  years  old  and  up- 
ward, shall  give  the  offering  of 
.Jehovah.  15  The  rich  shall  not 
give  more,  and  the  poor  shall  not 
give  less,  than  the  half  shekel, 
when  they  give  the  offering  of 
Jehovah,  to  make  atonement  for 
your  souls.  16  And  thou  shalt 
take  the  atonement  money  from 
the  children  of  Israel,  and  shalt 
appoint  it  for  the  service  of  the 
tent  of  meeting ;  that  it  may  be 
a  memorial  for  the  children  of 
Israel  before  Jehovah,  to  make 
atonement  for  your  souls. 

17  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  18  Thou  shalt  also 
make  ^a  laver  of  brass,  and  the 
base  thereof  of  brass,  whereat  to 
wash.  And  thou  shalt  put  it  be- 
tween the  tent  of  meeting  and 
the  altar,  and  thou  shalt  put 
water  therein.  19  And  Aaron 
and  his  sons  shall  wash  their 
hands  and  their  feet  thereat : 
20  when  they  go  into  the  tent  of 
meeting,  they  shall  wash  with 
water,  that  they  die  not ;  or  when 
they  come  near  to  the  altar  to 
minister,  to  burn  an  offering  made 
by  fire  unto  Jehovah.  21  So  they 
shall  wash  their  hands  and  their 
feet,  that  they  die  not:  and  it 
shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  to 
them,  even  to  him  and  to  his 
seed  throughout  their  generations. 

22  Moreover  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  23  Take  thou  also 
unto  thee  the  chief  spices  :  of  flow- 
ing myrrh  five  hundred  shekels. 
and  of  sweet  cinnamon  half  so 
7  Or,  upon 


84 


30.24 


EXODUS 


31.  17 


The  Anoioting  Oil.    The  Incense.    Bezalel  and  Oboliab  called  to  do  the  work.    Observance  of  the  Sabbath 


much,  even  two  hundred  and  fifty, 
and  of  sweet  calamus  two  hundred 
and  fifty,  24  and  of  '  cassia  five 
hundred,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary,  and  of  olive  oil  a  hin  ; 
25  and  tnou  shalt  make  it  a  holy 
anointing  oil,  a  perfume  com- 
pounded after  the  art  of  the 
perfumer:  it  shall  be  "a  holy 
anointing  oil.  26  And  thou  shalt 
anoint  therewith  the  tent  of 
meeting,  and  the  ark  of  the 
testimony,  27  and  the  table  and 
all  the  vessels  thereof,  and  the 
candlestick  and  the  vessels  thereof, 
and  the  altar  of  incense,  28  and 
the  altar  of  burnt-ottering  with  all 
the  vessels  thereof,  and  the  laver 
and  the  base  thereof.  29  And 
thou  shalt  sanctify  them,  that  they 
may  be  most  holy :  ^  whatsoever 
toucheth  them  shall  be  holy.  30 
And  thou  shalt  anoint  Aaron  and 
his  sons,  and  sanctify  them,  that 
they  may  minister  unto  me  in  the 
priest's  office.  31  And  thou  shalt 
speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
saying.  This  shall  be  a  holy  anoint- 
ing oil  unto  me  throughout  your 
generations.  32  Upon  the  flesh  of 
man  shall  it  not  be  poured,  neither 
shall  ye  make  any  like  it,  accord- 
ing to  the  composition  thereof :  it 
is  noly,  avd  it  shall  be  holy  unto 
you.  33  Whosoever  compoundeth 
any  like  it,  or  whosoever  putteth 
any  of  it  upon  a  stranger,  he  shall 
be  cut  off"  from  his  people. 

34  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
Take  unto  thee  sweet  spices,  ^stacte, 
and  onycha,  and  galbanum  ;  sweet 
spices  with  pure  frankincense :  of 
each  shall  there  be  a  like  weight ; 
35  and  thou  shalt  make  of  it  in- 
cense, a  perfume  after  the  art  of 
the  perfumer,  *  seasoned  with  salt, 
pure  and  holy:  36  and  thou  shalt 
beat  some  of  it  very  small,  and  put 
of  it  before  the  testimony  in  the 
tent  of  meeting,  where  I  will  meet 
with  thee :  it  shall  be  unto  you 
most  holy.  37  And  the  incense 
which  thou  shalt  make,  according 
to  the  composition  thereof  ye  shall 
not  make  for  yourselves :  it  shall 
be  unto  thee  holy  for  Jehovah. 
38  Whosoever  shall  make  like  unto 
that,  to  smell  thereof,  he  shall  be 
cut  off  from  his  people. 
O  -\  '  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
O  i  Moses,  saying,  2  See,  I  have 
called  by  name  Bezalel  the  son  of 

*  Or,  costus  s  Or,  opobalsamum 

*  Or,  tehosoever  *  Or,  tempered  together 


"  ch.  37.  29 ; 
40.  U;  Lev. 

8.  10 
t>  ch.  35. 
30-36.1 


'  Lev.  24.  4 


d  ch.  20.  8 
•  ver.  17 ; 

Ezek.  20. 

12,20 


/  ver.  15 ; 
ch.  35.  2 ; 
Num.  15. 

32,  35; 
Jn.  7.  23 


f  ch.  16.  23 ; 
36.  2,3 


*  ch.  20. 11 ; 
Gen.  2.  2,  3 


86 


Uri,  the  son  of  Hur,  of  the  tribe  of 
Judah :  3  and  I  have  filled  him 
with  the  Spirit  of  God,  in  wisdom, 
and  in  understanding,  and  in  knowl- 
edge, and  in  all  manner  of  work- 
manship, 4  to  devise  skilful  works, 
to  work  in  gold,  and  in  silver,  ana 
in  brass,  5  and  in  cutting  of  stones 
for  setting,  and  in  carving  of  wood, 
to  work  in  all  manner  of  workman- 
ship. 6  And  I;  behold,  I  have  ap- 
pointed with  him  Oholiab,  the  son 
of  Ahisamach,  of  the  tribe  of  Dan  : 
and  in  the  hearts  of  all  that  are 
wise-hearted  I  have  put  wisdom, 
that  they  may  make  all  that  I  have 
commanded  thee :  7  the  tent  of 
meeting,  and  the  ark  of  the  testi- 
mony, and  the  mercy-seat  that  is 
thereupon,  and  all  the  furniture  of 
the  Tent,  8  and  the  table  and  its 
vessels,  and  the  '"pure  candlestick 
with  all  its  vessels,  and  the  altar 
of  incense,  9  and  the  altar  of 
burnt-ottering  with  all  its  vessels, 
and  the  laver  and  its  base,  10  and 
the  finely  wrought  garments,  and 
the  holy  garments  for  Aaron  the 
priest,  and  the  garments  of  his 
sons,  to  minister  in  the  priest's 
office,  11  and  the  anointing  oil, 
and  the  incense  of  sweet  spices 
for  the  holy  place :  according  to 
all  that  I  have  commanded  thee 
shall  they  do. 

12  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  13  Speak  thou  also 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  saying, 
**  Verily  ye  shall  keep  my  sabbaths : 
for  it  is  *  a  sign  between  me  and 
you  throughout  your  generations; 
that  ye  may  know  that  I  am  Je- 
hovah who  sanctifieth  you.  14  Ye 
shall  keep  the  sabbath  therefore; 
for  it  is  holy  unto  you  :  -^ every  one 
that  profaneth  it  shall  surely  be 
put  to  death ;  for  whosoever  doeth 
any  work  therein,  that  soul  shall 
be  cut  off  from  among  his  people. 
1 5  Six  days  shall  work  be  done ; 
but  on  the  seventh  day  is  a  ^  sab- 
bath of  solemn  rest,  holy  to  Je- 
hovah ;  *  whosoever  doeth  anj'  work 
on  the  sabbath  day,  he  shall  surely 
be  put  to  death.  16  Wherefore  the 
children  of  Israel  shall  keep  the 
sabbath,  to  observe  the  sabbath 
throughout  their  generations,  for 
a  perpetual  covenant.  17  '  It  is  a 
sign  between  me  and  the  children 
of  IsraeJ  for  ever  :  *  for  in  six  days 
.Jehovah  made  heaven  and  earth, 
and  on  the  seventh  day  he  rested, 
and  was  refreshed. 


31.18 


EXODUS 


32.24 


Doses  receives  tbe  Two  Tables.    Aaron  makes  a  dolden  Calf.    The  Anger  of  Hoses 


18  And  he  gave  unto  Moses, 
when  he  had  made  an  end  of  com- 
muning with  him  upon  mount  Sinai, 
''the  two  tables  ot  the  testimony, 
tables  of  stone,  *  written  with  the 
finger  of  God. 

O  O  And  when  the  people  saw 
O  w  that  Moses "  delayed  to  come 
down  from  the  mount,  the  people 
gathered  themselves  together  unto 
Aaron,  and  said  unto  him.  Up, 
''make  us  ^gods,  which  shall  go 
before  us ;  for  as  for  "  this  Moses, 
the  man  that  brought  us  up  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt,  we  know  not 
what  is  become  of  him.  2  And 
Aaron  said  unto  them,  ^  Break  off 
the  golden  rings,  which  are  in  the 
ears  of  your  wives,  of  your  sons, 
and  of  your  daughters,  and  bring 
them  unto  me.  3  And  all  the  peo- 
ple brake  off  the  golden  rings  which 
were  in  their  ears,  and  brought 
them  unto  Aaron.  4  And  he  re- 
ceived it  at  their  hand,  and 
fashioned  it  with  a  graving  tool, 
and  made  it  a  *  molten  calf:  and 
they  said, '-^  These  are  thy  gods,  O 
Israel,  which  brought  thee  up  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt.  ^  5  And  when 
Aaron  saw  this,  he  built  an  altar 
before  it ;  and  Aaron  made  procla- 
mation, and  said.  To-morrow  shall 
be  a  feast  to  Jehovah.  6  And 
they  rose  uj)  early  on  the  morrow, 
and  ''  offered  burnt-offerings,  and 
brought  peace-offerings  ;  and  ''  the 
people  sat  down  to  eat  and  to  drink, 
and  rose  up  *  to  play.     - 

7  And  Jehovah  spake  unto  Moses, 
Go,  get  thee  down  ;  for  thy  people, 
that  '■  thou  broughtest  up  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  have  corrupted 
themselves :  8  they  have  turned 
aside  quickly  out  of  the  way  which 
I  commanded  them :  they  have  made 
them  a  molten  calf,  and  have  wor- 
shippe  1  it,  and  "'  have  sacrificed 
unto  it,  and  said.  These  are  thy 
gods,  O  Israel,  which  brought  thee 
up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt.  9  "  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  Moses,  I  have 
seen  this  people,  and,  behold,  it 
is  a  "stiffnecked  people:  10  now 
therefore  ^  let  me  alone,  that  my 
wrath  may  wax  hot  against  them, 
and  that  I  may  consume  them : 
and  I  will  make  of  thee  a  great 
nation.  11  And  *  Moses  besought 
Jehovah  his  God,  and  said,  Jeho- 
vah, why  doth  thy  wrath twax  hot 
against  thy  people,  that  thou  hast 
brought  forth  out  of  the  land  of 

1  Or  a  god  »  Or,  This  is  thy  God 


"  ch.  24.  12 
6  ch.  32.  16, 

10;  34.  1,28 
■=  ch.  24.  18  ; 

Dt.  9.  11,  12 
d  Acts  7.  40 
«  ch.  14.  11 
/ch.  35.  22 
s  Dt.  9.  16  ; 

Acts  7.  41 
A  Acts  7.  41 
i  1  Cor.  10.  7 
*  ver.  17-19 ; 

Num.  25.  2 
'  ver.  4,  11 ; 

Dt.  9.  12 
"'  ch.  22.  20 ; 

34.  15 ; 

Dt.  32.  17 
"  Num.  14. 

11-20 
"  ch.  33.  3,  5 ; 

34.  9 ;  Acts 

7.  61 
P  Dt.  9.  14 
«  Dt.  9.  18 


"•Dt.  9.  28; 

Josh.  7.  9 
'  Gen.  22. 

16-18 

'  Gen.  15.  5 ; 

26.  4 
"  ch.  13.  5, 

11 ;  33,  1 
"  Ps.  106.  45 
^  Dt.  9.  15 
y  ch.  31.  18 


'  ver.  6 
"  Dt.  9.  17 
6  Dt.  9.  21 


"  Dt.  9.  24 
d  ver.  1-4 


Egypt  with  great  power  and  with 
a  mighty  hand  1  1 2  Wherefore 
.should  ''  the  Egyptians  speak,  say- 
ing. For  evil  did  he  bring  them 
forth,  to  slay  them  in  the  moun- 
tains, and  to  consume  them  from 
the  face  of  the  earth  ?  Turn  from 
thy  fierce  wrath,  and  repent  of 
this  evil  against  thy  people.  13 
Remember  Abraham,  Isaac,  and 
Israel,  thy  servants,  to  whom  thou 
*swarest  by  thine  own  self,  and 
saidst  unto  them,  I  will  multiply 
your  seed  '  as  the  stars  of  heaven, 
and  "all  this  land  that  I  have 
spoken  of  will  I  give  unto  your 
seed,  and  they  shall  inherit  it  for 
ever.  14  "And  Jehovah  repented 
of  the  evil  which  he  said  he  would 
do  unto  his  people. 

15  ^  And  Moses  turned,  and  went 
down  from  the  mount,  with  the 
two  tables  of  the  testimony  in  his 
hand ;  *  tables  that  were  written  on 
both  their  sides ;  on  the  one  side 
and  on  the  other  were  they  written. 
16  And  the  tables  were  the  work 
of  God,  and  the  writing  was  the 
writing  of  God,  graven  upon  the 
tables.  1 7  And  when  Joshua  heard 
the  noise  of  the  people  as  they 
shouted,  he  said  unto  Moses,  There 
is  a  noise  of  war  in  the  camp.  18 
And  he  said.  It  is  not  the  voice 
of  them  that  shout  for  mastery, 
neither  is  it  the  voice  of  them  that 
cry  for  being  overcome;  but  the 
noise  of  them  that  sing  do  I  hear. 

1 9  And  it  came  to  pa.ss,  as  soon  as 
he  came  nigh  unto  the  camp,  that 
he  saw  the  calf  and  the  ^  dancing  : 
and  Moses'  anger  waxed  hot,  and 
"  he  cast  the  tables  out  of  his  hands, 
and  brake  them  beneath  the  mount. 

20  *  And  he  took  the  calf  which 
they  had  made,  and  burnt  it  with 
fire,  and  ground  it  to  powder,  and 
strewed  it  upon  the  water,  anc' 
made  the  children  of  Israel  drink 
of  it. 

21  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron, 
What  did  this  people  unto  thee, 
that  thou  hast  brought  a  great  sin 
upon  them  1  22  And  Aaron  said. 
Let  not  the  anger  of  my  lord  wax 
hot :  thou  knowest  the  people, "  that 
they  are  set  on  evil.  23  For  "*  they 
said  unto  me.  Make  us  gods,  which 
shall  go  before  us ;  fcr  as  for  this 
Moses,  the  man  that  brought  us  up 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  we  know 
not  what  is  become  of  him.  24  And 
I  said  unto  them.  Whosoever  hath 
any  gold,  let  them  break  it  off:  so 


32.25 


EXODUS 


33.13 


Tbe  Peopk  pnnhhed.    Jehovah  withdraws  his  presence,    loses  remonstrates  with  him 


they  gave  it  me  ;  and  "  I  cast  it  into 
the  fire,  and  there  came  out  this 
calf. 

25  iVnd  when  Moses  saw  that 
the  people  were  broken  loose  (for 
*Aai;on  had  let  them  loose  for  a 
derision  among  their  enemies), 
26  then  Moses  stood  in  the  gate 
of  the  camp,  and  siiid,  A\'hoso  is  on 
Jehovah  s  side,  Itt  hita  come  unto 
me.  And  all  the  sons  of  Levi 
gathered  themselves  together  unto 
him.  27  And  he  said  unto  them, 
Thus  saith  J  ehovah,  the  God  of 
Israel,  Put  ye  every  man  his  sword 
upon  his  thigh,  and  go  to  and  fro 
from  gate  to  gate  throughout  the 
camp,  and  slay  every  man  his 
brotner,  and  every  man  his  com- 

E anion,  and  every  man  his  neigh- 
or.  28  And  ""the  sons  of  Levi  did 
according  to  the  word  of  Moses: 
and  there  fell  of  the  people  that 
day  about  three  thousand  men. 
29  And  Moses  said,  -  Consecrate 
yourselves  to-day  to  Jehovah,  ^  yea. 
every  man  ^against  his  son,  and 
^  against  his  brother ;  that  he  may 
bestow  upon  you  a  blessing  this  day. 
30  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
morrow,  that  Moses  said  unto  the 
people.  Ye  have  sinned  a  great  sin  : 
and  now  I  will  go  up  unto  Jehovah  ; 
peradventure  I  shall  make  atone- 
ment for  your  sin.  3 1  And  Moses 
returned  unto  Jehovah,  and  said. 
Oh,  this  people  have  sinned  a  great 
sin,  and  have  made  them ''gods  of 
gold.  32  Yet  now,  if  thou  wilt 
forgive  their  sin  —  ;  and  if  not,  blot 
me,  I  pray  thee,  out  of  thy ''  book 
which  thou  hast  written.  33  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  Closes,  Whoso- 
ever hath  sinned  against  me,  him 
'will  I  blot  out  of  my  book.  34 
And  now  go,  lead  the  people  "  unto 
the  place  of  which  I  nave  spoken 
unto  thee :  behold,  ''  mine  angel 
shall  go  before  thee ;  nevertheless 
in  the  day  when  I  visit,  'I  will 
visit  their  sin  upon  them.  35  *  And 
Jehovah  smote  the  people,  because 
^  they  made  the  calf,  which  Aaron 
made. 

O  O  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
O  O  !Moses,  Depart,  go  up  hence, 
thou  and  the  people  that  thou  hast 
brought  up  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  unto  the  land  of  which  "'I 
sware  unto  Abraham,  to  Isaac,  and 
to  Jacob,   saying.  Unto  thy  seed 

\  Heb.  whispering.      -  Heb.  F'dl  ynur  hand. 
"  Or,  /oi-  ev>r]i  irum  hath  been  ai/amst  his  son 
and  i^jaiust  his  brotlier  *  Or,  upon 


°  ver.  4 

6  1  K.  12.  28- 

30;  14.  18 
'  Num.  26. 

7-13;  Dt. 

33.  9 
rf  ch.  20.  23 
'  Ps.  09.  28 ; 

Is.  4.  3 ;  t>. 

la  ;  29.  U, 

IS;  Dan. 

12.  1 ;  I\lal. 

3.  16,  17 
/ch.  17.  14; 

Dt.  29.  20 ; 

Ps.  9.  6 
"  ch.  3.  17 
''  ch.  23.  20 
■  Ps.  99.  8 
I'  ver.  28 
■'  ver.  4,  24 
"'  ch.  32.  13 


"  ch.  32.  34 
°  ch.  23. 

27-31 
P  ch.  3.  8,  17 
«  ver.  6 ;  ch. 

32.  9 
"■  ph.  32.  10 

'  Num.  11. 39 
'  ver.  3 


'  ch.  18.  7, 
12-16 


"  ch.  13.  21 
'  Ps.  99.  7 


V  Num.  12. 
8 ;  Dt.  34. 


*  ch.  3. 10 ; 
32.  34 

"  ver.  2 
b  ver.  17 


'  Ps.  25.  4  1 
61.  13 


will  I  give  it:  2  and  I  will  send  "an 
angel  before  thee  ;  and  "  I  will  drive 
out  the  Canaanite,  the  r\jnorite, 
and  the  Hittite,  and  the  Perizzite, 
the  Hivite,  and  the  Jebusite:  3 
unto  a  land  allowing  with  milk 
and  honey  :  for  1  will  not  go  up  in 
the  midst  of  thee ;  for  thou  art  a 
''  stitiiiecked  people  ;  lest  "  I  con- 
sume thee  in  the  way.  4  And  when 
the  people  heard  these  evil  tidings, 
*  they  mourned  :  and  no  man  did 
put  on  him  his  ornaments.  5  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  iSloses,  Say  unto 
the  children  of  Israel,  Ye  are  a 
'  stiffnecked  people  ;  if  I  go  up  into 
the  midst  of  thee  for  one  moment, 
I  shall  consume  thee :  therefora 
now  put  otf  thy  ornaments  from 
thee,  that  I  may  know  what  to  do 
unto  thee.  6  And  the  children  of 
Israel  stripped  themselves  of  their 
ornaments  from  mount  Horeb  on- 
ward. 

7  Now  Moses  used  to  take  "the 
tent  and  to  pitch  it  without  the 
camp,  afar  oft"  from  the  camp  ;  and 
he  called  it.  The  tent  of  meeting. 
And  it  came  to  pass,  that  every  one 
that  sought  Jehovah  went  out  unto 
the  tent  of  meeting,  which  was 
without  the  camp.  6  And  it  came 
to  pass,  when  Moses  went  out  unto 
the  Tent,  that  all  the  people  rose 
up,  and  stood,  every  man  at  his 
tent  door,  and  looked  after  Moses, 
until  he  was  gone  into  the  Tent. 
9  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  jNloses 
entered  into  the  Tent,  "the  pillar 
of  cloud  descended,  and  stood  at 
the  door  of  the  Tent :  •'and  Jehovah 
spake  with  jNIoses.  10  And  all  the 
people  saw  the  pillar  of  cloud  stand 
at  the  door  of  the  Tent :  and  all  the 
people  rose  up  and  worshipped, 
every  man  at  his  tent  door.  1 1  And 
^Jehovah  spake  unto  ]\Ioses  face  to 
face,  as  a  man  speaketh  unto  his 
friend.  And  he  turned  again  into 
the  camp  :  but  his  minister  Joshua, 
the  son  of  Nun,  a  young  man,  de- 
parted not  out  of  the  Tent. 

1 2  And  Moses  said  unto  Jehovah; 
See,  thou  sayest  unto  me,  'Bring 
up  this  people  :  and  thou  hast  not 
let  me  know  ^^'  whom  thou  wilt  send 
with  me.  'Yet  thou  hast  said,  I 
know  thee  b.y  name,  and  thou  hast 
also  found  favor  in  my  sight.  13 
Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  if  1 
have  found  favor  in  thy  sight,  show 
me  now  "thy  ways,  that  I  may 
know  thee,  to  the  end  that  I  may 

*  Or,  him  whom 


33.14 


EXODUS 


34.15s 


Jehovah's  Cradons  Reply.    The  Two  Tallies  renewed,    fiod  reveals  himself.    Warning  against  Idolatry 


find  favor  in  thy  sight :  and  "  con- 
sider that  this  nation  is  thy  people. 
14  And  he  said,  "My  presence 
shall  go  with  thee,  and  "  I  will  give 
thee  rest.  15  And  he  said  unto 
him,  ''If  thy  presence  go  not  with 
me,  carry  us  not  up  hence.  1 6  For 
wherein  now  shall  it  be  known  that 
I  have  found  favor  in  thy  sight,  I 
and  thy  people"?  is  it  not  in  that 
thou  goest  with  us,  so  that "  we  are 
separated,  I  and  thy  people,  from 
all  the  people  that  are  upon  the 
face  of  tne  earth  1 

1 7  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
I  will  do  this  thing  also  that  thou 
hast  spoken  ;  -^for  thou  hast  found 
favor  in  my  sight,  and  I  know  thee 
by  name.  18  "And  he  said,  Show 
me,  I  pray  thee,  thy  glory.  1 9  And 
he  said,  ^  I  will  make  all  my  good- 
ness pass  before  thee,  and  will  pro- 
claim the  name  of  Jehovah  before 
thee ;  and  '  I  will  be  gracious  to 
whom  I  will  be  gracious,  and  will 
show  mercy  on  whom  I  will  show 
mercy.  20  And  he  said.  Thou  canst 
not  see  my  face ;  *  for  man  shall 
not  see  me  and  live.  21  And  Jeho- 
vah said,  Behold,  there  is  a  place 
by  me,  and  '  thou  shalt  stand  upon 
the  rock :  22  and  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  while  my  glory  passeth  by, 
that  I  will  put  thee  in  a  cleft  of  the 
rock,  and  ""will  cover  thee  with  my 
hand  untill  have  passed  by:  23  and 
I  will  take  awav  my  hand,  and  thou 
shalt  see  my  back ;  but  my  face 
shall  not  be  seen. 
O/J^  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
O  'T  Moses,  Hew  thee  "two  tables 
of  stone  like  unto  the  first :  and  I 
will  write  upon  the  tables  the  words 
that  were  on  the  first  tables,  which 
thou  brakest.  2  And  be  ready  by 
the  morning,  and  come  up  in  the 
morning  unto  "mount  Sinai,  and 
present  thyself  there  to  me  on  the 
top  of  the  mount.  3  And  ^  no  man 
shall  come  up  with  thee  ;  neither 
let  any  man  be  seen  throughout  all 
the  mount ;  neither  let  the  flocks 
nor  herds  feed  before  that  mount. 
4  And  he  hewed  ^two  tables  of 
stone  like  unto  the  first ;  and 
Moses  rose  up  early  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  went  up  unto  mount 
Sinai,  as  Jehovah  had  commanded 
him,  and  took  in  his  hand  two 
tables  of  stone.  5  And  ''Jehovah 
descended  in  the  cloud,  •*  and  stood 
with  him   there,  and   proclaimed 

1  Or,  and  he  stood  with  him  there,  and  called 
upo»,S;c. 


«  ch.  3.  7, 10 ; 
5. 1 ;  32. 12, 

14 
i-  Dt.  4.  37 ; 

Is.  63.  9 
«  Dt.  12.  10 ; 

2.5.  19 ; 

Josh.  22.  4 
d  Ps.  80.  3,  7, 

19 
«  Lev.  20.  24, 

26 
/ver.  12 
!/  ver.  20,  23 
A  ch.  34.  6,  7 
■  Rom.  9.  16 
*  Is.  6.  6 
'  Ps.  18.  2, 

46  ;  27.  6  ; 

61.2;  62.  7 
"^  Is.  49.  2  ; 

51.  16 
"  ch.  24.  12 ; 

31.  18 
"ch.  19.  11, 

18,20 
P  ch.  19.  12, 

13 
9  ver.  1 
""ch.  19.  9; 

33.9 


•  Num.  14. 
18 ;  Dt.  4. 
31 ;  Neh.  9. 
17 ;  Ps.  86. 
15  ;  103.  8 ; 
145.  8 

'  ch.  20.  5,  6 
"  ch.  23.  7 
"  ch.  33.  13 
"^  ch.  33.  12 
V  ch.  32.  9 
"  ver.  7 
«Dt.  4.  20; 
9.  26,  20  ; 

32.  9 ;  Ps. 

33.  12 

6  ver.  27,  28 
'  Ps.  72.  18 ; 

1.36.  4 
d  ch.  33.  2 

•  ch.  23.  32, 
33 


/ch.  23.24 


f  Judg.  6. 

25,26 
^ch.  20.3,6; 
Dt.  4.  24 


'■  ch.  22.  20 ; 

32.  8 
k  Num.  2.5. 
l,2;Dt. 

32.  38 

'  Dt.  7.  3 ; 
Josh.  23. 
12,13 


'"ch.  20.23 


"  ch.  12.  17 
0  ch.  12.  16, 


^  the  name  of  Jehovah.  6  And  Je- 
hovah passed  by  before  him,  and 
proclaimed,  Jehovah,  Jehovah,  a 
God  '  merciful  and  gracious,  slow 
to  anger,  and  abundant  in  loving- 
kindness  and  truth ;  7  '  keeping 
Iqvingkindness  for  thousands,  for- 
giving iniquity  and  transgression 
and  sin ;  and  that  "  will  by  no 
means  clear  the  guilty,  visiting  the 
iniquity  of  the  fathers  upon  the 
children,  and  upon  the  children's 
children,  upon  tne  third  and  upon 
the  fourth  generation,  8  And 
Moses  made  haste,  and  bowed  his 
head  toward  the  earth,  and  wor- 
shipped.    9  And  he  said,  *■  If  now 

I  have  found  favor  in  thy  sight,  O 
Lord,  ^  let  the  Lord,  I  pray  thee,  go 
in  the  midst  of  us  ;  for  it  is  a  ^stiff- 
necked  people;  and  ^pardon  our 
iniquity  and  our  sin,  and  "  take  us 
for  thine  inheritance. 

10  And  he  said.  Behold,  *  I  make 
a  covenant :  before  all  thy  people 
"  I  will  do  marvels,  such  as  have 
not  been  ^wrought  in  all  the  earth, 
nor  in  any  nation  ;  and  all  the  peo- 
ple among  which  thou  art  shall  see 
the  work  of  Jehovah ;  for  it  is  a 
terrible  thing  that  I  do  with  thee. 

I I  Observe  thou  that  which  I  com- 
mand thee  this  day :  behold,  ^  I 
drive  out  before  thee  the  Amorite, 
and  the  Canaanite,  and  the  Hit- 
tite,  and  the  Perizzite,  and  the  Hi- 
vite,  and  the  Jebusite.  12  'Take 
heed  to  thyself,  lest  thou  make  a 
covenant  with  the  inhabitants  of 
the  land  whither  thou  goest,  lest  it 
be  for  a  snare  in  the  midst  of  thee  : 
13  •'^but  ye  shall  break  down  their 
altars,  and  dash  in  pieces  their 
*  pillars,  and  ye  shall  cut  down 
their®" Asherim  14  (for ''thou shalt 
worship  no  other  god  :  for  Jehovah, 
whose  name  is  Jealous,  is  a  jealous 
God) ;  15  lest  thou  make  a  cove- 
nant with  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land,  and  they  play  the  harlot  after 
their  gods,  and '  sacrifice  unto  their 
gods,  and  one  *call  thee  and  thou 
eat  of  his  sacrifice ;  1 6  and  '  thou 
take  of  their  daughters  unto  thy 
sons,  and  their  daughters  play  the 
harlot  after  their  gods,  and  make 
thy  sons  play  the  harlot  after  their 
gods.  17™  Thou  shalt  make  thee 
no  molten  gods. 

18  "The  feastof  unleavened  bread 
shalt  thou  keep.    "  Seven  days  thou 

5  Oi\  Jehovah  by  name 
3  Heb.  created.  *  Or,  obelisks 

^  Probably  the  wooden  Bymbols  of  a  godd&f 
Asherah. 


88 


34.19 


EXODUS 


35.13 


The  Law  or  the  Covenant    The  Fate  of  Hoses  liiines.    The  Sabbath  Ordinance,    fiifts  and  Laborers  for  the  Sanctuary 


shalt  eat  unleavened  bread,  as  I 
commanded  thee,  at  the  time  ap- 
pointed in  the  "month  Abib ;  for 
m  the  month  Abib  thou  camest  out 
from  Egypt.  19  *  All  that  openeth 
the  womo  is  mine  ;  and  all  thj"^  cat- 
tle that  is  male,  the  firstlings  of 
cow  and  sheep.  20  "  And  the  first- 
ling of  an  ass  thou  shalt  redeem 
with  a  \lamb  :  and  if  thou  wilt  not 
redeem  it,  then  thou  shalt  break  its 
neck.  ''An  the  first-born  of  thy 
sons  thou  shalt  redeem.  And 
*none  shall  apyear  before  me 
empty. 

21  -^Six  days  thou  shalt  work, 
but  ori  the  seventh  day  thou  shalt 
rest :  in  plowing  time  and  in  har- 
vest thou  shalt  rest.  22  And  thou 
shalt  observe  ^  the  feast  of  weeks, 
even  of  the  first-fruits  of  wheat  har- 
vest, and  the  feast  of  ingathering 
at  the  year's  ^end.  23  ''Three 
times  in  the  year  shall  all  thy  males 
appear  before  the  Lord  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel.  24  For  I  will 
cast  out  nations  before  thee,  and 
enlarge  thy  borders  :  neither  shall 
any  man  desire  thy  land,  when 
thou  goest  up  to  appear  before 
Jehovah  thy  God  three  times  in 
the  year. 

25  » Thou  shalt  not  offer  the  blood 
of  my  sacrifice  with  leavened  bread ; 
*  neither  shall  the  sacrifice  of  the 
feast  of  the  passover  be  left  unto 
the  morning.  26  'The  first  of  the 
first-fruits  of  thy  ground  thou  shalt 
bring  unto  the  house  of  Jehovah 
thy  pod.  ™Thou  shalt  not  boil  a 
kid  in  its  mother's  milk. 

27  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
"  Write  thou  these  words :  "for  after 
the  tenor  of  these  words  1  have 
made  a  covenant  with  thee  and 
with  Israel.  28  And  he  was  there 
with  Jehovah  p  forty  daj's  and  forty 
nights;  he  did  neither  eat  bread, 
nor  drink  water.  And  *he  wrote 
upon  the  tables  the  words  of  the 
covenant,  ''the  ten  ^command- 
ments. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Moses  came  down  from  mount 
Sinai  with  the  two  tables  of  the 
testimony  in  Moses'  hand,  when 
he  came  down  from  the  mount, 
that  Moses  knew  not  that  the  skin 
of  his  face  *  shone  *  by  reason  of  his 
speaking  with  him.  30  And  when 
Aaron  and  all  the  children  of  Israel 

^  Or,  kid      ^  Heh.  rfi'Olvflon.      ^  Heh.  words. 

*  Or,  sent  forth  beams    (Heb.  hams) 

*  Or,  while  he  talked  with  hira 


"  ch.  12.  2 
b  ch.  13.  2 
"  ch.  13.  13 
rfch.  13.  15; 

Num.  3.  4.'> 
« ch.  22.  29 
/ch.  31.  15; 

3,-1.  2 
«  ch.  23.  16 ; 

Lev.  23.  16 

ft  ch.  23.  14- 

17 

'  ch.  2.1.  18 

fc  ch.  12.  10 

'  ch.  23.  19 

'"  ch.  23.  19 

"  ch.  17. 14 ; 

24.  4 
"  ver.  10 
''  ch.  24.  18 
»ch.  31.  18; 

34.  1 
"■  Dt.  4.  13 ; 

10.  4 


'  2  Cor.  3.  7 
t  ch.  16.  22 
"  2  Cor.  3.  13 
*  2  Cor.  3.  16 


*ch.  31.16 

y  ch.  16.  23 

'  Num.  15. 
32-36 

"  ch.  12.  16 
b  ch.  26.  1-9 


saw  Moses,  behold,  the  skin  of  his 
face  shone ;  and  '  they  were  afraid 
to  come  nigh  him.  31  And  Moses 
called  unto  them ;  and  Aaron  and 
all  'the  rulers  of  the  congregation 
returned  unto  him :  and  Moses 
spake  to  them.  32  And  afterward 
all  the  children  of  Israel  came  nigh : 
and  he  gave  them  in  commandment 
all  that  Jehovah  had  spoken  with 
him  in  mount  Sinai.  33  And  when 
Moses  had  done  speaking  with 
them,  "he  put  a  veil  on  his  face. 
34  But  when  Moses  went  iii  before 
Jehovah  to  speak  with  him,  "he 
took  the  veil  oft',  until  he  came  out ; 
and  he  came  outj,  and  spake  unto 
the  children  of  Israel  that  which 
he  was  commanded.  35  And  the 
children  of  Israel  saw  the  face  of 
Moses,  that  the  skin  of  Moses'  face 
shone ;  and  Moses  put  the  veil  upon 
his  face  again,  until  he  went  in  to 
speak  with  him. 

3p^  And  Moses  assembled  all 
tJ  the  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  said  unto 
them,  These  are  the  words  which 
Jehovah  hath  commanded,  that  ye 
should  do  them.  2  ""  Six  days  shall 
work  be  done ;  but  on  the  seventh 
day  there  shall  be  to  you  a  holy 
day,  *a  sabbath  of  solemn  rest  to 
Jehovah :  '  whosoever  doeth  any 
work  therein  shall  be  put  to  death. 
3  "Ye  shall  kindle  no  fire  through 
out  your  habitations  upon  the  sab- 
bath day. 

4  *  And  Moses  spake  unto  all  the 
congregation  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  saying.  This  is  the  thing 
which  Jehovah  commanded,  say- 
ing, 5  Take  ye  from  among  you  an 
ottering  unto  Jehovah  ;  whosoever 
is  of  a  willing  heart,  let  him  bring 
it,  Jehovah's  offering :  gold,  and 
silver,  and  brass,  6  and  blue,  and 
purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine  linen, 
and  goats'  hair,  7  and  rams'  skins 
dyed  red,  and  sealskins,  end  acacia 
wood,  8  and  oil  for  the  light,  and 
spices  for  the  anointing  oil,  and 
for  the  sweet  incense,  9  and  onyx 
stones,  and  stones  to  be  set,  for  tne 
ephod,  and  for  the  breastplate. 

10  And  let  every  wise-hearted 
man  among  you  come,  and  make 
all  that  Jehovah  hath  commanded  : 

1 1  the  tabernacle,  its  tent,  and  its 
covering,  its  clasps,  and  its  boards, 
its  bars,  its  pillars,  and  its  sockets; 

1 2  the  ark,  and  the  staves  thereof, 
the  mercy-seat,  and  the  veil  of  the 
screen;    13  the    table,    and    ita 


89 


35.14 


EXODUS 


3&6 


fiifts  and  Laborers  for  the  Tabernacle.    The  Workmen  called.    The  Gifts  received 


staves,  and  all  its  vessels,  and  the 
^ "  showbread  ;  14  the  candlestick 
also  for  the  light,  and  its  vessels, 
and  its  lamps,  and  the  oil  for  the 
light ;  15  and  the  altar  of  incense, 
and  its  staves,  and  the  anointing 
oil,  and  the  sweet  incense,  and  the 
screen  for  the  door,  at  the  door  of 
the  tabernacle;  16  the  altar  of 
burnt-offering,  with  its  grating  of 
brass,  its  staves,  and  all  its  vessels, 
the  laver  and  its  base ;  1 7  the 
hangings  of  the  court,  the  pillars 
thereof,  and  their  sockets,  and  the 
screen  for  the  gate  of  the  court ; 
18  the  pins  of  the  tabernacle,  and 
the  pins  of  the  court,  and  their 
cords  ;  19  the  *  finely  wrought  gar- 
ments, for  ministering  in  the  holy 
place,  the  holj^  garments  for  Aaron 
the  priest,  and  the  garments  of 
his  sons,  to  minister  in  the  priest's 
office. 

20  And  all  the  congregation  of 
the  children  of  Israel  departed 
from  the  presence  of  Moses.  21 
And  they  came,  "every  one  whose 
heart  stirred  him  up,  and  every 
one  whom  his  spirit  made  willing, 
and  brought  Jehovah's  offering,  for 
the  work  of  the  tent  of  meeting, 
and  for  all  the  service  thereof,  and 
for  the  holy  garments.  22  And 
they  came,  both  men  and  women, 
as  many  as  were  willing-hearted, 
and  brought  brooches,  and  "ear- 
rings, and  signet-rings,  and  ^arm- 
lets, all  jewels  of  gold  ;  even  every 
man  that  offered  an  offering  of 
gold  unto  Jehovah.  23  And  every 
man,  with  whom  was  found  blue, 
and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine 
linen,  and  goats'  hair,  and  rams' 
skins  dyed  red,  and  sealskins, 
brought  them.  24  Every  one  that 
did  offer  an  offering  of  silver  and 
brass  brought  Jehovah's  offering ; 
and  every  man,  with  whom  was 
found  acacia  wood  for  any  work  of 
the  service,  brought  it.  25  And 
all  the  women  that  were  wise- 
hearted  did  spin  with  their  hands, 
and  brought  that  which  they  had 
spun,  the  blue,  and  the  purple,  the 
scarlet,  and  the  fine  linen.  26  And 
all  the  women  whose  heart  stirred 
them  up  in  wisdom  spun  the  goats' 
hair.  27  And  the  rulers  brought 
the  *  onyx  stones,  and  the  stones  to 
be  set,  for  the  ephod,  and  for  the 
breastplate  ;  28  and  the  spice,  and 
the  oil ;  for  the  light,  and  for  the 


"  ch.  26.  30 
6  ch.  31.  10 
"  ch.  25.  2 


<ich.  31.  l-« 


1  Or,  Presence-bread 
*  Or,  nose-rings 


"  Or,  necklaces 
*  Or,  beryl 


'  2  Chr.  24. 
14  ;  31.  6-10 


90 


anointing  oil,  and  for  the  sweet 
incense.  29  The  children  of  Israel 
brought  a  freewill  offering  unto 
Jehovah ;  every  man  and  woman,, 
whose  heart  made  them  willing  to 
bring  for  all  the  work,  which 
Jehovah  had  commanded  to  be 
made  by  Moses. 

30  ''And  Moses  said  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  See,  .Jehovah 
hath  called  by  name  Bezalel  the 
son  of  Uri,  the  son  of  Hur,  of  the 
tiibe  of  Judah  ;  31  and  he  hath 
filled  him  with  the  Spirit  of  God, 
in  wisdom,  in  understanding,  and 
in  knowledge,  and  in  all  manner  of 
workmanship ;  32  and  to  devise 
skilful  works,  to  woik  in  gold,  and 
in  silver,  and  in  brass,  33  and  in 
cutting  of  stones  for  setting,  and 
in  carving  of  wood,  to  work  in  all 
manner  of  skilful  workmanship. 
34  And  he  hath  put  in  his  heart 
that  he  may  teach,  both  he,  and 
Oholiab,  the  son  of  Ahisamach,  of 
the  tribe  of  Dan.  35  Them  hath 
he  filled  with  wisdom  of  heart,  to 
work  all  manner  of  workmanship, 
of  the  ^engraver,  and  of  the  skilful 
workman,  and  of  the  embroiderer, 
in  blue,  and  in  purple,  in  scarlet, 
and  in  fine  linen,  and  of  th? 
weaver,  even  of  them  that  do  any 
workmanship,  and  of  those  that  de- 
O/Z*  vise  skilful  works.  1  And 
OO  Bezalel  and  Oholiab  shall 
work,  and  every  wise-hearted  man, 
in  whom  Jehovah  hath  put  wisdom 
and  understanding  to  know  how  to 
work  all  the  work  for  the  service 
of  the  sanctuary,  according  to  all 
that  -Jehovah  hath  commanded. 

2  And  Moses  called  Bezalel  and 
Oholiab,  and  every  wise-hearted 
man,  in  whose  heart  Jehovah  had 

Eut  wisdom,  even  every  one  whose 
eart  stirred  him  up  to  come  unto 
the  work  to  do  it :  3  and  they  re- 
ceived of  Moses  all  the  offering 
which  the  children  of  Israel  had 
brought  for  the  work  of  the  service 
of  the  sanctuary,  wherewith  tO' 
make  it.  And  they  brought  yet 
unto  him  freewill  offerings  every 
morning.  4  And  all  the  wise  men, 
that  wrought  all  the  work  of  the 
sanctuary,  came  every  man  from 
his  work  which  they  wrought; 
5  and  they  spake  unto  Moses,  say- 
ing, "  The  people  bring  much  more 
than  enough  tor  the  service  of  the 
work  which  Jehovah  commanded 
to  make.    6  And  Moses  gave  com- 

&  Or,  cra/tatnan 


36.7 


EXODUS 


36.38 


Tbe  Making  or  the  Ourtiiins;  of  the  Boards  and  Barii;  of  the  Veil  and  the  Screen 


mandment,  and  they  caused  it  to 
be  proclaimed  throughout  the 
camp,  saying,  Let  neitlier  man  nor 
woman  make  any  more  work  for 
the  olFering  of  the  sanctuary.  So 
the  people  Avere  restrained  from 
bringing.  7  "For  the  stuff  they 
had  was  sufficient  for  all  the  work 
to  make  it,  and  too  much. 

8  'And  all  the  wise-hearted  men 
among  them  that  wi'ought  the  work 
made  the  tabernacle  with  ten  cur- 
tains ;  of  tine  twined  linen,  and 
blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  with 
cherubim,  the  work  of  the  skilful 
workman,  liczalel  made  them.  9 
The  length  of  each  curtain  was 
eight  and  twenty  cubits,  and  the 
breadth  of  each  curtain  four  cubits  : 
ail  the  curtains  had  one  measure. 

10  And  he  coupled  five  curtains 
one  to  another :  and  the  other  five 
curtains  he  coupled  one  to  another. 

1 1  And  he  made  loops  of  blue  upon 
the  edge  of  the  one  curtain  ^from 
the  selvedge  in  the  coupling  :  like- 
wise he  made  in  the  edge  of  the 
curtain  that  was  outmost  in  the 
second  "coupling.  12  Firty  loops 
made  he  in  the  one  curtain,  and 
fifty  loops  made  he  in  the  edge  of 
the  curtain  that  was  in  the  second 
^coupling  :  the  loops  were  opposite 
one  to  another.  13  And  he  made 
fifty  clasps  of  gold,  and  coupled 
the  curtains  one  to  another  with 
the  clasps :  so  the  tabernacle  was 
one. 

14  And  he  made  curtains  of 
goats'  hair  for  a  tent  over  the 
tabernacle :  eleven  curtains  he 
made  them.  15  The  length  of 
each  curtain  was  thirty  cubits, 
and  four  cubits  the  breadth  of 
each  curtain :  the  eleven  curtains 
had  one  measure.  16  And  he 
coupled  five  curtains  by  them- 
selves, and  six  curtains  by  them- 
selves. 17  And  he  made  fifty 
loops  on  the  edge  of  the  curtain 
that  was  outmost  in  the  ^coupling, 
and  fifty  loops  made  he  upon  the 
edge  of  the  curttiin  which  was 
outmost  in  the  second  "coupling. 
18  And  he  made  fifty  clasps  of 
brass  to  couple  the  tent  together, 
that  it  might  be  one.  19  And  he 
made  a  covering  for  the  tent  of 
rams'  skins  d.yed  red,  and  a  cover- 
ing of  ^sealskins  above. 

'JO  '  And  he  made  the  boards  for 
the    tabernacle,    of   acacia    wood, 

1  Or,  that  irrtR  outmofi  in  the  first  set 

»  Or,  set      3  Or,  firrt  tet      *  ih,porpo\M-skini 


1  K.  8.  64 


^  ch.  26. 1-14 
"  cli.  26.  16- 
29 


i  ch.  26.  31- 

37 


91 


standing  up.  21  Ten  cubits  was 
the  length  of  a  board,  and  a  cubit 
and  a  naif  the  breadth  of  each 
board.  22  Each  board  had  two 
tenons,  ® joined  one  to  another: 
thus  did  he  make  for  all  the  boards 
of  the  tabernacle.  23  And  he 
made  the  boards  for  the  taberna- 
cle :  twenty  boards  for  the  south 
.side  southward ;  24  and  he  made 
forty  sockets  of  silver  under  the 
twenty  boards  ;  two  sockets  under 
one  board  for  its  two  tenons,  and 
two  sockets  under  another  board 
for  its  two  tenons.  25  And  for 
the  second  side  of  the  tabernacle, 
on  the  north  side,  he  made  twenty 
boards,  26  and  their  forty  sockets 
of  silver ;  two  sockets  und'er  one 
board,  and  two  sockets  under  an- 
other board.  27  And  for  the 
hinder  part  of  the  tabernacle 
westward  he  made  six  boards. 
28  And  two  hoards  made  he  for 
the  corners  of  the  tabernacle  in 
the  hinder  part.  29  And  they 
were  double  beneath ;  and  in  like 
manner  they  were  entire  unto  the 
top  thereof  unto  ^  one  ring :  thus 
he  did  to  both  of  them  in  the  two 
corners.  30  And  there  were  eight 
boards,  and  their  sockets  of  silver, 
sixteen  sockets  ;  under  every  board 
two  sockets. 

31  And  he  made  bars  of  acacia 
wood;  five  for  the  boards  of  the 
one  side  of  the  tabernacle,  32  and 
five  bars  for  the  boards  of  the 
other  side  of  the  tabernacle,  and 
five  bars  for  the  boards  of  the 
tabernacle  for  the  hinder  part 
westward.  33  And  he  made  the 
middle  bar  to  pass  through  in  the 
midst  of  the  boards  from  the  one 
end  bo  the  other.  34  And  he 
overlaid  the  boards  with  gold, 
and  made  their  rings  of  gold  for 
places  for  the  bars,  and  overlaid 
the  bars  with  gold. 

35  ''And  he  made  the  veil  of 
blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and 
fine  twined  linen:  with  cherubim, 
the  work  of  the  skilful  workman, 
made  he  it.  36  And  he  made 
thereunto  four  pillai's  of  acacia, 
and  overlaid  them  with  gold : 
their  hooks  were  of  gold ;  and  he 
cast  for  them  four  sockets  of  sil- 
ver. 37  And  he  made  a  screen  for 
the  door  of  the  Tent,  of  blue,  and 
purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine 
twined  linen,  the  work  of  the 
embroiderer :  38  and  the  five  pil- 
»  Ori  ra4)rtiied  <  Or,  the  first 


37.1 


EXODUS 


37.29 


The  Hakingof  the  Ark;  of  the  Table;  of  the  Candlestick;  of  the  Altar  of  Incense; 


lars  of  it  with  their  hooks :  and 
he  overlaid  their  capitals  and  their 
fillets  with  gold ;  and  their  five 
sockets  were  of  brass. 
O  'T  "  And  Bezalel  made  the  ark 
O  I  of  acacia  wood :  two  cubits 
and  a  half  was  the  length  of  it, 
and  a  cubit  and  a  half  the  breadth 
of  it,  and  a  cubit  and  a  half  the 
height  of  it.  2  And  he  overlaid  it 
with  pure  gold  within  and  with- 
out, and  made  a  ^  crown  of  gold  to 
it  round  about.  3  And  he  cast 
for  it  four  rings  of  gold,  in  the 
four  feet  thereof ;  even  two  rings 
on  the  one  ^side  of  it,  and  two 
rings  on  the  other  ^side  of  it. 
4  And  he  made  staves  of  acacia 
wood,  and  overlaid  them  with 
gold.  5  And  he  put  the  staves 
into  the  rings  on  the  sides  of  the 
ark,  to  bear  the  ark.  6  And  he 
made  a  *  mercy-seat  of  pure  gold : 
two  cubits  and  a  half  tvas  the 
length  thereof,  and  a  cubit  and  a 
half  the  breadth  thereof.  7  And 
he  made  two  cherubim  of  gold ; 
of  •*  beaten  work  made  he  them, 
at  the  two  ends  of  the  mercy- 
seat  ;  8  one  cherub  at  the  one 
end,  and  one  cherub  at  the  other 
end  :  of  one  piece  with  the  mercy- 
seat  made  he  the  cherubim  at  the 
two  ends  thereof.  9  And  the 
cherubim  spread  out  their  wings 
on  high,  covering  the  mercy-seat 
with  their  wings,  with  their  faces 
one  to  another  ;  toward  the  mercy- 
seat  were  the  faces  of  the  cheru- 
bim. 

10  *And  he  made  the  table  of 
acacia  wood :  two  cubits  was  the 
length  thereof,  and  a  cubit  the 
breadth  thereof,  and  a  cubit  and 
a  half  the  height  thereof.  1 1  And 
he  overlaid  it  with  pure  gold,  and 
made  thereto  a  crown  of  gold 
round  about.  12  And  he  made 
unto  it  a  border  of  a  handbreadth 
round  about,  and  made  a  golden 
crown  to  the  border  thereof 
round  about.  13  And  he  cast  for 
it  four  rings  of  gold,  and  put  the 
rings  in  the  four  corners  that  were 
on  the  four  feet  thereof.  14  Close 
by  the  border  were  the  rings,  the 
places  for  the  staves  to  bear  the 
table.  1 5  And  he  made  the  staves 
of  acacia  wood,  and  overlaid  them 
with  gold,  to  bear  the  table.  16 
And  he  made  the  vessels  which 
were  upon  the  table,  the   dishes 


1  Or,  T^m    Or,  moulding 
«  Heb.  Tib. 


3  Or,  covering 
*  Or,  turned 


"  ch.  25.  10- 


«ch.  25.  .-I- 
39 


d  ch.  30.  1-5 


'  ch.  30.  23, 
24,  34,  35 


92 


thereof,  and  the  spoons  thereof, 
and  the  bowls  thereof,  and  the 
flagons  thereof,  wherewith  to  pour 
out,  of  pure  gold. 

17  "And  he  made  the  candle- 
stick of  pure  gold :  of  beaten 
work  made  he  the  candlestick, 
even  its  base,  and  its  shaft ;  its 
cups,  its  knops,  and  its  flowers, 
were  of  one  piece  with  it.  18  And 
there  were  six  branches  going  out 
of  the  sides  thereof ;  three  branches 
of  the  candlestick  out  of  the  one 
side  thereof,  and  three  branches 
of  the  candlestick  out  of  the 
other  side  thereof :  1 9  three  cups 
made  like  almond-blossoms  in  one 
branch,  a  knop  and  a  flower ; 
and  three  cups  made  like  almond- 
blossoms  in  the  other  branch,  a 
knop  and  a  flower :  so  for  the  six 
branches  going  out  of  the  candle- 
stick, 20  And  in  the  candlestick 
were  four  cups  made  like  almond- 
blossoms,  the  knops  thereof,  and 
the  flowers  thereof ;  21  and  a  knop 
under  two  branches  of  one  piece 
with  it,  and  a  knop  under  two 
branches  of  one  piece  with  it,  and 
a  knop  under  two  branches  of  one 
piece  with  it,  for  the  six  branches 
going  out  of  it.  22  Their  knops 
and  their  branches  were  of  one 
piece  with  it :  the  whole  of  it  was 
one  beaten  work  of  pure  gold. 
23  And  he  made  the  lamps  there- 
of, seven,  and  the  snuffers  thereof, 
and  the  snuflTdishes  thereof,  of 
pure  gold.  24  Of  a  talent  of  pure 
gold  made  he  it,  and  all  the  vessels 
thereof. 

25  ''And  he  made  the  altar  of 
incense  of  acacia  wood :  a  cubit 
was  the  length  thereof,  and  a 
cubit  the  breadth  thereof,  four- 
square ;  and  two  cubits  was  the 
height  thereof;  the  horns  thereof 
were  of  one  piece  with  it.  26  And 
he  overlaid  it  with  pure  gold,  the 
top  thereof,  and  the  sides  thereof 
round  about,  and  the  horns  of  it : 
and  he  made  unto  it  a  crown  of 
gold  round  about.  27  And  he 
made  for  it  two  golden  rings 
under  the  crown  thereof,  upon 
the  two  ribs  thereof,  upon  the 
two  sides  of  it,  for  places  for 
staves  wherewith  to  bear  it. 
28  And  he  made  the  staves  of 
acacia  wood,  and  overlaid  them 
with  gold.  29  "And  he  made  the 
holy  anointing  oil,  and  the  pure 
incense  of  sweet  spices,  after  the 
art  of  the  perfumer. 


38.1 


EXODUS 


3a  28 


The  Making  of  the  iltar  or  Varnt-offeriog;  of  the  Laver  and  the  Coart    Sammation  or  DIetaU  used 


O  O  "And  he  made  the  altar 
O  O  of  burnt-offering  of  acacia 
wood  :  five  cubits  was  the  length 
thereof,  and  five  cubits  the  breadth 
thereof,  foursquare ;  and  three  cu- 
bits the  height  thereof.  '1  And 
he  made  the  horns  thereof  upon 
the  four  corners  of  it ;  the  horns 
thereof  were  of  one  piece  with 
it :  and  he  overlaid  it  with  brass. 
3  And  he  made  all  the  vessels  of 
the  altar,  the  pots,  and  the  shovels, 
and  the  basins,  the  flesh-hooks, 
and  the  firepans :  all  the  vessels 
thereof  made  he  of  brass.  4  And 
he  made  for  the  altar  a  grating 
of  network  of  brass,  under  the 
led^e  round  it  beneath,  reaching 
halfway  up.  5  And  he  cast  four 
rings  for  the  four  ends  of  the 
grating  of  brass,  to  be  places  for 
the  staves.  6  And  he  made  the 
staves  of  acacia  wood,  and  over- 
laid them  with  brass.  7  And  he 
put  the  staves  into  the  rings  on 
the  sides  of  the  altar,  wherewith 
to  bear  it ;  he  made  it  hollow  with 
planks. 

8  *And  he  made  the  laver  of 
brass,  and  the  base  thereof  of 
brass,  of  the  mirrors  of  Hhe  min- 
istering women  that  ministered  at 
the  door  of  the  tent  of  meeting. 

9  "And  he  made  the  court:  for 
the  south  side  southward  the 
hangings  of  the  court  were  of 
fine  twined  linen,  a  hundred 
cubits;  10  their  pillars  were 
twenty,  and  their  sockets  twenty, 
of  brass ;  the  hooks  of  the  pillars 
and  their  fillets  were  of  silver. 
11  And  for  the  north  side  a  hun- 
dred cubits,  their  pillars  twenty, 
and  their  sockets  twenty,  of  brass  ; 
the  hooks  of  the  pillars,  and  their 
fillets,  of  silver.  12  And  for  the 
west  side  were  hangings  of  fifty 
cubits,  their  pillars  ten,  and  their 
sockets  ten ;  the  hooks  of  the  pil- 
lars, and  their  fillets,  of  silver. 
13  And  for  the  east  side  eastward 
fifty  cubits.  14  The  hangings  for 
the  one  side  of  the  gate  were  fifteen 
cubits  ;  their  pillars  three,  and  their 
sockets  three ;  1 5  and  so  for  the 
other  side :  on  this  hand  and  that 
hand  by  the  gate  of  the  court  were 
hangings  of  fifteen  cubits ;  their 
pillars  three,  and  their  sockets 
three.  16  All  the  hangings  of  the 
court  round  about  were  of  fine 
twined  linen.  1 7  And  the  sockets 
for  the  pillars  were  of  brass ;  the 

1  Or.  the  women  that  assembled  to  minister 


"  ch.  27. 1-8 


I"  ch.  30. 18 


•  ch.  27.  9-19 


d  ch.  30.  Il- 
ls 


'  ch.  12.  37 ; 
Num.  1. 
46 ;  16.  51 


hooks  of  the  pillars,  and  their  fil- 
lets, of  silver ;  and  the  overlaying 
of  their  capitals,  of  silver  :  and  all 
the  pillars  of  the  court  were  filleted 
with  silver.  18  And  the  screen  for 
the  gate  of  the  court  was  the  work 
of  the  embroiderer,  of  blue,  and 
purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine  twined 
linen  :  and  twenty  cubits  was  the 
length,  and  the  height  in  the 
breadth  was  five  cubits,  answer- 
able to  the  hangings  of  the  court. 
19  And  their  jjillars  were  four,  and 
their  sockets  four,  of  brass ;  their 
hooks  of  silver,  and  the  overlaying 
of  their  capitals,  and  their  fillets, 
of  silver.  20  And  all  the  pins  of 
the  tabernacle,  and  of  the  court 
round  about,  were  of  brass. 

21  This  is  the  sum  of  the  things 
for  the  tabernacle,  even  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  testimony,  as  they 
were  counted,  according  to  the 
commandment  of  Moses,  for  the 
service  of  the  Levites,  by  the  hand 
of  Ithamar,  the  son  of  Aaron  the 
priest.  22  And  Bezalel  the  son  of 
Uri,  the  son  of  Hur,  of  the  tribe  of 
Judah,  made  all  that  Jehovah  com- 
manded Moses.  23  And  with  him 
was  Oholiab,  the  son  of  Ahisamach, 
of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  "^  an  engraver, 
and  a  skilful  workman,  and  an  em- 
broiderer in  blue,  and  in  purple, 
and  in  scarlet,  and  in  fine  linen. 

24  All  the  gold  that  was  used  for 
the  work  in  all  the  work  of  the 
sanctuarj^  even  the  gold  of  the 
offering,  was  twenty  and  nine  tal- 
ents, and  seven  hundred  and  thirty 
shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary.  25  ''And  the  silver  of 
them  that  were  numbered  of  the 
congregation  was  a  hundred  tal- 
ents, and  a  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  threescore  and  fifteen  shekels, 
after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary : 
26  a  beka  a  head,  that  is,  half  a 
shekel,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanc- 
tuary, for  every  one  that  passed 
over  to  them  that  were  numoered, 
from  twenty  years  old  and  upward, 
for  *six  hundred  thousand  and 
three  thousand  and  five  hundred 
and  fifty  men.  27  And  the  hun- 
dred talents  of  silver  were  for  cast- 
ing the  sockets  of  the  sanctuary, 
and  the  sockets  of  the  veil ;  a  hun- 
dred sockets  for  the  hundred  tal- 
ents, a  talent  for  a  socket.  28  And 
of  the  thousand  seven  hundred  sev- 
enty and  five  shekels  he  made  hooks 
for  the  pillars,  and  overlaid  their 

J  Or,  a  craftsman 


93 


38.  29 


EXODUS 


39.28 


Summation  of  Metals  used.    Tbe  Making  of  tlt«  Epiiod,  the  Breastplate,  tlie  Robe,  tlie  Priests'  fiarments, 


capitals,  and  made  fillets  for  them. 

29  And  the  brass  of  the  offering 
was  seventy  talents,  and  two  thou- 
sand and    four   hundred    shekels. 

30  And  therewith  he  made  the 
sockets  to  the  door  of  the  tent  of 
meeting,  and  the  brazen  altar,  and 
the  brazen  grating  for  it,  and  all 
the  vessels  of  the  altar,  31  and  the 
sockets  of  the  court  round  about, 
and  the  sockets  of  the  gate  of  the 
court,  and  all  the  pins  of  the  tab- 
ernacle, and  all  the  pins  of  the 
court  I'ound  about. 

O  O  And  of  the  blue,  and  pur- 
O  tJ  pie,  and  scarlet,  they  made 
finely  wrought  garments,  for  min- 
istering in  the  holy  place,  and  made 
the  holy  garments  for  Aaron ;  as 
Jehovah  commanded  Moses. 

2  "And  he  made  the  ephod  of 
gold,  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet, 
and  fine  twined  linen.  3  And  they 
did  beat  the  gold  into  thin  plates, 
and  cut  it  into  wires,  to  work  it  in 
the  blue,  and  in  the  purple,  and 
in  the  scarlet,  and  in  the  fine  linen, 
the  work  of  the  skilful  workman. 
4  They  made  shoulder-pieces  for 
it,  joined  together ;  at  the  two 
ends  was  it  joined  together.  5  And 
the  skilfully  woven  band,  that  was 
upon  it,  wherewith  to  gird  it  on, 
was  of  the  same  piece  and  like  the 
work  thereof  ;  of  gold,  of  blue,  and 
purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine  twined 
linen. ;  as  Jehovah  commanded 
Moses. 

6  And  thej''  wrought  the  onyx 
stones,  inclosed  in  settings  of  gold, 
graven  with  the  engravings  of  a 
signet,  according  to  the  names  of 
the  children  of  Israel.  7  And  he 
put  them  on  the  shoulder-pieces  of 
the  ephod,  to  be  stones  of  memorial 
for  the  children  of  Israel ;  as  Jeho- 
vah commanded  Moses. 

8  *  And  he  made  the  breastplate, 
the  work  of  the  skilful  workman, 
like  the  work  of  the  ephod ;  of 
gold,  of  blue,  and  purple,  and  scar- 
let, and  fine  twined  linen.  9  It 
was  foursquare ;  they  made  the 
breastplate  double :  a  span  was 
the  length  thereof,  and  a  span  the 
breadth  thereof,  being  double.  10 
And  they  set  in  it  four  rows  of 
stones.  A  row  of  sardius,  topaz, 
and  carbuncle  was  the  first  row ; 

11  and  the  second  row,  an  emer- 
ald, a  sapphire,  and  a  diamond ; 

12  and  the  third  row,  a  jacinth, 
an  agate,  and  an  amethyst ;  1 3  and 
the  fourth  row,  a  beryl,  an  onyx, 


"  Ch.  28.  6-12 


!>  ch.  28. 

28 


'ch.: 

3i 


d  ch.  28. 
40,  42 


JH 


and  a  jasper :  they  were  inclosed 
in  inclosings  of  gold  in  their  set- 
tings. 14  And  the  stones  were 
according  to  the  names  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  twelve,  according  to 
their  names  ;  like  the  engravings  of 
a  signet,  every  one  according  to  his 
name,  for  the  twelve  tribes.  1 5  And 
they  made  upon  the  breastplate 
chains  like  cords,  of  wreathen  work 
of  pure  gold.  16  And  they  made 
two  settings  of  gold,  and  two  gold 
rings,  and  put  the  two  rings  on 
the  two  ends  of  the  breastplate. 
17  And  they  put  the  two  wreathen 
chains  of  gold  in  the  two  rings  at 
the  ends  of  the  breastplate.  1 8  And 
the  other  two  ends  of  the  two 
wreathen  chains  they  put  on  the 
two  settings,  and  put  them  on  the 
shoulder-pieces  of  the  ephod,  in 
the  forepart  thereof.  1 9  And  they 
made  two  rings  of  gold,  and  put 
them  upon  the  two  ends  of  the 
breastplate,  upon  the  edge  thereof, 
which  was  toward  the  side  of  the 
ephod  inward.  20  And  they  made 
two  rings  of  gold,  and  put  them 
on  the  two  shoulder-pieces  of  the 
ephod  underneath,  in  the  forepart 
thereof,  close  by  the  coupling 
thereof,  above  the  skilfully  woven 
band  of  the  ephod.  21  And  they 
did  bind  the  breastplate  by  the 
rings  thereof  unto  the  rings  of  the 
ephod  with  a  lace  of  blue,  that  it 
might  be  upon  the  skilfully  woven 
band  of  the  ephod,  and  that  the 
breastplate  might  not  be  loosed 
from  the  ephod ;  as  Jehovah  com- 
manded Mosea. 

22  "And  he  made  the  robe  of  the 
ephod  of  woven  woi'k,  all  of  blue ; 
23  and  the  hole  of  the  robe  in  the 
midst  thereof,  as  the  hole  of  a  coat 
of  mail,  with  a  binding  round  about 
the  hole  of  it,  that  it  should  not  be 
rent.  24  And  they  made  upon  the 
skirts  of  the  robe  pomegranates  of 
blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and 
twined  linen.  25  And  they  made 
bells  of  pure  gold,  and  put  the 
bells  between  the  pomegranates 
upon  the  skirts  of  the  robe  round 
about,  between  the  pomegranates  ; 
26  a  bell  and  a  pomegranate,  a  bell 
and  a  pomegranate,  upon  the  skirts 
of  the  robe  round  about,  to  minis- 
ter in ;  as  Jehovah  commanded 
Moses. 

27  "*  And  they  made  the  coats  of 
fine  linen  of  woven  work  for  Aaron, 
and  for  his  sons,  28  and  the  ^  mitre 

1  Or,  turban 


39.29 


EXODUS 


40.19 


and  the  Golden  Plate.    Moses  inspects  the  Finished  Work.    The  Tabernacle  erected 


of  fine  linen,  and  the  goodly  head- 
tires  of  fine  linen,  and  the  linen 
breeches  of  fine  twined  linen,  '2d 
and  the  girdle  of  fine  twined  linen, 
and  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet, 
the  work  of  the  embroidei-er ;  as 
Jehovah  commanded  Moses. 

30  "  Ajid  they  made  the  plate  of 
the  holy  crown  of  pure  gold,  and 
wrote  upon  it  a  writing,  like  the 
engravings  of  a  signet.  Holy  to 
Jkhovah.  31  And  they  tied  unto 
it  a  lace  of  blue,  to  fasten  it  upon 
the  ^  mitre  above  ;  as  J  ehovah  com- 
manded Moses. 

32  Thus  was  finished  all  the  work 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  tent  of 
meeting  :  and  the  children  of  Israel 
did  according  to  all  that  Jehovah 
comcaanded  Moses;  so  did  they. 
33  And  they  brought  the  taber- 
nacle unto  Moses,  the  Tent,  and 
all  its  furniture,  its  clasps,  its 
boards,  its  bars,  and  its  pillars, 
and  its  sockets  ;  34  and  the  cover- 
ing of  rams'  skins  dyed  red,  and 
tbe  covering  of  '-^sealskins,  and  the 
veil  of  the  screen ;  35  the  ark 
of  the  testimony,  and  the  staves 
thereof,  and  the  mercy-seat ;  36  the 
table,  all  the  vessels  thereof,  and 
the  showbread ;  37  the  pure  can- 
dlestick, the  lamps  thereof,  even 
the  lamps  to  be  set  in  order,  and 
all  the  vessels  thereof,  and  the  oil 
for  the  light ;  38  and  the  golden 
altar,  and  the  anointing  oil,  and 
the  sweet  incense,  and  the  screen 
for  the  door  of  the  Tent ;  39  the 
brazen  altar,  and  its  grating  of 
brass,  its  staves,  and  all  its  ves- 
sels, the  laver  and  its  base  ;  40  the 
hangings  of  the  court,  its  pillars, 
and  its  sockets,  and  the  screen  for 
the  gate  of  the  court,  the  cords 
thereof,  and  the  pins  thereof,  and 
all  the  instruments  of  the  service 
of  the  tabernacle,  for  the  tent  of 
meeting ;  4 1  the  finely  wrought 
garments  for  ministering  in  the 
holy  place,  and  the  holy  garments 
for  Aaron  the  priest,  and  the  gar- 
ments of  his  sons,  to  minister  in 
the  priest's  office.  42  According 
to  all  that  Jehovah  commanded 
Moses,  so  the  children  of  Israel  did 
all  the  work.  43  And  Moses  saw 
all  the  work,  and,  behold,  they  had 
done  it ;  as  Jehovah  had  com- 
manded, even  so  had  they  done  it : 
and  Moses  blessed  them. 
^/^  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Tt\J  Moses,   saying,    2  '  On   the 

1  Or,  turban  ^  Or,  porpoise-shins 


'  ch.  28.  36, 
37 


>>  ver.  17  ;  ch. 
H).  1 ; 
Num.  1.  1 


d  ver.  2 


first  day  of  the  first  month  shalt 
thou  rear  up  the  tabernacle  of  the 
tent  of  meeting.  3  And  thou  shalt 
put  therein  the  ark  of  the  testi- 
mony, and  thou  shalt  screen  the 
ark  with  the  veil.  4  And  thou 
shalt  bring  in  the  table,  and  set  in 
order  the  things  that  are  upon  it ; 
and  thou  shalt  bring  in  the  candle- 
stick, and  ^  light  the  lamps  thereof. 

5  And  thou  shalt  set  tne  golden 
altar  for  incense  before  the  ark  of 
the  testimony,  and  put  the  screen 
of    the    door   to    the    tabernacle. 

6  And  thou  shalt  set  the  altar  of 
burat-ofFering  before  the  door  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  tent  of  meet- 
ing. 7  And  thou  shalt  set  the 
laver  between  the  tent  of  meeting 
and  the  altar,  and  shalt  put  water 
therein.  8  And  thou  shalt  set  up 
the  court  round  about,  and  hang 
up  the  screen  of  the  gate  of  the 
court.  9  And  thou  shalt  take  the 
anointing  oil,  and  anoint  the  taber- 
nacle, and  all  that  is  therein,  and 
shalt  hallow  it,  and  all  the  furni- 
ture thereof :  and  it  shall  be  holy. 
10  And  thou  shalt  anoint  the  altar 
of  burnt-offering,  and  all  its  vessels, 
and  sanctify  the  altar :  and  the 
altar  shall  be  most  holy.  1 1  And 
thou  shalt  anoint  the  laver  and  its 
base,  and  sanctify  it.  1 2  Arid  thou 
shalt  bring  Aaron  and  his  sons 
unto  the  door  of  the  tent  of  meet- 
ing, and  shalt  wash  them  with 
water.  13  And  thou  shalt  put 
upon  Aaron  the  holy  garments- 
and  thou  shalt  anoint  hirn,  and 
sanctify  him,  that  he  rnay  minister 
unto  me  in  the  priest's  office. 
14  And  thou  shalt  bring  his  sons, 
and  put  coats  upon  them;  15  and 
thou  shalt  anoint  them,  as  thou 
didst  anoint  their  father,  that  they 
may  minister  unto  me  in  the 
priest's  office  :  and  their  anointing 
shall  be  to  them  for  an  ''everlasting 
priestiiood  throughout  their  gen- 
erations. 1 6  Tiius  did  Moses : 
according  to  all  that  Jehovah  com- 
manded him,  so  did  he. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass  ''in  the 
first  month  in  the  second  year,  on 
the  first  day  of  the  month,  that 
the  tabernacle  was  reared  up. 
1 8  And  !Moses  reared  up  the  taber- 
nacle, and  laid  its  sockets,  and  set 
up  the  boards  thereof,  and  put  in 
the  bare  thereof,  and  reared  up  its 
pillars.  19  And  he  spread  the 
tent  over  the  tabernacle,  and  put 

8  Or,  set  up 


95 


40.20 


EXODUS 


40.38 


The  Tabernacle  erected.    The  Cload  over  the  Tent 


the  covering  of  the  tent  above  upon 
it ;  as  Jehovah  commanded  Moses. 

20  And  he  took  and  put  "  the  testi- 
mony into  the  ark,  and  set  the 
staves  on  the  ark,  and  put  the 
mercy-seat  above   upon    the  ark : 

21  and  he  brought  the  ark  into  the 
tabernacle,  and  set  up  the  veil  of 
the  screen,  and  screened  the  ark  of 
the  testimony ;  as  Jehovah  com- 
manded Moses.  22  And  he  put 
the  table  in  the  tent  of  meeting, 
upon  the  side  of  the  tabernacle 
northward,  without  the  veil.  23 
And  he  set  the  *  bread  in  order 
upon  it  before  Jehovah ;  as  Jehovah 
commanded  Moses.  24  And  he 
put  the  candlestick  in  the  tent  of 
meeting,  over  against  the  table, 
on  the  side  of  the  ta  bernacle  south- 
ward. 25  And  he  lighted  the 
lamps  before  Jehovah  ;  as  Jehovah 
commanded  Moses.  26  And  he 
put  the  golden  altar  in  the  tent  of 
meeting  Def  ore  the  veil :  27  and  he 
burnt  thereon  incense  of  sweet 
spices ;  as  .Jehovah  commanded 
Moses.  28  And  he  put  the  screen 
of  the  door  to  the  tabernacle. 
29  And  he  set  the  altar  of  burnt- 
offering  at  the  door  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  tent  of  meetingj  and 
offered  upon  it  the  burnt-offering 
and  the  meal-offering  ;  as  Jehovah 

1  Or,  set  up 


"  Dt.  10. 5 ; 

1  K.  8. 9; 

2Chr.6. 10; 

Heb.  9.  4 
6  ch.  25.  30 ; 

Lev.  24.  5, 

6 


"  ch.  30.  19, 
20 


d  Num.  9. 15- 
23 


commanded  Moses.  30  And  he  set 
the  laver  between  the  tent  of  meet- 
ing and  the  altar,  and  put  water 
therein,  wherewith  to  wash.  31 
*And  Moses  and  Aaron  and  his 
sons  washed  their  hands  and  their 
feet  thereat ;  32  when  they  went 
into  the  tent  of  meeting,  and  when 
they  came  near  unto  the  altar,  they 
washed ;  as  Jehovah  commanded 
Moses.  33  And  he  reared  up  the 
court  round  about  the  tabernacle 
and  the  altar,  and  set  up  the 
screen  of  the  gate  of  the  court,  tto 
Moses  finished  the  work. 

34  ''Then  the  cloud  covered  the 
tent  of  meeting,  and  the  glory  of 
Jehovah  filledi  the  tabernacle. 
35  And  Moses  was  not  able  to 
enter  into  the  tent  of  meeting,  be- 
cause the  cloud  abode  thereon,  and 
the  glory  of  Jehovah  filled  the 
tabernacle.  36  And  when  the 
cloud  was  taken  up  from  over 
the  tabernacle,  the  children  of 
Israel  went  onward,  throughout 
all  their  journeys :  37  but  if  the 
cloud  was  not  taken  up,  then  they 
journeyed  not  till  the  day  that  it 
was  taken  up.  38  For  tne  cloud 
of  Jehovah  was  upon  the  taber- 
nacle by  day,  and  there  was  fire 
therein  by  night,  in  the  sight  of 
all  the  house  of  Israel,  throughout 
all  their  journeys. 


1 


96 


THE   THIRD   BOOK   OF   MOSES, 


COMMONLY  CALLED 


LEVITICUS 


The  Law  of  Burnt-offerings;  of  Meal-offerings 


IAnd  "Jehovah  called  unto 
Moses,  and  spake  unto  him  out 
of  the  tent  of  meeting,  saying, 
2  Speak  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  say  unto  them,  When 
any  man  of  you  oli'ereth  an  obla- 
tion unto  Jehovah,  ye  shall  offer 
your  oblation  of  the  cattle,  even  of 
'  the  herd  and  of  the  flock. 

3  If  his  oblation  be  a  burnt-offer- 
ing of  the  herd,  he  shall  offer  it  a 
male  "  without  blemish :  he  shall 
offer  it  ''at  the  door  of  the  tent  of 
meeting,  that  he  may  be  accepted 
before  Jehovah.  4  "And  he  shall 
lay  his  hand  upon  the  head  of  the 
burnt-offering ;  and  it  shall  be 
accepted  for  him  to  make  atone- 
ment for  him.  5  And  •'^ he  shall  kill 
the  bullock  before  Jehovah :  and 
Aaron's  sons,  the  priests,  shall  pre- 
sent^ the  blood,  and  ''sprinkle  the 
blood  round  about  upon  the  altar 
that  is  at  the  door  of  the  tent  of 
meeting.  6  And  '  he  shall  flay  the 
burnt-offering,  and  cut  it  into  its 
pieces.  7  *  And  the  sons  of  Aaron 
the  priest  shall  put  fire  upon  the 
altar,  and  lay  wood  in  order  upon 
the  fire ;  8  and  Aaron's  sons,  the 
priests,  shall  lay  the  pieces,  the 
head,  and  the  'fat,  in  order  upon 
the  wood  that  is  on  the  fire  which 
is  upon  the  altar  :  9  but  its  inwards 
and  its  legs  shall  he  wash  with 
water.  And  "  the  priest  shall  burn 
the  Avhole  on  the  altar,  for  a  burnt- 
offering,  an  offering  made  by  fire, 
of  "a  sweet  savor  unto  Jehovah. 

10  And  if  his  oblation  be  of  the 
flock,  of  the  sheep,  or  of  the  goats, 
for  a  burnt-offering;  he  shall  offer 
it  a  male  without  blemish.  11  And 
he  shall  kill  it  on  the  side  of  the 
altar  "  northward  before  Jehovah  : 
and  Aaron's  sons,  the  priests,  shall 
sprinkle  its  blood  upon  the  altar 
roundabout.  12  And  he  shall  cut 
it  into  its  pieces,  with  its  head  and 
its  ^fat;  and  the  priest  shall  lay 
them  in  order  on  the  wood  that  is 


"  Num.  7.  89 
>>  ch.  si.  19 
'  ch.  'U.  lio- 

24;  Dt.  15. 

■^1 ;  17.  1 
d  ch.  17.8,  9; 

Dt.  12.  6,  11 
'  Ex.  29.  10, 

13,  19 
/Ex.  29.  n, 

10,  20 

9ch.  17.  n 
ft  ver.  11  ;ch. 

3.  2,  8,  13 

ich.  7.  8 

k  ch.  0.  8-13 

'  ch.  3.  3,  4 

"'  Num.  16. 

8-10  ;  28.  12, 

U 
"  Ex.  29.  18, 

25 ;  Eph.  6. 

2 
"  ver.  5 
P  ch.  3.  3,  4 


9  Num.  15. 

4-7  ;  28.  12- 

14 
•■  Gen.  15.  9 
'  ch.  5.  9 
<  ch.  5.  8 ; 

Gen.  15.  10 


«  ch.  6. 

6.  16 

12; 

"  yer.  9 
ch.  5. 

16 
12 

^ch.  6. 

16 

V  ch.  10 

13 

12, 

97 


on  the  fire  which  is  upon  the  altar : 
13  but  the  inwards  and  the  legs 
shall  he  wash  with  water.  And 
»the  priest  shall  offer  the  ^vhole, 
and  burn  it  upon  the  altar  :  it  is  a 
burnt-offering,  an  offering  made  by 
fire,  of  a  sweet  savor  unto  Jehovah. 
14  Andif  his  oblation  to  Jehovah 
be  a  burnt-offering  of  birds,  then 
he  shall  offer  his  oblation  of  *■  turtle- 
doves, or  of  young  pigeons.  15 
And  the  priest  shall  bring  it  unto 
the  altar,  and  ^  wring  off"  its  head, 
and  burn  it  on  the  altar ;  and  the 
blood  thereof  shall  be  drained  out 
'  on  the  side  of  the  altar ;  16  and 
he  shall  take  away  its  crop  with  the 
^filth  thereof,  and  cast  it  beside  the 
altar  on  the  east  part,  in  the  place 
of  the  ashes  :  17  and  '  he  shall  rend 
it  by  the  wings  thereof,  but  shall 
not  divide  it  asunder.  And  the 
priest  shall  burn  it  upon  the  altar, 
upon  the  wood  that  is  upon  the 
fire  :  it  is  a  burnt-offering,  an  offer- 
ing made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savor 
unto  Jehovah. 

2  And  when  any  one  offereth 
an  oblation  of  a  meal-offering 
unto  Jehovah,  his  oblation  shall  be 
of  fine  flour  ;  and  he  shall  pour  oil 
upon  it,  and  put  frankincense 
thereon  :  2  and  he  shall  bring  it  to 
Aaron's  sons  the  priests ;  and  he 
shall  take  thereout  "his  handful 
of  the  fine  flour  thereof,  and  of  the 
oil  thereof,  with  all  the  frankin- 
cense thereof.  And  the  priest  shall 
burn  it  as  the  "memoiicil  thereof 
upon  the  altar,  an  offering  made 
by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savor  unto  Jeho- 
vah :  3  and  '  that  which  is  left  of 
the  meal-offering  shall  be  f  Aaron's 
and  his  sons' :  it  is  a  thing  most 
holy  of  the  offerings  of  Jehovah 
made  by  fire. 

4  And  when  thou  offerest  an 
oblation  of  a  meal-offering  baken  in 
the  oven,  it  shall  be  unleavened 
cakes  of  fine  flour  mingled  with 

I  Or.  pinch  *  Ot,  feather* 


2. 


LEVITICUS 


3.16 


The  Law  of  Dleal-offerings;  of  Peace-offerings 


oil,  or  unleavened  wafers  anointed 
with  oil.  5  And  if  thy  oblation  be 
a  meal-offering  of  the  ^  baking-pan, 
it  shall  be  of  fine  flovir  unleavened, 
mingled  with  oil.  6  Thou  shalt 
I^art  it  in  pieces,  and  pour  oil 
thereon  :  it  is  a  meal-ofiering.  7 
And  if  thy  oblation  be  a  meal- 
offering  of  the  frying-pan,  it  shall 
be  made  of  fine  flour  with  oil. 
8  And  thou  shalt  bring  the  meal- 
offering  that  is  made  of  these  things 
unto  Jehovah  :  and  it  shall  be  pre- 
sented unto  the  priest,  and  he  shall 
bring  it  unto  the  altar.  9  And  the 
priest  shall  take  up  from  the  meal- 
offering  "the  memorial  thereof,  and 
shall  burn  it  upon  the  altar,  an 
offering  made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet 
savor  unto  Jehovah.  1 0  And  *  that 
which  is  left  of  the  meal-offering 
shall  be  Aaron's  and  his  sons' :  it  is 
a  thing  most  holy  of  the  offerings 
of  Jehovah  made  by  fire. 

11  "No  meal-offering,  which  ye 
shall  offer  unto  Jehovah,  shall  be 
made  with  leaven ;  for  ye  shall 
burn  no  leaven,  nor  any  honey,  as 
an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  Jeho- 
vah. 12  ''As  an  oblation  of  first- 
fruits  ye  shall  offer  them  unto 
Jehovah :  but  they  shall  not  come 
up  for  a  sweet  savor  on  the  altar. 
13  And  every  oblation  of  thy  meal- 
offering  slialt  thou  season  with 
salt ;  neither  shalt  thou  suffer  '  the 
salt  of  the  covenant  of  thy  God  to 
be  lacking  from  thy  meal-offering  : 
with  all  thine  oblations  thou  shalt 
offer  salt. 

1 4  And  if  thou  offer  a  meal-offer- 
ing of  first-fruits  unto  Jehovah, 
thou  shalt  offer  for  the  meal-offer- 
ing of  -^thy  first-fruits  grain  in  the 
ear  parched  with  fire,  bruised 
grain  of  the  fresh  ear.  15  And 
thou  shalt  put  oil  upon  it,  and  lay 
frankincense  thereon :  it  is  a  meal- 
offering.  16  And  the  priest  shall 
burn  *the  memorial  of  it,  part  of 
the  bruised  grain  thereof,  and  part 
of  the  oil  thereof,  with  all  the 
frankincense  thereof :  it  is  an  ofler- 
ing  made  by  fire  unto  Jehovah. 

3  And  if  his  oblation  be  a 
''  sacrifice  of  "^  peace-offerings  ; 
if  he  offer  of  the  herd,  whether 
male  or  female,  he  shall  offer  it 
'without  blemish  before  Jehovah. 
2  And  *he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon 
the  head  of  his  oblation,  and  'kill 
it  at  the  door  of  the  tent  of  meet- 
ing :  and  Aaron's  sons  the  priests 

*>  Or.  flat  plate  «  Or,  ttiank-offerings 


"  ver.  2 
i>  ver.  3 
"  ch.  6.  16, 

17  ;  Ex.  23. 

18;  34.  25 
deh.  7.  13; 

23.  17,  18 
'Num.  18. 

19 ;  2  Ohr. 

13.  6; 

Ezek.  43. 

21 
/ch.  23.  14 
'^  ver.  2 
''  eh.  7.  12-18 
'  ch.  22.  21 
«■•  ch.  1.  4 
'Ex.  29.  11, 

10,20 


*"  ch.  7.  28-34 
"  Ex.  29.  38, 

42;  Num. 

28.  3-10 
"  Num.  15. 

8-10;  28. 

12-14 
^ver.  1 
9  Num.  15.  4, 

.6  ;  28.  5-7 
*■  ch.  17.  8,  9 
'  ch.  1.  4 


<  ver.  2 
"  ch.  1.  6 


"ver.  16;ch. 
21.  6,  8,  17 

'  Num.  15. 
6-11 


"  Ter.  4 


96 


shall  sprinkle  the  blood  upon  the 
altar  round  about.  3  And  he  shall 
ofler  of  the  sacrifice  of  peace-offer- 
ings an  offering  made  by  fire  unto 
Jenovah  ;  the  fat  that  covereth  the 
inwards,  and  all  the  fat  that  is 
upon  the  inwards,  4  and  the  two 
kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is  on 
them,  which  is  by  the  loins,  and 
the  caul  upon  the  liver,  ^  with  the 
kidneys,  shall  he  take  away.  5 
And  "'xlaron's  sons  shall  burn  it  on 
the  altar  "  upon  the  burnt-oft'ering, 
which  is  upon  the  wood  that  is  on 
the  fire  :  "  it  is  an  oftering  made  by 
fire,  of  a  sweet  savor  unto  Jehovah. 

6  And  if  his  oblation  for  a  sacri- 
fice of  peace-offerings  unto  Jehovah 
be  of  the  flock  ;  male  or  female,  he 
shall  offer  it  ^without  blemish. 
7  If  he  offer  « a  lamb  for  his  obla- 
tion, then  shall  he  offer  it  ''before 
Jehovah ;  8  and  *  he  shall  lay  his 
hand  upon  the  head  of  his  oblation, 
and  'kill  it  before  the  tent  of  meet- 
ing :  and  Aaron's  sons  shall 
"sprinkle  the  blood  thereof  upon 
the  altar  round  about.  9  And  he 
shall  offer  of  the  sacrifice  of  peace- 
offerings  an  offering  made  by  fire 
unto  Jehovah  ;  the  fat  thereof,  the 
fat  tail  entire,  he  shall  take  away 
hard  by  the  backbone  ;  and  the  fat 
that  covereth  the  inwards,  and  all 
the  fat  that  is  upon  the  inwards, 
10  and  the  two  kidneys,  and  the 
fat  that  is  upon  them,  which  is  by 
the  loins,  and  the  caul  upon  the 
liver,  "with  the  kidneys,  shall  he 
take  away.  11  And  the  priest 
shall  burn  it  "^  upon  the  altar  :  it  is 
*  the  •*  food  of  the  offering  made  by 
fire  unto  Jehovah. 

12  And  if  his  oblation  be  'a, 
goat,  then  he  shall  offer  it  before 
Jehovah  :  1 3  and  he  shall  lay  his 
hand  upon  the  head  of  it,  and 
kill  it  before  the  tent  of  meeting ; 
and  the  sons  of  Aaron  shall  sprin- 
kle the  blood  thereof  upon  the 
altar  round  about.  14  And  he 
shall  offer  thereof  his  oblation, 
even  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto 
Jehovah ;  the  fat  that  covereth 
the  inwards,  and  all  the  fat  that 
is  upon  the  inwards,  15  and  the 
two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is 
upon  them,  which  is  by  the  loins, 
and  the  caul  upon  the  liver,  "with 
the  kidneys,  shall  he  take  away. 
16  And  the  priest  shall  burn  them 
upon  the  altar :  it  is  the  food  oi 

3  Or,  which  he  shall  take  away  by  the  kidnevs 
*  Heb.  bread. 


3.17 


LEVITICUS 


4.26 


The  Law  of  Sin-olTeria?s :  for  the  Congregation;  for  a  Ruler 


the  offering  made  by  fire,  for  a 
sweet  savor;  "all  the  fat  is  Jeho- 
vah's. 17  It  shall  be  a  perpetual 
statute  throughout  your  genera- 
tions in  all  your  dwellings,  tliat  ye 
shall  eat  neither  fat '  nor  blood. 

4  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  2  iSpeak  unto 
the  children  of  Israel,  saying,  if 
any  one  shall  sin  ^'unwittingly, 
in  any  of  the  things  wliich  Jeho- 
vah hath  commanded  not  to  be 
done,  and  shall  do  any  one  of 
them :  3  ''if  the  anointed  priest 
shall  sin  so  as  to  biing  guilt  un 
the  people^  then  let  him  offer  for 
his  sin,  which  he  hath  sinned,  a 
young  bullock  without  blemish 
unto  Jehovah  for  a  sin-offering. 
4  And  he  shall  bring  the  bullock 
unto  the  door  of  the  tent  of  meet- 
ing before  Jehovah  ;  and  "he  shall 
lay  his  hand  upon  the  head  of  the 
bullock,  and  kill  the  bullock  before 
Jehovah.  5  And  the  -^anointed 
priest  shall  take  of  the  blood  of 
the  bullock,  and  bring  it  to  the 
tent  of  meeting :  6  and  the  priest 
shall  dip  his  finger  in  the  blood, 
and  sprinkle  of  the  blood  seven 
times  before  Jehovah,  before  "the 
veil  of  the  sanctuary.  7  And  the 
priest  shall  put  of  the  blood  upon 
the  horns  of  ''  the  altar  of  sweet 
incense  before  Jehovah,  which  is 
in  the  tent  of  meeting ;  and  all  the 
blood  of  the  bullock  shall  he  pour 
out  at  the  base  of  the  altar  of 
burnt-offering,  which  is  at  the 
door  of  the  tent  of  meeting.  8  'And 
all  the  fat  of  the  bullock  of  the 
sin-oiiering  he  shall  take  oft* from  it ; 
the  fat  that  covereth  the  inwards, 
and  all  the  fat  that  is  upon  the 
inwards,  9  and  the  two  kidneys, 
and  the  fat  that  is  upon  them, 
"which  is  by  the  loins,  and  the  caul 
upon  the  liver,  *with  the  kidneys, 
shall  he  take  away,  10  as  it  is 
taken  off  from  the  ox  of  the  sac- 
rifice of  peace-offerings  :  and  the 
priest  shall  burn  them  upon  the 
altar  of  burnt-offering.  11  And 
the  skin  of  the  bullock,  and  all  its 
flesh,  with  its  head,  and  with  its 
legs,  and  its  inwards,  and  its  dung, 
12  even  the  whole  bullock  shall 
he  carry  forth  without  the  camp 
unto  'a  clean  place,  where  the 
ashes  are  poured  out,  and  burn 
it  on  wood  with  fire :  where  the 
ashes  are  poured  out  shall  it  be 
burnt. 

1  Or,  through  error 


"  ch.  7.  23-25 
*  ch.  17.  10- 

1(5 
«  ver.  -^2, 27  ; 

ch.  5.  Ih- 

18;  22.  14 
<*  ver.  14,  23, 

2« 
'ch.  I.  4 
/ver.  3 
"  Ex.  40.  21, 

2« 
A  ver.  18,  2o, 

;io,  34 

I  ch.  3.  3,  4 
«:  cll.  3.  4 
'ch.  6.  10,  11 


"•  Num.  15. 

24-26 
"  ver.  3 
"  ver.  3,  23, 

28 
P  ch.  8.  14, 

18,  22  ; 

Num.  8. 

10,  12 
1  ch.  1.  3 
*■  ver.  6 


'  ver.  7,  25, 

30,34 


"  ver.  13 :  ch. 

Ifi.  1.0-17; 
Num.  15. 
24-20 

*  Num.  31. 
13 ;  32.  2 
V  ver.  2 


"  ver.  .3,  14, 

28 
6  ver.  28 


'  ver.  7,  18, 

30,34 


d  ver.  19 


13  "'And  if  the  whole  congrega- 
tion of  Israel  err,  and  the  thing  be 
hid  from  the  eyes  of  the  assembly, 
and  they  have  done  any  of  the 
things  which  Jehovah  hath  com- 
manded not  to  be  done,  and  are 
guilty  ;  14  "when  the  sin  wherein 
they  have  sinned  is  known,  then 
the  assembly  shall  offer  "a  young 
bullock  for  a  sin-oll'ering,  and 
bring  it  before  the  tent  of  meeting. 
15  And -^  the  elders  of  the  congre- 
gation shall  lay  their  hands  upon 
the  head  of  the  bullock  before  Je- 
hovah ;  and  the  bullock  shall  be 
killed  » before  Jehovah.  16  And 
the  anointed  priest  shall  bring 
of  the  blood  of  the  bullock  to 
the  tent  of  meeting  :  1 7   and  ''  the 

Eriest  shall  dip  his  finger  in  the 
lood,  and  sprinkle  it  seven  times 
before  Jehovah,  before  the  veil. 
18  And  he  shall  put  of  the  blood 
upon  the  horns  of  *  the  altar  which 
is  before  Jehovah,  that  is  in  the 
tent  of  meeting  ;  and  all  the  blood 
shall  he  pour  out  at  the  base  of 
the  altar  of  burnt-oftering,  which 
is  at  the  door  of  the  tent  of  meet- 
ing. 19  "^And  all  the  fat  thereof 
shall  he  take  oft'  from  it,  and  burn 
it  upon  the  altar.  20  Thus  shall 
he  do  with  the  bullock ;  as  he  did 
with  "the  bullock  of  the  sin-ofi'er- 
ing,  so  shall  he  do  with  this;  and 
the  priest  shall  make  atonement 
for  them,  and  they  shall  be  for- 
given. 2 1  And  he  shall  carry  forth 
the  bullock  without  the  camp,  and 
burn  it  as  he  bui'ned  the  first  bul- 
lock :  it  is  "  the  sin-offering  for  the 
assembly. 

22  When/ a  ruler  ^sinneth,  and 
doeth  unwittingly  any  one  of  all 
the  things  which  Jehovah  his  God 
hath  commanded  not  to  be  done, 
and  is  guilty;  23  ^if  his  sin, 
wherein  he  hath  sinned,  be  made 
known  to  him,  he  shall  bring  for 
his  oblation  a  "  goat,  '  a  male  with- 
out blemish.  24  And  he  shall  lay 
his  hand  upon  the  head  of  the  goat, 
and  kill  it  in  the  place  where  they 
kill  the  burnt-offering  before  Je- 
hovah :  it  is  a  sin-offering.  25  And 
the  priest  shall  take  of  the  blood 
of  the  sin-offering  with  his  finger, 
and  put  it  upon  "  the  horns  of  the 
altar  of  burnt-offering ;  and  the 
blood  thereof  shall  he  pour  out  at 
the  base  of  the  altar  of  burnt-offer- 
ing. 26  "And  all  the  fat  thereof 
shall  he  burn  upon  the  altar,  as 
the  fat  of  the  sacrifice  of  peace 


99 


4.27 


LEVITICUS 


5.12 


The  Law  of  Sia-offeriags  for  the  common  People.    The  Law  of  Trespass ■otTeriiigs 


offerings ;  and  the  priest  shall 
make  atonement  for  him  as  con- 
cerning his  sin,  and  he  shall  be 
forgiven. 

27  And  if  any  one  of  the  ^com- 
mon people  sin  "unwittingly,  in 
doing  any  of  the  things  wh'ch  Je- 
hovah hath  commanded  not  to  be 
done,  and  be  guilty ;  28  *  if  his  sin, 
which  he  hath  sinned,  be  made 
known  to  him,  then  he  shall  bring 
for  his  oblation  "-'a  goat,  a  "female 
without  blemish,  for  his  sin  which 
he  hath  sinned.  29  And  "  he  shall 
lay  his  hand  upon  the  head  of  the 
sin-offering,  and  •'kill  the  sin-offer- 
ing in  the  place  of  burnt-offering. 
30  And  the  priest  shall  take  ot 
the  blood  thereof  with  his  hnger, 
and  put  it  upon  the  horns  of  ^  the 
altar  of  burnt-offering ;  and  *  all 
the  blood  thereof  shall  he  pour  out 
at  the  base  of  the  altar.  3 1  '  And 
all  the  fat  thereof  shall  he  take 
away,  as  the  fat  is  taken  away 
from  off  the  sacrifice  of  peace-offer- 
ings ;  and  the  priest  shall  burn  it 
upon  the  altar  for  a  sweet  savor 
unto  Jehovah  ;  and  the  priest  shall 
make  atonement  for  him,  and  he 
shall  be  forgiven. 

32  And  if  he  bring  *a  lamb  as 
his  oblation  for  a  sin-offering,  he 
shall  bring  it  a  female  without 
blemish,  33  And  'he  shall  lay 
his  hand  upon  the  head  of  the  sin- 
offering,  and  kill  it  for  a  sin-offer- 
ing ™in  the  place  where  they  kill 
the  burnt-offering.  34  And  the 
priest  shall  take  of  the  blood  of  the 
sin-offering  with  his  finger,  and 
put  it  upon  the  horns  of  "■  the  altar 
of  burnt-offering;  and  "all  the 
blood  thereof  shall  he  pour  out  at 
the  base  of  the  altar.  35  And  ^  all 
the  fat  thereof  shall  he  take  away, 
as  the  fat  of  the  lamb  is  taken 
away  from  the  sacrifice  of  peace- 
offerings ;  and  the  jjriest  shall  burn 
them  on  the  altar,  '■■  upon  the  offer- 
ings of  Jehovah  made  by  fire;  and 
the  priest  shall  make  atonement 
for  him  as  touching  his  sin  that  he 
hath  sinned,  and  he  shall  be  for- 
given. 

pf  And  if  any  one  sin,  in  that 
^J  he  heareth  the  voice  of  ^ad- 
juration, he  being  a  witness, 
whether  he  hath  seen  or  known, 
if  he  do  not  utter  it,  then  he  shall 
bear  his  iniquity.  2  Or  if  any  one 
■^ouch  *■  any  unclean  thing,  whether 

1  Heb.  people  of  Ihe  land. 

2  Or,  after  ihe  manner  of 


"  ver.  2 
<>  ver.  3 
'  ver.  3,  14, 

23,  32 
rf  ver.  23 
«  ch.  1.  4 
./'ch.  1.  6,  U 
"  ver.  7,  18, 

2.'i,  34 
fc  ver.  7 
'  ver.  8 
*:  ver.  28 
'ch.  1.  4,6 
'"  ver.  29 
"  ver.  7,  18, 

25,  30 
''  '.er.  7 
P  ver.  31 
«  Prov.  29. 

•^i ;  Jer.  23. 

10 
""ch.  11.  8, 

11,  24-.'!9; 

Num.  19. 

11-16; 

Dt.  14.  8 


'  ch.  16.  21 ; 
26.  40 ; 
Num.  ."i.  7 ; 
Prov.  28. 13 


<  ch.  4.  28,  32 


"ch.  12.  6,  8; 
14.  22,  30,  31 


"  ch.  1.  17 

"  ch.  1.  15 
V  ch.  4.  7 


"  ch.  14. 

21-32;  27. 


b  ch.  2.  1,  2 


it  be  the  carcass  of  an  unclean 
beast,  or  the  carcass  of  unclean 
cattle,  or  the  carcass  of  un- 
clean creeping  things,  and  it  be 
hidden  from  him,  and  he  be  un- 
clean, then  he  shall  be  guilty. 
3  Or  if  he  touch  the  uncleannesi. 
of  man,  whatsoever  his  unclean 
ness  be  wherewith  he  is  unclean, 
and  it  be  hid  from  him ;  when  he 
knoweth  of  it,  then  h»  shall  be 
guilty.  4  Or  if  any  one  swear 
rashly  with  his  lips  to  do  evil,  or 
to  do  good,  whatsoever  it  be  that 
a  man  shall  utter  rashly  with  an 
oath,  and  it  be  hid_  from  him ; 
when  he  knoweth  of  it,  then  he 
shall  be  guilty  in  one  of  these 
things.  5  And  it  shall  be,  when 
he  shall  be  guilty  in  one  of  these 
things,  that  he  shall  *  confess  that 
wherein  he  hath  sinned  :  6  and  he 
shall  bring  ^his  trespass-offering 
unto  Jehovah  for  his  sin  which  he 
hath  sinned,  'a  female  from  the 
flock,  a  lamb  or  a  goat,  for  a  sin- 
oftering ;  and  the  priest  shall  make 
atonement  for  him  as  concerning 
his  sin. 

7  And  if  his  means  suffice  not 
for  a  lamb,  then  he  shall  bring  ^  his 
trespa.ss-offering  for  that  wherein 
he  hath  sinned,  two  turtle-doves, 
or  two  young  pigeons,  unto  Jeho- 
vah ;  "  one  for  a  sin-offering,  and 
the  other  for  a  burnt-offering. 
8  And  he  shall  bring  them  unto 
the  priest,  who  shall  offer  that 
which  is  for  the  sin-offering  first, 
and  •*  wring  off  its  head  from  its 
neck,  but  "shall  not  divide  it 
asunder :  9  and  he  shall  sprinkle 
of  the  blood  of  the  sin-offering 
^  upon  the  side  of  the  altar ;  and 
the  rest  of  the  blood  shall  be  drained 
out  ^  at  the  base  of  the  altar :  it  is 
a  sin-offering.  10  And  he  shall 
^  offer  the  second  for  a  burnt-offer- 
ing, ^according  to  the  ordinance; 
and  the  priest  shall  make  atone- 
ment for  him  as  concerning  his  sin 
which  he  hath  sinned,  and  he  shall 
be  forgiven. 

11  But  "if  his  means  suffice  not 
for  two  turtle-doves,  or  two  young 
pigeons,  then  he  shall  bring  his 
oblatif)n  for  that  wherein  he  hath 
sinned,  the  tenth  part  of  an  ephah 
of  fine  flour  for  a  sin-oftering :  '  he 
shall  put  no  oil  upon  it,  neither 
shall  he  put  any  frankincense 
thereon  ;  for  it  is  a  sin-offering. 
12   And  he  shall   bring  it  to  the 

3  Or,  for  his  guilt      *  Or,  pinch      *  Or,  prepare. 


100 


5.13 


LEVITICUS 


6.17 


The  law  of  Trespass-offerings.    The  Priest's  Function  in  Burnt-offerings;  in  Meal-offerings 


{)riest,  and  the  priest  shall  take 
lis  handful  of  it  as  the  memorial 
thereof,  and  burn  it  on  the  altar, 
^upon  the  otierings  of  Jelioyah 
made  by  tire :  it  is  a  sin-offering. 
1 3  And  the  priest  shall  make  atone- 
ment for  him  as  touching  his  sin 
that  he  hath  sinned  in  any  of  these 
things,  and  he  sliall  be  forgiven : 
and  "the  remnant  shall  be  the 
pri-ist's,  as  the  meal-otfering. 

14  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  15  ''If  any  one  com- 
mit a  trespass,  and  sin  "unwit- 
tingly, in  the  holy  things  of 
•Jehovah  ;  then  he  shall  bring  his 
•^  trespass-ottering  unto  Jehovah, "  a 
ram  without  blemish  out  of  the 
flock,  according  to  thy  estimation 
in  silver  by  shekels,  after  the 
'shekel  of  the  sanctuary,  for  a 
trespass-offering  :  1 6  "  and  he  shall 
make  restitution  for  that  which  he 
hath  done  amiss  in  the  holy  thing, 
and  shall  add  the  fifth  part  thereto, 
and  give  it  unto  the  priest ;  and 
''the  priest  shall  make  atonement 
for  him  with  the  ram  of  the  tres- 
pass-offering, and  he  shall  be  for- 
given. 

17  And  if  any  one  sin,  and  do 
any  of  the  things  which  Jehovah 
hath  commanded  not  to  be  done ; 
'though  he  knew  it  not,  yet  is  he 
guilty,  and  shall  bear  his  iniquity. 
18  And  he  shall  bring  *a  ram 
without  blemish  out  of  the  flock, 
according  to  thy  estimation,  for  a 
trespass-offering,  unto  the  priest ; 
and  the  priest  shall  make  atone- 
ment for  him  concerning  the  thing 
wherein  he  erred  '  unwittingly  and 
knew  it  not,  and  he  shall  be  for- 

given.     1 9  It  is  a  trespass-offering : 
e  is  certainly  guilty  before  Jeho- 
vah. 

*C\  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
\J  Moses,  saying,  2  ™  If  any  one 
sin,  and  commit  a  trespass  against 
Jehovah,  and  deal  falsely  with  his 
neighbor  in  a  matter  of  deposit,  or 
of  "bargain,  or  of  robbery,  or  have 
oppressed  his  neighbor,  3  or  have 
found  that  which  was  lost,  and  deal 
falsely  therein,  and  swear  to  a  lie  ; 
in  any  of  all  these  things  that  a 
man  doeth,  sinning  therein  :  4  then 
it  shall  be,  if  he  hath  sinned,  and  is 
guilty,  that  he  shall  restore  that 
which  he  took  by  robbery,  or  the 
thing  which  he  hath  gotten  by 
oppression,  or  the  deposit  which 
was  committed  to  him,  or  the  lost 

i  Or,,  ajter  the  manner  of  *  Or,  pledge 


"  ch.  2.  3 
b  Num.  6. 6-8 
'  ch.  4.  2 ;  22. 

14 
<'  ch.  7.  1-10 
'  ch.  G.  0 
/  Ex.  .'SO.  13 
"  ch.  6.  6  ;  22. 

14;  Num. 

f>.  7,  8 
h  ch.  7.  2-7 
'  ver.  19 ;  ch. 

4.  2 
*  ver.  15 
'  ver.  17 
'"■  Ex.  22.  7-15 


"ch.  5.  16 
°  Num.  fj. 
P  ch.  5.  l.-i 
t  ch.  7.  2-5 


[*Ch.  (!.  1  in 
Heb.] 

•"  Ex.  29.  38- 
42 ;  Num. 
28.  3-10 


'  ver.  12,  13 


«  Ex.  28.  39, 

42 ;  39.  27, 
28 


"  ch.  3.  5 


[*Ch.  5.  20  in 
Heb.] 


"  ch.  2.  2 


*  ch.  2. 3 ;  10. 
12-14 


V  ch.  2.  U 


101 


thing  which  he  found,  .5  or  any- 
thing about  which  he  liath  sworn 
falsely  ;  "  he  shall  even  restore  it  in 
full,  and  shall  add  the  fifth  part 
more  thereto:  "unto  him  to  whom 
it  appertaineth  shall  he  give  it,  in 
the  day  of  his  being  found  guilty. 

6  And  he  shall  bring  his  trespass- 
offering  unto  Jehovah,  ^a  ram 
without  blemish  out  of  the  flock, 
according  to  tliy  estimation,  for  a 
trespass-offering,  unto  the  priest : 

7  and  *  the  priest  shall  make  atone- 
ment for  him  before  Jehovah  ;  and 
he  shall  be  forgiven  concerning 
whatsoever  he  doeth  so  as  to  be 
guilty  thereb5\ 

*S  And  Jehovah  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying,  9  Command  Aaron  and  his 
sons,  saying.  This  is  *"  the  law  of 
the  burnt-offering  :  the  burnt-offer- 
ing shall  be  ^  on  the  hearth  upon 
the  altar  all  night  unto  the  morn- 
ing ;  and  *  the  fire  of  the  altar  shall 
be  kept  burning  thereon.  10  And 
the  priest  shall  put  on  'his  linen 
garment,  and  his  linen  breeches 
shall  he  put  upon  his  flesh  ;  and  he 
shall  take  up  the  ashes  whereto  the 
fire  hath  consumed  the  burnt-ofier- 
ing  on  the  altar,  and  he  shall  put 
them  beside  the  altar.  1 1  And  he 
shall  put  off  his  garments,  and  put 
on  other  garments,  and  carry  forth 
the  ashes  without  the  camp  unto 
a  clean  place.  12  And  the  fire 
upon  the  altar  shall  be  kept  burn- 
ing thereon,  it  shall  not  go  out ; 
and  the  priest  shall  burn  wood  on 
it  every  morning  :  and  he  shall  lay 
the  burnt-offering  in  order  upon 
it,  and  shall  burn  "thereon  the  fat 
of  the  peace-offerings.  13  Fire 
shall  be  kept  burning  upon  the 
altar  continually ;  it  shall  not  go 
out. 

14  And  this  is  the  law  of  the 
meal-offering :  the  sons  of  Aaron 
shall  offer  it  oef ore  Jehovah,  before 
the  altar.  15  "And  he  shall  take 
up  therefrom  his  handful,  of  the 
fine  flour  of  the  meal-offering,  and 
of  the  oil  thereof,  and  all  the  frank- 
incense which  is  upon  the  meal- 
offering,  and  shall  burn  it  upon  the 
altar  for  a  sweet  savor,  as  the 
memorial  thereof,  unto  -Jehovah. 
1 6  -"  And  that  which  is  left  thereof 
shall  Aaron  and  his  sons  eat :  it 
shall  be  eaten  without  leaven  in  a 
holy  place  ;  in  the  court  of  the  tent 
of  meeting  they  shall  eat  it.  1 7  *  It 
shall  not  oe  baken  with  leaven.    I 

s  Or.  on  its  firewood 


6.18 


LEVITICUS 


7.17 


The  Priest's  PQDftion  in  Meal -offerings;  Sio-offenngs;  in  Trespass-offerings;  in  Peace-offerings.    Eating  of  the 


have  given  it  as  their  portion  of 
my  offerings  made  by  fire;  "it  is 
most  holy,  as  the  sin-offering,  and 
*as  the  trespass-offering.  18  "^ Every 
male  among  the  children  of  Aaron 
shall  eat  of  it,  as  his  portion  for 
ever  throughout  your  generations, 
from  the  offerings  of  Jenovah  made 
by  fire :  '^  whosoev^er  toucheth  them 
shall  be  holy. 

19  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  20  This  is  the  obla- 
tion of  Aaron  and  of  his  sons,  which 
they  shall  offer  unto  Jehovah  in  the 
day  when  he  is  anointed  :  the  tenth 
part  of  an  ephah  of  fine  flour  for  "a 
meal-offering  perpetuallj^,  half  of  it 
in  the  morning,  and  half  thereof  in 
the  evening.  2 1  On  a  ^  baking-pan 
it  shall  be  made  with  oil ;  when  it 
is  soaked,  thou  shalt  bring  it  in  : 
in  ^bakea  pieces  shalt  thou  offer 
the  meal-offering  for  a  sweet  savor 
unto  Jehovah.  22  And  the  anointed 
priest  that  shall  be  in  his  stead 
from  among  his  sons  shall  offer  it : 
by  a  statute  for  ever  it  shall  be 
wholly  burnt  unto  Jehovah.  23 
And  every  meal-offering  of  the 
priest  shall  be  wholly  burnt :  it  shall 
not  be  eaten. 

24  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  25  Speak  unto 
Aaron  and  to  his  sons,  saying. 
This  is  the  law  of  the  sin-offering : 
^  in  the  place  where  the  burnt-offer- 
ing is  killed  shall  the  sin-offering 
be  killed  before  Jehovah :  it  is 
most  holy.  26  *  The  priest  that 
offereth  it  for  sin  shall  eat  it :  in  a 
holy  place  shall  it  be  eaten,  in  the 
court  of  the  tent  of  meeting.  27 
^ '  Whatsoever  shall  touch  the  flesh 
thereof  shall  be  holy;  and  when 
there  is  sprinkled  of  the  blood 
thereof  upon  any  garment,  thou 
shalt  wash  that  whereon  it  was 
sprinkled  in  a  holy  place.  28  But 
*the  earthen  vessel  wherein  it  is 
boiled  shall  be  broken  ;  and  if  it  be 
boiled  in  a  brazen  vessel,  it  shall 
be  scoured,  and  rinsed  in  water. 

29  'Every  male  among  the  priests 
shall  eat  thereof :  it  is  most  holy. 

30  And  no  sin-offering,  '"whereof 
any  of  the  blood  is  brought  into 
the  tent  of  meeting  to  make  atone- 
ment "  in  the  holy  place,  shall  be 
eaten  :  °  it  shall  be  burnt  with  fire. 

7      And  this  is  the  law  of  the 
p  trespass-offering  :    it  is  most 
holy.     2  In  9  the  place  where  they 

1  The  meaning  of  the  Hebrew  word  is  uncer- 
tain. 2  Or,  Wkosoever 


'-  ver.  26,  29, 

30 
6  ch.  7.  7  ;  10. 

16-18 
"  ver.  29 ; 

1  Cor.  9.  13 
d  ver.  27 

*  Num.  4.  16 
/  ch.  2.  5 
s'ch.  1.  U 

''  ver.  29 
'  ch.  7  19 

*  ch.  11.  33  ; 
15.  12 

'  ver.  18 
'"  ch.  4.  1-21 
"  ch.  4.  7,  18 
"'ch.4.  11,12, 

21 
P  ch.  5. 

14-6.  7 
9  ch.  1.  11 


•■  ch.  3.  4 
'  ch.  6.  18,  29 
t  ch.  6.  30 


"  ch.  2.  5 


*  ch.  2.  12  i 
23.  17,  18 


■  ch.  19.  5-8 


"  Ex.  12.  10 
102 


kill  the  burnt-offering  shall  they 
kill  the  trespass-offering;  and  the 
blood  thereof  shall  he  sprinkle  upon 
the  altar  round  about.  3  Ana  he 
shall  offer  of  it  all  the  fat  thereof : 
the  fat  tail,  and  the  fat  that  cover- 
eth  the  inwards,  4  and  the  two  kid- 
neys, and  the  fat  that  is  on  them, 
which  is  by  the  loins,  and  the  caul 
upon  the  liver,  ''  with  the  kidneys, 
shall  he  take  away ;  5  and  the 
priest  shall  burn  them  upon  the 
altar  for  an  offering  made  by  fire 
unto  Jehovah  :  it  is  a  trespass-offer- 
ing. 6  '  Every  male  among  the 
priests  shall  eat  thereof :  it  shall 
be  eaten  in  a  holy  place  :  it  is  most 
holy.  7  'As  is  the  sin-offering,  so 
is  the  trespass-offering ;  there  is 
one  law  for  them :  the  priest  that 
maketh  atonement  therewith,  he 
shall  have  it.  8  And  the  priest  that 
offereth  any  man's  burnt-offering, 
even  the  priest  shall  have  to  him- 
self the  skin  of  the  burnt-offering 
which  he  hath  offered.  _  9  And 
every  meal-offering  that  is  baken 
in  the  oven,  and  all  that  is  dressed 
in  the  frying-pan,  and  on  the 
"  baking-pan,  shall  be  the  priest's 
that  offereth  it.  10  And  every 
meal-offering,  mingled  with  oil,  or 
dry,  shall  all  the  sons  of  Aaron 
have,  one  as  well  as  another. 

11  And  this  is  the  law  of  the 
sacrifice  of  peace-offerings,  which 
one  shall  offer  unto  Jehovah.  _  1 2  If 
he  offer  it  for  a  "  thanksgiving, 
then  he  shall  offer  with  the  sacrifice 
of  thanksgiving  unleavened  cakes 
mingled  with  oil,  and  unleavened 
wafers  anointed  with  oil,  and  cakes 
mingled  with  oil,  of  fine  flour 
soaked.  13  With  cakes  of  ^leavened 
bread  he  shall  offer  his_  oblation 
with  the  sacrifice  of  his  peace- 
offerings  for  thanksgiving.  14  And 
of  it  he  shall  offer  one  out  of  each 
oblation  for  a  heave-offering  unto 
Jehovah ;  it  shall  be  the  priest's 
that  sprinkleth  the  blood  of  the 
peace-offei'ings. 

15/ And  the  flesh  of  the  sacrifice 
of  his  peace-offerings  for  thanks- 
giving shall  be  eaten  on  the  day  of 
his  oblation  ;  he  shall  not  leave 
any  of  it  until  the  morning.  16 
But  if  the  sacrifice  of  his  oblation 
be  a  ^  vow,  or  a  freewill-offering,  it 
shall  be  eaten  on  the  day  that  he 
offereth  his  sacrifice;  and _  on  the 
morrow  that  which  remaineth  of 
it  shall  be  eaten:  17  "but  that 
which    remaineth  of   the  flesh  of 


7.18 


LEVITICUS 


8.3 


Peace-offerings.    Fat  and  Blood  not  to  be  eaten.    Tlte  Priest's  Portion  of  the  Sacrifice.    Consecration  of  the  Priests 


the  sacrifice  on  the  third  day;  shall 
be  burnt  with  fire.  18  And  if  any 
of  the  flesh  of  the  sacrifice  of  his 
peace-ofierjngs  be  eaten  on  the 
third  day.  it  shall  not  be  accepted, 
neither  shall  it  be  imputed  unto 
him  that  oii'ereth  it :  it  shall  be 
an  abomination,  and  the  soul  that 
eateth  of  it  shall  bear  his  iniq- 
uity. 

19  And  the  flesh  that  toucheth 
any  unclean  thing  shall  not  be 
eaten;  it  shall  be  burnt  with  fire. 
And  as  for  the  flesh,  every  one 
that  is  clean  shall  eat  thereof : 
20  "  but  the  soul  that  eateth  of  the 
flesh  of  the  sacrifice  of  peace-ofi'er- 
ings,  that  pertain  unto  Jehovah, 
having  his  uncleanness  upon  him, 
that  soul  shall  be  cut  off  from  his 
people.  21  *  And  when  any  one 
shall  touch  any  unclean  thing,  the 
uncleanness  of  man,  or  an  unclean 
beast,  or  any  unclean  abomination, 
and  eat  of  tne  flesh  of  the  sacrifice 
of  peace-offerings,  which  pertain 
unto  Jehovah,  that  soid  shall  be 
cut  off  from  his  people. 

22  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  23  Speak  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  saying.  Ye  shall 
eat "  no  fat,  of  ox,  or  sheep,  or  goat. 
24  And  the  fat  of  that  which  dieth 
of  itself,  and  the  fat  of  that  which 
is  ''■  torn  of  beasts,  may  be  used  f9r 
any  other  service ;  but  ye  shall  in 
no  wise  eat  of  it.  25  For  whoso- 
ever eateth  the  fat  of  the  beast,  of 
which  men  offer  an  ofiering  made 
by  fire  unto  Jehovah,  even  the  soul 
that  eateth  it  shall  be  cut  off  from 
his  people.  26  *And  ye  shall  eat 
no  manner  of  blood,  whether  it  be 
of  bird  or  of  beast,  in  any  of  your 
dwellings.  27  Whosoever  it  be 
that  eateth  any  blood,  that  soul 
shall  be  cut  off  from  his  people. 

28  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  29  Speak  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  saj-ing.  He  that 
offereth  the  sacrifice  of  nis  peace- 
offerings  unto  Jehovah  shall  bring 
his  oblation  unto  Jehovah  out  of 
the  sacrifice  of  his  peace-offerings : 
30  his  own  hands  shall  bring  the 
offerings  of  Jehovah  made  by  fiie  ; 
the  fat  with  the  breast  shall  he 
bring,  that  the  breast  may  be 
waved  for  a  wave-offering  before 
Jehovah.  31  And  the  priest  shall 
burn  the  fat  upon  the  altar  ;  but 
'the  breast  shall  be  Aaron's  and  his 
sons'.  32  And  the  right  Hhigh  shall 

1  Or,  shoulder 


'  ch.  22.  3-7  ; 

Num.  19.  13 
*  ch.  fi.  2,  3 
"^  ch.  3.  17 
d  Ex.  -J-'.  31  ; 

Lev.  17.  15; 

■22.  a 
'  ch.  17. 10-16 
/Num.  18. 

11;  m. 

18.  3 


"  Num.  18.  8 


A  ch.  8. 

22-33;  Ex. 

29.  22-34 
'ch.  1.  1;  2fi. 

46  ;  27.  34 ; 

Dt.  4.  5 


'  ch.  6.  10 
"'  Ex.  30.  25 


■  Ex.  29.  4-6 


103 


ye  give  unto  the  priest  for  a  heave- 
offering  out  of  the  sacrifices  of 
your  peace-offerings.  33  He  among 
the  sons  of  Aaron  that  offereth  the 
blood  of  the  peace-ofi'erings,  and 
the  fat,  shall  have  the  right '  thigh 
for  a  portion.  34  For  the  wave- 
breast  and  the  heave-Hhigh  have  I 
taken  of  the  children  of  Isi'ael  out 
of  the  sacrifices  of  their  peace- 
offerings,  and  have  given  them 
unto  Aaron  the  priest  and  unto 
his  sons  as  their  portion  for  ever 
from  the  children  of  Israel. 

35  This  is  the  'anointing-portion 
of  Aaron,  and  the  ^anointing-por- 
tion of  his  sons,  out  of  the^  offer- 
ings of  Jehovah  made  by  fire,  in 
the  day  when  he  presented  them  to 
minister  unto  Jehovah  in  the 
priest's  oflice ;  36  which  Jehovah 
commanded  to  be  given  them  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  in  the  day 
that  he  anointed  them.  It  is  their 
portion  for  ever  throughout  their 
generations. 

37/rhis  is  the  law  of  the  burnt- 
offering,  of  the  meal-ofiering,  and 
of  the  sin-offeriiig,  and  of  the 
trespass-offering,  and  of  ''  the  con- 
secration, and  of  the  sacrifice  of 
peace-offerings;  38  'which  Jehovah 
commanded  Moses  in  mount  Sinai, 
in  the  day  that  he  commanded  the 
children  of  Israel  to  ofter  their 
oblations  unto  Jehovah,  in  the 
wilderness  of  Sinai. 

8  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  2  ''  Take  Aaron 
and  his  sons  with  him,  and  the 
'  garments,  and  "*  the  anointing  oil, 
and  the  bullock  of  the  sin-ofi'ering, 
and  the  two  rams,  and  the  basket 
of  unleavened  bread  ;  3  and  assem- 
ble thou  all  the  congre.gation  at  the 
door  of  the  tent  of  meeting.  4  And 
Moses  did  as  Jehovah  commanded 
him ;  and  the  congregation  was 
assembled  at  the  door  of  the  tent 
of  meeting.  5  And  Moses  said  unto 
the  congregation.  This  is  the  thing 
which  Jehovah  hath  commanded 
to  be  done. 

6  And  "  Moses  brought  Aaron 
and  his  sons,  and  washed  them 
with  water.  7  And  he  put  upon 
him  the  coat,  and  girded  him  with 
the  girdle,  and  clothed  him  with 
the  robe,  and  put  the  ephod  upon 
him,  and  he  girded  him  with  the 
skilfully  woven  band  of  the  ephod, 
and  bound  it  unto  him  therewith. 
8  And  he  placed  the  breastplate 

*  Or,  portion 


8.9 


LEVITICUS 


8.33 


Consecration  of  Aaron  and  his  Sons 


upon  him:  and  in  the  breastplate 
he  put  ^"the  Urim  and  the  Thum- 
mim.  9  And  he  set  the  '•^  mitre 
upon  his  head ;  and  upon  the  ^mitre, 
in  front,  did  he  set  'the  golden 
plate,  the  holy  crown  ;  as  Jehovah 
commanded  Moses. 

10  And  Moses  took  "the  anoint- 
ing oil,  and  anointed  the  tabernacle 
and  all  that  was  therein,  and 
sanctified  them.  1 1  And  he  sprin- 
kled thereof  upon  the  altar  seven 
times,  and  anointed  the  altar  and 
all  its  vessels,  and  the  laver  and  its 
base,  to  ''sanctify  them.  12  And 
he  poured  of  the  "^  anointing  oil 
upon  Aaron's  head,  and  anointed 
him,  to  sanctify  him.  13  •''And 
Moses  brought  Aaron's  sons,  and 
clothed  them  with  coats,  and  girded 
them  with  girdles,  and  bound 
head-tires  upon  them  ;  as  Jehovah 
commanded  Moses. 

14  And  he  brought "  the  bullock 
of  the  sin-offering  :  and  Aaron  and 
his  sons  laid  their  hands  upon  the 
head  of  the  bullock  of  the  sin- 
offering.  15  And  he  slew  it ;  and 
Moses  took  the  blood,  and  ''put  it 
upon  the  horns^  of  the  altar  round 
about  with  his  finger,  and  purified 
the  altar,  and  poured  out  the 
blood  at  the  base  of  the  altar,  and 
sanctified  it,  to  make  atonement 
for  it.  16  And  he  took  all  the  fat 
that  was  upon  the  inwards,  and 
the  caul  of  the  liver,  and  the  two 
kidneys,  and  their  fat ;  and  Moses 
burned  it  upon  the  altar.  17  'But 
the  bullock,  and  its  skin,  and  its 
flesh,  and  its  dung,  he  burnt  with 
fire  without  the  camp  ;  as  Jehovah 
commanded  Moses. 

18  And  he  presented  *the  ram 
of  the  burnt-offering :  and  Aaron 
and  his  sons  laid  their  hands  upon 
the  head  of  the  ram.  19  And  he 
killed  it ;  and  Moses  sprinkled  the 
blood  upon  the  altar  round  about. 
20  And  he  cut  the  ram  into  its 
pieces  ;  and  Moses  '  burnt  the  head, 
and  the  pieces,  and  the  fat.  21 
And  he  washed  the  inwards  and 
the  legs  with  water ;  and  Moses 
burnt  the  whole  ram  upon  the 
altar  :  it  was  a  burnt-offering  for  a 
sweet  savor :  it  was  an  offering 
made  by  fire  unto  JehoA'ah ;  as 
Jehovah  commanded  Moses. 

22  And  he  presented  the  other 
ram,  '"the  ram  of  consecration :  and 
Aaron  and  his  sons  laid  their  hands 

1  That  is,  the  Lights  and  the  Perfections. 

2  Or,  turban 


"  Ex.  28.  30 

»  Ex.  28.  36 
'  ver.  2 
d  Ex.  29.  36, 
37 ;  30.  29 
*  Ex.  30.  30 
/Ex.  29.  8,9 
'J  Ex.  29.  10 
'1  ch.  4.  7 
'ch.  4.  11,  12 
*-■  ver.  2 
'  ch.  1.  8 
'"  ver.  2 


"  Ex.  29.  20, 
21 


"  ch.  7.  31-34 
P  Ps.  99.  6 


9  Ex.  29.  31 


■  Ex.  29.  55 


104 


upon  the  head  of  the  ram.    23  And 

he  slew  it ;  and  Moses  took  of  the 
blood  thereof,  and  "put  it  upon 
the  tip  of  Aaron's  right  ear,  and 
upon  the  thumb  of  his  right  hand, 
and  upon  the  great  toe  of  his  right 
foot.  24  And  he  brought  Aaron's 
sons;  and  Moses  put  of  the  blood 
upon  the  tip  of  their  right  ear,  and 
upon  the  thumb  of  their  right 
hand,  and  upon  the  great  toe  of 
their  right  foot :  and  Moses  sprin- 
kled the  blood  upon  the  altar  round 
about.  25  And  he  took  the  fat, 
and  the  fat  tail,  and  all  the  fat 
that  was  upon  the  inwards,  and 
the  caul  of  the  liver,  and  the  two 
kidneys,  and  their  fat,  and  the 
right  ^ thigh:  26  and  out  of  the 
basket  of  unleavened  bread,  that 
was  before  Jehovah,  he  took  one 
unleavened  cake,  and  one  cake 
of  oiled  bread,  and  one  wafer, 
and  placed  them  on  the  fat,  and 
upon  the  right  thigh :  27  and 
he  put  the  whole  upon  the  hands 
of  Aaron,  and  upon  the  hands 
of  his  sons,  and  waved  them  for 
a  Avave-offering  before  Jehovah. 
28  And  Moses  took  them  from  off 
their  hands,  and  burnt  them  on 
the  altar  upon  the  burnt-offering  : 
they  were  a  consecration  for  a 
sweet  savor :  it  was  an  offering 
made  by  fire  unto  Jehovah.  29  And 
Moses  took  "  the  breast,  and  waved 
it  for  a  wave-offering  before  Je- 
hovah :  it  was  ^'  Moses'  portion  of 
the  ram  of  consecration ;  as  Jehovah 
commanded  Moses. 

30  And  Moses  took  of  the  anoint- 
ing oil,  and  of  the  blood  which  was 
upon  the  altar,  and  sprinkled  it 
upon  Aaron,  upon  his  garments, 
and  upon  his  sons,  and  upon  his 
sons'  garments  with  him,  and 
sanctified  Aaron,  his  garments,  and 
his  sons,  and  his  sons'  garments 
with  him. 

31  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron 
and  to  his  sons,  *  Boil  the  flesh  at 
the  door  of  tlie  tent  of  meeting: 
and  there  eat  it  and  the  bread  that 
is  in  the  basket  of  consecration, 
*as  I  commanded,  saying,  Aaron 
and  his  sons  shall  eat  it.  32  And 
that  which  remaineth  of  the  flesh 
and  of  the  bread  shall  ye  burn  with 
fire.  33  ''And  ye  shall  not  go  out 
from  the  door  of  the  tent  of  meet- 
ing seven  days,  until  the  days  of 
your  consecration  be  fulfilled :  for 

3  Or,  shoiilrler 

*  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  as  lam,  commanded 


8.34 


LEVITICUS 


10.3 


Aaron  otTers  Sacrifices.    The  Sin  of  Kadah  and  Abiha 


he  shall '  consecrate  you  seven  days. 
34  As  hath  been  done  this  day,  so 
Jehovah  hatli  commanded  to  do,  to 
make  atonement  for  you.  35  And 
at  the  door  of  the  tent  of  meeting 
shall  ye  abide  day  and  night  seven 
days,  and  keep  the  charge  of  Jeho- 
vah, that  ye  die  not:  for  so  I  am 
commanded.  36  And  Aaron  and 
his  sons  did  all  the  things  which 
Jehovah  commanded  by  INloses. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
eighth  day,  that  Moses  called 
Aaron  and  his  sons,  and  the  elders 
of  Israel ;  2  and  he  said  unto 
Aaron,  Take  thee  a  calf  of  the 
herd  for  a  sin-oti'ering,  and  a  ram 
for  a  burnt-oli'eriiig.  without  blem- 
ish, and  offer  them  before  Jehovah. 
3  And  unto  the  children  of  Israel 
thou  shalt  speak,  saying,  Take  ye 
a  he-goat  for  a  sin-oilering;  and  a 
calf  and  a  lamb,  both  a  year  old, 
without  blemish,  for  a  burnt-offer- 
ing ;  4  and  an  ox  and  a  lam 
for  peace-offerings  to  sacritice  be- 
fore Jehovah ;  and  a  meal-offering 
mingled  with  oil :  for  to-day  J  eho- 
vah  appeareth  unto  you.  5  And 
they  brought  that  which  Moses 
commanded  before  the  tent  of 
meeting :  and  all  the  congregation 
drew  near  and  stood  before  Jeho- 
vah. 6  And  Moses  said,  This  is 
the  thing  which  Jehovah  com- 
manded that  ye  should  do:  and 
"the  glory  of  Jehovah  shall  appear 
unto  you.  7  And  Moses  said  unto 
Aaron,  Draw  near  unto  the  altar, 
and  offer  thy  sin-offering,  and  thy 
burnt-offering,  and  make  atone- 
ment for  thyself,  and  for  the  peo- 
ple ;  and  offer  the  oblation  of  the 
people,  and  make  atonement  for 
them ;  as  Jehovah  commanded. 

8  *  So  Aaron  drew  near  unto  the 
altar,  and  slew  the  calf  of  the  sin- 
offering,  which  was  for  himself. 
9  ''And  the  sons  of  Aaron  pre- 
sented the  blood  unto  him  ;  and  he 
dipped  his  finger  in  the  blood,  and 
put  it  upon  the  horns  of  the  altar, 
and  poured  out  the  blood  at  the 
base  of  the  altar:  10  but  the  fat, 
and  the  kidneys,  and  the  caul  from 
the  liver  of  the  sin-offering,  he 
burnt  upon  the  altar ;  as  Jehovah 
commanded  Moses.  1 1  And  the 
flesh  and  the  skin  he  burnt  with 
fire  without  the  camp. 

12  And  he  slew  the  burnt-offer- 
ing ;  and  Aaron's  sons  delivered 
^anto     him     the     blood,    and     he 

1  Heb.  fiU  your  hand. 


"  ver.  23 
>>  ch.  4.  1-12 
*  ver.  12,  18 


«  ch.  1.  1-13 
/  ch.  2.  1-3 


9  ch.  3.  6 
h  ch.  3.  1-n 


'•  ch.  T.  30-34 


*  ver.  6 
'  1  K.  18.  38 


'Ex.24,  1,9; 
Num.  3.  2 


'  ch.  16.  12 


'  Num.  3.  4  ; 
26.  61 


sprinkled  it  upon  the  altar  round 
about.  13  And  they  delivered  the 
burnt-offering  unto  him,  piece  by 
piece,  and  the  head  :  and  he  burnt 
them  upon  the  altar.  14  And  he 
washed  the  inwards  and  the  legs, 
and  burnt  them  upon  the  burnt- 
olFering  on  the  altar. 

15  And  he  presented  the  people's 
oblation,  and  took  the  **  goat  ot  the 
sin-offering  which  was  for  the  peo- 
ple, and  slew  it,  and  offered  it  for 
sin,  as  the  first.  16  And  he  pre- 
sented the  burnt-offering,  and 
offered  it  according  to  *the  ordi- 
nance. 17  And  he  presented  -^the 
meal-offering,  and  filled  his  hand 
therefrom,  and  burnt  it  upon  the 
altar,  ''besides  the  burnt-offering 
of  the  morning. 

IS''  He  slew  also  the  ox  and  the 
ram,  the  sacrifice  of  peace-offerings, 
which  was  for  the  people :  and 
Aaron's  sons  delivered  unto  him 
the  blood,  which  he  sprinkled  upon 
the  altar  round  about,  19  and  the 
fat  of  the  ox  and  of  the  ram,  the  fat 
tail,  and  that  which  covereth  the 
inwards,  and  the  kidneys,  and  the 
caul  of  the  liver:  20  and  they  put 
the  fat  upon  the  breasts,  and  he 
burnt  the  fat  upon  the  altar : 
21_  and  Hhe  breasts  and  the  right 
thigh  Aaron  waved  for  a  wave-offer- 
ing before  Jehovah ;  as  Moses  com- 
manded. 

22  And  Aaron  lifted  up  his  hands 
toward  the  people,  and  blessed 
them ;  and  he  came  down  from 
offering  the  sin-ofiering,  and  the 
burnt-offering,  and  the  peace-ofier- 
ings.  23  And  Moses  and  Aaron 
went  into  the  tent  of  meeting,  and 
came  out,  and  blessed  the  people  : 
and  *the  glory  of  Jehovah  appeared 
unto  all  the  people.  24  '  And  there 
came  forth  fire  from  before  Jeho- 
vah, and  consumed  upon  the  al- 
tar the  burnt-offering  and  the  fat: 
and  when  all  the  people  saw  it, 
they  shouted,  and  fell  on  their 
faces. 

-i  r\  And  '"Nadab  and  Abihu, 
Jl\J  the  sons  of  Aaron,  took  each 
of  them  his  "censer,  and  put  fire 
therein,  and  laid  incense  thereon, 
and  offered  strange  fire  before  Je- 
hovah, which  he  had  not  com- 
manded them.  2  "And  there  came 
forth  fire  from  before  Jehovah,  and 
devoured  them,  and  they  died  be- 
fore Jehovah.  3  Then  Moses  said 
unto  Aaron,  This  is  it  that  Jehovah 
spake,  saying,  I  will  be  sanctified  in 


105 


10.4 


LEVITICUS 


11.9 


The  Sin  of  JVadab  and  Abihn.    The  Priests'  Duties  and  Portions.    Clean  aud  Unclean  Animals 


thera  that  ^"come  nigh  me,  and  be- 
fore all  the  people  I  will  be  glorified. 
And  Aaron  held  his  peace.  4  And 
Moses  called  *Mishael  and  Elza- 
phan,  the  sons  of  Uzziel  the  uncle 
of  Aaron,  and  said  unto  them,  Draw 
near,  carry  your  brethren  from  be- 
fore the  sanctuary  out  of  the  camp. 
5  So  they  drew  near,  and  carried 
them  in  their  ''coats  out  of  the  camp, 
as_  Moses  had  said.  6  And  Moses 
said  unto  Aaron,  and  unto  Eleazar 
and  unto  Ithamar,  his  sons,  '^''Let 
not  the  hair  of  your  heads  go  loose, 
neither  rend  your  clothes ;  that  ye 
die  not,  and  that  he  be  not  "  wroth 
with  all  the  congregation :  but  let 
your  brethren,  the  whole  hovxse  of 
Israel,  bewail  the  burning  which 
Jehovah  hath  kindled.  7  And  ye 
shall  not  go  out  from  the  door  of 
the  tent  of  meeting,  lest  ye  die ;  for 
•''the  anointing  oil  of  Jehovah  is 
upon  j^ou.  And  they  did  accord- 
ing to  the  word  of  Moses. 

8  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Aaron,  saying,  9  ^  Drink  no  wine 
nor  strong  drink,  thou,  nor  thj^ 
sons  with  thee,  when  ye  go  into  the 
tent  of  meeting,  that  ye  die  not :  it 
shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  through- 
out your  generations :  10  and  *'' that 
ye  may  make  a  distinction  between 
the  holy  and  the  common,  and  be- 
tween the  unclean  and  the  clean ; 
1 1  and  ^  that  '  ye  may  teach  the 
children  of  Israel  all.  the  statutes 
which  Jehovah  hath  spoken  unto 
them  by  Moses. 

1 2  And  Moses  spake  unto  Aaron, 
and  unto  *  Eleazar  and  unto  Itha- 
mar, his  sons  that  were  left,  '  Take 
the  meal-offering  that  remaineth  of 
the  offerings  of  Jehovah  made  by 
fire,  and  eat  it  without  leaven  be- 
side the  altar  ;  for  it  is  most  holy ; 
13  and  ye  shall  eat  it  in  a  holy 
place,  because  it  is  thy  portion,  and 
thy  sons'  portion,  of  the  offerings  of 
Jehovah  made  by  fire :  for  so  I  am 
commanded.  14  "'And  the  wave- 
breast  and  the  heave-thigh  shall  ye 
eat  in  £-  clean  place,  thou,  and  thy 
sons,  and  thy  daughters  with  thee : 
for  they  are  given  as  thy  portion, 
and  thy  sons'  portion,  out  of  the 
sacrifices  of  the  peace-offerings  of 
the  children  of  Israel.  15  "The 
heave-thigh  and  the  wave-breast 
shall  they  bring  with  the  offerings 
made  by  fire  of  the  fat,  to  wave  it 

1  Or,  are  nigh 

*  Ace.  to  Sept.,  Vulg.,  and  Syr.,  Uncover  not 
your  heads.  ^  Or,  ye  shall 


"ch.  21.  6; 

Ex.  30.  30 
6  Ex.  6.  18,22 
■^ch.  8.  13; 

Ex.  29.  a 
<t  ch.  21.  1-5, 

10-12 

•  Num.  1. 

63;  10,22, 

46  ;  18.  5 ; 

Josh.  7.  1 ; 

22.  IS,  20; 

2  Sam.  24. 

1 
/ch.  21.  12 
"  Ezek.  44. 

21 
ft  ch.  11.  47 ; 

20.  2.5  ; 

Ezek.  22. 

20 

'  Dt.  17.  10, 

11;  3.1.  10 

t  Ex.  G.  23  ; 

Num.  3.  2 

'  ch.  6.  14-18 

"'  ch.  7.  30-34 

"  ch.  7.  34 


"  ch.  6.  24-30 
''eh.  22.  16; 

Ex.  28.  38 ; 

Num.  18.  1 
9  ch.  6.  30 


■  Dt.  14.  3-21 


106 


for  a  waA^e-offering  before  Jeho- 
vah :  and  it  shall  be  thine,  and  thy 
sons'  with  thee,  as  a  portion  for 
ever ;  as  Jehovah  hath  commanded. 

16  And  Moses  diligently  sought 
the  goat  of  the  sin-offering,  and, 
behold,  it  was  burnt :  and  he  was 
angry  with  Eleazar  and  with 
Ithamar,  the  sons  of  Aaron  that 
were  left,  saying,  17  Wherefore 
°  have  ye  not  eaten  the  sin-otfering 
in  the  place  of  the  sanctuary,  see- 
ing it  is  most  holy,  and  he  hath 
given  it  you  •*  to  bear  ^  the  iniq- 
uity of  the  congregation,  to  make 
atonement  for  them  before  Jeho- 
vah^ 18  Behold,  nhe  blood  of  it 
was  not  brought  into  the  sanctu- 
ary within :  ye  should  certainly 
have  eaten  it  in  the  sanctuary,  aa 
I  commanded.  19  And  Aaron 
spake  unto  Moses,  Behold,  this  day 
have  they  offered  their  sin-offering 
and  their  burnt-offering  before  Je- 
hovah ;  and  there  have  befallen 
me  such  things  as  these :  and  if  I 
had  eaten  the  sin-offering  to-day, 
would  it  have  been  well-pleasing 
in  the  sight  of  Jehovah  1  20  Anct 
when  Moses  heard  ^/m!^,  it  was 
well-pleasing  in  his  sight. 
■i  -^  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
X  JL  Moses  and  to  Aaron,  saying 
unto  them,  2  Speak  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  saying,  '"These  are 
the  living  things  which  ye  may 
eat  among  all  the  beasts  that  are 
on  the  earth.  3  Whatsoever  part- 
eth  the  hoof,  and  is  clovenfooted, 
a«.fZ  ^  cheweth  the  cud,  among  the 
beasts,  that  may  ye  eat.  4  Never- 
theless '  these  shall  ye  not  eat  of 
them  that  chew  the  cud,  or  of 
them  that  part  the  hoof :  the 
camel,  because  he  ''cheweth  the 
cud  but  parte th  not  the  hoof,  he 
is  unclean  unto  you.  5  And  the 
®  coney,  because  he  ^cheweth  the 
cud  but  parteth  not  the  hoof,  he 
is  unclean  unto  you.  6  And  the 
hare,  bpcaiise  she  "cheweth  the  cud 
but  pai'teth  not  the  hoof,  she  is 
unclean  unto  you.  7  And  the 
SAvine,  because  he  parteth  the  hoof, 
and  is  clovenfooted,  but  ^  cheweth 
not  the  cud,  he  is  unclean  unto 
you.  8  Of  their  flesh  ye  shall  not 
eat,  and  their  carcasses  ye  shall 
not  touch  ;  they  are  unclean  unto 
you. 

9  These  may  ye  eat  of  all  that 

*  Or,  to  take  away  ^  Heb.  bringeth  up. 

«  Heb.  shaphan,  the  Hyrax  Syriacus  or  rock- 
I  badger. 


11. 10 


LEVITICUS 


11.40 


Clean  and  Unclean  Auimals.    Uncleauness  from  Carcasses 


are  in  the  waters :  whatsoever  hath 
tins  and  scales  in  the  waters,  in 
the  seas,  and  in  the  rivers,  that 
may  ye  eat.  10  And  all  that  have 
not  fins  and  scales  in  the  seas,  and 
in  the  rivers,  of  all  that  move  in 
the  waters,  and  of  all  the  living 
creatures  that  are  in  the  waters, 
they  are  an  abomination  unto  you, 
1 1  and  they  shall  be  an  abomina- 
tion unto  you  ;  ye  shall  not  eat  of 
their  fiesh,  and  their  carcasses  ye 
shall  have  in  abomination.  12 
VV'hatsoever  hath  no  fins  nor  scales 
in  the  waters,  that  is  an  abomina- 
tion unto  you. 

13  And  these  ye  shall  have  in 
abomination  among  the  birds ; 
they  shall  not  be  eaten,  they  are 
an  abomination  :  the  '  eagle,  and 
the  gier-eagle,  and  the  ospray, 
H  and  the  kite,  and  the  falcon 
after  its  kind,  15  every  raven  after 
its  kind,  16  and  the  ostrich,  and 
the  '  night-hawk,  and  the  sea- 
mew,  and  the  hawk  after  its  kind, 
17  and  the  little  owl,  and  the  cor- 
morant, and  the  great  owl,  18  and 
the  ^horned  owl,  and  the  peli- 
can, and  the  vulture,  19  and  the 
stork,  the  ^  heron  after  its  kind, 
and  the  hoopoe,  and  the  bat. 

20  All  winged  creeping  things 
that  go  upon  all  fours  ai'e  an 
abomination  unto  you.  21  Yet 
these  may  ye  eat  of  all  winged 
creeping  things  that  go  upon  all 
fours,  which  have  legs  above  their 
feet,  wherewith  to  leap  upon  the 
earth ;  2  2  even  these  of  them  ye  may 
eat :  the  ''locust  after  its  kind,  and 
the  ^bald  locust  after  its  kind,  and 
the  ^cricket  after  its  kind,  and  the 
^  grasshopper  after  its  kind.  23  But 
all  winged  creeping  things,  which 
have  four  feet,  are  an  abomination 
unto  you. 

24  And  by  these  ye  shall  become 
unclean :  whosoever  toucheth  the 
carcass  of  them  shall  be  unclean 
until  the  even  ;  25  and  "whosoever 
beareth  aught  of  the  carcass  of 
them  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and 
be  unclean  until  the  even.  26 
Every  beast  which  parteth  the  hoof, 
and  is  not  clovenfooted,  nor  chew- 
eth  the  cud,  is  unclean  unto  you  : 
every  one  that  toucheth  them  shall 
be  unclean.  27  And  whatsoever 
goeth  upon   its  paws,  among   all 

1  Or,  great  vulture 

*  Heb.  tahmas,  of  uncertain  meaning, 
s  Or,  swan  *  Or,  ibis 

5  Four  kinds  of  locusts  or  grasshoppers,  which 
aie  Qot  certainly  known. 


"  ver.  40 


t>  ch.  6.  28  ; 
15.  12 


"ch.  17.  16; 
22.8 


beasts  that  go  on  all  fours,  they 
are  unclean  unto  you :  whoso 
toucheth  their  carcass  shall  be 
unclean  until  the  even.  28  And 
he  that  beareth  the  carcass  of  them 
shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  be  un- 
clean until  the  even :  they  are 
unclean  unto  you. 

29  And  tliese  are  they  which  are 
unclean  unto  you  among  the  creep- 
ing things  that  creep  upon  the 
earth  :  the  weasel,  and  the  mouse, 
and  the  great  lizard  after  its  kind, 

30  and  the  •*  gecko,  and  the  '^  land- 
crocodile,  and  the  ''lizard,  and  the 
"  sand-lizard,   and  the  chameleon. 

31  These  are  they  which  are  un- 
clean to  you  among  all  that  creep  : 
whosoever  doth  touch  them,  when 
they  are  dead,  shall  be  unclean 
until  the  even.  32  And  upon 
whatsoever  any  of  them,  when 
they  are  dead,  doth  fall,  it  shall  be 
unclean ;  whether  it  be  any  vessel 
of  wood,  or  raiment,  or  skin,  or 
sack,  whatsoever  vessel  it  be, 
wherewith  any  work  is  done,  it 
must  be  put  into  water,  and  it 
shall  be  unclean  until  the  even: 
then  shall  it  be  clean.  33  And 
every  *  earthen  vessel,  whereinto 
any  of  them  falleth,  whatsoever  is 
in  it  shall  be  unclean,  and  it  ye 
shall  break.  34  All  food  therein 
which  may  be  eaten,  that  on 
which  water  cometh,  shall  be  un- 
clean ;  and  all  drink  that  may  be 
drunk  in  every  such  vessel  shall 
be  unclean.  35  And  everything 
whereupon  any  part  of  their  car- 
cass falleth  shall  be  unclean ; 
whether  oven,  or  ^  range  for  pots, 
it  shall  be  broken  in  pieces :  they 
are  unclean,  and  shall  be  unclean 
unto  you.  36  Nevertheless  a  foun- 
tain or  a  ®  pit  wherein  is  a  .gather- 
ing of  Avater  shall  be  clean  :  but 
''that  which  toucheth  their  carcass 
shall  be  unclean.  37  And  if  aught 
of  their  carcass  fall  upon  any  sow- 
ing seed  which  is  to  be  sown,  it  is 
clean.  38  But  if  water  be  put 
upon  the  seed,  and  aught  of  their 
carcass  fall  thereon,  it  is  unclean 
unto  you. 

39  And  if  any  beast,  of  which 
ye  may  eat,  die  ;  he  that  toucheth 
the  carcass  thereof  shall  be  un- 
clean until  the  even.  40  And  "  he 
that  eateth  of  the  carcass  of  it 
shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  be  un- 

6  Words  of  uncertain  meaning,  but  probably 
denoting  four  kinds  of  lizards. 

7  Or,  stewpan        «  Or,  ciitern        9  Or,  tie  wht 


107 


11.41 


LEVITICUS 


13.9 


Creeping  Things  not  to  be  eaten.    Purification  of  Women.    The  Test  of  Leprosy 


clean  until  the  even  :  he  also  that 
beareth  the  carcass  of  it  shall  wash 
his  clothes,  and  be  unclean  until 
the  even. 

41  "And  every  creeping  thing 
that  creepeth  upon  the  earth  is  an 
abomination  ;  it  shall  not  be  eaten. 
42  Whatsoever  goeth  upon  the 
belly,  and  wtiatsoever  goeth  upon 
all  fours,  or  whatsoever  hath  many 
feet,  even  all  creeping  things  that 
creep  upon  the  earth,  them  ye 
shall  not  eat ;  for  they  are  an 
abomination.  43  *  Ye  shall  not 
make  yourselves  abominable  with 
any  creeping  thing  that  creepeth, 
neither  shall  ye  make  yourselves 
unclean  with  tliem,  that  ^'e  should 
be  defiled  thereby.  44  I'  or  "  I  am 
Jehovah  your  God  :  sanctify  your- 
selves therefore,  and  "*  be  ye  holy  ; 
for  I  am  holy :  neither  shall  ye 
defile  yourselves  with  any  manner 
of  creeping  thing  that  moveth 
upon  the  earth.  45  "  For  I  am 
Jehovah  that  brought  you  up  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  to  be  your 
God :  ye  shall  therefore  be  holy, 
for  I  am  holy. 

46  This  is  the  law  of  the  beast, 
and  of  the  bird,  and  of  every  living 
creature  that  moveth  in  the  waters, 
and  of  every  creature  that  creep- 
eth upon  the  earth;  47  •'^to  make 
a  distinction  between  the  unclean 
and  the  clean,  and  between  the 
living  thing  that  maj'^  be  eaten 
and  the  living  thing  that  may  not 
be  eaten. 

■i  O  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
JL.^  Moses,  saying,  2  Speak  unto 
the  children  of  Israel,  saying,  If  a 
woman  conceive  seed,  and  bear  a 
man-child,  then  she  shall  be  un- 
clean seven  days  ;  «'  as  in  the  days 
of  the  ■'impurity  of  her  sickness 
shall  she  be  unclean.  3  And  in 
""the  eighth  day  the  flesh  of  his 
foreskin  shall  be  circumcised.  4 
And  she  shall  continue  in  the 
blood  of  her  purifying  three  and 
thirty  days ;  she  shall  touch  no 
hallowed  thing,  nor  come  into  the 
sanctuai'y,  until  the  days  of  her 
purifjnng  be  fulfilled.  .5  But  if 
she  bear  a  maid-child,  then  she 
shall  be  unclean  two  weeks,  as  in 
her  ^  impurity ;  and  she  shall  con- 
tinue in  the  blood  of  her  purifying 
threescore  and  six  days. 

6  And  'when  the  days  of  her 
purifying  are  fulfilled,  for  a  son, 
or  for  a  daughter,  she  shall  bring 

1  Or,  separation 


"  ver.  29 
>>  ch.  20.  25 
"  Ex.  6.  7  ; 

16.  12 ;  23. 

25 
d  1  Pet.  1.  16 
'  ch.  22.  33  ; 

25.  38 ;  26. 

45 
/ch.  10.  10 
s'  ch.  16.  19  ; 

18.  19 
''  Gen.  17. 12 
'  Lk.  2.  22 


*  ch.  5.  7 
I  Lk.  2.  22-24 
"•  ch.  6.  7 


"  Dt.  24. 8 


a  lamb  a  year  old  for  a  burnt- 
offering,  and  a  young  pigeon,  or 
a  turtle-dove,  *for  a  sin-ottering, 
unto  the  door  of  the  tent  of  meet- 
ing, unto  the  i^riest :  7  and  he 
shall  offer  it  before  Jehovah,  and 
make  atonement  for  her ;  and  she 
shall  be  cleansed  from  the  fountain 
of  her  blood.  This  is  the  law  for 
her  that  beareth,  whether  a  male 
or  a  female.  8  And  if  her  means 
suflice  not  for  a  lamb,  then  she 
shall  take  '■  two  turtle-doves,  or 
two  youn^  pigeons;  '"the  one  for 
a  burnt-ottering,  and  the  other  for 
a  sin-ottering  :  and  the  priest  shall 
make  atonement  for  her,  and  she 
shall  be  clean. 

•i  O  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
JL  O  Moses  and  unto  Aaron,  say- 
ing, 2  When  a  man  shall  have  in 
the  skin  of  his  flesh  a  rising,  or  a 
scab,  or  a  bright  spot,  and  it  be- 
come in  the  skin  of  his  flesh  the 
plague  of  leprosy,  "then  he  shall 
be  brought  unto  Aaron  the  priest, 
or  unto  one  of  his  sons  the  priests  : 
3  and  the  priest  shall  look  on  the 
plague  in  the  skin  of  the  flesh :  and 
if  the  hair  in  the  plague  be  turned 
white,  and  the  appearance  of  the 

Elague  be  deeper  tnan  the  skin  of 
is  flesh,  it  is  the  plague  of  leprosy ; 
and  the  priest  snail  look  on  him, 
andpronouncehimunclean.  4  And 
if  the  bright  spot  be  white  in  the 
skin  of  his  flesh,  and  the  appear- 
ance thereof  be  not  deeper  than 
the  skin,  and  the  hair  thereof  be 
not  turned  white,  then  the  priest 
shall  shut  up  him  that  hnth  the 
plague  seven  days :  5  and  the 
priest  shall  look  on  him  the  seventh 
day  :  and,  behold,  if  in  his  eyes  the 

Elague  be  at  a  stay,  and  the  plague 
e  not  spread  in  the  skin,  then  the 
priest  shall  shut  him  up  seven  days 
more :  6  and  the  priest  shall  look 
on  him  again  the  seventh  day ; 
and,  behold,  if  the  plague  be  dim, 
and  the  plague  be  not  spread  in 
the  skin,  then  the  priest  shall  pro- 
nounce him  clean :  it  is  a  scab : 
and  he  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and 
be  clean.  7  But  if  the  scab  spread 
abroad  in  the  skin,  after  that  he 
hath  showed  hiuLself  to  the  priest 
for  his  cleansing,  he  shall  show 
himself  to  the  priest  again  :  8  and 
the  priest  shall  look ;  and,  behold, 
if  the  scab  be  spi-ead  in  the  skin, 
then  the  priest  shall  pronounce 
him  unclean  :  it  is  leprosy. 
9  When  the  plague  of   lepross 


108 


laio 


LEVITICUS 


13.36 


The  Test  of  leprosy 


is  in  a  man,  then  he  shall  be 
brought  unto  the  priest;  10  and 
the  priest  shall  look  ;  and,  behold, 
if  there  be  a  "  white  rising  in  the 
skin,  and  it  have  turned  the  hair 
white,  and  there  be  quick  raw 
flesh  in  the  rising,  11  it  is  an  old 
leprosy  in  the  skin  of  his  tlesh, 
and  the  priest  shall  pronounce 
him  unclean :  he  shall  not  shut 
him  up  ;  for  he  is  unclean.  1 2  Aiid 
if  the  leprosy  break  out  abroad  in 
the  skin,  and  the  leprosy  cover  all 
the  skin  of  him  that  hath  the  plague 
from  his  head  even  to  his  feet,  as 
far  as  ajjpeareth  to  the  priest ;  1 3 
then  the  priest  shall  look  ;  and,  be- 
hold, if  the  leprosy  have  covered 
all  his  flesh,  he  shall  pronounce 
him  clean  that  hath  the  plague :  it 
is  all  turned  white :  he  is  clean. 
14  But  whensoever  raw  flesh  ap- 

?eareth  in  him,  he  shall  be  unclean. 
5  And  the  priest  shall  look  on 
the  raw  flesh,  and  pronounce  him 
unclean  :  the  raw  flesh  is  unclean  : 
it  is  leprosy.  16  Or  if  the  raw- 
flesh  turn  again,  and  be  changed 
unto  white,  then  he  shall  come 
unto  the  priest ;  1 7  and  the  priest 
shall  look  on  him ;  and,  behold,  if 
the  plague  be  turned  into  white, 
then  the  priest  shall  pronounce 
hiTTi  clean  that  lutth  the  plague : 
he  is  clean. 

18  And  when  the  flesh  hath  in 
the  skin  thereof  a  boil,  and  it  is 
healed,  19  and  in  the  place  of  the 
boil  there  is  a  white  rising,  or  a 
bright  spot,  reddish-white,  then 
it  shall  be  showed  to  the  priest ; 
20  and  the  priest  shall  look ;  and, 
behold,  if  the  appearance  thereof 
be  lower  than  the  skin,  and  the 
hair  thereof  be  turned  white,  then 
the  priest  shall  pronounce  him  un- 
clean :  it  is  the  plague  of  leprosy, 
it  hath  broken  out  in  the  boil.  21 
But  if  the  priest  look  on  it,  and, 
,  behold,  there  be  no  white  hairs 
'therein,  and  it  be  not  lower  than 
the  skin,  but  be  dim ;  then  the 
priest  shall  shut  him  up  seven 
days :  22  and  if  it  spread  abroad 
in  the  skin,  then  the  priest  shall 
pronounce  him  unclean :  it  is  a 
plague.  23  But  if  the  bright  spot 
stay  in  its  place,  and  be  not  spread, 
it  is  the  scar  of  the  boil ;  and  the 
priest  shall  pronounce  him  clean. 

24  Or  when  the  flesh  hath  in  the 
skin  thereof  a  burning  by  fire,  and 
the  quick  flesh  of  the  burning  be- 
come a  bright  spot,  reddish- white, 


'  Num.  12. 

lu;  2K.  5. 
•n ;  -1  Chr. 
20.  Vi,  2U 


109 


or  white  ;  25  then  the  priest  shall 
look  ujjon  it ;  and,  behold,  if  the 
hair  in  the  bright  spot  be  turned 
white,  and  the  appearance  thereof 
be  deeper  than  the  skin ;  it  is  lep- 
rosy, it  hath  broken  out  in  the 
burning :  and  the  priest  shall  pro- 
nounce him  unclean :  it  is  the 
plague  of  leprosy.  26  But  if  the 
priest  look  on  it,  and,  behold,  there 
be  no  white  hair  in  the  bright  spot, 
and  it  be  no  lower  than  the  skin, 
but  be  dim ;  then  the  priest  shall 
shut  him  up  seven  days :  27  and 
the  priest  shall  look  upon  him  the 
seventh  day :  if  it  spread  abroad 
in  the  skin,  then  the  priest  shall 
pronounce  him  unclean :  it  is  the 
plague  of  leprosy.  28  And  if  the 
bright  spot  stay  in  its  place,  and 
be  not  spread  in  the  skin,  but  be 
dim ;  it  is  the  rising  of  the  burn- 
ing, and  the  priest  snail  pronounce 
him  clean  :  for  it  is  the  scar  of  the 
burning. 

29  And  when  a  man  or  woman 
hath  a  plague  upon  the  head  or 
upon  the  beard,  30  then  the  priest 
shall  look  on  the  plague ;  and,  be- 
hold, if  the  appearance  thereof  be 
deeper  than  the  skin,  anfl  there 
be  in  it  yellow  thin  hair,  then  the 
priest  shall  pronounce  him  un- 
clean :  it  is  a  scall,  it  is  leprosy  of 
the  head  or  of  the  beard.  31  And 
if  the  priest  look  on  the  plague  of 
the  scall,  and,  behold,  the  appear- 
ance thereof  be  not  deeper  than 
the  skin,  and  there  be  no  black 
hair  in  it,  then  the  priest  shall 
shut  up  him  that  hath  the  plague 
of  the  scall  seven  days :  32  and 
in  the  seventh  day  the  priest  shall 
look  on  the  plague ;  and,  behold, 
if  the  scall  oe  not  spread,  and 
there  be  in  it  no  yellow  hair,  and 
the  appearance  of  the  scall  be  not 
deeper  than  the  skin,  33  then  he 
shall  be  shaven,  but  the  scall  shall 
he  not  shave ;  and  the  priest  shall 
shut  up  him  that  hath  the  seal! 
seven  days  more:  34  and  in  the 
seventh  day  the  priest  shall  look 
on  the  scall ;  and,  behold,  if  the 
scall  be  not  spread  in  the  skin, 
and  the  appearance  thereof  be  not 
deeper  than  the  skin :  then  the 
priest  shall  pronounce  him  clean ; 
and  he  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and 
be  clean.  35  But  if  the  scall 
spread  abroad  in  the  skin  after 
his  cleansing,  36  then  the  priest 
shall  look  on  him ;  and,  behold, 
if  the  scall  be  spread  in  the  skin, 


13.37 


LEVITICUS 


14.  S 


The  Test  of  Leprosy.    Offerings  for  the  Cleansing  of  a  leper 


the  priest  shall  not  seek  for  the 
yellow  hair  ;  he  is  unclean.  37  But 
if  in  his  eyes  the  scall  be  at  a  stay, 
and  black  hair  be  grown  up  therein ; 
the  scall  is  healed,  he  is  clean:  and 
the  priestshall  pronounce  him  clean. 

38  And  when  a  man  or  a  woman 
hath  in  the  skin  of  the  tiesh  bright 
spots,  even  white  bright  spots ; 
39  then  the  priest  shall  look  ;  and, 
behold,  if  the  bright  spots  in  the 
skin  of  their  flesh  be  of  a  dull 
white,  it  is  a  tetter,  it  hath  broken 
out  in  the  skin  ;  he  is  clean. 

40  And  if  a  man's  hair  be  fallen 
off  his  head,  he  is  bald  ;  yet  is  he 
clean.  4 1  And  if  his  hair  be  fallen 
off  from  the  front  part  of  his  head, 
he  is  forehead  bald ;  yet  is  he  clean. 
42  But  if  there  be  in  the  bald  head, 
or  the  bald  forehead,  a  reddish- 
white  plague;  it  is  leprosy  break- 
ing out  in  his  bald  head,  or  his 
bald  forehead.  43  Then  the  priest 
shall  look  upon  him;  and,  behold, 
if  the  rising  of  the  plague  be  red- 
dish-white in  his  bald  head,  or  in 
his  bald  forehead,  as  the  appear- 
ance of  leprosy  in  the  skin  of  the 
flesh ;  44  he  is  a  leprous  man,  he 
is  unclean :  the  priest  shall  surely 
pronounce  him  unclean  ;  his  plague 
is  in  his  head. 

45  And  the  leper  in  whom  the 
plague  is,  his  clothes  shall  be  rent, 
and  "  the  hair  of  his  head  shall  go 
loose,  and  he  shall  *  cover  his  upper 
lip,  and  shall  cry,  "  Unclean,  un- 
clean. 46  All  the  days  wherein 
the  plague  is  in  him  he  shall  be 
unclean ;  he  is  unclean :  he  shall 
dwell  alone ;  "^  without  the  camp 
shall  his  dwelling  be. 

47  The  garment  also  that  the 
plague  of  leprosy  is  in,  whether  it 
be  a  woollen  garment,  or  a  linen 
garment ;  48  whether  it  be  in 
^  warp,  or  woof ;  of  linen,  or  of 
woollen ;  whether  in  a  skin,  or  in 
anything  made  of  skin ;  49  if  the 
plague  be  greenish  or  reddish  in 
the  garment,  or  in  the  skin,  or  in 
the  warp,  or  in  the  woof,  or  in  any- 
thing or  skin ;  it  is  the  plague  of 
leprosy,  and  shall  be  showed  unto 
the  priest.  50  And  the  priest  shall 
look  upon  the  plague,  and  shut  up 
that  rvhich  hath  the  plague  seven 
days :  51  and  he  shall  look  on  the 
plague  on  the  seventh  day :  if  the 
plague  be  spread  in  the  garment, 
either  in  the  warp,  or  in  the  woof, 
or  in  the  skin,   whatever  service 

1  Or,  woven  or  knitted  stvffi&nii  in  ver.  49,  &c.) 


ch.  10 

6 

Ezek. 

24. 

17,  22 

Mic.  3.  7 

Lam. 

4.  15 

Num. 

6.  1 

4;  12. 

14 

Mt.  8 

4; 

Mk.  1 

.44; 

Lk.  6 

14; 

17.  14 

ch.  13 

46 

'  ver.  6,  49, 
51,  52; 
Num.  19. 1 


110 


skin  is  used  for;  the  plague  is  a 
fretting  leprosy;  it  is  unclean. 
52  And  he  shall  burn  the  garment, 
whether  the  warp  or  the  woof,  in 
woollen  or  in  linen,  or  anything  of 
.skin,  wherein  the  plague  is  :  for  it 
is  a  fretting  leprosy ;  it  shall  be 
burnt  in  the  fire. 

53  And  if  the  priest  shall  look, 
and,  behold,  the  plague  be  not 
spread  in  the  garment,  either  in 
the  warp,  or  in  the  woof,  or  in  any- 
thing of  skin ;  54  then  the  priest 
shall  command  that  they  wasn  the 
thing  wherein  the  plague  is,  and 
he  shall  shut  it  up  seven  days 
more  :  55  and  the  priest  shall  look, 
after  that  the  plague  is  washed ; 
and,  behold,  if  the  plague  have  not 
changed  its  color,  and  the  plague 
be  not  spread,  it  is  unclean ;  thou 
shalt  burn  it  in  the  fire :  it  is  a 
fret,  ^  whether  the  bareness  be 
within  or  without. 

56  And  if  the  priest  look,  and, 
behold,  the  plague  be  dim  after 
the  washing  thereof,  then  he  shall 
rend  it  out  of  the  garment,  or  out 
of  the  skin,  or  out  of  the  warp,  or 
out  of  the  woof :  57  and  if  it  ap- 
pear still  in  the  garment,  either 
in  the  warp,  or  in  the  woof,  or  in 
anything  of  skin,  it  is  breaking 
out :  thou  shalt  burn  that  wherein 
the  plague  is  with  fire.  58  And 
the  garment,  either  the  warp,  or  the 
woof,  or  whatsoever  thing  of  skin 
it  be,  which  thou  shalt  wash, 
if  the  plague  be  departed  from 
them,  then  it  shall  be  washed  the 
second  time,  and  shall  be  clean. 

59  This  is  the  law  of  the  plague 
of  leprosy  in  a  garment  of  woollen 
or  linen,  either  in  the  warp,  or  the 
woof,  or  anything  of  skin,  to  pro- 
nounce it  clean,  or  to  pronounce  it 
unclean. 

^  A  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Xt:  Moses,  saying,  2  This  shall 
be  the  law  of  the  leper  in  the  day . 
of  his  cleansing :  '  he  shall  be 
brought  unto  tne  priest :  3  and 
the  priest  shall  go  forth  -^out  of  the 
camp ;  and  the  priest  shall  look ; 
and,  behold,  if  the  plague  of  leprosy 
be  healed  in  the  leper,  4  then  shall 
the  priest  command  to  take  for 
hirn  that  is  to  be  cleansed  two 
living  clean  birds,  and  ^cedar-wood, 
and  scarlet,  and  hyssop  :  5  and  the 
priest  shall  command  to  kill  one  of 
the  birds  in  an  earthen  vessel  over 

2  Heb.  whetlier  it  be  hald  in  the  head  there<if, 
or  in  the  forehead  thereof. 


14.6 


LEVITICUS 


14.29 


Offerings  for  the  €leaitsiug  of  a  Leper 


^  running  water.  6  As  for  the  liv- 
ing bird,  he  shall  take  it,  and  "  the 
cedar-wood,  and  the  scarlet,  and 
the  hyssop,  and  shall  dip  thein  and 
the  living  bird  in  the  blood  of  the 
bird  that  was  killed  over  the  '  run- 
ning water:  7  and  he  shall  sprinkle 
upon  him  that  is  to  be  cleansed 
from  the  leprosy  seven  times,  and 
shall  ijronounce  him  clean,  and 
shall  let  go  the  living  bird  into  the 
open  field.  8  And  *  he  that  is  to  be 
cleansed  shall  wash  his  clothes, 
and  shave  off  all  his  hair,  and  bathe 
himself  in  water  ;  and  "he  shall  be 
clean:  and  after  that  he  shall  come 
into  tlie  camp,  but  shall  dwell  out- 
side his  tent  seven  days.  9  And 
it  shall  be  on  the  seventh  day, 
that  he  shall  shave  all  his  hair  off 
his  head  and  his  beard  and  his 
eyebrows,  even  all  his  hair  he 
shall  shave  off:  and  he  shall  wash 
his  clothes,  and  he  shall  bathe  his 
flesh  in  water,  and  ''he  shall  be 
clean. 

10  And  on  the  eighth  day  he 
shall  take  two  he-lambs  without 
blemish,  and  one  ewe-lamb  a  year 
old  without  blemish,  and  three 
tenth  parts  of  a7i  ephah  of  fine  flour 
for  a  meal-offering,  mingled  with 
oil,  and  one  "log  of  oil.  11  And 
the  priest  that  cleanseth  him  shall 
set  the  man  that  is  to  be  cleansed, 
and  those  things,  before  Jehovah, 
at  the  door  of  the  tent  of  meeting. 
12  And  the  priest  shall  take  one 
of  the  he-lambs,  and  offer  him  for 
a  •'^trespass-oflering,  and  the  ^log 
of  oil,  and  wave  them  for  a  wave- 
offering  before  Jehovah :  13  and  he 
shall  kill  the  he-lamb  in  ^  the  place 
where  they  kill  the  sin-offering 
and  the  burnt-offering,  in  the  place 
of  the  sanctuary :  for  ''  as  the  sin- 
offering  is  the  priest's,  so  is  the 
trespass-offering :  it  is  most  holy. 
14  And  the  priest  shall  take  of  the 
blood  of  the  *  trespass-offering,  and 
the  priest  shall  put  it  upon  '  the 
tip  of  the  right  ear  of  him  that  is 
to  be  cleansed,  and  upon  the  thumb 
of  his  right  hand,  and  upon  the 
great  toe  of  his  right  foot.  1 5  And 
the  priest  shall_  take  of  the  ""  log  of 
oil,  and  pour  it  into  the  palm  of 
his  own  left  hand ;  1 6  and  the 
priest  shall  dip  his  right  finger  in 
the  oil  that  is  in  his  left  hand,  and 
shall  sprinkle  of  the  oil  with  his 
finger  seven  times  before  Jehovah. 
17  And  of  the  rest  of  the  oil  that 

1  Heb.  living. 


"  ver.  4 
*  Num.  8.  7 
"  ver.  9,  20 
d  ver.  8,  -20 
"  ver.  12,  15, 

21,  24 
/ver.  19 
'J  ver.  10 
''ch.  1.  n 

'  ch.  ().  21-.30 
*:  ver.  19 
'  cli.  8.  2.3,  24 
"'  ver.  10 


0  ver.  8,  0 


Pch.  5.  n; 

27.  8 


'  ch.  5.  7 
« ver.  21,  24, 

2.'-) 
"  ver.  10,  11 


*  ver.  14 


is  in  his  hand  shall  the  priest  put 
upon  the  tip  of  the  right  ear  of  him 
that  is  to  be  cleansed,  and  upon 
the  thumb  of  his  right  hand,  and 
upon  the  great  too  of  his  right 
foot,  upon  tlie  blood  of  the  trespass- 
offering  :  18  and  the  rest  of  the  oil 
that  is  in  the  priest's  hand  he  shall 
put  upon  the  head  of  him  that 
is  to  be  cleansed :  and  the  priest 
shall  make  atonement  for  him 
before  Jehovah.  19  And  the  priest 
shall  offer  the  "  sin-offering,  and 
make  atonement  for  hira  that  is  to 
be  cleansed  because  of  his  unclean- 
ness :  and  afterward  he  shall  kill 
the  burnt-ofl^ering ;  20  and  the 
priest  shall  offer  the  burnt-offering 
and  the  meal-offering  upon  the 
altar :  and  the  priest  shall  make 
atonement  for  him,  and  "he  shall 
be  clean. 

21  ^And  if  he  be  poor,  and  can- 
not get  so  much,  then  he  shall  take 
one  he-lamb  for  a  *  trespass-offering 
to  be  waved,  to  make  atonement 
for  him,  and  one  tenth  part  o/  an 
ephah  of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil 
lov  a  meal-offering,  and  a  ''log  of 
oil ;  22  and  two  turtle-doves,  or 
two  young  pigeons,  such  as  he  is 
able  to  get ;  and  '  the  one  shall 
be  a  'sin-offering,  and  the  other  a 
burnt-offering.  23  And  "on  the 
eighth  day  he  shall  bring  them  for 
his  cleansing  unto  the  priest,  unto 
the  door  of  the  tent  of  meeting, 
before  Jehovah  :  2i  and  the  priest 
shall  take  the  lamb  of  the  trespass- 
offering,  and  "the  log  of  oil,  and 
the  priest  shall  wave  them  for  a 
wave-offering  before  Jehovah.  2.5 
And  he  shall  kill  the  lamb  of  the 
trespass-offering ;  and  the  priest 
shall  take  of  the  blood  of  the  tres- 
pass-offering, and  put  it  upon  ^the 
tip  of  the  right  ear  of  him  that  is 
to  be  cleansed,  and  upon  the  thumb 
of  his  right  hand,  and  upon  the 
great  toe  of  his  right  foot.  26  And 
the  priest  shall  pour  of  the  oil  into 
the  palm  of  his  own  left  hand ; 
27  and  the  priest  shall  sprinkle 
with  his  right  finger  some  of  the 
oil  that  is  in  his  left  hand  seven 
times  before  Jehovah  :  28  and  the 
priest  shall  put  of  the  oil  that  is  in 
his  hand  upon  the  tip  of  the  right 
ear  of  him  that  is  to  be  cleansed, 
and  upon  the  thumb  of  his  right 
hand,  and  upon  the  great  "toe  of  his 
right  foot,  upon  the  place  of  the 
blood  of  the  trespass-offei'ing : 
29  and  the  rest  of  the  oil  that  is  in 


Ul 


14.30 


LEVITICUS 


15.3 


The  Cleansing  of  Infected  Bonses.    Ceremonial  Uncleannesses 


the  priest's  hand  he  shall  put  upon 
the  head  of  him  that  is  to  be 
cleansed,  to  make  atonement  for 
him  before  Jehovah.  30  And  he 
shall  offer  one  of  the  turtle-doves, 
or  of  the  young  pigeons,  such  as  he 
is  able  to  get,  31  even  such  as  he  is 
able  to  get,  "the  one  for  a  sin- 
offering,  and  the  other  for  a  burnt- 
offering,  with  the  meal-offering : 
and  the  priest  shall  make  atone- 
ment for  nim  that  is  to  be  cleansed 
before  Jehovah.  32  This  is  the 
law  of  him  in  whom  is  the  plague 
of  leprosy,  who  is  not  able  to  get 
that  which  pertaineth  to  his  cleans- 
ing. 

33  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses  and  unto  Aaron,  saying, 
34  When  ye  are  come  into  the 
land  of  Canaan,  which  I  give  to 
you  for  a  possession,  and  I  put  the 

f)lague  of  leprosy  in  a  house^^of  the 
and  of  your  possession ;  35  then 
he  that  owneth  the  house  shall 
come  and  tell  the  priest,  saying, 
There  seemeth  to  me  to  be  as  it 
were  ''a  plague  in  the  house.  36 
And  the  priest  shall  command  that 
they  empty  the  house,  before  the 
priest  goetn  in  to  see  the  plague, 
that  all  that  is  in  the  house  be  not 
made  unclean:  and  aftei'ward  the 
priest  shall  go  in  to  see  the  house : 
37  and  he  shall  look  on  the  plague  ; 
and,  behold,  if  the  plague  be  in  the 
walls  of  the  house  with  hollow 
streaks,  greenish  or  reddish,  and 
the  appearance  thereof  be  lower 
than  the  wall ;  38  then  the  priest 
shall  go  out  of  the  house  to  the 
door  of  the  house,  and  shut  up 
the  house  seven  days.  39  And  the 
priest  shall  come  again  the  seventh 
day,  and  shall  look  ;  and,  behold,  if 
the  plague  be  spread  in  the  walls 
of  the  house ;  40  then  the  priest 
shall  command  that  they  take  out 
the  stones  in  which  the  plague  is, 
and  cast  them  into  an  unclean  place 
without  the  city:  41  and  he  shall 
cause  the  house  to  be  scraped  within 
round  about,  and  they  shall  pour 
out  the  mortar,  that  they  scrape 
off,  without  the  city  into  an  un- 
clean place  :  42  and  they  shall  take 
other  stones,  and  put  them  in  the 
place  of  those  stones  ;  and  he  shall 
take  other  mortar,  and  shall  plaster 
the  house. 

43  And  if  the  plague  come  again, 
and  break  out  in  the  house,  after 
that  he  hath  taken  out  the  stones, 
and    after    he    hath    scraped  the 


"  ch.  5.  r 

6  Ps.  91.  10 


"  ver.  41 


<*  ver.  4 


'  ch.  22.  4 ; 
Num.  5.  2 
2  Sam.  3. 


112 


house,   and  after  it  is  plastered; 

44  then  the  priest  shall  come  in  and 
look;  and,  behold,  if  the  plague  be 
spread  in  the  house,  it  is  a  fretting 
leprosy  in  the  house  :  it  is  unclean. 

45  And  he  shall  break  down  the 
house,  the  stones  of  it.  and  the 
timber  thereof,  and  all  the  mortar 
of  the  house ;  and  he  shall  carry 
them  forth  out  of  the  city  into  an 
"unclean  place.  46  Moreover  he 
that  goetn  into  the  house  all  the 
while  that  it  is  shut  up  shall  be  un- 
clean until  the  even.  47  And  he 
that  lieth  in  the  house  shall  wash 
his  clothes ;  and  he  that  eateth  in 
the  house  shall  wash  his  clothes. 

48  And  if  the  priest  shall  come 
in,    and    look,    and,    behold,    the 

glague  hath  not  spread  in  the 
ouse,  after  the  house  was  plas- 
tered ;  then  the  priest  shall  pro- 
nounce the  house  clean,  because 
the  plague  is  healed.  49  And  he 
shall  take  to  cleanse  the  house  ''two 
birds,  and  cedar-wood,  and  scarlet, 
and  hyssop  :  50  and  he  shall  kill 
one  of  the  birds  in  an  earthen 
vessel  over  ^running  water:  51 
and  he  shall  take  the  cedar-wood, 
and  the  hyssop,  and  the  scarlet,  and 
the  living  bird,  and  dip  them 
in  the  blood  of  the  slain  bird,  and 
in  the  ^  running  water,  and  sprinkle 
the  house  seven  times :  52  and  he 
shall  cleanse  the  house  with  the 
blood  of  the  bird,  and  with  the 
^  running  water,  and  with  the  liv- 
ing bird,  and  with  the  cedar-wood, 
and  with  the  hyssop,  and  with  the 
scarlet:  53  but  he  shall  let  gothe 
living  bird  out  of  the  city  into 
the  open  field :  so  shall  he  make 
atonement  for  the  house ;  and  it 
shall  be  clean. 

54  This  is  the  law  for  all  manner 
of  plague  of  leprosy,  and  for  a  scall, 
55  and  for  the  leprosy  of  a  gar- 
ment, and  for  a  house,  56  and  for 
a  rising,  and  for  a  scab,  and  for  a 
bright  spot ;  57  to  teach  when  it  is 
unclean,  and  when  it  is  clean  :  this 
is  the  law  of  lepFOsy. 
•^  ^  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
A-tJ  Moses  and  to  Aaron,  saying, 
2  Speak  unto  the  childi-en  of 
Israel,  and  say  unto  them,  "  When 
any  man  hath  an  issue  out  of  his 
flesh,  because  of  his  issue  he  is 
unclean.  3  And  this  shall  be  his 
uncleanness  in  his  issue :  whether 
his  flesh  run  with  his  issue,  or  his 
flesh  be  stopped  from  his  issue,  it 

1  Heb.  living. 


15.4 


LEVITICUS 


15.30 


Ceremouial  Undcannesses 


is  his  uncleanness.  4  Every  bed 
whereon  he  that  hath  the  issue 
Ueth  shall  be  unclean  ;  and  every- 
thing whereon  he  sitteth  shall  be 
unclean.  5  And  whosoever  touch- 
eth  his  bed  shall  wash  his  clothes, 
and  bathe  himself  in  water,  and  be 
unclean  until  the  even.  6  And  he 
that  sitteth  on  anything  whereon 
he  that  hath  the  issue  sat  shall 
wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  himself 
in  water,  and  be  unclean  until  the 
even.  7  And  he  that  toucheth  the 
flesh  of  him  that  hath  the  issue 
shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe 
himself  in  water,  and  be  unclean 
until  the  even.  8  And  if  he  that 
hath  the  issue  spit  upon  him  that  is 
clean,  then  he  shall  wash  his 
clothes,  and  bathe  himself  in  water, 
and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 
9  And  what  ^  saddle  soever  he  that 
hath  the  issue  rideth  upon  shall  be 
unclean.  10  And  whosoever  touch- 
eth anything  that  was  under  him 
shall  be  unclean  until  the  even : 
and  he  that  beareth  those  things 
shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe 
himself  in  water,  and  be  unclean 
until  the  even.  1 1  And  whomso- 
ever he  that  hath  the  issue  touch- 
eth, without  having  rinsed  his 
hands  in  water,  he  shall  wash  his 
clothes,  and  bathe  himself  in  water, 
and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 
1 2  And  "  the  earthen  vessel,  which 
he  that  hath  the  issue  toucheth, 
shall  be  broken;  and  every  vessel 
of  wood  shall  be  rinsed  in  water. 

13  And  when  he  that  hath  an 
issue  is  cleansed  of  his  issue,  then 
he  shall  number  to  himself  seven 
days  for  his  cleansing,  and  wash 
his  clothes  ;  and  he  shall  bathe  his 
flesh  in  *''  running  water,  and  shall 
be  clean.  14  And  on  the  eighth 
day  he  shall  take  to  him  two  turtle- 
doves, or  two  young  pigeons,  and 
come  before  Jehovah  unto  the  door 
of  the  tent  of  meeting,  and  give 
them  unto  the  priest:  15  and  the 
priest  shall  offer  them,  *the  one  for 
a  sin-offering,  and  the  other  for  a 
burnt-offering ;  and  the  priest  shall 
make  atonement  for  him  before 
Jehovah  for  his  issue. 

16  "And  if  any  man's  seed  of 
copulation  go  out  from  him,  then 
he  shall  bathe  all  his  flesh  in  water, 
and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 
17  And  every  garment,  and  every 
skin,  whereon  is  the  seed  of  copula- 
tion, shall  be  washed  with  water, 

1  Or,  carrioye  '  Heb.  living. 


"  ch.  6.  28 ; 

n.  33 
b  ch.  6.  7 
"  cb.  22.  4  ; 

Dt.  23.  10, 

H 


d  1  Sam.  21.  4 


'  ch.  18.  19 ; 
20.  18 


/Mt.  9.  20; 
Mk.  5.  25 
Lk.  8.  43 


"  ch.  5.  7 


113 


and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 
18  The  woman  also  with  whom  a 
man  shall  lie  with  seed  of  copula- 
tion, they  shall  both  bathe  them- 
selves in  water,  and  be  ''unclean, 
until  the  even. 

19  And  if  a  woman  have  art 
issue,  and  her  issue  in  her  flesh  be 
blood,  she  shall  be  in  her  ^imfjurity 
seven  days  :  and  whosoever  touch- 
eth her  shall  be  unclean  until  the 
even.  2U  And  everything  that  she 
lieth  upon  in  her  ^impurity  shall 
be  unclean :  everything  also  that 
she  sitteth  upon  shall  be  unclean. 
21  And  whosoever  toucheth  her 
bed  sha,ll  wash  his  clothes,  and 
bathe  himself  in  water,  and  be  un- 
clean until  the  even.  22  And 
whosoever  toucheth  anything  that 
she  sitteth  upon  shall  wash  his 
clothes,  and  bathe  himself  in  water, 
and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 
23  And  if  it  be  on  the  bed,  or 
on  anything  whereon  she  sitteth, 
when  he  toucheth  it,  he  shall  be 
unclean  until  the  even.  24  'And 
if  any  man  lie  with  her,  and  her 
impurity  be  upon  him,  he  shall  be 
unclean  seven  days  ;  and  every  bed 
whereon  he  lieth  shall  be  unclean. 

25  '^And  if  a  woman  have  an 
issue  of  her  blood  many  days  not 
in  the  time  of  her  impurity,  or  if 
she  have  an  issue  beyond  the  time 
of  her  impurity ;  all  the  days  of  the 
issue  of  ner  uncleanness  she  shall 
be  as  in  the  days  of  her  impurity  : 
she  is  unclean.  26  Every  bed 
whereon  she  lieth  all  the  days  of 
her  issue  shall  be  unto  her  as  the 
bed  of  her  impurity :  and  every- 
thing whereon  she  sitteth  shall  be 
unclean,  as  the  uncleanness  of  her 
impurity.  27  And  whosoever 
toucheth  those  things  shall  be  un- 
clean, and  shall  wash  his  clothes, 
and  bathe  himself  in  water,  and  be 
unclean  until  the  even.  28  But  if 
she  be  cleansed  of  her  issue,  then 
she  shall  number  to  herself  seven 
days,  and  after  that  she  shall  be 
clean.  29  And  on  the  eighth  day 
she  shall  take  unto  her  two  turtle- 
doves, or  two  young  pigeons,  and 
bring  them  unto  the  priest,  to  the 
door  of  the  tent  of  meeting.  30 
And  the  priest  shall  offer  the  ^  one 
for  a  sin-offering,  and  the  other  for 
a  burnt-offering ;  and  the  priest 
shall  make  atonement  for  her  be- 
fore Jehovah  for  the  issue  of  her 
uncleanness. 

*  Or.  separation 


X5.31 


LEVITICUS 


16.21 


Ritual  of  the  Annaal  Atonement 


31  Thus  shall  ye  separate  the 
children  of  Israel  from  their  un- 
cleanness,  that  they  die  not  in 
their  uncleanness,  when  they  "de- 
file my  tabei-nacle  that  is  in  the 
midst  of  them. 

32  This  is  the  law  of  him  that 
hath  an  issue,  and  of  him  whose 
seed  of  coiiulation  goeth  from  him, 
so  that  he  is  unclean  thereby ; 
33  and  of  her  that  is  sick  with 
her  impurity,  and  of  him  that 
hath  an  issue,  of  the  man,  and  of 
the  woman,  and  of  him  that  lieth 
with  her  that  is  unclean. 

'i  /^  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
A.\J  Moses,  after  'the  death  of 
the  two  sons  of  Aaron,  when  they 
drew  near  before  Jehovah,  and 
died ;  2  and  Jehovah  said  unto 
Moses,  Speak  unto  Aaron  thy 
brother,  that  he  come  not  "-'at  all 
times  into  the  holy  place  within 
the  veil,  before  the  mercy-seat 
which  is  u])on  the  ark ;  that  he 
die  not :  for  '^  I  will  appear  in 
the  cloud  upon  the  mercy-seat. 
3  Herewith  snail  Aaron  come  into 
the  lioly  place :  with  a  young 
bullock  for  "a  sin-offering,  and  a 
ram  for  a  burnt-offering.  4  He 
shall  put  on  the  •''holy  linen  coat, 
and  he  shall  have  the  linen 
breeches  upon  his  flesh,  and  shall 
be  girded  with  the  linen  girdle, 
and  with  the  linen  ^  mitre  shall 
he  be  attired :   they  are  the  holy 

garments  ;  and  he  shall  ^  bathe  his 
esh  in  water,  and  put  them  on. 
5  And  he  shall  take  of  the  con- 
gregation of  the  children  of  Israel 
''two  he-goats  for  a  sin-offering, 
and  one  ram  for  a  burnt-offering. 
6  And  '  Aaron  shall  present  the 
bullock  of  the  sin-offering,  which 
is  for  himself,  and  make  atone- 
ment for  himself,  and  for  his 
house.  7  And  he  shall  take  the 
two  goats,  and  set  them  before 
Jehovah  at  the  door  of  the  tent 
of  meeting.  8  And  Aaron  shall 
cast  lots  upon  the  two  goats ;  one 
lot  for  Jehovah,  and  the  other  lot 
for  '■'Azazel.     9  And   Aaron    shall 

?)resent  the  goat  upon  which  the 
ot  fell  for  Jehovah,  and  offer  him 
for  a  sin-offering.  10  But  the 
goat,  on  which  the  lot  fell  for 
Azazel,  shall  be  set  alive  before 
Jehovah,  to  make  atonement  ^for 
him,  to  send  him  away  for  Azazel 
into  the  wilderness. 
1 1  And  Aaron  shall  present  the 

1  Or,  turban        '  Or,  removal        ■  Or,  over 


"  ch.  20.  3 ; 

Num.  19. 

13,  W ; 

Ezek.  36. 

17 
6ch.  10.  1,  2 
"  Ex.  30.  10 ; 

Heb.  9.  7, 

2;') 
d  Ex.  26.  21, 

^  ver.  6  ;  ch. 

4.  1-12 
/  Ex.  28.  39, 

42 
'J  ver.  24 
''  ch.  4.  13-21 

'  Heb.  6.  3 


fc  Heb.  7.  27 ; 

9.  7 
'  ver.  ."iS 
™  ch.  10.  1 
"  Ex.  30.  34- 

38 
"  ch.  22.  9  ; 

Ex.  28.  43 ; 

Num.  4.  15, 

20 
P  Heb.  9.  2« 
9  ch.  4.  0, 17 

•■  Heb.  7.  27; 
9.  7 


'  Ex.  29.  30, 
37  ;  30. 10 ; 
Heb.  2.  17 


t  ch.  4.  25 ; 
Ezek.  43. 
20,22 


bullock  of  the  sin-offering,  *  which 
is  for  himself,  and  shall  make 
atonement  for  himself,  and  'for 
his  house,  and  shall  kill  the  bul- 
lock of  the  sin-offering  which  is 
for  himself.  1 2  And  he  shall  take 
a  '"  censer  full  of  coals  of  fire  from 
off  the  altar  before  Jehovah,  and 
his  hands  full  of  "sweet  incense 
beaten  small,  and  bring  it  within 
the  veil:  13  and  he  shall  put  the 
incense  upon  the  fire  before  Jeho- 
vah, that  the  cloud  of  the  incense 
may  cover  the  mercy-seat  that  is 
upon  the  testimony,  "that  he  die 
not:  14  and  ^he  shall  take  of  the 
blood  of  the  bullock,  and  sprinkle 
it  'with  his  finger  upon  the  mercy- 
seat  on  the  east;  and  before  the 
mercy-seat  shall  be  sprinkle  of  the 
blood  with  his  finger  seven  times. 

15  Then  shall  he  kill  the  goat 
of  the  sin-offering,  *■  that  is  for  the 
people,  and  bring  his  blood  within 
the  veil,  and  do  with  his  blood  as 
he  did  with  the  blood  of  the  bul- 
lock, and  sprinkle  it  upon  the 
mercy-seat,  and  before  the  mercy- 
seat  :  16  and  *he  .shall  make  atone- 
ment for  the  holy  place,  because 
of  the  uncleannesses  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  because  of  their 
transgressions,  even  all  their  sins : 
and  so  shall  he  do  for  the  tent  of 
meeting,  that  dwelleth  with  them 
in  the  midst  of  their  unclean- 
nesses. 17  And  there  shall  be 
no  man  in  the  tent  of  meeting 
when  he  goeth  in  to  make  atone- 
ment in  the  holy  place,  until  he 
come  out,  and  have  made  atone- 
ment for  himself,  and  for  his 
household,  and  for  all  the  assem- 
bly of  Israel.  18  And  he  shall 
go  out  unto  the  altar  that  is  befoi  e 
Jehovah,  and  make  atonement  for 
it,  and  shall  take  of  the  blood  of 
the  bullock,  and  of  the  blood 
of  the  goat,  and  *put  it  upon  the 
horns  of  the  altar  round  about. 
19  And  he  shall  sprinkle  of  the 
blood  upoii  it  "with  his  finger 
seven  times,  and  cleanse  it,  and 
hallow  it  from  the  uncleannesses 
of  the  cuLldrei^  of  Israel. 

20  And  when  he  hath  made  an 
end  of  atoning  for  the  holy  place, 
and  the  tent  of  meeting,  and  the 
altar,  he  shall  present  the  live 
goat :  2 1  and  Aaron  shall  lay  both 
his  hands  upon  the  head  of  the 
live  goat,  and  "confess  over  him 
all  the  iniquities  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  all  their  transgres- 


114 


16. 1'2 


LEVITICUS 


17.11 


Ritaal  of  the  Aonaal  Atonement.    Law  concerning  the  Slaogliter  of  Beasts.    Blood  not  to  bo  eaten 


sions,  even  all  their  sins ;  and  he 
shall  put  them  upon  the  head  of 
the  goat,  and  shall  send  him  away 
ty  the  hand  of  a  man  '  that  is  in 
readiness  into  the  wilderness  :  22 
and  the  goat  shall  bear  upon  him 
all  their  iniquities  unto  a  solitary 
land  :  and  he  shall  let  go  the  goat 
in  the  wilderness. 

23  And  Aaron  shall  come  into 
the  tent  of  meeting,  and  shall  put 
oil'  "the  linen  garments,  which  he 
put  on  when  he  went  into  the  holy 
place,  and  shall  leave  them  there : 
24  and  ''he  shall  bathe  his  flesh  in 
water  in  a  holy  place,  and  put  on 
''his  garments,  and  come  forth, 
and  offer  his  burnt-offering  and 
the  burnt-offering  of  the  pe-^.ple, 
and  make  atonement  for  himself 
and  for  the  people.  25  And  the 
fat  of  the  sin-offering  shall  he  burn 
upon  the  altar.  2G  And  he  that 
letteth  go  the  goat  for  "■^Azazel 
''shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe 
his  flesh  in  water,  and  afterward 
he   shall    come    into    the    camp. 

27  And  the  bullock  of  the  sin- 
offering,  and  the  goat  of  the 
sin-oftering,  "  whose  blood  was 
brought  in  to  make  atonement 
in  the  holy  place,  shall  be  carried 
forth  witliout  the  camp ;  and  they 
shall  burn  in  the  fire  their  skins, 
and  their  flesh,   and  their  dung. 

28  And  he  fthat  burnetii  them 
shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe 
his  flesh  in  water,  and  afterward 
he  shall  come  into  the  camp. 

29  And  it  shall  be  a  statute  for 
ever  unto  you :  ^  in  the  seventh 
month,  on  the  tenth  day  of  the 
month,  ye  shall  afflict  your  souls, 
and  ''  shall  do  no  manner  of  work, 
the  home-born,  or  the  stranger 
that  sojourneth  among  you :  30 
for  on  this  day  shall  atonement 
be  made  for  j-ou,  to  cleanse  you ; 
from  all  your  sins  shall  ye  be  clean 
before  Jehovah.  31  It  is  a  sab- 
bath of  solemn  rest  unto  you,  and 
ye  shall  'afllict  your  souls;  it  is 
a  statute  for  ever.  32  And  the 
priest,  who  shall  be  anointed  and 
who  shall  be  consecrated  to  be 
priest  in  his  father's  stead,  shall 
make  the  atonement,  and  shall  put 
on  *the  linen  garments,  even  the 
holy  garments :  33  and  he  shall 
make  atonement  for  the  holy  sanc- 
tuary ;  and  he  shall  make  atone- 
ment for  the  tent  of  meeting  and 
for  the  altar ;  and  he  shall  make 
1  Or,  appointed  *  Or,  removal 


"  ver.  4 
ii  ver.  4 
'  Ex.  28.  40, 

41 
f'ch.  n.  25, 

40 
"  Heb.  13.  n 
/Num.  ut.  s 
I'  oh.  Zi.  27 
''  Ex.  31.  14, 

l.-j 
'  ch.  2.3.  32 ; 

Ezra  8.  21 ; 

Is.  f.8.  3,  f) ; 

Dan.  10.  12 
*  ver.  4 


'ver  11 
'"  Heb.  9.  7 


"  Dt.  12.  5-21 


'  Ex.  22.  20 ; 

32.  8:  34. 

1ft ;  Dt.  32. 
17 ;  2  Chr. 
11.  IS 


P  rer.  4  ;  Ex. 

20.  24 


«  ch.  3.  17 ;  7 
2t!,  27 ; 
nt.  12.  16, 
23-26 


■  ch.  20.  3,  6 
'  ver.  14 ; 
Gen.  9.  4 


atonement  for  'the  priests  and 
for  all  the  people  of  the  assembly. 
34  And  this  snail  be  an  everlast- 
ing statute  unto  you,  to  '"make 
atonement  for  the  children  of 
Israel  because  of  all  their  sins 
once  in  the  year.  And  lie  did  as 
Jehovah  commanded  Moses. 
-i  'y  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
J-  I  Moses,  saying,  2  Speak 
unto  Aaron,  and  unto  his  sons, 
and  unto  all  the  childi'en  of 
Israel,  and  say  unto  them  :  This 
is  the  thing  which  Jehovah  hath 
commanded,  sayiufj,  3  What  man 
soever  there  be  of  the  house  of 
Israel,  that  killeth  an  ox,  or  lamb, 
or  goat,  in  the  camp,  or  that 
killeth  it  without  the  camp,  4  and 
"hath  not  brought  it  unto  the  door 
of  the  tent  of  meeting,  to  offer  it 
as  an  oblation  unto  Jehovah  before 
the  tabernacle  of  Jehovah :  blood 
shall  be  imputed  unto  that  man^ 
he  hath  shed  blood  ;  and  that  man 
shall  be  cut  off  from  among  his 

Seople  :  5  to  the  end  that  the  chil- 
ren  of  Israel  may  bring  their  sac- 
rifices, which  they  sacrifice  in  the 
open  field,  even  that  they  may 
bring  them  unto  Jehovah,  unto 
the  door  of  the  tent  of  meeting, 
unto  the  priest,  and  sacrifice  them 
for  sacrifices  of  peace-ofl'erings  unto 
Jehovah.  6  And  the  priest  shall 
sprinkle  the  blood  upon  the  altar 
of  Jehovah  at  the  door  of  the  tent 
of  meeting,  and  burn  the  fat  for  a 
sweet  savor  unto  Jehovah.  7  And 
"  they  shall  no  more  sacrifice  their 
sacrifices  unto  the  he-goats,  after 
which  they  play  the  harlot.  This 
shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  unto 
them  throughout  their  genera- 
tions. 

8  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  them. 
Whatsoever  man  there  be  of  the 
house  of  Israel,  or  of  the  strangers 
that  sojourn  among  them,  that 
offereth  a  burnt-ofiering  or  sacri- 
fice, 9  and  ^bringeth  it  not  unto 
the  door  of  the  tent  of  meeting,  to 
sacrifice  it  unto  Jehovah ;  that 
man  shall  be  cut  off"  from  his 
people. 

1 0  « And  whatsoever  man  there 
be  of  the  house  of  Israel,  or  of  the 
strangers  that  sojourn  among  them, 
that  eateth  any  manner  of  blood, 
'■  I  will  set  my  face  against  that 
soul  that  eateth  blood,  and  will  cut 
him  off  from  among  his  people. 
1 1  For  •  the  ^  life  of  the  flesn  is  in 

*Heb.(oiU. 


115 


17.12 


LEVITICUS 


18.24 


Eating  of  Blood  forbidden.    Incest  and  other  Impurities  forbidden 


the  blood  ;  and  I  have  given  it  to 
you  upon  the  altar  to  make  atone- 
ment for  your  souls  :  for  it  is  the 
blood  that  maketh  atonement  by 
reason  of  the  '  life.  1  '1  Therefore 
I  said  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
No  soul  of  you  shall  eat  blood, 
neither  shall  any  stranger  that 
sojourneth  among  you  eat  blood. 
13  And  whatsoever  man  there  be 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  or  of  the 
strangers  that  sojourn  among  them, 
who  taketh  in  hunting  any  beast 
or  bird  that  may  be  eaten ;  "  he 
shall  pour  out  the  blood  thereof, 
and  cover  it  with  dust. 

14  "  For  as  to  the  life  of  all  flesh, 
the  blood  thereof  is  all  one  wdth 
the  life  thereof :  therefore  I  said 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  Ye 
shall  eat  the  blood  of  no  manner  of 
flesh  ;  for  the  life  of  all  flesh  is  the 
blood  thereof  :  whosoever  eateth  it 
shall  be  cut  off.  15  ''And  every 
soul  that  eateth  '^  that  which  dieth 
of  itself,  or  that  which  is  torn  of 
beasts,  whether  he  be  home-born 
or  a  sojourner,  he  shall  wash  his 
clothes,  and  bathe  himself  in  water, 
and  be  unclean  until  the  even : 
then  shall  he  be  clean.  16  But  if 
he  wash  them  not,  nor  bathe  his 
flesh,  then  he  shall  bear  his  iniq- 
uity. 

'j  O  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
J-O  Moses,  saying,  2  Speak  unto 
the  children  of  Israel,  and  say 
unto  them.  ''I  am  Jehovah  your 
God.  3  Alter  the  *  doings  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  wherein  ye  dwelt, 
shall  ye  not  do :  and  after  -^the 
doings  of  the  land  of  Canaan, 
whither  I  bring  you,  shall  ye  not 
do ;  neither  shall  ye  walk  in  their 
statutes.  4  Mine  ordinances  shall 
ye  do,  and  my  statutes  shall  ye 
keep,  to  walk  tnerein  :  ^I  am  Jeho- 
vah your  God.  5  Ye  shall  there- 
fore keep  my  statutes,  and  mine 
ordinances ;  ''which  if  a  man  do, 
he  shall  live  ^  in  them  :  I  am  Jeho- 
vah. 

6  None  of  you  shall  approach  to 
any  that  are  near  of  kin  to  him, 
to  uncover  their  nakedness :  I  am 
Jehovah.  7  'The  nakedness  of 
thy  father,  even  the  nakedness  of 
thy  mother,  shalt  thou  not  un- 
cover :  she  is  thy  mother ;  thou 
shalt  not  uncover  her  nakedness. 
8  The  nakedness  of  thy  father's 
wife  shalt  thou  not  uncover ;  it  is 
thy   father's    nakedness.      9  *The 

1  Heb.  soul.       3  Heb.  a  carcass.       ^  Or,  by 


"  Dt.  12.  16 

*  ver.  11 

'  ch.  r.  24; 

22.  8 ;  Ex. 

22.  31 
rfcll.  11.  44 
'  Ezek.  20. 

7,  S 
/  ver.  24-30 ; 

ch.  20.  23 
^  ver.  2 

*  Gal.  3.  12 ; 
Lk.  10.  28 ; 
Rom.  10.  o ; 
Ezek.  20.  II 

i  ch.  20.  11 ; 
Dt.  27.  20 ; 
Ezek.  22.10 

*  ver.  1 1  ; 
ch.  20.  17  ; 
Dt.  27.  22 


'  ch.  20.  19 


'  ch.  20.  20 


"  ch.  20.  12 


"  ch.  20.  21 


P  ch.  20.  14 


«  ch.  15.  24 ; 

20.  18 


••ch.  12.  2 
'  ch.  20.  10 


«  ch.  20.  2-5 ; 
Dt.  12.  31 

"  ch.  19.  12 ; 

20.  3 ;  21.  6 

"  ch.  20.  13 ; 

Dt.  23.  18 

'^  Ex.  22.  19 ; 
Lev.  20.  15, 
16 ;  Dt. 
27.  21 


116 


nakedness  of  thy  sister,  the  daugh- 
ter of  thy  father,  or  the  daughter 
of  thy  mother,  whether  born  at 
home,  or  born  abroad,  even  their 
nakedness  thou  shalt  not  uncover. 
10  The  nakedness  of  thy  son's 
daughter,  or  of  thy  daughter's 
daughter,  even  their  nakedness 
thou  shalt  not  uncover :  for  theirs 
is  thine  own  nakedness.  11  The 
nakedness  of  thy  father's  wife's 
daughter,  begotten  of  thy  father, 
she  is  thy  sister,  thou  shalt  not 
uncover  her  nakedness.  12  'Thou 
shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness 
of  thy  father's  sister  :  she  is  thy 
father's  near  kinswoman.  13  Thou 
shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness 
of  thy  mother's  sister :  for  she  is 
thy  mother's  near  kinswoman. 
14  ™Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the 
nakedness  of  thy  father's  brother, 
thou  shalt  not  approach  to  his 
wife:  she  is  thine  aunt.  15  "Thou 
shalt  not  uncover  the  nakedness 
of  thy  daughter-in-law  :  she  is  thy 
son's  wife  ;  thou  shalt  not  uncover 
her  nakedness.  16  "Thou  shalt 
not  uncover  the  nakedness  of  thy 
brother's  wife:  it  is  thy  brother's 
nakedness.  17  ^Thou  shalt  not 
uncover  the  nakedness  of  a  woman 
and  her  daughter ;  thou  shalt  not 
take  her  son's  daughter,  or  her 
daughter's  daughter,  to  uncover 
her  nakedness  ;  they  are  near  kins- 
women: it  is'*  wickedness.  18  And 
thou  shalt  not  take  a  wife  to  her 
sister,  to  be  a  rival  to  her,  to  un- 
cover her  nakedness,  besides  the 
other  in  her  life-time. 

19  «  And  thou  shalt  not  approach 
unto  a  woman  to  uncover  her 
nakedness,  as  long  as  she  is  °  *■  im- 
pure by  her  uncleanness.  20  "And 
thou  shalt  not  lie  carnally  with 
thy  neighbor's  wife,  to  defile  thy- 
self with  her.  21  And  thou  shalt 
not  give  any  of  thy  seed  ® '  to  make 
them  pass  through  the  fire  to 
Molech ;  neither  shalt  thou  "  pro- 
fane the  name  of  thy  God :  I  am 
Jehovah.  22  "Thou  shalt  not  lie 
with  mankind,  as  with  woman- 
kind :  it  is  abomination.  23  ^And 
thou  shalt  not  lie  with  any  beast 
to  defile  thyself  therewith  ;  neither 
shall  any  woman  stand  before  a 
beast,  to  lie  down  thereto :  it  is 
confusion. 

24  Defile  not  ye  yourselves  in 
any  of   these  things :    for    in   aU 

*  Or,  enormity  '  Or,  separated  for 

8  Or,  to  set  them  apart  to  Jloltch 


18.25 


LEVITICUS 


19.23 


Imparities  forbiddea.    Sandry  Laws 


these  "the  nations  are  defiled  which 
I  cast  out  from  before  you  ;  25  and 
the  land  is  defiled  :  *  therefore  I 
do  visit  the  iniquity  thereof  upon 
it,  and  the  land  "•'vomiteth  out  her 
inhabitants.  26  Ye  therefore  siiall 
keep  my  statutes  and  mine  ordi- 
nances, and  shall  not  do  any  of 
these  abominations ;  neither  the 
home-born,  nor  the  stran-^er  that 
sojourneth  among  you  27  (for  all 
these  abominations  have  the  men 
of  the  land  done,  that  were  before 
you,  and  the  land  is  defiled) ; 
28  that  the  land  voniit  not  j^ou 
out  also,  when  ye  defile  it,  as  it 
vomited  out  the  nation  that  was 
before  you.  29  For  whosoever 
shall  do  any  of  these  abominations, 
even  the  souls  that  do  them  shall 
be  cut  off  from  among  their  people. 
30  Therefore  shall  ye  keep  "^my 
charge,  that  ye  practise  not  any  of 
these  abominable  customs,  which 
were  practised  before  you,  and 
that  ye  defile  not  yourselves 
therein  :  *  I  am  Jehovah  your  God. 
'i  (\  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
J-  «!/  Moses,  saying,  2  Speak  unto 
all  the  congregation  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  say  unto  them,  -^Ye 
shall  be  holy ;  for  I  Jehovah  your 
God  am  holy.  3  Ye  shall  fear 
every  man  his  mother,  and  his 
father  ;  and  ye  shall  keep  *'  my  sab- 
baths :  *  I  am  Jehovah  your  God. 
4  Turn  ye  not  unto  ^ '  idols,  nor 
make  to  yourselves  *  molten  gods  : 
I  am  Jehovah  your  God. 

5  And  when  ye  offer  a  sacrifice 
of  peace-offerings  unto  Jehovah, 
ye  shall  offer  it  that  ye  may  be 
accepted.  6  It  shall  be  eaten  the 
same  day  ye  ofl'er  it,  and  on  the 
morrow :  and  if  aught  remain 
until  the  third  daj',  it  shall  be 
burnt  with  fire.  7  And  if  it  be 
eaten  at  all  on  the  third  day,  it  is 
an  abomination ;  it  shall  not  be 
accepted :  8  but  every  one  that 
eateth  it  shall  bear  his  iniquity, 
because  he  hath  profaned  the 
holy  thing  of  Jehovah :  and  that 
soul  shall  be  cut  off  from  his 
people. 

9  'And  when  ye  reap  the  har- 
vest of  your  land,  thou  shalt  not 
wholly  reap  the  corners  of  thy 
field,  neither  shalt  thou  gather  the 
gleaning  of  thj^  harvest.  10  And 
thou  shalt  not  glean  thy  vineyard, 
neither  shalt  thou  gather  the  fallen 
fruit  of  thy  vineyard  ;  thou  shalt 
1  Heb.  things  of  iKmghL 


"  ver.  3 
t>  ch.  20.  23 ; 
Dt.  9.  6; 

18.  12 
'  ver.  28 ; 

ch.  20.  22 
d  ch.  22.  9 ; 

Dt.  11.  1 
'  ver.  2 
/ 1  Pet.  1. 16 
"  Ex.  20.  8 
''  ch.  11.  44 
'  ch.  26.  1 ; 

Ps.  96.  5 ; 

llo.  4-7 
*  Ex.  20.  23 ; 

34.  17 
'  ch.  23.  22  ; 

Dt.  24. 

20-22 


"*  Ex.  20.  15, 

16 
"  Ex.  20.  7 
"  ch.  K.  21 
P  Ex.  22.  7- 

15,  21-27 
9Dt.  21.  15 
'■  Dt.  27.  18 
'  Ex.  23.  3, 6 ; 

Dt.  1.  17 ; 

10.  17 

«Ps.  15.3; 
Jer.  0.  28 ; 
9.  4  :  Ezek. 


"  Ex.  23.  7 ; 

Dt.  27.  25 
"  1  Jn.  2.  9, 

n;  3.  15 
"  Mt.  18, 

Lk.  17. 


15; 


''  Dt.  32..30 ; 

Rom.  12. 

19;  Heb. 

10.  30 
'  Ps.  103.  9 
"Mt.  19.  19; 

Mk.  12.  31 ; 

Lk.  10.  27 ; 

Rom.  13.  9 

b  Dt.  22.  9,  11 


•Dt.  22. 
23-27 


d  ch.  6.  1-7 


leave  them  for  the  poor  and  for 
the  sojourner  :  I  am  Jehovah  your 
God. 

11  "Ye  shall  not  steal ;  neither 
shall  ye  deal  falsely,  nor  lie  one 
to  another.  12"  And  ye  shall  not 
swear  by  my  name  falsely,  and 
"  profane  the  name  of  thy  God :  I 
am  Jehovah. 

13  ^Thou  shalt  not  oppress  thy 
neighbor,  nor  rob  him  :  ^  the  wages 
of  a  hired  servant  shall  not  abide 
with  thee  all  night  until  the  morn- 
ing. 14  Thou  shalt  not  curse  the 
deaf,  nor  '"put  a  stumblingblock 
before  the  blind ;  but  thou  shalt 
fear  thy  God  :  I  am  Jehovah. 

15  "Ye  shall  do  no  unrighteous- 
ness in  judgment :  thou  shalt  not 
respect  the  person  of  the  poor,  nor 
honor  the  person  of  the  mighty ; 
but  in  rigliteousness  shalt  thou 
judge  thy  neighbor.  16  Thou 
shalt  not  go  up  and  down  as '  a  tale- 
bearer among  thy  people  :  neither 
shalt  thou  stand  against  the  "  blood 
of  thy  neighbor :  I  am  Jehovah. 

17  Thou  "shalt  not  hate  thy 
brother  in  thy  heart :  thou  ^  shalt 
surely  rebuke  thy  neighbor,  and 
not  bear  sin  because  of  him.  18 
^Thou  shalt  not  take  vengeance, 
'  nor  bear  any  grudge  against  the 
children  of  thy  people  ;  but  "  thou 
shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself  : 
I  am  .Jehovah. 

19  Y"e  shall  keep  my  statutes. 
Thou  shalt  not  let  thy  cattle  gen- 
der with  a  diverse  kind:  *thou 
shalt  not  sow  thy  field  with  two 
kinds  of  seed :  neither  shall  there 
come  upon  thee  a  garment  of  two 
kinds  of  stuff  mingled  together. 
20  ''And  whosoever  lieth  carnally 
with  a  woman,  that  is  a  bondmaid, 
betrothed  to  a  husband,  and  not 
at  all  redeemed,  nor  freedom  given 
her  ;  ^they  shall  be  punished  ;  they 
shall  not  be  put  to  death,  because 
she  was  not  free.  21  And  he  shall 
bring  his  trespass-oflering  unto  Je- 
hovah, unto  the  door  of  the  tent  of 
meeting,  even  ''a  ram  for  a  tres- 
pass-offering. 22  And  the  priest 
shall  make  atonement  for  him 
with  the  ram  of  the  trespass-offer- 
ing before  Jehovah  for  his  sin 
which  he  hath  sinned :  and  the 
sin  which  he  hath  sinned  shall  be 
forgiven  him. 

23  And  when  ye  shall  come  into 
the  land,  and  shall  have  planted 
all  manner  of  trees  for  food,  then 

2  Heb.  there  shall  be  inquisition. 


117 


19.24 


LEVITICUS 


20.16 


Simdry  Laws.    Molech- worship  and  other  Sins  fcrbidden.    Laws  against  Unchastity 


ye  shall  count  the  fruit  thereof  as 
their  uncircumcision :  three  years 
shall  they  be  as  uncircumcised  unto 
you  ;  it  shall  not  be  eaten.  24  But 
in  the  fourth  year  all  the  fruit 
thereof  shall  be  holy,  for  giving 
praise  unto  Jehovah.  25  And  in 
the  fifth  year  shall  ye  eat  of  the 
fruit  thereof,  that  it  may  yield 
unto  you  the  increase  thereof:  I 
am  Jehovah  your  God. 

26  Ye  shall  nut  eat  anything 
"  with  the  blood :  neither  shall  ye 
use  *  enchantments,  nor  practise 
augury.  27  "Ye  shall  not  round 
the  corners  of  your  heads,  neither 
shalt  thou  mar  the  corners  of  thy 
beard.  28  Ye  shall  not  make  any 
cuttings  in  your  flesh  for  the  dead, 
nor  print  any  marks  upon  you :  I 
am  Jehovah. 

29  ''Profane  not  thy  daughter, 
to  make  her  a  harlot ;  lest  the  land 
fall  to  whoredom,  and  the  land  be- 
come full  of  ^  wickedness.  30  Ye 
shall  *  keep  my  sabbaths,  and  ■'^  rev- 
erence my  sanctuary :  I  am  Jeho- 
vah. 

31  s'Tum  ye  not  unto  them  that 
have  familiar  spirits,  nor  unto  the 
wizards ;  seek  them  not  out,  to  be 
defiled  by  them :  I  am  Jehovah 
your  God. 

32  *  Thou  shalt  rise  up  before  the 
hoary  head,  and  honor  the  face  of 
the  old  man,  and  thou  shalt  fear 
thy  God  :  I  am  Jehovah. 

33  '  And  if  a  stranger  sojourn 
with  thee  in  your  land,  ye  shall 
not  do  him  wrong.  34  The  stran- 
ger that  sojourneth  with  you  shall 
be  unto  you  as  the  home-born 
among  you,  and  *thou  shalt  love 
him  as  thyself ;  for  ye  were  so- 
journers in  the  land  of  Egypt :  I 
am  Jehovah  your  God. 

35  _'Ye  shall  do  no  unrighteous- 
ness in  judgment,  in  measures  of 
length,  of  weight,  or  of  quantity. 
36  Just  balances,  just  weights,  a 
iust  ephah,  and  a  just  hin,  shall  ye 
have  :  I  am  Jehovah  your  God,  who 
brought  you  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt.  37  And  ye  shall  observe 
all  my  statutes,  and  all  mine  ordi- 
nances, and  do  them:  I  am  Jeho- 
vah. 

0/~\  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
^yj  Moses,  saying,  2  Moreover, 
thou  shalt  say  to  the  children  of 
Israel,  Whosoever  he  be  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  or  of  the  strangers 
that  sojourn  in  Israel,  ™that  giveth 

1  Or,  enormitv 


"  ch.  ir.  10 

b  Dt.  18.  10 

'  ch.  21.  6 
dch.  21.  9; 

Bt.  22.  21 ; 
23.  17,  18 

"  ver.  3 

/ch.  26.  2 
"  ch.  20.  6, 

27;  Dt.  18. 

n 
h  Lam.  5.  12 
•  Ex.  22.  21 
fc  ver.  18 
'  Dt.  25.  13- 

16 
"'  ch.  18.  21 


"  ver.  27 ;  ch. 

24.  14-23 ; 

Num.  15. 

3.'>,  36 ; 

Dt.  21.  21 
"  ch.  15.  31 
P  ch.  18.  21 


«  ch.  19.  31 


■  1  Pet.  1.  16 


'  Ex.  21.  17 ; 
Dt.  27.  16 


«ch.  18.  20, 
Ex.  20.  14  -, 
Dt.  £.  18 


"  ch.  18.  7.  8 


"  ch.  18.  15 


*  ch.  18.  22 


V  Dt.  27.  23 


•  ch.  18.  23 


118 


of  his  seed  unto  Molech ;  he  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death  :  "  the  peo- 
ple of  the  land  shall  stone  nim 
with  stones.  3  I  also  will  set  my 
face  against  that  man,  and  will  cut 
him  off  from  among  his  people: 
because  he  hath  given  of  his  seea 
unto  Molech,  "to  defile  my  sanc- 
tuary, and  ^to  profane  my  holy 
name.  4  And  if  the  people  of  the 
land  do  at  all  hide  their  eyes  from 
that  man,  when  he  giveth  of  his 
seed  unto  Molech,  and  put  him 
not  to  death  ;  5  then  I  will  set  my 
face  against  that  man,  and  against 
his  family,  and  will  cut  him  off, 
and  all  that  play  the  harlot  after 
him,  to  play  the  harlot  with  Molech, 
from  among  their  people. 

6  And  the  soul  that  turneth  unto 
them  that  «have  familiar  spirits, 
and  unto  the  wizards,  to  play  the 
harlot  after  them,  I  will  even  set 
my  face  against  that  soul,  and  will 
cut  him  off  from  among  his  people. 
7  Sanctify  yourselves  therefore, 
and  ""  be  ye  holy  ;  for  I  am  Jehovah 
your  God.  8  And  ye  shall  keep  my 
statutes,  and  do  them  :  I  am  Jeho- 
vah who  sanctifieth  you.  9  '  For 
every  one  that  curseth  his  father 
or  his  mother  shall  surely  be  put 
to  death  :  he  hath  cursed  his  father 
or  his  mother ;  his  blood  shall  be 
upon  him. 

10  'And  the  man  that  commit- 
teth  adultery  with  another  man's 
wife,  even  he  that  committeth  adul- 
tery with  his  neighbor's  wife,  the 
adulterer  and  the  adulteress  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death.  11  "And 
the  man  that  lieth  with  his  father's 
wife  hath  uncovered  his  father's 
nakedness :  both  of  them  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death  ;  their  blood 
shall  be  upon  them.  12  "And  if  a 
man  lie  with  his  daughter-in-law, 
both  of  them  shall  surely  be  put  to 
death :  they  have  wrought  confu- 
sion ;  their  blood  shall  be  upon 
them.  13  *And  if  a  man  lie  with 
mankind,  as  with  womankind,  both 
of  them  have  committed  abomina- 
tion :  they  shall  surely  be  put  to 
death  ;  their  blood  shall  be  upon 
them.  14  *And  if  a  man  take  a 
wife  and  her  mother,  it  is  ^  wicked- 
ness :  they  shall  be  burnt  with  fire, 
both  he  and  they  ;  that  there  be  no 
wickedness  among  you.  15  *And 
if  a  man  lie  with  a  beast,  he  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death :  and  ye 
shall  slay  tne  beast.  16  And  if  a 
woman  approach  unto  any  beast, 


20.17 


LEVITICUS 


21.14 


Laws  against  Uachastity.    Commaud  to  obserre  the  Laws  of  Cleanness.    General  Precepts  for  the  Priests 


and  lie  down  thereto,  thou  shalt 
kill  the  woman,  and  the  beast : 
they  shall  surely  be  put  to  death ; 
their  blood  shall  be  upon  them. 

17  "And  if  a  man  shall  take  his 
sister,  his  father's  daughter,  or  his 
mother's  daughter,  and  see  her 
nakedness,  and  she  see  his  naked- 
ness ;  it  is  a  shameful  thing ;  and 
they  shall  be  cut  oil"  in  the  sight  of 
the  children  of  their  people :  he 
hath  uncovered  his  sister's  naked- 
ness ;  lie  shall  bear  his  iniquity. 
18  ''And  if  a  man  shall  lie  with  a 
woman  having  her  sickness,  and 
shall  uncover  her  nakedness  ;  he 
hath  made  naked  her  fountain,  and 
she  hath  uncovered  the  fountain 
of  her  blood :  and  both  of  them 
shall  be  cut  off  from  among  tlieir 
people.  19"  And  thou  shalt  not  un- 
cover the  nakedness  of  thy  mother's 
sister,  nor  of  thy  father's  sister ;  for 
he  hath  made  naked  his  near  kin  : 
they  shall  bear  their  iniquity.  20 
•^And  if  a  man  shall  lie  with  his 
uncle's  wife,  he  hath  uncovered  his 
uncle's  nakedness  :  they  shall  bear 
their  sin  ;  they  shall  die  childless. 
21  'And  if  a  man  shall  take  hi.s 
brother's  wife,  it  is  impurity :  he 
hath  uncovered  his  brother's  naked- 
ness ;  they  shall  be  childless. 

22  Ye  shall  therefore  keep  all 
my  statutes,  and  all  mine  ordi- 
nances, and  do  them ;  that  the 
land,  whither  I  bring  you  to 
dwell  therein, •''vomit  you  not  out. 
23  And  ye  shall  not  walk  "in  the 
customs  of  the  nation,  which  I 
cast  out  before  you  :  for  they  did 
all  these  things,  and  ''  therefore  I 
abhorred  them.  24  But  I  have 
said  unto  you,  '  Ye  shall  inhei'it 
their  land,  and  I  Avill  give  it  unto 
you  to  possess  it,  a  land  flowing 
with  milk  and  honey :  I  am  Jeho- 
vah your  God,  who  hath  '^  separated 
you  from  the  peoples.  _  25  'Ye 
shall  therefore  make  a  distinction 
between  the  clean  beast  and  the 
unclean,  and  between  the  unclean 
fowl  and  the  clean :  and  ye  shall 
not  make  your  souls  abominable 
by  beast,  or  by  bird,  or  by  any- 
thing wherewith  the  ground^  teem- 
eth,  which  I  have  separated  from 
you  as  unclean.  2G  And  ye  shall 
be  holy  unto  me :  for  I,  Jehovah, 
am  holy,  and  '"  have  set  you  apart 
from  the  peoples,  that  ye  should  be 
mine. 

27  A  man  also  or  a  woman  that 

1  Heb.  creepeth. 
5 


°  ch.  18.  0 
'ch.  16.  24; 

IS.  19 
'  ch.  18.  12, 

13 
d  ch.  18.  U 
"  ch.  IS.  le 
/ch.  18.  US 
"  ch.  18.  3 
''  ch.  18.  26 
'  Ex.  13.  6 ; 

3X  3 
k  ver.  2C ; 

Ex.  33.  Ifl 
'  ch.  10.  10 ; 

11.  1-47; 

In.  H.  3-21 
"'  ver.  24 


"  ch.  19.  31 
"  ch.  19.  28 ; 
Ezek.  44. 


9  Dt.  14.  1 ; 

Ezek.  44.  20 
'■  ch.  19.  27 

•  Dt.  14.  1 
<  ch.  18.  21 

«  ch.  3.  11 
"  ver.  13,  14 


'  ver.  6 
"  ch.  19.  29 


'  ch.  10.  6.  7 
"  ch.  19.  28 

f>  ch  10.  7 

<^  Ex.  29.  G,  r 


li  ver.  7 ; 
Eaek.  44. 

22 


"hath  a  familiar  spirit,  or  that  is 
a  wizard,  shall  surely  be  put  to 
death  :  they  shall  stone  them  with 
stones  ;  their  blood  shall  be  uijon 
them. 

O  -^  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
^ -L  Moses,  Speak  unto  the 
priests,  the  sons  of  Aaron,  and  say 
unto  them,  "There .shall  none  dehle 
hunself  for  the  dead  among  his 
people  ;  2  ^except  for  liis  kin,  that 
is  near  unto  him,  for  his  mother, 
and  for  his  father,  and  for  his  son, 
and  for  his  daughter,  and  for  his 
brother,  3  and  for  his  sister  a  vir- 
gin, that  is  near  unto  him,  that 
hath  had  no  husband  ;  for  her  may 
he  defile  himself.  4  He  shall  not 
defile  himself,  ^  being  a  chief  man 
among  his  people,  to  profane  him- 
self. 5  *  They  shall  not  make  bald- 
ness upon  their  head,  ''neither  shall 
they  shave  off  the  corner  of  their 
beard,  'nor  make  any  cuttings  in 
their  flesh.  G  They  shall  be  noly 
unto  their  God,  and  'not  profane 
the  name  of  their  God ;  for  the 
ofterings  of  Jehovah  made  by  fire, 
"the  bread  of  their  God,  they  do 
offer  :  therefore  they  shall  be  holy. 
7  "They  shall  not  take  a  woman 
that  is  a  harlot,  or  ^  profane ;  nei- 
ther shall  they  take  a  woman  put 
away  from  her  husband  :  for  he  is 
holy  unto  his  God.  8  Thou  shalt 
sanctify  him  therefore ;  for  he  offer- 
eth  "  the  bread  of  thy  God  :  he  shall 
be  holy  unto  thee ;  for  I  Jehovah, 
who  sanctify  you,  am  holy.  9  f  And 
the  daughter  of  any  priest,  if  she 
profane  herself  by  playing  the  har- 
lot, she  profaneth  licr  father :  she 
shall  be  burnt  with  fire. 

10  And  he  that  is  the  high  priest 
among  his  brethren,  ujoon  whose 
head  the  anointing  oil  is  poured, 
and  *that  is  consecrated  to  put  on 
the  garments,  ''shall  not  fet  the 
hair  of  his  head  go  loose,  nor  rend 
his  clothes  ;  1 1  "  neither  shall  he 
go  in  to  any  dead  body,  nor  defile 
himself  for  his  father,  or  for  his 
mother;  12  ''neither  shall  he  go 
out  of  the  sanctuary,  nor  profane 
the  sanctuary  of  his  God  ;  for  "  the 
^  crown  of  the  anointing  oil  of  his 
God  is  upon  him :  I  am  Jehovah. 
13  And  he  shall  take  a  wife  in  her 
virginity.  14  ''A  widow,  or  one 
divorced,  or  a  ^profane  woman,  a 
harlot,  these  shall  he  not  take: 
but  a  virgin  of   his   own   people 

'  Or,  as  a  hiishand  *  Or,  polluted 

*  Heb.  ichose  hand  is  filled.    6  Or,  consecration 


119 


21.15 


LEVITICUS 


22.21 


([nalifications  for  the  Priesthood.    Law  of  Cleanness  for  the  Priests.    What  Beasts  may  be  sacrificed 


shall  he  take  to  wife.  15  And  he 
shall  not  profane  his  seed  among 
his  people  :  for  I  am  Jehovah  who 
sanctiheth  him. 

16  And  .Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  17  Speak  unto 
Aaron,  saying.  Whosoever  he  be  of 
thy  seed  throughout  their  genera- 
tions that  hath  a  blemish,  let  him^ 
not  approach  to  offer  the  "  bread  of 
his  God.  1 8  *  For  whatsoever  man 
he  be  that  hath  a  blemish,  he  shall 
not  approach :  a  blind  man,  or  a 
lame,  or  he  that  hath  a  ■"  flat  nose, 
or  anything  superfluous,  19  or  a 
man  that  is  broken-footed,  or 
broken-handed,  20  orcrook-backed, 
or  a  dwarf,  or  that  hath  a  blemish 
in  his  eye,  or  is  scurvy,  or  scabbed, 
or  "^  hath  his  stones  bi;oken  ;  21  no 
man  of  the  seed  of  Aaron  the 
priest,  that  hath  a  blemish,  shall 
come  nigh  to  offer  the  offerings  of 
Jehovah  made  by  fire :  he  hath  a 
blemish  ;  he  shall  not  come  nigh  to 
offer ''  the  bread  of  his  God.  _  22  He 
shall  eat  *the  bread  of  his  God, 
both  of  the  most  holy,  and  of  the 
holy :  23  only  he  shall  not  go  in 
unto  the  veil,  nor  come  nigh  unto 
the  altar,  because  he  hath  a  blem- 
ish ;  that  he  profane  not  my 
sanctuaries :  for  I  am  Jehovah 
who  sanctifieth  them.  24  So 
Moses  spake  unto  Aaron,  and  to 
his  sons,  and  unto  all  the  children 
of  Israel. 

<r)  iy  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
^1^  ^  Moses,  saying,  2  Speak  unto 
Aaron  and  to  his  sons,  that  they 
separate  themselves  from  the  holy 
things  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
which  they  hallow  unto  me,  and 
that  they  profane  not  my  holy 
name  :  I  am  Jehovah.  3  Say  unto 
them,  -^Whosoever  he  be  of  all  your 
seed  throughout  your  generations, 
that  approachetn  unto  the  holy 
things,  which  the  children  of  Israel 
hallow  unto  Jehovah,  having  his 
uncleanness  upon  him,  that  soul 
shall  be  cut  off  from  before  me :  I 
am  Jehovah.  ^  4  "  What  man  soever 
of  the  seed  of  Aaron  is  a  leper,  or 
hath  an  issue ;  he  shall  not  eat  of 
the  holy  things,  until  he  be  clean. 
''  And  whoso  toucheth  ^  anything 
that  is  unclean  by  the  dead,  or  *a 
man  whose  seed  goeth  from  him ; 
5  or  _  *  whosoever  toucheth  any 
creeping  thing,  whereby  he  may 
be  made  unclean,  or  a  man  of 
whom  he  may  take  uncleanness, 


1  Or.  slit 


2  Or,  any  one 


»  ver.  6 
*  ch.  22.  19- 

25 
<^  Dt.  23.  1 ; 

Is.  56.  3-5 
d  ver.  6 
^  1  Cor.  9.  13 
/  ch.  7.  20, 

21 ,  Num. 

19.  13 
9  ch.  H    1-32 
ftch.  11.  24- 

28,  39,  40 
ich.  16  10, 17 
*-•  ch.  11.  24- 

28 


'  ch.  7.  24  ; 
11.  39,  40; 
17.  15 
'"  ch.  18.  30 

"  ver.  16 


°  ver.  13 ; 
Ex.  29.  33 


P  Gen.  17. 13 ; 
Ex.  12.  44 


«  ver.  10 
■■  ch.  6. 16, 16 


'  ver.  9 ;  ch. 
10. 17 


« ch.  21. 18- 
21 ;  Dt.  15. 

21 


130 


whatsoever  uncleanness  he  hath; 
6  the  soul  that  toucheth  Any  such 
shall  be  unclean  until  the  even, 
and  shall  not  eat  of  the  holy 
things,  unless  he  bathe  his  flesh  in 
water.  7  And  when  the  sun  is 
down,  he  shall  be  clean ;  and  after- 
ward he  shall  eat  of  the  holy  things, 
because  it  is  his  bread.  _  8  '  That 
which  dieth  of  itself,  or  is  torn  of 
beasts,  he  shall  not  eat,  to  defile 
himself  therewith  :  I  am  Jehovah. 
9  They  shall  therefore  keep  '"my 
charge,  lest  "they  bear  sin  for 
it,  and  die  therein,  if  they  profane 
it :  I  am  Jehovah  who  sanctifieth 
them. 

10  "There  shall  no  stranger  eat 
of  the  holy  thing :  a  sojourner  of 
the  priest's,  or  a  hired  servant, 
shall  not  eat  of  the  holy  thing. 
11^  But  if  a  priest  buy  any  soul, 
the  purchase  of  his  money,  he 
shall  eat  of  it ;  and  such  as  are 
born  in  his  house,  they  shall  eat 
of  his  bread.  12  And  if  a  priest's 
daughter  be  married  unto  a  stran- 
ger, she  shall  not  eat  of  the  heave- 
offering  of  the  holy  things.  1 3  But 
if  a  priest's  daughter  be  a  widow, 
or  divorced,  and  have  no  child, 
and  be  returned  unto  her  father's 
house,  as  in  her  youth,  she  shall 
eat  of  her  father's  bread:  «but 
there  shall  no  stranger  eat  thereof. 
14  ''And  if  a  man  eat  of  the  holy 
thing  unwittingly,  then  he  shall 
put  the  fifth  part  thereof  unto  it, 
and  shall  give  unto  the  priest  the 
holy  thing.    1-5  And  they  shall  not 

Srofane  the  holy  things  of  the  chil- 
ren  of  Israel,  which  they  offer 
unto  Jehovah,  16  and  so  cause 
them  Ho  bear  the  iniquity  that 
bringeth  guilt,  when  they  eat  their 
holy  things :  for  I  am  Jehovah  who 
sanctifieth  them. 

17  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  _  18  Speak  unto 
Aaron,  and  to  his  sons,  and  unto 
all  the  children  of  Israel,  and  say 
unto  them.  Whosoever  he  be  of  the 
house  of  Israel,  or  of  the  sojourners 
in  Israel,  that  offereth  his  oblation, 
whether  it  be  any  of  their  vows, 
or  any  of  their  freewill-offerings, 
which  the.y.  offer  unto  Jehovah  for 
a  burnt-offering;  19  *that  ye  may 
be  accepted,  ye  shall  offer  a  male 
without  blemish,  of  the  bullocks, 
of  the  sheep,  or  of  the  goats. 
20  But  whatsoever  hath  a  blemish, 
that  shall  ye  not  offer :  for  it  shall 
not  be  acceptable  for  you.    21  And 


22.22 


LEVITICUS 


23.17 


Laws  ouncerning  Religions  Festivals :  tlie  Sabbatii;  th«  Passover;  the  Feast  cf  Weeks 


whosoever  offereth  a  sacrifice  of 
peace-oii'erings  unto  Jehovah  to 
rticcompHsh  a  vow,  or  for  a  free- 
will-otiering,  of  the  herd  or  of  the 
tlock,  it  shall  be  perfect  to  be  ac- 
cepted ;  there  shall  be  no  blemish 
therein.  22  Blind,  or  broken,  or 
maimed,  or  having  "a  wen,  or 
scurvy,  or  scabbed,  ye  shall  not 
offer  these  unto  Jehovah,  nor  make 
an  offering  by  fire  of  them  upon 
thealtar  unto  Jehovah.  23  Either 
a  bullock  or  a  lamb  that  hath  any- 
thing superfluous  or  lacking  in  his 
parts,  that  mayest  thou  offer  for  a 
treewill-olFering ;  but  for  a  vow  it 
shall  not  be  accepted.  24:  "That 
which  hath  its  stones  bruised,  or 
crushed,  or  broken,  or  cut,  ye  shall 
not  offer  unto  Jehovah ;  neither 
shall  ye  ^do  thus  in  your  land. 
25  Neither  from  the  hand  of  a 
foreigner  shall  ye  offer  *the  bread 
of  your  God  of  any  of  these ;  be- 
cause their  corruption  is  in  them, 
there  is  a  blemisn  in  them :  they 
shall  not  be  accepted  for  you. 

26  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  27  When  a  bullock, 
or  a  sheep,  or  a  goat,  is  brought 
forth,  then  it  shall  be  "  seven  days 
under  the  dam ;  and  from  the 
eighth  day  and  thenceforth  it  shall 
be  accepted  for  the  oblation  of  an 
offering  made  by  fire  unto  Jehovah. 
28  "^  And  whether  it  be  cow  or  ewe, 

ge  shall  not  kill  it  and  its  young 
oth  in  one  day.  29  And  when  ye 
sacrifice  "a  sacrifice  of  thanksgiving 
unto  Jehovah,  ye  shall  sacrifice  it 
that  ye  may  pe  accepted.  30  On 
the  same  day  it  shall  be  eaten  ;  ye 
shall  leave  none  of  it  until  the 
morning:  lam  Jehovah.  31  There- 
fore shall  ye  keep  my  command- 
ments, and  do  them :  I  am  Jeho- 
vah. 32  And  ye  shall  not  profane 
my  holj'-  name;  but  I  will  oe  hal- 
lowed among  the  children  of  Israel : 
I  am  Jehovah  who  halloweth  you, 
33  -^who  brought  you  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  to  be  your  God :  1 
am  .Tehovah. 

O  O  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
w  O  Moses,  saying,  2  Speak  unto 
the  children  of  Israel,  and  say 
unto  them.  /The  *set  feasts  of 
Jehovah,  which  ye  shall  '^proclaim 
to  be  holy  convocations,  even  these 
are  my  set  feasts.  3  'Six  days 
shall  work  be  done :  but  on  the 
seventh  day  is  a  sabbath  of  solemn 

>  Or,  make  a  spfcial  vow  2  Or,  aores 

s  Or,  sacHHct  them       *  Or,  appointed  seasons 


"  ch.  21.  20 

b  ch.  21.  22 
"  y.x.  22.  30 
d  Dt.  22,  6,  7 
«  ch.  7.  12 
/ch.  11.  46 
"  ver.  4,  37, 

44;  Num. 

29.  39 
'i  ver.  21 
•  ch.  19.  3; 

Ex.  31.  13- 

17  ;  35.  2,  3 


*:  ver.  2 
'  Ex.  12.  IS, 

1!);  Num. 

28.  ie-25 


'  ver.  8,  21, 
26,  35,  30 


"  Ex.  23.  19 : 
34.26 


"  Ex.  34.  20 ; 
Num.  16. 

20,21 


P  Num.  28. 
2r,-3I  ; 
Dt.  10.  9-12 


3  Num.  28. 

26 


121 


rest,  a  holy  convocation ;  ye  shall 
do  no  manner  of  work :  it  is  a 
sabbath  unto  Jehovah  in  all  youi 
dwellings. 

4  These  are  the  *set  feasts  ol 
Jehovah,  even  holy  convocations, 
which  ye  shall  jjroclaim  in  their 
appointed  sea.son.  5  'in  the  first 
month,  on  the  fourteenth  day  of 
the  month  '^at  even,  is  Jehovah's 
passover.  6  And  on  the  fifteenth 
day  of  the  same  month  is  the  feast 
of  unleavened  bread  unto  Jehovah : 
seven  days  ye  shall  eat  unleavened 
bread.  7  In  the  first  day  ye  shall 
have  a  holy  convocation  :  ye  shall 
do  ™  no  **  servile  work.  8  But  ye 
shall  offer  an  offering  made  by  fire 
unto  Jehovah  seven  days :  in  the 
seventh  day  is  a  holy  convocation  ; 
ye  shall  do  no  servile  work. 

9  And  Jehovah  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying,  10  Speak  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  say  unto  them.  When 
ye  are  come  into  the  land  which  I 
give  unto  you,  and  "  shall  reap  the 
harvest  thereof,  then  ye  shall  bring 
the  sheaf  of  the  first-fruits  of  your 
harvest  unto  the  priest :  1 1  and  he 
shall  wave  the  sheaf  before  Jeho- 
vah, to  be  accepted  for  you  :  on  the 
morrow  after  the  sabbath  the  priest 
shall  wave  it.  1 2  And  in  the  day 
when  ye  wave  the  sheaf,  ye  shall 
offer  a  he-lamb  without  blemish  a 
year  old  for  a  burnt-offering  unto 
Jehovah.  13  And  the  meal-offer- 
ing thereof  shall  be  two  tenth  parts 
of  an  epka/i  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil,  an  offering  made  by  fire 
unto  Jehovah  for  a  sweet  savor ; 
and  the  drink-offering  thereof  shall 
be  o£  wine,  the  fourth  part  of  a  hin. 
14  °  And  ye  shall  eat  neither  bread, 
nor  parched  grain,  nor  fresh  ears, 
until  this  selfsame  day,  until  ye 
have  brought  the  oblation  of  your 
God :  it  is  a  statute  for  ever  through- 
out your  generations  in  all  your 
dwellings. 

15^  And  ye  shall  count  unto  you 
from  the  morrow  after  the  sabbath, 
from^  the  day  that  3'^e  brought  the 
sheaf  of  the  vv-ave-offering ;  seven 
sabbaths  shall  there  be  complete  : 

16  even  unto  the  morrow  after  the 
seventh  sabbath  shall  ye  number 
fifty  da.vs ;  and  j'e  shall  offer  a 
^new  meal-offering  unto  Jehovah. 

17  Ye  shall  bring  out  of  your  hab- 
itations two  wave-loaves  of  two 
tenth  parts  of  an  ei3hah  :  they  shall 

8  Heb.  between  the  two  evenings. 
<•  Heb.  work  of  labor. 


23.18 


LEVITICUS 


24.2 


Laws  conccrniDg  Religioas  Festivals :  tht  Feast  of  Trumpets ;  Day  of  Atonement ;  Feast  of  Tabernacles 


be  of  fine  flour,  they  shall  be  baken 
*\vith  leaven,  for  first-fruits  unto 
Jehovah.  1 8  And  ye  shall  present 
with  the  bread  seven  lambs  with- 
out blemish  a  year  old,  and  one 
young  bullock,  and  two  rams  :  they 
shall  be  a  burnt-ofiering  unto  Jeho- 
vah, with  their  meal-olfering,  and 
their  drink-offerings,  even  an  ofifer- 
ing  made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savor 
unto  Jehovah.  19  And  ye  shall 
offer  *  one  he-goat  for  a  sin-offering, 
and  two  he-lambs  a  year  old  for  a 
sacrifice  of  peace-offerings.  20  And 
the  priest  shall  wave  them  with  the 
bread  of  the  first-fruits  for  a  wave- 
offering  before  Jehovah,  with  the 
two  lambs  :  they  shall  be  holy  to 
Jehovah  for  the  priest.  21  And 
ye  shall "  make  proclamation  on  the 
selfsame  day  ;  tliere  shall  be  a  holy 
convocation  unto  you  ;  ye  shall  do 
**  no  servile  work  :  it  is  a  statute  for 
ever  in  all  your  dwellings  through- 
out your  generations. 

22  "And  when  ye  reap  the  har- 
vest of  your  land,  thou  shalt  not 
wholly  reap  the  corners  of  thy  field, 
neither  shalt  thou  gather  the  glean- 
ing of  thy  harvest :  thou  shalt  leave 
them  for  the  poor,  and  for  the  so- 
journer :  I  am  Jehovah  your  God. 

23  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  24  Speak  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  saying,  •''In  the 
seventh  month,  on  the  first  day  of 
the  month,  shall  be  a  solemn  rest 
unto  you,  a  memorial  of  blowing 
of  trumpets,  a  holy  convocation. 
25  Ye  shall  do  ^  no  servile  work ; 
and  ye  shall  offer  an  offering  made 
by  fire  unto  Jehovah. 

26  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  27  Howbeit  on  ''  the 
tenth  day  of  this  seventh  month  is 
'  the  day  of  atonement :  it  shall  be 
a  holy  convocation  unto  you,  and 
ye  shall  afilict  your  souls ;  and  ye 
shall  offer  an  offering  made  by  fire 
unto  Jehovah.  28  And  ye  shall 
do  no  manner  of  work  in  that  same 
day  ;  for  it  is  a  *  day  of  atonement, 
'  to  make  atonement  for  you  before 
Jehovah  your  God.  29  For  what- 
soever soul  it  be  that  shall  not  be 
afflicted  in  that  same  day  ;  he  shall 
be  cut  off  from  his  people.  30  And 
whatsoever  soul  it  be  that  doeth 
any  manner  of  work  in  that  same 
day,  that  soul  will  I  destroy  from 
among  his  people.  31  Ye  shall  do 
no  manner  of  work  :  it  is  a  statute 
io^  ever  throughout  your  genera- 
tions in  all  your  dwellings.     32  It 


"  oh.  2.  12 ;  7. 

13 
b  Num.  28.  30 
"^  ver.  2,  4 
d  ver.  7 
"  ch.  19.  9 
/Num.  29.  1 
"  ver.  21 
A  ch.  16.  29 ; 

2.5.  9 ; 

Num.  29.  7 
'  ver.  28 
*  ver.  27 
'  ch.  16.  34 


"  ver.  42,  43  ; 

Dt.  10.  13, 

16 
"  ver.  25 
P  Num.  29. 

12-34 
«  Num.  29. 

35-38 


'Num.! 
29.38 


« ver.  34 


shall  be  unto  you  a  sabbath  of 
solemn  rest,  and  ye  shall  afflict 
your  souls :  in  the  ninth  day  of 
the  month  at  even,  from  even  unto 
even,  shall  ye  keep  your  sabbath. 

33  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  34  Speak  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  saying.  On  '"the 
fifteenth  day  of  this  seventh  month 
is  the  feast  "  of  ^  tabernacles  for 
seven  days  unto  Jehovah.  35  On 
the  first  day  shall  be  a  holy  convo- 
cation :  ye  shall  do "  no  servile  work. 
36  ^  Seven  days  ye  shall  offer  an 
offering  made  by  fire  unto  Jehovah  : 
on  « the  eighth  day  shall  be  a  holy 
convocation  unto  you  ;  and  ye  shall 
offer  an  offering  made  by  fire  unto 
Jehovah  :  it  is  a  ^  solemn  assembly  ; 
ye  shall  do  no  servile  work. 

37  These  are  '"the  set  feasts  of 
Jehovah,  which  ye  shall  proclaim 
to  be  holy  convocations^  to  offer 
an  offering  made  by  fire  unto 
Jehovah,  a  burnt-offering,  and  a 
meal-offering,  a  sacrifice,  and  drink- 
offerings,  *  each  on  its  own  day ; 
38  besides  the  sabbaths  of  Jeho- 
vah, and  besides  your  gifts,  and 
besides  all  your  vow.s,  and  besides- 
all  your  freewill-offerings,  which  ye- 
give  unto  Jehovah. 

39  Howbeit  on  the  fifteenth  day 
of  the  seventh  month,  when  ye- 
have  gathered  in  the  fruits  of  the- 
land,  ye  shall  keep  the  feast  of 
Jehovah  seven  days :  on  the  first 
day  shall  be  a  solemn  rest,  and  on 
the  eighth  day  shall  be  a  solemn, 
rest.  40  And  ye  shall  take  you 
on  the  first  day  the  fruit  of  goodly 
trees,  branches  of  palm-trees,  ana 
boughs  of  thick  trees,  and  willows- 
of  the  brook ;  and  ye  shall  rejoice' 
before  Jehovah  your  God  seven 
days.  41  And  ye  shall  keep  it  a 
feast  unto  Jehovah  seven  days  in 
the  year :  it  is  a  statute  for  ever 
throughout  your  generations ;  ye- 
shall  keep  it  in  the  seventh  month. 
42  Ye  shall  dwell  'in  booths  seven 
days ;  all  that  are  home-born  in 
Israel  shall  dwell  in  booths ;  43 
that  your  generations  may  know 
that  I  made  the  children  of  Israel 
to  dwell  in  booths,  when  I  brought 
them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt :  I 
am  Jehovah  your  God.  44  And 
Moses  declared  unto  the  children 
of  Israel  "  the  set  feasts  of  Jehovah. 
O  /j  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
^  "Tc  Moses,  saying,  2  Command 
the  childi-en  of  Israel,  that  they 

1  Heb.  booths,  >  Or,  closing  festival 


122 


24.3 


LEVITICUS 


25.9 


Tlic  Lamp  and  Bread  of  the  Sauctaary.    The  Panishment  of  Blasphemy.    The  Sabbatical  Year 


bring  unto  thee  "pure  olive  oil 
beaten  for  the  light,  '  to  cause  a 
lamp  to  burn  continually.  3  With- 
out the  veil  of  the  testmiony,  in  the 
tent  of  meeting,  shall  Aaron  keep 
it  in  order  from  evening  to  morning 
before  J  ehovah  continually :  it  shall 
be  a  statute  for  ever  throughout 
your  generations.  4  He  shall  keep 
in  order  tlie  lamps  upon  the  ''pure 
candlestick  before  Jehovah  con- 
tinually. 

5  "  And  thou  shalt  take  fine  flour, 
and  bake  twelve  cakes  thereof :  t\yo 
tenth  parts  of  a  n  ephak  shall  be  in 
one  cake.  G  And  thou  shalt  set 
them  in  '^  two  rows,  six  on  a  row, 
upon  the  "^pure  table  before  Jeho- 
vah. 7  And  thou  shalt  jjut  pure 
frankincense  upon  each  ^row,  that 
it  may  be  to  the  bread  for  "  a  me- 
morial, even  an  offering  made  by 
fire  unto  Jehovah.  8  ■'^  Every  sab- 
bath day  he  shall  set  it  in  order 
before  Jehovah  "continually;  it  is 
*on  the  behalf  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  an  everlasting  covenant. 
9 /"And  it  shall  be  for  Aaron  and 
his  sons  ;  and  they  shall  eat  it  in  a 
hol5''  place  :  for  it  is  most  holy  unto 
him  of  the  offerings  of  Jehovah 
made  by  fire  by  a  perpetual  statute. 

10  And  the  son  of  an  Israelitish 
woman,  whose  father  was  an  Egyp- 
tian, went  out  among  the  children 
of  Israel ;  and  the  son  of  the  Israel- 
itish woman  and  a  man  of  Israel 
strove  together  in  the  camp :  1 1  and 
the  son  of  the  Israelitish  woman 
blasphemed  the  'Name,  and  cursed ; 
and  they  brought  him  unto  jMoses. 
And  his  mother's  name  was  Shelo- 
mith,  the  daughter  of  Dibri,  of  the 
tribe  of  Dan.  1 2  And  they  put  him 
in  ward,  that  it  might  be  declared 
unto  them  *at  the  mouth  of 
Jehovah. 

13  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  14  Bring  forth  him 
that  hath  cursed  without  tlie 
camp ;  and  let  all  that  heard  him 
May  their  hands  upon  his  head, 
and  ™  let  all  the  congregation  stone 
him.  15  And  thou  shalt  speak 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  saying, 
"  Whosoever  curseth  his  God  shall 
bear  his  sin.  1 6  And  he  that  blas- 
phemeth  the  name  of  Jehovah,  he 
shall  surely  be  put  to  death  ;  all  the 
congregation  shall  certainly  stone 
him :  as  well  the  sojourner,  as  the 

'  Or,  to  set  up  a  lamp  continually 

*  Or,  two  piles,  six  in  a  pile 

*  Or,  pile  *  Or,  from 


"  Ex.  27.  20, 

b  Ex.  25.  31 ; 

31.  8;  37. 

17 
"  Ex.  2j.  30 ; 

30.  3G  ;  40. 

23 
d  Ex.  2j.  24 
«  Ch.  2.  2,  y, 

18 
rut.  12.  5 
"  Ex.  25.  .30 ; 

Num.  4.  7 
^Mt.  12.  4; 

Mk.  2.  26; 

Lk.  6.  4 
«  Ex.  3.  15 ; 

22.  28 
*Ex.  IS.  15 
'  Dt.  13.  9 ; 

17.7 
'"  ch.  20.  2, 

27 ;  Dt.  21. 

21 
"  Ex.  22.  28 


"Ex.  21.  12; 

Num.  35. 

30.  31 ; 

Dt.  27.  24 
P  ver.  21 
9  Ex.  21.  23  ; 

Dt.  19.  21 
*"  Mt.  5.  38 
•'  ver.  17 
«  Ex.  12.  49  ; 

Num.  9. 

14;  15.  15, 

10,  29 


Ex.  23.  10, 


'  ver.  20,  21 


V  ch.  23.  27 

123 


home-born,  when  he  blasphemeth 
the  name  of  Jehovah,  shall  be  put 
to  death.  17  "And  he  that  smit- 
eth  any  man  mortally  shall  surely 
be  put  to  death.  18  And  ^  he  that 
smiteth  a  beast  mortally  shall 
make  it  good,  life  for  life.  19  And 
if  a  man  cause  a  blemish  in  his 
neighbor;  as  he  hath  done,  so  shall 
it  be  done  to  him  :  20  *  breach 
for  breach,  ''ej^e  for  eye,  tooth  for 
tooth  ;  as  he  hath  caused  a  blemish 
in  a  man,  so  shall  it  be  rendered 
unto  him.  21  *And  he  that  killeth 
a  beast  shall  make  it  good  :  and  he 
that  killeth  a  man  shall  be  put  to 
death.  22  Ye  shall  have '  one  man- 
ner of  law,  as  well  for  the  sojourner, 
as  for  the  home-born :  for  I  am 
Jehovah  your  God.  23  And  Moses 
spake  to  the  children  of  Israel; 
and  they  brought  forth  him  that 
had  cursed  out  of  the  camp,  and 
stoned  him  with  stones.  And  the 
children  of  Israel  did  as  Jehovah 
commanded  Moses. 
O  pT  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
w  tJ  Moses  in  mount  Sinai,  say- 
ing, 2  Speak  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  say  unto  the_m.  When 
ye  come  into  the  land  which  I  give 
you,  then  shall  the  land  keep  a 
sabbath  unto  Jehovah.  3  "Six 
years  thou  shalt  sow  thy  field,  and 
six  years  thou  shalt  prune  thy 
vineyard,  and  gather  in  the  fruits 
thereof ;  4  but  in  *  the  seventh 
year  shall  be  a  sabbath  of  solemn 
rest  for  the  land,  a  sabbath  unto 
Jehovah :  thou  shalt  neither  sow 
thy  field,  nor  prune  thy  vineyard. 
5  That  which  growetn  of  itself 
of  thy  harvest  thou  shalt  not  reap, 
and  the  grapes  of  thy  undressed 
vine  thou  shalt  not  gather  :  it  shall 
be  a  year  of  solemn  rest  for  the 
land.  6  "^And  the  sabbath  of  the 
land  shall  be  for  food  for  you  ;  for 
thee,  and  for  thy  servant  and  for 
thy  maid,  and  for  thy  hired  ser- 
vant and  for  thy  stranger,  who 
sojourn  with  thee.  7  And  for  thy 
cattle,  and  for  the  beasts  that  are 
in  thy  land,  shall  all  the  increase 
thereof  be  for  food. 

8  And  thou  shalt  number  seven 
sabbaths  of  years  unto  thee,  seven 
times  seven  years  ;  and  there  shall 
be  unto  thee  the  days  of  seven 
sabbaths  of  j^ears,  even  forty  and 
nine  years.  9  Then  shalt  thou 
send  abroad  the  loud  trumpet  on 
*the  tenth  day  of  the  seventh 
month ;  in  the  day  of  atonement 


25.10 


LEVITICUS 


25.38 


The  Year  of  Juliilee.    Redemption  of  Land  and  Qonses.    Taking  of  Interest  forbidden 


shall  ye  send  abroad  the  trumpet 
throughout  all  your  land.  10  And 
ye  shall  hallow  the  fiftieth  year, 
and  proclaim  liberty  throughout 
the  land  unto  all  the  inhabitants 
thereof :  it  shall  be  a  iubilee  unto 
you ;  and  "  ye  shall  return  every 
man  unto  his  possession,  and  ye 
shall  return  every  man  unto  his 
family.  11  A  jubilee  shall  that 
fiftieth  year  be  unto  you  :  ye  shall 
nc  sow,  neither  reap  that  which 
groweth  of  itself  in  it,  nor  gather 
the  graiieR  in  it  of  the  undressed 
vines.  12  For  it  is  a  jubilee;  it 
shall  be  holy  unto  you:  ye  shall 
eat  the  increase  thereof  out  of  the 
field.  ^       ^  .^ 

13  *In  this  year  of  jubilee  ye 
shall  return  every  man  unto  his 
possession.  14  And  if  thou  sell 
aught  unto  thy  neighbor,  or  buy 
of  thy  neighbor's  hand,  "ye  shall 
not  wrong  one  another.  15  Ac- 
cording to  the  number  of  years 
after  the  jubilee  thou  shalt  buy  of 
thy  neighbor,  and  according  unto 
the  number  of  years  of  the  crops 
he  shall  sell  unto  thee.  16  **  Ac- 
cording to  the  multitude  of  the 
years  thou  shalt  increase  the  price 
thereof,  and  according  to  the  few- 
ness of  the  years  thou  shalt  dimin- 
ish the  price  of  it ;  for  the  number 
of  the  crops  doth  he  sell  unto  thee. 
17  And  "ye  shall  not  wrong  one 
another;  but  thou  shalt  fear  thy 
God  :  for  I  am  Jehovah  your  God. 

18  Wherefore  ye  shall  do  my 
statutes,  and  keep  mine  ordinances 
and  do  them;  and  ■'ye  snail  dwell 
in  the  land  in  safety.  1 9  And  the 
land  shall  yield  its  fruit,  and  ye 
shall  eat  your  fill,  and  dwell 
therein  in  safety.  20  And  if  ye 
shall  say,  ^What  shall  we  eat  the 
seventh  year  %  behold,  we  shall  not 
sow,  nor  gather  in  our  increase ; 
21  then  I  will  command  my  bless- 
ing upon  you  in  the  sixth  year, 
and  it  shall  bring  forth  fruit  for 
the  three  years.  22  And  ye  shall 
sow  the  eighth  year,  and  eat  of  the 
fruits,  ''the  old  store;  until  the 
ninth  year,  until  its  fruits  come  in, 
ye  shall  eat  the  old  store. 

23  And  the  land  shall  not  be 
sold  in  perpetuity;  for  Hhe  land 
is  mine  :  for  *  ye  are  strangers  and 
sojourners  with  me.  24  And  in 
all  the  land  of  your  possession  ye 
shall  grant  a  redemption  for  the 
land.  25  'If  thy  brother  be 
waxed  poor,  and  sell  some  of  his 


"  Ter.  13,  28, 

64 
!>  ver.  10 
°  ver.  17 
d  ver.  27,  61, 

52 
*  ver.  14 
/  ch.  20.  4,  5 
'J  ver.  4 
''  ch.  2G.  10 
i  Ex.  19.  5 
*••  Gen.  23.  4 ; 

1  Chr.  29. 

15 ;  Ps.  39. 

12;  Heb. 

11.  13; 

1  Pet.  2.  11 
I  Ruth  2. 

20  ;  4.  4,  6 


""  ver.  16 
"  ver.  10, 13 


"  Num.  35. 

1-8 


P  Num.  35. 

2-5 


9  Dt.  15.  7- 
11 ;  24.  14, 


>■  Ex.  22.  25 ; 
Dt.  23.  19, 


•  ch.  XI.  45 


possession,  then  shall  his  kinsman 
that  is  next  unto  him  come,  and 
shall  redeem  that  which  his  brother 
hath  sold.  26  And  if  a  man  have 
no  one  to  redeem  it,  and  he  be 
waxed  rich  and  find  suliicient  to 
redeem  it ;  27  '"  then  let  him  reckon 
the  years  of  the  sale  thereof,  and 
restore  the  overplus  unto  the  man 
to  whom  he  sold  it;  and  he  shall 
return  unto  his  possession.  28 
But  if  he  be  not  able  to  get  it  back 
for  himself,  then  that  which  he 
hath  sold  shall  remain  in  the  hand 
of  him  that  hath  bought  it  until 
the  year  of  jubilee :  and  in  the 
jubilee  it  shall  go  out,  and  "he 
shall  return  unto  his  possession. 

29  And  if  a  man  sell  a  dwelling- 
house  in  a  walled  _  city,  then  he 
may  redeem  it  within  a  whole  year 
after  it  is  sold  ;  for  a  full  year  shall 
he  have  the  riglit  of  redemption. 
30  And  if  it  be  not  redeemed 
within  the  space  of  a  full  year, 
then  the  house  that  is  in  the  walled 
city  shall  be  made  sure  in  perpetu- 
ity to  him  that  bought  it,  through- 
out his  generations :  it  shall  not 
go  out  in  the  jubilee.  31  But  the 
houses  of  the  villages  which  have 
no  wall  round  about  them  shall  be 
reckoned  with  the  fields  of  the 
country  :  they  may  be  i^edeemed, 
and  they  shall  go  out  in  the  jubi- 
lee. 32  Nevertheless  "the  cities 
of  the  Levites,  the  houses  of  the 
cities  of  their  possession,  may  the 
Levites  redeem  at  any  time.  33 
And  ^  if  one  of  the  Levites  redeem, 
then  the  house  that  was  sold,  and 
the  city  of  his  possession,  shall  go 
out  in  the  jubilee ;  for  the  houses 
of  the  cities  of  the  Levites  are 
their  possession  among  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel.  34  ^  But  the  field 
of  the  "suburbs  of  their  cities  may 
not  be  sold  ,•  for  it  is  their  per- 
petual possession. 

35  'And  if  thy  brother  be  waxed 
poor,  and  his  hand  fail  with  thee  ; 
then  thou  shalt  ^uphold  him  :  as  a 
stranger  and  a  sojourner  shall  he 
live  with  thee.  36  ""Take  thou  no 
interest  of  him  or  increase,  but 
fear  thy  God  ;  that  thy  brother 
may  live  with  thee.  37  Thou  shalt 
not  give  him  thy  money  upon 
interest,  nor  give  him  thy  victuals 
for  increase.  38  '  I  am  Jehovah 
your  God,  who  brought  you  forth 


124 


1  Or,  if  a  man  redeem,  from  the  Levites 

ace,  to  Vulg.,  if  they  have  not  been  redeemed 

»  Or,  pasture  lands  ^  Or,  relieve 


On 


25.39 


LEVITICUS 


26.12 


The  Year  of  Jabilee.    Redemption  of  Servants.    Blessings  for  Obedience  promised 


out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  to  give 
you  the  land  of  Canaan,  and  "to 
be  your  God. 

39  '  And  if  thy  brother  be  ^yaxed 
poor  with  thee,  and  sell  hims(>lf 
unto  thee  ;  thou  shalt  not  make 
him  to  serve  as  a  bondservant. 
40  As  a  hired  servant,  and  as  a 
sojourner,  he  shall  V>e  with  thee ; 
he  shall  serve  with  tliee  unto  the 
year  of  jubilee:  41  then  shall  he 
go  out  from  thee,  he  and  his  chil- 
dren with  him,  and  shall  return 
unto  his  own  familj^,  and  unto  the 
possession  of  his  lathers  shall  he 
return.  42  For  they  are  my  ser- 
vants, whom  I  brought  forth  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt :  they  shall 
not  be  sold  as  bonamen.  43  '  Thou 
shalt  not  rule  over  him  with  rigor, 
but  shalt  fear  thy  God.  44  And 
as  for  thy  bondmen,  and  thy  bond- 
maids, whom  thou  shalt  have ;  of 
the  nations  that  are  round  about 
you,  of  them  shall  ye  buy  bond- 
men and  bondmaids.  45  More- 
over of  the  children  of  the  sti'angers 
that  sojourn  among  you,  of  them 
shall  ye  buy,  and  or  their  families 
that  are  with  you,  which  they 
have  begotten  in  your  land :  and 
they  shall  be  your  possession. 
46  And  ye  shall  make  them  an 
inheritance  for  your  children  after 
you,  to  hold  for  a  possession ;  of 
them  shall  ye  take  your  bondmen 
for  ever  :  "^  but  over  your  brethren 
the  children  of  Israel  ye  shall  not 
rule,  one  over  another,  with  rigor. 

47  And  if  a  stranger  or  sojourner 
with  thee  be  waxed  rich,  and  thy 
brother  be  waxed  poor  beside  him, 
and  sell  himself  unto  the  stranger 
or  sojourner  with  thee,  or  to  the 
stock  of  the  stranger's  family ; 
48  after  that  he  is  sold  lie  may  be 
redeemed  :  one  of  his  brethren  may 
redeem  him;  49  or  his  uncle,  or 
his  uncle's  son,  may  i-edeem  him, 
or  any  that  is  nigh  of  kin  unto 
him  of  his  family  may  redeem 
him;  or  *"if  he  be  waxed  rich,  he 
may  redeem  himself.  50  And  he 
shall  reckon  with  him  that  bought 
him  from  the  year  that  he  sold 
himself  to  him  unto  the  j'ear  of 
jubilee :  and  the  price  of  his  sale 
shall  be  according  unto  the  num- 
ber of  years  ;  according  to  the  time 
of  a  hired  servant  shall  he  be  with 
him.  51  If  there  be  yet  many 
years,  {according  unto  them  he 
shall  give  back  the  price  of  his 
redemption  out  of  the  money  that 


i  ch.  19.  4 

t  Ex.  20.  4 
'  Ex.  23.  24 

"» Num.  33. 

62 
"  ch.  19.  30 


'  Dt.  7. 
12-26; 
1-14 


9  ch.  25.  18, 


'Ps.  29.  11; 
K.  8 ;  147. 


'  Zeph.  3.  13 
'  ver.  22 


"  Dt.  32.  30 


*Gen.  17.6; 

22.  17  ;  48.  4 

y  Gen.  17.  7 
-  ch.  25.  22 


"  Ex.  25.  8 ; 
29.  45,  46 


>>  2  Cor.  6. 
16;  Dt. 
2a  14 


he  was  bought  for.  52  And  if 
there  remain  but  few  years  unto 
the  year  of  jubilee,  then  he  shall 
reckon  with  him ;  according  unto 
liis  years  shall  he  give  back  the 
price  of  his  redemption.  53  As  a 
servant  hired  year  by  year  shall 
he  be  with  him  :  •'  he  shall  not  rule 
with  rigor  over  him  in  thy  sight. 
54  And  if  he  be  not  redeemed^  by 
these  means,  ''then  he  shall  go  out 
in  the  year  of  jubilee,  he,  and  his 
children  with  him.  55  For  unto 
me  the  children  of  Israel  are  ser- 
vants ;  they  are  my  servants  wVom 
I  brought  forth  out  of  the  l^nd  of 
Egypt :  I  am  Jehovah  your  God. 
^ f\  .Ye  shall  make  you  no 
M^\J  *  idols,  neither  shall  ye  rear 
you  up  *a  graven  image,  or  ^'a 
pillar,  neither  shall  ye  place  any 
™  figured  stone  in  your  land,  to  bow 
down  ^  unto  it ;  for  I  am  J  ehovah 
your  God.  2  "Ye  shall  keep  my 
sabbaths,  and  reverence  my  sanc- 
tuary :  I  am  Jehovah. 

3  "If  ye  walk  in  my  statutes, 
and  keep  my  commandments,  and 
do  them ;  4  then  I  will  give  your 
rains  in  their  season,  and  the  land 
shall  yield  its  increase,  and  the 
trees  of  the  field  shall  yield  their 
fruit.  5  p  And  your  threshing  shall 
reach  unto  the  vintage,  and  the 
vintage  shall  reach  unto  the  sow- 
ing time ;  and  ye  shall  eat  your 
bread  to  the  full,  and  « dwell  in 
your  land  safely.  6  And  ''I  will 
give  peace  in  the  land,  and  'ye 
shall  lie  down,  and  none  shall 
make  you  afraid :  and  '  I  will 
cause  evil  beasts  to  cease  out  of 
the  land,  neither  "shall  the  sword 
go  through  your  land.  7  And  ye 
shall  chase  your  enemies,  and  they 
shall  fall  before  you  by  the  sword. 
8  "And  five  of  you  shall  chase  a 
hundred,  and  a  hundred  of  you 
shall  chase  ten  thousand ;  and 
your  enemies  shall  fall  before 
you  by  the  sword.  9  And  I  will 
have  respect  unto  you,  and  ^make 
you  fruitful,  and  multiply  you, 
and  will  2/ establish  my  covenant 
with  you.  10  '^And  5'e  shall  eat 
old  store  long  kept,  and  ye  shall 
bring  forth  the  old  ■*  because  of 
the  new.  11  "And  I  will  set  my 
tabernacle  among  you :  and  my 
soul  shall  not  abhor  you.  12  And 
*!  will  walk  among  you,  and  will 
be  your  God,  and  ye  shall  be  my 


1  Or,  in  these  yeaxB 
•  Or,  an  obelisk 


3  Or,  thereon 
*  Or,  from  befOTe 


126 


26.13 


LEVITICUS 


26.40 


Cbastisements  for  Disobedience  threatened 


people.  13  "I  am  Jehovah  your 
God,  who  brought  you  forth  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  that  ye 
should  not  be  their  bondmen ; 
and  *  I  have  broken  the  bars  of 
your  yoke,  and  made  you  go  up- 
right. 

14  ''But  if  ye  will  not  hearken 
unto  me,  and  will  not  do  all  these 
commandments  ;  15  and  if  ye  shall 
reject  my  statutes,  and  if  ''your 
soul  abhor  mine  ordinances,  so  that 
ye  will  not  do  all  my  command- 
ments, but  'break  my  covenant; 
16  1  also  will  do  this  unto  you : 
I  will  appoint  •''terror  over  you, 
even  consumption  and  fever,  that 
shall  consume  the  eyes,  and  ma]ve 
the  "  soul  to  pine  away ;  and  ''  ye 
shall  sow  your  seed  in  vain,   for 

four  enemies  shall  eat  it.  1 7  And 
will  set  my  face  against  you,  and 
ye  shall  be  smitten  before  your 
enemies  :  *  they  that  hate  you  shall 
rule  over  you ;  and  *  ye  shall  flee 
when  none  pursueth  you.  18  And 
if  ye  will  not  yet  for  these  things 
hearken  unto  me,  then  I  will  chas- 
tise you  '  seven  times  more  for  your 
sins.  19  And  I  will  '"break  the 
pride  of  your  power :  and  I  will 
make  your  heaven  as  iron,  and 
your  earth  as  brass ;  20  and  "  your 
strength  shall  be  spent  in  vain ; 
for  your  land  shall  not  yield  its 
increase,  neither  shall  the  trees  of 
the  land  yield  their  fruit. 

21  And  if  ye  "walk  contrary 
unto  me,  and  will  not  hearken 
unto  me,  I  will  bring  ^  seven  times 
more  plagues  upon  you  according 
to  your  sins.  22  And  I  will  send 
the  beast  of  the  field  among  you, 
which  shall  rob  you  of  your  chil- 
dren, and  destroy  your  cattle,  and 
make  you  few  in  number  ;  and  your 
ways  shall  become  desolate. 

23  And  if  by  these  things  ye 
will  not  be  reformed  ^unto  me, 
but « will  walk  contrary  unto  me  ; 

24  then  will  I  also  ''walk  contrary 
unto  you;  and  I  will  smite  you, 
even  I,  'seven  times  for  your  sins. 

25  And  I  will  bring  a  sword  upon 
you,  that  shall  execute  Hhe  ven- 
geance of  the  covenant ;  and  ye 
shall  be  gathered  together  within 
your  cities  :  and   I  will  send  "the 

Eestilence  among  you  ;  and  ye  shall 
e  delivered  into  the  hand  of  the 
enemy.     26  "  When  I  break  your 
ntaff  of   bread,   ten  women   shall 
^ake  your  bread  in  one  oven,  and 
» Or,  by 


"  Ex.  20.  2 

*  Kzek.  34. 

27 

"  Dt.  28.  li- 
es; 

Josh.  23. 
15 

d  ver.  11 

*  ver.  9 

/  Ps.  78.  33 
»  Ezek.  24. 

23  ;  33.  10 
ft  Judg.  6. 

3-6 
■  Ps.  106.  41 

*  ver.  3fi,  37 ; 
Ps.  53.  5 ; 
Prov.  28.  1 

'  ver.  21,  24, 

28 
'"  Is.  28.  1-3 ; 

Ezek.  24. 

21 
"  Is.  17.  10, 

11 ;  Jer.  12. 

13 
"  ver.  23,  24, 

27,  40 
P  ver.  18 
«  ver.  21 
"■  ver.  28,  41 
'  ver.  21 
<  Jer.  60.  28 ; 

fii.  11 
"  Num.  14. 

12 
"  Is.  3.  1 ; 

Ezek.  4. 

10,  17 ;  6. 

16 


^  ver.  24,  41 

V  ver.  24 

^  2  K.  23.  20 ; 

Ezek.  6.  3, 

6  ;  Am.  7.  9 
'^  2  Chr.  34.  4, 

7 ;  la.  27.  9 
i>  Jer.  44.  2, 

fi,  22 
"  Is.  63.  18 ; 

Lam.  2.  7 
d  Am.  5.  21 
'  Jer.  12.  11 ; 

33.  10 
/Jer.  18.  16; 

19.  8 
"  Ps.  44.  11 ; 

106.  27  ; 

Jer.  31.  10 ; 

Ezek.  12. 

1.5 
ft  ver.  43 ; 

2  Chr.  36. 

21 
!  Is.  .SO.  17 ; 

Lam.  1.  3, 

G;  4.  19 
«-•  .Ter.  6.  21 ; 

Nah.  3.  3 


'  Dt  4.  26 


'  Ezek.  4. 
17 ;  33.  10 


"  Jer.  3.  12- 
1.5  ;  14.  20 ; 
HoS.  5.  15 


186 


they  shall  deliver  your  bread  again 
by  weight :  and  ye  shall  eat,  and 
not  be  satisfied. 

27  And  if  ye  will  not  for  all 
this  hearken  unto  me,  but  walk 
contrary  unto  me ;  28  then  ""  I 
will  walk  contrary  unto  you  in 
wrath ;  and  I  also  will  chastise 
you  ^  seven  times  for  your  sins. 
29  And  ye  shall  eat  the  flesh  of 
your  sons,  and  the  flesh  of  your 
daughters  shall  ye  eat.  30  And 
I  "^will  destroy  your  high  places, 
and  cut  down  your  "sun-images, 
and  cast  your  dead  bodies  upon 
the  bodies  of  your  idols ;  and  my 
soul  shall  abhor  you.  31  And  I 
will  make  your  cities  a  *  waste, 
and  will  bring  your  "sanctuai'ies 
unto  desolation,  and  I  will  not 
''smell  the  savor  of  your  sweet 
odors.  32  And  I  will  bring  *the 
land  into  desolation ;  -^and  your 
enemies  that  dwell  therein  shall 
be  astonished  at  it.  33  And  you 
will  I  ^  scatter  among  the  nations, 
and  I  will  draw  out  the  sword 
after  you :  and  your  land  shall 
be  a  desolation,  and  your  cities 
shall  be  a  waste. 

34  ''Then  shall  the  land  enjoy 
its  sabbaths,  as  long  as  it  lieth 
desolate,  and  ye  are  in  your  ene- 
mies' land ;  even  then  shall  the 
land  rest,  and  enjoy  its  sabbaths. 
35  As  long  as  it  lieth  desolate  it 
shall  have  rest,  even  the  rest  which 
it  had  not  in  your  sabbaths,  when 
ye  dwelt  uix)n  it.  36  And  as  for 
them  that  are  left  of  you,  I  will 
send  'a  faintness  into  their  heart 
in  the  lands  of  their  enemies  :  and 
the  sound  of  a  driven  leaf  shall 
chase  them ;  and  they  shall  flee, 
as  one  fleeth  from  the  sword ;  and 
they  shall  fall  when  none  pur- 
sueth. 37  *And  they  shall  stum- 
ble one  upon  another,  as  it  were 
before  the  sword,  when  none  pur- 
sueth :  and  ye  shall  have  no  power 
to  stand  before  your  enemies.  38 
'  And  ye  shall  perish  among  the 
nations,  and  the  land  of  your  ene- 
mies shall  eat  you  up.  39  '"And 
they  that  are  left  of  you  shall  pine 
a\yay  in  their  iniquity  in  your  ene- 
mies' lands  ;  and  also  in  the  iniqui- 
ties of  their  fathers  shall  they  pine 
away  with  them. 

40  "  And  they  shall  confess  theii 
iniquity,  and  the  iniquity  of  their 
fathers,  in  their  trespass  which 
they  trespassed  against  me.  and 
also  that,  oecause  tney  walked  coxi- 


26.  41 


LEVITICUS 


27.20 


Mercy  promised  to  the  Ptnitent.    Laws  concerning  Tows 


trary  unto  me,  41  I  also  walked 
contrary  unto  them,  and  brought 
them  into  the  land  of  their  ene- 
mies :  "  it'  then  th(nr  uncircumcised 
heart  be  humbled,  and  **  they  then 
accept  of  the  punishment  ot  their 
iniquity;  4:2  then  will  I  remember 
■"my  covenant  with  Jacob;  and 
also  my  covenant  "^  with  Isaac,  and 
also  "my  covenant  with  Abraham 
will  I  remember ;  and  I  will  re- 
member the  land.  43  -^The  land 
also  shall  be  left  by  them,  and 
shall  enjoy  its  sabbaths,  while  it 
lieth  desolate  without  them :  and 
they  shall  accept  of  the  punish- 
ment of  their  iniquity ;  because, 
even  because  they  rejected  mine 
ordinances,  and  their  "soul  ab- 
horred my  statutes.  44  And  yet 
for  all  that,  when  they  are  in  the 
land  of  their  enemies,  I  will  not 
reject  them,  neither  will  I  ''abhor 
them,  'to  destroy  them  utterly, 
and  *to  break  my  covenant  with 
them ;  for  I  am  Jehovah  their 
God ;  45  but  I  Mdll  for  their 
sakes  remember  the  'covenant  of 
their  ancestors,  whom  I  brought 
forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  in 
the  sight  of  the  nations,  that  "'I 
might  be  their  God :  I  am  Jehovah. 
46  "These  are  the  statutes  and 
ordinances  and  laws,  which  Jeho- 
vah made  between  him  and  the 
children  of  Israel  in  mount  Sinai 
by  Moses. 

O  ^  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
^  I  Moses,  saying,  2  Speak 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
say  unto  them,  When  a  man  shall 
^accomplish  a  vow,  ^the  persons 
shall  be  for  Jehovah  by  thy  esti- 
mation. 3  And  thy  estimation 
shall  be  of  the  male  from  twenty 
years  old  even  unto  sixty  years  old, 
even  thy  estimation  shall  be  fifty 
shekels  of  silver,  after  "the  shekel 
of  the  sanctuarj'.  4  And  if  it  be 
a  female,  then  thy  estimation  shall 
be  thirty  shekels.  5  And  if  it  be 
from  five  years  old  even  unto 
twenty  years  old,  then  thy  estima- 
tion shall  be  of  the  male  twenty 
shekels,  and  for  the  female  ten 
shekels.  6  And  if  it  be  from  a 
month  old  even  unto  five  years  old, 
then  thy  estimation  shall  be  of  the 
male  ^  five  shekels  of  silver,  and  for 
the  female  thy  estimation  shall  be 
three  shekels  of  silver.     7   And  if 

1  Or,  make  a  special  vow 

2  Or,  according  to  tliii  esfimatinn  of  persons 
unto  Jehovah,  then  thy  estimation  &c. 


"  Jer.  4.  4; 

9.  25,  28 ; 

Ezek.  44.  S 
i>  Ezek.  20. 

43 
"^  Gen.  28. 

13-15 ;  36. 

11,  12 
d  Gen.  20. 

2-6 
"  Gen.  22. 

15-18 
/  ver.  34 
"  ver.  11 
''  ver.  11 
'  Dt.  4.  31 ; 

Jer.  30.  11 
fc  Jer.  33. 

20-26 
'  Ex.  6.  6-8 
'"  Gen.  17.  7 
"  ch.  7.  38 ; 

27.  34  ; 

Dt.  4.  5 ; 

29.  1 
"  ver.  25 ; 

Ex.  30.  13 
P  Num.  18. 

16 


«ch.  6.  11; 
14.  21-24 
"■  ver.  33 


it  be  from  sixty  years  old  and  up> 
ward  ;  if  it  be  a  male,  then  thy 
estimation  shall  be  fifteen  shekels, 
and  for  the  female  ten  shekels. 
8  But  if  he  be  poorer  than  thy 
estimation,  then  he  shall  be  set  be- 
fore the  priest,  and  the  priest  shall 
value  him  ;  « according  to  the  abil- 
ity of  him  that  vowed  shall  the 
priest  value  him. 

9  And  if  it  be  a  beast,  whereof 
men  offer  an  oblation  unto  Jeho- 
vah, all  that  any  man  giveth  of 
such  unto  Jehovah  shall  be  holy. 
10  ''He  shall  not  alter  it,  nor 
change  it,  a  good  for  a  bad,  or  a 
bad  for  a  good :  and  if  he  shall  at 
all  change  beast  for  beast,  then 
both  it  and  that  for  which  it  is 
changed  shall  be  holy.  1 1  And  if 
it  be  any  unclean  beast,  of  which 
they  do  not  offer  an  oblation  unto 
Jehovah,  then  he  shall  set  the  beast 
before  the  priest ;  1 2  and  the  priest 
shall  value  it,  whether  it  be  good 
or  bad :  as  thou  the  priest  valuest 
it,  so  shall  it  be.  1 3  But  if  he  will 
indeed  redeem  it,  then  he  shall  add 
the  fifth  part  thereof  unto  thy 
estimation. 

14  And  when  a  man  shall  sanc- 
tify his  house  to  be  holy  unto 
Jehovah,  then  the  priest  shall  esti- 
mate it,  whether  it  be  good  or  bad : 
as  the  priest  shall  estimate  it,  so 
shall  it  stand.  15  And  if  he  that 
sanctified  it  will  redeem  his  house, 
then  he  shall  add  the  fifth  part  of 
the  money  of  thy  estimation  unto 
it,  and  it  shall  be  his. 

16  And  if  a  man  shall  sanctify 
unto  Jehovah  part  of  the  field  of 
his  possession,  then  thy  estimation 
shall  be  according  to  the  sowing 
thereof:  the  sowing  of  a  homer  of 
barley  shall  be  valued  at  fifty  shek- 
els of  silver.  17  If  he  sanctify 
his  field  from  the  year  of  jubi- 
lee, according  to  thy  estimation  it 
shall  stand.  18  But  if  he  sanctify 
his  field  after  the  jubilee,  then  the 
priest  shall  reckon  unto  him  the 
money  according  to  the  years  that 
remain  unto  the  year  of  jubilee : 
and  an  abatement  shall  be  made 
from  thy  estimation.  19  And  if 
he  that  sanctified  the  field  will  in- 
deed redeem  it,  then  he  shall  add 
the  fifth  part  of  the  money  of  thy 
estimation  unto  it.  and  it  shall  be 
assured  to  him.  20  And  if  he  will 
not  redeem  the  field,  or  if  he  have 
sold  the  field  to  another  man,  it 
shall  not  be  redeemed  any  more* 


127 


27.21 


LEVITICUS 


27.34 


Laws  concerning  Vows;  concerning  Titties 


21  but  the  field,  when  it  goeth  out 
in  the  jubilee,  shall  be  holy  unto 
Jehovah,  as  a  field  devoted;  the 
possession  thereof  shall  be  the 
priest's.  22  And  if  he  sanctify 
unto  Jehovah  a  held  which  he  hath 
bought,  which  is  not  of  the  field  of 
his  possession;  23  then  the  priest 
shall  reckon  unto  him  the  worth  of 
thy  estimation  unto  the  year  _  of 
jubilee:  and  he  shall  give  thine 
estimation  in  that  day,  as  a  holy 
thing  unto  Jehovah.  2-4  In  the 
year  of  jubilee  the  field  shall  re- 
turn unto  him  of  whom  it  was 
bought,  even  to  him  to  whom  the 
possession  of  the  land  belongeth. 
25  And  all  thy  estimations  shall 
be  according  to  "  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary  :  twenty  gerah-s  shall  be 
the  shekel. 

26  *  Only  the  firstling  among 
beasts,  which  is  made  a  firstling  to 
Jehovah,  no  man  shall  sanctify  it; 
whether  it  be  ox  or  sheep,  it  is  Je- 
hovah's. 27  And  if  it  be  of  an  un- 
clean beast,  then  he  shall  ransom 
it  according  to  thine  estimation, 
and  shall  add  unto  it  the  fifth  part 
thereof:  or  if  it  be  not  redeemed, 
then  it  shall  be  sold  according  to 
thy  estimation. 


'  Num.  18. 
14;  Josh. 
6.  17-19 


'  oh.  26. 
Dt.  4., 


28  Notwithstanding,  no  "de- 
voted thing,  that  a  man  shall 
devote  unto  Jehovah  of  all  that 
he  hath,  whether  of  man  or  beast, 
or  of  the  field  of  his  possession, 
shall  be  sold  or  redeemed:  every 
devoted  thing  is  most  holy  unto 
Jehovah.  29  No  one  devoted, 
that  shall  be  devoted  from  among 
men,  shall  be  ransomed ;  he  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death. 

30  And  all  the  tithe^  of  the  land, 
whether  of  the  seed  of  the  land,  or 
of  the  fruit  of  the  tree,  is  Jeho- 
vah's :  it  is  holy  unto  Jehovah. 
31  And  if  a  man  will  redeem  aught 
of  his  tithe,  he  shall  add  unto  it  the 
fifth  part  thereof.  32  And  all  the 
tithe  of  the  herd  or  the  flock,  what- 
soever passeth  under  the  rod,  the 
tenth  shall  be  holy  unto  Jehovah. 
33  "^  He  shall  not  search  whether 
it  be  good  or  bad,  neither  shall 
he  change  it:  and  if  he  change  it 
at  all,  then  both  it  and  that  for 
which  it  is  changed  shall  be  holy; 
it  shall  not  be  redeemed. 

34  "  These  are  the  command- 
ments, which  Jehovah  commanded 
Moses  for  the  children  of  Israel  in 
mount  Sinai. 


128 


THE  FOURTH  BOOK  OF  MOSES, 


COMMONLY    CALLED 


NUMBERS 


Men  of  War  numbered 


IAnd  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses  in  the  wilderness  of 
Sinai,  in  the  tent  of  meeting,  on 
"the  first  day  of  the  second  month, 
in  the  second  year  after  they  were 
come  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  say- 
ing, 2  'Take  ye  the  sum  of  all  the 
congregation  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  Dy  their  families,  by  their 
fathers'  houses,  according  to  the 
number  of  the  names,  every  male, 
by  their  polls ;  3  from  "  twenty 
years  old  and  upward,  all  that  are 
able  to  go  forth  to  war  in  Israel, 
thou  and  Aaron  shall  number  them 
by  their  hosts.  4  And  with  you 
there  shall  be  a  man  of  every  tribe  ; 
*  every  one  head  of  his  fathers' 
house.  5  And  these  are  the  names 
of  the  men  that  shall  stand  with 
you.  Of  Reuben  :  Elizur  the  son 
of  Shedeur.  6  Of  Simeon :  She- 
lumiel  the  son  of  Zurishaddai. 
7  Of  Judah :  Nahshon  the  son  of 
Amminadab.  8  Of  Issachar  :  Ne- 
thanel  the  son  of  Zuar.  9  Of 
Zebulun :  Eliab  the  son  of  Helon. 
10  Of  the  children  of  Joseph:  Of 
Ephraim :  Elishama  the  son  of 
Ammihud.  Of  Manasseh  :  Gama- 
liel the  son  of  Pedahzur.  11  Of 
Benjamin :  Abidan  the  son  of 
(Jideoni.  12  Of  Dan  :  Ahiezerthe 
son  of  Ammishaddai.  13  Of 
Asher :  Pagiel  the  son  of  Ochran. 
14  Of  Gad  :  Eliasaph  the  son  of 
1  Deuel.  15  Of  Naphtali :  Ahira 
the  son  of  Enan.  16  These  are, 
they  that  were  "  called  of  the  con- 
gregation, the  princes  of  the  tribes 
of  their  fathers ;  they  were  the 
heads  of  the -thousands  of  Israel. 
17  And  Moses  and  Aaron  took 
these  men  that  are  mentioned  by 
name :  18  and  they  assembled  all 
the  congregation  together  on  the 
•''first  day  of  the  second  month; 
and  they  declared  their  pedigrees 
after  their  families,  by  their 
fathers'  houses,   according  to  the 

1  In  ch.  2. 14,  Heuel.  8  Or,  families 


"  Ex.  40.  2, 

17 
6  ch.  26.  2 ; 

Ex.  12.  37 ; 

38.  26,  2ti 

"^  Ex.  30.  14 ; 

38.  26 
<i  ver.  16 ; 
Ex.  18.  21, 
2J ;  Dt.  1. 


"  ch.  16. 

2; 

26.  9 

/ver.  1 

A  ch.  26.  12- 


i  ch.  26.  IS- 
IS 


fc  ch.  26.  19- 


'  ch.  26.  23- 

129 


number  of  the  names,  from  twenry 
years  old  and  upward,  by  their 
polls.  19  As  Jehovah  commanded 
Moses,  so  he  numbered  them  in 
the  wilderness  of  Sinai. 

20  "And  the.children  of  Reuben, 
Israel's  first-born,  their  genera- 
tions, by  their  families,  by  their 
fathers'  houses,  according  to  the 
number  of  the  names,  by  their 
polls,  every  male  from  twenty 
years  old  and  upward,  all  that 
were  able  to  go  forth  to  war ; 
21  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  of  the  tribe  of  Reuben,  were 
forty  and  six  thousand  ana  five 
hundred. 

22  *0f  the  children  of  Simeon, 
their  generations,  by  their  families, 
by  their  fathers'  houses,  thoso  that 
were  numbered  thereof,  according 
to  the  number  of  the  names,  by 
their  polls,  every  male  from  twenty 
years  old  and  upward,  all  that 
were  able  to  go  forth  to  war ;  23 
those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
of  the  tribe  of  Simeon,  were  fifty 
and  nine  thousand  and  three 
hundred. 

24  ^Of  the  children  of  Gad,  their 
generations,  by  their  families,  by 
their  fathers'  houses,  according  to 
the  number  of  the  names,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upw^ard,  all 
that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war  • 
25  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  were 
forty  and  five  thousand  six  hun- 
dred and  fifty. 

26  *0f  the  children  of  Judah, 
their  generations,  by  their  families, 
by  their  fathers'  houses,  according 
to  the  number  of  the  names,  from, 
twenty  years  old  and  ui^iward,  all 
that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war ; 
27  those  that  were  nu  ibered  of 
them,  of  the  tribe  of  Judah,  were 
threescore  and  fourteen  thousand 
and  six  hundred. 

2<S  'Of  the  children  of  Issachar, 
their  generations,  by  their  families, 


1.29 


NUMBERS 


1.54 


Hen  of  War  nnmbered.    The  Le\ite$  excepted 


by  their  fathers'  houses,  according 
to  the  number  of  the  names,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all 
that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war  ; 
29  tho.se  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  of  the  tribe  of  Issachar,  were 
fifty  and  four  thousand  ana  four 
hundred. 

30  "  Of  the  children  of  Zebulun, 
their  generations,  by  their  families, 
by  their  fathers'  houses,  according 
to  the  number  of  the  names,  from 
twenty  years  old  and^  upward,  all 
that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war  ; 
31  those  that  were  numbei'ed  of 
them,  of  the  tribe  of  Zebulun,  were 
fifty  and  seven  thousand  and  four 
hundred. 

32  ''Of  the  children  of  Joseph, 
namely,  of  the  children  of  Ephraim, 
their  generations,  by  their  families, 
by  their  fathers'  houses,  according 
to  the  number  of  the  names,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all 
that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war  ; 
33  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  of  the  tribe  of  Ephraim, 
were  forty  thousand  and  five 
hundred. 

34  "  Of  the  children  of  Manasseh, 
their  generations,  by  their  families, 
by  their  fathers'  houses,  according 
to  the  number  of  the  names,  fx'om 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all 
that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war  ; 
35  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  of  the  tribe  of  Manasseh, 
were  thirty  and  two  thousand  and 
two  hundred. 

36  ■*  Of  the  children  of  Benjamin, 
their  generations,  by  their  families, 
by  their  fathers'  houses,  according 
to  the  number  of  the  names,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all 
that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war ; 
37  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin, 
wei'e  thirty  and  five  thousand  and 
four  hundred. 

38  "  Of  the  children  of  Dan,  their 
generations,  by  their  families,  by 
their  fathers'  houses,  according  to 
the  number  of  the  names,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all 
that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war ; 
39  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  were 
threescore  and  two  thousand  and 
seven  hundred. 

40  -^Of  the  children  of  Asher, 
their  generations,  by  their  families, 
by  their  fathers'  houses,  according 
to  the  number  of  the  names,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all 


"  ch.  26.  26, 

27 
6  ch.  26.  35- 

37 
"^  ch.  26.  28- 

34 
d  ch.  26.  38- 

41 
'  ch.  26.  42, 

43 
/ch.  26.  44- 

47 


'J  ch.  26.  48- 

60 


Ach 

2. 

32; 

20. 

61 

;  Ex 

12. 

37 

38. 

26 

•  ch 

2. 

33; 

3.  14-39 ;  4. 

49 

26 

.57- 

64 

*••  ch.  3.  2i- 


'  ch.  4.  1-33 


"  ch.  3.  10, 
38 ;  4.  15, 
19,  20 

"  ch.  2.  2 


»  ch.  3.  23, 

29,35 


130 


that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war ; 
41  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  of  the  tribe  of  Asher,  were 
forty  and  one  thousand  and  five 
hundred. 

42  '^  Of  the  children  of  Naphtali, 
their  generations,  by  their  families, 
by  their  fathers'  houses,  according 
to  the  number  of  the  names,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all 
that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war  ; 
43  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  of  the  tribe  of  Naphtali, 
were  fifty  and  three  thousand  and 
four  hundi'ed. 

44  These  are  they  that  were 
numbered,  whom  Moses  and  Aaron 
numbered,  and  the  princes  of 
Israel,  being  twelve  men :  they 
were  each  one  for  his  fathers' 
house.  45  So  all  they  that  were 
numbered  of  the  children  of  Israel 
by  their  fathers'  houses,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward,  all 
that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war  in 
Israel ;  46  even  all  they  that  were 
numbered  were  ''  six  hundred  thou- 
sand and  three  thousand  and  five 
hundred  and  fifty. 

47  But  Hhe  Levites  after  the 
tribe  of  their  ^fathers  were  not 
numbered  among  them.  48  For 
Jehovah  spake  unto  Moses,  sas'ing, 
49  Only  the  tribe  of  Levi  thou 
shalt  not  number,  neither  shalt 
thou  take  the  sum  of  them  among 
the  children  of  Israel ;  50  but  *  ap- 
point thou  the  Levites  over  the 
tabernacle  of  the  testimony,  and 
over  all  the  furniture  thereof,  and 
over  all  that  belongeth  to  it :  they 
shall  bear  the  tabernacle,  and  all 
the  furniture  thereof ;  and  they 
shall  minister  unto  it,  and  shall 
encamp  round  about  the  taber- 
nacle. 51  'And  when  the  taber- 
nacle setteth  forward,  the  Levites 
shall  take  it  down ;  and  when 
the  tabernacle  is  to  be  pitched,  the 
Levites  shall  set  it  up:  and  ""the 
stranger  that  cometh  nigh  shall  be 

§ut  to  death.  52  "  And  the  chil- 
ren  of  Israel  shall  pitch  their 
tents,  every  man  by  his  own  camp, 
and  every  man  by  his  own  stand- 
ard, according  to  their  hosts.  53 
"But  the  Levites  shall  encamp 
round  about  the  tabernacle  of  the 
testimony,  that  there  be  no  wrath 
upon  the  congregation  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel :  and  the  Levites 
shall  keep  the  charge  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  testimony.  54  Thus 
did  the  children  of  Israel ;  accord' 


Zl 


KUMBERS 


2.31 


lumber,  EneaupmeDt,  and  Princes  of  the  Tribes 


ing  to  all  that  Jehovah  commanded 
Moses,  so  did  they. 

2  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses  and  unto  Aaron,  saying, 
2  "The  children  of  Israel  shall 
encamp  every  man  by  his  own 
standard,  with  the  ensigns  of  their 
fathers'  houses :  over  against  the 
tent  of  meeting  shall  they  encamp 
round  about.  3  And  those  that 
encamp  on  the  east  side  toward  the 
sunrising  shall  be  they  of  the 
standard  of  the  camp  of  Judah, 
according  to  their  hosts :  and  the 
prince  of  the  children  of  Judah 
shall  be^Nahshon  the  son  of  Am- 
minadab.  4-  And  his  host,  and 
those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
were  threescore  and  fourteen  thou- 
sand and  six  hundred.  5  And  those 
that  encamp  next  unto  him  shall 
be  the  tribe  of  Issachar  :  and  the 
prince  of  the  children  of  Issachar 
shall  be "  Nethanel  the  son  of  Zuar. 
6  And  his  host,  and  those  that 
were  numbered  thereof,  were  fifty 
and  four  thousand  and  four  hun- 
dred. 7  And  the  tribe  of  Zebulun  : 
and  the  prince  of  the  children  of 
Zebulun  shall  be  **  Eliab  the  son  of 
Helon.  8  And  his  host,  and  those 
that  were  numbered  thereof,  were 
fifty  and  seven  thousand  and  four 
hundred.  9  All  that  were  num- 
bered of  the  camp  of  Judah  were 
a  hundred  thousand  and  four- 
score thousand  and  six  thousand 
and  four  hundred,  according  to 
their  hosts.  They  shall  set  forth 
first. 

10  On  the  south  side  shall  be  the 
standard  of  the  camp  of  Reuben 
according  to  their  hosts :  and  the 
prince  of  the  children  of  Reuben 
shall  be*Elizurthe  son  of  Shedeur. 

11  And  his  host,  and  those  that 
were  numbered  thereof,  were  forty 
and  six  thousand  and  five  hundred. 

12  And  those  that  encamp  next 
unto  him  shall  be  the  tribe  of 
Simeon  :  and  the  prince  of  the 
children  of  Simeon  shall  be  •''She- 
lumiel  the  son  of  Zurishaddai.  13 
And  his  host,  and  those  that  were 
numbered  of  them,  wpre  fifty  and 
nine  thousand  and  three  hundred. 
It  And  the  tribe  of  Gad :  and  the 

Erince  of  the  children  of  Gad  shall 
e  Eliasaph  the  son  of  ^  Reuel.  1 5 
And  his  host,  and  those  that  were 
numbered  of  them,  were  forty  and 
five  thousand  and  six  hundred  and 
fifty.     16  All  that  were  numbered 

» In  ch.  1. 14,  Deuel. 


ch.  1.  52 
ch.  1.  7 
ch.  1.  8 
ch.  1.  9 
ch.  1.  5 
ch.  1.  6 


i'ch.  1.63 


«  ch,  1.  10 


*  ch.  1.  11 


'  ch.  1.  12 


'  ch.  1. 15 


of  the  camp  of  Reuben  were  a  hun- 
dred thousand  and  fifty  and  one 
thousand  and  four  hundred  and 
fifty,  according  to  their  hosts. 
And  they  shall  set  forth  second. 

17  ^Then  the  tent  of  meeting 
shall  set  forward,  with  the  camp 
of  the  Levites  in  the  midst  of  the 
camps:  as  they  encamp,  so  shall 
the  J'  set  forward,  every  man  in  his 
place,  by  their  standar-ds. 

18  On  the  west  side  shall  be  the 
standard  of  the  camp  of  Ephraim 
according  to  their  hosts :  and  the 
prince  of  the  children  of  Ephraim 
shall  be  ''  Elishama  the  son  of  Am- 
mihud.  1 9  And  his  host,  and  those 
that  were  numbered  of  them,  were 
forty  thousand  and  five  hundred. 

20  And  next  unto  him  shall  be  the 
tribe  of  Manasseh  :  and  the  prince 
of  the  children  of  ^lanasseh  shall 
be  '  Gamaliel  the  son  of  Pedahzur. 

21  And  his  host,  and  those  that 
were  numbered  of  them,  were  thirty 
and  two  thousand  and  two  hun 
dred.  22  And  the  tribe  of  Benja 
min :  and  the  prince  of  the  children 
of  Benjamin  shall  be  *  Abidan  the 
son  of  Gideoni.  23  And  his  host, 
and  those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  were  thirty  and  five  thou- 
sand and  four  hundred.  24  All 
that  were  numbered  of  the  camp 
of  Ephraim  were  a  hundi-ed  thou- 
sand and  eight  thousand  and  a 
hundred,  according  to  their  hosts. 
And  they  shall  set  forth  third. 

25  On  the  north  side  shall  be 
the  standard  of  the  camp  of  Dan 
according  to  their  hosts :  and  the 
prince  of  the  children  of  Dan  shall 
be  '  Ahiezer  the  son  of  Ammishad- 
dai.  26  And  his  host,  and  those 
that  were  numbered  of  them,  were 
threescore  and  two  thousand  and 
seven  hundred.  27  And  those  that 
encamp  next  unto  him  shall  be  the 
tribe  of  Asher :  and  the  prince 
of  the  children  of  Asher  shall  be 
"•Pagiel  the  son  of  Ochran.  28 
And  his  hosts,  and  those  that 
were  numbered  of  them,  were  forty 
and  one  thousand  and  five  hun- 
dred. 29  And  the  tribe  of  Naphtali : 
and  the  prince  of  the  children  of 
Naplitali  shall  be  "Ahira  the  son 
of  Enan.  30  And  his  host,  and 
those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
were  fifty  and  three  thousand  and 
four  hundred.  31  All  that  were 
numbered  of  the  camp  of  Dan  were 
a  hundred  thousand  and  fifty  and 
seven  thousand  and  six  hundred 


131 


2.32 


NUMBERS 


3.28 


The  Priests  and  Levites  set  apart  to  minister  in  the  Sanctaary.    Somher  and  Duties  of  the  Levites 


They  shall  set  forth  hindmost  by 
their  standards. 

32  These  are  they  that  were 
numbered  of  the  children  of  Israel 
by  their  fathers'  houses:  all  that 
were  numbered  of  the  camps  ac- 
cording to  their  hosts  were  "six 
hundred  thousand  and  three  thou- 
sand and  five  hundred  and  tifty. 
33  *  But  the  Levites  were  not  num- 
bered among  the  children  of  Israel ; 
as  Jehovah  commanded  Moses.  34 
Thus  did  the  children  of  Israel ; 
according  to  all  that  Jehovah  com- 
manded Moses,  so  they  encamped 
by  their  standards,  and  so  they  set 
forward,  every  one  by  their  fami- 
lies, according  to  their  fathers' 
houses. 

3"  Now  these  are  the  genera- 
tions of  Aaron  and  Moses  in 
the  day  that  Jehovah  spake  with 
Moses  in  mount  Sinai.  2  And 
**  these  are  the  names  of  the  sons  of 
Aaron  :  Nadab  the  first-born,  and 
Abihu,  Eleazar,  and  Ithamar.  3 
These  are  the  names  of  the  sons 
of  Aaron,  the  priests  that-  were 
anointed,  whom  he  consecrated  to 
minister  in  the  priest's  office.  4 
"  And  Nadab  and  Abihu  died  before 
Jehovah,  when  they  offered  strange 
fire  before  Jehovah,  in  the  wilder- 
ness of  Sinai,  and  they  had  no 
children  ,-  and  Eleazar  and  Ithamar 
ministered  in  the  priest's  office  in 
the  presence  of  Aaron  their  father. 

5  AndJehovah  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying,  6  •''  Bring  tne  tribe  of  Levi 
near,  and  set  tnem  before  Aaron 
the  priest,  that  they  may  minister 
unto  him.  7  And  they  shall  keep 
his  charge,  and  the  charge  of  the 
whole  congregation  before  the  tent 
of  meeting,  to  do  the  service  of  the 
tabernacle.  8  And  they  shall  keep 
all  the  furniture  of  the  tent  of 
meeting,  and  the  charge  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  to  do  the  service 
of  the  tabernacle.  9  And  thou 
shalt '  give  the  Levites  unto  Aaron 
and  to  his  sons :  they  are  -^  wholly 
given  unto  him  -  on  the  behalf  of 
the  children  of  Israel.  10  And 
thou  shalt  ^appoint  Aaron  and  his 
sons,  and  ''they  shall  keep  their 
priesthood  :  and  *  the  stranger  that 
Cometh  nigh  shall  be  put  to  death. 

11  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  12  And  I,  behold, 
*  I  have  taken  the  Levites  from 
among  the  children  of  Israel  instead 
of  all  ^  the  first-born  that  openeth 

1  Heb.  given,  given.    *  Or,  from    3  Or,  number 


"  ch.  1.  46 

6  ch.  1.  47 
"^  Ex.  C.  20-27 
d  ch.  26.  60 
'  ch.  2B.  01 ; 

Lev.  10.  1,  2 
/ch.  8.  6-22; 

18.  1-7 ; 

Dt.  10.  8 
5'  ch.  18.  6 
''  Ex.  29.  9 
'  ch.  1.  61 
*;  ver.  45 ;  ch. 

8.  14 
'  Ex.  13.  2 


"'  ch.  1.  47 
"  Ex.  6.  16- 

22 


132 


the  womb  among  the  children  of 
Israel ;  and  the  Levites  shall  be 
mine  :  13  for  all  the  first-born  are 
mine  ;  on  the  day  that  I  smote  all 
the  first-born  in  the  land  of  Egyi^t 
I  hallowed  unto  me  all  the  first- 
born in  Israel,  both  man  and  beast ; 
mine  they  shall  be  :  I  am  Jehovah. 

14  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses  in  the  wilderness  of  Sinai, 
saying,  15  '"Number  the  children 
of  Levi  by  their  fathers'  houses, 
by  their  families  :  every  male  from 
a  month  old  and  upward  shalt 
thou  number  them.  16  And  Moses 
numbered  them  according  to  the 
word  of  Jehovah,  as  he  was  com- 
manded. 17"  And  these  were  the 
sons  of  Levi  by  their  names  :  Ger- 
shon,  and  Kohath,  and  Merari. 
18  And  these  are  the  names  of  the 
sons  of  Gershon  by  their  families  : 
Libni  and  Shimei.  19  And  the 
sons  of  Kohath  by  their  families : 
Amram,  and  Izhar,  Hebron,  and 
Uzziel.  20  And  the  sons  of  Merari 
by  their  families :  Mahli  and  Mushi, 
These  are  the  families  of  the  Levites 
according  to  their  fathers'  houses. 

2 1  Of  Gershon  was  the  family  of 
the  Libnites,  and  the  family  of  the 
Shimeites :  these  are  the  families 
of  the  Gershonites.  22  Those  that 
were  numbered  of  them,  according 
to  the  number  of  all  the  males, 
from  a  month  old  and  upward, 
even  those  that  were  numbered  or 
them  were  seven  thousand  and 
five  hundred.  23  The  families  of 
the  Gershonites  shall  encamp  be- 
hind the  tabernacle  westward. 
24  And  the  prince  of  the  fathers' 
house  of  the  Gershonites  shall  be 
Eliasaph  the  son  of  Lael.  25  And 
the  charge  of  the  sons  of  Gershon 
in  the  tent  of  meeting  shall  be  the 
tabernacle,  and  the  Tent,  the  cov- 
ering thereof,  and  the  screen  for 
the  door  of  the  tent  of  meeting, 
26  and  the  hangings  of  the  court, 
and  the  screen  for  the  door  of  the 
court,  which  is  by  the  tabernacle, 
and  by  the  altar  round  about,  and 
the  cords  of  it  for  all  the  service 
thereof. 

27  And  of  Kohath  was  the 
family  of  the  Amramites,  and 
the  family  of  the  Izharites,  and 
the  family  of  the  Hebronites, 
and  the  family  of  the  Uzzielites : 
these  are  the  families  of  the 
Kohathites.  28  According  to  the 
number  of  all  the  males,  from  a 
month    old    and    upward,    there 


3.29 


NUMBERS 


4.4 


Somber  and  Daties  of  the  Levites.    Redemption  of  tbe  First-born.    Dntios  of  the  Koliathites 


were  eight  thousand  and  six 
hundred,  keeping  the  cliarge  of 
the  sanctuary.  29  The  families 
of  the  song  of  Kohath  shall  en- 
camp on  the  side  of  the  taber- 
nacle southward.  30  And  the 
prince  of  the  fathers'  house  of 
the  families  of  the  Koliathites 
shall  be  Elizaphan  the  sou  of 
Uzziel.  31  And  their  charge 
shall  be  the  ark,  and  the  table, 
and  the  candlestick,  and  the 
altars,  and  the  vessels  of  the 
sanctuary  wherewith  they  minis- 
ter, and  the  screen,  and  all  the 
service  thereof.  32  And  Eleazar 
the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest  shall 
be  prince  of  the  princes  of  the 
Levites,  and  have  the  oversight 
of  them  that  keep  the  charge  of 
the  sanctuary. 

33  Of  Merari  was  the  family 
of  the  j\Iahlites,  and  the  family  of 
the  Mushites  :  these  are  the  fami- 
lies of  Merari.  34  And  those  that 
wei-e  numbered  of  them,  according 
to  the  number  of  all  the  males, 
from  a,  month  old  and  upward, 
were  six  thousand  and  two  hun- 
dred. 3.5  And  the  prince  of  the 
fathers'  house  of  the  families  of 
Merari  Avas  Zuriel  the  son  of  Abi- 
hail :  they  shall  encamp  on  the 
side  of  the  tabernacle  northward. 
36  And  Hhe  appointed  charge  of 
the  sons  of  Merari  shall  be  the 
boards  of  the  tabernacle,  and  the 
bare  thereof,  and  the  pillars  there- 
of, and  the  sockets  thereof,  and  all 
the  instruments  thereof,  and  all  the 
service  thereof,  37  and  the  pillars 
of  the  court  round  about,  and  their 
sockets,  and  their  pins,  and  their 
cords. 

38  And  those  that  encamp  be- 
fore the  tabernacle  eastward, 
before  the  tent  of  meeting  toward 
the  sunrising,  shall  be  Moses,  and 
Aaron  and  his  sons,  keeping  the 
charge  of  the  sanctuary  '-^for  the 
charge  of  the  children  of  Israel ; 
and  "the  stranger  that  cometh 
nigh  shall  be  put  to  death.  39  All 
that  were  numbered  of  the  Levites. 
whom  Moses  and  Aaron  numbered 
at  the  commandment  of  Jehovah, 
by  their  families,  all  the  males 
from  a  month  old  and  upward, 
were  *  twenty  and  two  thousand. 

40  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses,_ 
Number  all  the  first-born  males  of 
the  children  of  Israel  from  a  month 
old   and    upward,    and    take   the 

1  Heb.  the  office  of  the  charge.         *  Or,  even 


"  ch.  1.  51 
t>  ver.  43 ;  ch. 

4.48;  26.  U2 


'ch.  18.  15, 
16;  Ex.  13. 
13,  15 


/El.  30.  13 


9  ver.  23,  30, 
35 ;  ch.  8. 
24 


133 


number  of  their  names.  41  And 
thou  shalt  take  the  Levites  for  me 
(I  am  Jehovah)  instead  of  all  the 
first-born  among  the  children  of 
Israel ;  and  the  cattle  of  the 
Levites  instead  of  all  the  first- 
lings among  the  cattle  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel.  42  And  Moses 
numbered,  as  J  eliovah  commanded 
him,  all  the  firstborn  among  the 
children  of  Israel.  43  And  all 
the  first-born  males  according  to 
the  number  of  names,  from  a 
month  old  and  upward,  of  those 
that  were  numbered  of  them,  were 
''twenty  and  two  thousand  two  hun- 
dred and  threescore  and  thirteen. 

44  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  45  ''Take  the  Le- 
vites instead  of  all  the  first-born 
among  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
the  cattle  of  the  Levites  instead 
of  their  cattle ;  and  the  Levites 
shall  be  mine :  I  am  Jehovah. 
46  *And  for  ^the  redemption  of 
the  two  hundred  and  threescore 
and  thirteen  of  the  first-born  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  that  are 
over  and  above  the  nuvibei-  of  the 
Levites,  47  thou  shalt  take  five 
shekels  apiece  by  the  poll ;  •'after 
the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary  shalt 
thou  take  them  (the  shekel  is 
twenty  gerahs)  :  48  and  thou 
shalt  give  the  money,  wherewith 
the  odd  number  of  them  is  re- 
deemed, unto  Aaron  and  to  his 
sons.  49  And  Moses  took  the  re- 
demption-money from  them  that 
"vere  over  and  above  them  that 
were  redeemed  by  the  Levites ; 
50  from  the  first-born  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  took  he  the  money, 
a  thousand  three  hundred  and 
threescore  and  five  shekels,  after 
the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary:  51 
and  Moses  gave  ''the  redernption- 
money  unto  Aaron  and  to  his  sons, 
according  to  the  word  of  Jehovah, 
as  Jehovah  commanded  Moses. 

4  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses  and  unto  Aaron,  say- 
ing, 2  Take  the  sum  of  the  sons  of 
Kohath  from  among  the  sons  of 
Levi,  by  their  families,  by  their 
fathers'  houses,  3  from  "thirty 
years  old  and  upward  even  until 
fifty  years  old,  all  that  enter  upon 
the  ^service,  to  do  the  work  in  the 
tent  of  meeting.  4  This  is  the 
®  service  of  the  sons  of  Kohath  in 

s  Or,  those  that  are  to  bf  redeemed,  the  &c. 
*  Or,  the  money  of  them-  that  were  redeemed 
5  Heb.  war/are,  or,  hoft  (and  so  in  ver.  36,  3S^ 
3).  6  Or.  work 


4.5 


NUMBEES 


4.30 


Datiesof  the  KohatMtes;  of  the  fiershonites;  ofthe  Sonsof  Merari 


the  tent  of  meeting,  ahoiit  the 
most  holy  things :  5  when  the 
camp  setteth  forward,  Aaron  shall 
go  in,  and  his  sons,  and  they  shall 
take  down  "  the  veil  of  the  screen, 
and  cover  the  ark  of  the  testimony 
with  it,  6  and  shall  put  thereon 
a  ''covering  of  sealskin,  and  shall 
spread  over  it  a  cloth  all  of  blue, 
and  shall  put  in  the  staves  thereof. 
7  And  upon  the  table  of  show- 
bread  they  shall  spread  a  cloth 
of  blue,  and  put  thereon  the 
dishes,  and  the  spoons,  and  the 
bowls  and  the  cups  wherewith  to 
pour  out;  and  Hhe  continual 
bread  shall  be  thereon  :  8  and  they 
shall  spread  upon  them  a  cloth  of 
scarlet,  and  cover  the  same  with 
a  covering  of  sealskin,  and  shall 
put  in  the  staves  thereof.  9  And 
they  shall  take  a  cloth  of  blue,  and 
cover  the  candlestick  of  the  light, 
and  its  lamps,  and  its  snufifers, 
and  its  snuffdishes,  and  all  the  oil 
vessels  thereof,  wherewith  they 
minister  unto  it:  10  and  they 
shall  put  it  and  all  the  vessels 
thereof  within  a  covering  of  seal- 
skin, and  shall  put  it  upon  Hhe 
frame.  11  And  upon  the  golden 
altar  they  shall  spread  a  cloth  of 
blue,  and  cover  it  with  a  covering 
of  sealskin,  and  shall  put  in  the 
staves  thereof:  12  and  they  shall 
take  all  the  vessels  of  ministry, 
wherewith  they  minister  in  the 
sanctuary,  and  put  them  in  a  cloth 
of  blue,  and  cover  them  with  a 
covering  of  sealskin,  and  shall  put 
them  on  the  frame.  13  And  they 
shall  take  away  the  ashes  from  '^  the 
altar,  and  spread  a  purple  cloth 
thereon:  14  and  they  shall  put 
upon  it  all  the  vessels  thereof, 
wherewith  they  minister  about  it, 
the  firepans,  the  flesh-hooks,  and 
the  shovels,  and  the  basins,  all  the 
vessels  of  the  altar  ;  and  they  shall 
spread  upon  it  a  covering  of  seal- 
skin, and  put  in  the  staves  thereof, 

15  And  when  Aaron  and  his  sons 
have  made  an  end  of  covering  the 
sanctuary,  and  all  the  furniture  of 
the  sanctuary,  as  the  camp  is  to 
set  forward  ;  after  that,  the  sons  of 
Kohath  shall  come  to  bear  it :  but 
they  shall  not  touch  the  ^sanctu- 
ary, "  lest  they  die.  These  things 
are  the  burden  of  the  sons  of 
Kohath  in    the   tent  of   meeting. 

16  And  the  charge  of  Eleazar  the 
son  of  Aaron  the  priest  shall  be 

1  Or,  a  bar  *  Or,  holy  things 


"Ex. 

4C. 

6 

t>  ver. 

25 

'Ex. 

25 

30; 

Lev 

.24 

5-U 

rfEx. 

27 

1-S 

*■  ver. 

19, 

20; 

ch. 

1.  f, 

1; 

2S. 

C.  C 

,7 

/Lev 

21 

1-3 

"Ex. 

30. 

3-i- 

38 

''  Lev 

.  G. 

20 

iEx. 

30. 

22- 

'  ver.  6 ;  Ex. 
26.  14 


"  ver.  3 
134 


•''the  oil  for  the  light,  and  the 
^  sweet  incense,  and  *  the  continual 
meal-oifering,  and  *the  anointing 
oil,  the  charge  of  all  the  taber- 
nacle, and  of  all  that  therein  is, 
the  sanctuary,  and  the  furniture 
thereof. 

17  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses  and  unto  Aaron,  sajung, 
18  Cut  ye  not  off  the  tribe  of  the 
families  of  the  Kohathites  from 
among  the  Levites ;  1 9  but  thus 
do  unto  them,  that  they  may  live, 
and  ''not  die,  when  they  approach 
unto  the  most  holy  things  :  Aaron 
and  his  sons  shall  go  in,  and  ap- 
point them  every  one  to  his  ser- 
vice and  to  his  burden ;  20  but 
they  shall  not  go  in  to  see  the 
'^sanctuary  even  for  a  moment, 
lest  they  die. 

21  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
]\Ioses,  saying,  22  Take  the  sum 
of  the  sons  of  Gershon  also,  by 
their  _  fathers'  houses,  _  by  their 
famiJies;  23  from  Hhirty  years 
old  and.  upward  until  fifty  years 
old  shalt  thou  number  them ;  all 
that  enter  in  to  "wait  upon  the 
service,  CO  do  the  work  in  the  tent 
of  meeting.  24  This  is  the  sei'vice 
of  the  families  of  the  Gershonites, 
in  serving  and  in  bearing  burdens  : 
25  they  shall  bear  the  curtains 
of  the  tabernacle,  and  the  tent  of 
meeting,  its  covering,  and  '"the 
covering  of  sealskin  that  is  above 
upon  it,  and  the  screen  for  the 
door  of  the  tent  of  meeting,  26 
and  the  hangings  of  the  court,  and 
the  screen  for  the  door  of  the  gate 
of  the  court,  which  is  by  the  taJber- 
nacle  and  by  the  altar  round  about, 
and  their  cords,  and  all  the  instru- 
ments of  their  service,  and  what- 
soever shall  be  done  with  them : 
therein  shaD  they  serve.  27  At 
the  commandment  of  Aaron  and 
his  sons  shall  be  all  the  service  of 
the  sons  of  the  Ger.shonites,  in  all 
their  burden,  and  in  a)\  their  ser- 
vice ;  and  ye  shall  appoint  unto 
them  in  charge  all  their  burden. 
28  This  is  the  service  of  the  fami- 
lies of  the  sons  of  the  Gershonites 
in  the  tent  of  meeting :  and  their 
charge  shall  be  under  the  hand 
of  Ithamar  the  son  of  Aaron  the 
priest. 

29  As  for  the  sons  of  Merari, 
thou  shalt  number  them  by  their 
families,  by  their  fathers'  houses  ; 
30  from  "  thirty  years  old  and  xip- 

3  Heb.  war  the  warfare. 


4.31 


NUMBERS 


Somber  of  Levites  between  Thirty  and  Fifty  tears  old.    Segregation  of  the  Unclean.    Restitution  for  Trespass 


ward  even  unto  fifty  years  old 
shalt  thou  number  them,  every 
one  that  entereth  upon  the  ser- 
vice, to  do  the  work  of  the  tent 
of  meeting.  31  And  this  is  the 
charge  of  their  burden,  according 
to  all  their  service  in  the  tent  of 
meeting :  the  boards  of  the  taber- 
nacle, and  the  bars  thereof,  and 
the  pillars  thereof,  and  the  sockets 
thereof,  32  and  the  pillars  of  the 
court  round  about,  and  their  sock- 
ets, and  their  pins,  and  their  cords, 
with  all  their  instruments,  and 
with  all  their  service :  and  by 
name  ye  shall  ^  appoint  the  instru- 
ments of  the  charge  of  their  burden. 
33  This  is  the  service  of  the  fami- 
lies of  the  sons  of  Merari,  accord- 
ing to  all  their  service,  in  the  tent 
of  meeting,  under  the  hand  of  Itha- 
mar  the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest. 

3-J:  And  Moses  and  Aaron  and 
the  princes  of  the  congregation 
numbered  the  sons  of  the  Kohath- 
ites  by  their  families,  and  by  their 
fathei's'  houses,  35  fi'om  thirty 
years  old  and  upward  even  unto 
fifty  years  old,  everyone  that  en- 
tered upon  the  service,  for  work 
in  the  tent  of  meeting :  36  and 
those  that  were  numbered  of  them 
by  their  families  were  two  thou- 
sand seven  hundred  and  fiftj'. 
37  These  are  they  that  were  num- 
bered of  the  families  of  the  Kohath- 
ites,  all  that  did  serve  in  the  tent 
of  meeting,  whom  Moses  and 
Aaron  numbered  according  to  the 
commandment  of  Jehovah  by 
Moses. 

38  And  those  that  were  num- 
bered of  the  sons  of  Gershon,  their 
families,  and  by  their  fathers' 
houses,  39  from  thirty  years  old 
and  upward  even  unto  fifty  j'ears 
old,  every  one  that  entered  upon 
the  service,  for  work  in  the  tent 
of  meeting,  40  even  those  that 
wei'e  numbered  of  them,  by  their 
families,  by  their  fathers'  houses, 
were  two  thousand  and  six  hun- 
dred and  thirty.  41  These  are 
they  that  were  numbered  of  the 
families  of  the  sons  of  Gershon, 
all  that  did  serve  in  the  tent  of 
meeting,  whom  Moses  and  Aaron 
numbered  according  to  the  com- 
mandment of  Jehovah. 

42  And  those  that  were  num- 
bered of  the  families  of  the  sons  of 
Merari,  by  their  families,  by  their 
fathers'    houses,    43    from    thirty 

1  Or,  number 


>>  ch.  1.  47 


"  ch.  12. 15 ; 
Lev.  13.  46 


'  ch.  35.  34 ; 
Lev.  26. 12 


/  Lev.  5.  14- 

6.  7 


"  Lev.  5.  6 


years  old  and  upward  even  unto- 
fifty  years  old,  every  one  that 
entered  upon  the  service,  for  work 
in  the  tent  of  meeting,  44  even 
those  that  were  numbered  of  them 
by  their  families,  were  three  thou- 
sand and  two  hundred.  45  These 
are  they  that  were  numbered  of 
the  families  of  the  sons  of  Merari, 
whom  Moses  and  Aaron  numbered 
according  to  the  commandment  of 
Jehovah  by  Moses. 

46  All  those  that  were  numbered 
of  the  Levites,  whom  Moses  and 
Aaron  and  the  princes  of  Israel 
numbered,  by  their  families,  and 
by  their  fathers'  houses,  47  from 
thirty  years  old  and  upward  even 
unto  fifty  years  old,  everyone  that 
entered  in  to  do  the  work  of  ser- 
vice, and  the  work  of  bearing  bur- 
dens in  the  tent  of  meeting,  48 
even  those  that  wei'e  numbered 
of  them,  were  "eight  thousand 
and  five  hundred  and  fourscore. 
49  According  to  the  command- 
ment of  Jehovah  they  *wei'e 
numbered  by  Moses,  every  one 
according  to  his  service,  and  ^ac- 
cording to  his  burden:  thus  were 
they  numbered  of  him,  as  Jehovah 
commanded  Moses. 

5  "'And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  2  Command  the 
children  of  Israel,  that  they  put 
out  of  the  camp  every  leper,  and 
every  one  that  hath  an  issue,  and 
whosoever  is  ''unclean  by  the  dead: 
3  both  male  and  female  shall  ye 
put  out,  without  the  camp  shall 
ye  put  them ;  that  they  defile  not 
their  camp,  *in  the  midst  whereof 
I  dwell.  4  And  the  children  of 
Israel  did  so,  and  put  them  out 
without  the  camp;  as  Jehovah 
spake  unto  Moses,  so  did  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

5  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  6  Speak  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  -'When  a  man 
or  woman  shall  commit  any  sin 
that  men  commit,  so  as  to  tres- 
pass against  Jehovah,  and  that 
soul  shall  be  guilty ;  7  then  he 
shall  "confess  nis  sin  which  he 
hath  done  :  and  he  shall  make 
restitution  for  his  guilt  in  full,  and 
add  unto  it  the  fifth  part  thereof, 
and  give  it  unto  him  in  respect  of 
whom  he  hath  been  guilty.  8  But 
if  the  man  have  no  kinsman  to 
whom  restitution  may  be  made  for 

-  Or,  according  to  his  burden  and  Itis  duty,  at 


135 


5.9 


NUMBERS 


6.2 


Law  toncerning  JealoDsy.    The  Test  of  Adnltery 


the  guilt,  the  restitution  for  guilt 
which  is  made  unto  Jehovah  shall 
be  the  priest's  ;  besides  the  ram  of 
the  atonement,  whereby  atone- 
ment shall  be  made  for  him.  9 
"And  every  heave-offering  of  all 
the  holy  things  of  tlie  children  of 
Israel,  which  they  present  unto 
the  priest,  shall  be  his.  10  And 
every  man's  hallowed  things  shall 
be  his  :  whatsoever  any  man  giveth 
the  priest,  it  shall  be  his. 

11  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  12  Speak  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  say  unto 
them.  If  any  man's  wife  *  go  aside, 
and  commit  a  trespass  against  him, 
13  and  a  man  lie  with  her  carnally, 
and  it  be  hid  from  the  eyes  of  her 
husband,  and  be  kept  close,  and 
she  be  defiled,  and  there  be  no 
witness  against  her,  and  she  be 
not  taken  in  the  act ;  14  and  the 
spirit  of  jealousy  come  upon  him, 
and  he  be  jealous  of  his  wife,  and 
she  be  defiled  :  or  if  the  spirit  of 
jealousy  come  upon  him,  and  he  be 
jealous  of  his  wife,  and  she  be  not 
defiled  :  15  then  shall  the  man 
bring  his  wife  unto  the  priest, 
and  shall  bring  her  oblation  for 
her.  the  tenth  part  of  an  ephah  of 
barley  meal;  he  shall  pour  no  oil 
upon  it,  nor  put  frankincense 
tnereon  ;  for  it  is  a  meal-offering 
of  jealousy,  a  meal-offering  of 
memorial,  "  bringing  iniquity  to 
remembrance. 

16  And  the  priest  shall  bring 
her  near,  and  set  her  before  Jeho- 
vah: 17  and  the  priest  shall  take 
holy  water  in  an  earthen  vessel ; 
and  of  the  dust  that  is  on  the  floor 
of  the  tabernacle  the  priest  shall 
take,  and  put  it  into  the  water. 
18  And  the  priest  shall  set  the 
woman  before  Jehovah,  and  let  the 
hair  of  the  woman's  head  go  loose, 
and  put  the  meal-offering  of  me- 
morial in  her  hands,  whic^  is  the 
meal -offering  of  jealousy:  and 
the  priest  shall  have  in  his  hand  the 
water  of  bitterness  that  causeth 
the  curse.  1 9  And  the  priest  shall 
cause  her  to  swear ,^  and  shall  say 
unto  the  woman.  If  no  man  have 
lain  with  thee,  and  if  thou  have 
not_  "^gone  aside  to  uncleanness, 
'  being  under  thy  husband,  be  thou 
free  from  this  water  of  bitterness 
that  causeth  the  curse.  20  But  if 
*^ou    have    ■*  gone    aside,    ^  being 

1  Or,  with  another  instead  of  thy  husband 
ee  Ezek.  23.  6 ;  Rom.  7.  2. 


"  Lev.  7.  32, 
34 ;  10.  14, 

15 
i>  ver.  19,  20, 

29 
■^  Ezek.  29. 

i6 
d  ver.  12 


'  Jer.  29.  18 ; 

42.  18 ;  44. 


under  thy  husband,  and  if  thou 
be  defiled,  and  some  man  have  lain 
with  thee  besides  thy  husband : 
2 1  then  the  priest  shall  cause  the 
woman  to  swear  with  the  oath  of 
^cursing,  and  the  priest  shall  say 
unto  the  woman,  Jehovah  make 
thee  a  ^  curse  and  an  oath  among 
thy  people,  when  Jehovah  doth 
make  thy  thigh  to  fall  away,  and 
thy  body  to  swell ;  22  and  this 
water  that  causeth  the  curse  shall 
go  into  thy  bowels,  and  make  thy 
body  to  swell,  and  thy  thigh  to 
fall  away.  And  the  woman  shall 
say.  Amen,  Amen. 

23  And  the  priest  shall  write 
these  cvirses  in  a  book,  and  he  shall 
blot  them  out  into  the  water  of 
bitterness  :  24  and  he  shall  make 
the  woman  drink  the  water  of  bit- 
terness that  causeth  the  curse  ;  and 
the  water  that  causeth  the  curse 
shall  enter  into  her  and  become  bit- 
ter. 25  And  the  priest  shall  take 
the  meal-offering  of  jealousy  out 
of  the  woman's  hand,  and  shall  wave 
the  meal-offering  before  Jehovah, 
and  bring  it  unto  the  altar :  26  and 
the  priest  shall  take  a  handful  of 
the  meal-oftering,  as  the  memorial 
thereof,  and  burn  it  upon  the  altar, 
and  afterward  shall  make  the 
woman  drink  the  water.  27  And 
when  he  hath  made  her  drink  the 
water,  then  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
if  she  be  defiled,  and  have  commit- 
ted a  trespass  against  her  husband, 
that  the  water  that  causeth  the 
curse  shall  enter  into  her  and  be- 
come bitter,  and  her  body  shall 
swell,  and  her  thigh  shall  fall  away : 
and  the  woman  shall  be  *  a  curse 
among  her  people.  28  And  if  the 
woman  be  not  defiled,  but  be  clean  ; 
then  she  shall  be  free,  and  shall, 
conceive  seed. 

29  This  is  the  law  of  jealousy, 
when  a  wife,  ^  being  under  her  hus- 
band, •'^goeth  aside,  and  is  defiled ; 
30  or  when  the  spirit  of  jealousy 
cometh  upon  a  man,  and  he  is 
jealous  of  his  wife ;  then  shall  he 
set  the  woman  before  Jehovah,  and 
the  priest  shall  execute  upon  her 
all  this  law,  31  And  the  man 
shall  be  free  from  iniquity,  and 
that  woman  shall  bear  her  iniq- 
uity. 

6      And    Jehovah    spake    unto 
Moses,   saying,   2  Speak  unto 

2  Or,  adjuration 

3  Or,  goeth  aside  with  another  instead  of  her 
husband 


136 


6.3 


NUMBEKS 


6.27 


Law  conrerniog  the  lazirites.    The  Priestly  Blessing 


the  children  of  Israel,  and  say 
unto  them,  When  either  man  or 
woman  shall  make  a  special  vow, 
the  vo\y  of  ^"a  Nazirite,  to  '^sepa- 
rate himself  unto  Jehovah,  3  he 
shall  separate  himself  from  wine 
and  strong  drink ;  he  shall  drink 
no  vinegar  of  wine,  or  vinegar  of 
strong  drink,  neither  shall  he  drink 
any  juice  of  grapes,  nor  eat  fresh 
grapes  or  dried,  i  All  the  days  of 
his  ^separation  shall  he  eat  noth- 
ing that  is  made  of  the  gra])e- 
vine,  from  the  kernels  even  to  the 
husk. 

5  All  the  days  of  his  vow  of  sep- 
aration *  there  shall  no  razor  come 
ui^on  his  head :  until  the  days  be 
fulfilled,  in  which  he  sepai-ateth 
himself  unto  Jehovah,  he  shall  ])e 
holy ;  he  shall  let  the  locks  of  the 
hair  of  his  head  grow  long. 

6  ''All  the  days  that  he  sepa- 
rateth  himself  unto  Jehovah  he 
shall  not  come  near  to  a  dead 
body.  7  He  shall  not  make  him- 
self unclean  for  his  father,  or  for  his 
mother,  for  his  brother,  or  for  his 
sister,  when  they  die ;  because 
his  separation  unto  God  is  upon 
his  head.  8  All  the  days  of  his 
separation  he  is  holy  unto  Jeho- 
van. 

9  And  if  any  man  die  very  sud- 
denly beside  him,  and  he  defile  the 
head  of  his  separation ;  then  "^  he 
shall  shave  his  head  in  the  day  of 
his  cleansing,  "  on  the  seventh  day 
shall  he  shave  it.  10  And  on  the 
eighth  day  he  shall  bring  two 
turtle-dove'=(,  or  two  young  pigeons, 
to  the  pritst,  to  the  door  of  the 
tent  of  meeting  :  1 1  and  the  priest 
shall  offer  -^one  for  a  sin-offering, 
and  the  other  for  a  burnt-offering, 
and  make  atonement  for  him,  for 
that  he  sinned  by  reason  of  the 
dead,  and  shall  hallow  his  head 
that  same  day.  12  And  he  shall 
separate  unto  Jehovah  the  days  of 
his  separation,  and  shall  bring  a 
he-lamb  a  year  old  for  a  trespass- 
offering  :  but  the  former  days  shall 
be  void,  because  his  separation 
was  defiled. 

13  And  this  is  the  law  of  the 
Nazirite,  when  the  days  of  his 
separation  are  fulfilled :  he  shall 
be  brought  unto  the  door  of  the 
tent  of  meeting:  14  and  he  shall 
Dffer  his  oblation   unto   Jehovah, 

1  That  18,  one  aeparafed  or  ccmsecrated. 

*  Or,  ccmsfcraU 

8  Or,  consecration   Or,  Naziriteship 


°  Judg.  IS. 

5 ;  16.  17 ; 

Am.  2. 

II,  12 
b  1  Sam.  1.  II 
"ch.  I'J.  11- 

22;  Lev.  21. 

1-3 
d  Lev.  14.  8, 

9 
«  ver.  18 
/  Lev.  5.  7 


"  ch.  15.  27 ; 

Lev.  14.  10 

A  ch.  16.  1-7 


*  Lev.  7.  28- 


1 1  Chr.  23. 
13 


"•  Pt.  28.  3-6 ; 

Ps.  28.  9 
"  1  S.  2.  9 ; 

Ps.  17.  8 
"  Ps.  80.  3,  7, 

19 
P  Ps.  86.  16 
9  Ps.  4.  6  ; 

44.  3 
»■  Ps.  29.  11 ; 

S7.  11,  37 

'  2  Sam.  7. 
23 


one  he-lamb  a  year  old  withoXit 
blemish  for  a  burnt-offering,  and 
one  ^ewe-lamb  a  year  old  without 
blemish  for  a  sin-offering,  and  one 
ram  without  blemish  for  peace- 
offerings,  15  and  a  basket  of  un- 
leavened bread,  cakes  of  fine  flour 
mingled  with  oil,  and  unleavened 
wafers  anointed  with  oil,  and 
''their  meal-offering,  and  their 
drink-offerings.  16  And  the  priest 
shall  present  them  before  Jehovah, 
and  shall  offer  his  sin-offering,  and 
his  burnt-offering  :  1 7  and  he  sliall 
offer  the  ram  for  a  sacrifice  of 
peace-offerings  unto  Jehovah,  with 
the  basket  of  unleavened  bread  : 
the  priest  shall  offier  also  the  meal- 
offering  thereof'  and  the  drink- 
offering  thereof.  18  And  'the 
Nazirite  shall  shave  the  head  of 
his  separation  at  the  door  of  the 
tent  of  meeting,  and  shall  take 
the  hair  of  the  head  of  his  separa- 
tion, and  put  it  on  the  fire  which 
is  under  the  sacrifice  of  peace- 
offerings.  19  *  And  the  priest  shall 
take  the  boiled  shoulder  of  the 
ram,  and  one  unleavened  cake  out 
of  the  basket,  and  one  unleavened 
wafer,  and  shall  put  them  upon 
the  hands  of  the  Nazirite,  after  he 
hath  shaven  the  head  of  his  sepa- 
ration ;  20  and  the  priest  shall 
wave  them  for  a  wave-offering 
before  Jehovah  •  this  is  holy  for 
the  priest,  together  with  the  wave- 
breast  and  heave-*  thigh  :  and  after 
that  the  Nazirite  may  drink  wine. 

21  This  is  the  law  of  the 
Nazirite  who  voweth,  and  of  his 
oblation  unto  Jehovah  for  his  sepa- 
ration, besides  that  which  he  is 
able  to  get :  according  to  his  vow 
which  he  voweth,  so  he  must  do 
after  the  law  of  his  separation. 

22  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  23  Speak  unto 
Aaron  and  unto  his  sons,  saying. 
On  this  wise  'ye  shall  bless  the 
children  of  Israel :  ye  shall  say 
unto  them, 

24  Jehovah  *"  bless  thee,  and 
"  keep  thee : 

25  Jehovah  "make  his  face  to 
shine  upon  thee,  and  ^be  gracious 
unto  thee : 

26  Jehovah  'lift  up  his  counte- 
nance upon  thee,  and  '^give  thee 
peace. 

27  So  shall  they  'put  my  name 
upon  the  children  of  Israel ;  and  I 
will  bless  them. 

^  Or,  ikcnMer 


137 


7.1 


NUMBEES 


7.35 


The  Oblations  of  the  Princes 


7  And  it  came  to  pass  on  "the 
day  that  Moses  had  made  an 
end  of  setting  up  the  tabernacle, 
and  had  'anointed  it  and  sancti- 
fied it,  and  all  the  furniture  thereof, 
and  the  altar  and  all  the  vessels 
thereof,  and  had  anointed  them 
and  sanctified  them ;  2  that  "  the 
princes  of  Israel,  the  heads  of  their 
lathers'  houses,  offered.  These 
were  the  princes  of  the  tribes, 
these  are  they  that  were  over  them 
that  were  numbered :  3  and  they 
brought  their  oblation  before  Je- 
hovah, six  ''covered  wagons,  and 
twelve  oxen ;  a  wagon  for  every 
two  of  the  princes,  and  for  each 
one  an  ox :  and  they  presented 
them  before  the  tabernacle.  4  And 
Jehovah  spake  unto  Moses,  saying, 

5  Take  it  of  them,  that  they  may 
be  tii^erl  in  doing  the  service  of  the 
tent  of  meeting ;  and  thou  shalt 
give  them  unto  the  Levites,^  to 
every  man  according  to  his  service. 

6  And  Moses  took  the  wagons  and 
the  oxen,  and  gave  them  unto  the 
Levites.  7  Two  wagons  and  four 
oxen  he  gave  unto  the  sons  of 
Gershon,  according  to  "their  ser- 
vice :  8  and  four  wagons  and  eight 
oxen  he  gave  unto  the  sons  of 
Merari,  according  unto  -^ their  ser- 
vice, under  the  hand  of  Ithamar 
the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest.  9  But 
unto  the  sons  of  Kohath  he  gave 
none,  because  ^the  service  of  the 
sanctuary  belonged  unto  them ; 
they  bare  it  upon  their  shoulders. 
10  And  the  princes  offered  ^for 
the  dedication  of  the  altar  in  the 
day  that  ''it  was  anointed,  even 
the  princes  offered  their  oblation 
befoi-e  the  altar.  1 1  And  Jehovah 
said  unto  Moses,  They  shall  offer 
their  oblation,  each  prince  on  his 
day,  for  the  dedication  of  the  altar. 

_  12  And  he  that  offered  his  obla- 
tion the  first  day  was  Nahshon  the 
son  of  Amminadab,  of  the  tribe  of 
Judah :  13  and  his  oblation  was 
one  silver  'platter,  the  weight 
whereof  was  a  hundred  and  thirty 
shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
shekels,  after  *the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary;  both  of  them  full  of 
fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for  a 
meal-offering;  14  one  golden  spoon 
of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense ; 
15  one  young  bullock,  one  ram, 
one  he-lamb  a  year  old,  for  a 
burnt-offering ;  16  one  male  of  the 
goats    for   a  sin-offering;    17  and 

1  Or,  the  dedication-nift 


"■  Ex.  40.  17 


^  ver.  10,  84, 
88;  Ex.  40. 
9-11 


"  Ch.  1.  6-16 


d  Is.  66.  20 


«  ch.  4.  24-26 


/ch.  4.  31,32 


»  ch.  4.  5-15 


ft  ver.  1 ; 
2  Chr.  7.  9 


»  Ex.  26.  29 ; 
37.  16 


fc  ch.  3.  47 


for  the  sacrifice  of  peace-offerings, 
two  oxen,  five  rams,  five  he-goats, 
five  he-lambs  a  year  old  :  this  was 
the  oblation  of  Nahshon  the  son  of 
Amminadab. 

18  On  the  second  day  Nethanel 
the  son  of  Zuar,  prince  of  Issachar, 
did  offer :  1 9  he  offered  for  his 
oblation  one  silver  platter,  the 
weight  wh  reof  was  a  hundred  and 
thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of 
seventy  shekels,  after  the  shekel 
of  the  sanctuary ;  both  of  them  full 
of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for  a 
meal-offering  ;  20  one  golden  spoon 
of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense ;  2 1  one 
young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  he- 
lamb  a  year  old,  for  a  burnt-offer- 
ing ;  22  one  male  of  the  goats  for 
a  sin-offering  ;  23  and  for  the  sac- 
rifice of  peace-offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five  he- 
lambs  a  year  old:  this  was  the 
oblation  of  Nethanel  the  son  of 
Zuar. 

24  On  the  third  day  Eliab  the 
son  of  Helon,  prince  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Zebulun  :  25  his  oblation 
was  one  silver  platter,  the  weight 
whereof  was  a  hundred  and  thirty 
shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary ;  both  of  them  full  of 
fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for  a 
meal-offering  ;  26  one  golden  spoon 
of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense ;  27  one 
young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  he- 
lamb  a  year  old,  for  a  burnt-offer- 
ing ;  28  one  male  of  the  goats  for 
a  sin-offering ;  29  and  for  the  sac- 
rifice of  peace-offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five  he- 
lambs  a  year  old :  this  was  the 
oblation  of  Eliab  the  son  of  Helon. 

30  On  the  fourth  day  Elizur  the 
son  of  Shedeur,  prince  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Reuben :  3 1  his  oblation 
was  one  silver  platter,  the  weight 
whereof  was  a  hundred  and  thirty 
shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary;  both  of  them  full  of 
fine  flour  mingled  with  oU  for  a 
meal-offering ;  32  one  golden  spoon 
of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense ;  33  one 
young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  he- 
lamb  a  year  old,  for  a  burnt-offer- 
ing ;  34  one  male  of  the  goats  for 
a  sin-offering ;  35  and  for  the  sac- 
rifice of  peace-offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five  he- 
lambs  a  year  old :  this  was  the 
oblation  of  Elizur  the  son  of  She- 
deur. 


13& 


7.36 


HUMBERS 


7.73 


The  Oblations  of  the  Princes 


36  On  the  fifth  dajr  Shelumiel 
the  son  of  Zurishaddai,  prince  of 
the  children  of  tiimeon :  37  his 
oblation  was  one  silver  platter, 
the  weight  whereof  was  a  hundred 
and  thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl 
of  seventy  shekels,  after  the^  shekel 
of  the  sanctuary ;  both  of  them 
full  of  fine  fiour  mingled  with  oil 
for  a  meal-otiering  ;  38  one  golden 
spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense  ; 
39  one  young  bullock,  one  ram, 
one  he-lamb  a  year  old,  for  a  burnt- 
ofi'ering  ;  40  one  male  of  the  goats 
for  a  sin-otfering ;  41  and  for  the 
sacrifice  of  peace-offerings,  two 
oxen,  five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five 
he-lambs  a_  year  old  :  this  was  the. 
oblation  of  Shelumiel  the  son  of 
Zurishaddai. 

42  On  the  sixth  day  Eliasaph 
the  son  of  Deuel,  prince  of  the 
children  of  Gad  :  43  his  oblation 
was  one  silver  platter,  the  weight 
whereof  was  a  hundred  and  thirty 
shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary;  both  of  them  full  of 
fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for  a 
meal-offering  ;  44  one  golden  spoon 
of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense ;  45  one 
young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  he- 
lamb  a  year  old,  for  a  burnt-offer- 
ing ;  46  one  male  of  the  goats  for 
a  sin-ofifering ;  47  and  for  the  sac- 
rifice of  peace-ofiferings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five  he- 
lambs  a  year  old :  this  was  the 
oblation  of  Eliasaph  the  son  of 
Deuel. 

48  On  the  seventh  day  Elishama 
the  son  of  Ammihud,  prince  of  the 
children  of  Ephraim  :  49  his  obla- 
tion was  one  silver  platter,  the 
weight  whereof  was  a  hundred  and 
thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of 
seventy  shekels,  after  the  shekel 
oi  the  sanctuary;  both  of  them 
full  f  fin-  flour  mingled  with  oil 
for  a  meal-ottering  ;  50  one  golden 
spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense  ; 
51  one  young  bullock,  one  ram, 
one  he-lamb  a  year  old,  for  a  burnt- 
offering  ;  52  one  male  of  the  goats 
for  a  sin-offering ;  53  and  for  the 
sacrifice  of  peace-offerings,  two 
oxen,  five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five 
he-lambs  a  year  old  :  this  was  the 
oblation  of  Elishama  the  son  of 
Ammihud. 

54  On  the  eighth  day  Gamaliel 
the  son  of  Pedahzur,  prince  of  the 
children  of  Manasseh  :  55  his  ob- 
lation was  one  silver  platter,  the 


weight  whereof  was  a  hundred  and 
thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of 
seventy  shekels,  after  the  shekel 
of  the  sanctuary ;  both  of  them 
full  of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil 
for  a  meal-offering ;  56  one  golden 
spoon  of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense  ; 
57  one  young  bullock,  one  ram, 
one  he-lamb  a  year  old,  for  a  burnt- 
offering  ;  58  one  male  of  the  goats 
for  a  sin-offering ;  59  and  for  the 
sacrifice  of  peace-offerings,  two 
oxen,  five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five 
he-lambs  a  year  old  :  this  was  the 
oblation  of  Gamaliel  the  son  of 
Pedahzur. 

60  On  the  ninth  day  Abidan  the 
son  of  Gideoni,  prince  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Benjamin:  61  his  oblation 
was  one  silver  platter,  the  weight 
whereof  was  a  hundred  and  thirty 
shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
shekels,  after  the  sliekel  of  the 
.sanctuary;  both  of  them  full  of 
fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for  a 
meal-offering;  62  one  golden  spoon 
of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense ;  63  one 
young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  he- 
lamb  a  year  old,  for  a  burnt-offer- 
ing ;  64  one  male  of  the  goats  for 
a  sin-offering  ;  65  and  for  the  sac- 
rifice of  peace-offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five  he- 
lambs  a  year  old :  this  was  the 
oblation  of  Abidan  the  son  of 
Gideoni. 

66  On  the  tenth  day  Ahiezer  the 
son  of  Ammishaddai,  prince  of  the 
children  of  Dan  :  67  his  oblation 
was  one  silver  platter,  the  weight 
whereof  was  a  hundred  and  thirty 
shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
:!hekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary ;  both  of  them  full  of 
fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for  a 
meal-oft'ering  ;  68  one  golden  spoon 
of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense ;  69  one 
young  bullock,  one  ram,  one  he- 
lamb  a  year  old,  for  a  burnt-offer- 
ing ;  70  one  male  of  the  goats  for 
a  sin-offering;  71  and  for  the  sac- 
rifice of  peace-offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five  he- 
lambs  a  year  old  :  this  was  the 
oblation  of  Ahiezer  the  son  of  Am- 
mishaddai. 

72  On  the  eleventh  day  Pagiel 
the  son  of  Ochran,  prince  of  the 
children  of  Asher  :  73  his  oblation 
was  one  silver  platter,  the  weight 
whereof  was  a  hundred  and  thirty 
shekels,  one  silver  bowl  of  seventy 
shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary;    both  of   them  full  o* 


139 


7.74 


NUMBERS 


8.15 


The  Oblations  of  the  Princes.    The  Seven  Lamps  of  the  Sanctuary.    Purification  of  the  Levites 


fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for  a 
meal-o£Fering ;  74  one  golden  spoon 
of  ten  shekels,  full  of  incense ;  75  one 

froung  bullock,  one  ram,  one  he- 
amb  a  year  old,  for  a  burnt-offer- 
ing;  76  one  male  of  the  goats  for 
a  sin-offering ;  77  and  for  the  sac- 
rifice of  peace-offerings,  two  oxen, 
five  rams,  five  he-goats,  five  he- 
lambs  a  year  old  :  this  was  the 
oblation  of  Pagiel  the  son  of 
Ochran. 

78  On  the  twelfth  day  Ahira  the 
son  of  Enan,  prince  of  the  children 
of  Naphtali :  79  his  oblation  was  one 
silver  platter,  the  weight  whereof 
was  a  nundred  and  thirty  shekels, 
one  silver  bowl  of  seventy  shekels, 
after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary; 
both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  min- 

fled  with  oil  for  a  meal-offering ; 
0  one  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels, 
full  of  incense;  81  one  young  bul- 
lock, one  ram,  one  he-lamb  a  year 
old,  for  a  burnt-offering ;  82  one 
male  of  the  goats  for  a  sin-offering ; 
83  and  for  the  sacrifice  of  peace- 
offerings,  two  oxen,  five  rams,  five 
he^goats,  five  he-lambs  a  year  old  : 
this  was  the  oblation  of  Ahira  the 
son  of  Enan. 

84  This  was  "  the  ^  dedication  of 
the  altar,  in  the  day  when  *it  was 
anointed, "  by  the  princes  of  Israel : 
twelve  silver  platters,  twelve  sil- 
ver bowls,  twelve  golden  spoons ; 
85  each  silver  platter  weighing  a 
hundred  and  thirty  shekels,  and 
each  bowl  seventy;  all  the  silver  of 
the  vessels  two  thousand  and  four 
hundred  shekels,  after  the  shekel 
of  the  sanctuary ;  SQ  the  twelve 
golden  spoons,  full  of  incense, 
weighing  ten  shekels  apiece,  after 
the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary ;  all 
the  gold  of  the  spoons  a  hundred 
and  twenty  shekels  ;  87  all  the  oxen 
for  the  burnt-offering  twelve  bul- 
locks, the  rams  twelve,  the  he- 
lambs  a  year  old  twelve,  and  their 
meal-offering;  and  the  males  of 
the  goats  for  a  sin-offering  twelve  ; 
Sd>  and  all  the  oxen  for  the  sacri- 
fice of  peace-offerings  twenty  and 
four  bullocks,  the  rams  sixty,  the 
he-goats  sixty,  the  he-lambs  a  year 
old  sixty.  "This  was  the  ^dedica- 
tion of  the  altar,  after  that  it  was 
anointed. 

89  And  when  f  Moses  went  into 
the  tent  of  meeting  to  speak  with 
him,  then  he  heard  tne  Voice 
speaking    unto    him    from    above 

1  Or,  dedication-gift       *  Or,  at  the  hands  of 


°  ver.  10 
b  ver.  1 
'  ver.  1,  10 
d  Ex,  40.  34, 
36 


/Ps.  80.  1; 
99.  1 

'  Ex.  25.  37 ; 
Lev.  24.  2,  4 


fc  Ex.  25.  31- 


■  Ex.  25.  9, 

40 ;  26.  30 


*  ch.  19.  9, 
13,  20 


'  Lev.  14.  8,  9 
"  ver.  21 


"  ch.  15.  8-10 


»  Lev.  7.  30, 


P  ch.  3. 12 


140 


"  the  mercy-seat  that  was  upon  the 
ark  of  the  testimony,  from  •'^  be- 
tween the  two  cherubim :  and  he 
spake  unto  him. 

And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  2  Speak  unto 
Aaron,  and  say  unto  him,  When 
thou  *  lightest  the  lamps,  the  seven 
lamps  shall  f  give  light  in  front  of 
the  candlestick.  3  And  Aaron  did 
so ;  he  *  lighted  the  lamps  thereof 
so  as  to  give  light  in  front  of  the  can- 
dlestick, as  Jehovah  commanded 
Moses.  4  ''And  this  was  the  work 
of  the  candlestick,  *  beaten  work  of 
gold ;  unto  the  base  thereof,  and 
unto  the  flowers  thereof,  it  was 
"^beaten  work:  'according  unto 
the  pattern  which  Jehovah  had 
showed  Moses,  so  he  made  the 
candlestick. 

5  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  6  Take  the  Levites 
from  among  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  cleanse  them.  7  And  thus 
shalt  thou  do  unto  them,  to  cleanse 
them  :  sprinkle  the  *  water  of  ex- 
piation upon  them,  and  let  them 
'  cause  a  razor  to  pass  over  all  their 
flesh,  and  '"let  them  wash  their 
clothes,  and  cleanse  themselves. 
8  Then  let  them  take  a  young 
bullock,  and  "its  meal-offering,  fine 
flour  mingled  with  oil ,  and  another 
young  bullock  shalt  thou  take  for 
a  sin-offering.  9  And  thou  shalt 
present  the  Levites  before  the  tent 
of  meeting :  and  thou  shalt  assem- 
ble the  whole  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Israel :  10  and  thou 
shalt  present  the  Levites  before 
Jehovaih.  And  the  children  of  Is- 
rael shall  lay  their  hands  upon  the 
Levites  :  11  and  Aaron  shall  •*  offer 
the  Levites  before  Jehovah  for  a 
"wave-offering,  ''on  the  behalf  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  that  it  may 
be  theirs  to  do  the  service  of  Jeho- 
vah. 1 2  And  the  Levites  shall  lay 
their  hands  upon  the  heads  of  the 
bullocks :  and  offer  thou  the  one 
for  a  sin-offering,  and  the  other  for 
a  burnt-offering,  unto  Jehovah,  to 
make  atonement  for  the  Levites. 
13  And  thou  shalt  set  the  Levites 
before  Aaron,  and  before  his  sons, 
and  offer  them  for  a  wave-offering 
unto  Jehovah. 

14  Thus  shalt  thou  separate  the 
Levites  from  among  the  children 
of  Israel ;  and  ^  the  Levites  shall 
be  mine.     15  And  after  that  shall 

s  Or,  settest  up       *  Or,  set  up       *  Or,  turned 
<  Heb.  wave,  and  ia  ver.  13, 16, 2lo     ?  Or, /row 


8.16 


NUMBERS 


9.14 


Porifir&tion  of  the  Levites.    Law  respecting  the  Keeping  of  the  Passover 


the  Levites  go  in  to  do  the  service 
of  the  tent  of  meeting :  and  thou 
shalt  cleanse  them,  and  otter  them 
for  a  wave-ottering.  16  For  they 
are  "  wholly  given  unto  me  from 
among  the  children  of  Israel;  'in- 
stead of  all  that  openeth  the  womb, 
even  the  first-born  of  all  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  have  I  taken  them 
unto  me.  17  For  all  the  first-born 
among  the  children  of  Israel  are 
mine,  both  man  and  beast :  on  the 
day  that  I  smote  all  the  first-born 
in  the  land  of  Egypt  I  sanctified 
them  for  myself.  18  And  I  have 
taken  the  Levites  instead  of  all  the 
first-born  among  the  children  of 
Israel.  19  And  1  have  given  the 
Levites  as  ^  a  gift  to  Aaron  and  to 
his  sons  from  among  the  childi'en 
of  Israel,  to  do  the  service  of  the 
children  of  Israel  in  the  tent  of 
meeting,  and  to  make  atonement 
for  the  children  of  Israel ;  that 
there  be  no  '  plague  among  the 
children  of  Israel,  -when  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  come  nigh  unto  the 
sanctuary. 

20  Thus  did  Moses,  and  Aaron, 
and  all  the  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  unto  the  Le- 
vites :  according  unto  all  that  Je- 
hovah commanded  Moses  touching 
the  Levites,  so  did  the  children  of 
Israel  unto  them.  21  ''And  the 
Levites  purified  themselves  from 
sin,  and  they  washed  their  clothes ; 
and  Aaron  ottered  them  for  a  wave- 
ottering  before  Jehovah ;  and  Aaron 
made  atonement  for  them  to  cleanse 
them.  22  And  after  that  went  the 
Levites  in  to  do  their  service  in  the 
tent  of  meeting  before  Aaron,  and 
before  his  sons :  as  Jehovah  had 
commanded  Moses  concerning  the 
Levites,  so  did  they  unto  them. 

23  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  24  This  is  that 
which  belongeth  unto  the  Levites  : 
fi'om  ''twenty  and  five  years  old 
and  upward  they  shall  go  in  ^to 
wait  upon  the  service  in  the  work 
of  the  tent  of  meeting :  25  and 
from  the  age  of  fifty  years  they 
shall  ^  cease  waiting  upon  the  work, 
and  shall  serve  no  more,  26  but 
shall  minister  with  their  brethren 
in  the  tent  of  meeting,  to  keep  the 
charge,  and  shall  do  no  service. 
Thus  shalt  thou  do  unto  the  Levites 
touching  their  charges. 

1  Heb.  Ni'fhiivim.  given. 

2  Or,  //( niii'ifi  til'  eh  ildrrn  of  Israel  coming  nigh 
s  Heb.  to  ti-tir  ttic  wnrfare  in  the  work. 

*  Heb.  return  from  the  warfare  of  the  work. 


"  ch.  3.  9 
>>  Ex.  13.  2 
''  ch.  1.  53 
<*  ver.  7 
'  ch.  4.  3 


/ch.  1.  1; 
Ex.  40.  2, 


»  Ex.  12.  6 


h  ch.  19.  11- 


■'  Ex.  18.  15 


t  Jn.  19.36; 
Ex.  12.  46 


'  Ex,  12,  « 


141 


9  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses  in  the  wilderness  of 
Sinai,  in  -^the  first  month  of  the 
second  year  after  they  were  come 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  saying, 
2  Moi-eover  let  the  children  of  Israel 
keep  the  passover  in  "  its  appointed 
season.  3  In  the  fourteenth  day  of 
this  month,  *at  even,  ye  shall  keep 
it  in  its  appointed  season  :  accord- 
ing to  all  the  statutes  of  it,  and 
according  to  all  the  ordinances 
thereof,  shall  ye  keep  it.  4  And 
Moses  spake  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  that  they  should  keep  the 
passover.  5  And  they  kept  the 
passover  in  the  first  month,  on 
the  fourteenth  day  of  the  month, 
®at  even,  in  the  wilderness  of  Sinai : 
according  to  all  that  Jehovah  com- 
manded Moses,  so  did  the  children 
of  Israel.  6  And  there  were  cer- 
tain men,  who  were  ''unclean  by 
reason  of  the  dead  body  of  a  man, 
so  that  they  could  not  keep  the 
passover  on  that  day  :  and  they 
came  before  IMoses  and  before 
Aaron  on  that  day  :  7  and  those 
men  said  unto  him,  We  are  unclean 
by  reason  of  the  dead  body  of  a 
man  :  wherefore  are  we  kept  back, 
that  we  may  not  otter  the  oblation 
of  Jehovah  in  its  appointed  season 
among  the  children  of  Israel  1  8  And 
Moses  said  unto  them,  'Stay  ye,  that 
I  may  hear  what  Jehovah  will  com- 
mand concerning  you. 

9  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  10  Speak  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  saying,  If  any 
man  of  you  or  of  j'our  generations 
shall  be  unclean  by  reason  of  a 
dead  body,  or  be  on  a  journey  afar 
off,  yet  he  shall  keep  the  passover 
unto  Jehovah.  11  In  the  second 
month  on  the  fourteenth  day  ®at 
even  they  shall  keep  it ;  they  shall 
eat  it  with  unleavened  bread  and 
bitter  herbs  :  12  they  shall  leave 
none  of  it  unto  the  morning,  *  nor 
break  a  bone  thereof :  according  to 
all  the  statute  of  the  passover  they 
shall  keep  it.  13  'But  the  man 
that  is  clean,  and  is  not  on  a  jour- 
ney, and  forbeareth  to  keep  the 
passover,  that  soul  shall  be  cut  oft' 
from  his  people ;  because  he  offered 
not  the  oblation  of  Jehovah  in  its 
appointed  season,  that  man  shall 
bear  his  sin.  1 4  '"  And  if  a  stranger 
shall  sojourn  among  you,  and  will 
keep  the  passover  unto  Jehovah ; 
according   to   the   statute   of   the 

8  Heb.  between  the  two  evenings. 


9.  15 


NUMBEKS 


10.18 


The  CIoQd  upon  the  Tabernacle.    The  Silver  Trnmpets.    The  Tribes  march  from  Sinai.    The  Order  of  the  March 


passover,  and  according  to  the  or- 
dinance thereof,  so  shall  he  do  :  ye 
shall  have  "one  statute,  both  for 
the  sojourner,  and  for  him  that  is 
born  in  the  land. 

15  And  on  *the  day  that  the 
tabernacle  was  reared  up  "the 
cloud  covered  the  tabernacle,  even 
the  "^  tent  of  the  testimony :  and 
•"at  even  it  was  upon  the  taber- 
nacle as  it  were  the  appearance  of 
fire,  until  morning.  16  So  it  was 
alway:  the  cloud  covered  it,  and 
the  appearance  of  fire  by  night. 
17  ''And  whenever  the  cloud  was 
taken  up  from  over  the  Tent,  then 
after  that  the  children  of  Israel 
journeyed  :  and  in  the  place  where 
the  cloud  abode,  there  the  children 
of  Israel  encamped.  18  At  the 
commandment  of  Jehovah  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  journeyed,  and  at  the 
commandment  of  Jehovah  they  en- 
camped :  as  long  as  the  cloud  abode 
upon  the  tabernacle  they  remained 
encamped.  19  And  when  the  cloud 
tarried  upon  the  tabernacle  many 
days,  then  the  children  of  Israel 
kept  the  charge  of  Jehovah,  and 
journeyed  not.  20  And  sometimes 
the  cloud  was  a  few  days  upon  the 
tabernacle ;  then  according  to  the 
commandment  of  Jehovah  they  re- 
mained encamped,  and  according 
to  the  commandment  of  Jehovah 
they  journeyed.  21  And  some- 
times the  cloud  was  from  evening 
until  morning  ;  and  when  the  cloud 
was  taken  up  in  the  morning,  they 
journeyed  :  or  if  it  continued  by 
day  and  by  night,  when  the  cloud 
was  taken  up,  they  journeyed.  22 
Whether  it  were  two  days,  or  a 
month,  or  a  year,  that  the  cloud 
tarried  upon  the  tabernacle,  abid- 
ing thereon,  the  children  of  Israel 
remained  encamped,  and  journeyed 
not;  but  when  it  was  taken  up,  they 
journeyed.  23  At  the  command- 
ment of  Jehovah  they  encamped, 
and  at  the  commandment  of  Jeho- 
vah they  journeyed :  they  kept  the 
charge  of  Jehovah,  at  the  command- 
ment of  Jehovah  by  Moses. 
"1  f\  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
JL\J  Moses,  saying,  2  \hike  thee 
two  trumpets  of  silver ;  of  ^  beaten 
work  shalt  thou  make  them :  and 
thou  shalt  use  them  for  the  calling 
of  the  congregation,  and  for  the 
journeying  of  the  camps.  3  And 
when  thej;  shall  blow  them,  all  the 
congregation    shall    gather   them- 

1  Or,  turned 


"  ch.  15.  15, 

16,  29;  Ex. 

12.  49 ; 

Lev.  24.  22 
b  Ex.  40.  2, 

17 
'  Ex.  40.  34 
rf  ch.  17.  7 
"  Ex.  13.  21, 

/ch.  10.  11, 
12 ;  Ex.  40. 
36-38 


3  ver.  14 
><■  ver.  18 


'■  ch.  31.  6 


*  Ps.  81.  3- 


'  Ex.  40.  17 


Dt.  1.  6 


"  ch.  2.  3-9 


P  ch.  2.  10-lG 

142 


selves  unto  thee  at  the  door  of  the 
tent  of  meeting.  4  And  if  they 
blow  but  one,  then  the  princes,  the 
heads  of  the  thousands  of  Israel, 
shall  gather  themselves  unto  thee. 
5  And  when  ye  blow  an  alarm,  the 
camps  that  lie  ^on  the  east  side 
shall  take  their  journey.  6  And 
when  ye  blow  an  alarm  the  second 
time,  the  camps  that  lie  on  ''the 
south  side  shall  take  their  journey : 
they  shall  blow  an  alarm  for  their 
journeys.  7  But  when  the  assem- 
bly is  to  be  gathered  together,  ye 
shall  blow,  but  ye  shall  not  sound 
an  alarm.  8  *  And  the  sons  of 
Aaron,  the  priests,  shall  blow  the 
trumpets ;  and  they  shall  be  to  you 
for  a  statute  for  ever  throughout 
your  generations.  9  And  when  ye 
go  to  war  in  your  land  against  the 
adversary  that  oppresseth  you,  then 
ye  shall  sound  an  alarm  with  the 
trumpets;  and  ye  shall  be  remem- 
bered before  Jehovah  your  God, 
and  ye  shall  be  saved  from  your 
enemies.  10  Also  in  the  day  of 
your  gladness,  and  in  _  your  set 
feasts,  and  in  the  beginnings  of 
your  months,  *ye  shall  blow  the 
trumpets  over  your  burnt-offer- 
ings, and  over  the  sacrifices  of 
your  peace-offerings;  and  they 
shall  be  to  you  for  a  memorial  be- 
fore your  God :  I  am  Jehovah  your 
God. 

1 1  And  it  came  to  pass  in  '  the 
second  year,  in  the  second  month, 
on  the  twentieth  day  of  the  month, 
that  the  cloud  was  taken  up  from 
over  the  tabernacle  of  the  testi- 
mony. 12  And  the  children  of 
Israel  _  set  forward  according  to 
their  journeys  out  of  the  wilder- 
ness of  Sinai ;  and  the  cloud  abode 
in  the  wilderness  of  Paran.  13  ""And 
they  first  took  their  journey  accord- 
ing to  the  commandment  of  Jeho- 
vah by  Moses.  1 4  "And  in  the  first 
vlace  the  standard  of  the  camp  of 
the  children  of  Judah  set  forward 
according  to  their  hosts :  and  over 
his  host  was  Nahshon  the  son  of 
Amminada.b.  15  And  over  the 
host  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Issachar  was  Nethanol  the  son 
of  Zuar.  16  And  over  the  host  of 
the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Zebu- 
lun  was  Eliab  the  son  of  Helon. 

17  °  And  the  tabernacle  was 
taken  down ;  and  the  sons  of  Ger- 
shon  and  the  sons  of  Merari,  who 
bare  the  tabernacle,  set  forward. 
18  ^  And  the  standard  of  the  camp 


10.19 


NUMBERS 


11.12 


Hobab  invited  to  go  with  the  People.    The  Departure.    The  Peopli  mormar,  and  griere  Hoses 


of  Reuben  set  forward  according  to 
their  hosts :  and  over  his  host  was 
EUzur  the  son  of  .Shedeur.  1 9  And 
over  the  host  of  tlie  tribe  of  the 
children  of  iSinieon  was  IShelumiel 
the  son  of  Zurishaddai.  20  And 
over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Gad  was  Eliasaph  the 
.son  of  Deuel. 

21  "And  the  Kohathites  set  for- 
ward, bearing  the  sanctuary:  and 
*  the  others  did  set  up  the  tabernacle 
against  their  coming.  22  "-'And 
the  standard  of  the  camp  of  the 
children  of  Ephraim  set  forward 
according  to  their  hosts :  and  over 
his  host  was  Elishama  the  son  of 
Ammihud.  23  And  over  the  host 
of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Manasseh  was  Gamaliel  the  son  of 
Pedahzur.  24  And  over  the  host 
of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Benjamin  was  Abidan  the  son  of 
Gideoni. 

25  ''And  the  standard  of  the 
camp  of  the  children  of  Dan,  which 
was  the "  rearward  of  ail  the  camps, 
set  forward  according  to  their  hosts : 
and  over  his  host  was  Ahiezer  the 
son  of  Ammishaddai.  26  And  over 
the  host  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Asher  was  Pagiel  the  son  of  Och- 
ran.  27  And  over  the  host  of  tlie 
tribe  of  the  children  of  Naphtali 
was  Ahira  the  son  of  Enan.  28 
Thus  were  the  journejangs  of  the 
children  of  Israel  according  to 
their  hosts;  and  they  set  forward. 

29  And  Moses  said  unto  -^Hobab, 
the  son  of  ^Eeuel  the  ]\Iidianite, 
Moses'  father-in-law,  We  are  jour- 
neying unto  the  place  of  which  Je- 
hovah said,  *  I  will  give  it  you  : 
'come  thou  with  us,  and  we  will 
do  thee  good;  for  .Jehovah  *hath 
spoken  good  concerning  Israel. 
30  And  he  said  unto  him,  '  I  will 
not  go;  but  I  will  depart  to  mine 
own  land,  and  to  my  kindred.  31 
And  he  said.  Leave  us  not,  I  pray 
thee ;  forasmuch  as  thou  knowest 
how  we  are  to  encamp  in  the  wil- 
derness, and  thou  shalt  be  to  us 
instead  of  eyes.  32  And  it  shall 
be,  if  thou  go  with  us,  yea,  it  shall 
be,  that ""  what  good  soever  Jehovah 
shall  do  \into  us,  "  the  same  will  we 
do  unto  thee. 

33  "And  they  set  forward  from 
the  mount  of  .Jehovah  three  daj's' 
journey;  and  ^ the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  Jehovah  went  before  them 
three  days'  journey,  to  seek  out  *a 
resting-place  for  them.     34  'And 


"  ch.  4.  4-20 
i>  ver.  17 

'  ch.  2.  18-24 
d  ch.  ■!.  iiu-31 
•Josh.  0.  9, 

i:i 
/Judg.  4.  11 
"  Ex.  2.  18  ; 

3.  1  ;  18.  12 
fc  Gen.  12.  7  ; 

Ex.  o.  4-8 
>  Ps.  93.  1-7 ; 

100.  1-5 
kiit.  4.  40; 

;io.  5 
'  Mt.  21.  28, 

29;  Judg. 

1.  le 
"'  Ps.  22.  27- 

31 ;  67.  6-7 
"  Lev.  19.  34  ; 

I)t.  10.  18 
"  ver.  11 
V  Dt.  1.  33 
''  Is.  11.  10 
'■  ch.  9.  15-23 


'Ps.  68.  1,2; 

Is.  17.  12-14 
<  Dt.  7.  10  ; 

32.  41 
"  Is.  C3.  17 
"  Dt.  1.  10 
^  ch.  14.  2 ; 

16.  11  ;  17.  6 
V  ver.  18 ;  ch. 

14.  28 
*ch.  12.  11, 

13;  21.  7 
"  Dt.  9.  22 
"  Ex.  12.  .38 ; 

1  Cor.  10.  6 
"  Ps.  78.  20 
d  Ex.  16.  3 


•ch.  2).  6 
/  Ex.  16.  31 


"  Ex.  10.  13, 


A  Ex.  5.  22 


the  cloud  of  Jehovah  was  over  them 
by  day,  when  they  set  forward  from 
the  camp. 

3-5  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
ark  set  forward,  that  Moses  said, 
"Rise  up.  O  Jehovah,  and  let  thine 
enemies  be  scattered ;  and  let  them 
'  that  hate  thee  tlee  before  thee. 
36  And  when  it  rested,  he  said, 
"Return,  O  Jehovah,  unto  the  ten 
"thousands  of  the  thousands  of 
Israel. 

nAnd  the  people  were  as 
""murmurers,  ^speaking  evil 
*  in  the  ears  of  J  ehovah  :  and  when 
Jehovah  heard  it,  his  anger  was 
kindled;  and  the  fire  of  Jehovah 
burnt  among  them,  and  devoured 
in  the  uttermost  part  of  the  camp. 
2  ^  And  the  people  cried  unto  Moses ; 
and  Moses  prayed  unto  Jehovah, 
and  the  fire  abated.  3  And  the 
name  of  that  place  was  called  - "  Ta- 
berah,  because  the  fire  of  Jehovah 
burnt  among  them. 

4  And  the  *mixed  multitude  that 
■was  among  them  lusted  exceed- 
ingly: and  the  children  of  Israel 
also  wept  again,  and  said,  ''^\'ho 
shall  give  us  flesh  to  eat?  5  ''We 
remember  the  fish,  which  we  did  eat 
in  Egypt  for  nought;  the  cucum- 
bers, and  the  melons,  and  the  leeks, 
and  the  onions,  and  the  garlic :  6 
but  now  "our  soul  is  dried  away; 
there  is  nothing  at  all  save  this 
manna  to  look  upon.  7  ■'And  the 
manna  was  like  coriander  seed,  and 
the  ''appearance  thereof  as  the  ap- 
pearance of  bdellium.  8  The  peo- 
ple went  about,  and  gathereci  it, 
and  ground  it  in  mills,  or  beat  it  in 
mortars,  and  boiled  it  in  pots,  and 
made  cakes  of  it:  and  the  taste  of 
it  was  as  the  taste  of  ■*  fresh  oil. 
9  ''And  when  the  dew  fell  upon  the 
camp  in  the  night,  the  manna  fell 
^  upon  it. 

10  And  Moses  heard  the  people 
weeping  throughout  their  families, 
every  man  at  the  door  of  his  tent : 
and  the  anger  of  Jehovah  was 
kindled  greatly;  and  Moses  was 
displeased.  11  ''And  Moses  said 
unto  .Jehovah,  Wherefore  hast  thou 
dealt  ill  with  thy  servant"?  and 
wherefore  have  I  not  found  favor 
in  thy  si^ht,  that  thou  layest  the 
burden  of  all  this  people  upon  me  I 
12  Have  I  conceived  all  this  people  ■? 
have  I  brought  them  forth,  that 


143 


1  Or.  which  was  fvil 

2  That  is.  Burning. 
s  Heb.  eye. 


*  Or,  cnkfis  baked  with  oil 
'  Or,  with 


11.13 


NUMBERS 


12.2 


Seventy  Eiders  appointed  to  assist  Moses.    Eldad  and  Medad.    Qnails  sent,  and  with  tbem  a  Flagne 


thou  shouldest  say  unto  me,  Carry 
them  in  thy  bosom,  as  a  j*  nursing- 
father  carrieth  the  sucking  child, 
unto  the  land  which  ''  thou  swarest 
unto  their  fathers'?  13  Whence 
should  I  have  flesh  to  give  unto 
"all  this  peopled  for  they  weep 
unto  me,  saying,  Give  us  flesh,  that 
we  may  eat.  1 4  •*  I  am  not  able  to 
bear  all  this  people  alone,  because 
it  is  too  heavy  for  me.  15  "And  if 
thou  deal  thus  with  me,  kill  me,  I 
pray  thee,  out  of  hand,  if  I  have 
found  favor  in  thy  sight;  and  let 
me  not  see  my  wretchedness. 

1 6  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
Gather  unto  me  seventy  men  of 
the  elders  of  Israel,  -^whom  thou 
knowest  to  be  the  elders  of  the  peo- 

gle,  and  oflicers  over  them;  and 
ring  them  unto  the  tent  of  meet- 
ing, that  they  may  stand  there  with 
thee.  17  "And  I  will  come  down 
and  talk  with  thee  there :  and  I  will 
take  of  the  Spirit  which  is  upon 
thee,  and  will  put  it  upon  them; 
and  they  shall  bear  the  burden  of 
the  people  with  thee,  that  thou 
bear  it  not  thyself  alone.  1 8  And 
say  thou  unto  the  people,  *  Sanctify 
yourselves  against  to-morrow,  and 
ye  shall  eat  flesh ;  for  ye  have  wept 
'  in  the  ears  of  .Jehovah,  saying,  Who 
shall  give  us  fle^h  to  eat'?  for  it  was 
well  with  us  in  Egypt:  therefore 
Jehovah  will  give  you  flesh,  and  ye 
shall  eat.  1 9  Ye  shall  not  eat  one 
day,  nor  two  days,  nor  five  days, 
neither  ten  days,  nor  twenty  days, 
20  but  a  whole  month,  until  it 
come  out  at  your  nostrils,  and  it  be 
loathsome  unto  you ;  because  that 
*ye  have  rejected  Jehovah  who  is 
among  you,  and  have  wept  before 
him,  saying,  Why  came  we  forth 
out  of  Egypf?  21  And  Moses  said. 
The  people,  among  whom  I  am,  are 
six  hundred  thousand  footmen ;  and 
thou  hast  said,  I  will  give  them  flesh, 
that  they  may  eat  a  whole  month. 

22  Shall  flocks  and  herds  be  slain 
for  them,  to  suffice  them'?  or  shall 
all  the  fish  of  the  sea  be  gathered 
together  for  them,  to  suffice  them? 

23  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
Is  'Jehovah's  hatid  waxed  short? 
now  shalt  thou  see  whether  my 
word  shall  come  to  pass  unto  thee 
or  not. 

24  And  Moses  went  out,  and 
•"  told  the  people  the  words  of  Jeho- 
vah :  and  lie  gathered  seventy  men 
of  the  elders  of  the  people,  and 
set  them  round  about  the  Tent. 


«  2  K.  10.  1, 
6 ;  Is.  49. 

23 
b  Gen.  24.  7 ; 

Ex.  13.  5, 

U  ;  33.  1 
"  ver.  21.  22 ; 

Jn.  6.  i>-9 
d  Ex.  18.  18  i 

Dt.  1.  12 
«  Ex.  32.  32 
/  Ex.  18.  25 
"  ver.  25 
''  Ex.  19.  10, 

22 
"■  ver.  1 
fc  Josh.  24. 

27 ;  1  S.  10. 

19 
'  Is.  50.  2 ; 

69.  1 
"*  ver.  16 


"  ver.  17 ; 

ch.  12.  5 

"  ch.  24.  2 ; 

1  S.  10.  6 ; 

2  Chr.  15. 

1 ;  Neh.  9. 

30 
P  Ex.  33.  11 ; 

Josh.  1.  1 
«  Mk.  9.  38- 

40 


■  Ex.  16.  13  ; 

Ps.  78.  26- 
28 ;  105.  40 


«  Ps.  78.  29- 
31 ;  106.  15 


( Dt.  9.  22 


'  Ex.  2.  21 
'  ch.  16.  3 


144 


25  "  And  Jehovah  came  down  in  the 
cloud,  and  spake  unto  him,  and 
took  of  the  Spirit  that  was  upon 
him,  and  put  it  upon  the  seventy 
elders  :  and  it  came  to  pass,  that, 
when  the  Spirit  rested  upon  them, 
they  prophesied,  but  they  did  so  no 
more. 

26  But  there  remained  two  men 
in  the  camp,  the  name  of  the  one 
was  Eldad,  and  the  name  of  the 
other  Medad :  and  "the  Spirit  rested 
upon  them  ;  and  they  were  of  them 
that  were  written,  but  had  not  gone 
out  unto  the  Tent ;  and  they  proph- 
esied in  the  camp.  27  Ancl  there 
ran  a  young  man,  and  told  Moses, 
and  said,  Eldad  and  Medad  do 
prophesy  in  the  camp.  28  And 
''Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  the  min- 
ister of  Moses,  ^  one  of  his  chosen 
men,  answered  and  said,  *  My  lord 
Moses,  forbid  them.  29  And  Moses 
said  unto  him,  Art  thou  jealous  for 
my  sake "?  would  that  all  Jehovah's 
people  were  prophets,  that  Jehovah 
would  put  his  Spirit  upon  them ! 
30  And  Moses  gat  him  into  the 
camp,  he  and  the  elders  of  Israel. 

3 1  *■  And  there  went  forth  a  wind 
from  Jehovah,  and  brought  quails 
from  the  sea,  and  let  them  fall  ^  by 
the  camp,  about  a  day's  journey  on 
this  side,  and  a  day's  journey  on 
the  other  side,  round  about  the 
camp,  and  about  two  cubits  above 
the  face  of  the  earth.  32  And  the 
people  rose  up  all  that  day,  and  all 
the  night,  ancl  all  the  next  day,  and 
gathered  the  quails  :  he  that  gath- 
ered least  gathered  ten  homers :  and 
they  spread  them  all  abroad  for 
themselves  round  about  the  camp. 
33  *  While  the  flesh _  was  yet  be- 
tween their  teeth,  ere  it  was  chewed, 
the  anger  of  Jehovah  was  kindled 
against  the  people,  and  Jehovah 
smote  the  people  with  a  very  great 
plague.  34  And  the  name  of  that 
place  was  called  ^ '  Kibroth-hattaa- 
vah,  because  there  they  buried  the 
people  that  lusted.  35  From  Kib- 
roth-hattaavah  the  people  jour- 
neyed unto  Hazeroth ;  and  they 
abode  at  Hazeroth. 
-^  O  And  Miriam  and  Aaron 
X.^  spake  against  Moses  because 
of  the  Cushite  woman  whom  he 
had  married ;  for  he  had  married 
a  "Cushite  woman.  2  "And  they 
said.  Hath  Jehovah  indeed  spoken 
only  *with   Moses  1   hath   he  not 

1  Or,  from,  his  youth  *  Or,  over 

»  That  is,  The  graves  of  lutt.  *  Or,  by 


12.3 


NUMBERS 


13.23 


Hoses  jostified  agaiiisi  the  Complaint  of  Aaroa  and  IBiriam.    Miriam's  Leprosf.    Spies  sent  to  Canaan 


spoken  also  '  with  us  1  And  Jeho- 
vah heard  it.  3  Now  the  man 
Moses  was  "very  meek,  above  all 
the  men  that  were  upon  the  face  of 
the  earth. 

4  And  Jehovah  spake  suddenly 
unto  Moses,  and  unto  Aaron, 
and  unto  Miriam,  Come  out  ye 
three  unto  the  tent  of  meeting. 
And  they  three  came  out.  5  'And 
Jehovah  came  down  in  a  pillar  of 
cloud,  and  stood  at  the  door  of  the 
Tent,  and  called  Aaron  and  Miriam  ; 
and  they  both  came  forth.  6  And 
he  said,  Hear  now  my  words :  if 
there  be  a  prophet  among  you,  I 
Jehovah  will  make  myself  known 
unto  him  in  a  "^  vision,  I  will  speak 
with  him  in  a  /*  dream.  7  "  My 
servant  Moses  is  not  so ;  ■''he  is 
faithful  in  all  my  house :  8  ^  with 
him  will  I  speak  mouth  to  mouth, 
even  manifestly,  and  not  in  dark 
speeches ;  and ''  the  form  of  Jehovah 
shall  he  behold :  wherefore  then 
were  ye  not  afraid  to  speak  against 
my  servant,  against  Moses  1 

9  And  the  anger  of  Jehovah  was 
kindled  against  them  ;  and  *  he  de- 
parted. 10  And  the  cloud  removed 
from  over  the  Tent ;  and,  behold, 
*  Miriam  was  lepr-ous,  as  '■  white  as 
snow :  and  Aai'on  looked  upon 
Miriam,  and,  behold,  she  was  lep- 
rous. 1 1  And  Aaron  said  unto 
Moses,  Oh, my  lord,  ""lay  not,  I  pray 
thee,  sin  upon  us,  for  that  we  have 
done  foolishly,  and  for  that  we  have 
sinned.  1 2  Let  her  not,  I  pray,  be 
as  one  dead,  of  whom  the  flesh  is 
half  consumed  when  he  cometh  out 
of  his  mother's  womb.  13  And 
Moses  cried  unto  Jehovah,  saying, 
"Heal  her,  O  God,  I  beseech  thee. 
14  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
If  her  father  had  but  "  spit  in  her 
face,  should  she  not  be  ashamed 
seven  days  1  let  her  be  shut  up 
^  without  the  camp  seven  days,  and 
after  that  she  shall  be  brought  in 
again.  15  And  Miriam  was  shut 
up  without  the  camp  seven  days  : 
and  the  people  journeyed  not  till 
Miriam  was  brought  in  again. 

16  And  afterward  the  people 
journeyed  from  Hazeroth,  and  en- 
camped in  the  wilderness  of  Paran. 
-|  O  1  And  » Jehovah  spake  unto 
XO  Moses,  saying,  2  Send  thou 
men,  that  they  may  spy  out  the 
land  of  Canaan,  which  I  give  unto 
the  children  of  Israel :  of  every 
tribe  of  their  fathers  shall  ye  send 
lOr,  6y 


"  Mt.  n.  29 

*-  Jf^x.  19.  9 , 

:u.  6 
'  Gen.  46.  2 ; 

1  S.  3.  LS 
''  Cen.  31. 

II  ,  I  K..  3. 

6,  16 
'.losh.  1.  1 
/  Heb.  3.  2, 6 
"  Dt.  34.  10  , 

Ilos.  12.  13 
''  Ex.  20.  4 ; 

24.  10,  11 ; 

Dt.  6.  8  , 

P.S.  17.  16 
'  Gen.  17. 

22 ;  18.  33 
*-•  Dt.  24.  9 
'  Ex.  4.  6 ; 

2  K.  6.  27 
'"  2  Sam.  19. 

19;  24.  10 
"  Ps.  30.  2 ; 

41.  4;  Is. 

30.  26,  Jer. 

17.  14 
"  Dt.  25.  9  : 

Job  17.  C; 

.•iO.  10  ;  lo. 

50.  6 
''  ch.  5.  1-4 
9  Dt.  1.  22, 

23 


"■  ver.  16 ; 
Dt.  32.  44 


t  Gen.  12.  9 , 
13.  1,  3 


"  Dt.  1.  24,  26 
"  Dt.  31.  6,  23 


'  ch.  20.  1  i 
27.  14 ;  33. 
36 

y  Josh.  13.  5 

*  ver.  17 
"  Josh.  15. 

14 
6  ver.  28,  33 

<^  Pa.  78.  12, 
43 

<«  ver.  24;  ch. 
32.9; 
Gen.  14. 
13; 
Dt.  1.  24 


a  man,  every  one  a  prince  among 
them.  3  And  Moses  sent  them 
from  the  wilderness  of  Paran  ac- 
cording to  the  commandment  of 
Jehovali :  all  of  them  men  who 
were  heads  of  the  children  of  Israel. 
4  And  these  were  their  names  :  Of 
the  tribe  of  Reuben,  Shammua  the 
son  of  Zaccur.  5  Of  the  tribe  of 
Simeon,  Shaphat  the  son  of  Hori. 
6  Of  the  tribe  of  Judah,  Caleb  the 
son  of  Jephunneh.  7  Of  the  tribe 
of  Issachar,  Igal  the  son  of  Joseph, 
8  Of  the  ti'ibe  of  Epliraim,  ''Hoshea 
the  son  of  Nun.  9  Of  the  tribe  of 
Benjamin,  Palti  the  son  of  Kaphu. 
10  Of  the  tribe  of  Zebulun,  Gad 
diel  the  son  of  8odi.  11  Of  the 
tribe  of  Joseph,  namely,  of  the 
tribe  of  JManasseh,  Gaddi  the  son 
of  Susi.  12  Of  the  tribe  of  Dan, 
Ammiel  the  son  of  Gemalli.  13  Of 
the  tribe  of  Asher,  Sethur  the  son 
of  Michael.  14  Of  the  tribe  of 
Naphtali,  Nahbi  the  son  of  Vophsi. 
15  Of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  Geuel  the 
son  of  Machi.  16  These  are  the 
names  of  the  men  that  Moses  sent 
to  spy  out  the  land.  And  Moses 
called  *  Hoshea  the  son  of  Nun 
Joshua. 

17  And  Moses  sent  them  to  spy 
out  the  land  of  Canaan,  and  said 
unto  them.  Get  you  up  this  way 
^  by  '  the  South,  and  go  up  into  the 
hill-country:  18  and  see  the  land, 
what  it  is ;  and  the  people  that 
dwell  therein,  whether  tney  are 
strong  or  weak,  whether  they  are 
few  or  many ;  1 9  and  what  the  land 
is  that  they  dwell  in,  whether  it  is 
good  or  bad  ;  and  what  cities  they 
are  that  they  dwell  in,  whether  in 
camps,  or  in  strongholds ;  20  and 
"  what  the  land  is,  whether  it  is  fat 
or  lean,  whether  there  is  wood 
therein,  or  not.  And  'be  ye  of 
good  courage,  and  bring  of  the  fruit 
of  the  land.  Now  the  time  was  the 
time  of  the  first-ripe  grapes. 

21  So  they  went  up,  and  spied 
out  the  land  fi-om  ""the  wilderness 
of  Zin  unto  Rehob,  to  ^  the  entrance 
of  Hamath.  22  And  they  went  up 
^by  Hhe  South,  and  came  unto 
Hebron;  and  "Ahiman,  Sheshai, 
and  Talmai,  the  children  of  *  Anak. 
were  there.  (Now  Hebron  was 
built  seven  years  before  ""Zoan  in 
Egypt.)  23  And  they  came  unto 
the  valley  of  **  Eshcol,  and  cut  down 
from  thence  a  branch  with  one 
cluster  of  grapes,  and  they  bare 

2  Or,  i/nto 


146 


13.24 


NUMBEES 


14.16 


The  discoaraging  Report  of  tbe  Spies.    The  People  rebel.    Jehovah's  Threat  and  Moses'  Intercessioa 


it  upon  a  staff  between  two;  they 
brought  also  of  the  pomegranates, 
and  of  the  figs.  24  That  place 
was  called  the  valley  of  ]  Eshcol,  be- 
cause of  the  cluster  which  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  cut  down  from  thence. 

25  And  they  returned  from  spy- 
ing out  the  land  at  the  end  of  forty 
days.  26  And  they  went  and  came 
to  Moses,  and  to  Aaron,  and  to  all 
the  congregation  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  unto  the  wilderness  of  Paran, 
to  "Kadesh ;  and  brought  back  word 
unto  them,  and  unto  all  the  congre- 
gation, and  showed  them  the  fruit 
■of  the  land.  27  And  they  told  him, 
und  said,  We  came  unto  the  land 
w-hither  thou  sentest  us  ;  and  surely 
*"  it  floweth  with  milk  and  honey ; 
and "  this  is  the  fruit  of  it.  28  How- 
beit  the  people  that  dwell  in  the 
land  are  strong,  and  the  cities  are 
fortified,  and  very  great :  and  more- 
over we  saw  "^  the  children  of  Anak 
there.  29  Amalek  dwelleth  in  the 
land  of  "  the  South  :  and  the  Hit- 
tite,  and  the  Jebusite,  and  -^the 
Amorite,  dwell  in  the  hill-country  ; 
and  "the  Canaanite  dwelleth  by 
the  sea,  and  along  by  the  side  of 
the  .Jordan. 

30  And  Caleb  stilled  the  people 
before  Moses,  and  said,  Let  us  go 
up  at  once,  and  possess  it ;  for  we 
are  well  able  to  overcome  it. 
31  But  the  men  that  went  up 
with  him  said,  ''  We  are  not  able 
to  go  up  against  the  people ;  for 
they  are  stronger  than  we.  32  And 
they  brought  up  'an  evil  report  of 
the  land  which  they  had  spied  out 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  saj^ing. 
The  land,  through  which  we  have 
gone  to  spy  it  out,  is  *  a  land  that 
eateth  up  the  inhabitants  thereof ; 
and  'all  the  peopje  that  we  saw 
in  it  are  men  of  great  stature. 
33  And  there  we  saw  the  ^  ™  Neph- 
ilim,  the  sons  of  Anak,  who  come 
of  the  Nephilim  :  and  "  we  were  in 
our  own  sight  as  grasshoppers,  and 
so  we  were  in  their  sight. 
"1  A  And  all  the  congregation 
J- j!  lifted  up  their  voice,  and 
cried ;  and  the  people  wept  that 
night.  2  And  all  the  children  of 
Israel  "murmured  against  Moses 
and  against  Aaron  :  and  the  whole 
congregation  said  unto  them, 
*•  Would  that  we  had  died  in  the 
land  of  Egypt !  or  would  that  we 
had  died  in  this  wilderness !  3 
And  wherefore  doth  Jehovah  bring 


1  That  is,  a  cluster. 


2  Or,  giants 


"  ch.  20.  1, 

14 ;  32.  8 
*  Ex.  3.  8, 

17  ;  13.  5 
■^Dt.  1.25 
d  ver.  33 
'  ver.  17  ;  ch. 

14.  25,  45 
/  Josh.  10.  6 
»  ch.  14.  43, 

45 

ft  Dt.  1.  28 ; 

9.  1-3 
'  ch.  14.  36, 

37  ;  Ps.  106. 

24 
t  Ezek.  36. 

13,  14 
'  Am.  2.  9 
"'  Gen.  6.  4 
"Dt.  1.  2S; 

9.  2 ;  Josh. 

11.21 
"ch.  11.  1 
^ch.  11.  5; 

16.  13 ;  20. 

3,  4;  21.  5 


9  Ex.  5.  21 ; 

16.  3 
"■  ver.  31 ; 

Dt.  1.  39 
'  ch.  16.  4 
'  ch.  13.  27 ; 

Dt.  1,  25 
«  Dt.  10.  15 
"  ch.  13.  27 
^Dt.  1.26;9. 

23,  24 
y  Dt.  1.  21,  29 

'  Ex.  17.  4 

"  Ex.  16.  10 ; 
Lev.  9.  23 


<>  Ex.  32.  9-13 


'  Ps.  106.  24 


<J  Lev.  26.  25; 

Dt.  28.  21 
'  Ex.  32.  10 


/Ps.  106.  23 


ff  Ex.  13.  21  i 
Dt.  6.  4 


ft  Ex.  32.  12 


us  unto  this  land,  *to  fall  by  the 
sword  1  ''Our  wives  and  our  little 
ones  will  be  a  prey :  were  it  not 
better  for  us  to  return  into  Egypt '? 

4  And  they  said  one  to  another, 
Let  us  make  a  captain,  and  let  us 
return  into  Egypt.  5  •  Then  Moses 
and  Aaron  fell  on  their  faces  before 
all  the  assembly  of  the  congrega- 
tion of  the  children  of  Israel.  6 
And  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun  and 
Caleb  the  son  of  Jephunneh,  who 
wex'e  of  them  that  spied  out  the 
land,  rent  their  clothes :  7  and 
they  spake  unto  all  the  congrega- 
tion of  the  children  of  Israel,  say- 
ing, 'The  land,  which  we  passed 
through  to  spy  it  out,  is  an  exceed- 
ing good  land.  8  "If  Jehovah  de- 
light in  us,  then  he  will  bring  us 
into  this  land,  and  give  it  unto  us  ; 
"a  land  which  floweth  with  milk 
and  honey.  9  Only  ^  rebel  not 
against  Jehovah,  neither  *fear  ye 
the  people  of  the  land ;  for  they 
are  bread  for  us  :  their  ^defence 
is  removed  from  over  them,  and 
Jehovah  is  with  us  :  fear  them  not. 
10  ^But  all  the  congregation  bade 
stone  them  with  stones.  And  "  the 
glory  of  Jehovah  appeared  in  the 
tent  of  meeting  unto  all  the  chil- 
dren  of  Israel. 

11  *And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Moses,  How  long  will  this  peo- 
ple despise  me  ?  and  how  long  will 
''they  not  believe  in  me,  for  all 
the  signs  which  I  have  wrought 
among  them'?  12  I  will  smite 
them  with  ''the  pestilence,  and 
disinherit  them,  and  "will  make 
of  thee  a  nation  greater  and 
mi.ghtier  than  they. 

13  -^And  JMoses  said  unto  Jeho- 
vah, Then  the  Egyptians  will 
hear  it ;  for  thou  broughtest  up 
this  people  in  thy  might  from 
among  them;  14  and  they  will 
tell  it  to  the  inhabitants  of  this 
land.  They  have  heard  that  thou 
Jehovah  art  in  the  midst  of  this 
people ;  for  "  thou  Jehovah  art  seen 
■^face  to  face,  and  thy  cloud  stand- 
eth  over  them,  and  thou  goest  be- 
fore thern,  in  a  pillar  of  cloud  by 
day,  and  in  a  pillar  of  fire  by  night. 
15  Now  if  thou  shalt  kill  tnis  peo- 
ple as  one  man,  ''then  the  nations 
which  have  heard  the  fame  of  thee 
will  speak,  saying,  16  Because 
Jehovan  was  not  able  to  bring 
this  people  into  the  land  _  which 
he  sware  unto  them,  therefore  he 

3  Heb.  shadow.  *  Heb.  eye  to  eye. 


U6 


14.17 


NUMBERS 


14.45 


Forty  Tears  of  Wandering  denounced.    The  People  fight  Hith  the  Canaanites,  and  are  repahed  at  Ilormah 


hath  slain  them  in  the  wilderness. 

17  And  now,  I  pray  thee,  let  the 
power  of  the  Lord  be  great,  accprd- 
ing  as  thou  hast  spoken,  saying. 

18  "Jehovah  is  slow  to  anger,  and 
abundant  in  lovingkindness,  for- 
giving iniquity  and  transgression  ; 
and  that  will  by  no  metins  clear 
the  gniltt/,  visiting  the  iniquity  of 
the  fathers  upon  tlie  children,  upon 
the  third  and  upon  the  fourth  gen- 
eration. 19  *  Pardon,  I  pray  thee, 
the  iniquity  of  this  people  accord- 
ing unto  the  greatness  of  thy  lov- 
ingkindness, and  according  as  thou 
hast  forgiven  this  people,  from 
Egypt  even  until  now. 

20  And  Jehovah  said,  'I  have 
pardoned  according  to  thy  word  : 
21  but  in  very  deed,  ''as  I  live,  and 
as  *  all  the  earth  shall  be  filled  with 
the  glory  of  Jehovah;  22  because 
^all  those  men  that  have  seen  my 
glory,  and  my  signs,  which  I  wrought 
in  Egypt  and  in  the  wilderness,  yet 
have  tempted  me  these  "ten  times, 
and  have  not  hearkened  to  my 
voice ;  23  ^  surely  they  shall  not 
see  the  land  which  1  sware  unto 
their  fathers,  neither  shall  any  of 
them  that  despised  me  see  it:  24 
but  my  servant  Caleb,  'because  he 
had  another  spirit  with  him,  and 
hath  followed  me  fully,  *him  will  I 
bring  into  the  land  whereinto  he 
went ;  and  his  seed  shall  possess  it. 
25  'Now  the  Amalekite  and  the 
Canaanite  dwell  in  the  valley : 
to-morrow  turn  ye,  and  get  you 
into  the  wilderness  by  the  way 
to  the  Eed  Sea. 

26  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses  and  unto  Aaron,  saying, 
27  How  long  shall  I  hear  with 
this  evil  congregation,  that  '"mur- 
mur against  me'?  I  have  heard 
the  murmurings  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  which  they  murmur 
against  me.  28  Say  unto  them, 
"As  I  live,  saith  Jehovah,  surely 
as  "ye  have  spoken  in  mine  ears, 
so  will  I  do  to  you :  29  your  dead 
Dodies  shall  fall  in  this  wilderness  ; 
and  all  that  ^were  numbered  of 
you,  according  to  your  whole  num- 
ber, from  twenty  years  old  and  ui> 
ward,  that  have  murmured  against 
me,  30  surely  ye  shall  not  come 
into  the  land,  concerning  which 
I  'sware  that  I  would  make  you 
dwell  therein,  "save  Caleb  the  son 
of  .Jephunneh,  and  Joshua  the  son 
of  Nun.     31  •'But  your  little  ones, 

>  Heb.  lifted  up  tity  hand. 


"  Ex.  34.  6,  7 
li  Ex.  32.  32  ; 

34.  9 
'  Mic.  7.  18- 

20 
d  ver.  28 ; 

Dt.  32.  40 ; 

Is.  49.  18 
♦  Is.  0.  3  ; 

Hab.  2.  14 
/ 1  Cor.  10.  5 
!'  Ex.  5.  21 ; 

14.  11 ;  16. 

24  ;  16.  2 ; 

17.  2,  3  ;  32. 

1 ;  Num. 

11.  1,  4  ;  12. 

1 :  14.  2 
h  ch.  26.  65  ; 

32.  11 
■  ver.  7-9 
«■■  ch.  26.  65 ; 

32.  12 ; 

Dt.  1.  36; 

Josh.  14. 

6-15 
'  ch.  13.  29 
"'  ch.  11.  1 
■'  ver.  21 
"  ver.  2 ; 

Dt.  2.  14, 

15 ;  Heb.  3. 

17 
>'  ch.  1.  45,  46 
'  ver.  24 
""  ver.  3 


•  ch.  26.  64, 
65;  32.  13; 

1  Cor.  10.  5 
'  Dt.  2.  7  ;  S. 

2  4  '  29.  5 

"'  cll.  13.  4-16, 

32 
"  ch.  16.  49 

•*-  Ex.  33.  4 


y  Dt.  1.  41-44 


that  ye  said  should  be  a  prey,  them 
will  1  bring  in,  and  they  shall  know 
the  land  which  ye  have  rejected. 

32  '  But  as  for  you,  your  dead 
bodies  shall  fall  in  this  wilderness. 

33  And  your  children  shall  be 
-  wanderers  in  the  wilderness  '  forty 
years,  and  shall  bear  your  whore- 
doms, until  your  dead  bodies  be 
consumed  in  the  wilderness.  34 
After  the  number  of  the  days  in 
which  ye  spied  out  the  land,  even 
forty  days,  for  every  day  a  year, 
shall  ye  bear  your  iniquities,  even 
forty  years,  and  ye  shall  know  *  my 
alienation.  35  1,  Jehovah,  have 
spoken,  surely  this  will  I  do  unto 
all  this  evil  congregation,  that  are 
gathered  together  against  me :  in 
this  wilderness  they  shall  be  con- 
sumed, and  there  they  shall  die. 

36  "And  the  men,  whom  Moses 
sent  to  spy  out  the  land,  who  re- 
turned, and  made  all  the  congre- 
gation to  murmur  against  him, 
by  bringing  up  an  evil  report 
against  the  land,  37  even  those 
men  that  did  bring  up  an  evil 
report  of  the  land,  died  by  the 
"plague  before  Jehovah.  38  But 
Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  and  Caleb 
the  son  of  Jephunneh,  remained 
alive  of  those  men  that  went  to 
spy  out  the  land. 

39  And  Moses  told  these  words 
unto  all  the  children  of  Israel : 
and  ""the  people  mourned  greatly. 

40  And  they  rose  up  early  in  the 
morning,  and  gat  them  up  to  the 
top  of  the  mountain,  saying,  *Lo, 
we  are  here,  and  will  go  up  unto 
the  place  which  Jehovah  hath 
promised :    for    we    have    sinned. 

41  And  Moses  said.  Wherefore 
now  do  ye  transgress  the  com- 
mandment of  Jehovah,  seeing  it 
shall  not  prosper '?  42  Go  not  up,  for 
Jehovah  is  not  among  you ;  that 
ye  be  not  smitten  down  before 
your  enemies.  43  For  there  the 
Amalekite  and  the  Canaanite  are 
before  you,  and  ye  shall  fall  by  the 
sword  :  because  ye  are  turned  oack 
from  foUoAving  Jehovah,  therefore 
Jehovah  will  not  be  with  you.  44 
But  they  presumed  to  go  up  to  the 
top  of  the  mountain :  nevertheless 
^the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  Jeho- 
vah, and  Moses,  departed  not  out 
of  the  camp.  45  Then  the  Amale- 
kite came  down,  and  the  Canaanite 
who  dwelt  in  that  mountain,  and 

*  Heb.  shepherds. 

*  Or,  the  revoking  of  my  promise 


147 


15.1 


NUMBERS 


15.29 


law  ctnctrniiig  ffleal-offerings  and  Drink-offerings;  Offerings  for  Sins  of  Ignorance 


smote  them  and  beat  them  down, 
even  unto  "  Hormah. 
-i  ^  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
J-tJ  Moses,  saying,  2  Speak  unto 
the  children  of  Israel,  and  say 
unto  them,  When  ye  are  come  into 
the  land  of  your  habitations,  which 
I  give  unto  you,  3  and  will  make 
an  offering  by  fire  unto  Jehovah,  a 
burnt-offering,  or  a  sacrifice,  Ho 
accomplish  a  vow,  or  as  a  freewill- 
offering,  or  in  your  *  set  feasts,  to 
make  a  sweet  savor  unto  Jehovah, 
of  the  herd,  or  of  the  flock  ;  4  "  then 
shall  he  that  offereth  his  oblation 
offer  unto  Jehovah  a  meal-offering 
of  a  tenth  part  of  an  ep/iah  of  fine 
flour  mingled  with  the  fourth  part 
of  a  hin  of  oil :  5  and  wine  for  the 
drink-offering,  the  fourth  part  of  a 
hin,  shalt  thou  prepare  with  the 
burnt-offering,  or  for  the  sacrifice, 
for  ''each  lamb.  6  Or  for  a  ram, 
thou  shalt  prepare  for  a  meal-offer- 
ing two  tenth  parts  of  an  epiiah  of 
fine  flour  mingled  with  the  third 
part  of  a  hin  of  oil :  7  and  for  the 
drink-offering  thou  shalt  offer  the 
third  part  of  a  hin  of  wine,  of  a 
sweet  savor  unto  Jehovah.  8  And 
when  thou  preparest  *  a  bullock  for 
a  burnt-offering,  or  for  a  sacrifice, 
^  to  accomplish  a  vow,  or  for  peace- 
offerings  unto  Jehovah ;  9  then 
shall  he  offer  with  the  bullock  a 
meal-offering  of  three  tenth  parts 
of  an  ephah  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  half  a  hin  of  oil :  10  and  thou 
shalt  offer  for  the  drink-offering 
half  a  hin  of  wine,  for  an  offering- 
made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  savor  unto 
Jehovah. 

1 1  Thus  shall  it  be  done  for  each 
bullock,  or  for  each  ram,  or  for 
each  of  the  he-lambs,  or  of  the 
kids.  12  According  to  the  num- 
ber that  ye  shall  prepare,  so  shall 
ye  do  to  every  one  according  to 
their  number.  13  All  that  are 
home-born  shall  do  these  things 
after  this  manner,  in  offering  an 
offering  made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet 
savor  unto  Jehovah.  14  And  if 
a  stranger  sojourn  with  you,  or 
whosoever  may  be  among  you 
throughout  your  generations,  and 
will  offer  an  offering  made  by  fire, 
of  a  sweet  savor  unto  .Jehovah  ;  as 
ye  do,  so  he  shall  do.  15  For  the 
assembly',  there  shall  be  •''one 
statute  for  you,  and  for  the 
stranger  that  sojourneth  with  you, 
a  statute  for  ever  throughout  your 

1  Or,  in  making  a  special  vow 


"  ch.  21.  3 
i  Lev.  23.  1- 


<i  ver.  11 ; 

Lev.  1.  10 ; 

3.  6 
*  Lev.  1.  3 ; 

3.  1 
/  ver.  29 ; 

ch.  9.  14 


^  Ex.  34.  26  ; 
Lev.  23.  14 


A  Dt.  14.  22, 
23 ;  16.  13 


'  Lev.  4.  2, 

22,  27  ;  6. 
15,  18 


*  ver.  8-10 


'  ver.  24 


generations :  as  ye  are,  so  shall  the 
sojourner  be  before  Jehovah.  16 
One  law  and  one  ordinance  shall  be 
for  you,  and  for  the  stranger  that 
sojourneth  with  you. 

17  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  18  Speak  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  say  unto 
them.  When  ye  come  into  the  land 
whither  I  bring  you,  19  then  ifc 
shall  be,^  that,  when  ye  eat  of  the 
bread  of  the  land,  ye  shall  offer 
up  a  heave-offering  unto  Jehovah. 
20  ^Of  the  first  of  your  '-^  dough  ye 
shall  offer  up  a  cake  for  a  heave- 
offering  :  as  ''  the  heave-offering  of 
the  threshing-floor,  so  shall  ye 
heave  it.  21  Of  the  first  of  your 
dough  ye  shall  give  unto  Jehovah 
a  heave-oft'ering  throughout  your 
generations. 

22  And  when  ye  shall  err,  and 
not  observe  all  these  command- 
ments, which  Jehovah  hath  spoken 
unto  Moses,  23  even  all  that  Je- 
hovah hath  commanded  you  by 
Moses,  from  the  day  that  Jehovah 
gave  commandment,  and  onward 
throughout  your  generations ;  24 
then  it  shall  be,  if  it  be  done  * '  un- 
wittingly, without  the  knowledge 
of  the  congregation,  that  all  the 
congregation  shall  offer  one  young 
bullock  for  a  burnt-offering,  for  a 
sweet  savor  unto  .Jehovah,  *with 
the  meal-offering  thereof,  and  the 
drink-offering  thereof,  according 
to  the  ordinance,  and  one  he-goat 
for  a  sin-offering.  25  And  the 
priest  shall  make  atonement  for  all 
the  congregation  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  they  shall  be  forgiven .; 
for  it  was  an  error,  and  they  have 
brought  their  oblation,  an  offering 
made  by  fire  unto  Jehovah,  and 
their  sin-offering  before  Jehovah, 
for  their  error  :  26  and  all  the  con- 
gregation of  the  children  of  Israel 
shall  be  forgiven,  and  the  stranger 
that  sojourneth  among  them;  for 
in  respect  of  all  the  people  it  was 
done '  unwittingly. 

27  And  if  one  person  sin  unwit- 
tingly, then  he  shall  offer  a  .she- 
goat  a  year  old  for  a  sin-offering. 

28  And  the  priest  shall  make 
atonement  for  the  soul  that  erreth, 
when  he  sinneth  unwittingly,  be- 
fore Jehovah,  to  make  atonement 
for  him  ;  and  he  shall  be  forgiven. 

29  Ye  shall  have  one  law  for  him 
that  doeth  aught  unwittingly,  for 
him  that  is  home-born  among  the 


148 


2  Or,  coarse  mtctl 


3  Or,  in  error 


15.30 


MTMBEES 


lb.  id 


cnildren   of    Israel,    and    for   the  I 
stranger    th-"  - 

them.     S<J  I 

aught  wiih  "ci  ...^x.  ....^  ..  .......... 

he  be  home-boru  or  a  soj<.'Urner, 
the  same    bla.'^phemeth    Jehoyai; 
and  that  soul  sliall  be  cut  otf  from 
amonsr  hi<  p^-^-ipJ^.     31  Be<-ause  he  ; 
Hat:    '    ■  "  '    :   '        ■  ^k  ' 

aac  lid- , 

mei.z.r..^:  -.-.   ..^..     ::.....■■-  cut  j 

otf:  his  iniquity  shau  De  upon  Mm.  } 

32    And   while  t.rie    children   of ; 
Israel  were  in  the  wilderness,  they  I 
found  a  man  *  gathering  sticks  upon 
the  day.      33    And  tLey 

tha-    •  iim  gathering   sticks  I 

bro^^-.L  ..^m  unto  Moses  and; 
Aaron,  and  unto  all  the  congrega- 
tion. 34  And  they  put  him  in 
ward. '  because  it  had  not  been  de- 
clared what  should  be  done  to  him. 
3-5  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
The  man  shall  surely  be  j>ut  to 
death:  "ail  the  congrega,tion  shall 
stcme  him  with  stones  without  the 
cam  p.  36  And  all  the  congrega- 
tion brought  him  without  the 
camp,  and  stoned  him  to  death 
with  stones:  as  Jehovah  com- 
manded Moses. 

37  And  Jehovah  spake  tin  to 
Moses,  saying.  3'>  Speak  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  bid  them 
that  they  make  them  ^"fringes 
in  the  borders  of  their  gar- 
ments *"  -  :t  their  genera- 
tions, a:  ey  put  upon  the 
fringe  <•!  Ta...  ..-irder  a  cord  of 
blue :  39  and  it  shall  be  unto  you 
for  a  fringe,  that  ye  may  l<x»k  uixin 
it,  and  -^remember  all  the  com- 
mandments of  Jehovah,  and  do 
them ;  and  that  ye  ^  follow  not 
after  your  own  heart  and  your  owm 
eyes,  af'  --■■■■  •  --■  --  -  -  '  -rhe 
narl'.'t :  oer 

and  do  ^        /  . ;     .ind 

be  holy  unvj  your  (joci.  4i  I  am 
Jehovah  y«iur  G<>d.  who  brought 
yon  out  or  the  land  of  Egypt,  to  be 
your  Grod  i  I  am  -Tehovah  your  God. 
'I  /I?  Vow  'K'-^rdh.  the  son  of 
-L'J  Izhar.  th^  - 'n  of  Kohath, 
the  son  of  Le^i.  ^ith  '"  Dathan  and 
Abiram,  the  5on=:  of  EHab.  and  On, 
the  son  of  Peleth.  sons  of  Eeuben, 
took  m^en :  2  and  they  rose  up  be- 
fore Moses,  with  certain  or  the 
ch:}^-.-  -•  T  _..,!  ._.  -----^red 
an  _    -^a- 

tioi-     ,   .,   :..:   _  :_: ,  :_en 

of  renown;  o  and  tney  assembled 

'  te,  toMsb  Mt  Ac  eormrt    *  Tkib.  m  mat  omL 


FiBcei  prettcribed.    Ksnk'i  IckdlMB 


'ch.  14.  40- 
44;  I>t.  L 
43 ;  17.  12, 


-  El-  31.  14. 

15 :  35.  *.  3 
=  ciL  9.  8 
d  hev.  at.  S, 

27 ;  24.  14- 

23;  Dt.21. 

21 
•Dt.  22.  12; 

Mt.23.  o 

/I>L4.ri;8. 

12;  a  11, 

14,  li» 
"  Ex  B  21 : 

Jude  11 
*  ch.  26.  9 ; 

Dt.  U.  6 
■di.  L  l«; 

at.  9 


*cfa.  12.2; 

Pb.  106.  16 
'  ver.  7 
"eh.  5.  3 
"  ch.  14.  5 
°  Lev.  la  3 ; 

Ps.65.  4 
*  ch.  17.  a,  » 


•■  ch.  3.  6,  9 


•tii.3. 10; 

IS.  1-7 


!  Ex  16.  7 

"  1  Cor.  m  10 


"  cfa-  U.  4-6 ; 

Ex.  16.3 
*  eh.  14.  2,  3 


'«iLl3.27; 

14.  S 

'  ch.  20.  5 ; 
Ex.  22.5; 
23.  11 

"  Judg.  16. 

21;  1  B.  U. 
2 

'  Gen.  4.  4.5 
=  1B.  12.3 


themselves  together  *  against  Moeei* 
and  against  Aaron,  and  said  UBt43 
them.  -'Ye  take  to<j  much  upcm 
you.  ieeLng  ali  the  congregation  are 
holy,  every  one  of  them,  and  "  Je- 
ho^  ah  is  among  them :  wherefore 
then  lift  ye  u^j  yourselves  above 
the  assembly  oi  Jehovah  I 

4  And  when  Moses  heard  it,  "  he 
fed  upon  his  iac;e  :  5  and  he  spake 
unto  Korah  and  unto  all  his  com- 
pany, saying.  In  the  mommg  Jeho- 
vah will  show  who  are  his,  and 
"who  is  holy,  and  *will  cauise  him 
to  come  near  unto  him :  even  *  him 
whom  he  shall  choose  will  he  cause 
to  come  near  unto  him.  6  This 
do :  take  you  censers.  Korah.  and 
all  his  company  :  7  and  put  fire  m 
them,  and  pnt  incense  uix>n  them 
before  Jehovah  to-morrow  :  and  it 
shall  be  that  the  man  whom  Jeho- 
vah doth  choose,  he  fhall  l-t  holy : 
*ye  take  too  much  upon  you,  ye 
sons  of  Levi,  j?  And  Moses  said 
unto  Korah,  Hear  now,  ye  sons 
of  Levi :  9  tetrneth  it  but  a.  small 
thing  unto  you,  that  the  God 
of  Israel  hath  .separated  you  from 
the  oDngregation  of  Israel,  'to 
bring  you  near  to  himself,  to  do  the 
service  of  th^  '-^ -.---Hcle  of  Jeh«> 
vah,  and  to  "  re  the  con- 

gregation to  unto  them^ : 

10  and  that  htr  iiatii  brought  thee 
near,  and  all  thy  brethren  the  sons 
of  Levi  with  thee  I  and  '  seek  ye 
the  priesthood  also  ?  1 1  Therefore 
thon  and  all  thy  company  are 
gathered  together  'against  Jeh«> 
vah :  and  Aaron,  what  is  he  that 
"ye  murmtir  against  him  ? 

12  And  Moses  sent  to  callDa  than 
and  Abiram,  the  sons  of  Eliab: 
and  they  said.  We  will  not  com.e 
up:  13  is  i':  -^  ""  r.  ;,^  ,  rrj^i 
thou  ha.st  b:      -  r  a 

"land  flowing'  '^y, 

*to  kill  us  in  the  wua<:mrai-,  but 
thou  must  needs  make  thyself  also 
a  princ-e  over  us  ?  14  Moreover 
thou  hast  not  brought  us  ''into  a 
land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey, 
nor  given  us  inheritance  of  -  fields 
and  vineyards :  wilt  thou  ' "  put  out 
the  eyes  of  these  mai  ?  we  will  not 
come  up. 

1-5  And  Moses  was  very  wroth, 
and  said  tmto  Jehovah,  ''Respect 
not  thou  their  olfering:  ''I  nave 
not    taken   one    ass    frcan    than. 


3  Heb.  It  it  oMmighfor  iwk. 
*  Or.  vrKcm.  he  vnU  caaae  to  t 


U9 


16.16 


NUMBERS 


16.45 


Korah's  Rebellion.    Tbe  Rebels  pnmsbed.    Use  made  of  the  Rebels'  Censers.    The  People  complain 


neither  have  I  hurt  one  of  them. 
16  And  Moses  said  unto  Korah, 
Be  thou  and  all  thy  company  be- 
fore Jehovah,  thou,  and  tney,  and 
Aaron,  to-morrow  :  17  and  take  ye 
every  man  his  censer,  and  put  in- 
cense upon  them,  and  bring  ye 
before  Jehovah  every  man  his  cen- 
ser, two  hundred  and  fifty  censers  ; 
thou  also,  and  Aaron,  each  his 
censer.  18  And  they  took  every 
man  his  censer,  and  put  fire  in 
them,  and  laid  incense  thereon, 
and  stood  at  the  door  of  the  tent 
of  meeting  with  Moses  and  Aaron. 
19  And  Korah  assembled  all  the 
congregation  against  them  unto  the 
door  of  the  tent  of  meeting :  and 
"the  glory  of  Jehovah  appeared 
unto  all  the  congregation. 

20  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses    and    unto    Aaron,    saying, 

21  *  Separate  yourselves  from 
among  this  congregation,  "that  I 
may  consume  them  in  a  moment. 

22  And  they  fell  upon  their  faces, 
and  said,  O  God,  ''the  God  of  the 
spirits  of  all  flesh,  "shall  one  man 
sin,  and  wilt  thou  be  wroth  with 
all  the  congregation  1  23  And 
Jehovah  spake  unto  Moses,  saying, 
24  Speak  unto  the  congregation, 
saying,  -^Get  you  up  from  about 
the  tabernacle  of  Korah,  Dathan, 
and  Abiram. 

25  And  Moses  rose  up  and  went 
unto  Dathan  and  Abiram  ;  and  the 
elders  of  Israel  followed  him. 
26  And  he  spake  unto  the  congre- 
gation, saying.  Depart,  I  pray  you, 
from  the  tents  of  these  wicked 
men,  and  touch  nothing  of  theirs, 
"lest  ye  be  consumed  in  all  their 
sins.  27  So  they  gat  them  up  from 
the  tabernacle  of  Korah,  Dathan, 
and  Abiram,  on  every  side :  and 
Dathan  and  Abiram  came  out,  and 
stood  at  the  door  of  their  tents, 
and  their  wives,  and  ''their  sons, 
and  their  little  ones.  28  And 
Moses  said,  Hereby  ye  shall  know 
that  'Jehovah  hath  sent  me  to  do 
all  these  works ;  for  /  have  not 
done  them  oimmQoyfnTaind.  29  If 
these  men  die  the  common  death 
of  all  men,  or  if  they  be  visited 
after  the  visitation  of  all  men ; 
then  Jehovah  hath  not  sent  me. 
30  But  if  Jehovah  ^  make  a  new 
thing,  and  the  ground  open  its 
mouth,  and  swallow  them  up, 
with  all  that  appertain  unto  them, 
and  they  go  down  alive  into  Sheol ; 

1  Beb.  create  a  creation. 


"  ver.  42 ;  14. 

10 ;  20.  ti 
i>  ver.  45 
'  Ex.  32.  10, 

12 
d  ch.  27.  16 
'  Gen.  18. 

2a-32 ;  Lev. 

4.  3 
/ver.  45 
"  Gen.  19.  15, 

17 
fc  ch.  26.  n 
■  Ex.  3.  12- 

15  ;  4.  12, 15 


*ch.  26.  10; 

Dt.  11.6; 

Ps.  106.  17 
'  ch.  26.  11 


'  ch.  11. 1-3 ; 
26.  10 


"  ver.  2 


*[Ch.  x\ii.  1 
in  Heb.] 


'ch.  1.61 
P  Ex.  30. 7-10 


«  ver.  3 


•■  ver.  19 


'  ver.  21,  24 


then  ye  shall  understand  that 
these  men  have  despised  Jehovah, 

31  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he 
made  an  end  of  speaking  all  these 
words,  that  the  ground  clave  asun- 
der that  was  under  them ;  32  and 
*the  earth  opened  its  mouth,  and 
swallowed  them  up,  and  their 
households,  and  'all  the  men  that 
appertained  unto  Korah,  and  all 
their  goods.  33  So  they,  and  all 
that  appertained  to  them,  went 
down  alive  into  Sheol :  and  the 
earth  closed  upon  them,  and  they 
perished  from  among  the  assembly. 
34  And  all  Israel  that  were  round 
about  them  fled  at  the  cry  of 
them ;  for  they  said,  Lest  the 
earth  swallow  us  up.  3.5  ""And 
fire  came  forth  from  Jehovah,  and 
devoured  the  "  two  hundred  and 
fifty  men  that  offered  the  incense. 

*36  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  37  Speak  unto  Elea- 
zar  the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest, 
that  he  take  up  the  censers  out  of 
the  burning,  and  scatter  thou  the 
fire  yonder ;  for  they  are  holy, 
38  even  the  censers  of  ^  these  sin- 
ners against  their  own  *  lives  ;  and 
let  them  be  made  beaten  plates  for 
a  covering  of  the  altar :  for  they 
offered  them  before  Jehovah ;  there- 
fore they  are  holy  ;  and  they  shall 
be  a  sign  unto  the  children  of 
Israel.  39  And  Eleazar  the  priest 
took  the  brazen  censers,  which 
they  that  were  burnt  had  offered  ; 
and  they  beat  them  out  for  a  cov- 
ering of  the  altar,  40  to  be  a 
memorial  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  to  the  end  that "  no  stranger, 
that  is  not  of  the  seed  of  Aaron, 
come  near  ^  to  burn  incense  before 
Jehovah  ;  that  he  be  not  as  Korah, 
and  as  his  company :  as  Jehovah 
spake  unto  him  by  Moses. 

41  But  on  the  morrow  all  the 
congregation  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael *  murmured  against  Moses  and 
against  Aaron,  saying.  Ye  have 
killed  the  people  of  Jehovah.  42 
And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  con- 
gregation was  assembled  against 
Moses  and  against  Aaron,  that 
they  looked  toward  the  tent  of 
meeting:  and,  behold,  the  cloud 
covered  it,  and  *■  the  glory  of  Jeho- 
vah appeared.  43  And  Moses  and 
Aaron  came  to  the  front  of  the  tent 
of  meeting.  44  And  Jehovah  spake 
unto  Moses,  saying,  45  'Get  you 

'  Or,  these  men  who  have  s'inned  at  the  cost  oj 
their  lives  3  Or,  soul$ 


150 


16.46 


NUMBEKS 


18.8 


A  Plagae  is  sent.    Aaron's  Eod  bads.    Duties  of  the  Pricst^i  and  of  tbe  Levites 


up  from  among  this  congregation, 
that  I  may  consurne  tliem  in  a 
moment.  And  they  fell  upon  their 
faces.  46  And  Moses  said  unto 
Aaron,  Take  thy  censer,  and  put 
fire  therein  from  olf  the  altar,  and 
lay  incense  thereon,  and  carry  it 
quickly  unto  the  congregation,  and 
"  make  atonement  for  them :  for 
''there  is  wrath  gone  out  from 
Jehovah ;  the  plague  is  begun. 
47  And  Aaron  took  as  Moses  spake, 
and  ran  into  the  midst  ot  the 
assembly ;  and,  behold,  the  plague 
was  begun  among  the  people:  "and 
he  put  on  the  incense,  and  made 
atonement  for  the  people.  48  And 
he  stood  between  tne  dead  and* the 
living  ;  and  the  plague  was  stayed. 
49  ''Now  they  that  died  by  the 
plague  were  fourteen  thousand 
and  seven  hundred,  besides  them 
that  *died  about  the  matter  of 
Xorah.  50  And  Aaron  returned 
unto  Moses  unto  the  door  of  the 
tent  of  meeting :  and  the  plague 
was  stayed. 

*  A  ^  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
X  f  Moses,  saying,  2  Speak  unto 
the  children  of  Israel,  and  take  of 
them  rods,  one  for  each  fathers' 
house,  of  all  their  princes  accord- 
ing to  their  fathers'  houses,  twelve 
rods  :  write  thou  every  man's  name 
upon  his  rod.  3  And  thou  shalt 
write  Aaron's  name  upon  the  rod 
of  Levi ;  for  there  shall  be  one 
rod  for  each  head  of  their  fathers' 
houses.  4  And  thou  shalt  lay  them 
up  in  the  tent  of  meeting  before 
•''tne  testimony,  where  I  meet  with 
you.  5  And  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
that  the  rod  of  "the  man  whom  I 
shall  choose  shall  bud :  and  I  will 
make  to  cease  from  me  the  mur- 
murings  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
which  they  murmur  against  you. 

6  And  Moses  spake  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel ;  and  all  their  princes 
gave  him  rods,  for  each  prince  one, 
according  to  their  fathers'  houses, 
even  twelve  rods :  and  the  rod  of 
Aaron    Avas    among     their     rods. 

7  And  ]\[oses  laid  up  the  rods 
before  Jehovah  in  ''  the  tent  of  the 
testimony. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
morrow,  that  ]\Ioses  went  into  the 
tent  of  the  testimony  ;  and,  behold, 
'the  rod  of  Aaron  for  the  house  of 
Levi  was  budded,  and  put  forth 
buds,  and  produced  blossoms,  and 
bare  ripe  almonds.  9  And  Moses 
brought  out  all  the  rods  from  be- 
6 


"  ch.  25.  13 
>>(:h.  IS.  6! 

Dt.  9.  2'.' 
"  ch.  25.  7,  8, 

13 
rf  ch.  25.  9 
'  ver.  -i-j.  rtr, 
/ver.  7 ;  Ex. 

25.  16,  21, 

22 
"  ch.  16.  6 
ftch.  1.  f.O, 

5:!;  9.  15 
■  Heb.  9.  4 


*•■  ver.  4 
'  Dt.  9.  7, 


"■  Is.  6.  6 
"  ch.  1.  51 


"  Ex.  2e.  38  ; 
Lev.  10.  17 ; 
22.  16 


*[Ch.  xvji.  10 
in  Heb.] 


P  ch.  3.  5-10 


«  ch.  4.  15-20 


•■ver.  7;  ch. 
1.51 


'  ch.  16.  46 


<  ch.  3.  9 


"  Ex.  29,  9 


"  ver.  20 ; 

Dt.  18.2; 

Mt.  10.  8 ; 

1  Pet.  5.  2 

3 
*  ch.  1.  61 


151 


fore  Jehovah  unto  all  the  children 
of  Israel :  and  they  looked,  and 
took  every  man  his  rod.  10  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  Moses,  Put  back 
the  rod  of  Aaron  *  before  the  testi- 
mony, to  be  kept  for  a  token 
against  the  'children  of  rebellion  ; 
that  thou  mayest  make  an  end  of 
their  murmurings  against  me,  that 
they  die  not.  1 1  Thus  did  Moses  : 
as  Jehovah  commanded  him,  so  did 
he. 

12  And  the  children  of  Israel 
spake  unto  Moses,  saying,  '"  Be- 
hold, we  perish,  we  are  undone, 
we  are  all  undone.  13  "Every 
one  that  cometh  near,  that  cometh 
near  unto  the  tabernacle  of  Je- 
hovah, Mieth  :  shall  we  perish  all 
ofus^ 

'i  O  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
-J-O  Aaron,  Thou  and  thy  sons 
and  thy  fathers'  house  with  thee 
shall  "bear  the  iniquity  of  the 
sanctuary ;  and  thou  and  thy  sons 
with  thee  shall  bear  the  iniquity 
of  your  priesthood.  2  And  thy 
brethren  also,  the  tribe  of  Levi, 
the  tribe  of  thy  father,  bi'ing  thou 
near  with  thee,  that  they  may  be 
^joined  unto  thee,  and  minister 
unto  thee  :  but  thou  and  thy  sons 
with  thee  shall  be  before  the  tent 
of  the  testimony.  3  And  they 
shall  keep  thy  charge,  and  the 
charge  of  all  the  Tent :  only  "they 
shall  not  come  nigh  unto  the  ves- 
sels of  the  sanctuary  and  unto 
"■  the  altar,  that  they  die  not, 
neither  they,  nor  j-e.  4  And  they 
shall  be  joined  unto  thee,  and 
keep  the  charge  of  the  tent  of 
meeting,  for  all  the  service  of  the 
Tent :  and  a  stranger  shall  not 
come  nigh  unto  you.  5  And  ye 
shall  keep  the  charge  of  the  sanc- 
tuary, and  the  charge  of  the  altar  ; 
*  that  there  be  wrath  no  more  upon 
the  children  of  Israel.  6  And  I, 
behold,  I  have  taken  your  brethren 
the  Levites  from  among  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel :  to  you  they  are  *a 
gift,  given  unto  Jehovah,  to  do  the 
service  of  the  tent  of  meeting. 
7  And  thou  and  thy  sons  with 
thee  shall  "keep  your  priesthood 
for  everything  of  the  altar,  and 
for  that  within  the  veil  ;  and  ye 
shall  serve  :  I  give  you  the  priest- 
hood as  "a  service  of  gift :  and 
"^the  stranger  that  cometh  nigh 
shall  be  put  to  death. 

8  And     Jehovah     spake     unto 

I  Or,  shall  die 


la  9 


NUMBERS 


18.30 


The  Priests'  Portion  of  the  Holy  Things.    The  Tithes  for  the  levites.    The  HeaTe-offering  of  the  Tithes 


Aaron,  And  I,  behold,  I  have 
given  thee  the  charge  of  my  "heave- 
offerings,  even  all  the  hallowed 
things  of  the  children  of  Israel ; 
unto  thee  have  I  given  them  ^  by 
reason  of  the  anointing,  and  to 
thy  sons,  as  a  portion  tor  ever. 
9  This  shall  be  thine  of  the  most 
holy  things,  reset'ved  from  the  fire  : 
every  oblation  of  theirs,  even 
''every  meal-offering  of  theirs, 
and  every  "^  sin-ofi'ering  of  theirs, 
and  every  trespass-offering  of 
theirs,  which  they  shall  render 
unto  me,  shall  be  most  holy  for 
thee  and  for  thy  sons.  10  As  the 
most  holy  things  shalt  thou  eat 
thereof ;  every  male  shall  eat 
thereof :  it  shall  be  holy  unto  thee. 
11  And  this  is  thine:  ''the  heave- 
offering  of  their  gift,  even  all  the 
wave-offerings  of  the  children  of 
Israel ;  I  have  *  given  them  unto 
thee,  and  to  thy  sons  and  to  thy 
daughters  with  thee,  as  a  portion 
for  ever ;  every  one  that  is  clean 
in  thy  house  shall  eat  thereof. 
12^  All  the  2  best  of  the  oil,  and 
all  the  -best  of  the  vintage,  and 
of  the  grain,  the  first-fruits  of 
them  which  they  give  unto  Jeho- 
vah, to  thee  have  I  given  them. 
13  ^The  first-ripe  fruits  of  all  that 
is  in  their  land,  which  they  bring 
unto  Jehovah,  shall  be  thine ; 
every  one  that  is  clean  in  thy 
house  shall  eat  thereof.  14'*  Every- 
thing devoted  in  Israel  shall  be 
thine.  15  'Everything  that  open- 
eth  the  womb,  of  all  flesh  which 
they  offer  unto  Jehovah,  both  of 
man  and  beast  shall  be  thine : 
nevertheless  the  first-born  of  man 
shalt  thou  surely  redeem,  and  the 
firstling  of  unclean  beasts  shalt 
thou  redeem.  16  ^  And  those  that 
are  to  be  redeemed  of  them  from  a 
month  old  shalt  thou  redeem,  ac- 
cording to  thine  estimation,  for  the 
money  of  five  shekels,  after  the 
shekel  of  the  sanctuary  (the  same  is 
twenty  gerahs).  17  But  the  first- 
ling of  a  cow,  or  the  firstling  of  a 
sheep,  or  the  firstling  of  a  goat,  thou 
shalt  not  redeem ;  they  are  holy : 
thou  shalt  sprinkle  their  blood  upon 
the  altar,  and  shalt  burn  their  fat 
for  an  offering  made  by  fire,  for  a 
sweet  savor  unto  Jehovah.  18  And 
the  flesh  of  them  shall  be  thine, 
as  the  wave-breast  and  as  the  right 

1  Or,  for  a  portion  2  Heb.  fat. 

3  Or,  And  oi  to  their  redemption  money,  from 
a  month  old  shalt  thou  redeem  them 


"  Lev.  7.  28- 

14 
i>  Lev.  2.  1-16 
*■  Lev.  6.  30 
d  ver.  1 ; 

Dt.  18.  3 
<'  Lev.  22.  1- 

16 
/  Dt.  18.  4 ; 

32.  14 ;  Ps. 

81.  le ;  147. 

14 
"  Ex.  22.  29 ; 

23.  19;  34. 

26 
A  Lev.  27.  1- 

33 
•■  ch.  3.  46 ; 

Ex.  13.  13, 

16 


*  ver.  11 
'  2  Chr.  13.  5 
'"Dt.  10.  9; 

12.  12  ;  14. 

27,29 
"  Dt.  18.  2 ; 

Josh.  13. 

33;  Ezek. 

44.  28 
»  Lev.  27. 30- 

33 
P  ch.  1.  51 


«  ver.  1 


"■  ver.  20 


t  Neh.  10.  38 


!&% 


thigh,  it  shall  be  thine.  19  *A11. 
the  heave-ofierings  of  the  holy 
things,  which  the  children  of  Is- 
rael offer  unto  Jehovah,  have  I 
given  thee,  and  thy  sons  and  thy 
daughters  with  thee,  as  a  i3ortion 
for  ever  :  it  is  '  a  covenant  of  salt 
for  ever  before  Jehovah  unto  thee 
and  to  thy  seed  with  thee.  20  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  Aaron,  '"  Th<ou 
shalt  have  no  inheritance  in  their 
land,  neither  shalt  thou  have  any 
portion  among  them :  _"  I  am  thy 
portion  and  thine  inheritance 
among  the  children  of  Israel. 

21  Andunto  the  children  of  Levi, 
behold,  I  have  given  all  the  "  tithe 
in  fsrael  for  an  inheritance,  in 
return  for  their  service  which  they 
serve,  even  the  service  of  the  tent 
of  meeting.  22  And  henceforth 
^the  children  of  Israel  shall  not 
come  nigh  the  tent  of  rneeting,  lest 
they  bear  sin,  and  die.  23  But 
the  Levites  shall  do  the  service  of 
the  tent  of  meeting,  and  they  shall 
*bear  their  iniquity  :  it  shall  be  a 
statute  for  ever  throughout  your 
generations ;  and  among  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel ''  they  shall  have  no 
inheritance.  24  For  the  tithe  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  which  they 
offer  as  a  heave-offering  unto  Je- 
hovah, I  have  given  to  the  Levites 
for  an  inheritance :  therefore  I 
have  said  unto  them,  Among  the 
children  of  Israel  they  shall  have 
no  inheritance. 

25  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  26  Moreover  thou 
shalt  speak  unto  the  Levites,  and 
say  unto  them.  When  ye  take  of 
the  children  of  Israel  "the  tithe 
which  I  have  given  you  from  them 
for  your  inheritance,  then  ye  shall 
offer  up  a  heave-offering  of  it  for 
Jehovan,  a  Hithe  of  the  tithe. 
27  And  your  heave-offering  shall 
be  reckoned  unto  you,  as  though  it 
were  the  grain  of  the  threshing- 
floor,  and  as  the  fulness  of  the 
winepress.  28  Thus  ye  also  shall 
offer  a  heave-offering  unto  Jeho- 
vah of  all  your  tithes,  which  ye 
receive  of  the  children  of  Israel ; 
and  thereof  ye  shall  give  Jeho- 
vah's heave-oflering  to  Aaron  the 
priest.  29  Out  of  all  your  gifts  ye 
shall  offer  every  heave-offering  of 
Jehovah,  of  all  the  -best  thereof, 
even  the  hallowed  part  thereof  out 
of  it.  30  Therefore  thou  shalt 
say  unto  them,  When  ye  heave  the 
^  best  thereof  from  it,  then  it  shall 


18.31 


NUMBERS 


19,22 


ParificatioQ  of  tbe  Unclean  witb  the  Ishes  of  a  Red  Heifer 


be  reckoned  unto  the  Levites  as 
the  increase  of  the  threshing-Hoor, 
and  as  the  increase  of  the  \yine- 
press.  31  And  ye  shall  eat  it  in 
every  place,  ye  and  your  house- 
holds :  for  it  is  your  reward  in 
return  for  your  service  in  the  tent 
of  meeting.  32  And  ye  shall  bear 
no  sin  by  reason  of  it,  when  ye 
have  heaved  from  it  the  ^best 
thereof :  and  ye  shall  not  "  pro- 
fane the  holy  things  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  "that  ye  die  not. 
■j  (^  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
J-  fJ  Moses  and  unto  Aaron,  say- 
ing, 2  This  is  the  statute  of  the 
law  wliich  Jehovah  hath  com- 
manded, saying.  Speak  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  tnat  they  bring 
thee  a  red  heifer  ^*  without  spot, 
wherein  is  no  blemish,  and  ""upon 
which  never  came  yoke.  3  And 
ye  shall  give  her  unto  ''  Eleazar  the 
priest,  and  he  shall  ''bring  her 
forth  without  the  camp,  and  one 
shall  slay  her  before  his  face : 
4  and  Eleazar  the  priest  shall  take 
of  her  blood  with  his  finger,  and 
■'^  sprinkle  of  her  blood  toward  the 
front  of  the  tent  of  meeting  seven 
times.  5  And  one  shall  burn  the 
heifer  in  his  sight ;  her  skin,  and 
her  flesh,  and  her  blood,  with  her 
dung,  shall  he  burn :    6  and  the 

Eriest  shall  take  "  cedar- wood,  and 
yssop,  and  scarlet,  and  cast  it 
into  the  midst  of  the  burning  of 
the  heifer.  7  Then  the  priest 
*  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  he 
shall  bathe  his  flesh  in  water,  and 
afterward  he  shall  come  into  the 
camp,  and  the  priest  shall  be  un- 
clean until  the  even.  8  And  he 
that  burneth  her  shall  wash  his 
clothes  in  water,  and  bathe  his  flesh 
in  water,  and  shall  be  unclean  un- 
til the  even.  9  And  a  man  that 
is  clean  shall  gather  ujj  the  ashes 
of  the  heifer,  and  lay  them  up  with- 
out the  camp  in  a  clean  place  ;  and 
it  shall  be  kept  for  the  congrega- 
tion of  the  children  of  Israel  for  a 
'water  for  impurity:  it  is  a  sin- 
offering.  10  And  he  that  gather- 
eth  the  ashes  of  the  heifer  *  shall 
wash  his  clothes,  and  be  unclean 
imtil  the  even  :  and  it  shall  be  unto 
the  children  of  Israel,  and  unto  the 
stranger  that  sojourneth  among 
them,  for  a  statute  for  ever. 

1 1  '  He  that  toucheth  the  dead 
body  of  any  man  shall  be  unclean 


iHeb. /at. 


2  Or,  neither  shall  ye  die 
*  Or,  ptr/ect 


"  Lev.  22.  16, 

16 
b  Lev.  22. 

20-26 
'  m.  21.  3 
d  Cll.  3.  4 

'  ver.  9 ; 

Lev.  4.  11, 

12,  21 
/  Lev.  4.  6, 

17 
V  Lev.  14.  4 
A  Lev.  10.  26, 

28 ;  22.  0 
'■  ch.  8.  7 
fc  ver.  7 
'ch.  6.  2;  6. 

6;  Lev.  21. 

1,  11 ;  Acta 

21.  26,  27 


"'  ver.  19 
"  Lev.  7.  20, 

21 ;  22.  3-7 
°,ver.  20; 

Lev.  15.  31 ; 


20.  3 
P  ver.  19 


1  ch.  31.  19 


'  Ezek.  36. 
26;  Heb. 
10.  22 


'  ver.  13 


'  Lev.  n.  '. 
3;  7.  21; 
22.  6,  e 


153 


seven  days:  12  the  same  shall 
"'purify  himself  therewith  on  the 
third  day,  *and  on  the  seventh  day 
he  shall  oe  clean  :  but  if  he  purify 
not  himself  the  third  day,  ^then 
the  seventh  day  he  shall  not  be 
clean.  13  "Whosoever  toucheth  a 
dead  person,  the  body  of  a  man 
that  hath  died,  and  purifieth  not 
himself,  "defileth  the  tabernacle 
of  Jehovah  ;  and  that  soul  shall  be 
cut  off  from  Israel :  because  the 
water  for  impurity  was  not  ^sprin- 
kled upon  him,  he  shall  be  unclean ; 
his  uncleanness  is  yet  upon  him. 

1 4  This  is  the  law  w4ien  a  man 
dieth  in  a  tent :  every  one  that 
Cometh  into  the  tent,  and  every 
one  that  is  in  the  tent,  shall  be 
unclean  seven  days.  15  And  every 
open  vessel,  which  hath  no  cov- 
ering bound  upon  it,  is  unclean. 
16  *  And  whosoever  in  the  open 
field  toucheth  one  that  is  slain 
with  a  sword,  or  a  dead  body,  or 
a  bone  of  a  man,  or  a  grave,  shall 
be  unclean  seven  days.  17  And 
for  the  unclean  they  shall  take  of 
the  ashes  of  the  burning  of  the 
"■  sin-offering  ;  and  ^  running  water 
shall  be  put  thereto  in  a  vessel: 

18  and  a  clean  person  shall  take 
hyssop,  and  dip  it  in  the  water, 
and  sprinkle  it  upon  the  tent,  and 
upon  all  the  vessels,  and  upon  the 

Eersons  that  were  there,  and  upon 
im  that  touched  the  bone,  or  the 
slain,  or  the  dead,  or  the  grave : 

1 9  and  the  clean  person  "  shall 
sprinkle  upon  the  unclean  on  the 
third  day,  and  on  the  seventh  day  : 
and  on  the  sevfenth  day  he  shall 
purify  him  ;  and  he  shall  wash  his 
clothes,  and  bathe  himself  in  water, 
and  shall  be  clean  at  even. 

20  But  the  man  that  shall  be 
unclean,  and  shall  not  purify  him- 
self, that  soul  shall  be  cut  off  from 
the  midst  of  the  assembly,  because 
he  hath  'defiled  the  sanctuary  of 
Jehovah  :  the  water  for  impurity 
hath  not  been  sprinkled  upon  him; 
he  is  unclean.  21  And  it  shall  be 
a  perpetual  statute  unto  them:  and 
he  "that  sprinkleth  the  water  for 
impurity  shall  wash  his  clothes ; 
and  he  that  toucheth  the  water  for 
impurity  shall  be  unclean  until 
even.  22  "  And  whatsoever  the 
unclean  person  toucheth  shall  be 
unclean;  and  the  soul  that  touch- 
eth it  shall  be  unclean  until  even. 

4  Or,  and  on  the  seventh  day^so  shall  he  be  clean 
'  Or,  and  «  Heb.  living. 


20.1 


NUMBERS 


20.28 


Miriam's  Death.    The  People  complain.    The  Waters  of  SeribaL    Edom  refuses  Passage  to  Israel.    The  Death  of  Aaron 


O  f\  And  the  children  of  Israel, 
^\J  even  the  whole  congrega- 
tion, came  into  the  •*  wilderness  of 
Zin  in  the  first  month :  and  the 
people  abode  in  Kadesh  ;  and  Mir- 
iam died  there,  and  was  buried 
there. 

2  *And  there  was  no  water  for 
the  congregation :  and  they  assem- 
bled themselves  together  against 
Moses  and  against  Aaron.  3  "  And 
the  people  strove  with  Moses,  and 
spake,  saying,  "*  Would  that  we  had 
died  "  when  our  brethren  died  be- 
fore Jehovah  !  4  And  why  have 
ye  brought  the  assembly  of  Je- 
hovah into  this  wilderness,  that  we 
should  die  there,  we  and  our 
beasts  ?  5  And  wherefore  have  ye 
made  us  to  come  up  out  of  Egyiot, 
to  bring  us  in  unto  this  evil  place  1 
•'^it  is  no  place  o^  seed,  or  of  figs,  or  of 
vines,  or  of  pomegranates  ;  neither 
is  there  any  water  to  drink.  6  And 
Moses  and  Aaron  went  from  the 
presence  of  the  assemblj'-  unto  the 
door  of  the  tent  of  meeting,  and 
fell  upon  their  faces  :  and  the  glory 
of  .Jenovah  appeared  unto  them. 
7  And  Jehovah  spake  unto  Moses, 
sajdng,  8  Take  ^  the  rod,  and  as- 
semble the  congregation,  thou,  and 
Aaron  thy  brother,  and  speak  ye 
unto  the  rock  before  their  eyes, 
that  it  give  forth  its  water ;  and 
thou  shalt  bring  forth  to  them 
water  out  of  the  rock  ;  so  thou  shalt 
give  the  congregation  and  their 
cattle  drink.  9  And  Moses  took 
the  rod  from  before  Jehovah,  as 
he  commanded  him. 

10  And  Moses  and  Aaron  gath- 
ered the  assembly  together  before 
the.  rock,  and  he  said  unto  them, 
Hear  now,  ye  rebels ;  shall  we  bring 
you  forth  water  out  of  this  rock  1 
11  And  Moses  lifted  up  his  hand, 
and  smote  the  rock  with  his  rod 
twice :  and  *  water  came  forth 
abundantly,  and  the  congregation 
drank,  and  their  cattle.  12  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  Moses  and 
Aaron,  '  Because  ye  believed  not  in 
me,  to  sanctify  me  in  the  eyes  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  therefore  ye 
shall  not  bring  this  assembly  into 
the  land  which  I  have  given  them. 
13  These  are  the  waters  of  ^  *  Meri- 
bah  ;  because  the  children  of  Israel 
strove  with  Jehovah,  and  he  -  was 
sanctified  in  them. 

14  And  ]\Ioses  sent  messengers 
from    Kadesh  unto  '  the   king   of 

I  That  is,  Sfri/e.       *  Oi,  $hoiced  himsel/ holy 


"  ch.  13.  21 ; 

27.  14 ;  33. 

36 
l>  El.  17.  1 
"  Ex.  17.  2 
rf  ch.  14.  2,  3 
•■  ch.  16.  31- 

3o 
/ch.  16.  14 
"  Ex.  4.  17, 

20 ;  17.  6,  6 
'i  Ps.  78.  16 ; 

Is.  48.  21 ; 

1  Cor.  10.  4 
■  ver.  24 ; 

ch.  27.  14 ; 

Dt.  1.  37 ; 

3.  26,  27 
*  Ex.  17.  7 

'  Gen.  36. 31- 
39 ;  Dt.  2.  4 


""  Josh.  2.  9. 

10 ;  9.  9,  10, 

24 
"  Ex.  14.  19 


o  ch.  24.  18 


P  Ex.  12.  38 


9  Judg.  11. 
17 

■■  Dt.  2.  8 
•  ver.  1,  14 

t  ch.  33.  37 
"  Gen.  25.  8 

"  ver.  5,  10 
'  ch.  3.  4 


'  ch.  33.  38 ; 
Dt.  10. 
6 ;  32.  50 

154 


Edom,  Thus  saith  thy  brothei 
Israel,  Thou  ""knowest  all  the  trav- 
ail that  hath  befallen  us:  15  how 
our  fathers  went  down  into  Egypt, 
and  we  dwelt  in  Egj'pt  a  long  time ; 
and  the  Egyptians  dealt  ill  with 
us,  and  our  fathers :  1 6  and  when 
we  cried  unto  Jehovah,  he  heard 
our  voice,  and  sent  "  an  angel,  and 
brought  us  forth  out  of  Egypt: 
and,  behold,  we  are  in  Kadesh,  a 
city  in  the  uttermost  of  thy  bor- 
der. 1 7  Let  us  pass,  I  pray  thee, 
through  thy  land :  we  will  not  pass 
through  field  or  through  vineyai'd, 
neither  will  we  drink  of  the  water 
of  the  wells ;  we  will  go  along 
the  king's  highway ;  we  will  not 
turn  aside  to  the  right  hand  nor 
to  the  left,  until  we  have  passed 
thy  border.  18  And  "Edom  said 
unto  him.  Thou  shalt  not  pass 
through  me,  lest  I  come  out  with 
the  sword  against  thee.  19  And 
the  children  of  Israel  said  unto 
him.  We  will  go  up  by  the  highway ; 
and  if  we  drink  of  thy  water,  I 
and  ^my  cattle,  then  will  I  give 
the  price  thereof:  let  me  only, 
without  doing  anything  else,  pass 
through  on  my  feet.  20  And  he 
said.  Thou  shalt  not  pass  through. 
And  Edoni  came  out  against  him 
with  much  people,  and  with  a 
strong  hand.  21  '^Thus  Edom  re- 
fused to  give  Israel  passage 
through  his  border:  *■  wherefore 
Israel  turned  away  from  him. 

22  And  they  journeyed  from  'Ka- 
desh :  and  the  children  of  Israel, 
even  the  whole  congregation,  came 
unto  mount  Hor.  23  And  JehoA'ah 
spake  unto  JNIoses  and  Aaron  in 
'mount  Hor,  by  the  border  of  the 
land  of  Edom,  sajang,  24  Aaron 
shall  be  "gathered  unto  his  people  ; 
for  he  shall  not  enter  into  the  land 
which  I  have  given  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  because  "^  ye  rebelled 
against  my  word  at  the  waters  of 
Meribah.  2.5  Take  Aaron  and  -"Elea- 
zar  his  son,  and  bring  them  up  unto 
mount  Hor:  26  and  strip  Aaron  of 
his  garments,  and  put  them  upon 
Eleazar  his  son  :  and  Aaron  shall 
be  *  gathered  7into  his  people,  and 
shall  die  there.  27  And  Moses  did 
as  Jehovah  commanded  :  and  they 
went  up  into  mount  Hor  in  the  sight 
of  all  the  congregation.  28  And 
Moses  stripped  Aaron  of  his  gar- 
ments, and  put  them  upon  Eleazar 
his  son  ;  and  -  Aaron  died  there  on 
the  top  of  the  mount:  and  Moses 


20.29 


NUMBERS 


21.25 


irad  coDqacred.    The  Fiery  Serpents  and  the  Brazen  Serpent    The  Journeys  from  Obotb  to  Pisgab.     Sihoii  smitten 


and  Eleazar  came  down  from  the 
mount.  29  And  when  all  the  con- 
gregation saw  that  Aaron  was  dead, 
they  wept  for  Aaron  thirty  days, 
even  all  the  house  of  Israel. 
O  'j  And  the  Canaanite,  the 
^  X  king  of  "Arad,  who  dwelt  in 
the  South,  heard  tell  that  Israel 
came  by  the  way  '  of  Atharim  ;  and 
he  fought  against  Israel,  and  took 
some  of  them  captive.  '2  And 
Israel  vowed  a  vow  unto  Jehovah, 
and  said,  If  thou  wilt  indeed  de- 
liver this  ijeople  into  my  hand, 
then  I  will  '-^utterly  destroy  their 
cities.  3  And  Jehovah  hearkened 
to  the  voice  of  Israel,  and  delivered 
up  the  Canaanites ;  and  they  ^  ut- 
terly destroyed  them  and  their 
cities  :  and  the  name  of  the  place 
was  called  ■**  Hormah. 

4  And  they  journeyed  from 
mount  Hor  by  the  way  to  the  Red 
Sea,  to  "  compass  the  land  of  Edom : 
and  the  soul  of  the  people  ^was 
much  discouraged  "^because  of  the 
way.  5  And  the  people  spake 
against  God,  and  against  Moses, 
''  Wherefore  have  ye  brought  us  up 
out  of  Egypt  to  die  in  the  wilder- 
ness^ for  tiiere  is  no  bread,  and 
there  is  no  water  •  and  "  our  soul 
loatheth  this  '^  light  bread.  6  -^And 
Jehovah  sent  fiery  serpents  among 
the  people,  and  ^  they  bit  the  peo- 
ple ;  and  ''much  people  of  Israel 
died.  7  'And  the  people  came  to 
Moses,  and  said.  We  have  sinned, 
because  we  have  si^oken  against 
Jehovah,  and  against  thee;  pray 
unto  Jehovah,  tbat  he  take  away 
the  serpents  from  us.     And  Moses 

Grayed  for  the  people.  8  And  Je- 
ovah  said  unto  JMoses,  Make  thee 
a  *fiery  serpent,  and  set  it  upon  a 
standard :  and  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  that  every  one  that  is  bitten, 
when  he  seeth  it,  shall  live.  9  And 
Moses  made  a  'sei'pent  of  brass, 
and  set  it  upon  the  standard :  and 
it  came  to  pass,  that  if  a  serpent 
had  bitten  any  man,  when  he 
looked  unto  the  serpent  of  brass, 
he  lived. 

10  '"And  the  children  of  Israel 
journeyed,  and  encamped  in  Oboth. 
1 1  Ana  they  journeyed  from  Oboth, 
and  encamped  at  lye-abarim,  in 
the  wilderness  which  is  before 
Moab,  toward  the  sunrising.  12 
"From  thence  they  journeyed,  and 

1  Or 'of  the  sjnes    ^  Heb.  devote,    s  Heb.  devoted. 
*From  the   same  root  as  herevi,  a  devoted 
thing.    5  Or,  was  impatient    Heb.  was  shortened. 
*  Or,  in  »  Or,  vile 


"  ch.  33.  40 ; 

Josh.  12. 

14;  Judg. 

1.  IG 
!>  ch.  14.  46 
'  L)t.  2.  8 
d  ch.  14.  2,  3 
'  ch.  11.  6 
/Dt.  8.  16 
'-'  Jer.  8.  17 
''  1  Cor.  10.  9 
'ch.  11.  2 
*••  Is.  14.  29  ; 

30.  6 ;  Jn. 

3.  14 
'  2  K.  18.  4  ; 

Jn.  3.  14, 

15 
'"  ch.  33.  43, 


'  ver.  28 ; 
Dt.  2.  <J,  18, 


9  Dt.  2. 
20-37 


■  ch.  20.  16, 
17 


'  ch.  20.  21 


'  Dt.  2.  32 


encamped  in  the  valley  of  Zered. 
13  From  thence  they  journeyed, 
and  encamped  on  the  other  side  of 
the  Arnon,  which  is  in  the  wilder- 
ness, that  Cometh  out  of  the  bor- 
der of  the  Amorites  :  for  the  Arnon 
is  the  border  of  Moab,  between 
Moab  and  the  Amorites.  1 4  Where- 
fore it  is  said  in  the  book  of  the 
Wars  of  Jehovah, 

Vaheb  "^in  Suphah, 

And  the  valleys  of  the  Arnon, 

1 5  And  the  slope  of  the  valleys 
That     inclineth     toward     the 

dwelling  of  "Ar, 
And  leaneth  upon  the  border 
of  Moab. 

16  ^And  from  thence  they  jour- 
neyed to  "  Beer :  that  is  the  well 
whei'eof  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
Gather  the  people  together,  and  I 
will  give  them  water. 

17  Then  sang  Israel  this  song  : 
Spring    up,    O  well ;    sing    ye 
unto  it : 
18  The  well,    which    the    princes 
digged, 
Which  the  nobles  of  the  people 

delved, 
"With  the  sceptre,  and  with 
their  staves. 
And  from  the  wilderness  they 
journeyed  to  Mattanah ;  1 9  and 
from  Mattanah  to  Nahaliel ;  and 
from  Nahaliel  to  Bamoth ;  20 
and  from  Bamoth  to  the  A^alley 
that  is  in  the  field  of  Moab,  to 
the  top  of  Pisgah,  which  looketh 
down  upon  "the  desert. 

21  'And  Israel  sent  messengers 
unto  Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites, 
saying,  22  ''Let  me  pass  through 
thy  land :  we  will  not  turn  aside 
into  field,  or  into  vineyard ;  we 
will  not  drink  of  the  water  of  the 
wells :  we  will  go  by  the  king's 
highway,  until  we  have  passed  thy 
border.  23  'And  Sihon  would  not 
suffer  Israel  to  pass  through  his 
border :  but  Sihon  gathered  all 
his  people  together,  and  went  out 
against  Israel  into  the  wilder- 
ness, and  came  to  'Jaliaz;  and  he 
fought  against  Israel.  24  And 
Israel  smote  him  with  the  edge  of 
the  sword,  and  possessed  his  land 
from  the  Arnon  unto  the  Jabbok, 
even  unto  the  children  of  Ammon  ; 
for  the  "  border  of  the  children  of 
Ammon  was  strong.  25  And  Is- 
rael took  all  these  cities:  and 
"Israel  dwelt  in  all  the  cities  of 

8  Or,  in  storm  9  That  is,  A  v.-tU. 

10  Or,  By  order  of  the  law-giver    "Or,  Jeshimo* 


155 


21.  26 


NUMBERS 


22.15 


Sihoa  and  Og  smitten.    Balak  sends  for  Balaam 


the  Amorites,  in  Heshbon,  and  in 
all  the  Howns  thereof.  26  For 
Heshbon  was  the  city  of  Sihon  the 
king  of  the  Amorites,  who  had 
fought  against  the  former  king 
of  Moab,  and  taken  all  his  land 
out  of  his  hand,  even  unto  the 
Arnon.  27  Wherefore  they  that 
speak  in  proverbs  say, 

Come  ye  to  Heshbon  ; 

Let  the  city  of  Sihon  be  built 
and  established  : 

28  "For    a    fire    is    gone    out    of 

Heshbon,^ 
A    flame    from    the    city    of 

Sihon  : 
It     hath     devoured     *Ar     of 

Moab, 
The  lords  of  -''the  high  places 

of  the  Arnon. 

29  ''Woe  to  thee,  Moab  ! 

Thou  art  undone,  O  people  of 
"  Chemosh  : 

He  hath  given  his  -^sons  as 
fugitives. 

And  his  "daughters  into  cap- 
tivity. 

Unto  Sihon  king  of  the  Amo- 
rites. 

30  We  have  shot  at  them ;  Hesh- 

bon is  perished   even    unto 

''  Dibon, 
And  we  have  laid  waste  even 

unto  Nophah, 
Which  reacheth  unto  Medeba. 

31  Thus  Israel  dwelt  in  the  land 
of  the  Amorites.  32  And  Moses 
sent  to  spy  out  '  Jazer ;  and  they 
took  the  towns  thereof,  and  drove 
out  the  Amorites  that  were  there. 

33  *And  they  turned  and  went 
up  by  the  way  of  Bashan :  and 
Og  the  king  of  Bashan  went  out 
against  them,  he  and  all  his  peo- 
ple, to  battle  at  Edrei.  3i  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  Moses,  Fear 
him  not :  for  I  have  delivered 
him  into  thy  hand,  and  all  his 
people,  and  nis  land ;  and  thou 
shalt  do  to  him  as  thou  didst 
unto  Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites, 
who  dwelt  at  Heshbon.  35  So 
they  smote  him,  and  his  sons  and 
all  his  people,  until  there  was  none 
left  him  remaining  :  and  they  pos- 
sessed his  land.  1  '  And  the  chil- 
<r)r)  dren  of  Israel  journeyed, 
^  ^  and  encamped  in  the  plains 
of  Moab  beyond  the  Jordan  at 
Jericho. 

2  And  Balak  the  son  of  Zippor 
saw  all  that  Isi'ael  had  done  to 
the  Amorites.     3  ™  And  Moab  was 

1  Heb.  daughters.  *  Or,  Bamoth 


"  Jer.  48.  45 
b  ver.  15 
<^  ch.  22.  41 ; 

Is.  15.  2 ; 

16.  12 
rf  .Jer.  48.  46 
"  Judg.  11. 

24;  :K.  11. 

33;  2K.23. 

13 
/Is.  15.  5 
'J  Is.  16.  2 
'»  ch.  32.  3,  34 
'  ch.  32.  1,.3, 

35 
*  Dt.  3.  1-7 
'  ch.  33.  48, 

49 
"  Ex.  15.  15 


"  eh.  25.  IS- 
IS; 31.  1-3 
"  Josh.  24.  9 
P  ch.  23.  7 ; 
Dt.  23.  4 

9  ver.  17 ;  ch. 

23.  7,  8 
*■  Ter.  12 ;  ch. 
24.9 


'ch.  23.  23; 
24.  1; 
Josh.  13. 

22 


«  ch.  23. 
24.9 


i6d 


sore  afraid  of  the  people,  because 
they  were  many :  and  Moab  was 
distressed  because  of  the  children 
of  Israel.  4  And  Moab  said  unto 
the  elders  of  "Midian,  Now  will 
^  this  multitude  lick  up  all  that  is 
round  about  us,  as  the  ox  licketh 
up  the  grass  of  the  field.  And 
Balak  the  son  of  Zippor  v/as  king 
of  Moab  au  that  time.  5  "And 
he  sent  messengers  unto  Balaam 
the  son  of  Beor,  tO'PPethor,  which 
is  by  the  River,  to  the  land  of  the 
children  of  his  people,  to  call  him, 
saj-ing.  Behold,  there  is  a  people 
come  out  from  Egypt :  behold, 
they  cover  the  ''.face  of  the  earth, 
and  they  abide  over  against  me. 
6  9  Come  now  therefore,  I  pray 
thee,  ''  curse  me  this  people ;  for 
they  are  too  mighty  for  me :  per- 
adventure  I  shall  prevail,  that  we 
may  smite  them,  and  that  I  may 
drive  them  out  of  the  land ;  for  I 
know  that  he  whom  thou  blessest 
is  blessed,  and  he  whom  thou 
cursest  is  cui^sed. 

7  And  the  elders  of  ]\Ioab  and 
the  elders  of  Midian  departed 
with  the  rewards  of  'divination 
in  their  hand ;  and  they  came 
unto  Balaam,  and  spake  ttnto  him 
the  words  of  Balak.  8  And  he 
said  unto  them.  Lodge  here  this 
night,  and  I  will  bring  you  word 
again,  as  Jehovah  snail  speak 
unto  me :  and  the  princes  of 
Moab  abode  with  Balaam.  9  And 
God  came  unto  Balaam,  and  said. 
What  men  are  these  with    theel 

10  And  Balaam  said  unto  God, 
Balak  the  son  of  Zippor,  king  of 
Moab,  hath  sent  unto  me,  saying, 

11  Behold,  the  people  that  is  come 
out  of  Egypt,  it  covereth  the  ''face 
of  the  earth :  now,  come  curse  me 
them ;  peradventure  I  shall  be 
able  to  fight  against  them,  and 
shall  drive  them  out.  12  And 
God  said  unto  Balaam,  Thou  shalt 
not  go  with  them  ;  '  thou  shalt  not 
cur.se  the  people ;  for  they  are 
blessed.  13  And  Balaam  rose  up 
in  the  morning,  and  said  unto  the 
princes  of  Balak,  Get  you  into 
your  land ;  for  Jehovah  refuseth 
to  give  me  leave  to  go  with  you. 
14  And  the  princes  of  Moab  rose 
up,  and  they  went  unto  Balak, 
and  said,  Balaam  refuseth  to  come 
with  us. 

15  And   Balak   sent   yet  again 
princes,    more,  and    more   honor- 
3  Heb.  the  asiembly.  *  Heb.  eve. 


22.16 


NUMBERS 


23.1 


Balaam  and  his  Ass  meet  the  Angel  of  Jehovah.    The  Angel's  Message,    Balak  meets  Balaam 


able  than  they.  16  And  they 
came  to  Balaam,  and  said  to  him. 
Thus  saith  Balak  the  son  of  Zip- 

Eor,  Let  nothing,  I  pray  thee, 
inder  thee  from  coming  unto 
me:  17  for  I  will  promote  thee 
unto  very  great  honor,  and  what- 
soever thou  sayest  unto  me  I  will 
do:  "come  therefore,  I  pray  thee, 
curse  me  this  people.  18  And 
l^alaam  answered  and  said  unto 
the  sei-vants  of  Balak,  ''If  Balak 
■would  give  me  his  house  full  of 
silver  and  gold,  1  cannot  go  be- 
yond the  word  of  Jehovah  my 
Uod,  to  do  less  or  more.  19  Now 
therefore,  I  pray  you,  tarry  ye  also 
here  this  night,  that  I  may  know 
■what  Jehovah  will  speak  unto 
me  more.  20  And  God  came 
unto  Balaam  at  night,  and  said 
unto  him,  If  the  men  are  come  to 
call  thee,  rise  up,  go  with  them ; 
but  ''only  the  word  which  I  speak 
unto  thee,  that  shalt  thou  do. 

21  f  And  Balaam  rose  up  in  the 
morning,  and  saddled  his  ass,  and 
went  with  the  princes  of  Moab. 
22  And  God's  anger  was  kindled 
because  he  ■went ;  and  the  angel  of 
Jehovah  placed  himself  in  the  w;ay 
for  an  adversary  against  him. 
Now  he  was  riding  upon  his  ass, 
and  his  two  servants  were  with 
him.  23  And  the  ass  saw  the 
angel  of  Jehovah  standing  in  the 
■way,  with  his  sword  drawn  in  his 
hana  ;  and  the  ass  turned  aside 
out  of  the  way,  and  went  into  the 
field :  and  Balaam  smote  the  ass, 
to  turn  her  into  the  way.  24  Then 
the  angel  of  Jehovah  stood  in  a 
narrow  path  between  the  vine- 
yards, a  wall  being  on  this  side, 
and  a  wall  on  that  side.  25  And 
the  ass  saw  the  angel  of  .Jehovah, 
and  she  thrust  hei'self  unto  the 
wall,  and  crushed  Balaam's  foot 
against  the  wall :  and  he  smote 
her  again.  26  And  the  angel  of 
Jehovah  went  further,  and  stood 
in  a  narrow  place,  where  was  no 
■way  to  turn  either  to  the  right 
hand  or  to  the  left.  27  And  the 
ass  saw  the  angel  of  .Jehovah,  and 
she  lay  down  under  Balaam  :  and 
Balaam's  anger  was  kindled,  and  he 
smote  the  ass  with  his  staff.  28  And 
*  Jehovah  opened  the  mouth  of  the 
ass,  and  she  said  unto  Balaam. 
What  have  I  done  unto  thee,  that 
thou  hast  smitten  me  these  three 
times  ?  29  And  Balaam  said  unto 
the  ass,  Because  thou  hast  mocked 


°  ver.  G 

>>  ver.  38 ; 
ch.  24.  !.•? 

"  ver.  3o;  ch. 
23.  6,  12,  16, 
2fiJ  24.  13 

<t  2  Pet.  2.  16 

^  2  Pet.  2.  16 


/  Josh.  6. 13- 


9  ch.  14.  40 


h  ver.  20 


*  ch.  21.  28 
'  ch.  23.  13 

157 


me :  I  would  there  were  a  sword  in 
my  hand,  for  now  I  had  killed  thee. 
30  And  the  a.ss  said  unto  Balaam, 
Am  not  1  thine  ass,  upon  which 
thou  hast  ridden  all  thy  life  long 
unto  this  day  'i  was  1  ever  wont  to 
do  so  unto  thee  (  And  he  said. 
Nay. 

31  Then  Jehovah  opened  the 
eyes  of  Balaam,  and  he  saw  •''the 
angel  of  Jehovah  standing  in 
the  way,  with  his  sword  drawn 
in  his  hand ;  and  he  bowed  his 
head,  and  fell  on  his  face.  32  And 
the  angel  of  Jehovah  said  unto 
him,  Wherefore  hast  thou  smitten 
thine  ass  these  three  times  "i  be- 
hold, I  am  come  forth  for  an  adver- 
sarj',  because  thy  way  is  ^  perverse 
before  me  :  33  and  the  ass  saw  me, 
and  turned  aside  before  me  these 
three  times  :  unless  she  had  turned 
aside  from  me,  surely  now  1  had 
even  slain  thee,  and  saved  her  alive. 
34  And  Balaam  said  unto  the  angel 
of  Jehovah,  ^  I  have  sinned ;  for  I 
knew  not  that  thou  stoodest  in  the 
way  against  me  :  now  therefore,  if 
it  displease  thee,  I  will  get  me  back 
again.  35  And  the  angel  of  Jeho- 
vah said  unto  Balaam,  Go  with  the 
men;  but  ''only  the  word  that  I 
shall  speak  unto  thee,  that  thou 
shalt  speak.  So  Balaam  -went  with 
the  princes  of  Balak. 

36  And  when  Balak  heard  that 
Balaam  was  come,  he  went  out  to 
meet  him  unto  the  City  of  Moab, 
which  is  on  the  border  of  the  Ar- 
noUj  which  is  in  the  utmost  part 
of  the  border.  37  And  Balak  said 
unto  Balaam,  Did  I  not  earnestly 
send  unto  thee  to  call  thee '?  where- 
fore earnest  thou  not  unto  me  ?  am 
I  not  able  indeed  to  promote  thee 
to  honor'?  38  And  Balaam  said 
unto  Balak,  Lo,  J  am  come  unto 
thee :  '  have  I  now  any  power  at 
all  to  speak  anything  1  the  word 
that  God  putteth  in  my  mouth, 
that  shall  I  speak.  39  And  Balaam 
went  with  Balak,  and  they  came 
unto  Kiriath-huzoth.  40  And  Ba- 
lak sacrificed  oxen  and  sheep,  and 
sent  to  Balaam,  and  to  the  princes 
that  were  with  him. 

41  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
morning,  that  Balak  took  Balaam, 
and  brought  him  up  into  ^  *  the  high 
places  of  Baal ;  and  he  saw  from 
thence  the  '  utmost  part  of  the  peo- 
O  O  pie.  1  And  Balaam  said  unto 
^  O  Balak,  Build  me  here  seven 

1  Heb.  headlonif.  *  Or,  Bamoth-baal 


23.2 


NUMBERS 


23.20 


Balaam's  First  Prophecy.    His  Second  Prophecy 


altars,  and  prepare  me  here  seven 
bullocks  and  seven  rams.  2  And 
Balak  did  as  Balaam  had  spoken ; 
and  Balak  anil  Balaam  offered  on 
every  altar  a  bullock  and  a  ram. 
3  And  Balaam  said  unto  Balak, 
Stand  by  thy  burnt-offering,   and 

I  will  go  :  peradventure  Jehovah 
will  come  to  meet  me ;  and  what- 
soever he  showeth  me  I  will  tell 
thee.  And  he  went  to  a  bare 
height.  4  And  God  met  Balaam : 
and  he  said  unto  him,  I  have  pre- 
pared the  seven  altars,  and  I  have 
offered  up  a  bullock  and  a  ram  on 
every  altar.  5  And  Jehovah  "put 
a  word  in  Balaam's  mouth,  and 
said,  Return  unto  Balak,  and  thus 
thou  shalt  speak.  6  And  he  I'e- 
turned  unto  him,  and,  lo,  he  was 
standing  by  his  burnt-offering,  he, 
and  all  the  princes  of  Moab.  7  And 
he  *took  up  his  parable,  and  said. 

From  "Aram bath  Balak  brought 

me, 
The    king  of    IVIoab    from    the 

mountains  of  the  East : 
^  Come,  curse  me  Jacob, 
And  come,  '  defy  Israel. 

8  How  shall  I  curse,  "  whom  God 

hath  not  cursed "? 
And  how  shall  I  defy,   whom 
Jehovah  hath  not  defied'? 

9  For  from  the  top  of  the  rocks  I 

see  him. 
And    from  the  hills   I    behold 

him  : 
Lo,  it  is  a  people  that-^dwelleth 

alone. 
And    shall    not    be    reckoned 

among  the  nations. 
10  ^Who   can   count   the  dust   of 

Jacob, 
^Or  number  the  fourth  part  of 

Israel  1 
Let  ^me  die  the  *  death  of  the 

righteous. 
And  let  my  'last  end  be  like 

his! 

II  And  Balak  said  unto  Balaam, 
What  hast  thou  done  unto  me  \  I 
took  thee  to  curse  mine  enemies, 
and,  behold,  thou  hast  blessed  them 
altogether.  12  And  he  answered 
and  said.  Must  I  not  take  heed  to 
speak  *  that  which  Jehovah  putteth 
in  my  mouth  1 

13  And  Balak  said  unto  him, 
Come,  I  pray  thee,  with  me  unto 
another  place,  from  whence  thou 
mayest  see  them ;  thou  shalt  see 
but  the  utmost  part  of  them,  and 

•  Heb.  be  wroth  against. 

2  Heb.  Or,  by  number,  the  &c.    »  Heb.  w]/  soul. 


"  ch.  22.  20, 

35 ;  Dt.  18. 

18;  Is.  51. 

16;  Jer. 

1.  9 
6  011.24.3,15, 

20,  23 ;  Job 

27.  1 ;  29.  1 ; 

Ps.  78.  2 ; 

Is.  14.  4; 

Mic.  2.  4 ; 

Hab.  2.  0 
«  ch.  22.  6  i 

Dt.  23.  4 
rf  cll.  22.  6 
"  ch.  22.  12 
/  Ex.  ,^3.  16 ; 

Dt.  32.  8 ; 

33.  28 

9  Gen.  13. 

16  ;  28.  14 
ft  Is.  67.  1 
'  Pa.  37.  37 
*;  ch.  22.  20 


'  ch.  22.  20 


»"  1  S.  15.  29; 

Mai.  3.  0 ; 

Rom.  11. 

29;  Tit.  1. 

2 ;  Heb.  6. 

18;  Jas.  1. 

17 
"  Is.  40.  8  i 

65.  U 


0  Is.  43.  13 


P  Ps.  32.  2,  5  ; 

86.  2 

9  Is.  33.  24  ; 

40.  2;  Jer. 

50.  20 
"^  Ex.  29.  45, 

46 ;  Lev.  IS. 

12 ;  Zech. 

2.  10 
'  Dt.  33.  5 ; 

Ps.  89.  IS- 
IS 
«  ch.  24.  8 


"  ch.  22.  7  ; 
24.  1; 
Josh.  13. 


"Gen.  49.  9; 
Mic.  6.  8 


shalt  not  see  them  all :  and  curse 
me  them  from  thence.  14  And  he 
took  him  into  the  field  of  Zophim, 
to  the  top  of  Pisgah,  and  built  seven 
altars,  and  ofl'ered  up  a  bullock  and 
a  ram  on  every  altar.  1 5  And  he 
said  unto  Balak,  Stand  here  by  thy 
burnt-offering,  while  I  meet  Jeho- 
vah yonder.  16  And  Jehovah  met 
Balaam,  and  'put  a  word  in  his 
mouth,  and  said.  Return  unto 
Balak,  and  thus  shalt  thou  speak. 
17  And  he  came  to  him,  and,  lo,  he 
was  standing  by  his  burnt-offering, 
and  the  princes  of  Moab  with  him. 
And  Balak  said  unto  him.  What 
hath  Jehovah  spoken  %  18  And  he 
took  up  his  parable,  and  said, 

Rise  up,  Ralak,  and  hear  ; 

Hearken  unto  me,  thou  son  of 
Zippor : 

19  "God  is   not  a  man,  that  he 

should  lie. 
Neither  the  son  of  man,  that  he 

should  repent : 
"  Hath  he  said,  and  will  he  not 

do  it '? 
Or  hath  he  spoken,  and  will  he 

not  make  it  good '? 

20  Behold,   I    have   received  com- 

mandment to  bless : 
And   he  hath  blessed,  and  "I 
cannot  reverse  it. 

21  *"  He  hath  not  beheld  iniquity  in 

Jacob ; 
«  Neither  hath  he  seen  •*  perverse- 

ness  in  Israel : 
♦■Jehovah  his  God  is  with  him. 
And   the   shout  of  a  'king   is 

among  them. 

22  'God  bringeth  them  forth  oul; 

of  Egypt ; 
He  hath  as  it  were  the  °  strength 
of  the  ^  wild-ox. 

23  Surely  there   is    no  "enchant- 

ment ^  with  Jacob ; 
Neither  is  there  any  divination 

"  with  Israel : 
^  Now  shall  it  be  ^  said  of  Jacob 

and  of  Israel, 
What  hath  God  wrought ! 

24  Behold,  the  people  riseth  up  as 

a  lioness. 
And  as  a  ''  lion  doth  he  lift  him- 
self up : 
He  shall  not  lie  down  until  he 

eat  of  the  prey. 

And  drink  the  blood  of  the  slain. 

2.5  And  Balak  said  unto  Balaam, 

Neither  curse  them  at  all,  nor  bless 

them  at  all.     26  But  Balaam  an- 

*  Or,  trouble  *  Or,  horns 

6  Or.  ox-antelove    Heb.  reeni.         ?  Or,  againai 
8  Or,  A  t  the  due  season 

*  Or,  told  to  .  .  .  what  God  Kath  wrought 


158 


23.27 


NUMBERS 


24.19 


Balaam's  Third  Propbery.    His  Fonrth  Prophecy 


swered  and  said  unto  Balak,  Told 
not  I  thee,  saying,  "AH  that  Jeho- 
vah speaketh,  that  I  must  dol 

27  And  Balak  said  unto  Balaam, 
Come  now,  1  will  take  thee  unto 
another  place ;  perad venture  it 
will  please  Ood  that  thou  mayest 
curse  me  them  from  thence.  28  And 
Balak  took  Balaam  unto  the  top  of 
Peor,  that  looketh  down  upon  ^  the 
desert.  29  And  Balaam  said  unto 
Balak,  Build  me  here  seven  altars, 
and  prepare  me  here  seven  bullocks 
and  seven  rams.  30  And  Balak  did 
as  Balaam  had  said,  and  ottered  up 
a  bullock  and  a  ram  on  every  altar. 
O  A  1  And  when  Balaam  saw 
^•Tc  that  it  pleased  Jehovah  to 
bless  Israel,  he  went  not,  as  at  the 
other  times,  to  meet  with  *"  enchant- 
ments, but  he  set  his  face  toward 
the  ''wilderness.  2  And  Balaam 
lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  he  saw  Is- 
rael dwelling  according  to  their 
tribes ;  and  "^  the  ISpirit  of  God 
came  upon  him.  3  And  he  took 
up  his  pai'able,  and  said, 

*  Balaam  the  son  of  Beor  saith. 
And  the  man  whose  eye  ■^was 
closed  saith ; 

4  He     saith,    who   ■''heareth     the 

words  of  God, 
Who    seeth    the  ^vision  of   the 

Almighty, 
Falling  down,  and   having  his 

eyes  open : 

5  How   goodly  are   thy  tents,   O 

Jacob, 
Thy  tabernacles,  O  Israel  ! 

6  As  valleys  are  they  spread  forth, 
As  gardens  by  the  river-side. 

As    ''  lign-aloes  which    Jehovah 

hath  planted. 
As      'cedar-trees      beside      the 

waters. 

7  Water     shall     flow     from     his 

buckets, 
And  his  seed  shall  be  in  many 

waters. 
And    his   king  shall  be  higher 

than  *  Agag. 
And     'his     kingdom    shall    be 

exalted. 

8  "*  God  bringeth  him  forth  out  of 

Egypt ; 
He  hath  as  it  were  the  strength 

of  the  wild-ox : 
He  shall  "  eat  up  the  nations  his 

adversaries. 
And  shall  break  their  bones  in 

pieces. 
And  "smite   them  through  with 

his  arrows. 


1  Or.  Jeshimon 


*  Or.  is  opened 


°  ch.  22.  18 
l>  ch.  22.  7  ; 

23.  23 
"  cll.  23.  28 
rf  ch.  11.  2G 
*■  ver.  15,  16 
/  ch.  22.  20 
i'ch.  12.  G; 

(Jen.  15.  1 
A  Ps.  45.  8 
'  fs.  1.  3 
'-  ver.  20 ; 

1  S.  15.  8 
'2  S.  5.  12; 

1  Chr.  14.  2 
'"  ch.  23.  22 
"  ch.  23.  24 ; 

Ps.  2.  9 
"  Ps.  45.  5 


P  ch.  23.  24  ; 

Gen.  49.  9 
9  Oen.  12.  3  ; 

27.  29 


■  ch.  22.  18 


'  ch.  16.  28 
'  ch.  22.  20 

"ch.  31.  8, 

IG;  Josh. 

13.  22 


"  vor.  3,  4 


'  Gen.  49. 10 


ViS  S  2; 
1  Chr.  IS.  2 


*  Gen.  27. 

29 ;  2  S.  S. 

14  ;  Ps.  60. 

8 ;  Am.  9. 

11.  12 
«  Gen.  32.  3 
b  Gen.  W. 

10;  Mic. 

5.  2 


9  He  ^  couched,  he  lay  down  as  a 
lion. 

And  as  a  lioness ;  who  shall  rouse 
him  upl 

« Blessed  be  every  one  that  bless- 
eth  thee. 

And  cursed  be  every  one  that 
curseth  thee. 

10  And  Balak's  anger  was  kin- 
dled against  Balaam,  and  he  smote 
his  hands  together ;  and  Balak 
said  unto  Balaam,  I  called  thee  to 
curse  mine  enemies,  and,  behold, 
thou  hast  altogether  blessed  them 
these  three  times.  1 1  Therefore 
now  flee  thou  to  thy  place :  I 
thought  to  promote  thee  unto 
.great  honor;  but,  lo,  Jehovah 
Jiath  kept  thee  back  from  honor. 
12  And. Balaam  said  unto  Balak, 
'  Spake  I  not  also  to  thy  messen- 
gers that  thou  sentest  unto  me, 
saying,  13  If  Balak  would  give  me 
his  house  full  of  silver  and  gold,  I 
cannot  go  beyond  the  word  of 
Jehovah,  to  do  either  good  or  bad 
'of  mine  own  mind;  'what  Jeho- 
vah speaketh,  that  will  I  speak  ? 
li  And  now,  behold,  "I  go  unto 
my  people:  come,  and  I  will  adver- 
tise thee  what  this  people  shall  do 
to  thy  people  in  the  latter  days. 

15  And  he  took   up  his  parable, 
and  said, 

"  Balaam  the  son  of  Beor  saith. 
And  the  man  whose  ej^e  -was 
closed  saith  ; 

16  He     saith,    who    heareth    the 

words  of  God, 
And  knoweth  the  knowledge  of 

the  Most  High, 
Who  seeth    the  vision    of   the 

Almighty, 
Falling  down,  and  having  his 

eyes  open : 

17  1  see  him,  but  not  now  ;_ 

I  behold  him,  but  not  nigh  : 
There  shall  come  forth  a  stat 

out  of  Jacob, 
And  a  -^  sceptre  shall  rise  out  ot 

Israel, 
And  shall  "smite  through  the 

corners  of  Moab, 
And  break  down  all  the  sons 

^  of  tumult. 

18  And  -Edom  shall  be  a  possession, 
"iSeiralso  shall  be  a  possession, 

who  were  his  enemies  ; 
While  Israel  doeth  valiantly. 

19  And  *out  of   Jacob  shall  ono 

have  dominion, 
And  shall  destroy  the  remnan'» 
from  the  city. 

8  Or.  0'Shetb. 


1-59 


24.20 


NUMBERS 


26.4 


Balaam's  Fonrtli  Prophecy.    The  Sin  of  Peor  and  the  Zeal  of  Phinehas.    The  People  nnmbered 


20  And  he  looked  on  Amalek,  and 
took  up  his  parable,  and  said,_ 

Anialek  was   the   first   of   the 

nations ; 
But  his  latter  end  shall  "come 

to  destruction. 

21  And  he  looked  on  the  *  Kenite, 
and  took  up  his  parable,  and  said. 

Strong  is  thy  dwelling-place. 
And  thy  nest  is  set  in  the  rock. 

22  Nevertheless    ^Kain    shall    be 

wasted, 
^  Until "  Asshur  shall  carry  thee 
away  captive. 

23  And  he  took  up  his  parable, 
and  said, 

Alas,  who  shall  live  when  God 
^  doeth  this  % 

24  But  ships  shall^  come  from  the 

coast  of  '*  Kittim, 
And  they  shall  afflict  Asshur, 

and  shall  afflict  *  Eber ; 
And   he   also   shall  •''come    to 

destruction. 

25  And  Balaam  rose  up,  and  went 
and  returned  to  f  his  place ;  and 
Balak  also  went  his  way. 

O  pT  And  Israel  abode  in 
^  O  *  Shittim  ;  and  the  people 
began  '  to  play  the  harlot  with  the 
daughters  of  Moab :  2  for  *  they 
called  the  people  unto  the  sacri- 
fices of  their  gods  ;  and  the  people 
did  eat,  and  bowed  down  to  their 
gods.  3  And  'Israel  ■* joined  him- 
self unto  ^  Baal-peor :  and  the 
anger  of  Jehovah  was  kindled 
against  Israel.  4  And  Jehovah 
said  unto  Moses,  Take  aU  the 
chiefs  of  the  people,  and  hang 
them  up  unto  Jehovah  before  the 
sun,  that  the  fierce  anger  of  Jeho- 
vah may  turn  away  from  Israel. 
5  And  Moses  said  unto  the  judges 
of  Israel,  Slay  ye  every  one  his 
men  that  have  joined  themselves 
unto  Baal-peor. 

6  And,  behold,  one  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  came  and  brought 
unto  his  brethren  a  ™Midianitish 
woman  in  the  sight  of  Moses,  and 
in  the  sight  of  all  the  congre- 
gation of  the  children  of  Israel, 
while  they  were  weeping  at  the 
door  of  the  tent  of  meeting.  7 
"And  when  Phinehas,  the  son  of 
Eleazar,  the  son  of  Aaron  the 
priest,  saw  it,  he  rose  up  from 
the  midst  of  the  congregation, 
and  took  a  spear  in  his  hand ; 
8  and  he  went  after  the  man  of 

1  Or,  the  Kenites    2  Or,  Eovj  long  ?  Asshur  &c. 
s  Or,  establisheth  him  *  Or,  yoked 

^  Or,  the  Baal  of  Feor    Seech.  23.  28. 


°  ver.  24 ; 

Ex.  17.  14; 

1  S.  16.  8 
*■  Gen.  IS.  19 
'  Gen.  10.  21, 

22 

d  Gen.  10.  4 ; 

Ezek.  27.  6 
^  Gen.  10.  21 
/  ver.  20 
"  ver.  14 
'■ch.  33.  49; 

Josh.  2.  1 
■ch.  31.  16; 

1  Cor.  10. 

8 ;  Rev.  2. 

14 
*  Ex.  34.  15 ; 

Dt.  32.  38 
'  Ps.  100.  28, 

29 ;  Hos.  9. 

10 
™  ch.  22.  4 
"  ch.  16.  4fi- 

48 ;  Fs.  1U6. 

30 


"  ch.  14.  37 ; 

16.  48-50 ; 

31.  16 
P  Ps.  106.  31 
1 1s.  54.  10  ; 

Ezek.  34. 

25 ;  37.  26 
"■  Ex.  29.  9 
'  ch.  16.  46 


*  ver.  18 
"  ch.  31.  8 


"  ver.  1 ;  ch. 
31.  1-3 


'  ch.  25.  9 


V  ch.  1.  2 ; 
Ex.  30.  11- 
16 ;  38.  26, 


m 


Israel  into  the  ®  pavilion,  and 
thrust  both  of  them  through,  the 
man  of  Israel,  and  the  woman 
through  her  body.  So  the  plague 
was  stayed  from  the  children  of 
Israel.  9  "And  those  that  died  by 
the  plague  were  twenty  and  four 
thousand. 

10  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  11  Phinehas,  the 
son  of  Eleazar,  the  son  of  Aaron 
the  priest,  hath  turned  my  wrath 
away  from  the  children  of  Israel, 
in  that  he  was  jealous  with  my 
jealousy  among  them,  so  that  I 
consumed  not  the  children  of  Israel 
in  my  jealousy.  12  Wherefore  say, 
^Behold,  I  give  unto  him  my  "cove- 
nant of  peace :  1 3  and  it  shall  be 
unto  him,  and  to  his  seed  after 
him,  the  covenant  of  an  ''  everlast- 
ing priesthood ;  because  he  was 
jealous  for  his  God,  and  *made 
atonement  for  the  children  of 
Israel. 

14  Now  the  name  of  the  man 
of  Israel  that  was  slain,  who  was 
slain  with  the  Midianitish  woman, 
was  Zimri,  the  son  of  Salu,  a  prince 
of  a  fathers'  house  among  the 
Simeonites.  1 5  And  the  name  of 
the  Midianitish  woman  that  was 
slain  was  'Cozbi,  the  daughter  of 
"  Ziur ;  he  was  head  of  the  people 
of  a  fathers'  house  in  Midian. 

16  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  17  ^Vex  the  Mid- 
ianites,  and  smite  them;  18  for 
they  vex  you  with  their  wiles, 
wherewith  they  have  beguiled  you 
in  the  matter  of  Peor,  and  in  the 
matter  of  Cozbi,  the  daughter  ot 
the  prince  of  Midian,  their  sister, 
who  was  slain  on  the  day  of  the 
plague  in  the  matter  of  Peor. 
O  /I*  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
^  \J  the  ""  plague,  that  Jehovah 
spake  unto  Moses  and  unto  Eleazar 
the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest,  saying, 
2  ^  Take  the  sum  of  all  the  congre- 
gation of  the  children  of  Israel, 
from  twenty  years  old  and  upward, 
by  their  fathex's'  houses,  all  that 
are  able  to  go  forth  to  war  in 
Israel.  3  And  IMoses  and  Eleazar 
the  priest  spake  with  them  in  the 
plains  of  Moab  by  the  Jordan  at 
Jericho,  sasring,  4  Take  the  sumi  of 
the  peojde,  from  twenty  years  old 
and  upward ;  as  Jehovah  com- 
manded Moses  and  tiie  children  of 
Israel,  that  came  forth  out  of  tha 
land  of  Egypt. 

«  Or,  alcove 


26.5 


NUMBERS 


26.  3't 


The  People  arc  munbered 


5  Reuben,  the  first-bom  of 
Israel ;  the  sons  of  Reuben :  of 
Hanoch,  the  family  of  tlie  Ha^ 
nochites ;  of  Pallu,  the  family  of 
the  Palluites ;  G  of  Hezron,  the 
family  of  the  Hezronites ;  of 
Carmi,  the  family  of  the  Cai-mites. 
7  These  are  tlie  families  of  the 
Reubenites ;  and  they  that  were 
numbered  of  them  were  "forty  and 
three  thousand  and  seven  hundre<] 
and  thirty.  8  And  the  sons  of 
Pallu  :  Eliab.  9  And  the  sons  of 
Eliab :  Nemuel,  and  Dathan,  and 
Abiram.  These  are  that  Dathan 
and  Abiram,  who  were  ''  called 
of  the  congregation,  who  strove 
against  Moses  and  against  Aaron 
in  the  company  of  Korah,  when 
they  strove  against  Jehovah,  10 
and  "  the  earth  opened  its  mouth, 
and  swallowed  them  up  together 
with  Korah,  when  that  company 
died  ;  **  what  time  the  fire  devoured 
two  hundred  and  fifty  men,  and 
they  became  a  sign.  11"  Notwith- 
standing, the  sons  of  Korah  died 
not. 

12  The  sons  of  Simeon  after 
their  families :  of  ^  Nemuel,  the 
family  of  the  Nemuelites ;  of  Ja- 
min,  the  family  of  the  Jaminites  ; 
of  -Jachin,  the  family  of  the  Ja- 
chinites  ;  1 3  of  ^  Zerah,  the  family 
»f  the  Zerahites ;  of  Shaul,  the 
family  of  the  Shaulites.  14  These 
are  the  families  of  the  Simeonites, 
''twenty  and  two  thousand  and 
two  hundred. 

15  The  sons  of  Gad  after  their 
families:  of  "'Zephon,  the  family 
of  the  Zephonites ;  of  Haggi,  the 
family  of  the  Haggites ;  ot  Shuni, 
the  family  of  the  Shunites ;  16  of 
*  Ozni,  the  family  of  the  Oznites ; 
of  Eri,  the  family  of  the  Erites ; 
17  of  ^Arod,  the  family  of  the 
Arodites  ;  of  Areli,  the  family  of 
the  Arelites.  18  These  are  the 
families  of  the  sons  of  Gad  accord- 
ing to  those  that  were  numbered 
of  them,  'J  forty  thousand  and  five 
hundred. 

1 9  The  sons  of  Judah  :  Er  and 
Onan  ;  and  Er  and  Onan  died  in 
the  land  of  Canaan.  20  And  the 
sons  of  Judah  after  their  families 
were :  of  Shelah,  the  family  of  the 
Shelanites  ;  of  Perez,  the  family  of 

1  Tn  Gen.  46.  10,  Ex.  6.  15,  Jemuel. 

2  In  1  Chr.  4.  24,  .larib. 
»  In  Uen.  46.  10,  Zofiar. 

*  In  Gen.  46.  IB,  Hiphion. 
s  In  Gen.  46.  16,  Ezhon. 

*  la  Gen.  46. 16,  Arodi. 

6 


"ch. 
tch. 
16. ; 
'ch. 
dch. 

38 
«ch. 

33; 

16 
/ch. 
"ch. 


1.  21 
1.  16; 


16.  32 
16.  3;), 


16.  27, 
Dt.  24. 


1.  23 
1.  25 


A  ch.  1.  27 


*  ch.  1.  31 


'  ch.  27.  1 


'  ch.  1.  36 


the  Perezites ;  of  Zerah,  the  family 
of  the  Zerahites.  2 1  And  the  sons 
of  Perez  were:  of  Hezron,  the 
family  of  the  Hezronites ;  of  Hamul, 
the  family  of  the  Hamulites.  22 
These  are  the  families  of  Judah 
according  to  those  that  were  num- 
bered of  them,  ''threescore  and  six- 
teen thousand  and  five  hundred. 

23  The  sons  of  Issachar  after 
their  families :  of  Tola,  the  family 
of  the  Tolaites ;  of  Puvah,  the  family 
of  the  Punites  ;  24  of  '  Jashub.  the 
family  of  the  Jashubites  ;  of  tSnim- 
ron,  the  family  of  the  Shimronites. 
25  These  are  the  families  of  Issa- 
char according  to  those  that  were 
numbered  of  them, '  threescore  and 
four  thousand  and  three  hundred. 

26  The  sons  of  Zebulun  after 
their  families  :  of  Sered,  the  family 
of  the  Seredites ;  of  Elon,  the  family 
of  the  Elonites ;  of  Jahleel,  the 
family  of  the  .Jahleelites.  27  These 
are  the  families  of  the  Zebulunites 
according  to  those  that  were  num- 
bered of  them, ''  threescore  thousand 
and  five  hundred. 

28  The  sons  of  Joseph  after  their 
families  :  Manasseh  and  Ephraim. 
29  The  sons  of  Manasseh:  of  Ma- 
chir,  the  family  of  the  Machirites  ; 
and  Machir  begat  Gilead :  of  Gilead, 
the  family  of  the  Gileadites.  30 
These  are  the  sons  of  Gilead:  of 
^  lezer,  the  family  of  the  lezerites  ; 
of  Helek,  the  family  of  the  Hele- 
kites ;  31  and  of  Asriel,  the  family 
of  the  Asrielites  ;  and  of  Shechem, 
the  family  of  the  Shechemites  ;  32 
and  of  Shemida,  the  family  of  the 
Shemidaites  ;  and  of  Hepher,  the 
family  of  the  Hepherites.  33  And 
Zelophehad  the  son  of  Hepher  had 
no  sons,  but  daughters  :  and  '  the 
names  of  the  daughters  of  Zelophe- 
had were  Mahlah,  and  Noah,  Hog- 
lah,  Milcah,  and  Tirzah.  34  These 
are  the  families  of  Manasseh  ;  and 
they  that  were  numbered  of  them 
were  "'  fifty  and  two  thousand  and 
seven  hundi'ed. 

35  These  are  the  sons  of  Ephraim 
after  their  families  :  of  Shuthelah, 
the  family  of  the  Shuthelahites  ;  of 
"Becher,  the  family  of  the  Beche- 
rites ;  of  Tahan,  the  family  of  the 
Tahanites.  36  And  these  are  the 
sons  of  Shuthelah :  of  Eran,  the  fam- 
ily of  the  Eranites.  37  These  are 
tne  families  of  the  sons  of  Ephraim 

7  In  Gen.  46. 13,  loh. 

8  In  Josh.  17.  2,  Ahlezer.    Bee  Judg.  6.  II, 24, 34 
*  In  1  Chr.  7.  20,  Biired. 


161 


26.38 


NUMBERS 


27.1 


The  People  are  numbered 


according  to  those  that  were  num- 
bered of  them,  "thirty  and  two 
thousand  and  five  hundred.  These 
are  the  sons  of  Joseph  after  their 
families. 

38  The  sons  of  Benjamin  after 
their  famihes :  of  Bela,  the  family 
of  the  Belaites  ;  of  Ashbel,  the  fam- 
ily of  the  Ashbelites ;  of  ^  Ahiram, 
the  family  of  the  Ahiramites ;  39  of 
^iShephupham,  the  family  of  the 
Shuphamites ;  of  Hupham,  the 
family  of  the  Huphamites.  40  And 
the  sons  of  Bela  were  ^Ard  and 
Naaman  :  of  Ard,  the  family  of  the 
Ardites  ;  of  Naaman,  the  family  of 
the  Naamites.  41  These  are  the 
sons  of  Benjamin  after  their  fami- 
lies ;  and  they  that  were  numbered 
of  them  were  ''  forty  and  five  thou- 
sand and  six  hundred. 

42  These  are  the  sons  of  Dan 
after  their  families:  of  ''Shuham, 
the  family  of  the  Shuhamites. 
These  are  the  families  of  Dan  after 
their  families.  43  All  the  families 
of  the  Shuhamites,  according  to 
those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
were "  threescore  and  four  thousand 
and  four  hundred. 

44  The  sons  of  Asher  after  their 
families :  of  Imnah,  the  familj''  of 
the  Imnites  ;  of  Ishvi,  the  family  of 
the  Ishvites  ;  of  Beriah,  the  family 
of  the  Beriites.  45  Of  the  sons  of 
Beriah  :  of  Heber,  the  family  of  the 
Heberites  ;  of  Malchiel,  the  family 
of  the  Malchielites.  46  And  the 
name  of  the  daughter  of  Asher  was 
tSerah.  47  These  are  the  families 
of  the  sons  of  Asher  according  to 
those  that  were  numbered  of  them, 
^  fifty  and  three  thousand  and  four 
hundred. 

48  The  sons  of  Naphtali  after 
their  families  :  of  .Jahzeel,  the  fam- 
ily of  the  Jahzeelites  ;  of  Guni,  the 
family  of  the  Guuites  ;  49  of  Jezer, 
the  family  of  the  Jezerites ;  of 
Shillem,  the  family  of  the  Shillem- 
ites.  50_  These  are  the  families  of 
Naphtali  according  to  their  fami- 
lies ;  and  they  that  were  numbered 
of  them  were  *  forty  and  five  thou- 
sand and  four  hundred. 

51  These  are  they  that  were  num- 
bered of  the  children  of  Israel,  -^six 
hundred  thousand  and  a  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  thirty. 

52  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  53  Unto  these  the 

1  In  Oen.  46.  21,  FM\  in  1  Chr.  8.  1,  Aharah. 

2  In  Gen.  46.  21,  Mupj>im,  and  Huppim. 
8  In  1  Chr.  8.  3,  Addar. 

*  In  Gen.  46.  23,  Hushim. 


°ch.  1,  33 
6  ch.  1.  37 
"  ch.  1.  39 
ri  ch.  1.  41 
'  ch.  1.  43 
/  Ex.  12.  37 ; 

38.  26 ; 

Num.  1. 

46;  11.  21 


S  ch.  33.  54 
A  ch.  33.  64 ; 
34.  13 


■■  Ex.  6.  20 


fc  ch.  3.  2 


'  ch.  3.  4  ; 
Lev.  10. 
1,  2 


"'  ch.  3.  39 

"  ch.  1.  47 

"  ch.  18.  23, 
24 


P  ch.  14.  29- 
35;  Dt.  2. 
14-16; 
Heb.  3.  17 


«ch.  26.33; 
36.  1 


162 


land  shall  be  divided  for  an  inher- 
itance according  to  the  number  of 
names.  54  "To  the  more  thou 
shalt  give  the  more  inheritance, 
and  to  the  fewer  thou  shalt  give 
the  less  inheritance  :  to  every  one 
according  to  those  that  were  num- 
bered of  him  shall  his  inheritance 
be  given.  55  Notwithstanding,  the 
land  shall  be  ''  divided  by  lot :  ac- 
cording to  the  names  of  the  tribes 
of  their  fathers  they  shall  inlierit. 
56  According  to  the  lot  shall  their 
inheritance  be  divided  between  the 
more  and  the  fewer. 

57  And  these  are  they  that  were 
numbered  of  the  Levites  after  their 
families  :  of  Gershon,  the  family  of 
the  Gershonites ;  of  Kohath,  the 
farnily  of  the  Kohathites;  of  Me- 
rari,  the  family  of  the  Merarites. 

58  The.se  are  the  families  of  Levi : 
the  family  of  the  Libnites,  the  fam- 
ily of  the  Hebronites,  the  family 
of  the  Mahlites,  the  family  of  the 
Mushites,  the  family  of  the  Korah- 
ites.     '  And  Kohath  begat  Amram. 

59  And  the  name  of  Amram's  wife 
was  Jochebed,  the  daughter  of  Levi, 
who  was  born  to  Levi  in  Egypt : 
and  she  bare  unto  Amram  Aaron 
and  Moses,  and  Miriam  their  sister. 

60  *And  unto  Aaron  were  born 
Nadab  and  Abihu,  Eleazar  and 
Ithamar.  61'  And  Nadab  and 
Abihu  died,  when  they  offered 
strange  fire  before  Jehovah.  62 
And  they  that  were  numbered  of 
them  were '"  twenty  and  three  thou- 
sand, every  male  from  a  month  old 
and  upward  :  for  "  they  were  not 
numbered  among  the  children  of 
Israel, "  because  there  was  no  inher- 
itance given  them  among  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

63  These  are  they  that  were  num- 
bered by  Moses  and  Eleazar  the 
priest,  who  numbered  the  children 
of  Israel  in  the  plains  of  Moab  by 
the  Jordan  at  Jei'icho.  64  -^But 
among  these  there  was  not  a  man 
of  them  that  were  numbered  by 
Moses  and  Aaron  the  priest,  who 
numbered  the  children  of  Israel  in 
the  wilderness  of  Sinai.  65  For 
Jehovah  had  said  of  them.  They 
shall  surely  die  in  the  wilderness. 
And  there  was  not  left  a  man  of 
them,  save  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephun- 
neh,  and  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun. 
O  ^  Then  drew  near  « the 
^  I  daughters  of  Zelophehad, 
the  son  of  Hepher,  the  son  of 
Gilead,  the  son  of  Machir,  the  son 


27.2 


NUMBERS 


28. 


Zeloplichad's  Daughters.    Noses  warned  of  his  Death.    Joshua  to  be  his  Successor.    The  Continual  Burnt-offering 


of  JNIaiiasseh,  of  the  families  of 
Manasseh  the  son  of  Jusi^pli ;  and 
tliese  are  "  the  names  of  his  daugh- 
ters :  iNTahlah,  Noah,  and  lluglah. 
and  Miicah,  and  Tirzah.  2  And 
they  stood  before  Moses,  and  be- 
fore Eleazar  the  priest,  and  before 
the  princes  and  all  llie  congrega- 
tion, at  the  door  of  the  tent  of  meet- 
ing, saying,  3  Our  father  died  in  the 
wilderness,  and  he  was  not  among 
the  company  of  them  that  gathered 
themselves  togetlier  against  Jeho- 
vah in  the  conniany  of  Korah  :  b^ut 
'  he  died  in  his  own  sin ;  and  "  he 
had  no^  sons.  4  Why  should  the 
name  of  our  father  be  taken  away 
from  among  his  family,  because  he 
had  no  son!  Give  unto  us  a  pos- 
session among  the  brethren  of  our 
father.  5  ''And  Moses  brought 
their  cause  before  Jehovah. 

6  And  J  ehovah  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying,  7  "The  daughters  of  Zelo- 
phehad  speak  right :  thou  shalt 
surely  give  them  a  possession  of 
an  inheritance  among  their  father's 
brethren  ;  and  thou  shalt  cause  the 
inheritance  of  their  father  to  pass 
unto  them.  8  And  thou  .snalt 
speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
saying,  If  a  man  die,  and  have  no 
son,  then  j'e  shall  cause  his  inher- 
itance to  pass  unto  his  daughter. 
9  A7id  if  he  have  no  daughter,  then 
ye  shall  give  his  inheritance  unto 
nis  brethren.  10  And  if  he  have 
no  brethren,  then  ye  shall  give  his 
inheritance  unto  his  father's  breth- 
ren. 1 1  And  if  his  father  have  no 
brethren,  then  ye  shall  give  his 
inheritance  unto  his  kinsman  that 
is  next  to  him  of  his  family,  and  he 
shall  possess  it :  and  it  shall  be 
unto  tlie  children  of  Israel  a  ^  stat- 
ute and  ordinance,  as  Jehovah 
commanded  Moses. 

12-^  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Moses,  Get  thee  up  into  this  ^  moun- 
tain of  Abarim,  and  behold  the 
land  which  I  have  given  unto  the 
children  of  Israel.  13  And  when 
thou  hast  seen  it,  thou  also  ''shalt 
be  gathered  unto  thy  people,  as 
Aaron  thy  brother  was  gatnered  ; 
14  because  'ye  rebelled  against  my 
word  in  the  wilderness  of  Zin,  in 
the  strife  of  the  congregation,  to 
sanctify  me  at  the  waters  before 
their  eyes.  (These  are  the  waters 
of  Meribah  of  Kadesh  in  the  wilder- 
ness of  Zin.) 

15  And  Moses  spake  unto  Jeho- 
1  Heb.  statute  of  judgment 


"  ch.  26.  33 
'  cb.  He.  G4, 

'  ch.  ta.  33 

d-  vur.  21 ; 

ch.  9.  8 

'  ch.  36.  2 ; 

.Josh.  17.  4 
/  Dt.  i;2.  4S- 

"  di.  33.  47, 

4.S 
''  ch.  31.  2 
•  ch.  20.  12 


*  ch.  16.  22 
'ch.  11.25- 

29;  Dt. 

3 1.  9 
'"  ver.  23 
"  Dt.  3.  28 ; 

31.  3,  7,  S, 


0  I  S.  28.  6 


P  Lev.  3.  11 


1  Ex.  29.  38- 


vah,  saying,  16  *Let  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  the  spirits  of  all  flesh,  ap- 
point a  man  over  the  congregation, 

17  who  may  go  out  before  them, 
and  who  may  come  in  before  them, 
and  wlio  may  lead  them  out,  and 
who  may  bring  them  in ;  that  the 
congregation  of  Jehovah  be  not  as 
sheep    which    have    no    shepherd. 

18  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Moses, 
Take  thee  Joshua,  the  son  of  Nun, 
a  man  '  in  whom  is  the  ISpirit,  ana 
'"  lay  thy  hand  upon  him  ;  1 9  and 
set  him  before  Eleazar  the  ijriest, 
and  before  all  the  congregation ; 
and  "give  him  a  charge  in  their 
sight.  20  And  thou  shalt  put  of 
thine  honor  upon  him,  that  all  the 
congregation  of  the  children  of 
lsrap>l  may  obey.  21  And  he  shall 
stand  before  Eleazar  the  priest, 
wlio  shall  inquire  for  him  "by  the 
judgment  of  the  Urim  before  Jeho- 
vah :  at  his  word  shall  they  go  out, 
and  at  his  word  they  shall  come 
in,  both  he,  and  all  the  children  of 
Israel  with  him,  even  all  the  con- 

fregation.  22  And  Moses  did  as 
ehovah  commanded  him ;  and  he 
took  Joshua,  and  set  him  before 
Eleazar  the  priest,  and  before  all 
the  congregation :  23  and  he  laid 
his  hands  upon  him,  and  gave  him 
a  charge,  as  Jehovah  spake  by 
Moses. 

O  O  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
j^  O  Moses,  saying,  2  Command 
the  children  of  Israel,  and  say 
unto  them.  My  oblation,  my  -^food 
for  my  offerings  made  by  hre,  of  a 
sweet  savor  unto  me,  shall  ye  ob- 
serve to  offer  unto  me  in  their  due 
season.  3  ''And  thou  shalt  say 
unto  them.  This  is  the  offering 
made  by  fire  which  ye  shall  offer 
unto  Jehovah :  he-lambs  a  year 
old  without  blemish,  two  day  by 
day,  for  a  continual  burnt-offering. 
4  The  one  lamb  shalt  thou  offer  in 
the  morning,  and  the  other  lamb 
shalt  thou  oiFer  ^at  even;  5  and 
the  tenth  part  of  an  ephah  of  fine 
flour  for  a  meal-ofl'ering,  mingled 
with  the  fourth  part  of  a  hin  of 
beaten  oil.  6  It  is  a  continual 
burnt-offering,  which  was  or- 
dained in  mount  Sinai  for  a 
sweet  savor,  an  offering  made  by 
fire  unto  Jehovah.  7  And  the 
drink-offering  thereof  shall  be 
the  fourth  part  of  a  hin  for  the 
one  lamb :  in  the  holy  place  shalt 
thou  pour  out  a  drink-offering  of 

2  Heb.  bread.    ^  Heb.  between  the  two  evenings. 


163 


28.8 


NUMBERS 


29.6 


Offerings  on  the  Sabbath;  the  New  Moons;  at  the  Passover;  the  Feast  of  Weeks;  the  Feast  of  Trompets 


strong  drink  unto  Jehovah.  8  And 
the  other  lamb  shalt  thou  offer  at 
even :  as  the  meal-offering  of  the 
morning,  and  as  the  drink-offering 
thereof,  thou  shalt  offer  it,  an  offer- 
ing made  by  tire,  of  a  sweet  savor 
unto  Jehovah. 

9  And  on  the  sabbath  day  two 
he-lambs  a  year  old  without 
blemish,  and  two  tenth  parts  of 
an.  ephah  of  fine  flour  for  a  meal- 
offering,  mingled  with  oil,  and  the 
drink-offering  thereof:  10  this  is 
the  burnt-offering  of  every  sab- 
bath, besides  the  "continual  burnt- 
offering,  and  the  drink-offering 
thereof. 

11  And  'in  the  beginnings  of 
your  months  ye  shall  offer  a  burnt- 
offering  unto  Jehovah  :  two  young 
bullocks,  and  one  ram,  seven  he- 
lambs  a  year  old  without  blemish  ; 
12  ''and  three  tenth  parts  of  an 
ephah  of  fine  flour  for  a  meal-offer- 
ing, mingled  with  oil,  for  each  bul- 
lock ;  and  two  tenth  parts  of  fine 
flour  for  a  meal-offering,  mingled 
with  oil,  for  the  one  ram ;  13  and 
a  tenth  part  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil  for  a  meal-ofiering  unto 
every  lamb;  for  a  burnt-offering 
of  a  sweet  savor,  an  offering  made 
by  fire  unto  Jehovah.  14  And 
their  drink-offerings  shall  be  half 
a  hin  of  wine  for  a  bullock,  and 
the  third  part  of  a  hin  for  the 
ram,  and  the  fourth  part  of  a 
hin  for  a  lamb :  this  is  the  burnt- 
offering  of  every  month  throughj 
out  the  months  of  the  year.  1 5 
And  one  he-goat  for  a  sin-offering 
unto  Jehovah ;  it  shall  be  offered 
besides  the  '*  continual  burnt-offer- 
ing, and  the  drink-offering  thereof. 

16  ^And  in  the  first  month,  on 
the  fourteenth  day  of  the  month, 
is  Jehovah's  passover.  17  And  on 
the  fifteenth  day  of  this  month 
shall  be  a  feast :  seven  days  shall 
unleavened  bread  be  eaten.  18  In 
the  first  day  shall  be  a  holy  convo- 
cation :  ye  shall  do  no  servile  work ; 
19  but  I'e  shall  offer  an  offeinng 
made  by  fire,  a  burnt-offering  unto 
Jehovah  :  two  young  bullocks,  and 
one  ram,  and  seven  he-lambs  a 
year  old ;  they  shall  be  unto  you 
without  blemish ;  20  and  their 
meal-offering,  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil :  three  tenth  parts  shall 
ye  offer  for  a  bullock,  and  two 
tenth  parts  for  the  ram ;  21  a 
tenth  part  shalt  thou  offer  for 
every  lamb  of   the  seven  lambs ; 


"  ver.  3 
tich.  10.  10; 

Ezek.  46. 

6,  7 
"^  ch.  15.  4-12 
<l  ver.  3 
'  Ex.  12.  14- 

20;  Lev. 

23.  6-8 ; 

Dt.  16. 

1-8 


/  ver.  3 
y  Lev.  3.  II 
ft  ver.  3 


t  Ex.  23.  16 ; 
34. 22 ;  Lev. 
23.  15-21 ; 
Dt.  16.  9- 
12 

'  ver.  18 


'  Ex.  23.  16 ; 
34.  22 ;  Lev. 
23.  23-25 

'  ch.  23.  26 


P  ch.  28.  27 


22  and  one  he-goat  for  a  sin- 
offering,  to  make  atonement  for 
you.  23  Ye  shall  offer  these  be- 
sides/the  burnt-otiering  of  the 
morning,  which  is  for  a  contin- 
ual burnt-offering.  24  After  this 
manner  ye  shall  offer  daily;,  for 
seven  days,  ^the  ^food  of  the 
offering  made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet 
savor  unto  Jehovah :  it  shall  be 
offered  besides  the  ''continual 
burnt-offering,  and  the  drink- 
offering  thereof.  25  And  on  the 
seventh  day  ye  shall  have  a  holy 
convocation ;  *  ye  shall  do  no  ser- 
vile work. 

26  Also  in  *the  day  of  the  first- 
fruits,  when  ye  offer  a  new  meal- 
offering  unto  Jehovah  in  your 
feast  of  weeks,  ye  shall  have  a 
holy  convocation ;  '  ye  shall  do 
no  servile  work ;  27  but  ye  shall 
offer  a  burnt-offering  for  a  sweet 
savor  unto  Jehovah :  two  young 
bullocks,  one  ram,  seven  he-lambs 
a  year  old  ;  28  and  their  meal- 
offering,  fine  flour  mingled  with 
oil,  three  tenth  parts  for  each 
bullock,  two  tenth  parts  for  the 
one  ram,  29  a  tenth  part  for  every 
lamb  of  the  sev^n  lambs ;  30  one 
he-goat,  to  make  atonement  for 
you.  31  '"Besides  the  continual 
burnt-offering,  and  the  meal-offer- 
ing thereof,  ye  shall  offer  them 
(they_  shall  be  unto  you  Avithout 
blemish),  and  their  drink-oflerings. 
iy  (\  And  "  in  the  seventh 
^  tJ  month,  on  the  first  day  of 
the  month,  ye  shall  have  a  holy 
convocation ;  "  ye  shall  do  no  ser- 
vile work  :  it  is  a  day  of  blowing 
of  trumpets  unto  you.  2  And  ye 
shall  offer  a  burnt-offering  for  a 
sweet  savor  unto  JehoAan:  one 
young  bullock,  one  ram,  seven 
he-lambs  a  year  old  without 
blemish ;  3  and  their  meal-ofter- 
ing,  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil, 
three  tenth  parts  for  the  bullock, 
two  tenth  parts  for  the  ram,  4  and 
one  tenth  part  for  every  lamb  of 
the  seven  lambs ;  5  and  one  he- 
goat  for  a  sin-offering,  to  make 
atonement  for  you  ;  6  p  besides  the 
burnt-offering  of  the  new  moon, 
and  the  meal-offering  thereof,  and 
the  *  continual  burnt-offering  and 
the  meal -offering  thei^eof ,  and  their 
drink-offerings,  according  unto 
their  ordinance,  for  a  sweet  savor, 
an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  J©' 
hovah. 

1  Heb.  bread. 


IM 


29.7 


NUMBERS 


29.38 


OCTerings  on  tbe  Day  of  Jtonement;  at  tbe  Feast  of  Tabernacles 


7  And  on  "the  tenth  day  of 
this  seventh  month  ye  shall  have 
a  holy  convocation ;  and  ye  shall 
afflict  your  souls :  ye  shall  do  no 
manner  of  work ;  8  but  ye  shall 
offer  a  burnt-o tiering  unto  Jeho- 
vah for  a  sweet  savor :  one  young 
bullock,  one  ram,  seven  he-lambs 
a  year  old ;  they  shall  be  unto 
you  without  blemish  ;  9  and  their 
meal-offering,  tine  flour  mingled 
with  oil,  three  tenth  parts  for  the 
bullock,  two  tenth  parts  for  the 
one  ram,_  10  a  tenth  part  for  every 
lamb  of  the  seven  lambs :  11 
one  he-goat  for  a  sin-offering ; 
besides  the  sin-offering  of  atone- 
ment, and  *the  continual  burnt- 
offering,  and  the  meal-offering 
thereof,  and  their  drink-offerings. 

12  And  on  "the  fifteenth  day  of 
the  seventh  month  ye  shall  have  a 
holy  convocation  ;  ye  ''  shall  do  no 
servile  work,  and  ye  shall  keep  a 
feast  unto  Jehovah  seven  days : 
13  and  ye  shall  offer  a  burnt-offer- 
ing, an  offering  made  by  fire,  of  a 
sweet  savor  unto  Jehovah ;  thir- 
teen young  bullocks,  two  rams, 
fourteen  he-lambs  a  year  old  ;  they 
shall  be  without  blemish:  14  and 
their  meal-offering,  fine  flour  min- 
gled with  oil,  three  tenth  parts  for 
every  bullock  of  the  thirteen  bul- 
locks, two  tenth  parts  for  each  ram 
of  the  two  rams,  15  and  a  tenth 
part  for  every  lamb  of  the  fourteen 
lambs ;  1 6  and  one  he-goat  for  a 
sin-offering ;  *  besides  the  continual 
burnt-offering,  the  raeal-offering 
thereof,  andf  the  drink-offering 
thereof. 

17  And  on  -^the  second  day  ye 
shall  offer  twelve  young  bullocks, 
two  rams,  foxarteen  he-lambs  a  year 
old  without  blemish  ;  18  and  their 
meal-offering  and  their  drink-offer- 
ings for  the  bullocks,  for  the  rams, 
and  for  the  lambs,  according  to 
their  number,  after  the  ordinance  ; 
19  and  one  he-goat  for  a  sin-offer- 
ing;/besides  the  continual  burnt- 
offering,  and  the  meal-offering 
thereof,  and  their  drink-offerings. 

20  And  on  the  third  day  eleven 
bullocks,  two  rams,  fourteen  he- 
lambs  a  year  old  without  blemish  ; 
2 1  and  their  meal-offering  and  their 
drink-offerings  for  the  bullocks,  for 
the  rams,  and  for  the  lambs,  accord- 
ing to  their  number,  after  the  ordi- 
nance :  22  and  one  he-goat  for  a 
sin-offering  ;  besides  the  continual 
burnt-off'ering,  and  the  meal-offer- 


°  Lev,  10. 

29-34;  23. 
2e-32 


6  Ch.  28.  3 


'  Lev.  23. 

33-35 


d  ver.  1 


*  ver.  n 


/Lev.  23.  36 


''  Lev.  23.  36 


ing  thereof,  and  the  drink-offering 
thereof. 

23  And  on  the  fourth  day  ten 
bullocks,  two  rams,  fourteen  he- 
lambs  a  year  old  without  blemish  ; 
24  their  meal-ofiering  and  their 
drink-offerings  for  tlie  bullocks,  for 
the  rams,  and  for  the  lambs,  accord- 
ing to  their  number,  after  the 
ordinance ;  25  and  one  he-goat 
for  a  sin-offering;  besides  the 
continual  burnt-ofi'ering,  the  meal- 
offering  thereof,  and  the  drink- 
offering  thereof. 

26  And  on  the  fifth  day  nine 
bullocks,  two  rams,  fourteen  he- 
lambs  a  year  old  without  blemish  ; 
27  and  their  meal-offering  and  their 
drink-offerings  for  the  bullocks,  for 
the  rams,  and  for  the  lambs,  accord- 
ing to  their  number,  after  the  ordi- 
nance ;  28  and  one  he-goat  for  a 
sin-offering ;  besides  the  continual 
burnt-offering,  and  the  meal-offer- 
ing thereof,  and  the  drink-offering 
thereof. 

29  And  on  the  sixth  day  eight 
bullocks,  two  rams,  fourteen  he- 
lambs  a  year  old  without  blemish  ; 
30  and  their  meal-offering  and  their 
drink-offerings  for  the  bullocks,  for 
the  rams,  and  for  the  lambs,  ac- 
cording to  their  number,  after  the 
ordinance  ;  31  and  one  he-goat  for 
a  sin-offering ;  besides  the  contin- 
ual burnt-offering,  the  meal-offer- 
ing  thereof,  and  the  drink-offerings 
thereof. 

32  And  on  the  seventh  day  seven 
bullocks,  two  rams,  fourteen  he- 
lambs  a  year  old  without  blemish  ; 
33  and  their  meal-offering  and  their 
drink-offerings  for  the  bullocks,  for 
the  rams,  and  for  the  lambs,  accord- 
ing to  their  number,  after  the  ordi- 
nance ;  34  and  one  he-goat  for  a 
sin-offering ;  besides  the  contin- 
ual burnt-offering,  the  meal-offer- 
ing thereof,  and  the  drink-offering 
thereof. 

35  '^On  the  eighth  day  ye  shall 
have  a  solemn  assembly :  ye  shall 
do  no  servile  work ;  36  but  ye 
shall  offer  a  burnt-offering,  an  offer- 
ing made  by  lire,  of  a  sweet  savor 
unto  Jehovah :  one  bullock,  one 
ram,  seven  he-lambs  a  year  old 
without  blemish  ;  37  their  meal- 
offering  and  their  drink-offerings 
for  the  bullock,  for  the  ram,  and 
for  the  lambs,  shall  be  according  to 
their  number,  after  the  ordinance  : 
38  and  one  he-goat  for  a  sin-offer- 
ing;  besides  the  continual  burnf.- 


X65 


29.39 


NUMBERS 


31.9 


Lav  concerning  Vows.    Slaughter  of  the  Midlanites 


ofiFering,  and  the  meal-oflfering 
thereof,  and  the  drink-offering 
thereof. 

39  These  ye  shall  offer  unto 
Jehovah  in  your  "set  feasts,  be- 
sides your  vows,  and  your  freewill- 
offerings,  for  your  burnt-offerings, 
and  for  your  meal-offerings,  and  for 
your  drink-offerings,  and  for  your 
peace-offerings.  *40  And  Moses 
told  the  children  of  Israel  accord- 
ing to  all  that  Jehovah  com- 
manded Moses. 

O/^  And  Moses  spake  unto  the 
Ow  heads  of  the  tribes  of  the 
<;hildren  of  Israel,  saying,  This  is 
the  thing  which  Jehovah  hath  com- 
manded. 2  *When  a  man  voweth 
a  vow  unto  Jehovah,  or  sweareth 
an  oath  to  bind  his  soul  with  a 
bond,  he  shall  not  ^  break  his  word  ; 
he  shall  do  according  to  all  that 
proceedeth  out  of  his  mouth.  3  Also 
when  a  woman  voweth  a  vow  unto 
Jehovah,  and  bindeth  herself  by  a 
bond,  being  in  her  father's  house, 
in  her  youth,  4  and  her  father 
heareth  her  vow,  and  her  bond 
wherewith  she  hath  bound  her  soul, 
and  her  father  holdeth  his  peace  at 
her  ;  then  all  her  vows  shall  stand, 
and  every  bond  wherewith  she  hath 
bound  her  soul  shall  stand.  5  But 
if  her  father  disallow  her  in  the  day 
that  he  heareth,  none  of  her  vows, 
or  of  her  bonds  wherewith  she  hath 
bound  her  soul,  shall  stand :  and 
Jehovah  will  forgive  her,  because 
her  father  disallowed  her. 

6  And  if  she  be  married  to  a  hus- 
band, while  her  vows  are  upon  her, 
or  the  rash  utterance  of  her  lips, 
wherewith  she  hath  bound  her  soul, 

7  and  her  husband  hear  it,  and  hold 
his  peace  at  her  in  the  day  that  he 
heareth  it ;  then  her  vows  shall 
stand,  and  her  bonds  wherewith 
she  hath  bound  her  soul  shall  stand. 

8  But  if  her  husband  disallow  her 
in  the  day  that  he  heareth  it,  then 
he  shall  make  void  her  vow  which 
is  upon  her,  and  the  rash  utterance 
of  her  lips,  wherewith  she  hath 
bound  her  soul :  and  Jehovah  will 
forgive  her. 

9  But  the  vow  of  a  widow,  or  of 
her  that  is  divorced,  even  every- 
thing wherewith  she  hath  bound 
her  soul,  shall  stand  against  her. 
10  And  if  she  vowed  in  her  hus- 
band's house,  or  bound  her  soul  by 
a  bond  with  an  oath,  1 1  and  her 
husband   heard   it,  and   held   his 

1  Heb.  profane. 


"  Lev.  23.  2 


*[Ch.  30.  1 
iu  Heb.] 


f>  Dt.  23.  21- 

23 ;  Mt.  6. 
23 


'  ch.  2.5.  1, 
16,  17 


d  ch.  20.  24, 
26;  27.  13 


'  Lev.  26.  25 


/ch.  14.  44 
!'  ch.  10.  8,  9 


ft  Josh.  13.  21 
•  ch.  25.  15 


*  ver.  16 ; 
Josh.  13.  22 


peace  at  her,  and  disallowed  her 
not ;  then  all  her  vows  shall  stand, 
and  every  bond  wherewith  she 
bound  her  soul  shall  stand.  1 2  But 
if  her  husband  made  them  null  and 
void  in  the  day  that  he  heard  them, 
then  whatsoever  i)roceeded  out  or 
her  lips  concerning  her  vows,  or 
concerning  the  bond  of  her  soul, 
shall  not  stand  :  her  husband  hath 
made  them  void  ;  and  Jehovah  will 
forgive  her. 

1 3  Every  vow,  and  every  binding 
oath  to  afflict  the  soul,  her  husband 
may  establish  it,  or  her  husband 
may  make  it  void.  14  But  if  her 
husband  altogether  hold  his  peace 
at  her  from  day  to  day,  then  he 
establisheth  all  her  vows,  or  all  her 
bonds,  which  are  upon  her :  he  hath 
established  them,  because  he  held 
his  peace  at  her  in  the  day  that  he 
heard  them.  15  But  if  he  shall 
make  them  null  and  void  after  that 
he  hath  heard  them,  then  he  shall 
bear  her  iniquity.  16  These  are 
the  statutes,  which  Jehovah  com- 
manded Moses,  between  a  man  and 
his  wife,  between  a  father  and  his 
daughter,  being  in  her  youth,  in 
her  father's  house. 
O'i  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
O-L  Moses,  saying,  2  "^  Avenge 
the  children  of  Israel  of  the  Midl- 
anites :  afterward  shalt  thou  be 
"*  gathered  unto  thy  people.  3  And 
Moses  spake  unto  tne  people,  say- 
ing. Arm  j^e  men  from  among  you 
for  the  war,  that  they  may  go 
against  Midian,  to  execute  'Jeho- 
vah's vengeance  on  Midian.  4  Of 
every  tribe  a  thousand,  throughout 
all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  shall  ye 
send  to  the  war.  5  So  there  were 
delivered,  out  of  the  thousands  of 
Israel,  a  thousand  of  every  tribe, 
twelve  thousand  armed  for  war. 
6  And  Moses  sent  them,  a  thousand 
of  every  tribe,  to  the  war,  them  and 
Phinehas  the  son  of  Eleazar  the 
priest,  to  the  war,  with  •'^the  vessels 
of  the  sanctuary  and  ^  the  trumpets 
for  the  alarm  in  his  hand.  7  And 
they  warred  against  Midian,  as 
Jehovah  commanded  Moses :  and 
they  slew  every  male.  8  And  they 
slew  the  kings  of  Midian  with  the 
rest  of  their  slain:  ''Evi,  and 
Rekem,  and  'Zur,  and  Hur,  and 
Reba,  the  five  kings  of  Midian : 
*  Balaam  also  the  son  of  Beor  they 
slew  with  the  sword.  9  And  the 
children  of  Israel  took  captive  the 
women  of  Midian  and  their  Httle 


166 


31,10 


NUMBERS 


31.41 


Slaughter  of  the  Nidianites.    Division  of  the  Booty.    Jehovah's  Heave -ofTering  of  the  Booty 


■ones ;  and  all  their  cattle,  and  all 
fcheir  flocks,  and  all  their  goods, 
they  took  for  a  prey.  10  And  all 
their  cities  in  tlie  places  wherein 
they  dwelt,  and  all  their  encamp- 
ments, they  burnt  with  fire. 
1 1  And  they  took  all  the  s{)oil, 
and  all  the  prey,  both  of  man  and 
of  beast.  1 2  And  they  brought  the 
captives,  and  the  prey,  and  the 
spoil,  unto  Moses,  and  unto  Eleazar 
the  priest,  and  unto  the  congrega- 
tion of  the  children  of  Israel,  unto 
the  camp  at  the  plains  of  Moab, 
which  are  by  tne  Jordan  at 
Jericho. 

13  And  Moses,  and  Eleazar  the 
priest,  and  all  the  princes  of  the 
congregation,  went  forth  to  meet 
them  without  the  camp.  14  And 
Moses  was  wroth  with  the  officers 
of  the  host,  the  captains  of  thou- 
sands and  the  captains  of  hun- 
dreds, who  came  from  the  service 
of  the  war.  15  And  INIoses  said 
unto  them.  Have  ye  saved  all  the 
women  alive'?  16  "Behold,  these 
caused  the  children  of  Israel, 
through  the  counsel  of  *  Balaam, 
to  commit  trespass  against  Jeho- 
vah in  the  matter  of  Beor,  and  so 
the  plague  was  among  the  con- 
gregation of  Jehovah.  17  ''Now 
therefore  kill  every  male  among 
the  little  ones,  and  kill  every 
woman  that  hath  known  man  by 
lying  with  him.  IS  But  all  the 
women-children,  that  have  not 
known  man  by  lying  with  him, 
keep  alive  for  yourselves.  19  ''And 
encamp  j^e  without  the  camp 
seven  days  :  whosoever  hath  killed 
any  person,  and  whosoever  hath 
touched  any  slain,  purify  your- 
selves on  the  third  day  and  on  the 
seventh  day,  ye  and  your  captives. 
20  And  as  to  evei-y  garment,  and 
all  that  is  made  of  skin,  and  all 
work  of  goats'  Aa/r,  and  all  things 
made  of  wood,  ye  shall  purify 
yourselves. 

21  And  Eleazar  the  priest  said 
unto  the  men  of  war  that  went  to 
the  battle,  This  is  the  statute  of 
the  law  which  Jehovah  hath  com- 
manded Moses :  22  howbeit  the 
gold,  and  the  silver,  the  brass, 
the  iron,  the  tin,  and  the  lead, 
23  everything  that  may  abide  the 
fire,  ye  shall  make  to  go  through 
the  fire,  and  it  shall  be  clean ; 
nevertheless  it  shall  be  purified 
with  the  water  for  impurity :  and 
all  that  abideth    not    the  fire  ye 


o  ch.  25.  1-9 
b  ver.  8 


•  Dt.  7.  'J ; 
20.  16-18 


d  ch.  19.  11- 


shall  make  to  go  through  the 
water.  24  And  ye  shall  wash  your 
clothes  on  the  seventh  day,  and  ye 
shall  be  clean  ;  and  afterward  yo 
shall  come  into  the  camp. 

25  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Mo.ses,  saying,  26  Take  the  sum 
of  the  prey  that  was  taken.,  both 
of  man  and  of  beast,  thou,  and 
Eleazar  the  priest,  and  the  heads 
of  the  fathers'  houses  of  the  congre- 
gation ;  27  and  divide  the  prey 
into  two  parts :  between  the  men 
skilled  in  war,  that  went  out  to 
battle,  and  all  the  congregation. 
28  *And  levy  a  tribute  unto  Jeho- 
vah of  the  men  of  war  that  went 
out  to  battle :  one  soul  of  five 
hundred,  both  of  the  persons,  and 
of  the  oxen,  and  of  the  asses,  and 
of  the  flocks:  29  take  it  of  their 
half,  and  give  it  unto  Eleazar  the 
priest,  for  Jehovah's  heave-offering. 
30  And  of  the  childi-en  of  Israel's 
half,  thou  shult  take  one  drawn 
out  of  every  fifty,  of  the  persons, 
of  the  oxen,  of  the  asses,  and  of  the 
flocks,  even  of  all  the  cattle,  and 
give  them  unto  the  Levites,  that 
keep  the  charge  of  the  tabernacle 
of  Jehovah.  31  And  Moses  and 
Eleazar  the  priest  did  as  Jehovah 
commanded  Moses. 

32  Now  the  prey,  over  and  above 
the  booty  which  the  men  of  war 
took,  was  six  hundred  thousand 
and  seventy  thousand  and  five 
thousand  sheep,  33  and  threescore 
and  twelve  thousand  oxen,  34  and 
threescore  and  one  thousand  asses. 
35  and  thirty  and  two  thousand 
persons  in  all,  of  the  w^omen  that 
had  not  known  man  by  lying  with 
him.  36  And  the  half,  which  was 
the  portion  of  them  that  went  out 
to  war,  was  in  number  three  hun- 
dred thousand  and  thirty  thou- 
sand and  seven  thousand  and  five 
hundred  sheep :  37  and  Jehovah's 
tribute  of  the  sheep  was  six  hun- 
dred and  threescore   and    fifteen. 

38  And  the  oxen  were  thirty  and 
six  thousand ;  of  which  Jehovah's 
tribute  was  threescore  and  twelve. 

39  And  the  asses  were  thirty  thou- 
sand and  five  hundred ;  of  which  Je- 
hovah's tribute  was  threescore  and 
one.  40  And  the  persons  were  six- 
teen thousand ;  of  whom  Jehovah's 
tribute  was  thirty  and  two  persons. 
41  And  Moses  gave  the  tribute, 
which  was  Jehovah's  heave-offer- 
ing, unto  Eleazar  the  priest,  as 
Jehovah  commanded  Moses. 


167 


31.42 


NUMBERS 


32.18 


Jehovah's  Portiou  of  the  Dooty  from  the  Midianites.    Reaben  and  Gad  settle  in  Gilead 


42  And  of  the  children  of  Israel's 
half,  which  Moses  divided  off  from 
the  men  that  warred  43  (now  the 
congregation's  half  was  three  hun- 
dred thousand  and  thirty  thousand, 
seven  thousand  and  tive  hundred 
sheep,  44  and  thirty  and  six  thou- 
sand oxen,  45  and  thirty  thousand 
and  five  hundred  asses,  46  and  six- 
teen thousand  persons),  47  even  of 
the  children  of  Israel's  half,  Moses 
took  one  drawn  out  of  every  Mty, 
both  of  man  and  of  beast,  and  gave 
them  unto  the  Levites,  that  kept 
the  charge  of  the  tabernacle  of 
Jehovah ;  as  Jehovah  commanded 
Moses. 

48  And  the  officers  that  were 
over  the  thousands  of  the  host, 
the  captains  of  thousands,  and  the 
captains  of  hundreds,  came  near 
unto  Moses;  49  and  they  said  unto 
Moses,  Thy  servants  have  taken 
the  sum  of  the  men  of  war  that  are 
under  our  charge,  and  there  lacketh 
not  one  man  of  us.  50  And  we 
have  brought  Jehovah's  oblation,^ 
what  every  man  hath  gotten,  of 
jewels  of  gold,  ankle-chains,  and 
bracelets,  signet-rings,  ear-rings, 
and  ^armlets,  to  make  atonement  for 
our  souls  before  Jehovah.  51  And 
Moses  and  Eleazar  the  priest  took 
the  gold  of  them,  even  all  wrought 
jewels.  52  And  all  the  gold  of  the 
heave-offering  that  they  offered  up 
to  Jehovah,  of  the  captains  of  thou- 
sands, and  of  the  captains  of  hun- 
dreds, was  sixteen  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  fifty  shekels.  53  ("-For 
the  men  of  war  had  taken  booty, 
every  man  for  himself.)  54  And 
Moses  and  Eleazar  the  priest  took 
the  gold  of  the  captains  of  thou- 
sands and  of  hundreds,  and  brought 
it  into  the  tent  of  meeting,  for  a 
memorial  for  the  children  of  Isi'ael 
before  Jehovah. 

OO  Now  the  children  of 
O^  Reuben  and  the  children 
of  Gad  had  a  *very  great  multi- 
tude of  cattle  :  and  when  they  saw 
the  land  of  "  Jazer,  and  the  land  of 
Gilead,  that,  behold,  the  place  was 
a  place  for  cattle;  2  the  children 
of  Gad  and  the  children  of  Reuben 
came  and  spake  unto  Moses,  and 
to  Eleazar  the  priest,  and  unto  the 
princes  of  the  congregation,  say- 
ing, 3  ''Ataroth,  and  Dibon,  and 
Jazer,  and  '^  Nimrah,  and  Heshbon, 
and    Elealeh,    and    ^  Sebam,    and 

I  Or,  necklaces        "  In  ver.  36,  Beth-nimrah. 
» In  ver.  38,  Sibtnah. 


"  ver.  32 
b  Ex.  12.  38 
"  ch.  21.  32 
d  ver.  3i-38 


'  ch.  13.  27- 
14.  4 


/ch.  13.  3, 
26 ;  Dt.  1. 
19-25 


^  ch.  14.  28- 
30 


A  ch.  14.  33- 
35 


■  Josh.  4.  12, 
13 


*  Josh.  22. 
1-4 


Nebo,  and  *  Beon,  4  the  land  which 
Jehovah  smote  before  the  con- 
gregation of  Israel,  is  a  land  for 
cattle ;  and  thy  servants  have 
cattle.  5  And  they  said.  If  we 
have  found  favor  in  thy  sight, 
let  this  land  be  given  unto  thy  ser- 
vants for  a  possession ;  bring  us 
not  over  the  J  ordan. 

6  And  Moses  said  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Gad  and  to  the  children  of 
Reuben,  Shall  your  brethren  go  to 
the  war,   and  shall   ye    sit   herel 

7  ""And  wherefore  discourage  ye 
the  heart  of  the  children  of  Israel 
from  going  over  into  the  land 
which  Jehovah  hath  given  theml 

8  Thus  did  your  fathers,  when  I 
sen  fc  them  from  -^  Kadesh-barnea  to 
see  the  land.  9  For  when  they 
went  up  unto  the  valley  of  Eshcol, 
and  saw  the  land,  they  discouraged 
the  heart  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
that  they  should  not  go  into  the 
land  which  Jehovah  had  given 
them.  10  And  Jehovah's  anger 
was  kindled  in  that  day,  and  he 
sware,  saying,  11  ^Surely  none  of 
the  men  that  came  up  out  of  Egypt, 
from  twenty  j^-ears  old  and  upward, 
shall  see  the  land  which  I  sware 
unto  Abraham,  unto  Isaac,  and 
unto  Jacob  ;  because  they  have  not 
wholly  followed  me  :  1 2  save  Caleb 
the  son  of  Jephunneh  the  Kenizzite, 
and  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun ;  because 
they  have  wholly  followed  Jehovah 
13  ''And  Jehovah's  anger  was  kin- 
dled against  Israel,  and  he  made 
them  wander  to  and  fro  in  the  wil- 
derness forty  years,  until  all  the 
generation,  that  had  done  evil  in 
the  sight  of  Jehovah,  was  con- 
sumed. 14  And,  behold,  ye  are 
risen  up  in  your  fathers'  stead,  an 
increase  of  sinful  men,  to  augment 
yet  the  fierce  anger  of  Jehovah 
toward  Israel.  15  For  if  ye  turn 
away  from  after  him,  he  will  yet 
again  leave  them  in  the  wilder- 
ness ;  and  ye  will  destroy  all  this 
people. 

16  And  they  came  near  unto 
him,  and  said.  We  will  build  sheep- 
folds  here  for  our  cattle,  and  cities 
for  our  little  ones :  17'  but  we 
ourselves  will  be  ready  armed  to  go 
before  the  children  of  Israel,  until 
we  have  brought  them  unto  their 
place :  and  our  little  ones  shall 
dwell  in  the  fortified  cities  because 
of  the  inhabitants  of  the  land. 
18  *We  will  not  return  unto  our 

*  In  ver.  38,  Baal^meon. 


168 


32.19 


NUMBERS 


33.7 


Reuben,  Cad,  and  the  Half-tribe  of  Maaasseh  settle  in  Cilead.    Record  of  Israel's  Jonracys 


houses,  until  the  children  of  Israel 
have  inherited  every  man  his  in- 
heritance. 19  For  we  will  not  in- 
herit with  them  on  tlie  other  side  ot" 
the  Jordan,  and  forward  ;  because 
our  inheritance  is  fallen  to  us  on 
this  side  of  tlie  Jordan  eastward. 

20  "And  Moses  said  unto  them. 
If  ye  will  do  this  thing,  if  ye  will 
arm  yourselves  to  go  before  Jeho- 
vah to  the  war,  2 1  and  every  armed 
man  of  you  will  pass  over  the 
Jordan  before  Jehovah,  until  he 
hath  driven  out  his  enemies  from 
before  him,  22  'and  the  land  is 
subdued  before  Jehovah;  then 
afterward  ye  shall  i-eturn,  and  be 
guiltless  towards  Jehovah,  and 
towards  Israel ;  and  this  laud  shall 
be  unto  you  foi'  a  possession  befoi-e 
Jehovah.  23  But  if  ye  will  not  do 
so,  behold,  ye  have  sinned  against 
Jehovah;  and  be  sure  your  sin  will 
find  you  out.  24  Build  you  citiesfor 
your  little  ones,  and  folds  for  your 
sheep;  and ''do  that  which  hath 
proceeded  out  of  your  mouth.  25 
And  the  children  of  Gad  and  the 
children  of  Reuben  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying.  Thy  servants  will 
do  as  my  lord  commandeth.  26 
Our  little  ones,  our  wives,  our 
flocks,  and  all  our  cattle,  shall  be 
there  in  the  cities  of  Gilead ; 
27  but  thy  sei'vants  will  pass  over, 
every  man  that  is  armed  for  war, 
before  Jehovah  to  battle,  as  my 
lord  saith. 

28  So  Moses  gave  charge  con- 
cerning them  to  Eleazar  the  priest, 
and  to  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  and 
to  the  heads  of  the  fathers'  houses 
of  the  tribes  of  the  children  of 
Israel.  29  And  Moses  said  unto 
them.  If  the  children  of  Gad  and 
the  children  of  Reuben  will  pass 
with  you  over  the  Jordan,  everj' 
man  that  is  armed  to  battle,  before 
Jehovah,  and  the  land  shall  be 
subdued  before  you  ;  then  ye  shall 
give  them  the  land  of  Gilead  for  a 
possession  :  30  but  if  they  will  not 
pass  over  with  you  armed,  they 
shall  have  possessions  among  you 
in  the  land  of  Canaan.  31  And 
the  children  of  Gad  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Reuben  answered,  saying. 
As  Jehovah  hath  said  unto  thy 
servants,  so  will  we  do.  32  We 
will  pass  over  armed  before  Jeho- 
vah into  the  land  of  Canaan,  and 
the  posses.sion  of  our  inheritance 
shxill  remain  Avith  us  beyond  the 
Jordan. 


"  Dt.  3.  IS 
''  Dt.  3.  20 

••'  ch.  30 


d  Dt.  3.  8- 
17 ;  Josh. 
12.  1-6 


'Dt.  3.  14; 
Judg.  10.  4 


/Ps.  77.  20; 
105.  26; 
MiC.  6.  4 


^  Ex.  12.  37 


A  Ex.  14.  8 


*  Ex.  13.  20 
'  Ex.  14.  1,  2 

169 


33  ''And  Moses  gave  unto  them, 
even  to  the  children  of  Gad,  and 
to  the  children  of  Reuben,  and  unto 
the  half -tribe  of  Manasseh  the  son 
of  Joseph,  the  kingdom  of  Sihon 
king  of  the  Amorites,  and  the  king- 
dom of  Og  king  of  Bashaii,  the  land, 
according  to  the  cities  thereof  with 
their  borders,  even  the  cities  of  the 
land  round  about.  34  And  tiie 
children  of  Gad  built  Diboii,  and 
Ataroth,  and  Aroer,  35  and  Atroth- 
shophan,  and  Jazer,  and  Jogbehah, 
36  and  Beth-nimrah,  and  Beth- 
haran :  fortiiied  cities,  and  folds 
for  sheep.  37  And  the  children 
of  Reuben  built  Heshbon,  and 
Elealeh,  and  Kiriathaim,  38  and 
Nebo,  and  Baal-meon,  (their  names 
being  changed, )  and  Sibmah  :  and 
they  gave  other  names  unto  the 
cities  which  they  builded.  39  And 
the  children  of  Machir  the  son  of 
Manasseh  went  to  Gilead,  and  took 
it,  and  dispossessed  the  Amorites 
that  were  therein.  40  And  Moses 
gave  Gilead  unto  Machir  the  son 
of  Manasseh  ;  and  he  dwelt  therein. 

41  And  Jair  the  son  of  Manasseh 
went  and  took  the  towns  thereof, 
and    called    them  ^"Havvoth-jair. 

42  And  Nobah  went  and  took 
Kenath,  and  the  ^  villages  thereof, 
and  called  it  Nobah,  after  his  own 
name. 

O  O  These  are  the  '  journeys  of 
O  kJ  the  children  of  Israel,  *when 
they  went  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt  by  their  hosts  under  -^the 
hand  of  Moses  and  Aaron.  2  And 
Moses  wrote  their  goings  out 
according  to  their  journeys  by  the 
commandment  of  Jehovah :  and 
these  are  their  journeys  according 
to  their  goings  out.  3  ^  And  they 
journeyed  from  Barneses  in  the  first 
month,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the 
first  month ;  on  the  morrow  after 
the  passover  the  children  of  Israel 
''  went  out  with  a  high  hand  in  the 
sight  of  all  the  Egyptians,  4  while 
the  Egyptians  Avere  burying  all 
their  first-born,  whom  Jehovah  had 
smitten  among  them  :  'upon  their 
gods  also  Jehovah  executed  judg- 
ments. 

5  And  the  children  of  Israel 
journeyed  from  Rameses,  and  en- 
camped in  Succoth.  6  *  And  they 
journeyed  from  Succoth,  and  en- 
camped in  Etham,  which  is  in  the 
edge  of  the  wilderness.      7  'And 

1  That  is,  The  towns  of  Jair.     «  Or,  stages 
*  Heb.  daughters.  *  Or,  by  which 


33.8 


NUMBERS 


33.52 


Record  of  Israel's  Jonrneys  from  Rameses  to  Abel-shittim.    Death  of  Aaron 


they  journeyed  from  Etham,  and 
turned  back  unto  Pi-hahiroth, 
which  is  before  J3aal-zephon :  and 
they  encamped  before  Migdol. 
8  "And  they  journeyed  from  be- 
fore Hahiroth,  and  passed  through 
the  midst  of  the  sea  into  the  wilder- 
ness :  and  *  they  went  three  days' 
journey  in  the  wilderness  of  Etham, 
and  encamped  in  Marah.  9  '^^And 
they  journeyed  from  Marah,  and 
came  unto  Elim  :  and  in  Elim  were 
twelve  springs  of  water,  and  three- 
score and  ten  palm-trees  ;  and  they 
encamped  there.  10  And  they 
journeyed  from  Elim,  and  en- 
camped by  the  Red  Sea.  11  And 
they  journeyed  from  the  Red  ISea, 
and  encamped  in  ''the  wilderness 
of  Sin.  12  And  they  journeyed 
from  the  wilderness  of  Sin,  and 
encamped  in  Dophkah.  13  And 
they  journeyed  from  Dophkah, 
and  encamped  in  Alush.  14  And 
they  journeyed  from  Alush,  and 
encamped  'in  Rephidim,  where 
was  no  water  for  the  people  to 
drink.  15  And  they  journeyed 
from  Rephidim,  and  encamped  in 
•''the  wilderness  of  Sinai.  16  And 
they  journeyed  from  the  wilder- 
ness of  Sinai,  and  encamped  in 
^  Kibroth-hattaavah^  1 7  And  they 
journeyed  from  Kibroth-hattaa- 
vah,  and  encamped  in  ''  Hazeroth. 
18  And  they  journeyed  from 
Hazeroth,  and  encamped  in  Rith- 
mah.  19  And  they  journeyed 
from  Rithmah,  and  encamped  in 
Rimmon-perez.  _  20  And  they 
journeyed  from  Rimmon-perez,  and 
encamped  in  Libnah.  21  And  they 
journeyed  from  Libnah,  and  en- 
camped in  Rissah  22  And  they 
journeyed  from  Rissah,  and  en- 
camped in  Kehelathah.  23  And 
they  journeyed  from  Kehelathah, 
and  encamped  in  mount  Shepher. 
2-i  And  they  journeyed  from 
mount  Shepher,  and  encamped  in 
Haradah.  25  And  they  journeyed 
from  Haradah,  and  encamped  in 
Makheloth.  26  And  they  jour- 
neyed from  Makheloth,  and  en- 
camped in  Tahath.  27  And  they 
journeyed  from  Tahath,  and  en- 
camped in  Terah.  28  And  they 
journeyed  from  Terah,  and  en- 
camped in  Mithkah.  29  And 
they  journeyed  from  Mithkah,  and 
encamped  in  Hashmonah.  30 
And  tney  journeyed  from  Hash- 
monah, and  encamped  in  'Mose- 
roth.      31    And    they    journeyed 


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from  Moseroth,  and  encamped  in 
Bene-jaakan.  32  And  they  jour- 
neyed from  Bene-jaakan,  and  en- 
camped in  Hor-haggidgad.  33 
And  they  journeyed  from  Hor- 
haggidgaa,  and  encamped  in 
*Jotbathah.  34  And  they  jour- 
neyed from  Jotbathah,  and  en- 
camped in  Abronah.  35  And  they 
journeyed  from  Abronah,  and  en- 
camped in  '  Ezion-geber.  36  And 
they  journeyed  from  Ezion-geber, 
and  encamped  in  the  wilderness  of 
'"Zin  (the  same  is  Kadesh).  37 
And  they  journeyed  from  Kadesh, 
and  encamped  in  "mount  Hor,  "in 
the  edge  of  the  land  of  Edom. 

38  "And  Aaron  the  priest  went 
up  into  mount  Hor  at  the  com- 
mandment of  Jehovah,  and  died 
there,  in  the  fortieth  year  after  the 
children  of  Israel  were  come  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt,  in  the  fifth 
month,  on  the  first  day  of  the 
month.  39  And  Aaron  was  a  hun- 
dred and  twenty  and  three  years 
old  when  he  died  in  mount  Hor. 

40  And  the  Canaanite,  the  king 
of  *Arad,  who  dwelt  in  the  South 
in  the  land  of  Canaan,  heard  of  the 
coming  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

41  And  they  journeyed  from 
mount  Hor,  and  encamped  in  Zal- 
monah.  42  And  they  journeyed 
from  Zalmonah,  and  encamped  in 
Punon.  43  And  they  journeyed 
from  Punon,  and  encamped  in 
''Oboth.  44  And  they  jommeyed 
from  Oboth,  and  encamped  in 
lye-abai'im,  in  the  border  of  Moab. 
45  And  they  journeyed  from  lyim, 
and  encamped  in  Dibon-gad.  46 
And  they  journeyed  from  Dibon- 
gad,  and  encamped  in  Almon-dib- 
lathaim.  47  And  they  journeyed 
from  Almon-diblathaim,  and  en- 
camped in  the  mountains  of  'Aba- 
rim,  before  Nebo.  48  And  they 
journeyed  from  the  mountains  of 
Abarim,  and  'encamped  in  the 
plains  of  Moab  by  the  Jordan  at 
Jericho.  49  And  they  encamped 
by  the  Jordan,  from  Beth-jeshi- 
moth  even  unto  "Abel-shittim  in 
the  plains  of  Moab. 

50  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses  in  the  plains  of  Moab  by 
the  Jordan  at  Jericho,  saying, 
51  Speak  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  say  unto  them.  When 
ye  pass  over  the  Jordan  into  the 
land  of  Canaan,  52  then  ye  shall 
drive  out  all  the  inhabitants  of 
the   land   from    before    you,    and 


77Q 


33.53 


NUMBERS 


34.21 


Directions  conctrnin^  the  Conqnest  and  Division  of  Canaan.    Niimes  of  those  who  are  to  make  tlie  Division 


"destroy  all  tlieir  figured  stones, 
and  destroy  all  their  molten  im- 
ages, and  demolish  all  their  high 
places :  53  *  and  ye  shall  take 
possession  of  the  land,  and  dwell 
therein  ;  for  unto  you  have  I 
given  the  land  to  possess  it.  54 
"•'And  ye  shall  inherit  the  land 
by  lot  according  to  your  families ; 
to  the  more  ye  shall  give  the  more 
inheritance,  and  to  the  fewer  thou 
shalt  give  the  less  inheritance : 
wheresoever  the  lot  falleth  to  any 
man,  that  shall  be  his ;  according 
to  the  tribes  of  your  fathers  shall 
ye  iaherit.  55  But  if  ye  will  not 
drive  out  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land  from  before  you,  then  shall 
those  that  ye  let  remain  of  them 
be  ''as  pricks  in  your  eyes,  and 
as  thorns  in  your  sides,  p.nd  they 
shall  vex  you  in  the  land  wherein 
ye  dwell.  56  And  it  shall  come 
to  pass,  that,  as  I  thought  to  do 
unto    them,    so    will    I    do    unto 


you. 

34 


And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  2  Command 
the  children  of  Israel,  and  say 
unto  them.  When  ye  come  into 
the  land  of  Canaan  (this  is  the 
land  that  shall  fall  unto  you  for 
an  inheritance,  even  the  land  of 
Canaan  according  to  the  borders 
thereof),  3  "then  your  south  quar- 
ter shall  be  from  the  wilderness 
of  Zin  alor.g  by  the  side  of  Edom, 
and  your  south  border  shall  be 
from  the  end  of  the  Salt  Sea  -^east- 
ward ;  4  and  your  border  shall  turn 
about  southward  of  the  ascent  of 
Akrabbim,  and  pass  along  to  Zin  ; 
and  the  goings  out  thereof  shall 
be  southward  of  Kadesh-barnea ; 
and  it  shall  go  forth  to  Hazar- 
addar,  and  pass  along  to  Azmon ; 
5  and  the  bordel'  shall  turn  about 
from  Azmon  unto  the  brook  of 
Egypt,  and  the  goings  out  thereof 
shall  be  at  ^  the  sea. 

6  And  for  the  western  border, 
ye  shall  have  the  great  sea  '  and 
the  border  thereof:  this  shall  be 
your  west  border.  . 

7  ''And  this  shall  be  your  north 
border  :  from  the  great  sea  ye  shall 
mark  out  for  you  mount  Hor ; 
8  from  mount  Hor  ye  shall  mark 
out  unto  '  the  entrance  of  Hamath  ; 
and  the  goings  out  of  the  border 
shall  be  at  Zedad;  9  and  the  bor- 
der shall  go  forth  to  Ziphron,  and 
the  goings  out  thereof  shall  be  at 

1  Or, /or  a  boritr 


"  Ex.  23.  24  ; 

Lev.  2B.  1 ; 

Ut.  7.  5 ; 

VI.  3,30; 

Ps.  106.  34 
(■Dt.  U. 

31  ;  17.  14, 

Josh.  21. 

4:'. 
"^  ch.  26.  53- 

d  Josll.  23. 

13 
"Josh.  15. 

1-3 
/Josh.  15.  5 
■■'  Josh.  \h.  4 
'1  Ezek.  47. 

1.VI7 
'Josh.  13.  6 


k  2  K.  23.  .■« 

'  Dt.  3.  17  ; 

Josh.  13. 

"'  Gen.  15. 
18;  Dt.  11. 


"  ch.  32.  33 


0  Josh.  14. 

1,  2 


Hazar-enan :    this    shall    be    your 
north  border. 

10  And  ye  shall  mark  out  your 
east  border  from  Hazar-enan  to 
Shepham  ;  1 1  and  the  border  shall 
go  ociwn  from  Shepliam  to  *  liiblah, 
on  the  east  side  of  Ain ;  and  the 
border  shall  go  down,  and  shall 
reach  unto  the  "side  of  the  sea  of 
'  Chinnereth  eastward  ;  12  and  the 
border  shall  go  down  to  the  Jordan, 
and  the  goings  out  thereof  shall 
be  at  the  Salt  Sea.  This  shall  be 
your  land  according  to  the  borders 
thereof  round  about. 

13  And  Moses  commanded  the 
children  of  Israel,  saying,  '"This 
is  the  land  which  ye  shall  inherit 
by  lot,  which  Jehovah  hath  com- 
manded to  give  unto  the  nine 
tribes,  and  to  the  half-tribe :  14 
"for  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Reuben  according  to  their  fathers' 
houses,  and  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Gad  accoi'ding  to  their 
fathers  houses,  have  received,  and 
the  half-tribe  of  Manasseh  have 
received,  their  inheritance  :  15  the 
two  tribes  and  the  half-tribe  have 
received  their  inheritance  beyond 
the  Jordan  at  Jericho  eastward, 
toward  the  sunrising. 

16  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying,  17  "These  are  the 
names  of  the  men  that  shall  divide 
the  land  unto  you  for  inheritance  : 
Eleazar  the  priest,  and  Joshua  the 
son  of  Nun.  18  And  ye  shall 
take  one  prince  of  every  tribe,  to 
divide  the  land  for  inheritance. 
19  And  these  are  the  names  of  the 
men  :  Of  the  tribe  of  Judah.  Caleb 
the  son  of  Jephunneh.  20  And 
of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Simeon,  Shemuel  the  son  of  Am- 
mihud.  21  Of  the  tribe  of  Ben- 
jamin, Elidad  the  son  of  Chislon. 
22  And  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Dan  a  prince,  Bukki  the 
son  of  Jogli.  23  Of  the  children 
of  Joseph:  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Manasseh  a  prince, 
Hanniel  the  son  of  Ephod.  24  And 
of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Ephraim  a  prince,  Kemuel  the  son 
of  Shiphtan.  25  And  of  the  tribe 
of  the  children  of  Zebulun  a  prince, 
Elizaphan  the  son  of  Parnach. 
26  And  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Issachar  a  prince,  Paltiel  ^ 
the  son  of  Azzan.  27  And  of  the 
tribe  of  the  children  of  Asher  a 
prince,   Ahihud    the  son    of   She- 

2  Heb.  shoulder. 


171 


34.28 


NUMBEKS 


35.27 


Cities  to  be  giren  to  the  Levites.    Cities  of  Refage  for  lanslayen 


lomi.  28  And  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Naphtali  a  prince, 
Pedahel  the  son  of  Ammihud. 
29  These  are  they  whom  Jehovah 
commanded  to  divide  the  inheri- 
tance unto  the  children  of  Israel 
in  the  land  of  Canaan. 
O  p^  "  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
O  tJ  Moses  in  the  plains  of  Moab 
by  the  Jordan  at  Jericho,  saying, 
2  Command  the  children  of  Israel, 
that  they  give  unto  the  Levites 
of  the  inheritance  of  their  pos- 
session cities  to  dwell  in ;  and 
^  suburbs  for  the  cities  round  about 
them  shall  ye  give  unto  the  Le- 
vites. 3  And  the  cities  shall  they 
have  to  dwell  in ;  and  their  sub- 
urbs shall  be  for  their  cattle,  and 
for  their  substance,  and  for  all 
their  beasts.  4  And  the  suburbs 
of  the  cities,  which  ye  shall  give 
unto  the  Levites,  shall  be  from 
the  wall  of  the  city  and  outward 
a  thousand  cubits  round  about. 
5  And  ye  shall  measure  without 
the  city  for  the  east  side  two  thou- 
sand cubits,  and  for  the  south  side 
two  thousand  cubits,  and  for  the 
west  side  two  thousand  cubits,  and 
for  the  north  side  two  thousand 
cubits,  the  city  being  in  the  midst. 
This  shall  be  to  them  the  suburbs 
of  the  cities.  6  And  the  cities 
which  ye  shall  give  unto  the  Le- 
vites, they  shall  be  the  *six  cities 
of  refuge,  which  ye  shall  give  for 
the  manslayer  to  flee  unto :  and 
besides  them  ye  shall  give  forty 
and  two  cities.  7  All  the  cities 
which  ye  shall  give  to  the  Levites 
shall  be  forty  and  eight  cities ; 
them  shall  ye  give  with  their  sub- 
urbs. 8  "  And  concerning  the  cities 
which  ye  shall  give  of  the  posses- 
sion of  the  children  of  Israel,  from 
the  many  ye  shall  take  many  ;  and 
from  the  few  ye  shall  take  few : 
every  one  according  to  his  inheri- 
tance which  he  inheriteth  shall 
give  of  his  cities  unto  the  Levites. 

9  And  Jehovah  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying,  10  Speak  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  say  unto  them.  When 
ye  pass  over  the  Jordan  into  the 
land  of  Canaan,  11''  then  ye  shall 
appoint  you  cities  to  be  cities  of 
refuge  for  you,  that  the  manslayer 
that  killeth  any  person  ^ "  unwit- 
tingly may  flee  thither.  12  And 
the  cities  shall  be  unto  you  for 
refuge  from  the  avenger,  that  the 
manslayer  die  not,  until  he  stand 

1  Or,  pasture  lands  *  Or,  through  error 


«  Lev.  25.  32- 

34 
t>  Josh.  20. 

7-9 
"  ch.  26.  64  : 

33.  64 ; 

Lev.  25.  32- 

34 ;  Josh. 

21.  1-42 
d  Dt.  19.  1-13 
"  ver.  16,  22; 

Ex.  21.  13; 

Lev.  4.  2, 

22 


/ver.  11 
»  Ex.  21.  12, 

14;  Lev. 

24.  17 
''  ver.  31 


172 


before  the  congregation  for  judg- 
ment. 13  And  the  cities  which  ye 
shall  give  shall  be  for  you  six  cities 
of  refuge.  14  Ye  shall  give  three 
cities  beyond  the  Jordan,  and 
three  cities  shall  ye  give  in  the 
land  of  Canaan ;  they  shall  be 
cities  of  refuge.  15  For  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  for  the  stranger 
and  for  the  sojourner  among  them, 
shall  these  six  cities  be  for  refuge  ; 
that  every  one  that  killeth  any 
person  '■'■''unwittingly  may  flee 
thither. 

16  ''But  if  he  smote  him  with 
an  instrument  of  iron,  so  that  he 
died,  he  is  a  murderer :  the  mur- 
derer shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 
17  And  if  he  smote  him  with  a 
stone  in  the  hand,  whereby  a  man 
may  die,  and  he  died,  he  is  a  mur- 
derer :  the  murderer  ''  shall  surely 
be  put  to  death.  18  Or  if  he 
smote  him  with  a  weapon  of  wood 
in  the  hand,  whereby  a  man  may 
die,  and  he  died,  he  is  a  murderer  : 
the  murderer  shall  surely  be  put 
to  death.  1 9  The  avenger  of  blood 
shall  himself  put  the  murderer  to 
death :  when  lie  meeteth  him,  he 
shall  put  him  to  death.  20  And 
if  he  thrust  him  of  hatred,  or 
hurled  at  him,  lying  in  wait,  so 
that  he  died,  21  or  in  enmity 
smote  him  with  his  hand,  so  that 
he  died ;  he  that  smote  him  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death ;  he  is  a 
murderer :  the  avenger  of  blood 
shall  put  the  murderer  to  death, 
when  ne  meeteth  him. 

22  'But  if  he  thrust  him  sud- 
denly without  enmity,  or  hurled 
upon  him  anything  without  lying 
in  wait,  23  or  with  any  stone, 
whereby  a  man  may  die,  seeing 
him  not,  and  cast  it  upon  him,  so 
that  he  died,  and  he  was  not  his 
enemy,  neither  sought  his  harm ; 
24  then  the  congregation  shall 
judge  between  the  smiter  and  the 
avenger  of  blood  according  to 
these  ordinances  ;  25  and  the  con- 
gregation shall  deliver  the  man- 
slayer out  of  the  hand  of  the 
avenger  of  blood,  and  the  congre- 
gation shall  restore  him  to  his  city 
of  refuge,  whither  he  was  fled  :  and 
he  shall  dwell  therein  until  the 
death  of  the  high  priest,  who  was 
anointed  with  the  holy  oil.  26  But 
if  the  manslayer  shall  at  any  time 
go  beyond  the  border  of  his  city  of 
refuge,  whither  he  fleeth,  27  and 
the  avenger  of  blood  find  him  with- 


35.28 


NUMBERS 


36.13 


Law  concerning  Murder;  concerning  the  Marriage  of  Heiresses 


out  the  border  of  his  city  of  refuge, 
and  the  avenger  of  blood  slay  the 
manslayer  ;  '■  he  shall  not  be  guilty 
of  blood,  28  because  he  sliould 
have  remained  in  his  city  of  refuge 
until  the  death  of  the  high  priest : 
but  after  the  death  of  the  high 
priest  the  manslayer  shall  return 
into  the  land  of  his  possession. 

2'J  And  these  things  shall  be 
for  a  "Statute  and  ordinance  unto 
you  througliout  your  generations 
in  all  your  dwellings.  30  "  Whoso 
killeth  any  person,  the  murderer 
shall  be  slain  at  the  mouth  of  wit- 
nesses :  but  *  one  witness  shall  not 
testify  against  any  person  that  he 
die.  31  Moreover  ye  shall  take  no 
ransom  for  the  life  of  a  murderer, 
that  is  guilty  of  death  ;  but  he 
shall  surely  be  put  to  death.  32 
And  ye  shall  take  no  ransom  for 
him  that  is  fled  to  his  city  of 
refuge,  that  he  may  come  again  to 
dwell  in  the  land,  until  the  death 
of  the  priest.  33  "  So  ye  shall  not 
pollute  the  land  wherein  ye  are : 
for  blood,  it  poUuteth  the  land ; 
and  no  expiation  can  be  made  for 
the  land  for  the  blood  that  is  shed 
therein,  but  ^  by  the  blood  of  him 
that  shed  it.  34  And  thou  shalt 
not  *  defile  the  land  which  ye  in- 
habit, in  the  midst  of  which  ^I 
dwell :  for  I,  Jehovah,  dwell  in  the 
midst  of  the  children  of  Israel. 
^fi  "And  the  heads  of  the 
O  vJ  fathers'  honsesf  of  the  family 
of  the  children  of  Gilead,  the  son 
of  Machir,  the  son  of  Manasseh,  of 
the  families  of  the  sons  of  Joseph, 
came  near,  and  spake  before  Moses, 
and  before  the  princes,  the  heads 
of  the  fathers'  houses  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel :  2  and  they  said, 
Jehovah  commanded  my  lord  to 
give  the  land  for  inheritance  by 
lot  to  the  children  of  Israel :  and 
my  lord  ''was  commanded  by  Je- 
hovah to  give  the  inheritance  of 
Zelophehad  our  brother  unto  his 
daughters.  3  And  if  they  be  mar- 
ried to  any  of  the  sons  of  the  other 
tribes  of  the  childi-en  of  Israel, 
then  will  their  inheritance  be 
taken  away  from  the  inheritance 
of  our  fathers,  and  will  be  added 

1  Or,  there  shall  be  no  blood-guiltiness  for  him 

2  Heb.  statute  of  judgment 


"  ver.  16 
''  Dt.  17.  6 ; 

19. 16 ;  Mt. 

18.  16 ;  Jn. 

7.  61 ;  8.  17, 

18 
<^Dt.  21.  7, 

8 ;  Ps.  100. 

38 
rf  Gen.  9.  0 
^  Lev.  18.  24, 

/ch.  5 
'■'  ch.  27.  1 
''  ch.  27.  5,  6 


'  Lev.  25.  10 


*  1  Chr.  23. 
22 


'  ch.  26.  33 


'  ch.  22.  1 ; 
Lev.  26.  46 ; 
27.34 


to  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe 
whereunto  they  shall  belong  :  so 
will  it  be  taken  away  from  the  lot 
of  our  inheritance.  4  And  when 
the  'jubilee  of  the  children  of 
Israel  shall  be,  then  will  their  in- 
heritance be  added  unto  the  in- 
heritance of  the  tribe  whereunto 
they  shall  belong :  so  will  their 
inheritance  be  taken  away  from 
the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  our 
fathers. 

5  And  Moses  commanded  the 
children  of  Israel  according  to  the 
word  of  Jehovah,  saying.  The  tribe 
of  the  sons  of  Joseph  speaketh 
right.  6  This  is  the  thing  which 
Jehovah  doth  command  concern- 
ing the  daughters  of  Zelophehad, 
saj'ing,  Let  them  be  married  to 
whom  they  think  best ;  only  into 
the  family  of  the  tribe  of  their 
father  shall  they  be  married.  7  So 
shall  no  inheritance  of  the  children 
of  Israel  remove  from  tribe  to 
tribe ;  for  the  children  of  Israel 
shall  cleave  every  one  to  the  in- 
heritance of  the  tribe  of  his  fathers. 

8  *  And  every  daughter,  that  pos- 
sesseth  an  inheritance  in  any  tribe 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  shall  be 
wife  unto  one  of  the  family  of  the 
tribe  of  her  father,  that  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  may  possess  every 
man  the  inheritance  of  his  fathers. 

9  So  shall  no  inheritance  remove 
from  one  tribe  to  another  tribe : 
for  the  tribes  of  the  children  of 
Israel  shall  cleave  every  one  to  his 
own  inheritance. 

10  Even  as  Jehovah  commanded 
Moses,  so  did  the  daughters  of 
Zelophehad:  11  for  '  Mahlah,  Tir- 
zah,  and  Hoglah,  and  Milcah,  and 
Noah,  the  daughters  of  Zelophe- 
had, were  married  unto  tneir 
father's  brothers'  sons.  12  They 
were  married  into  the  families  of 
the  sons  of  jSIanasseh  the  son  of 
Joseph  ;  and  their  inheritance  re- 
mained in  the  tribe  of  the  family 
of  their  father. 

13  "'These  are  the  command- 
ments and  the  ordinances  which 
Jehovah  commanded  by  Moses 
unto  the  children  of  Israel  in  the 
plains  of  Moab  by  the  Jordan  at 
Jericho. 


173 


TPIE   FIFTH   BOOK   OF   MOSES, 


COMMONLY    CALLED 


DEUTERONOMY 


Hoses  rrcoimts  the  Departore  from  Horcb.    The  Appoiatmenl  of  Assistants.    The  Sending  of  Spies 


1  These  are  the  words  which 
Moses  spake  unto  all  Israel 
"  beyond  the  Jordan  in  the  wilder- 
ness, in  the  ^  *  Arabah  over  against 
8uph,  between  Paran,  and  Tophel, 
and  Laban,  and  Hazeroth,  and 
Di-zahab.  2  It  is  eleven  daj's' 
journey  from  "  Horeb  by  the  way 
of  mount  ''  Seir  unto  "  Kadesh- 
barnea.  3  And  it  came  to  pass  in 
the  ^fortieth  year,  in  the  eleventh 
month,  on  the  first  day  of  the 
month,  that  Moses  spake  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  "according  unto 
all  that  Jehovah  had  given  him  in 
commandment  unto  them ;  4  after 
he  had  ''  smitten  Sihon  the  king  of 
the  Amorites,  who  dwelt  in  Hesh- 
bon,  and  Og  the  king  of  Bashan, 
who  dwelt  in  Ashtaroth,  at  Edrei. 
5  Beyond  the  Jordan,  in  the  land 
of  Moab,  began  Moses  to  declare 
this  law,  saying,  6  Jehovah  our 
God  '  spake  unto  us  in  Horeb,  say- 
ing, Ye  have  dwelt  long  enough  in 
this  mountain:  7  turn  you,  and 
take  your  journey,  and  go  to  *the 
hill-country  of  the  Amorites,  and 
unto  all  the  places  nigh  thereunto, 
in  the  Arabah,  in  the  hill-country, 
and  in  the  lowland,  and  in  '  the 
South,  and  by  the  sea-shore,  the 
land  of  the  Canaanites,  and  Leba- 
non, as  far  as  the  great  river,  the 
river  Euphrates.  8  Behold,  I  have 
set  the  land  before  you :  go  in  and 
possess  the  land  which  Jehovah 
*"  sware  unto  your  fathers,  to  Abra- 
ham, to  Isaac,  and  to  Jacob,  to  give 
unto  them  and  to  their  seed  after 
them. 

9  And  I  spake  unto  you  at  that 
time,  saying,  "I  am  not  able  to 
bear  you  myself  alone:  10  Jehovah 
your  God  hath  "multiplied  you,  and, 
behold,  ye  are  this  day  as  the  stars 
of  heaven  for  multitude.  1 1  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  your  fathers,  make 
you  a  thousand  times  as  many  as 

1  That  is,  the  deep  valley  rannlng  north  and 
south  of  the  Dead  Sea. 


"  ch,  4.  46 
b  ch.  2.  8 
'  Ex.  3.  1 ; 

17.  6 
d  (4en.  32.  3 
'Num.  32.  S 
/  Num.  33. 

^  ch.  4.  1,  2 
A  Num.  21. 

24,  25 

•  Num.  10. 

11-13 
*ch.  11.  24; 

Gen.  15. 

18 ;  Josh. 

10.  40 
'  Gen.  12.  9 
"^  Gen.  20.  3 ; 

Ex.  33.  1 ; 

Num.  14. 

23;  32.  11 
"  Ex.  18.  18, 

24 
"  ch.  10.  22  ; 

26.  6 ;  Gen. 

1.5.5;  22. 

17 


9  ch.  10.  17 ; 
16.  19 ;  24. 
17 


•■  Ex.  18.  19, 
23 


'  Ex.  18.  20 


"ch.  2.7; 
8. 15 ;  32.  10 

"  ver.  7 
^  ver.  2 


y  Num.  13. 
1-3 


174 


ye  are,  and  blebs  you,  as  he  hath 
promised  you !  1 2  How  can  I  my- 
self alone  bear  your  cumbrance, 
and  your  burden,  and  your  strife  I 
13^  Take  you  wise  men,  and  under- 
standing, and  known,  according  to 
your  tribes,  and  I  will  make  them 
heads  over  you.  14  And  ye  an- 
swered me,  and  said,  The  thing 
which  thou  hast  spoken  is  good  for 
us  to  do.  15  So  I  took  the  heads 
of  your  tribes,  wise  men,  and 
known,  and  made  them  heads  over 
you,  captains  of  thousands,  and 
captains  of  hundreds,  and  captains 
of  fifties,  and  captains  of  tens,  and 
officers,  according  to  your  tribes. 
16  And  I  charged  your  judges  at 
that  time,  saying,  Hear  the  causes 
between  your  brethren,  and  judge 
righteously  between  a  man  and  his 
brother,  and  the  sojourner  that  is 
with  him.  17  » Ye  .shall  not  respect 
persons  in  judgment;  ye  shall  hear 
the  small  and  the  great  alike;  ye 
shall  not  be  afraid  of  the  face  of 
man;  for  the  judgment  is  God's: 
and  *■  the  cause  that  is  too  hard  for 
you  ye  shall  bring  unto  me,  and  I 
will  hear  it.  18  'And  I  com- 
manded you  at  that  time  all  the 
things  which  ye  should  do. 

19  And  we  journeyed  from  'Ho- 
reb, and  went  through  all  that 
"great  and  terrible  wilderness 
wnich  ye  saw,  by  the  way  to  the 
"hill-country  of  the  Amorites,  as 
Jehovah  our  God  commanded  us; 
and  we  came  to  *  Kadesh-barnea. 
20  And  I  said  unto  you,  Ye  are 
come  unto  the  hill-country  of  the 
Amorites,  which  Jehovah  our  God 
giveth  unto  us.  21  Behold,  Jeho- 
vah thy  God  hath  set  the  land  be- 
fore thee :  go  up,  take  possession, 
as  Jehovah,  the  God  of  thy  fathers, 
hath  spoken  unto  thee :  fear  not, 
neither  be  dismayed.  22  "And  ye 
came  near  unto  me  every  one  of 
you,  and  said.  Let  us  send  men  be- 
fore us,  that  they  may  search  the 


1.  23 


DEUTERONOMY 


2.6 


The  People's  Unbelief.    Their  Defeat  at  Hormah.    The  Joarney  from  Kadesh  to  the  Zered 


land  for  us,  and  bring  us  word 
again  of  the  way  by  which  we  must 
go  up,  and  the  cities  unto  which 
we  shall  come.  23  And  the  thing 
pleased  me  well ;  and  1  took  twelve 
men  of  you,  one  man  tor  every 
tribe :  24  and  "  they  turned  and 
went  up  into  the  hill-country,  and 
came  unto  the  valley  of  Eshcol, 
and  sjDied  it  out.  25  And  they 
took  of  the  fruit  of  the  land  in  their 
hands,  and  brought  it  down  unto 
us,  and  brought  us  word  again,  and 
said.  It  is  a  good  land  which  Jeho- 
vah our  God  giveth  unto  us. 

26  *  Yet  ye  would  not  go  up,  but 
rebelled  .-^.gainst  the  commandment 
of  Jehovah  your  God:  27  and  "-ye 
murmured  in  your  tents,  and  said, 
Because  Jehovah  hated  us,  he  hath 
brought  us  forth,  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  to  deliver  us  into  the  hand 
of  tne  Amorites,  to  destroy  us.  28 
Whither  are  we  going  upl  our 
brethren  have  made  our  heart  to 
melt,  saying,  The  people  are 
greater  and  taller  than  we ;  the 
cities  are  great  and  fortified  up  to 
heaven ;  and  moreover  we  hav? 
seen  ''  the  sons  of  the  Anakim  there. 
29  Then  I  said  unto  you,  Dread  not, 
neither  be  afraid  of  them.  30  Je- 
hovah your  God  who  goeth  before 
you,  *■  he  will  fight  for  you,  accord- 
ing to  all  that  he  did  for  you  in 
Egypt. before  your  eyes,  31  and  in 
the  wilderness,  where  thou  hast 
seen  how  that  -^Jehovah  thy  God 
bare  thee,  as  a  man  doth  bear  his 
son,  in  all  the  way  that  ye  went, 
until  ye  came  unto  this  place. 
32  Yet  Mn  this  thing  ye  did  not 
believe  Jehovah  your  God,  33  ''who 
went  before  you  in  the  way,  to  seek 
you  out  a  place  to  pitch  your  tents 
in,  in  fire  by  night,  to  show  you  by 
what  way  ye  should  go,  and  in  the 
cloud  by  day. 

34  And  Jehovah  heard  the  voice 
of  your  words,  and  was  wroth,  and 
"sware,  saying,  35  Surely  there 
shall  not  one  of  these  men  of  this 
evil  generation  see  the  good  land, 
whicn  I  sware  to  give  unto  your 
fathers,  36  save  Caleb  the  son  of 
Jephunneh ;  he  shall  see  it ;  and 
Ho  him  will  I  give  the  land  that 
he  hath  trodden  upon,  and  to  his 
children,  because  he  hath  wholly 
followed  Jehovah.  37  *Also  Jeho- 
vah was  angry  with  me  for  your 
sakes,  saying,  'Thou  also  shalt  not 
go  in  thither :   38  Joshua  the  son 

I  Or,  for  all  this  thing 


"  Num.  13. 
21-25 

t>  Num.  14. 

1-4 
"  Ps.  106.  26 
<^  ch.  0.  2  ; 

Num.  13. 

28,  33 
«  ch.  3.  22 ; 

20.  4  ;  Ex. 

11.  U 
/  Acts  13.  18 
"  Num.  'J. 

15-2;j 
A  Num.  14. 

28-30 
'  Num.  14, 

24;  Josh. 

14.  9 
k  Num.  20. 

12 

'  Num.  27. 
13,  IS 


'"  Num.  14. 

30 
"cli.  3.  28; 

31.7; 

Num.  34. 

17 ;  Josh. 

11.  23 
"  Num.  14.  3, 

31 
P  Num.  14. 

1  Num.  14. 

40 
"■  Num.  14. 

41-43 
•Num.  14. 

44 
« Num.  14. 

46 


"  ch.  2.  r,  14 
"  Num.  21.  4 


=  ch.  1.  2 


V  Num.  20. 

14-21 


'  Ex.  15.  15 


of  Nun,  who  standeth  before  thee, 
'"he  shall  go  in  thither  :  encourage 
thou  hini ;  for  "he  shall  cau.se 
Israel  to  inherit  it.  39  JNIoreover 
"  your  little  ones,  that  ye  .said  should 
be  a  prev.  and  your  children,  that 
this  cfay  have  no  knowledge  of  good 
or  evil,  they  shall  go  in  thither,  and 
unto  them  will  I  give  it,  and  they 
shall  possess  it.  40  But  as  for  you, 
■^turn  you,  and  take  your  joui-ney 
into  the  wilderness  by  the  way  to 
the  Red  Sea. 

41  ''Then  ye  answered  and  said 
'into  me,  We  have  sinned  against 
Jehovah,  we  will  go  up  and  fight, 
according  to  all  that  Jehovah  our 
God  commanded  us.  And  ye  girded 
on  every  man  his  weapons  of  war, 
and  "  were  forward  to  go  up  into 
the  hill-country.  42  ''And  Jenovah 
said  unto  me.  Say  unto  them.  Go 
not  up,  neither  fight ;  for  I  am  not 
among  you ;  lest  ye  be  smitten  be- 
fore your  enemies.  43  So  I  spake 
unto  you,  and  ye  hearkened  not ; 
but  'ye  rebelled  against  the  com- 
mandment of  Jehovah,  and  were 
presumptuous,  and  went  up  into 
the  hill-country.  44  'And  the 
Amorites,  that  dwelt  in  that  liill- 
country,  came  out  against  you,  and 
chased  you,  as  bees  do,  and  beat 
you  down  in  Seir,  even  unto  Hor- 
mah. 45  And  ye  returned  and 
wept  before  Jehovah  ;  but  Jehovah 
hearkened  not  to  your  voice,  nor 
gave  ear  unto  you.  46  So  ye  abode 
in  Kadesh  "many  days,  according 
u  nto  the  days  that  ye  abode  there. 

2"  Then  we  tui'ned,  and  took 
our  journey  into  the  wilder- 
ness by  the  way  to  the  Red  Sea,  as 
Jehovah  spake  unto  me ;  and  we 
compassed  ■*  mount  Seir  many  days. 
2  And  Jehovah  spake  unto  me, 
saying,  3  Ye  have  compassed  this 
mountain  long  enough  :  turn  you 
northward.  4  ^  And  command  thou 
the  people,  saying.  Ye  are  to  pass 
through  the  border  of  your  brethren 
the  children  of  Esau,  that  dwell  in 
Seir;  and  'they  will  be  afraid  of 
you.  Take  ye  good  heed  unto  your- 
selves therefore ;  5  contend  not 
with  them  ;  for  I  will  not  give  you 
of  their  land,  no,  not  so  much  as 
for  the  sole  of  the  foot  to  tread  on  ;. 
because  I  have  given  mount  Seir 
unto  Esau  for  a  possession.  6  Ye 
shall  purchase  food  of  them  for 
money,  that  ye  may  eat ;  and  ye 
shall  also  buy  water  of  them  for 

*  Or,  deem.ed  it  a  light  thing 


175 


2.7 


DEUTEEONOMY 


2.34 


The  Journey  from  Kadesh  to  the  Zercd.    The  Crossing  of  Ar  and  thti  irnon.    Conqnest  of  neshT)on 


money,  that  ye  may  drink.  7  For 
Jehovah  thy  God  hath  blessed  thee 
in  all  the  work  of  thy  hand;  he 
hath  known  thy  walking  through 
this  "  great  wilderness :  these  '"forty 
years  Jehovah  thy  God  hath  been 
with  thee;  thou  hast  lacked  noth- 
ing. 8  So  we  passed  by  from  our 
brethren  the  children  of  Esau,  that 
dwell  in  Seir,  from  the  way  of 
the  "  Arabah  from  Elath  and  from 
Ezion-geber. 

And  we  turned  and  passed  by 
the  way  of  the  wilderness  of  Moab. 

9  And  Jehovah  said  unto  me.  Vex 
not  Moab,  neither  contend  with 
them  in  battle  ;  for  I  will  not  give 
thee  of  his  land  for  a  possession ; 
because  I  have  given  ^  Ar  unto  ^the 
children  of  Lot  for  a  possession. 

10  (The  Emim  dwelt  therein  afore- 
time, a  people  great,  and  many, 
and  tall,  as  the  Anakim :  1 1  these 
also  are  accounted  -^Rephaim,  as 
the  Anakim  ;  but  the  Moabites  call 
them  Emim.  1 2  "  The  Horites  also 
dwelt  in  Seir  aforetime,  but  the 
children  of  Esau  succeeded  them ; 
and  they  destroj^ed  them  from 
before  them,  and  dwelt  in  their 
stead  ;  *  as  Israel  did  unto  the  land 
of  his  possession,  which  Jehovah 
gave  unto  them).  13  Now  rise  up, 
and  get  you  over  the  brook  Zered. 
And  we  went  over  the  brook 
Zered.  14  And  the  days  in  which 
we  came  from  Kadesh-barnea,  until 
we  were  come  over  the  brook  Zered, 
were  '  thirty  and  eight  years  ;  until 
*all  the  generation  of  the  men  of 
war  were  consumed  from  the  midst 
of  the  camp,  as  Jehovah  sware 
unto  them.  1 5  '  Moreover  the  hand 
of  Jehovah  was  against  them,  to 
destroy  them  from  the  midst  of 
the  camp,  until  they  were  con- 
sumed. 

16  So  it  came  to  pass,  when  "all 
the  men  of  war  were  consumed  and 
dead  from  among  the  people,  17 
that  Jehovah  spake  unto  me,  say- 
ing, 18  Thou  art  this  day  to  pass 
over  "  Ar,  the  border  of  Moab : 
19  and  when  thou  comest  nigh 
over  against  the  children  of  Am- 
mon,  vex  them  not,  nor  contend 
with  them  ;  for  I  will  not  give  thee 
of  the  land  of  the  children  of  Am- 
mon  for  a  possession  ;  because  I 
have  given  it  unto  "the  children  of 
Lot  for  a  possession.  20  (That  also 
is  accounted  a  land  of  ^  Rephaim  : 
B-ephaim  dwelt  therein  aforetime  ; 
but  the  Ammonites  call  them  Zam- 


"  ch.  1.  19 
b  ver.  14 ; 

Num.  14. 

33,  34  ;  32. 

13 
<=  ch.  1.  1 
d  ver.  18,  29  ; 

Num.  21. 

15,  28 
«Gen.  19. 

36,37 
/  ver.  20 ; 

Gen.  14.  5 
■"  ver.  22 
><  Num.  21. 

25,  35 

•  ver.  7 
k  Num.  14. 

29-35;  26. 

64,  65 ;  Ps. 

106.  26  ; 

1  Cor.  10.  6 
' Jude  5 
"■  ver.  14 
"  ver.  9 
"  ver.  9 
P  ver.  11 


9  ver.  12 
*"  Josh.  13.  3 
'  Gen.  10. 

14 ;  1  Chr. 

1.  12 
'  Jer.  47.  4 ; 

Am.  9.  7 
"  ch.  11.  25 ; 

Ex.  23.  27 ; 

Josh.  2.  9 
'■'  Ex.  15.  14- 

16 

^  Num.  21. 
21-32 


176 


zummim,  21  a  people  great,  g,nd 
many,  and  tall,  as  the  Anakim ; 
but  J  ehovah  destroyed  them  before 
them  ;  and  they  succeeded  them, 
and  dwelt  in  their  stead  ;  22  as  he 
did  for  the  children  of  Esau,  that 
dwell  in  Seir,  when  he  destroyed 
*  the  Horites  from  before  them ; 
and  they  succeeded  them,  and 
dwelt  in  their  stead  even  unto  this 
day.  23  And  the  "■  Awim,  that 
dwelt  in  villages  as  far  as  Gaza, 
the  *Caphtorim,  that  came  forth 
out  of  'Caphtor,  destroyed  them, 
and  dwelt  in  their  stead.)  24  Rise 
5^e  up,  take  your  journey,  and  pass 
over  the  valley  of  the  Arnon :  be- 
hold, I  have  given  into  thy  hand 
Sihon  the  Amorite,  king  ot  Hesh- 
bon,  and  his  land  ;  begin  to  possess 
it,  and  contend  with  him  in  oattle. 
25  This  day  will  I  begin  to  put 
"  the  dread  of  thee  and  the  fear  of 
thee  upon  the  peoples  that  are 
under  the  whole  heaven,  who  shall 
hear  the  report  of  thee,  and  "  shall 
tremble,  and  be  in  anguish  because 
of  thee. 

26  ^And  I  sent  rnessengers  out 
of  the  wilderness  of  Kedemoth  unto 
Sihon  king  of  Heshbon  with  words 
of  peace,  saying,  27  Let  me  pass 
through  thy  land  :  I  will  go  ^  along 
by  the  highway,  I  will  turn  neither 
unto  the  right  hand  nor  to  the  left. 
28  Thou  shalt  sell  me  food  for 
money,  that  1  may  eat ;  and  give 
me  water  for  money,  that  I  may 
drink :  only  let  me  pass  through 
on  my  feet;  29  as  the  children  of 
Esau  that  dwell  in  Seir,  and  the 
Moabites  that  dwell  in  ^Ar,  did 
unto  me ;  until  I  shall  pass  over 
the  Jordan  into  the  land  which 
Jehovah  our  God  giveth  us.  30 
But  Sihon  king  of  Heshbon  would 
not  let  us  pass  Dy  him  ;  for  Jehovah 
thy  God  hardened  his  spirit,  and 
made  his  heart '■; obstinate,  that  he 
might  deliver  him  into  thy  hand, 
as  at  this  day.  31  And  Jehovah 
said  unto  me.  Behold,  I  have  begun 
to  deliver  up  Sihon  and  his  land 
before  thee  :  begin  to  possess,  that 
thou  mayest  inherit  his  land.  32 
Then  Sihon  came  out  against  us, 
he  and  all  his  people,  unto  battle 
at  Jahaz.  33  And  Jehovah  our 
God  delivered  him  up  before  us; 
and  we  smote  him,  and  his  ^  sons, 
and  all  his  people.  34  And  we 
took  all  his  cities  at  that  time,  and 

I  Heb.  by  the  way,  bv  the  way.     *  Heb.  strong, 
s  Or,  son 


2  35 


DEUTERONOMY 


3.21 


Couquest  of  Ueshbon  and  of  Basban.    Possession  of  the  Transjordanic  Tribes 


' "  Utterly  destroyed  every  ^  inhab- 
ited city,  with  the  women  and  the 
little  ones ;  we  left  none  reniainin<? : 

35  *only  the  cattle  we  tuok  for  a 
prey  unto  ourselves,  with  the  spoil 
of  the  cities  which  we  had  taken. 

36  From  ''Aroer,  which  is  on  the 
edge  of  the  valley  of  the  Arnon, 
and  from  the  city  that  is  in  the 
valley,  even  unto  GUead,  there  was 
not  a  city  too  high  for  us  ;  Jehovah 
our  God  delivered  up  all  before  us: 

37  ''only  to  the  land  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Amnion  thou  earnest  not 
near ;  all  the  side  of  the  river 
Jabbok,  and  the  cities  of  the  hill- 
country,  and  wheresoever  Jehovali 
our  God  forbade  us. 

3  'Then  we  turned,  and  went 
up  the  way  to  Bashan  :  and 
Og  the  king  of  Bashan  came  out 
against  us,  lie  and  all  his  people, 
unto  battle  at  Edrei.  2  And  Je- 
hovah said  unto  me.  Fear  him  not ; 
for  I  have  delivered  him,  and  all 
his  people,  and  his  land,  into  thy 
hand  ;  and  thou  shalt  do  unto  him 
as  thou  didst  unto  Sihon  king  of 
the  Amorites,  who  dwelt  at  Hesh- 
bon.  3  So  Jehovah  our  God  de- 
livered into  our  hand  Og  also,  the 
king  of  Bashan,  and  all  his  people: 
and  we  smote  him  until  none  was 
left  to  him  remaining.  4  And  we 
took  all  his  cities  at  that  time; 
there  was  not  a  city  which  we  took 
not  from  them ;  threescore  cities, 
all  the  region  of  •'^Argob,  the  king- 
dom of  Og  in  Bashan.  5  \11  these 
were  cities  fortified  with  high 
walls,  gates,  and  bars ;  besides  the 
*unwalled  towns  a  great  many.  6 
And  we  ^utterly  destroyed  them, 
as  we  did  unto  Sihon  king  of  Hesh- 
bon,  "  utterly  destroying  every  ^  in- 
habited city,  with  the  women  and 
the  little  ones.  7  *  But  all  the 
cattle,  and  the  spoil  of  the  cities, 
we  took  for  a  prey  unto  ourselves. 

8  '  And  we  took  the  land  at  that 
time  out  of  the  hand  of  the  two 
kings  of  the  Amorites  that  were 
beyond  the  Jordan,  from  the  valley 
of  the  Arnon  unto  mount  Hermon 

9  {''which  Hermon  the  Sidonians 
call  '  Sirion,  and  the  Amorites  call 
it  Senir);  10  all  the  cities  of  the 
*  plain,  and  all  Gilead,  and  all 
Ba.shan,  unto  Salecah  and  Edrei, 
cities  of  the  kingdom  of  Og  in 
Bashan.  11  (For  only  Og  king  of 
Bashan  remained  of  the  remnant 


1  Heb.  devoted. 

2  Heb.  dtyfifmen. 


3  Or,  country  tovnu 
*  Or,  UU>le-land 


"  ch.  3.  6 

*  ch.  3.  7 
■^ch.  3.  12;  4. 

48 
<'  ver.  19 
'Num.  21. 

3:>-36 
/  ver.  13,  14  ; 

1  K.  4.  13 
'■'  ch.  2.  34 
1^  ch.  2.  36 
<  Num.  32. 

3:i ;  Josh. 

12.  1-7;  13. 

8-12 

*  ch.  4.  48 ; 
Josh.  11. 
17 ;  I's.  42. 
6 ;  i:i3.  3 

'  Pa.  29.  6 


""  ch.  2.  11,  20 
"  2  S.  11.  1 ; 

12.  26 ; 

Jer.  49.  2 
"  ch.  2.  30 
P  Num.  32. 

32-38 ; 

Josh.  13. 

9  Num.  32. 
41 ;  1  Chr. 

2.  22 


'  Num.  34. 
11 ;  Josh. 
13.  27 


t  Num.  32. 
20;  Josh. 
4.  12, 13 


"  Josh. 


of  the  ™Rephaim  ;  behold,  his  bed- 
stead was  a  bedstead  of  iron ;  is  it 
not  in  "  llabbah  of  the  children  of 
Ammon  1  nine  cubits  was  the 
length  thereof,  and  four  cubits  the 
breadth  of  it,  after  the  cubit  of  a 
man). 

12  And  this  land  we  took  in 
possession  at  that  time :  from 
"  Aroer,  which  is  by  the  valley  of  the 
Arnon,  and  half  the  hill-country 
of  ^  Gilead,  and  the  cities  thereof, 
gave  1  unto  the  Keubeijites  and  to 
the  Gadites  :  13  and  the  rest  of 
Gilead,  and  all  Bashan,  the  king- 
dom of  Og,  gave  1  unto  the  half- 
tribe  of  Manasseh  ;  ^  all  the  region 
of  Argob,  ''  even  all  Bashan.  (The 
same  is  called  the  land  of  Bephaim. 
14  « Jair  the  son  of  Manasseh  took 
all  the  region  of  Argob,  unto  the 
border  of  the  Geshu rites  and  the 
Maacathites,  and  called  them,  even 
Bashan,  after  his  own  name, 
Havvoth-jair,  unto  this  day).  15 
*■  And  I  gave  Gilead  unto  Machir. 

16  And  unto  the  Beubenites  and 
unto  the  Gadites  I  gave  from  Gil- 
ead even  unto  the  valley  of  the 
Arnon.  the  middle  of  the  valley, 
^  and  the  border  thereof,  even  unto 
the  river  Jabbok,  which  is  the  bor- 
der of    the    children  of   Ammon ; 

17  the  Arabah  also,  and  the  Jor- 
dan 'and  the  border  thereof,  from 
"Chinnereth  even  unto  the  sea  of 
the  Arabah,  the  Salt  Sea,  under 
the  *  slopes  of  Pisgah  eastward. 

18  And  I  commanded  you  at  that 
time,  saying,  Jehovah  your  God 
hath  given  you  this  land  to  posses? 
it :  'ye  shall  pass  over  armed  before 
your  brethren  the  children  of  Israel, 
all  the  men  of  valor.  19  But  your 
wives,  and  your  little  ones,  and 
your  cattle  (I  know  that  ye  have 
"much  cattle),  shall  abide  in  your 
cities    which    I    have   given    you, 

20  until  Jehovah  give  rest  unto 
your  brethren,  as  unto  you,  and 
they  also  possess  the  land  which 
Jehovah  your  God  giveth  them 
beyond  the  Jordan  :  'then  shall  ye 
return  every  man  unto  his  posses- 
sion,   which    I    have    given    you. 

21  And  I  commanded  Joshua  at 
that  time,  saying.  Thine  eyes  have 
seen  all  that  Jehovah  your  God 
hath  done  unto  these  two  kings : 
so  shall  Jehovah  do  unto  all  the 
kingdoms  whither  thou  goest  over, 

s  Or,  nil  the  region  of  Argob.  (All  that  Basha% 
is  called  Src. 

6  Or,  vxith     1  Or,  for  a  border     8  Qr,  spring$ 


177 


3.22 


DEUTERONOMY 


4.19 


Moses  forbidden  to  cross  tbe  Jordan.    Israel  exported  to  observe  God's  Law 


22  Ye  shall  not  fear  them;  for 
Jehovah  your  God,  "he  it  is  that 
fighteth  for  you. 

23  And  I  besought  Jehovah  at 
that  time,  saying,  24  O  Lord  Jeho- 
vah, thou  hast  begun  to  show  thy 
servant  thy  greatness,  and  thy 
strong  hand  :  for  what  god  is  there 
in  heaven  or  in  earth,  that  can  do 
according  to  thy  works,  and  ac- 
cording to  thy  mighty  acts'?  25  Let 
me  go  over,  I  pray  thee,  and  see 
the  good  land  that  is  beyond  the 
Jordan,  that  goodly  ^mountain, 
and  Lebanon.  26  But  *  Jehovah 
was  wroth  with  me  for  your  sakes, 
and  hearkened  not  unto  me ;  and 
Jehovah  said  unto  me.  Let  it  suffice 
thee ;  speak  no  more  unto  me  of 
this  matter.  27  Get  thee  up  unto 
the  top  of  "  Pisgah,  and  lift  up  thine 
eyes  westward,  and  northward,  and 
southward,  and  eastward,  and  be- 
hold with  thine  eyes  :  /  f or  thou 
shalt  not  go  over  this  Jordan. 
28  "But  charge  Joshua,  and  en- 
courage him,  and  strengthen  him  ; 
■^for  he  shall  go  over  before  this 
people,  and  he  shall  cause  them  to 
inherit  the  land  which  thou  shalt 
see.  29  So  we  abode  in  the  valley 
over  against  *  Beth-peor. 

4  And  now,  O  Israel,  hearken 
unto  the  statutes  and  unto  the 
ordinances,  which  ''  I  teach  you,  to 
do  them  ;  that '  ye  may  live,  and  go 
in  and  possess  the  land  which  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  your  fathers,  giv- 
eth  you.  2  *  Ye  shall  not  add  unto 
the  word  which  'I  command  you, 
neither  shall  ye  diminish  from  it, 
that  ye  may  keep  the  command- 
ments of  Jehovah  your  God  which 
I  command  you.  3  ™Your  eyes 
have  seen  what  Jehovah  did  be- 
cause of  Baal-peor  ;  for  all  the  men 
that  followed  Baal-peor,  Jehovah 
thy  God  hath  destroyed  them  from 
the  midst  of  thee.  4  But  ye  that 
did  cleave  unto  Jehovah  your  God 
are  alive  every  one  of  you  this  day. 

5  Behold,  I  have  taught  you  stat- 
utes and  ordinances,  "  even  as  Jeho- 
vah my  God  commanded  me,  that 
ye  should  do  so  in  the  midst  of  the 
land  whither  ye  go  in  to  possess  it. 

6  Keep  therefore  and  do  tnem ;  "  for 
this  is  your  wisdom  and  your  under- 
standing in  the  sight  of  the  peoples, 
that  shall  hear  all  these  statutes, 
and  say.  Surely  this  great  nation  is 
a  wise  and  understanding  people. 

7  For  what  great  nation  is  there, 

» Or,  hillrcountry 


"  ch.  1.  30 
i-  ch.  1.  37 
'  Num.  23. 

14;  27.  12 
d  ch.  1.  37 
*  ch.  31.  3,  7, 

8,  23  ; 

Num.27. 18 
/ch.  1.  38 
s'ch.  4.46; 

34.  6; 

Num.  26. 

1-3 
''ch.  1.  3 
'  ch.  5.  33  ; 

8. 1 ;  16.  20 ; 

30.  16,  19 
k  ch.  12.  32 
'  ver.  5, 14, 

40 

"*  Num.  25. 

1-9 
"  Lev.  26. 

46 ;  27.  34 
"  ch.  30.  19, 

20  ;  32.  46, 

47 


P  Ps.  148.  14 
9  Ps.  34.  18  ; 

8.5.  9 
"■  Ps.  89.  14  ; 

97.  2;  119. 

144,  160, 

172 
'  ver.  23 ; 

ch.  6.  12; 

8.  11,  14,  19 
«ch.  6.2; 

12.  1 ;  16.  3 
"ver.  10;  ch. 

6.  7,  20-2-5 ; 

11.  19;  32. 
46 

"  ch.  14.  23  ; 

17.  19;  31. 

12,  13 
^  ver.  9 

V  Ex.  19.  18  ; 
Ileb.  12. 

18,  19 

'  ch.  10.  4  ; 

Ex.  34.  28 
"Ex.  31.  18; 

34.  1,  28 


*>  ver.  26 ;  ch. 
9.  12  ;  31.  29 
"  ch.  5.  8,  9 


d  ch.  13.  6,  10 


178 


that  hath  ^a  god  ^so  nigh  unto 
them,  as  Jehovah  our  God  is  «when- 
soever  we  call  upon  himl  8  And 
what  great  nation  is  there,  that 
hath  "■  statutes  and  ordinances  so 
righteous  as  all  this  law,  which  I 
set  before  you  this  day  1 

9  Only  *  take  heed  to  thyself,  and 
keep  thy  soul  diligently,  lest  thou 
forget  the  things  which  thine  eyes 
saw,  e,nd  lest  they  depart  from  thy 
heart  'all  the  days  of  thy  life  ;  but 
"make  them  known  unto  thy  chil- 
dren and  thy  children's  children ; 
10  the  day  that  thou  stoodest  be- 
fore Jehovah  thy  God  in  Horeb, 
when  Jehovah  said  unto  me.  As- 
semble me  the  people,  and  I  will 
make  them  hear  my  words,  "that 
they  may  learn  to  fear  me  all  the 
days  that  they  live  upon  the  earth, 
and  that  they  may  ^  teach  their 
children.  11  And  ye  came  near 
and  stood  under  the  mountain ; 
*and  the  mountain  burned  with 
fire  unto  the  heart  of  heaven,  with 
darkness,  cloud,  and  thick  dark- 
ness. 1 2  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
you  out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire :  ye 
heard  the  voice  of  words,  but  ye 
saw  no  form  ;  only  ye  heard  a  voice. 

13  And  he  declared  unto  you  his 
covenant,  which  he  commanded 
you  to  perform,  even  "■  the  ten 
^commandments;  and  "he  wrote 
them    upon   two   tables  of   stone. 

14  And  Jehovah  commanded  me 
at  that  time  to  teach  you  statutes 
and  ordinances,  that  ye  might  do 
them  in  the  land  whither  ye  go 
over  to  possess  it. 

15  Take  ye  therefore  good  heed 
unto  yourselves  ;  for  ye  saw  no 
manner  of  form  on  the  day  that 
Jehovah  spake  unto  you  in  Horeb 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire  ;  16  lest 
ye  *  corrupt  your.selves,  and  "make 
you  a  graven  image  in  the  form  of 
any  figure,  the  likeness  of  male  or 
female,  1 7  the  likeness  of  any  beast 
that  is  on  the  earth,  the  likeness  of 
any  winged  bird  that  flieth  in  the 
heavens,  18  the  likeness  of  any- 
thing that  creepeth  on  the  ground, 
the  likeness  of  any  fish  that  is  in 
the  water  under  the  earth  ;  19  and 
lest  thou  lift  up  thine  eyes  unto 
heaven,  and  when  thou  seest  the 
sun  and  the  moon  and  the  stars, 
even  all  the  host  of  heaven,  ''thou 
be  drawn  away  and  worship  them, 
and  serve  them,  which  Jehovah 
thy  God  hath  allotted  unto  all  the 

3  Or,  Ood  >  fieb.  wordi. 


4.20 


DEUTERONOMY 


4.45 


Israel  exhorted  to  observe  God's  Law.    Three  Cities  or  Refuge  beyond  the  Jordan.    The  Law  recapitulated 


peoples  under  the  whole  heaven. 
20  But  Jehovah  hath  taken  you, 
and  brought  you  forth  out  of  "  the 
iron  furnace,  out  of  Egypt,  to  be 
unto  him  a  people  of  inneritance, 
as  at  this  day.  21  *  Furthermore 
Jehovah  was  angry  with  me  for 
your  sakes,  and  sware  that  I  should 
not  go  over  the  Jordan,  and  that  I 
shou  id  not  go  in  u  nto  that  good  land, 
wliich  Jehovah  thy  God  giveth  thee 
for  an  inheritance  :  22  but ''I  must 
die  in  this  land,  1  must  not  go  over 
the  Jordan ;  but  ye  shall  go  over, 
and  possess  that  good  land. 
23  Talce  heed  unto  yourselves, 
''lest  ye  forget  the  covenant  of 
Jehovah  your  God,  which  he  made 
with  you,  and  "  make  you  a  graven 
image  in  the  form  of  anything 
which  Jehovah  thy  God  hath  for- 
bidden thee.  24  For  Jehovah  thy 
God  is  a  ■''devouring  fire,  a  "jealous 
God. 

25  When  thou  shalt  beget  chil- 
dren, and  children's  children,  and 
ye  shall  have  been  long  in  the  land, 
and  shall  ''corrupt  yourselves,  and 
•make  a  graven  image  in  the  form 
of  anything,  and  shall  do  that 
which  is  evil  in  the  sight  of  Jeho- 
vah thy  God,  to  provoke  him  to 
anger ;  26  I  *  call  heaven  and  earth 
to  witness  against  you  this  day,  that 
ye  shall  soon  'utterly  perish  from 
off  the  land  whereunto  ye  go  over 
the  Jordan  to  possess  it ;  ye  shall 
not  prolong  your  days  upon  it,  but 
shall  utterly  be  destroyed.  27  And 
Jehovah  v/ill  '"scatter  you  among 
the  peoples,  and  ye  shall  be  left 
few  in  number  among  the  nations, 
whither  Jehovah  shall  lead  you 
away.  28  And  there  ye  shall  serve 
gods,  the  work  of  men's  hands, 
"wood  and  stone,  "which  neither 
see,  nor  hear,  nor  eat,  nor  smell. 
29  ^But  from  thence  ye  shall  seek 
Jehovah  thy  God,  and  thou  shalt 
find  him,  when  thou  searchest  after 
him  *  with  all  thy  heart  and  with  all 
thy  soul.  30  When  thou  ""art  in 
trioulation,  and  all  these  things  are 
come  upon  thee,  ^  in  the  latter  days 
thou  shalt  return  to  Jehovah  thy 
God,  and  hearken  unto  his  voice  : 
31  for  Jehovah  th  y  God  is  a  '  mer- 
ciful God:  'he  will  not  fail  thee, 
neither  "destroy  thee,  nor  'forget 
the  covenant  of  thy  fathers  which 
he  sware  unto  them. 

32  For  •'ask  now  of  the  days  that 
are  past,  which  were  before  thee, 

1  Or,  if  in  the  latter  days  thou  return 


"  1  K.  8.  61 ; 

Jer.  n.  4 
b  ch.  1.  37 
"^  Num.  27. 

13,  14 
rf  ver.  9 
''  ver.  16 
/  ch.  9.  3 ; 

Kx.  24.  17  ; 

Heb.  12.  L'9 
"  oil.  o.  9 ;  (j. 

15 
''  ver.  16 
>  ver.  23 
k  ch.  30.  19 ; 

31.  2S  ;  32.  1 
'  ch.  7.  4  ;  8. 

19,  20 
"'  ch.  28.  64  ; 

29.  28 
"  ch.  28.  36, 

fil  ;  29.  17 
"Ps.  115.4-8 
''  ch.  30.  1-3, 

10 
«  ch.  6.  5 ; 

10.  12 
>■  Ps.  18.  6  ; 

69.  16 ;   107. 

6,  13 
»  Ex.  34.  6 
«ch.  31.6,  8; 

Josh.  1.  6; 

1  Chr.  28. 

20;  Heb. 

U.  6 
"  Jer.  30.  11 
'■  Lev.  26.  46 
^  ch.  32.  7 


V  Gen.  1.  27  ; 

Is.  45.  12 
-  ch.  28.  64 
"  ch.  6.  24, 

26  ;  Ex.  20. 

t  ch.  33.  29 ; 

Ex.  14.  30 
'^ch.  T.  19 
<l  ch.  6.  16  ; 

G.  21 ;  Ps. 

136.  12 
^  ver.  39 ; 

Ex.  S.  10; 

9.  14 ;  Is. 
43.  1 1  ;  45. 
21 ;  Mk. 
12.  32 

/  ver.  33 ; 

cli.  8.  5  ; 

Neh.  9.  13 ; 

Heb.  12.  25 
f  ch.  7.  7,  8  ; 

10.  15;  3.-;.  3 
''  Ex.  33.  14  ; 

Is.  63.  9 
'  Num.  32. 

4  ;  34.  14, 15 
'^  ver.  35 
'  ver.  2  ;  Ps. 

105.  45 
'"  ch.  5.  16, 

29,  33 
"  ch.  32.  47  ; 

Ex.  23.  21) 
"  ch.  19.  2-13; 

Num.  35.  6 ; 

Josh.  20. 

7-9 


since  the  ^day  that  God  created 
man  upon  the  earth,  and  ^from  the 
one  end  of  heaven  unto  the  other, 
whether  there  hath  been  an;/  such 
thiny  as  this  great  thing  is,  or  hath 
been  heard  like  if?  33  "  Did  ever  a 
people  hear  the  voice  of  God  speak- 
ing out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire,  as 
thou  hast  heard,  and  live  ■?  34  *0r 
hath  God  assayed  to  go  and  take 
him  a  nation  from  the  midst  of  an- 
other nation,  ''by  trials,  by  signs, 
and  by  wonders,  and  by  ^\  ar,  and 
''  by  a  mighty  hand,  and  by  an  out- 
stretched arm,  and  by  great  ten'ors, 
according  to  all  that  Jehovah  your 
God  did  for  you  in  Egypt  before 
your  eyes'?  35  Unto  thee  it  was 
showed,  that  thou  mightest  know 
that  Jehovah  he  is  God;  "there  is 
none  else  besides  him.  36  -'^Out  of 
heaven  he  made  thee  to  hear  his 
voice,  that  he  might  instruct  thee: 
and  upon  earth  he  made  thee  to  see 
his  great  fire ;  and  thou  heardest 
his  words  out  of  the  midst  of  the 
fire.  37  "And  because  he  loved  thy 
fathers,  therefore  he  chose  their 
seed  after  them,  and  brought  thee 
out  with  ''his  presence,   with  his 

§reat  power,  out  of  Egypt ;  38  to 
rive  out  nations  from  before  thee 
greater  and  mightier  than  thou,  to 
bring  thee  in,  '  to  give  thee  their 
land  for  an  inheritance,  as  at  this 
day.  39  Know  therefore  this  day, 
and  lay  it  to  thy  heart  that  Jeho- 
vah he  is  God  in  heaven  above  and 
upon  the  earth  beneath  ;  ^  there  is 
none  else.  40  'And  thou  shalt  keep 
his  statutes,  and  his  command- 
ments, which  I  command  thee  this 
day,  that  '"it  may  go  well  with  thee, 
and  with  thy  childi'en  after  thee, 
and  "that  thou  niayest  prolong  thy 
days  in  the  land,  which  Jehovah 
thy  God  giveth  thee,  for  ever. 

41  "Then  Moses  set  apart  threa 
cities  beyond  the  Jordan  toward 
the  sunrising ;  42  that  the  man- 
slayer  might  flee  thither,  that  slay- 
eth  his  neighbor  unawares,  and 
hated  him  not  in  time  past ;  and 
that  fleeing  unto  one  of  these  cities 
he  might  live :  43  naviely.  Bezel 
in  the  wilderness,  in  the  ^  plain 
country,  for  the  Reubenites ;  and 
Ramoth  in  Gilead,  for  the  Gadites; 
and  Golan  in  Bashan,  for  the 
Manassites. 

44  And  this  is  the  law  which 
Moses  set  before  the  children  of 
Israel :   45  these  are  the  testimo- 

>  Or,  table-land- 


179 


4.46 


DEUTERONOMY 


5.24 


The  Law  recapitulated.    The  Ten  Commandments  given  in  Horeb.    The  People's  Dread 


nies,  and  the  statutes,  and  the  or- 
dinances, which  Moses  spake  unto 
the  children  of  Israel,  when  they 
came  forth  out  of  Egypt,  46  be- 
yond the  Jordan,  in  tne  valley 
"over  against  Beth-peor,  in  the 
land  of  ''Sihon  king  of  the  Amo- 
rites,  who  dwelt  at  Heshbon,  whom 
Moses  and  tlie  children  of  Israel 
smote,  when  they  came  forth  out 
of  Egypt.  47  And  they  took  his 
land  in  possession,  and  the  land  of 
Og  king  of  Bashan,  the  two  kings 
of  the  Amorites,  who  v/ere  beyond 
the  Jordan  toward  the  sunrising ; 
48  from  '^Aroer,  which  7S  on  the 
edge  of  the  valley  of  the  Arnon, 
even  unto  ''mount  Sion  (the  same 
is  Hernion),  49  and  all  the  Arabah 
beyond  the  Jordan  eastward,  even 
unto  the  sea  of  the  Arabah,  under 
the  ^  slopes  of  Pisgah. 

5  And  Moses  called  unto  all 
Israel,  and  said  unto  them. 
Hear,  O  Israel,  the  statutes  and 
the  ordinances  which  I  speak  in 
your  ears  this  day,  that  ye  may 
learn  them,  and  observe  to  do 
them.  2  Jehovah  our  God  made 
*a  covenant  with  us  in  Horeb. 
3  -^Jehovah  made  not  this  cove- 
nant with  our  fathers,  but  with 
us,  even  us,  who  are  all  of  us  here 
alive  this  day.  4  Jehovah  spake 
with  you  "  face  to  face  in  the  mount 
*out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire  5  (I 
stood  between  Jehovah  and  you  at 
that  time,  to  show  you  the  word  of 
Jehovah :  '  for  ye  were  afraid  be- 
cause of  the  fire,  and  went  not  up 
into  the  mount),  saying, 

6*1  am  Jehovah  thy  God,  who 
brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of  ^bond- 
age. 

7  Thou  shalt  have  no  other  gods 
*  before  me. 

8  Thou  shalt  not  make  unto  thee 
a  graven  image,  nor  any  likeness  of 
anything  that  is  in  heaven  above, 
or  that  is  in  the  earth  beneath,  or 
that  is  in  the  water  under  the 
earth :  9  thou  shalt  not  bow  down 
thyself  unto  them,  nor  serve  them  ; 
for  I,  Jehovah,  thy  God,  am  a  jeal- 
ous God,  visiting  the  iniquity  of 
the  fathers  upon  the  children,  and 
upon  the  third  and  upon  the  fourth 
generation  of  them  that  hate  me ; 
10  and  showing  lovingkindness 
unto  "*  thousands  of  them  that  love 
me  and  keep  my  commandments. 

1  Or,  springs  3  Or,  besides  me 

^  Heb.  boTidmen.    *  Or,  a  thousand  generations 


"■  ch.  3.  29 

*  Num.  21. 

21-25 

«  ch.  2.  36 

d  ch.  3.  9 

'  Ex.  19.  5  ; 

Mai.  4.  4 

/Num.  26. 

6:i-65 

s'Mum.  14. 

14 

A  ch.  4.  33 

i  Ex.  19.  16, 

21-24 

*  Ex.  20.  2-1 

I  ch.  6.  13 ; 

10.20 

<■  Ex.  20.  11 


*[Ver.  18 
in  Heb.] 

"  Rom.  7. 7  ; 
13.  9 


"  ch.  4.  13  ; 
Ex.  31.  18 


180 


11  'Thou  shalt  not  take  the 
name  of  Jehovah  thy  God  *in 
vain :  for  Jehovah  will  not  hold 
him  guiltless  that  taketh  his  name 
®  in  vain. 

12  Observe  the  sa];)bath  day,  to 
keep  it  holy,  as  Jehovah  thy  God 
commanded  thee.  13  Six  days 
shalt  thou  labor,  and  do  all  thy 
woi'k ;  14  but  the  seventh  day  is 
a  sabbath  unto  Jehovah  thy  God  : 
in  it  thou  shalt  not  do  any  work, 
thou,  nor  thy  son,  nor  thy  daugh- 
ter, nor  thy  man-servant,  nor  thy 
maid-servant,  nor  thine  ox,  nor 
thine  ass,  nor  any  of  thy  cattle, 
nor  thy  stranger  that  is  within 
thy  gates ;  that  thy  man-servant 
and  thy  maid-servant  may  rest  as 
well  as  thou.  15  "And  thou  shalt 
remember  that  thou  wast  a  servant 
in  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  Jehovah 
thy  God  brought  thee  out  thence 
by  a  mighty  hand  and  by  an  out- 
stretched arm :  therefore  Jehovah 
thy  God  commanded  thee  to  keep 
the  sabbath  day. 

16  Honor  thy  father  and  thy 
mother,  as  Jehovah  thy  God  com- 
manded thee  ;  that  thy.  days  may 
be  long,  and  that  it  may  go  well 
with  thee,  in  the  land  which 
Jehovah  thy  God  giveth  thee. 

17  Thou  shalt  not  kill. 

18  Neither  shalt  thou  commit 
adultery. 

1 9  Neither  shalt  thou  steal. 

20  Neither  shalt  thou  bear  false 
witness  against  thy  neighbor. 

*21  "Neither  shalt  thou  covet  thy 
neighbor's  wife  ;  neither  shalt  thou 
desire  thv  neighbor's  house,  his 
field,  or  his  man-servant,  or  his 
maid-servant,  his  ox,  or  his  ass,  or 
anything  that  is  thy  neighbor's. 

22  These  words  Jehovah  spake 
unto  all  your  assembly  in  the 
mount  out  of  the  midst  of  the 
fire,  of  the  cloud,  and  of  the  thick 
darkness,  with  a  great  voice :  and 
he  added  no  more.  And  "  he  wrote 
them  upon  two  tables  of  stone,  and 
gave  tnem  unto  me.  23  And  it 
came  to  pass,  when  ye  heard  the 
voice  out  of  the  midst  of  the  dark- 
ness, while  the  mountain  was  burn- 
ing with  fire,  that  ye  came  near 
unto  me,  even  all  the  heads  of  your 
tribes,  and  your  elders  ;  24  and  ye 
said.  Behold,  Jehovah  our  God  hath 
showed  us  his  glory  and  his  great- 
ness, and  we  have  heard  his  voice 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire :   we 

s  Or,  for  vanity  (or,  fali>eh.ood) 


5.25 


DEUTERONOMY 


6.18 


Tlie  People's  Dread  at  Sinai.    Israel  exhorted  to  be  faithnil  to  Jehovab 


have  seen  this  day  that  God  doth 
speak  with  man,  and  he  Uveth. 
25  "Now  therefore  why  should  we 
die?  for  this  great  hre  will  con- 
sume us :  if  we  hear  the  voice  of 
Jehovah  our  God  any  more,  then 
we  shall  tlie.  26  For  who  is  there 
of  all  tlesh,  that  hath  heard  the 
voice  of  the  living  God  speaking 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire,  as  we 
have,  and  lived"!  27  Go  thou  near, 
and  hear  all  that  Jehovah  our  God 
shall  say  :  and  speak  thou  unto  us 
all  that  Jehovali  our  God  shall 
speak  unto  thee ;  and  we  will 
hear  it,  and  do  it. 

28  And  Jehovah  heard  the  voice 
of  your  words,  when  ye  spake  unto 
me;  'and  Jehovah  said  unto  me,  I 
have  heard  the  voice  of  the  words 
of  this  people,  which  they  have 
spoken  unto  thee :  they  have  well 
said  all  that  they  have  spoken. 
29  '"Oh  that  there  were  such  a 
heart  in  them,  that  they  would 
fear  me,  and  keep  all  my  com- 
mandments always,  that  ''it  might 
be  well  with  them,  and  with  their 
children  for  ever !  30  Go  say  to 
them.   Return    ye    to   your  tents. 

31  '-But  as  for  thee,  stand  thou 
liere  by  me,  and  I  will  speak  unto 
thee  all  the  commandment,  and 
the  statutes,  and  the  ordinances, 
which  thou  shalt  teach  them,  that 
they  may  do  them  in  the  land 
which  I  give  them  to  possess  it. 

32  Ye  shall  observe  to  do  therefore 
as  Jehovah  your  God  hath  com- 
manded you :  •''ye  shall  not  turn 
aside  to  the  right  hand  or  to  the 
left.  33  Ye  shall  walk  in  all  the 
way  which  Jehovah  your  God  hath 
commanded  you,  '■>  that  ye  may  live, 
and  that  it  may  be  well  with  you, 
and  that  ye  may  prolong  your  days 
in  the  land  which  ye  shall  possess. 

6  Now  this  is  the  command- 
ment, the  statutes,  and  the 
ordinances,  which  Jehovah  your 
God  commanded  to  teach  you,  that 
ye  might  do  them  in  the  land 
whither  ye  go  over  to  possess  it ; 
2  that  thou  mightest  ^  fear  Jehovah 
thy  God,  to  keep  all  his  statutes 
and  his  commandments,  which  I 
command  thee,  thou,  and  thy  son, 
and  thy  son's  son,  'all  the  days  of 
thy  life  ;  and  that  thy  days  may 
be  prolonged.  3  Hear  therefore, 
O  Israel,  and  observe  to  do  it ;  that 

1  Or,  Oh  that  they  had  such  a  heart  as  this 
ahoay,  to  fear  me,  and  keep  all  my  command- 
stents,  that  Stc. 


"ch.  18.  16; 

Ex.  w.  IS, 

I'J 
i>  ch.  18.  17 
"  Pa.  81.  13  ; 

Is.  48.  IS 
<'  ver.  10,  33 
'  Ex.  '.24.  12 
/ch.  17.20; 

28.  14 ; 

Josh.  1.  7 ; 

23.  0 
■'  ch.  4.  1,  40 
''  ch.  10.  12 
I  ch.  4.  9 


*  ch.  5.  33 
'  Ex.  3.  8,  17 
"'  Mt.  22.  37  ; 

Mk.  12.  2!), 

30 ;  Lk.  10. 

27 
"  ch.  4.  35,  39 
"  ch.  4.  9 
''ch.  11.  18; 

Ex.  12.  14  ; 

13.  9,  16 
«ch.  11.  20 


""ch.  9.  1 ; 
19.  1 ;  Josh. 
24.  13 


'ch.  8.  10; 
11.  15;  14. 


<  ch.  4.  9 


"  Mt.  4.  10  ; 
Lk.  4.  8 


"ch.  5.  11; 
10.  20 


"  ch.  4.  24 ; 
6.9 


V  Mt.  4.  7  ; 

Lk.  4.  12 

'  Ex.  17.  7 

"  ch.  11.  22 


181 


*it  may  be  well  with  thee,  and 
that  ye  may  increase  mightily,  as 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  thy  fathers 
hath  promised  unto  thee,  in  'a  lana 
llowing  with  milk  and  honey. 

\  '"Hear,  O  Israel  :  -Jehovah  our 
God  is  "one  Jehovah:  5  and  thou 
shalt  love  Jehovah  thy  God  with 
all  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul, 
and  with  all  thy  might.  G  And 
these  words,  whicn  1  command  thee 
this  day,  shall  be  upon  thy  heart; 

7  and  "thou  shalt  teach  them  dili- 
gently unto  thy  children,  and  shalt 
talk  of  them  when  thou  sittest  in 
thy  hou.se,  and  when  thou  walkest 
by  the  way,  and  when  thou  liest 
down,   and  when  thou   ri.sest   up. 

8  ^And  thou  shalt  bind  them  for  a 
sign  upon  thy  hand,  and  they  shall 
be  for  frontlets  between  thine  eye.s. 

9  *  And  thou  shalt  write  them  upon 
the  door-posts  of  thy  house,  and 
upon  thy  gates. 

10  And  it  shall  be,  when  Jeho- 
vah thy  God  shall  bring  thee  into 
the  land  which  he  sware  unto  thy 
fathers,  to  Abraham,  to  Isaac,  and 
to  Jacob,  to  give  thee,  ''great  and 
goodly  cities,  which  thou  buildedst 
not,  1 1  and  houses  full  of  all  good 
things,  which  thou  filledst  not, 
and  cisterns  hewn  out,  which  thou 
hewedst  not,  vineyards  and  olive- 
trees,  which  thou  plantedst  not, 
and  'thou  shalt  eat  and  be  full; 
1 2  then  beware  lest '  thou  forget  Je- 
hovah, who  brought  thee  forth  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the 
house  of  bondage.  13  "Thou  shalt 
fear  Jehovah  thy  God;  and  him 
shalt  thou  serve,  and  ''  shalt  swear 
by  his  name.  14  Ye  shall  not  go 
after  other  gods,  of  the  gods  of  the 
peoples  that  are  round  about  you  ; 
15  for  Jehovah  thy  God  in  the 
midst  of  thee  is  a  ^jealous  God; 
lest  the  anger  of  Jehovah  thy  God 
be  kindled  against  thee,  and  he 
destroy  thee  from  off  the  face  of 
the  earth. 

16  *Ye  shall  not  tempt  Jehovah 
your  God,  -as  ye  tempted  him  in 
Massah.  17  "Ye  shall  diligently 
keep  the  commandments  of  Jeho 
vah  your  God,  and  his  testimonie.s, 
and  his  statutes,  which  he  hath 
commanded  thee.  18  And  thou 
shalt  do  that  which  is  right  and 
good  in  tlie  sight  of  Jehovah  •  that 
'  it  may  be  well  with  thee,  ana  that 

*0r,  Jehovah  our  Ood.  Jehovah  is  one  Or, 
Jehovah  is  our  God,  Jehovah  is  one  Or,  Jehovah 
is  our  God,  Jehovah  alone 


6.19 


DEUTERO.-^OMY 


7. 1» 


Children  to  be  told  of  tbe  great  Deliverance.    Israel  warned  against  Apostasy.    Blessings  of  Obedience 


thou  mayest  go  in  and  possess  the 
good  land  which  Jehovah  sware 
unto  thy  fathers,  19  to  thrust  out 
all  thine  enemies  from  before  thee, 
as  Jehovah  hath  spoken. 

20  "  When  thy  son  asketh  thee  in 
time  to  come,  saying,  What  mean 
the  testimonies,  and  the  statutes, 
and  the  ordinances,  which  Jehovah 
our  God  hath  commanded  you '?  21 
then  thou  shalt  say  unto  thy  son. 
We  were  Pharaoh's  bondmen  in 
Egypt :  and  Jehovah  brought  us 
out  of  Egypt  with  a  mighty  hand  ; 

22  and  Jehovah  showed  signs  and 
wonders,  great  and  sore,  upon 
Egypt,  upon  Pharaoh,  and  upon 
all    his   house,    before    our    eyes ; 

23  and  he  brought  us  out  from 
thence,  that  he  might  bring  us  in, 
to  give  us  the  land  which  he  sware 
unto  our  fathers.  24  And  Jeho- 
vah commanded  us  to  do  all  these 
statutes,  ''to  fear  Jehovah  our  God, 
for  our  good  always,  that  he  might 
preserve  us  alive,  as  at  this  day. 
2.5  And  "it  shall  be  righteousness 
unto  us,  if  we  observe  to  do  all  this 
commandment  before  Jehovah  our 
God,  as  he  hath  commanded  us. 

7"^  When  Jehovah  thy  God  shall 
bringthee  into  the  land  whither 
thou  goest  to  possess  it,  and  shall 
^  cast  out  many  nations  before  thee, 
the  Hittite,  and  the  Girgashite,  and 
the  Amorite,  and  the  Canaanite, 
and  the  Perizzite,  and  the  Hivite, 
and  the  Jebusite,  ''seven  nations 
greater  and  mightier  than  thou  ; 
2  and  when  Jehovah  thy  God  shall 
deliver  them  up  before  thee,  and 
thou  shalt  smite  them  ;  •'"then  thou 
shalt  ^  utterly  destroy  them  :  'J  thou 
shalt  make  no  covenant  with  them, 
''nor  show  mercy  unto  them;  3 
'neither  shalt  thou  make  marriages 
with  them ;  thy  daughter  thou  shalt 
not  give  unto  his  son,  nor  his 
daughter  shalt  thou  take  unto  thy 
son.  4  For  he  will  turn  away  thy 
son  from  following  me,  that  they 
may  serve  other  gods :  so  will 
the  anger  of  Jehovah  be  kindled 
against  you,  and  *he  will  destroy 
thee  quickly.  -5  But  thus  shall  ye 
deal  with  them  :  '  ye  shall  break 
down  their  altars,  and  dash  in 
pieces  their  *  pillars,  and  hew  down 
their  Asherim,  and  burn  their 
graven  images  with  fire. 

6  For  thou  art  ™a  holy  people 
unto  Jehovah  thy  God :  Jenovah 
thy  God  hath  enosen  thee  to  be 

1  Heb.  vluck  off.    2  Heb.  devote.    *  Or,  obelisks 


"  Ex.  13.  8, 

14 
b  ch.  10.  12 
■^  ch.  24.  13 
d  ch.  20.  16- 

18 
'  Acts  13.  19 
/Isuui.  31. 

17 
V  Ex.  23.  32 
'I  ver.  16 ; 

ch.  13.  8 
'  Ex.  34.  15, 

16 
fc  ch.  4.  26 
'  ch.  12.  3  : 

Ex.  23.  24 ; 

34.  13 
™  ch.  14.  2, 

21 ;  Ex. 

.9.  6 


"  ch.  14.  2; 
26.  18;  Ex. 

19.  5 
"  ch.  4.  37 
P  ch.  4.  3.'i,  39 
«  ch.  6.  10 


'  ch.  28.  1- 
14  ;  Lev. 
26.  3-13 


'ch.  13.  17; 
30.  5 ;  Lev. 
26.  9 


'  Ex.  23.  26 
"  Ex.  15.  26 


■  Ex.  23.  33 


182 


"a  people  for  his  own  possession, 
'' above  all  peoples  that  are  upon 
the  face  of  the  earth.  7  "Jehovah 
did  not  set  his  love  upon  you,  nor 
choose  you,  because  ye  were  more 
in  number  than  any  people;  for  ye 
were  tiie  fewest  of  ail  peoples:  8 
but  because  Jehovah  loveth  you, 
and  because  he  would  keep  the 
oath  which  he  sware  unto  your 
fathers,  hath  Jehovah  brought  you 
out  with  a  mighty  hand,  and  re- 
deemed you  out  of  the  house  of 
bondage,  from  the  hand  of  Pharaoh, 
king  of  Egypt.  9  Know  therefore 
that  Jehovah  thy  God,  ^he  is  God, 
the  faithful  God,  who  keepeth  cove- 
nant and  lovingkindness  with  them 
that  *love  him  and  keep  his  com- 
mandments to  a  thousand  gene'^a- 
tions,  10  and  repayeth  them  that 
hate  him  to  their  face,  to  destroy 
them :  he  will  not  be  slack  to  him 
that  hateth  him,  he  will  repay  him 
to  his  face.  1 1  Thou  shalt  there- 
fore keep  the  commandment,  and 
the  statutes,  and  the  ordinances, 
which  I  command  thee  this  day, 
to  do  them. 

12  ''And  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
because  ye  hearken  to  these  ordi- 
nances, and  keep  and  do  them, 
that  Jehovah  thy  God  will  keep 
with  thee  the  covenant  and  the 
lovingkindness  which  he  sware 
unto  thy  fathers:  13  and  he  will 
love  thee,  and  bless  thee,  and 
*  multiply  thee;  he  will  also  bless 
the  fruit  of  thy  body  and  the  fruit 
of  thy  ground,  thy  grain  and  thy 
new  wine  and  thine  oil,  the  increase 
of  thy  cattle  and  the  young  of  thy 
flock,  in  the  land  which  he  sware 
unto  thy  fathers  to  give  thee.  14 
Thou  shalt  be  blessed  above  all 
peoples :  there  shall  not  be  male 
or  lemale  'barren  among  you,  or 
among  your  cattle.  15  And  "Je- 
hovah will  take  away  from  thee  all 
sickness ;  and  none  of  the  evil  dis- 
eases of  Egypt,  which  thou  know- 
est,  will  he  put  upon  thee,  but  will 
lay  them  upon  all  them  that  hate 
thee.  16  And  thou  shalt  consume 
all  the  peoples  that  Jehovah  thy 
God  shall  deliver  unto  thee  ;  "thine 
eye  shall  not  pity  them :  neither 
shalt  thou  serve  their  gods ;  for 
that  will  be  '  a  snare  unto  thee. 

17  If  thou  shalt  say  in  thy  heart. 
These  nations  are  more  than  I ; 
how  can  I  dispossess  them  ■?  18  thou 
shalt  not  be  afraid  of  them:  thou 

*  Or»  out  of 


7.19 


DEUTERONOMY 


8.18 


Prombe  or  Divine  Help  against  Enemies.     Jehovah's  gracious  Dealings  recalled 


shalt  well  remember  what  Jehovah 
tliy  God  did  unto  Pharaoh,  and 
unto  all  Egypt;  19  "the  great 
trials  which  tnine  eyes  saw,  and 
the  signs,  and  the  wonders,  and  the 
mighty  hand,  and  the  outstretched 
arm,  whereby  Jehovah  thy  God 
brought  thee  out:  so  shall  Jehovah 
thy  God  do  unto  all  the  peoples  of 
whom  thou  art  afraid.  20  More- 
over Jehovah  thy  God  will  send 
*the  hornet  among  them,  until  they 
that  are  left,  and^hide  themselves, 
I^erish  from  before  thee.  21  Thou 
shalt  not  be  affrighted  at  them ;  for 
'^Jehovah  thy  God  is  in  the  midst 
of  thee,  a  great  God  and  a  terrible. 
22  ''And  Jehovah  thy  God  will 
cast  out  those  nations  before  thee 
by  little  and  little :  thou  mayest 
not  consume  them  ^at  once,  lest  the 
beasts  of  the  field  increase  upon 
thee.  23  «But  Jehovah  thy  God 
will  deliver  them^  up  before  thee, 
and  will  discomfit  them  with  a 
great  discomfiture,  until  they  be 
destroyed.  24  -^And  he  will  de- 
liver their  kings  into  thy  hand, 
and  thou  shalt  make  their  name  to 
perish  from  under  heaven :  '•>  there 
shall  no  man  be  able  to  stand  be- 
fore thee,  until  thou  have  destroyed 
them.  25  ''The  graven  images  of 
their  gods  shall  ye  burn  with  fire  : 
thou  shalt  not  covet  the  silver  or 
the  gold  that  is  on  them,  nor  take 
it  unto  thee,  lest  thou  be  snared 
therein  ;  for  it  is  an  abomination 
to  Jehovah  thy  God.  26  And  thou 
shalt  not  bring  an  abomination  into 
thy  house,  and  become  a  devoted 
thing  like  unto  it :  thou  shalt 
utterly  detest  it,  and  thou  shalt 
utterly  abhor  it ;  for  it  is  a  de- 
voted thing. 

8  All  the  commandment  which 
I  command  thee  this  day  shall 
ye  observe  to  do,  that  ye  'may  live, 
and  multiply,  and  go  in  and  possess 
the  land  which  Jehovah  sware  unto 
your  fathers.  2  *And  thou  shalt 
remember  all  the  way  which  Jeho- 
vah thy  God  hath  led  thee  these 
forty  years  in  the  wilderness,  that 
he  might  humble  thee,  'to  prove 
thee,  to  know  what  was  in  thy 
heart,  whether  thou  wouldest  keep 
his  commandments,  or  not.  3  And 
he  humbled  thee,  and  suffered  thee 
to  hunger,  and  fed  thee  with  manna, 
which  thou  knewest  not,  neither 
did    thy   fathers    know ;    that   he 

1  Or,  hide,  themselves  from  thee,  perish.    Thou 
3  Or,  quickly 

7 


"  ch.  4.  34 
b  Ex.  23.  2%  ; 

Josh.  24. 

Vi 
"  Ex.  29.  45 
d  Ex.  23.  29, 

30 
'  Ex.  23.  27  ; 

Josh.  10.  10 
/Josh.  G.  2; 

10.  23 
"ch.  11.  25; 

Josh.  1.  5  ; 

10.  8  ;  23.  9 
''  ver.  2 
'  ch.  4.  1 
k  ver.  16 
'  Ex.  15.  25  ; 

20.  20 


'"  Jit.  4.  4  ; 

Lk.  4.  4 
"  ch.  29.  5  ; 

Neh.  9.  21 
°  ch.  4.  36  ; 

Prov.  3. 

12;  Heb. 

12.  6 
Pch.  11.  9- 

12  ;  Jer. 

2.  7 


9  ch.  6.  11 


'  ch.  1.  19 
"Num.  21.  C 


^  ch.  32.  13  ; 

Ex.  17.  0 ; 

Num.  20. 

11 ;  Ps.  78. 

IS;  114.  8 
*  Ex.  16.  15 

y  ver.  2 


'  Prov.  10. 
22;  Hos. 

2.  8 


might  make  thee  know  that  "'man 
dotli  not  live  by  bread  only,  but  by 
everything  that  proceedeth  out  of 
the  mouth  of  Jehovah  doth  man 
live.  4  "Thy  raiment  waxed  not 
old  upon  thee,  neither  did  thy  foot 
swell,  these  forty  years.  5  "And 
thou  shalt  consider  in  thy  heart, 
that,  as  a  man  chasteneth  his  son, 
so  Jehovah  thy  God  chasteneth 
thee.  6  And  thou  shalt  keep  the 
commandments  of  Jehovah  thy 
God,  to  walk  in  his  ways,  and  to 
fear  him.  7  For  ^Jehovah  thy  God 
bringeth  thee  into  a  good  land,  a 
land  of  bi'ooks  of  water,  of  fountains 
and  springs,  flowing  forth  in  val- 
leys and  hills ;  8  a  land  of  wheat 
and  barley,  and  vines  and  fig-trees 
and  pomegi'anates ;  a  land  of  olive- 
trees  and  honey  ;  9  a  land  wherein 
thou  shalt  eat  bread  without  scarce- 
ness, thou  shalt  not  lack  anything 
in  it ;  a  land  whose  stones  are  iron, 
and  out  of  whose  hills  thou  mayest 
dig  copper.  10  And  ''thou  shalt 
eat  and  be  full,  and  thou  shalt 
bless  Jehovah  thy  God  for  the 
good  land  which  he  hath  given 
thee. 

11  Beware  lest  thou  ''forget  Je- 
hovah thy  God,  in  not  keeping 
his  commandrnents,  and  his  ordi- 
nances, and  his  statutes,  which  I 
command  thee  this  day:  12  lest, 
when  thou  hast  eaten  and  art  full, 
and  hast  built  goodly  houses,  and 
dwelt  therein;  13  and  when  thy 
herds  and  thy  flocks  multiply,  and 
thy  silver  and  thy  gold  is  multi- 
plied, and  all  that  thou  hast  is 
multiplied;  14  then  thy  heart  be 
lifted  up,  and  thou  'forget  Jehovah 
thy  God,  who  brought  thee  forth 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of 
the  house  of  bondage ;  1 5  who  led 
thee  through  *  the  great  and  terri- 
ble wilderness,  tvherein  were  "fiery 
serpents  and  scorpions,  and  thirsty 
ground  where  was  no  water ;  who 
''brought  thee  forth  water  out  of 
the  rock  of  flint ;  1 6  who  fed  thee 
in  the  wilderness  with  manna, 
"^  which  thy  fathers  knew  not ;  that 
he  might  humble  thee,  and  that  he 
might  ■"  prove  thee,  to  do  thee  good 
at  thy  latter  end  :  17  and  lest  thou 
say  in  thy  heart.  My  power  and 
the  might  of  my  hand  hath  gotten 
me  this  wealth.  18  But  thou  shalt 
remember  Jehovah  thy  God,  for  '^it 
is  he  that  giveth  thee  power  to  get 
wealth ;  that  he  may  establish  his 
covenant  which  he  sware  unto  thy 


183 


a  19 


DEUTERONOMY 


9.2i 


Warning  ag^st  Self -righteousness.    Moses  reliearses  the  Story  of  the  Two  Tables  and  the  (Solden  Calf 


fathers,  as  at  this  day.  1 9  And  it 
shall  be,  if  thou  shalt  forget  Jeho- 
vah thy  God,  and  walk  after  other 
gods,  and  serve  them,  and  worship 
them,  "I  testify  against  you  this 
day  that  ye  shall  surely  perish. 
20  As  the  nations  that  Jehovah 
maketh  to  perish  before  you,  so 
shall  ye  perish  ;  because  ye  would 
not  hearken  unto  the  voice  of  Jeho- 
vah your  God. 

9  Hear,  O  Israel :  thou  art  to 
pass  over  the  Jordan  this  day, 
to  go  in  to  dispossess  nations 
.■greater  and  mightier  than  thyself, 
cities  great  and  fortified  up  to 
heaven,  2  a  people  great  and  tall, 
the  sons  of  the  Anakim,  whom 
thou  knowest,  and  of  whom  thou 
hast  heard  say,  *Who  can  stand 
before  the  sons  of  Anak  1  3  Know 
therefore  this  day,  that  Jehovah 
thy  God  is  he  who  goeth  over 
before  thee  as  "a  devouring  fire; 
he  will  destroy  them,  and  he  will 
bring  them  down  before  thee :  so 
shalt  thou  drive  them  out,  and 
make  them  to  perish  quickly,  as 
Jehovah  hath  spoken  unto  thee. 
4  Speak  not  thou  in  thy  heart, 
after  that  Jehovah  thy  God  hath 
thrust  them  out  from  before  thee, 
saying,  '*For  my  righteousness  Je- 
hovah hath  brought  me  in  to  pos- 
sess this  land  ;  whereas  "  for  the 
wickedness  of  these  nations  Jeho- 
vah doth  drive  them  out  from 
before  thee.  5  Not  for  thy  right- 
eousness, or  for  the  uprightness  of 
thy  heart,  dost  thou  go  in  to  possess 
their  land  ;  but  for  the  wickedness 
of  these  nations  Jehovah  thy  God 
doth  drive  them  out  from  before 
thee,  and  that  he  may  establish 
the  word  which  Jehovah  sware 
unto  thy  fathers,  to  Abraham,  to 
Isaac,  and  to  Jacob. 

6  Know  therefore,  that  Jehovah 
thy  God  giveth  thee  not  this  good 
land  to  possess  it  for  thy  righteous- 
ness ;  for  thou  art  ^a,  stiffnecked 
people.  7  Remember,  forget  thou 
not,  how  thou  provokedst  Jehovah 
thy  God  to  wrath  in  the  wilder- 
ness :  ^  from  the  day  that  thou 
wentest  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  until  ye  came  unto  this 
place,  ye  have  been  rebellious 
against  Jehovah.  8  Also ''  in  Horeb 
ye  provoked  Jehovah  to  wrath,  and 
Jehovah  was  angry  with  you  to 
destroy  you.  9  When  I  was  gone 
up  into  the  mount  to  receive  the 
tables  of  stone,  even  the  tables  of 


"  ch.  4.  26  ; 

30.  18 

b  Num.  13. 

22,  28,  33  ; 

Josh.  11. 

21,  22 
"  ch.  4.  24 
<*  ver.  T,  24 ; 

ch.  31.  27 
*  ch.  12.  31 ; 

18.  9-14  ; 

Lev.  18.  3, 

24-30 
/ver.  13; 

ch.  10.  16; 

31.  27 

"  Num.  14. 

22 
ft  Ex.  32.  7-10 


1  ver.  18 ; 

ch.  8.  3 ; 

Ex.  24.  18 
*  ch.  4.  13 
'  ver.  9 
■"  Ex.  32. 7,  8 


•  Ex.  32.  10 


'  Ex.  32.  15- 
19 


P  Ex.  34.  28 
1  ch.  10.  10 
*■  ver.  9 
»  Ex.  34.  9 


t  Heb.  12.  21 


"  Ex.  34.  10 


^  Ex.  32.  20 


the  covenant  which  Jehovah  made 
with  you,  then  I  abode  in  the  mount 
forty  days  and  forty  nights  ;  '  I  did 
neither  eat  bread  nor  di'ink  water. 
10  And  Jehovah  delivered  unto 
me  the  two  tables  of  stone  *  written 
with  the  finger  of  God;  and  on 
them  zvas  xvritten  according  to  all 
the  words,  which  Jehovah  spake 
with  you  in  the  mount  out  of  the 
midst  of  the  fire  in  the  day  of  the 
assembly.  1 1  And  it  came  to  pass 
'  at  the  end  of  forty  days  and  forty 
nights,  that  Jehovah  gave  me  the 
two  tables  of  stone,  even  the  tables 
of  the  covenant.  1 2  '"  And  Jehovah 
said  unto  me.  Arise,  get  thee  down 
quickly  from  hence  ;  for  thy  people 
that  thou  hast  brought  forth  out  of 
Egypt  have  corrupted  themselves  ; 
they  are  quickly  turned  aside  out 
of  the  way  which  I  commanded 
them ;  they  have  made  them  a 
molten  image.  13  Furthermore 
Jehovah  spake  ixnto  me,  saying,  I 
have  seen  this  people,  and,  behold, 
it  is  a  stiffnecked  people  :  1 4  "  let 
me  alone,  that  I  may  destroy  them, 
and  blot  out  their  name  from  under 
heaven  ;  and  I  will  make  of  thee  a 
nation  mightier  and  greater  than 
they.  15  "So  I  turned  and  came 
down  from  the  mount,  and  the 
mount  was  burning  with  fire  :  and 
the  two  tables  of  the  covenant  were 
in  my  two  hands.  1 6  And  I  looked, 
and,  behold,  ye  had  sinned  against 
Jehovah  your  God ;  ye  had  made 
you  a  molten  calf :  ye  had  turned 
aside  quickly  out  of  the  way  which 
Jehovah  had  commanded  you.  17 
And  I  took  hold  of  the  two  tables, 
and  cast  them  out  of  my  two  hands, 
and  brake  them  before  your  eyes. 
18  ^And  I  fell  down  before  Jeho- 
vah, *  as  at  the  first,  forty  days  and 
forty  nights ;  *■  I  did  neither  eat 
bread  nor  drink  water ;  '  because 
of  all  your  sin  which  ye  sinned,  in 
doing  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  Jehovah,  to  provoke  him 
to  anger.  19  For  'I  was  afraid 
of  the  anger  and  hot  displeasure, 
wherewith  Jehovah  was  wroth 
against  you  to  destroy  you.  "  But 
Jehovah  hearkened  unto  me  that 
time  also.  20  And  Jehovah  was 
very  angry  with  Aaron  to  destroy 
him :  and  I  prayed  for  Aaron  also 
at  the  same  time.  21  "And  I  took 
your  sin,  the  calf  which  ye  had 
made,  and  burnt  it  with  fire,  and 
stamped  it,  grinding  it  very  small, 
until  it  was  as  fine  as  dust ;  and  I 


184 


9.22 


DEUTERONOMY 


10. 19 


Israel's  Rebellions  and  Mos«s'  Intercession.    Moses'  Second  Stay  in  the  Honnt.    Eeverence  for  Jehovali  enjoined 


cast  the  dust  thereof  into  the  brook 
that  descended  out  of  the  mount. 

22  And  at  "Taberah,  and  at 
*Massah,  and  at  "Kibroth-hattaa- 
vah,  j'e  provoked  Jehovah  to 
wrath.  2o  And  when  Jehovah 
sent  you  from  Kadesh-barnea,  say- 
ing, Go  up  and  possess  the  land 
which  I  have  given  you  ;  then  ye 
rebelled  against  the  commandment 
of  Jehovah  your  God,  and  ye  be- 
heved  him  not,  nor  hearkened  to 
his  voice.  2-i  "^  Ye  have  been  rebel- 
lious against  Jehovah  from  the  day 
that  1  knew  you. 

25  ''So  1  fell  down  before  Jeho- 
vah the  forty  days  and  forty  nights 
that  I  fell  down,  because  Jehovah 
had  said  he  would  destroy  you. 
26  •'^And  I  prayed  unto  Jehovah, 
and  said,  O  Lord  Jehovah,  destroy 
not  thy  people  and  thine  inheri- 
tance, that  thou  hast  redeemed 
through  thy  greatness,  that  thou 
hast  Drought  forth  out  of  Egypt 
with  a  mighty  hand.  27  Remem- 
ber thy  servants,  Abraham,  Isaac, 
and  Jacob  ;  look  not  unto  the  stub- 
bornness of  this  people,  nor  to  their 
wickedness,  nor  to  their  sin,  28  lest 
the  land  whence  thou  broughtest 
us  out  say,  Because  Jehovah  was 
not  able  to  bring  them  into  the 
land  which  he  promised  unto  them, 
and  because  he  hated  them,  he  hath 
brought  them  out  to  slay  them  in 
the  wilderness.  29  Yet  they  are 
thy  people  and  ^  thine  inheritance, 
which  thou  broughtest  out  by  thy 
*  great  power  and  by  thine  out- 
stretched arm. 

•i  /^  At  that  time  Jehovah  said 
X  w  unto  me,  '  Hew  thee  two 
tables  of  stone  like  unto  the  first, 
and  come  up  unto  me  into  the 
mount,  and  *  make  thee  an  ark  of 
wood.  2  And  '  I  will  write  on  the 
tables  the  words  that  were  on  the 
first  tables  which  thou  brakest,  and 
'"thou  shalt  put  them  in  the  ark. 
3  So  "  1  made  an  ark  of  acacia 
wood,  and  "hewed  two  tables  of 
stone  like  unto  the  first,  and  went 
up  into  the  mount,  having  the  two 
tables  in  my  hand.  4  And  he 
wrote  on  the  tables,  according  to 
the  first  writing,  -^the  ten  Com- 
mandments, which  Jehovah  spake 
unto  you  in  the  movint  out  of  the 
midst  of  the  fire  in  the  day  of  the 
assembly  :  and  Jehovah  gave  them 
unto  me.  5  And  1  turned  and 
came  down  from  the  mount,  and 

1  Heb.  words. 


"  Num.  n.  3 
i>  Ex.  17.  7 
"  Kum.  II. 

34 
d  ver.  7 
•■  ver.  18 
/Ex.  32.  Il- 
ls 
"  Ps.  106.  40 
''  ch.  4.  34 
'  Ex.  34.  1 
*  Kx.  20.  10 
'  ch.  4.  13 
"'  Ex.  25.  16 
"  Ex.  37.  1-9 
"  Ex.  34.  4 
P  ch.  4.  13  ; 
Ex.  34.  28 


'  Ex.  40.  20 
""  Num.  33. 

30,  31 
'  N  um.  20. 

2.'.-2S 
'  Num.  33. 

33,  34 
"  ch.  31.  9  ; 

Num.  3.  6 ; 

18.  1-7 
"ch.  17.  12; 

18.  6;  21.  5 
^  Num.  18. 

20,  24 
!*  ch.  9.  18 


'  Mic.  6.  8 

"  ch.  6.  5 
b  ch.  4.  29 


<^  1  K.  8.  27 ; 
Neh.  9.  6 ; 

Ps.  68.  33  ; 
115.  16 
d  ch.  4.  37 


'  Jer.  4.  4 


/ch.  9.  6 
9  Josh.  22. 

22 ;  Ps. 

136.  2 


''ch.  1.  17 
'ch.  16.  19 
fc  Ex.  22.  22- 

24;  Ps. 

68.  5 

'  Lev.  19. 34  , 
Ezek.  47. 
22.23 


*  put  the  tables  in  the  ark  which  I 
had  made ;  and  there  they  are  as 
Jehovah  commanded  me.  6  (And 
the  children  of  Israel  journeyed 
from  '"  Beeroth  *■  Bene-jaakan  to 
Aloserah.  'There  Aaron  died,  and 
there  he  was  buried ;  and  Eleazar 
his  son  ministered  in  the  priest's 
office  in  his  stead.  7  'From  thence 
they  journej^ed  unto  Gudgodah ; 
and  from^  Gudgodah  to  Jotbathah, 
a  land  of  brooks  of  water.  8  "  At 
that  time  Jehovah  set  apart  the 
tribe  of  Levi,  to  bear  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  Jehovah,  to  stand  be- 
fore Jehovah  "to  minister  unto 
him,  and  to  bless  in  his  name,  unto 
this  day.  9  "  Wherefore  Levi  hath 
no  portion  nor  inheritance  with 
his  Drethren ;  Jehovah  is  his  in- 
heritance, according  as  Jehovah 
thy  God  spake  unto  him.)  10  *  And 
I  stayed  in  the  mount,  as  at  the 
first  time,  forty  days  and  forty 
nights :  and  Jehovah  hearkened 
unto  me  that  time  also  ;  Jehovah 
would  not  destroy  thee.  II  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  me.  Arise,  take 
thy  journey  before  the  people  ;  and 
they  shall  go  in  and  possess  the 
land,  which  I  sware  unto  their 
fathers  to  give  unto  them. 

12  -And  now,  Israel,  what  doth 
Jehovah  thy  God  require  of  thee, 
but  to  fear  Jehovah  thy  God,  to 
walk  in  all  his  ways,  and  "  to  love 
him,  and  to  serve  Jehovah  thy 
God  with  '  all  thy  heart  and  with 
all  thy  soul,  13  to  keep  the  com- 
mandments of  Jehovah,  and  his 
statutes,  which  I  command  thee 
this  day  for  thy  good  1  14  Behold, 
''unto  Jehovah  thy  God  belongeth 
heaven  and  the  heaven  of  heavens, 
the  eai'th,  with  all  that  is  therein. 
15  '*  Only  Jehovah  had  a  delight  in 
thy  fathers  to  love  them,  and  he 
chose  their  seed  after  them,  even 
you  ^ above  all  peoples,  as  at  this 
day.  16  "^  Circumcise  therefore 
the  foreskin  of  your  heart,  and  be 
no  more  •'stifinecked.  17  ^For 
Jehovah  j^our  God,  he  is  God  of 
gods,  and  Lord  of  lords,  the  great 
God.  the  mighty,  and  the  terrible, 
''  who  regardeth  not  persons,  nor 
'taketh  reward.  18  He  doth  exe- 
cute justice  for  *  the  fatherless  and 
widow,  and  loveth  the  sojourner, 
in  giving  him  food  and  raiment. 
19  'Love  ye  therefore  the  so- 
journer ;  for  ye  were  sojourners  in 

-  Or,  the  wells  »/  the  children  of  Jaakan 
3  Or,  out  0/ 


186 


10. 20  DEUTERONOMY 

Reasons  for  Obedience  recounted.    Rewards  of  Obedience.    Study  of  the  law  enjoined 


11.24 


the  land  of  Egypt.  20  Thou  shalt 
fear  Jehovah  thy  God ;  him  shalt 
thou  serve  ;  and  "  to  him  shalt  thou 
cleave,  and  *by  his  name  shalt 
thou  swear.  21  He  is  "^  thy  praise, 
and  he  is  thy  God,  that  hath  done 
for  thee  tliese  great  and  terrible 
things,  which  thine  eyes  have 
seen.  22  "^  Thy  fathers  went  down 
into  Egypt  with  threescore  anrl 
ten  persons;  "and  now  Jehovah 
thy  God  hath  made  thee  as  the 
stars  of  heaven  for  muhitude. 

n  Therefore  thou  shalt  ■''love 
Jehovah  thy  God,  and  ^  keep 
his  charge,  and  his  statutes,  and 
his  ordinances,  and  his  command- 
ments, alway.  2  And  know  ye  this 
day :  ''  for  1  speak  not  with  your 
children  that  have  not  known,  and 
that  have  not  seen  the  ^  chastise- 
ment of  Jehovah  your  God,  his 
greatness,  his  mighty  hand,  and 
his  outstretched  arm,  3  and  his 
signs,  and  his  works,  which  he  did 
in  the  midst  of  Egypt  unto  Pharaoh 
the  king  of  Egypt,  and  unto  all  his 
land ;  4  and  what  he  did  unto  the 
army  of  Egypt,  unto  their  horses, 
and  to  their  chariots;  'how  he 
made  the  water  of  the  Red  Sea  to 
overflow  them  as  they  pursued 
after  you,  and  how  Jehovah  hath 
destroyed  them  unto  this  day ;  5 
and  what  he  did  unto  you  in  the 
wilderness,  until  ye  came  unto  this 
place ;  6  and  *  what  he  did  unto 
Dathan  and  Abiram,  the  sons  of 
Eliab,  the  son  ot  Reuben  ;  how  the 
earth  opened  its  mouth,  and  swal- 
lowed them  up,  and  their  house- 
holds, and  their  tents,  and  'every 
living  thing  that  followed  them,  in 
the  midst  of  all  Israel :  7  but  your 
eyes  have  seen  all  the  great  work 
of  Jehovah  which  he  did. 

8  Therefore  shall  ye  keep  all  the 
commandment  which  I  command 
thee  this  day,  "'that  ye  may  be 
strong,  and  go  in  and  possess  the 
land,  whither  ye  go  over  to  possess 
it;  9  "and  that  ye  may  prolong 
your  days  in  the  land,  whicn  Jeho- 
vah sware  unto  your  fathers  to  give 
unto  them  and  to  their  seed,  a  land 
flowing  with  milk  and  honey.  10 
For  the  land,  whither  thou  goest 
in  to  possess  it,  is  not  as  the  land 
of  Egypt,  from  whence  ye  came 
out,  where  thou  sowedst  thy  seed, 
and  wateredst  it  with  thy  foot,  as 
a  garden  of  herbs ;  1 1  but  the  land, 
■whither  ye  go  over  to  possess  it,  is 

1  Or,  instruction 


"ch.  11.  22; 

13.  4 
("ch.  5.  11  i 

6.  13 
"  Ps.  109.  1  ; 

148.  14 
d  Gen.  46.  27 
*ch.  1.  10 
/ch.  6.5;  10. 

VI 
s  Lev.  18.  30 ; 

22.  9 
A  ch.  4.  34 
i  Ex.  14.  28 
k  Num.  16. 

31-33 
'  Num.  26. 

10,  11 

"'  ch.  31.  6,  7, 

23 
"  ch.  4.  40  ; 

6.  33  ;  6.  2 


"  ver.  1 
P  ch.  4.  29 
«  ch.  28.  12 

»■  ch.  6.  11 


•  r.h.  28.  24 
«  en.  4.  20 


"  ch.  6.  8  ; 
Ex.  12.  14 ; 
13.  9,  10 


"ch.  4.  9,10; 
6.  7 


"  ch.  6.  9 


y  ch.  6.  17 
^  ver.  1 
"  ch.  10.  20 

6  Josh.  1.  3 


"ch.  1.  7,  8; 
Gen.  15. 
18 ;  Ex.  23. 
31 


a  land  of  hills  and  valleySj  and 
drinketh  water  of  the  ram  of 
heaven,  12  a  land  which  Jehovah 
thy  God  ^  careth  for :  the  eyes  of 
Jehovah  thy  God  are  always  upon 
it,  from  the  beginning  of  the  year 
even  unto  the  end  of  the  year. 

13  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if 
ye  shall  hearken  diligently  unto 
my  commandments  which  I  com- 
mand you  this  day,  "to  love  Jeho- 
vah your  God,  and  to  serve  him 
-''with  all  your  heart  and  with  all 
your  soul,  14  that*  I  will  give  the 
rain  of  your  land  in  its  season,  the 
former  rain  and  the  latter  rain, 
that  thou  mayest  gather  in  thy 
grain,  and  thy  new  wine,  and  thine 
oil.  15  And  I  will  give  grass  in 
thy  fields  for  thy  cattle,  and  ''thou 
shalt  eat  and  be  full.  16  Take 
heed  to  yourselves,  lest  your  heart 
be  deceived,  and  ye  turn  aside, 
and  serve  other  gods,  and  worship 
them ;  1 7  and  the  anger  of  Jehovah 
be  kindled  against  you,  and  he  shut 
up  the  heavens,  \so  that  there  shall 
be  no  rain,  and  the  land  shall  not 
yield  its  fruit ;  and  '  ye  perish 
quickly  from  off  the  good  land 
which  Jehovah  giveth  you. 

18  "Therefore  shall  ye  lay  up 
these  my  words  in  your  heart  ana 
in  your  soul ;  and  ye  shall  bind 
them  for  a  sign  upon  your  hand, 
and  they  shall  be  for  frontlets 
between  your  eyes.  19  "And  ye 
shall  teach  them  your  children, 
talking  of  them,  when  thou  sittest 
in  thy  house,  and  when  thou  walk- 
est  by  the  way,  and  when  thou  liest 
down,  and  when  thou  risest  up. 
20  ^And  thou  shalt  w-rite  them 
upon  the  door-posts  of  thy  house, 
and  upon  thy  gates  ;  21  that  your 
days  may  be  multiplied,  and  the 
days  of  your  children,  in  the  land 
which  Jehovah  sware  unto  your 
fathers  to  give  them,  as  the  days 
of  the  heavens   above  the  earth. 

22  For  if  ye  shall  ^  diligently  keep 
all  this  commandment  which  I 
command  you,  to  do  it,  ''to^  love 
Jehovah  your  God,  to  walk  in  all 
his  ways,  and  "  to  cleave  unto  him  ; 

23  then  will  Jehovah  drive  out  all 
these  nations  from  before  you,  and 
ye  shall  dispossess  nations  greater 
and  mightier  than  yourselves.  24 
'Every  place  whereon  the  sole  of 
your   foot    shall    tread    shall    be 

Eours  :  "from  the  wilderness,  and 
icbanon,  from  the  river,  the  river 
2  Heb.  seeheth  a/ter. 


186 


11.25 


DEUTERONOMY 


12.17 


Command  concerning  Ebal  and  Gerizini.     All  Offerings  to  be  made  in  One  Place.     Law  respecting  the  Eating  of  Flesk 


Euphrates,  even  unto  the  ^  hinder 
sea  shall  be  your  border.  25 
"There  shall  no  man  be  able  to 
stand  before  you  :  Jehovah  your 
God  shall  lay  the  fear  of  you  and 
the  dread  of  you  upon  all  the  land 
that  ye  shall  tread  upon,  as  he 
hath  spoken  unto  you. 

26  '"Behold,  i  set  before  you  this 
day  a  ble.ssing  and  a  curse  :  27  the 
blessing,  if  ye  shall  hearken  unto 
the  commandments  of  Jehovah 
your  God,  which  1  command  you 
this  day ;  28  and  the  curse,  if  ye 
shall  not  hearken  unto  the  com- 
mandments of  Jehovah  your  God, 
but  turn  aside  out  of  the  way  which 
I  command  you  this  day,  to  go 
after  other  gods,  which  ye  have 
not  known.  29  And  it  shall  come 
to  pass,  w'hen  Jehovah  thy  God 
shall  bring  thee  into  the  land 
whither  thou  goest  to  possess  it, 
"that  thou  shalt  set  the  blessing 
upon  mount  Gerizim,  and  the  curse 
upon  mount  Ebal.  30  Are  they 
not  beyond  the  Jordan,  behind  the 
way  of  the  going  dowm  of  the  sun, 
in  the  land  of  the  Canaanites  that 
dwell  in  the  Arabah,  over  against 
''Gilgal,  beside  "the  ^oaks  of  Moreh  1 
31  For  ye  are  to  pass  over  the 
Jordan  to  go  in  to  possess  the  land 
which  Jehovah  your  God  giveth 
you,  and  -^ye  shall  possess  it,  and 
dwell  therein.  32  And  ye  shall 
observe  to  do  all  the  statutes  and 
the  ordinances  which  I  set  before 
you  this  day. 

"1  O  These  are  the  statutes  and 
_L  w  the  ordinances  which  ye  shall 
obsei've  to  do  in  the  land  which 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  thy  fathers. 
hath  given  thee  to  possess  it,  ''all 
the  days  that  ye  live  upon  the 
earth.  2  Ye  shall  surely  destroy 
all  the  places  wherein  the  nations 
that  j'e  shall  dispossess  served  their 
gods,  upon  the  high  mountains,  and 
upon  tlie  hills,  and  under  every 
green  tree:  3  and  *ye  shall  break 
down  their  altars,  and  dash  in 
pieces  their  ^pillars,  and  burn 
their  Asherim  with  fire ;  and  ye 
shall  hew  down  the  graven  images 
of  their  gods  ;  and  ye  shall  destroy 
their  name  out  of  that  place.  4  Ye 
shall  not  do  so  unto  Jehovah  your 
God.  5  '  But  unto  the  place  which 
Jehovah  your  God  shall  choose  out 
of  all  your  tribes,  to  put  his  name 
there,    even    unto   his   habitation 

1  That  is,  western.  '  Or,  terebinthi 

8  Or,  obelisks 


"  ch.  7.  24  : 

Ex.  23.  27 
("ch.  30.  1,19 

"  ch.  27.  r.' ; 

Josh.  8.  3.-! 
d.JoBh.  4.  11) 
'(Jen.  IJ.  (J 
/ch.  17.  14; 

Josh.  21. 

»ch.  4.  9 
''  ch.  7.  6 
•  ver.  II,  13; 
Ex.  20.  24 


«■•  ver.  12,  IR  ; 
ch.  14.  26 ; 

28.  47 


'ch.  3.  20; 
2.i.  19 ;  Ps. 
95.  11 
™  ch.  4.  21 


"  Josh.  11. 
23 


P  ver.  7 


9  ver.  IS,  19 

ch.  26. 

11-1.-! 
""  ch.  10.  9 

'  ver.  5,  11 


<  ver.  20-23 


"  ver.  22 ;  ch. 
14.  5 

"  Lev.  17. 

10-12 
^  ch.  15.  23 
y  ver.  26 


shall  ye  seek,  and  thither  thou 
shalt  come  ;  6  and  thither  ye  shall 
bring  your  burnt-ott'erings,  and 
your  .sacrifices,  and  your  tithes, 
and  the  heave-ort'ering  of  your 
hand,  and  your  vows,  and  your 
fi-eewill-oti'erings,  and  the  firstlings 
of  your  herd  and  of  your  fiock : 
7  and  there  ye  shall  eat  before 
Jehovah  your  God,  and  ye  *  shall 
rejoice  in  all  that  ye  put  your  hand 
unto,  ye  and  your  households, 
wherein  .Jehovah  thy  (Jod  hath 
blessed  thee.  _  6  Ye  shall  not  do 
after  all  the  things  that  we  do  here 
this  day,  every  man  whatsoever  is 
right  in  his  own  eyes  ;  y  for  ye  are 
not  as  yet  come  to  '  the  rest  and  to 
the  '"inheritance,  which  Jehovah 
thy  God  giveth  thee.  1 0  But  when 
ye  go  over  the  Jordan,  and  dwell  in 
the  land  which  Jehovah  your  God 
causeth  you  to  inherit,  and  "he 
giveth  you  rest  from  all  your  ene- 
mies round  about,  so  that  ye  dwell 
in  safety;  11  "then  it  shall  conie 
to  pass  that  to  the  place  which 
Jehovah  your  God  shall  choose,  to 
cause  his  name  to  dwell  there, 
thither  shall  ye  bring  all  that  I 
command  you ;  your  burnt-oli'er- 
in^s,  and  your  sacrifices,  your 
tithes,  and  the  heave-ofi'ering  of 
your  hand,  and  all  your  choice 
vows  which  j'e  vow  unto  Jehovah. 
12  And  ye  shall  ^rejoice  before 
Jehovah  your  God,  ye,  and  j'our 
sons,  and  your  daughters,  and 
your  men-servants,  and  your  maid- 
servants, and  the  *  Levite  that  is 
within  your  gates,  forasmuch  as 
""he  hath  no  portion  nor  inheri- 
tance with  you.  13  'Take  heed  to 
thyself  that  thou  ofler  not  thy 
burnt-offerings  in  everj'-  place  that 
thou  seest ;  1 4  but  in  the  place 
which  Jehovah  shall  choose  in  one 
of  thy  tribes,  there  thou  shalt  ofier 
thy  burnt-offerings,  and  there  thou 
shalt  do  all  that  1  command  thee. 

15  'Notwithstanding,  thou  may- 
est  kill  and  eat  flesh  within  all  thy 
gates,  after  all  the  desire  of  thy 
soul,  according  to  the  blessing  of 
Jehovah  thy  God  which  he  hath 
given  thee :  the  unclean  and  the 
clean  may  eat  thereof,  as  of  "the 
gazelle,  and  as  of  the  hart.  16 
'Only  ye  shall  not  eat  the  blood ; 
■'thou  shalt  pour  it  out  upon  the 
earth  as  water.  1 7  *  Thou  mayest 
not  eat  within  thy  gates  the  tithe 
of  thy  grain,  or  of  thy  new  wine,  or 
of  thine  oil,  or  the  firstlings  of  thy 


187 


12.  18 


deutero:nomy 


13.7 


Flesh,  bnt  not  Blood  or  consecrated  Things,  may  be  eaten  at  Home.    Cantions  against  Seduction  to  Idolatry 


herd  or  of  thy  flock,  nor  any  of  thy 
vows  which  thou  vowest,  nor 
thy  freewill-oli'e  rings,  nor  the 
heave-oiTering  of  thy  hand  ;  1 8  but 
thou  shalt  eat  them  before  Jehovah 
thy  God  in  "  the  place  which  Jeho- 
vah thy  God  shall  choose,  thou,  and 
thy  son,  and  thy  daughter,  and  thy 
man-servant,  and  thy  maid-ser- 
vant, and  the  *Levite  that  is  within 
thy  gates :  and  thou  shalt  "  rejoice 
before  Jehovah  thy  God  in  all 
that  thou  puttest  thy  hand  unto. 
1 9  Take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou 
forsake  not  the  Levite  as  long  as 
thou  livest  in  thy  land. 

20  When  Jehovah  thy  God  shall 
enlarge  thy  border,  as  he  hath 
promised  thee,  and  thou  shalt  say, 
I  will  eat  flesh,  because  thy  soul 
desireth  to  eat  flesh  ;  thou  mayest 
eat  flesh,  after  all  the  desire  of  thy 
soul.  2 1  If  the  place  which  Jeho- 
vah thy  God  shall  choose,  to  put 
his  name  there,  be  too  far  from 
thee,  then  thou  shalt  kill  of  thy 
herd  and  of  thy  flock,  which  Jeho- 
vah hath  given  thee,  as  I  have 
commanded  thee ;  and  thou  may- 
est eat  within  thy  gates,  after  all 
the  desire  of  thy  soul.  22  Even  as 
the  gazelle  and  as  the  hart  is  eaten, 
so  thou  shalt  eat  thereof :  the  un- 
clean and  the  clean  may  eat  thereof 
alike.  23  Only  be  sure  that  thou 
•*  eat  not  the  blood  :  for  the  blood  is 
the  life  ;  and  thou  shalt  not  eat  the 
life  with  the  flesh.  24  Thou  shalt 
not  eat  it ;  thou  shalt  pour  it  out 
upon  the  earth  as  water.  25  Thou 
snalt  not  eat  it;  that/ it  may  go 
well  with  thee,  and  with  thy  chil- 
dren after  thee,  when  thou  shalt  do 
that  which  is  right  in  the  eyes  of 
Jehovah.  26-''Only  thy  holy  things 
which  thou  hast,  and  thy  vows,  thou 
."^halt  take,  and  go  unto  the  place 
which  Jehovah  shall  choose ;  27  and 
thou  shalt  offer  thy  burnt-offerings, 
the  flesh  and  the  blood,  upon  the 
altar  of  Jehovah  thy  God  ;  and  the 
olood  of  thy  sacrifices  shall  be 
poured  out  upon  the  altar  of  Jeho- 
vah thy  God  ;  and  "  thou  shalt  eat 
the  flesh.  28  Observe  and  hear  all 
these  words  which  I  command  thee, 
that  *  it  may  go  well  with  thee,  and 
with  thy  children  after  thee  for 
ever,  when  thou  doest  that  which 
is  good  and  right  in  the  eyes  of 
Jehovah  thy  God. 

29  When  Jehovah  thv  God  shall 
cut  oS  the  nations  from  before  thee, 
whither  thou  goest  in  to  dispossess 


°  ver.  5 
b  ver.  12 
■^  ver.  7 
d  ver.  16 
'  ch.  4.  40 
/ver.  17 
"  Lev.  3.  1-17 
''  ch.  4.  40 


'■  ch.  9.  5 


«:  ch.  18.  10 ; 
Lev.  18. 21 ; 
Ps.  106.  37 

*[Ch.  xiii.  1 
in  Heb.] 
'  ch.  4.  2 


-  Mt.  24.  24 ; 
Mk.  13.  22 


"  ver.  6, 13 


"  ch.  8.  2,  16 ; 

Ex.  20.  20 
P  ch.  6.  5 


9  ch.  10.  20 


■  ver.  9,  15  ; 
ch.  17.  6 


'  ver.  10 ;  ch. 
4.  19 


<  ch.  17.  2-7 ; 
29.  18 


188 


them,  and  thou  dispossessest  them, 
and  dwellest  in  their  land  ;  30  take 
heed  to  thyself  that  thou  be  not  en- 
snared Ho  follow  them,  after  that 
they  are  destroyed  from  before 
thee ;  and  that  thou  inquire  not 
after  their  gods,  saying.  How  do 
these  nations  serve  their  gods  1  "even 
so  will  I  do  likewise.  31 'Thou  shalt 
not  do  so  unto  Jehovah  thy  God: 
for  every  abomination  to  Jenovah, 
which  he  hateth,  have  they  done 
unto  their  gods ;  ^  for  even  their 
sons  and  their  daughters  do  they 
burn  in  the  fire  to  their  gods. 

*32  'What  thing  soever  I  com- 
mand you,  that  shall  ye  obsei-ve  to 
do  :  thou  shalt  not  add  thereto,  nor 
diminish  from  it. 

-4  o  '"If  there  arise  in  the  midst 
XO  of  thee  a  prophet,  or  a 
dreamer  of  dreams,  and  he  give 
thee  a  sign  or  a  wonder,  2  and  the 
sign  or  the  wonder  come  to  pass, 
whereof  he  spake  unto  thee,  say- 
ing, "  Let  us  go  after  other  gods, 
which  thou  hast  not  known,  and 
let  us  serve  them  ;  3  thou  shalt  not 
hearken  unto  the  words  of  that 
prophet,  or  unto  that  dreamer  of 
dreams :  for  Jehovah  your  God 
"proveth  you,  to  know  whether 
Pye  love  Jehovah  your  God  with 
all  your  heart  and  with  all  your 
soul.  4  Ye  shall  walk  after  Jeho- 
vah your  God,  and  fear  him,  and 
keep  his  commandments,  and  obey 
his  voice,  and  ye  shall  serve  him, 
and  'cleave  unto  him.  5  And  that 
prophet,  or  that  dreamer  of  dreams, 
shall  be  ''put  to  death,  because  he 
hath  spoken  ^rebellion  against 
Jehovah  j^our  God,  who  brought 
you  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and 
redeemed  thee  out  of  the  house  of 
bondage,  Ho  draw  thee  aside  out 
of  the  way  which  Jehovah  thy  God 
commanded  thee  to  walk  in.  So 
shalt  thou  put  away  the  evil  from 
the  midst  of  thee. 

6  'If  thy  brother,  the  son  of  thy 
mother,  or  thy  son,  or  thy  daughter, 
or  the  wife  of  thy  bosom,  or  thy 
friend,  that  is  as  thine  own  soul, 
entice  thee  secretly,  saying,  "Let 
us  go  and  serve  other  gods,  which 
thou  hast  not  known,  thou,  nor  thy 
fathers ;  7  of  the  gods  of  the  peo- 
ples that  are  round  about  you,  nigh 
unto  thee,  or  far  off  from  thee,  from 
the  one  end  of  the  earth  even  untc 

1  Heb.  after  them. 

2  Or,  that  I  also  may  do  likewise 
*  Heb.  turning  aside. 


13.8 


DEUTERONOMY 


14  21 


Cautions  against  Srdaition  to  Idolatry.    Disflgurement  for  the  Dead  forbidden.    Clean  and  Unclean  AnimaU 


the  other  end  ot:  the  earth  ;  8  thou 
shalt  not  consent  unto  him,  nor 
hearken  unto  him  ;  "neither  shall 
thine  eye  pity  him,  neither  shalt 
thou  spare,  neither  shalt  thou  con- 
ceal him  :  9  ''  but  thou  shalt  surely 
kill  him  ;  '^thy  hand  shall  be  first 
upon  him  to  put  him  to  death,  and 
afterwards  tlie  hand  of  all  the 
peoiile.  10  And  thou  shalt  stone 
him  to  death  with  stones,  because 
he  hath  sought  ''to  draw  thee  away 
from  .JehovahthyGod,  whobrought 
thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  out 
of  the  house  of  bondage.  1 1  And 
all  Israel  shall  hear,  and  fear,  and 
shall  do  no  more  any  such  wick- 
edness as  this  is  in  the  midst  of 
thee. 

12  If  thou  shalt  hear  tell  ^con- 
cerning one  of  thy  cities,  which 
Jehovah  thy  God  giveth  thee  to 
dwell  there,  saying,  13  Certain 
"base  fellows  are  gone  out  from 
the  midst  of  thee,  and  have  drawn 
away  the  inhabitants  of  their  city, 
saying,  "  Let  us  go  and  serve  other 
gods,  which  ye  have  not  known ; 
1-i  then  shalt  thou  inquire,  and 
make  search,  and  ask  diligently ; 
and,  behold,  if  it  be  truth,  and 
the  thing  certain,  that  such  abomi- 
nation is  wrought  in  the  midst  of 
thee,  15  -^thou  shalt  surely  smite 
the  inhabitants  of  that  city  with 
the  edge  of  the  sword,  ^  destroying 
it  utterl5^  and  all  that  is  therein 
and  the  cattle  thereof,  with  the 
edge  of  the  sword.  16  ^And 
thou  shalt  gather  all  the  spoil 
of  it  into  the  midst  of  the  street 
thereof,  and  shalt  burn  with  fire 
the  city,  and  all  the  spoil  thereof 
■*  every  whit,  unto  Jehovah  thy 
God :  and  it  shall  be  a  ®  heap  for 
ever  ;  it  shall  not  be  built  again. 

17  And  there  shall  cleave  nought 
of  the  devoted  thing  to  thy  hand  ; 
that  Jehovah  may  turn  from ''the 
fierceness  of  his  anger,  and  '  show 
thee  mercy,  and  have  compassion 
upon  thee,  and  *  multiply  thee,  as 
he  hath  sworn  unto  thy  fathers ; 

18  when  thou  shalt  hearken  to 
the  voice  of  Jehovah  thy  God,  to 
keep  all  his  commandments  Avhich 
I  command  thee  this  day,  to  do 
that  which  is  right  in  the  eyes  of 
Jehovah  thy  God. 

MYe    are    the   children    of 
Jehovah     your     God :     '  ye 

'  Or,  in       -  Heb.  sons  of  worthlessness. 

*  Heb.  devotina  it. 

*  Or,  as  a  whole  burnt-offering 

*  Or,  mound   Heb.  teL 


"  ch.  7.  2 
t>  ver.  fi 
■"ch.  17.  7; 

Lev.  24.  14 
<'  ver.  6 
"  ver.  2 
/ver.  6 
'■'  ch.  7.  25,  2C 
'»  Ex.  32.  12  ; 

Num.  25.  4 
'  ch.  30.  3 
«••  ch.  7.  13 
'  Lev.  21.  6 


"'  ch.  7.  6 
"  Lev.  11.  1- 

45 ;  Acts 

10.  14 


shall  not  cut  yourselves,  nor  make 
;uiy  baldness  between  your  eyes 
for  the  dead.  2  For  thou  art 
'"a  holy  people  unto  Jehovah  thy 
God,  and  Jehovah  hath  chosen 
thee  to  be  a  people  for  his  own 
possession,  "  above  all  peoples  that 
are  upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 

3  Thou  shalt  not  eat  any  abomi- 
nable thing.  4  "These  are  the 
beasts  which  ye  maj^  eat :  the  ox, 
the  sheep,  and  the  goat,  5  the 
hart,  and  the  gazelle,  and  the  roe- 
buck, and  the  wild  goat,  and  the 
pygarg,  and  the  antelope,  and  the 
chamois.  6  And  every  beast  that 
parteth  the  hoof,  and  hath  the 
hoof  cloven  in  two,  and  "'  cheweth 
the  cud,  among  the  beasts,  that 
may  ye  eat.  7  Nevertheless  these 
ye  shall  not  eat  of  them  that  chew 
the  cud,  or  of  them  that  have  the 
hoof  cloven  :  The  camel,  and  the 
hare,  and  the  coney,  because  they 
chew  the  cud  but  part  not  the 
hoof,  they  are  unclean  unto  you. 
8  And  the  swine,  because  he  part- 
eth the  hoof  but  cheweth  not  the 
cud,  he  is  unclean  unto  you  :  of 
their  flesh  j^e  shall  not  eat,  and 
their  carcasses  ye  shall  not  touch. 

9  These  ve  may  eat  of  all  that 
are  in  the  waters :  whatsoever 
hath  fins  and  scales  may  ye  eat ; 
10  and  whatsoever  hath  not  fins 
and  scales  ye  shall  not  eat ;  it  is 
unclean  unto  you. 

1 1  Of  all  clean  birds  ye  may  eat. 
1 2  But  these  are  they  of  which  ye 
shall  not  eat :  the  eagle,  and  the 
gier-eagle,  and  the  ospraj^  13  and 
the  glede,  and  the  falcon,  and  the 
kite  after  its  kind,  14  and  every 
raven  after  its  kind,  15  and  the 
ostrich,  and  the  night-hawk,  and 
the  sea-mew,  and  the  hawk  after 
its  kind,  16  the  little  owl,  and 
the  great  owl,  and  the  horned 
owl,  17  and  the  pelican,  and  the 
vulture,  and  the  cormorant,  18  and 
the  stork,  and  the  heron  after  its 
kind,  and  the  hoopoe,  and  the 
bat.  19  And  all  winged  creeping 
things  are  unclean  unto  you  :  they 
shall  not  be  eaten.  20  Of  all 
clean  birds  ye  may  eat. 

21  Ye  shall  not  eat  of  anything 
that  dieth  of  itself:  thou  mayest 
give  it  unto  the  sojourner  that  is 
within  thy  gates,  that  he  may  eat 
it ;  or  thou  mayest  sell  it  unto  a 
foreigner :  for  thou  art  a  "  holy 
people    unto    Jehovah    thy    God.. 

6  Or,  out  of  1  Heb.  bringeth  -up. 


189 


14.22 


DEUTEEONOMY 


15.16 


Tithes  prescribed.    Seventh  Year  of  Release  for  Debt.    Release  of  Bond-serrants 


"Thou  shalt  not  boil  a  kid  in  its 
mother's  milk. 

22  Thou  shalt  surely  tithe  all 
the  increase  of  thy  seed,  that 
which  Cometh  forth  from  the  field 
year  by  year.  23  And  thou  shalt 
eat  before  Jehovah  thy  God,  'in 
the  place  which  he  shall  choose, 
to  cause  his  name  to  dwell  there, 
the  tithe  of  thy  grain,  of  thy  new 
wine,  and  of  thine  oil,  and  the 
firstlings  of  thy  herd  and  of  thy 
flock  ;  that  thou  mayest  "^  learn  to 
fear  Jehovah  thy  God  always. 
24  And  if  the  way  be  too  long  for 
thee,  so  that  thou  art  not  able  to 
carry  it,  because  the  place  is  too 
far  from  thee,  which  Jehovah  thy 
God  shall  choose,  ''  to  set  his  name 
there,  when  Jehovah  thy  God 
shall  bless  thee ;  25  then  shalt 
thou  turn  it  into  money,  and  bind 
up  the  money  in  thy  hand,  and 
shalt  go  unto  the  place  which 
JehovEih    thy    God    shall    choose : 

26  and  thou  shalt  bestow  the 
money  for  whatsoever  thy  soul  de- 
sireth,  for  oxen,  or  for  sheep,  or  for 
wine,  or  for  strong  drink,  or  for 
whatsoever  thy  soul  asketh  of  thee ; 
and  *thou  shalt  eat  there  before 
Jehovah  thy  God,  and  thou  shalt 
rejoice,   thou  and  thy  household. 

27  And  -^the  Levite  that  is  within 
thy  gates,  thou  shalt  not  forsake 
him ;  "  for  he  hath  no  portion  nor 
inheritance  with  thee. 

28  ''At  the  end  of  every  three 
years  thou  shalt  bring  forth  all 
the  tithe  of  thine  increase  in  the 
same  year,  and  shalt  lay  it  up 
within  thy  gates :  29  and  the 
Levite,  '  because  he  hath  no  por- 
tion nor  inheritance  with  thee, 
and  ^'the  sojourner,  and  the  father- 
less, and  the  widow,  that  are  within 
thy  gates,  shall  come,  and  'shall 
eat  and  be  satisfied  ;  that  Jehovah 
thy  God  may  bless  thee  in  all  the 
work  of  thy  hand  which  thou  cloest. 
"I  p^  ™  At  the  end  of  every  seven 
-LtJ  years  thou  shalt  make  a 
release.  2  And  this  is  the  manner 
of  the  release  :  every  creditor  shall 
release  that  which  he  hath  lent 
unto  his  neighbor;  he  shall  not 
exact  it  of  his  neighbor  and  his 
brother  ;  because  Jehovah's  release 
hath  been  proclaimed.  3  Of  a 
foreigner  thou  mayest  exact  it : 
but  whatsoever  of  thine  is  with 
thy  brother  thy  hand  shall  ^  re- 
lease.     4  Howbeit  there  shall  be 

1  Or.  release  :  save  when  there  &c. 


"  Ex.  23. 19 ; 

34.  26 
f>  ch.  12.  5 
"  ch.  4.  10 
d  ch.  12.  5 
«  ch.  12.  7 
/ch.  12.  12 
"  ch.  10.  9 
''  ch.  26.  12 
'  ch.  10.  9 
*ch.  16.  11, 
14  ;  24.  19- 
21  ;  26.  12 
'  ch.  6.  11 
'"  ch.  31. 10 


"  ch.  28.  12, 


"  ver.  11 


P  ver.  1 


9  ch.  24.  15 ; 
Ex.  22.  23 


■  Mt.  26.  11 ; 
Mk.  14.  7  ; 
Jn.  12.  8 


'Ex.21 
Lev.  2 
39-43 


190 


no  poor  with  thee  (for  Jehovah 
will  surely  bless  thee  in  the  land 
which  Jehoyah  thy  God  giveth 
thee  for  an  inheritance  to  possess 
it),  5  if  only  thou  diligently 
hearken  unto  the  voice  of  Jenovan 
thy  God,  to  observe  to  do  all  this 
commandment  which  I  command 
thee  this  day.  6  "  For  Jehovah  thy 
God  will  bless  thee,  as  he  prom- 
ised thee :  and  thou  shalt  lend 
unto  many  nations,  but  thou  shalt 
not  borrow ;  and  thou  shalt  rule 
over  many  nations,  but  they  shall 
not  rule  over  thee. 

7  If  there  be  Avith  thee  "a  poor 
man,  one  of  thy  brethren,  within 
any  of  thy  gates  in  thy  land  which 
Jehovah  thy  God  giveth  thee, 
tliou  shalt  not  harden  thy  heart, 
nor  shut  thy  hand  from  thy  poor 
brother ;  8  but  thou  shalt  surely 
open  thy  hand  unto  him,  and  shalt 
surely  lend  him  sufficient  for  his 
need  in  that  which  he  wanteth. 
9  Beware  that  there  be  not  a  base 
thought  in  thy  heart,  saying,  ^The 
seventh  year,  the  year  of  release, 
is  at  hand ;  and  thine  eye  be  evil 
against  thy  poor  brother,  and 
thou  give  him  nought ;  and  he 
*cry  unto  Jehovah  against  thee, 
and  it  be  sin  unto  thee.  10  Thou 
shalt  surely  give  him,  and  thy 
heart  shall  not  be  grieved  when 
thou  givest  unto  him  ;  because 
that  for  this  thing  Jehovah  thy 
God  will  bless  thee  in  all  thy 
work,  and  in  all  that  thou  puttest 
thy  hand  unto.  11  *■  For  the  poor 
will  never  cease  out  of  the  land : 
therefore  I  command  thee,  saying. 
Thou  shalt  surely  open  thy  hand 
unto  thy  brother,  to  thy  needy, 
and  to  thy  poor,  in  thy  land. 

12  *If  thy  brother,  a  Hebrew 
man,  or  a  Hebrew  woman,  be  sold 
unto  thee,  and  serve  thee  six 
years  ;  then  in  the  seventh  year 
thou  shalt  let  him  go  free  from 
thee.  13  And  when  thou  lettest 
him  go  free  from  thee,  thou  shalt 
not  let  him  go  empty  :  14  thou 
shalt  furnish  him  liberally  out  of 
thy  flock,  and  out  of  thy  thresh- 
ing-floor, and  out  of  thy  wine- 
gress;  as  Jehovah  thy  God  hath 
lessed  thee  thou  shalt  give  unto 
him.  15  And  thou  shalt  remem- 
ber that  thou  wast  a  bondman  in 
the  land  of  Egypt,  and  Jehovah 
thy  God  redeemed  thee  :  therefore 
I  command  thee  this  thing  to-day. 
1 6  And  it  shall  be,  if  he  say  unto 


15.17 


DEUTERONOMY 


16.16 


Firstlings  to  be  consecrateJ.    The  Feast  of  Passover.    The  Feast  of  Weeks.    The  Feast  of  Tabernacles 


thee,  I  will  not  go  out  from  thee; 
because  he  loveth  thee  and  thy 
house,  because  he  is  well  with  thee  ; 
17  then  thou  shalt  take  an  awl, 
and  thrust  it  through  his  ear  unto 
the  door,  and  he  shall  be  thy 
^servant  for  ever.  And  also  unto 
thy  'maid-servant  thou  shalt  do 
likewise.  18  It  shall  not  seem 
hard  unto  thee,  when  thou  lettest 
him  go  free  from  thee  :  for  to  the 
double  of  the  hire  of  a  hireling 
hath  he  served  thee  six  years  :  and 
Jehovah  thy  Ciod  will  bless  thee  in 
all  that  thou  doest. 

19  "All  the  firstling  males  that 
are  born  of  thy  herd  and  of  thy 
flock  thou  shalt  sanctify  unto 
Jehovah  thy  God :  thou  shalt  do 
no  work  with  the  firstling  of  thy 
herd,  nor  shear  the  firstling  of  thy 
fiock.  20  ''  Thou  shalt  eat  it  before 
Jehovah  thy  God  year  by  year 
in  the  place  which  Jehovah  shall 
choose,  thou  and   thy  household. 

21  ^And  if  it  have  any  blemish, 
as  if  it  lie  lame  or  blind,  any  ill 
blemish  whatsoever,  thou  shalt  not 
sacrifice  it  unto  Jehovah  thy  God. 

22  Thou  shalt  eat  it  within  thy 
gates :  the  unclean  and  the  clean 
f/tall  eat  it  alike,  as  ''  the  gazelle, 
and  as  the  hart.  23  Only  thou 
shalt  not  eat  the  blood  thereof ; 
thou  shalt  pour  it  out  upon  the 
ground  as  water. 

1  f\  Qbserve  ''the  month  of 
-L  vJ  Abib,  and  keep  the  passover 
unto  Jehovah  thy  God  ;  for  in  the 
month  of  Abib  Jehovah  thy  God 
brought  thee  forth  out  of  Egypt 
by  night.  2  And  thou  shalt  sacri- 
fice the  passover  unto  Jehovah  thy 
God,  of  the  flock  and  the  herd, 
in  the  place  which  Jehovah  shall 
choose,  to  cause  his  name  to  dwell 
there.  3  •''Thou  shalt  eat  no  leav- 
ened bread  with  it ;  seven  d;iys 
shalt  thou  eat  unleavened  br^ad 
therewith,  even  the  bread  of  atiiie- 
tion ;  for  thou  camest  forth  out  of 
ihe  land  of  Egsrpt  in  haste  :  that 
thou  mayest  remember  the  day 
whe'n  thou  camest  forth  out  of  the 
land  of  Egj^pt  ^all  the  days  of  thy 
life.  4  And  there  shall  be  no 
leaven  seen  with  thee  in  all  thy 
borders  seven  days  ;  neither  shall 
any  of  the  flesh,  which  thou  sacri- 
ficest  the  first  day  at  even,  remain 
all  night  until  the  morning.  5 
Thou  mayest  not  sacrifice  the  pass- 
over    within    any    of    <-hy    gates, 

1  Or,  hond-^nan  2  q.^  bowL-wotnan 


"  Ex.  13.  2 
!>  Lev.  7.  15- 

18 

"  Lev.  22. 
ia-25 

J  ch.  12.  lo, 

Ifi 
<■  Ex.  12.  2 

/Ex.  12.  b,  1.: 

'■'  ch.  4.  "J 


ft  ch.  12.  5 


!  Lev.  23.  36 


>■■  Ex.  23.  16  ; 
34.  22 ; 
Lev.  23. 
15 ;  Kum. 

28.  26 


'  ch.  12.  7 


*"  ch.  12.  12 
"  ch.  14.  29 


"  Lev.  23. 
34-43 


P  ver.  U 


«  Ex.  23.  U- 
17 ;  34.  23, 


191 


which  Jehovah  thy  God  giveth 
thee ;  6  but  ''  at  the  place  which 
Jehovah  thy  God  shall  choose,  to 
cause  his  name  to  dwell  in,  there 
thou  shalt  sacrifice  the  passover  at 
even,  at  the  going  down  of  the  sun, 
at  the  season  that  thou  camest 
forth  out  of  Egypt.  7  And  thou 
shalt  ^  roast  and  eat  it  in  the  place 
which  Jehovah  thy  God  shall 
choose  :  and  thou  shalt  turn  in  the 
morning,  and  go  unto  thy  tents. 
8  Six  days  thou  shalt  oat  unleav- 
ened bread  ;  and  on  the  seventh 
day  shall  be  *a  solemn  assembly  to 
Jehovah  thy  God ;  thou  shalt  do 
no  work  therein. 

9  *  Seven  weeks  shalt  thou  num- 
ber unto  thee  :  from  the  time  thou 
beginnest  to  put  the  sickle  to  the 
standing  grain  shalt  thou  begin 
to  number  seven  weeks.  10  And 
thou  shalt  keep  the  feast  of  weeks 
unto  Jehovah  thy  God  ^with  a 
tribute  of  a  freewill-offering  of  thy 
hand,  which  thou  shalt  give, 
according  as  Jehovah  thy  Gou 
blesseth  thpe  :  1 1  and  thou  shalt 
'rejoice  before  Jehovah  thy  God, 
thou,  and  thy  son,  and  thy  daugh- 
ter, and  thy  man-servant,  and  thy 
raaidyservant,  and  '"  the  Levite 
that  is  within  thy  gates,  and  "  the 
sojourner,  and  the  fatherless,  and 
the  widow,  that  are  in  the  midet 
of  thee,  in  the  place  which  Jeho- 
vah thy  God  shall  choose,  to  cause 
his  name  to  dwell  there.  12  And 
thou  shalt  remember  that  thou 
wast  a  bondman  in  Egypt :  and 
thou  shalt  observe  ana  do  these 
statutes. 

13  "Thou  shalt  keep  the  feast 
of  ®  tabernacles  seven  days,  after 
that  thou  hast  gathered  in  from 
thy  threshing-floor  and  from  thy 
winepress:  14  and  thou  shalt  ^re- 
joice in  thy  feast,  thou,  and  thy 
son,  and  thy  daughter,  and  thy 
man-servant,  and  thy  maid-ser- 
vant, and  the  Levite,  and  the 
sojourner,  and  the  fatherles.s,  and 
the  widow,  that  are  within  thy 
gates.  15  Seven  days  shalt  thou 
keep  a  feast  unto  Jehovah  thy  God 
in  the  place  which  Jehovah  shall 
choose  ;  bpcause  Jehovah  thy  God 
will  bless  thee  in  all  thine  increase, 
and  in  all  the  work  of  thy  hands, 
and  thou  shalt  be  altogether  joy- 
ful. 16  'Three  times  in  a  year 
shall  all  thy  males  appear  before 


3  Or,  hoil 


'  Or.  afier  the  measure  of  the  &c. 
'  Heb.  bootli^. 


16.17 


DEUTEEONOMY 


17.16 


The  Feast  of  Tabernacles.    Justice  and  Pore  Worship  enjoined.    Jndgment  in  Hard  Matters.    Commands  concerning  Kings 


Jehovah  thy  God  in  the  place 
which  he  shall  choose  :  in  the  feast 
of  unleavened  bread,  and  in  the 
feast  of  weeks,  and  in  the  feast  of 
tabernacles  ;  and  "  they  shall  not 
appear  before  Jehovah  empty : 
17  every  man  ^  shall  give  as  he 
is  able,  according  to  the  blessing 
of  Jehovah  thy  God  which  he  hath 
given  thee. 

18  Judges  and  officers  shalt  thou 
make  thee  in  all  thy  gates,  which 
Jehovah  thy  God  giveth  thee,  ac- 
cording to  thy  tribes  ;  and  they 
shall  judge  the  people  with  right- 
eous judgment.  19  ''Thou  shalt 
not  wrest  justice :  thou  shalt  not 
respect  persons  ;  neither  shalt  thou 
take  a  bribe ;  for  a  bribe  doth 
blind  the  eyes  of  the  wise,  and  per- 
vert the  ^  words  of  the  righteous. 
20  ^That  which  is  altogether  just 
shalt  thou  follow,  that "  thou  may- 
est  live,  and  inherit  the  land  which 
Jehovah  thy  God  giveth  thee. 

21  ''Thou  shalt  not  plant  thee 
an  Asherah  of  any  kind  of  tree 
beside  the  altar  or  Jehovah  thy 
God,  which  thou  shalt  make  thee. 
22  Neither  shalt  thou  set  thee  up 
a  *  pillar ,  which  Jehovah  thy  God 
hateth. 

■i  'y  *Thou  shalt  not  sacrifice 
_L  f  unto  Jehovah  thy  God  an 
ox,  or  a  sheep,  wherein  is  a  blem- 
ish, or  anythmg  evil ;  for  that  is 
an  abomination  unto  Jehovah  thy 
God. 

2  -^If  there  be  found  in  the  midst 
of  thee,  within  any  of  thy  gates 
which  Jehovah  thy  God  giveth 
thee,  man  or  woman,  that  doeth 
that  which  is  evil  in  the  sight  of 
Jehovah  thy  God,  in  transgressing 
his  covenant,  3  and  hath  gone  and 
served  other  gods,  and  worshipped 
them,  or  the  sun,  or  the  moon,  or 
any  of  the  host  of  heaven,  which  I 
have  not  commanded,  4  and  it  be 
told  thee,  and  thou  hast  heard  of 
it ;  then  shalt  thou  inquire  dili- 
gently ;  and,  behold,  if  it  be  true, 
and  the  thing  certain,  that  such 
abomination  is  wrought  in  Israel, 
5  then  shalt  thou  bring  forth  that 
man  or  that  woman,  who  hath  done 
this  evil  thing,  unto  thy  gates, 
even  the  man  or  the  woman ;  and 
thou  shalt  stone  them  to  death 
with  stones.  6  "At  the  mouth  of 
two  witnesses,  or  three  witnesses, 

1  Heb.  according  to  the  gift  of  his  hand. 

2  Or,  cause  *  Or,  obelisk 
8  Heb.  Justice,  justice. 


"  Ex.  22.  29 ; 

34.  20 
b  ch.  1.  17  ; 

10.  17 
"ch.  4.  1 
d  ch.  7.  5 
'  ch.  15.  21 
/ch.  13.  6-11 
V  ch.  19.  15  ; 

Num.  35. 

30 


''ch.  13.  9; 
Lev.  24.  14 


'■  ch.  25.  1 


'  ver.  13 ; 
ch.  1.  43 ; 

18.  20 


"  ver.  12 


"  ch.  11.  31 ; 
Josh.  21.  43 

P  1  S.  8.  6,  19, 
20 


9  1  K.  4.  26  ; 
10.  26-29 


""  Is.  .31.  1  ; 
Ezek.  17. 


192 


shall  he  that  is  to  die  be  put  to 
death ;  at  the  mouth  of  one  wit- 
ness he  shall  not  be  put  to  death. 
7  ''  The  hand  of  the  witnesses  shall 
be  first  upon  him  to  put  him  to 
death,  and  afterward  tne  hand  of 
all  the  people.  So  thou  shalt  put 
away  the  evil  from  the  midst  of 
thee. 

8  If  there  arise  a  matter  too  hard 
for  thee  in  judgment,  between 
blood  and  blood,  between  plea  and 
plea,  and  between  stroke  and 
stroke,  being  matters  of  controversy 
within  thy  gates  ;  then  shalt  thou 
arise,  and  get  thee  up  unto  'the 
place  which  Jehovah  thy  God  shall 
choose ;  9  and  thou  shalt  come 
unto  *the  priests  the  Levites,  and 
unto  the  judge  that  shall  be  in 
those  days :  and  thou  shalt  inquire ; 
and  they  shall  show  thee  the  sen- 
tence of  judgment.  10  And  thou 
shalt  do  according  to  the  tenor  of 
the  sentence  which  they  shall 
show  thee  from  that  place  which 
Jehovah  shall  choose ;  and  thou 
shalt  observe  to  do  according  to  all 
that  they  shall  teach  thee :  1 1 
'  according  to  the  tenor  of  the  law 
which  they  shall  teach  thee,  and 
according  to  the  judgment  which 
they  shall  tell  thee,  thou  shalt  do  ; 
thou  shalt  not  turn  aside  from  the 
sentence  which  they  shall  show 
thee,  to  the  right  hand,  nor  to  the 
left.  12  And  the  man  that  doeth 
'"presumptuously,  in  not  hearken- 
ing unto  the  priest  that  standeth 
to  minister  there  before  Jehovah 
thy  God,  or  unto  the  judge,  even 
that  man  shall  die  :  and  thou  shalt 
put  away  the  evil  from  Israel. 
13  And  all  the  people  shall  hear, 
and  fear,  and  do  no  more  "pre- 
sumptuously. 

14  When  thou  art  come  unto  the 
land  which  Jehovah  thy  God  giv- 
eth thee,  and  "  shalt  possess  it,  and 
shalt  dwell  therein,  and  shalt  say, 
p  I  will  set  a  king  over  me,  like  all 
the  nations  that  are  round  about 
me;  15  thou  shalt  surely  set  him 
king  over  thee,  whom  Jehovah  thy 
God  shall  choose  :  one  from  among 
thy  brethren  shalt  thou  set  king 
over  thee ;  thou  may  est  not  put  a 
foreigner  over  thee,  who  is  not  thy 
brother.  16  « Only  he  shall  not 
multiply  horses  to  himself,  nor 
'■  cause  the  people  to  return  to 
Egypt,  to  the  end  that  he  may 
multiply  horses  ;  forasmuch  as  Je- 
hovah hath  said  unto  you,  Ye  shall 


17.1- 


DEUTERONOMY 


19.1 


euinmands  conccruiiig  kings.    The  Portions  of  ttie  Levites.    Divination  forbidden.    Tlie  Trae  Prophet.    The  False  Prophet 


henceforth  return  no  more  that 
way.  17  "Neither  shall  he  mul- 
tiply wives  to  himself,  that  his 
heart  turn  not  away  :  neither  shall 
he  greatly  multiply  to  himself 
silver  and  gold. 

18  And  it  shall  be,  when  he 
sitteth  upon  the  throne  of  his 
kingdom,  that  he  shall  write  him 
a  copy  of  this  law  in  a  book,  out 
of  '  that  which  is  before  the  priests 
the  Levites :  1 9  and  it  shall  be 
with  him,  and  he  shall  read  therein 
"all  the  days  of  his  life;  that  he 
may  learn  to  fear  Jehovah  his  God, 
to  keep  all  the  words  of  this  law 
and  these  statutes,  to  do  them ; 
20  that  his  heart  be  not  lifted  up 
above  his  brethren,  ''and  that  he 
turn  not  aside  from  the  command- 
ment, to  the  right  hand,  or  to  the 
left :  to  the  end  tha,t  he  may  pro- 
long his  days  in  his  kingdom,  he  and 
his  children,  in  the  midst  of  Israel. 
-j  O  "The  priests  the  Levites, 
JLO  ^  even  all  the  tribe  of  Levi, 
shall  have  no  portion  nor  inheri- 
tance with  Israel :  they  shall  eat  the 
oii'erings  of  Jehovah  made  by  fire, 
and  his  inheritance.  2  And  they 
shall  have  no  inheritance  among 
their  brethren :  Jehovah  is  their 
inheritance,  as  he  hath  spoken 
unto  them.  3  -^And  this  shall 
be  the  priests'  due  from  the  peo- 
ple, from  them  that  offer  a  sacrifice, 
whether  it  be  ox  or  sheep,  that 
they  shall  give  unto  the  priest 
the  shoulder,  and  the  two  cheeks, 
and  the  maw.  4  The  first-fruits 
of  thy  grain,  of  thy  new  wine,  and 
of  thine  oil,  and  the  first  of  the 
fleece  of  thy  sheep,  shalt  thou  give 
him.  5  *For  Jehovah  thy  God 
hath  chosen  him  out  of  all  thy 
tribes,  to  stand  to  minister  in  the 
name  of  Jehovah,  him  and  his  sons 
for  ever. 

6  And  if  a  Levite  come  from  any 
of  thy  gates  out  of  all  Israel,  where 
he  sojourneth,  and  come  with  all 
the  desire  of  his  soul  unto  the  place 
which  Jehovah  shall  choose ;  7  then 
he  shall  minister  in  the  name  of 
Jehovah  his  God,  as  all  his  breth- 
ren the  Levites  do,  who  stand  there 
before  Jehovah.  8  ''They  shall 
have  like  portions  to  eat,  besides 
that  which  cometh  of  the  sale  of 
his  patrimony. 

9  When  thou  art  come  into  the 
land  which  Jehovah  thy  God  giv- 
eth  thee,  thou  shalt  not  learn  to 

1  Or.  and 

7 


"  2  S.  5.  13  ; 
i;;.  n;  i  K. 

11.  3,4 
6  011.31.24-20 
"^  ch.  4.  9,  lu 
•i  ch.  6.  32 
'  ch.  10.  9 ; 

1  Oor.  9.  13 
/  Lev.  7.  32- 

34  ;  Num. 

IS.  11,  12 
»  Ex.  29.  9 
''  Lev.  27. 

3(H33; 

Num.  18. 

21-24 


■  ch.  9.  6 

«:  ch.  12.  31 

'  Ex.  22.  18  ; 
Lev.  19.  JU, 
31  ;  20.  0; 
Jer.  27. 
9,  10 ;  Mai. 

™Mt,  6.  48; 
(ien.  G.  9; 


"  Acts  3.  22 
7.  37  ;  Jn. 
1.  21,  26 


'  ch.  5.  23- 
27  ;  Ex.  20. 
18,19 


P  ch.  5.  28 


9  Acts  3.  23  : 
Heb.  12.  2£ 


■  ch.  17.  12 
'  ch.  13.  1,  2 


<  ver.  20 
"  ch.  6.  10, 11 

193 


do  '  after  the  abominations  of 
those  nations.  10  There  shall  not 
be  found  with  thee  any  one  *that 
maketh  his  son  or  his  daughter  to 
pass  through  the  fire,  one  that 
useth  divination,  one  '  that  prac- 
tiseth  augury,  or  an  enchanter, 
or  a  sorcerer,  11  or  a  charmer,  oi 
a  consulter  with  a  familiar  spirit, 
or  a  wizard,  or  a  necromancer, 
12  For  whosoever  dueth  these 
tilings  is  an  abomination  unto 
Jehovah  :  and  because  of  these 
abominations  Jehovah  thy  God 
doth  drive  them  out  from  before 
thee.  13  '"Thou  shalt  be  perfect 
with  Jehovah  thy  God.  14  For 
these  nations,  that  thou  shalt  dis- 
possess, hearken  unto  them  that 
practise  augury,  and  unto  diviners ; 
but  as  for  thee,  Jehovah  thv  God 
hath  not  suffered  thee  so  to  do. 

15  "Jehovah  thy  God  will  raise 
up  unto  thee  a  prophet  from  the 
midst  of  thee,  of  thy  brethren, 
like  unto  me ;  unto  him  ye  shall 
hearken;  16  "according  to  all  that 
thou  desiredst  of  Jehovah  thy  God 
in  Horeb  in  the  day  of  the  assem- 
bly, saying,  Let  me  not  hear  again 
the  voice  of  Jehovah  my  God, 
neither  let  me  see  this  great  fire 
any  more,  that  I  die  not.  17^  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  me,  They  have 
well  said  that  which  they  have 
spoken.  18  1  will  raise  them  up  a 
prophet  from  among  their  breth- 
ren, like  unto  thee  ;  and  I  will  put 
my  words  in  his  mouth,  and  he 
shall  speak  unto  them  all  that  I 
shall  command  him.  19  «And  it 
shall  come  to  pass,  that  whoso- 
ever will  not  hearken  unto  my 
words  which  he  shall  speak  in  my 
name,  I  will  require  it  of  him. 

20  But  the  prophet,  that  shall 
speak  a  word  'presumptuously  in 
my  name,  which  I  have  not  com- 
manded him  to  speak,  or  'that 
shall  speak  in  the  name  of  other 
gods,  that  same  prophet  shall  die. 

21  And  if  thou  say  in  thy  heart. 
How  shall  we  know  the  word 
which  Jehovah  hath  not  spoken  1 

22  when  a  prophet  speaketh  in 
the  name  of  Jehovah,  if  the  thing 
follow  not,  nor  come  to  pass,  that 
is  the  thing  which  Jehovah  hath 
not  spoken :  the  prophet  hath 
spoken  it  'presumptuously,  thou 
shalt  not  be  afraid  of  him. 

i  O  "When  Jehovah  thy  God 
J_  kJ  shall  cut  off  the  nations, 
whose  land  Jehovah  thy  God  giv- 


19.2 


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20.6 


Cities  of  Refuge,    laws  coneeriiing  Landmarks  and  Testimony.    Exemption  from  Military  Service 


eth  thee,  and  thou  succeedest  them, 
and  dwellest  in  their  cities,  and 
in  their  houses ;  2  "  thou  shalt  set 
apart  three  cities  for  thee  in  tne 
midst  of  thy  land,  which  Jehovah 
thy  God  givetli  thee  to  possess  it. 
3  Thou  shalt  prepare  thee  the  way, 
and  divide  the  borders  of  thy  land, 
which  Jehovah  thy  God  causeth 
thee  to  inherit,  into  three  parts,  that 
every  manslayer  may  flee  thither. 

4  ''And  this  is  the  case  of  the 
manslayer,  that  shall  flee  thither 
and  live  :  whoso  killeth  his  neigh- 
bor unawares,  and  hated  him  not 
in  time  past ;  5  as  when  a  man 
goeth  into  the  forest  with  his 
neighbor  to  hew  wood,  and  his 
hand  fetcheth  a  stroke  with  the 
axe  to  cut  down  the  tree,  and  the 
Miead  slippeth  from  "the  helve, 
and  lighteth  upon  his  neighbor,  so 
that  he  dieth ;  he  shall  flee  unto 
one  of  these  cities  and  live  :  6  lest 
the  avenger  of  blood  pursue  the 
manslayer,  while  his  heart  is  hot, 
and  overtake  him.  because  the  way 
is  long,  and  smite  him  mortally  : 
whereas  he  was  not  worthy  of 
death,  inasmuch  as  he  hated  him 
not  in  time  past.  _  7  Wherefore  I 
command  thee,  saying.  Thou  shalt 
set  apart  three  cities  for  thee. 
8  And  if  Jehovah  thy  God  enlarge 
thy  border,  as  he  hath  sworn  unto 
thy  fathers,  and  give  thee  all  the 
land  which  lie  promised  to  give 
unto  thy  fatliers  ;  9  if  thou  shalt 
keep  all  this  commandment  to  do 
it,  which  I  command  thee  this  day, 
"to  love  Jehovah  thy  God,  and  to 
walk  ever  in  his  ways  ;  then  shalt 
thou  add  three  cities  more  for  thee, 
besides  these  three  :  10  that  ^  inno- 
cent blood  be  not  shed  in  the  midst 
of  thy  land,  w-hich  Jehovah  thy 
God  giveth  thee  for  an  inheritance, 
and^ ''  so  blood  be  upon  thee. 

11  But  if  any  man  hate  his 
neighbor,  and  lie  in  wait  for  him, 
and  rise  up  against  him,  and  smite 
him  mortally  so  that  he  dieth,  and 
he  flee  into  one  of    these   cities  ; 

1 2  then  the  elders  of  his  city  shall 
send  and  fetch  him  thence,  and 
deliver  him  into  the  hand  of  the 
avenger  of  blood,  that  he  may  die. 

13  "Thine  eye  shall  not  pity  him, 
but  thou  shalt  put  away'* the  in- 
nocent blood  from  Israel,  that  it 
may  go  well  with  thee. 


1  Heb.  iron.  *  Or.  the  tree 

s  Or,  the  blood  of  an  innocent  man 
*  Or,  the  blood  of  the  innocent 


"  ch.  4.  41 
*  Num.  35. 

9-34 
<=  ch.  6.  5 
d  ch.  -Jl.  1-9 ; 

Num.  35. 

^cU.  7.  2 


/ch.  27.  17 
s'ch.  17.6; 

Num.  35. 

30 ;  Mt.  18. 

16 ;  2  Cor. 

13.  1 
A  Ex.  23.  1 


i  ch.  17.  9 


«--ch. 


'  ver.  13 

'"Ex.  21.23; 
Lev.  24.  20 
"  Mt.  6.  3S 


0  ch.  3.  22 ; 
7.  18;  31. 


P  ver.  1 ; 
Josh.  23. 10 


1  ch.  1.  30 


14  -^Thou  shalt  not  rernove  thy 
neighbor's  landmark,  which  they 
of  old  time  have  set,  in  thine  in- 
heritance which  thou  shalt  inherit, 
in  the  land  that  Jehovah  thy  God 
giveth  thee  to  possess  it. 

15  ''One  witness  shall  not  rise 
up  against  a  man  for  any  iniquity, 
or  for  any  sin,  in  any  sin  that  he 
sinneth  :  at  the  mouth  of  two  wit- 
nesses, or  at  the  mouth  of  three 
witnesses,  shall  a  matter  be  estab- 
lished. 16  ''If  an  unrighteous 
witness  rise  up  against  any  man 
to  testify  against  him  of  ^wrong- 
doing, 17  then  both  the  men,  be- 
tween whom  the  controversy  is, 
shall  stand  'before  Jehovah,  be- 
fore the  priests  and  the  judges  that 
shall  be  in  those  days  ;  18  and  the 
judges  *  shall  make  diligent  inqui- 
sition :  and,  behold,  if  the  witness 
be  a  false  witness,  and  have  testi- 
fied   falsely   against   his  brother  ; 

19  then  shall  ye  do  unto  him,  as 
he  had  thought  to  do  unto  his 
brother  :  so  shalt  thou  put  away 
the  evil  from  the  midst  of  thee. 

20  And  those  that  remain  shall 
hear,  and  fear,  and  shall  hence- 
forth commit  no  more  any  such 
evil  in  the  midst  of  thee.  2 1  And 
'  thine  eyes  shall  not  pity ;  "'  life 
shall  go  for  life,  "  eye  for  ej^e,  tooth 
for  tooth,  hand  for  hand,  foot  for 
foot. 

i~>  /~\  When  thou  goest  forth  to 
^w  battle  against  thine  ene- 
mies, and  seest  horses,  and  chariots, 
and  a  people  more  than  thou,  "thou 
shalt  not  be  afraid  of  them ;  for 
Jehovah  thy  God  is  with  thee,  who 
brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt.  2  And  it  shall  be,  when 
ye  draw  nigh  unto  the  battle,  that 
the  priest  shall  approach  and  speak 
unto  the  people,  3  and  shall  say 
unto  them,  Hear,  O  Israel,  ye  draw 
nigh  this  day  unto  battle  against 
your  enemies :  let  not  your  heart 
faint;  ■''fear  not,  nor  tremble, 
neither  be  ye  aflrighted  at  them  ; 

4  for  Jehovah  your  God  *is  he  that 
goeth  with  you,  to  fight  for  you 
against  your  enemies,  to  save  you. 

5  And  the  oflicers  shall  speak  unto 
the  people,  saying,  What  man  is 
there  that  hath  built  a  new  house, 
and  hath  not  dedicated  if?  let  him 
go  and  return  to  his  house,  lest  he 
die  in  the  battle,  and  another  man 
dedicate  it.  6  And  what  man  is 
there  that  hath  planted  a  vineyard. 

s  Or,  rebellion    See  ch.  13.  5. 


194 


20.7 


DEUTERONOMY 


21.  n 


Rales  of  Warfare.    Expiation  for  an  Cntinoivn  Norderer's  Crime.    Marriage  of  Captive  Women 


and  hath  not  used  the  fruit  thereof  1 
let  him  go  and  return  unto  his 
house,  lest  he  die  in  the  battle,  and 
another  man  use  the  fruit  thereof. 
7  "And  what  man  is  there  that 
hath  betrothed  a  wife,  and  hath 
not  taken  herl  let  him  go  and  re- 
turn unto  his  house,  lest  he  die  in 
tlie  battle,  and  another  man  take 
her.  8  And  the  officers  shall  speak 
further  unto^  the  people,  and  they 
shall  say,  *  What  man  is  there  that 
is  fearful  and  faint-hearted  1  let 
him  go  and  return  unto  his  house, 
lest  his  brethren's  heart  melt  as  his 
heart.  9  And  it  shall  be,  when 
the  officers  have  made  an  end  of 
speaking  unto  the  people,  that  they 
snail  appoint  captains  of  hosts  at 
the  head  of  the  people. 

10  When  thou  di'awest  nigh  unto 
a  city  to  fight  against  it,  then  pro- 
claim peace  unto  it.  11  And  it 
shall  be,  if  it  make  thee  answer  of 
peace,  and  open  unto  thee,  then 
it  shall  be,  that  all  the  people  that 
are  found  therein  shall  become 
^tributary  unto  thee,  and  shall 
serve  thee.  1 2  And  if  it  will  make 
no  peace  with  thee,  but  will  make 
war  against  thee,  then  thou  shalt 
besiege  it :  13  and  when  Jehovah 
thy  God  delivereth  it  into  thy 
hand,  thou  shalt  smite  every  male 
thereof  with  the  edge  of  the  sword  : 

14  but  the  women,  and  the  little 
ones,  and  the  cattle,  and  all  that 
is  in  the  city,  even  all  the  spoil 
thereof,  shalt  thou  take  for  a  prey 
unto  thyself ;  and  thou  shalt  eat 
the  spoil  of  thine  enemies,  which 
Jehovah  thy  God  hath  given  thee. 

15  Thus  shalt  thou  do  unto  all  the 
cities  which  are  very  far  off  from 
thee,  which  are  not  of  the  cities  of 
these  nations.  1 6  "^  But  of  the  cit- 
ies of  these  peoples,  that  Jehovah 
thy  God  giveth  thee  for  an  inheri- 
tance, thou  shalt  save  alive  nothing 
that  breatheth  ;  1 7  but  thou  shalt 
'"  utterly  destroy  them  :  the  Hittite, 
and  the  Amorite,  the  Canaanite, 
and  the  Perizzite,  the  Hivite,  and 
the  Jebusite ;  as  Jehovah  thy  God 
hath  commanded  thee;  18  that 
they  teach  you  not  to  do  ''after  all 
their  abominations,  which  they 
have  done  unto  their  gods ;  so 
would  ye  sin  against  Jehovah  your 
God. 

1 9  When  thou  shalt  besiege  a 
city  a  long  time,  in  making  war 
against  it  to  take  it,  thou  shalt  not 

1  Or.  fulvect  to  taskwork  *  Heb.  devote. 


"  Ch.  24.  5 


'  .Judg.  7. 
■  cli.  7. 1-; 
Ex.  L'S. 


'  ch.  17.  9- 
11  ;  ch.  19. 


/Num.  35. 
33,34 


195 


destroy  the  trees  thereof  by  wield 
ing  an  axe  against  them  •  for  thou 
mayest  eat  of  them,  and  thou  shalt 
not  cut  them  down  ;  fur  is  the  tree 
of  the  fi.eld  man,  that  it  should  be 
besieged  of  theel  20  Only  the  trees 
of  which  thou  knowest  that  they 
are  not  trees  for  food,  thou  shalt 
destroy  and  cut  them  down  ;  and 
thou  shalt  build  bulwarks  against 
the  city  that  maketh  war  witli  thee, 
until  it  fall. 

4^  -^  If  one  be  found  slain  in 
^  JL  the  land  which  Jehovah  thy 
God  giveth  thee  to  possess  it,  lying 
in  the  field,  and  it  be  not  known 
who  hath  smitten  him  ;  2  then  thy 
elders  and  thy  judges  shall  come 
forth,  and  they  shall  measure  unto 
the  cities  which  are  round  about 
him  that  is  slain  :  3  and  it  shall  be, 
that  the  city  which  is  nearest  unto 
the  slain  man,  even  the  elders  of 
that  city  shall  take  a  heifer  of  the 
herd,  which  hath  not  been  wrought 
with,  and  which  hath  not  drawn  in 
the  yoke  ;  4  and  the  elders  of  that 
city  shall  bring  down  the  heifer 
unto  a  valley  with  running  water, 
which  is  neither  plowed  nor  sown, 
and  shall  break  the  heifer's  neck 
there  in  the  valley.  5  And  "the 
priests  the  sons  of  Levi  shall  come 
near ;  for  them  Jehovah  thy  God 
hath  chosen  to  minister  unto  him, 
and  to  bless  in  the  name  of  Jeho- 
vah ;  and  according  to  their  word 
shall  every  controversy  and  every 
stroke  be.  6  And  all  the  elders  of 
that  city,  who  are  nearest  unto  the 
slain  man,  shall  wash  their  hands 
over  the  heifer  whose  neck  was 
broken  in  the  valley ;  7  and  they 
shall  answer  and  say.  Our  hands 
have  not  .shed  this  blood,  neither 
have  our  eyes  seen  it.  8  Forgive, 
O  Jehovah,  thy  people  Israel,  ^\^lom 
thou  hast  redeemed,  and  suffer  not 
•'^innocent  blood  to  remain  in  the 
midst  of  thy  people  Israel.  And 
the  blood  snail  be  forgiven  them. 
9  "So  shalt  thou  put  away  the  in- 
nocent blood  from  the  midst  of 
thee,  when  thou  shalt  do  that 
which  is  right  in  the  eyes  of 
Jehovah. 

10  When  thou  goest  forth  to 
battle  against  thine  enemies,  and 
Jehovah  thy  God  deliA^ereth  them 
into  thy  hands,  and  thou  earnest 
them  away  captive,  11  and  seest 
among  the  captives  a  beautiful 
woman,  and  thou  hast  a  desire 
unto  her,  and  wouldest  take  her  to 


21.12 


DEUTERONOMY 


22.14 


Marriage  of  Captive  Women,    laws  concerning  the  Treatment  of  Sons.    Sundry  laws 


thee  to  wife;  12  then  thou  shalt 
bring  her  home  to  thy  house  ;  and 
she  shall  "  shave  her  head,  and  pare 
her  nails  ;  13  and  she  shall  put  the 
raiment  of  her  captivity  from  otf 
her,  and  shall  remain  in  thy  house, 
and  bewail  her  father  and  her 
mother  a  full  month  :  and  after  that 
thou  shalt  go  in  unto  her,  and  be 
her  husband,  and  she  shall  be  thy 
wife.  14  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou 
have  no  delight  in  her,  then  thou 
shalt  let  her  go  whither  she  wijl ; 
but  thou  shalt  not  sell  her  at  all  for 
money,  thou  shalt  not  deal  with 
her  ^as  a  slave,  because  thou  hast 
humbled  her. 

1 5  If  a  man  have  two  wives,  the 
one  beloved,  and  the  other  hated, 
and  they  have  borne  him  children, 
both  the  beloved  and  the  hated ; 
and  if  the  first-born  son  be  hers 
that  was  hated ;  1 6  then  it  shall 
be,  in  the  day  that  he  causeth  his 
sons  to  inherit  that  which  he  hath, 
that  he  may  not  make  the  son  of 
the  beloved  the  first-born  ^before 
the  son  of  the  hated,  who  is  the 
first-born:  17  but  he  shall  acknowl- 
edge the  first-born,  the  son  of  the 
hated,  by  giving  him  a  double  por- 
tion of  all  that  he  hath ;  for  he  is 
the  *  beginning  of  his  strength ;  the 
right  of  the  first-born  is  his. 

1 8  If  a  man  have  a  stubborn  and 
rebellious  son,  that  will  not  obey 
the  voice  of  his  father,  or  the  voice 
of  his  mother,  and,  though  they 
chasten  him,  will  not  hearken  unto 
them ;  1 9  then  shall  his  father  and 
his  mother  lay  hold  on  him,  and 
bring  him  out  unto  the  elders  of 
his  city,  and  unto  the  gate  of  his 
place ;  20  and  they  shall  say  unto 
the  elders  of  his  city.  This  our  son 
is  stubborn  and  rebellious,  he  will 
not  obey  our  voice  ;  he  is  a  glutton, 
and  a  drunkard.  21  '^  And  all  the 
men  of  his  city  shall  stone  him  to 
death  with  stones  :  so  shalt  thou 
put  away  the  evil  from  the  midst 
of  thee ;  and  all  Israel  shall  hear, 
and  fear. 

22  And  if  a  man  have  committed 
a  sin ''  worthy  of  death,  and  he  be 
put  to  death,  and  thou  hang  him 
on  a  tree;  23  ''his  body  shall  not 
remain  all  night  upon  the  tree,  but 
thou  shalt  surely  bury  him  the  same 
day  ;  for-^he  that  is  hanged  is  ^ac- 
cursed of  God  ;  that  thou  defile  not 

1  Or,  as  a  chattel 

2  Or,  during  the  lifetime  (if 

3  Heb.  the  airse  of  Ood. 


»  Lev.  14.  ?, 
9 ;  Num.  6. 
9 
i>  Gen.  49.  3 
"  Lev.  20.  2, 

27  ;  24.  14- 

23  ;  Num. 

15.  35,  30 
d  Mt.  26.  66  ; 

Mk,  14.  G4 
«  Josh.  8. 

29 ;  10.  26, 

27 ;  Jn.  19. 

31 
/Gal.  3. 13 


9  Ex.  23.  4,  5 


A  Lev.  22.  28 


*  Lev.  19.  19 


'  Lev.  19.  19 


'  Num.  1.1. 
37-41 ;  Mt. 
23.5 


"  ch.  24.  1 


thy  land  which  Jehovah  thy  God 
giveth  thee  for  an  inheritance. 
r)  ^  "  Thou  shalt  not  see  thy 
^  j^  brother's  ox  or  his  sheep  go 
astray,  and  hide  thyself  from  them  : 
thou  shalt  surely  bring  them  again 
unto  thy  brother.  2  And  if  thy 
brother  be  not  nigh  unto  thee,  or 
if  thou  know  him  not,  then  thou 
shalt  bring  it  home  to  thy  house, 
and  it  shall  be  with  thee  until  thy 
brother  seek  after  it,  and  thou  shalt 
restore  it  to  him.  3  And  so  shalt 
thou  do  with  his  ass ;  and  so 
shalt  thou  do  with  his  garment ; 
and  so  shalt  thou  do  with  every 
lost  thing  of  thy  brother's,  which 
he  hath  lost,  and  thou  hast  found  : 
thou  mayest  not  hide  thyself. 
4  Thou  shalt  not  see  thy  brother's 
ass  or  his  ox  fallen  down  by  the 
way,  and  hide  thyself  from  them : 
thou  shalt  surely  help  him  to  lift 
them  up  again. 

5  A  woman  shall  not  wear  that 
which  pertaineth  unto  a  man,  nei- 
ther shall  a  man  put  on  a  woman's 
garment ;  for  whosoever  doeth 
these  things  is  an  abomination 
unto  Jehovah  thy  God. 

6  If  a  bird's  nest  chance  to  be 
before  thee  in  the  way,  in  any  tree 
or  on  the  ground,  with  young  ones 
or  eggs,  and  the  dam  sitting  upon 
the  young,  or  upon  the  eggs,  *  thou 
shalt  not  take  the  dam  with  the 
young  :  7  thou  shalt  surely  let  the 
dam  go,  but  the  young  thou  mayest 
take  unto  thyself  ;  '  that  it  may  be 
well  with  thee,  and  that  thou  may- 
est prolong  thy  days. 

8  When  thou  buildest  a  new 
house,  then  thou  shalt  make  a  bat- 
tlement for  thy  roof,  that  thou 
bring  not  blood  upon  thy  house,  if 
any  man  fall  from  thence. 

9  *  Thou  shalt  not  sow  thy  vine- 
yard with  two  kinds  of  seed,  lest 
the  ■*  whole  fruit  be  ®  forfeited,  the 
seed  which  thou  hast  sown,  and 
the  increase  of  the  vineyard. 
10  Thou  shalt  not  plow  with  an  ox 
and  an  ass  together.  11  'Thou 
shalt  not  wear  a  mingled  stuff, 
wool  and  linen  together. 

12  '"Thou  shalt  make  thee 
^fringes  upon  the  four  borders  of 
thy  vesture,  wherewith  thou  cov 
erest  thyself. 

13  "If  any  man  take  a  wife,  and 
go  in  unto  her,  and  hate  her,  14  and 
lay  shameful  things  to  her  charge, 

*  Heb.  fulness.         ^  Heb.  consecrated. 
«  Or,  tivisted  threads 


-196 


22.15 


DEUTERONOMY 


23.10 


Laws  of  Chastity.    Persons  to  be  excluded  from  the  Assembly 


and  bring  up  an  evil  name  upon  her, 
and  say,  I  took  this  woman,  and 
when  I  came  nigh  to  her,  1  found 
not  in  lier  the  tokens  of  virginity  ; 
15  then  shall  the  father  of  the 
damsel^  and  her  mother,  take  and 
bi'ing  forth  the  tokens  of  the  dam- 
sel's virginity  unto  the  elders  of 
the  city  in  the  gate;  16  and  the 
damsel's  father  shall  say  unto  the 
elders,  I  gave  niy  daughter  unto 
this  man  to  wife,  and  he  hateth 
her;  17  and,  lo,  he  hath  laid 
shameful  things  to  her  charge,  say- 
ing, 1  found  not  in  thy  daughter 
the  tokens  of  virginity ;  and  yet 
tliese  are  the  tokens  of  my  daugh- 
ter's virginity.  And  they  shall 
spread  the  garment  before  the  el- 
ders of  the  city.  18  And  the  elders 
of  that  city  shall  take  the  man  and 
chastise  him  ;  1 9  and  they  shall 
fine  him  a  hundred  shekels  of  silver, 
and  give  them  unto  the  father 
of  the  damsel,  because  he  hath 
brought  up  an  evil  name  upon  a 
virgin  of  Israel :  and  she  shall  be 
his  wife  ;  he  may  not  put  her  away 
all  his  days.  20  But  if  this  thing 
be  true,  that  the  tokens  of  virgin- 
ity were  not  found  in  the  damsel ; 
21  then  they  shall  bring  out  the 
damsel  to  the  door  of  her  father's 
house,  and  the  men  of  her  city  shall 
stone  her  to  death  with  stones, 
because  she  hath  "  wi-ought  folly  in 
Israel,  to  play  the  harlot  in  her 
father's  house  :  so  shalt  thou  put 
away  the  evil  from  the  midst  of 
thee. 

22  *If  a  man  be  found  lying  with 
a  woman  married  to  a  husband, 
then  they  shall  both  of  them  die, 
the  man  that  laj'  with  the  woman, 
and  the  woman  :  so  shalt  thou  put 
away  the  evil  from  Israel. 

23  ""If  there  be  a  damsel  that  is  a 
virgin  betrothed  unto  a  husband. 
and  a  man  find  her  in  the  city,  and 
lie  with  her ;  24  then  ye  shall 
bring  them  both  out  unto  the  gate 
of  that  city,  and  ye  shall  stone 
them  to  death  with  stones ;  the 
damsel,  because  she  cried  not, 
being  in  the  city ;  and  the  man, 
because  he  hath  humbled  his 
neighbor's  wife  :  so  thou  shalt  put 
away  the  evil  from  the  midst  of 
thee. 

25  But  if  the  man  find  the  dam- 
sel that  is  betrothed  in  the  field, 
and  the  man  force  her,  and  lie  with 
her ;  then  the  man  only  that  lay 
with  her  shall  die  :  26  but  unto 


"  ch.  23.  17, 
18 ;  Lev. 
19.  29 ; 

21.  9 
*  Lev.  20. 
10;  Ezek. 

16.  38;  Jn. 
8.  6 
"  Lev.  19. 

20-22 


1  in  Heb.] 
«  ch.  27.  20 


/Lev,  21.  20; 

22.  24 


0  Num.  22. 
5 ;  23.  7  ; 
2  Pet.  2. 
1.5 ;  Jude 


h  ch.  4.  37 


!  Lev.  15.  16 


197 


the  damsel  thou  shalt  do  nothing ; 
there  is  in  the  damsel  no  sin  worthy 
of  death  :  for  as  when  a  man  risetn 
against  his  neighbor,  and  slayeth 
him,  even  so  is  this  matter  ;  27  for 
he  found  her  in  the  field,  the  be- 
trothed damsel  cried,  and  there 
was  none  to  save  her. 

28  ''If  a  man  find  a  damsel  that 
is  a  virgin,  that  is  not  betrothed, 
and  lay  hold  on  her,  and  lie  with 
her,  and  they  be  found  ;  29  then 
the  man  that  lay  with  her  shall 
give  unto  the  damsel's  father  fifty 
shekels  of  silver,  and  she  shall  be 
his  wife,  because  he  hath  humbled 
her ;  he  may  not  put  her  away  all 
his  days. 

*30  "A  man  shall  not  take  his 
father's  wife,  and  shall  not  un- 
cover his  father's  skirt. 
OO  •'^He  that  is  wounded  in 
jmmi  O  the  stones,  or  hath  his  privy 
member  cut  off",  shall  not  enter  into 
the  assembly  of  Jehovah. 

2  A  bastard  shall  not  enter  into 
the  assembly  of  Jehovah  ;  even  to 
the  tenth  generation  shall  none  of 
his  enter  into  the  assembly  of  Jeho- 
vah. 

3  An  Ammonite  or  a  Moabite 
shall  not  enter  into  the  assembly 
of  Jehovah  ;  even  to  the  tenth  gen- 
eration shall  none  belonging  to 
them  enter  into  the  assembly  of 
Jehovah  for  ever :  4  because  they 
met  you  not  with  bread  and  with 
water  in  the  way,  when  ye  came 
forth  out  of  Egypt,  and  because 
they  hired  against  thee  ''Balaam 
the  son  of  Beor  from  Pethor  of 
^  Mesopotamia,  to  curse  thee. 
5  Nevertheless  Jehovah  thy  God 
would  not  hearken  unto  Balaam  ; 
but  Jehovah  thy  God  turned  the 
curse  into  a  blessing  unto  thee, 
because  Jehovah  thy  God  ''loved 
thee.  6  Thou  shalt  not  seek  their 
peace  nor  their  prosperity  all  thy 
days  for  ever. 

7  Thou  shalt  not  abhor  an  Edom- 
ite ;  for  he  is  thy  brother :  thou 
shalt  not  abhor  an  EgjTotian ;  be- 
cause thou  wast  a  sojourner  in  his 
land.  8  The  children  of  the  third 
generation  that  are  born  unto  them 
shall  enter  into  the  assembly  of 
Jehovah. 

9  When  thou  goest  forth  in  camp 
against  thine  enemies,  then  thou 
shalt  keep  thee  from  every  evil 
thing.  10  *If  there  be  among  you 
any  man,  that  is  not  clean  by  rea- 

1  ITeb.  Aram-naharaim. 


23.11 


DEUTERONOMY 


24.10 


Laws  concerning  Ckanness  In  War,  Fngitives  from  Service,  Harlotry,  Interest,  Vows,  Divorce,  and  other  Matters 


son  of  that  which  chanceth  him  by 
night,  then  shall  he  go  abroad  out 
of  the  camp,  he  shall  not  come 
within  the  camp :  1 1  but  it  shall 
be,  when  evening  cometh  on,  he 
shall  bathe  himself  in  water ;  and 
when  the  sun  is  down,  he  shall  come 
within  the  camp.  12  Thou  shalt 
have  a  place  also  without  the 
camp,  Avhither  thou  shalt  go  forth 
abroad  :  1 3  and  thou  shalt  have  a 
^paddle  among  thy  weapons;  and 
it  shall  be,  when  thou  sittest  down 
abroad,  thou  shalt  dig  therewith, 
and  shalt  turn  back  and  c^ver  that 
which  cometh  from  thee :  1 4  for 
"  Jehovah  thy  God  walketh  in  the 
midst  of  thy  camp,  to  deliver  thee, 
and  to  give  up  thine  enemies  befoi^e 
thee ;  therefore  shall  thy  camp  be 
holy,  that  he  may  not  see  ^an  un- 
clean thing  in  thee,  and  turn  away 
from  thee. 

1 5  Thou  shalt  not  deliver  unto 
his  master  a  servant  that  is  es- 
caped from  his  master  unto  thee : 
16  he  shall  dwell  with  thee,  in  the 
midst  of  thee,  in  the  place  which 
he  shall  choose  within  one  of  thy 
gates,  where  it  pleaseth  him  best : 
thou  shalt  not  oppress  him. 

17  *  There  shall  be  no  *  prostitute 
of  the  daughters  of  Israel,  neither 
shall  there  be  a  •*  sodomite  of  the 
sons  of  Israel.  18  Thou  shalt  not 
bring  the  hire  of  a  harlot,  or  the 
wages  of  a  "^  dog,  into  the  house  of 
Jehovah  thy  God  for  any  vow  :  for 
even  both  these  are  an  abomination 
unto  Jehovah  thy  God. 

19**  Thou  shalt  not  lend  upon  in- 
terest to  thy  brother  ;  interest  of 
money,  interest  of  victuals,  interest 
of  anything  that  is  lent  upon  inter- 
est. 20 '  Unto  a  foreigner  thou  may- 
est  lend  upon  interest ;  but  unto  thy 
brother  thou  shalt  not  lend  upon 
interest,  that  Jehovah  thy  God 
may  bless  thee  in  all  that  thou 
puttest  thy  hand  unto,  in  the  land 
whither  thou  goest  in  to  possess  it. 

21  -^When  thou  shalt  vow  a  vow 
unto  Jehovah  thy  God,  thou  shalt 
not  be  slack  to  pay  it :  for  Jehovah 
thy  God  will  surely  require  it  of 
thee ;  and  it  would  be  sin  in  thee. 
22  But  if  thou  shalt  forbear  to 
^'■ow,  it  shall  be  no  sin  in  thee. 
lis  That  which  is  gone  out  of  thy 
Hps  thou  shalt  observe  and  do  ;  ac- 
cording as  thou  hast  vowed  unto 

1  Or,  shovd     -  Heb.  nakedness  of  anything. 
3  Heb.  kedcshah.    See  Gen.  38.  21. 
*  Heb.  kadesh. 


"  Lev.  26.  12 
b  ch.  22.  21 
'  Lev.  18.  22 ; 

20.  13 
d  Kx.  22.  25  ; 

Lev.  26. 

3o-37 
«  ch.  28.  12 
/Num.  30. 

1,  2 ;  Mt. 

6.  33 


^  Mt.  12.  1  , 
Mk.  2.  23 ; 
Lk.  6.  1 


h  ch.  22.  13- 

21 ;  Num. 

5.  12,  28 
>■  Mt.  5.  31 ; 

19.  7-9 ; 

Mk.  10.  4, 6 


*  ch.  20.  7 


'  Ex.  21.  16 


'  Lev.  13. 
1-14.  67 


"  Num.  12. 10 


"  Ex.  22. ; 

27 


198 


Jehovah  thy  God,  a  freewill-oiFer- 
ing,  which  thou  hast  promised  with 
thy  mouth. 

24  When  thou  comest  into  thy 
neighbor's  vines^ard,  then  thou 
mayest  eat  of  grapes  thy  fill  at 
thine  own  pleasure;  but  thou  shalt 
not  put  any  in  thy  vessel.  2-5 
■''  When  thou  comest  into  thy 
neighbor's  standing  grain,  then 
thou  mayest  pluck  the  ears  with 
thy  hand ;  but  thou  shalt  not  move 
a  sickle  unto  thy  neighbor's  stand- 
ing grain. 

O  A_  ^^lisn  a  man  taketh  a  wife, 
w  t:  and  marrieth  her,  then  it 
shall  be,  if  she  find  no  favor  in  his 
eyes,  because  he  hath  found  some 
''unseemly  thing  in  her,  that  'he 
shall  write  her  a  bill  of  divorce- 
ment, and  give  it  in  her  hand,  and 
send  her  out  of  his  house.  2  And 
when  she  is  departed  out  of  his 
house,  she  may  go  and  be  another 
man's  wife.  3  And  if  the  latter 
husband  liate  her,  and  write  her  a 
bill  of  divorcement,  and  give  it  in 
her  hand,  and  send  her  out  of  his 
house ;  or  if  the  latter  husband  die, 
who  took  her  to  be  his  wife ;  4  her 
former  husband,  who  sent  her  away, 
may  not  take  her  again  to  be  his 
wife,  after  that  she  is  defiled ;  for 
that  is  abomination  before  Jeho- 
vah: and  thou  shalt  not  cause  the 
land  to  sin,  which  Jehovah  thy  God 
giveth  thee  for  an  inheritance. 

5  *When  a  man  taketh  a  new 
wife,  he  shall  not  go  out  in  the 
host,  neither  shall  he  be-  charged 
with  any  business:  he  shall  be 
free  at  home  one  year,  and  shall 
cheer  his  wife  whom  he  hath 
taken. 

6  No  man  shall  take  the  mill  or 
the  upper  millstone  to  pledge;  for 
he  taketh  a  man's  life  to  pledge. 

7  'If  a  man  be  found  stealing  any 
of  his  brethren  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  he  deal  with  him  ®as  a 
slave,  or  sell  him;  then  that  thief 
shall  die:  so  shalt  thou  put  away 
the  evil  from  the  midst  of  thee. 

8  '"Take  heed  in  the  plague  of 
leprosy,  that  thou  observe  dili- 
gently, and  do  according  to  all 
that  the  priests  the  Levites  shall 
teach  you :  as  I  commanded  them, 
so  ye  shall  observe  to  do.  9  Re- 
member what  Jehovah  thy  God 
did  "unto  Miriam,  by  the  way  as 
ye  came  forth  out  of  Egypt. 

10  "^Vhen  thou  dost   lend    thy 

*  Or,  as  a  chattel 


24.11 


DEUTEEONOMY 


25.15 


Laws  concerning  Loans,  Payment  of  Wages,  Unjust  Jodgmcnts,  and  other  Natters.    The  Levirate  Lavr  and  Others 


neighbor  any  manner  of  loan,  thou 
shalt  not  go  into  his  house  to  fetch 
his  pledge.  1 1  Tliou  shalt  stand 
without,  and  the  man  to  whom 
thou  dost  lend  shall  bring  forth 
the  pledge  without  unto  thee.  I'J 
And  if  he  be  a  poor  man,  thou  shalt 
not  sleep  with  nis  pledge;  Hi  thou 
shalt  surely  restore  to  him  the 
pledge  when  the  sun  goeth  down, 
that  he  may  sleep  in  his  garment, 
and  ble.ss  thee:  and  "it  shall  be 
righteousness  unto  thee  before  Je- 
hovah thy  God. 

l-t  *Thou  shalt  not  oppress  a 
hired  servant  that  is  poor  and 
needy,  whether  he  be  of  thy 
brethren,  or  of  thy  sojourners  that 
are  in  thy  land  within  thy  gates: 
15  "in  his  dav  thou  shalt  give  him 
his  hii'e,  neither  shall  the  sun  go 
down  upon  it  (for  he  is  poor,  and 
setteth  his  heart  upon  it) ;  lest  "^  he 
cry  against  thee  unto  Jehovah, 
and  it  be  sin  unto  thee. 

1 G  "  The  fathers  shall  not  be  put 
to  death  for  the  children,  neitlier 
shall  the  children  be  put  to  death 
for  the  fathers:  every  man  shall  be 
put  to  death  for  his  own  sin. 

17  -^Thou  shalt  not  wrest  the 
justice  due  to  the  sojourner,  or 
to  the  fatherless,  nor  take  the 
widow's  raiment  to  pledge ;  1 8  but 
thou  shalt  remember  that  thou 
wast  a  bondman  in  Egypt,  and 
Jehovah  thy  God  redeemed  thee 
thence:  therefore  I  command  thee 
to  do  this  thing. 

19  "When  thou  reapest  thy  har- 
vest in  thy  field,  and  nast  forgot  a 
sheaf  in  the  fielu,  thou  shalt  not  go 
again  to  fetch  it:  it  shall  be  *for 
the  sojourner,  for  the  fatherless, 
and  for  the  widow;  that  Jehovah 
thy  God  may  bless  thee  in  all  the 
work  of  thy  hands.  20  'When 
thou  beatest  thine  olive-tree,  thou 
shalt  not  go  over  the  boughs  again : 
it  shall  be  *for  the  sojourner,  for 
the  fatherless,  and  for  the  widow. 
21  When  thou  gatherest  the  grajies 
of  thy  vineyard,  thou  shalt  not 
glean  it  after  thee:  it  shall  be  for 
the  sojourner,  for  the  fatherless, 
and  for  the  widow.  22  And  thou 
shalt  remember  that  thou  wast  a 
bondman  in  the  land  of  Egypt : 
therefore  I  command  thee  to  do 
this  thing. 

O  p^  'If  there  be  a  controversy 
^  t-i  between  men,  and  they  come 
unto  judgment,  and  thejitflgei^  judge 
them ;  ™  then  they  shall  justify  the 


"  oh.  6.  25 

i>  ch.  15.  7- 
18;  Lev. 
25.  :i;">-13  ; 

1  Tim.  5. 
18 

<^  Lev.  19. 13 ; 

Jas.  5.  4 
rf  ch.  16.  9  ; 

Ex.  2'.'.  23 
'  2  K.  U.  U  ; 

2  Chr.  25. 
4;  Jer.  31. 
21),  3u ; 
Ezek.  18. 20 

/ch.  1.  17, 

10.  17;  16. 

19 
'■'  Lev.  19.  9, 

10 ;  23.  22 
h  ch.  14.  29 
'  Lev.  19.  10 
*  ver.  19 
'  ch.  17.  8- 

13;  19.  17 
"•  ch.  1.  lU,  17 


0  1  Cor.  9.  9  ; 
1  Tim.  6. 

18 
P  Mt.  22.  24  ; 
Mk.  12.  19; 
Lk.  20.  28 

1  Ruth  4.  6, 
10 

■■Ruth  4.  1, 


'  Ruth  4.  7,  8 


'  Num.  12. 

14 


"  ch.  7.  2 
"  Lev.  19.  35- 


199 


righteous,  and  condemn  the  wicked. 
2  And  it  shall  be,  if  the  wicked  man 
be  worthy  to  be  beaten,  that  the 
judge  shall  cause  him  to  lie  down, 
and  to  be  beaten  before  his  face, 
according  to  his  wickedness,  by 
number.  3  "Eorty  stripes  he  may 
give  him,  he  shall  not  exceed;  lest, 
if  he  should  exceed,  and  beat  him 
above  these  with  many  stripes, 
then  thy  brother  should  seem  vile 
unto  thee. 

4  "Thou  shalt  not  muzzle  the  ox 
when  he  treadeth  out  the  grain. 

5  If  brethren  dwell  together,  and 
one  of  them  die,  and  have  no  son, 
the  wife  of  the  dead  .shall  not  be 
married  without  unto  a  stranger: 
^  her  husband's  brother  shall  go  in 
unto  her,  and  take  her  to  him  to 
wife,  and  perform  the  duty  of  a 
husband's  brother  unto  her.  6  And 
it  shall  be,  that  the  first-born  that 
she  beareth  shall  succeed  in  the 
name  of  his  brother  that  is  dead, 
that  « his  name  be  not  blotted  out 
of  Israel.  7  ""And  if  the  man  like 
not  to  take  his  brother's  wife,  then 
his  brother's  wife  shall  go  up  to  the 
gate  unto  the  elders,  and  say.  My 
husband's  brother  refuseth  to  raise 
up  unto  his  brother  a  name  in 
Israel;  he  will  not  perform  the 
duty  of  a  husband's  brother  unto 
me.  8  Then  the  elders  of  his  city 
shall  call  him,  and  speak  unto  him : 
and  if  he  stand,  and  say,  I  like 
not  to  take  her;  9  *then  shall  his 
brother's  wife  come  unto  him  in  the 
presence  of  the  elders,  and  loose  his 
shoe  from  off  his  foot,  and  '  spit  in 
his  face;  and  she  shall  answer  and 
say.  So  shall  it  be  done  unto  the 
man  that  doth  not  build  up  his 
brother's  house.  10  And  his  name 
shall  be  called  in  Israel,  The 
house  of  him  that  hath  his  shoe 
loosed. 

1 1  When  men  strive  together  one 
with  another,  and  the  wife  of  the 
one  draAveth  near  to  deliver  her 
husband  out  of  the  hand  of  him 
that  smiteth  him,  and  putteth  forth 
her  hand,  and  taketh  him  by  the 
secrets ;  1 2  then  thou  shalt  cut  off 
her  hand,  "  thine  eye  shall  have  no 
pity.' 

13  "Thou  shalt  not  have  in  thy 
bag  diverse  weights,  a  great  and  a 
small.  14  Thou  shalt  not  have  in 
thy  house  diverse  measures,  a  great 
and  a  small.  15  A  perfect  and  just 
weight  shalt  thou  have ;  a  perfect 
and  just  measure  shalt  thou  have; 


25.16 


DEUTERONOMY 


26.19 


Amalek  to  be  destroyed.    Offering  of  First-fruits.    Tithes  of  the  Third  Year,    Conclading  Eihortation 


that  thy  days  may  be  long  in  the 
land  which  Jehovah  thy  God  giveth 
thee.  16  For  all  that  do  such 
things,  even  all  that  do  unright- 
eously, are  an  abomination  unto 
Jehovah  thy  God. 

17"  Remember  what  Amalek  did 
unto  thee  by  the  way  as  ye  came 
forth  out  of  Egypt;  18  how  he  met 
thee  by  the  way,  and  smote  the 
hindmost  of  thee,  all  that  were 
feeble  behind  thee,  when  thou  wast 
faint  and  weary ;  and  he  feared  not 
God.  1 9  Therefore  it  shall  be, 
when  Jehovah  thy  God  hath  given 
thee  'rest  from  all  thine  enemies 
round  about,  in  the  land  which 
Jehovah  thy  God  giveth  thee  for 
an  inheritance  to  possess  it,  that 
thou  shalt  blot  out  the  remem- 
brance of  Amalek  from  under 
heaven ;  thou  shalt  not  forget. 
O  f^  And  it  shall  be,  when  thou 
^  \J  art  come  in  unto  the  land 
which  Jehovah  thy  God  giveth  thee 
for  an  inheritance,  and  possessest 
it,  and  dwellest  therein,  2  that  thou 
shalt  take  of  "the  first  of  all  the 
fruit  of  the  ground,  which  thou 
shalt  bring  in  from  thy  land  that 
Jehovah  thy  God  giveth  thee ;  and 
thou  shalt  put  it  in  a  basket,  and 
shalt  go  unto  the  place  which  Jeho- 
vah thy  God  shall  choose,  to  cause 
his  name  to  dwell  there.  3  And 
thou  shalt  come  unto  the  priest 
that  shall  be  in  those  days,  and  say 
unto  him,  I  profess  this  day  unto 
Jehovah  thy  God,  that  I  am  come 
unto  the  land  which  Jehovah  sware 
unto  our  fathers  to  give  us.  4  And 
the  priest  shall  take  the  basket  out 
of  thy  hand,  and  set  it  down  before 
the  altar  of  Jehovah  thy  God.  5 
And  thou  shalt  answer  and  say  be- 
fore Jehovah  thy  God, ''  A  ^  Syrian 
"  ready  to  perish  was  my  father ; 
and  he  went  down  into  Egypt,  and 
sojourned  there,  '  few  in  number ; 
and  he  became  there  a  nation, 
•^ great,  mighty,  and  populous.  6 
And  the  Egyptians  dealt  ill  with 
us,  and  afflicted  us,  and  laid  upon 
us  hard  bondage :  7  and  we  cried 
unto  Jehovah,  the  God  of  our 
fathers,  and  Jehovah  heard  our 
voice,  and  saw  our  affliction,  and 
our  toil,  and  our  oppression ;  8  ^and 
Jehovah  brought  us  forth  out  of 
Egypt  with  a  mighty  hand,  and 
with  an  outstretched  arm,  and  with 
great  terribleness,  and  with  signs, 
and  with  wonders;  9  and  he  hath 

1  Heb.  Aramean.      *  Or,  wandering   Or,  lost 


8-16 


°  Ex.  i; 

!>  ch.  1'2.  9 
'  Ex.  22.  29 ; 

23.  10,  19 
d  Gen.  25. 

30  ;  31.  40- 

42;  43.  1-14 
'  Gen.  4G.  27 
/ch.  1.  10; 

10.  22 
B  ch.  4.  34 


fc  Ex.  3.  8,  17 
'  ch.  12.  7 


'  ch.  14.  28, 
29;  Heb. 
7.  6,  9,  10 


"  ch.  4.  29 


"  ch.  7.  6 


P  ch.  28.  1,  13 

200 


brought  us  into  this  place,  and  hath 
given  us  this  land,  *  a  land  flowing 
with  milk  and  honey.  1 0  And  now, 
behold,  I  have  brought  the  first  of 
the  fruit  of  the  ground,  which  thou, 

0  Jehovah,  hast  given  me.  And 
thou  shalt  set  it  down  before  Jeho- 
vah thy  God,  and  worship  before 
Jehovah  thy  God :  1 1  and  thou 
shalt  'rejoice  in  all  the  good  which 
Jehovah  thy  God  hath  given  unto 
thee,  and  unto  thy  house,  thou, 
and  *  the  Levite,  and  the  sojourner 
that  is  in  the  midst  of  thee. 

1 2  '  When  thou  hast  made  an 
end  of  tithing  all  the  tithe  of  thine 
increase  in  the  third  year,  which  is 
the  year  of  tithing,  then  thou  shalt 
give  it  unto  the  Levite,  to  the  so- 
journer, to  the  fatherless,  and  to 
the  widow,  that  they  may  eat 
within  thy  gates,  and  be  filled. 
1 3  And  thou  shalt  say  before  Jeho- 
vah thy  God,  I  have  put  away  the 
hallowed  things  out  of  my  house, 
and  also  have  given  them  unto  the 
Levite,  and  unto  the  sojourner,  to 
the  fatherless,  and  to  the  widow, 
according  to  all  thy  commandment 
which  thou  hast  commanded  me : 

1  have  not  transgressed  any  of  thy 
commandments,  neither  have  I  for- 
gotten them :  14  I  have  not  eaten 
thereof  in  my  mourning,  neither 
have  I  put  away  thereof,  being  un- 
clean, nor  given  thereof  for  the 
dead :  I  have  hearkened  to  the 
voice  of  Jehovah  my  God ;  I  have 
done  according  to  all  that  thou  hast 
commanded  me.  15  Lwk  down 
from  thy  holy  habitation,  from 
heaven,  and  bless  thy  people  Israel, 
and  the  ground  which  thou  hast 
given  us,  as  thou  swarest  unto  our 
fathers,  "a  land  flowing  with  milk 
and  honey. 

16  This  day  Jehovah  thy  God 
commandeth  thee  to  do  these  stat- 
utes and  ordinances :  thou  shalt 
therefore  keep  and  do  them  "  with 
all  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy 
soul.  17  Thou  hast  avouched  Je- 
hovah this  day  to  be  thy  God,  and 
that  thou  wonldest  walk  in  his 
ways,  and  keep  his  statutes,  and 
his  commandments,  and  his  ordi- 
nances, and  hearken  unto  his  voice  : 
18  and  Jehovah  hath  avouched 
thee  this  day  to  be  "a  peo])le  for 
his  own  possession,  as  he  hath 
promised  thee,  and  that  thou 
shouldest  keep  all  his  command- 
ments ;  1 9  and  ^  to  make  thee  high 
above   all   nations    that   he    hath 


27.1 


DEUTEKONOMY 


28.4 


The  Law  to  he  rerordoil  »t  Ebiil.    Curses  to  be  proaounced  at  Ebal.    Blessings  at  Gcrizim 


made,  '  in  praise,  and  in  name,  and 
in  lionor  ;  and  that  thou  mayest  be 
*a  holy  people  unto  Jehovah  thy 
God,  as  he  hath  spoken. 
^y  ^  And  Moses  and  the  elders 
^  i  oi  Israel  commanded  the 
people,  saying,  Keep  all  the  com- 
mandment which  1  command  j'ou 
this  day.  2  'And  it  shall  be  on 
the  day  when  ye  shall  pass  over  the 
Jordan  unto  tiie  land  which  Jeho- 
vah thy  Go(.l  giveth  thee,  that  thou 
shalt  set  thee  up  great  stones,  and 
plaster  them  with  plaster :  3  and 
thou  shalt  write  ujjon  them  all  the 
words  of  this  law,  when  thou  art 
passed  over ;  that  thou  mayest  go 
in  unto  the  land  which  Jehovah 
thy  God  giveth  thee,  "a  land  flow- 
ing with  milk  and  honey,  as  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  thy  fatners,  hath 
promised  thee.  4  And  it  shall  be, 
when  ye  are  passed  over  the  Jordan, 
that  ye  shall  set  up  these  stones, 
which  I  command  you  this  day,  in 
mount  Ebal,  and  thou  shalt  plaster 
them  with  plaster.  5  Ancf  there 
shalt  thou  build  an  altar  unto  Je- 
hovah thy  God,  an  altar  of  stones  : 
thou  shalt  lift  up  no  iron  tool  upon 
theiu.  6  Thou  shalt  build  the  altar 
of  Jehovah  thy  God  of  '^unhewn 
stones  ;  and  thou  shalt  offer  burnt- 
offerings  thereon  unto  Jehovah  thy 
God :  7  and  thou  shalt  sacrifice 
peace-offerings,  and  shalt  eat  there ; 
and  thou  shalt  **  rejoice  before  Jeho- 
vah thy  God.  8  And  thou  shalt 
write  upon  the  stones  all  the  words 
of  this  law  very  plainly. 

9  And  Moses  and  the  priests  the 
Levites  spake  unto  all  Israel,  say- 
ing. Keep  silence,  and  hearken,  O 
Israel :  This  day  thou  art  become 
the  people  of  Jehovah  thy  God.  10 
Thou  shalt  therefore  obey  the  voice 
of  Jehovah  thy  God,  and  do  his 
commandments  and  his  statutes, 
which  I  command  thee  this  day. 

1 1  And  Moses  charged  the  people 
the  same  day,  saying,  12  These 
shall  stand  upon  mount  Gerizim 
to  bless  the  people,  when  ye  are 
passed  over  the  Jordan:  ''Simeon, 
and  Levi,  and  Judah,  and  Issachar, 
and  .Joseph,  and  Benjamin.  1 3  And 
these  shall  stand  upon  mount  Ebal 
for  the  curse :  Reuben,  Gad,  and 
Asher,  and  Zebulun,  Dan,  and 
Naphtali.  14  And  the  Levites 
shall  answer,  and  say  unto  all  the 
men  of  Israel  with  a  loud  voice, 

1  Or,  for  a  praise,  and  for  n  name,  and  or  an 
honor  *  Heb.  whole. 


"  ch.  7.  6 
''  Josh.  8. 

30-32 
"  ch.  26.  9 
rfch.  '20.  U 
*  Josh.  8. 

33-3J 


/  Ex.  20.  4, 
23 ;  34.  17 

"  Ex  21.  17  , 
Lev.  20.  9; 
Ezek.  22. 7 

''  ch.  19.  14 


*  ch.  24.  17 


'  ch.  22.  30 ; 
Lev.  18.  8 ; 
20.  11 


'  Ex.  22.  19 , 
Lev.  18.  23 


"  Lev.  18.  9  ; 
20.  17 


'  Lev.  20.  14 


P  Ex.  21.  12  ; 

Lev.  24. 17 ; 

Num.  36. 

30,  31 
«  Ex.  23.  7 


••  Gal.  3.  10 


'  ch.  7.  12- 
26;  Ex.  23. 
22-27 ;  Lev. 
26.  3-13 


(  ver.  13 , 

ch.  26.  19 


15  Cursed  be  the  man  that 
maketh  -^a  graven  or  molten  im- 
age, an  abomination  unto  Jehovah, 
the  woi'k  of  the  hands  of  the  crafts- 
man, and  setteth  it  up  in  secret. 
And  all  the  people  shall  answer 
and  say.  Amen. 

16  "Cursed  be  he  that  setteth 
light  by  his  father  or  his  mother. 
And  all  the  people  shall  say.  Amen. 

17  ''pursed  be  he  that  removeth 
his  neighbor's  landmark.  And  all 
the  people  shall  say.  Amen. 

18  'Cursed  be  he  that  maketh 
the  blind  to  wander  out  of  the 
way.  And  all  the  people  shall  say. 
Amen. 

19 /Cursed  be  he  that  wresteth 
the  justice  due  to  the  sojourner, 
fatherless,  and  w^dow.  And  all  the 
people  shall  say.  Amen. 

20  'Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with 
his  father's  wife,  because  he  hath 
uncovered  his  father's  skirt.  And 
all  the  people  shall  say.  Amen. 

21  '"Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with 
any  manner  of  beast.  And  all  the 
people  shall  say.  Amen. 

22  "Cursed  be  he  that  lieth 
with  his  sister,  the  daughter  of 
his  father,  or  the  daughter  of  his 
mother.  And  all  the  people  shall 
say,  Arnen. 

23  "Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  w^ith 
his  mother-in-law.  And  all  the 
people  shall  say.  Amen. 

24  ■''Cursed  be  he  that  smiteth 
his  neighbor  in  secret.  And  all 
the  people  shall  say.  Amen. 

25  *  Cursed  be  he  that  taketh  a 
bribe  to  slay  an  innocent  person. 
And  all  the  people  shall  say.  Amen. 

26  ''Cursed  be  he  that  confirm- 
eth  not  the  words  of  this  law  to  do 
them.  And  all  the  people  shall 
say.  Amen. 

O  O  '  And  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
^  O  if  thou  shalt  hearken  dili- 
gently unto  the  voice  of  Jehovah 
thy  God,  to  observe  to  do  all  his 
commandments  which  I  command 
thee  this  day,  that  Jehovah  thy 
God  'will  set  thee  on  high  above 
all  the  nations  o*  the  earth  :  2  and 
all  these  blessings  shall  come  upon 
thee,  and  overtake  thee,  if  thou 
shalt  hearken  unto  the  voice  of  Je- 
hovah thy  God.  3  Blessed  shalt 
thou  be  in  the  city,  and  blessed 
shalt  thou  be  in  the  field.  4  Blessed 
shall  be  the  fruit  of  thy  body,  and 
the  fruit  of  thy  ground,  and  the 
fruit  of  thy  beasts,  the  increase  of 
thy  cattle,  and  the  young  of  thy 


201 


28.5 


DEUTERONOMY 


28.  31 


Blessings  to  be  pronoanced  at  Gerizim.    Fearful  Consequences  of  Disobedience 


flock.  5  Blessed  shall  be  thy  bas- 
ket and  thy  kneading-trough.  6 
Blessed  shalt  thou  be  when  thou 
cornest  in,  and  blessed  shalt  thou 
be  when  thou  goest  out. 

7  Jehovah  will  cause  thine  ene- 
mies that  rise  up  against  thee  to 
be  smitten  before  thee  :  they  shall 
come  out  against  thee  one  way,  and 
shall  flee  before  thee  seven  ways. 
8  Jehovah  will  command  the  bless- 
ing upon  thee  in  thy  barns,  and  in 
all  that  thou  puttest  thy  hand 
unto  ;  and  he  will  bless  thee  in  the 
land  which  Jehovah  thy  God  giv- 
eth  thee.  9  Jehovah  will  establish 
thee  for  a  holy  people  unto  himself, 
as  he  hath  sworn  unto  thee ;  if  thou 
shalt  keep  the  commandments  of 
Jehovah  thy  God,  and  walk  in  his 
ways.  10  And  all  the  peoples  of 
the  earth  shall  see  that  thou  art 
called  by  the  name  of  Jehovah ; 
and  they  shall  be  afraid  of  thee. 
11"  And  Jehovah  ^vill  make  thee 
plenteous  for  good,  in  the  fruit  of 
thy  body,  and  in  the  fruit  of  thy 
cattle,  and  in  the  fruit  of  thy 
ground,  in  the  land  which  Jehovah 
sware  unto  thy  fathers  to  give 
thee.  12  Jehovah  will  open  unto 
thee  his  good  Hreasure  the  heav- 
ens, to  give  the  rain  of  thy  land  in 
its  season,  and  to  bless  all  the  work 
of  thy  hand  :  and  *  thou  shalt  lend 
vmto  many  nations,  and  thou  shalt 
not  borrow.  1.3  "And  Jehovah 
will  make  thee  the  head,  and  not 
the  tail ;  and  thou  shalt  be  above 
only,  and  thou  shalt  not  be  be- 
neath ;  if  thou  shalt  hearken  unto 
the  comuaandments  of  Jehovah  thy 
God,  which  I  command  thee  this 
day,  to  observe  and  to  do  them, 
14  and ''shalt  not  turn  aside  from 
any  of  the  words  which  I  command 
you  this  day,  to  the  right  hand,  or 
to  the  left,  to  go  after  other  gods 
to  serve  them. 

15  ^But  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if 
thou  wilt  not  hearken  unto  the 
voice  of  .Jehovah  thy  God,  to  ob- 
serve to  do  ail  his  commandments 
and  his  statutes  which  I  command 
thee  this  day,  that  all  these  curses 
shall  come  upon  thee,  and  overtake 
thee.  16  -^Cursed  shalt  thou  be  in 
the  city,  and  cursed  shalt  thou  be 
in  the  field.  17  » Cursed  shall  be 
thy  basket  and  thy  kneading- 
trough.  18  '^  Cursed  shall  be  the 
fruit  of  thy  body,  and  the  fruit  of 
thy  ground,   the   increase  of   thy 

Or  treasury 


"  ver.  4 
b  ch.  23.  20 
"ver.  1,  44 
d  ch.  5.  32 
*  Lev.  26. 

14-43; 

Josh.  23. 15 
/ver.  3 
!'  ver.  5 
h  ver.  4 


>  ver.  6 
fc  ver.  8 
'ch.  4.  26' 

"  Lev.  26.  25 ; 
Num.  14. 12 


"  Am.  4.  9 
"  ch.  4.  29 


P  ver.  12 ; 
ch.  11.  17 


9  ver.  7 


'  2  Chr.  29. 
8 ;  Jer.  15. 4 

'  Jer.  7.  33  ; 
16.  4  ;  19. 7 ; 

34.  20 


t  ver.  60, 61 ; 
7.  16 


cattle,  and  the  young  of  thy  flock. 
19  'Cursed  shalt  thou  be  when 
thou  comest  in,  and  cursed  shalt 
thou  be  when  thou  goest  out. 

20  *  Jehovah  will  send  upon  thee 
cursing,  discomfiture,  and  rebuke, 
in  all  that  thou  puttest  thy  hand 
unto  to  do,  until  thou  be  de- 
stroyed, and  until  '  thou  perish 
quickly  ;  because  of  the  evil  of  thy 
doings,  whereby  thou  hast  for- 
saken me.  2 1  '"  Jehovah  will  make 
the  pestilence  cleave  unto  thee, 
until  he  have  consumed  thee  from 
off  the  land,  whither  thou  goest  in 
to  possess  it.  22  Jehovah  will  smite 
thee  with  consuinption,  and  with 
fever,  and  with  inflammation,  and 
with  fiery  heat,  and  with  ^the 
sword,  and  "with  blasting,  and 
with  mildew ;  and  they  shall  pur- 
sue thee  until  "thou  perish.  23 
And  thy  heaven  that  is  over  thy 
head  shall  be  brass,  and  the  earth 
that  is  under  thee  shall  be  iron. 
24  ^'Jehovah  will  make  the  rain  of 
thy  land  powder  and  dust:  from 
heaven  shall  it  come  down  upon 
thee,  until  thou  be  destroyed. 

25  *  Jehovah  will  cause  thee  to 
be  smitten  before  thine  enemies ; 
thou  shalt  go  out  one  way  against 
them,  and  shalt  flee  seven  ways 
before  them  :  and  thou  shalt  ''  be 
^  tossed  to  and  fro  among  all  the 
kingdoms  of  the  earth.  26  "And 
thy  dead  body  shall  be  food  unto 
all  birds  of  the  heavens,  and  unto 
the  beasts  of  the  earth  ;  and  there 
shall  be  none  to  frighten  them 
away.  27  'Jehovah  will  smite 
thee  with  the  boil  of  Egypt,  and 
with  the  ■*emerods,  and  with  the 
scurvy,  and  with  the  itch,  whereof 
thou  canst  not  be  healed.  28  Je- 
hovah will  smite  thee  with  mad- 
ness, and  with  blindness,  and  with 
astonishment  of  heart ;  29  and 
thou  shalt  "grope_  at  noonday,  as 
the  blind  gropeth  in  darkness,  and 
thou  shalt  not  prosper  in  thy  ways : 
and  thou  shalt  be  only  oppressed 
and  robbed  alway,  and  there  shall 
be  none  to  save  thee.  30  Thou 
shalt  betroth  a  wife,  and  another 
man  shall  lie  with  her  :  "  thou  shalt 
build  a  house,  and  thou  shalt  not 
dwell  therein  :  thou  shalt  plant  a 
vineyard,  and  shalt  not  use  the 
fruit  thereof.  31  Thine  ox  shall  be 
slain  before  thine  eyes,  and  thou 

2  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  drought 

3  Or,  a  terror  unto  all 

*  Or,  tumors    Or,  plague  boils 


202 


28.32 


DEUTERONOMY 


28.56 


Fearful  Conseqoences  of  Disobedience 


shalt  not  eat  thereof :  thine  ass 
shall  be  violently  taken  away  from 
before  thy  face,  and  shall  not  be  re- 
stored to  thee  :  thy  sheep  shall  be 
given  unto  thine  enemies,  and  thou 
shalt  have  none  to  save  thee.  32 
"Thy  sons  and  thy  daughters  shall 
be  given  unto  another  people  ;  and 
thine  ej'es  shall  look,  and  fail  with 
longing  for  them  all  the  day  :  and 
there  snail  be  nought  in  the  power 
of  thy  hand.  33  The  fruit  of  thy 
ground,  and  all  thy  labors,  shall  a 
nation  which  thou  knowest  not  eat 
up ;  and  thou  shalt  be  only  op- 
pressed and  crushed  alway  ;  34  so 
that  thou  shalt  be  mad  for  the 
sight  of  thine  eyes  which  thou 
shalt  see.  35  *  Jehovah  will  smite 
thee  in  the  knees,  and  in  the  legs, 
with  a  sore  boil,  whereof  thou  canst 
not  be  healed,  from  the  sole  of  thy 
foot  unto  the  crown  of  thy  head. 

36  "Jehovah  will  bring  thee,  and 
thy  king  whom  thou  shalt  set  over 
thee,  unto  a  nation  that  thou  hast 
not  known,  thou  nor  thy  fathers  ; 
and  there  shalt  thou  serve  other 
gods,  **  wood  antl  stone.  37  And 
'thou  shalt  become  an  astonish- 
ment, a  proverb,  and  a  byword, 
among  all  the  peoples  whither  Je- 
hovah shall  lead  thee  awaj^.  38 
^Thou  shalt  carry  much  seed  out 
into  the  field,  and  shalt  gather 
little  in  ;  for  ^  the  locust  shall  con- 
sume it.  39  *  Thou  shalt  plant 
vineyards  and  dress  them,  but  thou 
shalt  neither  drink  of  the  wine, 
nor  gather  the  grapes ;  for  the 
worm  shall  eat  them.  40  'Thou 
shalt  have  olive-trees  throughout 
all  thy  borders,  but  thou  shalt  not 
anoint  thyself  with  the  oil ;  for 
thine  olive  shall  cast  its  fruit. 
41  *Thou  shalt  beget  sons  and 
daughters,  but  they  shall  not  be 
thine ;  for  they  shall  go  into  cap- 
tivity. 42  'All  thy  trees  and  the 
fruit  of  thy  ground  shall  the  locust 
possess.  43  "'The  sojourner  that 
IS  in  the  midst  of  thee  shall  mount 
up  above  thee  higher  and  higher ; 
and  thou  shalt  come  down  lower 
and  lower.  44  "He  shall  lend  to 
thee,  and  thou  shalt  not  lend  to 
him :  "  he  shall  be  the  head,  and 
thou  shalt  be  the  tail.  45  And  all 
these  curses  shall  come  upon  thee, 
and  shall  pursue  thee,  and  over- 
take thee,  p  till  thou  be  destroyed  ; 
because  tnou  hearkenedst  not  unto 
the  voice  of  Jehovah  thy  God,  to 
keep  his  commandments  and  his 


"  ver.  41 
^  ver.  27 
"  2  K.  17.  4, 

6  ;  24.  12, 

14  ;  2J.  7,  11 
d  ch.  4.  28 
'  Jer.  19.  8; 

29.  18 
/  Is.  6.  10 ; 

Mic.  6.  15 
!'  Joel  1.  4 
''  Is.  f).  10 , 

17.  10,  II 
'  Jer.  II.  16; 

Mic.  0.  15 
fc  ver.  32 
'  ver.  38 
'"  ver.  13 
"  ver.  12 
"  ver.  13 
P  eh.  4.  25,  26 


9ch.  12.  7 
'"  Lam.  4.  4-6 
'  Jer.  28.  13, 

14 
'  Is.  5.  20-30  ; 

7.  18-20 


'  .Ter.  10.  17, 
18;  Zeph. 
1.  15,  16 


'  Lev.  26. 29 ; 
Jer.  19.  9 ; 
Lam.  2.  20 


statutes  which  he  commanded  thee  : 
46  and  they  shall  be  upon  thee  for 
a  sign  and  for  a  wonder,  and  upon 
thy  seed  for  ever. 

47  ''Because  thou  servedst  not 
Jehovah  thy  God  with  .ioyfulness, 
and  with  gladness  of  heai-t,  by  rea- 
son of  the  abundance  of  all  things  ; 
48  therefore  shalt  thou  serve 
thine  enemies  that  Jeliovah  shall 
send  against  thee,  "■  in  hunger,  and 
in  thirst,  and  in  nakedness,  and  in 
want  of  all  things :  and  he  'shall 
put  a  yoke  of  iron  upon  thy  neck, 
until  he  have  destroyed  thee.  49 
'Jehovah  will  bring  a  nation 
against  thee  from  far,  from  the 
end  of  the  earth,  as  the  eagle 
flieth  ;  a  nation  whose  tongue  thou 
shalt  not  understand  ;  50  a  nation 
of  fierce  countenance,  that  shall 
not  regard  the  person  of  the  old^ 
nor  show  favor  to  the  young,  5i 
and  shall  eat  the  fruit  of  thy,  cat 
tie,  and  the  fruit  of  thy  ground, 
until  thou  be  destroj^ed  ;  that  also 
shall  not  leave  thee  grain,  new 
wine,  or  oil,  the  increase  of  thy 
cattle,  or  the  young  of  thy  flock, 
until  they  have  caused  thee  to 
perish.  52  "And  they  shall  besiege 
thee  in  all  thy  gates,  until  thy 
high  and  fortified  walls  come  down, 
wherein  thou  trustedst,  throughout 
all  thy  land  ;  and  they  shall  besiege 
thee  in  all  thy  gates  throughout 
all  thy  land,  which  Jehovah  thy 
God  hath  given  thee.  53  "And 
thou  shalt  eat  the  fruit  of  thine 
own  body,  the  flesh  of  thy  sons 
and  of  tlw  daughters,  whom  Jeho- 
vah thy  God  hath  given  thee,  in 
the  siege  and  in  the  distress  where- 
with thine  enemies  shall  distress 
thee.  54  The  man  that  is  tender 
among  you,  and  very  delicate,  his 
eye  shall  be  evil  toward  his 
brother,  and  toward  the  wife  of 
his  bosom,  and  toward  the  remnant 
of  his  children  whom  he  hath  re- 
maining ;  55  so  that  he  will  not 
give  to  any  of  them  of  the  flesh  of 
his  children  whom  he  shall  eat, 
because  he  hath  nothing  left  him, 
in  the  siege  and  in  the  distress 
wherewith  thine  enemy  shall  dis- 
tress thee  in  all  thy  gates.  56 
^The  tender  and  delicate  woman 
among  you,  who  would  not  adven- 
ture to  set  the  sole  of  her  foot  upon 
the  ground  for  delicateness  and 
tenderness,  her  eye  shall  be  evil 
toward  the  husband  of  her  bosom, 
and  toward  her  son,  and  toward 


203 


28.57 


DEUTERONOMY 


29.13 


Fearflil  Conseqaences  of  Disobedience.    The  Covenant  made  in  Moab 


her  daughter,  57  and  toward  her 
Voung  one  that  cometh  out  from 
between  her  feet,  and  toward  her 
children  whom  she  shall  bear ;  for 
she  shall  eat  them  for  want  of  all 
things  secretly,  in  the  siege  and  in 
the  distress  wherewith  thine  enemy 
shall  distress  thee  in  thy  gates. 

58  If  thou  wilt  not  observe  to 
do  all  the  words  of  this  law  that 
are  written  in  this  book,  that 
thou  mayest  fear  this  glorious  and 
fearful  name,  Jehovah  thy  God  ; 

59  then  .Jehovah  will  make  thy 
plagues  wonderful,  and  the  plagues 
of  thy  seed,  even  great  plagues,  and 
of  long  continuance,  and  sore  sick- 
nesses,  and  of   long  continuance. 

60  "And  he  will  bring  upon  thee 
again  all  the  diseases  of  Egypt, 
which  thou  wast  afraid  of ;  and 
they  shall  cleave  unto  thee.  61 
Also  every    sickness,    and    every 

glague,  which  is  not  written  in  the 
ook  of  this  law,  them  will  Jeho- 
vah bring  upon  thee,  *  until  thou  be 
destroyed.  62  And  ye  shall  be  left 
few  in  number,  "  whereas  ye  were 
as  the  stars  of  heaven  for  multi- 
tude; because  thou  didst  not 
hearken  unto  the  voice  of  Jeho- 
vah thy  God.  63  And  it  shall 
conae  to  pass,  that,  as  Jehovah 
rejoiced  over  you  to  do  you  good, 
and  to  multiply  you,  so  Jehovah 
will  rejoice  over  you  to  cause  you 
to  perish,  and  to  destroy  you  :  and 
ye  shall  be  ''  plucked  from  off  the 
land  whither  thou  goest  in  to 
possess  it.  64  And  Jehovah  will 
*  scatter  thee  among  all  peoples, 
from  the  one  end  of  the  earth  even 
unto  the  other  end  of  the  earth ; 
and  there  thou  shalt  ■^  serve  other 
gods,  which  thou  hast  not  known, 
thou  nor  thy_  fathers,  even  wood 
and  stone.  65  And  ^  among  these 
nations  shalt  thou  find  no  ease,  and 
there  shall  be  no  rest  for  the  sole  of 
thy  foot :  but  Jehovah  will  give 
thee  there  a  trembling  heart,  and 
failing  of  eyes,  and  pining  of  soul ; 
66  and  thy  life  shall  hang  in  doubt 
before  thee  ;  and  thou  shalt  fear 
night  and  day,  and  shalt  have  no 
assurance  of  thy  life.  67  In  the 
morning  thou  shalt  say,  Would  it 
were  even  !  and  at  even  thou  shalt 
say.  Would  it  were  morning  !  for 
the  fear  of  thy  heart  which  thou 
ihalt  fear,  and  for  the  sight  of 
thine  eyes  which  thou  shalt  see. 
68  And  Jehovah  will   bring  thee 

I  Or,  ajier-birth 


*fCh.  xxviii. 
09  in  Heb.] 


*rCh.  xxix.  1 
in  Heb.] 


"  ver.  27 
b  ch.  4.  25,  26 
"  ch.  1.  10 
dJer.  12.  11; 
4iV  4 


« ch.  4. 

27 

/ch.  4. 

28, 

29.26 

;  32. 

17 

9' Lam. 

1.  3 

ft  Ex.  13.  14 
i  Lev.  20. 

40  ;  27.  34 
k  ch.  5.  2,  3 
'Rom.  11.  8; 

Is.  0.  9, 10 ; 

Acts  28.  26, 

27 
'"  ch.  8.  4 
"  ch.  8.  3 

"  ch.  2.  26-3. 
17  ;  Num. 
21.  21-24, 
33-35 


P  ch.  3.  12, 
13 ;  Num. 
32.  32 


1  ch.  4.  6 

'■  Josh.  1.  7 


'Josh.  9.  21, 

23,27 


«  Oen.  17.  7  ; 
Ex.  0.  7 


204 


into  Egypt  again  with  ships,  by 
the  way  whereof  ''  I  said  unto  thee, 
Thou  shalt  see  it  no  more  again : 
and  there  ye  shall  sell  yourselves 
unto  your  enemies  for  bondmen 
and  for  bondwomen,  and  no  man 
shall  buy  you. 

*r)(3k  'These  are  the  words  of 
^  *y  the  covenant  which  Jeho- 
vah commanded  Moses  to  make 
with  the  children  of  Israel  in  the 
land  of  Moab,  besides  the  '^  cove- 
nant which  he  made  with  them 
in  Horeb. 

*  2  And  Moses  called  unto  all 
Israel,  and  said  unto  them.  Ye 
have  seen  all  that  Jehovah  did 
before  your  eyes  in  the  land  of 
Egypt  unto  Pharaoh,  and  unto 
all  his  servants,  and  unto  all  his 
land ;  3  the  great  trials  which 
thine  eyes  saw,  the  signs,  and 
those  great  wonders :  4  but  '■  Je- 
hovah hath  not  given  you  a  heart 
to  know,  and  eyes  to  see,  and  ears 
to  hear,  unto  this  day.  5  And  I 
have  led  you  forty  years  in  the 
wilderness:  '"your  clothes  are  not 
waxed  old  upon  you,  and  thy  shoe 
is  not  waxed  old  upon  thy  foot. 

6  "Ye  have  not  eaten  bread, 
neither  have  ye  drunk  wine  or 
strong  drink ;  that  ye  may  know 
that    I    am    Jehovah    your    God. 

7  "  And  when  ye  came  unto  this 
place,  Sihon  the  king  of  Heshbon, 
and  Og  the  king  of  Bashan,  came 
out  against  us  unto  battle,  and  we 
smote  them :  8  and  we  took  their 
land,  and  ^gave  it  for  an  inheri- 
tance unto  the  Reubenites,  and  to 
the  Gadites,  and  to  the  half-tribe 
of  the  Manassites.  9  '  Keep  there- 
fore the  words  of  this  covenant, 
and  do  them,  ''that  ye  may  "pros- 
per in  all  that  ye  do. 

10  Ye  stand  this  day  all  of  you 
before  Jehovah  your  God ;  your 
heads,  your  tribes,  your  elders, 
and  your  officers,  even  all  the 
men  of  Israel,  1 1  your  little  ones, 
your  wives,  and  thy  sojourner  that 
is  in  the  midst  of  thy  camps,  from 
'the  hewer  of  thy  wood  unto  the 
drawer  of  thy_ water;  12  that  thou 
mayest  enter  into  the  covenant  of 
Jehovah  thy  God,  and  into  his 
oath,  which  Jehovah  thy  God 
inaketh  with  thee  this  day ;  13 
that  he  may  establish  thee  this 
day  unto  himself  for  a  people,  and 
that  'he  maj'  be  unto  thee  a  God, 
as  he  spake  unto  thee,  and  as  he 

2  Or,  deal  wisely 


29.14 


DEUTEROXOMY 


30.3 


The  Covenant  made  in  Moab.    Solemn  Injunctions  and  Promises 


sware  unto  thy  fathers,  to  Abra 
ham,  to  Isaac,  and  to  Jacob. 

1-4  Neither  with  you  only  do 
I  make  this  covenant  and  this 
oatii,  15  but  witli  him  that  stand- 
eth  here  with  us  this  day  before 
Jehovah  our  God,  and  also  with  him 
that  is  not  here  with  us  tliis  day 

16  (for  ye  know  how  we  dwelt  in 
the  land  of  Egypt,  and  how  we 
came  throuiJ:h  the  midst  of  the 
nations  through  which  ye  passed  ; 

17  and  ye  have  seen  their  abomi- 
nations, and  their  idols,  "wood  and 
stone-,  silver  and  gold,  which  were 
among  them) ;  18  ''lest  there  should 
be  among  you  man,  or  woman,  or 
family,  or  tribe,  whose  heart  turn- 
eth  away  this  day  from  Jehovah 
our  God,  to  go  to  serve  the  gods  of 
those  nations  ;  lest  there  should  be 
among  you  'a  root  that  beareth 
^  gall  and  wormwood  ;  1 9  and  it 
come  to  pass,  when  he  heareth  the 
words  oi;  this  '^  curse,  that  he  bless 
himself  in  his  heart,  saying,  I  shall 
have  peace,  though  I  walk  in  the 
stubbornness  of  my  heart,  ^to 
destroy  the  moist  with  the  dry. 
20  Jehovah  will  not  pardon  him, 
but  then  the  anger  of  Jehovah 
and  his  jealousy  will  ''smoke 
against  that  man,  and  all  the 
curse  that  is  written  in  this  book 
shall  lie  upon  him,  and  Jehovah 
will "  blot  out  his  name  from  under 
heaven.  21  And  .Jehovah  will  set 
him  apart  unto  evil  out  of  all  the 
tribes  of  Israel,  according  to  all 
the  curses  of  the  covenant  •'that 
is  written  in  this  book  of  the 
law. 

22  And  the  generation  to  come, 
your  children  that  shall  rise  up 
after  you,  and  ^  the  foreigner  that 
shall  come  from  a  far  land,  shall 
say,  when  they  see  the  plagues 
of  that  land,  and  the  sicknesses 
wherewith  Jehovah  hath  made  it 
sick;  23  and  that  the  whole  land 
thereof  is  ''brimstone,  and  salt, 
and  'a  burning,  that  it  is  not 
sown,  nor  beareth,  nor  any  grass 
groweth  therein,  like  the  over- 
throw of  Sodom  and  Gomorrah, 
Admah  and  Zeboiim,  which  Je- 
hovah overthrew  in  his  anger, 
and  in  his  wrath :  24:  even  all 
the  nations  shall  say.  Wherefore 
hath  Jehovah  done  thus  unto  this 
land'?  what  meaneth  the  heat  of 

1  Heb.  rnsh,  a  poisonous  herb. 

4  Or,  oatif  (and  so  ver.  'jo,  21) 

*  Or,  to  add  drunkenness  to  thirst 


"  ch.  4.  2S  : 

28.  36;  Ex. 

20.  23 
b  ch.  l.-i.  6 
'  ch.  32.  32  ; 

Heb.  12. 15 
d  Ps.  74.  1  i 

81).  4 
'  Ph.  9.  14 ; 

Ex.  32.  33  ; 

2  K.  14.  27 
/ch.  30.  10 
"  .ler.  19.  8  ; 

49.  17 ;  50. 

13 
h  Gen.  19. 

24  ;  Is.  34.  9 
'  Is.  1.  7  ;  04. 

u 


K  2  K.  17.  9- 

23 ;  2  Ohr. 

.36.  13-21 
'  Ezek.  19. 

12,  13 
"'  ver.  15, 19 ; 

ch.  11.  26 
"  ch.  28.  64  ; 

29.  28  ; 

Lev.  26.  40- 

45 
»  ch.  4.  29,  30 
P  ch.  4.  29 

«  Gen.  28. 
15 ;  48.  2". 


•■  ch.  4.  27 

'  Neh.  1.  9 ; 
Is.  43.  6 ; 
48.  20 ;  62. 
11 

'  Jer.  29.  14  ; 
30.3 


"  ch.  7.  13 ; 
13.  17 


«  ch.  6.  6 
'  ch.  7.  15 


this  great  anger  1  25  Then  men 
shall  say,  *  Because  they  forsook 
the  covenant  of  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  their  fathers,  which  he  made 
with  them  when  he  brought  them 
forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
2G  and  went  and  served  other 
gods,  and  worshipped  them,  gods 
that  they  knew  not,  and  that  he 
had  not  ''given  unto  them:  27 
therefore  the  anger  of  Jehovah 
was  kindled  against  this  land,  to 
bi'ing  upon  it  all  the  curse  that 
is  written  in  this  book  ;  28  and 
'  .Jehovah  rooted  them  out  of  their 
land  in  anger,  and  in  wrath,  and 
in  great  indignation,  and  cast 
them  into  another  land,  as  at  this 
day.  29  The  secret  things  belong 
unto  Jehovah  our  God ;  but  the 
things  that  are  revealed  belong 
unto  us  and  to  our  children  for 
ever,  that  we  may  do  all  the  words 
of  this  law. 

O/^  And  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
tJ\J  when  all  these  things  are 
come  upon  thee,  '"  the  blessing  and 
the  curse,  which  I  have  set  before 
thee,  and  thou  shalt  call  them  to 
mind  "among  all  the  nations, 
whither  Jehovah  thy  God  hath 
driven  thee,  2  and  "shalt  return 
unto  Jehovah  thy  God,  and  shalt 
obey  his  voice  according  to  all  that 
I  command  thee  this  day,  thou  and 
thy  children,  ''with  all  thy  heart, 
and  with  all  thy  soul ;  3  that  then 
Jehovah  thy  God  will  ^»turn  thy 
captivity,  and  have  compassion 
upon  thee,  and  will  return  and 
gather  thee  from  all  the  peoples, 
whither  Jehovah  thy  God  hath 
'"scattered  thee.  4  If  any  of  thine 
outcasts  be  in  the  uttermost  parts 
of  heaven,  'from  thence  will  Je- 
hovah thy  God  gather  thee,  and 
from  thence  will  he  fetch  thee : 
5  and  'Jehovah  thy  God  ^vill 
bring  thee  into  the  land  w^hich 
thy  fathers  pos.sesscd,  and  thou 
shalt  possess  it;  and  he  will  d(? 
thee  good,  and  "multiply  thee 
above  thy  fathers.  6  And  Jeho- 
vah thy  God  will  circumcise  thy 
heart,  and  the  heart  of  thy  seed, 
"to  love  Jehovah  thy  God  with  all 
thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul 
that  thou  maye.st  live.  7  ''Ani.l 
Jehovah  thy  God  will  put  all  these 
curses  upon  thine  enemies,  and  on 
them  that  hate  thee,  that  perse- 
cuted thee.  8  And  thou  shalt 
return  and  obey  the  voice  of  Je 

■•  Heb.  allotted.  '  Or,  retMm  to 


205 


30.9 


DEUTERONOMY 


31.13 


Solemn  Injunctions  and  Promises.    Moses'  Final  Charge.    The  Law  delivered  to  the  Priests 


hovah,  and  do  all  his  command- 
ments which  I  command  thee  this 
day.  9  "And  Jehovah  thy  God 
will  make  thee  plenteous  in  all  the 
work  of  thy  hand,  in  the  fruit  of 
thy  body,  and  in  the  fruit  of  thy 
cattle,  and  in  the  fruit  of  thj' 
ground,  for  good  :  for  Jehovah  will 
again  i^ejoice  over  thee  for  good,  as 
he  rejoiced  over  thy  fathers  ;  10  if 
thou  shalt  obey  the  voice  of  Jeho- 
vah thy  God,  to  keep  his  com- 
mandments and  his  statutes  which 
*are  written  in  this  book  of  the 
law ;  if  thou  turn  unto  Jehovah 
thy  God  ''with  all  thy  heart,  and 
with  all  thy  soul. 

1 1  For  this  commandment  which 
I  command  thee  this  day,  it  is  not 
too  ^hard  for  thee,  neither  is  it  far 
off.  12  It  is  not  in  heaven,  that 
thou  shouldest  say,  '^  Who  shall  go 
up  for  us  to  heaven,  and  bring  it 
unto  us,  and  make  us  to  hear  it, 
that  we  may  do  it  *?  13  Neither  is 
it  beyond  the  sea,  that  thou  should- 
est say.  Who  shall  go  over  the  sea 
for  us,  and  bring  it  unto  us,  and 
make  us  to  hear  it,  that  ^ve  may 
do  it"?  14  But  the  word  is  very 
nigh  unto  thee,  in  thy  mouth,  and 
in  thy  heart,  that  thou  mayest 
do  it. 

15  See,  I  have  set  before  thee 
this  day  life  and  good,  and  death 
and  evil ;  1 6  in  that  I  command 
thee  this  day  '  to  love  Jehovah  thy 
God,  to  walk  in  his  ways,  and  to 
keep  his  commandments  and  his 
statutes  and  his  ordinances,  that 
thou  -^mayest  live  and  multiply, 
and  that  .Jehovah  thy  God  may 
bless  thee  in  the  land  whither  thou 
goest  in  to  possess  it.  17  But  if 
thy  heart  turn  away,  and  thou  wilt 
not  hear,  but  shalt  be  drawn  awaj^ 
and  worship  other  gods,  and  serve 
them  ;  18  I  denounce  unto  you  this 
day,  that  ^  ye  shall  surely  perish ; 
j'^e  shall  not  prolong  your  days  in 
the  land,  whither  thou  passest  over 
the  Jordan  to  go  in  to  possess  it. 
1 9  ''  I  call  heaven  and  earth  to  wit- 
ness against  you  this  day,  that  I 
have  set  before  thee  life  and  death, 
'  the  blessing  and  the  curse  :  there- 
fore choose  life,  that  thou  mayest 
live,  thou  and  thy  seed  ;  20  *  to  love 
Jehovah  thy  God,  to  obey  his  voice, 
and  '  to  cleave  unto  him  ;  '"  for  -  he 
is  thy  life,  and  the  length  of  thy 
days ;  that  thou  mayest  dwell  in 
the  land  which  .Jehovah  sware  unto 

1  Or,  wonderful  2  Or,  that 


"  Jer.  31.  27 

28 

b  ch.  29.  21 

"^  ch.  4.  29 

d  Rom.  10. 

6-8 

*  ch.  6.  6 

/  ver.  19 ; 

ch.  4. 1 

^  ch.  4.  26 

h  ch.  4.  26 

'  ver.  1 

«-■  ch.  6.  5 

'  ch.  10.  20 

'"  ch.  4.  1 ; 

32.47 

"  ch.  34.  7 

°  ch.  1.  37 

P  Num.  27. 

18 

'ch.  1.  38; 

3.  28 


"  ver.  25,  26  ; 
10.  8; 

Num.  4.  5, 
6,  Id 


"ch.  15. 1, ; 


=  ch.  12.  6 


206 


thy  fathers,  to  Abraham,  to  Isaac, 
and  to  Jacob,  to  give  them. 

0  ^  And  Closes  went  and  spake 
O-L  these  words  unto  all  Israel. 
2  And  he  said  unto  them,  I  am  "  a 
hundred  and  twenty  years  old  this 
day;  I  can  no  more  go  out  and 
come  in :  and  Jehovah  hath  said 
unto  me,  "Thou  shalt  not  go  over 
this  Jordan.  3  Jehovah  thy  God, 
he  will  go  over  before  thee  ;  he  will 
destroy  these  nations  from  before 
thee,  and  thou  shalt  dispossess 
them :  and  ^  Joshua,  he  shall  go 
over  before  thee,  as  Jehovah  hath 
spoken.  4  And  Jehovah  will  do 
unto  them  as  he  did  to  Sihon  and 
to  Og,  the  kings  of  the  Amorites, 
and  unto  their  land ;  whom  he 
destroyed.  5  And  Jehovah  will 
deliver  them  up  before  you,  and 
ye  shall  do  unto  them  according 
unto  all  the  commandment  which 

1  have  commanded  you.  6  Be 
strong  and  of  good  courage,  «fear 
not,  nor  be  affrighted  at  them : 
for  Jehovah  thy  God,  he  it  is  that 
doth  go  with  thee ;  *■  he  will  not 
fail  thee,  nor  forsake  thee.  7  Arid 
Moses  called  unto  Joshua,  and  said 
unto  him  in  the  sight  of  all  Israel, 
'  Be  strong  and  of  good  courage : 
for  thou  snalt  go  with  this  people 
into  the  land  wnich  Jehovah  hath 
sworn  unto  their  fathers  to  give 
them ;  and  thou  shalt  cause  them 
to  inherit  it.  8  And  Jehovah,  he 
it  is  that  doth  go  before  thee ;  he 
will  be  with  thee,  '  he  will  not  fail 
thee,  neither  forsake  thee  :  fear  not, 
neither  be  dismayed. 

9  And  Moses  wrote  this  law,  and 
delivered  it  unto  the  priests  the 
sons  of  Levi,  "  that  bare  the  ark  of 
the  cov^enant  of  Jehovah,  and  unto 
all  the  elders  of  Israel.  10  And 
Moses  commanded  them,  saying, 
At  the  end  of  every  seven  years,  in 
the  set  time  of  "  the  j^ear  of  relea.se, 
in  the  feast  of  tabernacles,  1 1  when 
all  Israel  is  come  to  appear  before 
Jehovah  thy  God  in  -"the  place 
which  he  shall  choose,  thou  shalt 
read  this  law  before  all  Israel  in 
their  hearing.  12  Assemble  the 
people,  the  men  and  the  women 
and  the  little  ones,  and  thy  so- 
journer that  is  within  thy  gates, 
that  they  may  hear,  and  that  they 
may  ^  learn,  and  fear  Jehovah  j'our 
God,  and  observe  to  do  all  the 
words  of  this  law;  13  and  that 
their  children,  who  have  not  known, 
maj-  hear,  and  learn  to  fear  Jeho 


31.14 


DEUTERONOMY 


32.5 


Joshaa  commissioned.    The  Law  pat  beside  the  Ark.    The  Song  of  IHoses 


vah  your  God,  a.s  long  as  ye  live  in 
the  land  whither  ye  go  over  the 
Jordan  to  possess  it. 

14  And  Jeho\ah  said  unto  Moses, 
Behold,  "thy  days  approach  that 
thou  must  die:  call  Joshua,  and 
present  yourselves  in  the  tent  of 
meeting,  that  I  may  give  him  a 
charge.  *And  Moses  and  Joshua 
went,  and  presented  themselves  in 
tlie  tent  of  meeting.  15  ^'And  Je- 
hovah aiDpeared  in  the  Tent  in  a 
pillar  of  cloud :  and  the  pillar  of 
cloud  stood  ^  over  the  door  of  the 
Tent.  16  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
]\Ioses,  Behold,  ''thou  shalt  sleep 
with  thy  fathers  ;  and  *this  people 
will  rise  up,  and  play  the  harlot 
after  the  strange  gods  of  the  land, 
whither  they  go  to  be  among  them, 
and  ■''will  forsake  me,  and  break 
my  covenant  which  I  have  made 
with  them.  17  ^Then  my  anger 
shall  be  kindled  against  them  in 
that  day,  and  I  will  forsake  them, 
and  I  will  hide  my  face  from  them, 
and  they  shall  be  devoured,  and 
many  evils  and  troubles  shall  come 
upon  them  ;  so  that  they  will  say 
in  that  day,  Are  not  these  evils 
come  upon  us  because  our  God  is 
not  among  us '?  18  And  I  will  surely 
hide  my  face  in  that  day  for  all  the 
evil  which  they  shall  have  wrought, 
in  that  they  are  turned  unto  other 
gods.  19  Now  therefore  ''write  j'e 
this  song  for  you,  and  teach  thou 
it  the  children  of  Israel ;  put  it  in 
their  mouths,  that  this  song  may 
be  a  witness  for  me  against  the 
children  of  Israel.  20  *Fqr  when 
I  shall  have  brought  them  into  the 
land  which  I  sware  unto  their  fa- 
thers, flowing  with  milk  and  honey, 
and  they  shall  have  eaten  and  filled 
them.selves,  and  *  waxed  fat;  then 
will  they  turn  unto  other  gods,  and 
serve  them,  and  despise  me,  and 
break  my  covenant.  21  And  it 
shall  come  to  pass,  'when  many 
evils  and  troubles  are  come  upon 
them,  that  this  song  shall  testify 
before  them  as  a  witness ;  for  it 
shall  not  be  forgotten  out  of  the 
mouths  of  their  seed  :  for  I  know 
their  imagination  which  they  frame 
this  day,  before  I  have  brought 
them  into  the  land  which  I  sware. 
22  "So  jMoses  wrote  this  song  the 
same  day,  and  taught  it  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel.  23  "And  he  gave 
Joshua  the  son  of  Nun  a  charge, 
and  said,  Be  strong  and  of  good 

I  Or,  by 


"  ch.  4.  22  ; 

31'.  60; 

Num.  27. 

rj,  13 
6  Ex.  33.  9-n 
'  E.\.  33.  9 
<'  Gen.  15.  15 
'■  ch.  4.  26- 

28 ;  Judg. 

2.  n,  12 
/Judg.  10.6 
'J  Judg.  2. 

14  ;  6.  13 
^  ver.  22 
•  ch.  6.  10- 

12 ;  8.  10, 

19;  11.  16, 

17 
«••  ch.  32.  15- 

17 
'  ch.  4.  30  ; 

Lev.  26.  41 
"'  ver.  19 
"  ver.  7 


"  El.  3.  12 
P  ver.  9 
1  ch.  9.  7 
*■  ch.  9.  6,  13 
'  ch.  4.  26 


t  ch.  4.  26  ; 
Is.  1.  2 


"  Is.  56. 10, 11 


"  Ex.  33.  19  , 
34.  6,  6 

'  ch.  3.  24  , 
6.  24 

y  ver.  15,  18, 

30 

■  <ien.  18.  25 
"  ch.  7.  9 


i-cb.  4.  25; 
31.  29 


courage;  for  thou  shalt  bring  the 
ciiildrcn  of  Israel  into  the  land 
which  1  sware  unto  them:  and  "I 
will  be  with  thee. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Moses  had  made  an  end  of  writ- 
ing the  words  of  this  law  in  a  book, 
until  they  were  finished,  25  that 
Moses  commanded  the  Levites, 
■''that  bare  the  ark  of  the  covenant 
of  Jehovah,  saying,  26  Take  this 
book  of  the  law,  and  put  it  by  the 
side  of  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of 
Jehovah  your  God,  that  it  may  be 
there  for  a  witness  against  thee. 
27  For  I  know  *thy  rebellion,  and 
''thy  stiff  neck:  behold,  while  1 
am  yet  alive  with  you  this  day,  ye 
have  been  rebellious  against  Jeho- 
vah ;  and  how  much  more  after  my 
death  1  28  Assemble  unto  me  all 
the  elders  of  j'our  tribes,  and  your 
officers,  that  I  may  speak  these 
words  in  their  ears,  and  'call 
heaven  and  earth  to  witness  against 
them.  29  For  I  know  that  after 
my  death  ye  will  utterly  corrupt 
yourselves,  and  turn  aside  from  tne 
way  which  I  have  commanded  you  ; 
ana  evil  will  befall  you  in  the  latter 
days  ;  because  ye  will  do  that  which 
is  evil  in  the  sight  of  Jehovah,  to 
provoke  him  to  anger  through  the 
work  of  your  hands. 

30  And  Moses  spake  in  the  ears 
of  all  the  assembly  of  Israel  the 
words  of  this  song,  until  they  were 
finished. 

O  r)  '  Give  ear,  ye  heavens,  and 
*J  ^       I  will  speak  ; 

And  let  the  earth  hear  the  words 
of  my  mouth. 

2  My  doctrine  shall  drop  as  the 

"  rain ; 

My  speech  shall  distil  as  the 
dew. 

As  the  small  rain  upon  the  ten- 
der grass. 

And  as  the  showers  upon  the 
herb. 

3  For  I  will  "proclaim  the  name 

of  Jehovah : 
Ascribe  ye  "^greatness  unto  our 
God. 

4  The  2'Eock,  his  work  is  perfect; 
For  all  his  ways  are  ^justice  : 

A  God  of  "  faithfulness  and  with- 
out iniquity. 
Just  and  right  is  he. 

5  They  have  'dealt  *  corruptly  Avitb 

him,  they  are  not  his  children, 
^  it  is  their  blemish  ; 

2  Or,  corrupted  themsflves,  they  <tc. 
8  Or,  but  a  blot  upon  them 


207 


32.6 


DEUTEEONOMY 


32.24 


They  are  a  "perverse  and  crooked 
generation. 

6  Do  ye  thus  requite  Jehovah, 
O  *  toolish  people  and  unwise  1 
Is  not  he  thy  "^  father  that  hath 

^  bought  thee  1 
He  hatn  "^  made  thee,  and  estab- 
lished thee. 

7  Remember  the  days  of  old. 
Consider  the  years  of  many  gen- 
erations : 

*Ask  thy  father,  and   he  will 

show  tnee ; 
Thine    elders,    and    they   will 

tell  thee. 

8  When  the  Most  High  gave  to 

the  nations  their  inheritance. 
When  he  -^separated  the  chil- 
dren of  men. 
He  set  the  bounds  of  the  peo- 
ples 
According   to  the   number    of 
the  children  of  Israel. 

9  For  Jehovah's  ^portion  is  his 

people ; 
Jacob  is  the  lot  of  his  inheri- 
tance. 

10  He   found   him    in    a   ^desert 

land. 

And  in  the  waste  howling  wil- 
derness ; 

He  compassed  him  about,  he 
cared  for  him. 

He  kept  him  as  'the  apple  of 
his  eye. 

11  As  an  *  eagle  that  stirreth  up 

her  nest. 
That  fluttereth  over  her  young, 
^  He  '  spread  abroad  his  wings, 

he  took  them. 
He  bare  them  on  his  pinions. 

1 2  Jehovah  *"  alone  did  lead  him, 
And  there  was  "  no  foreign  god 

with  him. 
1  3  He  made  him  "  ride  on  the  high 

places  of  the  earth. 
And  he  did  eat  the  increase  of 

the  field ; 
And    he    made    him    to    suck 

-Phoney  out  of  the  rock. 
And  oil  out  of  the  flinty  rock : 

1 4  Butter  of  the  herd,  and  milk  of 

the  flock, 
With  fat  of  lambs. 
And    rams    of    the    breed    of 

Bashan,  and  goats, 
*  With  the  •'  rinest  of  the  wheat ; 
And  of  the  blood  of  the  grape 

thou  d  rankest  wine. 

15  But  Jeshurun  '"waxed  fat,  and 

kicked  : 

I  Or,  posaexsed    Or,  gotten 
"  Or,  Spreadeth  abroad  her  wings,  taketh  them, 
teareih.  them  on  her  pinions 
'■>  Heb.  fat  of  kidneys  of  wheat. 


Tbe  SoDg  of  Moses 

"  Mt.  17.  17 
*  ver.  28 
'  ch.  1.  31 
<i  ver.  15 
*•  Ex.  12.  2C  ; 

Ps.  78.  6-8 
/Gen.  11.  S; 

Ex.  33.  16  ; 

Num.  23.  9 
»  1  K.  8.  51, 

63 ;  Jer.  10. 

16 
''ch.  1.  19; 

Jer.  2.  6 ; 

Hos.  13.  5 
'  Ps.  17.  8  ; 

Prov.  7.  2  , 

Zech.  2.  8 
^ch.  33.  12; 

Ex.  19.  4 
'  Ps.  18.  10- 

18 
"^  ch.  4.  .36,  39 
"  ver.  39 ;  Is. 

43.  12 
"  Is.  58.  14 
P  ch.  8.  8  ; 

Job  29.  6  , 

Ps.  81.  16 
«  Ps.  81.  16  ; 

147.  14 
"■  ch.  31.  20 


'  Judg.  10. 6 ; 

Is.  1.  4 
t  ver.  6 
"  ver.  4 
"  Ps.  78.  58 
"  Ps.  106.  29 
y  Ps.  106.  37  ; 

1  Cor.  10. 

20 
'  ch.  28.  C4 
"  Judg.  6.  S 
i>  ver.  4 
"  Ps.  106.  21  ; 

Hos.  S.  14 
d  Lev.  26.  30 ; 

Ps.  106.  40 
'  Jer.  44.  21- 

23 
/ch.  31.  29 
«  ver.  6 
''  ch.  9.  23 
'  ver.  16 
k  ver.  17 : 

1  K.  10.  13, 

26 ;  Jer.  8. 
19 ;  Jon.  2. 

8 

'■  Rom.  10.  19 
'"  Ps.  74.  IS 
"  Num.  16. 
33-35  ;  Ps. 


°  Lev.  26.  20 


P  ch.  29.  21 
9  Ps.  18.  14  , 


"  Ps.  91.  6 
t  Lev.  26.  22 


208 


Thou  art  waxed  fat,  thou  art 
grown  thick,  thou  art  be- 
come sleek; 

Then  he  *  forsook  God  '  who 
made  him. 

And  lightly  esteemed  "the 
Rock  of  his  salvation. 

16  They  "moved  him  to  jealousy 
with  strange  gods ; 

With  abominations  ^provoked 
they  him  to  anger. 

17  They  ^sacrificed  unto  demons, 
xvhich  were  no  God, 

To  ^  gods  that  they  knew  not. 
To  "new  gods  that  came  up  of 

late. 
Which  your  fathers  dreaded  not. 

18  Of  Hhe  Rock  that  "begat  thee 
thou  art  unmindful, 

And  hast  ''forgotten  God  that 
gave  thee  birth. 

19  And  Jehovah  saw  it,  and  ''ab. 

horred  them. 
Because  of  the  *  provocation  of 
his  sons  and  his  daughters. 

20  And    he  said,  I  will   hide    my 

face  from  them, 

I  will  see  what  their  ■''end  shall 
be : 

For  they  are  a  very  ^  perverse 
generation. 

Children  in  whom  is  ''  no  faith- 
fulness. 

21  They  have  'moved  me  to  jeal- 

ousy with  that  which  is  not 
God: 

They  have  provoked  me  to 
anger  with  their  *  vanities  : 

And  I  will  '  move  them  to  jeal- 
ousy with  those  that  are  not 
a  people ; 

I  will  provoke  them  to  anger 
with  a  "*  foolish  nation. 

22  For  a  "fire  is  kindled  in  mine 

anger. 

And  burnetii  unto  the  lowest 
Sheol, 

And  °  devoureth  the  earth  with 
its  increase. 

And  setteth  on  fire  the  foun- 
dations of  the  mountains. 

23  I  will  heap  ''evils  upon  them; 
I    will    spend    mine     *  arrows 

upon  them  : 

24  They  shall  he  wasted  with  hun- 

ger, and  devoured  with* burn- 
ing ""heat 

And  bitter  'destruction; 

And  the  teeth  of  '  beasts  will  I 
send  upon  them, 

With  the  "poison  of  crawling 
things  of  the  dust. 

*  Or,  bare 

'  Heb.  burning  coals.    See  Hab.  3.  6. 


32.25 


DEUTERONOMY 


32.46 


The  Song  of  Moses.    Exhortation  to  observe  the  law 


25  Without  shall  the  "sword  be- 

reave, 
And  in  the  chambers  terror  ; 
It    shall    clestro;/    both    ''young 

man  and  virfj;in, 
The  suckling  with  the  man  of 

gray  hairs. 

26  I  sjiid,  i  would  "scatter  them 

afar, 
I    would    make    the    ''remem- 
brance of  them  to  cease  from 
among  men  ; 

27  Were  it  not  that  I  feared  the 

*  provocation  of  the  enemy. 
Lest    their   adversaries  should 

judge  amiss, 
Lest  tney  should  say,  'Our  hand 

is  exalted. 
And  Jehovah  hath  not  done  all 

this. 

28  For  they  are  a  nation  ^  void  of 

counsel, 
And  there  is  no  understanding 
in  them. 

29  *  Oh  that  they  were  wise,  that 

they  understood  this. 
That     they     Avould     'consider 
their  latter  end  ! 

30  How  should  one  *  chase  a  thou- 

sand, 
And  two  put  ten  thousand  to 

flight. 
Except    their   'Rock  had  sold 

them. 
And    Jehovah    had     delivered 

them  up  1 

31  For  their    rock  is  not  as  our 

Rock, 
Even  our  "'enemies  themselves 
being  judges. 

32  For  their  vine  is  of  the  vine  of 

Sodom, 
And  of  the  fields  of  Gomorrah : 
Their    grapes    are    grapes    of 

"  gall. 
Their  clusters  are  bitter  : 

33  Their  Avine  is  the  poison  of  ser- 

pents, 
And  the  cruel  venom  of  asps. 
3-1:  Is  not  this  "laid    up    in  store 
with  me. 
Sealed  up    ^  among   my   treas- 
ures'? 

35  P  Vengeance  is  mine,  and  recom- 

pense. 
At  the  time  when  their  *foot 

shall  slide : 
For  the  ''day  of  their  calamity 

is  at  hand. 
And  the  things  that  are  to  come 

upon  them  shall  make  haste. 

36  For   'Jehovah  will    judge    his 

people, 

1  Or,  in  mv  treasuries 


"  Lam.  1.  20  , 
Ezek.  7.  1.) 

fcu'  Cbr.  3(i. 
17 ;  Lam. 

2.  21 

'  ch.  4.  27  ; 

■JS.  ()4 
d  ch.  9.  14  ; 

Job  18.  17, 

Vs.  .34.  IG 
'  ch.  9.  2(i-28 
/Ps.  140.  8; 

Is.  10.  13 
'J  ver.  G 
Ach.  6.  29; 

Ps.  81.  l.i 
'  ch.  31.  29  , 

Is.  47.  7  ; 

Lam.  1.  9 

*  Lev.  26.  7, 8 
'  ver.  4 

"'  Ex.  14.  25 ; 

1  S.  4.  8 
"  ch.  29.  18 
"  .Jar.  44.  21  , 

Hos.  13.  12 
Ts.  91.  l; 

Rom.  12. 

Ill; 

Heb.  10.  30 
1  .Jer.  23.  12 
"■  Ezek.  7. 

fi-io 

*  Ps.  135.  14  ; 
Heb.  10.  30 


t  ch.  30.  1-3  ; 

Lev.  26. 

43-45, 

Judg.  2.  IS; 

Ps.  106.  45 ; 

Joel  2.  14 
"  Jer.  2.  28 
"  Num.  26. 

'Jer.  11. 12 
y  Is.  41.  4  , 

43.  10 
"  ver.  12 
"  1  Sam.  2.  6  ; 

2  K.  6.  7 
f"  Job  5.  18 ; 

Hos.  6.  1 
'=  Ps.  60.  22 
rf  Ezek.  20. 

5,  6 
^  Ps.  7.  12  ; 

Ezek.  21.  9, 

10 
/Jer.  60.  2S- 

32 

"  .Ter.  46.  10 
''Jer.  12.  12; 

46.  10,  14 
'  Kom.  16. 10 

*  2  K.  9.  7  : 
Kev.  6. 10 ; 
19.  2 

'  Is.  1.  24 


'  Ps.  66.  3 ; 
79.9 


'  Ezek.  40. 
4  ;  44.  6 


209 


And  '  repent  himself  for  his  ser- 
vants ; 

When  he  seeth  that  their  power 
is  gone. 

And  tliere  is  none  remaining, 
shut  up  or  left  at  lai-ge. 

37  And  he  will  say,  "Where  are 

their  gods, 
The  rock  in  which  they  took 
refuge ; 

38  Which  did  "eat  the  fat  of  their 

sacrifices, 
And  drank   the  wine  of   their 

drink-offering  1 
Let  them   rise    up   and    'help 

you. 
Let  them  be  your  protection. 

39  See  now  that  ^I,  even    I,   am 

he. 
And  there  is  '^no  god  with  me  : 
I  "kill,  and  I  make  alive  ; 
I  *  wound,  and  I  heal ; 
And  tliere  is  "none    that   can 

deliver  out  of  my  hand. 

40  For   ''I    lift   up   my    hand    to 

heaven, 
And  say,  As  I  live  for  ever, 

41  If     I    "whet     ■'^my    glittering 

sword. 
And  my    hand    take   hold    on 

judgment; 
I    will    render  •''vengeance    to 

mine  adversaries, 
And  will  recompense  them  that 

hate  me. 

42  1  will  make  mine  arrows  ^  drunk 

with  blood. 
And  my  *  sword  shall   devoui 

flesh; 
With  the  blood  of  the  slain  and 

the  captives, 
^  From  ■*  the  head  of  the  leaders 

of  the  enemy. 

43  ^'Rejoice,  O  ""ye  nations,  with 

his  people : 
For  he  will  *  avenge  the  blood 

of  his  servants. 
And  will  'render  vengeance  to 

his  adversaries, 

And  will  make '"expiation  for 

his  land,  for  his  people. 

44  And   Moses  came  and  spake 

all  the  words  of  this  song  in  the 

ears  of  the  people,  he.  and  "  Hoshea 

the  son  of  Nun.      45  And   Moses 

made  an  end  of  speaking  all  these 

words  to  all  Israel ;  46  and  he  .said 

unto  them,  "Set  your  heart  unto  all 

the  words  which  I  testify  unto  you 

this  day,  which  ye  shall  command 

2  Heb.  the  lightninq  of  my  sumrd. 

3  Or,  From  th''  heainning  of  revenges  upon  tlu 
enemy  *  Or,  the  hairy  head  of  the  enemy 

5  Or,  Praise  his  people,  ve  nations 
«  Or,  ve  nations,  his  people 


32.47 


DEUTERONOMY 


33.16 


Moses  commanded  to  ascend  Hoant  JSebo.    The  Blessing  of  Hoses 


"your  children  to  observe  to  do, 
even  all  the  words  of  this  law.  47 
For  it  is  no  vain  thing  for  you  ;  be- 
cause "  it  is  your  life,  and  "  through 
this  thing  ye  shall  prolong  your 
days  in  the  land,  whither  ye  go 
over  the  Jordan  to  possess  it. 

48  And  Jehovali  spake  unto 
Moses  that  selfsame  day,  saying, 
49  '^Get  thee  up  into  this  moun- 
tain of  Abarim,  unto  mount  Nebo, 
which  is  in  the  land  of  Moab,  that 
is  over  against  Jericho  ;  and  behold 
tlie  land  of  Canaan,  which  I  give 
unto  the  children  of  Israel  for  a 
possession;  50  and  die  in  the 
mount  whither  thou  goest  up,  and 
be  ''gathered  unto  thy  people,  as 
Aaron  thy  brother  died  in  mount 
Hor,  and  was  gathered  unto  his 
people:  51  •''because  ye  trespassed 
against  me  in  the  midst  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  at  the  waters  of 
Meribah  of  Kadesh,  in  the  ^wilder- 
ness of  Zin  ;  because  ye  sanctified 
me  not  in  the  midst  of  the  children 
of  Israel.  52  ''For  thou  shalt  see 
the  land  befoi-e  thee ;  but  *  thou 
shalt  not  go  thither  into  the  land 
which  I  give  the  children  of  Israel. 
O  O  And  this  is  the  blessing, 
tJ^  wherewith  Moses  *the  man 
of  God  blessed  the  children  of  Israel 
before  his  death.     2  And  he  said, 

Jehovah  came  from  '  Sinai, 

And  rose  from  '"  Seir  unto  them  ; 

He  shined  forth  from  mount 
"  Pai-an, 

And  he  came  from  "  the  ten  thou- 
sands of  '  holy  ones  : 

At  his  right  hand  "was  a ^ fiery 
law  for  them. 

3  Yea,  » he  loveth  the  f  people  ; 
All  ■*  his  *■  saints  are  in  thy  hand  : 
And  they  'sat  down  at  thy  feet ; 
Every  one  ^  shall  receive  of  thy 

words. 

4  '  Moses  commanded  us  a  law. 
An  "  inheritance  for  the  assembly 

of  Jacob. 

5  And  "^  he  was  "  king  in  Jeshurun, 
When  the  heads  of  the  people 

were  gathered. 
All  the  tribes  of  Israel  together. 

6  Let  -^  Reuben  live,  and  not  die  ; 
''Nor  let  his  men  be  few. 

7  And  this  is  the  blessing  of 
^  Judah  :  and  he  said. 

Hear,  Jehovah,  the  voice  of 
Judah, 


1  Heb.  holiness. 

2  Or,  vxis  fire,  a  law 
were  streams  for  them 

3  Or,  tribes 

*  Or,  thei-r  holy  ones 


Or,  as  otherwise  read, 
=  Or,  received 
6  Or,  there  was  a  king 
•  Or.  But 


"  ch.  4.  9 
b  ch.  8.  3 ; 

30.  20 
'  ch.  4.  40 ; 

33.  25 
d  ch.  3.  27  ; 

Num.  27. 

12-14 
'den.  25.  8 
/  Num.  20. 

12 
9  Num.  27. 

14 
'"  ch.  34.  1-3 
'  ch.  1.  37  ; 

3.  27 
*  Josh.  14.  6 
'Ex.  19.  1>, 

20 ;  Ps.  US. 

8,  17 
*"  Judg.  5.  4 
"  Num.  10. 

12 ;  Hab. 

3.  3 
"Dan.  7.  10; 

Acts  7.  63  ; 

Gal.  3.  19 ; 

Heb.  2.  2 ; 

Kev.  5.  11 
P  Ex.  19.  18  i 

20.  1-18 
«  ch.  4.  37  ; 

7.  8 ;  10. 15 ; 

Hos.  11.  1; 

Mai.  1.  2 
•"ch.  7.  6; 

14.  2 
»  ch.  6.  1-9 
«ch.  4.  2; 

Jn.  1.  17  ; 

7.  19 
"  ch.  8.  3  , 

Fs.  119.  Ill 
"  Num.  23.  21 
^  Gen.  49. 

3,4 

y  Gen.  49. 
8-12 


*  Ex.  28.  .TO ; 

Lev.  8.  8 
"  Ps.  106.  16 
b  ch.  0.  16  ; 

Ex.  17.  7 ; 

Num.  20. 

13,  24 
"^  Ex.  32.  27- 

29 
d  ch.  31.  9- 

13  ;  Lev. 

10.  11;  Dt. 

17.  9-11 
«  Ex.  30.  7, 

8 ;  Lev.  16. 

12,  13 ;  1 S. 

2.  28 
/  Ps.  51.  19 
y  ch.  4.  37  ; 

12.  10 
'1  ch.  32.  11 

■  txen.  27.  27, 

28  ,  49.  22- 
,26 


*  Gen.  49.  26 


210 


And    bring    him   in    unto    his 

people. 
*\\ith  his  hands  he  contended 

^  for  himself ; 
And    thou    shalt     be    a    help 

against  his  adversaries. 

8  And  of  Levi  he  said, 

Thy  '  Thummim  and  thy  Uriro 
are  with  "'thy  "godly  one, 

Whom  thou  didst  prove  at 
*  Massah, 

With  whom  thou  didst  strive  at 
the  waters  of  Meribah ; 

9  who  said  of  his  father,  and  of 

his  mother,  I  have  not  seen 

him ; 
Neither   did   he  "acknowledge 

his  brethren. 
Nor  knew  he  his  own  children  : 
For    they   have    observed   thy 

word, 
And  keep  thy  covenant. 

10  They  shall  ''teach  Jacob  thine 

ordinances, 
And  Israel  thy  law  : 
They  shall  put  ^incense  " before 

thee. 
And     ^  whole      burnt-offering 

upon  thine  altar. 

11  Bless,  Jehovah,  his  substance, 
And   accept   the  work    of    his 

hands : 
Smite    through    the    loins    of 

them   that   rise    up   against 

him. 
And  of    them  that   hate  him, 

that  they  ri.se  not  again. 

12  Of  Benjamin  he  said. 

The  beloved  of  Jehovah  shall 
^  dwell  in  safety  by  him  ; 

He  *covereth  him  all  the  day 
long. 

And  he  dwelleth  between  his 
shoulders. 

13  And  of  Joseph  he  said, 

•  Blessed  of  Jehovah  be  his  land, 
For    the     precious    things    of 

heaven,  for  the  dew. 
And  for  the  deep  that  coucheth 

beneath, 

14  And  for  the  precious  things  of 

the  fruits  of  the  sun. 
And  for  the  precious  things  of 
the  growth  of  the  '-  moons, 

15  And  for  the  chief  things  of  the 

ancient  mountains, 
x\nd  for  the  precious  things  of 
the  ^'everlasting  hills, 

16  And  for  the  precious  things  of 

the    earth    and   the  fulness 
thereof. 


8  Or,  Let  his  hands  be  suMcient  for  them 

9  Or,  for  them        lo  Or,  him  whom  thou  lovest 
11  Heb.  in  thy  nostrils.  ^  Or,  months 


33.17 


DEUTERONOMY 


34.7 


The  Blessing  ot  Moses.    The  Death  of  Moses 


And  the  good  will  "  of  him  that 
dwelt  iu  the  bush. 

Let  t/te  blesKing  come  upon  the 
head  of  Joseph, 

And  upon  the  crown  of  the 
heaa  of  him  ^  that  was  sepa- 
rate from  his  brethren. 

17  "The    firstling    of    his    herd, 

majesty  is  his; 
And  his  horns  are  the  horns  of 

*  the  wild-ox : 
With  them  he  shall  ^''push  the 

peoples  all  of  them,  even  the 

ends  of  the  earth  : 
And  they  are  the  ten  thousands 

of  Ephraim, 
And  they  are  the  thousands  of 

Manasseh. 

18  And  of ''Zebulun  he  said, 
Rejoice,  Zebulun,  in  thy  going 

out; 
And,  Issachar,  in  thy  tents. 

1 9  They  shall  call  the  peoples  "unto 

the  mountain ; 

There  shall  they  offer  -^sacri- 
fices of  righteousness : 

For  they  shall  suck  "the  abun- 
dance of  the  seas. 

And  the  hidden  treasures  of  the 
sand. 

20  And  of  *  Gad  he  said, 
Blessed   be  he  that   enlargeth 

Gad: 
He  dwelleth  'as  a  lioness. 
And  teareth  the  arm,  yea,  the 

crown  of  the  head. 

21  And  he'* provided  the*first  part 

for  himself, 
For  there  was  ^the  lawgiver's 

'  portion  reserved  ; 
Ana  he  '"came  ^with  the  heads 

of  the  people ; 
He  "executed  the  righteousness 

of  Jehovah, 
And  his  ordinances  with  Israel. 

22  And  of  "  Dan  he  said, 
Dan  is  ''a  lion's  whelp. 

That  leapeth  forth  from  Bashan. 

23  And  of  ''  Naphtali  he  said, 

O  Naphtali,  satisfied  with  favor, 
And  full  with  the  blessing  of 

Jehovah, 
Possess  thou  the  ''  west  and  the 

south. 

24  And  of  ""Asher  he  said, 
Blessed    be    Asher  *with    chil- 
dren ; 

Let  him  be  acceptable  unto  his 

brethren, 
And  let  him  'dip  his  foot  in 

oil. 

1  Or,  that  in  prince  nmono  ^  Or,  a  ruler's  portion 

*  Or,  His  firstling  bullock  «  Or,  to 

*  Or,  gore  '  Or,  sea 

*  Or,  chose   Heb.  saw.  •  Or,  above  sons 


"  Ex.  3.  2-6 ; 

Acts  7.  30 
6  Num.  '2X  22 
"  I's.  44.  5 
■'  Gen.  4». 

in-ir> 
'  Ex.  15.  17  ; 

Fs.  2.  6 ; 

Is.  2.  3 
/  Ps.  4.  6  ; 

fil.  19 
"  Is.  00.  f. 
"  den.  49.  19 
'  (ien.  49.  9 
fc  Num.  32. 

1-5 
'  Num.  34. 

14 
'"  Num.  32. 

31,  32; 

Josh.  4.  12 
"  Josh.  22. 

1-3 

0  Gen.  49.  16 
P  (ien.  49.  9; 

Ezek.  19. 
2.  3 

1  Gen.  49.  21 
""Cen.  49.  20 
"  Job  29.  6 


'  Ps.  147.  13 
"  ch.  4.  40 ; 

32.  47 
"  ch.  4.  35  ; 

Ex.  15.  11 
^  I's.  68.  33, 

34  ;  104.  3 ; 

Is.  19.  1 
"  Ps.  90. 1, 2  ; 

91.  9 
-  Is.  03.  12 
"  Ex.  34.  11 ; 

Josh.  24. 18 

*  ch.  7.  2 
"  ver.  12 

d  ch.  32.  8 ; 

Num.  23.  9 
'  Gen.  27.  28, 

37 
/ver.  13 
-"  Ps.  144.  15 
h  ch.  4.  32- 

34  ;  2  S.  7. 

23 

*  Gen.  15. 1  ; 
Ps.  33.  20 ; 
11.5.  9-11 

*  Ps.  6S.  34 

'  2  S.  22.  45  ; 

Ps.  18.  44 ; 

6fi.  3  ;  81.  15 
"*  ch.  32.  13  ; 

Is.  58.  14 
"  ch.  32.  49 
"  ch.  32.  52 

P  Gen.  12.  7  ; 
26.  3  ;  28.  13 


«  Num.  12.  7 
"■  ch.  32.  50 


'  ch.  3.  29 ; 
4.46 


<ch.  31.  2 


211 


25  Thy  ^'bars  shall  be  iron  and 

brass ; 
And  "  as  thv  days,  so  shall  thy 
"'strength  be. 

26  There  is  "none  like  unto  God, 

O  Jeshurun, 
Who  ^  rideth  upon  the  heavens 

for  thy  help. 
And   in  his  excellency  on  the 

27  The  Eternal  God  is  thy  dwell- 

ing-place. 

And  underneath  are  the  ^ever- 
lasting arms. 

And  he  "thrust  out  the  enemy 
from  before  thee. 

And  said,  ''Destroy. 

28  And  Israel  ''dwelleth  in  safety, 
The  fountain  of  Jacob  ''alone, 
In  a  land  of  ''grain  and  new 

wine ; 
Yea,   his  -^heavens   drop    down 
dew. 

29  ''Happy  art  thou,  O  Israel: 
'^Who  is  like  unto  thee,  a  peo- 
ple saved  by  Jehovah, 

The  'shield  of  thy  help. 

And  the  sword  of  thy  *  excel- 
lency ! 

And  thine  enemies  shall  "  'sub- 
mit themselves  unto  thee ; 

And  thou  shalt  '"tread  upon 
their  high  places. 
O  A  "And  Moses  went  up  from 
0~!r  the  plains  of  Moab  unto 
mount  Nebo,  to  the  top  of  Pisgah. 
that  is  over  against  Jericho.  Ana 
Jehovah  "showed  him  all  the  land 
of  Gilead,  unto  Dan,  2  and  all 
Naphtali,  and  the  land  of  Ephraim 
and  Manasseh,  and  all  the  land  of 
Judah,  unto  the  '"hinder  sea,  3  and 
the  South,  and  the  Plain  of  the 
valley  of  Jericho  the  city  of  palm- 
trees,  unto  Zoar.  4  And  Jehovah 
said  unto  him.  This  is  the  land 
which  ^  I  sware  unto  Abraham, 
unto  Isaac,  and  unto  Jacob,  say- 
ing, I  will  give  it  unto  thy  seed  :  I 
have  caused  thee  to  see  it  with 
thine  eyes,  but  thou  shalt  not  go 
over  thither.  .5  So  Moses  *the 
servant  of  Jehovah  ""died  there  in 
the  land  of  Moab,  according  to  the 
word  of  Jehovah.  6  And  ^^  he 
buried  him  in  the  valley  in  the 
land  of  Moab  'over  against  Beth- 
peor :  but  no  man  knoweth  of  his 
sepulchre  unto  this  day.  7  And 
Moses  was  'a  hundred  and  twenty 
years  old  when  he  died :  his  eye 

*  Or,  shoes  12  That  is,  western. 

1"  Or,  rest    Or,  security    •'  Or,  he  was  buried 
11  Or,  yield  feigned  obedience 


34.8 


DEUTEKONOMY 


34.12 


The  Death  of  Moses 


was  not  dim,  nor  his  natural  force 
abated.  8  And  the  children  of 
Israel  wept  for  Moses  in  the  plains 
of  Moab  "thirty  days  :  so  the  days 
of  weeping  in  the  mourning  for 
Moses  were  ended. 

9  And  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun 
was  '  full  of  the  spirit  of  wisdom ; 
for  Moses  had  laid  his  hands  upon 
him :  and  the  children  of  Israel 
hearkened  unto  him,  and  did  as 
Jehovah   commanded   Moses.     10 


ch.  1. 

3; 

Josh. 

4.  19 

Num. 

2/. 

18,23 

Num 

12.  8 

And  there  hath  not  arisen  a 
prophet  since  in  Israel  like  unto 
Moses,  whom  "Jehovah  knew  face 
to  face,  11  in  all  the  signs  and  the 
wonders,  which  Jehovah  sent  him 
to  do  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  to 
Pharaoh,  and  to  all  his  servants, 
and  to  all  his  land,  12  and  in  all 
the  mighty  hand,  and  in  all  the 
great  terror,  which  Moses  wrought 
in  the  sight  of  all  Israel. 


212 


THE   BOOK   OF 
JOSHUA 


Jehovah's  Charge  to  Joshna.    Joshaa  prepares  to  cross  the  Jordan.    Spies  sent  to  Jerirho.    Received  by  Rahab 


INow  it  came  to  pass  after  the 
death  of  Moses  the  servant  of 
Jehovah,  that  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  ]\loses'  min- 
ister, saying,  2  Moses  "my  servant 
is  dead  ;  now  therefore  arise,  ''go 
over  this  Jordan,  thou,  and  all  this 
people,  unto  the  land  which  1  do 
give  to  them,  even  to  the  child i-en 
of  Israel.  3  "  Every  place  that  the 
sole  of  your  foot  shall  tread  upon, 
to  you  nave  I  given  it,  as  I  spake 
unto  Moses.  4  From  the  wilder- 
ness, and  this  Lebanon,  even  unto 
the  great  river,  the  river  Euphrates, 
all  the  land  of  the  Hittites,  and 
unto  the  great  sea  toward  the  going 
down  of  the  sun,  shall  be  your  bor- 
der. 5  ''There  shall  not  any  man 
be  able  to  stand  before  thee  all  the 
days  of  thy  life :  as  I  was  with 
Moses,  so  i  will  be  with  thee ;  "  I 
will  not  fail  thee,  nor  forsake  thee. 
6  Be  strong  and  of  good  courage ; 
for  thou  slialt  cause  this  people  to 
inherit  the  land  which  I  sware  unto 
their  fathers  to  give  them.  7  •''Only 
be  strong  and  very  courageous,  to 
observe  to  do  according  to  all  the 
law,  which  Moses  my  servant  com- 
manded thee :  turn  not  from  it  to 
the  right  hand  or  to  the  left,  that 
thou  mayest  '  have  good  success 
whithersoever  thou  goest.  8  "  This 
book  of  the  law  shall  not  depart 
out  of  thy  mouth,  but  thou  slialt 
meditate  thereon  day  and  night, 
that  thou  mayest  observe  to  do 
according  to  all  that  is  written 
therein  :  ''  for  then  thou  shalt  make 
thy  way  prosperous,  and  then  thou 
shalt  ^  have  good  success.  9  Have 
not  I  commanded  thee  1  '  Be  strong 
and  of  goofl  courage ;  be  not  af- 
frighted, neither  be  thou  dismayed  : 
*for  Jehovah  thy  God  is  with  thee 
whithersoever  thou  goest. 

10  Then  Joshua  commanded  the 
officers  of  the  people,  saying,  11 
Pass  through  the  midst  of  the  camp, 
and  command  the  people,  saying. 
Prepare  you  victuals ;   for  within 

*  Or,  deal  wisely 


"  Num.  12. 

7  ;  Dt.  34.  6 
i>  ver.  11 
•^  Dt.  11.  24 
('  Dt.  7.  24 
"  Dt.  31.  6,  7 
/  Dt.  6.  32 
"  ch.  8.  34 ; 

Dt.  31.  24 
h  Dt.  29.  1)  i 

Vs.  1.  1-3 
'  ver.  7 
fcDt.  31.  8 


I  ch.  3.  2 
"■  Num.  32. 

20-22 
"  Dt.  3.  18-20 


0  ch.  22.  1-3 
P  ver.  1 


a  \7er.  6, 9 


'ch.  3.  l; 
Kum.  25.  1 


'  Heb.  11. 
31 ;  Jas. 
2.25 


'  three  days  ye  are  to  pass  over  thia 
Jordan,  to  go  in  to  possess  the  land, 
which  Jehovah  your  God  giveth 
you  to  possess  it. 

12  ™And  to  the  Eeubenites,  and 
to  the  Gadites,  and  to  the  half-tribe 
of  Mana.sseh,  spake  Jo.shuaj  saying, 
13  Remember  the  word  which 
Moses  the  servant  of  Jeliovah  com- 
manded you,  saying,  "Jehovah  your 
God  giveth  you  rest,  and  will  give 
you  this  land.  14  Your  wives,  your 
little  ones,  and  your  cattle,  shall 
abide  in  the  land  which  Mo.ses  gave 
you  beyond  the  Jordan ;  but  ye 
shall  pass  over  before  your  bretli- 
ren  armed,  all  the  mighty  men  of 
valor,  and  shall  help  them  ;  1 5  until 
Jehovah  have  given  your  brethren 
rest,  as  he  hath  given  you,  and  they 
also  have  possessed  the  land  which 
Jehovah  your  God  giveth  them : 
"then  ye  sliall  return  unto  the  land 
of  your  possession,  and  possess  it, 
which  Moses  ^  the  servant  of  Jeho- 
vah gave  you  beyond  the  Jordan 
toward  the  sunrising.  1 6  And  they 
answered  Joshua,  saying,  All  that 
thou  hast  commanded  us  v/e  will 
do,  and  whithersoever  thou  sendest 
us  we  will  go.  17  According  as 
we  hearkened  unto  IVloses  in  all 
things,  so  will  we  hearken  unto 
thee:  *only  Jehovah  thy  God  be 
with  thee,  as  he  was  with  Moses. 
18  Who.soever  he  be  that  shall 
rebel  against  thy  commandment, 
and  shall  not  hearken  unto  thy  i 
words  in  all  that  thou  command-  * 
est  him,  he  shall  be  put  to  death  : 
only  be  strong  and  of  good  courage. 
Cy  And  Jo.shua  the  son  of  Nun 
^^  sent  out  of  ''(Shittim  two  men 
as  spies  secretly,  saying.  Go,  view 
the  land,  and  Jericho.  And  they 
went,  and  came  into  the  house  of 
'a  harlot  whose  name  was  Rahab,  > 
and  laj'  there.  2  And  it  was  told 
the  king  of  Jericho,  .saying.  Behold, 
there  came  men  in  hither  to-night 
of  the  children  of  Israel  to  search 
out  the  land.  3  And  the  king  of 
Jericho  sent  unto  Ptahab,  saying, 


Ai  e 


2.4 


JOSHUA 


3.4 


The  Spies,  being  sought,  are  hidden  Dy  luhab,  and  afterward  dismissed.    The  Order  for  crossing  the  Jordan 


Bring  forth  the  men  that  are  come 
to  thee,  that  are  entered  into  thy 
house  ;  for  they  are  come  to  search 
out  all  the  land.  4  And  the  woman 
took  the  two  men,  and  hid  them ; 
and  she  said.  Yea,  the  men  came 
unto  me,  but  I  knew  not  whence 
they  were :  o  and  it  came  to  pass 
about  the  time  of  the  shutting  of 
the  gate,  when  it  was  dark,  that 
the  men  went  out ;  whither  the 
men  went  I  know  not :  pursue  after 
them  quickly  ;  for  ye  will  overtake 
them  6  "But  she  had  brought 
them  up  to  the  roof,  and  hid  them 
with  the  stalks  of  flax,  which  she 
had  laid  in  order  upon  the  roof. 
7  And  the  men  pursued  after  them 
the  way  to  the  Jordan  unto  the 
fords :  and  as  soon  as  they  that 
pursued  after  them  were  gone  out, 
they  shut  the  gate. 

8  And  before  they  were  laid 
down,  she  came  up  unto  theni 
upon  the  roof ;  9  and  she  said 
unto  the  men,  *!  know  that  Jeho- 
vah hath  given  you  the  land,  and 
that  "the  fear  of  yovi  is  fallen  upon 
us,  and  that  all  the  inhabitants  of 
the  land  melt  away  before  you 
10  ''For  we  have  heard  how  Jeho- 
vah dried  vip  the  water  of  the  Red 
Sea  before  you,  when  ye  came  out 
of  Egypt ;  and  what  ye  did  unto 
the  two  kings  of  the  Amorites,  that 
were  beyond  the  .Jordan,  unto  Sihon 
and  to  Og,  whom  ye  ^utterly  de- 
stroyed. 1 1  And  as  soon  as  we  had 
heard  it,  our  hearts  did  melt,  nei- 
ther did  there  remain  any  more 
spirit  in  any  man,  because  of  you  : 
for  Jehovah  your  God,  he  is  God 
in  heaven  above,  and  on  earth  be- 
neath. 12  Now  therefore,  I  pray 
you,  swear  unto  me  by  Jehovah, 
since  I  have  dealt  kindly  with  you, 
that  ye  also  will  deal  kindly  with 
my  father's  house,  and  give  me  '  a 
true  token ;  1 3  and  that  ye  will 
save  alive  my  father,  and  my 
mother,  and  my  brethren,  and  my 
sisters,  and  all  that  they  have,  and 
will  deliver  our  lives  from  death 
14  And  the  men  said  unto  her, 
Our  life  ^  for  yours,  if  j'e  utter  not 
this  our  business ;  and  it  shall  be, 
when  Jehovah  givetli  us  the  land, 
that  we  will  •''deal  kindly  and  truly 
with  thee. 

1.5  Then  she  let  them  down  by  a 
cord  through  the  window  :  for  her 
house  was  upon  the  side  of  the 
wall,  and  she  dwelt  upon  the  wall. 

1  Heb.  devoted.    2  Heb.  instead  of  you  to  die. 


'  Jas.  2.  23 
'  ch.  9.  9, 10, 

24  ;  Num. 

20.  24 
'  Ex.  23.  27  . 

Dt.  2.  25 
!  Num.  23.  22 
'  ver.  18 
'  Gen.  24.  49 


'  Jas.  2.  25 
'  Gen.  24.  8 
'  ver.  12 


'  ch.  1. 11 


'  Dt.  31,  9 


214 


16  And  she  said  unto  them,  ''Get 
you  to  the  mountain,  lest  the  pursu- 
ers light  upon  you  ;  and  hide  your- 
selves there  thi-ee  days,  until  the 
pursuers  be  returned  :  and  after- 
wai'd  may  ye  go  your  way.  17  And 
the  men  said  unto  her, ''  We  will  be 
guiltless  of  this  thine  oath  which 
thou  hast  made  us  to  swear.  1 8  Be- 
hold, when  we  come  into  the  land, 
'thou  shalt  bind  this  line  of  scarlet 
thread  in  the  window  which  thou 
didst  let  us  down  by  :  and  thou 
shalt  gather  unto  thee  into  the 
house  thy  father,  and  thy  mother, 
and  thy  brethren,  and  all  thy 
father's  household.  19  And  it 
shall  be,  that  whosoever  shall  go 
out  of  the  doors  of  thy  house  into 
the  street,  his  blood  shall  be  upon 
his  head,  and  we  shall  be  guiltless  : 
and  whosoever  shall  be  with  thee 
in  the  house,  his  blood  shall  be  on 
our  head,  if  any  hand  be  upon  him. 
20  But  if  thou  utter  this  our  busi- 
ness, then  we  shall  be  guiltless  of 
thine  oath  which  thou  hast  made 
us  to  swear.  2 1  And  she  said.  Ac- 
cording unto  your  words,  so  be  it. 
And  she  sent  them  away,  and  they 
departed  :  and  she  bound  the  scar- 
let line  in  the  window. 

22  And  they  went,  and  came 
unto  the  mountain,  and  abode 
there  three  days,  until  the  pursu- 
ers were  returned  :  and  the  pursu- 
ers sought  them  throughout  all  the 
way,  but  found  them  not.  23  Then 
the  two  men  returned,  and  de- 
scended from  the  mountain,  and 
passed  over,  and  came  to  Joshua 
the  son  of  Nun  ;  and  they  told  him 
all  that  had  befallen  them.  24  And 
they  said  unto  Joshua,  Truly  Jeho- 
vah hath  delivered  into  our  hands 
all  the  land  ;  and  moreover  *  all  the 
inhabitants  of  the  land  do  melt 
away  before  us. 

3  And  Joshua  rose  up  early  in 
the  morning ;  and  they  removed 
from  'Shittim,  and  came  to  the  Jor- 
dan, he  and  all  the  children  of  Is- 
rael ;  and  they  lodged  there  before 
they  passed  over.  2  And  it  came 
to  pass  '"  after  three  days,  that  the 
officers  went  through  the  midst  of 
the  camp  ;  3  and  they  commanded 
the  people,  saying.  When  ye  see 
"  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  Jeho- 
vah your  God,  and  the  priests  the 
Levites  bearing  it,  then  ye  shall 
remove  from  your  place,  and  go 
after  it.  4  Yet  there  shall  be  a 
space  between  you  and  it,  about 


3.5 


JOSHUA 


4,10 


The  People  pass  OTer  the  Jordan,    nemorial  Stones  taken  from  the  Jordan 


two  thousand  cubits  by  measure: 
come  not  near  unto  it,  that  ye 
may  know  the  waj^  by  which  ye 
must  go  ;  for  ye  have  not  passed 
this  way  heretofore.  5  And  Joshua 
said  unto  the  people,  "  Sanctify 
yourselves;  for  to-morro\v  Jehovali 
will  do  wonders  among  you.  6  And 
Joshua  spake  unto  the  priests,  say- 
ing. Take  upthearkof  the  covenant, 
ancl  pass  over  before  the  people. 
And  tliey  took  up  the  ark  of  the  cov- 
enant, and  went  befure  the  people. 
7  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Joshua, 
This  day  will  1  be^in  'to  magnify 
thee  in  the  sight  of  all  Israel,  that 
they  may  know  that,  as  I  was  with 
Moses,  so  1  will  be  with  thee. 
8  And  thou  shalt  command^  the 
priests  that  bear  the  ark  of  the 
covenant,  saying,  When  ye  are 
come  to  the  brink  of  the  waters  of 
the  Jordan,  ye  shall  stand  still  in 
tlie  Jordan.  9  And  Joshua  said 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  Come 
hither,  and  hear  the  words  of  Jeho- 
vah your  God.  10  And  Joshua 
said,  Hereby  ye  shall  know  that 
the  living  Goo  is  among  you,  and 
that  he  will  without  fail  drive  out 
from  before  you  the  Canaanite,  and 
the  Hittite,  and  the  Hiyite,  and 
the  Perizzite,  and  the  Girgashite, 
and  the  Amorite,  and  the  Jebusite. 

1 1  Behold,  the  ark  of  the  covenant 
of  the  Lora  of  all  the  earth  passeth 
over  before  you  into  the  Jordan. 

12  ''Now  therefore  take  you  twelve 
men  out  of  the  tribes  of  Israel,  for 
every  tribe  a  man.  1 3  And  it  shall 
come  to  pass,  when  the  soles  of  the 
feet  of  the  priests  that  bear  the 
ark  of  Jehovah,  the  Lord  of  all  the 
earth,  shall  rest  in  the  waters  of 
the  Jordan,  that  the  waters  of  the 
Jordan  shall  be  cut  off,  even  the 
waters  that  come  down  from  above ; 
and  they  shall  ■*  stand  in  one  heap. 

14  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
people  removed  from  their  tents,  to 
pass  over  the  Jordan,  the  priests 
that  bare  the  ark  of  the  covenant 
being  before  the  people ;  1 5  and 
when  they  that  bare  the  ark  were 
come  unto  the  Jordan,  and  the  feet 
of  the  priests  that  bare  the  ark 
were  dipped  in  the  brink  of  the 
water  (for  the  Jordan  overfloweth 
all  its  banks  all  the  time  of  har- 
vest), 16  'that  the  watei's  which 
came  down  from  above  stood,  and 
rose  up  in  -^one  heap,  a  great  way 
^off,  at  Adam,  the  city  that  is  be- 

*  Another  reading  is,  off  from.. 


"cli. 

7.  13, 

Ex 

19.  10, 

11 

f-ch. 

4.  14 

''cli. 

4.  'I 

rfEx 

LS.  8 

M's. 

f.6.  () ; 

74. 

16; 

114 

3,  S 

/ver 

13 

"Dt 

1.  1 

A  Ex 

14.  21, 

■  ch.  3.  12 


'  rer.  21 ; 
Ex.  12.  21 
13.  14 


side  Zarethan ;  and  those  that  went 
down  toward  the  sea  of  the^Ara- 
bah,  even  the  Salt  Sea,  were  wholly 
cut  off :  and  the  people  passed  over 
right  against  Jericho.  17  And  the 
priests  that  bare  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  Jehovah  stood  firm  ''  on 
dry  ground  in  the  midst  of  the  Jor- 
dan ;  and  all  Israel  passed  over 
on  dry  ground,  until  all  the  na- 
tion were  passed  clean  over  the 
Jordan. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  all 
the  nation  were  clean  passed 
over  the  Jordan,  that  Jenovah 
spake  unto  Joshua,  saying,  2  'Take 
you  twelve  men  out  of  the  people, 
out  of  every  tribe  a  man,  3  and 
command  ye  them,  saying,  Take 
you  hence  out  of  the  midst  of  the 
Jordan,  out  of  the  place  where  the 
priests'  feet  stood  firm,  twelve 
stones,  and  carry  them  over  with 
you,  and  lay  them  down  in  *the 
lodging-place,  where  ye  shall  lodge 
this  night.  4  Then  Joshua  called 
the  twelve  men,  whom  he  had  pre- 
pared of  the  children  of  Israel,  out 
of  every  tribe  a  man :  5  and  Joshua 
said  unto  them.  Pass  over  before 
the  ark  of  Jehovah  your  God  into 
the  midst  of  the  Jordan,  and  take 
you  up  every  man  of  you  a  stone 
upon  his  shoulder,  according  unto 
the  number  of  the  tribes  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel ;  6  that  this  may  be 
a  sign  among  you,  that,  'when  your 
children  ask  in  time  to  come,  say- 
ing, What  mean  ye  by  these  stones  ? 
7  then  ye  shall  say  unto  them,  Be- 
cause the  waters  of  the  Jordan 
were  cut  oft"  before  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  Jehovah ;  when  it 
passed  over  the  Jordan,  the  waters 
of  the  Jordan  were  cut  oft":  and 
these  stones  shall  be  for  a  memo- 
rial unto  the  children  of  Israel  for 
ever. 

8  And  the  children  of  Israel  did 
so  as  Joshua  commanded,  and  took 
up  twelve  stones  out  of  the  midst 
oi  the  Jordan,  as  Jehovah  spake 
unto  Joshua,  according  to  the  nuni; 
ber  of  the  tribes  of  the  children  of 
Israel :  and  they  carried  them  over 
with  them  unto  "the  place  whersT 
they  lodged,  and  laid  them  down 
there.  9  And  Joshua  set  up  twelve 
stones  in  the  midst  of  the  Jordan, 
in  the  place  where  the  feet  of  the 
priests  that  bare  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  stood:  and  they  are  there 
unto  this  day.  10  For  the  priests 
that  bare  the  ark  stood  in  the  midst 


215 


4.11 


JOSHUA 


5.11 


The  Priests  with  the  Ark  come  oat  last.    The  Stones  set  ap  at  Gilgal.     The  Canaanites  terrified.    The  People  circumcised 


of  the  Jordan,  until  everything 
was  finished  that  Jehovah  com- 
manded Joshua  to  speak  unto  the 
people,  according  to  all  that  Moses 
commanded  Joshua:  and  the  peo- 
ple hasted  and  passed  over.  1 1 
And  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  the 
people  wei"e  clean  passed  over,  tliat 
the  ark  of  Jehovah  passed  over, 
and  the  priests,  in  the  presence  of 
the  people.  12°  And  the  children 
of  Reuben,  and  the  children  of  Gad, 
and  the  half-tribe  of  Manasseh, 
passed  over  armed  before  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  as  Moses  spake  unto 
them:  13  about  forty  thousand 
ready  armed  for  war  passed  over 
before  Jehovah  unto  battle,  to  the 
plains  of  Jericho.  1 4  *  On  that  day 
Jehovah  magnified  Joshua  in  the 
sight  of  all  Israel ;  and  they  feared 
him,  as  they  feared  Moses,  all  the 
days  of  his  life. 

15  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
Joshua,  saying,  16  Command  the 
priests  that  bear  the  ark  of  the 
testimony,  that  they  come  up  out 
of  the  Jordan.  17  Joshua  there- 
fore commanded  the  priests,  say- 
ing. Come  ye  up  out  of  the  Jordan. 
18  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
priests  that  bare  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  Jehovah  were  come  up 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  Jordan,  and 
the  soles  of  the  priests'  feet  were 
lifted  up  unto  the  dry  ground,  that 
the  waters  of  the  Jordan  returned 
unto  their  place,  and  went  over  all 
its  banks,  as  aforetime. 

19  And  the  people  came  up  out 
of  the  Jordan  on  "the  tenth  day 
ot  the  first  month,  and  encamped 
in  Gilgal,  on  the  east  border  of 
Jericho.  20  "^And  those  twelve 
stones,  which  they  took  out  of  the 
Jordan,  did  Joshua  set  up  '  in  Gil- 
gal. 21  And  he  spake  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  saying,  When 
your  children  shall  ask  their  fathers 
in  time  to  come,  saying.  What  mean 
these  stones'?  22  then  ye  shall  let 
your  chikh^en  know,  saying,  Israel 
came  over  this  Jordan  on  -^dry 
land.  23  For  Jehovah  your  God 
dried  up  the  waters  of  the  Jordan 
from  before  you,  until  ye  were 
passed  over,  as  Jehovah  your  God 
did  to  the  Red  Sea,  which  he  dried 
up  from  before  us,  until  we  were 
passed  over;   24   that  all  the  peo- 

gles  of  the  earth  may  know  the 
and  of  Jehovah,  that  it  is  mightj^ ; 
that  ye  may  fear  Jehovah  your 
God  for  ever. 


"  Num 

32. 

b  Ih.  3. 

7 

'  Dt.  1. 

3; 

34.  8 

d  ver.  8 

« ver.  3 

8 

/ch.  3. 

17 

?Num. 

13. 

A  ch.  2.  10,  11 
'  Ex.  4.  25 
fc  Dt.  2.  14 


'  Dt.  2.  7,  14 


'  Num.  14. 

29-a5;  26. 
63-05 


«  Zeph.  2.  8 


°  Ex.  12.  18 
P  ch.  4.  19 


5  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  all 
the  kings  of  the  Amorites,  that 
were  beyond  the  Jordan  westward, 
and  all  the  kings  of  the  Canaanites, 
■"  that  were  by  the  sea,  *"  heard  how 
that  Jehovah  had  dried  up  the 
waters  of  the  Jordan  from  before 
the  children  of  Israel,  until  ^  we 
were  passed  over,  that  their  heart 
melted,  neither  was  there  spirit  in 
them  any  more,  because  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

2  At  that  time  Jehovah  said  unto 
Joshua,  ]\lake  thee  'knives  of  flint, 
and  circumcise  again  the  children 
of  Israel  the  second  time.  3  And 
Joshua  made  him  knives  of  flint, 
and  circumcised  the  children  of 
Israel  at  '^_  the  hill  of  the  foreskins. 
4  And  this  is  the  cause  why  Joshua 
did  circumcise :  *  all  the  people  that 
came  forth  out  of  Egypt,  that  were 
males,  even  all  the  men  of  war,  died 
in  the  wilderness  by  the  way,  after 
they  came  forth  out  of  Egypt.  5 
For  all  the  people  that  came  out 
were  circumcised ;  but  all  the  peo- 
ple that  were  born  in  the  wilder- 
ness by  the  way  as  they  came 
forth  out  of  Egypt,  they  had  not 
circumcised.  6  For  the  children 
of  Israel  walked  'forty  years  in  the 
wilderness,  till  all  the  nation,  even 
the  men  of  war  that  came  forth  out 
of  Egypt,  were  consumed,  because 
they  hearkened  not  unto  the  voice 
of  Jehovah:  '"unto  whom  Jehovah 
sware  that  he  would  not  let  them 
see  the  land  which  Jehovah  sware 
unto  their  fathers  that  he  would 
give  us,  a  land  flowing  with  milk 
and  honey.  7  And  their  children, 
whom  he  raised  up  in  their  stead, 
them  did  Joshua  circumcise:  for 
they  were  uncircumcised,  because 
they  had  not  circunacised  them  by 
the  way.  8  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  they  had  done  circumcising 
all  the  nation,  that  they  abode  in 
their  places  in  the  camp,  till  they 
were  whole.  9  And  Jehovah  said 
unto  Joshua,  This  day  have  I  rolled 
away  "  the  reproach  of  Egypt  from 
off  j'ou.  W^herefore  the  name  of 
that  place  was  called  ^Gilgal,  unto 
this  day. 

10  And  the  children  of  Israel  en- 
camped in  Gilgal;  and  "they  kept 
the  passover  on  the  ^fourteenth  day 
of  the  month  at  even  in  the  plains 
of  Jericho.  11  And  they  did  eat 
of  the  produce  of  the  land  on  the 

1  Another  reaxling  is,  they. 

2  Or,  (Hbeathrhaaralotk    3  That  is,  Rolliv^. 


216 


5.12 


JOSHUA 


6.20 


The  Passover  kept.    Manna  ceases.    Joshua's  Vision.    Jericho  couipassed  and  destroyed 


morrow  after  the  passover,  unleav- 
ened cakes  and  parched  grain,  in 
the  selfsame  day.  12  And  "the 
manna  ceased  on  the  morrow,  after 
tliey  had  eaten  of  the  produce  of 
the  land ;  neither  had  the  children 
of  Israel  manna  any  more;  but 
they  did  eat  of  the  fruit  of  the  land 
of  Canaan  that  year. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Joshua  was  by  Jericho,  that  he 
lifted  up  his  ej^es  and  looked,  and, 
behold,  there  stood  *a  man  over 
against  him  with  his  sword  drawn 
in  his  hand:  and  Josliua  went  unto 
him,  and  said  unto  him.  Art  thou 
for  us,  or  for  our  adversaries'?  14 
And  he  said,  Naj^;  but  as  prince  of 
the  host  of  Jehovah  am  I  now  come. 
And  Joshua  fell  on  his  face  to  the 
eai'th,  and  did  worship,  and  said 
unto  him,  What  saith  my  lord  unto 
his  servant^  15  And  the  prince  of 
Jehovah's  host  said  unto  Joshua, 
'  Put  off  thy  shoe  from  off  thy  foot ; 
for  the  place  whereon  thou  standest 
is  holy.    And  Joshua  did  so. 

6  Now  .Tericho  ^was  straitly 
shut  up  because  of  the  children 
of  Israel:  none  went  out,  and  none 
came  in.  2  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Joshua,  See,  I  have  given  into  thy 
band  Jeincho,and  "^the  king  thereoi, 
and  the  mighty  men  of  valor.  3 
And  ye  shall  compass  the  city,  all 
the  men  of  war,  going  about  the 
city  once.  Thus  shalt  thou  do  six 
days.  4  And  seven  priests  shall 
bear  seven  '^ "  trumpets  of  rams' 
horns  before  the  ark :  and  the 
seventh  day  ye  shall  compass  the 
city  seven  times,  and  the  priests 
shall  blow  the  trumpets.  5  And 
it  shall  be,  that,  when  they  make 
a  long  blast  with  the  ram's  horn, 
and  when  ye  hear  the  sound  of  the 
trumpet,  all  the  people  shall  shout 
with  a  great  shout;  and  the  wall 
of  the  city  shall  fall  down  ^flat, 
and  the  people  shall  go  up  every 
■man  straight  before  him.  6  And 
Joshua  the  son  of  Nun  called  the 
priests,  and  said  unto  them,  Take 
up  the  ark  of  the  covenant,  and  let 
•seven  priests  bear  seven  trumpets 
of  rams'  horns  before  the  ark  of 
Jehovah.  7  And  ''they  said  unto 
the  people.  Pass  on,  and  compass 
the  city,  and  let  the  armed  men 
pass  on  before  the  ark  of  Jehovah. 
8    And    it    was    so,    that,   when 

I  Heb.  shuf  the  gates  and  vnx  shnt  in. 

-  Or,  juhiUe  trvtnvets        ^  Heb.  in  its  place. 

*  Another  reading  is,  /i«. 


"  Ex.  16.  3b 
(-Gen.  18.  1, 
;; ;  32.  'JJ, 
;«) ;  Num. 
•2'.'.  31 
'  Ex.  3.  f. 
<i  Dt.  7.  -24 
'  Lev.  25.  9 


/ver.  13; 
Is.  62.  12 


»  ver.  4 


h  ver.  9 


'  Lev.  27  28 ; 
Dt.  20.  17 


t  ch.  7.  1 


I  Num.  31. 
11,  I-.',  21--'3 


Joshua  had  spoken  unto  the  peo- 
ple, the  seven  priests  bearing  the 
seven  trumpets  of  rams'  horns  be- 
fore Jehovan  passed  on,  and  blew 
the  trumpets:  and  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  Jehovah  followed  them. 
9  And  the  armed  men  went  before 
the  priests  that  blew  the  trumpets, 
and  -^the  rearward  went  after  the 
ark,  the  priests  blowing  the  trum- 
pets as  they  went.  10  And  Joshua 
commanded  the  people,  saying.  Ye 
shall  not  shout,  nor  let  j'our  voice 
be  heard,  neither  shall  any  word 
proceed  out  of  your  mouth,  until 
the  day  I  bid  you  shout;  then  shall 
ye  shout.  11  So  he  caused  the  ark 
of  Jehovah  to  compass  the  city,  go- 
ing about  it  once:  and  they  came 
into  the  camp,  and  lodged  in  the 
camp. 

1 2  And  Joshua  rose  early  in  the 
morning,  and  the  priests  took  up 
the  ark  of  Jehovah.  13  And  ^the 
seven  priests  bearing  the  seven 
trumpets  of  rams'  horns  before  the 
ark  of  Jehovah  -went  on  continually, 
and  blew  the  trumpets:  and  the 
armed  men  went  before  them ;  and 
''the  rearward  came  after  the  ark 
of  Jehovah,  the  priests  blowing  the 
trumpets  as  they  went.  14  And 
the  second  day  they  compassed  the 
city  once,  and  returned  into  the 
camp  :  so  they  did  six  days. 

1.5  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
seventh  day,  that  thej^  rose  early 
at  the  dawning  of  the  day,  and 
compassed  the  citj^  after  the  same 
manner  seven  times  :  only  on  that 
day  they  compassed  the  city  seven 
times.  16  And  it  came  to  pass  at 
the  seventh  time,  when  the  priests 
blew  the  trumpets,  Joshua  said 
unto  the  people.  Shout ;  for  Je- 
hovah hatn  given  you  the  city. 
17  And  the  city  shall  be  'devoted, 
even  it  and  all  that  is  therein,  to 
Jehovah :  only  Eahab  the  harlot 
shall  live,  she  and  all  that  ai-e  with 
her  in  the  house,  because  she  hid 
the  messengers  that  we  sent.  18 
But  as  for  you,  only  keep  your- 
selves from  the  devoted  thing,  lest 
when  ye  have  devoted  it,  ye  take 
of  the  devoted  thing;  *so  would 
ye  make  the  camp  of  Israel  'ac- 
cursed, and  trouble  it.  19  'But 
all  the  silver,  and  gold,  and  vessels 
of  brass  and  iron,  ai-e  holj"  unto 
Jehovah  :  they  shall  come  into  the 
treasury  of  .Jehovah.  20  So  the 
people  shouted,  and  the  priests  blew 

*  Heb.  devoUd. 


217 


6.21 


JOSHUA 


7.13 


Jericho  destroyed.    Rahab  saved.     Israel  defeated  at  ii 


the  trumpets  :  and  it  came  to  pass, 
when  the  people  heard  the  sound 
of  the  trumpet,  that  the  people 
shouted  with  a  great  shout,  and 
the  "  wall  fell  down  ^  flat,  so  that 
the  people  went  up  into  the  city, 
every  man  straight  before  him, 
and  they  took  the  city.  2 1  *  And 
they  '^utterly  destroyed  all  that 
was  in  the  city,  both  man  and 
woman,  both  young  and  old,  and 
ox,  and  sheep,  and  ass,  with  the 
edge  of  the  sword. 

22  And  Joshua  said  unto  the 
two  men  that  had  spied  out  the 
land,  ''Go  into  the  harlot's  house, 
and  bring  out  thence  the  woman, 
and  all  that  she  hath,  as  ye  sware 
unto  her.  23  And  the  young  men 
the  spies  went  in,  and  •*  brought 
out  Raliab,  and  her  father,  and 
her  motlier,  and  her  brethren,  and 
all  that  she  had ;  all  her  *  kindred 
also  they  brought  out ;  and  they 
set  them  without  the  camp  of  Is- 
rael. 24  "And  they  burnt  the 
city  with  fire,  and  all  that  was 
therein ;  only  the  silver,  and  the 
gold,  and  the  vessels  of  brass  and 
of  iron,  they  put  into  the  treasury 
of  the  house  of  Jehovah.  25  ^  But 
Rahab  the  harlot,  and  her  father's 
household,  and  all  that  she  had, 
did  Joshua  save  alive ;  and  she 
dwelt  in  the  midst  of  Israel  unto 
this  day,  because  "she  hid  the 
messengers,  whom  Joshua  sent  to 
spy  out  Jericho.  26  And  Joshua 
charged  them  with  an  oath  at 
that  time,  saying,  ''  Cursed  be  the 
man  before  Jehovah,  that  riseth 
up  and  buildeth  this  city  Jericho  : 
with  the  loss  of  his  first-born  shall 
he  lay  the  foundation  thereof,  and 
with  the  loss  of  his  youngest  son 
shall  he  set  up  the_  gates  of  it.  27 
•So  Jehovah  was  with  Joshua  ;  and 
his  fame  was  in  all  the  land. 

7  'But  the  children  of  Israel 
committed  a  trespass  in  the 
devoted  thing ;  for  Achan,  the 
son  of  Carmi,  the  son  of  Zabdi, 
the  son  of  Zerah,  of  the  tribe  of 
Judah,  took  of  the  devoted  thing  : 
and  the  anger  of  Jehovah  was 
kindled  against  the  children  of 
Israel. 

2  And  Joshua  sent  men  from 
Jericho  to  Ai,  which  is  beside 
*^  Beth-aven,  on  the  east  side  of 
Beth-el,  and  spake  unto  them, 
saying,    Go  up   and  spy  out   the 


1  Heb.  in  its  place. 

*  Heb.  families. 


'  Heb.  devoted. 


"Heb.  n.  30 
l>  Dt.  20.  16 
'  ch.  2.  12-19 
dHeb.  11.31 

'  Dt.  20.  IG- 

18 
/Heb.  11.  31 
■J  ch.  2.  6 
l^  1  K.  16.  34 
'  ch.  6.  17-19 
«••  ch.  18.  12  ; 

1  S.  13.  5 ; 

14.  23 


'  Job  2. 12 ; 

42.  6 


■  Lam.  2. 10 ; 
Kev.  18.  19 


•  Ex.  32.  12  ; 
Dt.  9.  28 


'  ch.  6.  18,  19 


P  ch.  3.  5 


land.  And  the  men  went  up  and 
spied  out  Ai.  3  And  they  re- 
turned to  Joshua,  and  said  unto 
him.  Let  not  all  the  people  go  up  ; 
but  let  about  two  or  three  thou- 
sand men  go  up  and  smite  Ai ; 
make  not  all  the  people  to  toil 
thither ;  for  they  are  but  few. 
4  So  there  went  up  thither  of  the 
people  about  three  thousand  men  : 
and  they  fled  before  the  men  ot 
Ai.  5  And  the  men  of  Ai  smote 
of  them  about  thirty  and  six  men  ; 
and  they  chased  them  from  before 
the  gate  even  unto  ''Shebarim,  and 
smote  them  at  the  descent :  and 
the  hearts  of  the  people  melted, 
and  became  as  water. 

6  And  Jo.shua  'rent  his  clothes, 
and  fell  to  the  earth  upon  his  face 
before  the  ark  of  Jehovah  until 
the  evening,  he  and  the  elders  of 
Israel;  and  '"they  put  dust  upon 
their  heads.  7  And  Joshua  said, 
Alas,  O  Lord  Jehovah,  wherefore 
hast  thou  at  all  brought  this  peo- 
ple over  the  Jordan,  to  deliver  us 
into  the  hand  of  the  Amorites,  to 
cause  us  to  perish  1  would  that  we 
had  been  content  and  dwelt  be- 
yond the  .Jordan !  8  Oh,  Lord, 
what  shall  I  say,  after  that  Israel 
hath  turned  theii'  backs  before 
their  enemies!  9  "For  the  Ca- 
naanites  and  all  the  inhabitants  of 
the  land  will  hear  of  it,  and  will 
compass  us  round,  and  cut  off  our 
name  from  the  earth :  and  what 
wilt  thou  do  for  thy  great  name'? 

10  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Joshua,  Get  thee  up ;  wherefore 
art  thou  thus  fallen  upon  thy  face '? 

1 1  Israel  hath  sinned ;  yea,  "  they 
have  even  transgressed  my  cove- 
nant which  I  commanded  them  : 
yea,  they  have  even  taken  of  the 
devoted  thing,  and  have  also  stolen, 
and  dissembled  also ;  and  they  have 
even  put  it  among  their  own  stuff. 

1 2  Therefore  the  children  of  Israel 
cannot  stand  before  their  enemies  ; 
they  turn  their  backs  before  their 
enemies,  because  they  are  become 
accursed :  I  will  not  be  with  you 
any  more,  except  ye  destroy  the 
devoted  thing  from  among  you.  1 3 
Up,  ^.sanctify  the  people,  and  say. 
Sanctify  yourselves  against  to- 
morrow :  for  thus  saith  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel,  'There  is  a  de- 
voted thing  in  the  midst  of  thee, 
O  Israel ;  thou  canst  not  stand 
before    thine    enemies,    until    ye 

*  Or,  the  quarries 


218 


7.14 


JOSHUA 


8.9 


The  Trespass  or  Aclian.    A  second  Attack  on  Ai  planned 


take  away  the  devoted  thing  from 
among  you.  14  In  the  morning 
therefore  ye  shall  be  brought  near 
by  your  tribes :  and  it  shall  be, 
that  the  tribe  which  Jehovah 
taketh  shall  eome  near  by  fami- 
lies ;  and  the  family  which  Jeho- 
vah shall  take  shall  come  near  by 
households ;  and  the  household 
which  Jehovah  shall  take_  shall 
come  near  man  by  man.  15  And 
it  shall  be,  that  he  that  is  taken 
with  the  dev;_oted  thing  shall  be 
burnt  with  lire,  he  aiul  all  that 
he  hath  ;  because  he  hath  trans- 
gressed the  covenant  of  Jehovah, 
and  because  he  hath  wrought  folly 
in  Israel. 

16  iSo  Joshua  rose  up  early  in 
the  morning,  and  brought  Israel 
near  by  their  tril^es  ;  and  the  tribe 
of  Judah  was  taken:  17  and  he 
brought  near  the  family  of  Judah  ; 
and  he  took  the  family  of  the  Ze- 
rahites :  and  he  brought  near  the 
family  of  the  Zerahites  man  by 
man;  and  Zabdi  was  taken:  18 
and  he  brought  near  his  household 
man  by  man ;  and  Achan,  the  son 
of  Carmi,  the  son  of  Zabdi,  the 
son  of  Zerah,  of  the  tribe  of  Judah. 
was  taken.  19  And  Joshua  said 
unto  Achan,  My  son,  give,  I  pray 
thee,  glory  to  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
Israel,  and  ^make  confession  unto 
him  ;  and  tell  me  now  what  thou 
hast  done  ;  hide  it  not  from  me. 
20  And  Achan  answered  Joshua, 
and  said.  Of  a  truth  I  have  sinned 
against  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Is- 
rael, and  thus  and  thus  have  I 
done:  21  when  I  saw  among  the 
spoil  a  goodly '"  Babylonish  mantle, 
and  two  hundred  shekels  of  silver, 
and  a  wedge  of  gold  of  fifty  shekels 
weight,  then  I  coveted  them,  and 
took  them ;  and,  behold,  they  are 
hid  in  the  earth  in  the  midst  of 
my  tent,  and  the  silver  under  it. 

22  So  Joshua  sent  messengers, 
and  they  ran  unto  the  tent ;  and, 
behold,  it  was  hid  in  his  tent,  and 
the  silver  under  it.  23  And  they 
took  thenl  from  the  midst  of  the 
tent,  and  brought  them  _  unto 
Joshua,  and  unto  all  the  children 
of  Israel ;  and  they  laid  them  down 
before  Jehovah.  24  And  Joshua, 
and  all  Israel  with  him,  took 
Achan  the  son  of  Zerah,  and  the 
silver,  and  the  mantle,  and  the 
wedge  of  gold,  and  his  sons,  and 
his  daughters,  and  his  oxen,  and 

1  Or,  give  praise      *  Heb.  mantle  of  Shinar. 


<"  ch.  15.  7 
i>ch.G.  18 


■  Is.  C5. 10 ; 
Ho8.  2.  15 


''  ch.  1.  9 ; 
10.  8 


■  ch.  6.  2 


/  ver.  27 ; 
Dt.  20.  14 


'  ver.  2 ; 
Dt.  20.  16- 
18 


his  asses,  and  his  sheep,  and  his 
tent,  and  all  that  he  had :  and 
they  brought  them  up  unto  "  the 
valley  of  Achor.  25  And  Joshua 
said.  Why  hast  thou  *  troubled  us^ 
Jehovah  shall  trouble  thee  this 
day.  And  all  Israel  stoned  him 
with  stones ;  and  they  burned 
them  with  fire,  and  stoned  them 
with  stones.  26  And  they  raised 
over  him  a  great  heap  of  stones, 
unto  this  day  ;  and  Jehovah  turned 
from  the  fiei'ceness  of  his  anger. 
Wherefore  the  name  of  that  place 
was  called,  "  The  valley  of  ^  Achor, 
unto  this  day. 

8  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Jo.shua,  "^Fear  not,  neither  be 
thou  dismayed :  take  all  the  peo- 
ple of  war  with  thee,  and  arise,  go 
up  to  Ai ;  see,  "  I  have  given  into 
thy  hand  the  king  of  Ai,  and  his 
people,  and  his  city,  and  his  land  ; 
2  and  thou  shalt  do  to  Ai  and  her 
king  as  thou  didst  unto  Jericho  and 
her  king:  -^only  the  spoil  thereof, 
and  the  cattle  thereof,  shall  ye  take 
for  a  prey  unto  yourselves:  set 
thee  an  ambush  for  the  city  behind 
it. 

3  So  Joshua  arose,  and  all  the 
people  of  war,  to  go  up  to  Ai :  and 
Joshua  chose  out  thirty  thousand 
men,  the  mighty  men  of  valor,  and 
sent  them  forth  by  night.  4  And 
he  commanded  them,  saying,  Be- 
hold, ye  shall  lie  in  ambush  against 
the  city,  behind  the  city ;  go  not 
very  far  from  the  city,  out  be  ye 
all  ready  :  5  and  I,  and  all  the  peo- 
ple that  are  with  me,  will  approach 
unto  the  city.  iVnd  it  shall  come 
to  pass,  when  they  come  out  against 
us,  as  at  the  first,  that  we  will  flee 
before  them  ;  6  and  they  will  come 
out  after  us,  till  we  have  drawn 
them  away  from  the  city  ;  for  they 
will  say.  They  flee  before  us,  as  a,t 
the  first :  so  we  will  flee  before 
them ;  7  and  ye  shall  rise  up  from 
the  ambush,  and  take  possession  of 
the  city :  for  Jehovah  your  God 
will  deliver  it  into  your  hand.  8 
And  it  shall  be,  when  ye  have  seized 
upon  the  city,  that  ye  shall  set  the 
city  on  fire  ;  •'  according  to  the  word 
of  Jehovah  shall  ye  do  :  see,  I  have 
commanded  you.  9  And  Joshua 
sent  them  forth  ;  and  they  went 
to  the  ambushment,  and  abode  be- 
tween Beth-el  and  Ai,  on  the  west 
side  of  Ai :  but  Joshua  lodged  that 
night  among  the  people. 

3  That  is,  Troubling. 


219 


8.10 


JOSHUA 


8.33 


Conquest  and  Destrnction  or  ii.    The  Law  recorded  and  read  at  Ebal 


10  And  Joshua  arose  up  earlj'^ 
in  the  morning,  and  mustered  the 
people,  and  went  up,  he  and  the 
elders  of  Israel,  before  the  people 
to  Ai.  1 1  And  all  the  people,  even 
the  men  of  war  that  were  with  him, 
went  up,  and  di'ew  nigh,  and  came 
before  the  city,  and  encamped  on 
the  north  side  of  Ai :  now  there 
was  a  valley  between  him  and  Ai. 
12  And  he  took  about  five  thousand 
men,  and  set  them  in  ambush  be- 
tween Beth-el  and  Ai,  on  the  west 
side  of  Hhe  city.  13  "So  they  set 
the  people,  even  all  the  host  that 
was  on  the  north  of  the  city,  and 
their  liers-in-wait  that  were  on  the 
west  of  the  city  ;  and  Joshua  ^  went 
that  night  into  the  midst  of  the 
valley.  14  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  the  king  of  Ai  saw  it,  that 
they  hasted  and  rose  up  early,  and 
the  men  of  the  city  went  out  against 
Israel  to  battle,  he  and  all  his  i^eo- 
ple,  '*at  the  time  appointed,  before 
the  "  Arabah  ;  but  he  knew  not  that 
there  was  an  ambush  against  him 
behind  the  city.  15  And  Joshua 
and  all  Israel  made  as  if  they  were 
beaten  before  them,  and  fled  b.y  the 
way  of  the  wilderness.  1 6  And  all 
the  people  that  were  in  '  the  city 
were  called  together  to  pursue  after 
them :  and  they  pursued  after 
Joshua,  and  were  drawn  away  from 
the  city.  1 7  And  there  was  not  a 
man  left  in  Ai  or  Beth-el,  that  went 
not  out  after  Israel :  and  they  left 
the  city  open,  and  pursued  after 
Israel. 

18  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Joshua,  *  Stretch  out  the  javelin 
that  is  in  thy  hand  toward  Ai ;  for 
I  will  give  it  into  thy  hand.  And 
Joshua  stretched  out  the  javelin 
that  was  in  his  hand  toward  the 
city.  19  And  the  ambush  arose 
quickly  out  of  their  place,  and  they 
ran  as  soon  as  he  had  stretched  out 
his  hand,  and  entered  into  the  city, 
and  took  it ;  and  they  hasted  and 
set  the  city  on  fire.  20  And  when 
the  men  of  Ai  looked  behind  them, 
they  saw,  and,  behold,  the  smoke 
of  the  city  ascended  up  to  heaven, 
and  they  had  no  ®  power  to  flee  this 
wav  or  that  way :  and  the  people 
that  fled  to  the  wilderness  turned 
back  upon  the  pursuers.  21  And 
when  Joshua  and  all  Israel  saw 
that  the  ambush    had   taken    the 

1  Another  reading  is,  Ai. 

2  Or,  So  the  people  set  all  <(-c. 

3  Some  MSS.  read,  lodped  that  nioht  in. 

■*  Or,  to  the  place  appointed        ^  Heb.  hands. 


"  ch.  3.  16 
*  ver.  26 ; 

E,\.  14.  16  i 

17.  9-13 


"  ver.  8 

d  Dt.  20.  16- 

18 


•  Ex.  17.  U, 


/ver.  2 


»  Dt.  21.  22, 
23 


''  Dt.  27.  2-8 


i  Ex.  20.  25 


*  Dt.  27.  11- 


220 


city,  and  that  the  smoke  of  the 
city  ascended,  then  they  turned 
again,  and  slew  the  men  of  Ai.  22 
And  the  others  came  forth  out  of 
the  city  against  them  ;  so  they  were 
in  the  midst  of  Israel,  some  on  this 
side,  and  some  on  that  side :  and 
they  smote  them,  ■;  so  that  they  let 
none  of  them  remain  or  escape,  23 
And  the  king  of  Ai  they  took  alive, 
and  brought  him  to  Joshua. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Israel  had  made  an  end  of  sla.ying 
all  the  inhabitants  of  Ai  in  the 
field,  in  the  wilderness  wherein 
they  pursued  them,  and  they  were 
all  fallen  by  the  edge  of  the  sword, 
until  they  were  consumed,  that  all 
Israel  returned  unto  Ai,  and  smote 
it  with  the  edge  of  the  sword.  25 
•^  And  all  that  fell  that  day,  both  of 
men  and  women,  were  twelve  thou- 
sand, even  all  the  men  of  Ai.  2G 
For  J  oshua  drew  not  back  his  hand, 
wherewith  "he  stretched  out  the 
javelin,  until  he  had  "  utterly  de- 
stroyed all  the  inhabitants  of  Ai. 
27  •'Only  the  cattle  and  the  spoil 
of  that  city  Israel  took  for  a  prey 
unto  themselves,  according  unto 
the  word  of  Jehovah  which  he  com- 
manded Joshua.  28  So  Joshua 
burnt  Ai,  and  made  it  a  ^  heap  for 
ever,  even  a  desolation,  unto  this 
day.  29  ^And  the  king  of  Ai  he 
hanged  on  a  tree  until  the  eventide : 
and  at  the  going  down  of  the  sun 
Jpshua  commanded,  and  they  took 
his  body  down  from  the  tree,  and 
cast  it  at  the  entrance  of  the  gate 
of  the  city,  and  raised  thereon  a 
great  heap  of  stones,  unto  this 
day. 

30  Then  .Joshua  built  an  altar 
unto  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  in 
''mount  Ebal,  31  as  Moses  the  ser- 
vant of  Jehovah  commanded  the 
children  of  Israel,  as  it  is  written 
in  the  book  of  the  law  of  Moses, 
'  an  altar  of  ®  unhewn  stones,  upon 
which  no  man  had  lifted  up  any 
iron :  and  they  offered  thereon 
burnt-offerings  unto  Jehovah,  and 
sacrificed  peace-offerings.  32  And 
he  wrote  there  upon  the  stones  a 
copy  of  the  law  of  Moses,  ''which 
he  wrote,  in  the  presence  of  the 
children  of  Israel.  33  *And  all 
Israel,  and  their  elders  and  otticers, 
and  their  judges,  stood  on  this  side 
of  the  ark  and  on  that  side  before 
the  priests  the  Levites,  that  bar« 

6  Heb.  devoted.  Or,  mound    Heb.  tel. 

8  Heb.  whole.         »  Or,  which  he  wrote  in  &c. 


8.  34 


JOSHUA 


9.23 


The  Law  recorded  and  read  at  Ebal.     The  Caiiaanites  prepare  to  resist  Joshua.    The  Cibeouites'  Stratagem 


the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  Jehovah, 
as  well  the  sojourner  as  the  home- 
born  ;  half  of  them  in  front  of 
mount  Gerizim,  and  half  of  them 
in  front  of  mount  Ebal ;  as  ]\Ioses 
the  servant  of  Jehovah  liad  'com- 
manded at  the  hrst,  that  they 
should  bless  the  people  of  Israel. 

34  And  afterward  he  read  all  the 
words  of  the  law,  the  blessing  and 
the  curse,  according  to  all  that  is 
written  in  "the  book  of  the  law. 

35  There  was  not  a  word  of  all  that 
Moses  commanded,  which  Joshua 
read  not  before  all  the  assembly  of 
Israel,  and  the  women,  and  the  lit- 
tle ones,  and  the  sojourners  that 
'were  among  them. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
*  all  the  kings  that  were  beyond 
the  Jordan,  in  the  hill-country,  and 
in  the  lowland,  and  on  all  the  shore 
of  the  great  sea  in  front  of  Leba- 
non, the  Hittite,  and  the  Amorite, 
the  Canaanite,  the  Perizzite,  the 
Hivite,  and  the  Jebusite,  heard 
thei-eof;  2  that  they  gathered 
themselves  together,  to  fight  with 
Joshua  and  with  Israel,  with  one 
accord. 

3  But  when  the  inhabitants  of 
''Gibeon  heard  what  Joshua  had 
done  unto  Jericho  and  toAi,  4  they 
also  did  work  wilily,  and  went  and 
^  made  as  if  they  had  been  ambassa- 
dors, and  took  old  sacks  upon  their 
asses,  and  wine-skins,  old  and  rent 
and  bound  up,  5  and  old  and 
patched  shoes  upon  their  feet,  and 
old  garments  upon  them ;  and  all 
the  oread  of  their  provision  was 
dry  and  was  become  mouldy.  6 
And  they  went  to  Joshua  unto  the 
camp  at  Gilgal,  and  said  unto  him, 
and  to  the  men  of  Israel,  We  are 
come  from  a  far  country :  now 
therefore  make  ye  a  covenant  with 
us.  7  And  the  men  of  Israel  said 
unto  the  ''Hivites,  Peradventure 
ye  dwell  among  us ;  and  ^  how 
shall  we  make  a  covenant  with 
youl  8  And  they  said  unto 
Joshua,  We  are  thy  servants.  And 
Joshua  said  unto  them,  Who  are 
ye  1  and  from  whence  come  ye  1 
9  And  they  said  unto  him,  From 
^a,  very  far  country  thy  servants 
are  come  because  of  the  name  of 
Jehovah  thy  God  :  for  ^  we  have 
heard  the  fame  of  him,  and  all  that 
he  did  in  Egypt,  10  and  all  that  he 

1  Or,  commanded  that  they  should  hless  the  peo- 
ple of  Israel  first  of  all  2  Heb.  walked. 

s  Ace.  to  Sept.,  Vulg.,  and  Syr.,  took  provisions. 
See  ver.  12. 


'  ch.  1.  8 
'Ch.  3.  10; 

Num.  13. 

29 
•  ver.  17,  22  ; 

ch.  10.  2 ; 

21.  17 
!  ver.  2,  11. 

I!) 
'  Ex.  23.  32 
''ver.  16,  17 
'  ver.  24  ; 

ch.  2.  9 


'  Ex.  23.  32 


■■  ver.  17 
221 


did  to  the  two  kings  of  the  Amo- 
rites,  that  \yere  beyond  the  Jordan, 
to  Sihon  king  of  Heshbon,  and  to 
Og  king  of  Bashan,  who  was  at 
Ashtaroth.  11  And  our  elders  and 
all  the  inhabitants  of  our  country 
spake  to  us,  saying.  Take  provision 
in  your  hand  for  the  journey,  and 
go  to  meet  them,  and  say  unto 
them,  We  are  your  servants :  and 
now  make  ye  a  covenant  with  us. 
1 2  This  our  bread  we  took  hot  for 
our  provision  out  of  our  houses  on 
the  day  we  came  forth  to  go  unto 
you  ;  but  now,  behold,  it  is  dry, 
and  is  become  mouldy :  1 3  and 
these  wine-skins,  which  we  filled, 
were  new ;  and,  behold,  they  are 
rent :  and  these  our  garments  and 
our  shoes  are  become  old  by  reason 
of  the  very  long  journey.  14  And 
the  men  took  of  their  provision, 
and  ''asked  not  counsel  at  the 
mouth  of  Jehovah.  1 5  '  And  Jo.shua 
made  peace  with  them,  and  made 
a  covenant  with  them,  to  let  them 
live  :  and  the  princes  of  the  congre- 
gation sware  unto  them. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the 
end  of  three  days  after  they  had 
made  a  covenant  with  them,  that 
thej^  heard  that  they  were  their 
neighbors,  and  that  they  dwelt 
among  them.  _  17  And  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  journeyed,  and  came 
unto  their  cities  on  the  third  day. 
Now  their  cities  were  Gibeon,  and 
Chephirah,  and  Beeroth,  and  Ki- 
riath-jearim.  18  And  the  children 
of  Israel  smote  them  not,  because 
the  princes  of  the  congregation  had 
sworn  unto  them  by  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  Israel.  And  all  the  con- 
gregation murmured  against  the 
princes.  19  But  all  the  princes 
said  unto  all  the  congregation,  We 
have  sworn  unto  them  by  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel :  now  therefore 
we  may  not  touch  them.  20  This 
we  will  do  to  them,  and  let  them 
live ;  lest  wi-ath  be  upon  us,  be- 
cause of  the  oath  which  we  sware 
unto  them.  21  And  the  princes 
said  unto  them,  Let  them  live:  so 
they  became  hewers  of  wood  and 
drawers  of  water  unto  all  the  con- 
gregation, as  the  princes  had  spoken 
unto  them. 

22  And  Joshua  called  for  them, 
and  he  spake  unto  them,  saying, 
Wherefore  have  ye  beguiled  us, 
saying.  We  are  very  far  from  you  ; 
*  when  ye  dwell  among  us '?  23  Now 
therefore  ye  are  cursed,  and  there 


9.24 


JOSHUA 


10.19 


The  Gibeouites  reduced  to  Bondage,    fiibeon  attacked  by  Five  Kings;  rescued  by  Joshna.    The  long  Day  of  the  Battle 


^  shall  never  fail  to  be  of  you  bond- 
men, both  hewers  of  wood  and 
drawers  of  water  for  the  house  of 
my  God.  24  And  they  answered 
Joshua,  and  said,  "Because  it  was 
certainly  told  thy  servants,  how 
that  Jehovah  thy  Grod  commanded 
Jhis  servant  Moses  to  give  you  all 
the  land,  and  to  destroy  all  the  in- 
habitants of  the  land  from  before 
you  ;  ther,efore  we  were  sore  afraid 
ror  our  lives  because  of  you,  and 
have  done  this  thing.  25  And  now, 
behold,  we  are  in  thy  hand  :  as  it 
seemeth  good  and  right  unto  thee 
to  do  unto  us,  do.  26  And  so  did 
he  unto  them,  and  delivered  them 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  that  they  slew  them  not. 
27  And  Joshua  made  them  that 
day  hewers  of  wood  and  drawers 
of  water  for  the  congregation,  and 
for  the  altar  of  Jehovah,  unto  this 
day,  *  in  the  place  which  he  should 
choose. 

"i  /^  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when 
JLvJ'  Adoni-zedek  king  of  Jerusa- 
lem heard  how  Joshua  had  taken 
Ai,  and  had  '^utterly  destroyed  it 
(as  he  had  done  to  Jericho  and  her 
king,  so  he  had  done  to  Ai  and  her 
king),  and  how  the  inhabitants  of 
Gibeon  had  made  peace  with  Israel, 
and  were  among  them  ;  2  that  they 
feared  greatly,  because  Gibeon  was 
a  great  city,  as  one  of  the  royal 
cities,  and  because  it  was  greater 
than  Ai,  and  all  the  men  thereof 
were  mighty.  3  Wherefore  Adoni- 
zedek  king  of  Jerusalem  sent  "unto 
Hoham  king  of  Hebron,  and  unto 
Piram  king  of  Jarmuth,  and 
unto  Japhia  king  of  Lachish,  and 
unto  Deoir  king  of  Eglon,  saying, 
4  Come  up  unto  me,  and  help  me, 
and  let  us  smite  Gibeon-  for  it 
hath  made  peace  with  Joshua  and 
with  the  child  ren  of  Israel.  5  There- 
fore the  five  kings  of  "^  the  Amorites, 
the  king  of  Jerusalem,  the  king  of 
Hebron,  the  king  of  Jarmuth,  the 
king  of  Lachish,  the  king  of  Eglon, 
gathered  themselves  together,  and 
went  up,  they  and  all  their  hosts, 
and  encamped  against  Gibeon,  and 
made  war  against  it. 

6  And  the  men  of  Gibeon  sent 
unto  Joshua  to  the  camp  to  Gilgal, 
saying.  Slack  not  thy  nand  from 
thy  servants ;  come  up  to  us 
quickly,  and  save  us,  and  help  us  : 
for  all  the  kings  of  the  Amorites 

1  Heb.  shall  not  \>«  tut  off  from  you. 

2  Heb.  devoted. 


"  ver.  9 
b  Dt.  12.  5 
■^  ver.  23 
d  Num.  13. 
29 

«  Ch.  1.  6,  9 
/Dt.  7.  23 

3Hab  3.  11 


''  2  S.  1. 18 
i  Is.  38.  8 


*  ver.  42 ; 

Ex  14.  14 ; 

Dt.  1.  30 


'  ver.  5 


that  dwell  in  the  hill-country  are 
gathered  together  against  us.  7  So 
Joshua  went  up  from  Gilgal,  he, 
and  all  the  people  of  war  with  him, 
and  all  the  mighty  men  of  valor. 
8  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Joshua, 
"  Fear  them  not :  for  I  have  deliv- 
ered them  into  thy  hands ;  there 
shall  not  a  man  of  them  stand  be- 
fore thee.  9  Joshua  therefore  came 
upon  them  suddenly ;  for  he  went 
up  from  Gilgal  all  the  night.  10 
•^  And  Jehovah  discomfited  them  be- 
fore Israel,  and  he  slew  them  with 
a  great  slaughter  at  Gibeon,  and 
chased  them  by  the  way  of  the 
ascent  of  Beth-horon,  and  vsmote 
them  to  Azekah,  and  unto  Mak- 
kedah.  1 1  And  it  came  to  pass, 
as  they  fled  from  before  Israel, 
while  they  were  at  the  descent  of 
Beth-horon,  that  Jehovah  cast 
down  great  stones  from  heaven 
upon  them  unto  Azekah,  and  they 
died :  they  were  more  who  died 
with  the  hailstones  than  they  whom 
the  childi-en  of  Israel  slew  with  the 
sword. 

1 2  Then  spake  Joshua  to  Jehovah 
in  the  day  when  Jehovah  delivered 
up  the  Amorites  before  the  children 
ot  Israel ;  and  he  said  in  the  sight 
of  Israel, 

Sun,    ^  stand    thou   still   upon 
Gibeon ; 

And  thou.  Moon,  in  the  valley 
of  Aijalon. 

13  ^And  the  sun  stood  still,  and 

the  moon  stayed, 
Until  the  nation  had  avenged 

themselves  of  their  enemies. 
Is  not  this  written  in  the  book  of 
* ''  Jashar  1    Atid  '  the  sun  stayed  in 
the  midst  of  heaven,  and  hasted 
not  to  go  down  about  a  whole  day. 

14  And  there  was  no  day  like  that 
before  it  or  after  it,  that  Jehovah 
hearkened  unto  the  voice  of  a  man  : 
for  *  Jehovah  fought  for  Israel. 

15  And  Joshua  returned,  and  all 
Israel  with  him,  unto  the  camp  to 
Gilgal. 

16  And  these  'five  kings  fled, 
and  hid  themselves  in  the  cave  at 
Makkedah.  17  And  it  was  told 
Joshua,  saying,  The  five  kings  are 
found,  hidden  in  the  cave  at  Mak- 
kedah. 18  And  Jo.shua  said,  Roll 
great  stones  unto  the  mouth  of  the 
cave,  and  set  men  by  it  to  keep 
them  :  1 9  but  stay  not  ye  ;  pursue 
after  your  enemies,  and  smite  the 
hindmost  of  them  ;  suffer  them  not 

»  Heb.  be  silent.  *  Or,  The  Upright 


222 


10.20 


JOSHUA 


10.40 


The  Kings  captnred  and  slain.     Hakltedah  destroyed.    Joshua's  other  Conqnests 


to  enter  into  their  cities  :  for  Jeho- 
vah your  God  hath  delivered  them 
into  your  hand.  '20  And  it  came 
to  pass,  when  Joshua  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  had  made  an  end 
of  slaying  them  with  a  very  great 
slaughter,  "till  they  were  consumed, 
and  the  remnant  which  remained 
of  them  had  entered  into  the  for- 
tified cities,  21  that  all  the  people 
returned  to  the  camp  to  Joshua  at 
Makkedah  in  peace  :  none  ^  moved 
his  tongue  against  any  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

22  Then  said  Joshua,  Open  the 
mouth  of  the  cave,  and  bring  forth 
those  live  kings  unto  me  out  of  the 
cave.  23  And  they  did  so,  and 
*  brought  forth  those  five  kings  unto 
him  out  of  the  cave,  the  king  of  Je- 
rusalenQ,  the  king  of  Hebron,  the 
king  of  Jarmuth,  the  king  of  La- 
chisli,  the  king  of  Eglon.  24  And  it 
came  to  pass,  when  they  brought 
forth  those  kings  unto  Joshua,  that 
Joshua  called  for  all  the  men  of 
Israel,  and  said  unto  the  chiefs  of 
the  men  of  war  that  went  with  him. 
Come  near,  put  your  feet  upon  the 
necks  of  these  kings.  And  they 
came  near,  and  put  their  feet  upon 
the  necks  of  them.  25  And  Joshua 
said  unto  them,  "Fear  not,  nor  be 
dismayed ;  be  strong  and  of  good 
courage  :  for  thus  shall  Jehovah  do 
to  all  j'our  enemies  against  whom 
ye  fight.  26  And  afterward  Joshua 
smote  them,  and  put  them  to  death, 
and  ''  hanged  them  on  five  trees : 
and  they  were  hanging  upon  the 
trees  until  the  evening.  27  And 
it  came  to  pass  at  the  time  of  the 
going  down  of  the  sun,  that  Joshua 
commanded,  and  "they  took  them 
down  off  the  trees,  and  cast  them 
into  the  cave  wherein  they  had 
hidden  themselves,  and  laid  great 
stones  on  the  mouth  of  the  cave, 
unto  this  very  day. 

28  And  Joshua  took  Makkedah  on 
that  day,  and  smote  it  with  the 
edge  of  the  sword,  and  the  king 
thereof:  -^he  -utterly  destroyed 
them  and  all  the  souls  that  were 
therein  :  he  left  none  remaining  ; 
and  he  did  to  the  king  of  Makke- 
dah "as  he  had  done  unto  the  king 
of  Jericho. 

29  And  Joshua  passed  from  Mak- 
kedah, and  all  Israel  with  him, 
unto  Libnah,  and  fought  against 
Libnah :  30  and  Jehovah  deliv- 
ered it  also,  and  the  king  thereof, 

1  Heb.  whetted.  2  Heb.  devoted. 


«  Dt.  20.  16 


6  Dt.  7.  24 


"  ver.  8 


d  ch.  8.  29 


'  Dt.  21.  22, 


h  Dt.  1.  7 


•■  Dt.  7.  24 
«:  Dt.  20.  16 


into  the  hand  of  Israel ;  and  he 
smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the 
swurd,  and  all  the  souls  that  were 
therein  ;  he  left  none  remaining 
in  it ;  and  he  did  unto  the  king 
thereof  as  he  had  done  unto  the 
king  of  Jericho. 

31  And  Joshua  passed  from  Lib- 
nah, and  all  Israel  with  him,  unto 
Lachish,  and  encamped  against  it, 
and  fought  against  it:  32  and 
Jehovah  delivered  Lachish  into 
the  hand  of  Israel ;  and  he  took  it 
on  the  second  day,  and  smote  it 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and 
all  the  souls  that  were  therein, 
according  to  all  that  he  had  done 
to  Libnah. 

33  Then  Horam  king  of  Gezer 
came  up  to  help  Lachish ;  and 
Joshua  smote  him  and  his  people, 
until  he  had  left  him  none  remain- 
ing. 

34  And  Joshua  passed  from 
Lachish,  and  all  Israel  with  him. 
unto  Eglon ;  and  they  encamped 
against  it,  and  fought  against  it ; 
35  and  they  took  it  on  that  day, 
and  smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword  ;  and  all  the  souls  that  were 
therein  he  '^  utterly  destroyed  that 
day,  according  to  all  that  he  had 
done  to  Lachish. 

36  And  Joshua  went  up  from 
Eglon,  and  all  Israel  witli  him, 
unto  Hebron ;  and  they  fought 
against  it:  37  and  they  took  it, 
and  smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword,  and  the  king  thereof,  and 
all  the  cities  thereof,  and  all  the 
souls  that  were  therein ;  he  left 
none  remaining,  according  to  all 
that  he  had  done  to  Eglon  ;  but  he 
^utterly  destroyed  it,  and  all  the 
souls  that  were  therein. 

38  And  Joshua  returned,  and  all 
Israel  with  him,  to  Debir,  and 
fought  against  it :  39  and  he  took 
it,  and  the  king  thereof,  and  all 
the  cities  thereof;  and  they  smote 
them  with  the  edge  of  the  sword, 
and  -  utterly  destroyed  all  the  souls 
that  were  therein ;  he  left  none 
remaining :  as  he  had  done  to  He- 
bron, so  he  did  to  Debir,  and  to 
the  king  thereof ;  as  he  had  done 
also  to  Libnah,  and  to  the  king 
thereof. 

40  So  Joshua  smote  all  the  land, 
''  the  hill-countrv,  and  the  South, 
and  the  lowland,  and  the  slopes, 
and  '  all  their  kings :  he  left  none 
remaining,  but  *  he  '^  utterly  de- 
stroyed all  that  breathed,  as  Jeho- 


223 


10.41 


JOSHUA 


11.22 


Hazor  captured  and  burned.    Somfflary  of  Joshna's  Exploits 


vah,  the  God  of  Israel,  commanded. 
41  And  Joshua  smote  them  from 
Kadesh-barnea  even  unto  Gaza, 
and  all  the  country  of  "Goshen, 
even  unto  Gibeon.  42  And  all 
these  kings  and  their  land  did 
Joshua  take  at  one  time,  because 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  ''fought 
for  Israel.  43  And  Joshua  re- 
turned, and  all  Israel  with  him, 
unto  the  camp  to  Gilgal. 

nAnd  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Jabin  king  of  "  Hazor  heard 
thereof,  that  he  sent  to  Jobab  king 
of  Madon,  and  to  the  king  of 
Shimron,  and  to  the  king  of  Ach- 
sbaph,  2  and  to  the  kings  that 
were  on  the  north,  in  the  hill- 
country,  and  in  the  ''  Arabah  south 
of  Chinneroth,  and  in  the  low- 
land, and  in  ^  the  heights  of  Dor 
on  the  west,  3  to  the  Canaanite 
on  the  east  and  on  the  west, 
and  the  Amorite,  and  the  Hittite, 
and  the  Perizzite,  and  the  Jebu- 
site  in  the  hill-country,  and  the 
Hivite  under  Hermon  in  the  land 
of  Mizpah.  4  And  they  went  out, 
they  and  all  their  hosts  with  them, 
much  people,  even  as  *  the  sand 
that  is  upon  the  sea-shore  in  mul- 
titude, with  horses  and  chariots 
very  many.  5  And  all  these  kings 
met  together ;  and  they  car.ie  and 
encamped  together  at  the  waters 
of  Merom,  to  fight  with  Israel. 

6  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Joshua, 
■''  Be  not  afraid  because  of  them ; 
for_  to-morrow  at  this  time  will  I 
deliver  them  up  all  slain  before 
Israel :  thou  shalt  ^  hock  their 
horses,  and  burn  their  chariots 
with  fire.  7  So  Joshua  came,  and 
all  the  people  of  war  with  him, 
against  them  by  the  waters  of 
Merom  suddenly,  and  fell  _  upon 
them.  8  And  Jehovah  delivei'ed 
them  into  the  hand  of  Israel,  and 
they  smote  them,  and  chased  them 
unto  great  Sidon,  and  unto  ''Mis- 
rephoth-maim,  and  unto  the  valley 
of  '  Mizpeh  eastward  ;  and  they 
smote  thern,  until  they  left  them 
none  remaining.  9  And  .loshua 
did  unto  them  as  Jehovah  bade 
him  :  he  *  hocked  their  horses,  and 
burnt  their  chariots  with  fire. 

10  And  Joshua  turned  back  at 
that  time,  and  took  '■  Hazor,  and 
smote  the  king  thereof  with  the 
sword :  for  Hazor  before  time  was 
the  head  of  all  those  kingdoms. 
1 1  '"  And  they  smote  all  the  souls 

1  Or,  Naphoth-dor 


''ch.  n.  16  i 


^  ver.  U 
'■'  ver.  10 
d  ch.  12.  3-13. 

27 
'  Judg.  7. 12 
/ch.  10.  S 
!'  2  S,  8.  4 
h  ch.  13.  6 
'  ver.  3 
*;  ver.  0 
'  ver.  1 
™  Dt.  20.  16 


"  Num.  31. 
11,12 


"  ch.  10.  40, 
41 


^ver.  2 


«  ch.  12.  7 


•  ch.  9.  3,  7 
«  Ex.  14.  17 


"  Num.  13. 
33 ;  Dt.  9. 5 


224 


that  were  therein  with  the  edge 
of  the  sword,  "utterly  destroying 
them ;  there  was  none  left  that 
breathed  .  and  he  burnt  Hazor 
with  fire.  _  12  And  all  the  cities 
of  those  kings,  and  all  the  kings 
of  them,  did  Joshua  take,  and  he 
smote  them  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword,  and  ^  utterly  destroyed 
them ;  as  Moses  the  servant  of 
Jehovah  commanded.  13  But  as 
for  the  cities  that  stood  on  their 
mounds,  Israel  burned  none  of 
them,  save  Hazor  only ;  that  did 
Joshua  burn.  _  14  "And  all  the 
spoil  of  these  cities,  and  the  cattle, 
the  children  of  Israel  took  for  a 
prey  unto  themselves ;  but  every 
man  they  smote  with  the  edge  of 
the  sword,  until  they^  had  de- 
sti'oyed  them,  neither  left  they  any 
that  breathed.  15  As  Jehovah 
commanded  Moses  his  servant,  so 
did  Moses  command  Joshua :  and 
so  did  Joshua;  '^he  left  nothing 
undone  of  all  that  Jehovah  com- 
manded Moses. 

16  So  Joshua  took  all  that  land, 
"the  hill-country,  and  all  the 
South,  and  all  the  land  of  Goshen, 
and  the  lowland,  and  ^  the  Arabah, 
and  the  hill-country  of  Israel,  and 
the  lowland  of  the  same ;  1 7  from 
^ « mount  Halak,  that  goeth  up  to 
Seir,  even  unto  Baal-gad  in  the 
valley  of  Lebanon  under  mount 
Hermon:  and  ''all  their  kings  he 
took,  and  smote  them,  and  put 
them  to  death.  18  Joshua  made 
war  a  long  time  with  all  those 
kings.  19  There  was  not  a  city 
that  made  peace  with  the  children 
of  Israel,  save  Hhe  Hivites  the 
inhabitants  of  Gibeon :  they  took 
all  in  battle.  20  '  For  it  was  of 
Jehovah  to  ''harden  their  hearts, 
to  come  against  Israel  in  battle, 
that  he  might  ''  utterly  destroy 
them,  that  they  ®  might  have  no 
favor,  but  that  he  might  destroy 
them,  as  Jehovah  commanded 
Moses. 

_  2 1  And  Joshua  came  at  that 
time,  and  cut  off  "the  Anakim 
from  the  hill-country,  from  He- 
bron, from  Debir,  from  Anab,  and 
from  all  the  hill-country  of  Judah, 
and  from  all  the  hill-country  of 
Israel :  Joshua  ^  utterly  destroyed 
them  with  their  cities.     22  There 

2  Heb.  devoting.  3  Heb.  devoted. 

*  Heb.  he  removed  nothing. 

6  Or,  the  bare  mountain 

6  Heb.  make  strong.  i  Heb.  devote. 

8  Or,  might  not  sue  for  favor 


11. '^'d 


JOSHUA 


13.7 


List  of  Kin);s  smitten  by  Josbna.    Land  still  to  be  conqnered  and  divided  among  tbe  Tribes 


was  none  of  tlie  Anakim  left  in  the 
land  of  the  children  of  Israel :  only 
in  Gaza,  in  Gath,  and  in  Ashdod, 
did  some  remain.  23  So  Joshua 
took  the  whole  land,  according  to 
all  that  Jehovah  spake  unto  Moses; 
and  "Joshua  gave  it  for  an  inheri- 
tance unto  Israel  according  to 
their  divisions  by  their  tribes. 
*And  the  land  had  rest  from 
war. 

^  ^  '  Now  these  are  the  kings 
JLi^  of  the  land,  whom  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  smote,  and  possessed 
their  land  beyond  the  Jordan 
toward  the  sunrising,  from  the 
valley  of  the  Anion  unto  mount 
Hermon,  and  all  the  Arabah  east- 
ward :  2  Sihon  king  of  the  Amo- 
rites,  who  dwelt  in  Heshbon,  and 
ruled  from  Aroer,  which  is  on  the 
edge  of  the  valley  of  the  Arnon, 
and  '^the  city  that  is  in  the  middle 
of  the  valley,  and  half  Gilead,  even 
unto  the  river  Jabbok,  the  border 
of  the  children  of  Ammon ;  3  and 
the  '  Ai'abah  unto  the  sea  of  Chin- 
neroth,  eastward,  and  unto  the  sea 
of  the  Arabah,  even  the  Salt_  Sea, 
eastward,  the  way  to  •'^Beth-jeshi- 
moth  ;  and  on  the  south,  under  the 
slopes  of  Pisgah  :  4  and  the  border 
of  Og  king  of  Bashan,  of  ^the  rem- 
nant of  the  Rephaim,  who  dwelt 
at  Ashtaroth  and  at  Edrei,  5  and 
ruled  in  mount  Hermon,  and  in 
Salecah,  and  in  all  Bashan,  unto 
the  border  of  the  Geshurites  and 
the  Maacathites,  and  half  Gilead, 
the  border  of  Sihon  king  of  Hesh- 
bon. 6  Moses  the  servant  of  Jeho- 
vah and  the  children  of  Israel 
smote  them  :  and  Moses  the  ser- 
vant of  Jehovah  gave  it  for  a  pos- 
session unto  the  Reubenites,  and 
the  Gadites,  and  the  half-tribe  of 
Manasseh. 

7  And  these  are  the  kings  of 
the  land  whom  Joshua  and  the 
children  of  Israel  smote  beyond 
the  Jordan  westward,  from  Baal- 
gad  in  the  valley  of  Lebanon  even 
unto  ''  mount  Halak,  that  goeth  up 
to  Seir  (and  Joshua  gave  it  unto 
the  tribes  of  Israel  for  a  possession 
according  to  their  divisions  ;  8  '  in 
the  hill-country,  and  in  the  low- 
land, and  in  the  Arabah,  and  in 
the  slopes,  and  in  the  wilderness, 
and  in  the  South;  the  Hittite,  the 
Amorite,  and  the  Canaanite.  the 
Perizzite.  the  Hivite,  and  the  Jebu- 
site) :  9  the  king  of  Jericho,  one  ; 
the  king  of  Ai,  which  is  beside 
8 


"  Dt.  1.  38 

6  Dt.  n.  9, 

10;  25.  19; 

Heb.  i.  8 
"  Num.  32. 

SJ, ;  Dt.  3. 

8-17 
'I  Dt.  2.  36 
"ch.  11.  2 
/ch.  U.  20 
"Dt.  3.  11 
fcch.  11.  17 
'ch.  11.  16 


*■•  Num.  21.  1 


'  Dt.  T   24 
"■  ch.  14.  10 


o'v  11.  6 


Beth-el,  one  ;  10  the  king  of  Jeru- 
salem, one ;  the  king  of  Hebi'on, 
one;  11  the  kingof  Jarmuth,  one; 
the  king  of  Lachish,  one;  12  the 
king  of  Eglon,  one :  the  king  of 
Gezer,  one;  13  the  king  of  Debir, 
one;  the  king  of  Geder,  one;  14 
the  king  of  Hormah,  one ;  the  king 
of  *  Arad,  one  ;  15  the  king  of  Lib- 
nah,  one  ;  the  king  of  AduUam, 
one;  16  the  king  of  Makkedah, 
one;  the  king  of  Beth-el,  one;  17 
the  king  of  Tappuah,  one ;  the 
king  of  Hepher,  one;  18  the  king 
of  Aphek,  one ;  the  king  of  Las- 
sharon,  one;  19  the  king  of  Ma- 
don,  one  ;  the  king  of  Hazor,  one  ; 

20  the  king  of  Shimron-meron, 
one;   the  king  of  Achshaph,  one; 

21  the  king  of  Taanach,  one;  the 
king  of  Megiddo,  one  ;  22  the  king 
of  Kedesh,  one ;  the  king  of  Jok- 
neam  in  Carmel,  one  ;  23  the  king 
of  Dor  in  '  the  height  of  Dor,  one  ; 
the  king  of  -Goiim  in  Gilgal,  one; 
24  the  king  of  Tirzah,  one:  'all 
the  kings  thirty  and  one. 

-j  O  ™  Now  Joshua  was  old  and 
XO  well  stricken  in  years;  and 
Jehovah  said  unto  him,  Thou  art 
old  and  well  stricken  in  years,  and 
there  remaineth  yet  very  much 
land  to  be  possessed.  2  This  is 
the  land  that  yet  remaineth  :  all 
the  regions  of  the  Philistines,  and 
all  the  Geshurites;  3  from  ^the 
Shihor,  which  is  before  Egypt, 
even  unto  the  border  of  Ekron 
northward,  which  is  reckoned  to 
the  Canaanites ;  the  five  lords 
of  the  Philistines ;  the  Gazites, 
and  the  Ashdodites,  the  Ashkelon- 
ites,  the  Gittites,  and  the  Ekron- 
ites;  ''also  the  Avvim,  4  on  the 
south  ;  all  the  land  of  the  Canaan- 
ites, and  Mearah  that  belongeth 
to  the  Sidonians,  unto  Aphek,  to 
the  border  of  the  Amorites  ;  5  and 
the  land  of  the  Gebalites,  and  all 
Lebanon,  toward  the  sunrising, 
from  Baal-gad  under  mount  Her- 
mon unto  the  entrance  of  Ha- 
math;  6  all  the  inhabitants  of 
the  hill-country  from  Lebanon 
unto  "Misrephoth-maim,  even  all 
the  Sidonians  ;  them  will  I  drive 
out  from  before  the  children  of 
Israel :  only  allot  thou  it  unto 
Israel  for  an  inheritance,  as  I  have 
commanded  thee.  7  Now  there- 
fore divide  this  land   for  an   in- 

I  Or,  Naphath-diir  2  Or,  naHons 

^  Commonly  called,  the  brook  of  Ei/ypt.    See 
Num.  34.  5. 

*  Or,  also  the  Avvim. ;  from  the  south,  all  etc. 


225 


13.8 


JOSHUA 


14.2 


Division  of  Canaan  amon^  th«  Tribes,    Tlie  Transjordauic  Inlieritances.    So  Inlieritance  for  Levi 


heritance  unto  the  nine  tribes,  and 
the  half -tribe  of  Manasseh. 

8  With  him  the  Reubenites  and 
the  Gadites  received  their  inheri- 
tance, which  Moses  gave  them,  "  be- 
yond the  Jordan  eastward,  even  as 
Moses  the  servant  of  Jehovah  gave 
them  :  9  from  Aroer,  that  is  on  the 
edge  of  the  valley  of  the  Arnon,  and 
the  city  that  is  in  the  middle  of  the 
valley,  and  all  the  ^  plain  of  Medeba 
unto  Dibon ;  10  and  all  the  cities 
of  Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites,  who 
reigned  in  Heshbon,  unto  the  bor- 
der of  the  children  of  Ammon  ;  11 
and  Gilead,  and  the  border  of  the 
Geshu  rites  and  Maacathites,  and 
all  mount  Hermon,  and  all  Bashan 
unto  Salecah ;  1 2  all  the  kingdom 
of  Og  in  Bashan,  who  reigned  in 
Ashtaroth  and  in  Edrei  (the  same 
was  left  of  the  remnant  of  the 
Rephaim) ;  for  these  did  Moses 
smite,  and  drove  them  out.  13 
Nevertheless  the  childi'en  of  Israel 
drove  not  out  the  Geshurites,  nor 
the  Maacathites  :  but  Geshur  and 
Maacath  dwell  in  the  midst  of 
Israel  unto  this  day.  14  *Only 
unto  the  tribe  of  Levi  he  gave  no 
inheritance  ;  the  offerings  of  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  Israel,  made  by 
fire  are  his  inheritance,  as  he  spake 
unto  him. 

15  And  Moses  gave  unto  the 
tribe  of  the  children  of  Reuben 
according  to  their  families.  16 
And  their  border  was  from  "Aroer, 
that  is  on  the  edge  of  the  valley  of 
the  Anion,  and  the  city  that  is 
in  the  middle  of  the  valley,  and  all 
the  ^ plain  by  Medeba;  17  Hesh- 
bon, and  all  its  cities  that  are  in 
the  ^ plain;  Dibon,  and  Bamoth- 
baal,  and  Beth-baal-meon,  18  and 
Jahaz,  and  Kedemoth,  and  Mepha- 
ath,  19  and  Kiriathaim,  and  Sib- 
mah,  and  Zereth-shahar  in  the 
mount  of  the  valley,  20  and  Beth- 
peor,  and  the  ^slopes  of  Pisgah, 
and  Beth-jeshimoth,  21  and  all 
the  cities  of  the  ^ plain,  and  all  the 
kingdom  of  Sihon  king  of  the 
Amorites,  who  reigned  in  Hesh- 
bon, whom  Moses  smote  with  the 
chiefs  of  Midian,  ''Evi,  and  Rekem, 
and  Zur,  and  Hur,  and  Reba,  the 
princes  of  Sihon,  that  dwelt  in  the 
land.  22  "Balaam  also  the  son  of 
Beor,  the  soothsayer,  did  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  slay  with  the  sword 
among  the  rest  of  their  slain.  23 
And  the  border  of  the  children  of 

1  Or,  table-land  *  Or,  tprings 


"  ch.  12.  1-6 
f>  Dt.  18.  1,  2 
'^  ver.  9 
<t  Num.  31.  8 
'  Num.  31.  8 


/Num.  34. 
11 ;  Dt.  3. 
17 


^  Num.  32. 
41 


'  Num.  34. 
16-29 


226 


Reuben  was  the  Jordan,  and  the 
border  thereof.  This  was  the  in- 
heritance of  the  children  of  Reu- 
ben according  to  their  families,  the 
cities  and  the  villages  thereof. 

24  And  Moses  gave  unto  the 
tribe  of  Gad,  unto  the  children  of 
Gad,  according  to  their  families. 
25  And  their  border  was  Jazer, 
and  all  the  cities  of  Gilead,  and 
half  the  land  of  the  children  of 
Ammon,  unto  Aroer  that  is  before 
Rabbah ;  26  and  from  Heshbon 
unto  Ramath-mizpeh,  and  Beto- 
nim ;  and  from  Mahanaim  unto 
the  border  of  ^Debir;  27  and  in 
the  valley,  Beth-haram,  and  Betli- 
nimrah,  and  Succoth,  and  Zaphon, 
the  rest  of  the  kingdom  of  Sihon 
king  of  Heshbon,  *  the  Jordan  and 
the  border  thereof,  unto  the  utter- 
most part  of  the  sea  of  -^Chinne- 
reth  beyond  the  Jordan  eastward, 
28  This  is  the  inheritance  of  the 
children  of  Gad  according  to  their 
families,  the  cities  and  the  villages 
thereof. 

29  And  I\Ioses  gave  inheritance 
unto  the  half -tribe  of  Manasseh : 
and  it  was  for  the  half -tribe  of  the 
children  of  Manasseh  according  to 
their  families.  30  And  their  bor- 
der was  from  Mahanaim,  all  Ba- 
shan, all  the  kingdom  of  Og  king 
of  Bashan,  and  all  ^  the  towns  of 
Jair,  which  are  in  Bashan,  three- 
score cities:  31  and  half  Gilead, 
and  Ashtaroth,  and  Edrei,  the 
cities  of  the  kingdom  of  Og  in 
Bashan,  were  for  the  children  of 
Machir  the  son  of  Manasseh,  even 
for  the  half  of  the  children  of 
Machir  according  to  their  fam- 
ilies. 

32  These  are  the  inheritances 
which    Moses    distributed    in    the 

Slains  of  Moab,  beyond  the  Jor- 
an  at  Jericho,  eastward.  33  ''But 
unto  the  tribe  of  Levi  Moses  gave 
no  inheritance  :  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  Israel,  is  their  inheritance,  as 
he  spake  unto  them. 
'j  A  _  And  these  are  the  inher- 
XTl  itances  which  the  children 
of  Israel  took  in  the  land  of  Ca- 
naan, which  'Eleazar  the  priest, 
and  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  and 
the  heads  of  the  fathers'  houses 
of  the  tribes  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  distributed  unto  them,  2 
by  the  lot  of  their  inheritance,  as 
Jehovah  commanded  by  Moses,  fof 

'  Or,  Lidebir 

*  Or,  having  the  Jordan  for  a  border 


14.3 


JOSHUA 


15.10 


Bebron  assij^ned  to  Cal«b.    The  Territory  of  Jndah 


the  nine  tribes,  and  for  the  half- 
tribe.  3  "For  Moses  had  given 
the  inheritance  of  the  two  tribes 
and  the  half-tribe  beyond  the  Jor- 
dan :  *  but  unto  the  Levites  he  gave 
no  inheritance  among  them.  4  For 
the  children  of  Joseph  were  two 
tribes,  Manasseh  and  Ephraim : 
and  they  gave  no  portion  unto  the 
Levites  in  the  land,  save  cities  to 
dwell  in,  with  the  'suburbs thereof 
for  their  cattle  and  for  their  sub- 
stance. 5  As  Jehovah  commanded 
Moses,  so  the  children  of  Israel 
did  ;  and  they  divided  the  land. 

6  Then  the  children  of  Judah 
drew  nigh  unto  Joshua  in  Gilgal : 
and  '■  Caleb  the  son  of  J^phunneh 
the  Kenizzite  said  unto  him,  Thou 
k  no  west  the  thing  that  Jehovah 
spake  unto  Moses  the  man  of  God 
concerning  me  and  concerning  thee 
in  Kadesh-barnea.  7  Forty  years 
old  was  I  when  Moses  the  servant 
of  Jehovah  sent  me  from  Kadesh- 
barnea  to  spy  out  the  land  ;  and  I 
brought  him  word  again  as  it  was 
in  my  heart.  8  Nevertheless  my 
brethren  that  went  up  with  me 
made  the  heart  of  the  people  melt ; 
but  I  wholly  followed  Jehovah  my 
God.  9  ''And  Moses  sware  on 
that  day,  saying.  Surely  the  land 
whereon  thy  foot  hath  trodden 
shall  be  an  inheritance  to  thee 
and  to  thy  children  for  ever,  be- 
cause thou  hast  wholly  followed 
Jehovah  my  God.  10  And  now, 
behold,  Jehovah  hath  kept  me 
alive,  as  he  spake,  these  forty  and 
five  years,  from  the  time  that  Je- 
hovah spake  this  word  unto  Moses, 
while  Israel  walked  in  the  wilder- 
ness :  and  now,  lo,  I  am  this  day 
fourscore  and  five  years  old.  11 
As  yet  I  am  as  strong  this  day  as 
I  was  in  the  day  that  Moses  sent 
me :  as  my  strength  was  then, 
even  so  is  my  strength  now,  for 
war,  and  to  go  out  and  to  come 
in.  12  Now  therefore  give  me 
this  hill-country,  whereof  Jehovah 
spake  in  that  day ;  for  thou  heard- 
est  in  that  day  now  *the  Anakim 
were  there,  and  cities  great  and 
fortified :  it  may  be  that  Jehovah 
will  be  with  me,  and  I  shall  drive 
them  out,  as  Jehovah  spake. 

13  And  Joshua  blessed  him  ;  and 
he  gave  Hebron  unto  Caleb  the 
son  of  Jephunneh  for  an  inheri- 
tance. 14  Therefore  Hebron  be- 
came the  inheritance  of  Caleb  the 

»  Or,  pasture  lands 


"  Num.  32. 

3:i 
f>  ch.  13.  14 
"  Num.  13. 

6,  311 ;  14.  ( 

24,  3U 
d  I)t.  1.  30 
« Num.  13. 

33 


/ch.  11.  23 
"  Num.  34. 

3,  4 
*  Num.  20. 

10 
'  Dt.  32.  51 


*  Num.  34.  3 


'  ch.  18.  IS- 
IS 


'  ch.  7.  24 


son  of  Jephunneh  the  Kenizzite 
unto  this  day :  because  that  he 
wholly  followed  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  Israel.  1.5  Now  the  name  of 
Hebron  beforetime  was  '-^Kiriath- 
arba ;  which  Arha  was  the  greatest 
man  among  the  Anakim.  •'And 
the  land  had  rest  from  war. 
^  K  "  And  the  lot  for  the  tribe 
J^tJ  oi  the  children  of  Judah  ac- 
cording to  their  families  was  unto 
the  *  border  of  Edoni,  even  to  the 
wilderness  of  'Zin  southward,  at 
the  uttermost  part  of  the  south. 
2  And  their  south  border  was  from 
the  uttermost  part  of  the  Salt  Sea, 
from  the  ^  bay  that  looketh  south- 
ward ;  3  and  it  went  out  south- 
ward of  the  ascent  of  Akrabbim, 
and  passed  along  to  Zin,  and  went 
up  by  the  south  of  Kade.sh-barnea. 
and  passed  along  by  Hezron,  and 
went  up  to  Addar,  and  turned 
about  to  Karka  ;  4  and  it  passed 
along  to  Azmon,  and  went  out  at 
the  brook  of  Egypt ;  and  the  goings 
out  of  the  border  were  at  the  sea  : 
this  shall  be  your  south  border. 
5  *And  the  east  border  was  the 
Salt  Sea,  even  unto  the  end  of 
the  Jordan.  'And  the  border  of 
the  north  quarter  was  from  the 
^  bay  of  the  sea  at  the  end  of  the 
Jordan  ;  6  and  the  border  went  up 
to  Beth-hoglah,  and  passed  along 
by  the  north  of  Beth-arabah  ;  and 
the  border  went  up  to  the  stone 
of  Bohan  the  son  of  Reuben  ;  7  and 
the  border  went  up  to  Debir  from 
"*the  valley  of  Achor,  and  so  north- 
ward, looking  toward  Gilgal,  that 
is  over  against  the  ascent  of  Adum- 
mim,  which  is  on  the  south  side  of 
the  river ;  and  the  border  passed 
along  to  the  waters  of  En-shemesh, 
and  the  goings  out  thereof  were  at 
En-rogel ;  8  and  the  border  went 
up  by  the  valley  of  the  son  of  Hin- 
nom  unto  the  *  side  of  the  "  Jebusite 
southward  (the  same  is  Jerusalem) ; 
and  the  border  went  up  to  the  top 
of  the  mountain  that  lieth  befoi^e 
the  valley  of  Hinnom  westward, 
which  is  at  the  uttermost  part  of 
the  vale  of  Rephaim  northward ; 
9  and  the  border  extended  from 
the  top  of  the  mountain  unto  the 
fountain  of  the  waters  of  Nephtoah, 
and  went  out  to  the  cities  of  mount 
Ephron ;  and  the  border  extended 
to  Baalah  (the  same  is  Kiriath- 
jearim) ;  10  and  the  border  turned 

5  That  is,  The  city  of  Arha. 

'  Heb.  tongue.  *  Heb.  shoulder 


227 


15.11 


JOSHUA 


15.58 


The  Territory  of  Jadab.    Othniel  captures  Debir.    The  Cities  of  Jndah 


about  from  Baalah  westward  unto 
mount  Seir,  and  passed  along  unto 
the  side  of  mount  Jearim  on  the 
north  (the  same  is  Chesalon),  and 
went  down  to  Beth-shemesh, 
and  passed  along  by  Timnah ;  11 
and  the  border  went  out  unto  the 
side  of  Ekron  northward  ;  and  the 
border  extended  to  Shikkeron,  and 
passed  along  to  mount  Baalah,  and 
went  out  at  Jabneel ;  and  the 
goings  out  of  the  border  were  at 
the  sea.  12  And  the  west  border 
was  to  the  great  sea,  and  the 
border  thereof.  This  is  the  border 
of  the  children  of  Judah  round 
about  according  to  their  families. 
13"  And  unto  Caleb  the  son  of 
Jephunneh  he  gave  a  portion 
*  among  the  children  of  Judah, 
according  to  the  commandment 
of  Jehovah  to  Joshua,  even  'Ki- 
riath-arba,  which  Arba  zvas  the 
father  of  Anak  (the  same  is 
Hebron).  14  And  '^  Caleb  drove 
out  thence  the  three  sons  of  Anak: 
Sheshai,  and  Ahiman,  and  Talmai, 
the  children  of  Anak.  15  And  he 
went  up  thence  against  the  inhab- 
itants of  Debir:  now  the  riame 
of  Debir  beforetime  was  Kiriath- 
sepher.  16  And  Caleb  said,  He 
that  smiteth  Kiriath-sepher,  and 
taketh  it,  to  him  will  I  give  Ach- 
sah  my  daughter  to  wife.  1 7  **  And 
Othniel  the  son  of  Kenaz,  the 
brother  of  Caleb,  took  it :  and  he 
gave  him  Achsah  his  daughter  to 
wife.  18  And  it  carne  to  pass, 
when  she  came  u7ito  him,  that  she 
moved  him  to  ask  of  her  father  a 
field  :  and  she  alighted  from  off  her 
ass ;  and  Caleb  said  unto  her.  What 
wouldest  thou  1  19  And  she  said. 
Give  me  a  ^  blessing  ;  for  that  thou 
hast  'set  me  in  the  land  of  the 
South,  give  me  also  springs  of 
water.  And  he  gave  her  the  upper 
springs  and  the  nether  springs. 

20  This  is  the  inheritance  of  the 
tribe  of  the  children  of  Judah  ac- 
cording to  their  families. 

21  And  the  uttermost  cities  of 
the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Judah 
toward  the  border  of  Edom  in  the 
South  were  Kabzeel,  and  "Eder, 
and  Jagur,  22  and  Kinah,  ana 
Dimonah,  and  Adadah,  23  and 
Kedesh,  and   Hazor,   and   Ithnan, 

24  Ziph,  and  Telem,  and  Bealoth, 

25  and  Hazor-hadattah,  and  Keri- 
oth-hezron    (the  same   is    Hazor), 

1  That  is,  The  city  of  Arba.         2  Or,  present 
»  Or,  givtn  me  the  land  of  the  South 


"  ch.  14.  13- 

15 
*  Num.  13.  6 
'  ch.  U.  21, 

22 ;  Num. 

13.  33 ; 

Dt.  9.  2 
d  Judg.  1. 

13 ;  3.  9 
'  Gen.  35.  21 


/Gen.  21.  31 
"  1  S.  27.  6  ; 

h  Judg.  13. 

25  ;  16.  31 
>  1  S.  22.  1 
*  ch.  10.  3  ; 

2  K  14.  19 


t  ch.  13.  3 


26  Amam,  and  Shema,  and  Mo- 
ladah,  27  and  Hazar-gaddah,  and 
Heshmon,  and  Beth-pelet,  28  and 
Hazar-shual,  and  -^  Beer-sheba, 
and  Biziothiah,  29  Baalah,  and 
lim,  and  Ezem,  30  and  Eltolad. 
and  Chesil,  and  Hormah,  31  and 
"Ziklag,  and  Madmannah,  and  San- 
sannah,  32  and  Lebaoth,  and  Shil- 
him,  and  Ain,  and  Rimmon  :  all  the 
cities  are  twenty  and  nine,  with 
their  villages. 

33  In  the  lowland,  ''Eshtaol,  and 
Zorah,  and  Ashnah,  34  and  Za- 
noah,  and  En-gannim,  Tappuah, 
and  Enam,  35  Jarmuth,  and '  Adul- 
1am,  Socoh,  and  Azekahj  36  and 
Shaaraim,  and  Adithaim,  and 
Gederah,  and  Gederothaim ;  four- 
teen cities  with  their  villages. 

37  Zenan,  and  Hadashah,  and 
Migdal-gad,  38  and  Dilean,  and 
Mizpeh,  and  Joktheel,  39  *La- 
chish,  and  Bozkath,  and  Eglon, 
40  and  Cabbon,  and  *Lahmam, 
and  Chitlish,  41  and  Gederoth, 
Beth-dagon,  and  Naamah,  and 
Makkedah;  sixteen  cities  with 
their  villages. 

42  Libnah,  and  Ether,  and 
Ashan,  43  and  Iphtah,  and  Ash- 
nah, and  Nezib,  44  and  Keilah, 
and  Achzib,  and  Mareshah ;  nine 
cities  with  their  villages. 

45  Ekron,  with  its  ®  towns  and 
its  villages ;  46  from  Ekron  even 
unto  the  sea,  all  that  were  by  the 
side  of  Ashdod,  with  their  villages. 

47  Ashdod,  its  towns  and  its 
Gaza,   its  towns  and  its 


villages  ;  unto  '  the  brook  of  Egypt, 
and  the  great  sea,  and  the  border 
thereof. 

48  And  in  the  hill-country, 
Shamir,  and  Jattir,  and  Socoh, 
49  and  Dannah,  and  Kiriath- 
sannah  (the  same  is  Debir),  50  and 
Anab,  and  Eshtemoh,  and  Anim, 
51  and  Goshen,  and  Holon,  and 
Giloh ;  eleven  cities  with  their 
villages. 

52  Arab,  and  Dumah,  and  Eshan, 
53  and  Janim,  and  Beth-tappuah, 
and  Aphekah,  54  and  Humtah, 
and  Kiriath-arba  (the  same  is  He- 
bron), and  Zior ;  nine  cities  with 
their  villages. 

55  Maon,  Carmel,  and  Ziph, 
and  Jutah,  56  and  Jezreel,  and 
•Jokdeam,  and  Zanoah,  57  Kain, 
Gibeah,  and  Timnah ;  ten  cities 
with  their  villages. 

58  Halhul,  Beth-zur,  and  Gedor, 

*  Or,  Lahmaa  '  Heb.  dau( /iters. 


228 


15.59 


JOSHUA 


17.11 


The  Territory  of  Ephraiin.    Territory  of  Nanasseh 


59  and  Maarath,  and  Beth-anoth, 
and  Eltekon  ;  six  cities  with  their 
villages. 

GO  Kiriath-baal  (the  same  is  Ki- 
riath-jearim),  and  Kabbah ;  two 
cities  with  their  villages. 

Gl  In  the  wilderness,  Beth-ara- 
bah,  Middin,  and  Secacah,  G2  and 
Nibshan,  and  the  City  of  Salt,  and 
En-gedi ;  six  cities  with  their  vil- 
lages. 

G3  And  as  for  the  "  Jebusites,  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  the  chil- 
dren of  Judah  could  not  drive  them 
out :  but  the  Jebusites  dwell  with 
the  children  of  Judah  at  Jerusalem 
unto  this  day. 

■i  /^  And  the  lot  came  out  for 
jL\J  the  children  of  Joseph  from 
the  Jordan  at  Jericho,  at  the  waters 
of  Jericho  on  the  east,  even  'the 
wilderness,  going  up  from  Jericho 
through  the  hill-country  to  Beth-el ; 

2  and  it  went  out  from  Beth-el  to 
Luz,  and  passed  along  unto  the 
border  of  the  Archites  to  Ataroth  ; 

3  and  it  went  down  westward  to 
the  border  of  the  Japhletites,  unto 
the  border  of  '  Beth-horon  the 
nether,  even  unto  ''Gezer  ;  and  the 
goings  out  thereof  were  at  the  sea. 

4  And  the  children  of  Joseph, 
Manasseh  and  Ephraim,  took  their 
inheritance. 

5  And  the  border  of  the  children 
of  Ephraim  according  to  their  fami- 
lies was  thus :  the  border  of  their 
inheritance  eastward  was "  Ataroth- 
addar,  unto  Beth-horon  the  upper  ; 

6  and  the  border  went  out  westward 
at-''Michmethathon  the  north  ;  and 
the  border  turned  about  eastward 
unto  Taanath-shiloh,  and  passed 
along  it  on  the  east  of  Janoah  ; 

7  and  it  went  down  from  Janoah 
to  Ataroth,  and  to  ^Naarah,  and 
reached  unto  Jericho,  and  went  out 
at  the  Jordan.  8  From  *  Tappuah 
the  border  went  along  westward  to 
the  brook  of  Kanah  ;  and  the  goings 
out  thereof  were  at  the  sea.  This 
is  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Ephraim  according 
to  their  families ;  9  together  with 
the  cities  which  were  set  apart  for 
the  children  of  Ephraim  in  the 
midst  of  the  inheritance  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Manasseh,  all  the  cities  with 
their  villages.  10  '  And  they  drove 
not  out  the  Canaanites  that  d^velt 
in  Gezer :  but  *  the  Canaanites 
dwell  in  the  midst  of  Ephraim 
unto  this  day,  and  are  become  ser- 
vants to  do  taskwork. 


"  Judg.  1.21; 

2  S.  5.  6 
b  ch.  8.  15  ; 

IS.  12 
''ch.  18.  13; 

1  K.  9.  17 
d  c'h.  10.  33 
'ch.  IS.  13 
/cli.  17.  7 
^  1  Chr.  7.  28 
fcch.  17.  8 
'  Judg.  1. 

29  ;  1  K.  9. 

10 
*  ch.  17.  12, 


'  Num.  26. 
33 ;  27.  1-7 


'  Num.  27. 
&-7 


"  ch.  13.  30, 


<•  1  Chr.  7.29 
229 


-A  ^  And  this  was  the  lot  for 
-L  I  the  tribe  of  Manasseh ;  for 
he  was  the  tirst-born  of  Joseph. 
As  for  Machir  the  first-born  of 
Manasseh,  the  father  of  Gilead, 
because  he  was  a  man  of  war, 
therefore  he  had  Gilead  and  Ba- 
shan.  2  So  the  lot  was  for  the  rest 
of  the  children  of  Manasseh  accord- 
ing to  their  families :  for  the  chil- 
dren of  Abiezer,  and  for  the  children 
of  Helek,  and  for  the  children  of 
Asriel,  and  for  the  children  of  She- 
chem,  and  for  the  children  of 
Hepher,  and  for  the  children  of 
Shemida  :  these  were  the  male  chil- 
dren of  Manasseh  the  son  of  Joseph 
according  to  their  families.  3  '  But 
Zelophehad,  the  son  of  Hepher,  the 
son  of  Gilead,  the  son  of  Machir, 
the  son  of  Manasseh,  had  no  sons, 
but  daughters :  and  these  are  the 
names  of  his  daughters :  Mahlah^ 
and  Noah,  Hoglah,  Milcah,  and 
Tirzah.  4  And  they  came  near 
before  Eleazar  the  priest,  and  be- 
fore Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  and 
before  the  princes,  saying,  Jehovah 
commanded  Moses  to  give  us  an 
inheritance  among  our  brethren : 
therefore  "according  to  the  com- 
mandment of  Jehovah  he  gave  them 
an  inheritance  among  the  brethren 
of  their  father.  5  And  there  fell 
ten  ^  parts  to  Manasseh,  besides  the 
land  of  Gilead  and  Bashan,  which 
is  beyond  the  Jordan ;  6  because 
the  daughters  of  Manasseh  had  an 
inheritance  among  his  sons.  And 
the  "land  of  Gilead  belonged  unto 
the  rest  of  the  sons  of  Manasseh. 

7  And  the  border  of  Manasseh 
was  from  Asher  to  Michmethath, 
which  is  before  Shechem  ;  and  the 
border  went  along  to  the  right 
hand,  unto  the  inhabitants  of  En- 
tappuah.  8  The  land  of  Tappuah 
belonged  to  Manasseh  ;  but  Tap- 
puah on  the  border  of  Manasseh  be- 
longed to  the  children  of  Ephraim. 
9  And  the  border  went  down  unto 
the  brook  of  Kanah,  southward  of 
the  brook  :  these  cities  belonged  to 
Ephraim  among  the  cities  of  Manas- 
sen  :  and  the  border  of  Manasseh 
was  on  the  north  side  of  the  brook, 
and  the  goings  out  thereof  were 
at  the  sea:  10  southward  it  was 
Ephraim's,  and  northward  it  was 
Alanasseh's,  and  the  sea  was  his 
border  ;  and  they  reached  to  Asher 
on  the  north,  and  to  Issachar  on 
the  east.     11  And  "Manasseh  had 

1  Heb.  lima. 


17.12 


JOSHUA 


18.14 


Two  Lots  for  the  ChildreD  of  Joseph.    The  Rest  of  the  land  divided.    Territory  of  Benjamin 


in  Issachar  and  in  Asher  Beth- 
shean  and  its  '  towns,  and  Ibleam 
and  its  towns,  and  the  inhabitants 
of  Dor  and  its  towns,  and  the  in- 
habitants of  En-dor  and  its  towns, 
and  the  inhabitants  of  Taanach  and 
its  towns,  and  the  inhabitants  of 
Megiddo  and  its  towns,  even  the 
three  "heights.  12  *Yet  the  chil- 
dren of  Manasseh  could  not  drive 
out  the  inhabitants  of  those  cities ; 
but  the  Canaanites  would  dwell  in 
that  land.  1 3  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  the  children  of  Israel  were 
waxed  strong,  ''that  they  put  the 
Canaanites  to  taskwork,  and  did 
not  utterly,  drive  them  out. 

14  And  the  children  ■'of  Joseph 
spake  unto  Joshua,  saying.  Why 
hast  thou  given  me  but  one  lot  and 
one '  part  for  an  inheritance,  seeing 
I  am  a  great  people,  forasmuch  as 
hitherto  Jehovah  hath  blessed  me  % 
15  And  Joshua  said  unto  them.  If 
thou  be  a  great  people,  get  thee  up 
to  the  forest,  ana  cut  down  for  thy- 
self there  in  the  land  of  the  Periz- 
zites  and  of  the  Rephaim ;  since 
the  hill-country  of  Ephraim  is  too 
narrow  for  thee.  1 6  And  the  chil- 
dren of  Joseph  said.  The  hill-coun- 
try ^is  not  enough  for  us :  and  all 
the  Canaanites  that  dwell  in  the 
land  of  the  valley  have  *  chariots 
of  iron,  both  they  who  are  in  Beth- 
shean  and  its  towns,  and  they  who 
are  in  the  valley  of  Jezreel.  17  And 
Joshua  spake  unto  the  house  of 
Joseph,  even  to  Ephraim  and  to 
Manasseh,  saying.  Thou  art  a  great 
people,  and  hast  great  power  ;  thou 
shalt  not  have  one  lot  only ;  1 8  but 
the  hill-country  shall  be  thine  ;  for 
though  it  is  a  forest,  thou  shalt  cut 
it  down,  and  the  goings  out  thereof 
shall  be  thine ;  for  thou  shalt  drive 
out  the  Canaanites,  though  they 
have  •'^chariots  of  iron,  and  though 
they  are  strong. 

'i  O  And  the  whole  congrega- 
JL  O  tion  of  the  children  of  Israel 
assembled  themselves  together  at 
'Shiloh,  and  set  up  the  tent  of 
meeting  there :  and  the  land  was 
subdued  before  them.  2  And  there 
remained  among  the  children  of  Is- 
rael seven  tribes,  which  had  not  yet 
di\aded  their  inheritance.  3  And 
Joshua  said  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  How  long  are  ye  slack  to  go 
in  to  possess  the  land,  which  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  your  fathers,  hath 

1  Heb  daurihters.  2  Heb.  line. 

3  Heb.  is  not  found  for  lis. 


°-  ch.  n.  2  ; 

12   23 
b  Judg.  1.  27 
'  ch.  10.  10 
d  jMum.  13.8 
«  ver.  18 ; 

Judg.  1. 

19  ;  4.  3,  13 
/ver  16 
0  Judg.  21. 

19 ;  Jer,  7. 

12  ;  26.  fi,  9 


ft  ch.  13.  33 ; 
Num.  18. 
7.20 


*  ch.  19.  61 ; 
Num.  34. 

16-29 


given  you  1  4  Appoint  for  you  three 
men  of  each  tribe :  and  I  will  send 
them,  and  they  shall  arise,  and 
walk  through  the  land,  and  describe 
it  according  to  their  inheritance; 
and  they  shall  come  unto  me.  5  Ana 
they  shall  divide  it  into  seven  por- 
tions :  Judah  shall  abide  in  his  bor- 
der on  the  south,  and  the  house  of 
Joseph  shall  abide  in  their  border 
on  the  north.  6  And  ye  shall  de- 
sci'ibe  the  land  into  seven  portions, 
and  bring  the  descrijJtion  hither  to 
me ;  and  I  will  cast  lots  for  you 
here  before  Jehovah  our  God.  7  For 
*  the  Levites  have  no  portion  among 
you  ;  for  the  priesthood  of  Jehovah  - 
is  their  inheritance :  and  Gad  and 
Reuben  and  the  half-tribe  of  Ma- 
nasseh have  received  their  inheri- 
tance beyond  the  Jordan  eastward, 
which  Moses  the  servant  of  Jeho- 
vah gave  them. 

8  And  the  men  arose,  and  went : 
and  Joshua  charged  them  that  went 
to  describe  the  land,  saying,  Go  and 
walk  through  the  land,  and  describe 
it,  and  come  again  to  me ;  and  I 
will  cast  lots  for  you  here  before 
Jehovah  in  *Shilon.  9  And  the 
men  went  and  passed  through  the 
land,  and  described  it  by  cities  into 
seven  portions  in  a  book  ;  and  they 
came  to  Joshua  unto  the  camp  at 
Shiloh.  10  *And  Joshua  cast  lots 
for  them  in  Shiloh  before  Jehovah : 
and  there  Joshua  divided  the  land 
unto  the  children  of  Israel  accord- 
ing to  their  divisions. 

1 1  And  the  lot  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Benjamin  came  up  ac- 
cording to  their  families :  and  the 
border  of  their  lot  went  out  between 
the  children  of  Judah  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Joseph.  1 2  And  their  bor- 
der on  the  north  quarter  was  from 
the  Jordan ;  and  the  border  went 
up  to  the  ■'side  of  Jericho  on  the 
north,  and  went  up  through  the 
hill-country  westward  ;  and  the  go- 
ings out  thereof  were  at  the  wil- 
derness of  Beth-aven.  13  And  the 
border  passed  along  from  thence  to 
Luz,  to  the  ■*  side  of  Luz  (the  same 
is  Beth-el),  southward ;  and  the 
border  went  down  to  Ataroth- 
addar,  by  the  mountain  that  lieth 
on  the  south  of  Beth-horon  the 
nether.  14  And  the  border  ex- 
tended thence,  and  turned  about  on 
the  west  quarter  southward,  from 
the  mountain  that  lieth  before 
Beth-horon  southward;  and  the 
4  Heb.  sluyuliier. 


230 


18.15 


JOSHUA 


19.22 


Territory  and  (Htm  ef  Benjamin.    T«rrit«rie8  of  Simeon,  Zebulon.  and  Issachar 


goings  out  thereof  were  at  Kii*iath- 
oaal  (the  same  is  Kiriath-jeariiu),  a 
city  of  the  childien  of  Judah  :  this 
was  the  west  quarter.  15  "And 
the  south  quarter  was  from  the 
uttermost  part  of  Kiriath-jearim  ; 
and  the  border  went  out  westwai'd, 
and  went  out  to  the  fountain  of 
the  waters  of  Xephtoah  ;  1  (i  and  the 
border  went  down  to  the  uttermost 

Eart  of  the  mountain  that  heth 
efore  the  valley  of  the  son  of 
Hinnom,  which  is  in  the  vale  of 
Rephaim  northward ;  and  it  went 
down  to  the  valley  of  Hinnom,  to 
the  side  of  the  Jebusite  southward, 
and  went  down  to  En-rogel ;  1 7  and 
it  extended  northward,  and  went 
out  at  En-shemesh,  and  went  out 
to  Geliloth,  which  is  over  against 
the  ascent  of  Adummim ;  and  it 
went  down  to  the  stone  of  Bohan 
the  son  of  Reuben  ;  1 8  and  it  passed 
along  to  the  side  over  against  the 
Arabah  northward,  and  went  down 
unto  the  Arabah  ;  1 9  and  the  border 
passed  along  to  the  side  of  Beth- 
noglah  northward  ;  and  the  goings 
out  of  the  border  were  at  the  north 
^  bay  of  the  Salt  Sea,  at  the  south 
end  of  the  Jordan :  this  was  the 
south  border.  20  And  the  Jordan 
was  the  border  of  it  on  the  east 
quarter.  This  was  the  inheritance 
of  the  children  of  Benjamin,  by  the 
borders  thereof  round  about,  ac- 
cording to  their  families. 

21  Now  the  cities  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Benjamin  according 
to  their  families  were  Jericho,  and 
Beth-hoglah,  and  Emek-keziz,  22 
and  Beth-arabah,  and  Zemaraim, 
and  Beth-el,  23  and  Avvim,  and 
Parah,  and  Ophrah,  24  and  Che- 
phar-ammoni,  and  Ophni,  and 
Geba ;  twelve  cities  with  their 
villages:  2.5  Gibeon,  and  Ramah, 
and  Beeroth,  26  and  Mizpeh,  and 
Chephirah,  and  Mozah,  27  and 
Rekem,  and  Irpeel,  and  Taralah, 
28  and  Zelah,  Eleph,  and  the  Jebu- 
site (the  same  is  Jerusalem),  Gibe- 
ath,  anf^  Kiriath;  fourteen  cities 
with  their  villages.  This  is  the 
inheritance  of  the  children  of  Ben- 
jamin according  to  their  families. 
"1  (Jk  And  the  second  lot  came 
JL  k7  out  for  Simeon,  even  for  the 
tribe  of  the  children  of  Simeon  ac- 
cording to  their  families :  and  their 
inheritance  was  in  the  midst  of  the 
inheritance  of  the  children  of  Ju- 
dah.   2  And  they  had  for  their  in- 

i  Heb.  tOTHTWC 


'  ch.  16.  6-9 


heritance  Beer-sheba,  or  Sheba,  and 
Moladah,  3  and  Hazar-shual,  and 
Balah,  and  Ezem,  4  and  Eltolad, 
and  Bethul,  and  Hormah,  5  and 
Ziklag,  and  Beth-marcaboth,  and 
Hazar-susah,  6  and  Beth-lebaoth, 
and  Sharuhen;  thirteen  cities  with 
their  villages :  7  Ain,  Rimmon,  and 
Ether,  and  Ashan;  four  cities  with 
their  villages :  8  and  all  the  villages 
that  were  round  about  these  cities 
to  Baalath-beer,  Ramah  of  the 
South.  This  is  the  inheritance  of 
the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Simeon 
according  to  their  families.  9  Out 
of  the  '''part  of  the  children  of  Judah 
was  the  inheritance  of  the  children 
of  Simeon ;  for  the  portion  of  the 
children  of  Judah  was  too  much 
for  them :  therefore  the  children  of 
Simeon  had  inheritance  in  the  midst 
of  their  inheritance. 

10  And  the  third  lot  came  up  for 
the  children  of  Zebulun  according 
to  their  families.  And  the  border 
of  their  inheritance  was  unto  Sarid ; 

1 1  and  their  border  went  up  west- 
ward, even  to  Maralah,  and  reached 
to  Dabbesheth;  and  it  reached  to 
the  brook  that  is  before  Jokneam; 

12  and  it  turned  from  Sarid  east- 
ward toward  the  sunrising  unto  the 
border  of  Chisloth-tabor ;  and  it 
went  out  to  Daberath,  and  went 
up  to  Japhia;  13  and  from  thence 
it  passed  along  eastward  to  Gath- 
hepher,  to  Eth-kazin;  and  it  went 
out  at  Rimmon  which  stretcheth 
unto  Nea,h;  14  and  the  border 
turned  about  it  on  the  north  to 
Hannathon;  and  the  goings  out 
thereof  were  at  the  valley  of 
Iphtah-el;  1.5  and  Kattath,  and 
Nahalal,  and  Shimron,  and  Idalah, 
and  Bethlehem :  twelve  cities  with 
their  villages.  16  This  is  the  in- 
heritance of  the  children  of  Zebu- 
lun according  to  their  families, 
these  cities  with  their  villages. 

17  The  fourth  lot  came  out  for 
Issachar,  even  for  the  children  of 
Issachar  according  to  their  fami- 
lies. 18  And  their  border  was 
unto  Jezreel,  and  Chesulloth,  and 
Shunem,  19  and  Hapharaim,  and 
Shion,  and  Anaharath,  20  and  Rab- 
bi th,  and  Kishion,  and  Ebez,  21 
and  Remeth,  and  En-gannim,  and 
En-haddah,  and  Beth-pazzez,  22 
and  the  border  reached  to  Tabor, 
and  Shahazumah.  and  Beth-she- 
mesh;  and  the  goings  out  of  their 
border  were  at  the  Jordan :  sixteen 

»  Heb.  line. 


231 


19.23 


JOSHUA 


20.4 


Territories  of  isher,  Ifaphtall,  and  Dan.    Tininath-serali  given  to  Joshaa.    Cities  of  Refnge  appointed 


cities  with  their  villages.  23  This 
is  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Issachar  according 
to  their  families,  the  cities  with 
their  villages. 

24  And  the  fifth  lot  came  out  for 
the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Asher 
according  to  their  families.  25  And 
their  border  was  Helkath,  and  Hali, 
and  Beten,  and  Achshaph,  26  and 
Allammelech,  and  Amad,  and  Mi- 
shal;  and  it  reached  to  Carmel 
westward,  and  to  Shihor-libnath; 
27  and  it  turned  toward  the  sun- 
rising  to  Beth-dagon,  and  reached 
to  Zebulun,  and  to  the  valley  of 
Iphtah-el  northward  to  Beth-emek 
and  Neiel ;  and  it  went  out  to  Ca- 
bul  on  the  left  hand,  28  and  Ebron. 
and  Rehob,  and  Hammon,  and 
Kanah,  even  unto  great  Sidon ; 
29  and  the  border  turned  to 
Ramah,  and  to  Hhe  fortified  city 
of  Tyre;  and  the  border  turned  to 
Hosah  ;  and  the  goings  out  thereof 
were  at  the  sea  ^by  the  region  of 
Achzib;  30  Ummah  also,  and 
Aphek,  and  Rehob:  twenty  and 
two  cities  with  their  villages.  31 
This  is  the  inheritance  of  tne  tribe 
of  the  children  of  Asher  according 
to  their  families,  these  cities  with 
their  villages. 

32  The  sixth  lot  came  out  for  the 
children  of  Naphtali,  even  for  the 
children  of  Naphtali  according  to 
their  families.  33  And  their  border 
was  from  Heleph,  from  the  ^oak  in 
Zaanannim,  ana  Adami-nekeb,  and 
Jabneel,  unto  Lakkum;  and  the 
goings  out  thereof  were  at  the  Jor- 
dan; 34  and  the  border  turned 
westward  to  Aznoth-tabor,  and 
went  out  from  thence  to  Hukkok; 
and  it  reached  to  Zebulun  on  the 
south,  and  reached  to  Asher  on  the 
west,  and  to  Judah  at  the  Jordan 
toward  the  sunrising.  35  And  the 
fortified  cities  were  Ziddim,  Zer, 
and  Hammath,  Rakkath,  and  Chin- 
nereth,  36  and  Adamah,  and  Ramah, 
and  Hazor,  37  and  Kedesh,  and 
Edrei,  and  En-hazor,  38  and  Iron, 
and  Migdal-el,  Horem,  and  Beth- 
anath,and  Beth-shemesh;  nineteen 
cities  with  their  villages.  39  This 
is  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Naphtali  according  to 
their  families,  tne  cities  with  their 
villages. 

40  The  seventh  lot  came  out  for 

1  Or,  the  city  of  Mibzar-zor,  that  is,  the  for- 
tress of  Tyre.    '  Or,  from  Rebel  to  Achzib 
3  Or,  oak  (or,  terebinth,)  of  Bezaanannim 


»  ch.  24.  30 ; 
Num.  13.  8 


i>  ch.  18. 10 


"  Num.  35. 
6-34 ;  Bt.  4. 
41 ;  19.  2 


232 


the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Dan  ac- 
cording to  their,  families.  41  And 
the  border  of  their  inheritance  was 
Zorah,  and  Eshtaol,  and  Ir-shemesh, 
42  and  Shaalabbin,  and  Aijalon, 
and  Ithlah,  43  and  Elon,  and  Tim- 
nah,  and  Ekron,  44  and  Eltekeh, 
and  Gibbethon,  and  Baalath,  45 
and  Jehud,  and  Bene-berak,  and 
Gath-rimmon,  46  and  Me-jarkon, 
and  Rakkon,  with  the  border  over 
against  ■*  J oppa.  47  And  the  border 
of  the  children  of  Dan  went  out 
^beyond  them;  for  the  children  of 
Dan  went  up  and  fought  against 
^Leshem,  and  took  it,  and  smote 
it  with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and 
possessed  it,  and  dwelt  therein,  and 
called  Leshem,  Dan,  after  the  name 
of  Dan  their  father.  48  This  is  the 
inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Dan  according  to  their 
families,  these  cities  with  their 
villages. 

49  So  they  made  an  end  of  dis- 
tributing the  land  for  inheritance 
by  the  Dorders  thereof;  and  the 
children  of  Israel  gave  an  inheri- 
tance to  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun  in 
the  midst  of  them :  50  according  to 
the  conamandment  of  Jehovah  they 
gave  him  the  city  which  he  asked, 
even  "  Timnath-serah  in  the  hill- 
country  of  Ephraim;  and  he  built 
the  city,  and  dwelt  therein. 

51  *  These  are  the  inheritances, 
which  Eleazar  the  priest,  and 
Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  and  the 
heads  of  the  fathers'  houses  of  the 
tribes  of  the  children  of  Israel,  dis^ 
tributed  for  inheritance  bv  lot  in 
Shiloh  before  Jehovah,  at  the  door 
of  the  tent  of  meeting.  So  they 
made  an  end  of  dividing  the  land. 
O/^  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
wv/  Joshua,  saying,  2  Speak  tu 
the  children  of  Lsrael,  saying, 
Assign  you  ""the  cities  of  refuge, 
whereof  I  spake  unto  you  by 
Moses,  3  that  the  manslayer  that 
killeth  any  person  'unwittingly 
ancl  unawares  may  flee  thither : 
and  they  shall  be  unto  you  for  a 
refuge  from  the  avenger  of  blood. 
4  And  he  shall  flee  unto  one  of 
those  cities,  and  shall  stand  at  the 
entrance  of  the  gate  of  the  city, 
and  declare  his  cau.se  in  the  cars 
of  the  elders  of  that  city ;  and 
they  shall  ^take  him  into  the  city 
unto  them,  and  give  him  a  place, 

*  Heb.  Jnphn.  5  Or,  from  them;  and  &c. 

«  In  Judg.  18.  29,  Laiah.         ?  Or,  through  errot 
8  Heb.  gather. 


20.5 


JOSHUA 


21.21 


Cities  of  Refnge  appoisted.    Cities  assigned  to  tlie  Levites 


that  he  may  dwell  among  them. 
5  And  if  the  avenger  of  blood  pur- 
sue after  him,  then  they  shall  not 
deliver  up  the  manslayer  into  his 
hand  ;  because  he  smote  his  neigh- 
bor unawares,  and  hated  him  not 
beforetime.  6  And  he  shall  dwell 
in  that  cit5'^,  until  he  stand  before 
the  congregation  for  judgment, 
until  the  death  of  the  high  priest 
that  shall  be  in  those  days  :  then 
shall  the  manslayer  return,  and 
come  unto  his  own  city,  and  unto 
his  own  house,  unto  the  city  from 
whence  he  fled. 

7  And  they  '  set  apart  "  Kedesh 
in  ^  Galilee  in  the  hill-country  of 
Naphtali,  and  Shechem  in  the  hill- 
country  of  Ephraim,  and  Kiriath- 
arba  (the  same  is  Hebron)  in  *  the 
hill-country  of  Judah.  8  And  be- 
yond the  Jordan  at  Jericho  east- 
ward, they  assigned  Bezer  in  the 
wilderness  in  the  ^  plain  out  of  the 
tribe  of  Reuben,  and  Eamoth  in 
Gilead  out  of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  and 
Golan  in  Bashan  out  of  the  tribe  of 
Manasseh.  9  These  were  the  ap- 
pointed cities  for  all  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  for  the  stranger  that 
sojourneth  among  them,  that  who- 
soever killeth  any  person  *  unwit- 
tingly might  flee  thither,  and  not 
die  by  the  hand  of  the  avenger  of 
blood,  until  he  stood  before  the 
congregation. 

O  -j  Then  came  near  the  heads 
^  X  of  fathers'  houses  "oi  the  Le- 
vites unto  Eleazar  the  priest,  and 
unto  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  and 
unto  the  heads  of  fathers'  houses  of 
the  tribes  of  the  children  of  Israel ; 

2  and  they  spake  unto  them  at  Shi- 
loh  in  the  land  of  Canaan,  saying, 
■*  Jehovah  commanded  by  Moses  to 
give  us  cities  to  dwell  in,  with  the 

*  suburbs    thereof   for   our   cattle. 

3  And  the  children  of  Israel  gave 
unto  the  Levites  out  of  their  in- 
heritance, according  to  the  coni- 
mandment  of  Jehovah,  these  cities 
with  their  suburbs. 

4  And  the  lot  came  out  for  the 
families  of  the  Kohathites :  and 
the  children  of  Aaron  the  priest, 
who  were  of  the  Levites,  had  by 
lot  out  of  the  tribe  of  Judah,  and 
out  of  the  tribe  of  the  Simeonites, 
and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin, 
thirteen  cities. 

5  And  the  rest  of  the  children 
of  Kohath  had  by  lot  out  of  the 

»  Heb.  sanctified.    2  Heb.  Galil.     »  Or,  tahle-land 

*  Or,  through  error         *  Or,  patture  lands 


'  ch.  21.  32  ; 
1  Chr.  6.  76 


i-ch.  21.  11; 
Lk.  1.  39 


'  Num.  35. 
1-8 


d  Num.  36.  2 


families  of  the  tribe  of  Ephraim, 
and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  and 
out  of  the  half-tribe  of  Manasseh, 
ten  citie.s. 

6  And  the  children  of  Gershon 
had  by  lot  out  of  the  families  of 
the  tribe  of  Issachar,  and  out  of 
the  tribe  of  Asher,  and  out  of  the 
tribe  of  Naphtali,  and  out  of  the 
half-tribe  of  Manasseh  in  Bashan, 
thirteen  cities. 

7  The  children  of  Merari  accord 
ing  to  their  families  had  out  of  the. 
tribe  of  Reuben,   and  out  of  the 
tribe  of  Gad,  and  out  of  the  tribe 
of  Zebulun,  twelve  cities. 

8  And  the  children  of  Israel  gave 
by  lot  unto  the  Levites  these  cities 
with  their  suburbs,  as  Jehovah  com- 
manded by  Moses.  9  And  they  gave 
out  of  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Judah,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Simeon,  these  cities 
which  are  here  mentioned  by  name  : 
10  and  they  were  for  the  children 
of  Aaron,  of  the  families  of  the 
Kohathites,  who  were  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Levi ;  for  theirs  was  the 
first  lot.  1 1  And  they  gave  them 
Kiriath-arba,  ivhich  Arba  was  the 
father  of  ®Anak  (the  .same  is  He- 
bron), in  the  hill-country  of  Judah, 
with  the  suburbs  thereof  round 
about  it.  1 2  But  the  fields  of  the 
city,  and  the  villages  thereof,  gave 
they  to  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephunneh 
for  his  possession. 

13  And  unto  the  children  of 
Aaron  the  priest  they  gave  He- 
bron with  its  suburbs,  the  city 
of  refuge  for  the  manslayer,  and 
Libnah  with  its  suburbs,  14  and 
Jattir  with  its  suburbs,  and  Esh- 
temoa  with  its  suburbs,  15  and 
Holon  with  its  suburbs,  and  Debir 
with  its  suburbs,  16  and  Ain  with 
its  suburbs,  and  Juttah  with  its 
suburbs,  and  Beth-shemesh  with 
its  suburbs ;  nine  cities  out  of 
those  two  tribes.  17  And  out  of 
tHe  tribe  of  Benjamin,  Gibeon  with 
its  suburbs,  Geba  with  its  suburbs, 

18  Anathoth  with  its  suburbs,  and 
Almon  with  its  suburbs ;  four  cities. 

19  All  the  cities  of  the  children  of 
Aaron,  the  priests,  were  thirteen 
cities  with  their  suburbs. 

20  And  the  families  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Kohath,  the  Levites,  even 
the  rest  of  the  children  of  Kohath, 
they  had  the  cities  of  their  lot  out 
of  the  tribe  of  Ephraim.  21  And 
they  gave  them  ohechem  with  its 

<  Heb.  Anok. 


233 


21.22 


JOSHUA 


22.7 


Cities  assigned  to  tlie  Levites.    The  Transjordanic  Tribes  retnrD 


suburbs  in  the  hill-country  of 
Ephraim,  the  city  of  refuge  for 
the  manslayer,  and  Gezer  with  its 
suburbs,  22  and  Kibzaim  with 
its  suburbs,  and  Beth-horon  with 
its  suburbs ;  four  cities.  23  And 
out  of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  Elteke 
with  its  suburbs,  Gibbethon  with 
its  suburbs,  24  Aijalon  with  its 
suburbs,  Gath-rimmon  with  its 
suburbs ;  four  cities.  25  And  out 
of  the  half-tribe  of  Manasseh, 
Taanach  with  its  suburbs,  and 
Gath-rimmon  with  its  suburbs ; 
two  cities.  26  All  the  cities  of 
the  families  of  the  rest  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Kohath  were  ten  with  their 
suburbs. 

27  And  unto  the  children  of 
Gershon,  of  the  families  of  the 
Levites,  out  of  the  half-tribe  of 
Manasseh  they  gave  Golan  in 
Bashan  with  its  suburbs,  the  city 
of  refuge  for  the  manslayer,  and 
Be-eshterah  with  its  suburbs  ;  two 
cities.  28  And  out  of  the  tribe 
of  Issachar,  Kishion  with  its  sub- 
urbs, Daberath  with  its  suburbs, 
29  Jarmuth  with  its  suburbs,  En- 
gannim  with  its  suburbs ;  four 
cities.  30  And  out  of  the  tribe 
of  Asher,  Mishal  with  its  suburbs, 
Abdon  with  its  suburbs,  31  Hel- 
kath  with  its  suburbs,  and  Rehob 
with     its    suburbs  ;     four     cities. 

32  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Naph- 
tali,  Kedesh  in  Galilee  with  its 
suburbs,  the  city  of  refuge  for 
the  manslayer,  and  Hammoth-dor 
with  its  suburbs,  and  Kartan 
with    its    suburbs ;    three    cities. 

33  All  the  cities  of  the  Gershqn- 
ites  according  to  their  families 
were  thirteen  cities  with  their 
suburbs. 

34  And  unto  the  families  of  the 
children  of  Merari,  the  rest  of  the 
Levites,  out  of  the  tribe  of  Zebu- 
lun,  Jokneam  with  its  suburbs, 
and     Kartah    with     its    suburbs, 

35  Dimnah  with  its  suburbs,  N\i- 
halal  with  its  suburbs  ;  four  cities. 

36  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Reu- 
ben, Bezer  with  its  suburbs,  and 
Jahaz  with  its  suburbs,  37  Kede- 
moth  with  its  suburbs,  and  Meph- 
aath  with  its  suburbs  ;  four  cities. 
38  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Gad, 
Ramoth  in  Gilead  with  its  sub- 
urbs, the  city  of  refuge  for  the 
manslayer,  and  Mahanaim  with 
its  suburbs,  39  Heshbon  with  its 
suburbs,  Jazer  with  its  suburbs ; 
four  cities  in  all.    40  All  these  were 


"  Num.  35.  7 


6  Dt.  34.  4 


"  Num.  33. 

63;  Dt.  U. 

31 ;  17.  14 
d  ch.  1.  13 ; 

23.  1 


«  Dt.  7.  24 
/Ex.  23.  31 


9  ch.  23.  14  , 
1  K,  8.  56 


''  Num.  32. 

20-22 


i  ch.  1.  12-18 


*:  Num.  32. 
18 ;  Dt.  3. 
20 


!  Dt.  5.  10 


Dt.  4.  29 


"  Num.  32. 
33 


S34 


the  cities  of  the  children  of  Merari 
according  to  their  famihes,  even  the 
rest  of  the  families  of  the  Levites ; 
and  their  lot  was  twelve  cities. 

41  "All  the  cities  of  the  Levites 
in  the  midst  of  the  possession  of 
the  children  of  Israel  were  forty 
and  eight  cities  with  their  sub- 
urbs. 42  These  cities  were  every 
one  with  their  suburbs  round 
about  them :  thus  it  was  with  all 
these  cities. 

43  ''So  Jehovah  gave  unto  Israel 
all  the  land  which  he  swai'e  to 
give  unto  their  fathers  ;  and  '^  they 
possessed  it,  and  dwelt  therein. 
44  And  Jehovah  ''gave  them  rest 
round  about,  according  to  all  that 
he  sware  unto  their  fathers :  and 
there  "  stood  not  a  man  of  all  their 
enemies  before  them ;  •'^  Jehovah 
delivered  all  their  enemies  into 
their  hand.  45  ^  There  failed  not 
aught  of  any  good  thing  which 
Jehovah  had  spoken  unto  the 
house  of  Israel ;  all  came  to  pass. 
r)  Q  "  Then  Joshua  called  the 
^  ^  Reubenites,  and  the  Gad- 
ites,  and  the  half-tribe  of  Manas- 
seh, 2  and  said  unto  them,  Ye 
have  kept  all  that  Moses  the  ser- 
vant of  Jehovah  commanded  you, 
'and  have  hearkened  unto  my 
voice  in  all  that  I  commanded 
you  :  3  ye  have  not  left  your 
brethren  these  many  days  unto 
this  day,  but  have  kept  the  charge 
of  the  commandment  of  Jehovah 
your  God.  4  ''And  now  Jehovah 
your  God  hath  given  rest  unto  your 
brethren,  as  he  spake  unto  them  : 
therefore  now  turn  ye,  and  get  you 
unto  your  tents,  unto  the  land  of 
your  possession,  which  Moses  the 
servant  of  Jehovali  gave  you  be- 
yond the  Jordan.  5  'Only  take 
diligent  heed  to  do  the  command- 
ment and  the  law  which  Moses  the 
servant  of  Jehovah  commanded 
you,  to  love  Jehovah  your  God, 
and  to  walk  in  all  his  ways,  and 
to  keep  his  commandments,  and  to 
cleave  unto  him,  and  to  serve  him 
"•  with  all  your  heart  and  with  all 
your  soul.  6  So  Joshua  blessed 
them,  and  sent  them  away ;  and 
they  went  unto  their  tents. 

7  "Now  to  the  one  half -tribe  of 
Manasseh  Moses  had  given  inheri- 
tance in  Bashan ;  "  but  unto  the 
other  half  gave  Joshua  among  their 
brethren  beyond  the  Jordan  west- 
ward. Moreover  when  Joshua  sent 
them  away  unto  their  tents,  he 


22.8 


JOSHUA 


22.27 


Th(  Traiujvrdtnk  Tribes  return.    They  build  an  Altar  whii  b  gives  Offence.    They  jiutif)  themselvei 


blessed  them,  8  aud  spake  unto 
them,  saying.  Return  with  mucin 
wealth  unto  your  tents,  and  with 
very  much  cattle,  with  silver,  and 
with  gold,  and  with  brass,  and  with 
iron,  and  with  very  niuch  rjiiment  : 
divide  the  spoil  of  your  enemies 
with  your  brethren.  9  And  the 
children  of  Reuben  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Gad  and  the  half-tribe  of 
Manasseh  returned,  and  departed 
from  the  children  of  Israel  out  of 
Shiloh,  which  is  in  the  land  of 
Canaan,  to  go  unto  the  land  of  Gil- 
ead,  to  the  land  of  their  possession, 
whereof  they  were  possessed,  ac- 
cording to  the  commandment  of 
Jehovah  by  Moses. 

10  And  when  they  came  unto  the 
region  about  the  Jordan,  that  is  in 
the  land  of  Canaan,  the  children  of 
Reuben  and  the  children  of  Gad 
and  the  half-tribe  of  IManasseh 
built  there  an  altar  by  the  Jordan, 
a  great  altar  to  look  upon.  1 1  And 
the  children  of  Israel  heard  say. 
Behold,  the  children  of  Reuben  and 
the  children  of  Gad  and  the  half- 
tribe  of  Manasseh  have  built  "an 
altar  in  the  forefront  of  the  land 
of  Canaan,  in  the  region  about  the 
Jordan,  on  the  side  that  pertaineth 
to  the  children  of  Israel.  12  And 
when  the  children  of  Israel  heard 
of  it,  the  whole  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Israel  gathered  them- 
selves together  at  ''Shiloh,  to  go  up 
against  tiiem  to  war. 

13  And  the  children  of  Israel 
sent  unto  the  children  of  Reuben, 
and  to  the  children  of  Gad,  and 
to  the  half-tribe  of  Manasseh,  into 
the  land  of  Gilead,  "  Phinehas  the 
son  of  Eleazar  the  priest,  14  and 
with  him  ten  princes,  one  prince 
of  a  fathers'  house  for  each  of  the 
tribes  of  Israel ;  and  they  were 
every  one  of  them  head  of  their 
fathers'  houses  among  the  '  thou- 
sands of  Israel.  1 5  And  they  came 
unto  the  children  of  Reuben,  and  to 
the  children  of  Gad,  and  to  the  half- 
tribe  of  Manasseh,  unto  the  land 
of  Gilead,  and  they  spake  with 
them,  saying,  16  Thus  saith  the 
whole  congi-egation  of  Jehovah, 
What  trespass  is  this  that  ye  have 
committed  against  the  God  of  Is- 
rael, to  turn  away  this  day  from 
following  Jehovah,  in  that  ye  have 
builded  you  **  an  altar,  to  rebel  this 
day  agamst  Jehovah  1  17  Is  'the 
iniquity  of  Peor  too  little  for  us, 

1  Or,  /amilies 


"  ver.  19 ; 

Dt.  I'.',  a 
fcch.  18.  1 
'  Num.  2;'). 

U  ;  31.  G 

<l  VUT.   1 1 

"  Num.  25. 
1-y 


» ch.  r.  1-26 


1  Dt.  12.  11 


'  from  which  we  have  not  cleansed 
ourselves  unto  this  day,  although 
there  came  a  plague  upon  the  con- 
gregation of  Jehovah,  18  that  ye 
must  turn  away  this  day  from  fol- 
lowing Jehovah  f  and  it  will  be, 
seeing  ye  rebel  today  against  Je- 
hovah, that  to-morrow  he  will  be 
wroth  with  the  whole  congregation 
of  Israel.  19  Howbeit,  if  the  land 
of  your  possession  be  unclean,  then 
pass  ye  over  unto  the  land  of  the 
possession  of  Jehovah,  wherein  Je- 
hovah's •'^ tabernacle  dwelleth,  and 
take  possession  among  us :  but  rebel 
not  against  Jehoviih,  nor  rebel 
against  us,  in  building  you  an  altar 
besides  the  altar  of  Jehovah  our 
God.  20  Did  not  ^Achan  the  son 
of  Zerah  commit  a  tresjiass  in  the 
devoted  thing,  and  wrath  fell  upon 
all  the  congregation  of  Israel  1  and 
that  man  perished  not  alone  in  his 
iniquity. 

21  Then  the  children  of  Reuben 
and  the  children  of  Gad  and  the 
half-tribe  of  Manasseh  answered, 
and  spake  unto  the  heads  of  the 
'  thousands  of  Israel,  22  The  Mighty 
One,  God,  Jehovah,  the  Mighty 
One,  God,  Jehovah,  he  knoweth  ; 
and  Israel  he  shall  know  :  if  it  be 
in  rebellion,  or  if  in  trespass  against 
Jehovah  (save  thou  us  not  this 
day),  23  that  we  have  built  us  an 
altar  to  turn  away  from  following 
Jehovah;  or  *if  to  offer  thereon 
burnt-offering  or  meal-offering,  or 
if  to  offer  sacrifices  of  peace-offer- 
ings thereon,  let  Jehovah  himself 
require  it ;  24  and  if  we  have  not 
rather  out  of  carefulness  done  this, 
and  of  purpose,  saying.  In  time  to 
come  your  children  might  speak 
unto  our  children,  saying.  What 
have  ye  to  do  with  Jehovah,  the 
God  oi  Israel  1  25  for  Jehovah  hath 
made  the  Jordan  a  border  between 
us  and  you,  ye  children  of  Reuben 
and  children  of  Gad ;  ye  have  no 
portion  in  Jehovah  :  so  might  your 
children  make  our  children  cease 
from  fearing  Jehovah.  26  There- 
fore we  said,  Let  us  now  prepare 
to  build  us  an  altar,  not  for  burnt- 
offering,  nor  for  sacrifice:  27  but 
it  shall  be  a  witness  between  us 
and  you,  and  between  our  genera- 
tions after  us,  that  we  may  do  the 
service  of  Jehovah  before  him  with 
our  burnt-offerings,  and  with  our 
sacrifices,  and  with  our  peace-offer- 
ings ;  that  your  children  may  not 
say  to  our  children  in  time  to  come. 


286 


22.-28 


JOSHUA 


i23. 14 


Cood  Will  restored  between  tbe  Western  and  the  Transjordanic  Tribes.    Joshna's  Farewell  Iddress 


^e  have  no  portion  in  Jehovah. 
28  Therefore  said  we,  It  shall  be, 
when  they  so  say  to  us  or  to  our 
generations  in  time  to  come,  that 
we  shall  say.  Behold  the  pattern  of 
the  altar  of  Jehovah,  which  our 
fathers  made,  not  for  burnt-offer- 
ing, nor  for  sacrifice ;  but  it  is  a 
witness  between  us  and  you.  29 
Far  be  it  from  us  that  we  should 
rebel  against  Jehovah,  and  turn 
away  this  day  from  following  Jeho- 
vah, to  build  an  altar  for  burnt- 
offering,  for  meal-offering,  or  for 
sacrifice,  besides  the  altar  of  Jeho- 
vah our  God  that  is  before  his 
tabernacle. 

30  And  when  Phinehas  the  priest, 
and  the  princes  of  the  congrega- 
tion, even  the  heads  of  the  thou- 
sands of  Israel  that  were  with  him, 
heard  the  words  that  the  children 
of  Reuben  and  the  children  of  Gad 
and  the  children  of  Manasseh  spake, 
it  pleased  them  well.  31  And 
Phinehas  the  son  of  Eleazar  the 
priest  said  unto  the  children  of 
Keuben,  and  to  the  children  of  Gad, 
and  to  the  children  of  Manasseh, 
This  day  we  know  that  Jehovah  is 
in  the  midst  of  us,  because  ye  have 
not  committed  this  trespass  against 
Jehovah :  now  have  ye  delivered 
the  children  of  Israel  out  of  the 
hand  of  Jehovah.  32  And  Phine- 
has the  son  of  Eleazar  the  priest, 
and  the  princes,  returned  from  the 
children  of  Reuben,  and  from  the 
children  of  Gad,  out  of  the  land  of 
Gilead,  unto  the  land  of  Canaan, 
to  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
brought  them  word  again.  33  And 
the  thing  pleased  the  children  of 
Israel :  and  the  children  of  Israel 
blessed  God,  and  spake  no  more  of 
going  up  against  them  to  war,  to 
destroy  the  land  wherein  the  chil- 
dren of  Reuben  and  the  children  of 
Gad  dwelt.  34  And  the  children 
of  Reuben  and  the  children  of  Gad 
"called  the  altar  ^Ed:  For,  .said 
they,  it  is  a  witness  between  us  that 
Jehovah  is  God. 

iy  O  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
^  O  many  days,  when  Jehovah 
had  given  *rest  unto  Israel  from 
all  their  enemies  round  about,  and 
Joshua  was  old  and  well  stricken 
in  years  ;  2^ "  that  Joshua  called  for 
all  Israel,  for  their  elders  and  for 
their  heads,  and  for  their  judges 
and  for  their  ofiicers,  and  said 
unto    them,    I    am   old   and    well 

1  That  is.  Witness. 


"  Gen.  31.  47- 


*  ch.  21.  44 
"^  ch.  24.  1 


d  Dt.  1.  30 
••  Ex.  23.  30 


/Num.33. 
63 

9  Dt.  5.  32 
*  ch.  1.  7 


'  Ex.  23.  13 ; 

Ps.  16.  4 
*  Dt.  6. 

13 ;  10.  20 
<  Ex.  20.  6 


'  Ex.  23.  23, 
30 


"  Dt.  7.  24 


"  Lev.  26.  8  ; 

Dt.  28.  7 


9  Ex.  34.  15, 
10 ;  Ps.  106. 
34,  36 

*■  Dt.  7.  3, 
4  ;  Ezr, 

9.  2 ;  Neh. 
13.  25 


'  Ex.  23.  33  ; 
34.  12; 
Dt.  7.  16 


t  1  K.  2.  2 


stricken  in  years  :  3  and  ye  have 
seen  all  that  Jehovah  your  God 
hath  done  unto  all  these  nations 
because  of  you  ;  for  **  Jehovah  your 
God,  he  it  is  that  hath  fought  for 
you.  4  Behold,  ^I  have  allotted 
unto  you  these  nations  that  rernain, 
to  be  an  inheritance  for  your  tribes, 
from  the  Jordan,  with  all  the  na- 
tions that  I  have  cut  off,  even  unto 
the  great  sea  toward  the  going 
down  of  the  sun.  5  And  Jehovah 
your  God,  he  will  thrust  them  out 
from  before  you,  and  drive  them 
from  out  of  your  sight;  and  -^ye 
shall  possess  their  land,  as  Jehovah 
your  God  spake  unto  you.  6  "  There- 
fore be  ye  very  courageous  to  keep 
and  to  do  ''  all  that  is  written  in  the 
book  of  the  law  of  Moses,  that  ye 
turn  not  aside  therefrom  to  the 
right  hand  or  to  the  left;  7  that 
ye  come  not  among  these  nations, 
these  that  remain  among  you ; 
'neither  make  mention  of  the  name 
of  their  gods,  nor  *  cause  to  swear 
by  them,  neither  '  serve  them,  nor 
bow  down  yourselves  unto  them  ; 

8  but  cleave  unto  Jehovah  your 
God,  as  ye  have  done  unto  this  day. 

9  "For  Jehovah  hath  driven  out 
from  before  you  great  nations  and 
strong :  but  as  for  you,  "  no  man 
hath  stood  before  you  unto  this 
day.  10  "One  man  of  you  '^ shall 
chase  a  thousand ;  for  Jehovah 
your  God,  ^he  it  is  that  fighteth 
for  you,  as  he  spake  unto  you. 
1 1  Take  good  heed  therefore  unto 
yourselves,  that  ye  love  Jehovah 
your  God.  12  Else  if  ye  do  at  ali 
go  back,  and  *  cleave  unto  the  rem- 
nant of  these  nations,  even  these 
that  remain  among  you,  and  make 
'marriages  with  them,  and  go  in 
unto  them,  and  they  to  you;  13 
know  for  a  certainty  that  Jehovah 
your  God  will  no  more  drive  these 
nations  from  out  of  your  sight; 
but  they  'shall  be  a  snare  and  a 
trap  unto  you,  and  a  scourge  in 
your  sides,  and  thorns  in  your  eyes, 
until  ye  perish  from  off  this  good 
land  which  Jehovah  your  God  hath 
given  you. 

14  And,  behold,  this  day  'I  am 
going  the  way  of  all  the  earth  : 
and  ye  know  in  all  your  hearts 
and  in  all  your  souls,  "that  not 
one  thing  hath  failed  of  all  the 
good  things  which  Jehovah  your 
God  spake  concerning  you ;  all  are 
come  to  pass  unto  you,   not  one 

2  Or,  hath  chased 


236 


23.15 


JOSHUA 


24.20 


Joshoa's  Farewell  Address.    The  Covenant  renewed  at  Shechem 


thing  hath  failed  thereof.  1 5  And 
it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  as  all  the 
good  things  are  come  upon  you  of 
which  Jenovah  your  God  spake 
unto  you,  "so  will  Jehovah  bring 
upon  you  all  the  evil  things,  until 
he  have  destroyed  you  from  oif  this 
good  land  which  Jehovah  your  God 
hath  given  you.  16  ''When  ye 
transgress  the  covenant  of  Jehovah 
your  God,  which  he  commanded 
you,  and  go  and  serve  other  gods, 
and  bow  down  j'ourselves  to  them  ; 
then  will  the  anger  of  Jehovah  be 
kindled  against  you,  and  ye  shall 
perish  quickly  from  off  the  good 
land  which  he  hath  given  unto 
you. 

^A  "And  Joshua  gathered 
^  jt  all  the  tribes  of  Israel  to 
Shechem,  and  called  for  the  eldei's 
of  Israel,  and  for  their  heads,  and 
for  their  judges,  and  for  their  offi- 
cers ;  and  tney  presented  them- 
selves before  God.  2  And  Joshua 
said  unto  all  the  peojole,  Thus  saith 
Jehovah,  the  God  ot  Israel,  Your 
fathers  dwelt  of  old  time  beyond 
the  River,  even  **  Terah,  the  father 
of  Abraham,  and  the  father  of 
Nahor :  and  they  served  other  gods. 
3  *And  I  took  your  father  Abra- 
ham from  beyond  the  River,  and 
led  him  throughout  all  the  land  of 
Canaan,  and /multiplied  his  seed, 
and  gave  him  "Isaac.  4  And  I 
gave  unto  Isaac  *  Jacob  and  Esau  : 
and  'I  gave  unto  Esau  mount 
Seir,  to  possess  it ;  and  *  Jacob 
and  his  children  went  down 
into  Egypt.  5  And  '  I  sent  Moses 
and  Aaron,  and  I  plagued  Egypt, 
according  to  that  which  I  did  in 
the  midst  thereof :  and  afterward 
I  brought  you  out.  6  And  I 
brought  your  fathers  out  of  Egypt : 
and  '"ye  came  unto  the  sea;  and 
the  Egyptians  pursued  after  your 
fathers  with  chariots  and  with 
horsemen  unto  the  Red  Sea.  7 
And  when  they  cried  out  unto 
Jehovah,  he  put  da^rkness  between 
you  and  tne  Egyptians,  and 
Drought  the  sea  upon  them,  and 
covered  them ;  and  your  eyes  saw 
what  I  did  in  Egypt :  and  "  ye 
dwelt  in  the  wilderness  many  days. 
8  And  "I  brought  you  into  the 
land  of  the  Amorites,  that  dwelt 
beyond  the  Jordan :  and  they 
fought  with  you  ;  and  I  gave  them 
into  your  hand,  and  ye  possessed 
their  land ;  and  I  destroyed  them 
from  before  you.    9  Then  ^Balak 


"  Lev.  2G.  14- 

33 ;  Dt. 

28.  15 
t>  Dt.  4.  25, 

21) 
'  ch.  23.  2 
d  Gen.  n. 

27-32 
•  Gen.  12.  1 ; 

24.  7 
/Gen.  15.  5 
"  Gen.  21.  3 
''  Gen.  25.  25, 

2G 
'  Dt.  2.  5 
k  Gen.  46. 

0,7 
'  Ex.  4.  14-17 
'"  Ex.  14.  2- 

31 
"  Dt.  1. 

46 ;  2.  14 
"Num.  21. 

21-35 

P  Num.  22.  2 


9  ch.  3.  16,  17 
"■  Ex.  23.  23, 

28  ;  Dt.  7. 1 
»  Ex.  23.  31 
'  Ex.  23.  28  ; 

Dt.  7.  20 
"  Ps.  44.  3 
"Dt.  6.  10,11 
"  Dt.  10.  12 ; 

18.  13 ;  1  S. 

12.24 


»  Lev.  19.  2 ; 

20.  7,  26 
'  Ex.  20.  5  , 

34.  14 
"  Ex.  23.  21 
l>  Dt.  4.  25,  29 


237 


the  son  of  Zipper,  king  of  Moab, 
arose  and  fought  against  Israel : 
and  he  sent  and  called  Balaam  the 
•son  of  Beor  to  curse  you;  10  but 
I  would  not  hearken  unto  Balaam  ; 
therefore  he  blessed  you  still :  so 

I  delivered  you  out  of  his  hand. 

II  And  *  ye  went  over  the  Jordan, 
and  ca,nie  unto  Jericho:  and  the 
men  of  Jericho  fought  against  you, 
"■the  Amorite,  and  the  Perizzite,  ana 
the  Canaanite,  and  the  Hittite, 
and  the  Girgashite,  the  Hivite, 
and  the  Jebusite  ;  and  'I  delivered 
them  into  your  hand.  12  And  I 
'  sent  the  hornet  before  you,  which 
dx'ove  them  out  from  before  you, 
even  the  two  kings  of  the  Amoi-ites ; 
"  not  with  thy  sword,  nor  with  thy 
bow.  13  "And  I  gave  you  a  land 
whereon  thou  hadst  not  labored, 
and  cities  which  ye  built  not,  and 
ye  dwell  therein  ;  of  vineyards  and 
oliveyards  which  ye  planted  not  do 
ye  eat. 

14  ^  Now  therefore  fear  Jehovah, 
and  serve  him  in  sincerity  and  in 
truth ;  and  put  away  the  gods 
which  your  fathers  served  beyond 
the  River,  and  in  Egypt ;  and 
serve  ye  Jehovah.  15  And  if  it 
seem  evil  unto  you  to  serve  Jeho- 
vah, choose  you  this  day  whom  ye 
will  serve  ;  whether  the  gods  which 
your  fathers  served  that  were  be- 
yond the  River,  or  the  gods  of  the 
Amorites,  in  whose  land  ye  dwell : 
but  as  for  me  and  my  house,  we 
will  serve  Jehovah. 

16  And  the  people  answered 
and  said.  Far  be  it  from  us  that  we 
should  forsake  Jehovah,  to  serve 
other  gods;  17  for  Jehovah  our 
God,  he  it  is  that  brought  us  and 
our  fathers  up  out  of  tlie  land  of 
Egypt,  from  the  house  of  ^  bondage, 
and  that  did  those  great  signs  in 
our  sight,  and  preserved  us  in  all 
the  way  wherein  we  went,  and 
among  all  the  peoples  through  the 
midst  of  whom  we  passed  ;  18  and 
Jehovah  drove  out  from  before  us 
all  the  peoples,  even  the  Amorites 
that  dwelt  in  the  land  :  therefore 
we  also  will  serve  Jehovah ;  for  he 
is  our  God. 

19  And  Joshua  said  unto  the 
people.  Ye  cannot  serve  Jehovah  ; 
*for  he  is  a  holy  God  ;  he  is  ^a  jeal- 
ous God;  "he  will  not  forgive  your 
transgression  nor  your  sins.  20 
*If  ye  forsake  Jehovah,  and  serve 
foreign  gods,  then   he  will   turn 

1  Heb.  bondmen. 


24.  21 


JOSHUA 


24.33 


The  Covenant  renewed.    Death  and  Burial  of  Joshna  and  of  Eleazar.    Joseph's  Bones  bnried 


and  do  you  evil,  and  consume  you, 
after  that  he  hath  done  you  good. 
21  And  the  people  said  unto 
Joshua,  Nay ;  but  we  will  serve 
Jehovah.  22  And  Joshua  said 
unto  the  people,  Ye  are  witnesses 
against  yourselves  that  ye  have 
chosen  you  Jehovah,  to  serve  him. 
And  they  said.  We  are  witnesses. 
23  Now  therefore  put  away,  said 
he,  the  foreign  gods  which  are 
among  you,  and  "incline  your 
heart  unto  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
Israel.  24  *And  the  people  said 
unto  Joshua,  Jehovah  our  God  will 
Ave  serve,  and  unto  his  voice  will 
we  hearken.  25  "  So  Joshua  made 
a  covenant  with  the  people  that 
day,  and  set  them  a  statute  and  an 
ordinance  in  Shechem.  26  And 
Joshua  wrote  these  words  in  the 
book  of  the  law  of  God ;  and  he 
took  a  great  stone,  and  set  it  up 
there  under  the  oak  that  was  ^  by 
the  sanctuary  of  Jehovah.  27  And 
Joshua  said  unto  all  the  people. 
Behold,  ■*  this  stone  shall  be  a  wit- 
ness against  us ;  for  it  hath  heard 
all  the  words  of  Jehovah  which  he 
spake  unto  us :  it  shall  be  there- 
fore a  witness  against  you,  lest  ye 
deny   your   God.    28    So   Joshua 

>■  Or,  in 


°  1  K.  8.  57, 
68 ;  Ps.  119. 
3(i;  141.4 

b  Ex.  19.  8 ; 

24.  3,  7  ; 

Dt.  0.  27 
<^  Ex.  24.  8 
d  ch.  22.  27, 

34 


'  ch.  19.  60 
/Gen.  50. 

24,  26 ;  Ex. 

13.  19 ; 

Acts  7.  16, 

16 

»  Gen.  33.  19 


ft  Ch.  22.  13 


sent  the  people  away,  every  man 
unto  his  inheritance. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
these  things,  that  Joshua  the  son 
of  Nun,  the  servant  of  Jehovah, 
died,  being  a  hundred  and  ten 
years  old.  30  And  they  buried 
him  in  the  border  of  his  inheri- 
tance in  "^  Timnath-serah^  which 
is  in  the  hill-country  of  Ephraim, 
on  the  north  of  the  mountain  oi 
Gaash.  31  And  Israel  served  Je- 
hovah all  the  days  of  Joshua, 
and  all  the  days  of  the  elders 
that  outlived  Joshua,  and  had 
known  all  the  work  of  Jehovah, 
that  he  had  wrought  for  Israel. 

32  •'^And  the  bones  of  Joseph, 
which  the  children  of  Israel 
brought  up  out  of  Egypt,  buried 
they  in  Snechem,  in  the  parcel 
of  ground  ^  which  Jacob  bought 
of  the  sons  of  Hamor  the  father  of 
Shechem  for  a  hundi'ed  pieces  of 
money :  and  they  became  the  in- 
heritance of  the  children  of  Joseph. 
33  And  Eleazar  the  son  of  Aaron 
died  ;  and  they  buried  him  in  ^  the 
hill  of  ''Phinehas  his  son,  which 
was  given  him  in  the  hill-country 
of  Ephraim. 

2  Or,  Oibeah  of  Phinehas 


238 


THE   BOOK   OF 
JUDGES 


Capture  of  Bezek,  Jerusalem,  Hebron,  Kiriatli-sepher,  and  other  Cities 


IAnd  it  came  to  pass  after  the 
death  of  Joshua,  that  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  "asked  of  Jehovah, 
saying.  Who  shall  go  up  for  us 
first  ''against  the  Canaanites,  to 
tight  against  themi  2  And  Jeho- 
vah said,  Judah  shall  go  up  :  be- 
hold, I  have  delivered  the  land 
into  his  hand.  3  And  Judah  said 
unto  Simeon  his  brother.  Come  up 
with  me  into  my  lot,  that  we  may 
fight  against  the  Canaanites ;  and 
I  likewise  will  go  with  thee  into 
thy  lot.  So  Simeon  went  with 
him.  4  And  Judah  went  up  ;  and 
Jehovah  delivered  the  Canaanites 
and  the  Perizzites  into  their  hand  : 
and  they  smote  of  them  in  Bezek 
ten  thousand  men.  5  And  they 
found  Adoni-bezek  in  Bezek ;  and 
they  fought  against  him,  and  they 
smote  the  Canaanites  and  the  Per- 
izzites. 6  But  Adoni-bezek  fled ; 
and  they  pursued  after  him,  and 
caught  him,  and  cut  off  his  thumbs 
and  his  great  toes.  7  And  Adoni- 
bezek  said.  Threescore  and  ten 
kings,  having  their  thumbs  and 
their  great  toes  cut  off,  gathered 
their  food  under  my  table  :  as  I  have 
done,  so  God  hath  requited  me. 
And  they  brought  him  to  Jerusa- 
lem, and  he  died  there, 

8  And  the  children  of  Judah 
fought  against  "Jerusalem,  and 
took  it,  and  smote  it  with  the  edge 
of  the  sword,  and  set  the  city  on 
fire.  9  And  afterward  the  chil- 
dren of  Judah  went  down  to  fight 
against  the  Canaanites  that  dwelt 
in  the  hill-country,  and  in  the 
South,  and  in  the  lowland. 
10  "^And  Judah  went  against  the 
Canaanites  that  dwelt  in  Hebron 
(now  the  name  of  Hebron  before- 
time  was  Kiriath-arba) ;  and  they 
smote  Sheshai,  and  Ahiman,  and 
Talmai. 

11  And  from  thence  he  went 
against  the  inhabitants  of  Debir. 
(Now  the  name  of  Debir  before- 
time  was  Kiriath-sepher.)  12  And 
Caleb  said.  He  that  smiteth  Kiri- 


"  Num.  27.  21 
*"  ver.  '£! ;  ch. 

2.  21-23 ;  3. 
1-6 

'^  ver.  21 ; 

Josh.  16. 

U3 
rf  Josh.  16. 

13-1» 


'  ch.  3.  9 


/  ch.  4.  11 ; 
Num.  10. 

29-32 
»  ch.  3.  13  i 
Dt.  34.  3 


A  Num.  21.  1 


'  Num.  21.  3 


*  ch.  4.  3,  13  ; 

Josh.  17.  16 

'Josh.  14.  0 

""  ver.  10 ; 

Josh.  15.  14 
"  ver.  8 ; 

Josh.  16. 

63 


ath-sepher,  and  taketh  it,  to  him 
will  I  give  Achsah  my  daughter  to 
wife.  13  And  ''Othniel  the  son  of 
Kenaz,  Caleb's  younger  brother, 
took  it :  and  he  gave  him  Achsah 
his  daughter  to  wife.  14  And  it 
came  to  pass,  when  she  came  unto 
him,  that  she  moved  him  to  ask  of 
her  father  a  field  :  and  she  alighted 
from  off  her  ass ;  and  Caleb  said 
unto  her,  What  woiddest  thou? 
15  And  she  said  unto  him,  Give 
me  a  ^  blessing ;  for  that  thou 
hast  "set  me  in  the  land  of  the 
South,  give  me  also  springs  of 
water.  And  Caleb  gave  her  the 
upper  springs  amd  the  nether 
springs. 

16  And  the  children  of  -^the  Ke- 
nite,  Moses'  ^  brother-in-law,  went 
up  out  of  the  *city  of  palm-trees 
with  the  children  of  Judah  into 
the  wilderness  of  Judah,  which  is 
in  the  south  of  ''  Arad ;  and  they 
went  and  dwelt  with  the  people. 
17  And  Judah  went  with  Simeon 
his  brother,  and  they  smote  the 
Canaanites  that  inhabited  Zephath, 
and  ^utterly  destroyed  it.  And 
the  name  of  the  city  was  called 
'  Hormah.  1 8  Also  Judah  took 
Gaza  with  the  border  thereof,  and 
Ashkelon  with  the  border  thereof, 
and  Ekron  with  the  border  thereof. 
19  And  Jehovah  was  with  Judah  ; 
and  he  drove  out  the  inhabitants 
of  the  hill-country ;  for  he  could 
not  drive  out  the  inhabitants  of 
the  valley,  because  they  had 
'chariots  of  iron.  20  And  they 
gave  Hebron  unto  Caleb,  'as  Moses 
had  spoken  :  and  he  drove  out 
thence  ""the  three  sons  of  Anak, 
21  "And  the  children  of  Benjamin 
did  not  drive  out  the  Jebusites 
that  inhabited  Jerusalem  ;  but  the 
Jebusites  dwell  with  the  children 
of  Benjamin  in  Jerusalem  unto 
this  day. 

22  And  the  house  of  Joseph,  they 

1  Or,  preterit 

2  Or,  given  me  the  land  of  the  South 

3  Or,  father-in-law  *  Heb.  devoted. 


239 


1.23 


JUDGES 


2.12 


Captare  of  Laz.    Places  not  conqaered  by  Israel.    The  Angel  of  Jehovah  at  Bochim.    Joshna's  Death 


also  went  up  against  Beth-el ;  and 
Jehovah  was  with  them.  23  And 
the  house  of  Joseph  sent  to  spy  out 
Beth-el.  ("Now  the  name  of  the 
city  beforetime  was  Luz).  24  And 
the  watchers  saw  a  man  come 
forth  out  of  the  city,  and  they  said 
unto  him,  Show  us,  we  pray  thee, 
the  entrance  into  the  city,  and  we 
will  deal  kindly  with  thee.  25 
And  he  showed  them  the  entrance 
into  the  city  ;  and  they  smote  the 
city  with  the  edge  of  the  sword- 
*but  they  let  the  man  go  and  all 
his  family.  26  And  the  man  went 
into  the  land  of  the  Hittites,  and 
built  a  city,  and  called  the  name 
thereof  Luz,  which  is  the  name 
thereof  unto  this  day. 

27  "And  Manasseh  did  not  drive 
out  the  inhabitants  of  Beth-shean 
and  its  '  towns,  nor  of  Taanach 
and  its  towns,  nor  the  inhabitants 
of  Dor  and  its  towns,  nor  the  in- 
habitants of  Ibleam  and  its  towns, 
nor  the  inhabitants  of  Megiddo 
and  its  towns ;  but  "*  the  Canaan- 
ites  would  dwell  in  that  land. 
28  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Israel  was  waxed  strong,  that  they 
put  the  Canaanites  to  taskwork, 
and  did  not  utterly  drive  them 
out. 

29  *And  Ephraim  drove  not  out 
the  Canaanites  that  dwelt  in 
Gezer ;  but  the  Canaanites  dwelt 
in  Gezer  among  them. 

30  Zebulun  drove  not  out  the 
inhabitants  of  Kitron,  nor  the  in- 
habitants of  Nahalol ;  but  the 
Canaanites  dwelt  among  them,  and 
became  subject  to  taskwork. 

31  Asher  drove  not  out  the  in- 
habitants of  Acco,  nor  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Sidon,  nor  of  Ahlab,  nor 
of  Achzib,  nor  of  Helbah,  nor  of 
Aphik,  nor  of  Rehob ;  32  but  the 
Asherites  dwelt  among  the  Ca- 
naanites, the  inhabitants  of  the 
land  ;  for  they  did  not  drive  them 
out. 

33  Naphtali  drove  not  out  the 
inhabitants  of  Beth-shemesh,  nor 
the  inhabitants  of  Beth-ana th  ;  but 
he  dwelt  among  the  Canaanites, 
the  inhabitants  of  the  land  :  never- 
theless the  inhabitants  of  Beth- 
shemesh  and  of  Beth-anath  became 
subject  to  taskwork. 

34  And  the  Amorites  forced  the 
children  of  Dan  into  the  hill-coun- 
try; for  they  would  not  suffer 
them  to  come  down  to  the  valley  ; 

1  Heb.  daughters. 


"  Gen.  28.  19 
*-  Josh.  6.  25 
"  Josh.  17.  12 
rf  ver.  1 
'  Josh.  16.  10 


/  Josh.  15. 
i'ch.  6.  U; 

13.  2-21 
''  ver.  5 
'  Ex.  20.  2 


*  Gen.  17.  7. 

8 ;  Lev.  26. 

4--',  44  ; 

Dt.  7.  9 
'  Ex.  23.  32 
"'  Ex.  34.  12, 

13 


"  Josh.  23.  13 


'  Num.  33. 
65 


P  Josh.  24. 
2&-31 


9  ch.  3.  7,  12  ; 
4.  1  ;  6.  1 

''  ch.  6.  25  ; 

8.  33 ;  10.  6 
'  Dt.  31. 

16 


240 


35  but  the  Amorites  would  dwell 
in  mount  Heres,  in  Aijalon,  and  in 
Shaalbim :  yet  the  hand  of  the 
house  of  Joseph  prevailed,  so  that 
they  became  subject  to  taskwork. 

36  And  the  border  of  the  Amorites 
was  from  the  ^  ascent  of  Akrabbim, 
from  "  the  rock,  and  upward. 

2  And  ^"the  angel  of  Jehovah 
came  up  from  Gilgal  to  ''Bo- 
chim. And  he  said,  'I  made  you 
to  go  up  out  of  Egypt,  and  have 
brought  you  unto  the  land  which 
I  sware  unto  your  fathers ;  and  I 
said,  *I  will  never  break  my  cove- 
nant with  you :  2  and  '  ye  shall 
make  no  covenant  with  the  in- 
habitants of  this  land ;  ""  ye  shall 
break  down  their  altars.  But  ye 
have  not  hearkened  unto  my  voice: 
why  have  ye  done  this  ?  3  Where- 
fore "I  also  said,  I  will  not  drive 
them  out  from  before  you ;  but 
they  shall  be  "as  thorns  in  your 
sides,  and  their  gods  shall  be  a 
snare  unto  you.  4  And  it  came  to 
pass,  when  the  angel  of  Jehovah 
spake  these  words  unto  all  the 
children  of  Israel,  that  the  people 
lifted  up  their  voice,  and  wept. 
5  And  they  called  the  name  of 
that  place  *  Bochim :  and  they 
sacrificed  there  unto  Jehovah. 

6  ^Now  when  Joshua  had  sent 
the  people  away,  the  children  of 
Israel  went  every  man  unto  his 
inheritance  to  possess  the  land. 
7  And  the  people  served  Jehovah 
all  the  days  of  Joshua,  and  all  the 
days  of  the  elders  that  outlived 
Joshua,  who  had  seen  all  the  great 
work  of  Jehovah  that  he  had 
wrought  for  Israel.  8  And  Joshua 
the  son  of  Nun,  the  servant  of 
Jehovah,  died,  being  a  hundred 
and  ten  years  old.  9  And  they 
buried  him  in  the  border  of  his 
inheritance  in  Timnath^heres,  in 
the  hill-country  of  Ephraim,  on  the 
north  of  the  mountain  of  Gaash. 
10  And  also  all  that  generation 
were  gathered  unto  their  fathers : 
and  there  arose  another  generation 
after  them,  that  knew  not  Jeho- 
vah, nor  jet  the  work  which  he 
had  wrought  for  Israel. 

1 1  And  the  children  of  Israel 
did  *that  which  was  evil  in  the 
si.ght  of  Jehovah,  and  served  the 
*■  Baalim  ;  1 2  and  *  they  forsook 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  their  fathers, 
who  brought  them  out  of  the  land 

*  Or,  Sela  s  Or,  a  messenoer 

*  That  is,  Weepers. 


2.13 


JUDGES 


3.13 


Apostasy  or  the  People.    Nations  left  as  a  Test  of  Israel.    Othniel  delivers  Israel  from  Cuslianrishatliaim 


of  Egypt,  and  followed  other  gods, 
of  tne  gods  of  the  peoples  that 
were  round  about  them,  and  bowed 
themselves  down  unto  them  :  and 
they  provoked  Jehovah  to  anger. 

13  And  they  forsook  Jehovah,  and 
"served   Baal  and  the  Ashtaroth. 

14  *  And  the  anger  of  Jehovah  was 
kindled  against  Israel,  and  he  de- 
livered them  into  the  hands  of 
spoilers  that  despoiled  them  ;  and 
"ne  sold  them  into  the  hands  of 
their  enemies  round  about,  so  that 
they  could  not  any  longer  stand 
before  their  enemies.  15  Whither- 
soever they  went  out,  the  hand  of 
Jehovah  was  against  them  for  evil, 
as  Jehovah  had  spoken,  and  as 
Jehovah  had  sworn  unto  them : 
and  they  were  sore  distressed. 

16    ''And     Jehovah     i-aised     up 

i'udges,  who  saved  them  out  of  the 
land  of  those  that  despoiled  them. 
1 7  And  yet  they  hearkened  not 
unto  their  judges ;  for  they  played 
the  harlot  after  other  gods,  and 
bowed  themselves  down  unto  them : 
they  turned  aside  quickly  out  of 
the  way  "wherein  their  fathers 
walked,  obeying  the  command- 
ments of  Jehovah;  but  they  did 
not  so.  18  And  when  Jehovah 
raised  them  up  judges,  then  Jeho- 
vah was  with  the  judge,  and  saved 
them  out  of  the  hand  of  their 
enemies  all  the  days  of  the  judge : 
for  it  repented  Jehovah  because  of 
their  groaning  by  reason  of  them 
that  oppressed  them  and  vexed 
them.  19  But  it  came  to  pass, 
when  the  judge  was  dead,  that 
they  turned  back,  and  dealt  more 
corruptly  than  their  fathers,  in  fol- 
lowing other  gods  to  serve  them, 
and  to  bow  down  unto  them ;  Hhey 
ceased  not  from  their  doings,  nor 
from  their  stubborn  way.  20  -^And 
the  anger  of  Jehovah  was  kindled 
against  Israel ;  and  he  said.  Because 
this  nation  have  transgressed  my 
covenant  which  I  commanded  their 
fathers,  and  have  not  hearkened 
unto  my  voice ;  21  "I  also  will  not 
henceforth  drive  out  any  from 
before  them  of  the  nations  that 
Joshua  left  when  he  died;  22  that 
by  them  I  may  prove  Israel,  whether 
they  will  keep  the  way  of  Jehovah 
to  walk  therein,  as  their  fathers  did 
keep  it,  or  not.  23  So  Jehovah  left 
those  nations,  without  driving  them 
out  hastilj'^:  neither  delivered  he 
them  into  the  hand  of  Joshua. 

•  Heb.  they  let  nothing  fall  of  their  doings. 


"  oh.  10.  6 
<>nt.  31.  17; 

I's.  106. 

40-42 
'  lit.  •^S.  25  ; 

32.  30 
d  Ts.  106. 

43-45  ; 

Acts  13.  20 
*■  ver.  7 
/ver.  14 
'J  Josh.  23.  4, 

6,  13 


'>ch.  1.  1 
'  .Josh.  9.  3, 

7;  11.  19 
fc  Dt.  8.  2 


'  Ex.  .34.  15, 
10  ;  Dt.  7. 
.3,4; 
Josh.  23.  12 


"  ch.  2.  11 
"  Dt.  4.  9 
"  ch.  2.  13 


P  ch.  1.  13 


9  Num.  11. 

25-29 ;  24.  2 


""ch.  2.  11 
'  ch.  2.  14 


3  ''Now  these  are  the  nations- 
which  Jehovah  left,  to  prove 
Israel  by  them,  even  as  many  of 
Israel  as  had  not  known  all  the- 
wars  of  Canaan;  2  onlv  that  the 
generations  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael  might  know,  to  teach  theni'- 
war,  at  the  least  such  as  beforetime^ 
knew  nothing  thereof:  3  namely^ 
the  live  lords  of  the  I'hilistines,  andi 
all  the  Canaanites,  and  the  Sido- 
nians,  and  'the  Hivites  that  dwelt 
in  mount  Lebanon,  from  mount 
Baal-hermon  unto  the  entrance  of 
Hamath.  4  And  they  were  left, 
*to  prove  Israel  by  them,  to  know 
whether  they  would  hearken  unto 
the  commandments  of  Jehovah, 
which  he  commanded  their  fathers 
by  Moses.  5  And  the  children  of 
Israel  dwelt  among  the  Canaan- 
ites, the  Hittites,  and  the  Amorites, 
and  the  Perizzites,  and  the  Hivites, 
and  the  Jebusites :  6  and  'they 
took  their  daughters  to  be  their 
wives,  and  gave  their  own  daugh- 
ters to  their  sons  and  served  their 
gods. 

7  And  the  children  of  Israel  did 
"'that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
Jehovah,  and  "forgat  Jehovah  their 
God,  and  "served  the  Baalim  and 
the  Asheroth.  8  Therefore  the 
anger  of  Jehovah  was  kindled 
against  Israel,  and  he  sold  them 
into  the  hand  of  Cushan-rishathaim 
king  of  ^Mesopotamia:  and  the 
children  of  Israel  served  Cushan- 
rishathaim  eight  years.  9  And 
when  the  children  of  Israel  cried 
unto  Jehovah,  Jehovah  raised  up 
a  saviour  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
who  saved  them,  even  ^Othniel 
the  son  of  Kenaz,  Caleb's  younger 
brother.  10  And  "the  Spirit  of 
.Jehovah  came  upon  him,  and  he 
judged  Israel ;  and  he  went  out  to 
war,  and  Jehovah  delivered  Cushan- 
rishathaim  king  of  ^Mesopotamia 
into  his  hand :  and  his  hand  pre- 
vailed against  Cushan-rishathaim. 
11  And  the  land  had  rest  forty 
years.  And  Othniel  the  son  of 
Kenaz  died. 

12  And  the  children  of  Israel 
again  '"did  that  which  was  evil  in 
the  sight  of  Jehovah :  and  'Jehovah 
strengthened  Eglon  the  king  of 
Moab  against  Israel,  because  they 
had  done  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  Jehovah.  1 3  And  he  gath- 
ered unto  him  the  children  of  Am- 
mon  and  Amalek ;  and  he  went  and 

*  Heb.  Aram-naharaim.  *  Heb.  Aram. 


241 


3.14 


JUDGES 


4.9 


Eliud  delivers  Israel  from  Eglon.    Shamgar  defeats  the  Philistines.    Barak  and  Beborah  defeat  Sisera 


smote  Israel,  and  they  possessed 
"the  city  of  palm-trees.  14  And  the 
children  of  Israel  served  Eglon  the 
king  of  Moab  eighteen  years. 

15  But  when  the  children  of 
Israel  cried  unto  Jehovah,  Jehovah 
raised  them  up  a  saviour,  Ehud  the 
son  of  Gera,  the  Benjamite,  a  man 
left-handed.  And  the  children  of 
Israel  sent  tribute  by  him  unto 
Eglon  the  king  of  Moab.  16  And 
Ehud  made  him  a  sword  which  had 
two  edges,  a  cubit  in  length;  and 
he  girded  it  under  his  raiment  upon 
his  right  thigh.  1 7  And  he  offered 
the  tribute  unto  Eglon  king  of 
Moab:  now  Eglon  was  a  very  fat 
man.  18  And  when  he  had  made 
an  end  of  offering  the  tribute,  he 
sent  away  the  people  that  bare  the 
tribute.  19  But  he  himself  turned 
back  from  the  ^quarries  that  were 
by  Gilgal,  and  said,  I  have  a  secret 
errand  unto  thee,  O  king.  And  he 
said,  Keep  silence.  And  all  that 
stood  by  nim  went  out  from  him. 
20  And  Ehud  came  unto  him;  and 
he  was  sitting  by  himself  alone  in 
the  cool  upper  room.  And  Ehud 
said,  I  have  a  message  from  God 
unto  thee.  And  he  arose  out  of 
his  seat.  21  And  Ehud  put  forth 
his  left  hand,  and  took  the  sword 
from  his  right  thigh,  and  thrust  it 
into  his  body :  22  and  the  haft  also 
went  in  after  the  blade;  and  the  fat 
closed  upon  the  blade,  for  he  drew 
not  the  sword  out  of  his  body;  and 
*it  came  out  behind.  23  Then  Ehud 
went  forth  into  the  porch,  and  shut 
the  doors  of  the  upper  room  upon 
him,  and  locked  them. 

24  Now  when  he  was  gone  out, 
his  servants  came ;  and  they  saw, 
and,  behold,  the  doors  of  the  upper 
room  were  locked;  and  they  said. 
Surely  ''he  is  covering  his  feet  in 
the  upper  chamber.  25  And  they 
tarried  ""till  they  were  ashamed; 
and,  behold,  he  opened  not  the 
doors  of  the  upper  room :  therefore 
they  took  the  key,  and  opened 
them-,  and,  behold,  their  lord  was 
fallen  down  dead  on  the  earth. 

26  And  Ehud  escaped  while  they 
tarried,  and  passed  beyond  the 
'quarries,  and  escaped  unto  Seirah. 
2?  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
was  come,  that  he  blew  a  trumpet 
in  the  hill-country  of  Ephraim ; 
and  the  children  of  Israel  went 
down  with  him  from  the  hill-coun- 

1  Or,  graven  images 

*  Or,  he  went  out  into  the  antechamber 


"  ch.  1.  16; 
Dt.  34.  3 

l*  1  S.  24.  3 
"^  2  K.  2.  17  ; 

8.  U 


d  ch.  r. 

12.  5 


'  ch.  6.  6 


/Josh.  11. 1, 
10 


9  ver.  13, 16 


Ach.  1.  19 


'■  Heb.  11.  32 


'  ver.  21 


£42 


try,  and  he  before  them.  28  And 
he  said  unto  them.  Follow  after  me ; 
for  Jehovah  hath  delivered  your 
enemies  the  Moabites  into  your 
hand.  And  they  went  down  after 
him,  and  took  ''the  fords  of  the 
Jordan  ^  against  the  Moabites,  and 
suffered  not  a  man  to  pass  over. 
29  And  they  smote  of  Moab  at  that 
time  about  ten  thousand  men,  every 
lusty  man,  and  every  man  of  valor ; 
and  there  escaped  not  a  man.  30 
So  Moab  was  subdued  that  day 
under  the  hand  of  Israel.  And  the 
land  had  rest  fourscore  years. 

31  And  after  him  was  'Shamgar 
the  son  of  Anath,  who  smote  of  the 
Philistines  six  hundred  men  with 
an  ox-goad:  and  he  also  saved 
Israel. 

4  And  the  children  of  Isi-ael 
again  did  that  which  was  evil 
in  the  sight  of  Jehovah,  when  Ehud 
was  dead.  2  And  Jehovah  sold 
them  into  the  hand  of  -^Jabin  king 
of  Canaan,  that  reigned  in  Hazor; 
the  captain  of  whose  host  was 
Sisera,  who  dwelt  in  ^Harosheth 
of  the  ^Gentiles.  3  And  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  cried  unto  Jehovah : 
for  he  had  '^  nine  hundred  chariots 
of  iron;  and  twenty  years  he 
mightily  oppressed  the  children  of 
Israel. 

4  Now  Deborah,  a  prophetess, 
the  wife  of  Lappidoth,  she  judged 
Israel  at  that  time.  5  And  she 
^  dwelt  under  the  palm-tree  of 
Deborah  between  Ramah  and 
Beth-el  in  the  hill-country  of 
Ephraim :  and  the  children  of 
Israel  came  up  to  her  for  judg- 
ment. 6  And  she  sent  and  called 
'Barak  the  son  of  Abinoam  out  of 
Kedesh-naphtali,  and  said  unto  him, 
Hath  not  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Is- 
rael, commanded,  saying.  Go  and 
draw  unto  mount  Tabor,  and  take 
with  thee  ten  thousand  men  of  the 
children  of  Naphtali  and  of  the 
children  of  Zebulun'?  7  And  I  will 
draw  unto  thee,  to  the  river  Kishon, 
Sisera,  the  captain  of  .Jabin's  army, 
with  his  chariots  and  his  multitude; 
and  *  I  will  deliver  him  into  thy 
hand.  8  And  Barak  said  unto  her. 
If  thou  wilt  go  with  me,  theri  I  will 

fo ;  but  if  thou  wilt  not  go  with  me, 
will  not  go.  9  And  she  said,  I 
will  surely  go  with  thee:  notwith- 
standing, the  journey  that  thou 
takest  shall  not  be  for  thine  honor ; 
'for  Jehovah  will  sell  Sisera  into 
8  Or,  tovMrd  Moab    *  Or,  nations    »  Or,  sat 


4.10 


JUDGES 


6.» 


Barak  and  Deborah  defeat  Sisera.    Jael  kiJI»  Sisera.    The  Song  of  Deborah 


the  hand  of  a  woman.  And  Debo- 
rah arose,  and  went  with  Barak 
to  Kedesh.  10  And  Barak  called 
"Zebulun  and  Naphtali  together 
to  Kedesh;  and  there  went  up  ten 
thousand  men  'at  his  feet:  and 
Deborah  went  up  with  him. 

1 1  Now  Heber  ' "  the  Kenite  had 
separated  himself  from  'the  Ke- 
nites,  even  from  the  children  of 
Hobab  the  '•^brother-in-law  of 
Moses,  and  had  pitched  his  tent 
as  far  as  the  j*  oak  in  ''  Zaanannim, 
which  is  by  Kedesh. 

ll'  And  they  told  Sisera  that 
Barak  the  son  of  Abinoam  was 
gone  up  to  mount  Tabor.  1 3  And 
ISisera  gathered  together  all  his 
chariots,  even  'nine  hundred  char- 
iots of  iron,  and  all  the  people  that 
were  with  him,  from  -^Harosheth 
of  the  *  Gentiles,  unto  the  river 
Kishon.  14  And  Deborah  said 
unto  Barak,  Up ;  for  this  is  the 
day  in  which  Jehovah  hath  deliv- 
ered Sisera  into  thy  hand ;  is  not 
Jehovah  gone  out  before  thee  ?  So 
Barak  went  down  from  mount 
Tabor,  and  ten  thousand  men  after 
him.  15  "And  Jehovah  discom- 
fited Sisera,  and  all  his  chariots, 
and  all  his  host,  with  the  edge  of 
the  sword  before  Barak  ;  and  Sisera 
alighted  from  his  chariot,  and  fled 
away  on  his  feet.  16  But  Barak 
pursued  after  the  chariots,  and 
after  the  host,  unto  Harosheth  of 
the  *  Gentiles ;  and  all  the  host  of 
Sisera  fell  by  the  edge  of  the 
sword  ;  '^  there  was  not  a  man  left. 

17  Howbeit  Sisera  fled  away  on 
his  feet  to  the  tent  of  Jael  the  wife 
of  Heber  the  Kenite  ;  for  there  was 

g'ace  between  Jabin  the  king  of 
azor  and  the  house  of  Heber  the 
Kenite.  _  18  And  Jael  went  out  to 
meet  Sisera,  and  said  unto  him. 
Turn  in,  my  lord,  turn  in  to  me  ; 
fear  not.  And  he  turned  in  unto 
her  into  the  tent,  and  she  covered 
him  with  a  rug.  19  'And  he  said 
unto  her.  Give  me,  I  pray  thee,  a 
little  water  to  drink ;  for  I  am 
thirsty.  And  she  opened  a  bottle 
of  milk,  and  gave  him  drink,  and 
covei'ed  him.  20  And  he  said  unto 
her,  Stand  in  the  door  of  the  tent, 
and  it  shall  be,  when  any  man 
doth  come  and  inquire  of  thee,  and 
say,  Is  there  any  man  herel  that 
thou  shalt  say.  No.     21  Then  Jael 

1  Heb.  Knin.    See  Num.  24.  22. 

'i  Oi,father-i7i-law       '■' Or,  terebinth 

*  Or,  nati<ms 


«ch. 

6.  18 

6  ver 

14;  6. 

In; 

8.  5 

"  Ch. 

1.  18 

d  Josh.  19. 

3;i 

'ver 

3 

/ver 

2 

"Dt. 

7.23; 

.ToBh.  10.  10 

A  Ex 

14.28; 

I's. 

83.  9 

*ch. 

5.  24-27 

*  Ex.  15. 1 


'  ver.  9 
'"  Ps.  no.  3 


"  Ps.  27.  6 


"  Dt.  33.  2  ; 
Ps.  68.  7  ; 
Hab.  3.  3 


P  Ps.  68.  8,  9 


«  Ex.  19.  18  ; 

Ps.  97.  6 ; 

Is.  64.  1,  3 
*■  Ps.  08.  8 


•  ch.  3.  31 
t  ch.  4.  17 


'  Dt.  32.  17 
'  ver.  11 


243 


Heber's  wife  took  a  tent-pin,  and 
took  a  hammer  in  her  hand,  and 
went  softly  unto  him,  and  smote 
the  pin  into  his  temples,  and  it 
pierced  through  into  the  ground ; 
tor  he  was  '^in  a  deep  sleep ;  so  he 
swooned  and  died.  22  And,  be- 
hold, as  Barak  pursued  Sisera,  Jael 
came  out  to  meet  him,  and  said 
unto  him,  Come,  and  I  will  show 
thee  the  man  whom  thou  seekest. 
And  he  came  unto  her ;  and,  be- 
hold, Sisera  lay  dead,  and  the  tent- 
pin  was  in  his  temples. 

23  So  God  subdiied  on  that  day 
Jabin  the  king  of  Canaan  before 
the  children  of  Israel.  24  And  the 
hand  of  the  children  of  Israel  pre- 
vailed more  and  more  against 
Jabin  the  king  of  Canaan,  until 
they  had  destroyed  Jabin  king  of 
Canaan. 

5*  Then    sang    Deborah    and 
Barak  the  son  of  Abinoam  on 
that  day,  saying, 

2  For  that  the  ^leaders  took  the 

lead  in  Israel, 
For    that    '"  the    people   offered 

themselves  willingly, 
Bless  ye  Jehovah. 

3  Hear,  O  ye  kings ;  give  ear,  O 

ye  princes ; 

I,  even  I,  will  "sing  unto  Jeho- 
vah ; 

I  will  sing  praise  to  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel. 

4  Jehovah,    when    thou   "  wentest 

forth  out  of  Seir, 

When  thou  marchedst  out  of  the 
field  of  Edom, 

The  dearth  trembled,  the  heav- 
ens also  dropped, 

Yea,  the  clouds  dropped  water. 

5  The  'mountains  •* quaked  at  the 

presence  of  Jehovah, 
Even  yon  ''  Sinai  at  the  presence 
of  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel. 

6  In  the  davs  of  '  Shamgar  the  son 

of  Anath, 

In  the  days  of  'Jael,  'the  high- 
ways were  unoccupied, 

And  the  travellers  walked 
through    *  byways. 

7  ®  The  rulers  ceased  in  Israel,  they 

ceased. 
Until  that  I  Deborah  arose, 
That  I  arose  a  mother  in  Israel. 

8  They  chose  "  new  gods  ; 
Then  was  war  in  the  "gates  : 
Was  there  a  shield  or  spear  seen 

5  Or,  in  a  deep  sleep  and  weary;  so  he  died 
'  Or,  Jloii-ed  down        '  Or,  the  caravans  oeotta 
8  Heb.  rropked  icays. 
>  Or,  Ttie  villages  twn  unoccupied 


5.9 


JUDGES 


5.27 


The  Song  of  Deborah 


Among  forty  thousand   in  Is- 
raell 
9  My  heart  is  toward  "the  gov- 
ernors of  Israel, 

^That  offered  themselves  will- 
ingly among  the  people : 

Bless  ye  Jehovah. 

10  Tell  of  it, "  ye  that  ride  on  white 

asses, 
Ye  that  sit  on  rich  carpets, 
And  ye  that  walk  by  the  way. 

11  -  Far  from  the  noise  of  archers, 

in   ''the   places    of    drawing 

water. 
There  shall  they  rehearse  "*  the 

righteous  acts  of  Jehovah, 
Bven  the  righteous  acts  *of  his 

rule  in  Israel. 
Then  the    people    of    Jehovah 

went  down  "  to  the  gates. 

12  -^ Awake,  awake,  Deborah; 
Awake,  awake,  utter  a  song  : 
Arise,  Barak,  and  ^lead  away 

thy    captives,    thou   son    of 
Abinoam. 

13  ^Then  came  down  a  remnant  of 

the  nobles  *  and  the  people  ; 
Jehovah  ''came   down  for   me 
^against  the  mighty. 

14  Out    of    Ephraim    cavie    down 

they     whose     root     is     'in 

Amalek ; 
After    thee,   Benjamin,  among 

thy  peoples ; 
Out    of     Machir    came    down 

^  governors. 
And  out  of  Zebulun  they  that 

handle  *the  marshal's  staff. 

15  And   "the  princes  of  Issachar 

were  with  Deborah ; 
As  was  Issachar,  so  was  Barak  ; 
Into    the   valley    they    rushed 

forth  *at  his  feet. 
By  the '  watercourses  of  Reuben 
There  were   great   resolves  of 

heart. 

16  Why  sattest  thou  among  ""the 

sheepfolds. 
To    hear  the   pipings    for    the 

flocks? 
At  the  watercourses  of  Reuben 
There  were  great  searchings  of 

heart. 

1  Or,  Fe  that  offered  yourselves  willingly  among 
the  people,  bless  <i:c. 

2  Or,  Because  of  the  voice  of  the  archers  .  .  .  there 
let  them  rehearse  3  Or,  toward  his  villages 

*  Or,  Then  go  dovyn,  0  reinnnnt,  for  the  nobles 
...  0  Jehovah,  go  down  for  me  against  the 
mighty  Or,  Then  made  he  a  remTiant  to  have 
dominion  over  the  nobles  and  the  people ;  Jehovah 
made  me  have  dominion  over  the  mighty 

^  Or.  as  otherwise  read,  the  people  of  Jehovah 
came  down  for  me  against  (or.  among)  the  mighty 

6  Or,  among  7  Or,  lawgivers 

8  Or,  the  sta^  of  the  scribe 

i  Or,  my  pnnees  in  lisa^har 


"  vet.  2 
b  ch.  10.  4  ; 

12.  U 
<^  Gen.  24. 

11  ;  29.  2,  3 
d  1  S.  12.  7 ; 

Mic.  6.  6 
'  ver.  8 
/Ps.  57.  8 
"  Ps.  68.  18  ; 

Eph.  4.  8 
''  ver.  23 ; 

Ps.  IS.  9 
'  ch.  12.  15 
*•■  ch.  4.  10 
'  Isa.  16.  &-9 
"'  Num.  32. 

1,  2,  24,  36 


"  Josh.  22.  9 

"  ch.  4.  6,  10 

P  ch.  4.  13 ; 

Josh.  11. 

1  ch.  1.  27 
'■  ver.  30 
'  Josh.  10. 

11-14 
t  ch.  4.  7,  12 


"  Job  39. 
19-25 


"  ver.  13 


244 


17  "Gilead    abode     beyond     the 

Jordan : 
And  Dan,  why  did  he  remain 

in  ships  1 
Asher  sat  still  at  the  ^"  haven  of 

the  sea. 
And  abode  by  his  creeks, 

18  "Zebulun    was    a    people  that 

jeoparded  their  lives  unto  the 
death. 
And  Naphtali,  upon  the  high 
places  of  the  field. 

19  ^The  kings  came  and  fought ; 
Then     fought     the     kings     of 

Canaan, 
In  «Taanach  by  the  waters  of 

Megiddo : 
They  took  no  ^  gain  of  money, 

20  '  From  heaven  fought  the  stars, 
From  their  courses  they  fought 

against  Sisera. 

21  The  river  'Kishon  swept  them 

away. 
That  ancient   river,   the  river 

Kishon. 
O  my  soul,   "march   on   with 

strength, 

22  Then  did  the  "horsehoofs  stamp 
By  reason  of  the  prancings,  the 

prancings    of    their     strong 
ones. 

23  Curse  ye  Meroz,  said  the  angel 

of  Jehovah, 

Curse  ye  bitterly  the  inhabit- 
ants thereof. 

Because  they  came  not  to  the 
help  of  Jehovah, 

To  the  help  of  Jehovah 
^"against  the  mighty. 

24  Blessed   "above   women    shall 

^  Jael  be. 
The  wife  of  Heber  the  Kenite  ; 
Blessed    shall   she   be   "above 

women  in  the  tent. 

25  He  asked  water,  and  she  gave 

him  milk ; 
She  brought  him  butter  in  a 
lordly  dish, 

26  She  put  her  hand  to  the  tent- 

pin, 
And   her   right   hand   to    the 

workmen's  hammer ; 
And    with    the    hammer    she 

smote     Sisera,     she     smote 

through  his  head ; 
Yea,    she    pierced   and    struck 

through  his  temples. 

27  At  her  feet  he  bowed,  he  fell, 

he  lay ; 

10  Or,  shore 

"  Or,  thou  hast  trodden  down  strength 

I*  Or,  among  -^  Or,  of 


5.28 


JUDGES 


6.19 


The  Song  of  Deborah.    Israel  oppressed  by  Midian,    Gideon  visited  by  the  Angel  of  Jehovah 


At  her  feet  he  bowed,  he  fell : 
Where  he  bowed,  there  he  fell 
down  'dead. 

28  Through  the  window  she  looked 

forth,  and  cried. 
The    mother    of    Sisera    a-ied 

through  the  "  lattice. 
Why  is  his  chariot  so  long  in 

coming  % 
Why  tarry  the  ^wheels  of  his 

chariots! 

29  Her  wise  ladies  answered  her, 
^Yea,  she  returned  answer  to 

herself, 

30  Have  they  not  found,  have  they 

not  ''divided  the  spoil  1 

A  damsel,  two  damsels  to  every 
man  ; 

To  Sisera  a  spoil  of  dyed  gar- 
ments, 

A  spoil  of  dyed  garments  em- 
broidered. 

Of  dyed  garments  embroidered 
on  DOth  sides,  on  the  necks  of 
the  spoil  ? 

31  So  let  all  "thine  enemies  perish, 

O  Jehovah : 
But  let  them  that  love  him  be 
as  the  ''sun  when  he  goeth 
forth  in  his  might. 
And  the  land  had  rest  forty  years. 

6  And  the  children  of  Israel 
*did  that  which  was  evil  in 
the  sight  of  Jehovah  :  and  Jehovah 
delivered  them  into  the  hand  of 
•'^ Midian  seven  years.  2  And  the 
hand  of  Midian  prevailed  against 
Israel ;  and  because  of  Midian  the 
children  of  Israel  made  them  the 
dens  which  are  in  the  mountains, 
and  the  ca^ves,  and  the  strongholds. 
3  And  so  it  was.  when  Israel  had 
sown,  that  the  Midianites  came  up, 
and  the  Amalekites,  and  the  chil- 
dren of  the  east ;  they  came  up 
against  them ;  4  and  they  en- 
camped against  them,  and  ^  de- 
stroyed the  increase  of  the  earth, 
till  thou  come  unto  Gaza,  and  *  left 
no  sustenance  in  Israel,  neither 
sheep,  nor  ox,  nor  ass.  5  For 
they  came  up  with  their  cattle 
and  their  tents;  they  came  in  'as 
locusts  for  multitude ;  both  they 
and  their  camels  were  without 
number :  and  they  came  into  the 
land  to  destroy  it.  6  And  Israel 
was  brought  *  very  low  because  of 
Midian  ;  and  the  children  of  Israel 
cried  unto  Jehovah. 

7  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 

1  Or,  ov^powered  2  Heb.  strjis. 

8  Or,  ( Yet  she  repeateth  her  words  unto  herself) 


"  Prov.  7.  6 
>>  Ex,  \f>.  9 
'  Ps.  6s.  2 ; 

92.  9 
d  Ps.  19.  4-6  ; 

89.  36,  37 
'ch.  2.  11 
/  Num.  22. 

4  ;  25.  la- 

18;  31.  1-3 
"  Lev.  26.  16 
"  L)t.  28.  31 
'  ch.  7.  12 ; 

8.  10 
k  Dt.  28.  43 


'  ch.  2.  1,  2 
"'  ver.  14 ; 

ch.  2.  1 ; 

13.  3 
"  ver.  15 ; 

Josh.  17.  2 
°  Heb.  11.  32 


P  ver.  1 ;  Ps. 

44.  9 


'  Ex.  3.  12 ; 
Josh.  1.  5 


'  ver.  37  ;  Is. 
38.  7,  8 


children  of  Israel  cried  unto  Jeho- 
vah because  of  Midian,  6  that  Je- 
hovah sent  a  prophet  unto  the 
children  of  Israel :  and  '  he  said 
unto  them.  Thus  saith  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel,  I  brought  you 
up  from  E^.vpt,  and  brought  you 
forth  out  ot  the  house  of  bondage  ; 

9  and  I  delivered  you  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  Egyptians,  and  out 
of  the  hand  of  all  that  oppressed 
you,  and  drove  them  out  from  be- 
fore you,  and  gave  you  their  land  ; 

10  and  I  said  unto  you,  I  am  Jeho- 
vah your  God  ;  ye  shall  not  fear 
the  gods  of  the  Amorites,  in  whose 
land  ye  dwell.  But  ye  have  not 
hearkened  unto  my  voice. 

11  And  ""the  angel  of  Jehovah 
came,  and  sat  under  the  ""oak 
which  was  in  Ophrah,  that  per- 
tained unto  Joash  the  "Abiezrite: 
and  his  son  "Gideon  was  beating 
out  wheat  in  the  winepress,  to 
hide  it  from  the  Midianites.  12 
And  the  angel  of  Jehovah  appeared 
unto  him,  and  said  unto  him,  Jeho- 
vah is  with  thee,  thou  mighty  man 
of  valor.  13  And  Gideon  said  unto 
him.  Oh,  my  lord,  if  Jehovah  is 
with  us,  why  then  is  all  this  be- 
fallen usi  and  where  are  all  his 
wondrous  works  which  our  fathers 
told  us  of,  saying.  Did  not  Jehovah 
bring  us  up  from  Egj^pt  1  but ''  now 
Jehovah  hath  cast  us  off,  and  de- 
livered us  into  the  hand  of  Midian. 
14  And  Jehovah  *  looked  upon  him, 
and  said.  Go  in  this  thy  might,  and 
save  Israel  from  the  hand  of  Alidian : 
have  not  I  sent  theel  15  » And  he 
said  unto  him,  Oh,  Lord,  where- 
with shall  I  save  Israel  1  behold, 
my  ®  family  is  the  poorest  in  '^Ma- 
nasseh,  and  I  am  the  least  in  my 
father's  house.  16  'And  J?hovah 
said  unto  him.  Surely  I  will  be 
with  thee,  and  thou  shalt  smite 
the  Midianites  as  one  man.  17 
And  he  said  unto  him.  If  now  I 
have  found  favor  in  thy  sight, 
then  show  me  'a  sign  that  it  is 
thou  that  talkest  with  me.  18  De- 
part not  hence,  I  pray  thee,  until 
I  come  unto  thee,  and  bring  forth 
my  '  present,  and  lay  it  before  thee. 
And  he  said,  I  will  tarry  until  thou 
come  again. 

19  And  Gideon  went  in,  and 
"made  ready  a  kid,  and  unleavened 
cakes  of  an  ej^hah  of  meal :  the  flesh 
he  put  in  a  basket,  and  he  put  the 


*  Or,  terebinth 

'  Or,  turned  towards 


*  Heb.  thov-sand 
'Or,  offering 


245 


6.20 


JUDGES 


7.  ig 


Cideon  visited  by  the  ingel  of  Jehovah.    Be  destroys  the  iltar  of  Baal.    He  snininons  an  Army.    The  Sign  of  the  Fleece 


broth  in  a  pot,  and  brought  it  out 
Unto  him  under  the  ^  oak,  and  pre- 
sented it.  20  And  the  angel  of  God 
said  unto  him,  Take  the  flesh  and 
the  unleavened  cakes,  and  lay  them 
upon  this  rock,  and  pour  out  the 
broth.  And  he  did  so.  21  Then 
the  angel  of  Jehovah  put  forth  the 
end  of  the  staff  that  was  in  his 
hand,  and  touched  the  flesh  and 
the  unleavened  cakes ;  and  "there 
went  up  fire  out  of  the  rock,  and 
consumed  the  flesh  and  the  unleav- 
ened cakes  ;  and  the  angel  of  Jeho- 
vah departed  out  of  his  sight.  22 
*  And  Gideon  saw  that  he  was  the 
angel  of  Jehovah  ;  and  Gideon  said, 
Alas,  O  Lord  Jehovah  !  forasmuch 
as  I  iaave  seen  the  angel  of  Jehovah 
face  to  face.  23  And  Jehovah  said 
unto  him.  Peace  be  unto  thee ;  fear 
not :  thou  shalt  not  die.  24  Then 
Gideon  built  an  altar  there  unto 
Jehovah,  and  called  it  "^Jehovah- 
shalom :  unto  this  day  it  is  yet  in 
Ophrah  of  the  Abiezrites. 

25  And  it  came  to  pass  the  same 
night,  that  Jehovah  said  unto  him, 
Take  thy  father's  bullock,  ^  even  the 
second  bullock  seven  years  old,  and 
throw  down  the  altar  of  Baal  that 
thy  father  hath,  and  cut  down  the 
"Asherah  that  is  ^by  it;  26  and 
build  an  altar  unto  Jehovah  thy 
God  upon  the  top  of  this  strong- 
hold, *  m  the  orderly  manner,  and 
take  the  second  bullock,  and  ofier 
a  burnt-offering  with  the  wood  of 
the  Asherah  which  thou  shalt  cut 
down.  27  Then  Gideon  took  ten 
men  of  his  servants,  and  did  as  Je- 
hovah had  spoken  unto  him :  and 
it  came  to  pass,  because  he  feared 
his  father's  household  and  the 
men  of  the  city,  so  that  he  could 
not  do  it  by  day,  that  he  did  it  by 
night. 

28  And  when  the  men  of  the  city 
arose  early  in  the  morning,  behold, 
the  altar  of  Baal  was  broken  down, 
and  the  Asherah  was  cut  down 
that  was  ^  by  it,  and  the  second  bul- 
lock was  offered  upon  the  altar  that 
was  built.  29  And  they  said  one 
to  another,  Who  hath  done  this 
thing  1  And  when  they  inquired 
and  asked,  they  said,  Gideon  the 
son  of  Joash  hath  done  tins  thing. 
30  Then  the  men  of  the  city  said 
unto  Joash,  Bring  out  thy  son,  that 
he  may  die,  because  he  hath  broken 

1  Or,  terebinth       ^  That  is,  Jehovah  is  peace. 

*  Or,  and  *  Or,  upon 

*  Or,  with  that  pertaining  to  it 


"  Lev.  9.  24 

b  ch.  13.  21, 
22;  Gen. 

32.  30 ;  Ex. 

33.  20 

"  Ex.  34.  13 


•  Josh.  17.  16 
/ch.  3.  10 


»  ch.  3.  27 


*  ch.  4 
5.  18 
'  ch.  7.  3 


6,10; 


*  ver.  14, 16, 
17 


'  Gen.  18.  32 


'  ch.  6.  32 


246 


down  the  altar  of  Baal,  and  because 
he  hath  cut  down  the  Asherah  that 
was  ^  by  it.  31  And  Joash  said  unto 
all  that  stood  against  him.  Will  ye 
contend  for  Baall  or  will  ye  save 
himl  he  that  will  contend  for  hina, 
"let  him  be  put  to  death  "whilst  it 
is  yet  morning :  if  he  be  a  god,  let 
him  contend  for  himself,  because 
one  hath  broken  down  his  altar. 
32  Therefore  on  that  day  he  called 
him  ^"^  Jerubbaal,  saying.  Let  Baal 
contend  against  him,  because  he 
hath  broken  down  his  altar. 

33  Then  all  the  Midianites  aijd 
the  Amalekites  and  the  children  of 
the  east  assembled  themselves  to- 
gether ;  and  they  passed  over,  and 
encamped  in  "the  valley  of  Jez- 
reel.  34  But  ■''the  Spirit  of  Jeho- 
vah ®  came  upon  Gideon ;  and  he 
^  blew  a  trumpet ;  and  Abiezer  was 
gathered  together  after  him.  35 
And  he  sent  messengers  through- 
out all  Manasseh ;  and  they  also 
were  gathered  together  after  him : 
and  he  sent  messengers  unto  Asher, 
and  ''unto  Zebulun,  and  unto  Naph- 
tali ;  and  '  they  came  up  to  meet 
them. 

36  And  Gideon  said  unto  God, 
*If  thou  wilt  save  Israel  by  my 
hand,  as  thou  hast  spoken,  37  be- 
hold, I  will  put  a  fleece  of  wool  on 
the  threshing-floor  ;  if  there  be  dew 
on  the  fleece  only,  and  it  be  dry 
upon  all  the  ground,  then  shall  I 
know  that  thou  wilt  save  Israel  by 
my  hand,  as  thou  hast  spoken.  38 
And  it  was  so ;  for  he  rose  up  early 
on  the  morrow,  and  pressed  the 
fleece  together,  and  wrung  the  dew 
out  of  the  fleece,  a  bowlful  of  water. 
39  And  Gideon  said  unto  God, 
'Let  not  thine  anger  be  kindled 
against  me,  and  I  will  speak  but 
this  once  :  let  me  make  trial,  I  pray 
thee,  but  this  once  with  the  fleece  ; 
let  it  now  be  dry  only  upon  the 
fleece,  and  upon  all  the  ground  let 
there  be  dew.  40  And  God  did  so 
that  night :  for  it  was  dry  upon  the 
fleece  only,  and  there  was  dew  on 
all  the  ground. 

7  Then  ™Jerubbaal,  who  is 
Gideon,  and  all  the  people 
that  were  with  him,  rose  up  early, 
and  encamped  beside  the  spring 
"of  "Harod:  and  the  camp  of 
Midian  was  on  the  north  side  of 

«  Or,  shall  be  put  to  death :  let  be  till  morning ' 
if  &C:  '  Or.  before  morning 

8  That  is,  Let  Baal  contend. 

9  Heb.  clothed  itself  with. 

»»  That  is,  Trembling.    See  ver.  3. 


7.2 


JUDGES 


7.21 


Gideon  redoces  his  Irmf  to  Thre«  Handred.    He  hears  a  Nidianite's  Dream  related.    His  Use  of  Trumpets  and  Pitchers 


them,  'by  the  hill  of  "Moreh,  in 
the  valley. 

2  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Gideon, 
The  people  that  are  with  thee  are 
too  many  for  me  to  give  the  Midian- 
ites  into  their  hand,  "lest  Israel 
vaunt  themselves  against  me,  say- 
ing. Mine  own  hand  hath  saved 
me.  3  Now  therefore  proclaim  in 
the  ears  of  the  people,  saying, 
"  Whosoever  is  fearful  and  trem- 
bling, let  him  return  and  '■^depart 
from  mount  Gilead.  And  there 
returned  of  the  people  twenty  and 
two  thousand  ;  and  there  remained 
ten  thousand. 

4  ''And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Gideon,  The  people  are  yet  too 
many;  bring  tnem  down  unto  the 
water,  and  I  will  try  them  for  thee 
there  :  and  it  shall  be,  that  of  whom 
I  say  unto  thee,  This  shall  go  with 
thee,  the  same  shall  go  with  thee ; 
and  of  whomsoever  I  sav  unto  thee, 
This  shall  not  go  with  thee,  the 
same  shall  not  go.  5  So  he  bi'ought 
down  the  people  unto  the  water: 
and  Jehovah  said  unto  Gideon, 
Every  one  that  lappet h  of  the 
water  with  his  tongue,  as  a  dog 
lappeth,  him  shalt  thou  set  by  him- 
self; likewise  every  one  that  bow- 
eth  down  upon  his  knees  to  drink. 
6  And  the  number  of  them  that 
lapped,  putting  their  hand  to  their 
mouth,  was  three  hundred  men : 
but  all  the  rest  of  the  people  bowed 
down  upon  their  knees  to  drink 
water.  7  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Gideon,  By  the  three  hundred  men 
that  lapped  will  I  save  you,  and 
deliver  the  Midianites  into  thy 
hand ;  and  let  all  the  people  go 
every  man  unto  his  place.  8  So 
the  people  took  victuals  in  their 
hand,  and  their  trumpets ;  and  he 
sent  all  the  men  of  Israel  every 
man  unto  his  tent,  but  retained 
the  three  hundred  men:  and  the 
camp  of  jNIidian  was  beneath  him 
in  the  valley. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass  the  same 
night,  that  Jehovah  said  unto  him. 
Arise,  get  thee  down  ^into  the 
camp  ;  ^  for  I  have  delivered  it  into 
thy  hand.  10  But  if  thou  fear  to 
go  down,  go  thou  with  Purah  thy 
servant  down  to  the  camp :  1 1  and 
thou  shalt  hear  what  they  say; 
and  ■''afterward  shall  thy  hands  be 
strengthened  to  go  down  ^  into  the 

1  Or,  from  the  hill  of  Moreh  onwards  in  the 
valley 

»  Or,  go  round  about  *  Or,  against 


"  Oen.  12.  6  ; 

Dt.  U.  30 
f>  Dt.  8.  17, 18 
«  Dt.  '20.  8 
<i  1  Sam.  14. 6 
'  Josh.  2. 

24 ;  10.  8 ; 

11.  6 
/  ver.  16 


'■'  ch.  6.  5 ; 

8.  10 
1  Josh.  11.  4 


'  Josh.  2.  9 


camp.  Then  went  he  down  with 
Purah  his  servant  unto  the  outer- 
most part  of  the  armed  men  that 
were  in  the  camp.  12  And  the 
Midianites  and  the  Amalekites  and 
all  the  children  of  the  east  lay  along 
in  the  valley  "  like  locusts  for  mul- 
titude ;  and  their  camels  were  with 
out  number,  ''as  the  sand  which  is 
upon  the  sea-shore  for  multitude. 
13  And  when  Gideon  was  come, 
behold,  there  was  a  man  telling  a 
dream  unto  his  fellow  ;  and  he  said. 
Behold,  I  dreamed  a  dream ;  and, 
lo,  a  cake  of  barley  bread  tumbled 
into  the  camp  of  Midian,  and  came 
unto  the  tent,  and  smote  it  so  that 
it  fell,  and  turned  it  upside  down, 
so  that  the  tent  lay  flat.  14  And 
his  fellow  answered  and  said.  This 
is  nothing  else  save  the  sword  of 
Gideon  the  son  of  Joash,  a  man  of 
Israel :  '  into  his  hand  God  hath 
delivered  Midian,  and  all  the  host. 

15  And  it  was  so,  when  Gideon 
heard  the  telling  of  the  dream,  and 
the  interpretation  thereof,  that  he 
worshipped ;  and  he  returned  into 
the  camp  of  Israel,  and  said.  Arise  ; 
for  Jehovah  hath  delivered  into 
your  hand  the  host  of  Midian. 
16  And  he  divided  the  three  hun- 
dred men  into  three  companies,  and 
he  put  into  the  hands  of  all  of  them 
trumpets,  and  empty  pitchers,  with 
torches  within  the  pitchers.  17 
And  he  said  unto  them.  Look  on 
me,  and  do  likewise :  and,  behold, 
when  I  come  to  the  outermost  part 
of  the  camp,  it  shall  be  that,  as  I 
do,  so  shall  ye  do.  18  When  I  blow 
the  trumpet,  I  and  all  that  are  with 
me,  then  blow  ye  the  trumpets  also 
on  everj'^  side  of  all  the  camp,  and 
say,  For  Jehovah  and  for  Gideon. 

19  So  Gideon,  and  the  hundred 
men  that  were  with  him,  came 
unto  the  outermost  part  of  the 
camp  in  the  beginning  of  the  mid- 
dle watch,  when  thej^  had  but 
newly  set  the  watch :  and  they 
blew  the  trumpets,  and  brake  in 
pieces  the  pitcners  that  were  in 
their  hands.  20  And  the  three 
companies  blew  the  trumpets,  and 
brake  the  pitchers,  and  neld  the 
torches  in  their  left  hands,  and 
the  trumpets  in  their  right  hands 
wherewith  to  blow  :  and  tliey  cried, 
^The  sword  of  Jehovah  and  oi 
Gideon.  21  And  they  stood  every 
man  in  his  place  round  about  the 
camp ;  and  all  the  host  ran ;  and 

♦  Or,  A  sword  for  &c. 


247 


7.22 


JUDGES 


8.20 


Defeat  of  Midian.    Gideon  pacifies  the  Epkraimites.    Zebali  and  Zalmunna  eaptnred  and  slain 


they  shouted,  and  ^put  thevi  to 
flight.  22  And  they  blew  the  three 
hundred  trumpets,  and  "Jehovah 
set  every  man's  sword  against  his 
fellow,  and  against  all  the  host ; 
and  the  host  fled  as  far  as  Beth- 
shittah  toward  Zererah,  as  far  as 
the  '^border  of  * Abel-meholah,  by 
Tabbath.  23  And  the  men  of 
Israel  were  gathered  together  out 
of  "Naphtali,  and  out  of  Asher, 
and  out  of  all  Manasseh,  and  pur- 
sued after  Midian. 

24  And  Gideon  sent  messengers 
throughout  all  the  hill-country  of 
Ephraim,  saying,  Come  down 
against  Midian,  and  ''take  before 
them  the  waters,  as  far  as  Beth- 
barah,  *even  the  Jordan.  So  all 
the  men  of  Ephraim  were  gathered 
together,  and  took  the  waters  as 
far  as  Beth-barah,  ^even  the  Jor- 
dan. 25  And  Hhey  took  the  two 
princes  of  Midian,  Oreb  and  Zeeb  ; 
and  they  slew  Oreb  at  the  rock  of 
Oreb,  and  Zeeb  they  slew  at  the 
winepress  of  Zeeb,  and  pursued 
Midian :  and  they  brought  the 
heads  of  Oreb  and  Zeeb  to  Gideon 
■''  beyond  the  Jordan. 

8  And  the  men  of  Ephraim 
said  unto  him,  "  Why  hast  thou 
served  us  thus,  that  thou  calledst 
us  not,  when  thou  wentest  to  fight 
with  Midian  1  And  they  did  chide 
with  him  sharply.  2  And  he  said 
unto  them.  What  have  I  now  done 
in  comparison  with  you  1  Is  not  the 
gleaning  of  the  grapes  of  Ephraim 
better  than  the  vintage  of  Aoiezer  % 
3  God  hath  delivered  into  your 
hand  the  princes  of  Midian,  Oreb 
and  Zeeb :  and  what  was  I  able  to 
do  in  comparison  with  you  1  Then 
their  *  anger  was  abated  toward 
him,  when  he  had  said  that. 

4  And  Gideon  came  ''to  the  Jor- 
dan, ®  and  passed  over,  he,  and  the 
three  hundred  men  that  were  with 
him,  faint,  yet  pursuing.  5  And 
he  said  unto  the  men  of  '  Succoth, 
Give,  I  pray  you,  loaves  of  bread 
unto  the  people  that  follow  me ; 
for  they  are  faint,  and  I  am  pursu- 
ing after  Zebah  and  Zalmunna,  the 
kings  of  Midian.  6  And  the  princes 
of  Succoth  said,  *  Are  the  hands  of 
Zebah  and  Zalmunna  now  in  thy 
hand,  that  we  should  give  bread 
unto  thine  army"?  7  And  Gideon 
said.  Therefore  'when  Jehovah  hath 
delivered  Zebah  and  Zalmunna  into 


1  Another  reading  io, /Zed. 
8  Or,  and  also     *  Heb.  spirit. 


2  Eeb.  lip. 
*  Or,  to  pass 


"  1  S.  14.  20 
i>  1  K.  4. 12 ; 

19.  16 
"  ch.  6.  35 
d  ch.  3.  28 
<■  Ps.  83.  11  ; 

Is.  10.  26 
/ch.  8.  4 
"  ch.  12.  1 
A  ch.  7.  25 
i  Gen.  33.  ir 
*  ver.  15 
'  ch.  7.  15 


^  Gen.  32.  30, 

31 
"  ver.  17 


»  ch.  6.  5 ;  7. 
12 ;  Ps.  83. 
9 ;  Is.  9.  4 


*'ver.  6 


5  ver.  9 


248 


my  hand,  then  I  will  ®tear  your 
flesh  with  the  thorns  of  the  wilder- 
ness and  with  briers.  8  And  he 
went  up  thence  to  '"Penuel,  and 
spake  unto  them  in  like  manner ; 
and  the  men  of  Penuel  answered 
him  as  the  men  of  Succoth  had  an- 
swered. 9  And  he  spake  also  unto 
the  men  of  Penuel,  saying.  When  I 
come  again  in  peace,  "  I  will  break 
down  this  tower. 

10  Now  Zebah  and  Zalmunna 
were  in  Karkor,  and  their  hosts 
with  them,  about  fifteen  thousand 
men,  all  that  were  left  of  all  the 
host  of  the  children  of  the  east: 
"for  there  fell  a  hundred  and 
twenty  thousand  men  that  drew 
sword.  11  And  Gideon  went  up 
by  the  way  of  them  that  dwelt  in 
tents  on  the  east  of  Nobah  and 
Jogbehah,  and  smote  the  host ;  for 
the  host  was  secure.  1 2  And  Zebah 
and  Zalmunna  fled ;  and  he  pur- 
sued after  them ;  and  he  took  the 
two  kings  of  Midian,  Zebah  and 
Zalmunna,  and  ^  discomfited  all  the 
host. 

1 3  And  Gideon  the  son  of  Joash 
returned  from  the  battle  from  the 
ascent  of  Heres.  1 4  And  he  caught 
a  young  man  of  the  men  of  Suc- 
coth, and  inquired  of  him  :  and  he 
^described  for  him  the  princes  of 
Succoth,  and  the  elders  thereof, 
seventy  and  seven  men.  15  And 
he  came  unto  the  men  of  Succoth, 
and  said.  Behold  Zebah  and  Zal- 
munna, concerning  whom  ye  did 
taunt  me,  saying,  ^Are  the  hands 
of  Zebah  and  Zalmunna  now  in  thy 
hand,  that  we  should  give  bread 
unto  thy  men  that  are  weary?  16 
And  he  took  the  elders  of  the  city, 
and  thorns  of  the  wilderness  and 
briers,  and  with  them  he  taught 
the  men  of  Succoth.  17  *And  he 
brake  down  the  tower  of  Penuel, 
and  slew  the  men  of  the  city. 

18  Then  said  he  unto  Zebah  and 
Zalmunna,  What  manner  of  men 
were  they  whom  ye  slew  at  Tabor  I 
And  they  answered.  As  thou  art^ 
so  were  they ;  each  one  resembled 
the  children  of  a  king.  1 9  And  he 
said.  They  were  my  brethren,  the 
sons  of  my  mother  :  as  Jehovah  liv- 
eth,  if  ye  had  saved  them  alive,  I 
would  not  slay  you.  20  And  he 
said  unto  Jether  his  first-born.  Up, 
and  slay  them.  But  the  youth 
drew  not  his  sword  ;  for  he  feared, 

*  Heb.  thresh.  f  Heb.  terrified. 

8  Or,  wrote  do  ivn. 


8.21 


JUDGES 


9.11 


(lideon'g  Ephod.    His  Death.    The  People  apostatize.    Abimelech'g  Conspiracy.    He  kills  Gideon's  Sons.    Jotbam's  Fable 


because  he  was  yet  a  youth.  21 
Then  Zebah  and  Zalmunna  said, 
Kise  thou,  and  fall  upon  us  ;  for  as 
the  man  is,  so  is  his  strength.  "  And 
Gideon  arose,  and  slew  Zebah  and 
Zalmunna,  and  *  took  the  crescents 
that  were  on  their  camels'  necks. 

22  Then  the  men  of  Israel  said 
unto  Gideon,  Rule  thou  over  us, 
both  thou,  and  thy  son,  and  thy 
son's  son  also  ;  for  thou  hast  saved 
us  out  of  the  hand  of  Midian.  23 
And  Gideon  said  unto  them,  I  will 
not  rule  over  you,  neither  shall  my 
son  rule  over  you:  Jehovah  shall 
rule  over  you.  24  And  Gideon 
said  unto  them,  I  would  make  a 
request  of  you,  that  ye  would  give 
me  every  man  the  '  ear-rings  of  his 
spoil.  (For  they  had  golden  ear- 
rings, because  tney  were  Ishmael- 
ites).  25  And  they  answered.  We 
will  willingly  give  them.  And  they 
spread  a  garment,  and  did  cast 
therein,  every  man  the  ear-rings  of 
his  spoil.  26  And  the  weight  of 
the  golden  ear-rings  that  ne  re- 
quested was  a  thousand  and  seven 
hundred  shekels  of  gold  ;  besides  the 
crescents,  and  the  pendants,  and 
the  purple  raiment  that  was  on  the 
kings  of  Midian,  and  besides  the 
chains  that  were  about  their  camels' 
necks.  27  And  Gideon  made  "an 
ephod  thereof,  and  put  it  in  his 
city,  even  in  Ophrah  :  and  all  Is- 
rael played  the  harlot  after  it  there ; 
and  it  became  a  snare  unto  Gideon, 
and  to  his  house.  28  So  Midian 
was  subdued  before  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  they  lifted  up  their 
heads  no  more.  And  the  land  had 
rest  forty  years  in  the  days  of 
Gideon. 

.29  And  ''Jerubbaal  the  son  of 
Joash  went  and  dwelt  in  his  own 
house.  30  And  Gideon  had  *  three- 
score and  ten  sons  of  his  body  be- 
fotten  •  for  he  had  many  wives. 
1  And  his  concubine  that  was  in 
Shechem,  she  also  bare  him  a  son, 
and  he  ^called  his  name  Abimelech. 
32  And  Gideon  the  son  of  Joash 
died  in  a  good  old  age,  and  was 
buried  in  the  sepulchre  of  Joash  his 
father,  in  Ophrah  of  the  Abiezrites. 

33  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon 
as  Gideon  was  dead,  ''that  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  turned  again,  and 
played  the  harlot  after  the  Baalim, 
and  made  ^  Baal-berith  their  god. 
34  And  the  children  of  Israel ''  re- 
membered not  Jehovah  their  God, 

I  Or.  nose-rings  *  Heb.  set. 


"Ps 

83.  11 

*yei 

?« 

"ch. 

.  •'' ; 

\K 

14 

-2(1 ; 

Ex 

28.6- 

a'. 

dch. 

7. 

1 

«ch. 

9. 

2,6 

/ch. 

2. 

11,12 

"ch. 

9. 

4,  27, 

40 

Ach. 

3. 

7; 

Dt 

4 

9 

•  ch. 

8. 

31,  3o 

*ch. 

8. 

30 

<Gen. 

29.14 

'  ch.  8.  33 


"  vet.  2 


'  Dt.  11.  29, 


who  had  delivered  them  out  of  the 
hand  of  all  their  enemies  on  every 
side  ;  35  neither  showed  they  kind- 
ness to  the  house  of  Jerubbaal,  ivho 
is  Gideon,  according  to  all  the  good- 
ness which  he  had  showed  unto 
Israel. 

9  And  'Abimelech  the  son  of 
Jerubbaal  went  to  Shechem 
unto  his  mother's  brethren,  and 
spake  with  them,  and  with  all  the 
family  of  the  house  of  his  mother's 
father,  saying,  2  Speak,  I  pray 
you,  in  the  ears  of  all  the  men  of 
Shechem,  Whether  is  better  for  you, 
that  all  the  sons  of  Jerubbaal,  who 
are  *  threescore  and  ten  persons, 
rule  over  you,  or  that  one  rule  over 
youl  remember  also  that  I  am  'your 
bone  and  your  flesh.  3  And  his 
mother's  brethren  spake  of  him  in 
the  ears  of  all  the  men  of  Shechem 
all  these  words  :  and  their  hearts 
inclined  to  follow  Abimelech ;  for 
they  said,  He  is  our  brother.  4 
And  they  gave  him  threescore  and 
ten  pieces  of  silver  out  of  the  house 
of  ™  Baal-berith,  wherewith  Abime- 
lech hired  vain  and  light  fellows, 
who  followed  him.  5  And  he  went 
unto  his  father's  house  at  Ophrah, 
and  slew  his  brethren  the  sons  of 
Jerubbaal,  being  "threescore  and 
ten  persons,  upon  one  stone :  but 
Jotham  the  youngest  son  of  Jerub- 
baal was  left ;  for  he  hid  himself. 
6  And  all  the  men  of  Shechem  as- 
sembled themselves  together,  and 
all  ^the  house  of  Millo,  and  went 
and  made  Abimelech  king,  by  the 
*oak  of  the  *  pillar  that  was  in 
Shechem. 

7  And  when  they  told  it  to 
Jotham,  he  went  and  stood  on  the 
top  of  "mount  Gerizim,  and  lifted 
up  his  voice,  and  cried,  and  said 
unto  them.  Hearken  unto  me,  ye 
men  of  Shechem,  that  God  may 
hearken  unto  you.  8  The  trees 
went  forth  on  a  time  to  anoint  a 
king  over  them ;  and  they  said 
unto  the  olive-tree.  Reign  thou 
over  us.  9  But  the  olive-tree  said 
unto  them.  Should  I  leave  my  fat- 
ness, ®  wherewith  by  me  they  honor 
God  and  man,  and  go  to  wave  to 
and  fro  over  the  trees'?  10  And 
the  trees  said  to  the  fig-tree,  Come 
thou,  and  reign  over  us.  1 1  But 
the  fig-tree  said  unto  them,  Should 
I  leave  my  sweetness,  and  my  good 
fruit,  and  go  to  wave  to  and  fro 

8  Or,  Bdh-millo    *  Or,  terebinth    5  Or,  garriton 
6  Or,  which  Ood  and  man  honor  in  me 


249 


9,12 


JUDGES 


a^ 


Jetham'8  Fable,     fiaal's  Conspiracy  against  Abimelech.    Zebnl  Irostrates  it 


over  the  trees'?  12  And  the  trees 
said  unto  the  Adne,  Come  thou,  and 
reign  over  us  13  And  the  vine 
mid  unto  them,  Should  I  leave  my 
new  wine,  which  cheereth  God  and 
man,  and  go  to  wave  to  and  fro 
over  the  trees?  14  Then  said  all 
the  trees  unto  the  '  bramble.  Come 
thou,  and  reign  over  us.  15  And 
the  ^bramble  said  unto  the  trees, 
If  in  truth  ye  anoint  me  king  over 
you,  then  come  and  take  refuge  in 
my  shade  ;  and  if  not,  let  fire  come 
out  of  the  ^bramble,  and  devour 
the  cedars  of  Lebanon.  16  Now 
therefore,  if  ye  have  dealt  truly 
and  uprightly,  in  that  ye  have 
made  Abimelech  king,  and  if  ye 
have  dealt  well  with  "Jerubbaal 
and  his  house,  and  have  done  unto 
him  according  to  the  deserving  of 
his  hands  ;  1 7  (for  my  father  fought 
for  you,  and  ^adventured  his  life, 
and  delivered  you  out  of  the  hand 
of  Midian  :  18  and  ye  are  risen  up 
against  my  father's  house  this  day, 
and  have  slain  *  his  sons,  three- 
score and  ten  persons,  upon  one 
stone,  and  have  made  Abimelech, 
■'the  son  of  his  maid-servant,  king 
/)ver  the  men  of  Shechem,  because 
he  is  your  brother);  19  it  ye  then 
have  dealt  truly  and  uprightly  with 
Jerubbaal  and  with  his  house  this 
day,  then  rejoice  ye  in  Abimelech, 
and  let  him  also  rejoice  in  you  :  20 
but  if  not,  let  fire  come  out  from 
Abimelech,  and  devour  the  men  of 
Shechem,  and  the  house  of  Millo ; 
and  let  fire  come  out  from  the  men 
of  Shechem,  and  from  the  house  of 
Millo,  and  devour  Abimelech.  21 
And  Jotham  ran  away,  and  fled, 
and  went  to  Beer,  and  dwelt 
there,  for  fear  of  Abimelech  his 
brother. 

22  And  Abimelech  was  prince 
over  Israel  three  years.  23  ''And 
God  sent  an  evil  spirit  between 
Abimelech  and  the  men  of  She- 
chem ;  and  the  men  of  Shechem 
dealt  treacherously  with  Abime- 
lech: 24  *that  the  violence  done 
to  the  threescore  and  ten  sons  of 
Jerubbaal  might  come,  and  •'^that 
their  blood  might  be  laid  upon 
Abimelech  their  brother,  who  slew 
them,  and  upon  the  men  of  She- 
chem, who  strengthened  his  hands 
to  slay  his  brethren.  25  And  the 
men  of  Shechem  set  liers-in-wait 
for  him  on  the  tops  of  the  moun- 
tains, and    they  robbed   all    that 

i  Or,  thorn       ^  Heb.  ea*t  his  life  hefort  him. 


«  ch.  8.  35 


«  ch.  8.  31 
d  1  S.  16.  14 
"  ver.  fio,  f)7 ; 

Dt.  27.  26 
/Num.  36.  33 


»  ver.  46 ;  8. 


» 1  S.  10.  7 


came  along  that  way  by  them :  and 
it  was  told  Abimelech. 

26  And  Gaal  the  son  of  Ebed 
came  with  his  brethren,  and  went 
over  to  Shechem;  and  the  men  of 
Shechem  put  their  trust  in  him. 
27  And  they  went  out  into  the 
field,  and  gathered  their  vineyards, 
and  trod  the  grapes,  and  ^  held  fes- 
tival, and  went  into  the  house  of 
^  their  god,  and  did  eat  and  drink, 
and  cursed  Abimelech.  28  Ana 
Gaal  the  son  of  Ebed  said.  Who  is 
Abimelech,  and  who  is  Shechem, 
that  we  should  serve  himl  is  nob 
he  the  son  of  Jerubbaal  1  and  Zebul 
his  officer?  serve  ye  the  men  of 
Hamor  the  father  of  Shechem  :  but 
why  should  we  serve  him  1  29  And 
*  would  that  this  people  were  under 
my  hand  !  then  would  I  remove 
Abimelech.  And  he  said  *  to  Abim- 
elech, Inci'ease  thine  army,  and 
come  out. 

30  And  when  Zebul  the  ruler  of 
the  city  heard  the  words  of  Gaal 
the  son  of  Ebed,  his  anger  was 
kindled.  31  And  he  sent  roes- 
sengers  unto  Abimelech  ®  craftily, 
saying.  Behold,  Gaal  the  son  oi 
Ebed  and  his  brethren  are  come  ta 
Shechem;  and,  behold,  they® con- 
strain the  city  to  take  part  against 
thee.  32  Now  therefore,  up  by 
night,  thou  and  the  people  that 
are  with  thee,  and  lie  in  wait  in 
the  field :  33  and  it  shall  be,  that 
in  the  morning,  as  soon  as  the  sun 
is  up,  thou  snalt  rise  early,  and 
rush  upon  the  city;  and,  behold, 
when  he  and  the  people  that  are 
with  him  come  out  against  thee, 
then  mayest  thou  ^  do  to  them  ^  as 
thou  shalt  find  occasion. 

34  And  Abimelech  rose  up,  and 
all  the  people  that  were  with  him, 
by  night,  and  they  laid  wait 
against  Shechem  in  four  companies. 
35  And  Gaal  the  son  of  Ebed  went 
out,  and  stood  in  the  entrance  of 
the  gate  of  the  city :  and  Abime- 
lech rose  up,  and  the  people  that 
were  with  him,  from  the  ambush- 
ment.  36  And  when  Gaal  saw 
the  people,  he  said  to  Zebul,  Be- 
hold, there  come  people  down  from 
the  tops  of  the  mountains.  And 
Zebul  said  unto  him.  Thou  seest 
the  shadow  of  the  mountains  as 
if  they  were  men.  37  And  Gaal 
spake  again  and  said,  See,  there 

8  Or,  offered  a  praise-offering  *  Or,  of 

s  Or,  in  Torvmh 

«  Or,  oppress  the  city  on  thy  accov,nt 
7  Heb.  as  thy  hand  shalljmd. 


260 


9.38 


JUDGES 


10.6 


Abimclecb  defeats  Caal.    H«  csptnres  Sbechem  and  Thebez.    Uis  Death.    Tola  and  Jair.    Israel  a| 


come  people  down  by  "the  'mid- 
dle of  the  land,  and  one  company 
Cometh  by  the  way  of  '"'  the  oak  of 
Meonenini.  38  Then  said  Zebul 
unto  him,  Where  is  now  thy  mouth, 
that  thou  saidst,  Who  is  Abime- 
lech,  that  we  should  serve  hiral 
is  not  this  the  people  that  thou 
hast  despised  1  ko  out  now,  I  pray, 
and  fight  with  them,  id  Ann 
Gaal  went  out  before  the  men  of 
Whechem,  and  fought  with  Abime- 
lech.  40  And  Abimelech  chased 
him,  and  he  fled  before  him,  and 
there  fell  many  wounded,  even 
unto  the  entrance  of  the  gate. 

41  And  Abimelech  dwelt  at  Aru- 
mah  :  and  Zebul  drove  out  Gaal 
and  his  brethren,  that  they  should 
not  dwell  in  Shechem.  4'J  Anrl  it 
came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that 
the  people  went  out  into  the  field  ; 
and  they  told  Abimelech.  4'^  And 
he  took  the  peoijle,  and  divided 
thom  into  three  companies,  and  laid 
w^ait  in  the  field  ;  and  he  looked, 
and,  behold,  tlu;  people  came  forth 
out  of  the  city ;  and  he  rose  up 
against  thcin,  and  smote  them. 
44  And  Abimelech,  and   the  com- 

f)anies  that  were  with  him,  rushed 
orward,  and  stood  in  the  entrance 
of  the  gate  of  the  city  :  and  the 
two  companies  rushed  upon  all 
that  were  in  the  field,  and  smote 
them.  45  And  Abimelech  fought 
against  the  city  all  that  day  ;  and 
he  took  the  city,  and  slew  the  peo- 
ple that  were  therein  :  and  he  beat 
down  fche  city,  and  sowed  it  with 
salt. 

46  And  when  all  the  men  of  the 
tower  of  Shechem  heard  thereof, 
they  entered  into  the  stronghold 
of  the  house  of  *Elbcrith.  47  And 
it  wa.s  told  Abimelech  that  all  the 
men  of  the  tower  of  Shechem  were 
gathered  tojjether.  48  And  Abim- 
elech gat  him  up  to  mount  '^Zal- 
mon,  he  and  all  the  people  that 
were  with  him ;  and  Abimelech 
took  ^an  axe  in  his  hand,  and  cut 
down  a  bough  from  the  trees, 
and  took  it  up,  and  laid  it  on  his 
shoulder :  and  he  said  unto  the 
people  that  were  with  him.  What 
ye  have  seen  me  do,  make  haste, 
and  do  as  I  have  done.  49  And 
all  the  people  likewise  cut  down 
every  man  his  bough,  and  followed 
Abimelech,  and  put  them  to  the 

'  Heb.  navfl. 

'  That  is,  the  augurs'  oak  (or,  terebinth). 

»  Heb.  the  axes. 


<^  Ezek.  38. 


>>  oh.  8.  M 
'  Pa.  08.  14 


d  2  S.  n.  21 


■  Num.  32.  41 


/ch.  2.  13 


^ch.  11.  24 


stronghold,  and  set  the  strongliold 
on  fire  upon  them  ;  so  that  all  the 
men  of  the  tower  of  Sh(;chem  died 
also,  about  a  thousand  men  and 
women. 

50  Then  went  Abimelech  to 
Thebez,  and  encamped  against 
Thebez,  and  took  it.  5 1  But  tliere 
was  a  strong  tower  within  the  city, 
and  thither  fled  all  the  men  arid 
women,  and  all  they  of  the  city, 
and  shut  themselves  in,  and  gat 
them  up  to  the  roof  of  the  tower. 
5i!  And  Abimelech  came  unto  the 
tower,  and  fought  against  it,  and 
drew  near  unto  the  door  of  the 
tower  to  burn  it  with  fire.  5.'}  And 
''a  certain  woman  cast  an  u])per 
millstone  upon  Abimelech's  head, 
and  brake  his  skull.  54  Then  he 
called  hastily  unto  the  young  man 
his  armor-bearer,  and  said  unto 
him.  Draw  thy  sword,  and  kill  me, 
that  men  say  not  of  me,  A  woman 
slew  him.  And  his  young  man 
thrust  him  through,  and  he  died. 
55  And  when  the;  men  of  Israel 
saw  that  Abimelech  was  dead, 
they  departed  every  man  unto 
his  place.  56  Thus  God  requited 
the  wickedness  of  Abimelech, 
which  he  did  unto  his  father,  in 
slaying  his  seventy  brethren  ;  57 
and  all  the  wickedness  of  the  men 
of  Shechem  did  God  requite  upon 
theii'  heads  :  and  upon  them  came 
the  curse  of  Jotham  the  son  of 
Jerubbaal. 

•i  /^  And  after  Abimelech  there 
-L\J  arose  to  save  Israel  Tola  the 
son  of  Puah,  the  son  of  Dodo,  a 
man  of  Issachar ;  and  he  dwelt  in 
Shamir  in  the  fiill-country  of 
Ephraim.  2  And  he  judged  Israel 
twenty  and  three  years,  and  died, 
and  was  buried  in  Shamir. 

3  And  after  him  arose  Jair,  the 
Gileadite;  and  he  judged  Israel 
twenty  and  two  years.  4  And  he 
had  thirty  sons  that  rode  on  thirty 
ass  colts,  and  they  had  thirty 
cities,  "which  are  called  ■■  Havvoth- 
jair  unto  this  day,  whicli  aie  in 
the  land  of  Gilead.  5  And  Jair 
died,  and  was  buried  in  Kamon. 

6  And  the  children  of  Israel 
again  did  that  which  was  evil  in 
the  sight  of  Jehovah,  and  •''served 
the  Baalim,  and  the  Ashtaroth, 
and  the  {^ods  of  "Syria,  and  the 
gods  of  Sidon,  anfl  the  gods  of 
Moab,  and  "the  gods  of  tne  chil- 
dren of  Ammon,  and  the  gods  of 

*  That  is,  The  towns  of  Jair.     f>  Heb.  Aram. 


251 


10.7 


JUDGES 


11.15 


Israel  oppressed  by  Amrnon.    Jephthah  made  Chief.    His  message  to  the  King  of  Ammon 


the  Philistines  ;  and  "they  forsook 
Jehovah,  and  served  him  not. 
7  And  the  anger  of  Jehovah  was 
kindled  against  Israel,  and  he  sold 
them  into  the  hand  of  the  Philis- 
tines, and  into  the  hand  of  the 
children  of  Ammon.  8  And  they 
vexed  and  oppressed  the  children 
of  Israel  that  year  :  eighteen  years 
op2yressed  they  all  the  children  of 
Israel  that  were  beyond  the  Jordan 
in  the  land  of  the  Amorites,  which 
is  in  Gilead.  9  And  the  children 
of  Ammon  passed  over  the  Jordan 
to  fight  also  against  Judah,  and 
against  Benjamin,  and  against  the 
house  of  Ephraim ;  so  that  Israel 
was  sore  distressed. 

10  And  the  children  of  Israel 
cried  unto  Jehovah,  saying.  We 
have  sinned  against  thee,  even  be- 
cause we  have  forsaken  our  God, 
and  have  served  the  Baalim.  11 
And  Jehovah  said  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  Did  not  /  save  you 
from  the  Egyptians,  and  from  the 
Amorites,  from  the  children  of 
Ammon,  and  from  the  Philistines  1 
12  The  Sidonians  also,  and  the 
Amalekites,  and  the  Maonites,  did 
oppress  you ;  and  ye  cried  unto 
me,  and  I  saved  you  out  of  their 
hand.  13  Yet  ye  have  forsaken 
me,  and  served  other  gods  :  where- 
fore I  will  save  you  no  more.  14 
*  Go  and  cry  unto  the  gods  which 
ye  have  chosen  ;  let  them  save  you 
in  the  time  of  your  distress.  15 
And  the  children  of  Israel  said 
unto  Jehovah,  We  have  sinned : 
do  thou  unto  us  whatsoever  seem- 
eth  good  unto  thee ;  only  deliver  us, 
we  pray  thee,  this  day.  1 6  "And 
they  put  away  the  foreign  gods 
from  among  them,  and  served  Je- 
hovah ;  and  ■*  his  soul  was  grieved 
for  the  misery  of  Israel. 

17  Then  the  children  of  Ammon 
were  gathered  together,  and  en- 
camped in  Gilead.  And  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  assembled  themselves 
together,  and  encamped  in  *Miz- 
pah.  1 8  And  the  people,  the  princes 
of  Gilead,  said  one  to  another,  What 
man  is  he  that  will  begin  to  fight 
against  the  children  of  Ainmon'? 
he  shall  be  head  over  all  the  inhab- 
itants of  Gilead. 

nNow  ^Jephthah  the  Gile- 
adite  was  a  mights'^  man  of 
Valor,  and  he  was  the  son  of  a 
harlot :  and  Gilead  begat  Jeph- 
thah. 2  And  Gilead's  wife  bare 
him   sons;    and   when   his    wife's 


"  Dt.  31.  16. 
17  ;  32.  16 
*>  Dt.  32.  37 
<•  Josh.  24.  23 
d  Dt.  32.  36 
'  ch.  11.  29 
/Heb.  11.32 


!  S.  10.  6,  8 


A  ch.  10.  9,  17 


■  ch.  10.  18 


*  Gen.  31.  60 


'  ver.  29 


sons  grew  up,  they  drove  out 
Jephthah,  and  said  unto  him. 
Thou  shalt  not  inherit  in  our 
father's  house ;  for  thou  art  the 
son  of  another  woman.  3  Then 
Jephthah  fled  from  his  brethren, 
and  dwelt  in  the  land  of  *Tob: 
and  there  were  gathered  vain 
fellows  to  Jephthah,  and  they 
went  out  with  him. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass  after  a 
while,  that  ''the  children  of  Am- 
mon made  war  against  Israel. 
5  And  it  was  so,  that,  when  the 
children  of  Ammon  made  war 
against  Israel,  the  elders  of  Gilead 
went  to  fetch  Jephthah  out  of  the 
land  of  Tob ;  6  and  they  said  unto 
Jephthah,  Come  and  be  our  chief, 
that  we  may  fight  with  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon.  7  And  Jephthah 
said  unto  the  elders  of  Gilead, 
Did  not  ye  hate  me,  and  drive  me 
out  of  my  father's  house  1  and  why 
are  ye  come  unto  me  now  when  ye 
are  in  distress  1  8  And  the  elders 
of  Gilead  said  unto  Jephthah, 
Therefore  are  we  turned  again  to 
thee  now,  that  thou  mayest  go 
with  us,  and  fight  with  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon  ;  and  '  thou  shalt 
be  our  head  over  all  the  inhab- 
itants of  Gilead.  9  And  Jephthah 
said  unto  the  elders  of  Gilead,  If 
ye  bring  me  home  again  to  fight 
with  the  children  of  Ammon,  and 
Jehovah  deliver  them  before  me, 
shall  I  be  your  head'?  10  And  the 
elders  of  Gilead  said  unto  Jeph- 
thah, *  Jehovah  shall  be  Mvitness 
between  us ;  surely  according  to 
thy  word  so  will  we  do.  1 1  Then 
Jephthah  went  with  the  elders  of 
Gilead,  and  the  people  made  him 
head  and  chief  over  them  :  and 
Jephthah  spake  all  his  words  be- 
fore Jehovan  in  *  Mizpah. 

12  And  Jephthah  sent  messen- 
gers unto  the  king  of  the  children 
of  Ammon,  saying.  What  hast  thou 
to  do  with  me,  that  thou  art  come 
unto  me  to  fight  against  mj'^  land? 
13  And  the  king  of  the  children  of 
Ammon  answered  unto  the  messen- 
gers of  Jephthah,  Because  Israel 
took  away  my  land,  when  he  came 
up  out  of  Egsrpt,  from  the  Arnon 
even  unto  the  Jabbok,  and  unto 
the  Jordan  :  now  therefore  restore 
those  lands  again  peaceably.  14 
And  Jephthah  sent  messengers 
again  unto  the  king  of  the  children 
of  Ammon;   15  and  he  said  unto 

1  Heb.  hearer. 


252 


11.16 


JUDGES 


11.31 


Jephthah's  Message  to  the  King  of  Immon.    His  Victory  and  his  Tow 


him,  Thus  saith  Jephthah :  Israel 
took  not  away  the  land  of  Moab, 
nor  the  land  of  the  children  of 
Ammon ;  16  but  when  they  came 
up  from  Egypt,  and  Israel  went 
through  the  wilderness  unto  the 
Red  Sea,  and  "  came  to  Kadesh  ; 
17  then  Israel  sent  messengers 
unto  the  king  of  Edom,  saying. 
Let  me,  I  pray  thee,  pass  through 
thy  land ;  out  the  king  of  Edom 
hearkened  not.  *  And  in  like  man- 
ner he  sent  unto  the  king  of  Moab  ; 
but  he  would  not :  and  Israel  abode 
in  Kadesh.  18  Then  they  went 
through  the  wilderness,  and  "  went 
around  the  land  of  Edom,  and  the 
land  of  ]\Ioab,  and  came  by  the  east 
side  of  the  land  of  Moab,  and  they 
encamped  on  the  other  side  of  the 
Arnon  ;  but  they  ''came  not  within 
the  border  of  Moab,  for  the  Arnon 
was  the  border  of  Moab.  1 9  And 
Israel  sent  "messengers  unto  Sihon 
king  of  the  Amorites,  the  king  of 
Heslibon;  and  Israel  said  unto 
him.  Let  us  pass,  we  pray  thee, 
through  thy  land  unto  my  place. 
20  But  Sihon  trusted  not  Israel  to 
pass  through  his  border ;  but  Sihon 
gathered  all  his  people  together, 
and  encamped  in  Jahaz,  and  fought 
against  Israel.  21  And  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel,  delivered  Sihon 
and  all  his  people  into  the  hand  of 
Israel,  and  they  smote  them :  so 
Israel  possessed  all  the  land  of  the 
Amorites,  the  inhabitants  of  that 
country.  22  -^And  they  possessed 
all  the  border  of  the  Amorites, 
from  the  Arnon  even  unto  the 
Jabbok,  and  from  the  wilderness 
even  unto  the  Jordan.  23  So  now 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  hath 
dispossessed  the  Amorites  from 
before  his  people  Israel,  and 
shouldest  thou  possess  them  1  24 
Wilt  not  thou  possess  that  which 
"Chemosh  thy  god  giveth  thee  to 
possess"?  So  whomsoever  Jehovah 
our  God  hath  dispossessed  from  be- 
fore us,  them  will  we  possess.  25 
And  now  art  thou  anything  better 
than ''  Balak  the  son  of  Zippor,  king 
of  iMoab"?  did  he  ever  strive  against 
Israel,  or  did  he  ever  fight  against 
themi  2G  'While  Israel  dwelt  in 
Heshbon  and  its  Howns,  and  in 
Aroer  and  its  Howns,  and  in  all 
the  cities  that  are  along  by  the 
side  of  the  Arnon,  three  hundred 
years  ;  wlierefore  did  ye  not  recover 
them  within  that  time  ?    27  I  there- 

1  Heb.  daugMers. 


"  Num.  20.  1, 

14-21 
fc.Iosh.  24.  9 
"  Num.  21. 

4  ;  Dt.  2.  8 
■'  Dt.  2.  9, 18, 

in 
*  Num.  21. 

21-32;  Dt. 

2.  26-3fi 
/  Dt.  2.  37 
"  Num.  21. 

29 ;  1  K. 

11.  7 
'i  Num.  22. 

2 ;  Josh. 

24.  9;  Mic. 
G.  ft 

>Num.  21. 

25,  20 ;  Dt. 
2.36 


*  Gen.  16.  ft ; 


18. 


31. 


IS. 
12,  15 
'  Ch.  3.  10 


Ezek. 
17 


'  ver.  11  ; 
ch.  10.  17 


'Ex.  15.  20; 
1  S.  18.  0  ; 
Jer.  31.  4 


P  Num.  30. 
2 ;  Eccl.  6. 
4,6 


fore  have  not  sinned  against  thee, 
but  thou  doest  me  wrong  to  war 
against  me:  *  Jehovah,  the  Judge, 
be  judge  this  day  between  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  and  the  children  of 
Ammon.  28  Howbeit  the  king  of 
the  children  of  Ammon  hearkened 
not  unto  the  words  of  Jephthah 
which  he  sent  him. 

29  Then  'the  Spirit  of  Jehovah 
came  upon  Jephthah,  and  he  passed 
over  Gilead  and  Manasseh,  and 
passed  over  Mizpeh  of  Gileaa,  and 
from  Mizpeh  of  Gilead  he  passed 
over  unto  the  children  of  Ammon. 
30  And  Jephthah  vowed  a  vow 
unto  Jehovah,  and  said.  If  thou 
wilt  indeed  deliver  the  children  of 
Ammon  into  my  hand,  31  then  it 
shall  be,  that  '^whatsoever  cometh 
forth  from  the  doors  of  my  house 
to  meet  me,  when  I  return  in  peace 
from  the  children  of  Ammon,  it 
shall  be  Jehovah's,  and  I  will  offer 
it  up  for  a  burnt-offering.  32  So 
Jephthah  passed  over  unto  the 
children  of  Ammon  to  fight  against 
them  ;  and  Jehovah  delivered  them 
into  his  hand.  33  And  he  smote 
them  from  Aroer  until  thou  come 
to  '"Minnith.  even  twenty  cities, 
and  unto  ^Abel-cheramim,  with  a 
very  great  slaughter.  So  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon  were  subdued  be- 
fore the  children  of  Isiael. 

34  And  Jephthah  came  to  "  Miz- 

Eah  unto  his  house ;  and,  behold, 
is  daughter  came  out  to  meet  him 
"with  timbrels  and  with  dances: 
and  she  was  his  only  child  ;  besides 
her  he  had  neither  son  nor 
daughter.  35  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  he  saw  her,  that  he  rent  his 
clothes,  and  said,  Alas,  my 
daughter!  thou  hast  brought  me 
very  low,  and  thou  art  one  of  them 
that  trouble  me ;  for  I  have  opened 
my  mouth  unto  Jehovah,  and  '^I 
cannot  go  back.  30  And  she  said 
unto  him.  My  father,  thou  hast 
opened  thy  mouth  unto  Jehovah  ; 
do  unto  me  according  to  that  which 
hath  proceeded  out  of  thy  mouth, 
forasmuch  as  Jehovah  hath  taken 
vengeance  for  thee  on  thine  ene- 
mies, even  on  the  children  of  Am- 
mon. 37  And  she  said  unto  her 
father.  Let  this  thing  be  done  for 
me  :  let  me  alone  two  months,  that 
I  may  depart  and  go  down  upon 
the  mountains,  and  bewail  my 
virginity,  I  and  my  companions. 

2  Or,  whosoever 

*  That  is,  The  meadow  of  vineyard*. 


253 


n.  38 


JUDGES 


13.8 


Ephraiiii's  Complaint.    The  Shibboleth.    Jephthah's  Death.    Other  jQdges.    The  Philistine  Oppression.    Vision  of 


38  And  he  said,  Go.  And  he  sent 
her  away  for  two  months  :  and  she 
departed,  she  and  her  companions, 
and  bewailed  her  virginity  upon 
the  mountains.  39  And  it  came  to 
pass  at  the  end  of  two  months,  that 
she  returned  unto  her  father,  who 
did  with  her  according  to  his  vow 
which  he  had  vowed :_  and  she 
knew  not  man.  And  it  was  ^a 
custom  in  Israel,  40  that  the 
daughters  of  Israel  went  yearly  to 
^celebrate  thedaughterofJephthah 
the  Gileadite  four  days  in  a  year. 
-j  O  And  the  men  of  Ephraim 
X  tmi  were  gathered  together,  and 
passed  ^  northward  ;  and  "  they  said 
unto  Jephthah,  Wherefore  passedst 
thou  over  to  fight  a":ainst  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon,  and  didst  not  call 
us  to  go  with  thee?  we  will  burn 
thy  house  upon  thee  with  fire.  2 
And  Jephthah  said  unto  them,  I 
and  my  people  were  at  great  strife 
with  the  children  of  Ammon  ;  and 
when  I  called  you,  ye  saved  me  not 
out  of  their  hand.  3  And  when  I 
saw  that  ye  saved  me  not,  I  *put 
my  life  in  my  hand,  and  i^assed 
over  against  the  children  ot  Am- 
mon, and  Jehovah  delivered  them 
into  my  hand  :  wherefore  then  are 
ye  come  up  unto  me  this  day,  to 
fight  against  mel  4  Then  Jeph- 
thah gathered  together  all  the 
men  of  Gilead,  and  fought  with 
Ephraim ;  and  the  men  of  Gilead 
smote  Ephraim,  because  they  said. 
Ye  are  fugitives  of  Ephraim,  ye  Gile- 
adites,  in  the  midst  of  Ephraim,  and 
in  the  midst  of  Manasseh.  5  And 
the  Gileadites  "took  the  fords  of 
the  Jordan  ^against  the  Ephra- 
imites.  And  it  was  so,  that,  when 
any  of  the  fugitives  of  Ephraim 
said.  Let  me  go  over,  the  men  of 
Gilead  said  unto  him,  Art  thou  an 
Ephraimite "?  If  he  said.  Nay  ;  6 
then  said  they  unto  him..  Say  now 
Shibboleth  ;  and  he  said  Sibboleth  ; 
for  he  could  not  frame  to  pronounce 
it  right :  then  they  laid  hold  on 
him,  and  slew  him  at  the  fords  of 
the  Jordan.  And  there  fell  at  that 
time  of  Ephraim  forty  and  two 
thousand. 

7  And  Jephthah  judged  Israel 
six  years.  Then  died  Jephthah 
the  Gileadite,  and  was  buried  in 
one  of  the  cities  of  Gilead. 

8  And  after  him  Ibzan  of  Beth- 
lehem judged  Israel.      9  And  he 

1  Or,  an  ordinance      ^  Or,  to  Zaphon 

*  Or,  lament  *  Or.  toward  Ephraim 


"  ch.  8.  1 
6  1  S.  19.  5 ; 

28.  21 ; 

Job  13.  14 
"=  Ch.  3.  28 


'  Josh.  19.  41 


/ver.  6, 8, 10, 
11;  6.  11, 
14 ;  Lk.  1. 
11-13 


"  Lk.  1.  15 


ft  Num.  6.  2 


'  ver.  8, 10, 
il;ch.6. 11 


*  ver.  3,  T 
254 


had  thu'ty  sons ;  and  thirty  daugh- 
ters he  sent  abroad,  ana  thirty 
daughters  he  brought  in  from 
abroad  for  his  sons.  And  he 
judged  Israel  seven  years.  10 
And  Ibzan  died,  and  was  buried 
at  Beth-lehem. 

1 1  And  after  him  Elon  the  Zeb- 
ulunite  judged  Israel ;  and  he 
judged  Israel  ten  shears.  12  And 
Elon  the  Zebulunite  died,  and  was 
buried  in  Aijalon  in  the  land  of 
Zebulun. 

13  And  after  him  Abdon  the  son 
of  Hillel  the  Pirathonite  judged  Is- 
rael. 14  And  he  had  forty  sons 
and  thii'ty  sons'  sons,  that  rode  on 
threescore  and  ten  ass  colts :  and 
he  judged  Israel  eight  years. 
15  And  Abdon  the  son  of  Hillel 
the  Pirathonite  died,  and  was 
buried  in  Pirathon  in  the  land  of 
Ephrairn,  in  the  hill-country  of  the 
Amalekites. 

'i  O  And  the  children  of  Israel 
_LO  ''again  did  that  which  was 
evil  in  the  sight  of  Jehovah ;  and 
Jehovah  delivered  them  into  the 
hand  of  the  Philistines  fortj^  years. 

2  And  there  was  a  certain  man 
of  ^Zorah,  of  the  family  of  the 
Danites,  whose  name  was  Manoah  ; 
and  his  wife  was  barren,  and  bare 
not.  3  -^And  the  angel  of  Jehovah 
appeared  unto  the  woman,  and  said 
unto  her.  Behold  now,  thou  art  bar- 
ren, and  bearest  not ;  out  thou  shalt 
conceive,  and  bear  a  son.  4  Now 
therefore  beware,  I  pray  thee,  and 
drink  no  wine  nor  strong  drink, 
and  eat  not  any  unclean  thing  : 
5  "for,  lo,  thou  shalt  conceive,  and 
bear  a  son ;  and  no  razor  shall  come 
upon  his  head ;  for  the  child  shall 
be  a  *  Nazirite  unto  God  from  the 
womb  :  and  he  shall  begin  to  save 
Israel  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Philis- 
tines. 6  Then  the  woman  came 
and  told  her  husband,  saying,  'A 
man  of  God  came  unto  me,  and  his 
countenance  was  like  the  counte- 
nance of  the  angel  of  God,  very 
terrible ;  and  I  asked  him  not 
whence  he  was,  neither  told  he  me 
his  name :  7  but  he  said  unto  me. 
Behold,  thou  shalt  conceive,  and 
bear  a  son ;  and  now  drink  no  wine 
nor  strong  drink,  and  eat  not  any 
unclean  thing ;  for  the  child  shall 
be  a  Nazirite  unto  God  from  the 
womb  to  the  day  of  his  death. 

8  Then  Manoah  entreated  Jeho- 
vah, and  said,  Oh,  Lord,  I  pray 
thee,  let  *the  man  of  God  whom 


13.9 


JUDGES 


14.9 


Hanoah  and  his  Wife.    Samson's  BirtlL    Samson  takes  a  Philistine  Wife.    He  Idlls  a  Lion 


thou  didst  send  come  again  unto 
us,  and  teach  us  what  we  shall  do 
unto  the  child  that  shall  be  born. 
9  And  God  hearkened  to  the  voice 
of  Manoah  ;  and  "  the  angel  of  God 
came  again  unto  the  woman  as  she 
sat  in  the  field  :  but  Manoah  her 
husband  was  not  with  her.  1 0  And 
the  woman  made  haste,  and  ran, 
and  told  her  husband,  and  said 
unto  him,  Behold,  *the  man  hath 
appeared  unto  me,  that  came  unto 
me  the  other  day.  1 1  And  Manoah 
arose,  and  went  after  his  wife,  and 
came  to  the  man,  and  said  unto 
him.  Art  thou  "  the  man  that  spak- 
est  unto  the  woman  1  And  he  said, 
I  am.  1 2  And  Manoah  said, '  Now 
let  thy  words  come  to  pass :  what 
shall  be  the  ordering  of  the  child, 
and  u-nu  shall  we  do  unto  him  1 
13  And  •'the  angel  of  Jehovah 
said  unto  Manoah,  *0f  all  that 
I  said  unto  the  woman  let  her  be- 
ware. 1 4  She  may  not  eat  of  any- 
thing that  cometh  of  the  '^-^vine, 
neither  let  her  drink  wine  or  strong 
drink,  nor  eat  any  unclean  thing ; 
all  that  I  commanded  her  let  her 
observe. 

15  And  Manoah  said  unto  ^the 
angel  of  Jehovah,  I  pray  thee,  let 
us  detain  thee,  that  we  may  make 
ready  a  kid  for  thee.  1 6  And  the 
angel  of  Jehovah  said  unto  Ma- 
noah, Though  thou  detain  me,  ''I 
wUl  not  eat  of  thy  bread ;  and  if 
thou  wilt  make  ready  a  burnt- 
offering,  thou  must  offer  it  unto 
Jehovah.  For  Manoah  knew  not 
that  he  was  the  angel  of  Jehovah. 

17  And  Manoah  said  unto  the 
angel  of  Jehovah,  'What  is  thy 
name,  that,  when  thy  words  come 
to  pass,  we  may  do  thee  honor  ? 

18  And  the  angel  of  Jehovah  said 
unto  him.  Wherefore  askest  thou 
after  my  name,  seeing  it  is  ^*won- 
derfuU  19  So  'Manoah  took  the 
kid  with  the  meal-offering,  and 
offered  it  upon  the  rock  unto  Je- 
hovah :  and  the  angel  dirl  wqn- 
drously  ;  and  Manoah  and  his  wife 
looked  on.  20  For  it  came  to  pass, 
when  the  flame  went  up  toward 
heaven  from  off  the  altar,  that  the 
angel  of  Jehovah  ascended  in  the 
flame  of  the  altar :  and  ]\Ianoah 
and  his  wife  looked  on ;  and  they 
fell  on  their  faces  to  the  ground. 

21  But  the  angel  of  Jehovah  did 
no  more  appear  to  Manoah  or  to  his 

I  Or,  Noin  vhcn  thy  words  come  to  pass,  what 
iec.  *  Or,  graperVVM         *  Or,  sttxA 


"  ver.  8 
^  ver.  9 
■^  ver.  8 
''  ver.  n 
'  ver.  4 
/Num.  6.  4 
•'  ver.  3 
''  ch.  6.  20 
'  <;en.  32.  29 
*  Is.  9.  6 
'  ch.  6.  20,  21 


"'  ver.  16 
"  ch.  6.  22 

"  ch.  3.  10 

P  ch.  18.  11, 
12 


«  Josh.  11. 

20 


■  ch.  3.  10 


'  1  S.  17.  34- 
36 


wife.  ""Then  Manoah  knew  that  he 
was  the  angel  of  Jehovah.  22  And 
Manoah  said  unto  his  wife,  "We 
shall  surely  die,  because  we  have 
seen  God.  23  But  his  wife  said 
unto  him.  If  Jehovah  were  pleased 
to  kill  us,  he  would  not  have  re- 
ceived a  burnt-offering  and  a  meal- 
offering  at  our  hand,  neither  would 
he  have  showed  us  all  these  things, 
nor  would  at  this  time  have  told 
such  things  as  these.  24  And  the 
woman  bare  a  son,  and  called  his 
name''  Samson  :  and  the  child  grew, 
and  Jehovah  blessed  him.  25  Ana 
"  the  Spirit  of  Jehovah  began  to 
move  him  in  **  Mahaneh-dan,  be- 
tween Zorah  and  Eshtaol. 
-A  A  And  Samson  went  down  to 
J_T"  Timnah,  and  saw  a  woman 
in  Timnah  of  the  daughters  of  the 
Philistines.  2  And  he  came  up, 
and  told  his  father  and  his  mother, 
and  said,  I  have  seen  a  woman  in 
Timnah  of  the  daughters  of  the 
Philistines  :  now  therefore  get  her 
for  me  to  wife.  3  Then  his  father 
and  his  mother  said  unto  him,  Is 
there  never  a  woman  among  the 
daughters  of  thy  brethren,  or 
among  all  my  people,  that  thou 
goest  to  take  a  wife  of  the  uncir- 
cumci.sed  Philistines'?  And  Sam- 
son said  unto  his  father,  Get  her 
for  me ;  for  she  pleaseth  me  well. 
4  But  his  father  and  his  mother 
knew  not  that  it  was  of  Jehovah  ; 
«for  he  sought  an  occasion  against 
the  Philistines.  Now  at  that  time 
the  Philistines  had  rule  over  Israel. 
5  Then  went  Samson  down,  and 
his  father  and  his  mother,  to  Tim- 
nah, and  came  to  the  vineyards  of 
Timnah  :  and,  behold,  a  young  lion 
roared  against  him.  6  And  ""the 
Spirit  of  Jehovah  came  mightily 
upon  him,  and  'he  rent  him  as  he 
would  have  rent  a  kid  ;  and  he  had 
nothing  in  his  hand :  but  he  told 
not  his  father  or  his  mother  what 
he  had  done.  7  And  he  went 
down,  and  talked  with  the  woman- 
and  she  pleased  Samson  well.  8  And 
after  a  while  he  returned  to  take  her; 
and  he  turned  aside  to  see  the  car- 
cass of  the  lion  :  and,  behold,  there 
was  a  swarm  of  bees  in  tlie  body  of 
the  lion,  and  honey.  9  And  he  took 
it  into  his  hands,  and  went  on,  eat- 
ing as  he  went ;  and  he  came  to  his 
father  and  mother,  and  gave  unto 
them,  and  they  did  e^t :  but  he 
told  them  not  that  he  had  taken 

*  Heb.  SlUmahov        *  That  is,  The  camp  o/Daiu 


25o 


14.10 


JUDGES 


15.11 


Samson's  Riddle  at  the  Marriage  Feast.    His  Feat  witli  tlie  Foies.    He  is  boand  with  new  Ropes 


the  honey  out  of  the  body  of  the 
lion. 

10  And  his  father  went  down 
unto  the  woman  :  and  Samson 
made  there  a  feast ;  for  so  used 
the  young  men  to  do.  11  And  it 
came  to  pass,  when  they  saw  him, 
that  they  brought  thirty  compan- 
ions to  be  with  him.  12  And 
Samson  said  unto  them,  Let  me 
now  "  put  forth  a  riddle  unto  you  : 
if  ye  can  declare  it  unto  me  within 
the  *  seven  days  of  the  feast,  and 
find  it  out,  then  I  will  give  you 
thirty  linen  garments  and  thirty 
changes  of  raiment;  13  but  if  ye 
cannot  declare  it  unto  me,  then 
shall  ye  give  me  thirty  linen  gar- 
ments and  thirty  changes  of  rai- 
ment. And  they  said  unto  him. 
Put  forth  thy  riddle,  that  we  may 
hear  it.  14  And  he  said  unto 
them, 

Out  of  the  eater  came  forth  food, 

And  out  of  the  strong  came  forth 
sweetness. 
And  they  could  not  in  three  days 
declare  tne  riddle. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
seventh  day,  that  they  said  unto 
Samson's  wife,  Entice  thy  hus- 
band, that  he  may  declare  unto  us 
the  riddle,  lest  we  burn  thee  and 
thy  father's  house  with  fire :  have 
ye  called  us  to  ^  impoverish  us  1  is 
it  not  sol  16  And  Samson's  wjfe 
wept  before  him,  and  said,  Thou 
dost  but  hate  me,  and  lovest  me 
not :  thou  hast  put  forth  a  riddle 
unto  the  children  of  my  people, 
and  hast  not  told  it  me.  And  he 
said  unto  her,  Behold,  I  have  not 
told  it  my  father  nor  my  mother, 
and  shall  I  tell  thee?  17  And  she 
wept  before  him  the  seven  days, 
while  their  feast  lasted :  and  it 
came  to  pass  on  the  seventh  day, 
that  he  told  her,  because  she 
pressed  him  sore  ;  and  she  told  the 
riddle  to  the  children  of  her  peo- 
ple. 18  And  the  men  of  the  city 
said  unto  him  on  the  seventh  day 
before  the  sun  went  down,  What  is 
sweeter  than  honey"?  and  what  is 
stronger  than  a  lion  1  And  he  said 
unto  them. 

If  ye  had  not  plowed  with  my 

heifer. 
Ye  had  not  found  out  my  rid- 
dle. 
19  And /the    Spirit    of    Jehovah 
came  mightily  upon  him,  and  he 
went  down  to  Ashkelon,  and  smote 

1  Or,  take  that  which  we  have 


°  Ezek.  17. 2 
6  Gen.  29.  27 
"  ch.  3.  10 


d  Gen.  38. 17 


•  ch.  14.  15 


/ch.  13.  l; 
14.  4 


256 


thirty  men  of  them,  and  took  their 
'^  spoil,  and  gave  the  changes  of 
raiment  unto  them  that  declared 
the  riddle.  And  his  anger  was 
kindled,  and  he  went  up  to  his 
father's  house.  20  But  Samson's 
wife  was  given  to  his  companion^ 
whom  he  had  used  as  his  friend. 
^  pT  But  it  came  to  pass  after  a 
A-tJ  while,  in  the  time  of  wheat 
harvest,  that  Samson  visited  his 
wife  "^  with  a  kid ;  and  he  said,  I 
will  go  in  to  my  wife  into  the 
chamber.  But  her  father  would 
not  suffer  him  to  go  in.  2  And 
her  father  said,  I  verily  thought 
that  thou  hadst  utterly  hated  her  ; 
therefore  I  gave  her  to  thy  com- 
panion :  is  not  her  younger  sister 
fairer  than  she"?  take  her,  I  pray 
thee,  instead  of  her.  3  And  Sam- 
son said  unto  them.  This  time 
^  shall  I  be  blameless  in  regard  of 
the  Philistines,  when  I  do  them  a 
mischief.  4  And  Samson  went 
and  caught  three  hundred  ''foxes, 
and  took  *  firebrands,  and  turned 
tail  to  tail,  and  put  a  firebrand  in 
the  midst  between  every  two  tails. 
5  And  when  he  had  set  the  brands 
on  fire,  he  let  them  go  into  the 
standing  grain  of  the  Philistines, 
and  burnt  up  both  the  shocks  and 
the  standing  grain,  and  also  the 
oliveyards.  6  Then  the  Philis- 
tines said.  Who  hath  done  this? 
And  they  said,  Samson,  the  son- 
in-law  of  the  Timnite,  because  he 
hath  taken  his  wife,  and  given  her 
to  his  companion.  And  the  Philis- 
tines came  up,  and  "  burnt  her  and 
her  father  with  fire.  7  And  Sam- 
son said  unto  them.  If  ye  do  after 
this  manner,  surely  I  will  be 
avenged  of  you,  and  after  that  I 
will  cease.  8  And  he  smote  them 
hip  and  thigh  with  a  great  slaugh- 
ter :  and  he  went  down  and  dwelt 
in  the  cleft  of  the  rock  of  Etam. 

9  Then  the  Philistines  went  up, 
and  encamped  in  Judah,  and 
spread  themselves  in  Lehi.  10 
And  the  men  of  Judah  said.  Why 
are  ye  come  up  against  us?  And 
they  said.  To  bind  Samson  are  we 
come  up,  to  do  to  him  as  he  hath 
done  to  us.  11  Then  three  thou- 
sand men  of  Judah  went  down  to 
the  cleft  of  the  rock  of  Etam,  and 
said  to  Samson,  Knowest  thou  not 
^that  the  Philistines  are  rulers 
over  us?   what  then  is  this  that 


2  Or,  apparel 

3  Or,  shall  I  be  quits  with 


*  Or,  jackals 
6  Or,  torches 


15.12 


JUDGES 


26. 12 


Samson's  Feat  with  the  Jawbone.    He  rarries  away  the  6ate  of  Gaza.    Delilah  tries  to  elicit  the  Secret  of  his  Strengtli 


thou  hast  done  unto  usi  And  he 
said  unto  them,  As  they  did  unto 
me,  so  have  I  done  unto  them.  12 
And  they  said  unto  him,  We  are 
come  down  to  bind  thee,  tliat  we 
may  deliver  thee  into  the  hand  of 
the  Philistines.  And  Samson  said 
unto  them,  Swear  unto  me,  that 
ye  will  not  fall  upon  me  your- 
selves. 13  And  they  spake  unto 
him,  saying,  No  ;  but  we  will  bind 
thee  fast,  and  deliver  thee  into 
their  hand  :  but  surely  we  will  not 
kill  thee.  And  they  bound  him 
with  two  new  ropes,  and  brought 
him  up  from  the  rock. 

14  When  he  came  unto  Lehi,  the 
Philistines  shouted  as  they  met 
/lira :  and  "  the  Spirit  of  Jeliovah 
came  mightily  upon  him,  and  the 
j?opes  that  were  upon  his  arms  be- 
came aa  flax  that  was  burnt  with 
fire,  and  his  bands  ^  dropped  from 
off  his  hands.  15  And  he  found  a 
fresh  iawbone  of  an  ass,  and  put 
forth  nis  hand,  and  took  it,  and 
smote  a  thousand  men  therewith. 

16  And  Samson  said, 

With  the  jawbone  of   an  ass, 

^heaps  upon  heaps, 
With   the   jawbone  of   an    ass 

have   I    smitten  a  thousand 

men. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
had  made  an  end  of  speaking,  that 
he  cast  away  the  iawbone  out  of 
his  hand ;  and  *  tnat  place  was 
called  ^  Kamath-lehi.  18  And  he 
was  sore  athirst,  and  *  called  on 
Jehovah,  and  said.  Thou  hast  given 
this  great  deliverance  by  the  nand 
of  thy  servant;  and  now  shall  I 
die  for  thirst,  and  fall  into  the 
hand  of  the  uncircumcised.  19 
But  God  clave  the  hollow  place 
that  is  in  ®Lehi,  and  there  came 
water  thereout ;  and  when  he  had 
drunk,  his  spirit  came  again,  and 
he  revived  :  wherefore  ^  the  name 
thereof  was  called  ^En-hakkore, 
which  is  in  Lehi,  unto  this  day. 
20  And  "he  judged  Israel  in 
''the  days  of  the  Philistines  twenty 
years. 

"i  ^  And  Samson  went  to 
-L\J  "Gaza,  and  saw  there  a 
harlot,  and  went  in  unto  her. 
2  And  it  was  told  the  Gazites, 
saying,    Samson    is    come    hither. 

1  Heb.  were  vielted.     -  Heb.  heap,  two  heaps. 

8  Or,  He  called  that  place 

*  That  ie,  Th^e  hill  o/  the  jawbone. 

5  Or,  the  jinofiove 

6  Or,  he  called  the  name  thereof 

"f  That  is,  The  spring  of  him  that  called. 
0 


"ch.  14.  19; 

1  S.  11.  G 
l>  ch.  IG.  28 
"  Heb.  11.  32 
rfch.  13.  1; 

Iti.  31 
'  Josli.  16. 

47 


/  Josil.  13.  3 
"  ch.  14.  16 


And  tliey  compassed  him  in,  ind 
laid  wait  for  him  all  night  in  the 
gate  of  the  city,  and  were  quiet 
all  the  night,  saying,  '^  M,et  be  till 
morning  light,  then  we  will  kill 
him.  3  And  Samson  lay  till  mid- 
night, and  arose  at  midnight,  and 
laid  hold  of  the  doors  of  the  gate 
of  the  city,  and  the  two  posts,  and 
plucked  them  up,  bar  and  ali, 
and  put  them  upon  his  shoulders, 
and  carried  them  up  to  the  top  of 
the  mountain  that  is  before  Hebron. 
4  And  it  came  to  pass  afterward, 
that  he  loved  a  woman  "in  the 
valley  of  Sorek,  whose  name  was 
Delilah.  5  And  tlie  •'lords  of  the 
Philistines  came  up  unto  her,  and 
said  unto  her,  "Entice  him,  and 
see  wherein  his  great  strength 
lieth,  and  by  what  means  we  may 

Erevail  against  him,  that  we  may 
ind  him  to  ^°  afflict  him :  and  we 
will  give  thee  every  one  of  us 
eleven  hundred  pieces  of  silver. 
6  And  Delilah  said  to  Samson, 
Tell  me,  I  pray  thee,  wherein  thy 
great  strength  lieth,  and  where- 
with thou  mightest  be  bound  to 
afflict  thee.  7  And  Samson  said 
unto  her.  If  they  bind  me  with 
seven  "  green  withes  that  were 
never  dried,  then  shall  I  become 
weak,    and    be    as    another   man. 

8  Then  the  lords  of  the  Philistines 
brought  up  to  her  seven  "  green 
withes  which  had  not  been  dried, 
and  she    bound    him  with    them. 

9  Now  she  had  liers-in-wait  abid- 
ing in  the  inner  chamber.  And 
she  said  unto  him,  The  Philistines 
are  upon  thee,  Samson.  And  he 
brake  the  withes,  as  a  string  of 
tow  is  broken  when  it  ^'- toucheth 
the  fire.  So  his  strength  was  not 
known. 

10  And  Delilah  said  unto  Sam- 
son, Behold,  thou  hast  mocked  me, 
and  told  me  lies :  now  tell  me^  I 
pray  thee,  wherewith  thou  might- 
est be  bound.  11  And  he  said 
unto  her.  If  they  only  bind  me 
with  new  ropes  wherewith  no 
work  liath  been  done,  then  shall  I 
become  weak,  and  be  as  another 
man.  12  So  Delilah  took  new 
ropes,  and  bound  him  therewith, 
and  said  unto  him.  Tlie  PhiHstines 
are  upon  thee,  Samson.  And  the 
liers-in-wait  were  abiding  in  the 
inner    chamber.      And    he    brake 


*  Or,  When  (or.  Before)  the  morning  is  light 
'  Or,  'ly  the  brook  "  Or,  n«y  bowstrlnys 

w  Or,  humble  2  Heb.  w.  dleth. 


■2.bl 


16.13 


JUDGES 


l'/.2 


Samson  is  betrayed  by  Delilali.    His  Eyes  are  put  oat.    He  is  moeked,  bnt  is  AYcn^ed  in  bis  Deatb.    Micab  and  bis  Idols 


them  from  off  his  arms  like  a 
thread. 

13  And  Delilah  said  unto  Sam- 
son, Hitherto  thou  hast  mocked 
me,  and  told  me  lies :  tell  me 
wherewith  thou  mightest  be 
bound.  And  he  said  unto  her.  If 
thou  weavest  the  seven  locks  of 
my  head  with  the  web.  14  And 
she  fastened  it  with  the  pin,  and 
said  unto  him.  The  Philistines 
are  upon  thee,  Samson.  And  he 
awaked  out  of  his  sleep,  and 
plucked  away  the  pin  of  the  beam, 
and  the  web. 

15  And  she  said  unto  him,  "How- 
canst  thou  say,  I  love  thee,  when 
thy  heart  is  not  with  me]  thou 
hast  mocked  me  these  three  times, 
and  hast  not  told  me  wherein  thy 
great  strength  lieth.  16  And  it 
came  to  pass,  when  she  pressed  him 
daily  with  her  words,  and  urged 
him,  that  his  soul  was  vexed  unto 
death.  17  And  he  told  her  all 
his  heart,  and  said  unto  her.  There 
hath  not  come  a  razor  upon  iny 
head  ;  for  I  have  been  a  *  Nazirite 
unto  God  from  my  mother's  womb: 
if  I  be  shaven,  then  my  sti-ength 
will  go  from  me,  and  i  shall  be- 
come weak,  and  be  like  any  other 
man. 

18  And  when  Delilah  saw  that 
he  had  told  her  all  his  heart,  she 
sent  and  called  for  the  lords  of  the 
Philistines,  saying.  Come  up  this 
once,  for  ^he  hath  told  me  all  his 
heart.  Then  the  lords  of  the 
Philistines  came  up  unto  her,  and 
brought  the  money  in  their  hand. 
19  And  she  made  him  sleep  upon 
her  knees  ;  and  she  called  for  '^  a 
man,  and  shaved  off  the  seven 
locks  of  his  head  ;  and  she  began 
to  afflict  him,  and  his  strength 
went  from  him.  20  And  she  said, 
The  Philistines  are  upon  thee, 
Samson.  And  he  awoke  out  of  his 
sleep,  and  said,  I  will  go  out  as  at 
other  times,  and  shake  myself  free. 
But  he  knew  not  that  Jehovah  was 
departed  from  him.  21  And  the 
Philistines  laid  hold  on  him,  and 

Eut  out  his  eyes ;  and  they  brought 
im  down  to  Gaza,  and  bound  hini 
with  fetters  of  brass;  and  he  did 
grind  in  the  prison-house.  22 
Howbeit  the  hair  of  his  head  began 
to  grow  again  after  he  was  shaven. 
23  And  the  lords  of  the  Philis- 
tines gathered   them    together  to 

1  Or,  according  to  another  reading,  he  had  told 
her  *  Or,  the  men 


"  ch.  U.  16 


b  ch.  13.  5 ; 
Num.  6. 5 


M  S.  5.  .. 
rf  ch.  15.  18 


'  ch.  16.  20 


258 


offer  a  great  sacrifice  unto  '^Dagon 
their  g^,  and  to  rejoice;  for  they 
said.  Our  god  hath  delivered 
Samson  our  enemy  into  our  hand. 
24  And  when  the  people  saw  him, 
they  praised  their  god;  for  they 
said,  Our  god  hath  delivered  into 
our  hand  our  enemy,  and  the  de- 
stroyer of  our  country,  who  hath 
slain  many  of  us.  25  And  it  came 
to  pass,  when  their  hearts  were 
merry,  that  they  said.  Call  for 
Samson,  that  he  may  make  us 
sport.  And  they  called  for  Samson 
out  of  the  prison-house;  and  he 
made  sport  before  them.  And  they 
set  him  between  the  pillars :  26  and 
Samson  said  unto  the  lad  that  held 
him  by  the  hand.  Suffer  me  that  I 
may  feel  the  pillars  whereupon  the 
house  resteth,  that  I  may  lean  upon 
them.  27  Now  the  house  was  full 
of  men  and  women;  and  all  the 
lords  of  the  Philistines  were  there ; 
and  there  were  upon  the  roof  about 
three  thousand  men  and  women, 
that  beheld  while  Samson  made 
sport. 

28  "And  Samson  called  unto  Je- 
hovah, and  said,  O  Lord  Jehovah, 
remember  me,  I  pray  thee,  and 
strengthen  me,  I  pray  thee,  only 
this  once,  O  God,  that  I  may  /  be 
at  once  avenged  of  the  Philistines 
for  my  two  eyes.  29  And  Samson 
took  hold  of  the  two  middle  pillars 
upon  which  the  house  rested,  and 
leaned  upon  them,  the  one  with  his 
tight  hand,  and  the  other  with  his 
left.  30  And  Samson  said.  Let  me 
die  with  the  Philistines.  And  he 
bowed  hinlself  with  all  his  might; 
and  the  house  fell  upon  the  lords, 
and  upon  all  the  people  that  were 
therein.  So  the  dead  that  he  slew 
at  his  death  were  more  than  they 
that  he  slew  in  his  life.  31  Then 
his  brethren  and  all  the  house  of 
his  father  came  down,  and  took 
him,  and  brought  him  up,  and 
buried  him  between  Zorah  and 
Eshtaol  in  the  burying-place  of 
Manoah  his  father.  *And  he 
judged  Israel  twenty  years. 
^  'T  And  there  was  a  man  of 
-L  I  the  hill-country  of  Ephraim, 
whose  name  was  Micah.  2  And  he 
said  unto  his  mother.  The  eleven 
hundred  pieces  of  silver  that  were 
taken  from  thee,  about  which  thou 
didst  utter  *  a  curse,  and  didst  also 
speak  it  in  mine  ears,  behold,  the 

3  Or,  be  avenged  .  .  .  for  one  of  my  two  eyes 
*  Or,  an  adjuration 


X7.3 


JUDGES 


18.13 


Micah  hires  a  levite  to  be  his  Priest.    The  Danites  seek  an  Inheritance.    Spies  explore  the  land.    An  armed  Force  sent  out 


silver  is  with  nie;  I  took  it.  And 
his  mother  said.  Blessed  be  my  son 
of  Jehovah.  3  And  he  restoi'ed  the 
eleven  hundred  ^j/tt-t.s  of  siher  to 
his  mother ;  and  his  mother  said, 
I  verily  ^  dedicate  the  silver  unto 
Jehovah  t'l-om  my  hand  for  my 
son,  "to  make  a  graven  image  and 
a  molten  image:  now  therefore  1 
will  restore  it  unto  thee.  4  And 
when  he  restored  the  money  unto 
his  mother,  his  mother  took  two 
hundred  p^'eff?*-  of  silver,  and  gave 
them  to  the  founder,  who  made 
thereof  a  graven  image  and  a 
molten  image:  and  it  was  in  the 
tiouse  of  Micah.  5  And  the  man 
Mieah  had  a  house  'of  "gods,  and 
he  made  an  "ephod,  and  '^  teraphim, 
4nd  ^consecrated  one  of  his  sons, 
*  who  became  Ijis  priest.  6  In  those 
days  -^there  was  no  king  in  Israel: 
"every  man  did  that  which  was 
right  in  his  own  eyes. 

7  And  there  was  a  young  man 
out  of  ''  Beth-lehem-judah,  of  the 
family  of  Judah,  who  was  a  Levite; 
and  he  sojourned  there.  8  And  the 
man  departed  out  of  the  city,  out 
of  Beth-lehem-judah,  to  sojourn 
where  he  could  find  a  place;  and 
he  came  to  tlie  'hill-country  of 
Ephraira  to  the  house  of  Mican,  as 
he  journeyed.  9  And  JMicah  said 
unto  him.  Whence  comest  thou? 
And  he  said  unto  him,  I  am  a 
Levite  of  Beth-lehem-judah,  and  I 
go  to  sojourn  where  I  may  find  a 
place.  10  And  Micah  said  unto 
him.  Dwell  with  me,  and  be  unto 
me  *a  father  and  a  priest,  and  I 
will  give  thee  ten  pieces  of  silver  by 
the  yea,r,  and  a  suit  of  apparel,  and 
thy  victuals.  So  the  Levite  went 
in.  1 1  And  the  Levite  was  content 
to  dwell  with  the  man;  and  the 
young  man  Avas  unto  him  as  one 
of  his  sons,  ll^  And  JMicah  conse- 
crated the  Levite,  and  the  young 
man  '  became  his  priest,  and  was 
in  the  house  of  Micah.  13  Then 
said  Micah,  Now  know  I  tha,t  Je- 
hovah will  do  me  good,  seeing  I 
have  a  Levite  to  my  priest. 
1  Q  "'I'l  those  days  there  was 
iO  no  king  in  Israel:  and  "in 
those  days  the  tribe  of  the  Danites 
sought  them  an  inheritance  to  dwell 
in ;  for  unto  that  day  their  inheri- 
tance had  not  fallen  unto  them 
among  the  tribes  of  Israel.  2  And 
the  children  of  Dan  sent  of  their 

1  Or,  had  dedicated  2  Or,  God 

3  Heb.  filled  the  hand  of. 


"  Ex.  2n.  4, 

•j:! ;  :«.  17 
l>  Ch.  18.  24 

"^  ch.  8.  27 ; 

IS.  14 
d  Gen.  .'Jl.  IP 
'  Num.  3.  10 
/cli.  18.  1; 

]!».  1 
^'  Dt.  12.  8 
'I-  cli.  I'J.  1  ; 

Ruth  1.  1, 

2 ;  Mic.  5. 

2 ;  Mt.  2.  1 
>  Josh.  24.  33 
*■■  Cli.  18.  19 
'  Num.  10. 

K);  IS.  1-7 
'"  ch.  17.  6 ; 

19.  1 
"  Josh.  19. 

40-48 


"  ch.  13.  2.5 

-f  ch.  17.  1 
'J  ch.  17.  12 

*■  ver.  29 ; 
Josh.  19.  47 


'  ch.  13.  25 


259 


family  five  men  from  their  whole 
number,  men  of  valor,  fiom  "Zorah, 
and  from  Eshtaol,  to  spy  out  the 
land,  and  to  .search  it;  and  they 
said  unto  them,  (Jo.sc^arch  the  land. 
And  they  came  to  'the  hill-country_ 
of  Ephraim,  unto  the  house  of 
Micah,  and  lodged  there.  3  When 
they  were  by  the  house  of  Micah, 
they  knew  the  voice  of  the  young 
man  the  Levite;  and  they  turned 
aside  thither,  and  said  unto  him. 
Who  brought  thee  hither?  and 
what  doest  thou  in  this  place?  and 
what  hast  thou  here?  4  And  he 
said  unto  them,  Thus  and  thus  hath 
Micah  dealt  with  me,  and  he  hath 
liired  me,  and  '' L  am  become  his 
lariest.  5  And  they  said  unto  him, 
Ask  counsel,  we  pray  thee,  of  God, 
that  we  may  know  whether  our 
wt;,y  which  we  go  shall  be  pi'osper- 
ous.  6  And  the  priest  said  unto 
them.  Go  in  peace:  before  Jehovah 
is  your  way  wherein  ye  go. 

7  Then  the  five  men  departed, 
and  came  to  ''Laish,  and  saw  the 
people  that  were  therein,  how  they 
dwelt  in  secui-ity,  after  the  manner 
of  the  Sidonians,  quiet  and  secure; 
for  there  was  none  in  the  land,  pos 
sessing  ^authority,  ^that  rnight  ijut 
t/ie/n  to  shame  in  anything  and 
they  were  far  from  the  Sidimians, 
and  had  no  dealings  with  any 
man.  8  And  they  came  unto  their 
bz'ethren  to  Zorah  and  Eshtaol: 
and  their  brethren  said  unto  them. 
What  say  ye?  0  And  thej^  said, 
Arise,  and  let  us  go  up  against 
them;  for  we  have  seen  the  land, 
and,  behold,  it  is  very  good:  and 
are  ye  still?  be  not  slothful  to  go 
and  to  enter  in  to  possess  the  land. 
10  When  ye  go,  ye  shall  come  unto 
a  people  secure,  and  the  land  is 
large;  for  God  hath,  given  it  into 
your  hand,  a  place  where  there  is 
no  want  of  anything  that  is  in  the 
earth. 

11  And  there  set^  forth  from 
thence  of  the  family  of  the  Danites, 
out  of  Zorah  and  out  of  Eshtaol, 
six  hundred  men  girt  with  weapons 
of  war.  1 2  And  .they  went  up,  and 
encamped  in  Kiriath-jearim,  in  Ju- 
dah: wherefore  they  called  that 
place *^Iahaneh-dan  unto  this  day; 
oehold,  it  is  behind  Kiriath-jearim. 
13  And  they  passed  thence  unto 
the  hill-country  of  Ephraim,  and 
came  unto  the  hou.se  of  Micah. 

*  Heb.  prtwer  of  restraint. 
'  Or,  that  might  do  any  hurt 


18.14 


JUDGES 


19.5 


The  Danites  take  Micah's  Prit^st  aud  Images.    They  capture  laish.    A  levite  goes  to  recover  his  Concubiue 


14  Then  answered  the  five  men 
that  went  to  spy  out  the  country 
of  Laish,  and  said  unto  their 
brethren,  Do  ye  know  that  there 
is  in  these  houses  "an  ephod,  and 
teraphim,  and  a  graven  image,  and 
a  molten  image?  now  therefore  con- 
sider what  ye  have  to  do.  1 5  And 
they  turned  aside  thither,  and  came 
to  the  house  of  the  young  man  the 
Levite,  even  unto  the  house  of 
Micah,  and  asked  him  of  his  wel- 
fare. 1 6  And  the  six  hundred  men 
girt  with  their  weapons  of  war,  who 
were  of  the  children  of  Dan,  stood 
by  the  entrance  of  the  gate.  17 
And  the  five  men  that  went  to  spy 
out  the  land  went  up,  and  came 
in  thither,  and  took  the  graven 
image,  and  the  ephod,  and  the 
teraphim,  and  the  molten  image : 
and  the  priest  stood  by  the  en- 
trance of  the  gate  with  the  six 
hundred  men  girt  with  weapons 
of  war.  18  And  when  these  went 
into  Micah's  house,  and  fetched  the 
graven  image,  the  ephod,  and  the 
teraphim,  and  the  molten  image, 
the  priest  said  unto  them,  What 
do  ye  1  19  And  they  said  unto  him. 
Hold  thy  peace,  lay  thy  hand  upon 
thy  mouth,  and  go  with  us,  and  be 
to  us  *  a  father  and  a  priest:  is  it 
better  for  thee  to  be  priest  unto 
the  house  of  one  man,  or  to  be 
priest  unto  a  tribe  and  a  family  in 
Israel  ?  20  And  the  priest's  heart 
was  glad,  and  he  took  the  ephod, 
and  the  teraphim,  and  the  graven 
image,  and  went  in  the  midst  of 
the  people. 

2 1  So  they  turned  and  departed, 
and  put  the  little  ones  and  the 
cattle  and  the  goods  before  them. 
22  When  they  were  a  good  way 
from  the  house  of  Micah,  the  men 
that  were  in  the  houses  near  to 
Micah's  house  were  gathered  to- 
gether, and  overtook  the  children 
of  Dan.  23  And  they  cried  unto 
the  children  of  Dan.  And  they 
turned  their  faces,  and  said  unto 
Micah,  What  aileth  thee,  ^  that 
thou  comest  with  such  a  company  1 

24  And  he  said,  Ye  have  taken 
away  "  my  gods  which  I  made,  and 
the  priest,  and  are  gone  away,  and 
what  have  I  more'?  and  how  then 
say  ye  unto  me,  AVhat  aileth  thee "? 

25  And  the  children  of  Dan  said 
unto  him,  Let  not  th^  voice  be 
heard  among  us,   lest  -angry  fel- 

1  Heb.  that  thov,  art  gathered  tooether. 

2  Heb.  bitter  of  soul. 


"  ch.  17.  5 
i>  ch.  17. 10 
"  ch.  17.  6 


rf  ver.  7  ; 
Josh.  19. 
47 


'  2  S.  10.  6 


/  ch.  17.  3,  5 
»  Er.  2.  22  ; 

18.  3 
h  ch.  17.  3,  5 


i  ch,  18.  1 


fc  Gen.  34.  3  ; 

50.  21 


'  ver.  8 ; 
Gen.  18.  5 


260 


lows  fall  upon  you,  and  thou  lose 
thy  life,  with  the  lives  of  thy  house- 
hold. 26  And  the  children  of  Dan 
went  their  way:  and  when  Micah 
saw  that  they  were  too  strong  for 
him,  he  turned  and  went  back  into 
his  house. 

27  And  they  took  that  which 
Micah  had  made,  and  the  priest 
whom  he  had,  and  came  unto 
''Laish,  unto  a  people  quiet  and 
secure,  and  smote  them  with  the 
edge  of  the  sword  ;  and  they  burnt 
the  city  with  fire.  28  And  there 
was  no  deliverer,  because  it  was  far 
from  Sidon,  and  they  had  no  deal- 
ings with  any  man  ;  and  it  was  in 
the  valley  that  lieth  by  "  Beth-re- 
hob.  And  they  built  the  city,  and 
dwelt  therein.  29  And  they  called 
the  name  of  the  city  Dan,  after  the 
name  of  Dan  their  father,  who  was 
born  unto  Israel :  howbeit  the  name 
of  the  city  was  Laish  at  the  first. 
30  And  the  children  of  Dan  set  up 
for  themselves  •'  the  graven  image  ; 
and  .Jonathan,  the  son  of  ^  Gershom, 
the  son  of  ^  Moses,  ''  he  and  his  sons 
were  priests  to  the  tribe  of  the 
Danites  until  the  day  of  the  cap- 
tivity of  the  land.  31  So  they 
set  them  up  Micah's  graven  image 
which  he  made,  all  the  time  that 
the  house  of  God  was  in  Shiloh. 
'I  O  And  it  came  to  pass  in 
-l-«y  those  days,  when  'there  was 
no  king  in  Israel,  that  there  waa 
a  certain  Levite  sojourning  on  the 
farther  side  of  the  hill-country  of 
Ephraim,  who  took  to  him  a  con- 
cubine out  of  Beth-lehem-.iudah. 
2  And  his  concubine  played  the 
harlot  against  him,  and  went  away 
from  him  unto  her  father's  house 
to  Beth-lehem-judah,  and  was  there 
the  space  of  four  months.  3  And 
her  husband  arose,  and  went  after 
her,  to  *  speak  *  kindly  unto  her,  to 
bring  her  again,  having  his  servant 
with  him,  and  a  couple  of  asses  :  and 
she  brought  him  into  her  father's 
house  ;  and  when  the  father  of  the 
damsel  saw  him,  he  rejoiced  to  meet 
him.  4  And  his  father-in-law,  the 
damsel's  father,  retained  him  ;  and 
he  abode  with  him  three  days :  so 
they  did  eat  and  drink,  and  lodged 
there.  5  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
fourth  day,  that  they  arose  early  in 
the  morning,  and  he  rose  up  to  de 
part :  and  the  damsel's  father  said 
unto  his    son-in-law,   'Strengthen 

3  Another  reading  is,  Manasseh. 
*  Heb.  to  her  heart. 


19.6 


JUDGES 


19.  27 


Shamerul  Ibaso  of  the  Levite's  Concubine  in  Gibeab 


thy  heart  with  a  morsel  of  bi-ead, 
and  afterward  ye  shall  go  voiir 
way.  6  iSo  they  sat  down,  and  did 
eat  and  drink,  both  of  thorn  to- 
gether :  and  the  damsel's  father 
said  unto  the  man.  Be  pleased,  1 
pray  thee,  to  tarry  all  night,  and 
"let  thy  heart  be  merry.  7  And 
the  man  rose  up  to  depart ;  but  his 
father-in-law  urged  him,  and  lie 
lodged  there  again.  8  And  he  arose 
early  in  the  morning  on  the  hfth 
day  to  depart ;  and  the  damsel's 
father  said,  Strengthen  thy  heart, 
I  pray  thee,  and  tarry  ye  until  the 
day  declineth ;  and  they  did  eat, 
both  of  them.  9  And  when  the 
man  rose  up  to  depart,  he,  and  his 
concubine,  and  his  servant,  his  fa- 
ther-in-law, the  damsel's  father, 
said  unto  him.  Behold,  now  the  day 
draweth  toward  evening,  I  pray 
you  tarry  all  night :  behold,  the 
day  groweth  to  an  end,  lodge  here, 
tliat  thy  heart  may  be  merry  ;  and 
to-morrow  get  you  early  on  your 
way,  that  thou  mayest  go  '  home. 

10  But  the  man  would  not  tarry 
that  night,  but  he  rose  up  and 
departed,  and  came  over  against 
''.Jebus  (the  same  is  .Jerusalem): 
and  there  were  with  him  a  couple 
of  asses  saddled ;  his  concubine 
also  was  with  him.  11  When 
they  were  by  Jebus,  the  day  was 
far  spent ;  and  "^  the  servant  said 
unto  his  master,  Come,  I  pray 
thee,  and  let  us  turn  aside  into 
this  city  of  the  Jebusites,  and 
lodge  in  it.  12  And  his  master 
said  unto  him.  We  will  not  turn 
aside  into  the  city  of  a  foreigner, 
^that  is  not  of  the  children  of 
Israel ;  but  we  will  pass  over  to 
Gibeah.  13  And  he  said  unto  his 
servant.  Come  and  let  us  draw 
near  to  one  of  these^  places ;  and 
we  will  lodge  in  Gioeah,  or  in 
Ramah.  14  So  they  passed  on 
and  went  their  way  ;  and  the  sun 
went  down  upon  them  near  to 
Gibeah,  which  belongcth  to  Ben- 
jamin. 1-5  And  thej'-  turned  aside 
thither,  to  go  in  to  lodge  in 
Gibeah :  and  he  went  in,  and  sat 
him  down  in  the  street  of  the  city  ; 
for  there  was  no  man  that  took 
them  into  his  house  to  lodge. 

16  And,  behold,  there  came  an 
old  man  from  his  work  out  of  the 
field  at  even  :  now  the  man  was 

1  Heb.  to  thy  tents. 

-  Or,  where  there  are  none  of  the  children  of 
Israel 


"  ver.  9.  22 ; 

ch.  le.  'jr. ; 

Ruth  3.  7  ; 

1  K.  21.  7; 

Esth.  1.  10 
t>  1  Chr.  11. 

4,  5 
"  ver.  19 


rf  ver.  1 
•  ver.  14 


/ver.  11 


"  Gen.  24.  32, 
33 


I'  Gen.  19.  4, 

6;  Ezek. 

10.  46-4S 
'  Dt.  13.  13 ; 

1  S.  2.  12; 

1  K.  21.  10 


ch.  20.  6 ; 
Gen.  34. 
•t  ;  Dt.  22. 
21  ;  2  S.  13. 
12 

I  Gen.  19.  8 


of  ''the  hill-country  of  Ephraim. 
and  he  so,journed  in  Gibeah ;  but 
the  men  of  the  place  *were  Ben- 
jamites.  17  And  he  lifted  up  his 
eyes,  and  saw  the  wayfaring  man 
in  the  street  o^  the  city ;  and  the 
old  man  said,  Whither  goest  thou? 
and  whence  comest  thou  1  18  And 
he  said  unto  him.  We  ai'e  passing' 
from  Beth-lehem-judah  unto  the 
farther  side  of  tlie  hill-country  of 
Ephraim  ;  from  thence  am  I,  and 
I  went  to  Beth-lehem-.iudah  :  and  I 
am  710W  going  to  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah ;  and  tliere  is  no  man  that 
taketh  me  into  his  house.  19  Yet 
tliere  is  both  straw  and  provender 
for  our  asses ;  and  there  is  bread 
and  wine  also  for  me,  and  for  thy 
handmaid,  and  for  ■'^the  young 
man  that  is  with  thy  servants : 
there  is  no  want  of  anything. 
20  And  the  old  man  said,  Peace  be 
unto  thee ;  howsoever  let  all  thy 
wants  lie  upon  me  ;  only  lodge  not 
in  the  street.  21  *  So  he  brought 
him  into  his  house,  and  gave  the 
asses  fodder ;  and  they  washed 
their  feet,  and  did  eat  and  drink. 

22  As  they  were  making  their 
hearts  merry,  behold,  *the  men 
of  the  city,  certain  'base  fellows, 
beset  the  house  round  about,  beat- 
ing at  the  door;  and  they  spake  to 
the  master  of  the  house,  the  old 
man,  saying.  Bring  forth  the  man 
that  came  into  thy  house,  that  we 
may  know  him.  23  And  the  man, 
the  master  of  the  house,  went  out 
unto  them,  and  said  unto  them, 
Nay,  my  brethren,  I  pray  you,  do 
not  so  wickedly ;  seeing  that  this 
man  is  come  into  my  house,  *do 
not  this  folly.  24  /Behold,  here 
is  my  daughter  a  virgin,  and  his 
concubine  ;  them  I  will  bring  out 
now,  and  humble  ye  them,  and  do 
with  them  what  seemeth  good  unto 
you  :  but  unto  this  man  do  not  any 
such  folly.  25  But  the  men  would 
not  hearken  to  him :  so  the  man 
laid  hold  on  his  concubine,  and 
brought  her  forth  unto  them  ;  and 
they  l<new  her,  and  abused  her  all 
the  night  until  the  morning;  and 
when  the  day  began  to  spring, 
they  let  her  go.  26  Then  came 
the  woman  in  the  dawning  of  the 
day,  and  fell  down  at  the  door  of 
the  man's  house  where  her  lord 
was,  till  it  was  light. 

27  And  her  lord  rose  up  in  the 
morning,  and  opened  the  doors  of 
the  house,  and  went  out  to  go  hia 


261 


19.28 


JUDGES 


20.22 


The  Outrage  at  Gibeah.    Tbe  People  resolve  to  ponisli  the  Evil-doers.    The  Benjamites  resist,  and  gaio  Two  Victories 


way;  and,  behold,  the  woman  his 
concubine  was  fallen  down  at  the 
door  of  the  house,  with  her  hands 
upon  the  threshold.  28  And  he 
said  unto  her,  Up,  and  let  us  be 
going :  °  but  none  answered  :  then 
he  took  her  up  upon  the  ass ;  and 
the  man  rose  up,  and  gat  him  unto 
his  place.  29  And  when  he  was 
come  into  his  house,  he  took  a 
knife,  and  laid  hold  on  his  concu- 
bine, and  ''divided  her,  Mimb  by 
limb,  into  twelve  pieces,  and  sent 
her  throughout  all  the  borders  of 
Israel.  30  And  it  was  so,  that  all 
that  saw  it  said.  There  was  no  such 
deed  done  nor  seen  from  the  day 
that  the  children  of  Israel  came  up 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  \into  this 
day  :  consider  it,  take  counsel,  and 
speak. 

Q/^  Then  all  the  children  of 
^\J  Israel  went  out,  and  the 
congregation  w^as  assembled  as  one 
man,  from  Dan  even  to  Beer-sheba, 
with  the  land  of  Gilead,  unto  Jeho- 
vah at'' Mizpah.  2  And  the  ^chiefs 
of  all  the  people,  ^even  of  all  the 
tribes  of  Israel,  presented  them- 
selves in  the  assembly  of  the  peo- 
ple of  God,  four  hundred  thousand 
footmen  that  drew  sword. _  3  (Now 
the  children  of  Benjamin  heard 
that  the  children  of  Israel  were 
gone  up  to  Mizpah).  And  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  said.  Tell  us,  how  was 
this  wickedness  brought  to  passl 
4  And  the  Levite,  the  husband  of 
the  woman  tliat  was  murdered,  an- 
swered and  said,  I  came  into  Gib- 
eah that  belongeth  to  Benjamin,  I 
and  my  concubine,  to  lodge.  5  And 
the  men  of  Gibeah  rose  against  me, 
and  beset  the  house  round  about 
me  by  night ;  me  they  thought  to 
have  slain,  and  my  concubine  they 
forced,  and  she  is  dead.  6  And  I 
took  my  concubine,  and  cut  her  in 
pieces,  and  sent  her  throughout  all 
the  country  of  the  inheritance  of 
Israel  ;  for  they  have  committed 
lewdness  and  folly  in  Israel.  7  Be- 
hold, ye  chi!(  iren  of  Israel,  all  of 
you,  give  here  your  advice  and 
counsel. 

8  And  all  the  people  arose  as  one 
man,  saying,  We  will  not  any  of  us 
go  to  his  tent,  neither  will  we  any 
of  us  turn  unto  his  house.  9  But 
now  this  is  the  thing  which  we  will 
do  to  Gibeah :  ive  will  go  uj)  against 
it  by  lot ;  1 0  and  we  will  take  ten 

1  Heb.  according  to  her  hr.nes. 

*  Heb.  corrurs.  3  Or,  even  all 


'  ch.  20.  5 


b  1  s.  n.  12 


«  1  S.  7.  6 


rf  Num.  1.  36 
37  ;  2.  23  ; 
26.  41 


•ver.  23,27; 
Num.  27 
21 


/ver.  26 


282 


men  of  a  hundred  throughout  all 
the  tribes  of  Israel,  and  a  hundred 
of  a  thousand,  and  a  thousand  out 
of  ten  thousand,  to  fetch  victuals 
for  the  people,  that  they  may  do, 
when  they  come  to  *  Gibeah  of 
Benjamin,  according  to  all  the 
folly  that  they  have  wrought  in 
Israel.  11  So  all  the  men  of  Israel 
were  gathered  against  the  city, 
knit  together  as  one  inan. 

12  And  the  tribes  of  Israel  semi: 
men  through  all  the  *  tribe  of  Ben- 
jamin, saying.  What  wickedness  is 
this  that  is  come  to  pass  among 
you?  13  Now  therefore  deliver 
up  the  men,  the  base  fellows,  that 
are  in  Gibeah,  that  Ave  maj'-  put 
them  to  death,  and  put  away  evil 
from  Israel.  But  "Benjamin  would 
not  hearken  to  the  voice  of  their 
brethren  the  children  of  Israel. 
14  And  the  children  of  Benjamin 
gathered  themselves  together  out 
of  the  cities  unto  Gibeah,  to  go  out 
to  battle  against  the  children  of  Is- 
rael. 1-5  ^\.nd  the  children  of  Ben- 
jamin were  numbered  on  that  day 
out  of  the  cities  ''  twenty  and  six 
thousand  men  that  drew  sword, 
besides  the  inhabitants  of  Gibeah, 
who  were  numbered  seven  hundred 
chosen  men.  16  Among  all  this 
people  there  were  seven  hundred 
chosen  men  lefthanded  ;  every  one 
could  sling  stones  at  a  hair-breadth, 
and  not  miss. 

17  And  the  men  of  Israel,  be- 
sides Benjamin,  Avere  numbered 
four  hundred  thousand  men  that 
drew  sword  :  all  these  were  men  of 
war.  18  And  the  children  of  Israel 
arose,  and  went  up  to  Beth-el,  and 
"asked  counsel  of  God  ;  and  they 
said.  Who  shall  go  up  for  us  first  to 
battle  against  the  children  of  Ben- 
jamin 1  And  Jehovah  said,  Judah 
shall  go  up  first. 

19  And  the  children  of  Israel 
rose  up  in  the  morning,  a.nd  en- 
camped against  Gibeah.  20  And 
the  men  of  Israel  went  out  to  bat- 
tle against  Benjamin ;  ana  the  men 
of  Israel  set  the  battle  in  array 
against  them  at  Gibeah.  21  And 
the  children  of  Benjamin  came 
forth  out  of  Gibeah,  and  -^destroyed 
down  to  the  ground  of  the  Israelites 
on  that  day  twenty  and  two  thou- 
sand men.  22  And  the  people,  the 
men  of  Israel,  encouraged  them- 

<  Heb.  Geha. 

=  Heb.  tribes.    See  Num.  4.  IS  ;  l  S.  9.  21. 

^  Another  reading  is,  the  child reno/ Benjamin, 


20.  '23 


JUDGES 


20.45 


The  People  fast,  and  aak  Counsel  of  tied.    Beviamiu  defeated  and  ravaged 


selves,  and  set  the  battle  again  in 
array  in  the  place  where  they  set 
themselves  in  array  the  lirst  day. 
-3  "  And  the  children  of  Israel 
went  up  and  wept  before  Jehovah 
until  even  ;  and  they  'asked  of  Je- 
hovah, saying,  IShall  I  again  draw 
nigh  to  battle  against  the  chil- 
dren of  Benjamin  my  brother  l 
And  Jehovah  said,  Go  up  against 
him. 

-4:  And  the  children  of  Israel 
came  near  against  the  children  of 
Benjamin  the  second  day.  25  And 
Benjamin  went  forth  against  them 
out  of  Gibeah  the  second  day,  and 
"destroyed  down  to  the  ground  of 
the  children  of  Israel  aj^ain  eigh- 
teen thousand  men  :  all  these  drew 
tlie  sword.  2G  Then ''all  the  chil- 
(h-en  of  Israel,  and  all  the  people, 
went  up,  and  came  unto  Beth-el, 
and  wept,  and  sat  there  before  Je- 
liuvah,  and  fasted  that  day  until 
even  ;  and  they  oftercd  burnt-otfer- 
iugs  and  peace-ofFerings  before  Je- 
liovah.  27  And  the  children  of 
Israel  ^  asked  of  Jehovah  (for  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  God  was 
there  in  those  days,  28  and  Phin- 
ehas,  the  son  of  Eleazar,  the  son 
of  Aaron,  stood  before  it  in  tiiose 
days),  saying,  Shall  I  yet  again  go 
out  to  battle  against  the  children 
of  Benjamin  my  brother,  or  shall  I 
cease  ?  And  Jehovah  said.  Go  up  ; 
•'for  tomorrow  I  will  dehver  him 
into  thy  hand. 

29  ^And  Israel  set  liers-in-wait 
against  Gibeah  round  about.  30 
^\.nd  the  children  of  Israel  went 
up  against  the  children  of  Ben- 
jamin on  the  third  day,  and  set 
themselves  in  array  againstGibeah, 
as  at  other  times.  31  ''And  the 
children  of  Benjamin  went  out 
against  the  people,  and  were  drawn 
away  from  the  city ;  and  they 
l)egan  to  smite  and  kill  of  the  peo- 
ple, as  at  other  times,  in  the  high- 
ways, of  which  one  goeth  up  to 
Beth-el,  and  the  other  to  Gibeah. 
in  the  field,  about  thirty  men  of 
Israel.  _  32  And  the  children  of 
lienjamin  said.  They  are  smitten 
dcjwn  before  us,  as  at  the  first. 
But  the  children  of  Israel  said,_Let 
us  flee,  and  draw  them  away  from 
the  city  unto  the  higli  ways.  33 
And  all  the  men  of  Israel  rose  up 
out  of  their  place,  and  set  them- 
selves in  array  at  Baal-tamar : 
'and  the  liers-in-wait  of  Israel 
brake    forth   out    of    their    place, 


"  Josh.  7.  c, ; 
^  ver.  18 


'  ver.  21 
ri  ver.  23 ; 
ch.  21.  2 
"ver.  18 
/ch.  7.  9 
^  Josh.  8.  4 
''  Josh.  8.  IC 
'  Josh.  8.  19 


*•■  Josll.  8.  20 


'  ver.  32 


'  Josh.  8. 

1.0,  24 


'  ch.  21.  13 


263 


even  out  of  '  Maareh-geba.  3-i  And 
there  came  over  against  Gibeah 
ten  thousand  chosen  men  out  of 
all  Israel,  and  the  battle  was  sore  ; 
but  they  knew  not  that  evil  was 
'^  close  upon  them.  35  And  .lelio- 
vah  smote  Benjamin  before  Israel ; 
and  the  children  of  Israel  destroyed 
of  Benjamin  that  day  twenty  and 
five  thou.sand  and  a  hundred  men  : 
all  these  drew  the  sword. 

36  8o  the  children  of  Benjamin 
saw  that  they  were  smitten  ;  for 
the  men  of  Israel  gave  place  to 
Benjamin,  because  they  trusted 
unto  the  liers-in-wait  whom  they 
had  set  against  Gibeah.  37  And 
the  liers-in-wait  hasted,  and  rushed 
upon  Gibeah  ;  and  the  liers-in-wait 
drew  themselves  along,  and  smote 
all  the  city  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword.  38  Now  the  appointed 
sign  between  the  men  of  Israel 
and  the  liers-in-wait  was,  *that 
they  should  make  a  great  cloud 
of  smoke  rise  up  out  of  the  city. 
39  *And  the  men  of  Lsrael  turned 
in  the  battle,  and  Benjamin  began 
to  smite  and  kill  of  the  men  of 
Israel  about  thirty  persons;  'for 
they  said,  Surely  they  are  smitten 
down  before  us,  as  in  the  first 
battle.  40  But  when  the  cloud 
began  to  arise  up  out  of  the  city  in 
a  pillar  of  smoke,  the  Benjamites 
looked  behind  them  ;  and,  behold, 
the  whole  of  the  citj'  went  up  in 
smoke  to  heaven.  41  And  the  men 
of  Israel  turned,  and  the  men  of 
Benjamin  were  disinaj^ed  ;  for  they 
saw  that  evil  was  come  upon  them. 
42  Therefore  they  turned  their 
backs  before  the  men  of  Israel 
'"  unto  the  way  of  the  wilderness ; 
but  the  battle  followed  hard  after 
them  :  and  ^  they  that  came  out  of 
the  cities  destroyed  them  in  the 
midst  thereof.  43  They  inclosed 
the  Benjamites  round  about,  and 
chased  them,  a?i<l  *trod  them  down 
®at  </»(?»•  resting-place,  as  far  as 
over  against  Gibeah  toward  the 
sunrising.  44  And  there  fell  of 
Benjamin  eigliteen  thousand  men  ; 
all  these  were  men  of  valor.  45 
And  they  turned  and  fled  toward 
the  wilderness  unto  the  rock  of 
"  Rimmon :  and  they  gleaned  of 
them  in  the  highways  five  thou- 

1  Or,  the  meadotc  of  Oebn  (or,  Gibeah  See  ver. 
10)  2Heb.  tonrhintj. 

3  Or,  And  the  men  .  .  .  battle :  (now  Benjamin 
.  .  .  heathen:)  <ind  the  men  &c. 

♦  Or,  thevi  that  cavie  .  .  .  they  destroyed 

5  Or,  overtook  them         *  Or,  at  Menuhah 


20.46 


JUDGES 


21.  22 


Wives  for  the  Beiijamites  obtained  at  Jabeshgilead  aud  at  Shiloh 


sand  men,  and  followed  hard  after 
them  unto  Gidom,  and  smote  of 
them  two  thousand  men.  46  So 
that  all  who  fell  that  day  of  Ben- 
jamin were  twenty  and  five  thou- 
sand men  that  drew  the  sword  ;  all 
these  were  men  of  valor.  47  But 
six  hundred  men  turned  and  fled 
toward  the  wilderness  unto  the  rock 
of  Rimmon,  and  abode  in  the  rock 
of  Rimmon  four  months.  48  And 
the  men  of  Israel  turned  again 
upon  the  children  of  Benjamin, 
and  smote  them  with  the  edge  of 
the  sword,  both  ^  the  entire  city, 
and  the  cattle,  and  all  that  they 
found:  moreover  all  the  cities 
which  they  found  they  set  on  fire. 
r^-^  Now  the  men  of  Israel 
^  _L  "  had  sworn  in  Mizpah,  say- 
ing, There  shall  not  any  of  us  give 
his  daughter  unto  Benjamin  to 
wife.  2  *  And  the  people  came  to 
Beth-el,  and  sat  there  till  even  be- 
fore God,  and  lifted  up  their  voices, 
and  wept  sore.  3  And  they  said, 
O  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  why 
is  this  come  to  pass  in  Israel,  that 
there  should  be  to-day  one  tribe 
lacking  in  Israel  %  4  And  it  came 
to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that  the 
people  rose  early,  and  built  there 
"an  altar,  and  offered  burnt-offer- 
ings and  peace-offerings.  5  And 
the  children  of  Israel  said.  Who  is 
there  among  all  the  tribes  of  Israel 
that  came  not  up  in  the  assembly 
unto  Jehovah  %  For  they  had  made 
a  great  oath  concerning  him  that 
came  not  up  unto  Jehovah  to  Miz- 
pah, saying,  He  shall  surely  be  put 
to  death.  6  And  the  children  of 
Israel  repented  them  for  Benjamin 
their  brother,  and  said.  There  is 
one  tribe  cut  off  from  Israel  this 
day.  7  How  shall  we  do  for  wives 
for  them  that  remain,  seeing  we 
have  ''sworn  by  Jehovah  that  we 
will  not  give  them  of  our  daughters 
to  wives  ''• 

8  And  they  said,  What  one  is 
there  of  the  tribes  of  Israel  that 
came  not  up  unto  Jehovah  to  Miz- 
pah? And,  behold,  there  came 
none  to  the  camp  from  Jabesh- 
gilead  to  the  assembly.  9  For 
when  the  people  were  numbered, 
behold,  there  were  none  of  the 
inhabitants  of  Jabesh-gilead  there. 
10  And  the  congregation  sent 
thither  twelve  thousand  men  of 
the   valiantest,    and    commanded 

1  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  tAe  inhabited  city  Sae 
Dt.  2. 34. 


"  ver.  7,  18 
b  ch.  20.  26 
<^  Dt.  12.  5 ; 
2  S.  24.  25 
d  ver.  1 


'Num.  31. 17 
/Dt.  ;;0.  10 


h  ch.  18.  31 ; 
Josh.  18. 1 ; 


''  ch.  11.  34  ; 
Ex.  15.  20 


them,  saying,  Go  and  *  smite  the 
inhabitants  of  Jabesh-gilead  with 
the  edge  of  the  sword,  with  the 
women  and  the  little  ones.  1 1  And 
this  is  the  thing  that  ye  shall  do : 
ye  shall  "utterly  destroy  every 
male,  and  every  woman  that  hath 
lain  by  man.  12  And  they  found 
among  the  inhabitants  of  Jabesh- 
gilead  four  hundred  young  virgins, 
that  had  not  known  man  by  lying 
with  him  ;  and  they  brought  tliem 
unto  the  camp  to  Shiloh,  which  is 
in  the  land  of  Canaan. 

13  And  the  whole  congregation 
sent  and  spake  to  the  children  of 
Benjamin  that  were  in  the  rock 
of  liimmon,  and  -^  proclaimed  peace 
unto  them.  14  And  Benjamin 
returned  at  that  time  ;  and  they 
gave  them  the  women  whom  they 
had  saved  alive  of  the  women  of 
Jabesh-gilead  :  and  yet  so  they  suf- 
ficed them  not.  15  And  the  peo- 
ple repented  them  for  Benjamin, 
because  that  Jehovah  had  made  a 
breach  in  the  tribes  of  Israel. 

16  Then  the  elders  of  the  con- 
gregation said.  How  shall  we  do 
for  wives  for  them  that  remain, 
seeing  the  women  are  destroyed 
out  of  Benjamin?  17  And  they 
said,  There  must  be  an  inheritance 
for  them  that  are  escaped  of  Ben- 
jamin, that  a  tribe  be  not  blotted 
out  from  Israel.  18  Howbeit  vre 
may  not  give  them  wives  of  our 
daughters ;  for  the  children  lof 
Israel  ^  had  sworn,  saying,  Cursed 
be  he  that  giveth  a  wife  to  Ben- 
jamin._  19  And  they  said.  Behold, 
there  is  ^a  feast  of  Jehovah  from 
year  to  year  in  ''  Shiloh,  which  is 
on  the  north  of  Beth-ei,  on  the  east 
side  of  the  highway  that  goeth  up 
from  Beth-el  to  Shechem,  and  on  the 
south  of  Lebonah.  20  And  they 
commanded  the  children  of  Ben- 
jamin, saying.  Go  and  lie  in 
wait  in  the  vineyards  ;  21  and  see, 
and,  behold,  if  the  daughters  of 
Shiloh  come  out  to  'dance  in  the 
dances,  then  come  ye  out  of  the 
vineyards,  and  catch  you  every 
man  his  wife  of  the  daughters  of 
Shiloh,  and  go  to  the  land  of  Ben- 
jamin. 22  And  it  shall  be,  when 
their  fathers  or  their  brethren 
come  to  ''complain  unto  us,  that 
we  will  say  unto  them.  Grant  them 
^graciously  unto  us;  because  Me 
took  not  for  each  man  of  them  his 


2  Heb.  devote. 

3  Or,  the/east 


*  Or,  strive  with  tis 
5  Or,  aa  a  gift 


2SA 


21.23 


JUDGES 


21.25 


Wives  for  th«  BenjaDiites  obtained  at  Shiloli 


wife  in  battle,  neither  did  ye  give 
them  unto  them :  "else  would  ye 
now  be  guilty.  23  And  the  chil- 
dren of  Benjamin  did  so,  and  took 
them  wives,  according  to  their 
number,  of  them  that  danced, 
whom  they  carried  off:  and  they 
went  and  i-eturned  unto  their  in- 
heritance,   and    *  built    tho  cities. 


"rer.  1, 18 
i>  ch.  20.  48 


'  ch.  17.  6 ; 
18. 1 ;  19. 


and  dwelt  in  them.  24  And  the 
children  of  Israel  departed  thence 
at  that  time,  every  man  to  his 
tribe  and  to  his  family,  and  they 
went  out  from  thence  every  man 
to  his  inheritance. 

25  ''In  those  days  there  was  no 
king  ill  Israel :  every  man  did  that 
which  was  right  in  his  own  eyes. 


265 


THE    BOOK    OF 

RUTH 


Elimelech  and  liis  Family  sojourn  ia  9!oah.    \aomi  and  Rath  retaru  to  Jadith 


IAnrl  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
days  "when  the  judges  judged, 
that  there  was  a  famine  in  the 
land.  And  a  certain  man  of  Beth- 
lehem-judah  went  to  sojourn  in 
the  ^  country  of  Moab,  lie,  and  his 
wife,  and  his  two  sons.  2  And  the 
name  of  the  man  was  EHmelech, 
and  the  name  of  his  wife  '^  Naomi, 
and  the  name  of  his  two  sons 
Mahlon  and  Chilion,  Ephrathites 
of  Beth-lehem-judah.  And  they 
came  into  the  country  of  Moab, 
and  continued  there.  3  And 
Elimelech,  Naomi's  husband,  died  ; 
and  she  was  left,  and  her  two 
sons.  4  And  they  took  them  wives 
of  the  women  of  Moab ;  the  name 
of  the  one  was  Orpah,  and  the 
name  of  the  other  Kuth  :  and  they 
dwelt  there  about  ten  years.  5 
And  Mahlon  and  Chilion  died  both 
of  them :  and  the  woman  was  left 
of  her  two  children  and  of  her  hus- 
band. 

6  Then  slie  arose  Avith  her 
daughters-in-law,  that  she  might 
return  from  the  country  of  Moab: 
for  she  had  heard  in  the  country  of 
Moab  how  that  Jehovah  had  ''vis- 
ited his  people  in  givingthem  bread. 
7  And  she  went  forth  out  of  the 
place  where  she  was,  and  her  two 
daughters-in-law  with  her ;  and 
they  went  on  the  way  to  return 
nnto  the  land  of  Judah.  8  And 
Naomi  said  unto  her  two  daugh- 
ters-in-law, Go,  return  each  of  you 
to  her  mother's  house :  Jehovah 
deal  kindly  with  you,  as  ye  have 
dealt  with  the  deaf!,  and  with  me. 
9  Jehovah  grant  you  that  ye  may 
find  rest,  each  of  you  in  the  house 
of  her  husband.  Then  she  kissed 
them,  and  they  lifted  up  their 
voice,  and  wept.  10  And  they 
said  unto  her.  Nay,  but  we  will 
return  with  thee  unto  thy  people. 
11  And  Naomi  said.  Turn  again, 
my  daughters :  why  will  ye  go 
with  me?  have  I  yet  sons  in  my 
womb,    that    they    may    be    your 

1  Heb.  field.  i  Heb.  Jfoomi. 


'  Judg.  2. 
10-18 


i>  Ex.  4.  31 


-  Ex.  C.  3  ; 
Job  s.  <t 


husbands?  12  Turn  again,  mj 
daughters,  go  your  way ;  for  I  am 
too  old  to  have  a  husband.  If  i 
should  say,  I  have  hope,  if  I  should 
even  have  a  husband  to-night,  and 
should  also  bear  sons;  13  would 
ye  therefore  tarry  till  they  were 
grown  ?  would  ye  therefore  stay 
from  having^  husbands  ?  nay,  my 
daughters ;  for  ^  it  grievetli  me 
much  for  your  sakes,  for  the  hand 
of  Jehovah  is  gone  forth  against 
me.  1-1  And  they  lifted  up  their 
voice,  and  wept  again  :  and  Orpah 
kissed  her  mother-in-law;  but 
Ruth  clave  unto  her. 

15  And  she  said.  Behold,  thy 
sister-in-law  is  gone  back  unto  her 
people,  and  unto  her  ^od  :  return 
thou  after  thy  sister-in-law.  16 
And  Ruth  said.  Entreat  me  not  to 
leavH  thee,  and  to  return  from 
following  after  thee ;  for  whither 
thou  goest,  I  will  go ;  and  where 
thou  lodgest,  I  will  lodge;  tby 
people  shall  be  my  people,  and  thy 
God  my  (xod  ;  17  where  thou  diest, 
will  I  die,  and  there  will  I  be 
buried  :  J  ehovah  do  so  to  me,  and 
more  also,  if  aught  but  death  part 
thee  and  me.  18  And  when  she 
saw  that  she  was  stedfastly  minded 
to  go  with  her,  she  left  oil'  speaking 
unto  her. 

19  So  they  two  went  until  they 
came  to  Beth-lehem.  And  it  carne 
to  pass,  when  they  were  come  to 
Beth-lehem,  that  all  the  city  was 
moved  about  them,  and  the  women 
said,  Is  this  Naomi?  20  And  she 
said  unto  them.  Call  me  not 
■* Naomi,  call  me  ^Mara;  for  '"the 
Almighty  hath  dealt  ^cry  bitterly 
with  me.  211  went  out  full,  and 
Jehovah  hath  br-ought  me  home 
again  _  empty ;  why  call  ye  me 
Naomi,  seeing  Jehovah  hath  testi- 
fied against  me,  and  the  Almighty 
hath  afflicted  me?  22  8o  Naomi 
returned,  and  Ruth  the  Moabitess, 
her  daughter-in-law,  with  her,  who 

3  Or,  it  is  far  more,  bitter  for  me  than  for  you 
*  That  is,  Pleasant.         ^  That  is.  BiMer. 


266 


2.1 


RUTH 


2  S2. 


Rnth  gleans  iu  the  Field  of  Boaz.    Boat  dcah  kiadl)  with  her 


returned  out  of  the  country  of 
Moab :  and  they  came  to  J>eth- 
lehemin"the  beginninj^  of  barley 
harvest. 

O  And  Naomi  had  a  kinsman 
^  of  her  husl)aiid's,  a  mighty 
m;in  of  'wealtii,  of  the  family  of 
''Ehmelech;  and  his  name  was 
i>oaz.  2  And  lUith  the  Moabitess 
said  unto  Naomi,  Let  me  now  {?o 
to  the  field,  and  _''  {jclean  amonj^  the 
ears  of  ^rain  after  him  in  whose 
sight  I  snail  lind  favor.  And  she 
said  unto  her,  Go,  my  daugliter. 
3  And  she  went,  and  came  and 
gleaneil  in  tlie  f^eld  after  the  reap 
ers:  and  her  hap  was  to  light  on 
the  portion  of  the  licld  belonging 
unto  Jioaz,  who  was  of  the  family 
of  Elimelcch.  4  And,  behold, 
Boaz  came  from  Beth-lehem,  and 
said  unto  the  reapers,  Jeho\ah  be 
with  you.  And  they  answered 
him,  Jehovah  bless  thee.  5  Then 
said  Boaz  unto  liis  servant  that 
was  set  over  the  reapeis,  Whose 
damsel  is  this'?  6  And  the  servant 
that  was  set  q^'er  the  reapers 
answered  and  said,  It  is  the  ^loab- 
itish  damsel  that  came  back  with 
Naomi  out  of  the  country  of  Moab: 
7  and  slio  said.  Let  me  glean,  i 
pray  j'ou,  and  gather  after  tlie 
reapers  among  the  sheaves.  So  she 
came,  and  hath  continued  e\'en 
from  the  morning  until  now,  save 
that  she  tarried  a  little  in  the 
house. 

8  Then  said  Boaz  unto  Butli, 
Hearest  thou  not,  my  daughter! 
Go  not  to  glean  in  another  held, 
neither  pass  from  hence,  but  abide 
here  fast  hy  my  maidens.  9  Let 
thine  eyes  be  on  the  held  that  they 
do  reap,  and  go  thiiu  after  tliem  : 
have  1  not  charged  the  j^oung  men 
that  they  shall  not  touch  theel 
and  when  thou  art  athirst,  go  unto 
the  vessels,  and  drink  of  that 
which  the  young  men  have  drawn. 
10  Then  she  fell  on  her  face,  and 
bowed  herself  to  the  ground,  and 
said  unto  him.  Why  have  1  found 
favor  in  thy  sight,  that  thou 
shouldest  take  knowledge  of  me. 
seeing  1  am  a  foreigner  (  1 1  And 
Boaz  answered  and  said  unto  her, 
It  hath  fully  been  showed  me,  all 
that  thou  hast  done  unto  thy 
mother-in-law  since  the  death  of 
thy  husband  ;  and  how  thou  hast 
left  thy  father  and  thy  mother, 
And  the  land  of  thy  nativity,  and 
1  Or,  valor 


"  Ex.  9.  :n  ; 

Lev.  23.  10, 

II 
*ch.  1.  2 
"  ver.  7  ; 

Lev.  19.  9, 


''  ch.  I.  16 


'  ver.  18 


267 


art  come  unto  a  people  that  thou 
knewest  not  heielofore.  12  Jeho- 
vah recompense  thy  work,  and  a 
full  reward  be  given  thee  of  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  Israel,  ''  under 
wliose  wings  thou  art  come  to  take 
refuge.  13  Then  she  said.  Let  me 
find  favor  in  thy  sight,  my  lord ; 
for  that  thou  hast  comforted  me, 
and  for  that  thou  hast  .spoken 
-kindly  unto  thy  liandmaid, 
tlunigh  I  be  not  as  one  of  thy 
liandmaidens. 

14:  And  at  meal  time  Boaz  said 
unto  her.  Come  hither,  and  eat 
of  the  bread,  and  (Up  thy  morsel 
in  the  vinegar.  And  she  sat  beside 
the  reapers;  and  -'they  reached 
her  parched  grain,  and  she  did 
eat,  and  was  sulliced,  "^^and  left 
thereof.  15  And  when  she  was 
risen  up  to  glean,  Boaz  com- 
manded his  young  men,  saying, 
Let  her  glean  even  among  tlie 
sheaves,  and  reproach  her  not. 
16  And  also  pull  out  some  for  her 
from  the  bundles,  and  leave  it, 
and  let  her  glean,  and  rebuke  her 
not. 

17  So  she  gleaned  in  th(>  held 
until  even  :  and  she  beat  out  that 
which  she  had  gleaned,  and  it  was 
about  an  ei)hah  of  barley.  K^  And 
she  took  it  up,  and  -went  into  the 
cit.y ;  and  her  mother-in-law  saw 
what  she  had  gleaned :  and  slie 
brought  forth  and  'gave  to  1  er 
that  which  she  had  left  after  she 
was  sulliced.  19  And  her  mother- 
in-law  said  unto  her,  Where  liast 
tiiou  gleaned  today  1  and  wliere 
hast  thou  wrought'?  blessed  be  he 
that  did  take  knowledge  of  thee. 
And  she  showed  her  mother-in-law 
with  whom  slie  liad  wrought,  anct 
said.  The  man's  name  with  whom  I 
wrought  to-day  is  Boaz.  20  And 
Naomi  said  unto  her  daughter-in- 
law.  Blessed  be  he  of  Jehovah,  who- 
iiath  not  left  oil"  liis  kindnes.s  to- 
the  living  and  to  the  dead.  And 
Naomi  said  unto  h.er,  The  man  is 
nigh  of  kin  unto  us,  ''one  of  our 
near  kinsmen.  21  And  Kuth  the 
Moabitess  said.  Yea,  he  said  unto 
me.  Thou  shalt  keep  fast  by  my 
young  men,  until  ihey  have  ended 
all  my  harvest.  22  And  Naomi 
said  unto  Ruth  her  daughter-in- 
law,  It  is  good,  my  daughter,  that 
thou  go  out  with  nis  maidens,  and 

2  Heb.  tn  the  heart  of.  3  Qr  he 

<  Or.  (lUK  of  them  that  hath  the  7'ignt  to  redeem 
for  us    See  Lev.  25.  23. 


2.23 


RUTH 


4.5 


Rath  asks  Boaz  to  do  a  Kinsman's  Fart.    Boaz  redeems  Elimelech's  Inheritance 


that  they  meet  thee  not  in  any 
other  field.  23  So  she  kept  fast 
by  the  maidens  of  Boaz,  to  glean 
unto  "the  end  of  barley  harvest 
and  of  wheat  harvest ;  and  she 
dwelt  with  her  mother-in-law. 

3  And  Naomi  her  mother-in- 
law  said  unto  her,  My  daugh- 
ter, shall  I  not  seek  ^  rest  for  thee, 
that  it  may  be  well  with  thee"? 
2  And  now  is  not  Boaz  *  our  kins- 
man, with  whose  maidens  thou 
wast"?  Behold,  he  winnoweth 
barley  to-night  in  the  threshing- 
floor.  3  Wash  thyself  therefore, 
and  anoint  thee,  and  put  thy  rai- 
ment upon  thee,  and  get  thee  down 
to  the  threshing-floor ;  but  make 
not  thyself  known  unto  the  man, 
until  he  shall  have  done  eating  and 
drinking.  4  And  it  shall  be,  when 
he  lieth  down,  that  thou  shalt 
mark  the  place  where  he  shall  lie, 
and  thou  shalt  go  in,  and  uncover 
his  feet,  and  lay  thee  down ;  and 
he  will  tell  thee  what  thou  shalt 
do.  5  And  she  said  unto  her,  All 
that  thou  ^  sayest  I  will  do. 

6  And  she  went  down  unto  the 
threshing-floor,  and  did  according 
to  all  that  her  mother-in-law  bade 
her.  7  And  when  Boaz  had  eaten 
and  drunk,  and  his  heart  was 
merry,  he  went  to  lie  down  at  the 
end  of  the  heap  of  grain  :  and  she 
came  softly,  and  uncovered  his 
feet,  and  laid  her  down.  8  And 
it  came  to  pass  at  midnight,  that 
the  man  was  ^afraid,  and  turned 
himself ;  and,  behold,  a  woman 
lay  at  his  feet.  9  And  he  said. 
Who  art  thou  1  And  she  answered. 
I  am  Ruth  thy  handmaid  :  spread 
therefore  thy  skirt  over  thy  hand- 
maid ;  for  thou  art  'J  a  near  kins- 
man. 10  And  he  said.  Blessed  be 
thou  of  Jehovah,  my  daughter : 
thou  hast  showed  more  kindness 
in  the  latter  end  than  at  the  be- 
ginning, inasmuch  as  thou  follow- 
edst  not  young  men,  whether  poor 
or  rich.  11  And  now,  my  daugh- 
ter, fear  not ;  I  will  do  to  thee  all 
that  thou  sayest ;  for  all  the  ^  city 
of  my  people  doth  know  that  thou 
art  ""a  worthy  woman.  12  And 
now  it  is  true  that  I  am  a  near 
kinsman  ;  howbeit  there  is  a  kins- 
man nearer  than  I.     13  Tarry  this 

'  Or,  a  resting-i>lace 

2  Another  reading  is,  sayest  unto  me. 

3  Or,  startled 

^  Or,  one  that  hath  the  right  to  redeem    Heb. 
goel. 
!>  Heb.  gate.    See  ch.  4. 1,  li. 


"  m.  16. 9 


b  Dt.  25. 

6-10 

"  Prov.  31. 10 


d  ch.  3.  12 


« Lev.  25.  25 


night,  and  it  shall  be  in  the  morn- 
ing, that  if  he  will  perform  unto 
thee  the  part  of  a  kinsman,  well ; 
let  him  do  the  kinsman's  part : 
but  if  he  will  not  do  the  part  of  a 
kinsman  to  thee,  then  will  I  do  the 
part  of  a  kinsman  to  thee,  as  Je- 
hovah liveth:  lie  down  until  the 
morning. 

14  And  she  lay  at  his  feet  until 
the  morning :  and  she  rose  up  before 
one  could  discern  another.  For  he 
said.  Let  it  not  be  known  that  the 
woman  came  to  the  threshing- 
floor.  15  And  he  said.  Bring  the 
mantle  that  is  upon  thee,  and  hold 
it ;  and  she  held  it ;  and  he  meas- 
ured six  measures  of  barley,  and 
laid  it  on  her :  and  ®  he  went  into 
the  city.  16  And  when  she  came 
to  her  mother-in-law,  she  said, 
^Who  art  thou,  my  daughter? 
And  she  told  her  all  that  the  man 
had  done  to  her.  1 7  And  she  said, 
These  six  measures  of  barley  gave 
he  me  ;  for  he  '^said.  Go  not  empty 
unto  thy  mother-in-law.  1 8  Then 
said  she.  Sit  still,  my  daughter, 
until  thou  know  how  the  matter 
will  fall ;  for  the  man  will  not  rest, 
until  he  have  finished  the  thing 
this  day. 

4  Now  Boaz  went  up  to  the 
gate,  and  sat  him  down  there  : 
and,  behold,  '*the  near  kinsman  of 
whom  Boaz  spake  came  by ;  unto 
whom  he  said.  Ho,  such  a  one ! 
turn  aside,  sit  down  here.  And  he 
turned  aside,  and  sat  down.  2  And 
he  took  ten  men  of  the  elders  of 
the  city,  and  said.  Sit  ye  down 
here.  And  they  sat  down.  3  And 
he  said  unto  the  near  kinsman, 
Naomi,  that  is  come  again  out  of 
the  country  of  Moab,  selleth  the 
parcel  of  land,  "which  was  our 
brother  Elimelech's :  4  and  I 
thought  to  ^disclose  it  unto  thee, 
saying,  Buy  it  before  them  that 
sit  here,  and  before  the  elders  of 
my  people.  If  thou  wilt  redeem 
it,  redeem  it:  but  if  "thou  wilt 
not  redeem  it,  then  tell  me,  that 
I  may  know ;  for  there  is  none  to 
redeem  it  besides  thee ;  and  I  am 
after  thee.  And  he  said,  I  will 
redeem  it.  5  Then  said  Boaz, 
What  day  thou  buyest  the  field 
of  the  hand  of  Naomi,  thou  must 
buy  it  also  of  Ruth  the  Moabitess, 

6  Acc.  to  Vulg.  and  Syr.,  she  went. 
'  Or,  How  hast  thou  fared 

8  Another  reading  is,  said  to  me. 

9  Heb.  uncover  thine  ear. 

10  So  Sept.,  yul«.,  and  Syr.    Heb.  fie  will 


268 


4.6 


RUTH 


4.22 


Boaz  redeems  Elimelech's  Inheritance.    He  marries  Rntli.    Birth  of  Obed 


the  wife  of  the  dead,  to  raise  up 
the  name  of  the  dead  upon  his 
inheritcince.  6  And  "the  near  kins- 
man said,  I  cannot  redeem  it  for 
myself,  lest  I  mar  mine  own  inher- 
itance :  take  thou  my  right  of  re- 
demption on  thee;  for  I  cannot 
redeem  it. 

7  Now  this  was  ^the  custom  in 
former  time  in  Israel  concerning 
redeeming  and  concerning  ex- 
changing, to  confirm  all  things  : 
a  man  drew  qS  his  shoe,  and  gave 
it  to  his  neighbor ;  and  this  was 
the  wian^e^'o/ attestation  in  Israel. 
8  So  the  near  kinsman  said  unto 
Boaz,  Buy  it  for  thyself.  And  he 
drew  off  his  shoe.  9  And  Boaz 
said  unto  the  elders,  and  unto  all 
the  people.  Ye  are  witnesses  this 
day,  that  I  have  bought  all  that 
Avas  Elimelech's,  and  all  that  was 
Chilion's  and  Mahlon's,  of  the  hand 
of  Naomi.  10  Moreover  Ruth  the 
Moabitess,  the  wife  of  Mahlon, 
have  I  purchased  to  be  my  wife, 
to  raise  xip  the  name  of  the  dead 
upon  his  inheritance,  that  the 
name  of  the  dead  be  not  cut  off 
from  among  his  brethren,  and  from 
the  gate  of  his  place :  ye  are  wit- 
nesses this  day.  11  And  all  the 
people  that  were  in  the  gate,  and 
the  elders,  said.  We  are  witnesses. 
Jehovah  make  the  woman  that  is 
come  into  thy  house  "like  Rachel 
and  like  Leah,  which  two  did  build 
the  house  of  Israel :  and  Mo  thou 

1  Or,  get  thee  wealth  (or,  poiver) 


"  Lev. ! 

b  Dt.  26 

"Gen.; 
25-30 


d  ver.  18 ; 
Gen.  38. 
29 ;  46.  li 


'ch.  1.  16, 
17  ;  2.  n,  12 


/Mt.  1.3-6 


worthily  in  Ephrathah,  and  be 
famous  in  Bethlehem  :  1 2  and  let 
thy  house  be  like  the  house  of 
d  l\.rez,  whom  Tamar  bare  unto 
Judah,  of  the  seed  which  .Jehovah 
shall  give  theeof  this  young  woman. 

13  So  Boaz  took  Ruth,  and  she 
became  his  wife ;  and  he  went  in 
unto  her,  and  -Jeliovah  gave  her 
conception,  and  she  bare  a  son. 
14  And  the  women  said  unto 
Naomi,  Blessed  be  .Jehovah,  who 
hath  not  left  thee  this  day  without 
a  near  kinsman  ;  and  let  his  name 
be  famous  in  Israel,  lb  And  he 
shall  be  unto  thee  a  restorer  of  life, 
and  a  nourisher  of  thine  old  age ; 
for  thy  daughter-in-law,  who  lov- 
eth  thee,  ""who  is  better  to  thee 
than  severi  sons,  hath  borne  him. 
16  And  Naomi  took  the  child,  and 
laid  it  in  her  bosom,  and  became 
nurse  unto  it.  17  And  the  women 
her  neighbors  gave  it  a  name,  say- 
ing. There  is  a  son  born  to  Naomi ; 
and  they  called  his  name  Obed: 
he  is  the  father  of  "Jesse,  the 
father  of  David. 

18  Now  these  are  tlie  genera- 
tions of  Perez  :  -^  Perez  begat  Hez- 
ron,  19  and  Hezron  begat  Ram, 
and     Ram      begat      Amminadab, 

20  and  Amminadab  begat  Nah- 
shon,  and  Nahshon  begat  ^Salmon, 

21  and  Salmon  begat  Boaz,  and 
Boaz  begat  Obed,  22  and  Obed 
begat  Jesse,  ana  Jesse  begat 
David. 

-  Heb.  Ishai.  3  Heb.  Salmah. 


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SAMUEL 


Elkanah  and  Ids  TSvo  Wives.    Hauuali  prays  far  a  fbild.    Samuel  born,  and  given  to  Jehovah 


INow  there  was  a  certain  man 
of  "Kamathaim-zophini,  of  the 
*  hill-country  of  Ephraim,  and  his 
name  was "  Elkanah,  the  son  of  Jero- 
ham,  the  son  of  Elihu,  the  son  of 
Tohu,  the  son  of  Zuph,  an  Ephvaim- 
ite  :  2  and  he  had  ''  two  wives  ;  the 
name  of  the  one  was  ''  Hannah,  and 
the  name  of  the  other  I'eninnah  : 
and  Feninnali  had  children,  but 
Hannah  had  no  children.  3  And 
this  man  went  up  out  of  his  city 
from  ■''  year  to  year  '■>  to  worship  and 
to  sacrifice  unto  Jehovah  of  hosts 
in  ''8hiloh.  And  the  two  sons  of 
Eli.  Hophni  and  Phinchas,  priests 
unuO  Jenovah,  were  there.  4  And 
when  the  day  came  that  Elkanah 
sacrificed,  he  'gave  to  Peninnah  his 
wife,  and  to  all  her  sons  and  her 
daughters,  portions :  5  but  unto 
Hannah  he  gave  '''  a  double  por- 
tion ;  for  he  loved  Hannah,  '  but 
Jehovah  had  shut  up  her  womb. 

6  And  her  rival  "'  provoked  her 
sore,  to  make  her  fret,  because  Je- 
hovah   had    shut    up    her    womb. 

7  And  as  he  did  so  year  by  year, 
when  she  went  up  to  the  house 
of  Jehovah,  so  she  provoked  her ; 
therefore  she  wept,  and  did  not 
eat.  8  And  Elkanah  her  husband 
said  unto  her,  Hannah,  why  weep- 
est  thou  ?  and  why  eatest  thou  not  1 
and  why  is  thy  heart  grieved  1  "  am 
not  I  better  to  thee  than  ten 
sons  1 

9  So  Hannah  rose  up  after  they 
had  eaten  in  Shiloh.  and  after  they 
had  drunk.  Now  Eli  the  priest  was 
sitting  upon  his  seat  b,v  the  door- 
post of  "the  temple  of  Jehovah. 
10  And  she  was  in  bitterness  of 
soul,  and  prayed  unto  Jehovah, 
and  wept  sore.  1 1  And  she  ''^vowed 
a  vow,  and  said,  O  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
if  thou  wilt  indeed  ''look  on  the 
affliction  of  thy  handmaid,  and  re- 
member me,  and  not  forget  thy 
handmaid,  but  wilt  give  unto  thy 
handmaid  ^  a  man-child,  then  I  will 
give  him  unto  Jehovah  all  the  days 

i  Heb.  seed  of  men. 


'^  ver.  19 
fr  Josh.  17. 

17,  IS 
"  1  Chr.  6. 

•2J-2S,  33-38 
d  Dt.  21.  16- 

17 
"  Lk.  2.  36 
/  ver.  21 ; 

Ex.  34.  23 ; 

Lk.  2.  41 
!*  Dt.  12.  0-7 
''  Josh.  IS.  1 
'  Dt.  12.  17, 

IS 
*  Gen.  43.  34 
'  Gen.  10. 1 ; 

30.  1 
'".lob  24.  21 
"  Ruth  4.  15 
"  oh.  3.  3 
i'  Num.  30. 

0-1 1 
«  Geu.  29.  32 


"■  Num.  fi.  5 ; 

Judv'.  13. 

6  ;  Lk.  1. 15 
»  Geu.  24. 

42-4^5 
t  Acts  2.  4, 

13 
"  Ps.  f.2.  S 
"  Lk.  G.  45 
^Ch    2.'i.  3.i; 

2  K.  5.  19  ; 

Mk.  5.  34 
y  P<?.  20.  3-5 
^  Kutll  2.  13 
"  Kom.  15.  13 


*  ver.  1 ;  ch. 
2.  11 


"  Oen.  21.  1 ; 
30.  22 


dGen.  41.51, 
52 ;  Ex.  2. 
10,  22 ;  Mt. 
1.  21 

'ver.  3;  Dt. 
12.  11 


"ver.  11,28 
ft  Num.  30. 
10,  11 


270 


of  his  life,  and  ''  there  shall  no  razor 
come  upon  his  head. 

12  xlnd  it  came  to  pass,  as  she 
continued  praying  before  Jehovah, 
that  Eli  marked  her  mouth.  13 
Now  Hannah,  *she  spake  in  her 
heart ;  onl.y  her  lips  moved,  but  her 
voice  was  not  heard :  therefore  Eli 
thought  she  had  been  drunken. 
14  And  Eli  said  unto  her,  'How 
long  wilt  thou  be  drunken  1  put 
away  thy  wine  from  thee.  15  And 
Hannah  answered  and  said,  No,  my 
lord,  1  am  a  woman  of  a  sorrowful 
spirit :  1  have  drunk  neither  wine 
nor  strong  drink,  but  I  "poured  out 
my  soul  before  Jehovtih.  16  Count 
not  thy  handmaid  for  a  wicked 
woman  ;  for  "  out  of  the  abundance 
of  my  complaint  and  my  provoca- 
tion have  1  spoken  hitherto.  1 7 
Then  Eli  answered  and  said,  -^Cio 
in  peace ;  and  the  God  of  Israel 
^  grant  thy  petition  that  thou  hast 
asked  of  him.  18  And  she  said, 
'Let  thy  handmaid  find  favor  in 
thy  sight.  So  the  woman  went  her 
way,  and  did  eat ;  and  "  her  coun- 
tenance was  no  more  sad. 

19  And  they  rose  up  in  the  morn- 
ing early,  and  worshipped  before 
Jeiiovah,  and  returned,  and  came 
to  their  house  to  ''Kamah.  And 
Elkanah  knew  Hannah  his  wife ; 
and  "Jehovah  remembered  her ;  20 
and  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  time 
was  come  about,  that  Hannah  con- 
ceived, and  bare  a  son  ;  and  she 
called  his  name  Samuel,  saying, 
''  Becau.se  I  have  asked  him  of  Jeho- 
vah. 

21  And  the  man  Elkanah,  and  all 
his  house,  "went  up  to  olier  unto 
Jehovah  the  yearly  sacrifice,  and 
his  vow.  22  But  Hannah  went  not 
up  ;  for  she  said  unto  her  husband, 
I  will  not  go  ?/p  until  the  child  be 
weaned  ;  and  then  I  will  -^  bring 
him,  that  he  may  appear  before 
Jehovah,  and  •"  there  abide  for  ever. 
23  And  *  Elkanah  her  husband  said 
unto  her.  Do  what  seemeth  thee 
good  ;  tarry  until  thou  have  weaned 


1.24 


I.    SAMUEL 


2.1'i 


Samuel  g'wtn  to  Jeliovah.     Iliiniiiiirs  Song  of  Thuiiksgivtiig.    The  Sin  of  Eli's  Sons 


liini ;  only  "Jehovah  establish  his 
^v()l•d.  So  the  woman  tarried  and 
{^aveherson  suck,  until  she  weaned 
him.  24  And  when  she  had  weaned 
him,  ''she  took  him  up  with  her, 
with  '  thi'ee  bullocks,  and  oiieephah 
ni  meal,  and  a  "bottle  of  wine,  and 
brought  him  unto  'the  house  of  Je- 
hovali  in  Shiloh:  and  tlie  child  was 
youiij^.  25  And  ''they  slew  the 
bullock^  and  'brought  the  child  to 
Eli.  2b  And  she  said,  Oh,  my  lord, 
'as  thy  soul  liveth,  my  lord,  1  am 
the  woman  that  stood  by  thee  liere, 
praying  unto  Jehovah.  27  "For 
this  child  I  prayed  ;  and  Jehovah 
hath  given  me  my  petition  which 
I  asked  of  him  :  28  ''  therefore  also 

1  have  ''granted  him  to  Jehovah; 
as  long  as  he  liveth  he  is  granted 
to  Jehovah.  And  he  worshipped 
J'^hovah  there. 

*^      And  Hannah  '  prayed,    and 
— w   said  : 
31  y  heart  exulteth  in  Jehovah  ; 
My  ''  horn  is  exalted  in  Jehovah  ; 
^[y  mouth  is  enlarged  over  mine 

enemies ; 
Because  'I  rejoice  in  thy  salva- 
tion. 

2  There  is  none    "'  holy   as  Jeho- 

vah ; 
Ijiir  "  there  is  none  besides  thee. 
Neither  is  there  any  "rock  like 

our  God. 

3  Talk     no     more     so     exceeding 

proudly; 

Let  not  '' arrogancy  come  out  of 
your  mouth  ; 

For  Jehovah  is  a  God  of  ''  knowl- 
edge, 

••And  bj'^  him  actions  are 
"■  weighed. 

4  The  *bows  of  the  mighty  men 

are  broken  ; 
And    they    that    stumbled    are 
'girded  with  strength. 

5  They  that  were  full  have  hired 

out  themselves  for  bread  ; 

And  they  that  were  hungry 
^^have  ceased  to  humjer: 

Yea,  the  "  barren  hath  borne 
seven ; 

And  "she  that  hath  many  chil- 
dren languisheth. 

6  Jehovah    ^killeth,    and    maketh 

alive : 
He  bringeth  down  to  Sheol,  and 
^bringeth  up. 

7  Jehovah  maketh  poor,  and 'mak- 

eth rich  : 

1  The  Sept.  and  S>t.  have,  a  fnillock  three  years 
olJ.  2  Or,  skin  3  Or,  lent 

*  Accoriiini;  to  another  readinft.  Though  ac- 
tions be  not  ureighed.  ^  Or,  have  rest 


"  ver.  17 
I'  Num.  lo. 
u,  10 ;  Dt. 
rj.  1),  (i 
'  ch.  •).  3,  4  ; 
Josh.  18.  1 
rf  Lev.  1.  fi 

'  Lk.  2.  22 
/2K.  2.  2, 

4,0 
"  ver.  11-13 
''  ver.  11,  22 
'  Hab.  3.  1 ; 
Ps.  72.  20. 
ver.  1-10: 
Lk.  l.4ii-.'io 
<•■  J  >t.  33.  17  ; 
.Jobii!.  l.i, 
Ps.  sy.  17 

'  Is.  12.  2,  3 
•"  Ex.  16.  11 : 

Lev.  19.  2 ; 

Ps.  22. 3 
"  2  S.  22.  32 
"  Pt.  32.  30, 

31 
''  Prov.  8.  13 
«  I  S.  16.  7  ; 

1  K.  8.  39 
'"  Prov.  16. 

2  ;  24.  12 

'  Ps.  37.  If, ; 

4(i.  9 
<  Ps.  18.  30  ; 

Heb.  n. 

32-34 
"  Ps.  1 13.  9  ; 

Kuth  4.  In 
"  .ler.  16.  9 
"  Dt.  3:;.  39  ; 

2  K.  6.  7 ; 

Rev.  1.  18 
i'  Is.  26,  19 
-■  Dt.  8.  17,  18 


°  Jobs.  11; 

Jas.  4.  10 
*  Job  42.  10- 

12:  Ps.  75.7 
c  2  S   7   8  . 

ban.'2.  48; 

Jas.  2.  5 
<t  Job  36.  7 
'  Job  38. 

4-6 ;  Ps. 

7.i.  3 
/Ps.  91.  11, 

12  ;  1  Pet. 

1.  5 
!'  Mt.  8.  12 
''  Ps.  33.  16, 

17 
■  Ex.  15.  0  ; 

Ps.  2.  9 
k  ch.  7.  10 ; 

Ps.  18.  13, 

14 
I  Ps.  96.  13  ; 

98.  9 ;  Mt. 

2.'>.  31,  .32 
'"  Ps.  21.  1.-7 
"  Pa.  89.  24 
"ch.  1.  1,  19 
''  ver.  18 ; 

ch.  1.  28 
«  Jer.  2.  8 ; 

9.  3,  6 
"■  Lev.  7.  29- 

.34 
'  Lev.  3.  3-5, 

16 


He  bringeth  low,  he  also  "lift- 
eth  up. 

8  He  ''  raiseth  up  the  poor  out  of 

the  dust, 
He  'lifteth  up  the  needy  from 

the  dunghill, 
To ''  nuike  tliem  sit  with  princes. 
And     inherit     the     throne     of 

glory : 
For  the  ''pillars  of  tlie  earth  are 

Jehovah's, 
And  he  hath  set  the  world  upon 

them. 

9  He  will  -''keep  the  feet  of  his 

''holy  ones ; 
But  the  wicked  shall  be  ^  put  to 

silence  in  darkness ; 
For  '*  by  strength  shall  no  man 

prevail. 
10  They  that  strive  with  Jehovah 

shall  be  '  brok(>n  to  pieces  ; 
Against  them  will  he  *  thunder 

in  heaven  : 
Jehovah  will  '  judge  the  ends  of 

the  earth  ; 
And  he  will '"  give  strength  unto 

his  king, 
And    ^  exalt    the   horn    of    his 

anointed. 

1 1  And  Elkanah  went  to "  Eamah 
to  his  house.  ■''And  the  child  did 
minister  unto  Jehovah  before  Eli 
the  priest. 

1 2  Now  the  sons  of  Eli  were  base 
men;  ''"they  knew  not  Jehovah. 
1 3  *■  And  the  custom  of  the  priest? 
with  the  people  was,  that,  when  any 
man  ofi'ered  sacrifice,  the  priest's 
servant  came,  while  the  flesh  A\as 
boiling,  with  a  flesh-hook  of  three 
teeth  in  his  hand  ;  1 4  and  he  struck 
it  into  the  pan,  or  kettle,  or  cal- 
dron, or  pot ;  all  that  the  flesh- 
hook  brought  up  the  priest  took 
therewith.  So  they  did  in  Shiloh 
unto  all  the  Israelites  that  came 
thither.  1 5  Yea,  before '  they  burnt 
the  fat,  the  priest's  servant  came, 
and  said  to  the  man  that  saci'ificed, 
Give  flesh  to  roast  for  the  priest : 
for  he  will  not  have  boiled  flesh  of 
thee,  but  raw.  1 6  And  if  the  man 
said  unto  him,^  They  will  surely 
burn  the  fat  ®  first,  and  then  take 
as  much  as  thj'  soul  desireth  ;  then 
"he  would  say.  Nay,  but  thou 
shalt  give  it  me  now  :  and  if  not, 
I  will  take  it  by  ^•:f'>e.  17  And 
the  sin  of  the  youn@^-Aien  was  very 

6  Or,  aodly  ones  Another  reading  is,  holy  one. 
'  Or.  they  hneto  not  Jehovah,  nor  the  due  of  the 
prieHs  from,  the  people.    When  any  man  d-c. 

8  Heb.  to-day. 

9  Another  reading  is,  he  would  say  unto  him, 
Thou  &e. 


271 


2.  1« 


I.   SAMUEL 


3.5 


Hannah  and  her  Children.    Eli  reproves  his  Sons.    1  Prophecy  against  Eli's  House.    Samnel's  Vision  and  Prophetic  Call 


great  before  Jehovah  ;  for  the  men 
"  despised  the  offering  of  Jehovah. 

18  But  *  ISamuel  ministered  be- 
fore Jehovah,  being  a  child, 
''girded  with  a  hnen  ephod.  19 
Moreover  his  mother  made  him  a 
Uttle  "*  robe,  and  brought  it  to  him 
from  year  to  year,  when  she  came 
up  with  her  husband  to  offer  *  the 
yearly  sacrifice.  20  And  Eli 
•''blessed  Elkanah  and  his  wife, 
and  said,  Jehovah  give  thee  seed 
of  this  v/oman  for  ''the  petition 
which  was  asked  of  Jehovah.  And 
they  went  unto  their  own  home. 
2 1  ^  And  ''Jehovah  visited  Hannah, 
and  she  conceived,  and  bare  thi'ee 
sons  and  two  daughters.  And  'the 
child  Samuel  grew  before  Jehovah. 

22  Now  Eli  was  very  old  ;  and 
he  heard  *all  that  his  sons  did  unto 
ail  Israel,  and  how  that  they  lay 
with  '  the  women  that  did  service 
at  the  door  of  the  tent  of  meeting. 
23  And  he  said  unto  them.  Why 
do  ye  such  things  1  for  I  hear  of 
your  evil  dealings  from  all  this 
people.  24  Nay,  my  sons;  for  it 
is  no  good  report  -  that  I  hear  :  ye 
■"  make  Jehovah's  people  to  trans- 
gress. 25  If  one  man  sin  against 
another,  ^ "  God  shall  judge  him  ; 
but "  if  a  man  sin  against  Jehovah, 
who  shall  entreat  for  himl  Not- 
withstanding, they  hearkened  not 
unto  the  voice  of  their  father, 
because  ''Jehovah  was  minded  to 
slay  them.  26  And  the  child 
1  Samuel  grew  on,  and  increased 
in  favor  both  with  Jehovah,  and 
also  with  men. 

27  And  there  came  ""a  man  of 
God  unto  Eli,  and  said  unto  him. 
Thus  saith  Jehovah,  "  Did  I  reveal 
myself  unto  the  house  of  thy  father, 
when  they  were  in  Egypt  *  in  bond- 
age to  Pharaoh's  house?  28  *and 
*aid  I  choose  him  out  of  all  the 
tribes  of  Israel  to  be  my  priest,  to 
^go  up  unto  mine  altar,  to  burn 
incense,  to  wear  an  ephod  before 
mel  "and  did  I  give  unto  the 
house  of  thy  father  all  the  offer- 
ings of  the  children  of  Israel 
made  by  fire  ?  29 _  Wherefore 
^"kick  ye  at  my  sacrifice  and  at 
mine  offering,  "  which  I  have  com- 
manded in  my  ^habitation,  and 
^honorest  thj^y  jons  above  me,  to 

1  The  Heb.  has,  For. 

*  Or,  which  I  hear  Jehovah's  people  do  spread 
abroad  3  Or,  the  judge 

*  Or,  in  Pharaoh's  house     *  Or,  And  I  chost 

*  Or;  ojfifr  vmon  '  Or,  and  gave 
8  Or,  trample  ye  vpon  .  .  .  and  upon 


"  Mai.  2.  7-9 
i>  ver.  11  i  ch. 

;i.  1 
'  ver.  28 ;  ch. 

22.  18 
d  Ex.  28.  31 
'  ch.  1.  3,  21 
/  Lk.  2.  34 
S'ch.  1.11,27, 

2S 
k  Gen.  21.  1 
'  ver.  26 ;  ch. 

3.  19-21  ; 

Lk.  2.  40 
«••  ver.  13-17 
'  Ex.  38.  8 
"'  1  K.  15.  26 
"  Dt.  1.  17 
°  ch.  3.  14  ; 

Num.  15. 

30;  Heb. 

10.  26,  27 
P  Ex..  4.  21  ; 

Josh.  11. 

20 
9  ver.  21 ; 

Lk.  2.  52 
<■  Dt.  33. 

1 ;  Judg. 

13.  6 
'  Ex.  4.  14- 

16  :  12.  1,  43 
«  Ex.  28. 1-4 ; 

30.  7,  8 ; 

Lev.  8.  7,  8 
"  ver.  13-17 
"  Dt.  12. 

5-9 
^  Ps.  26.  8 
y  Mt.  10.  37 


'  Ex.  29.  9  ; 

Num.  25. 

13 
"  Ps.  50.  23 
(>  Mai.  2.  9 
"'ch.  4.  Il- 
ls; 22.  17- 

20 
d  1  K.  2.  26,  27 
^  Zech.  8.  4 
/  ch.  10.  7-9 ; 

1  K.  13.  3 
»ch.  4.  11,  17 
!>■  ch.  3.  1 ;  7. 

9  ;  9.  12,  13 
•  ch.  8.  3-5  ; 

1  K.  11.  38 
*  ch.  10.  9, 

10 ;  12.  3  ; 

16.  13 
'  ch.  2.  U,  18 


'  Ps.  74.  9 ; 
Ezek.  7.  26; 
Am.  8.  11, 

;2 


'  Ex.  25.  31- 

37;  Lev. 

24.  3 


P  Is.  6.  8 


272 


make  yourselves  fat  with  the  chief- 
est  of  all  the  offerings  of  Israel  my 
people?  30  Therefore  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel,  saith,  ^I  said 
indeed  that  thy  house,  and  the 
house  of  thy  father,  should  walk 
before  me  for  ever :  but  now  Je- 
hovah saith.  Be  it  far  from  me ; 
for  "them  that  honor  me  I  will 
honor,  and  they  ''that  despise  me 
shall  be  lightly  esteemed.  31  Be- 
hold, ''the  days  come,  that  I  will 
cut  off  thine  arm,  and  the  arm  of 
thy  father's  house,  that  there  shall 
not  be  an  old  man  in  thy  house. 

32  And  thou  shalt  behold  f-'the 
affliction  of  mi/  habitation,  in  all 
the  wealth  which  God  shall  give 
Israel ;  and  "  there  shall  not  be  an 
old   man    in   thy  house  for  ever. 

33  ^**  And  the  man  of  thine,  whom 
I  shall  not  cut  off  frorn  mine  altar, 
shall  be  to  consume  thine  eyes,  and 
to  grieve  thy  heart ;  and  all  the 
increase  of  thy  house  shall  die  "  in 
the  flower  of  their  age.  34  And 
this  shall  be  -^the  sign  unto  thee, 
that  shall  come  upon  thy  two  sons, 
on  Hophni  and  Phinehas  :  ^  in  one 
day  they  shall  die  both  of  them. 
3-5  And  *  I  will  raise  me  up  a  faith- 
ful priest,  that  shall  do  according 
to  that  which  is  in  my  heart  and 
in  my  mind  :  and  ^  I  will  build  him 
a  sure  house ;  and  he  shall  walk 
before  *mine  anointed  for  ever. 
36  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
everj'  one  that  is  left  in  thy  house 
shall  come  and  bow  down  to  him 
for  a  piece  of  silver  and  a  loaf  of 
bread,  and  shall  say.  Put  me,  I 
pray  thae,  into  one  of  the  priests' 
offices,  that  I  may  eat  a  morsel  of 
bread. 

3  And  '  the  child  Samuel  min- 
istered unto  Jehovah  before 
Eli.  And  ™the  word  of  Jehovah 
was  ^-  precious  in  those  days  ;  there 
was  no  '^frequent  vision.  2  And 
it  came  to  pass  at  that  time,  when 
Eli  was  laid  down  in  his  place  (now 
"his  eyes  had  begun  to  wax  dim, 
so  that  he  could  not  see),  3  and 
"  the  lamp  of  God  was  n9t  yet  gone 
out,  and  Samuel  was  laid  down  to 
sleep,  in  the  temple  of  Jehovah, 
where  the  ark  of  God  was ;  4  that 
Jehovah  called  Samuel :  and  he 
said,  ^Here  am  I.  5  And  he  ran 
unto  Eli,  and  said.  Here  am  I ;  for 

9  Or,  an  adversary  in  my  habitation 
10  Or,  Yet  will  I  not  cut  off  every  man  of  thine 
from  mine  altar,  to  cons^ime  &e. 
Ji  Heb.  when  they  are  men. 
12  Or,  rare  is  Heb.  widely  spread. 


3.6 


I.    SAMUEL 


4.10 


Samuel's  Vision  uni  Prophetii  Call.    The  Philistines  defeat  Israel  and  take  the  Ark 


thou  calledst  me.  And  he  said,  I 
called  not ;  lie  down  again.  And 
he  went  and  lay  down.  6  And 
Jehovah  called  yet  again,  Samuel. 
And  Samuel  arose  and  went  to 
Eli,  and  said,  Here  am  i  ;  for  thou 
calledst  me.  And  he  answered,  1 
called  not,  my  son  ;  lie  down  again. 

7  "  Now  Samuel  did  not  yet  know 
Jehovah,  neither  was  the  word  of 
Jehovah    yet  revealed   unto  him. 

8  And  Jehovah  called  Samuel 
again  the  third  time.  And  he 
arose  and  went  to  Eli,  and  said, 
Here  am  1 ;  for  thou  calledst  me. 
And  Eli  perceived  that  Jehovah 
had  called  the  child.  9  Therefore 
Eli  said  unto  Samuel,  Go,  lie  down  : 
and  it  shall  be,  if  he  call  thee,  that 
thou  shalt  say.  Speak,  Jehovah ; 
for  thj^  servant  heareth.  So  Sam- 
uel went  and  lay  down  in  his 
place. 

10  And  Jehovah  came,  and  stood, 
and  called  as  at  other  times,  Sam- 
uel, Samuel.  Then  Samuel  said, 
Speak  ;    for  thy   servant    heareth. 

11  And  Jehovah  said  to  Samuel, 
Behold,  *  I  will  do  a  thing  in  Israel, 
at  which  both  the  ears  of  every 
one  that  heareth  it  shall   tingle. 

12  In  that  day  ""I  will  perform 
against  Eli  all  that  I  have  spoken 
concerning  his  house,  from  the 
beginning  even  unto  the  end.  13 
For  ^  1  have  told  him  that  I  will 
judge  his  house  for  ever,  for  ''the 
iniquity  which  he  knew,  because 
•''his  sons  did  bring  a  curse  upon 
themselves,  and  "he  restrained 
them  not.  14  And  therefore  I 
have  sworn  u  nto  the  house  of  Eli, 
that  ''the  iniquity  of  Eli's  house 
shall  not  be  expiated  with  sacrifice 
nor  offering  for  ever. 

L5  And  Samuel  lay  until  the 
morning,  and  'opened,  the  doors 
of  the  house  of  Jehovah.  And 
Samuel  feared  to  show  Eli  *  the 
vision.  16  Then  Eli  called  Sam- 
uel, and  said,  Samuel,  my  .son. 
And  he  said,  Here  am  I.  17  And 
he  said.  What  is  the  thing  that 
Jehovah  hath  spoken  unto  thee? 
I  pray  thee,  hide  it  not  from  me: 
'  God  do  so  to  thee,  and  more  also, 
if  thou  hide  anything  from  me  of 
all  the  things  tnat  he  spake  unto 
thee.  18  And  Samuel  told  him 
every  whit,  and  hid  nothing  from 
him.  And  he  said,  "'It  is  .Jehovah  : 
let  him  do  what  seemeth  him  good. 

1 9  And  "  Samuel  grew,  and  "  Je- 
hovah was  with  him,  and  ^  did  let 


"  1  Cor.  13.  n 
l'2K.  21.  12; 

Jer.  1!).  3 
'  ch.  2.  27-36 
d  ch.  2.  29-31 
"■  ch.  2.  22 
/ch.  2. 12, 17, 

22 
"  Pt.  17.  12  ; 

21.  18 
A  Lev.  15.  31 ; 

Is.  22.  14 
■  1  Chr.  15. 

23 
*-■  ver.  10 
'  2  S.  3.  35 
""  Ex.  34.  .5-7  ; 

Lev.  l().  3  ; 

Job  2.  10 ; 

Is.  39.  8 
"  ch.  2.  21 
°  Gen.  21. 

22 ;  28.  15 
P  ch.  9.  6 


1  Judg.  20.  1 
""  ver.  10 
'ch.  7.  12 
'  ch.  29.  1 ; 

.Tosh.  12.  18 
"  Josh.  7. 

7,  8 
*'  Num.  10. 

35;  Josh. 

6.  6 
^  2  S.  6.  C 


y  Josb.  e.  o. 

20 


"  1  Cor.  16. 


ft  ch.  14.  21 ; 
Judg.  13.  1 


none  of  his  words  fall  to  the  ground. 
20  And  all  Israel  » from  Dan  even 
to  Beer-sheba  knew  that  Samuel 
was  established  to  be  a  prophet  of 
Jehovah.      21    And    Jehovah    ap- 

K eared  again   in  Shiloh  ;    ""for  .Je- 
ovah  revealed  himself  to  Samuel 
in  Shiloh  by  the  word  of  Jehovah. 

41  And    the    word    of    Samuel 
came  to  all  Israel. 
Now  Israel  went  out  against  the 
Philistines  to  battle,  and  encamped 
beside  '  Eben-ezer :  and    the    rhi- 
listines     encamped     in     'Aphck. 

2  And  the  Philistines  put  then-- 
selves  in  array  against  Israel :  and 
when  \they  joined  battle,  Israel 
was  smitten  before  the  Philistines  ; 
and  they  slew  of  the  -army  in  the 
field    about   four    thousand    men. 

3  And  when  the  ijeople  were  come 
into  the  camp,  the  elders  of  Israel 
said,  "  Wherefore  hath  Jehovah 
smitten  us  to-day  before  the  Phi- 
listines '?  "  Let  us  fetch  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  of  Jehovah  out  of 
Shiloh  unto  us,  that  it  may  come 
among  us,  and  save  us  out  of  the 
hand  of   our    enemies.     4  So    the 

Eeople  sent  to  Shiloh ;  and  they 
rought  from  thence  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
■^  who  ^sitteth  above  the  cherubim  : 
and  the  two  sons  of  Eli,  Hophni 
and  Phinehas,  were  there  with  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  God. 

5  And  when  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  .Jehovah  came  into  the 
camp,  *all  Israel  shouted  with  a 
great  shout,  so  that  the  earth  rang 
again.  6  And  when  the  Philis- 
tines heard  the  noise  of  the  shout, 
they  said.  What  meaneth  the  noise 
of  this  great  shout  in  the  camp  of 
the  Hebrews'?  And  they  under- 
stood that  the  ark  of  Jehovah  was 
come  into  the  camp.  7  And  the 
Philistines  w'ere  afraid,  for  they 
said,  (iod  is  come  into  the  camp. 
And  they  said,  -  Woe  unto  us  !  for 
there  hath  not  been  such  a  thing 
heretofore.  8  Woe  unto  us !  wh() 
shall  deliver  us  out  of  the  hand  of 
these  mighty  gods'?  the.se  are  the 
gods  that  smote  the  Egyptians  with 
all  manner  of  ■*  plagues  in  the  wil- 
derness. 9  "  Be  strong,  and  quit 
yourselves  like  men,  O  ye  Philis- 
tines, that  ye  be  not  servants  unto 
the  Hebrews,  *  as  they  have  been  to 
you  :  quit  yourselves  like  men,  and 
fight.       10    And    the     Philistines 


1  Or,  the  battle  was  spread 
*  Heb.  array. 


s  Or,  is  enthroned 
*  Heb.  smiting. 


27S 


4.11 


I.   SAMUEL 


5.11 


Death  of  Eli  dnd  of  his  Daoghter-in-1aw.    The  Irk  in  the  House  of  Dagoa.    Philistine  Cities  afBicted 


fought,  and  "  Israel  was  smitten, 
and  'they  tied  every  man  to  his 
tent :  and  there  was  a  very  great 
slaughter  ;  for  there  fell  of  Israel 
thirty  thousand  footmen.  1 1  And 
the  ark  of  God  was  taken  ;  and  "the 
two  sons  of  Eli,  Hophni  and  Phine- 
has,  were  slain. 

1 2  And  there  ran  a  man  of  Ben- 
jamin out  of  the  ^  arm5^  and  carne 
to  Shiloh  the  same  day,  v/ith  "^  his 
clothes  rent,  and  with  earth  upon 
his  head.  13  And  when  he  came, 
lo,  "Eli  was  sitting  upon  his  seat 
by  the  wayside  watching ;  for  his 
heart  trembled  for  the  ark  of  God. 
And  when  the  man  came  into  the 
city,  and  told  it,  all  the  city  cried 
out.  14  And  when  Eli  heard  the 
noise  of  the  crying,  he  said.  What 
meaneth  the  noise  of  this  tumult  1 
And  the  man  hasted,  and  came  and 
told  Eli.  15  Now  Eli  was  ninety 
and  eight  years  old;  aTid'^his  eyes 
were  set,  so  that  he  could  not  see. 
It)  And  the  man  said  unto  Eli,  I 
am  he  that  came  out  of  the  ^  army, 
and  I  fled  to-day  out  of  the  ^  army. 
And  he  said,  ■''  How  went  the  mat- 
ter, my  son?  17  And  he  that 
brought  the  tidings  answered  and 
said,  Israel  is  fled  before  the  Philis- 
tines, and  there  hath  been  also  a 
great  slaughter  among  the  people, 
and  thy  two  sons  also,  Hophni  and 
Phinehas,  are  dead,  and  the  ark  of 
God  is  taken.  18  And  it  came  to 
pass,  when  he  made  mention  of  the 
ark  of  God,  that  *  Eli  fell,  from  off 
his  seat  backward  by  the  side  of  the 
gate ;  and  his  neck  brake,  and  he 
died :  for  he  was  an  old  man,  and 
heavy.  And  he  had  judged  Israel 
forty  years. 

1 9  And  his  daughter-in-law,  Phin- 
ehas' wife,  was  with  child,  near  to 
be  delivered  :  and  when  she  heard 
the  tidings  that  the  ark  of  God  was 
taken,  and  that  her  father-in-law 
and  her  husband  were  dead,  she 
bowed  herself  and  brought  forth  ; 
for  her  pains  came  upon  her.  20 
And  about  the  time  of  her  death 
the  women  that  stood  by  her  said 
unto  her,  'Fear  not ;  for  thou  hast 
brought  forth  a  son.  But  she  an- 
swered not,  neither  did  she  regard 
it.  21  And  she  named  the  child 
^  Ichabod,  saying,  *  The  glory  is  de- 
parted from  Israel  ;  because  '  the 
ark  of  God  was  taken,  and  because 
of  her  father-in-law  and  her  hus- 
band.    22  And  she  said,  The  glory 

*  F«b.  array       •  That  is.  There  ia  no  clory. 


"  ver.  2 ; 
Dt.  28. 

IS,  25 
6  2  8.  18.  17; 

2  K..  14.  12 
'  Ch.  2.  34  ; 

Ps.  78.  50- 

fi4 
d  Josh.  7.  6 ; 

2  S.  1.  2  ; 

Neh.  0.  1 
*  ver.  IS ;  ch. 

1.  9 
/I  K.  14.4 
''  -J  S.  1.  4 
''  ver.  13 
■  Gen.  35. 

10-19 
k  Ps.  26.  8  ; 

Jer.  2.  a 
'  ver.  n 


'"  ch.  4.  1 ;  7. 

12 
"  .Josh.  13.  3 
°  Judg.  16. 

23-.30 ; 

1  Chr.  10. 

8-10 
P  Is.  19.  t ; 

40.  i,  2 
1 1s.  40.  7 


"■ver.  7,  11; 
Ei  9.  3 

» ch.  6.  5 

t  Dt.  28. 
27  ;  Pa.  78. 


'ver.  11  ;ch. 
29.  6-11 


'  ver.  11 ;  ch. 
7.  13 


is  departed  from  Israel ;  for  the  ark 
of  God  is  taken. 

5  Now  the  Philistines  had 
taken  the  ark  of  God,  and 
"'  they  brought  it  from  Eben-ezer 
unto  "Ashdod.  2  And  the  Philis- 
tines took  the  ark  of  God,  and 
brought  it  into "  the  house  of  Dagon, 
and  set  it  by  Dagon.  3  And  when 
they  of  Ashdod  arose  early  on  the 
morrow,  behold,  ''Dagon  was  fallen 
^upon  his  face  to  the  ground  before 
the  ark  of  Jehovah.  And  they  took 
Dagon,  and  *set  him  in  his  place 
again.  4  And  when  they  arose 
earlv  on  the  morrow  morning,  be- 
hold, Dagon  was  fallen  *  upon  his 
face  to  the  ground  before  the  ark 
of  Jehovah  ;  and  the  head  of  Dagon 
and  both  the  palms  of  his  hands 
Imj  cut  off  upon  the  threshold  :  only 
the  ffiimp  of  Dagon  was  left  to  him. 
o  Therefore  neither  the  priests  of 
Dagon,  nor  any  that  come  into 
Dagon 's  house,  tread  on  the  thresh- 
old of  Dagon  in  Ashdod,  unto  this 
day. 

6  But  *■  the  hand  of  Jehovah  was 
heavy  upon  them  of  Ashdod,  and 
*  he  destroyed  them,  and  smote 
them  with  '"tumors,  even  Ashdod 
and  the  borders  thereof.  7  And 
when  the  men  of  Ashdod  saw  that 
it  was  so,  they  said.  The  ark  of  tiie 
God  of  Israel  shall  not  abide  with 
us ;  for  his  hand  is  sore  upon  us, 
and  upon  Dagon  our  god.  8  They 
sent  therefore  and  "  gathered  all  the 
lords  of  the  Philistines  unto  them, 
and  said,  What  shall  we  do  with 
the  ark  of  the  God  of  Israel  1  And 
they  answered.  Let  the  ark  of  the 
God  of  Israel  be  carried  about  unto 
Gath.  And  they  carried  the  ark  of 
the  God  of  Israel  thither.  9  And 
it  was  so,  that,  after  they  had  car- 
ried it  about,  'the  hand  of  .lehovah 
was  against  the  city  with  a  verj" 
great  discomfiture :  and  he  smote 
the  men  of  the  city,  both  small  and 
great ;  and  -^  tumors  brake  out  upon 
them.  10  So  they  sent  the  ark  ol 
God  to  Ekron.  Apd  it  came  tc 
pass,  as  the  ark  of  God  came  to 
Ekron,  that  the  Ekronites  cried 
out,  saying.  They  have  brought 
about  the  ark  of  the  God  of  Israel 
to  us,  to  slay  us  and  our  people. 
1 1  They  '■>  sent  therefore  and  gath- 
ered together  all  the  lords  of  the 
Philistines,    and    they  said.   Send 

3  Or,  before  H 

*  Or,  plague  boils  As  read  by  the  Jews,  em» 
rods. 


7U 


5.  12 


I.   SAMUEL 


6.  2G 


Pbilistine  Cities  afilirted.    The  irk  restored  with  Presents.    Carried  to  Bcth-shemesh.    Beth-sheracsh  smitten 


away  tlie  ark  of  the  God  of  Israel, 
and  let  it  go  again  to  its  own  place, 
that  it  slay  us  not.  and  our  people. 
For  there  was  a  deadly  discomti- 
ture  throughout  all  the  city  ;  "the 
hand  of  God  was  very  heav.y  there. 
12  And  the  men  that  died  not  were 
smitten  with  the  tumors  ;  and  ''  the 
cry  of  the  city  went  ujp  to  heaven. 

6  And  the  ark  of  Jehovah  was 
in  the  ^countr.y  of  the  i^hilis- 
tines  seven  months.  2  And  ''the 
Philistines  called  for  the  priests 
and  the  diviners,  saying,  What 
shall  we  do  with  the  ai-k  of  Jeho- 
vah '?  show  us  wherewith  we  shall 
send  it  to  its  place.  3  And  they 
saifl,  If  ye  send  away  the  ark  of  the 
God  of  isi-ael,  ''  send  it  not  empty  ; 
but  by  all  means  ''return  him  a 
ti'espass-offering :  then  ye  shall  be 
healed,  and  it  shall  be  known  to 
you  why  his  hand  is  not  removed 
from  you.  4  Then  said  they.  What 
shall  ne  the  trespass-offiering  which 
we  shall  retui-n  to  himl  And  the.v 
said.  Five  golden  ■'^ tumors,  and  five 
golden  mice,  "according  to  the  num- 
ber of  the  lords  of  the  Philistines  : 
for  one  plague  was  on  ■^  you  all,  and 
on  your  lords.  5  Wherefore  ye 
shall  make  images  of  your  tumors, 
and  images  of  your  mice  that  mar 
the  land  ;  and  ''ye  shall  give  glory 
imto  the  God  of  Israel :  peradven- 
ture  'he  will  lighten  his  hand  from 
off  you,  aufl  *from  off  your  gods, 
and  from  off  your  land.  6  Where- 
fore then  do  ye  harden  your  hearts, 
'  as  the  Egyptians  and  Pharaoh 
hardened  their  hearts'?  When  he 
had  ^wrought  wonderfully  among 
them,  '"did  they  not  let  ^the  people 
go,  and  they  departed  1  7  Now 
therefore  take  and  "  prepare  you  a 
new  cart,  and  two  milch  kine,  on 
which  there  "hath  come  no  yoke: 
and  tie  the  kine  to  the  cart,  and 
bring  their  calves  home  from  them  : 
8  and  take  the  ark  of  Jehovah  and 
lay  it  upon  the  cart ;  and  put  ''the 
jewels  of  gold,  which  ye  return  him 
for 'a  trespass-offering,  in  a  coffer 
by  the  side  thereof ;  and  send  it 
away,  that  it  may  go.  9  And  see  ; 
if  it  goeth  up  by  the  way  of  its  own 
border  to  '' Beth-shemesh,  then  he 
hath  done  us  this  great  evil  :  but 
if  not,  then  '  we  shall  know  that  it 
is  not  his  hand  that  smote  us ;  it 
"vas  a  chance  that  happened  to  us. 
10  And  the  men  did  so,  and  took 


1  Hpi>  fi'-'d. 
a  Heb.  them. 

10 


s  Or,  marie  a  mock  of 
*  Heb.  than. 


"  ver.  G.  9 

''  lix.  12.  30 
«(4en.  41.  8; 

Kx.  7.  1 1 ; 

la.  2.  « 
<'  Ex.  2a.  ir> ; 

Dt.  10.  k; 
'  Lev.  .1.  1.-,, 

Hi 
/  ver.  17  ;  ch. 

."•..  (i,  9,  12 
'J  \er.  17.  IS; 

.Judg.  :j.  :i 
'» .losh.  7.  lu; 

la.  12.  12 
'ch.  o.  (i,  11 
k  ch.  6.  3, 

'  Kx.  8.  15, 

32  ;  9.  3 1 

'"  Ex.  12.  31 

"  2  S.  e.  3 
''  Num.  19. 

2  ;  Dt.  21. 

3,  4 
''  ver.  4,  5 
''  ver.  3 
'  Tosh.  1.'.. 

10:  21.  10 
'  ver.  3 


'  ver.  9 
"  Num.  20. 

19 
"  2  S   24    22  ; 

1  K.  19.  21 
^  Ex.  4.  n  ; 

Josh.  3.  3 


■  Dt.  3.  5 
"  ver.  14,  15 


i>  Num  4. 

15.  211 ; 
2  S.  6.  7 


'  Lev.  n.  44, 

46  ;  2  S.  6.  9 


two  milch  kine,  and  tied  them  to 
the  cart,  and  shut  up  their  calves 
at  home  ;  1 1  and  the.y  put  the  ark 
of  Jehovah  upon  the  curt,  and  the 
coffer  with  the  mice  of  gold  and 
the  images  of  their  tumors.  12 
And  the  kine  took  the  straight  way 
by  the  way  to  '■  Beth-sheuiosh  :  they 
went  along  '"'the  highway,  lowing 
as  they  went,  and  turned  not  aside 
to  the  right  hand  or  to  the  left; 
and  the  lords  of  the  Philistines 
went  after  them  unto  the  boi-der  of 
Beth-shemesh.  13  And  they  of 
Beth-shemesh  Avere  reaping  their 
wheat  harvest  in  the  valley ;  and 
they  lifted  up  their  ej-es,  and  saw 
the  ark,  and  rejoiced  to  see  it.  14 
And  the  cart  came  into  the  field  of 
Joshua  the  Beth-shemite.  and  stood 
there,  where  there  was  a  great 
stone  :  and  they  clave  the  wood  of 
the  cart,  and  "oflered  up  the  kine 
for  a  burnt-offei'ing  unto  Jehovah. 
15  And  ■'the  Levites  took  down 
the  ark  of  Jehovah,  and  tlie  coffer 
that  was  with  it,  wherein  the 
jewels  of  gold  were,  and  put  them 
on  the  great  stone :  and  the  men 
of  Beth-shemesh  offered  burnt- 
otTerings  and  sacrificed  sacrifices 
the  same  day  unto  Jehovah.  16 
And  when  the  five  lords  of  the  Phi- 
listines had  seen  it,  they  returned 
to  Ekron  the  same  day. 

17  And  ^  these  are  the  golden 
tumors  which  the  Philistines  re- 
turned for  a  trespass-oflering  unto 
Jehovah :  for  Ashdod  one,  for  Gaza 
one,  for  Ashkelon  one,  for  (ijith 
one,  for  Ekron  one;  18  and  the 
golden  mice,  according  to  the  num- 
ber of  all  the  cities  of  the  Philis- 
tines belonging  to  the  five  lords, 
'both  of  fortified  cities  and  of 
countr.v  villages,  even  unto  "the 
great  "stone,  whereon  they  set 
down  the  ark  of  Jehovah,  which 
atone  revi^n'neth  unto  this  day  in  the 
field  of  Joshua  the  Beth-.shemite. 

19  And  Mie  smote  of  the  men 
of  Beth-shemesh,  because  they  had 
looked  into  the  ark  of  Jehovah,  he 
smote  of  the  people  seventy  men, 
and  fifty  thousand  men ;  and  the 
people  mourned,  because  Jehovah 
had  smitten  the  people  with  a  great 
slaughter.  20  And  the  men  of 
Beth-shemesh  said,  "Who  is  able  to 
stand  before  Jehovah,  this  holy 
God?  and  to  whom  shall  he  go  up 

■^  Heb.  n'""  rained  vav. 

6  So  the  Sept.  The  Hebrew  text  has,  Abel,  (that 
is,  a  meadow). 


275 


6.21 


I.    SAMUEL 


a  9 


The  irk  brought  to  Kiriath-jearim.     Samnel  subdues  the  Philistines.     Ilis  Sons  judge  corruptly.     The  People  ask  for  a  King 


from  US'?  21  And  they  sent  mes- 
sengers to  the  inhabitants  of 
"  Kiriath-jearim,  saying,  The  PhiHs- 
tines  have  brought  back  the  ark  of 
Jehovah;  come  ye  down,  and  fetcli 

Tit  uj)  to  you.  1  And  the  men 
of  Kiriath-jearim  came,  and 
fetched  up  the  ark  of  Jehovah,  arid 
*  brought  it  into  the  house  of  Abin- 
adab  in  ^  the  hill,  and  sanctified 
Eleazar  his  son  to  keep  the  ark  of 
Jehovah.  2  And  it  came  to  pass, 
from  the  day  that  the  ark  abode  in 
Kiriath-jearim,  that  the  time  was 
long ;  for  it  was  twenty  years  :  and 
all  the  house  of  Isi'ael  -lamented 
after  Jehovah. 

3  And  Samuel  spake  unto  all  the 
house  of  Israel,  saying,  ''If  ye  do 
return  unto  Jehovah  with  all  your 
heart,  then  ^'put  away  the  foreign 
gods  and  the  "Ashtaroth  from 
among  you,  and  •''direct  your  hearts 
unto  Jehovah,  and  'serve  him  only  ; 
and  he  will  deliver  you  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  Philistines.  4  Then 
the  children  of  Israel  did  put  away 
the  Baalim  and  the  Ashtaroth,  and 
served  Jehovah  only. 

5  And  Samuel  said,  Gather  all 
Israel  to  ''Mizpah,  and  'I  will  pray 
for  you  unto  Jehovah.  6  And  they 
gathered  together  to  Mizpah,  and 
drew  water,  and  *  poured  it  out  be- 
fore Jehovah,  ancf  'fasted  on  that 
day,  and  said  there,  "We  have 
sinned  against  Jehovah.  And 
Samuel  judged  the  children  of 
Israel  in  Mizpah.  7  And  when  the 
Philistines  heard  that  the  children 
of  Israel  were  gathered  together  to 
Mizpah,  the  lords  of  the  Philistines 
went  up  against  Israel.  And  when 
the  children  of  Israel  heard  it,  "they 
were  afraid  of  the  Philistines.  8 
And  the  children  of  Israel  said  to 
Samuel,  "Cease  not  to  cry  unto  Je- 
hovah our  God  for  us,  that  he  will 
save  us  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
Philistines.  9  And  Samuel  took 
^a  sucking  lamb,  and  offered  it  for 
a  whole  burnt-offering  unto  Jeho- 
vah :  and  Samuel  cried  unto  Jeho- 
vah for  Israel;  and  *  Jehovah 
answered  him.  10  And  as  Samuel 
was  offering  up  the  burnt-offering, 
the  Philistines  drew  near  to  bat- 
tle against  Israel ;  but  ''Jehovah 
thundered  with  a  great  ^thunder 
on  that  day  upon  the  Philistines, 
and  'discomfited  them ;  and  they 
were  smitten  down  before  Israel. 


1  Ojv,  Gibeah 


2  Or,  was  drawn  together 
2  Heb.  voice. 


"  Josh.  9. 17 ; 

l.i.  9,  60 
b  2  S.  6.  3,  4 
'  Joel  2,  12- 

U 
d  Josh.  24. 

14,  23; 

Judg.  10. 

16 
'  ch.  31.  10  ; 

Judg.  2.  13 
/Dt  13.  4; 

2  Ghr.  19.  3 
sDt.  6.  13; 

Mt.  4.  10 
'» Judg.  20. 1 
'ch.  8.6;  12. 

17-19 
frch.  1.  15; 

Ps.  62.  8 ; 

Lam.  2.  19 
'  Lev.  16.29; 

Neh.  9.  1 
'"Judg.  10.10 
"  ch.  13.  6 ; 

17.  11 
"  ch.  12.  19- 

24  ;  Is.  37.  4 
P  Lev.  22.  27 
«  Ps.  99.  6 ; 

Jer.  l.";.  1 
""ch.  2.  10 ; 

Ps.  29.  3,  4  ; 

2  S.  22.  14, 

1.5 
'  Josh.  10. 

10;  Ps.  18. 

14 


t  Gen.  3.S. 

14:  Josh. 

4.  9 ;  24.  26 
"  Judg.  13. 

1-16 
"ch.  13.  5 
*Nura.  13. 

29 ;  Josh. 

10.  5-10 
y  ver.  6 ;  ch. 

12.  11 
'  Gen.  28. 

19 ;  3.5.  6 
"  Josh.  6.  9, 

10 
b  ver.  5 
''ch.  1.  1,19; 

2.  11 
d  Dt.  16.  18, 

19 
"  Gen.  22. 

19  ;  1  K.  19. 

3  ;  Am.  .5. 6 
/  Ex.  23.  6, 

8 ;  Dt.  16. 

19 
s  ch.  7.  17 
''  Dt.  17.  14, 

15 
'  ch.  12.  17 
*  ch.  16.  11 


'  ch.  10.  19  ; 
Ex.  16.  8 


276 


11  And  the  men  of  Israel  went  out 
of  Mizpah,  and  pursued  the  Philis- 
tines, and  smote  them,  until  they 
came  under  Beth-car. 

12  Then  Samuel  'took  a  stone, 
and  set  it  between  Mizpah  and 
Shen,  and  called  the  name  of  it 
^Eben-ezer,  saying,  Hitherto  hath 
Jehovah  helped  us.  13  "So  the 
Philistines  were  subdued,  and "  they 
came  no  more  within  the  border  of 
Israel :  and  the  hand  of  Jehovah 
was  against  the  Philistines  all  the 
days  of  Samuel.  14  And  the  cities 
which  the  Philistines  had  taken 
from  Israel  were  restored  to  Israel, 
from  Ekron  even  unto  Gath  ;  and 
the  border  thereof  did  Israel  deliver 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  Philistines. 
And  there  was  peace  between  Israel 
and  -"the  Amorites. 

15  And  Samuel  /judged  Israel 
all  the  days  of  his  life.  16  And  he 
went  from  year  to  year  in  circuit  to 
^  Beth-el,  and  "  Gilgal,  and  'Mizpah ; 
and  he  judged  Israel  in  all  tnose 
places.  17  And  his  I'eturn  was  to 
"Ramah,  for  there  was  his  house; 
and  there  he  judged  Israel :  and  he 
built  there  an  altar  unto  Jehovah. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Samuel  was  old,  that  ''he  made 
his  sons  judges  over  Israel.  2  Now 
the  name  of  his  first-born  was  Joel : 
and  the  name  of  his  second,  Abijah  : 
they  were  judges  in  *Beer-sheba. 
3  And  his  sons  walked  not  in  his 
ways,  but  turned  aside  after  lucre, 
and  •''took  bribes,  and  perverted 
justice. 

4  Then  all  the  elders  of  Israel 
gathered  themselves  together,  and 
came  to  Samuel  unto/Ramah;  5 
and  they  said  unto  him.  Behold, 
thou  art  old,  and  thy  sons  walk  not 
in  thy  ways  :  now  ''make  us  a  king 
to  judge  us  like  all  the  nations.  6 
But  the  thing 'displeased  Samuel, 
when  they  said.  Give  us  a  king  to 
judge  us.  And  *  Samuel  prayed 
unto  Jehovah.  7  And  Jehovah 
said  unto  Samuel,  Hearken  unto 
the  voice  of  the  people  in  all  that 
they  say  unto  thee  ;  for  'they  have 
not  rejected  thee,  but  they  have  re- 
jected me,  that  I  should  not  be 
king  over  them.  8  According  to 
all  the  works  which  they  have  done 
since  the  day  that  1  brought  them 
up  out  of  Egypt  even  unto  this  day, 
in  that  they  have  forsaken  me,  and 
served  other  gods,  so  do  they  also 
unto    thee.       9     Now    therefore 

*  That  ia,  The  stone  of  help. 


8.10 


I.    SAMUEL 


9.13 


Samnel  protests,  but  yields  to  their  Urgency.    Saul  seeks  bis  Father's  Asses,    lie  goes  to  consult  Samuel 


hearken  unto  their  voice  :  "howbeit 
thou  shalt  protest  solemnly  unto 
them,  and  shalt  show  them  ''  the 
manner  of  the  king  that  shall  reign 
over  them. 

10  And  Samuel  told  all  the  v^^ords 
of  Jehovah  unto  'the  people  that 
asked  of  him  a  kinj?.  11  And  he 
said,  ''This  will  be  the  manner  of 
the  king  that  shall  reign  over  you  : 
*he  will  take  your  sons,  and  appoint 
them  unto  him,  'for  his  chariots, 
and  to  be  his  horsemen  ;  and  'they 
shall  run  before  his  chariots;  12 
and  ^  he  will  ai_)point  them  unto  him 
for  captains  of  thousands,  and  cap- 
tains of  fifties  ;  and  he  loill  set  some 
to  plow  liis  ground,  and  to  reap  his 
harvest,  and  to  make  his  instru- 
ments of  war,  and  the  instruments 
of  his  chariots.  13  And  he  will 
take  your  daughters  to  be  perfum- 
ers, and  to  be  cooks,  and  to  be 
bakers.  1-1  And  ''  he  will  take  your 
fields,  and  your  vineyards,  and  your 
oliveyards.  even  the  best  of  them, 
and  give  them  to  his  servants.  15 
And  he  will  take  the  tenth  of  your 
seed,  and  of  your  vineyards,  and 
give  to  his  '-'officers,  and  to  his  ser- 
vants. 16  And  he  will  take  your 
men-servants,  and  your  maid-ser- 
vants, and  your  goodliest  ^young 
men,  and  your  asses,  and  put  them 
to  his  work.  17  He  will  take  the 
tenth  of  j'our  flocks :  and  ye  shall 
be  his  servants.  18  And  'yo  shall 
cry  out  in  that  day  because  of  your 
king  whom  ye  shall  have  cho.sen 
you;  and  *Jehovali  will  not  an- 
swer you  in  that  day. 

19  But  the  people  refused  to 
hearken  unto  the  voice  of  Samuel : 
and  they  said.  Nay ;  but  we  will 
have  a  king  over  us,  20  'that  we 
also  may  be  like  all  the  nations, 
and  that  our  king  may  judge  us, 
and  go  out  before  us,  and  tight  our 
battles.  21  And  Samuel  heard  all 
the  words  of  the  people,  and  '"he 
rehearsed  them  in  the  ears  of  Jeho- 
vah. 22  And  Jehovah  said  to 
Samuel,  "  Hearken  unto  their  voice, 
and  make  them  a  king.  And 
Samuel  said  unto  the  men  of 
Israel,  Go  ye  every  man  unto  his 
city. 

9  Now  there  was  a  man  of  Ben- 
jamin, whose  name  was  "  Kish, 
the  son  of  Abiel,  the  son  of  Zeror, 
the  son  of  Becorath,  the  son  of 
Aphiah,  the  son  of  a  Benjamite,  a 

'  Or,  over  his  chariots,  and  over  his  horses 
*  Or,  eunuchs         3  xhs  Sept.  has,  herds. 


"  Ezek.  3. 18 
t>  ver.  H-IS; 

ch.  10.  2i 
■^  ver.  4 
J  ch.  10.  L'i ; 

Dt,.  17.  14- 

"ch.  14.  62 
/•.'S.  1.5.  1 
■J  ch.  •.'2.  7  ; 

Mum.  31. 

14 

*  1  K.  21.  7  ; 
E2ek.4U.  18 

'  Is.  8.  21 

*  Prov.  I. 
25-28;  Mic. 
3.  4 

'  ver.  o 
'"  Judg.  11.11 
"  ver.  7 
"ch.  14.  ."il  ; 

1  I'hr.  9. 

3G-39 


''  ch.  10.  24 
'  ch.  10.  23 
*■  Josh.  24. 

33 
'  2  K.  4.  42 
'  Josh.  19.  42 
"  ch.  1.  1 

"  ch.  10.  2 


"  Dt.  33.  1  ; 

2  K.  5.  8 
"  ch.  3.  19 

=  Gen.  24. 42 


1  K.  14.  3; 

2  K.  :,.  15 ; 

8.  8,  9 ; 
Ezek.  13. 19 


I'  ver.  6 


■2  3.  24. 11; 
1  Chr.  9. 
22  ;  26.  28 ; 
Is.  30.  10 


d  Gen.  24. 
u>;  29.9; 
Ex.  2.  16 


'  Num.  28. 
11-15 


/ch.  7.  17; 
lu.  6 


mighty  man  of  "* valor.  2  And  he 
had  a  son,  whose  name  was  Saul,  a 
* ''young  man  and  a  goodly:  and 
there  was  not  among  the  cliildren 
of  Israel  a  goodlier  person  than 
he:  ''from  his  shoulders  and  up- 
ward he  was  higher  than  any  of  the 
people.  3  And  the  asses  of  Kish, 
Saul's  father,  were  lost.  And  Kish 
said  to  Saul  his  son.  Take  now 
one  of  the  servants  with  tliee,  and 
ari.se,  .go  seek  the  asses.    4  And  he 

Eassed  through  'the  hill-country  of 
Iphraim,  and  passed  through  the 
land  of  SShalishah,  but  they  found 
them  not :  then  they  passed  through 
the  land  of  'Shaalim,  and  there  they 
were  not :  and  he  passed  through 
the  land  of  the  Beujamites,  but 
they  found  them  not. 

5  When  they  were  come  to  the 
land  of  "Zuph,  Saul  .said  to  his  ser- 
vant that  was  witli  him.  Come,  and 
let  us  return,  "lest  my  father  leave 
oft'  caring  for  the  asses,  and  be  anx- 
ious for  us.  6  And  he  said  unto 
him,  Behold  now,  there  is  in  this 
city  ""a  man  of  God,  and  he  is  a 
man  that  is  held  in  honor;  *all 
that  he  saith  cometh  surely  to 
pass:  now  let  us  go  thither;  -per- 
adventuie  he  can  tell  us  concerning 
our  journey  w hereon  we  go.  7  Then 
said  Saul  to  his  sei'vant.  But,  be- 
hold, if  we  go,  what  shall  we  bring 
the  man  1  for  tlie  bread  is  spent  in 
our  vessels,  and  there  is  not  "a  pres- 
ent to  bring  to  the  man  of  God  : 
what  have  we  1  H  And  the  .sei'vant 
answered  Saul  again,  and  said.  Be- 
hold, 1  have  in  my  hand  the  fourth 
part  of  a  shekel  of  silver  :  that  will 
I  give  to  the  man  of  God,  ''to  tell 
us  our  way.  9  (Beforetime  in  Israel, 
when  a  man  went  to  inquire  of  God, 
thus  he  said.  Come,  and  let  us  go 
to  the  seer  ;  for  he  that  is  now  called 
a  Prophet  was  beforetime  called  'a 
Seer).  10  Then  said  Saul  to  his 
servant.  Well  said  ;  come,  let  us  go. 
So  they  went  unto  the  city  where 
the  man  of  God  was. 

1 1  As  they  went  up  the  ascent  to 
the  city, ''they  found  young  maid- 
ens going  out  to  draw  water,  and 
.said  unto  them.  Is  the  seer  here? 
12  And  they  an.swered  them,  and 
.said.  He  is;  behold,  he  is  before 
thee:  make  haste  now,  for  he  is 
come  to-day  into  the  city;  for  ""the 
people  have  a  sacrifice  to-day  in 
•'the  high  jilace.  13  As  soon  as  ye 
are  come  into  the   citj',   ye  shall 

*  Or,  wealth  >  Or,  choicr 


111 


9.14 


I.  SAMUEL 


10.6 


Saal  feasts  and  commands  mth  San  lel.     Samael  anoints  Sanl  to  be  King,  and  gives  him  Directions 


straightway  find  him,  before  he  ?o- 
eth  up  to  the  high  place  to  eat ;  for 
the  people  will  not  eat  until  he 
come,  because  "he  doth  bless  the 
sacrifice ;  and  afterwards  they  eat 
that  are  bidden.  Now  therefore 
get  you  up ;  for  at  this  time  ye 
shall  find  him.  14  And  they  went 
up  to  the  city ;  and  as  they  came 
within  the  city,  behold,  Samuel 
came  out  toward  them,  to  go  up 
to  the  high  place. 

15  Now  *. Jehovah  had  4'evealed 
unto  Samuel  a  day  before  Saul 
came,  saying,  1 6  To-morrow  about 
this  time  I  will  send  thee  a  man 
out  of  the  land  of  Benjamin,  and 
°  thou  shalt  anoint  him  to  be  '^  prince 
over  my  people  Israel ;  and  he  shall 
save  my  people  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  Philistines:  for ''I  have  looked 
upon  my  people,  because  their  cry 
is  come  unto  me.  17  And  when 
Samuel  saw  Saul,  Jehovah  ^said 
unto  him,  ''Behold,  the  rnan  ^of 
whom  I  spake  to  thee !  this  same 
shall  have  authority  over  my  peo- 
ple. 18  Then  Saul  drew  near  to 
Samuel  in  the  gate,  and  said.  Tell 
me,  I  pray  thee,  where  the  seer's 
house  is.  1 9  And  Samuel  answered 
Saul,  and  said,  I  am  the  seer ;  go 
up  before  me  unto  the  high  place, 
for  ye  shall  eat  with  me  to-day: 
and  in  the  morning  I  will  let  thee 
go,  and  \vill  tell  thee  all  that  is  in 
thy  heart.  20  And  •'^as  for  thine 
asses  that  were  lost  three  days  ago, 
set  not  thy  mind  on  them  ;  for  they 
are  found.  And  ''"for  whom  is  all 
that  is  desirable  in  Israeli  Is  it 
not  for  thee,  and  for  all  thy  father's 
house  %  21  And  Saul  answered  and 
said,  ''Am  not  I  a  Benjamite,  of 
*  the  smallest  of  the  tribes  of  Israel  ? 
and  my  family  the  least  of  all  the 
families  of  the  "  tribe  of  Benjamin  % 
wherefore  then  spcakest  thou  to 
me  after  this  manner'? 

22  And  Samuel  took  Saul  and  his 
servant,  and  brought  them  into  the 
guest-chamber,  and  made  them  sit 
in  the  chiefest  place  among  them 
that  were  bidden,  who  were  about 
thirty  persons.  23  And  Samuel 
said  unto  the  cook.  Bring  thepor- 
tion  which  I  gave  thee,  of  which  I 
said  unto  thee.  Set  it  by  thee.  _  24 
And  the  cook  *  took  up  the  '  thigh, 

1  Heb.  uvcnvered  the  ear  of  Samiirl. 

2  Or,  leader  3  Heb.  oMSU'e^ed  him. 

■•  Or,  of  I'-hmn  T  said  unto  thee.  This  s-iv>e  i'C. 
5  Or,  on  jcho-n  is  all  the  desire  of  Israel  f    Is  it 
not  on  thee,  nn d  on  all  &c.  ^ 

«  Heb.  tribes.  i  Or,  shoulder 


"  Lk.  9.  16  ; 

Jn.  6.  n 
6  ch.  15.  1 ; 

Acts  13.  21 
■=  ch.  10.  1 
d  Ex.  ;i.  r,  9 

*  ch.  16.  12 
/  ver.  3 

"  ch.  8.  6  ; 

12.  1.3 
ftch.  15.  17 
<  Judg.  20. 

4r>-48 

*  Ex.  29.  22, 
27 ;  Lev.  7. 

Nuni.'lS.  IS 


'  Dt.  22.  8 ; 
Acts  10.  9 


"■  ch.  16.  13  ; 

Ex.  30.  23- 

33  ;  2  K.  9. 

3,  6 
"  Ps.  2.  12 
"  ver.  9,  10 ; 

ch.  10.  13; 

26.  9  ;  2  S. 

1.  14 
P  Dt.  32.  9  ; 

Ps.  78.  71 

9  Gen.  35. 
lG-20 ;  48.  7 

*■  ch.  9.  3-5 


'  Gen.  35.  8 

'  Gen.  28. 16, 
22  ;  36.  1, 
3,  7 


"  ch.  13.  2,  3 


'  ch.  19.  20  ; 
2  K.  2.  3,  6, 


^  2  K.  3.  15 ; 

1  Chr.  25. 

1-fi 
yNum.  11. 

2.i.  29 ; 

J  ud,?.  14. 6 


and  that  which  was  upon  it,  and 
set  it  before  Saul.  And  Samuel  said. 
Behold,  that  which  hath  been  re- 
served !  set  it  before  thee  and  eat ; 
because  unto  the  appointed  time 
hath  it  been  kept  for  thee,  "^for  I 
said,  I  have  invited  the  people.  So 
Saul  did  eat  with  Samuel  that  day. 
25  And  when  they  were  come 
down  from  the  high  place  into  the 
city,  he  communed  with  Saul  'upon 
the  housetop.  26  And  they  arose 
early:  and  it  came  to  pass  about 
the  spring  of  the  day,  that  Samuel 
called  to  Saul  on  the  housetop,  say- 
ing. Up,  that  I  may  send  thee  away. 
And  Saul  arose,  and  they  went 
out  both  of  them,  he  and  Samuel, 
abroad.  27  As  they  were  going 
down  at  the  end  of  the  city,  Samuel 
said  to  Saul,  Bid  the  servant  pass 
on  before  us  (and  he  passed  on), 
but  stand  thou  still  **  first,  that  I 
may  cause  thee  to  hear  the  word  of 
God. 

-|  r\  Then  '"Samuel  took  the 
JL v/  vial  of  oil,  and  poured  it 
upon  his  head,  and  "kissed  him, 
and  said.  Is  it  not  that  "Jehovah 
hath  anointed  thee  to  be  prince 
over  ^his  inheritance  1  2  When 
thou  art  departed  from  me  to-day, 
then  thou  shalt  find  two  men  by 
*  Rachel's  sepulchre,  in  the  border 
of  Benjamin  at  Zelzah ;  and  they 
will  say  unto  thee,  "■  The  asses  which 
thou  wentest  to  seek  are  found  ; 
and,  lo,  tliy  father  hath  left  otf 
caring  for  the  asses,  and  is  anxious 
for  you,  sayino:.  What  shall  I  do  for 
my  son  1  3  Then  shalt  thou  go  on 
forward  from  thence,  and  thou  shalt 
come  to  the  "  *  oak  of  Tabor ;  and 
there  shall  meet  thee  there  three 
men  going  up  'to  G®d  to  Beth-el, 
one  carrying  three  kids,  and  an- 
other carrying  three  loaves  of 
bread,  and  another  carrj'ing  a  ^^  bot- 
tle of  wine:  4  and  they  will  salute 
thee,  and  give  thee  two  loaves  of 
bread,  which  thou  shalt  receive  of 
their  hand.  5  After  that  thou  shalt 
come  to  '""  the  hill  of  God,  where  is 
the  garrison  of  the  Philistines:  and 
it  shall  come  to  pass,  when  thou  art 
come  thither  to  the  city,  that  thou 
shalt  meet ''  a  band  of  prophets  com- 
ing down  from  the  high  place  with 
a  psaltery,  and  a  timbrel,  and  a 
pipe,  and  a  harp,  before  them  •,  and 
"^  they  will  be  prophesying :  6  and 
*the  Spirit  of  Jehovah  will  come 

8  Heb.  sayinq.  *  Heb.  to-day. 

»«  Or,  terebinth      "  Or,  skin    ^  Or,  Oibeah 


278 


10.7 


I.   SAMUEL 


U.4 


SanI  among  tlit^  Prophets.    His  lode's  <|uestions.    Oe  is  chosen  by  Lot  at  Mizpah.    Nahasb  tbreateos  Juliesb-^'iltad 


mightily  upon  tliee,and  "  thou  shalt 
prophesy  with  them,  and  shalt  be 
turned  into  another  man.  7  And 
'  let  it  be,  when  these  signs  are  come 
unto  thee,  "that  thou  ^(\o  as  occa- 
sion shall  serve  thee;  for  ""God  is 
with  thee.  8  And  ''thou  shalt  go 
down  before  me  to  Giigal;  and, 
behold,  I  will  come  down  unto  thee, 
to  olFer  burnt-olTerings,  and  to "  sac- 
rifice sacrihccs  of  peace-ofTerings : 
•'seven  days  shalt  thou  tarry,  till 
I  come  unto  thee,  and  show  thee 
what  thou  shalt  do. 

9  And  it  was  .so.  that,  when  he 
had  turned  his  back  to  go  from 
Samuel,  God  *^gave  him  another 
heart :  and  all  those  signs  came  to 
pass  that  day.  10  xVnd  "when  they 
came  thither  to  '*the  hill,  behold,  a 
band  of  ijrophets  met  him  ;  and  the 
Spirit  ot  God  came  mightily  upon 
him,  and  he  prophesied  among 
them.  11  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  all  that  knew  him  beforetime 
saw  that,  behold,  he  prophesied 
with  the  prophets,  then^  the  people 
said  one  to  another,  \V"hat  is  this 
that  is  come  unto  the  son  of  Kish  ? 
'Is  Saul  also  among  the  prophets? 
12  And  one  of  the  same  place  an- 
swered and  said,  And  who  is  their 
father  ?  Therefore  it  became  a  prov- 
erb. Is  Saul  also  among  the  proph- 
ets ?  13  And  when  he  had  made 
an  end  of  prophesying,  he  came  to 
the  high  place. 

14  And  *  Saul's  uncle  said  unto 
him  and  to  his  servant.  Whither 
went  j-e  ?  And  he  said,  '  To  seek 
the  asses  ;  and  when  we  saw  that 
they  were  not  found,  we  came  to 
Samuel.  15  And  Saul's  uncle  said. 
Tell  me,  I  pray  thee,  what  Samuel 
said  unto  you.  16  And  Saul  said 
unto  his  uncle,  '"He  told  us  plainly 
that  the  asses  were  found.  But 
concerning  the  matter  of  the  king- 
dom, whereof  Samuel  spake,  he  told 
him  not. 

17  And  Samuel  called  the  people 
together  unto  Jehovah  "  to  Mizpah  : 
18  and  he  said  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  "Thus  saitli  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  Israel,  I  brought  up  Israel 
out  of  Egypt,  and  I  delivered  you 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  Egyptians, 
and  out  of  the  hand  of  all  the  king- 
doms that  oppressed  you:  19  but 
''ye  have  this  day  rejected  your 
God,  who  himself  saveth  you  out 

'  Heb.  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  ic/ioi  these 
sigvs  &<: 

2  Heo.  linfor  thee  as  thy  hand  shall  find. 
s  Heb.  turned.  *  Or,  Gibeaii 


"  ver.  1( 

; 

cli.  ly 

-3, 

b  Keel. 

1.  10 

'  Josh. 

1.  0 

<'  eh.  13 

S 

'eh.  11 

16 

/  ch.  i:t 

8 

"  ver.  0 

*  ver.  o 

0 

i  ch.  i;i 

■n  ; 

Am.  7 

.  14. 

!;•> ;  Mt.  13. 

54-57 

*  ch.  11 

fiO 

'  ch.  9. 

4-« 

"'  cli.  9. 

20 

"  ch.  7. 

5 

".Judg.  e.8,9 

I'  ch.  8. 

0,7 

1  ,Tosh. 

» 

14-17; 

'24. 

1  ;  Prov. 

10   ;!3 

•"ch.  23 

2.4, 

9-11 ; 

Ex. 

28.  .SO 

Num. 

'27. 

Dt.  17.  15  ; 
2  S.  21.  G 


'  I  K.  1.  25, 

34,  39 


'Cb.  8.  11- 
Ib ;  Dt.  17. 
14-20 

■  Dt.  31.  26 


'ch.  11.4; 
15.  34 


=  1  K.  10.  25  ; 
2  Chr.  17. 


«  ch.  12.  12 


(-.Tud.K.  21.8; 
ch.  31.  11 

«  1  K.  20.  34  ; 
Ezek.  17. 
13 


"ch.  17.  2fi; 
Vs.  44.  13 
/ch.  8.  4 


of  all  your  calamities  and  your  dis- 
tresses ;  and  ye  have  said  unto  him. 
Nay,  but  set  a  king  over  us.  Now 
t^herefore  '^  present  yourselves  be- 
fore Jehovah  by  youi-  tribes,  and 
by  your  thousands.  20  So  Samuel 
brought  all  the  tribes  of  Israel  near, 
and  the  tribe  of  Ben.jamin  was 
taken.  21  And  he  brought  the 
tribe  of  Benjamin  near  liy  their 
families;  and  the  family  of  the 
-Matriteswas  taken  ;  and  Saul  the 
son  of  Kish  wis  taken  :  but  when 
they  sought  him,  he  could  not  be 
found.  22  Therefore  'they  asked 
of  Jeliovah  further,  "Is  there  yet 
a  man  to  come  hither?  And  Jeho- 
vah answered,  Behold,  he  hath  hid 
himself  among  the  baggage.  23 
And  they  i-an  and  fetched  him 
thence  ;  and  when  he  stood  among 
the  people,  'he  was  higher  than 
any  of  the  people  from  his  shoul- 
ders and  upward.  24  And  Samuel 
said  to  all  the  people.  See  ye  him 
'whom  Jehovah  hath  chosen,  that 
there  is  none  like  him  among  all 
the  people?  And  all  the  people 
shouted,  and  said,  "Long  live  the 
king. 

25  Then  Samuel  told  the  people 
"the  manner  of  the  kingdom,  and 
wrote  it  in  '^a  book,  and  •'laid  it 
up  before  Jehovah.  And  Samuel 
sent  all  the  people  away,  every 
man  to  his  liouse.  20  And  Saul 
also  went  *'to  his  hou.se  to  Gibeah  ; 
and  there  went  with  him  the 
'host,  whose  hearts  God  had 
touched.  27  But  certain  worth- 
less fellows  said.  How  shall  this 
man  save  us?  And  they  despised 
him,  and  'brought  him  no  pre-sent. 
*  But  he  held  his  peace. 

nThen  "IS abash  the  Am- 
monite came  up,  and  en- 
camped against  '' Jabesh  -  gilead  : 
and  all  the  men  of  Jabesh  said 
unto  Xahash,  Make  ''a  covenant 
with  us,   anfl  we  will  serve  thee. 

2  And  Xahash  the  Ammonite  said 
unto  them.  On  this  condition  will 
I  make  it  witn  you,  ■*  that  all  your 
right  eyes  be  put  out :  and  I  will  lay 
it  for  'a  reproach  upon  all  Israel. 

3  And  •''the  elders  o.  Jabesh  said 
unto  him.  Give  us  seven  days'  res- 
pite, that  we  may  send  messengers 
unto  all  the  borders  of  Israel ;  and 
then,  if  there  be  none  to  save  us, 
we  will  come  out  to  thee.     4  Then 

■■*  Or,  /.<!  the  man  yet  come  hither  ? 

«  Or,  the  '  Or.  ;nen  of  vnlor 

>>  Or,  Bvt  he  was  as  tiioanh  Ue  had  been  dea/ 


279 


IL5 


I.   SAMUEL 


12.11 


Sanl's  Victory  over  the  Animonites.    The  Kingdom  renewed.    Samael's  Solemn  Address  to  Israel 


came  the  messengers  "  to  Gibeah  of 
Saul,  and  spake  these  words  in  the 
ears  of  the  people  :  and  all  the 
people  *  lifted  up  their  voice,  and 
wept.  5  And.  behold,  Saul  came 
"following  the  oxen  out  of  the 
field ;  and  Saul  said,  What  aileth 
the  people  that  they  weep  ?  And 
they  told  him  the  words  of  the 
men  of  Jabesh. 

6  And  •'the  Spirit  of  God  came 
mightily  upon  Saul  when  he  heard 
those  words,  and  his  anger  was 
kindled  greatly.  7  And  he  took  a 
yoke  of  oxen,  and  ""cut  them  in 
pieces,  and  sent  them  throughout 
all  the  borders  of  Israel  by  the 
hand  of  messengers,  saying,  ^  Who- 
soever Cometh  not  forth  after  Saul 
and  after  Samuel,  so  shall  it  be 
done  unto  his  oxen.  And  ^  the 
dread  of  Jehovah  fell  on  the  peo- 
ple, and  they  came  out  ''as  one  man. 
8  And  he  numbered  them  in 
''  Bezek  ;  and  the  children  of  Israel 
were  'three  hundred  thousand, 
and  the  men  of  Judah  thirty  thou- 
sand. 9  And  they  said  unto  the 
messengers  that  came,  Thus  shall 
ye  say  unto  the  men  of  Jabesh- 
gilead.  To-morrow,  by  the  time 
the  sun  is  hot,  ye  shall  have  de- 
liverance. And  the  messengers 
came  and  told  the  men  of  .labesh  ; 
and  they  were  glad.  10  Therefore 
the  men  of  Jabesh  said,  *  To-morrow 
.ve  will  come  out  unto  you,  and  ye 
shall  do  with  us  all  that  seemeth 
good  unto  you.  1 1  And  it  was  so  on 
the  morrow,  that  Saul  put  the  peo- 
ple '  in  three  companies  ;  and  they 
came  into  the  midst  of  the  camp  in 
the  morning  watch,  and  smote  the 
Ammonites  until  the  heat  of  the 
day  :  and  it  came  to  pass,  that  they 
that  remained  were  scattei^ed,  so  that 
not  two  of  them  were  left  together. 

12  And  the  people  said  unto 
Samuel,  '"Who  is  he  that  said. 
Shall  Saul  reign  over  us"?  "bring 
the  men,  that  we  may  put  them  to 
death.  13  And  Saul  said,  "There 
shall  not  a  man  be  put  to  death 
this  day :  for  to-daj^  ^  Jehovah  hath 
wrought  '^  delivei'ance  in  Israel. 

1 4  Then  said  Samuel  to  the  peo- 
ple. Come,  and  let  us  go  to  *  Gilgal, 
and  '"renew  the  kingdom  there. 
15  And  all  the  people  went  to 
Gilgal ;  and  there  they  made  Saul 
kftig  'before  Jehovah  in  Gilgal ; 
and  there  they  'offered  sacrifices 
of  peace-offerings  before  Jehovah  ; 

1  Or,  a  terror  from  Jehovah         2  Heb.  salvation. 


"  ch.  10.  26 ; 

15.  34 

*  ch.  30.  4  ; 
Gen.  27. 
38;  Judg. 
2.  4 

'^  1  K.  19.  19 
d  ch.  10.  10 ; 

16.  13 ; 
Judg.  3. 
10  ;  6.  34  ; 
13.  2.5  ;  14.  6 

*  Judg.  19. 
29 

/Judg.  21.  5, 

8,  10 
*'  Judg.  20.  1 
''  Judg.  1.  5 
'  Judg.  20.  2 
k  ver.  3 
'  Judg.  7.  16 
'"  ch.  10.  27 
"  Lk.  19.  27 
°  ch.  10.  27  ; 

2  S.  19.  22 
P  ch.  19.  5  ; 

El.  14.  13 
«  ch.  7.  16  ; 

10.  8 
>■  ch.  10.  25 
'  ch.  10.  17 
'  ch.  10.  8 


"  ch.  8.  7,  9, 

'■'  ch.  10.  24  ; 

11.  14,  15 
■^  ch.  8.  20 
^  ch.  8.  1,  5 
^  ch.  8.  3,  5 
°  ch.  3.  10, 

19,  20 

b  ch.  10.  1 ; 

24.  6  ;  2  S. 
1.  14 
"  Ex.  20.  17  ; 
Num.  16. 
15;  Acts 

20.  33 

rf  Ex.  23.  S  ; 

Dt.  16.  19 
"  Acts  23.  9  ; 

24.  20 
/  Ex.  22.  4 
^  Ex.  6.  26 
/i  Ezek.  20. 

35;  Mic.  6. 


■  Ex.  2.  23- 

25 

*  Ex.  3.  10  ; 

4.  14-16 
'  ch.  10.  18 

"■  Dt.  32.  18  ; 
Judg.  3.  7 

"  Judg.  4.  2 


°  Judg.  3.  31 ; 

10.  7  ;  13.  1 
P  Judg.  3. 

12-30 

9  Judg.  10. 10 


>■  Judg.  2. 
13  ;  3.  7 

»  Judg.  10. 
15,  16 

« Judg.  6. 

31,32 
"  Judg.  4.  0 ; 


280 


and  there  Saul  and  all  the  men  of 
Israel  rejoiced  greatly. 
■i  O  And  Samuel  said  unto 
JLi^  all  Israel,  Behold,  "I  have 
hearkened  unto  your  voice  in  all 
that  ye  said  unto  me,  and  "have 
made  a  king  over  you.  2  And 
now,  behold,  -^the  king  walketh 
before  you ;  and  ^  I  am  old  and 
grayheaded ;  and,  behold,  ^my 
sons  are  with  you:  and  "I  have 
walked  before  you  from  my  youth 
unto  this  day.  3  Here  I  am  :  wit- 
ness against  me  before  Jehovah, 
and  *  before  his  anointed  :  "  whose 
ox  have  I  taken]  or  whose  ass 
have  I  taken  I  or  whom  have  I  de- 
frauded ?  whom  have  I  oppressed  1 
or  "*  of  whose  hand  have  1  taken  a 
^  ransom  ■*  to  blind  mine  eyes  there- 
with i  and  I  will  restore  it  you. 
4  And  they  said.  Thou  hast  not 
defrauded  us,  nor  oppressed  us, 
neither  hast  thou  taken  aught  of 
any  mans  hand.  5  And  he  said 
unto  them,  Jehovah  is  witness 
against  you,  and  his  anointed  is 
witness  this  day,  that  "  ye  have 
not  found  avight  ■''in  my  hand.  And 
they  said.  He  is  witness. 

6  And  Samuel  said  unto  the  peo- 
ple. It  is  Jehovah  that  *'' ap- 
pointed Moses  and  Aaron,  and 
that  brought  your  fathers  up  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt.  7  Now 
therefore  stand  still,  *  that  I  may 
plead  with  you  before  Jehovah  con- 
cerning all  the  righteous  acts  of 
Jehovah,  which  he  did  to  you  and 
to  your  fathers.  8  When  Jacob 
was  come  into  Egypt,  and  'your 
fathers  cried  unto  Jehovah,  then 
*^  Jehovah  sent  INIoses  and  Aaron, 
'who  brought  forth  your  fathers 
out  of  Egypt,  and  made  them  to 
dwell  in  this  place.  9  But  "'  they 
forgat  Jehovali  their  God ;  and 
"he  sold  them  into  the  hand  of 
Sisera,  captain  of  the  host  of  Hazor., 
and  "  into  the  hand  of  the  Philis  • 
tines,  and  ''into  the  hand  of  the 
king  of  Moab ;  and  they  fought 
against  them.  10  And 'they  cried 
unto  Jehovah,  and  said.  We  have 
sinned,  because  we  have  forsaken 
Jehovah,  and  have  served  ''the 
Baalim  and  the  Ashtaroth :  but 
"'  now  deliver  us  out  of  the  hand  of 
our  enemies,  and  we  will  serve  thee. 
11  And  .Jehovah  sent  'Jerubbaal, 
and  ''"Bedan,  and  Jephthah,  and 

3  Or,  brih" 

*  Or,  that  Ishoiild  hide  mine  eyes  at  him 

5  Or,  made       «  Ace.  to  Sept.  and  Syr.,  Barak 


12.12 


I.   SAMUEL 


13.11 


Samael's  Solemn  Address  to  Israel.    War  with  tlie  Pbilislines.    Saal  at  6ilgal.    His  ill -advised  Sairiflco 


Samuel,  and  delivered  you  out  of 
the  hand  of  your  enemies  on  every 
side;  and  ye  dwelt  in  safety.  12 
And  wlien  ye  saw  "that  Nahash 
tlie  king  of  the  children  of  Amnion 
came  against  you,  ye  said  unto  me, 
*  Nay,  but  a  king  shall  reign  over 
us ;  '  when  Jehovah  your  God  was 
vour  king.  13  Now  therefore  '^  be- 
hold the  king  whom  ye  have  chosen, 
and  "  whom  ye  ha\e  asked  for : 
and,  behold,  Jehovah  liath  set  a 
king  over  you.  14  -^If  ye  will 
fear  .Jehovah,  and  serve  him.  and 
hearken  unto  his  voice,  and  not 
rebel  against  the  commandment 
of  Jehovah,  ^  and  both  ye  and 
also  the  king  that  reigneth  over 
you  be  followers  of  Jehovah  your 
God,  well :  15  but  ^  if  ye  will  not 
hearken  unto  the  voice  of  .Jehovah, 
but  rebel  against  the  command- 
ment of  Jehovah,  then  '[  will  the 
hand  of  Jehovah  be  against  you, 
'as  it  was  against  your  fathers. 
16  Now  therefore  *  stand  still  and 
see  this  great  thing,  which  Jeho- 
vah will  do  before  your  eyes.  17 
'Is  it  not  wheat  harvest  to-day? 
*"!  will  call  unto  Jehovah,  that  he 
may  send  thunder  and  rain  ;  and 
ye  shall  know  and  see  that  "your 
wickedness  is  great,  which  ye  have 
done  in  the  sight  of  Jehovah,  in 
asking  you  a  king.  18  So  Samuel 
called  unto  Jehovah ;  and  Jehovah 
sent  thunder  and  rain  that  day: 
and  "  all  the  people  greatly  feared 
Jehovah  and  Samuel. 

19  And  all  the  people  said  unto 
Samuel,  *Pray  for  thy  servants 
unto  Jehovah  thy  God,  that  we 
die  not ;  for  we  have  added  unto 
all  our  sins  ^this  evil,  to  ask  us  a 
king.  20  And  Samuel  said  unto 
the  people.  Fear  not :  ye  have  in- 
deed done  all  this  evil;  yet  ''turn 
not  aside  from  following  Jehovah, 
but  serve  Jehovah  with  all  your 
he^rt :  21  and  turn  ye  not  asid^; 
for  then  would  ye  go  after  'vain 
things  which  cannot  profit  nor  de- 
liver, for  they  are  vain.  22  For 
'Jehovah  will  not  forsake  his  peo- 
ple "for  his  great  name's  sake,  be- 
cause "it  hath  pleased  Jehovah  to 
make  you  a  people  unto  himself. 
23  Moreover  as  tor  me,  -^  far  be  it 
from  me  that  I  should  sin  against 
Jehovah  in  ceasing  to  pray  for  you : 
but  ^  I  will  instruct  you  in  the  good 
and  the  right  way.     24  'Only  fear 

1  Or,  then  shall  both  ye  .  .  .  Jehovah  your  God : 
but  &e. 


°ch.  n.  1,  2 
*  ch.  8.  G,  1» 
"  ch.  8.  7  ; 

J  udg.  8.  23 
d  ell.  10.  24 
'  ver.  17.  lU  ; 

8.  5 ;  Hos. 

13.  11 
/Josll.  24. 

14 
!'.Josh.  24. 

20  ;  Is.  1. 

20 
A  ch.  5.  0 
'  ver.  9 
fc  Ex.  14.  13, 

.■'.1 
'  Prov.  26.  1 
"'  ch.  7.  9,  10 
"  ch.  8.  7 
0  Ex.  14.  31 
1'  ver.  23 ; 

Ex.  9.  28 ; 

Jer.  In.  1 
3  ver.  17,  20 
'Dt.  11.  IB 
'  Is.  41.  29  ; 

Hab.  2.  18 
«Dt.  31.0; 

1  K.  ti.  13 
"  Ex.  32.  12 ; 

Num.  14. 

13 
^Dt.  7.  6-11; 

1  Pet.  2.  9 
^  Rom.  1.  9 ; 

Col.  1.  9 ; 
iTh.  3.  10; 

2  Tim.  1.  3 
S'  1  K.  8.  36  ; 

Prov.  4.  11 
-  Eccl.  12.  13 


"  Dt.  10.  21 
i-Is.  1.  20;  3. 

U 
'  Josh.  24.  20 
>i  eh.  31.  1-.') ; 

Hos.  10.  3 
'  ver.  5  ;  ch. 

14.  31 
/ch.  10.  26 
'J  ch.  10.  5 
''  ver.  16 ;  ch. 

14.  5 
'  Judg.  3. 

27  ;  6.  34 
*  Gen.  34. 

30 ;  Ex.  5. 

21 ;  2  S.  10. 

G 
'  Josh.  11.  4 
'"  ch.  14.  23 
"  Judg.  G.  2 
»  Num.  32. 33 

''  ch.  10.  S 


9  2  S.  24.  25  ; 
1  K.  3.  4 


Jehovah,  and  serve  liim  in  truth 
with  all  your  heart ;  for  consider 
"■  how  great  things  he  hath  done  for 
you.  25  ''  liut  if  ye  shall  still  do 
wickedly,  ''ye  shall  be  consumed, 
''both  ye  and  your  king. 
-\  O  Saul  was  [-forty]  years  old 
-L  O  when  he  began  to  reign  ;  and 
when  he  had  reigned  two  years  over 
Israel,  2  Saul  chose  him  three 
thousand  men  of  Israel,  whereof 
two  thousand  were  witli  Saul  in 
'Michmash  and  in  the  mount  of 
Beth-el,  and  a  thou.saud  were  with 
Jonathan  in-^Gibeah  of  Benjamin: 
and  the  rest  of  the  people  he  sent 
every  man  to  his  tent.  3  And 
Jonathan  smote  »the  garrison  of 
the  Philistines  that  was  in  ''Geba; 
and  the  Philistines  heard  of  it. 
And  Saul  'blew  the  trumpet 
throughout  all  the  land,  saying.  Let 
the  Hebrews  hear.  4  And  all  Israel 
heard  saj^  that  Saul  had  smitten  the 
garrison  of  the  Philistines,  and  also 
that  Israel  was  *had  in  abomina- 
tion with  the  Philistines.  And 
the  people  were  gathered  together 
after  Saul  to  Gilgal. 

5  And  the  Philistines  assembled 
themselves  together  to  fight  with 
Israel,  thirty  thousand  chariots, 
and  six  thousand  horsemen,  and 
'  people  as  the  sand  which  is  on  the 
sea-.snore  in  multitude:  and  they 
came  up,  and  encamped  in  Mich- 
mash,  eastward  of  ™Beth-aven.  6 
When  the  men  of  Israel  saw  that 
they  were  in  a  strait  (for  the  people 
were  distressed),  then  "the  people 
did  hide  themselves  in  caves,  ana  in 
thickets,  and  in  rocks,  and  in  cov- 
erts, and  in  ^pits.  7  Now  some 
of  the  Hebrews  had  gone  over  the 
Jordan  to  the  land  of  "Gad  and 
Gilead ;  but  as  for  Saul,  he  was  yet 
in  Gilgal,  and  all  the  people  lol- 
lowed  him  trembling. 

8  And  ^he  tarried  seven  days, 
according  to  the  set  time  that 
Samuel  had  appointed:  but  Samuel 
came  not  to  Gilgal ;  and  the  people 
were  scattered  from  him.  9  And 
Saul  said.  Bring  hither  the  burnt- 
ofFering  to  me,  and  the  peace- 
ofFerings.  And  *he  offei'ea  the 
burnt-ofiering.  10  And  it  came  to 
pass  that,  as  soon  as  he  had  made 
an  end  of  offering  the  burnt-offer- 
ing, behold,  Samuel  came;  and 
""Saul  went  out  t9  meet  him,  that  If? 
might  *  salute  him.     11  And  Sam- 

"  The  number  is  lacking  in  the  Heb.  text,  and  is 
supplied  conjecturally.    3  Qr,  cistervji    *  Or.  blest 


281 


13.  12 


I.    SAMUEL 


14.12 


Isaiil's  ill-advised  SacriQr«.    Tlie  Military  Sitaatlou.    Israel  Weapouless.    Jonathan's  Victory  at  Micbmasli 


uel  said,  What  hast  thou  done? 
And  Saul  said,  Because  I  saw  that 
the  people  were  scattered  from  me, 
and  that  thou  earnest  not  within 
the  days  appointed,  and  that  "the 
Philistines  assembled  themselves 
together  at  Michmash;  12  there- 
foi  e  said  I,  Now  will  the  Philistines 
come  down  upon  me  to  Gilgal.  and 
I  have  not  entreated  the  favor  of 
Jehovah  :  I  forced  myself  therefore, 
and  offered  the  burnt-offering.  13 
And  Samuel  said  to  Saul,  ''Thou 
hast  done  foolishly;  ''thou  hast  not 
kept  the  commandment  of  Jehovah 
thy  God,  which  he  commanded 
thee:  for  now  would  Jehovah  have 
established  thy  kingdom  upon 
Israel ''for  ever,  l-l  But ''now  thy 
kingdom  shall  not  continue  :  'Jeho- 
vah hath  sought  him  a  man  after 
his  own  heart,  and  Jehovah  hath 
appointed  him  to  be  prince  over  his 
people,  because  thou  hast  not  kept 
that  which  Jehovah  commanded 
thee.  1-5  And  Samuel  arose,  and 
gat  him  up  from  Gilgal  unto 
J  Gibeah  of  Benjamin. 

And  Saul  numbered  tlie  people 
that  were  present  with  him,  ''about 
six  hundred  men.  16  And  Saul, 
and  Jonathan  his  son,  and  the 
people  that  were  present  with 
them,  abode  in  'Geba  of  Benjamin  : 
but  the  Philistines  encamped  in 
Michmash.  17  And  *the  spoilers 
came  out  of  the  camp  of  the  Philis- 
tines in  three  companies:  one  com- 
pany turned  unto  the  way  that 
leadeth  to  '  Ophrah,  unto  the  land 
of  Shual:  18  and  another  company 
turned  the  way  to  ™Beth-horon ; 
and  another  company  turned  the 
way  of  the  border  that  looketh 
down  upon  the  valley  of  "Zeboim 
toward  the  wilderness. 

19  Now  "there  was  no  sir-ith 
found  throughout  all  the  land  of 
Israel ;  for  the  Philistines  said.  Lest 
the  Hebrews  make  them  swords  or 
spears:  20  but  all  the  Israelites 
went  down  to  the  Philistines,  to 
sharpen  every  man  his  share,  and 
his  coulter,  and  his  axe,  and  his 
mattock  ;  2 1  ^  yet  they  had  a  file 
for  the  mattocks,  and  for  the  coul- 
ters, and  for  the  forks,  and  for  the 
axes,  and  to  set  the  goads.  22  So 
it  came  to  pass  in  the  day  of  battle, 
that  ^  there  was  neither  sword  nor 
spear  found  in  the  hand  of  any  of 

1  Or,  when  the  edges  of  the  mnttorkft  .  .  .  nrid 
of  the  axes  were  blunt  The  Hebrew  text  is  ob- 
acure. 


"  ver.  2,  5, 

IC,  23 
b  ■>  Chr.  10.  9 
"  cU.  lo.  tt, 

rf  ch.  1.  22 
'  ch.  15.  28 
J  A(;ts  13.  22 
"  Ter.  2 
''  ver.  2,  6,  7 ; 

ch.  14.  2 
i  ver.  2,  3 
k  ch.  14.  15 
'  Josh.  IS.  23 
"'  Jo.sh.  IS. 

vs.  U 
"  Neb.  11.  34 
"  Juflg.  5.  S  : 

2  K.  24.  14 
P  Judg.  o.  S 


9  ch.  14.  1 ; 

2  S.  23.  14 
*"  ch.  14.  4,  5 ; 

Is.  10.  28 
»  ch.  13.  15, 

Ifi 
'  Is.  10.  28 
"ch.  13.  15 
"■•  ch.  22.  9- 

12.  20 
*  ch.  4.  21 
•"  ch.  1.  3 
-  ch.  2.  28 
"  ch.  13.  23 


6  ch.  17.  26, 

30 ;  Jer.  9. 

V\  26 
"^  ch.  17.  46, 

47  :  Judg. 

7.  4,  7; 

Heb.  11.  34 


d  .Jndg.  7. 
9-14 


•  Oeii.  24. 
14;  Judg 


/ver.  22;  ch. 
13.  6 


282 


the  people  that  were  with  Saul  and 
Jonathan  :  but  with  Saul  and  with 
Jonathan  his  son  was  there  founa. 
23  And  'the  garrison  of  the  Philis- 
tines went  out  unto  ''the  pass  of 
Michmash. 

MNow  it  fell  upon  a  day, 
that  Jonathan  the  son  of 
Saul  said  unto  the  young  man  that 
bai'e  his  armor,  Come,  and  let  us 
go  over  to  the  Philistines'  garrison, 
that  is  on  yonder  side.  But  he 
told  not  his  father.  2  And  Saul 
abode  in  the  uttermost  part  of 
'Gibeah  under  the  pomegranate- 
tree  which  is  in  '  Migron  :  and  the 
people  that  were  with  him  wej-e 
"about  six  hundred  men  ;  3  and 
'Ahijah,  the  son  of  Ahitub,  ""Icha- 
bod's  brother,  the  son  of  Phinehas, 
the  son  of  Eli,  the  priest  of  Jeho- 
vah in  "  Shiloh,  '  wearing  an  ephod. 
And  the  people  knew  not  that 
Jonathan  was  gone.  4  And  "  be- 
tween the  passes,  by  which  Jona- 
tha,n  sought  to  go  over  unto  the 
Philistines"  garrison,  there  was  a 
rocky  crag  on  the  one  side,  and  a 
rocky  crag  on  the  other  side :  and 
the  name  of  the  one  was  Bozez,  and 
the  name  of  the  other  Seneh.  5 
The  one  crag  rose  up  on  the  north 
in  front  of  Michmash,  and  the  other 
on  the  south  in  front  of  Geba. 

6  And  Jonathan  said  to  the 
young  man  that  bare  his  armoiT 
Come,  and  let  us  go  over  unto  tht; 
garrison  of  'these  uncircumcised  : 
it  may  be  that  Jehovah  will  worK 
for  us  ;  for  "  there  is  no  restraint  lo 
Jehovah  to  save  by  many  or  by 
few.  7  And  his  armorbearer  said 
unto  him.  Do  all  that  is  in  thy 
heart :  turn  thee,  behold,  I  am  with 
thee  according  to  thy  heart.  8 
Then  .said  Jonathan,  '*  Behold,  we 
will  pass  over  unto  the  men,  and 
we  will  disclose  ourselves  unto 
them.  9  If  they  say  thus  unto  us. 
Tarry  until  we  come  to  you  :  then 
we  will  stand  still  in  our  place,  and 
will  not  go  up  unto  them.  10  But 
if  they  say  thus.  Come  up  unto  us  : 
then  we  will  go  up  ;  for  Jeho'vah 
hath  delivered  them  into  our  hand  ; 
and  "  this  shall  be  the  sign  unto  us. 
1 1  And  both  of  them  disclosed 
themselves  unto  the  garrison  of  the 
Piiilistines :  and  the  Philistines 
said.  Behold,  -^the  Hebrews  come 
forth  out  of  the  holes  where  they 
had  hid  them.selves.  12  And  the 
men  of  the  garri.son  answered  Jona- 
than and  his  armorbearer,  and  said, 


14.13 


I.   SAMUEL 


14.34 


ttitttle  at  Beth-aven.    Sanl's  Adjnration  and  Jonathan's  Inoorent  Trespass.    The  People  eat  tjc  Blood  oi  the  Spoil 


Come  up  to  us,  and  "we  will  show 
you  a  thing.  And  Jonathan  said 
unto  his  armorbearer,  Come  up 
after  me;  for  *  Jehovah  hath  de- 
livered them  into  the  hand  of 
Israel.  1.'5  And  Jonathan  climbed 
up  upon  his  hands  and  upon  his 
feet,  and  his  armorliearer  after 
him:  and  they  fell  before  Jona- 
than ;  and  his  armorbearer  slew 
them  after  him.  14  And  tliat  first 
slaughter,  which  Jonathan  and  his 
armorbearer  made,  was  about 
twenty  men,  within  as  it  were  '  half 
a  furrow's  length  in  an  acre  of  land. 
15  And  there  was  a  trembling  in 
the  camp,  in  the  field,  and  among 
all  the  people  ;  the  garrison,  and 
•^the  spoilers,  they  also  trembled; 
and  ''tne  earth  quaked:  so  'there 
was  '•^an  exceeding  great  trembling. 
16  And  the  watchmen  of  8aul  in 
Gibeah  of  Benjajnin  looked  ;  and. 
behold,  the  multitude  melted  away, 
and  they  went  hither  and  thither. 
17  Then  said  Saul  unto  the  people 
that  were  with  him.  Number  now, 
and  see  who  is  gone  from  us.  And 
when  they  had  numbered,  behold, 
Jonathan  and  his  armorbearer 
were  not  there.  li:<  And  Saul  said 
unto  Ahijah,  *-^  Bring  hither  the 
ark  of  God.  For  the  ark  of  God 
was  there  at  that  time  ^with  the 
children  of  Israel.  19  And  it  came 
to  pass,  ^  while  Saul  talked  unto 
the  priest,  that  the  tumult  that 
was  in  the  camp  of  the  Philistines 
went  on  and  increased :  and  Saul 
said  unto  the  priest.  Withdraw  thy 
hand.  20  And  Saul  and  all  the 
people  that  were  with  him  were 
gathered  together,  and  came  to  the 
battle:  and,  beliold,  ''everj^  mans 
sword  was  against  his  fellow,  and 
there  was  a  Aery  great  discomfituie. 
21  Now  the  Hebre%vs  that  were 
wnth  the  Philistines  as  beforetime, 
and  that  went  up  \\\t\\  them  ^into 
the  camp,  fn^m  the  conntrji  round 
about,  even  'they  also  turned  to  be 
w-ith  the  Israelites  that  were  with 
Saul  and  Jonathan.  22  Likewise 
all  the  *men  of  Israel  that  had  hid 
themselves  in  the  hill-country  of 
Ephraim,  when  they  heard  that 
the  Philistines  fled,  even  they  also 
followed  hard  after  them  in  the 
battle.     23  So  'Jehovah  saved  Is- 


•  Or,  half  an  acre  of  land 

s  Heb.  a  Ire^ihJhifi  of  God. 

»  Some  eil'tir.ns  of  Sept.  have,  B^ing  hithiT 
the  ejitind.  Fur  he  wore  the  eph^d  at  that  time 
btfore  Jorael.  *  Heb  and. 

5  Or,  in  tfie  camp,  round  about 


"  ch.  17.  43, 
44;  Judg. 
8.  10 

*  2  S.  6.  24 
'  ch.  13.  17, 

18 
<«  ch.  7.  10 
'2K.  7.  6 
/  ch.  23.  » ; 

31).  7 
;' Num.  27.  21 
'» .lufig.  7. 

22 ;  2  Chr. 

2(1.  23 
'  ch.  29.  4 

*  ch.  13.  6 

'  Kx.  14.  30; 
2  Chr.  32. 
22 


"•  ch.  13.  6 
"  .losh.  0.  2r, 
"  Mt.  3.  4 


«  ch.  30.  12 


■  Josh.  7. 25 ; 
1  K.  18. 18 


"  ver.  6 

'  Josh.  10. 12 

'■  ch.  15.  19 


'•  Gen.  9.  4 ; 
Lev.  17. 
10-14; 
Acts  15.  20 


rael  that  day :  and  the  battle  passed 
over  by  '"  Beth-aven. 

24  And  the  men  of  Israel  were 
distressed  that  day ;  for  Saul  had 
"adiured  the  people,  sa.ving,  Cursed 
be  the  man  that  eateth  any  food  un- 
til it  be  evening,  and  I  be  a^■enged 
on  mine  enemies.  So  none  of  the 
people  tasted  food.  25  And  all 
''the  people  came  into  the  forest; 
and  there  was  honey  upon  the 
ground.  26  And  when  the  people 
were  come  unto  the  forest,  iiehold, 
'"the  honey  dropped  :  but  no  man 
put  his  hand  to  his  mouth  ;  for  the 
people  feared  tlie  oath.  27  But 
/Jonathan  heard  not  when  his 
father  charged  the  people  with 
the  oath  :  wherefore  ''  he  put  forth 
the  end  of  the  rofl  that  was  in  his 
hand,  and  dipped  it  in  the  honey- 
comb, and  put  his  hand  to  his 
mouth;  ana  *his  eyes  were  en- 
lightened. 28  Then  answered  one 
of  the  people,  and  said.  Thy  father 
straitly  charged  the  people  with  an 
oath,  saying.  Cursed  be  the  man 
that  eateth  food  this  day.  And 
the  people  were  faint.  21)  Then 
said  Jonathan,  ''JMy  father  hath 
troubled  the  land  :  see,  I  pray  you, 
how  mine  eyes  have  been  enlight- 
ened, because  I  tasted  a  little  of 
this  honey.  30  How  much  more, 
if  haply  the  people  had  eaten  freely 
to-day  of  the  spoil  of  their  enemies 
which  they  found?  *for  now  hath 
there  been  no  great  slaughter 
among  the  Philistines. 

31  And  they  smote  of  the  Philis- 
tines that  day  from  "  Michmash  to 
'Aijalon.  And  the  people  were 
very  faint;  32  and  "the  people 
flew  upon  the  spoil,  and  took 
sheep,  and  oxen,  and  calves,  and 
slew  them  on  the  ground  ;  and  the 
people  did  eat  them  '  with  the 
olood.  33  Then  they  told  Saul, 
saying.  Behold,  the  people  sin 
against  Jehovah,  in  that  they  eat 
with  the  blood.  And  lie  said.  Ye 
have  dealt  treacherously :  roll  a 
^reat  stone  unto  me  this  day. 
34  And  Saul  said,  I>isperse  your- 
selves among  the  people,  and  saj> 
unto  them.  Bring  me  hither  every 
man  his  ox,  and  every  man  hi.s 
sheep,  and  slay  them  here,  and 
eat ;  and  sin  not  against  Jehovah 
in  eating  with  the  blood.  And  all 
the  people  brought  every  man  his 

8  Heb.  the  land.        7  Or,  a  stream  of  honey 
8  Or,  for  had  there  not  been  now  a  much  greater 
slaughter  S:e.f 


283 


14.35 


I.   SAMUEL 


15.8 


Jonathan  sentenced  to  Death.    The  People  rescne  him.    Saul's  Wars  and  Family.    Amalek  attacked 


ox  with  him  that  night,  and  slew 
them  there.  35  And  "  Saul  built 
an  altar  unto  Jehovah  :  the  same 
was  the  first  altar  that  he  built 
anto  Jehovah. 

36  And  Saul  said,  Let  us  go 
down  after  the  Philistines  by 
night,  and  take  spoil  among  them 
until  the  morning  light,  and  let  us 
not  leave  a  man  of  them.  And  they 
said.  Do  whatsoever  seemeth  good 
unto  thee.  Then  *  said  the  priest, 
Let  us  draw  near  hither  unto  God. 
37  And  ""Saul  asked  counsel  of 
God,  Shall  I  go  down  after  the 
Philistines  1  wilt  thou  deliver  them 
mto  the  hand  of  Israeli  But  ''he 
answered  him  not  that  day.  38  And 
Saul  said,  "Draw  nigh  hither,  all  ye 
^  chiefs  of  the  people ;  and  know  and 
see  wherein  this  sin  hath  been  this 
day.  39  For,  -^as  Jehovah  liveth, 
who  saveth  Israel,  though  it  be  in 
Jonathan  my  son,  he  shall  surely 
die.  But  there  was  not  a  man 
among  all  the  people  that  answered 
him.  40  Then  said  he  unto  all  Is- 
rael, Be  ye  on  one  side,  and  I  and 
Jonathan  my  son  will  be  on  the 
other  side.  And  the  people  said 
unto  Saul,  Do  what  seemeth  good 
unto  thee.  41  Therefore  Saul 
said  unto  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Is- 
rael, ^^Show  the  right.  And  Jona- 
than and  Saul  were  taken  hy  lot  • 
but  the  people  escaped.  42  And 
Saul  said.  Cast  lots  between  me  and 
Jonathan  my  son.  And  Jonathan 
was  taken. 

43  Then  Saul  said  to  Jonathan, 
''Tell  me  what  thou  hast  done. 
And  Jonathan  told  him,  and  said, 
'L  did  certainly  taste  a  little  honey 
with  the  end  of  the  rod  that  was  in 
my  hand  ;  and,  lo,  I  must  die.  44 
And  Saul  said,  *  God  do  so  and 
moi-e  also ;  for  '  thou  shalt  surely 
die,  Jonathan.  45  And  the  people 
said  unto  Saul,  Shall  Jonathan  die, 
who  hath  wrought  this  great  sal- 
vation in  Israel  1  Far  from  it :  as 
Jehovah  liveth,  '"there  shall  not 
one  hair  of   his  head  fall  to  the 

ground  ;  for  he  hath  wrought  with 
rod  this  day.  So  the  people  ^  res- 
cued Jonathan,  that  he  died  not. 
46  Then  Saul  went  up  from  follow- 
ing the  Philistines  ;  and  the  Philis- 
tines went  to  their  own  place. 

47  Now  when  Saul  had  taken 
the  kingdom  over  Israel,  he  fought 
against  all  his  enemies  on  every 

I  Heb.  comers.        *  Or,  Give  a  perfect  lot 
3  Heb.  ransomed. 


"ch.  7.  12,  17 
i>  ver.  3,  18, 

19 
'^  ch.  10.  22 
rf  ch.  28.  6 
'  ch.  10.  19, 

20;  Josh. 

7.  11,  12 
/  ver.  24,  44 
'J  Acts  1.  24 
''Josh.  7.  19 
!  ver.  27 
k  ch.  2.j.  22 
'  ver.  B9 
™  2  S.  14.  11 ; 

iK.  1.  62; 

Acts  27.  34 


"  ch.  11. 1-13 
"  2  S.  8.  3-10 
''  ver.  62 
«  ch.  15.  3,  7 
"■  ch.  31.  2 ; 

1  Chr.  10.  2 
'  ch.  IS.  17- 

19 
<  ch.  18.  20, 
27  ;  19.  12 ; 

2  S.  6.  20-23 
"  2  S.  2.  8 

"  ch.  9.  1,  21 


"  ch.  8.  11 
"  ch.  9.  16 


'  Ex.  17.  8- 
16;  Num. 

24.  20 ; 
Dt.  25.  17- 
19 

"  Num.  24. 

20  ;  Dt.  20. 

16-18 ; 

Josh.  6. 17- 

21 
b  ch.  22.  19 


d  Judg.  1. 
16;  4.  U 


'  Ex.  18.  9, 
10,  19; 
Num.  10. 
29-32 


/ch.  14.  48 

f  Gen.  16.  7  ; 

26.  17,  18 

h  ch.  27.  8  ; 

Ex.  15.  22 


side,  against  Moab,  and  "against 
the  children  of  Ammon,  and  against 
Edom,  and  "against  the  kings  of 
Zobah,  and  -''against  the  Philis- 
tines :  and  whithersoever  he  turned 
himself,  he  put  them  to  the  worse. 
48     And    he    did    valiantly,    and 

*  smote  the  Amalekites,  and  deliv- 
ered Israel  out  of  the  hands  of  them 
that  despoiled  them. 

49  Now  '■  the  sons  of  Saul  were 
Jonathan,  and  Ishvi,  and  Malchi- 
shua  ;  and  the  names  of  his  two 
daughters  were  these :  the  name 
of  the  first-born  *Merab,  and  the 
name  of  the  younger  '  JMichal : 
50  and  the  name  of  Saul's  wife 
was  Ahinoam  the  daughter  of 
Ahimaaz.  And  "the  name  of  the 
captain  of  his  host  was  Abner  the 
son  of  Ner,  Saul's  uncle.  51  "And 
Kish  was  the  father  of  Saul ;  and 
Ner  the  father  of  Abner  was  the 
son  of  Abiel. 

52  And  there  was  sore  war 
against  the  Philistines  all  the  days 
of  Saul :  and  when  Saul  saw  any 
mighty  man,  or  any  valiant  man, 
he  ■*  •"  took  him  unto  him. 
-i  pf  And  Samuel  said  unto 
J-fJ  Saul,  2' Jehovah  sent  me  to 
anoint  thee  to  be  king  over  his 
people,  over  Israel :  now  therefore 
hearken  thou  unto  the  voice  of  the 
words  of  Jehovah.  2  Thus  saith 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  I  ^have  marked 
Hhat  which  Amalek  did  to  Israel, 
how  he  set  himself  against  him  in 
the  way,  when  he  came  up  out  of 
Egypt.  3  Now  go  and  smite  Am- 
alek, and  ''"utterly  destroy  all  that 
they  have,  and  spare  them  not ;  but 

*  slay  both  man  and  woman,  infant 
and  suckling,  ox  and  sheep,  camel 
and  ass. 

4  And  Saul  summoned  the  peo- 
ple, and  numbered  them  in  "Telaim, 
two  hundred  thousand  footmen, 
and  ten  thousand  men  of  Judah. 
5  And  Saul  came  to  the  city  of 
Amalek,  and  ^  laid  wait  in  the  val- 
ley. 6  And  Saul  said  unto  "^the 
Kenites,  Go,  depart,  get  you  doAvn 
from  among  the  Amalekites,  lest  I 
destroy  you  with  them  ;  for  *  ye 
showed  kindness  to  all  the  children 
of  Israel,  when  they  came  up  out 
of  Egypt.  So  the  Kenites  departed 
from  among  the  Amalekites.  7  And 
■^Saul  smote  the  Amalekites,  from 
^Havilah  as  thou  goest  to  ''Shur, 
that  is  before  Egypt.     8  And  he 


*  Heb.  gathered. 
6  Or,  will  visit 


'  Heb.  devote. 
7  Or,  strove 


284 


15.9 


I.   SAMUEL 


15.34 


Saul's  Disobedience  respecting  Amalek.    Samnel's  Rebuke  of  liim.    God's  rejection  of  Saul.    Agag  killed 


took  "  Agag  the  king  of  the  Amale- 
kites  aUve,  and  \  *utterly  destroyed 
all  the  people  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword.  9  But  Saul  and  the  people 
"  spared  Agag,  and  the  best  of  the 
sheep,  and  of  the  oxen,  and  of  the 
fatlings,  and  the  lambs,  and^  all 
that  was  good,  and  would  not  "ut- 
terly destroy  them :  but  everything 
that  was  vile  and  I'ef  use,  that  they 
destroyed  utterly. 

10  Then  came  the  word  of  Jeho- 
vah unto  Samuel,  saying,  11  ''It 
repenteth  me  that  I  have  set  u]) 
Saul  to  be  king ;  for  "  he  is  turned 
back  from  following  me,  and  hath 
not  performed  my  commandments. 
And  Samuel  was  wroth;  and  •'lie 
cried  unto  Jehovah  all  night.  12 
And  Samuel  rose  early  to  meet 
Saul  in  the  morning ;  and  it  was 
told  Samuel,  saying,  Saul  came  to 
^Carmel,  and,  behold,  he  set  hiin 
up  a  ^monument,  and  tui'ned,  and 
passed  on,  and  w-ent  down  to  ''Gil- 
gal.  13  And  Samuel  came  to  Saul; 
and  Saul  said  unto  him,  'Blessed 
be  thou  of  J  ehovah :  I  have  per- 
formed the  commandment  of  Jeho- 
vah. 14  And  Samuel  said,  *  What 
meaneth  then  this  bleating  of  the 
sheep  in  mine  ears,  and  the  lowing 
of  the  oxen  which  I  hear '?  1.5  And 
Saul  said,  They  have  brought  them 
from  the  Amalekites  :  for  '  the  peo- 
ple spared  the  best  of  the  sheep  and 
of  the  oxen,  to  sacrifice  unto  Jeho- 
vah thy  God  ;  and  the  rest  we  have 
^  utterly  destroyed.  16  Then  Sam- 
uel said  unto  Saul,  Stay,  and  I  will 
tell  thee  what  Jehovah  hath  said  to 
me  this  night.  And  he  said  unto 
him,  Say  on. 

17  And  Samuel  said,  '''"Though 
thou  wast  little  in  thine  own  sight, 
wast  thou  not  made  the  head  of 
the  tribes  of  Israel  1  And  Jehovah 
anointed  thee  king  over  Israel ;  Ic^ 
and  Jehovah  sent  thee  on  a  journey, 
and  said,  "  Go,  and  utterly  destroy 
the  sinners  the  Amalekites,  and 
fight  against  them  until  they  be 
consumed.  19  Wherefore  then 
didst  thou  not  obey  the  voice  of 
Jehovah,  "but  didst  fly  upon  the 
spoil,  ana  didst  that  which  was  evil 
in  the  sight  of  -Jehovah?  20  And 
Saul  said  unto  Samuel,  *Yea,  I 
have  obej'ed  the  voice  of  Jehovah, 
and  have  gone  the  way  which  Jeho- 
vah sent  me,   and   have   brought 

1  Heb.  devoted.      2  Heb.  devote.      ^  Heb.  hand. 
<  Or,  Though  thou  be  little  .  .  .  art  thou  not 
hcud  of  the  tribes  of  Israel  t 


"  Num.  24. 

7  ;  Esth. 

3.  1 
i-  ch.  27.  8  ; 

m.  1  ;  2  S. 

8.  12 
"^  ver.  3,  15, 

lU 
rf  (ien.  G.  C, 

7 ;  Kx.  32. 

14  ;  2  S.  24. 

IG 
*■  1  K.  9.  6,  7 
/Kx.  32.  II- 

13  ;  Lk.  (i. 

12 
i'  Ch.  2.5.  2  ; 

Josh.  1.').  ;J5 
A  ch.  13.  13, 

14 
»Gen.  14. 

19  ;  2  S.  2.  5 
fc  Ex.  32.  21- 

24 
'  ver.  9,  21 ; 

Gen.  3.  12, 

13 ;  Ex.  32. 

22,  23 
'"  ch.  9.  21 ; 

10.  22 
"  vej'.  3 
"  ch.  14.  32 
''  ver.  13 


9  ver.  15 , 

Ex.  32.  22, 

23 
'■  Ps.  40.  6-8  ; 

51.  16,  17  ; 

Is.  1.  11-15 ; 

Mic.  6.  O-S 
•  Jer.  7.  22, 

23 ;  Hos.  0. 

6 ;  Mk.  12. 

33 

'  m.  18. 10 

"  Gen.  31. 19, 

34 
"  ch.  13.  14 
•'  Num.  22. 

34  ;  2  S.  12. 

13;  Ps.  51.  4 
y  Prov.  29. 

25 ;  Is.  61. 

12.  13 
=  Ex.  10.  17 
"  ch.  13.  14  ; 

16.  1 
''  1  K.  11.  30, 

31 
"  ch.  28.  17, 

18 
d  1  Chr.  29. 

11  ;  Ps.  18. 

1.  2 
^  Num.  23. 

19;  Ezek. 

24.  14 
Jin.  12.  43 
"  Is.  29.  13 


A  Gen.  9.  6  : 
Judg.  1.  7 ; 
Mt.  7.  2 


Agag  the  king  of  Amalek,  and  have 
'  utterly  destroyed  the  Amalekites. 
21  But  »the  people  took  of  the 
spoil,  sheep  and  oxen,  the  chief  of 
the  devoted  things,  to  sacrifice  unto 
•Jehovah  thy  God  in  Gilgal.  22 
And  Samuel  said,  ''Hath  Jehovah 
as  great  delight  in  burnt-ofiierings 
and  sacrifices,  as  in  obeying  the 
voice  of  Jehovah'?  Behold,  'to 
obey  is  better  than  sacrifice,  and 
to  hearken  than  the  fat  of  rams. 
23  For  rebellion  is  as  the  sin  of 
^'witchcraft,  and  stubbornness  is 
as  ^idolatrj^  and  "teraphim.  Be- 
cause thou  hast  rejected  the  word 
of  Jehovah,  'he  hath  also  rejected 
thee  from  being  king. 

24  And  Saul  saicT  unto  Samuel, 
^I  have  sinned  ;  for  *I  have  trans- 
gressed the  commandment  of  Jeho- 
vah, and  thy  words,  because  1  feared 
the  people,  and  obeyed  their  voice. 

25  Now  therefore,  'I  pray  thee, 
pardon  my  sin,  and  turn  again  with 
me,  that  I  may  worship  Jehovali. 

26  And  Samuel  said  unto  Saul.  I 
will  not  return  with  thee ;  for  "thou 
hast  rejected  the  word  of  Jehovah, 
and  Jehovah  hath  rejected  thee 
from  being  king  over  Lsrael.  27 
And  as  Samuel  turned  about  to  go 
away,  ^  Saul  laid  hold  upon  the 
skirt  of  his  robe,  and  it  rent.  2S 
And  Samuel  said  unto  him,  "Jeho- 
vah hath  rent  the  kingdom  of  Israel 
from  thee  this  day,  and  hath  given 
it  to  a  neighbor  of  thine,  that  is 
better  than  thou.  29  And  also  the 
'"* Strength  of  Isi-ael  "will  not  lie 
nor  repent ;  for  he  is  not  a  man, 
that  he  should  repent.  30  Then  he 
said,  I  have  sinned  :  yet  •'honor  me 
now,  I  pray  thee,  before  the  elders 
of  my  people,  and  before  Israel,  and 
turn  again  with  me,  "  that  I  may 
worship  Jehovah  thy  God.  31  So 
Samuel  turned  again  after  Saul ; 
and  Saul  worshiyiped  Jehovah. 

32  Then  said  Samuel,  Bi'ing  ye 
hither  to  me  Agag  the  king  of  the 
Amalekites.  And  Agag  came  unto 
him  cheerfully.  And  Agag  said. 
Surely  the  bitterness  of  death  is 
past.  33  And  Samuel  said,  ''As 
thy  sword  hath  made  Avomen  child- 
less, so  shall  th.v  mother  be  child- 
less among  women.  And  Samuel 
hewed  Agag  in  pieces  before  Jeho- 
vah in  Gilgal. 

34  Then  Samuel  went  to  'ila- 
mah ;    and   Saul  went   up   to   his 

6  Heb.  divination.  ^  Or,  iniquity 

■  Or,  Victory    Or,  Glory 


285 


15.35 


I.   SAMUEL 


17.2 


SaiDDel  sent  to  Jesse.    He  anoints  David.    David  chosen  to  dispel  Saal's  evil  Spirit.    He  becomes  Sanl's  Armorbearer 


house  to  "  Gibeah  of  Saul.  35  And 
*  Samuel  came  no  more  to  see  Saul 
until  the  day  of  his  death ;  ^  for 
Samuel  "  mourned  for  Saul  :  and 
Jehovah  repented  that  he  had  made 
Saul  king  over  Israel. 
-i  f^  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
X  \J  Samuel,  ''How  long  wilt  thou 
mourn  for  Saul,  seeing  "^  I  have  re- 
jected him  from  being  king  over 
Israel '?  -^1111  thy  horn  with  oil,  and 
go:  I  will  send  thee  to  ^  Jesse  the 
Bethdehemite  ;  foi- 1  have  provided 
me  a  king  among  his  sons.  2  And 
Samuel  said.  How  can  I  go  1  if  Saul 
hear  it,  he  will  kill  me.  And  Jeho- 
vah said,  ''Take  a  heifer  with  thee, 
and  say,  I  am  come  to  sacrifice  to 
•Jehovah.  3  And  call  Jesse  to  the 
sacrifice,  and  'I  will  show  thee 
what  thou  shalt  do:  and  *thou 
shalt  anoint  unto  me  him  whom  I 
name  unto  thee.  4  And  Samuel 
did  that  which  Jehovah  spake,  and 
came  to  '  Beth-lehem.  And  the 
elders  of  the  city  came  to  meet  him 
trembling,  and  said,  '"Comestthou 
Ijeaceahly  1  5  And  he  said.  Peace- 
ably ;  I  am  come  to  sacrifice  unto 
.Jehovah  :  "sanctify  yourselves,  and 
come  with  me  to  the  sacrifice.  And 
he  sanctified  Jesse  and  his  sons, 
and  called  them  to  the  saci-ifice. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they 
were  come,  that  he  looked  on 
'"Eliab,  and  said,  Surely  Jehovah's 
anointed  is  before  him.  7  But  Je- 
hovah said  unto  Samuel,  Look  not 
on  his  countenance,  or  on  the  height 
of  his  stature ;  because  I  have  re- 
jected him  :  for  Jehovah  seeth  not  as 
man  seeth  ;  for  man  looketh  on  the 
outward  appearance,  ^'  but  Jehovah 
looketh  on  the  heart.  8  Then  Jesse 
called  »Abinadab,  and  made  him 
pass  before  Samuel.  And  he  said. 
Neither  hath  Jehovah  chosen  this. 
9  Then  Jesse  made  "''Sharamah  to 
pass  by.  And  he  said,  Neither  hath 
.Jehovah  chosen  this.  10  And  Jesse 
made  seven  of  his  sons  to  pass  be- 
fore Samuel.  And  Samuel  said 
unto  Jesse,  Jehovah  hath  not  chosen 
these.  11  And  Samuel  said  unto 
Jesse,  Are  here  all  thy  children  1 
And  he  said,  'There  remaineth  yet 
the  youngest,  and,  behold,  he  is 
keeping  the  sheep.  And  Samuel 
said  unto  Jesse,  Send  and  fetch 
liim  ;  for  we  will  not  sit  ^down  till 
he  come  hither.     12  iVnd  he  sent. 


I  Or.  but 
■i  In    2  S. 

Skinwa. 


2  In  1  Chr.  27.  18,  EJihu. 
3,    Shimeah.      In    1  Chr.   2.   1.3 
*  Heb.  around. 


"ch.  11.  4 
*  Ch.  19.  24 

•^  cb.  1«.  1 
rf  ch.  15.  3o 
"■cli.  13.  13, 

14  ;  lo.  23 
/ch.  9.  10; 

10.  1 ;  2  K. 

9.  1 

'J  Ruth  4. 

18-22 
A  ch.  20.  29 
'  Ex.  4.  1.0  ; 

Acts  9.  C 
'•:  ch.  9.  16  ; 

Dt.  17.  14, 

l.j 
'  <_Jen.  48.  7  ; 

Lk.  2.  4 
"'  1  K.  2.  13  ; 

2  K.  9.  22  ; 

1  Chr.  12. 

17,  18 
"  Gen.  3.5.  2  ; 

Ex.  19.  10 
"  ch.  17.  13 
P  ch.  2.  3 ; 

1  K.  8.  .39  ; 

1  Chr.  28. 

9 ;  Lk.  16. 

Ij 


9  oh. 

17. 

13 

'ch. 

17. 

13 

"ch. 

17. 

12 

2S 

13 

3 

<  Gen.  39.  6 ; 

Ex.  2.  2  ; 

Acts  7.  20 
"  ch.  9.  17 
*■  ch.  10.  1 
*^ch.  10.  0,  9, 

10 
Vch.  11.6; 

IS.  12;  28. 

16 
-  ver.  15, 10  ; 

ch.  IS.  10 ; 

19.  9  ;  1  K. 

22.  19-22 
°ch.  18.  10; 

19.  9 ;  2  K. 

3.  15 
b  ch.  17.  32- 

36 
"^  ch.  S.  19 
d  ch.  10.  4, 

27 ;  Prov. 
u;.  16 


■Gen.  41. 
Jfi ;  Prov. 

22.  29 


/ver.  14-16 


V  ch.  13.  5 


J. Tosh.  10. 10 
*  1  Chr.  11. 


and  brought  him  in.  Now  he  was 
ruddy,  and  withal  '''of  a  beautiful 
countenance,  and  goodly  to  look 
upon.  And  Jehovah  said,  "Arise, 
anoint  him;  for  this  is  he.  13 
Then  Samuel  took  the  horn  of  oil, 
and  "anointed  him  in  the  midst 
of  his  brethren :  and  -^  the  Spirit 
of  Jehovah  came  mightily  upon 
David  from  that  day  forward.  So 
Samuel  rose  up,  and  wenttoRamah. 
14  *Now  tile  Spirit  of  Jehovah 
departed  from  Saul,  and  -an  evil 
spirit  from  Jehovah'' troubled  him. 
15  And  Saul's  servants  said  unto 
him.  Behold  now,  an  evil  spirit 
from  God  troubleth  thee.  16  Let 
our  lord  now  command  thy  ser- 
vants, that  are  before  thee,  to  seek 
out  a  man  who  is  a  skilful  player 
on  the  harp  :  and  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  when  the  evil  spirit  from  God 
is  upon  thee,  that  "  he  shall  play 
with  his  hand,  and  thou  shalt  be 
well.  17  And  Saul  said  unto  his 
servants.  Provide  me  now  a  man 
that  can  play  well,  and  bring  him 
to  me.  18  Then  answered  one  of 
the  young  men,  and  said.  Behold, 
I  have  seen  a  son  of  Jesse  the  Beth- 
lehemite,  that  is  skilful  in  playing, 
and  *  a  mighty  man  of  valor,  and  a 
man  of  war,  and  "prudent  in^^speech, 
and  a  comely  per.son  ;  and  ''  Jeho- 
vah is  with  him.  1 9  Wherefore  Saul 
sent  messengers  unto  Jesse,  and 
said,  Send  me  David  thy  son,  who 
is  with  the  sheep.  20  And  Jesse 
**  took  an  ass  laden  with  bread,  and 
a  ^bottle  of  wine,  and  a  kid,  and 
sent  them  by  David  his  son  unto 
Saul.  21  And  David  came  to  Saul, 
and  "  stood  before  him :  and  he 
loved  him  greatly ;  and  he  became 
his  armorbearer.  22  And  Saul 
sent  to  Jesse,  saying.  Let  David,  I 
liray  thee,  stand  before  me  ;  for  he 
hath  found  favor  in  my  sight.  23 
And  it  came  to  pass,  when 'the  evil 
spirit  from  God  was  upon  Saul, 
that  David  took  the  harp,  and 
played  with  his  hand  :  so  Saul  was 
refreshed,  and  was  well,  and  the 
evil  spirit  departed  from  him. 
-i  ^  Now  ^  the  Philistines  gath- 
JL  I  ered  together  their  armies  to 
battle  ;  and  they  were  gathered  to- 
gether at  Socoh.  which  belongeth 
to  Judah,  and  encamped  between 
''Socoh  and  'Azekah,  in  *  Ephes- 
dammim.  2  And  Saul  and  the  men 
of  Israel  were  gathered  together, 


286 


■'•  ^eh.frrir  ofeyfi. 

7  Or,  skilful     s  Or,  business 


6  Or,  terrified 
3  Or,  skin 


17.3 


I.    SAMUEL 


17.28 


War  ffitli  the  Philistiiifs.    Goliath's  Challenge.    David  visits  the  Camp,  and  hears  the  Challenge 


and  encamped  in  "  the  vale  of  '  Elah, 
and  set  the  battle  in  array  against 
the  Philistines.  3  And  the  Philis- 
tines stood  on  the  mountain  on  the 
one  side,  and  Israel  stood  on  the 
mountain  on  the  other  side :  and 
there  was  a  Aalley  between  them. 

4  And  there  went  out  a  champion 
out  of  the  camp  of  the  Philistines, 
named  *  Goliath,  of  "Gath,  whose 
height  was  six  cubits  and  a  span. 

5  And  he  had  a  helmet  of  brass 
upon  his  liead,  and  he  was  clad 
with  a  coat  of  mail ;  and  the  weight 
of  the  coat  was  five  thousand  shekels 
of  brass.  6  And  he  had  gieaves  of 
brass  upon  his  legs,  and  a  ''  javelin 
of  brass  between  his  shoulders. 
7  And  'the  ~ staff  of  his  spear  was 
like  a  weaver's  beam ;  and  his  spear's 
head  tveighed  six  hundred  shekels 
of  iron  :  and  •''his  shield-bearer  went 
befor-e  him.  8  And  he  stood  and 
cried  unto  the  ^armies  of  Israel, 
and  said  unto  them.  Why  are  ye 
come  out  to  set>  your  battle  in 
array?  am  not  I  a  Philistine,  and 
ye  "servants  to  Saul?  choose  you 
a  man  for  you,  and  let  him  come 
down  to  me.  9  ''If  he  be  able  to 
fight  with  me,  and  kill  me,  then 
will  we  be  your  servants ;  but  if  I 
prevail  against  him,  and  kill  him. 
then  shall  ye  bo  our  servants,  and 
serve  us.  10  And  the  Philistine 
said,  'I  ^defy  the  armies  of  Israel 
this  day ;  give  me  a  man,  that  we 
may  fight  together.  1 1  And  when 
8aul  and  all  Israel  heard  those 
words  of  the  Philistine,  they  were 
dismayed,  and  greatly  afraid. 

12  Now  David  was  *the  son  of 
that  'Ephrathite  of  Beth-lehem- 
judah,  whose  name  was  .Jesse  ;  and 
'"  he  had  ei,^ht  sons :  and  the  man 
was  an  old  man  in  the  days  of 
Saul,  stricken  in  years  among  men. 
13  And  the  th.ree  eldest  sons  of 
Jesse  had  gone  after  Saul  to  the 
battle :  and  "  the  names  of  his 
three  sons  that  went  to  the  battle 
were  Eliab  the  first-born,  and  next 
unto  him  Abinadab,  and  the  third 
Shammah.  1 4  And  "  David  was 
the  youngest :  and  the  three  eldest 
followed  Saul.  1.5  ^Now  David 
went  to  and  fro  from  Saul  to  feed 
his  father's  sheep  at  Bethlehem. 
16  And  the  Philistine  drew  near 
morning  and  evening,  and  pre- 
sented himself  forty  days. 

1  Or,  the  terebinth 

-  Or,  according  to  another  reading,  Vade 
3  Heb.  ranks  (and  so  in  ver.  10,  21,  22,  2G,  &c.). 
*  Or,  repruach 


"ch.  21.  9 
l>  2  S.  21.  19 
'  .losh.  u. 

21,  22 

"i  ver.  46 

'  2  S.  21.  19  ; 

1  Chr.  11. 

2:i 
/  ver.  41 
-'  c)i.  S.  17 
'■  2  S.  2.  12-16 
'  ver.  26,  30, 

45 
*ch.  16.  18; 

Kuth  4.  22 
'  (ien.  35.  19 
'"  cli.  16.  10, 

11;  1  Chr. 

2.  13-16 
"  ch.  16.  6, 

°cn.  16.  11 
P  ch.  16.  21-23 


9  ch.  25.  18 
'■  ch.  16.  20 
'  tien.  37.  13. 

14 
'  ch.  26.  6,  7 


"  .Tudff.  18. 
21  ;  Is.  10. 


^  Josh.  15.  16 
V  ch.  8.  U 


-ch.  11.  2 
"  ver.  33 ; 
ch.  14.  6: 
Jer.  9.  25, 
26 
i>  ver.  10 
"  Dt.  6.  26 ; 

2  K.  19.  4 
d  ver.  26 


'  Gen.  37.  4, 
S-36 


17  And  Jesse  said  unto  David 
his  son,  ^Take  now  for  thy  breth- 
ren an  ephah  of  this  parched  grain, 
and  these  ten  loaves,  and  carry 
fhein  (luickly  to  the  camp  to  thy 
brethren  ;  18  and  ''bring  the.se  ten 
cheeses  unto  the  captain  of  their 
thousand,  "and  look  how  thy  breth- 
ren fare,  and  take  their  pledge. 
19  Now  Saul,  and  they,  and  all 
the  men  of  Israel,  ''were  in  the 
vale  of  Elah,  fighting  wdth  tlie 
Philistines.  20  And  David  ro.^e 
up  eariy  in  the  morning,  and  Icit 
the  sheep  with  a  keeper,  and  took, 
and  went,  as  Jesse  had  commanded 
him;  and  he  came  to  the  '"place 
of  the  wagons,  as  the  host  which 
was  going  forth  to  the  "fight 
shouted  for  the  battle.  21  And 
Israel  and  the  Philistines  put  tne 
battle  in  array,  army  again.<t 
army.  22  And  David  left  his 
"  baggage  in  the  hand  of  the  keeper 
of  the  baggage,  and  ran  to  the 
army,  and  came  and  saluted  liis 
bi;ethren.  23  And  as  he  talked 
with  them,  behold,  there  came  uji 
the  champion,  the-Hr'hilistine  of 
Gath,  Goliath  by  name,  out  of  the 
ranks  of  the  Philistines,  and  spake 
"  according  to  the  same  words  :  and 
David  heard  them.  24  And  all 
the  men  of  Israel,  when  the.y  saw 
the  man,  fied  from  him,  and  were 
sore  afraid.  25  And  the  men  of 
Israel  said.  Have  ye  seen  this  man 
that  is  come  up?  surely  to  ''defy 
Israel  is  he  come  up :  and  it  shall 
be,  that  the  mail  who  killeth  him, 
the  king  will  enrich  him  with  great 
riches,  and  ""will  give  him  his 
daughter,  -'and  make  his  father's 
house  free  in  Israel.  26  And 
David  spake  to  the  men  that 
stood  by  him,  saying.  What  shall 
be_  done  to  the  man  that  killeth 
this  Philistine,  and  taketh  away 
'  the  reproach  from  Israel  ?  for  who 
is  this  "  uncircumcised  Philistine, 
that  he  should  """defy  the  armies 
of  'the  living  God?  27  And  the 
people  answered  him  after  this 
manner,  saying,  ''  So  shall  it  be 
done  to  the  man  that  killeth  him. 
28  And  Eliab  his  eldest  brother 
heard  when  he  spake  unto  tlie 
men  ;  and  *  Eliab's  anger  Avas  kin- 
dled against  David,  and  he  said. 
Why  art  thou  come  down  ?  and 
with  whom  hast  thou  left  those 
few  sheep   in   the  wilderness?    I 

5  Or,  are  *  Or,  barricade 

7  Or,  battle  ground 


287 


17.29 


I.   SAMUEL 


17.52 


David  accepts  Goliath's  Ctiallenge.    He  kills  Goliath.    The  Philistines  dispersed 


know  thy  pride,  and  the  naughti- 
ness of  thy  heart ;  for  thou  art 
come  down  that  thou  mightest  see 
the  battle.  29  And  David  said, 
What  have  I  now  done?  ^"Is 
there  not  a  cause '?  30  And  he 
turned  away  from  him  toward  an- 
other, and  *  spake  after  the  same 
manner  :  and  the  people  answered 
him  again  after  the  former  man- 
ner. 

31  And  when  the  words  were 
heard  which  David  spake,  they 
rehearsed  them  before  Saul ;  and 
he  sent  for  him.  32  And  David 
said  to  Saul,  "Let  no  man's  heart 
fail  ^  because  of  him  ;  ''  thy  servant 
will  go  and  fight  with  this  Philis- 
tine. 33  And  Saul  said  to  David, 
Thou  art  not  able  to  go  against 
this  Philistine  to  fight  with  him ; 
for  thou  art  but  a  youth,  and  he 
a  man  of  war  from  his  youth.  34 
And  David  said  unto  Saul,  Thy 
servant  was  keeping  his  father's 
sheep ;  ^  and  when  there  came  a 
lion,  or  a  bear,  and  took  a  lamb 
out  of  the  flock,  35  I  went  out 
after  him,  and  smote  him,  and 
"  delivered  it  out  of  his  mouth ; 
and  when  he  arose  against  me,  I 
caught  him  by  his  beard,  and 
smote  him,  and  slew  him.  36  Thy 
servant  smote  both  the  lion  and 
the  bear :  and  this  uncircumcised 
Philistine  shall  be  as  one  of 
them,  seeing  he  hath  ^defied  the 
armies  of  the  living  God.  37  And 
David  said,  -^Jehovah  that  delivered 
me  out  of  the  paw  of  the  lion,  and 
out  of  the  paw  of  the  bear,  he  will 
deliver  me  out  of  the  hand  of  this 
Philistine.  And  Saul  said  unto 
David,  '■>  Go,  and  Jehovah  shall  be 
with  thee.  38  And  Saul  clad 
David  with  his    apparel,   and    he 

Eut  a  helmet  of  brass  upon  his 
ead,  and  he  clad  him  with  a  coat 
of  mail.  39  And  David  girded  his 
sword  upon  his  appai'el,  and  he 
assayed  to  go ;  for  he  had  not 
proved  it.  And  David  said  unto 
Saul,  I  cannot  go  with  these  ;  for 
I  have  not  proved  them.  And 
David  put  them^  off  him.  40  And 
he  took  his  staff  in  his  hand,  and 
chose  him  five  smooth  stones  out 
of  the  ®  brook,  and  put  them  in  the 
shepherd's  bag  which  he  had,  even 
in  his  wallet ;  and  ''his  sling  was  in 

1  Or,  Wan  it  not  but  a  word  ? 
-  Or,  vnthin  him 

3  Or,  and  there  came  a  lion  and  a  bear  . .  .  and 
I  went  out  &c. 

*  Or,  reproached  '  Or,  torrent  bed 


"  ver.  17 
I'  ver.  26,  27 
<^  Dt.  20.  1-4 
d  ch.  16.  18 
«  Am.  3.  12 
/  2  Tim.  4. 17 
-'  ch.  20.  13 
ft  Judg.  20. 
16 


!  Prov.  16. 

18 
k  ch.  16.  12 
'  ch.  24.  14  ; 

2  S.  3.  8 
"'  1  K.  20.  10 
"  ver.  46 


°  2  Chr.  32. 
8  ,  Ps.  124. 

8 ;  Heb.  11. 
34 


P  1  K.  18.  36  ; 
2  K.  19. 19  , 
Is.  37.  20 

5  ch.  14.  6  ; 
2  Chr.  14. 
11 ;  20.  15 ; 
Ps.  44.  6 


■  Ps.  27.  3 


'ch.  21.  9; 

2  S.  23.  21 


*  Heb.  11.  34 


288 


his  hand  :  and  he  drew  near  to  the 
Philistine. 

41  And  the  Philistine  came  on 
and  drew  near  unto  David;  and 
the  man  that  bare  the  shield  went 
before  him.  42  And  when  the 
Philistine  looked  about,  and  saw 
David,  '  he  di.sdained  him  ;  for  he 
was  but  a  youth,  and  *  ruddy,  and 
withal  of  a  fair  countenance.  43 
And  the  Philistine  said  unto  David, 
'  Am  I  .a  dog,  that  thou  comest  to 
me  with  staves'?  And  '"the  Philis- 
tine cursed  David  by  his  gods. 
44  And  the  Philistine  said  to 
David,  Come  to  me,  and  I  will  give 
thy  flesh  "unto  the  birds  of  the 
heavens,  and  to  the  beasts  of  the 
field.  45  Then  said  David  to 
the  Philistine,  Thou  comest  to  me 
with  a  sword,  and  with  a  spear, 
and  with  a  javelin  :  "  but  I  come 
to  thee  in  the  name  of  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  the  armies  of 
Israel,  whom  'thou  hast  *  defied. 
46  This  day  will  Jehovah  deliver 
thee  into  my  hand ;  and  I  will 
smite  thee,  and  take  thy  head 
from. off  thee;  and  I  will  give  the 
dead  bodies  of  the  host  of  the 
Philistines  this  day  unto  the  birds 
of  the  heavens,  and  to  the  wild 
beasts  of  the  earth ;  ^  that  all  the 
earth  may  know  that  there  is  a 
God  in  Israel,  47  and  that  all  this 
assembly  may  know  that  ''Jehovah 
saveth  not  with  sword  and  spear  : 
for  the  battle  is  Jehovah's,  and 
he  will   give  you  into  our  hand. 

48  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
the  Philistine  arose,  and  came  and 
drew  _  nigh  to  meet  David,  that 
'David  hastened,  and  ran  toward 
the  army  to  meet  the  Philistine. 

49  And  David  put  his  hand  in  his 
bag,  and  took  thence  a  stone,  and 
slang  it,  and  smote  the  Philistine 
in  his  forehead ;  and  the  stone 
sank  ill  to  his  forehead,  and  he  fell 
upon  his  face  to  the  earth. 

50  So  David  prevailed  over  the 
Philistine  with  a  sling  and  with  a 
stone,  and  smote  the  Philistine, 
and  slew  him ;  but  there  was  no 
sword  in  the  hand  of  David. 
51  Then  David  ran,  and  stood 
over  the  Philistine,  and  Hook  his 
sword,  and  drew  it  out  of  the 
sheath  thereof,  and  slew  him,  and 
cut  off  his  head  therewith.  And 
'  when  the  Philistines  saw  that 
their  ''champion  was  dead,  they 
fled.     52   And    the  men  of  Israel 

<'  Or,  mighty  man 


17.53 


I.   SAMUEL 


18.2] 


David  broaght  to  Sanl.    love  of  Jooathau  for  David.    Saul's  Anger  towards  David.    Merab  betrothed  to  David 


and  of  Judah  arose,  and  shouted, 
and  pursued  the  Philistines,  until 
thou  comest  to  ^  Gai,  and  to  the 
gates  of  "  Ekron.  And  the  wounded 
of  the  Philistines  fell  down  by  the 
way  to  -''tShaaraim,  even  unto 
Gath,  and  unto  Ekron.  53  And 
the  children  of  Israel  returned 
from  chasing  after  the  Philistines, 
and  they  ijluiidered  their  camp. 
5-i  And  David  took  the  head  of 
the  Philistine,  and  brought  it  to 
J  erusalem ;  but  he  put  his  armor 
in  his  tent. 

55  And  when  Saul  saw  David 
go  forth  against  the  Philistine,  he 
said  unto  Abner,  the  captain  of 
the  host,  Abner,  whose  son  is  "^  tliis 
youth?  And  Abner  said.  As  thj'^ 
soul  liveth,  O  king,  I  cannot  tell. 

56  And  the  kin^  said,  Inquire 
thou  whose  son  the    stripling  is. 

57  And  as  David  returned  from 
the  slaughter  of  the  Philistine, 
Abner  took  him,  and  "^  brought 
him  before  Saul  with  the  head 
of   the    Philistine    in    his    hand. 

58  And  Saul  said  to  him.  Whose 
son  art  thou,  thou  young  man? 
And  David  answered,  "I  am  the 
son  of  thy  servant  Jesse  the  Beth- 
lehemite. 

"I  O  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
jLO  he  had  made  an  end  of 
speaking  unto  Saul,  that -^  the  soul 
of  Jonathan  was  knit  with  the 
soul  of  David,  and  ''Jonathan 
loved  him  as  his  own  soul.  2  And 
Saul  took  him  that  day,  and ''  would 
let  him  go  no  more  home  to  his 
father's  house.  3  Then  ''  Jonathan 
and  David  made  a  covenant,  be- 
cause he  loved  him  as  his  own  soul. 
4  And  *  Jonathan  stripped  him- 
self of  the  robe  that  was  upon  him, 
and  gave  it  to  David,  and  his 
apparel,  even  to  his  sword,  and  to 
his  bow,  and  to  his  girdle.  5  And 
David  ^went  out  whithersoever 
Saul  sent  him,  and  *  behaved  him- 
self Avisely  :  and  Saul  set  him  over 
the  men  of  war,  and  it  was  good  in 
the  sight  of  all  the  people,  and  also 
in  the  sight  of  Saul's  servants. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass  as  they 
came,  when  David  returned  from 
the  slaughter  of  the  ^  Philistine, 
that  'the  women  came  out  of  all 
the  cities  of  Israel,  singing  and 
dancing,  to  meet  king  Saul,  with 

1  The  Syr.  and  some  editions  of  Sept.  have, 
Gafh.  2  Or,  the  tvM  gates 

^  Or,  went  out;  whithersoever  Saul  sent  him, 
ke&c. 

*  Or,  prospered       ^  Or,  Philistmes 
10 


".Tosh.  15.  n 
fc.Josh.  lu.  30 
■^  cli.  lU.  12, 

21,  22 
<'  ver.  54 
'■'  ver.  12 
/  Gen.  44.  30 
"ch.  20.  17; 

Dt.  13.  (i ; 

2  S.  1.  20 
h  ch.  17.  15 
'  ch.  20.  8-17 
«•■  ch.  17.  3S  ; 

Gen.  41. 

42 ;  Esth. 

6.  8 
'  Ex.  1.5.  20, 

21 ;  Juds. 
11.  34;  Ps. 

08.  25  ;  149. 


"'ch.  21.  11; 

29.  6  ;  Ex. 

15.  21 
«  ch.  21.  11 
°  2  S.  18.  3 
''  ch.  15.  28 
9  ch.  16.  14 
»■  ch.  19.  23, 

24 
'ch.  16.  23 
«  ch.  19.  9 
"  ch.  19.  10 ; 

20.  33 
"  ver.  1.5,  29 
'"ch.  16.  13, 

18 

^ch.  10.  14; 

28.  15 

'  ver.  16 ; 
2  S.  5.  2 

"  ch.  16.  18 


i>  ver.  5 


d  ch.  17.  36, 
47  ;  25.  28  ; 
Num.  21. 
)4 

'  ver.  21,  25 

/ver.  23 ;  ch. 
9.  21 ;  2  S. 
7.  IS 


"2  8.  2\.  8 
1  Judg.  7.  22; 
1  K.  19.  10 
'  ver.  28 


289 


timbrels,  with  joy.  and  with  ^in- 
struments of  music.  7  And  the 
women  "'  '"■  sang  one  to  another  as 
they  played,  and  said, 

"  Saul  hath  slain  his  thousands, 

"And  David  his  ten  thousands. 
8  And  Saul  was  very  wrotli,  and 
this  saying  displeased  him ;  and 
he  said.  They  have  ascribed  unto 
David  ten  thousands,  and  to  me 
they  have  ascribed  but  thousands  : 
and  ^'what  can  he  have  more  but 
the  kingdom  1  9  And  Saul  eyed 
David  from  that  day  and  forward. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
morrow,  that  *  an  evil  spirit  from 
God  came  mightily  uijon  Saul,  and 
''he  *  prophesied  in  the  midst  of 
the  house :  and  David  played  with 
his  hand,  *as  he  did  day  by  day. 
And  'Saul  had  his  spear  in  his 
hand  ;  1 1  and  "  Saul  cast  the  spear; 
for  he  said,  I  will  smite  David  even 
to  the  wall.  And  David  avoided 
out  of  his  presence  twice.  1 2  Ana 
''  Saul  was  afraid  of  David,  *  because 
Jehovah  was  with  him,  and  ^  was 
departed  from  Saul.  13  Therefore 
Saul  removed  him  from  him,  and 
made  him  his  captain  over  a  thou' 
sand ;  and  ^he  went  out  and  came 
in  before  the  people.  14  And 
David  ''behaved  himself  wisely  in 
all  his  ways ;  and  "  Jehovah  was 
with  him.  15  And  when  Saul  saw 
that  he  behaved  himself  very 
wisely,  he  stood  in  awe  of  him. 
16  But  *all  Israel  and  Judah  loved 
David ;  for  he  went  out  and  came 
in  before  them. 

1 7  And  Saul  said  to  David  "  Be- 
hold, my  elder  daughter  Merab, 
her  will  I  give  thee  to  wife :  only 
be  thou  valiant  for  me,  and  fight 
"*  Jehovah's  battles.  For  Saul  said, 
Let  not  my  hand  be  upon  him,  but 
'  let  the  hand  of  the  Philistines  be 
upon  him.  18  And  David  said 
unto  Saul, -^  Who  am  I,  and  "what 
is  my  life,  or  my  father's  family  in 
Israel,  that  I  should  be  son-in-law 
to  the  king "?  19  But  it  came  tc> 
pass  at  the  time  when  Merab, 
Saul's  daughter,  should  have  been 
given  to  David,  that  she  was  given 
unto  »Adriel  ''the  Meholathite  to 
wife.  20  And  'Michal,  Saul's 
daughter,  loved  David :  and  they 
told  Saul,  and  the  thing  pleased 
him.  21  And  Saul  said,  1  will 
give  him  her,  that  she  may  be  a 

6  Or,  triangles    Or,  three-stringed  instruments 
'  Or,  answered  one  another        s  Or,  raved 
K  Or,  who  are  my  kinsfolk 


18.21 


I.    SAMUEL 


19.17 


David  marries  Mitlial,  Saul's  Daagliter.    Jonathan  intercedes  Tur  David.    Micbal  saves  David  fioin  Saul 


snare  to  hicfi,  and  "  that  the  hand 
of  the  Philistines  may  be  against 
him.  Wherefore  Saul  said  to  Da- 
vid, *  Thou  shalt  this  day  be  my 
son-in-law  a  second  time. 

'22  And  Saul  commanded  his  ser- 
vants, saying,  Commune  with  Da- 
vid secretly,  and  say,  Behold,  the 
king  hath  delight  in  thee,  and  all 
his  servants  love  thee  :  now  tliere- 
fore  be  the  king's  son-in-law.  23 
And  Saul's  ser\'ants  spake  those 
words  in  the  ears  of  David.  And 
David  said,  Seemeth  it  to  you  a 
light  thing  to  be  the  king's  son-in- 
law,  ''seeing  that  I  am  a  poor  man, 
and  lightly  esteemed?  2i  And 
the  servants  of  Saul  told  him,  say- 
ing, On  this  manner  spake  David. 

25  And  Saul  said,  Thus  shall  ye 
say  to  David,  The  king  desireth 
not  any  ''dowry,  but  a  hundred 
foreskins  of  the  Philistines,  "  to  be 
avenged  of  the  king's  enemies. 
Now  'Saul  thought  to  make  David 
fall  by  the  hand  of  the  Philistines. 

26  And  when  his  servants  told 
David  these  words,  it  pleased  Da- 
vid well  to  be  the  king's  son-in-law. 
And  "  the  days  were  not  expired  ; 

27  and  David  arose  and  went,  ''he 
and  his  men,  and  slew  of  the 
Philistines  two  hundred  men  ;  and 
'  David  brought  their^  foreskins, 
and  they  gave  them  in  full  number 
to  the  king,  that  he  might  be  the 
king's  son-in-law.  And  Saul  gave 
him   Michal  his  daughter  to  wife. 

28  And  Saul  saw  and  knew  that 
.Jehovah  was  with  David ;  and 
Michal,  Saul's  daughter,  loved  him. 

29  And  Saul  was  yet  the  more 
afraid  of  David ;  and  Saul  was 
David's  enemy  continually. 

30  Then  the  princes  of  the  Philis- 
tines went  forth  :  and  it  came  to 
pass,  as  often  as  they  went  forth, 
that  David  ^  *  behaved  himself  more 
wisely  than  all  the  servants  of  Saul ; 
so  that  his  name  was  much  -  set  by. 
■^  (\  And  Saul  spake  to  .Jona- 
A-kJ  than  his  son,  and  to  all  his 
servants,  'that  they  should  slay 
David.  But '"  Jonathan,  Saul's  son, 
delighted  much  in  David.  2  And 
Jonathan  told  David,  saying,  Saul 
my  father  seeketh  to  slay  thee : 
now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  take 
heed  to  thyself  in  the  morning,  and 
abide  in  a  secret  place,  and  hide 
thyself :  3  and  I  will  go  out  and 
stand  beside  my  father  in  the  field 
where  thou  art,  and   I   will  com- 

1  Or,  prospered  more  than     2  Heb.  precious. 


"  ver.  17 
*  ver.  26 
"  Gen.  34. 

12;  29.  20 
a  Ex.  22.  IV 
«  ch.  14.  24 
/ver  17 
^  ver.  21 
1^  ver.  17 
'  2  S.  3.  14 
I'  ver.  5 
'  ch.  18.  8,  9 
"'  ch.  18.  1-3 


"  ch,  20.  9,  13 
"  ch.  20.  32 
''  Geu.  42.  22 
5  ch.  17   49, 

50 
"■eh.  11.  13 
*  Dt.  19.  ui- 

13 ;  Ps.  94. 

21 


<  ch.  16.  21 ; 
18.  2,  10,  13 


"ch.  16.  14; 
18.  10,  11 

"  ch.  IS.  10 
=^ch.  16.  16 
'■'  ch.  18.  11 ; 
20.  33 


'  Pa.  .',9. 
title; 
Judg  16. 


"  Josh.  2.  15: 
2  Cor.  11. 


b  Oen.  31. 
19;  Judg 
18.  14,  17 


290 


mune  with  my  father  of  thee  ;  "  and 
II  I  see  aught,  1  will  tell  thee.  4 
And  Jonathan  "spake  good  of  David 
unto  Saul  his  father,  and  said  unto 
him,  -^Let  not  the  king  sin  against 
his  servant,  against  David;  be- 
cause he  hath  not  sinned  against 
thee,  and  because  his  works  have 
been  to  thee-ward  very  good  :  5  for 
'^he  put  his  life  in  his  hand,  and 
smote  the  Philistine,  and  '^  Jehovah 
wrought  a  great  "victory  for  ail 
Israel :  thou  sawest  it,  and  didst 
rejoice  ;  '  wherefore  then  wilt  thou 
sin  against  innocent  blood,  to  slay 
David  without  a  caused  6  And 
Saul  hearkened  unto  the  voice  of 
•Jonathan :  and  Saul  sware,  As 
Jehovaii  liveth,  he  sliall  not  be  put 
to  death.  7  And  Jonathan  called 
David,  and  Jonathan  showed  him 
all  those  things.  And  Jonathan 
brought  David  to  Saul_,  and  he  was 
in  his  presence,  as  '  beforetime. 

8  And  there  was  war  again  :  and 
David  went  out,  and  fought  with 
the  Philistines,  and  slew,  them  with 
a  great  slaughter ;  and  they  fled 
before  him.  9  And  ""an  evil  spirit 
from  Jehovah  was  upon  Saul,  as  he 
sat  in  his  house  "  with  his  spear  in 
his  hand  ;  ""  and  David  was  playing 
with  his  hand.  10  ^And  Saul 
sought  to  smite  David  even  to  the 
wall  with  the  spear ;  but  he  slipped 
away  out  of  Saul's  presence,  and  he 
smote  the  spear  into  the  wall :  and 
David  fled,  and  escaped  that  night. 

1 1  And '  Saul  sent  messengers  unto 
David's  house,  to  Avatch  him,  and 
to  slay  him  in  the  morning :  and 
Michal,  David's  wife,  told  him,  say- 
ing. If  thou  save  not  thy  life  to- 
night, to-morrow  thou  wilt  be  slain. 

12  "So  JMichal  let  David  down 
through  the  window  :  and  he  went, 
and  fled,  and  escaped.  13  And 
Michal  took '  the  teraphim,  and  laid 
it  in  the  bed,  and  put  a  ^pillow  of 
goats'  hair  at  the  head  thereof,  and 
covered  it  with  the  clothes.  14 
And  when  Saul  sent  messengers  to 
take  David,  she  said,  'He  is  sick. 
15  And  Saul  sent  the  messengei's 
to  see  Fiavid,  saying.  Bring  him  up 
to  me  in  the  bed,  that  I  may  slay 
him.  16  And  when  the  messengers 
caine  in,  behold,  the  teraphim  was 
in  the  bed,  with  the  'pillow  of 
goats'  hair  at  the  head  thereof.  17 
And  Saul  said  unto  Michal,  Why 

3  Heb.  salvnfion. 

*  Or,  the  spirit  of  Jehovnh  was  evil  toward  Saul 

*  Or,  quilt    Or,  network 


19.18 


I.   SAMUEL 


20.18 


David  escapes  to  Ramah.    Saal  pnrsoes  him.    Saal  and  bis  Messengers  prophesy.    Covenant  between  David  and  Jonathan 


hast  thou  deceived  me  thus,  and 
let  mine  enemy  go,  so  that  he  is 
escaped]  And  Slichal  answered 
Saul,  He  said  unto  me.  Let  me  go  ; 
why  should  1  kill  theet 

18  Now  David  fied,  and  escaped, 
and  came  "to  Samuel  to  Kamah, 
and  told  him  all  that  Saul  had  done 
to  him.  And  he  and  Samuel  went 
and  dwelt  in  ''Naioth.  19  And  it 
was  told  Saul,  saying.  Behold, 
David  is  at  Naioth  in  Kamah.  20 
And  "Saul  sent  messengers  to  take 
David  :  and  when  they  saw  '^  the 
company  of  the  prophets  prophesy- 
ing, and  Sauiuel  standing  as  head 
over  them,  the  Spirit  of  God  came 
upon  the  messengers  of  Saul,  and 
"they  also  prophesied.  21  And 
when  it  was  told  Saul,  he  sent  other 
messengers,  and  they  also  prophe- 
sied. And  Saul  sent  messengers 
again  the  third  time,  and  they  also 
prophesied.  22  Then  went  he  also 
to  Kamah,  and  came  to  the  great 
^  well  that  is  in  Secu  :  and  he  asked 
and  said,  Whei'e  are  Samuel  and 
David  'I  And  one  said.  Behold,  they 
are  at  Naioth  in  Kamah.  23  And 
he  went  thither  to  Naioth  in 
Ramah :  and  ^the  Spirit  of  God 
came  upon  him  also,  and  he  went 
on,  and  prophesied,  until  he  came 
to  Naioth  in  Ramah.  24  And  he 
also  stripped  off  his  clothes,  and  he 
also  prophesied  before  Samuel,  and 
'^lay  down  ^  naked  all  that  day  and 
all  that  night.  Wherefore  they  say, 
*  Is  Saul  also  among  the  prophets  % 
^f\  And  David  fled  from 
^yj  Naioth  in  Ramah,  and  came 
and  'said  before  Jonathan,  What 
have  I  donel  what  is  mine  iniq- 
uityl  and  what  is  my  sin  before 
thy  father,  that  he  seeketh  my  life "? 
2  And  he  said  unto  him.  Far  from 
it ;  thou  shalt  not  die  :  behold,  my 
father  doeth  nothing  either  great 
or  small,  but  that  he  ^discloseth  it 
unto  me  ;  and  why  should  my  father 
hide  this  thing  from  me"?  it  is  not 
so.  3  And  David  ^sware  moreover, 
and  said.  Thy  father  knoweth  well 
that  I  have  found  favor  in  thine 
eyes ;  and  he  saith.  Let  not  Jona- 
than know  this,  lest  he  be  grieved  : 
but  trulj'^  '■  as  Jehovah  liveth,  and 
as  thy  soul  liveth,  there  is  but  a 
step  between  me  and  death.  4  Then 
said  Jonathan  unto  David,  *  What- 
soever thy  soul  ^desireth,   I  will 

1  Or,  cistern  -  Or,  fell 

3  Heb  niicnvereth  mini'  ear. 
*  Or,  What  doth,  thy  sotd  rlesire,  that  I  should 
do  it  for  thee  f  &  Heb.  saith. 


"  ch.  7.  ir 
(>  2  K.  6.  1,  2 
■^  ver,  11,  14 
d  ch.  10.  6,  6, 

10 
"Num.  11.25 
/ch.  10.  10 
"  Is.  20.  2 
''  ch.  10. 

10-12 
'  ch.  24.  9 
*  Dt.  0.  13 
'  ch.  2f..  20 ; 

2  K.  2.  (i 


15;  Am. 

».  6 
"  ver.  24,  27 
»  ch.  19.  2 
P  ch.  17.  58 
«  Dt.  12.  5 
"■  ch.  18.  3  ; 

23.  18 
»  2  S.  14.  32 


t  ch.  3.  17  ; 
Ruth  1.  17 


'  ch.  18.  12 


•  2  S.  9.  1 


*  Dt.  23.  21 


»  ch.  18.  1 


391 


even  do  it  for  thee.  5  And  David 
said  unto  Jonathan,  Behold,  to- 
morrow is  "the  new  moon,  and  I 
should  not  fail  "to  sit  with  the 
king  at  meat :  but  let  me  go,  "  that 
I  may  hide  myself  in  the  held  unto 
the  third  day  at  even.  6  If  thy 
father  miss  me  at  all,  then  say, 
David  earnestly  asked  leave  of  me 
that  he  might  run  to  ^Bethlehem 
his  city ;  for  it  is  « the  yearly  sac- 
rihce  there  for  all  the  family.  7  If 
he  say  thus,  It  is  well  ;  thy  servant 
shall  have  i)eace  :  but  if  he  he  wroth, 
then  know  that  evil  is  determinea 
by  him.  8  Therefore  deal  kindly 
with  thy  servant;  for  'thou  hast 
brought  thy  servant  into  a  cove- 
nant of  Jehovah  with  thee:  but 
"if  thei-e  be  in  me  iniquity,  slay 
me  thyself  ;  for  why  shouldest  thou 
bring  me  to  thy  father  1  9  And 
Jonathan  said,  Far  be  it  from  thee  ; 
for  if  I  should  at  all  know  that  evil 
were  deteimined  by  my  father  to 
come  upon  thee,  then  would  not  I 
tell  it  theel  10  Then  said  David 
to  Jonathan,  Who  shall  tell  me  if 
perchance  thy  father  answer  thee 
roughly  1  11  And  Jonathan  said 
unto  David,  Come,  and  let  us  go 
out  into  the  field.  And  they  went 
out  both  of  them  into  the  field. 

12  And  Jonathan  .said  unto 
David,  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel, 
be  7('itness:  when  I  have  .sounded 
my  father  about  this  time  to-mor- 
row, or  the  third  day,  behold,  if 
there  be  good  toward  David,  shall 
I  not  then  send  unto  thee,  and  dis- 
close it  unto  thee'?  13  'Jehovah 
do  so  to  Jonathan,  and  more  al.so, 
should  it  please  my  father  to  do 
thee  evil,  if  I  disclose  it  not  unto 
thee,  and  send  thee  away,  that  thou 
mayest  go  in  peace  :  and  "Jehovah 
be  with  thee,  as  he  hath  been  with 
my  father.  14  And  thou  shalt  not 
only  while  yet  I  live  show  me  the 
lovingkindness  of  Jehovah,  that  I 
die  not;  15  but  "also  thou  shalt 
not  cut  off  thy  kindness  from  my 
house  for  ever  ;  no,  not  when  Jeho- 
vah hath  cut  off  the  enernies  of 
David  every  one  from  the  face  of 
the  earth.  16  So  Jonathan  made  a 
covenant  with  the  house  of  David, 
saying,  •'And  Jehovah  will  require 
it  at  the  hand  of  David's  enemies. 

17  And  Jonathan  caused  David 

to  swear  again,  ®for  the  love  that 

he  had  to  him ;  for  *he  loved  him 

as  he  loved  his  own  soul.     1 8  Then 

*  Or,  by  his  love  toward  him 


20.19 


I.   SAMUEL 


21.1 


Jonathan's  Covenant  with  David.    David  avoids  Saol.    Sanl  angry  at  Jonathan.    David's  Parting  from  Jonathan 


Jonathan  said  unto  him,  "To-mor- 
row is  the  new  moon :  and  thou 
wilt  be  missed,  because  thy  seat 
will  be  ^  empty.  19  And  when 
thou  hast  stayed  three  daj^s,  thou 
shalt  go  down  '■^quickly,  and  come 
to  the  place  where  thou  didst  hide 
thyself  ^  when  the  business  was  in 
hand,  and  shalt  remain  by  the 
stone  Ezel.  20  And  I  will  shoot 
three  arrows  on  the  side  thereof,  as 
though  I  shot  at  a  mark.  21  And, 
behold,  I  will  send  the  lad,  saying. 
Go,  find  the  arrows.  If  I  say  unto 
the  lad.  Behold,  the  arrows  are  on 
this  side  of  thee  ;  take  "*  them,  and 
come ;  for  there  is  peace  to  thee 
and  *no  hurt,  as  Jehovah  liveth. 
22  But  if  I  say  thus  unto  the  boy, 
*  Behold,  the  arrows  are  beyond 
thee ;  go  thy  way ,  for  Jehovah 
hath  sent  thee  away.  23  And  ''as 
touching  the  matter  which  thou  and 
I  have  spoken  of,  behold,  "*  Jehovah 
is  between  thee  and  me  for  ever.  ^ 

24  iSo  David  hid  himself  in  the 
field  :  and  when  the  new  moon  was 
come,  the  king  sat  him  down  to  eat 
food.  25  And  the  king  sat  upon  his 
seat,  as  at  other  times,  even  upon 
the  seat  by  the  wall ;  and  Jonathan 
stood  up,  and  Abner  sat  by  Saul's 
side :  but "  David's  place  was  empty. 

26  Nevertheless  Saul  spake  not 
anything  that  day:  for  he  thought. 
Something  hath  befallen  him,  -^he 
is  not  clean  ;  surelj?^  he  is  not  clean. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  mor- 
row after  the  new  moon,  ivhich  tvas 
the  second  day,  that  David's  place 
was  empty:  and  Saul  said  unto 
Jonathan  his  son.  Wherefore  com- 
eth  not  the  son  of  Jesse  to  meat, 
neither  yesterday,  nor  to-day?  28 
And  Jonathan  answered  Saul,  ^  Da- 
vid earnestly  asked  leave  of  me  to 
go  to  Beth-lehem  :  29  and  he  said, 
Let  me  go,  I  pray  thee ;  for  our 
family  hath  a  sacrifice  in  the  city  ; 
and  my  brother,  he  hath  com- 
manded me  to  be  there:  and  now, 
if  I  have  found  favor  in  thine  eyes, 
let  me  get  away,  I  pray  thee,  and 
see  my  brethren.  Therefore  he  is 
not  come  unto  the  king's  table. 

30  Then  Saul's  anger  was  kindled 
against  Jonathan,  and  he  said  unto 
him.  Thou  son  of  a  perverse  rebel- 
lious woman,  do  not  I  know  that 
thou  hast  chosen  the  son  of  Jesse 
to  thine  own  shame,  and  unto  the 


1  Heb.  misled.  2  Heb.  (ireatly. 

3  Heb.  in  the  day  of  the  h-mtiness.    See  ch,  19.  : 

*■  Or,  him  ^  Heb.  not  any  thing. 


"  ver.  6,  26 
b  ver.  37 
"  ver.  14,  16 
d  Gen.  31. 

49,  63 
'  ver.  18 
/ch.  16.  5; 

Lev.  7.  20, 

21 
»  ver.  6 


h  2  S.  12.  5 
'  ch.  19.  6 
*  ch.  18.  11 ; 

19.  10 
'  ver.  7 


'  ver.  20,  21 


'  Gen.  42.  6 


P  ch.  18.  3 
'  ver.  22 


*■  ver.  15,  16, 
23 

*[Ch.  21.1in 
Heb.] 


'  ch.  22.  19 

t  ch.  14.  3 ; 
Mk.  2.  26 
"-  ch.  16.  4 


shame  of  thy  mother's  nakedness  % 
31  For  as  long  as  the  son  of  Jesse 
liveth  upon  the  ground,  thou  shalt 
not  be  established,  nor  thy  king- 
dom. Wherefore  now  send  and 
fetch  him  unto  me,  for  ''he  •'shall 
surely  die.  32  And  Jonathan  an- 
swered Saul  his  father,  and  said 
unto  him,  '  Wherefore  should  he  be 
put  to  death  ?  what  hath  he  done  1 
33  And  ^Saul  cast  his  spear  at  him 
to  smite  him ;  '  whereby  Jonathan, 
knew  that  it  was  determined  of  his 
father  to  put  David  to  death.  34  So 
Jonathan  arose  from  the  table  in 
fierce  anger,  and  did  eat  no  food 
the  second  day  of  the  month ;  for 
he  was  grieved  for  David,  because 
his  father  had  done  him  shame. 

35  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
morning,^  that  Jonathan  went  out 
into  the  field "  at  the  time  appointed 
with  David,  and  a  little  lad  with 
him.  36  And  he  said  unto  his  lad, 
'"Rim,  find  now  the  arrows  which  I 
shoot.  And  as  the  lad  ran,  he  shot 
an  arrow  "*  beyond  him.  37  And 
when    the   lad  was    come   to   the 

Elace  of  the  arrow  which  Jonathan 
ad  shot,  Jonathan  cried  after  the 
lad,  and  said,  "  Is  not  the  arrow 
beyond  thee'?  38  And  Jonathan 
cried  after  the  lad,  Make  speed, 
haste,  stay  not.  And  Jonathan's 
lad  gathered  up  the  arrows,  and 
came  to  his  master.  39  But  the 
lad  knew  not  anything  :  only  Jona 
than  and  David  knew  the  matter. 
40  And  Jonathan  gave  his  weapons 
unto  his  lad,  and  said  unto  him.  Go, 
carry  them  to  the  city.  41  And  as 
soon  as  the  lad  was  gone,  David 
arose  "out  of  a  place  toward  the 
South,  and  fell  on  his  face  to  the 
ground,  and  "bowed  himself  three 
times :  and  they  kissed  one  another, 
and  wept  one  with  another,  until 
■p  David  exceeded.  42  And  Jona- 
than said  to  David,  *Go  in  peace, 
foi'asmuch  as  we  have  sworn  both 
of  us  in  the  name  of  Jehovah,  say- 
ing, *■  Jehovah  shall  be  between  me 
and  thee,  and  between  my  seed  and 
thy  .seed,  for  ever.  *And  he  arose 
and  departed  :  and  Jonathan  went 
into  the  city. 

r>  -I  Then  came  David  to  » Nob 
i^  JL  to  '  Ahimelech  the  priest : 
and  "Ahimelech  came  to  meet  Da- 
vid trembling,  and  said  unto  him. 
Why  art  thou  alone,  and  no  man 

6  Or,  y.f  worthy  to  die    Heb.  is  a  son  of  death. 
"!  Or,  to  the  place 

8  Heb.  making  it  pass  over  him. 

9  Heb.  from  beside  the  South. 


292 


21.2 


I.   SAMUEL 


22.8 


David  goes  to  lob,  and  is  helped  by  Ibimelecb.    Be  flees  to  Gath,  and  feigns  Nadoess.    He  hides  at  Adallam  and  Mizpeh 


with  thee  1  2  And  David  said  unto 
Ahimelech  the  priest,  The  king  hath 
commanded  me  a  business,  and 
hath  said  unto  me,  Let  no  man 
know  anything  of  the  business 
whereabout  I  send  thee,  and  what 
I  have  commanded  thee :  and  I  have 
appointed  the  young  men  to  such 
and  such  a  place,  o  Now  therefore 
what  is  under  thy  handl  give  me 
five  loaves  of  bread  in  my  hand,  or 
whatsoever  there  is  present.  4  And 
the  priest  answered  David,  and 
said.  There  is  no  common  bread 
under  my  hand,  but  there  is  "holy 
bread ;  if  only  the  young  men 
have  kept  themselves  from  women. 
5  And  David  answered  the  priest, 
and  said  unto  him,  ''Of  a  truth 
women  have  been  kept  from  us 
about  these  three  days  ;  when  I 
came  out,  the  vessels  of  the  young 
men  were  holy,  ^  though  it  was  but 
a  common  journey ;  how  much  moi-e 
then  to-day  shall  their  vessels  be 
holy?  6  So  ''the  priest  gave  him 
holy  bread  ;  for  there  was  no  bread 
there  but  the  showbread,  that  was 
taken  from  before  Jehovah,  to  put 
hot  bread  in  the  day  when  it  was 
taken  away. 

7  Now  a  certain  man  of  the  ser- 
vants of  Saul  was  there  that  day, 
detained  before  Jehovah  ;  and  his 
name  was  '^  Doeg  the  Edomite,  the 
^^chiefest  of  the  herdsmen  that 
belonged  to  Saul.  8  And  David 
said  unto  Ahimelech,  And  is  there 
not  here^  under  thy  hand  spear  or 
sword  1  for  I  have  neither  brought 
my  sword  nor  my  weapons  with 
me,  because  the  king's  business 
required  haste.  9  And  the  priest 
said,  •''The  sword  of  Goliath  the 
Philistine,  whom  thou  slewest  ^in 
the  vale  of  *Elah,  behold,  it  is  here 
wrapped  in  a  cloth  behind  the 
ephod  :  if  thou  wilt  take  that,  take 
it ;  for  there  is  no  other  save  that 
here.  And  David  said.  There  is 
none  like  that ;  give  it  me. 

10  And  David  arose,  and  fled 
that  day  for  fear  of  Saul,  and  went 
to''Achish  the  king  of  Gath.  11 
And  the  'servants  of  Achish  said 
unto  him,  Is  not  this  David  the 
king  of  the  land?  *did  they  not 
sing  one  to  another  of  him  in 
dances,  saying, 

Saul  hath  slain  his  thousands, 

And  David  his  ten  thousands  1 

1  Or,  and  it  may  be  used  as  common  bread ; 
and  especially  since  to-day  it  will  be  holy  in  re- 
spect of  their  vessels 

*  Or.  mightiest  »  Or,  the  terebinth 


"  Lev.  24. 

6-9;  Mt. 

12.  4 
b  Ex.  19.  14, 

15 
"  Mt.  12.  3, 

4 ;  Mk.  2. 

d  ch.  14.  47  ; 

22.  9  ;  Ps. 

62.  title 
M  Chr.  27. 

29,  31 
/cli.  17.  54 
!'  ch.  17.  2 
fc  r.s.  34.  title 
'  Pe.  6H.  title 
k  eh.  18.  7  ; 

29.  6 


'  Lk.  2. 

19 

»  Ps.  34. 

title 

"  Ps.  57 

title ; 

142. 

title 

°  Josh. 

12. 

16;  15 

35; 

2  S.  23 

13 

P  ch.  23 

13; 

25.  13 

9  2  S  24.  11  ; 
1  Chr.  29. 
29 ;  2  Chr. 
29.  25 


•■  ch.  14.  2 ; 
Judg.  4.  6 


•ch.  8.  14; 
1  Chr.  12. 
16-18 


« ch.  18.  3 ; 
20.  16 


293 


12  And  David  'laid  up  these  words 
in  his  heart,  and  was  sore  afraid 
of  Achish  the  king  of  Gath.  13 
And  he  '"  changed  his  behavior 
before  them,  and  feigned  himself 
mad  in  their  hands,  and  ''scrabbled 
on  the  doors  of  the  gate,  and  let 
his  spittle  fall  down  upon  his 
beard.  14  Then  said  Achish  unto 
his  servants,  Lo,  ye  see  the  man 
is  mad  ;  wherefore  then  have  ye 
brought  him  to  me?  15  Do  I  lack 
madmen,  that  ye  have  brought 
this  fellow  to  play  the  madman  in 
my  presence!  shall  this  fellow 
come  into  my  house? 
O  O  David  therefore  departed 
^  ^  thence,  and  "  escaped  to 
"the  cave  of  Adullam :  and  when 
his  brethren  and  all  his  father's 
house  heard  it,  they  went  down 
thither  to  him.  2  And  every  one 
that  was  in  distress,  and  every 
one  that  was  in  debt,  and  every  one 
that  was  ^discontented,  gathered 
themselves  unto  him  ;  and  he  be- 
came captain  over  them:  and  there 
were  with  him  ^  about  four  hun- 
dred men. 

3  And  David  went  thence  to 
Mizpeh  of  Moab  :  and  he  said  unto 
the  king  of  Moab,  Let  my  father 
and  my  mother,  I  pray  thee,  come 
forth,  and  be  with  you,  till  1  know 
what  God  will  do  for  me.  4  And 
he  brought  them  before  the  king 
of  Moab  :  and  they  dwelt  with  him 
all  the  while  that  David  was  in  the 
stronghold.  5  And  «the  prophet 
Gad  said  unto  David,  Abide  not 
in  the  stronghold  ;  depart,  and  get 
thee  into  the  land  of  Judah.  Then 
David  departed,  and  came  into  the 
forest  of  Hereth. 

6  And  Saul  heard  that  David 
was  discovered,  and  the  men  that 
were  with  him  :  now  ''  Saul  was 
sitting  in  Gibeah,  under  the  tam- 
arisk-tree *in  Earn  ah,  with  his 
spear  in  his  hand,  and  all  his 
servants  were  standing  about  him. 
7  And  Saul  said  unto  his  servants 
that  stood  about  him.  Hear  now, 
ye  Benjamites ;  will  the  son  of 
Jesse  give  every  one  of  you  fieldr. 
and  vineyards,  *  will  he  make  j'ou 
all  captains  of  thousands  and  cap- 
tains of  hundreds,  8  that  all  of 
you  have  conspired  against  m?. 
and ''  there  is  none  that  discloseth 
to  me  'when  my    son    maketh  a 

♦  Or,  made  marks  *  Heb.  bitter  of  soul. 

*  Or,  on  the  height 

7  Or,  there  was  none  that  disclosed  it  to  mt 
when  my  son  made  &c. 


22.9 


I.   SAMUEL 


23.10 


Doeg  slays  the  Priests  at  Sob.    Abiathar  joios  David.    David  saves  Keilah.    Saul  parsnes  him,  and  he  leaves  Keilah 


league  with  the  son  of  Jesse,  and 
there  is  none  of  you  "  that  is  soi-ry 
for  me,  or  discloseth  unto  me  that 
my  son  hath  stirred  up  my  servant 
against  me,  to  lie  in  wait,  as  at 
this  day"?  9  Then  answered  'Doeg 
the  Edomite,  who  ^  stood  by  the 
servants  of  Saul,  and  said,  "  I  saw 
the  son  of  Jesse  coming  to  Nob, 
to  **  Ahimelech  the  son  of  Ahitub. 
10  And  *he  inquired  of  Jehovah 
for  him,  and  -^gave  him  victuals, 
and  ^  gave  him  the  sword  of  Goliath 
the  Philistine. 

11  Then  the  king  sent  to  call 
Ahimelech  the  priest,  the  son  of 
Ahitub,  and  all  nis  father's  house, 
the  priests  that  were  in  Nob :  and 
they  came  all  of  them  to  the  king. 
12  And  Saul  said.  Hear  now,  thou 
son  of  Ahitub.  And  he  answered, 
Here  I  am,  my  lord.  13  And  Saul 
said  unto  him.  Why  have  ye  con- 
spired against  me,  thou  and  the 
son  of  Jesse,  in  that  thou  hast 
given  him  bread,  and  a  sword,  and 
East  inquired  of  God  for  him,  that 
he  should  rise  against  me,  ''to  lie 
in  wait,  as  at  this  day  1  14'  Then 
Ahimelech  answered  the  king,  and 
said,  And  who  among  all  thy  ser- 
vants is  so  faithful  as  David,  who 
is  the  king's  son-in-law,  and  is 
taken  into  thy  council,  and  is  hon- 
orable in  thy  house?  15  Have  I 
to-day  begun  *to  inquire  of  God 
for  him  1  be  it  far  from  me :  let  not 
the  king  impute  anything  unto 
his  servant,  nor  to  all  the  house 
of  my  father ;  for  thy  servant 
knoweth  nothing  of  all  this,  less  or 
more.  16  And  the  king  said,  Thou 
shalt  surely  die,  Ahimelech,  thou, 
and  all  thy  father's  house.  1 7  And 
'the  king  said  unto  the  -guard 
that  stood  about  him.  Turn,  and 
slay  the  priests  of  Jehovah ;  be- 
cause their  hand  also  is  with 
David,  and  because  they  knew 
that  he  fled,  and  did  not  disclose 
it  to  me.  But  the  servants  of  the 
king  would  not  put  forth  their 
hand  to  fall  vipon  the  priests  of 
Jehovah.  18  And  the  king  said 
to  Doeg,  Turn  thou,  and  fall  upon 
the  priests.  And  Doeg  the  Edom- 
ite turned,  and  he  fell  upon  the 
priests,  and  "he  slew  on  that  day 
fourscore  and  five  persons  "that 
did  wear  a  linen  ephod.  19  And 
Nob,  the  city  of  the  priests,  "smote 
he  with  the  edge  of  the  sword, 
both   men   and    women,    children 


1  Or,  was  set  over 


*  Heb.  runners. 


°  ch.  23.  21 

b  Ps.  62.  title 
"^ch.  21.  1 
dch.  14.  3; 

21.  1 
'  ch.  10.  22 
/ch.  21.  6,9 
f  ch.  21.  9 
ft  ver.  8 
i  ch.  19.  4,  5  ; 

20.  32 
fc  2  Sam.  5. 

19,23 
'  2  K.  10.  25 ; 

2  Chr.  12. 

10 
'"  ch.  2.  31 
"  ch.  2.  18 
0  ch.  15.  3 


P  ch.  23.  9 ; 

30.  7  ;  2  S. 

2.  1 ;  1  K. 

2.  26,  27 
9  ch.  2.  33 
"■  ch.  21.  7 
M  K.  2.  26 
t  Josh.  15. 

44 ;  Neh.  3. 

17,  18 
"  ver.  4,  6, 

9-12 ;  2  S. 

5.  19,  23 


'  Josh.  8.  7  ; 
Judg.  7.  7 


'  ch.  22.  20 


V  ch.  22.  20 
^  ver.  6 ;  ch. 
30.  7 


294 


and  sucklings,  and  oxen  and  asses 
and  sheep,  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword. 

20  And  ^one  of  the  sons  of 
Ahimelech,  the  son  of  Ahitub. 
named  Abiathar,  « escaped,  and 
fled  after  David.  21  And  Abiathar 
told  David  that  Saul  had  slain 
Jehovah's  priests.  22  And  David 
said  unto  Abiathar,  I  knew  on  that 
day,  when  ''  Doeg  the  Edomite  was 
there,  that  he  would  surely  tell 
Saul :  I  have  occasioned  the  death 
of  all  the  persons  of  thy  father's 
house.  23  Abide  thou  with  me, 
fear  not ;  for  *  he  that  seeketh  my 
life  seeketh  thy  life  :  for  with  me 
thou  shalt  be  in  safeguard. 
O  O  And  they  told  David,  say- 
i— '  O  ing.  Behold,  the  Philistines 
are  fighting  against  'Keilah,  and 
are  robbing  the  threshing-floors. 
2  Therefore  David  "inquired  of 
Jehovah,  saying.  Shall  1  go  and 
smite  these  Philistines?  And  Je- 
hovah said  unto  David,  Go,  and 
smite  the  Philistines,  and  save 
Keilah.  3  And  David's  men  said 
unto  him.  Behold,  we  are  afraid 
here  in  Judah :  how  much  more 
then  if  we  go  to  Keilah  against  the 
armies  of  the  PhilistinesT  4  Then 
David  inquired  of  Jehovah  yet 
again.  And  Jehovah  answered 
him,  and  said.  Arise,  go  down  to 
Keilah ;  for  "  I  will  deliver  the 
Philistines  into  thy  hand.  5  And 
David  and  his  men  went  to  Keilah, 
and  fought  with  the  Philistines, 
and  brought  away  their  cattle,  and 
slew  them  with  a  great  slaughter. 
So  David  saved  the  inhabitants  of 
Keilah.  6  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  Abiathar  the  son  of  Ahime- 
lech ^  fled  to  David  to  Keilah,  that 
he  came  down  with  an  ephod  in  his 
hand. 

7  And  it  was  told  Saul  that  Da- 
vid was  come  to  Keilah.  And  Saul 
said,  God  hath  ^  delivered  him  into 
my  hand  ;  for  he  is  shut  in,  by 
entering  into  a  town  that  hath 
gates  and  bars.  8  And  Saul  sum- 
moned all  the  people  to  war,  to  go 
down  to  Keilah,  to  besiege  David 
and  his  men.  9  And  David  knew 
that  Saul  was  devising  mischief 
against  him  ;  and  he  said  to 
*  Abiathar  the  priest, '  Bring  hither 
the  ephod.  10  Then  said  David, 
O  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  thy 
servant  hath  surely  heard  that 
Saul  seeketh  to  come  to  Keilah,  to 

s  The  Sept.  has,  sold. 


23.11 


I.   SAMUEL 


24.6 


Covenant  of  David  and  Jonatban  renewed.    Saul's  Pursuit  of  David.    David  spares  Saul's  Life  at  En-gedi 


destroy  the  city  for  my  sake.  11 
Will  the  men  of  Keilah  deliver  me 
up  into  his  hand  1  will  Saul  come 
down,  as  thy  servant  hath  heard  1 
O  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  I 
beseech  thee,  tell  thy  servant. 
And  Jehovah  said,  He  will  come 
down.  12  Then  said  David,  Will 
the  men  of  Keilah  deliver  up  me 
and  my  men  into  the  hand  of  iSaul  ? 
And  Jehovah  said,  "They  will  de- 
liver thee  up.  13  Then  David  and 
his  men,  who  were  ''about  six  hun- 
dred, arose  and  departed  out  of 
Keilah,  and  went  "  whithersoever 
they  could  go.  And  it  was  told 
Saul  that  David  was  escaped  from 
Keilah  ;  and  he  forbare  to  go  forth. 
14  And  David  abode  in  the  wilder- 
ness in  the  strongholds,  and  re- 
mained in  the  hill-country  in  the 
wilderness  of  ''Ziph.  And  Saul 
sought  him  every  day,  but  ^God 
delivered  him  not  into  his  hand. 

15  And  David  saw  that  Saul 
was  come  out  to  seek  his  life  :  and 
David  was  in  the  wilderness  of 
Ziph  in  Hhe  wood.  16  And  Jona- 
than, Saul's  son,  arose,  and  went 
to  David  into  '  the  wood,  and 
•''.strengthened    his  hand  in   God. 

17  And  he  said  unto  him,  Fear 
not ;  for  the  hand  of  Saul  my 
father  shall  not  find  thee ;  and 
thou  shalt  be  king  over  Israel, 
and  I  shall  be  next  unto  thee  ;  and 
"  that  also  Saul  my  father  knoweth. 

18  And  ''they  two  made  a  cove- 
nant before  Jehovah  :  and  David 
abode  in  'the  wood,  and  Jonathan 
went  to  his  house. 

19  Then  'came  up  the  Ziphites 
to  Saul  to  Gibeah,  saying,  Doth 
not  David  hide  himself  with  us 
in  the  strongholds  in  Hhe  wood, 
in  *the  hill  of  Hachilah,  which 
is  on  the  south  of  '^the  desert  1 
20  Now  therefore,  O  king,  come 
down,  according  to  all  the  desire 
of  thy  soul  to  come  down ;  and 
'our  part  shall  be  to  deliver  him 
up  into  the  king's  hand.  21  And 
Saul  said.  Blessed  be  ye  of  Jeho- 
vah ;  ""  for  ye  have  had  compas- 
sion on  me.  22  Go,  I  pray  you, 
make  yet  more  sure,  and  know 
and  see  his  place  where  his  ^  haunt 
is,  and  who  hath  seen  him  there : 
for  it  is  told  me  that  he  dealeth 
very  subtly.  23  See  therefore, 
and  take  knowledge  of  all  the 
lurking-places  where  he  hideth 
himself,  and  come  ye  again  to  me 

I  Or.  Horesh       »  Or,  Jeshimon       »  Heb.  foot. 


"  ver.  20 ; 

Judg.  15. 

10-13 
i>  ch.  22.  2  ; 

2.5.  13 
"  2  S.  15.  20 
d  Josh.  I.-.. 

55 ;  2  Chr. 

11.  8 
•  Ps.  32.  7 
/ch.  30.  6; 

Neh.  2.  18 
"  ch.  20.  31 ; 

24.  20 
''ch.  18.  3; 

20.  12-17  ; 

2  S.  9.  1 
'  ch.  26.  1  ; 

Ps.  54.  title 
*:  ch.  26.  3 
'  ver.  12 
"'  ch.  22.  8 


"  ch.  25.  2  ; 
Josh.  15. 

55 
°  Ps.  17.  9 

*rCh.  24.  1  in 
Heb.] 

P  Josh.  15. 

62 ;  2  Chr. 

20.  2 
9  ch.  23.  28, 

29 

•■  ch.  23.  19 
'  ch.  26.  2 


t  Judg.  3.  24 

"  P.s.  57. 
title;  142. 
title 


'  ch.  23.  17  ; 
25.  28-30 


*  2  S.  24.  10 


V  ch.  26.  11 


^of  a  certainty,  and  I  will  go  with 
you  :  and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if 
he  be  in  the  land,  that  I  will  search 
him  out  among  all  the  ^  thousands 
of  Judah. 

24  And  they  arose,  and  went  to 
Ziph  before  Saul :  but  David  and 
his  men  \vere  in  the  wilderne.ss  of 
"  Maon,  in  the  Arabah  on  the  south 
of  "the  desert.  25  And  Saul  and 
his  men  went  to  seek  him.  And 
they  told  David :  wherefore  he 
came  down  to  the  rock,  and  abode 
in  the  wilderness  of  Maon.  And 
when  Saul  heard  that,  he  pursued 
after  David  in  the  wilderness  of 
Maon.  26  And  Saul  went  on  this 
side  of  the  mountain,  and  David 
and  his  men  on  that  side  of  the 
mountain  :  and  David  made  haste 
to  get  away  for  fear  of  Saul ;  for 
Saul  and  his  men  "compassed 
David  and  his  men  round  about 
to  take  them.  27  But  there  came 
a  mes.senger  unto  Saul,  saying. 
Haste  thee,  and  come  ;  for  the  Phi- 
listines have  made  a  raid  upon  the 
land.  28  So  Saul  returned  from 
pursuing  after  David,  and  went 
against  the  Philistines  :  therefore 
they  called  that  place  ^Sela-ham- 
mahlekoth.  *29  And  David  went 
up  from  thence,  and  dwelt  in  the 
strongholds  of  ^  En-gedi. 
iy  A  And  it  came  to  pass. 
^jl  *when  Saul  was  returned 
from  following  the  Philistines, 
that  ''it  was  told  him,  saying.  Be- 
hold, David  is  in  the  wilderness 
of  En-gedi.  2  Then  "Saul  took 
three  thousand  chosen  men  out  of 
all  Israel,  and  went  to  seek  David 
and  his  men  upon  the  rocks  of  the 
wild  goats.  3  And  he  came  to  the 
sheepcotes  by  the  way,  where  was 
a  cave  ;  and  Saul  'went  in  to  cover 
his  feet.  Now  "David  and  his 
men  were  '^abiding  in  the  inner- 
most parts  of  the  cave.  4  And 
the  men  of  David  said  unto  him. 
Behold,  "the  day  of  which  Jehovah 
said  unto  thee.  Behold,  I  will  de- 
liver thine  enemy  into  thy  hand, 
and  thou  shalt  do  to  him  as  it  shall 
seem  good  unto  thee.  Then  David 
arose,  and  cut  off  the  skirt  of  Saul's 
robe  privily.     5   And   it  came    to 

Kass  afterward,  that  ''David's 
eart  smote  him,  because  he  had 
cut  off  Saul's  skirt.  6  And  he 
said  unto  his  men,   "Jehovah  for- 

*  Or,  vyith  the  certainty    Or,  to  a  set  place 
'  Or,  families 

«  That  is,  The  rock  oif  divisions  (or,  escape). 
'  Or,  sitting 


24.7 


I.   SAMUEL 


25.8 


David  spares  Saul's  Life  at  En-gedi.    Saol  relents.    Samuel's  Death.    Sabal  and  Abigail.    David's  Request  of  Nabal 


bid  that  I  should  do  this  thing 
unto  my  lord,  Jehovah's  anointed, 
to  put  forth  my  hand  against  him, 
seeing  he  is  Jehovah's  anointed. 
7  So  David  checked  his  men  with 
these  words,  and  suffered  them  not 
to  rise  against  Saul.  And  Saul 
rose  up  out  of  the  cave,  and  went 
on  his  way. 

8  David  also  arose  afterward, 
and  went  out  of  the  cave,  and 
cried  after  Saul,  saying.  My  lord 
the  king.  And  when  Saul  looked 
behind  him,  "  David  bowed  with 
his  face  to  the  earth,  and  did 
obeisance.  9  And  David  said  to 
Saul,  Wherefore  hearkenest  thou 
to  men's  words,  saying,  Behold, 
David  seeketh  thy  hurti  10  *  Be- 
hold, this  day  thine  eyes  have 
seen  how  that  Jehovah  had  deliv- 
ered thee  to-day  into  my  hand  in 
the  cave:  and  '^^some  bade  me  kill 
thee ;  but  mine  eye  spared  thee ; 
and  I  said,  I  will  not  put  forth  my 
hand  against  my  lord  ;  for  he  is 
Jehovah's  anointed.  11  More- 
over, ''ray  father,  see,  yea,  see  the 
skirt  of  thy  robe  in  my  hand  ;  for 
in  that  I  cut  off  the  skirt  of  thy 
robe,  and  killed  thee  not,  know 
thou  and  see  that  there  is  neither 
evil  nor  transgression  in  my  hand, 
and  I  have  not  sinned  against  thee, 
though  thou  ^^huntest  after  my 
life  to  take  it.  12  -^Jehovah  judge 
between  me  and  thee,  and  Jeho- 
vah avenge  me  of  thee ;  but  my 
hand  shall  not  be  upon  thee.  13 
As  saith  the  proverb  of  the  an- 
cients, ^  Out  of  the  wicked  cometh 
forth  wickedness ;  but  my  hand 
shall  not  be  upon  thee.  14  After 
whom  is  the  king  of  Israel  come 
out  1  after  whom  dost  thou  pursue  1 
after  a  dead  dog,  ''after  a  flea. 
15  'Jehovah  therefore  be  judge, 
and  give  sentence  between  me  and 
thee,  and  see,  and  *  plead  my 
cause,  and  ^deliver  me  out  of  thy 
hand. 

1 6  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
David  had  made  an  end  of  speak- 
ing these  words  unto  Saul,  that 
Saul  said,  'Is  this  thy  voice,  my 
son  David  1  And  Saul  lifted  up 
his  voice,  and  Avept.  17™  And  he 
said  to  David,  Thou  art  more 
righteous  than  I ;  for  "  thou  hast 
rendered  unto  me  good,  whereas 
I  have  rendered  unto  thee  evil. 
18  And    thou    hast   declared  this 

1  Or,  lavtit  wait  for 

»  Heb.  oive  sentence  for  me. 


"  ch.  25.  23, 

24 ;  1  K.. 

1.31 
b  Vs.  7.  3,  4 
'  ver.  4 
rf2K.  5.  13 
'  ch.  23.  14, 

23  ;  2tj.  20 
/ch.  26.  10, 

23;  Gen. 

31.  .'53; 

Judg.  11. 

27 
'J  Mt.  7.  16- 

20 
'»  ch.  26.  20 
i  ver.  12 
«•■  Ps.  i».  1 
'  ch.  20.  17 
'"  ch.  26.  21 
"  Mt.  6.  44 


0  ch.  26.  23 
Pch.23.  17 
9  ch.  23.  17 
•■  ch.  l.i.  14 
'  ch.  20.  14- 

17  ;  Gen. 

21.  23;  2S. 

21.  6-8 
t  ch.  23.  29 
"  ch.  28.  3 

"  Dt.  34.  8 

^2  K.  21.  18; 

2  Chr.  33. 

20 
y  Gen.  21. 

21 ;  Num. 

10.  12 ; 

13.  3 
^  ch.  23.  24 
"Josh.  15. 

65 
b  2  S.  19.  32 

"2  8.  13.  23 


d  ch.  30.  14  ; 
Josh.  16.  13 


/  2  S.  13.  23, 

24 

»  ver.  16,  21 


day  how  that  thou  hast  dealt  well 
with  me,  forasmuch  as  when  'Je- 
hovah had  delivered  me  up  into 
thy  hand,  thou  killedst  me  not. 
1 9  For  if  a  man  ^'  find  his  enemy, 
will  he  let  him  go  well  away '? 
wherefore  Jehovah  reward  thee 
good  for  that  which  thou  hast  done 
unto  me  this  day.  20  And  now, 
behold,  « I  know  that  thou  shalt 
surely  be  king,  and  that  'the  king- 
dom of  Israel  shall  be  established 
in  thy  hand.  21  'Swear  now 
therefore  unto  me  by  Jehovah, 
that  thou  wilt  not  cut  off  rny  seed 
after  me,  and  that  thou  wilt  not 
destroy  my  name  out  of  my  father's 
house.  22  And  David  sware  unto 
Saul.  And  Saul  went  home ;  but 
David  and  his  men  gat  them  up 
unto  *  the  stronghold. 
O  p^  "And  Samuel  died;  and 
^  tJ  all  Israel  gathered  them- 
selves together,  and_  'lamented 
him,  and  ■'buried  him  in  his  house 
at  JRamah.  And  David  arose,  and 
went  down  to  the  ^wilderness  of 
Paran. 

2  And  there  was  a  man  in  ''Maon, 
whose  ^  possessions  were  in  "  Carmel : 
and  the  man  was  *  very  great,  and 
he  had  three  thousand  sheep,  and 
a  thousand  goats:  and  "he  was 
shearing  his  sheep  in  Carmel.  3 
Now  the  name  of  the  man  was 
Nabal ;  and  the  name  of  his  wife 
Abigail ;  and  the  woman  was  of 
good  understanding,  and  of  a 
beautiful  countenance :  but  the 
man  was  churlish  and  evil  in  his 
doings ;  and  he  was  of  "^  the  house 
of  Caleb.  4  And  David  heard  in 
the  wilderness  that  Nabal  was 
shearing  his  sheep.  5  And  David 
sent  ten  young  men,  and  David 
said  unto  the  young  men.  Get  you 
up  to  Carmel,  and  go  to  Nabal, 
and  greet  him  in  my  name  :  6  and 
■*thus  shall  ye  say  to  him  that 
liveth  in  vrosperitji, "  Peace  be  unto 
thee,  and  peace  be  to  thy  house, 
and  peace  be  unto  all  that  thou 
hast.  7  And  now  I  have  heard 
•''that  thou  hast  shearers:  thy 
shepherds  have  now  been  with  us, 
and  we  ^  did  them  no  hurt,  ^  neither 
was  there  aught  missing  unto  them, 
all  the  while  they  were  in  Carmel. 
8  Ask  thy  young  men,  and  they 
will  tell  thee :  wherefore  let  the 
young  men  find  favor  in  thine  eyes ; 

3  Or,  buiiness  was  ■»•"- 

*  Or,  thus  shall  ye  say.  All  hail!  and  peace  bt 
unto  thee  &c. 

*  Heb.  puS  them,  not  to  shame. 


296 


25.9 


I.   SAMUEL 


25.30 


Nabal's  Cbnrlish  Refusal.    David  threatens  Tengeance.    Abigail's  Intercession 


for  we  come  in  "a,  good  day:  give,  I 
pray  thee,  whatsoever  cometh  to 
thy  hand,  unto  thy  servants,  and 
to  thy  son  David. 

9  And  when  David's  young  men 
came,  tliey  spai^e  to  Nabal  accord- 
ing to  all  those  words  in  the  name 
of  David,  and  ^ceased.  10  And 
Nabal  answered  David's  servants, 
and  said,  *  Who  is  David  1  and  who 
is  the  son  of  Jessci  there  are 
many  servants  now-a-days  that 
break  away  every  man  from  his 
mastei'.  11  Shall  I  then  take  my 
bread,  and  my  water,  and  my  -  flesh 
that  I  have  killed  for  my  shearers, 
and  give  it  unto  men  of  whom  I 
know  not  whence  they  are?  12 
So  David's  young  men  turned  on 
their  way,  and  went  back,  and 
came  and  told  him  according  to  all 
these  words.  13  And  David  said 
unto  his  men.  Gird  ye  on  every 
man  his  sword.  And  they  girded 
on  every  man  his  sword  ;  and  David 
also  girded  on  his  sword  :  and  there 
went  up  after  David  about  ""four 
hundred  men  ;  and  two  hundred 
^  abode  by  the  baggage. 

14  But  one  of  the  young  men 
told  Abigail,  Nabal's  wife,  saying, 
Behold,  David  sent  messengers  out 
of  the  wilderness  to  ^"salute  our 
master  ;  and  he  railed  at  them.  15 
But  the  men  were  very  good  unto 
us,  and  we  were  not  ^-^hurt,  neither 
missed  we  anything,  as  long  as  we 
went  with  them,  when  we  were  in 
the  fields:  16  *they  were  a  wall 
unto  us  both  by  night  and  by  day, 
all  the  while  we  were  with  them 
keeping  the  sheep.  17  Now  there- 
fore know  and  consider  what  thou 
wilt  do ;  for  evil  is  determined 
against  our  master,  and  against  all 
his  house:  for  he  is  such  a  worth- 
less fellow,  that  one  cannot  speak 
to  him. 

18  Then  Abigail  made  haste,  and 
''took  two  hundred  loaves,  and  two 
^bottles  of  wine,  and  five  sheep 
ready  dressed,  and  five  measures 
of  parched  grain,  and  a  hundred 
clusters  of  raisins,  and  two  hun- 
dred cakes  of  figs,  and  laid  them  on 
asses.  19  And  she  said  unto  her 
young  men,  '  Go  on  before  me  ;  be- 
hold, I  come  after  you.  But  she 
told  not  her  husband  Nabal.  20 
And  it  was  so,  as  she  rode  on  her 
ass,  and  came  down  by  the  covert 
of    the    mountain,    that,     behold, 

1  Or.  rentained  iiuiet  -  H<^h  aJaiinhter. 

'  neb.  bless.     *  Heb.  put  to  aiuime.    *  Or,  xirins 


"  Neh.  8.  10- 

12 
!>  JudK.  9.  '-'8 

"^  ch.  23.  i:i 
>'  ch.  30.  24 
"  ch.  13.  10 ; 

V,.  13 
/  ver.  7,  21 
'•>  Ex.  1 1.  22 
A  2  S.  IG.  1 ; 

1  Chr.  12. 

40 
'  Gen.  32.  16, 


*  ch.  3.  17  ; 

20.  13 
'  1  K.  14.  10 


'  ch.  20.  41 


"  Heb.  10.  30 

"2  8.  18.  32 


P  ch.  30.  26  ; 
Gen.  33.  11 


"■ch.  22.  14; 
2  S.  7.  16 

'  ch.  18.  17 

<  ch.  24.  11 ; 
.  Pa.  7.  3 


"  Jcr.  10.  18 


'  ch.  13.  14 


David  and  his  men  came  down 
toward  her ;  and  she  met  them. 
21  Now  David  had  said,  Surely  in 
vain  have  1  kept  all  that  this  fel- 
low liath  in  the  wilderness,  so  that 
nothing  was  missed  of  all  that  per- 
tained unto  him :  and  he  hath  re- 
turned me  evil  for  good.  22  *God 
do  so ''unto  the  enemies  of  David, 
and  more  also,  'if  I  leave  of  all 
that  pertain  to  liim  by  the  morn- 
ing light  so  much  as  one  man- 
child. 

23  And  when  Abigail  saw  David, 
she  hasted,  and  alighted  from  her 
ass,  and  fell  before  David  on  her 
face,  '"and  bowed  herself  to  the 
ground.  24  And  she  fell  at  his 
feet,  and  said.  Upon  me,  my  lord, 
upon  me  be  the  iniquity ;  and  let 
thy  handmaid,  I  pray  thee,  speak 
in  thine  ears,  and  hear  thou  the 
words  of  thy  handmaid.  25  Let 
not  my  lord,  I  pray  thee,  regard 
this  worthless  fellow,  even  Nabal ; 
for  as  his  name  is,  so  is  he  ;  ^  Nabal 
is  his  name,  and  folly  is  with  him  : 
but  I  thy  handmaid  saw  not  the 
young  men  of  my  lord,  whom  thou 
didst  send.  26  Now  therefore,  my 
lord,  as  Jehovah  liveth,  and  as  thy 
soul  liveth,  seeing  .Jehovah  hath 
withholden  thee  "from  bloodguilti- 
ness,  and  "from  "avenging  thyself 
with  thine  own  hand,  now  there- 
fore "let  thine  enemies,  and  them 
that  seek  evil  to  my  lord,  be  as  Na- 
bal. 27  And  now  ^this  ^"present 
which  thy  servant  hath  brought 
unto  my  lord,  let  it  be  given  unto 
the  young  men  that  follow  my 
lord.  28  Forgive,  I  pray  thee, 
^the  trespass  of  thy  handmaid  :  for 
'■Jehovah  will  certainly  make  my 
lord  a  sure  house,  because  my  lord 
'  fighteth  the  battles  of  Jehovah ; 
and  'evil  shall  not  be  found  in 
thee  all  thy  days.  29  And  though 
man  be  risen  up  to  pursue  thee,  and 
to  seek  thy  soul,  yet  the  soul  of  my 
lord  shall  be  bound  in  the  bundle 
of  'Mife  with  Jehovah  thy  God ;  and 
the  souls  of  thine  enemies,  them 
"shall  he  sling  out,  as  from  the 
hollow  of  a  sling.  20  And  it  shall 
come  to  pass,  wlien  Jehovah  shall 
have  done  to  my  lord  according  to 
all  the  good  that  he  hath  spoken 
concerning  thee,  and  "shall  have 
appointed  thee  prince  over  Israel, 

•The  Syr.  and  some  editions  of  Sept.  haye, 
unto  David.  ^  That  is.  Fool. 

^  Heb.  from  coming  into  hlnml, 
5  Heb.  thine  own  hand  sninna  thee. 
1"  Heb.  blessing.  "  Or,  the  living 


-m 


25.31 


I.   SAMUEL 


26.10 


David  is  appeased.    Nabal's  Death.    David  marries  Abigail.    He  spares  Saul's  Life  at  Ziph 


31  that  this  shall  be  no  ^  grief  unto 
thee,  nor  offence  of  heart  unto  my 
lord,  ^either  that  thou  hast  shed 
blood  without  cause,  or  that  my 
lord  hath  avenged  himself.  And 
"when  Jehovah  shall  have  dealt 
well  with  my  loi-d,  then  remember 
thy  handmaid. 

32  And  David  said  to  Abigail, 
'Blessed  be  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
Israel,  who  sent  thee  this  day  to 
meet  me :  33  and  blessed  be  thy 
discretion,  and  blessed  be  thou, 
nhat  hast  kept  me  this  day  from 
bloodguiltiness,  and  from  avenging 
myself  with  mine  own  hand.  34 
For  in  very  deed,  as  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  Israel,  liveth,  "^who  hath 
withholden  me  from  hurting  thee, 
except  thou  hadst  hasted  and  come 
to  meet  me,  surelv  there  had  not 
been  left  unto  Nabal  by  the  morn- 
ing light  so  much  as  one  man-child. 
35  So  David  received  of  her  hand 
that  which  she  had  brought  him: 
and  he  said   unto  her,  'Go  up  in 

Eeace  to  thy  house :   see,   I  have 
earkened  to  thy  voice,  and  -^have 
accepted  thy  person. 

36  And  Abigail  came  to  Nabal ; 
and,  behold,  he  held  ^a  feast  in  his 
house,  like  the  feast  of  a  king  ;  arid 
Nabal's  heart  was  merry  within 
him,  for  he  was  very  drunken : 
wherefore  ''she  told  him  nothing, 
less  or  more,  until  the  morning 
light.  37  And  it  came  to  pass  in 
the  morning,  when  the  wine  was 
gone  out  of  Nabal,  that  his  wife 
told  him  these  things,  and  his  heart 
died  within  him,  and  he  became  as 
a  stone.  38  And  it  came  to  pass 
about  ten  days  after,  that  *  Jehovah 
smote  Nabal,  so  that  he  died. 

39  And  when  David  heard  that 
Nabal  was  dead,  he  said.  Blessed 
be  Jehovah,  that  hath  *  pleaded 
the  cause  of  my  reproach  from  the 
hand  of  Nabal,  and  *hath  kept 
back  his  servant  from  evil :  and 
the  evil-doing  of  Nabal  "hath  Jeho- 
vah returned  upon  his  own  head. 
And  David  sent  and  "spake  con- 
cerning Abigail,  to  take  her  to  him 
to  wife.  40  And  when  the  ser- 
vants of  David  were  come  to  Abi- 
gail to  Carmel,  they  spake  unto 
her,  saying.  David  hath  sent  us 
unto  thee,  to  take  thee  to  him  to 
wife.  41  And  .she  arose,  "and 
bowed  herself  with  her  face  to  the 
earth,  and  said.  Behold,  thy  hand- 

>  Heb.  cause  of  staggering. 

*  Or,  to  that  thou  thouldest  shed  Ac. 


"  ver.  30 ; 

Gen.  40.  14 
>>  Ex.  18.  10 
"  ver.  26 
rf  ver.  20 
'  ch.  20.  42  ; 

2  K.  6.  19 
/Gen.  19.  21 
i'  2  S.  13.  23 
!<■  ver.  19 
'  ch.  26.  10 
*  ch.  24.  15 
'  ver.  28,  34 
"'  2  S.  3.  28,  29 
"  S.  S.  8.  8 
"  ver.  23 


i'Mk.  1.7 
9  Gen.  24. 

61-fi7 
"■  Josh.  15.  66 

*  ch.  18.  27  ; 
2  S.  3.  14 

<  Is.  10.  30 
"  oh.  23.  19  ; 

Ps.  64. 

title 
"  ch.  13.  2 ; 

24.  2 

*  ch.  24.  3 
y  ch.  23.  16 


*  ch.  14.  60, 
61  ;  17.  65 


«  Gen.  23.  3 ; 

26.  34  ; 
Josh.  3.  10 ; 

1  K.  10.  29  ; 

2  K.  7.  6 
f- 1  Chr.  2. 

1.5,  16 
Judg.  7  19, 


11 


d  ch.  24.  6, 7  ; 
2  S.  1.  14, 16 


298 


maid  is  a  servant  ^  to  wash  the  feet 
of  the  servants  of  my  lord.  42  And 
^  Abigail  hasted,  and  arose,  and  rode 
upon  an  ass,  with  live  damsels  of 
hers  that  followed  her ;  and  she 
went  after  the  messengers  of  David, 
and  became  his  wife. 

43  David  also  took  Ahinoam  of 
'■  Jezreel ;  and  they  became  both  of 
them  his  wives.  44  Now  Saul  had 
given  *  Michal  his  daughter,  David's 
wife,  to  *  Palti  the  son  of  Laish,  who 
was  of  'Gallim. 

O/Z*  And  the  Ziphites  came 
^  \J  unto  Saul  to  Gibeah,  saying, 
"Doth  not  David  hide  himself  in 
the  hill  of  Hachilah,  which  is  before 
■'the  desert  ■?  2  Then  Saul  arose, 
and  went  down  to  the  wilderness 
of  Ziph,  having  "three  thousand 
chosen  men  of  Israel  with  him,  to 
seek  David  in  the  wilderness  of 
Ziph.  3  And  Saul  encamped  in 
the  hill  of  Hachilah,  which  is  be- 
fore Hhe  desert,  ^by  the  way.  But 
David  abode  in  the  wilderness,  and 
^  he  saw  that  Saul  came  after  him 
into  the  wilderness.  4  David  there- 
fore sent  out  spies,  and  understood 
that  Saul  was  come  ''of  a  certainty. 
5  And  David  arose,  and  came  to  the 
place  where  Saul  had  encamped; 
and  David  beheld  the  place  where 
Saul  lay,  and  ^Abner  the  son  of 
Ner,  the  captain  of  his  host :  and 
Saul  lay  within  the  ®place  of  the 
wagons,  and  the  people  were  en- 
camped round  about  him. 

6  Then  answered  David  and  said 
to  Ahimelech  "the  Hittite,  and  to 
'Abishai  the  son  of  Zeruiah,  brother 
to  Joab,  saying,  Who  "will  go  down 
witli  me  to  Saul  to  the  camp  1  And 
Abishai  said,  I  will  go  down  with 
thee.  7  So  David  and  Abishai 
came  to  the  people  by  night :  and, 
behold,  Saul  lay  sleeping  within 
the  "  place  of  the  wagons,  with  his 
spear  stuck  in  the  ground  at  his 
head ;  and  Abner  and  the  people 
lay  round  about  him.  8  Then  said 
Abishai  to  David,  God  hath  deliv- 
ered up  thine  enemy  into  thy  hand 
this  day :  now  therefore  let  me 
smite  him,  I  pray  thee,  with  the 
spear  to  the  earth  at  one  stroke, 
and  I  will  not  smite  him  the  second 
time.  9  And  David  said  to  Abishai, 
Destroy  him  not ;  for  "^  who  can  put 
forth  his  hand  against  Jehovah's 
anointed,  and  be  guiltless?   10  And 

8  In  2  S.  3.  15,  PaltiH. 

*  Or,  Jeshimon    See  ch.  23.  19. 

6  Or,  to  a  set  place    See  ch.  23.  23. 

*  Or,  barricade 


26.11 


I.   SAMUEL 


27.7 


David  spares  Saul's  Life  at  Ziph.    Their  Talk  witb  each  other.    David  Sees  to  the  Philistines.    Ziklag  is  given  to  him 


David  said.  As  Jehovah  liveth, 
"Jehovah  will  smite  him;  ^or  ''his 
day  shall  come  to  die  ;  or  "^he  shall 
go  dowu  into  battle,  and  perish.  1 1 
■^Jehovah  torbid  that  1  should  put 
forth  my  hand  against  Jehovah's 
anointed :  but  now  take.  I  pray 
thee,  the  spear  that  is  at  nis  head, 
and  the  cruse  of  water,  and  let  us 
go.  12  tSo  David  took  the  spear 
and  the  cruses  of  water  from  baul's 
head ;  and  they  gat  them  away : 
and  no  rxian  saw  it,  nor  knew  it, 
neither  did  any  awake ;  for  they 
were  all  asleep,  because  "a  deep 
sleep  from  Jehovah  was  fallen  upon 
them. 

13  Then  David  went  over  to  the 
ither  side,  and  stood  on  the  top  of 
the  mountain  afar  ofl";  a  great  space 
being  between  them ;  1 4  and  David 
cried  to  the  people,  and  to  Abner 
the  son  of  Ner,  saying,  Answerest 
thou  not,  Abner  1  Then  Abner  an- 
swered and  said.  Who  art  thou  that 
criest  to  the  kingi  15  And  David 
said  to  Abner,  Art  not  thou  a  val- 
iant man  1  and  who  is  like  to  thee 
in  Israel  1  wherefore  then  hast  thou 
not  kept  watch  over  thy  lord  the 
kingi   for  there  came  one  of  the 

f)eople  in  to  destroy  the  king  thy 
ord.  16  This  thing  is  not  good 
that  thou  hast  done.  As  Jehovah 
liveth,  ye  are  '--^worthy  to  die,  be- 
cause ye  have  not  kept  watch  over 
your  lord,  Jehovah's  anointed. 
And  now  see  where  the  king's 
spear  is,  and  the  cruse  of  water 
that  was  at  his  head. 

17  And  Saul  knew  David's  voice, 
and  said,  "  Is  this  thy  voice,  my  son 
David  1  And  David  said.  It  is  my 
voice,  my  lord,  O  king.  18  And  he 
said,  *  Wherefore  doth  my  lord  pur- 
sue after  his  servants  for  what 
have  I  done"?  or  what  evil  is  in  my 
hand?  19  Now  therefore.  I  pray 
thee,  let  my  lord  the  king  hear  the 
words  of  his  servant.  If  it  be  'Je- 
hovah that  hath  stirred  thee  up 
against  me,  '-let  him  ^accept  an 
offering:  but  'if  it  be  the  children 
of  men,  cursed  be  they  before  Jeho- 
vah ;  for  '"they  have  driven  me  out 
this  day  that  I  should'*  not  cleave 
unto  the  inheritance  of  Jehovah, 
saying.  Go,  serve  other  gods.  20 
Now  therefore,  let  not  my  blood 
fall  to  the  earth  away  from  the 
presence  of  Jehovah  :  for  the  king 
of  Israel  is  come  out  to  seek  "  a  flea, 

»  Or,  either  »  Heb.  smell. 

*  Heb.  ions  of  death.    *  Or,  have  no  $tiare  in 


"ch. 

25. 

26. 

:i8 

i-Dt 

31. 

14 

"^ch. 

31. 

6 

dch. 

24. 

6,  1 

'  (ien.  -J 

21 

15. 

12 

/ch. 

20. 

31 

-'  ch. 

24. 

16 

''  ch. 

24. 

9, 

11- 

14 

>^S 

16 

11 

*••  (ien.  8 

.  21 

'ch. 

24. 

9 

'"  Josh. 

22. 

"  ch. 

'24 

14 

"ch. 

15. 

24, 

30 

24 

17 

''ch 

24. 

19 

''ch 

24. 

12 

••ch 

18 

SO 

•Pa 

54 

7 

tch 

24 

19 

"ch 

24 

22 

"  ch.  25.  13 

^ch.  21.  10; 
1  K.  2.  39 


=  ch.  30.  3; 
2  S.  2.  3 


"  ch.  25.  42, 


6  Josh.  15. 
31 ;  19.  5  ; 
Neh.  11.  28 


299 


as  when  one  doth  hunt  a  partridge 

in  the  mountains. 

2 1  Then  said  Saul,  "  I  have 
sinned :  return,  my  son  David ; 
for  I  will  no  more  do  thee  harm, 
because  my  life  was  precious  in 
thine  eyes  this  day  :  behold,  I  have 
played  the  fool,  and  have  erred  ex- 
ceedingly. 22  And  David  answered 
and  said,  Behold  ^  the  spear,  O  king ! 
let  then  one  of  the  young  men  come 
over  and  fetch  it.  23  And ''Jeho- 
vah will  render  to  every  man  his 
righteousness  and  his  faithfulness; 
forasmuch  as  Jehovah  delivered 
thee  into  my  hand  to-day,  and  ^I 
would  not  put  forth  my  hand  against 
Jehovah's  anointed.  24  And,  be- 
hold, as  thy  life  was  much  set  by 
this  day  in  mine  eyes,  so  let  my 
life  be  much  *■  set  by  in  the  eyes  of 
Jehovah,  and  let  him  'deliver  me 
out  of  all  tribulation.  2.5  Then 
Saul  said  to  David.  'Blessed  be 
thou,  my  son  David  :  thou  shalt 
both  do  mightily,  and  shalt  surely 
prevail.  So  "  David  went  his  way, 
and  Saul  returned  to  his  place. 
r)  ^  And  David  said  in  his 
^  I  heart,  I  shall  now  perish 
one  day  by  the  hand  of  Saul : 
'there  is  nothing  better  for  me 
than  that  I  should  escape  into  the 
land  of  the  Philistines ;  and  Saul 
will  despair  of  me,  to  .seek  me  any 
more  in  all  the  borders  of  Israel : 
so  shall  I  escape  out  of  his  hand. 

2  And  David  an^se.  and  passed 
over,  he  and  ""the  six  hundred  men 
that  were  with  him,  unto  *  Achish 
the  son  of   Maoch,  king  of  Gath. 

3  And  David  dwelt  with  Achish  at 
Gath,  he  and  his  men,  "^  every  man 
with  his  hou.sehold,  even  David 
with  "his  two  wives,  Ahinoam  the 
Jezreelitess,  and  Abigail  the  Car- 
melitess,  Nabals  wife.  4  And  it 
was  told  Saul  that  David  was  fled 
to  Gath  :  and  he  sought  no  more 
again  for  him. 

5  And  David  said  unto  Achish, 
If  now  I  have  found  favor  in  thine 
eyes,  let  them  give  me  a  place  in 
one  of  the  cities  in  the  ^country, 
that  I  may  dwell  there :  for  why 
should  thy  servant  dwell  in  the 
royal  city  with  thee"?  6  Then 
Achish  gave  him  Ziklag  that  day : 
wherefore  ''Ziklag  pertaineth  unto 
the  kings  of  Judah  unto  this  day. 
7  And  the  number  of  the  days  that 
David  dwelt  in  the  ^country  of  the 

*  Another  reading  is,  the  kin^fs  spear. 
•Heb./Seid- 


27.8 


L   SAMUEL 


28.17 


David's  Riuds.    He  wins  the  Confidence  of  Ichish.    San]  and  the  Secromancer  of  En-dor.    Samnel  pronounces  Sanl'g  Doom 


Philistines  was  "a   full  year  and 
four  months. 

8  And  David  and  his  men  went 
up,  and  made  a  raid  upon  *the 
Geshurites,  and  the  '  Girzites,  and 
"  the  Amalekites  ;  for  those  nations 
were  the  inhabitants  of  the  land, 
who  were  of  old,  as  thou  goest  to 
"  iShur,  even  unto  the  land  of  Egypt. 
9  And  David  smote  the  land,  and 
saved  neither  man  nor  woman  alive, 
and  "  took  away  the  sheep,  and  the 
oxen,  and  the  asses,  and  the  camels, 
and  the  apparel ;  and  he  returned, 
and  came  to  Achish.  10  And 
Achish  said,  ^Against  whom  have 
ye '^made  a  raid  to-day  ■?  And  David 
said,  Against  the  South  of  Judah, 
and  against  the  South  of  ^  the  Jerah- 
meelites,  and  against  the  South  of 
"the  Kenites.  11  And  David  saved 
neither  man  nor  woman  alive,  to 
bring  them  to  Gath,  saying,  Lest 
they  should  tell  of  us,  saying.  So 
did  David,  and  so  hath  been  his 
manner  all  the  while  he  hath  dwelt 
in  the  ^  country  of  the  Philistines. 
1 2  And  Achish  believed  David,  say- 
ing, He  hath  made  his  people  Israel 
utterly  to  abhor  him  ;  therefore  he 
shall  be  my  servant  for  ever. 
O  Q  And  it  came  to  pass  in 
^  O  those  days,  that '  the  Philis- 
tines gathered  their  *  hosts  together 
for  warfare,  to  tight  with  Israel. 
And  Achish  said  unto  David,  Know 
thou  assuredly,  that  thou  shalt  go 
out  with  me  in  the  host,  thou  and 
thy  men.  2  And  David  said  to 
Achish,  Therefore  thou  shalt  know 
what  thy  servant  will  do.  And 
Achish  said  to  David,  Therefore 
will  I  make  thee  keeper  of  my  head 
*  for  ever. 

3  Now  'Samuel  was  dead,  and 
all  Israel  had  lamented  him,  and 
buried  him  ™in  Ramah,  even  in  his 
own  city.  And  Saul  had  put  away 
those  that  "had  familiar  spirits, 
and  the  wizards,  out  of  the  land. 
4  And  the  Philistines  gathered 
themselves  together,  and  came  and 
encamped  "  in  Shunem :  and  Saul 
gathered  all  Israel  together,  and 
they  encamped  in  ^Gilboa.  5  And 
when  Saul  saw  the  host  of  the  Phi- 
listines, he  was  afraid,  and  his  heart 
trembled  greatly.  6  And  « when 
Saul  inquired  of  .Jehovah.  ''Jeho- 
vah answered  him  not,  neither  by 
'  dreams,  nor   by   '  Urim,  nor   by 

1  Another  reading  is,  Gizrites. 

2  So  Sept.  and  Vulg. 

3  Heb.  field.  *  Heb.  camps. 


"  ch.  29.  3 
b  Josh.  13.  2, 

13 
'  ch.  16.  7,  8  ; 

Ex.  17.  8 
d  Ex.  15.  22 
"  ch.  16.  3  ; 

Job  1.  3 
/ch.  23.27 
"  ch.  30.  29  ; 

1  Chr.  2.  9, 
25 

'» Judg.  1. 

IG;  4.  11 
'  ch.  29.  1 
*  ch.  1.  22,  28 
'  ch.  26.  1 
"^  ch.  7.  17 
"  ch.  16.  23  ; 

Lev.  19.  31 ; 

Dt.  18.  10 
"iK.  1.  3; 

2  K.  4.  8 
Pch.  31.  1 

9  1  Chr.  10. 

13,  14 
"■  Prov.  1. 

24-31 
'  Num.  12. 

tl ;  Joel  2. 

28 
'  Ex.  28.  30 ; 

2  S.  8.  17 


"  Acts  16.  16 
"Josh.  17.11; 

Ps.  83.  10 
"  2  Chr.  18. 

29 ;  35.  22 
y  Is.  8.  19 
^  Dt.  18.  10, 

11 
"  ver.  3 


6  ch.  15.  27 
'  ch.  24.  8 


d  ch.  16.  13, 

14  ;  18.  12 

"  ver.  6 


/ch.  15.  28 


800 


prophets.  7  Then  said  Saul  unto 
his  servants.  Seek  me  a  woman  that 
hath  a  familiar  spirit,  that  I  may 
go  to  her,  and  inquire  of  her.  And 
his  servants  said  to  him.  Behold, 
"there  is  a  woman  that  hath  a 
familiar  spirit  at  "En-dor. 

8  And  Saul  ■"  disguised  himself, 
and  put  on  other  raiment,  ana 
went,  he  and  two  men  with  him, 
and  they  came  to  the  woman  by 
night :  and  he  said,  *  Divine  unto 
me,  I  pray  thee,  by  the  familiar 
spirit,  and  ^  bring  me  up  whom- 
soever   I    shall    name   unto    thee. 

9  And  the  woman  said  unto  him. 
Behold,  thou  knowest  "what  Saul 
hath  done,  how  he  hath  cut  off 
those  that  have  familiar  spirits, 
and  the  wizards,  out  of  the  land  : 
wherefore  then  layest  thou  a  snare 
for  my  life,  to  cause  me  to  die? 

10  And  Saul  sware  to  her  by  Je- 
hovah, saying.  As  Jehovah  liveth, 
there  shall  no  ^  punishment  happen 
to  thee  for  this  thing.  11  Then 
said  the  woman,  Whom  shall  I 
bring  up  unto  thee  1  And  he  said, 
Bring  me  up  Samuel.  12  And 
when  the  woman  saw  Samuel,  she 
cried  with  a  loud  voice ;  and  the 
woman  spake  to  Saul,  saying.  Why 
hast  thou  deceived  me  1  for  thou  art 
Saul.  13  And  the  king  said  unto 
her.  Be  not  afraid :  for  what  seest 
thou  1  And  the  woman  said  unto 
Saul,  I  see  "  a  god  coming  up  out  of 
the  earth.  14  And  he  said  unto 
her.  What  form  is  he  of  *?  And  she 
said.  An  old  man  cometh  up  ;  and 
*  he  is  covered  with  a  robe.  And 
Saul  perceived  that  it  was  Samuel, 
and  "he  bowed  with  his  face  to  the 
ground,  and  did  obeisance. 

15  And  Samuel  said  to  Saul,  Why 
hast  thou  disq^aieted  me,  to  bring 
me  up  1  And  Saul  answered,  I  am 
sore  distressed  ;  for  the  Philistines 
make  war  against  me,  and  ^  God  is 
departed  from  me,  and  "  answereth 
me  no  more,  neither  by  prophets, 
nor  by  dreams :  therefore  I  have 
called  thee,  that  thou  mayest  make 
known  unto  me  what  I  shall  do. 

16  And  Samuel  said,  Wherefore 
then  dost  thou  ask  of  me,  seeing 
Jehovah  is  departed  from  thee, 
and  is    become    thine   adversary? 

17  And  Jehovah  hath  done  unto 
"^  thee,  •''as  he  spake  by  me :  and 
Jehovah   hath   rent  the  kingdom 

5  Or^miilt  come  ■iipon  thee  ^  Or,  gods 

7  So  Vulg.  and  some  editions  of  Sept.  Tht 
Heb.  has  him. 


28.18 


1.   SAMUEL 


30.3 


The  Philistines  gather  at  Iphek.    Da\id  mistrustcil  by  the  Philistine  Princes.    He  returns  to  Pbilistia.    Ziklag  taken 


out  of  thy  hand,  and  given  it  to 
thy  neigh  Dor,  even  to  David.  18 
Because  "thou  obeyedst  not  the 
voice  of  Jehovah,  and  didst  not 
execute  his  fierce  wi-ath  upon  Ania- 
lek,  therefore  hath  Jehovah  done 
this  thing  unto  thee  this  day. 
19  Moreover  Jehovah  will  deliver 
Israel  also  with  thee  into  the  hand 
of  the  Philistines ;  and  to-morrow 
'shalt  thou  and  thy  sons  be  with 
me :  Jehovah  will  deliver  the  host 
of  Israel  also  into  the  hand  of  the 
Philistines. 

20  Then  Saul  fell  straightway  his 
full  length  upon  the  eartli,  and  was 
sore  afraid,  because  of  the  words  of 
Samuel :  and  there  w^as  no  strength 
in  him ;  for  he  had  eaten  no  bread  all 
the  day,  nor  all  the  night.  2 1  And 
the  woman  came  unto  Saul,  and 
saw  that  he  was  sore  troubled,  and 
said  unto  him.  Behold,  thy  hand- 
maid hath  hearkened  unto  thy 
voice,  and  "  I  have  put  my  life  in 
my  hand,  and  have  hearkened  unto 
thy  words  which  thou  spakest  unto 
me.  22  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee, 
hearken  thou  also  unto  the  voice  of 
thy  handmaid,  and  let  me  set  a  mor- 
sel of  bread  before  thee ;  and  eat, 
that  thou  mayest  have  strength, 
when  thou  goest  on  thy  way.  23 
But  he  refused,  and  said,  I  will  not 
eat.  ''But  his  servants,  together 
with  the  woman,  constrained  him  ; 
and  he  hearkened  unto  their  voice. 
So  he  arose  from  the  earth,  and  sat 
upon  "  the  bed.  2-t  And  the  woman 
had  a  fatted  calf  in  the  house  ;  and 
-^she  hasted,  and  killed  it ;  and  she 
took  flour,  and  kneaded  it,  and  did 
bake  unleavened  bread  thereof  :  25 
and  she  brought  it  before  Saul,  arid 
before  his  servants ;  and  they  did 
eat.  Then  they  rose  up,  and  went 
away  that  night. 

OQ  Now  ^the  Philistines 
^  kJ  gathered  together  all  their 
hosts  to  ''  Aphek :  and  the  Israel- 
ites encamped  by  the  fountain 
which  is  in  'Jezreel.  2  And  the 
lords  of  the  Philistines  passed  on 
by  hundreds,  and  by  thousands ; 
and  *  David  and  his  men  passed 
on  in  the  rearward  with  Achish. 
3  Then  said  the  princes  of  the  Phi- 
listines, What  do  these  Hebrews 
here'i  And  Achish  said  unto  the 
princes  of  the  Philistines,  Is  not 
this  David,  the  servant  of  Saul 
the  king  of  Israel,  'who  hath  been 
with  me  these  days,  or  rather  these 
vears.  and  "*I  have  found  no  fault 


"  ch.  15.  9, 

^0,  26 
f>  ch.  31.  2  ; 

Joba.  17-19 
«  ch.  19.  .'■) 
d  -i  K.  6.  13 
'  Esth.  1.  6, 

Ezek.  23. 

41 
/Gen.  18.  0,7 
«  cli.  28.  1,  2 
fc  ch.  4.  1 ; 

Josh.  12. 18 
'  1  K.  18.  4.';; 

21.  1 ;  2  K. 

9.  30 
«-•  ch.  28.  1,  2 
'  ch.  27.  7 
"'  ch.  27.  1-6 ; 

1  Chr.  12. 

19,  20 


"  ch.  27.  6 

"  ch.  14.  21 

P  ch.  18.  7  ; 

21.  11 


9  Ter.  3  ;  ch. 
27.  8-12 


■  ch.  27.  10- 
12 


^2S.  14.  17, 
20 ;  19.  27 
'  ver.  4 


"  1  Chr.  12. 
19,22 


"  ch.  29.  4,  11 
*ch.  15.7; 
27.  8-10 

y  ch.  27.  6,  8 


•  ch.  27.  11 


in  him  .since  he  fell  away  unto  me 
unto  this  day?  4  But  the  princes 
of  the  Philistines  were  wroth  with 
him  ;  and  the  princes  of  the  Philis- 
tines said  unto  him.  Make  the  man 
return,  that  he  may  go  back  "  to  his 
place  where  thou  hast  appointed 
him,  and  let  him  not  go  down  with 
us  to  battle,  "  lest  in  the  battle  he 
become  an  adversary  to  us :  for 
wherewith  should  this  fellow  rec- 
oncile himself  unto  his  lord  %  should 
it  not  be  with  the  heads  of  these 
men'?  5  Is  not  this  David,  ^of 
whom  they  sang  one  to  another  iu 
dances,  saying, 

Saul  hath  slain  his  thousands. 
And  David  his  ten  thousands  % 
6  Then  Achish  called  David,  and 
said  unto  him.  As  Jehovah  liveth, 
thou  hast  been  upright,  and  thy 
going  out  and  thy  coming  in  with 
me  in  the  host  is  good  in  my  sight ; 
''for  I  have  not  found  evil  in  thee 
since  the  day  of  thy  coming  unto 
me  vinto  this  day:  nevertheless  the 
lords  favor  thee  not.  7  Wherefore 
now  return,  and  go  in  peace,  that 
thou  displease  not  the  lords  of  the 
Philistines.  8  And  David  said  unto 
Achish,  ''But  what  have  I  done? 
and  what  hast  thou  found  in  thy 
servant  so  long  as  I  have  been  be- 
fore thee  unto  this  day,  that  I  may 
not  go  and  fight  against  the  ene- 
mies of  my  lord  the  king  %  9  And 
Achish  answered  and  said  to  David, 

I  know  that  thou  art  good  in  my 
sight,  'as  an  angel  of  God:  not- 
withstanding *■  the  _  princes  of  the 
Philistines  have  said.  He  shall  not 
go  up  with  us  tx)  the  battle.  10 
Wherefore  now  rise  up  early  in  the 
morning  "  with  the  servants  of  thy 
lord  that  are  come  with  thee  ;  and 
as  soon  as  ye  are  up  early  in  the 
morning,  and  have  light,  depart. 

I I  So  David  rose  up  early,  he  and 
his  men,  to  depart  in  the  morning, 
to  return  into  the  land  of  the  Phi- 
listines. And  the  Philistines  went 
up  to  Jezreel.. 

O /^  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
%y\J  David  and  his  men  were 
come  to  *' Ziklag  on  the  third  daj', 
that  ""the  Amalekites  had  made  a 
raid  upon  the  South,  and  upon 
*  Ziklag,  and  had  smitten  Ziklag, 
and  burned  it  with  fire,  2  and  had 
taken  captive  the  women  and  all 
that  were  therein,  both  small  and 
great :  ^  they  slew  not  any,  but  car- 
ried them  off,  and  went  their  way. 
3   And  when  David  and  his  men 


301 


iO.4 


I.   SAMCTEL 


30.26 


David's  Wives  captnred.    He  pnrsnes  and  defeats  the  Amalekites.    He  divides  the  Spoil 


came  to  the  city,  behold,  it  was 
burned  with  fire  ;  and  their  wives, 
and  their  sons,  and  their  daughters, 
were  taken  captive.  4  Then  David 
and  the  people  that  were  with  him 
lifted  up  their  voice  and  wept,  until 
they  had  no  more  power  to  weep. 
5  And  "David's  two  wives  were 
taken  captive,  Ahinoam  the  Jez- 
reelitess,  and  Abigail  the  wife  of 
Nabal  the  Carmelite.  6  And  David 
was  greatly  distressed ;  for  *  the 
people  spake  of  stoning  him,  be- 
cause the  soul  of  all  the  people  was 
grieved,  every  man  for  his  sons 
and  for  his  daughters  :  but  "David 
strengthened  himself  in  Jehovah 
his  God. 

7  And  ''David  said  to  Abiathar 
the  priest,  the  son  of  Ahimelech, 
I  pray  thee,  bring  me  hither  the 
epnod.  And  Abiathar  brought 
thither  the  ephod  to  David.  8  And 
^  David  inquired  of  Jehovah,  say- 
ing, ^-^If  I  pursue  after  this  troop, 
shall  I  overtake  theml  And  he 
answered  him.  Pursue ;  for  thou 
shalt  surely  overtake  them,  ^and 
shalt  without  fail  recover  all.  9  So 
David  went,  ''he  and  the  six  hun- 
dred men  that  wei'e  with  him,  and 
came  to  the  brook  Besor,  where 
those  that  were  left  behind  stayed. 
10  But  David  pursued,  he  and  four 
hundred  men ;  for  '  two  hundred 
stayed  behind,  who  were  so  faint 
that  they  could  not  go  over  the 
brook  Besor. 

1 1  And  they  found  an  Egyptian 
in  the  field,  and  brought  him  to 
David,  and  gave  him  oread,  and 
he  did  eat ;  and  they  gave  him 
water  to  drink  ;  12  and  they  gave 
him  a  piece  of  a  cake  of  figs,  and 
two  clusters  of  raisins :  and  when 
he  had  eaten,  *  his  spirit  came  again 
to  him  ;  for  he  had  eaten  no  bread, 
nor  drunk  any  water,  three  days 
and  three  nights.  13  And  David 
said  unto  him.  To  whom  belongest 
thou  1  and  whence  art  thou "?  And 
he  said,  I  am  a  young  man  of 
Egypt,  servant  to  an  Amalekite ; 
and  my  master  left  me,  because 
three  days  ago  I  fell  sick.  14  We 
made  a  raid  upon  '  the  South  of  the 
Cherethites,  and  upon  that  which 
belongeth  to  Judah,  and  upon  '"the 
South  of  Caleb;  and  "we  burned 
Ziklag  with  fire.  15  And  David 
said  to  him.  Wilt  thou  bring  me 
down  to  this  troop  1  And  he  said. 
Swear  unto  me  by  God,  that  thou 

lOr,  Shall  I  pursue 


"  ch.  25.  42, 

43 
b  Ex.  17.  4 
<^  ch.  23.  16  ; 

Ps.  18.  2 ; 

27.  14 
ri  ch.  23.  9 
'  ch.  23.  2,  4 
/  Ex.  15.  9 
'■'  ver.  18 
ft  ch.  27.  2 
■  ver.  9,  21 
*••  Judg.  15. 

19 
'  ver.  1,  16  ; 

2  S.  8.  18  ; 

Ezek.  25. 

16 
'"  Joah.  14. 

13;  21. 11, 

12 

"  ver.  1 


"  ver.  14 
1'  ch.  11.  11 
9  ch.  15.  3  ; 
Judg.  7.  1 
*■  ver.  8 
'  ver.  2G-*1 


« ver.  10 


"  Num.  31. 
27 ;  Josh. 
22.8 


302 


wilt  neither  kill  me,  nor  deliver  me 
up  into  the  hands  of  my  master, 
and  I  will  bring  thee  down  to  this 
troop. 

16  And  when  he  had  brought 
him  down,  behold,  they  were  spread 
abroad  over  all  the  ground,  eating 
and  drinking,  and  dancing,  ■^be- 
cause of  "all  the  great  spoil  that 
they  had  taken  out  of  the  land  of 
the  Philistines,  and  out  of  the  land 
of  Judah.  17  And  David  smote 
them  ^  from  the  twilight  even  unto 
the  evening  of  the  next  day :  and 
there  escaped  not  a  man  of  them, 
save  four  hundred  young  men,  who 
rode  upon  *  camels  and  fled.  1 8  And 
David  recovered  all  that  the  Amale- 
kites  had  taken  ;  and  David  rescued 
his  two  wives.  1 9  And  there  was 
nothing  lacking  to  them,  neither 
small  nor  great,  neither  .sons  nor 
daughters,  neither  spoil,  nor  any- 
thing that  they  had  taken  to  them  : 
*■  David  brought  back  all.  20  And 
David  took  all  the  flocks  and  the 
herds,  xvhich  they  drove  before 
those  other  cattle,  and  said,  'This 
is  David's  spoil. 

21  And  'David  came  to  the  two 
hundred  men,  who  were  so  faint 
that  they  could  not  follow  David, 
whom  also  they  had  made  to  abide 
at  the  brook  Besor ;  and  they  went 
forth  to  meet  David,  and  to  meet 
the  people  that  were  with  him  : 
and  when  David  came  near  ^to  the 
people,  he '' saluted  them.  22  Then 
answered  all  the  wicked  men  and 
base  fellows,  of  those  that  went 
with  David,  and  said.  Because  they 
went  not  with  us,  we  will  not  give 
them  aught  of  the  spoil  that  we 
have  recovered,  save  to  every  man 
his  wife  and  his  children,  that  he 
may  lead  them  away,  and  depart. 
23  Then  said  David,  Ye  shall  not 
do  so,  my  brethren,  with  that 
which  Jehovah  hath  given  unto 
us,  who  hath  preserved  us,  and  de- 
livered the  troop  that  came  against 
us  into  our  hand.  24  And  who  will 
hearken  unto  you  in  this  matter? 
for  "as  his  share  is  that  goeth  down 
to  the  battle,  so  shall  his  share  be 
that  tarrieth  by  the  baggage :  they 
shall  share  alike.  25  And  it  was 
so  from  that  day  forward,  that  he 
made  it  a  statute  and  an  ordinance 
for  Israel  unto  this  day. 

26  And  when  David  came  to  Zik 
lag,  he  sent  of  the  spoil  unto  thj 

2  Or,  amidst  3  Or,  with 

*  Or,  asked  them  of  their  welfare 


30.27 


I.   SAMUEL 


31.13 


Sanl  and  his  Sons  slain  by  the  Philistines.    They  are  baried  at  Jabeshgilead 


elders  of  Judah,  even  to  his  friends, 
asaying,  Behold,  "  a  '■  present  for  you 
of  the  spoil  of  *  the  enemies  of  Je- 
hovah :  27  to  them  that  were  in 
'  Beth-el,  and  to  them  that  were  in 
**  Ramotn  of  the  South,  and  to  them 
that  vs'ere  in  •■  Jattir,  28  and  to  them 
that  were  in/Aroer,  and  to  them  that 
were  in  "  Siphmoth,  and  to  them 
that  were  in  ''Eshtemoa,  29  and 
to  them  that  were  in  Racal,  and 
to  them  that  were  in  the  cities  of 
'  the  Jerahmeelites,  and  to  them 
that  were  in  the  cities  of  *  the 
Kenites,  30  and  to  them  that  were 
in  'Hormah,  and  to  them  that  were 
in  "'Bor-ashan,  and  to  them  that 
were  in  Athach,  31  and  to  them 
that  were  in  "Hebron,  and  to  all 
the  places  where  David  himself  and 
his  men  were  wont  to  "  haunt. 
O-i  p  Xow  the  Philistines 
O-L  fought  against  Israel :  and 
the  men  of  Israel  Hed  from  before 
the  Philistines,  and  fell  down  ^ slain 
*in  mount  Gilboa.  2  And  the 
Philistines  follo\yed  hard  upon 
Saul  and  upon  his  sons :  and  the 
Philistines  slew  Jonathan,  and 
^Abinadab,  and  Malchi-shua,  the 
sons  of  Saul.  3  And  ''the  battle 
went  sore  against  Saul,  and  the 
archers  overtook  him ;  and  he  was 
greatly  distressed  by  reason  of  the 
archers.  4  '  Then  said  Saul  to  his 
armorbearer.  Draw  thy  sword,  and 
thrust  me  through  therewith,  lest 
'these  uncircumcised  come  and 
thrust  me  through,  and  *  abuse  me. 
But    his  armorbearer  would  not ; 


1  Heb.  blessing. 

2  Or,  wounded 


3  In  ch.  14.  49,  Ishvi. 
*  Or,  inake  a  mock  of  me 


"  ch.  25.  27 
<>  ch.  18.  1"  ; 

2a.  '.'8 
'  Josh.  15. 

3U  ;  19.  4 
<t  Josh.  19.  8 
'  Josh.  16. 

48 ;  '.il.  14 
/I  Chr.  11. 

44 
"  1  Chr.  27. 

27 
''  Jonh.  16.  60 
'  ch.  27.  10 
*  ch.  16.  6 
'  Josh.  12. 

14;  15.  30; 

19.  4 

"'  Josh.  1.5. 

42  ;  19.  7 
"  Josh.  14. 
13-15  ;  21. 
11-13; 
Num.  13. 

o  ch.  23.  22 
P  1  Chr.  10. 

1-12 
9  ch.  28.  4 
'•2S.  1.  6 
"  Judg.  9.  54 
'  Judg.  14.  3 


"  2  S.  1.  6,  10 
"  2  S.  1.  20 
■^  Judg.  16. 

23,  24 
V  ch.  7.  3  ; 

Judg.  2.  13 
'  ver.  12; 

2  S.  21.  14 
"Josh.  17.  11 
i>ch.  11.  1-13 


■  2  S.  2.  4-7 


d2  1 

hr. 

16. 

14 

•2S 

21 

12- 

14 

/ch. 

22 

6 

"28 

1. 

12 

for  he  was  sore  afraid.  "Therefore 
Saul  took  his  sword,  and  fell  upon 
it.  5  And  when  his  armorbearer 
saw  that  Saul  was  dead,  he  like- 
wise fell  upon  his  sword,  and  died 
with  him.  6  So  Saul  died,  and  his 
three  sons,  and  his  armorbearer, 
and  all  his  men,  that  .same  day 
together. 

7  And  when  the  men  of  Israel 
that  were  on  the  other  side  of  the 
valley,  and  they  that  were  beyond 
the  Jordan,  saw  that  the  men  of 
Israel  tied,  and  that  Saul  and  his 
sons  were  dead,  they  forsook  the 
cities,  and  fled ;  and  the  Philistines 
came  and  dwelt  in  them.  8  And  it 
came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  when 
the  Philistines  came  to  strip  the 
slain,  that  they  found  Saul  and  his 
three  sons  fallen  in  mount  Gilboa. 
9  And  they  cut  off  his  head,  and 
stripped  off  his  ai-mor,  and  sent 
into  the  land  of  the  Philistines 
round  about,  ^'  to  carry  the  tidings 
""unto  the  house  of  their  idols,  and 
to  the  people.  10  And  they  put 
his  armor  in  the  house  of  *the  Ash- 
taroth ;  and  ^  they  fastened  his 
body  to  the  wall  of  "Beth-shan. 
1 1  And  when  *  the  inhabitants  of 
Jabesh-gilead  heard  concerning 
him  that  which  the  Philistines  had 
done  to  Saul,  12  ''all  the  valiant 
men  arose,  and  went  all  night,  and 
took  the  body  of  Saul  and  the  bod- 
ies of  his  sons  f  I'om  the  wall  of  Beth, 
shan  ;  and  they  came  to  Jabesh, 
and  **  burnt  them  there.  13  And 
they  took  their  bones,  and  *  buried 
them  under  •'^the  tamarisk-tree  in 
Jabesh,  and  ^fasted  seven  days. 


303 


THE   SECOND   BOOK   OP 

SAMUEL 


David  learns  of  the  Battle  of  Gilboa.    His  Dirge  over  Saul  and  Jonathan 


IAnd  it  came  to  pass  after 
"the  death  of  Saul,  when 
David  was  returned  from  *the 
slaughter  of  the  Amalekites,  and 
David  had  abode  two  days  in  Zik- 
lag ;  2  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
third  day,  that,  behold,  ''a  man 
came  out  of  the  camp  from  Saul, 
"^with  his  clothes  rent,  and  eai^th 
upon  his  head :  and  so  it  was, 
wnen  he  came  to  David,  that  Mae 
fell  to  the  earth,  and  did  obei- 
sance. 3  And  David  said  unto 
him,  From  whence  comest  thou? 
And  he  said  unto  him,  Out  of  the 
camp   of    Israel    am    I    escaped. 

4  And  David  said  unto  him, 
•''  How  went  the  matter '?  I  pray 
thee,  tell  me.  And  he  answered, 
The  people  are  fled  from  the  battle, 
and  many  of  the  people  also  are 
fallen  and  dead ;  and  Saul  and 
Jonathan  his  son  are  dead    also. 

5  And  Diivid  said  unto  the  young 
man  that  told  him.  How  knowest 
thou  that  Saul  and  Jonathan  his 
son  are  dead?  6  And  the  young 
man  that  told  him  said,  As  I  hap- 
pened by  chance  upon  Amount 
Gilboa,  behold,  ''Saul  was  lean- 
ing upon  his  spear ;  and,  lo,  the 
chariots  and  the  horsemen  followed 
hard  after  him.  7  And  when  he 
looked  behind  him,  he  saw  me, 
and  called  unto  me.  And  I  an- 
swered. Here  am  I.  8  And  he 
said  unto  me.  Who  art  thou  1  And 
I  answered  him,  'I  am  an  Amale- 
kite.  9  And  he  said  unto  me. 
Stand,  I  pray  thee,  ^  beside  me, 
and  slay  me;  for  -anguish  hath 
taken  hold  of  me,  because  my  life 
is  yet  whole  in  me.  1 0  So  I  stood 
'beside  him,  *and  slew  him,  be- 
cause I  was  sure  that  he  could  not 
live  after  that  he  was  fallen :  and 
•'  I  took  the  crown  that  was  upon 
his  head,  and  the  bracelet  that  was 
on  his  arm,  and  have  brought  them 
hither  unto  my  lord. 

11  Then  ™  David  took   hold  on 
his  clothes,  and  rent  them ;  and 

1  Or.  over  2  Or,  giddiness 


"  1  S.  31.  6 
b  1  S.  30.  1, 

17,  26 
"  ch.  4.  10 
ri  1  S.  4.  12 
«  1  S.  25.  23 
/ 1  S.  4.  l(i 
"  1  S,  28.  4 ; 

31.  6 
h  1  S.  31.  2-4 
'  1  S.  15.  3  ; 

30.  1,  13, 17 
k  Judg.  9.  54 
'  2  K.  11.  12 
"'  Gen.  37.  29, 

34 


"  ch.  3.  35 
"  ver.  8 
P  1  S.  24.  6 ; 
26.  9,  II,  16 

«  ch.  4.  10,  12 

»"  ch.  3.  28,  29 
*  ver.  10 ; 
Lk.  19.  22 


t  2  Chr.  35. 

25 


"  Josh.  10.  13 


"  ver.  25,  27 
*  1  S.  31. 

8-13 ;  Mic. 

1.  10 

y  Ex.  15.  20, 

21 ;  IS. 

18.  6 
^  1  S.  14.  6 

"  1  S.  31.  1 
t>  Ezek.  31. 


"  Is.  21.  5 

d  Dt.  32.  42  ; 
Is.  34.  6 


304 


likewise  all  the  men  that  werd 
with  him:  12  and  they  mourned, 
and  wept,  and  "fasted  until  even, 
for  Saul,  and  for  Jonathan  his  son, 
and  for  the  people  of  Jehovah,  and 
for  the  house  of  Israel ;  because 
they  were  fallen  by  the  sword. 
1 3  And  David  said  unto  the  young 
man  that  told  him.  Whence  art 
thou?  And  he  answered,  "I  am 
the  son  of  a  sojourner,  an  Amale- 
kite.  14  And  David  said  unto 
him,  How  wast  thou  not  afraid 
''  to  put  forth  thy  hand  to  destroy 
.Jehovah's  anointed?  15  And 
David  called  one  of  the  young 
men,  and  said.  Go  near,  and  fall 
upon  him.  *And  he  smote  him, 
so  that  he  died.  16  And  David 
said  unto  him,  ''Thy  blood  be  upon 
thy  head ;  for  *  thy  mouth  hath 
testified  against  thee,  saying,  I 
have  slain  Jehovah's  anointed. 

1 7  And  '  David  lamented  with 
this  lamentation  over  Saul  and 
over  Jonathan  his  son  18  (and  he 
bade  them  teach  the  children  of 
Judah  the  song  of  the  bow  :  behold, 
it  is  written  in  "the  book  of 
^  Jashar) : 

19  *Thy  glory,  O  Israel,   is  slaia 

upon  thy  high  places  ! 
"  How  are  the  mighty  fallen  ! 

20  ^  Tell  it  not  in  Gath, 
Publish  it  not  in  the  streets  or 

Ashkelon ; 

Lest  *  the  daughters  of  the  Phi- 
listines rejoice, 

Lest  the  daughters  of  Hhe  un- 
circumcised  triumph. 

21  "Ye  mountains  of  Gilboa, 
''Let  there  be  no  dew  nor  rain 

upon   you,   neither  fields  of 

offerings : 
For   there    the    shield    of    the 

mighty     was     ®  vilely     cast 

away. 
The     shield     of     Saul,     «not 

''anointed  with  oil. 

22  From  the  **  blood  of  the  slain, 

from  the  fat  of  the  mighty, 

8  Or,  The  Unright    5  Or,  defi'ed 

*  Or,  The  aazelle     «  Or,  as  of  one  not  anointn 


1.23 


II.   SAMUEL 


2.21 


David  made  King  over  Jadah.    Ish-bosheth  King  over  Israel.    Ibner  defeated  by  Joab;  pnrsned  by  Asahel 


The  "  bow  of  Jonathan  turned 

not  back, 
And  the  sword  of  Saul  returned 

not  empty. 

23  Saul  and  Jonathan  were  lovely 

and  pleasant  in  their  lives. 
And  in  tlieir  death  they  were 

not  divided : 
They  were  *  swifter  than  eagles, 
They  were  "  stronger  than  lions. 

24  Ye  daughters  of  Israel,  weep 

over  Saul, 
Who    clothed     you    in    scarlet 

'  delicately, 
Who    put   ornaments   of    gold 

upon  your  apparel. 

25  ■*  How  are  the  mighty  fallen  in 

the  midst  of  the  battle  ! 
'^Jonathan    is    slain    upon  thy 
high  places. 

26  I  am  distressed  for  thee,   my 

brother  Jonathan  : 

Very  pleasant  hast  thou  been 
unto  me : 

Thy  Move  to  me  was  wonder- 
ful. 

Passing  the  love  of  women. 

27  •''How  are  the  miglity  fallen, 
And  ^  the  weapons  of  war  per- 
ished ! 

2  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
this,  that  *  David  inquired  of 
Jehovah,  saying.  Shall  I  go  up  into 
any  of  the  cities  of  Judah  1  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  him.  Go  up. 
And  David  said.  Whither  shall  I 
go  up  1  And  he  said,  '  Unto  He- 
bron. 2  So  David  went  up  thither, 
and  *his  two  wives  also,  Ahinoam 
the  Jezreelitess,  and  Abigail  the 
wife  of  Nabal  the  Carmelite.  3 
And  'his  men  that  were  with  him 
did  David  bring  up,  every  man 
with  his  household  :  and  they 
dwelt  in  the  cities  of  Hebron.  4 
And  the  men  of  Judah  came,  and 
there  '"they  anointed  David  king 
over  the  house  of  Judah. 

And  they  told  David,  saying, 
"The  men  of  Jabesh-gilead  were 
they  that  buried  Saul.  5  And 
David  sent  messengers  unto  the 
men  of  Jabesh-gilead,  and  said 
unto  them,  "Blessed  be  ye  of  Je- 
hovah, that  ye  have  showed  this 
kindness  unto  your  lord,  even  unto 
Saul,  and  have  buried  him.  6  And 
now  *  Jehovah  show  lovingkind- 
nesn  and  truth  unto  you :  and  I 
also  will  requite  you  this  kindness, 
because  ye  have  done  this  thing. 
7  Now  therefore  let  your  hands  be 

1  Heb.  with  delights. 

*  Or,  0  Jonathan,  slain  Ac 


"■  I  S.  IS.  4 
<>  .ler.  4.  K! 
"  Judg.  14.  IS 
<f  ver.  19,  27 
«  I  S.  18.  1-4 
/ver.  19,  26 
"  1  S.  2.  4  ; 

Ezek.  39.  9, 

10 
A  1  S.  23.  2,  4, 

9-12 

•  Josh.  14. 
13 ;  1  S.  30. 
31 

*  1  S.  25.  42, 
4.'i 

'  1  S.  30.  9 ; 

1  Chr.  12.  1 
"*  ch.  6.  3,  f> ; 

1  S.  10.  13 
"  IS.  31. 11-13 
"  1  S.  23.  21 
P  Ex.  34.  6 


9  1  S.  14.  50 
»■  ch.  17.  24  ; 

Gen.  32.  2, 

10 
'  .Tosh.  22.  9 
'  Judg.  1.  32 
"  1  S.  29.  1 
"  ch.  6.  6 


"  Josh.  10. 

12 ;  18.  25 

"  ch.  8.  16 ; 

1  Chr.  2. 

16;  11.6 


•  ver.  16,  17 


"  ch.  3.  1 


6  1  Chr.  2. 16 


"  1  Chr.  12. 
8 ;  Hab.  3. 
19 


strong,  and  be  ye  valiant ;  for  Saul 
your  lord  is  dead,  and  also  the 
house  of  Judah  have  anointed  me 
king  over  them. 

8  Now  ^Abner  the  son  of  Ner, 
captain  of  Saul's  host,  had  taken 
^Ish-bosheth  the  son  of  Saul,  and 
brought  him  over  to  ''Mahanaim; 
9  and  he  made  him  king  over 
^Gilead,  and  over  the  ■*'Ashur- 
ites,  and  over  "Jezreel,  and  over 
Ephraim,  and  over  Benjamin,  and 
over^  all  Israel.  10  Ish-bosheth, 
Saul's  son,  was  forty  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign  over 
Israel,  and  he  reigned  two  years. 
But  the  house  of  Judah  followed 
David.  II  And  "the  time  that 
David  was  king  in  Hebron  over 
the  house  of  Judah  was  seven 
years  and  six  months. 

12  And  Abner  the  son  of  Ner, 
and  the  seryants  of  Ish-bosheth 
the  son  of  Saul,  went  out  from 
Mahanaim  to  -"Gibeon.  13  And 
^  Joab  the  son  of  Zeruiah,  and  the 
servants  of  David,  went  out,  and 
met  '•'  them  by  the  pool  of  Gibeon  ; 
and  they  sat  down,  the  one  on  the 
one  side  of  the  pool,  and  the  other 
on  the  other  side  of  the  pool. 
14  And  Abner  said  to  Joab,  Let 
the  young  men,  I  pray  thee,  arise 
and  ^play  before  us.  And  Joab 
said,  Let  them  arise.  1 5  Then  they 
arose  and  went  over  by  number : 
twelve  for  Benjamin,  and  for  Ish- 
bosheth  the  son  of  Saul,  and  twelve 
of  the  servants  of  David.  16  And 
they  caught  every  one  his  fellow 
by  the  head,  and  thrust  his  sword 
in  his  fellow's  side  ;  so  they  fell 
down  together :  wherefore  that 
place  was  called  ®  Helkath-haz- 
zurim,  which  is  in  Gibeon.  17 
And  the  battle  was  very  sore  that 
day ;  and  "  Abner  was  beaten, 
and  the  men  of  Israel,  before  the 
servants  of  David. 

18  And  *the  three  sons  of 
Zeruiah  were  there,  Joab,  and 
Abishai,  and  Asahel  :  and  Asahel 
was  "as  light  of  foot  '^as  a  wild 
roe.  19  And  Asahel  pursued  after 
Abner ;  and  in  going  he  turned  not 
to  the  right  hand  nor  to  the  left 
from  following  Abner.  20  Then 
Abner  looked  behind  him,  and  said, 
Is  it  thou,  Asahel  1  And  he  an- 
swered. It  is  I.     21  And  Abner  said 

3  In  1  Chr.  8.  33  ;  9.  39,  Eshbaal. 

*  The  Vulg.  and  Syr.  have,  Geshurites. 

'  Heb.  them  togfther. 

«  That  is,  Thefifld  o/thf  sharp  knives. 

?  Heb.  as  one  of  the  roes  thai  are  in  the  field. 


306 


2.22 


II.    SAMUEL 


3.13 


Abner  kills  Isabel.    David's  Family.    Abner,  being  censared  by  hb-boshetli,  revolts  to  David 


io  him,  Turn  thee  aside  to  thy  right 
hand  or  to  thy  left,  and  lay  thee 
hold  on  one  of  the  young  men,  and 
take  thee  his  '■  armor.  But  Asahel 
would  not  turn  aside  from  follow- 
ing him.  22  And  Abner  said  again 
to  Asahel,  Turn  thee  aside  from 
following  me:  wherefore  should  I 
smite  thee  to  the  ground'?  "how 
then  should  I  hold  up  my  face  to 
Joab  thy  brother  ?  23  Howbeit  he 
refused  to  turn  aside:  wherefore 
Abner  "with  the  hinder  end  of  the 
spear  smote  him  in  the  body,  so 
that  the  spear  came  out  behind 
him ;  and  he  fell  down  there,  and 
died  in  the  same  place  :  and  it  came 
to  pass,  that  as  many  as  came  to 
the  place  where ";  Asahel  fell  down 
and  died  stood  still. 

24  But  Joab  and  Abishai  pur- 
sued after  Abner :  and  the  sun 
went  down  when  they  were  come 
to  the  hill  of  Ammah,  that  lieth  be- 
fore Giah  by  the  way  of  the  wil- 
derness of  Gibeon.  25  And  the 
children  of  Benjamin  gathered 
themselves  together  after  Abner, 
and  became  one  band,  and  stood  on 
the  top  of  a  hill.  26  Then  Abner 
called  to  Joab,  and  said.  Shall  the 
sword  devour  for  ever  1  knowest 
thou  not  that  it  will  be  bitterness 
in  the  latter  end  1  how  long  shall  it 
be  then,  ere  thou  bid  the  people 
return  from  following  their  breth- 
ren 1  27  And  Joab  said,  As  God 
liveth,  ''if  thou  hadst  not  spoken, 
surely  then  "in  the  morning  the 
people  had  gone  away,  nor  followed 
every  one  his  brother.  28  So  Joab 
blew  the  trumpet ;  and  all  the 
people  stood  still,  and  pursued 
after  Israel  no  more,  'neither 
fought  they  any  more.  29  And 
Abner  and  his  men  went  all  that 
night  through  the  Arabah ;  and 
they  passed  over  the  Jordan,  and 
went  through  all  Bithron,  and  came 
to  ^  Mahanaim. 

30  And  Joab  returned  from  fol- 
lowing Abner :  and  when  he  had 
gathered  all  the  people  together, 
there  lacked  of  David's  servants 
nineteen  men  and  Asahel.  31  But 
the  servants  of  David  had  smitten 
of  Benjamin,  and  of  Abner's  men, 
so  that  three  hundred  and  three- 
score men  died.  32  And  they  took 
up  Asahel,  and  buried  him  in  the 
sepulchre  of  his  father,  which  was 
in  Beth-lehem.    And  Joab  and  his 

1  Or,  spoil    See  Judg.  14. 19. 
»  Heb. /ronv  the  morning. 


°  ch.  3.  27 

6  1  S.  26.  7 

"^  ch.  20.  12 

d  ver.  14 

«  ch.  3.  1 

/  ver.  8 

9  1  K.  14.  30 

ft  1  Chr.  3. 

1-3 

<  1  S.  26.  42, 

43 

fc  1  S.  27.  8 

«ch.  14.32; 

15.  8 

"^  1  K.  1.  6 

"  ch.  21. 8-11 


'  ch.  9.  8 ; 
1  S.  24.  14 


P  1  K.  19.  2 

«  1  S.  15.  28  ; 
25.  28-31 


'  Gen.  43.  3 


306 


men  went  all  night,  and  the  day 
brake  upon  them  at  Hebron. 

3  Now  "  there  was  long  war  be- 
tween the  house  of  Saul  and 
the  house  of  David :  and  David 
waxed  stronger  and  stronger,  but 
the  house  of  Saul  waxed  weaker 
and  weaker. 

2  And  ''unto  David  were  sons 
born  in  Hebron  :  and  his  first-born 
was  Amnon,  of  '  Ahinoam  the  Jez- 
reelitess ;  3  and  his  second,  Chil- 
eab,  of  Abigail  the  wife  of  Nabal 
the  Carmelite;  and  the  third,  Ab- 
salom the  son  of  *  Maacah  the 
daughter  of  Talmai  'king  of  Ge- 
shur ;  4  and  the  fourth,  '"Adonijah 
the  son  of  Haggith  ;  and  the  fifth, 
Shephatiah  the  son  of  Abital ;  5 
and  the  sixth,  Ithream,  of  Eglah, 
David's  wife.  These  were  born  to 
David  in  Hebron. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass,  while 
there  was  war  between  the  house 
of  Saul  and  the  house  of  David, 
that  Abner  *made  himself  strong 
in  the  house  of  Saul.  7  Now  Sam 
had  a  concubine,  whose  name  was 
"  Rizpah,  the  daughter  of  Aiah : 
and  Ish-bosheth  said  to  Abner, 
Wherefore  hast  thou  gone  in  unto 
my  father's  concubine'?  8  Then 
was  Abner  very  wroth  for  the 
words  of  Ish-bosheth,  and  said, 
"  Am  I  a  dog's  head  that  belongeth 
to  Judah'?  This  day  do  I  show 
kindness  unto  the  house  of  Saul  thy 
father,  to  his  brethren,  and  to  his 
friends,  and  have  not  delivered  thee 
into  the  hand  of  David ;  and  yet 
thou  chargest  me  this  day  with  "^  a 
fault  concerning  this  woman.  9 
^God  do  so  to  Abner,  and  more 
also,  if,  *  as  Jehovah  hath  svyorn  to 
David,  I  do  not  even  so  to  him  ;  10 
to  transfer  the  kingdom  from  the 
house  of  Saul,  and  to  set  up  the 
throne  of  David  over  Israel  and 
over  Judah,  ""from  Dan  even  to 
Beer-sheba.  11  And  he  could  not 
answer  Abner  another  word,  be- 
cause he  feared  him. 

12  And  Abner  sent  messengers 
to  David  ^on  his  behalf,  saying, 
Whose  is  the  land"?  saying  also. 
Make  thy  league  with  me,  and,  be- 
hold, my  hand  shall  be  with  thee, 
to  bring  about  all  Israel  unto  thee. 
13  And  he  said.  Well ;  I  will  make 
a  league  with  thee ;  but  one  thing 
I  require  of  thee :  that  is,  '  thou 

3  Or,  showed  himself  s>ron(j  for 
*  Or,  the  fault  of  this  woman 
^  Or,  where  he  was 


3.14 


11.   SAMUEL 


3.39 


Ibner  revolts  to  Dand.    Joab  suspects  Aboer,  and  murders  him.    David  moams  for  Iboer 


thalt  not  see  my  face,  except  thou 
"tirst  bring  Michal,  ^Saul's  daughter, 
when  thou  cpmest  to  see  my  face. 
14  And  David  sent  messengers  to 
Ish-bosheth,  Saul's  son.  saying.  De- 
liver me  my  wife  Michal,  whom  1 
betrothed  to  me  'for  a  hundred 
foreskins  of  the  Philistines.  15 
And  ish-bosheth  sent,  and  took  her 
from  her  husband,  even  from 
M'altiel  the  son  of  Laish.  16  And 
her  husband  went  with  her,  weep- 
ing as  he  went,  and  followed  her  to 
"  Bahurim.  Then  said  Abner  unto 
him.  Go,  return:  and  he  returned. 

17  And  Abner  had  communica- 
tion with/ the  elders  of  Israel,  say- 
ing. In  times  past  je  sought  for 
David  t9  be  king  over  you  :  18  now 
then  do  it ;  for  Jehovah  hath  spoken 
of  David,  saying,  "  By  the  hand  of 
my  servant  David  I  will  save  my 
people  Israel  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
Philistines,  and  out  of  the  hand  of 
all  their  enemies.  1 9  And  Abner 
also  spake  in  the  ears  of  Benjamin  : 
and  Abner  went  also  to  speak  in 
the  ears  of  David  in  Hebron  all 
that  seemed  good  to  Israel,  and  to 
■''the  whole  house  of  Benjamin.  20 
So  Abner  came  to  David  to  He- 
bron, and  twenty  men  with  him. 
And  David  made  Abner  and  the 
men  that  were  with  him  a  feast. 
21  And  Abner  said  unto  David,  I 
will  arise  and  go,  and  '■'  will  gather 
all  Israel  unto  my  lord  the  king, 
that  they  may  make  a  covenant 
with  thee,  and  that  ''thou  mayest 
reign  over  all  that  thy  soul  desireth. 
And  David  sent  Abner  away  ;  and 
he  went  in  peace. 

22  And,  behold,  'the  servants  of 
David  and  Joab  came  from  '^  a  foray, 
and  brought  in  a  groat  spoil  with 
them :  but  Abner  was  not  with 
David  in  Hebron ;  for  he  had  sent 
him    away,   and  he  was   gone    in 

Seace.  23  When  Joab  and  all  the 
ost  that  was  with  him  were  come, 
they  told  Joab,  saying,  Abner  the 
son  of  Ner  came  to  the  king,  and 
he  hath  sent  him  away,  and  he  is 
gone  in  peace.  24  Then  Joab  came 
to  the  King,  and  said.  What  hast 
thou  donel  behold,  Abner  came 
unto  thee  ;  why  is  it  that  thou  hast 
sent  him  away,  and  he  is  quite 
gonel  25  Thou  knowest  Abner  the 
son  of  Ner,  that  he  came  to  deceive 
thee,  and  to  know  *thy  going  out 
and  thy  coming  in,  and  to  know  all 
that  thou  doest.      26    And   when 

1  In  1  8.  26.  44.  Palti.  «  Heb.  the  troop. 


"IS. 

18 

20 

19. 

1 

|>_1_S 

18 

25, 

"ch. 

16. 

5 

rflS. 

N. 

4 

'  1  S 

». 

16; 

/ 1  S.  10.  20, 

^  ver.  10,  12 
'•  1  K.  11.  37 

'  1  S.  ■^•.  8 

i-  Dt.  iS.  0  ; 

1  S.  2a.  6 


'ch.  2.  23; 

20.  0,  10 ; 

1  K.  2.  6 
'"  Dt.  21. 0-9 ; 

1  K.  2.  31- 

33 


'  ch.  2.  23 


PGen.  37. 
34 ;  Judg. 
11.35 


9ch.  1.  17; 
2  Chr.  35. 
26 


•■  ch.  12.  17 
'  1  S.  3.  17 
«  ch.  1.  12 


■  1  Chr.  29. 
1  ;  2  Chr. 
13.7 

S07 


Joab  was  come  out  from  David,  he 
sent  messengers  after  Abner,  and 
they  brought  him  back  from  the 
^  well  of  ISuah  :  but  David  knew  it 
not. 

27  And  when  Abner  was  re- 
turned to  Hebron,  Joab  took  him 
aside  into  the  midst  of  the  gate  to 
speak  with  him  quietly,  and  '  smote 
him  there  in  the  body,  so  that  he 
died,  for  the  blood  of  Asahel  his 
brother.  28  And  afterward,  when 
David  heard  it,  he  said,  I  and  my 
kingdom  are  guiltless  before  Jeho- 
vah for  ever  of  the  blood  of  Abner 
the  son  of  Ner  :  29  "'let  it  fall  upon 
the  head  of  Joab,  and  upon  all  his 
father's  house;  and  let  there  not 
fail  from  the  house  of  Joab  "one 
that  hath  an  issue,  or  that  is  a 
leper,  or  that  leaneth  on  a  staff,  or 
that  falleth  by  the  sword,  or  that 
lacketh  bread.  30  So  Joab  and 
Abishai  his  brother  slew  Abner, 
"  because  he  had  killed  their 
brother  Asahel  at  Gibeon  in  the 
battle. 

31  And  David  said  to  Joab,  and 
to  all  the  people  that  were  with 
him,  ''Piend  your  clothes,  and  gird 
you  with  sackcloth,  and  mourn 
before  Abner.  And  king  David 
followed  the  bier.  32  And  they 
buried  Abner  in  Hebron :  and  the 
king  lifted  up  his  voice,  and  wept 
at  tlie  grave  of  Abner  ;  and  all  the 
people  wept.  33  And  *the  king 
lamented  tor  Abner,  and  said, 
Should    Abner    die   as   a   fool 

diet  hi 
34  Thy  hands  were  not  bound,  nor 

thy  feet  put  into  fetters: 
As   a    man   falleth    before  the 

children  of  iniquity,  so  didst 

thou  fall. 
And  all  the  people  wept  again  over 
him.  35  And  all  the  people  came 
""to  cause  David  to  eat  bread  while 
it  was  yet  day;  but  David  sware, 
saying, '  God  do  so  to  me,  and  more 
also,  if  I  taste  breail,  or  aught  else, 
'till  the  sun  be  down.  36  And  all 
the  people  took  notice  of  it,  and  it 
pleased  tliem ;  as  whatsoever  the 
king  did  plea.sed  all  the  people. 
37  So  all  the  people  and  all  Israel 
understood  that  day  that  it  was 
not  of  the  king  to  slay  Abner  the 
son  of  Ner.  38  And  the  king  said 
unto  his  servants,  Know  ye  not 
that  there  is  a  prince  and  a  great 
man  fallen  this  day  in  Israeli  39 
And  I  am  this  day  "  weak,  though 

*  Or,  cittern 


4.1 


II.   SAMUEL 


5.9 


Jonathan's  Lame  Son.    Ish-bosbeth  killed.    His  Murderers  executed.    David  King  of  Israel  and  Jndah.    He  captures  Zion 


anointed  king  ;  and  these  men  "  the 
sons  of  Zeruiah  are  too  hard  for 
me  :  *  Jehovah  reward  the  evil-doer 
according  to  his  wickedness. 

4  And  when  Ish-bosfieth,  Saul's 
son,  heard  that  "Abner  was 
dead  in  Hebron,  "^  his  hands  became 
feeble,  and  all  the  Israelites  were 
troubled.  2  And  Ish-bosheth,  Saul's 
son,  IioaI  two  men  that  were  cap- 
tains of  bands :  the  name  of  the^ 
one  was  Baanah,  and  the  name  of 
the  other  Rechab,  the  sons  of  Uim- 
mon  the  Beerothite,  of  the  children 
of  Benjamin  (for  '  Beeroth  also  is 
reckoned  ■'to  Benjamin  :  3  and  the 
Beerothites  fled  to  ^Gittaim,  and 
have  been  sojourners  there  until 
this  day). 

4  Now  ''.Jonathan,  Saul's  son, 
had  a  son  that  was  lame  of  his 
feet.  He  was  five  years  old  when 
the  '  tidings  came  of  Saul  and 
Jonathan  out  of  Jezreel ;  and  his 
nurse  took  him  up,  and  fled  :  and 
it  came  to  pass,  as  she  made  haste 
to  flee,  that  he  fell,  and  became 
lame.  And  his  name  was  ^  Mephib- 
osheth. 

5  And  the  sons  of  Rimmon  the 
Beerothite,  Rechab  and  Baanah, 
went,  and  came  about  the  heat 
of  the  day  *to  the  house  of  Ish- 
bosheth,  as  he  took  his  rest  at 
noon.  6  And  ^they  came  thither 
into  the  midst  of  the  house,  as 
though  they  would  have  fetched 
wheat ;  and  '  they  smote  him  in 
the  body :  and  Rechab  and  Baanah 
his  brother  escaped.  7  Now  when 
they  came  into  tne  house,  as  he  lay 
on  his  bed  in  his  bedchamber,  they 
smote  him,  and  slew  him,  and  be- 
headed him,  and  took  his  head,  and 
™went  by  the  way  of  the  Arabah 
all  night.  8  And  they  brought  the 
head  of  Ish-bcsheth  unto  David  to 
Hebron,  and  said  to  the  king.  Be- 
hold, the  head  of  Ish-bosheth,  "  the 
son  of  Saul,  thine  enemy,  who 
■sought  thy  life  ;  and  Jehovah  hath 
avenged  my  lord  the  king  this  day 
of  Saul,  and  of  his  seed.  9  And 
David  answered  Rechab  and  Baa- 
nah his  brother,  the  sons  of  Rim- 
mon the  Beerothite,  and  said  unto 
them.  As  Jehovah  liveth, "  who  hath 
redeemed  my  soul  out  of  all  adver- 
sity, 10  ^  when  one  told  me,  saying. 
Behold,  Saul  is  dead,  thinking  to 
have  brought  good  tidings,  I  took 
hold  of  him,  and  slew  him  in  Zik- 

1  In  1  Chr.  8.  34 ;  9.  40,  Uerih-baal. 

*  Or,  there  came  .  .  .  men  fetching  wheat 


"  ch.  19.  5-7 
t>l  K.2.  32- 

34 
"  ch.  3.  27 
d  Ezr.  4.  4 
'.Josh.  9.  17 
/Josh.  18.25 
"Neh.  U.  33 
''ch.  9.  3,6 
'  1  S.  31.  1-4 
*  ch.  2.  8 
'  ch.  2.  23 
"'  ch.  2.  29 
"  1  S.  24.  4  , 

2:..  29 
"1  K.  1.  29 
f  ch.  1.  2,  4, 

15 


9  Gen.  9.  5 ; 

Pb.  9.  12 
""ch.  1.  15 
'  ch.  3.  32 
<  1  Chr.  11. 

1-3 

"  ch.  19.  13 


'  1  S.  18.  5, 
1.:,  16 


■  ch.  7.  7  ; 
Gen.  49.  24 


y  1  S.  26.  30 


"  ch.  2.  4  ; 
1  S.  16.  13 

!>  Gen.  41. 

40;  Num. 

4.  3  ;  Lk.  3. 

23 
<^  1  K.  2.  n  ; 

1  Chr.  26. 

31 
d  ch.  2.  U 


'  1  Chr.  11. 

4-9 
/Josh.  15. 
63  ;  18.  28  ; 
Judg.  1.  21 


"  ch.  6.  12, 
16 ;  1  K.  2. 
10 ;  9.  24 


I*  ver.  7 


lag,  which  was  the  reward  I  gave 
him  for  his  tidings.  1 1  How  much 
more,  when  wicked  men  have  slain 
a  righteous  pei'son  in  his  own  house 
ujjon  his  bed,  shall  I  not  now  « re- 
quire his  blood  of  your  hand,  and 
take  you  away  from  the  earth  ] 
1 2  And  *■  David  commanded  his 
young  men,  and  they  slew  them, 
and  cut  off  their  hands  and  their 
feet,  and  hanged  them  up  beside 
the  pool  in  Hebron.  But  they  took 
the  head  of  Ish-bosheth,  *and 
buried  it  in  the  grave  of  Abner 
in  Hebron. 

5'  Then  came  all  the  tribes  of 
Israel  to  David  unto  Hebron, 
and  spake,  saying.  Behold,  we  are 
"thy  bone  and  thy  flesh.  2  In  times 
past,  when  Saul  was  king  over  us, 
"it  was  thou  that  leddest  out  and 
broughtest  in  Israel :  and  Jehovah 
said  to  thee,  ■*  Thou  shalt  be  shep- 
herd of  my  people  Israel,  and  thou 
shalt  be  *  ^  prince  over  Israel.  3  So 
all  the  elders  of  Israel  came  to  the 
king  to  Hebron ;  and  king  David 
^made  a  covenant  with  them  in 
Hebron  before  Jehovah  :  and  "  they 
anointed  David  king  over  Israel. 
4  David  was  *  thirty  years  old  when 
he  began  to  reign,  and  "■  he  reigned 
forty  years.  5  In  Hebron  "^he 
reigned  over  Judah  seven  years 
and  six  months  ;  and  in  Jerusalem 
he  reigned  thirty  and  three  year? 
over  all  Israel  and  Judah. 

6  *And  the  king  and  his  men 
went  to  •''Jerusalem  against  the 
Jebusites,  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land,  who  spake  unto  David,  say- 
ing, '•Except  thou  take  away  the 
blind  and  tne  lame,  thou  shalt  not 
come  in  hither;  thinking,  David 
cannot  come  in  hither.  7  Never- 
theless David  took  the  stronghold 
of  Zion ;  the  same  is  ^  the  city  of 
David.  8  And  David  said  on  that 
day.  Whosoever  smiteth  the  Jebu- 
sites, let  him  get  up  to  the  water- 
course, ^  and  smite  the  lame  and  the 
blind,  ®that  are  hated  of  David's 
soul.  Wherefore  they  say, ''  There 
are  the  blind  and  the  lame ;  he 
cannot  come  into  the  house.  9  And 
David  dwelt  in  the  stronghold, 
and  called  it  ''the  city  of  David. 
And  David  built  round  about  from 

3  Or,  leader 

*  Or,  Thou  shalt  not  come  in  hither,  out  the 
blind  and  the  lame  shall  turn  thee  aviay 

5  Or,  and  as  for  the  lame  and  the  blind,  that 
are  hated  ofDaind's  soul  — 

6  Another  reading  is,  that  hate  David's  soul. 

7  Or,  The  blind  and  the  lame  shall  not  tomi 
into  the  house 


308 


5.10 


II.   SAMUEL 


6.12 


David's  Honse  and  Family.    Ue  defeats  the  Philistines.    The  Ark  broDght  to  Perez-nzzah.    llzzah's  Death 


"  Millo  and  inward.  1 0  And  '  David 
svaxed  greater  and  greater  ;  for  Je- 
hovah, the  God  of  hosts,  was  with 
him. 

1 1  "And  Hiram  king  of  Tyre  sent 
messengers  to  David,  and  cedar- 
trees,  and  carpenters,  and  masons  ; 
and  ''they  built  David  a  house. 
12  And  David  perceived  that  Je- 
hovah had  estabUshed  him  king 
over  Israel,  and  that  he  had  exalted 
his  kingdom  for  his  people  Israel's 
sake. 

13  And  ^  David  took  hina  more 
concubines  and  wives  out  of  Jeru- 
salem, after  he  was  come  from  He- 
bron ;  and  there  wei-e  yet  sons  and 
daughters  born  to  David.  14  And 
■''  these  are  the  names  of  those  that 
were  born  unto  him  in  Jerusalem  : 
Shammua,  and  Shobab,  and  Na- 
than, and  Solomon,  15  and  Ibhar, 
and  Elishua,  and  Nepheg,  and 
Japhia,  16  and  Elishama,  and 
^Eliada,  and  Eliphelet. 

17  And  when  the  Philistines 
heard  that  they  had  anointed 
David  king  over  Israel,  ''all  the 
Philistines  went  up  to  seek  David  ; 
and  David  heard  of  it,  and  went 
down  to  the ''stronghold.  18  Now 
the  Philistines  had  come  and  spread 
themselves  in  'the  valley  of  Reph- 
aim.  19  And  *  David  inquired  of 
Jehovah,  saying.  Shall  1  go  up 
against  the  Philistines'?  wilt  thou 
deliver  thern  into  my  hand  1  And 
*  Jehovah  said  unto  David,  Go  up  ; 
for  I  will  certainly  deliver  the  Phi- 
listines into  thy  hand.  20  And 
David  came  to  Baal-perazim,  and 
David  smote  them  there ;  and  he 
said,  Jehovah  hath  "broken  mine 
enemies  before  me,  like  the  breach 
of  waters.  Therefore  he  called  the 
name  of  that  place  ^Baal-"'perazim. 
21  And  they  left  their  images 
there :  and  "  David  and  his  men 
took  them  away. 

22  And  "the  Philistines  came  up 
yet  again,  and  spread  themselves 
in  the  valley  of  Rephaim.  23  And 
when  ^  David  inquired  of  Jehovah, 
he  said.  Thou  shalt  not  go  up  :  make 
a  circuit  behind  them,  and  come 
upon  them  over  against  the  ^  mul- 
berry-trees. 24  And  it  shall  be, 
when  *thou  hearest  the  sound  of 
marching  in  the  tops  of  the  mul- 
berry-trees, that  then  thou  shalt 
bestir  thyself ;  for  then  is  *■  Jehovah 

» In  1  Chr.  14.  r,  Beeliada. 

*  Or,  broken  forth  ^tpon  mine  enemiex 
'That  is,  The  place  of  breakings  forth. 

*  Or,  balsam-trees 


"  1  K.  a.  15, 

24 
f>  ch.  3.  1 
"  1  Chr.  14. 

1  i  1  K.  5. 

2,  10,  IS 

rf  Pb.  ;io.  title 
'  Dt.  17.  17  ; 

1  Chr.  3.  9 , 
/I  Chr.  3. 

f>-,S 
<'  1  S.  29.  1 
''  ch.  23.  14 ; 

1  Chr.  11. 

16 
'  Uen.  14. 5 ; 

Josh.  15. 

8  ;  17.  15 ; 

18.  16 
fc  1  S.  23.  2 
'  ch.  2.  1 
'"  Is.  28.  21 

"  1  Chr.  14. 

12 

°  ver.  18 
'■  ver.  19 
9  2  K.  7.  6 
""  Judg.  4.  14 


'  Is.  28.  21 
<  Josh.  12. 

12;  21.  21 
"  1  Chr.  13. 

5-14 
"Josh.  15.  9, 

10;  1  S.  7.  1 
^  Lev.  24.  16 
V  Ex.  25.  22 
-  1  S.  6.  7 
"  1  S.  7.  1 
b  1  S.  18.  6,7 
'  1  Chr.  13.  8 


d  1  Chr.  13.  9 

^  Num.  4.  15, 
19,  20 


/I  S.  6.  19 


^  1  Chr.  26. 

4-8 


gone  out  before  thee  to  smite  the 
host  of  the  Philistines.  25  And 
David  did  so,  as  Jehovah  com- 
manded him,  and  smote  the  Phi- 
listines from  •'^'Geba  until  thou 
come  to  '  Gezer. 

6  "And  David  again  gathered 
together  all  the  chosen  men 
of  Israel,  thirty  thousand.  2  And 
David  arose,  and  went  with  all  the 
people  that  were  with  him,  from 
"  Baale-judah,  to  bring  up  from 
thence  the  ark  of  God,  "^  which  is 
called  by  the  •'Name,  even  the  name 
of  Jehovah  of  hosts  that  ''^sitteth 
above  the  cherubim.  3  And  they 
set  the  ark  of  God  upon  'a  new 
cart,  and  brought  it  out  of  the 
house  of  Abinadab  that  was  in 
**  the  hill :  and  Uzzah  and  Ahio, 
the  sons  of  Abinadab,  drove  the 
new  cart.  4  And  "  they  brought  it 
out  of  the  house  of  Abinadab.  which 
was  in  "the  hill,  Avitli  the  ark  of 
God :  and  Ahio  went  before  the 
ark.  5  And  David  and  all  the 
house  of  Israel  Splayed  before  Je- 
hovah "with  all  manner  of  rnstrti- 
ments  made  of  ^fir-wood,  and  with 
harps,  and  with  psalteries,  and  with 
timbrels,  and  with  "castanets,  and 
with  cymbals. 

6  And  when  they  came  to  the 
threshing-floor  of  '*Nacon,  Uzzah 
'■put  forth  hiii  hand  to  the  ark  of 
God,  and  took  hold  of  it;  for  the 
oxen  "  stumbled.  7  And  the  anger 
of  Jehovah  was  kindled  against 
Uzzah  ;  and  -^God  smote  him  there 
for  his  '"error;  and  there  he  died 
by  the  ark  of  God.  8  And  David 
was  displeased,  because  Jehovah 
had  broken  forth  upon  Uzzah  ;  and 
he  called  that  place  '^  Perez-uzzah, 
unto  this  day.  9  And  David  was 
afraid  of  Jehovah  that  day  ;  and  he 
said.  How  shall  the  ark  of  Jehovah 
come  unto  me  1  10  So  David  would 
not  remove  the  ark  of  Jehovah 
unto  him  into  the  city  of  David ; 
but  David  carried  it  aside  into  the 
house  of  "  Obed-edom  the  Gittite. 
11  And  the  ark  of  Jehovah  re- 
mained in  the  house  of  Obed-edom 
the  Gittite  three  months :  and  Je- 
hovah blessed  Obed-edom,  and  all 
his  house. 

12  And  it  was  told  king  David, 
saying,  Jehovah  hath  blessed  the 

5  In  1  Chr.  14.  16,  Gibeov. 

6  Heb.  whereupon  is  called  the  Name. 

7  Or,  IS  enihroned  '  Or,  Gibeah 
9  Or,  cypress-ipood               w  Or,  sistra 

11  Or,  vjere  restive    Or,  threw  it  dovm 

•-  Or,  ra^thness 

13  That  is,  37ie  breach  of  Uzzah. 


6.13 


II.    SAMUEL 


7.14 


The  Ark  broaght  to  Jerusalem.    Hichal  tannts  David.    David  |)lans  to  bnild  a  Temple.    God's  message  to  blm 


house  of  Obed-edom,  and  all  that 
pertaineth  unto  him,  because  of 
the  ark  of  God.  "  And  David  went 
and  brought  up  the  ark  of  God 
from  the  house  of  Obed-edom  into 
*the  city  of  David  with  joy.  13 
And  it  was  so,  that,  when  they  that 
bare  the  ark  of  Jehovah  had  gone 
six  paces,  he  sacrificed  an  ox  and 
a  fatling.  14  And  "David  danced 
before  Jehovah  with  all  his  might ; 
and  David  was  '^  girded  with  a  linen 
ephod.  15  So  David  and  all  the 
house  of  Israel  brought  up  the  ark 
of  Jehovah  with  shouting,  and  with 
the  sound  of  the  trumpet. 

16  And  it  was  so,  as  the  ark  of 
Jehovah  came  into  the  city  of 
David,  that  "^^Michal  the  daughter 
of  Saul  looked  out  at  the  window, 
and  saw  king  David  leaping  and 
dancing  before  Jehovah  ;  and  she 
despised  him  in  her  heart.  1 7  And 
they  brought  in  the  ark  of  Jeho- 
vah, and  set  it-^in  its  place,  in  the 
midst  of  the  tent  that  David  had 

g itched  for  it ;  and  '-'  David  offered 
urnt-offerings  and  peace-offerings 
before  Jehovah.  18  And  when 
David  had  made  an  end  of  offering 
the  burnt-offering  and  the  peace- 
offerings,  *  he  blessed  the  people  in 
the  name  of  Jehovah  of  hosts.  1 9 
And  he  dealt  among  all  the  people, 
even  among  the  whole  multitude  of 
Israel,  both  to  men  and  women,  to 
every  one  a  cake  of  bread,  and  a 
portion  ^  of  flesh,  and  a  cake  of 
raisins.  So  all  the  people  departed 
every  one  to  his  house. 

20  Then  David  returned  to  bless 
his  household.  And  ]\Iichal  the 
daughter  of  Saul  came  out  to  meet 
David,  and  said.  How  glorious  was 
the  king  of  Israel  to-day,  '  who  un- 
covered himself  to-day  in  the  eyes 
of  the  handmaids  of  his  servants, 
as  one  of  the  vain  fellows  shame- 
lessly uncovereth  himself !  21  And 
David  said  unto  Michal,  ^  It  u>as 
before  Jehovah,  who  chose  me  above 
thy  father,  and  above  all  his  house, 
to  appoint  me  prince  over  the  peo- 
ple of  Jehovah,  over  Israel :  there- 
fore will  I  play  before  Jehovah. 
22  And  I  will  be  yet  more  vile  than 
this,  and  will  be  oase  in  mine  own 
sight :  but  of  the  handmaids  of 
whom  thou  hast  spoken,  of  them 
shall  I  be  had  in  honor.  23  And 
Michal  the  daughter  of  Saul  had 
no  child  unto  the  day  of  her 
death. 

1  Or,  of  wine 


« 1  Chr.  16. 

2o-16.  3 
(>  1  K.  8.  1 
"  Ex.  15.  20, 

•^l ,  Judg. 

IL  31 
d  Ex.  19.  6 ; 

1  S.  2.  IS,  28 
'  ch,  :!.  U 
/I  Ch-  15. 

1 ;  -^  Chr. 

1.  4 
!'  1  K.  8.  62- 

65 
ft  1  K.  8.  14, 

15 
■  ver.  14,  16 
*  1  S.  13.  14; 


'  1  Chr.  17. 

1-J7 
"*  ver.  17 ;  ch. 

12.  1 ;  1  K. 

1.22;lOhr. 

23.  29 ; 

2  Chr.  9.  29 
"ch.  6.  11 
"  Ex.  26.  1 
P  1  K.  8.  17, 

18 
9  1  K.  5.  3, 

4  ;  8.  19 
'■  Josh.  18. 

1 ;  1  K.  8. 

10 
'  Ex.  40.  18, 

31 

'  Lev.  26.  11, 

12 
"  ch.  5.  2 
"  1  S.  l(i.  11, 

li ;  Ps.  78. 

70,  71 
^ch.  6.  21 

V  ch.  6.  10 


'■  Ps.  18.  37- 


"  Ex.  15.  17  , 

Is.  5.  2,  7 

b  Ps.  89.  22, 
23  ;  Is.  60. 
18 

"  Judg.  2. 14- 
lii ;  IS.  12. 
9-11 

d  ver.  1 


•  ver.  27 ; 

1  S.  25.  28 
/IK.  2.  1 


»  1  K.  6. 12 ; 

8.  19 

'i  Is.  9.  7  ; 

4!l.  8 
■  Heb.  1.  5 ; 
Ps.  89.  26, 

27 


310 


7  'And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
the  king  dwelt  in  his  house, 
and  Jehovah  had  given  him  rest 
from  all  his  enemies  round  about, 

2  that  the  king  said  unto  "'Nathan 
the  prophet.  See  now,  I  dwell  in 
"  a  house  of  cedar,  but  the  ark  of 
God    "dwelleth    within    curtains. 

3  And  Nathan  said  to  the  king, 
''Go,  do  all  that  is  in  thy  heart; 
for  Jehovah  is  with  thee.  4  Ana 
it  came  to  pass  the  same  night,  that 
the  word  of  Jehovah  came  unto 
Nathan,  saying.  5  Go  and  tell  my 
servant  David,  Thus  saith  Jehovah, 
'Shalt  thou  build  me  a  house  for 
me  to  dwell  in  ?  6  for ''  I  havfe  not 
dwelt  in  a  house  since  the  day  that 
I  brought  up  the  children  of  Israel 
out  of  Egypt,  even  to  this  day,  but 
have  walked  'in  a  tent  and  in  a 
tabernacle.  7  '  In  all  places  wherein 
I  have  walked  with  all  the  children 
of  Israel,  spake  I  a  word  with  "^any 
of  the  tribes  of  Israel,  "whom  I 
commanded  to  be  shepherd  of  my 
people  Israel,  saying.  Why  have  ye 
not  built  me  a  house  of  cedar "?  8 
Now  therefore  thus  shalt  thou  say 
unto  my  servant  David,  Thus  saith 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  "  I  took  thee  from 
the  ^  sheepcote,  from  following  the 
sheep,  that  ^thou  shouldest  be 
^prince  over  my  people,  over  Is- 
rael ;  9  and  ^  I  have  been  with  thee 
whithersoever  thou  wentest,  and 
-  have  cut  off  all  thine  enemies  from 
before  thee ;  and  I  will  make  thee 
a  great  name,  like  unto  the  name 
of  the  great  ones  that  are  in  the 
earth.  10  And  I  will  appoint  a 
place  for  my  people  Israel,  and 
"will  plant  them,  that  they  may 
dwell  in  their  own  place,  and  be 
moved  no  more  ;  *  neither  shall  the 
children  of  wickedness  afflict  them 
any  more,  as  at  the  first,  1 1  and  as 
''from  the  day  that  I  commanded 
judges  to  be  over  my  people  Israel ; 
and  •*  I  ^  will  cause  thee  to  rest  from 
all  thine  enemies.  Moreover  Jeho- 
vah telleth  thee  that  ^Jehovah  will 
make  thee  a  house.  12  -^When  thy 
days  are  fulfilled,  and  thou  shalt 
sleep  with  thy  fathers,  I  will  set  up 
thy  seed  after  thee,  that  shal,  pro- 
ceed out  of  thy  bowels,  and  I  will 
establish  his  kingdom.  13  ^He 
shall  build  a  house  for  my  name, 
and  *  I  will  establish  the  throne  or 
his  kingdom  for  ever.  14  'I  will 
be  his  father,  and  he  shall  be  my^ 

i  In  1  Chr.  17.  6,  nnv  rf  thejudaes. 

3  Or,  pasture     *  Or,  leader    *  Or,  have  eatued 


7.15 


II.   SAMUEL 


8.10 


David's  Prayer  and  Thanksgiving.     His  Victories  over  Philistia,  Hoab,  Zobah,  and  Syria 


son  :  "if  he  commit  iniquity,  I  will 
chasten  him  with  the  rod  of  men, 
and  with  the  stripes  of  the  children 
of  men  ;  15  but  my  lovingkindness 
shall  not  depart  from  him,  *  as  I 
took  it  from  iSaul,  whom  1  put  away 
before  thee.  16  And  "thy  house 
and  thy  kingdom  shall  be  made 
sure  for  ever  before  thee :  thy  throne 
shall  be  established  for  ever.  17 
According  to  all  these  words,  and 
according  to  all  this  vision,  so  did 
Nathan  speak  unto  David. 

18  Then  David  the  king  went  in, 
and  sat  before  Jehovah ;  and  he 
said,  "^  Who  am  I,  O  Lord  Jehovah, 
and  what  is  my  house,  that  thou 
hast  brought  me  thus  far  ]  1 9  And 
this  was  yet  a  small  thing  in  thine 
eyes,  O  Lord  Jehovah ;  "  but  thou 
hast  sjpoken  also  of  thy  servant's 
house  tor  a  great  while  to  come ; 
^  and -^ this  too  after  the  manner  of 
men,  O  Lord  Jehovah '  20  And 
what  can  David  say  more  unto 
thee"?  for  ^thou  knowest  thy  ser- 
vant, O  Lord  Jehovah.  21  ''For 
thy  word's  sake,  and  according  to 
thine  own  heart,  hast  thou  wrought 
all  this  greatness,  to  make  thy  ser- 
vant know  it.  22  Wherefore 'thou 
art  great,  O  Jehovah  God :  for 
*  there  is  none  like  thee,  neither  is 
there  any  God  besides  thee,  'ac- 
cording to  all  that  we  have  heard 
with  our  ears.  23  -And '"what  one 
nation  in  the  earth  is  like  thy  peo- 
ple, even  like  Israel,  whom  God 
went  to  redeem  unto  himself  for  a 
people,  and  to  make  him  a  name, 
and  "to  do  great  things  for  you. 
and  terrible  things  for  thy  land, 
before  "thy  people,  whom  ^thou 
redeemedst  to  thee  out  of  Egypt, 
from  the  nations  and  their  gods? 
24  And  «thou  didst  establish  to 
thyself  thy  people  Israel  to  be  a 
people  unto  thee  for  ever ;  and 
''thou,  Jehovah,  becamest  their 
God.  25  And  now,  O  Jehovah 
God,  the  word  that  thou  hast 
spoken  concerning  thy  servant, 
and  concerning  his  house,  confirm 
thou  it  for  ever,  and  do  as  thou 
hast  spoken.  26  And  'let  thy 
name  be  magnified  for  ever,  saying, 
Jehovah  of  hosts  is  God  over  Is- 
rael ;  and  the  house  of  thy  servant 
David  shall  be  established  before 
thee.  27  For  thou,  O  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  hast  re- 

1  Or,  nnd  is  this  the  law  of  man,  0  Lord 
Jehovnh  ? 

"  Or,  And  who  is  like  thy  penpU,  like  Israel,  a 
natioii  tfiat  is  alone  in  the  earth  &c. 


"  1  K.  11.  34; 

Pb.  so.  3tH 

33 
6  1  S.  16.  23  ; 

16.  14 
"^  ver.  13 ; 

Ps.  b9.  36, 

:m 
<t  Ex.  3.  11 ; 

1  S.  18.  18 
'ver.  11-16; 

1  Chr.  17. 

17 
/U.  55.  8,9 
'J  1S.\6.-; 

Jn.  21.  17 
A  1  Chr.  17. 19 
'  in.  3.  24  ; 

Ps.  48.  1 ; 

86.  10 
<••  Ex.  15.  11 ; 

1  S.  2.  2 
'  Ex.  10.  2 ; 

Ps.  44.  1 
'"  Dt.  4.  32-38 
"])t.  10.  21 
"  Dt.  15.  15 
P  Dt.  9.  26 
9  Dt.  32.  6 
'■  Gen.  17.  7, 

S  ;  Ex.  6.  7 
'  Ps.  72.  18, 

19 


« ver.  1.' 

"  Ex.  34 

6; 

Jn.  17 

17 

^  Num. 

6. 

24-2G 

^  1  Chr. 

18 

s-Num. 

24. 

17 
'  1  S.  22.  .%  4 
"  ver.  0 ;  1  K. 

4.  21 ;  2  K. 

3.  4 
6  2  K.  17.  3 
<^  ch.  10.  16, 

19 ;  1  S.  14. 

47 
d  ch.  10. 15-19 


'  Josh.  11. 

6,9 

/IK.  11.  23- 

26  ;  15.  18 


^  ver.  2 
"  ch.  3.  18 


'  Ezek.  47. 


fc  1  K.  8.  65 ; 
2  Chr.  8.  4 


311 


vealed  to  thy  servant,  saying,  'I 
will  build  thee  a  house :  therefore 
hath  thy  servant  ^  found  in  his 
heart  to  pray  this  prayer  unto  thee. 
28  And  now  O  Lord  Jehovah,  thou 
art  God,  and  "thy  words  are  truth, 
and  thou  hast  promised  this  good 
thing  unto  thy  servant :  29  now 
therefore  ■*  let  it  please  thee  to  bless 
the  house  of  thy  servant,  that  it 
may  continue  for  ever  before  thee ; 
for  thou,  O  Lord  Jehovah,  hast 
spoken  it :  and  "with  thy  blessing 
let  the  house  of  thy  servant  be 
blessed  for  ever. 

8  ■"'And  after  this  it  came  to 
pass,  that  David  smote  the 
Philistines,  and  subdued  them : 
and  David  took  ^  the  bridle  of  the 
mother  city  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
Philistines. 

2  And  *he  smote  ^  Moab,  and 
measured  them  with  the  line, 
making  them  to  lie  down  on  the 
ground;  and  he  mea.'5ured  two 
lines  to  put  to  death,  and  one  full 
line  to  keep  alive.  And  "  the  Moab- 
ites  became  servants  to  David,  and 
*  brought  tribute. 

3  David  smote  also  "Hadadezer 
the  son  of  Rehob,  king  of  Zobah,  as 
■*  he  went  to  recover  his  dominion 
at "  the  River.  4  And  David  took 
from  him  a  thousand  and  seven 
hundred  horsemen,  and  twenty 
thou.sand  footmen  :  and  David 
"  hocked  all  the  chariot  horses,  but 
reserved  of  them  for  a  hundred 
chariots.  5  And  when  '•''the  Syri- 
ans of  Damascus  came  to  succor 
Hadadezer  king  of  Zobah,  David 
smote  of  ''the  Syrians  two  and 
twenty  thousand  men.  6  Then 
David  put  garrisons  in  ''Syria  of 
Damascus;  and  ''^the  Syrians  be- 
came servants  to  David,  and 
brought  tribute.  And  * Jeho\ah 
*gave  victory  to  David  whitherso- 
ever he  went.  7  And  David  took 
the  shields  of  gold  that  were  on  the 
servants  of  Hadadezer,  and  brought 
them  to  Jerusalem.  8  And  from 
"  Betah  and  from  '  Berothai,  cities 
of  Hadadezer,  king  David  took  ex- 
ceeding much  brass. 

9  And  when  Toi  king  of  *Hamath 
heard  that  David  had  smitten  all 
the  host  of  Hadadezer,  10  then  Toi 
sent  ^"Joram   his   son   unto   king 

3  Or,  heert,  hold  *  Or,  begin  and  bless 

=  Or,  Methen-ammnh 

6  Another  reading  is.  the  river  Euphrates. 
'  Heb.  A  ram.  '  Or,  saved  David 

9  In.  1  Chr.  18.  8,  Tihhath. 

10  In.  1  Chr.  18.  10,  Hadwram. 


8.11 


II.   SAMUEL 


10.3 


King  Toi's  Present.    Edom  snbdaed.    David's  Officers.    His  Kindness  to  Hephlbosheth.    His  Message  to  Hannn 


David,  to  '  salute  him,  and  to  bless 
him,  because  he  had  fought  against 
Hadadezer  and  smitten  him  :  for 
Hadadezer  -  had  wars  with  Toi. 
And  '^Joram  brought  with  him  ves- 
sels of  silver,  and  vessels  of  gold, 
and  vessels  of  brass  ill"  these  also 
did  king  David  dedicate  unto  Jeho- 
vah, with  the  silver  and  gold  that 
he  dedicated  of  all  the  nations  which 
he  subdued ;  12  of  ''Syria,  and  *of 
Moab,  and  ''of  the  children  of  Am- 
mon,  and  of  ''the  Philistines,  and  of 
*■  Amalek,  and  of  the  spoil  of  Hadad- 
ezer, son  of  Rehob,  king  of  Zobah. 

13  And -^  David  gat  him  a  name 
when  he  returned  from  smiting 
^  the  Syrians  in  "  the  Valley  of 
Salt,  even  eighteen  thousand  men. 
14  And  he  put  garrisons  in  Edom  ; 
throughout  all  Edom  put  he  garri- 
sons, and  *  all  the  Edomites  became 
servants  to  David.  And 'Jehovah 
®gave  victory  to  David  whitherso- 
ever he  went. 

15  And  David  reigned  over  all 
Israel ;  and  David  executed  jus- 
tice and  righteousness  unto  all  his 
people.  16  And  Joab  the  son  of 
Zeruiah  was  over  the  host ;  and  *  Je- 
hoshaphat  the  son  of  Ahilud  was 
' '  recorder  ;  1 7  and  '"  Zadok  the 
son  of  Ahitub,  and  Ahimelech  the 
son  of  Abiathar,  were  "  priests ; 
and  Seraiah  was  * "  scribe  ;  1 8  and 
^  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada  ^  tvas 
over  the  "^  Cherethit_es  and  the  Pele- 
thites ;  and  David's  sons  were 
^'*'' chief  ministers. 

9  And  David  said,  Is  there  yet 
any  that  is  left  of  the  house  of 
Saul,  'that  I  may  show  him  kind- 
ness for  Jonathan's  sake'?  2  And 
there  was  of  the  house  of  Saul  a 
servant  whose  name  was  Ziba,  and 
they  called  him  unto  David ;  and 
the  king  said  unto  him,  Art  thou 
'Ziba"?  And  he  said.  Thy  servant  is 
he.  3  And  the  king  said,  Is  there 
not  yet  any  of  the  house  of  Saul, 
that  I  may  show  the  "  kindness  of 
God  unto  him?  And  Ziba  said 
unto  the  king,  "Jonathan  hath  yet 
a  son,  who  is  lame  of  his  feet.  4 
And  the  king  said  unto  him.  Where 
is  he  1  And  Ziba  said  unto  the  king, 
Behold,  he  is  ^  in  the  house  of  Ma- 

1  Heb.  ask  him  of  his  welfare. 

*  Heb.  was  a  man  of  wars. 

3  Heb.  in  his  hand  were.         *  Heb.  Aram. 

^  Edom,  in  1  Chr.  18.  11,  12  ;  Ps.  60.  title. 

s  Or,  saved  David  ?  Or,  chronicler 

'So'in  ch.  20.  23,  and  1  Chr.  18.  17.    The  He- 
brew text  has,  and  the  Cherethites  (kc. 
1"  Or,  priests 


"  1  K.  7.  51 
i>  ver.  2 
"  ch.  10.  14 
d  ch.  5.  17-25 

"  1  S.  27.  8  ; 

30.  17-20 
/ch.  7.9 
!'  2  K.  M.  7 
A  Gen.  27. 

37-40; 

Num.  24. 

17,  18 
'  ver.  6 
^-  1  K.  4.  3 
'  2  K.  18.  18. 

37 

"^  1  Chr.  6. 

4-8 
"  1  Chr.  16. 

39,  40 
"  2  K.  18.  18 
P  1  K.  4.  4 
9  ch.  15.  18 ; 

20.  7,  23  ; 

1  S.  30.  14  ; 

1  K.  1.  38, 

44 
"■  1  Chr.  18. 17 
"  1  S.  20.  14- 

17,  42 
<  ch.  16.  1-4 ; 

19.  17,  29 
"  1  S.  20.  14 
"  ch.  4.  4 
^  ch.  17. 27-29 


V  ch.  16.  4  ; 

19.  24-30 
'  1  S.  25.  23 
■^  ver.  1,  3 
>>  ch.  12.  8 
'  ch.  19.  28  ; 

1  K.  2.  7  ; 

2  K.  25.  29 
d  ch.  16.  9 

"  ch.  16.  4  ; 

19.  29 
/  ver.  7,  U, 

13 
»  ch.  19.  28  ; 

1  K.  2.  7 
ft  1  Chr.  8.  34 


•  ver.  7, 11 

*  ver.  3 


'  1  Chr.  19. 

1-19 
'"  1  S.  11.  1 


"  1  S.  11.  1 


312 


chir  the  son  of  Ammiel,  in  Lo-debar. 

5  Then  king  David  sent,  and  fetched 
him  out  of  the  house  of  Machir  the 
son    of    Ammiel,    from    Lo-debar. 

6  And  *  Mephibosheth,  the  son  of 
Jonathan,  the  son  of  Saul,  came 
unto  David,  and  'fell  on  his  face, 
and  did  obeisance.  And  David 
said,  Mephibosheth.  And  he  an- 
swered. Behold,  thy  servant !  7  And 
David  said  unto  him,  Fear  not ;  for 
"I  will  surely  show  thee  kindness 
for  Jonathan  thy  father's  sake,  and 
'  will  restore  thee  all  the  "  land  of 
Saul  thy  father ;  and  "  thou  shalt 
eat  bread  at  my  table  continually. 
8  And  he  did  obeisance,  and  said, 
What  is  thy  servant,  that  tliou 
shouldest  look  upon  such  "^a  dead 
dog  as  I  am  *? 

9  Then  the  king  called  to  Ziba, 
Saul's  servant,  and  said  unto  him, 
^  All  that  pertained  to  Saul  and  to 
all  his  house  have  I  given  unto  thy 
rnaster's  son.  10  And  thou  shalt 
till  the  land  for  him,  thou,  and  thy 
sons,  and  thy  servants ;  and  thou 
shalt  bring  in  the  fruits,  that  thy 
master's  son  may  have  bread  to  eat : 
but  •''Mephibosheth  thy  master's 
son  ^  shall  eat  bread  alway  at  my 
table.  Now  Ziba  had  fifteen  sons 
and  twenty  servants.  11  Then 
said  Ziba  unto  the  king,  According 
to  all  that  my  lord  the  king  com- 
mandeth  his  servant,  so  shall  thy 
servant  do.  ^"  As  for  Mephibosheth, 
said  the  king,  he  shall  eat  at  my 
table,  as  one  of  the  king's  sons. 

1 2  And  Mephibosheth  had  a  young 
son,  whose  name  was  ''  Mica.  And 
all  that  dwelt  in  the  house  of  Ziba 
were  servants  unto  Mephibosheth. 

1 3  So  Mephibosheth  dwelt  in  Jeru- 
salem ;  for  'he  did  eat  continually 
at  the  king's  table.  And  *^^he  was 
lame  in  both  his  feet. 

-\  r\  '  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
-Lv^  this,  that  "'the  king  of  the 
children  of  Ammon  died,  and 
Hanun  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead.  2  And  David  said,  I  will 
show  kindness  unto  Hanun  the  son 
of  "  Nahash,  as  his  father  showed 
kindness  unto  me.  So  David  sent 
by  his  servants  to  comfort  him  con- 
cerning his  father.  And  David's 
servants  came  into  the  land  of  the 
children  of  Ammon.  3  But  the 
princes  of  the  children  of  Ammon 
said  unto  Hanun  their  lord,  Think- 
est  thou  that  David  doth  honor  thy 

11  Heb.  field. 

1*  Or,  But  Mephibosheth  eateth  &e. 


10.4 


II.    SAMUEL 


U.  8 


David's  Serrants  abnsed  b;  Ilannn.    He  dereats  allied  inuuon  and  Syria.    The  Siege  of  Rabbah.    Dand's  Sin  against  Uriah 


father,  in  that  he  hath  sent  comfort- 
ers unto  thee  1  "  hath  not  David  sent 
his  servants  unto  thee  to  search  the 
city,  and  to  spy  it  out,  and  to  over- 
throw if?  4  So  Hanun  took  Da- 
vid's servants,  and  '  shaved  off  the 
one  half  of  their  beards,  and  "cut 
oil"  their  garments  in  the  middle, 
even  to  their  buttocks,  and  sent 
them  away.  5  When  they  told  it 
unto  David,  he  sent  to  meet  them  ; 
for  the  men  were  greatly  ashamed. 
And  the  king  said,  Tarry  at  Jericho 
until  your  beards  be  grown,  and 
then  return. 

6  And  when  the  children  of  Am- 
mon  saw  that  ''  they  were  become 
odious  to  David,  the  children  of 
Ammon  sent  and  *  hired  the  Syri- 
ans of -' Beth-rehob,  and  the  ^Syri- 
ans of  Zobah,  twenty  thousand 
footmen,  and  the  king  of  ''  ilaacah 
with  a  thousand  men,  and  the  men 
of  Tob  twelve  thousand  men.  7  And 
■when  David  heard  of  it,  he  sent 
Joab,  and  all  the  host  of  the  mighty 
men.  8  And  the  children  of  Am- 
nion came  out,  and  put  the  battle 
in  array  'at  the  entrance  of  the 
gate  :  and  the  Sj^rians  of  Zobah 
and  of  Rehob,  and  the  men  of  *Tob 
and  Maacah,  were  by  themselves 
'in  the  field. 

9  Now  when  Joab  saw  that  Hhe 
battle  was  set  against  him  before 
and  behind,  he  chose  of  all  the 
choice  men  of  Israel,  and  put  them 
in  array  against  the  Syrians  :  10 
and  the  rest  of  the  people  he  com- 
mitted into  the  hand  of  ^Abishai 
his  brother ;  and  he  put  them  in 
array  against  the  children  of  Am- 
mon. 1 1  And  he  said,  If  the  Syri- 
ans be  too  strong  for  me,  then  thou 
shalt  help  me ;  but  if  the  children 
of  Ammon  be  too  strong  for  thee, 
then  I  will  come  and  help  thee. 
1 2  '"  Be  of  good  courage,  and  "  let 
us  play  the  man  for  our  people,  and 
for  the  cities  of  our  God  :  and  "Je- 
hovah do  that  which  seemeth  him 
good.  13  So  Joab  and  the  people 
that  were  with  him  drew  nigh  unto 
the  battle  against  the  Syrians:  and 
•^they  fled  before  him.  14  And  when 
the  children  of  Ammon  saw  that  the 
Syrians  were  fled,  they  likewise  fled 
before  Abishai.  and  entered  into  the 
city.  '  Then  Joab  returned  from  the 
children  of  Ammon,  and  came  to 
Jerusalem. 

15  And  when  the  Syrians   saw 

1  Heb.  the  face  of  the  battle  ivas  against. 
»  Heb.  Abshai. 


"  Oen.  42.  9, 

ir, 
i-  Is.  16.  2 ; 

Jer.  41.  5 
'  l.s.  20.  4 

diJen.  ;u. 

30 ;  1  S.  27. 

12 
« cli.  8.  3,  6  ; 

2  K.  7.  6 
/Gen.  36. 

37 ;  Judg. 

18.  28 
'J  ch.  8.  3 
A  Dt.  3.  14 
■  1  Chr.  19.  9 
fc  Judg.  11. 

3,6 
'  Josh.  13.  9, 

Hi 
'"  Dt.  31.  6 ; 

Josh.  1.  () 
"  1  Cor.  IG. 

13 
"  1  S.  3.  18 
3'  1  K.  20. 

l.'i-L'l 
«  ch.  11.  1 


■■  ch.  8.  3-8 
'  1  Car.  19. 

16 
« 1  Chr.  19. 

18 
"  ch.  8.  6 


"  1  Chr.  20.  1 

^  ch.  10.  14 ; 

1  K.  20.  22, 


V  ch.  12.  26- 
28 ;  Jer. 
49.  2,  3 ; 
Am.  1.  14 


^  ch.  4.  6,  7 

"  Dt.  22.  8 ; 
1  S.  9.  25 ; 
Mt.  24.  17 ; 
Acts  10.  y 


t>  1  Chr.  3.  5 


■  ch.  23. : 


d  Ps.  61. 
title ;  Jas. 
1.  14,  16 

"  Lev.  12.  2- 
6  ;  16.  19- 
28  ;  18.  19 

/Lev.  20. 
10 ;  Dt.  22. 

22 


'  Gen.  37. 
14  ;  1  S.  17. 


that  they  were  put  to  the  worse 
before  Israel,  they  gathered  them- 
selves together.  16  ''And  •'  Hadar- 
ezer  sent,  and  brought  out  the 
Syrians  that  were  oeyond  the 
River :  and  they  came  to  Helam, 
with  'Shobach  the  captain  of  the 
host  of  Hadarezer  at  their  he£»d. 
17  And  it  was  told  David  ;  and  he 
gathered  all  Israel  together,  and 
passed  over  the  Jordan,  and  came 
to  Helam.  And  the  Syrians  set 
themselves  in  array  against  David, 
and  fought  with  him.  18  And  the 
Syrians  fled  before  Israel ;  and  Da- 
vid slew  of  the  Syrians  '  the  men  of 
seven  hundred  chariots,  and  forty 
thousand  horsemen,  and  smote 
Shobach  the  captain  of  their  host, 
so  that  he  died  there.  19  Ana 
when  all  the  kings  that  were  ser- 
vants to  Hadarezer  saw  that  they 
were  put  to  the  worse  before  Israel, 
"they  made  peace  with  Israel,  ana 
served  them.  So  the  Syrians  feared 
to  help  the  children  of  Ammon  any 
more. 

n^And  it  came  to  pass,  ""at 
the  return  of  the  year,  at 
the  time  when  kings  go  out  to 
battle,  that  David  sent  Joab,  and 
his  servants  with  him,  and  all 
Isi'ael ;  and  they  destroyed  the 
children  of  Ammon,  and  *  besieged 
Rabbah.  But  David  tarried  at 
Jerusalem. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass  at  even- 
tide, that  ^  David  arose  from  off 
his  bed,  and  walked  upon  "the  roof 
of  the  king's  house  :  and  from  the 
i^oof  he  saw  a  woman  bathing ;  and 
the  woman  was  very  beautiful  to 
look  upon.  3  And  David  sent  and 
inquired  after  the  woman.  And 
one  said.  Is  not  this  *Bath-sheba, 
the  daughter  of  Eliam,  the  wife  of 
■=  Uriah  the  Hittite  ?  4  And  David 
sent  messengers,  and  took  her ; 
and  she  came  in  unto  him,  and  ''he 
lay  with  her  ('for  she  was  purified 
from  her  uncleanness) ;  and  she 
returned  unto  her  house.  5  And 
the  woman  conceived ;  and  she 
sent  and  told  David,  and  said,  -^I 
am  with  child. 

6  And  David  sent  to  Joab,  my- 
ing.  Send  me  Uriah  the  Hittite. 
And    Joab    sent   Uriah   to   David. 

7  And  when  Uriah  was  come  unto 
him,  ^  David  asked  of  him  how 
Joab  did,  and  how  the  people 
fared,  and  how  the  war  prospered. 

8  And  David  said  to  Uriah,   Gc 

3  In  ch.  8.  3,  Hadadezer. 


313 


11.9 


II.   SAMUEL 


12.5 


David's  Sin  against  Uriah.    The  Death  or  Uriali.    David  marries  Bath-sheba.    Nathan's  Parable 


down  to  thy  house,  and  "  wash  thy 
feet.  And  Uriah  departed  out  of 
the  king's  house,  and  there  fol- 
lowed him  *a  'mess  of  food  from 
the  king.  9  But  Uriah  slept  "at 
the  door  of  the  king's  house  with 
all  the  servants  of  his  lord,  and 
w^nt  not  down  to  his  house.  10 
And  when  they  had  told  David, 
saying,  Uriah  went  not  down  unto 
his  house,  David  said  unto  Uriah, 
Art  thou  not  come  from  a  journey  ^ 
wherefore  didst  thou  not  go  down 
unto  thy  house"?  11  And  Uriah 
said  unto  David,  ■*  The  ark,  and 
Israel,  and  Judah,  abide  in  booths  ; 
and  my  lord  Joab,  and  "the  ser- 
vants of  my  lord,  are  encamped  in 
the  open  field  ;  shall  I  then  go  into 
my  house,  to  eat  and  to  drink,  and 
to  lie  with  my  wife  1  {as  thou  liy- 
est,  and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  I  will 
not  do  this  thing.  12  And  David 
said  to  Uriah,  Tarry  here  to-day 
also,  and  to-morrow  I  will  let  thee 
depart.  So  Uriah  abode  in  Jeru- 
salem -^  that  day,  and  the  morrow. 
13  And  when  David  had  called 
him,  he  did  eat  and  drink  before 
him  ;  and  he  made  him  drunk  :  and 
at  even  he  went  out  to  lie  on 
his  bed  ^  with  the  servants  of  his 
lord,  but  went  not  down  to  his 
house. 

14  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
morning,  that  David  ''wrote  a 
letter  to  Joab,  and  sent  it  by  the 
hand  of  Uriah.  15  And  he  wrote 
in  the  letter,  saying,  Set  ye  Uriah 
in  the  forefront  of  the  ^hottest 
battle,  and  retire  ye  from  him, 
'that  he  may  be  smitten,  and  die. 
16  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  .Joab 
*kept  watch  upon  the  city,  that 
he  assigned  Uriah  unto  the  place 
where  he  knew  that  valiant  men 
were.  1 7  And  the  men  of  the  city 
went  out,  and  fought  with  Joab : 
and  there  fell  some  of  the  people, 
even  of  the  servants  of  David  ;  and 
*  Uriah  the  Hittite  died  also.  IS 
Then  .Joab  sent  and  told  David  all 
the    things    concerning    the    war ; 

19  and  he  charged  the  messenger, 
saying,  When  thou  hast  made  an 
end  of  telling  all  the  things  con- 
cerning   the  war  unto  the    king, 

20  it  shall  be  that,  if  the  king's 
wrath  arise,  and  he  say  unto  thee. 
Wherefore  went  ye  so  nigh  unto 
the  city  to  fight  1  knew  ye  not  that 

'  Or,  present  from 

2  Or,  that  day.  And  on  the  morrow  David 
called  him,  and  he  &c.  *  Heb.  strong. 

••  Or,  observed 


"  Gen.  43. 

24 ;  Lk.  7. 

44 
6  Gen.  43.  34 
'  I  K.  14.  27, 

28 
d  ch.  7.  2,  6 
"  ch.  20.  0 
/ch.  4.  9; 

14.  19 
0  ver.  9 
A  1  K.  21.  8- 

10 
■  ch.  12.  9 
*  ver.  21 


'  Judg.  9. 50- 


'  Gen.  50. 
10 ;  Dt.  34. 
8;  IS.  31. 
13 


"  ch.  12.  9 
"  Ps.  61.  4,  5 


P  ch.  7.  2,  4, 

17 
9  Ps.  51.  title 
"■  ch.  14.  4-7  ; 

1  K.  20.  3o- 


'  ch.  II.  3 


I  1  K.  20. 
40 


314 


they  would  shoot  from  the  walll 
21  who 'smote  Abimelech  the  son 
of  ^Jerubbeshethl  did  not  a  woman 
cast  an  upper  millstone  upon  him 
from  the  wall,  so  that  he  died  at 
Thebez  1  why  went  ye  so  nigh  tht' 
wall  1  then  shalt  thou  say.  Thy 
servant  Uriah  the  Hittite  is  deaa 
also. 

22  So  the  messenger  went,  and 
came  and  showed  David  all  that 
•Joab  had  sent  him  for.  23  And 
the  messenger  said  unto  David, 
The  men  prevailed  against  us,  and 
came  out  unto  us  into  the  field, 
and  we  were  upon  them  even  unto 
the  entrance  ot  the  gate.  24  And 
the  shooters  shot  at  thy  servants 
from  oft'  the  wall ;  and  some  of  the 
king's  servants  are  dead,  and  thy 
servant  Uriah  the  Hittite  is  dead 
also.  2.5  Then  David  said  unto 
the  messenger.  Thus  shalt  thou  say 
unto  Joab,  Let  not  this  thing  dis- 
please thee,  for  the  sword  devour- 
eth  one  as  well  as  another;  make 
thy  battle  more  strong  against  the 
city,  and  overthrow  it :  and  en- 
courage thou  him. 

26  And  when  the  wife  of  Uriah 
heard  that  Uriah  her  husband  was 
dead,  ""she  made  lamentation  for 
her  husband.  27  And  when  the 
mourning  was  past,  David  sent 
and  took  her  home  to  his  house, 
and  "  she  became  his  wife,  and  bare 
him  a  son.  But  "the  thing  that 
David  had  done  displeased  Jeho- 
vah. 

-i  Q  And  Jehovah  sent  ^Na- 
A-jiLi  than  unto  David.  And  »he 
came  unto  him,  and  'said  unto 
him.  There  were  two  men  in 
one  citj^ ;  the  one  rich,  and  the 
other  poor.  2  The  rich  man  had 
exceeding  many  flocks  and  herds ; 

3  but  the  poor  man  had  nothing, 
save  *one  little  ewe  lamb,  which 
he  had  bought  and  nourished  up  : 
and  it  grew  up  together  with  him, 
and  with  his  children ;  it  did  eat 
of  his  own  morsel,  and  drank  of 
his  own  cup,  and  lay  in  his  bosom, 
and  was  unto  him  as  a  daughter. 

4  And  there  came  a  traveller  unto 
the  rich  man,  and  he  spared  to 
take  of  his  own  flock  and  of  his 
own  herd,  to  dress  for  the  wayfar- 
ing man  that  was  come  unto  him, 
but  took  the  poor  man's  lamb,  and 
dressed  it  for  the  man  that  \yas. 
come  to  him.  5  'And  David's 
anger  was  greatly  kindled  against 

'  In  Judg.  6.  32,  Jerubbaal 


12.  G 


II.   SAMUEL 


12.29 


Nathau's  Reproof  of  David.    Deatb  of  Dadd's  Child.    Solomon's  Kirtb.    David  goes  to  Rabbah 


the  man  ;  and  he  said  to  Nathan, 
As  Jehovah  liveth,  the  man  that 
hath  done  this  is  ' "  worthy  to  die  : 
6  and  he  shall  restore  the  lamb 
*  fourfold,  because  he  did  this  thing, 
and  because  he  had  no  pity. 

7  And  Nathan  said  to  David, 
•"Thou  art  the  man.  Thus  saith 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  "^  I 
anointed  thee  king  over  Israel, 
and  I  delivered  thee  out  of  the 
hand  of  Saul  •  8  and  I  gave  thee 
'thy  master's  house,  and  thy  mas- 
ter's wives  into  thy  bosom,  and 
gave  thee  the  house  of  Israel  and 
of  Judah  ;  and  if  that  had  been 
too  little,  I  would  have  added 
unto  thee  such  and  such  things. 
9  Wherefore  -^hast  thou  despised 
the  word  of  Jehovah,  to  do  that 
which  is  evil  in  his  sight"?  ^thou 
hast  smitten  Uriah  the  Hittite 
with  the  sword,  and  /hast  taken 
his  wife  to  be  thy  wife,  and  hast 
slain  him  with  the  sword  of  the 
children  of  Ammon.  10  Now 
therefore  'the  sword  shall  never 
depart  from  thy  house,  because 
thou  hast  despised  me,  and  hast 
taken  the  wife  of  Uriah  the  Hit- 
tite to  be  thy  wife.  1 1  Thus  saith 
Jehovah,  Behold,  I  will  raise  up 
evil  against  thee  out  of  thine  own 
house  ;  and  *I  will  take  thy  wives 
before  thine  eyes,  and  give  them 
unto  thy  neighbor,  and  he  shall 
lie  with  thy  wives  in  the  sight  of 
this  sun.  12  For  'thou  didst  it 
secretly  :  but  "*  I  will  do  this  thing 
before  all  Israel,  and  before  the 
sun.  13  And  David  said  unto 
Nathan,  "  I  have  sinned  against 
Jehovah.  And  Nathan  said  unto 
David,  Jehovah  also  hath  "put 
away  thy  sin  ;  thou  shalt  not  die. 
14  Howbeit,  because  by  this  deed 
thou  hast  **  given  great  occasion  to 
the  enemies  of  Jehovah  to  blas- 
pheme, the  child  also  that  is  born 
unto  thee  shall  surely  die.  15 
And  Nathan  departed  unto  his 
house. 

And  ^Jehovah  struck  the  child 
that  Uriah's  wife  bare  unto  David, 
and  it  was  very  sick.  16  David 
therefore  besought  God  for  the 
child  ;  and  David  fasted,  and  went 
in,  and  ""lay  all  night  upon  the 
earth.  17  And  'the  elders  of  his 
house  arose,  and  stood  beside  him, 
to  raise  him  up  from  the  earth  : 
but  he  would  not,  neither  did  he 
eat  bread  with  them.     18  And  it 

>  Heb.  a  son  q/  death. 


°  1  S.  26.  It 
t>  Ex.  a  . 
"  1  K.  L'O.  42 
rf  1  S.  Iti.   '3 
«  ch.  9.  7 
/  1  8.  15.  23, 

26 
"  ch.  11.  14- 

17,  27 
A  ch.  11.  27 
'  ch.  13.  28 ; 

18. 14  ;  1  K. 

2.  25 
*ch.  16.  21, 

22 
'  ch.  11.  4-15 
'"  ch.  16.  22 
"  ch.  24.  10 ; 

1  S.  15.  24, 

31);  Lk.   IS. 

13 
"  Prov.  28. 

13;  Lev.  20. 

10 ;  24.  17  ; 

Mic.  7.  18 
P  Is.  52.  5  ; 

Rom.  2.  24 
«  1  S.  25.  38 
'"eh.  13.  31; 

Neh.  1.  4 
•  Gen.  24.  2 


«  Mt.  6.  17 


"  Is.  38.  1-3 
"  Jon.  3.  9 


"  Gen.  37.  35 
y  Job  7.  8-10 


*  1  Chr.  22.  9 


"  1  Chr.  20. 
1-3 


316 


came  to  pass  on  the  seventh  day, 
tnat  the  child  died.  And  the  ser- 
vants of  David  feared  to  tell  him 
that  the  child  was  dead ;  for  they 
said.  Behold,  while  the  child  was 
yet  alive,  we  spake  unto  him,  and 
he  hearkened  not  unto  our  voice : 
■^  how  will  he  then  vex  himself,  "if 
we  tell  him  that  the  child  is  dead  ! 
19  But  when  David  saw  that  his 
servants  were  whispering  together, 
David  perceived  that  the  child 
was  dead  ;  and  David  said  unto  his 
servants.  Is  the  child  dead  1  And 
they  said.  He  is  dead.  20  Then 
David  arose  from  the  earth,  and 
'  washed,  and  anointed  himself, 
and  changed  his  apparel ;  and  he 
came  into  the  house  of  Jehovah, 
and  worshipped  :  then  he  came 
to  his  own  house ;  and  when  he 
required,  they  set  bread  before 
him,  and  he  did  eat.  21  Then 
said  his  servants  unto  him,  What 
thing  is  this  that  thou  hast  done  1 
thou  didst  fast  and  weep  for  the 
child,  while  it  was  alive ;  but 
when  the  child  was  dead,  thou 
didst  rise  and  eat  bread.  22  And 
he  said,  While  the  child  was  yet 
alive,  "  I  fasted  and  wept :  for  I 
said,  "Who  knoweth  whether  Je- 
hovah will  not  be  gracious  to  me, 
that  the  child  may  live"?  2.3  But 
now  he  is  dead,  wherefore  should  I 
fast  1  can  I  bring  him  back  again  ? 
""I  shall  go  to  him,  but  *he  will 
not  return  to  me. 

24  And  David  comforted  Bath- 
sheba  his  wife,  and  went  in  unto 
her,  and  lay  with  her  :  and  she 
bare  a  son,  and  *^he  called  his 
name  Solomon.  And  Jehovah 
loved  him ;  25  and  he  sent  by  the 
hand  of  Nathan  the  prophet ;  and 
he  called  his  name  ^Jedidiah,  for 
Jehovah's  sake. 

26  "Now  Joab  fought  against 
Rabbah  of  the  children  of  Am- 
mon, and  took  the  royal  city. 
27  And  Joab  sent  messengers  to 
David,  and  said,  I  have  fought 
against  Kabbah  ;  yea,  I  have  taken 
the  city  of  waters.  28  Now  there 
fore  gather  the  rest  of  the  people 
together,  and  encamp  against  the 
city,  and  take  it ;  lest  I  take  the 
city,  and  ^it  be  called  after  my 
name.  29  And  David  gathered 
all  the  people  together,  and  went 

2  Or,  hnw  then  shall  we  tell  him  that  the  child  4 
dead,  so  that  he  do  himse'f  some  harm  f 
^  Another  reading  iB,  she  called. 
*  That  is,  Beloved  of  Jehovah. 
^  Heb.  mv  name  be  called  upon  it. 


12.30 


II.   SAMUEL 


13.20 


Capture  of  Rabbah,    Amnon's  Abuse  of  Tamar 


to  Kabbah,  and  fought  against  it, 
and  took  it.  30  And  he  took  the 
crown  of  Hheir  king  from  off  his 
head  ;  and  the  weight  thereof  was 
a  talent  of  gold,  and  in  it  were 
i:)recious  stones  ;  and  it  was  set  on 
David's  head.  And  he  brought 
forth  the  spoil  of  the  city,  exceed- 
ing much.  31  And  he  brought 
forth  the  people  that  were  therein, 
and  "put  them  ■^ under  saws,  and 
^  under  harrows  of  iron,  and 
^  under  axes  of  iron,  and  ^made 
them  pass  through  the  "*  brickkiln  : 
and  thus  did  he  unto  all  the  cities 
of  the  children  of  Ammon.  And 
David  and  all  the  people  returned 
unto  Jerusalem. 

•^  O  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
-L  O  this,  that  *  Absalom  the  son 
of  David  had  a  fair  sister,  whose 
name  was  "  Tamar  ;  and  '^  Amnon 
the  son  of  David  loved  her.  2  And 
Amnon  was  so  vexed  that  he  fell 
sick  because  of  his  sister  Tamar- 
for  she  was  a  virgin  ;  and  it  seemed 
hard  to  Amnon  to  do  anything 
unto  her.  3  But  Amnon  had  a 
friend,  whose  name  was  Jonadab, 
the  son  of  "Shimeah,  David's 
brother  :  and  Jonadab  was  a  very 
subtle  man.  4  And  he  said  unto 
him,  Why,  O  son  of  the  king,  art 
thou  thus  lean  ®  from  day  to  day  % 
wilt  thou  not  tell  me"?  And  Amnon 
said  unto  him,  I  love  Tamar,  my 
brother  Absalom's  sister.  5  And 
Jonadab  said  unto  him.  Lay  thee 
down  on  thy  bed,  and  feign  thy- 
self sick :  and  when  thy  father 
Cometh  -^to  see  thee,  say  unto 
him.  Let  my  sister  Tamar  come, 
I  pray  thee,  and  give  me  bread  to 
eat,  and  dress  the  food  in  my  sight, 
that  I  may  see  it,  and  eat  it  from 
her  hand.  6  So  Amnon  lay  down, 
and  feigned  himself  sick :  and 
when  the  king  was  come  to  see 
him,  Amnon  said  unto  the  king. 
Let  my  sister  Tamar  come,  I  pray 
thee,  and  'make  me  a  couple  of 
cakes  in  my  sight,  that  I  may  eat 
from  her  hand. 

7  Then  David  sent  home  to 
Tamar,  saying.  Go  now  to  thy 
brother  Amnon's  house,  and  dress 
him  food.  8  So  Tamar  went  to 
her  brother  Amnon's  house ;  and 
he  was  laid  down.  And  she  took 
dough,  and  kneaded  it,  and  made 
cakes  in  his  sight,  and  did  bake  the 

1  Or,  Malcam.    See  Zeph.  1.  5.  «  Or,  to 

3  Or,  with  a  slight  change  in  the  Hebrew  text, 
made  them  labor  at  *  Or,  brick^nould 

*  Geb.  morning  by  momrng. 


"  Heb.  11.  37 
*  ch.  3.  2,  3 ; 
1  Chr.  3.  2 
'  I  Chr.  3.  9 
<*  ch.  3.  2 
'  1  S.  IG.  9 
/  2  K.  8.  29 
"  Gen.  18.  6 


A  Gen.  4.i.  1 
'  Lev.  20.  17 

*•■  Judg.  19. 
23 ;  20.  6 


I  Gen.  20.  12 


'  Gen.  37.  3, 
23;  Judg. 


"  1  S.  4.  12  ; 

Esth.  4. 

1 ;  Jer.  2.  37 
°ch.  1.  11 ; 

Gen.  37.  29 
P  Jer.  2.  37 


cakes.  9  And  she  took  the  pan, 
and  poured  them  out  before  Him ; 
but  he  refused  to  eat.  And  Am- 
non said,  ''  Have  out  all  men  from 
me.  And  they  went  out  every 
man  from  him.  10  And  Amnon 
said  unto  Tamar,  Bring  the  food 
into  the  chamber,  that  I  may  eat 
from  thy  hand.  And  Tamar  took 
the  cakes  which  she  had  made, 
and  brought  them  into  the  cham- 
ber to  Amnon  her  brother.  11 
And  when  she  had  brought  them 
near  unto  him  to  eat,  he  took  hold 
of  her,  and  said  unto  her,  Come, 
lie  with  me,  my  sister.  12  And  she 
answered  him.  Nay,  my  brother, 
do  not  ® force  me;  for  *no  such 
thing  ought  to  be  done  in  Israel : 
do  not  thou  this  *  folly.  1 3  And  ' 
I,  whither  shall  I  carry  my  shame? 
and  as  for  thee,  thou  wilt  be  as  one 
of  the  fools  in  Isi-ael.  Now  there- 
fore, I  pray  thee,  speak  unto  the 
king  ;  for  '  he  will  not  withhold  me 
from  thee.  14  Howbeit  he  would 
not  hearken  unto  ber  voice ;  but 
being  stronger  than  she,  he  forced 
her,  and  lay  with  her. 

1 5  Then  Amnon  hated  her  with 
exceeding  great  hatred ;  for  the 
hatred  wherewith  he  liated  her 
was  greater  than  the  love  where- 
with he  had  loved  her.  And  Am- 
non said  unto  her.  Arise,  be  gone. 
16  And  she  said  unto  him,  'Not 
so,  because  this  great  wrong  in 
putting  me  forth  is  worse  than  the 
other  that  thou  didst  unto  me. 
But  he  would  not  hearken  unto 
her.  17  Then  he  called  his  ser- 
vant that  ministered  unto  him, 
and  said.  Put  now  this  woman  out 
from  me,  and  bolt  the  door  after 
her.  18  And  she  had  *™a  garment 
of  divers  colors  upon  her  ;  for  with 
such  robes  were  the  king's  daugh- 
ters that  were  virgins  apparelled. 
Then  his  servant  brought  her  out, 
and  bolted  the  door  after  her. 
19  And  "Tamar  put  ashes  on  her 
head,  and  "rent  her  garment  of 
divers  colors  that  was  on  her ;  and 
^she  laid  her  hand  on  her  head, 
and  went  her  way,  crying  aloud  as 
she  went. 

20  And  Absalom  her  brother 
said  unto  her.  Hath  ^  Amnon  thy 
brother  been  with  thee"?  but  now 
hold  thy  peace,   my  sister :  he  is 

8  Heb.  humble. 

1  Or,  Think  not  there  is  occasion  for  this  area 
wrong  in  puttina  me  forth,  which  is  worse  arc. 
8  Or,  a  lonq  aarment  with  sleeves 
*  Heb.  Aminon. 


316 


13.21 


II.   SAMUEL 


Absalom  avenges  Taniar.    Murder  or  Amnon.    Absalom  flees  to  Gesbur.    Joab  procures  Absalom's  Recall 


14.7 


thv  brother ;  take  not  this  thing 
to  neart.  80  Tamar  remained  des- 
olate "in  her  brother  Absalom's 
house.  21  But  when  king  David 
heard  of  all  these  things,  he  was 
very  wroth.  22  And  Absalom 
spake  unto  Amnon  *  neither  good 
nor  bad ;  for  Absalom  hated  Am- 
non, because  he  had  forced  his 
sister  Tamar. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
two  full  years,  that  Absalom  "had 
sheep-shearers  in  Baal-hazor,  which 
is  beside  Eijhraim :  and  Absalom 
invitedall  the  king's  sons.  24  And 
Absalom  came  to  the  king,  and 
said.  Behold  now,  thj'  servant  hath 
sheep-shearers ;  let  the  king,  I 
pray  thee,  and  his  servants  go 
with  thy  servant.  25  And  the 
king  said  to  Absalom,  Nay,  my 
son,  let  us  not  all  go,  lest  we  be 
burdensome  unto  thee.  And  he 
pressed  him :  howbeit  he  would 
not  go,  but  blessed  him.  26  Then 
^  said  Absalom,  If  not,  I  pray  thee, 
let  my  brother  Amnon  go  with  us. 
And  the  king  said  unto  him,  Why 
should  he  go  with  thee'?  27  But 
Absalom  pressed  him,  and  he  let 
Amnon  and  all  the  king's  sons  go 
with  him.  28  And  Absalom  com- 
manded his  servants,  saying,  Mark 
ye  now,  *when  Amnon's  heart  is 
merry  with  wine  ;  and  when  I  say 
unto  you.  Smite  Amnon,  then  kill 
him ;  fear  not ;  have  not  I  com- 
manded you  ?  be  courageous,  and 
be  valiant.  29  And  the  servants 
of  Absalom  did  unto  Amnon  as 
Absalom  had  commanded.  Then 
all  the  king's  sons  arose,  and  every 
man  gat  him  up  upon  •''his  mule, 
and  fled. 

30  And  it  came  to  pass,  while 
they  were  in  the  way,  that  the 
tidings  came  to  I)a^■id.  saying, 
Absalom  hath  slain  all  tlie  king's 
sons,  and  there  is  not  one  of  them 
left.  31  Then  the  king  arose,  and 
"rent  his  garments,  and  ''lay  on 
the  earth ;  and  all  his  servants 
stood  by  with  their  clothes  rent. 
,  32  And  'Jonadab,  the  son  of 
Shimeah,  David's  brother,  an- 
swered and  said.  Let  not  my  lord 
suppose  that  they  have  killed  all 
the  young  men  the  king's  sons  ; 
for  Amnon  only  is  dead:  for  by 
the  appointment  of  Absalom  this 
hath  been  determined  from  the  day 
that  he  forced  his  sister  Tamar. 
33  Now  therefore  let  not  my  lord 
the  king  *take  the  thing  to  his 


"  ch.  14.  24 
^Gen.  ai.  24 

"=  1  S.  2a.  7 

d  ch.  3.  27  ; 

11.  i:j-lf) 
*  Jufi^'.  111.  6, 

9,  22  ;  1  S. 

2.').  30-38 
/ch.  18.  9; 

1  K.  1.  33. 

38 
9ch.  1.  11 
h  ch.  12.  16 
'■  ver.  3-a 
*••  ch.  19.  19 


'  yer.  37,  38 

'"  3h.  18.  24 


"  ver.  34 
"  ch.  3.  3 
P  ch.  14.  23, 
32 

•  ver.  34 


■  ch.  12.  19- 

23 


'  ch.  13.  39 


'ch.  23.  26; 

2Chr.  11. 

6;  Am.  1. 1 
"  1  K.  20.  36- 

43 


"  ch.  12.  20 


y  1  S.  25.  23 
*  2  K.  6.  26- 

28 


"  ver.  5-21 
with  ch. 
12.  1-7 


b  Num.  as. 
19 ;  Dt.  19. 
12,  13 


heart,  to  think  that  all  the  king's 
sons  are  dead  ;  for  Amnon  only  is 
dead. 

3-1  But  'Absalom  fled.  And  "•  the 
young  man  that  kept  the  watch 
lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  looked,  and, 
behold,  there  came  much  people 
by  the  way  of  the  hill-side  behmd 
him.  35  And  Jonadab  said  unto 
the  king,  Behold,  the  king's  sons  are 
come  :  as  thy  servant  said,  so  it  is. 
36  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as 
he  had  made  an  end  of  speaking, 
that,  behold,  the  king's  sons  came, 
and  lifted  up  their  voice,  and  wept : 
and  the  king  also  and  all  his  ser- 
vants wept  ^  very  sore. 

37  But  "Absalom  fled,  and  went 
to  "Talmai  the  son  of  '^Ammihur, 
king  of  ^Geshur.  And  David 
mourned  for   his  son   every  day. 

38  *  So  Absalom  fled,  and  went  to 
Geshur,  and  was  there  three  years. 

39  And  the  soul  of  king  David 
longed  to  go  forth  unto  Absalom : 
for  ''he  was  comforted  concerning 
Amnon,  seeing  he  was  dead. 

'i  4  Now  Joab  the  son  of  Ze- 
4-"^  ruiah  perceived  that  *the 
king's  heart  was  toward  Absalom. 

2  And  Joab  sent  to  '  Tekoa,  and 
fetched  thence  a  wise  woman,  and 
said  unto  her,  1  pi'ay  thee,  "feign 
thj'self  to  be  a  mourner,  and  put 
on  mourning  appai-el,  I  pray  thef^, 
and  "anoint  not  thyself  with  oil, 
but  be  as  a  woman  that  hath  a 
long  time  mourned  for  the  dead  : 

3  and  go  in  to  the  king,  and  speak 
on  this  manner  unto  him.  So 
Joab  put  ""the  words  in  her  mouth. 

4  And  when  the  woman  of  Tekoa 
spake  to  the  king,  she  fell  on  her 
face  to  the  ground,  and  .''did  obei- 
sance, and  said,  '  Help,  O  king. 
5  And  the  king  saifl  unto  her. 
What  aileth  thee'?  And  she  an- 
swered, "  Of  a  truth  I  am  a  widow, 
and  my  husband  is  dead.  6  And 
thy  handmaid  had  two  sons,  and 
they  two  strove  together  in  the 
field,  and  there  was  none  to  part 
them,  but  the  one  smote  the  other, 
and  killed  him.  7  And,  behold, 
*  the  whole  family  is  risen  against 
thy  handmaid,  and  they  say,  De- 
liver him  that  smote  his  brother, 
that  we  may  kill  him  for  the  life 
of  his  brother  whom  he  slew,  ""and 
so  destroy  the  heir  also.  Thus  will 
they  quench  my  coal  which  is  left, 
and   will   leave    to    my   husband 

'  Heb.  irith  a  very  great  weeping. 
1  Another  reading  is,  Ammthud. 


317 


14..  s 


II.   SAMUEL 


14.30 


Joab  procores  Absalom's  Recall  to  Jernsalem.    Absalom's  Beaaty.    He  is  admitted  to  David's  Presence 


neither  name  nor  remainder  upon 
the  face  of  the  earth. 

8  And  the  king  said  unto  the 
woman,  Go  to  thy  house,  and  I 
will  give  charge  concerning  thee. 
9  And  the  woman  of  Tekoa  said 
unto  the  king.  My  lord,  O  king, 
"the  iniquity  be  on  me,  and  on  my 
father's  house ;  and  *  the  king  and 
his  throne  be  guiltless.  10  And 
the  king  said,  Whosoever  saith 
aught  unto  thee,  bring  him  to 
me,  and  he  shall  not  touch  thee 
any  more.  11  Then  said  she,  I 
pray  thee,  let  the  king  remember 
Jehovah  thy  God,  ""that  the 
avenger  of  blood  destroy  not  any 
more,  lest  they  destroy  my  son. 
And  he  said,  ''As  Jehovah  liveth, 
there  shall  not  one  hair  of  thy  son 
fall  to  the  earth. 

12  Then  the  woman  said,  Let 
thy  handmaid,  I  pray  thee,  speak 
a  word  unto  my  lord  the  king. 
And  he  said.  Say  on.  1 3  And  the 
woman  said, "  Wherefore  then  hast 
thou  devised  such  a  thing  against 
the  pe<^ple  of  God  1  for  in  speaking 
this  word  the  king  is  as  one  that  is 
guilty,  in  that  the  king  doth  not 
fetch  home  again  -^his  banished 
one.  14  For  ^  we  must  needs  die, 
and  are  ''as  water  spilt  on  the 
ground,  which  cannot  oe  gathered 
up  again ;  neither  doth  God  take 
away  life,  but  deviseth  means,  that 
he  *that  is  banished  be  not  an 
outcast  from  him.  15  Now  there- 
fore seeing  that  I  am  come  to 
speak  this  word  unto  my  lord  the 
king,  it  is  because  the  people  have 
made  me  afraid  :  and  thy  hand- 
maid said,  I  will  now  speak  unto 
the  king  ?( -  it  may  be  that  the 
king  will  perform  the  request  of 
his  servant.  16  For  the  king  will 
hear,  to  deliver  his  servant  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  man  that  would 
destroy  me  and  my  son  together 
out  of  *  the  inheritance  of  God. 
17  Then  thy  handmaid  said.  Let, 
I  pray  thee,  the  word  of  my  lord 
the  king  be  ^comfortable;  for  as 
'^'an  angel  of  God,  so  is  my  lord 
the  king  ^  to  discern  good  and  bad  : 
and  Jehovah  thy  God  be  with 
thee. 

1 8  Then  the  king  answered  and 
said  unto  the  woman.  Hide  not 
from  me,  I  pray  thee,  aught  that 
I  shall  ask  thee.  And  the  woman 
said.  Let  my  lord  the  king  now 
speak.     19  And  the  king  said.  Is 

1  Heb.  for  rtit.      «  Or,  the      3  Heb.  to  hear. 


«  Gen.  43.  9 ; 

1  S.  25.  24 
fr  1  K.  2.  33 
'  Num.  35. 

19,  21 : 

Dt.  19.  4-10 
d  1  S.  14.  45  ; 

1  K.  1.  52  ; 

Mt.  10.  30 

*  Ch.  12.  7  , 

1  K.  20.  40- 

42 
/  ch.  13.  37, 

38 
9  Job  30.  23  i 

34.  15  , 

Heb.  9.  27 

h  Ps.  58.  7 

» Num.  35. 

15,  25.  28 

*  Dt.  32.  9 ; 
1  S.  26.  19 

'  ver.  20 ; 
ch.  19.  27; 
1  S.  29.  9 


""ver 

3 

"  ver 

17 

• 

ch. 

19. 

27 

"ver 

11 

Pch. 

13. 

37, 

38 

«ch. 

13. 

20 

■  Dt.  28. 
35 ;  Job  2. 
7;  Is.  1.  6 

'  Ezek.  44. 
20 


<  ch.  18. 18 
"  ch.  13.  1 

"  ver.  24 


*  Judg.  16. 

3-6 


the  hand  of  Joab  with  thee  in  all 
this"?  And  the  woman  answered 
and  said.  As  thy  soul  liveth,  my 
lord  the  king,  none  can  turn  to 
the  right  hand  or  to  the  left  from 
aught  that  my  lord  the  king  hath 
spoken;  for  ""thy  servant  Joab, 
he  bade  me,  and  he  put  all  these 
words  in  the  mouth  of  thy  hand- 
maid ;  20  to  change  the  face  of 
the  matter  hath  thy  servant  Joab 
done  this  thing :  and  my  lord  is 
wise,  "  according  to  the  wisdom  of 
^an  angel  of  God,  to  know  all 
things  that  are  in  the  earth. 

21  And  the  king  said  unto  Joab, 
Behold  now,  ^°I  have  done  this 
thing  :  go  therefore,  bring  -  the 
young  man  Absalom  back.  22 
And  Joab  fell  to  the  ground  on 
his  face,  and  did  obeisance,  and 
blessed  the  king ;  and  Joab  said. 
To-day  thy  servant  knoweth  that 
I  have  found  favor  in  thy  sight, 
my  lord,  O  king,  in  that  the  king 
hath  performed  the  request  of 
*his  servant.  23'iSo  Joab  arose 
and  went  to  **  Geshur,  and  brought 
Absalom  to  Jerusalem.  24  And 
the  king  said.  Let  him  turn  to  "  his 
own  house,  but  let  him  not  see  my 
face.  So  Absalom  turned  to  his 
own  house,  and  saw  not  the  king's 
face. 

25  Now  in  all  Israel  there  was 
none  to  be  so  much  praised  as 
Absalom  for  his  beauty  :  ''from  the 
sole  of  his  foot  even  to  the  crown 
of  his  head  there  was  no  blemish 
in  him.  26  And  when  he  "cut  the 
hair  of  his  head  (now  it  was  at 
every  year's  end  that  he  cut  it ; 
because  it  was  heavy  on  him,  there- 
fore he  cut  it) ;  he  weighed  the 
hair  of  his  head  at  two  hundred 
shekels,  after  the  king's  weight. 
27  And  '  unto  Absalom  there  were 
born  three  sons,  and  one  daughter, 
whose  name  was  "  Tamar  :  she  was 
a  woman  of  a  fair  countenance. 

28  And  Absalom  dwelt  two  full 
years  in  Jerusalem ;  and  "  he  saw 
not  the  king's  face.  29  Then 
Absalom  sent  for  Joab,  to  send 
him  to  the  king  ;  but  he  would  not 
come  to  him  :  and  he  sent  again 
a  second  time,  but  he  would  not 
come.  30  Therefore  he  said  unto 
his  servants,  See,  *Joab's  field  is 
near  mine,  and  he  hath  barley 
there  ;  go  and  set  it  on  fire.  And 
Absalom's  servants  set  the  field  on 

*  Another  reading  is,  thou  host  done. 
'  Another  reading  is,  thj/- 


818 


14.31 


II.    SAMUEL 


15.22 


Ibsalom  sedaces  the  People.    His  Conspiracy.     David  flees  from  Jerasalem.    Ittai  goes  with  him 


fire.  31  Then  Joab  arose,  and 
came  to  Absalom  unto  his  house, 
and  said  unto  him,  Wherefoi-e  have 
thy  servants  set  my  field  on  fire? 
32  And  Absalom  answered  Joab, 
Behold,  I  sent  unto  thee,  saying. 
Come  hither,  that  1  may  send  thee 
to  the  king,  to  say,  Wherefore  am  1 
come  from  Geshurl  it  were  better 
for  me  to  be  there  still.  Now 
therefore  let  me  see  the  king's 
face;  "and  if  there  be  iniquity  in 
me,  let  him  kill  me.  33  !So  .Joab 
came  to  the  king,  and  told  him ; 
and  when  he  had  called  for  Absa- 
lom, he  came  to  the  king,  and 
bowed  himself  on  his  face  to  the 
ground  before  the  king  :  and  *  the 
king  kissed  Absalom. 
•i  pT  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
X  tJ  this,  that "  Absalom  prepared 
him  a  chariot  and  horses,  and  fifty 
men  to  run  before  him.  2  And 
Absalom  rose  up  early,  and  ''stood 
beside  the  way  of  the  gate  :  and  it 
was  so,  that,  when  any  man  had  a 
suit  which  should  come  to  the  king 
for  judgment,  then  Absalom  called 
unto  him,  and  said.  Of  what  city 
art  thou"?  And  he  said.  Thy  ser- 
vant is  of  one  of  the  tribes  of 
Israel.  3  And  Absalom  said  unto 
him,  See,  thy  matters  are  good 
and  right ;  but  there  is  no  man 
deputed  of  the  king  to  hear  thee. 
4  Absalom  said  moreover,  "Oh  that 
I  were  made  judge  in  the  land, 
that  every  man  who  hath  any  suit 
or  cause  might  come  unto  me,  and 
I  would  do  him  justice  !  5  And 
it  was  so,  that,  when  any  man 
came  nigh  to  do  him  obeisance, 
he  put  forth  his  hand,  and  took 
hold  of  him,  and  -^kissed  him. 
6  And  on  this  manner  did  Absa- 
lom to  all  Israel  that  came  to  the 
king  for  judgment :  so  Absalom 
stole  the  hearts  of  the  men  of 
Israel. 

7  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end 
of  '  forty  years,  that  Absalom  said 
unto  the  king,  I  pray  thee,  let  me 
go  and  pay  my  vow,  which  I  have 
vowed  unto  Jehovah,  in  "  Hebron. 
8  For  thy  servant  ''  vowed  a  vow 
while  I  abode  at  Geshur  in  ^  Syria, 
saying,  'If  Jehovah  shall  indeed 
bring  me  again  to  Jerusalem,  then 
I  will  ^  serve  Jehovah.  9  And  the 
king  said  unto  him,  Go  in  peace. 
So  he  arose,  and  went  to  Hebron. 
10      But     Absalom      sent     spies 

'  Accordineto  Syr.  and  some  editions  of  Sept., 
four.  *  Heb.  Aram.  s  Or,  worship 


"  1  S.  20.  8 
i>  Gen.  33.  4 ; 

Lk.  li).  20 
M  K.  1.  6 
d  ch.  19.  8  ; 

lluth  4.  1 
•  Judg.  9. 

/  cll.'  14.  33  ; 

20.  9 
0  ch.  3.  2,  3 
ft  ch.  13.  37, 

38 
'  Gen.  28.  20, 

21 


*  1  K.  1.  34  ; 

2  K.  9.  13 
'  1  S.  9.  13 
"'  1  S.  22.  15 
"  ver.  31 
".Josh.  15.61 
P  Ps.  3.  1 
1  ver.  6 ; 

Judg.  9.  3 
"■cii.  12.  11 ; 

Ps.  3.  title 


'  ch.  16.  21, 

22 


£  ch.  8.  18 


"  1  S.  23.  13  ; 
25.  13  ;  30. 
1,9 


^  1  S.  23.  13 
V  ch.  2.  6 


Ruth  1.  16, 
17 


throughout  all  the  tribes  of  Israel, 
saying,  As  soon  as  ye  hear  the 
sound  of  the  trumpet,  then  ye 
shall  say,  *  Absalom  is  king  in 
Hebron.  1 1  And  with  Absalom 
went  two  hundred  men  out  of 
Jerusalem,  '  that  were  invited,  and 
"*  went  in  their  simplicity  ;  and 
they  knew  not  anything.  12  And 
Absalom  '*sent  for  "  Ahithophel  the 
Gilonite,  David's  counsellor,  from 
his  city,  even  from  "Giloh,  while 
he  was  offering  the  sacrifices.  And 
the  conspiracy  was  strong ;  for 
^the  people  increased  continually 
with  Absalom. 

13  And  there  came  a  messenger 
to  David,  saying,  *The  hearts  of 
the  men  of  Israel  are  after  Absa- 
lom. 14  And  David  said  unto  all 
his  servants  that  were  with  him  at 
Jerusalem,  "■  Arise,  and  let  us  flee ; 
for  else  none  of  us  shall  escape  from 
Absalom  :  make  speed  to  depart, 
lest  he  overtake  us  quickly,  and 
bring  down  evil  upon  us,  and  smite 
the  city  with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

15  And  the  king's  servants  said 
unto  the  king.  Behold,  thy  ser- 
vants are  ready  to  do  whatsoever 
my    lord    the    king    shall    choose. 

16  And  the  king  went  forth,  and 
all  his  household  after  him.  And 
*  the  king  left  ten  women,  that  were 
concubines,  to  keep  the  house.  17 
And  the  king  went  forth,  and  all 
the  people  after  him ;  and  they 
tai^ried^in  Beth-merhak.  18  And 
all  his  servants  passed  on  beside 
him  :  and  'all  the  Cherethites,  and 
all  the  Pelethites,  and  all  the  Git- 
tites,  "six  hundred  men  that  came 
after  him  from  Gath,  passed  on 
before  the  king. 

19  Then  said  the  king  to  "Ittai 
the  Gittite,  Wherefore  goest  thou 
also  with  us  1  return,  and  abide  with 
the  king  :  for  thou  art  a  foreigner, 
and  also  an  exile ;  return  to  thine 
own  place.  20  Whereas  thou  cam- 
est  but  yesterday,  should  I  this  day 
make  thee  go  up  and  down  with  us, 
seeing  ^  I  go  whither  1  may  ■?  return 
thou,  and  take  back  thy  brethren  ; 
s' mercy  and  truth  be  with  thee. 
21  And  Ittai  answered  the  king, 
and  said.  'As  Jehovah  liveth,  and 
as  mv  lord  the  king  liveth,  surely 
in  what  place  my  lord  the  king 
shall  be,  whether  for  death  or  for 
life,  even  there  also  will  thy  ser- 
vant be.  22  And  David  said  to 
Ittai,  Go  and  pass  over.     And  Ittai 

*  Or,  sent  Ahithophel     '  Or,  at  the  Far  House 


319 


15.23 


II.   SAMUEL 


16.8 


Zadok,  Abiatbar,  and  Hashai  sent  back.    Ziba's  Lie  concerning  Mephiboslieth.    David  cursed  by  Shimei 


the  Gittite  passed  over,  and  all  his 
men,  and  all  the  little  ones  that 
were  with  him.  23  And  all  the 
country  wept  with  a  loud  voice, 
and  all  the  people  passed  over  :  the 
king  also  himself  passed  over  "  the 
brook  Kidron,  and  all  the  people 
passed  over,  toward  *the  way  of 
the  wilderness. 

24  And,  lo, "  Zadok  also  came,  and 
all  the  Levites  with  him,  **  bearing 
the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  God ; 
and  they  set  down  the  ark  of  God  ; 
and  *Abiathar  went  up,  until  all 
the  people  had  done  passing  out 
of  the  city.  25  And  the  king  said 
unto  Zadok,  Carry  back  the  ark  of 
God  into  the  city:  if  I  shall  find 
favor  in  the  eyes  of  Jehovah,  -^he 
will  bring  me  again,  and  show  me 
both  it,  and  "  his  habitation  :  26  but 
if  he  say  thus,  ''I  have  no  delight 
in  thee;  behold,  here  am  I,  'let 
him  do  to  me  as  seemeth  good  unto 
him.  27  The  king  said  also  unto 
Zadok  the  priest,  ^  Art  thou  not  *  a 
seer  %  return  into  the  city  in  peace, 
and  your  'two  sons  with  you, 
Ahimaaz  thy  son,  and  Jonathan 
the  son  of  Abiathar.  28  See,  I 
will  tarry  '"at  the  fords  of  the  wil- 
derness, until  there  come  word  from 
you  to  certify  me.  29  Zadok  there 
fore  and  Abiathar  carried  the  ark 
of  God  again  to  Jerusalem :  and 
they  abode  there. 

30  And  David  went  up  by  the 
ascent  of  the  mount  of  Olives,  and 
wept  as  he  went  up ;  and  he  had 
"  his  head  covered,  and  went  °  bare- 
foot :  and  all  the  people  that  were 
with  him  covered  every  man  his 
head,  and  they  went  up,  weeping 
as  they  went  up.  31  And  one 
told  David,  saying,  ^  Ahithophel  is 
among  the  conspirators  with  Absa- 
lom. And  David  said,  O  Jehovah, 
I  pray  thee,  *turn  the  counsel  of 
Ahithophel  into  foolishness.  32 
And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when 
David  was  come  to  the  top  of  the 
ascent,  ^  where  God  was  worshipped, 
behold,  Hushai  the  ''Archite  came 
to  meet  him  with  his  coat  rent, 
and  earth  upon  his  head.  33  And 
David  said  unto  him.  If  thou  pass- 
est  on  with  me,  then  thou  wilt  be 
'a  burden  unto  me  :  34  but  if  thou 
return  to  the  city,  and  *say  unto 
Absalom,  I  will  be  thy  servant,  O 
king ;  as  I  have  been  thy  father's 

1  Or,  S'-fsf  thou  ? 

2  Another  reading  is,  in  the  plai:  is. 

'  Or,  where  he  was  wont  to  worsh  ip  God 


"1  K.  15.  13, 

2  Chr.  29. 

16 
b  ver.  28 ; 

Cll.  16  2 
<^  ch  8.  17 ; 

20.  25 
d  Num.  4. 

15 ;  1  S.  4. 

4,  5 

*  1  S.  22.  20 
/  Ps.  43.  3 

"  Ex.  15.  1.^ ; 

Jer.  25,  30 
A  2  S.  11.  27  ; 

1  Chr.  21.  7 
'  1  S.  3.  18 

*  1  S.  9.  6-9 
'  ch.  17.  17 

"'  ch.  17.  16  ; 

Josh.  5.  10 
"Esth.  6. 12; 

Ezek.  24. 

17,  23 
"  Is.  20.  2-4 

P  ver.  12 
«  ch-  16.  23  ; 

17.  14,  23 
"■  Josh.  16.  2 

*  ch.  19.  35 
«  ch.  16.  19 


"  ch.  17.  15, 

16 
"  ver.  27 
*  ch.  17.  17 
y  ch.  16.  16  ; 

1  Chr.  27. 

33 
"  ch.  16.  15 
"  ch.  15.  32 
''  ch.  9.  2-13 
"  1  S.  25.  18 
<*  Judg.  10.  4 
'  ch.  17.  29 
/ch.  9.  9.  10 
"  ch.  19.  26, 

27 


'i  ch.  .3.  16 ; 
17.  18 

'■  ch.  19.  16- 
23 ;  1  K.  2. 
8,  9,  44 

fc  Ex.  22.  28  ; 
1  S.  17.  43 


'  ch.  12.  9 
^  ch.  21.  1-9 


servant  in  time  past,  so  will  I  now 
be  thy  servant ;  then  wilt  thou  de- 
feat for  me  the  counsel  of  Ahitho- 
phel. 35  And  hast  thou  not  there 
with  thee  Zadok  and  Abiathar  the 
priests  1  therefore  it  shall  be,  that 
"what  thing  soever  thou  shalthear 
out  of  the  king's  house,  thou  shalt 
tell  it  to  Zadok  and  Abiathar  the 
priests.  36  Behold,  they  have  there 
with  them  'their  two  sons,  Ahim- 
aaz, Zadok's  son,  and  Jonathan, 
Abiathar's  son ;  and  ^  by  them  ye 
shall  send  unto  me  everytliing  that 
ye  shall  hear.  37_  So  Hushai,  ^  Da- 
vid's friend,  came  into  the  city ;  and 
^  Absalom  came  into  Jerusalem. 
'i  /^  And  when  David  was  "a 
X  \J  little  past  the  top  of  the  as- 
cent, behold,  ''Ziba  the  servant  of 
Mephibosheth  met  him,  "with  a 
couple  of  asses  saddled,  and  upon 
them  two  hundred  loaves  of  bread, 
and  a  hundred  clusters  of  raisins, 
and  a  hundred  of  summerfruits,  and 
a  ■'bottle  of  wine.  2  And  the  king 
said  unto  Ziba,  What  meanest  thou 
by  these?  And  Ziba  said,  ''The 
asses  are  for  the  king's  household 
to  ride  on  :  and  the  bread  and  sum- 
mer fruit  for  the  young  men  to  eat ; 
and  the  wine,  that  ''such  as  are 
faint  in  the  wilderness  may  drink. 
3  And  the  king  said,  And  where  is 
•^  thy  master's  son  1  A  nd  ^  Ziba  said 
unto  the  king,  Behold,  he  abideth 
at  Jerusalem ;  for  he  said.  To-day 
will  the  house  of  Israel  restore  me 
the  kingdom  of  my  father.  4  Then 
said  the  king  to  Ziba,  Behold,  thine 
is  all  that  pertaineth  unto  Mephib- 
osheth. And  Ziba  said,  I  do  obei- 
sance ;  let  me  find  favor  in  thy 
sight,  my  lord,  O  king.  _ 

5  And  when  king  David  came  to 
*  Bahurim,  behold,  there  came  out 
thence  a  man  of  the  family  of  the 
house  of  Saul,  'whose  name  was 
Shimei,  the  son  of  Gera ;  he  came 
out,  and  *  cursed  still  as  he  came. 
6  And  he  cast  stones  at  David,  and 
at  all  the  servants  of  king  David : 
and  all  the  people  and  all  the 
mighty  men  were  on  his  right  hand 
and  on  his  left.  7  And  thus  said 
Shimei  when  he  cursed,  Begone, 
begone,  'thou  man  of  blood,  and 
base  fellow :  8  ™  Jehovah  hath  re- 
turned upon  thee  all  the  blood  of 
the  house  of  Saul,  in  whose  stead 
thou  hast  reigned ;  and  Jehovah 
hath  delivered  the  kingdom  into 
the  hand  of  Absalom  thy  son  ;  and, 

*  Or,  skin 


320 


16.9 


11.    SAMUEL 


17.11 


David's  Forbearance  towards  Shimei.    Hnsbai  (oines  to  Absalom.    Ahitliophcl's  Counsel  to  Absalom.    Hosliai's  Counsel 


behold,  thou  art  taken  in  thine  own 
mischief,  because  thou  art  a  man  of 
blood. 

9  Then  "  said  Abishai  the  son  of 
Zeruiah  unto  the  king.  Why  should 
*  this  dead  dog  "  curse  my  lord  the 
king  1  let  me  go  over,  I  pray  thee, 
and  take  off  his  head.  10  And  the 
king  said, ''  What  have  1  to  do  with 
you,  ye  sons  of  Zeruiah  'I  *  *-'  Because 
he  curseth,  and  because  Jehovah 
hath  said  unto  him.  Curse  David  ; 
•'^who  then  shall  say,  AVherefore 
hast  thou  done  so?  11  And  David 
said  to  Abishai,  and  to  all  his  ser- 
vants. Behold,  "  my  son,  who  came 
forth  from  my  bowels,  seeketh  my 
life  :  how  much  niore  may  this  Ben- 
jamite  now  do  iti  let  him  alone, 
and  let  him  curse ;  ''  for  Jehovah 
hath  bidden  him.  12  It  may  be 
that  Jehovah  will  look  on  the  wrong 
done  unto  me,  and  'that  Jehovah 
will  requite  me  good  iorhis  cursing 
of  me  this  day.  13  So  David  and 
his  men  went  by  the  way ;  and 
Shimei  went  along  on  the  hillside 
over  against  him,  and  cursed  as  he 
went,  and  threw  stones  "at  him, 
and  cast  dust.  14  And  the  king, 
and  all  the  people  that  were  with 
him,  came  ^  weary  ;  and  he  refreshed 
himself  there. 

15  *And  Absalom,  and  all  the 

Jeople,  the  men  of  Israel,  came  to 
erusaiem,  and  Ahithophel  with 
him.  16  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  'Hushai  the  Archite,  David's 
friend,  was  come  unto  Absalom, 
that  "'  Hushai  said  unto  Absalom, 
"  Long  live  the  king.  Long  live  the 
king.  _  17  And  Absalom  said  to 
Hushai,  Is  this  thy  kindness  to  thy 
friend]  "why  wentest  thou  not  with 
thy  friend?  18  And  Hushai  said 
unto  Absalom,  Nay  ;  but  whom  Je- 
hovah, and  this  people,  and  all  the 
men  of  Israel  have  chosen,  his  will 
I  be,  and  with  him  will  I  abide. 
19  And  again,  ^whom  should  I 
serve?  should  I  not  serve  in  the 
presence  of  his  son?  as  I  have 
served  in  thy  fathers  presence,  so 
will  I  be  in  thy  presence. 

20  Then  said  Absalom  to  Ahitho- 
phel, Give  your  counsel  what  we 
shall  do.  21  And  Ahithophel  said 
unto  Absalom,  9  Go  in  unto  thy 
father's  concubines,  that  he  hath 
left  to  keep  the  house ;  and  all 
Israel  will  hear  that  thou  art  ab- 

1  Or,  Wlien  lir  cur.irth,  and  vhmi  &c.  Another 
reading  is,  So  let  him  curse,  hecaiuse. 

2  Heo.  ooer  agaiiist.         ^  Or,  to  Ayephim 

11 


"cli 

!9. 

21; 

1  S 

21) 

8; 

Lk 

'J, 

fA 

i-ch. 

9. 

i 

<^Ex 

22 

28 

dch. 

3.  39; 

VJ. 

,i2 

«Jn. 

18 

11 

/  Rom. 

9.  20 

"Cil. 

12. 

11 

''  Oen.  45.  D  ; 

1  S 

2H 

19 

.l)t. 

23 

5; 

Rom. 

8.  28 

fccli. 

15. 

12, 

37 

'ch. 

15. 

37 

'"  cli. 

in. 

34 

"  iS 

10 

24; 

•-'K 

.  1 

.  12 

"ch. 

19. 

25 

''ch. 

15. 

34 

■^ch. 

16 

16 

••ch. 

15 

16; 

20. 

3 

'ch. 

12. 

11. 

tch. 

17 

14, 

23 

«ch. 

15 

12 

"ch. 

W 

14 

*  1  K.  22.  31 

'  ch.  16.  21 


°  Prov.  17. 
12;  Hos. 

13.  8 
b  1  S.  16.  IS 

1  Chr.  22. 


«  Josh.  2.  9- 


321 


horred  of  thy  father  :  then  will  the 
hands  of  all  that  are  with  thee  be 
strong.  22  So  they  spread  Absa- 
lom a  tent  upon  the  top  of  the 
house  ;  ""and  Aasalom  went  in  unto 
his  father's  concubines  'in  the 
sight  of  all  Israel.  23  And  'the 
counsel  of  Ahithophel,  which  he 
gave  in  those  days,  was  as  if  a  man 
inquired  at  the  ■*  oracle  of  God  :  "  so 
was  all  the  counsel  of  Ahithophel 
both  with  David  and  with  Absa- 
lom. 

-i  'T  Moreover  Ahithophel  said 
J-  •  unto  Absalom,  Let  me  now 
choose  out  twelve  thousand  men, 
and  I  will  arise  and  pursue  after 
David  this  night:  2  and  "I  will 
come  upon  him  while  he  is  weary 
and  weak-handed,  and  will  make 
him  afraid  ;  and  all  the  people  that 
are  with  him  shall  flee  ;  and  ■^  I  will 
smite  the  king  onl3^ ;  3  and  I  will 
bring  back  all  the  people  unto  thee  : 
the  man  whom  thou  seekest  is  as  if 
all  returned  :  so  all  the  people  shall 
be  in  peace.  4  And  the  saying 
pleased  Absalom  well,  and  all  the 
elders  of  Israel. 

5  Then  said  Absalom,  Call  now 
^  Hushai  the  Archite  also,  and  let 
us  hear  likewise  what  he  saith.  6 
And  when  Hushai  was  come  to 
Absalom,  Absalom  spake  unto  him, 
saying,  Ahithophel  hath  spoken 
after  this  manner  :  shall  we  do  after 
his  saying?  if  not,  speak  thou.  7 
And  Hushai  said  unto  Absalom, 
'  'The  counsel  that  Ahithophel  hath 
given  this  time  is  not  good.  8 
Hushai  said  moreover.  Thou  know- 
est  thy  father  and  his  men,  that 
they  are  mighty  men,  and  they  are 
^chafed  in  their  minds,  "as  a  bear 
robbed  of  her  whelps  in  the  field  ; 
and  thy  father  is  a  ''man  of  war, 
and  will  not  lodge  with  the  people. 
9  Behold,  he  is  hid  now  in  some 
pit,  or  in  some  other  place :  and  it 
will  come  to  pass,  "^when  some  of 
them  are  fallen  at  the  first,  that 
whosoever  heareth  it  will  say, 
There  is  a  slaughter  among  the 
people  that  follow  Absalom.  10 
And  even  he  that  is  valiant,  whose 
heart  is  as  the  heart  of  a  lion, "  will 
utterly  melt;  for  all  Israel  know- 
eth  that  thy  father  is  a  mighty 
man,  and  they  that  are  with  him 
are  valiant  men.  1 1  But  I  coun- 
sel that  all  Israel  be  gathered  to- 
gether unto  thee,  "  from  Dan  even 

<  Heb.  word.  ^  Heb.  hitter  of  scul. 

'  Or,  when  he/alkth  upon  them 


17.12 


II.   SAMUEL 


18.5 


Uasbai's  Coansel  adopted.    David  nrged  to  cross  the  Jordan.    Ahithophel's  Suicide.    Absalom  follows  David 


to  Beer-sheba,  "as  the  sand  that  is 
by  the  sea  for  multitude  ;  and  ^  that 
thou  go  to  battle  in  thine  own  per- 
son. 12  So  shall  we  come  upon 
him  in  some  place  where  he  shall 
be  found,  and  we  will  light  upon 
him  '"as  the  dew  falleth  on  the 
ground  ;  and  of  him  and  of  all  the 
men  that  are  with  him  we  will  not 
leave  so  much  as  one.  13  More- 
over, if  he  ■^  be  gotten  into  a  city, 
then  shall  all  Israel  bring  ropes  to 
that  city,  and  we  will  "^  draw  it  into 
the  river,  until  there  be  not  one 
small  stone  found  there.  14  And 
Absalom  and  all  the  men  of  Israel 
said.  The  counsel  of  Hushai  the 
Archite  is  better  than  the  counsel 
of  Ahithophel.  For ''Jehovah  had 
ordained  to  defeat  the  good  coun- 
sel of  Ahithophel,  to  the  intent 
that  Jehovah  might  bring  evil  upon 
Absalom. 

15  Then  *said  Hushai  unt9  Za- 
dok  and  to  Abiathar  the  priests, 
Thus  and  thus  did  Ahithophel 
counsel  Absalom  and  the  elders  of 
Israel ;  and  thus  and  thus  have  I 
counselled.  16  Now  therefore  send 
quickly,  and  tell  David,  saying, 
■'  Lodge  not  this  night  ^  at  the  fords 
of  the  wilderness,  but  by  all  means 
pass  over ;  lest  the  king  be  swal- 
lowed up,  and  all  the  people  that 
are  with  him.  17*"  Now  Jonathan 
and  Ahimaaz  were  staying  by'^En- 
rogel ;  and  a  maid-servant  used  to 
go  and  tell  them ;  and  they  went 
and  told  king  David :  for  they 
might  not  be  seen  to  come  into  the 
city.  18  But  a  lad  saw  them,  and 
told  Absalom  :  and  they  went  both 
of  them  away  quickly,  and  came  to 
the  house  of  a  man  *  in  Bahurim, 
who  had  a  well  in  his  court ;  and 
they  went  down  thither.  19  And 
*  the  woman  took  and  spread  the 
covering  over  the  well's  mouth,  and 
strewed  bruised  grain  thereon  ;  and 
nothing  was  known.  20  And  Ab- 
salom's servants  came  to  the  woman 
to  the  house  ;  and  they  said,  Where 
are  Ahimaaz  and  Jonathan  1  And 
'  the  woman  said  unto  them.  They 
are  gone  over  the  brook  of  water. 
And  when  they  had  sought  and 
could  not  find  them,  they  returned 
to  Jerusalem. 

21   And  it  came  to  pass,   after 

1  Or,  that  thy  presence  (Heb.  /ac)  go  to  the 
battle  2  Or,  withdraw  himself 

3  Another  reading  is,  in  the  plains. 

■*  Or,  Now  Jonathan  and  Ahimaaz  are  staying 
by  Knrogd  ;  so  let  the  maid^servant  go  and  tell 
them,  and  let  them,  go  and  tell  king  David ;  for 
th«y  may  not  be  seen  to  come  into  the  city 


"  Gen.  22. 

17 ;  1  S. 

13.  6 
b  Ps.  110.  3 ; 

Mic.  6.  7 
"  Mic.  1.  6 
d  ch.  15.  31. 

34 
•  ch.  16.  35, 

36 
/  ch.  15,  23 
^  ch.  16.  27, 

36 
''  Josh.  15. 

7  ;  IS.  16 
« ch.  3. 16 ; 

10.  A 
*:  Josh.  2.  4-6 
'  Lev.  19.11; 

Josh.  2.  3- 

5 ;  1  S.  19. 

12-17 


"  ver.  15,  16 
"  ch.  15.  12 
"  2  K.  20.  1 
P  Mt.  27.  5 
«  ch.  2.  8 ; 
Gen.  32.  2, 

10 


"  ch.  19.  13 ; 
20.  9-12 ; 
1  K.  2.  6, 


'  1  Chr.  2. 
13,  16 


<ch.  10.  1,  2; 

1  S.  11.  1 
"  ch.  12.  26, 

29 
"ch.  9.  4 
^  ch.  19.  31- 

40 ;  1  K. 

2.7 


"  ch.  16.  2, 14 


'  Ex.  18.  25  ; 

Num.  31. 

14 ;  1  S. 

22.  7 
'  Judg.  7. 

16 ;  1  S.  11. 

11 


»  ch.  16.  19- 

22 


322 


they  were  departed,  that  they  came 
up  out  of  the  well,  and  went  and 
told  king  David ;  and  they  said 
unto  David,  "'Arise  ye,  and  pass 
quickly  over  the  water ;  for  thus 
hath  Ahithophel  counselled  against 
you.  22  Then  David  arose,  and  all 
the  people  that  were  with  him,  and 
they  passed  over  the  Jordan :  by 
the  morning  light  there  lacked  not 
one  of  them  that  was  not  gone  over 
the  Jordan.  23  And  when  Ahitho- 
phel saw  that  his  counsel  was  not 
followed,  he  saddled  his  ass,  and 
arose,  and  gat  him  home,  unto  "  his 
city,  and  "set  his  house  in  order, 
and  ^hanged  hirnself  ;  and  he  died, 
and  was  buried  in  the  sepulchre  of 
his  father. 

24  Then  David  came  to  '  Maha- 
naim.  And  Absalom  passed  over 
the  Jordan,  he  and  all  the  men  of 
Israel  with  him.  25  And  Absalom 
set  '■  Amasa  over  the  host  instead  of 
Joab.  Now  Amasa  was  the  son  of 
a  man,  whose  name  was  ®  Ithra  the 
Israelite,  that  went  in  to  ®Abigal 
the  daughter  of  'Nahash,  sister  to 
Zeruiah,  Joab's  mother.  26  And 
Israel  and  Absalom  encamped  in 
the  land  of  Gilead. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
David  was  come  to  Mahanaim, 
that  'Shobi  the  son  of  Nahash  of 
"Rabbah  of  the  children  of  Am- 
mon,  and  ^'Machir  the  son  of 
Ammiel  of  Lo-debar,  and  ^  Bar 
zillai  the  Gileadite  of  Rogelim, 
28  brought  beds,  and  basins,  and 
earthen  vessels,  and  wheat,  and 
barley,  and  meal,  and  parched 
grain,  and  beans,  and  lentils,  and 
parched  jndse,  29  and  honey,  and 
butter,  and  .sheep,  and  cheese  of  the 
herd,  for  David,  and  for  the  people 
that  were  with  him,  to  eat :  for 
they  said.  The  people  are  hungry, 
and  weary,  and  tnirsty,  *in  the 
wilderness. 

'I  O  And  David  numbered  the 
JL  O  people  that  were  with  him, 
and  ^set  captains  of  thousands  and 
captains  of  Hundreds  over  them.  2 
And  David  sent  forth  the  neople,  "  a 
third  part  under  the  hand  of  Joab, 
and  a  third  part  under  the  hand  of 
Abishai  the  son  of  Zeruiah,  Joab's 
brother,  and  a  third  part  under  the 
hand  of  *Ittai  the  Gittite.  And 
the  king  said  unto  the  people,  I 
will  surely  go  forth  with  you  my- 
self also.     3  But  the  people  said, 

'  In  1  Chr.  2.  17,  Jether  th'>  Ishmaehte. 
6  In  1  Chr.  2. 16, 17.  Abigail. 


18.4 


II.   SAMUEL 


18.25 


bdvid's  Army  defeats  Ibsalom's.    Absalom  slain  by  Joab.    Messengers  sent  to  David 


"  Thou  shalt  not  go  forth :  for  if  we 
tlee  away,  they  will  not  care  for  us  ; 
neither  it  half  of  us  die,  will  they 
care  for  us :  ^  but  thou  art  worth 
ten  thousand  of  us ;  therefore  now 
it  is  better  that  thou  be  ready  to 
succor  us  out  of  the  city.  4  And 
the  king  said  unto  them,  What 
seemeth  you  best  I  will  do.  And 
*the  king  stood  by  the  gate-side, 
and  all  the  people  Avent  out  by 
hundreds  and  by  thousands,  o 
And  the  king  commanded  Joab  and 
Abishai  and  ittai,  saying.  Deal 
gently  for  my  sake  with  the  young 
man,  even  with  Absalom.  And 
■"all  the  people  heard  when  the 
king  gave  all  the  captains  charge 
concerning  Absalom. 

6  So  the  people  went  out  into  the 
field  against  Isi-ael :  and  the  battle 
was  in  ''the  forest  of  Ephraim.  7 
And  the  people  of  Israel  were 
smitten  there  before  the  servants 
of  David,  and  there  was  a  great 
slaughter  there  that  day  of  twenty 
thousand  men.  8  For  the  battle 
was  there  spread  over  the  face  of 
all  the  country  ;  and  the  forest  de- 
voured more  people  that  day  than 
the  sword  devoured. 

9  And  Absalom  chanced  to  meet 
the  servants  of  David.  And  Absa- 
lom was  riding  upon  his  mule,  and 
the  mule  went  under  the  thick 
boughs  of  a  great  "oak,  and  ''his 
head  caught  hold  of  the  oak,  and 
he  was  taken  up  between  heaven 
and  earth  ;  and  the  mule  that  was 
under  him  went  on.  10  And  a 
certain  man  saw  it,  and  told  Joab, 
and  said.  Behold,  I  saw  Absalom 
hanging  in  an  oak.  11  And  Joab 
said  unto  the  man  that  told  him. 
And,  behold,  thou  sawest  it,  and 
why  didst  thou  not  smite  him  there 
to  the  ground  1  and  I  would  have 
given  thee  ten  pieces  of  silver,  and 
a  girdle.  12  And  the  man  said 
unto  Joab,  Though  I  should  receive 
a  thousand  2^'>c(-'<^-'^  of  silver  in  my 
hand,  yet  would  I  not  put  forth  my 
hand  against  the  king's  son  :  for 
■''in  our  hearing  the  king  charged 
thee  and  Abishai  and  Ittai,  sajnng, 
^  Beware  that  none  touch  the  j'oung 
man  Absalom.  13  Otherwise  if  I 
had  dealt  falsely  against  ^his  life 
(and  ^  there  is  no  matter  hid  from 
the  king),  then  thou  thyself  would- 

1  So  Vulg.  and  some  editions  of  Sept.  The 
Hebrew  text  has, /or  now  are  there  ten  thousand 
tuch  as  ire.  -  Or,  terebinth 

3  Heb.  Have  a  care,  whosoever  ye  be,  of  &c. 

«  Another  reading  is,  my. 


"ch.  21.  17 
f"  ver.  24 
'  ver.  12 
d  ch.  17.  20  ; 

Josh.  17. 

16,  18 
'  ch.  H.  26 
/ver.  6 
"  ch.  14.  19, 


ft  ch.  14.  30 
'  ch.  2.  28  ; 
2U.  22 


fc  Dt.  21. 

20,  21 ; 

Josh.  7.  26 ; 

8.  29 
'  ch.  19.  8  ; 

20.  1,  22 
"^  1  S.  15.  12 
"  Gen.  14.  17 
"  ch.  14.  27 


P  ch.  16.  36 
9  ver.  31 


•  ch.  19.  8 
<  ch.  n.  .14  ; 
2  K.  9.  17 


323 


e.st  have  set  thyself  against  me.  1 4 
Then  said  Joab,  I  may  not  tarry 
thus  with  thee.  "  And  he  took  three 
Marts  in  his  hand,  and  thrust  them 
through  the  heart  of  Absalom,  while 
he  was  yet  alive  in  the  midst  of  the 
oak.  15  And  ten  young  men  that 
bare  Joab's  armor  compassed  about 
and  smote  Absalom,  and  slew  him. 

16  And  'Joab  blew  the  trumpet, 
and  the  people  returned  from  pur- 
suing after  Israel ;  for  Joab  ^held 
back  the  people.  17  And  they 
took  Ab.salom,  and  cast  him  into 
the  great  pit  in  the  forest,  and 
*  raised  over  him  a  very  great  heap 
of  stones  :  and  'all  Israel  tied  every 
one  to  his  tent.  18  Now  Absalom 
in  his  lifetime  had  taken  and 
'"reared  up  for  himself  the  pillar, 
which  is  in  "the  king's  dale  ;  for  he 
said,  °  I  have  no  son  to  keep  my 
name  in  remembrance :  and  he 
called  the  pillar  after  his  own  name ; 
and  it  is  called  Absalom's  monu- 
ment, unto  this  day. 

19  Then  .said  ^Ahimaaz  the  son 
of  Zadok,  Let  me  now  run,  and 
bear  the  king  tidings,  *how  that 
Jehovah  hath  ''avenged  him  of  his 
enemies.  20  And  Joab  said  unto 
him.  Thou  shalt  not  be  the  bearer 
of  tidings  this  day,  but  thou  shalt 
bear  tidings  another  day  ;  but  this 
day  thou  shalt  bear  no  tidings,  be- 
cause the  king's  son  is  dead.  21 
Then  said  Joab  to  the  Cushite,  Go, 
tell  the  king  Avhat  thou  hast  seen. 
And  the  Cushite  bowed  himself 
unto  .Joab,  and  ran.  22  Then  said 
Ahimaaz  the  son  of  Zadok  yet  again 
to  Joab,  But  come  what  may,  let 
me,  I  pray  thee,  also  run  after  the 
Cushite.  And  Joab  said.  Where- 
fore wilt  thou  run,  my  son,  seeing 
that  *■  thou  '^  wilt  have  no  rewai'd 
for  the  tidings  %  23  But  come  what 
may,  said  he,  I  will  run.  And  he 
said  unto  him.  Run.  Then  Ahim- 
aaz ran  by  the  way  of  the  Plain, 
and  outran  the  Cushite. 

24  Now  'David  was  sitting  be- 
tween the  two  gates  :  and  '  the 
watchman  went  up  to  the  roof  of 
the  gate  unto  the  wall,  and  lifted, 
up  his  eyes,  and  looked,  and,  be- 
hold, a  man  running  alone.  2.5 
And  the  watchman  cried,  and  told 
the  king.  And  the  king  said.  If  he 
be  alone,  there  is  tidings  in  his 
mouth.    And  he  came  apace,  and 

'  Heb.  staves.  «  Or,  spared 

?  Heb.  judged  him  from  the  hand  Sie. 
8  Ur,  hast  no  sufficient  tidings 


18.26 


II.   SAMUEL 


19.15 


Absalom's  Death  reported  to  David.    Da\id's  Lamentation.    Joab  reproves  him  Tor  it.    David  brought  back 


drew  near.  26  And  the  watchman 
saw  another  man  running  ;  and  the 
watchman  called  unto  the  porter, 
and  said.  Behold,  another  man  run- 
ning alone.  And  the  king  said,  He 
also  bringeth  tidings.  27  And  the 
watchman  said,  I  think  the  run- 
ning of  the  foremost  "is  like  the 
running  of  Ahimaaz  the  son  of 
Zadok.  And  the  king  said,  ''  Ho  is 
a  good  man,  and  cometh  with  good 
tidings. 

28  And  Ahimaaz  called,  and  said 
unto  the  king,  ^AU  is  well.  And 
-he  bowed  himself  before  the  king 
with  his  face  to  the  earth,  and  said, 
•*  Blessed  be  Jehovah  thy  God,  who 
hath  delivered  up  the  men  that 
lifted  up  their  hand  against  my 
lord  the  king.  29  And  the  king 
said,  '^"Is  it  well  with  the  5'oung 
man  Absalom?  And  Ahimaaz  an- 
swered. When  Joab  sent  the  king's 
servant,  ^even  me  thy  servant,  I 
saw  a  great  tumult,  but  -^I  knew 
not  what  it  was.  30  And  the  king 
said,  Turn  aside,  and  stand  here. 
And  he  turned  aside,  and  stood 
still. 

31  And,  behojd,  the  Cushite 
came ;  and  the  Cushite  said.  Ti- 
dings for  my  lord  the  king ;  for 
Jehovah  hath  avenged  thee  this 
day  of  all  them  that  rose  up  against 
thee.  32  And  the  king  said  unto 
the  Cushite,  ''Is  it  well  with  the 
young  man  Absalom?  And  the 
Cushite  answered,  'The  enemies  of 
my  lord  the  king,  and  all  that  rise 
up  against  thee  to  do  thee  hurt,  be 
as  that  young  man  is.  *  33  And  the 
king  was  much  moved,  and  went 
up  to  the  chamber  over  the  gate, 
and  wept :  and  as  he  went,  thus  he 
said,  *  O  my  son  Absalom,  my  son, 
my  son  Absalom  !  '  would  I  had 
died  for  thee,  O  Absalom,  my  son, 
my  son  ! 

-^  (\  And  it  was  told  Joab,  Be- 
X.\j  hold,  "*  the  king  weepeth  and 
mourneth  for  Absalom.  2  And 
the  ^victory  that  day  was  turned 
into  mourning  unto  all  the  people  ; 
for  the  people  heard  say  that  day, 
The  king  grieveth  for  his  son.  3 
And  the  people  gat  them  by  stealth 
that  day  into  the  city,  as  people 
that  are  ashamed  steal  away  when 
they  flee  in  battle.  4  And  the  king 
"covered  his  face,  and  the  king 
cried  with  a  loud  voice,  "  O  my  son 
Absalom,  O  Absalom,  my  son,  my 

1  Heb.  Peace.     *  Heb.  Is  there  peace  with  &c.  ? 
8  Or,  and  *  Heb.  salvation. 


"  2  K.  9.  20 
f-  1  K.  1.  42 
''cli.  14.  4  ; 

1  S.  -'.5.  23 
d  1  S.  17.  46 
•■  ch.  20.  'J  ; 

2  K.  4.  26 
/ver.  22 

'•'  ver.  19 ; 

Juds.  5.  31 
''  ver.  29 
'  1  S.  2.j.  26 
k  ch.  19.  4 
'  Ex.  32.  32  ; 

Rom.  9.  3 
'"  ch.  18.  5,  I, 
"  ch.  1.5.  30 
"  ch.  18.  33 


Pch. 

18. 

l.i. 

24 

2; 

9ch. 

18. 

17 

-■ch. 

8. 

-14 

'ch 

8.  1 

o. 

20; 

(ch. 

15. 

14 

*[Ch.  19 
Heb.] 

I  in 

"ch 

15. 

29 

'  ch.  5.  1 


^  ch.  17.  25 
y  1  K.  19.  2 


•  ver.  .5-7  ; 
ch.  3.  27-3 


324 


son !  5  And  Joab  came  into  the 
house  to  the  king,  and  said.  Thou 
hast  shamed  this  day  the  faces  of 
all  thy  servants,  who  this  day  have 
saved  thy  life,  and  the  lives  of  thy 
sons  and  of  thy  daughters,  and  the 
lives  of  thy  wives,  and  the  lives  of 
thy  concubines ;  0  in  that  thou 
lovest  them  that  hate  thee,  and 
hatest  them  that  love  thee.  For 
thou  hast  declared  this  day,  that 
princes  and  servants  are  nougiit 
unto  thee  :  for  this  day  1  perceive, 
that  if  Absalom  had  lived,  and  all 
we  had  died  this  day,  then  it  had 
pleased  thee  well.  7  Now  tliere- 
fore  ai-ise,  go  forth,  and  speak  com- 
fortably unto  thy  servants ;  for  I 
swear  by  Jehovah,  if  thou  go  not 
forth,  there  will  not  tarry  a  man 
with  thee  this  night :  and  that  will 
be  worse  unto  thee  than  all  the  evil 
that  hath  befallen  thee  from  thy 
youth  until  now.  8  Then  the  king 
arose,  and  sat  in  the  gate.  And 
they  told  unto  all  the  people,  say- 
ing. Behold,  the  king  is  ^sitting  in 
the  gate  :  and  all  the  people  came 
before  the  king. 

Now  ''  Israel  had  fled  every  man 
to  his  tent.  9  And  all  the  people 
were  at  strife  throughout  all  the 
tribes  of  Israel,  saying,  '"The  king 
delivered  us  out  of  the  hand  of  our 
enemies,  and  'he  saved  us  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  Philistines ;  and 
now  'he  is  fled  out  of  the  land  from 
Absalom.  10  And  Absalom,  whom 
we  anointed  over  us,  is  dead  in  bat- 
tle. Now  therefore  why  speak  ye 
not  a  word  of  bringing  the  king 
back  1 

11  And  "king  David  sent  to 
Zadok  and  to  Abiathar  the  priests, 
saying.  Speak  unto  the  elders  of 
Judah,  saying,  Why  are  ye  the 
last  to  bring  the  king  back  to  his 
house?  seeing  the  speech  of  all 
Israel  is  come  to  the  king,  to  bring 
him  to  his  house.  12  Ye  are  my 
brethren,  'ye  are  my  bone  and  my 
flesh :  wherefore  then  are  ye  the 
last  to  bring  back  the  king?  13 
And  -^say  ye  to  Amasa,  Art  thou 
not  my  bone  and  my  flesh?  ^God 
do  so  to  me,  and  more  also,  if  thou 
be  not  'captain  of  the  host  before 
me  continually  "  in  the  room  of 
Joab.  1 4  And  he  bowed  the  hea it 
of  all  the  men  of  .Judah,  even  ''a.s 
the  heart  of  one  man  ;  so  that  thpy 
sent  unto  the  king,  aaj/ing,  Eeturn 
thou,  and  all  thy  servants.  15  So 
the  king  returned,  and  came  to  the 


19.16 


II.    SAMUEL 


19.  3S 


Shimci's  Coufessiou,    lie  is  spared.    David's  Interview  with  9Iephiboslietli,  and  witb  Barzillai 


Jordan.  And  Judah  came  to  "Gil- 
gal,  to  go  to  meet  the  king,  to 
bring  the  king  over  the  Jordan. 

16  And  *8himei  the  son  of  Gera, 
tlie  l^enjamite,  who  was  of  Bahu- 
rini,  hasted  and  came  down  with 
the  men  of  Judah  to  meet  king 
1  )avid.  1 7  And  tiiere  were  a  thou- 
sand men  of  Benjamin  with  him, 
and  ''Ziba  the  servant  of  the  liouse 
of  Saul,  and  his  fifteen  sons  and  his 
twenty  servants  with  him ;  and 
they  M'ent  through  tlie  Jordan  in 
tlie  presence  of  the  king.  18  And 
tliere  went  over  ^a  ferry-boat  to 
bring  over  the  king's  household, 
and  to  do  what  he  thought  good. 
And  Shimei  the  son  of  Gera  fell 
down  before  the  king,  when  he 
-  was  come  over  the  Jordan.  1 9 
A.nd  he  said  unto  the  king,  ''Let 
not  my  lord  impute  iniquity  unto 
me,  neither  do  thou  remember  that 
wiiich  thy  servant  did  perversely 
the  day  that  my  lord  the  king  went 
out  of  Jerusalem,  that  the  king 
should  take  it  to  his  heart.  20  For 
thy  servant  doth  know  that  I  have 
sinned :  therefore,  behold,  I  am 
come  this  day  "  the  first  of  all  the 
house  of  Joseph  to  go  down  to  meet 
my  lord  the  king. 

21  But  Abishai  the  son  of  Zeru- 
ia.h  answered  and  said,  •'Shall  not 
Shimei  be  put  to  death  for  this, 
''because  he  cursed  Jehovah's 
anointed  1  22  And  David  said, 
''  What  have  I  to  do  with  you,  ye 
sons  of  Zeruiah,  that  ye  should  this 
day  be  adversaries  unto  me"?  'shall 
tliere  any  man  be  put  to  death  this 
day  in  Israel  ?  for  do  not  I  know 
that  I  am  this  da5'  king  over  Israel  ? 
23  And  the  king  said  unto  Shimei, 
*  Thou  shalt  not  die.  And  the  king 
sware  unto  him. 

24  And  '  Mephibosheth  the  son 
of  Saul  came  down  to  meet  the 
king  ;  and  '"he  had  neither  dressed 
his  feet,  nor  trimmed  his  bearfl, 
nor  "washed  his  clothes,  from  the 
day  the  king  departed  until  the 
day  he  came  home  in  peace.  25 
Antl  it  came  to  pass,  ^  when  he  was 
come  to  Jerusalem  to  meet  the 
king,  that  the  king  said  unto  him, 
"  Wherefore  wentest  not  thou  with 
me,  IMephibosheth?  26  And  he 
answered.  My  lord,  O  king,  my 
servant  deceived  me :  for  thy  ser- 
vant said,  I  will  saddle  me  an  ass, 
that  I  may  ride  thereon,  and  go 

•  Or,  Ihe  cnvvoy  -  Or,  irciihl  go  (yver 

*  Or,  when  Jerusalem  wa^  come 


"  Josh.  5.  9  ; 

1  S.  11.  14, 

15 
b  ch.  16.  5- 

13  ;  1  K.  2. 

8 
"  ver.  26,  27  i 

ch.  10.  1-4 
d  ch.  10.  0-S  ; 

1  S.  22.  15 
•■  ch.  16.  6 
Jch.  16.  7,  8 
!'  Ex.  22.  28 
''  ch.  3.  39 ; 

10.  9,  10 
11  S.  U.  13 
*••  1  K.  2.  8 
'  ch.  9.  0-10 
'"  ch.  12.  20 
"  Ex.  19.  10 
"  ch.  16.  17 


'•  ch.  9.  3 
4  ch.  10.  3,  4 
"■  ch.  14.  17, 

20 
'  ch.  21.  6-0 
«  ch.  9.  7,  10, 


"  ch.  17.  27- 
29 ;  1  K. 

2.7 


'  Gen.  47.  8 


y  Eccl.  2.  8  ; 

Is.  5.  11,  12 
'  ch.  15.  33 


'  ver.  40 ; 
1  K.  2.  7  ; 
Jer.  41.  17 


325 


^  with  the  king  ;  p  because  thy  ser 
vant  is  lame.  27  And  "he  hath 
slandered  thy  servant  unto  my 
lord  the  king;  but  my  lord  the 
king  is  ""as  *an  angel  of  God  :  do 
therefore  what  is  good  in  thine 
eyes.  28  For  'all  my  father's 
house  were  but  ^dead  men  before 
my  lord  the  king  ;  '  yet  didst  thou 
set  thy  servant  among  them  that 
did  eat  at  thine  own  table,  ^^'hat 
right  therefore  have  1  yet  that  I 
should  crj'  any  more  unto  the  king  1 
29  And  the  king  said  unto  him. 
Why  speakest  thou  any  more  of 
thy  matters'?  I  say.  Thou  and 
Ziba  divide  the  land.  30  And 
Mephibosheth  said  unto  the  king, 
Yea,  let  him  take  all,  forasmuch 
as  my  lord  the  king  is  come  in 
peace  unto  his  own  house. 

31  And  "Barzillai  the  Gileadite 
came  down  from  Rogelim  ;  and  he 
went  over  the  Jordan  with  the 
king,  to  conduct  him  over  the 
Jordan.  32  Now  Barzillai  was 
a  very  aged  man,  even  fourscore 
years  old :  and  he  had  provided 
the  king  with  sustenance  while  he 
lay  at  Mahanaim  :  for  he  was  a 
very  great  man.  33  And  the  king 
said  unto  Barzillai,  Come  thou 
over  with  me,  and  I  will  sustain 
thee  with  me  in  Jerusalem.  34  And 
Barzillai  said  unto  the  king,  "  How 
many  are  the  days  of  the  j-ears  of 
my  life,  that  I  should  go  up  with 
thekingunto  Jerusalem  I  35  lam 
this  day  ^  foui'score  years  old:  can 
I  discern  between  good  and  bad  1 
can  thy  servant  taste  what  I  eat 
or  what  I  drink  1  can  I  hear  any 
more  *the  voice  of  singing  men 
and  singing  Avomen*?  'wherefore 
then  should  thy  servant  be  yet  a 
burden  unto  my  lord    the    king? 

36  Thy  servant  would  but  just 
go  over  the  Jordan  with  the  king  : 
and  why  should  the  king  recom- 
pense it  me  with  such  a  reward  1 

37  Let  thy  servant,  I  pray  thee, 
turn  back  again,  that  I  may  die 
in  mine  own  city,  by  the  grave 
of  my  father  and  my  mother.  But; 
behold,  thy  servant  "Cliimham; 
let  him  go  over  with  my  lord  the 
king ;  and  do  to  him  what  shall 
seem  good  unto  thee.  38  And 
the  king  answered,  Chimham  shall 
gp  over  with  me,  and  I  will  do  to 
him  that  which  shall  seem  good 
unto  thee :    and  whatsoever  thou 

<  Another  reading  is,  to.  s  Or,  the 

6  Heb.  men  of  death. 


19.39 


n.   SAMUEL 


20.15 


Jealousy  between  Israel  and  Jndah.    Sheba's  Rebellion.    Joab  ninrders  Amasa,  and  pnrsaes  Sheba 


shalt  ^  require  of  me,  that  will  I 
do  for  thee.  39  And  all  the  people 
went  over  the  Jordan,  and  the 
king  went  over :  and  the  king 
"  kissed  Barzillai,  and  blessed  him  ; 
and  he  returned  unto  his  own 
place. 

40  So  the  king  went  over  to  Gil- 
gal,  and  Chimham  went  over  with 
him :  and  all  the  people  of  Judah 
brought  the  king  over,  and  also 
*  half  the  people  of  Israel.  41  And, 
behold,  all  the  men  of  Israel  came 
to  the  king,  and  said  unto  the  king, 
"  Why  have  our  brethren  ''the  men 
of  Judah  stolen  thee  away,  and 
brought  the  king,  and  his  house- 
hold, over  the  Jordan,  and  all 
David's  men  with  him"?  42  And 
all  the  men  of  Judah  answered  the 
men  of  Israel,  Because  "the  king 
is  near  of  kin  to  us  :  wherefore 
then  are  ye  angry  for  this  matter '? 
have  we  eaten  at  all  at  the  king's 
cost?  or  hath  he  given  us  any  gift? 
43  And  the  men  of  Israel  answered 
the  men  of  Judah,  and  s^id,  ^  We 
have  ten  parts  in  the  king,  and  we 
have  also  more  right  in  David  than 
ye :  why  then  did  ye  despise  us, 
"that our  advice  should  not  be  first 
had  in  bringing  back  our  king? 
And  the  words  of  the  men  of  Judah 
were  fiercer  than  the  words  of  the 
men  of  Israel. 

iy  r\  And  there  happened  to  be 
^\J  ''there  a  base  fellow,  Avhose 
name  was  Sheba,  the  son  of  *  Bichri, 
a  Benjamite :  and  he  blew  the 
trumpet,  and  said,  *We  have  no 
portion  in  David,  neither  have  we 
inheritance  in  *  the  son  of  Jesse : 
'  every  man  to  his  tents,  O  Israel. 
2  So  all  the  men  of  Israel  went  up 
from  following  David,  and  followed 
Sheba  the  son  of  Bichri ;  but  the 
men  of  Judah  clave  unto  their  king, 
from  the  Jordan  even  to  Jeru- 
salem. 

3  And  David  came  to  his  house 
at  Jerusalem  ;  and  ™  the  king  took 
the  ten  women  his  concubines, 
whom  he  had  left  to  keep  the 
house,  and  put  them  in  ward,  and 

Erovided  them  with  sustenance, 
ut  went  not  in  unto  them.  So 
they  were  shut  up  unto  the  day 
of  their  death,  ^living  in  widow- 
hood. 

4  Then  said  the  king  to  "  Amasa, 
Call  me  the  men  of  Judah  together 

1  Heb.  choose  to  lay  npon. 

2  Or,  and  were  we  not  the  first  to  speak  of  bring- 
ing back  our  king  f 

3  Heb.  in  widowhood  of  life. 


"  ch.  14.  33 ; 

Gen.  31. 

65 ;  Ruth 

1.  u 
i>  ver.  9,  10 
"  Judg.  8.  1 ; 

12.  1 
d  ver.  11,  12 
^  ver.  12 
/  ch.  5.  1 ; 

1  K.  11.  30, 

31 
"  ch.  16.  7 
A  Gen.  46.  21 
i  ch.  19.  43 ; 

1  K.  12.  16 
k  1  S.  22.  7-9 
'  ch.  18.  17  ; 

1  S.  13.  2  ; 

2  Chr.  10. 
16 

'"  ch.  15.  16 ; 

16.  21,  22 
"  ch.  17.  25  ; 

19.  13 


"  1  S.  13.  8 
P  ch.  21.  17 
«  ch.  11.  11 ; 

1  K.  1.  33 
*"  ch.  8.  18 ; 

1  K.  1.  38 
'ch.  15.  18 
'  ch.  2.  13 ; 

3.30 
"  Mt.  26.  49 


"  ch.  2.  23 J 
3.  27  ;  1  K. 
2.6 


'^  ver.  13 


*  Num.  21. 
16 


'  1  K.  15.  20 ; 

2  K.  15.  29 
"  2  K.  19.  32  ; 

Ezek.  4.  2 


326 


within  three  days,  and  be  thou 
here  present.  5  So  Amasa  went 
to  call  the  men  of  Judah  together  ; 
but  he  "  tarried  longer  than  the  set 
time  which  he  had  appointed  him. 
6  And  David  said  to  ^Abishai, 
Now  will  Sheba  the  son  of  Bichri 
do  us  more  harm  than  did  Absalom : 
^take  thou  thj^  lord's  servants,  and 
pursue  after  him,  lest  he  get  him 
fortified  cities,  and  escape  out  of 
our  sight.  7  And  there  went  out 
after  him  Joab's  men,  and  ''  the 
Cherethites  and  the  Pelethites, 
and  *  all  the  mighty  men ;  and 
they  went  out  of  Jerusalem,  to 
pursue  after  Sheba  the  son  of 
Bichri.  8  When  they  were  at  the 
great  stone  which  is  in  'Gibeon, 
Amasa  came  to  meet  them. 
And  Joab  was  girded  with  his 
apparel  of  war  that  he  had  put  on, 
and  thereon  was  a  girdle  with  a 
sword  fastened  upon  his  loins  in 
the  sheath  thereof  ;  and  as  he  went 
forth  it  fell  out.  9  And  Joab  said 
to  Amasa,  Is  it  well  with  thee,  my 
brother?  And  "Joab  took  Amasa 
by  the  beard  with  his  right  hand 
to  kiss  him.  10  But  Amasa  took 
no  heed  to  the  sword  that  was  in 
Joab's  hand :  so  *'  he  smote  him 
therewith  in  the  body,  and  shed 
out  his  bowels  to  the  ground,  and 
struck  him  not  again ;  and  he 
died. 

And  Joab  and  Abishai  his  brother 
pursued  after  Sheba  the  son  of 
Bichri.  11  And  there  stood  by 
him  one  of  Joab's  young  men,  and 
said.  He  that  favoreth  Joab,  and 
he  that  is  for  David,  ^  let  him  follow 
Joab.  1 2  And  Amasa  lay  wallow- 
ing in  his  blood  in  the  midst  of 
the  highway.  And  when  the  man 
saw  that  all  the  people  stood  still, 
he  carried  Amasa  out  of  the  high- 
way into  the  field,  and  cast  a  gar- 
ment over  him,  when  he  saw  that 
every  one  that  came  by  him  stood 
still,  13  When  he  was  removed 
out  of  the  highway,  all  the  people 
went  on  after  Joab,  to  pursue 
after  Sheba  the  son  of  Bichri. 

1 4  And  he  went  through  all  the 
tribes  of  Israel  unto  Abel,  and  to 
Beth-maacah,  and  all  the  ^  Berites  : 
and  they  were  gathered  together, 
and  went  also  after  him.  15  And 
they  came  and  besieged  him  in 
^Abel  of  Beth-maacah,  and  "they 
cast  up  a  mound  against  the  city, 
and  it  stood  against  the  rampart ; 
and  all  the  people  that  were  with 


20.16 


II.   SAMUEL 


21.12 


Sheba  besieged  and  slain.    David's  Offlcers.    The  Gibeonites  avenged  on  Saol.    Rizpah's  Devotion  to  the  Dead 


Joab  '  battered  the  wall,  to  throw 
it  down.  1 6  Then  ci'ied  "  a  wise 
woman  out  of  the  city,  Hear,  hear  ; 
say,  1  pray  you,  unto  ,Joab,  Come 
near  hither,  that  I  may  speak  with 
thee.  17  And  he  came  near  unto 
her ;  and  tiie  woman  said.  Art 
thou  Joabi  And  he  answered,  1 
am.  Then  slie  said  unto  him, 
Hear  the  words  of  thy  handmaid. 
And  he  answered,  I  do  hear.  18 
Then  she  spake,  saying.  They  were 
wont  to  speak  in  old  time,  saying. 
They  shall  surely  ask  counsel  at 
Abel :  and  so  they  ended  the  matter. 

19  1  am  of  them  that  are  peaceable 
and  faithful  in  Israel:  *tliou  seek- 
^st  to  destroy  a  city  and  a  mother 
in  Israel :  wny  wilt  thou  swallow 
up  '^the  inheritance   of  Jehovah'? 

20  And  Joab  answered  and  said. 
Far  be  it,  far  be  it  from  me,  that 
I  should  swallow  up  or  destroy. 

21  The  matter  is  not  so  :  but  a  man 
of  "^the  hill-country  of  Ephraim, 
'  Sheba  the  son  of  Bichri  by  name, 
hath  lifted  up  his  hand  against  the 
king,  even  against  David  ;  deliver 
him  only,  and  I  will  depart  from 
the  city.  And  the  woman  said  unto 
Joab,  Behold,  his  head  shall  be 
thrown  to  thee  over  the  wall.  22 
Tlaen  the  woman  went  unto  all  the 
people-^ in  her  wisdom.  And  they 
cut  off  the  head  of  Sheba  the  son 
of  Bichri,  and  threw  it  out  to  Joab. 
And  ^he  blew  the  trumpet,  and 
they  wei'e  dispersed  from  the  city, 
every  man  to  his  tent.  And  Joab 
retux-ned  to  Jerusalem  unto  the 
king. 

23  ''Now  Joab  was  over  all  the 
host  of  Israel ;  and  Benaiah  the  son 
of  Jehoiada  was  over  the  '^  Chereth- 
ites  and  over  the  Pelethites  ;  24  and 
Adoram  was  over  the  men  subject 
to  taskwork  ;  and  Jehoshaphat  the 
son  of  Ahilud  was  the  ^recorder- 

25  and  Sheva  was  ■* scribe;  and 
Zadok  and  Abiathar  were  priests  ; 

26  and  also  'Ira  the  Jairite  was 
*  chief  minister  unto  David. 

O  'i  _  And  there  was  *  a  famine 
w  i  in  the  days  of  David  three 
j'ears,  yeur  after  year ;  and  '  David 
sought  the  face  of  Jehovah.  And 
Jehovah  said.  It  is  for  Saul,  and 
for  his  bloody  house,  because  he  put 
to  death  the  Gibeonites.  2  And 
the  king  called  the  Gibeonites,  and 
said  unto  them  (now  the  Gibeonites 

1  Or,  undermined 

*  Another  reading  is,  Carites.    See  2  K  11.  4. 
5  Or,  chronicU.r  *  Or,  secretary 

5  Or,  priest    See  1  Chr.  18.  17. 

15 


"  ch.  14.  2 

*  Dt.  20.  10 
"  ch.  14.  iti ; 

21.  3  ;  1  S. 
26.  19 
<i  Josh.  24.33 

*  ver.  2 

/  ver.  16  ; 

Eccl.  U.  13- 

16 
^  ver.  1 
A  ch.  8.  16- 

18  ;  1  K.  4. 

3-6 
>  ch.  23.  38 

*  Gen.  12. 
10 ;  26.  1 ; 
42.  5 

'.Num.  27. 21 


"'  Josh.  9.  3, 

lS-20 
"  Kx.  34.  11- 

16  ;  Dt.  7. 

2  ;  1  S.  28.  3 
".  ch.  20.  19 ; 

1  S.  26.  19 
P  Num.  36. 

31,  32 
«  ver.  1 

*■  Num.  25.  4 
'  1  S.  10.  24 


«  ch.  4.  4  i  9. 


"  1  S.  18.  3  ; 
20.  12-ir  ; 
23.  18 


"  ch.  3.  7 


*  1  K.  19.  16 


y  Ex.  9.  31, 
32 

*  Dt.  21.  23 


"  1  S.  17.  44, 
46 


b  1  S.  31.  11- 


were  not  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
but  of  the  remnant  of  the  Amo- 
rites ;  and  '"  the  children  of  Israel 
had  sworn  unto  them  :  and  Saul 
sought  to  slay  them  "in  his  zeal  for 
the  children  of  Israel  and  Judah) ; 
3  and  David  said  unto  the  Gibeon- 
ites, What  shall  I  do  for  you  %  and 
wherewith  shall  I  make  atonement, 
"  that  ye  may  bless  the  inheritance 
of  Jehovah  1  4  And  the  Gibeonites 
said  unto  him,  ^It  is  no  matter  of 
silver  or  gold  between  us  and  Saul, 
or  his  house;  •* neither  is  it  for  us 
to  put  any  man  to  death  in  Israel. 
And  he  said.  What  ye  shall  say, 
that  will  I  do  for  you.  5  And  they 
said  unto  the  king,  ''  The  man  that 
consumed  us,  and  that  devised 
against  us,  ''that  we  should  be  de- 
stroyed from  remaining  in  any  of 
the  Dorders  of  Israel,  6  let  seven 
men  of  his  .sons  be  delivered  unto 
us,  and  we  will  hang  them  up  ''unto 
Jehovah  in  Gibeah  of  Saul,  'the 
chosen  of  Jehovah.  And  the  king 
said,  I  will  give  them. 

7  But  the  king  spared  '  Mephibo- 
.sheth,  the  son  of  Jonathan  the  son 
of  Saul,  "because  of  Jehovah's  oath 
that  was  between  them,  between 
David  and  Jonathan  the  son  of 
Saul.  8  But  the  king  took  the  two 
sons  of  "Rizpah  the  daughter  of 
Aiah,  whom  she  bare  unto  Saul, 
Armoni  and  Mephibosheth ;  and 
the  five  sons  of  '^  Michal  the  daugh- 
ter of  Saul,  whom  she  bare  to 
Adriel  the  son  of  Barzillai  the  •'^  Me- 
holathite  :  9  and  he  delivered  them 
into  the  hands  of  the  Gibeonites, 
and  they  hanged  them  in  the  moun- 
tain before  Jehovah,  and  they  fell 
all  seven  together.  And  they  were 
put  to  death  in  the  days  of  harvest, 
in  the  first  days,  at  "  tne  beginning 
of  barley  harvest. 

10  ^And  Rizpah  the  daughter  of 
Aiah  took  sackcloth,  and  spread  it 
for  her  upon  the  rock,  from  the  be- 
ginning of  harvest  until  water  was 
poured  upon  them  from  heaven; 
and  "  she  suffered  neither  the  birds 
of  the  heavens  to  rest  on  them  by 
day,  nor  the  beasts  of  the  field  by 
night.  11  And  it  was  told  David 
what  Kizpah  the  daughter  of  Aiah, 
the  concunine  of  Saul,  had  done. 

1 2  And  David  went  and  took  the 
*  bones  of  Saul  and  the  bones  of 
Jonathan  his  son  from  the  men  of 

s  Or,  neither  for  us  shall  thou  put  any  man  to 
death  in  Israel 

'  Or,  so  that  we  have  been  destroyed 
8  In  1  S.  18.  19,  Merab. 


327 


21.1^ 


II.   SAMUEL 


22.  14 


The  Bones  of  Saal  and  Jonathan  bronght  to  Zela.    Wars  with  the  Philistines.    David's  Psalm  of  Praise 


Jabesh-gilead,  who  had  stolen  them 
from    the    '  street   of  "  Beth-shan, 

*  where  the  PhiUstines  had  hanged 
them,  in  the  day  that  ''the  Phihs- 
tines  slew  Saul  in  Gilboa ;  13  and 
he  brought  up  from  thence  the 
bones  of  Saul  and  the  bones  of 
Jonathan  his  son :  and  they  gath- 
ered the  bones  of  them  that  were 
hanged.  14  And  they  buried  the 
bones  of  Saul  and  Jonathan  his  son 
in  the  country  of  Benjamin  in 
"^  Zela,  in  the  sepulchre  of  Kish  his 
father :  and  tney  performed  all 
that  the  king  commanded.  And 
after  that  "  God  was  entreated  for 
the  land. 

15  And  ^  the  Philistines  had  war 
again  with  Israel ;  and  David  went 
down,  and  his  servants  with  him, 
and  fought  against  the  Philistines. 
And  David  waxed  faint ;  1 6  and 
Ishbi-benob,  who  was  ^of  the  sons 
of  the  '-^  giant,  the  weight  of  whose 
spear  was  three  hundred  shekels  of 
brass  in  weight,  he  being  girded 
with  ^a  new  sword,  thought  to 
have  slain  David.  1 7  But  *  Abishai 
the  son  of  Zeruiah  succored  him, 
and  smote  the  Philistine,  and  killed 
him.  Then  the  men  of  David  sware 
unto  him,  saying,  *Thou  shalt  go 
no  more  out  with  us  to  battle,  that 
thou  quench  not  *the  lamp  of 
Israel. 

18  'And  it  came  to  pass  after 
this,  that  there  was  again  war 
with  the  Philistines  at  ■*Gob  :  then 
"Sibbecai     the    Hushathite    slew 

*  Saph,  who  was  of  the  sons  of  the 
■^  giant.  19  And  there  was  again 
war  with  the  Philistines  at  Gob ; 
and  Elhanan  the  son  of  Jaare- 
oregim  the  Beth-lehemite  slew 
"  Goliath  the  Gittite,  "  the  staff  of 
whose  spear  was  like  a  weaver's 
beam.  20  And  there  was  again 
war  at  Gath,  where  was  a  man  of 
great  stature,  that  had  on  every 
hand  six  fingers,  and  on  every  foot 
six  toes,  four  and  twenty  in  num- 
ber ;  and  he  also  was  born  "  to  the 
^ giant.  21  And  when  he  '^defied 
Israel,  Jonathan  the  son  of  ^  Shimei, 
David's  brother,  slew  him.  _  22 
p  These  four  were  born  to  the  -giant 
in  Gath  ;  and  they  fell  by  the  hand 
of  David,  and  by  the  hand  of  his 
servants. 

1  Or,  hrnad  place         2  Heb.  Raphah. 

3  Or,  new  armor  ^  In  l  Chr.  20.  4,  Geser. 

5  In  1  Chr.  20.  4,  Slppai. 

6  In  1  Chr.  20.  5,  tke  brother  of  Goliath. 

7  Or,  reproached. 

s  In  1  Sam.  16.  9,  JShammah.  In  1  Chr.  2.  13 ; 
20.  7,  Shimea. 


"  Josh.  17. 11 
b  1  S.  31.  10 

'^  1  S.  31.  4 
d  Josh.  18.  28 
"  ch.  24.  25  ; 

Josh.  7.  26 
/  ch.  6.  17-2.5 
^  ver.  18-22 ; 

Num.  13. 

22,  28 ; 

Josh.  15. 

14 
''  ch.  20.  6-10 
'  ch.  18.  3 
t  el).  22.  29  ; 

1  K.  11.  30 
'  1  Ohr.  20. 

4-8 
"'  1  Chr.  11. 

20;  27.  U 
"  I  S.  17.  7 
"  ver.  16,  18 
J*  1  Chr.  20.  8 


9  Ps.  18.  2-50 
>■  Ex.  1.5.  1 ; 

Dt.  31.  30 

«  ver.  32,  47 ; 

Dt.  32.  4, 
37  ;  1  S.  2. 
2  ;  Ps.  31. 
3 ;  71.  3 

'  Ps.  91.  2; 

144.  2 
"  Gen.  1.0.  1  ; 

Dt.  33.  29 
^  Dt.  33.  17  ; 

Lk.  1.  69 
^Ps.  9.  9;  14. 

6;  46.  7,11; 

71.  7;  Jer. 

16.  19 
"  Ps.  48.  1 ; 

96.  4 

-  Ps.  93.  4 ; 

Jon.  2.  3 
"  Ps.  69.  14, 

15 
''  Ps.  116.  3 
''Ps.  116.  4; 

120.  1 
•'  Judg.  5.  4 ; 

Ps.  77.  IS; 

97.  4 

'  Job  26.  11 


/  Ps.  97.  3  i 
Heb.  12.  2! 


ft  Ex.  19.  16  ; 

1  K.  8.  12; 
Ps.  97.  2 ; 
Nab.  !.  3 
'  ch.  6.  2 

k  Ps.  104.  3 
'  Job  36.  29 


'  ver.  9 

'  Job  .37.  2- 
6  ;  Ps.  29.  3 


OO  'And  David  spake  unto 
w  ^  .Jehovah  ^  the  words  of  this 
song  in  the  day  that  Jehovah  deliv- 
ered him  out  of  the  hand  of  all  his 
enemies,  and  out  of  the  hand  of 
Saul :  2  and  he  said, 

Jehovah  is  my  "rock,  and  my 

'fortress,  and  my  delivei'er, 

even  mine  ; 

3  God,   my  rock,   in  him  will  I 

take  refuge ; 
My  "shield,  and  "the  horn  of 

my  salvation,  my  high  tower, 

and  ■'  my  refuge  ; 
My    saviour,    thou    savest    me 

from  violence. 

4  I  will  call  upon  Jehovah,  ■"  who 

is  worthy  to  be  praised  :    - 
So  shall  I  be  saved  from  mine 
enemies. 

5  For  the  ^  waves  of  death  com- 

passed me ; 
The    "floods    of    ^ungodliness 
made  me  afraid : 

6  The  '  cords  of  Sheol  were  round 

about  me ; 
The  snares  of  death  came  upon 
me. 

7  In  my  distress  I  ''called  upon 

Jehovah ; 
Yea,  I  called  unto  my  God  : 
And  he  heard  my  voice  out  of 

his  temple, 
And  my  cry  came  into  his  ears. 

8  Then    ''the    earth    shook    and 

trembled. 
The    "foundations    of    heaven 

quaked 
Ana   were  shaken,  because  he 

was  wroth. 

9  There  went  up  a  smoke  ^"out  of 

his  nostrils. 

And  •'^fire  out  of  his  mouth  de- 
voured : 

^  Coals  were  kindled  by  it. 

10  He  bowed  the  heavens  also,  and 

came  down ; 
And  ''  thick  darkness  was  under 
his  feet. 

1 1  And  he  '  rode  upon  a  cherub, 

and  did  flj^; 
Yea,   he  Avas    seen   upon   *the 
wings  of  the  wind. 

12  And  he  made  darkness  'paAul- 

ions  round  about  him. 
Gathering     of     waters,     thick 
clouds  of  the  skies. 

13  At  the  brightness  before  him 
'"Coals  of  fire  were  kindled. 

14  Jehovah       "thundered       from 

heaven. 
And  tlie  Most  High  uttered  his 
voice. 


9  Heb.  Belial. 


328 


M  Or,  in  his  wrath 


22.15 


II.   SAMUEL 


22.43 


Diivid's  Psalm  or  Praise 


15  And  ho  sent  out  "arrows,  and 

scattered  tliem ; 
Lightning,     and      discomfited 
them. 

16  Tlien  tiie  channels  of  the  sea 

appeared. 
The  foundations  of  the  world 

were  laid  biire, 
By  the  rebuke  of  .Jehovah, 
At  the  '  blast  of  the  breath  of 

his  nostrils. 

17  Ho  "^^sent  from  on  high,  he  took 

me  ; 
He   drew   me  out   of    ^''many 

waters ; 
1 S  He  delivered  me  from  mj'^  strong 

enemy, 
From  them  that  hated  me  ;  for 

they  were  too  mighty  for  me. 

19  They  came  upon  me  in  the  day 

of  my  calamity ; 
But  'Jehovah  was  my  stay. 

20  He  •' brought  me  forth  also  into 

a  large  place ; 
He  delivered  me,  ^  because  he 
delighted  in  me. 

21  Jehovah  ''rewarded  me  accord- 

ing to  my  righteousness  ; 
According  to  the  '  cleanness  of 
my  hands    hath    he    recom- 
pensed me. 

22  For  I  have  *kept  the  ways  of 

Jehovah, 
And    have    not   wickedly   de- 
parted from  my  God. 

23  For    'all  his    ordinances  were 

Ibefore  me ; 
And  as  for  his  statutes,  I  did 

not  depart  from  them. 
2-1  I    was    also    '"perfect   toward 

him ; 
And  I  kept  myself  from  mine 

iniquitj'^. 

25  Therefore  hath  Jehovah  "rec- 

ompensed me   according    to 
my  righteousness. 
According  to  my  cleanness   in 
his  eyesight. 

26  With  the    merciful   thou  wilt 

"  show  thyself  merciful ; 
With    the   perfect    man     thou 
wilt  show  thyself  perfect ; 

27  With  the^^pure  thou  wilt  show 

thyself  pure ; 
And  with  the  'perverse    thou 
wilt  show  thyself  ^froward. 

28  And  the  ''afflicted  people  thou 

wilt  save  ; 
But  thine   eyes  are  upon  the 
'haughty,   Hhat  thou  may- 
est  bring  them  down. 

1  Or,  nreat 

2  So  ?8.  IS.  2G.    The  text  has,  unsavory. 
"i  Ot,  whom,  thou  wilt  bring  down 


"  Dt.  32.  23 ; 

Josh.  Ui. 

10  ;  1  S.  7. 

10;  I's.  7. 

13;  77.  IT; 

Hab.  3.  1 1 
b  Kx.  lo.  8  ; 

Nah.  1.  4 
'•  P3.  Hi.  7 
>'  Ps.  32.  0 
'■  Ps.  23.  4 
/  Ps.  31.  i> ; 

us.  r. 
■"  1  Chr.  2S. 

4  :  Ps.  2-j.  s 
''  1  S.  26  23  ; 

1  K.  .s.  32 
'  Ps.  24.  4 
*■  Gen.  IS. 

UI ;  Ps.  12S. 

1  ;  Prov.  8. 

'  i5t.  6.  fi-ii : 
Ps.  119.  30, 
102 
"'  Gen.  fi.  0 ; 
7.  1 ;  EiJh. 
1.  4 ;  Col. 

1.  21,  22 
"  ver.  21 
■■  Mt.  6.  7 
''  Mt.  5.  8 ; 

1  .Jn.  3.  3 
1  Lev.  2G.  23, 

24 ;  Eom. 

I.  28 
""  Ex.  3.  7.  8  ; 

Ps.  72.  12, 

13 
'Is.  2.  11, 

12,  17  ;  5.  li") 


'  -Job  29.  3  ; 

Ps.  27.  1 ; 

Is.  GO.  20  ; 

Mic.  7.  8 
"  Ch.  6.  6-8 
"  Dt.  32.  4  ; 

Mt.  fi.  4S 
^Ps.  12.6; 

119.  140: 

Prov.  SO/*,! 
y  ver.  3 ;  Ps. 

3.  3 ;  33.  20  ; 

59.  11  ;  84.  9 
-  1  S.  2.  2 
"  ver.  2 
i>  ver.  2 ;  Ps. 

31.  2,  3 
'■ch.  2.  18; 

Hab.  3.  19 
■'  Dt.  32.  13 
"  Ps.  144.  1 
./■Job  20.  24 
'J  Eph.  6.  16, 

17 
''  ver.  20 ; 

Prov.  4.  12 
!  ch.  8.  1-14 
*■  Mai.  4.  3 
'  Ps,  44.  6 

"'  Ex.  23.  27  ; 
Josh.  10. 

24 


"•  Ps.  60.  22  ; 

Mic.  6.  X 
"  1  S.  28.  fl ; 

Is.  1.  15 


P  2  K.  13.  7 


29  For  thou  art  my  'lamp,  O  Je- 

hovah ; 
And  Jehovah  will   lighten  my 
darkness. 

30  For    by  thee    I    run    ''upon    a 

troop ; 
By  my  God  do  I    "leap    over 
a  wall. 

31  As  for  God,  his  'way    is   per- 

fect : 
The  '^  word  of  .Jehovah  is  tried  ; 
He  is  a  ■''  shield   unto  all  them 

that  take  refuge  in  him. 

32  For  ^who  is  God,   save   Jeho- 

vah 1 
And  who  is  a  "  rock,  save  our 
God 'J 

33  God  is  my  strong  *  fortress  ; 
And  he ''guideth  the  perfect  in 

his  way. 

34  He "  maketh  "^  his  feet  like  hinds' 

feet. 
And  ''  setteth  me  upon  my  high 
places. 

35  He    Heacheth    my    hands    to 

war. 
So  that  mine  arms  do  bend  a 
■^bow  of  brass. 

36  Thou  hast  also  given  me  ^the 

shield  of  thy  salvation  ; 
And  thy  'gentleness  hath  made 
me  great. 

37  Thou  hast  ^  enlarged  my  steps 

under  me ; 
And  my  '^feet  have  not  slipped. 

38  I  have  '  pursued  mine  enemies, 

and  destroyed  them ; 
Neither  did  I  turn  again  till 
they  were  consumed. 

39  And  I  have    consumed   them, 

and  smitten  them  through, 
so  that  they  cannot  arise  : 
Yea,  *  they  are  fallen  under  my 
feet. 

40  For  thou  hast  girded  me  with 

strength  unto  the  battle  ; 
Thou  hast  ^subdued  under  me 
'those  that  rose  up  against 
me. 

41  Thou    hast   also   ""made  mine 

enemies    turn     their     backs 
unto  me. 
That  I  might  cut  off  them  that 
hate  me. 

42  They   looked,    but    there    was 

"  none  to  save  ; 
Even  "  unto    Jehovah,  but   he 
answered  them  not. 

43  Then  did  I  beat  them  small  as 

the  "  dust  of  the  earth, 

■•  Or,  throvrih 

s  Or,  settfth  free    Accordin.a  to  another  read- 
ing, guideth  my  tray  iti  iierfectnexs. 

*  Another  reading  is,  mw.     "  Or,  condescension 
8  Heb.  ankles.  ^  Heb.  caused  to  bow. 


f 


22.44 


II.    SAMUEL 


23.12 


David's  Psalm  of  Praise.    His  Last  Song.    His  Mighty  Hen  and  their  Exploits 


I  did  crush  them  "  as  the  mire 
of  the  streets,  and  did  spread 
them  abroad. 

44  Thou  also  hast  *deHvered  me 

from    the    strivings    of    my 

people ; 
Thou  '  hast  kept  me  to  be  the 

"  head  of  the  nations  : 
A  ''people    whom    I  have    not 

known  shall  serve  me. 

45  The  foreigners  shall    -"submit 

themselves  unto  me : 
As  soon  as  they  hear  of    me, 
they  shall  obey  me. 

46  The  foreigners  shall  fade  away, 
And  shall  *-^come  trembling  out 

of  their  close  places. 

47  Jehovah    liveth ;    and    blessed 

be  my  rock ; 

And  exalted  be  ^  God,  the  rock 
of  my  salvation, 
iS  Even  the  God  that  ''executeth 
vengeance  for  me, 

And  that  ^bringeth  down  peo- 
ples under  me, 

49  And    that    bringeth    me  forth 

from  mine  enemies : 
Yea,  thou  liftest  me  up  above 

*them  that  rise  up  against 

me; 
Thou    deliverest   me  from  the 

'violent  man. 

50  "Therefore  I  will  give  thanks 

unto  thee,  O  Jehovah,  among 
the  nations. 
And  will  sing  praises  unto  thy 
name. 

51  ^  Great  ® "  deliverance  giveth  he 

to  his  king. 
And  showeth  lovingkindness  to 

his  "anointed. 
To  *  David  and  to  his  seed,  for 

evermore. 
4^  O      Now   these   are  the   last 
^  O  words  of  David. 

David  the  son  of  Jesse  saith. 
And  the  '  man  who  was  raised 

on  high  saith, 
'"The  anointed  of   the  God   of 

Jacob, 
And    ®the    sweet    psalmist    of 

Israel : 

2  The  '  Spirit  of  Jehovah  spake 

■^by  me, 
And    his  word  was    upon    my 
tongue. 

3  The  God  of  Israel  said. 

The  'Rock  of  Israel  spake  to 
me: 

1  Or,  wilt  keep 

2  Or,  vield feigned  obedience    Heb.  lie. 

3  So  Ps.  18.  46.    The  text  has,  gird  themselves. 

*  Another  reading  is.  He  is  a  tower  of  deliver- 
an/'e.  '  Heb.  salvations. 

'  Heb.  pleasant  in  thepsaims  of  Israel.    '  Or,  in 


"  Is.  10.  6 ; 
Mic.  7.  10 
b  ch.  3. 1 ; 

10.  9,  14 
"  ch.  8.  1-14 
rf  Is.  55.  5 

'  Ps.  60.  3 ; 

81.  15 
/I  S.  U.  11; 

Mic.  7.  17 
^  ver.  3  ;  Ps. 

89.  26 
''Oh.  4.  8; 

iS.  24.  12; 

25.  39  ;  Ps. 

94.  1 
'  Ps.  144.  V! 
t  Ps.  44.  6 
'  Ps    140.  1, 

4,  11 
'"  Rom.  15.  9 
"  Ps.  144.  10 
"  Ps.  89.  21 
''  ch.  7.  12-16 
«ch.  7.  8,  9; 

Ps.  78.  70, 

71 
*■  1  S.  16.  12, 

13 ;  Ps.  89. 

20 
»  Mt.  22.  4.1 ; 

2  Pet.  1.  21 

«  ch.  22.  2,  3, 


«  Ps.  72. 1-3  ; 

Is.  11.  1-5 
"  2  Chr.  19. 

7,9 
^  Judg.  5. 

31 ;  Ps.  72.  6 
V  ch.  7.  8-lG  ; 

Ps.  89.  29 ; 

Is.  55.  3 
=  Mt.  13.  42 
"  Mt.  3.  10  ; 

13.  30; 

Keb.  6.  8 
b  1  Chr.  11. 

11-47 


<■  1  Chr.  27.  4 
''  1  Ohr.  8.  4 


1  Chr.  11. 
13 


/I  S.  11.  13; 
19.  5 


^  ver.  33 


*  One  that    "  ruleth   over    men 

^  righteously. 
That   ruleth    in    the    "fear    of 

God, 

4  He  shall  be  as  the  light  of  the 

morning,  when  the^sunriseth, 
A  morning  without  clouds. 
When  the  tender  grass  spi'ingeth 

out  of  the  earth. 
Through  clear  shining  after  rain. 

5  ^^  Verily  my  house  is  not  so  with 

God; 
Yet  *  he  hath  made  with  me  an 

everlasting  covenant. 
Ordered  in  all  things,  and  sure  : 
For  it  is  all  my  salvation,  and 

all  my  desire, 
Although  he  maketh  it  not  "to 

grow. 

6  But  ^'  the  ungodly  shall  be  all 

of  them  as  thorns  to  be  ^  thrust 
away. 
Because  they  cannot  be  taken 
with  the  hand  ; 

7  But  the  man  that  toucheth  them 
Must  be  ^'"  armed  with  iron  and 

the  staff  of  a  spear  : 
And     they    shall     be     utterly 
"burned  with  fire  in  their  place. 

8  *  These  are  the  names  of  the 
mighty  men  whom  David  had  : 
"  Josheb-basshebeth  a  Tahchemo- 
nite,  chief  of  the  captains ;  the 
same  was  Adino  the  Eznite, 
against  eight  hundred  slain  at 
one  time. 

9  And  after  him  was  Eleazar  the 
son  of  "  Dodai  the  son  of  an  "*  Aho- 
hite,  one  of  the  three  mighty  men 
with  David,  when  they  defied  the 
Philistines  that  were  there  gathered 
together  to  battle,  and  the  men  of 
Israel  ^^were  gone  away.  10  ^He 
arose,  and  smote  the  Philistines 
until  his  hand  was  weary,  and  his 
hand  clave  unto  the  sword  ;  and 
•^Jehovah  wrought  a  great  ^''victory 
that  day  ;  and  the  people  returned 
after  him  only  to  take  spoil. 

11  And  after  him  was  Shammah 
the  son  of  Agee  a  "  Hararite.  And 
the  Philistines  were  gathered  to- 
gether ^^  into  a  troop,  where  was  a 
plot  of  ground  full  of  lentils  ;  and 
the  people  fled  from  the  Philistines. 
12  But  he  stood  in  the  midst  of 
the  plot,  and  defended  it,  and  slew 

8  Or,  There  shall  be  one  .  .  .  and  It  shall  be 
OS  &c.  9  Heb.  a  righteous  one. 

1'  Or,  For  is  not  my  house  so  with  God  f  for  he 
.  .  .  for  all  my  salvation,  a-nd  all  my  desire,  will 
he  not  make  it  to  gro^v  f 

11  Heb.  Belial,  that  is,  ivorthlessness. 

12  Keb.  filled. 

13  In  1  Chr.  11.  11,  Jashohenm.  The  Hebrew  ol 
this  verse  is  obscure.         i*  Heb.  went  up. 

16  Heb.  salvation.  '*  Ot,  for  foraging 


330 


23.13 


II.   SAMUEL 


24.6 


David's  Nighty  Men.    Story  of  the  Water  brought  from  the  Well  ot  Bethlehem.    The  People  numbered 


tlie  Philistines;  and  "Jehovah 
wrought  a  great  ^  victory. 

13  Anol  three  of  the  thirty  chief 
men  went  down,  and  came  to  David 
in  the  harvest  time  unto  the  ''cave 
of  Adullam ;  and  the  troop  of  the 
Philistines  was  encamped  in  ''the 
valley  of  Rephaim.  14  And  David 
was  then  ''■  in  the  stronghold  ;  and 
the  garrison  of  the  Philistines  was 
then  in  Beth-leheni.  15  And  Da- 
vid longed,  and  said,  Oh  that  one 
would  give  me  water  to  drink  of 
the  well  of  Beth-lehem,  which  is 
by  the  gate !  1 G  And  the  three 
mighty  men  brake  through  the 
host  of  the  Philistines,  and  drew 
water  out  of  the  well  of  Beth-lehem, 
that  was  by  the  gate,  and  took  it, 
and  brought  it  to  David  :  but  he 
would  not  drink  thereof,  but 
*  poured  it  out  unto  Jehovah. 
17  And  he  said.  Be  it  far  from  me, 
O  Jehovah,  that  I  should  do  this  : 
^ shall  I  drink  the  blood  of  thenien 
that  went  "  in  jeopardy  of  their 
lives  1  therefore  he  would  not  drink 
it.  These  things  did  the  three 
mighty  men. 

18  And  ^  Abishai,  the  brother  of 
Joab,  the  son  of  Zeruiah,  was  ''chief 
of  the  three.  And  he  lifted  up  his 
spear  against  three  hundred  ^and 
slew  them,  and  had  a  name  among 
the  three.  19  Was  he  not  most 
honorable  of  the  three  1  therefore 
he  was  made  their  captain :  how- 
beit  he  attained  not  unto  the  first 
three. 

20  And  'Benaiah  the  son  of 
Jehoiada,  the  son  of  ^  a  valiant  man 
of  *  Kabzeel,  who  had  done  mighty 
deeds,  he  slew  the  two  sons  of  Ariel 
of  Moab :  he  went  down  also  and 
slew  a  lion  in  the  midst  of  a  pit  in 
time  of  snow.  21  And  he  slew  an 
Egyptian,  a  goodly  man :  and  the 
Egyptian  had  a  spear  in  his  hand  ; 
but  ne  went  down  to  him  with  a 
staflF,  and  plucked  the  spear  out  of 
the  Egyptian's  hand,  and  slew  him 
with  his  own  spear.  22  These 
things  did  '  Benaiah  the  son  of 
Jehoiada,  and  had  a  name  among 
the  three  mighty  men.  23  He  was 
more  honorable  than  the  thirty, 
but  he  attained  not  to  the  first 
three.  And  David  set  him  over 
his  ®  guard. 

24  "'Asahel  the  brother  of  Joab 
was  one  of  the  thirty ;  Elhanan  the 

I  Heb.  salvation.         2  Heb.  with  their  lives. 
8  Heb.  slain. 

*  According  to  another  reading,  Ish-hai. 

*  Or,  council 


"  ver.  10 
''  1  S.  22.  1 
•^  ch  5.  18 
<i  1  S.  22.  4,  6 
"  Gen.  35.  14 
/  Lev.  17.  10 
"  ch.  10.  10, 

14  ;  18.  2 
''  1  Clhr.  11. 

20,  21 
'  ch.  s.  18 ; 

20.  23 
*^  Josh.  16.  21 
'  ver.  20 
'"  ch.  2.  18 ; 

1  Ohr.  27.  7 


"  1  Chr.  11. 

27 

o.Judg.  7.  1 
''  ch.  14.  2 
«  Josh.  21.  18 
'■  2  K.  25.  23 
»  1  Chr.  11. 

30 
<  Josh.  18.  28 
"  Judg.  12. 

!.■!,  15 
"  Josh.  24.  30 
"  ch.  3.  Ifi 
y  Josh.  19.  42 
-  ver.  II 
"  ch.  10.  6, 8 ; 

20.  14 
I"  eh.  11.  3 
"^ch.  15.  12 
rf  1  Chr.  11.37 
*  Josh.  15.  66 
/ch.  8.  3 
"ch.  4.  2 
ft  ch.  20.  26 
'  1  Chr.  2.  53 
*:  ch.  11.  3,  6 

'  1  Chr.  21 
'"  ch.  21.  1,  2 


"  1  Chr.  27. 
23,  24 


"ch.  3.  10; 
Judg.  20.  1 


P  Dt.  1.  11 


«  Dt.  2.  .36 ; 
Josh.  13.  9, 


'Num.  21. 
32  ;  32.  35 


son  of  Dodo  of  Beth-lehem,  25 
"Shammah  the  "Harodite,  Elika 
the  Harodite,  2G  Helez  the  Paltite, 
Ira  the  son  of  Ikkesh  the  ^Teko- 
ite,  27  Abiezer  the  "  Anathothite, 
Mebunnai  the  Hushathite,  28  Zal- 
mon  the  Ahohite,  Maharai  the  ''  Ne- 
tophathite,  29  'Heleb  the  son  of 
Baanah  the  Netophathite,  Ittai  the 
son  of  Kibai  ot  'Gibeah  of  the 
children  of  Benjamin,  30  Benaiah 
a  "  Pirathonite,  Hiddai  of  the 
brooks  of  '  Gaash,  31  Abi-albon  the 
Arbathite,  Azmaveth  the  'Barhu- 
mite,  32  Eliahba  the  ^  Shaalbonite, 
the  sons  of  Jashen,  Jonathan,  33 
^  Shammah  the  Hararite,  Ahiam 
the  son  of  Sharar  the  Ai'arite,  34 
Eliphelet  the  son  of  Ahasbai,  the 
son  of  "  the  Maacathite,  *  Eliam  the 
son  of  "Ahithophel  the  Gilonite, 
35  ^''Hezro  the  'Carmelite,  Paarai 
the  Arbite,  36  Igal  the  son  of 
Nathan  of  •'^Zobah,  Bani  the  Gadite, 
37  Zelek  the  Ammonite,  Naharai 
the  ^Beerothite,  ''armorbearers  to 
Joab  the  son  of  Zeruiah,  38  ''Ira 
the  'Ithrite,  Gareb  the  Ithrite,  39 
*  Uriah  the  Hittite :  thirty  and 
seven  in  all. 

^  A  'And  "'agairi  the  anger  of 
.^  jT  Jehovah  was  kindled  against 
Israel,  and  he  moved  David  against 
them,  saying,  "Go,  number  Israel 
and  Judah.  2  And  the  king  said 
to  Joab  the  captain  of  the  host, 
who  was  with  him,  Go  now  to  and 
fro  through  all  the  tribes  of  Israel, 
"  from  Dan  even  to  Beer-sheba,  and 
number  ye  the  people,  that  I  may 
know  the  sum  of  the  people.  3  And 
Joab  said  unto  the  king,  ^  Now  Je- 
hovah thy  God  add  unto  the  peo- 
ple, how  many  soever  they  may  be, 
a  hundredfold ;  and  may  the  ej'es 
of  my  lord  the  king  see  it :  but  why 
doth  my  lord  the  king  delight  in 
this  thing  1  4  Notwithstanding, 
the  king's  word  prevailed  against 
Joab,  and  against  the  captains  of 
the  host.  And  Joab  and  the  cap- 
tains of  the  host  went  out  from  the 
presence  of  the  king,  to  number 
the  people  of  Israel.  5  And  they 
passed  over  the  Jordan,  and  en- 
camped in  *Aroer,  on  the  right 
side  of  the  city  that  is  in  the  mid- 
dle of  the  valley  **  of  Gad,  and  unto 
*■  .Jazer :  6  then  they  came  to 
Gilead,  and  to  the  lancl  of  Tahtim- 
hodshi;    and  they  came  to    Dan^ 

'Or,  Hezrai 

7  Another  reading  is,  armorbearer. 

6  Or,  toward 


m 


24.7 


II.    SAMUEL 


24.  2o 


1  Pestilence  sent.    David  builds  an  Altar  on  Araaiiab's  Threshing-floor 


jaan,  and  round  about  to  "Sidon, 
7  and  came  to  the  *  stronghold  of 
Tyre,  and  to  all  the  cities  of  the 
"  Hivites,  and  of  the  Canaanites  ; 
Hud  they  went  out  to  the  south  of 
Judah,  at  ''Beer-sheba.  8  So  when 
they  had  gone  to  and  fro  through 
all  the  land,  they  came  to  Jerusa- 
lem at  the  end  of  nine  months  and 
tvventj''days.  9  And  Joab  gave  up 
'the  sum  of  the  numbering  of  the 
people  unto  the  king :  and  theie 
were  in  Israel  'eight  hundred 
thousand  valiant  men  that  drew 
the  sword  ;  and  the  men  of  Judah 
were  five  hundred  thousand  men. 

10  And  "  David's  heart  smote 
him  after  that  he  had  numbered 
the  people.  And  David  said  unto 
Jehovah,  ''I  have  sinned  greatly  in 
that  which  I  have  done:  but  now, 
O  Jehovah,  put  away,  I  beseech 
thee,  the  iniquity  of  thy  servant ; 
for  'I  have  done  very  foolishly. 
1 1  And  when  David  rose  up  in  the 
morning,  the  word  of  Jehovah  came 
unto  *the  prophet  Gad,  David's 
'seer,  saying,  12  Go  and  speak 
unto  David,  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  I 
^ offer  thee  three  things:  choose 
thee  one  of  them,  that  I  may  do  it 
unto  thee.  13  So  Gad  came  to 
David,  and  told  him,  and  said  unto 
him,  Shall  "'  seven  years  of  famine 
come  unto  thee  in  thy  land '?  or  wilt 
thou  flee  three  months  before  thy 
foes  while  they  pursue  thee  ?  or 
shall  there  be  three  days'  pestilence 
in  thy  land  1  now  advise  thee,  and 
consider  what  answer  I  shall  re- 
turn to  him  that  sent  me.  14  And 
David  said  unto  Gad,  I  am  in  a 
great  strait :  let  us  fall  now  into 
che  hand  of  Jehovah  ;  "  for  his  mer- 
cies are  ^  great ;  and  let  me  not  fall 
into  the  hand  of  man. 

15  So  "Jehovah  sent  a  pestilence 
■upon  Israel  from  the  morning  even 
to  the  time  appointed;  and  there 
died  of  the  people  ^from  Dan  even 
to  Beer-sheoa  seventy  thousand 
men.  16  And  *when  the  angel 
stretched  out  his  hand  toward 
Jerusalem  to  destroy  it,  ''Jehovah 
repented  him  of  the  evil,  and  said 
to  the   angel  that   destroyed  the 


1  Oi,  lay  upon 


2  Or,  many 


"  Josh.  19. 

2s;  Judg. 

I.  31 
l>  Josh.  19,  29 
"Josh.  11.  3; 

Judg.  3.  3 
d  (ien.  21. 

22-33 
'  Num.  1. 

44-46 
/  1  (Jhr.  21.  5 
"  1  S.  24.  5 
's  ch.  12.  13 
'  1  S.  13.  13; 

2  Chr.  10.  9 
k  1  S.  22.  .5  ; 

1  Chr.  29.  29 
'  1  S.  9.  9 

"'  1  Cbi-  21. 

12;  Ezek. 

It.  21 
"  Ps.  51.  1 ; 

130.  4,  7 
"  1  Chr.  21. 

14;  27.  24 
''  ver.  2 
«Ex.  12.  23; 

2  K.  19.  3.i  ; 
Acts  12.  23 

>•  Ex.  32.  14  ; 
1  S.  16.  11 


'  ver.  10 
<ch.  7.  8; 
Pf .  74.  1 
"  2  Chr.  3.  1 


'  Num.  16. 
44-60 


*  1  S.  6.  14 ; 
1  K.  19.  21 


"  Gen.  23. 
8-10 


'  Ezek.  20. 
40,  41 


"  Mai.  1.  13, 


6  1  Chr.  21. 

24,  25 


'  ch.  21.  14 


people.  It  is  enough  ;  now  stay  thy 
hand.  And  the  angel  of  Jehovah 
was  by  the  threshing-floor  of  ^  Arau- 
nah  the  Jebusite.  17  And  David 
spake  unto  Jehovah  when  he  saw 
the  angel  that  smote  the  people, 
and  said,  Lo,  'I  have  sinned,  and  I 
have  done  perversely :  but  '  these 
sheep,  what  nave  they  done  1  let  thy 
hand,  I  pray  thee,  be  against  me, 
and  against  my  father's  house. 

18  And  Gad  came  that  day  to 
David,  and  said  unto  him.  Go  up, 
rear  an  altar  unto  Jehovah  in  the 
threshing-floor  of  "Araunah  the 
Jebusite.  19  And  David  went  up 
according  to  the  sasdng  of  Gad, 
as  Jehovah  commanded.  20  And 
Araunah  looked  forth,  and  saw  the 
king  and  his  servants  ^coming  on 
toward  him :  and  Araunah  went 
out,  and  bowed  himself  before  the 
king  with  his  face  t9  the  ground. 
21  And  Araunah  said,  Wherefore 
is  my  lord  the  king  come  to  his 
servant?  And  David  said.  To  buy 
the  threshing-floor  of  thee,  to  build 
an  altar  unto  Jehovah,  "that  the 
plague  may  be  stayed  from  the 
people.  22  And  Araunah  said 
unto  David,  Let  mj''  lord  the  king 
take  and  oft'er  up  what  seemeth 
good  unto  him:  behold,  -^the  oxen 
for  the  burnt-olfering,  and  the 
threshing  instruments  and  the 
yokes  of  the  oxen  for  the  wood: 
23  ®^all  this,  O  king,  doth  Araunah 
give  unto  the  king.  And  Araunah 
said  unto  the  king,  Jehovah  thy 
God  ^accept  thee.  24  And  the 
king  said  unto  Araunah,  Nay ;  but 
I  will  verily  buy  it  of  thee  at  a 
price ;  "neither  will  I  offer  burnt- 
offerings  unto  Jehovah  my  God 
which  cost  me  nothing.  So  *  David 
bought  the  threshing-floor  and  the 
oxen  for  fifty  shekels  of  silver.  25 
And  David  built  there  an  altar 
unto  Jehovah,  and  offered  burnt- 
offerings  and  peace-offerings.  ''So 
Jehovah  was  entreated  for  the 
land,  and  the  plague  was  stayed 
from  Israel. 

3  Or,  Ornah    In  1  Chr.  21.  15,  Oman. 

^  Or,  passintj  over 

5  Or,  all  this  did  Araunah  the  king  give  &c. 


332 


THE   FIRST    BOOK   OF   THE 
KINGS 


David's  Old  hgt,    Adonijiih's  attempted  Usurpation.    B»tli-$heba's  Remonstraii(e 


INow  king  David  was  old  and 
stricken  in  years ;  and  they  cov- 
ered him  with  clothes,  but  he  gat  no 
lieat.  2  Wherefore  his  servants  said 
unto  him.  Let  there  be  sought  for 
my  lord  the  king  a  young  virgin  : 
and  let  her  stand  before  the  king, 
and  cherish  him  ;  and  let  her  lie  in 
thy  bosom,  that  my  lord  the  king 
niaj'  get  heat.  3  So  they  sought 
for  a  fair  damsel  throughout  all  the 
borders  of  Israel,  and  found  Abi- 
shag"  the  Shunammite, and  brought 
her  to  the  king.  4  And  the  damsel 
was  very  fair ;  and  she  cherished  the 
king,  and  ministered  to  him ;  but 
the  king  knew  her  not. 

5  Then  *Adonijah  the  son  of 
Haggith  exalted  himself,  saying, 
1  will  be  king :  and  "  he  prepared 
him  chariots  and  horsemen,  and 
fifty    men    to    run     before    him. 

6  And  his  father  had  not  dis- 
pleased him  ^at  any  time  in  saj'- 
iug.  Why  hast  thou  done  sol  and 
he  was  also  a  very  goodly  man  ; 
and  ''he  was  born  after  Absalom. 

7  And  he  conferred  with  '  Joab  the 
son  of  Zeruiah,  and  with  -^Abiathar 
the  priest :  and  they  following 
Adonijah  helped  him.  8  But^Za- 
dok  the  priest,  and  *  Benaiah  the 
son  of  Jenoiada,  and  'Nathan  the 
prophet,  and  Shimei,  and  Rei,  and 
'•■  the  mighty  men  that  belonged  to 
David,  were  not  with  Adonijah. 
9  And  Adonijah  "  slew  sheep  and 
oxen  and  failings  by  the  stone  of 
Zoheleth,  which  is  beside  '  En-ro- 
gel ;  and  he  called  all  his  brethren, 
the  king's  sons,  and  all  the  men  of 
Judah,  the  king's  servants :  10  but 
Xathan  the  prophet,  and  Benaiah, 
and  the  mighty  men,  and  "'  Solomon 
his  brother,  he  called  not. 

11  Then  Nathan  spake  unto 
Bath-sheba  the  mother  of  Solomon, 
saying.  Hast  thou  not  heard  that 
Adonijah  the  son  of  Haggith  doth 
reign,  and  David  our  lord  knoweth 
it  not?  12  Now  therefore  come, 
let  me,  I  pray  thee,  give  thee  coun- 

■>  Or,  all  his  life  *  Or,  iocrifictd 


<•  Josh.  19. 

18;  IS. 

28.  4 
6  2  S.  3.  4 
•^  2  S.  15.  1 
rf  2  S.  3.  3,  4 
'  1  CUr.  11.  6 
/  1  S.  22.  20, 

23 
!'  2  S.  20.  25  ; 

1  Ohr.  16. 

39 
''  2  S.  8.  18 
i  2  S.  12.  1 
*  2  S.  23.  8-39 
'  Josh.  15.  7  ; 

18.  16; 

2  S.  17.  1" 
»"  2  S.  12.  24 


"  ver.  30 , 
1  Chr.  22 
9-13 

"  ver.  1 

P  ver.  13 

«  ver.  9 


'  ch.  2.  10  ; 
I)t.  31.  16; 
2  S.  7.  12 


sel,  that  thou  mayest  save  thine 
own  life,  and  the  life  of  thy  son 
Solomon.  13  Go  and  get  thee  in 
unto  king  David,  ana  .say  unto 
him,  Didst  not  thou,  my  lord,  I) 
king,  swear  unto  thy  handmaid, 
saying,  "Assuredly  Solomon  thy 
son  shall  reign  after  me,  and  he 
shall  sit  upon  my  throne '?  why 
then  doth  Adonijah  reign  I  14  Be- 
hold, while  thou  yet  talkest  there 
with  the  king,  I  also  will  come 
in  after  thee,  and  confirm  thy 
words. 

15  And  Bath-sheba  went  in  unto 
the  king  into  the  chamber  :  and 
"  the  king  was  very  old ;  and  Abi- 
shag  the  Shunammite  was  minis- 
tering unto  the  king.  16  And 
Bath-sheba  bowed,  and  did  obei- 
sanc3  unto  the  king.  And  the 
king  said.  What  wouldest  thou  1 
17  And  she  said  unto  him.  My 
lord,  thou  swarest  by  Jehovan  thy 
God  unto  thy  handmaid,  saying, 
^Assuredly  Solomon  thy  son  shall 
reign  after  me,  and  he  shall  sit  upon 
my  throne.  18  And  now,  behold, 
Adonijah  reigneth  ;  ^and  thou,  my 
lord  the  king,  knowest  it  not  : 
19  and  *he  hath  "^  slain  oxen  and 
fatlings  and  sheep  in  abundance, 
and  hath  called  all  the  sons  of  the 
king,  and  Abiathar  the  priest,  and 
Joab  the  captain  of  the  host ;  but 
Solomon  thy  servant  hath  he  not 
called.  20  And  ^thou,  my  lord  the 
king,  the  eyes  of  all  Israel  are  upon 
thee,  that  thou  shouldest  tell  them 
who  shall  sit  on  the  throne  of  my 
lord  the  king  after  him.  21  Other- 
wise it  will  come  to  pass,  ''when  my 
lord  the  king  shall  sleep  with  his 
fathers,  that  I  and  my  son  Solomon 
shall  be  counted  ^  offenders. 

22  And,  lo,  while  she  yet  talked 
with  the  king,  Nathan  the  prophet 
came  in.  23  And  they  told  the 
king,  saying.  Behold,  Nathan  the 
prophet.    And  when  he  was  come 

3  Another  reading  ia,  and  now,  my  lord  iht 
king,  thoit  &c. 

*  Another  reading  is,  now.     '  Heb.  sinnern 


333 


1.24 


I.   KINGS 


1.48 


Nathan  seconds  Batli-sheba's  Ilemonstrance.    Solomon  anointed  King.    Adonijah  alarmed 


in  before  the  king,  he  bowed  him- 
self before  the  king  with  his  face 
to  the  ground.  24  And  Nathan 
said,  My  lord,  O  king,  hast  thou 
said,  Adonijah  shall  reign  after 
me,  and  he  shall  sit  upon  my 
throne  1  25  "  For  he  is  gone  down 
this  day,  and  hath  ^  slain  oxen  and 
fatlings  and  sheep  in  abundance, 
and  hath  called  all  the  king's  sons, 
and  the  captains  of  the  host,  and 
Abiathar  the  priest ;  and,  behold, 
they  are  eating  and  drinking  be- 
fore him,  and  say,  *  Long  live  king 
Adonijah.  26  "  But  me,  even  me 
thy  servant,  and  Zadok  the  priest, 
and  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada, 
and  thy  servant  Solomon,  hath  he 
not  called.  27  Is  this  thing  done 
by  my  lord  the  king,  and  thou  hast 
not  showed  unto  thy  'servants  who 
should  sit  on  the  throne  of  my  lord 
the  king  after  him? 

28  Then  king  David  answered 
and  said.  Call  to  me  Bath-sheba. 
And  she  came  into  the  king's  pres- 
ence, and  stood  before  the  king. 
29  And  the  king  sware,  and  said, 
''As  Jehovah  liveth,  who  hath  re- 
deemed my  soul  out  of  all  adver- 
sity, 30  verily  as  "I  sware  unto 
thee  by  .lehovah,  the  God  of  Is- 
rael, saying,  Assuredly  Solomon 
thy  son  shall  reign  after  me,  and 
he  shall  sit  upon  my  throne  in  my 
stead  ;  verily  so  will  I  do  this  day. 
31  Then  Bath-sheba  bowed  with 
her  face  to  the  earth,  and  did  obei- 
sance to  the  king,  and  said,  -^Let 
my  lord  king  David  live  for  ever. 

32  And  king  David  said,  Call  to 
me  "  Zadok  the  priest,  and  Nathan 
the  prophet,  and  Benaiah  the  son 
of  Jehoiada.  And  they  came  be- 
fore the  king.  33  And  the  king 
said  unto  them.  Take  with  you 
''the  servants  of  your  lord,  and 
cause  Solomon  my  son  to  ride 
upon  mine  own  mule,  and  bring 
him  down  to/Gihon:  34  and  let 
Zadok  the  priest  and  Nathan  the 
prophet  *  anoint  him  there  king 
over  Israel ;  and  '  blow  ye  the 
trumpet,  and  say,  '"  Long  live  king 
Solomon.  35  Then  ye  shall  come 
up  after  him,  and  he  shall  come 
and  sit  upon  my  throne  ;  for  he 
shall  be  king  in  my  stead  ;  and  I 
have  appointed  him  to  be  ^prince 
over  Israel  and  over  Judah.  36  And 
Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada  an- 
swered the  king,  and  said.  Amen  : 


*  Or,  sacrificed 


2  Another  reading  is,  servant. 
3  Or,  leader 


"  ver.  9 
b  1  S.  10.  24 
'  ver.  8,  10 
ri  2  S.  4.  9 
*■  ver.  13,  17 
/Dan.  2.  4; 

3.  9 
^  ver.  8 
''  2  S.  20.  6,  7 
'  2  Clir.  32. 

30  ;  33.  14 
*  1  S.  10.  1 ; 

16.  3,  12 
'  2  S.  15.  10 
'"  ver.  25 


"  Josh.  1.  5, 

17  ;  1  S.  20. 

13 
°  ver.  47 
^  ver.  8 
«  2  S.  8.  18 
'■  ver.  33 
"  Ex.  30.  23- 

32 ;  1  Chr. 

16.  .39 ;  Ps. 

89.  20 

« 1  Chr.  29. 
"  ver.  34 


"  2  S.  1.5.  27, 
30  ;  17.  17 


'^  2  S.  18.  27 


■  1  Chr.  29. 

23 


•ch.  .3.  6; 
2  S.  7.  12 


334 


Jehovah,  the  God  of  my  lord  the 
king,  say  so  too.  37  "As  Jehovah 
hath  been  with  mv  lord  the  king, 
even  so  be  he  with  Solomon,  and 
°  make  his  throne  greater  than  the 
throne  of  my  lord  king  David. 
^38  So  ^' Zadok  the  priest,  and 
Nathan  the  prophet,  and  Benaiah 
the  son  of  Jehoiada,  and  ^  the 
Cherethites  and  the  Pelethites, 
went  down,  and  caused  Solomon 
to  ride  upon  king  David's  mule, 
and  brought  him  to  ''Gihon.  39 
And  Zadok  the  priest  '  took  the 
horn  of  oil  out  of  the  Tent,  and 
'anointed  Solomon.  And  they 
"  blew  the  trumpet ;  and  all  the 
people  said.  Long  live  king  Solo- 
mon. 40  And  all  the  people  came 
up  after  him,  and  the  people  piped 
with  pipes,  and  rejoiced  with  great 
joy,  so  that  the  earth  rent  with  the 
sound  of  them. 

41  And  Adonijah  and  all  the 
guests  that  were  with  him  heard 
it  as  they  had  made  an  end  of  eat- 
ing. And  when  Joab  heard  the 
sound  of  the  trumpet,  he  said. 
Wherefore  is  this  noise  of  the  city 
being  in  an  uproar'?  42  While  he 
yet  spake,  behold,  "Jonathan  the 
son  of  Abiathar  the  priest  came : 
and  Adonijah  said.  Come  in ;  for 
•^thou  art  a  worthy  man,  and 
bringest  good  tidings.  43  And 
Jonathan  answered  and  said  to 
Adonijah,  Verily  our  lord  king 
David  hath  made  Soloinon  king  : 
44  and  the  king  hath  sent  with 
him  Zadok  the  priest,  and  Nathan 
the  prophet,  and  Benaiah  the  son 
of  Jehoiada,  and  the  Cherethites 
and  the  Pelethites  ;  and  they  have 
caused  him  to  ride  upon  the  king's 
mule;  45  and  Zadok  the pi'iest and 
Nathan  the  prophet  have  anointed 
him  king  in  Gihon ;  and  they  are 
come  up  from  thence  rejoicing,  *  so 
that  the  city  rang  again.  This  is 
the  noise  that  ye  have  heard. 
46  And  also  sSolomon  sitteth  on 
the  throne  of  the  kingdom.  47 
And  moreover  the  king's  servants 
came  to  bless  our  lord  king  David, 
saying,  ^  "  Thy  God  make  the  name 
of  Solomon  better  than  thy  name, 
and  make  his  throne  greater  than 
thy  throne  :  and  ''  the  king  bowed 
himself  upon  the  bed.  48  And 
also  thus  said  the  king.  Blessed  be 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  who 
"■hath  given  one  to  sit  on  my  throne 
this  day,  mine  eyes  even  seeing  it. 

*  Another  reading  omits  Thy. 


1.49 


I.   KINGS 


2.22 


Adonijah  spared.    Bavid's  Cbarge  to  Solomon.    His  Death,    idonijah  wisbes  to  marry  Abbhag 


49  And  all  the  guests  of  Adoni- 
jah were  afraid,  and  rose  up,  and 
went  every  man  his  way.  50  And 
Adonijah  feared  because  of  Solo- 
mon ;  and  he  arose,  and  went,  and 
"caught  hold  on  the  horns  of  the 
altar.  51  And  it  was  told  Solo- 
mon, saying,  Behold.  Adonijah 
feareth  king  Solomon;  for,  lo,  he 
hath  laid  hold  on  the  horns  of  the 
altar,  saying.  Let  king  Solomon 
swear  unto  me  ^hrst  that  lie  will 
not  slay  his  servant  with  the  sword. 
52  And  Solomon  said.  If  he  shall 
show  himself  a  worthy  man,  'there 
shall  not  a  hair  of  him  fall  tp  the 
earth  ;  but  if  wickedness  be  found 
in  him,  he  shall  die.  53  So  king 
Solomon  sent,  and  they  brought 
him  down  from  the  altar.  And 
he  came  and  did  obeisance  to  king 
Solomon;  and  Solomon  said  unto 
him.  Go  to  thy  house. 

2  Now "  the  days  of  David  drew 
nigh  that  he  should  die ;  and  he 
charged  Solomon  his  son,  saying, 
2  ''I  am  going  the  way  of  all  the 
earth  :  "  be  thou  strong  therefore, 
and  show  thyself  a  man ;  3  and 
keep  the  charge  of  Jehovah  thy 
God,  to  walk  in  his  ^yays,  to  keep 
his  statutes,  a7ul  his  command- 
ments, and  his  ordinances,  and  his 
testimonies,  -^according  to  that 
which  is  written  in  the  law  of 
Moses,  that  ■"'  thou  mayest  '"  prosper 
in  all  that  thou  doest,  and  whither- 
soever thou  turnest  thyself ;  4  that 
*  Jehovah  may  establish  his  word 
which  he  spake  concerning  me, 
saying,  '  If  thy  children  take  heed 
to  their  way,  *^  to  walk  before  me 
in  truth  witn  all  their  heart  and 
with  all  their  soul,  'there  shall  not 
fail  thee  (said  he)  a  man  on  the 
throne  of  Israel.  5  Moreover  thou 
knowest  also  what  Joab  the  '"  son  of 
Zeruiah  did  unto  me,  even  what  he 
did  to  the  two  captains  of  the  hosts 
of  Israel,  unto  "  Abner  the  son  of 
Xer,  and  unto  "Amasa  the  son  of 
Jether,  whom  he  slew,  and  ^shed 
the  blood  of  war  in  peace,  and  put 
the  blood  of  war  upon  his  girdle 
that  was  about  his  loins,  and  in  his 
shoes  that  were  on  his  feet.  6  p  Do 
therefore  according  to  thy  wisdom, 
and  let  not  his  hoar  head  go  down 
to  Sheol  in  peace.  7  But  »show 
kindness  unto  the  sons  of  Barzillai 
the  Gileadite,  and  '"  let  them  be  of 
those  that  eat  at  thy  table  ;  '  for  so 
they  came  to  me  when  I  fled  from 

1  Heb.  to-day.     *  Or,  do  wisely      ^  Heb.  set. 
12 


"  ch.  2.  28 ; 

Ex.  27.  2 ; 

:w.  10 
ti  1  S.  14.  46; 

'^  S.  14.  11 
'^  (;en.  47. 

29 ;  Dt.  31. 

14 
<l  Josh.  23.  14 
'  Dt.  31.  7, 

23 ;  Josh. 

1.  0,  7 
/Dt.  17. 

18-20 

s  1  Chr.  22. 

12.  13 
''  2  S.  7.  25 
■  Fs.  132.  12 
fc  2  K.  20.  3 
'  ch.  8.  2.5  ; 

9.  5  ;  2  S.  7. 

12,  13 
™  2  S.  2.  13, 

18 
"  ver.  32 ; 

2  S.  3.  27 
"2  8.  20.  10 
P  ver.  9 
9  2  S.  19.  31- 

38 
>■  2  S.  9.  7,  10 
»  2  S.  17.  27- 

29 


t  2  S.  16.  6-8 
"2  8.  19.  18- 

23 
"  ver.  6 
'  Acts  2.  29 ; 

13.  3G 
y  ch.  3.  1  ; 

2  S.  6.  7 
=  2  8.5.4,5; 

1  Chr.  29. 
26,  27 

«  2  8.  6.  5 
b  1  Chr.  29. 

23 ;  2  Chr. 

1.  1 
"  1  8.  10.  4 
d  ver.  22 ; 

2  8.  3.  3,  4 
'  ch.  1.  6,  25 
/ch.  1.  38-50 
'J  1  Chr.  22. 

9,  10 ;  28. 
6-7 
A  ch.  1.  3,  4  ; 
2  8.  12.  8 


'IK 

15. 

13 

fcPs. 

45. 

) 

'  ver 

16 

"ch. 

1.3 

4 

Absalom  thy  brother.  8  And,  be- 
hold, 'there  is  with  thee  Shimei  the 
son  of  Gera,  the  Benjamite,  of  Ba- 
hurim,  who  cursed  me  with  a  griev- 
ous curse  in  the  day  when  I  went  to 
Mahanaim  ;  but  "he  came  down  to 
meet  me  at  the  Jordan,  and  I  sware 
to  him  by  Jehovah,  saying,  I  will 
not  put  thee  to  death  with  the 
sword.  9  Now  therefore  hold  him 
not  guiltless,  'for  thou  art  a  wise 
man ;  and  thou  wilt  know  what 
thou  oughtest  to  do  unto  him,  and 
thou  shait  bring  his  hoar  head  down 
to  Sheol  with  Wood. 

10  And  ""  David  slept  with  his 
fathers,  and  was  buried  in  *the  city 
of  David.  11  And  Hhe  days  that 
David  reigned  over  Israel  were 
forty  years:  "seven  yeai's  reigned 
he  in  Hebron,  and  thirty  and  three 
years  reigned  he  in  Jerusalem.  12 
And  *  Solomon  sat  upon  the  throne 
of  David  his  father  ;  and  his  king- 
dom was  established  greatly. 

13  Then  Adonijah  the  son  of 
Haggith  came  to  Bath-sheba  the 
mother  of  Solomon.  And  she  said, 
"  Comest  thou  peaceably  1  And  he 
said,  Peaceably.  14  He  said  more- 
over, I  have  somewhat  to  say  unto 
thee.  And  she  said.  Say  on.  15 
And  he  said,  Thou  knowest  that 
'Hhe  kingdom  was  mine,  and  'that 
all  Israel  set  their  faces  on  me, 
that  I  should  reign:  -^howbeit  the 
kingdom  is  turned  about,  and  is  be- 
come my  brother's  ;  "for  it  was  his 
from  Jehovah.  1 6  And  now  I  ask 
one  petition  of  thee;  ^deny  me 
not.  And  she  said  unto  him.  Say 
on.  17  And  he  said.  Speak,  I  pray 
thee,  unto  Solomon  the  king  (for  he 
will  not  say  thee  naj^),  that  ''he 
give  me  Abishag  the  Shunammite 
to  wife.  18  And  Bath-sheba  said. 
Well ;  I  will  speak  for  thee  unto 
the  king. 

19  Bath-sheba  therefore  went 
unto  king  Solomon,  to  speak  unto 
him  for  Adonijah.  And  the  king 
rose  up  to  meet  her,  and  bowed 
himself  unto  her,  and  sat  down  on 
his  throne,  and  '  caused  a  throne  to 
be  set  for  the  king's  mother;  and 
*she  sat  on  his  right  hand.  20 
Then  she  said,  I  ask  one  small  peti- 
tion of  thee;  'deny  me  not.  And 
the  king  said  unto  her.  Ask  on,  my 
mother;  for  I  will  not  deny  thee. 
21  And  she  said,  ""  Let  Abishag  the 
Shunammite  be  given  to  Adonijah 
thy  brother  to  wife.     22  And  king 

<  Heb.  turn  not  away  my  face. 


335 


2.23 


I.   KINGS 


2.44 


Idonijah  slain,    ibiathar  deposed.    Joab  slaia.    Shimei  is  forbidden  to  leave  Jemsalem,  bat  breaks  his  Word 


Solomon  answered  and  said  unto 
his  mother,  And  why  dost  thou 
ask  Abishag  the  Shunammite  for 
Adonijah  ?  "ask  for  him  the  king- 
dom also ;  *for  he  is  mine  elder 
brother ;  even  for  him,  and  for 
''Abiathar  the  priest,  and  for  Joab 
the  son  of  Zeruiah.  23  Then  king 
Solomon  sware  by  Jehovah,  saying, 
'*God  do  so  to  me,  and  more  also, 
if  Adonijah  hath  not  spoken  this 
word  against  his  own  life.  24  Now 
therefore  as  Jehovah  liveth,  who 
hath  established  me,  and  set  me  on 
the  throne  of  David  my  father,  and 
^  who  hath  made  me  a  house,  as  he 
promised,  surely  Adonijah  shall  be 
put  to  death  this  day.  25  And 
king  Solomon  -^sent  by  Benaiah  the 
son  of  Jehoiada ;  and  he  fell  upon 
him,  so  that  he  died. 

26  And  unto  Abiathar  the  priest 
said  the  king,  ^Get  thee  to  Ana- 
thoth,  unto  thine  own  fields ;  for 
''thou  art  ^worthy  of  death:  but  I 
will  not  at  this  time  put  thee  to 
death,  because  'thou  barest  the 
ark  of  the  Lord  Jehovah  before 
David  my  father,  and  because 
*  thou  wast  afflicted  in  all  wherein 
my  father  was  afflicted.  27  So 
Solomon  thrust  out  Abiathar  from 
being  priest  unto  Jehovah,  that  he 
might  fulfil '  the  word  of  Jehovah, 
which  he  spake  concerning  the 
house  of  Eli  in  Shiloh. 

28  And  the  tidings  came  to 
Joab;  '"for  Joab  had  turned  after 
Adonijah,  "though  he  turned  not 
after  Absalom.  And  Joab  iled  unto 
the  Tent  of  Jehovah,  and  "caught 
hold  on  the  horns  of  the  altar.  29 
And  it  was  told  king  Solomon,  Joab 
is  fled  unto  the  Tent  of  Jehovah, 
and,  behold,  he  is  by  the  altar. 
Then  Solomon  ^sent  Benaiah  the 
son  of  Jehoiada,  saying.  Go,  fall 
upon  him.  30  And  Benaiah  came 
to  the  Tent  of  Jehovah,  and  said 
unto  him,  Thus  saith  the  king. 
Come  forth.  And  he  said,  Nay ; 
but  I  will  die  here.  And  Benaiah 
brought  the  king  woi'd  again,  say- 
ing. Thus  said  Joab,  and  thus  he 
answered  me.  31  And  the  king 
said  unto  him,  *Do  as  he  hath  said, 
and  fall  upon  him,  and  bury  him; 
•"that  thou  may  est  take  away  the 
blood,  which  Joab  shed  without 
cause,  from  me  and  from  my 
father's  house.  32  And  ^Jehovah 
will  return  his  blood  upon  his  own 
head,   'because    he   fell  upon  two 

1  Ueb.  a  man  of. 


"^  2  S.  12.  8 
>>  ver.  15 ;  ch. 

1.  6;  iChr. 

3.  2,5 
<^  ch.  1.  7 
d  Ruth  1.  17 
=  2S.  7.  11, 

13 ;  1  Chr. 

22.  10 
/2S.  8.  18 
"  Josh.  21. 

18;  Jer. 

1.  1 
A  1  S.  26.  10 
i  1  S.  23.  G ; 

2  S.  15.  21- 

29 
*:  1  S.  22.  20- 

23  ;  23.  8,  9 
'  1  Sam.  2. 

27-36 
"^  ch.  1.  7 
"  2  S.  17.  25 ; 

18.  2 
0  ch.  1.  60 
''  ver.  25 
«  Ex.  21.  14 
*■  Num.  35. 

33 ;  Dt.  19. 

13 
*  Gen.  9.  6 ; 

Judg.  9.  24, 

t  2'chr.  21. 
13,  14 


"  2  S.  3.  27 
"  2  S.  20.  9,  10 
^  2  S.  3.  29 
y  ver.  25 
-  ch.  4.  4 
"  1  Chr.  29. 

22 
>>  ver.  27 
"  ver.  8 
rf  2  S.  15.  23 
«  2  S.  1.  16 


/  1  S.  27.  2 


men  more  righteous  and  better 
than  he,  and  slew  them  with  the 
sword,  and  my  father  David  knew 
it  not,  to  tvit,  "Abner  the  son  of 
Ner,  captain  of  the  host  of  Israel, 
and  '  Amasa  the  son  of  Jether,  cap- 
tain of  the  host  of  Judah.  33  •'So 
shall  their  blood  return  upon  the 
head  of  Joab,  and  upon  the  head  of 
his  seed  for  ever:  but  unto  David, 
and  unto  his  seed,  and  unto  his 
house,  and  unto  his  throne,  shall 
there  be  peace  for  ever  from  Jeho- 
vah. 34  Then  *  Benaiah  the  son  of 
Jehoiada  went  up,  and  fell  upon 
him,  and  slew  him  ;  and  he  was 
buried  in  his  own  house  in  the 
wilderness.  35  And  Hhe  king  put 
Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada  in  hi.s 
room  over  the  host ;  and  "Zadok  the 
priest  did  the  king  put  *in  the 
room  of  Abiathar. 

36  And  the  king  sent  and  called 
for  ''Shimei,  and  said  unto  him. 
Build  thee  a  house  in  Jerusalem, 
and  dwell  there,  and  go  not  forth 
thence  any  whither.  37  For  on 
the  day  thou  goest  out,  ''and  pass- 
est  over  the  brook  Kidron,  know 
thou  for  certain  that  thou  shalt 
surely  die :  •■'  thy  blood  shall  be 
upon  thine  own  head.  38  And 
Shimei  said  unto  the  king,  The  say- 
ing is  good:  as  my  lord  the  king 
hath  said,  so  will  thy  servant  do. 
And  Shimei  dwelt  in  Jerusalem 
many  days. 

39  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the 
end  of  three  years,  that  two  of  the 
servants  of  Shimei  ran  away  •''unto 
Achish,  son  of  Maacah,  king  of 
Gath.  And  they  told  Shimei,  say- 
ing. Behold,  thy  servants  are  in 
Gath.  40  And  Shimei  arose,  and 
saddled  his  ass,  and  went  to  Gath 
to  Achish,  to  seek  his  servants  ; 
and  Shimei  went,  and  brought  his 
servants  from  Gath.  41  And  it 
was  told  Solomon  that  Shimei  had 
gone  from  Jerusalem  to  Gath,  and 
was  come  again.  42  And  the  king 
sent  and  called  for  Shimei,  and 
said  unto  him.  Did  I  not  adjure 
thee  by  Jehovah,  and  protest  unto 
thee,  saying.  Know  for  certain, 
that  on  the  day  thou  goest  out, 
and  walkest  abroad  any  whither, 
thou  shalt  surely  die?  and  thou 
saidst  unto  me.  The  saying  that  I 
have  heard  is  good.  43  Why  then 
hast  thou  not  kept  the  oath  of 
Jehovah,  and  the  commandment 
that  I  have  charged  thee  with '? 
44    The    king    said    moreover   to 


336 


2.45 


I.   KINGS 


3.  2i 


Shimei  slain.    Solomon's  Marriage.    His  Prayer  at  tiilieon,  and  God's  Answer.    His  Wise  Judgment 


Shimei,  "  Thou  knowest  all  the 
wickedness  which  thy  heart  is 
privy  to,  that  tliou  didst  to  David 
my  father:  therefore  ''Jehovali 
shall  return  thy  wickedness  upon 
thine  own  head.  45  But  king 
Solomon  shall  he  blessed,  and  •"  the 
throne  of  David  shall  i)eestal)lished 
before  Jehovah  for  ever.  46  ''hSo 
tiie  king  commanded  Benaiah  the 
son  of  .Jehoiada  ;  and  he  went  out, 
and  fell  upon  him,  so  that  he  died. 
"'And  the  kingdom  was  established 
in  the  liand  of  Solomon. 

3  And  ■'Solomon  made  affinity 
with  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt, 
and  took  Pharaoh's  daughter,  -'and 
brought  her  into  the  city  of  David, 
''until  he  had  made  an  end  of 
building  his  own  house,  and  the 
house  of  Jehovah,  and  'the  wall 
of  Jerusalem  round  about.  2  Only 
*•  the  people  sacrificed  in  the  high 

E laces,  because  there  was  no  house 
uilt  for  the  name  of  Jehovah  until 
those  days.  3  And_  'Solomon 
loved  Jehovah,  "'walking  in  the 
statutes  of  David  his  father:  only 
he  sacrificed  and  burnt  incense  in 
tlie  high  places. 

4  "  And  the  king  went  to "  Gibeon 
to  sacrifice  there ;  ^  for  that  was 
the  great  high  place:  a  thousand 
burnt-ofierings  did  Solomon  offer 
upon  that  altar.  5  ^In  Gibeon 
•lehovah  appeared  to  Solomon  ""in 
a  dream  by  night ;  and  God  said. 
Ask  what  I  shall  give  thee.  6  And 
Solomon  said,  *Thou  hast  showed 
unto  tliy  servant  David  my  father 
great  lovingkindness,  'according 
as  he  walked  before  thee  in  truth, 
and  in  righteousness,  and  in  up- 
rightness of  heart  with  thee  ;  and 
"  tliou  hast  kept  for  him  this  great 
lovingkindness,  that  thou  hast 
given  him  a  son  to  sit  on  his 
thx'one,  as  it  is  this  day.  7  And 
now,  O  Jehovah  my  God,  "thou 
hast  made  thy  servant  king  in- 
stead of  David  my  father  :  and  ^I 
am  but  a  little  child  :  ^I  know  not 
how  to  go  out  or  come  in.  8  And 
•  thy  servant  is  in  the  midst  of  thy 
people  which  thou  hast  chosen,  "a 
great  people,  that  cannot  be  num- 
bered nor  counted  for  multitude. 
9  *Give  thy  servant  therefore  an 
'  understanding  heart  to  judge  thy 
people,  "that  I  may  discern  be- 
tween good  and  evil ;  for  who  is 
able  to  judge  this  thy  "great  peo- 
ple \ 

1  Heb.  hearing.  ^  Heh  heavy. 


"2  8.  IC.  6-13 
i"  I  8.  'In.  39  ; 

2  K.  n.  1, 

1-J-lO 
"  2  8.  7.  13 
d  ver.  26,  Zi 
'  ver.  12 ; 

2  Chr.  1.  1 
/cli.  7.  8;  9. 

l(i,  24 ; 

2  Chr.  8.  11 
'■'  Ch.  9.  24 
ftcb.  7.  1; 

y.  10 
'  ch.  9.  15 
''  Lev.  17.  3- 

6;  Ot. 

12.  13,  14 
'  Dt.  0.  0 ; 

Ps.  31.  23 
'"  ch.  2.  3  ;  9. 

4:  11.  4,6, 

:-;8 
"  2  Chr.  1.  3 
"  Josh.  18. 

21 -.5 
V  1  Chr.  IC. 

.19 ;  21.  29 
«  ch.  9.  2  ; 

11.  9 
'"Num.  12. 

6 ;  Mt.  1. 

20 
»  2  S.  7.  8-17 
<  ch.  9.  4 
"ch.  1.  48 
"  1  Chr.  22. 

9-13 
*  1  Chr.  29. 

1 ;  Jer.  1. 

fi.  7 
"  Num.  27. 17 
-  Ex.  19.  0; 

Dt.  7.  6 
"  Gen.  16.  5  ; 

22.  17 
ft  Prov.  2.  3- 

9 ;  Ps.  72. 

1,  2 ;  Jas. 


i'S.  14,  17 


d  1  Jn.  6.  14, 

16 
°  ch.  4.  29- 

31  ;  5.  12 
/ch.  4.  21- 

24  ;  10.  23, 

27 
"  ver.  6 
h  Gen.  41.  7 
'  ch.  8.  05 
*  Num.  27.  2 


337 


10  And  the  speech  pleased  the 
Lord,  that  Solomon  had  asked  this 
thing.  11  And  (iod  said  unto 
liim.  Because  thou  ha.st  asked  this 
thing,  and  hast  not  asked  for  thy- 
self ^long  life,  neither  hast  asked 
riches  for_  thyself,  nor  hast  asked 
the  life  of  thine  enemies,  but  hast 
asked  for  thyself  understanding 
to  ■'discern  justice;  12  behold,  ''I 
have  done  according  to  thy  worfl  : 
lo,  "1  have  given  thee  a  wi.se  and 
an  ^  understanding  heart ;  so  that 
there  hath  been  none  like  thee 
before  thee,  neither  after  thee  shall 
any  arise  like  unto  thee.  13  •'And 
1  have  also  given  thee  that  which 
thou  hast  not  asked,  both  riches 
and  honor,  so  that  there  "  shall  not 
be  any  among  the  kings  like  unto 
thee,  all  thy  days.  14  And  ^if 
thou  wilt  walk  in  my  ways,  to 
keep  my  statutes  and  my  com- 
mandments, as  thy  father  David 
did  walk,  then  I  will  lengthen  thy 
flays.  1 5  And  ''  Solomon  awoke  ; 
and,  behold,  it  was  a  dream :  and 
he  came  to  Jerusalem,  and  stood 
before  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of 
Jehovah,  and  offered  up  burnt- 
offerings,  and  offered  peace-offer- 
ings, and  *made  a  feast  to  all  his 
servants. 

16  Then  there  came  two  women 
that  were  harlots,  unto  the  king, 
and  *  stood  before  him.  17  Ana 
the  one  woman  said,  Oh,  my  lord, 
I  and  this  woman  dwell  in  one 
house  ;  and  I  was  delivered  of  a 
child  with  her  in  the  house.  18 
And  it  came  to  pass  the  third  day 
after  I  was  delivered,  that  this 
woman  was  delivered  also ;  and 
we  were  together  ;  there  was  no 
stranger  with  us  in  the  house,  save 
we  two  in  the  house.  19  And  this 
woman's  child  died  in  the  night, 
because  she  lay  upon  it.  20  And 
she  aro.se  at  midnight,  and  took 
my  .son  from  beside  me,  while  thy 
handmaid  slept,  and  laid  it  in  her 
bosom,  and  laid  her  dead  child  in 
my  bosom.  21  And  when  I  rose 
in  the  morning  to  give  my  child 
suck,  behold,  it  was  dead ;  but 
when  I  had  looked  at  it  in  the 
morning,  behold,  it  was  not  my 
son,  whom  I  did  bear.  22  And 
the  other  woman  .said,  Nay ;  but 
the  living  is  my  son,  and  the  dead 
is  thy  son.  And  this  said.  No  ;  but 
the  dead  is  thy  son,  and  the  living 

3  Heb.  many  days.  *  Heb.  hear. 

'  Or,  hath  not  been 


3.23 


I.  KINGS 


4.27 


Solomon's  Wise  Jadgineot.    His  OlScers.    His  Power  and  Wealth 


is  my  son.     Thus  they  spake  before 
the  king. 

23  Then  said  the  king.  The  one 
saith,  This  is  my  son  that  liveth, 
and  thy  sou  is  the  dead :  and  the 
other  saith,  Nay ;  but  thy  son  is 
the  dead,  and  my  son  is  the  Hving. 
24  And  the  king  said,  Fetch  me  a 
sword.  And  they  brought  a  sword 
before  the  king.  25  And  the  king 
said,  Divide  the  Hving  child  in 
two,  and  give  half  to  the  one,  and 
half  to  the  other.  26  Then  spake 
the  woman  whose  the  living  child 
was  unto  the  king,  for  "  her  heart 
yearned  over  her  son,  and  she  said, 
Oh,  my  lord,  give  her  the  living 
child,  and  in  no  wise  slay  it.  But 
the  other  said.  It  shall  be  neither 
mine  nor  thine  ;  divide  it.  27  Then 
the  king  answered  and  said,  Give 
her  the  living  child,  and  in  no  wise 
slay  it :  she  is  the  mother  thereof. 
28  And  all  Israel  heard  of  the 
judgment  which  the  king  had 
judged  ;  and  they  feared  the  king  : 
for  *  they  saw  that  the  wisdom  of 
God  was  in  him,  to  do  justice. 

4  And  king  Solomon  was  king 
over  all  Israel.  2  And  these 
were  the  princes  whom  he  had  : 
Azariah  the  son  of  Zadok,  Hhe 
priest ;  3  Elihoreph  and  Ahijah, 
the  sons  of  Shisha,  ^  scribes  ;  Je- 
hoshaphat  the  son  of  Ahilud,  the 
'"*  recorder  ;  4  and  Benaiah  the  son 
of  Jehoiada  was  over  the  host ;  and 
Zadok  and  Abiathar  were  priests  ; 
5  and  Azariah  the  son  of  Nathan 
was  over  "^  the  officers  ;  and  Zabud 
the  son  of  Nathan  was  ^  chief  min- 
ister, and  the  king's  friend  :  6  and 
Ahishar  was  over  the  household  ; 
and  Adoniram  the  son  ot  Abda  was 
over  the  men  subject  to  taskwork. 
7  And  Solomon  had  twelve  offi- 
cers over  all  Israel,  who  provided 
victuals  for  the  king  and  his  house- 
hold :  each  man  had  to  make  pro- 
vision for  a  month  in  the  year. 
8  And  these  are  their  names : 
Ben-hur,  in  "the  hill-country  of 
Ephraim  ;  9  Ben-deker,  in  Makaz, 
and  in  -^Shaalbim,  and  ^  Beth-she- 
mesh,  and  Elon-beth-hanan ;  10 
Ben-hesed,  in  Arubboth  (to  him 
pertained  ''Socoh,  and  all  the  land 
of  '  Hepher) ;  1 1  Ben-abinadab,  in 
all  nhe  ^*  height  of  Dor  (he  had 
Taphath  the  daughter  of  Solomon 
to    wife) ;    12    Baana   the    son   of 

1  Or,  secretaries  *  Or,  Naphath-dor 

2  Or.  chronicler  '  Or.  region 

3  Or,  priest   See  2  8.  8. 18. 


"0611.43.30; 

Jer.  31.  20 
b  ver.  9,  11, 

12 
"  1  Chr.  6.  10 
rf  ver.  7 
''Josh.  24.33 
y  Judg.  1.  35 
"  Josh.  21.  le 
''  Josh.  15.  35 
'  Josh.  12. 17 
*  Josh.  11. 

1,2 


'  Judg.  5.  19 
"'  .fosh.  17. 11 
"  Josh.  3.  16 
"  ch.  19.  16 
P  1  Chr.  6.  68 
9  ch.  22.  3-15 
"■  Num.  32. 

41 
'  Dt.  3.  4 
'  Josh.  13.  26 
"  2  S.  15.  27 
''  2  S.  15.  32 
^  eh.  1.  8 
"  Dt.  3.  8-10 
'  ch.  3.  8  ; 

Gen.  32.  12 


*[Ch.  5.  1  in 

Heb.] 
°  2  Chr.  9.  26 
t>  Gen.  15.  18 

"  2  S.  8.  2,  6 


rf  Judg.  1.  18 
*  Ps.  72.  U 


"  Jer.  23.  6  ; 
Mic.  4.  4  ; 
Zech.  3.  10 

ft  1  S.  3.  20 
i  ch.  10.  26 


338 


Ahilud,  in  '  Taanach  and  Megiddo, 
and  all  "'  Beth-shean  which  is  beside 
"Zarethan,  beneath  Jezreel,  from 
Beth-shean  to  "  Abel-meholah,  as 
far  as ''  beyond  ^  Jokrneam ;  1 3  Ben- 
geber,  in  *  Ramoth-gilead  (to  him 
pet-tamed'  '''the  towns  of  Jair  the 
son  of  Manasseh,  which  are  in 
Gilead  ;  even  to  him  pertained  *  the 
region  of  Argob,  which  is  in 
Bashan,  threescore  great  cities 
with  walls  and  brazen  bars) ;  14 
Ahinadab  the  son  of  Iddo,  in  '  Ma- 
hanaim  ;  15  "Ahimaaz,  in  Naph- 
tali  (he  also  took  Basemath  the 
daughter  of  Solomon  to  wife) ; 
1 6  Baana  the  son  of  "  Hushai,  in 
Asher  and  *  Bealoth  ;  1 7  Jehosha- 
phat  the  son  of  Paruah,  in  Issa- 
char  ;  18  i^Shimei  the  son  of  Ela, 
in  Benjamin  ;  1 9  Geber  the  son  of 
Uri,  in  the  land  of  Gilead,  »the 
country  of  Sihon  king  of  the  Amo- 
rites  and  of  Og  king  of  Bashan  ; 
^and  he  was  the  only  officer  that 
was  in  the  land. 

20  '  Judah  and  Israel  were  many 
as  the  sand  which  is  by  the  sea 
in  multitude,  eating  and  drinking 
and  making  merz'y.  *  2 1  "  And 
Solomon  ruled  over  all  the  king- 
doms *  from  the  River  unto  the 
land  of  the  Philistines,  and  unto 
the  border  of  Egypt : "  they  brought 
tribute,  and  served  Solomon  all 
the  daj's  of  his  life.  22  And  Solo- 
mon's provision  for  one  day  was 
thirty  ^"measures  of  fine  flour,  and 
threescore  measures  of  meal,  23 
ten  fat  oxen,  and  twenty  oxen  out 
of  the  pastures,  and  a  hundred 
sheep,  besides  harts,  and  gazelles, 
and  roebucks,  and  fatted  fowl.  24 
For  he  had  dominion  over  all  the 
region  "  on  this  side  the  River, 
from  Tiphsah  even  to  "^  Gaza,  '  over 
all  the  kings  ''on  this  side  the 
River :  and  •''  he  had  peace  on  all 
sides  round  about  him.  25  *And 
•ludah  and  Israel  dwelt  safely, 
every  man  under  his  vine  and 
under  his  fig-tree,  ''from  Dan  even 
to  Beer-sheba,  all  the  days  of^  Solo- 
mon. 26  'And  Solomon  had ''forty 
thousand  stalls  of  horses  for  his 
chariots,  and  twelve  thousand 
horsemen.  27  And  those  officers 
provided  victuals  for  king  Solo- 
mon, and  for  all  that  came  unto 
king  Solomon's  table,  every  man 
in  his  month  ;  they  let  nothing  be 

'  Or,  over  against         '  Heb.  and  one  officer. 
7  Or,  Havvotfi^jair       lo  Heb.  cor. 
^Ot,  in  Aloth  ^^  Or,  beyond  the  River 

12  In  2  Chr.  9.  25,  four  thovsand. 


4.28 


I.   KINGS 


6.1 


Solomon's  Wisdom.    Bis  League  with  King  Hiram  respecting  the  Bnilding  of  the  Temple.    His  Workmen 


•5 


lacking.  28  Barley  also  and  straw 
for  the  horses  and  "  swift  steeds 
brought  they  unto  the  place 
'  where  the  officers  were,  every  man 
according  to  nis  charge. 

29  And  'God  gave  Solomon  wis- 
dom and  understanding  exceeding 
much,  and  largeness  of  heart,  "^  even 
as  the  sand  that  is  on  the  sea-shore. 
30  And  Solomon's  wisdom  excelled 
the  wisdom  of  all  **  the  children  of 
the  east,  and  "  all  the  wisdom  of 
Egypt.  31  For  •'he  was  wiser  than 
all  men ;  than  •''Ethan  the  Ezra- 
hite,  and  Heman,  and  ''Calcol,  and 
parda,  the  sons  of  Mahol :  and  his 
fame  was  in  all  the  nations  round 
about.  32  'And  he  spake  three 
thousand  proverbs ;  and  his  songs 
were  a  thousand  and  five.  33  And 
he  spake  of  trees,  from  the  cedar 
that  is  in  Lebanon  even  unto  the 
hyssop  that  springeth  out  of  the 
wall :  he  spake  also  of  beasts,  and 
of  birds,  and  of  creeping  things, 
and  of  fishes.  34  And  *  there  came 
of  all  peoples  to  hear  the  wisdom 
of  Solomon,  from  all  kings  of  the 
earth,  who  had  heard  of  his  wisdom. 
'  And  Hiram  king  of  Tyre 
sent  his  servants  unto  Solo- 
mon ;  for  he  had  heard  that  they 
had  anointed  him  king  in  the  room 
of  his  father  :  for  "*  Hiram  was  ever 
a  lover  of  David.  2  And  Solomon 
sent  to  Hiram,  saying,  3  Thou 
knowest  how  that "  David  my  father 
could  not  build  a  house  for  the  name 
of  Jehovah  his  God  for  the  wars 
Nvhich  were  about  him  on  every 
side,  until  Jehovah  put  them  under 
the  soles  of  his  feet.  4  But  now 
*  Jehovah  my  God  hath  given  me 
rest  on  every  side  ;  there  is  neither 
adversary,  nor  evil  occurrence.  5 
And,  behold,  ^I  purpose  to  build  a 
house  for  the  name  of  Jehovah  my 
God,  as  Jehovah  spake  unto  David 
my  father,  saying,  Thy  son,  whom 
I  will  set  upon  thy  throne  in  thy 
room,  he  shall  build  the  house  for 
my  name.  6  Now  therefore  com- 
mand thou  that  they  cut  me  cedar- 
trees  out  of  Lebanon  ;  and  my  ser- 
vants shall  be  with  thy  servants : 
and  I  will  give  thee  hire  for  thy 
servants  according  to  all  that  thou 
shalt  say :  for  thou  knowest  that 
there  is  not  among  us  any  that 
knoweth  how  to  cut  timber  like 
unto  the  Sidonians. 

7    And  it   came   to  pass,  when 

1  Or.  where  he  (that  is,  the  king)  was  Or,  where 
it  should  be 


"  Esth.  8.  10, 

14 ;  Mic.  1. 

1:5 
>>  ch.  3.  12 
°  ver.  20 
<i  (Jen,  -29.  1  ; 

Judg.  U.  33 
'  Is.  19.  11  ; 

Acts  7.  L'2 
/ch.  .i.  12 
"  1  Chr.  14. 

19 ;  Ps.  89. 

title 
ft  1  Chr.  2.  6 
'  Prov.  1.  1  ; 

Eccl.  12.  9 ; 

S.  S.  1.  1 
*  ch.  10.  1  ; 

2  Chr.  9.  23 
'  2  Chr.  2.  3 
'"  2  S.  5.  11  ; 

1  Chr.  14.  1 
"  1  Chr.  28. 

"  ch.  4.  24  ; 

1  Chr.  22.  9 
P  2  S,  7.  12, 

13  ;  1  Chr. 

17.  12 ;  22. 

10 ;  28.  e 


2  Chr.  2.  16 
■  Ezr.  3.  7  ; 
£zek.  27. 
17 


'  ch.  3.  12 


••[Ch.  5.  16  in 
Heb.] 


'  ch.  4.  6 ; 


'  ch.  9.  20- 
22 ;  2  Chr. 
2.  17,  18 


^  ch.  9.  23 


V  ch.  6.  7  ; 
1  Chr.  22. 


'  Josh.  13. 
fl;  Ezek. 
27.  9 

"  2  Chr.  3. 


Hiram  heard  the  words  of  Solo- 
mon, that  he  rejoiced  greatly,  and 
said,  Blessed  be  Jehovah  this  day, 
who  hath  given  unto  David  a  wise 
son  over  this  great  people.  8  And 
Hiram  sent  to  Solomon,  saying,  I 
have  heard  the  message  whicn  thou 
hast  sent  unto  me  :  1  will  do  all  thy 
desire  concerning  timber  of  cedar, 
and  concerning  timber  of  •^fir.  9 
My  servants  shall  bring  them  down 
from  Lebanon  unto  the  sea  ;  and  I 
will  make  them  into  rafts  to  go  by 
sea  *unto  the  place  that  thou  shalt 
appoint  me,  and  will  cause  them  to 
be  broken  up  there,  and  thou  shalt 
^ receive  them ;  and  ''thou  shalt 
accomplish  my  desii'e,  in  giving 
food  for  my  household.  10  So 
■*  Hiram  gave  Solomon  timber  of 
cedar  and  timber  of  fir  according 
to  all  his  desire.  1 1  And  Solomon 
gave  Hiram  twenty  thousand  *meas- 
ures  of  wheat  for  food  to  his  house- 
hold, and  twenty  measures  of  '^  pure 
oil :  thus  gave  Solomon  to  Hiram 
year  by  year.  12  And  *  Jehovah 
gave  Solomon  wisdom,  as  he  prom- 
ised him  ;  and  there  was  peace  be- 
tween Hiram  and  Solomon ;  and 
they  two  made  a  league  together. 
13  And  'king  Solomon  raised  a 
'  levy  out  of  all  Israel ;  and  the 
levy  was  thirty  thousand  men.  14 
And  he  sent  them  to  Lebanon,  ten 
thousand  a  month  by  courses ;  a 
month  they  were  in  Lebanon,  and 
two  months  at  home  ;  and  "  Adoni- 
ram  was  over  the  men  subject  to 
taskwork.  15  And  'Solomon  had 
threescore  and  ten  thousand  that 
bare  burdens,  and  fourscore  thou- 
sand that  were  hewers  in  the  moun- 
tains ;  16  'besides  Solomon's  chief 
officers  that  were  over  the  work, 
three  thousand  and  three  hundred, 
who  bare  rule  over  the  people  that 
wrought  in  the  work.  1 7  And  *  the 
king  commanded,  and  they  ^ hewed 
out  great  stones,  costly  stones,  to 
lay  the  foundation  of  the  house 
with  wrought  stone.  18  And  Solo- 
mon's builders  and  Hiram's  build- 
ers and  Hhe  Gebalites  did  fashion 
them,  and  prepared  the  timber  and 
the  stones  to  build  the  house. 

6  "And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
four  hundred  and  eightieth 
year  after  the  children  of  Israel 
were  come  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
in  the  fourth   year  of   Solomon's 

*  Or,  cypre.'is  ^  Or,  carry  them  away 

<  Heb.  Hirom  (and  in  ver.  18).      »  Heb.  cor. 
6  Or,  btaten        '  Heb.  men  subject  to  taskwork. 
'  Heb.  brought  away. 


339 


6.2 


I.   KINGS 


6.27 


The  Building  of  the  Temple.    Jehovah's  Covenant.    The  Oracle.    The  Chernbini  of  the  Oracle 


reign  over  Israel,  in  the  month  Ziv, 
which  is  the  second  month,  that  he 
^  began  to  build  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah. 2  And  the  house  which  king 
Solomon  built  for  Jehovah,  the 
length  thereof  was  threescore  cubits, 
and  the  breadth  thereof  twenty  cu- 
bits,  and  the  height  thereof  thirty 
cubits.  3  And  the  porch  before 
^the  temple  of  the  house,  twenty 
cubits  was  the  length  thereof,  ac- 
cording to  the  breadth  of  the  house  ; 
and  ten  cubits  was  the  breadth 
thereof  befoi-e  the  house.  4  And 
for  the  house  "he  made  ^windows 
of  fixed  lattice-work.  5  And 
*  against  the  wall  of  the  house  he 
built  stories  round  about,  against 
the  walls  of  the  house  round  about, 
both  of  the  temple  and  /of  "'the 
oracle;  and  he  made  ''side-cham- 
bers round  about.  6  Tlie  nether- 
most story  was  five  cubits  broa-d, 
and  the  middle  was  six  cubits 
broad,  and  the  third  was  seven 
cubits  broad ;  for  on  the  outside  he 
made  offsets  in  the  imll  of  the  house 
'round  about,  that  the  beams  should 
not  have  hold  in  the  walls  of  the 
house.  7  And  "the  house,  when 
it  was  in  building,  was  built  of 
stone  made  ready  ^  at  the  quarry; 
and  there  was  neither  hammer  nor 
axe  nor  any  tool  of  iron  heard  in 
the  house,  while  it  was  in  building. 

8  The  door  for  the  middle  side- 
chambers  was  in  the  right  "side  of 
the  house :  and  they  went  up  by 
winding  stairs  into  the  middle  story, 
and  out  of  the  middle  into  the  third. 

9  So  -''he  built  the  house,  and  fin- 
ished it ;  and  he  covered  the  house 
with  beams  and  ^planks  of  cedar. 

10  And  he  built  the  stories  against 
all  the  house,  each  five  cubits  high  : 
and  **  they  rested  on  the  house  with 
timber  of  cedar. 

1 1  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  to  Solomon,  saying,  12  Con- 
cerning this  house  which  thou  art 
building,  ^if  thou  wilt  wa,lk  in 
my  statutes,  and  execute  mine  ordi- 
nances, and  keep  all  my  command- 
ments to  walk  in  them ;  then  will 
I  establish  my  word  with  thee, 
which  I  spake  unto  David  thy 
father.  1 3  And ''  I  will  dwell  among 
the  children  of  Israel,  and  'will 
not  forsake  my  people  Israel. 

»  Heb.  built.  2  That  is,  the  holy  place. 

3  Or,  windows  broad  within, and  narrow  with- 
out 4  That  is,  the  most  holy  place. 
'  Or,  when  it  was  brought  awny 
•  Heb.  shoulder.  ^  Heb.  rows. 
8  Or,  he  fastened  the  house 


"  Ezek.  40. 

Hi;  41.  16 
b  Ezek.  41.  C 
"  ver.  10,  19, 

211 
d  Ezek.  41. 

o,  0 
"  Ex.  20.  25  ; 

Dt.  27.  fi,  6 
/ver.  11,  38 
"  ch.  9.  4  ; 

2  S.  7.  6-16 
h  Ex.  25.  8 
'  m.  31.  G; 

Josh.  1.  6 


"*  2  Chr.  ,3.  8 
"  ch.  8.  6  ; 
Ex.  26.  33, 


P  Ex.  30.  1, 
3,  6 


9  2  Chr.  3. 

10-12 
>"  Ex.  37.  7-9 


*  ch.  8.  7  ; 
Ex.  25.  20 ; 
37.  9 


14  *So  Solomon  built  the  house, 
and  finished  it.  15  And  he  built 
the  walls_  of  the  house  within  Avith 
boards  of  cedar  :  "  from  the  floor 
of  the  house  unto  the  walls  of  the 
ceiling,  he  covered  them  on  the 
inside  with  wood  ;  and  'he  covered 
the  floor  of  the  house  with  boards 
of  ^" fir.  16  '"And  he  built  twenty 
cubits  on  the  hinder  part  of  the 
house  with  boards  of  cedar  from  the 
floor  unto  the  walls  of  the  ceiling : 
he  built  them  for  it  within,  for 
an  oracle,  even  for  "the  most  holy 
place.  17  And  the  house,  that  is, 
the  temple  before  the  oracle,  was 
forty  cubits  long.  18  And  there 
was  cedar  on  the  house  within, 
carved  with  ^^"knops  and  open 
flowers  :  all  was  cedar  ;  there  was 
no  stone  seen.  19  And  he  pre- 
pared an  oi'acle  in  the  midst  of  the 
house  within,  to  set  there  the  ark 
of  the  covenant  of  Jehovah.  20 
And  within  the  oracle  was  a  sjMce 
of  twenty  cubits  in  length,  and 
twenty  cubits  in  breadth,  and 
twenty  cubits  in  the  height 
thereof ;  and  he  overlaid  it  with 
pure  gold :  ^^  and  he  covered  the 
altar  with  cedar.  21  So  Solomon 
overlaid  the  house  within  with 
pure  gold  :  and  he  drew  chains 
of  gold  across  before  the  oracle ; 
and  he  overlaid  it  with  gold.  22 
And  the  whole  house  he  overlaid 
with  gold,  until  all  the  house  was 
finished :  also  ■''the  whole  altar  that 
belonged  to  the  oracle  he  overlaid 
with  gold. 

23  ''And  in  the  oracle'' he  made 
two  cherubim  of  olive-wood,  each 
ten  cubits  high.  24  And  five  cu- 
bits was  the  one  wing  of  the 
cherub,  and  five  cubits  the  other 
wing  of  the  cherub :  from  the  ut- 
termost part  of  the  one  wing  unto 
the  uttermost  part  of  the  other 
were  ten  cubits.  25  And  the  other 
cherub  was  ten  cubits ;  both  the 
cherubim  were  of  one  measure  and 
one  form.  26  The  height  of  the 
one  cherub  was  ten  cubits,  and  so 
was  it  of  the  other  cherub.  27  And 
he  set  the  cherubim  within  the  in- 
ner house;  and  "the  wings  of  the 
cherubim  were  stretched  forth,  so 
that  the  wing  of  the  one  touched 
the  one  wall,  and  the  wing  of  the 
other    cherub    touched   the   other 

9  Or,  both  the  floors  of  the  house  and  the  walls 

Src.  (and  bo  ver.  ifl). 

10  Or,  ci/pre.-<s  n  Or,  gourds 

12  Or,  he  overlaid  the  altar  also,  which  was  ol 

cedar 


340 


6.28 


I    KINGS 


7.17 


Ornamentation  of  tbe  Walls  and  Doors.    Dnratioii  of  the  Work.    Solomon's  Own  Uoase.    Hiram  of  Tyre's  Work  in  the  Temple 


wall ;  and  their  wings  touched  one 
another  in  the  midst  of  the  house. 
28  And  he  overlaid  the  cherubim 
with  gold. 

29  And  he  carved  all  the  walls 
of  the  house  round  about  with 
carved  figures  of  cherubim  and 
palm-trees  and  oijen  Howers, 
within  and  without.  30  And  the 
floor  of  the  house  he  overlaid  with 
gold,  within  and  without.  31  And 
for  the  entrance  of  the  oracle  he 
made  doors  of  olive-wood :  the 
Mintel  and  door-posts  were  a  fifth 
part  of  the  wall.  32  So  he  made 
two  doors  of  olive-wood  ;  and  he 
carved  upon  them  carvings  of 
cherubim  and  palm-trees  and  open 
flowers,  and  overlaid  them  with 
gold  :  and  he  spread  the  gold  upon 
the  cherubim,  and  ujjon  the  palm- 
trees.  33  So  also  made  he  for  the 
entrance  of  the  temple  door-posts 
of  olive-wood,  out  of  a  fourth  part 
of  the  wall ;  34  and  "two  doors  of 
■■^  fir- wood  :  the  two  leaves  of  the 
one  door  were  folding,  and  the  two 
leaves  of  the  other  door  were  fold- 
ing. 35  And  he  cai'ved  thereon 
cherubim  and  palm-trees  and  open 
flowers ;  and  he  overlaid  them  with 
gold  fitted  upon  the  graven  work. 
36  And  ''he  built  the  inner  court 
with  three  courses  of  hewn  stone, 
and  a  course  of  cedar  beams. 

37  "In  the  fourth  year  was  the 
foundation  of  the  house  of  Jeho 
vah  laid,  in  the  month  Ziv.  38 
And  in  the  eleventh  year,  in  the 
month  Bui,  which  is  the  eighth 
month,  was  the  house  finished 
^throughout  all  the  parts  thereof, 
and  according  to  all  the  fashion  of 
it.  So  was  he  seven  years  in  build- 
ing it. 

7  And  ■*  Solomon  was  building 
his  own  house  thirteen  years, 
and  he  finished  all  his  house.  2  For 
''  he  built  the  house  of  the  forest  of 
Lebanon ;  the  length  thereof  was 
a  hundred  cubits,  and  the  breadth 
thereof  fifty  cubits,  and  the  height 
thereof  thirty  cubits,  upon  four  rows 
of  cedar  i)illars,  with  cedar  beams 
upon  the  pillars.  3  And  it  was  cov- 
ered with  cedar  above  over  the  forty 
and  five  ^  beams,  that  were  upon  the 
pillars  ;  fifteen  in  a  row.  4  And 
there  were* beams  in  three  rows, 
and  window  was  over  against  win- 

1  Or,  fKi&is  2  Or,  cfipress 

3  Or,  n-ith  all  the  appurtenances  thereof,  and 
with  nil  the  ordinancea  thereof 

*  Or,  side-chambers    Heh.  rihs. 

*  Or,  frames  for  the  windows 


°  Ezek.  41. 

23-25 
(■eh.  7.  12; 

■7er.  3U.  10 
'  ver.  1 
<'  ch.  3.  1 ;  9. 

10 ;  2  Chr. 

8.  1 
'■  ch.  10.  17, 

21;  2  Chr. 

u.  IG 


/  ver.  12 
'J  Ezek.  41. 


20 


''ch 

I  ch.  9.  24 ; 

2  Chr.  8,  11 
fc  ch.  3.  1 


"  ver.  6 


"  2  Chr.  2. 

13,  14 
°  2  Chr.  2.  14 


''Ex.31.  3-5; 
36.  31 


1  2  Chr.  4. 
11-10 

>•  2  K.  25.  17 

'  ver.  41 


dow  in  three  ranks.  5  And  all  the 
doors  and  posts  were  made  square 
with  beams  :  and  window  was  over 
against  window  in  three  ranks. 
6  And  he  made -^  the  porch  of  pil- 
lars; the  length  thereof  was  fifty 
cubits,  and  the  breadth  thereof 
thirty  cubits  ;  and  a  porch  befoi'e 
them  ;  and  pillars  and  a  "  threshold 
before  them.  7  And  he  made  the 
porch  of  the  throne  where  he  was 
to  judge,  even  the  porch  of  judg- 
ment :  and  ''  it  was  covered  witli 
cedar  from  floor  to  floor.  8  And 
his  house  where  he  was  to  dwell, 
the  other  court  within  the  porch, 
was  of  the  like  work.  'He  made 
also  a  house  for  Pharaoh's  daugh- 
ter (*  whom  Solomon  had  taken  to 
wife),  like  unto  this  porch. 

9  All  these  were  of  costly  stones, 
even  of  hewn  stone,  *  according  to 
measure,  sawed  with  saws,  within 
and  without,  even  from  the  foun- 
dation unto  the  coping,  and  so  on 
the  outside  unto  the  great  court. 
10  And  the  foundation  was  of 
costly  stones,  even  great  stones, 
stones  of  ten  cubits,  and  stones  of 
eight  cubits.  11  And  above  were 
costly  stones,  even  hewn  stone,  ac- 
cording to  measure,  and  cedar- 
wood.  1 2  And  '  the  great  court 
round  about  had  three  coui'ses  of 
hewn  stone,  and  a  course  of  cedar 
beams ;  '  like  as  the  inner  court 
of  the  house  of  Jehovah,  and  "'the 
porch  of  the  house. 

13  And  "king  Solomon  sent  and 
fetched  Hiram  out  of  Tyre.  14  "he 
was  the  son  of  a  widow  of  the  tribe 
of  Naphtali,  and  his  father  was  a 
man  of  Tyre,  a  worker  in  brass ; 
and^he  was  filled  with  wisdom  and 
understanding  and  skill,  to  work 
all  works  in  brass.  And  he  came 
to  king  Solomon,  and  <' wrought 
all  his  work.  1 5  For  he  fashioned 
"■the  two  pillars  of  brass,  **' eigh- 
teen cubits  high  apiece  :  and  a  line 
of  twelve  cubits  compassed  "either 
of  them  about.  16  And  he  made 
two  capitals  of  molten  brass,  to  set 
upon  the  tops  of  the  pillars :  the 
height  of  the  one  capital  was  five 
cubits,  and  the  height  of  the  other 
capital  was  five  ciibits.  17  There 
were  nets  of  checker-work,  and 
wreaths  of  chain-work,  for  the 
capitals  which  were  upon  the  top 
of  the  pillars  ;   seven  for  the  one 

6  Or.  after  divers  measures 
'  Or,  both  for  .  .  .  and  for 
8  Heb.  eighteen  cubits  wa»  the  height  of  on€ 
pillar.  9  Heb.  the  other  pillar. 


341 


7.  18 


I.   KINGS 


7.41 


Hiram  of  Tyre's  Work  in  the  Temple :  —  the  Pillars;  the  Molten  Sea;  the  Brazen  Bases;  the  Brazen  lavers 


capital,  and  seven  for  the  other 
capital.  18  So  he  made  the  pil- 
lars ;  and  there  were  two  rows 
round  about  upon  the  one  net- 
work, to  cover  the  capitals  that 
were  upon  the  top  of  the  ^  pillars  : 
and  so  did  he  for  the  other  capital. 

1 9  And  the  capitals  that  were  upon 
the  top  of  the  pillars  in  the  porch 
were    of    lily-work,    four    cubits. 

20  And  there  were  capitals  above 
also  upon  the  two  pillars,  close  by 
the  belly  which  was  beside  the  net- 
work :  and  "the  pomegranates  were 
two  hundred,  in  rows  round  about 
upon  the  other  capital.  21  *And 
lie  set  up  the  pillars  at  the  porch 
of  the  temple :  and  he  set  up  the 
.ight  pillar,  and  called  the  name 
thereof  '^  Jachin  ;  and  he  set  up  the 
left  pillar,  and  called  the  name 
thereof  ^Boaz.  22  And  upon  the 
top  of  the  pillars  was  lily-work  :  so 
was  the  work  of  the  pillars  finished. 

23  "And  he  made  the  **  rnolten 
sea  of  ten  cubits  froni  brim  to 
brim,  round  in  compass,  and  the 
height  thereof  was  five  cubits;  and 
a  line  of  thirty  cubits  compassed  it 
round  about.  24  And  under  the 
brim  of  it  round  about  there  were 
'  knops  which  did  compass  it,  ''for 
ten  cubits,  compassing  the  sea 
round  about :  the  knops  were  in 
two  rows,  cast  when  it  was  cast. 
25  ■''It  stood  upon  twelve  oxen, 
three  looking  toward  the  north, 
and  three  looking  toward  the 
west,  and  three  looking  toward  the 
south,  and  three  looking  toward 
the  east ;  and  the  sea  was  set  upon 
them  above,  and  all  their  hinder 
parts  were  inward.  26  And  it  was 
a  handbreadth  thick ;  and  the 
brim  thereof  was  wrought  like  the 
brim  of  a  cup,  like  the  flower  of  a 
lily  :  it  held  two  thousand  baths. 

27  And  *'he  made  the  ten  bases 
of  brass ;  four  cubits  was  the 
length  of  one  base,  and  four  cubits 
the  breadth  thereof,  and  three  cu- 
bits the  height  of  it.  28  A.nd  the 
work  of  the  bases  was  on  this  man- 
ner :  they  had  panels ;  ®  and  there 
were  panels  between  the  ledges ; 
29  and  on  the  panels  that  were 
between  the  ledges  were  lions, 
oxen,  and  cherubim  ;  and  upon  the 
ledges® there  was  a  pedestal  above; 
and   beneath  the  lions  and  oxen 

J  So  the  Syr.    The  Heb.  has  pomegranates. 

2  That  is.  He  shall  establish. 

3  That  ia,  perhaps,  In  it  is  strength. 

*  Or,  ten  in  a  emit  ^  Or.  even  borders 

6  Or,  it  was  in  like  manner  above 


°  ver.  42 ; 
2  Chr.  3.  16 


I-  2  Chr.  3.  17 


<=  2  Chr.  4.  2, 

d  2  K.  16.  17  ; 
25.13 


«  ch.  6.  18 
/Jer.  52.  20 
V  ver.  38 ; 

2  K.  25.  13 ; 

2  Chr.  4.  H 


h  2  Chr.  4.  14 


f  2  Chr.  4.  6, 
&c. 


*  ver.  17,  18 


842 


were  wreaths  of  hanging  work. 
30  And  every  base  had  four  brazen 
wheels,  and  axles  of  brass ;  and  the 
four  feet  thereof  had  '^underset- 
ters  :  beneath  the  laver  were  the 
undersetters  molten,  with  wreaths 
at  the  side  of  each.  31  And  the 
mouth  of  it  within  the  capital  and 
above  was  a  cubit :  and  the  mouth 
thereof  was  round  after  the  work 
of  a  pedestal,  a  cubit  and  a  half ; 
and  also  upon  the  mouth  of  it  were 
gravings,  and  their  panels  were 
foursquare,  not  round.  32  And 
the  four  wheels  were  underneath 
the  panels ;  and  the  axletrees  of  the 
wheels  were  in  the  base :  and  the 
height  of  a  wheel  was  a  cubit  and 
half  a  cubit.  33  And  the  work 
of  the  wheels  was  like  the  work  of 
a  chariot  wheel :  their  axletrees, 
and  their  felloes,  and  their  spokes, 
and  their  naves,  were  all  molten. 
34  And  there  were  four  underset- 
ters at  the  four  corners  of  each 
base :  the  undersetters  thereof  were 
of  the  base  itself.  35  And  in  the 
top  of  the  base  was  thei'e  a  round 
compass  half  a  cubit  high  ;  and  on 
the  top  of  the  base  the  *  stays 
thereof  and  the  panels  thereof 
were  of  the  same.  36  And  on  the 
plates  of  the  stays  thereof,  and  on 
the  panels  thereof,  he  graved  cher- 
ubim, lions,  and  palm-trees,  accord- 
ing to  the  space  of  each,  with 
wreaths  round  about.  37  ''  After 
this  manner  he  made  the  ten 
bases  :  all  of  them  had  one  casting, 
one  measure,  and  one  form. 

38  'And  he  made  ten  lavers  of 
brass :  one  laver  contained  forty 
baths ;  and  every  laver  was  four 
cubits  ;  and  upon  every  one  of  the 
ten  bases  one  laver.  39  And  he  set 
the  bases,  five  on  the  right  ^  side  of 
the  house,  and  five  on  the  left  side 
of  the  house  :  and  he  set  the  sea  on 
the  right  side  of  the  house  east- 
ward, toward  the  south. 

40  And  "  Hiram  made  the  "  la- 
vers, and  the  shovels,  and  the  ba- 
sins. So  Hiram  made  an  end  of 
doing  all  the  work  that  he  wrought 
for  king  Solomon  in  the  house  of 
Jehovah :  41  the  two  pillars,  and 
the  two  bowls  of  the  capitals  that 
were  on  the  top  of  the  pillars ; 
and  the  *two  networks  to  cover 
the  two  bowls  of  the  capitals  that 
were  on  the  top   of   the   pillars ; 


"  Heb.  shoulders. 

8  Heb.  hands. 

9  Heb.  shoulder. 


10  Heb.  Hirom. 

11  In  2  Chr.  4. 11,  pots. 


7.42 


I.   KINGS 


S.  IS 


Hiram  of  Tyre's  Work  in  the  Temple.    The  Ark  broDght  into  the  Temple.    Solomon's  Address  to  the  People 


42  and  the  "four  hundred  pome- 
gi'anates  for  the  two  networks ; 
two  rows  of  pomegranates  for  each 
network,  to  cover  the  two  bowls  of 
the  capitals  that  were  'upon  the 
pillars ;  43  and  the  ten  bases,  and 
the  ten  lavers  on  the  bases ;  44  and 
*the  one  sea,  and  the  twelve  oxen 
under  the  sea ;  45  and  the  pots, 
and  the  shovels,  and  the  basins : 
even  all  '^  these  vessels,  which 
Hiram  made  for  king  Solomon,  in 
the  house  of  Jehovah,  were  of  bur- 
nished brass.  46  "In  the  plain  of 
the  Jordan  did  the  king  cast  them, 
in  the  clay  ground  between  "^  8uc- 
coth  and  'Zarethan.  47  And  Sol- 
omon left  all  the  vessels  iimveighed, 
because  they  were  exceeding  many : 
•''the  weight  of  the  brass  ^ could  not 
be  found  out. 

48  And  Solomon  made  all  the 
vessels  that  were  in  the  house  of 
Jehovah :  *  the  golden  altar,  and 
the  table  whereupon  the  showbread 
was,  of  gold ;  49  and  the  candle- 
sticks, five  on  the  right  side,  and 
five  on  the  left,  before  the  oracle, 
of  pure  gold  ;  and  *  the  flowers,  and 
the  lamps,  and  the  tongs,  of  gold  ; 
50  and  the  cups,  and  the  snuffers, 
and  the  basins,  and  the  spoons,  and 
the  •  firepans,  of  pure  gold ;  and 
the  hinges,  both  for  the  doors 
of  the  inner  house,  the  most  holy 
place,  and  for  the  doors  of  the 
house,  to  wit,  of  the  temple,  of  gold. 

51  *Thus  all  the  work  that  king 
Solomon  wrought  in  the  house  of 
Jehovah  was  finished.  And  '  Solo- 
mon brought  in  the  things  which 
David  his  father  had  dedicated, 
even  the  silver,  and  the  gold,  and 
the  vessels,  and  put  them  in  the 
treasuries  of  the  house  of  Jehovah. 

8"*  Then  Solomon  assembled 
the  elders  of  Israel,  and  all 
"the  heads  of  the  tribes,  the 
princes  of  the  fathers'  houses  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  unto  king  Solo- 
mon in  Jerusalem,  "to  bring  up 
the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  Jehovah 
out  of  ^the  city  of  David,  which  is 
Zion.  2  And  all  the  men  of  Israel 
assembled  themselves  unto  king 
Solomon  at  'the  feast,  in  the 
month  Ethanim,  which  is  the  sev- 
enth month.  3  And  all  the  elders 
of  Israel  came,  and  ""the  priests 
took  up  the  ark.  4  And  they 
brought  up  the  ark  of  Jehovah, 

1  Heb.  upon  the  face  of  the  pillars. 

-  Another  reading  is,  the  vessels  of  the  Tent. 

*  Or,  wa,s  not  searched  out 


"  ver.  20 
6  ver.  23,  25 
"  2  Chr.  4.  17 
d  Josh.  13. 

27 
"Josh.  3.  16 
/I  Chr.  22. 

3,  14 

:^  Ex.  37.  10- 
29 ;  2  Chr. 

4.  8 

fc  Ex.  25.  31- 

38 
'  Ex.  27.  3 ; 

2  K.  25.  15 

I'  2  Chr.  .5. 1, 

&c. 
'  2  S.  8.  11  ; 

2  Chr.  5.  1 
'"  2  Chr.  5.  2- 

10 
"  Num.  1.  4 ; 

7.  2 
"  2  S.  6.  17 
P  2  S.  5.  7 
9  ver.  65 ; 

Lev.  23. 

34 ;  2  Chr. 

7.  8-10 
"■Num.  7.9 


'ch.  3.  4; 

2  Chr.  1.  3 
'  2  S.  6.  13  ; 

2  Chr.  1.  6 
"  ver.  3 
^'  ch.  6.  19 
^  ch.  6.  27 
■"  Ex.  25.  13- 

15  ;  37.  4,  5 
-  Ex.  25.  16, 

21 ;  Dt.  10. 

2-5;  Heb. 

9.  1 
"  Ex.  24.  7, 

8  ;  Dt.  4.  13 

6  Ex.  40.  34. 
35 ;  2  Chr. 
7.  1,2 


rf  Pe.  97.  2 
"  2  S.  7.  13 


/Ex.  15.  17 


»  ver.  55 ; 
2  S.  6.  18 


ft  1  Chr.  29. 

10,  20; 

Neh.  9.  5 
>  2  S.  7.  12, 

13 ;  1  Chr. 

22.  10 
«:  2  S.  7.  4,  5 


'  Dt.  12. 

5,  11 

"•  1  S.  16.  1 ; 

2  S.  7.  8 
"  2  S.  7.  2,  3  ; 

1  Chr.  17. 
1.  2 


and  'the  tent  of  meeting,  and  all 
the  holy  vessels  that  were  in  the 
Tent ;  even  these  did  the  priests 
and  the  Levites  bring  up.  5  And 
king  Solomon  and  all  the  congre- 
gation of  Israel,  that  were  assem- 
bled unto  him,  '  were  with  him  be- 
fore the  ark,  sacrificing  sheep  and 
oxen,  that  could  not  i)e  counted  nor 
numbered  for  multitude.  6  And 
"the  priests  brought  in  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  of  Jehovah  ^unto  its 
place,  into  the  oracle  of  the  house, 
to  the  most  holy  place,  even  'under 
the  wings  of  the  cherubim.  7  For 
the  cherubim  spread  forth  their 
wings  over  the  place  of  tlte  ark, 
and  the  cherubim  covered  the  ark 
and  the  staves  thereof  above.  8 
And  ''^the  staves  were  so  long  that 
the  ends  of  the  staves  were  seen 
from  the  holy  place  before  the 
oracle ;  but  they  were  not  seen 
without :  and  there  they  are  unto 
this  day.  9  "^  There  was  nothing 
in  the  ark  save  the  two  tables  of 
stone  which  Moses  put  there  at) 
Horeb,  *"when  Jehovah  made  a 
covenant  with  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, when  they  came  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt.  10  And  it  came  to 
pass,  when  the  priests  were  come 
out  of  the  holy  place,  that  *the 
cloud  filled  the  house  of  Jehovah, 
1 1  so  that  the  priests  could  not 
stand  to  minister  by'teason  of  the 
cloud ;  for  the  glory  of  Jehovah 
filled  the  house  of  Jehovah. 

12  ''Then  spake  Solomon,  Jeho- 
vah hath  said  that ''  he  would  dwell 
in  the  thick  darkness.  13  ''I  have 
surely  built  thee  a  house  of  habita- 
tion, -^a  place  for  thee  to  dwell  in 
for  ever.  14  And  the  king  turned 
his  face  about,  and  ^  blessed  all  the 
as.sembly  of  Israel :  and  all  the  as- 
sembly of  Israel  stood.  15  And  he 
said,  "Blessed  be  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  Lsrael,  'who  spake  with  his 
mouth  unto  David  my  father,  and 
hath  with  his  hand  fulfilled  it, 
saying,  16  *  Since  the  da.y  that  I 
brought  forth  my  people  Israel  out 
of  Egypt,  I  cho.se  no  city  out  wf  all 
the  tribes  of  Israel  to  build  a  house, 
that  '  mv  name  might  be  there ; 
but  '"I  chose  David  to  be  over  my 
people  Israel.  17  "  Xow  it  was  in 
the  heart  of  David  my  father  to 
build  a  house  for  the  name  of 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel.  18 
But  Jehovah  said  unto  David  my 

*  Or,  they  drew  out  the  staves,  so  that  &i:. 
'  Or,  where 


343 


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Solomon's  Address  to  the  People.    His  Prayer  of  Dedication 


8.39 


father,  Whereas  it  was  in  thy  heart 
to  build  a  house  for  my  name,  thou 
didst  well  that  it  was  in  tiiy  heart: 
19  "nevertheless  thou  shalt  not 
build  the  house  ;  bui:  thy  son  that 
shall  come  forth  out  of  thy  loins, 
he  shall  build  the  house  for  my 
name.  20  And  Jehovah  hath  es- 
tablished his  word  that  he  spake  ; 
for  ''  i  am  risen  up  in  the  room  of 
David  my  father,  and  sit  on  the 
throne  of  Israel,  as  Jehovah  prom- 
ised, and  have  built  the  house  for 
the  name  of  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
Israel.  21  And  there  have  I  set 
a  place  for  the  ark,  "  wherein  is 
the  covenant  of  Jehovah,  which  he 
made  with  our  fathers,  when  he 
brought  them  ovit  of  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

22  And  ''Solomon  stood  before 
the  altar  of  Jehovah  in  the  pres- 
ence of  all  the  assembly  of  Israel, 
tind  '^spread  forth  his  hands  to- 
ward heaven  ;  23  and  he  said,  O 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  •'"there 
is  no  God  like  thee,  in  heaven 
above,  or  on  earth  beneath  ;  ■"  who 
keepest  covenant  and  lovingkind- 
ness  ^  with  thy  serA^ants,  that  walk 
before  thee  with  all  their  heart ; 
24  who  hast  kept  with  thy  servant 
David  my  father  that  which  thou 
didst  promise  him :  yea,  thou 
spakest  with  thy  mouth,  and  hast 
fulfilled  it  with  thy  hand,  as  it  is 
this  day.  25  Now  therefore,  O 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,^  keep 
with  thy  servant  David  my  father 
that  which  thou  hast  promised 
him,  saying,  ^ ''  There  shall  not  fail 
thee  a  man  in  my  sight  to  sit  on 
the  throne  of  Israel,  if  only  thy 
children  take  heed  to  their  way,  to 
walk  before  me  as  thou  hast 
walked  before  me.  2G  Now  there- 
fore, O  God  of  Israel,  let  thy  word, 
I  pray  thee,  be  verified,  'which 
thou  spakest  unto  thy  servant 
David  my  father. 

27  But  will  God  in  very  deed 
dwell  on  the  earth'?  behold,  'heaven 
and  the  heaven  of  heavens  cannot 
contain  thee ;  how  much  less  this 
house  that  I  have  builded  !  28  Yet 
have  thou  respect  unto  the  prayer 
of  thy  servant,  and  to  his  suppli- 
cation, O  Jehovah  my  God,  to 
hearken  unto  the  cry  and  to  the 
prayer  which  thy  servant  prayeth 
before    thee    this    day ;    29  '■  that 

1  Or.  /or 

-  Heb.  There  shall  not  be  cut  off  unto  thee  a  man 
from  my  sight. 


"  ch.  6.  3,  5  ; 

2  S.  7.  6,  12, 

13 ;  1  Chr. 

22.  8-lU 
b  1  Chr.  28. 

5,6 
"^  ver.  9 
<*  ver.  64 
'^  Ex.  9.  33  ; 

Ezr.  9.  5 
/  1  S.  2.  2  ; 

2  S.  7.  22 
3  I>t.  7.  9  ; 

Neh.  1.  5 ; 

9.  32 
I'  ch.  2.  4 
'  2  S.  7.  2.5 
t  Ps.  139.  7- 

10;  Is.  G6. 

1 ;  Jer.  23. 

24 ;  Acts  7. 

49 
'  2  Chr.  7. 

1.5;  Neh. 

1.  G 


"  Dan.  6.  10 
"  Ex.  22.  S-U 
°  Dt.  25.  1 

2'  Lev.  26. 17, 
25 ;  Dt.  28. 

25,  48 

«  Lev.  26.  40- 
42 


»■  Lev.  26. 
19;  Dt.  n. 

16,  17  ;  2  S. 
24.  10-13 


'  I  S.  12.  23  ; 
Ps.  27.  11 

«  ch.  18.  1, 
41-45;  Jer. 
14.  22 


"  Lev.  26.  16, 
25,  26 ;  Dt. 
28.  21-23, 
38-42 


844 


thine  eyes  may  be  open  toward 
this  house  night  and  day,  even 
toward  the  place  whereof  thou  hast 
said.  My  name  shall  be  there ;  to 
hearken  unto  the  prayer  which  thy 
servant  shall  pray  tow^ard  this 
place.  30  And  hearken  thou  to 
the  supplication  of  thy  servant,  ami 
of  thy  people  Israel,  '"when  they 
shall  pray  toward  this  place :  yea, 
hear  tnou  in  heaven  thy  dwelling- 
place  ;  and  when  thou  hearest,  for- 
give. 

31  ^"If  a  man  sin  against  his 
neighbor,  and  an  oath  be  laid  upon 
him  to  cause  him  to  swear,  and  he 
come  ami  swear  before  thine  altar 
in  this  house ;  32  then  hear  tliou 
in  heaven,  and  do,  and  judge  thy 
servants,  "condemning  the  wicked, 
to  bring  his  way  upon  his  own  head, 
and  justifying  the  righteous,  to  give 
him  according  to  his  righteousness. 

33  p  When  thy  people  Israel  are 
smitten  down  before  the  eneniy, 
because  they  have  sinned  against 
thee ;  *  if  they  turn'  again  to  thee, 
and  confess  thy  name,  and  pray 
and  make  supplication  unto  thee 
in  this  hou.se:  34  then  hear  thou 
in  heaven,  and  forgive  the  sin  ot 
thy  people  Israel,  and  bring  them 
again  unto  the  land  which  thou 
gavest  unto  their  fathers. 

35  ''When  heaven  is  shut  up,  and 
there  is  no  rain,  because  they  have 
sinned  against  thee ;  if  they  pray 
toward  this  place,  and  confess  thy 
name,  and  turn  from  their  sin, 
^when  thou  ^dost  afflict  them:  36 
then  hear  thou  in  heaven,  and  for- 
give the  sin  of  thy  servants,  and 
of  thy  people  Israel,  '**when  thou 
teachest  them  the  good  way  wherein 
they  should  walk  ;  and  '  send  rain 
upon  thy  land,  which  thou  hast 
given  to  thy  people  for  an  inheri- 
tance. 

37  "If  there  be  in  the  land  fam- 
ine, if  there  be  pestilence,  if  there 
be  blasting  or  mildew,  locust  or 
caterpillar  ;  if  their  enemy  besiege 
them  in  the  land  of  their  '^  cities ; 
whatsoever  plague,  whatsoever 
sickness  there  be  ;  38  what  praj^er 
and  supplication  soever  be  made 
by  any  man,  or  by  all  thy  people 
Israel,  who  shall  know  every  man 
the  plague  of  his  own  heart,  and 
spread  forth  his  hands  toward  this 
house  :  39  then  hear  thou  in  heaven 
thy  dwelling-place,  and  forgive,  and 

8  Or,  Whereinsoever  a  man  shall  sin 

*  Or,  because      *  Or,  answerest      *  Heb.  gatet^. 


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a  62 


do,  and  render  unto  every  man 
according  to  all  his  ways,  "whose 
heart  thou  knowest;  (for  *thou, 
even  thou  only,  knowest  the  hearts 
of  all  the  children  of  men  ;)  40  that 
they  may  fear  thee  all  the  days 
that  they  live  in  the  land  which 
tiiou  gavest  unto  our  fathers. 

4 1  Sloreover  concerning  the  for- 
eigner, that  is  not  of  thy  people 
Israel,  when  he  shall  come  out  of 
a  far  country  for  thy  name's  sake 
42  (for  they  shall  hear  of  thy  great 
name,  ''and  of  thy  mighty  hand,  and 
of  thine  outstretched  arm) ;  when 
he  shall  come  and  pray  toward  this 
house  ;  43  hear  thou  in  heaven  thy 
dwelling-place,  and  do  according  to 
all  that  the  foreigner  calleth  to  thee 
for ;  ■*  that  all  the  peoples  of  the 
earth  may  know  thy  name,  to  fear 
thee,  as  doth  thy  people  Israel,  and 
that  they  may  know  that  this 
house  which  I  nave  built  is  called 
by  thy  name. 

44  If  thy  people  go  out  to  battle 
against  their  enemJ^  by  whatsoever 
way  thou  shalt  send  them,  and 
*they  pray  unto  Jehovah  toward 
the  city  which  thou  hast  chosen, 
and  toward  the  house  which  I  have 
built  for  thy  name ;  45  then  hear 
thou  in  heaven  their  prayer  and 
their  supplication,  and  maintain 
their  -cause. 

46  If  they  sin  against  thee  (for 
■''there  is  no  man  that  sinneth  not), 
and  thou  be  angry  with  them,  and 
deliver  them  to  the  enemy,  so  that 
^they  carry  them  away  captive 
^unto  the  land  nt  the  enemy,  far 
otf  or  near ;  47  yet  ''  if  they  shall 
bethink  themselves  in  the  land 
whither  they  are  carried  captive, 
and  turn  again,  and  make  suppli- 
cation unto  thee  in  the  land  of 
them  that  carried  them  captive, 
.saying,  '  We  have  sinned,  and  have 
done  perversely,  we  have  dealt 
wickedly;  4S  ''if  they  return  unto 
thee  with  all  their  heart  and  with 
all  their  soul  in  the  land  of  their 
enemies,  who  carried  them  captive, 
and  'pray  unto  thee  toward  their 
land,  which  thou  gavest  unto  their 
fathers,  the  city  which  thou  hast 
chosen,  and  the  house  which  I  have 
built  for  thy  name :  49  then  hear 
thou  their  prayer  and  their  sup- 
plication in  heaven  thy  dwelling- 
place,  and  maintain  their  "cause; 

1  Or,  fhv  name  is  called  upon  this  house  <tc. 
«  Or,  right 

3  Heb.  iS/iet'  that  take  them  captive  carry  them 
Ticay. 


"1  S.  2.  3; 

10.  7 

b  1  Chr.  28. 

!);  Jer.  17. 

lu;  .In.  2. 

24,  z; 
<^Ex.  1.1  3; 

Dt.  :t.  24 

d  ,)osli.  4. 

23 ;  IS.  17. 

4(i 
«  2  Chr.  14. 

11,  12 
/Vs.  130.  3, 

4  ;  I'rov. 

20.  y  ;  1  Jn. 

1.  b-lO 
»  Lev.  20.  .34- 

39;  2K.  17. 

6,  18 ;  2u. 

21 
fc  Lev.  2G. 

4t(-42  ; 

Neh.  9.  2 
■  Ezr.  9.  6, 7  ; 

Neh.  I.  0 
k  Dt.  4.  29 ; 

1  S.  7.  3,4; 

Neh.  1.  9 
i  Dan.  0.  10 ; 

Jon.  2.  4 


'"  2  Chr.  30. 

9 ;  Acts  7. 

10 
"  Ex.  32.  11, 

12 ;  Dt.  9. 

2G-29 
"  Dt.  4.  20 ; 

Jer.  11.  4 
P  ver.  29 
«  Ex.  19.  5, 

0 ;  Dt.  9. 

2e-29 

»•  2  Chr.  7.  1, 

&c. 
»  2  Chr.  6.  13 
<  ver.  14  ; 

Num.  6. 

23-26 
"  Josh.  21. 

4') ;  23.  14, 

15 


'  Josh.  1.  r> ; 
1  S.  12.  22; 
Rom.  8. 31 ; 
Heb.  13.  r. 

=  Ps.  119.  3(i; 

Jer.  31.  33 


'  ch.  18. 
Jer.  10 

39; 

10- 

"  Dt.  IS. 
2  K.  20 

13; 

ft  2  Chr. 

r. 

50  and  forgive  thy  people  who 
have  sinned  against  thee,  and  all 
their  transgressions  wherein  they 
have  transgressed  against  thee ; 
and  '"  give  them  *  com  passion,  before 
those  who  carried  tnem  captive, 
that  they  may  have  compassion  on 
them  51  ("for  they  are  thy  people, 
and  thine  inheritance,  which  thou 
broughtest  forth  out  of  Egypt, 
"from  the  midst  of  the  furnace  oi 
iron);  52  ^that  thine  eyes  maybe 
open  unto  the  supplication  of  thy 
.servant,  and  unto  the  supplicjition 
of  thy  people  Israel,  to  hearken 
unto  them  whensoever  they  cry 
unto  thee,  b'.i  For  thou  didst 
separate  them  from  among  all  the 
peoples  of  the  earth,  to  be  thine 
inheritance,  ^as  thou  spakest  by 
Moses  thy  servant,  when  thou 
broughtest  our  fathers  out  of 
Egypt,  O  Lord  Jehovah. 

54  ''And  it  was  so,  that,  when 
Solomon  had  made  an  end  of  pray- 
ing all  this  prayer  and  supplication 
unto  Jehovah, '  he  arose  from  before 
the  altar  of  Jehovah,  from  kneel- 
ing on  his  knees  with  his  hands 
spread  forth  toward  heaven.  55 
And  he  stood,  and  '  blessed  all  the 
assembly  of  Israel  with  a  loud 
voice,  saying,  56  Blessed  be  Jeho- 
vah, that  hath  given  rest  unto  his 
people  Israel,  according  to  all  that 
he  promised:  "there  hath  not 
^failed  one  word  of  all  his  gooa 
promise,  which  he  promised  h\ 
Moses  his  servant.  57  Jehovah 
our  God  be  with  us,  as  he  was 
with  our  fathers:  "let  him  not 
leave  us,  nor  forsake  us ;  58  that 
"'he  may  incline  our  hearts  unto 
him,  to  walk  in  all  his  ways,  and 
to  keep  his  commandments,  and 
his  statutes,  and  his  ordinances, 
which  he  commanded  our  fathers. 
59  And  let  these  my  words,  where- 
with I  have  made  supplication  be- 
fore Jehovah,  be  nigh  unto  Jeho%'ah 
our  God  day  and  night,  that  he 
maintain  the  cause  of  his  servant, 
and  the  cause  of  his  people  Israel. 
^as  every  day  shall  require;  60 
"that  all  the  peoples  of  the  earth 
may  know  that  ^Jehovah,  he  is 
God;  there  is  none  else.  61  "Let 
your  heart  therefoie  be  perfect 
with  Jehovah  our  God,  to  walk  in 
his  statutes,  and  to  keep  his  com- 
mandments, as  at  this  day. 

62  'And  the  king,  and  all  Israel 

*  Heb.  to  he  for  comva^sion.     '  Heb.  fallen. 
6  Heb.  t/ie  thing  of  a  day  in  its  day. 


345 


8.63 


L   KINGS 


9.19 


Dedicatory  Sacrifices.    Jeliovah'!!  Covenant  with  Solomon.    Cities  given  to  Hiram.    Taskworl^  employed 


with  him,  "offered  sacrifice  before 
Jehovah.  63  And  Solomon  offered 
for  the  sacrifice  of  peace-offerings, 
which  he  offered  unto  Jehovah,  two 
and  twenty  thousand  oxen,  and 
a  hundred  and  twenty  thousand 
sheep.  'So  the  king  and  all  the 
children  of  Israel  dedicated  the 
house  of  Jehovah.  64  The  same 
day  did  the  king  hallow  the  mid- 
dle of  the  court  that  was  before 
the  house  of  Jehovah  ;  for  there  he 
offered  the  burnt-offering,  and  the 
meal-offering,  and  the  fat  of  the 
peace-offerings,  because  "the  brazen 
altar  that  was  before  Jehovah  was 
too  little  to  receive  the  burnt-offer- 
ing, and  the  meal-offering,  and  the 
fat  of  the  peace-offerings.  65  So 
''Solomon  held  the  feast  at  that 
time,  and  all  Israel  with  him,  a 
great  assembly,  "from  the  entrance 
of  Hamath  ''unto  the  brook  of 
Egypt,  before  Jehovah  our  God, 
seven  days  and  seven  days,  even 
fourteen  days.  66  On  the  eighth 
day  he  sent  the  people  away  ;  and 
they  blessed  the  king,  and  went 
unto  their  tents  joyful  and  glad 
of  heart  for  all  the  goodness  that 
Jehovah  had  showed  unto  David 
his  servant,  and  to  Israel  his  peo- 
ple. 

9  •''And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Solomon  had  finished  the  build- 
ing of  the  house  of  Jehovah,  and 
''the  king's  house,  and  'all  Solo- 
mon's ^  desire  which  he  was  pleased 
to  do,  2  that  *  Jehovah  appeared  to 
Solomon  the  second  time,  as  he 
had  appeared  unto  him  at  Gibeon. 
3  And  Jehovah  said  unto  him,  I 
have  heard  thy  prayer  and  thy 
supplication,  that  thou  hast  made 
before  me :  I  have  hallowed  this 
house,  which  thou  hast  built,  Ho 
put  my  name  there  for  ever ;  and 
™  mine  eyes  and  my  heart  shall  be 
there  perpetually.  4  And  as  for 
thee,  "  if  thou  wilt  walk  before  me, 
as  David  thy  father  walked,  in  in- 
tegrity of  heart,  and  in  upright- 
ness, to  do  according  to  all  that 
I  have  commanded  thee,  and  wilt 
keep  my  statutes  and  mine  ordi- 
nances ;  5  then  "  I  will  establish 
the  throne  of  thy  kingdom  over 
Israel  for  ever,  according  as  I 
■promised  to  David  thy  father, 
saying,  There  shall  not  fail  thee 
a  man  upon  the  throne  of  Israel. 
6  ^  But  if  ye  shall  turn  away  from 
following  me,  ye  or  your  children, 

J  Or.  delight         *  Or,  spake  concermng 


°  2  S.  6.  17- 
19 ;  Ezr.  6. 

10,  17 

t>  Ezr.  6.  15- 

IS;  Nell. 

12.  27 
<^  2  Chr.  4.  1 
d  ver.  2 ; 

Lev.  23. 

34^2 
"  Num.  34. 8 ; 

.Josh.  13.  5 
/Gen.  15. 

18 ;  Ex.  23. 

31 ;  Josh. 

13   3 
!'2Chr.  7.  U, 

&c 
h  ch.'  7.  1,  2 
■  ver.  19 ; 

2  Chr.  8.  6 
fc  ch.  3.  5  ; 

11.  9 

'  ch.  8.  29 
'"  Dt.  11.  12; 
2  Chr.  6.  40 
"  ch.  3.  14  ; 

11.  4,  6,  8 

"  ch.  2.  4  ;  6. 
12;  2S.  7. 

12,  16 

P  2  S.  7.  14- 
16 ;  1  Chr. 
28.  9 


9  Lev.  18.  24- 

29 ;  Dt.  4. 

26  ;  2  K.  17. 

23 
"■Jer.  7.  4-14 
'  Dt.  28.  37  ; 

.Jer.  24.  9 
(  Dt.  29. 

24-26 ;  Jer. 

22.  8,  9,  28 
"  Dt.  29.  25- 

28 ;  Jer,  2. 

10-13 

"  2  Chr.  8.  1, 

&c. 
^  ver.  1 ;  ch. 

6.  37,  38 ; 

7.  1 


y  Josh.  19.  27 
^  ver.  11 


>>  Josh.  11.  1 
<^  Josh.  17.  II 


d  Josh.  16.  10 

«  ch.  3.  1 ; 

7.8 


/Josh.  10. 10 


0  ch.  10.  26 ; 
2  Chr.  1.  14 
"  ch.  4.  26 


346 


and  not  keep  my  commandments 
and  my  statutes  which  I  have  set 
before  you,  but  shall  go  and  serve 
other  gods,  and  worship  them ; 
7  *  then  will  I  cut  off  Israel  out  of 
the  land  which  I  have  given  them  ; 
and  *■  this  house,  which  I  have  hal- 
lowed for  my  name,  will  I  cast  out 
of  my  sight ;  and  *  Israel  shall  be 
a  proverb  and  a  byword  among  all 
peoples.  8  ^  And  though  this  house 
is  so  high,  yet  shall  every  one  that 
passeth  by  it  be  astonished,  and 
shall  hiss  ;  and  they  shall  say,  *  Why 
hath  Jehovah  done  thus  unto  this 
land,  and  to  this  house  1  9  and  they 
shall  answer, "  Because  they  forsook 
Jehovah  their  God,  who  brought 
forth  their  fathers  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt,  and  laid  hold  on  other 
gods,  and  worshipped  them,  and 
served  them  :  thereiore  hath  Jeho- 
vah brought  all  this  evil  upon  them. 
10  "And  it  came  to  pass  'at  the 
end  of  twenty  years,  wherein 
Solomon  had  built  the  two  houses, 
the  house  of  Jehovah  and  the 
king's  house  11  (now  Hiram  the 
king  of  Tyre  had  furnished  Solo- 
mon with  cedar-trees  and  fir-trees, 
and  with  gold,  according  to  all  his 
desire),  that  then  king  Solomon 
gave  Hiram  twenty  cities  in  the 
land  of  Galilee.  12  And  Hiram 
came  out  from  Tyre  to  see  the 
cities  which  Solomon  had  given 
him;    and  they  pleased  him  not. 

13  And  he  said,  What  cities  are 
these  which  thou  hast  given  me, 
my  brother  1  And  *he  called  them 
the  land  of  ^'Cabul  unto  this  day. 

14  ^And  Hiram  sent  to  the  king 
sixscore  talents  of  gold. 

15  And  this  is  the  ^  reason  of  the 
®levy  which  king  Solomon  raised, 
to  build  the  house  of  Jehovah,  and 
his  own  house,  and  "  Millo,  and  the 
wall  of  Jerusalem,  and  *Hazor,  and 
''Megiddo,  and  Gezer.  16  Pha- 
raoh king  of  Egypt  had  gone  up, 
and  taken  Gezer,  and  burnt  it  with 
fire,  and  slain  the  "^  Canaanites  that 
dwelt  in  the  city,  and  "  given  it  for 
a  portion  unto  his  daughter,  Solo- 
mon's wife.  1 7  And  Solomon  built 
Gezer,  and  •'^Beth-horon  the  nether, 
18  and  Baalath,  and  'Tamar  in  the 
wilderness,  in  the  land,  19  and  all 
the  store-cities  that  Solomon  had, 
and  ^  the  cities  for  his  chariots,  and 
the  cities  for  ''his  horsemen,  and 

s  Or,  and  this  house  shall  be  high  ;  mtfry  one  &c. 
<  Or,  they  were  called  '  Or,  a,cc(ni,nt 

6  Heb.  men  subject  to  tashvork. 

7  Another  reading  is,  Tadmor.    So  2  Chr.  S.  4. 


9.20 


I.    KINGS 


10.14 


Solomon's  Annual  OfTcrings.    His  Navy.    The  Queen  of  Slieba's  Visit.    Importations  from  Opliir 


Hhat  which  Solomon  desired  to 
build  for  his  pleasure  in  Jerusalem, 
and  in  Lebanon,  and  in  all  the  land 
of  liis  dominion.  20  As  for  all  the 
people  that  were  left  of  the  Amo- 
rites,  the  Hittites,  the  Perizzites, 
the  Hivites,  and  the  Jebusites,  who 
were  not  of  the  children  of  Israel ; 
21  *  their  children  that  were  left 
after  them  in  the  land,  ""whom  the 
children  of  Israel  were  not  able 
^  utterly  to  destroy,  "^  of  them  did 
Solomon  raise  -  a  levy  "  of  bondser- 
vants unto  this  day.  22  But  -^of 
the  children  of  Israel  did  Solomon 
make  no  bondservants ;  but  they 
were  the  men  of  war,  and  his  ser- 
vants, and  his  princes,  and  his 
captains,  and  rulers  of  his  chariots 
and  of  his  horsemen. 

23  These  wei-e  the  chief  officers 
that  were  over  Solomon's  work, 
•"  five  hundred  and  fifty,  ''  who  bare 
rule  over  the  people  that  wrought 
in  the  work. 

21  But  'Pharaoh's  daughter 
came  up  out  of  the  city  of  David 
unto  her  house  which  Solomon  had 
built  for  her :  then  *did  he  build 
Millo. 

25  And  Hhree  times  in  a  year 
did  Solomon  offer  burnt-oflferings 
and  peace-offerings  upon  the  altar 
which  he  built  unto  Jehovah,  burn- 
ing incense  therewith,  tijwn  the 
altar  that  was  before  Jehovah.  So 
Jie  finished  the  house. 

26  And  '"king  Solomon  made  a 
navy  of  ships  in  "Eziongeber, 
which  is  beside  Eloth,  on  the  shore 
of  the  Red  Sea,  in  the  land  of 
Edom.  27  "And  Hiram  sent  in 
the  navy  his  servants,  shipmen 
that  had  knowledge  of  the  sea, 
with  the  servants  of  Solomon. 
28  And  they  came  to  ^Ophir,  and 
fetched  from  thence  gold,  four 
hundred  and  twenty  talents,  and 
brought  it  to  king  Solomon. 

"1  C\  *And  when  the  ''queen  of 
JL\J  'Sheba  heard  of  the  fame 
of  Solomon  concerning  the  name 
of  Jehovah,  she  came  'to  prove 
him  with  hard  questions.  2  And 
she  came  to  Jerusalem  with  a  very 
great  train,  with  camels  "that  bare 
spices,  and  very  much  gold,  and 
precious  stones  ;  and  when  she  was 
come  to  Solomon,  she  communed 
with  him  of  all  that  was  in  her 
heart.  3  And  Solomon  told  her  all 
her  questions :  there  was  not  any- 

1  Heb.  to  devote. 

*  Heb.  men  subject  to  servile  taskwork. 


°  ver.  1 

fcJudg.  1.2l- 
29 ;  3.  1 

"  Josh.  if>. 
03 ;  17.  r2, 
13 

d  Judg.  1.  28, 
3.) 

"  Gen.  9.  25, 
26 ;  Ezr.  2. 

ri.i-68 

/Lev.  25.  39 
'J  2  Chr.  8.  10 
A  ch.  6.  16 
'  ch.  3.  1 ; 

7.  8 
k  ver.  15 ;  ch. 

11.  27  ; 

2  Chr.  32.  r. 
'  Ex.  2.3.  14- 

17 ;  Dt.  10. 

10 
"  ch.  22.  48 
"iNuin.  33. 

35  ;  Dt.  2.  8 
"  ch.  5.  G,  U  ; 

10.  11 
P  1  Chr.  29.  4 
«  2  Chr.  9.  1, 

&c. 
*■  Mt.  12.  42 
"  Gen.  10.  7, 

28 ;  Pa.  72. 

10,  16 
t  Judg.  14. 

12-14  ;  Ps. 

49.  4 
"  ver.  10 


"  1  Chr.  26. 

10 
^  ch.  5.  7 
y  1  Chr.  17. 

22;  2  Chr. 

2.  U 
^  2  S.  8.  16 ; 

23.  3 

"  ver.  2 


b  ch.  9.  27,  28 


'  2  Chr. ! 

13-28 


347 


thing  hid  from  the  king  which  he 
told  her  not.  4  And  when  the 
queen  of  Sheba  had  seen  all  the 
wisdom  of  Solomon,  and  the  house 
that  he  had  built,  5  and  the  food 
of  his  table,  and  the  sitting  of  his 
servants,  and  the  *  attendance  of 
his  ministers,  and  their  apparel, 
and  his  cupbearers,  and  ^'his 
ascent  by  which  he  went  up  unto 
the  house  of  Jehovah ;  there  was 
no  more  spirit  in  her.  6  And  she 
said  to  the  king,  It  was  a  true  re- 
poi't  that  I  heard  in  mine  own 
land  of  thine  ''acts,  and  of  thy 
wisdom.  7  Howbeit  I  believed 
not  the  words,  until  I  came,  and 
mine  eyes  had  seen  it :  and,  behold, 
the  half  was  not  told  me ;  "  thy 
wisdom  and  prosperity  exceed  the 
fame  which  I  heard.  8  Happy  are 
thy  men,  happy  are  the.se  thy  ser- 
vants, that  stand  continually  be- 
fore thee,  a7id  that  hear  thy  wisdom. 
9  •'Blessed  be  Jehovah  thy  God, 
who  delighted  in  thee,  to  set  thee  on 
tlie  thi'one  of  Israel :  "  because  Jeho- 
vah loved  Israel  for  ever,  therefore 
made  he  thee  king,  Ho  do  justice 
and  righteousness.  10  And  "she 
gave  the  king  a  hundred  and 
twenty  talents  of  gold,  and  of 
spices  very  great  store,  and  pre- 
cious stones :  there  came  no  more 
such  abundance  of  spices  as  these 
which  the  queen  of  Sheba  gave  to 
king  Solomon. 

1 1  'And  the  navy  also  of  Hiram, 
that  brought  gold  from  Ophir, 
brought  in  from  Ophir  great  plenty 
of  ^almug-trees  and  precious  stones. 
12  And  the  king  made  of  the  al- 
mug-trees  ^pillars  for  the  house  of 
Jehovah,  and  for  the  king's  hou.se, 
harps  also  and  psalteries  for  the 
singers  :  there  came  no  such  aimug- 
trees,  nor  were  seen,  unto  this  day. 

13  And  king  Solomon  gave  to 
the  queen  of  Sheba  all  her  desire^ 
whatsoever  she  asked,  besides  that 
'which  Solomon  gave  her  of  his 
royal  bounty.  So  she  turned,  and 
went  to  her  own  land,  she  and  her 
servants. 

14  "Now  the  weight  of  gold  that 
came  to  Solomon  in  one  j'ear  was 
six   hundred    threescore    and   six 


3  Heb.  strindinn. 

*  Or,  his  burnt-offering  which  he  offered  in  &c. 

5  Or,  sayings 

'  Heb.  ttiov,  haat  added  wisdom  and  goodness 
to  the  fame. 

'  In  2  Chr.  2.  8,  9.  10,  algum-trees.  Perhaps, 
sandal-wood.        8  Or,  a  railing    Heb.  a  prop. 

9  Heb.  which  he  gave  her  according  to  the  hand 
of  king  Solomon. 


10.15 


1.   KINGS 


11.11 


Solomon's  Wealth  and  Splendor.    Ilis  Chariots  and  Horses.    His  Wires  and  his  ipostasy 


talents  of  gold,  15  besides  that 
v'hich  the  traders  brought,  and  the 
traffic  of  the  merchants,  and  of  all 
the  kings  of  ^  the  mingled  people, 
and  of  the  governors  of  the  country. 
16  And  "king  Solomon  made  two 
hundred  bucklers  of  beaten  gold  ; 
six  hundred  shekels  of  gold  went  to 
one  buckler.  1 7  And  he  made  three 
hundred  shields  of  beaten  gold ; 
three  '^  pounds  of  gold  went  to  one 
shield  :  and  *the  king  put  them  in 
the  house  of  the  forest  of  Lebanon. 
1 8  Moreover  the  king  made  a  great 
throne  of  '^ ivory,  and  overlaid  it 
with  the  finest  gold.  19  There 
were  six  steps  to  the  throne,  and 
the  top  of  the  throne  was  round 
behind ;  and  there  were  ^stays  on 
either  side  by  the  place  of  the  seat, 
and  two  lions  standing  beside  the 
stays.  20  And  twelve  lions  stood 
there  on  the  one  side  and  on  the 
other  upon  the  six  steps:  there 
was  not  the  like  made  in  any  king- 
dom. 21  And  all  king  Solomon's 
drinking  vessels  were  of  gold,  and 
all  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  the 
forest  of  Lebanon  were  of  pure 
gold  :  none  were  of  silver ;  it  was 
nothing  accounted  of  in  the  days 
of  Solomon.  22  For  ''the  king  had 
at  sea  a  navy  of  Tarshish  with  the 
navy  of  Hiram:  once  every  three 
years  came  the  navy  of  Tarshish, 
bringing  gold,  and  silver,  ivory, 
and  apes,  and  peacocks. 

23  "So  king  Solomon  exceeded 
all  the  kings  of  the  earth  in  riches 
and  in  wisdom.  24  And  all  the 
earth  sought  the  presence  of  Solo- 
mon, •''to  hear  his  wisdom,  which 
God  had  put  in  his  heart.  25  And 
they  brought  every  man  his  trib- 
ute, vessels  of  silver,  and  vessels  of 
gold,  and  raiment,  and  armor,  and 
spices,  horses,  and  mules,  a  rate 
year  by  year. 

26  "And  Solomon  gathered  to- 
gether chariots  and  horsemen  :  and 
he  had  a  thousand  and  four  hun- 
dred chariots,  and  twelve  thousand 
horsemen,  that  he  bestowed  in  the 
''chariot  cities,  and  with  the  king 
at  .Jerusalem.  27 /And  the  king 
made  silver  to  be  in  .Jerusalem  as 
stones,  and  cedars  made  he  to  be  as 
the  sycomore-trees  that  are  in  the 
lowland,  for  abundance.  28  'And 
the  horses  which  Solomon  had 
were  brought  out  of  Egypt ;  and 
the  king's  merchants  received  them 

1  In  2  Chr.  9.  U,  Arabia.       2  Heb.  maneh. 
'^  Or,  arms    Heb.  hands. 


"  cli.  14.  26- 

•JS ;  2  Chr. 

12.  9,  10 
>>  ch.  7.  2 
'  ver.  22 ;  Ps. 

45.  d 
d  ch.  9.  26- 

28 ;  22.  48 
'^ch.  3.  12, 

13 ;  4.  30 
/  ch.  3.  9,  12, 

28 
"  ch.  4.  26 ; 

2  Chr.  1. 

14-17  ;  9.  25 
''  ch.  9.  19 
■  2  Chr.  1.  15 
*2Ghr.  1.  IB; 

9.  28 


'  2  K.  7.  G,  7 
'"  Dt.  17.  17  ; 

Neh.  13. 

23-27 
"  Ex.  23.  31- 

33  ;  34.  12- 

16 
0  2  S.  3.  2-5  ; 

5.  13-16 


P  ch.  9.  4 


'  Judg.  2. 

1.3:  10.  6 ; 

1  S.  7.  3,  4 
■  ver.  7 


'  Num.  21. 

20;  Jufig. 

11.  24  ;  2  K. 

23.  13 
<  Lev.  20.  2- 

6  ;  2  K.  23. 

10 ;  Acts  7. 

43 


"  ver.  2,  4 

"  ch.  3.  6 ; 

^  ch.  C.  12 ;  9. 
6,7 


y  ver.  29-31 ; 
ch.  12.  15, 
16,  20 ;  1  S. 
2.  30 


348 


in  droves,  each  drove  at  a  price. 
29  And  a^  chariot  came  up  and 
went  out  of  Egypt  for  six  hundred 
shekels  of  silver,  and  a  horse  for  a 
hundred  and  fifty  ;  and  so  'for  all 
the  kings  of  the  Hittites,  and  for 
the  kings  of  Svria,  did  they  bring 
them  out  ^  by  their  means. 

nNow  ™  king  Solomon  loved 
many  foreign  women,  *  to- 
gether with  the  daughter  of  Pha- 
raoh, women  of  the  Moabites, 
Ammonites,  Edomites,  Sidonians, 
and  Hittite.s  ;  2  of  the  nations  con- 
cerning which  Jehovah  said  unto 
the  children  of  Israel,  "  Ye  shall 
not  go  among  them,  neither  shall 
thej'  come  among  you  ;  for  surely 
they  will  turn  away  your  heart 
after  their  gods :  Solomon  clave 
unto  these  in  love.  3  "And  he  had 
seven  hundred  wives,  princes.ses, 
and  three  hundred  concubines ; 
and  his  wives  turned  away  his 
lieart.  4  l^'or  it  came  to  pass, 
when  Solomon  was  old,  that  his 
wives  turned  away  his  heart  after 
other  gods  ;  and  ^his  heart  was  not 
perfect  with  Jehovah  his  God,  as 
was  the  heart  of  David  his  father. 
5  For  Solomon  went  after  *  Aslito- 
reth  the  goddess  of  the  Sidonians, 
and  after  *"  Milcom  the  abornination 
of  the  Ammonites.  6  And  Solomon 
did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight 
of  Jehovah,  and  went  not  fully 
after  Jehovah,  as  did  David  his 
father.  7  Then  did  Solomon  build 
a  high  place  for  *Chemosh  the 
abomination  of  Moab,  in  the  mount 
that  is  before  Jerusalem,  and  for 
'Molech  the  abomination  of  thfc> 
children  of  Amnion.  8  And  so 
did  he  for  all  his  foreign  wives, 
who  burnt  incense  and  sacrificed 
unto  their  gods. 

9  And  Jehovah  was  angry  with 
Solomon,  "  because  his  heart  was 
turned  away  from  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  Isi^ael,  "who  had  appeared 
unto  him  twice,  10  and  ^had  com- 
manded him  concerning  this  thing, 
that  he  should  not  go  after  other 
gods :  but  he  kept  not  that  which 
Jehovah  commanded.  11  Where- 
fore Jehovah  said  unto  Solomon, 
Forasmuch  as  this  *  is  done  of  thee, 
and  thou  hast  not  kept  my  cove- 
nant and  my  statutes,  which  I 
have  commanded  thee,  ^I  will 
surely  rend  the  kingdom  from 
thee,  and  will  give  it  to  thy  ser- 

*  Heb.  ill  their  hand.         ^  Or,  besides 
«  Heb.  is  with  thee. 


11.12 


I.   KINGS 


11.36 


God  in  Anger  raises  np  Adversaries.    Hadad  the  Edomite.    Rezon  of  Zobah.    Jeroboam's  Eumity.    Ahijah's  Propliery 


vant.  1 2  Notwithstanding  in  thy 
days  I  will  not  do  it,  for  David 
thy  father's  sake :  but  I  will  rend 
it  out  of  the  hand  of  thy  son. 
13  Howbeit  "I  will  not  rend  away 
all  the  kingdom;  but  *!  will  give 
one  tribe  to  thy  son,  for  David  my 
servant's  sake,  and "  for  Jerusalem's 
sake  which  1  have  chosen. 

14  And  Jehovah  I'aised  up  an 
adversary  unto  iSolomon,  Hadad 
the  Edomite  :  he  was  of  the  king's 
seed  in  Edom.  15  For  it  came  to 
pass,  ''■  when  David  was  in  Edom, 
and  Joab  the  captain  of  the  host 
was  gone  up  to  bury  the  slain,  and 
had  smitten  every  male  in  Edom 

16  vfor  Joab  and  all  Israel  I'e- 
mained  there  six  months,  until  he 
had  cut  oil"  every  male  in  Edom) ; 

1 7  that  Hadad  lied,  he  and  certain 
Edomites  of  his  father's  servants 
with  him,  to  go  into  Egypt,  Hadad 
being  yet  a  little  child.  18  And 
they  arose  out  of  Midian,  and  canie 
to  "  Paran  ;  and  thej'^  took  men  with 
them  out  of  Paran,  and  they  came 
to  Egypt,  unto  Pharaoh  king  of 
Egypt,  who  gave  him  a  house,  and 
appointed  him  victuals,  and  gave 
him  land.  19  And  Hadad  found 
great  favor  in  the  sight  of  Pharaoh, 
so  that  he  gave  him  to  wife  the 
sister  of  his  own  wife,  the  sister  of 
Tahpenes  the  queen.  20  And  the 
sister  of  Tahpenes  bare  him  Genu- 
bath  his  son,  whom  Tahpenes 
weaned  in  Pharaoh  s  house ;  and 
Genubath  was  in  Pharaoh's  house 
among  the  sons  of  Pharaoh.  21 
And  •'when  Hadad  heard  in  Egypt 
that  David  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  that  Joab  the  captain  of  the 
host  was  dead,  Hadad  said  to  Pha- 
raoh, Let  me  depart,  that  I  JTiay  go 
to  mine  own  country.  22  Then 
Pharaoh  said  unto  him,  But  what 
hast  thou  lacked  with  me,  that, 
behold,  thou  seekest  to  go  to  thine 
own  country'?  And  he  answered. 
Nothing :  howbeit  only  let  me  de- 
part. 

23  And  ^God  raised  up  another 
adversary  unto  him,  Rezon  the  son 
of  Eliada,  who  had  fled  from  his 
lord  ''  Hadadezer  king  of  Zobah. 
24  And  he  gathered  men  unto 
him,  and  became  captain  over  a 
troop,  'when  David  slew  them  of 
Zobah:  and  they  went  to  Damas- 
cus, and  dwelt  therein,  and  reigned 
in  Damascus.  25  And  he  was  an 
adversary  to  Israel  all  the  days  of 
Solomon,  besides  the  mischief  that 


"  2  S.  7.  lo  ; 

1  Chr.  17. 

13 
*  ver.  32,  36 ; 

ch.  12.  20 
'  ch.  8.  29 
''  2  S.  8.  14  ; 

1  Chr.  18. 

12,  13 
"Num  10. 

12 ;  Dt.  1.  1 
/ch,  2.  10 
"  ver.  14 
''  2  S.  8.  3  i 

10.  16 
'  2  S.  10.  8, 

18 


*•  ver.  11,  28; 
ch.  12.  2, 
20;  2  Chr. 

13.  6 

'  2  S.  20.  21 
'"  ch.  9.  1.5,  24 
"  Prov.  22.  29 
"  ch.  12.  15 ; 

14.  2  ; 

2  Chr.  9.  29 
P  1  S.  16.  27, 
28 


9  ver.  11,  12 


"  ver.  13 ;  ch. 
12.  21 


'  ver.  13 ;  ch. 
14.  21 


"  ver.  12  :  ch. 
12.  16,  17 


■  ch.  l.-i.  4 ; 
2  K.  8.  19 


349 


Hadad  did :  and  he  abhorred  Is- 
rael, and  reigned  over  JSyria. 

26  And  *  Jeroboam  the  son  of 
Nebat,  an  Ephraimite  of  Zeredah. 
a  servant  of  iSolomon,  whose 
mother's  name  was  Zeruah,  a 
widow,  '  he  also  lifted  up  his  hand 
against  the  king.  27  And  this 
was  the  reason  why  he  lifted  up 
his  hand  against  the  king:  '"Solo- 
mon built  Millo,  and  '  repaired  the 
breach  of  the  city  of  David  his 
father.  28  And  the  man  Jero- 
boam was  a  mighty  man  of  valor  ; 
and  "Solomon  saw  the  young  man 
that  he  was  industriou.s,  and  he 
gave  him  charge  over  all  the  -  labor 
of  the  house  of  Joseph.  29  And  it 
came  to  pass  at  that  time,  when 
Jeroboam  went  out  of  Jerusalem, 
that  "the  prophet  Ahijah  the  Shi- 
lonite  found  him  in  the  way  ;  now 
Ahijah  had  clad  himself  witli  a  new 
garment  ;  and  they  two  were  alone 
in  the  field.  30  And  ^Ahijah  laid 
hold  of  the  new  garment  that  was 
on    him,    and    rent    it    in    twelve 

Eieces.  31  And  he  said  to  Jero- 
oam,  Take  thee  ten  pieces ;  for 
thus  saith  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
Israel,  Behold,  "I  will  rend  the 
kingdom  out  of  the  hand  of  Solo- 
mon, and  will  give  ten  tribes  to 
thee  32  C  but  he  shall  have  one 
tribe,  for  my  servant  David's  sake 
and  for  .Jerusalem's  sake,  "the 
city  which  I  have  chosen  out  of 
all  the  tribes  of  Israel) ;  33  be- 
cause that  they  have  forsaken  me, 
and  'have  worshipped  Ashtoieth 
the  goddess  of  the  Sidonians, 
Chemosh  the  god  of  Moab,  and 
Milcom  the  god  of  the  children 
of  Ammon ;  and  they  have  not 
walked  in  my  ways,  to  do  that 
which  is  right  in  mine  eyes,  and 
to  keep  my  .statutes  and  mine  ordi- 
nances, as  did  David  his  father. 
34  Howbeit  I  will  not  take  the 
whole  kingdom  out  of  his  hand ; 
but  I  will  make  him  prince  all  the 
days  of  his  life,  ff)r  David  my  ser- 
vant's sake  whom  I  chose,  ^wlio 
kept  my  commandments  and  my 
statutes  ;  35  but  "  I  will  take  the 
kingdom  out  of  his  son's  hand, 
and  will  give  it  unto  thee,  even 
ten  tribes.  36  And  "unto  his  son 
will  I  give  one  tribe,  ^that  David 
my  servant  may  have  a  lamp  al- 
way  before  me  in  Jeru.salem,  *the 
city  which  I  have  chosen  me  to 

1  Heb.  cXonffl  rip.  2  jjeb.  burden. 

3  Or,  because  he  kept 


11.37 


I    KINGS 


12.18 


Rehoboam  King.    H«  foiiows  Evil  Connsel.    Israel  rebels.    Jeroboam  made  their  King 


put  my  name  there.  37  And  I 
will  take  thee,  and  thou  shalt 
reign  ^  according  to  all  that  thy 
soul  desireth,  and  shalt  be  king 
over  Israel.  38  And  it  shall  be, 
if  thou  wilt  hearken  unto  all  that 
I  command  thee,  and  wilt  walk  in 
my  ways,  and  do  that  which  is 
right  in  mine  eyes,  to  keep  my 
statutes  and  my  commandments, 
as  David  my  servant  did ;  that 
"I  will  be  with  thee,  and  ''will 
build  thee  a  sure  house,  as  I  built 
for  David,  and  will  give  Israel 
unto  thee.  39  And  I  will  for  this 
afflict  the  seed  of  David,  but  not 
for  ever.  40  Solomon  sought 
therefore  to  kill  Jeroboam ;  but 
Jeroboam  arose,  and  fled  into 
Egj^pt,  unto  "Shishak  king  of 
Egypt,  and  was  in  Egypt  until  the 
death  of  Solomon. 

41  **  Now  the  rest  of  the  ^acts  of 
Solomon,  and  all  that  he  did,  and 
his  wisdom,  are  they  not  written 
in  the  book  of  the  acts  of  Solomon  1 
42  And  the  time  that  Solomon 
reigned  in  Jerusalem  over  all  Is- 
rael was  forty  years.  43  And 
Solomon  ^  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  was  buried  in  the  city  of  Da- 
vid his  father :  and  -^Rehoboam 
his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
•^  O  ^  And  Rehoboam  went  to 
J-^  Shechem :  for  all  Isi-ael 
were  come  to  ''Shechem  to  make 
him  king.  2  And  it  came  to  pass, 
'  when  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat 
heard  of  it  (for  he  was  yet  in 
Egypt,  whither  he  had  fled  from 
the  presence  of  king  Solomon,  and 
JerolDoam  dwelt  in  Egypt,  3  and 
they  sent  and  called  him),  that 
Jeroboam  and  all  the  assembly  of 
Israel  came,  and  spake  unto  Reho- 
boam, saying,  4  *  Thy  father  made 
our  yoke  grievou.s :  now  therefore 
make  thou  the  grievous  service  of 
thy  father,  and  his  heavy  yoke 
which  he  put  upon  us,  lighter,  and 
we  will  serve  thee.  5  And  he  said 
unto  them,  'Depart  yet  for  three 
days,  then  come  again  to  me. 
And  the  people  departed. 

6  And  king  Rehoboam  ™took 
counsel  with  the  old  men,  that  had 
stood  before  Solomon  his  father 
while  he  yet  lived,  saying.  What 
counsel  give  ye  me  to  return  answer 
to  this  people  1  7  And  they  spake 
unto  him,  saying.  If  thou  wilt  be  a 
servant  unto  this  people  this  day, 
and  wilt  serve  them,  and  answer 

1  Or,  over  all        *  Or,  words    Or,  matters 


"  Dt.  31.  8  ; 
Josh.  1.  3 

(-a  8.7.11,  27 

"^  ch.  14.  25  ; 

•I  Chr.  12. 

•2-9 
't  2  Chr.  9. 

2U,  &c. 
'  ch.  2.  10 
/  ch.  14.  21 
'J  2  Chr.  10. 

1,  &c. 
ft  J  udg.  9.  6 
i  ch.  11.  20, 

40 
*  ch.  4.  7,  22- 

2.1 ;  0.  1  j  ; 

1  S.  8.  11-18 
i  ver.  12 
"'  ch.  4.  i-6 


'  Ex.  1.  13, 

14 ;  5.  6-9, 
16-18 


P  ver.  24 ; 

Dt.  2.  30 ; 

Judg.  14.  4 
9  ch.  11.  11, 

31 


■  2  S.  20.  1 


'ch.  11.  13 
36 


«  ch.  4.  6  ; 
6.  14  ;  2  S. 
20.  24 


them,  and  speak  good  words  to 
them,  then  tney  will  be  thy  ser- 
vants for  ever.  8  But  he  forsook 
the  counsel  of  the  old  men  which 
they  had  given  him,  and  took  coun- 
sel with  the  young  men  that  were 
grown  up  with  him,  that  stood 
before  him.  9  And  he  said  unto 
them,  What  counsel  give  ye,  that 
we  may  return  answer  to  this  peo- 
ple, who  have  spoken  to  me,  say- 
ing. Make  the  yoke  that  thy  father 
did  put  upon  us  lighter  1  10  And 
the  young  men  that  were  grown  up 
with  him  spake  unto  him,  saying, 
Thus  shalt  thou  say  unto  this  peo- 
ple that  spake  unto  thee,  saying, 
rhy  father  made  our  yoke  heavy, 
but  make  thou  it  lighter  unto  us ; 
thus  shalt  thou  speak  unto  them. 
My  little  finger  is  thicker  than  my 
fathers  loins.  1 1  And  now  whereas 
my  father  did  lade  you  with  a  heavy 
yoke,  I  will  add  to  your  yoke :  my 
father  chastised  you  with  whips, 
but  I  will  chastise,  you  with  scor- 
pions. 

1 2  So  Jeroboam  and  all  the  peo- 
ple came  to  Rehoboam  the  third 
day,  as  the  king  bade,  saying, 
"  Come  to  me  again  the  third  day. 
13  And  the  king  answered  the  peo- 
ple roughly,  and  forsook  the  coun- 
sel of  the  old  men  which  they  had 
given  him,  14  and  spake  to  them 
after  the  counsel  of  the  young  men, 
saying, "  My  father  made  your  yoke 
heavy,  but  I  will  add  to  your  yoke  : 
my  father  chastised  you  with  whips, 
but  I  will  chastise  you  with  scor- 
pions. 15  So  the  king  hearkened 
not  unto  the  people ;  ^  for  it  was 
a  thing  brought  about  of  Jehovah, 
'that  he  might  establish  his  word, 
which  Jehovah  spake  by  Ahijah 
the  Shilonite  to  Jeroboam  the  son 
of  Nebat. 

16  And  when  all  Israel  saw  that 
the  king  hearkened  not  unto  them, 
the  people  answered  the  king,  say- 
ing. What  portion  have  we  in 
David  1  neither  have  we  inheri- 
tance in  the  son  of  Jesse  :  *■  to  your 
tents,  O  Israel :  now  see  to  thine 
own  house,  David.  So  Israel  de- 
parted unto  their  tents.  17  But 
'as  for  the  children  of  Israel  that 
dwelt  in  the  cities  of  Judah,  Reho- 
boam reigned  over  them.  18  Then 
king  Rehoboam  sent '  Adoram,  who 
was  over  the  men  subject  to  task- 
work ;  and  all  Israel  stoned  him  to 
death  with  stones.  And  king  Reho- 
boam made  speed  to  get  him  up 


360 


12.19 


I.   KINGS 


13.7 


Rehoboam  warned  not  to  resist  Jeroboam.    Jeroboam's  Unlawral  Institutions.    He  is  warned  by  a  Prophet  f^om  Jadah 


to  his  chariot,  to  flee  to  Jerusalem. 
19  "So  Israel  rebelled  against  the 
house  of  David  unto  this  day.  20 
And  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  Is- 
rael heard  that  Jeroboam  was  re- 
turned, that  they  sent  and  called 
him  unto  the  congregation,  and 
made  him  king  over  all  Israel : 
*  there  was  none  that  followed  the 
house  of  David,  but  the  tribe  of 
Judah  only. 

21  "And  when  Rehoboam  was 
come  to  Jerusalem,  he  assembled 
all  the  house  of  Judah,  and  the 
tribe  of  Benjamin,  a  hundred  and 
fourscore  thousand  chosen  men, 
that  were  warriors,  to  light  against 
the  house  of  Israel,  to  bring  the 
kingdom  again  to  Rehoboam  the 
son  of  Solomon.  22  But  the  word 
of  God  came  unto  ^  Shemaiah  the 
man  of  God,  saying,  23  Speak  unto 
Rehoboam  the  son  of  Solomon,  king 
of  Judah,  and  unto  all  the  house  of 
Judah  and  Beiijamin,  and  to  the 
"  rest  of  the  people,  saying,  24  Thus 
saith  Jehovah,  Ye  shall  not  go  up, 
nor  fight  against  your  brethren  the 
children  of  Israel :  return  every 
man  to  his  house ;  ■'^for  this  thing 
is  of  me.  So  they  hearkened  unto 
the  word  of  Jehovah,  and  returned 
and  went  their  way,  according  to 
the  word  of  Jehovah. 

25  Then  ^Jeroboam  built  She- 
chem  in  the  hill-country  of  Eph- 
raim,  and  dwelt  therein ;  and  he 
went  out  from  thence,  and  built 
^Penuel.  26  And  Jeroboam  said 
in  his  heart.  Now  will  the  kingdom 
return  to  the  house  of  David :  27 
Mf  this  people  go  up  to  offer  sac- 
rifices in  the  house  of  Jehovah  at 
Jerusalem,  then  will  the  heart  of 
this  people  turn  again  unto  their 
lord,  even  unto  Rehoboam  king  of 
Judah :  and  they  will  kill  me,  and 
return  to  Rehoboam  king  of  Judah. 
28  Whereupon  the  king  took  coun- 
.sel.  and  *  made  two  calves  of  gold  ; 
and  he  said  unto  them,  ^It  is  too 
much  for  you  to  go  up  to  Jerusa- 
lem :  '  behold  thy  gods,  O  Israel, 
which  brought  thee  up  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt.  29  And  he  set  the 
one  in  '"Beth-el,  and  the  other  put 
he  in  "Dan.  30  And  "this  thing 
became  a  sin  ;  for  the  people  went 
to  ivorship  before  -the  one,  even 
nntoDan.  31  And  ^he  made  houses 
of  high  places,  and  «made  pi-iests 
from  among  all  the  people,   that 

1  Or,  Ve  hnve  gone  up  long  enough 
*  Or,  eokch  of  them, 


'■  2  K.  17.  21 
>>C\\.  11.  13, 

32,  ;iU 
"aCbr.  11. 

1,  &c. 
d  2  Chr.  12. 

*■  ver.  17 
/ver.  15 
'■'  .ludf,'.  9. 

46-40 
''(;en.32.  30, 

31 ;  Judg. 

S.  8,  17 
'  Dt.  12.  5-7, 

14 
*  2  K.  10.  29 ; 

17.  16; 

Hos.  8.  4-7 
'  Ex.  32.  4,  8 
'"  (Jen.  28.  19 
"  Judg.  18. 

2t>-31 

°  ch.  13.  34 ; 

2  K,  17.  21 
'•  ch.  13.  ,32 
«  ch.  13.  33  ; 

2  K.  17.  .32  ; 

2  Chr.  13.  9 


^  Lev.  23.  33, 
34;  Num. 
29.  12 

*  Am.  7.  10- 

13 
'  ch.  13.  1 
"  ch.  12.  22 ; 

2  K.  23.  17 
"  ch.  12.  33 
"^  ver.  32 
y  2  K.  23.  16, 

16 


'  Ex.  4.  1-5  ; 
Judg.  a.  17 


"  Ex.  8.  8, 
28 ;  9.  28 ; 
Acts  8.  24 

!>  Lk.  6.  27, 

28 


•  1  S.  9. 
2  K.  5. 


were  not  of  the  sons  of  Levi.  32 
And  Jeroboam  ordained  a  feast  in 
the  eighth  month,  on  the  fifteenth 
day  of  the  month,  ''like  unto  the 
feast  that  is  in  J  udah,  and  he  ^  went 
up  unto  the  altar ;  so  did  he  in 
Beth-el,  ''sacrificing  unto  the  calves 
that  he  had  made :  and  he  placed 
in  Beth-el '  the  priests  of  the  high 
places  that  he  had  made.  33  And 
he  ^went  up  unto  the  altar  which 
he  had  made  in  Beth-el  on  the  fif- 
teenth day  in  the  eighth  month, 
even  in  the  month  which  he  had 
devised  ^  of  his  own  heart :  and  he 
ordained  a  feast  for  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  ^  went  up  unto  the  altar, 
'  to  burn  incense. 

-|  O  And,  behold,  there  came 
JLO  "a  man  of  God  out  of  Ju- 
dah by  the  word  of  Jehovah  unto 
Beth-el :  and  Jeroboam  was  stand- 
ing by  the  altar  "  to  burn  incense. 
2  And  ''he  cried  against  the  altar 
by  the  word  of  Jehovah,  and  said, 
O  altar,  altar,  thus  saith  Jehovah  : 
Behold,  a  son  shall  be  born  unto 
the  house  of  David,  ^Josiah  by 
name  ;  and  upon  thee  shall  he  sac- 
rifice the  priests  of  the  high  places 
that  burn  incense  upon  thee,  and 
men's  bones  shall  they  burn  upon 
thee.  3  And  he  gave  a  sign  the 
same  day,  saying,  "  This  is  the  sign 
which  Jehovah  hath  spoken :  Be- 
hold, the  altar  shall  be  rent,  and 
the  ashes  that  are  upon  it  shall  be 
poured  out.  I  And  it  came  to 
pass,  when  the  king  heard  the  say- 
ing of  the  man  of  God,  which  he 
cried  against  the  altar  in  Beth-el, 
that  Jeroboam  put  forth  his  hand 
from  the  altar,  saying.  Lay  hold  on 
him.  And  his  hand,  which  he  put 
forth  against  him,  dried  up,  so  that 
he  could  not  draw  it  back  again  to 
him.  5  The  altar  also  was  rent,  and 
the  ashes  poured  out  from  the  altar, 
according  to  the  sign  which  the 
man  of  God  had  given  by  the  word 
of  Jehovah.  6  And  the  king  an- 
swered and  said  unto  the  man  of 
God,  "Entreat  now  the  favor  of 
Jehovah  thy  God,  and  pray  for  me, 
that  my  hand  may  be  restored  me 
again.  And  *the  man  of  God  en- 
treated Jehovah,  and  the  king"s 
hand  was  restored  him  again,  and 
became  as  it  was  before.  7  And 
the  king  said  unto  the  man  of  God, 
Come  home  with  me,  and  refresh 
thyself,   and  "^I    will    give  thee  a 

s  Or,  offered  upon         *  Or,  to  sacrifice 
'"Another  reading  is,  apart. 


351 


13. 


I.  KINGS 


13.33 


The  Prophet  led  into  Disobedience  by  an  old  Prophet  in  Bethel.    He  is  killed  by  a  Lion.    Jeroboam's  Priests 


reward.  8  And  the  man  of  God  said 
unto  the  king,  "  If  thou  wilt  give 
me  half  thy  house,  I  will  not  go  in 
with  thee,  neither  will  I  eat  bread 
nor  drink  water  in  this  place ;  9 
for  .so  was  it  charged  me  by  the 
word  of  Jehovah,  saying,  Thou 
shalt  eat  no  bread,  nor  drink 
vrater,  neither  return  by  the  way 
that  thou  earnest.  10  So  he  went 
another  way,  and  returned  not 
by  the  way  that  he  came  to 
Beth-el. 

11  Now  *  there  dwelt  an  old 
prophet  in  Beth-el ;  and  ^  one  of 
his  sons  came  and  told  him  all 
the  works  that  the  man  of  God 
had  done  that  day  in  Beth-el:  the 
words  which  he  had  spoken  unto 
the  kiiig,  them  also  they  told  unto 
their  father.  12  And  their  father 
said  unto  them.  What  way  went 
hel  Now  his  sons  had  -seen  what 
way  the  man  of  God  went,  that 
came  from  Judah.  13  And  he  said 
unto  his  sons.  Saddle  me  the  ass. 
So  they  saddled  him  the  ass ;  and 
he  rode  thereon.  14  And  he  went 
after  the  man  of  God,  and  found 
him  sitting  under  an  ^oak  ;  and  he 
.said  unto  him,  Art  thou  the  man  of 
God  that  camest  from  .Tudah  1  And 
he  said,  I  am.  15  Then  he  said 
unto  him,  Come  home  with  me,  and 
eat  bread.  16  And  he  said,  "  1 
may  not  return  with  thee,  nor  go 
in  with  thee;  neither  will  I  eat 
bread  nor  drink  water  with  thee  in 
this  place:  17  for  it  was  said  to 
me  '*  by  the  word  of  Jehovah,  Thou 
shalt  eat  no  bread  nor  drink  water 
there,  nor  turn  again  to  go  by  the 
way  that  thou  camest.  18  And  he 
said  unto  him,  I  also  am  a  prophet 
as  thou  art ;  and  an  angel  spake 
unto  me  by  the  word  of  Jehovah, 
saying.  Bring  him  back  with  thee 
into  thj''  house,  that  he  may  eat 
bread  and  drink  water.  Hut  he 
lied  unto  him.  1 9  So  he  went  back 
with  him,  and  did  eat  bread  in  his 
house,  and  drank  Avater. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they 
sat  at  the  table,  that  the  word  of 
Jehovah  came  unto  the  prophet 
that  brought  him  back;  21  and  he 
cried  unto  tlie  man  of  God  that 
came  from  Judah,  saying.  Thus 
saith  Jehovah,  Forasmuch  as  thou 
ha.st  ^been  disobedient  unto  the 
mouth  of  Jehovah,  and  hast  not 

1  Heb.  his  sow. 

-  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  shoved  him. 

3  Or,  terebinth    *  Or,  rebelled  against  the  word 


"  ver.  16,  17  : 
Num.  22. 
18;  24.  13 

*>  ver.  25 ; 
2  K.  23.  18 

'^  ver.  8,  9 

d  ch.  20.  35 


«  ch.  20.  36 


"  2  K.  23.  17, 

18 
'i  ver.  2 


'  ch.  12.  31 
*  ch.  16.  24 


352 


kept  the  commandment  which  Je- 
hovah thy  God  commanded  thee, 
22  but  earnest  back,  and  hast  eaten 
bread  and  drunk  water  in  the  place 
of  which  he  said  to  thee.  Eat  no 
bread,  and  drink  no  water ;  thy 
body  shall  not  come  unto  the 
sejiulchre  of  thy  fathers.  23  And 
it  came  to  pass,  after  he  had  eaten 
bread,  and  after  he  had  drunk,  that 
lie  saddled  for  him  the  ass,  to  tvit, 
for  the  prophet  whom  he  had 
brought  back.  24  And  when  he 
was  gone,  ''a  lion  met  him  by  the 
way,  and  slew  him :  and  his  body 
was  cast  in  the  way,  and  the  ass 
stood  by  it ;  the  lion  also  stood  by 
the  body.  25  And,  behold,  "men 
passed  by,  and  saw  the  body  cast 
in  the  way,  and  the  lion  standing 
by  the  body  ;  and  they  came  and 
told  it  in  the  city  where  'the  old 
prophet  dwelt. 

26  And  when  the  prophet  that 
brought  him  back  from  the  way 
heard  thereof,  he. said.  It  is  the 
man  of  God,  who  ^  was  disobedient 
unto  the  mouth  of  Jehovah :  there- 
fore Jehovah  hath  delivered  him 
unto  the  lion,  which  hath  torn  him, 
and  slain  him,  according  to  the 
word  of  Jehovah,  which  he  spake 
unto  him.  27  And  he  spake  to  his 
sons,  saying.  Saddle  me  the  ass. 
And  they  saddled  it.  28  And  he 
went  and  found  his  body  cast  in 
the  way,  and  the  ass  and  the  lion 
standing  by  the  body :  the  lion  had 
not  eaten  the  body,  nor  torn  the 
ass.  29  And  the  prophet  took  up 
the  body  of  the  man  of  God,  and 
laid  it  upon  the  ass,  and  brought  it 
back;  and  he  came  to  the  city  of 
the  old  prophet,  to  mourn,  and 
to  bury  him.  30  And  he  laid  his 
body  in  his  own  grave;  and  they 
mourned  over  him,  saying,  Alas, 
my  brother!  31  And  it  came  to 
pass,  after  he  had  buried  him,  that 
he  spake  to  his  sons,  saying.  When 
I  am  dead,  then  bury  me  in  the 
sepulchre  wherein  the  man  of  God 
is  buried ;  "  lay  my  bones  beside 
his  bones.  32  ''For  the  saying 
which  he  cried  bj^  the  word  of 
Jehovah  against  the  altar  in 
Beth-el,  and  'against  all  the  houses 
of  the  high  places  which  are  in  the 
cities  of.* Samaria,  shall  surely 
come  to  pass. 

33  After  this  thing  Jeroboam  re- 
turned not  from  his  evil  way,  but 
made  again  from  among  all  the 
people  priests  of  the  high  places. 


13.34 


I.   KINGS 


14.  2J 


.Jeroboam's  Son  being  sick,  his  Wife  is  sent  to  Ahijah.    Aliijali's  Prophecy  against  Jeroboam.    Behoboam's  Reign  over  Jodab 


'"whosoever  would,  he  consecrated 
nim,  that  there  might  be  priests  of 
the  liigli  ijhicos.  3-t  *And  "this 
thing  became  sin  unto  the  house  of 
Jeroboam,  "^even  to  cut  it  otf,  and 
to  destroy  it  from  oif  the  face  of 
the  earth. 

MAt  that  time  Abijah  the 
sou  of  Jeroboam  fell  sick. 
2  And  Jeroboam  said  to  his  wife, 
Arise,  I  pray  thee,  and  ''disguise 
thyself,  that  thou  be  not  known  to 
be  the  wife  of  Jeroboam;  and  get 
thee  to  "Shiloh:  behold,  there  is 
Ahijah  the  prophet,  who  •^s])ake 
concerning  me  that  I  should  be 
king  over  this  people.  3  ^And 
take  with  thee  ten  loaves,  and 
cakes,  and  a  ^ cruse  of  honey,  and 
go  to  him :  he  will  tell  thee  what 
shall  become  of  the  child.  4  And 
Jeroboam's  wife  did  so,  and  arose, 
and  went  to  ''Shiloh,  and  came  to 
tlie  house  of  '.Ihijah.  Now  Aliijah 
could  not  see ;  *  for  his  eyes  were 
set  by  reason  of  his  age.  5  And 
Jehovah  said  unto  Ahijah,  Behold, 
the  wife  of  Jeroboam  cometh  to  in- 
quire of  thee  concerning  her  son ; 
for  he  is  sick  :  thus  and  thus  shalt 
thou  say  unto  her;  for  it  will  be, 
when  she  cometh  in,  that  'she  will 
feign  herself  to  be  another  woman. 
6  And  it  was  so,  when  Ahijah 
heard  the  sound  of  her  feet,  as  she 
came  in  at  the  door,  that  he  said. 
Come  in,  thou  wife  of  Jeroboam ; 
why  feignest  thou  thyself  to  be 
another?  for  I  am  sent  to  thee  with 
heavy  tidings.  7  Go,  tell  Jero- 
boam, thus  saith  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  Israel :  "^  Forasmuch  as  I  exalted 
thee  from  among  the  people,  and 
made  thee  ■*  prince  over  my  people 
Israel,  8  and  rent  the  kingdom 
away  from  the  house  of  David,  and 
gave  it  tnee ;  and  "  yet  thou  hast 
not  been  as  my  servant  David,  who 
kept  my  commandments,  and  who 
followea  me  with  all  his  heart,  "to 
do  that  only  which  was  right  in 
mine  eyes,  9  but  hast  done  evil 
above  all  that  were  before  thee, 
and  ■Phast  gone  and  made  thee 
other  gods,  and  ^molten  images,  to 
provoke  me  to  anger,  and  ''hast 
cast  me  behind  thy  back :  10  there- 
fore, behold,  I  will  bring  evil  ui^on 
the  house  of  Jeroboam,  and '  will  cut 
off  from  Jeroboam  every  man-child, 
'him  that  is  shut  up  and  him  that 
is  left  at  large  in  Israel,  and  "will 

1  Or,  wkomsoever  he  would  ^  Or,  hnfih 

2  Or,  by  this  thing  he  Oecame         *  Or,  leader 

12 


«  Judg.  17.  5 
l>  ch.  12.  30  ; 

2  K.  17.  21 
'  ch.  14.  10  ; 

15.  29,  30 
•i  1  S.  28.  8 ; 

2  S.  14.  2  ; 

2  Chr.  18. 

29 
'.Josh.  18.  1 
/ch.  11.  29- 

31 
"  ch.  13.  7  ; 

1  S.  y.  7,  8 ; 

2  K.  4.  42 
''  ver.  2 
■ch.  11.  29 
*•■!  S.  3.  2; 

4.  15 
'  2  S.  14.  2 
'"cli.  11.  2S- 

31  ;  la.  2 
"  ch.  11.  33, 

38 
°  ch.  15.  5 
"  ch.  12.  28  ; 

2  Chr.  11. 

i:. 
«  Ex.  34.  17 

""  Ps.  oo.  17  ; 
Kzek.  23. 

3.T 

•  ch.  21.  21 ; 

2  K.  9.  8 
<  Dt.  32.  3fi ; 

2  K.  14.  2B 
"  ch.  15.  29 


*  ver.  17 
V  ch.  15.  27- 

29 
-  Dt.  29.  28  ; 

2  K.  17.  6 
"  Josh.  23. 

1.5,  16 
b  2  K.  15.  29 
"^  Ex.  34.  l.S, 

14 ;  Dt.  12. 

3.  4 
rfch.  12.30; 

13.34 
'  ch.  15.  21, 

33  ;  16.  6-9, 

15,  23 
/ver.  12 
"  ver.  13 


h  ver.  30 ; 
2  c;hr.  13. 


!  Chr.  12 


tch.  11.  32, 
36 


I  2  Chr.  12. 

1,  14 


utterly  sweep  away  the  house  of 
Jeroboam,  as  a  man  sweepeth  away 
dung,  till  it  be  all  gone.  1 1  "Him 
that  dieth  of  Jeroboam  in  the  city 
shall  the  dogs  eat;  and  him  that 
dieth  in  the  field  shall  the  birds  of 
the  heavens  eat :  for  Jehovah  hath 
spoken  it.  12  Arise  thou  there- 
fore, get  thee  to  thy  house:  and 
'  when  thy  feet  enter  into  the  city, 
the  child  shall  die.  13  And  all 
Israel  shall  mourn  for  him,  and 
bury  him  ;  for  he  only  of  Jeroboam 
shall  come  to  the  grave,  because  in 
him  there  is  found  some  good  thing 
toward  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel, 
in  the  house  of  Jeroboam.  11 
Moreover  *  Jehovah  will  raise  him 
up  a  king  over  Israel,  who  shall 
cut  off  the  house  of  Jeroboam  that 
day:  ^but  what?  even  now.  1-5 
For  Jehovah  will  smite  Israel,  as  a 
reed  is  shaken  in  the  water;  and 
Mie  will  root  up  Israel  out  of  "this 
good  land  which  he  gave  to  their 
fathers,  and  ''will  scatter  them  be- 
yond the  River, "  because  they  have 
made  their  Asherim,  provoking 
Jehovah  to  anger.  16  And  he  ^vill 
give  Israel  up  ''  because  of  the  sins 
of  Jeroboam,  "which  he  hath  sinned, 
and  wherewith  he  hath  made  Israel 
to  sin. 

17  And  Jeroboam's  wife  arose, 
and  departed,  and  came  to  ""Tirzah : 
and^n.^  she  came  to  the  threshold 
of  the  house,  the  child  died.  18 
^And  all  Israel  buried  him,  and 
mourned  for  him,  according  to  the 
word  of  Jehovah,  which  he  spake 
by  his  servant  Ahijah  the  prophet. 

19  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
•leroboam,  ''how  he  warred,  and 
how  he  reigned,  behold,  they  are 
written  in  tne  book  of  the  chroni- 
cles of  the  kings  of  Israel.  20  And 
the  days  which  Jeroboam  I'eigned 
were  two  and  twenty  years:  and 
he  slept  with  his  fathers,  and  Na- 
dab  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

21  'And  Rehoboam  the  son  of 
Solomon  reigned  in  .Tudah.  Re- 
hoboam was  forty  and  or.e  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign,  and 
he  reigned  seventeen  years  in  Je- 
rusalem, 'the  city  which  Jehovah 
had  chosen  out  of  all  the  tribes 
of  I.'irael,  to  put  his  name  there, 
and  his  mother's  name  was  Naamah 
the  Ammonitess.  22  'And  Judah 
did  that  which  was  evil  in  thn 
sight  of   Jehovah,   and   they  prt- 

*  Or,  arvl  v>hnt  even  now  f 

6  Or,  wiio  did  sia,  and  who  made  Jtc. 


353 


14.23 


I.   KINGS 


15.19 


Shisbak's  Invasion.    Death  of  Behoboam.    Abijaui's  Reign  over  Jodah.    Asa's  Reign  over  Jndan.    War  with  Baasha 


voked  him  to  jealousy  with  their 
sins  which  they  committed,  above 
all  that  their  fathers  had  done. 
23  For  they  also  built  them  "high 
places,  and  ^  *  pillars,  and "  Asherim, 
on  every  high  hill,  and  "*  under 
every  green  tree ;  24  and  there 
were  also  "'sodomites  in  the  land  : 
they  did  according  to  all  the  abomi- 
nations of  the  nations  which  Jeho- 
vah drove  out  before  the  children 
of  Israel. 

25  -^And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
fifth  year  of  king  Rehoboam,  that 
tShishak  king  of  Egypt  came  up 
against  Jerusalem ;  2p  and  he  took 
away  the  treasures  of  the  house  of 
Jehovah,  and  the  treasures  of  the 
king's  house ;  ^  he  even  took  away 
all:  and  ''he  took  away  all  the 
shields  of  gold  which  Solomon  had 
made.  27  And  king  Rehoboam 
made  in  their  stead  shields  of  brass, 
and  'committed  them  to  the  hands 
of  the  captains  of  the  -guard,  who 
kept  the  door  of  the  king's  house. 
28  And  it  was  so,  that,  as  oft  as 
the  king  went  into  the  house  of 
Jehovah,  the  guard  bare  them,  and 
bi'ought  them  back  into  the  guard- 
chamber. 

29  *  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Rehoboam,  and  all  that  he  did,  are 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Judahl 
30  'And  there  was  war  between 
Rehoboam  and  Jeroboam  continu- 
ally. 31  And  Rehoboam  slept  with 
his  fathers,  and  was  buried  with 
his  fathers  in  the  city  of  David : 
and  "^  his  mother's  name  was  Naa- 
mah  the  Ammonitess.  And  *  Abi- 
jam  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
'I  ^  "  Now  in  the  eighteenth 
-LO  year  of  king  Jeroboam  the 
son  of  Nebat  began  Abijam  to 
reign  over  Judah.  2  Three  years 
reigned  he  in  Jerusalem:  and  his 
mother's  name  was  '*Maacah  the 
daughter  of  "Abishalom.  3  And 
he  walked  in  all  the  sins  of  his 
father,  which  he  had  done  before 
him ;  and  "his  heart  was  not  per- 
fect with  .Jehovah  his  God,  as  the 
heart  of  David  his  father.  4  Nev- 
ertheless for  David's  sake  did  Jeho- 
vah his  God  give  him  a  *lamp  in 
Jerusalem,  to  set  up  his  son  after 
him,  and  to  establish  Jerusalem; 
5  'because  David  did  that  which 
was  right  in  the  eyes  of  Jehovah, 

1  Or,  obelisks  *  Heb.  runners. 

3In2Chr.  12.  W.Abijah. 
*  In  2  Chr.  13.  2,  Mieaiah  the  daughter  of  Uriel. 
'  In  2  Chr.  11.  20,  21,  Absalom. 


"  Dt.  12.  2 
b  Dt.  16.  22 
'^  ver.  16 
''  2  K.  17.  10 : 

Is.  57.  5 ; 

Jer.  2.  20 
'  Dt.  23.  17 
/  2  Chr.  12. 

2,  9-11 
s  ch.  15.  18 
''  ch.  10.  17 
'  1  S.  8.  11 ; 

22.  17 
«••  2  Chr.  12. 

15,  16 
'  ch.  12.  21- 

24 ;  15,  6 
'"  ver.  21 
"  2  Chr.  13. 

1,  &c. 
"  ch.  11.  4 
Pch.  11.  36; 

2  S.  21.  17 
9  ch.  9.  4  ; 

14.  8 


■•2  8.  II.  4, 

15-17  ;  12. 

9,  10 
"  ch.  14.  30 
'  2  Chr.  13. 

2,  21,  22 
"  2  Chr.  13. 

3-20 
•■aChr.U.  1, 

&c. 
^  ver.  2 
y  2  Chr.  14.  2 
'  ch.  14.  24  ; 

22.  46 ; 

Dt.  23.  17 

"ch.  11.  7,  8; 
14.  23; 
2  Chr.  14. 

f-  2  Chr.  15. 

16-18 
"  Ex.  32.  20 
<*  ch.  22.  43  ; 

2  K.  12.  3 
'  ver.  3 ,  ch. 

8.  61 
/ch.  7.  61 


'  ver.  32 


ft  2  Chr.  16. 
1-6 

'  ver.  21,  22 
*:  ch.  12.  26- 

29 

'  ver.  15 ; 
ch.  14.  26 


'  2  K.  12.  17, 


"  ch.  11.  23, 
24  ;  Gen. 
14.  15 

"  2  Chr.  16.  ' 


and  turned  not  aside  from  any- 
thing that  he  commanded  him  all 
the  days  of  his  life,  ''save  only  in 
the  matter  of  Uriah  the  Hittite. 
6  'Now  there  was  war  between 
Rehoboarn  and  Jeroboam  all  the 
days  of  his  life. 

7  And  '  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Abijam,  and  all  that  he  did,  are 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
Judah  1  "And  there  was  war  be- 
tween Abijam  and  Jeroboam.  8 
"And  Abijam  slept  with  his  fathers  j 
and  they  buried  him  in  the  city  ot 
David  :  and  Asa  his  son  reigned  in 
his  stead. 

9  And  in  the  twentieth  year  of 
Jeroboam  king  of  Israel  began 
Asa  to  reign  over  Judah.  10  And 
forty  and  one  years  reigned  he  in 
Jerusalem  :  and  •'his  mother's  name 
was  Maacah  the  daughter  of  Abish- 
alom.  1 1  And  ^  Asa  did  that  which 
was  right  in  the  eyes  of  Jehovah^ 
as  did  David  his  father.  12  And 
-he  put  away  the  sodomites  out 
of  the  land,  and  "  removed  all  the 
idols  that  his  fathers  had  made. 
13  *And  also  Maacah  his  mother 
he  removed  from  being  *  queen, 
because  she  had  made  an  abomi- 
nable image  ^  for  an  Asherah  ;  and 
Asa  cut  down  her  image,  and  ''burnt 
it  at  the  brook  Kidron.  14  ''But 
the  high  places  were  not  taken 
away  :  nevertheless  ^  the  heart  of 
Asa  was  perfect  with  Jehovah  all 
his  days.  15  And  -^he  brought 
into  the  house  of  Jehovah  the 
things  that  his  father  had  dedi- 
cated, and  the  things  that  himself 
had  dedicated,  silver,  and  gold, 
and  vessels. 

16"  And  there  was  war  between 
Asa  and  Baasha  king  of  Israel  all 
their  days.  1 7  *  And  Baasha  king 
of  Israel  went  up  against  Judah, 
and  '  built  Raman,  *  that  he  might 
not  suffer  any  one  to  go  out  oi' 
come  in  to  A.sa  king  of  Judah.  IS 
Then  'Asa  took  all  the  silver  and 
the  gold  that  were  left  in  the 
treasures  of  the  house  of  Jehovah, 
and  the  treasures  of  the  king's 
house,  and  delivered  them  into 
the  hand  of  his  servants ;  and 
'"king  Asa  sent  them  to  Ben- 
hadad,  the  son  of  Tabrimmon,  the 
son  of  Hezion,  king  of  Syria,  that 
dwelt  at  "Damascus,  saying,  19 
^  There  is  "  a  league    between  me 

6  Or,  queen  mother        ~  Or,  for  Asherah 
*  Or,  Let  there  be 


364 


15.20 


I.   KINGS 


16.9 


Wiir  with  Baasha,    Sadab's  Reign  over  Israel.    Baasha's  Reign  over  Israel.    Jehu's  Prophecy.    Elah's  Reign  over  Israel 


and  thee,  between  my  father  and 
thy  father :  behold,  I  have  sent 
unto  thee  a  present  of  silver  and 
gold  ;  go,  break  thy  league  witli 
Baasha  king  of  Israel,  tliat  he  may 
depart  from  me.  20  And  Ben- 
hadad  hearkened  unto  king  Asa, 
and  sent  the  captains  of  his  armies 
against  the  cities  of  Israel,  and 
smote  "  Ijon,  and  *  Dan,  and  "^  Abel- 
beth-maacah,  and  all  ■*  Chinneroth, 
with  all  the  land  of  Naphtali.  21 
And  it  came  to  pass,  wiien  Baasha 
heard  thei-eof,  that  '  he  left  off 
building  Ramah,  and  dwelt  in 
•^Tirzah.  22  Then  king  Asa  made 
a  proclamation  unto  all  Judah  ; 
none  was  exempted  :  and  they  car- 
ried away  the  stones  of  Ramah, 
and  the  timber  thereof,  wherewith 
Baasha  had  budded;  and  king  Asa 
built  therewith  ^Geba  of  Benja- 
min, and  Mizpah. 

23  ''  Now  the  rest  of  all  the  acts 
of  Asa,  and  all  his  might,  and  all 
that  he  did,  and  the  cities  which 
he  built,  are  they  not  written  in 
the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Judah?  But  in  the  time 
of  his  old  age  he  was  diseased  in 
his  feet.  24  And  Asa  slept  with 
his  fathers,  and  was  buried  with  his 
fathers  in  the  city  of  David  his 
father ;  and  '  Jehoshaphat  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

25  And  *  Nadab  the  son  of  Jero- 
boam began  to  reign  over  Israel 
in  the  second  year  of  Asa  king  of 
Judah ;  and  he  reigned  over  Israel 
two  years.  26  And  he"  did  that 
which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
Jehovah,  and  '  walked  in  the  way 
of  his  father,  and  '"in  his  sin  where- 
with he  made  Israel  to  sin.  27 
And  "  Baasha  the  son  of  Ahijah,  of 
the  house  of  Issachar,  conspired 
against  him ;  and  Baasha  smote 
him  at  "Gibbethon,  which  belonged 
to  the  Philistines ;  for  Nadab  and 
all  Israel  were  laying  siege  to  Gib- 
bethon.  28  Even  in  the  third  year 
of  Asa  king  of  Judah  did  Baasha 
slay  him,  and  reigned  in  his  stead. 
29  And  it  came  to  pass  that,  as 
soon  as  he  was  king,  he  smote  all 
the  house  of  Jeroboam  :  he  left  not 
to  Jeroboam  any  that  breathed, 
until  he  had  destroyed  him;  ^ac- 
cording unto  the  saying  of  Jehovah, 
which  ne  spake  by  his  servant  Ahi- 
jah the  Shilonite;  30  for  the  sins 
of  Jeroboam  which  he  sinned,  and 
'  wherewith  he  made  Israel  to  sin, 
because  of  his  provocation  where- 


"  2  K.  15.  29 
*  Ch.  12.  29 
"  ■>  K.  15.  29 
d  Josh.  11. 

2 ;  12.  3 
''  ver.  17 
/ch.  14.  17; 

16.  15-18 
"  Josh.  IS. 

24;  21.  17 
ft  2  Chr.  IG. 

11-14 
'  ch.  22.  41- 

44  ;  2  Chr. 

17.  1 

*;  ch.  14.  20 
'  ch.  12.  28- 

33  ;  13.  33, 

34 
"'  ver.  30,  34  ; 

ch.  14.  16 
"  ch.  14.  14 
0  Josh.  19. 

44  ;  21.  23 
1'  ch.  14.  9-10 
«  ver.  2a 


■■  ch.  14.  19 
'  ver.  10 
'  ver.  26 
"  ver.  7 ; 

2  Chr.  19. 

2 ;  20.  34 
"  2  Chr.  16. 

7-10 
"  ch.  14.  7 
V  ch.  15.  34 
-ch.  14. 10; 

21.  21 
"  ver.  II 
i  ch.  15.  29 
'^ch.  14.  11 ; 

21.  24 

dch.  14. 19; 

15.  31 


■ch.  14.  17; 
15.  21 


/ver.  1 


"ch.  14.  14; 
16.  27,  29 


ft  2  K.  9.  30- 
33 


'  ch,  18.  3  ; 
Gen.  24.  2 
39.  4 


with  he  provoked  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  Israel,  to  anger. 

31''  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Nadab,  and  all  that  he  did,  are 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
Isiael  1  32  ' And  there  was  war 
between  Asa  and  Baasha  king  of 
Israel  all  their  days. 

33  In  the  third  year  of  Asa  king 
of  Judah  began  Baasha  the  son 
of  Ahijah  to  reign  over  all  Israel 
in  Tirzah,  a7id  reigned  twenty 
and  four  years.  34  And  he  did 
that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight 
of  Jehovah,  and  '  walked  in  the 
way  of  Jeroboam,  and  in  his  sin 
wherewith  he  made  Israel  to  sin. 
'I  i^  1  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
JLyj  came  to  "Jehu  the  son  of 
"  Hanani  against  Baasha,  saying, 
2  Forasmuch  as  '^  I  exalted  thee 
out  of  the  dust,  and  made  thee 
'  prince  over  my  people  Israel,  and 
'■'  thou  hast  walked  in  the  way  of 
Jeroboam,  and  hast  made  my  peo- 
ple Isi'ael  to  sin,  to  provoke  me  to 
anger  with  their  sins;  3  behold, 
^I  will  utterly  sweep  away  "Baasha 
and  his  house  ;  and  *  I  will  make 
thy  house  like  the  house  of  Jero- 
boam the  son  of  Nebat.  4  "  Him 
that  dieth  of  Baasha  in  the  city 
.shall  the  dogs  eat ;  and  him  that 
dieth  of  his  in  the  field  shall  the 
birds  of  the  heavens  eat. 

5  ''Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Baasha,  and  what  he  did,  and  his 
might,  are  they  not  written  in 
the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Israel?  6  And  Baasha 
slept  with  his  fathers,  and  was 
buried  in  *  Tirzah  ;  and  Elah  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead.  7  And 
moreover  by  -^  the  prophet  Jehu 
the  son  of  Hanani  came  the  word 
of  Jehovah  against  Baasha,  and 
against  his  house,  both  because  of 
all  the  evil  that  he  did  in  the  sight 
of  Jehovah,  to  provoke  him  to 
anger  with  the  work  of  his  hands, 
in  being  Hke  the  house  of  Jero- 
boam, and  because  ^  he  smote  ^him. 

8  In  the  twenty  and  sixth  year 
of  Asa  king  of  Judah  began  Elah 
the  son  of  Baasha  to  reign  over 
Israel  in  Tirzah,  and  reigned  two 
years.  9  And  his  servant ''  Zimri, 
captain  of  half  his  chariots,  con- 
spired against  him.  Now  he  was 
in  Tirzah,  drinking  himself  drunk 
in  the  house  of  Arza,  *who  was 
over    the    household    in    Tirzah  : 

1  Or,  leader  «  Or.  it 


355 


16.10 


1.   KINGS 


17.1 


Zimri  slays  Elab  and  his  Kindred,  and  reigas  over  Israel.    Omri's  Reign  over  Israel,    ihab  King  of  Israel.    El^ah  predicts  a 


10  and  Zimri  went  in  and  smote 
him,  and  killed  him,  in  the 
twenty  and  seventh  year  of  Asa 
iiing  of  Judah,  and  reigned  in  his 
stead.  11  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  he  began  to  reign,  as  soon 
as  he  sat  on  his  throne,  that  "he 
smote  all  the  house  of  Baasha : 
he  left  him  not  a  single  man-child, 
neither  of  his  kinsfolks,  nor  of 
his  friends.  12  Thus  did  Zimri 
destroy  all  the  house  of  Baasha, 

*  according  to  the  word  of  Jeho- 
vah, which  he  spake  against  Baa- 
sha by  '^Jehu  the  prophet,  13  for 
all  the  sins  of  Baasha,  and  the 
sins  of  Elah  his  son,  which  they 
sinned,  and  wherewith  they  made 
Israel  to  sin,  "^to  provoke  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel,  to  anger  with 
their  vanities.  14  'Now  the  resr 
of  the  acts  of  Elah,  and  all  that 
he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings 
of  Israel  1 

15  In  the  twenty  and  seventh 
year  of  Asa  king  of  Judah  did 
Zimri  reign  seven  days  in  Tirzah. 
Now  the  people  were  encamped 
against  -^Gibbethon,  which  be- 
longed to  the  Philistines.  16  And 
the  people  that  were  encamped 
heard  say,  Zimri  hath  conspii*ed, 
and  hath  also  smitten  the  king  : 
wherefore  all  Israel  made  Omri, 
the  captain  of  the  host,  king  over 
Israel  that  day  in  the  camp.  17 
And  Omri  went  up  from  Gibbe- 
thon,  and  all  Israel  with  him,  and 
they  besieged  Tirzah.  18  And  it 
came  to  pass,  when  Zimri  saw  that 
the  city  was  taken,  that  he  went 
into  the  ^  castle  of  the  king's  house, 
and  burnt  the  king's  house  over 
him  with  fire,  and  ^died,  19  for 
his  sins  which  he  sinned  in  doing 
that  which  was  evdl  in  the  sight  of 
Jehovah,  in  ''walking  in  the  way 
of  Jeroboam,  and  in  his  sin  which 
he  did,  to  rn;ike_  Israel  to  sin.     20 

•  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Zimri, 
and  his  treason  that  he  wrought, 
are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel  1 

21  Then  were  the  people  of 
Israel  tlivided  into  two  parts  :  half 
of  the  people  followed  Tibni  the 
son  of  Ginath,  to  make  him  king; 
and  half  followed  Omri.  22  But 
the  people  that  followed  Omri  pre- 
vailed against  the  people  that  fol- 
lowed Tibni  the  .son  of  Ginath  : 
80  Tibni  died,  and  Omri  reigned. 

1  Or,  palace 


"  ver.  3  ;  ch. 

15.  29 
6  ver.  3 
<^  2  Chr.  19. 

2  ;  20.  34 
d  ch.  15.  10  ; 

Dt.  32.  21 
*'  ver.  5 
'  ch.  15.  27 

a  1  S.  31.  4, 
6  ;  2  S.  17. 
23 

ft  ch.  12.  28  ; 
14.  16 ;  15. 


k  ch.  15  21 
'  ver.  2S,  29, 

32 
'"  Mic.  6.  16 
"  ver.  .so-33 ; 

ch. 14  9 
"  ver.  19 


P  ver.  25 ; 
ch.  14.  9 


«  Dt.  7.  1-5 

''ch.  11.  1-5; 
2  K.  10.  18 ; 
17.  16 

'  2  K.  10.  21, 

26,27 

'  2  K.  13.  6 

"  ver.  29.  30  i 
ch.  14.  9 


23  In  the  thirty  and  first  year  of 
Asa  king  of  Judah  began  Omri 
to  reign  over  Israel,  and  reigiied 
twelve  years :  six  years  reigned 
he  in  *  Tirzah.  2-1  And  he  bought 
the  hill  -  Samaria  of  Shemer  for 
two  talents  of  silver  ;  and  he  ^built 
on  the  hill,  and  called  the  name  of 
the  citj^  which  he  built,  after  the 
name  of  Shemer,  the  owner  of  the 
hill,  -'Samaria.  25  And  '"Omri 
did  that  wliich  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  Jehovah,  and  "dealt 
wickedly  above  all  that  were  be- 
foi'e  him.  26  For  he  "walked  in 
all  the  way  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of 
Nebat,  and  in  his  sins  wherewith 
he  made  Israel  to  sin,  to  provoke 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,^  to 
anger  with  their  vanities.  27  Now 
the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Omri  which 
he  did,  and  his  might  that  ho 
showed,  are  they  not  written  in 
the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Israel  ?  28  So  Omri  slept 
with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried 
in  Samaria ;  and  Ahab  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

29  And  in  the  thirty  and  eighth 
year  of  Asa  king  of  Judah  began 
Ahab  the  son  of  Omri  to  reign  over 
Israel :  and  Ahab  the  son  of  Omn 
reigned  over  Israel  in  Samaria 
twenty  and  two  years.  30  And  Ahab 
the  son  of  Omri  did  that  which  was 
evil  in  the  sight  of  Jehovah  ^above 
all  that  were  before  him.  31  And 
it  came  to  pass,  as  if  it  had  been  a 
light  thing  for  him  to  walk  in  the 
sins  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 
that  *  he  took  to  wife  ""Jezebel  the 
daughter  of  Ethbaal  king  of  the 
'Sidonians,  and  went  and  served 
Baal,  and  worshipped  him.  32 
And  he  reared  up  an  altar  for  Baal 
in  *the  house  of  Baal,  which  he 
had  built  in  Samaria.  33  And 
Ahab  made  '  the  Asherah ;  and 
Ahab  "did  yet  more  to  provoke 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  to 
anger  than  all  the  kings  of  Israel 
that  were  before  him.  3+  "In  his 
days  did  Hiel  the  Beth-elite  build 
Jericho:  he  laid  the  foundation 
thereof  with  the  loss  of  Abirara  his 
first-born,  and  set  up  the  gates 
thereof  with  the  loss  of  his  young- 
est son  Segub,  according  to  the 
word  of  Jehovah,  which  he  spake 
by  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun. 
-|  fj  And  Elijah  the  Tishbit^, 
J-  I     who  was  of  ""the  sojourners 

2  Heb  Shomeron         s  Or,  fortified  the  hill 
*■  Heb.  IzeOet. 


356 


17.2 


1.   KINGS 


18.6 


Drought;  is  fed  at  Cherith;  poes  to  Zarepliatli:  iiioreases  a  Widow's  Meal  and  Oil;  raises  her  Son.    ObadiaL  hunts  for  Water 


of  Gilead,  said  unto  Aliab,  "As 
.lehovah.  the  God  of  isi-ael,  liveth, 
liefore  whom  I  stand,  *  there  shall 
not  be  dew  nor  rain  these  years, 
i)ut  according  to  my  word.  2  And 
the  word  of  Jehovah  came  unto 
him,  saying,  3  Get  thee  hence,  and 
turn  thee  eastward,  and  hide  thy- 
self by  the  brook  (Jherith,  that  is 
before  the  Jordan.  4  And  it  shall 
be,  that  thou  shalt  drink  of  the 
brook;  and  "'I  have  commanded 
the    ravens    to    feed     thee    there. 

5  So  he  went  and  did  according 
unto  the  word  of  Jehovah  ;  for  he 
went  and  dwelt  by  the  brook 
Cherith,  that  is  before  the  Jordan. 

6  .\.nd  the  ravens  brought  him 
brt'ad  and  flesh  in  the  morning, 
and  bread  and  flesh  in  the  evening; 
and  he  drank  of  the  brook.  7  /Vnd 
it  came  to  pass  after  a  while,  that 
the  brook  dried  up,  because  there 
%\as  no  rain  in  the  land. 

i'^  And  the  word  of  Jehovah  came 
unto  him,  saying,  9  Arise,  get  thee 
t<)  ''  Zarephath,  which  belongeth  to 
Sidon,  and  dwell  there  :  behold,  *'  I 
have  commanded  a  widow  there  to 
sustain  thee.  10  So  he  arose  and 
went  to  Zarephath  ;  and  when  he 
came  to  the  gate  of  the  city,  be- 
hold, a  widow  was  there  gathering 
sticks  :  and  -^he  called  to  her,  and 
said,  Fetch  me,  I  pray  thee,  a  little 
water  in  a  vessel,  that  I  may  drink. 
1 1  And  as  she  was  going  to  fetch 
it,  he  called  to  her,  and  said.  Bring 
me,  I  pray  thee,  a  morsel  of  bread 
in  thy  hand.  12  And  she  said, 
'As  Jehovah  thy  God  liveth,  'Vl 
have  not  a  cake,  but  a  handful  of 
meal  in  the  jar,  and  a  little  oil  in 
the  cruse  :  and,  behold,  I  am  gath- 
ering two  sticks,  that  I  may  go  in 
and  dress  it  for  me  and  my  son, 
that  we  may  eat  it,  and  die.  13 
And  Elijah  said  unto  her,  Fear 
not ;  go  and  do  as  thou  hast  said  ; 
but  make  me  thereof  a  little  cake 
first,  and  bring  it  forth  unto  me, 
and  afterward  make  for  thee  and  for 
thy  son.  14  For  thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  Israel,  The  jar  of 
meal  shall  not  waste,  neither  shall 
the  cruse  of  oil  fail,  until  the  day 
that  Jehovah  sendeth  rain  upon  the 
earth.  15  And  she  went  and  did 
according  to  the  saying  of  Elijah : 
and  she,  and  he,  and  her  house,  did 
eat  many  days.  1 G  The  jar  of  meal 
wasted  not,  neither  did  the  cruse 
of  oil  fail,  according  to  the  word  of 
Jehovah,  which  he  spake  by  Elijah. 


"  eh.  18. 

10; 

L".'.  U, 

liK.  6. 

20 

I>ch.  18. 

i; 

Lk.  4. 

Jas.  5. 

"it' 

'^  ver.  9 

rf  Obad. 

20; 

Lk.  4. 

26 

'  ver.  4 

fa  en.  24. 

17;  Je 

.4.  7 

'J  ver.  1 

A  2  K.  4. 

2-7 

'■  2  S.  16 

10; 

2K.  3 

13; 

.Tn.  2. 

4 

*•■  ch.  12. 

22 

'  2  K.  4.  34, 
35  ;  Acts 
20.  10 


Heb.  11.  35 


"  Jn.  2.  11 ; 

3.  2 


0  ch.  17.  1 


P  ch.  16.  9 
«  ver.  13 


357 


1  (  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
these  things,  that  the  son  of  the 
woman,  the  mistress  of  the  house, 
fell  sick;  and  his  sickness  was  so 
sore,  that  there  was  no  breath  left 
in  him.  18  And  she  said  unto 
Elijah,  'What  have  1  to  do  with 
thee,  O  thou  >"  man  of  God ''.  '  thou 
art  come  unto  me  to  bring  my  sin 
to  remembrance,  and  to  slay  my 
son!  19  And  he  said  unto  her, 
Give  me  thy  son.  And  he  took 
him  out  of  her  bosom,  and  carried 
him  up  into  the  chamber,  where 
he  abode,  and  laid  him  upon  his 
own  bed.  20  And  he  cried  unto 
Jehovah,  and  said,  O  Jehovah  my 
God,  hast  thou  also  brouglit  evil 
upon  the  Mudow  with  whom  1 
sojourn,  by  slaying  her  son"?  21 
'And  he  stret(;hed  himself  upon 
the  child  three  times,  and  cried 
unto  Jehovah,  and  said,  O  Jeho- 
vah my  God,  I  pray  thee,  let  this 
child's  soul  come  into  him  again. 
22  And  Jehovah  hearkened  unto 
the  voice  of  Elijah  ;  ™and  the  soul 
of  the  child  came  into  him  again, 
and  he  revived.  23  And  Elijah 
took  the  child,  and  brought  him 
down  out  of  the  chamber  into  the 
hou.se,  and  delivered  him  unto  his 
mother  ;  and  Elijah  said.  See,  thy 
son  liveth.  24  And  the  woman 
said  to  Elijah,  "Now  I  know  that 
thou  art  a  man  of  God,  and  that 
the  word  of  Jehovah  in  thy  mouth 
is  truth. 

-f  O  And  it  came  to  pass  °  after 
-LO  many  days,  that  the  word 
of  Jehovah  came  to  Elijah,  in  the 
third  year,  saving,  Go,  show  thy- 
self unto  Ahab ;  and  I  will  send 
rain  upon  the  earth.  2  And  Elijah 
went  to  show  him.self  unto  Ahab. 
And  the  famine  was  sore  in  Sama- 
ria. 3  And  Ahab  called  Obadiah, 
^who  was  over  the  household. 
(Now  Obadiah  feared  Jeho^  ah 
greatly:  4  for  it  was  so,  ''when 
Jezebel  cut  ofl'  the  prophets  of 
Jehovah,  that  Obadiah  took  a 
hundred  prophets,  and  hid  them 
by  fifty  in  a  cave,  and  fed  them 
with  bread  and  water).  5  And 
Ahab  said  unto  Obadiah,  Go 
through  the  land,  unto  all  the 
fountains  of  water,  and  unto  all 
the  brooks :  peradventure  we  may 
find  grass  and  save  the  horses  and 
mules  alive,  "-'that  we  lose  not  all 
the  beasts.  6  So  they  divided 
the  land    between    them    to    pass 

1  Or,  art  thou  &c.         2  Qr,  and  lose  none  of 


lar 


I.   KINGS 


18.32 


Elijah  meets  Obadiab,  and  sends  him  to  Ahab.    Ahab  meets  Elijah.    The  Contest  on  Sonnt  Carmel 


throughout  it :  Ahab  went  one 
way  by  himself,  and  Obadiah  went 
another  way  by  himself. 

7  And  as  Obadiah  was  in  the 
way,  behold,  Elijah  met  him  :  "  and 
he  knew  him,  and  fell  on  his  face, 
and  said,  Is  it  thou,  my  lord  Elijah'? 

8  And  he  answered  him.  It  is  I :  go, 
tell  thy  lord.  Behold,  Elijah  is  here. 

9  And  he  said,  Wherein  have  I 
sinned,  that  thou  wouldest  deliver 
thy  servant  into  the  hand  of  Ahab, 
to  slay  me"?  10  *As  Jehovah  thy 
God  liveth,  there  is  no  nation  or 
kingdom,  whither  my  lord  hath 
not  sent  to  seek  thee :  and  when 
they  said,  He  is  not  here,  he  took 
an  oath  of  the  kingdom  and  na- 
tion, that    they  found   thee    not. 

11  And  now  thou  sayest.  Go,  tell 
thy  lord.   Behold,   Elijah   is  here. 

12  And  it  will  come  to  pass,  as 
soon  as  I  am  gone  from  thee,  "  that 
the  Spirit  of  Jehovah  will  carry 
thee  whither  I  know  not ;  and  so 
when  I  come  and  tell  Ahab,  and  he 
cannot  find  thee,  he  will  slay  me  : 
but  I  thy  servant  fear  Jehovah 
from  my  youth.  IS"*  Was  it  not 
told  my  lord  what  I  did  when 
Jezebel  slew  the  prophets  of  Jeho- 
vah, how  I  hid  a  hundred  men  of 
Jehovah's  prophets  by  fifty  in  a 
cave,  and  fed  them  witn  bread  and 
water?  14  And  now  thou  sayest. 
Go,  tell  thy  lord.  Behold,  Elijah  is 
here ;  and  he  will  slay  me.  1 5  And 
Elijah  said,  *As  Jehovah  of  hosts 
liveth,  before  whom  I  stand,  I  will 
surely  show  myself  unto  him  to- 
day. 

16  So  Obadiah  went  to  meet 
Ahab,  and  told  him;  and  Ahab 
went  to  meet  Elijah.  17  And  it 
came  to  pass,  when  Ahab  saw  Eli- 
jah, that  -^Ahab  said  unto  him.  Is 
it  thou,  thou  troubler  of  Israel? 
18  And  he  answered,  I  have  not 
troubled  Israel ;  but  thou,  and  thy 
father's  house,  in  that  *ye  have 
forsaken  the  commandments  of  Je- 
hovah, and  ''  thou  hast  followed  the 
Baalim.  19  Now  therefore  send, 
and  gather  to  me  all  Israel  unto 
'mount  Carmel,  and  *^the  prophets 
of  Baal  four  hundred  and  fifty,  and 
the  prophets  of  'the  Asherah  four 
hundred,  that  eat  at  Jezebel's  table. 

20  So  Ahab  sent  unto  all  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  gathered  the 
prophets  together  unto  mount  Car- 
mel. 21  And  Elijah  came  near 
unto  all  the  people,  and  said, '"  How 
long  go   ye  limping   between  the 


"  2  K.  1.  6-8 

*  ch.  17.  1 

"=  2  K.  2.  16  ; 

Ezek.  3. 12, 

14;  Acts  8. 

39 

<i  ver.  4 
'ch,  IT.  1 
/ch.  21.  20; 

Josh.  7.  25 
i'ch.  9.9; 

2  Chr.  15.  2 
''  ch.  16.  31  ; 

21.  25,  26 
■  Josh.  19. 

26  ;  2  K.  2. 

25 
*■■  ver.  22 
'  ch.  16.  33 
"'  2  K.  17.  41 ; 

Mt.  6.  24 


"  Josh.  24.  15 
"  ch.  19.  10, 


P  ver.  19 
«  ver.  38 


■  Lev.  19. 28 ; 
Dt.  14.  1 ; 
Mic.  6.  7 


'  Ex.  29.  39, 

41 


<  ch.  19.  10, 
14  ;  2  Chr. 
33.  16 


■  Gen.  32. 

'»  \  35.  10  ; 
2  K.  17.  34 


two  sides  %  "  if  Jehovah  be  God, 
follo\v  him ;  but  if  Baal,  then  fol- 
low him.  And  the  people  answered 
him  not  a  word.  22  Then  said  Eli- 
jah unto  the  people, "  I,  even  I  only, 
am  left  a  prophet  of  Jehovah  ;  but 
Baal's  prophets  are  ''four  hundred 
and  fifty  men.  23  Let  them  there- 
fore give  us  two  bullocks ;  and  let 
them  choose  one  bullock  for  them- 
selves, and  cut  it  in  pieces,  and  lay 
it  on  the  wood,  and  put  no  fire 
under ;  and  I  will  dress  the  other 
bullock,  and  lay  it  on  the  wood, 
and  put  no  fire  under.  24  Ana 
call  ye  on  the  name  of  your  god, 
and  I  will  call  on  the  name  of  JehO' 
vah  :  and  «the  God  that  answereth 
by  fire,  let  him  be  God.  And  all 
the  people  answered  and  said,  It  is 
well  spoken. 

25  And  Elijah  said  unto  the 
prophets  of  Baal,  Choose  you  one 
bullock  for  yourselves,  and  dress 
it  first ;  for  ye  are  many ;  and  call 
on  the  name  of  your  god,  but  put 
no  fire  under.  26  And  they  took 
the  bullock  which  was  given  them, 
and  they  dressed  it,  and  called  on 
the  name  of  Baal  from  morning 
even  until  noon,  saying,  O  Baal, 
^  hear  us.  But  there  was  no  voice, 
nor  any  that  answered.  And  they 
■^  leaped  about  the  altar  which  was 
made.  27  And  it  came  to  pass  at 
noon,  that  Elijah  mocked  them,  and 
said.  Cry  aloud ;  for  he  is  a  god : 
either  he  is  musing,  or  he  is  gone 
aside,  or  he  is  on  a  journey,  or  pei*- 
adventui'e  he  sleepeth  and  must  be 
awaked.  28  And  they  cried  aloud, 
and  ''cut  themselves  after  thei'^ 
manner  with  *  knives  and  lances, 
till  the  blood  gushed  out  upon 
them.  29  And  it  was  so,  when 
midday  was  past,  that  they  prophe- 
sied *  until  the  time  of  the  ofiering 
of  the  evening  oblation  ;  but  there 
was  neither  voice,  nor  any  to  an- 
swer, nor  any  ■'that  regarded. 

30  And  Elijah  said  unto  all  the 
people.  Come  near  unto  me ;  and 
all  the  people  came  near  unto  him. 
And  '  he  repaired  the  altar  of  Jeho- 
vah that  was  thrown  down.  31  And 
Elijah  took  twelve  stones,  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  the  tribes 
of  the  sons  of  Jacob,  unto  whom 
the  word  of  .Jehovah  came,  sajnng, 
"Israel  shall  be  thy  name.  32  And 
with  the  stones  he  built  an  altar  in 
the  name  of  Jehovah  ;  and  he  made 


1  Or,  answer 

2  Or.  limped 


3  Or,  sirords 
*  Heb.  attention. 


368 


18.33 


I.   KINGS 


19.11 


The  Contest  on  Mount  Carmel.     End  of  the  Droosht.     Jezebels  Threat.     Elijah  flees  to  Horeb.     Jehovah's  Still  Small  Voice 


a  trench  about  the  altar,  as  great 
as  would  contain  '■  two  measures  of 
seed.  33  "And  he  put  the  wood 
in  order,  and  cut  the  bullock  in 
pieces,  and  laid  it  on  the  wood. 
And  he  said.  Fill  four  jars  with 
water,  and  pour  it  on  the  burnt- 
offex'ing,  and  on  the  wood.  34  And 
he  said.  Do  it  the  second  time  ;  and 
they  did  it  tlie  second  time.  And 
he  said,  Do  it  the  third  time  ;  and 
they  did  it  the  third  time.  35  And 
the  water  ran  round  about  the 
altar  ;  and  he  filled  the  trench  also 
with  water.  36  And  it  came  to 
pass  *at  the  time  of  the  oliering 
of  the  evening  oblation,  that  Elijah 
the  prophet  came  near,  and  said, 
"O  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Abraham, 
of  Isaac,  and  of  Israel,  let  it  be 
known  this  day  that  thou  art  God 
in  Israel,  and  that  I  am  thj-  ser- 
vant, and  ''  that  I  have  done  all 
these  things  at  thy  word.  37  Hear 
me,  O  Jehovah,  hear  me,  that  this 
people  may  know  that  thou,  Jeho- 
vah, art  God,  -  and  that  thou  hast 
turned  their  heart  back  again.  38 
Then  ^  the  fire  of  Jehovah  fell,  and 
consumed  the  burnt-oft'ering,  and 
the  wood,  and  the  stones,  and  the 
dust,  and  licked  up  the  water  that 
was  in  the  trench.  39  And  when 
all  the  people  saw  it,  they  fell  on 
their  faces :  and  they  said,  ■'Jeho- 
vah, he  is  God ;  Jehovah,  he  is 
God.  40  And  Elijah  said  unto 
them.  Take  the  prophets  of  Baal: 
let  not  one  of  them  escape.  And 
they  took  them ;  and  EHjah  brought 
them  down  to  "  the  brook  Kishon, 
''and  slew  them  there. 

11  And  Elijah  said  unto  Ahab, 
Get  thee  up,  eat  and  drink  ;  for 
there  is  the  sound  of  abundance  of 
rain.  42  So  Ahab  went  up  to  eat 
and  to  drink.  And  Elijah  went  up 
to  the  top  of  '  Carmel ;  and  he 
bowed  himself  down  upon  the 
earth,  and  put  his  face  between 
his  knees.  43  And  he  said  to  his 
servant.  Go  up  now,  look  toward 
the  sea.  And  he  went  up,  and 
looked,  and  said.  There  is  nothing. 
And  he  said,  Go  again  seven  times. 
44  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the 
seventh  time,  that  he  said.  Behold, 
*  there  ariseth  a  cloud  out  of  the 
sea,  as  small  as  a  man's  hand.  And 
he  said.  Go  up,  say  unto  Ahab, 
^Make  ready  my  chariot,  and  get 

1  Or,  a  tino-seah  measure 

2  Oi,  for  thou  didst  turn  their  heart  backv:ard 
»  Or,  Foke 


°  Gen.  22.  9 ; 

Lev.  1.  7,  8 
*  ver.  29 
"  Ex.  3.  6  ; 

4.  fi 
rf  Num.  16. 

•.'>-32 
'  Gen.  15. 

17  ;  Lev. 

10.  1,  2  : 

2  K.  1.  12 ; 

Job  1.  l(i 
.''ver.  :;l,24 
'■'  Judg.  4.  7  ; 

o.  21 
A  Dt.  13.  5 J 

18.20;  2K. 

10.  24,  25 
'',er.  19,  20 
k  Lk.  12.  54 


'  Josh.  17. 
16 ;  Judg. 
6.  33 
"'  2  K.  3.  15  ; 

Is.  8.  11 
"  2  K.  4.  29 ; 

Jar.  1.  17; 

1  Pet.  1.  13 
"ch.  IS.  40 
P  ch.  20.  10  ; 

•J  K.  0.  31 
1  Gen.  21.  31 

"■Num.  11. 
15 ;  Jer.  20. 
14-18; 
Jon.  4.  3,  8 


'  Gen.  28. 
11-15 


'  Ex.  24.  18 ; 
34.  28 ;  Dt. 
9.  9-11,  18; 
Mt.  4.  2 

"  Ex.  3.  1 ;  4. 

"  Ex.  33.  21, 

22 


=  Ex.  20.  6  ; 
34.  14 


y  Rom.  II.  3 


'  Ex.  19.  20  ; 
24.  12,  18 


369 


thee  down,  that  the  rain  stop  thee 
not.  45  And  it  came  to  pass  in  a 
little  while,  that  the  heavens  grew 
black  with  clouds  and  wind,  and 
there  was  a  great  rain.  And  Ahab 
rode,  and  went  to  '  Jezreel :  46  and 
'"  the  hand  of  Jehovah  was  on  Eli- 
jah ;  and  "  he  girded  up  his  loins, 
and  ran  before  Ahab  to  the  entrance 
of  Jezreel. 

-(  Q  And  Ahab  told  Jezebel  all 
X«-/  that  Elijah  had  done,  and 
"withal  how  he  had  slain  all  the 
prophets  with  the  sword.  2  Then 
.Jezebel  sent  a  messenger  unto  Eli- 
jah, saying,  ^So  let  the  gods  do  to 
me,  and  more  also,  if  I  make  not 
thy  life  as  the  life  of  one  of  them  by 
to-morrow  about  this  time.  3  And 
when  he  saw  that,  he  arose,  and 
went  for  his  life,  and  came  to « Beer- 
sheba,  which  belongeth  to  Judah, 
and  left  his  servant  there.  4  But 
he  himself  went  a  day's  journey 
into  the  wilderness,  and  came  and 
sat  down  under  a  ■*  juniper-tree : 
and  '■  he  requested  for  himself  that 
he  might  die,  and  said.  It  is  enough ; 
now,  O  Jehovah,  take  away  my 
life ;  for  I  am  not  better  than  my 
fathers.  5  And  he  lay  down  and 
slept  under  a  juniper-tree ;  and, 
behold,  *an  angel  touched  him, 
and  said  unto  him,  Arise  and  eat. 
6  And  he  looked,  and,  behold,  there 
was  at  his  head  a  cake  baken  on  the 
'coals,  and  a  cruse  of  water.  And 
he  did  eat  and  drink,  and  laid  him 
down  again.  7  And  the  angel  of 
fJehovah  came  again  the  second 
tinie,  and  touched  him,  and  said. 
Arise  and  eat,  because  the  journey 
is  too  great  for  thee.  8  And  he 
arose,  and  did  eat  and  drink,  and 
went  in  the  strength  of  that  food 
'forty  days  and  forty  nights  unto 
"Horeb  the  mount  of  God. 

9  And  he  came  thither  unto  a 
cave,  and  lodged  there  ;  and,  be- 
hold, "the  word  of  Jehovah  came 
to  him,  and  he  said  unto  him,  What 
doest  thou  here,  Elijah  1  10  And 
he  said,  "=  I  have  been  very  jealous 
for  Jehovah,  the  God  of  hosts  ;  for 
the  children  of  Israel  have  forsaken 
thy  covenant,  ^  thrown  down  thine 
altars,  and  slain  thy  prophets  with 
the  sword  :  and  I.  even  I  only,  am 
left ;  and  thej'  seek  my  life,  to  take 
it  away.  1 1  And  he  said,  -  Gd 
forth,  and  stand  upon  the  mount 
before  Jehovah.  Aiid,  behold,  Je- 
hovah passed  by,  and  a  great  and 

*  Or,  brocnn-tree  *  Or,  hot  stones 


19.12 


I.   KINGS 


20.13 


Jehovah's  Still  Small  Voice.    Elisha  becomes  Elijah's  Successor.    Ben-hadad  wars  against  ihab 


strong  wind  rent  the  mountains, 
and  brake  in  pieces  the  rocks  be- 
fore Jehovah;  but  Jehovaii  was 
not  in  the  wind  :  and  after  the 
wind  an  earthquake;  but  Jehovah 
was  not  in  the  earthquake  :  1 2  and 
after  the  earthquake  a  fire ;  but 
Jehovah  was  not  in  the  fire  :  and 
after  the  fire  '"a  still  small  voice. 
13  And  it  was  so,  when  Elijah 
heard  it,  that  *  he  wrapped  his  face 
in  his  mantle,  and  went  out,  and 
stood  in  the  entrance  of  the  cave. 
And,  behold,  Hhere  came  a  voice 
unto  him,  and  said.  What  doest 
thou  here,  Elijah  114  And  he  said, 
**  I  have  been  very  jealous  for  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  hosts  ;  for  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  have  forsaken  thy 
covenant,  thrown  down  thine  al- 
tars, and  slain  thy  prophets  with 
the  sword  ;  and  I,  even  I  only,  am 
left;  and  they  seek  my  life,  to  take 
it  away. 

15  And  Jehovah  said  unto  him. 
Go,  return  on  thy  way  '-'to  the  wil- 
derness of  Damascus :  and  when 
thou  comest,  "thou  shalt  anoint 
Hazael  to  be  king  over  Syria; 
16  and  •''Jehu  the  son  of  Nimshi 
shalt  thou  anoint  to  be  king  over 
Israel ;  and  ^  Elisha  the  son  of 
Shaphat  of  Abel-meholah  shalt 
thou  anoint  to  be  prophet  in  thy 
room.  17  And  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  that  ''him  that  esoapeth  from 
the  sword  of  Hazael  'shall  Jehu 
slay ;  and  him  that  escapeth  from 
the  sword  of  Jehu  shall  Elisha  slay. 
18  *Yet  will  I  leave  me  seven 
thousand  in  Israel,  all  the  knees 
which  have  not  bowed  unto  Baal, 
and  every  mouth  which  hath  not 
'  kissed  him. 

19  So  he  departed  thence,  and 
found  Elisha  the  son  of  Shaphat, 
who  was  plowing,  with  twelve 
yoke  of  oxen  before  him,  and  he 
with  the  twelfth :  and  Elijah 
passed  over  unto  him,  and  cast 
"'"his  mantle  upon  him.  20  And 
he  left  the  oxen,  and  ran  after  Eli- 
jah, and  said,  "  Let  me,  I  pray  thee, 
kiss  my  father  and  my  mother,  and 
then  I  will  follow  thee.  And  he 
said  unto  him.  Go  back  again  ;  for 
what  iiave  I  done  to  thee  1  21  And 
he  returned  from  following  him. 
and  took  the  yoke  of  oxen,  and 
slew  them,  and  ^ "  boiled  their  flesh 
with  the  instruments  of  the  oxen, 
and  gave  unto  the  people,  and  they 

1  Heb.  a  sound  of  gentlf  ftillncss. 

i  Oft  by  the  wilderness  to        »  Or,  roasted 


"  Job  4.  16  ; 

Zech.  4.  6 
t>  Ex.  3.  6 
'^  ver.  9 
<i  ver.  10 
"  -l  K.  8.  8-15 
/  li  K.  9.  1-10 
"  ver,  19-21  ; 

2  K.  2.  9,  15 
h  2  K.  8.  12  ; 

13.  3,  22 
'  2  K.  9.  14- 

10.  25 
k  Rom.  11.  4 
'  Hos.  13.  2 
'"2K.  2.  8,  13, 

14  ;  1  S.  28. 

14 
"  Mt.  8.  21, 

22 ;  Lk.  9. 
61,  62  ; 

Acts  20.  .37 
"2  8.  24.  22 


P  ch.  18.  43 ; 

2  K.  2.  3 
«  ch.  15.  18, 

20 ;  2  K..  6. 

24 
""  ch.  22.  31 

»  ch.  16.  24 ; 

2  K.  6.  24- 


<  2  K.  5.  r 


»  ch  19.  2  ; 
2  K.  6.  31 


^  Prov.  27.  1 


■  ch.  16.  9 


360 


did  eat.  Then  he  arose,  and  went 
after  Elijah,  and  ^ministered  unto 
him. 

r>  f\  And  »  Ben-hadad  the  king 
^\j  of  Syria  gathered  all  his 
host  together ;  and  '^  there  were 
thirty  and  two  kings  with  him, 
and  horses  and  chariots :  and  he 
went  up  and  'besieged  Samaria, 
and  fought  against  it.  2  And  lie 
sent  messengers  to  Ahab  king  of 
Israel,  into  the  city,  and  said  unto 
him,  Thus  saith  Ben-hadad,  3  Thy 
silver  and  thy  gold  is  mine ;  thy 
wives  also  and  thy  children,  even 
the  goodliest,  are  mine.  4  And 
the  king  of  Israel  answered  and 
said.  It  is  according  to  thy  saying, 
my  lord,  O  king;  I  am  thine,  and 
all  that  I  have.  5  And  the  mes- 
sengers came  again,  and  said. 
Thus  speaketh  Ben-hadad,  saying, 
I  sent  indeed  unto  thee,  saying, 
Thou  shalt  deliver  me  thy  silver, 
and  th.y  gold,  and  thy  wives,  and 
thy  children  ;  6  but  T  will  send  my 
servants  unto  thee  to-morrow  about 
this  time,  and  they  shall  search 
thy  house,  and  the  houses  of  thy 
servants ;  and  it  shall  be,  that 
■*  whatsoever  is  pleasant  in  thine 
eyes,  they  shall  put  it  in  their 
hand,  ana  take  it  away. 

7  Then  the  king  of  Israel  called 
all  the  elders  of  the  land,  and  said, 
Mark,  I  pray  you,  and  'see  how 
this  man  seeketh  mischief :  for  he 
sent  unto  me  for  my  wives,  and  for 
my  children,  and  for  my  silver, 
and  for  my  gold  ;  and  I  denied  him 
not.  8  And  all  the  elders  and  all 
the  people  said  unto  him.  Hearken 
thou  not,  neither  consent.  9 
Wherefore  he  said  unto  the  mes- 
sengers of  Ben-hadad,  Tell  my  lord 
the  king.  All  that  thou  didst  send 
for  to  thy  servant  at  the  first  I  will 
do ;  but  this  thing  I  may  not  do. 
And  the  messengers  departed,  and 
brought  him  word  again.  10  And 
Ben-hadad  sent  unto  hiin,  and  said, 
"  Tiie  .gods  do  so  unto  me,  and  more 
also,  if  the  dust  of  Samaria  shall 
suffice  for  handfuls  for  all  the 
people  that  ^  follow  me.  1 1  And 
the  king  of  Israel  answered  and 
said.  Tell  him,  'Let  not  him  that 
girdeth  on  his  armor  boast  himself 
as  he  that  putteth  it  off.  12  And 
it  came  to  pass,  when  Ben-hadad 
heard  this  message,  as  ^he  was 
drinking,  he  and  the  kings,  in  the 

*  Heb.  aU  the  desire  of  thine  eyes. 
5  Heb.  are  at  my  feet. 


20.13 


I.   KINGS 


20.  33 


The  Syrians  defeated.    The  War  renewed.    Ben-hadad  defeated,  bat  allowed  to  escape 


'pavilions,  that  lie  said  unto  his 
servants,  "Set  yourselves  in  array. 
And  they  yet  themselves  in  array 
against  the  city. 

13  And,  behold,  a  prophet  came 
near  unto  Ahab  king  of  Israel,  and 
said,  Thus  saith  Jehovah.  Hast 
thou  seen  all  this  great  multitude'? 
behold,  "I  will  deliver  it  into  thy 
hand  this  day  ;  and  ''  thou  shalt 
know  that  1  am  Jehovah.  14  And 
Ahab  said,  By  whom?  And  he 
said,  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  By  the 
^  young  men  of  the  princes  of  tlie 
provinces.  Then  he  said,  Who 
shall  ^ begin  the  battle?  And  he 
answered.  Thou.  1.5  Then  he  mus- 
tered the  young  men  of  the 
princes  of  the  pri)vinces,  and  they 
were  two  luindred  and  thirty-two  : 
and  after  them  he  mustej-ed  all 
the  people,  even  all  the  children  of 
Israel,  being  seven  thousand. 

16  And  they  went  out  at  noon. 
But ''  Ben-hadad  was  drinking  him- 
self drunk  in  the  ^  pavilions,  ht-  and 
the  kings,  the  thirty  and  two  kings 
that  helped  him.  17  And  the 
j'oung  men  of  the  princes  of  the 
proviiices  went  out  first :  and  lien- 
hadad  sent  out,  and  they  told  him, 
saying.  There  are  men  come  out 
from  Samaria.  18  ''And  he  said, 
Whether  they  are  come  out  for 
peace,  take  them  alive:  or  whether 
they  are  come  out  for  war,  take 
them  alive.  19  So  these  went  out 
of  the  city,  the  young  men  of  the 
princes  of  the  provinces,  and  the 
army  which  followed  them.  20  And 
they  slew  every  one  his  man  ;  and 
the  Syrians  fled,  and  Israel  pur- 
sued them :  and  Ben-hadad  the 
king  of  Syria  escaped  ^  on  a  horse 
with  horsemen.  21  And  the  king 
of  Israel  went  out,  and  smote  the 
horses  and  chariots,  and  slew  the 
Syrians  with  a  great  slaughter. 

22  And  "the  prophet  came  near 
to  the  king  of  Israel,  and  said  unto 
him.  Go,  strengthen  thyself,  and 
inark,  and  see  what  thou  doest ; 
for  •''at  the  return  of  the  yoar  the 
king  of  Syria  will  come  up  against 
thee.  23  And  the  servants  of  the 
king  of  Syria  said  unto  him,  ^  Their 
god  is  a  god  of  the  hills  ;  therefore 
they  were  stronger  than  we :  but 
let  us  fight  against  them  in  the 
plain,  and  surely  we  shall  be 
stronger  than  they.      24  i\.nd  do 

'  Or,  huts 

-  Or,  Place  the  engines.  And  they  placed  the 
engines  3  Or.  servants 

*  Heb.  bind.     '  Or,  with  horse  and  horsemen 


"  ver.  28 
''  ch.  IS.  3U 
'  ver.  12 
d  2  K.  14.  8- 

1-' 
'  ver.  l.l 
/ver.  20, 

2S.  11.  1 
'J  ch.  14.  23 


'«  ver.  22 
t  2  K.  13.  17 


*-•  Judg.  C.  3- 
•T  ;  1  S.  13. 
.5-8 

'  ch.  17.  18 


'"  ver.  23 
"  ver.  13 


P  ch.  22.  2.'; ; 
2  Clir.  18. 


'  Gen.  37 
34 ;  2  S. 
3.  31 


this  thing :  take  the  kings  away, 
every  man  out  of  his  place,  and  put 
"captains  in  their  room;  2-5  and 
number  thee  an  army,  like  the 
Jirmy  that  thou  hast  lost,  horse 
for  horse,  and  chariot  for  chariot : 
and  we  will  fight  against  tliem 
in  the  plain,  and  surely  we  shall 
be  stronger  than  they.  And  he 
hearkened  unto  their  voice,  and 
did  so. 

26  And  it  came  to  pass  ''at  the 
return  of  the  year,  that  Ben-hadad 
mustered  the  Syrians,  and  went  up 
to  'Aphek,  to  fight  against  Israel. 
27  And  the  children  of  Israel  were 
mustered,  and  were  victualled,  and 
went  against  them  :  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  encamped  before 
them  like  two  little  flocks  of  kids, 
but  *the  Syrians  filled  the  coun- 
try. 28  And  "'a  man  of  God 
came  near  and  spake  unto  the 
king  of  Israel,  and  said,  Thus 
saith  Jehovah,  Because  the  Syrians 
have  said,  "'  Jehovah  is  a  god  of  the 
hills,  but  ho  is  not  a  god  of  the 
valleys ;  therefore  "  will  I  deliver 
all  this  great  multitude  into  thy 
hand,  and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am 
Jehovah.  29  And  they  encamped 
one  over  against  the  other  seven 
days.  And  so  it  was,  that  in  the 
seventh  day  the  battle  was  joined  : 
and  the  children  of  Israel  slew  of 
the  Syrians  a  hundred  thousand 
footmen  in  one  day.  30  But  the 
rest  fled  to  °  Aphek,  into  the  city  ; 
and  the  wall  fell  upon  twenty  and 
seven  thousand  men  that  were 
left.  And  Ben-hadad  fled,  and 
came  into  the  city,  *^into  an  inner 
chamber. 

31  And  'his  servants  said  unto 
him.  Behold  now,  we  have  heard 
that  the  kings  of  the  house  of 
Israel  are  merciful  kings  :  let  us, 
we  pray  tliee,  ''put  .sackcloth  on 
our  loins,  and  ropes  upon  our 
heads,  and  go  out  to  the  king  of 
Israel :  peradventure  he  will  save 
thy  life.  32  So  ^  they  girded  sack- 
cloth on  their  loins,  and  /n/f  ro]ies 
on  their  heads,  and  came  to  the 
king  of  Israel,  and  said,  '  Thy  ser- 
vant Ben-hadad  saith,  I  pray  thre, 
let  me  live.  And  he  said.  Is  he 
yet  alive?  he  is  mj'  brother.  33 
Now  the  men  ''observed  diligently, 
and  hasted  '"to  catch  whether  it 

«  Or,  governors    See  cb.  10.  15.        7  Or,  the 
5  Or,  from,  chamber  to  chamher 
'■>  Or.  took  it  as  an  omen  (Heb.  divined),  ana 
hosti'd 
10  Another  reading  is,  to  catch  it  from  him. 


361 


20.34 


I.   KINGS 


21.12 


ihab  rebuked  for  his  Leniency.    He  desires  Naboth's  Vineyard.    Jezebel's  Plot  to  secure  it  for  him 


were  -  his  mind ;  and  they  said, 
Thy  brother  Ben-hadad.  Then  he 
said,  Go  ye,  bring  him.  Then 
Ben-hadad  came  forth  to  him ; 
and  he  caused  him  to  come  up  into 
the  chariot.  34  And  Ben-hadad 
said  unto  him,  "  The  cities  which 
my  father  took  from  thy  father  I 
will  restore ;  and  thou  shalt  make 
streets  for  thee  in  Damascus,  as 
my  father  made  in  Samaria.  And 
I,  said  Ahab,  will  let  thee  go  with 
this  covenant.  So  he  made  a  cove- 
nant with  him,  and  let  him  go. 

35  And  a  certain  man  of  *the 
sons  of  the  prophets  said  unto  his 
fellow  "^by  the  word  of  Jehovah, 
Smite  me,  I  pray  thee.  And  the 
man  refused  to  smite  him.  36 
Then  said  he  unto  him.  Because 
thou  hast  not  obeyed  the  voice  of 
Jehovah,  behold,  as  soon  as  thou  art 
departed  from  me,  a  lion  shall  slay 
thee.     And  as  soon  as  he  was  de- 

garted  from  him,  ''a  lion  found 
im,  and  slew  him.  37  Then  he 
found  another  man,  and  said. 
Smite  me,  I  pray  thee.  And  the 
man  smote  him,  smiting  and 
wounding  him.  38  So  the  prophet 
departed,  and  waited  for  the  king 
by  the  way,  and  *  disguised  him- 
self with  his  headband  over  his 
eyes.  39  And  as  the  king  passed 
by,  he  cried  unto  the  king ;  and 
he  said.  Thy  servant  went  out 
into  the  midst  of  the  battle  ;  and, 
behold,  a  man  turned  aside,  and 
brought  a  man  unto  me,  and  said, 
Keep  this  man  :  if  by  any  means 
he  be  missing,  •''then  shall  thy  life 
be  for  his  life,  or  else  thou  shalt 
pay  a  talent  of  silver.  40  And 
as  thy  servant  was  busy  here  and 
there,  he  was  gone.  And  the  king 
of  Israel  said  unto  him.  So  shall 
thy  judgment  be ;  thyself  hast 
decided  it.  41  And  he  hasted, 
and  took  the  headband  awaj'^  from 
his  eyes ;  and  the  king  of  Israel 
discerned  him  that  he  was  of  the 

Brophets.  42  And  he  said  unto 
im.  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  Because 
thou  hast  let  go  out  of  thy  hand 
the  man  whom  I  had  devoted  to 
destruction,  therefore  ^  thy  life 
shall  go  for  his  life,  and  thy  people 
for  his  people.  43  And  *the  king 
of  Israel  went  to  his  house  heavy 
and  displeased,  and  came  to 
Samaria. 

O  'I       And  it  came  to  pass  after 
w  J_  these  things,  that   Naboth 

1  Heb.  from,  him. 


"  ch.  15.  20 
6  2  K..  2.  3-7 
'^  ch.  13.  17, 

18 
d  ch.  13.  24 
'ch.  14.  2 
/  2  K.  10.  24 
'-'  ver.  39 
ft  ch.  21.  4 


■  ch.  18.  45, 

46 
«-•  1  S.  8.  14 
'  Lev.  25. 

23  ;  Num. 

30.  7; 

Ezek.  46. 

18 
""  ch.  20.  43 


"  1  S.  8.  14 


°  Esth.  3. 
12 ;  8.  8,  10 


P  ch.  20.  7 


the  Jezreelite  had  a  vineyard, 
which  was  in  'Jezreel,  hard  by 
the  palace  of  Ahab  king  of  Sa- 
maria. 2  And  Ahab  spake  unto 
Naboth,  saying,  ^Give  me  thy 
vineyard,  that  I  may  have  it  for 
a  garden  of  herbs,  because  it  is 
near  unto  my  house ;  and  I  will 
give  thee  for  it  a  better  vineyard 
than  it :  or,  if  it  seem  good  to  thee, 
I  will  give  thee  the  worth  of  it  in 
money.  3  And  Naboth  said  to 
Ahab,  Jehovah  forbid  it  me,  '  that 
I  should  give  the  inheritance  of 
my  fathers  unto  thee.  4  "*And 
Ahab  came  into  his  house  heavy 
and  displeased  because  of  the  word 
which  Naboth  the  Jezreelite  had 
spoken  to  him  ;  for  he  had  said, 
I  will  not  give  thee  the  inheritance 
of  my  fathers.  And  he  laid  him 
down  upon  his  bed,  and  turned 
away  his  face,  and  would  eat  no 
bread. 

5  But  Jezebel  his  wife  came  to 
him,  and  said  unto  him,  Why  is 
thy  spirit  so  sad,  that  thou  eatest 
no  bread  1  6  And  he  said  unto 
her,  Because  I  spake  unto  Naboth 
the  Jezreelite,  and  said  unto  him, 
Give  me  thy  vineyard  for  money ; 
or  else,  if  it  please  thee,  I  will  give 
thee  another  vineyard  for  it :  and 
he  answered,  I  will  not  give  thee 
my  vineyard.  7  And  Jezebel  his 
wife  said  unto  him,  "  Dost  thou 
now  govern  the  kingdom  of  Israel  ? 
arise,  and  eat  bread,  and  let  thy 
heart  be  merry:  I  will  give  thee 
the  vineyard  of  Naboth  the  Jez- 
reelite. 8  "So  she  wrote  ^letters 
in  Ahab's  name,  and  sealed  them 
with  his  seal,  and  sent  the  letters 
unto  ^  the  elders  and  to  the  nobles 
that  were  in  his  city,  and  that 
dwelt  with  Naboth.  9  And  she 
wrote  in  the  letters,  saying.  Pro- 
claim a  fast,  and  set  Naboth  ^on 
high  among  the  people  :  10  and 
set  two  men,  base  fellows,  before 
him,  and  let  them  bear  witness 
against  him,  saying,  Thou  didst 
*  curse  God  and  the  king.  And 
then  carry  him  out,  and  stone 
him  to  death. 

1 1  And  the  men  of  his  city,  even 
the  elders  and  the  nobles  who 
dwelt  in  his  city,  did  as  Jezebel 
had  sent  unto  them,  according  as 
it  was  written  in  the  letters  which 
she  had  sent  unto  them.  12  They 
proclaimed  a  fast,  and  set  Naboth 

*  Or,  a  letter  3  Or,  at  the  hecui  of 

*  Or,  renounee 


21.13 


I.   KINGS 


22.9 


Naboth  killed.    Elgah  dtntnntes  Ahab's  Sin.    ihab  hnmbled.    He  and  Jehoshaphat  allied  against  8fria.    Prophets  consolted 


'on  high  among  the  people.  13 
And  the  two  men,  the  base  fellows, 
came  in  and  sat  before  him: 
and  the  base  fellows  bare  witness 
against  him,  even  against  Naboth, 
in  the  presence  of  the  peojjle,  say- 
ing, Naboth  did  "curse  God  and 
the  king.  "  Then  they  carried  him 
forth  out  of  the  city,  and  stoned 
him  to  death  with  stones.  H  Then 
they  sent  to  Jezebel,  saying,  Na- 
botn  is  stoned,  and  is  dead.  1 5 
And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jezebel 
heard  that  Naboth  was  stoned, 
and  was  dead,  that  Jezebel  said 
to  Ahab,  Arise,  take  possession  of 
the  vineyard  of  Naboth  the  Jezreel- 
ite,  which  he  refused  to  give  thee 
for  money ;  for  Naboth  is  not 
alive,  but  dead.  16  And  it  came 
to  pass,  when  Ahab  heard  that 
Naboth  was  dead,  that  Ahab  rose 
up  to  go  down  to  the  vineyard  of 
Naboth  the  Jezreelite,  to  take  pos- 
session of  it. 

17  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  to  Elijah  the  Tishbite,  say- 
ing, 18  Arise,  go  down  to  meet 
Ahab  king  of  Israel,  *  who  dwelleth 
in  Samaria :  behold,  he  is  in  the 
vineyard  of  Naboth,  whither  he  is 
gone  down  to  take  possession  of 
it.  19  And  thou  shalt  speak  unto 
him,  saying.  Thus  saith  Jehovah, 
Hast  thou  killed,  and  also  taken 
possession  ?  And  thou  shalt  speak 
unto  him,  saying.  Thus  saith  Je- 
hovah, ''In  the  place  where  dogs 
licked  the  blood  of  Naboth  shall 
dogs  lick  thy  blood,  even  thine. 
20  And  Ahab  said  to  Elijah,  "  Hast 
thou  found  me,  O  mine  enemy  ? 
And  he  answered,  I  have  found 
thee,  'because  thou  hast  sold  thy- 
self to  do  that  which  is  evil  in 
the  sight  of  Jehovah.  21  Behold, 
I  will  bring  evil  upon  thee,  and 
•'will  utterly  sweep  thee  away, 
and  will  cut  off  from  Ahab  every 
man-child,  and  him  that  is  shut 
up  and  him  that  is  left  at  large  in 
Israel:  22  and  "I  will  make  thy 
house  like  the  house  of  Jeroboam 
the  son  of  Nebat,  and  ''like  the 
hous-e  of  Baasha  the  son  of  Ahi- 
jah,  for  the  provocation  wherewith 
thou  hast  provoked  me  to  anger, 
and  'hast  made  Israel  to  sin.  23 
And  of  Jezebel  also  spake  Jehovah, 
saying,  *  The  dogs  shall  eat  Jezebel 
'  Iw  the  rampart  of  Jezreel.  24 
"•Him  that  dieth  of  Ahab  in  the 
city  the  dogs  shall  eat ;  and  him 

I  Or,  at  tht  head  of        >  Or,  rtnounee 


"  2  K.  9.  26 
6  ch.  IG.  'J9 
'  ch.  22.  38  ; 

2  K.  9.  26 
d  ch.  18.  17 
"  ver.  25 
/  ch.  14.  10 ; 

2  K.  9.  8 
'■'  ch.  15.  29 
A  ch.  10.  3,  11 

•  ch.  12.  30 ; 
13.  34;  14. 
10 

*  2  K.  9.  10, 
3(»-3r 

'  2  S.  20.  16 
'"  ch.  14.  11 ; 
IC.  4 


"  ver.  20 ; 
ch.  16.  30- 
33 

"  ch.  16.  12  ; 

2  K.  17.  12 
P  Gen.  15. 

16;  Lev. 

18.  25-30 
1  2  S.  3.  31  ; 

2  K.  6.  30 
>■  2  K.  9.  25- 

37 
'  2  Chr.  18. 

2,  &C. 
'  ch.  15.  24 

"  ch.  4.  13  ; 
Dt.  4.  43  ; 
Josh.  21. 


'  2  K.  3.  r 


'■  ch.  18.  19 


''  2  K.  3.  11 


363 


that  dieth  in  the  field  shall  the 
birds  of  the  heavens  eat.  25  ("But 
there  was  none  like  unto  Ahab, 
who  did  sell  himself  to  do  that 
which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  Je- 
hovah, whom  Jezebel  his  wife 
stirred  up.  2G  And  "he  did  very 
abominably  in  following  idols,  ^ac- 
cording to  all  that  the  Amorites 
did,  whom  Jehovah  cast  out  before 
the  children  of  Israel). 

27  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Ahab  heard  those  words,  that  « he 
rent  his  clothes,  and  ijut  sackcloth 
upon  his  flesh,  and  fasted,  and 
lay  in  sackcloth,  and  went  softly. 

28  And  the  word  of  Jehovah  came 
to    Elijah    the     Tishbite,    saving, 

29  Seest  thou  how  Ahab  humbleth 
himself  before  me"?  because  he 
humbleth  himself  before  me,  I 
will  not  bring  the  evil  in  his  days  ; 
but  ""in  his  son's  day  will  I  bring 
the  evil  upon  his  house. 

O  O  And  they  continued  three 
w  ^  years  without  war  between 
Syria  and  Israel.  2  'And  it  came 
to  pass  in  the  third  year,  that 
'Jehoshaphat  the  king  of  Judah 
came  down  to  the  king  of  Israel. 

3  And  the  king  of  Israel  said 
unto  his  servants.  Know  ye  that 
"  Ramoth-gilead  is  ours,  and  we 
*are  still,  and  take  it  not  out  of 
the  hand  of   the    king    of  Syria  1 

4  And  he  said  unto  Jehoshaphat, 
Wilt  thou  go  with  me  to  battle  to 
Ramoth-gilead?  And Jeho.shaphat 
said  to  the  king  of  Israel,  "I  am  as 
thou  art,  my  people  as  thy  people, 
my  horses  as  thy  horses. 

5  And  .Jehoshaphat  said  unto 
the  king  of  Israel,  Inquire  ^  first,  I 
pray  thee,  for  the  word  of  Jehovah. 
6  Then  ""the  king  of  Israel  gath- 
ered the  prophets  together,  about 
four  hundred  men,  and  said  unto 
them.  Shall  I  go  against  Ramoth- 
gilead  to  battle,  or  shall  I  forbear  % 
And  they  said,  Go  up  ;  for  the  Lord 
will  deliver  it  into  the  hand  of  the 
king.  7  But "  Jehoshaphat  said.  Is 
there  not  here  a  prophet  of  Jeho- 
vah besides,  that  we  may  inquire 
of  him  ?  8  And  the  king  of  Israel 
said  unto  Jehoshaphat,  There  is 
yet  one  man  by  whom  we  may  in- 
quire of  Jehovah,  Micaiah  the  son 
of  Imlah :  but  I  hate  him  ;  for  he 
doth  not  prophesy  good  concerning 
me,  but  evil.  And  Jehoshaphat 
said.  Let  not  the  king  say  so.  9 
Then  the  king  of  Israel  called  an 

•  Or,  kt*p  silence  *  Heb.  to-dav. 


22.10 


I.   KINGS 


22.34 


Micaiah's  Prophecy  against  Ahab.    Bis  Punishmeot.    Ramoth-gilead  attacked 


'officer,  and  said,  Fetch  quickly 
Micaiah  the  son  of  Imlah.  10  Now 
the  king  of  Israel  and  Jehoshaphat 
the  king  of  Judah  were  sitting 
each  on  his  throne,  arrayed  in  their 
robes,  in 'an  open  place  at  the  en- 
trance of  the  gate  of  Samaria  :  and 
"all  the  prophets  were  prophesying 
before  tnem.  1 1  And  Zedekiah 
the  son  of  Chenaanah  made  him 
''  horns  of  iron,  and  said,  Thus  saith 
Jehovah,  "  With  these  shalt  thou 
push  the  Syrians,  until  they  be 
consumed.  1 2  And  all  the  proph- 
ets prophesie.  1  so,  saying.  Go  upto 
Ramoth-gilead,  and  prosper ;  for 
Jehovah  will  deliver  it  into  the 
hand  of  the  king. 

1 3  And  the  messenger  that  went 
to  call  Micaiah  spake  unto  him. 
sajnng.  Behold  now,  the  words  of 
the  prophets  declare  good  unto  the 
king  with  one  mouth :  let  thy 
word,  I  pra5'^  thee,  be  like  the  word 
of  one  of  them,  and  speak  thou 
good.  14:  And  Micaiah  said,  ''As 
Jehovah  liveth,  what  "Jehovah 
saith  unto  me,  that  will  I  speak. 
15  And  when  he  was  come  to  the 
king,  the  king  said  unto  him,  Mica- 
iah, shall  we  go  to  Ramoth-gilead 
to  battle,  or  shall  we  forbear?  And 
he  answered  him,  ''Go  up  and  pros- 
per ;  and  Jehovah  will  deliver  it 
into  the  hand  of  the  king.  1 6  And 
the  king  said  unto  him.  How  many 
times  shall  I  adjure  thee  that  thou 
speak  unto  me  nothing  but  the 
truth  in  the  name  of  Jehovah  1  17 
And  he  said,  I  saw  all  Israel  scat- 
tered upon  the  mountains,  ^as  sheep 
that  have  no  shepherd :  and  Jeho- 
vah said.  These  have  no  master : 
let  them  return  every  man  to  his 
house  in  peace.  18  And  the  king 
of  Israel  said  to  Jehoshaphat.  *  Did 
I  not  tell  thee  that  he  would  not 
prophesy  good  concerning  me,  but 
evil]  19  And  J/?ca?'aA said.  There- 
fore hear  thou  the  word  of  Jeho- 
vah :  '  I  saw  Jehovah  sitting  on  his 
throne,  and  *all  the  host  of  heaven 
standing  by  him  on  his  right  hand 
and  on  nis  left^.  20  And  Jehovah 
said.  Who  shall  'entice  Ahab,  that 
he  may  go  up  and  fall  at  Ramoth- 
gilead  1  And  one  said  on  this 
manner  ;  and  another  said  on  that 
manner.  21  And  there  came  forth 
*  a  spirit,  and  stood  before  Jehovah. 
and  said,  I  will  entice  him.  22 
And  Jehovah  said  unto  him,  Where- 

'  Or,  eunuch  3  Or,  deceive 

2  Heb.  a  threshing-floor.      *  Heb.  the  spirit. 


"  ver.  6 
I'  Zech.  1. 

lS-21 
"  Dt.  33.  17 
rf  ch.  18.  10, 

15 
'  Num.  22. 

18;  24.  13 
/  ver.  12 
V  ver.  34-36 ; 

Num.  27. 

17 
fc  ver.  8 
'  Is.  6.  1 ; 

Ezek.  1. 

26-28 ; 

Dan.  7.  9, 

10 

*  .Job  1.  fi  ; 
2.  1 ;  Dan. 
7.  10 


'  Judg.  9. 

2:1 ;  1  S.  16. 

14;  18.  10  ; 

19.  9 
'"  ver.  11 ; 

Mt.  6.  39 ; 

Acts  23. 

2.  3 
"  ch.  20.  30 
"  2  Chr.  16. 

10  ;  18.  25- 

27 
P  Dt.  18.  22 
9  Mic.  1.  2 
*"  ver.  3,  4 


'  2  Chr.  35. 


'  ch.  20.  1, 

16,  24 ; 
2  Chr.  18. 


364 


with  1  And  he  said,  I  will  go  forth, 
and  'will  be  a  lying  spirit  in  the 
mouth  of  all  his  prophets.  And 
he  said.  Thou  shalt  entice  him,  and 
shalt  prevail  also  :  go  forth,  and  do 
so.  23  Now  therefore,  behold,  Je- 
hovah hath  put  a  lying  spirit  in 
the  mouth  of  all  these  thy  prophets ; 
and  Jehovah  hath  spoken  evil  con- 
cerning thee. 

24  Then  '"Zedekiah  the  son  of 
Chenaanah  came  near,  and  smote 
Micaiah  on  the  cheek,  and  said. 
Which  way  went  the  Spirit  of  Je- 
hovah from  me  to  speak  unto  thee  ? 
2.5  And  Micaiah  said.  Behold,  thou 
shalt  see  on  that  daJ^  when  thou 
shalt  go  ^"into  an  inner  chamber 
to  hide  thyself.  26  And  the  king 
of  Israel  said.  Take  Micaiah,  and 
carry  him  back  unto  Amon  the 
governor  of  the  city,  and  to  Joash 
the  king's  son ;  27  and  say.  Thus 
saith  the  king,  "Put  this  fellow  in 
the  prison,  and  feed  him  with  bread 
of  affliction  and  with  water  of  afflic- 
tion, until  I  come  in  peace.  28  And 
Micaiah  said,  ^  If  thou  return  at  all 
in  peace,  Jehovah  hath  not  spoken 
by  me.  And  he  said,  «Hear,  ye 
peoples,  all  of  you. 

29  So  ''the  king  of  Israel  and  Je- 
ho.shaphat  the  king  of  Judah  went 
up  to  Ramoth-gilead.  30  And  the 
king  of  Israel  said  unto  Jehosha- 
phat, ''I  will  disguise  myself,  and 
go  into  the  battle  ;  but  put  thou  on 
thy  robes.  And  the  king  of  Israel 
disguised  himself,  and  went  into 
the  battle.  31  Now  Hhe  king  of 
Syria  had  commanded  the  thirty 
and  two  captains  of  his  chariots, 
saying.  Fight  neither  with  small 
nor  great,  save  only  with  the  king 
of  Israel.  32  And  it  came  to  pa.ss, 
when  the  captains  of  the  chariots 
saw  Jehoshaphat,  that  they  said. 
Surely  it  is  the  king  of  Israel ;  and 
they  turned  aside  to  fight  against 
him  :  and  Jehoshaphat  cried  out. 
33  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
captains  of  the  chariots  saw  that  it 
was  not  the  king  of  Israel,  that 
the.y  turned  back  from  pursuing 
him.  34  And  a  certain  man  drew 
his  bow  ®at  a  venture,  and  smote 
the  king  of  Israel  between  "the 
joints  of  the  armor :  wherefore  he 
said  unto  the  driver  of  his  chariot, 
Turn  thy  hand,  and  carry  me  out 
of  the  host ; "  for  I  am  sore  wounded. 

5  Or,  from,  chamber  to  cham,ber 

^Heb.  in  his  simpHcity. 

'  Or,  the  lower  armor  and  the  breastplate 


\ 


22.35 


I.    KINGS 


22.53 


Ihab  killed  ia  Battle.    Jehoshaphat's  Reign  over  Jodah.    Ahar.iah  King  of  Israel 


35  And  the  battle  increased  that 
day :  and  the  king  was  stayed  up 
in  his  chariot  against  the  Syrians, 
and  died  at  even ;  and  the  blood 
ran  out  of  the  wound  into  the  bot- 
tom of  the  chariot.  36  "  And  there 
went  a  cry  throughout  the  host 
about  the  going  down  of  the  sun, 
saying.  Every  man  to  his  city,  and 
every  man  to  his  country. 

37  8o  the  king  died,  and  was 
brought  to  Samaria ;  and  they 
buried  the  king  in  Samaria.  38 
And  they  washed  the  chariot  by 
the  pool  of  Samaria ;  and  the  dogs 
licked  up  his  blood  C  now  the  har- 
lots washe<J  themselves  there) ;  ''ac- 
cording unto  the  word  of  Jehovah 
which  ne  spfike.  39  Now  the  rest 
of  the  acts  of  Ahab,  and  all  that  he 
did,  and  "the  ivory  house  which  he 
built,  and  all  the  cities  that  he  built, 
are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel"? 
40  So  Ahab  slept  with  his  fathers  ; 
and  Ahaziah  his  son  reigned  in  h;s 
stead. 

-11''  And  Jehoshaphat  the  son  of 
Asa  began  to  reign  over  Judah  in 
the  fourth  year  of  Ahab  king  of 
Israel.  42  Jehoshaphat  was  thirty 
and  five  years  old  when  he  began 
to  reign ;  and  he  reigned  twenty 
and  five  years  in  Jerusalem.  And 
his  mother's  iiame  was  Azubah  the 
daughter  of  Shilhi.  43  "And  he 
walked  in  all  the  way  of  Asa  his 
father ;  he  turned  not  aside  from 
it,  doing  that  which  Avas  i-ight  in 
the  eyes  of  Jehovah  :  -^howbeit  the 
high  places  were  not  taken  away  ; 
the  people  still  sacrificed  and  burnt 

1  Or,  aiid  thsy  washed  the  armor 


"  2  K.  14.  12 
("ch.  21.  19 
"  Am.  3.  15 
d  2  Chr.  20. 

31,  (Sic. 
^  2  Chr.  17.  3 
/ch.  ir,.  14; 

2  K.  12.  3 


"  ver.  2  ; 

2K.  S.  18; 

2  (Uir.  19.  2 
''  2  Chr.  2LI. 

34 
'  ch.  14.  24  ; 

10.  12 ; 

Gen.  19.  5 ; 

I)t.  23.  17 
fc  2  S.  8.  14 ; 

2  K.  3.  9 
'  ch.  10.  22 
'"  Cli.  9.  28 
"  ch.  9.  26 

"  2  Chr.  21.  1 


«  ch.  15.  26  ; 
21.  25 


'  ch.  16.  30- 


incense  in  the  high  places.  44  And 
"Jehoshaphat  made  peace  with  the 
king  of^  Israel. 

45  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Jehoshaphat,  and  his  might  that 
he  showed,  and  how  he  warred,  are 
they  not  written  ''  in  the  book  of 
the  chronicles  of  the  k  ings  of  Judah "} 
46  And  the  remnant  of  'the  sodom- 
ites, that  remained  in  the  days  of 
his  father  Asa,  he  put  away  out  of 
the  land.^  47  And  *  there  was  no 
king  in  Edom  :  a  deputy  was  king. 
48  Jehoshaphat  made  'ships  of 
Tarshish  to  go  to  '"  Ophir  for  gold  : 
but  they  went  not ;  for  the  ships 
were  broken  at  "  Kzion-geber.  49 
Then  sod  Ahaziah  the  son  of  Ahab 
unto  Jehoshaphat,  Let  my  ser- 
vants go  with  thy  servants  in  the 
ships.  But  Jehoshaphat  would 
not.  50  "And  Jehoshaphat  slept 
with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried 
with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of 
David  his  father  ;  and  Jehoram  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

51  Ahaziah  the  son  of  Ahab  ^be- 
gan to  reign  over  Israel  in  Samaria 
in  the  seventeenth  j-ear  of  Jehosha- 
phat king  of  Judah,  and  he  reigned 
two  years  over  Israel.  52  And  he 
did  that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight 
of  Jehovah,  and  "  walked  in  the 
way  of  his  father,  and  in  the  way_ 
of  his  mother,  and  in  the  way  of 
Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 
'^wherein  he  made  Israel  to  sin. 
53  ""And  he  served  Baal,  and  wor- 
shipped him,  and  provoked  to  an- 
ger Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel, 
according  to  all  that  his  father- 
had  done. 

*  Or,  who  made 


sfr. 


THE  SECOND   BOOK   OF   THE 

KINGS 


Ahaziah  sends  Messengers  to  Elu'ah.    He  dies  according  to  Elgah's  Word.    Jehoram  sncceeds  him 


IAnd  "Moab  rebelled  against 
Israel  after  the  death  of  Ahab. 

2  And  Ahaziah  fell  down  through 
the  lattice  in  his  upper  chamber 
that  was  in  Samaria,  and  was  sick  : 
and  he  sent  messengers,  and  said 
unto  them.  Go,  ''inquire  ^f  Baal- 
zebub,  the  god  of  Ekron,  "  whether 
I  shall    recover  of   this   sickness. 

3  But  the  angel  of  Jehovah  said  to 
''Elijah  the  Tishbite,  Arise,  go  up 
to  meet  the  messengers  of  the  king 
of  Samaria,  and  say  unto  them,  Is 
it  because  there  is  no  God  in  Israel, 
that  ye  go  to  inquire  of "  Baal-zebub, 
the  god  of  Ekron'?  4  Now  there- 
fore thus  saith  Jehovah,  •'^Thou 
shalt  not  come  down  from  the  bed 
whither  thou  art  gone  up,  but  shalt 
surely  die.     And  Elijah  departed. 

5  And  the  messengers  returned 
unto  him,  and  he  said  unto  them. 
Why  is  it  that  ye  are  returned  1 

6  And  they  said  unto  him.  There 
came  up  a  man  to  meet  us,  and 
said  unto  us,  Go,  turn  again  unto 
the  king  that  sent  you,  and  say 
unto  him.  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  Is 
it  because  there  is  no  God  in  Is- 
rael, that  thou  sendest  ^  to  inquire 
of  Baal-zebub,  the  god  of  Ekron  1 
therefore  thou  shalt  not  come 
down  from  the  bed  whither  thou 
art  gone  up,  but  shalt  surely  die. 

7  And  he  said  unto  them.  What 
manner  of  man  was  he  that  came 
up  to  meet  you,  and  told  you  these 
words'?  8  And  they  answered  him, 
''He  was  ^a  hairy  man,  and  girt 
with  a  girdle  of  leather  about  his 
loins.  And  he  said.  It  is  Elijah  the 
Tishbite. 

9  Then  the  king  sent  unto  him  a 
captain  of  fifty  with  his  fifty.  And 
he  went  up  to  him :  and,  behold,  he 
was  '^sitting  on  the  top  of  the  hill. 
And  he  spake  unto  him,  O  '  man  of 
God,  the  king  hath  said.  Come 
down.  10  And  EHjah  answered 
and  said  to  the  captain  of  fifty,  If 
I  be  a  man  of  God,  *let  fire  come 

1  Or,  a  man  with  a  garment  of  hair 
*  Or,  dwelling 


"  ch.  3.  5  ; 

2  S.  8.  2 
b  ver,  3,  6, 

16  ;  Mt.  10. 

2') ;  Mk.  3. 

22 
"  cll.  S.  7-10 
rf  1  K.  17.  1 ; 

21.  17 
*  ver.  2 
/  ver.  6,  16 
■"  ver.  2 
''  Zecli.  13. 

4 ;  Mt.  3. 

4:  Mk.  1.6 

i  Jtld,g.  13. 

6  ;  1  S.  2.  27 
fc  1  K.  18.  3(5- 

38 ;  Lk.  9. 

64 


"  ver.  3 


'  ch.  3.  1 ; 
16 


down  from  heaven,  and  consume 
thee  and  thy  fifty.  And  Hhere 
came  down  fire  from  heaven,  and 
consumed  him  and  his  fifty.  1 1 
And  again  he  sent  unto  him  an- 
other captain  of  fifty  with  his 
fifty.  And  he  answered  and  Said 
unto  him,  O  man  of  God,  thus 
hath  the  king  said.  Come  down 
quickly.  12  And  Elijah  answered 
and  said  unto  them.  If  I  be  a  man 
of  God,  let  fire  come  down  from 
heaven,  and  consume  thee  and  thy 
fifty.  And  the  fire  of  God  came 
down  from  heaven,,  and  consumed 
him  and  his  Mty.  13  And  a^ain 
he  sent  the  captain  of  a  third  fifty 
with  his  fifty.  And  the  third  cap- 
tain of  fifty  went  up,  and  came  and 
fell  on  his  knees  before  Elijah,  and 
besought  him.  and  said  unto  him, 
O  man  of  God,  I  pray  thee,  let  my 
life,  and  the  life  of  these  fif tj^  thy 
servants,  be  precious  in  thy  sight. 
14  Behold,  tnere  came  fire  down 
from  heaven,  and  consumed  the 
two  former  captains  of  fifty  with 
their  fifties ;  but  now  let  my  life 
be  precious  in  thy  sight.  15  And 
"'  the  angel  of  Jehovah  said  unto 
Elijah,  Go  down  with  him  :  be  not 
afraid  of  him.  And  he  arose,  and 
went  down  with  him  unto  the 
king.  16  And  he  said  unto  him, 
Thus  saith  Jehovah,  Forasmuch  as 
thou  hast  sent  messengers  "to  in- 
quire of  Baal-zebub,  the  god  of  Ek- 
ron, is  it  because  there  is  no  God  in 
Israel  to  inquire  of  his  word"?  there- 
fore thou  shalt  not  come  down  from 
the  bed  whither  thou  art  gone  up, 
but  shalt  surely  die. 

17  So  he  died  according  to  the 
word  of  Jehovah  which  Elijah  had 
spoken.  And  Jehoram  began  to 
reign  in  his  stead  "in  the  second 
year  of  Jehoram  the  son  of  Jehosh- 
aphat  king  of  Judah  ;  because  he 
had  no  son.  18  Now  the  rest  of 
the  acts  of  Ahaziah  which  he  did, 
are  they  not  written  in  the  book 
of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
Israel*? 


866 


2.1 


II.   KINGS 


2.23 


Elijah  taken  op  into  Heaven.    His  Spirit  rests  on  Eiisha.    Elijah  is  sought  in  vain.    Elisha  heals  the  Waters  of  Jerirho 


2  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Jehovah  would  "take  up  Elijah 
by  a  whirlwind  into  heaven,  tliat 
Elijah  went  with  ''  Elisha  from 
''Gilgal.  2  And  Elijah  said  unto 
Elisha,  ■*  Tarry  here,  1  pray  thee ; 
for  Jehovah  hath  sent  me  as  far  as 
"Beth-el.  And  Elisha  said,  -^As 
Jehovah  liveth,  and  as  thy  soul 
liveth,  I  will  not  leave  thee.  .So 
they  went  down  to  Beth-el.  3  And 
•'the  sons  of  the  )3rophets  that  were 
at  Beth-el  came  forth  to  Elisha,  and 
said  unto  him,  Knowest  thou  that 
Jehovah  will  take  away  thy  master 
from  thy  head  to-day  1  And  he 
said.  Yea,  I  know  it ;  hold  ye  your 

geace.  4  And  Elijah  said  unto 
im,  Elisha,  ''  tarry  here,  I  pray 
thee ;  for  J  ehovah  hath  sent  me 
to  '  .Jericho.  And  he  said,  *  As 
Jehovah  liveth,  and  as  thy  soul 
liveth,  I  will  not  leave  thee.  8o 
they  came  to  Jericho.  5  And  'the 
sons  of  the  prophets  that  were  at 
Jericho  came  near  to  Elisha,  and 
said  unto  him,  '"Knowest  thou  that 
Jehovah  will  take  away  thy  master 
from  thy  head  ^  to-day  ?  And  he 
answered,  Yea,  I  know  it ;  hold  ye 
your  peace.  6  And  Elijah  said  unto 
him,  "  Tarry  here,  I  pray  thee  ;  for 
Jehovah  hath  sent  me  to  "the  Jor- 
dan. And  he  said.  As  Jehovah  liv- 
eth, and  as  thy  soul  liveth,  I  will 
not  leave  thee.  And  they  two 
went  on.  7  And  ^  fifty  men  of  the 
sons  of  the  prophets  went,  and 
stood  over  against  them  afar  off: 
and  they  two  stood  by  the  Jordan. 
<S  And  Elijah  'took  his  mantle,  and 
wrapped  it  together,  and  ''smote 
the  waters,  and  they  were  divided 
hither  and  thither,  so  that  they 
two  went  over  on  dry  ground. 
9  And  it  came  to  pass,  ^  when  they 
were  gone  over,  that  Elijah  said 
unto  Elisha,  Ask  what  I  shall  do 
for  thee,  before  I  am  taken  from 
thee.  And  Elisha  said,  I  pray 
thee,  let  -a  double  portion  of  thy 
spirit  be  upon  me.  10  And  he 
said.  Thou  hast  asked  a  hard  thing : 
nevertheless,  if  thou  see  me  when  I 
am  taken  from  thee,  it  shall  be  so 
unto  thee ;  but  if  not,  it  shall  not 
be  so.  1 1  And  it  came  to  pass,  as 
they  still  went  on,  and  talked, 
that,  behold,  there  appeared  ^'a 
chariot  of  fire,  and  horses  of  fire, 
which  parted  them  both  asunder ; 


1  Or,  as  they  went 

2  That  is,  the  portion  of  the  first-bom. 
Dt.  21.  17.  »  Or,  chariots 


See 


"  Gen.  5.  24  ; 

Vleb.  11.  f> 
b  1  K.  19.  IG- 

21 
"  Josh.  4.  19 
<i  Ruth  1.  1.-. 
«  1  K.  12.  2S, 

29 
/  ver.  4,  6 ; 

1  S.  1.  20 
•■'  ch.  4.  1, 

as ;  6.  22 
A  ver.  2 
I  Josh.  6.  26 
^'  ver.  2 
'  ver.  3 
'"  ver.  3 
"  ver.  2 
"  Josh.  3.  8, 

1.S-I7 
''  ver.  If),  Ifi 
9  1  K.  19.  13, 

19 
*■  ver.  14 ; 

Ex.  14.  21, 

22 

'  ch.  6.  17 


<  ch.  1,3.  14 
"  (ien.  37. 
34 ;  Job  1. 

20 

"  ver.  8 
"  ver.  7 


"1  K.  18.  12: 
Acts  8.  39 


'  ch.  8.  11 


"  ch.  4.  41 ; 
6.  6 ;  Ex. 
1.').  2.'i,  20 


and  Elijah  went  up  by  a  whirlwind 
into  heaven.  12  And  Elisha  saw 
it,  and  he  cried,  '  My  father,  my 
father,  the  ''chariots  of  Israel  and 
the  horsemen  thereof ! 

And  he  saw  him  no  more :  and 
"  he  took  hold  of  his  own  clothes, 
and  rent  them  in  two  pieces.  13 
He  took  up  also  the  mantle  of  Eli- 
jah that  fell  from  him,  and  went 
back,  and  stood  by  the  bank  of  the 
Jordan.  14  And  he  took  the  man- 
tle of  Elijah  that  fell  from  him,  and 
"smote  the  waters,  and  said,  Where 
is  Jehovah,  ^the  God  of  Elijah?  and 
when  he  also  had  smitten  the  wa- 
ters, they  were  divided  hither  and 
thither ;  and  Elisha  went  over. 

15  And  when  -"the  sons  of  the 
prophets  that  were  at  Jericho  oyer 
against  him  saw  him,  they  said. 
The  spirit  of  Elijah  doth  rest  on 
Elisha.  And  they  came  to  meet 
him,  and  bowed  themselves  to  the 
ground  before  him.  16  And  they 
said  unto  him.  Behold  now,  there 
are  with  thy  servants  fifty  strong 
men ;  let  them  go,  we  pray  thee, 
and  seek  thy  master,  lest  ^the 
Spirit  of  Jehovah  hath  taken  him 
up,  and  cast  him  upon  some  moun- 
tain, or  into  some  valley.  And  he 
said.  Ye  shall  not  send.  17  And 
when  Hhey  urged  him  till  he  was 
ashamed,  he  said,  8end.  They 
sent  therefore  fifty  men  ;  and  they 
sought  three  days,  but  found  him 
not.  18  And  they  came  back  to 
him,  while  he  tarried  at  Jericho ; 
and  he  said  unto  them.  Did  1  not 
•say  unto  you,  Go  not? 

1 9  And  the  men  of  the  city  said 
unto  Elisha,  Behold,  we  pray  thee, 
the  situation  of  this  city  is  pleas- 
ant, as  my  lord  seeth  :  but  the 
water  is  bad,  and  the  land  ^miscar- 
rieth.  20  And  he  said.  Bring  me 
a  new  cruse,  and  put  salt  therein. 
And  they  brought  it  to  hiin.  21 
And  he  went  forth  unto  the  .spring 
of  the  waters,  and  "cast  salt  therein, 
and  said.  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  I 
have  healed  these  waters ;  there 
shall  not  be  from  thence  any  more 
death  or  '  miscarrying.  22  So  the 
waters  were  healed  unto  this  day, 
according  to  the  word  of  Elisha 
which  he  spake. 

2.3  And  he  went  up  from  thence 
unto  Beth-el:  and  as  he  was  going 
up  by  the  way,  there  came  forth 

<0r,  chariot 

■•  Or,  the  God  of  Eliioh,  eveti  he  t  and  when  he 
had  smitten  &c.  «  Or.  casteth  its  fruit 

7  Or,  casting  of  fruit 


367 


2.24 


II.  KINGS 


3.23 


Elisha  is  mocked.    Jehoram  King  of  Israel.    Meslia  rebels.    Leagae  of  Israel  and  Jadab.    Elisha's  Counsel 


young  lads  out  of  the  city,  and 
mocked  him,  and  said  unto  him, 
Go  UD,  thou  baldhead  ;  go  up,  thou 
baldhead.  24  And  he  looked  be- 
hind him  and  saw  them,  and  "cursed 
them  in  the  name  of  Jehovah. 
And  there  came  forth  two  she- 
bears  out  of  the  wood,  and  tare 
forty  and  two  lads  of  them.  25 
And  he  went  from  thence  to 
'' mount  Carmel,  and  from  thence 
he  returaed  to  Samaria. 

3  Now  .Jehoram  the  son  of 
Ahab  began  to  reign  over 
Israel  in  Samaria  "  in  the  eigh- 
teenth year  of  Jehoshaphat  king 
of  Judah,  and  reigned  twelve 
years.  2  And  he  did  tliat  which 
was  evil  in  the  sight  of  Jehovah, 
but  not  like  his  father,  and  like 
his  mother;  for  ''he  put  away  the 
*  pillar  of  Baal  'that  his  father 
had  made.  3  Nevertheless  ■''he 
cleaved  unto  the  sins  of  Jeroboam 
the  son  of  Nebat,  ^  wherewith  he 
made  Israel  to  sin ;  he  departed 
not  therefrom. 

4  Now  Mesha  king  of  Moab  was 
a  sheep-master  ;  and  ''  he  rendered 
unto  the  king  of  Israel  ~  the  wool 
of  a  hundred  thousand  lambs,  and 
of  a  hundred  thousand  rams.  5 
But  it  came  to  pass,  '  when  Ahab 
was  dead,  that  the  king  of  Moab 
rebelled  against  the  king  of  Israel. 
6  And  king  Jehoram  went  out  of 
Samaria  at  that  time,  and  mustered 
all  Israel.  7  And  he  went  and  sent 
to  Jehoshaphat  the  king  of  Judah, 
saying,  The  king  of  Moab  hath  re- 
belled against  me :  wilt  thou  go 
with  me  against  Moab  to  battled 
And  he  said,  I  will  go  up :  *  I  am 
as  thou  art,  my  people  as  thy  peo- 
ple, my  horses  as  thy  horses.  8 
And  he  said.  Which  way  shall  we 
go  up"?  And  he  answered,  The 
way  of  the  wilderness  of   Edom. 

9  So  'the  king  of  Israel  went,  and 
'"  the  king  of  Judah,  and  "  the  king 
of  Edom  ;  and  they  made  a  circuit 
of  seven  days'  journey  :  and  there 
was  no  water  for  the  host,  nor  for 
the    beasts    that    followed    them. 

10  And  the  king  of  Israel  said, 
Alas !  for  Jehovah  hath  called 
these  three  kings  together  to  de- 
liver them  into  the  hand  of  ]\Ioab. 

1 1  But  Jehoshaphat  said,  "Is  there 
not  here  a  prophet  of  Jehovah, 
that  we  may  inquire  of  Jehovah 

1  Or,  obelisk 

*  Or,  a  hundred  thousand  lambs,  and  a  hun- 
dred thousand  rams,with  the  wool 


"  Neh.  13. 

*  ch.  4.  25  ; 

1  K.  18.  19, 

20 
"'ch.  1.  17 
d  ch.  10.  18, 

26-28;  Ex. 

23.  24 
"  1  K.  16.  31, 

32 
/  1  K.  12.  28- 

32 

0  1  K.  14.  9, 
16 

A  2  S.  8.  2  ; 
Is.  16.  1,  2 

1  ch.  1.  1 

*  1  K.  22.  4 
'  ver.  1 

'"  ver.  7 

"  1  K.  22.  47 

"  1  K.  22.  7 


P  ch.  2.  2.i 
9  1  K.  19.  21  ; 

Jn.  13.  4,  o, 

13,  14 
'■  Ezek.  14. 

3-.'-> 
»  1  K.  18.  19; 

22.  6-11,  22- 

'  ch.  5.  16  ; 

1  K.  17.  1 
"  1  S.  16.  23  ; 

1  Chr.  2.5.  1 
'■  1  K.  18.  46 ; 

Ezek.  1.  3 


y  Ex.  29.  39, 


368 


by  him  1  And  one  of  the  king  of 
Israel's  servants  answered  and  said, 
^Elisha  the  son  of  Shaphat  is  here, 
«who  poured  water  on  the  hands 
of  Elijah.  12  And  Jehoshaphat 
said.  The  word  of  Jehovah  is  with 
him.  So  tb.e  king  of  Israel  and 
Jehoshaphat  and  the  king  of  Edom 
went  down  to  him. 

13  And  ''Elisha  said  unto  the 
king  of  Israel,  What  have  I  to 
do  with  thee  I  "get  thee  to  the 
prophets  of  thy  father,  and  to  the 
prophets  of  thy  mother.  And 
the  king  of  Israel  said  unto  him. 
Nay ;  for  Jehovah  hath  called 
these  three  kings  together  to. de- 
liver them  into  the  hand  of  Moab. 
14  And  Elisha  said,  'As  Jehovah 
of  hosts  liveth,  before  whom  I 
stand,  surely,  were  it  not  that  I 
regard  the  presence  of  Jehosha- 
phat the  king  of  Judah,  I  would 
not  look  toward  thee,  nor  see 
thee.  1.5  But  now  "bring  me  a 
minstrel.  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  the  minstrel  played,  that 
"the  hand  of  Jehovah  came  upon 
him.  16  And  he  said,  Thus  saith 
Jehovah,  Make  this  valley  full 
of  trenches.  17  For  thus  saith 
Jehovah,  Ye  shall  not  see  wind, 
neither  shall  ye  see  rain  ;  yet  that 
valley  shall  be  filled  with  water, 
and  ye  shall  drink,  both  ye  and 
your  cattle  and  your  beasts.  18 
And  this  is  but  a  light  thing  in 
the  sight  of  Jehovah  :  he  will  also 
deliver  the  Moabites  into  your 
hand.  19  *And  ye  shall  smite 
every  fortified  city,  and  everj'' 
choice  city,  and  shall  fell  every 
good  tree,  and  stop  all  fountains 
of  water,  and  mar  every  good  piece 
of  land  with  stones.  20  And  it 
came  to  pass  in  the  morning, 
■''about  the  time  of  offering  the 
oblation,  that,  behold,  there  came 
water  by  the  way  of  Edom,  and 
the  country  was  filled  with  water. 

21  Now  when  all  the  Moabites 
heard  that  the  kings  were  come 
up  to  fi.ght  against  them,  they 
*  gathered  themselves  together,  all 
that  were  able  to  *  put  on  armor, 
and  upward,  and  stood  on  the 
border.  22  And  they  rose  up 
early  in  the  morning,  and  the 
sun  shone  upon  the  water,  and 
the  Moabites  saw  the  water  over 
against  them  as  i^ed  as  blood  :  23 
and  they  said,  This  is  blood;  the 

8  Or,  were  called  together 

*  Heb.  gird  themselves  with  a  girdle. 


3.24 


11.  KINGS 


4.20 


iiesha  is  defeated.    The  Widow's  Oil  increased.    Elisha  and  the  Shananimite  Womnn 


kings  -are  surely  destroyed,  and 
tliey  have  smitten  each  man  liis 
fellow :  now  therefore,  Moab,  to 
the  spoil.  24  And  when  they 
came  to  the  camp  of  Israel,  the 
Israelites  rose  up  and  smote  the 
Moabites,  so  that  the.y  tied  before 
them ;  and  they  went  forward 
-  into  the  land  smiting  the  Moab- 
ites. 25  "And  the.y  beat  down 
the  cities ;  and  on  every  good 
piece  of  land  they  cast  every 
man  his  stone,  and  filled  it  :  and 
the.y  stopped  all  the  fountains  of 
water,  and  felled  all  the  good 
trees,  until  in  ''  Kir-hareseth  onli/ 
they  left  the  stones  thereof  ;  how- 
beit  the  slingers  went  about  it, 
and  sniote  it.  26  And  when  the 
king  of  iNIoab  saw  that  the  battle 
was  too  sore  for  him,  he  took 
with  him  seven  hundred  men  that 
drew  sword,  to  break  through 
unto  the  king  of  Edom  ;  but  they 
could  not.  27  Then  he  took  his 
eldest  son  that  should  have  reigned 
in  his  stead,  and  ''offered  him  for 
a  burnt-offering  upon  the  wall. 
And  ■'  there  was  great  wrath  against 
Israel  :  and  they  departed  from 
him,  and  returned  to  their  ov.^n 
land. 

4  Now  there  cried  a  certain 
woman  of  the  wives  of  **  the 
sons  of  the  prophets  unto  Elisha, 
saying.  Thy  servant  my  husband 
is  dead  ;  and  thou  knowest  that 
thy  servant  did  fear  Jehovah: 
and  '  the  creditor  is  come  to  take 
unto  him  my  two  children  to 
be  bondmen.  2  And  Elisha  said 
unto  her.  What  shall  1  do  for 
thee?  tell  me;  what  hast  thou 
in  the  house  ^  And  she  said. 
Thy  handmaid  hath  not  anything 
in  the  house,  save  a  pot  of  oil. 
3  Then  he  said.  Go.  borrow  thee 
vessels  abroad  of  all  thy  neigh- 
bors, even  empty  vessels  ;  borrow 
not  a  few.  4  And  thou  shalt  go 
in,  and  shut  the  door  upon  thee 
and  upon  thy  sons,  and  pour  out 
into  all  those  vessels ;  and  thou 
shalt  set  aside  that  which  is  full. 

5  So  she  went  fi'om  him,  and 
shut  the  door  upon  her  and  upon 
her  sons ;  they  brought  the  ves- 
se/i^  to  her,   and  she  poured  out. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
vessels  were  full,  that  she  said 
unto  her  .son,  Bring  me  yet  a  vessel. 

I  Or.  hnre  surely  fouaht  together 

»  Heb.  into  it. 

'  Or,  there  came  great  wrath  upon  Israel 


"  ver.  19 
b  Is.  10.  7  , 
Jer.  48.  31, 

'^  Am.  2.  1 ; 

Mic.  6.  7 
''  (.'li.  •^.  3 
'■  Lev.  25.  ."!!- 

■II,  4is;  1  S 

■si.  'J ;  Nell. 

6.  2-5 


/  1  K.  12.  22 
■'  Josh.  I'J.  18 
''  1  S.  25.  2  ; 
2  S.  19.  32 
'  ver.  7 


*■  ver.  29-31 ; 

ch.  6.20-27; 
8.  l,  6 


369 


And  he  said  unto  her,  There  i» 
not  a  vessel  more.  And  the  oili 
stayed.  7  Then  she  came  and  told 
•'the  man  of  (Jod.  And  he  said,. 
Go,  sell  the  oil,  and  pay  thy  debt, 
and  live  thou  and  thy  sons  of  the 
rest. 

8  And  it  fell  on  a  day,  that 
Elisha  passed  to  '-^  Shunem,  where 
was  a  /"  great  w'oman  ;  and  she 
constrained  him  to  eat  bread. 
And  so  it  was,  that  as  oft  as  he 
passed  by,  he  turned  in  thither 
to  eat  bread.  9  And  she  said 
unto  her  husband.  Behold  now, 
I  perceive  that  this  is  a  holy  '  man 
of  God,  that  passeth  by  us  con 
tinually.  10  Let  us  make,  I  pray 
thee,  a  little  chamber  '^on  the  wall; 
and  let  us  set  for  him  there  a  bed, 
and  a  table,  and  a  seat,  and  a 
candlestick  :  and  it  shall  be,  when 
he  Cometh  to  us,  that  he  shall  turn 
in  thither.  1 1  And  it  fell  on  a 
day,  that  he  came  thither,  and  he 
turned  into  the  chamber  and  lay 
there.  12  And  he  .said  to  *  Gehazi 
his  servant.  Call  this  Shunammite. 
And  when  he  had  called  her,  she 
stood  before  him.  13  And  he  said 
unto  him,  Say  now  unto  her,  Be- 
hold, thou  hast  *  been  careful  for 
us  with  all  this  care  ;  what  is  to 
be  done  for  thee'(  wouldest  thou 
be  spoken  for  to  the  king,  or  to 
the  captain  of  the  host  1  And  she 
answered,  I  dwell  among  mine 
own  people.  14  And  he  said. 
What  then  is  to  be  done  for  her? 
And  Gehazi  answered,  Verily  she 
hath  no  son,  and  her  husband  is 
old.  15  And  he  said,  Call  her. 
And  when  he  had  called  her,  she 
stood  in  the  door.  16  And  he 
said,  'At  this  season,  when  the 
time  ®  Cometh  round,  thou  shalt 
embrace  a  son.  And  she  said. 
Nay,  my  lord,  thou  man  of  God, 
'"do  not  lie  unto  thy  handmaid. 

17  And  the  woman  conceived, 
and  bare  a  son  at  that  season, 
when  the  time  came  round,  as 
Elisha  had  said  unto  her.  18  And 
when  the  child  was  grown,  it  fell 
on  a  day,  that  he  went  out  to  his 
father  to  the  reapers.  1 9  And  he 
said  unto  his  fattier.  My  head,  my 
heafl.  And  he  said  to  his  servant. 
Carry  him  to  his  mother.  20  And 
when  he  had  taken  him,  and 
brought  him  to  his  mother,  he  sat 

4  Or.  with  u-alh 

>>  Or,  shnired  iis  all  this  reverence 

6  Heb.  liveth  (or,  reviveth). 


4.21 


II.  KINGS 


5.1 


Elisba  raises  the  Shananunite's  Dead  Son.    The  Poisonoas  Pottage.     Loaves  and  Craiii  multiplied 


on  her  knees  till  noon,  and  then 
died.  21  And  she  went  up  and 
"laid  him  on  the  bed  of  *the 
man  of  God,  and  shut  the  door 
upon  him,  and  went  out.  22  And 
she  called  unto  her  husband,  and 
said.  Send  me,  I  pray  thee,  one  of 
the  servants,  and  one  of  the  asses, 
that  I  may  run  to  the  man  of  God, 
and  come  again.  23  And  he  said, 
Wherefore  wilt  thou  go  to  him  to- 
day 1  it  is  neither  "  new  moon  nor 
sabbath.  And  she  said,  ^  It  shall 
be  well.  24  Then  she  saddled  an 
ass,  and  said  to  her  servant,  Drive, 
and  go  forward ;  slacken  me  not 
the  riding,  except  I  bid  thee.  25 
So  she  went,  and  came  unto  the 
man  of  God  to  ''■  mount  Carmel. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
man  of  God  saw  her  afar  oif,  that 
he  said  to  Gehazi  his  servant. 
Behold,  yonder  is  the  Shunammite : 
26  run,  I  pray  thee,  now  to  meet 
her,  and  say  unto  her.  Is  it  well 
with  thee "?  is  it  well  with  thy  hus- 
band 1  is  it  well  with  the  child  1 
And  she  answered,  It  is  well.  27 
And  when  she  came  to  the  man  of 
God  Ho  the  hill,  she  caught  hold 
of  his  feet.  And  Gehazi  came  near 
to  thrust  her  away ;  but  the  man 
of  God  said.  Let  her  alone  :  for  her 
soul  is  ^ vexed  within  her;  and 
.Jehovah  hath  hid  it  from  me,  and 
hath  not  told  me.  28  Then  she 
said.  Did  I  desire  a  son  of  my  lord '? 
did  I  not  say,  •''Do  not  deceive  me? 
29  Then  he  said  to  Gehazi,  "  Gird 
up  thy  loins,  and  ''  take  my  staif  in 
thy  hand,  and  go  thy  way  :  if  thou 
meet  any  man,  '  salute  him  not ; 
and  if  any  salute  thee,  answer  him 
not  again  :  and  *  lay  my  staff  upon 
the  face  of  the  child.  30  And  the 
mother  of  the  child  said,  '  As 
Jehovah  liveth,  and  as  thy  soul 
liveth,  I  will  not  leave  thee.  And 
he  arose,  and  followed  her.  31 
And  Gehazi  passed  on  before  them, 
and  laid  the  staff  upon  the  face  of 
the  child ;  but  there  was  neither 
voice,  nor  *  hearing.  Wherefore  he 
returned  to  meet  him,  and  told 
him,  saying,  The  child  is  not 
awaked. 

32  And  when  Elisha  was  come 
into  the  house,  behold,  the  child 
was  dead,  and  laid  upon  his  bed. 
33  He  went  in  therefore,  and  ™ shut 
the  door  upon  them  twain,  and 
prayed  unto  Jehovah.  34  And 
"he   went  up,   and  lay  upon  the 

1  Heb.  Peace.      »  Heb.  biUer.      s  Heb  oAtention. 


"  ver.  32 
<>  ver.  7 
"  Num.  10. 

10  ;  28.  11 ; 

1  Chr.  23. 

31 
rf  ch.  2.  25 
'  ver.  25 
/ver.  16 
i'  ch.  9.  1 ; 

1  K.  18.  46 
ft  ch.  2.  14  ; 

Ex.  4.  17 
'  Lk.  10.  4 
k  Ex.  7.  19, 

20  ;  14.  16 
'  ch.  2.  2,  4 
'"  ver.  4;  Mt. 

6.  6  ;  Lk.  8. 

51 
"  1  K.  17.  21- 


°  Heb.  11.  35 

''  ch.  2.  1 
1  ch.  8.  1 
"•  ch.  2.  3 
»  Lk.  10.  39  ; 

Acts  22.  3 
'  Ezek.  11. 

3,  7, 11 ; 

24.3 


"  ch.  2.  21 ; 
Ex.  16.  26 


'  Mt.  14.  16- 
21 ;  16.  32- 
38 


■  Lk.  4.  27 


370 


child,  and  put  his  mouth  upon  his 
mouth,  and  his  eyes  upon  his  eyes, 
and  his  hands  upon  his  hands  :  and 
he  *  stretched  himself  upon  him ; 
and  the  flesh  of  the  child  waxed 
warm.  35  Then  he  returned,  and 
walked  in  the  house  once  to  and 
fro ;  and  went  up,  and  *  stretched 
himself  upon  him :  ^  and  the  child 
sneezed  seven  times,  and  the  child 
opened  his  eyes.  36  And  he  called 
Gehazi,  and  said.  Call  this  Shu- 
nammite. So  he  called  her.  And 
when  she  was  come  in  unto  him, 
he  said,  Take  up  thy  son.  37  Then 
she  went  in,  and  fell  at  his  feet, 
and  bowed  herself  to  the  ground ; 
and  "she  took  up  her  son,  and 
went  out. 

38  And  Elisha  came  again  to 
p  Gilgal.  And  there  was  « a  dearth 
in  the  land ;  and  ''  the  sons  of  the 
prophets  '  were  sitting  before  him  ; 
and  he  said  unto  his  servant,  *  Set 
on  the  great  pot,  and  boil  pottage 
for  the  sons  of  the  prophets.  39 
And  one  went  out  into  tne  field  to 
gather  herbs,  and  found  a  wild 
vine,  and  gathered  thereof  wild 
gourds  his  lap  full,  and  came  and 
shred  them  into  the  pot  of  pottage  ; 
for  they  knew  them  not.  40  So 
they  poured  out  for  the  men  to  eat. 
And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  were 
eating  of  the  pottage,  that  they 
cried  out,  and  said,  O  man  of  God, 
there  is  death  in  the  pot.  And 
they  could  not  eat  thereof.  41 
But  he  said.  Then  bring  meal. 
"  And  he  cast  it  into  the  pot ;  and 
he  said.  Pour  out  for  the  people, 
that  they  may  eat.  And  there  was 
no  ^  harm  in  the  pot. 

42  And  there  came  a  man  from 
Baal-shalishah,  and  brought  the 
man  of  God  bread  of  the  first- 
fruits,  twenty  loaves  of  barley,  and 
fresh  ears  of  grain  in  "his  sack. 
And  he  said,  *'Give  unto  the  peo- 

Ele,  that  they  may  eat.  43  And 
is  ^servant  said.  What,  should  I 
set  this  before  a  hundred  meni 
But  he  said.  Give  the  people,  that 
they  may  eat ;  for  thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah, They  shall  eat,  and  shall 
leave  thereof.  44  So  he  set  it 
before  them,  and  they  did  eat,  and 
left  thereof,  according  to  the  word 
of  .Jehovah. 

5      Now  *  Naaman,  captain  of  the 
host  of  the  king  of  Syria,  was 

*  Or,  bowed  himself 

^  Or,  and  embraced  the  child 

«  Heb.  evil  thing. 

7  Or,  the  hMsh  thereof       *  Or,  minister 


5.2 


II.  KINGS 


5.22 


Elisha  heals  Naaman's  Leprosy.    Naaman's  Trtition.    fiebaii's  Avarire  and  Falsehood 


a  great  man  *  with  his  master,  and 
honorable,  because  by  him  Jehovah 
had  given -victory  unto  Syria:  he 
was  also  a  mighty  man  of  valor, 
bid  he  was  a  leper.  2  And  the 
Syrians  had  gone  out  "in  bands, 
and  had  brought  away  captive  out 
of  the  land  of  Israel  a  little  maiden  ; 
and  she  ^waited  on  Naaman's  wife. 
3  And  she  said  unto  her  mistress, 
Would  that  my  lord  were  ^  with 
the  prophet  that  is  in  Samaria  ! 
then  would  he  recover  him  of  his 
leprosy.  4  And  ^one  went  in,  and 
told  his  lord,  saying.  Thus  and 
thus  said  the  maiden  that  is  of  the 
land  of  Israel.  5  And  the  king  of 
Syria  said.  Go  now,  and  I  will 
send  a  letter  unto  the  king  of 
Israel.  And  he  depai-ted,  and 
*took  with  him  ten  talents  of  sil- 
ver, and  six  thousand  ^'pieces  of 
gold,  and  ten  "changes  of  raiment. 
6  And  he  brought  the  letter  to  the 
king  of  Israel,  saying.  And  now 
when  this  letter  is  come  unto  thee, 
behold,  I  have  sent  Naaman  my 
servant  to  thee,  that  thou  may  est 
recover  him  of  his  ieprosy.  7  And 
it  came  to  pass,  when  the  king  of 
Israel  had  read  the  letter,  tliat ''  he 
rent  his  clothes,  and  said,  '  Am  I 
God,  to  kill  and  to  make  alive, 
that  this  man  doth  send  unto  me 
to  recover  a  man  of  his  leprosy "? 
but  -^consider,  I  pray  j-ou,  and  see 
how  he  seeketh  ''a  quarrel  against 
me. 

8  And  it  was  so,  when  Elisha 
^the  man  of  God  heard  that  the 
king  of  Israel  had  rent  his  clothes, 
that  he  sent  to  the  king,  saying. 
Wherefore  hast  thou  rent  thy 
clothes'?  let  him  come  now  to  me, 
and  he  shall  know  that  there  is  a 
prophet  in  Israel.  9  So  Naaman 
came  with  his  horses  and  with  his 
chariots,  and  stood  at  the  door  of 
the  house  of  Elisha.  10  And  Elisha 
sent  a  messenger  unto  him,  saying, 
*Go  and  wash  in  the  Jordan  seven 
times,  and  thy  flesh  shall  come 
again  to  thee,  and  "thou  shalt  be 
clean.  11  But  Naaman  was  wroth, 
and  went  away,  and  said.  Behold, 
I  thought,  He  will  surely  come  out 
to  me,  and  stand,  and  call  on  the 
name  of  Jehovah  his  God,  and 
wave  his  hand  over  the  place,  and 
recover  the  leper.  12  Are  not 
®Abanah  and  Pharpar,  the  rivers 

1  Heb.  before.  2  Heb.  salvation. 

s  Heb.  icas  be/ore.       *  Or,  he     s  Or,  shekels 

*  Or,  an  occasion        ^  Heb.  be  thov  clmn. 

*  Angther  reading  is,  Amanah.    See  S.  S.  4.  8. 


"  ch.  C,  23  ; 

13.  20 
t>  ch.  4.  42  , 

1  S.  SI.  7 
'  ver.  22,  23  ; 

Judg.  14. 

12 

d  (Jen.  37.  29 
'^  Gen.  30.  2 ; 

1  S.  2.  6 
/ 1  K.  20.  7  ; 

Lk.  11.  64 
"  1  K.  12.  22 
^  Jn.  9.  7 


•  1  S.  28.  23 
*:  ch.  2.  12  ; 

6.  21  ;  8.  9 
'  ver.  10 ; 

Job  33.  25 
'"  Lk.  4.  27  ; 

5,  13 
"  ver.  8  ; 

Josh.  2.  9- 

1(5;  1  S.  17. 

40,47 
°  1  S.  25.  27 

P  ch.  3.  14 

9  ver.  20,  26  ; 
Gen.  14. 

22,  23 


■  Ex.  20.  24 


'  1  K.  15.  18 

t  ch.  7.  2,  17 


'Ex.  4.  18, 
1  S.  1.  17; 
Mk.  5.  34 

'  ch.  4. 12,  31, 
36 


'eh.  6.  31 ; 
Ex.  20.  7 


V  ch.  4.  26 


-  Josh.  24.  33 


of  Damascus,  better  than  all  the 
waters  of  Israeli  may  I  not  wash 
in  them,  and  be  clean?  So  he 
turned  and  went  away  in  a  rage. 
13  'And  his  servants  came  near, 
and  spake  unto  him,  and  said, 
^  My  father,  if  the  prophet  had  bid 
thee  do  some  great  thing,  wouldest 
thou  not  have  done  iti  how  much 
rather  then,  when  he  saith  to  thee, 
Wash,  and  be  clean"?  14  Then 
went  he  down,  and  dipped  himself 
seven  times  in  the  Jordan,  accord- 
ing to  the  saying  of  the  man  of 
God ;  and  '  his  flesh  came  again 
like  unto  the  flesh  of  a  little  child, 
and  "'  he  was  clean. 

15  And  he  returned  to  the  man 
of  God,  he  and  all  his  company, 
and  came,  and  stood  before  him  ; 
and  he  said.  Behold  now,  "I  know 
that  there  is  no  God  in  all  the 
earth,  but  in  Israel :  now  there- 
fore, I  pray  thee,  "  take  a  ^  present 
of  thy  servant.  16  But  he  said, 
''As  Jehovah  liveth,  before  whom 
I  stand,  »I  will  receive  none.  And 
he  urged  him  to  take  it ;  but  he 
refused.  17  And  Naaman  said.  If 
not,  yet,  I  pray  thee,  let  there  be 
given  to  thy  servant  two  mules' 
burden  of  'earth  ;  for  thy  servant 
will  henceforth  offer  neither  burnt- 
offering  nor  sacrifice  unto  other 
gods,  but  unto  Jehovah.  18  In 
this  thing  Jehovah  pardon  thy 
servant :  when  my  master  goetn 
into  the  house  of  "Rimmon  to 
worship  there,  and  '  he  leaneth  on 
my  hand,  and  I  bow  myself  in  the 
house  of  llimmon,  when  I  bow  my- 
self in  the  house  of  Rimmon,  Jeho- 
vah pardon  thy  servant  in  this 
thing.  19  And  he  said  unto  him, 
"  Go  in  peace.  So  he  departed  from 
him  "'a  little  way. 

20  But  "Gehazi,  the  servant  of 
Elisha  the  man  of  God,  said.  Be- 
hold, my  master  hath  spared  this 
Naaman  the  Syrian,  in  not  receiv- 
ing at  his  hands  that  which  he 
brought:  -"as  Jehovah  liveth,  I  will 
run  after  him,  and  take  somewhat 
of  him.  21  So  Gehazi  followed 
after  Naaman.  And  when  Naaman 
saw  one  running  after  him,  he 
alighted  from  the  chariot  to  meet 
him,  and  said.  Is  all  well  1  22  And 
he  said,  *A11  is  well.  My  master 
hath  sent  me,  saying.  Behold,  even 
now  there  are  come  to  me  from 
'the  hill-country  of  Ephraim  two 
young  men  of  the  sons  of  the 
9  Heb.  bUising.         !«  Or,  sotm  distance 


871 


5.  L'3 


II.  KINGS 


6.21 


(iehazi's  Pnnisliment.    The  Ase-head  recovered.    Elhha  and  the  inYadiiig  Syrians.    The  Syrians  smitten  with  Blindness 


prophets ;  give  them,  I  pray  thee, 
a  talent  of  silver,  and  "  two  changes 
of  raiment.  23  And  Naaman  said, 
'  Be  pleased  to  take  two  talents. 
And  he  urged  him,  and  bound  two 
talents  of  silver  in  two  bags,  with 
two  changes  of  raiment,  and  laid 
them  ui)on  two  of  his  servants  ;  and 
they  bare  them  before  him.  24 
And  when  he  came  to  the  ^  hill,  he 
took  them  from  their  hand,  and 
"  bestowed  them  in  the  house  ;  and 
he  let  the  men  go,  and  they  de- 
parted. 25  But  he  went  in,  and 
stood  before  his  master.  And 
Elisha  said  unto  him.  Whence  coni- 
est  thou,  Gehazi!  And  he  said, 
■^Ihy  servant  went  no  whither. 
26  And  he  said  unto  him,  -^  Went 
not  my  heart  with  thee,  when  the 
man  turned  from  his  chariot  to 
meet  thee  1  '  Is  it  a  time  to  receive 
money,  and  to  receive  garments, 
and  oliveyards  and  vineyards,  and 
sheep  and  oxen,  and  men-servants 
and  maid-servants  1  27  The  lep- 
rosy therefore  of  Naaman  shall 
cleave  unto  thee,  and  unto  thy  sped 
for  ever.  And  he  went  out  from 
his  presence  •'^a  leper  as  ivhite  as 
snow. 

6  And  "  the  sons  of  the  proph- 
ets said  unto  Elisha,  Behold 
now,  the  place  where  we  dwell  be- 
fore thee  is  too  strait  for  us.  2  Let 
us  go,  we  pray  thee,  unto  the 
Jordan,  and  take  thence  every  man 
a  beam,  and  let  us  make  us  a  place 
there,  where  we  may  dwell.  And 
he  answered.  Go  ye.  3  And  one 
said.  Be  pleased,  I  pray  thee,  to  go 
with  thy  servants.  And  he  an- 
swered, I  will  go.  4  8o  he  went 
with  them.  And  when  they  came 
to  the  Jordan,  they  cut  down  wood. 
.5  But  as  one  was  felling  a  beam, 
the  axe-head  fell  into  the  water ; 
and  he  cried,  and  said,  Alas,  my 
master !  for  it  was  borrowed.  6 
And  the  man  of  God  said.  Where 
fell  if?  And  he  showed  him  the 
place.  ''And  he  cut  down  a  stick, 
and  cast  it  in  thither,  and  'made 
the  iron  to  swim.  7  And  he  said. 
Take  it  up  to  thee.  So  he  put  out 
his  hand,  and  took  it. 

8  Now  the  king  of  Syria  was 
warring  against  Israel ;  and  he  took 
counsel  with  his  servants,  saying, 
In  such  and  such  a  place  shall  be 
my  *carap.      9  And  'the  man  of 

I  Heb.  Ovhd. 

*  Or,  My  heart  went  not  from  me,  when  &c. 

3  Or,  ihe  iron  did  swim       *  Or,  encamping 


"  ver.  a 
''  oil.  6.  3 
•^  Josh.  7.  1, 

U,  1-J,  21 ; 

1  K.  -Jl.  IG 
<'  ver.  '22 
'  ver.  16 
/  Ex.  4.  G  ; 

Num.  I'J.  1 
c  ch.  2.  3 
A  ch.  2.  21  ; 

4.  41 ;  Ex. 

'  ver.  12 ; 
ch.  4.  1,  7 


*••  Gen.  37.  17 


'  Ex.  14.  13 

"'  2  Chr.  32. 

7,  .s ;  Kom. 

8.  31 

"  ver.  20 


'  ch.  2.  11 ; 
Ps.  68.  17 ; 
Zech.  6. 1-7 


''  Gen.  19.  11 


1  ver.  17 


■  ch.  2.  12 ; 

6.  13  ;  8.  ! 


God  sent  unto  the  king  of  Israel, 
saying.  Beware  that  thou  pass  not 
such  a  place ;  for  thither  the  Syr- 
ians are  coming  down.  10  And 
the  king  of  Israel  sent  to  the  place 
which  the  man  of  God  told  him  and 
warned  him  of ;  and  he  saved  him- 
self there,  not  once  nor  twice.  1 1 
And  the  heart  of  the  king  of  Syria 
was  sore  troubled  for  this  thing; 
and  he  called  his  servants,  and  sairi 
unto  them,  Will  ye  not  show  me 
which  of  us  is  for  the  king  of 
Israel  1  1 2  And  one  of  his  servants 
saich  Nay,  my  lord,  O  king ;  but 
Elisha,  the  prophet  that  is  in 
Israel,  telleth  the  king  of  Israel  the 
words  that  thou  speakest  in  thy 
bedchamber.  13  And  he  said,  Go 
and  see  where  he  is,  that  I  may 
send  and  fetch  him.  And  it  was 
told  him,  saying,  Behold,  he  is  in 
^  Dothan. 

14  Therefore  sent  he  thither 
horses,  and  chariots,  and  a  great 
host :  and  they  came  by  night,  and 
compassed  the  city  about.  15  And 
when  the  ''servant  of  the  man  of 
God  was  risen  early,  and  gone 
forth,  behold,  a  host  with  horses 
and  chariots  was  round  about  the 
city.  And  his  servant  said  unto 
him,  Alas,  my  master  !  how  shall 
we  do"?  16  And  he  answered, 
'■  Fear  not ;  for  '"  they  that  are  with 
us  are  more  than  they  that  are  with 
them.  1 7  And  Elisha  prayed,  and 
said,  "Jehovah,  I  pray  thee,  open 
his  eyes,  that  he  may  see.  And 
Jehovah  opened  the  eyes  of  the 
young  man  ;  and  he  saw  :  and,  be- 
hold, the  mountain  was  full  of 
"horses  and  chariots  of  hre  round 
about  Elisha.  18  And  when  they 
came  down  to  him,  Elisha  prayed 
unto  Jehovah,  and  said,  Smite  this 
®  people,  I  pray  thee,  with  blind- 
ness. And  -Phe  smote  them  with 
blindness  according  to  the  word  of 
Elisha.  19  And  Elisha  said  unto 
them.  This  is  not  the  way,  neither 
is  this  the  city :  follow  me,  and  I 
will  bring  you  to  the  man  whom  ye 
seek.     And  he  led  them,  to  Samaria. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
they  Avere  come  into  Samaria,  that 
Elisha  said,  "Jehovah,  open  the 
eyes  of  these  men,  that  they  may 
see.  And  Jehovah  opened  their 
eyes,  and  they  saw ;  and,  behold, 
they  were  in  the  midst  of  Samaria. 
2 1  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto 
Elisha,   when  he  saw  them,  'My 

5  Or.  minister  ^  Heb.  nation. 


372 


6.22 


II.   KINGS 


7.9 


Samaria  besieged  and  famislied.    Elisha  predicts  Plenty.    Four  Lepers  discover  the  Flight  of  tlie  Syrians 


father,  shall  I  smite  them  I  shall  I 
smite  them  1  22  And  he  answered, 
Tliou  shalt  not  smite  them  :  "would- 
est  thou  smite  those  whom  thou 
hast  taken  captive  with  thy  sword 
and  with  thy  bow]  'set  bread  and 
water  before  them,  that  they  may 
i'at  and  drink,  and  go  to  thcii* 
master.     23  And  he  prepared  great 

f provision  for  them  ;  and  when  they 
lad  eaten  and  drunk,  he  sent  them 
awaj',  and  they  went  to  their 
master.  And  'the  bands  of  tSyria 
came  no  more  into  the  land  of 
Israel. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this, 
that  ''  Ben-hadad  king  of  Syria 
gathered  all  his  host,  and  went  up, 
and  besieged  Samaria.  25  And 
there  was  a  great  famine  in  Sama- 
ria :  and,  behold,  they  besieged  it, 
until  an  ass's  head  was  sold  for 
fourscore  ^jneces  of  silver,  and  the 
fourth  part  of  a  kab  of  do^'e's  dung 
for  five  pieces  of  silver.  26  And  as 
the  king  of  Israel  was  passing  by 
upon  the  wall,  there  cried  a  woman 
unto  him,  saying.  Help,  my  lo'"d, 

0  king.  27  And  ne  said,  -  If  Jeho- 
vah do  not  help  thee,  whence  shall 

1  help  theel  out  of  the  threshing- 
floor,  or  out  of  the  winepress  ?  28 
And  the  king  said  unto  her.  What 
aileth  thee?  And  she  answered. 
This  woman  said  unto  me,  Give  thy 
son,  that  we  may  eat  him  to-day, 
and  we  will  eat  my  son  to-morrow. 
29  *So  we  boiled  my  son,  and  did 
eat  him  :  and  I  said  unto  her  on  the 
next  day.  Give  thy  son,  that  we 
may  eat  liim  ;  and  she  hath  hid  her 
son.  30  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
the  king  heard  the  words  of  the 
woman,  that  ■'he  rent  his  clothes 
(now  he  was  passing  by  upon  the 
wall);  and  the  people  looked,  and, 
behold,  he  had  sackcloth  within 
upon  his  tlesh.  31  Then  he  said, 
^God  do  so  to  me,  and  more  also,  if 
the  head  of  Elisha  the  sonofShaphat 
shall  stand  on  him  this  day. 

32  But  Elisha  was  sitting  in  his 
house,  and  ^  the  elders  were  sitting 
with  him  ;  and  the  king  sent  a  man 
from  before  him  :  but  ere  the  mes- 
senger came  to  him,  he  said  to  the 
elders,  'See  ye  how  this  son  of  a 
murderer  hath  sent  to  take  away 
my  head  1  look,  when  the  mes- 
senger cometh,  shut  the  door,  and 
^  hold  the  door  fast  against  him  :  is 

'  Or,  shekels 

^  Or,  iV(7v,  let  ffhornh  help  thee.' 

8  Heb.  thrust  him  bach  with  the  door. 


P  ch.  6.  24 


'  2  S.  0.  24 


■  1  K.  10.  29 

'•-•Chr.  12. 
2,  3 ;  Is.  31. 
1  ;  3G.  y 


<  Josh.  7.  21 


not  the  sound  of  his  master's  feet 
behind  him  (  33  And  while  he  was 
yet  talking  with  them,  behold,  the 
messenger  came  down  unto  him  : 
and  he  said,  *  Behold,  this  evil  is  <>f 
Jehovah  ;   why  should   I   wait  for 

7  Jehovah  any  longer'?  1  And 
Llisha  said,  Hear  ye  the  %\(.)rd 
of  Jehovah :  thus  saith  Jeliovah, 
'To-morrow  about  this  time  shall  a 
■"measure  of  line  flour  be  wld  foi-  a 
shekel,  and  two  measures  of  barley 
for  a  shekel,  in  the  gate  of  Samaria. 
2  Then  ""the  captain  on  whose  hand 
the  king  leaned  answered  the  man 
of  God,  and  said.  Behold,  "if  Je- 
hovah should  make  windows  in 
heaven,  might  this  thing  be?  And 
he  said,  Behold,  thou  shalt  see  it 
with  thine  eyes,  but  shalt  not  eat 
thereof. 

3  Now  there  were  four  "leprous 
men  at  the  entrance  of  the  gate : 
and  they  said  one  to  another,  Wlij' 
sit  we  here  until  we  die  *?  4  If  v,  e 
say.  We  will  enter  into  the  city, 
then  the  famine  is  in  the  city,  and 
we  shall  die  there;  and  if  we  sit 
still  here,  we  die  also.  Now  there- 
fore come,  and  let  us  fall  unto  ''the 
host  of  the  Syrians;  if  they  save  us 
alive,  we  shall  live ;  and  if  they  kill 
us,  we  shall  but  die  5  And  they 
rose  up  ill  the  twilight,  to  go  unto 
the  camp  of  the  Syrians ;  and  when 
they  were  come  to  the  outermost 
part  of  the  camp  of  the  Syrians, 
behold,  there  was  no  man   there. 

6  For  *the  Lord  had  made  the  host 
of  the  Syrians  to  hear  a  noise  of 
chariots,  and  a  noise  of  horses,  even 
the  noise  of  a  great  host ;  and  they 
said  one  to  another,  Lo,  the  king  of 
Israel  hath  hired  against  us  'the 
kings  of  the  Hittites,  and  'the  kings 
of  the  Egyptians,  to  come  upon  us. 

7  Wherefore  they  arose  and  fled  in 
the  twilight,  and  left  their  tents, 
and  their  horses,  and  their  as.ses, 
even  the  camp  as  it  was,  and  fled 
for  their  life.  8  And  when  these 
lepers  came  to  the  outermost  part 
of  the  camp,  they  went  into  one 
tent,  and  did  eat  and  drink,  and 
'carried  thence  silver,  and  gold, 
and  raiment,  and  went  and  hid  it; 
and  they  came  back,  and  entered 
into  another  tent,  and  carried 
thence  also,  and  went  and  hid  it. 

9  Then  they  said  one  to  another. 

We  do  not  well;  this  day  is  a  day 

of  good  tidings,  and  we  hold  our 

peace:  if  we  tarry  till  the  moraing 

*  Heb.  seah. 


S73 


7.10 


II.   KINGS 


8.9 


Fonr  Lepers  make  known  the  Panic  and  Flight  of  the  Syrians.    The  Sbanammite  Woman's  Land  restored.    Ben-hadad  sick 


light,  ^  punishment  will  overtake 
us;  now  therefore  come,  let  us  go 
and  "  tell  the  king's  household.  10 
So  they  came  and  called  unto  the 
^porter  of  the  city;  and  they  told 
them,  saying,  We  came  to  the  camp 
of  the  Syrians,  and,  behold,  there 
was  no  man  there,  neither  voice  of 
man,  but  the  horses  tied,  and  the 
asses  tied,  and  the  tents  as  they 
were.  1 1  And  ^  he  called  the  por- 
ters ;  and  they  told  it  to  the  king's 
household  within.  12  And  the 
king  arose  in  the  night,  and  said 
unto  his  servants,  I  will  now  show 
you  what  the  Sj'rians  have  done 
to  us.  They  know  that  *we  are 
hungry;  therefore  are  they  gone 
out  of  the  camp  "to  hide  them- 
selves in  the  field,  saying,  Wlien 
they  come  out  of  the  city,  we  shall 
take  them  alive,  and  get  into  the 
city.  13  And  one  of  his  servants 
answered  and  said.  Let  some  take, 
I  pray  thee,  five  of  the  horses  that 
remain,  which  are  left  ■*  in  the  city 
(behold,  they  are  as  all  the  multi- 
tude of  Israel  that  are  left  in  it; 
behold,  they  are  as  all  the  multi- 
tude of  Israel  that  are  consumed) ; 
and  let  us  send  and  see.  l-t  They 
took  therefore  two  chariots  with 
horses ;  and  the  king  sent  after  the 
host  of  Jbhe  Syrians,  saying.  Go  and 
see.  15  And  they  went  after  them 
unto  the  Jordan:  and,  lo,  all  the 
way  was  full  of  garments  and  ves- 
sels, which  the  Syi'ians  had  cast 
away  in  their  haste.  And  the  mes- 
sengers returned,  and  told  the  king. 
16  And  the  people  went  out,  and 
plundered  the  camp  of  the  Syrians. 
So  a  measure  of  fine  flour  was  sold 
for  a  shekel,  and  two  measures  of 
barley  for  a  shekel,  ''according  to 
the  word  of  Jehovah.  1 7  And  the 
king  appointed  *the  captain  on 
whose  hand  he  leaned  to  nave  the 
charge  of  the  gate :  and  the  people 
trod  upon  him  in  the  gate,  and  he 
died  as  the  man  of  God  had  said, 
■''who  spake  when  the  king  came 
down  to  Mm.  18  And  it  came  to 
pass,  as  the  man  of  God  had  spoken 
to  the  king,  saying.  Two  measures 
of  barley  for  a  shekel,  and  a  meas- 
ure of  fine  flour  for  a  shekel,  shall 
be  to-morrow  about  this  time  in 
the  gate  of  Samaria;  19  and  that 
captain  answered  the  man  of  God, 
and  said,  Now,  behold,  '^if  Jehovah 

1  Or,  OUT  iniquity  imll  find  us  out 

•  Or,  porters         3  Or,  the  porters  called 

*  Heb.  in  it. 


"  ch.  6.  30 

b  ch.  6.  25-29 

•^  Josh.  8. 

4-12 

<J  ver.  1 

"  ver.  2 

/ch.  6.  32 

V  ver.  2 

h  ch.  4.  18, 

31-33 

'Ps.  105.  Ifi; 

Hag.  1.  U 

*  Gen.  41. 

27,64 

'ch.  4.  12; 
5.  20-27 


"'IK. 

11.  24 

"  ch. 

3.  24 

"ch. 

).  20 

PlK. 

17 

19.  l.i 

9lK. 

'•ch. 

14.  3 

.  2 

'  ch.  5.  13 


374 


should  make  windows  in  heaven, 
might  such  a  thing  hel  and  he  said, 
Behold,  thou  shalt  see  it  with  thine 
eyes,  but  shalt  not  eat  thereof:  20 
it  came  to  pass  even  so  unto  him ; 
for  the  people  trod  upon  him  in 
the  gate,  and  he  died. 

8  Now  ''  Elisha  had  spoken 
unto  the  wornan,  whose  son  he 
had  restored  to  life,  saying.  Arise, 
and  go  thou  and  thy  household, 
and  sojourn  wheresoever  thou  canst 
sojourn:  for  'Jehovah  hath  called 
for  a  famine ;  and  *  it  shall  also 
come  upon  the  land  seven  years. 

2  And  the  woman  arose,  and  did 
according  to  the  word  of  the  man 
of  God ;  and  she  went  with  her 
household,  and  _  sojourned  in  the 
land  of  the  Philistines  seven  years. 

3  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  seven 
years' end,  that  the  woman  returned 
out  of  the  land  of  the  Philistines: 
and  she  went  forth  to  cry  unto  the 
king  for  her  house  and  for  her  land. 

4  Now  the  king  was  talking  with 
'Gehazi  the  servant  of  the  man  of 
God,  saying,  Tell  me,  I  pray  thee, 
all  the  great  things  that  Elisha 
hath  done.  5  And  it  came  to  pass, 
as  he  was  telling  the  king  how  he 
had  restored  to  life  him  that  was 
dead,  that,  behold,  the  woman, 
whose  son  he  had  restored  to  life, 
cried  to  the  king  for  her  house  and 
for  her  land.  And  Gehazi  said.  My 
lord,  O  king,  this  is  the  woman, 
and  this  is  her  son,  whom  Elisha 
restored  to  life.  6  And  when  the 
king  asked  the  woman,  she  told 
him.  So  the  king  appointed  unto 
her  a  certain  ^officer,  saying.  Re- 
store all  that  was  hers,  and  all  the 
fruits  of  the  field  since  the  day 
that  she  left  the  land,  even  until 
now. 

7  And  Elisha  came  to  "Damas- 
cus; and  "Ben-hadad  the  king  of 
Syria  was  sick ;  and  it  was  told  him, 
saying,  "The  man  of  God  is  come 
hither.  8  And  the  king  said  unto 
■^Hazael,  *Take  a  present  in  thy 
hand,  and  go,  meet  the  man  of  God, 
and  ''inquire  of  Jehovah  by  him, 
saying,  Shall  I  recover  of  this  sick- 
ness^ 9  So  Hazael  went  to  meet 
him,  and  took  a  present  Svith  him, 
''even  of  every  good  thing  of  Da- . 
mascus,  forty  camels'  burden,  and 
came  and  stood  before  him,  and 
said,  'Thy  son  Ben-hadad  king  of 
Syria  hath  sent  me  to  thee,  saying. 
Shall  I  recover   of  this   sickness'? 

5  Or,  eunuch    «  Heb.  in  his  hand.    '  Or,  and 


8.10 


II.   KINGS 


9.6 


Be  is  killed.    Jehoram's  Beig:u  over  Jadab.    Edom  revolts,    iliaziab  Kiu^  of  Judah.    Eli«ha's  Hesaage  to  Jeha 


10  And  Elisha  said  unto  him,  "Go, 
'say  unto  him,  Thou  shalt  surely 
recover;  howbeit  *  Jehovah  hatn 
showed  me  that  he  shall  surely 
die.  1 1  And  he  settled  his  coun- 
tenance stedfastly  upon  hun.,  'until 
lie  was  ashamed:  and  the  man  of 
Cod  wept.  12  And  Hazael  said, 
Why  weepeth  my  lord  I  And  he 
answered,  Because  "^I  know  the 
evil  that  thou  wilt  do  unto  the 
children  of  Israel:  their  strong- 
holds wilt  thou  set  on  fire,  and  their 
young  men  wilt  thou  slay  with  the 
sword,  and  "wilt  dash  in  pieces 
their  little  ones,  and  rip  up  their 
women  with  child.  13  And  Hazael 
said.  But  what  is  thy  servant,  •''who 
is  but  a  dog,  that  he  should  do  this 
great  thing '  And  Elisha  answered, 
*  Jehovah  hath  showed  me  that  thou 
shalt  be  king  over  Syria.  14  Then 
he  departed  from  Elisha,  and  came 
to  his  master;  who  said  to  him. 
What  said  Elisha  to  thee"?  And  he 
answered.  He  told  me  that  ''thou 
wouldest  surely  recover.  1.3  And 
it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow,  that 
he  took  the  coverlet,  and  dipped  it 
in  water,  and  spread  it  on  his  face, 
'so  that  he  died :  and  Hazael  reigned 
in  his  stead. 

16  And  in  the  fifth  year  of 
*Joram  the  son  of  Ahab  king  of 
Israel,  Jehoshapliat  being  then 
king  of  Judah,  Jehoram  the  son 
of  Jehoshapliat  king  of  Judah  be- 
gan to  reign.  17  'Thirty  and  two 
years  old  was  he  when  he  began  to 
reign;  and  he  reigned  eight  years 
in  Jerusalem.  18  And  he  walked 
in  the  way  of  the  kings  of  Israel, 
as  did  the  house  of  Ahab:  for  he 
had  ""the  daughter  of  Ahab  to  Avife ; 
and  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in 
the  sight  of  Jehovah.  1 9  Howbeit 
Jehovah  would  not  destroy  Judah, 
for  David  his  servants  sake,  "as  he 

firomised  him  to  give  unto  him  a 
amp  -for  his  children  alway. 

20  In  his  days  "Edom  revolted 
from  under  the  hand  of  Judah,  and 
made  a  king  over  themselves.  21 
Then  Joram  passed  over  to  Zair, 
and  all  his  chariots  with  him:  and 
he  rose  up  by  night,  and  smote  the 
Edomites  tnat  compassed  him 
about,  and  the  captains  of  the 
chariots;  and  ''the  people  fled  to 
their  tents.  22  « So  Edom  revolted 
from  under  the  hand  of  Judah  unto 

1  Another  reading  is,  say,  Thou  shalt  not  re- 
cover :  for  Jehovah  il-c. 

*  Another  reading  is,  and  to  hi*  ch-ildren. 


"  ver.  14 
f"  vur.  1  j 
'  cli.  a.  17 
d  ch.  10.  32, 

33  ,  11!.  17  ; 

1,3.  3,  7 
'  ch.  15.  10  ; 

Nah.  3.  10 
/I  S.  17.  43; 

•J  S.  9.  8 
v  I  K.  19.  15 
h  ver.  10 
I  ver.  10 
«■■  ch.  1.  17  ; 

3.  1 
'  2  Chr.  21. 

5-10 
'"  ver.  27 
"  2  S.  7.  12, 

1.-. ;  1  K. 

U.  36 
"  ver.  22 ; 

ch.  3.  9,  26, 

27  ;  1  K.  22. 

47 
I'  2  S.  18.  17  ; 

19.  8 
«  Gen.  27.  40 


''ch.  19.  8; 

Josh.  21.  13 
» 2  Chr.  21. 

20 
'  2  Chr.  21. 

1,  17 
"  2  Chr.  22. 

1-6 

''  ver.  15 
'  1  K.  22.  3, 


"  ch.  9.  15 


-  ver.  2S ; 
2  Chr.  22 

""  ch.  9.  16 


Sch. 

2.3 

"^ch. 

4.  29 

•«  1  S.  10.  1  ; 
16.  1 ;  1  K. 

1.39 
'  ch.  8.  28,  29 

.^ver 
1_K 

14,  20  ; 
19.  16, 

17 
?  ver 

5,  11 

'i  2  Chr.  22. 


this  day.  Then  did  ""Libnah  revolt 
at  the  .same  time.  2U  And  the  rest 
of  the  acts  of  Joram,  and  all  that 
he  did,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings 
of  Judah?  2-i  And  Joram  .slept 
with  his  fathers,  and  'was  buried 
with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of 
David;  and  'Ahaziah  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

25  "In  the  twelfth  year  of  Jo- 
ram the  son  of  Ahab  king  of  Israel 
did  Ahaziah  the  son  of  Jehoram 
king  of  Judah  begin  to  reign.  2ti 
Two  and  twenty  years  old  was 
Ahaziah  when  he  began  to  reign  ; 
and  he  reigned  one  year  in  Jerusa- 
lem. And  his  mother's  name  was 
Athaliah  the  ^daughter  of  Omri 
king  of  Israel.  27  And  he  walked 
in  tlie  waj'  of  the  house  of  Ahab, 
and  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  Jehovah,  as  did  the  house 
of  Ahab ;  for  he  was  the  son-in- 
law  of  the  house  of  Ahab.  28  And 
he  went  with  Joram  the  son  of 
Aliab  to  war  against  'Hazael  king 
of  Syria  at  'Kamoth-gilead  :  and 
the  Syrians  wounded  Joram.  29 
And  "king  Joram  returned  to  be 
healed  in  Jezreel  of  the  wounds 
which  the  Syrians  had  given  him 
at  'Eamah,  when  he  fought  against 
Hazael  king  of  Syria.  And  "  Aha- 
ziah the  son  of  Jehoram  king  of  Ju- 
dah Avent  down  to  see  Joram  the 
son  of  Ahab  in  Jezreel,  because  he 
was  sick. 

9  And  Elisha  the  prophet  called 
one  of  'the  sons  of  the  prophets, 
and  said  unto  him,  ''Gira  up  thy 
loins,  and  '^  take  this  vial  of  oil  in 
thj^  hand,  and  go  to  "Ramoth- 
gilead.  2  And  wTien  thovi  comest 
thither,  kwk  out  there  ■''Jehu  the 
son  of  Jehoshapliat  the  son  of  Nim- 
shi,  and  go  in,  and  '^make  him  ai'ise 
up  from  among  his  brethren,  and 
carry  him  to  an  inner  chamber. 
3  Then  take  the  vial  of  oil,  and 
pour  it  on  his  head,  and  say.  Thus 
saith  Jehovah,  ''  I  have  anointed 
thee  king  over  Israel.  Then  open 
the  door,  and  flee,  and  tarry  not. 
i  So  the  j-oung  man,  even  'the 
young  man  the  prophet,  went  to 
Ramoth-gilead.  5  And  when  he 
came,  behold,  the  captains  of  the 
host  were  sitting ;  and  he  said.  1 
have  an  errand  to  thee,  O  captain. 
And  Jehu  said,  I'nto  which  of  us 
all  ]  And  he  said.  To  thee,  O  cap- 
tain.    6  And  he  arose,  and  went 

s  Or,  granddaughter    See  ver.  18. 


376 


9.  r 


11.   KINGS 


9.27 


j'eha  anointed  King  of  Israel.    His  Conspiracy  against  Joram.    Jeha  slays  Kings  Joram  and  ihaziah 


into  the  house  ;  and  he  poured  the 
oil  on  his  head,  and  said  unto  him, 
Thus  saith  Jehovah,  the  GJod  of 
Israel,  "  I  have  anointed  thee  king 
over  the  people  of  Jehovah,  even 
over  Israel.  7  And  thou  shalt 
smite  the  house  of  Ahab  thy  mas- 
ter, *  that  I  may  avenge  "  the  blood 
of  my  servants  the  prophets,  and 
the  blood  of  all  the  servants  of 
Jehovah,  ''at  the  hand  of  Jezebel. 
8  For  the  whole  house  of  Ahab 
shall  perish  ;  and  "  I  will  cut  off 
from  Ahab  •''every  man-child,  and 
^him  that  is  shut  up  and  him  that 
is  left  at  large  in  Israel.  9  And  ''  I 
will  make  the  house  of  Ahab  like 
the  house  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of 
Nebat,  and  'like  the  house  of 
Baasha  the  son  of  Ahijah.  10 
And  ''  the  dogs  shall  eat  Jezebel  in 
the  portion  of  Jezreel,  and  there 
shall  be  none  to  bury  her.  And  he 
opened  the  door,  and  tied. 

11  Then  Jehu  came  forth  to  the 
servants  of  his  lord  :  and  one  said 
unto  him,  '  Is  all  well  ?  whei-efore 
came  this  "'mad  fellow  to  thee? 
And  he  said  unto  them.  Ye  know 
the  man  and  what  his  talk  was. 
1 2  And  they  said,  It  is  false  ;  tell 
us  now.  And  he  said.  Thus  and 
thus  spake  he  to  me,  saying,  Thus 
saith  Jehovah,  I  have  anointed  thee 
king  over  Israel.  13  Then  "they 
hasted,  and  took  every  man  his 
garment,  and  put  it  under  him  ^  on 
the  top  of  the  stairs,  and  "  blew  the 
trumpet,  saying,  Jehu  is  king. 

14  So  Jehu  the  son  of  Jehosha- 
phat  the  son  of  Nimshi  conspired 
against  Joram.  (^  Now  Joram  was 
keeping  Ramoth-gilead,  he  and  all 
Israel,  because  of  Hazael  king  of 
Syria;  15  but  *  king  "Joram  was 
returned  to  be  healed  in  Jezreel  of 
the  wounds  which  the  Sj^rians  had 
given  him,  when  he  fought  with 
Hazael  king  of  Syria).  And  Jehu 
said,  If  this  be  your  mind,  then 
let  none  escape  and  go  forth  out  of 
the  city,  to  go  to  tell  it  in  Jezreel. 
16  So  Jehu  rode  in  a  chariot,  and 
went  to  Jezreel ;  for  Joram  lay 
there.  ''And  Ahaziah  king  of  Ju- 
dah  was  come  down  to  see  Joram. 

17  Now  the  watchman  was  .stand- 
ing on  the  tower  in  Jezreel,  and  he 
spied  the  company  of  Jehu  as  he 
came,  and  said,  I  see  a  company. 
And  .Joram  said.  Take  a  horseman, 
and  send  to  meet  them,  and  let  him 

1  Or,  on  the  bare  steps 

*  Heb.  Jehoram  (and  in  ver.  17,  21,  22,  23  24). 


°  ver.  3 
fc  Dt.  32.  35, 

43 
«lK.  18.  4; 

21.  15,  21,  23 
d  ver.  32-37 
*  ch.  10.  17  ; 

I  K.  21.  21 
/ 1  S.  25.  22 
"  ch.  11.  26  ; 

Vt.  32.  36 
''  1  K.  14.  10, 

II  ;  15.  29 

■  1  K.  16.  3- 

5,  11,  12 
*-•  ver.  35,  36  ; 

1  K.  21.  23 
'  ver.  17,  19, 

™  j'er.  29.  20 ; 

Hos.  9.  7  ; 

Mk.  3.  21 
"  Mt.  21.  7, 

8;  Mk.  11. 

7,8 
"2  8.  15.  10 ; 

1  K.  1.  34, 

39 
P  ch.  8.  28  ; 

1  K.  22.  3 
9  ch.  8.  29 
"■  ch.  8.  29 


'  ver.  10,  22 
'  2  S.  18.  27 
"  1  K.  19.  17 
-  2  Chr.  22.  T 
"  ver.  26 ; 

1  K.  21.  1-7 

15-19 
y  1  K.  16. 

30-33  ;  18. 

19 ;  2  Chr. 

21.  13 


■  ch.  11.  14 
1  K.  22.  34 


*  1  K.  21.  1 


"  1  K.  21.  19, 

24-29 
ri  Is.  1.".  1 
*  1  K.  21.  13 


/ver.  21,  25 


■"  2  Chr  22. 


sa5',  ^  Is  i  i)  peace  1  1 8  So  there  went 
one  on  horseback  to  meet  him,  and 
said,  Thus  saith  the  king,  Is  it 
peace  1  And  Jehu  said,  '  What 
hast  thou  to  do  with  peace  1  turn 
thee  behind  me.  And  the  watch- 
man told,  saying.  The  messenger 
came  to  them,  but  he  cometh  not 
back.  19  Then  he  sent  out  a  sec- 
ond on  horseback,  who  came  to 
them,  and  said,  Thus  saith  the 
king.  Is  it  peace?  And  Jehu 
answered.  What  hast  thou  to  do 
with  ijeace  1  turn  thee  behind  me. 
20  And  the  watchman  told,  say- 
ing. He  came  even  unto  them,  and 
cometh  not  back  :  and  '  the  driv- 
ing is  like  the  driving  of  "Jehu 
the  son  of  Nimshi ;  for  he  driveth 
furiously. 

21  And  Joram  said,  *Make 
ready.  And  they  made  ready  his 
chariot.  *'And  Joram  king  of 
Israel  and  Ahaziah  king  of  Judah 
went  out,  each  in  his  chariot,  and 
they  went  out  to  meet  Jehu,  and 
found  him  in  •"  the  portion  of  Na- 
both  the  Jezreelite.  22  And  it 
came  to  pass,  when  Joram  saw 
Jehu,  that  he  said,  Is  it  peace, 
Jehu?  And  he  answered.  What 
peace,  "so  long  as  the  whoredoms 
of  thy  mother  Jezebel  and  her 
witchcrafts  are  so  many  1  23  And 
Joram  turned  his  hands,  and  fled, 
and  said  to  Ahaziah,  ^  There  is 
treachery,  O  Ahaziah.  21  And 
"Jehu  ^drew  his  bow  with  his  full 
strength,  and  smote  Joram  be- 
tween his  arms  ;  and  the  arrow 
went  out  at  his  heart,  and  he  sunk 
down  in  his  chariot.  25  Then  said 
Jehu  to  Bidkar  his  captain,  Take 
up,  and  *  cast  him  in  the  portion 
of  the  field  of  Naboth  the  Jezreel- 
ite ;  for  remember  how  that,  when 
I  and  thou  rode  together  after 
Ahab  his  father,  "^Jeliovah  ^laid 
this  **  burden  upon  him  :  26  Surely 
''  I  have  seen  j^esterday  the  blood 
of  Naboth,  and  the  blood  of  his 
sons,  saith  Jehovah  ;  and  -^I  will 
requite  thee  in  this  ''  plat,  saith 
.Jenovah.  Now  therefore  take  and 
cast  him  into  the  plat  of  ground, 
according  to  the  word  of  Jehovah. 

27  ='But  when  Ahaziah  the  king 
of  Judah  saw  this,  he  fled  bj'  the 
way  of  the  garden-house.  And 
.Jehu  followed  after  him,  and  said. 
Smite  him  also  in  the  chariot :  and 

3  Or,  7.5  nil  well  f  *  Or,  Yoke 

5  Heb.  .tilled  his  havd  with  the  how. 
«  Or,  uttered  this  oracle  against  him 
'  Or,  portion 


376 


9.28 


II.    KINGS 


10.14 


Jezebel  slaia.    Jehu's  Letters  to  the  Elders  ur  J.7.rc'>'l.    Jehu  slays  Ahab's  Sons  and  Adherents,  and  Ahauah's  Brethren 


they  Rinote  him.  at  the  ascent  of  Gur, 
which  is  by  "  Ibleaiii.  And  lie  tied 
to  Megiddo,  and  died  there.  28 
''And  his  servants  carried  him  in 
a  chariot  to  Jerusalem,  and  buried 
him  in  his  sepulchre  with  his 
fathers  in  the  city  of  David. 

29  And  in  'the  eleventh  year 
of  Joram  the  son  of  Ahab  began 
Ahaziah  to  reign  over  Judah. 

30  And  when  Jehu  was  come 
to  Jezreel,  Jezebel  heard  of  it ;  and 
''she  painted  her  eyes,  and  attired 
her  head,  and  looked  out  at  the 
window.  31  And  as  Jehu  entered 
in  at  the  gate,  she  said,  ^"Is  it 
peace,  thou  Zimi'i,  thy  master's 
murderer  1  32  And  he  lifted  up 
liis  face  to  the  window,  and  said. 
Who  is  on  my  side  %  \vho  1  And 
there  looked  out  to  him  two  or 
three  eunuchs.  33  And  he  said, 
Throw  her  down.  So  they  threw 
her  down  ;  and  some  of  her  blood 
was  sprinkled  on  the  wall,  and  on 
the  horses  :  and  he  trod  her  under 
foot.  34  And  when  he  was  come 
in,  he  did  eat  and  drink  ;  and  he 
said,  See  now  to  -^this  cursed 
woman,  and  bury  her;  for  ^she 
is  a  king's  daughter.  35  And 
they  went  to  bury  her ;  but  they 
found  no  more  of  her  than  the 
skull,  and  the  feet,  and  the  palms 
of  her  hands.  36  Wherefore  they 
came  back,  and  told  him.  And  he 
said,  This  is  the  word  of  Jehovah, 
which  he  spake  by  his  servant 
Elijah  the  Tishbite,  saying,  ''  In 
the  portion  of  Jezreel  shall  the 
dogs  eat  the  flesh  of  Jezebel ;  37 
and  'the  body  of  Jezebel  shall  be 
a,s  dung  upon  the  face  of  the  field 
in  the  portion  of  Jezreel,  so  that 
they  shall  not  say.  This  is  Jezebel. 
^  /\.  Now  Ahab  had  seventy 
Xvy  sons  in  *  Samaria.  And 
Jehu  wrote  letters,  and  sent  to 
Samaria,  unto  the  rulers  of  Jez- 
reel, even  the  elders,  and  unto 
them  that  brought  up  tlie  sons  of 
Ahab,  saying,  2  And  now  as  soon 
as  this  letter  cometh  to  3^ou,  seeing 
your  master's  sons  are  with  j'ou, 
and  there  are  with  you  chariots 
and  horses,  a  fortified  city  also,  and 
armor  ;  3  look  ye  out  the  best  and 
meetest  of  your  master's  sons, 
and  set  him  on  his  father's  throne, 
and  fight  for  your  master's  house. 
4  But  they  were  exceedingly 
afraid,  and  said,  Behold,  the  two 
kings  stood  not  before  him :  how 

»  Or.  Js  it  well 


"  Josh.  17. 
11  ;  Judg. 

1.  •.;" 

b  ch.  1!3.  30 

"  cli.  8.  :;.■) 
liJtT.  4.  :i(i; 
Ezek.  23. 

40 
<■  ver.  18-22 ; 

1  K.  10.  y- 

•20 
/  1  K  21.  2.^ 
■"  I  K.  K!.  .-il 
''  1  K.  21.  23 
■  Jer.  8.  1-3 
«••  1  K.  10.  24- 

29 


'ch.  18.  14; 
Josli.  n.  8, 
ii;  1  K. 

20.  4,  32 


'ch.  11.  1 ; 
Judg.  9.  5 


"  ch.  9.  14-24 
"  var.  6 
''  ch.  9.  7-10 


9  1  K.  21    19- 


"ch   8.  24, 
29 ;  2  Chr. 

21.  17  ;  22.  6 


then  shall  we  stand  1  5  And  he 
that  was  over  the  household,  and 
he  that  was  over  the  city,  the 
elders  also,  and  they  that  brought 
up  t/ie  children,  sent  to  Jehu,  say- 
ing, 'We  are  thy  servants,  and 
will  do  all  that  thou  shalt  bid  us  ; 
we  will  not  make  any  man  king  : 
do  thou  that  which  is  good  in 
thine  eyes.  G  Then  he  wrote  a 
letter  the  second  time  to  them, 
saying.  If  ye  be  on  my  side,  and 
if  ye  will  hearken  unto  my  voice, 
take  .ye  the  heads  of  the  men  your 
master's  sons,  and  come  to  me  tc 
.fezreel  by  to-morr-ow  this  time. 
Now  the  king's  sons,  being  seventj' 
persons,  were  with  the  great  men 
of  the  city,  v/ho  brought  them  up. 
7  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
letter  came  to  them,  that  they  took 
the  king's  sons,  and  '"  slew  them, 
even  seventy  persons,  and  put 
their  heads  in  oaskets,  and  sent 
them  unto  him  to  Jezreel.  8  And 
there  came  a  messenger,  and  told 
him,  saying,  They  have  brought 
the  lieads  of  the  king's  sons.  And 
he  said,  Lay  ye  them  in  two  heaps 
at  the  entrance  of  the  gate  until 
the  morning.  9  And  it  came  to 
jiass  in  the  morning,  that  he  went 
out,  and  stood,  and  said  to  all  the 
people.  Ye  are  righteous :  behold, 
"  I  conspired  against  my  master, 
and  slew  him  ;  but  "who  smote  all 
these  1  10  Know  now  that  ^  there 
shall  fall  unto  the  earth  nothing 
of  the  word  of  Jehovah,  which 
Jehovah  spake  concerning  the 
house  of  Ahab :  for  Jehovah  hath 
done  that  *  which  he  spake  by  his 
servant  Elijah.  11  So  Jehu  smote 
all  that  remained  of  the  house  of 
Ahab  in  .Jezreel,  and  all  his  great 
men,  and  his  familiar  friends,  and 
liis  priests,  until  he  left  him  none 
remaining. 

12  Anfl  he  arose  and  departed, 
and  went  to  Samaria.  And  as  he 
was  at  the  "-  shearing-house  of  the 
shepherds  in  the  way,  13  ''Jehu 
met  with  the  brethren  of  Ahaziah 
king  of  Judah,  and  said.  Who  are 
yel  And  they  answered,  We  are 
the  brethren  of  Ahaziah  :  and  we 
go  down  to  salute  the  children  of 
the  king  and  the  children  of  the 
queen.  14  And  he  said.  Take  them 
alive.  And  they  took  them  alive, 
and  slew  them  <\t  the  ^pit  of  the 
-shearing-house,  even  two  and  foi'ty 
men  :  neither  left  he  any  of  them. 

2  Or,  koitst  of  gathering        »  Or,  eUtem 


377 


10.  15 


II.   KINGS 


11.2 


Worshippers  of  Baal  entrapped  and  slain.    Jeha's  Sins.    Hazael  smites  Israel.    Jehu's  Death.    Athaliah's  Tsnrpation 


15  And  when  he  was  departed 
thence,  he  lighted  on  "Jehonadab 
the  son  of  *  Rechab  coming  to  meet 
him  ;  and  he  saluted  him,  and  said 
to  him,  Is  thy  heart  right,  as  my 
heart  is  with  thy  heart  'i  And  Je- 
honadab  answered.  It  is.  If  it  be, 
"  give  me  thy  hand.  And  he  gave 
him  his  hand  ;  and  he  took  him  up 
to  him  into  the  chariot.  16  And 
he  said,  Come  with  me,  and  ''see 
my  zeal  for  .J  ehovah.  So  they  made 
liim  ride  in  his  chariot.  17  And 
when  he  came  to  Samaria,  "he 
smote  all  that  remained  unto  Ahab 
in  Samaria,  till  he  had  destroyed 
him,  •''according  to  the  word  of  Je- 
hovah, which  he  spake  to  Elijah. 

18  And  Jehu  gathered  all  the 
people  together,  and  said  unto 
them,  ^Ahab  served  Baal  a  little; 
but   Jehu   will    serve    him    much. 

19  Now  therefore  ''call  unto  me 
all  the  prophets  of  Baal,  all  his 
worshippers,  and  all  his  priests ; 
let  none  be  wanting :  for  I  have  a 
great  sacrifice  to  do  to  Baal ;  who- 
soever shall  be  wanting,  he  shall 
not  live.  But  Jehu  did  it  in  syibt- 
lety,  to  the  intent  that  he  might 
destroy  the  worshippers  of  Baal. 

20  And  Jehu  said,  '  Sanctify  a  sol- 
emn assembly  for  Baal.  And  *  they 
proclaimed  it.  21  And  Jehu  sent 
through  all  Israel :  and  all  the  wor- 
shippers of  Baal  came,  so  that  there 
was  not  a  man  left  that  came  not. 
A.nd  they  came  into  '  the  house  of 
Baal ;  and  the  house  of  Baal  was 
filled  from  one  end  to  another. 
22  And  he  said  unto  him  that  was 
over  the  vestry,  Bring  forth  vest- 
ments for  all  the  worshippei's  of 
Baal.  And  he  brought  them  forth 
vestments.  23  And  Jehu  went, 
and  Jehonadab  the  son  of  Rechab, 
into  the  house  of  Baal ;  and  he 
said  unto  the  worshippers  of  Baal, 
Search,  and  look  that  there  be  here 
with  you  none  of  the  servants  of  Je- 
hovah, but  the  worshippers  of  Baal 
only.  24  And  they  went  in  to  offer 
sacrifices  and  burnt-offerings.  Now 
Jehu  had  appointed  him  fourscore 
men  without,  and  said,  "'If  any  of 
the  men  whom  I  bring  into  your 
hands  escape,  he  that  letteth  him  go, 
his  life  shall  be  for  the  life  of  him. 

25  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon 
as  he  had  made  an  end  of  offering 
the  burnt-offering,  that  Jehu  said 
to  the  ^  "guard  and  to  the  captains, 
"  Go  in,  and  slay  them ;  let  none 

1  Heb.  runners. 


b  1  Chr.  2.  55 
'•'  Ezr.  10.  19 ; 

Ezek.  17. 

IS 
d  1  K.  19.  10 
"  ch.  9.  8 
/ver  10 
V  1  K.  16.  31, 

32 
''  1  K.  18.  19 ; 

22.  6 
'  Joel  1.  14 
*  Ex.  32.  4-6 

'ch.  11.  IS; 

1  K.  l(i.  32 
'"■  1  K.  20.  30- 

42 
"  1  S.  22.  17 
"  1  K.  IS.  40 


P  ch.  3.  2  ; 

1  K.  14.  23 
9  Ezr.  6.  11 ; 

Dan.  2.  o ; 

3.  29 
»•  1  K.  12.  28- 

30  ;  13.  33, 

34 
'  1  K.  12.  29 


"  ch.  13.  25  ; 

14.  25 
^  ch.  8.  12  ; 

13.  22  ,  1  K. 

19.  17 


y  Dt.  2.  36 
^  Am.  1.  3-5 


«  2  Chr.  22 

10-12 


b  ver.  21 ;  ch. 
12.  1 


come  forth.  And  they  smote  them 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword ;  and 
the  guard  and  the  captains  cast 
them  out,  and  went  to  the  city  of 
the  house  of  Baal.  26  And  they 
brought  forth  the  "^pillars  that 
were  in  the  house  of  Baal,  and 
burned  them.  27  And  they  brake 
down  the  pillar  of  Baal,  and  brake 
down  the  house  of  Baal,  and  « made 
it  a  draught-house,  unto  this  day. 
28  Thus  Jehu  destroyed  Baal  out 
of  Israel. 

29  Howbeit  ''from  the  sins  of 
Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat,  **  where- 
with he  made  Israel  to  sin,  Jehu 
departed  not  from  after  them,,  to 
tc'if  'the  golden  calves  that  were 
in  Beth-el,  and  that  were  in  Dan. 
30  And  Jehovah  said  unto  Jehu, 
Because  thou  hast  /"done  well  in 
executing  that  which  is  right  in 
mine  eyes,  and  hast  done  unto  the 
house  of  Ahab  according  to  all  that 
was  in  my  heart,  '  thy  sons  of  the 
fourth  generation  shall  sit  on  the 
throne  of  Israel.  31  But  Jehu  took 
no  heed  to  walk  in  the  lavy  of  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  Israel,  with  all  his 
heart :  "  he  departed  not  from  the 
sins  of  Jeroboam,  wherewith  he 
made  Israel  to  sin. 

32  In  those  days  "Jehovah  began 
to  cut  oft'  from  Israel :  and  ^  Hazael 
smote  them  in  all  the  borders  of 
Israel ;  33  from  the  Jordan  east- 
ward, all  the  land  of  Gilead,  the 
Gadites,  and  the  Reubenites,  and 
the  Manassites,  from^Aroer,  which 
is  by  the  valley  of  the  Arnon,  even 
^  Gilead  and  Bashan.  34  Now  the 
rest  of  the  acts  of  Jehu,  and  all 
that  he  did,  and  all  his  might,  are 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel? 
35  And  Jehu  slept  with  his  fathei;s  : 
and  they  buried  him  in  Samaria. 
And  Jehoahaz  his  son  reigned  in 
his  stead.  36  And  the  time  that 
Jehu  reigned  over  Israel  in  Sama- 
ria was  twenty  and  eight  years. 

n»  Now  when  Athaliah  the 
mother  of  Ahaziah  saw  that 
her  son  was  dead,  she  arose  and 
destroyed  all  the  seed  royal.  2  But 
Jehosheba,  the  daughter  of  king 
Joram,  sister  of  Ahaziah,  *took 
Joash  the  son  of  Ahaziah,  and  stole 
him  away  from  anaong  the  king's 
sons  that  were  slain,  even  him  and 
his  nurse, '  and  put  them  in  the  ®  bed- 
chamber ;  and  they  hid  him  fromi 

2  Or,  oheliski    3  Or,  mho    *  Or,  executed  well 
*  Or,  who  were      *  Or,  chamber  for  the  beds 


378 


ii.  3 


II.   KINGS 


12.4 


Jeboiada's  ResistADce.    Athaliah  slain.    Worship  reformed.    Jehoash  made  King  of  Jadah 


Athaliah,  so  that  he  was  not  slain  ; 
3  and  he  was  with  lier  hid  in  tiie 
house  of  Jehovah  six  years.  And 
Athaliah  reigned  over  the  land. 

4  "And  in  the  seventh  year  Je- 
hoiada  sent  and  fetched  the  cap- 
tains over  hundreds  of ''  the '  (Jarites 
and  of  the  -guard,  and  brought 
them  to  him  into  the  house  of  Je- 
hovah ;  and  he  made  a  covenai;t 
with  them,  and  took  an  oath  of 
them  in  the  house  of  Jehovah,  and 
showed  them  the  king's  son.  5  And 
he  commanded  them,  saying.  This 
is  the  thing  that  ye  shall  do  :  'a 
third  part  of  you,  that  come  in  on 
the  sabbath,  shall  be  keepers  of  the 
Avatch  of  the  king's  house  ;  6  and  a 
third  part  shall  be  at  the  gate  Sur  ; 
and  a  third  part  at  the  gate  behind 
the  guard  :  so  shall  ye  keep  the 
watch  of  the  liouse,  and  be  a  bar- 
rier. 7  And  the  two  companies  of 
you,  even  all  that  go  forth  on  the 
sabbath,  shall  keep  the  watch  of 
the  house  of  Jehovah  about  the 
king.  8  And  ye  shall  compass  the 
king  round  about,  every  man  with 
his  weapons  in  his  hand  ;  and  he 
that  Cometh  within  the  ranks,  let 
him  be  slain :  and  ''  be  ye  with  the 
king  when  he  goeth  out,  and  when 
he  Cometh  in. 

9  And  the  captains  over  hundreds 
did  according  to  all  that  Jehoiada 
the  priest  commanded ;  and  they 
took  every  man  his  men,  those  that 
were  to  come  in  on  the  sabbath, 
with  those  that  were  to  go  out  on 
the  sabbath,  and  came  to  Jehoiada 
the  priest.  10  And  *the  priest  de- 
livered to  the  captains  over  hun- 
dreds the  spears  and  shields  that 
had  been  king  David's,  which  were 
in  the  house  of  Jehovah.  11  And 
the  guard  stood,  every  man  with 
his  weapons  in  his  hand,  from  the 
right  "side  of  the  house  to  the  left 
side  of  the  house,  along  by  the  altar 
and  the  house,  by  the  king  round 
about}.  12  Then  he  brought  out 
the  king's  son,  and  ''•''ijut  the  crown 
upon  him,  and  gave  him  "the  testi- 
mony ;  and  they  made  him  king, 
and  anointed  him  ;  and  they 
clapped  their  hands,  and  said, 
*  Long  live  the  king. 

13  And  when  Athaliah  heard 
the  noise  of  the  guard  and  of  the 
people,  she  came  to  the  people 
into  the  house  of  Jehovah  :  1 4  and 

1  Or,  execufioners  2  Heb.  runners. 

3  Heb.  shmilder. 

*  Or,  put  upon  him  the  crown  and  the  testimony 


"  2  Chr.  23. 

1-21 
b  ver.  19 ; 

2  S.  20.  23 
<^  1  Chr.  9.  25 
d  Num.  27. 

!6,  IT 
^  2  S.  8.  7  ; 

1  Chr.  18.  7 
/2S.  1.  10 
^  Ex.  2o.  16  ; 

31.  18 
''  1  S.  10.  24 


'Ch.  23.  3; 

2  Chr.  34. 

31 
t  1  K.  1.  39, 

40 
'  Gen.  37. 

20:  44.  13 
'"  ch.  9.  23 
"  Josh.  24. 

2.i ;  2  Chr. 

l.";.  12-14 ; 

34.  31 

"  1  S.  10.  2r> ; 

2  S.  6.  3 


P  ch.  10.  26, 

9  i)t.  12. 2,  .1 


*[Ch.  12.  1  in 

Heb.] 
"  2  Chr.  24. 

1-14 


"ch.  14.  4; 
15.  35 


'  ch.  22.  4 

379 


she  looked,  and,  behold,  the  king 
stood  ^'by  the  pillar,  as  the  man- 
ner was,  and  the  captains  and  the 
trumpets  by  the  king:  and  *^all 
the  people  of  the  land  rejoiced, 
and  blew  trumpets.  Then  Atha- 
liah '  rent  her  clothes,  and  cried, 
'"Treason!  treason!  15  And  Je- 
hoiada the  priest  commanded  the 
captains  of  hundreds  that  were 
set  over  the  host,  and  said  unto 
them.  Have  her  forth  between 
the  ranks  ;  and  him  that  followeth 
her  slay  \yith  the  sword.  For  the 
priest  .said.  Let  her  not  be  slain 
in  the  house  of  Jehovah.  16  So 
they  made  way  for  her ;  and  she 
went  by  the  way  of  the  horses' 
entry  to  the  king's  house :  and 
there  was  she  slain. 

17  And  "Jehoiada  made  a  cove- 
nant between  Jehovah  and  the 
king  and  the  people,  that  they 
should  be  Jehovah's  people;  "be- 
tween the  king  also  and  the  people. 
1 8  And  all  the  peo])le  of  the  land 
went  to  -''the  house  of  Baal,  and 
brake  it  down ;  "his  altars  and 
his  images  brake  they  in  pieces 
thoroughly,  and  *■  slew  Mattan  the 
priest  of  Baal  before  the  altars. 
And  the  priest  apijointed  *' officers 
over  the  house  of  J  ehovah.  1 9  And 
he  took  the  captains  over  hundreds, 
and  the  "Carites,  and  the  guaixl, 
and  all  the  people  of  the  land  ;  and 
they  brought  down  the  king  fnun 
the  house  of  Jehovah,  and  came  by 
the  way  of  '  the  gate  of  the  guard 
unto  the  king's  house.  And  lie 
sat  on  the  throne  of  the  kings. 
20  So  all  the  people  of  the  land 
rejoiced,  and  the  city  was  quiet. 
And  Athaliah  they  had  slain  with 
the  swoixl  at  the  king's  house. 

*21  "Jehoash  was  seven  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign. 
-J  O  1  In  the  seventh  year  of 
A^^  Jehu  began  Jehoash  to 
reign ;  and  he  reigned  forty  years 
in  Jerusalem :  and  his  mother's 
name  was  Zibiah  of  Beer-sheba. 
2  And  Jehoash  did  that  which 
was  right  in  the  eyes  of  Jehovah 
all  his  days  wherein  Jehoiada  the 
priest  instructed  him.  3  Howbeit 
''  the  high  places  were  not  taken 
away ;  the  people  still  sacrificed 
and  burnt  incense  in  the  high 
places. 

4  And  Jehoash  said  to  the 
priests,  All  the  money  of  the  hal- 
lowed things  'that  is  brought 
i>  Or,  on  the  platform         *  Heb.  offices. 


12.5 


11.  KINGS 


13.4 


Jelioasli  repairs  the  Temple.    He  wards  off  Hazael's  Invasion.    Be  is  killed.    Jchoahaz's  Heign  over  Israel 


into  the  house  of  Jehovah,  Mn 
current  money,  ""tlie  money  of 
tiie  persons  for  whom  each  man 
1-;  rated,  and  all  the  money  that 
it  Cometh  into  any  man's^  heart 
to  bring  into  the  house  of  Jeho- 
\-ah,  5  let  the  priests  take  it  to 
them,  every  man  from  his  acquaint- 
ance ;  and  tiiey  shall  repau"  the 
breaches  of  tlie  house,  wJiereso- 
ever  any  breach  shall  be  found. 
G  But  it  was  so,  that  in  the  three 
and  twentieth  year  of  king  Jehoash 
the  priests  had  not  repaired  the 
breaches  of  the  house.  7  Then 
king  Jehoash  called  for  Jehoiada 
the  priest,  and  for  the  other  priests, 
and  said  unto  them.  Why  repair 
ye  not  the  breaches  of  the  house? 
now  therefore  take  no  more  mone.y 
from  your  acquaintance,  but  de- 
liver it  for  the  breaches  of  the 
house.  8  And  the  priests  con- 
sented that  they  should  take  no 
more  money  from  the  people, 
neither  repair  the  breaches  of  the 
house. 

9  But  *  Jehoiiida  the  priest  took 
a  chest,  and  bored  a  hole  in  the 
lid  of  it,  and  set  it  beside  the  altar, 
on  the  right  side  as  one  cometh 
into  the  house  of  Jehovah :  and 
the  priests  that  kept  the  threshold 
put  therein  all  the  money  that  was 
brought  into  the  house  of  Jehovah. 
10  And  it  was  so,  when  they  saw 
that  there  was  much  money  in  the 
chest,  that  "^  the  king's  '  scribe  and 
the  high  priest  came  up,  and  they 
^put  up  in  bags  and  counted  the 
money  that  was  found  in  the 
house  of  Jehov^ah.  1 1  And  they 
gave  the  money  that  was  weighed 
out  into  the  hands  of  them  that 
did  the  work,  that  had  the  over- 
sight of  the  house  of  Jehovah  :  and 
they  °paid  it  out  to  the  carpen- 
ters and  the  builders,  that  wrought 
upon  the  house  of  Jehovah,  12  and 
"^  to  the  masons  and  the  hewers  of 
stone,  and  for  buying  timber  and 
hewn  stone  to  repair  the  breaches 
of  the  house  of  Jehovah,  and  for 
all  that  ®was  laid  out  for  the  house 
to  repair  it.  13  But  Hhere  were 
not  made  for  the  house  of  Jehovah 
'cups  of  silver,  snuffers,  basins, 
trumpets,  any  vessels  of  gold,  or 
vessels  of  silver,  of  the  money  that 

1  Or,  even  the  raowy  of  every  one  that  passeth 
the  numbering    See  Ex.  30.  13. 

2  Heb.  each  man  the  mnaey  of  the  souls  of  his 
fs'hn'itlon.    See  Lev.  27.  2. 

■'  Or,  secretary       *  Heb.  bound  up  and  Jkc. 
'  Heb.  brought  it  forth.      «  Heb.  went  forth. 


"  Ex.  3.).  5, 
22,  2!) ; 

1  Chr.  29. 

b  iMk.  12.  41 ; 

Lk.  21.  1 
"^  ch.  19.  2 ; 

22.  3,  4,  12  ; 

2  S.  8.  17 

d  oh.  22.  .'i,  6 
'  2  Chr.  24. 

U 
/  1  K.  7.  48, 


'  ch.  22.  7 
''  Lev.  5.  10- 

IS 
>  Lev.  4.  24, 

29 
k  Lev.  7.  7  ; 

Num.  18. 

19 
'ch.  8.  12: 

111.  32,  .33  ; 

1  K.  19.  17 
"'  2  Chr.  24. 

23,  24 
"  ch.  Ifi.  8  ; 

IN,  15,  16; 

1  K.  14.  20 ; 


1.=).  18 
'  ver.  4 


P  2  Chr.  24. 

2.5-27 

«  ch.  14.  e> 
"■Judg.  9.  6; 

2  S.  5.  9  ; 

1  K.  11.  27 

'  2  Chr.  24. 


'  ch.  14.  1 


"  1  K.  12.  26- 

33 

•^  Judg.  2.  14 


^  ch.  12.  17 
V  ver.  24,  2.J 
-  Num.  21. 
7-9 


"  ch.  14.  26  ; 
Ex.  3.  7,  9 


was  brought  into  the  house  of  Je- 
hovah ;  1 4  for  the.y  gave  that  to 
them  that  did  the  work,  and  re- 
paired therewith  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah. 15  Moreover  ^  they  reckoned 
not  with  the  men,  into  whose  hand 
they  delivered  the  money  to  give  to 
them  that  did  the  work  ;  for  they 
dealt  faithfully.  16  The  ''money 
for  the  trespass-oft'erings,  and  '  the 
money  for  the  sin-ofierings,  was  not 
brought  into  the  house  of  Jehovah  : 
*  it  was  the  priests'. 

1 7  Then  '  Hazael  king  of  Syria 
went  up,  and  fought  against  Gath, 
and  took  it ;  and  '"  Hazael  set  his 
face  to  go  up  to  Jeru.salem.  18  And 
"Jehoash  king  of  Judah  took-  all 
the  hallowed  things  that  Jehosha- 
phat  and  Jehoram  and  Ahaziah,  his 
fathers,  kings  of  Judah,  had  dedi- 
cated, and  "his  own  hallowed 
things,  and  all  the  gold  that  was 
found  in  the  treasures  of  the  house 
of  Jehovah,  and  of  the  king's  house, 
and  sent  it  to  Hazael  king  of  Syria  : 
and  he  went  away  from  Jerusalem. 

19  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Joash,  and  all  that  he  did,  are  they 
not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Judah  1 
20  ^And  his  servants  arose,  and 
made  a  conspiracy,  and  "smote 
Joash  at '"  the  house  of  Millo,  on  the 
loay  that  goeth  down  to  Silla.  21 
For  Jozacar  the  son  of  Shimeath, 
and  Jehozabad  the  son  of  *  Shomer, 
his  servants,  smote  him,  and  he 
died ;  and  they  buried  him  with 
his  fathers  in  the  city  of  David : 
and  'Amaziah  his  son  reigned  in 
his  stead. 

"1  O  In  the  three  and  twentieth 
XO  year  of  Joash  the  son  of 
Ahaziah,  king  of  Judah,  Jehoahaz 
the  son  of  Jehu  began  to  reign 
over  Israel  in  Samaria,  and  reigned 
seventeen  years.  2  And  he  did 
that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight 
of  Jehovah,  and  followed  the  sins 
of  .Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 
"wherewith  he  made  Israel  to 
sin ;  he  departed  not  therefrom. 
3  "And  the  anger  of  Jehovah  was 
kindled  against  Israel,  and  he 
delivered  them  into  the  hand  of 
-'  Hazael  king  of  Syria,  and  into 
the  hand  of  *  Ben-hadad  the  son  of 
Hazael,  ^continually.  4  And  -Je- 
hoahaz besought  Jehovah,  and 
Jehovah  hearkened  unto  him  ;  for 
"he  saw  the  oppression  of  Israel, 
how  that  the  king  of    Syria  op- 

'  Heb.  all  the  days. 


880 


13.5 


II.  KINGS 


14.3 


Jehoash's  Beign  over  Israel.    Elisha's  Last  Sickness  and  Sign.    Wars  with  Moab  and  Syria,    imaziab  King  oi  Jndak 


pressed  them.  5  (And  Jehovah 
gave  Israel  "a  saviour,  so  that  they 
went  out  from  under  the  hand  ot" 
the  Syrians ;  and  the  children  of 
Jsrael  dwelt  in  their  tents  as  be- 
foretime.     6  Nevertheless  they  de- 

Karted  not  from  the  sins  of  the 
ouse  of  Jeroboam,  '' wherewith  he 
made  Israel  to  sin,  but /walked 
therein  :  and  'there  remained  the 
Asherah  also  in  Samar-ia).  7  For 
he  left  not  to  Jehoahaz  of  the  peo- 
ple save  fifty  horsemen,  and  ten 
chariots,  and  ten  thousand  foot- 
men;  for. the  king  of  Syria  de- 
stroyed tliem,  and  **  made  tliem 
hke  the  dust '"  in  threshing.  8  Now 
the  rest  of  the  acts  of  .Jehoahaz, 
and  all  that  he  did,  and  his  might, 
are  they  not  written  in  the  book 
of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
IsraeH  9  And  .Jehoahaz  slept  with 
his  fathers ;  and  they  buried  him 
in  Samaria :  and  Joash  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

10  In  the  thirty  and  seventh 
year  of  Joash  king  of  Judah  began 
Jehoash  the  son  of  Jehoahaz  to 
reign  over  Israel  in  Samaria,  and 
reigned  sixteen  years.  1 1  And  he 
did  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  Jehovah  ;  he  departed  not 
from  all  the  sins  of  Jeroboam  the 
son  of  Nebat,  wherewith  he  made 
Israel  to  sin ;  but  he  walked 
therein.  12''  Now  the  rest  of  the 
acts  of  Joash,  and  all  that  he  did, 
and  his  might  wherewith  he  fought 
against  Amaziah  king  of  Judah, 
are  they  not  written  in  the  book 
of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
Israel?  13  And  Joash  slept  with 
his  fathers ;  and  Jeroboam  sat 
upon  his  throne :  and  Joash  was 
buried  in  Samaria  with  the  kings 
of  Israel. 

14  Now  Elisha  was  fallen  sick 
of  his  sickness  whereof  he  died  : 
and  Joash  the  king  of  Israel  came 
down  unto  him,  and  wept  over 
^him,  and  said,  -^  My  father,  my 
father,  the  *  chariots  of  Israel  and 
the  horsemen  thereof!  1.5  And 
Elisha  said  unto  him.  Take  bow 
and  arrows :  and  he  took  unto 
him  bow  and  arrows.  16  And  he 
said  to  the  king  of  Israel,  Put  thy 
hand  upon  the  bow;  and  he  put 
his  hand  ?/?)o??  it.  And  Elisha  laid 
his  hands  upon  the  king's  hands. 
17  And  he  said.  Open  the  window 
eastward  ;  and  he  opened  it.    Then 


1  Heb.  he  valked. 
3  Or,  to  trample  on 


8  Heb  his  face. 
*  Or,  ciiari,ol 


"  ver.  25 ;  ch. 
1 1.  -A'l,  27  : 
Nbh.  y.  27 
b  vor.  2 
"  1  K.  10.  .IS 
•'  Am.  1.  3 
'  vur.  U-I9; 
til.  U.  fi-15 
/ch.  2.  12 


0  1  K.  20.  2C 
A  ch.  6.  20 


<•■  ch.  3.  7  ; 
24.  2 


'  ch.  8.  12,  1.3 
'"  ch.  14.  27 


"  1  K..  8.  28 
"  Gen.  1.3.  16, 


P  ch.  10.  32, 
33  ;  14.  26 


9  ver.  18,  19 


■  2  Chr.  2.i. 
1,  lie. 

'  ch.  13.  10 


Elisha  said.  Shoot ;  and  he  shot. 
And  he  .said,  Jehovah's  arrow  of 
*  victory,  even  the  arrow  of ''  victory 
•^over  Syria;  for  thou  shalt  smite 
the  Syrians  in  "Aphek,  till  thou 
have  consumed  them.  18  And  he 
said,  Take  the  arrows ;  and  he  took 
them.  And  he  said  unto  the  king 
of  Israel,  Smite  upon  the  ground  ; 
and  he  smote  thrice,  and  stayed. 
19  And  '*  the  man  of  God  was 
wroth  with  him,  and  said,  Thou 
shouldest  have  smitten  five  or  six 
times :  then  hadst  thou  smitten 
Syria  till  thtni  hadst  consumed  it ; 
whereas  now  thou  shalt  smite  Syria 
'but  thrice. 

20  And  Elisha  died,  and  they; 
buried  him.  Now  *the  bands  of 
the  Moabites  invaded  the  land  at 
the  coming  in  of  the  year.  21  And 
it  came  to  pass,  as  they  were  bury- 
ing a  man,  that,  behold,  they  spied 
a  band  ;  and  they  cast  the  man  into 
the  sepulchre,  of  Elisha:  and  'as 
soon  as  the  man  touched  the  bones 
of  Elisha,  he  revived,  and  stood  up 
on  his  feet. 

22  And  '  Hazael  king  of  Syria 
oppressed  Israel  all  the  days  of 
Jehoahaz.  2.3  But  '"Jehovah  was 
gracious  unto  them,  and  had  com 
passion  on  them,  and  "  had  respect 
unto  them,  because  of  "  his  cove- 
nant with  Abraham,  Isaac,  and 
Jacob,  and  would  not  destroy 
them,  neither  cast  he  them  from 
his  presence  ^as  yet.  24  And 
Hazael  king  of  Syria  died  ;  and 
Ben-hadad  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead.  25  And  ^Jehoash  the  son 
of  Jehoahaz  took  again  out  of  the 
hand  of  Ben-hadad  the  son  of 
Hazael  the  cities  which  he  had 
taken  out  of  the  hand  of  Jehoahaz 
his  father  by  war.  « Three  times 
did  Joash  smite  him,  and  recovered 
the  cities  of  Israel. 
-i  A  ""In  the  second  year  of 
JLt!  .Joash  son  of  Joahaz  king 
of  Israel  began  'Amaziah  the  son 
of  Joash  king  of  Judah  to  reign. 

2  He  was  twenty  and  five  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign :  and 
he  rei.gned  twenty  and  nine  years 
in  Jerusalem :  and  his  mother's 
name  was  Jehoaddin  of  Jerusalem. 

3  And  he  did  that  which  was  right 
in  the  eyes  of  Jehovah,  yet  not  like 
David  his  father  :  he  did  according 
to  all  that  Joash  hi.i  father  had 

5  Heb.  salvation.  <>  Or,  ngain.^t 

7  Heb.  when  the  man  went  and  tmiehed. 

6  Ueb.  until  now. 


881 


14.4 


II.   KINGS 


14.28 


Imaziah  warring  with  Israel  is  defeated  by  Jehoash.    Slain  by  Conspirators.    Jeroboam  Il's  Reign  over  Israel 


done.  4  Howbeit  "  the  high  places 
were  not  taken  away  :  *  the  people 
still  sacrificed  and  burnt  incense  in 
the  high  places.  5  And  it  came  to 
pass,  as  soon  as  the  kingdom  was 
established  in  his  hand,  that  ''he 
slew  his  servants  who  had  slain  the 
king  his  father  :  6  but  the  children 
of  the  murderers  he  put  not  to 
death :  according  to  that  which  is 
written  in  the  book  of  the  law  of 
Mosefs,  as  Jehevah  commanded, 
saying,  ''The  fathers  shall  not  be 
put  to  death  for  the  children,  nor 
the  children  be  put  to  death  for  the 
fathers;  but  *  every  man  shall  die 
for  his  own  sin.  7  'He  slew  of 
Edom  in  *  the  .Valley  of  Salt  ten 
thousand,  and  took  "'Sela  by  war, 
and  called  the  name  of  it  'Jok- 
theel,  unto  this  day. 

8  *Then  Amaziah  sent  messen- 
gers to  Jehoash,  the  son  of  Jehoa- 
haz  son  of  -Jehu,  king  of  Israel, 
saying,  'Come,  let  us  look  one  an- 
other in  the  face.  9  And  .Jehoash 
the  king  of  Israel  sent  to  Amaziah 
kingof  Judah,  saying,  "'The  -thistle 
that  was  in  Lebanon  sent  to  the 
cedar  that  was  in  Lebanon,  saying, 
Give  thy  daughter  to  my  son  to 
wife :  and  there  passed  by  a  wild 
beast  that  was  in  Lebanon,  and 
trod  down  the  thistle.  10  "Thou 
hast  indeed  smitten  Edom,  and 
"  thy  heart  hath  lifted  thee  up : 
glory  thereof,  and  abide  at  home  ; 
for  why  shouldest  thou  ^meddle  to 
thy  hurt,  that  thou  shouldest  fall, 
even  thou,  and  .Judah  with  thee  ? 

1 1  But  Amaziah  would  not  hear. 
So  Jehoash  king  of  Israel  went  up  ; 
Pand  he  and  Amaziah  king  of  Judah 
looked  one  another  in  the  face  at 
» Beth-shemesh,  which  belongeth  to 
Judah.  12  And  Judah  was  put  to 
the  worse  before  Israel ;  and  ''  they 
fled  every  man  to  his  tent.  1 3  And 
Jehoash  king  of  Israel  took  Ama- 
ziah king  of  Judah,  the  son  of 
Jehoash  the  son  of  Ahaziah,  at 
Beth-shemesh,  and  came  to  Jeru- 
salem, and  brake  down  the  wall 
of  .Jerusalem  from  'the  gate  of 
Ephraim  unto  'the  corner  gate, 
four  hundred  cubits.  II  And  "he 
took  all  the  gold  and  silver,  and  all 
the  vessels  that  were  found  in  the 
house  of  .Jehovah,  and  in  the  treas- 
ures of  the  king's  house,  the  host- 
ages also,  and  returned  to  Samaria. 

15  ''Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 

1  Or,  the  rock  2  Or,  thorn 

3  Or,  provoke  calamity 


"  ch.  12.  3 
6  ch.  16.  4 
"  ch.  12.  20 
d  Dt.  24.  16 
<■  Jer.  31.  30 ; 

Ezek.  18.  4, 

20 
/2Chr.25. 11 
!'2S.  8.  13; 

1  Chr.  18. 
12 

''  Is.  16.  1 
"  Josh.  15.  38 
k  2  Chr.  25. 

17-24 
'  2  S.  2.  14-17 
'"  Judg.  9. 

8-15 
"  ver.  7 
"  Dt.  8.  14  , 

2  Chr.  26. 
16 

''  ch.  23.  29 
1  .Tosh.  10.  .■iS 
'■  2  S.  18.  17 
*Neh.  8.  10; 

12.  39 
<■  2  Chr.  25. 

23 
"  ch   12.  18  ; 

1  K.  14.  26 
"  ch.  13.  12, 


^  2  Chr.  25. 

2.T-2S 
y  Josh.  10. 

31  ;  2  K.  18. 

14,  17 

'  ch.  16.  6 ; 

1  K.  9.  26 ; 

2  Chr.  8.  17 


"  ch.  10.  32  ; 
13.  26 


I-  1  K.  8.  65 
"  Dt.  3.  17 


d  Jon.  1. 1 ; 

Mt.  12.  39, 

40 
"  Josh.  19. 13 
/ch.  13.  4 

9  Dt.  32.  36 
A  ch.  13.  23 


'  1  K.  11.  24 
*  2  Chr.  8.  3 


as2 


Jehoash  which  he  did,  and  his 
might,  and  how  he  fought  with 
Amaziah  king  of  Judah,  are  they 
not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel? 
16  And  Jehoash  slept  with  his 
fathers,  and  was  buried  in  Samaria 
with  the  kings  of  Israel ;  and  Jero- 
boam his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

17  ■''And  Amaziah  the  son  of 
Joash  king  of  Judah  lived  after 
the  death  of  J  ehoash  son  of  Jehoa- 
haz  king  of  Israel  fifteen  years. 
IS  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Amaziah,  are  they  not  written  in 
the  book  of  the  chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Judah '?  1 9  _  And  they 
made  a  conspiracy  against  him  in 
Jerusalem ;  and  ne  fled  to  "  La- 
chish  :  but  they  sent  after  him  to 
Lachish,  and  slew  him  there.  20 
And  they  brought  him  upon  horses  ; 
and  he  was  buried  at  Jerusalem 
with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of 
David.  21  And  all  the  people  of 
Judah  took  ^  Azariah,  who  was  six- 
teen years  old,  and  made  him  king 
in  the  room  of  his  father  Amaziah. 
22  ^He  built  Elath,  and  restored 
it  to  Judah,  after  that  the  king 
slept  with  his  fathers. 

23  In  the  fifteenth  year  of  Ama- 
ziah the  son  of  Joash  king  of  Judah 
Jeroboam  the  son  of  Joash  king  of 
Israel  began  to  reign  in  Samaria, 
and  reigned  forty  and  one  years. 
24  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil 
in  the  sight  of  Jehovah :    he  de- 

Earted  not  from  all  the  sins  of  Jero- 
oam  the  son  of  Nebat,  w^herewith 
he  made  Israel  to  sin.  2.5  "^He  re- 
stored the  border  of  Isi-ael  from 
*  the  entrance  of  Hamath  unto "  the 
sea  of  the  Arabah,  according  to  the 
word  of  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel, 
which  he  spake  by  his  servant 
''Jonah  the  son  of  Amittai,  the 
prophet,  who  was  of  "  Gath-hepher. 
26  For -^Jehovah  saw  the  affliction 
of  Israel,  that  it  was  very  bitter ; 
for  "there  was  none  shut  up  nor 
left  at  large,  neither  was  there  any 
helper  for  Israel.  27  And  ''  Jeho- 
vah said  not  that  he  would  blot 
out  the  name  of  Israel  from  under 
heaven  ;  but  he  saved  them  by  the 
hand  of  .Jeroboam  the  son  of  Joash. 
28  Novt^  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Jeroboam,  and  all  that  he  did, 
and  his  might,  how  he  warred, 
and  how  he  recovered  'Damas- 
cus, and  *  Hamath,  which  had  be- 
longed  to    Judah,   for    Israel,   are 

4  In  ch.  16. 13,  and  2  Chr.  26.  1,  Ozsiah. 


14.29 


II.    KINGS 


15.25 


Azariah's  Reign  over  Judah.    Reigns  of  Zcrbiiriah,  Sliallam,  Nenahein,  a:id  Pekaliiab  over  Israel.    Fekali's  Conspiracy 


they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
the  cln'oiiicles  of  the  kings  of 
Israel?  29  And  Jeroboam  slept 
with  his  fathers,  even  with  the 
kings  of  Israel ;  and  Zechariah  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
-J  pf  "in  the  twenty  and  seventh 
JLO  year  of  Jeroboam  king  of 
Israel  began  '  Azariah  son  of  Ama- 
ziali  king  of  Judah  to  I'eign.  2 
'Sixteen  years  old  was  lie  when 
he  began  to  i-eign  ;  and  he  reigned 
two  and  fifty  years  in  Jerusalem  : 
and  his  mother's  name  was  Jecoliah 
of  Jerusalem.  3  And  he  did  that 
which  was  right  in  the  eyes  of  Je- 
hovah, according  to  all  that  his 
father  Amaziah  had  done.  4  How- 
beit  "■'  the  high  places  were  not  taken 
away :  the  people  still  sacrificed 
and  burnt  incense  in  the  high 
place.s.  5  "^And  .Jehovah  smote 
the  king,  so  that  he  was  a  leper 
unto  the  day  of  his  death,  and 
'dwelt  in  a  "separate  house.  .  And 
Jotham  the  king's  son  was  over 
the  household,  judging  the  people 
of  the  land.  6  Now  the  rest  of  the 
acts  of  Azariah,  and  all  that  he  did, 
are  they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ju- 
dah? 7  And  Azariah  slept  with 
his  fathers ;  and  they  buried  him 
with  his  fathers  in  the  city  of 
David  :  and  Jotham  his  son  reigned 
in  his  stead. 

8  •'In  the  thirty  and  eighth  year 
of  Azariah  king  of  Judah  did 
Zechariah  the  son  of  Jeroboam 
reign  over  Israel  in  Samaria  six 
months.  9  And  he  did  that  which 
was  evil  in  the  sight  of  Jehovali, 
as  his   fathers   had   done :   he  de- 

Earted  not  from  the  sins  of  Jero- 
oam  the  son  of  Nebat,  wherewith 
he  made  Israel  to  sin.  10  And 
Shallum  the  son  of  Jabesh  con- 
spired against  him,  and  "smote  him 
before  the  people,  and  slew  him, 
and  reigned  in  his  stead.  1 1  Now 
the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Zechariah, 
behold,  they  are  written  in  the 
book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings 
of  Israel.  12  This  was  ''the  word 
of  Jehovah  which  he  spake  unto 
Jehu,  saying,  Thy  sons  to  the 
fourth  generation  shall  sit  upon 
the  throne  of  Israel.  And  so  it 
came  to  pass. 

13  Shallum  the  son  of  Jabesh  be- 
gan to  reign  in  the '-  nine  and  thirti- 
eth year  of  Uzziah  king  of  Judah  ; 
and  ne  reigned  the  space  of  a  month 

1  In  ver.  13,  30,  &c.,  Uzziah.      *  Or,  irifirmary 


"  ch.  14.  17 
6  2  Chr.  26. 

"  cll.  12.  3 
«'  2  Chr.  26. 

21-23 
"  Lev.  1.3. 

46 ;  Num. 

12.  14 

/  ver.  1 
"  Am.  7.  9 
''  ch.  10.  30 
■  ver.  1,  8 


*  1  K.  16.  24 
'  1  K.  14.  1" 
'"  ch.  8.  12 
"  ver.  1,  8,  13 


'  1  Chr.  5. 
26,  26 


P  ver.  1,  8,  It, 
17 


«  1  K  16.  18 


383 


in  *  Samaria.  1 4  And  Menahem  the 
son  of  Gadi  went  up  from  'Tirzah, 
and  came  to  Samaria,  and  smote 
Shallum  the  son  of  Jabesli  in  Sa- 
maria, and  slew  him,  and  reigned 
in  his  stead.  1-5  Now  the  rest  of 
the  acts  of  Sliallum,  and  his  con- 
spiracy which  he  made,  behold, 
they  are  written  in  the  book  or 
the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
Israel.  16  Then  Menahem  smote 
Tiphsah,  and  all  that  were  therein, 
and  the  borders  thereof,  from  Tir- 
zah :  because  they  opened  not  to 
him,  therefore  he  smote  it;  '"and 
all  the  women  therein  that  were 
with  child  he  ripped  up. 

17  In  the  "nine  and  thirtieth 
year  of  Azariah  king  of  Judah 
began  Menahem  the  son  of  Gadi 
to  reign  over  Israel,  and  reigned 
ten  years  in  Samaria.  18  And 
he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  Jehovah  :  he  departed  not 
all  his  days  from  the  sins  of  Jero- 
boam the  son  of  Nebat,  wherewith 
he  made  Israel  to  sin.  19  There 
came  against  the  land  "Pul  the 
king  of  Assyria;  and  Menahem 
gave  Pul  a  thousand  talents  of 
silver,  that  his  hand  might  be  with 
him  to  confirm  the  kingdom  in  his 
hand.  20  And  Menahem  exacted 
the  money  of  Israel,  even  of  all  the 
mighty  men  of  wealth,  of  each 
man  fifty  shekels  of  silver,  to  give 
to  the  king  of  Assyria.  So  the 
king  of  Assyria  turned  back,  and 
stayed  not  there  in  the  land. 
21  Xow  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Menahem,  and  all  that  he  did,  are 
thej'  not  written  _  in  tlie  book  of 
the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
Israeli  22  And  Menaheru  slept 
with  his  fathers  ;  and  Pekahiah  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

23  In  the  ^fiftieth  year  of  Aza- 
riah king  of  Judah  Pekahiah  the 
son  of  Menahem  began  to  reign 
over  Israel  in  Samaria,  and  reigned 
two  j'ears.  24  And  he  did  that 
which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
Jehovah :  he  departed  not  from 
the  sins  of  JeroDoam  the  son  of 
Nebat,  wherewith  he  made  Israel 
to  sin.  25  And  Pekah  the  son  of 
Remaliah,  his  captain,  conspired 
against  him,  and  smote  him  in 
Samaria,  in  'the  ^castle  of  the 
king's  house,  with  Argob  and 
Arieh ;  and  with  him  were  fifty 
men  of  the  Giieadites :  and  he 
slew  him,  and  reigned  in  his  stead. 

3  Or,  valace 


15.  2( 


II.   KINGS 


16.13 


P«kah's  Reign  over  Israel.    Assyrian  Invasion.    Reigns  of  Jotliam  and  Ahaz  over  Jadah.    Ahaz  wars  witli  Syria  and  Israel 


26  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Pekahiali,  and  all  that  he  did, 
behold,  they  are  written  in  the 
book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings 
of  Israel. 

"27  In  ''the  two  and  fiftieth  year 
of  Azariah  king  of  .Judah  Pekah 
the  son  of  Remaliah  began  to  reign 
over  Israel  in  Samaria,  a7i.d  reigned 
twenty  years.  28  And  he  did  that 
which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  Je- 
hovah :  he  departed  not  from  the 
sins  of  .leroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 
wherewith  he  made  Israel  to  sin. 

29  In  the  days  of  Pekah  king  of 
Israel  came  *  Tiglath-pileser  king 
of  Assyria,  and  took  Ijon,  and 
Abel-beth-maacah,  and  Janoah, 
and  Kedesh,  and  Hazor,  and 
Crilead,  and  Galilee,  all  the  land 
of  Naphtali ;  and  "  he  carried  them 
captive  to  Assyria.  30  And  Ho- 
shea  the  son  of  Elah  made  a  con- 
spiracy against  Pekah  the  son  of 
Kemaliah,  and  smote  him,  and 
slew  him,  and  reigned  in  his  stead, 
in  the  twentieth  year  of  Jotham 
the  son  of  Uzziah.  31  Now  the 
rest  of  the  acts  of  Pekah,  and  all 
that  he  did.  behold,  they  are  writ- 
ten in  the  book  of  the  chronicles 
of  the  kings  of  Israel. 

32  In  the  second  year  of  Pekah 
the  son  of  Remaliah  king  of  Israel 
began  Jotham  the  son  of  Uzziah 
king  of  Judah  to  reign.  33  ''Five 
and  twenty  years  old  was  he  when 
he  began  to  reign  ;  and  he  reigned 
sixteen  years  in  Jerusalem :  and 
his  mother's  name  was  .Jerusha  the 
daughter  of  Zadok.  -34  And  ''  he 
did  that  which  was  right  in  the 
eyes  of  Jehovah  :  he  did  according 
to  all  that  his  father  Uzziah  had 
done.  35  Howbeit  -^the  hi^h 
places  were  not  taken  away :  tlie 
people  still  sacrificed  and  burned 
incense  in  the  high  places.  "He 
built  the  upper  gate  of  the  house 
of  .Jehovah.  36  Now  the  rest  of 
the  acts  of  .Jotham,  and  all  that  he 
did,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings 
of  •Judah'?  37  In  those  days  ''Je- 
hovah began  to  send  against  Judah 
Rezin  the  king  of  Syria,  and  Pekah 
the  son  of  Remaliah.  38  And 
Jotham  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
was  buried  with  his  fathers  in  the 
city  of  David  his  father :  and 
Ahaz  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
'i  (\  In  the  seventeenth  year  of 
XO  Pekah  the  son  of  Remaliah 
Ahaz  the  son  of  Jotham   king  of 


"  ver.  23 
>>  ver.  19 
■^  ch.  17.  6 
d  2  Chr.  27. 

1,  &c. 
*  ver.  3,  4  ; 

2  Chr.  26. 

4,  6 
/ch.  12.  3 
"  2  Chr.  23. 

20 ;  27.  3 

A  ch.  16.  5 ; 
Is.  7.  1 


'  2  Chr.  28. 

H 
«:  ch.  17.  17  ; 

21.  6 ;  Lev. 

18.21 
'  ch.  21.  2, 

11 ;  Dt.  12. 

31 
'"  ch.  14.  4 ; 

Dt.  12.  2 
"  ch.  15.  37  ; 

Is   7.  I 
0  2  Chr.  28. 

6,  6 
i'  ch.  14.  22  ; 

2  Chr.  26.  2 
9  2  Chr.  28. 

16,  &c. 
■■  ch.  15.  29 


'  ch.  12.  17, 
18 ;  18.  15 


'  2  Chr. 


"  Is.  22.  6  ; 
Am.  9.  7 


"  Is.  8.  2 


384 


Judah  began  to  reign.  2  'Twenty 
years  old  was  Ahaz  when  he  began 
to  reign ;  and  he  reigned  sixteen 
years  in  Jerusalem :  and  he  did 
not  that  which  was  right  in  the 
eyes  of  Jehovah  his  God,  like  Da- 
vid his  father.  3  But  h6  walked 
in  the  way  of  the  kings  of  Israel, 
yea,  ^'and  made  his  son  to  pass 
through  the  fire,  '  according  to  the 
abominations  of  the  nations,  whom 
Jehovah  cast  out  from  before  the 
children  of  Israel.  4  And  he  '"sac- 
rificed and  burnt  incense  in  the 
high  places,  and  on  the  hills,  and 
under  every  green  tree. 

5  Then  "  Rezin  king  of  Syria  and 
Pekah  son  of  Remaliah  king  of 
Israel  came  up  to  Jerusalem  to 
war  :  and  they  oesieged  Ahaz,  "but 
could  not  overcome  him.  6  At 
that  time  Rezin  king  of  Syria  re- 
covered ^  Elath  to  Syria,  and  drove 
the  Jews  from  ^  Elath ;  and  the 
^Syrians  came  to  Elath,  and  dwelt 
there,  unto  this  day. 

7  'So  Ahaz  sent  messengers  to 
"■  Tiglath-pileser  king  of  Assyria, 
saying,  I  am  thy  servant  and  thy 
son  :  come  up,  and  save  me  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  king  of  Syria,  and 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
Israel,    who    rise    up  against  me. 

8  And  *Ahaz  took  the  silver  and 
gold  that  was  found  in  the  house 
of  Jehovah,  and  in  the  trea.sures 
of  the  king's  house,  and  sent  it  for 
a  present  to  the  king  of  Assyria. 

9  *  And  the  king  of  Assyria  heark- 
ened unto  him;  and  the  king  of 
Assyria  went  up  against  Damascus, 
"and  took  it,  and  carried  the  people 
of  it  captive  to  "Kir,  and  slew  Rezin. 

10  And  king  Ahaz  went  to  Da- 
mascus to  meet  *  Tiglath-pile.ser 
king  of  Assyria,  and  saw  the  altar 
that  was  at  Damascus ;  and  king 
Ahaz  sent  to  •"  Urijah  the  priest 
the  fashion  of  the  altar,  and  the 
pattern  of  it,  according  to  all  the 
workmanship  thereof.  11  And 
Urijah  the  priest  built  an  altar  > 
according  to  all  that  king  Ahaz 
had  sent  from  Damascus,  so  did 
Urijah  the  priest  make  it  against 
the  coming  of  king  Ahaz  from 
Damascus.  12  And  when  the 
king  was  come  from  Damascus,  the 
king  saw  the  altar :  and  the  king 
drew  near  unto  the  altar,  and 
*  offered  thereon.    1 3  And  he  burnt 

1  Heb.  Eloth. 

2  According  to  another  reading,  Edomites. 

3  Or,  went  up  unto  it 


16.14 


II.   KINGS 


17.  k; 


Aliaz  has  a  Hew  Altar  made.    Uoshea's  Reign  over  Israel.    Israel  coa^acred  bj  Assyria  because  of  the  People's  Wickedness 


his  burnt-offering  and  his  meal- 
oflfering,  and  poured  his  drink- 
ort'eriny,  and  sprinkled  the  blood 
of  'his  peace-otierings,  upon  the 
altar.  1-4  And  "the  bra/.eii  altar, 
which  w;is  befoi-e  Jehovah,  he 
brought  from  the  forefront  of  the 
house,  from  between  ''his  altar  and 
the  house  of  -Jehovah,  and  put  it 
on  the  north  side  of  his  altar.  15 
And  king  Ahaz  commanded  Qrijah 
the  priest,  saying,  Upon  the  great 
altar  burn  "the  morning  burnt- 
ofTering,  and  the  evening  meal- 
offering,  and  the  king's  burnt-offer- 
ing, and  his  meal-olfering,  with 
ihe  burnt-offering  of  all  the  people 
of  the  land,  and  their  meal-ofier- 
ing,  and  their  drink-offerings  ;  and 
sprinkle  upon  it  all  the  blood  of 
the  burnt-offering,  and  all  the 
blood  of  the  sacrifice :  but  "*  the 
brazen  altar  shall  be  for  me  to 
inquire  by.  16  Thus  did  Urijah 
the  priest,  according  to  all  that 
king  Ahaz  commanded. 

17  And  king  Ahaz  "^cut  off  the 
Vianels  of  the  oases,  and  removed 
the  laver  from  ofi'  them,  and  •''took 
down  the  sea  from  off  the  bi-azen 
oxen  that  were  under  it,  and  put  it 
upon  a  pavement  of  stone.  1 8  And 
the  -covered  way  for  the  sabbath 
that  they  had  built  in  the  house, 
and  the  king's  entry  without, 
turned  he  ^unto  the  house  of  Je- 
hovah, because  of  the  king  of 
Assyria.  19  Now  the  rest  of  the 
acts  of  Ahaz  which  he  did,  are 
they  not  written  ^in  the  book  of 
the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ju- 
dah?  20  And  Ahaz  slept  with  his 
fathers,  and  ''was  buried  with  his 
fathers  in  the  city  of  David:  and 
Hezekiah  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

"1  'T  In  the  twelfth  year  of  Ahaz 
JL  I  king  of  Judah  'began  Ho- 
shea  the  son  of  Elah  to  reign  in 
Samaria  over  Israel,  and  7-eigned 
nine  years.  2  And  he  did  that 
which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  .Jeho- 
vah, yet  not  as  the  kings  of  Israel 
that  were  before  him.  3  ^Against 
him  came  up  'Shalmaneser  king  of 
Assyria ;  and  Hoshea  liecame  his 
servant,  and  brought  him  tribute. 
4  And  the  king  of  Ass.yria  found 
conspirac.y  in  Hoshea;  for  he  had 
sent  mes.sengers  to  So  king  of 
Eg.vpt,  and  offered  no  tribute  to 
the  king  of  Assyria,  as  he  had  done 

1  Heb.  the  pearf-off'erings  tvhich  mere  liis. 
*  Or,  covered  place  "  Or,  rouiid 

13 


"  Ex.  40.  0,  20 
''  ver.  11 
'•  E.\.  -Ja 

:iSWl 
<i  ver.  14 
"  1  K.  7.  27, 

28.  38 
/  1  K.  7.  23, 

■J  2"chr.  28. 

2(> 
''  2  Chr.  28. 

27 
'  ch.  15.  30 
*:  ch.  18.  9-12 
'  Hos.  10.  14 


'"  Hos.  13.  16 
"  Hos.  13.  16 
"  Dt.  28.  64  ; 

29.  27,  28 
^'ch.  18.  11 ; 

1  Chr.  A.  26 
1 1s.  37.  12 
'■  Is.  13.  17  ; 

21.  2 
'  .Tosli.  23. 16 
«  Ex.  14. 

15-30 
"  .Tudg.  6.  10 
"  Lev.  18.  3 ; 

Dt.  18.  9 

*  ver.  19 ; 
ch.  16.  3 

y  ch.  18.  8 

*  Ex.  34. 

12-14 
"  1  K.  14.  23 ; 
Mic.  5.  14 


b  Ex.  20.  4 


<^  Neh.  9.  29, 

30 
rf  ver.  23 
"  1  S.  9.  9 
/Jer.  7.  3-7; 

18.  11; 

Ezek.  18. 

31 


i'Ex.  32.  9; 
33.  3; 
Acts  7.  51 

A  Jer.  8.  9 

■  Ex.  24. 
t^-s;  Dt. 
29.  25 

*  Dt.  .32.  21 
'  Jer.  2.  5  , 

Rom.  1. 

21-23 
"'  Dt.  12.  30, 

31 


385 


year  by  year :  therefore  the  king  of 
A.ssyria  shut  him  up,  and  bound 
him  in  jiri.son.  5  Then  the  king  of 
Assyria  came  up  throughout  all  the 
land,  and  went  up  to  Samaria,  and 
'"besieged  it  three  years.  G  In  the 
ninth  .year  of  Hoshea  "the  king  of 
Assyria  took  Samaria,  and  "carried 
Israel  away  unto  Assyria,  and 
''placed  them  in  Halaii,  and  on  the 
I  labor,  the  river  of  »Gozan,  and 
''in  the  cities  of  the  Medes. 

7  And  "it  was  so,  because  the 
children  of  Israel  had  sinned 
against  Jehovah  their  God,  '  who 
brought  them  up  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt  from  under  the  hand  of 
Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  and  "had 
feared  other  gods.  8  and  '  w^alked 
in  the  statutes  of  the  nations,  whom 
Jehovah  cast  out  from  before  thb 
children  of  Israel,  and  *of  the  kingsi 
of  Israel,  which  they  '^made.  b 
And  the  children  of  Israel  did 
secretly  things  that  were  not  right 
against  Jehovah  their  God :  and 
the.y  built  them  high  places  in  all 
their  cities,  from  '■'  the  tower  of  the 
watchmen  to  the  fortified  city;  10 
and  "they  set  them  up  ^pillars  and 
"Asherim  upon  every  high  hill, 
and  under  every  green  tree ;  1 1 
and  there  they  burnt  incense  in  all 
the  high  places,  as  did  the  nations 
whom  Jehovah  carried  away  before 
them;  and  they  wrought  wicked 
things  to  provoke  Jehovah  to 
anger;  12  and  they  served  idols, 
''Whereof  Jehovah  had  said  unto 
them,  Ye  shall  not  do  this  thing. 
13  Yet  "^ .Jehovah  testified  unto  Is- 
rael, and  unto  Judah,  '^  by  every 
prophet,  and  "every  seer,  saying, 
■''Turn  ye  from  your  evil  ways,  and 
keep  my  commandments  and  my 
statutes,  according  to  all  the  law 
which  I  commanded  your  fathers, 
and  which  I  sent  to  you  by  my 
servants  the  prophets.  14  Not- 
withstanding, they  would  not  hear, 
but  ^hardened  their  neck,  like  to 
the  neck  of  their  fathers,  who  be- 
lieved not  in  Jehovah  their  God, 
15  And  ''  they  re.iected  his  statutes, 
and  'his  covenant  that  he  mad? 
with  their  fathers,  and  his  testi- 
monies wliich  he  testified  unto 
them  :  and  '■  they  followed  vanity, 
and  'became  vain,  and  ive7it  after 
the  nations  that  were  round  about 
them,  concerning  whom  "'Jehovah 
had  charged  them  that  they  should 
not  do  like  them.     16  And   they 

*  Or,  practised  '  Or,  obelisks 


X7.  17 


11.   KIlsGS 


17.39 


The  Assyrian  Captivity.    Foreigners  brought  into  Samaria,    i  .Uixed  Population  and  Worship  the  Result 


forsook  all  the  commandments  of 
Jehovah  their  God,  and  made  them 
molten  images,  even  "two  calves, 
and  ''made  an  Asherah,  and  'wor- 
shipped all  the  host  of  heaven,  and 
**  served  Baal.  17  And  nhey 
caused  their  sons  and  their  daugh- 
ters to  pass  through  the  fire,  and 
■''usecl  divination  and  enchant- 
ments, and  "  sold  themselves  to  do 
that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
Jehovah,  to  provoke  him  to  anger. 
18  Therefore  Jehovah  was  very  an- 
gry with  Israel,  and  ''removed  them 
out  of  his  sight:  'there  was  none 
left  but  the  tribe  of  Judah  only. 

19  Also  '^  Judah  kept  not  the 
commandments  of  Jehovah  their 
God,  but  'walked  in  the  statutes 
of  Israel  which  they  ^made.  20 
And  Jehovah  rejected  all  the  seed 
of  Israel,  and  afflicted  them,  and 
'"delivered  them  into  the  hand  of 
spoilers,  until  he  had  cast  them 
out  of  his  sight.  21  For  "he  rent 
Israel  from  the  house  of  David; 
and  "they  made  Jeroboam  the  son 
of  Nebat  king:  and  ^Jeroboam 
'■^drove  Israel  from  following  Je- 
hovah, and  made  them  sin  a  great 
sin.  22  And  the  children  of  Israel 
walked  in  all  the  sins  of  Jeroboam 
which  he  did;  they  departed  not 
from  them;  23  'until  Jehovah  re- 
moved Israel  out  of  his  sight,  ''as 
he  spake  by  all  his  servants  the 
prophets.  *So  Israel  was  carried 
away  out  of  their  own  land  to 
Assyria  unto  this  day. 

24  'And  the  king  of  Assyria 
brought  men  from  Babylon,  and 
from  Cuthah,  and  from  "Avva,  and 
from  "Hamath  and  Sephaiyaim, 
and  placed  them  in  the  cities  of 
Samaria  instead  of  the  children  of 
Israel ;  and  they  possessed  Sama- 
ria, and  dwelt  in  the  cities  thereof. 
25  And  so  it  was,  at  the  beginning 
of  their  dwelling  there,  that  they 
feared  not  Jehovah :  therefore  Je- 
hovah sent  lions  among  them,  which 
killed  some  of  them.  26  Wherefore 
they  spake  to  the  king  of  Assyria, 
saying,  The  nations  which  thou 
hast  carried  away,  and  placed  in 
the  cities  of  Samaria,  know  not  the 
law  of  the  god  of  the  land :  there- 
fore he  hath  sent  lions  among  them, 
and,  behold,  they  slay  them,  be- 
cause they  know  not  the  law  of  the 
god  of  the  land. 

1  Or,  practised 

'  According  to  another  reading,  drew  Israel 
zway. 


"  1  K.  12.  2.1 
>>  1  K.  14.  16. 

23 
'  ch.  21.  3  ; 

Dt.  4.  1.0,  I'J 
d  1  K.  le.  31 
*  ch.  16.  3 
/  Lev.  19.  20 ; 

Dt.  18. 

10-12 
"  1  K.  21.  20 
''  ver.  6 
'  1  K.  11.  13, 

32,  :i(j 

k  1  K.  14.  22, 

23 
'  ch.  16.  3 
'"  ch.  15.  29 
"  1  K.  11.  11, 

31 
"  1  K.  12.  20 
P  1  K.  12. 

28-33 
5  ver.  6 
"■  ver.  13 
"  ver.  6 
'  Ezr.  4.  2, 

10 
"  ch.  18.  34 
"  1  K.  8.  65 


^  1  K.  12.  31 ; 

13.  32 
V  ver.  24 
-  ver.  17 
"  ch.  19.  37 
''  ver.  24 
"  Zeph.  1.  ,5 
''  1  K.  12.  31 


'  Gen.  32. 
28  ;  35.  10 


fJudg.  6.  10 
•"  Ex.  20.  5 


'i  Kx.  14. 
15-30 


'■  Ex.  6.  e  ;  9. 


k  Lev.  19.  32 ; 
Dt.  6.  13 


'Dt.  4.  23; 
6.  12 


S86 


27  Then  the  king  of  Assyria  com- 
manded, saying,  Carry  thither  one 
of  the  priests  whom  ye  brought 
from  thence;  and  let  them  go  and 
dwell  there,  and  let  him  teach  them 
the  law  of  the  god  of  the  land.  28 
So  one  of  the  priests  whom  they 
had  carried  away  from  Samaria 
came  and  dwelt  in  Beth-el,  and 
taught  them  how  they  should  fear 
Jehovah.  29  Howbeit  every  nation 
made  gods  of  their  own,  and  put 
them  -"in  the  houses  of  the  high 
places  which  the  Samaritans  had 
made,  every  nation  in  their  cities 
wherein  they  dwelt.  30  And  -'the 
men  of  Babylon  made  Succoth- 
benoth,  and  the  men  of  Cuth  made 
Nergal,  and  the  men  of  Hamath 
made  Ashima,  31  and  the  Avvites 
made  Nibhaz  and  Tartak ;  and  'the 
Sepharvites  burnt  their  children 
in  the  fire  to  "Adrammelech  and 
Anammelech,  the  ^gods  of  'Seph- 
arvaim.  32  ''So  they  feared  Jeho- 
vah, and  ''made  unto  them  from 
among  themselves  priests  of  the 
high  places,  who  sacrificed  for 
them  in  the  houses  of  the  high 
places.  33  They  feared  Jehovah, 
and  served  their  own  gods,  after 
the  manner  of  the  nations  from 
among  whom  they  had  been  car- 
ried away. 

34  Unto  this  day  they  do  after 
the  former  manner:  they  fear  not 
Jehovah,  neither  do  they  after 
their  statutes,  oi-  after  their  ordi- 
nances, or  after  the  law  or  after  the 
commandment  which  Jehovah  com- 
manded the  children  of  Jacob, 
*whom  he  named  Israel;  35  with 
whom  Jehovah  had  made  a  cove- 
nant, and  charged  them,  saying. 
•''Ye  shall  not  fear  other  gods,  not 
''bow  yourselves  to  them,  nor  serve 
them,  nor  sacrifice  to  them :  36  but 
Jehovah,  ''who  brought  you  up  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt  with  great 
power  and  with  'an  outstretched 
arm,  *him  shall  ye  fear,  and  unto 
him  shall  ye  bow  yourselves,  and 
to  him  shall  ye  sacrifice:  37  and 
the  statutes  and  the  ordinances, 
and  the  law  and  the  command- 
ment, which  he  wrote  for  you,  'ye 
shall  observe  to  do  for  evermore; 
and  ye  shall  not  fear  other  gods: 

38  and  the  covenant  that  I  have 
made  with  you  ""ye  shall  not  forget ; 
neither  shall  ye  fear  other  gods: 

39  but  Jehovan  your  God  shall  ye 
fear;  and  he  will  deliver  you  out 

»  Or,  aod 


17.  40 


II.   KINGS 


18.22 


llezflviiik  Kin?  of  Juduli.    Kis  Good  Rci?n.    Captivity  of  Lsrad.    J iiduli  invaded  by  Sennarherib.     Rabshakeh's  Detiitnt  Speech 


of  the  hand  of  Jill  your  enemies.  40 
Hovvbeit  they  did  not  liearken,  but 
they  did  after  their  former  manner. 
41  "tSo  these  nations  feared  Jeho- 
vah, and  served  their  graven  im- 
ages; their  children  likewise,  and 
their  childi'eirs  children,  as  did 
their  fathers,  so  do  they  unto  this 
day. 

'i  O  Now  it  came  to  pass  *in 
JLO  the  third  year  of  Hoshea  son 
of  Elah  king  of  Israel,  that  'Heze- 
kiah  the  son  of  Ahaz  king  of  Judah 
began  to  reign.  '2  ''Twenty  and  five 
years  old  was  he  when  he  began  to 
reign ;  and  he  reigned  twenty  and 
nine  years  in  Jerusalem:  and  his 
mother's  name  was  A  hi  the  daugh- 
ter of  Zechariah.  3  'And  he  did 
that  which  was  right  in  the  eyes  of 
Jehovah,  according  to  all  that  Da- 
vid his  father  had  done.  4  ■''He 
removed  the  high  places,  and  brake 
the  pillars,  and  cut  down  the  Ash- 
erah  :  and  he  brake  in  pieces  ^  the 
brazen  serpent  that  Sloses  had 
made ;  for  unto  those  days  the 
children  of  Israel  did  burn  incense 
to  it;  and  'he  called  it  "Nehush- 
tan.  5  ''  He  trusted  in  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel ;  '  so  that  after 
hkn  was  none  like  him  among  all 
the  kings  of  Judah,  nor  among 
them  that  were  before  him.  6  For 
he  clave  to  Jehovah  ;  he  departed 
not  from  following  hini,  but  kept 
his  commandments,  which  Jehovah 
commanded  Moses.  7  *  And  Jeho- 
vah was  with  him ;  whithersoever 
he  went  forth  he  prospered  :  and 
'  he  rebelled  against  the  king  of 
Assyria,  and  served  him  not.  ^ 
'"  He  smote  the  Philistines  unto 
Gaza  and  the  borders  thereof,  from 
"  the  tower  of  the  watchmen  to  the 
fortified  city. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
fourth  year  of  king  Hezekiah, 
which  was  the  seventh  year  of 
Hoshea  son  of  Elah  king  of  Israel, 
that  "Shalmaneser  king  of  Assyria 
came  up  against  Samaria,  and  be- 
sieged it.  10  And  at  the  end  of 
three  years  they  took  it :  in  the 
sixth  year  of  Hezekiah,  which  was 
the  ninth  year  of  Hoshea  king  of 
Israel,  Samaria  was  taken.  1 1  And 
the  king  of  Assyria  carried  Israel 
away  unto  Assyria,  and  put  them 
in  Halah,  and  on  the  Habor,  the 
river  of  Gozan,  and  in  the  cities  of 
the  Medes,  12  because  they  obeyed 
not  the  voice  of  Jehovah  their  God, 

1  Or,  it  was  called     *  That  is,  A  piece  of  brass.  I 


"  Zeph. 

1.  5 

Mt.  0. 

21 

>>  ch.  11) 

•J  ; 

17.  1 

"L'Chr. 

28.2 

''  2  Chr. 

29. 

'•  ch'  20 

3, 

2Chi- 

3l'. 

20 
/  ver.  22  ; 

2  Chr.  31.  1 
■'  Num.  21. 

S,  9 
''  ch.  19.  10 
'  ch.  23.  26 
*-•  Gen.  39.  2, 

3  ;  1  S.  18. 
14 

'  ch.  16.  7 
"'  2  Chr.  28. 

IS;  Is.  14. 

29 
"  cli.  17.  9 
"  ch.  17.  3-7 


P  Is.  36.  1- 

39.  8  ; 

2  Chr.  32. 

1.  &c. 
'J  ver.  7 
'■  ch.  12.  18  ; 

16.  8:  1  K. 

1.').  18,  19 
»  Is.  20.  1 


'  ch.  20.  20  ; 
Is.  7.  3 


"  ch.  19.  2  ; 

Is.  22.  20 


y  Is.  30.  2,  3, 

7 ;  Ezek. 
29.  6,  7 


'  ver.  4  ; 
2  Chr.  31.  1 


but  transgres.sed  his  covenant,  even 
all  that  Moses  the  servant  of  Je- 
hovah commanded,  and  would  not 
hear  it,  nor  do  it. 

13  ^iS^ow  in  the  fourteenth  j'^ear 
of  king  Hezekiah  did  ^Sennacherib 
king  of  Assyria  come  up  against  all 
the  fortified  cities  of  Judah,  and 
took  them.  14  And  Hezekiah  king 
of  Judah  sent  to  the  king  of  As- 
syria to  Lachish,  saying,  "1  have 
offended  ;  return  from  me  :  that 
which  thou  puttest  on  me  will  I 
bear.  And  the  king  of  Assyria  ap- 
pointed unto  Hezekiah  king  of 
Judah  three  hundred  talents  of 
silver  and  thirty  talents  of  gold. 
15  And  ''Hezekiah  gave  him  all 
the  silver  that  was  found  in  the 
house  of  .Jehovah,  and  in  the  treas- 
ures of  the  king's  house.  16  At 
that  time  did  Hezekiah  cut  off  the 
gold  from  the  doors  of  the  temple 
of  Jehovah,  and  /rom  the  "*  pillars 
which  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah  had 
overlaid,  and  gave  it  to  the  king  of 
Assyria.  17  And  the  king  of  As- 
syria sent  ^ "  Tartan  and  ^  Rab-saris 
and  ^Rabshakeh  from  Lachish  to 
king  Hezekiah  with  a  great  army 
unto  Jerusalem.  And  they  went  up 
and  came  to  Jerusalem.  And  when 
they  were  come  up,  they  came  and 
stood  by  the  'conduit  of  the  upper 
pool,  which  is  in  the  highway  of 
the  fuller's  field.  18  And  when 
they  had  called  to  the  king,  there 
came  out  to  them  "  Eliakim  the  son 
of  Hilkiah,  who  was  over  the  house- 
hold, and  "Shebnah  the  "^scribe, 
and  Joah  the  son  of  Asaph  the 
'  recorder. 

19  And  Rabshakeh  said  unto 
them.  Say  ye  nov*^  to  Hezekiah, 
Thus  saith  the  great  kin^,  the 
king  of  Assyria,  What  confidence 
is  this  wherein  thou  trustesti  20 
Thou  say  est  (but  they  are  but 
'^vain  words),  IViere  is  counsel  and 
strength  for  the  war.  Now  on 
whom  dost  thou  trust,  "^  that  thou 
hast  rebelled  against  me  ^  21  Now, 
behold,  ^thou  trustest  upon  the 
staff  of  this  bruised  reed,  even 
upoTi  Egypt ;  whereon  if  a  man 
lean,  it  will  go  into  his  hand,  and 
pierce  it :  so  is  Pharaoh  king  of 
Egypt  unto  all  that  trust  on  him. 
22  But  if  ye  say  unto  me.  We  trust 
in  Jehovan  our  God  ;  is  not  that 
he,  whose  high  places  and  ^  whose 

3  Heb.  Sanherib.  *  Or,  doorposts 

^  The  titles  of  Assyrian  officers. 
«  Or,  secretary  '  Or,  chronicler 

8  Heb.  a  word  of  the  lips. 


887 


18.23 


II    KINGS 


19.8 


Babshakeh's  Defiant  Speech.    Hezekiah  is  alarmed,  but  is  comforted  by  Isaiali 


altars  Hezekiah  hath  taken  awaj", 
and  hath  said  to  Judah  and  to 
Jerusalem,  Ye  shall  worship  before 
this  altar  in  Jerusalem  |?  23  Now 
therefore,  I  pray  thee,  'give  pledges 
to  my  master  the  king  of  Assyria, 
and  I  will  give  thee  two  thousand 
horses,  if  thou  be  able  on  thy  part 
to  set  riders  upon  them.  24  How 
then  canst  thou  turn  away  the  face 
of  one  captain  of  the  least  of  my 
master's  servants,  and  put  thy 
trust  on  Egypt  for  chariots  and  for 
horsemen"?  25  Am  I  now  come  up 
without  Jehovah  against  this  place 
to  destroy  if?  Jehovah  said  unto 
me.  Go  up  against  this  land,  and 
destroy  it. 

26  Then  said  Eliakim  the  son  of 
Hilkiah,  and  IShebnah,  and  Joah, 
unto  Rabshakeh,  Speak,  I  pray 
thee,  to  thy  servants  in  "  the  ^  Syr- 
ian language  ;  for  we  understand 
it :  and  speak  not  with  us  in  the 
Jews'  language,  in  the  ears  of  the 
people  that  are  on  the  wall.  27  But 
Rabshakeh  said  unto  them.  Hath 
my  master  sent  me  to  thy  master, 
and  to  thee,  to  speak  these  words  1 
hath  he  not  se7it  me  to  the  men  that 
sit  on  the  wall,  to  eat  their  own  dung, 
and  to  drink  their  own  water  with 
you"?  28  Then  Rabshakeh  stood, 
and  cried  with  a  loud  voice  in  the 
Jews'  language,  and  spake,  saying. 
Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  great  king, 
the  king  of  Assyria.  29  Thus  saitli 
the  king,  Let  not  Hezekiah  deceive 
you ;  for  he  will  not  be  able  to  de- 
liver you  out  of  his  hand :  30  neither 
let  Hezekiah  make  you  trust  in  Je- 
hovah, saying,  Jehovah  will  surely 
deliver  us,  and  this  city  shall  not 
be  given  into  the  hand  of  the  king 
of  Assyria.  31  Hearken  not  to 
Hezekiah :  for  thus  saith  the  king 
of  Assyria,  ^  Make  your  peace  with 
me,  and  come  out  to  me ;  and  eat 
ye  'every  one  of  his  vine,  and  every 
one  of  his  fig-tree,  and  drink  ye 
every  one  the  waters  of  his  own 
cistern ;  32  until  I  come  and  take 
you  away  "  to  a  land  like  your  own 
land,  a  land  of  grain  and  new 
wine,  a  land  of  bread  and  vine- 
yards, a  land  of  olive-trees  and  of 
honey,  that  ye  may  live,  and  not 
die :  and  hearken  not  unto  Heze- 
kiah, when  he  persuadeth  you, 
saying,  Jehovah  will  deliver  us. 
33  "^  Hath  any  of  the  gods  of  the 
nations  ever  delivered  his  land  out 

1  Or,  make  a  wager  with     2  Heb.  Aramean. 
3  Heb.  Make  with,  me  a  blessing. 


.7; 


"  Ezr.  4 
Dan. ; 
f>  1  K.  4.  20, 

'^  Dt.  8.  7-9 ; 

11.  12 
rf'ch.  19.  12; 

Is.  10. 10, 11 


^  ch.  19.  13 
/  Is.  10.  9 
'■'  ch.  17.  24 
''  ver.  IS,  26 
>  ch.  6.  30 
*  2  Chr.  32. 

20-22  ;  Is. 

37.  1-38 
'  ch.  18.  37 
"'  1  K.  21.  27 
"  2  S.  3.  31 
°  Is.  1.  1 ;  2. 1 

P  Josh.  14. 
12;  2S.  16. 
12 


«  ch.  18.  35 


*■  Is.  1.  9 


"  ch.  18.  17 
'  ch.  18.  22- 

2.5,  30,  35 
"  ch.  7.  6 

"  ver.  37 


*  Josh.  10. 29 


of  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Assjrria  ] 
34  ^  Where  are  the  gods  of  Hamath, 
and  of  ■''  Arpad  1  wliei'e  are  the  gods 
of  Sepharvaim,  of  Hena,  and  ^  iv- 
vah  1  nave  they  delivered  Samaria 
out  of  my  hand"?  3-5  Who  are  they 
among  all  the  gods  of  the  coun- 
tries, that  have  delivered  their 
country  out  of  my  hand,  that  Je- 
hovah should  deliver  Jerusalem  out 
of  my  hand  ? 

36  But  the  people  held  their 
peace,  and  answered  him  not  a 
word ;  for  the  king's  command- 
ment was,  saying,  Answer  him 
not.  37  Then  came  ''Ehakim  the 
son  of  Hilkiah,  who  was  over  the 
household,  and  Shebna  the  scribe, 
and  Joah  the  son  of  Asaph  the 
recorder,  to  Hezekiah  'with  their 
clothes  rentj  and  told  him  the 
woi'ds  of  Rabshakeh. 
"1  O  /'And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
X  XJ  king  Hezekiah  heard  it,  that 
he  '  rent  his  clothes,  and  '"  covered 
himself  with  sackcloth,  and  went 
into  the  house  of  Jehovah.  2  And 
he  sent  Eliakim,  who  was  over  the 
household,  and  Shebna  the  scribe, 
and  the  elders  of  the  priests,  "  cov- 
ered with  sackcloth,  unto  "Isaiah 
the  prophet  the  son  of  Amoz.  3 
And  they  said  unto  him,  Thus 
saith  Hezekiah,  This  day  is  a  day 
of  trouble,  and  of  rebuke,  and  of 
contumely ;  for  the  children  are 
come  to  the  birth,  and  there  is  not 
strength  to  bring  forth.  4  ^It  may 
be  Jehovah  thy  God  will  hear  all 
the  words  of  Rabshakeh,  *whom 
the  king  of  Assyria  his  master 
hath  sent  *  to  defy  the  living  God, 
and  will  rebuke  the  words  wliich 
Jehovah  thy  God  hath  heard  : 
wherefore  lift  up  thy  prayer  for 
''the  remnant  that  is  left.  5  So 
the  servants  of  king  Hezekiah 
came  to  Isaiah.  6  And  Isaiah 
said  unto  them.  Thus  shall  ye  say 
to  5'our  master.  Thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah, Be  not  afraid  of  the  words 
that  thou  hast  heard,  wherewith 
'  the  servants  of  the  king  of  Assj^ria 
'have  blasphemed  me.  7  Behold, 
I  will  put  a  spirit  in  him,  and  "  he 
shall  hear  tidings,  and  shall  return 
to  his  own  land  ;  and  ^  I  will  cause 
him  to  fall  by  the  sword  in  his  own 
land. 

8  So  Rabshakeh  returned,  and 
found  the  king  of  Assyria  warring 
against  ^Libnah  ;  for  he  had  heard 

*  Or,  wherewith  the  king  of  Assyria  hath  sent 
him 


388 


19.  9 


II.   KINGS 


19.31 


Sennacherib's  Message  to  Uezekiah.    Uezekiah's  Prayer.    Isaiah's  Trophecy  of  Deliverance 


that  he  was  departed  from  "La- 
chish.  9  And  when  he  heard  say  of 
Tirhakah  king  of  Ethiopia,  Behold, 
he  is  come  out  to  tiglit  against  thee, 
he  sent  messengers  again  unto 
Hezekiah,  saying,  10  Thus  shall  ye 
speak  to  Hezekiah  king  of  Judan, 
saying,  *  Let  not  thy  Uod  in  whom 
thou  trustest  deceive  thee,  saying, 
'Jerusalem  shall  not  be  given  into 
the  hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria. 
1 1  Behold,  thou  hast  heard  what 
the  kings  of  Assyria  have  done  to 
all  lands,  by  ^  destroying  them  ut- 
terly :  and  shalt  thou  be  deliv- 
ered 1  12  "^Have  the  gods  of  the 
nations  delivered  them,  which  my 
fathers  have  destroyed,  *Gozan, 
and-'Haran,  and  Eezeph,  and  ^the 
children  of  Eden  that  were  in  Te- 
lassar  ?  13  ''Where  is  the  king  of 
Hamath,  and  the  king  of  Arpad, 
and  the  king  of  the  city  of  Sepnar- 
vaim,  of  Hena,  and  Ivvah  1 

1-t  And  'Hezekiah  received  the 
letter  from  the  hand  of  the  mes- 
sengers, and  read  it ;  and  Hezekiah 
went  up  unto  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah, and  spread  it  before  Jehovah. 
15  And  Hezekiah  i)rayed  before 
Jehovah,  and  said,  O  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  Israel,  *  that  -  sittest  above 
the  cherubim,  'thou  art  the  God, 
even  thou  alone,  of  all  the  king- 
doms of  the  earth  ;  thou  hast  made 
heaven  and  earth.  16'"  Incline 
thine  ear,  O  Jehovah,  and  hear; 
"open  thine  eyes,  O  Jehovah,  and 
see ;  and  hear  the  words  of  Sen- 
nacherib, wherewith  he  hath  sent 
him  "to  defy  the  living  God.  17 
Of  a  truth,  Jehovah,  the  kings  of 
Assyria  have  laid  waste  the  na- 
tions and  their  lands,  18  and  have 
cast  their  gods  into  the  fire ;  ^  for 
they  were  no  gods,  but  the  work 
of  men's  hands,  wood  and  stone  ; 
therefore  they  have  destroyed 
them.  1 9  Now  therefore,  O  Jeho- 
vah our  God,  save  thou  us,  I  be- 
seech thee,  out  of  his  hand,  *  that 
all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  may 
know  that  *■  thou  Jehovah  art  God 
alone. 

20  Then  Isaiah  the  son  of  Amoz 
sent  to  Hezekiah,  saying.  Thus 
saith  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel, 
Whereas  thou  hast  prayed  to  me 
against  Sennacherib  king  of  As- 
sj'ria,  *  I  have  heard  thee.  21  This 
is  the  woi'd  that  Jehovah  hatli 
spoken  concerning  him  :  '  The  vir- 
gin   daughter    of    Zion    hath    de- 

1  Heb.  devoting  them.       -  Or,  art  enthroned 


"  ch.  18.  U 
b  ch.  18.  5 
•^  ch.  18.  30 
<'  ch.  18.  33 
'■  ch.  17.  6 
/Gen.  11.  31 
"  Is.  37.  12 
''  ch.  18.  34 
'  Is.  37.  14 
*  Ex.  26.  22 
'  fh.  ft.  lo 
'"  Ps.  31.  2  ; 

Is.  37.  17 
"  1  K.  8.  29  ; 

2  Chr.  6.  40 
"  ver.  4 
J'  Is.  44.  9- 

20;  Acts 

17.  29 
9  1  K.  8.  42, 

43 
""ver.  15 
'  ch.  20.  5 
t  Jer.  14.  17  ; 

Lam.  2.  13 


"  Ps.  109.  2.5 ; 

Mt.  27.  39 
^  ver.  4 
^  ver.  6 
y  Is.  5.  24 ; 

30.  11-15 
-ch.  18.  17 
"  2  Chr.  20. 

10 ;  Is.  10. 

18 
b  Is.  19.  6 
"=  Is.  4.5.  7 
rf  Is.  10.  5 


'  Ps.  129.  6 


/  Ezek.  19. 
9 ;  29.  4 


^  ver.  33, ; 


l>  ch.  20.  S,9; 
Ex.  3.  12 


'  ver.  4 ; 
2  Chr.  32. 
22,  23 


*  l8.  10.  20 
'  Is.  9.  7 


spised  thee  and  laughed  thee  to 
scorn;  the  daughter  of  Jeru.salem 
"hath  shaken  her  head  ^at  thee. 

22  Whom  hast  thou  'dehed  and 
"^  blasphemed  J  and  against  whom 
hast  thou  exalted  thy  voice  and 
lifted  up  thine  eyes  on  high  I  even 
against  the  ^Holy  One  of  Israel. 

23  '"  By  thy  messengers  thou  hast 
defied  the  Lord,  and  hast  said. 
With  the  *  multitude  of  my  chariots 
am  1  come  up  to  the  height  of  the 
mountains,  to  the  innermost  parts 
of  Lebanon ;  and  I  will  cut  down 
the  tall  cedars  thereof,  and  the 
choice  ^fir-trees  thereof;  and  1  will 
enter  into  his  farthest  lodging- 
place,  the  forest  of  his  °  fruitful 
field.  24  I  have  digged  and  drunk 
strange  waters,  and  with  the  sole 
of  my  feet  *  will  I  dry  up  all  the 
rivers  of  *^  Egypt. 

25  ''Hast  thou  not  heard  how  I 
have  done  it  long  ago,  and  formed 
it  of  ancient  times'?  ''now  have  I 
brought  it  to  pass,  that  it  should 
be  thine  to  lay  waste  fortified 
cities  into  ruinous  heaps.  26 
Therefore  their  inhabitants  were 
of  small  power,  they  were  dismayed 
and  confounded  ;  they  were  "  as  the 
grass  of  the  field,  and  as  the  green 
herb,  as  the  grass  on  the  housetops, 
and  as  grain  blasted  before  it  is 
grown  up.  27  But  I  know  thy 
sitting  down,  and  thy  going  out, 
and  thy  coming  in,  and  thy  raging 
against  me.  28  Because  of  thy 
raging  against  me,  and  because 
'thine  arrogancy  is  come  up  into 
mine  eai's,  therefore-^ will  I  put  mj^ 
hook  in  thy  nose,  and  my  bridle 
in  thy  lips  and  "I  M'ill  turn  thee 
back  by  the  way  by  which  thou 
earnest. 

29  And  this  shall  be  ''the  sign 
unto  thee :  ye  shall  eat  this  year 
that  which  groweth  of  itself,  and 
in  the  second  year  that  which 
springeth  of  the  same ;  and  in  the 
third  year  sow  ye,  and  reap,  and 
plant  vineyards,  and  eat  the  fruit 
thereof.  30  'And  "the  remnant 
that  is  escaped  of  the  house  of 
Judah  shall  again  take  root  down- 
ward, and  bear  fruit  upward.  31 
Eorout  of  Jerusalem  shall  go  forth 
a  remnant,  and  *out  of  mount 
Zion  they  that  shall  escape :  '  the 

3  Heb.  nfter. 

*  According  to  another  reading,  driving. 
6  Or,  cypress       «  Or,  defence    Heb.  Mazor. 
"  Or,  thy  careless  ease  ,,.,,., 

s  Heb.  the  escaped  of  the  house  of  Judah  that 
remain. 


889 


19.32 


XL   KINGS 


20.17 


Sennacherib  discomfited  and  slain.    Hezekiah  sick.    His  Life  prolonged.    He  sliows  Iiis  Treasures  to  Babylonians 


zeal  of  ^Jehovah  shall  perform 
this.  32  Therefore  thus  saith  Je- 
hovah concerning  the  king  of  As- 
syria, "  He  shall  nob  come  unto  this 
city,  nor  shoot  an  arrow  there, 
neither  shall  he  come  before  it 
with  shield,  nor  cast  up  a  mound 
against  it.  33  *  By  the  way  that 
he  came,  by  the  same  shall  he  re- 
turn, and  he  shall  not  come  unto 
this  city,  saith  Jehovah.  34  "For 
I  will  defend  this  city  to  save  it, 
for  mine  own  sake,  and  "^for  my 
servant  David's  sake. 

35  "And  it  came  to  pass  that 
night,  that  •'^the  angel  or  Jehovah 
went  forth,  and  smote  in  the  camp 
of  the  Assyrians  a  hundred  four- 
score and  five  thousand  :  and  when 
men  arose  early  in  the  morning, 
behold,  these  were  all  dead  bodies. 

36  So  ^Sennacherib  king  of  As- 
syria departed,  and  went  and  re- 
turned,  and    dwelt    at  ''Nineveh. 

37  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  was 
worshipping  in  the  house  of  Nis- 
roch  his  god,  that  ^ '  Adrammelech 
and  Sharezer  smote  him  with  the 
sword :  and  they  escaped  into 
*the  land  of  Ararat.  And/Esar- 
haddon  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

Ol^  *"  In  those  days  was  Heze- 
ww  kiah  sick  unto  death.^  And 
Isaiah  the  prophet  the  son  of  Amoz 
came  to  him,  and  said  unto  him, 
Thus  saith  Jehovah,  "  Set  thy 
house  in  order  ;  for  thou  shalt  die, 
and  not  live.  2  Then  he  turned 
his  face  to  the  wall,  and  prayed 
unto  Jehovah,  saying,  3  "Remem- 
ber now,  O  Jehovah,  I  beseecli 
thee,  /'how  I  have  walked  before 
thee  in  truth  and  with  a  perfect 
heart,  and  have  done  that  which  is 
good  in  thy  sight.  And  ''  Hezekiah 
wept  sore.  4  And  it  came  to  pass, 
before  Isaiah  was  gone  *out  into 
•^the  middle  part  of  the  city,  that 
the  word  of  Jehovah  came  to  him, 
saying,  5  Turn  back,  and  say  to 
*■  Hezekiah  the  ^prince  of  my  peo- 
ple. Thus  saith  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  David  thy  father,  *I  have  heard 
thy  prayer,  '  I  have  seen  thy  tears  : 
behold.  I  will  heal  thee ;  on  the 
third  day  thou  shalt  go  up  unto 
the  house  of  Jehovah.  6  And  I 
will    add    unto    thy    claj^s    fifteen 

1  According  to  another  reading,  Jehovah  of 
losts.  and  so  in  Is.  .f7.  S2. 

2  According  to  another  reading.  Adrnmme'ech 
•■lul  Sharf.zrr  hi^i  sons  (and  so  in  Is.  37.  38). 

3  Or,  out  if 

<  According  to  another  reading,  the  middle 
fcurt.  6  Or,  leader 


«  Is.  8.  7-10 
s  ver.  28 
"  ch.  20.  6  ; 

Is  31.  r, 
d  1  K.  U.  12, 

13 
«  2  Chr.  32. 

21 
/  2  S.  24.  16 
"  ver.  7,  28, 

33 
*  Jon.  1.  2 
'  ch.  17.  31 
t  Gen.  8.  4  ; 

Jer.  61.  27 
I  Ezr.  4.  2 
"'  2  Ciir.  32. 

24  ;  Is.  38. 

1-22 
"  2  S.  17.  23 
"Neh.  o.  19; 

13.  14,  22,  31 
P  ch.  18.  3-0 
«  2  S.  12.  21, 


16; 


"■  1  S.  9. 

10.  1 
'  ch.  19.  20 
t  Ps.  39.  12 


"  ch.  19.  34 
"  Josh.  10. 
12-14 

"  2  Chr.  32. 
31 ;  Is.  39. 

1-8 


y  2  Chr.  32 

27 


•  ch.  24.  13  ; 
2.i.  13-15 ; 
Jer.  62.  17- 
19 


390 


years  ;  and  I  will  deliver  thee  and 
this  city  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
king  of  Assyria  ;  and  "I  will  defend 
this  city  for  mine  own  sake,  and 
for  my  servant  Davids  sake.  7 
And  Isaiah  said,  Take  a  cake  of 
figs.  And  they  took  and  laid  it  on 
the  boil,  and  he  recovered. 

8  And  Hezekiah  said  unto 
Isaiah,  What  shall  be  the  sign  that 
Jehovah  will  heal  me,  and  that  I 
shall  go  up  unto  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah the  third  day  I  !J  And  Isaiah 
said.  This  shall  be  the  sign  unto 
thee  from  Jehovah,  that  Jehovah 
will  do  the  thing  that  he  hath 
spoken :  ^  shall  the  shadow  go  for- 
ward ten  '^  steps,  or  go  back  ten 
steps'?  10  And  Hezekiah  answered, 
It  is  a  light  thing  for  the  shadow 
to  decline  ten  steps :  nay,  but  let 
the  shadow  return  backward  ten 
steps.  1 1  And  Isaiah  the  prophet 
cried  unto  Jehovah ;  and  ''  he 
brought  the  shadow  ten  steps 
backward,  by  which  it  had  gone 
down  on  the  ®  dial  of  Ahaz. 

12  ""At  that  time  "Berodach- 
baladan  the  son  of  Baladan,  king 
of    Babylon,    sent    letters   and    a 

E resent  unto  Hezekiah ;  for  he  had 
eard  that  Hezekiah  had  been 
sick.  13  And  Hezekiah  hearkened 
unto  them,  and  showed  them  ■"  all 
the  house  of  his  ^°  precious  things, 
the  silver,  and  the  gold,  and  the 
spices,  and  the  precious  oil,  and 
'Hhe  house  of  his  ^- armor,  and  all 
that  was  found  in  his  treasures  : 
there  was  nothing  in  his  house,  nor 
in  all  his  dominion,  that  Hezekiah 
showed  them  not.  14  Then  came 
Isaiah  the  prophet  unto  king  Heze- 
kiah, and  said  unto  him.  What  said 
these  men  1  and  from  whence  came 
they  unto  thee^  And  Hezekiah 
said,  They  are  come  from  a  far 
country,  even  from  Babylon.  15 
And  he  said,  What  have  they  seen 
in  thy  house?  And  Hezekiah  an- 
swered. All  that  is  in  my  house 
have  they  seen :  there  is  notliing 
among  my  treasures  that  I  have 
not  showed  them. 

16  And  Isaiah  said  unto  Heze- 
kiah, Hear  the  word  of  Jehovah. 
17  Behold,  the  da.ys  come,  that 
^all  that  is  in  thy  house,  and  that 
which  thy  fathers  have  laid  up  in 

6  Or,  theshadon- )« qnvefonvard  ten  steps,  ishall 
it  (JO  hark  &c.        '  Or.  dearees       *  Heb.  steps. 

9  In  Is.  .39.  1.  Merodach-baladan. 
If  Or,  spicery 

■1  Another  reading  is,  all  the  house. 
12  Or,  jewels 


20.18 


II.   KINGS 


21.  2] 


Hanasseh's  Reign  over  Jadah.    His  Idolatry  and  Great  Wickedness.    Amou's  Reign  over  Jndali 


store  unto  this  day,  sliall  be  car- 
ried to  Babylon :  nothing  shall 
be  left,  saith  Jehovah.  18  And 
"  of  thy  sons  that  shall  issue  from 
thee,  whom  thou  shalt  beget,  shall 
they  take  away;  and  ''they  shall 
be  eunuchs  in  the  palace  of  the 
king  of  Babylon.  19  Then  said 
Hezekiah  unto  Isaiah,  "  Good  is  the 
word  of  Jehovah  which  thou  hast 
spoken.  He  said  moreover.  Is  it 
not  so,  if  peace  and  truth  shall  be 
in  my  days'?  20  ''Now  the  rest  of 
the  acts  of  Hezekiah,  and  all  his 
mifjht,  and  how  he  made  the  pool, 
and  the  conduit,  and  brought 
water  into  the  city,  are  they  not 
written  in  the  book  of  the  chron- 
icles of  the  kings  of  Judah*?  21 
'And  Hezekiah  slept  with  his 
fathers ;  and  JManasseh  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 
*)^  -^Manasseli  was  twelve 
jmJ  JL  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign ;  and_  he  reigned  five  and 
tifty  years  in  Jerusalem :  and  his 
mother's  name  was  Hephzibah.  2 
And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in 
the  sight  of  Jehovah,  ^ after  the 
abominations  of  the  nations  whom 
.Jehovah  cast  out  before  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel.  3  For  Mie  built 
again  the  high  places  which  Heze- 
kiah his  father  had  destroyed  ;  and 
'  he  reared  up  altars  for  Baal,  and 
made  an  Asherah,  as  did  Ahab 
king  of  Israel,  and  *  worshipped  all 
the  host  of  heaven,  and  served 
them.  4  And  'he  built  altars  in 
the  house  _  of  Jehovah,  whereof 
Jehovah  said,  ™  In  .Jerusalem  will  1 
put  my  name.  5  And  he  built 
altars  for  "all  the  host  of  heaven 
ill  "the  two  courts  of  the  house  of 
•Tehovah.  6  And  ^he  made  his  son 
to  pass  through  the  fire,  and  *  prac- 
tised augury,  and  used  enchant- 
ments, and  ^  dealt  with  them  that 
held  familiar  spirits,  and  with  wiz- 
ards :  he  wrought  much  evil  in 
the  sight  of  Jehovah,  to  provoke 
him  to  anger.  7  And  ''he  set  the 
graven  image  of  Asherah,  that  he 
had  made,  in  the  house  of  which 
•Jehovah  said  to  David  and  to  Solo- 
inon  his  son,  *In  this  house,  and 
in  .Jerusalem,  which  I  have  chosen 
out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  will  I 
put  my  name  for  ever;  8  'neither 
will  I  cause  the  feet  of  Israel  to 
wander  any  more  out  of  the  land 
which  I  gave  their  fathers,  if  only 
they  wdll  observe  to  do  according 

I  Or,  appointed    Heb.  raadt. 


"ch.  24.  12; 
2  Chr.  33. 


b  Uan.  1.  3-7 


»  2  Chr.  32. 
33 

/2Chr.  33. 
1-y 

"  ch.  16.  3 
''  ch.  18.  4 
'  1  K.  le.  31- 

33 
*^  ch.  17.  16  ; 

23.  5  ;  Dt. 

17.  2-5 
'  ch.  16.  10- 

16 
'"  1  K.  8.  29 
"  ch.  23.  4,  5 
"  ch.  23.  12  , 

1  K.  7.  12 

P  ch.  16.  3  ; 

17.  17; 

Lev.  IS.  21 
«  Lev.  19.  ^.;, 

31 ;  Dt.  IS. 

10-14 
*■  ch.  23.  6  ; 

Dt.  IB.  21 
'  1  K.  8.  29 ; 

9.  3 
<  ch.  18.  11, 

12  ;  2  S.  7. 

10 


"  ver.  2 ;  ch. 

21.  3,  4 
"  Gen.  l.i. 

16 ;  1 K.  21. 

26 
"  ver.  16 
y  ver.  21 
-  1  S.  3.  11  ; 

Jer.  19.  ?. 
"  Is.  34.  n  ; 

Am.  7.  7,  S 

(■  ch.  24.  4 


d  2  Chr.  33. 
11-19 


:  Chr.  33. 


»  ver.  2-6. 11, 


391 


to  all  that  I  have  commanded 
them,  and  according  to  all  the  Jaw 
that  my  servant  Moses  com- 
manded them.  9  But  they  heark- 
ened not :  and  Manasseh  seduced 
them  to  do  that  which  is  evil  more 
than  did  the  nations  whom  Jeho- 
vah destroyed  before  the  children 
of  Israel. 

10  And  Jehovah  spake  by  his 
servants  the  prophets,  saying,  1 1 
"Because  Manasseh  king  of  Judah 
hath  done  these  abominations,  and 
"hath  done  wickedly  above  all  that 
the  Amorites  did,  that  were  before 
him,  and  *hath  made  Judah  also 
to  sin  ^  with  his  idols  ;  1 2  there- 
fore thus  saith  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  Israel,  Behold,  1  bring  such  evil 
upon  Jerusalem  and  Judah,  that 
wnosoever  heareth  of  it,  '  both  his 
ears  shall  tingle.  13  "And  I  will 
stretch  over  Jerusalem  the  line  of 
Samaria,  and  the  plummet  of  the 
house  of  Ahab ;  and  I  will  wipe 
Jerusalem  as  a  man  wipeth  a  dish, 
wiping  it  and  turning  it  upside 
down.  14  And  I  will  cast  on  the 
i^emnant  of  mine  inheritance,  and 
deliver  them  into  the  hand  of  their 
enemies  ;  and  they  shall  become  a 
prej^  and  a  spoil  to  all  their  ene- 
mies;  1.5  because  they  have  done 
that  which  is  evil  in  my  sight, 
and  have  provoked  me  to  anger, 
since  the  day  their  fathers  came 
forth  out  of  Egypt,  even  unto  this 
day. 

16  *  Moreover  Manasseh  shed 
innocent  blood  very  much,  till  he 
had  filled  Jerusalem  from  one  end 
to  another  ;  besides  his  sin  "where- 
with he  made  Judah  to  sin,  in 
doing  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  Jehovah.  17  "'Now  the 
rest  of  the  acts  of  Manasseh,  and 
all  that  he  did,  and  his  sin  that  he 
sinned,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings, 
of  Judah?  18  'And  Manas.seh 
slept  with  his  fathers,  and  wasi- 
buried  in  the  garden  of  his  own 
house,  -^in  the  garden  of  Uzza  :  and 
Amon  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

19  Amon  was  twenty  and  two 
years  old  when  he  began  to  reign  ; 
and  he  reigned  two  years  in  Jeru- 
salem :  and  his  mother's  name  was 
Meshullemeth  the  daughter  of 
Haruz  of  Jotbah.  20  And  he  did 
that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight 
of  Jehovah,  "as  did  Manasseh  Iiis 
father.  21  And  he  walked  in  all 
the  way  that  his  father  walked  in. 


21.22 


II.   KINGS 


22.19 


Josiah  Ring  of  Jndah.    The  Temple  repaired.    Uilkiah  finds  the  Book  of  the  Law.    Haldah's  Word  concerning  it 


and  served  the  idols  that  his  father 
served,  and  worshipped  them :  22 
and  "  he  forsook  Jehovah,  the  God 
o^  his  fathers,  and  walked  not  in 
the  way  of  Jehovah.  23  And  ''  the 
servants  of  Amon  conspired  against 
him,  and  put  the  king  to  death  in 
his  own  house.  24  But  Hhe  peo- 
ple of  the  land  slew  all  them  that 
had  conspired  against  king  Amon  ; 
and  the  people  of  the  land  made 
Josiah  his  son  king  in  his  stead. 
25  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Amon  which  he  did,  are  they  not 
written  in  the  book  of  the  chron- 
icles of  the  kings  of  Judah'?  26 
And  he  was  buried  in  his  sepul- 
chre"^ in  the  garden  of  Uzza:  and 
Josiah  his  son  I'eigned  in  his 
stead. 

O  fy  "  Josiah  was  eight  years 
jimj  ^  old  when  he  began  to  reign  ; 
and  he  reigned  thirty  and  one 
years  in  Jerusalem :  and  his 
mother's  name  was  .Jedidah  the 
daughter  of  Adaiah  of  -^Bozkath. 
2  And  he  did  that  which  was  right 
in  the  eyes  of  Jehovah,  and  walked 
in  all  the  way  of  David  his  father, 
and  -'  turned  not  aside  to  the  right 
hand  or  to  the  left. 

3  And  it  came  to  pass  in  tlie 
eighteenth  year  of  king  Josiah, 
that  the  kin^  sent  Shaphan,  the 
son  of  Azaliah  the  son  of  Meshul- 
1am,  the  scribe,  to  the  house  of 
Jehovah,  saying,  4  ''Go  up  to  Hil- 
kiah  the  high  priest,  that  he  may 
sum  the  money  which  is  brought 
into  the  house  of  Jehovah,  which 
the  keepers  of  the  threshold  have 
gathered  of  the  people  :  5  '  and  let 
them  deliver  it  into  the  hand  of 
the  workmen  that  have  the  over- 
sight of  the  house  of  Jehovah  ;  and 
let  them  give  it  to  the  workmen 
that  are  in  the  house  of  Jehovah, 
to  repair  the  breaches  of  the 
house,  6  unto  the  carpenters,  and 
to  the  builders,  and  to  the  masons, 
and  for  buying  timber  and  hewn 
stone  to  repair  the  house.  _  7  How- 
beit  ^^  there  was  no  reckoning  made 
with  them  of  the  money  that  was 
delivered  into  their  hand  ;  for  they 
dealt  faithfully. 

8  And  Hilkiah  the  high  priest 
said  unto  Shaphan  the  scribe,  ^I 
have  found  the  book  of  the  law  in 
the  house  of  Jehovah.  And  Hilkiah 
delivered  the  book  to  Shaphan,  and 
he  read  it.  9  And  Shaphan  the 
scribe  came  to  the  kmg,  and 
brought  the  king  word  again,  and 


"  ch.  22.  17  ; 

1  Cbr.  28.  9 
b  ch.  12.  20  i 

14.  19 
•^  ch.  14.  6 
d  ver.  18 
«2Chr.  34. 

1,  &c. 
/  Josh.  15.  39 
9  Dt.  5.  32  ; 

Josh.  1.  7 
ft  ch.  12.  4, 9, 

10 

i  ch.  12.  11- 

14 
fc  ch.  12.  15 
'  Dt.  31. 

24-26  ; 

2  Chr.  34. 
14,  15 


"'  Gen.  37. 

34 ;  Josh. 

7.  6 
"  ch.  25.  22  ; 

Jer.  26.  24 
"  2  Chr.  34. 

20 
P  Dt.  29. 

23-28;  31. 

17,  IS 


1  2  Chr.  34. 

22 


■  Zeph.  1.  10 


'ch.  21.  22; 
Dt.  29.  25, 


«  1  S.  24.  5  ; 

Ps.  61.  17 
"  Ex.  10.  3  ; 

1  K.  21.  29 


392 


said.  Thy  servants  have  'emptied 
out  the  money  that  was  found  in 
the  house,  and  have  delivered  it 
into  the  hand  of  the  workmen  that 
have  the  oversight  of  the  house  of 
Jehovah.  10  And  Shaphan  the 
scribe  told  the  king,  saying,  Hil- 
kiah the  priest  hath  delivered  me  a 
book.  And  Shaphan  read  it  before 
the  king.  1 1  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  trie  king  had  heard  the 
words  of  the  book  of  the  law,  that 
'"  he  rent  his  clothes.  1 2  And  the 
king  commanded  Hilkiah  the 
priest,  and  "Ahikam  the  son  of 
Shaphan,  and  "Achbor  the  son  of 
Micaiah,  and  Shaphan  the  scribe, 
and  Asaiah  the  king's  servant, 
saying,  13  Go  ye,  inquire  of  Jeho- 
vah for  me,  and  for  the  people, 
and  for  ail  Judah,  concerning  the 
words  of  this  book  that  is  found  ; 
for  ^  great  is  the  wrath  of  Jehovah 
that  is  kindled  against  us,  be- 
cause our  fathers  have  not  heark- 
ened unto  the  words  of  this  book, 
to  do  according  unto  all  that 
which  is  '^  written  concerning  us. 
14  So  Hilkiah  the  priest,  and 
Ahikam,  and  Achbor,  and  Sha- 
phan, and  Asaiah,  went  unto  Hul- 
dah  the  prophetess,  the  wife  of 
Shallum  the  son  of  «Tikvah,  the 
son  of  Harhas,  keeper  of  the  ward- 
robe (now  she  dwelt  in  Jerusalem 
in  the  ^''second  quarter) ;  and  they 
communed  with  her.  15  And  she 
said  unto  them.  Thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  Israel :  Tell  ye  the 
man  that  sent  you  unto  me,  16 
Thus  saith  Jehovah,  Behold,  I  will 
bring  evil  upon  this  place,  and 
upon  the  inhaoitants  thereof,  even 
all  the  words  of  the  book  which 
the    king    of    Judah    hath    read. 

17  'Because  they  have  forsaken 
me,  and  have  burned  incense  unto 
other  gods,  that  they  might  pro- 
voke me  to  anger  with  all  the 
work  of  their  hands,  therefore  my 
wrath  shall  be  kindled  against  this 
place,  and  it  shall  not  be  quenched. 

18  But  unto  the  -king  of  Judah, 
who  sent  you  to  inquire  of  Jeho- 
vah, thus  shall  ye  say  to  him. 
Thus  saith  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Is- 
rael :  As  touching  the  words  which 
thou  hast  heard,  19  'because  thy 
heart  was  tender,  and  "  thou  didst 
humble  thyself  before  Jehovah, 
when  thou  heardest  what  I  spake 
against  this  place,  and  against  the 

1  Or,  poured  out         2  Or,  enjoined  us 
»  Heb.  Mishneh. 


22.20 


II.   KINGS 


23.13 


Josiah  reads  the  Law  pablidy,  makes  a  Covenant,  and  institutes  a  general  Religious  Reformation 


inhabitants  thereof,  that  they 
should  become  '"a  desolation  and 
''  a  curse,  and  hast "  rent  thy  clothes, 
and  wept  before  me  ;  I  also  have 
heard  thee,  saith  Jehovah.  20 
Therefore,  behold,  1  will  gather 
thee  to  thy  fathers,  and  ''  thou  shait 
be  gathered  to  thy  grave  in  peace, 
neither  shall  thine  eyes  see  all  the 
evil  which  I  will  bring  upon  this 
place.  And  they  brought  the  king 
word  again. 

O  O  'And  the  king  sent,  and 
^  O  they  gathered  unto  him  all 
the  elders  of  .Judah  and  of  Jerusa- 
lem. 2  And  the  king  went  up  to 
the  house  of  -Jehovah,  and  all  the 
men  of  .Judah  and  all  the  inhab- 
itants of  Jerusalem  with  him,  and 
the  priests,  and  the  prophets,  and 
all  the  people,  both  small  and  great : 
and  -^he  read  in  their  ears  all  the 
words  of  the  book  of  the  covenant 
"  which  was  found  in  the  house  of 
Jehovah.  3  And  *the  king  stood 
■  by  the  pillar,  and  made  a  cove- 
nant before  Jehovah,  'to  walk  after 
Jehovah,  and  to  keep  his  command- 
ments, and  his  testimonies,  and  his 
statutes,  with  all  his  heart,  and  all 
his  soul,  to  ^confirm  the  words  of 
this  covenant  that  were  written  in 
this  book  :  and  all  the  people  stood 
to  the  covenant. 

4  And  the  king  commanded  Hil- 
kiah  the  high  priest,  and  *  the 
priests  of  the  second  order,  and 
the  keepers  of  the  threshold,  '  to 
bring  forth  out  of  the  temple  of  Je- 
hovali  all  the  vessels  tha^ "  '^re  made 
for  Baal,  and  for  the  Asherah,  and 
for  all  the  host  of  heaven  ;  and  "  he 
burned  them  without  .Jerusalem 
in  the  fields  of  the  Kidron,  and 
carried  the  ashes  of  them  unto 
Beth-el.  5  And  he  put  down  the 
■•idolatrous  priests,  whom  the  kings 
of  Judah  had  ordained  to  burn  in- 
cense in  the  high  places  in  the  cities 
of  Judah,  and  in  the  places  round 
about  .Jerusalem ;  them  also  that 
burned  incense  unto  Baal,  to  the 
sun,  and  to  the  moon,  and  to  the 
*  planets,  and  to  all  the  host  of 
heaven.  6  And  he  brought  out 
the  Asherah  from  the  house  of 
Jehovah,  Avithout  .Jerusalem,  unto 
the  brook  Kidron,  and  burned  it  at 
the  brook  Kidron,  and  "  beat  it  to 
dust,  and  "east  the  dust  thereof 
upon  the  graves  of  the  ^common 

1  Or,  an  nsionishmerii, 

2  Or,  on  the  platforvi  '  Or,  perform 

*  Heb.  Chemarim.    See  Hos.  lo.  5  :  Zeph.  1.  4. 

*  Or,  twelve  sigiis    •>  Heb.  children  of  the  people. 


"■  Lev.  26.  31 
^  Jer.  2t;.  6 
•^  ver.  1 1 
d  ch.  23.  :iO 
'  -i.  Chr.  34. 

/Dt.  31. 

10-13 
'■>  ch.  22.  8 
"  ch.  11.  14, 

17 
>  Dt.  \X  4 
^  ch.  25.  18  ; 

Jer.  .52.  24 
'  ch.  21.  3,  7 
"'  ver.  15 
"  ver.  15 
"  2  Chr.  34.  4 


P  1  K.  14.  24  ; 

\h.  12 
9  Ex.  35.  25, 

2«;  Ezek. 

16.  16 
"■  Josh.  21. 

17  ;  1 K.  15. 

'  Ezek.  44. 

lt)-14 
<  Is.  30.  33  ; 

Jer.  7.  31, 

32 
"  Lev.  18.  21 
"  1  K.  11.  7 


^  Jer.  19.  13 ; 
Zeph.  1.  5 


V  ch.  21.  5 


■  ver.  4,  6 


1  K.  11.  7 


6  1  K.  11.  5 
'Num.21. 29 


d  Dt.  7.  5.  25 

« ver.  16 

/I  K.  13. 1 
f  1  K.  12. 
28-33 


h  ver.  6 


people.  7  And  he  brake  down  the 
houses  of  the  ^sodomites,  that  were 
in  the  house  of  .Jehovah,  where 
''  the  women  wove  '  hangings  for 
the  Asherah.  8  And  he  brought 
all  the  priests  out  of  the  cities  of 
Judah,  and  defiled  the  high  placesj 
where  the  priests  had  burned  in- 
cense, from  ''Geba  to  Beer  sheba  ; 
and  he  brake  down  the  high  places 
of  the  gates  that  were  at  the  en- 
trance of  the  gate  of  Joshua  the 
governor  of  the  city,  which  were 
on  a  man's  left  hand  at  the  gate 
of  the  city.  9  Nevertheless  'the 
priests  of  the  high  places  came 
not  up  to  the  altar  ot  Jehovah  in 
Jerusalem,  but  they  did  eat  un- 
leavened bread  among  their  breth- 
ren. 10  And  'he  dehled  Topheth, 
which  is  in  the  valley  of  the  *  chil- 
dren of  Hinnom,  "that  no  man 
might  make  his  son  or  his  daugh- 
ter to  pass  through  the  fire  to  ''^lo- 
lech.  11  And  he  took  away  the 
horses  that  the  kings  of  Judali  had 
given  to  the  sun,  at  the  entrance  of 
the  house  of  Jehovah,  by  the  cham- 
ber of  Nathan-melech  the  chamber- 
lain, which  was  in  the  precincts ; 
and  he  burned  the  chariots  of  the 
sun  with  fire.  12  And  ""the  altars 
that  were  on  the  roof  of  the  upper 
chamber  of  Ahaz,  which  the  kings 
of  Judah  had  made,  and  ^the  altars 
which  ]Manasseh  had  made  in  the 
t\yo  courts  of  the  hou.se  of  Jehovah, 
did  the  king  break  down,  and  "  beat 
them  down  from  thence,  and 'cast 
the  dust  of  them  into  the  brook 
Kidi'on.  13  And  the  high  places 
that  were  before  Jerusalem,  which 
were  on  the  right  hand  of  "the 
mount  of  "corruption,  which  Solo- 
mon the  king  of  Israel  had  builded 
for  *Ashtoreth  the  abomination  of 
the  Sidonians,  and  for  ''Chemosh 
the  abomination  of  Moab,  and  for 
Milcom  the  abomination  of  the 
children  of  Amnion,  did  the  king 
defile.  1-!:  And ''he  brake  in  pieces 
the  "pillars,  and  cut  down  the  Ash- 
erim,  and  "filled  their  places  with 
the  bones  of  men. 

1.5  r^Ioreover -' the  altar  that  was 
at  Beth-el,  and  the  ''high  place 
which  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 
who  made  Israel  to  sin,  had  made, 
even  that  altar  and  the  high  place 
he  brake  down  ;  and  *  he  burned 
the  high  place  and  beat  it  to  dust, 

"  Or,  tents    Heb.  hmises. 
-  .\fcording  to  another  reading,  son. 
9  Or,  ran  from  (hence 
to  Or,  destruction  u  Or,  obeli^a 


23.16 


II.   RINGS 


23.  .36 


Josiah's  Heforms.    He  is  slain  by  Pliaraoli-Gecob.    .tehnnhaz  King.    Deposed  by  Pharaoh,  nho  makes  Jehoiakim  King 


and  burned  the  Asherah.  16  And 
as  Josiah  turned  himself,  he  spied 
the  sepulchres  that  were  there 
in  the  mount ;  and  he  sent,  and 
took  the  bones  out  of  the  sepul- 
chres, and  burned  them  upon  the 
altar,  and  defiled  it,  "  according  to 
the  word  of  Jehovah  which  the 
man  of  God  proclaimed,  who  pro- 
claimed these  things.  17  Then  he 
said.  What  monument  is  that 
which  I  seel  And  the  men  of  the 
cits'-  told  hini,  *  It  is  the  sepulchre 
of  the  man  of  God,  who  came  from 
Judah,  and  proclaimed  these  things 
that  thou  hast  done  against  the 
altar  of  Beth-el.  18  And  he  said, 
Let  him  be ;  let  no  man  move  his 
bones.  So  they  let  his  bones  alone, 
''  with  the  bones  of  the  prophet 
that  came  out  of  Samaria.  19  And 
all  the  houses  also  of  the  high  places 
that  were  '^  in  the  cities  of  Samaria, 
which  the  kings  of  Israel  had  made 
to  provoke  Jehovah  to  anger,  Josiah 
took  away,  and  did  to  them  accord- 
ing to  all  the  acts  that  he  had  done 
in  Beth-el.  20  And  '^he  ^slew  all 
the  priests  of  the  high  places  that 
were  there,  upon  the  altars,  and 
burned  men's  bones  upon  them ; 
and  he  returned  to  Jerusalem. 

21  And  the  king  commanded  all 
the  people,  saying,  -^Keep  the  pass- 
over  unto  .Jehovah  your  God,  ^as 
it  is  written  in  this  book  of  the 
covenant.  22  ''Surely  there  was 
not  kept  such  a  passover  from  the 
days  of  the  judges  that  judged  Is- 
rael, '^nor  in  all  the  days  of  the 
kings  of  Israel,  nor  of  the  kings  of 
Judah  ;  23  but  in  the  eighteenth 
year  of  king  Josiah  was  this  pass- 
over  kept  to  Jehovah  in  Jerusalem. 

21-  Moreover  '  them  that  had 
familiar  spirits,  and  the  wizards, 
and  *the  teraphim,  and  'the  idols, 
and  all  the  abominjitions  that  were 
seen  in  the  land  of  Judah  and  in 
Jerusalem,  did  Josiah  put  away, 
"*that  he  might "  confirm  the  words 
of  the  law  which  were  written  in 
"the  book  that  Hilkiah  the  priest 
found  in  the  house  of  Jehovah. 
25  And  "like  unto  him  was  there 
no  king  before  him,  that  tui'ned  to 
Jehovah  with  all  his  heart,  and 
with  all  his  soul,  and  with  all  his 
might,  according  to  all  the  law  of 
Moses ;  neither  after  hira  arose 
there  any  like  him. 

26     Notwithstanding,     Jehovah 


'  Or,  &<xirifi.ccd, 


2  Or.  cve.n  in  all 
'■  Or,  perform 


and  of 


"  1  K.  13.  2 
>>  1  K.  13.  1, 

30,  31 
"=  1  K.  13.  11, 

31 

rf  2  Chr.  34. 

6,  T 
"  ch.  10.  25  ; 

11,  18 
/  -2  Chr.  36. 

1-17 
'■'  Num.  9. 

•_'-4 ;  Dt. 

16.  2-8 
I'  2  Chr.  35. 

18,  19 
'  ch.  21.  6  ; 

Lev.  19.  31 
*:  Gen.  31.  19 
'  ch.  21.  11, 

21 
""  Dt.  18. 

10-12 
"  ch.  22.  8 
"  ch.  18.  6 


P  ch.  21.  Il- 
ls; Jer. 
1.5.  4 
9  ch.  18.  11 
'■  ch.  21.  13, 

14 
"  2  Chr.  35. 

20-24 
'  Jer.  40.  2 
"  Judg.  6. 19 
"  ch.  9.  28 
•^  2  Chr.  36. 

1-4 
'J  1  Chr.  3. 
15 ;  Jer.  22. 
11 
-  ch.  24.  18 


"  ch.  21.  2-7 

l>  ver.  29 
<■  ch  25.  6 
t'  1  K.  8.  65 


« 1  Chr.  3.  15 
/ch.  24.  17 


?  .Ter.  22.  11, 
12  ;  Ezek. 
19.  3,  4 

ft  ver.  33. 


'  2  Chr.  36. 
6,  &c. 


394 


turned  not  from  the  fierceness  of 
his  great  wi-atli,  wherewith  his 
anger  was  kindled  against  Judah, 
''  because  of  all  the  provocations 
wherewith  Manasseh  had  provoked 
him.  27  And  Jehovah  said,  I  will 
remove  Judah  also  out  of  my  sight, 
*as  I  have  removed  Israel,  and  ''I 
will  cast  off  this  city  which  I  have 
chosen,  even  Jerusalem,  and  tlie 
house  of  which  I  said,  My  name 
shall  be  there. 

28  New  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
.Josiah,  and  all  that  he  did,  are 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ju- 
dah ?  29  "In  his  days  'Pharaoh- 
necoh  king  of  Egypt  went  -up 
against  the  king  of  Assyria  to  the 
river  Euphrates :  and  king  .Josiah 
went  against  him  ;  and  Pltaraoh- 
necoh  slew  him  at  "Megiddo,  when 
he  had  seen  him.  30  And  "his 
servants  carried  him  in  a  chariot 
dead  from  Alegiddo,  and  brought 
him  to  Jerusalem,  and  buried  him 
in  his  own  sepulchre.  "^And  the 
people  of  the  land  took  Jehqahaz 
fclie  son  of  Josiah,  and  anointed 
him,  and  made  him  king  in  his 
father's  stead. 

31  ^Jehoahaz  was  twenty  and 
three  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign ;  and  he  reigned  three  months 
in  Jcru.salem :  and  his  mothers 
name  was  '  Hamutal  the  daughter 
of  Jeremiah  of  Libnah.  32  And 
he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  Jehovah,  "according  to  all 
that  his  fathers  had  done.  _  33  And 
*  Pharaoh-necoh  put  him  in  bonds 
at "  Riblah  in  the  land  of  ''.Hamath, 
■*that  he  might  not  reign  in  .Jerusa- 
lem ;  and  put  tne  land  to  a  ^  tribute 
of  a  hundred  talents  of  silver,  and 
a  talent  of  gold.  34  And  Pharaoh- 
necoh  made  ''Eliakim  the  son  of 
.Josiah  king  in  the  room  of  Josiah 
his  father,  and 'changed  his  name 
to  Jehoiakim :  but  he  took  Jeho 
ahaz  away ;  and  "  he  came  to 
Egypt,  and  died  there.  _  3.5  And 
Jehoiakim  ''gave  the  silver  and 
the  gold  to  Pharaoh  ;  but  he  taxed 
the  land  to  give  the  money  accord- 
ing to  the  commandment  of  Pha- 
raoh :  he  exacted  the  silver  and 
the  gold  of  the  people  of  the  land, 
of  evei'y  one  according  to  his  taxa- 
tion, to  give  it  unto  Pharaoh-necoh. 

36  Mehoiakim  was  twenty  and 
five  years  old  when  he  began  to 


^  .\  coord  ing 

■■eljiitd. 


another    rftading,    when    he 
5  Or,  fine 


23.3'; 


II.   KINGS 


25.4 


Jehoiakim  !iecumes  subject  to  Babylon.    Jeboiaihiii  Kini;.    The  Captivity  begins.    Zedekiah  King.    Jeruiiaiem  captured 


reign  ;  and  he  i-eigned  eleven  years 
in  Jerusalem:  and  his  mother's 
name  was  Zebidah  the  daughter  of 
Fedaiah  ot"  llumah.  37  And  he 
did  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  Jehovah,  "according  to 
all  that  his  fathers  hac'.  done. 
fc")  A  '  in  his  days  Nebuchad- 
^  "t  nezzar  king  of  Babylon 
came  up,  and  Jehoiakim  became 
his  servant  three  years  :  then  he 
turned  and  rebelled  against  him. 
2  And  Jehovah  sent  against  him 
'bands  of  the  Chaldeans,  and 
*  bands  of  the  Syrians,  and  "  bands 
of  the  JMoabites,  and  bands  of  the 
children  of  Ammon,  and  sent  them 
against  Judah  to  destroy  it,  'ac- 
cording to  the  word  of  Jehovah, 
which  he  spake  by  his  servants 
bhe  prophets.  3  ^Sui^ely  at  the 
commandment  of  Jehovah  came 
this  upon  Judah,  to  remove  them 
out  of  his  sight,  ''for  the  sins  of 
Manasseh,  according  to  all  that  he 
did,  4  and  'also  for  the  innocent 
blood  that  he  shed  ;  for  he  filled 
Jerusalem  with  innocent  blood : 
and  Jehovah  would  not  pardon. 
5  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Je- 
hoiakim, and  all  that  he  did,  are 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
the  chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Ju- 
dah ■?  6  So  *  Jehoiakim  slept  with 
his  fathers  ;  _  and  Jehoiachin  his 
son  reigned  in  his  stead.  7  And 
'  the  king  of  Egypt  came  not  again 
any  more  out  of  his  land  ;  for  '"the 
king  of  Babylon  had  taken,  from 
"  the  brook  of  Egypt  unto  the  river 
Euphrates,  all  that  pertained  to 
the  king  of  Egj'pt. 

8  "Jehoiachin  was  ^eighteen 
ji'cars  old  when  he  began  to  reign  ; 
and  he  reigned  in  Jerusalem  three 
months :  and  his  mother's  name 
was  Nehushta  the  daughter  of 
Elnathan  of  .lerusalem.  9  And 
he  did  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  Jehovah,  ''according  to  all 
that  his  father  had  done. 
^10  At  that  time  the  servants  of 
Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon 
came  up  to  Jerusalem,  and  the 
city  was  besieged.  1 1  And  Nebu- 
chadnezzar king  of  Babylon  came 
unto  the  city,  while  his  servants 
were  besieging  it;  12  and  'Je- 
hoiachin the  king  of  .Judah  went 
out  to  the  king  of  Babylon,  he, 
and  his  mother,  and  his  servants, 
and  his  pi-inces,  and  his  ^offi- 
cers :  and  '  the   king  of    Babylon 

i  Or,  eunuchs 
14 


°  ver.  32 
f-'J  Chr.  3G. 

li ;  J  er. 

■^r,.  I 
"  Jer.  :).").  u 
d  ch.  6.  23 
'  ch.  13.  20 
/  ch.  23.  27 
"  ch.  18.  -25 
''  ch.  23.  2G 
>  ch.21.  16 
*:  Jer.  22.  IS, 

19 
'Jer.  37.  .V7 
'"  Jer.  -IG.  2 
"  lien.  15.  18 
"  I  Chr.  3.  IG 
''  2  Chr.  3C.  9 
''  ch.  21.  2-7 
"■  Jer.  24.  1 ; 

29.  1,  2 
*  2  Chr.  36. 

10 


'  ch.  20.  17 ; 

Is.  39.  6 
"  ch,  26.  13- 

16 
"  1  K.  7.  4S- 

f.O 
"■  .Ter.  24.  1 
V  ver.  16 ; 

Jer.  62.  28 
'  Jer.  24.  1 ; 

29.  2 
"  cli.  25.  12 
b  2  Chr.  36. 

10 ;  Jer.  22. 

24-2S 
°  ver.  14 
<*  2  Chr.  36. 

10-13 
'  Jer.  52. 1, 

&c. 
/ch.  2.3.  31 


?  ch.  2:?.  ,37 


ft  2  Chr,  30. 

13 
i  2  Chr,  30, 

17-2(1 ;  Jer, 

39,  1-7 


*■  Jer.  34.  1, 
2;  Ezek, 
24.  2 

'  Kzek,  21, 

22 


'  ch,  6,  24, 
2,') ;  Lam. 
4,  9,  10 


took  him  in  the  eighth  year  of 
his  reign.  13  And  'he  carried 
out  thence  all  the  treasures  of  the 
house  of  Jehovah,  and  the  treas- 
ures of  the  king's  house,  and  "cut 
in  pieces  all  the  vessels  of  gold, 
'which  Solomon  king  of  Israel  had 
made  in  the  temple  of  Jehovah,  as 
Jehovah  had  said.  14  And  ■'he 
carried  away  all  Jerusalem,  and 
all  the  princes,  and  all  the  mighty 
men  of  valor,  even  *ten  thousand 
captives,  and  'all  the  craftsmen 
and  the  smiths  ;  none  remained, 
''save  the  poorest  sort  of  the  peo- 
ple of  the  land.  15  And  ''he  car- 
ried away  Jehoiachin  to  Babylon  ; 
and  the  king's  mother,  and  the 
king's  wives,  and  his  'officers,  and 
the  ■^  chief  men  of  the  land,  carried 
he  into  captivity  from  Jerusalem 
to  Babylon.  16  And  all  the  men 
of  might,  even  ".seven  thousand, 
and  the  craftsmen  and  the  smiths 
a  thousand,  all  of  them  strong  and 
apt  for  war,  even  them  the  king  of 
Babylon  brought  captive  to  Baby- 
lon. 17  ''And  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon made  Mattaniah.  JeIioiac?iin'i 
father's  brother,  king  in  his  stead, 
and  changed  his  name  to  Zedekiah, 

18  "Zedekiah  was  twenty  and 
one  years  old  when  he  began  ta 
reign  ;  and  he  reigned  eleven  years 
in  Jerusalem :  and  his  mother'.s 
name  was  ^•'^Hamutal  the  daugh- 
ter of  Jeremiah  of  Libnah.  19- 
And  he  did  that  which  was  evil  in 
the  sight  of  Jehovah,  ^according 
to  all  that  Jehoiakim  had  done. 
20  For  through  the  anger  of  Je- 
hovah did  it  come  to  pass  in  Jeru- 
salem and  Judah,  until  he  had  cast 
them  out  from  his  pre.sence. 

And  ''  Zedekiah  rebelled  against 
O^  the  king  of  Babylon.  1 'And 
^  O  it  came  to  pass  in  the  ninth 
year  of  his  reign,  in  the  tenth 
month,  in  the  ten^tli  day  of  the- 
month.  that  *  Nebuchadnezzar 
king  of  Babylon  came,  he  and  all 
his  army,  a.gainst  Jerusalem,  and 
encamped  against  it;  and  'they 
built  forts  against  it  round  about. 
2  So  the  city  was  besieged  unto 
the  eleventh  year  of  king  Zede- 
kiah. 3  On  the  ninth  day  of  the 
fourth  month  '"  the  famine  was 
sore  in  the  city,  so  that  there 
was  no  bread  for  the  people  of 
the  land.  4  Then  a  breach  was 
made  in  the  city,  and  all  the  men 
of  wax  fled  by  night  by  the  way  of 

*  Or,  mighty  »  fleb.  Hamiial. 


395 


25.5 


II.   KINGS 


25.26 


Jerusalem  is  laid  waste.    The  Temple  is  despoiled.    Captives  slain  at  Riblah,    (iedaliah  (lovernor  of  Jndah;  slaia  by  Ishmae? 


the  gate  between  the  two  walls, 
which  was  by  "the  king's  garden 
(now  the  Chaldeans  were  against 
the  city  round  about) ;  and  the 
king  went  by  the  way  of  the  Ara- 
bah.  5  But  the  army  of  the  Chal- 
deans pursued  after  the  king,  and 
overtook  him  in  the  plains  of  Jeri- 
cho ;  and  all  his  army  was  scat- 
tered from  him.  6  Then  *they 
took  the  king,  and  "^  carried  him 
up  unto  the  king  of  Babylon  to 
■*  Riblah  ;  and  they  ^  gave  judgment 
upon  him.  7  And  'they  slew  the 
sons  of  Zedekiah  before  his  eyes, 
and  ^put  out  the  eyes  of  Zedekiah, 
and  bound  him  in  fetters,  and  car- 
ried him  to  Babylon. 

8  ''Now  in  the  fifth  month,  on 
the  ''seventh  day  of  the  month, 
which  was  the  nineteenth  year 
of  king  Nebuchadnezzar,  king  of 
Babylon,  came  Nebuzaradan  the 
captain  of  the  guard,  a  servant  of 
the  king  of  Babylon,  unto  Jerusa- 
lem. 9  And  'he  burnt  the  house 
of  .Jehovah,  and  *  the  king's  house  ; 
and  all  the  houses  of  Jerusalem, 
even  every  great  house,  burnt  he 
with  fire.  10  And  all  the  army 
of  the  Chaldeans,  that  were  with 
the  captain  of  the  guard,  '  brake 
down  tlie  walls  of  .Jerusalem  round 
about.  11  And  ™the  residue  of  the 
people  that  were  left  in  the  city, 
and  those  that  fell  away,  that  fell 
to  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  the 
residue  of  the  multitude,  did  Nebu- 
zaradan the  captain  of  the  guard 
carry  away  captive.  12  But^he 
captain  of  the  guard  left  of  "  the 
poorest  of  the  land  to  be  vine- 
dressers and  husbandmen. 

13  "And  the  pillars  of  brass  that 
were  in  the  house  of  Jehovah,  and 
the  bases  and  the  brazen  sea  that 
were  in  the  house  of  Jehovah,  did 
the  Chaldeans  break  in  pieces,  and 
carried  the  brass  of  them  to  Baby- 
lon. 14  ^And  the  pots,  and  the 
shovels,  and  the  snuffers,  and  the 
spoons,  and  all  the  vessels  of  brass 
wherewith  they  ministered,  took 
they  away.  _  1-5  And  the  firepans, 
and  the  basins,  that  which  was  of 
gold,  in  gold,  and  that  which  was 
of  silver,  in  silver,  the  captain  of 
the  guard  took  away.  16  The  two 
pillars,  the  one  sea,  and  the  bases, 
which  Solomon  had  made  for  the 
house  of  Jehovah,  *the  brass  of  all 
these  vessels  was  without  weight. 
17  'The  height  of  the  one  pillar 

1  Or,  spake  with,  him  (if  judgment 


"  Neh.  3.  16 

*  Jer.  34.  zi, 

"  Jer.  32.  4 
d  cll.  23.  33 
"Jer.  39.  U,  7 
/  Ezek.  12. 13 
!/ Jer.39.  S-12 
''  Jer.  52.  12 
'  2  Chr.  36. 

19 ;  Ps.  74. 

3-7 

*  Am.  2.  5 

'  ch.  14.  13  ; 

Neh.  1.  3 
«  2  Chr.  36. 

20 
"  ch.  24.  14  ; 

Jer.  40.  7 
"  2  Chr.  36. 

18 
P  1  K.  7.  47- 

60 
«  1  K.  7.  47 
•■  1  K.  7.  15- 


'  1  Chr.  6. 

14;  Ezr. 

7.  1 
'  Jer.  21.  I  ; 

29.  25,  29 
"  Esth.  1.  14 
"  ch.  23.  33 


'  ch.  23.  27  ; 
Dt.  28.  64 


y  Jer.  39. 14 
'  Jer.  40.  7-9 


"■  Josh.  18.  26 


i  Jer.  41.  1,  2 


396 


was  eighteen  cubits,  and  a  capital 
of  brass  was  upon  it ;  and  the 
height  of  the  capital  was  three 
cubits,  with  network  and  pome- 
granates upon  the  capital  round 
about,  all  of  brass  :  and  like  unto 
these  had  the  second  pillar  with 
network. 

1 8  And  the  captain  of  the  guard 
took  *  Seraiah  the  chief  priest,  and 
'  Zephaniah  the  second  priest,  and 
the  three  keeipers  of  the  threshold  : 
1 9  and  out  ot  the  city  he  took  an 
'^  oflicer  that  was  set  over  the  men 
of  war ;  and  "  five  men  of  them 
that  saw  the  king's  face,  who  were 
found  in  the  city  ;  and  the  ^  scribe, 
the  captain  of  the  host,  who  mus- 
tered tne  people  of  the  land  ;  and 
threescore  men  of  the  people  of 
the  land,  that  were  found  in  the 
city.  20  And  Nebuzaradan  the 
captain  of  the  guard  took  them, 
and  brought  them  to  the  king  of 
Babylon  to  "  Riblah.  21  And  the 
king  of  Babylon  smote  them,  and 
put  them  to  death  at  Riblah  in 
the  land  of  Hamath.  ^So  Judah 
was  carried  away  captive  out  of 
his  land. 

22  And  as  for  the  people  that 
were  left  in  the  land  of  Judah, 
whom  Nebuchadnezzar  king  or 
Babylon  had  left,  even  over  them 
he  made  *  Gedaliah  the  son  of 
Ahikam,  the  son  of  Shaphan,  gov- 
ernor. 23  ^Now  when  all  the  cap- 
tains of  the  forces,  they  and  their 
men,  heard  that  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon had  made  Gedaliah  governor, 
they  came  to  Gedaliah  to  "Mizpah, 
even  Ishmael  the  son  of  Nethaniah, 
and  J  ohanan  the  son  of  Kareah,  and 
Seraiah  the  son  of  Tanhumeth  the 
Netophathite,  and  Jaazaniah  the 
son  of  the  Maacathite,  they  and 
their  men.  24  And  Gedaliah  sware 
to  them  and  to  their  men,  and  said 
unto  them.  Fear  not  because  of  the 
servants  of  the  Chaldeans:  dwell 
in  the  land,  and  serve  the  king  of 
Babylon,  and  it  shall  be  well  with 
you.  25  'But  it  came  to  pass  in 
the  seventh  month,  that  Ishmael 
the  son  of  Nethaniah,  the  son  of 
Elishama,  of  the  seed  royal,  came, 
and  ten  men  with  him,  and  smote 
Gedaliah,  so  that  he  died,  and  the 
.Jews  and  the  Chaldeans  that  were 
with  him  at  Mizpah.  26  ''And  all 
the  people,  both  small  and  great, 
and   the    captains    of   the   forces 

2  Or,  eunueh 

s  Or,  scribe  of  the  captain  of  the  host 


25.27 


II.   KINGS 


25.30 


JchoiacUu  kindly  treated  by  Evil-merodach 


arose,  and  came  to  Egypt;  for  they 
were  afraid  of  the  Chaldeans. 

27  "And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
seven  and  thirtieth  year  of  ''the 
captivity  of  Jehoiachin  king  of 
Judah,  in  the  twelfth  month,  on 
the  seven  and  twentieth  day  of  the 
month,  that  Evil-merodach  king  of 
Babylon,  in  the  year  that  he  began 
to  reign,  ''did  lift  up  the  head  of 
Jehoiachin  king  of  Judah  out  of 


"  Jer.  52. 

31-34 
f>  ch.  24.  12, 


d  2  S.  9.  7 
■•Neh.  U, 
23  i  12.  47 


prison;  28  and  he  spake  kindly 
to  him,  and  set  his  throne  above 
the  throne  of  the  kings  that  were 
with  him  in  Babylon,  29  and 
changed  his  prison  garments.  And 
Jehoiachin  ''did  eat  bread  before 
him  continually  all  the  days  of  his 
life:  30  and  for  his  '^allowance, 
there  was  a  continual  allowance 
given  him  of  the  king,  every  day 
a  portion,  all  the  days  of  his  life. 


387 


THE   FIRST   BOOK    OF   THE 

CHRONICLES 


Descendants  of  Noah,  of  Abraham,  of  Esan,  and  of  Seir 


1" Adam,  Seth,  Enosh,  2  Kenan, 
Mahalalel,  Jared,  3  Enoch,  Me- 
thuselah, Lamech,  4  Noah,  Shem, 
Ham,  and  Japheth. 

5  *The  sons  of  Japheth:  Gomer, 
and  Magog,  and  Madai,  and  Jayan, 
and  Tubal,  and  Meshech,  and  Tiras. 
G  And  the  sons  of  Gomei":  Ashke- 
naz,  and  ^  Diphath,  and  Togarmah. 
7  And  the  sons  of  Javan:  Elishah, 
and  Tarshish,  Kittim,  and  '-^Ro- 
danim. 

8  The  sons  of  Ham:  Gush,  and 
Mizraim,  Put,  and  Canaan.  9  And 
the  sons  of  Gush:  Seba,  and  Havi- 
lah,  and  Sabta,  and  Raama,  and 
Sabteca.  And  the  sons  of  Raamah : 
Sheba,  and  Dedan.  10  And  Gush 
begat  Nimrod;  he  began  to  be  a 
mighty  one  in  the  earth.  1 1  ''And 
Mizraim  begat  Ludim,  and  Anamim, 
and  Lehabim,  and  Naphtuhim,  12 
and  Pathrusim,and  Casluhim  (from 
whence  came  ^the  Philistines),  and 
Gaphtorim.  1 3  And  Canaan  begat 
Sidon  his  first-born,  and  Heth,  14 
and  the  Jebusite,  and  the  Amorite, 
and  the  Girgashite,  15  and  the 
Hivite,  and  the  Arkite,  and  the 
Sinite,  1 6  and  the  Arvadite,  and 
the  Zemarite,  and  the  Hamathite. 

1 7  "^The  sons  of  Shem :  Elam,  and 
Asshur,  and  Arpachshad,  and  Lud, 
and  Aram,  and  Uz,  and  Hul,  and 
Gether,  and  ''Meshech.  18  And 
Arpachshad  begat  Shelah,  and  She- 
lah  begat  Eber.  1 9  And  unto  Eber 
were  born  two  sons:  the  name  of 
the  one  was  Peleg;  for  in  his  days 
the  earth  was  divided;  and  his 
brother's  name  was  Joktan.  20 
And  Joktan  begat  Almodad,  and 
Sheleph,  and  Hazarmaveth,  and 
Jerah,  21  and  Hadoram,  and  Uzal, 
and  Diklah,  22  and  '^Ebal,  and  Abi- 
mael,  and  Sheba,  23  andOphir,and 
Havilah,  and  Jobab.  All  these 
were  the  sons  of  Joktan. 

24  ''Shem,  Arpachshad,  Shelah, 
25   Eber,   Peleg,   Reu,    26    Serug, 

1  In  Gen.  10.  3,  Riphath. 

2  In  Gen.  10.  4,  Vndanim.     3  Heb.  PelishUm. 
*  In  Gen.  10.  23,  Mash,.    ^  In  Gen.  10.  28,  Obal. 


25- 


"  Gen, 

5.  32 
b  Gen.  10. 

2-4 
"  Gen.  10. 

13-18 
d  Gen.  10. 

22-29 
^  Gen.  11. 

10-26;  Lk. 

3.  34-36 


/  Gen.  25. 
13-16 


'  Gen.  25. 
1-4 


ft  ver.  28 
'  Gen.  25 

25,  26 ; 

32.  28 
k  Gen.  36 

4-10 


'  Gen. ; 

20-28 


'  Gen.  36. 
31-43 


898 


Nahor,  Terah,  27  Abram  (the  same 
is  Abraham). 

28  The  sons  of  Abraham:  Isaac, 
and  Ishmael.  29  •''These  are  their 
generations:  the  first-born  of  Isli- 
mael,  Nebaioth;  then  Kedar,  and 
Adbeel,  and  Mibsam,  30  Mishma, 
and  Dumah,  Massa,  Hadad,  and 
Tema,  31  Jetur,  Naphish,  and 
Kedemah.  These  are  the  sons  of 
Ishmael. 

32  "And  the  sons  of  Keturah, 
Abraham's  concubine :  she  bare 
Zimran,  and  Jokshan,  and  Me- 
dan,  and  Midian,  and  Ishbak,  and 
Shuah.  And  the  sons  of  Jokshan : 
Sheba,  and  Dedan.  33  And  the 
sons  of  Midian :  Ephah,  and  Epher, 
and  Hanoch,  ana  Abida,  and  El- 
daah.  All  these  were  the  sons  of 
Keturah. 

34  And  *  Abraham  begat  Isaac. 
The  sons  of  Isaac :  '  Esau,  and 
Israel. 

35  *  The  sons  of  Esau :  Eliphaz, 
Reuel,  and  Jeush,  and  Jalam,  and 
Korah.  36  The  sons  of  Eliphaz: 
Teman,  and  Gmar,  "^Zephi,  and  Ga- 
tam,  Kenaz,  and  Timna,  and  Ama- 
lek.  37  The  sons  of  Reuel:  Nahath, 
Zerah,  Shammah,  and  Mizzah. 

38  'And  the  sons  of  Seir  :  Lotan, 
and  Shobal,  and  Zibeon,  and  Anah, 
and  Dishon,  and  Ezer,  and  Dishan. 
39  And  the  sons  of  Lotan:  Hori, 
and  ^  Homam ;  and  Timna  was  Lo- 
tan's  sister.  40  The  sons  of  Shobal : 
*  Allan,  and  Manahath,  and  Ebal, 
^Shephi,  and  Onam.  And  the  sony 
of  Zibeon:  Aiah,  and  Anah.  41 
The  sons  of  Anah :  Dishon.  And 
the  sons  of  Dishon:  ^"Hamran,  and 
Eshban,  and  Ithran,  and  Cheran. 
42  The  sons  of  Ezer:  Bilhan,  and 
Zaavan,  "  Jaakan.  The  sons  of 
Dishan  :  Uz,  and  Aran. 

43  ™  Now  these  are  the  kings 
that  reigned  in  the  land  of  Edom, 

«In  Gen.  36,  11,  Zcpho. 

7  In  Gen.  36.  22,  Hemam. 

8  In  Gen.  36.  23,  Alvnn. 

9  In  Gen.  36.  23,  Shevho. 

10  In  Gen.  36.  26,  Hetndnn. 

11  In  Gen.  36.  27,  and  A/can. 


1.44 


I.   CHEONICLES 


2.80 


Kings  and  Cbiers  of  Edoiu.    Sous  of  Jacob.    Descendants  of  Judah;  ofilezron;  ofJerahmeel 


before  there  reigned  any  king  over 
the  children  ot  Israel :  Bela  the 
.sou  of  Beor  ;  and  the  name  of  his 
city  was  Dinhabah.  44  And  Bela 
died,  and  Jobab  the  son  of  Zerah 
of  "  Bozrah  reigned  in  his  stead. 
45  And  Jobab  died,  and  Husham 
of  the  land  of  *  the  Temanite.s 
reigned  in  his  stead.  46  And 
Husham  died,  and  Hadad  the 
.son  of  Bedad,  who  smote  Midian 
in  the  field  of  Moab,  reigned  in 
his  stead ;  and  the  name  of  his 
city  was  Ayith.  47  And  Hadad 
died,  and  Samlah  of  Masrekah 
reigned  in  his  stead.  48  And 
iSamlah  died,  and  iShaul  of  Reho- 
both  by  the  River  reigned  in  his 
stead.  49  And  Shaul  died,  and 
Baal-hanan  the  son  of  Achbor 
reigned  in  his  stead.  50  And 
Baal-hanan  died,  and  ^  Hadad 
reigned  in  his  stead ;  and  the 
name  of  his  city  was  '^  Pai  :  and 
his  wife's  name  was  Mehetabel, 
the  daughter  of  Matred,  the 
daughter  of  Me-zahab.  51  And 
Hadad  died. 

And  the  chiefs  of  Edom  were : 
chief  Timna,  chief  ^Aliah,  chief 
Jetheth,  52  chief  Oholibamah,  chief 
Elah,  chief  Pinon,  53  chief  Kenaz, 
chief  Teman,  chief  Mibzar,  54  chief 
^Magdiel,  chief  Iram.  These  are 
the  chiefs  of  Edom. 

2''  These  are  the  sons  of  Is- 
rael: Reuben,  Simeon,  Levi, 
and  Judah,  Issachar,  and  Zebu- 
lun,  2  Dan,  Joseph,  and  Benja- 
min, Naphtali,  Gad,  and  Asher. 

3  ''The  sons  of  Judah  :  Er,  and 
Onan,  and  IShelah  ;  which  tliree 
were  born  unto  him  of  Shua's 
daughter  the  Canaanitess.  And 
Er,  Judah's  first-born,  was  wicked 
in  the  sight  of  Jehovah  ;  and  he 
slew  him.  4  And  "Tamar  liis 
daughter-in-law  bare  him  Perez 
and  Zerah.  All  the  sons  of  Judah 
were  five. 

5  The  sons  of  Perez  :  Hezron. 
and  Hamul.  6  And  the  sons  of 
Zerah:  "^Zirari,  and  Ethan,  and 
Heman,  and  Calcol,  and  ®  Dara : 
five  of  them  in  all.  7  And  the 
sons  of  Carmi  :  ®  Achar,  the  troub- 
ler  of  Israel,  who  committed  a 
trespass  in  the  devoted  thing.  8 
And  the  sons  of  Ethan  :  Azariah. 


1  In  Oen.  3G  39,  Hndar. 

2  In  Gen.  3ri.  3!),  Pnu. 

3  In  Gen.  36.  40.  Atvnh. 
*  In  Josh.  7.  1,  Zabdi. 
f>  In.  I  K.  4.  31,  Darda. 
« In  Josh.  7.  1,  Achan. 


"  Is.  34.  6 
<>  Job  2.  U 


"  Gen.  .36. 
21'-26;  46. 
8-26 


rf  Gen.  .38. 
2-10 


'  Gen.  38. 
13-30 


9  The  sons  also  of  Hezron,  that 
were  born  unto  him  :  Jerahmeel, 
and  Ram,  and  Chelubai.  10  And 
Ram  begat  Amminadab,  and  Am- 
minadab  begat  Nahshon,  prince 
of  the  children  of  Judah  ;  11  and 
Nahshon  begat  Salma,  and  Salma 
begat  Boaz,  12  and  Boaz  begat 
Obed,  and  Obed  begat  Jesse;  13 
and  Jesse  begat  his  first-boi-n 
Eliab,  and  Abinadab  the  second, 
and  8himea  the  third,  14  Nethanel 
the  fourthj  Raddai  the  fifth,  15 
Ozem  the  sixth,  David  the  seventh ; 
16  and  their  sisters  were  Zeruiah 
and  Abigail.  And  the  sons  of 
Zeruiah  :  '  Abishai,  and  Joab,  and 
Asahel.  three.  17  And  Abigail 
bare  Amasa ;  and  the  father  of 
Amasa  was  Jether  the  Ishmaelite. 

18  And  Caleb  the  son  of  Hezron 
begat  children  of  Azubah  }ds  wife, 
and  of  Jerioth  ;  and  these  were  her 
sons :  Jesher,  and  Shobab,  and 
Ardon.  19  And  Azubah  died,  and 
Caleb  took  unto  him  Ephrath,  who 
bare  him  Hur.  20  And  Hur  begat 
Uri,  and  Uri  begat  Bezalel. 

21  And  afterward  Hezron  went 
in  to  the  daughter  of  Machir  the 
father  of  Gilead,  whom  he  took 
to  tvife  when  he  was  threescore 
years  old ;  and  she  bare  him 
Segub.  22  And  Segub  begat  Jair, 
who  had  three  and  twenty  cities 
in  the  land  of  Gilead.  23  And 
Geshur  and  Aram  took  ^  the  towns 
of  Jair  from  them,  with  Kenath, 
and  the  '''  villages  thereof,  even 
threescore  cities.  All  these  were 
the  sons  of  Machir  the  father  of 
Gilead.  24  And  after  that  Hez- 
ron was  dead  in  Caleb-ephrathah, 
then  Abijah  Hezron's  wife  bare 
him  Ashhur  the  father  of  Tekoa. 

25  And  the  sons  of  Jerahmeel 
the  first-born  of  Hezron  were  Ram 
the  first-born,  and  Bunah,  and 
Oren,  and  Ozem,  Aliijah.  26  And 
Jerahmeel  had  another  wife,  whose 
name  was  Atarah ;  she  was  the 
mother  of  Onam.  27  And  the 
sons  of  Ram  the  first-born  of  Jer- 
ahmeel were  Maaz,  and  Jamin. 
and  Eker.  28  And  the  sons  of 
Onam  were  Shammai,  and  Jada. 
And  the  sons  of  Shammai  :  Nadab, 
and  Abishur.  29  And  the  name 
of  the  wife  of  Abishuv  was  Abi- 
hail ;  and  she  bare  him  Ahban, 
and  jNIolid.  30  And  the  sons  of 
Nadab  :  Seled,   and  Appaim  ;  but 

7  Heb.  Abshni.         s  c,  Havvoth-jair 
9  Heb.  daughters. 


2.31 


I.   CHRONICLES 


3.20 


Descendants  of  Jadah :  —  of  Jerahmeel;  of  Caleb;  of  David 


Seled     died     without     ^  children. 

3 1  And  the  sons  of  Appaim  :  Ishi. 
And  the  sons  of  Ishi :  Sheshaii. 
And  the  sons  of  Sheshan :  Ahlai. 

32  And  the  sons  of  Jada  the 
brother  of  Shammai :  Jether,  and 
Jonathan  ;  and  Jether  died  with- 
out ^  cliildren.  33  And  the  sons 
of  Jonathan :  Peleth,  and  Zaza. 
Tliese  were  the  sons  of  Jerahmeel. 
34  Now  Sheshan  had  no  sons,  but 
daughters.  And  Sheshan  had  a 
servant,  an  Egyptian,  whose  name 
was  Jarha.  35  And  Sheshan  gave 
his  daughter  to  Jarha  his  servant 
to  wife  ;  and  she  bare  him  Attai. 
36  And  Attai  begat  Nathan,  and 
Nathan  begat  Zabad,  37  and 
Zabad  begat  Ephlal,  and  Ephlal 
begat  Obed,  38  and  Obed  begat 
Jehu,  and  Jehu  begat  Azariah, 
39  and  Azariah  begat  Helez,  and 
Helez  begat  Eleasah,  40  and 
Eleasah  begat  Sismai,  and  Sismai 
begat  Shallum,  4 1  and  Shallum  be- 
gat Jekamiah,  and  Jekamiah  begat 
Elishama. 

42  And  the  sons  of  Caleb  the 
brother  of  Jerahmeel  were  Mesha 
his  iirst-born,  who  was  the  father 
of  Ziph  ;  and  the  sons  of  Mare- 
shah  the  father  of  Hebron^  43 
And  the  sons  of  Hebron  :  Korah, 
and  Tappuah,  and  Rekem,  and 
Shema.  44  And  Shema  begat 
Raham,  the  father  of  Jorkeam ; 
and  Hekem  begat  Shammai.  45 
And  the  son  of  Shammai  was 
Maon  ;  and  Maon  was  the  father 
of  Beth-zur.  46  And  Ephah,  Ca- 
leb's concubine,  bare  Haran,  and 
Moza,  and  Gazez  ;  and  Haran 
begat  Gazez.  47  And  the  sons 
of  Jahdai :  Regem,  and  Jothan, 
and  Geshan,  and  Pelet,  and  Ephah, 
and  Shaaph.  48  Maacah,  Caleb's 
concubine,  bare  Sheber  and  Tir- 
hanah.  ,.4&'"She  bare  also  Shaaph 
the  father  of  Madmannah,  Sheva 
the  father  of  Machbena,  and  the 
father  of  Gibea  ;  and  the  daughter 
of  Caleb  was  Achsah. 

50  These  were  the  sons  of  Caleb, 
the  son  of  Hur,  the  first-born  of 
Ephrathah :  Shobal  the  father  of 
Kiriath-jearim,  5 1  Salma  the  father 
of  Beth-lehem,  Hareph  the  father 
of  Beth-gader.  52  And  Shobal 
the  father  of  Kiriath-jearim  had 
sons  :  Haroeh,  half  of  the  Menu- 
hoth.  53  And  the  families  of 
Kiriath-jearim :  the  Ithrites,  and 
the  Puthites,  and  the  Shumathites, 

1  Or,  sons 


"  2  S.  3.  2-6 


i  2  S.  2.  n  ; 

5.  4,  6 


-ch.  14.  4-7; 

2  S.  6.  14-16 


rf  2  S.  12.  24, 
«  28.  11.  3 


and  the  Mishraites  ;  of  them  came 
the  Zorathites  and  the  Eshtaolites. 
54  The  sons  of  Salma  :  Beth-lehem, 
and  the  Netophathites,  Atroth- 
beth-joab,  and  naif  of  the  Mana- 
hathites,  the  Zorites.  55  And  the 
families  of  scribes  that  dwelt  at 
Jabez  :  the  Tirathites,  the  Shime- 
athites,  the  Sucathites.  These  are 
the  Kenites  that  came  of  Ham- 
math,  the  father  of  the  house  of 
Rechab. 

3"  Now  these  were  the  sons  of 
David,  that  were  born  unto 
him  in  Hebron :  the  first-born, 
Amnon,  of  Ahinoam  the  Jezreel- 
itess ;  the  second,  Daniel,  of  Abi- 
gail the  Carmelitess ;  2  the  third, 
Absalom  the  son  of  Maacah  the 
daughter  of  Talmai  king  of  Geshur  • 
the  fourth,  Adonijah  the  son  or 
Haggith ;  3  the  fifth,  Shephatiah 
of  Abital ;  the  sixth,  Ithream  by 
Eglah  his  wife :  4  six  were  born 
unto  him  in  Hebron ;  and  *  there 
he  reigned  seven  years  and  six 
months.  And  in  Jerusalem  he 
reigned  thirty  and  three  years ; 
5  "and  these  were  born  unto  him 
in  Jerusalem :  Shimea,  and  Sho- 
bab,  and  Nathan,  and  "*  Solomon, 
four,  of  *Bath-shua  the  daughter 
of  Ammiel ;  6  and  Ibhar,  and 
Elishama,  and  Eliphelet,  7  and 
Nogah,  and  Nepheg,  and  Japhia, 
8  and  Elishama,  and  Eliada,  and 
Eliphelet,  nine.  9  All  these  were 
the  sons  of  David,  besides  the  sons 
of  the  concubines  ;  and-''Tamar  was 
their  sister. 

10  And  Solomon's  son  wasReho- 
boam,  Abijah  his  son,  Asa  his  son, 
Jehoshaphat  his  son,  1 1  Jo  ram  his 
son,  Ahaziah  his  son,  Joash  his  son, 
12  Amaziah  his  son,  Azariah  his 
son,  Jotham  his  son,  13  Ahaz  his 
son,  Hezekiah  his  son,  Manasseh 
his  son,  14  Amon  his  son,  Josiah 
his  son.  15  And  the  sons  of  Jo- 
siah :  the  first-born  Johanan,  the 
second  Jehoiakim,  the  third  Zede- 
kiah,  the  fourth  Shallum.  16  And 
the  sons  of  Jehoiakim  :  Jeconiah 
his  son,  Zedekiah  his  son.  17  And 
the  sons  of  Jeconiah, "  the  captive  : 
Shealtiel  his  son,  18  and  Mal- 
chiram,  and  Pedaiah,  and  She- 
nazzar,  Jekamiah,  Hoshama,  and 
Nedabiah.  19  And  the  sons  of 
Pedaiah:  Zerubbabel,  and  Shimei. 
And  the  ^sons  of  Zerubbabel :  Me- 
shullam,  and  Hananiah ;  and  She- 
lomith   was    their   sister;    20  and 

2  Or,  Assir  s  Heb.  son. 


400 


3.21 


I.   CHRONICLES 


4.32 


Descendants  of  Jodah  and  of  Simeon 


Hashubah,  and  Ohel,  and  Bere- 
chiah,and  Hasadiah,  Jushab-hesed, 
five.  21  And  the  'sons  of  Hana- 
niah:  Pelatiah,  and  Jeshaiali;  the 
sons  of  Rephaiali,  the  sons  of  Arnan, 
the  sons  of  Obadiah,  the  sons  of 
Shecaniah.  '22  And  the  sons  of 
Shecaniah :  Shemaiah.  And  the 
sons  of  kSheniaiah:  Hattush,  and 
Igal,  and  Bariah,  and  Neariah,  and 
Shapliat,  six.  2o  And  the  '■  sons  of 
Neariah :  EHoenai,  and  Hizkiah, 
and  Azrikam,  three.  2i  And  the 
sons  of  Elioenai :  Hodaviah,  and 
Eliashib,  and  Pelaiah,  and  Akkub. 
and  Johanan,  and  i)elaiah,  ana 
Anani,  seven. 

4  "The  sons  of  Judah:  Perez, 
Hezron,  and  Carmi,  and  Hur, 
and  vShobaL  2  And  Reaiah  the  son 
of  Shobal  begat  Jahath ;  and  Jahath 
begat  Ahumai  and  Lahad.  These 
are  the  families  of  the  Zoratliites. 
3  And  these  were  the  sons  of  the 
father  of  Etam :  Jezreel,  and  Ishma, 
and  Idbash  ;  and  the  name  of  tlieir 
sister  was  Hazzelelponi ;  4  and  Pe- 
nuel  the  father  of  Gedor,  and  Ezer 
the  father  of  Hushah.  These  are 
the  sons  of  Hur,  the  first-born  of 
Ephrathah,  the  fatlier  of  Beth-le- 
hem.  5  And  Ashhur  the  father  of 
Tekoa  had  two  wives,  Helah  and 
Naarah.  6  And  Naarah  bare  him 
Ahuzzam,  and  Hepher,  and  Temeni, 
and  Haahashtari.  Tliese  were  the 
sons  of  Naarah.  7  And  the  sons  of 
Helah  were  Zereth,  "Izhar,  and  Eth- 
nan.  8  x\nd  Hakkoz  begat  Anub, 
and  Zobebah,  and  the  families  of 
Aharhel  the  son  of  Harum.  9  And 
Jabez  was  more  honorable  than  his 
brethren :  and  his  mother  called  his 
name  Jabez,  saj'ing.  Because  I  bare 
him  with  sorrow.  10  And  Jabez 
called  on  the  God  of  Israel,  sajang, 
Oh  that  thou  wouldest  bless  me  in- 
deed, and  enlarge  my  border,  and 
that  thy  hand  might  be  with  me, 
and  that  thou  wouldest  keep  me 
from  evil,  that  it  be  not  to  my 
sorrow !  And  God  granted  him 
that  which  he  requested.  11  And 
Chelub  the  brother  of  Shuhah  be- 

fat  Mehir,  who  was  the  father  of 
Ishton.  12  And  Esliton  begat 
Beth-rapha,  and  Paseah,  and  Te- 
hinnah  the  father  of  ^  Tr-nahash. 
These  are  the  men  of  Recah.  13 
And  the  sons  of  Kenaz:  Othniel, 
and  Seraiah.  And  the  sons  of  Oth- 
niel: Hathath.     14  AndMeonothai 

1  Heb.  son.     2  Another  reading  is,  and  Zohar. 
3  Or,  the  city  of  Nahash 


"  ch.  2.  3 


begat  Ophrah :  and  Seraiah  begat 
Joab  the  father  of  '*Ge-harashim ; 
for  they  were  craftsmen.  15  And 
the  sons  of  Caleb  the  son  of  Je- 
phunneh:  Iru,  Elah,  and  Naam; 
and  the  sons  of  Elah;  and  Kenaz. 
16  And  the  sons  of  Jehallelel :  Ziph, 
and  Ziphah,  Tiria,  and  Asarel.  17 
And  the  sons  of  Ezrah :  J  ether,  and 
Mered,  and  Epher,  and  Jalon;  and 
she  bare  jMiriam,  and  Shammai, 
and  Ishbah  the  father  of  Eshtemoa. 
18  And  his  wife  °the  Jewess  bare 
Jered  the  father  of  Gedor,  and  He- 
ber  the  father  of  Soco,  and  Jeku- 
thiel  the  father  of  Zanoah.  And 
these  are  the  sons  of  Bithiah  the 
daughter  of  Pharaoh,  whom  Mered 
took.  1 9  And  the  sons  of  the  wife 
of  Hodiah,  the  sister  of  Naham, 
were  the  father  of  Keilah  the  Gar- 
mite,  and  Eshtemoa  the  JNlaacathite. 
20  And thesonsof  Shimon:  Amnon, 
and  Rinnah,  Ben-hanan,  and  Tilon. 
And  the  sons  of  Ishi:  Zoheth,  and 
Ben-zoheth.  21  The  sons  of  Shelah 
the  son  of  Judah :  Er  the  father  of 
Lecab,  and  Laadah  the  father  of 
Mareshah,  and  the  families  of  the 
house  of  them  that  wrought  fine 
linen,  of  the  house  of  Ashbea;  22 
and  Jokim,  and  the  men  of  Cozeba, 
and  Joash,  and  Saraph,  who  had 
dominion  in  Moab,  and  Jashubi- 
lehem.  And  the  "^records  are 
ancient.^  23  These  were  the  pot- 
ters, and  "the  inhabitants  of  Netaira 
andGederah :  there  they  dwelt  with 
the  king  for  his  work. 

24  The  sons  of  Simeon:  ^Nemuel, 
and  Jamin,  ^Jarib,  ^"Zerah,  Shaul; 
25  Shallum  his  son,  Mibsam  his 
son,  Mishma  his  son.  26  And  the 
sons  of  ilishma :  Hammuel  his  son, 
Zaccur  his  son,  Shimei  his  son.  27 
And  Shimei  had  sixteen  sons  and 
six  daughters;  but  his  brethren 
had  not  many  children,  neither  did 
all  their  family  multiply  like  to  the 
children  of  Judah.  28  And  thej' 
dwelt  at  Beer-sheba,  and  JVIoladah, 
and  Hazar-shual,  29  and  at  Bilhah, 
and  at  Ezem,  and  at  Tolad,  30  and 
at  Bethuel,  and  at  Hormah,  and  at 
Ziklag,  31  and  at  Beth-marcaboth, 
and  Hazar-susim,  and  at  Beth-biri, 
and  at  Shaaraim.  These  were  their 
cities  unto  the  reign  of  David.  32 
And  their  villages  were  Etam,  and 

*  Or,  th''  vnVeii  nf  craftsmen, 
^  Or,  Ha-jehuilijnh  *  Heb.  words. 

'  Or,  those  that  dv.'elt  amomi  plantations  and 
hfHqfs         8  In  Oen.  4f..  10,  Ex.  6.  15,  Jemuel. 
'  In  Gen.  46.  in,  Jnrhin. 
10  In  Gen.  46.  lo,  Zohar. 


40) 


4.33 


I.   CHRONICLES 


5.21 


Bescendants  or  Simeon,  ol  Rinbeii,  and  of  iiiad.    A  War  of  the  Transjordanic  Tribes 


Ain,  Rimmon,  and  Tochen,  and 
Ashan,  iive  cities;  33  and  all  their 
villages  that  were  round  about  the 
same  cities,  unto  Baal.  These  were 
their  habitations,  and  they  have 
their  genealogy.  34:  And  Mesho- 
bab,  and  Jamlech,  and  Joshah  the 
son  of  Araa^iah,  35  and -Joel,  and 
Jehu  the  sou  of  Joshibiah,  the  son 
of  Seraiah,  the  son  of  Asiel,  36  and 
Elioenai,  and  Jaakobah,  and  Jesho 
haiah,  and  Asaiah,  and  Adiel,  and 
Jesimiel,  and  Benaiah,  37  and  Ziza 
the  son  of  Sliiphi,  the  son  of  Allon,_ 
the  son  of  Jedaiah,  the  son  of 
Shimri,  the  son  of  Shemaiah  —  38 
these  mentioned  by  name  were 
princes  in  their  families:  and  their 
tathers'  houses  increased  greatlj'. 
39  And  they  went  to  the  entrance 
of  Gedor,  even  unto  the  east  side  of 
the  valley,  to  seek  pasture  for  their 
flocks.  40  And  they  found  fat  pas- 
ture and  good,  and  "the  land  was 
wide,  and  quiet,  and  peaceable;  for 
they  that  dwelt  there  aforetime 
were  of  Ham.  41  And ''these  writ- 
ten by  name  came  in  the  days  of 
Hezekiah  king  of  Judah,  and  smote 
their  tents,  and  the  Meunim  that 
were  found  there,  and  'destroyed 
them  utterly  unto  this  day,  and 
dwelt  in  their  stead ;  because  there 
was  pasture  there  for  their  flocks. 
42  And  some  of  them,  even  of  the 
sons  of  Simeon,  five  hundred  men, 
went  to  ''mount  Seir,  having  for 
their  captains  Pelatiah,  and  Nea- 
riah,  and  Rephaiah,  and  Uzziel,  the 
sons  of  Ishi.  43  And  ''they  smote 
the  remnant  of  the  Amalekites  that 
escaped,  and  have  dwelt  there  unto 
this  day. 

5  And  the  sons  of  Reuben  the 
first-born  of  Israel  (for  "he  was 
the  first-born;  but,  forasmuch  as 
''he  defiled  his  father's  couch,  "his 
birthright  was  given  unto  the  sons 
of  Joseph  the  son  of  Israel ;  and  the 
genealogy  is  not  to  be  reckoned 
after  the  birthright.  2  '^  For  Judah 
prevailed  above  his  brethren,  and 
'of  him  came  the  "prince;  but  the 
birthright  was  Joseph's),  3  'the 
sons  of  Reuben  the  first-born  of 
Israel :  Hanoch,  and  Pallu,  Hezron, 
and  Carmi.  4  The  sons  of  Joel : 
Shemaiah  his  son,  Gog  his  son, 
'Shimei  his  son,  5  Micah  his  son, 
Reaiah  his  son,  Baal  his  son,  6 
Beerah  his  son,  whom  ''Tilgath-pil- 
neser  king  of  Assyria  carried  away 

1  Heb.  devnti-d  them.  2  Or,  Trader 

3  In  2  K.  15.  29 ;  16,  7,  Tiglatli-pileser. 


"  Judg.  lb. 

7-10 
"  ver.  33-38 
'^  Gen.  36.  8. 

9 
d  1  S.  15  7, 

8;  3U    17 
'  ch.  2.  1  ; 

Gen.  29.  32 
/Gen.  3;-). 

■22  :  49.  4 
»  Gen.  48. 

15-22 
"  Gen.  49. 

8-10 
'  Mic.  5.2; 

Mt.  2.  0 
*  Num.  26. 

5-9 
'  ver.  8 


■"  ver.  17 
"  Num.  32. 

34 ,  Josh 

12  2 
"  Josh   22. 

P  ver.  18-21 ; 

11.  38 
9  Dt.  3.  10 


'  2  K.  15.  5, 


'  2  K.  14.  16, 

28 


'  Num.  1.  3 
'  ver.  10 
-  ch.  1.  31 


'  2  Chr.  14. 
11-13 


■  Ps.  9,  10 ; 

20.  7,  8 


captive :  he  was  prince  of  the  R,eu- 
benites.  7  And  his  brethren  by 
their  families,  when  '"the  genealogy 
of  their  generations  was  reckoned  : 
the  chief,  Jeiel,  and  Zechariah,  S 
and  Bela  the  son  of  Azaz,  the  son 
of  Shema,  the  son  of  Joel,  who 
dwelt  in  "Aroer,  even  unto  Nebo 
and  Baal-meon:  9  and  eastward 
he  dwelt  even  unto  the  entrance  of 
the  wilderness  from  the  river  Eu- 
phrates, "because  their  cattle  were 
multiplied  in  the  land  of  Gilead. 
10  And  in  the  days  of  Saul,  ^they 
made  war  with  the  Hagrites,  who 
fell  by  their  hand;  and  they  dwelt 
in  their  tents  throughout  all  the 
land  east  of  Gilead. 

11  And  the  sons  of  Gad  dwelt 
over  against  them,  in  the  land  of 
Bashan  unto  'Salecah:  12  Joel  the 
chief,  and  Shapham  the  .second,  and 
Janai,  and  Shaphat  in  Bashan.  13 
And  their  brethren  of  their  fathers' 
hou.ses:  Michael,  and  MeshuUam, 
and  Sheba,  and  Jorai,  and  Jacan, 
andZia,and  Eber,  seven.  14  These 
were  the  sons  of  Abihail,  the  son  of 
Huri,  the  son  of  Jaroah.  the  son  of 
Gilead,  the  son  of  Michael,  the  son 
of  Jeshishai,  the  son  of  Jahdo,  the 
son  of  Buz;  15  Ahi  the  son  of 
Abdiel,  the  son  of  Guni,  chief  of 
their  fathers'  houses.  1 6  And  they 
dwelt  in  Gilead  in  Bashan,  and  in 
its  ■'towns,  and  in  all  the ''suburbs 
of  ''Sharon,  as  far  as  their  ^borders. 
17  All  these  were  reckoned  by  gen- 
ealogies in  the  days  of  *  Jotham  king 
of  Judah,  and  in  the  days  of  'Jero- 
boam king  of  Israel. 

18  The  sons  of  Reuben,  and  the 
Gadites,  and  the  half-tribe  of  Ma- 
nasseh,  of  valiant  men,  men  able 
to  bear  buckler  and  sv/ord,  and  to 
shoot  with  bow,  and  skilful  in  war, 
were  forty  and  four  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  threescore,  that  were 
"able  to  go  forth  to  war.  19  .^ind 
they  made  war  with  "the  Hagrites, 
with  ""Jetur,  and  Naphish,  and 
Nodab.  20  And  they  were  helped 
against  them,  and  the  Hagrites 
Wf  re  delivered  into  their  hand,  and 
all  that  were  with  them ;  for  ^they 
cried  to  God  in  the  battle,  and  he 
was  entreated  of  them,  because 
Hhey  put  their  trust  in  him.  21 
And  tney  took  away  their  cattle; 
of  their  camels  fifty  thousand, 
and  of  sheep  two  hundred  and 
fifty  thousand,  and  of  asses  two 

*  Heb.  daunhfprs.        *  Ov,  -nnsture  lands 
6  Heb.  goings  forth. 


402 


5.22 


I.   CHRONICLES 


6.37 


The  Ilair-tribe  or  Nanasseli;  ilieir  Trcsptiss  and  Captivity.    Descendants  of  Loi.    I.evite  Singers 


thousand,  and  of  'men  a  liundred 
thousand.  'I'l  For  there  fell  many 
slain,  because  "the  war  was  of  God. 
And  Hhey  dwelt  in  their  stead  un- 
til 'the  captivity. 

23  And  the  children  of  the  half- 
tribe  of  Manasseh  dwelt  in  the 
land  :  they  increased  from  Bashan 
unto  Baal-hermon  and''Senir  and 
mount  Hermon.  2-1  And  these 
were  the  heads  of  their  fathers'" 
houses  :  even  Kpher,  and  Ishi,  and 
Eliel,  and  Azriel,  and  Jeremiah, 
and  Hodaviah,  and  Jahdiel,  mighty 
men  of  valor,  famous  men,  heads 
of  their  fathers'  houses. 

25  And  they  trespassed  against 
tlie  God  of  their  fathers,  and 
"lolayed  the  harlot  -^ after  the  gods 
of  the  peoples  of  the  land,  whom 
God  destroyed  before  them.  26 
And  the  God  of  Israel  stirred  up 
the  spirit  of  -'  Pul  king  of  Assyina, 
and  the  spirit  of  Tilgath-jjilneser 
king  of  Assyria,  and  he  carried 
them  away,  even  the  Reubenites, 
and  the  Gadites,  and  the  half-tribe 
of  Manasseh,  and  brought  them 
unto  Halah,  and  Habor,  and  Hara, 
and  to  the  river  of  Gozan,  unto 
this  day. 

*f\      '  ^^®^  ^^"^   ^^  Levi :  ^  Ger- 

O  shon,  Kohath,  and  jNIerari.     2 

And  the  sons  of  Kohath  :  Amram, 

Izhar,   and    Hebron,    and    Uzziel. 

3  And  the  children  of  Amram : 
Aaron,  and  jMoses,  and  JNliriam. 
And  the  sons  of  Aaron :  Nadab, 
and  Abihu.  Eleazar,  and  Ithamar. 

4  Eleazar  begat  Phinehas,  Phine- 
has  begat  Abishua,  5  and  Abishua 
begat  Bukki,  and  Bukki  liegat 
Uzzi,  6  and  Uzzi  begat  Zerahiah, 
and  Zerahiah  begat  Meraioth,  7 
]\Ieraioth  begat  Amariah,  and  Am- 
ariah  begat  Ahitub,  8  and  Ahitub 
begat  Zadok,  and  Zadok  begat 
Ahimaaz,  9  and  Ahimaaz  begat 
Azariah,  and  Azariah  begat  Jo- 
hanan,  10  and  Johanan  begat  Aza- 
riah (he  it  is  that  executed  the 
priest's  otlice  in  the  house  that 
Solomon  built  in  Jerusalem),  11 
and  Azariah  begat  Amariah,  and 
Amai^iah  begat  Ahitub,  12  and 
Ahitub  begat  Zadok,  and  Zadok 
begat  ■'Shalhim.  13  and  Shallum 
begat  Hilkiah.  and  Hilkiah  begat 
Azariah,  14  and  Azariah  begat 
Seraiah,  and  Seraiah  begat  Jehoz- 
adak ;  15  and  Jehozadak  went 
into  captivity,  when  Jehovah  car- 

1  Heb.  soti'f  of  men.      2  Tn  ver.  Ifi,  Gershom. 
3  In  ch.  9.  n,  MeshuUam. 


"  Josh.  23. 
10 ;  2  Chr. 

■.VI  8 
*(Cli  fi   I  in 

Heb] 
"eh  4  41 
"=  li  K.  16.  20 ; 

17.  0 


d  Dt.  3.  9 


"  Ex.  34.  15 
/2K.  17.7 


'  2  K.  1.=;.  19, 
29;  iChr. 
6.  26 


*[Ch 

5. 

27 

in 

Heb) 

"Ex 

U. 

16- 

2i 

'Ch. 

1.5 

16- 

22, 

27 

16. 

4-6 

tch. 

15 

2.1- 

lilfi. 

1 ; 

2S. 

ried  away  Judali  and  Jerusalem  by 
the  hand  of  Nebuchadnezzar. 

*  1 6  The  sons  of  Levi :  ^Gej-shom. 
Kohath,  and  Merari.  I  /  Ana 
these  are  the  names  of  the  sons  of 
Gershom:  Libni  and  Shimei.  18 
And  the  sons  of  Kohath  were  Am 
ram,  and  Izhar,  and  Hebron,  and 
Uzziel.  19  The  sons  of  Merari: 
Mahli  and  Mushi.  And  these  are 
the  families  of  the  Levites  accord- 
ing to  their  fathei's'  /i02<ses.  20  Of 
Gershom :  Libni  his  son,  Jahath 
his  son,  Zimmah  his  son,  21  ^  Joah 
his  son,  "Iddo  his  son,  Zerah  his 
son,  'Jeatherai  his  son.  22  The 
sons  of  Kohath:  ''Amminadab  his 
son,  Korali  his  son,  Assir  his  son, 
23  Elkanah  his  son,  and  Ebiasaph 
his  son,  and  Assir  his  son,  24 
Tahath  his  son,  ^  Uriel  his  son, 
Uzziah  his  son,  and  Shaul  his  son. 
25  And  the  sons  of  Elkanah  :  Am- 
asai,  and  Ahimoth.  26  As  for 
Elkanah,  the  sons  of  Elkanah : 
'"Zophai  his  son,  and  "  Nahath  his 
son,  27  '"Eliab  his  son,  Jeroham 
his  son,  Elkanah  his  son.  28  And 
the  sons  of  Samuel :  the  first-born. 
^'^  Joel,  and  the  second  Abijah.  29 
The  sons  of  Merari:  Mahli,  Libni 
his  son,  Shimei  his  .son,  Uzzah  his 
son,  30  Shimea  his  son,  Haggiah 
his  son.  Asaiah  his  son. 

31  'And  these  are  they  whom 
David  set  over  the  service  of  song 
in  the  house  of  Jehovah,  *  after 
that  the  ark  had  rest.  32  And 
they  ministered  with  song  before 
the  tabernacle  of  the  tent  of  meet- 
ing, until  Solomon  had  built  the 
house  of  Jeho"\'ah  in  Jerusalem : 
and  they  "waited  on  their  oitice 
according  to  their  order.  33  And 
these  are  they  that  "waited,  and 
their  sons.  Of  the  sons  of  the  Ko- 
hathites :  Heman  the  singer,  the 
son  of  Joel,  the  son  of  Samuel,  34 
the  son  of  Elkanah,  the  son  of 
Jeroham,  the  son  of  Eliel,  the  son 
of  '^Toah,  35  the  son  of  '"Zuph.  the 
son  of  Elkanah,  the  son  of  Mahath, 
the  son  of  Amasai.  36  the  son  of 
Elkanah.  the  son  of  ^"  Joel,  the  son 
of  Azariah.  the  son  of  Zephaniah. 
37  the  son  of  Tahath,  the  son  of 
Assir,  the  son  of  Ebiasaph,  the  son 

<  In  ver.  1,  6Vr. /lox.  *  In  ver  42,  Etiian. 

«  In  ver.  41,  A'laifih.  7  In  ver.  41,  Ethni. 

"  In  ver.  2.  is.  :is.  Izhar. 

5  In  ver.  36.  Ziphfiniah,  Aznrioh,  Joel. 

I"  In  ver.  3r,,  Zuph.  n  In  ver.  34,  Toah. 

12  In  ver.  :u.  El  id. 

13  See  ver.  33,  and  l  S.  8.  2.  The  Hebrew  text 
has,  Vofhni.  ini'i  Aliiafi.      •♦  Heb.  sfriod. 

1'  In.  ver  26,  Nnhath         i'^  In  ver.  26,  Zophai. 
17  In  ver.  24,  ,'>liaut,  Uzziah,  Uriel. 


403 


6.38 


I.    CHRONICLES 


6.74 


Levkte  Priests.    Dwelling-places  of  the  Levites.    Cities  ot  the  levites 


of  Korah,  38  the  son  of  Izhar,  the 
son  of  Kohath,  the  son  of  Levi,  the 
son  of  Israel.  39  And  his  brother 
Asaph,  who  stood  on  his  right 
hand,  even  Asaph  the  son  of  Bere- 
chiah,  the  son  of  JShimea,  40  the 
son  of  Michael,  the  son  of  Eaaseiah,_ 
the  son  of  Malchijah,  41  the  son  of 
Ethni,  the  son  of  Zerah,  the  son  of 
Adaiah,  42  the  son  of  Ethan,  the 
son  of  Zimmah,  the  son  of  Shiraei,^ 
43  the  son  of  Jahath,  the  son  of 
Gershonij  the  son  of  Levi.  44  And 
on  the  left  hand  their  brethren  the 
sons  of  Merari :  ^  Ethan  the  son  of 
^Kishi,  the  son  of  Abdi,  the  son 
of  Malluch,  45  the  son  of  Hasha- 
biah,  the  son  of  Amaziah,  the  son 
of  Hilkiah,  46  the  son  of  Amzi, 
the  son  of  Bani,  the  son  of  Shemer, 
47  the  son  of  Mahli,  the  son  of 
Mushi,  the  son  of  Merari,  the  son 
of  Levi.  48  And  their  brethren 
the  Levites  were  ^appointed  for  all 
the  service  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
house  of  God. 

49  But  Aaron  and  his  sons 
^"offei'ed  upon  the  altar  of  burnt- 
offering,  and  *upon  the  altar  of 
incense,  for  all  the  work  of  the 
most  holy  place,  and  "to  make 
atonement  for  Israel,  according  to 
all  that  Moses  the  servant  of  God 
had  commanded.  50  ''And  these 
are  the  sons  of  Aaron  :  Eleazar  his 
son,  Phinehas  his  son,  Abishua 
his  son,  51  Bukki  his  son,  Uzzi  his 
son,  Zerahiah  his  son,  52  Meraioth 
his  son,  Amariah  his  son,  Ahitub 
his  son,  53  Zadok  his  son,  Ahim- 
aaz  his  son. 

54  Now  these  are  their  dwelling- 
places  according  to  their  encamp- 
ments in  their  borders  :  to  the  sons 
of  Aaron,  of  the  families  of  the 
Kohathites  (for  theirs  was  the  "first 
lot),  55  to  them  they  gave  ■''Hebron 
in  the  land  of  Judah,  and  the 
suburbs  thereof  round  about  it ; 
56  ^but  the  fields  of  the  city,  and 
the  villages  thereof,  they  gave  to 
Caleb  the  son  of  Jephunneh.  57 
And  *to  the  sons  of  Aaron  they 
gave  the  cities  of  refuge,  Hebron ; 
Libnah  also  with  its  suburbs,  and 
Jattir,  and  Eshtemoa  with  its 
suburbs,  58  and  ^Hilen  with  its 
suburbs,  Debir  with  its  suburbs, 
59  and  ^Ashan  with  its  suburbs, 

1  In  ch.  9.  16,  Jeduthun. 

2  In.  ch.  15.  17,  Kiishaiah. 

8  Heb.  given.    See  Num.  3.  9. 
1  Or,  burnt  incense 
6  In  Josh.  21.  16,  Hnlort,. 
6  In  Josh.  21.  16,  Ain. 


"  Ex.  27.  1-8 
b  Ex.  30.  1-7 
"  Ex.  30.  10- 
16 

d  ver.  4-8 
''Josh.  21. 

4,  10 
/Josh.  14.  13 
"  Josh.  16. 13 
fc  Josh.  21. 

13,  19 


'■  ver.  m-70 
and  Josh. 


fc  Josh.  21.  7, 
34-40 


I  Josh.  21.  3, 
41,  42 


"  .Josh.  21. 
20-26 


and  Beth-shemesh  with  its  sub 
urbs ;  60  and  out  of  the  tribe  ot 
Benjamin,  Geba  with  its  suburbs, 
and  ''Allemeth  with  its  suburbs, 
and  Anathoth  with  its  suburbs.  All 
their  cities  throughout  their  fami- 
lies were  thirteen  cities. 

61  'And  unto  the  rest  of  the 
sons  of  Kohath  were  given  by  lot, 
out  of  the  family  of  the  tribe,  out 
of  the  half-tribe,  the  half  of  Ma- 
nasseh,  ten  cities.  62  And  to 
the  sons  of  Gershom,  according  to 
their  families,  out  of  the  tribe  of 
Issachar,  and  ovit  of  the  tribe  of 
Asher,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Naph- 
tali,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Manas- 
seh  in  Bashan,  thirteen  cities.  .63 
*  Unto  the  sons  of  Merari  rvcre 
given  by  lot,  according  to  their 
families,  out  of  the  tribe  of  Reuben, 
and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  and 
out  of  the  tribe  of  Zebulun,  twelve 
cities.  64  'And  the  children  of 
Israel  gave  to  the  Levites  the  cities 
with  their  suburbs.  65  And  they 
gave  by  lot  out  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Judah,  and  out  of  the 
tribe  of  the  children  of  Simeon, 
and  out  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Benjamin,  '"these  cities  which 
are  mentioned  by  name. 

6Q  "And  some  of  the  families  of 
the  sons  of  Kohath  had  cities  of 
their  borders  out  of  the  tribe 
of  Ephraim.  67  And  they  gave 
unto  them  the  cities  of  refuge, 
Shechem  in  the  hill-country  of 
Ephraim  with  its  suburbs ;  Gezer 
also  with  its  suburbs,  68  ^and 
Jokmeam  with  its  suburbs,  and 
Beth-horon  with  its  suburbs,  69 
and  Aijalon  with  its  suburbs,  and 
Gath-rimmon  with  its  suburbs ; 
70  and  out  of  the  half-tribe  of 
Manasseh,  Aner  with  its  suburbs, 
and  Bileam  with  its  suburbs,  for 
the  rest  of  the  family  of  the  sons 
of  Kohath. 

71  Unto  the  sons  of  Ger.shom 
were  given,  out  of  the  family  of 
the  half-tribe  of  Manasseh,  Golan 
in  Bashan  with  its  suburbs,  and 
Ashtaroth  with  its  suburbs;  72 
and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Issachar, 
Kedesh  with  its  suburbs,  Daberath 
with  its  suburbs,  73  and  Ramqth 
with  its  suburbs,  and  Anem  with 
its  suburbs ;  74  and  out  of  the 
tribe  of  Asher,  Mashal  with  its 
suburbs,  and  Abdon  with  its  sub- 

7  In  Josh.  21.  18,  Almon. 

8  See  Josh.  21.  22-39,  where  some  of  the  names 
are  different. 


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7.23 


Cities  of  the  Lcvites.    Descendants  of  Issarlitir,  of  Benjamin,  of  Naphtali,  of  Nanasseh,  and  of  Eiiliraim 


urbs,  75  and  Hukok  with  its  sub- 
urbs, and  Rehob  with  its  suburbs  ; 
76  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Naph- 
tali, Ivedcsh  in  Gahlee  with  its 
suburbs,  and  Haminon  with  its 
suburbs,  and  Iviriathaim  with 
its  suburbs. 

77  Unto_  the  rest  of  the  Levites, 
the  sons  of  Merari,  ivere  given,  out 
of  the  tribe  of  Zebukin,  Kimmono 
with  its  suburbs,  Tabor  with  its 
suburbs  ;  78  and  beyond  the  Jor- 
dan at  Jericho,  on  the  east  side  of 
the  Jordan,  were  given  them,  out 
of  the  tribe  of  Reuben,  Bezer  in 
the  wilderness  with  its  suburbs, 
and  J  ahzah  with  its  suburbs,  79  and 
Kedeuioth  Avith  its  suburbs,  and 
Mephaath  with  its  suburbs ;  80 
and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  Ra- 
moth  in  Gilead  with  its  suburbs, 
and  JMahanaim  with  its  suburbs, 
81  and  Heshbon  with  its  sub- 
urbs, and  Jazer  with  its  suburbs. 
7  And  of  the  sons  of  Issachar : 
Tola,  and  ^  Puah,  Jashub,  and 
Shimron,  four.  2  And  the  sons 
of  Tola :  Uzzi,  and  Rephaiah,  and 
Jeriel,  and  Jahmai,  and  Ibsam, 
and  Shemuel,  heads  of  their 
fathers'  houses,  to  wit,  of  Tola ; 
mighty  men  of  valor  in  their  gen- 
erations:  "their  number  in  the 
days  of  David  was  two  and  twenty 
thousand  and  six  hundred.  3  And 
the  sons  of  Uzzi :  Izrahiah.  And 
the  sons  of  Izrahiah :  Michael, 
and  Obadiah,  and  Joel,  Isshiah, 
five ;  all  of  them  chief  men.  4 
And  with  them,  by  their  genera- 
tions, after  their  fathers'  houses, 
were  bands  of  the  host  for  war, 
six  and  thirty  thousand  ;  for  they 
had  many  wives  and  sons.  5  And 
their  brethren  among  all  the  fam- 
ilies of  Issachar,  mighty  men  of 
valor,  reckoned  in  all  by  gene- 
alogy, were  fourscore  and  seven 
thousand. 

6  ''  'J'he  sonn  of  Benjamin  :  Bela, 
and    Becher,    and    Jediael,   three. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Bela :  Ezbon, 
and  Uzzi,  and  Uzziel,  and  Jeri- 
moth,  and  Iri,  five ;  heads  of 
fathers'  houses,  mighty  men  of 
valor ;  and  they  were  reckoned 
by  genealogy  twenty  and  two 
thousand    and    thirty    and    four. 

8  And  the  sons  of  Becher :  Zemi- 
rah,  and  Joash,  and  Eliezer,  and 
Elioenai,  and  Omri,  and  Jere- 
moth,  and  Abijah,  and  Anathoth, 
and     Alemeth.      All    these    were 

1  In  Gen.  46.  13,  Puvah  and  Job. 


'  Num.  26. 
35,  36 


the  sons  of  Becher.  9  And  they 
were  reckoned  by  genealogy,  after 
their  generations,  heads  of  their 
fathers'  houses,  mightv  men  of 
valor,  twenty  thousand  and  two 
hundred.  10  And  the  sons  of 
Jediael :  Bilhan.  And  the  sons 
of  Bilhan :  Jeush,  and  Benjamin, 
and  Ehud,  and  Chenaanah,  ana 
Zethan,  and  Tarshish,  and  Ahish- 
ahar.  11  All  these  were  sons  of 
Jediael,  according  to  the  heads  of 
their  fathers'  houses,  mighty  men 
of  valor,  seventeen  thousand  and 
two  hundred,  that  were  able  to 
go  forth  in  the  host  for  war.  12 
^  Shuppim  also,  and  -  Huppim,  the 
sons  of  ^Ir,  Hushim,  the  sons  of 
*  Aher. 

13  The  sons  of  Naphtali:  ®Jah- 
ziel,  and  Guni,  and  Jezer,  and 
''Shallum,  the  sons  of  Bilhali. 

1 4  The  sons  of  Manasseh :  As- 
riel,  whom  his  concubine  the 
Aramitess  bare ;  she  bare  Machir 
the  father  of  Gilead.  15  And 
Machir  took  a  wife  ''of  Huppim 
and  Shuppim,  ^  whose  sister's 
name  was  Maacah  ;  and  the  name 
of  the  second  was  Zelophehad : 
and    Zelophehad    had    daughters. 

16  And  Maacah  the  wife  of  ISIa- 
chir  bare  a  son,  and  she  called 
his  name  Peresh ;  and  the  name 
of  his  brother  was  Sheresh  ;  and 
his  sons  were  Ulam  and   Rakem. 

17  And  the  sons  of  Ulam  :  Bedan. 
These  were  the  sons  of  Gilead  the 
son  of  Machir,  the  son  of  Manas- 
seh. 18  And  his  sister  Hammo- 
lecheth  bare  Ishhod,  and  ^Abiezer, 
and  Mahlah.  19  And  the  sons  of 
Shemida  were  Ahian,  and  Shechem, 
and  Likhi,  and  Aniam. 

20  And  '■  the  sons  of  Ephraim  : 
Shuthelah,  and  Bered  his  son,  and 
Tahath  his  son,  and  Eleadah  his 
son,  and  Tahath  his  son.  21  and 
Zabad  his  son,  and  Shuthelah  his 
son,  and  Ezer,  and  Elead,  whom 
the  men  of  Gath  that  were  born 
in  the  land  slew,  because  they 
came  down  to  take  away  their 
cattle.  22  And  Ephraim  their 
father  mourned  many  days,  and 
his  brethren  came  to  comfort  him. 
23  And  he  went  in  to  his  wife, 
and  she  conceived,  and  bare  a  son, 
and  he  called  his  name  Beriah, 
because  it  went  evil  with  his  house. 

-  In  Num.  26.  30,  &fiej)hvpham  and  Hupliam. 
3  In  ver.  7,  Iri.        *  In  Num.  26.  38,  Ahiram. 
6  In  Gen.  46.  24,  Jahzecl. 
6  In  Gen.  46.  24,  Shilkm.  7  Or,  for 

8  Or,  and  his         »  In  Num.  26.  30,  lezer. 


405 


7.24 


I.   CHEONICLES 


a  32 


Cities  of  Epiiraiffl.    Descendants  of  Isher,  and  of  Benjamin 


24  And  his  daughter  was  Sheerah, 
"who  built  Eeth-horon  the  nether 
and  the  upper,  and  L^zzen-sheerah. 

25  And  Rephah  was  his  son,  and 
Resheph,  and  Telah  his  son,  and 
Tahan  his  son,  26  Ladan  his  son, 
Ammihud  his  son,  Ehshama  his 
son,  27  ^Nun  his  son,  *  Joshua 
his  son. 

28  And  "  their  possessions  and 
habitations  were  Beth-el  and  the 
Howns  thereof,  and  eastward  ^Naa- 
ran,  and  westward  Gezer,  with  the 
towns  thereof ;  Shechem  also  and 
the  towns  thereof,  unto  ''Azzah 
and  the  towns  thereof ;  29  and  by 
the  borders  of  the  children  of  Ma- 
nasseh,  Beth-shean  and  its  towns, 
Taanach  and  its  towns,  Megiddo 
and  its  towns.  Dor  and  its  towns. 
In  these  dwelt  the  children  of 
Joseph  the  son  of  Israel. 

30  "^  The  sons  of  Asher :  Imnah, 
and  Ishvah,  and  Ishvi,  and  Beriah, 
and  Serah  their  sister.  31  And 
the  sons  of  Beriah :  Heber,  and 
Malchiel,  who  was  the  father  of 
Birzaith.  32  And  Heber  begat 
Japhlet,  and  ^Shomer,  and  Ho- 
tham,  and  Shua  their  sister.  33 
And  the  sons  of  Japhlet:  Pasach, 
and  Bhnhal,  and  Ashvath.  These 
are  the  children  of  Japhlet.  3-1- 
And  the  son*;:  of  "Shemer:  Ahi, 
and  Rohgah,  Jehubbah,  and  Ai-am. 
35  And  the  ^sons  of  Helem  his 
brother :  Zophah,  and  Imna,  and 
Shelesh,  and  Amal.  36  The  sons 
of  Zophah  :  Suah,  and  Harnepher, 
and  Shual,  and  Beri,  and  Imrah, 
37  Bezer,  and  Hod,  and  Shamma, 
and  Shilshah,  and  Ithran,  and 
Beex'a.  38  And  the  sons  of 
Jether :  Jephunneh,  and  Pispa, 
and  Ara.  39  And  the  sons  of 
Ulla :  Arah,  and  Hanniel,  and 
Rizia.  40  All  these  were  the  chil- 
dren of  Asher,  heads  of  the  fathers' 
houses,  choice  and  mighty  men  of 
valor,  chief  of  the  princes.  And 
the  number  of  them  reckoned  by 
genealogy  for  service  in  war  Avas 
twenty  and  six  thousand  men. 

8  And  •'Benjamin  begat  Bela 
his  first-born,  Ashbel  the 
second,  and  -''Aharah  the  third, 
2  Nohah  the  fourth,  and  Rapha 
the  fifth.  3  And  Bela  had  sons  : 
'^Addar,  and  Gera,  and  Abihud, 
4  and  Abishua,  and  Naaman,  and 

1  Heb.  Nan.  *  Heb.  daughters. 

3  In  Josh.  ifi.  7,  Nnarah. 

*  Many  MSS.  read,  Ayyah. 

5  In  ver.  34,  Shtmer.       ^  In  ver.  32,  Shomer. 

1  Heb.  son.  s  In  Gen.  46.  21,  Ard. 


'^  Josh.  16. 
3,6 


6  Ex.  17.  9- 
14 ;  24.  13 

'  Josh.  16.  2 


d  Gen.  46. 
17;  Num. 
26.  44-46 


'  ch.  7.  fi- 

Gen.  4(i. 

/ch.  7.  12 


^  ch.  9.  35-38 


Ahoah,  5  and  Gera,  and  'Shephu- 
phan,  and  Huram.  6  And  tnese 
are  the  sons  of  Ehud :  these  are 
the  heads  of  fathers'  houses  of  the 
inhabitants  of  Geba,  and  they  car- 
ried  tliem  captive  to  Manahathi 

7  and  Naaman,  and  Ahijah,  and 
Gera,  he  carried  them  captive ; 
and  he  begat    (Jzza  and  Ahihud. 

8  And  Shaharaim  begat  children 
in  the  field  of  Moab,  after  he  had 
'"  sent  them  away  ;  Hushim  and 
Baara  were  his  wives.  9  And  he 
begat  of  Hodesh  his  wife,  Jobab, 
and  Zibia,  and  Mesha,  and  Mal- 
cam,  10  and  Jeuz,  and  Shachia, 
and  Mirmah.  These  were  his  sons, 
heads  of  fathers'  houses.  1 1  And 
of  Hushim  he  begat  Abitub  and 
Elpaal.  12  And  the  sons  of  El- 
paal :  Eber,  and  Misham,  and  She- 
med,  who  built  Ono  and  Lod,  with 
the  towns  thereof ;  1 3  and  Beriah, 
and  Shema,  who  were  heads  of 
fathers'  houses  of  the  inhabitants 
of  Aijalon,  who  put  to  flight  the 
inhabitants  of  Gath  ;  14  and  Ahio, 
Shashak,  and  Jeremoth,  15  and 
Zebadiah,  and  Arad,  and  Eder, 
16  and  Michael,  and  Ishpah,  and 
Joha,  the  sons  of  Beriah,  17 
and  Zebadiah,  and  Mesliullam, 
and  Hizki,  and  Heber,  18  and 
Ishmerai,  and  Izliah.  and  Jobab, 
the  sons  of  Elpaal,  19  and  Jakim, 
and  Zichri,  and  Zabdi,  20  and 
Elienai,  and  Zillethai,   and   Eliel, 

21  and  Adaiah,  and  Beraiah,  and 
Shimrath,   the   sons    of    "  Shimei, 

22  and  Ishpan,  and  Eber,  and 
Eliel,  23  and  Abdon,  and  Zichri, 
and  Hanan,  24  and  Hananiah, 
and  Elam,and  Anthothijah,  25  and 
IlDhdeiah,  and  Peniiel,  the  sons 
ot  Shashak,  26  and  Shamsherai, 
and  Shehariah,  and  Athaliah,  27 
and  Jaareshiah,  and  Elijah,  and 
Zichri,  the  sons  of  Jeroham.  28 
These  were  heads  of  fathers'  houses^ 
throughout  their  generations,  chief 
men  :  these  dwelt  in  Jerusalem. 

29  ''And  in  Gibeon  there  dwelt 
the  father  of  Gibeon,  Jeiel,  whose 
wife's  name  was  Maacah  ;  30  and 
his  first-born  son  Abdon,  and  Zur, 
and  Kish,  and  Baal,  and  Nadab, 
31  and  Gedor,  and  Ahio,  and 
i-Zecher.  32  And  Mikloth  begat 
"Shimeah.  And  they  also  dwelt 
with  their  brethren  in  Jerusalem, 

9  In  Num.  26.  39,  Shephupham. 

10  Or,  sent  away  Hushim  and  Baara  JUs  wives 

11  In  ver.  13,  Shema. 

12  In  ch.  9.  37,  Zechariah. 

13  In  ch.  9.  38,  Shimeam. 


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8.33 


I.    CHRONICLES 


9.22 


Descendants  of  Benjamin.    Former  liihiibitiints  of  Jerusalem;  Priests,  Levites,  and  Porters 


over  against  their  brethren.  33 
"And  Ner  begat  Kish ;  and  Kish 
begat  Saul ;  and  Saul  begat  Joiia- 
than,  and  Malchi-shua,  and  '  Abin- 
adab,  and  -Esh-baal.  34  And  the 
son  of  Jonathan  was  "'Merib-baal  ; 
and  Merib-baal  begat  Micah.  35 
And  the  sons  of  ^lic;ah  :  J^ithon, 
and  Melech,  and  ''Tarea,  and  Ahaz. 
36  And  Ahaz  begat  "Jehoaddali; 
and  Jehoaddah  begat  Alemeth,  and 
Azmaveth,  and  Zimri ;  and  Zinu'i 
begat  ^loza.  37  And  Moza  begat 
Binea  ;  '^Raphah  was  his  son,  Elea- 
sah  his  son,  Azel  his  son.  38  And 
Azel  had  six  sons,  whose  names  are 
these  :  Azrikam,  Bocheru,  and  Ish- 
mael,  and  Sheariah,  and  Obadiah, 
and  Hanan.  All  these  were  the 
sons  of  Azel.  39  And  the  sons  of 
Eshck  his  brother  :  Ulam  his  first- 
born, Jeush  the  second,  and  Eliph- 
elet^  the  third.  40  And  the  sons 
of  Ulam  were  mighty  men  of  valor, 
archers,  and  had  many  sons,  and 
sons'  sons,  a  hundred  and  fifty.  All 
these  were  of  the  sons  of  Benjamin. 

9  So  all  Israel  were  I'eckoned 
by  genealogies;  and,  behold, 
they  are  written  in  the  book  of 
the  kings  of  Israel.  And  'Judah 
was  carried  away  captive  to  Baby- 
lon for  their  transgression.  2 
•"Now  the  lirst  inhabitants  that 
dwelt  in  their  possessions  in  their 
cities  were,  Israel,  the  priests, 
the  Levites,   and  ''the  Nethinim. 

3  And  in  Jerusalem  dwelt  of  the 
children  of  Judah,  and  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Benjamin,  and  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ephraim  and   Manasseh  : 

4  Uthai  the  son  of  Amraihud,  the 
son  of  Omri,  the  son  of  Imri,  the 
son  of  Bani,  of  the  children  of 
Perez  the  son  of  Judah.  5  And 
of  the  Shilonites  :  Asaiah  the  first- 
born, and  his  sons.  6  And  of  the 
sons  of  Zerah :  Jeuel,  and  their 
brethren,  six  hundred  and  ninety. 
7  And  of  the  sons  of  Benjamin  : 
Sallu  the  son  of  ]\Ieshullam,  the 
son  of  Hodaviah,  the  son  of  Hasse- 
nuah,  8  and  Ibneiah  the  son  of 
ieroham,  aiid  Elah  the  son  of 
Uzzi,  the  son  of  Michri,  and 
MeshuUam  the  son  of  Shepha- 
tiah,  the  son  of  Keuel,  the  son 
of  Ibnijah ;  9  and  their  breth- 
ren, according  to  their  genera- 
tions,   "  nine    hundred    and    fifty 

1  In  1  S.  14.  49.  Tshvi. 

2  In  2  S.  2.  8.  Ishbosheth. 

3  In  2  S  4.  4  ;  9.  6.  W,  Mcphihoxheth. 

*  In  ch.  9.  41,  Tnhren.      5  In  (.jj  9  42,  Jarah. 

*  Id  cb  9.  43,  liephaiah. 


"  ch.  9 

39-44 

b  ch.  r, 

2vj,  20 

"^Neh. 

11. 

H-'J'J 

dEzr. 

2.  43, 

r)8;  8 

20 

'•  Neh. 

11.  8 

/Neh. 

11. 

li>-14 

i'Jer. 

10.  1 

ft  Neh.  11. 
15-19 


Ezek.  46. 

1,  2 


«^  Num.  26. 
7-13 


'  ch.  26.  2,  14 


•  ch.  26.  1 
'  2  Chr.  31. 
15,  18 


407 


and  six.  All  these  men  were 
heads  of  fathers'  houses  by  their 
fathers'  houses. 

10  •''And  of  the  priests  :  Jedaiah. 
and  Jehoiarib,  Jachin,  11  and 
'Azariah  the  son  of  Hilkiah,  tht 
son  of  MeshuUam,  the  son  of 
Zadok,  the  son  of  Meraioth,  the 
son  of  Ahitub,  "the  ruler  of  the 
house  of  God;  12  and  Adaiah 
the  son  of  Jeroham,  the  son  of 
Pashhur,  the  son  of  _  iSlalchijah, 
and  Maasai  the  son  of  Adiel,  the 
son  of  Jahzerah,  the  son  of  j\Ie- 
shullam,  the  son  of  Meshillemith, 
the  son  of  Immer ;  13  and  their 
brethren,  heads  of  their  fathers' 
houses,  a  thousand  and  seven 
hundred  and  threescore ;  very 
able  men  for  the  work  of  the 
service  of  the  house  of  God. 

14  ''And  of  the  Levites:  She- 
maiah  the  son  of  Hasshub,  the  son 
of  Azrikam,  the  son  of  Hashabiah, 
of  the  sons  of  Merari ;  1 5  and 
Bakbakkar,  Heresh,  and  Galal, 
and  Mattaniah  the  son  of  Mica, 
the  son  of  **Zichri,  the  .son  of 
Asaph,  16  and  ^Obadiah  the  .son 
of  ^"  Shemaiah,  the  son  of  Galal, 
the  son  of  Jeduthun,  and  liere- 
chiah  the  son  of  Asa,  the  son  of 
Elkanah,  that  dwelt  in  the  vil- 
lages of  the  Netophathites. 

17  And  the  porters:  Shallum, 
and  Akkub,  and  Talmon,  and  Ahi- 
man,  and  their  brethren  (Shallum 
was  the  chief),  18  \\4io  hitherto 
ivaited  in  'the  king's  gate  east- 
ward :  they  were  tlie  porters  for 
the  camp  of  the  children  of  Levi. 
19  And  Shallum  the  son  of  Kore, 
the  son  of  Ebiasaph,  the  son  or 
Korah,  and  his  brethren,  of  his 
father's  house,  the  Korahites,  were 
over  the  work  of  the  service,  keep- 
ers of  the  thresholds  of  the  tent: 
and  their  fathers  had  been  over 
the  camp  of  Jehovah,  keepers  of 
the  entry.  20  And  ^  Phinehas  the 
son  of  Eleazar  was  ruler  over  them 
in  time  past,  and  Jehovah  was  with 
him.  21  'Zechariah  the  son  of 
^le.shelemiah  was  porter  of  the 
door  of  the  tent  of  meeting.  22 
All  these  that  Avere  chosen  to  be 

Sorters  in  the  thresholds  were  two 
undred  and  twelve.  These  were 
reckoned  by  genealogy  in  their 
villages. '"  whom  David  and  Samuel 
the  seer  did  ordain  "  in  their  office 

■  In  Neh.  11.  11,  Seraiah. 
*■  In  Neh.  ll.  17,  Znhdi. 
'••In  Neh.  11.  17,  Ali-M. 
i»  In  Neh.  a.  17,  Shammua. 


9.23 


[.   CHEONICLES 


10.12 


The  Porters  and  their  Functions.    Residents  of  fiibeon.    Death  of  Saul  and  his  Sons 


of  trust.  23  So  they  and  their 
children  had  the  oversight  of  the 
gates  of  the  house  of  Jehovah,  even 
the  house  of  the  tent,  by  wards. 
24  ^  On  the  four  sides  were  the 
porters,  toward  the  east,  west, 
north,  and  south.  25  And  their 
brethren,  "  in  their  villages,  *  were 
to  come  in  every  seven  days  from 
time  to  time  to  be  with  them :  26 
for  the  four  chief  portei's,  who  were 
Levites,  were  in  an  office  of  trust, 
and  wei'e  over  the  chambers  and 
over  the  treasuries  in  the  house  of 
God.  27  And  they  lodged  round 
about  the  house  of  God,  'because 
the  charge  thereof  was  upon  them  ; 
and  to  them  pertained  the  open- 
ing thereof  morning  by  morning. 

28  And  certain  of  them  had 
charge  of  the  vessels  of  service ; 
for  by  count  were  these  brought 
in  and  by  count  were  these  taken 
out.  29  Some  of  them  also  were 
appointed  over  the  furniture,  and 
over  all  the  vessels  of  the  sanc- 
tuary, and  ''over  the  fine  flour, 
and  the  wine,  and  the  oil,  and 
the  frankincense,  and  the  spices. 
30  And  some  of  ''the  sons  of  the 
priests  prepared  the  confection  of 
the  spices.  31  And  Mattithiah, 
one  of  the  Levites,  who  was  the 
first-born  of  Shallum  the  Korah- 
ite,  had  •''the  office  of  trust  over 
the    things    that    were    baked    in 

gans.  32  And  some  of  their 
rethren,  of  the  sons  of  the  Ko- 
hathites,  "  were  over  the  show- 
bread,  to  prepare  it  every  sabbath. 
33  And  these  are  ''  the  singers, 
heads  of  fathers'  houses  of  the 
Levites,  who  dwelt  in  the  cham- 
bers and  were  free  frojn  other 
service ;  for  they  were  employed 
'in  their  work  day  and  night. 
34  These  were  heads  of  fathers' 
houses  of  the  Levites,  throughout 
their  generations,  chief  men  :  these 
dwelt  at  Jerusalem. 

35  *And  in  Gibeon  there  dwelt 
the  father  of  Gibeon,  Jeiel,  whose 
wife's  name  was  ^Nlaacah ;  36  and 
his  first-born  son  Abdon,  and  Zur, 
and  Kish,  and  Baal,  and  Ner,  and 
Nadab,  37  and  Gedor.  and  Ahio, 
and  Zechariah,  and  Mikloth.  38 
And  Mikloth  begat  Shimeam.  And 
they  also  dwelt  with  their  brethren 
in  Jerusalem,  over  against  their 
brethren.  39  'And  Ner  begat 
Kish  ;  and  Kish  begat  Saul ;  and 
Saul  begat  Jonathan,  and  Malchi- 

1  Heb.  Towards  the  four  winds. 


"  ver.  16 
*  2  K.  U.  5, 

7 ;  2  Chr. 
23.8 


"  ch.  23.  30- 

32 


d  ch.  23.  29 


'  Ex.  30.  23- 
25 


/  ver.  22 


3  Lev.  24.  5-8 


ft  ch.  6.  31- 

47  ;  25.  1 


k  ch.  8.  20-32 
'  ch.  8.  33-38 


™  ch.  8.  35-07 
"IS.  31.  1-13 


408 


shua,  and  Abinadab,  and  Eshbaal. 
40  And  the  son  of  Jonathan  was 
Merib-baal ;  and  Merib-baal  begat 
Micah.  41  And  the  sons  of  Micah : 
Pithon,  and  Melech,  and  Tahrea, 
""and  Ahaz.  42  And  Ahaz  begat 
Jarah  ;  and  Jarah  begat  Alemeth, 
and  Azmaveth,  and  Zimri ;  and 
Zimri  begat  Moza ;  43  and  Moza 
begat  Binea ;  and  Rephaiah  his 
son,  Eleasah  his  son,  Azel  his  son. 
44  And  Azel  had  six  sons,  whose 
names  are  these :  Azrikam,  Boch- 
eru,  and  Ishmael,  and  Sheariah, 
and  Obadiah,  and  Hanan :  these 
were  the  sons  of  Azel. 
1  C\  "Now  the  Philistines  fought 
JL  Vv'  against  Israel :  and  the  men 
of  Israel  fled  from  before  the  Phi- 
listines, and  fell  down  '-^  slain  in 
mount  Gil  boa.  2  And  the  Phi- 
listines followed  hard  after  Saul 
and  after  his  sons  ;  and  the  Philis- 
tines slew  Jonathan,  and  ^Abina- 
dab, and  Malchi-shua,  the  sons  of 
Saul.  3  And  the  battle  went  sore 
against  Saul,  and  the  archers  over- 
took him ;  and  he  was  distres.sed 
by  reason  of  the  archers.  4  Then 
said  Saul  unto  his  armorbearer. 
Draw  thy  sword,  and  thrust  me 
through  therewith,  lest  these  un- 
circumcised  come  and  ''abuse  me. 
But  his  armorbearer  would  not ; 
for  he  was  sore  afraid.  Therefore 
Saul  took  his  sword,  and  fell  upon 
it.  5  And  when  his  armorbearer 
saw  that  Saul  was  dead,  he  like- 
wise fell  upon  his  sword,  and  died. 
6  So  Saul  died,  and  his  three  sons  ; 
and  all  his  house  died  together. 

7  And  when  all  the  men  of 
Israel  that  were  in  the  valley  saw 
that  they  fled,  and  that  Saul  and 
his  sons  were  dead,  they  forsook 
their  cities,  and  fled  ;  and  the  Phi- 
listines came  and  dwelt  in  them. 
8  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
morrow,  when  the  Philistines  came 
to  strip  the  slain,  that  they  found 
Saul  and  his  sons  fallen  in  mount 
Gilboa.  9  And  they  stripped  him, 
and  took  his  head,  and  his  armor, 
and  sent  into  the  land  of  the  Phi- 
listines round  about,  to  carry  the 
tidings  unto  their  idols,  and  to 
the  people.  10  And  they  put  his 
armor  in  the  house  of  their  gods, 
and  fastened  his  head  in  the  house 
of  Dagon.  11  And  when  all  Ja- 
besh-gilead  heard  all  that  the  Phi- 
listines had  done  to  Saul,  1 2  all  tha 

2  Or,  tvounded         3  In  1  S.  14.  49,  Ishvi. 
*  Or,  make  a  mock  of  me 


10.13 


I.   CHRONICLES 


11.21 


David  is  made  King  of  all  Israel.    He  captures  Zion.    Uis  Mighty  Men  and  tbeir  Exploits 


valiant  men  arose,  and  took  away 
the  body  of  Saul,  and  the  bodies 
of  his  sons,  and  brought  them  to 
Jabesh,  and  buried  their  bones 
under  the  '  oak  in  Jabesh,  and 
fasted  seven  days. 

13  "So  Saul  died  ^for  his  tres- 
pass which  he  committed  against 
Jehovah,  because  of  the  word  of 
Jehovah,  which  he  kept  not ;  and 
also  ''for  that  he  asked  counsel  of 
one  that  had  a  familiar  spirit,  to 
inquire  thereht/,  14  and  inquired 
not  of  Jehovah  :  therefore  he  slew 
him,  and  "turned  the  kingdom 
unto  David  the  son  of  Jesse. 

n''  Then  all  Israel  gathered 
themselves  to  David  unto 
Hebron,  saying.  Behold,  we  are 
thy  bone  and  thy  flesh.  2  In 
times  past,  even  when  Saul  was 
king,  it  was  thou  that  leddest  out 
and  broughtest  in  Israel :  and 
Jehovah  thy  God  said  unto  thee, 
*Thou  shalt  be  shepherd  of  my 
people  Israel,  and  tnou  shalt  be 
^prince  over  my  people  Israel.  3  So 
all  the  elders  of  Israel  came  to  the 
king  to  Hebron  ;  and  David  made 
a  covenant  with  them  in  Hebron 
before  Jehovah ;  and  they  anointed 
David  king  over  Israel,  •'^accord- 
ing to  the  word  of  Jehovah  by 
Samuel. 

4  And  David  and  all  Israel  went 
to  Jerusalem  {^  the  same  is  Jebus) ; 
and  the  Jebusites,  the  inhabitants 
of  the  land,  were^  there.  5  And 
the  inhabitants  of  Jebus  said  to 
David,  Thou  shalt  not  come  in 
hither.  Nevertheless  David  took 
the  stronghold  of  Zion  ;  the  same 
is  the  city  of  David.  6  And  David 
said.  Whosoever  smiteth  the  Jebu- 
sites first  shall  be  chief  and  captain. 
''And  Joab  the  son  of  Zeruiah  went 
up  first,  and  was  made  chief.  7 
And  David  dwelt  in  the  strong- 
hold ;  therefore  they  called  it  the 
city  of  David.  8  And  he  built  the 
city  round  about,  from  Millo  even 
round  about;  and  Joab  ^repaired 
the  rest  of  the  city.  9  And  'Da- 
vid waxed  greater  and  greater ; 
for  Jehovah  of  hosts  was  with 
him. 

10  *Now  these  are  the  chief  of 
the  mighty  men  whom  David  had, 
who  ^showed  themselves  strong 
with  him  in  his  kingdom,  together 
with  all  Israel,  to  make  him  king, 

1  Or,  terebinth  3  Or,  leader 

2  Or,  in  <  Heb.  reinved. 

6  Or,  held  strongly  with  him 


°  1  S.  13.  13, 
14  :  15.  23 

b  1  S.  28.  7 
"  ch.  12.  23  ; 

1  S.  Ifi.  28 
<i  2  S.  6.  1,  3, 

C-10 
«  2  S.  6.  2  ; 

7.  7 
/  1  S.  IC.  1,  3, 

12,  13 
"  Josh.  15.  8, 

63 ;  Judg. 

1.  21 
A  2  S.  8.  16 

•  2  S.  3.  1 

*  2  S.  23.  8-39 


'  ver.  3 

'"  2  S.  23.  8 
"  ch.  12.  18 
"  ch.  27.  4 
l'2S.  23.  11, 
12 

9  ch.  14.  9 


'according  to  the  word  of  Jehovah 
concerning  Israel.  1 1  And  this  is 
the  number  of  the  mighty  men 
whom  David  had:  '"Jashobeam, 
the  son  of  a  Hachmonite,  "the 
chief  of  the  **  thirty :  he  lifted  up 
his  spear  against  three  hundred 
■'and  slew  tnem  at  one  time.  12 
And  after  him  was  Eleazar-  the  son 
of  "Dodo,  the  Ahohite,  who  was 
one  of  the  three  mighty  men. 
13  He  was  with  David  at  *Pas- 
dammim,  and  ''there  the  Philis- 
tines were  gathered  together  to 
battle,  where  was  a  plot  of  ground 
full  of  barley ;  and  the  people  fled 
from  before  the  Philistines.  14 
And  they  stood  in  the  midst  of  the 
plot,  and  defended  it,  and  slew  the 
Philistines ;  and  Jehovah  saved 
them  by  a  great  ^victory. 

15  And  three  of  the  thirty  chief 
men  went  down  to  the  rock  to 
David,  into  the  cave  of  AduUam ; 
and  »the  host  of  the  Philistines 
were  encamped  in  the  valley  of 
Rephaim.  16  And  David  was  then 
in  the  stronghold,  and  ''the  gar- 
rison of  the  Philistines  was  then  in 
Beth-lehem.  1 7  And  David  longed, 
and  said,  Oh  that  one  would  give 
me  water  to  drink  of  the  well  of 
Beth-lehem,  which  is  by  the  gate ! 
18  And  the  three  brake  through 
the  host  of  the  Philistines,  and 
drew  water  out  of  the  well  of 
Beth-lehem,  that  was  by  the  gate, 
and  took  it,  and  brought  it  to 
David  :  but  David  would  not  drink 
thereof,  but  poured  it  out  unto 
Jehovah,  19  and  .said.  My  CTod 
forbid  it  me,  that  I  should  do  this  : 
shall  I  drink  the  blood  of  these 
nien  '"that  have  put  their  lives 
in  jeopard.y'?  for  with  the  jeopardy 
of  their  lives  they  brou;^ht  it. 
Therefore  he  would  not  drink  it. 
These  things  did  the  three  mighty 
men. 

20  And  "  Abishai,  the  brother  of 
Joab,  he  was  chief  of  the  three ; 
for  he  lifted  up  his  spear  against 
three  hundrecf  '-and  slew  them, 
and  had  a  name  among  the  three. 
21  "Of  the  three,  he  was  more 
honorable  than  the  two,  and  was 
made  their  captain :  howbeit  he 
attained  not  to  the  first  three. 

''  Another  reading  i8,  captains. 

'  Heb.  slain. 

J*  In  1  S.  17.  1,  Ephes-dammim. 

'■'  Heb.  salvation. 
If  Heb.  with  their  lives. 
11  Heb.  Ahshai.  «2  Heb.  i^lain. 

13  Or,  0/  the  three  in  the  second  rank  he  was  tht 
most  honorable 


409 


11.22 


I.   CHRONICLES 


12.1^ 


David's  Mighty  Men.    David's  Friends  in  Ziklag.    (iaditcs  who  followed  David 


22  "  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada, 
the  son  of  a  valiant  man  of  Kab- 
zeel,  who  had  done  mighty  deeds, 
he  slew  the  two  so»s  of  Ariel  of 
Moab :  he  went  down  also  and 
slew  a  lion  in  the  midst  of  a  pit  in 
time  of  snow.  2-3  And  he  slew  an 
Egyptian,  a  man  of  great  stature, 
five  cubits  high  ;  and  in  the  Egyp- 
tian's hand  was  'a  spear  like  a 
weaver's  beam  ;  and  he  went  down 
to  him  with  a  staffj  and  plucked 
the  spear  out  of  _  the  _  Egyptian's 
haiid,  and  slew  him  with  his  own 
spear.  24  These  things  did  Be- 
naiah the  son  of  Jehoiada,  and  had 
a  name  among  the  three  mighty 
men.  25  Behold,  he  was  more 
honorable  than  the  thirty,  but  he 
attained  not  to  the  first  three  :  and 
David  set  him  over  his  '  guard. 

26  Also  the  mighty  men  of  the 
armies :  Asahel  tlie  brother  of  Joab, 
Elhanan  the  son  of  Dodo  of  Beth- 
lehem, 27  '"Shammoth  the  Haro- 
rite,  Helez  the  ^Pelonite,  28  ira 
the  son  of  Ikkesh  the  Tekoite, 
Abiezer  the  Anathothite,  29 /ISib- 
becai  the  Hushathite,  ^Ilai  the 
Ahohite,  30  Maharai  the  Netopha- 
thite,  •*  Heled  the  son  of  Baanah 
the  Netophathite,  3 1  Ithai  the  son 
of  Ribai  of  Gibeah  of  the  children 
of  Benjamin,  Benaiah  the  Pirathon- 
ite,  32  ■'Hurai  of  the  brooks  of 
Gaash,  "^Abiel  the  Arbathite,  33 
Azmaveth  the  Baharumite,  Eliahba 
the  Shaalbonite,  3-!:  the  sons  of 
'■'  Hashem  the  Gizonite,  Jonathan 
the  son  of  Shagee  the  Hararite, 
3.5  Ahiam  the  son  of  '"Sacar  the 
Hararite,  "  Eliphal  the  son  of  Ur, 
36  Hepher  the  Mecherathite,  Ahi- 
jah  the  Pelonite,  37  Hezro  the 
Carmelite,  ^^Naarai  the  son  of 
Ezbai,  38  Joel  the  brother  of 
Nathan,  Mibhar  the  son  of  Hagi'i, 
39  Zelek  the  Ammonite,  Naharai 
the  Berothite,  the  armorbearer  of 
Joab  the  son  of  Zeruiah,  40  Ira  the 
ithrite,  Gareb  the  Ithrite,  41 
Uriah  the  Hittite,  Zabad  the  son 
of  Ahlai,  42  Adina  the  son  of 
Shiza  the  Reubenite,  a  chief  of  the 
Reubenites,  and  thirty  with  him, 


f  Dt.  32.  30 

1  Or,  council 

2  In  2  S.  23.  25,  Shammah  the  Harodite. 

8  In  2  S.  23.  26,  Paltiie. 

*  In  2  S.  23.  27,  M'Mmnai. 

A  Josh.  3. 15 

5  In  2  S.  23.  28,  Zalmon. 

4.  18 

6  In  2  S.  23.  29,  Heleb. 

7  In  2  S.  23.  30,  Hiddai. 

8  In  2  S.  23.  31,  Ahi-albon. 

9  In  2  S.  23.  32,  Jaahen. 

WIn2S.  23.  33,  S'larar. 

11  In  2  S.  23.  34,  EUphelet  the  son  of  Ahasbai. 

13  In  2  S.  23.  3o,  Faarai  the  Arbite. 

"  2  S.  8.  18 


6  1  S.  17.  7 


1  S.  27.  2-G 


<i  Judg,  3. 

16 ;  20.  16 


/2  S.  2.  18 


43  Hanan  the  son  of  MaacaL,  and 
Joshaphat  the  Mithnite,  44  Uzzia 
the  Ashterathite,  iShama  and  Jeiel 
the  sons  of  Hotham  the  Aroerite, 
4-5  Jediael  the  son  of  iShimri,  and 
.Joha  his  bi'other,  the  Tizite,  46 
Eliel  the  Alahavite,  and  Jeribai, 
and  Joshaviah,  the  sons  of  El- 
naam,  and  Ithmah  the  Moabite, 
47  Eliel,  and  Obed,  and  Jaasiel 
the  ^ilezobaite. 

-j  O  "^  Now  these  are  they  that 
J_j^  came  to  David  to  Ziklag, 
'^  while  he  yet  kept  himself  close 
because  of  Saul  the  son  of  Kish  ; 
and  they  were  among  the  mighty 
men,  his  helper's  in  war.  2  They 
'^  were  armed  with  bows,  -and 
''could  use  both  the  right  hand  and 
the  left  in  slinging  stones  and  in 
shooting  arrows  from  the  bow : 
'they  were  of  Saul's  brethren  of 
Benjamin.  3  The  chief  was  Ahie- 
zer ;  then  -Joash,  the  sons  of  She- 
maah  the  Gibeathite,  and  Jeziel, 
and  Pelet,  the  sons  of  Azmaveth, 
and  Beracah,  and  Jehu  the  Anatho- 
thite, 4  and  Ishmaiah  the  Gibeon- 
ite,  a  mighty  man  among  the 
thirty,  and  over  the  thirty,  and 
■Jeremiah,  and  Jahaziel,  and  Jo- 
hanan,  and  Jozabad  the  Gedera- 
thite,  5  Eluzai,  and  Jerimoth,  and 
Bealiah.  and  Shemariah,  and  Sheph- 
atiah  the  Haruphite,  6  Elkanah, 
and  Isshiah,  and  Azarel,  and  Joo- 
zer,  and  Jashobeam,  the  Korahites, 
7  and  Joelah,  and  Zebadiah,  the 
sons  of  Jeroham  of  Gedor. 

8  And  of  the  Gadites  there 
separated  themselves  unto  David 
to  the  stronghold  in  the  wilder- 
ness, mighty  men  of  valor,  men 
trained  for  war,  that  could  handle 
shield  and  spear;  whose  faces  were 
like  the  faces  of  lions,  and  -^they 
were  as  swift  as  the  roes  upon  the 
mountains:  9  Ezer  the  chief,  Oba- 
diah  the  second,  Eliab  the  third, 
10  Mishmannah  the  fourth,  Jere- 
miah the  fifth,  11  Attai  the  sixth, 
Eliel  the  seventh,  12  Johanan  the 
eighth,  Elzahad  the  ninth,  13  Jere- 
miah the  tenth,  Machbannai  the 
eleventh.  14  These  of  the  sons  of 
Gad  were  captains  of  the  host :  "  he 
that  was  least  was  ^^  equal  to  a  hun- 
dred, and  the  greatest  '®to  a  thou- 
sand. 15  ''These  are  _  they  that 
went  over  the  .Jordan  in  the  first 
month,  when  it  had  overflowed  all 
its  banks;  and  they  put  to  flight 

13  Heb.  being  yet  shut  up. 

»*  Or,  drew  the  bow  i^  Or,  over 


410 


12.16 


I.   CHRONICLES 


13.1 


David's  Friends  from  Beigamiu,  Jadah,  and  Manasseh.     Ennineratiou  of  those  wlio  hi  Iped  David  to  become  King  of  all  Israel 


all  them  of  the  valleys,  both  toward 
the  east  and  toward  the  west. 

16  And  there  came  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Benjamin  and  Judah  to 
the  stronghold  unto  David.  17 
And  David  went  out  to  meet  them, 
and  answered  and  said  unto  them, 
If  ye  be  come  peaceably  unto  me 
to  help  me,  my  heart  shall  be  knit 
unto  you ;  but  if  ye  be  come  to  betray 
me  to  mine  adversaries,  seeing  there 
is  no  '\yrong  in  my  hands,  the  God 
of  our  fathers  look  thereon,  and  re- 
buke it.  18  Then  "the  (Spirit '"came 
upon  ''Amasai,  who  was  chief  of  the 
^thirty,  and  he  said.  Thine  are  we, 
David,  and  on  thy  side,  thou  son 
of  Jesse :  ''peace,  peace  be  unto  thee, 
and  peace  DC  to  thy  helpers ;  for  thy 
God  lielpeth  thee.  Then  David  re- 
ceived tnem,  and  made  them  cap- 
tains of  the  band. 

19  ''Of  Manasseh  also  there  fell 
a\yaj'  some  to  David,  when  he  came 
with  the  Philistines  against  Saul  to 
battle:  but  they  helped  them  not; 
for  the  lords  of  the  Pliilistines  upon 
advisement  sent  him  away,  saying, 
He  will  fall  away  to  his  master 
Saul  to  the  jeopardy  of  our  heads. 
20  As  he  went  to  Ziklag,  there  fell 
to  him  of  JNlanasseh,  Adnah,  and 
Jozabad,  and  Jediael.  and  Michael, 
and  Jozabad,  and  Elihu,  and  Zille- 
thai,  captains  of  thousands  that 
were  of  IManasseh.  21  And  they 
helped  David  against  "  the  band 
of  rovers:  for  they  were  all  mighty 
men  of  valor,  and  were  captains  in 
the  host.  22  For  from  day  to  day 
men  came  to  David  to  help  him, 
until  there  Nvas  a  great  host,  •'^like 
the  host  of  God. 

23  And  these  are  the  numbers  of 
the  heads  of  them  that  were  armed 
for  war,  ''who  came  to  David  to 
Hebron,  ''to  turn  the  kingdom  of 
Saul  to  him,  'according  to  the 
word  of  Jehovah.  2-1  The  chil- 
dren of  .Judah  that  bare  shield  and 
spear  were  six  thousand  and  eight 
hundred,  armed  for  war.  2-5  Of 
the  children  of  Simeon,  mighty 
men  of  valor  for  the  war,  seven 
thousand  and  on^  hundred.  26  Of 
the  children  of  Levi  four  thousand 
and  six  hundred.  27  And  Jehoiada 
was  the  leafier  of  the  house  of  Aaron ; 
and  with  him  were  three  thousand 
and  seven  hundred,  28  and  *Zadok, 
a  young  man  mighty  of  valor,  and 
of  his  father's  house  twenty  and 

I  Or,  vinlenee  2  H^b  clothed. 

3  Another  readiiig  is,  captains. 


"  Judg.  3. 

10 ;  6.  34 
>>  ch.  2.  17 
■^  1  S.  20.  5,  6 
•'  1  S.  29.  2-9 
'  1  S.  30.  I 
1  Gen.  32.  2  ; 

Josh.  5. 

1:1-15 
!'  2  S.  2.  3,  4 
''Cll.  10.  14 
'eh.  11.  10 
*  ch.  6.  8, 

o:i ;  2  S.  8. 

17 


'  ver.  2 

'"  2  S.  2.  o,  " 
"  Esth.  1,  13 
"  Ps.  12.  2 


P  ver.  33 ; 
2  S.  6.  1-3 


9  1  S.  26.  18 


two  captain.s.  29  And  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Benjamin,  'the  brethren  of 
Saul,  three  thousand:  for  hitherto 
'"the  greatest  part  of  them  had 
■■kept  their  allegiance  to  the  house 
of  Saul.  30  And  of  the  children 
of  Ephraim  twenty  thousand  and 
eight  hundred,  mighty  men  of 
valor,  famous  men  in  their  father.^' 
houses.  31  And  of  the  half-tribe 
of  Manasseh  eighteen  thousand, 
who  were  mentioned  by  name,  to 
come  and  make  David  king.  32 
And  of  the  children  of  Issachar, 
"  men  that  had  understanding  of 
the  times,  to  know  what  Israel 
ought  to  do,  the  heads  of  them 
were  two  hundred;  and  all  their 
brethren  were  at  their  command- 
ment. 33  Of  Zebulun,  such  as 
were  able  to  go  out  in  the  host, 
that  could  set  the  battle  in  array, 
with  all  manner  of  instruments  or 
war,  fifty  thousand,  and  that  could 
order  the  battle  array,  and  v^ere  not 
"of  double  heart.  34  And  of  Naph- 
tali  a  thousand  captains,  and  with 
them  with  shield  and  spear  thii'ty^ 
and  seven  thousand.  35  And  of 
the  Danites  that  could  set  the 
battle  in  array,  twenty  and  eiglit 
thousand  and  six  hundred.  36  And 
of  Asher,  such  as  were  able  to  go 
out  in  the  host,  that  could  set  the 
battle  in  array,  forty  thousand. 
37  And  on  the  other  side  of  the 
Jordan,  of  the  Beubenites,  and  the 
Gadites,  and  of  the  half-tribe  of 
Manasseh,  with  all  manner  of  in- 
struments of  war  for  the  battle,  a 
hundred  and  twenty  thousand. 

38  All  these,  being  men  of  war, 
that  could  order  the  battle  array, 
came  with  ^'a  perfect  heart  to  He- 
bron, to  make  David  king  over  all 
Israel:  and  all  the  rest  also  of  Is- 
rael were  of  one  heart  to  make 
David  king.  39  And  they  were 
there  with  David  three  days,  eat- 
ing and  drinking;  for  their  breth- 
ren had  made  preparation  for  them. 
40  Moreover  they  that  were  nigh 
unto  them,  even  as  far  as  Issa- 
char and  Zebulun  and  Xaphtali, 
''  brought  bread  on  asses,  and  on 
camels,  and  on  mules,  and  on  oxen, 
victuals  of  meal,  cakes  of  figs,  and 
clusters  of  raisins,  and  wine,  and 
oil,  and  oxen,  and  sheep  in  abun- 
dance: for  thf^re  was  joy  in  Israel. 
■\  O  .\nd  David  consulted  with 
J_0  the  captains  of  thousands 
and  of  hundreds,  even  with  every 

1  Heb.  hepi  the  charge  oj  the  house. 


411 


13.  2 


I.   CHRONICLES 


14.16 


The  Ark  brought  to  Obed-edom's  Honse.    U77,a's  Death.    David's  House  and  Family.    David  defeats  the  Philistines 


leader.  2  And  David  said  unto  all 
the  assembly  of  Israel,  If  it  seem 
good  unto  you,  and  if  it  be  of  Jeho- 
vah our  God,  let  us  send  abroad 
every  where  unto  our  brethren 
that  are  left  in  all  the  ^land  of  Is- 
rael, -with  whom  the  priests  and 
Levites  are  in  their  cities  that  have 
^suburbs,  that  they  may  gather 
themselves  unto  us;  3  and  let  us 
bring  again  the  ark  of  our  God  to 
us:  "for  we  sought  not  unto  it  in 
the  days  of  >Saul.  4  And  all  the 
assembly  said  that  they  would  do 
so;  for  the  thing  v^^as  right  in  the 
eyes  of  all  the  people.  5  *  So  David 
assembled  all  Israel  together,  from 
the  Shihor  the  brook  of  Egypt  even 
unto  the  entrance  of  Hamath,  "to 
bring  the  ark  of  God  from  Kiriath- 
jearim.  6  ''And  David  went  up, 
and  all  Israel,  to  ''Baalah,  that  is, 
to  Kiriath-jearim,  which  belonged 
to  Judah,  to  bring  up  from  thence 
the  ark  of  God  Jehovah  ■''that  "'sit- 
teth  above  the  cherubim,  ^that  is 
called  by  the  Name.  7  And  they 
carried  the  ark  of  God  upon  a  new 
cart,  a7id  brought  it  out  of  ^  the 
house  of  Abinadab :  and  Uzza  and 
Ahio  drove  the  cart.  8  And  Da- 
vid and  all  Israel  played  before 
God  with  all  their  might,  ''even 
with  songs,  and  with  harps,  and 
with  psalteries,  and  with  timbrels, 
and  with  cymbals,  and  with  trum- 
pets. 

9  And  when  they  came  unto 'the 
threshing-floor  of  Chidou,  Uzza  put 
fortli  his  hand  to  hold  the  ark ;  for 
the  oxen  ''stumbled.  10  And  the 
anger  of  Jehovah  was  kindled 
against  Uzza,  and  he  smote  him, 
*  because  he  put  forth  his  hand  to 
the  ark;  and  'there  he  died  before 
God.  11  And  David  was  displeased, 
because  Jehovah  had  broken  forth 
upon  Uzza :  and  he  called  that  place 
''rerez-uzza,  unto  this  day.  12  And 
David  was  afraid  of  God  that  day, 
saying,  How  shall  I  bring  the  ark 
of  God  home  to  mel  13  So  David 
removed  not  the  ark  unto  him  into 
the  city  of  David,  but  carried  it 
aside  into  '"the  house  of  Obed- 
edom  the  Gittite.  14  And  the  ark 
of  God  remained  with  the  family 
of  Obed-edom  in  his  house  three 
months  :  and  "Jehovah  blessed  the 

1  Heb.  lands. 

2  Or,  and  with  them  to  the  priests  and  Levites 
that  are  &c. 

3  Or,  pasture  lands         *  Or,  is  enthroned 

5  Or,  where  the  Name  is  called  on 

6  Or,  were  restive    Or,  threw  it  down 
1  That  is,  The  breach  of  Uzza. 


"  1  S.  7.  1,  2 
'>ch.  15.  3; 

•i  S.  0.  1  ; 

1  K.  8.  65 
■^  1  S.  6.  21 ; 

7.  1 
d  2  S.  6.  2-11 
'^  Josh.  15.  9 
/2K.  19.  15 
'-'  1  S.  7.  1 
1^  ch.  15.  IG 
'  2  S.  ().  6 
k  ch.  15.  13, 

15 
'  Lev.  10.  2 
'"  2  Chr.  25. 

2+ 
"  ch.  26.  4,  6 


"  2  S.  5.  n 
P  ch.  3.  5-8 


9  ver.  13 ;  ch. 
11.  15 


"■  ver.  9 


house  of  Obed-edom,  and  all  that 
he  had. 

M°And  Hiram  king  of  Tyre 
sent  messengers  to  David, 
and  cedar-trees,  and  masons,  and 
carpenters,  to  build  him  a  house. 
2  And  David  perceived  that  Je- 
hovah had  established  him  king 
over  Israel;  for  his  kingdom  was 
exalted  on  high,  for  his  people  Is- 
rael's sake. 

3  And  David  took  niore  wives  at 
Jerusalem;  and  David  begat  more, 
sons  and  daughters.  4  ^And  these 
are  the  names  of  the  children  whom 
he  had  in  Jerusalem:  Shammua, 
and  Shobab,  Nathan,  and  Solomon, 
5  and  Ibhar,  and  Elishua,  and  Ll- 
pelet,  6  and  Nogah,  and  Nepheg. 
and  Japhia,  7  and  Elishama,  ana 
Beeliada,  and  Eliphelet.  _ 

8  And  when  the  Philistines  heard 
that  David  was  anointed  king  ovei 
all  Israel,  all  the  Philistines  weni 
up  to  seek  David :  and  David  heard 
of  it,  and  went  out  **  against  them. 
9  Now  the  Philistines  had  come 
and  *made  a  raid  in  the  v^alley  of 
Kephaim.  10  And  David  inquired 
of  God,  saying,  Shall  I  go  up  against 
the  Philistines'?  and  wilt  thou  de- 
liver them  into  my  hand"?  And  Je- 
hovah said  unto  him,  Go  up;  for  I 
will  deliver  them  into  thy  hand. 
11  So  they  came  up  to  Baal-pera- 
zim,  and  David  smote  them  there; 
and  David  said,  God  hath  ^broken 
mine  enemies  by  my  hand,  like  the 
breach  of  waters.  Therefore  they 
called  the  name  of  that  place  •'"Baal- 
perazim.  12  And  they  left  their- 
gods  there;  and  David  gave  com- 
mandment,  and  they  were  burned 
with  fire. 

13  And  the  Philistines  ''yet 
again  made  a,  raid  in  the  valley. 
14  And  David  inquired  again  of 
God ;  and  God  said  unto  him. 
Thou  shalt  not  go  up  after  them  : 
turn  away  from  them,  and  come 
upon  them  over  against  the  ^^  mul- 
berry-trees. 15  And  it  shall  be, 
when  thou  hearest  the  sound  of 
marching  in  the  tops  of  the  mul- 
berry-trees, that  then  thou  shalt 
go  out  to  battle ;  for  God  is  gone 
out  before  thee  to  smite  the  nost 
of  the  Philistines.  16  And  David 
did  as  God  commanded  him  :  and 
they  smote  the  host  of  the  Philis- 
tines from  '^  Gibeon  even  to  Gezer. 

8  Or,  before 

9  Or,  brokenforth  ii%ion  mine  enemies 
1"  That  is,  The  place  of  breakings  forth. 

11  Or,  balsam-trees       "  In  2  S.  6.  26,  Oeba. 


U2 


14.  IV 


I.   CHRONICLES 


15.29 


The  Ark  broaght  by  tbe  Lcvites  to  Jerasalem,  BMompaiiied  by  Singers  and  riayeis  on  Instrnniints 


17  And  the  fame  of  David  went 
out  into  all  lands;  and  "Jehovah 
brought  the  fear  of  him  upon  all 
nations. 

■|  pT  And  David  made  him 
X.fJ  houses  in  the  city  of  David  ; 
and  he  prepared  a  place  for  the 
ark  of  God,  and  ''pitched  for  it  a 
tent.  2  Then  David  said^  "  None 
ought  to  carry;  the  ark  of  God  but 
the  Levites :  for  them  hath  Jeho- 
vah chosen  to  carry  the  ark  of 
God,  and  to  minister  unto  him  for 
ever.  3  And  ''  David  assembled  all 
Israel  at  Jerusalem,  to  bring  up 
the  ark  of  Jehovah  'unto  its  place, 
which  he  had  prepared  for  it.  4 
And  David  gathered  together  the 
sons  of  Aaron,  and  •''the  Levites : 
5  of  the  sons  of  Kohath,  Uriel  the 
chief,  and  his  brethren  a  hundred 
and  twenty ;  6  of  the  sons  of 
Merari,  Asaiah  the  chief,  and  his 
brethren  two  hundred  and  twenty  ; 
7  of  the  sons  of  Gershom,  Joel  the 
chief,  and  his  brethren  a  hundred 
and  thirty  ;  8  of  the  sons  of  Eliza- 

Ehan,  Shemaiah  the  chief,  and  his 
rethren  two  hundred ;  9  of  the 
sons  of  Hebron,  Eliel  the  chief, 
and  his  brethren  fourscore;  10  of 
the  sons  of  Uzziel,  Amminadab  the 
chief,  and  his  brethren  a  hundred 
and  twelve.  1 1  And  David  called 
for  ^Zadok  and  ''Abiathar  the 
priests,  and  for  the  Levites,  for 
Uriel,  Asaiah,  and  Joel,  Shemaiah, 
and  Eliel,  and  Amminadab,  12 
and  said  unto  them.  Ye  are  the 
heads  of  the  fathers'  hoiises  of  the 
Levites  :  '  sanctif  j'  yourselves,  both 
ye  and  your  brethren,  that  ye  maj^ 
bring  up  the  ark  of  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  Israel,  ''unto  the  place  that 
I  have  prepared  for  it.  13  'For 
because  ye  hare  it  not  at  the  first, 
Jehovah  our  God  made  a  breach 
upon  us,  for  that  we  sought  him 
not  according  to  the  ordinance. 
14  '"So  the  priests  and  the  Levites 
sanctified  themselves  to  bring  up 
the  ark  of  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
Israel.  15  And  the  children  of 
"the  Levites  bare  the  ark  of  God 
upon  their  shoulders  with  the 
staves  thereon,  as  ^Moses  com- 
manded according  to  the  word  of 
Jehovah. 

16  And  David  spake  to  the  chief 
of  the  LeA-ites  °to  appoint  their 
brethren  the  singers,  with  instru- 
ments of  music,  psalteries  and 
harps  and  cymbals,  sounding  aloud 
and  lifting  up  the  voice  wnth  joy. 


"  Ex.  15.  14- 
10 ;  Dt.  2. 

b  ver.  3  ;  ch. 

Hi.  1 ;  17. 

1-6 
"  Num.  4.  16 
d  ch.  13.  5 ; 

1  K.  8.  1 

"  ver.  1, 12; 

2  S.  6.  12,  17 
/ch.  6.  16- 

30 ;  12.  26- 

28 
^  ch.  12.  28 
"  1  S.  22.  20- 

23 ;  1  K.  2. 

26,  36 
■  E.\.  19.  14, 

15 ;  2  Chr. 

*  ver.  1,  3 
'  ch.  13.  7  ; 

2  S.  6.  3 
""  ver.  12 
"  Ex.  25.  14 ; 

Num.  4.  5 
"  ch.  13.  8  ; 

25.  1 


P  ch.  25.  1 
v  Ps.  40. 

title 
"■  Ps.  6.  title 


'  ver.  28 ; 
ch.  16.  6 


«  2  S.  6. 12, 16 


"  ch.  13.  13 


"  Num.  23. 
1-4,  29 


17  So  ^the  Levites  appointed  He- 
man  the  son  of  Joel;  and  of  his 
brethren,  Asaph  the  son  of  Bere- 
chiah ;  and  of  the  sons  of  Merari 
their  brethren,  Ethan  the  son  of 
Kushaiah  ;  18  and  with  them  their 
brethren  of  the  second  degree, 
Zechariah,  Ben,  and  Jaaziel,  and 
Shemiiamoth,  and  Jehiel,  and 
Unni,  Eliab,  and  Renaiah,  and 
Maaseiah,  and  Jlattithiah,  and  Eli- 
phelehu,  and  Mikneiah,  and  Obed- 
edom,  and  Jeiel,  the  doorkeepers. 

19  So  the  singers,  Heman,  Asaph, 
and  Ethan,  ^rere  appointed,  with 
cymbals  of  brass  to  sound  aloud ; 

20  and  Zechariah,  and  Aziel,  and 
Shemiramoth,  and  Jehiel,  and 
Unni,  and  Eliab,  and  Maaseiah, 
and  Benaiah,  with  psalteries  set  to 
*  Alamoth  ;  21  and  Aiattithiah,  and 
Eliphelehu,  and  Mikneiah,  and 
Obed-edom,  and  Jeiel,  and  Aza- 
ziah,  with  harps  set  to  ""  the  Shemi- 
nith,  to  lead.  22  And  Chenaniah, 
chief  of  the  Levites,  was  over  ^  the 
song :  he  instructed  about  ^  the 
song,  because  he  was  skilful.  23 
And  Berechiah  and  Elkanah  were 
doorkeepers  for  the  ark.  24  And 
Skebaniah,  and  Joshaphat,  and 
Nethanel,  and  Amasai,  and  Zecha- 
riah, and  Benaiah,  and  Eliezer, 
the  priests,  'did  blow  the  trum- 
pets before  the  ark  of  God ;  and 
Obed-edom  and  Jehiah  were  door- 
keepers for  the  ark. 

25  'So  David,  and  the  elders  of 
Israel,  and  the  captains  over  thou- 
sands, went  to  bi'ing  up  the  ai'k  of 
the  covenant  of  Jehovah  out  of 
"  the  house  of  Obed-edom  with  joy. 
26  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  God 
helped  the  Levites  that  bare  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  Jehovah, 
that  they  sacrificed  "  seven  bullocks 
and  seven  i-ams.  27  And  David 
was  clothed  with  a  robe  of  fine 
linen,  and  all  the  Levites  that  bare 
the  ark,  and  the  singers,  and  Che- 
naniah the  master  of  Hhe  song 
ivith  tlie  singers :  and  David  had 
upon  him  an  ephod  of  linen.  28 
Thus  all  Israel  brought  up  the  ark 
of  the  covenant  of  Jehovah  with 
shouting,  and  with  sound  of  the 
cornet,  and  with  trumpets,  and 
with  cjmibals,  sounding  aloud  with 
psalteries  and  harps. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  Jehovah 
came  to  the  city  of  David,   that 

1  Or,  the  carrying  of  the  ark    Heb.  tfu  lifting 


413 


16.1 


1.   CHRONICLES 


16.31 


Sacrifices  offered,    Levites  appointed  to  minister  before  tlie  Hrk.    Psalm  of  Tlianlcsgiviug 


Michal  the  daughter  of  Saul  looked 
out  at  the  window,  and  saw  king 
David  dancing  and  playing  ;  and 
she  despised  him  in  her  heart. 
-ij  f*  And  they  brought  in  the 
A-\J  ark  of  God,  and  "set  it  in 
the  midst  of  the  tent  that  David 
liad  pitched  for  it :  and  they  of- 
fered burnt-otferings  and  peace- 
offei-ings  before  God.  2  And  when 
David  had  made  an  end  of  offering 
the  burnt-offering  and  the  peace- 
oli'erings,  he  blessed  the  people  in 
the  name  of  Jehovah.  3  And  he 
dealt  to  every  one  of  Israel,  both 
man  and  woman,  to  every  one  a 
loaf  of  bread,  and  a  portion  ^  of 
Tiesh,  and  a  cake  of  raisins. 

4  And  he  appointed  certain  of 
the  Levites  to  minister  before  the 
ark  of  Jehovah,  and  to  celebrate 
and  to  thank  and  praise  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel :  5  Asaph  the 
chief,  and  second  to  him  Zechariah, 
-Jeiel,  and  Shemiramoth,  and  Je- 
hiel,  and  Mattitliiah,  and  Eliab, 
and  Benaiah,  and  Obed-edom,  and 
Jeiel,  with  psalteries  and  with 
harps ;  and  Asaph  with  cymbals, 
sounding  aloud;  6  and  Benaiah 
and  Jahaziel  the  priests  with  trum- 
pets continually,  before  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  of  God. 

7  Then  on  that  day  *did  David 
^  first  ordain  to  give  thanks  unto 
Jehovah,  by  the  hand  of  Asaph 
and  his  brethren. 

8  ""O  give  thanks  unto  Jehovah, 

call  upon  his  name  ; 
'^  Make  known  his  doings  among 
the  peoples. 

9  Sing    unto    him,    sing    praises 

unto  him ; 
*Talk  ye  of  all  his  marvellous 
works. 

10  Glory  ye  in  his  holy  name  ; 
Let  the  heart  of  them  rejoice 

that  seek  Jehovah. 

11  Seek     ye     Jehovah     and     his 

strength  ; 
*  Seek  his  face  evermore. 

12  -''Remember      his      marvellous 

works  that  he  hath  done. 
His  ^wonders,   and    the   judg- 
ments of  his  mouth, 

1 3  O  ye  seed  of  Israel  his  servant, 
Ye  children  of  Jacob,  his  chosen 

ones. 

14  He  is  Jehovah  our  God  ; 

His  ''judgments  are  in  all  the 
earth. 

15  Remember  hiscovenant  for  ever, 

1  Or,  of  wine  *  In  ch.  15.  18,  Jaaziel. 

3  Or,  make  it  the  chief  work      *  Or,  Meditate 


"  ch.  1.1.  1 
i-  2  S.  22.  1 ; 

23.  1 
"  ver.  8-22 : 

Ps.  106. 

1-1.5 
d  1  K.  8.  43  ; 

2  K.  19.  19 
"  Ps.  24.  6 
/  Ps.  77.  11  ; 

103.  2 
^  Ps.  78.  43- 

68 
ft  Is.  26.  9 


'  Gen.  17.  2  ; 

22.  10-18  ; 

26.  3 
*  Gen.  35. 

11,  12 
'  Gen.  13.  1.5 
"'Gen.  34.  .30; 

Dt.  7.  7 

"  Gen.  12. 
17  ,  20.  3  , 
Es.  7.  15-18 


°  Gen.  20.  7 

P  ver.  23-33 : 
Pa.  90.  1-13 


9  Ps.  48.  1 : 
90.  4;  145.3 


"  Pb.  89.  7  ; 

95.  3 


t  Ps.  96.  5  ; 

102.  25 


"  ver.  28,  29 : 
Pf.  29.  1,  2 


"  Is.  44.  23  ; 
49.  13 


414 


The  word  which  he  comrnanded 
to  a  thousand  generations, 

16  The  ^covenant  which  he  made 

with  Abraham, 
And  his  oath  unto  Isaac, 

17  And  *contirmed  the  same  unto 

Jacob  for  a  statute, 
To    Israel    for   an   everlasting 
covenant, 

18  Saying,  'Unto  thee  will  I  give 

the  land  of  Canaan, 
The  ^  lot  of  your  inheritance  ; 

19  When  ye  were  but  a  '"few  men 

in  number, 
Yea,  very  few,  and  sojovxrners 
in  it ; 

20  And  they  went  about  from  na 

tion  to  nation. 
And  from  one  kingdom  to  an- 
other people. 

21  He  suffered  no  man  to  do  them 

wrong ; 
Yea,    "he   reproved    kings  for 
their  sakes, 

22  Saying,      Touch      not      mine 

anointed  ones. 
And  °  do  my  prophets  no  harm. 

23  *Sing    unto    Jehovah,    all    the 

eaith  ; 
Show  forth  his  salvation  from 
day  to  daJ^ 

24  Declare  his  glory  among    the 

nations. 
His  marvellous   works    among 
all  the  peoples. 

25  For    *  great   is    Jehovah,    and 

greatly  to  be  praised  : 
He  also  is  '"to  be  feared  above 
all  gods. 

26  For  all  the  gods  of  the  peoples 

are  *^*  idols  : 
But  *  Jehovah  made  the  heavens. 

27  Honor  and  majesty  are  before 

him  : 
Strength  and  gladness  are  in 
his  place. 

28  "Ascribe  unto  Jehovah,  ye  kin- 

dreds of  the  peoples. 
Ascribe  unto  Jenovah  glory  and 
strength ; 

29  Ascribe  unto  .Jehovah  the  glory 

due  unto  his  name  : 

Bring  an  otTering,  and  come 
before  him ; 

Worship  Jehovah  '  in  holy  ar- 
ray. 

30  Tremble    before    him,    all    the 

earth  : 
The  world  also  is  established 
that  it  cannot  be  moved. 

31  Let  the  "heavens  be  glad,  and 

let  the  earth  rejoice  ; 

5  Heb.  cord,  or,  line.    «  Or,  things  of  nought 
7  Or,  in  the  beauty  oj  holiness 


16.32 


I.   CHRONICLES 


17.  15 


Ministers  of  the  Religions  Services.    David's  Purpose  to  build  a  Temple,    fiod's  Message  to  David  conoerniiig  bis  Purpose 


And  let  them  say  among  the 
nations,  "Jehovah  reigneth. 

32  *Let  the  sea  roar,  and  tne  ful- 

ness thereof ; 
Let  the  held  exult,  and  all  that 
is  therein  ; 

33  Then    shall    the    trees    of    the 

wood    sing    for    joy    before 
Jehovah ; 
For  he  Cometh  to  judge  the  earth. 

34  'O  give  thanks  unto  Jehovah; 

for  he  is  good  ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 
for  ever. 

35  And  say  ye,  "f  Save  us,  O  God  of 

our  salvation, 

And  gather  us  together  and  de- 
liver us  from  the  nations. 

To  give  thanks  unto  thy  holy 
name. 

And  to  triumph  in  thy  praise. 

36  "Blessed  be  Jehovah,  tlie  God 

of  Israel, 
From  everlasting  even  to  ever- 
lasting. 
And  all  the  people  -^said.  Amen, 
and  praised  Jehovah. 

37  So  he  left  there,  ^before  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  Jehovah, 
Asaph  and  his  brethren,  to  minis- 
ter before  the  ark  continually, ''  as 
every  day's  work  required  ;  38  and 
*Obed-edom  with  their  brethren, 
threescore  and  oight ;  Obed-edom 
also  the  son  of  Jeduthun  and 
*  Rosah  to  be  doorkeepers  ;  39  and 
^Zadok  the  priest,  and  his  breth- 
ren the  priests,  '"  before  the  taber- 
nacle of  Jehovah  in  the  high  place 
that  was  at  Gibeon,  40  to  offer 
burnt-otferings  unto  Jehovah  upon 
the  altar  of  burnt-offering  continu- 
ally morning  and  evening,  "  even 
according  to  all  that  is  written  in 
the  law  of  Jehovah,  which  he  com- 
manded unto  Israel:  41  and  with 
them  "Heman  and  Jeduthun,  and 
^the  rest  that  were  chosen,  who 
were  mentioned  by  name,  to  '  give 
thanks  to  Jehovah,  because  his 
loAdngkindness  endureth.  for  ever ; 
42  and  with  them  Heman  and 
Jeduthun  ivith  trumpets  and  cym- 
bals for  those  that  should  sound 
aloud,  and  with  instalments  for 
'Ithe  songs  of  God  ;  and  the  sons  of 
Jeduthun  to  be  at  the  gate.  43 
And  all  the  people  departed  every 
man  to  his  house :  and  David  re- 
turned to  bless  his  house. 
"J  'y  'And  it  came  to  pass, 
JL  I  when  David  dwelt  in  his 
house,  that  David  said  to  Nathan 
the  prophet,  Lo,  I  dwell  in  a  house 


"  Ps.  93.  1 ; 

1)6.  10 

I-  I's.  ys.  7 
"  Ps.  loii.  1 ; 

130.  1 
d  Ps.  106.  47, 
48 

•  1  K.  8.  1.^). 
66 ;  Ps.  72. 
18 

/Dt.  27.  l.i; 

Neh.  8.  6 
"  ver.  4,  6 
''  2  Chr.  8. 

14 ;  ICzr.  X  4 
i  ch.  13.  14 

*  ch.  26.  10 
'  ch.  1.5.  U 

'"  1  K.  3.  4 
"  Ex.  29.  38- 

42  ;  Num. 

28.  3,  4 
"  ch.  6.  33 
''  ch.  25.  l-<3 
1  2  Chr.  5.  13 
'"  1  Chr.  2.5. 

7 ;  2  Chr. 

7.  0  ;  29.  27 
»  2  S.  7.  1-29 


'  ch.  28.  2,  3 
"  Ex.  40.  2, 
3  ;  2  S.  7.  6 

"  2  S.  7.  7 


■  Heb.  1.  5 


y  ch.  10. 14 


of  cedar,  but  the  ark  of  the  cov- 
enant of  Jehovah  dwelletk  under 
curtains.  2  And  Nathan  said  unto 
David,  Do  all  that  is  in  thy  heart  ; 
for  God  is  with  thee.  3  And  it 
came  to  pass  the  same  night,  that 
the  word  of  God  came  to  Nathan, 
saying,  4^  (io  and  tell  David  my 
servant,  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  'Tliou 
shalt  not  build  me  a  house  to  dwell 
in  :  5  for  I  have  not  dwelt  in  a 
house  since  the  day  that  I  brought 
up  Israel,  unto  this  day,  "but 
^  have  gone  from  tent  to  tent,  ami 
from  one  tabernacle  to  another.  G 
In  all  places  wherein  1  have  walked 
with  all  Israel,  spake  I  a  word 
"with  any  of  the  judges  of  Israel, 
whom  I  commanded  to  be  shep- 
herd of  my  people,  saying.  Why 
have  ye  not  built  me  a  house  of 
cedar?  7  Now  therefore  thus  shalt 
thou  say  unto  my  servant  David, 
Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts,  I  took 
thee  from  the  "sheepcote,  from 
following  the  sheep,  that  thou 
shouldest  be  ^prince  over  my  peo- 
ple Israel :  8  and  I  have  been  with 
thee  whithersoever  thou  hast  gone, 
and  have  cut  oft'  all  thine  enemies 
from  before  thee;  and  I  will  make 
thee  a  name,  like  vmto  the  name 
of  the  great  ones  that  are  in  the 
earth.  9  And  I  will  appoint  a 
place  for  my  people  Israel,  and 
will  plant  them,  that  they  may 
dwell  in  their  own  place,  and  be 
moved  no  more ;  neither  shall  the 
children  of  wickedness  waste  them 
any  more,  as  at  the  first,  10  and 
as  from  the  day  that  I  commanded 
judges  to  be  over  my  people  Is- 
rael :  and  I  ■*  will  subdue  all  thine 
enemies.  Moreover  I  tell  thee  that 
Jehovah  will  build  thee  a  house. 

1 1  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
thy  days  are  fulfilled  that  thou 
must  go  to  be  with  thy  fathers, 
that  I  will  set  up  thy  seed  after 
thee,  who  shall  be  of  thy  sons ; 
and  I  will  establish  his  kingdom. 

12  He  shall  build  me  a  house,  and 
I  will  establish  his  throne  for 
ever.  13-^1  will  be  his  father,  and 
he  shall  be  my  son  :  and  I  will  not 
take  my  lovingkindness  away  from 
him,  2'as  I  took  it  from  him  that, 
was  before  thee:  14  but  I  will 
settle  him  in  my  house  and  in  my 
kingdom  for  ever ;  and  his  throne 
shall  be  established  for  ever.  15 
According  to  all  these  words,  and 


I  Heb.  have  been. 
s  Or,  pasture 


3  Or,  leader 

4  Or.  h^ve  subdued 


415 


17.16 


I.   CHRONICLES 


18.13 


David's  Prayer  in  Response  to  God's  Message.    He  conquers  Philisthi,  !)Ioab,  Zobali,  Syria,  and  Edom.    King  Tod's  Present 


according  to  all  this  vision,  so  did 
Nathan  speak  unto  David. 

16  Then  David  the  king  went 
in,  and  sat  before  Jehovali ;  and 
he  said,  Who  am  I,  O  Jehovah 
God,  and  what  is  my  house,  that 
thou  hast  brought  me  thus  farl 
17  And  this  was  a  small  thing  in 
thine  eyes,  O  God ;  but  thou  hast 
spoken  of  thy  servant's  house  for  a 
great  while  to  come,  and  hast  re- 
garded me  according  to  the  estate 
of  a  man  of  high  degree,  O  Jehovah 
God.  18  What  can  David  say  yet 
more  unto  thee  concerning  the 
honor  which  is  done  to  tliy  ser- 
vant i  for  thou  knowest  thy  ser- 
vant. 19  O  Jehovah,  "for  thy 
servant's  sake,  and  according  to 
thine  own  heart,  hast  thou  wrought 
all  this  greatness,  to  make  known 
all  these  great  things.  20  O  Jeho- 
vah, there  is  none  like  thee,  nei- 
ther is  there  any  God  besides  thee, 
according  to  all  that  we  have 
heard  with  our  ears.  21  ^And 
what  one  nation  in  the  earth  is 
like  thy  people  Israel,  whom  God 
went  to  redeem  unto  himself  for  a 
people,  to  make  thee  a  name  by 
great  and  terrible  things,  in  driv- 
ing out  nations  from  before  thy 
people,  whom  thou  redeemedst  out 
of  Egypt?  22  *  For  thy  people  Is- 
rael didst  thou  make  thine  own 
people  for  ever ;  and  thou,  Jeho- 
vah, becamest  their  God.  23  And 
now,  O  Jehovah,  let  the  word  that 
thou  hast  .spoken  concerning  th.^ 
servant,  and  concerning  his  house, 
be  established  for  ever,  and  do  as 
thou  hast  spoken.  24  "^And  let 
thy  name  be  established  and  mag- 
nified for  ever,  saying,  Jehovah  of 
hosts  is  the  God  of  Israel,  even  a 
God  to  Israel :  and  the  house  of 
David  thy  servant  is  established 
before  thee.  25  For  thou,  O  my 
God,  hast  revealecl  to  thy  servant 
that  thou  wilt  build  him  a  house : 
therefore  hath  thy  servant  found 
in  his  heart  to  pray  before  thee. 
26  And  now,  0  Jehovah,  thou 
art  God,  and  hast  promised  this 
good  thing  unto  thy  servant :  27 
and  now  it  hath  pleased  thee  to 
Vjless  the  house  of  thy  servant, 
that  it  may  continue  for  ever  be- 
fore thee:  for  thou,  O  Jehovah, 
hast  blessed,  and  it  is  blessed  for 
ever. 

1  Or,  And  who  is  like  thy  people  Israel,  a  nation 
that  is  alnne  in  the  earth  &c. 

2  Or,  Tea,  let  it  be  established,  and  let  thy  name 
be  magnified  dkc. 


"  2  S,  7.  21  ; 

Is.  37.  35 

b  Ex.  19.  o,  6 


"  2  S.  8.  1-18 
d  Ch.  19.  6 


416 


'i  Q  And  after  this  '  it  came  to 
JuO  pass,  that  David  smote  the 
Philistines,  and  subdued  them,  and 
took  Gath  and  its  towns  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  Philistines.  2  And  he 
smote  Moab ;  and  the  Moabites 
became  servants  to  David,  and 
brought  tribute. 

3  And  David  smote  Hadarezer 
king  of  Zobah  ^uuto  Hamath,  as 
he  went  to  establish  his  dominion 
by  the  river  Euphrates.  4  And 
David  took  from  him  a  thousand 
chariots,  and  seven  thousand  hors^e- 
men,  and  twenty  thousand  foot- 
men ;  and  David  liocked  all  the 
cliariot  horses,  but  reserved  of 
them  for  a  hundred  chariqts.- 

5  And  when  ""the  Syrians  of 
^  Damascus  came  to  succor  Hadar- 
ezer king  '^  of  Zobah,  David  smote 
of  '*the  Syrians  two  and  twenty 
thousand  men.  6  Then  David 
put  garrisons  in  "^ Syria  of  ^Da- 
mascus ;  and  "^  the  Syrians  became 
servants  to  David,  and.  brought 
tribute.  And  Jehovah  *^gave  vic- 
tory to  David  whithersoever  he 
went.  7  And  David  took  the 
shield.^  of  gold  that  were  on  the 
servants  of  Hadarezer,  and  brought 
them  to  Jerusalem.  8  And  from 
Tibhath  and  from  Cun,  cities  of 
Hadarezer,  David  took  v^ry  much 
brass,  wherewith  Solomon  made 
the  brazen  sea,  and  the  pillars, 
and  the  vessels  of  brass. 

9  And  when  Tou  king  of  Hamatli 
heard  that  David  had  smitten  all 
the  host  of  Hadarezer  king  of  Zobah, 

10  he  sent  Hadoram  his  son  to  king 
David,  to  salute  him,  and  to  bless 
him,  because  he  had  fought  against 
Hadarezer  and  smitten  him  (for 
Hadarezer  had  wars  with  Tou) ; 
and  he  had  tvith  him  all  manner  of 
vessels  of  gold  and  silver  and  brass. 

1 1  These  also  did  king  David  dedi- 
cate unto  Jehovah,  with  the  silver 
and  the  gold  that  he  carried  away 
from  all  the  nations ;  from  Edorn, 
and  from  Moab,  and  from  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon,  and  from  the  Phi- 
listines, and  from  Amalek. 

12  Moreover  "  Abishai  the  son  of 
Zeruiah  smote  of  the  Edomites  ia 
the  Valley  of  Salt  eighteen  thou- 
sand. 1 3  And  he  put  gai'risons  in 
Edom ;  and  all  the  Edomites  be- 
came servants  to  David.  And 
Jehovah  "gave  victory  to  David 
whithersoever  he  went. 

s  Or,  hy      4  Heb.  A^-am.     5  Heb.  Darmesek 
6  Or,  saved  David  '  Heb.  Abshai. 


iai4 


I.   CHRONICLES 


20.1 


David's  OfBr«rs.    His  Messengers  abused  by  Uanao,  King  of  Ammon.    AmmoD  and  Syria  defeated 


14  And  David  reigned  over  all 
Israel ;  and  he  executed  justice 
and  righteousness  unto  all  his 
people.  15  And  "  Joab  the  son  of 
Zeruiah  was  over  the  host ;  and 
J  iehoshaphat  the  son  of  Ahilud  was 
^  recorder  ;  1 6  and  Zadok  the  son 
of  Ahitub,  and  Abimelech  the  son 
of  Abiathar,  were  priests ;  and 
Shavsha  was  '^scribe;  17  and  Be- 
naiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada  was 
over  the  Cherethites  and  the 
Pelethites ;  and  the  sons  of  David 
were  chief  about  the  king. 
"1  Q  *"  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
X  %J  this,  that  Nahash  the  king 
of  the  children  of  Ammon  died, 
and  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
2  And  David  said,  I  will  show 
kindness  unto  Hanun  the  son  of 
Nahash,  because  his  father  showed 
kindness  to  me.  (So  David  sent 
messengers  to  comfort  him  con- 
cerning his  father.  And  David's 
servants  came  into  the  land  of 
the  children  of  Ammon  to  Hanun, 
to  comfort  him.  3  But  the  princes 
of  the  children  of  Ammon  said  to 
Hanun,  Thinkest  thou  that  David 
doth  honor  thy  father,  in  that  he 
hath  sent  comforters  unto  thee'? 
are  not  his  servants  come  unto 
thee  to  search,  and  to  overthrow, 
and  to  spy  out  the  land  ?  4  k>o 
Hanun  took  David's  servants,  and 
shaved  them,  and  cut  off  their  gar- 
ments in  the  middle,  even  to  their 
buttocks,  and  sent  them  away.  5 
Then  there  went  certain  persons, 
and  told  David  how  the  men  were 
served.  And  he  sent  to  meet  them  ; 
for  the  men  were  greatly  ashamed. 
And  the  king  said.  Tarry  at  Jericho 
until  your  beards  be  grown,  and 
then  return. 

6  And  when  the  children  of 
Ammon  saw  that  they  had  made 
themselves  odious  to  David,  Ha- 
nun and  the  children  of  Ammon 
sent  a  thousand  talents  of  silver 
to  hire  them  chariots  and  horse- 
men out  of  Mesopotamia,  and  out 
of  Aram-maacah,  and  out  ''of  Zo- 
bah.  7  So  they  hired  them  thirty 
and  two  thousand  chariots,  and 
the  king  of  ISIaacah  and  his  peo- 
ple, who  came  and  encamped  be- 
fore ''Medeba.  And  the  children 
of  Ammon  gathered  themselves 
together  from  their  cities,  and 
came  to  battle.  8  And  when 
David  heard  of  it,  he  sent  Joab, 
and  all  the  host   of    the   mighty 

1  Or,  chronicler  *  Or,  secretary 

14 


"  ch.  11.  6 


*  2  S.  10.  1-19 


"  ch.  18.  5,  9 


d  Num.  21. 
30 ;  Josh. 
13.  9,  16 


'2S.  11.  1 


417 


men.  9  And  the  children  of  Am- 
nion came  out,  and  put  the  battle 
in  array  at  the  gate  of  the  city : 
and  the  kings  that  were  come  were 
by  themselves  in  the  field. 

10  Now  when  Joab  saw  that 
*the  battle  was  set  against  him 
before  and  behind,  he  chose  of  all 
the  choice  men  of  Israel,  and  put 
them  in  array  against  the  ISyrians. 
11  And  the  rest  of  the  people 
he  committed  into  the  hand  of 
■*  Abishai  his  brother ;  and  they 
put  themselves  in  array  against 
the  children  of  Ammon.  12  And 
he  .said,  If  the  ISyrians  be  too 
strong  for  me,  then  thou  shalt 
help  me;  but  if  the  children  of 
Ammon  be  too  strong  for  thee, 
then  I  Avill  help  thee.  13  Be  of 
good  courage,  and  let  us  play  the 
man  for  our  people,  and  for  the 
cities  of  our  God  :  and  Jehovah 
do  that  which  seemeth  him  good. 
14  So  Joab  and  the  people  that 
were  with  him  drew  nigh  before 
the  Syrians  unto  the  battle ;  and 
they  fled  before  him.  15  And 
when  the  children  of  Ammon  saw 
that  the  Syrians  were  fled,  they 
likewise  fled  before  Abishai  his 
brother,  and  entered  into  the  city. 
Then  Joab  came  to  Jerusalem. 

16  And  when  the  Syrians  saw 
that  they  were  put  to  the  worse 
before  Israel,  they  sent  messen- 
gers, and  drew  forth  the  Syrians 
that  were  beyond  the  River,  with 
Shophach  the  captain  of  the  host 
of  Hadarezer  at  their  head.  17 
And  it  was  told  David  ;  and  he 
gathered  all  Israel  together,  and 
passed  over  the  Jordan,  and  came 
upon  them,  and  set  the  battle  in 
array  against  them.  So  when 
David  had  put  the  battle  in  array 
against  the  Syrians,  they  fought 
with  him.  18  And  the  Syrians 
fled  before  Israel ;  and  David 
slew  of  the  Syrians  the  vren  of 
seven  thousand  chariots,  and  forty 
thousand  footmen,  and  killed  Sho- 
phach the  captain  of  the  host.  1 9 
And  when  the  servants  of  Hadar- 
ezer saw  that  they  were  put  to  the 
worse  before  Israel,  they  made 
peace  with  David,  and  served  him  : 
neither  would  the  Syrians  help  the 
children  of  Amnion  any  more. 
O/^  ^And  it  came  to  pass,  at 
wv^  the  time  of  the  return  of 
the  year,  at  the  time  when  kings 

s  Heb.  the.  fare  of  the  batUe  was  against. 
*  Heb.  Abshai. 


20.2 


I.   CHRONICLES 


21.16 


Joab  captures  Rabbah.    The  Pliilistincs  smitten.    The  People  nnfflbcred.    A  Pestilence  sent 


go  out  to  battle,  that  Joab  led  forth 
the  az'my,  and  wasted  the  country 
of  the  children  of  Ammon,  and 
came  and  besieged  Ptabbah.  But 
David  tarried  at  Jerusalem.  And 
"Joab  smote  Kabbah,  and  over- 
threw it.  2  *  And  David  took  the 
crown  of  ^  their  king  from  off  his 
head,  and  found  it  to  weigh  a 
talent  of  gold,  and  there  were 
precious  stones  in  it ;  and  it  was 
set  upon  David's  head :  and  he 
brought  forth  the  spoil  of  the 
jity,  exceeding  much.  3  And  he 
brought  forth  the  people  that 
were  therein,  "and  cut  them  with 
saws,  and  with  harrows  of  iron, 
and  with  axes.  And  thus_  did 
David  unto  all  the  cities  of  the 
children  of  Ammon.  And  David 
md  all  the  people  returned  to 
Jerusalem. 

4  ''  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this, 
that  there  arose  war  at "  Gezer  with 
the  Philistines  :  then  Sibbecai  the 
Hushathite  slew  Sippai,  of  the  sons 
of  the  giant ;  and  they  were  sub- 
dued. 5  And  there  was  again  war 
with  the  Philistines  ;  and  Elhanaii 
the  son  of  '^Jair  slew  Lahmi  the 
brother  of  Goliath  the  Gittite, 
•^the  staff  of  whose  spear  was  like 
a  weaver's  beam.  6  And  there 
was  again  war  at  Gath,  where  was 
a  man  of  great  stature,  whose  fin- 
gers and  toes  were  foui*  and  twenty, 
six  on  each  hand,  and  six  on  each 
foot;  and  he  also  was  born  unto 
the  giant.  7  And  when  he  f  defied 
Israel,  Jonathan  the  son  of  Shimea 
David's  brother  slew  him.  8  These 
were  born  unto  the  giant  in  Gath  ; 
and  they  fell  by  the  hand  of  David, 
and  by  the  hand  of  his  servants. 
O  -i  "  And  •*  Satan  stood  uj) 
jimi  JL  against  Israel,  and  moved 
David  to  number  Israel.  2  And 
David  said    to    Joab    and  to  the 

Erinces  of  the  people,  ''  Go,  num- 
er  Israel  from  lieer-sheba  even 
to  Dan ;  and  bring  me  word, 
that  I  may  know  the  sum  of 
them.  3  And  Joab  said,  'Jeho- 
vah make  his  people  a  hundred 
times  as  many  as  they  are  :  but, 
my  lord  the  king,  are  they  not  all 
my  lord's  servants  ?  why  doth  my 
lord  require  this  thing?  why  will 
he  be  a  cause  of  guilt  unto  IsraeH 
4  Nevertheless  the  king's  word 
prevailed  against   Joab.      Where- 

1  Or,  Malcam    See  Zeph.  1.  5. 

2  In  2  S.  21.  18,  Gob.  s  Or,  reproached 
» Or.  an  adversary 


"2S 

12 

2G 

(-2  8 

12 

M, 

31 

■^2  3. 

12 

31 

d-S. 

21 

lS-1 

2 

«2S. 

21 

19 

/ch. 

11. 

23; 

1  S. 

IT 

7 

'■'  2  S. 

24 

Ach. 

27. 

23,*" 

2'1 

'Dt. 

1. 

11 

k2S. 

24 

9 

'ch. 

27. 

24 

"'2S. 

12 

13 

"  ch.  29.  29  ; 
2  S.  24.  11 
"  1  S.  9.  9 


^  2  S.  24.  13 


9  Ps.  51.  1 ; 
130.  4,  7 


'  Ex.  32.  14  ; 
1  S.  15.  11  ; 
Jon.  3.  10 


fore  Joab  departed,  and  went 
throughout  all  Israel,  and  came 
to  Jerusalem.  5  And  Joab  gave 
up  the  sum  of  the  numbering  of 
the  people  unto  David.  And  *all 
thejr  of  Israel  were  a  thousand 
thousand  and  a  hundred  thousand 
men  that  drew  sword  :  and  Judah 
was  four  hundred  threescore  and 
ten  thousand  men  that  drew 
swoi'd.  6  '  But  Levi  and  Benja- 
min counted  he  not  among  them; 
for  the  kings  word  was  abomina- 
ble to  Joab.  7  And  God  was  dis- 
pleased with  this  thing  ;  therefore 
he  smote  Israel.  8  And  David 
said  unto  (iod,  I  have  sinned 
greatly,  in  that  I  have  done  this 
thing  :  "'  but  now,  put  away,  I  be- 
seech thee,  the  iniquity  of  thy 
servant ;  for  I  have  done  very 
foolishly. 

9  And  Jehovah  spake  unto 
"Gad,  David's  "seer,  saying,  10 
Go  and  speak  unto  David,  say- 
ing. Thus  saith  Jjehovah,  I  ^ofi'er 
thee  three  things :  choose  thee 
one  of  them,  that  I  may  do  it 
unto  thee.  11  So  Gad  came  to 
David,  and  said  unto  him,  Thus 
saith  Jehovah,  Take  which  thou 
wilt:  12  ^either  three  years  of 
famine ;  or  thiee  months  to  be 
consumed  before  thy  foes,  while 
the  sword  of  thine  enemies  over- 
taketh  thee ;  or  else  three  dajs 
the  sword  of  Jehovah,  ''even  pes- 
tilence in  the  land,  and  the  angel 
of  Jehovah  destroying  throughout 
all  the  borders  of  Israel.  Now 
therefore  consider  what  answer  I 
shall  return  to  him  that  sent  me. 
13  And  David  said  unto  Gad,  I 
am  in  a  great  strait :  let  me  fall, 
I  pray,  into  the  hand  of  Jehovah  ; 
*for  very  '''great  are  his  mercies: 
and  let  me  not  fall  into  the  hand 
of  man.  14  ''So  Jehovah  sent  a 
pestilence  upon  Israel ;  and  there 
fell  of  Israel  seventy  thousand 
men.  15  And  God  sent  an  angel 
unto  Jerusalem  to  destroy  it : 
and  as  he  was  about  to  destroy, 
Jehovah  beheld,  and  'he  repented 
him  of  the  evil,  and  said  to  the 
destroying  angel.  It  is  enough  ; 
now  stay  thy  hand.  And  the 
angel  of  Jehovah  was  standing  by 
the  threshing-tloor  of  *Ornan  the 
Jebusite.  16  And  David  lifted  up 
his  e.yes,  and  sav^  the  angel  of  Je- 
hovah standing  between  earth  and 

6  Heb.  stretch  ovt  unto.  ^  Or,  and 

7  Or,  many       ^  In  2  S.  24.  16,  &c.,  Araunah. 


418 


21.17 


I.   CHRONICLES 


22.11 


David  builds  an  Altar  on  Oman's  Tlireshing-fioor.    His  Preparations  for  building  tbe  Temple.    Uis  Charge  to  Solomon 


heaven,  having  a  drawn  sword  in 
his  hand  stretched  out  over  .Jeru- 
salem. Tiieii  David  and  the  elders, 
"  clothed  in  sackcloth,  fell  upon 
their  faces.  17  And  David  said 
unto  God,  Is  it  not  I  that  com- 
manded the  people  to  be  num- 
bered 'I  even  I  it  is  that  have 
sinned  and  done  very  wickedly ; 
*  but  these  sheep,  what  have  they 
done  I  let  thy  hand,  1  pray  thee, 
O  Jehovah  my  God,  be  against 
me,  and  against  my  father's  house; 
but  not  against  thy  people,  that 
they  should  be  plagued. 

16  ''Then  the  angel  of  Jehovah 
commanded  Gad  to  say  to  David, 
that  David  should  go  up,  and  reai- 
an  altar  unto  Jehovah  in  the 
tlireshing-iloor  of  Oman  the  Jebu- 
sibe.  19  And  David  went  up  at 
the  .saying  of  Gad,  which  he  spake 
in  the  name  of  Jehovah.  20  And 
Oman  turned  back,  and  saw  the 
angel ;  and  his  four  sons  that  were 
with  him  hid  themselves.  Now 
Ornan  was  threshing  wheat.  "Jl 
And  as  David  came  to  Ornan,  Or- 
nan looked  and  saw  David,  and 
went  out  of  the  threshing-floor, 
and  bowed  himself  to  David  with 
his  face  to  the  ground.  22  Then 
David  said  to  Ornan,  Give  me  the 
place  of  this  threshing-floor,  that  I 
may  build  thereon  an  altar  unto 
Jehovah  :  for  the  full  price  shalt 
thou  give  it  me,  that  the  plague 
may  be  stayed  from  the  people. 
23  And  Oman  said  unto  David, 
Take  it  to  thee,  and  let  my  loi-d 
the  king  do  that  which  is  good  in 
his  eyes :  lo,  I  give  thee  the  oxen 
for  burnt-offerings,  and  the  thresh- 
ing instruments  for  wood,  and  the 
wheat  for  the  meal-offering ;  1  give 
it  all.  24  And  king  David  said  to 
Ornan,  Nay  ;  but  I  will  verily  buy 
it  for  the  full  price  :  for  I  will  not 
take  that  which  is  thine  for  .Je- 
hovah, nor  offer  a  burnt-offering 
without  cost.  25  So  "^  David  gave 
to  Ornan  for  the  place  six  hundred 
shekels  of  gold  by  weight.  26  And 
David  built  there  an  altar  unto  Je- 
hovah, and  offered  burnt-offerings 
and  peace-offerings,  and  called 
upon  Jehovah;  and  *he  answered 
him  from  heaven  by  fire  upon  the 
altar  of  burnt-offering.  27  And 
Jehovah  commanded  the  angel ; 
and  he  put  up  his  SM'ord  again 
into  the  sheath  thereof. 

28  At  that  time,  when  David 
saw  that  Jehovah  had  answered 


"  1  K.  21.  27 
6  2  S.  7.  8 ; 

Ps.  74.  1 
"  2  Chr.  .j.  1 
''  2  S.  24.  24 
«  Lev.  9.  24  ; 

Judg.  G.  21 


/ch.  10.  39; 
1  K.  3.  4 

'■'  ch.  21.  18- 
28  ;  2  Cbr. 
3.  1 


A  1  K.  9.  •?!), 
21  ;  2  Clir. 
2.  17 

■  1  K.  5.  17, 

18 

«•■  cb.  29.  2,  7 


'  ver.  14 


1  K.  6.  6-10 


"  ch.  29.  1  ; 
1  K.  3.  7 


"  ch.  17.  1 ; 

2  S.  7.  2,  3 


«  1  K.  4.  20, 
25 

'"2  8.  12.  24, 
25 

'Cfl.  17.  12; 

2  S.  7.  13. 
14 


419 


him  in  the  threshing-floor  of  Or- 
nan the  Jebusite,  then  he  sacri- 
ficed there.  29  'l^'or  the  tabernacle 
of  Jehovah,  which  Moses  made 
in  the  wilderness,  and  the  altar  of 
burnt-offering,  were  at  that  time 
in  the  high  place  at  Gibeon.  30 
But  David  could  not  go  before 
it  to  inquire  of  God ;  for  he  was 
afraid  because  of  the  sword  of  the 

0  O  angel  of  Jehovah.  1  Then 
j^  ^  David  said,  "This  is  the 
house  of  Jehovah  God,  and  this 
is  the  altar  of  burnt-offering  for 
Israel. 

2  And  David  commanded  to 
gatlier  together  ''  the  sojourners 
that  were  in  the  land  of  Israel ; 
and  'he  set  masons  to  hew  wrought 
stones  to  build  the  house  tif  God. 
3  And  David  ^prepared  iron  in 
abundance  for  the  nails  for  the 
doors  of  the  gates,  and  for  the 
couplings ;  and  '  brass  in  abun- 
dance Avithout  weight ;  4  and 
cedar-trees  without  number :  for 
"'the  Sidonians  and  thev  of  Tyre 
brought  cedar-trees  in  aoundance 
to  David.  5  And  David  said, 
"  Solomon  my  son  is  young  and 
tender,  and  the  house  that  is  to 
be  builded  for  Jehovah  must  be  ex- 
ceeding magnificent,  of  fame  and 
of  glory  throughout  all  countries  ; 

1  will  therefore  make  preparation 
for  it.  So  David  prepared  abun- 
dantly before  his  death. 

6  Then  he  called  for  Solomon 
his  son,  and  charged  him  to  build 
a  house  for  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
Israel.  7  And  David  said  to  Solo- 
mon ^  his  son,  °  As  for  me,  it  was  in 
my  heart  to  build  a  house  unto  the 
name  of  Jehovah  my  God.  8  But 
the  word  of  Jehovah  came  to  me, 
saying,  -^Thou  hast  shed  blood 
abundantly,  and  hast  made  great 
wars  :  thou  shalt  not  build  a  house 
unto  my  name,  because  thou  hast 
shed  much  blood  upon  the  earth  in 
my  sight.  9  Behold,  a  son  shall  be 
born  to  thee,  who  shall  be  a  man 
of  rest ;  and  *  I  will  give  him  rest 
from  all  his  enemies  round  about ; 
for  ''his  name  shall  be  "-Solomon, 
and  I  will  give  peace  and  quietness 
unto  Israel  in  his  days.  10  'He 
shall  build  a  house  for  my  name; 
and  he  shall  be  my  son,  and  I 
will  be  his  father;  and  I  will  es- 
tablish the  throne  of  his  kingdom 
over   Israel    for    ever.      11    Now, 

1  According  to  another  reading,  ify  son,  asfm 
me  die.  ^  That  is,  Feacefu.1. 


22.12 


I.   CHRONICLES 


23.24 


David's  Charge  to  Solomon  concerning  the  Temple.     Be  prescribes  the  Offices  of  the  Levites 


my  son,  "  Jehovah  be  with  thee ; 
and  prosper  thou,  and  build  the 
house  of  Jehovah  thy  God,  as  he 
hath  spoken  concerning  thee.  1 2 
"  Only  Jehovah  give  thee  discretion 
and  understanding,  and  give  thee 
charge  concerning  Israel ;  that  so 
thou  mayest  keep  the  law  of  Jeho- 
vah thy  God.  13  "  Then  shalt  thou 
prosper,  if  thou  observe  to  do  the 
statutes  and  the  ordinances  which 
Jehovah  charged  Moses  with  con- 
cerning Israel :  **  be  strong,  and  of 
good  courage  ;  fear  not,  neither  be 
dismayed.  14  Now,  behold,  in  my 
^  affliction  I  have  prepared  for  the 
house  of  Jehovah  "a  hundred  thou- 
sand talents  of  gold,  and  a  thou- 
sand thousand  talents  of  silver, 
and  ■'^of  brass  and  iron  without 
weight ;  for  it  is  in  abundance : 
timber  also  and  stone  have  I  pre- 
pared ;  and  thou  mayest  add 
thereto.  15  Moreover  there  are 
workmen  with  thee  in  abundance, 
hewers  and  workers  of  stone  and 
timber,  and  all  men  that  are  skil- 
ful in  every  manner  of  work :  1 6 
of  the  gold,  the  silver,  and  the 
brass,  and  the  iron,  there  is  no 
number.  Arise  and  be  doing,  and 
"  Jehovah  be  with  thee. 

17  ''David  also  commanded  all 
the  princes  of  Israel  to  help  Solo- 
mon his  son,  saying,  \9>  Is  not  Je- 
hovah your  God  with  you  1  and 
•hath  he  not  given  you  rest  on 
every  side"?  for  he  hath  delivered 
the  inhabitants  of  the  land  into 
my  hand  ;  and  the  land  is  subdued 
before  Jehovah,  and  before  his  peo- 
ple. 19  Now  *set  your  heart  and 
your  soul  to  seek  after  Jehovah 
your  God ;  arise  therefore,  and 
build  ye  the  sanctuary  of  Jehovah 
God,  '  to  bring  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  Jehovah,  and  the  holy  ves- 
sels of  God,  into  the  house  that 
is  to  be  built  ™to  the  name  of 
Jehovah. 

O  O  "Now  David  was  old  and 
A^  O  full  of  days;  and  "he  made 
Solomon  his  son  king  over  Israel. 
2  And  he  gathered  together  all  the 
princes  of  Israel,  with  the  priests 
and  the  Levites.  3  And  ^tne  Le- 
vites were  numbered  from  thirty 
years  old  and  upward:  and  » their 
number  by  their  polls,  man  by 
man,  was  thirty  and  eight  thou- 
sand. 4  Of  these,  twenty  and  four 
thousand  were  *■  to  oversee  the  work 
of  the  house  of  Jehovah;  and  six 

1  Or,  low  estate 


°-  ver.  16 
!- 1  K.  3.  9- 
12;  2Chr. 

1.  10 
'  ch.  28.  7 
d  Josh.  1.  6-9 
'  ch.  29.  4 
/  ver.  3 
i*  ver.  11 
A  ch.  28.  1-6 
'  ver.  9 ,  ch. 

23.  25 
«:  ch.  28.  9 
'  1  K.  8.  6, 

21 ;  2  Chr. 

5.  7 
"'  ver.  7 
"  ch.  29.  28 
"  ch.  28.  5  ; 

29.  22 
P  Num.  4. 

3-49 
9  ver.  24 ; 

Num.  4.  48 
*■  Ezr.  3.  8,  9 


'  ch.  26.  29 
<ch.  16.  16 
"  ch.  6.  1 


"  Ex.  6.  20 
"  Ex.  28.  1 


y  Ex.  30.  &-10 


*  Dt.  33.  1 ; 
Ps.  90. 
title 


thousand  were 'officers  and  judges; 
5  and  four  thousand  were  door- 
keepers ;  and  *  four  thousand 
praised  Jehovah  with  the  instru- 
ments which  I  made,  said  David, 
to  praise  thei*ewith.  6  And  David 
divided  them  into  '^courses  "accord- 
ing to  the  sons  of  Levi:  Gershon, 
Kohath,  and  Merari. 

7  Of  the  Gershonites  :  ^  Ladan 
and  Shimei.  8  The  sons  of  La- 
dan  :  Jehiel  the  chief,  and  Zetham, 
and  Joel,  three.  9  The  sons  of 
Shimei:  Shelomoth,  and  Haziel, 
and  Haran,  three.  These  were  the 
heads  of  the  fathers'  houses  of  La- 
dan.  10  And  the  sons  of  Shimei: 
Jahath,  ■'Zina,  and  Jeush,  and  Be- 
riah.  These  four  were  the  sons  of 
Shimei.  11  And  Jahath  was  the 
chief,  and  Zizah  the  second :  but 
Jeush  and  Beriah  had  not  many 
sons ;  therefore  they  became  a 
fathers'  house  in  one  reckoning. 

12  The  sons  of  Kohath:  Am  ram, 
Izhar,  Hebron,  and  Uzziel,  four. 
13  "The  sons  of  Am  ram:  Aaron 
and  Moses;  and  ^ Aaron  was  sepa- 
rated, °that  he  should  sanctify  the 
most  holy  things,  he  and  his  sons, 
for  ever,  *'to  burn  incense  before 
Jehovah,  to  minister  unto  him,  and 
to  bless  in  his  name,  for  ever.  14 
But  as  for  ''Moses  the  man  of  God, 
his  sons  were  named  among  the 
tribe  of  Levi.  15  The  sons  of 
Moses:  Gershom  and  Eliezer.  16 
The  sons  of  Gershom:  "^Shebuel 
the  chief.  17  And  the  sons  of 
Eliezer  were:  Rehabiah  the  chief; 
and  Eliezer  had  no  other  sons ;  but 
the  sons  of  Rehabiah  were  very 
many.  18  The  sons  of  Izhar: 
^Shelomith  the  chief.  19  The  sons 
of  Hebron :  Jeriah  the  chief,  Ama- 
riah  the  second,  Jahaziel  the  third, 
and  Jekameam  the  fourth.  20  "The 
sons  of  Uzziel:  Micah  the  chief, 
and  Isshiah  the  second. 

21  The  sons  of  Merari:  Mahli 
and  Mushi.  The  sons  of  Mahli: 
Eleazar  and  Kisli.  22  And  Elea- 
zar  died,  and  had  no  sons,  but 
daughters  only :  and  their  breth- 
ren the  sons  of  Kish  took  them 
to  wife.  23  The  sons  of  Mushi: 
Mahli,  and  Eder,  and  Jeremoth, 
three. 

24  "  These  were  the  sons  of  Levi 
after  their  fathers'  houses,  even  the 

2  Heb.  divisions.        3  In  ch.  6. 17,  Lihni. 
<  In  ver.  11,  Zizah. 

5  Or,  to  sanctify  as  most  holy  him  &c. 

6  In  ch.  24.  20,  Shubael. 

'  In  ch.  24.  22,  Shelomoth. 


420 


23.25 


I.   CHRONICLES 


24.26 


David  prescribes  tlie  Offlces  of  tlie  Levites.    Courses  of  the  Sons  of  Aaron.    Of  the  Other  Sons  of  Levi 


heads  of  the  fathers'  houses  of  those 
of  them  that  wei-e  counted,  in  the 
number  of  names  l)y  their  polls, 
who  did  the  work  for  the  service 
of  the  house  of  Jehovah,  "from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward. 
2-5  For  David  said,  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  Israel,  ''hath  given  rest 
unto  his  people;  and  he  dwelleth 
in  Jerusalem  for  ever:  26  and  also 
"  the  Levites  shall  no  more  have 
need  to  carry  the  tabernacle  and 
all  the  vessels  of  it  for  the  service 
thereof.  27  For  ^ by  the  last  words 
of  David  the  sons  of  Levi  were 
numbered,  from  twenty  years  old 
and  upward.  28  For  "their  office 
was  to  wait  on  the  sons  of  Aaron 
for  the  service  of  the  house  of  Je- 
hovah, in  the  courts,  and  in  the 
chambers,  and  in  the  purifying  of 
all  holy  things,  even  the  work  of 
the  service  of  the  house  of  God  ; 
29  ''for  the  showbread  also,  and 
^for  the  fine  flour  for  a  meal-ofier- 
ing,  whether  of  unleavened  wafers, 
or  ■''of  that  which  is  baked  in  the 
pan,  or  ^of  that  which  is  soaked, 
and  *for  all  manner  of  measure  and 
size ;  30  and  to  stand  every  morn- 
ing to  thank  and  praise  Jehovah, 
and  likewise  at  even;  31  and  to 
offer  all  burnt-offerings  unto  Jeho- 
vah, 'on  the  sabbaths,  on  the  new 
moons,  and  *on  the  set  feasts,  in 
number  according  to  the  ordinance 
concerning  them,  continually  be- 
fore Jehovah;  32  and  that  'they 
should  keep  the  charge  of  the  tent 
of  meeting,  and  the  charge  of  the 
holy  place,  and  '"  the  cnarge  of 
the  sons  of  Aaron  their  brethren, 
for  the  service  of  the  house  of 
Jehovah. 

^A  ^^^  tli6  courses  of  the 
w  TT  sons  of  Aaron  were  these. 
"The  sons  of  Aaron:  Nadab  and 
Abihu,  Eleazar  and  Ithamar.  2 
"But  Nadab  and  Abihu  died  before 
their  father,  and  had  no  children: 
therefore  Eleazar  and  Ithamar  ex- 
ecuted the  priest's  office.  3  ^And 
David  with ''  Zadok  of  the  sons  of 
Eleazar,  and  Ahimelech  of  the 
sons  of  Ithamar,  divided  them  ac- 
cording to  their  ordering  in  their 
service.  4  And  there  were  more 
chief  men  found  of  the  sons  of 
Eleazar  than  of  the  sons  of  Itha- 
mar ;  and  thux  were  they  divided : 
of  the  sons  of  Eleazar  tnere  were 

1  Or.  in  'he  la^t  nets 

-  Heb.  thiir  Hntioii  wis  at  the  hand  of  the  sons 
of  Aaron.    See  Neh.  U.  24. 

3  Or,  And  Varirl  divided  them,  evsn  Zadok dc. 


"  ver.  3 
l>  ch.  TA.  18 
■^Num.  4.  5, 


9 


"f  Lev.  24.  ft-9 
''  Lev.  ti.  20 
J  oil.  y.  31 
■'  Lev.  6.  21 
''  Lev.  19.  35, 

30 
'  Is.  1.  13,  14 
*•■  Lev.  23.  2-4 
'  eh.  9.  27  ; 

Num.  1.  63 
'"  Num.  3. 

i)-9,  38 
"  Ex.  6.  23 
"  Lev.  10.  2 
P  ver.  31 ; 

ch.  0.  8 


1  ver.  31 
"■  ch.  18.  16 


'  Neh.  12.  4 ; 
Lk.  1.  6 


<  ch.  9.  25 


"  ch.  23.  19 


sixteen,  heads  of  fathers'  houses; 
and  of  the  sons  of  Ithamar,  accord- 
ing to  their  fathers'  houses,  eight. 
5  <'Thus  were  they  divided  by  lot, 
one  sort  with  another;  for  there 
were  princes  of  the  sanctuary,  and 

Srinces  of  God,  both  of  the  sons  of 
ileazar,  and  of  the  sons  of  Itha- 
mar. G  And  iShemaiah  the  son  of 
Nethanel  the  scribe,  who  was  of 
the  Levites,  wrote  them  in  the  pres- 
ence of  the  king,  and  the  princes, 
and  Zadok  the  priest,  and  '"Ahime- 
lech the  son  of  Abiathar,  and  the 
heads  of  the  fathers'  houses  of  the 
priests  and  of  the  Levites;  one 
fathers' house  lieing  taken  for  Elea- 
zar, and  ■'one  taken  for  Ithamar. 

7  Now  the  first  lot  came  forth  to 
Jehoiarib,  the  second  to  Jedaiah, 
8  the  third  to  Harim,  the  fourth 
to  Seorim,  9  the  fifth  to  j\lalchi- 
jah,  the  sixth  to  IMijamin,  10  the 
seventh  to  Hakkoz,  the  eighth  to 
' Abijah,  1 1  the  ninth  to  Jeshua, 
the  tenth  to  Shecaniah,  12  the 
eleventh  to  Eliashib,  the  twelfth  to 
Jakim,  13  the  thirteenth  to  Hup- 
pah,  the  fourteenth  to  Jeshebeab, 
14  the  fifteenth  to  Bilgah,  the 
sixteenth  to  Immer,  1 5  the  seven- 
teenth to  Hezir,  the  eighteenth  to 
Happizzez,  16  the  nineteenth  to 
Fetnahiah,  the  twentieth  to  Jehez- 
kel,  17  the  one  and  twentieth  to 
Jachin,  the  two  and  twentieth  to 
Gamul,  18  the  three  and  twentieth 
to  Delaiah,  the  four  and  twentieth 
to  Maaziah.  19  'This  was  the 
ordering  of  them  in  their  service, 
to  come  into  the  house  of  Jehovah 
according  to  the  ordinance  given 
unto  them  by  Aaron  their  father, 
as  Jehovah,  tne  God  of  Israel,  had 
commanded  him. 

20  And  of  the  rest  of  the  sons  of 
Levi:  of  the  sons  of  Amram,  ''Shu- 
bael;  of  the  sons  of  Shubael,  Jeh- 
deiah.  21  Of  Kehabiah :  of  the 
sons  of  Eehabiah,Isshiah  the  chief. 

22  Of  the  Izharites,  ''Shelomoth; 
of  the  sons  of  Shelomoth,  Jahath. 

23  And  the  sons  "of  Hebron:  Je- 
riah  the  chief,  Amariah  the  second, 
Jahaziel  the  third,  Jekameam  the 
fourth.  24  The  sons  of  Uzziel, 
Micah;  of  the  sons  of  Micah,  Sha- 
mir. 25  The  brother  of  Micah, 
Isshiah;  of  the  sons  of  Isshiah, 
Zechariah.  26  The  sons  of  Me- 
rari :  Mahli  and  Mushi ;  the  sons  of 

*  The  Hebrew  text  has,  taken,  taken. 

5  In  ch.  23.  16,  Shebvel. 

6  In  ch.  23.  18,  Shelomith. 


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26.3 


Order  of  the  Service  of  Song;  the  twenty-four  Classes  of  Singers 


Jaaziah:  Beno.  27  The  sons  of 
Merari :  of  Jaaziah,  Beno,  and  Sho- 
ham,  and  Zaccur,  and  Ibri.  28  Of 
Mahli:  Eleazar,  who  had  no  sons. 
29  Of  Kish;  the  sons  of  Kish: 
Jerahmeel.  30  And  the  sons  of 
Mushi:  Mahli,  and  Eder,  and  Jeri- 
moth.  These  wex'e  the  sons  of  the 
Levites  after  their  fathers'  houses. 
31  "These  likewise  cast  lots  even 
as  their  brethren  the  sons  of  Aaron 
in  the  presence  of  David  the  king, 
and  *Zadok,  and  Ahimelech,  and 
the  heads  oi  the  fathers'  houses  of 
the  priests  and  of  the  Levites ;  the 
fathers'  houses  of  the  chief  even  as 
those  of  his  youn,ger  brother. 
O  p^  Moreover  David  and  the 
w  tJ  captains  of  the  host  set 
apart  for  the  service  certain  of  the 
sons  of  ''Asaph,  and  of  Heman,  and 
of  Jeduthun,  who  should  ''prophesy 
'with  harps,  with  psalteries,  and 
with  cymbals:  and  the  number  of 
them  that  did  the  work  according 
to  their  service  was  :  2  of  the  sons 
of  Asaph :  Zaccur,  and  Joseph,  and 
Nethaniah,  and  'Asharelah,  the 
sons  of  Asaph,  under  the  hand  of 
Asaph,  who  prophesied  ^after  the 
order  of  the  king.  3  ■'^Of  Jeduthun ; 
the  sons  of  Jeduthun:  Gedaliah, 
and  ^Zeri,  and  Jeshaiah,  Hasha- 
biah,  and  Mattithiah,  ''six,  under 
the  hands  of  their  father  Jeduthun 
with  the  harp,  who  prophesied  in 
giving  thanks  and  praising  Je- 
hovah. 4  Of  Heman;  the  sons 
of  Heman:  Bukkiah,  Mattaniah, 
^Uzziel,  •'Shebuel,  and  Jerimoth, 
Hananiah,  Hanani,  Eliathah,  Gid- 
dalti,  and  Romamti-ezer,  Josh- 
bekashah,  Mallothi,  Hothir,  Ma- 
hazioth.  5  All  these  were  the 
sons  of  Heman  ^the  king's  seer 
in  the  words  of  God,  to  lift  up  the 
horn.  And  God  gave  to  Heman 
fourteen  sons  and  three  daughters. 
6  All  these  were  under  the  hands 
of  their  father  for  song  in  the 
house  of  Jehovah,  ''with  cymbals, 
psalteries,  and  harps,  for  the  ser- 
vice of  the  house  of  God  ;  '^' Asaph, 
Jeduthun,  and  Heman  being  under 
the  order  of  the  king.  7  And  the 
number  of  them,  with  their  breth- 
ren that  were  instructed  in  singing 
unto  Jehovah,  even  ail  that  were 
skilful,  was  *  two  hundred  fourscore 

1  In  ver.  14,  J^shnrelah. 

2  Heb.  by  the  hands  of  the  king. 

3  In  ver.  11,  Izri. 

*  With  Shimei,  mentioned  in  ver.  17. 

*  In  ver.  18,  Azarel.       •>  In  ver.  20,  Shuhael. 

1  Or,  a/ter  the  order  of  the  Icing,  even  Asaph  &c. 


*>  ver.  6 


"  ch.  6.  33,  39 
d  2  K.  3.  15 
•  ch.  15.  16 


/ch.  16.  41, 

42 


'ch.  21.  9; 
2  S.  24.  11 


A  ch.  16.  16 
'  ch.  15.  19 


and  eight.  8  And  Hhey  cast  lots 
*  for  their  oifices,  all  alike,  as  well 
the  small  as  the  great,  the  teacher 
as  the  scholar. 

9  Now  the  first  lot  came  forth 
for  Asaph  to  Joseph :  the  second 
to  Gedaliah;  he  and  his  brethren 
and  sons  were  twelve :  10  the 
third  to  Zaccur,  his  sons  and  his 
brethren,  twelve  :  1 1  the  fourth  to 
Izri,  his  sons  and  his  brethren, 
twelve  :  1 2  the  lif  th  to  Nethaniah, 
his  sons  and  his  brethren,  twelve  : 
13  the  sixth  to  Bukkiah,  his  sons 
and  his  brethren,  twelve:  14  the 
seventh  to  Jesharelah,  his  sons 
and  his  brethren,  twelve:  15  the 
eighth  to  Jeshaiah,  his  sons  and 
his  brethren,  twelve  :  16  the  ninth 
to  Mattaniah,  his  sons  and  his 
brethren,  twelve:  17  the  tenth 
to  Shimei,  his  sons  and  his  breth- 
ren, twelve:  18  the  eleventh  to 
Azarel,  his  sons  and  his  brethren, 
twelve:  19  the  twelfth  to  Hasha- 
biah,  his  sons  and-  his  brethren, 
twelve :  20  for  the  thirteenth, 
Shubael,  his  sons  and  his  breth- 
ren, twelve :  21  for  the  fourteenth, 
Mattithiah,  his  sons  and  his  breth- 
ren, twelve:  22  for  the  fifteenth 
to  Jeremoth,  his  sons  and  his 
brethren,  twelve:  23  for  the  six- 
teenth to  Hananiah,  his  sons  and 
his  brethren,  twelve :  24  for  the 
seventeenth  to  Joshbekashah,  his 
sons    and    his    brethren,    twelve: 

25  for  the  eighteenth  to  Hanani, 
his  sons  and  his  brethren,  twelve: 

26  for  the  nineteenth  to  Mallothi, 
his  sons  and  his  brethren,  twelve : 

27  for  the  twentieth  to  Eliathah, 
his  sons  and  his  brethren,  twelve  : 

28  for  the  one  and  twentieth  to 
Hothir,  his  sons  and  his  brethren, 
twelve :  29  for  the  two  and  twen- 
tieth to  Giddalti,  his  sons  and 
his  brethren,  twelve :  30  for  the 
three  and  twentieth  to  Mahazioth, 
his  sons  and  his  brethren,  twelve  : 
31  for  the  four  and  twentieth  to 
Romamti-ezer,  his  sons  and  his 
brethren,  twelve. 

0/I>  For  the  courses  of  the 
^  O  doorkeepers  :  of  the  Korah- 
ites,  "  Meshelemiah  the  son  of  Kore, 
of  the  sons  of  "Asaph.  2  A.nd 
Meshelemiah  had  sons  :  Zechariah 
the  first-born,  .Jediael  the  second, 
Zebadiah  the  third,  Jathniel  the 
fourth,  3  Elam  the  fifth,  Jehohanan 

s  Or,  vard  aoainst  ward,  as  viell  <tc. 
"  In  ver.  14,  Shelemiah. 
10  In  ch.  9.  19,  Bbiasaph. 


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26.32 


Courses  of  the  Doorkeepers.    Keepers  of  the  Treasures  of  the  Temple.    Civil  Officials 


the  sixth,  Eliehoenai  the  seventh. 
4r  And  Ooed-edom  had  sons  :  She- 
maiah  the  first- boin,  Jehozabad  the 
second,  Joah  the  third,  and  Sacar 
the  fourth,  and  Nethanel  the  fifth, 
5  Amniiel  the  sixth,  Issachar  the 
seventh,  Peullethai  the  eighth ; 
for  God  blessed  him.  6  Also  unto 
Shemaiah  his  son  were  sons  born, 
that  ruled  over  the  house  of  their 
father  ;  for  they  were  mightj'  men 
of  valor.  7  The  sons  of  Shemaiah  : 
Othni,  and  Rephael,  and  Obed, 
Elzabad,  whose  orethren  were  val- 
iant men,  Elihu,  and  Semachiah. 
8  All  these  were  of  the  sons  of 
Obed-edom:  they  and  their  sons 
and  their  brethren,  able  men  in 
strength  for  the  service ;  three- 
score and  two  of  Obed-edom.  9 
And  Meshelemiah  had  S9ns  and 
brethren,  valiant  men,  eighteen. 
10  Also  "  Hosah,  of  the  children  of 
Merari,  had  sons  :  Shimri  the  chief 
(for  though  he  was  not  the  first- 
born, yet  his  father  made  him 
chief),  11  Hilkiah  the  second, 
Tebaliah  the  third,  Zechariah  the 
fourth :  all  the  sons  and  brethren 
of  Hosah  were  thirteen. 

1 2  Of  these  were  the  courses  of 
the  doorkeepers,  even  of  the  chief 
men,  having  ^  offices  like  their 
brethren,  to  minister  in  the  house 
of  Jehovah.  13  ''And  they  cast 
lots,  as  well  the  small  as  the  great, 
according  to  their  fathers'  houses, 
for  every  gate.^  14  And  the  lot 
eastward  fell  to  -  Shelemiah.  Then 
for  Zechariah  his  son,  a  discreet 
counsellor,  they  cast  lots  ;  and  his 
lot  came  out  northward.  15  To 
Obed-edom  southward  ;  and  to  his 
sons  the  stoi'e-house.  16  To  Shup- 
pim  and  Hosah  westward,  by  the 
gate  of  •''Shallecheth,  at  the  cause- 
way that  goeth  up,  watch  against 
watch.  17  Eastward  were  six 
Levites,  northward  four  a  day, 
southward  four  a  day,  and  for  the 
store-house  two  and  two.  18  For 
^''Parbar  westward,  four  at  the 
causeway,  and  two  at  '*Parbar. 
19  These  were  the  courses  of  the 
doorkeepers ;  of  the  sons  of  the 
Korahites,  and  of  the  sons  of 
Merari. 

20  And  of  the  Levites,  Ahijah 
svas  ''over  the  treasures  of  the 
house  of  God,  and  over  the  treas- 
ures   of    the    *  dedicated    things. 

1  Or,  wards  over  against  their  brethren 

2  In  ver.  1,  Meshelemiah. 
»  That  is,  Cn  sting  forth. 

*  Or,  the  precinct        *  Heb.  holy  things. 


"  Ch.  16.  38 
b  ch.  24.  6, 

31  ;  2o.  8 
<'2K.  23.  11 
d  ver.  22,  24, 

26 ;  ch.  28. 

12 ;  Ezr.  2. 

69 


'  2  S.  8.  U 


/Neh.  11.  16 


»  ch.  23.  4 
h  ch.  27.  17 


I  ch.  23.  19 


*■  ch.  6.  81 


21  The  sons  of  *Ladan,  the  sons 
of  the  Gershonites  belonging  to 
Ladan.  the  heads  of  the  fathers' 
houses  belonging  to  Ladan  the  Ger- 
shonite  :  '  Jehieli.  22  The  sons 
of  Jehieli :  Zetham,  and  Joel  his 
brother,  over  the  treasures  of  the 
house  of  Jehovah.  23  Of  the  Am- 
ramites,  of  the  Izharites,  of  the 
Hebronites,  of  the  Uzzielites : 
24  and  iShebuel  the  son  of  Ger- 
shom,  the  son  of  Moses,  was  ruler 
over  the  treasures.  25  And  his 
brethren :  of  Eliezer  came  Keha- 
biah  his  son,  and  Jeshaiah  his  son, 
and  Joram  his  son,  and  Zichri  his 
son,  and  Shelomoth  his  son.  26 
This  Shelomoth  and  his  brethi-en 
were  over  all  the  treasures  of  the 
dedicated  things,  *  which  David 
the  king,  and  the  heads  of  the 
fathers'  houses,  the  captains  over 
thousands  and  hundieds,  and  the 
captains  of  the  host,  had  dedicated. 
27  *  Out  of  the  spoil  won  in  battles 
did  they  dedicate  to  repair  the  house 
of  Jehovah.  28  And  all  that  Sam- 
uel the  seer,  and  Saul  the  son  of 
Kish,  and  Abner  the  son  of  Ner, 
and  Joab  the  son  of  Zeruiah,  had 
dedicated,  whosoever  had  dedi- 
cated anything,  it  was  under  the 
hand  of  ^Shelomoth,  and  of  his 
brethren. 

29  Of  the  Izharites,  Chenaniah 
and  his  sons  were  for  ■'^the  out- 
ward business  over  Israel,  for 
^officers  and  judges.  30  Of  the 
Hebronites,  ''Hashabiah  and  his 
brethren,  men  of  valor,  a  thousand 
and  seven  hundred,  had  the  over- 
sight of  Israel  beyond  the  Jordan 
westward,  for  all  the  business  of 
Jehovah,  and  for  the  service  of 
the  king.  31  Of  the  Hebronites 
was  'Jeri.iah  the  chief,  even  of 
the  Hebronites,  according  to  their 
generations  by  fathers'  houses.  In 
the  fortieth  year  of  the  reign  of 
David  they  were  sought  for,  and 
there  were  found  among  them 
mighty  men  of  valor  at  *Jazer  of 
Gilead.  32  And  his  brethren,  men 
of  valor,  were  tAvo  thou.sand  and 
seven  hundred,  heads  of  fathers' 
houses,  whom  king  David  made 
overseers  over  the  lieu  ben  ites,  and 
the  Gadites,  and  the  half-tribe  of 
the  Manassites,  for  every  matter 
pertaining  to  God,  and  'for  the 
affairs  of  the  king. 

«  In  ch.  6.  17,  Lihni.         7  In  ch.  23.  8,  Jehitl. 

8  Heb.  Out  of  the  ImttUs  and  tfie  spoil. 

9  Heb.  Shelomith. 


m 


27.1 


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27.30 


Captains  of  the  Host.    Captains  of  the  Tribes.    Overseers  of  David's  Possessions 


O  ^  Now  the  children  of  Israel 
^md  I  after  their  number,  to  wit, 
the  heads  of  fathers'  houses  and 
the  captains  of  thousands  and  of 
hundreds,  and  their  officers  that 
served  the  king,  in  any  matter  of 
the  courses  which  came  in  and  went 
out  month  by  month  throughout  all 
the  months  of  the  year  —  of  every 
course  were  twenty  and  four  thou- 
sand. 2  "  Over  the  first  course  for 
the  first  month  was  Jashobeam  the 
son  of  Zabdiel :  and  in  his  course 
were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 
3  Ife  was  of  the  children  of  Perez, 
the  chief  of  all  the  captains  of  the 
host  for  the  first  month.  4  And 
over  the  course  of  the  second 
month  was  Dodai  the  Ahohite, 
and  his  course ;  and  Mikloth  the 
ruler :  and  in  his  course  were 
twenty  and  four  thousand.  _  5  The 
third  captain  of  the  host  for  the 
third  month  was  Benaiah,  the  son 
of  Jehoiada  the  '  priest,  chief  :  and 
in  his  course  were  twenty  and  four 
thousand.  6  This  is  that  Benaiah, 
who  was  the  mighty  man  of  the 
thirty,  and  over  the  thirty :  and 
of  his  course  was  Ammizabad  his 
son.  7  The  fourth  captain  for  the 
fourth  month  was  Asahel  the 
brother  of  Joab,  and  Zebadiah  his 
son  after  him :  and  in  his  course 
were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 
8  The  fifth  captain  for  the  fifth 
month  was  Shamhuth  the  Izra- 
hite  :  and  in  his  course  were  twenty 
and  four  thousand.  9  The  sixth 
captain  for  the  sixth  month  was 
Ira  the  son  of  Ikkesh  the  Tekoite : 
and  in  his  course  were  twenty  and 
four  thousand.  10  The  seventh 
captain  for  the  seventh  month  was 
Helez  the  Pelonite,  of  the  children 
of  Ephraim :  and  in  his  course 
were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 
11  The  eighth  captain  for  the 
eighth  month  was  Sibbecai  the 
Hushathite,  of  the  Zerahites  :  and 
in  his  course  were  twenty  and  four 
thousand.  12  The  ninth  captain 
for  the  ninth  month  was  Abiezer 
the  Anathothite,  of  theBenjamites : 
and  in  his  course  were  twenty  and 
four  thousand.  13  The  tenth  cap- 
tain for  the  tenth  month  was 
Maharai  the  Netophathite,  of  the 
Zerahites :  and  in  his  course  were 
twenty  and  four  thousand.  14  The 
eleventh  cajitain  for  the  eleventh 
month  was  Benaiah  the  Pirathon- 
ite,  of  the  children  of  Ephraim : 

1  Or,  chi^minister    See  2  S.  8.  18. 


"ch.  11.  11- 

31  ;  2  S.  23. 
8-30 


b  Ch.  28.  1 


'  ch.  21.  2-5 

d  Gen.  15.  5 


'  ch.  21.  1-7  ; 

2  S.  24.  12- 


/ 1  K.  10.  27  ; 
2  Chr.  1.  16 


«  ch.  5.  16 


424 


and  in  his  course  were  twenty  and 
four  thousand.  15  The  twelfth 
cajjtain  for  the  twelfth  month  was 
^  Heldai  the  Netophathite,  of  0th- 
niel :  and  in  his  course  were  twenty 
and  four  thousand. 

16  Furthermore  over  the  tribes 
of  Israel :  of  the  Heubenites  was 
Eliezer  the  son  of  Zichri  the  ruler  : 
of  the  Simeonites,  IShephatiah  the 
son  of  Maacah  :  1 7  of  Levi,  Hasha- 
biah  the  son  of  Kemuel :  of  Aaron, 
Zadok :  18  of  Judah,  ^Elihu,  one 
of  the  brethren  of  David  :  of  Issa- 
char,  Omri  the  son  of  Michael : 
19  of  Zebulun,  Ishmaiah  the  son 
of  Obadiah :  of  Naphtali,  Jere- 
moth  the  son  of  Azriel :  20  of  the 
children  of  Ephraim,  Hoshea  the 
son  of  Azaziah :  of  the  half -tribe  of 
Manasseh,  Joel  the  son  of  Pedaiah  : 
21  of  the  \ia\i-tribe  of  Manasseh  in 
Gilead,  Iddo  the  son  of  Zechariah  : 
of  Benjamin,  Jaasiel  the  son  of 
Abner :  22  of  Dan,  Azarel  the  son 
of  Jeroham.  *  These  were  the  cap- 
tains of  the  tribes  of  Israel.  23 
But  David  took  not  the  number  of 
them  from  twenty  years  old  and 
under,  ''because  Jehovah  had  said 
he  would  increase  Israel  like  ''to 
the  stars  of  heaven.  24  Joab  the 
son  of  Zeruiah  began  to  number, 
but  finished  not ;  and  *  there  came 
wrath  for  this  upon  Israel ;  nei- 
ther was  the  number  put  into  the 
account  in  the  chronicles  of  king 
David. 

25  And  over  the  king's  treas- 
ures was  Azmaveth  the  son  of 
Adiel :  and  over  the  treasures  in 
the  fields,  in  the  cities,  and  in  the 
villages,  and  in  the  castles,  was 
Jonathan  the  son  of  Uzziah  :  26 
and  over  them  that  did  the  work 
of  the  field  for  tillage  of  the  ground 
was  Ezri  the  son  of  Chelub :  27 
and  over  the  vineyards  was  Shiniei 
the  Eamathite :  and  over  the  in- 
crease of  the  vineyards  for  the 
wine-cellars  was  Zabdi  the  Shiph- 
mite :  28  and  over  the  olive-trees 
and  ■''the  sycomore-trees  that  were 
in  the  lowland  was  Baal-hanan  the 
Gederite :  and  over  the  cellars  of 
oil  was  Joash  :  29  and  over  the 
herds  that  fed  in_  "Sharon  was 
Shitrai  the  Sharonite :  and  over 
the  herds  that  were  in  the  valleys 
was  Shaphat  the  son  of  Adlai :  30 
and  over  the  camels  was  Obil  the 
Ishmaelite  :  and  over  the  asses  was 
Jehdeiah    the    Meronothite :    and 

2  In  ch.  11.  30,  Hded.      3  In  1  S.  16.  6,  Eliab. 


27.31 


I.   CHRONICLES 


28.18 


David's  Coansellors.    Bis  Address  concerning  the  Temple.    He  gives  tlie  Pattern  ttiereof  to  Solomon 


over  the  flocks  was  Jaziz  the  "  Hag- 
rite.  31  All  these  were  the  rulers 
of  the  substance  which  was  king 
David's. 

32  Also  Jonathan,  David's  ^un- 
cle, was  a  counsellor,  a  man  of 
understanding,  and  a  scribe  :  and 
Jehiel  the  son  of  Hachmoni  was 
with  the  king's  sons :  33  and 
*Ahithophel  was  the  king's  coun- 
sellor :  and  "  Hushai  the  Archite 
was  the  king's  friend :  34  and  after 
Ahithojjhel  was  Jehoiada  the  son 
of  ''Benaiah,  and  "Abiathar:  and 
■'  the  captain  of  the  king's  host  was 
Joab. 

O  O  And  ^  David  assembled  all 
^  O  the  princes  of  Israel,  the 
princes  of  the  tribes,  and  the  cap- 
tains of  the  companies  that  served 
the  king  by  course,  and  the  cap- 
tains of  thousands,  and  the  cap- 
tains of  hundreds,  and  the  rulers 
over  all  the  substance  and  '^  posses- 
sions of  the  king  and  of  his  sons, 
with  the  ^  officers,  and  ''  the  mighty 
men,  even  all  the  mighty  men  of 
valor,  unto  Jerusalem.  2  Then 
David  the  king  stood  up  upon  his 
feet,  and  said.  Hear  me,  my  breth- 
ren, and  my  people  :  as  for  me,  'it 
was  in  my  heart  to  build  a  house  of 
rest  for  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of 
Jehovah,  and  for  *the  footstool 
of  our  God  ;  and  I  had  made  ready 
for  the  building.  3  But  God  said 
unto  me,  'Thou  shalt  not  build  a 
house  for  my  name,  because  thou 
art  a  man  of  war,  and  hast  shed 
blood,  i  Howbeit  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  Israel,  ™  chose  me  out  of  all 
the  house  of  my  father  to  be  king 
over  Israel  "  for  ever  :  for  "  he  hath 
chosen  Judah  to  be  ^prince ;  and 
■''in  the  house  of  Judah,  the  house 
of  my  father ;  and  among  the  sons 
of  my  father  he  took  pleasure  in 
me  to  make  me  king  over  all  Is- 
rael ;  5  and  « of  all  my  sons  (for 
Jehovah  hath  given  me  many  sons), 
''he  hath  chosen  Solomon  my  son 
to  sit  upon  the  throne  of  the  king- 
dom of  Jehovah  over  Israel.  6 
And  he  said  unto  me,  'Solomon 
thj'  son,  he  shall  build  my  house 
and  my  courts  ;  for  I  have  chosen 
him  to  be  my  son,  and  I  will  be  his 
father.  7  And  I  will  establish 
his  kingdom  for  ever,  'if  he  be 
constant  to  do  my  commandments 
and  mine  ordinances,  as  at  this 
day.     8  Now  therefore,  in  the  sight 


1  Or,  brother's  son 

2  Or,  cattU 


3  Or,  eunuchs 
*  Or,  leader 


"  ch.  r>.  10 

''  2  S.  l,*..  12 
"^  2  S.  16.  32, 

37 
J  ver.  5 
■^  1  K.  1.  7 
/ch.  U.  6 
"  ch.  23.  2  i 

27.  1-31 
A  ch.  U.  10- 

47 
'  ch.  17.  1.  2 
«•■  P8.  132.  7  ; 

Is.  60.  1 
'  ch.  22.  8 
'"  1  S.  10.  0-13 
"  ch.  17.  23, 

°  ch.  6.  2 ; 
Gen.  49. 

8-10 

P  1  S.  16.  1 
9  ch.  3.  1-9 ; 

14.  3-7 
^  ch.  22.  9,  10 
*  2.S.  7.  13,  14 
'  ch.  22.  13 


"  ch.  29.  17- 

19;  IK.  8. 

61 
"  1  S.  16.  7 
=^  2  Chr.  15. 

2 ;  Jer.  29. 

13 
V  ch.  22.  13 
-  ver.  12,  19 ; 

Ex.  25.  40 
"  1  K.  6.  3 
l>  Ex.  26.  17- 

22 


'  ch.  26.  20, 

28 


d  ch.  24.  1 
'  ch.  23.  6 


/  Ex.  25.  31- 


"  Ex.  30.  1-10 

426 


of  all  Israel,  the  as.sembly  of  Jeho- 
vah, and  in  the  audience  of  our 
God,  observe  and  seek  out  all  the 
commandments  of  Jehovah  your 
God ;  that  ye  may  possess  this 
good  land,  and  leave  it  for  an  in- 
heritance to  your  children  after 
you  for  ever. 

9  And  thou,  Solomon  my  son, 
know  thou  the  God  of  thy  tather, 
and  "  serve  him  with  a  perfect 
heart  and  with  a  willing  mind ; 
'for  Jehovah  seaicheth  all  hearts, 
and  understandeth  all  the  imagi- 
nations of  the  thoughts.  -"If  thou 
seek  him,  he  will  be  found  of  thee ; 
but  if  thou  forsake  him,  he  will 
cast  thee  otf  for  ever.  10  Take 
heed  now ;  for  Jehovah  hath  chosen 
thee  to  build  a  house  for  the  sanc- 
tuary :  *  be  strong,  and  do  it. 

1 1  Then  David  gave  to  Solo- 
mon his  son  -'the  pattern  of  "the 
porch  of  the  temj^le,  and  of  the 
nouses  thereof,  and  of  the  treas- 
uries thereof,  and  of  the  upper 
rooms  thereof,  and  of  the  inner 
chambers  thereof,  and  *of  the  ^  place 
of  the  mercy-seat ;  1 2  and  the  pat- 
tern of  all  that  he  had  ®by  the 
Spirit,  for  the  courts  of  the  house 
of  Jehovah,  and  for  all  the  cham- 
bers round  about,  for  ""the  treas- 
uries of  the  house  of  God,  and  for 
the  treasuries  of  the  dedicated 
things  ;  13  also  for  ''the  coui-ses  of 
the  priests  and  Hhe  Levites,  and 
for  all  the  work  of  the  service  of 
the  house  of  Jehovah,  and  for  all 
the  vessels  of  service  in  the  hou.se 
of  Jehovah;  14  of  gold  by  weight 
for  the  vessels  of  gold,  for  all  vessels 
of  every  kind  of  service ;  of  silver 
for  all  the  vessels  of  silver  by 
weight,  for  all  vessels  of  every  kind 
of  service  ;  15  by  weight  also  for 
•^the  candlesticks  of  gold,  and  for 
the  lamps  thereof,  of  gold,  by 
weight  for  every  candlestick  and 
for  the  lamps  thereof ;  and  for  the 
candlesticks  of  silver,  silver'  by 
weight  for  every  candlestick  and 
for  the  lamps  thereof,  accoi;ding  to 
the  use  of  every  candlestick  ;  16 
and  the  gold  by  weight  for  the 
tables  of  showbread,  for  every 
table ;  and  silver  for  the  tables  of 
silver;  17  and  the  flesh-hooks,  and 
the  basins,  and  the  cups,  of  pure 
gold  ;  and  for  the  golden  bowls  by 
weight  for  every  bowl ;  and  for  the 
silver  bowls  by  weight  for  every 
bowl ;    1 8  and    for   "  the  altar  of 

5  Heb.  house.  *  Or,  in  his  spir'*- 


28.19 


I.   CHRONICLES 


29.17 


David's  final  Charge  to  Solomon  and  to  tLe  People.    Offerings  for  tlie  Temple  are  brought.    David's  Prayer  concerning  it 


incense  refined  gold  by  weight ; 
and  gold  for  the  pattern  of  the 
chariot,  even  "the  cherubim,  that 
spread  out  their  wings,  and  covered 
the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  Jehovah. 
19  All  this,  said  David,  ^have  I 
been  made  to  understand  in  writ- 
ing from  the  hand  of  Jehovah, 
even  *all  the  works  of  this  pat- 
tern. 

20  And  David  said  to  Solomon 
his  son,  °Be  strong  and  of  good 
courage,  and  do  it :  fear  not,  nor 
be  dismayed ;  for  Jehovah  God, 
even  my  God,  is  with  thee ;  •*  he 
will  not  fail  thee,  nor  forsake  thee, 
until  all  the  work  for  the  service 
of  the  house  of  Jehovah  be  fin- 
ished. 2 1  And.  behold,  "  there  are 
the  courses  of  the  priests  and  the 
Levites,  for  all  the  service  of  the 
house  of  God :  and  there  shall  be 
with  thee  in  all  manner  of  work 
•'every  willing  man  that  hath  skill, 
for  any  manner  of  service  :  also  the 
captains  and  all  the  people  will  be 
wholly  at  thy  commandment. 
iy  O  Ai^<i  David  the  king  said 
^  XJ  unto  all  the  assembly,  Solo- 
mon my  son,  whom  alone  God  hath 
chosen,  *is  yet  young  and  tender, 
and  the  work  is  great ;   for  ''  the 

galace  is  not  for  man,  but  for  Je- 
ovah  God.  2  Now  'I  have  pre- 
pared with  all  my  might  for  the 
house  of  my  God  the  gold  for  the 
things  of  gold,  and  the  silver  for 
the  things  of  silver,  and  the  brass 
for  the  things  of  brass,  the  iron  for 
the  things  of  iron,  and  wood  for  the 
things  of  wood  ;  '^  onyx  stones,  and 
stones  to  be  set,  stones  for  inlaid 
work,  and  of  divers  colors,  and  all 
manner  of  precious  stones,  and  mar- 
ble stones  in  abundance.  3  More- 
over also,  because  I  have  set  my 
affection  on  the  house  of  my  God, 
seeing  that  I  have  a  treasure  of 
mine  own  of  gold  and  silver,  I  give 
it  unto  the  house  of  my  God,  over 
and  above  all  that  1  have  prepared 
for  the  holy  house,  4  *even  three 
thousand  talents  of  gold,  of  'the 
gold  of  Ophir,  and  seven  thousand 
talents  of  refined  silver,  wherewith 
to  overlay  the  walls  of  the  houses  ; 
5  of  gold  for  the  things  of  ^o\d,  and 
of  silver  for  the  things  of  silver,  and 
for  all  manner  of  work  to  be  viade 
by  the  hands  of  artificers.  Who 
then  offereth  willingly  ^to  conse- 

-  Or,  Jehovah  made  me  understand  in  writing 
bj/  hi^  hand  upon  me.  even  &c. 

'  Or,  beryl  8  Heb.  to  fill  his  hand. 


"  Ex.  26.  18- 

22 
>>  ver.  n,  12 
"  ch.  22.  13 
d  Josh.  1.  5, 

Heb.  13.  6 
•■  ver.  13 
/  Ex.  .35.  25- 

35  ;  36.  1,  2 
'J  Ch.  22.  5 
''  ver.  19 
'  ch.  22.  3-5 
*  ch.  22.  U 
'  1  K.  9.  28 


"'  ch.  27.  1 ; 

28.  1 
"  ch.  27.  25- 

31 
"  Ezr.  2.  09 ; 

a  eh.  7.  70 


«  1  K.  8.  61 ; 
2  Cor.  9.  7 


■  Rev.  5.  13 


•  2  Chr.  1. 12 
1 2  Chr.  20.  6 


"  Lev.  25.  23 


"  Job  14.  2, 
10-12 


*  ch.  28.  9 
V  Ps.  16.  2 


426 


crate  himself  this  day  unto  Jeho- 
vah ? 

6  Then  ™the  princes  of  the  fa- 
thers' houses,  and  the  princes  of 
the  tribes  of  Israel,  and  the  cap- 
tains of  thousands  and  of  hundreds, 
with  "the  rulers  over  the  king's 
work,  offered  willingly ;  7  and  they 
gave  for  the  service  of  the  house  of 
God  of  gold  five  thousand  talents 
and  ten  thousand  "darics,  and  of 
silver  ten  thousand  talents,  and  of 
brass  eighteen  thousand  talent.s, 
and  of  iron  a  hundred  thousand 
talents.  8  And  they  with  whom 
precious  stones  were  found  gave 
them  to  the  treasure  of  the  house 
of  Jehovah,  under  the  hand  of 
^'Jehiel  the  Gershonite.  9  Then 
the  people  rejoiced,  for  that  they 
offered  willingly,  because  "with  a 
perfect  heart  they  offered  willingly 
to  Jehovah :  and  David  the  king 
also  rejoiced  with  great  joy. 

10  Wherefore  David  blessed  Je- 
hovah before  all  the  assembly ;  and 
David  said,  Blessed  be  thou,  O  Je- 
hovah, the  God  of  Israel  our  father, 
for  ever  and  ever.  11  '"Thine,  O 
Jehovah,  is  the  greatness,  and  the 
power,  and  the  glory,  and  the  vic- 
tory, and  the  majesty  :  for  all  that 
is  in  the  heavens  and  in  the  earth 
is  thine ;  thine  is  the  kingdom,  O 
Jehovah,  and  thou  art  exalted  as 
head  above  all.  12  'Both  riches 
and  honor  come  of  thee,  and  thou 
rulest  over  all ;  and  '  in  thy  hand 
is  power  and  might ;  and  in  thy 
hand  it  is  to  make  great,  and  to 
give  strength  unto  all.  13  Now 
therefore,  our  God,  we  thank  thee, 
and  praise  thy  glorious  name.  14 
But  who  am  I,  and  what  is  my 
people,  that  we  should  *be  able  to 
offer  so  willingly  after  this  sortl 
for  all  things  come  of  thee,  and 
^  of  thine  own  have  we  given  thee. 
1.5  For  "we  are  strangers  before 
thee,  and  sojourners,  as  all  our" 
fathers  were  :  ^ our  days  on  the 
earth  are  as  a  shadow,  and  there 
is  no  ®  abiding.  16  0  Jehovah  our 
God,  all  this  store  that  we  have 
prepared  to  build  thee  a  house  for 
thy  holy  name  cometh  of  thy  hand 
and  is  all  thine  own.  17  I  know 
also,  my  God,  that  ^thou  triest 
the  heart,  and  ^  hast  pleasure  in 
uprightness.  As  for  me,  in  the 
uprightness  of  my  heart  I  have 
willingly  offered  all  these  things : 

*  Heb.  retain  strength.     "  Heb.  of  thy  hand. 
6  Heb.  hope. 


29.18 


I.   CHRONICLES 


29.30 


Sacrifices  offered.    Solomon  made  King.    David's  Reign  and  Deatli 


and  now  have  I  seen  with  joy  thy 
people,  that  are  present  here,  ofl'er 
wiUingly  unto  tliee.  18  O  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  Abraham,  of  Isaac, 
and  of  Israel,  our  fathers,  keep  this 
for  ever  in  the  imagination  of  the 
thoughts  of  the  heart  of  thy  peo- 
ple, and  '  prepare  their  heart  unto 
thee  ;  19  and  "  give  unto  Solomon 
my  son  a  perfect  heart,  to  keep  thy 
coiiunandments,  thy  testimonies, 
and  thy  statutes,  and  to  do  all 
these  tilings,  and  *to  build  the 
palace,  for  which  I  have  made 
provision. 

'20  And  David  said  to  all  the  as- 
sembly. Now  bless  Jehovah  your 
God.  And  "all  the  assembly  blessed 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  their  fathers. 
and  ''  bowed  down  their  heads,  and 
worshipped  Jehovah,  and  the  king. 
21  And  'they  sacrificed  sacrifices 
unto  Jehovah,  and  offered  burnt- 
offerings  unto  Jehovah,  on  the  mor- 
row alter  that  day,  even  a  thousand 
bullocks,  a  thousand  rams,  and  a 
thousand  lambs,  with  their  drink- 
offerings,  and  sacrifices  in  abun- 
dance for  all  Israel,  22  and  did  eat 
and  drink  before  Jehovah  on  that 
day  with  great  gladness. 

And  they  made  Solomon  the  son 
of  David  king  -'the  second  time, 
and  "anointed  him  unto  Jehovah 
to  be  '■^prince,  and  Zadok  to    be 

1  Or,  establish  *  Or,  leader 


"ch.  28.  9; 

i's.  72.  1 
>>  ver.  1,  2 
■-'  Josh.  22. 

li.'i 
rf  Ex.  4.  31 
"  1  K.  8.  U2, 

/  cil.  23.  1 
"  1  K.  1.  33- 
39 


''2Chr.  1.1 
n  K.  3.  13  : 

2Chr.  1.  ij 
*:  ch.  18.  14 
'  2  S.  5.  4,  5  i 

1  K.  2.  11 
"'Gen.  1.-J. 

15 ;  Acts 

13.  30 
"  ch.  23.  1 


»  1  S.  9.  9 

1'  2  S.  7.  2-4  ; 
12.  1-7 

9  1  S.  22.  5 
»■  Dan.  4.  23, 


priest.  23  Then  Solomon  sat  on 
the  throne  of  Jehovah  as  king  in- 
stead of  David  his  father,  and  pros- 
pered ;  and  all  Israel  obeyed  nim. 

24  And  all  tlie  j)rinces,  and  the 
mighty  men,  and  all  the  sons  like- 
wise of  king  David,  *  submitted 
themselves  unto  Solomon  the  king. 

25  And  ''Jehovah  magnified  Solo- 
mon exceedingly  in  the  sight  of  all 
Isi-ael,  and  'bestowed  upon  him 
such  royal  majesty  as  had  not 
been  on  any  king  before  him  in 
Israel. 

26  Now  *  David  the  son  of  Jesse 
reigned  over  all  Israel.  27  'And 
the  time  that  he  reigned  over  Is- 
rael was  forty  years ;  seven  years 
reigned  he  in  Hebron,  and  thirty 
and  three  y€a7:s:  reigned  he  in  Jeru- 
salem. 28  And  he  died  in  "'a  good 
old  age,  "  full  of  days,  riches,  and 
honor :  and  Solomon  his  son  reigned 
in  his  stead.  29  Now  the  acts  of 
David  the  king,  first  and  last,  be- 
hold, they  are  written  in  the  *  his- 
tory of  "Samuel  the  seer,  and 
in  the  ■*  history  of  ^  Nathan  the 
prophet,  and  in  the  '' history  of 
«Gad  the  seer,  30  with  all  his 
reign  and  his  might,  and  ''the 
times  that  went  over  him,  and  over 
Israel,  and  over  all  the  kingdoms 
of  the  countries. 

3  Heb.  aave  the  hand  under  Solomon. 
*  Heb.  words. 


4Stt 


THE   SECOND   BOOK    OF   THE 

CHRONICLES 


Solomon  worships  at  Cibeon.    His  Prayer  for  Wisdom.    His  Wealth.    His  Purpose  to  baild  a  Temple 


IAnd  "Solomon  the  son  of 
David  was  strengthened  in  his 
kingdom,  and  Jehovah  his  God  was 
with  him,  and  *  magnified  him  ex- 
ceedingly. 2  And  Solomon  spake 
unto  all  Israel,  "  to  the  captains  of 
thousands  and  of  hundreds,  and  to 
the  judges,  and  to  every  prince  in 
all  Israel,  the  heads  of  the  fathers' 
houses.  3  So  Solomon,  and  all  the 
assembly  with  him,  went  to  ''the 
high  place  that  was  at  Gibeon  ; 
*  for  there  was  the  tent  of  meeting 
of  God,  which  Moses  the  servant 
of  Jehovah  had  made  in  the  wilder- 
ness. 4  But -'^  the  ark  of  God  had 
David  brought  up  from  Kiriath- 
jearim  to  the  place  that  David  had 
prepared  for  it ;  for  he  had  pitched 
a  tent  for  it  at  Jerusalem.  5  More- 
over^ the  brazen  altar,  that  Bezalel 
the  son  of  Uri,  the  son  of  Hur,  had 
made,  ^  was  there  before  the  taber- 
nacle of  Jehovah :  and  Solomon 
and  the  assembly  sought  unto  it. 
6  And  Solomon  "went  up  thither 
to  the  brazen  altar  before  Jeho- 
vah, which  was  at  the  tent  of 
meeting,  and  *  offered  a  thousand 
burnt-onerings  upon  it. 

7 'In  that  night  did  God  appear 
unto  Solomon,  and  said  unto  him. 
Ask  what  I  shall  give  thee.  8 
And  Solomon  said  unto  God,  Thou 
hast  showed  great  lovingkindness 
unto  David  my  father,  and  *hast 
made  me  king  in  his  stead.  9 
Now,  O  Jehovah  God,  'let  thy 
promise  unto  David  my  father  be 
established ;  for  thou  hast  made 
me  king  over  ™a  people  like  the 
dust  of  the  earth  in  multitude. 
10  Give  me  now  wisdom  and 
knowledge,  "that  I  may  go  out 
and  come  in  before  this  people ; 
for  who  can  judge  this  thy  people, 
that  is  so  great  1  11  And  God  said 
to  Solomon,  Because  this  was  in 
thy  heart,  and  thou  hast  not  asked 
riches,  wealth,  or  honor,  nor  the 
life  of  them  that  hate  thee,  neither 

1  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  he  had  put 

2  Or,  offered  there,  upon  .  .  ,  yea,  he  offered 


"  1  K.  2.  12, 

46 
6  1  Chr.  29. 

26 
"  I  Chr.  28.  1 
<i  1  K.  3.  4 
"  Ex.  3U.  8 
/I  Chr.  15. 

2r.-2s 
"Ex.  31.  9; 

38.  1-7 
''  1  K.  3.  4 
'  1  K.  3.  5-14 
*  1  Chr.  28.  6 
'  2  S.  7.  12-16 
"'  Gen.  13. 

16;  22.  17 
"  2  S.  6.  2 


0  ch.  9.  22  ; 

1  Chr.  29. 

25 
''  ver.  3 
9  1  K.  10. 

26-29 
•■  1  K.  4.  26 

'  1  K.  9.  19 


« 1  K.  5.  5 

*[Ch.  1.  18  in 
Heb.] 


*[Ch.  2.  1  in 

Heb.] 
"ver.  18; 

1  K.  6.  15, 

16 


"  1  K.  6.  2-11 

*  1  Chr.  14. 1 


yet  hast  asked  long  life;  but  hast 
asked  wisdom  and  knowledge  for 
thyself,  that  thou  mayest  judge 
my  people,  over  whom  I  have 
made  thee  king :  1 2  wisdom  and 
knowledge  is  granted  unto  thee; 
and  "1  will  give  thee  riches,  and 
wealth,  and  honor,  such  as  none  of 
the  kings  have  had  that  have  been 
before  tiiee ;  neither  shall  there  any 
after  thee  have  the  like.  13  ^So 
Solomon  came  '^from  the  high  place 
that  was  at  Gibeon,  from  before  the 
tent  of  meeting,  unto  Jerusalem ; 
and  he  reigned  over  Israel. 

14  *  And  Solomon  gathered 
chariots  and  horsemen  :  ''and  he 
had  a  thousand  and  four  hundred 
chariots,  and  twelve  thousand 
horsemen,  that  he  placed  in  'the 
chariot  cities,  and  with  the  king 
at  Jerusalem.  15  And  the  king 
made  silver  and  gold  to  be  in  Jeru- 
salem as  stones,  and  cedars  made 
he  to  be  as  the  sycomore-trees  that 
are  in  the  lowland,  for  abundance. 
1 6  And  the  horses  which  Solomon 
had  were  brought  out  of  Egypt ; 
the  king's  merchants  received 
them  in  droves,  each  drove  at  a 
price.  17  And  they  fetched  up 
and  brought  out  of  Egypt  a 
chariot  for  six  hundred  shekels  of 
silver,  and  a  horse  for  a  hundred 
and  fifty :  and  so  for  all  the  kings 
of  the  Hittites,  and  the  kings  of 
Syria,  did  they  bring  them  out  by 
their  means. 

*0  '  Now  Solomon  purposed  tc 
w  build  a  house  for  the  name  ol 
Jehovah,  and  a  house  for  his  king- 
dom. *  2  And  "  Solomon  counted 
out  threescore  and  ten  thousand 
men  to  bear  burdens,  and  fourscore 
thousand  men  that  were  hewers  in 
the  mountains,  and  three  thousand 
and  six  hundred  to  oversee  them. 
3  "  And  Solomon  sent  to  ^  Huram 
the  king  of  Tyre,  saying,  *As  thou 
didst  deal  with  David  my  father, 
and  didst  send  him  cedars  to  build 

3  So  Sept.,  Vulg.  and  Syr.    The  Heb.  has,  to. 
» Inl  K.  6.  1,  Hiram. 


428 


2.4 


II.    CHRONICLES 


3.5 


Hnram's  Aid  in  building  the  Temple.    Tlie  Temple  described:  its  Dimensions 


him  a  house  to  dwell  therein,  even 
■sv>  ileal  with  me.  -t  Behold.  I  am 
about  to  build  a  house  for  the 
name  of  Jehovah  my  God,  to  dedi- 
cate it  to  him,  and  "  to  burn  before 
hnu  incense  of  sweet  spices,  and 
*  for  the  continual  showbread,  and 
for  "the  burnt-otferings  morning 
and  evening,  ''on  the  sabbaths,  and 
on  the  new  moons,  and  on  the 
set  feasts  of  Jehovah  our  God. 
This  is  an  ordinance  for  ever  to 
Israel.  5  And  the  house  which  I 
build  is  great ;  for  "  great  is  our 
God  above  all  gods.  6  But  •'who 
^  is  able  to  build  him  a  house,  see- 
ing heaven  and  the  heaven  of 
heavens  cannot  contain  him?  who 
am  I  then,  that  I  should  build 
him  a  house,  save  only  to  burn  in- 
cense before  him^  7  Now  there- 
fore ^  send  me  a  man  skilful  to  work 
in  gold,  and  in  silver,  and  in  brass, 
and  in  iron,  and  in  purple,  and 
crimson,  and  blue,  ana  that  know- 
eth  how  to  grave  all  manner  of 
gravings,  to  be  with  the  skilful 
men  that  are  with  me  in  Judah 
and  in  Jerusalem,  ''whom  David 
my  father  did  provide.  8  Send  me 
also  cedar-trees,  "fir-trees,  and  "'al- 
gum-trees,  out  of  Lebanon ;  for  I 
know  that  thy  servants  know  how 
to  cut  timber  in  Lebanon.  And, 
behold,  '  my  servants  shall  be  with 
thy  seryants,  9  even  to  prepare  me 
timber  in  abundance ;  for  the  house 
which  I  am  about  to  build  shall  be 
great  and  wonderful.  10  And,  be- 
hold, I  will  give  to  thy  servants,  the 
hewers  that  cut  timber,  twenty 
thousand  ^  measures  of  beaten 
wheat,  and  twenty  thousand 
'*  measures  of  barley,  and  twenty 
thousand  baths  of  wine,  and 
twenty  thousand  baths  of  oil. 

1 1  Then  Huram  the  king  of 
Tyre  answered  in  writing,  which 
he  sent  to  Solomon,  *  Because  Je- 
hovah loveth  his  ^Deople,  he  hath 
made  thee  king  over  them.  12 
Huram  said  moreover.  Blessed  be 
'Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  that 
made  heaven  and  earth,  who  hath 
given  to  David  the  king  a  wise  son, 
endued  with  discretion  and  un- 
derstanding, '"  that  should  build 
a  house  for  Jehovah,  and  a  house 
for  his  kingdom.  13  And  now  I 
have  sent  a  skilful  man,  endued 
with    understanding,   °  of    Huram 

1  Heb.  retaineth  strength.    2  Or,  cypress-trees 
s  In  1  K.  10.  U,  aimug-irees.        *  Heb.  cors. 
5  Or,  ev€n  Huram  my  father 


"  Ex.  30.  7 
''  Ex.  25.  30 
'  Ex.  29.  38- 

4'J 
<'  Num.  28.  9, 
10 

'  Ex.  16.  U  ; 
1  Chr.  16. 

/ch.  6.  18; 

1  K.  8.  27 
'•'  ver.  13,  14  ; 

Ex.  31.  S-r> 
A  1  Chr.  22. 

15 
i  ch.  9.  10,  II 
*••  ch.  9.  8  ; 

1  K.  10.  9 
'  Ps.  33.  6 ; 

102.  25 
'"  ver.  1 


"  1  K.  7.  14 
"  ver.  10 
''  1  K.  5.  8, ! 


1  1  Chr.  22.  2 


'  1  K.  6.  1, 

&c. 


'  1  Chr.  21. 
18 


'  1  K.  6.  17 


429 


my  father's,  14  "the  son  of  a 
woman  of  the  daughters  of  Dan  ; 
and  his  father  was  a  man  of  Tyre, 
skilful  to  work  in  gold,  and  in  sil- 
ver, in  brass,  in  iron,  in  stone,  and 
in  timber,  in  purple,  in  blue,  and 
in  fine  linen,  and  in  crimson,  also 
to  grave  any  manner  of  graving, 
and  to  devise  any  device ;  that 
there  may  be  a  place  appointed 
unto  him  with  thy  skilful  men, 
and  with  the  skilful  men  of  my 
lord  David  thy  father.  15  Now 
therefore  the  wheat  and  the  bar- 
ley, the  oil  and  the  wine,  "which 
my  lord  hath  spoken  of,  let  him 
send  unto  his  servants:  16  and 
p  we  will  cut  wood  out  of  Lebanon, 
as  much  as  thou  shalt  need  ;  and 
we  will  bring  it  to  thee  in  floats  bj'' 
sea  to  '^  Joppa ;  and  thou  shalt  carry 
it  up  to  Jeru.salem. 

17  And  Solomon  numbered  all 
the  sojourners  that  were  in  the 
land  of  Israel,  'after  the  number- 
ing wherewith  David  his  father 
had  numbered  them ;  and  they 
were  found  a  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  and  three  thousand  and 
six  hundred.  18  ''And  he  set 
threescore  and  ten  thousand  of 
them  to  bear  burdens,  and  four- 
score thousand  that  were  hewers 
in  the  mountains,  and  three  thou- 
sand and  six  hundred  overseers  to 
set  the  people  at  work. 

3'  Then  Solomon  began  to 
build  the  house  of  Jehovah  at 
Jerusalem  on  mount  Moriah,  where 
Jehovah  appeared  unto  David  his 
father,  which  he  made  ready  "in 
the  place  that  David  had  ap- 
pointed, 'in  the  threshing-floor  of 
*Ornan  the  Jebusite.  2  And  he 
began  to  build  in  the  second  clai/ 
of  the  second  month,  in  the  fourth 
year  of  his  reign.  3  Now  ^  these 
are  the  foundations  which  Solomon 
laid  for  the  building  of  the  house  of 
God.  The  length  by  cubits  after 
the  first  measure  was  threescore 
cubits,  and  the  breadth  twenty 
cubits.  4  And  the  porch  that  was 
before  the  house,  the  length  of  it, 
according  to  the  breadth  of  the 
house,  was  twenty  cubits,  and  the 
height  a  hundred  and  twenty ; 
and  he  overlaid  it  within  with 
pure  gold.  5  And  "  the  greater 
house  he  ceiled  with  "fir-wood, 
which  he  overlaid  with  fine  gold, 

6  Heb.  Japho.     7  Heb.  in  the  place  of  David. 
^  In  2  S.  24.  16,  &c.,  Arounnh. 
9  Or,  these  are  the  thivcis  wherein  Solomon  wai 
instructed  for  &c.  »*  Or,  evpreas-wood 


3.6 


II.   CHRONICLES 


4.14 


The  Temple  described  :  tbe  Oracle,  Cberabim,  Pillars,  Altar,  Molten  Sea,  Lavers,  Candlesticks,  and  other  Utensils 


and  wrought  thereon  palm-trees 
and  chains.  6  And  he  garnished 
the  house  with  precious  stones  for 
beauty :  and  the  gold  was  gold  of 
Parvaim.  7 "He  overlaid  also  the 
house,  the  beams,  the  thresholds, 
and  the  walls  thereof,  and  the 
doors  thereof,  with  gold ;  and 
*  graved  cherubim  on  the  walls. 

8  And  he  made  "the  most  holy 
house  :  the  length  thereof,  accord- 
ing to  the  breadth  of  the  house, 
was  twenty  cubits,  and  the  breadth 
thereof  twenty  cubits  ;  and  he  over- 
laid it  with  fine  gold,  amounting 
to  six  hundred  talents.  9  And  the 
weight  of  the  nails  was  fifty  shekels 
of  gold.  And  he  overlaid  ''  the  upper 
chambers  with  gold. 

10  *And  in  the  most  holy  house 
he  made  two  cherubim  of  image 
work ;  and  they  overlaid  them 
with  gold.  1 1  And  the  wings  of 
the  cherubim  were  twenty  cubits 
long :  the  wing  of  the  one  cherub 
was  five  cubits,  reaching  to  the 
wall  of  the  house;  and  the  other 
wing  was  likewise  five  cubits,  reach- 
ing to  the  wing  of  the  other  cherub. 
12  Andthewingof  the  other  cherub 
was  five  cubits,  reaching  to  the  wall 
of  the  house ;  and  the  other  wing 
was  five  cubits  also,  joining  to  the 
wing  of  the  other  cherub.  1 3  The 
wings  of  these  cherubim  spread 
themselves  forth  twenty  cubits : 
and  they  stood  on  their  feet,  and 
their  faces  were  ^  toward  the  house. 
14  ^  And  he  made  the  veil  of  blue, 
and  purple,  and  crimson,  and  fine 
linen,  and  wrought  cherubim 
thereon. 

15^  Also  he  made  before  the 
house  two  pillars  of  thirty  and 
five  cubits  high,  and  the  capital 
that  was  on  the  top  of  each  of 
them  was  five  cubits.  16  And 
he  made  chains  in  the  oracle, 
and  put  them  on  the  tops  of  the 
pillars ;  and  he  made  a  hundred 
pomegranates,  and  put  them  on 
the  ciiains.  17  ''And  he  set  up 
the  pillars  before  the  temple,  one 
on  the  right  hand,  and  the  other 
on  the  left ;  and  called  the  name 
of  that  on  the  right  hand  '"  Jachin, 
and  the  name  of  that  on  the  left 
'  Boaz. 

4  Moreover  'he  made  an  altar 
of  brass,  twenty  cubits  the 
Jength  thereof,  and  twenty  cubits 
the  breadth  thereof,  and  ten  cu- 

1  Or,  inward      2  That  is.  He  shall  establish. 
8  That  is,  In  it  is  strength. 


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6. 

20- 

22 

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6. 

29- 

35 

"^Ex. 

26 

33; 

1  K. 

6. 

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d  1  (Jhr. 

28. 

11 

MK. 

6. 

23- 

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/Ex. 

26 

31 

"iK. 

7. 

15- 

20 

^1  K 

7, 

21 

'Ex. 

27 

1, 

2;  2K 

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klK 

7. 

23- 

26 

'IK 

7. 

26 

'"iK 

7. 

38, 

"  1  K.  7.  49 


"  1  K.  7.  48 


P  1  K.  6.  36 
9  2  K.  21.  5 


1  K.  7.  39 


'  1  K.  7.  40- 
51 


<  1  K.  7.  20 


"  1  K,  7.  27- 
43 


bits  the  height  thereof.  2  *Also 
he  made  the  molten  sea  of  ten 
cubits  from  brim  to  brim,  round 
in  compass  ;  and  the  height  thereof 
was  five  cubits  ;  and  a  line  of  thirty 
cubits  compassed  it  round  about. 
3  And  under  it  was  the  likeness 
of  ■'oxen,  which  did  compass  it 
round  about,  ^for  ten  cubits,  com- 
passing the  sea  round  about.  The 
^  oxen  were  in  two  rows,  cast  when 
it  was  cast.  4  It  stood  upon  twelve 
oxen,  three  looking  toward  the 
north,  and  three  looking  toward 
the  west,  and  three  looking  to- 
ward the  south,  and  three  looking 
toward  the  east :  and  the  sea  was 
set  upon  them  above,  and  all  their 
hinder  parts  were  inward.  5  And 
it  was  a  handbreadth  thick ;  and 
the  brim  thereof  was  wi'ought  like 
the  brim  of  a  cup,  like  the  flower 
of  a  lily :  it  received  '  and  held 
three  thousand  baths.  6  "He  made 
also  ten  lavers,  and  put  five  on  the 
right  hand,  and  five-  on  the  left,  to 
wash  in  them ;  such  things  as  be- 
longed to  the  burnt-offering  they 
washed  in  them ;  but  the  sea  was 
for  the  priests  to  wash  in. 

7  And  "  he  made  the  ten  candle- 
sticks of  gold  according  to  the  ordi- 
nance concerning  them ;  and  he 
set  them  in  the  temple,  five  on  the 
right  hand,  and  five  on  the  left. 
8  He  made  also  "  ten  tables,  and 
placed  them  in  the  temple,  five 
on  the  right  side,  and  five  on  the 
left.  And  he  made  a  hundred 
basins  of  gold.  9  Furthermore 
he  made  ^the  court  of  the  priests, 
and  « the  great  court,  and  doors  for 
the  court,  and  overlaid  the  doors 
of  them  with  brass.  10  And  ''he 
set  the  sea  on  the  right  side  of  the 
house  eastward,  toward  the  south. 
1 1  '  And  Huram  made  the  pots, 
and  the  shovels,  and  the  basins. 

So  Huram  made  an  end  of  doing 
the  work  that  he  wrought  for  king 
Solomon  in  the  house  of  God:  12 
the  two  pillars,  and  the  bowls,  and 
the  two  capitals  which  were  on  the 
top  of  the  pillars,  and  the  two  net- 
works to  cover  the  two  bowls  of 
the  capitals  that  were  on  the  top 
of  the  pillars,  13  and  'the  four 
hundred  pomegranates  for  the  two 
networks ;  two  rows  of  pomegran- 
ates for  each  network,  to  cover  the 
two  bowls  of  the  capitals  that  were 
•^upon  the  pillars.     14  "He  made 

<  In  1  K.  7.  24,  knops.  '  Or,  ten  in  a  cubit 

«  Heb.  upon  the  face  of  the  pillars. 


430 


4.  15 


II.   CHRONICLES 


6.3 


Completion  of  the  Bnilding.    The  Irk  brought  in  with  Hasic  and  Thanksgiving.    Solomon's  Address 


also  the  bases,  and  the  lavers  made 
he  upon  the  bases  ;  15  one  sea,  and 
the  twelve  oxen  under  it.  16  The 
pots  also,  and  the  shovels,  and 
the  flesh-hooks,  and  all  the  vessels 
thereof,  did  "Huram  his  father 
make  tor  king  Solomon,  for  the 
house  of  Jehovah,  of  bright  brass. 
17  In  the  plain  of  the  Jordan  did 
the  king  cast  them,  in  the  clay 
ground  between  iSuccoth  and  Zer- 
edah.  18  ''Thus  Solomon  made  all 
these  vessels  in  ^reat  abundance  : 
for  the  weight  ot  the  brass  'could 
not  be  found  out. 

19  And  Solomon  made  all  the 
vessels  that  were  in  the  house  of 
God,  the  golden  altar  also,  and 
''  the  tables  whereon  was  the  show- 
bread;  20  and  the  candlesticks 
with  their  lamps,  ''to  burn  ac- 
cording to  the  ordinance  before 
the  oracle,  of  pure  gold ;  2 1  and 
the  flowers,  and  the  lamps,  and  the 
tongs,  of  gold,  and  that  perfect 
gold;  22  and  the  snuft'ers,  and 
the  basins,  and  the  spoons,  and 
the  firepans,  of  pure  gold.  And  as 
for  the  entry  of  the  house,  the 
inner  doors  thereof  for  the  most 
holy  place,  and  the  doors  of  the 
house,  to  wit,  of  the  temple,  were 
of  gold. 

5  Thus  all  the  work  that  Solo- 
mon wrought  for  the  house  of 
Jehovah  was  finished.  And  Solo- 
mon brought  in  the  things  that 
David  his  father  had  dedicated, 
even  the  silver,  and  the  gold,  and 
all  the  vessels,  and  put  them  in 
the  treasuries  of  the  house  of  God. 
2  *Then  Solomon  assembled  the 
elders  of  Israel,  and  all  the  heads 
of  the  tribes,  the  princes  of  the 
fathers'  houses  of  tne  children  of 
Israel,  unto  Jerusalem,  to  bring 
up  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  Je- 
hovah out  -^of  the  city  of  David, 
which  is  Zion.  3  And  all  the  men 
of  Israel  assembled  themselves  unto 
the  king  at  the  feast,  which  was  in 
the  seventh  month.  4  And  all  the 
elders  of  Israel  came :  and  "  the 
Levites  took  up  the  ark  ;  5  and 
they  brought  up  the  ark,  and  the 
tent  of  meeting,  and  all  the  holy 
vessels  that  were  in  the  Tent ; 
these  did  the  priests  the  Levites 
bring  up.  6  And  king  Solomon 
and  all  tlie  congregation  of  Israel, 
that  w^ere  assembled  iinto  him, 
were  befoi'e  the  ark,  sacrificing 
sheep  and   oxen,   that   could   not 

^  Or,  was  not  searched  out 


"  ch.  2.  13 ; 

I  K.  7.  14 
!>  1  K.  7.  47 
'  ver.  8 
«'  ver.  7  ;  Ex. 

26.  31-37 
"^  1  K.  8.  1-9 
/ch.  1.  4 

I'  ver.  7 


''  1  K.  8.  8,  9 


Dt.  10.  2-.5 

Heb.  9.  4 


*  1  Chr.  24. 
1-5 


'  1  Chr.  25. 
1-4 


'  1  Chr.  13. 
8  ;  15.  16,  24 


"  ch.  7.  6 


"  1  Chr.  16. 42 


P  ch.  7.  3 ; 
1  Chr.  16. 


9  1  K.  8. 11 


■  1  K.  8.  12- 
60 


431 


be  counted  nor  numbered  for 
multitude.  7  And  tlie  priests 
brought  in  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  Jehovah  unto  its  place, 
into  the  oracle  of  the  house,  to 
the  most  holy  place,  even  under 
the  wings  of  tlie  cherubim.  8 
For  the  cherubim  spread  forth 
their  wings  over  the  place  of  the 
ark,  and  the  cherubim  covered 
the  ark  and  the  staves  thereof 
above.  9  And  Hhe  staves  were 
so  long  that  "  the  ends  of  the 
staves  were  seen  from  the  ark 
before  the  oracle ;  but  they  were 
not  seen  without :  and  there  it  is 
unto  this  day.  10  'There  was 
nothing  in  the  ark  save  the  two 
tables  which  Moses  put  ther-e  at 
Horeb,  ^when  Jehovah  made  a 
covenant  with  the  children  of 
Israel,  when  they  came  out  of 
Egypt. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
the  priests  were  come  out  of  the 
holy  place  (for  all  the  priests  that 
were  present  had  sanctified  them- 
selves, and  did  not  keep  *  their 
courses;  12  also  the  Levites  who 
were  the  singers,  all  of  them, 
'even  Asaph,  Heman,  Jeduthun, 
and  their  sons  and  their  brethren, 
arrayed  in  fine  linen,  '"  with  cym- 
bals and  psalteries  and  hari^s,  stood 
at  the  east  end  of  the  altar,  and 
with  them  a  hundred  and  twenty 
priests  "sounding  with  trumpets); 

13  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
trumpeters  and  singers  were  aa 
one,  to  make  one  sound  to  be 
heard  in  praising  and  thanking 
Jehovah ;  and  when  they  lifted 
up  their  voice  "  with  the  trumpets 
and  cymbals  and  insti"uments  ''of 
music,  and  praised  Jehovah,  say- 
ing, ^For  he  is  good;  for  his  lov- 
ingkindness  endiirefh  for  ever ;  that 
then  the  house  was  filled  with  a 
cloud,  even  the  house  of  Jehovah, 

14  so  that  the  priests  could  not 
stand  to  minister  by  reason  of  the 
cloud :  for  *  the  glory  of  Jehovah 
filled  the  house  of  God. 

6  ''Then  spake  Solomon,  Jelio- 
vah  hath  said  that  he  would 
dwf^U  in  the  thick  darkness.  2 
But  I  have  built  thee  a  house  of 
habitation,  and  a  place  for  thee 
to  dwell  in  for  ever.  3  And  the 
king  turned  his  face,  and  blessed 
all  the  assembly  of  Israel :  and  all 
the  assembly  of  Israel  stood. 

2  Or,  they  drew  out  the  staves,  so  that  &c. 
8  Or,  where  *  Or,  /or  sono 


6.4 


II.    CHRONICLES 


6.26 


Solomon's  Address  to  the  People.     His  Prayer  of  Dedication 


4  And  he  said,  Blessed  be  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  Israel,  who  spake 
with  his  mouth  unto  David  my 
father,  and  hath  with  his  hands 
fulfilled  it,  saying,  5  (Since  the  day 
that  I  brought  forth  my  people  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  I  chose  no 
city  out  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel 
to  build  a  house  in,  that  my  name 
might  be  there ;  neither  chose  I 
any  man  to  be  ^prince  over  my 
people  Israel :  6  but  "  I  have 
chosen  Jerusalem,  that  my  name 
might  be  there,  and  ''  have  chosen 
David  to  be  over  my  people  Israel. 
7  ''Now  it  was  in  the  heart  of 
David  my  father  to  build  a  house 
for  the  name  of  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  Israel.  8  But  Jehovah  said  unto 
David  my  father,  Whereas  it  was 
in  thy  heart  to  build  a  house  for 
my  name,  thou  didst  well  that  it 
was  in  thy  heart :  9  nevertheless 
thou  shalt  not  build  the  house ; 
but  thy  son  that  shall  come  forth 
out  of  thy  loins,  he  shall  build  the 
house  for  my  name.  10  And  Je- 
hovah hath  performed  his  word 
that  he  spake  ;  for  I  am  risen  up  in 
the  room  of  David  my  father,  and 
sit  on  the  throne  of  Israel,  as 
Jehovah  promised,  and  have  built 
the  house  for  the  name  of  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel.  11  And  there 
have  I  set  the  ark,  ''wherein  is 
the  covenant  of  Jehovah,  which 
he  made  with  the  children  of 
Israel. 

1 2  And  he  stood  before  the  altar 
of  Jehovah  in  the  presence  of  all 
the  assembly  of  Israel,  and  spread 
forth  his  hands  13  (''for  Solomon 
had  made  a  brazen  scaffold,  five 
cubits  long,  and  five  cubits  broad, 
and  three  cubits  high,  and  had  set 
it  in  the  midst  of  the  court ;  and 
upon  it  he  stood,  and  ■'^ kneeled 
down  upon  his  knees  before  all 
the  assembly  of  Israel,  and  spread 
forth  his  hands  toward  heaven) ; 
14  and  he  said,  O  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  Israel,  "there  is  no  God 
like  thee,  in  heaven,  or  on  earth ; 
*  who  keepest  covenant  and  loving- 
kindness  -with  thy  servants,  that 
walk  before  thee  with  all  their 
heart;  15  'who  hast  kept  with 
thy  servant  David  my  father  that 
which  thou  didst  promise  him : 
yea,  thou  spakest  with  thy  mouth, 
and  hast  fulfilled  it  with  thy  hand, 
as  it  is  this  day.  1 6  Now  therefore, 
O  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  keep 

iOi.  leader  a  Or. /or 


"  ch.  12.  13 

b  1  Chr.  28.  4 

^'  1  K.  6.  3 

rf  cb.  5.  7,  10 

*  Neh.  8.  4 

/  1  K.  8.  54 

"Ex.  15.  11; 

Dt.  3.  24 

h  Dt.  7.  9 

'  1  Chr.  22. 

9,  10 

*-•  ch.  7.  18  ; 

1  K.  2.  4 

'  ch.  2.  6 

'  Mic.  r.  18 


432 


with  thy  servant  David  my  father 
that  which  thou  hast  promised 
him,  saying,  ^  *  There  shall  not  fail 
thee  a  man  in  my  sight  to  sit  on 
the  throne  of  Israel,  if  only  thy 
children  take  heed  to  their  way, 
to  walk  in  my  law  as  thou  hast 
walked  before  me.  1 7  Now  there- 
fore, O  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel, 
let  thy  word  be  verified,  which 
thou  spakest  unto  thy  servant 
David. 

18  But  will  God  in  very  deed 
dwell  with  men  on  the  earth?  be- 
hold, ' heaven  and  the  heaven  of 
heavens  cannot  contain  thee ;  how 
much  less  this  house  which  I  have 
builded  !  1 9  Yet  have  thou  re- 
spect unto  the  prayer  of  thy  ser- 
vant, and  to  his  supplication,  O 
Jehovah  my  God,  to  hearken  unto 
the  cry  and  to  the  prayer  which 
thy  servant  prayeth  before  thee ; 
20  that  thine  eyes  may  be  open 
toward  this  house  day  and  night, 
even  toward  the  place  whereof 
thou  hast  said  that  thou  wouldest 
put  thy  name  there ;  to  hearken 
unto  the  prayer  which  thy  servant 
shall  pray  toward  this  place.  2 1 
And  hearken  thou  to  the  supplica- 
tions of  thy  servant,  and  of  thy 
people  Israel,  when  they  shall 
pray  toward  this  place :  yea,  hear 
thou  from  thy  dwelling-place,  even 
from  heaven ;  and  "'  when  thou 
hearest,  forgive. 

22  ■*  If  a  man  sin  against  his 
neighbor,  and  an  oath  be  laid  upon 
him  to  cause  him  to  swear,  and  he 
come  and  swear  before  thine  altar 
in  this  house;  23  then  hear  thou 
from  heaven,  and  do,  and  judge 
thy  servants,  requiting  the  wicked, 
to  bring  his  way  upon  his  own 
head  ;  and  justifying  the  righteous, 
to  give  him  according  to  his  right- 
eousness. 

24  And  if  thy  people  Israel  be 
smitten  down  before  the  eneniy, 
because  they  have  sinned  against 
thee,  and  snail  turn  again  and 
confess  thy  name,  and  pray  and 
make  supplication  before  thee  in 
this  house;  25  then  hear  thou 
from  heaven,  and  forgive  the  sin 
of  thy  people  Israel,  and  bring 
them  again  unto  the  land  which 
thou  gavest  to  them  and  to  their 
fathers. 

26  When  the  heavens  are  shut 

3  Heb.  There  shall  not  be  cut  off  unto  thee  a  man 
from  myjight. 

*  Or,  Whereinsoever  a  man  ihaU  $in 


6.27 


II.  CHKONICLES 

8ol«mon's  Prayer  of  UedicAtion.    Jehovah's  Glory  fills  the  Temple 


7.3 


up,  and  (ihere  is  no  rain,  because 
they  have  sinned  against  thee ;  if 
they  pray  toward  this  place,  and 
confess  thy  name,  and  turn  from 
their  sin,  'when  thou  '-^dost  afflict 
them :  27  then  hear  thou  in 
heaven,  and  forgive  the  sin  of  thy 
servants,  and  of  thy  people  Israel, 
'  when  thou  teachest  theui  the  good 
way  wherein  they  should  walk  ;  and 
send  rain  upon  thy  land,  which 
thou  hast  given  to  thy  people  for 
an  inheritance. 

28  If  there  be  in  the  land  fam- 
ine, if  there  be  pestilence,  if  there 
be  blasting  or  mildew,  locust  or 
caterpillar ;  if  their  enemies  be- 
siege them  in  the  land  of  their 
^  cities ;  whatsoever  plague  or 
whatsoever  sickness  there  be ;  29 
what  prayer  and  supplication  so- 
ever be  made  by  any  man,  or  by 
all  thy  people  Israel,  who  shall 
know  every  man  his  own  plague 
and  his  own  sorrow,  and  shall 
spread  forth  his  hands  toward  this 
house :  30  then  hear  thou  from 
heaven  thy  dwelling-place,  and 
forgive,  and  render  unto  every 
man  according  to  all  his  ways, 
whose  heart  thou  knowest  ("tor 
thou,  even  thou  only,  knowest  the 
hearts  of  the  children  of  men) ;  .31 
that  they  may  fear  thee,  to  walk 
in  thy  ways,  so  long  as  they  live  in 
the  land  which  thou  gavest  unto 
our  fathers. 

32  Moreover  concerning  the  for- 
eigner, that  is  not  of  thy  people 
Israel,  when  he  shall  come  from  a 
far  country  for  thy  great  name's 
sake,  and  thy  mighty  hand,  and 
thine  outstretched  arm ;  when  they 
shall  come  and  pray  toward  this 
house :  33  then  hear  thou  from 
heaven,  even  from  thy  dwelling- 
place,  and  do  according  to  all  that 
the  foreigner  calleth  to  thee  for ; 
that  all  the  peoples  of  the  earth 
may  know  thy  name,  and  fear  thee, 
as  doth  thy  people  Israel,  and  that 
they  may  know  that  ''this  house 
which  I  have  built  is  ''called  by 
thy  name. 

34  If  thy  people  go  out  to  bat- 
tle against  their  enemies,  by  what- 
soever way  thou  shalt  send  them, 
and  they  pray  unto  thee  tow^ard 
this  city  which  thou  hast  chosen, 
and  the  house  which  I  have  built 
for  thy  name ;  3.5  then  hear  thou 
from  heaven  their  prayer  and  their 

I  Or,  because   *  Or,  answerest    3  Heb.  gates. 
*  Or,  thy  name  is  called  upon  this  house  Jre. 


"  1  S.  16.  7 ; 

1  Chr.  28.  9 
>>ch.  7.  14 


"  Job  15. 

14-16;  Jas. 

3.  2 ;  1  Jn. 

1.  a-10 
d  ch.  7.  15  ; 

Neh.  1.  6, 

11 
'  Ps.  17.  1 


/  Ps.  132.  8,  9 


''  1  K.  18.  24, 
38 


»ch.  6.  13; 
20.  21 


433 


supplication,  and  maintain   their 
®  cause. 

36  If  they  sin  against  thee  ("for 
there  is  no  man  that  sinneth  not), 
and  thou  be  angry  with  them,  and 
deliver  them  to  the  enemy,  so  that 
Hhey  carry  them  away  captive 
unto  a  land  far  off  or  near ;  37  yet 
if  they  shall  bethink  themselves  in 
the  land  whither  they  are  carried 
captive,  and  turn  again,  and  make 
supplication  unto  thee  in  the  land 
of  their  captivity,  saying,  We  have 
sinned,  we  have  done  perversely, 
and  have  dealt  wickedly ;  38  it 
they  return  unto  thee  with  all 
their  heart  and  with  all  their  soul 
in  the  land  of  their  captivity, 
whither  they  have  carried  them 
captive,  and  pray  toward  their 
land,  which  thou  gavest  unto  their 
fathers,  and  the  city  which  thou 
hast  chosen,  and  toward  the  house 
which  I  have  built  for  thy  name  : 
39  then  hear  thou  from  heaven, 
even  from  thy  dwelling-place,  their 
prayer  and  their  supplications,  and 
maintain  their  ^  cause,  and  forgive 
thy  people  who  have  sinned  against 
thee. 

40  Now,  O  my  God,  "let,  I  be- 
seech thee,  thine  eyes  be  open, 
and  *  let  thine  ears  be  attent,  unto 
the  prayer  that  is  made  in  this 
place.  41  •''Now  therefore  arise, 
O  Jehovah  God,  into  thy  resting- 
place,  thou,  and  the  ark  of  thy 
strength :  let  thy  priests,  O  Jeho- 
vah God,  be  clothed  with  salva- 
tion, and  let  thy  saints  rejoice  in 
'^goodness.  42  O  Jehovah  God, 
turn  not  away  the  face  of  thine 
anointed :  remember  thy  "  loving- 
kindnesses  to  David  thy  servant. 
7"  Now  when  Solomon  had 
made  an  end  of  praying,  ''the 
fire  came  down  from  heaven,  and 
consumed  the  burnt-offering  and 
the  sacrifices ;  and  the  glory  of  Je- 
hovah filled  the  house.  2  And  the 
Eriests  could  not  enter  into  the 
ouse  of  .Jehovah,  because  the  glory 
of  Jehovah  filled  Jehovah's  house. 
3  And  all  the  children  of  Israel 
looked  on,  when  the  fire  came 
down,  and  the  glory  of  Jehovah 
was  upon  the  house;  and  they 
bowed  themselves  with  their  face-s 
to  the  ground  upon  the  pavement, 
and  worshipped,  and  gave  thanks 
unto  Jehovah,  saying,  'For  he  is 

»  Or,  right 

«  Heb.  they  that  take  them  captive  carry  then 
away.  7  Or,  good 

8  Or,  good  deeds    See  «h.  32,  32. 


7.4 


11.   CHKONICLES 


ae 


Sacrifices  offered.    The  Feast  of  Dedicatioo.    Jehovah's  Promise  and  Warning.    Cities  boilt  by  Solomon 


good;  for  his  lovingkindness  en- 
dureth  for  ever. 

4  "Then  the  kin^  and  all  the 
people  offered  sacrihce  before  Je- 
hovah. 5  And  king  Solomon 
offered  a  sacrifice  of  twenty  and 
two  thousand  oxen,  and  a  hun- 
dred and  twenty  thousand  sheep. 
So  the  king  and  all  the  people 
dedicated  the  house  of  God.  6 
And  the  priests  stood,  according 
to  their  offices;  ''the  Levites  also 
with  instruments  'of  music  of  Je- 
hovah, which  David  the  king  had 
made  to  give  thanks  unto  Jehovah 
(for  his  lovingkindness  endu7-eth  for 
ever),  when  David  praised  by  their 
ministry:  and  "the  priests  sounded 
trumpets  before  them;  and  all  Is- 
rael stood.  7  ''Moreover  Solomon 
hallowed  the  middle  of  the  court 
that  was  before  the  house  of  Je- 
hovah; for  there  he  offered  the 
burnt-offerings,  and  the  fat  of  the 
peace-offerings,  because  the  brazen 
altar  which  Solomon  had  made  was 
not  able  to  receive  the  burnt-offer- 
ing, and  the  meal-offering,  and  the 
fat. 

8  So  Solomon  held  the  feast  at 
that  time  seven  days,  and  all  Is- 
rael with  him,  a  very  great  assem- 
bly, "from  the  entrance  of  Hamath 
unto  the  brook  of  Egypt.  9  And 
on  the  eighth  day  they  held  -^a 
^solemn  assembly:  for  they  kept 
the  dedication  of  the  altar  seven 
days,  and  the  feast  seven  days. 
10  And  on  the  three  and  twentieth 
day  of  the  seventh  month  he  sent 
the  people  away  unto  their  tents, 
joyful  and  glad  of  heart  for  the 
goodness  that  Jehovah  had  showed 
unto  David,  and  to  Solomon,  and 
to  Israel  his  people. 

11  "Thus  Solomon  finished  the. 
house  of  Jehovah,  and  the  king's 
house:  and  all  that  canie  into  Sol- 
omon's heart  to  make  in  the  house 
of  Jehovah,  and  in  his  own  house, 
he  prosperously  effected.  12  And 
Jehovah  appeared  to  Solomon  by 
night,  and  said  unto  him,  I  have 
heard  thy  prayer,  and  ''have  chosen 
this  place  to  myself  for  a  house  of 
sacrifice.  13  'If  I  shut  up  the 
heavens  so  that  there  is  no  rain, 
or  if  I  command  the  locust  to 
devour  the  land,  or  if  I  send  pes- 
tilence among  my  people;  14  *if 
my  people,  ^who  are  called  by  my 

1  Or,  for  the  song  of  Jehovah 

*  Or,  closing  festival 

3  Heb.  upon  whom  my  name  is  called. 


'  1  K.  8.  62, 

63 


l>   1  Chr.  15. 

16-21 

"  ch.  ;->.  12 

d  1  K.  8.  64-66 

M  K.  8.  65 

/  Lev.  23.  36 

"  1  K.  9.  1-9 

''  Dt.  12.  5,  11 

•  ch.  6.  26-28 

«■•  ch.  6.  37-39 

'  ch.  6.  20,  40 

"•  ver.  12 

'  ch.  6.  16 


"  Lev.  26.  14, 
33 ;  Dt.  28. 
15 


P  Dt.  29.  28 ; 
1  K.  14.  15 


«  Dt.  28.  37 


•"  Dt.  29.  24, 
25 


'  1  K.  9.  1-28 


« 1  Chr.  7.  24 
"  ch.  14.  7 


AM 


name,  shall  humble  themselves, 
and  pray,  and  seek  my  face,  and 
turn  from  their  wicked  ways;  then 
will  I  hear  from  heaven,  and  will 
forgive  their  sin,  and  will  heal  their 
laud.  15  '  Now  mine  eyes  shall  be 
open,  and  mine  ears  attent,  unto 
the  prayer  that  is  made  in  this 
place.  16  For  "'now  have  I  chosen 
and  hallowed  this  house,  that  my 
name  may  be  there  for  ever;  and 
mine  eyes  and  my  heart  shall  be 
there  perpetually.  17  And  as  for 
thee,  if  thou  wilt  walk  before  me 
as  David  thy  father  walked,  and 
do  according  to  all  that  I  have 
commanded  thee,  and  wilt  keep 
my  statutes  and  mine  ordinances  ; 
18  then  I  will  establish  the  throne 
of  thy  kingdom,  according  as  I 
covenanted  with  David  thy  father, 
saying,  "There  shall  not  fail  thee  a 
man  to  be  ruler  in  Israel. 

19  "But  if  ye  turn  away,  and 
forsake  my  statutes  and  my  com- 
mandments which  I-have  set  before 
you,  and  shall  go  and  serve  other 
gods,  and  worship  them;  20  ''then 
will  I  pluck  them  up  by  the  roots 
out  of  my  land  which  I  have  given 
them ;  and  this  house,  which  I  have 
hallowed  for  my  name,  will  I  cast 
out  of  my  sight,  and  I  will  make  it 
''a  proverb  and  a  byword  among  all 
peoples.  2 1  And  this  house,  which 
is  so  high,  every  one  that  passeth 
by  it  shall  be  astonished,  and  shall 
say,  ""Why  hath  Jehovah  done  thus 
unto  this  land,  and  to  this  house? 
22  i^-nd  they  shall  answer,  Because 
they  forsook  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
their  fathers,  who  brought  them 
forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and 
laid  hold  on  other  gods,  and  wor- 
shipped them,  and  served  them : 
therefore  hath  he  brought  all  this 
evil  upon  them. 

8  'And  it  came  to  pass  at  the 
end  of  twenty  years,  wherein 
Solomon  had  built  the  house  of 
Jehovah,  and  his  own  house,  2 
that  the  cities  which  Huram  had 
given  to  Solomon,  Solomon  built 
them,  and  caused  the  children  of 
Israel  to  dwell  there. 

3  And  Solomon  went  to  Hamath- 
zobah,  and  prevailed  against  it.  4 
And  he  built  Tadmor  in  the  wilder- 
ness, and  all  the  store-cities,  which 
he  built  in  Hamath.  5  Also  he 
built  'Beth-horon  the  upper,  and 
Beth-horon  the  nether,  "fortified 
cities,  with  walls,  gates,  and  bars ; 
6  and  Baalath,  and  all  the  store- 


8.7 


II.   CHRONICLES 


9.9 


Solomon's  Workmen.    His  Religious  Services.    His  Commerce.    The  Queen  of  Sheba's  Visit 


cities  that  Solomon  had,  and  all 
the  cities  for  his  chariots,  and  the 
cities  tor  his  horsemen,  and  all  that 
Solomon  desired   to   build  for  his 

Eleasure    in    Jerusalem,     and     in 
lebanon,  and  in  all   the  land  of 
his  dominion. 

7  "As  for  all  the  people  that 
were  left  of  the  Hittites,  and  the 
Amorites,  and  the  I'ei'izzites,  and 
the  Hivites,  and  the  Jebusites,  that 
were  not  of  Israel;  8  of  their  chil- 
dren that  were  left  after  them  in 
the  land,  whom  the  children  of  Is- 
rael consumed  not,  ''of  them  did 
Solomon  raise  a  'levy  of  bondser- 
vants unto  this  day.  9  liut  of  the 
children  of  Israel  did  Solomon 
make  no  servants  for  his  work : 
but  chey  were  men  of  war,  and 
chief  of  his  captains,  and  rulers 
of  his  chariots  and  of  his  horse- 
men. 10  And  these  were  the  chief 
officers  of  king  Solomon,  even  two 
hundred  and  fifty,  that  bare  rule 
over  the  people. 

1 1  "And  Solomon  brought  up  the 
daughter  of  Pharaoh  out  of  the  city 
of  David  unto  the  house  that  he  had 
built  for  her;  for  he  said.  My  wife 
shall  not  dwell  in  the  house  of 
David  king  of  Israel,  because  "the 
places  are  holj',  whereunto  the  ai'k 
of  Jehovah  hath  come. 

12  Then  Solomon  offered  burnt- 
offerings  unto  Jehovah  on  ''the 
altar  of  Jehovah,  which  he  had 
built  before  the  porch,  13  even 
"as  the  duty  of  every  day  required, 
offering  -^according  to  the  com- 
mandment of  Moses,  on  the  sab- 
baths, and  on  the  new  moons, 
and  on  the  set  feasts,  ^ three  times 
in  the  year,  even  in  the  feast 
of  unleavened  bread,  and  in  the 
feast  of  weeks,  and  in  the  feast  of 
tabernacles. 

14  And  he  appointed,  accord- 
ing to  the  ordinance  of  David  his 
father,  ''the  courses  of  the  priests 
to  their  service,  and  'the  Levites 
to  their  offices,  to  praise,  and  to 
minister  before  the  priests,  as  the 
duty  of  every  day  required;  *the 
doorkeepers  also  by  their  courses 
at  every  gate :  for  so  had  '  David 
the  man  of  God  commanded.  15 
And  they  departed  not  from  the 
commandment  of  the  king  unto 
the  priests  and  Levites  concern- 
ing any  matter,  or  concerning  the 
treasures. 

1  Heb  men  suhject  to  taskwork. 

2  Heb.  they  ar«. 


°  Gen.  16. 

I8--21 

*  I  K.  4.  6, 
3.  21 

■^  1  K.  3.  1 ; 

7.  8 
«'  ch.  4.  1 
'  Ex.  23. 

/Num.  28.  3 

'J  Ex.  23. 

14-17 
''  1  Chr.  24.  1 
'  I  Chr.  2h.  1 

*  1  Chr.  26.  1 
'  Neh.  12. 

24,  36 


"'  1  K.  9.  26 
"  2  K.  14.  22 
"  ch.  0.  10,  13 
P  1  K.  10. 

1-13,  Mt. 

12.  42;  Lk. 

11.  31 


9  1  Chr.  28. 
0 ;  29.  2.1 

"■ch.  2.  11; 
Dt.  7.  8 


435 


16  Now  all  the  work  of  Solomon 
was  prepared  unto  the  day  of  the 
foundation  of  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah, and  until  it  was  finished. 
So  the  house  of  Jehovah  was 
completed. 

1 7  Then  went  Solomon  to  "*  Ezion- 
geber,  and  to  "Eloth,  on  the  sea- 
shore in  the  land  of  Edom.  1 8  And 
Huram  sent  him  by  the  hands  of 
his  servants  ships,  and  servants 
that  had  knowledge  of  the  sea ; 
and  they  came  with  the  servants 
of  Solomon  to  Ophir.  and  "fetched 
from  thence  four  liundred  and  fifty 
talents  of  gold,  and  brought  them 
to  king  Solomon. 

9^And  when  the  queen  of 
Sheba  heard  of  the  fame  of 
Solomon,  she  came  to  prove  Solo- 
mon with  hard  questions  at  Jeru- 
salem, with  a  very  great  train,  and 
camels  that  bare  spices,  and  gold 
in  abundance,  and  precious  stones : 
and  when  she  was  come  to  Solomon, 
she  communed  with  him  of  all  that 
was  in  her  heart.  2  And  Solomon 
told  her  all  her  questions;  and 
there  was  not  anything  hid  from 
Solomon  which  he  told  her  not. 
3  And  when  the  queen  of  Sheba 
had  seen  the  wisdom  of  Solomon, 
and  the  house  that  he  had  built. 
I  and  the  food  of  his  table,  and 
the  sitting  of  his  servants,  and  the 
^attendance  of  his  ministers,  and 
their  apparel,  his  cupbearers  also, 
and  their  apparel,  and  his  ascent 
by  which  he  went  up  unto  the 
house  of  Jehovah;  there  was  no 
more  spirit  in  her.  5  And  she  said 
to  the  king,  It  was  a  true  report 
that  I  heard  in  mine  own  land  of 
thine  '^acts,  and  of  thy  wisdom. 
6  Howbeit  I  believed  not  their 
words,  until  I  came,  and  mine  eyes 
had  seen  it;  and,  behold,  the  half 
of  the  greatness  of  thy  wisdom  was 
not  told  me:  thou  exceedest  the 
fame  that  I  heard.  7  Happy  are 
thy  men,  and  happy  are  these  thy 
servants,  that  stand  continually 
before  thee,  and  hear  thy  wisdom. 
8  Blessed  be  Jehovah  thy  God,  who 
delighted  in  thee,  "to  .set  thee  on 
his  throne,  to  be  king  for  Jehovah 
thy  God:  ''because  thy  God  loved 
Israel,  to  establish  them  for  ever, 
therefore  made  he  thee  king  over 
them,  to  do  justice  and  righteous- 
ness. 

9  And  she  gave  the  king  a  hun- 
dred and  twenty  talents  of  gold, 

3  Heb.  standing.  *  Or,  sayingi 


9.10 


II    CHRONICLES 


10.6 


The  Queen  of  Sheba's  Visit.     Solomon's  Wealth  and  Power.     His  Death.     Rehoboam  succeeds  him.     He  follows  Evil  Coansel 


and  spices  in  great  abundance,  and 
precious  stones  :  neither  was  there 
any  such  spice  as  the  queen  of 
8heba  gave  to  king  [Solomon.  10 
And  the  servants  also  of  Huram, 
and  the  servants  of  Solomon,  "  that 
brought  gold  from  Ophir,  brought 
^algum-trees  and  precious  stones. 

1 1  And  the  kin^  made  of  the  algum- 
trees  terraces  tor  the  house  of  Je- 
hovah, and  for  the  king's  house, 
and  harps  and  psalteries  for  the 
singers  :  and  there  were  none  such 
seen  before  in  the  land  of  Judah. 

1 2  And  king  Solomon  gave  to  the 
queen  of  Sheba  all  her  desire,  what- 
soever she  asked,  besides  that  which 
she  had  brought  unto  the  king.  So 
she  turned,  and  went  to  her  own 
land,  she  and  her  servants. 

1 3  *  Now  the  weight  of  gold  that 
came  to  Solomon  in  one  year  was 
six  hundred  and  threescore  and  six 
talents  of  gold,  14  besides  that 
which  the  traders  and  merchants 
brought :  and  all  the  kings  of  Ara- 
bia and  the  governors  of  the  coun- 
try brought  gold  and  silver  to 
Solomon.  15  And  king  Solomon 
made  two  hundred  bucklers  of 
beaten  gold  ;  six  hundred  shekels  of 
beaten  gold  went  to  one  buckler. 

16  And  he  made  three  hundred 
shields  of  beaten  gold  ;  three  hun- 
dred shekels  of  gold  went  to  one 
shield :  and  the  king  put  them  in 
the  house  of  the  forest  of  Lebanon. 

1 7  Moreover  the  king  made  a  great 
throne  of  ivory,  and  overlaid  it 
with  pure  gold.  18  And  there 
were  six  steps  to  the  throne,  with 
a  footstool  of  gold,  which  were 
fastened  to  the  throne,  and  ^  stays 
on  either  side  by  the  place  of  the 
seat,  and  two  lions  standing  beside 
the  stays.  19  And  twelve  lions 
stood  there  on  the  one  side  and  on 
the  other  upon  the  six  steps  :  there 
was  not  the  like  made  in  any  king- 
dom. 20  And  all  king  Solomon's 
drinking  vessels  were  of  gold,  and 
all  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  the 
forest  of  Lebanon  were  of  pure 
gold  ;  silver  was  nothing  accounted 
of  in  the  days  of  Solomon.  21  "  For 
the  king  had  ships  that  went  to 
Tarshish  with  the  servants  of  Hu- 
ram ;  once  every  three  years  came 
the  ships  of  Tarshish,  bringing 
gold,  and  silver,  ivory,  and  apes, 
and  peacocks. 

22  ''So  king  Solomon  exceeded 

1  In  1  K.  10.  11,  almug-lrees. 
■■«  Or,  arms   Heb.  hands. 


"  ch.  8.  18 
6  1  K.  10. 

14-28 
'  ch.  20.  36, 

37 
d  ch.  1.  12  ; 

1  K.  3.  13 


«ch.  1.  14; 

1  K.  4.  26 ; 

10.  26 ; 

Dt.  17.  16 
/IK.  4.21, 

24 


9  ch.  1.  15-17 


h  ch.  1.  16 


•■  1  K.  11. 

41-43 
k  1  Chr.  29. 
29 


'  1  K.  2.  10 


1  K.  12. 
1-20 


"  1  K.  11.  40 


all  the  kings  of  the  earth  in  riches 
and  wisdom.  23  And  all  the  kings 
of  the  earth  sought  the  presence  of 
Solomon,  to  hear  his  wisdom,  which 
God  had  put  in  his  heart.  24  And 
they  brought  every  man  his  tribute, 
vessels  of  sib  er,  and  vessels  of  gold, 
and  raiment,  armor,  and  spices, 
horses,  and  mules,  a  rate  year  by 
year.  25  Ami  Solomon  had  "four 
thousand  stalls  for  horses  and  chari- 
ots, and  twelve  thousand  horsemen, 
that  he  bestowed  in  the  chariot 
cities,  and  with  the  king  at  Jeru- 
salem. 26  •''And  he  ruled  over  all 
the  kings  from  the  River  even  unto 
the  land  of  the  Philistines,  and 
to  the  border  of  Egypt.  27  "And 
the  king  made  silver  to  be  in  Jeru- 
salem as  stones,  and  cedars  made 
he  to  be  as  the  sycomore-trees  that 
are  in  the  lowland,  for  abundance. 
28  ''And  they  brought  horses  for 
Solomon  out  of  Egypt,  and  out  of 
all  lands. 

29  'Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Solomon,  first  and  last,  *are  they 
not  written  in  the  ^history  of 
Nathan  the  prophet,  and  in  the 
prophecy  of  Ahijah  the  Shilonite, 
and  in  the  visions  of  ^  Iddo  the  seer 
concerning  Jeroboam  the  son  of 
Nebat?  30  And  Solomon  reigned 
in  Jerusalem  over  all  Israel  forty 
years.  3 1  And  Solomon  slept  with 
his  fathers,  and  he  was  buried  in 
'  the  city  of  David  his  father  :  and 
Rehoboam  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

-i  /^  "*And  Rehoboam  went  to 
JL  V/  Shechem ;  for  all  Israel  were 
come  to  Shechem  to  make  him  king. 
2  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jero- 
boam the  son  of  Nebat  heard  of  it 
(for  "he  was  in  Egypt,  whither  he 
had  fled  from  the  presence  of  king 
Solomon),  that  Jeroboam  returned 
out  of  Egypt.  3  And  they  sent  and 
called  him  ;  and  Jeroboam  and  all 
Israel  came,  and  they  spake  to  Re- 
hoboam, saying,  4  Thy  father  made 
our  yoke  grievous:  now  therefoi-e 
make  thou  the  grievous  service  of 
thy  father,  and  his  heavy  yoke 
which  he  put  upon  us,  lighter,  and 
we  will  serve  thee.  5  And  he  said 
unto  them,  Come  again  unto  me 
after  three  days.  And  the  people 
departed. 

6  And  king  Rehoboam  took  coun- 
sel with  the  old  men,  that  had  stood 
before  Solomon  his  father  while 
he  yet  lived,  saying.  What  counsel 

3  Heb.  words.        *  Heb.  Jedai,  or,  Jedo. 


436 


10.7 


11.   CHRONICLES 


U.  17 


Israel  rebels  under  Jeroboam.    Resistance  forbidden.    Reboboam  fortifies  Cities.    Levites  migrate  to  Judah 


give  ye  me  to  return  answer  to 
this  people?  7  And  they  snake 
unto  nim,  saying,  If  thou  oe  kind 
to  this  people,  and  ijlease  them, 
and  speak  good  \\ords  to  them, 
then  they  will  be  thy  servants  for 
ever.  8  J3ut  he  forsook  the  counsel 
of  the  old  men  which  they  had 
given  him,  and  took  counsel  with 
the  young  men  that  were  grown 
up  with  liim,  that  stood  before 
him.  9  And  he  said  unto  them, 
\¥hat  counsel  give  ye,  that  we  may 
return  answer  to  this  people,  who 
have  spoken  to  me,  saying.  Make 
the  yoke  that  thy  father  did  put 
upon  us  lighter  1  10  And  the  young 
men  that  were  grown  up  with  him 
spake  unto  him,  saying.  Thus  shalt 
thou  say  unto  the  people  that  spake 
unto  thee,  sajdng,  Thy  father  made 
our  yoke  heavy,  but  make  thou  it 
lighter  unto  us ;  thus  shalt  thou 
say  unto  them.  My  little  finger  is 
thicker  than  my  father's  loins.  1 1 
And  now  whereas  my  father  did 
lade  you  with  a  heavy  j^oke,  I  will 
add  to  your  yoke  :  my  father  chas- 
tised you  with  whips,  but  I  ivill 
chastne  you  with  scorpions. 

1 2  !So  Jeroboam  and  all  the  peo- 
ple came  to  Rehoboam  the  third 
day,  as  the  king  bade,  saying. 
Come  to  me  again  the  third  day. 

13  And  the  king  answered  them 
roughly ;  and  king  Rehoboam  for- 
sook the  counsel  of  the  old  men, 

14  and  spake  to  them  after  the 
counsel  of  the  young  men,  saying. 
My  father  made  your  yoke  heavy, 
but  I  will  add  thereto  :  my  father 
chastised  you  with  whips,  but  I 
ivill    c/iastise    you  with   scorpions. 

15  So  the  king  hearkened  not  unto 
the  people ;  "  for  it  was  brought 
about  of  God,  *  that  Jehovah  might 
establish  his  word,  which  he  spake 
by  Ahijah  the  Shilonite  to  Jero- 
boam the  son  of  Nebat. 

16  And  when  all  Israel  saw  that 
the  king  hearkened  not  unto  them, 
the  people  answered  the  king,  say- 
ing, "  What  portion  have  we  m 
Da\'id  ?  neither  have  we  inheri- 
tance in  the  son  of  Jesse  :  every 
man  to  your  tents,  O  Israel :  now 
see  to  thine  own  house,  David. 
''Soall  Israel  departed  unto  their 
tents.  17  But  as  for  the  children 
of  Israel  that  dwelt  in  the  cities 
of  Judah,  Rehoboam  reigned  over 
them.  18  Then  king  Rehoboam 
sent  "Hadoram,  who  was  over  the 
men  subject  to  taskwork  ;  and  the 


"  ch.  25. 16-20 
*  1  K.  n. 

2U-39 
"  2  S.  20.  1 
ti  ver.  19 
« 1  K.  4.  6 ; 

6.  U 


/IK.  12. 

21-24 
«  ch.  12.  5-7, 


ft  ch.  18.  8-11 
'  ch.  10.  15 


*  ver.  23 ; 
ch.  8.  2-6 


'  Num.  36. 
2-5 


'"  ch.  13.9; 
1  K.  12. 

2&-33 

"  1  K.  12.  31; 

13.  33 


'  ch.  15.  9 


P  ch:  12.  1 


children  of  Israel  stoned  him  to 
death  with  stones.  And  king  Re- 
hoboam made  speed  to  get  him  up 
to  his  chariot,  to  tiee  to  Jerusalem. 
19  So  Israel  rebelled  against  the 
house  of  David  unto  this  day. 

n-^And  when  Rehoboam  was 
come  to  Jerusalem,  lie  assem- 
bled the  house  of  Judah  and  Ben- 
jamin, a  hundred  and  fourscore 
thousand  chosen  men,  that  were 
warriors,  to  fight  against  Israel, 
to  bring  the  kingdom  again  to  Re- 
hoboam. 2  But  the  word  of  Jeho- 
vah came  to  "Shemaiah  the  man  of 
Cod,  saying,  3  Speak  unto  Reho- 
boam the  son  of  Solomon,  king  of 
Judah,  and  to  all  Israel  in  Judah 
and  Benjamin,  saying,  4  Thus  saith 
Jehovah,  Ye  shall  not  go  up,  nor 
fight  against  "your  brethren:  re- 
turn every  man  to  his  house ;  for 
'this  thing  is  of  me.  So  they 
hearkened  unto  the  words  of  Je- 
hovah, and  returned  from  going 
against  Jeroboam. 

5  And  Rehoboam  dwelt  in  Je- 
rusalem, and  *  built  cities  for 
defence  in  Judah.  6  He  built 
Beth-lehem,  and  Etam,  and  Tekoa, 
7  and  Beth-zur,  and  Soco,  and 
Adullam,  8  and  Gath,  and  Mare- 
shah,  and  Ziph,  9  and  Adoraim, 
and  Lachish,  and  Azekah,  10  and 
Zorah,  and  Aijalon,  and  Hebron, 
which  are  in  Judah  and  in  Ben- 
jamin, fortified  cities.  11  And 
he  fortified  the  strongholds,  and 
put  captains  in  them,  and  stores 
of  victuals,  and  oil  and  wine.  12 
And  in  every  city  he  put  shields 
and  spears,  and  made  them  exceed- 
ing strong.  And  Judah  and  Ben- 
jamin belonged  to  him. 

13  And  the  priests  and  the  Le- 
vites that  were  in  all  Israel  re- 
sorted to  him  out  of  all  their 
border.  14  For  Hhe  Levites  left 
their  suburbs  and  their  possession, 
and  came  to  Judah  and  Jerusalem  : 
for  "'Jeroboam  and  his  sons  cast 
them  ofi',  that  they  should  not 
execute  the  priest's  office  unto 
Jehovah;  15  and  "he  appointed 
him  priests  for  the  high  places, 
and  for  the  he-goats,  and  for  the 
calves  which  he  had  made.  16  And 
"after  tliem,  out  of  all  the  tribes 
of  Israel,  such  as  set  their  hearts 
to  seek  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel, 
came  to  Jerusalem  to  sacrifice  unto 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  their  fathers. 
1 7  ''  So  they  strengthened  the 
kingdom    of    Judah,    and     made 


11.18 


II.   CHRONICLES 


13.1 


Rehoboam's  Family.    Shisbak's  Invasion.    The  Temple  despoiled.    Reboboam's  Death 


Rehoboam  the  son  of  Solomon 
strong,  three  years;  for  they 
walked  three  years  in  the  way 
of    David  and  Solomon. 

18  And  Rehoboam  took  him  a 
wife,  Mahalath  the  daughter  of 
.Jerimoth  the  son  of  David,  '  and  of 
Abihail  the  daughter  of  "  Eliab  the 
son  of  Jesse ;  19  and  she  bare  him 
sons :  Jeush,  and  Shemariah,  and 
Zaham.  20  And  after  her  he  took 
-  Maacah  the  daughter  of  Absalom  • 
and  she  bare  him  Abijah,  and 
Attai,  and  Ziza,  and  Shelomith. 
21  And  Rehoboam  loved  Maacah 
the  daughter  of  Absalom  above  all 
his  wives  and  his  concubines  (for 
*  he  took  eighteen  wives  and  three- 
score concubines,  and  begat  twenty 
and  eight  sons  and  threescore 
daughters).  22  And '^  Rehoboam  ap- 
pointed Abijah  the  son  of  Maacah 
to  be  chief,  even  the  prince  among 
his  brethren  ;  for  he  tvas  minded 
to  make  him  king.  23  And  he 
dealt  wisely,  and  dispersed  of 
all  his  sons  throughout  all  the 
lands  of  Judah  and  Benjamin, 
unto  every  fortified  city:  and  he 
gave  them  victuals  in  abundance. 
And  he  ^sought  for  them  many 
wives. 

■\  O  And  it  came  to  pass, 
i  ^  <*  when  the  kingdom  of  Re- 
hoboam was  established,  and  he 
was  strong,  that  "  he  forsook  the 
law  of  Jehovah,  and  all  Israel  with 
him.  2  ■''And  it  came  to  pass  in 
the  fifth  year  of  king  Rehoboam, 
that  "Shishak  king  of  Egypt  came 
up  against  Jerusalem,  because  they 
had  trespassed  against  Jehovah, 
3  with  twelve  hundred  chariots, 
and  threescore  thousand  horsemen. 
And  the  people  were  without  num- 
ber that  came  with  him  out  of 
Egypt:  ''the  Lubim,  the  Sukkiim, 
ana  the  Ethiopians.  4  And  he 
took  '  the  fortified  cities  which  per- 
tained to  Judah,  and  came  unto 
Jerusalem.  5  Now  *  Shemaiah  the 
prophet  came  to  Rehoboam,  and 
to  the  princes  of  Judah,  that  were 
gathered  together  to  Jerusalem 
because  of  Shishak,  and  said  unto 
them,  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  'Ye 
have  forsaken  me,  therefore  have 
I  also  left  you  in  the  hand  of 
Shishak.  6  Then  the  pi-inces  of 
Israel  and  the  king  humbled  thern- 
selves  ;  and  they  said,  '"  Jehovah  is 

1  Or,  and  Abihail 

2  In  ch.  13.  2,  Mic.aiah  the  daughter  of  Uriel. 
»  Or,  sought  a  multitude  of  wives 


"  1  S.  16.  6 
b  Dt.  17.  17 
"  Dt.  21. 

15-17 
d  ver.  13 ;  ch. 

11.  17 
'  ch.  26. 13-16 
/  1  K.  14.  25 
"  1  K.  11.  40 
h  ch.  16.  8  ; 

Nah.  3.  9 
'ch.  11.  5-12 
k  ch.  11.  2 
'  ch.  16.  2 ; 

Dt.  28.  16 
"•  Ex.  9.  27 ; 

Dan.  9.  14 


"  1  K.  21.  29 
"  ch.  M.  25- 

27  ;  Ps.  78. 

38 
P  Dt.  28.  47, 

48 
1  1  K.  14. 

26-28 
"■  ch.  9.  16,  16 


t  ch.  19.  3 
"  1  K.  14.  21 


"  ch.  19.  3 


"  ver.  5 

'  ch.  9.  29 


"  ch.  11.  20 
"  1  K.  15.  1, 


righteous.  7  And  when  Jehovah 
.saw  that  they  humbled  themselves, 
the  word  of  Jehovah  came  to  She- 
maiah,  saying,  "  They  have  hum- 
bled themselves :  I  will  not  destroy 
them  ;  but  1  will  grant  them  *  some 
deliverance,  and  "  my  wrath  shall 
not  be  poured  out  upon  Jerusalem 
by  the  hand  of  Shishak.  8  Never- 
theless they  shall  be  his  servants, 
^  that  they  may  know  my  service, 
and  the  service  of  the  kingdoms  of 
the  countries. 

9  *So  Shishak  king  of  Egypt 
came  up  against  Jerusalem,  and 
took  away  the  treasures  of  the 
house  of  Jehovah,  and  the  treas- 
ures of  the  king's  house;  he  took 
all  away :  ''  he  took  away  also  the 
shields  of  gold  which  Solomon  had 
made.  10  And  king  Rehoboam 
made  in  their  stead  shields  of  brass, 
and  committed  them  to  the  hands 
of  the  captains  of  the  ®  guard,  that 
kept  the  door  of  the  king's  house. 
11  And  it  was  so,  that,  as  oft  as 
the  king  entered  into  the  house  of 
Jehovah,  the  guard  came  and  bare 
them,  and  brought  them  back  into 
the  guard-chamber.  12  And  "when 
he  humbled  himself,  the  wrath  of 
Jehovah  turned  from  him,  so  as 
not  to  destroy  him  altogether : 
and  moreover  in  Judah  'there 
were  good  things  found. 

13  "  So  king  Rehoboam  strength- 
ened himself  in  Jerusalem,  and 
reigned :  for  Rehoboam  was  forty 
and  one  years  old  when  he  began 
to  reign,  and  he  reigned  seventeen 
years  in  .Jerusalem,  the  city  which 
Jehovah  had  chosen  out  of  all  the 
tribes  of  Israel,  to  put  his  name 
there :  and  his  mother's  name  was 
Naamah  the  Ammonitess.  14  And 
he  did  that  which  was  evil,  ''be- 
cause he  set  not  his  heart  to  seek 
Jehovah. 

15  -^  Now  the  acts  of  Rehoboam, 
first  and  last,  are  they  not  written 
in  the  ^  histories  of  *  Shemaiah  the 
prophet  and  of  ^  Iddo  the  seer, 
"  after  the  manner  of  genealogies  1 
And  there  were  wars  between 
Rehoboam  and  Jeroboam  contin- 
ually. 16  And  Rehoboam  slept 
with  his  fathers,  and  was  buried 
in  the  city  of  David  :  and  "Abijah 
his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
^  O  *In  the  eighteenth  year 
-L  O  of     king    Jeroboam    began 

■•  Or,  deliverance  within  a  little  while  Or,  a 
few  that  shall  escape 

5  Heb.  runners.  «  Heb.  words. 

'  Or,  in  reckoning  the  genealogies 


13.2 


11.   CHRONICLES 


14.5 


tbgah's  Reign.     Uar  with  .Irroboam.     Israel  defeated.    Asa's  good  Aeign 


Abijah  to  reign  over  Judah.  '2 
Three  years  reigned  he  in  Jeru- 
salem :  and  his  mother's  name  was 
^Micaiah  the  daughter  of  Uriel 
of  Gibeah.  *And  there  was  war 
between    Abijah    and    Jeroboam. 

3  And  Abijah  joined  battle  with 
an  army  of  valiant  men  of  war, 
even  four  hundred  thousand  chosen 
men  :  and  Jeroboam  set  the  battle 
in  array  against  him  with  eight 
hundred  thousand  chosen  men, 
who  were  mighty  men  of    valor. 

4  And  Abijah  stood  up  upon  mount 
"Zemaraim,  which  is  in  the  hill- 
country  01  Ephraim,  and  said, 
Hear  me,  O  Jeroboam  and  all 
Israel :  5  Ought  ye  not  to  know 
that  ■'Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel, 
gave  the  kingdom  over  Israel  to 
David  for  ever,  even  to  him  and  to 
his  sons  by  *  a  covenant  of  salt  ? 
6  Yet -^Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 
the  servant  of  Solomon  the  son  of 
David,  rose  up,  and  rebelled  against 
his  lord.  7  And  there  were  gath- 
ered unto  him  worthless  men,  base 
fellows,  that  strengthened  them- 
selves against  Rehoboam  the  son 
of  Solomon,  when  "  Rehoboam  was 
young  and  tender-hearted,  and 
could  not  withstand  them.  8  And 
now  ye  think  to  withstand  the 
kingdom  of  Jehovah  in  the  hand 
of  the  sons  of  David  ;  and  ye  are 
a  great  multitude,  and  there  are 
with  you  ''  the  golden  calves  which 
Jeroboam    made    you    for     gods. 

9  •  Have  ye  not  driven  out  the 
priests  of  Jehovah,  the  sons  of 
Aaron,  and  the  Levites,  and  made 
you  priests  after  the  manner  of 
the  peoples  of  other  lands '?  so  that 
whosoever  cometh  *to  consecrate 
himself  with  a  young  bullock  and 
seven  rams,  the  same  may  be  a 
priest  of  them  that  are  'no  gods. 

10  But  as  for  us,  Jehovah  is  our 
God,  and  we  have  not  forsaken 
him ;  and  u>e  have  priests  minis- 
tering unto  .lehovah,  the  sons  of 
Aaron,  and  the  Levites  in  their 
work :  1 1  and  '"  they  burn  unto  Je- 
hovah every  morning  and  every 
evening  burnt-offerings  and  sweet 
incense :  "  the  showbread  also  set 
they  in  order  upon  the  pure  table  ; 
and  the  candlestick  of  gold  with 
the  lamps  thereof,  to  burn  every 
evening :  for  we  keep  the  charge 
of  Jehovah  our  God ;  but  ye  have 
forsaken  him.  12  And,  behold, 
God  is  with  us  at  our  head,  and 
"his  priests  with  the  trumpets  of 


"ch.  n.  20 
b  1  K.  16.  7 
'^.losh.  IS.  22 
«'  2  S.  7.  12-16 
*■  Lev.  2.  13; 

Num.  18.  19 
/I  K.  11.  20 
'■'  ch.  12.  13 
'•ch.  11.  li; 

1  K.  12.  28 
'ch.  11.  14 
*-•  Ex.  29. 

29-33 
'  Jer.  2.  11 ; 

ft.  7 
'"  ch.  2.  4  ; 

Ex.  29.  38 
"  Ex.  26.  30- 

39 ;  Lev.  24. 

6-9 
"  Num.  10. 


P  Josh.  8. 

4-9 
t  ch.  14.  11 
""ch.  14.  12 
'  ch.  16.  8 


'ch.  14.  11 


"  1  S.  25.  38 
"  1  K.  14.  20 


=^  ch.  24.  27 
y  ch.  9.  29 
*[Ch.  13.  23 
in  Heb.] 
» 1  K.  15.  8 


*[Ch.  14.  1 
in  Heb.] 


"^  Dt.  7  6 
*  1  K.  1,5. 

12-14 
'  Ex.  34.  13 


alarm  to  sound  an  alarm  against 
you.  O  children  of  Israel,  fight  ye 
not  against  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
your  fathers;  for  ye  shall  not 
prosper. 

1 3  But  Jeroboam  p  caused  an 
ambushment  to  come  about  behind 
them  :  so  they  were  before  Judah, 
and  the  ambushment  was  behind 
them.  14  And  when  Judah  looked 
back,  behold,  the  battle  was  be- 
fore and  behind  them  ;  and  *  they 
cried  unto  Jehovah,  and  the  priests 
sounded  with  the  trumpets.  15 
Then  the  men  of  Judah  gave  a 
shout :  and  as  the  men  of  Judah 
shouted,  it  came  to  pass,  that 
""God  smote  Jeroboam  and  all 
Israel  before  Abijah  and  Judah. 
16  And  the  children  of  Israel  fled 
before  Judah  ;  and  "God  delivered 
them  into  their  hand.  17  And 
Abijah  and  his  people  slew  them 
with  a  great  slaughter :  so  there 
fell  down  slain  of  Israel  five  hun- 
dred thousand  chosen  men.  18 
Thus  the  children  of  Israel  were 
brought  under  at  that  time,  and 
the  children  of  Judah  prevailed, 
'  because  they  relied  upon  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  their  fathers.  1 9  And 
Abijah  pursued  after  Jeroboam, 
and  took  cities  from  him,  Beth-el 
with  the  towns  thereof,  and  Jesh- 
anah  with  the  towns  thereof,  and 
^  Ephron  with  the  towns  thereof. 
20  Neither  did  Jeroboam  recover 
strength  again  in  the  days  of  Abi- 
jah :  and  "  Jehovah  smote  him,  and 
"he  died.  21  But  Abijah  waxed 
mighty,  and  took  unto  himself  four- 
teen wives,  and  begat  twenty  and 
two  sons,  and  sixteen  daughters. 
22  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Abi- 
jah, and  his  ways,  and  his  sayings, 
are  written  in  ^  the  commentary  of 
*  the  prophet  Iddo. 
*^    A       '  So  Abijah  slept  with  his 

-L^  fathers,  and  they  buried 
him  in  the  citj'^  of  David  ;  and  Asa 
his  son  reigned  in  his  .stead.  In  his 
days  the  land  was  quiet  ten  years. 
*2  And  Asa  did  tnat  which  was 
good  and  right  in  the  ej^es  of  Je- 
hovah his  God :  3  for  he  took 
away  "  the  foreign  altars,  and  *  the 
high  places,  and  brake  down  the 
'■*  pillars,  and  hewed  down  the  ""Ash- 
erim,  4  and  commanded  Judah 
to  seek  Jehovah,  the  God  of  their 
fathers,  and  to  do  the  law  and  the 
commandment.  5  Also  he  took 
away  out  of  all  the  cities  of  Judah 

I  Another  reading  is,  Ephrain.    *  Or,  obeluks 


439 


14.6 


II.   CHRONICLES 


15.14 


Asa  is  victorioas  in  a  War  witii  Zerah  the  Ethiopian.    Exhorted  by  izariab,  he  institutes  Religions  Reforms 


the  high  places  and  the  "  sun- 
images  :  and  the  kingdom  was 
quiet  before  him  6  And  ''he 
built  fortified  cities  in  Judah  ;  for 
the  land  was  quiet,  and  he  had 
no  war  in  those  years,  ""  because 
Jehovah  had  given  him  rest.  7 
For  he  said  unto  Judah,  ''Let  us 
build  these  cities,  and  make  about 
them  walls,  and  towers,  gates,  and 
bars ;  the  land  is  yet  before  us, 
because  we  have  sought  Jehovah 
our  God ;  we  have  sought  him, 
and  he  hath  given  us  rest  on  every 
side.  So  they  built  and  prospered. 
8  And  Asa  had  an  army  that  bare 
bucklers  and  spears,  out  of  Judah 
*  three  hundred  thousand ;  and  out 
of  Benjamin,  that  bare  shields  and 
drew  bows,  two  hundred  and  four- 
scoi-e  thousand :  all  these  were 
mighty  men  of  valor. 

9  And  -^ there  came  out  against 
them  Zerah  the  Ethiopian  with 
an  army  of  a  thousand  thousand, 
and  three  hundred  chariots  ;  and 
he  came  unto  ^  Mareshah.  10  Then 
Asa  went  out  to  meet  him,  and 
they  set  the  battle  in  array  in  the 
valley  of  Zephathah  at  Mareshah. 
11  And  Asa  ''cried  unto  Jehovah 
his  God,  and  said,  Jehovah,  Hhere 
is  none  ^besides  thee  to  help,  be- 
tween the  mighty  and  him  that 
hath  no  strength  :  help  us,  O  Je- 
hovah our  God ;  '  for  we  rely  on 
thee,  and  in  thy  name  are  we 
come  against  this  multitude.  O 
Jehovah,  thou  art  our  God ;  let 
not  man  prevail  against  thee.  12 
So  *  Jehovah  smote  the  Ethiopians 
before  Asa,  and  before  Judah ;  and 
the  Ethiopians  fled.  13  And  Asa 
and  the  people  that  were  with  him 
pursued  them  unto  '  Gerar :  and 
there  fell  of  the  Ethiopians  ^so 
many  that  they  could  not  recover 
themselves ;  for  they  were  ^  de- 
stroyed before  Jehovah,  and  be- 
fore his  host ;  and  they  carried 
away  very  much  booty.  14  And 
they  smote  all  the  cities  round 
about  Gerar;  ™ for -^ the  fear  of 
Jehovah  came  upon  them :  and 
they  despoiled  all  the  cities ;  for 
there  was  much  spoil  in  them. 
15  They  smote  also  the  tents  of 
cattle,  and  carried  away  sheep  in 
abundance,  and  camels,  and  I'e- 
turned  to  Jerusalem. 


'  Or.  there  is  no  difference  with  thee  to  help, 
whether  the  miphty  or  aim  &c. 

*  Or,  like     8  Or.  so  that  none  remained  alive 

*  Heb.  broken.     ^  Or,  a  terror  from  Jehovah 


"  ch,  34.  4,  7 
^ch.  n.  6 
'^  ch.  15.  16 
rf  ch.  8.  6 
'ch.  13.  3 
/  oh.  12.  2,  3 : 

16.  8 
»  ch.  11.  8 
''ch.  13.  14 
'  ch.  13.  18 

«:  ch.  13.  15 

'  Gen.  10.  19 
"'  ch.  17.  10 


"  ch.  20.  14  ; 

24.  20 
"  ch.  20.  17 
P  ver.  4, 15 
«  1  K.  12. 

28-33 
"■  ch.  17.  9  ; 

Lev.  10. 

8-11 
»  Dt.  4.  29 
'  Judg.  6.  6 


"  Josh.  1.  7, 9 


"  ch,  13.  19 


■  ch.  4.  1 ,  8. 
12 


y  ch.  11.  16 


'  ch.  14.  13-15 


'  ch.  23.  16 


*  Ex.  22.  20  ; 
Dt.  13.  6-9 


uo 


-j  X  And  "the  Spirit  of  God 
A-tJ  came  upon  Azariah  the  son 
of  Oded :  2  and  he  went  out  to 
meet  Asa,  and  said  unto  him.  Hear 
ye  me,  Asa,  and  all  Judah  and 
Benjamin:  "Jehovah  is  with  you, 
while  ye  are  with  him ;  and  ''  if  ye 
seek  him,  he  will  be  found  of  you  ; 
but  if  ye  forsake  him,  he  will  for- 
sake you.  3  Now*  for  a  long  sea- 
son Israel  was  without  the  true 
God,  and  without  ''a  teaching 
priest,  and  without  law :  4  *  but 
when  in  their  distress  they  turned 
unto  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel, 
and  sought  him,  he  was  found  of 
them.  5  '  And  in  those  times  there 
was  no  peace  to  him  that  went  out, 
nor  to  him  that  came  in  ;  but  great 
vexations  were  upon  all  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  lands.  6  And  they 
were  broken  in  pieces,  nation 
against  nation,  and  city  against 
city ;  for  God  did  vex  tnem  with 
all  adversity.  7  But  "  be  ye 
strong,  and  let  not  your  hands 
be  slack ;  for  your  work  shall  be 
rewarded. 

8  And  when  Asa  heard  these 
words,  "and  the  prophecy  of  Oded 
the  prophet,  he  took  courage,  and 
put  away  the  abominations  out  of 
all  the  land  of  Judah  and  Benja- 
min, and  out  of  "the  cities  which 
he  had  taken  from  the  hill-country 
of  Ephraim  ;  and  -^  he  renewed  the 
altar  of  Jehovah,  that  was  before 
the  porch  of  Jehovah.  9  And  he 
gathered  all  .Judah  and  Benjamin, 
and  ^/them  that  sojourned  with 
them  out  of  Ephraim  and  Manas- 
seh,  and  out  of  Simeon :  for  they 
fell  to  him  out  of  Israel  in  abun- 
dance, when  they  saw  that  .Jeho- 
vah his  God  was  with  him.  10  So 
they  gathered  themselves  together 
at  Jerusalem  in  the  third  month, 
in  the  fifteenth  year  of  the  reign 
of  Asa.  1 1  And  ^  they  sacrificed 
unto  Jehovah  in  that  day,  of  the 
spoil  which  they  had  brought, 
seven  hundred  oxen  and  seven 
thousand  sheep.  12  And  "they 
entered  into  the  covenant  to  seek 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  their  fathers, 
with  all  their  heart  and  with  all 
their  soul ;  13  and  that  whosoever 
would  not  seek  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  Israel,  *  should  be  put  to  death, 
whether  small  or  great,  whether 
man  or  woman.  14  And  they 
sware  unto  Jehovah  with  a  louo 

«  Or,  even 


15.15 


11.    CHRONICLES 


17.5 


War  with  Baasha.    League  with  Syria.    Asa  rebaked  by  Hanaui.    His  Death.    Jehoshaphat  socteeds  him 


voice,  and  with  shouting,  and 
with  trumpets,  and  with  cornets. 
15  And  all  .Judah  rejoiced  at  the 
oath  ;  for  they  had  sworn  with 
all  their  heart,  and  sought  him 
with  their  whole  desire ;  and  he 
was  found  of  them:  and  "Jeho- 
vah gave  them  rest  round  about. 

16  *And  also  Maacah,  the  mother 
of  Asa  the  king,  he  removed  from 
being  '  queen,  because  she  had  made 
an  abominable  image  "  for  '^  an  Ash- 
erah;  and ''Asa  cut  down  her  image, 
and  made  dust  of  it,  and  burnt  it 
at  the  brook  Kidron.  17  But  the 
high  places  were  not  taken  away 
out  of  Israel :  nevei'theless  the 
heart  of  Asa  was  perfect  all  his 
days.  18  And  he  brought  into 
the  house  of  God-  the  things  that 
his  father  had  dedicated,  and  that 
he  himself  had  dedicated,  silver, 
and  gold,  and  vessels.  19  And 
there  was  no  more  war  unto  the 
five  and  thirtieth  year  of  the  reign 
of  Asa. 

'i  f\  *In  the  six  and  thirtieth 
-LvJ  year  of  the  reign  of  Asa, 
Baasha  king  of  Israel  went  up 
against  Judah,  and  built  Ramah, 
that  he  might  not  suffer  anj'  one 
to  go  out  or  come  in  to  Asa  king 
of  Judah.  2  Then  Asa  brought 
out  silver  and  gold  out  of  the 
treasures  of  the  house  of  Jehovah 
and  of  the  king's  house,  and  sent 
to  Ben-hadad  king  of  Syria,  that 
dwelt  at  ^  Damascus,  saying,  3 
*  There  is  a  league  between  me 
and  thee,  as  there  was  between 
my  father  and  thy  father :  be- 
hold, I  have  sent  thee  silver  and 
gold;  go,  break  thy  league  with 
Baasha  king  of  Israel,  that  he 
may  depart  from  me.  4  And 
Ben-hadad  hearkened  unto  king 
Asa,  and  sent  the  captains  of  his 
armies  against  the  cities  of  Israel ; 
and  they  .smote  Ijon,  and  Dan, 
and  Abel-maim,  and  all  -^the 
^  store-cities  of  Naphtali.  5  And  it 
came  to  pass,  when  Baasha  heard 
thereof,  that  he  left  of?"  building 
Ramah,  and  let  his  work  cease.  6 
Then  Asa  the  king  took  all  Judah ; 
and  they  carried  away  the  stones 
of  Ramah,  and  the  timber  thereof, 
wherewith  Baasha  had  builded ; 
and  he  built  therewith  Geba  and 
Mizpah. 

7  And   at   that    time    ^'Hanani 

1  Or,  queen  mother        *  Or, /or  Asherah 
3  Heb.  Darmesek.  *  Or,  Let  there  be 

5  Heb.  storehouses  of  the  cities. 


"  ch.  14.  7 
I'  1  K.  15. 

i;f-l5 
"^  Ex.  34.  13 
<'  ch.  14.  2-0 
"  1  K.  15. 

17-22 
/Ex.  I.  11 
"ch.  19.  2; 

1  K.  10.  1 


''  ch.  14.  11 ; 

32.  7,  8 
•ch.  14.  9 
*:  ch.  12.  3 
'  ch.  13.  16, 18 
m  Prov.  15. 

3  ;  Zech.  4. 

10 
"  ch.  15.  17 


»  1  K.  15.  23, 

24 


P  Gen.  50. 2 ; 
Jn.  12.  7 ; 
19.  39,  40 

9  ch.  21.  19 
•■  1  K.  15.  24 


'  ch.  11.  6 


t  ch.  15.  8 


"  1  K.  12.  28 


the  seer  came  to  Asa  king  of 
Judah,  and  said  unto  him,  ''Be- 
cause thou  hast  relied  on  the 
king  of  Syria,  and  hast  not  relied 
on  Jehovah  thy  God,  therefore  is 
the  host  of  the  king  of  Syria 
escaped  out  of  thy  hand.  8  Were 
not  '  the  Ethiopians  and  the  Lu- 
bim  *a  huge  host,  with  chariots 
and  horsemen  exceeding  many? 
yet,  '  because  thou  didst  rely  on 
Jehovah,  he  deli/ered  them  into 
thy  hand.  9  For  '"the  eyes  of  Je- 
hovah run  to  and  fro  throughout 
the  whole  earth,  to  show  himself 
strong  in  the  behalf  of  them 
"  whose  heart  is  perfect  toward 
him.  Herein  thou  hast  done  fool- 
ishly ;  for  fi'om  henceforth  thou 
shalt  have  wars.  10  Then  Asa 
was  wroth  with  the  .seer,  and  put 
him  in  the  *  prison-house ;  for  he 
was  in  a  rage  with  him  because 
of  this  thing.  And  Asa  oppressed 
some  of  the  people  at  the  same 
time. 

11  "And,  behold,  the  acts  of 
Asa,  first  and  last,  lo,  they  are 
written  in  the  book  of  the  kings  of 
-Judah  and  Israel.  1 2  And  in  the 
thirty  and  ninth  year  of  his  reign 
Asa  was  diseased  in  his  feet ;  his 
disease  Avas  exceeding  great :  yet 
in  his  disease  he  sought  not  to 
.Jehovah,  but  to  the  physicians. 
13  And  Asa  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  died  in  the  one  and  fortieth 
vear  of  his  reign.  14  And  they 
buried  him  in  his  own  sepulchres, 
which  he  had  hewn  out  for  himself 
in  the  city  of  David,  and  laid  him 
in  the  bed  which  was  filled  ^with 
sweet  odors  and  divers  kinds  of 
spice."  prepared  by  the  perfumers' 
art :  and  ''  they  made  a  very  great 
burning  for  him. 

-^  ^  And  '■Jehoshaphat  his  son 
JL  I  reigned  in  his  stead,  and 
strengthened  himself  against  Is- 
rael. 2  And  he  placed  forces  in 
all  '  the  fortified  cities  of  Judah, 
and  set  garrisons  in  the  land  of  Ju- 
dah, and  in  the  cities  of  Ephraim, 
'which  Asa  his  father  had  taken. 

3  And  Jehovah  was  with  -Jehosh- 
aphat, because  he  walked  in  the 
first  ways  of  his  father  DaA-id, 
and  sought  not  unto  the  Baalim, 

4  but  sought  to  the  .God  of  hie 
father,  and  walked  in  his  com- 
mandments, and  "not  after  the 
doings  of  Israel.  5  Therefore  Je- 
hovah established  the  kingdom  in 

*  Heb.  house  of  the  stocks. 


441 


17.6 


II.   CHKONICLES 


18.11 


Jehoshaphat's  Reign.    He  appoints  Teachers.    His  Power.    His  Leagoe  with  Ahab.    Prophets  cossnlted 


his  hand ;  and  all  Judah  brought 
to  Jehosnaphat  tribute ;  and  "  he 
had  riches  and  honor  in  abundance. 
6  And  his  heart  was  lifted  up  in 
the  ways  of  Jehovah :  and  fur- 
thermore *he  took  away  the  high 
places  and  the  Asherim  out  of 
Judfih. 

7  Also  in  the  third  year  of  his 
reign  he  sent  his  princes,  even 
Ben-hail,  and  Obadiah,  and  Zech- 
ariah,  and  Nethanel,  and  Micaiah, 
"  to  teach  in  the  cities  of  Judah ; 
8  and  with  them  ''the  Levites, 
even  Shemaiah,  and  Nethaniah, 
and  Zebadiah,  and  Asahel,  and 
Shemiramoth,  and  .Jehonathan,  and 
Adonijah,  and  Tobijah,  and  Tob- 
adonijah,  the  Levites ;  and  with 
them  Elishama  and  Jehoram,  the 
priests.  9  And  they  taught  in 
Judah,  having  ''the  Dook  of  the 
law  of  Jehovah  with  them ;  and 
they  went  about  throughout  all 
the  cities  of  Judah,  and  taught 
among  the  people. 

10  And  ^^the  fear  of  Jehovah 
fell  upon  all  the  kingdoms  of  the 
lands  that  were  round  about  Judah, 
so  that  they  made  no  war  against 
Jehoshaphat.  11  And  »some  of 
the  Philistines  brought  Jehosha- 
phat presents,  and  silver  for  trib- 
ute ;  the  Arabians  also  brought 
him  flocks,  seven  thousand  and 
seven  hundred  rams,  and  seven 
thousand  and  seven  hundred  he- 
goats.  1 2  And  Jehoshaphat  waxed 
great  exceedingly ;  and  he  built 
in  Judah  castles  and  cities  of 
store.  13  And  he  had  many  works 
in  the  cities  of  J  udah ;  and  men 
of  war,  mighty  men  of  valor,  in 
Jerusalem.  14  And  this  was  the 
numbering  of  them  according  to 
their  fathers'  houses :  Of  Judah, 
the  captains  of  thousands  :  Adnah 
the  captain,  and  with  him  mighty 
men  of  valor  three  hundred  thou- 
sand;  15  and  next  to  him  Jeho- 
hanan  the  captain,  and  with  him 
two  hundred  and  fourscore  thoix- 
sand ;  16  and  next  to  him  Ama- 
siah  the  son  of  Zichri,  ''who 
willingly  offered  himself  unto  Je- 
hovah ;  and  with  him  two  hundred 
thousand  mighty  men  of  valor. 
17  And  of  Benjamin:  Eliada  a 
mighty  man  of  valor,  and  with 
him  two  hundred  thousand  armed 
with  bow  and  shield  ;  18  and  next 
to  him  Jehozabad,  and  with  him  a 
hundred  and  fourscore    thousand 

1  Oi,  a  terror /rom  JtKovati 


■  ch.  18.  1 


6  ch.  15.  17 


'  ch.  15.  3  ; 
35.  3 


d  ch.  19.  8 


'  Dt.  6.  4-9 


/ch.  14.  14 


'  ch.  9.  14 ; 

26.  8 


''  Judg.  5.  2, 
9 ;  1  Chr. 
29.  9 


'■  ver.  2 
*••  ch.  17.  6 
'  1  K.  22. 
2-36 

"•  Ruth  4. 

1 

ready  prepared  for  war.  19  These 
were  they  that  waited  on  the  king, 
besides  'those  whom  the  king  put 
in  tlie  fortified  cities  throughout 
all  Judah. 

■i  O  *  Now  Jehoshaphat  had 
J-O  riches  and  honor  in  abun- 
dance ;  and  he  joined  affinity  with 
Ahab.  2  '  And  after  certain  years 
he  went  down  to  Ahab  to  Samaria. 
x\nd  Ahab  killed  sheep  and  oxen 
for  him  in  abundance,  and  for  the 
people  that  wei"e  with  him,  and 
moved  him  to  go  up  with  Mm  to 
Ramoth-gilead.  3  And  Ahab  king 
of  Israel  said  unto  Jehoshaphat 
king  of  Judah,  Wilt  thou  go  with 
me  to  Ramoth-gilead  1  And  he 
answered  him,  I  am  as  thou  art, 
and  my  people  as  thy  people; 
and  ive  xvill  be  with  thee  in  the 
war. 

4  And  Jehoshaphat  said  unto 
the  king  of  Israel,  Inquire  "^  first,  I 
pray  thee,  for  the  word  of  Jehovah. 
5  Then  the  king  of  Israel  gathered 
the  prophets  together,  four  hun- 
dred men,  and  said  unto  them, 
Shall  we  go  to  Ramoth-gilead  to 
battle,  or  shall  I  forbear?  And 
they  said,  Go  up;  for  God  will 
deliver  it  into  the  hand  of  the 
king.  6  But  Jehoshaphat  said.  Is 
there  not  here  a  propnet  of  Jeho- 
vah besides,  that  we  may  inquire 
of  him  1  7  And  the  king  of  Israel 
said  unto  Jehoshaphat,  There  is 
yet  one  man  by  whom  we  may 
inquire  of  Jehovah  :  but  I  hate 
him ;  for  he  never  prophesieth 
good  concerning  me,  but  always 
evil :  the  same  is  Micaiah  the  son 
of  Imla.  And  Jehoshaphat  said. 
Let  not  the  king  say  so.  8  Then 
the  king  of  Israel  called  an  ^  officer, 
and  said.  Fetch  quickly  Micaiah 
the  son  of  Imla.  9  Now  the  king 
of  Israel  and  Jehoshaphat  the 
king  of  Judah  sat  each  on  his 
throne,  arrayed  in  their  robes,  and 
they  were  sitting  ™in  *an  open 
place  at  the  entrance  of  the  gate 
of  Samaria ;  and  all  the  prophets 
were    prophesying    before    them. 

10  And  Zedekiah  the  son  of  Che- 
naanah  made  him  horns  of  iron 
and  said.  Thus  saith  Jehovah, 
With  these  shalt  thou  push  the 
Syrians,  until  they  be  consumed. 

11  And  all  the  prophets  prophe- 
sied so,  saying.  Go  up  to  Ramoth- 
gilead,  and  prosper ;  for  Jehovah 

*  Heb.  to-day.  '  Or,  eunuch 

*  Heb.  a  ihreshing-ftoor. 


442 


18.12 


II.   CHRONICLES 


19.2 


Micaiah's  Warning.    His  Panishment    Ramoth-gilead  attarked.    Aliab  Li!lfd.    Jeboshapbat  reboked 


will  deliver  it  into  the  hand  of  the 
king. 

1 2  And  the  messenger  that  went 
to  call  Micaiah  spake  to  him, 
saying.  Behold,  the  words  of  the 
prophets  declare  good  to  the  kins 
with  one  mouth :  let  thj;  word 
therefore,  I  pray  thee,  be  like  one 
of  theirs,  and  speak  thou  good. 
13  And  Micaiah  said,  As  .Jehovah 
liveth,  "what  my  God  saith,  that 
will  I  speak.  1 4  And  when  he 
was  come  to  the  king,  the  king 
said  unto  him,  ^  Micaiah.  shall  we 
go  to  Eamoth-gilead  to  battle,  or 
shall  I  forbear  ?    And  he  said.  Go 

£e  up,  and  prosper  ;  and  thej-  shall 
e  delivered  into  your  hand.  1.5 
And  the  king  said  to  him.  How 
many  times  shall  I  adjure  thee 
that  thou  speak  unto  me  nothing 
but  the  truth  in  the  name  of  Jeho- 
vah ?  16  And  he  said,  I  saw  all 
Israel  scattered  upon  the  moun- 
tains, *  as  sheep  that  have  no  shep- 
herd :  and  Jehovah  said.  These 
have  no  master ;  let  them  return 
every  man  to  his  house  in  peace. 
17  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  to 
Jehoshaphat,  Did  I  not  tell  thee 
that  he  would  not  prophesy  good 
concerning  me,  but  evil?  18  And 
Micaiah  said.  Therefore  hear  ye 
the  word  of  Jehovah :  "  I  saw  Jeho- 
vah sitting  upon  his  throne,  and 
all  the  host  of  neaven  standing  on 
his  ri^ht  hand  and  on  his  left.  ^  19 
And  Jehovah  said.  Who  shall  -en- 
tice Ahab  king  of  Israel,  that  he 
may  go  up  and  fall  at  Ramoth- 
gilead?  And  one  spake  saying 
after  this  manner,  and  another 
saying  after  that  manner.  20 
And  there  came  forth  ^a  spirit, 
and  stood  before  Jehovah,  and 
said,  I  will  entice  him.  And  -Jeho- 
vah said  unto  him.  Wherewith? 
21  And  he  said,  I  will  go  forth, 
and  will  be  a  lying  spirit  in  the 
mouth  of  all  his  prophets.  And 
he  said.  Thou  shalt  entice  him,  and 
shalt  prevail  also  :  go  forth,  and  do 
so.  22  Now  therefore,  behold,  Je- 
hovah hath  put  a  lying  spirit  in 
the  mouth  or  these  thy  prophets ; 
and  Jehovah  hath  spoken  evil  con- 
cerning thee. 

23  Then  Zedekiah  the  son  of 
Chenaanah  came  near,  and  smote 
Micaiah  upon  the  cheek,  and  said. 
Which  way  went  the  Spirit  of 
Jehovah  from  me  to  speak  unto 
thee"?    24  And  Micaiah   said,   Be- 

»  Heb.  Micah.      »  Or,  deceite      3  Heb.  the  spirit. 


"  Num.  22. 

IS-w,  36 
>>  Num.  27. 

17  ;  Kzek. 

34.  6-s; 

Mt.  9.  36 
■^  Is  6.  1-5  ; 

Dan.  7.  9, 

lu 


«'  ver.  8 
'  ch.  34.  8 
/ch.  16.  10 
"  Mic.  1.  2 


'■  ch.  13.  14, 

15 


I  ch.  20.  34  ; 

1  K.  16.  1 


<••  cb.  18.  1,  3 


443 


hold,  thou  shalt  see  on  that  day, 
when  thou  shalt  go  ■*  into  an  innei 
chamber  to  hide  tnyself.  2-5  And 
the  king  of  Israel  .said,  ''Take  ye 
Micaiah,  and  carrj'  him  back  unto 
Amon  'the  governor  of  the  city, 
and  to  .Joash  the  king  s  son  ;  26 
and  say.  Thus  .saith  the  king,  -^Put 
this  fellow  in  the  prison,  and  feed 
him  with  bread  of  affliction  and 
with  water  of  affliction,  until  I  re- 
turn in  peace.  27  And  JNIicaiah 
said.  If  thou  return  at  all  in  peace, 
Jehovah  hath  not  spoken  by  me. 
And  he  said,  ^  Hear,  ye  peoples,  all 
of  you. 

28  So  the  king  of  Israel  and 
■Jehoshaphat  the  king  of  Judah 
went  up  to  Rjimoth-gilead.  29 
And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto 
Jehoshaphat,  I  will  disguise  my- 
self, and  go  into  the  battle ;  but 
put  thou  on  thy  robes.  So  the 
king  of  Israel  disguised  himself ; 
and  they  went  into  the  battle. 
30  Now  the  king  of  Syria  had 
commanded  the  captains  of  his 
chariots,  saj-ing.  Fight  neither 
with  small  nor  great,  save  only 
with  the  king  of  Israel.  31  And 
it  came  to  pass,  when  the  captains 
of  the  chariots  saw  Jehoshaphat. 
that  they  said,  It  is  the  king  of 
Israel.  Therefore  they  turned 
about  to  fight  against  him  :  but 
Jehoshaphat ''  cried  out.  and  Jeho- 
vah helped  him  ;  and  God  moved 
them  to  dejMrt  from  him.  32  And 
it  came  to  pass,  when  the  captains 
of  the  chariots  saw  that  it  was  not 
the  king  of  Israel,  that  they  turned 
back  from  pursuing  hini.  33  And 
a  certain  man  drew  his  bo\y  "at  a 
venture,  and  smote  the  king  of 
Israel  between  ®the  joints  of  the 
armor :  wherefore  he  said  to  the 
driver  of  the  chariot.  Turn  thy 
hand,  and  carry  me  out  of  the 
host ;  for  I  am  sore  wounded. 
34  And  the  battle  increased  that 
day :  howbeit  the  king  of  Israel 
stayed  him.self  up  in  his  chariot 
against  the  Sj-rians  until  the  even  : 
and  about  the  time  of  the  going 
down  of  the  sun  he  died. 
-J  Q  And  Jehoshaphat  the  king 
X «_/  of  .Judah  returned  to  his 
house  in  peace  to  Jerusalem.  2  And 
•Jehu  the  son  of  Hanani  the  seer 
went  out  to  meet  him,  and  said  to 
king  Jehoshaphat,  *  Shouldest  thou 

<  Or,  from  chamber  to  chamber 

-'■  Heb.  in  his  sinip/iri/v. 

«  Or,  the  lower  armor  and  the  breastplate 


19.3 


II.    CHRONICLES 


20.15 


Jehoshapiiat  reboked.    He  appoinU  Judges.    Be  prays  for  Help  against  Hoab  and  immon 


help  the  wicked,  and  love  them  that 
hate  Jehovah  1  "for  this  thing  wrath 
is  upon  thee  from  before  J  ehovah. 
3  Nevertheless  *  there  are  good 
things  found  in  thee,  in  that  '^  thou 
hast  put  away  the  Asheroth  out  of 
the  land,  and  ''hast  set  thy  heart 
to  seek  God. 

4  And  Jehoshaphat  dwelt  at  Je- 
rusalem :  and  he  went  out  again 
among  the  people  from  Beer-sheba 
to  the  hill-country  of  Ephraim, 
and  *  brought  them  back  unto  Je- 
hovah, the  God  of  their  fathers. 
5  And  he  set  -^judges  in  the  land 
throughout  all  the  fortified  cities 
of  Judah,  city  by  city.  6  and  said 
to  the  judges.  Consider  what  ye 
do  :  for  "  ye  judge  not  for  man,  but 
for  Jehovah  ;  and  he  is  with  you 
^  in  the  judgment.  7  Now  there- 
fore let  the  fear  of  Jehovah  be 
upon  you  ;  take  heed  and  do  it 
for  ''there  is  no  iniquity  with  Je- 
hovah our  God,  *nor  respect  of 
persons,  nor  taking  of  bribes. 

8  Moreover  in  Jerusalem  did 
Jehoshaphat  set  *of  the  Levites 
and  the  priests,  and  of  the  heads 
of  the  fathers'  houses  of  Israel,  for 
the  judgment  of  Jehovah,  and  for 
controversies.  And  they  returned 
to  Jerusalem.  9  And  he  charged 
them,  sajdng.  Thus  shall  ye  do  in 
the  fear  of  Jehovah,  faithfully, 
and  with  a  perfect  heart.  10 
'  And  whensoever  any  controversy 
shall  come  to  you  from  your 
brethi'en  that  dwell  in  their  cities, 
between  blood  and  blood,  between 
law  and  commandment,  statutes 
and  ordinances,  ye  shall  warn 
them,  that  they  be  not  guilty 
towards  Jehovah,  and  '"so  wrath 
come  upon  you  and  upon  your 
brethren  :  this  do,  and  ye  shall  not 
be  guilty.  1 1  And,  behold,  Ama- 
riah  the  chief  priest  is  over  you 
"  in  all  matters  of  Jehovah ;  and 
Zebadiah  tho  son  of  Ishmael,  the 
ruler  of  the  house  of  Judah,  in  all 
the  king's  matters :  also  the  Le- 
vites shall  be  officers  before  you. 
^ "  Deal  courageously,  and  Jehovah 
be  with  the  good. 

^f\  And  it  came  to  pass  after 
^\J  this,  that  the  children  of 
Moab,  and  the  children  of  Am- 
mon,  and  with  them  some  of  the 
'Ammonites,  came  against  Je- 
hoshaphat   to     battle.      2    Then 

1  Or,  in  giving  judgment  Heb.  in  the  matter 
of  ludgment.  2  Heb.  Be  strong  and  do. 

^  Perhaps  an  error  for  Meanim.    See  ch.  26.  7. 


"  ch.  24.  19 
b  ch.  V>  12 
=  ch.  17.  6 
rfch.  12.  14 
*ch.  l.-i.  8-13 
/  Dt.  16.  18- 

20 
'■>  Lev  19. 15 , 

Dt.  1.  17 
''  Gen.  18. 

25 ;  Dt. 

32.  4 
'  Dt.  10.  17, 

18 
*  ch.  17.  8,  9 
'  Dt.  17.  8 
'"  ver.  2 
"  ver.  8 
"  1  (Jhr.  28. 

20 


P  Gen.  14.  7 
«  ch.  19.  3 
'■  1  S.  7.  6 , 

Ezr.  8.  21 
'  Dt.  4.  .S9 
'  1  Chr  29. 

11 


"  Is.  41.  8 


'  ch.  6.  20 


"  ver.  1,  22 


•  Num.  20. 
17-21 


"  Judg.  11. 
27 


t>  Pa.  25.  15 
121.  1,  2 


'  ch.  15.  1 ; 

24.  20 


there  came  some  that  told  Je- 
hoshaphat, saying.  There  cometh 
a  great  multitude  against  thee 
from  beyond  the  sea  from  Syria ; 
and,  behold,  they  are  in  ''Hazazon- 
tamar  (the  same  is  En-gedi).  3 
And  Jehoshaphat  feared,  and  «  set 
himself  to  seek  unto  Jehovah ;  and 
*■  he  proclaimed  a  fast  thi'oughout 
all  Judah.  4  And  Judah  gathered 
themselves  together,  to  seek  help 
of  Jehovah  :  even  out  of  all  the 
cities  of  J  udah  they  came  to  seek 
Jehovah. 

5  And  Jehoshaphat  stood  in  the 
assembly  of  Judah  and  Jerusalem, 
in  the  house  of  Jehovah,  before  the 
new  court ;  6  and  he  said,  O  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  our  fathei's,  'art 
not  thou  God  in  heaven  1  and  '  art 
not  thou  ruler  oyer  all  the  king- 
doms of  the  nations'?  and  in  thy 
hand  is  power  and  might,  so  that 
none  is  able  to  withstand  thee. 
7  Didst  not  thou,  O  our  God, 
drive  out  the  inliabitants  of  this 
land  befoi'e  thy  people  Israel,  and 
"give  it  to  the  seed  of  Abraham 
thy  friend  for  ever'?  8  And  they 
dwelt  therein,  and  have  built  thee 
a  sanctuary  therein  for  thy  name, 
saying,  9  *'If  evil  come  upon  us, 
■•the  sword,  judgment,  or  pesti- 
lence, or  famine,  we  will  stand 
before  this  house,  and  before  thee 
(for  ^  thy  name  is  in  this  house), 
and  cry  unto  thee  in  our  affliction, 
and  thou  wilt  hear  and  save.  10 
And  now,  behold,  *  the  childi  jn  of 
Ammon  and  Moab  and  mount  Seir, 
-  whom  thou  wouldest  not  let  Israel 
invade,  when  they  came  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  but  they  turned 
aside  from  them,  and  destroyed 
them  not;  11  behold,  how  they 
reward  us,  to  come  to  cast  us  out 
of  thy  possession,  which  thou  hast 
given  us  to  inherit.  .12  O  our 
God,  "wilt  thou  not  judge  them'? 
for  we  have  no  might  against  this 
great  company  that  cometh  against 
us  ;  neither  know  we  what  to  do  : 
but ''our  eyes  are  upon  thee.  13 
And  all  Judah  stood  before  Jeho- 
vah, with  their  little  ones,  their 
wives,  and  their  children. 

1 4  Then  upon  Jahaziel  the  son 
of  Zechariah,  the  son  of  Benaiah, 
the  son  of  Jeiel,  the  son  of  Mat- 
taniah,  the  Levite,  of  the  sons  of 
Asaph,  "came  the  Spirit  of  Jeho- 
vah in  the  midst  of  the  assembly  : 
15    and  he  said,  Hearken  ye,  all 

*  Or,  Uie  sword  o/ judgment 


20.16 


II.   CHRONICLES 


20.37 


Jahaziel  predicts  Deliverance.    The  Enemy  routed.    M»ab  ud  Aoimon  despoiled.    Jehosbaphat's  Alliance  with  Ihaziah 


Judah,  and  ye  inhabitants  of  Je- 
rusalem, and  thou  king  Jehosha- 
Ijhat :  Tlius  saith  Jehovah  unto 
you,  "Fear  not  ye,  neither  be  dis- 
mayed by  reason  of  this  great 
multitude;  for  ''the  battle  is  not 
yours,  but  God's.  16  To-morrow 
go  ye  down  against  them  :  behold, 
they  come  up  by  the  ascent  of 
Ziz  ;  and  ye  shall  tind  tliem  at 
the  end  of  the  valley,  before  the 
wilderness  of  Jeruel.  17  Ye  shall 
not  need  to  tight  in  this  battle : 
set  yourselves,  "  stand  ye  still, 
and  see  the  salvation  of  Jehovah 
with  you,  O  Judah  and  Jerusa- 
lem ;  fear  not,  nor  be  dismayed : 
to-morrow  go  out  against  them ; 
•^for  Jehovah  is  with  you.  18  And 
*.Jehoshaphat  bowed  his  head  with 
his  face  to  the  ground ;  and  all 
Judah  and  the  inhabitants  of  Je- 
rusalem fell  down  before  Jeho- 
vah, worshipping  Jehovah.  19 
And  the  Levites,  of  the  children 
■''of  the  Kohathites  and  of  the  chil- 
dren of  the  Korahites,  stood  up  to 
praise  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel, 
with  an  exceeding  loud  voice. 

20  And  they  rose  early  in  the 
morning,  and  went  forth  into  the 
wilderness  of  Tekoa :  and  as  they 
went  forth,  Jehoshaphat  stood 
and  said.  Hear  me,  O  Judah,  and 
ye  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem :  "  be- 
lieve in  .Jehovah  your  God.  so 
shall  ye  be  established ;  believe 
his  prophets,  so  shall  ye  prosper. 
^I  And  when  he  had  taken  coun- 
sel with  the  people,  he  appointed 
them  that  should  sing  unto  Jeho- 
vah, and  ''give  praise  Mn  holy 
arraj%  as  they  went  out  before 
the  army,  and  say,  *Give  thanks 
unto  Jehovah  ;  for  his  lovingkind- 
ness  endnreth  for  ever.  22  And 
when  they  began  to  sing  and  to 
praise,  Jehovali  *set  liers-in-wait 
against  the  children  of  'Ammon, 
Moab,  and  mount  Seir,  that  were 
come  against  Judah :  and  they  were 
smitten.  23  For  the  children  of 
Ammon  and  Moab  stood  up  against 
the  inhabitants  of  mount  Seir,  ut- 
terly to  slay  and  destroy  them : 
and  when  they  had  made  an  end 
of  the  inhabitants  of  Seir,  '"every 
one  helped  to  destroy  another. 

24  And  when  .Judah  came  to  the 
watch-tower  of  the  wilderness,  tliey 
looked  upon  the  multitude ;  and,  be- 
hold, they  were  dead  bodies  fallen 
to  the  earth,  and  there  were  none 

1  Or,  in  the  beauty  of  holiness 


"  ch.  32.  7, 8  ; 
Ex.  14.  13 


I'  1  S.  17.  47 


"  Ex.  14.  13 

''  ch.  15.  2 
"  ch.  7.  3 
/  Ex.  6.  18  ; 

1  tJhr.  9.  19 
</  Xs  7.  9 
A  1  Ch'r.  16. 

29,  Ps. 

20.  2 
'  1  Chr.  16. 

34 
*:  ch.  13. 13 
'  ver.  10 
'"  Judg.  7. 22; 

1  S.  14.  20 


"  ch.  14.  14  ; 
17.  10 


"  ch.  14.  6,  7  ; 
15.  15 

P  1  K.  22. 
41-43 


9  ch.  17.  6 
""ch.ig.  3 


•  cb.  19.  2 
'  1  K.  16.  1,  7 


•  1  K.  22.  • 
49 


"  ch.  9.  21 


that  escaped.  2.5  And  when  Je- 
hoshaphat and  his  people  camt> 
to  take  the  spoil  of  them,  they 
found  among  them  in  abundance 
both  riches  and  -dead  bodies,  and 
precious  jewels,  which  they 
stripped  oft'  for  themselves,  more 
than  they  could  carry  away:  and 
they  were  three  days  in  taking  the 
.spoil,  it  was  so  much.  26  And  on 
the  fourth  day  they  as.sembled 
themselves  in  tne  valley  of  ^Bera- 
cah;  for  there  they  blessed  Jeho- 
vah: therefore  the  name  of  that 
place  was  called  The  valley  of  Bera- 
cah  unto  this  day.  27  Then  they 
returned,  every  man  of  Judah  and 
Jerusalem,  and  Jehoshaphat  in  the 
forefront  of  them,  to  go  again  to 
Jerusalem  with  joy;  for  Jehovah 
had  made  them  to  rejoice  over 
their  enemies.  28  And  they  came 
to  Jerusalem  with  psalteries  and 
harps  and  trumpets  unto  the  house 
of  Jehovah.  29  And  "the  fear  of 
God  was  on  all  the  kingdoms  of 
the  countries,  when  they  heard 
that  Jehovah  fought  against  the 
enemies  of  Israel.  30  So  the  realm 
of  Jehoshaphat  was  quiet;  "for  his 
God  gave  him  rest  round  about. 

31  ^'And  Jehoshaphat  reigned 
over  Judah:  he  was  thirty  and 
five  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign ;  and  he  reigned  twenty  and 
five  years  in  Jerusalem :  and  his 
mother's  name  was  Azubah  the 
daughter  of  Shilhi.  32  And  he 
walked  in  the  way  of  Asa  his  father, 
and  turned  not  aside  from  it,  doing 
that  which  was  right  in  the  eyes 
of  Jehovah.  33  "Howbeit  the 
high  places  were  not  taken  away; 
''neither  as  yet  had  the  people  set 
their  hearts  unto  the  God  oi  their 
fathers.  34  Now  the  rest  of  the 
acts  of  Jehoshaphat,  first  and  last, 
behuld,  they  are  written  in  the 
*  history  of  ^Jehu  the  son  of  Ha- 
nani,  ® '  which  is  inserted  in  the 
book  of  the  kings  of  Israel. 

3.5  "And  after  this  did  Jehosha- 
phat king  of  Judah  join  him.self 
with  Ahaziah  king  of  Israel ;  the 
same  did  very  wickedly:  36  and 
he  joined  himself  with  him  to 
make  ships  to  go  'to  Tarshish; 
and  they  made  the  ships  in  Ezion- 
geber.  37  Then  Eliezer  the  .son  of 
Dodavahu  of  Mareshah  prophesied 
against  Jehoshaphat,  saying.  Be- 
cause thou  hast  joined  thyself  with 

2  Acc.  to  Vulg.  garments.     8  That  is,  Blessing 
*  Heb.  ivorJs.  6  Or.  rcho  is  mentioned 


445 


21.1 


II.   CHRONICLES 


22.2 


Jehoram's  Reign.    Edom  revolts.    Elijah's  menacing  Letter.    Jehoram's  Losses  and  Death,    ihaziah's  Reign 


Ahaziah,  Jehovah  hath  'destroyed 
thy  works.  And  the  .ships  were 
broken,  so  that  they  were  not  able 
to  go  to  Tarshish. 
O  'i  "  And  Jehoshaphat  slept 
^  _L  with  his  fathers,  and  w^s 
buried  with  his  fathers  in  the  city 
of  David:  and  Jehorara  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead.  2  And  he 
had  brethren,  the  sons  of  Jehosha- 
phat: Azariah,  and  Jehiel,  and 
Zechariah,  and  Azariah,  and  Mi- 
chael, and  yhephatiah;  all  these 
were  the  sons  of  Jehoshaphat  king 
*of  Israel.  3  And  their  father 
gave  them  great  gifts,  of  silver,  and 
of  gold,  and  of  precious  things, 
•"with  fortified  cities  in  Judah:  but 
the  kingdom  gave  he  to  Jehoram, 
because  he  was  the  first-born.  4 
Now  when  Jehoram  was  risen  up 
over  the  kingdom  of  his  father, 
and  had  strengthened  himself,  he 
slew  all  his  brethren  with  the 
sword,  and  divers  also  of  the 
princes  of  Israel.  5  "*  Jehoram  was 
thirty  and  two  years  old  when  he 
began  to  reign ;  and  he  reigned 
eight  years  in  Jerusalem.  6  *  And 
he  walked  in  the  way  of  the  kings 
of  Israel,  as  did  the  house  of  Aliab ; 
for  -^he  had  the  daughter  of  Ahab 
to  wife :  and  he  did  that  which  was 
evil  in  the  sight  of  Jehovah.  7 
Howbeit  Jehovah  would  not  de- 
stroy the  house  of  David,  because 
of  the  covenant  that  he  had  made 
with  David,  and  ■'[as  he  promised  to 
give  a  lamp  to  him  and  to  his  chil- 
dren alway. 

8  In  his  days  *Edom  revolted 
from  under  the  hand  of  Judah,  and 
made  a  king  over  themselves.  9 
Then  .Jehoram  passed  over  with  his 
captains,  and  all  his  chariots  with 
him:  and  he  rose  up  by  night,  and 
smote  the  Edomites  that  com- 
passed him  about,  and  the  cap- 
tains of  the  chariots.  10  So  Edom 
revolted  from  under  the  hand  of 
Judah  unto  this  day:  then  did 
Libnah  revolt  at  the  same  time 
from  under  his  hand,  because  he 
had  forsaken  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
his  fathers. 

11  Moreover  'he  made  high 
places  in  the  mountains  of  Judah, 
and  made  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem *to  play  the  harlot,  and  ^led 
Judah  astray.  12  And  there  came 
a  writing  to  him  from  Elijah  the 
prophet,  saying,  Thus  saitn  Jeho- 

1  Or,  made  a  breach  in 

s  Or,  compelled  Judah  thereto 


"  I  K.  22.  60 

b  ch.  12.  6 ; 

2.3.  2 
"ch.  11.  6 
d  2  K.  8. 

17-22 
'  1  K.  12. 

28-30 

/ch.  18.  1 

"  2  S.  7.  12- 
17;  IK.  11. 
13 

'>  ver.  10 ;  ch. 
20.  22,  23 

■IK.  11.  7 

*  Lev.  20.  5 


'  ch.  17.  3,  4 
'"  ch.  14.  2-5 
"  ver.  6 
"  1  K.  16. 

31-33 
P  ver.  4 
9  ver.  18, 19 
•"ch.  33.  11 
*ch.  17.  11 ; 

22.  1 


<  ch.  25.  23 


"  ver.  iti 


"  ch.  16. 

14 

'  Jer.  22 

28 

.18, 

y  ch.  24. 

28.  27 

25; 

^  2  K.  8. 
24-29 

"  ch.  21. 

16 

6  ch.  21.  6 


U'^ 


vah,  the  God  of  David  thy  father,- 
Because  'thou  hast  not  walked  in 
the  ways  of  Jehoshaphat  thy  father, 
"nor  in  the  ways  of  Asa  king  of 
Judahj  13  but  "hast  walked  in  the 
way  of  the  kings  of  Israel,  and  hast 
made  Judah  and  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem  to  play  the  harlot, 
"like  as  the  house  of  Ahab  ^did, 
and  also  ^hast  slain  thy  brethren 
of  thy  father's  house,  who  were 
better  than  thyself:  14  behold, 
Jehovah  will  smite  with  a  great 
*  plague  thy  people,  and  thy  chil- 
dren, and  thy  wives,  and  all  thy 
substance;  15  and  «thou  shalt 
have  great  sickness  by  disease  of 
thy  bowels,  until  thj^  bowels  fall 
out  by  reason  of  the  sickness,  'day 
by  day. 

16  And  '■Jehovah  stirred  up 
against  Jehoram  the  spirit  of  the 
Philistines,  and  of  'the  Arabians 
that  are  beside  the  Ethiopians :  1 7 
and  they  came  up  against  Judah, 
and  brake  into  it,  ajid  carried  away 
all  the  substance  that  was  found 
^in  the  king's  house,  and  his  sons 
also,  and  his  wives;  so  that  there 
was  never  a  son  left  him,  save  ^' Je- 
hoahaz,  the  youngest  of  his  sons. 

18  And  after  all  this  Jehovah 
smote  him  "in  his  bowels  with  an 
incurable  disease.  19  And  it  came 
to  pass,  in  process  of  time,  at  the 
end  of  two  years,  that  his  bowels 
fell  out  by  reason  of  his  sickness, 
and  he  died  of  sore  diseases.  And 
his  people  made  no  burning  for 
him,  "like  the  burning  of  his 
fathers.  20  Thirty  and  two  years 
old  was  he  when  he  began  to  reign, 
and  he  reigned  in  Jerusalem  eight 
years:  and  he  departed  -^without 
being  desired ;  and  they  buried 
him  in  the  city  of  David,  *but  not 
in  the  sepulchres  of  the  kings. 

And  the  inhabitants  of 


22 


•Jerusalem  made  **  Ahaziah 
his  youngest  son  king  in  his  stead ; 
for  the  band  of  men  that  came  with 
"the  Arabians  to  the  camp  had  slain 
all  the  eldest.  So  Ahaziah  the  son 
of  Jehoram  king  of  Judah  reigned. 
2  *  Forty  and  two  years  old  was 
Ahaziah  when  he  began  to  reign; 
and  he  reigned  one  year  in  Jerusa- 
lem: and  his  mother's  name  was 
*Athaliah  the  "daughter  of  Omri, 

3  Heb.  viade  to  play  the  harlot.     *  Heb.  stroke, 
5  Or,  year  after  year         *  Or,  belonging  to 

7  In  ch.  22.  1,  Ahaziah. 

8  In  ch  21.  17,  Jehoahaz. 

9  In  2  K.  8.  26,  Twn  and  twenty 
i*  Or,  granddaughter 


22.3 


II.   CHRONICLES 


23.10 


Ihaziab's  Ii«Bgae  with  Jehoram.    He  is  killed  by  Jeho.    Athaliab's  UsorpatioD.     Jeboiada's  Plan  of  Resistance 


3  He  also  walked  in  the  ways  of 
the  house  of  Ahab;  for  his  mother 
was  his  counsellor  to  do  wickedly. 

4  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil 
in  the  sight  of  Jehovah,  as  did  the 
house  of  Ahab;  for  they  were  his 
counsellors  after  the  death  of  his 
father,  to  his  destruction.  5  He 
walked  also  after  their  counsel,  and 
went  with  Jehoram  the  son  of  Ahab 
king  of  Israel  to  war  against 
Hazael  king  of  Syria  at  Ramoth- 

filead :  and  the  Syrians  wounded 
Oram.  6  And  he  returned  to  be 
healed  in  Jezreel  ^of  the  wounds 
which  they  had  given  him  at  Ra- 
mah,  when  he  fought  against 
Hazael  king  of  Syria.  And  -Aza- 
riah  the  son  of  Jehoram  king  of 
Judah  went  down  to  see  .Jehoram 
the  son  of  Ahab  in  Jezreel,  because 
he  was  sick. 

7  Now  "the  ^destruction  of  Aha- 
ziah  was  of  God,  in  that  he  went 
unto  Joram :  for  when  he  was  come, 
*he  went  out  with  Jehoram  against 
Jehu  the  son  of  Nimshi,  "whom  Je- 
hovah had  anointed  to  cut  off  the 
house  of  Ahab.  8  ''And  it  came 
to  pass,  when  Jehu  was  executing 
judgment  upon  the  house  of  Ahab, 
that  he  found  the  jjrinces  of  Judah, 
and  the  sons  of  the  brethren  of 
Ahaziah,  ministering  to  Ahaziah, 
and  slew  them.  9  *And  he  sought 
Ahaziah,  and  they  caught  him 
(now  he  was  hiding  in  Samaria), 
and  they  brought  him  to  Jehu, 
and  slew  him;  and  'they  buried 
him,  for  they  said,  He  is  the  son 
of  Jehoshaphat,  ^who  sought  Jeho- 
vah with  all  his  heart.  '*And  the 
house  of  Ahaziah  had  no  power 
to  hold  the  kingdom. 

10  ''Now  when  Athaliah  the 
mother  of  Ahaziah  saw  that  her 
son  was  dead,  she  arose  and  de- 
stroyed all  the  seed  royal  of  the 
house  of  Judah.  11  But  *Jeho- 
shabeath,  the  daughter  of  the  king, 
took  Joash  the  son  of  Ahaziah, 
and  stole  him  away  from  among 
the  king's  sons  that  were  slain. 
and  put  him  and  his  nurse  in  the 
**  bedchamber.  So  Jehoshabeath, 
the  daughter  of  king  .Jehoram,  the 
wife  of  .Jehoiada  the  priest  (for  she 
was  the  sister  of  Ahaziah),  hid  him 
from  Athaliah,  so  that    she    slew 

1  So  in  2  K.  8.  29.  The  text  has  because  the 
wounds  which  Src. 

2  In  ver.  1,  Ahaziah.     3  Heb.  tr.eading  doum. 

*  Or,  And  there  was  none  oj  the  house  of  Aha- 
ziah that  had  power  <tc. 
5  In  2  K.  11.  2,  Jehosheba. 
«  Or,  chamber  for  the  bed* 


°-  ch.  10.  15 
I-  2  K.  il.  21 

■^ ::  K.  9.  (i,  7 

d  2  K.  10. 

u-u 

•  2  K.  9.  27 
/2K..  9.  28 
"  ch.  17.  4 
''2K.  11.  1-3 


'2K.  11.4-20 
«-ch.  21.  2; 
1.  13-17 


'  ch.  21.  7 


m  1  Chr.  9.  25 


n  1  Chr.  23. 

28-32 


o  1  Chr.  24.  1 


him  not.  12  And  he  was  with 
them  hid  in  the  house  of  God  six 
years:  and  Athaliah  reigned  over 
the  land. 

O  O  '  And  in  the  seventh  year 
^  O  Jehoiada  strengthened  him- 
self, and  took  the  captains  of  hun- 
dreds, Azariah  the  son  of  Jeroham, 
and  Ishmael  the  son  of  Jehohanan, 
and  Azariah  the  son  of  Obed,  and 
Maaseiah  the  son  of  Adaiah,  and 
Elishaphat  the  son  of  Zichri,  into 
covenant  with  him.  2  And  they 
went  about  in  Judah,  and  gath- 
ered the  Levites  out  of  all  the 
cities  of  Judah,  and  the  heads  of 
fathers'  houses  of  *  Israel,  and  they 
came  to  Jerusalem.  3  And  all  the 
assembly  made  a  covenant  with  the 
king  in  the  house  of  God.  And  he 
said  unto  them,  Behold,  the  kings 
son  shall  reign,  'as  Jehovah  hath 
spoken  concerning  the  sons  of  Da- 
vid. 4  This  is  the  thing  that  j'e 
shall  do :  a  third  part  of  you,  "'  that 
come  in  on  the  sabbath,  of  the 
priests  and  of  the  Levites,  shall  be 
porters  of  the  thresholds  ;  5  and  a 
third  part  shall  be  at  the  king  s 
house  ;  and  a  third  part  at  the  gate 
of  the  foundation  :  and  all  the  peo- 

Kle  shall  be  in  the  courts  of  the 
ouse  of  .Jehovah.  6  But  let  none 
come  into  the  house  of  Jehovah, 
save  the  priests,  and  "they  that 
minister  ot  the  Levites  ;  thev  shall 
come  in,  for  they  are  holy  :  but  all 
the  people  shall  keep  the  charge  of 
Jehovah.  7  And  the  Levites  shall 
compass  the  king  round  about, 
every  man  with  his  weapons  in 
his  hand  ;  and  whosoever  cometh 
into  the  house,  let  him  be  slain  : 
and  be  ye  with  the  king  when  he 
cometh  in,  and  when  he  goeth  out. 
8  So  the  Levites  and  all  Judah 
did  according  to  all  that  Jehoiada 
the  priest  commanded :  and  they 
took  everj"  man  his  men,  those 
that  were  to  come  in  on  the  sab- 
bath, with  those  that  were  to  go 
out  on  the  sabbath ;  for  Jehoiada 
the  priest  dismissed  not  "the 
courses.  9  And  J  ehoiada  the  priest 
delivered  to  the  captains  of  hun- 
dreds the  spears,  and  bucklers,  and 
shields,  that  had  been  king  David  s, 
which  were  in  the  house  of  God. 
10  And  he  set  all  the  people,  every 
man  with  his  weapon  in  nis  hand, 
from  the  right  "side  of  the  house 
to  the  left '  side  of  the  house,  along 
by  the  altar  and  the  house,  by  the 

'  Heb.  shoulder. 


447 


23.11 


II.   CHRONICLES 


24.11 


Athaliah  slain.    Baal  worship  abolisked.    Joasb  crowned.    His  Reign.    He  repairs  tht  Tempi* 


king  round  about.  11  Then  they 
brought  out  the  king's  son,  and 
^  put  the  crown  upon  him,  and  gave 
him  "the  testimony,  and  made  him 
king :  and  Jehoiada  and  his  sons 
anointed  him ;  and  they  said,  *  Long 
live  the  king. 

12  And  when  Athahah  heard  the 
noise  "of  the  people  running  and 
pi'aising  the  king,  she  came  to  the 
people  into  the  house  of  Jehovah  : 
13  and  she  looked,  and,  behold,  the 
king  stood  by  his  pillar  at  the  en- 
trance, and  the  captains  and  the 
trumpets  by  the  king  ;  and  all  the 
people  of  the  land  rejoiced,  and 
blew  trumpets ;  the  singers  also 
jilayed  on  instruments  of  music, 
and  led  the  singing  of  praise. 
Then  Athaliah  i-ent  her  clothes, 
and  said.  Treason  !  treason  !  1 4 
And  Jehoiada  the  priest  brought 
out  the  captains  of  nundreds  that 
were  set  over  the  host,  and  said 
unto  them,  Have  her  forth  between 
the  ranks ;  and  whoso  followeth 
her,  let  him  be  slain  with  the 
sword :  for  the  priest  said.  Slay 
her  not  in  the  house  of  Jehovah. 
1 5  So  they  made  way  for  her ;  and 
she  went  to  the  entrance  of  '^the 
horse  gate  to  the  king's  house  :  and 
■*  they  slew  her  there. 

16  And  Jehoiada  made  a  cove- 
nant between  himself,  and  all  the 
people,  and  the  king,  that  they 
should  be  Jehovah's  people.  17 
And  all  the  people  went  to  the 
house  of  Baal,  ana  brake  it  down, 
and  brake  his  altars  and  his  im- 
ages in  pieces,  and  "  slew  Mattan 
the  priest  of  Baal  before  the  altars. 
18  And  Jehoiada  appointed  the 
^officers  of  the  hou.se  of  Jehovah 
under  the  hand  of  -^the  priests  the 
Levites,  ^  whom  Da\ad  had  dis- 
tributed in  the  house  of  Jehovah, 
to  offer  the  burnt-ofierings  of  Jeho- 
vah, as  it  is  written  in  the  law  of 
Moses,  ''with  rejoicing  and  with 
singing,  *  according  to  the  order  of 
David.  19  And  he  set  'the  por- 
ters at  the  gates  of  the  house  of 
Jehovah,  that  none  that  was  un- 
clean in  anything  should  enter  in. 
20  And  he  took  the  captains  of 
hundreds,  and  the  nobles,  and  the 
governors  of  the  people,  and  all  the 
people  of  the  land,  and  brought 
down  the  king  from  the  house  of 
Jehovah :  and  they  came  through 

1  Or,  Tput  upon  him  the  crown  and  the  teMhnony 

2  Or,  of  the  people,  of  the  fiuard,  and  of  those 
who  praised  the  kino  ^  Heb.  offices. 

*  Heb.  by  the  hands  of  David. 


"  ch.  2.  12 


°  Ex.  30. 
12-16 

P  Num.  1.  60 
9  ch.  21.  17 


■  ch.  36.  22 


448 


the  upper  gate  unto  the  king's 
house,  and  set  the  king  upon  the 
throne  of  the  kingdom.  2 1  So  all 
the  people  of  the  land  rejoiced,  and 
the  city  was  quiet.  And  Athaliah 
they  had  slain  with  the  sword. 
^A  *Joash  was  seven  years 
^  Tt  old  when  he  began  to  reign ; 
and  he  reigned  forty  years  in  Je- 
rusalem:  and  his  mother's  name 
was  Zibiah,  of  Beer-sheba.  2  And 
'Joash  did  that  which  was  right 
in  the  eyes  of  Jehovah  all  the  days 
of  Jehoiada  the  priest.  3  And  Je- 
hoiada took  for  him  two  wives ; 
and  he  begat  sons  and  daughters. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this, 
that  Joash  was  minded  ™to  restore 
the  house  of  Jehovah.  5  And  he 
gathered  together  the  priests  and 
the  Levites,  and  said  to  them,  Go 
out  unto  the  cities  of  Judah,  and 
gather  of  all  "Israel  money  to  re- 
pair the  house  of  your  God  from 
year  to  year ;  and  see  that  ye 
hasten  the  matter.  Howbeit  the 
Levites  hastened  it  not.  6  And 
the  king  called  for  Jehoiada  the 
chief,  and  said  unto  him,  Why  hast 
thou  not  required  of  the  Levites  to 
bring  in  out  of  Judah  and  out  of 
Jerusalem  "the  tax  of  Moses  the 
servant  of  Jehovah,  and  of  the  as- 
sembly ^of  Israel,  ^for  the  tent  of 
the  testimony  1  7  For  « the  sons  of 
Athaliah,  that  wicked  woman,  had 
broken  up  the  house  of  God ;  and 
also  all  the  dedicated  things  of  the 
house  of  Jehovah  did  they  bestow 
upon  the  Baalim. 

8  So  the  king  commanded,  and 
they  made  a  chest,  and  set  it  with- 
out at  the  gate  of  the  house  of 
Jehovah.  9  And  ''they  made  a 
proclamation  through  Judah  and 
Jerusalem,  to  bring  in  for  Jehovah 
'  the  tax  that  INIoses  the  servant  of 
God  laid  upon  Israel  in  the  wilder- 
ness. 10  And  all  the  princes  and 
all  the  people  rejoiced,  and  brought 
in,  and  cast  into  the  chest,  until 
they  had  made  an  end.  11  And  it 
was  so,  that,  at  what  time  the  chest 
was  brought  unto  the  king's  ®otfi- 
cers  '  by  the  hand  of  the  Levites, 
and  when  they  saw  that  there  was 
much  rnoney,  the  king's  ^  scribe  and 
the  chief  priest's  officer  came  and 
emptied  /the  chest,  and  took  it, 
and  carried  it  to  its  place  again. 
Thus  they  did  day  by  day,  and 

5  Or,  for  Israel  «  Heb.  office. 

"!  Or,  which  waa  under  the  hand 
'  Or,  secretary 


24.12 


II.   CHRONICLES 


25.4 


The  People  apostatize.    Zechariah  rebakes  them,  and  is  stoned.    Joash  hnmbleil  and  assassinated.    Amaziah  reigns 


gathered  money  in  abundance.  12 
And  the  king  and  Jehoiada  gave  it 
to  such  as  did  the  vvork  of  the  ser- 
vice of  the  house  of  Jehovali ;  and 
they  hired  masons  and  carpenters 
to  restore  the  house  of  Jehovah, 
and  also  such  as  wrought  iron  and 
brass  to  repair  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah. 13  So  the  workmen  wrought, 
and  ^  the  work  of  repairing  went 
forward  in  their  hands,  and  they 
set  up  the  house  of  God  -in  its 
state,  and  strengthened  it.  1 4  And 
when  they  had  made  an  end,  they 
brought  the  rest  of  the  money  be- 
fox'e  tlie  king  and  Jehoiada,  whereof 
were  made  vessels  for  the  house  of 
Jehovah,  even  vessels  wherewith  to 
minister  and  *to  oft'er,  and  spoons, 
and  vessels  of  gold  "and  silver.  And 
they  offered  burnt-otferings  in  the 
house  of  Jehovah  continually  all 
the  days  of  Jehoiada. 

15  But  Jehoiada  waxed  old  and 
was  full  of  days,  and  he  died ;  a 
hundred  and  thirty  years  old  was 
he  when  he  died.  16  And  they 
buried  him  "in  the  city  of  David 
among  the  kings,  because  he  had 
done  good  in  ''Israel,  and  toward 
God  and  his  house.  1 7  Now  after 
the  death  of  Jehoiada  came  the 
princes  of  Judah,  and  made  obei- 
sance to  the  king.  Then  the  king 
hearkened  unto  them.  .  18  And 
Hhey  forsook  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  their  fathers,  and 
'  served  the  Asherim  and  the  idols  : 
and  *  wrath  came  upon  Judah  and 
Jerusalem  for  this  their  guiltiness. 
19  Yet-^he  sent  prophets  to  them, 
to  bring  them  again  unto  Jehovah  ; 
and  they  testified  against  them: 
but  they  would  not  give  ear. 

20  «' And  the  Spirit  of  God  *came 
upon  Zechariah  the  son  of  Je- 
hoiada the  priest ;  and  he  stood 
above  the  people,  and  said  unto 
them,  Thus  saitn  God, ''  Why  trans- 
gress ye  the  commandments  of  Je- 
hovah, so  that  ye  cannot  prosper? 
'because  ye  have  forsaken  Jeho- 
vah, he  hath  also  forsaken  you. 
21  And  *they  conspired  against 
him,  and  stoned  him  with  stones 
at  the  commandment  of  the  king 
in  the  court  of  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah. 22  Thus  Joash  the  king  re- 
membered not  the  kindness  ^\dlich 
Jehoiada  his  father  had  done  to 
him,  but  slew  his  son.    And  when 

1  Heb.  healing  went  up  upon  the  irorh. 

2  Or,  aecording  to  the  proportion  thereof 

3  Or,  pestles         *  Heb.  clothed  itself  with. 

15 


°ch.  21.  20 
I'  ch.  2.  12 
'  ver.  4 
''  Ex.  34. 

12-14 
''  Josh.  22.  20 
/Jer.  7.  25 
"  ch.  20.  14 
''  Num.  14. 

41 
■  ch.  15.  2 
*  Neh.  9.  2G  ; 

Mt.  23.  34, 

35 


'  Gen.  9.  5 

"'  2  K.  12.  17 
"  ch.  16.  7,  b 


P  2  K.  12.  20, 
21 


'  ver.  12 

""  ch.  13.  22 


'  2  K.  14.  1-0 


t  ver.  14 


449 


he  died,   he   said,    'Jehovah   look 
upon  it,  and  require  it. 

23  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the 
'end  of  the  j^ear,  that  '"the  army 
of  the  Syiians  came  up  against 
him  :  and  they  came  to  J  udah  and 
Jerusalem,  and  destroyed  all  the 
princes  of  the  people  from  among 
the  people,  and  sent  all  the  spoil 
of  them  unto  the  king  of  Damas. 
cus.  24  For  the  army  of  the 
Syrians  came  with  a  small  com- 
pany of  men;  and  "Jehovah  de- 
livered a  very  great  host  into  their 
hand,  "  because  they  had  forsaken 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  their  fathers. 
So  they  executed  *  judgment  upon 
Joash. 

25  ^And  when  they  were  de- 
parted from  him  (for  they  left  him 
very  sick),  his  own  servants  con- 
spired against  him  for  the  blood  of 
the  ^  sons  of  Jehoiada  the  priest, 
and  slew  him  on  his  bed,  and  he 
died ;  and  they  buried  hun  in  the 
city  of  David,  but  they  buried  him 
not  in  the  sepulchres  of  the  kings. 
26  And  these  are  they  that  con- 
spired against  him :  ^Zabad  the 
son  of  Shimeath  the  Ammonitess, 
and  Jehozabad  the  son  of  '^Shim- 
I'ith  the  Moabitess.  27  Now  con- 
cerning his  sons,  and  the  greatness 
of  the  burdens  ^^laid  upon  him,  and 
*  the  "  rebuilding  of  the  house  of 
God,  behold,  they  are  written  in 
''the  commentary  of  the  book  of 
the  kings.  And  Amaziah  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 
O  ^  *  Amaziah  was  twenty  and 
^  fJ  five  years  old  when  he  began 
to  reign ;  and  he  reigned  twenty 
and  nine  j'^ears  in  Jerusalem  :  and 
his  mother's  name  was  Jehoaddan, 
of  Jerusalero.  2  And  he  did  that 
which  was  right  in  the  eyes  of  Je- 
hovah, 'but  not  with  a  perfect 
heart.  3  Now  it  came  to  pass, 
when  the  kingdom  was  established 
unto  him,  that  he  slew  his  servants 
that  had  killed  the  king  his  father. 
4  But  he  put  not  their  children  to 
death,  but  did  according  tp  that 
which  is  written  in  the  law  in  the 
book  of  Moses,  as  Jehovah  com- 
manded, saj'ing,  "  The  fathers  shall 
not  die  for  the  children,  neither 
shall  the  children  die  for  the 
fathers ;  but  every  man  shall  die 
for  his  own  sin. 

*  Heb.  revolution.  *  Heb.  jurlgmenti. 

'  Tlie  Vulg.  and  some  editions  of  Sept.  rea(^ 
SOT?.  *  In  2  K.  12.  21,  Jozacar. 

9  In  2  K.  12.  21,  Shomer. 
i«  Or,  uttered  against       "  Heb.  founding. 


25.5 


II.   CHEONICLES 


25.24 


Amaziah  is  dissnaded  from  nsing;  Ephraimite  Mercenaries;  smites  Edom;  is  rebaked  for  Idolatry;  defeated  by  Joash 


5  Moreover  Amaziah  gathered 
Judah  together,  and  ordered  them 
according  to  their  fathers'  houses, 
under  captains  of  thousands  and 
captains  of  hundreds,  even  all 
Judah  and  Benjamin :  and  he 
numbered  them  "  fi-om  twenty 
years  old  and  upward,  and  found 
them  *  three  hundred  thousand 
chosen  men,  able  to  go  forth  to 
war,  that  could  handle  spear  and 
shield.  6  He  hired  also  a  hundred 
thousand  mighty  men  of  valor  out 
of  Israel  for  a  hundred  talents  of 
silver.  7  But  there  came  'a  man 
of  God  to  him,  saying,  O  king,  let 
not  the  army  of  Israel  go  with 
thee ;  for  Jehovah  is  not  with 
Israel,  to  tvit,  with  all  the  chil- 
dren of  Ephraim.  8  But  ^  if  thou 
wilt  go,  do  valiantly,  be  strong  for 
the  battle :  God  will  cast  thee 
down  before  the  enemy  ;  '^  for  God 
hath  power  to  help,  and  to  cast 
down.  9  And  Amaziah  said  to 
the  man  of  God,  But  what  shall 
we  do  for  the  hundred  talents 
which  I  have  given  to  the  ^army 
of  Israel ']  And  the  man  of  God 
answered,  Jehovah  is  able  to  give 
thee  much  more  than  this.  10 
Then  Amaziah  separated  them,  to 
7oit,  the  ■•^army  that  was  come  to 
him  out  of  Ephraim,  to  go  home 
again  :  wherefore  their  anger  was 
greatly  kindled  against  Judah, 
and  they  returned  home  in  fierce 
anger.  11  And  Amaziah  took 
courage,  and  led  forth  his  people, 
and  went  to  "the  Valley  of  Salt, 
and  smote  of  the  children  of  Seir 
ten  thousand.  12  And  other  ten 
thousand  did  the  children  of  Judah 
carry  away  alive,  and  brought 
them  unto  the  top  of  ^the  rock, 
and  cast  them  down  from  the  top 
of  ^  the  I'ock,  so  that  they  were  all 
broken  in  pieces.  13  But  ^  the  men 
of  the  army  whom  Amaziah  sent 
back,  that  they  should  not  go  with 
him  to  battle,  fell  upon  the  cities 
of  .ludah,  -^from  Samaria  even  unto 
Beth-horon,  and  smote  of  them 
three  thousand,  and  took  much 
spoil. 

14  Now  it  came  to  pass,  after 
that  Amaziah  was  come  from  the 
slaughter  of  the  Edomites,  that 
"  he  Drought  the  gods  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Seir,  and  set  them  up  to 
be  his  gods,  and  bowed  down  him- 
self before  them,  and  burned  in- 

»  Or,  go  thou        s  Or,  Sela 

*  Heb.  troop.        *  Heb.  the  sons  of  the  troop. 


'  Num.  1.  3 

'  cll.  26.  13 
■  2  K.  4.  9 
'  ch.  14.  11 ; 

20.  6 
'  2  K.  14.  7 
'  ch.  19.  4 
'  ch.  28.  23 


''  ver.  11,  12 


'  2  K.  14. 

8-14 


•  Judg.  9. 
8-16 


'  ch.  2C.  16  ; 
32.26 


'  ch.  21.  17 ; 

22.  1 


'  1  Chr.  26. 


450 


cense  unto  them.  15  Wherefore 
the  anger  of  Jehovah  was  kindled 
against  Amaziah,  and  he  sent  unto 
him  a  prophet,  who  said  unto  him, 
Why  hast  thou  sought  after  the 
gods  of  the  people, ''  which  have  not 
delivered  their  own  people  out  of 
thy  hand?  16  And  it  came  to 
pass,  as  he  talked  with  him,  that 
the  king  said  unto  him,  Have  we 
made  thee  of  the  king's  counsel  1 
forbear ;  why  shouldest  thou  be 
smitten?  Then  the  px'ophet  for- 
bare,  and  said,  I  know  that  God 
hath  determined  to  destroy  thee, 
because  thou  hast  done  this,  and 
hast  not  hearkened  unto  my 
counsel. 

17  'Then  Amaziah  king  of 
Judah  took  advice,  and  sent  to 
Joash,  the  son  of  Jehoahaz  the 
son  of  Jehu,  king  of  Israel,  say- 
ing. Come,  let  us  look  one  another 
in  the  face.  18  And  Joash  king 
of  Israel  sent  to  Amaziah  king  of 
Judah,  saying,  *The  *  thistle  that 
was  in  Lebanon  sent  to  the  cedar 
that  was  in  Lebanon,  saying.  Give 
thy  daughter  to  my  son  to  wife : 
and  there  passed  by  a  wild  beast 
that  was  in  Lebanon,  and  trod 
down  the  thistle.  1 9  Thou  sayest, 
Lo,  thou  hast  smitten  Edom ;  and 
'  thy  heart  lifteth  thee  up  to  boast : 
abide  now  at  home  ;  why  shouldest 
thou  ^meddle  to  thy  hurt,  that 
thou  shouldest  fall,  even  thou, 
and  Judah  with  theel 

20  But  Amaziah  would  not  hear  ; 
for  it  was  of  God,  that  he  might 
deliver  them  into  the  hand  of  their 
enemies,  because  they  had  sought 
after  the  gods  of  Edom.  21  So 
Joash  king  of  Israel  went  up  ;  and 
he  and  Amaziah  king  of  Judah 
looked  one  another  in  the  face  at 
Beth-shemesh,  which  belongeth  to 
Judah.  22  A.nd  Judah  was  put 
to  the  worse  before  Israel ;  and 
they  fled  every  man  to  his  tent. 
23  And  Joash  king  of  Israel  took 
Amaziah  king  of  Judah,  the  son  of 
Joash  the  son  of  "'Jehoahaz,  at 
Beth-shemesh,  and  brought  him 
to  Jerusalem,  and  brake  down  the 
wall  of  Jerusalem  from  the  gate  of 
Ephraim  unto  'the  corner  gate,  four 
hundred  cubits.  24  And  he  took 
all  the  gold  and  silver,  and  all  the 
vessels  that  were  found  in  the 
house    of   God  with  "Obed-edom, 

5  Or,  thorn  *  Or,  provoke  calamity 

7  So  in  2  K.  14. 13.  The  text  has,  the  gate  that 
looketh. 


25.25 


II.  CHRONICLES 


26.20 


Amaiiah  is  assassinated.     Dzziah'.  Rel,n.    His  Wars  and  Military  Equipments.     De  is  made  a  Leper  for  burning  Incense 


and  the  treasures  of  the  king's 
house,  the  hostages  also,  and  re- 
turned to  Samaria. 

25  "^And   Amaziah    the   son    of 
Joash  king  of   Judah  lived  after 
the  death  of  Joash  son  of  Jehoahaz 
king  of  Israel    fifteen    years.     '26 
Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ama- 
ziah, first   and    last,    behold,   are 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
kings  of   Judah    and   IsraeU    27 
Now  from  the  time  that  Amaziah 
did  turn  away  from  following  Je- 
hovah   they    made    a    conspiracy 
against  him  in  Jerusalem  ;  and  he 
fled    to    Lachish :    but    they   sent 
after  him  to  Lachish,  and  slew  him 
there.     28  And  they  brought  him 
upon  horses,  and  buried  him  with 
his  fathers  in  ^  the  city  of  Judah. 
O  £^      And   all    the    people    of 
^\J  Judah    took  -  Uzziah,   who 
was  sixteen  years  old,  and  made 
him  king  in  the  room  of  his  father 
Amaziah.     2  He  built  Eloth,  and 
restored  it  to  Judah,  after  that  the 
king    slept    with    his    fathers.      3 
*  Sixteen    years    old    was    Uzziah 
when  he  began  to  reign ;  and  he 
reigned  fifty  and  two  years  in  Jeru- 
salem :  and  his  mother's  name  was 
Jechiliah     of    Jerusalem.     4  And 
he  did  that  which  was    right  in 
the  eyes  of  Jehovah,  according  to 
all  that  his  father  Amaziah  had 
done.     5  And  "^he  set  himself  to 
seek  God  m  the  days  of  Zechariah, 
"who  ^had  understanding  in  Hhe 
vision  of  God  :  and  '"  as  long  as  he 
sought   Jehovah,   God   made  him 
to  prosper. 

6  And  he  went  forth  and -^warred 
against  the  Philistines,  and  brake 
down  the  wall  of  Gath,  and  the 
wall  of  Jabneh,  and  the  wall  of 
Ashdod ;  and  he  built  cities  in  the 
country  of  Ashdod,  and  among  the 
Philistines.  7  And  *God  helped 
him  against  the  Philistines,  and 
against  the  Arabians  that  dwelt  in 
Gur-baal,  and  the  Meunim.  8  And 
Hhe  Ammonites  gave  tribute  to 
L  zziah :  and  his  name  spread 
abroad  even  to  the  entrance  of 
Egypt ;  for  he  waxed  exceeding 
strong.  9  Moreover  LTzziah  built 
towers  in  Jerusalem  at  *  the  corner 
gate,  and  at  *  the  valley  gate,  and 
at  the  turning  of  the  uull,  and  for- 
tified them.  10  And  he  built 
towers    in    the    wilderness,     and 

» In  2  K.  14.  20,  the  city  of  David. 

«In2K.  14.  21,  ^zariaA. 

'  Or,  gave  instruction     *  Heb.  the  teeing. 


"^K.  14.  17- 

*  2  K.  16.  2,  3 
'  ch.  24.  2 
d-  Dan.  1.  17 
'  ch.  15.  2 
/Is.  14.  29 
"ch.  21.  16 
"ch.  17.  U 
'  ch.  25.  23 

*  Neh.  2.  13, 
16  ;  3.  13 


'  Gen.  26. 
18-21 


'  ch.  25.  6 


"  ch.  25.  19 ; 
Dt.  32.  16 


'  1  K.  13.  1-4 


p  1  Chr.  6.  10 


1  ch.  19.  2 
"■  Num.  16. 
39,  40 

'  Ex.  30.  r,  8 


<  2  K.  6.  25- 
27 


451 


hewed  out  many  cisterns,  for  he 
had  much  cattle ;  in  the  lowland 
also  and  m  the  "  nlain  :  and  he  had 
husbandmen    and  vinedressers  in 
the  mountains  and  in  « the  fruitful 
ii4t'    ^"^   ^^^    ^^^^d    husbandry, 
i  /Ipfeover  Uzziah  had  an  army 
ot  faghting  men,  that  went  out  to 
war    by  bands,   according  to  the 
number  of  their  reckoning  made 
by  Jeiel  the  scribe  and  Maaseiah 
the  officer,  under  the  hand  of  Han- 
aniah,  one  of  the  king's  captains. 
12  Ihe  whole  number  of  the  heads 
ot  lathers'  houses,  even  the  mighty 
men  of  valor,  was  two  thousand 
and  SIX  hundred.     13  And  under 
their  hand  was  ''an  army,  "'three 
hundred  thousand  and  seven  thou- 
sand and  five  hundred,  that  made 
war  with  mighty  power,   to  help 
the  king  against  the  enemy.     14 
And   Uzziah    prepared  for    them, 
even  for  all  the  host,  shields,  and 
spears,  and  helmets,  and  coats  of 
mail,  and  bows,    and    stones    for 
slmging.      15    And    he    made    in 
Jerusalem    engines,    invented    by 
skilful  men,  to  be  on  the  towers 
and  upon  the  **  battlements,  where- 
with   to  shoot  arrows  and    great 
stones.    And  his  name  spread  far 
abroad ;  for  he  was  marvellously 
helped,  till  he  was  strong. 

16  But   "when    he  was   strong, 
his  heart  was  lifted  up,  ^so  that  he 
did  corruptly,  and  he  trespassed 
against  Jehovah  his  God ;  for  "  he 
went  into  the  temple  of  Jehovah 
to  burn  incense  upon  the  altar  of 
incense.      17    And   ^Azariah    the 
priest  went  in  after  him,  and  with 
him  fourscore  priests  of  Jehovah, 
that  were  valiant    men:    IS   and 
*they  withstood  Uzziah  the  king, 
and  said  unto  him,  ''It  pertaineth 
not    unto    thee,    Uzziah,   to    burn 
incense  unto  Jehovah,  but  'to  the 
priests  the  sons  of  Aaron,  that  are 
consecrated   to  burn  incense:    go 
out  of  the  sanctuary  ;  for  thou  hast 
trespassed ;  neither  shall  it  be  for 
thine   honor  from    Jehovah  God. 
19  Then   Uzziah  was  wroth;  and 
he  had  a  censer  in  his  hand  to  burn 
incense ;  and  while  he  was  wroth 
with    the    priests,     'the    leprosy 
^"brake  forth  in  his  forehead  before 
the  priests  in  the  house  of  Jehovah, 
beside  the  altar  of  incense.    20  And 
Azariah  the  chief  priest,  and  all 

5  Or.table-land    «  Or.  Carvul    See  1  S.  26.  2. 
f  Heb.  the  power  of  an  nrmy. 
8  Or.  comer  towers     9  Or,  to  his  destruction 
lo  Heh.  rose  (aa  the  sun). 


26.21 


II.   CHEONICLES 


28.11 


(Jzziah's  Leprosy.     Jotham's  Reign.     Reign  of  Ihaz.    War  witli  Syria  and  Israel.    Captives,  taken  frou  Jadah,  are  retnrned 


the  priests,  looked  upon  him,  and, 
behold,  he  was  leprous  in  his  fore- 
head, and  they  thrust  him  out 
quickly  from  thence  ;  yea,  himself 
hasted  also  to  go  out,  because  Je- 
hovah had  smitten  him.  21  "And 
Uzziah  tlie  king  was  a  leper  unto 
the  day  of  his  death,  and  dwelt  in 
*  a  ^  separate  house,  being  a  leper  ; 
for  he  was  cut  off  from  the  house 
of  Jehovah :  and  Jotham  his  son 
was  over  the  king's  house,  judging 
the  people  of  the  land.  22  Now 
the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Uzziah, 
first  and  last,  did  "Isaiah  the 
prophet,  the  son  of  Amoz,  write. 
23  6o  Uzziah  slept  with  his  fa- 
thers ;  and  they  buried  him  with 
his  fathers  ''in  the  field  of  burial 
which  belonged  to  the  kings ;  for 
they  said,  He  is  a  leper :  and  Jo- 
tham his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
fy  ^  *  Jotham  was  twenty  and 
^  I  five  years  old  when  he  be- 
gan to  reign ;  and  he  reigned  six- 
teen years  in  Jerusalem :  and  his 
mother's  name  was  Jerushah  the 
daughter  of  Zadok.  2  And  he  did 
that  which  was  right  in  the  eyes  of 
Jehovah,  according  to  all  that  his 
father  Uzziah  had  done :  •'^howbeit 
he  entered  not  into  the  temple  of 
Jehovah.  And  the  people  did  yet 
corruptly.  3  He  built  the  upper 
gate  of  the  house  of  Jehovah,  and 
on  the  wall  of  "  Ophel  he  Duilt 
much.  4  Moreover  he  built ''  cities 
in  the  hill-country  of  Judah,  and 
in  the  forests  he  built  castles  and 
towers.  5  He  fought  also  with  the 
king  of  the  children  of  Ammon, 
and  prevailed  against  them.  And 
the  children  of  Ammon  gave  him 
the  same  year  a  hundred^ talents  of 
silver,  and  ten  thousand  -measures 
of  wheat,  and  ten  thousand  of 
barley.  So  much  did  the  children 
of  Ammon  render  unto  him,  in  the 
second  year  also,  and  in  the  third. 
6  'So  Jotham  became  mighty,  be- 
cause he  ordered  his  ways  before 
Jehovah  his  God.  7  *Now  the 
rest  of  the  acts  of  Jotham,  and 
all  his  wars,  and  his  ways,  behold, 
they  are  written  in  the  book  of  the 
kings  of  Israel  and  Judah.  8  He 
was  'five  and  twenty  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  reigned 
sixteen  years  in  Jerusalem.  9  And 
Jotham  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
they  buried  him  in  the  city  of 
David :  and  Ahaz  his  son  reigned 
in  his  stead. 

1  Or,  infirmary  *  Heb.  cors. 


"  2  K.  15.  5-7 
''  Lev.  13.  46 
'■  Is.  1.  1 
<'  cb.  -n.  20 ; 

28.  27 
'  2  K.  15. 

35-35 
/ch.  26.  16 
'J  ch.  33.  14 ; 

Neh.  3.  20 
''  ch.  11.  0 
'  ch.  26.  5 
fc  2  K.  15.  36 
'  ver.  1 


'"  2  K.  16.  2-4 
"  ch.  27.  2 
"  ch.  22.  3 
P  Ex.  34.  17 
'Josh.  15.  8 
'■  ch.  33.  6  ; 

Lev.  18.  21 
'  ch.  33.  2 
<  ver.  25 
"  ch.  24.  24 


"  2  K.  16.  6 


*  Dt.  28.  25, 
41 

*  ch.  11.  4 


•  ch.  26.  15 


"  Is.  47.  6 


f>  Ezr.  9.  6  ; 
Rev.  18.  0 


O  O  *"  Ahaz  was  twenty  years 
w  O  old  when  he  began  to  reign ; 
and  he  reigned  sixteen  years  in 
Jerusalem  :  and  "  he  did  not  that 
which  was  right  in  the  eyes  of 
Jehovah,  like  David  his  father ;  2 
"  but  he  walked  in  the  ways  of  the 
kings  of  Israel,  and  *  made  also 
molten  images  for  the  Baalim.  3 
Moreover  « he  burnt  incense  in  the 
valley  of  the  son  of  Hinnom,  and 
'■  burnt  his  children  in  the  fire, 
*  according  to  the  abominations  of 
the  nations  whom  Jehovah  cast 
out  before  the  children  of  Israel. 
4  And  he  sacrificed  and  'burnt  in- 
cense in  the  high  places,  and  on  the 
hills,  and  under  every  green  tree. 

5  Wherefore  "Jehovah  his  God 
delivered  him  into  the  hand  of 
the  king  of  Syria  ;  and  they  srnots 
him,  and  carried  away  of  his  a 
great  multitude  of  captives,  and 
brought  them  to  Damascus.  And 
he  was  also  delivered  into  the  hand 
of  the  king  of  Israel,  who  smote 
him  with  a  great  slaughter.  6  For 
"Pekah  the  son  of  Remaliah  slew 
in  Judah  a  hundred  and  twenty 
thousand  in  one  day,  all  of  them 
valiant  men ;  because  they  had 
forsaken  Jehovah,  the  God  of  their 
fathers.  7  And  Zichri,  a  mighty 
man  of  Ephraim,  slew  Maaseiah 
the  king's  son,  and  Azrikam  the 
ruler  of  the  house,  and  Elkanah 
that  was  ^  next  to  the  king. 

8  And  ^the  children  of  Israel 
carried  away  captive  of  *  their 
brethren  two  hundred  thousand, 
women,  sons,  and  daughters,  and 
took  also  away  much  spoil  from 
them,  and  brought  the  spoil  to 
Samaria.  9  But  a  prophet  of  Je- 
hovah was  there,  whose  name  was 
Oded :  and  ^  he  went  out  to  meet 
the  host  that  came  to  Samaria,  and 
said  unto  them,  Behold,  because 
•lehovah,  the  God  of  your  fathers, 
"  was  wroth  with  Judah,  he  hath  de- 
livered them  into  your  hand,  and  ye 
have  slain  them  in  a  rage  *  which 
hath  reached  up  unto  heaven.  10 
And  now  ye  purpose  to  keep  under 
the  children  of  Judah  and  Jeru- 
salem for  bondmen  and  bond- 
women unto  you  :  hut  are  there  not 
even  with  you  ■*  trespasses  of  your 
own  against  Jehovah  your.  Godi 
11  Now  hear  me  therefore,  and 
send  back  the  captives,  "that  ye 
have  taken  captive  of  your  breth- 
ren ;  for  the  fierce  wrath  of  Jehovah 

'■i  Heb.  second.         *  Heb.  guiltinesses. 


28.12  II.  CHRONICLES 

by  Israel.    Alliance  of  Ahai  with  Assyria  against  Edom  and  Philistia.    His  Idolatry.    Heiekiah'g  Reign 


29.7 


IS  upon  you.  1 2  Then  certain  of  the 
heads  of  the  children  of  Ephraim, 
Azariah  the  son  of  .lohanan,  Bere- 
ehiah  the  son  of  JMeshillemoth, 
and  Jehizkiah  the  son  of  Shallum 
and  Amasa  the  son  of  Hadlai,  stood 
up  against  them  that  came  from 
the  war,  13  and  said  unto  them, 
Ye  shall  not  bring  in  the  captives 
hither :  for  ye  purpose  that  which 
will  brmg  upon  us  ^a  trespass 
against  Jehovah  to  add  unto  our 
jins  and  to  our  '  trespass ;  for  our 
'trespass  is  great,  and  there  is 
fierce  wrath  against  Israel.  14 
So  the  armed  men  left  the  cap- 
tives and  the  spoil  before  the 
princes  and  all  the  assembly.  15 
And  "the  men  that  have  been 
mentioned  by  name  rose  up,  and 
took  the  captives,  and  with  the 
spoil  clothed  all  that  were  naked 
among  them,  and  arrayed  them, 
and  shod  them,  and  "gave  them 
to  eat  and  to  drink,  and  anointed 
them,  and  carried  all  the  feeble 
of  them  upon  asses,  and  brought 
them  to  Jericho,  "  the  city  of  palm- 
trees,  unto  their  brethren:  then 
they  returned  to  Samaria. 

16  ''At  that  time  did  king  Ahaz 
send  unto  the  ^  kings  of  Assyria  to 
help  him.  1 7  'For  again  the  Edom- 
ites  had  come  and  smitten  Judah, 
and  carried  away  =^  captives.  18 
■'^The  Philistines  also  had  invaded 
the  cities  of  the  lowland,  and  of 
tlie  South  of  Judah,  and  had  taken 
Beth-shemesh,  and  Aijalon,  and 
Gederoth,  and  Soco  with  the 
Howns  thereof,  and  Timnah  with 
the  Howns  thereof,  Gimzo  also 
and  the  *  towns  thereof :  and  they 
dwelt  there.  19  For  Jehovah 
brought  Judah  low  because  of 
Ahaz  king  of  ^  Israel ;  for  he  had 
dealt  wantonly  in  Judah,  and 
trespassed  sore  against  Jehovah. 
20  And  *Tilgath-pilneser  king  of 
Assyria  came  «unto  him,  and  dis- 
tressed him,  but  ^strengthened 
him  not.  21  *For  Ahaz  took 
away  a  portion  out  of  the  house 
of  Jehovah,  and  out  of  the  house 
of  the  king  and  of  the  princes, 
and  gave  it  unto  the  king  of  As 
«yria :  but  it  helped  him  not. 

22  And  in  the  time  ^of  his  dis- 
tress   did    he   trespass   yet    more 

1  Or,  guilt 

I  Ace.  to  Sept.,  Vulg.,  and  Syr.,  hhip. 

t  Heb.  a  captivity.  *  Heb.  daughters. 

»  Or,  cast  away  restraint       «  Or,  against 

I  Si'  P''«'"^^'«"  not  against  him 

'  Or.  mat  he  distressed  him 


°  ver.  12 
0  2  K.  6.  22 ; 

Prov.  26. 

21,  22 
"  I)t.  34.  3 
<i  2  K.  16.  7 
"  Obad. 

10-14 
/  Ezek.  16. 

67 
'->  ch.  21.  2 
''  1  Chr.  6.  26 
>  2  K.  16.  8,  9 


*  ch.  25.  14 
'  Jer.  44.  17, 

18 
""  2  K.  16.  17 
"  ch.  29.  7 
"  ch.  30.  14  ; 

33.  3-6 


P  2  K.  16.  19, 

20 


«  ch.  24.  26 
*■  ch.  21.  2 


'  2  K.  18.  1-3 


'  ch.  28.  1 ; 
34.  2 


"  ver.  7 ;  ch. 
28.  24 


"  ver.  15, 34 ; 
ch.  36.  6 


*  Ezek.  8.  16 


453 


against  Jehovah  this  same  king 
Ahaz.  23  *  For  he  sacrificed  unto 
the  gods  of  nJamascus,  which 
smote  him;  and  he  said,  'Because 
the  gods  of  the  kings  of  Syria 
helped  them,  therefore  will  I  sac- 
rifice to  them,  that  they  may 
help  me.  But  they  were  the  ruin 
of  him,  and  of  all  Israel.  24  And 
Ahaz  gathered  together  the  ves- 
sels of  the  house  of  God,  and  ""cut 
"]  W^^,^^  the  vessels  of  the  house 
ot  God,  and  "shut  up  the  doors  of 
the  house  of  Jehovah;  and  "he 
made  him  altars  in  every  corner 
ot  Jerusalem.  25  And  in  every 
city  ot  Judah  he  made  high  places 
to  burn  incense  unto  other  gods 
and  provoked  to  anger  Jehovah^ 
the  God  of  his  fathers.  26  ^Now 
the  rest  of  his  acts,  and  all  his 
ways,  first  and  last,  behold,  they 
are  written  in  the  book  of  the 
kings  of  Judah  and  Israel.  27 
And  Ahaz  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  they  buried  him  in  the  city, 
even  in  Jerusalem ;  « for  they 
brought  him  not  into  the  sepul- 
chres 9f  the  kings  of  '"Israel :  and 
Hezekiah  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

O  Q      '  Hezekiah  began  to  reign 
^  *y  when  he  was  five  and  twenty 
years  old  ;  and  he  reigned  nine  and 
twenty  years  in  Jerusalem :   and 
his  mother's  name  was  Abijah,  the 
daughter  of  Zechariah.     2  And  'he 
did  that  which  was  right  in  the 
eyes  of  Jehovah,  according  to  all 
that  David  his  father  had  done. 
3  He  in  the  first  year  of  his  reign, 
in  the  first   month,   "opened   the 
doors  of  the  house  of  Jehovah,  and 
repaired  them.     4  And  he  brought 
in  the  priests  and  the  Levites,  and 
gathered  them  together  into  the 
broad  place  on  the  east,  5  and  said 
unto  them.  Hear  me,  ye  Levites; 
now "  sanctify  yourselves,  and  sanc- 
tify the  house  of  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  your  fathers,  and  carry  forth  the 
filthiness  out  of    the   holy  place. 
6  For  our  fathers  have  trespassed, 
and  done  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  Jehovah  our  God,  and  have 
forsaken  him,  and    ^have   turned 
away  their  faces  from  the  habita- 
tion of  Jehovah,  and  turned  their 
backs.     7  Also  they  have  shut  up 
the  doors  of  the  porch,  and  put  out 
the  lamps,  and  have  not  burned 
incense  nor  offered  burnt-offerings 
in  the  holy  place  unto  the  t^od  of 
*  Heb.  Dannesek. 


29.8 


II.  CHEONICLES 


29.30 


Hezekiah's  Reforms,    The  Levit«s  cleanse  the  Temple.    BDrnt-offering:s  and  Sin-offerings  offered 


Israel.  8  Wherefore  "the  wrath 
of  Jehovah  was  upon  Judah  and 
Jerusalem,  and  *  he  hath  delivered 
them  "to  be/ tossed  to  and  fro,  to 
be ''  an  astonishment,  and  a  hissing, 
as  ye  see  with  your  eyes.  9  For, 
lo,  "our  fathers  have  fallen  by 
the  sword,  and  our  sons  and  our 
daughters  and  our  wives  are  in 
captivity  for  this.  10  Now  it  is 
in  my  heart  •''to  make  a  covenant 
with  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel, 
that  his  fierce  anger  may  turn 
away  from  us.  1 1  My  sons,  be 
not  now  negligent ;  *  for  Jehovah 
hath  chosen  you  to  stand  before 
him,  to  minister  unto  him,  and 
that  ye  should  be  his  ministers, 
and  burn  incense. 

1 2  Then  the  Levites  arose,  *  Ma- 
hath,  the  son  of  Amasai,  and  Joel 
the  son  of  Azariah,  of  the  sons  of 
'  the  Kohathites ;  and  of  the  sons 
of  Merari,  Kish  the  son  of  Abdi, 
and  Azariah  the  son  of  Jehallelel ; 
and  of  the  Gershonites,  Joah  the 
son  of  Zimmah,  and  Eden  the  son 
of  Joah ;  1 3  and  of  the  sons  of 
Elizaphan,  Shimri  and  Jeuel ;  and 
of  the  sons  of  Asaph,  Zechariah 
and  Mattaniah ;  14  and  of  the 
sons  of  Heman,  Jehuel  and  Shimei; 
and  of  the  sons  of  Jeduthun,  She- 
maiah  and  Uzziel.  15  And  they 
gathered  their  brethren,  and  *  sanc- 
tified themselves,  and  went  in,  ac- 
cording to  the  commandment  of 
the  king '  by  the  words  of  Jehovah, 
*"  to  cleanse  the  house  of  Jehovah. 
16  And  the  priests  went  in  unto 
the  inner  part  of  the  house  of  Je- 
hovah, to  cleanse  it,  and  brought 
out  all  the  uncleanness  that  they 
found  in  the  temple  of  Jehovah 
into  the  court  of  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah. And  the  Levites  took  it,  to 
carry  it  out  abroad  to  "  the  brook 
Kidron.  17  Now  they  began  "on 
the  first  day  of  the  first  month  to 
sanctify,  and  on  the  eighth  day  of 
the  month  came  they  to  the  porch 
of  Jehovah ;  and  they  sanctified 
the  house  of  Jehovah  in  eight  days : 
and  on  the  sixteenth  day  of  the 
first  month  they  made  an  end. 
18  Then  they  went  in  to  Heze- 
kiah  the  king  within  the  palace, 
and  said.  We  have  cleansed  all 
the  house  of  Jehovah,  and  the 
altar  of  burnt-offering,  with  all 
the  vessels  thereof,  and  the  table 
of  shoybread,  with  all  the  vessels 
thereof.      19    Moreover    *'all    the 

1  Or,  a  terror 


"  ch.  24. 18 
ft  ch.  28.  5 

"  Dt.  28.  25 
d  Jer.  26.  9, 

18 
«  ch.  28.  6-8, 

17 
/ch.  23.  16 
"  Num.  3.  6 ; 

8.  6 
''  ch.  31.  13 
'  Num.  3. 

19,  20 
*•■  ver.  6 
'  ch.  30.  12 
^  1  Chr.  23. 

28 
"  cb.  1.5.  16 
"  ver.  3 
P  ch.  28.  24 


«  Lev.  4. 3-14 


'  Lev.  4. 18 


'  Lev.  4. 16 


<  Lev.  4. : 


"  1  Chr.  25.  6 


"  ch.  8. 14 

^  2  S.  2'..  11 
»  2  S.  7.  2 


'  1  Chr.  23.  5 
"  ch.  6.  12 


ft  ch.  23.  18 


'  ch.  20.  18 


vessels,  which  king  Ahaz  in  his 
reign  did  cast  away  when  he  tres- 
passed, have  we  prepared  and  sanc- 
tified ;  andj  behold,  they  are  before 
the  altar  ot  Jehovah. 

20  Then  Hezekiah  the  king  arose 
early,  and  gathered  the  princes  of 
the  city,  and  went  up  to  the  house 
of  Jehovah.  21  And  they  brought 
seven  bullocks,  and  seven  rams, 
and  seven  lambs,  and  seven  he- 
goats,  *for  a  sin-offering  for  the 
kingdom  and  for  the  sanctuary 
and  for  Judah.  And  he  com- 
manded the  priests  the  sons  of 
Aaron  to  offer  them  on  the  altar 
of  Jehovah.  22  So  they  killed 
the  bullocks,  and  the  priests  re- 
ceived the  blood,  and  ''sprinkled 
it  on  the  altar :  and  they  killed 
the  rams,  and  sprinkled  the  blood 
upon  the  altar :  they  killed  also 
the  lambs,  and  sprinkled  the  blood 
upon  the  altar.  23  And  they 
brought  near  the  he-goats  for  the 
sin-offering  before'  the  king  and 
the  assembly ;  and  "  they  laid  their 
hands  upon  them :  24  and  the 
priests  killed  them,  and  thej^  made 
a  sin-offering  with  their  blood  upon 
the  altar,  '  to  make  atonement  for 
all  Israel ;  for  the  king  commanded 
that  the  burnt-offering  and  the  sin- 
offering  should  be  viade  for  all  Israel. 

25  And  "he  set  the  Levites  in 
the  house  of  Jehovah  with  cym- 
bals, with  psalteries,  and  with 
harps, "  according  to  the  command- 
ment of  David,  and  of  '^Gad  the 
king's  seer,  and  ^Nathan  the 
prophet ;  for  the  commandment 
was  of   Jehovah  by  his  prophets. 

26  And  the  Levites  stood  with 
Hhe  instruments  of  David,  and 
"  the   priests  with    the   trumpets. 

27  And  Hezekiah  commanded  to 
offer  the  burnt-offering  upon  the 
altar.  And  when  the  burnt-offer- 
ing began,  ''the  song  of  Jehovah 
began  also,  and  the  trumpets,  to- 
gether with  the  instruments  of 
David  king  of  Israel.  28  And  all 
the  assembly  worshipped,  and  the 
singers  sang,  and  the  trumpeters 
sounded ;  all  this  contimied  until 
the  burnt-offering  was  finished. 

29  And  when  they  had  made 
an  end  of  offering,  ''the  king 
and  all  that  were  present  with 
him  bowed  themselves  and  wor- 
shipped. 30  Moreover  Hezekiah 
the  king  and  the  princes  com- 
manded the  Levites  to  sing  praises 
unto  Jehovah  with  the  words  of 


454 


29.31 


II.   CHRONICLES 


30.16 


Thank  offerings  and  Peace-offerings  brought.    All  Israel  and  Judah  summoned  to  lieep  the  Passover 


David,  and  of  Asaph  the  seer. 
And  they  sang  praises  with  glad- 
ness, and  they  bowed  their  heads 
and  worshipped. 

31  Then  Hezekiah  answered  and 
said,  "Now  ye  have  'consecrated 
yourselves  unto  Jehovah-  come 
near  and  bring  sacritices  and  thank - 
offerings  into  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah. And  the  assembly  brought 
in  sacrifices  and  thank-offerings  ; 
and  *as  many  as  were  of  a  willing 
heart  broiigkt  burnt-ofi'erings.  32 
And  the  number  of  the  burnt-offer- 
ings which  the  assembly  brought 
was  threescore  and  ten  bullocks, 
a  hundred  rams,  and  two  hundred 
lambs  :  all  these  were  for  a  burnt- 
offering  to  Jehovah.  33  And  the 
consecrated  things  were  six  hun- 
dred oxen  and  three  thousand 
sheep.  34  But  the  priests  were 
too  tew,  so  that  they  could  not  flay 
all  the  burnt-offerings  :  "  wherefore 
their  brethren  the  Levites  did  help 
them,  till  the  work  was  ended,  and 
until  the  priests  had  sanctified 
themselves;  for  ''the  Levites  were 
more  upright  in  heart  to  sanctify 
themselves  than  the  priests.  35 
And  also  "  the  burnt-ofierings  were 
m  abundance,  with  -^the  fat  of 
the  peace-offerings,  and  with  "the 
drink-offerings  for  every  burnt- 
offering.  So  the  service  of  the 
house  of  Jehovah  was  set  in  order. 
36  And  Hezekiah  rejoiced,  and  all 
the  people,  because  of  that  which 
God  had  prepared  for  the  people  : 
for  the  thing  was  done  suddenly. 
0/~\  And  Hezekiah  sent  to  all 
Ov/  Israel  and  Judah,  and  wrote 
letters  also  to  Ephraim  and  Manas- 
seh,  that  they  should  come  to  the 
house  of  Jehovah  at  Jerusalem,  to 
keep  the  passover  unto  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel.  2  For  the  king 
had  taken  counsel,  and  his  princes, 
and  all  the  assembly  in  Jerusalem, 
''  to  keep  the  passover  in  the  second 
month.  3  For  they  could  not  keep 
it  'at  that  time,  because  the  priests 
had  not  sanctified  themselves  in 
sufficient  number,  neither  had  the 
people  gathered  themselves  to- 
gether to  Jerusalem.  4  And  the 
thing  was  right  in  the  eyes  of  the 
king  and  of  all  the  assembly.  5  So 
they  established  a  decree  to  make 
proclamation  throughout  all  Israel, 
*  from  Beer-sheba  even  to  Dan,  that 
they  should  come  to  keep  the  pass- 
over  unto  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
1  Heb.  filled  your  hand. 


"  ch.  13.  9 

*  Ex.  :i6.  6,  22 
"^  ch.  35.  11 

<•'  oh.  30.  3 
'  ver.  32 
/  Lev.  3.  16 
'J  Num.  16. 

.'i-io 
''  ver.  13,  In  ; 

Num.  9. 10, 

11 
■  ch.  29.  17, 

■M 

*  Judg.  20.  1 


'Esth.  8. 14; 

Job  9.  2:, ; 

Jer.  51.  31 
"•  ch.  28.  20 
"  Ezek.  20. 

13 
"  ch.  29.  8 
P  Ex.  32.  9 


9  ch.  29.  10 
»■  Dt.  30.  2 


'  Ex.  34.  6, 
7 ;  Mic.  7. 

18 


"  ver.  18,  21, 
25 


"  ver.  2 
'  ch.  28.  24 


y  ch.  29.  16 
'  ver.  2,  3 


'  ch.  29.  34 


Israel,  at  Jerusalem  :  for  they  had 
not  kept  it  ■^in  great  numbers  in 
such  sort  as  it  is  written.  6  So 
'the  posts  went  with  the  letters 
from  the  king  and  liis  pi'inces 
throughout  all  Israel  and  Judah, 
and  according  to  the  command- 
ment of  the  king,  saying.  Ye  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  turn  again  unto 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Abraham, 
Isaac,  and  Israel,  that  he  may 
return  to  the  remnant  that  are 
escaped  of  you  out  of  "'the  hand 
of  the  kings  of  Assyria.  7  "And 
be  not  ye  like  your  fathers,  and 
like  your  brethren,  who  trespassed 
against  Jehovah,  the  God  oi  their 
fathers,  so  that  "  he  gave  them  up 
^to  desolation,  as  ye  see.  8  Now 
be  ye  not  ^stiffnecked,  as  your  fa- 
thers were;  but  *  yield  yourselves 
unto  Jehovah,  and  enter  into  his 
sanctuary,  which  he  hath  sanctified 
for  ever,  and  serve  Jehovah  your 
God,  «that  his  fierce  anger  may 
turn  away  from  you,  9  For  ''if 
ye  turn  again  unto  Jehovah,  j'our 
brethren  and  your  children  shall 
find  compassion  before  them  that 
led  them  captive,  and  shall  come 
again  into  this  land  :  *  for  Jehovah 
your^&od  is  gracious  and  merciful, 
and  will  not  turn  away  his  face 
from  you,  if  ye  return  unto  him. 

10  So  the  posts  passed  from  city 
to  city  through  the  country  of 
Ephraim  and  Manasseh,  even  unto 
Zebulun  :  but  'they  laughed  them 
to  scorn,  and  mocked  them.  11 
Nevertheless  "  certain  men  of  Asher 
and  Manasseh  and  of  Zebulun  hum- 
bled themselves,  and  came  to  Jeru- 
salem. 1 2  Also  upon  Judah  came 
the  hand  of  God  to  give  them  one 
heart,  to  do  the  commandment  of 
the  king  and  of  the  princes  by  the 
word  of  Jehovah. 

13  And  there  assembled  at  Jeru- 
salem much  people  to  keep  the  feast 
of  unleavened  bread  "  in  the  second 
month,  a  very  great  assembly.  14 
And  they  arose  and  ^took  away 
the  altars  that  were  in  Jerusalem, 
and  all  the  ^  altars  for  incense  took 
they  away,  and  "  cast  them  into 
the  brook  Kidron.  ISThenHhey 
killed  the  passover  on  the  four- 
teenth day  of  the  second  month  : 
and  "the  priests  and  the  Levites 
were  ashamed,  and  sanctified  them- 
selves, and  brought  burnt-offerings 
into  the  house  of  Jehovah.    16  And 

2  Or,  of  a  long  time   ^  Or,  to  be  an  astonish  meni 
^Ueh!  give  the  liand.  ^  Or,  vessels 


456 


30.17 


II.   CHRONICLES 


31.10 


The  Passover  kept    Idolatry  abolished.    Laws  concerning  Offeriugs  and  Tithes 


"they  stood  in  their  place  after 
their  order,  according  to  the  law 
of  Moses  the  man  of  God :  the 
priests  sprinkled  the  blood  which 
they  received  of  the  hand  of  the 
Levites.  1 7  For  there  were  many 
in  the  assembly  that  had  not  sanc- 
tified themselves  :  therefore  *  the 
Levites  had  the  charge  of  killing 
the  passovers  for  every  one  that 
was  not  clean,  to  sanctify  them 
unto  Jehovah.  18  For  a  multi- 
tude of  the  people,  "  even  many  of 
Ephraim  and  Manasseh,  Issachar 
and  Zebulun,  had  not  cleansed 
themselves,  "^  yet  did  they  eat  the 
passover  *  otherwise  than  it  is  writ- 
ten. For  Hezekiah  had  prayed  for 
them,  saying.  The  good  Jehovah 
pardon  ^-^ every  one  19  that  setteth 
his  heart  to  seek  God,  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  his  fathers,  though  he 
he  not  cleansed  according  to  the 
purification  of  the  sanctuary.  20 
And  Jehovah  hearkened  to  Heze- 
kiah, and  healed  the  people.  21  And 
the  children  of  Israel  that  were 
present  at  Jerusalem  "kept  the 
least  of  unleavened  bread  seven 
days  with  great  gladness  ;  and  the 
Levites  and  the  priests  praised  Je- 
hovah day  by  day,  sm(ifma«with 
loud  instruments  unto  Jehovah. 
22  And  Hezekiah  ''spake  comfort- 
ably unto  all  the  Levites  that  had 
food  understanding  in  the  service  of 
ehovah.  So  they  did  eat  through- 
out the  feast  for  the  seven  days, 
offering  sacrifices  of  peace-offer- 
ings, and  "^'making  confession  to 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  their  fathers. 
23  And  the  whole  assembly  *  took 
counsel  to  keep  other  seven  days  ; 
and  they  kept  other  seven  days  with 
gladness.  24  For  'Hezekiah  king 
of  Judah  did  give  to  the  assembly 
for  offerings  a  thousand  bullocks 
and  seven  thousand  sheep ;  and 
the  princes  gave  to  the  assembly 
a  thousand  bullocks  and  ten  thou- 
sand sheep  :  and  ™  a  great  number 
of    priests    sanctified    themselves. 

25  And  all  the  assembly  of  Judah, 
with  the  priests  and  the  Levites, 
and  "all  the  assembly  that  came 
out  of  Israel,  and  the  sojourners 
that  came  out  of  the  land  of  Israel, 
and  that  dwelt  in  Judah,  rejoiced. 

26  So  there  was  great  joy  in  Jeru- 
salem ;  for  °  since  the  time  of  Solo- 
mon the  son  of  David  king  of  Israel 
there  was  not  the  like  in  Jerusalem. 

1  Or,  him,  that  setteth  his  whole  heart 
'  Or,  giving  thanks 


"  Ch,  36.  10, 

16 
l>  ch.  29.  34 
"  ver.  11,  25 
rf  Num.  9.  10 
"•  Ex.  12. 

43-49 
/  ch.  19.  3 
'->  Ex.  12.  15  ; 

13.  6 
A  ch.  32.  6 
'  Ezr.  10,  11 
fc  1  K.  8.  66 
'  ch.  .S5.  7,  8 
"'  ver.  3 ;  ch. 

29.  34 
"  ver.  11,  18 
"  ch.  7.  8-10 


P  ch.  23.  18 
9  Num.  6.  23 
"■  Dt.  26.  15  ; 

Ps.  68.  6 
'  2  K.  18.  4 


« 1  Chr.  24.  1 


'  1  Chr.  23. 
28-31 


"  ch.  36.  7 


'  Num.  28. 
1-29,  40 


y  Num.  18.  8 


■  Neh.  13.  12 


'  Lev.  27. 
30 ;  Dt.  14. 

28 


456 


27  Then  ^the  priests  the  Levites 
arose  and  'blessed  the  people  :  and 
their  voice  was  heard,  and  their 
prayer  came  up  to  ""his  holy  habita- 
tion, even  unto  heaven. 
O^  Now  when  all  this  was 
0_L  finished,  all  Israel  that  were 
present  went  out  to  the  cities  of 
Judah,  and  'brake  in  pieces  the 
^  pillars,  and  hewed  down  the  Ashe- 
rim,  and  brakedown  the  high  places 
and  the  altars  out  of  all  Judah  and 
Benjamin,  in  Ephraim  also  and 
Manasseh,  until  they  had  destroyed 
them  all.  Then  all  the  children 
of  Israel  returned,  every  man  to 
his  possession,  into  their  own 
cities. 

2  And  Hezekiah  appointed  'the 
courses  of  the;  priests  and  the  Le- 
vites after  their  courses,  every  man 
according  to  his  service,  both  the 
priests  and  the  Levites,  "  for  burnt- 
offerings  and  for  peace-offerings,  to 
minister,  and  to  give  thanks,  and 
to  praise  in  the  gates  of  the  camp 
of  Jehovah.  3  He  appointed  also 
"  the  king's  portion  of  his  substance 
for  the  burnt-offerings,  to  wit,  for 
the  naorning  and  evening  burnt- 
offerings,  and  the  burnt-offerings 
for  the  sabbaths,  and  for  the  new 
moons,  and  for  the  set  feasts,  *as 
it  is  written  in  the  law  of  Jeho- 
vah. 4  Moreover  he  commanded 
the  people  that  dwelt  in  Jerusalem 
to  give  "  the  portion  of  the  priests 
and  the  Levites,  that  they  might 
■*give  themselves  to  the  law  of 
Jehovah.  5  And  as  soon  as  the 
commandment  came  abroad,  the 
children  of  Israel  gave  in  abun- 
dance the  first-fruits  of  grain,  new 
wine,  and  oil,  and  honey,  and  of  all 
the  increase  of  the  field  ;  and  ^the 
tithe  of  all  things  brought  they  in 
abundantly.  6  And  the  children 
of  Israel  and  Judah,  that  dwelt 
in  the  cities  of  Judah,  they  also 
brought  in  the  tithe  of  oxen  and 
sheep,  and  "  the  tithe  of  dedicated 
things  which  were  consecrated  unto 
Jehovah  their  God,  and  laid  them 
by  heaps.  7  In  the  third  month 
they  began  to  lay  the  foundation 
of  the  heaps,  and  finished  them  in 
the  seventh  month.  8  And  when 
Hezekiah  and  the  princes  came  and 
saw  the  heaps,  they  blessed  Jeho- 
vah, and  his  people  Israel.  9  Then 
Hezekiah  questioned  the  priests 
and  the  Levites  concerning  the 
heaps.     10  And  Azariah  the  chief 

8  Or,  obelisks         *  Heb.  be  strong  in. 


31.11 


II.   CHEONICLES 


32.9 


laws  concerning  Offerings  and  Tithes.    Sennniherib  invades  Judab.    Preparations  for  Defence 


priest,  "of  the  house  of  Zadok,  an- 
swered him  and  said,  'iSince  the 
jteople  began  to  bring  the  oblations 
into  the  house  of  Jehovah,  we  have 
3aten  and  had  enough,  and  have  left 

Elenty :  for  Jehovah  hath  blessed 
is  people ;  and  that  wiiich  is  left 
is  this  great  store. 

1 1  'rlien  Hezekiah*  commanded 
to  prepare  "chambers  in  the  house 
of  Jehovah  ;  and  they  prepared 
them-  12  and  they  brought  in 
the  oblations  and  tne  tithes  and 
the  dedicated  things  faithfully. 
And  ''over  them  Conaniah  the 
Levite  was  ruler,  and  81iimei  his 
brother  was  second  ;  1 3  and  Je- 
hiel,  and  Azaziah,  and  Nahath, 
and  Asahel,  and  Jerimoth,  and 
Jozabad,  and  Eliel,  and  Isma- 
chiah,  and  Mahath,  and  Benaiah, 
were  overseers  under  the  hand  of 
Conaniah  and  Shiraei  his  brother, 
by  the  appointment  of  Hezekiah 
tne  king,  and  *Azariah  the  ruler 
of  the  house  of  God.  14  And 
Kore  the  son  of  Imnah  the  Levite, 
the  porter  at  the  east  gate,  was  over 
the  freewill-offerings  of  God,  to 
distribute  the  oblations  of  Jeho- 
vah, and  the  most  holy  things. 
1.5  And  under  him  were  •''Eden, 
and  Miniamin,  and  Jeshua,  and 
Shemaiah,  Amariah,  and  Shec 
aniah,  in  ^the  cities  of  the  priests, 
in  their  *  office  of  trust,  to  give  to 
their  brethren  by  courses,  as  well 
to  the  great  as  to  the  small :  1 6 
loesides  them  that  were  reckoned 
by  genealogy  of  males,  from  three 
years  old  and  upward,  even  every 
one  that  entered  into  the  house  of 
Jehovah.^ 'as  the  duty  of  every 
day  required,  for  their  service  in 
their  offices  according  to  their 
courses;  17  and  them  that  were 
reckoned  by  genealogy  of  the 
priests  by  their  fathers'  houses, 
and  the  Levites  *from  twenty 
years  old  and  upward,  in  their 
offices  by  their  courses;  18  ^and 
them  that  were  reckoned  by  gene- 
alogy of  all  their  little  ones,  their 
wives,  and  their  sons,  and  their 
daughters,  through  all  the  congre- 
gation :  for  in  their  office  of  trust 
they  sanctified  themselves  in  holi- 
ness. 19  Also  for  the  sons  of 
Aaron  the  priests,  that  were  in 
'  the  fields  of  the  suburbs  of  their 
cities,  in  every  city,  '"there  were 
men     that    were     mentioned    by 

1  Or, /or  his  daily  portion 
*  Or,  even  to  give  to  them  &c. 


»  1  Chr.  G. 

8,  » 

*•  Mai.  3.  10 
■^  1  K.  6.  5,  8 
rf  ch.  36.  9 
"  ver.  10 
/  ch.  29.  12 
i-  Josh.  21. 

9-19 
''  1  Chr.  9.  22 
I  Ezr.  3.  4 
*  1  Chr.  23. 

24 
'  Lev.  2<>.  34 ; 

Num.  36. 


0  2  K.  18.  13- 
19,  .37  ;  Is. 
36.  1-37,  38 


P2K 

20 

20 

«  ver. 

30 

-•ch. 

25. 

23 

»2K 

25 

4 

'1  K 

9. 

24 

"  ch.  30.  22 

"  1  Chr.  22. 
13 


*  2  K.  6.  16 


"  Jer.  17.  5 
-  ch.  20.  17 


name,  to  give  portion.-}  to  all  thfe 
males  among  the  priests,  and  to 
all  that  were  reckoned  by  g(;ne- 
alogy  among  the  Levites. 

20  And  thus  did  Hezekiah 
throughout  all  Judah ;  and  "he 
wrought  that  which  was  good  and 
right  and  ^faithful  before  Jehovah 
his  God.  21  And  in  eTery  work 
that  he  began  in  the  service  of  the 
house  of  God,  and  in  the  law,  and 
in  the  commandments,  to  seek  his 
God,  he  did  it  with  all  his  heart, 
and  prospered. 

OO  "After  these  things,  and 
<-f  j-W  this  faithfulness,  Sennach- 
erib king  of  Assyria  came,  and 
entered  into  Judah,  and  encamped 
against  the  fortified  cities,  and 
thought  *to  win  them  for  himself. 
2  And  when  Hezekiah  saw  that 
Sennacherib  was  come,  and  that 
^  he  was  purposed  to  fight  against 
Jerusalem,  3  he  took  counsel  with 
his  princes  and  his  mighty  men  to 
stop  the  waters  of  the  fountains 
which  were  without  the  city  ;  and 
they  helped  him.  4  8o  there  was 
gathered  much  people  together, 
and  ^  they  stopped  all  the  foun- 
tains, and  « the  brook  that  flowed 
through  the  midst  of  the  land,  say- 
ing. Why  should  the  kings  of  As- 
syria come,  and  find  much  water  % 
5  And  he  took  courage,  and  *■  built 
up  all  the  wall  that  was  broken 
down,  and  ®  raised  it  up  to  the 
towers,  and  ''"the  other  wall  with- 
out, and  strengthened  'Millo  in 
the  city  of  David,  and  made 
weapons  and  shields  in  abun- 
dance. 6  And  he  set  captains  of 
war  over  the  people,  and  gathered 
them  together  to  him  in  the  broad 
place  at  the  gate  of  the  city,  and 
"spake  comfortably  to  them,  say- 
ing, 7  "  Be  strong  and  of  good 
courage,  be  not  afraid  nor  dis- 
mayed for  the  king  of  Assyria, 
nor  for  all  the  multitude  that  is 
with  him  ;  ^for  *  there  is  a  greater 
with  us  than  with  him  :  8  with 
him  is  "an  arm  of  flesh  ;  but  'with 
us  is  Jehovah  our  God  to  help  us, 
and  to  fight  our  battles.  And  the 
people  rested  themselves  upon  the 
words  of  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah. 

9  After  this  did  Sennacherib 
king  of  Assyria  send  his  servants 
to  Jerusalem  (now  he  was  before 
Lachish,  and  all  his  power  with 

3  Heb.  fnitlifulnesn.    *  Heb.  to  break  them  up- 

•'■  Heb.  Ills  face  was  toflyht. 

6  The  Vulg.  has,  built  tnwers  thereon. 

'  Or,  an'tftfr  8  Qx,  there  are  more 


457 


32.  to 


11.  CHROI^iCLES 


32.81 


Sennacherib  defies  Hezekiah.    He  is  discomfited  and  slain.    Hezeluah's  Sickness.    His  Wealth  and  Prosperity 


him),  unto  Hezekiah  king  of  Ju- 
dah,  and  unto  all  Judah  that  were 
at  Jerusalem,  saying,  10  Thus 
saith  Sennacherib  king  of  As- 
syria, Whereon  do  ye  trust,  that 
ye  abide  ^  the  siege  in  Jerusalem  ? 
11  Doth  not  Hezekiah  persuade 
you,  to  give  you  over  to  die  by 
famine  and  by  thirst,  saying,  Je- 
hovah our  God  will  deliver  us  out 
of  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria"? 
12"  Hath  not  the  same  Hezekiah 
taken  away  his  high  places  and 
his  altars,  and  commanded  Judah 
and  Jerusalem,  saying.  Ye  shall 
worship  before  one  altar,  and 
upon  it  shall  ye  burn  incense'? 
13  Know  ye  not  what  I  and  my 
fathers  have  done  unto  all  the 
peoples  of  the  lands'?  Were  the 
gods  of  the  nations  of  the  lands 
in  any  wise  able  to  deliver  their 
land  out  of  my  hand'?  14  *Who 
was  there  among  all  the  gods  of 
those  nations  which  my  fathers 
^utterly  destroyed,  that  could  de- 
liver his  people  out  of  my  hand, 
that  your  God  should  be  able  to 
deliver  you  out  of  my  handl  15 
Now  therefore  let  not  Hezekiah 
deceive  you,  nor  persuade  you 
after  this  manner,  neither  believe 
ye  him  :  for  no  god  of  any  nation 
or  kingdom  was  able  to  deliver  his 
people  out  of  my  hand,  and  out  of 
the  nand  of  my  fathers  :  how  much 
less  shall  your  ^  God  deliver  you  out 
of  my  hand "? 

16  And  his  servants  spake  yet 
more  against  Jehovah  God,  and 
against  his  servant  Hezekiah.  17 
He  wrote  also  ^  letters,  to  rail  on 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  and 
to  speak  against  him,  saying,  ''As 
the  gods  of  the  nations  of  the 
lands,  which  have  not  delivered 
their  people  out  of  my  hand,  so 
shall  not  the  God  of  Hezekiah  de- 
liver his  people  out  of  my  hand. 
18  And  they  cried  with  a  loud 
voice  in  the  .Jews'  language  unto 
the  people  of  Jerusalem  that  were 
on  the  wall,  to  affright  them,  and 
to  trouble  them  ;  that  they  might 
take  the  city.  19  And  they  spake 
of  the  God  of  Jerusalem,  as  of  the 
gods  of  the  peoples  of  the  earth, 
which  are  the  work  of  men's 
hands. 

20  And  Hezekiah  the  king,  and 
Isaiah  the  prophet  the  son  of 
Amoz,  prayed  because  of  this,  and 


'  Or,  in  the  stronghold 
2Heb  devoted. 


3  Or,  gods 
*  Or.  a  letter 


"  ch.  31.  I 
b  is.  10.  9-11 
"  ver.  14 


<*  2  S.  8.  10 


'  2  K.  20. 
1-11 ;  Is. 

38.  1-8 


/ver.  31, 

ch.  26.  16 
"  ch.  i!4.  18 


*  Jer.  26.  18, 
19 


■  2  K.  20.  20 
«•  1  K.  1.  33 


'  2  K.  20.  12  , 
Is.  39.  1 

"*  ver.  24  ;  Is. 

3S.  7.  8 
"  Dt.  8.  16 


458 


cried  to  heaven.  21  And  Jehovah 
sent  an  angel,  who  cut  off  all  the 
mighty  men  of  valor,  and  the 
leaders  and  captains,  in  the  camp 
of  the  king  of  Assyria.  So  he  re- 
turned with  shame  of  face  to  Ms 
own  land.  And  when  he  was  come 
into  the  house  of  his  god,  they 
that  came  »forth  from  his  own 
bowels  ®slew  him  there  with  the 
sword.  22  Thus  Jehovah  saved 
Hezekiah  and  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem  from  the  hand  of  Sen- 
nacherib the  king  of  Assyria,  and 
from  the  hand  of  all  others,  and 
guided  them  on  every  side.  23 
And  ''many  brought  gifts  unto  Je- 
hovah to  Jerusalem,  and  precious 
things  to  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah  ; 
so  that  he  was  exalted  in  the  sight 
of  all  nations  from  thenceforth. 

24  'In  those  days  Hezekiah 
was  sick  even  unto  death :  and 
he  prayed  unto  Jehovah  ;  and  he 
spake  unto  him,  and  gave  him  a 
*"'  sign.  25  But  Hezekiah  rendered 
not  again  according  to  the  benefit 
done  unto  him  ;  •'for  his  heart  was 
lifted  up :  ^  therefoi'e  there  was' 
wrath  upon  him,  and  upon  Judah 
and  .Jerusalem.  26  Notwithstand- 
ing *  Hezekiah  humbled  himself  for 
^  the  pride  of  his  heart,  both  he  and 
the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  so 
that  the  wrath  of  Jehovah  came 
not  upon  them  in  the  days  of 
Hezekiah. 

27  And  Hezekiah  had  exceeding 
much  riches  and  honor:  and  he 
provided  him  treasuries  for  silver, 
and  for  gold,  and  for  precious 
stones,  and  for  spices,  and  for 
shields,  and  for  all  manner  of 
goodly  vessels ;  28  store-houses 
also  for  the  increase  of  grain  and 
new  wine  and  oil;  and  stalls  for 
all  manner  of  beasts,  and  flocks  in 
folds.  29  Moreover  he  provided 
him  cities,  and  possessions  of 
flocks  and  herds  in  abundance ;  for 
God  had  given  him  very  much 
substance.  30  This  same  Hezekiah 
also  'stopped  the  upper  spring  of 
the  waters  of  *Gihon,  and  Drought 
them  straight  down  on  the  west 
side  of  the  city  of  David.  And 
Hezekiah  prospered  in  all  his 
works.  31  Howbeit  in  the  biisinese 
o/'the  ^ambassadors  of  the  princes 
of  Babylon,  who  sent  unto  nim  to 
inquire  of  "the  wonder  that  was 
done  in  the  land,  God  left  him,  "to 

5  Heb.  caused  him  to  fall.        *  Or,  wonder 
J  Heb,  the  I' fling  up.      «  Heb.  intervreters. 


32.32 


Ir.  CHRONICLES 


33.20 


Hezekiah's  Death.    Nanasseh's  Reign,     Hh  Idolatry.    Uis  Puiihhmeiit  aud  his  Reformation 


try  him,  that  he  might  know  all 
that  was  in  his  heart. 

32  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Hezekiah,  and  his  good  deeds,  be- 
hold, they  are  written  in  the  vision 
of  Isaiah  the  prophet  the  son  of 
Amoz,  in  the  book  of  the  kings  of 
Judah  and  Israel.  33  And  Heze- 
kiah slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
they  buried  him  in  the  ascent  of 
the  sepulchres  of  the  sons  of 
David:  and  all  Judah  and  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  did 
him  honor  at  his  death.  And 
Manasseh  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

O  O  "  ]\Ianasseh  was  twelve 
O  O  years  old  when  he  began 
to  reign;  and  he  reigned  fifty  and 
five  years  in  Jerusalem.  2  And  he 
did  that  which  was  evil  in  the 
sight  of  Jehovah,  ''after  the  abomi- 
nations of  the  nations  whom  Jeho- 
vah cast  out  before  the  children  of 
Israel.  3  For  ""he  built  again  the 
high  places  which  Hezekiah  his 
father  had  broken  down;  ''and  he 
reared  up  altars  for  the  Baalim, 
and  made  Asheroth,  and  wor- 
shipped all  the  host  of  heaven, 
and  served  them.  4  And  ''he  built 
altars  in  the  house  of  Jehovah, 
whereof  Jehovah  said,  '^In  Jeru- 
salem shall  my  name  be  for  ever. 
5  And  he  built  altars  for  all  the 
host  of  heaven  in  ^the  two  courts 
of  the  house  of  Jehovah.  6  ''He 
also  made  his  children  to  pass 
through  the  fire  in  the  valley  of 
the  son  of  Hinnom;  and  he  prac- 
tised augury,  and  used  enchant- 
ments, and  practised  sorcery,  and 
•dealt  .with  them  that  had  famil- 
iar spirits,  and  with  wizards:  he 
wrought  much  evil  in  the  sight  of 
Jehovah,  to  provoke  him  to  anger. 
7  And  he  set  *the  graven  image  of 
the  idol,  which  he  had  made,  in  the 
house  of  God,  of  which  God  said  to 
David  and  to  Solomon  his  son,  'In 
this  house,  and  in  Jerusalem,  which 
I  have  chosen  out  of  all  the  tribes 
of  Israel,  will  I  put  my  name  for 
ever:  8  neither  will  I  any  more 
remove  the  foot  of  Israel  from  ofl' 
the  land  '"which  I  have  appointed 
for  your  fathers,  if  only  tney  will 
observe  to  do  all  that  I  have  com- 
manded them,  even  all  the  law  and 
the  statutes  and  the  ordinances 
given  by  Moses.  9  And  JSIanasseh 
seduceu  Judah  and  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem,  so  that  they  did  evil 
more  than  did  the  nations  whom 
16 


"  2  K.  21.  1-9 

<>  Ch.  28.  3 
<■  ch.  31.  1 
<'  Dt.  16.  21 ; 

2  K.  23.  6,  6 
■■  ch.  28.  24 
/ch.  7.  16 
■'  ch.  4.  9 
*  ch.  28.  3 
'  Lev.  19.  31 ; 

20.  27 
>^  ver.  16 
'  ver.  4 
'"  2  S.  7.  10 


"  Dt.  28.  .36 
°  ch.  36.  6 
P  ch.  32.  26 

9  1  Chr,  5. 
20 ;  Ezr.  8. 


■  Dan.  4.  32 


'  1  K.  1.  33 

<  Neh.  3.  3 
"  ch.  27.  3 


'  ver.  12, 13 
'  ver.  10 


"  ch.  21.  a 
i>  ver.  13 


'  ver.  3 


Jehovah  destroyed  before  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

10  And  Jehovah  spake  to  Ma- 
nasseh, and  to  his  people;  but 
they  gave  no  heed.  11  "Where- 
fore Jehovah  brought  upon  them 
the  captains  of  the  host  of  the 
king  of  Assyria,  who  took  Manas- 
seh Mn  chains,  and  "bound  him 
with  fetters,  and  carried  him  to 
Babylon.  1 2  And  when  he  was  in 
distress,  he  besought  Jehovah  his 
God,  and  ^humbled  himself  greatly 
before  the  God  of  his  fathers.  13 
And  he  prayed  unto  him;  and  *he 
was  entreated  of  him,  and  heard 
his  supplication,  and  brought  him 
again  to  Jerusalem  into  his  king- 
dom. Then  Manasseh  ''knew  that 
Jehovah  he  was  God. 

14  Now  after  this  he  built  an 
outer  wall  to  the  city  of  David,  on 
the  west  side  of  *Gihon,  in  the  val- 
ley, even  to  the  entrance  at  'the 
fish  gate ;  and  he  compassed  "Ophel 
about  with  it,  and  raised  it  up  to 
a  very  great  height:  and  he  put 
'^valiant  captains  in  all  the  fortified 
cities  of  Judah.  15  And  "he  took 
away  the  foreign  gods,  and  the  idol 
out  of  the  house  of  Jehovah,  and  all 
the  altars  that  he  had  built  in  the 
mount  of  the  house  of  Jehovah, 
and  in  Jerusalem,  and  cast  them 
out  of  the  city.  16  And  he  *built 
up  the  altar  of  Jehovah,  and  oftered 
thereon  sacrifices  of  peace-oft'eringg 
and  of  thanksgiving,  and  com- 
manded Judah  to  serve  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel.  17  Neverthe- 
less *the  people  sacrificed  still  in 
the  high  places,  but  only  unto  Je- 
hovah their  God. 

18  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Manasseh,  and  *his  prayer  unto  his 
God,  and  the  words  of  'the  seers 
that  spake  to  him  in  the  name  of 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  behold, 
they  are  written  among  the  acts  of 
the  kings  of  "Israel.  1 9  His  prayer 
also,  and  ''how  (?ofZ  was  entreated 
of  him,  and  all  his  sin  and  his  tres- 

Eass,  and  ""the  places  wherein  he 
uilt  high  places,  and  set  up  the 
Asherim  and  the  graven  images, 
before  he  humbled  himself,  behold, 
they  are  written  in  the  history  or 
^Hozai.  20  So  Manasseh  slept 
with  his  fathers,  and  they  buried 
him  in  his  own  house:  and  Amon 
his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

1  Or,  wifh  hooks     -  Or.  capfnins  of  the  army 
3  .\ccording  to  another  reading,  prepared. 

*  Or,  the  seers 


459 


33.21 


II.   CHRONICLES 


34.17 


Imon's  Reign.    Josiah's  Reign.    His  Zeal  for  Pare  Worsliip.    He  repairs  the  Temple.    Hilkiah  finds  the  Book  of  the  Law 


21  "Amon  was  twenty  and  two 
years  old  when  he  began  to  reign ; 
and  he  reigned  two  years  in  Jeru- 
salem. 22  And  he  did  that  which 
was  evil  in  the  sight  of  Jehovah, 
*as  did  Maiiasseh  his  father;  and 
Amon  sacrificed  unto  all  "the 
graven  images  which  Manasseh  his 
lather  had  made,  and  served  them. 
23  And  he  humbled  not  himself 
before  Jehovah,  ''as  Manasseh  his 
father  had  humbled  himself;  but 
this  same  Amon  Hrespassed  more 
and  more.  24  And  ''his  servants 
conspired  against  him,  and  put 
him  to  deatli  in  his  own  house. 
25  But  the  people  of  the  land 
slew  all  them  that  had  conspired 
against  king  Amon;  and  the  peo- 
ple of  the  land  made  Josiah  his 
son  king  in  his  stead. 
O/l  -^Josiah  was  eight  years 
O  A  old  when  he  began  to 
reign;  and  he  reigned  thirty  and 
one  years  in  Jerusalem.  2  And 
^he  did  that  which  was  right  in 
the  eyes  of  Jehovah,  and  walked 
in  the  ways  of  David  his  father, 
and  turned  not  aside  to  the  right 
hand  or  to  the  left.  3  For  in  the 
eighth  year  of  his  reign,  while  he 
was  yet  young,  he  began  to  seek 
after  the  God  of  David  his  father ; 
and  in  the  twelfth  year  he  began 
"to  purge  Judah  and  Jerusalem 
from  the  high  places,  and  the  Ashe- 
rim,  and  the  graven  images,  and 
the  molten  images.  4  And  they 
brake  down  the  altars  of  the  Baalim 
in  his  presence ;  and  '  the  sun- 
images  that  were  on  high  above 
them  he  hewed  down ;  and  the 
Asherim,  and  the  graven  images, 
and  the  molten  images,  he  brake 
in  pieces,  and  *made  dust  of  them, 
and  strewed  it  upon  the  graves  of 
them  that  had  sacrificed  unto  them. 
5  And  'he  burnt  the  bones  of  the 
priests  upon  their  altars,  and 
purged  Judah  and  Jerusalem.  6 
And  so  did  he  '"in  the  cities  of  Ma- 
nasseh and  Ephraini  and  Simeon, 
even  unto  Naphtali,  "in  their  ruins 
round  about.  7  Ami  he  brake 
down  the  altars,  and  "beat  the 
Asherim  and  the  graven  images 
into  powder,  and  hewed  down  all 
the  sun-images  throughout  all  the 
land  of  Israel,  and  returned  to 
Jerusalem. 

8  "Now in  the  eighteenth  year  of 

1  Or,  became  ouilty 

2  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  with  their  axes    The 
Hebrew  is  obscure. 


"  2  K.  21.  1»- 

24 
*>  ver.  2-7 
"  Ch.  34.  3,  4 
<i  ver.  12,  19 
« ch.  2;j.  27 
/2K.  22.  1,2 
'-'  ch.  29.  2 
''  ch.  33.  22 
'  2  K.  23.  4, 

h,  11 
*  Ex.  32.  20 
'  2  K.  23.  20 
'"  2  K.  23.  15, 

19 
"  ch.  31.  1 
"  2  K.  22. 

3-20 


P  ch.  18.  2.-) 
9  ch.  3P>.  8 
*"  ch.  30.  10, 


'  ch.  33.  4-7 


<  1  Chr.  25.  1 


"  ch.  8.  10 ; 
Neh.  4.  10 


his  reign,  when  he  had  purged  the 
land  and  the  house,  he  sent  Sha- 
phan  the  son  of  Azaliah,  and  Maa- 
seiah  ^the  governor  of  the  city,  and 
Joah  the  son  of  Joahaz  the  ^re- 
corder, to  repair  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah his  God.  9  And  they  came  to 
^Hilkiah  the  high  priest,  and  de- 
livered the.  money  that  was 
brought  into  the  house  of  God, 
which  the  Levites,  the  keepers  or 
the  threshold,  had  gathered  of  the 
hand  of  '"Manasseh  and  Ephraim, 
and  of  all  the  remnant  of  Israel, 
and  of  all  Judah  and  Benja- 
min, ■'and  of  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem.  10  And  they  delivered 
it  into  the  hand  9f  the  workmen 
that  had  the  oversight  of  the  house 
of  Jehovah ;  and  ®  the  workmen 
tliat  wrought  in  the  house  of  Je- 
hovah gave  it  to  mend  and  repair 
the  house :  1 1  even  to  the  car- 
penters and  to  the  builders  gave 
thev  it,  to  buy  hewn  stone,  and 
tim  oer  for  couplings,  and  to  make 
beams  for  the  houses  'which  the 
kings  of  Judah  had  destroyed. 
12  And  the  men  did  the  work 
faithfully :  and  the  overseers  of 
them  were  Jahath  and  Obadiah, 
the  Levites,  of  the  sons  of  Merari ; 
and  Zechariah  and  Mesh  u  11am,  of 
the  sons  of  the  Kohathites,  ®to 
set  it  forward ;  and  '  others  of  the 
Levites,  all  that  were  skilful  with 
instruments  of  music.  13  Also 
they  wei'e  over  "the  bearers  of 
burdens,  and  set  forward  all  that 
did  the  work  in  every  manner  of 
service :  and  of  the  Levites  there 
were  scribes,  and  officers,  and 
porters. 

14  And  when  they  brought  out 
the  money  that  was  brought  into 
the  house  of  Jehovah, "  Hilkiah  the 
priest  found  the  book  of  the  law 
of  Jehovah  ''given,  by  Moses.  15 
And  Hilkiah  answered  and  said 
to  Shaphan  the  scribe,  I  have 
found  the  book  of  the  law  in  the 
house  of  Jehovah.  And  Hilkiah 
delivered  the  book  to  Shaphan. 
16  And  Shaphan  carried  the  book 
to  the  king,  and  moreover  brought 
back  word  to  the  king,  saying. 
All  that  was  committed  to  thy 
servants,  they  are  doing.  17  And 
they  have  ^emptied  out  the  money 

8  Or,  chronMer 

*  Another  reading  is,  and  they  returned  t» 
Jerusalem. 

5  Or,  thev  give  it  to  the  workmen  <Src.  See  2  B. 
22.  5.  ^  Or,  to  preside  over  it 

'  Heb.  by  the  hand  of.        ^  Or,  poured  ovt 


34.18 


II.   CHRONICLES 


35.4 


Uuldah's  Message  respeftinK  it.     The  Law  read.     The  People  covenant  to  serve  Jehovah.    The  Passover  observed 


that  was  found  in  the  house  of 
Jehovah,  and  have  dehvered  it 
into  the  hand  of  the  overseers,  and 
into  the  hand  of  the  workmen. 
18  And  Shaphan  the  scribe  told 
the  king,  saying,  Hilkiah  the 
priest  hath  delivered  nie  a  book. 
And  kShaphan  read  therein  before 
the  king.  1 9  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  the  king  had  heard  the  words 
of  the  law,  that "  he  rent  his  clothes. 
20  And  the  king  commanded  Hil- 
kiah, and  Ahikam  the  son  of  Sha- 
phan, and  ^Abdon  the  son  of  Micah, 
and  Shaphan  the  scribe,  and  Asa- 
iah  the  king's  .servant,  .saying,  21 
Go  ye,  inquire  of  Jehovah  for  me, 
and  for  them  that  are  left  in  Israel 
and  in  Judah,  concerning  the  words 
of  the  book  that  is  found ;  for 
*  great  is  the  wrath  of  Jehovah 
that  is  poured  out  upon  us,  be- 
cau.se  our  fathers  have  not  kept 
the  word  of  Jehovah,  to  do  accord- 
ing unto  all  that  is  written  in  this 
book. 

22  So  Hilkiah,  and  they  whom 
the  king  had  commanded,  went  to 
Huldah  the  prophetess,  the  wife 
of  Shallum  the  son  of  '■''  Tokhath, 
the  .son  of  ^Hasrah,  keener  of  the 
wardr9be  (now  she  dwelt  in  Jeru- 
salem in  the  ''second  quarter) ;  and 
they  spake  to  her  to  that  eflfect. 
23  And  .she  said  unto  them.  Thus 
saith  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel : 
Tell  ye  the  man  that  sent  you  unto 
me,  24  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  Be- 
hold, ""I  will  bring  evil  upon  this 
place,  and  upon  the  inhabitants 
thereof,  even  all  ''the  curses  tha,t 
are  written  in  the  book  which  they 
have  read  before  the  king  of  Judah. 

25  '  Because  they  have  forsaken 
me,  and  have  burned  incense  unto 
other  gods,  that  they  might  pro- 
voke me  to  anger  with  all  the 
woi'ks  of  their  hands ;  therefore 
is  my  wrath  poured  out  upon  this 
place,  and  it  shall  not  be  quenched. 

26  But  unto  the  king  of  Judah, 
who  sent  you  to inquireof  .Tehovah, 
thus  shall  ye  say  to  him,  Thus  saith 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel:  As 
touching  the  words  which  thou 
hast  heard,  27  ■'because  thy  heart 
was  tender,  and  thou  didst  humble 
thyself  before  God,  when  thou 
heardest  his  words  against  this 
place,  and  against  the  inhabitants 
thereof,  and  hast  humbled  thyself 

1  In  2  K..  22.  12,  Achhor  the  son  of  Micaxah. 

«  In  2  K.  22.  14,  T<kmh. 

»  In  2  K.  22.  14,  Harhas.       *  Heb.  MUkneh. 


"  Jcsh. 

7.6 

ftcb. 

29 

8 

'cb. 

36. 

14- 

20 

rfDt 

28 

i:r-08 

'ch. 

33 

3 

/ch. 

12. 

7; 

32. 

26 

"  2  K.  23.  1-3 
''  Neh.  8.  1-3 


'  ch.  30.  16 ; 

2K.  11.  14 

k  ch.  23.  16 ; 

29.  10 


'  ver.  3-7 ; 

33.  2-7 


2  K.  23.  21 


"  Ex.  12.  6  ; 
Num.  9.  3 


°  ch.  29.  n 


P  ch.  17.  8.  9  ; 
Neh.  8.  T 


«  1  Chr.  23. 
26 


••  1  Chr.  9. 
10-13 


461 


before  me,  and  hast  rent  thy 
clothes,  and  wept  before  me ;  I 
also  have  heard  tliee,  saith  Jeho- 
vah. 28  Behold,  I  will  gather 
thee  to  thy  fathers,  and  thou  shalt 
be  gathered  to  thy  grave  in  peace, 
neither  shall  tliine  eyes  see  all 
the  evil  that  I  will  bring  upon  this 
place,  and  upon  the  inhabitants 
thereof.  And  they  brought  back 
word  to  the  king. 

29  ''Then  the  king  .sent  and 
gathered  together  all  the  elders 
of  Judah  and  Jerusalem.  30  And 
the  king  went  up  to  the  liou.se  of 
Jehovah,  and  ''all  the  men  of 
Judah  and  the  inhabitants  of  Je- 
rusalem, and  the  priests,  and  the 
Levites,  and  all  the  people,  both 
great  and  small :  and  he  read  in 
their  ears  all  the  word.s  of  the  book 
of  the  covenant  that  was  found  in 
the  house  of  Jehovah.  31  And 
the  king  'stood  in  his  place,  and 
*  made  a  covenant  before  Jehovah, 
to  walk  after  Jehovah,  and  to 
keep  his  commandments,  and  his 
testimonies,  and  his  statutes,  with 
all  his  heart,  and  with  all  his  soul, 
to  perform  the  words  of  the  cove- 
nant that  were  written  in  this 
book.  32  And  he  caused  all  that 
were  found  in  Jerusalem  and  Ben- 
jamin to  stand  to  it.  And  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  did  ac- 
cording to  the  covenant  of  God. 
the  God  of  their  fathers.  33  Ana 
Josiah  Hook  away  all  the  abomi- 
nations out  of  all  the  countries 
that  pertained  to  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  made  all  that  were 
found  in  Israel  to  serve,  even  to 
serve  Jehovah  their  God.  All  his 
days  they  departed  not  from  fol- 
lowing Jehovah,  the  God  of  their 
fathers. 

O  pT  And  .Josiah  "*  kept  a  pass- 
Ot-J  over  unto  Jehovah  in  Jeru- 
salem: and  "they  killed  the  pass- 
over  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  the 
first  month.  2  And  he  set  the 
priests  in  their  offices,  and  "en- 
couraged them  to  the  service  of 
the  hou.se  of  Jehovah.  3  And  he 
said  unto  p  the  Levites  that  taught 
all  Lsrael,  that  were  holy  unto 
Jehovah.  Put  the  holy  ark  in  the 
house  which  Solomon  the  son  of 
David  king  of  Israel  did  build  ; 
'  there  shall  no  more  be  a  burden 
upon  your  shoulders.  Now  serve 
Jehovah  your  God,  and  his  people 
Israel ;  4  and  ''prepare  yourselves 
after  your  fathers'  nouses  by  your 


3&5 


II.   CHKONICLES 


35.24 


Description  of  the  Passovet  liept  by  Josiaii.    He  is  slain  in  Battle  by  Pharaoh-neco 


courses,  according  to  the  writing 
of  David  king  of  Israel,  a.nd  "  ac- 
cording to  the  writing  of  Solomon 
his  son.  5  And  *  stand  in  the  holy 
place  according  to  the  divisions  of 
the  fathers'  houses  of  your  breth- 
ren the  children  of  the  people, 
^  and  let  there  be  for  each  a  portion 
of  a  father's  house  of  the  Levites. 
6  And  "kill  the  passover,  and 
**  sanctify  yourselves,  and  prepare 
for  your  brethren,  to  do  accoi'ding 
to  the  word  of  Jehovah  by  Moses. 

7  And  Josiah  -gave  to  the  chil- 
dren of  the  people,  of  the  flock, 
lambs  and  kids,  all  of  them  for  the 
passover-oiferings,  unto  all  that 
were  present,  to  the  number  of 
thirty  thousand,  and  three  thou- 
sand bullocks :  these  were  of  the 
king's  substance.  8  And  his  princes 
gave  ^for  a  freewill-offering  unto 
the  people,  to  the  priests,  and  to 
the  Levites.  Hilkiah  and  Zecha- 
riah  and  Jehiel,  *  the  rulers  of  the 
house  of  God,  gave  unto  the  priests 
for  the  passover-ofFerings  two  thou- 
sand and  six  hundred  small  cattle, 
and  three  hundred  oxen.  9  •''Con- 
aniah  also,  and  Shemaiah  and 
Nethanel,  his  brethren,  and  Hash- 
abiah  and  Jeiel  and  Jozabad,  the 
chiefs  of  the  Levites,  gave  unto 
the  Levites,  for  the  passover-offer- 
ings  five  thousand  small  cattle,  and 
five  hundred  oxen. 

10  So  the  service  was  prepared, 
and  "the  priests  stood  in  their 
place,  and  the  Levites  by  their 
courses,  according  to  the  king's 
commandment.  11  And  *they 
killed  the  passover,  and  Hhe 
priests  sprinkled  the  blood  which 
they  received  of  their  hand,  and 
*  the  Levites  flayed  them.  1 2  And 
they  removed  the  burnt-oiFerings, 
that  they  might  give  them  accord- 
ing to  the  divisions  of  the  fathers' 
houses  of  the  children  of  the  peo- 
ple, to  offer  unto  Jehovah,  as  it  is 
written  in  the  book  of  Moses.  And 
so  did  they  with  the  oxen.  1 3  And 
Hhey  roasted  the  passover  with 
fire  according  to  the  ordinance  : 
and  '"the  holy  offerings  boiled  they 
in  pots,  and  in  caMrons,  and  in 
pans,  and  carried  them  quickly  to 
all  the  children  of  the  people. 
14  And  afterward  they  prepared 
for  themselves,  and  for  the  priests, 
because    the    priests  the    sons   of 

1  Or,  and  according  to  the  distribution  of  each 
father'' s  house 

2  Or,  gave  for  offerings  (and  bo  in  ver.  8, 9)  See 
eb.  da  94  3  Or,  willinglv 


"  eh.  8.  14 
i>  Ezr.  6.  18 
'^  ver.  1 
d  ch.  '^'9.  5 
'  ch.  31.  13 
/ch.  31.  12 
"  ver.  5 
''  ver.  1,  6 
■  ch.  29.  22 
k  ch.  29.  34 
'  Ex.  12.  8,  £ 

"•  Lev.  6.  25 


"  1  Chr.  5 .  1 
0  1  Chr.  20. 
12t19 


P  ch.  30.  21 


«  ch.  30.  6  ; 
2  K.  23.  21 


'  2  K.  23.  29, 
30 


•  Is.  10.  9 ; 
Jar.  46.  2 


« ch.  25.  19 


"  ch.  18.  29 


"  ver.  21 
^  Judg.  6.  19 


Aaron  tvei^e  busied  in  oft'ering  the 
burnt-ofierings  and  the  fat  until 
night :  therefore  the  Levites  pre- 
pared for  themselves,  and  for  the 
priests  the  sons  of  Aaron.  1 5  And 
the  singers  the  sons  of  Asaph  were 
in  their  place,  "  according  to  the 
commandment  of  David,  and 
Asaph,  and  Heman,  and  Jeduthun 
the  king's  seer ;  and  "  the  porters 
were  at  every  gate:  they  needed 
not  to  depart  from  their  service ; 
for  their  brethren  the  Levites  pre- 
pared for  them. 

1 6  So  all  the  service  of  Jehovah 
was  prepared  the  same  day,  to 
keep  the  passover,  and  to  offer 
burnt-ofiierings  upon  the  altar  of 
Jehovah,  according  to  the  com- 
mandment of  king  Josiah.  17 
And  the  children  of  Israel  that 
were  present  kept  the  passover  at 
that  time,  and  ^the  feast  of  un- 
leavened bread  seven  days.  18 
And  "there  was  no  passover  like 
to  that  kept  in  Israel  from  the 
days  of  Samuel  the  prophet ; 
neither  did  any  of  the  Kings  of 
Israel  keep  such  a  passover  as 
Josiah  kept,  and  the  priests,  and 
the  Levites,  and  all  Judah  and 
Israel  that  were  present,  and  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem.  19  In 
the  eighteenth  year  of  the  reign 
of  Josiah  was  this  passover  kept. 

20  ''After  all  this,  when  Josiah 
had  prepared  the  temple,  Neco 
king  of  Egypt  went  up  to  fight 
against  'Carchemish  by  the  Eu- 
phrates :  and  Josiah  went  out 
against  him.  21  But  he  sent  am- 
bassadors to  him,  saying,  '  What 
have  I  to  do  with  thee,  thou  king 
of  Judah  1  I  come  not  against  thee 
this  day,  but  against  the  house 
wherewith  I  have  war ;  and  God 
^hath  commanded  me  to  make 
haste  :  forbear  thee  from  meddling 
with  God,  who  is  with  me,  that  he 
destroy  thee  not.  22  Nevertheless 
Josiah  would  not  turn  his  face 
from  him,  but  "disguised  himself, 
that  he  might  fight  with  him,  and 
hearkened  not  unto  the  words  of 
Neco  ''  from  the  mouth  of  God,  and 
came  to  fight  in  the  valley  of  *  Me- 
giddo.  23  And  the  archers  shot  at 
king  Josiah  ;  and  the  king  said  to 
his  servants.  Have  me  away ;  for 
I  am  sore  wounded.  24  So  his  ser- 
vants took  him  out  of  the  chariot, 
and  put  him  in  the  second  chariot 
that  he  had,  and  brought  him  to 

*  Or,  hath  given  command  to  speed  me 


35.35 


II.   CHRONICLES 


36.21 


Ri'if^ns  of  Jehoaliar,  Jehoiakiin,  Jehoiahin,  and  Zedekiah.    Zedekiali  rebels.    Jernsalom  laid  waste.    The  Captivity  begins 


Jerusalem ;  and  he  died,  and  was 
buried  in  the  sepulchres  of  his 
fathers.  "  And  all  J  udah  and  Jeru- 
sal(  m  moil rned  for  J  osiah.  25  And 
''Jeremiah  lamented  for. Josiali :  and 
all  the  singing  juen  and  singing 
women  spake  of  J  osiah  in  tiieir 
lamentations  unto  this  day ;  and 
they  made  them  an  ordinance  in 
Israel :  and,  behold,  they  are  writ- 
ten in  the  lamentations.  26  Now 
the  rest  of  the  acts  of  -J osiah,  and 
his  good  deeds,  according  to  that 
which  is  written  in  the  law  of 
Jehovah,  27  and  his  acts,  first  and 
last,  behold,  they  are  written  in 
the  book  of  the  kings  of  Israel  and 
Judah. 

Of\  '^Then  the  people  of  the 
O  \J  land  took  '^  .1  ehoahaz  the 
son  of  Josiah,  and  made  him  king 
in  his  father's  stead  in  Jerusalem. 
2  Joahaz  was  twenty  and  three 
years  old  when  he  began  to  reign  ; 
and  he  reigned  three  months  in 
Jerusalem.  3  And  the  king  of 
Egypt  deposed  him  at  Jerusalem, 
and  fined  the  land  a  hundred  tal- 
ents of  silver  and  a  talent  of  gold. 
4  And  the  king  of  Egypt  made 
Eliakim  his  brother  king  over  Judah 
and  Jerusalem,  and  clianged  his 
name  to  Jehoiakim.  And  "  Neco 
took  Joahaz  his  brother,  and  car- 
rie_d  him  to  Egypt. 

•5  -^Jehoiakim  was  twenty  and 
five  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign ;  and  he  reigned  eleven  years 
in  Jerusalem :  and  he  did  that 
which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
Jehovah  his  God.  6  "Against  him 
came  up  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of 
Babylon,  and  ''bound  him  in  fet- 
ters, 'to  carry  him  to  Babylon. 
7  *  Nebuchadnezzar  also  carried 
of  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  Je- 
hovah to  Babylon,  and  put  them 
in  his  ^  temple  at  Babj'lon.  8  '  Now 
the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jehoiakini, 
and  his  abominations  which  he  did, 
and  that  which  was  found  -in  him, 
behold,  they  are  written  in  the 
book  of  the  kings  of  Israel  and 
Judah  :  and  "  Jehoiachin  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

9  '"Jehoiachin  was  ''eight  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign ;  and 
he  reigned  three  months  and  ten 
days  in  Jerusalem :  and  he  did 
that  which  was  evil  in  the  sight 
of  Jehovah.     10  And  "at  the  re- 


1  Or,  palace         *  Or,  apainst 
3  In   1   Chr.  3.  16,  Jeconiah.     In   Jer. 
Coniah.  *  In  2  K.  24.  8,  eighteen 


In   Jer.   22.  24, 


"  Zech.  12. 11 
i>  J  er.  22.  10  ; 

Lain.  4.  20 
"  2  K.  23. 

30-34 
rfJer.  22.  11 
''  Jer.  22. 

10-12 
/  2  K.  23.  3G, 

37 ;  Jer.  22. 

13-13 
^  2  K.  24.  1 
''  cll.  33.  11 

'  Jer.  22. 18, 

19 
k  L'  K.  24.  13 
'  2  K.  24.  6 
'"  2  K.  24.  8-17 
"  2  S.  11.  1 


"  Jer.  37. 1 

P  2  K.  24.  18- 

20 ;  Jer. 

52.  1 
9  ch.  33.  23 
'■  Jer.  21.  3-7 
'  Jer. ,«.  3  ; 

Ezek.  17. 

15 
'  ch.  30.  8 


"  Jer.  7. 13  , 
25.  3 


"  ch.  30.  10  , 
Jer.  6. 12, 13 

^  Prov.  1. 
24-32 

"  Ezr.  6.  12 


«  2  K.  26.  1-7 


»  ver.  7, 10 


6  2  K.  2.-..  9  ; 
Jer.  62.  13 


«  2  K.  25.  11 
d  Jer.  !n.  7 


'  Jer.  29.  10 


turn  of  the  year  king  Nebuchad- 
nezzar sent,  and  brought  him  to 
Babylon,  with  the  goodly  vessels 
of  the  house  of  .J  ehovah,  and  made 
"Zedekiah  his  brother  king  over 
Judah  and  Jerusalem. 

11  ^Zedekiah  was  twenty  and 
one  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign ;  and  he  reigned  eleven  years 
in  Jerusalem :  12  and  he  did  that 
which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of 
Jehovah  his  God ;  *  he  humbled 
not  himself  ''before  Jeremiah  the 
prophet  speaking  fiom  the  mouth 
of  Jehovah.  13  And  *he  also  re- 
belled against  king  Nebuchadnez- 
zar, who  had  made  him  swear  by 
God :  but  '  he  stiffened  his  neck, 
and  Miardened  his  heart  against 
turning  unto  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  Israel.  14  Moreover  all  the 
chiefs  of  the  priests,  and  the  peo- 
ple, trespassed  very  greatly  after 
all  the  abominations  of  the  nations ; 
and  they  polluted  the  house  of  .Je- 
hovah which  he  had  hallowed  in 
Jerusalem.  1.5  And  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  their  fathers,  "  sent  to  them 
by  his  messengers,  rising  up  early 
and  sending,  because  he  had  com- 

Kassion  on  his  people,  and  on 
is  dwelling-place:  16  but  they 
"mocked  the  messengers  of  God, 
and  *  despised  his  words,  and 
scoffed  at  his  prophets,  *  until  the 
wrath  of  Jehovah  arose  against 
his  people,  till  there  was  no 
^  remedy. 

17  ^Therefore  he  brought  upon 
them  the  king  of  the  Chaldeans, 
who  slew  their  young  men  with 
the  sword  in  the  house  of  their 
sanctuary,  and  had  no  compassion 
upon  young  man  or  virgin,  old 
man  or  hoary -headed  :  he  gave 
them  all  into  his  hand.  18  And 
"all  the  vessels  of  the  house  of 
God,  great  and  small,  and  the 
treasures  of  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah, and  the  treasures  of  the 
king,  and  of  his  princes,  all  these 
he  brought  to  Babylon.  19  And 
Hhey  burnt  the  house  of  God,  and 
brake  down  the  wall  of  Jerusalem, 
and  burnt  all  the  palaces  thereof 
with  fire,  and  destroyed  all  the 
goodly  vessels  thereof.  20  And 
them  that  had  escaped  from  the 
sword  "^  carried  he  away  to  Baby- 
lon; and  "^they  were  servants  to 
him  and  his  sons  until  the  reign 
of  the  kingdom  of  Persia:  21  *to 
fulfil  the  word  of  Jehovah  by  the 

5  Heb.  strenythened.         «  Heb.  healing. 


463 


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II.  CHRONICLES 


36.23 


Cyrus  decrees  the  Rebuilding  ortlie  Teuple 


mouth  of  Jeremiah,  until  "the 
land  had  enjoyed  its  sabbachs  :  for 
''as  long  as  it  lay  desolate  it  kept 
sabbath,  to  fulfil  threescore  and 
ten  years. 

22  "^  Now  in  the  fiirst  year  of 
^  Cyrus  king  of  Persia,  that  the 
word  of  Jehovah  "^by  the  mouth 
of  Jeremiah  might  be  accom- 
plished, Jehovah  ''stirred  up  the 
spirit   of    Cyrus    king    of    Persia, 

» Heb.  Coresh. 


"  Lev.  26.  34 
f"  Ler.  26.  4 

<•  Ezr.  1. 1-3 


d  Jer.  26  12 ; 
29.  10 


'  Is  44.  28 


so  that  he  made  a  proclamation 
throughout  all  his  kingdom,  and 
jiut  it  also  in  writing,  saying, 
23  Thus  saith  Cyrus  king  of 
Persia,  All  the  kingdoms  of  the 
earth  hath  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
heaven,  given  me ;  and  he  hath 
charged  me  to  build  hiin  a  house 
in  Jerusalem,  which  is  in  Judah. 
Whosoever  there  is  among  you  of 
all  his  people,  Jehovah  his  God 
be  with  him,  and  let  him  go  up. 


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I^Now  in  the  first  year  of 
^  Cyrus  king  of  Persia,  that  the 
word  of  Jehovah  by  the  mouth  of 
Jeremiah  niight  be  accomplished, 
Jehovali  stirred  up  the  spirit  of 
Cyrus  king  of  Persia,  so  that  he 
''made  a  proclamation  throughout 
all  his  kingdom,  and  j^ut  it  also  in 
writing,  saying,  2  Thus  saith  Cyrus 
king  of  Persia,  All  the  kingdoms  of 
the  earth  hath  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  heaven,  given  me  ;  and  "  he  hath 
charged  me  to  build  him  a  house 
in  Jerusalem,  which  is  in  Judah. 
3  Whosoever  there  is  among  you 
of  all  his  people,  his  God  be  with 
him,  and  let  him  go  up  to  Jerusa- 
lem, which  is  in  Judan,  and  build 
the  house  of  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
Israel  "(''he  is  God),  which  is  in 
Jerusalem.  4  And  whosoever  is 
left,  in  any  place  where  he  sojourn- 
eth,  let  the  men  of  his  place  help 
him  with  silver,  and  with  gold,  and 
with  goods,  and  with  beasts,  be- 
sides the  freewill-offering  for  the 
house  of  God  which  is  in  Jeru- 
.salem. 

5  Then  rose  up  the  heads  of 
fatliers'  houses  of  Judah  and  Ben- 
jamin, and  the  priests,  and  the 
Levites, "  even  all  whose  spirit  God 
had  stirred  to  go  up  to  build  the 
house  of  Jehovah  %vhich  is  in  Jeru- 
salem. 6  And  all  they  that  were 
round  about  them  ^strengthened 
their  hands  with  vessels  of  silver, 
with  gold,  with  goods,  and  with 
beasts,  and  with  precious  things, 
besides  all  that  was  willingly  of- 
fered. 7  "Also  Cyrus  the  king 
brought  forth  the  vessels  of  the 
house  of  Jehovah,  *  which  Nebu- 
chadnezzar had  brought  forth  out 
of  Jerusalem,  and  had  put  in  the 
house  of  his  gods  ;  8  even  those  did 
Cyrus  king  of  Persia  bring  forth  by 
the  hand  of  Mithredath  the  treas- 
urer, and  numbered  them  unto 
'  Sheshbazzar,  the  prince  of  Judah. 
9  And  this  is  the  number  of  them  : 

•  Heb.  Coresh. 

3  Or,  he  is  the  Ood  who  is  in  Jerusalem 


2  Chr.  36. 

22 


t>  ch.  5.  13 


'  Is.  44.  28 , 
45.  1,  12,  13 


•^  Dan.  6.  26 


/ch.  S.  22; 
Is.  35.  3 


^  ch.  5.  14  ; 
G.  6 


A  2  Chr.  36.  7 
'  ch.  6.  14 


*  ch.  8.  27 
'  Neh.  7. 
G-73 


*  thirty  platters  of  gold,  a  thousand 
platters  of  silver,  nine  and  twenty 
knives,  10  thirty  bowls  of  gold, 
silver  bowls  of  a  second  sort  four 
hundred  and  ten,  and  other  ves- 
sels a  thousand.  1 1  All  the  vessels 
of  gold  and  of  silver  were  live  thou- 
sand and  four  hundred.  All  these 
did  Sheshbazzar  bring  up,  when 
they  of  the  captivity  were  brought 
up  from  Babylon  unto  Jerusalem. 

2  'Now  these  are  the  children 
of  the  province,  that  went  up 
out  of  the  captivity  of  those  that 
had  been  carried  away,  whom 
''  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon had  carried  away  unto  Babylon, 
and  that  returned  unto  Jerusalem 
and  Jvidah,  every  one  unto  his 
city ;  2  who  came  with  Zerubba- 
bel,  Jeshua,  Nehemiah,  ''Seraiah, 
^  Reelaiah,  Mordecai,  Bilshan,  ®Mis- 
par,  Bigvai,  ''Eehum,  Baanah. 

The  number  of  the  men  of  the 
people  of  Israel :  3  The  children  of 
Parosh,  two  thousand  a  hundred 
seventy  and  two.  4  The  children 
of  Shephatiah,  three  hundred  sev- 
enty and  two.  5  The  children  of 
Arah,  seven  hundred  seventy  and 
five.  6  The  children  of  Pahath- 
moab,  of  the  children  of  Jeshua 
aTul  Joab,  two  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred and  twelve.  7  The  children 
of  Elam,  a  thousand  two  hundred 
fifty  and  four.  8  The  children  of 
Zattu,  nine  hundred  forty  and  five. 
9  The  children  of  Zaccai,  seven  hun- 
dred and  threescoi-e.  10  The  chil- 
dren of  *Bani,  six  hundred  forty 
and  two.  11  The  children  of  Be- 
bai,  six  hundred  twenty  and  three. 

1 2  The  children  of  Azgad,  a  thou- 
sand two  hundred  twenty  and  two. 

13  The  children  of  Adonikam,  six 
hundred  sixty  and  six.  14  The 
children  of  Bigvai,  two  thousand 
fifty  and  six.     15  The  children  of 


s  Heb.  Nebvchndvezzor. 

*  In  Neh.  7.  7,  Azariah. 

'  In  Neh.  7.  7,  Raamiah. 

6  In  Neh.  7.  7,  Mispereth. 

7  In  Neh.  7.  7,  JVehum. 

•  In  Neh.  7.  15.  Binnui. 


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2.62 


List  of  those  who  returned  ftom  Babrlon 


Adin,  four  hundred  fifty  and  four. 
16  The  children  of  Ater,  of  Heze- 
kiah,  ninety  and  eight.  17  The 
children  of  Bezai,  three  hundred 
twenty  and  three.  18  The  chil- 
dren of  ^  Jorah,  a  hundred  and 
twelve.  19  The  children  of  Ha- 
shum,  two  hundred  twenty  and 
three.  20  The  children  of  '' Gib- 
bar,  ninety  and  five.  2 1  The  chil- 
dren of  Beth-lehem,  a  hundred 
twenty  and  thi'ee.  22  The  men  of 
Netophah,  fifty  and  six.  23  The 
men  of  Anathoth,  ahundred twenty 
and  eight.  2-1  The  children  of 
^  Azmaveth,  forty  and  two.  25  The 
children  of  ^Kiriath-arim,  Chephi- 
rah,  and  Beeroth,  seven  hundred 
and  forty  and  three.  26  The  chil- 
dren of  Ramah  and  Geba,  six  hun- 
dred twenty  and  one.  27  The  men 
of  ]\Iichmas,  a  hundred  twenty  and 
two.  28  The  men  of  Beth-el  and 
Ai,  two  hundred  twenty  and  three. 
29  The  children  of  Nebo,  fifty  and 
two.  30  The  children  of  Magbish, 
a  hundred  fifty  and  six.  31  The 
children  of  the  other  Elam,  a  thou- 
sand two  hundred  fifty  and  four. 
32  The  children  of  Harim,  three 
hundred  and  twenty.  33  The  chil- 
dren of  Lod,  Hadid,  and  Ono,  seven 
hundred  twenty  and  five.  34  The 
children  of  J  ericho,  three  hundred 
forty  and  five.  35  The  children  of 
Senaah,  three  thousand  and  six 
hundred  and  thirty. 

36  "The  priests  :  the  children  of 
Jedaiah,  of  the  house  of  Jeshua, 
nine  hundred  seventy  and  three. 
37  The  children  of  Immer,  a  thou- 
sand fifty  and  two.  38  *  The  chil- 
dren of  Pashhur,  a  thousand  two 
hundred  forty  and  seven.  39  The 
children  of  Harim,  a  thousand  and 
seventeen. 

40  The  Levites :  the  children  of 
Jeshua  and  Kadmiel,  of  the  chil- 
dren of  ^Hodaviah,  seventy  and 
four.  41  The  singers  :  the  children 
of  Asaph,  a  hundred  twenty  and 
eight.  42  The  children  of  the  por- 
ters :  the  children  of  Shallum,  the 
children  of  Ater,  the  children  of 
Talmon.  the  children  of  Akkub, 
the  children  of  Hatita,  the  chil- 
dren of  Shobai,  in  all  a  hundred 
thirty  and  nine. 

43  The  Nethinim  :  the  children 
of  Ziha,  the  children  of  Hasupha, 

1  In  Neh.  7.  24,  Hariph. 

a  In  Neh.  7.  25,  Giheon. 

3  In  Neh.  7.  28,  Bpth-nzmaveth. 

*  In  Neh.  7.  29,  Kiriath-jearim. 

6  In  ch.  3.  9,  Judah.    In  Neh.  7.  43,  Hodevah. 


"  1  Chr.  24. 

7-18 


b  1  Chr.  9.  12 


«  2  S.  17.  27 


d  Num.  16. 

39,  40 


^466 


the  children  of  Tabbaoth,  44  the 
children  of  Keros,  the  children  of 
*'Siaha,  the  children  of  Padon,  45 
the  children  of  Lebanah,  the  chil- 
dren of  Hagabah,  the  children  of 
Akkub,  46  the  children  of  Hagab, 
the  children  of  ^  Shamlai,  the  chil- 
dren of  Hanan,  47  the  children  of 
Giddel,  the  children  of  Gahar,  the 
children  of  Reaiah,  48  the  children 
of  Rezin,  the  children  of  Nekoda, 
the  children  of  Gazzam,  49  the 
children  of  Uzza,  the  children  of 
Paseah,  the  children  of  Besai.  50 
the  children  of  Asnah,  the  chilaren 
of  Meunim,  the  children  of  *Ne- 
phisim,  51  the  children  of  Bakbuk, 
the  children  of  Hakupha,  the  chil- 
dren of  Harhur,  52  the  children  of 
^Bazluth,  the  children  of  Mehida, 
the  children  of  Harsha,  53  the  chil- 
dren of  Barkos,  the  children  of 
Sisera,  the  children  of  Temah, 
54  the  children  of  Neziah,  the 
children  of  Hatipha. 

55  The  children  '  of  Solomon's 
servants :  the  children  of  Sotai, 
the  children  of  ^"Hassophereth,  the 
children  of  "Peruda,  56  the  chil- 
dren of  Jaalah,  the  children  of 
Darkon,  the  children  of  Giddel, 
57  the  children  of  Shephatiah,  the 
children  of  Hattil,  the  children  of 
Pochereth-hazzebaim,  the  children 
of  '-Ami.  58  All  the  Nethinim, 
and  the  children  of  Solomon's  ser- 
vants, were  three  hundred  ninety 
and  two. 

59  And  these  were  they  that 
went  up  from  Tel-melah,  Tel-har- 
sha.  Cherub,  '^  Addan,  and  Immer ; 
but  they  could  not  show  their 
fathers'  houses,  and  their  seed, 
whether  they  were  of  Israel :  60 
the  children  of  Delaiah,  the  chil- 
dren of  Tobiah,  the  children  of 
Nekoda,  six  hundred  fifty  and  two. 
61  And  of  the  children  of  the 
priests  :  the  children  of  "  Habaiah, 
the  children  of  Hakkoz,  the  chil- 
dren of  Barzillai,  who  took  a  wife 
of  the  daughters  of  '^Barzillai  the 
Gileadite,  and  was  called  after  their 
name.  62  These  sought  their  regis- 
ter among  those  that  were  reckoned 
by  genealogy,  but  they  were  not 
found  :     "  tlierefore    '^  were    they 

«  In  Neh.  7.  47,  Sia.    '  In  Neh.  7.  48,  Salmai. 
8  Another  reading  us,  Xephusim.   In  Neh.  7.  52, 
Nnyhushesim.  »  In  Neh.  7.  54,  Bazlith. 

10  In  Neh.  7.  57,  Sophereth. 

11  In  Neh.  7.  57,  Perida. 

12  In  Neh.  7.  59,  Amon. 

13  In  Neh.  7.  61.  Addon. 
i<  In  Neh.  7.  63,  Hobaiah. 

"  Heb.  they  were  polluted  from  the  'priuthood. 


2.63 


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The  Samber  of  those  who  retarned.    Sacrifii ial  Worship  resumed.    Rebuilding  of  the  Temple  began 


deemed  polluted  and  put  from  the 
priesthood.  63  And  the  governor 
said  unto  them,  "  tliat  they  should 
not  eat  of  the  most  holy  things, 
till  there  stood  up  a  priest  ''with 
Urim  and  with  Thummim. 

64  The  whole  assembly  together 
was  forty  and  two  thousand  three 
hundred  and  threescore,  65  besides 
their  men-servants  and  their  maid- 
servants, of  whom  there  were  seven 
thousand  three  hundred  thirty  and 
seven :  and  they  had  two  hundred 
'singing  men  and  singing  women. 
66  Their  horses  were  seven  hun- 
dred thirty  and  six  ;  their  mules, 
two  hundred  forty  and  live ;  67 
their  camels,  four  hundred  thirty 
and  five;  their  asses,  six  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  twenty. 

68  And  some  of  the  heads  of 
fathers'  houses,  when  they  came  to 
the  house  of  Jehovah  which  is  in 
Jerusalem,  offered  willingly  for  the 
house  of  God  to  set  it  up  in  its 
place:  69  they  gave  after  their 
ability  ''into  the  treasviry  of  the 
work  threescore  and  one  thousand 
darics  of  gold,  and  five  thousand 
^pounds  of  silver,  and  one  hun- 
dred priests'  garments. 

70  oo  the  priests,  and  the  Le- 
vites,  and  some  of  the  people,  and 
the  singers,  and  the  porters,  and 
the  Nethinim,  dwelt  in  their  cities, 
and  all  Israel  in  their  cities. 

3*  And  when  the  seventh 
month  was  come,  and  the 
children  of  Israel  were  in  the  cit- 
ies, the  people  gathered  themselves 
together  as  one  man  to  Jerusalem. 
2  Then  stood  up  -^  Jeshua  the  son 
of  Jozadak,  and  his  brethren  the 
priests,  and  ^Zerubbabel  the  son 
*of  Shealtiel,  and  his  brethren, 
and  builded  the  altar  of  the  God 
of  Israel,  to  offer  burnt-offerings 
thereon,  'as  it  is  written  in  the 
law  of  Moses  the  man  of  God.  3 
And  they  set  the  altar  "upon  its 
base;  *for  fear  was  upon  them 
because  of  the  peoples  of  the  coun- 
tries:  and  they  '  offered  burnt- 
offerings  thereon  unto  Jehovah, 
even  burnt-offerings  morning  and 
evening.  4  ""And  they  kept  the 
feast  of  tabernacles,  "as  it  is  writ- 
ten, and  offered  the  daily  burnt- 
offerings  by  number,  "according  to 
the  ordinance,  as  the  duty  of  every 
day  required ;  5  and  afterward  the 
continual  burnt-offering,  and  ^the 
offerings  of  the  new  moons,  and 
1  Heb.  maneh.  '  Or,  in  iU  place 


"  Lev.  2.  3, 

1(1 
>>  Kx.  28.  30 
'  a  Chr.  36. 

^  cll.  8.  26-34 
'Nell.  7.  73; 

N.   1 

/Neh.  12. 

1.  s 
'J  ch.  2.  2 
''  1  Chr.  3.  17 
'  iJt.  12.  5,  6 
>•■  ch.  4.  4 
'  Num.  28.  2 
'"  Neh.  8.  U 
"  Ex.  23.  IG 
"  Nnm.  29. 12 
*•  Num.  28.  u 


t  Num.  29.  39 
>"  2  Chr.  2.  10 
'  2  Chr.  2.  11) 
'ch.  1.  2; 

6.  3 
"  ver.  2 ;  ch. 

4.  3 


"  1  Chr.  23. 


"  1  Chr.  6. 
31 ;  25.  1 
V  Neh.  12.  24, 


-  1  Chr.  16. 


"  Hag.  2.  3 


467 


«of  all  the  set  feasts  of  Jehovah 
tliat  were  consecrated,  and  of 
every  one  that  willingly  offered  a 
freewill-oifering  unto  Jehovah.  6 
From  the  first  day  of  the  seventh 
month  began  they  to  offer  burnt - 
offerings  unto  Jehovah:  but  the 
foundation  of  the  temple  of  Jeho- 
vah was  not  yet  laid.  7  They 
gave  money  also  unto  the  'masons, 
and  to  the  carpenters;  and  '^food, 
and  drink,  and  oil,  unto  them  of 
Sidon,  and  to  them  of  Tyre,  •'to 
bring  cedar-trees  from  Lebanon  to 
the  sea,  unto  Joppa,  'according 
to  the  grant  that  they  had  of 
Cyrus  king  of  Persia. 

8  Now  in  the  second  year  o.f  their 
coming  unto  the  house  of  God  at 
Jerusalem,  in  the  second  month, 
began  "Zervibbabcl  the  son  of  She- 
altiel, and  Jeshua  the  son  of  Joza- 
dak, and  the  rest  of  their  brethren 
the  priests  and  the  Levites,  and  all 
they  that  were  come  out  of  the 
captivity  unto  Jerusalem,  and  "ap- 
pointed the  Levites,  from  twenty 
jrears  old  and  upward,  to  ^have  the 
oversight  of  the  work  of  the  house 
of  Jehovah.  9  Then  stood  Jeshua 
with  his  sons  and  his  brethren, 
Kadmiel  and  his  sons,  the  sons  of 
'' Judah,  •'together,  to  have  the  over- 
sight of  the  workmen  in  the  house 
of  God:  the  sons  of  Henadad,  with 
their  sons  and  their  brethren  the 
Levites.  10  And  when  the  build- 
ers laid  the  foundation  of  the 
temple  of  Jehovah,  ''^they  set  the 
priests  in  their  apparel  with  trum- 
pets, and  the  Levites  the  sons  of 
Asaph  with  cymbals,  to  praise  Je- 
hovah, ""after  the  order  of  David 
king  of  Israel.  1 1  And  ^'they  sang 
one  to  another  in  praising  and  giv- 
ing thanks  unto  Jehovah,  saying, 
"■  For  he  is  good,  for  his  loving- 
kindness  endureth  for  ever  toward 
Israel.  And  all  the  people  shouted 
with  a  great  shout,  when  they 
praised  Jehovah,  because  the 
foundation  of  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah was  laid.  12  But  many  of  the 
priests  and  Levites  and  heads  of 
lathers'  houses,  "  the  old  men  that 
had  seen  *the  first  house,  when  the 
foundation  of  this  house  was  laid 
before  their  eyes,  wept  with  a  loud 
voice ;  and  many  shouted  aloud  for 
joy:   13  so  that  the  people  could 

3  Or,  hetoers        *  Or,  set  forward  the  work 
-"•  In  ch.  2.  40,  Hodamah.        «  Heb.  as  one. 
'  According  to  some  MSS..  the  priests  stood. 
f  Or,  the  first  hotise  ata-nding  on  its  foundation, 
when  this  house  ivas  btjore  their  eyes 


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Adversaries  hinder  the  Work.    They  write  to  Artaxerxes.    The  King's  Reply,  ordering  the  Work  to  cease 


not  discern  the  noise  of  the  shout 
of  joy  from  the  noise  of  the  weep- 
ing of  the  people;  for  the  people 
shouted  with  a  loud  shout,  and 
the  noise  was  heard  afar  oft". 

4  Now  when  "  the  adversaries 
of  Judah  and  Benjamin  heard 
that  *the  children  of  the  captivity 
were  building  a  temple  unto  .Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  Israel;  2  then 
they  drew  near  to  Zerubbabel,  and 
to  the  heads  of  fathers'  houses,  and 
said  vinto  them,  Let  us  build  with 
you;  for  we  seek  your  God,  as  ye 
do;  ^''and  we  sacrifice  unto  him 
since  the  days  of  "*  Esar-haddoii 
king  of  Assyria,  who  brought  us 
up  hither.  3  But  Zerubbabel,  and 
Jeshua,  and  the  rest  of  the  heads 
of  fathers'  houses  of  Israel,  said 
unto  them,  "Ye  have  nothing  to 
do  with  us  in  building  a  house 
unto  our  God ;  but  we  ourselves 
together  will  build  unto  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel,  -^as  king  Cyrus 
the  king  of  Persia  hath  com- 
manded us.  4  Then  "the  people 
of  the  land  weakened  the  hands  of 
the  people  of  Judah,  and  '^troubled 
them  in  building,  5  and  hired 
counsellors  against  them,  to  frus- 
trate their  purpose,  all  the  days  of 
Cyrus  king  of  Persia,  even  until 
the  reign  of  Darius  king  of  Persia. 
6  And  in  the  reign  of  *''Ahasuerus, 
in  the  beginning  of  his  reign,  wrote 
they  an  accusation  against  the  in- 
habitants of  Judah  and  Jerusalem. 
7  And  in  the  days  of  '^  Artax- 
erxes wrote  Bishlam,  Mithredath, 
Tabeel,  and  the  rest  of  his  com- 

? anions,  unto  Artaxerxes  king  of 
ersia;  and  the  writing  of  the 
letter  was  written  in  the  ®  Syrian 
character,  and  set  forth  in  Hhe 
®  Syrian  tongue.  8  ^Rehum  the 
chancellor  and  Shinishai  the  scribe 
wrote  a  letter  against  Jerusalem 
to  Artaxerxes  the  king  in  this 
sort  :  9  then  ivrote  Rehum  the 
chancellor,  and  Shimshai  the 
scribe,  and  *the  rest  of  their  com- 
panions, the  Dinaites,  and  'the 
Apharsathchites,  the  Tarpelites, 
the  Apharsites,  the  Archevites,  the 
Babylonians,  the  Shushanchites, 
the  Dehaites,  the  Elamites,  1 0  and 
the  rest  of  the  nations  whom  the 
great  and  noble  Osnai^par  brought 
over,  and  set  in  the  city  of  Sama- 

1  Another  reading  is,  yet  we  do  not  sacrifice 
since  &c.  2  Or,  terrified 

^  Or,  Xerxes    Heb.  Ahashverosh. 

*  Heb.  Artahshashta.  s  Or,  Aramaic 

*  Ch.  4.  8-6.  18  is  in  Aramaic. 


"  ver  7-10 
>>  ch.  1.  11 

"  a  K.  17.  32 
•i  2  K.  I'J.  37 
'  Neh.  li.  20 
/ch.  1.  1,2 
I'  ch.  3.  3 
h  Esth.  1.  1 ; 

Dan.  9.  1 
■  2  K.  18.  26  , 

Dan.  2.  4 
*  2  K.  17.  24 
'  ch.  0.  fl  ; 


'"  ver.  11,  17 , 

ch.  7.  12 
"  2  Chr.  .36. 13 
"  ch.  6.  3,  9 
P  ver.  20 


9  Neh.  8.  8 


•  1  K.  4.  21 ; 
1  Chr.  18.  3 


'  ver.  13 ; 
ch.  7.  24 


468 


ria,  and  in  the  rest  of  the  country 
beyond  the  River,  "and  so  forth. 

1 1  This  is  the  copy  of  the  letter 
that  they  sent  unto  Artaxerxes  the 
king:  Thy  servants  the  men  be- 
yond the  River,  and  so  forth.  12 
Be  it  known  unto  the  king,  that 
the  Jews  that  came  up  from  thee 
are  come  to  us  unto  Jerusalem; 
they  are  building  "the  rebellious 
and  the  bad  city,  and  "have  finished 
the  walls,  and  repaired  the  founda- 
tions. 13  Be  it  known  now  unto 
the  king,  that,  if  this  city  be 
builded,  and  the  walls  finished, 
''they  will  not  pay  tribute,  custom, 
or  toll,  and  in  the  end  it  will  be 
hurtful  unto  the  kings.  14  Now 
because  we  eat  the  salt  of  the  pal- 
ace, and  it  is  not  meet  for  us  to  see 
the  king's  dishonor,  therefore  have 
we  sent  and  certified  the  king ;  1 5 
that  search  may  be  made  in  the 
book  of  the  records  of  thy  fathers : 
so  shalt  thou  find  .in  the  book  of 
the  records,  and  know  that  this 
city  is  a  rebellious  city,  and  hurt- 
ful unto  kings  and  provinces,  and 
that  they  have  moved  sedition 
within  the  same  of  old  time;  for 
which  cause  was  this  city  laid 
waste.  16  We  certify  the  king 
that,  if  this  city  be  builded,  ana 
the  walls  finished,  by  this  means 
thou  shalt  have  no  portion  beyond 
the  River. 

1 7  Then  sent  the  king  an  answer 
unto  Rehum  the  chancellor,  and  to 
Shimshai  the  scribe,  and  to  the  rest 
of  their  companions  that  dwell  in 
Samaria,  and  ^in  the  rest  of  the 
country  beyond  the  River :  Peace, 
and  so  fortn.  1 8  The  letter  which 
ye  sent  unto  us  hath  been  *" plainly 
read  before  me.  1 9  And  I  decreed, 
and  search  hath  been  made,  and  it 
is  found  that  this  city  of  old  time 
hath  made  insurrection  against 
kings,  and  that  rebellion  and  sedi- 
tion have  been  made  therein.  20 
*■  There  have  been  mighty  kings 
also  over  Jerusalem,  who  have 
ruled  over  all  the  cmmtry  beyond 
the  River;  and  'tribute,  custom, 
and  toll,  was  paid  unto  them.  21 
Make  ye  now  a  decree  to  cause 
these  men  to  cease,  and  that  this 
city  be  not  builded,  until  a  decree 
shall  be  made  by  me.  22  And 
take  heed  that  ye  be  not  slack 
herein :  why  should  damage  grow 
to  the  hurt  of  the  kings  % 

7  Or,  tinto  the  rest  bei/ond  Ac. 
*  Or,  translated 


4.23 


EZRA 


6.3 


The  Work  of  hoilding  the  Temple  resnmed.    Tatteaai  writes  to  Darius  ronferning  it.    Darins  finds  Cyrus's  Decree 


23  Then  when  the  copy  of  king 
Artaxerxe.s'  letter  was  read  before 
Kehum,  and  Shimshai  the  scribe, 
and  their  companions,  they  went 
in  haste  to  Jerusalem  unto  the 
Jews,  and  made  them  to  cease  by 
force  and  power.  24  I'hen  ceased 
the  work  of  the  house  of  God  which 
is  at  Jerusalem  ;  and  it  ceased  un- 
til the  second  year  of  the  reign  of 
Darius  king  of  Persia. 

5  Now  the  prophets,  "Ilaggai 
the  prophet,  and  *Zechariah 
the  son  of  Iddo,  prophesied  unto 
the  Jews  that  were  in  Judah  and 
Jerusalem ;  in  the  name  of  the 
God  of  Israel  ^prophesied  they  unto 
them.  2  Then  rose  up  "Zeruhba- 
bel  the  son  of  Shealtiel,  and  Jeshua 
the  son  of  Jozadak,  and  began  to 
baild  the  house  of  God  whic'h  is  at 
Jerusalem ;  and  "^  with  them  were 
the  prophets  of  God,  helping  them. 
3  At  the  same  time  came  to  them 
'Tattenai,  the  governor  beyond 
the  Kiver,  and  Shethar-bozenai, 
and  their  companions,  and  said 
thus  unto  them,  -^Who  gave  you 
a  decree  to  build  this  house,  and 
to  finish  this  wall  14^  Then  we 
told  them  after  this  manner,  what 
the  names  of  the  men  were  that 
were  making  this  building.  5  But 
*  the  eye  of  their  God  was  upon  the 
elders  of  the  Jews,  and  tney  did 
not  make  them  cease,  till  the  mat- 
ter should  come  to  Darius,  and 
then  'answer  should  be  returned 
by  letter  concerning  it. 

6  The  copy  of  the  letter  that 
'Tattenai,  the  governor  beyond 
the  River,  and  Shethar-bozenai, 
and  his  companions  ''the  Aphar- 
sachites,  who  were  beyond  the 
River,  sent  unto  Darius  the  king; 
7  they  sent  a  letter  unto  him, 
wherein  was  written  thus :  Unto 
Darius  the  king,  all  peace.  8  Be 
it  known  unto  the  king,  that  we 
went  into  the  province  of  Judah, 
to  the  house  of  the  great  God, 
which  is  builded  with  great  stones, 
and  timber  is  laid  in  the  M'alls ; 
and  this  work  goeth  on  with  dili- 
gence and  prospereth  in  their 
hands.  9  Then  asked  we  those 
elders,  and  said  unto  them  thus, 
Who  gave  you  a  decree  to  build 
this  house,  and  to  finish  this  wall? 
10  We  asked  them  their  names 
also,  to  certify  thee,  that  we  might 
write  the  names  of  the  men  that 

1  Or,  which  was  upon  them 

2  Or,  they  returned  answer 


"  Hag.  1.  1 
b  Zech.  1.  1 
■^  ch.  :i.  2 
d  ch.  e.  14 ; 

Hau.  2.  4 ; 

Zecli.  3.  1 
*■  ch.  6.  6, 13 
/ver.  9;  ch. 

1.  3 
'J  ver.  10 
*  ch.  7.  6,  28 
'  ver.  .J 
k  ch.  4.  9 


'  1  K.  6.  1,  38 
'"  2  Chr.  36. 

Ifi,  17 
"  ch.  1.  1 
"  ch.  1.  7  ;  6. 

5;  Dan. 

6.  2 
P  ver.  16 ; 
ch.  1.  8 


«  ch.  3.  8,  10 


■  ch.  6.  15 
'  ch.  6.  1,  2 


"  2  K.  17.  6 


"  ch.  1.  1 ; 
6.  13 


469 


were  at  the  head  of  them  1 1  And 
thus  they  returned  us  answer,  say- 
ing. We  are  the  servants  of  the  God 
of  heaven  and  earth,  and  are  build- 
ing the  house  that  was  builded 
these  many  years  ago,  '  which  a 
great  king  of  Jsrael  builded  and 
finished.  12  But  ^"' after  that  our 
fathers  had  provoked  the  (jlod  of 
heaven  unto  wrath,  he  gave  them 
into  the  hand  of  Nebuchadnezzar 
king  of  Babylon,  the  Chaldean, 
who  destroyed  this  house,  and  car- 
ried the  people  away  into  Babylon. 
13  But  "in  the  first  year  of  Cyrus 
king  of  Babylon,  Cyrus  the  king 
made  a  decree  to  build  this  house 
of  God.  14  And  "the  gold  and 
silver  vessels  also  of  the  house  of 
God,  which  Nebuchadnezzar  took 
out  of  the  temple  that  was  in  Jeru- 
salem, and  brought  into  the  temple 
of  Babylon,  those  did  Cyrus  the 
king  take  out  of  the  temple  of 
Babylon,  and  they  were  delivered 
unto  one  ^  whose  name  was  Shesh- 
bazzar,  whom  he  had  made  gov- 
ernor ;  1 5  and  he  said  unto  him, 
Take  these  vessels,  go,  put  them 
in  the  temple  that  is  in  Jerusalem, 
and  let  the  house  of  God  be  builded 
in  its  place.  16  Then  came  the 
same  Sheshbazzar,  and  "laid  the 
foundations  of  the  house  of  God 
which  is  in  Jerusalem:  and  since 
that  time  even  until  now  hath  it 
been  in  building,  and  ''yet  it  is  not 
completed.  17  Now  therefore,  if 
it  seem  good  to  the  king,  'let  there 
be  search  made  in  tlie  king's  treas- 
ure-house, which  is  there  at  Baby- 
lon, whether  it  be  so,  that  a  decree 
was  made  of  Cyrus  the  king  to 
build  this  house  of  God  at  Jerusa- 
lem ;  and  let  the  king  send  his 
pleasure  to  us  concerning  this 
matter. 

6  Then  Darius  the  king  made 
a  decree,  and  '  search  was 
made  in  the  house  of  the ''archives, 
where  the  treasures  were  laid  u])  in 
Babylon.  2  And  there  was  found 
at  ^Achmetha,  in  the  palace  that 
is  "in  the  province  ot  Media,  a 
roll,  and  therein  was  thus  written 
for  a  record:  3  'In  the  first  year 
of  Cyrus  the  king,  Cyrus  the  king 
made  a  decree :  Concerning  the 
house  of  God  at  Jerusalem,  let  the 
house  be  builded,  the  place  where 
they  offer  sacrifices,  and  let  the 
foundations    thereof    be    strongly 

3  Or,  because  that  *  Aram.  book». 

6  That  is,  Ecbatana. 


EZRA 


7.3 


DariDS  orders  Tattenai  to  help  in  tbe  Work.    The  Temple  Mshed  and  dedicated.    The  Passover  kept 


lai<.i ;  the  height  thereof  three- 
score cubits,  and  the  breadth 
thereof  threescore  cubits  ;  4  "  with 
tliree  courses  of  great  stones,  and 
a  course  of  new  timber :  and  let 
the  expenses  be  given  out  of  the 
king's  house.  5  And  also  let 
'  the  gold  and  silver  vessels  of  the 
house  of  God.  which  Nebuchadnez- 
zar took  forth  out  of  the  temple 
which  is  at  Jerusalem,  and  brought 
unto  Babylon,  be  restored,  and 
brought  again  unto  the  temple 
which  is  at  .Jerusalem,  every  one 
to  its  place ;  and  thou  shalt  put 
them  in  the  house  of  God. 

6  Now  therefore,  '^  Tattenai,  gov- 
ernor beyond  the  River,  Shethar- 
bozenai,  and  ^your  companions  the 
Apharsachites,  who  are  beyond  the 
River,  be  ye  far  from  thence  :  7  let 
the  work  of  this  house  of  God  alone ; 
let  the  governor  of  the  Jews  and 
the  elders  of  the  Jews  build  this 
house  of  God  in  its  place.  8  More- 
over ''  I  make  a  decree  what  ye 
shall  do  to  these  elders  of  the  Jews 
for  the  building  of  this  house  of 
God :  that  of  the  king's  goods, 
even  of  the  tribute  beyond  the 
River,  expenses  be  given  with  all 
diligence  unto  these  men,  that 
they  be  not  hindered.  9  And 
that  which  they  have  need  of, 
both  young  bullocks,  and  rams, 
and  lambs,  for  burnt-offerings  to 
the  God  of  heaven ;  also  wheat, 
salt,  wine,  and  oil,  according  to 
the  word  of  the  priests  that  are 
at  Jerusalem,  let  it  be  given  them 
day  by  day  without  fail ;  10  that 
they  may  offer  sacrifices  of  sweet 
savor  unto  the  God  of  heaven,  and 
■^  pray  for  the  life  of  the  king,  and 
of  his  sons.  1 1  Also  I  have  made 
a  decree,  that  -^whosoever  shall 
alter  this  word,  let  a  beam  be 
pulled  out  from  his  house,  and  let 
him  be  lifted  up  and  fastened 
thereon ;  and  •''  let  his  house  be 
made  a  dunghill  for  this  :  12  and 
the  God  that  ''hath  caused  his 
name  to  dwell  there  overthrow  all 
kings  and  peoples  that  shall  put 
forth  their  hand  to  alter  the  sanie, 
to  destroy  this  house  of  God  which 
i.«  at  Jerusalem.  I  Darius  have 
made  a  decree  ;  let  it  be  done  with 
ail  diligence. 

13  Then  'Tattenai,  the  governor 
beyond  the  River,  Shetnar-boze- 
nai,  and  their  companions,  ^be- 
cause that   Darius   tne  king  had 

1  Aram,  their.         *  Or,  became  of  that  which  Sic. 


"  1  K.  6.  36 
b  ch.  1.  7 ; 

5.  14 
'  ver.  13 ; 

ch.  5.  3 
<i  ver.  4 ;  ch. 

7.  14-22 
^  ch.  7.  23 
/ch.  7.  2G 

"  Dan.  2.  5 ; 

3.  29 
h  Dt.  12.  5. 
11 

'  ver.  6 


k  ch.  6.  1,  2 
'  ch.  1. 1 
"'  ver.  12 
"  ch.  7.  1 
"  Esth.  3.  7 


P  2  Chr.  7.  o 


9  ch.  8.  35 


"■  2  Chr.  35. 5 

"  1  Chr.  23.  6 

'  Num.  3.  6 ; 
8.9 

"  ch.  1.  11 

"Ex.  12.  6 
"^  2  Chr.  29. 

34  ;  30.  15 
y  2  Chr.  35. 11 


'  Neh.  9.  2 ; 

10.  28 


°-  ch.  9.  11 


'  Ex.  12.  15 


"  ch.  7.  27 
d  ch.  1.  1 ; 
6.  1 


'  I  Chr.  6. 

4-14 
/  ver.  12,  21 , 

Neh.  2.  1 


sent,  did  accordingly  with  all 
diligence.  14  And  *the  elders 
of  the  Jews  builded  and  pros- 
pered, through  the  prophesying 
of  Haggai  the  prophet  and  Zecha- 
riah  the  son  ot  Iddo.  And  they 
builded  and  finished  it,  according 
to  the  commandment  of  the  God 
of  Israel,  and  according  to  the 
decree  '  of  Cyrus,  and  '"  Darius, 
and  "Artaxerxes  king  of  Persia. 
15  And  this  house  was  finished 
on  the  third  day  of  the  "month 
Adar,  which  was  in  the  sixth 
year  of  the  reign  of  Darius  the 
king. 

16  And  the  children  of  Israel, 
the  priests  and  the  Levites,  and 
the  i-est  of  the  children  of  the 
captivity,  ^  kept  the  dedication  of 
this  house  of  God  with  joy.  17 
And  they  offered  at  the  dedica- 
tion of  this  house  of  God  a  hun- 
dred bullocks,  two  hundred  rams, 
four  hundred  lambs ;  and  for  a 
sin-offering  for  all  Israel,  *  twelve 
he-goats,  according  to  the  num- 
ber of  the  tribes  of  Israel.  18 
And  they  set  the  priests  in  ''  their 
divisions,  and  the  Levites  in 
"their  courses,  for  the  service  of 
God,  which  is  at  Jerusalem  ;  'as  it 
is  written  in  the  book  of  Moses. 

19  And  "the  children  of  the 
captivity  kept  the  passover  upon 
"the  fourteenth  dan  of  the  first 
month.  20  ""For  the  priests  and 
the  Levites  had  purified  them- 
selves ^  together ;  all  of  them 
were  pure :  and  *  they  killed  the 
passover  for  all  the  children  of 
the  captivity,  and  for  their  breth- 
ren the  priests,  and  for  themselves. 
21  And  the  children  of  Israel  that 
were  come  again  out  of  the  cap- 
tivit.y,  and  ""all  such  as  had  sepa- 
rated themselves  unto  them  from 
"the  filthiness  of  the  nations  of 
the  land,  to  seek  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  Israel,  did  eat,  22  and 
*  kept  the  feast  of  unleavened 
bread  seven  days  with  joy :  for 
Jehovah  had  made  them  joyful, 
and  "had  turned  the  heart  of  ''the 
king  of  Assyria  unto  them,  to 
strengthen  their  hands  in  the 
work  of  the  house  of  God,  the 
God  of  Israel. 

7"  Now  after  these  things,  in 
the  reign  of  -^Artaxerxes  king 
of  Persia,  Ezra  the  son  of  Seraiah, 
the  son  of  Azariah,  the  son  of  Hil- 
kiah,  2  the    son    of  Shallum,   the 
3  Heb.  as  one. 


470 


7  3 


EZKA 


7.27 


Eira  comes  to  JernsHlrm.     Letter  of  Artaxerxes  to  Ezra 


son  of  Zadok,  the  son  of  Ahitub, 

3  the  son  of  Amariah,  the  son  of 
Azariah,     the     sou    of    Meraioth, 

4  the  son  of  Zerahiah,  the  son  of 
Uzzi.  the  son  of  Bukki,  5  the  son  of 
Abisnua,  the  son  of  Phinehas,  the 
son  of  Eleazar,  the  son  of  Aaron 
the  chief  priest  —  6  this  Ezra  went 
up  from  Babylon.  And  he  was  a 
ready  "scribe  in  the  law  of  Moses, 
which  .lehovah,  the  God  of  Israeh 
had  given;  and  the  king  granted 
him  all  his  request,  ''according  to 
the  hand  of  Jehovah  his  God  upon 
him.  7  And  Hhere  went  up  some 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  and  of 
the  priests,  and  the  Levites,  and  the 
singers,  and  the  porters,  and  the 
Nethinim,  unto  Jerusalem,  in 
the  seventh  year  of  Artaxerxes 
the  king.  8  And  he  came  to  Jeru- 
salem in  the  fifth  month,  which 
was  in  the  seventh  year  of  the 
king.  9  For  upon  the  first  day 
of  the  first  month  '  began  he  to 
^o  up  from  Babylon;  and  on  the 
first  day  of  the  fifth  month  came 
he  to  Jerusalem,  **  according  to  the 
good  hand  of  his  God  upon  him. 
10  For  Ezra  had  set  his  heart  to 
seek  the  law  of  Jehovah,  and  to 
do  it,  and  "  to  teach  in  Israel 
statutes  and  ordinances. 

11  Now  this  is  the  copy  of  the 
letter  that  the  king  Artaxerxes 
gave  unto  Ezra  the  priest,  the 
scribe,  even  the  scribe  oi  the  words 
of  the  commandments  of  Jehovah, 
and  of  his  statutes  to  Israel :  1 2 
'■^Artaxerxes,  -^king  of  kings,  unto 
Ezra  the  priest,  the  scribe  of  the 
law  of  the  God  of  heaven,  perfect 
and  so  forth.  13  ^  I  make  a  de- 
cree, that  all  they  of  the  people  of 
Israel,  and  their  priests  and  the 
Levites,  in  my  realm,  that  are 
minded  of  their  own  free  will  to 
go  to  Jerusalem,  go  with  thee. 
14  Forasmuch  as  thou  art  sent 
^of  the  king  and  his  ''seven  coun- 
sellors, to  inquire  concerning  Judah 
and  Jerusalem,  according  to  the 
law  of  thy  God  which  is  in  thy 
hand,  1.5  and  to  carry  the  silver 
and  gold,  which  the  king  and  his 
counsellors  have  freely  offered  unto 
the  God  of  Israel,  'whose  habita- 
tion is  in  Jerusalem,  16  and  *all 
the  silver  and  gold  that  thou  shalt 
find  in  all  the  province  of  Babylon, 
'with  the  freewill-offering  of  the 

1  Heb.  that  was  the  foiindntion  of  the  going  up. 

2  Oh.  7.  12-26  is  in  Aramaic. 

3  Aram,  from  before  the  king. 


"  ver.  11,  12, 

21 
*-  ver.  9,  28 
'  ch.  8.  1-20 
rf  ver.  6 

*  ver.  25 ; 
Neh.  8.  1 

/  Ezek.  26. 

7 ;  Dan.  2. 

37 
■'  ch.  C.  1 
''  ver.  lu,  28  , 

ch.  8.  25 
'  ch.  6.  12 

*  ch.  8.  25 

'  ch.  1.  4,  6 


'"  Num.  15. 

4-13 
"  Pt.  12.  5-11 
°  ch.  6.  4 


J'  ver.  6 


9  ch.  6.  10 


■  ver.  7 


'  ch.  4.  13,  20 


'  Kx.  18.  21 ; 

m.  16. 18 


'  ver.  10 
'  ch.  G.  11, 12 


471 


people,  and  of  the  priests,  offering 
willingly  for  the  house  of  their 
God  which  is  in  Jerusalem ;  1 7 
therefore  thou  shalt  with  all  <lili- 
gence  buy  with  this  money  bul- 
locks, rams,  lamljs,  '"  with  tlieir 
meal-offerings  and  tlieir  drink- 
offerings,  and  "shalt  ofier  them 
upon  the  altar  of  the  house  of 
your  God  which  is  in  Jeru.salem. 
18  And  whatsoever  shall  seem 
good  to  thee  and  to  thy  brethren 
to  do  with  the  rest  of  the  silver 
and  the  gold,  that  do  ye  after  tlie 
will  of  your  God.  19  And  the 
vessels  tbat  are  given  thee  for 
the  service  of  the  house  of  thy 
God,  deliver  thou  before  the  God 
of  Jerusalem.  20  And  whatso- 
ever more  shall  be  needful  for  the 
house  of  thy  God,  which  thou 
shalt  have  occasion  to  bestow, 
"bestow  it  out  of  the  king's  treas- 
ure-house. 21  And  1,  even  I  Artax- 
erxes the  king,  do  make  a  decree 
to  all  the  treasurers  that  are  be- 
yond the  River,  that  whatsoever 
Ezra  the  priest,  ^'the  scribe  of  the 
law  of  the  God  of  heaven,  shall 
require  of  you,  it  be  done  with  all 
diligence,  22  unto  a  hundred  tal- 
ents of  silver,  and  to  a  hundred 
^measures  of  wheat,  and  to  a  hun- 
dred baths  of  wine,  and  to  a  hun- 
dred baths  of  oil,  and  salt  without 
prescribing  how  much.  23  What- 
soever is  commanded  by  the  God 
of  heaven,  let  it  be  done  exactly 
for  the  house  of  the  God  of  heaven  ; 
for  "why  should  there  be  wrath 
against  the  realm  of  the  king  and 
his  sons  1  24  Also  we  certify  you, 
that  ''touching  any  of  the  priests 
and  Levites,  the  singers,  porters, 
Nethinim,  or  servants  of  this  house 
of  God,  'it  shall  not  be  lawful  to 
impose  tribute,  custom,  or  t<)ll, 
upon  them.  2.5  And  thou,  Ezra, 
after  the  wisdom  of  thy  God  that 
is  in  thy  hand,  'appoint  magis- 
trates and  judges,  who  may  judge 
all  the  people  tbat  are  beyond  the 
River,  all  such  as  know  the  laws 
of  thy  God  ;  and  "  teach  ye  him 
that  knoweth  them  not.  20  And 
"whosoever  will  not  do  the  law  of 
thy  God,  and  the  law  of  the  king, 
let  judgment  be  executed  upon 
him  with  all  diligence,  whether  it 
be  unto  death,  or  to  *  banishment, 
or  to  confiscation  of  goods,  or  to 
imprisonment. 
27  Blessed  be  Jehovah,  the  God 

*  Aram.  cors.  *  Aram,  rooting  out. 


7.28 


EZEA 


8.26 


List  ot  those  who  went  with  Ezra.    Levites  and  Nethinim  sent  for.    1  Fast  proclaimed.    Cifts  for  the  Temple  weighed 


of  our  fathers,  "  who  hath  put  such 
a  thing  as  this  in  the  king  s  heart, 
to  beautifj^  the  house  of  Jehovah 
which  is  in  Jerusalem ;  28  and 
*  hath  extended  lovingkindness 
unto  me  before  the  king,  and  his 
counsellors,  and  before  all  the 
king's  mighty  princes.  And  I  was 
strengthened  according  to  the 
hand  of  Jehovah  my  God  upon  me, 
and  I  gathered  together  out  of 
Israel  chief  men  to  go  up  with  me. 

8  Now  these  are  the  heads  of 
their  fathers'  houses,  and  this 
is  the  genealogy  of  them  that  went 
up  with  me  from  Babylon,  in  the 
reign  of  Artaxerxes  the  king :  2 
Of  the  sons  of  Phinehas,  Gershom. 
Of  the  sons  of  Ithamar,  Daniel. 
Of  the  sons  of  David,  Hattush. 
3  Of  the  sons  of  Shecaniah,  of  the 
sons  of  Parosh,  Zechariah ;  and 
with  him  were  reckoned  by  gene- 
alogy of  the  males  a  hundred  and 
fifty.  4  Of  the  sons  of  Pahath- 
moab,  Eliehoenai  the  son  of  Zera- 
hiah;  and  with  him  two  hundred 
males.  5  Of  the  sons  of  Shecaniah, 
the  son  of  Jahaziel ;  and  with  him 
three  hundred  males.  6  And  of 
the  sons  of  Adin,  Ebed  the  son  of 
Jonathan;  and  with  him  fifty 
males.  7  And  of  the  sons  of  Elam, 
Jeshaiah  the  son  of  Athaliah ;  and 
with  him  seventy  males.  8  And 
of  the  sons  of  Shephatiah,  Zeba- 
diah  the  son  of  Michael ;  and  with 
him  fourscore  males.  9  Of  the 
sons  of  Joab,  Obadiah  the  son  of 
Jehiel ;  and  with  him  two  hundred 
and  eighteen  males.  10  And  of 
the  sons  of  Shelomith,  the  son  of 
Josiphiah ;  and  with  him  a  hun- 
dred and  threescore  males.  11 
And  of  the  sons  of  Bebai,  Zecha- 
riah the  son  of  Bebai;  and  with 
him  twenty  and  eight  males.  12 
And  of  the  sons  of  Azgad,  Johanan 
the  son  of  Hakkatan ;  and  with 
him  a  hundred  and  ten  males. 
13  And  of  the  sons  of  Adonikam, 
that  were  the  last ;  and  these  are 
their  names  :  Eliphelet,  Jeuel,  and 
Shemaiah  ;  and  with  them  three- 
score males.  14  And  of  the  sons 
of  Bigvai,  Uthai  and  ^  Zabbud ; 
and  with  them  seventy  males. 

15  And  I  gathered  them  to- 
gether to  "the  river  that  runneth 
to  Ahava  ;  and  there  we  encamped 
three  days  :  and  I  viewed  the  peo- 
ple, and  the  priests,  and  ''found 
there  none  of    the  sons  of    Levi. 

1  Another  reading  is,  Zaccxir. 


"ch. 

6.22 

"ch. 

9.9 

"^  ver 

21,  31 

d  ver 

2;  ch 

r.  7 

'■  ch.  2.  43 


/ch.  7.6 


^  ch.  2.  43 ; 

7.  7 


*  1  S.  7.  6 ; 

2  Chr.  20.  3 
« ver.  16,  31 


*  ch.  7.  6,  9, 

28 

'  Josh.  "iz.  16 


■  ver.  18, 19 


"  ver.  33 

«  ch.  7.  15,  16 


P  ch.  7.  14 


16  Then  sent  I  for  Eliezer,  for 
Ariel,  for  Shemaiah,  and  for  Elna- 
than,  and  for  Jarib,  and  for  El- 
nathan,  and  for  Nathan,  and  for 
Zechariah,  and  for  Meshullam, 
chief  men ;  also  for  Joiarib,  and 
for  Elnathan,  '"  who  were  teachers. 

17  And  ^I  sent  them  forth  unto 
iddq  the  chief  at  the  place  Ca- 
siphia  ;  and  I  told  them  what  they 
should  say  unto  '*Iddo,  amid  his 
brethren    "the    Nethinim,    at  the 

glace  Casiphia,  that  they  should 
ring  unto  us  ministers  for  the 
house  of  our  God.  18  And  ■'ac- 
cording to  the  good  hand  of  our 
God  uipon  us  they  brought  us  ®a 
man  ot  discretion,  of  the  sons  of 
Mahli,  the  son  of  Levi,  the  son  of 
Israel ;  and  Sherebiah,  with  his 
sons  and  his  brethren,  eighteen ; 
19  and  Hashabiah,  and  with  him 
Jeshaiah  of  the  sons  of  Merari, 
his  brethren  and  their  sons, 
twenty;  20  and  of  ".the  Nethinim, 
whom  David  and  the  princes  had 
given  for  the  service  of  the  Levite.s, 
two  hundred  and  twenty  Nethi- 
nim :  all  of  them  were  mentioned 
by  name. 

21  Then  I  proclaimed  *a  fast 
there,  at  '  the  river  Ahava,  that 
we  might  humble  ourselves  be- 
fore our  God,  to  seek  of  him  a 
straight  way  for  us,  and  for  our 
little  ones,  and  for  all  our  sub- 
stance. 22  For  I  was  ashamed 
to  ask  of  the  king  a  band  of  sol- 
diers and  horsemen  to  help  us 
against  the  enemy  in  the  way, 
because  we  had  spoken  unto  the 
king,  saying,  *The  hand  of  our 
God  is  upon  all  them  that  seek 
him,  for  good ;  but  '  his  power 
and  his  wrath  is  against  all  them 
that  forsake  him.  23  So  we 
fasted  and  besought  our  God  for 
this :  and  he  was  entreated  of  us. 
24  Then  I  set  apart  twelve  of 
the  chiefs  of  the  *  priests,  ''even 
""  Sherebiah,  Hashabiah,  and  ten 
of  their  brethren  with  them,  25 
and  "weighed  unto  them  "the  sil- 
ver, and  the  gold,  and  the  vessels, 
even  the  oflPering  for  the  house  of 
our  God,  which  the  king,  and  ^his 
counsellors,  and  his  princes,  and 
all  Israel  there  present,  had  of- 
fered:    26  «I  weighed  into  their 

2  Or,  who  had  understanding 

3  Another  reading  is,  /  gave  them  command' 
ment. 

*  Tlie  text  as  pointed  has,  Iddo,  his  brother. 
5  Or.  Ish-sechel        6  in  jjeh.  12.  24,  Levitt*. 
7  Or,  besides 


472 


8.27 


EZRA 


9.10 


Arrival  in  Jernsalem.    Sacrifices  offered.    Eira  hears  of  tlie  Mixed  Marriages.     His  Confession  and  Prayer  coDccming  them 


hand  six  hundred  and  fifty  tal- 
ents of  silver,  and  silver  vessels  a 
hundred  talents ;  of  gold  a  hun- 
dred talents  ;  27  and  twenty  bowls 
of  gold,  of  a  thousand  darics  ;  and 
two  vessels  of  ihie  bright  brass, 
precious  as  gold.  28  And  I  said 
unto  them,  "Ye  are  holy  unto  Je- 
hovah, and  *the  vessels  are  holy; 
and  the  silver  and  the  gold  are  a 
freewill-oti'ering  unto  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  your  fathers.  29  Watch 
ye,  and  keep  them, "  until  ye  weigh 
them  before  the  chiefs  of  the  priests 
and  the  Levites,  and  the  princes  of 
the  fathers'  houses  of  Israel,  at  Jeru- 
salem, in  the  chambers  of  the  house 
of  Jehovah.  30  So  the  priests  and 
ehe  Levites. ''received  the  weight 
of  the  silver  and  the  gold,  and  the 
vessels,  to  bring  them  to  Jerusalem 
unto  the  house  of  our  God. 

31  Then  we  departed  from  'the 
river  Aliava  on-^tlie  twelfth  day  of 
the  first  month,  to  go  unto  Jeru- 
salem :  and  "  the  hand  of  our  God 
was  upon  us,  and  he  delivered  us 
from  the  hand  of  the  enemy  and 
the  lier-in-wait  by  the  way.  32 
*And  we  came  to  Jerusalem,  and 
abode  there  three  days.  33  And 
on  the  fourth  day  the  silver  and  the 
gold  and  the  vessels  '  were  weighed 
in  the  house  of  our  God  '  into  the 
hand  of  *Meremoth  the  son  of  Uriah 
the  priest  (and  wi  th  him  wa.s  Eleazar 
the  son  of  Phinehas ;  and  with  them 
was  Jozabad  the  son  of  Jeshua,  and 
Noacliah  the  son  of  Binnui,  the  Le- 
vites)—  34  the  whole  by  nuniber 
and  by  weight :  and  all  the  weight 
was  written  at  that  time. 

35  'The  children  of  the  captiv- 
ity, that  were  come  out  of  exile, 
offered  burnt-offerings  unto  the 
God  of  Israel,  "'twelve  bullocks 
for  all  Israel,  ninety  and  six 
rams,  seventy  and  seven  lambs, 
twelve  he-goats  for  a  sin-offering : 
all  this  was  a  burnt-offering  unto 
Jehovah.  36  And  '|  they  delivered 
the  king's  commissions  unto  "the 
king's  satraps,  and  to  the  govern- 
ors beyond  the  River :  and  they 
furthered  the  people  and  the  house 
of  God. 

9  Now  when  these  things  were 
done,  the  princes  drew  near 
unto  me,  saying.  The  people  of 
Israel,  and  the  priests  and  the 
Levites,  have  not  ^separated  them- 
selves from  the  peoples  of  the 
lands,  ^  doing   according  to  their 

»  Or.  by 


"  Lev.  21.  G-8 
i>  Lev.  22.  2,  3 
■^  ver.  .3:),  U 
d  ch.  1.  9 
"  ver.  15,  21 
/  ch.  7.  9 
■'  ver.  22 
''  Neh.  2.  11 
'  ver.  30 
t  Neh.  3.  4, 

21 
'  Ch.  2.  1 
'"  ch.  6.  17 
"  ch.  7.  21-24 
"  cli.  4.  7  ; 

[>.  0 
''  ch.  6.  21 , 

Neh.  II.  2 
9  Lev.  18. 

i4-30 


"■  ch.  10.  2,  18 
'  Ex.  22.  31 
'  Neh.  13.  3 
"  2  K.  18.  37 
"'  Neh.  1.  4 
•^  ch.  10.  3 
y  Ex.  29.  39 
'  Ex.  9.  29 


"  ver.  13,  16  : 
2  Chr.  28. 
9 ;  Rev.  18. 

6 

i>  2  Chr.  29.  6 


"  Dan.  9.  7 
d  ver.  13-16 

'  Is.  22.  23 

/  Neh.  9.  3G 


abominations,  even  of  the  Canaan- 
ites,  the  Hittites,  the  Perizzites, 
the  Jebusites,  the  Ammonites,  the 
Moabites,  the  Egyptians,  and  the 
Amorites.  2  For  "■  they  have  taken 
of  their  daughters  for  themselves 
and  for  their  sons,  so  that  'the 
holy  seed  have  '  mingled  them- 
selves with  the  peoples  of  the 
lands  :  yea,  the  hand  of  the  princes 
and -rulers  hath  been  ^  chief  in  this 
trespass.  3  And  when  I  heard 
this  thing,  "I  rent  my  garment 
and  my  robe,  and  plucked  oft'  the 
hair  of  my  head  and  of  my  beard, 
and  "^^sat  down  confounded.  4 
Then  were  assembled  unto  me 
^  every  one  that  trembled  at  the 
words  of  the  God  of  Israel,  be- 
cause of  the  trespass  of  them  of 
the  captivity;  and  I  sat  con- 
founded until  ^the  evening  obla- 
tion. 

5  And  at  the  evening  oblation 
I  arose  up  from  my  ''humiliation, 
even  with  my  garment  and  my 
robe  rent ;  and  I  fell  upon  my 
knees,  and  'spread  out  my  hand? 
unto  Jehovah  my  God ;  6  and  I 
said,  O  my  God,  I  am  ashamed 
and  blush  to  lift  up  my  face  to 
thee,  my  God ;  for  our  iniquities 
are  increased  over  our  head,  and 
our  "guiltiness  is  grown  up  unto 
the  heavens.  7  '"Since  the  days 
of  our  fathers  we  have  been  *  ex- 
ceeding guilty  unto  this  day  ;  and 
for  our  iniquities  have  we,  our 
kings,  and  our  priests,  been  deliv- 
ered into  the  hand  of  the  kings 
of  the  lands,  to  the  sword,  to  cap- 
tivity, and  to  plunder,  and  '"to 
confusion  of  face,  as  it  is  this  day. 
8  And  now  for  a  little  moment 
grace  hath  been  showed  from  Je- 
hovah our  God,  "^to  leave  us  a 
remnant  to  escape,  and  to  give 
us  a  '  nail  in  nis  holy  place, 
that  our  God  may  lighten  9ur 
eyes,  and  give  us  a  little  reviving 
in  our  bondage.  9  -^For  we  are 
bondmen ;  yet  our  God  hath  not 
forsaken  us  in  our  bondage,  but 
'■>  hath  extended  lovingkindness 
unto  us  in  the  sight  of  the 
kings  of  Persia,  to  give  us  a  re- 
viving, to  set  up  the  house  of  our 
God,  and  to  repair  the_  •* ruins 
thereof,  and  to  give  us  a  "wall  in 
Judah  and  in  Jerusalem.  10  And 
now,  O  our  God,  what  shall  we  say 


«  Or,  deputies 
»  Or,  first 
*  Ot,  fasting 


i  Heb.  in  oTeat  guiltiness. 
6  Or,  fvaste  places 
'  Or,  Jence 


473 


9.11 


EZRA 


10.14 


Ezra's  Cooression  and  Prayer  concerning  Mixed  Marriages.    The  People  promise  to  abandon  them 


after  thisl  for  we  have  forsaken 
thy  commandments,  1 1  which  thou 
hast  commanded  by  thy  servants 
the  prophets,  saying,  The  land, 
unto  which  ye  go  to  possess  it,  is 
an  unclean  land  through  the  un- 
cleanness  of  the  peoples  of  the 
lands,  through  their  abomina- 
tions, which  have  filled  it  from 
one  end  to  another  "with  their 
filthiness  :  1 2  now  therefore  *  give 
not  your  daughters  unto  tneir 
sons,  neither  take  their  daughters 
unto  your  sons,  nor  seek  their 
I>eace  or  their  prosperity  for  ever  ; 
that  ye  may  be  strong,  and  eat  the 
good  of  the  land,  and ''leave  it  for 
an  inheritance  to  your  children  for 
ever.  13  And  after  all  that  is 
come  upon  us  for  our  evil  deeds, 
and  for  ''our  great  guilt,  seeing 
that  thou  our  God  hast  punished 
us  less  than  our  iniquities  deserve, 
a.nd  hast  given  us  such  *a  rem- 
nant, 14  ''shall  we  again  break  thy 
commandments,  and  join  in  affin- 
ity with  the  peoples  that  do  these 
abominations  1  *  wouldest  not  thou 
be  angry  with  us  till  thou  hadst 
consumed  us,  so  that  there  should 
be  no  remnant,  nor  any  to  escape  1 
1.5  O  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel, 
'*  thou  art  righteous ;  for  we  are 
left  a  remnant  that  is  escaped,  as 
it  is  this  day:  behold,  we  are  be- 
fore thee  in  '  our  guiltiness ;  for 
''none  can  stand  before  thee  be- 
cause of  this. 

'i  /^  Now  '  while  Ezra  prayed 
-LV/  and  made  confession,  weep- 
ing and  casting  himself  down 
""before  the  house  of  God,  there 
was  gathered  together  unto  him 
out  of  Israel  a  very  great  assem- 
bly of  men  and  women  and  chil- 
dren ;  for  the  people  wept  very 
sore.  2  And  Shecaniah  the  son 
of  Jehiel,  one  of  the  sons  of  Elam, 
answered  and  said  unto  Ezra,  "  We 
have  trespassed  against  our  God, 
and  have  married  foreign  women 
of  the  peoples  of  the  land :  yet 
now  there  is  hope  for  Israel  con- 
cerning this  thing.  3  Now  there- 
fore "  let  us  make  a  covenant  with 
our  God  to  put  away  all  the  wives, 
and  ^such  as  are  born  of  them, 
according  to  the  counsel  of  ^  my 
lord,  and  of  *  those  that  tremble 
at  the  commandment  of  our  God  ; 
and  let  it  be  done  'according  to 
the  law.  4  Arise ;  for  the  matter 
belongeth  unto  thee,  and  we  are 

I  Or,  the  Lord 


"  ch.  6.  21 
6  ver.  2 
"  Prov.  13.  22 
d  ver.  6,  7 
'  ver.  8 
/  ver.  2 
"  Dt.  9.  8,  14 
h  Neh.  9.  33  ; 

Dan.  9.  7 
'  ver.  6 
k  Job  9.  2 
'  Dan.  9.  4, 

20 
■"  2  Chr.  20.  9 
"  ch.  9.  2 
0  2  Chr.  34. 

31 
P  ver.  44 
«  ch.  9.  4 
'■  Dt.  7.  2,  3 


'  1  Chr.  28. 

10 
'  Neh.  5.  12  ; 

13.  25 
"  ver.  1 
"  Dt.  9.  18 


*  ver.  3 ;  ch. 
9.4 


"  Lev.  26.  40 


with  thee :  *  be  of  good  courage, 
and  do  it. 

5  Then  arose  Ezra,  and  'made 
the  chiefs  of  the  priests,  the  Le- 
vites,  and  all  Israel,  to  swear  that 
they  would  do  according  to  this 
word.  So  they  sware.  6  Then 
Ezra  "rose  up  from  before  the 
house  of  God,  and  went  into  the 
chamber  of  Jehohanan  the  son 
of  Eliashib :  and  when  he  came 
thither,  "he  did  eat  no  bread,  nor 
drink  water ;  for  he  mourned  be- 
cause of  the  trespass  of  them  of 
the  captivity.  7  And  they  made 
proclamation  throughout  Judah 
and  Jerusalem  unto  all  the  chil- 
dren of  the  captivity,  that  they 
should  gather  themselves  together 
unto  Jerusalem ;  8  and  that  who- 
soever came  not  within  three  days, 
according  to  the  counsel  of  the 
princes  and  the  elders,  all  his  sub- 
stance should  be  ^forfeited,  and 
himself  separated  from  the  assem- 
bly of  the  captivity. 

9  Then  all  the  men  of  Judah 
and  Benjamin  gathered  them- 
selves together  unto  Jerusalem 
within  the  three  days  (it  was  the 
ninth  month,  on  the  twentieth 
day  of  the  month) ;  and  all  the 
people  sat  in  the  broad  place 
before  the  house  of  God,  ^trem- 
bling because  of  this  matter,  and 
for  ''the  great  rain.  10  And  Ezra 
the  priest  stood  up,  and  said  unto 
them.  Ye  have  trespassed,  and 
have  married  foreign  women,  to 
increase  the  guilt  of  Israel.  11 
Now  therefore  '^^'make  confession 
unto  Jehovah,  the  God  of  your 
fathers,  and  do  his  pleasure ;  and 
^  separate  yourselves  from  the  peo- 
ples of  the  land,  and  from  the 
foreign  women.  1 2  Then  all  the 
assembly  answered  and  said  with 
a  loud  voice,  ^As  thou  hast  said 
concerning  us,  so  must  we  do. 
13  But  the  people  are  many,  and 
it  is  a  time  of  much  rain,  and  we 
are  not  able  to  stand  without : 
neither  is  this  a  work  of  one  day 
or  two  ;  for  we  have  greatly  trans- 
gressed in  this  matter.  14  Let 
now  our  princes  ®be  appointed 
for  all  the  assembly,  and  let  all 
them  that  are  in  our  cities  that 
have  married  foreign  women  come 
at  appointed  times,  and  with  them 
the  elders  of  every  city,  and  the 

*  Heb.  devoted.  s  Heb.  the  rains. 

*  Or,  give  thanks 

5  Or,  As  thou  hast  said,  so  it  behooveth  us  to  do 
°  Heb.  stand. 


474 


10.15 


EZRA 


10.44 


lixed  Marriages  abandoned.    List  of  those  that  had  Foreign  Wives 


judges  thereof,  until  the  "fierce 
wrath  of  our  God  be  turned  from 
us,  ^  until  this  matter  be  de- 
spatched. 15  Only  Jonathan  the 
son  of  Asahel  and  Jahzeiah  the  son 
of  Tikvah  ■^  stood  up  against  this 
matter :  and  Meshullam  and  Shab- 
bethai  the  Levite  helped  them. 

IG  And  the  cliildren  of  the  cap- 
tivity did  so.  And  Ezra  the  priest, 
with  certain  heads  of  fathers'  houses, 
after  their  fathers'  houses,  and  all 
of  them  by  their  names,  were  set 
apart;  and  they  sat  down  in  the 
first  day  of  the  tenth  month  to 
examine  the  matter.  1 7  And  they 
made  an  end  with  all  the  men  that 
had  married  foreign  women  by  the 
first  day  of  the  first  month. 

18  And  among  the  sons  of  the 
priests  there  were  found  that  had 
married  foreign  women :  namely, 
of  the  sons  or  Jeshua,  the  son  of 
Jozadak.  and  his  brethren,  Maase- 
iah,  ana  Eliezer,  and  Jarib,  and 
Gedaliah.  1 9  And ''  they  gave  their 
hand  that  they  would  put  away 
their  wives ;  and  being  guilty, 
'  they  offered  a  ram  of  the  flock  for 
their  guilt.  20  And  of  the  sons 
of  Immer :  Hanani  and  Zebadiah. 
21  And  of  the  sons  of  Harim  :  Maa- 
seiah,  and  Elijah,  and  Shemaiah, 
and  Jehiel,  and  Uzziah.  22  And 
of  the  sons  of  Pashhur :  Elioenai, 
Maaseiah  J^shmael,  Nethanel,  Joza- 
bad,  and  Elasah. 

23  And  of  the  LevitetJ :  Jozabad, 
and  Shimei,  and  Kelaiah  (the  same 
is  Kelita),  rethahiah,  Judah,  and 
Eliezer. 

24  And  of  the  singers  :  Eliashib. 
And  of  the  porters :  Shallum,  and 
Telem,  and  Uri. 

1  Or,  as  touching  this  matter 
*  Or,  were  appointed  over  thif 


"  2  Chr.  29. 
10  ;  30.  8 


6  2  K.  10.  15 


'  Lev.  5. 16 ; 


<*  ver.  3 


25  And  of  Israel :  Of  the  sons  of 
Parosh  :  Kamiah,  and  Izziah,  and 
Malchijah,  and  Mijamin,  and  Elea- 
zar,  and  Malchijah,  and  Benaiah. 

26  And  of  the  sons  of  Elam  :  ]\lat- 
taniah,  Zechariali,  and  Jehiel,  and 
Abdi,  and  Jeremoth,  and  Elijah. 

27  And  of  the  sons  of  Zattu : 
Elioenai,  Eliashib,  INIattaniah,  and 
Jeremoth,  and  Zabad,  and  Aziza. 

28  And  of  the  sons  of  Hebai :  Jeho- 
hanan,  Hananiah,  Zabbai,  Athlai. 

29  And  of  the  sons  of  Bani :  Me- 
shullam, Malluch,  and  Adaiah. 
.Jashub,  and  Sheal,  '  Jeremoth.  30 
And  of  the  sons  of  Pahath-moab: 
Adna,  and  Chelal,  Benaiah,  Maa- 
seiah,  Mattaniah,  Bezalel,  and  Bin- 
nui,  and  Manassch.  31  And  of  the 
sons  of  Harim  :  Eliezer,  Isshijah, 
Malchijah,  Shemaiah,  Shimeon,  32 
Benjamin,  Malluch,  Shemariah. 
33  Of  the  sons  of  Hashum :  Mat- 
tenai,  Mattattah,  Zabad,  Eliphelet, 
Jeremai,  Manasseh,  Shimei.  34  Of 
the  sons  of  Bani :  Maadai,  Amram, 
and  Uel,  35  Benaiah,  Bedeiah, 
''Cheluhi,  36  Vaniah,  Meremoth, 
Eliashib,  37  Mattaniah,  Mattenai, 
and  ^  Jaasu,  38  and  Bani,  and  Bin- 
nui,  Shimei,  39  and  Shelemiah,  and 
Nathan,  and  Adaiah,  40  Machna- 
debai,  Shashai,  Sharai,  41  Azarel, 
and  Shelemiah,  Shemariah,  42  Shal- 
lum, Amariah,  Joseph.  43  Of  the 
sons  of  Nebo :  Jeiel,  Mattithiah, 
Zabad,  Zebina,  "^Iddo,  and  Joel, 
Benaiah.  44  All  these  had  taken 
foreign  wives  ;  and '  "*  some  of  them 
had  wives  by  whom  they  had  chil- 
dren. 

3  Another  reading  is,  and  Ramoth. 

*  Another  reading  is,  Cheluhu. 
^  Another  reading  is,  Jaasai. 

*  Another  reading  is,  Jaddai. 

1  Or,  some  of  the  wives  had  borne  children 


4T6 


i-i  .vJ 


THE   BOOK   OF 

NEHEMIAH 


Nehemiah's  (irief  and  Prayer  concerniiig  the  Jews  left  at  Jerasalem.     He  gets  Permission  to  visit  tlieiii 


IThe  ^  words  of  "Nehemiah  the 
son  of  Hacaliah. 

Now  it  came  to  pass  in  *the 
month  Chislev,  ''in  the  twentieth 
year,  as  I  was  in  ''Shushan  the 
-  palace,  2  that  "  Hanani,  one  of 
my  brethren,  came,  he  and  certain 
men  out  of  J  iidah ;  and  I  asked 
them  concerning  the  Jews  that 
had  escaped,  that  were  left  of  the 
captivity,  and  concerning  Jerusa- 
lem. 3  And  they  said  unto  me. 
The  remnant  that  are  left  of  the 
captivity  there  in  -^the  province 
are  in  great  affliction  and  ^re- 
proach :  *  the  wail  of  Jerusalem 
also  is  broken  down,  and  Hhe 
gates  thereof  are  burned  with  fire. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  I 
heard  these  words,  that  *  I  sat  down 
and  wept,  and  mourned  certain 
days  ;  and  I  fasted  and  prayed  be- 
fore '  the  God  of  heaven,  5  and  said, 
I  beseech  thee,  O  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  heaven, '"  the  great  and  terrible 
God,  that  keepeth  covenant  and 
lovingkindness  \yiththem  that  love 
him  and  keep  his  commandments  : 

6  "  let  thine  ear  now  be  attentive, 
and  thine  eyes  open,  that  thou  may- 
est  hearken  unto  the  prayer  of  thy 
servant,  which  I  pray  before  thee 
at  this  time,  day  and  night,  for 
the  children  of  Israel  thy  servants, 
while  "I  confess  the  sins  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  which  we  have 
sinned  against  thee.  Yea,  ^I  and 
my  father's    house    have    sinned : 

7  '  we  have  dealt  very  corruptly 
against  thee,  and  have  not  kept 
the  commandments,  nor  the  stat- 
utes, nor  the  ordinances,  ''which 
thou  commandedst  thy  servant 
Moses.  8  Remember,  I  beseech 
thee,  the  word  that  thou  com- 
mandedst thy  servant  Moses,  say- 
ing, 'If  ye  trespass,  I  will  scatter 
you  abroad  among  the  peoples : 
9  'but  if  ye  return  unto  me,  and 
keep  my  commandments  and  do 
them,  though  your  outcasts  were 
in  the  uttermost  part  of  the  heav- 

1  Or,  history  ^  Or,  castle 


"  ch.  10.  1 
6  Zech.  7.  1 
'  ch.  2.  1 
■i  Esth.  I.  2 ; 
Dan.  8.  2 

*  ch.  7.  2 
/  ch.  7.  6 
y  ch.  2.  17 
A  ch.  2.  17 
■  ch.  2.  3 

*  Ezr.  9.  3 , 
10.  1 

'  ch.  2.  4 
"'  ch.  4.  14 ; 

9.  32 
"  Dan.  9.  17 
"  Ezr.  10.  1  ; 

Dan.  9.  20 
P  2  Chr  29.  G 
1  Dan.  9.  5 
"■  Dt.  28.  14 
'  Lev.  2G.  33 
'  Dt.  30.  2,  3 


"  Dt.  30.  4 
"  Dt.  12.  5 
^  Ex.  .32.  U  ; 

Dt.  9.  29 
V  ver.  6 
^  ch.  2.  '  ; 

Gen.  40.  21 
"ch.  1.  1 
t>  Ezr.  7.  1 
<^ch.  1.  U 


d  Prov.  15. 13 

'  Dan.  2.  4 
/ch.  1.3 

"  ch.  1.  4 


h  ch.  5. 
13.6 


1  Ezr.  7.  21  ; 
8.  36 


476 


ens,  yet  "will  I  gatlier  them  from 
thence,  and  will  oriug  them  "  unto 
the  place  that  I  have  chosen,  to 
cause  my  name  to  dwell  there.  10 
Now  ^  these  are  thy  servants  and 
thy  people,  whom  thou  hast  re- 
deemed Dy  thy  great  power,  and 
by  thy  strong  hand.  110  Lord,  I 
beseech  thee,  *  let  now  thine  ear  be 
attentive  to  the  prayer  of  thy  ser- 
vant, and  to  the  prayer  of  thy  ser- 
vants, who  delight  to  fear  thy 
name ;  and  prosper,  I  pray  thee, 
thy  servant  this  day,  and  grant 
him  mercy  in  the  sight  of  this 
man. 

2  Now  I  was  '  cupbearer  to  the 
king.  1  And  it  came  to  pass 
in  the  month  Nisan,  "  in  the  twenti- 
eth year  of  *Artaxerxes  the  king, 
when  wine  was  before  him,  that "  I 
took  up  the  wine,  and  gave  it  unto 
the  king.  Now  I  had  not  been  be- 
foretime  sad  in  his  presence.  2  And 
the  king  said  unto  me,  Why  is  thy 
countenance  sad,  seeing  thou  art 
not  sick  %  "^  this  is  nothing  else  but 
sorrow  of  heart.  Then  I  was  very 
sore  afraid.  3  And  I  said  unto  the 
king.  "  Let  the  king  live  for  ever : 
why  should  not  my  countenance  be 
sad,  -^when  the  city,  the  place  of 
my  fathers'  sepulchres,  lieth  waste, 
and  the  gates  thereof  are  consumed 
with  firel  4  Then  the  king  said 
unto  me.  For  what  dost  thou  make 
request  %  ^  So  I  prayed  to  the  God 
of  heaven.  5  And  I  said  unto  the 
king.  If  it  please  the  king,  and  if 
thy  servant  have  found  favor  in 
thy  sight,  that  thou  wouldest  send 
me  unto  Judah,  unto  the  city  of 
my  fathers'  sepulchres,  that  I  may 
build  it.  6  And  the  king  said  unto 
me  (the  queen  also  sitting  by  him). 
For  how  long  shall  thy  .iourney  bel 
and  when  wilt  thou  return  1  So  it 
pleased  the  king  to  send  me;  and 
*I  set  him  a  time.  7  Moreover  I 
said  unto  the  king.  If  it  please  the 
king,  let  letters  be  given  me  'to 
the  governors  beyond  the  River, 
that  they  may  let  me  pass  through 


2.8 


NEHEMIAK 


3.10 


lehemiah  goe«  Md  views  the  City.    He  begins  tlie  Rebuilding  of  ttic  iVali.    Details  of  the  Vorlt  on  the  (Sates 


till  I  come  unto  Judah;  8  and  a 
letter  unto  Asaph  the  keeper  of 
the  king's  '"forest,  that  he  may 
give  me  timber  to  make  beams 
for  the  gates  of  *  the  castle  which 
appertaineth  to  the  house,  and  for 
the  wall  of  the  city,  and  for  the 
house  that  I  shall  enter  into.  And 
the  king  granted  me,  according  to 
"the  good  hand  of  my  God  upon 
me. 

9  Then  I  came  to  '^  the  governors 
beyond  the  River,  and  gave  them 
the  king's  letters.  Now  ""the  king 
had  sent  with  me  captains  of  the 
army  and  horsemen.  10  And  when 
'8anballat  the  Horonite,  and  To- 
biah  the  servant,  the  Ammonite, 
heard  of  it,  it  grieved  them  exceed- 
ingly, for  that  there  was^  come  a 
man  to  seek  the  welfare  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel.  11  So  I  came  to 
Jerusalem,  and  was  there  three 
days.  12  And  I  arose  in  the 
night,  I  and  some  few  men  with 
me;  neither  told  I  any  man  what 
my  God  put  into  my  heart  to  do 
for  Jerusalem;  neither  was  there 
any  beast  with  me,  save  the  beast 
that  I  rode  upon.  13  And  I  went 
out  by  night  by  "  the  valley  gate, 
even  toward  the  jackal's  well,  and 
to  the  dung  gate,  and  viewed  the 
walls  of  Jerusalem,  ''which  were 
broken  down,  and  the  'gates  thereof 
were  consumed  with  fire.  14  Then 
I  went  on  to  *the  fountain  gate 
and  to 'the  king's  pool:  but  there 
was  no  place  for  the  beast  that  was 
under  me  to  pass.  15  Then  went 
I  up  in  the  night  by  the  brook. 
and  viewed  the  wall ;  and  1  turned 
back,  and  entered  by  the  valley 
gate,  and  so  returned.  16  And 
the  -rulers  knew  not  whither  I 
went,  or  what  I  did ;  neither  had 
I  as  yet  told  it  to  the  Jews,  nor 
to  the  priests,  nor  to  the  nobles, 
nor  to  the  -rulers,  nor  to  the  rest 
that  did  the  work. 

17  Then  said  I  unto  them,  Ye  see 
the  evil  case  that  we  are  in,  how 
'"Jerusalem  lieth  waste,  and  the 
gates  thereof  are  burned  with  fire : 
come,  and  let  us  build  up  the  wall 
Df  Jerusalem,  that  we  be  no  more 
a  rex>roach.  18  And  I  told  them 
of  the  hand  of  my  God  which  was 
good  upon  me,  as  also  of  the  king's 
words  that  he  had  spoken  unto  me. 
And  they  said.  Let  us  rise  up  and 
build.  "  So  they  strengthened  their 
hands  for  the  good  ^vork.     1 9  But 

1  Or,  park  *  Or,  deputies 


"  Eccl.  2.  5,  0 
''  ell.  7.  2 

"^  ver.  18; 

Ezr.  7.  0 
''  ver.  7 
"•  Ezr.  8.  22 
/ver.  19; 

ch.  4.  1 
'J  ch.  3.  13 
"  ch.  1.  3 
'  ver.  3,  17 
I'  ch.  3.  16 
'  2  K.  20  20 
'"  fh.  1.  i 
"  2  S.  2.  7 


"  ch.  6.  6 
P  ch.  4.  1 
«  ch.  6.  6 
"■  ver.  4 
'  ver.  20 ; 

ch.  13.  28 
'  ver.  32 ; 

ch.  12.  39 
"  ch.  6.  1 ; 

7.  1 
"  ch.  12.  39 
■^  Jer.  31.  38 
"  ch.  7.  36 


■  ch.  12.  39 


"  ch.  12.  39 


t>  ch.  2.  7 

'  ver.  31,  32 

<l  ch.  12.  38 
'  ver.  12,  17 

47T 


when  Sanballat  the  Horonite,  and 
Tobiah  the  servant,  the  Ammonite, 
•and  "Geshem  the  Arabian,  heard 
it,  '^they  laughed  us  to  .scorn,  and 
despised  us,  and  said,  What  is  this 
thing  that  yo  dot  "will  ye  rebel 
against  the  king?  20  Then  an- 
swered I  them,  and  said  unto 
them,  ''The  God  of  heaven,  he  will 
prosper  us;  therefoie  we  his  .sei- 
vants  will  arise  and  build :  but  ye 
have  no  portion,  nor  right,  nor 
memorial,  in  Jerusalem. 

3  Then  '  Lliashib  the  high 
priest  rose  up  with  his  bretli- 
ren  the  priests,  and  they  builded 
[  the  sheep  gate  ;  they  sanctified 
it,  and  "  set  up  the  doors  of  it  ; 
even  unto  "the  tower  of  ^Ham- 
meah  they  sanctified  it,  unto  ■'the 
tower  of  Hananel.  2  And  next 
unto  him  builded  ^the  men  of 
Jericho.  And  next  to  ^thern 
builded   Zaccur  the  son  of   Imri. 

3  And  =the  fish  gate  did  the 
sons  of  Hassenaah  ouild  ;  thej' 
laid  the  beams  thereof,  and  set 
up  the  doors  thereof,  the  bolts 
thereof,  and  the  bars  thereof.  4 
And  next  unto  them  repaired 
Meremoth  the  son  of  Uriah,  the 
son  of  Hakkoz.  And  next  unto 
them  repaired  Meshullam  the  son 
of  Berechiah,  the  son  of  Mesheza- 
bel.  And  next  unto  them  re- 
paired Zadok  the  son  of  Baana. 
5  And  next  unto  them  the  Teko- 
ites  repaired ;  but  their  nobles  put 
not  their  necks  to  the  work  of 
their  ''lord. 

6  And  •^''the  old  gate  repaired 
Joiada  the  son  of  Paseah  and 
Meshullam  the  son  of  Besodeiah ; 
they  laid  the  beams  thereof,  and 
set  up  the  doors  thereof,  and  the 
bolts  thereof,  and  the  bars  thereof. 
7  And  next  unto  them  repaired 
Melatiah  the  Gibeonite,  and  Jadon 
the  Meronothite,  the  men  of  Gibeon, 
and  of  Mizpah,  ''that  appertained  to 
the  throne  of  the  governor  beyond 
the  River.  8  Next  unto  him  re- 
paired Uzziel  the  son  of  Haihaiah, 
•goldsmiths.  And  next  unto  him 
repaired  Hananiah  one  of  the  per- 
fumers, and  they  'fortified  Jerusa- 
lem even  unto  ''the  broad  wall.  9 
And  next  unto  them  repaired  Re- 
phaiah  the  .son  of  Hur,  "the  ruler 
of  half  the  district  of  Jerusalem. 
10  And  next  unto  them  repaired 

3  Or,  The  hundred  *  Heb.  him. 

■"'  Or,  lords    Or,  Lord 

6  Or,  ihe  gate  of  the  old  city  (or,  of  the  old  waUJ 

7  Or.  left 


3.11 


NEHEMIAH 


4.  2* 


Details  of  the  Work  oa  the  Gates  and  the  Wall.     The  Work  ridicnled  by  Sanballat  and  Tobiah 


•Jedaiah  the  son  of  Harumaph,  over 
against  his  house.  And  next  unto 
him  repaired  Hattush  the  son  of 
Hashabneiah,  1 1  Malchijah  the 
son  of  Harim,  and  Hasshub  the  son 
of  Pahatli-moab,  I'epaired  another 
portion,  and  "  the  tower  of  the 
furnaces.  12  And  next  unto  him 
repaii'ed  Shallum  the  son  of  Hallo- 
hesh,  *  the  ruler  of  half  the  district 
of  Jerusalem,  he  and  his  daughters. 

13  "^The  valley  gate  repaired 
Hanun,  and  the  inhabitants  of 
Zanoah ;  they  built  it,  and  set  up 
the  doors  thereof,  the  bolts  thereof, 
and  the  bars  thereof,  and  a  thou- 
sand cubits  of  the  wall  unto  the 
dung  gate. 

14  And  ''the  dung  gate  repaired 
Malchijah  the  son  of  Rechao,  the 
ruler  of  the  district  of  "Beth-hac- 
cherem;  he  built  it,  and  set  up 
the  doors  thereof,  the  bolts  thereof, 
and  the  bars  thereof. 

15  And  ^the  fountain  gate  re- 

E aired  Shallun  the  son  of  Col- 
ozeh,  the  ruler  of  the  district  of 
Mizpah;  he  built  it,  and  covered 
it,  and  set  up  the  doors  thereof,  the 
bolts  thereof,  and  the  bars  thereof, 
and  the  wall  of  the  pool  of  '  Shelah 
by  "the  king's  garden,  even  unto 
''the  stairs  that  go  down  from  the 
city  of  David.  16  After  him  re- 
paired Neheraiah  the  son  of  Azbuk, 
*  the  ruler  of  half  the  district  of 
Beth-zur,  unto  the  place  over 
against  the  sepulchres  of  David, 
and  unto  *  the  pool  that  was  made, 
and  unto  the  house  of  the  mighty 
men.  17  After  him  repaired  the 
Levites,  Rehum  the  son  of  Bani. 
Next  unto  him  repaired  Hasha- 
biah,  the  ruler  of  half  the  district 
of  Keilah,  for  his  district.  1 8  After 
him  repaired  their  brethren,  Bav- 
vai  the  son  of  Henadad,  the  ruler 
of  half  the  district  of  Keilah.  19 
And  next  to  him  repaired  Ezer  the 
son  of  .Jeshua,  'the  ruler  of  Miz- 
pah, another  portion,  over  against 
the  ascent  to  the  armory  "at  the 
turning  of  the  wall.  20  After  him 
Baruch  the  son  of  ^Zabbai  earnestly 
repaired  another  portion,  from  the 
turning  of  the  wall  unto  the  door 
of  the  house  of  "Eliashib  the  high 
priest.  21  After  him  repaired 
Meremoth  the  son  of  Uriah  the 
son  of  Hakkoz  another  portion, 
from  the  door  of  the  house  of 
Eliashib  even  to  the  end  of  the 

1  In  Is.  8.  6,  ShUoah. 

3  Another  reading  is,  Zaccai. 


"  ch.  12.  38 

*  ver.  9 

'  ch.  2.  13 
d  ch.  2.  13 

*  Jer.  6.  1 
}  ch.  2.  14 
»  2  K.  25.  4 
ft  ch.  12.  37 
'  ver.  9,  12, 

17 

*  2  K.  20.  20 ; 
Is.  7.  3 

'  ver.  16 
"'  2  Chr.  26.  9 
"  ver.  1 


0  ch.  12.  28 
P  ver.  19 
«  Jer.  32.  2 
""  ch.  7.  46 
'  ch.  11.  21 
<  ch.  8.  1 
"  ver.  6 


"2^  11.  16; 
2  Chr.  23. 
15 ;  Jer.  31. 
40 


'  ch.  13.  7 
y  ver.  8,  32 


*[Ch.  iii.  33 
in  Heb.] 
"  ch.  2.  10 


6  E2r.  4. 9, 10 


hpuse  of  Eliashib.  22  And  after 
him  repaired  the  priests,  "the  men 
of  the  *Plain,  23  After  Hhem  re- 
paired Benjamin  and  Hasshub  over 
against  their  house.  After  '*them 
repaired  Azariah  the  son  of  Maa- 
seiah  the  son  of  Ananiah  beside  his 
own  house.  24  After  him  repaired 
Binnui  the  son  of  Henadad  another 
portion,  from  the  house  of  Azariah 
unto  -^the  turning  of  the  wall,  and 
unto  the  corner.  25  Palal  the  son 
of  Uzai  repaired  over  against  the 
turning  of  the  ivall,  and  °  the  tower 
that  standeth  out  from  the  upper 
house  of  the  king,  which  is  by  *the 
court  of  the  guard.  After  him  f  Pe- 
daiah^  the  son  of  Parosh  repaired. 

26  (Now  ''the  Nethinim  dwelt  in 
'  Ophel,  unto  the  place  over  against 
'the  water  gate  toward  the  east, 
and  the  tower  that  standeth  out.) 

27  After  him  "the  Tekoites  repaired 
another  portion,  over  against  the 
great  tower  that  standetli  out,  and 
unto  the  wall  of  OpheL 

28  Above  "the  horse  gate  re- 
paired the  priests,  every  one  over 
against  his  own  house.  29  After 
^thern  repaired  Zadok  the  son  of 
Immer  over  against  his  o\yn  house. 
And  after  him  repaired  Shemaiah 
the  son  of  Shecaniah^  the  keeper 
of  the  east  gate.  30  After  him  re- 
paired Hananiah  the  son  of  Shele- 
miah,  and  Hanun  the  sixth  son 
of  Zalaph,  another  portion.  After 
him  repaired  MeshuUam  the  son 
of  Berechiah  over  against  ""his 
chamber.  31  After  him  repaired 
Malchijah  one  of  *the  goldsmiths 
unto  the  house  of  the  Nethinim, 
and  of  the  merchants,  over  against 
the  gate  of  Hammiphkad,  and  to 
the  ^ascent  of  the  coi^ner.  32  And 
between  the  ^  ascent  of  the  corner 
and  'the  sheep  gate  repaired  the 
goldsmiths  and  the  merchants. 
*  A  But  it  came  to  pass  that, 
Tt  when  "Sanballat  heard  that 
we  were  building  the  wall,  he  was 
wroth,  and  took  great  indignation, 
and  mocked  the  Jews.  2  And  he 
spake  before  his  brethren  and  *  the 
army  of  Samaria,  and  said,  What 
are  these  feeble  .Jews  doing?  *will 
they  fortify  themselves  1  will  they 
sacrifice"?  will  they  make  an  end  in 
a  day  ?  will  they  revive  the  stones 

3  Or,  Circuit  *  Heb.  Hm. 

*  Or,  the  upper  tower  .  . .  from  the  house  of  (hi 
king 

5  Or,  Pedaiah  the  son  nf  Parosh  (now  .  .  . 
Ophel)  repaired  unto  <tc.     '  Or,  upper  chamber 

9  Or,  will  they  leave  to  themselves  aught?  Or, 
will  men  let  them  alone  f 


478 


4.3 


NEHEMIAH 


5.5 


Opposition  of  Enemies.    Frerantloas  of  the  Builders.    Complaints  about  Usnry 


out  of  "  the  heaps  of  rubbish,  seeing 
they  are  burned  1  3  Now  Tobiali 
the  Ammonite  was  by  him,  and  he 
said,  Even  that  which  they  are 
building,  *  if  a  '  fox  go  up,  he  shall 
break  down  their  stone  wall.  4 
'  Hear,  O  our  God ;  for  we  are 
despised  :  and  ''turn  back  their 
reproach  upon  their  own  head, 
and  give  them  up  for  a  spoil  in  a 
land  of  captivity;  5  and  ''cover 
not  their  iniquity,  and  let  not 
their  sin  be  blotted  out  from  be- 
fore thee ;  for  they  have  provoked 
thee  to  anger  before  the  builders. 
6  So  we  built  the  wall ;  and  all 
the  wall  was  joined  together  unto 
half  the  height  thereof  :  for  the  peo- 
ple had  a  mind  to  work. 

*  7  But  it  came  to  pass  that,  when 
Sanballat,  and  Tobiah,  and  the 
Arabians,  and  the  Ammonites,  and 
the  Ashdodites,  heard  that  "the 
repairing  of  the  walls  of  Jerusa- 
lem went  forward,  and  that  the 
breaches  began  to  be  stopped, 
then  they  were  very  wroth ;  8 
and  they  conspired  all  of  them  to- 

f  ether  to  come  and  fight  against 
erusalem,  and  to  cause  confu- 
sion therein.  9  But  we  made  our 
prayer  unto  our  God,  and  ■''set  a 
watch  against  them  day  and  night, 
because  of  them.  10  And  Judah 
said,  The  strength  of  the  bearers 
of  bui-dens  is  decayed,  and  there 
is  much  rubbish ;  so  that  we  are 
not  able  to  build  the  wall.  1 1  And 
our  adversaries  said,  They  shall 
not  know,  neither  see,  till  we  come 
into  the  midst  of  them,  and  slay 
them,  and  cause  the  work  to  cease. 

12  And  it  came  to  pass  that,  when 
the  Jews  that  dwelt  by  them  came, 
they  said  unto  us  ten  times  *from 
all  places.  Ye  must  return  unto  us. 

13  Therefore  set  I  in  the  lowest 
parts  of  the  space  behind  the  wall, 
in  the  open  places,  I  "set  there  the 
people  after  their  families  with 
their  swords,  their  spears,  and 
their  bows.  l4  And  I  looked,  and 
rose  up,  and  said  unto  the  nobles, 
and  to  the  ■*  rulers,  and  to  the  rest 
of  the  people,  *  Be  not  ye  afraid  of 
them  :  remember  the  Lord,  who  is 
great  and  terrible,  and  'fight  for 
your  brethren,  your  sons,  and 
your  daughters,  your  wives,  and 
your  houses. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 

1  Or,  jackal 

-  Heb.  hfaling  'H'ent  ttp  itpou  the  walls. 
3  Or,  From,  all  places  whence  ye  shall  return 
the;'  vill  be  upon  us  *  Or,  deputies 


°  ver.  10 
i>  Lam.  5.  18 
'  Ha,  123.  3,  4 
''  Ps.  79.  12 

*  Ps.  C9.  27, 

28 ;  Jer.  18. 

23 
/ver.  11 
"  ver.  17,  18 
1^  Num.  14. 

9;  Dt.  1. 

29,  30 

•  2  S.  10.  12 


t  2  S.  17.  14 


*[Ch.  iv.  1  in 
Heb.] 


'  Ex.  14.  14 ; 
Dt.  1.  30 


'  Lev,  25. 
3.-.;  Dt. 
16.  7 


'  Ezr.  4.  13  ; 

7.  24 

'  Gen.  37.  27 


479 


our  enemies  heard  that  it  was 
known  unto  us,  and  *God  had 
brought  their  counsel  to  nought, 
that  we  returned  all  of  us  to  the 
wall,  every  one  unto  his  work.  16 
And  it  came  to  pass  from  that  time 
forth,  that  half  of  my  servants 
wrought  in  the  work,  and  half  of 
them  held  the  spears,  the  shields, 
and  the  bows,  and  the  coats  of 
mail ;  and  the  rulers  were  behind 
^all  the  house  of  Judah.  17  They 
that  builded  the  wall  and  they 
that  bare  burdens  laded  them- 
.selves ;  every  one  with  one  of  his 
hands  wrought  in  the  work,  and 
with  the  other  held  his  weapon  : 
1 8  and  the  builders,  every  one  had 
his  sword  girded  by  his  side,  and 
so  builded.  And  he  that  sounded 
the  trumpet  was  by  me.  1 9  And 
I  said  unto  the  nobles,  and  to  the 
*  rulers  and  to  the  rest  of  the  peo- 
ple. The  work  is  great  and  large, 
and  we  are  separated  upon  tlie 
wall,  one  far  from  another :  20  in 
what  place  soever  ye  hear  the 
sound  of  the  trumpet,  resort  ye 
thither  unto  us ;  '  our  God  will 
fight  for  us. 

21  So  we  wrought  in  the  work : 
and  half  of  theiii  held  the  spears 
from  the  rising  of  the  morning  till 
the  stars  appeared.  22  Likewise 
at  the  same  time  said  I  unto  the 
people.  Let  every  one  with  his 
servant  lodge  within  Jerusalem, 
that  in  the  night  they  may  be  a 
guard  to  us,  and  may  labor  in 
the  day.  23  So  neither  I,  nor  my 
brethren,  nor  my  servants,  nor  the 
men  of  the  guard  that  followed  me, 
none  of  us  put  off  our  clothes, 
®  every  one  went  with  his  weapon 
to  the  water. 

5  Then  ""there  arose  a  great 
cry  of  the  people  and  of  their 
wives  against  their  brethren  the 
Jews.  2  For  there  were  that  said. 
We,  our  sons  and  our  daughters, 
are  many :  let  u.s  get  grain,  that 
we  may  eat  and  live.  3  Some  also 
there  were  that  said.  We  are  mort- 
gaging our  fields,  and  our  vine- 
yards, and  our  houses :  let  us  get 
grain,  because  of  the  dearth.  4 
There  were  also  that  said.  We 
have  borrowed  money  "for  the 
king's  tribute  wjjoh  our  fields  and 
our  vineyards.  5  Yet  now  "our 
flesh  is  as  the  flesh  of  our  brethren, 

6  Or.  nit  the  house  n/  Judah  that  builded  tftk 
wall.    And  they  that  &c. 
«  The  text  ie  obscure. 


5.6 


NEHEMIAH 


6.7 


Nehemiah  secures  the  Abolitioa  of  Usary.    Dis  Unselfishness.    Intrigaes  of  Sanballat,  loDiah,  and  fieshem 


our  children  as  their  children : 
and,  lo,  "we  bring  into  bondage 
our  sons  and  our  daughters  to  be 
servants,  and  some  of  our  daugh- 
ters are  brought  into  bondage  al- 
ready :  neither  is  it  in  our  power 
to  help  it ;  for  other  men  have  our 
fields  and  our  vineyards. 

6  And  I  was  very  angry  when 
I  heard  their  cry  and  these  words. 
7  Then  I  consulted  with  myself, 
and  contended  with  the  nobles 
and  the  ^  rulers,  and  said  unto 
them,  "Ye  exact  usury,  every  one 
of  his  brother.  And  I  held  a  great 
assembly  against  them.  8  And  I 
said  unto  them.  We  after  our  abil- 
ity "  have  '^  redeemed  our  brethren 
the  Jews,  that  were  sold  unto  the 
nations  ;  and  would  ye  even  sell 
your  brethren,  and  should  they 
be  sold  unto  US'?  Then  held  they 
their  peace,  and  found  never  a 
word.  9  Also  I  said.  The  thing 
that  ye  do  is  not  good  :  ought  ye 
not  to  walk  in  the  fear  of  our  God, 
because  of  ''the  reproach  of  the 
nations  our  enemies'?  10  And  I 
likewise,  my  brethren  and  my  ser- 
vants, do  lend  them  money  and 
grain.  I  pray  you,  let  us  leave  off 
this  usury.  11  Restore,  I  pray 
you,  to  them,  even  this  day,  their 
fields,  their  vineyards,  their  olive- 
yards,  and  their  houses,  also  the 
hundredth  part  of  the  money,  and 
of  the  grain,  the  new  wine,  and 
the  oil,  that  ye  exact  of  them.  1 2 
Then  said  they,  "  We  will  restore 
them,  and  •''will  require  nothing  of 
them ;  so  will  we  do,  even  as  thou 
sayest.  Then  I  called  the  priests, 
anil  "  took  an  oath  of  them,  that 
the.v  would  do  according  to  this 
promise.  13  Also  ''I  shook  out 
my  lap,  and  said,  So  God  shake 
out  every  man  from  his  house,  and 
from  his  labor,  that  performeth 
not  this  promise  ;  even  thus  be  he 
shaken  out,  and  emptied.  And 
'  all  the  assembly  said.  Amen, 
and  praised  Jehovah.  And  the 
people  did  according  to  this 
promise. 

14  Moreover  from  the  time  that 
I  was  appointed  to  be  their  gov- 
ernor in  the  land  of  Judah,  from 
*  the  twentieth  year  even  unto 
'  the  two  and  thirtieth  year  of  Ar- 
taxerxes  the  king,  that  is,  twelve 
years,  "  I  and  my  brethren  have 
not  eaten  the  bread  of  the  gov- 
ernor.     15    But   the  former  gov- 


1  Or,  deputies 


2  Heb.  bought. 


"  Lev.  25.  39 
b  Ex.  22.  25  ; 
Lev.  26.  3G 
■^  Lev.  26.  48 
rf  ch.  4.  4 
"  2  Chr.  28. 

15 
/ch.  10.  31 
"  Ezr.  10.  6 
fc  Acts  18,  6 
'  Cli.  8.  6 
k  ch.  1.  1 
'  ch.  13.  6 
"'  Ezr.  4.  13, 

14 


"  ver.  9 
0  1  K.  18.  19 


P  1  K.  4.  22, 
23 


«  2  Th.  3.  8 


>■  ch.  13.  14, 
22,31 


'  ch.  3.  1,  3 


( 1  Chr.  8.  15 


'  ch.  2.  la 


ernors  that  were  before  me  *were 
chargeable  unto  the  people,  and 
took  of  them  bread  and  wine,  ^  be- 
sides forty  shekels  of  silver ;  yea, 
even  their  servants  ^  bare  rule  over 
the  people  :  but  so  did  not  1,  "be- 
cause of  the  fear  of  God.  1 6  Yea, 
also  I  "continued  in  the  work  of 
this  wall,  neither  bought  we  any 
land :  and  all  my  servants  were 
gathered  thither  unto  the  work. 
17  Moreover  "there  were  at  my 
table,  of  the  Jews  and  the  ^  rulers, 
a  hundred  and  fifty  men,  besides 
those  that  came  unto  us  from 
among  the  nations  that  were  round 
about  us.  18  Now  ^that  which 
was  prepared  for  one  day  was  one 
ox  and  six  choice  sheep  ;  also  fowls 
were  prepared  for  me,  and  once 
in  ten  days  store  of  all  sorts  of 
wine  :  yet  for  all  this  *  I  demanded 
not  the  bread  of  the  governor,  be- 
cause the  bondage  was  heavy  upon 
this  people.  19  ''Remember  unto 
me,  O  my  God,  for  good,  all  that 
I  have  done  for  this  people. 

6  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when 
it  was  reported  to  Sanballat 
and  Tobiah,  and  to  Geshem  the 
Arabian,  and  unto  the  rest  of  our 
enemies,  that  I  had  builded  the 
wall,  and  that  there  was  no  breach 
left  therein  '(though  even  unto 
that  time  I  had  not  set  up  the 
doors  in  the  gates),  2  that  San- 
ballat and  Geshem  sent  unto  me, 
saying.  Come,  let  us  meet  together 
in  one  of  the  villages  in  the  plain 
of  '  Ono.  But  they  thought  to  do 
me  mischief.  3  And  I  sent  mes- 
sengers unto  them,  saying,  I  am 
doing  a  great  work,  so  that  I  can- 
not come  down :  why  should  the 
work  cease,  whilst  I  leave  it,  and 
come  down  to  you"?  4  And  they 
sent  unto  me  four  times  after  this 
sort ;  and  I  answered  them  after 
the  same  manner.  5  Then  sent 
Sanballat  his  servant  unto  me  in 
like  manner  the  fifth  time  with  an 
open  letter  in  his  hand,  6  wherein 
was  written.  It  is  I'eported  among 
the  nations,  and  ^  Gashmu  saith  it, 
that  "  thou  and  the  Jews  think  to 
rebel ;  for  which  cause  thou  art 
building  the  wall:  and  thou 
wouldest  be  their  king,  according 
to  these  words.  7  And  thou  hast 
also  appointed  prophets  to  preach 
of     thee    at    Jerusalem,    saying, 

3  Or,  laid  burdens  upon 

*  Or,  at  the  rate  of   Or,  afterward 

5  Or,  lorded  ov.r  «  Heb.  held  fast  to. 

T  In  ver.  1,  and  elsewhere,  Geshem. 


480 


6.8 


NEHEMIAH 


7.15 


Shemaiiih's  Deceitful  Advice.    Tlie  Wall  finished.    Tobiali'ii  Plots.    The  (iates  closed  at  llight.     List  of  those  nbo  retarned 


There  is  a  king  in  Judah :  and 
now  shall  it  be  reported  to  the 
king  according  to  these  words. 
Come  now  therefore,  and  let  us 
take  counsel  together.  8  Then  I 
sent  unto  him,  saying,  There  are 
no  such  things  done  as  thou  say- 
est,  but  thou  feignest  them  out  of 
thine  own  heart.  9  For  they  all 
would  have  made  us  afraid,  say- 
ing. Their  hands  shall  be  weakened 
from  the  work,  that  it  be  not  done. 
But  now,  ^  0  God,  strengthen  thou 
my  liands. 

10  And  I  went  unto  the  house  of 
Shemaiah  the  son  of  Delaiah  the  son 
of  Mehetabel,  "  who  was  shut  up  ; 
and  he  said,  Let  us  meet  together 
in  the  house  of  God,  within  the 
temple,  and  let  us  shut  the  doors 
of  the  temple :  for  they  will  come 
to  slay  thee  ;  yea,  in  the  night  will 
they  come  to  slay  thee.  1 1  And  I 
saio.  Should  such  a  man  as  I  flee  '\ 
and  who  is  there,  that,  being  such 
as  I,  -  would  go  into  the  temple  to 
save  his  life  *?  I  will  not  go  in.  1 2 
And  I  discerned,  and,  io,  God  had 
not  sent  him ;  but  he  pronounced 
this  prophecy  against  me  :  and  To- 
biah  ana  Sanballat  had  hired  him. 

13  For  this  cause  was  he  hired, 
*that  I  should  be  afraid,  and  do 
so,  and  sin,  and  that  they  might 
have  matter  for  an  evil  report, 
that    they    might    reproach    me. 

14  "Remember,  O  my  God,  To- 
biah  and  Sanballat  according  to 
these  their  works,  and  also  ''the 
prophetess  Noadiah,  and  the  rest 
of  the  i^rophets,  that  would  have 
put  me  in  fear. 

15  So  'the  wall  was  finished  in 
the  twenty  and  fifth  day  of  the 
month  Elul,  in  fifty  and  two  days. 
16  And  it  came  to  pass,  -^when  all 
our  enemies  heard  thereof,  that  all 
the  nations  that  were  about  us 
^feared,  and  were  much  cast  down 
in  their  own  eyes ;  for  *  they  per- 
ceived that  this  work  was  wrought 
of  our  God.  1 7  Moreover  in  those 
days  the  nobles  of  Judah  sent  many 
letters  unto  Tobiah,  and  the  letters 
of  Tobiah  came  unto  them.  1 8  For 
there  were  many  in  Judah  sworn 
unto  him,  because  he  was  the  son- 
in-law  of  Sheeaniah  the  son  of 
Arab;  and  his  son  Jehohanan 
had  taken  the  daughter  of  Meshul- 
1am  the  son  of  Berechiah  to  wife. 

1  Or,  I  viiH  strointhen  my  hands 
*  Or.  could  00  into  the  temple  nnd  live 
<  According  to  another  reading,  saw. 
Ifi 


"  Jer.  36.  o 
i>  ver.  6 
<"  ch.  13.  29 
d  Ezek.  13. 

17 
«ch.  4.  1,  2 
/c'  .  2.  10; 

4.  1,7 
y  Ex.  1 '.  25 


''  ch.  6.  1,  15 
■  ch.  1.  2 
*  ch.  10.  23 
'  ch.  2.  8 
'"  ch.  13.  13 


•  Ezr.  2. 1-70 


19  Also  they  spake  of  his  good 
deeds  before  me,  and  reported  my 
words  to  him.  And  Tobiah  sent 
letters  to  put  me  in  fear. 

7      Now  it  came  to  pass,  when 
*the  wall  was  built,  and  I  had 


set  up  the  doors,  and  the  porters 
and  the  singers  and  the  Levitei 
were  appointed,  2  that  I  gave  mi 


481 


and  the  singers  and  the  Levites 

brother  '  Hanani,  and  *  Hananiah 
the  governor  of  '  the  castle,  charge 
over  Jerusalem;  for  he  was  '"a 
faithful  man,  and  feared  God 
above  many.  3  And  I  said  unto 
them.  Let  not  the  gates  of  Jeru- 
salem be  opened  until  the  sun  be 
hot ;  and  while  they  stand  on 
guard,  let  them  shut  the  doors, 
and  bar  ye  them :  and  appoint 
watches  of  the  inhabitants  of  Je- 
rusalem, every  one  in  his  watch, 
and  every  one  to  be  over  against 
his  house.  4  Now  the  citj^  was 
wide  and  large ;  but  the  people 
were  few  therein,  and  the  nouses 
were  not  builded. 

5  And  my  God  put  into  my 
heart  to  gather  together  the 
nobles,  and  the  ■•  rulers,  and  the 
people,  that  they  might  be  reck- 
oned by  genealogy.  And  I  found 
the  book  of  the  genealogy  of  them 
that  came  up  at  the  first,  and  I 
found  written  therein:  6  "These 
are  the  children  of  the  province, 
that  went  up  out  of  the  captivity 
of  those  that  had  been  carried 
away,  whom  Nebuchadnezzar  the 
king  of  Babylon  had  carried  away, 
and  that  returned  unto  Jerusalem 
and  to  Judah,  every  one  unto  his 
city ;  7  who  came  with  Zerub- 
babel,  Jeshua,  Nehemiah,  Azariah, 
Raamiah,  Nahamani,  Mordecai, 
Bilshan,  Mispereth,  Bigvai,  Ne- 
hum,  Baanah. 

The  number  of  the  men  of  the 
people  of  Israel :  8  The  children  of 
rarosh,  two  thousand  a  hundred 
and  seventy  and  two.  9  The 
children  of  Shephatiah,  three 
hundred  seventy  and  two.  10 
The  children  of  Arab,  six  hundred 
fifty  and  two.  1 1  The  children 
of  Pahath-moab,  of  the  children 
of  Jeshua  and  Joab,  two  thousand 
and  eight  hundred  nnd  eighteen. 

12  The  children  of  Elam,  a  thou- 
.sand  two  hundred  fifty  and  four. 

13  The  children  of  Zattu,  eight 
hundred  forty  and  five.  14  The 
children  of  Zaccai,  .seven  hundred 
and  threescore.      15   The  childrer; 

*  Or,  depidies 


7.16 


NEHEMIAH 


7.64 


List  of  those  who  first  returned  from  Babylon 


of  Binnui,  six  hundred  forty  and 
eight.  16  The  children  of  Bebai, 
six  hundred  twenty  and  eight. 
17  The  children  of  Azgad,  two 
chousand  three  hundred  twenty 
and  two.  18  The  children  of 
Adonikam,  six  hundred  threescore 
and  seven.  19  The  children  of 
Bigvai,  two  thousand  threescore 
and  seven.  20  The  children  of 
Adin,  six  hundred  fifty  and  five. 
21  The  children  of  Ater,  of  Heze- 
kiah,  ninety  and  eight.  22  The 
children  of  Hashum,  three  hun- 
dred twenty  and  eight.  23  The 
children  of  Bezai,  three  hundred 
twenty  and  four.  24  The  chil- 
dren of  Hariph,  a  hundred  and 
twelve.  25  The  children  of 
Gibeon,  ninety  and  five.  26  The 
men  of  Beth-lehem  and  Netophah, 
a  hundred  fourscore  and  eight. 
27  The  men  of  Anathoth,  a  hun- 
dred twenty  and  eight.  28  The 
men  of  Beth-azmaveth,  forty  and 
two.  29  The  men  of  Kiriath- 
jearim,  Chephirah,  and  Beeroth, 
seven  hundred  forty  and  three. 
30  The  men  of  Ramah  and  Geba, 
six  hundred  twenty  and  one.  31 
The  men  of  Michmas,  a  hundred 
and  twenty  and  two.  32  The 
men  of  Beth-el  and  Ai,  a  hundred 
twent5'  and  three.  33  The  men 
of  the  other  Nebo,  fifty  and  two. 
34  The  children  of  the  other  Elam, 
a  thousand  two  hundred  fifty  and 
four.  35  The  children  of  Harim, 
three  hundred  and  twenty.  36 
The  children  of  Jericho,  three 
hundred  forty  and  five.  37  The 
children  of  Lod,  Hadid,  and  Ono, 
seven  hundred  twenty  and  one. 
38  The  children  of  Senaah,  three 
thousand  nine  hundred  and 
thirty. 

39  The  priests :  The  children  of 
Jedaiah,  of  the  house  of  Jeshua, 
nine  hundred  seventy  and  three. 
40  The  children  of  Immer,  a  thou- 
sand fifty  and  two.  41  The  chil- 
dren of  Pashhur,  a  thousand  two 
hundred  forty  and  seven.  42  The 
children  of  Harim,  a  thousand  and 
seventeen. 

43  The  Levites :  the  children 
of  Jeshua,  of  Kadmiel,  of  the  chil- 
dren of  ^  Hodevah,  seventy  and 
four.  44  The  singers :  the  chil- 
dren of  Asaph,  a  hundred  forty 
and  eight.  45  The  porters  :  the 
children  of  Shallum,  the  children 
of  Ater,  the  children  of  Talmon, 

1  Another  reading  is,  Hodeiah. 


the  children  of  Akkub,  the  chil- 
dren of  Hatita,  the  children  of 
Shobai,  a  hundred  thirty  and 
eight. 

46  The  Nethinim  :  the  children 
of  Ziha,  the  children  of  Hasupha, 
the  children  of  Tabbaoth,  47  the 
children  of  Keros,  the  children  of 
Sia,  the  children  of  Padon,  48  the 
children  of  Lebana,  the  children 
of  Hagaba,  the  children  of  Salmai, 
49  the  children  of  Hanan,  the 
children  of  Giddel,  the  children 
of  Gahar,  50  the  children  of  Re- 
aiah,  the  children  of  Rezin,  the 
children  of  Nekoda,  51  the  chil- 
dren of  Gazzam,  the  children  of 
Uzza,  the  children  of  Paseah,  52 
the  children  of  Besai,  the  chil- 
dren of  Meunim,  the  children  of 
•^  Nephushesim,  53  the  children 
of  Bakbuk,  the  children  of  Haku- 
pha,  the  children  of  Harhur,  54 
the  children  of  Bazlith,  the  chil- 
dren of  Mehida,  the  children  of 
Harsha,  55  the  children  of  Bar- 
kos,  the  children  of  Sisera,  the 
children  of  Temah,  56  the  chil- 
dren of  Neziah,  the  children  of 
Hatipha. 

57  The  children  of  Solomon'3 
servants :  the  children  of  Sotai, 
the  children  of  Sophereth,  the 
children  of  Perida,  58  the  chil- 
dren of  Jaala,  the  children  of 
Darkon,  the  children  of  Giddel, 
59  the  children  of  Shephatiah,  the 
children  of  Hattil,  the  children  of 
Pochereth-hazzebaim,  the  children 
of  Amon.  60  All  the  Nethinim, 
and  the  children  of  Solomon's  ser- 
vants, were  three  hundred  ninety 
and  two. 

61  And  these  were  they  that 
went  up  from  Tel-melah,  Tel-har- 
sha,  Cherub,  Addon,  and  Immer ; 
but  they  could  not  show  their 
fathers'  houses,  nor  their  seed, 
whether  they  were  of  Israel :  62 
The  children  of  Delaiah,  the  chil- 
dren of  Tobiah,  the  children  of 
Nekoda,  six  hundred  forty  and 
two.  63  And  of  the  priests:  the 
children  of  Hobaiah,  the  children 
of  Hakkoz,  the  children  of  Barzil- 
lai,  who  took  a  wife  of  the  daugh- 
ters of  Barzillai  the  Gileadite,  and 
was  called  after  their  name.  64 
These  sought  their  register  among 
those  that  were  reckoned  by  gene- 
alogy, but  it  was  not  found  :  there- 
fore ^were  they  deemed  polluted 

2  Another  reading  is,  Nephishesim. 

»  Heb.  they  were  polluted  Jrom  the  priesthood 


7.65 


NEHEMIAH 


8.13 


Tbe  Whole  Ifnmber.    Honey  given  for  the  Temple.    Ezra  reads  the  Law  to  the  People.    He  and  Nehemiah  comfort  them 


and  put  from  the  priesthood.  65 
And  "the  governor  said  unto  them, 
that  they  should  not  eat  of  the 
most  holy  things,  till  there  stood 
up  a  priest  with  Urim  and  Thum- 
mim. 

6(5  The  whole  assembly  together 
was  forty  and  two  thousand  three 
hundred  and  threescore,  67  besides 
their  men-servants  and  their  maid- 
servants, of  whom  there  were  seven 
thousand  three  hundred  thirty  and 
seven  :  and  they  had  two  hundred 
forty  and  live  singing  men  and  sing- 
ing women.  68  Their  horses  were 
seven  hundred  thirty  and  six  •  their 
mules,  two  hundred  forty  and  hve  ; 
69  their  camels,  four  hundred  thirty 
and  five  ;  their  asses,  six  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  twenty. 

70  And  some  from  among  the 
heads  of  fathers'  houses  gave  unto 
the  work.  *  The  governor  gave  to 
the  treasury  a  thousand  darics  of 
gold,  fifty  basins,  five  hundred  and 
thirty  priests'  garments.  71  And 
some  of  the  heads  of  fathers'  houses 
gave  into  the  treasury  of  the  work 
twenty  thousand  darics  of  gold, 
and  two  thousand  and  two  hundred 
'pounds  of  silver.  72  And  that 
which  the  rest  of  the  people  gave 
was  twenty  thousand  darics  of 
gold,  and  two  thousand  pounds  of 
silver,  and  threescore  and  seven 
priests'  garments. 

73  So  the  priests,  and  the  Levites, 
and  the  porters,  and  the  singers, 
and  some  of  the  people,  and  the 
Nethinim,  and  all  Israel,  dwelt  in 
their  cities. 

"And  when  the  seventh  month 
was  come,  the  children  of  Israel 

8  were  in  their  cities.  1  And 
all  the  people  gathered  them- 
selves togetner  as  one  man  into 
the  broad  place  that  was  before 
'^  the  water  gate ;  and  they  spake 
unto  "Ezra  the  scribe  to  bring -^ the 
book  of  the  law  of  Moses,  which 
Jehovah  had  commanded  to  Israel. 

2  And  ''Ezra  the  priest  brought 
the  law  before  the  assembly,  both 
men  and  women,  and  all  that  could 
hear  with  understanding,  upon 
*  the  first  day  of  the  seventh  month. 

3  And  he  read  therein  before  the 
broad  place  that  was  before  *the 
water  gate  ^from  early  morning 
until  midday,  in  the  presence  of 
the  men  and  the  women,  and  of 
those  that  could  understand  ;  and 
the  ears  of   all    the    people  were 

1  Heb.  maruh.         *  Heb.  /rom  Uk  light. 


"  ch.  8.  9 ; 

10.  1 
*  ver.  Rf> ; 

cli.  8.  9 
"  Kzr.  3.  1 
d  ch.  3.  26 
'  Ezr.  7.  (i 
/  2  Chr.  34. 

\r, 
"  ch.  8.  9 ; 

Dt.  31.  9-11 
A  Lev.  23.  24 
'  ver.  1 


'  ch.  6.  13 

•^  Gen.  14.  22 
"  Ex.  4.  31 


»  ch.  7.  65,  70 
P  ch.  12.  26 


9  Ter.  2 
""Dt.  12.  7,12 


'  Dt.  26.  Il- 
ls 


'  ver.  10 
"  ver.  7,  8 


attentive  unto  the  book  of  the  law. 
4  And  Ezra  the  scribe  stood  upon 
a  ^  pulpit  of  wood,  which  they  had 
made  for  the  purpose ;  and  beside 
him  stood  Mattithiah,  and  Shema, 
and  Anaiali,  and  Uriah,  and  Hil- 
kiah.  and  Maaseiah,  on  his  right 
hand  ;  and  on  his  left  hand,  Peda- 
iah.  and  Mishael,  and  ]\ialchijah, 
and  Hashum,  and  Hashbaddanah, 
Zechariah,  and  Moshullam.  5  And 
Ezra  opened  *  the  book  in  the  sight 
of  all  trie  people  (for  he  was  above 
all  the  people) ;  and  when  he  opened 
it,  all  tne  people  stood  up.  6  And 
Ezra  blessed  Jehovah,  the  great 
God  ;  and  all  the  people  answered, 
'Amen,  Amen,  ™  with  the  lifting  up 
of  their  hands :  and  "  they  bowed 
their  heads,  and  worshipped  Jeho- 
vah with  their  faces  to  tne  ground. 
7  Also  Jeshua,  and  Eani,  and  Shere- 
biah,  Jamin,  Akkub,  Shabbethai, 
Hodiah,  Maaseiah,  Kelita,  Azariah, 
Jozabad,  Hanan,  Pelaiah,  and  the 
Levites,  caused  the  people  to  un- 
derstand the  law :  and  the  people 
stood  in  their  place.  8  And  they 
read  in  the  book,  in  the  law  of 
God,  *  distinctly ;  and  they  gave 
the  sense,  ^  so  that  they  understood 
the  reading. 

9  And  Nehemiah,  who  was  "the 
governor,  and  Ezra  ^  the  priest  the 
scribe,  and  the  Levites  that  taught 
the  people,  said  unto  all  the  peo- 
ple, *  This  day  is  holy  unto  Jehovah 
your  God  ;  ''mourn  not,  nor  weep. 
For  all  the  people  wept,  when  they 
heard  the  words  of  the  law.  10 
Then  he  said  unto  them,  Go  your 
way,  eat  the  fat,  and  drink  the 
sweet,  and  "send  portions  unto  him 
for  whom  nothing  is  prepared  ;  for 
this  day  is  holy  unto  our  Lord  : 
neither  be  ye  grieved  ;  for  the  joy 
of  Jehovah  is  your  •*  strength.  1 1  So 
the  Levites  stilled  all  the  people, 
saying.  Hold  your  peace,  for  the 
day  is  holy  ;  neither  oe  ye  grieved. 
12  And  all  the  people  went  their 
way  to  eat,  and  to  drink,  and  'to 
send  portions,  and  to  make  great 
mirth,  "because  they  had  under- 
stood the  words  that  were  declared 
unto  them. 

13  And  on  the  second  day  were 
gathered  together  the  heads  of  fa- 
thers' houses  of  all  the  people,  the 
priests,  and  the  Levites,  unto  £zra 
the  scribe,  even  to  give  attention 

3  Heb.  tnwfr.      *  Or,  with  an  interpretation 
i  Or,  and  caused  them  to  understand 
*  Or,  stTOTighold 


483 


B.  14 


NEHEMIAH 


9.16 


Tbe  Feast  of  Taibernades  observed,    i  Prayer  of  tbe  Levites,  acknowledging;  Jehovah's  past  Goodness, 


to  the  words  of  the  law.  14  And 
they  found  written  in  the  law,  how 
that  Jehovah  had  commanded  by 
Moses,  that  the  children  of  Israel 
"should  dwell  in  booths  in  the  feast 
of  the  seventh  month  ;  1 5  and  *  that 
they  should  publish  and  proclaim 
in  all  their  cities,  and  "  in  Jeru- 
salem, saying,  "Tio  forth  unto  the 
mount,  and  fetch  olive  branches, 
and  bi'anchesof  wild  olive,  and  myr- 
tle branches,  and  palm  branches, 
and  branches  of  thick  trees,  to  make 
booths,  as  it  is  written.  16  So  the 
people  went  forth,  and  brought 
them,  and  made  themselves  bootns, 
every  one  '  upon  the  roof  of  his 
house,  and  in  their  courts,  and  in 
the  courts  of  the  house  of  God,  and 
in  the  broad  place  of  -'the  water 
gate,  and  in  the  broad  place  of 
^the  gate  of  Ephraim.  17  And  all 
the  assembly  of  them  that  were 
come  again  out  of  the  captivity 
made  booths,  and  dwelt  in  the 
booths :  for  since  the  days  of 
Jeshua  the  son  of  Nun  unto  that 
day ''  had  not  the  children  of  Israel 
done  so.  And  '  there  was  very  great 
gladness.  1 8  Also  day  by  day,  from 
the  first  day  unto  the  last  day,  *  he 
read  in  the  book  of  the  law  oi  God. 
And  they  '  kept  the  feast  seven 
days  ;  and  on  ™  the  eighth  day  was 
a '  solemn  assembly,  according  unto 
the  ordinance. 

9  Now  in  the  twenty  and 
fourth  day  of  "this  month  the 
children  of  Israel  were  assembled 
"with  fasting,  and  with  sackcloth, 
and  ^ earth  upon  them.  2  And  the 
seed  of  Israel  separated  themselves 
from  all  foreigners,  and  stood  and 
confessed  their  sins,  and  the  iniqui- 
ties of  their  fathers.  3  And  » they 
stood  up  in  their  place,  and  read  in 
the  book  of  the  law  of  Jehovah  their 
God  a  fourth  part  of  the  day ;  and 
another  fourth  part  they  confessed, 
and  worshipped  Jehovah  their  God. 
4  *■  Then  stood  up  upon  the  stairs  of 
the  Levites,  Jeshua,  and  Bani,  Kad- 
miel,  Shebaniah,  Bunni,  Sherebiah, 
Bani,  and  Chenani,  and  cried  with 
a  loud  voice  unto  Jehovah  their 
God. 

5  Then  the  Levites,  Jeshua, 
and  Kadmiel,  Bani,  Hashabneiah, 
Sherebiah,  Hodiah,  Shebaniah.  and 
Pethahiah,  said.  Stand  up  and  bless 
Jehovah  your  God  from  everlast- 
ing to  everlasting  ;  and  '^blessed  be 
thy  glorious   name,   which   is  ex- 

^  Or,  closing  festival       ^  Or,  let  them  bless 


"  Lev  23.  34, 

40,  42 
b  Lev.  23.  4 
"  Dt.  16.  16 
d  Lev.  23.  40 
"  Jer.  32.  29 
/ver.  1 
"  ch.  12.  39  , 

2  K.  14.  r.i 
A  2  Uhr.  7.  8 ; 

8.  13 
» 2  Chr.  30. 

21 
*  Dt.  31.  11 
'  Lev.  23.  36 
"'  Num.  29. 

35 
"  ch.  8.  2 
"  Ezr.  8.  23 
'^  1  S.  4.  12 
«  ch.  8  4 
""  ch.  8.  7 


•  Dt  6.  4  ; 

2  K. 19    15 
«  Oen.  1.  1 
"  Col.  1.  17 
"  Gen.  12.  1 

*  Gen   11. 
31 

"  Gen.  17  6 
=  Gen   15.  6, 

lS-21 
"Josh.  21. 

4.3-46 
b  Ex.  3.  7 
<=  Ex.  14.  10- 

12;  7.8-14, 

31 
rf  Ex.  5.  2 
"  Ex.  9.  16 


»  Ex.  16.  1, 
6,  10 


!>■  Ex.  13.  21, 

22 


£  Ex.  19.  11, 

18-20 


*  Ex.  20.  1 
'  Ps.  19.  7-9 


'  Ex.  16.  23 ; 

20.  8 


"  Ex.  16.  4, 

14,  16 


»  Ex.  17.  6  . 
Num.  20. 


P  Dt.  1.  8 


9  ver.  10 
"■  ver.  29 ; 
Dt.  31.  27 


alted  above  all  blessing  and  praise. 
6  *Thou  art  Jehovah,  even  thou 
alone ;  '  thou  hast  made  heaven, 
the  heaven  of  heavens,  with  all 
their  host,  the  earth  and  all  things 
that  are  thereon,  the  seas  and  all 
that  is  in  them,  and  "  thou  pre- 
servest  them  all ;  and  the  host  of 
heaven  worshippeth  thee.  7  Thou 
art  ^Jehovah  the  God,  "who  didst 
choose  Abram,  and  broughtest  him 
forth  out  of  ^Ur  of  the  Chaldees, 
and  ^  gavest  him  the  name  of  Abra- 
ham, 8  and  foundest  ^  his  heart 
faithful  before  thee,  and  madest  a 
covenant  with  him  to  give  the  land 
of  the  Canaanite.  the  Hittite,  the 
Amorite,  and  the  Perizzite,  and 
the  Jebusite,  and  the  Girgashite, 
to  give  it  unto  his  seed,  and  "hast 
performed  thy  words  ;  for  thou  art 
righteous. 

9  And  ''  thou  sawest  the  afflic- 
tion of  our  fathers  in  Egypt,  and 
"heardest  their  cry  by  the  Red 
Sea,  10  and  showedst  signs  and 
wonders  upon  Pharaoh,  and  on 
all  his  servants,  and  on  all  the 
people  of  his  land ;  for  thou 
knewest  that  ''they  dealt  proudly 
against  them,  and  *  didst  get  thee 
a  name,  as  it  is  this  day.  1 1  And 
-^thou  didst  divide  the  sea  before 
them,  so  that  they  went  through 
the  midst  of  the  sea  on  the  dry 
land;  and  ^ their  pursuers  thou 
didst  cast  into  the  depths,  as  a 
stone  into  the  mighty  waters. 
12  Moreover  in  a  pillar  of  cloud 
*thou  leddest  them  by  day;  and 
in  a  pillar  of  fire  by  night,  to  give 
them  light  in  the  way  wherein 
they  should  go.  13  'Thou  earn- 
est down  also  upon  mount  Sinai, 
and  *spakest  with  them  from 
heaven,  and  gavest  them  'right 
ordinances  and  true  laws,  good 
statutes  and  commandments,  14 
and  madest  known  unto  them 
'"thy  holy  sabbath,  and  command- 
edst  them  commandments,  and 
statutes,  and  a  law,  by  Moses 
thy  servant,  15  and  "gavest  them 
bread  from  heaven  for  their  hun- 
ger, and  "brouochtest  forth  water 
for  them  out  of  the  rock  for  their 
thirst,  and  ^commandedst  them 
that  they  should  go  in  to  possess 
the  land  which  thou  hadst  *  sworn 
to  give  them. 

16  But  they  and  our  fathers 
'dealt  proudly,  and  ''hardened 
their  neck,  and  hearkened  not  to 

3  Or,  O  Jehovah    *  Heb.  lifted  up  thy  hand. 


484 


9.17 


NEHEMIAH 


9.34 


and  making  a  Confession  o{  National  Sin 


thy  commandments,  17  and  re- 
fused to  obev,  "  neither  were 
mindful  of  thy  wonders  that 
thou  didst  among  them,  but 
luirdened  their  neck,  and  in  their 
I'ebellion  'appointed  a  captain  to 
return  to  their  bondage.  But 
thou  art  ^a  Uod  '' ready  to  par- 
don, gracious  and  merciful,  slow 
tu  anger,  and  abundant  in  lov- 
ingkindness,  and  foi-sookest  them 
not.  liS  Yea,  when  they  had 
''made  them  a  molten  calf,  and 
said.  This  is  thy  God  that  brought 
thee  up  out  of  Egypt,  and  had 
wrought  great  provocations  ;  19 
yet  *thou  in  thy  manifold  mer- 
cies forsookest  them  not  in  the 
wilderness  :  -  ^  the  pillar  of  cloud 
departed  not  from  over  them  by 
day,  to  lead  them  in  the  w^ay ; 
neither  the  pillar  of  fire  by  night, 
to  show  them  light,  and  the  way 
wherein  they  should  go.  20  "  Thou 
gavest  also  thy  good  Spirit  to  in- 
struct themj  and  withheldest  not 
thy  manna  from  their  mouth,  and 
gavest  them  water  for  their  thirst. 
21  Yea,  *  forty  years  didst  thou 
sustain  them  in  the  wilderness, 
and  they  lacked  nothing ;  their 
clothes  waxed  not  old,  and  their 
feet  swelled  not.  22  Moreover 
thou  gavest  them  kingdoms  and 
peoples,  ^  which  thou  didst  allot 
after  their  portions :  '  so  they  pos- 
sessed the  land  of  Sihon,  even  the 
land  of  the  king  of  Heshbon,  and 
the  land  of  Og  king  of  Bashan. 
23  Their  children  also  multipliedst 
thou  as  *the  stars  of  heaven,  and 
broughtest  them  into  the  land  con- 
cerning which  thou  didst  say  to 
their  fathers,  that  they  should  go 
in  to  possess  it.  24  'So  the  chil- 
dren went  in  and  possessed  the 
land,  and  "  thou  subduedst  before 
them  the  inhabitants  of  the  land, 
the  Canaanites,  and  gavest  them 
into  their  hands,  with  their  kings, 
and  the  peoples  of  the  land,  that 
they  might  do  with  them  as  they 
would.  25  And  "they  took  forti- 
fied cities,  and  "a  fat  land,  and 
possessed  ^houses  full  of  all  good 
things,  cisterns  hew^n  out,  vine- 
j'ards,  and  oliveyards,  and  fruit- 
trees  in  abundance :  so  they  did 
eat,  and  were  filled,  and  » became 
fat,  and  ''delighted  themselves  in 
thy  great  goodness. 

1  Heb.  a  God  of/orpivenesses. 
-  Or,  aTid  didst  distribute  them  into  every 
comer 


"  Ps.  78.  n, 

4'J-.=.5 

'>  Num.  14.  4 
'•  Ex.  34.  0,  7 
d  Kx.  32.  4-8, 

31 
"  ver.  27,  31 
/ver.  12 
"  ver.  30 ; 

Num.  II. 

17 ;  Is.  03. 

11-14 
'•  Dt.  2.  7 

•  Num.  21. 
21-35 

*  Gen.  l.";.  5 

'  .Tosh.  21.  43 
"'  Josh.  18.  1 
"  Dt.  3.  5 
"  Num.  13. 
20 

PDt.  6.  n 

'l  Dt.  32.  15 
""  1  K.  8.  6t> 


'Judg.  2.  11 
'  '  K.  14.  9 
"  2  Chr.  30. 

lii 
*'  ver.  30 
^  ver.  18 

y  Judg.  2. 14 

'  Dt.  4.  29 
"  Judg.  2.  16 
b  Judg.  3.  11 
"  Pa.  106.  43 

"i  ver.  20,  30 


'  ver.  10, 16 

/Lev.  18.  5 
0  Zech.  7.  11 


A  Ps.  96.  10 ; 
Acta  13,  18 


•  ver.  26,  29 

*  ver.  20 


'  Jer.  4.  27 
'"  ver.  17 
"  ch.  1.  5 


0  2  K.  15.  19 


P  Oen.  18. 
25 ;  Jer. 
12.  1 


26  'Nevertheless  they  were  dis- 
obedient, and  rebelled  against 
thee,  and  'cast  thy  law  behind 
their  back,  and  "slew  thy  propli- 
ets  that  "testified  against  them  to 
turn  them  again  unto  thee,  and 
•'they  wrought  great  provoca- 
tions. 27  Therefore  thou  *  de- 
liveredst  them  into  the  hand  of 
their  adversaries,  who  distressed 
them:  and  'in  the  time  of  their 
trouble,  when  they  cried  unto  thee, 
thou  heardest  from  hea^  en ;  and 
according  to  thy  manifold  mercies 
"thou  gavest  them  saviours  who 
saved  them  out  of  the  hand  of 
their  adversaries.  28  But  *  after 
they  had  rest,  they  did  evil  again 
before  thee  ;  therefore  leftest  thou 
them  in  the  hand  of  their  enemies, 
so  that  they  had  the  dominion  over 
them :  yet  when  they  returned, 
and  cried  unto  thee,  thou  heardest 
from  heaven;  and  ''many  times 
didst  thou  deliver  them  according 
to  thy  mercies,  29  and  ''  testifiedst 
against  them,  that  thou  mightest 
bring  them  again  unto  thy  law. 
Yet  'they  dealt  proudly,  and 
hearkened  not  unto  thy  com- 
mandments, but  sinned  against 
thine  ordinances  ('which  if  a 
man  do,  he  shall  live  in  them), 
and  ^«' withdrew  the  shoulder, 
and  hardened  their  neck,  ana 
would  not  hear.  30  ''Yet  many 
years  didst  thou  bear  with  them, 
and  'testifiedst  against  them  by 
*thy  Spirit  through  thy  proph- 
ets :  yet  would  they  not  give  ear : 
therefore  gavest  thou  them  into 
the  hand  of  the  peoples  of  the 
lands.  31  Nevertheless  in  thy 
manifold  mercies  thou  'didst  not 
make  a  full  end  of  them,  nor  for- 
sake them  ;  for  thou  art  ""  a  gra- 
cious and  merciful  God. 

32  Now  therefore,  our  God,  "the 
great,  the  mighty,  and  the  terrible 
God,  who  keepest  covenantand  lov- 
ingkindness,  let  not  all  the  travail 
seem  little  before  thee,  that  hath 
come  upon  us,  on  our  kings,  on  our 
princes,  and  on  our  priests  and  on 
our  prophets,  and  on  our  fathers, 
and  on  all  thy  people,  ".since  the 
time  of  the  kings  of  Assyria  unto 
this  day.  33  Howbeit  ^'thou  art 
just  in  all  that  is  come  upon  us  : 
for  thou  hast  dealt  truly,  but  we 
have  done  wickedly ;  34  neither 
have  our  kings,  our  princes,  our 
priests,  nor  our  fathers,  kept  tliy 

3  Heb.  thev  oave  a  stxibborn  shoulder. 


485 


9.35 


NEHEMIAH 


10.37 


The  People  covenant  to  keep  the  Law,  and  to  maintain  tlie  Temple  Worship 


law,  nor  hearkened  unto  thy 
commandments  and  thy  testi- 
monies wherewith  thou  didst 
testify  against  them.  35  For 
"they  have  not  served  thee  in 
their  kingdom,  and  *  in  thy  great 
goodness  that  thou  gavest  them, 
and  in  the  large  and  fat  land 
which  thou  gavest  before  them, 
neither  turned  they  from  their 
wicked  works.  36  Behold,  ''we 
are  servants  this  day,  and  as  for 
the  land  that  thou  gayest  unto 
our  fathers  to  eat  the  fruit  thereof 
and  the  good  thereof,  behold,  we 
are  servants  in  it.  37  And  ''it 
yieldeth  much  increase  unto  the 
kings  whom  thou  hast  set  over 
us  because  of  our  sins :  also  thej^ 
have  power  over  our  bodies,  and 
over  our  cattle,  at  their  pleasure, 
and  we  are  in  great  distress.  *38 
And  ^yet  for  all  this  *we  make  a 
^  sure  covenant,  and  write  it ;  and 
our  princes,  our  Leyites,  and  our 
priests,  ^•''seal  unto  it. 
-i  f\  Now  those  that  ^sealed 
i  V/  were :  Nehemiah  the  gov- 
ernor, the  son  of  Hacaliah,  and 
Zedekiah,  2  Seraiah,  Azariah, 
Jeremiah,  3  Pashhur,  Amariah, 
Malchijah,  4  Hattush,  Shebaniah, 
Mallucli,  5  Harim,  Meremoth, 
Obadiah,  6  Daniel,  Ginnethon, 
Baruch,  7  Meshullam,  Abijah, 
Mijamin,  8  Maaziah,  Bilgai, 
Shemaiah  ;  these  were  the  priests. 
9  And  the  Levites :  namely, 
Jeshua  the  son  of  Azaniah,  Bin- 
nui  of  the  sons  of  Henadad, 
Kadmiel ;  10  and  their  breth- 
ren, Shebaniah,  Hodiah,  Kelita, 
Pelaiah,  Hanan,  11  Mica,  Rehob, 
Hashabiah,  12  Zaccur,  Sherebiah, 
Shebaniah,  13  Hodiah,  Bani,  Ben- 
inu.  14  The  chiefs  of  the  peo- 
ple :  Parosh,  Pahath-moab,  Elam, 
Zattu,  Bani,  15  Bunni,  Azgad, 
Bebai,  16  Adonijah,  Bigvai,  Adin, 
17  Ater,  Hezekiah,  Azzur,  l8  Ho- 
diah, Hashum,  Bezai,  19  Hariph, 
Anathoth,  ''Nobai,  20  Magpiash, 
Meshullam,  Hezir,  21  Mesheza- 
bel,  Zadok,  Jaddua,  22  Pelatiah, 
Hanan,  Anaiah,  23  Hoshea,  Hana- 
niah,  Hasshub,  24  Hallohesh, 
Pilha,  Shobek,  25  Rehum,  Ha- 
shabnah,  Maaseiah,  26  and  Ahiah, 
Hanan,  Anan,  27  Malluch,  Harim, 
Baanah. 
28  And  ''the  rest  of  the  people, 

1  Or,  because  of  *  Or,  faithful 

3  Heb.  are  at  the  sealing. 
*  Another  reading  is,  Jfebai. 


"  Dt.  28.  47 
*  ver.  25 
<=  Dt.  28.  48 
tl  Dt.  28.  33 
"  ch.  10.  29 
/ch.  10.  1 
'J  ch.  9.  38 

I'  Ezr.  2.  se- 
es 


i  ell.  9.  2 
k  ch.  6.  12 


'  Ex.  34.  16  ; 
Dt.  7.  3 


'  ch.  13. 15-22 


*rCh.  10.  1  in 
Heb.] 


"  Ex.  23.  10, 

11 
°  Dt.  15.  1,  2 


P  Ex.  30.  11- 

16 ;  Mt.  17. 

24 


«ch.  11.  1 
"■  ch.  13.  31 


'  Ex.  13.  2 


"  Lev.  23.  17 


'  ch.  13.  6,  9 

486 


the  priests,  the  Levites,  the  porters, 
the  singers,  the  Nethinim,  and  'all 
they  that  had  separated  themselves 
from  the  i^eoples  of  the  lands  unto 
the  law  of  God,  their  wives,  their 
sons,  and  their  daughters,  everyone 
that  had  knowledge  and  under- 
standing ;  29  they  clave  to  their 
brethren,  their  nobles,  and  *  en- 
tered into  a  curse,  and  into  an 
oath,  to  walk  in  God's  law,  which 
was  given  by  Moses  the  servant 
of  God,  and  to  observe  and  do  all 
the  commandments  of  Jehovah 
our  Lord,  and  his  ordinances  and 
his  statutes ;  _  30  and  '  that  we 
would  not  give  our  daughters 
unto  the  peoples  of  the  land,  nor 
take  their  daughters  for  our  sons : 
31  and  '"if  the  peoples  of  the  land 
bring  wares  or  any  grain  on  the 
sabbath  day  to  sell,  that  we  would 
not  buy  of  them  on  the  sabbath, 
or  on  a  holy  day ;  and  that  we 
would  forego  the  "seventh  year, 
and  the  "exaction  of  every  debt. 

32  Also  we  made  ordinances  for 
us,  to  charge  ourselves  yearly  with 
p  the  third  part  of  a  shekel  for  the 
service  of  the  house  of  our  God;- 
33  for  the  showbread,  and  for  the 
continual  meal-offering,  and  for 
the  continual  burnt-offering,  for 
the  sabbaths,  for  the  new  moons, 
for  the  set  feasts,  and  for  the  holy 
things,  and  for  the  sin-offerings  to 
make  atonement  for  Israel,  and 
for  all  the  work  of  the  house  of 
our  God.  34  And  *we  cast  lots, 
the  priests,  the  Levites,  and  the 
people,  '■for  the  wood-offering,  to 
bring  it  into  the  house  of  our  God, 
according  to  our  fathers'  houses,  at 
times  appointed,  year  by  year,  to 
burn  upon  the  altar  of  Jehovah  our 
God,  as  it  is  written  in  the  law ; 
35  and  to  bring* the  first-fruits  of 
our  ground,  and  the  first-fruits  of 
all  fruit  of  all  manner  of  trees, 
year  by  year,  unto  the  house  or 
Jehovah ;  36  also  the  first-born 
of  our  sons,  and  of  our  cattle,  'as 
it  is  written  in  the  law,  and  the 
firstlings  of  our  herds  and  of  our 
flocks,  to  bring  to  the  house  of  our 
God,  unto  the  priests  that  min- 
ister in  the  house  of  our  God ; 
37  and  "that  we  should  bring 
the  first-fruits  of  our  ^  dough,  and 
our  heave-offerings,  and  the  fruit 
of  all  manner  of  trees,  ^  the_  new 
wine  and  the  oil,  unto  the  priests, 
"to  the  chambers  of  the  house  of 

s  Or,  coarse  meal         ^  Or,  the  vintage 


10.38 


NEIIEMIAH 


11.24 


List  of  those  who  dwelt  in  Jerasalem 


our  God  ;  and  "  the  tithes  of  our 
ground  unto  the  Levites  ;  for  they, 
the  Levites,  take  the  tithes  in  all 
the  cities  of  our  tillage.  '36  And 
''the  priest  the  son  of  Aaron  shall 
be  with  the  Levites,  when  tiie 
Levites  take  tithes  :  and  tha  Le- 
vites shall  bring  up  the  tithe  of 
the  tithes  unto  the  house  of  our 
God,  to  the  chambers,  into  "^the 
ti'easure-house.  39  For  the  chil- 
dren of  Lsrael  and  the  children  of 
Levi  shall  bring  the  "*  heave-otfer- 
ing  of  the  grain,  of  ^  the  new  wine, 
and  of  the  oil,  unto  the  chambers, 
where  are  the  vessels  of  the  sanc- 
tuary, and  the  priests  that  min- 
ister, and  the  porters,  and  the 
singers :  and  *  we  will  not  forsake 
the  house  of  our  God. 

nAnd-  -^the  princes  of  the 
people  dwelt  in  Jerusalem  : 
the  rest  of  the  people  also  "cast 
lots,  to  bring  one  ot  ten  to  dwell 
in  Jerusalem  ''the  holy  city,  and 
nine  parts  in  the  other  cities.  2 
And  tne  people  blessed  all  the  men 
that  willingly  offered  themselves 
to  dwell  in  Jerusalem. 

3  '  Now  these  are  the  chiefs  of 
the  province  that  dwelt  in  Jeru- 
salem :  but  in  the  cities  of  Judah 
dwelt  *  every  one  in  his  possession 
in  their  cities,  to  tvit,  Israel,  the 
priests,  and  the  Levites,  and  'the 
Nethinim,  and  "'the  children  of 
Solomon's  servants.  4  And  in  Je- 
rusalem dwelt  certain  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Judah,  and  of  the  children 
of  Benjamin.  Of  the  children  of 
Judah  :  Athaiah  the  son  of  Uzziah, 
the  son  of  Zechariah,  the  son  of 
Amariah,  the  son  of  Shephatiah, 
the  son  of  Mahalalel,  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Perez  ;  d  and  Maaseiah  the 
son  of  Baruch,  the  son  of  Col-hozeh, 
the  son  of  Hazaiah,  the  son  of  Ada- 
iah,  the  son  of  Joiarib,  the  son  of 
Zechariah,  the  son  of  the  Shilonite. 
6  All  the  sons  of  Perez  that  dwelt 
in  Jerusalem  were  four  hundred 
threescore  and  eight  valiant  men. 

7  And  these  are  the  sons  of  Ben- 
jamin :  Sallu  the  son  of  Meshullam, 
the  son  of  Joed,  the  son  of  Peda- 
iah,  the  son  of  Kolaiah,  the  son  of 
Maaseiah,  the  son  of  Ithiel,  the 
son  of  Jeshaiah.  _  8  And  after 
him  Gabbai,  Sallai,  nine  hundrefi 
twenty  and  eight.  9  And  Joel 
the  son  of  Zichri  was  their  over- 
seer ;  and  Judah  the  son  of  Has- 
senuah  was  second  over  the  city. 
1  Or,  the  vintage 


"  Lev.  27.  30 


(•  Num.  18. 


"  ch.  13.  12, 


d  Dt.  12.  6 


'  ch.  13.  10. 
11 

/ch.  7.  4 
"  ch.  10.  34 
''  ver.  18 ;  Is. 

48.  2 
'  1  Chr.  9. 

•-'-34 
*  ver.  20 
'  Ezr.  2.  43 
"'  ch.  7.  67 


'  1  Chr.  26. 


"  ver.  1 


P  ver.  3 

9  ch.  3.  20  ; 
2  Chr.  27 


'  EzT.  6.  8 ; 

7.  20 


487 


10  Of  the  priests:  Jedaiah  the 
son  of  Joiarib,  .Jachin,  11  tSeraiah 
the  son  of  Hilkiah,  the  son  of 
Meshullam,  the  .son  of  Zadok,  the 
son  of  Meraioth,  the  son  of  Ahitub, 
the  ruler  of  the  house;  of  God,  12 
and  their  brethren  that  did  the 
work  of  the  house,  eight  hundred 
twenty  and  two :  and  Adaiah  the 
son  of  Jeroham,  the  son  of  Pelaliah, 
the  son  of  Amzi,  the  son  of  Zecha- 
riah, the  son  of  Pashhur,  the  son 
of  Malchijah,  13  and  his  brethren, 
chiefs  of  fathers'  houses,  two  hun- 
dred forty  and  two  ;  and  Amashsai 
the  son  of  Azarel,  the  son  of  Ahzai, 
the  son  of  ]\IeshilIemoth,  the  son 
of  Immer,  14  and  their  brethren, 
mighty  men  of  valor,  a  hundred 
twenty  and  eight.  And  their  over- 
seer was  Zabdiel,  '^  the  son  of  Hag- 
gedolim. 

15  And  of  the  Levites:  Shema- 
iah  the  son  of  Hasshub,  the  son  of 
Azrikam,  the  son  of  Hashabiah, 
the  son  of  Bunni ;  16  and  8hab- 
bethai  and  Jozabad,  of  the  chiefs 
of  the  Levites,  who  had  the  over- 
sight of  "  the  outward  business  of 
the  house  of  God;  17  and  Matta- 
niah  the  son  of  ISIica,  the  son  of 
Zabdi,  the  son  of  Asaph,  who  was 
the  chief  to  begin  the  thanksgiv- 
ing in  prayer,  and  Bakbukiah,  the 
second  among  his  brethren ;  and 
Abda  the  son  of  Shammua,  the  son 
of  Galal,  the  son  of  Jeduthun. 
18  All  the  Levites  in  "the  holy 
city  were  two  hundred  fourscore 
and  four. 

1 9  Moreover  the  porters,  Akkub, 
Talmon,  and  their  brethren,  that 
kept  watch  at  the  gates,  w^ere  a 
hundred  seventy  and  two.  20 
And  the  residue  of  Lsrael,  of  the 
priests,  the  Levites,  were  in  all  the 
cities  of  Judah,  every  one  ^in  his 
inhei-itance.  21  But  *the  Nethi- 
nim dwelt  in  Ophel :  and  Ziha  and 
Gishpa  were  over  the  Nethinim. 

22  ""The  overseer  also  of  the 
Levites  at  Jerusalem  was  Uzzi 
the  son  of  Bani,  the  son  of  Hash- 
abiah, the  son  of  Mattaniah, 
the  son  of  Mica,  of  the  sons 
of  Asaph,  the  singers,  over  the 
business  of  the  house  of  God.  23 
*  For  there  was  a  commandment 
from  the  king  concerning  them, 
and  *a  settled  provision  for  the 
singers,  'as  every  day  required. 
24    And    Pethahiah    the    son     of 

2  Or,  one  of  the  qrmt  men 

3  Or,  a  sure  ordinaiux  c<»Kemin{> 


U.25 


NEHEMIAH 


12.30 


other  Places  which  were  inhabited.    Priests  and  Lerites  who  came  with  Zerabbabel.    Dedication  of 


!Meshezabel,  of  the  children  of 
Zerah  the  son  of  Judah,  was  at 
the  king's  hand  in  all  matters 
concerning  the  people. 

25  And  as  for  the  villages,  with 
their  fields,  some  of  the  children 
of  Judah  dwelt  in  "  Kiriath-arba 
and  the  ^  towns  thereof,  and  in 
*Dibon  and  the  Howns  thereof, 
and  in  Jekabzeel  and  the  villages 
thereof,  26  and  in  Jeshua,  and 
in  Moladah,  and  Beth-pelet,  27 
and  in  Hazar-shual,  and  in  Beer- 
sheba  and  the  Howns  thereof, 
28  and  in  Ziklag,  and  in  Meconah 
and  in  the  Howns  thereof,  29  and 
in  En-rimmon,  and  in  Zorah,  and 
in  Jarmuth,  30  Zanoah,  Adullam, 
and  their  villages,  Lachish  and  the 
fields  thereof,  Azekah  and  the 
^  towns  thereof.  So  they  encamped 
from  Beer-sheba  unto  the  valley 
of  Hinnom.  31  The  children  of 
Benjamin  also  dwelt  from  Geba 
onwai-d,  at  Michmash  and  Aija, 
and  at  Beth-el  and  the  ^  towns 
thereof,  32  at  Anathoth,  Nob, 
Ananiah,  33  Hazor,  Ramah,  Git- 
taim,  34r  Hadid,  Zeboim,  Neballat, 
35  Lod,  and  Ono,  '-^the  valley  of 
craftsmen.  36  And  of  the  Levi tes, 
certain  courses  in  Judah  were 
joined  to  Benjamin. 
"I  C\  Now  these  are  "  the  priests 
i  ^  and  the  Levites  that  went  up 
with  Zerubbabel  the  son  of  Sheal- 
tiel,  and  Jeshua :  Seraiah,  Jere- 
miah, Ezra,  2  Amariah,  Malluch, 
Hattush,  3  Shecaniah,  Rehum, 
Meremoth,  4  Iddo,  Ginnethoi,  Abi- 
jah,  5  Mijamin,  Maadiah,  Bilgah, 

6  Shemaiah,  and  Joiarib,  Jedaiah, 

7  Sallu,  Amok,  Hilkiah,  Jedaiah. 
These  were  the  chiefs  of  the  priests 
and  of  their  brethren  in  the  days 
of  .Jeshua. 

8  Moreover  the  Levites  :  Jeshua, 
Binnui,  Kadmiel,  Sherebiah,  Ju- 
dah, and  Mattaniah,  who  was 
over  ^the  thanksgiving,  he  and  his 
brethren.  9  Also  Bakbukiah  and 
Unno,  their  brethren,  were  over 
against  them  ''according  to  their 
offices.  10  And  Jeshua  begat 
Joiakim,  and  Joiakim  begat  Elia- 
shib,  and  Eliashib  begat  Joiada, 
11  and  Joiada  begat  Jonathan, 
and  Jonathan  begat  Jaddua. 

12  And  in  the  days  of  Joiakim 
were  priests,  heads  of  fathers' 
houses :    of    Seraiah,   Meraiah ;   of 

1  Heb.  daughters. 

2  Or,  Ge-haharashim    Bee  1  Chr.  4.  14. 

3  Or,  the  choirs 


'  Josh.  14. 15 


f"  Josh.  13.  9, 
17 


"  Ezr.  2.  1 ; 

7.  7 
<*  ver.  24 


•  ch.  11.  17 
/ver.  9 


"  1  Chr.  26. 
15 


h  ch.  8.  9 


'  1  Chr.  15. 
16,28 


»-■  1  Chr.  9.  16 


t  ch.  13.  22, 


Jeremiah,  Hananiah ;  13  of  Ezra, 
Meshullam ;  of  Amariah,  Jeho- 
hanan ;  14  of  ^MaUuchi,  .Jona- 
than ;  of  Shebaniah,  Joseph ;  1 5 
of  Harim,  Adna ;  of  Meraioth,  Hel- 
kai ;  1 6  of  Iddo,  Zechariah ;  of 
Ginnethon,  Meshullam ;  17  ofAbi- 
jah,  Zichri;  of  Miniamin,  of  Moa- 
diah,  Piltai;  18  of  Bilgah, 
Shammua;  of  Shemaiah,  Jehona- 
than;  19  and  of  Joiarib,  Matte- 
nai;  of  Jedaiah,  Uzzi;  20  of  Sallai, 
Kallai;  of  Amok,  Eber;  21  of 
Hilkiah,  Hashabiah;  of  Jedaiah, 
Nethanel. 

22  As  for  the  Levites,  in  the 
days  of  Eliashib,  Joiada,  and  Jo- 
hanan,  and  Jaddua,  there  were 
recorded  the  heads  of  fathers' 
houses ;  also  the  priests,  f  in  the 
reign  of  Darius  the  Persian.  23 
The  sons  of  Levi,  heads  of  fathers' 
houses,  were  written  in  the  book 
of  the  chronicles,  even  until  the 
days  of  Johanan  the  son  of  Elia- 
shib. 24  And  the  chiefs  of  the 
Levites :  Hashabiah,  Sherebiah, 
and  Jeshua  the  son  of  Kadmiel, 
with  their  brethren  over  against 
them,  Ho  praise  and  give  thanks, 
according  to  the  commandment 
of  David  the  man  of  God, -^  watch 
next  to  watch.  25  Mattaniah, 
and  Bakbukiah,  Obadiah,  Meshul- 
lam, Talmon,  Akkub,  were  porters 
keeping  the  watch  at  *'the  store- 
houses of  the  gates.  26  These 
were  in  the  days  of  Joiakim  the 
son  of  Jeshua,  the  son  of  Jozadak, 
and  in  the  days  of  ''Nehemiah  the 
governor,  and  of  Ezra  the  priest 
the  scribe. 

27  And  at  the  dedication  of  the 
wall  of  Jerusalem  they  sought  the 
Levites  out  of  all  their  places,  to 
bring  them  to  Jerusalem,  to  keep 
the  dedication  with  gladness,  both 
with  thanksgivings,  and  with  sing- 
ing, 'with  cymbals,  psalteries,  and 
with  harps.  28  And  the  sons  of 
the  singers  gathered  themselves 
together,  both  out  of  the  "^plain 
round  about  Jerusalem,  and  from 
*the  villages  of  the  Netophathites ; 
29  also  from  Beth-gilgal,  and  out 
of  the  fields  of  Geba  and  Azma- 
veth:  for  the  singers  had  builded 
them  villages  round  about  Jerusa- 
lem. 30  And  the  priests  and  the 
Levites  'purified  themselves;  and 
they  purified  the  people,  and  the 
gates,  and  the  wall. 


*  Another  reading  is,  Melicu. 
6  Or,  Circwi 


6  Or,  to 


488 


12.31 


NEHEMIAH 


13.7 


the  Wall.    Ordinances  for  tbe  Temple  Service.    Foreigners  excluded  from  the  issemblr.    Tohiah  driven  from  the  Temple 


31  Then  I  brought  up  the 
princes  of  Judah  upon  the  wall, 
and  appointed  two  great  com- 
panies that  gave  thanks  and  went 
in  procession-  "■whereof  one  went 
on  the  right  hand  upon  the  wall 
toward  ''the  dung  gate:  32  and 
after  them  went  Hoshaiah,  and 
half  of  the  princes  of  Judah,  33 
and  Azariah,  Ezra,  and  Meshullam. 
34  Judah,  and  Benjamin,  ami 
Shemaiah,  and  Jeremiah,  35  and 
certain  of  the  pi'iests'  sons  with 
trumpets:  Zechariah  the  son  of 
Jonathan,  the  son  of  Shemaiah, 
the  son  of  Mattaniah,  the  son  of 
Micaiah,  the  son  of  Zaccur.  the 
son  of  Asaph ;  36  and  his  breth- 
ren, Shemaiah.  and  Azarel,  Mila- 
lai.  Gilalai.  JMaai,  Nethanel,  and 
•Judah,  Hanani,  ''with  the  musical 
instruments  of  DaA'id  the  man  of 
God;  and  Ezra  the  scribe  was  be- 
fore them.  37  And  by  ''the  foun- 
tain gate,  and  straight  before 
them,  they  went  up  by  "the  stairs 
of  the  city  of  David,  at  the  ascent 
of  the  wall,  above  the  house  of 
David,  even  unto  •''the  water  gate 
eastward. 

38  And  "the  other  company  of 
them  that  ga^•e  thanks  went  to 
meet  them,  and  I  after  them,  with 
the  half  of  the  people,  upon  the 
wall,  above  *  the  tower  of  the 
furnaces,  even  unto  '  the  broad 
wall,  39  and  above  *the  gate  of 
Ephraim,  and  by  '  the  old  gate, 
and  by  "*  the  fish  gate,  and  "  the 
tower  of  Hananel,  and  the  tower 
of  'Hammeah,  even  unto  the  sheep 
gate :  and  they  stood  still  in  "  the 
gate  of  the  guard.  40  So  stood 
the  two  companies  of  them  that 
gave  thanks  in  the  liouse  of  God, 
and  I,  and  the  half  of  the  '-^rulers 
with  me;  41  and  the  priests,  Elia- 
kira,  Maaseiah,  Miniamin,  Micaiah, 
Elioenai,  Zechariah,  and  Hananiah, 
with  trumpets;  42  and  Maaseiah, 
and  Shemaiah,  and  Eleazar,  and 
Uzzi,  and  Jeholianan,  and  Malchi- 
jah,  and  Elam,  and  Ezer.  And  the 
singers  sang  loud,  with  Jezrahiah 
their  overseer.  43  And  they  of- 
fered great  sacrifices  tliat  day,  and 
rejoiced  ;  for  God  had  made  them 
rejoice  wath  great  joy :  and  the 
women  also  and  the  children  re- 
joiced :  so  that  the  joy  of  Jerusa- 
lem was  heard  even  afar  off. 

44  And  on  that  day  were  ^men 
appointed  over  the  chambers  for 

1  Or,  Tht  hundred  »  Or,  deputies 

17 


"  ver.  38 
t>ch.  2.  13 
'  ver.  24 
rf  ch.  2.  14 
'  ch.  3.  15 
/ch.  3.  26 
"  ver.  31 
h  ch. :).  1 1 
'  ch.  3.  » 
*  ch.  8.  16 
'  ch.  3.  C 
"'  ch.  3.  3 
"  ch.  3.  1 
"  ch.  3.  2.-> 
P  ch.  13.  6, 
12,  13 


'  1  Chr.  25. 

1 ;  20.  1 
'  2  Chr.  29. 

30 


•ch.  11.  23 
<  Num.  18.  21 


"  ch.  9.  3 


'  ver.  23 ; 

Dt.  23.  3-5 


'  Num.  22. 
3-11 


»  ch.  9.  2 
'  Ex.  12.  38 


'  ch.  12.  44 


b  ch.  2.  10  ; 
0.  1,  17,  18 


'  Num.  18. 21 


d  ch.  5.  14 
•  Ezr.  6.  22 


the  treasures,  for  the  heave-offer- 
ings, for  the  first-fruits,  and  for 
the  tithes,  to  gather  into  them, 
according  to  the  fields  of  the 
cities,  the  portions  ''appointed  by 
the  law  for  the  priests  and  Levites : 
for  Judah  rejoiced  for  the  priests 
and  for  the  Levites  that  ''waited. 
45  And  they  kept  the  charge  of 
their  God,  and  the  charge  of  the 
purification,  and  so  did  the  singers 
and  the  porters,  'according  to  the 
commandment  of  David,  and  of 
Solomon  his  son.  4G  For  in  the 
days  of  David  and  ''Asaph  of  old 
'^  there  was  a  chief  of  the  singers, 
and  songs  of  praise  and  thanks- 
giving unto  God.  47  And  all 
Israel  in  the  daj-s  of  Zerubbabel, 
and  in  the  days  of  Nehemiah, 
gave  the  portions  of  the  singers 
and  the  porters,  'as  every  day  re- 
quired: and  'they  set  apart  that 
7ohich  tvas  for  the  Levites ;  and  the 
Levites  set  apart  tliat  which  was  for 
the  sons  of  Aaron. 
'\  O  On  that  day  "they  read 
JLO  in  the  book  of  Moses  in  the 
audience  of  the  people ;  and  therein 
was  found  written,  that  "an  Am- 
monite and  a  Moabite  should  not 
enter  into  the  assemblj'  of  God  for 
ever,  2  because  they  met  not  the 
children  of  Israel  with  bread  and 
with  water,  but  ^  hired  Balaam 
against  them,  to  curse  them:  how- 
beit  our  God  turned  the  curse  into 
a  blessing.  3  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  they  had  heard  the  law,  that 
^they  separated  from  Israel  all  -the 
mixed  multitude. 

4  Now  before  this,  Eliashib  the 
priest,  "who  was  appointed  over 
the  "chambers  of  the  nouse  of  our 
God,  being  allied  unto  *Tobiah,  5 
had  pi'epared  for  him  a  great 
chamber,  where  aforetime  they 
laid  the  meal-offerings,  the  frank- 
incense, and  the  vessels,  and  the 
tithes  of  the  grain,  the  new  wine, 
and  the  oil,  '^  which  were  given 
by  commandment  to  the  Levites, 
and  the  singers,  and  the  porters; 
and  the  heave-offerings  for  the 
priests.  6  But  in  all  this  tivie  I 
was  not  at  Jerusalem;  for  in  ''the 
two  and  thirtieth  year  of  ''Artax- 
erxes  king  of  Babylon  I  went  unto 
the  king:  and  after  certain  days 
asked  I  leave  of  the  king.  7  and  I 
came  to  Jerusalem,  and  understood 

'  Heb.  of  the  law.  *  Heb.  stood. 

5  .\nother  reading  is,  there  were  chUfs. 
*  Heb.  chamber. 


4.80 


13.8 


NEHEMIAH 


13.29 


Tobiah  expelled  from  the  Temple.    Payment  of  Tithes  enjoined.    Sabbath-breaking  suppressed.    Mixed  Marriages  condemned 


the  evil  that  Eliashib  had  done  for 
Tobiah,  "in  preparing  him  a  cham- 
ber in  the  courts  of  the  house  of 
God.  8  And  it  grieved  me  soi-e: 
therefore  I  cast  forth  all  the  house- 
hold stuif  of  Tobiah  out  of  the 
chamber.  9  Then  I  commanded, 
and  ''they  cleansed  the  chambers: 
and  thither  brought  I  again  the 
vessels  of  the  house  of  Uod,  with 
the  meal-oflerings  and  the  frankin- 
cense. 

10  And  I  T)erceived  that  "the 
portions  of  the  Levites  had  not 
been  given  them ;  so  that  the 
Levites  and  the  singers,  that  did 
the  work,  were  fled  ''every  one  to 
his  field.  11  Then  ^contended  I 
with  the  ^rulers,  and  said,  •''Why 
is  the  house  of  God  forsaken  1  And 
I  gathered  them  together,  and  set 
them  in  their  place.  12  Then 
brought  all  Judah  -"the  tithe  of 
the  grain  and  the  new  wine  and 
the  oil  unto  the  treasuries.  13 
And  I  made  treasurers  over  the 
treasuries,  Shelemiah  the  priest, 
and  Zadok  the  scribe,  and  of  the 
Levites,  Pedaiah :  and  next  to 
them  was  Hanan  the  son  of  Zac- 
cur,  the  son  of  Mattaniah ;  for 
''they  were  counted  faithful,  and 
their  business  was  to  distribute 
unto  their  brethren.  1 4  '  Remem- 
ber me,  O  my  God,  concerning 
this,  and  wipe  not  out  my  good 
deeds  that  I  have  done  for  the 
house  of  my  God,  and  for  the 
observances  thereof. 

15  In  those  days  saw  I  in  Judah 
some  men  treading  winepresses 
*on  the  sabbath,  and  bringing  in 
^sheaves,  and  lading  asses  there- 
to itk  ;  as  also  wine,  grapes,  and 
figs,  and  all  manner  of  burdens, 
'which  they  brought  into  Jerusa- 
lem on  the  sabbath  day:  and  ""I 
testified  a(/ainst  them  in  the  day 
wherein  they  sold  victuals.  16 
There  dwelt  men  of  _  Tyre  also 
therein,  who  brought  in  fish,  and 
all  manner  of  wares,  and  sold  on 
the  sabbath  unto  the  children  of 
Judah,  and  in  Jerusalem.  17  Then 
"I  contended  with  the  nobles  of 
Judah,  and  said  unto  them.  What 
evil  thing  is  this  that  ye  do,  and 
profane  the  sabbath  day  ?  1 8  "  Did 
not  your  fathers  thus,  and  did  not 
our  God  bring  all  this  evil  upon  us, 
and  upon  this  city*?  yet  ye  bring 
more  wrath  upon  Israel  by  profan- 
ing the  sabbath. 

1  Or,  deputies         '  Or,  heaps  of  grain 


"  ver.  5 
b  2  Chr.  29. 

5,  16,  16 
'  ch.  10.  37 
d  ch.  12.   28, 

29 
'  ver.  17,  25 
/  ch.  lU.  39 
"  ch.  10.  37  ; 

12.  44 
A  ch.  7.  2 
'  ver.  22,  31 ; 

ch.  6.  19 
*  Ex.  20.  8  ; 

34.  21 
'  ch.  10.  31 
"'  ver.  21 ;  ch; 

9.  29 
"ver.  11,25 
"  Ezr.  9.  13  ; 

Jer.  17.  21 


P  Lev.  23.  32 
«  ver.  15 


■  ch.  12.  30 ; 
1  Chr.  15. 


»  ver.  14,  31 


«  ch.  10.  30 ; 

Ezr.  9.  2 
"  ch.  4.  7 
"  ver.  1 ; 

Ezr.  9.  1 


*=  ver.  11,  17 
V  Dt.  25.  2 


■  ch.  10.  29, 
30 


f-  1  K.  3.  13  ; 
2  Chr.  1.  12 


*  ver.  23 ; 

Ezr.  10.  2 


d  ch.  2.  10,  19 
'  ch.  6.  14 
/Num.  25. 13 


19  ^And  it  came  to  pass  that, 
when  the  gates  of  Jerusalem  beganj 
to  be  dark  before  the  sabbath,  I 
commanded  that  the  doors  should 
be  shut,  and  commanded  that  they 
should  not  be  opened  till  after  the 
sabbath  :  and  some  of  my  servants 
set  I  over  the  gates,  that  there 
should  no  burden  be  brought  in  on 
the  sabbath  day.  20  So  the  mer- 
chants and  sellers  of  all  kind  of 
wares  lodged  without  Jerusalem 
once  or  twice.  21  Then  «I  testi- 
fied against  them,  and  said  unto 
them.  Why  lodge  ye  ^  about  the 
wall  1  if  ye  do  so  again,  I  will  lay 
hands  on  you.  From  that  time 
forth  came  they  no  more  on  the 
sabbath.  22  And  I  commanded  the 
Levites  that  ''they  should  purify 
themselves,  and  that  they  should 
come  and  keep  the  gates,  to  sanc- 
tify the  sabbath  day.  *  Remember 
unto  me,  O  my  God,  this  also,  and 
spare  me  according  to  the  great- 
ness of  thy  lovingkindness. 

23  In  those  days'  also  saw  I  the 
.Jews  'that  ''had  married  women 
of  "Ashdod,  of  "Ammon,  mid  of 
Moab  :  24:  and  their  children  spake 
half  in  the  speech  of  Ashdod,  and 
could  not  speak  in  the  Jews'  lan- 
guage, but  according  to  the  lan- 
guage of  each  people.  25  And  '  I 
contended  with  them,  and  ^  cursed 
them,  and  ^  smote  certain  of  them, 
and  plucked  off  their  hair,  and 
^made  them  swear  by  God,  saying, 
Ye  shall  not  give  your  daughters 
unto  their  sons,  nor  take  their 
daughters  for  your  sons,  or  for 
yourselves.  26  "Did  not  Sol9mon 
king  of  Israel  sin  by  these  things  1 
*yet  among  many  nations  was 
there  no  king  like  him,  and  he  was 
beloved  of  his  God,  and  God  made 
him  king  over  all  Israel :  neverthe- 
less even  him  did  foreign  women 
cause  to  sin.  27  Shall  we  then 
hearken  unto  you  to  do  all  this 
great  evil,  "  to  trespass  against  our 
God  in  marrying  foreign  women  1 

28  And  one  of  the  sons  of  Joiada, 
the  son  of  Eliashib  the  high  priest, 
was  son-in-law  to  ''Sanballat  the 
Horonite :  therefore  I  chased  him 
from  me.  29  "=  Remember  them,  O 
my  God,  ^  because  they  have  defiled 
the  priesthood,  and  the  -^covenant 
of  the  priesthood,  and  of  the  Le- 
vites. 


490 


8  Heb.  before. 

<  Heb.  had  made  to  dwell  with  them. 

^Oi,  reviled     ^  Seh.  for  the  deftlings  of  &c. 


I 


13.30 


NEHEMIAH 

Rccapitalation 


13.31 


30  "Thus  cleansed  I  them  from 
'all  foreigners,  and  appointed 
chaises  for  the  priests  and  for 
the  Levites,  every  one  in  his  work  ; 

1  Or,  everythiny  foreign 


b  eh.  10.  34 
'  ver.  14,  22 


31  and  *for  the  wood-offering,  at 
times  appointed,  and  for  the  first- 
fruits.  "  itemember  me,  O  my  God, 
for  good. 


491 


THE   BOOK   OF 

ESTHER 


The  Feast  of  Ahasaeras.    (jaeen  Tashti  refaiies  to  attend  it.    She  is  therefore  deposed 


INow  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
days  of  ^"Ahasuerus  (this  is 
Ahasuerus  who  reigned  *  from  India 
even  unto  Ethiopia,  over  a  "^hun- 
dred and  seven  and  twenty  prov- 
inces), 2  that  in  those  days,  when 
the  king  Ahasuerus  sat  on  the 
throne  of  his  kingdom,  which  was 
in  ''Shushan  the  ^palace,  3  in  the 
third  year  of  his  reign,  *  he  made  a 
feast  unto  all  his  princes  and  his 
servants  ;  the  power  of  Persia  and 
Media,  the  nooles  and  princes  of 
the  provinces,  being  before  him- 

4  when  he  showed  the  riches  of 
his  glorious  kingdom  and  the  honor 
of  his  excellent  majesty  many  days, 
even  a  hundred  and  fourscore  days. 

5  And  when  these  days  were  ful- 
filled, the  king  made  a  feast  unto 
all  the  people  that  were  present  in 
Shushan  the  palace,  both  great  and 
small,  seven  days,  in  the  court  of 
•''the  garden  of  the  king's  palace. 

6  There  were  hangings  of  ^  white 
cloth,  of  ^  green,  and  of  blue,  fast- 
ened with  cords  of  fine  linen  and 
purple  to  silver  rings  and  pillars 
of  marble :  "  the  couches  were  of 
gold  and  silver,  upon  a  pavement 
^  of  red,  and  white,  and  yellow,  and 
black  marble.  7  And  they  gave 
them  drink  in  vessels  of  gold  (the 
vessels  being  diverse  one  from  an- 
other), and  royal  wine  in  abun- 
dance, *  according  to  the  "bounty 
of  the  king.  8  And  the  drinking 
was  according  to  the  law  ;  none 
could  compel :  for  so  the  king  had 
appointed  to  all  the  officers  of  his 
house,  that  they  should  do  accord- 
ing to  every  man's  pleasure. 

9  Also  Vashti  the  queen  made  a 
feast  for  the  women  in  the  royal 
house  which  belonged  to  king 
Ahasuerus.  10  On  the  seventh 
day,  when  the  heart  of  the  king 
was  'merry  with  wine,  he  com- 
manded jNIehuman,  Biztha,  Har- 
bona,  Bigtha, and  Aoagtha,  Zethar, 

'  Or,  Xerxei    Heb.  Ahash'Ofrosh.       *  Or,  rastle 
<*  Or,  fine  cloth,  white  and  blue      *  Or,  aitlon 
5  Or,  of  porphyry,  and  white  marbl"  and  ala- 
baster, and  stone  of  blue  color  ^  Heb.  hand. 


"  Ezr.  4.  6 ; 
Dan,  9.  1 
i>  ch.  8.  9 
«  ch.  9.  80 


dNeh.  1.  1 
'  ch.  2.  18 


/ch.  7.  7,  8 


"  Ezek.  23. 
41 ;  Am.  6. 4 


*  ch.  2.  18 
« Judg.  16. 


*  ch.  2.  17 ; 

6.  8 
'  .Ter.  10.  7  ; 

Dan.  2.  2 
"•  1  Chr.  12. 

.■!2 
"  2  K.  25.  19 ; 

Mt.  18.  10 


and  Carcas,  the  seven  'chamber- 
lains that  ministered  in  the  pres- 
ence of  Ahasuerus  the  king,  1 1  to 
bring  Vashti  the  queen  before  the 
king  with  *the  crown  royal,  to 
show  the  peoples  and  the  jirinces 
her  beauty ;  for  she  was  fair  to 
look  on.  12  But  the  queen  Va.shti 
refused  to  come  at  the  king's 
commandment  by  the  chamber- 
lains :  therefore  was  the  king  very 
wroth,  and  his  anger  burned  in 
him. 

13  Then  the  king  said  to  Hhe 
wise  men,  ""who  knew  the  times 
(for  so  was  the  king's  manner  to- 
ward all  that  knew  law  and  judg- 
ment; 14  and  the  next  unto  him 
were  Carshena,  Shethar,  Admatha, 
Tarshish,  Meres,  Marsena,  and  Me- 
mucan,  the  seven  princes  of  Persia 
and  Media,  "who  saw  the  king's 
face,  and  sat  first  in  the  king- 
dom), 15  What  shall  we  do  unto 
the  queen  Vashti  according  to  law, 
because  she  hath  not  done  the  bid- 
ding of  the  king  Ahasuerus  by  the 
chamberlains?  16  And  Memucan 
answered  before  the  king  and  the 
princes,  Vashti  the  queen  hath  not 
done  wrong  to  the  king  only,  but 
also  to  all  the  princes,  and  to  all 
the  peoples  that  are  in  all  the 
provinces  of  the  king  Ahasuerus. 
17  For  this  deed  of  the  queen  will 
come  abroad  unto  all  women,  to 
make  their  husband.s  contemptible 
in  their  eyes,  when  it  shall  be  re- 
ported. The  king  Ahasuerus  com- 
manded Vashti  the  queen  to  be 
brought  in  before  him,  but  she 
came  not.  18  And  this  day  will 
the  princesses  of  Persia  and  Media 
who  have  heard  of  the  deed  of  the 
queen  *say  the  like  unto  all  the 
king's  princes.  So  njill  there  arise 
^much  conternptand  wrath.  19  If 
it  please  the  king,  let  there  go  forth 
a  royal  commandment  from  him, 
and  let  it  be  written  among  the 
laws  of  the  Persians  and  the  Medes, 


492 


'  Or,  euntwhs  (and  bo  in  ver.  12,  &c.) 
8  Or,  tell  it  »  Or,  enough 


1.20 


ESTHER 


2.17 


A  Sobstitate  h  soa^ht  for.    Esther  rhosea  to  be  ((oeen 


^  "  that  it  be  not  altered,  that  V^ashti 
come  no  more  before  king  Aliasue- 
rus ;  and  let  the  king  give  h.er 
royal  estate  "unto  another  that  is 
better  than  she.  20  And  when  the 
king's  decree  which  he  shall  make 
shall  be  published  throughout  all 
his  kingdom  (for  it  is  great),  ''all 
the  wives  will  give  to  their  hus- 
bands honor,  both  to  great  and 
small.  21  xVnd  the  saying  pleased 
the  king  and  the  princes  ;  and  the 
king  did  according  to  the  word  of 
Memucan :  22  for  he  sent  letters 
into  all  the  king's  provinces,  ''into 
every  province  according  to  the 
writing  thereof,  and  to  every  peo- 
ple after  their  language,  that  every 
man  should  bear  rule  in  his  own 
house,  and  should  speak  according 
to  the  language  of  his  people. 

2  After  these  things,  ''when 
the  wrath  of  king  Ahasuerus 
was  pacified,  he  remembered  Vashti, 
and  what  she  had  done,  and  "  what 
was  decreed  against  her.  2  Then 
said  the  king's  servants  that  min- 
istei'ed  unto  him,  Let  there  be  fair 
young  virgins  sought  for  the  king: 
3  and  let  the  king  appoint  officers 
in -^ all  the  provinces  of  nis  kingdom, 
that  they  may  gather  together  all 
the  fair  young  virgins  unto  Shu- 
shan  the  palace,  to  the  house  of 
the  women,  unto  the  custody  of 
^^Hegai  the  king's  chamberlain, 
keeper  of  the  women ;  and  *  let 
their  things  for  purification  be 
given  them ;  4  and  let  the  maiden 
that  pleaseth  the  king  be  queen 
instead  of  Vashti.  And  the  thing 
pleased  the  king;  and  he  did  so. 

5  There  was  a  certain  Jew  in 
Shushan  the  palace,  whose  name 
was  '  Mordecai,  the  son  of  Jair,  the 
son  of  Shimei,  the  son  of  Kish,  a 
Benjamite,  6  *who  had  been  car- 
ried away  from  Jerusalem  with 
the  captives  that  had  been  carried 
away  with  ■*  Jeconiahking  of  Judah, 
whom  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king 
of  Babylon  had  carried  aw-ay.  / 
And  he  ®  brought  up  Hadassah, 
that  is,  '  Esther,  his  uncle's  daugh- 
ter :  for  she  had  neither  father  nor 
mother,  and  the  maiden  was  fair 
and  beautiful ;  and  when  her  father 
and  mother  were  dead,  Mordecai 
took  her  for  his  own  daughter. 

8  So  it  came  to  pass,  wmen  the 
king's  commandment  and  his  de- 

1  Heb.  that  it  pass  not  away. 

-  Heb.  unto  her  companion.      ^  Heb.  Hegee. 

*  In  2  K.  24.  6,  Jehoiachin.      '  Heb.  nourished. 


"  ch.  8.  8 ; 

Dan.  0.  8 
t>  Eph.  r,.  22  ; 

Col.  3.  18 
'  ch.  3.  12 ; 

8.  9 
d  ch.  7.  10 
'  ch.  1.  19,  20 
/ch.  I.  1,  2 
"  ver.  8,  15 
''  ver.  9,  12 
'  ch.  3.  2 
*  2  K.  24.  14, 

16 
'  ver.  15 


"■  ver.  3 
"  ver.  3,  16 
"  ver.  3, 12 


'  ver.  7  ;  ch. 
9.  29 


*■  ver.  3,  8 


cree  was  heard,  and  "•  when  many 
maidens  were  gathered  together 
unto  .Shushan  the  palace,  to  the 
custody  of  "  Hegai,  that  Esther 
was  taken  into  the  kings  house, 
to  the  custody  of  Hegai.  keeper  of 
the  women.  9  And  the  maiden 
pleased  him  and  she  obtained 
kindness  of  him;  and  he  speedily 
gave  her  her  °  things  for  jjurifica- 
tion,  with  her  i)ortions,  and  the 
seven  maidens  who  were  meet  to 
be  given  her  out  of  the  king's 
house  :  and  he  removed  her  and 
her  maidens  to  the  best  place  of  the 
house  of  the  women.  10  ^Esther 
had  not  made  known  her  people 
nor  her  kindred  ;  for  Mordecai  had 
charged  her  that  she  should  not 
make  it  known.  11  And  Mor- 
decai walked  every  day  before  the 
court  of  the  women's  house,  to 
know  how  Esther  did,  and  what 
would  become  of  her. 

12  Now  when  the  turn  of  every 
maiden  was  come  to  go  in  to  king 
Ahasuerus,  after  that  it  had  been 
done  to  her  according  to  the  law 
for  the  women  twelve  months  (for 
so  were  the  days  of  their  purifica- 
tions accomplished,  to  wit,  six 
rnonths  with  oil  of  myrrh,  and 
six  months  with  sweet  odors  and 
with  the  things  for  the  purifying 
of  the  women),  13  then  in  this 
wise  came  the  maiden  unto  the 
king  :  Whatsoever  she  desired  was 
given  her  to  go  with  her  out  of 
the  house  of  the  women  unto  the 
king's  house.  14  In  the  evening 
she  went,  and  on  the  morrow  she 
returned  into  the  second  house 
of  the  women,  to  the  custody  of 
Shaashgaz,  the  king's  chamber- 
lain, who  kept  the  concubines : 
she  came  in  unto  the  king  no 
more,  except  the  king  delighted 
in  her,  and  she  were  called  by 
name.  15  Now  when  the  turn  of 
Esther,  *the  daughter  of  Abihail 
the  uncle  of  Mordecai,  who  had 
taken  her  for  his  daughter,  was 
come  to  go  in  unto  the  king,  she 
required  nothing  but  what  ''Hegai 
the  king's  chamberlain,  the  keeper 
of  the  women,  appointed.  And 
Esther  obtained  favor  in  the  sight 
of  all  them  that  looked  upon  her. 

16  So  Esther  \vas  taken  unto 
king  Ahasuerus  into  his  house 
royal  in  the  tenth  month,  which 
is  the  month  Tebeth,  in  the  seventh 
year  of  his  reign.  1 7  And  the  king 
loved  Esther  above  all  the  women. 


493 


2.18 


ESTHER 


3.13 


Mordecai  saves  the  Ring's  Life.    Haman  promoted.    Hordecai  refiises  to  do  him  Homag^e.    Haman  procnres  a  Decree  for  the 


and  she  obtained  favor  and  kind- 
ness in  his  sight  more  than  all  the 
virgins ;  so  that  "he  set  the  royal 
crown  upon  her  head,  and  made 
her  queen  instead  of  Vashti.  18 
Then  *  the  king  made  a  great  feast 
unto  all  his  nrinces  and  his  ser- 
vants, even  Esther's  feast ;  and 
he  made  a  ^  release  to  the  prov- 
inces, and  gave  gifts, /according 
to  the  '-^bounty  of  the  king. 

19  And  ''when  the  virgins  were 
gathered  together  the  second  time, 
then  Mordecai "  was  sitting  in  the 
king's  gate.  20  -^Esther  had  not 
yet  made  known  her  kindred 
nor  her  people ;  as  Mordecai  had 
charged  lier :  for  Esther  did  the 
commandment  of  Mordecai,  like 
''as  when  she  was  brought  up 
with  him.  21  In  those  days,  while 
Mordecai  was  sitting  in  the  king's 
gate,  two  of  the  king's  cham- 
berlains, ''Bigthan  and  Teresh,  of 
those  that  kept  the  threshold,  were 
wroth,  and  sought  to  lay  hands  on 
the  king  Ahasuerus.  22  And  the 
thing  became  known  to  Mordecai, 
'who  showed  it  unto  Esther  the 
queen ;  and  Esther  told  the  king 
thereof  in  Mordecai's  name.  23 
And  when  inquisition  was  made 
of  the  matter,  and  it  was  found  to 
be  so,  they  were  both  hanged  on 
a  tree  :  and  it  was  written  in  *  the 
book  of  the  chronicles  before  the 
king. 

3  After  these  things  did  king 
Ahasuerus  '  promote  Haman 
the  son  of  Hammedatha  "'the 
Agagite,  and  "advanced  him,  and 
set  his  seat  above  all -the  princes 
that  were  with  him.  2  And  all  the 
king's  servants,  that  were  in  the 
king's  gate,  bowed  down,  and  did 
reverence  to  Haman ;  for  the  king 
had  so  commanded  concerning  him. 
But  "Mordecai  bowed  not  down, 
nor  did  him  reverence.  3  Then 
the  king's  servants,  that  were  in 
^the  king's  gate,  said  unto  Mor- 
decai, 'Why  transgressest  thou  the 
king's  commandment  ■?  4  Now  it 
came  to  pass,  when  they  spake 
daily  unto  him,  and  he  hearkened 
not  unto  them,  that  they  told 
Haman,  to  see  whether  Mordecai's 
'^  matters  would  stand  :  for  he  had 
told  them  that  he  was  a  Jew.  5 
And  when  Haman  saw  that  Mor- 
decai bowed  not  down,  nor  did 
him  reverence,  then  was  Haman 
■full  of  wrath.     6  But  he  thought 

1  Heb.  rest.      *  Heb.  hawd.       s  Qr,  words 


"  ch.  1.  U 

^  ch.  1.  3 
<^  ch.  1.  r 
d  ver.  3,  4 
'  ver.  2i ;  ch. 

3.  2 
/ver.  10 
"  ver.  7 
''  ch.  6.  2 
'  ch.  6.  1,  2 
fc  ch.  10.  2 
I  ch.  5.  11 
"^  ver.  10 ;  ch. 

8.3 
"  ch.  6.  11 
"  ch.  5.  9 
P  ch.  2.  19 
9  ver.  2 


^  ch.  9.  24-26 
'  Ezr.  6. 15 


« Ezr.  4.  12- 
15;  Acts 
16.  20,  21 


"  ch.  8.  2 ; 
Gen.  41.  42 


"  ver.  1 

"=  ch.  r.  6 


y  ch.  8.  9 


•  Ezr.  8.  36 


"  ch.  8.  8, 10 ; 
1  K.  21.  8 


6  ch.  8.  10, 
14;  2Chr. 
30.  6 

"^  ch.  7.  4 


'  ch.  8.  11 ; 
9.  10 


491 


scorn  to  lay  hands  on  Mordecai 
alone ;  for  they  had  made  known 
to  him  the  people  of  Mordecai : 
wherefore  Haman  sought  to  de- 
stroy all  the  Jews  that  were 
throughout  the  whole  kingdom 
of  Ahasuerus,  even  the  people  of 
Mordecai. 

7  In  the  first  month,  which  is 
the  month  Nisan,  in  the  twelfth 
year  of  king  Ahasuerus,  ''they 
cast  Pur,  that  is,  the  lot,  before 
Haman  from  day  to  day,  and  from 
month  to  month,  to  the  twelfth 
month,  which  is  *  the  month  Adar, 
8  And  Haman  said  unto  king 
Ahasuerus,  There  is  a  certain  peo- 
ple scattered  abroad  and  ■*  dis- 
persed among  the  peoples  in  all 
the  provinces  of  tny  kingdom ; 
and  '  their  laws  are  diverse  from 
those  of  every  people ;  neither  keep 
they  the  king's  laws :  therefore  it 
is  not  ''for  the  king's  profit  to 
suffer  them.  9  If  it  please  the 
king,  let  it  be  written  that  they 
be  destroyed :  and  I  will  pay  ten 
thousand  talents  of  silver  into  the 
hands  of  those  that  have  the  charge 
of  the  king's  business,  to  bring  it 
into  the  king's  treasuries.  10  And 
"the  king  took  his  ring  from  his 
hand,  and  gave  it  unto  Haman  the 
son  of  Hammedatha  "  the  Agagite, 
""the  Jews'  enemy.  11  And  the 
king  said  unto  Haman,  The  silver 
is  given  to  thee,  the  people  also, 
to  do  with  them  as  it  seemeth  good 
to  thee. 

1 2  2*  Then  were  the  king's  ^  scribes 
called  in  the  first  month,  on  the 
thirteenth  day  thereof ;  and  there 
was  written  according  to  all  that 
Haman  commanded  unto  "  the 
king's  satraps,  and  to  the  gov- 
ernors that  were  over  every  prov- 
ince, and  to  the  princes  of  every 
people,  to  every  province  accord- 
ing to  the  writing^  thereof,  and 
to  every  people  after  their  lan- 
guage ;  "  in  the  name  of  king  Ahas- 
uerus was  it  written,  and  it  was 
sealed  with  the  king's  ring.  13 
And  letters  were  sent  by  ''posts 
into  all  the  king's  provinces,  ''to 
destroy,  to  slay,  and  to  cause  to 
perish,  all  Jews,  both  young  and 
old,  little  children  and  women, 
''in  one  day,  even  upon  the  thir- 
teenth c?a?/  of  the  twelfth  month, 
which  is  the  month  Adar,  and  'tQ 
take  the  spoil  of  them  for  a  prey. 

*  Or,  separated        5  Or,  meet  for  the  king 
6  Or,  secreUj/rie* 


3.14 


ESTHER 


5.4 


Ucstructiou  or  the  Jews,    flordecai's  Coastcrnatioii.    He  persuudeii  Esther  to  intercede  for  the  Jews.    Ksther's  Banquet 


14  "A  copy  of  the  writing,  Hhat 
the  flecree  should  be  given  out  in 
every  province,  was  pubHshetl  unto 
all  the  peoples,  that  tliey  shoukl  be 
ready  against  that  day.  1-5  The 
posts  went  forth  in  haste  by  the 
kings  coinniandnient,  and  the  de- 
cree was  given  out  in  iShushan  the 
palace.  And  the  kin"?  and  Hainan 
sat  down  to  drink;  out  ''the  city 
of  yhushan  was  penjlexed. 

4  Now  when  J\rordecai  knew 
"all  that  was  done,  Mordecai 
rent  liis  clothes,  and  put  on  sack- 
cloth witli  ashes,  and  went  out 
into  the  midst  of  the  city,  and 
cried  with  a  loud  and  a  bitter  cry  ; 
2  and  he  came  exen  before  the 
king's  gate  :  for  none  might  enter 
within  the  king's  gate  clothed  with 
sackcloth.  3  And  in  every  prov- 
ince, whithersoever  the  king's  com- 
mandment and  his  decree  came, 
there  was  great  mourning  among 
the  Jews,  and  ''  fasting,  and  weep- 
ing, and  wailing;  and  -many  lay 
in  sackcloth  and  ashes. 

4  And  Esther's  maidens  and  her 
chamberlains  came  and  told  it  her ; 
and  the  queen  was  exceedingly 
grieved  :  and  she  sent  raiment  to 
clothe  Mordecai,  and  to  take  his 
sackcloth  from  off  him  ;  but  he 
received  it  not.  5  Then  called 
Esther  for  Hathach,  one  of  the 
king's  chamberlains,  whom  he  had 
appointed  to  attend  upon  her,  and 
charged  him  to  go  to  Mordecai,  to 
know  what  this  was,  and  why  it 
was.  6  8o  Hathach  went  forth  to 
Mordecai  unto  the  broad  place  of 
the  city,  which  was  before  the 
king's  gate.  7  And  Mordecai  told 
him  of  all  that  had  happened  unto 
him,  and  ''  the  exact  sum  of  the 
money  that  Hainan  had  promised 
to  pay  to  the  king's  treasuries  for 
the  .Jews,  t(i  destroy  them.  8  Also 
he  gave  him-^the  copy  of  the  ^yrit- 
ing  of  the  decree  that  was  given 
out  in  iShushan  to  destroj'^  them, 
to  show  it  unto  Esther,  and  to 
declare  it  unto  her,  and  to  charge 
her  that  she  should  go  in  unto  the 
king,  to  make  supplication  unto 
him,  and  to  make  request  before 
him,  for  her  people. 

9  And  Hathach  came  and  told 
Esther  the  words  of  ^lordecai.  10 
Then  Esther  spake  unto  Hathach, 
and    gave    him   a   message    unto 

1  Or,  to  be  given  out  for  a  decree 
•  Heb.  sackcloth  and  ashes  were  spread  under 
many. 


"  ch.  8.  13,  U 

b  ch.  s.  i:. 
■^ch.  3.  8-10; 

•iS.  1.  11; 

Jon.  3.  6,  C 
('  ver.  10 
"•  ch.  3.  9 
/ch.  3.  U 


!'ch.  5 

1 

fi.  4 

''  Dan. 

2. 

9 

'  ch.  6 

2 

S.  i 

'  ch.  4.  11 ; 
0.  4 


'ch.  4.  11 ; 

S.  4 


I'  ch.  7.  2 : 
Mk.  6.  23 


Mordecai,  sai/ing :  1 1  All  the 
king's  servants,  and  the  peoiile 
of  the  king's  iirovinces,  do  know, 
that  whus()(>ver,  whether  man  or 
woman,  ^. shall  c<jme  unto  the  king 
into  the  inner  court,  wiio  is  not 
called,  ''there  is  one  law  for  him, 
that  he  be  put  to  death,  except 
those  'to  wlioin  the  king  shall 
hold  out  the  golden  sceptre,  that 
he  may  live :  but  1  have  not 
been  called  to  come  in  unto  the 
king  these  tliirty  days.  12  And 
they  told  to  ^lordecai  Esther's 
words. 

13  Then  Mordecai  bade  them 
return  answer  unto  Esther,  Think 
not  with  thyself  that  thoii  shalt 
escape  in  the  king's  house,  more 
than  all  the  .Jews.  14  For  if  thou 
altogether  boldest  thy  peace  at 
this  time,  then  will  relief  and  de--- 
liverance  arise  to  the  Jews  from 
another  nlace,  but  thou  and  thy 
father's  nouse  will  perish :  and 
who  knoweth  whether  thou  art 
not  come  to  the  kingdom  for  such 
a  time  as  this?  15  Then  Esther 
bade  them  return  answer  unto 
Mordecai,  16  Go,  gather  together 
all  the  Jews  that  are  present  in 
8hushan,  and  fast  ye  for  me,  and 
neither  eat  nor  drink  *  three  days, 
night  or  day :  I  also  and  my 
maidens  will  fast  in  like  manner; 
and  so  will  I  go  in  unto  the  king, 
which  is  not  according  to  the  law  : 
and  if  I  perish,  I  perish.  17  So 
Mordecai  went  his  way,  and  did 
according  to  all  that  Esther  had 
commanded  him. 

1^  Now  it  came  to  pass  '  on 
O  the  third  day,  that  Esther  put 
on  her  royal  apparel,  and  s+ood 
'"in  the  inner  court  of  the  king's 
house,  over  against  the  king's 
house:  and  the  king  sat  upon  his 
royal  throne  in  the  royal  house, 
over  against  the  entrance  of  the 
house.  2  And  it  was  so,  when 
the  king  saw  Esther  the  queen 
standing  in  the  court,  that  "she 
obtained  favor  in  his  sight ;  and 
"the  king  held  out  to  Esther  the 
golden  sceptre  that  was  in  his 
hand.  S(i  Esther  drew  near,  and 
touched  the  toji  of  the  sceptre. 
.3  Then  .said  the  king  unto  her. 
What  wilt  thou,  queen  J^sther'? 
and  what  is  thy  request  ?  it  shall 
be  given  thee  ''even  to  the  half 
of  the  kingdom.  4  And  Esther 
said.  If  it  seem  good  unto  the 
king,    let   the    king   and    Hainan 


49.5 


5.5 


ESTHER 


6.12 


The  King  and  Haman  feast  with  Esther.    Haman  has  a  Gallows  made  for  MordecaL    IHordecai  honored  by  the  King 


come  this  day  unto  the  banquet 
that  I  have  prepared  for  him. 

5  Then  the  king  said,  "Cause 
Haman  to  make  liaste,  that  it 
may  be  done  as  Esther  hath  said. 
So  the  king  and  Haman  came  to 
the  banquet  that  Esther  had  pre- 
pared. 6  And  *the  king  said 
unto  Esther  at  the  banquet  of 
wine,  "  What  is  thy  petition  1  and 
it  shall  be  granted  thee  :  and  what 
is  thy  requests  even  to  the  half  of 
the  kingdom  it  shall  be  performed. 
7  Then  answered  Esther,  and  said, 
My  petition  and  my  request  is  :  8 
''If  I  have  found  favor  in  the  sight 
of  the  king,  and  if  it  please  the 
king  to  grant  my  petition,  and  to 
perform  my  request,  let  the  king 
and  Haman  come  to  *  the  banquet 
that  I  shall  prepare  for  them,  and 

I  will  do  to-morrow  as  the  king 
hath  said. 

9  Then  went  Haman  forth  that 
day  joyful  and  glad  of  heart :  but 
when  Haman  saw  Mordecai  ■'in 
the  king's  gate,  ^that  he  stood 
not  u^  nor  ^  moved  for  him,  he 
was  hlled  with  wrath  against 
Mordecai.  10  Nevertheless  Ha- 
man refrained  himself,  and  went 
home;  and  he  sent  and  fetched 
his  friends  and  ''Zeresh  his  wife. 

II  And  Haman  recounted  unto 
them  the  glory  of  his  riches,  and 
•the  multitude  of  his  children, 
and  all  the  things  wherein  the 
king  *  had  promoted  him,  and 
how  he  had  advanced  him  above 
the  princes  and  servants  of  the 
king.  12  Haman  said  moreover. 
Yea,  Esther  the  queen  did  let  no 
man  come  in  with  the  king  unto 
the  banquet  that  she  had  prepared 
but  myself:  and  Ho-morrow  also 
am  I  invited  by  her  together  with 
the  king.  13  Yet  all  this  avail- 
eth  me  nothing,  so  long  as  I  see 
Mordecai  the  Jew  sitting  at  "'the 
king's  gate.  14  Then  said  Zeresh 
his  wife  and  all  his  friends  unto 
him,  "Let  a  "^gallows  be  made 
fifty  cubits  high,  and  in  the  morn- 
ing speak  thou  unto  the  king  that 
Mordecai  may  be  hanged  thereon  : 
then  go  thou  in  merrily  with  the 
king  unto  the  banquet.  And  the 
thing  pleased  Haman ;  and  he 
caused  the  gallows  to  be  made. 

6      "On  that  night  ^'^ could  not 
the  king  sleep ;   and  he  com- 
manded  to    bring   «the   book    of 

1  Or,  trembled  before  him  2  Heb.  tree. 

*  Heb.  the  king's  sleep  fled  from  him. 


<^  ch.  6.  14 
6  ch.  7.  2 
"  ver.  3 
dch.  7.3; 

8.  6 

«  ch.  6.  14 
/  ch.  2.  19 
"  ch.  3.  6 
h  ch.  6.  13 
'  ch.  9.  7-10 
k  ch.  3.  1 

'  ver.  8 
'"  ver.  9 
"  ch.  6.  4 ;  7. 

9.  10 

"  ch.  5.  8 
P  Dan.  6.  18 
9  ch.  2.  23 ; 

10.  2 


»■  ch.  2.  21,  22 
'  ch.  4.  11 ; 


'  ch.  6.  14 


"  ver.  7,  9, 11 


1  K.  1.  33 


=  ch.  1.  11 ; 
2.  17 


y  Gen.  41.  43 


■  ch.  6.  5 


records  of  the  chronicles,  and  they 
were  read  before  the  king.  2  And 
it  was  found  written,  that  ''Mor- 
decai had  told  of  Bigthana  and 
Teresh,  two  of  the  king's  chamber- 
lains, of  those  that  kept  the  thresh- 
old, who  had  sought  to  lay  hands 
on  the  king  Aliasuerus.  3  And 
the  king  said.  What  honor  and 
dignity  hath  been  bestowed  on 
Mordecai  for  this  %  Then  said  the 
king's  servants  that  ministered 
unto  him.  There  is  nothing  done 
for  him.  4  And  the  king  said, 
Who  is  in  the  C9urt  1  Now  Ha- 
man was  come  'into  the  outward 
court  of  the  king's  house,  to  speak 
unto  the  king  'to  hang  Mordecai 
on  the  gallows  that  he  had  pre- 
pared for  him.  5  And  the  king's 
servants  said  unto  him,  Behold, 
Haman  standeth  in  the  court. 
And  the  king  said,  Let  him  come 
in.  6  So  Haman  came  in.  And 
the  king  said  unto  him,  What 
shall  be  done  unto  the  man  "  whom 
the  king  delighteth  to  honor?  Now 
Haman  said  in  his  heart.  To  whom 
would  the  king  delight  to  do  honor 
more  than  to  myself  1  7  And  Ha- 
man said  unto  the  king.  For  tlie 
man  whom  the  king  delighteth  to 
honor,  8  let  royal  apparel  be 
brought  which  the  king  useth  to 
wear,  and  *'  the  horse  that  the^ 
king  rideth  upon,  '*and  on  the 
head  of  which  ^a,  crown  royal  is 
set :  9  and  let  the  apparel  and  the 
horse  be  delivered  to  the  hand 
of  one  of  the  king's  most  noble 
princes,  that  they  may  array  the 
man  therewith  whom  the  king  de- 
lighteth to  honor,  and  cause  him 
to  ride  on  horseback  through  the 
street  of  the  city,  and  «' proclaim 
before  him,  Thus  shall  it  be  done 
to  the  man  whom  the  king  delight- 
eth to  honor. 

1 0  Then  the  king  said  to  Haman, 
^  Make  haste,  and  take  the  apparel 
and  the  horse,  as  thou  hast  said, 
and  do  even  so  to  Mordecai  the 
Jew,  that  sitteth  at  the  king's 
gate :  let  nothing  fail  of  all  that 
thou  hast  spoken.  11  Then  took 
Haman  the  apparel  and  the  horse, 
and  arrayed  Mordecai,  and  caused 
him  to  ride  through  the  street  of 
the  city,  and  proclaimed  before 
him,  Thus  shall  it  be  done  unto 
the  man  whom  the  king  delighteth 
to  honor.     12  And  Mordecai  came 

*  Or,  and  the  crown  royal  which  is  set  upon  hi* 
head 


193 


6.13 


ESTHER 


B.9 


Esther  accDses  Haman  to  the  King.     Haman  is  hanged.     Hordecai  is  promoted.    Esther's  Petition 


again  to  the  king's  gate.  But  Ha- 
man hasted  to  his  house,  mourning 
and  "  having  his  head  covered.  13 
And  Haman  recounted  *unto  Ze- 
resh  his  wife  and  all  his  friends 
everything  that  had  befallen  him. 
Then  said  nis  wise  men  and  Zeresh 
his  wife  unto  him,  If  Mordecai,  be- 
fore whom  thou  hast  begun  to  fall, 
be  of  the  seed  of  the  Jews,  thou 
shalt  not  prevail  against  him,  but 
shalt  surely  fall  before  him.  14 
While  they  were  yet  talking  with 
him,  came  the  king's  chamberlains, 
and  hasted  °to  bring  Haman  unto 
the  banquet  that  Esther  had  pre- 
pared. 

'T  So  the  king  and  Haman 
I  came  ^  to  banquet  with  Esther 
the  queen.  2  And  the  king  said 
again  unto  -Esther  on  the  second 
day  at  the  banquet  of  wine,  "*  VVliat 
is  thy  petition,  queen  Esther]  and 
it  shall  be  granted  thee  :  and  what 
is^  thy  request"?  "even  to  the  half 
of  the  kingdom  it  shall  be  per- 
formed. 3  Then  Esther  the  queen 
answered  and  said,  /If  I  have 
found  favor  in  thy  sight,  O  king, 
and  if  it  please  the  king,  let  my 
life  be  given  me  at  my  petition, 
and  my  people  at  my  request :  4 
for  *'we  are  sold,  I  and  my  people, 
''  to  be  destroyed,  to  be  slain,  and  to 
perish.  But  if  we  had  been  sold 
for  bondmen  and  bondwomen,  I 
had  held  my  peace,  -although  the 
adversary  could  not  have  compen- 
sated for  the  king's  damage.  5 
Then  spake  the  king  Ahasuerus 
and  said  unto  Esther  the  queen. 
Who  is  he,  and  where  is  he,  that 
durst  presume  in  his  heart  to  do 
so  1  6  And  Esther  said, '  An  adver- 
sary and  an  enemy,  even  this 
wicked  Haman.  Tnen  Haman 
was  afraid  before  the  king  and 
the  queen.  7  And  the  king  arose 
*in  his  wrath  from  "the  banquet 
of  wine  and  ivent  into  'the  palace 
garden :  and  Haman  stood  up  to 
make  request  for  his  life  to  Esther 
the  queen ;  for  he  saw  that  there 
was  evil  determined  against  him 
by  the  king.  8  Then  the  king  re- 
turned out-  of  the  palace  garden 
into  the  place  of  the  banquet  of 
wine ;  and  Haman  was  fallen  upon 
"the  couch  whereon  Esther  was. 
Then  said  the  king.  Will  he  even 
force  the  queen  before  me  in  the 

1  Heb.  to  drink. 

»  Or,  /or  our  affliction  is  not  to  be  compared 
with  the  kino's  damage 


"2  8.  15.  .■50 

*  ch.  r,.  10 
•^  ch.  f).  8 

<i  cll.  6.  0  ;  9. 

12 
'  ch.  5.  3 
/  ch.  6.  8 ; 

8.  6 
"  ch.  3.  9 
''  ch.  3.  13 

•  ch.  3.  10 
t  ch.  1.  12 
'  ch.  1.  5 

'"  ch.  1.  6 


"  ch.  6.  14 
°  ch.  2.  22 
''  Ps.  7.  16 ; 

94.  23 
'  ver.  7,  8 
*■  ch.  7.  6 


•  ch.  2.  r,  15 
<  oh.  3.  10 


"  ch.  4.  11 ; 

5.  2 


"  ch.  5.  8 ; 

7.  3 


'  ch.  3.  13 


V  ch.  7.  4  ; 
9.  I 


'  ver.  1 


"  ver.  10 ; 
ch.  3.  12 


b  ch.  1.  19 
'  ch.  3.  12 


house?  As  the  word  went  out  ot 
the  king's  mouth,  they  covered 
Haman 's  face.  9  Then  said  Har- 
bonah,  one  of  the  chamberlains 
that  were  before  tlie  king,  BeholA 
also,  "the  ''gallows  fifty  cubits  high, 
which  Haman  hath  made  for  Mor- 
decai, "who  spake  good  for  the  king,, 
standeth  in  the  house  of  Haman. 
And  the  king  said.  Hang  hii» 
thereon.  10  '''So  they  hanged  Ha- 
man on  the  gallows  that  he  had 
prepared  for  Mordecai.  »Then 
was  the  king's  wrath  pacified. 

8  On  that  day  did  the  king 
Ahasuerus  give  the  house  of 
Haman  ''the  Jews'  enemy  unto 
Esther  the  queen.  And  Morde- 
cai came  before  the  king ;  for 
Esther  had  told  'what  he  was 
unto  her.  2  '  And  the  king  took 
off  his  ring,  which  he  had  taken 
from  Haman,  and  gave  it  unto 
Mordecai.  And  Esther  set  Mor- 
decai over  the  house  of  Haman. 

3  And  Esther  spake  yet  again 
before  the  king,  and  lell  down 
at  his  feet,  and  besought  him 
with  tears  to  put  away  the  mis- 
chief of  Haman  the  Agagite,  and 
his  device  that  he  had  devised 
against  the  Jews.  4  "Then  the 
king  held  out  to  Esther  the  golden 
sceptre.  So  Esther  arose,  and 
stood  before  the  king.  5  And  she 
said,  "If  it  please  the  king,  and  if 
I  have  found  favor  in  his  sight, 
and  the  thing  seem  right  before 
the  king,  and  I  be  pleasing  in  his 
eyes,  let  it  be  written  to  reverse 
•'the  letters  devised  by  Haman, 
the  son  of  Hammedatha  the  Agag- 
ite, which  he  wrote  to  destroy  the 
Jews  that  are  in  all  the  king's  prov- 
inces :  6  for  *'how  can  I  endure  to 
see  the  evil  that  shall  come  unto 
my  people?  or  how  can  I  endure 
to  see  the  destruction  of  my  kin- 
dred? 7  Then  the  king  Ahasu- 
erus said  unto  Esther  the  queen 
and  to  Mordecai  the  Jew,  Behold, 
-T  have  given  Esther  the  house  of 
xiaman,  and  him  they  have  hanged 
upon  the  gallows,  because  he  laid 
his  hand  upon  the  Jews.  8  Write 
ye  also  ■*  to  the  Jews,  as  it  pleaseth 
you,  in  the  king's  name,  and  "seal 
it  with  the  king's  ring ;  for  the 
writing  which  is  written  in  the 
king's  name,  and  sealed  with  the 
king's  ring,  *  may  no  man  reverse. 

9  'Then  were  the  king's  scribes 
called  at  that  time,  in  the  third 

»  Heb.  tree.  *  Or,  eoneeming 


497 


8.10 


ESTHER 


9.13 


The  Jews  anthorued  to  resist  their  Enemies.    The  Jews  destroy  their  Enemies 


month,  which  is  the  month  Sivan, 
on  the  three  and  twentieth  day 
thereof ;  and  it  was  written  ac- 
cording to  all  that  Mordecai  com- 
manded unto  the  Jews,  and  to 
the  satraps,  and  the  governors 
and  princes  of  the  provinces 
which  are  "  from  India  unto 
Ethiopia,  a  hundred  twenty  and 
seven  provinces,  unto  *  every 
province  according  to  the  writ- 
ing thereof,  and  unto  every  peo- 
ple after  their  language,  and  to 
the  Jews  according  to  their  writ- 
ing, and  according  to  their  lan- 
guage. 10  And  he  wrote  in  the 
name  of  king  Ahasuerus,  and 
sealed  it  with  the  king's  ring, 
and  sent  letters  by  posts  on 
horseback,  riding  on  ^  "■  swift  steeds 
that  were  used  in  the  king's  ser- 
vice, bred  of  the  stud  :  1 1  wherein 
the  king  granted  the  Jews  that 
were  in  every  city  "*  to  gather  them- 
selves together,  and  to  stand  for 
their  life,  ''to  destroy,  to  slay,  and 
to  cause  to  perish,  all  the  power 
of  the  people  and  province  that 
would  assault  them,  their  little 
ones  and  women,  and  ^  to  take 
the  spoil  of  them  for  a  prey,  12 
upon  one  day  in  all  the  provinces 
of  king  Ahasuerus,  namely,  upon 
the  thirteenth  day  of  the  twelfth 
month,  which  is  the  month  Adar. 
13  *  A  copy  of  the  Avriting,  ^that 
the  decree  should  be  given  out  in 
every  province,  was  puolished  unto 
all  the  peoples,  and  that  the  Jews 
should  oe  ready  against  that  day 
to  avenge  themselves  on  their  ene- 
mies. 14  So  the  posts  that  rode 
upon  swift  steeds  that  were  used 
in  the  king's  service  went  out, 
being  hastened  and  pressed  on  by 
the  king's  commandment ;  and  the 
decree  was  given  out  in  Shushan 
the  palace. 

15  And  Mordecai  went  forth 
from  the  presence  of  the  king  J*  in 
royal  apparel  of  blue  and  white, 
and  with  a  great  crown  of  gol"'. 
and  with  '  a  robe  of  fine  linen  ana 
purple :  and  the  city  of  Shushan 
shouted  and  was  glad.  16  The 
Jews  had  light  and  gladness,  and 
joy  and  honor.  17  And  in  every 
province,  and  in  every  city,  whith- 
ersoever the  king's  commandment 
and  his  decree  came,  the  Jews 
had  gladness  and  joy,  a  feast  and 
*a  good   day.    And   'many   from 

1  Or,  swiM  steeds,  mules,  and  vouna  dromeda- 
ries *  Or,  to  be  given  out  for  a  decree 


"  ch.  1.  1 
b  cb.  1.  22  ; 

3.  12 
"^  1  K.  4.  28 
<l  ch.  9.  2 
«  ch.  3.  13 
/  ch.  9.  10 
"  ch.  3.  14 
ft  ch.  6.  11 ; 

Gen.  41.  42 
i  ch.  3.  15 
k  ch.  9.  19 
'  ch.  9.  27 


"^  ch.  8.  12 
"  ver.  17 
"  ch.  3.  13 
P  ver.  16-18 ; 

ch.  8.  11 
9  ch.  8.  17 

>■  Ezr.  8.  36 


*  2  S.  3.  1 
t  ch.  3.  13 


"  ch.  5.  11 
"  ch.  8.  n 


'  ch.  7.  Z 


V  ver.  16 ; 
ch.  8.  11 


498 


among  the  peoples  of  the  land 
became  Jews ;  for  the  fear  of  the 
Jews  was  fallen  upon  them. 

9  Now  '"  in  the  twelfth  month, 
which  is  the  month  Adar,  on 
"the  thirteenth  day  of  the  same, 
"when  the  king's  commandment 
and  his  decree  drew  near  to  be 
put  in  execution,  on  the  day  that 
the  enemies  of  the  Jews  hoped  to 
have  rule  over  them  (whereas  it 
was  turned  to  the  contrary,  that 
the  Jews  had  rule  over  them  that 
hated  them),  2  ^  the  Jews  gathered 
themselves  together  in  their  cities 
throughout  all  the  provinces  of 
the  king  Ahasuerus,  to  lay  hand 
on  such  as  sought  their  hurt :  and 
no  man  could  withstand  them ; 
« for  the  fear  of  them  was  fallen 
upon  all  the  peoples.  3  And  all 
the  princes  of  the  provinces,  and 
''the  satraps,  and  the  governors, 
and  they  that  did  the  king's  busi- 
ness, helped  the  Jews ;  because 
the  fear  of  Mordecai  was  fallen 
upon  them.  4  For  -Mordecai  was 
great  in  the  king's  house,  and  his 
fame  went  forth  throughout  all 
the  provinces ;  for  the  man  Mor- 
decai 'waxed  greater  and  greater. 
5  And  'the  Jews  smote  all  their 
enemies  with  the  stroke  of  the 
sword,  and  with  slaughter  and 
destruction,  and  did  what  they 
would  unto  them  that  hated 
them.  6  And  in  Shushan  the 
palace  the  Jews  slew  and  de- 
stroyed five  hundred  men.  7 
And  Parshandatha,  and  Dalphon, 
and  Aspatha,  8  and  Poratha,  and 
Adalia,  and  Aridatha,  9  and  Par- 
mashta,  and  Arisai,  and  Aridai,  and 
Vaizatha,  10  "the  ten  sons  of  Ha- 
man  the  son  of  Hammedatha,  the 
Jews'  enemy,  slew  they;  but  "on 
the  spoil  they  laid  not  their  hand. 
11  On  that  day  the  nupaber  of 
those  that  Avere  slain  in  Shushan 
the  palace  was  brought  before  the 
king.  1 2  And  the  king  said  unto 
Esther  the  queen.  The  Jews  have 
slain  and  destroyed  five  hundred 
men  in  Shushan  the  palace,  and 
the  ten  sons  of  Haman  ;  what  then 
have  they  done  in  the  rest  of  the 
king's  provinces !  *Now  what  is  thy 
petition?  and  it  shall  be  granted 
thee :  or  what  is  thy  request  fur- 
ther 1  and  it  shall  be  done.  1 3  Then 
said  Esther,  If  it  please  the  king, 
*  let  it  be  granted  to  the  Jews  that 
are  in  Shushan  to  do  to-morrow 
also    according    unto    this    day's 


9.14 


ESTHER 


10.3 


The  Jews  destroy  their  Enemies.    The  Feast  of  Parim  institated.    Mordecai's  Greatness 


decree,  and  let  Ham  an 's  ten  sons  be 
hanged  upon  the  gallows.  14  And 
the  king  commanded  it  so  to  be 
done :  and  a  decree  was  given  out 
in  Shushan  ;  and  they  hanged  Ra- 
man's ten  sons.  1 5  And  the  Jews 
that  were  in  Shushan  gathered 
themselves  together  on  the  four- 
teenth day  also  of  the  month  Adar, 
and  slew  "three  hundred  men  in 
Shushan  ;  but  *  on  the  spoil  they 
laid  not  their  hand.  16  And  Hhe 
other  Jews  that  were  in  the  king's 
provinces  gathered  themselves  to- 
gether, and  stood  for  their  lives, 
and  had  rest  from  their  enemies, 
and  slew  of  them  that  hated  them 
seventy  and  five  thousand  ;  "^  but  on 
the  spoil  they  laid  not  their  hand. 

17  IViis  ivas  done  on  'the  thir- 
teenth day  of  the  month  Adar ; 
and -^ on  the  fourteenth  day  of  the 
same  they  rested,  and  made  it  a 
day  of  feasting  and  gladness.  18 
But  the  Jews  that  were  in  Shushan 
'assembled  together  on  the  thir- 
teenth chy  thereof,  and  on  ''the 
fourteenth  thereof  ;  and  on  the  fif- 
teenth dayoi  the  same  they  rested, 
and  made  it  a  day  of  feasting  and 
gladness.  1 9  Therefore  do  the  Jews 
of  the  villages,  that  dwell  in  *the 
unwalled  towns,  make  the  four- 
teenth day  of  the  month  Adar  a 
day  of  gladness  and  feasting,  and 
*a  good  day,  and  'of  sending  por- 
tions one  to  another. 

20  And  Mordecai  wrote  these 
things,  and  sent  letters  unto  all 
the  Jews  that  were  in  all  the  prov- 
inces of  the  king  Ahasuerus,  both 
nigh  and  far,  21  to  enjoin  them 
that  they  should  keep  the  four- 
teenth day  of  the  month  Adar,  and 
the    fifteenth    day   of    the    same, 

J  early,  22  as  the  days  wherein  the 
ews  had  rest  from  their  enemies, 
and  the  month  which  was  turned 
unto  them  from  sorrow  to  gladness, 
and  from  mourning  into  a  good 
day  ;  that  they  should  make  them 
days  of  feasting  and  gladness,  and 
of  sending  portions  one  to  another, 
and  gifts  to  the  poor.  23  And  the 
Jews  undertook  to  do  as  they  had 
begun,  and  as  Mordecai  had  writ- 
ten unto  them  ;  24  because  Haman 
the  son  of  Hammedatha,  the  Agag- 
ite,  the  enemy  9f  all  the  Jews, 
had  plotted  against  the  Jews  to 
destroy  them,  and  '"  had  cast  Pur, 
that  is,  the  lot,  to  consume  them, 
and  to  destroy  them ;  25  but "  when 
the  matter  came  before  the  king, 


"  ver.  12 
6  ver.  10 
'  ver.  2 
«'  ver.  10,  15 
'  ver.  1 
/  ver.  21 
"ver.  2;  oh. 

S.  II 
><■  ver.  21 
■Dt.  3.  f.; 

Zech.  2.  4 
*••  ver.  22 
'  Neh.  8.  10 
"'  ch.  3.  7 
"  ch.  1.  4-10 


"  ch.  3.  6-15 
P  Ps.  7.  16 
«  ver.  20 
"■  ch.  8.  17 
'  ver.  20,  21 


'  ch.  2.  15 


"  ver.  20,  21 
"  ch.  1. 1 


*  ch.  4.  3 


y  ver.  26 


'  Is.  11. 11 ; 

24.  15 


"  ch.  8.  15  ; 

9.  4 
b  ch.  2.  23 


0  Gen.  41. 
43,44 


d  Neh.  2. 10 


he  commanded  by  lettei's  "  that  his 
wicked  device,  which  he  had  de- 
vised against  the  Jews,  ^should 
return  upon  his  own  head,  and 
that  he  and  his  sons  should  be 
hanged  on  the  gallows. 

26  Wherefore  they  called  these 
days  Purim,  after  the  name  of  Pur. 
Therefore  *  because  of  all  the  words 
of  this  letter,  and  of  that  which 
they  had  .seen  concerning  this  mat- 
ter, and  that  which  had  come  unto 
them,  27  the  Jews  ordained,  and 
took  upon  them,  and  upon  their 
seed,  and  upon  'all  such  as  joined 
themselves  unto  them,  so  that  it 
should  not  fail,  'that  they  would 
keep  these  two  days  according  to 
the  writing  thereof,  and  according 
to  the  appointed  time  thereof,  every 

gear ;  28  and  that  these  days  should 
e  remembered  and  kept  through- 
out every  generation,  every  family, 
every  province,  and  ever j'  city ;  and 
that  these  days  of  Purim  should  not 
fail  from  among  the  Jews,  nor  the 
remembrance  of  them  ^  perish  from 
their  seed. 

29  Then  Esther  the  queen,  'the 
daughter  of  Abihail,  and  I\Iordecai 
the  Jew,  wrote  with  all  ^  authority 
to  confirm  "this  second  letter  of 
Purim.  30  And  he  sent  letters 
unto  all  the  Jews,  "  to  the  hundred 
twenty  and  seven  provinces  of  the 
kingdom  of  Ahasuerus,  with  words 
of  peace  and  truth,  31  to  confirm 
these  days  of  Purim  in  their  ap- 
pointed times,  according  as  Morde- 
cai the  Jew  and  Esther  the  queen 
had  enjoined  them,  and  as  they  had 
ordained  for  themselves  and  for 
their  seed,  ^in  the  matter  of  the 
fastings  and  their  cry.  32  And  the 
commandment  of  Esther  confirmed 
these  matters  of  *  Purim ;  and  it 
was  written  in  the  book. 
A  f\  And  the  king  Ahasuerus 
JLVy  laid  a  tribute  upon  the  land, 
and  upon  *the  isles  of  the  sea. 
2  And  all  the  acts  of  his  power 
and  of  his  might,  and  the  full  ac- 
count of  the  greatness  of  Morde- 
cai, "whereunto  the  king  advanced 
him,  are  they  not  written  in  'the 
book  of  the  chronicles  of  the  kings 
of  Media  and  Persia  1  3  For  Mor- 
decai the  Jew  was  "  next  unto  king 
Ahasuerus,  and  great  among  the 
Jews,  and  accepted  of  the  multi- 
tude of  his  brethren,  ''seeking  the 
good  of  his  people,  and  speaking 
peace  to  all  his  seed. 

1  Heb.  be  ended.  '  Heb.  strength. 


499 


THE   BOOK   OF 
JOB 


Job's  Uprightness  and  Wealth.     Satan  permitted  to  test  him.    Job's  Afflictions  and  Patience 


1  There  was  a  man  in  the  land 
of  "  Uz,  whose  name  was  '''Job; 
and  that  man  was  ''  perfect  and  up- 
right, and  one  ''that  feared  God, 
and  "turned  away  from  evil.  2 
'And  there  were  born  unto  him 
seven  sons  and  three  daughters. 
3  ■"  His  -  substance  also  was  seven 
thousand  sheep,  and  three  thou- 
sand camels,  and  five  hundred 
yoke  of  oxen, and  live  hundred  she- 
asses,  and  a  very  great  household ; 
so  that  this  man  was  ''  the  greatest 
of  all  the  'children  of  the  east.  4 
And  his  sons  went  and  held  a  feast 
in  the  house  of  each  one  upon  his 
daj'' ;  and  they  sent  and  called  for 
their  three  sisters  to  eat  and  to 
drink  with  them.  5  And  it  ^yas 
so,  when  the  days  of  their  feasting 
were  gone  about,  that  Job  sent  and 
*  sanctified  them,  and  rose  up  early 
in  the  morning,  and  offered  '  burnt- 
offerings  according  to  the  number 
of  them  all:  for  Job  said,  '"It  may 
be  that  my  sons  have  sinned,  and 
■'"renounced  God  in  their  hearts. 
Thus  did  Job  continually. 

6  Now  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
day  when  the  "sons  of  God  came 
to  present  themselves  before  Je- 
hovah, that  ^^  Satan  also  came 
among  them.  7  And  Jehovah  said 
unto  Satan,  Whence  comest  thou  1 
Then  Satan  answered  Jehovah,  and 
said,  *From  going  to  and  fro  in  the 
earth,  and  from  walking  up  and 
down  in  it.  8  And  Jehovah  said 
unto  Satan,  Hast  thou  considered 
''my  servant  Job?  "''for  there  is 
none  like  him  in  the  earth,  *a  per- 
fect and  upright  maji.  one  that 
feareth  God,  and  turneth  awa.v 
from  evil.  9  Then  Satan  answered 
Jehovah,  and  said,  '  Doth  Job  fear 
God  for  nought ■?  10  "Hast  not 
thou  made  a  hedge  about  him,  and 
about  his  house,  and  about  all  that 
he  hath,  on  every  side  1  ''  thou  hast 
blessed  the  work  of  his  hands,  and 

1  Heb.  /j/ife.  2  Or,  mttle 

'^  Or,  hiasnhemed    So  ver.  H  ;  ch.  2.  3.  9. 

■>  That  is,  Ihe  Adversary.  5  Qr,  thof 


"  Jer.  2.j.  20 ; 
Lara.  4.  21 

*  Kzek.  14. 
14.  211 ; 
.las.  5.  11 

"  Gen.  6.  9 ; 

17.  1 ;  Dt. 

18.  13 

rf  Gen.  22. 

12  ;  42.  18 ; 

Ex.  18.  21 
<■  ch.  28.  28 
/ch.  42.  13 
^'  ch.  42.  12 

*  ch.  29.  25  ; 
31.  37 

'  Judg.  0.  3 
k  Ex.  19.  10 
'  ch.  42.  8  ; 

Cien.  8.  20 
™  ch.  S.  4 
"  1  K.  21. 10, 

13 
"  ch.  38.  7  ; 

(ien.  6.  2; 

Ps.  89.  6 
P  1  Chr.  21. 

1  ;  Zech. 

3.  1 
9  ch.  2.  2 ; 

1  Pet.  5.  8 
'■  ch.  42.  7,  8  ; 

Num.  12. 

7 ;  Josh.  1. 

2,  7 

*  ver.  1 

'  1  Tim.  (i.  5 
"  ch.  29.  2-e 
"  ch.  31.  25 ; 

Gen.  24.  1 ; 

26.  12 


"  ver.  3 ;  ch. 

31.  26 
-"  ch.  2.  5 
-  ch.  19.  21  ; 

Ps.  105.  15  ; 

Am.  9.  5 
"ch   6.  19  ; 

1  K.  10.  1 ; 

Is.  m.  6 
*  (len.  19. 

24;  Lev. 

10.  2; 

Num.  11. 

1-3 :  2  K. 

1.  10 
"^  (4en.  11. 

28.  31 
rf  ver.  4,  13 
'  Is.  21.  1 ; 

Jer.  4.  11 ; 

13.  24; 

Hos.  13.  15 


/  Gen.  37.  29, 
,34 ;  Josh. 


'  Is.  15.  2 ; 
Mic.  1.  16 


his  '^ ""  substance  is  increased  in  the 
land.  11  2'  But  put  forth  thy  hand 
now,  and  Houch  all  that  he  hath, 
and  he  will  renounce  thee  to  thy 
face.  12  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Satan,  Behold,  all  that  he  hath  is 
in  thy  "power;  onb^  upon  himself 
put  not  forth  thy  hand.  So  Satan 
went  forth  from  the  presence  of 
Jehovah. 

1 3  And  it  fell  on  a  day  when  his 
sons  and  his  daughters  were  eating 
and  drinking  wine  in  their  eldest 
brother's  house,  14  that  there  came 
a  messenger  unto  Job,  and  said.  The 
oxen  were  plowing,  and  the  asses 
feeding  beside  them;  15  and  ''the 
"  Sabeans  fell  ujjoh  the/ii,  and  took 
them  away:  yea,  they  have  slain 
the  -  servants  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword ;  and  I  only  am  escaped 
alone  to  tell  thee.  16  While  he 
was  yet  speaking,  there  came  also 
another,  and  said,  *The  fire  of  God 
is  fallen  from  heaven,  and  hath 
burned  up  the  sheep  and  the  *  ser- 
vants, and  consumed  them;  and  I 
only  am  escaped  alone  to  tell  thee. 
17  While  he  was  5^et  speaking, 
there  came  also  another,  and  said, 
The  *■  Chaldeans  made  three  bands, 
and  ''fell  upon  the  camels,  ana 
have  taken  them  away,  yea,  and 
slain  the  *  servants  with  the  edge 
of  the  sword;  and  I  only  am  es- 
caped alone  to  tell  thee.  18  While 
he  was  yet  speaking,  there  came 
also  another,  and  said.  Thy  ''sons 
and  thy  daughters  were  eating 
and  drinking  wine  in  their  eldest 
brother's  house;  19  and,  behold, 
there  came  a  great  "wind  '"from 
the  wilderness,  and  smote  the  four 
corners  of  the  house,  and  it  fell 
upon  the  young  men,  and  they  are 
dead ;  and  I  only  am  escaped  alone 
to  tell  thee. 

20  Then  Job  arose,  and  ■''rent  his 
robe,  and  ^shaved  his  head,  and 
fell  down  upon  the  ground,  and 

*  Heb.  hand.  8  Heb.  young  men. 

7  Heb.  Sheba.  »  Or,  made  a  raid 

1"  Or,  over 


.jO<) 


1.21 


JOB 


3.  la 


Job  smitten  with  Boils.    His  Tbree  Friends  visit  liim.    Tlie  Debate.    Job's  First  Speech.    He  bewails  his  Birth 


worshipped ;  21  and  he  said,  "Naked 
came  i  out  of  my  mother's  womb, 
and  naked  shall  1  return  thither: 
*  Jehovah  gave,  and  Jehovah  hath 
taken  away ;  ''  olc'ssed  be  the  name 
of  Jehovah.  22  ''In  all  this  Job 
sinned  not,  nor  '''charged  God 
fooUshly. 

2-^Again  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
day  when  the  sons  of  God  came 
to  present  themselves  befoi-e  Jeho- 
vah, that  tSatan  came  also  among 
them  to  present  himself  before  Je- 
hovah. 2  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
Satan,  From  whence  comest  thou  1 
And  Satan  answered  Jehovah,  and 
said.  From  ^oing  to  and  fro  in  the 
earth,  and  from  walking  up  and 
down  in  it.  3  And  Jehovan  said 
unto  Satan,  Hast  thou  considered 
my  servant  Job  1  ~  for  there  is  none 
like  him  in  the  earth,  a  perfect  and 
an  upright  man,  one  that  feareth 
God,  and  turneth  away  from  evil : 
and  he  still  "holdeth  fast  his  integ- 
rity, although  thou  movedst  me 
against  him,  ^to  destroy  him  ''with- 
out cause.  4  And  Satan  answered 
Jehovah,  and  said.  Skin  for  skin, 
yea,  all  that  a  man  hath  will  he 
give  for  his  life.  5  '  But  put  forth 
thy  hand  now,  and  touch  his  bone 
and  his  flesh,  and  he  will  renounce 
thee  to  thy  face.  6  And  Jehovah 
said  unto  Satan,  Behold,  he  is  in 
thy  hand ;  only  spare  his  life. 

7  So  Satan  -went  forth  from  the 
presence  of  Jehovah,  and  smote 
Job  with  *  sore  boils  from  the  sole 
of  his  foot  unto  his  crown.  8  And 
he  took  him  a  potsherd  to  scrape 
himself  therewith;  and  'he  sat 
among  the  ashes.  9  Then  said  his 
wife  unto  him.  Dost  thou  still  hold 
fast  thine  integrity?  renounce  God, 
and  die.  10  But  he  said  unto  her, 
Thou  speakest  as  one  of  the  ''foolish 
women  speaketh.  What?  "'shall  we 
receive  good  at  the  hand  of  God, 
and  shall  we  not  receive  evil ?  "In 
all  this  did  not  Job  sin  with  his 
lips. 

1 1  Now  when  Job's  three  friends 
heard  of  all  this  evil  that  was  come 
u])on  him.  they  came  every  one  from 
his  own  place :  Eliphaz  the  "Teman- 
ite,  and  Bildad  the  ^Shuhite,  and 
Zophar  the  Naamathite;  and  they 
made  an  appointment  together  to 
come  to  *  bemoan  him  and  to  com- 
fort him.  1 2  And  when  they  lifted 
up  their  eyes  afar  off,  and  knew 


>  Or.  attrihuied  folly  to  God 
*  Heb.  to  swallow  him  up. 


«  Or,  that 
*  Or,  impious 


"  Eccl.  6.  If. ; 
1  Tim.  0.  7 
l>  ch.  2.  10  ; 

1  S.  2.  7,  8 ; 

2  Chr.  1. 
12 ;  Eccl. 
6.  2 

"  Eph.  6.  20  ; 
1  Til.  6.  18 
rf  ch.  2.  10 
'  Ps.  74.  22 
/ch.  1.  0-8 
"  ver.  9 ;  ch. 

27.  5,  ti 

''  ch.  9.  17 
'  ch.  1.  U 
«-■  ch.  7.  6  ;  13. 
28  ;  30.  17, 
18,  30 ;  Ex. 
9.  9  ;  Dt. 

28.  3a 

'  ch.  42.  6 ; 

Jer.  6.  20 ; 

Ezek.  27. 

30 ;  Jon.  3. 

0;  Mt.  11. 

21 
"'  ch.  1.  21 
"  ch.  1.  22  ; 

Ps.  39.  1 
<"  1  Chr.  1.  45 
P  Gen.  26.  2 ; 

1  Chr.  1.  32 
«  ch.  42.  U 


•"  ch.  1.  20, 

ref. 
'  JoBh.  7.  6  ; 

Lam.  2.  10; 

Ezek.  27.30 
t  Gen.  60. 

10 ;  Ezek. 

3.  16 
"  ver.  3-11  : 

Jer.  20. 14- 

18 
"  ch.  10.  21, 

22  ;  12.  22  ; 

16.  16  ;  Ps. 

23.  4  ;  Is.  9. 

2 ;  Jer.  2. 

6 ;  Am.  5.  8 
•^  ch.  23.  17  ; 

28.3 


y  ch.  41. 10 


■  ch.  41.  18 


'  ch.  10.  18, 


6  Gen.  .30.  3; 
[,0.  23  ;  Is. 
60.  12 


him  not,  they  lifted  up  their  voice, 
and  wept ;  and  they  ""lent  every  one 
his  robe,  and  'sprinkled  dust  upon 
their  heads  toward  heaven.  13  So 
they  sat  down  with  him  upon  the 
ground  '  seven  days  ana  seven 
nights,  and  none  spake  a  word 
unto  him:  for  they  saw  that  his 
'^  grief  was  very  gx-eat. 

3      After    this   opened   Job  his 
mouth,  and  cursed  his  day. 

2  And  Job  answered  and  saia : 

3  "Let  the  day  perish  wherein  I 

was  born. 
And     the    night    which     said, 
There    is   a   man-child    con- 
ceived. 


Let  that  day  be  darkness; 
'lod 
for  it, 


Let  not  God  from  above  seek 


10 


11 


12 


Neither    let    the    light    shine 

upon  it. 
Let  darkness  and  *the  "shadow 

of  death   claim   it  for  their 

own ; 
Let  a  cloud  dwell  upon  it ; 
Let  all  that  maketn  black  the 

day  terrify  it. 
As   for  that  night,   let  "^  thick 

darkness  seize  upon  it: 
Let  it  not  rejoice  among  the 

days  of  the  year; 
Let  it  not  come  into  the  num- 
ber of  the  months. 
Lo,  let  that  night  be  ^  barren ; 
Let     no    jojrful     voice     come 

therein. 
Let  them  curse  it  that  curse 

the  day, 
Who  are  **  ready  to  *  rouse  up 

leviathan. 
Let  the  stars  of  the  twilight 

thereof  be  dark : 
Let  it  look  for  light,  but  have 

none; 
Neither  let  it  behold  the  'eye- 
lids of  the  morning: 
Because    it   shut    not   up    the 

doors  of  my  motlier's  womb, 
Nor    hid    trouble    from    mine 

eyes. 
"Why   died    I    not    from    the 

womb  ? 
WHiy  did  I    not   give   up    the 

ghost  when  my  mother  bare 

me  I 
Why  did    the   *  knees   receive 

me? 
Or    why    the    breasts,    that   7 

should  suck  1 

*  Or,  jmin 

6  Or,  deep  darhntss  (and  so  elsewhere) 

'  Or,  solitary  *  Or,  skUful 


601 


3.13 


JOB 


4.11 


Job  bewails  his  Birth.    Eliphaz's  First  Speech.    He  alarms  the  Justice  of  6od.    Man's  Insignificance  in  Clod's  Sight 


13  For  now  "should  I  have  lain 

down  and  been  quiet ; 
I  should  have  slept ;   then  had 
I  been  at  rest, 

14  With  *  kings  and  "counsellors 

of  the  earth, 
Who  ^  built  up   ''■  waste  places 
for  themselves ; 

15  Or  with  'princes-^ that  had  gold. 
Who  filled    their   houses  with 

silver  : 

16  Or  as  a  hidden  "  untimely  birth 

I  had  not  been, 
As  infants  that  never  saw  light. 

17  There  the  wicked    cease  from 

^  troubling ; 
And    there    the  weary  are   at 
''  rest, 

18  There  the  prisoners  are  at  ease 

together  ; 
They  hear  not  the  voice  of  the 
taskmaster. 

19  The  'small  and  the  great  are 

there .: 
And  the  servant  is  free  from 
his  master. 

20  Wherefore  is  light  given  to  him 

that  is  in  misery. 
And  life   unto  the    *  bitter    in 
soul ; 

21  Who  2 'long  for  death,  but  it 

cometh  not, 
And  dig  for  it  more   than  for 
hid  treasures ; 

22  Who  rejoice  "*  exceedingly. 
And  are  glad,  when  they  can 

find  the  grave  1 

23  Why  is  light  given  to    a    man 

""whose  way  is  hid. 
And  whom  "  God  hath  hedged 
inl 

24  For  "my  sighing  cometh  ° be- 

fore I  eat. 
And  ^my  ^groanings  are  poured 
out  like  water. 

25  For  ^  9  the  thing  Avhich  I  fear 

cometh  upon  me. 
And  that  which  I  am  afraid  of 
cometh  unto  me. 

26  I  ®am  not  at  ease,  neither  am 

I  quiet,  neither  have  1  rest ; 
But  trouble  cometh. 

4      Then  answered  Eliphaz  the 
Temanite,  and  said, 
2  If  one  assay  to  commune  with 
thee,  wilt  thou  be  grieved  1 
But  *■  who  can  withhold  himself 
from  speaking  1 

1  Or,  built  solitary  piles        2  Or,  raging 

*  Heb.  wait.  *  Or,  unto  exultation 

^  Or,  like  my  food  6  Heb.  roarings. 

1  Or,  the  thing  xuhich  I  feared  is  come  &c. 

*  Or,  VMg  not  at  ease  .  .  .  yet  trouble  came 


"■  ver.  13-19 : 
ch.  7.  8-10, 

21  ;  10.  21, 

22  ;  14.  10- 

15,  20-22  ; 

16.  22  ;  17. 
13-16;  19. 
25-27;  21. 
13,  23-20  ; 
24.  19,  20  ; 
26.  5,  G  ;  34. 
22 

'  ch.  12.  18 
'  ch.  12.  17 
d  ch.  16.  28  ; 

Is.  58.  12 
'  ch.  12.  21 
/ch.  27  16,17 
"  Eccl.  6.  3 
h  ch.  17.  16 
'  Eccl.  9.  2 
k  ch.  7.  11 ; 

10.  l;  21.25; 

1  S.  1.  10; 

Prov.  31.  6 ; 

Is.  38.  15 ; 

Ezek.  27.  31 
'  Rev.  9.  6 
"'  ch.  19.  6,  8, 

12 
"  ch.  19.  8  ; 

Ps.  88.  8 ; 

Lam.  3.  7 
"  ch.  33.  20  ; 

Ps.  42.  3  ; 

SO.  5; 

102.  9 
P  ch.  30.  16  ; 

Ps.  42.  4 

«  Jer.  i5.  17, 
18;  Jon. 
4.  2 

*■  ch.  32. 

18-20 


'  ver.  3,  4  : 
ch.  29.  1.5, 
16,  21,  25 

'  Is.  36.  3  ; 

Heb.  12.  12 

"  ch.  6.  14 
"  ch.  19.  21 
'ch.  1.  1 
"  ch.  8.  20 ; 

36.  6,  7  ; 

Ps.  37.  25 
*ch.  15.  31, 

35;  Prov. 

22.  8 ;  Hos. 

10.  13 ;  Gal. 

6.  7 
"  ch.  16.  30  ; 

Is.  11.  4; 

30.  33  ; 

2  Thess. 

*  Ps.  69.  13  ; 
Ezek.  13. 13 

'  Ps.  58.  6 
d  ch.  29.  17 

*  ch.  6.  4  : 
20.  10  ;  27. 
14 

/ver.  12-17: 

ch.  33. 

15-18 
^  ch.  26.  14 

ft  Jer.  23.  0 


'■  ch.  9.  2 ;  25. 


3  Behold,  *  thou  hast  instructed 

many, 
And  thou   hast  *  strengthened 
the  wea,k  hands. 

4  Thy  words  have  upholden  him 

that  was  falling. 
And  thou  hast  'made  firm  the 
®  feeble  knees. 

5  But  now  it  is  come  unto  thee, 

and  thou  ^" "  faintest ; 
It  "  toucheth  thee,  and  thou  art 
troubled. 

6  Is  not  thy  ^  fear  of  God  thy  con- 

fidence. 
And  the  integrity  of  thy  ways 
thy  hope  ■? 

7  Remember,  I  pray  thee,  ^who 

ever   perished,    being    inno- 
cent^ 
Or  where  were  the  upright  cut 

8  According  as  I  have  seen,  Hhey 

that  plow  iniquity. 
And   sow    "  trouble,   reap    the 
same. 

9  By  "the  breath    of    God  they 

perish. 
And  *  bv  the  blast  of  his  anger 
are  they  consumed. 

10  The  roaring  of  the  lion,  and  the 

voice  of  the  fierce  lion. 
And  the  "teeth  of  the  young 
lions,  are  broken. 

1 1  The  •*  old  lion  perisheth  for  lack 

of  prey. 
And  the  "whelps  of  the  lioness 
are  scattered  abroad. 

12  Now  a  thing  -'^was  ^^  secretly 

brought  to  me. 
And     mine     ear      received     a 
"  whisper  thereof. 

13  In  thoughts    from  the  visions 

of  the  night. 
When  deep  sleep  falleth  on  men, 

14  Fear  came  upon  me,  and  trem- 

bling. 
Which  made  all  my  *  bones  to 
shake. 

15  Then  ^^a  spirit  passed  before 

my  face ; 
The  hair  of  my  flesh  stood  up. 

16  It    stood    still,    but    I    could 

not  discern  the  appearance 

thereof ; 
A  form  was  before  mine  eyes  : 
"  There  tvas  silence,  and  I  heard 

a  voice,  saying, 

17  Shall  'mortal    man  ^.^be  more 

just  than  Godl 

9  Heb.  bowing  '"  Or.  art  grieved 

11  Or,  mischief         12  Heb.  brought  by  stealtK 

1^  Or,  a  breath  passed  over 

K  Or,  I  heard  a  still  voice 

1*  Or,  be  just  before  God 


602 


4.  18  JOB 

Man's  InsipniBranrt  in  Cod's  Siphi    The  Insecurity  of  the  Wicked.    The  Benefits  of  Chastisement 


5.24 


Shall  a  man  '  be  more  pure  than 
his  "Maker? 

18  Behold,  'he  putteth  no  trust  in 

his  servants  ; 
And    his    angels    he    chargeth 
with  folly  : 

19  How    much    more    them    that 

dwell  in  'houses  of  clay, 
Whose  ''foundation    is  in   the 

dust. 
Who   are  crushed  ^before    the 

moth ! 

20  ^ '  Betwixt  moi-ning  and  even- 

ing they  are  ^  destroyed  : 
They  •''perish  for  ever  without 
any  regarding  it. 

2 1  ^  Is  not  their  '■>  tent-cord  plucked 

up  within  them  ? 
They  ''die,  and    that    without 
wisdom. 

5       Call  now  ;  is  there  any  that 
will  answer  thee? 
And  to  which  of  the  'holy  ones 
wilt  thou  tui'n? 

2  For  *  vexation  killeth  the  fool- 

ish man, 
And  •'jealousy  slayeth  the  silly 
one. 

3  I  have  seen  the  '  foolish  taking 

root : 
But  suddenly  "*  I  cursed  his  hab- 
itation. 

4  His     children     are   "far   from 

safety. 
And  they  are  "  crushed  in  the 

gate. 
Neither  is  there  any  to  deliver 

them  : 

5  Whose    harvest     the     hungry 

eateth  up, 
And  taketh  it  even  out  of  the 

thorns ; 
And    Hhe   ^  snare   gapeth   for 

their  substance. 

6  For  "^  affliction  cometh  not  forth 

from  the  dust. 
Neither  doth  trouble  spring  out 
of  the  ground  ; 

7  But  *man  is  born  unto  trouble. 
As  "  the  sparks  fly  upward. 

8  But   as  for  me,  I  would  seek 

unto  God, 
And  unto  God  would  I  *■  commit 
my  cause ; 

9  Who  'doeth   great  things  and 

unsearchable, 

1  Or,  ht>  pure  before  his  Maker        2  Qr,  u/ce 
3  Or,  From  mornina  to  evening 
*  Heb.  broken  in  pieces. 

'  Or,  Is  not  their  exeeUenev  which  is  in  them 
removed  f  <•  Or.  in/iignation 

7  Ace.  to  Vulg.,  the  thirsty  swallow  up. 
6  Or,  iniquity    See  ch.  4.  s. 
9  Heb.  the  sons  of  flame  (or,  of  lightning). 


"ch.  31.  15; 

3'J.  22  ;  35. 

10 ;  36.  3 
'  ch.  15.  15 
•^  ch,  10.  9  ; 

33.  6; 

2  Cor.  4.  7 
<t  ch.  22.  16  ; 

Geu.  2.  7 ; 

3.  19 
"  Ps.  90.  5,  6 
/  ch.  20.  7 
■'  ch.  8.  22 
''  cli.  30.  12  ; 

Prov.  6.  23 ; 

Hos.  4.  G 

•  ch.  15.  15  ; 
Ps.  89.  5,  7 

*  Prov.  12. 
115 ;  27.  3 

'  Ps.  37.  35  , 

Jer.  12.  2 
'"  ch.  24.  18  ; 

31.  30 
"  Ps.  119.  155 
"  Prov.  22. 

22 ;  Am. 

5.  12 
P  ch.  18.  8- 

10;  22.  10 
9ch.  14.  l; 

(Jen.  3. 

17-19 
""  Ps.  35.  23  ; 

Lam.  3.  59 
'  ch.  9.  10  ; 

37.  14,  10  ; 

P«.  40.  6  ; 

72.  18 


<  ch.  36.  27- 

29  ;  37.  6- 

11;  38.  20  ; 

Ps.  65.  9 ; 

104.  13  ; 

Acts  14.  17 
"  ch.  22.  29  ; 

1  S.  2.  7,  8 ; 

Ps.  107.  41 ; 

113.  7 
^'  Neh.  4.  15 ; 

Pa.  33.  10 ; 

Is.  8.  10 
"  Ps.  9.  15  ; 

1  Cor.  3.  19 
y  ch.  12.  25  ; 

1.5.  30  ;  18. 

18  ;  20.  2G 
'  Dt.  28.  29 
"  Ps.  57.  4  ; 

.59.  7  ;  64.  3 
f>  Ps.  35.  10  ; 

72.  4 
■^  Ps.  107.  42 
<t  Ps.  94.  12  , 

.la.  1.  12 

*  Prov.  .3.  11; 
Heb.  12. 

.5-11 
/  Dt.  32.  39  ; 

1  S.  2.  6 : 

Is.  30.  26 ; 

Hos.  6.  1 
"  Ps.  34.  19 
"  Ps.  91.  10 

*  Ps.  33.  19 ; 
37.  19 

*  Ps.  144.  10 
'  ver.  15 ; 

Ps.  31.  20 
"■  Ps.  91.  5,  6 
"  Ps.  91.  13; 

Kzek.  34. 

25 ;  Hos.  2. 

18 
°  Is.  II.  6-9; 

6.5.  25 
P  ch.  8.  6  ; 

21.  9 


things       without 
rain   upon   the 


503 


Marvellous 
number 

10  Who   '  giveth 

earth. 

And  sendeth  waters  upon  the 
fields  ; 

1 1  So  that  "  he  setteth  up  on  high 

those  that  are  low, 
And  those  that  mourn  are  ex- 
alted to  safety. 

12  He  "  frustrateth  the  devices  of 

the  crafty. 
So  that    their  hands  '"cannot 
perform  their  enterprise. 

13  He  ""  taketh   the  wise  in  their 

own  craftiness ; 
And  the  counsel  of  the  cunning 
is  carried  headlong. 

14  They  *meet  with  darkness  in 

the  day-time. 
And   -grope  at  noonday  as  in 
tlie  niglit. 

15  But  he  saveth  from  "the  sword 

"  of  their  mouth. 
Even  *  the  needy  from  the  hand 
of  the  mighty. 

1 6  So  the  poor  hath  hope. 

And    ''iniquity    stoppeth    her 
mouth. 

inpy  is 
whom  God   '-correcteth 
Therefore  ^  despise  not  thou  the 
chastening  of  the  Almighty. 

18  For-^he  maketh  sore,  and  bind- 

eth  up ; 
He  wound eth,   and  his   hands 
make  whole. 

19  He  will  ^deliver   thee    in    six 

troubles ; 
Yea,  in  seven  there  shall  "no 
evil  touch  thee. 

20  In  'famine  he  will  redeem  thee 

from  death  ; 
And  *  in  war  from  the  power  of 
the  sword. 

21  Thou  shalt   be  'hid  from    the 

scourge  of  the  tongue ; 
"*  Neither  shalt  thou  be  afraid 
of  destruction  when  it  com- 
eth. 

22  At  destruction  and  dearth  thou 

shalt  laugh  ; 
"Neither  shalt  thou  be  afraid 
of  the  beasts  of  the  earth. 

23  For  thou   shalt    be    in    league 

with  the  stones  of  the  field  ; 

And  "the    beasts    of   the  field 

shall  be  at  peace  with  thee. 

24  And  thou  shalt  know  that  thv 

p  tent  is  in  peace  ; 

10  Or.  can  perform  nothing  of  worth 
1'  Heb.  orit  of  their  mouth. 
1-  Or,  reproveth 


5.25 


JOB 


6.26 


Job's  Second  Speech.     He  describes  his  Wretchedness.    The  Deceitfhlness  and  tnkindness  of  his  Friends 


And  thou  shalt  visit  thy  '  fold, 
and  -shalt  miss  nothing. 

25  Thou  shalt  know  also  that  thy 

"seed  shall  be  great, 
And    *  thine    offspring    as    the 
grass  of  the  earth. 

26  Thou  shalt "  come  to  thy  grave 

in  a  full  age, 
Like  as  a  shock  of  grain  cometh 
in  in  its  season. 

27  Lo  this,  we  have  searched  it,  so 

it  is  ; 
Hear  it,  and  know  thou  it  ^  for 
thy  good. 

6      Then     Job     answered     and 
said, 

2  ^  Oh  that  my  vexation  were  but 

weighed. 
And  all  my  calamity  laid  in  the 
balances ! 

3  For  now  it  would  be  *  heavier 

than  the  sand  of  the  seas : 
Therefore  have  my  words  been 
rash. 
i  For  the  •''  arrows  of  the  Almighty 
are  within  me. 
The  poison  whereof  my  spirit 

^drinketh  up : 
The  "terrors  of  God  do  set  them- 
selves in  array  against  me. 

5  Doth  the  '  wild  ass  bray  when 

he  hath  grass  1 
Or  loweth  the  ox  over  his  fod- 
der? 

6  Can  that  which  hath  no  savor 

be  eaten  without  salt? 
Or  is  there  any  taste  in  *the 
white  of  an  egg? 

7  ^My    soul    refuseth    to    touch 

them ; 
They  are  as  loathsome  food  to 
me. 

8  *  Oh  that  I  might  have  my  re- 

quest ; 
And  that  God  would  grant  me 
the  thing  that  I  long  for  ! 

9  Even  that  it  would  '  please  God 

to  crush  me ; 
That    he  would    let   loose   his 
hand,  and  cut  me  off! 

10  And  be  it  still  my  consolation, 
•^Yea,   let   me    'exult   in   pain 

^that  spareth  not, 
That  I  '"have  not  ^denied  the 
words  of  the  "Holy  One. 

11  What  is  my  strength,   that  I 

should  wait? 

1  Or,  habitation  2  Qr.  shalt  not  err 

3  Heb.  for  thyself.    *  Or,  the  juice  ofjnurslain 
'  Or,  What  thinRS  my  soul  refused  to  touch, 
tliese  are  as  my  loathsome  food 
'  Or,  Though  J  shrink  back 

7  Or,  harden  myself 

8  Or,  though  he  spare  not       *  Or,  concealed 


"  Ps.  72. 16 ; 

1 12.  2 
6  Is.  44.  3,  4 
'  ch.  42.  17  ; 

Gen.  15. 15 ; 

Prov.  9. 

11  ;  10.  27 
d  ch.  31.  6 
'  ch.  23.  2 
/ch.  16.  13; 

Ps.  38.  2 
"  ch.  21.  20  ; 

Jer.  25.  16 
'i  ch.  30.  15  ; 

Ps.  88.  15, 

16 
!  ch.  39.  6-8 
k  ch.  14.  13 
'Num.  11. 

15 ;  1  K. 

19.  4 
"•ch.  23.  11, 

12 
"  Lev.  19.  2  -, 

Is.  67.  16  ; 

Hos.  11.  9 


"  ch.  21.  4 
P  ch.  26.  2 
9  ch.  26.  3 
"■  ch.  4.  6 
'  2  S.  16.  17 

« Jer.  15.  18 

"  ch.  24.  19 


"0611.26.  15; 

1  Chr.  1. 

30 ;  Ib,  21. 

14 ;  Jer. 

25.  23 
'  ch.  1.  15 
"  Jer.  14.  3 


'  Eccl.  12. 10, 
11 


"  ch.  8.  2 ; 

15.  2  ;  16.  3 


And  what  is  mine  end,  that  I 
should  be  "patient? 

1 2  Is  my  strength  the  strength  of 

stones  ? 
Or  is  my  flesh  of  brass  1 

1 3  Is  it  not  that  I  have  ^  no  help 

in  me. 
And    that  « wisdom    is    driven 
quite  from  me? 

14  To  him  that  is  ready  ""to  faint 

'  kindness  should  be  showed 
from  his  friend ; 
^"Even  to  him   that  forsaketh 
the  fear  of  the  Almighty. 
1.5  My  brethren  have  dealt 'deceit- 
fully as  a  brook, 
As  the  channel  of  brooks  that 
pass  away; 

16  Which  are  black  by  reason  of 

the  ice, 
And  wherein  the  snow  hideth 
itself : 

17  What  time  "they  "wax  warm, 

they  vanish ; 
When  it  is  hot,  they  are  con- 
sumed out  of  their  place. 

18  ^'^The  caravans  that  travel  by 

the  way  of  them  turn  aside ; 
They  go  up  into  the  waste,  ana 
perish. 

1 9  The  caravans  of  "  Tema  looked. 
The  companies  of  ^Sheba  waited 

for  them. 

20  They  ^were  put  to  shame  be- 

cause they  had  hoped ; 
They  came  thither,   and  were 
confounded. 

21  For  now  ye '*  are  nothing  ; 

Ye  see  a  terror,  and  are  afraid. 

22  Did  I  say.  Give  unto  me  ? 

Or,  Offer  a  present  for  me  of 
your  substance? 

23  Or,  Deliver  me  from  the  adver- 

sary's hand  ? 
Or,  Redeem  me  from  the  hand 
of  the  oppressors? 

24  Teach  me,  and  I  will  hold  my 

peace ; 
And  cause  me  to   understand 
wherein  I  have  erred. 

25  How  'forcible  are  words  of  up- 

rightness ! 
But  your  reproof,  what  doth  it 
reprove? 

26  Do  ye  think  to  reprove  words. 
Seeing  that  the  speeches  of  one 

that    is    desperate    are    "as 
"wind  ? 

10  Or,  Else  might  he  forsake    Or,  But  he  for- 
saketh 11  Or,  shrink 

12  Or,  The  paths  of  their  way  are  turned  aside 

13  Another  reading  is,  are  like  thereto. 
1*  Or,  for  the  wind 


604 


6.27 


JOB 


8.4 


Job  describes  the  Wearisomeness  of  Life.    De  remonstrates  with  God.    Bildad's  First  Speech.    He  viadicates  God's  Justice 


27  Yea,  ye  would  "cast  lots  upon 

the  fatherless, 
And  ^  make  merchandise  of  your 
friend. 

28  Now   therefore   be  pleased  to 

look  upon  me ; 
^For  surely  I  ''shall  not  lie  to 
your  face. 

29  Eeturn,  1  pray  you,  let  there  be 

no  injustice ; 
Yea,  return  again,  '''my  cause 
is  righteous. 

30  Is  there  'injustice  on  ray  tongue  ? 
Cannot  •'my  taste  discern  mis- 
chievous things  1 


7 

2 


10 


11 


Is  there  not  a  ^''warfare  to 
man  upon  earth"? 
And  are  not  his  days  Hke  the 

''days  of  a  hireling? 
As    a   servant    that    earnestly 

desireth  the  shadow. 
And  as  a  hireling  that  looketh 

for  his  '  wages : 
So  am  I  made  to  possess  *months 

of  misery. 
And  [  wearisome  nights  are  ap- 
pointed to  me. 
When  I  "*  lie  down,  I  say. 
When    shall  I   arise,  and    the 

night  be  gone"? 
And  I  am  full  of  tossings  to  and 

fro  unto  the  dawning  of  the 

day. 
My  "  flesh  is  clothed  with  worms 

and  clods  of  dust ; 
My  skin  ^closeth  up,  and  break- 

eth  out  afresh. 
My  days  are  "swifter  than  a 

weaver's  shuttle, 
And  are  spent  ^without  hope. 
Oh  remember  that  my  life  *  is  a 

breath : 
Mine  eye   shall  ''no   more  see 

good. 
The  'eye  of  him  that  seeth  me 

shall  behold  me  no  more  ; 
Thine  eyes  shall  be  upon  me, 

but  'I  shall  not  be. 
As  the  "cloud  is  consumed  and 

vanisheth  away. 
So   "  he   that    goeth    down   to 

•'Sheol    shall   "come   up    no 

more. 
He  shall  ^return  no  more  to  his 

house, 
Neither  shall  "his  place  know 

him  any  more. 

Therefore  *  I  will  not  refrain 
my  mouth ; 


1  Or.  Ai}fl  it  will  be  evident  unto  yov,  if  I  lie 

2  Heb.  my  ripMeousness  is  in  it. 

3  Or,  time  of  service 

*  Or,  is  broken  and  become  loathsome 


"  Joel  3.  3  ; 
Nah.  3.  1(1 

*  -J  Pet.  •-'.  3 
'  ch.  -J?.  4  ; 

3;<.  3  ;  30,  4 
d  ch.  13.  18  ; 

23.  10  ;  27. 

f*  6  ;  34.  5 
'  ch.  27.  4 
/ch.  12.  11 
i'ch.  Id.  17  ; 

14.  14 ;  Is. 

40.  2 
ft  ch.  14.  6 

>  Lev.  19.  13 

*  Lam.  1.  7 
'  Ps.  «.  0  ; 

Lam.  1.  2 
'"  ver.  13, 14  i 

Dt.  28.  67 
"  ch.  2.  7, 

ref. 
°  ch.  9.  25 
''ch.  13.  li'>; 

14.  19,  17 

15,  IG;  19. 
10 

«  ver.  IG ; 

Ps.  78.  39 
■■  cli.  9.  25 
"ch.  8.  18; 

20.  9 
'  ver.  21 
"  ch.  30.  15  ; 

Hos.  13.  3 
"  ch.  3.  13- 

19,  ref. 
■'ch.  11.  8  : 

14.  13;  17. 

13,  le ;  21. 

13 
V  ch.  14.  14  ; 

2  S.  12.  23 
'  ch.  10.  21 
"  ch.  8.  18; 

20.  9  ;  P8. 
103.  16 

t>  Ps.  40.  9 


'  ch.  10.  1  ; 

21.  4 :  23. 

2  ;  1  S.  1. 

10 ;  Ps.  77. 3 
d  Ezek.  32. 

2,3 
'  ch.  9.  27 
/ch.  9.  34 
'■'  1  K.  19.  4 
ft  ch.  9.  21 ; 

10.  1 
'  ver.  7 ; 

Eccl.  7.  15 
*  Ps.  8.  4  ; 

144.  3 ; 

Heb.  2.  6 
'ch.  14.  3 
'"  Ps.  66.  10 
"  ch.  14.  6 
°  ch.  10.  20 
''  ch.  35.  3,  6 
«  ver.  12 ; 

ch.  14.  16 
*■  ch.  16.  12 
'ch.  9.  28; 

10.  14 
«  ch.  10.  9  ; 

20.  11  ;  21. 

26 ;  Ps.  104. 

29;  Dan. 

12.  2 
"  ver.  8 
"  ch.  6.  26, 

ref. 
'  ch.  .34.  10, 

12;  36.  23; 

37.  23; 

Gen.  18. 

25 ;  r>t.  .32. 

4  ;  2  Chr. 

19.  7; 

Rom.  3.  5 
y  ch.  1.  5,  18, 

19 

605 


I  will  spe;)k  in  the  anguish  of 
my  spirit ; 

I  will  'complain  in  the  bitter- 
ness of  my  soul. 

1 2  Am  I  a  sea,  or  ''  a  sea-monster. 
That  thou  settest  a  watch  over 

me? 

1 3  When "  I  .'-ay.  My  bed  shall  com 

fort  me. 
My  couch  shall  ease  my  com- 
plaint ; 

14  Then    thou    scarest    me    with 

dreams. 
And  ■''terrifiest  me  through  vi- 
sions : 

1 5  So  that  my  soul  chooseth  stran- 

gling. 
And  ^  death  rather  than  these 
my  bones. 

1 6  ®  I  *  loathe  my  life ;  I  ®  would  not 

live  alway: 
Let  me  alone  ;  'for  my  days  are 
"  vanity. 

1 7  *  What  is  man,  that  thou  should- 

est  magnify  him. 
And  that  thou  shouldest  set  thy 
mind  upon  h.m, 

18  And  that  'thou  shouldest  visit 

him  every  morning. 
And  '"try  him  every  moment  1 

19  How  long  "wilt  thou  not  look 

away  from  me. 
Nor "  let  me  alone  till  I  swallow 
down  my  spittle  1 

20  If  I  have  sinned,  ^what  *do  I 

unto  thee,  O  thou  "  *  watcher 

of  men  1 
Why  hast  thou  ''set  me  as  a 

mark  for  thee. 
So  that  I  am  a  burden  to  myself? 

21  And  why  '  dost  thou  not  pardon 

my  transgression,  and  take 
away  mine  iniquity? 

For  now  shall  I '  lie  down  in  the 
dust ; 

And  thou  wilt  seek  me  dili- 
gently, "  but  I  shall  not  be. 


8 


Then   answered    Bildad  the 
Shuhite,  and  said, 

2  How  long  wilt  thou  speak  these 

things'? 
And  h<nv  long  shall  the  "words 
of  thy  mouth  be  like  a  mighty 
wind  ? 

3  Doth  ""God  pervert  iustice? 

Or  doth  the  Almighty  pervert 
righteousness? 

4  ""If  thj^  children  have  sinned 

against  him, 

■'■  Or,  I  waste  airay  '  Or,  shaU 

'  Or.  ax  a  breath  '  Or,  ca7i  I  do 

^  Or,  preserver 

1"  Or,  1/  thy  children  sinned  .  .  .  he  delivered 


a5 


JOB 


9.11 


Bildad  says  that  God  fovers  tk«  Righteoos,  and  destroys  the  Sinner.    Job's  Third  Speech.    He  confesses  God's  Power,  but 


And  he  hath  delivered  them 
into  the  hand  of  their  trans- 
gression ; 

5  If   thou    wouldest   "seek    dili- 

gently unto  God, 
And   *make   thy   supplication 
to  the  Almighty; 

6  If  thou  wert  pure  and  upright : 
Surely  now  "he  would  awake 

for  thee, 
And  make  the  ''habitation  of 
thy    righteousness     prosper- 
ous. 

7  And     though    thy    beginning 

was  small, 
Yet    thy  _ "  latter    end    would 
greatly  increase. 

8  For  ■''inquire,   I  pray  thee,   of 

the  former  age, 
And    apply    thyself    to     that 
which     their     fathers    have 
searched  out 

9  (For  we  are  but  of  yesterday, 

and  know  nothing. 
Because  "our  days  upon  earth 
are  a  shadow); 

10  Shall  not  they  teach  thee,  and 

tell  thee, 
And  utter  words  out  of  their 
heart  1 

11  Can  the  ^''rush  grow  up  with- 

out mire'? 
Can  the  ^ '  flag   grow  without 
water  1 

12  Whilst  it  is  yet  in  its  green- 

ness, and  not  cut  down. 
It  *withereth  before  any  othet- 
herb. 

13  So  are  the  paths  of  'all  that 

forget  God ; 
And  the  '"hope  of  the  godless 
man  shall  perish: 

14  Whose  confidence  shall  ^  break 

in  sunder, 
And  whose  trust  is  a  "spider's 
''web. 

15  He  shall  lean  upon  his  "house, 

but  it  shall  not  stand : 
He  shall  hold  fast  thereby,  but 
it  shall  not  endure. 

16  He  is  *  green  before  the  sun. 
And  his  « shoots  go  forth  over 

his  garden. 

17  His  roots  are  wrapped  ^  about 

the  stone-heaj). 
He    beholdeth     the    place    of 
stones. 

18  If  he  be  destroyed  from  ''his 

place, 

1  Or,  papyrus  8  Or,  be  cut  off 

*  Or,  reecC-grass  *  Heb.  houst. 

5  Or,  beside  the  spring 


"  2  Chr.  15. 

2 ;  Ps.  n9. 

2 
>>  ch.  9.  16 
"  Ps.  7.  6 ;  35. 

23 ;  44.  23 ; 

59.  4 
d  ch.  5.  24 
«  ch.  42.  12 
/ch.  15.  18; 

Dt.  4.  32  , 

32.  7 
»  ch.  14.  2, 

ref. 

*  Ex.  2.  S ; 
Is.  18.  2 

'  Geu.  41.  2 

*  Ps.  37.  2 
'  Ps.  9.  17 

""  ch.  11.  20  ; 

20.  6  ;  27.  8  ; 

Prov.  10. 

28 ;  11.  7 
"  Is.  59.  5,  6 
"  ver.  22 ;  ch. 

27.  18 ;  Ps. 

49.  11 
P  Ps.  37.  35  ; 

Jer.  11.  16 
«  Ps.  80.  11 
<■  ch.  7.  10 


'  ch.  7.  8,  ref. 
t  ch.  20.  5 
"  Eccl.  1.  4 
"  ch.  4.  7 
^  ch.  21.  30 
y  ch.  5.  22 ; 

Ps.  126.  2 
'  Ps.  35.  26  ; 

132.  16 
"  Ps.  132.  18 

*  ver.  15 ; 
ch.  15.  34; 
18.  14 ;  21. 

28 

'  ch.  4.  17 ; 

25.  4 
d  ver.  32 ; 

ch.  33.  13; 

40.  2 ;  Eccl. 

6.  10 ;  Is. 

45.  9 
"  ver.  15,  32 
/ch.  11.  6; 

12.  13  ;  Ps. 

111.  10 ;  136. 

5 ;  Dan.  2. 

20 ;  1  Cor. 

1.  26 
'  ver.  19 ;  ch. 

36.  5 ;  Dt. 

10.  17  ; 

1  Chr.  29. 

12 ;  Ps.  24. 

8  ;  60.  1 ; 

Is.  10.  21 
A  2  Chr.  13. 

12 ;  Prov. 

29.  1 

•  Mic.  1.  4  ; 
Nah.  1.  6 ; 
Zech.  14.  4 ; 
Rev.  6.  14; 
16.  20 

*=  Is.  2   19, 

21;  13.  13; 

Hag.  2.  6 
'  ch.  26.  11 ; 

Ps.  76.  3 
"*  Is.  13.  10  ; 

Ezek.  32. 

"  ch.  37.  18 ; 

<^en.  1.  1  ; 

Ps.  lO'l.  2 ; 

Is.  40.  22  , 

51. 13;  Jer. 

10.  12 ; 

Zech.  12.  1 
"  ch.  38.  16  ; 

Ps.  77.  19 
P  ch.  38.  31, 

32;  Am. 

6.  8 

506 


Then  it  shall  deny  him,  saying, 
*I  have  not  seen  thee. 

19  Behold,  'this  is  the  joy  of  his 

way; 
And  out  of  the  ® earth  "shall 
others  spring. 

20  Behold,    "God    will    not    cast 

away  a  perfect  man. 
Neither  "^will   he   uphold   the 
evil-doers. 

21  ^He  will  yet  fill  ^'thy  mouth 

with  laughter, 
And  thy  lips  with  '  shouting. 

22  They  that  hate  thee  shall   be 

"clothed  with  shame; 
And  the  *tent  of  the  wicked 
shall  be  no  more. 


9 


Then 
said, 


Job     answered     and 


Of  a  truth  I  know  that  it  is  so : 
®But    how  can  ''man    be   just 
"with  Godi 

3  ^"If  he  be  pleased  to  ''contend 

with  him, 
He  cannot  ^answer  him  one  of 
a  thousand. 

4  He    is    -^wise    in    heart,    and 

"mighty  in  strength: 
Who   hath  ''hardened    himself 
against      him,     and      pros- 
pered "?  — 

5  Htm  that  *  removeth  the  moun- 

tains, and  they  know  it  not. 
When  he  overturneth  them  in 
his  anger; 

6  That  *  shaketh  the  earth  out  of 

its  place. 
And  the  'pillars  thereof  trem- 
ble; 

7  That   commandeth    the   "sun, 

and  it  riseth  not, 
And  sealeth  up  the  stars; 

8  That  alone  "stretcheth  out  the 

heavens. 
And "  treadeth  upon  the  "  waves 
of  the  sea; 

9  That  maketh  the  "  Bear,  Orion, 

and  the  Pleiades, 
And    the    *  chambers    of    the 
south ; 

10  That  '^doeth  great  things  past 

finding  out, 
Yea,  marvellous    things    with- 
out number. 

11  Lo,   he    goeth   by  me,   and  'I 

see  him  not: 
He  passeth  on  also,  but  I  per- 
ceive him  not. 

9  ch.  37.  9    *■  ch.  5.  9,  ref.    '  ch.  23.  8, 9  ;  35.  14 


6  Or,  dust  I  Or,  Till  he.  fill 

8  Or,  For  9  Or,  before 

10  Or,  If  one  should  desire  . . .  He  could  not  Ac 

11  Heb.  high  places. 


9.12 


JOB 


10.7 


Mmplains  that  God  destroys  the  Good  with  the  Bad.    His  Own  Innocence  no  Protection.    Be  protests  against  God's  Severity 


12  Behold,    he    .seizeth    the    prey, 

"who  can  'hinder  him? 
Who  will  say  unto  him,  *  What 
doest  thou  1 

13  God   will    not  withdraw  his 

anger ; 
The  helpers    of    -"Rahab    ^do 
stoop  under  him. 

14  How  much  less  shall  "*!  answer 

him, 
And  choose  out  my  words  to 
reason  with  him! 

1 5  Whom, 'though  1  were  righteous, 

yet  would  I  not  answer; 
I  would  -^make  supplication  to 
my  judge. 

16  If  I  had  called,  and  he  had  an- 

swered me. 
Yet  would  I  not  believe  that 
he  hearkened  unto  my  voice. 

17  ''For  he  "breaketh  me  with  a 

tempest, 
And    multiplieth    my   wounds 
'■  without  cause. 

18  He  will  not  suflfer  me  to  take 

my  breath, 
But  'filleth  me  with  bitterness. 

1 9  If  loe  sj^eak  of  strength,  ^  *  lo, 

he  in  mighty ! 
And  if  of  justice.  Who,  saith  he, 
will  summon  mel 

20  'Though   I  be  righteous,  mine 

own  mouth  shall  ™  condemn 
me : 
Though  I  be  perfect,  ®it  shall 
prove  me  perverse. 

21  'I  am  "perfect;  I  regard  not 

myself ; 
I "  despise  my  life. 

22  It  is  all  one  ;  therefore  I  say. 
He  ^  destroyeth  the  perfect  and 

the  wicked. 

23  If  the  scourge  slay  'suddenly. 
He  will  mock  at  the  *'' trial  of 

the  innocent. 

24  The  earth  'is   given   into    the 

hand  of  the  wicked  ; 
He  'covereth  the  faces  of  the 

judges  thereof: 
If  it  be  not  he,  who  then  is  it  1 

25  Now  "my   days  are  swifter 

than  a  ^post: 
They  flee  away,  "they  see  no 
good. 

26  The  J'  are  passed  away  as 'the 

"swift  ships; 

1  Or,  turn  him  back 
*  Or,  arrogancv    See  Is.  30.  7. 
s  Or.  did  *  Heb.  He  who. 

'  Or,  Lo,  hero  am  I,  saith  he  ;  And  if  of  judge- 
ment. Who  A-c.  ^  Or,  he 
'  Or,  Thnufjh  I  be  perfect,  I  mil  not  regard  <S:c. 
8  Or,  calamity                   '  Or,  runner 
1"  Heb.  ships  of  reed. 


"  ch.  10.  7  ; 

11.  10 

''  Is.  4f>.  9 
'  ch.  26.  12  ; 

Ps.  m.  10 ; 

Is.  30.  7  , 

61.  9 
''  ver.  3,  32 
'  ver.  20,  21  ; 

ch.  10.  15 
/ch.  8.  6 
"  ch.  10.  12, 

U  ;  30.  22 
''  ch.  2.  3 
'  ch.  13.  26  ; 

I'  ver.  4,  ref. 
'  ver.  15 
'"  ver.  29 ;  ch. 

16.  0 
"  ch.  1.  1 ; 

12.  4 ;  13. 
18 

"  ch.  7.  16 
''  Eccl.  9.  2,  3 

Ezek.  21.  3 
''  Va.  04.  4  ; 

Eccl.  9.  12 
""  Heb.  11.30, 

1  Pet.  1.  7 
'  ch.  10.  3  ; 

12.  6 
'  ch.  12.  17 
"  ch.  7.  6 
"  ch.  7.  7 
"  Is.  18.  2 


"  ch.  39.  29  ; 

Hab.  1.  S 
'  ch.  7.  11, 

ref. 
"  ch.  10.  20 
>>  Ps.  119.  120 
'  ch.  7.  21 ; 

10.  14 
rf  ver.  20;  ch. 

10.  2 
'  .ler.  2.  22 
/  Ps.  20.  6 ; 

73.  13 
'■'  Ezek.  28.  9 
''  ver.  3 
'  Ps.  143.  2 
*:  ver.  19 ; 

1  S.  2.  25 

'  ch.  13.  21 ; 

Ps.  39.  10 
"'  ch.  13,  22 
"  ch.  7.  16 
"  ch.  7.  11, 

ref. 
''  ch.  3.  20, 

ref. 
1  ch.  9.  29 
"■  Hos.  4.  I  ; 

Mic.  6.  2 
'  ch.  9.  22- 

24  ;  16.  11  ; 

19.  6  ;   27.  2 
'  ver.  8  ;  ch. 

14.  15 ; 

Ps.  138.  8 ; 

Is.  64.  8 
"  ch.  21.  10  , 

22.  18 
"  1  S.  16.  7 
"  ch.  36   26  , 

Ps.  90.  4 ; 

102.  24  ; 

2  Pet.  3.  8 
v  ch.  14.  16 


'  ch.  9.  21 ; 

1,3.  18 
"oh.  9.  12, 
Dt.  32.  38  , 
Is.  43.  13 ; 
Hos.  2.  10 


As  the  ''eagle   that   swoopeth 
on  the  pre.y. 

27  If   I   say,    I    will    forget   'my 

complaint, 
I  will  put  oiY  my  sad  counte 
nance,    and    " "  be    of    good 
cheer ; 

28  1  am  *  afraid  of  all  my  sorrows, 
I    know    that    Hhou    wilt    not 

hold  me  innocent. 

29  I  shall  be  "^  condemned  ; 
Why  then  do  1  labor  in  vain? 

30  If  I  "wash  myself  '"with  snow 

water. 
And  "make  •''my  hands  never 
so  clean; 

31  Yet  wilt   thou   plunge   me   in 

the  ditch. 
And   mine   own    clothes    shall 
abhor  me. 

32  For ''he  is  not  a  man,  as  I  am, 

that  *  I  should  answer  him. 
That '  we  should  come  together 
in  judgment. 

33  There  is  no  ^umpire  betwixt  us, 
That  might  lay  his  hand  upon 

us  both. 

34  Let  him  'take   his   rod    away 

from  me. 
And  let  not  his   terror   make 
me  afraid  : 

35  Then  "''would  I  speak,  and  not 

fear  him ; 
For  I  am  not  so  in  myself. 

'i  /~\    My  soul  is  "  weary  of  my  life; 
-L  vy  I  will  give  free  course  to  "my 
complaint; 
I  will  speak  in  the  ^bitterness 
of  mj''  soul. 

2  I  will  say  unto  God,  «Do  not 

condemn  me; 
Show  me  wherefore  thou  *■  con- 
tendest  -wnth  me. 

3  Is  it  good  unto  thee  that  thou 

shouldest  'oppress, 
That    thou    shouldest    despise 

"the  "work  of  thy  hands. 
And   shine   upon  "the  counsel 

of  the  wicked? 

4  Hast  thou  eyes  of  flesh  1 

Or  "  seest  thou  as  man  seeth  1 

5  Are  thy  days  as  the  days  of  man, 
Or  *thy  years  as  man  s  days. 

6  That     ^thou     inquirest    after 

mine  iniquity, 
And  searchest  after  my  sin, 

7  Although    thou    knowest   that 

'  I  am  not  wicked, 
And   there  is  "  none  that  can 
deliver  out  of  thy  hand? 

11  Heb.  briqhten  uv>. 

12  Another  reading  is.  with  snow. 

13  Heb.  cleanse  mu  luinds  with  lye. 
"  Heb.  labor. 


607 


10.8 


JOB 


11.13 


Job  protests  against  God's  severe  Treatment  of  him.     Zophar's  First  Speecli.     He  accuses  Job  of  Arrogance  and  Impiety 


8  "Thy  hands    have  framed  me 

and  fashioned  me 
Together    round    about ;     yet 
thou  dost  destroy  me. 

9  Remember,  I  beseech  thee,  that 

thou   hast  fashioned    me   as 
*  clay ; 
And  wilt  thou  "bring  me  into 
dust  again  1 

10  Hast  thou  not  poured  me  out 

as  milk, 
And  curdled  me  like  cheese '? 

1 1  Thou  hast  clothed  me  with  skin 

and  flesh. 
And    knit    me    together   with 
bones  and  sinews. 

1 2  Thou  hast  "*  granted  me  life  and 

lovingkindness ; 
And  thy  ^visitation  hath  ^pre- 
served my  spirit. 

13  Yet  -^  these  things  thou   didst 

hide  in  thy  heart ; 
I  know  that  this  is  with  thee  : 

14  If  I  sin,   then   thou  ^markest 

me. 
And  thou  ''wilt  not  acquit  me 
from  mine  iniquity. 

15  If  1  be  'wicked,  woe  unto  me  ; 
And   *  if    I    be    righteous,   yet 

shall  I  not  lift  up   my  head 
"  Being  '  filled  with  ignominy. 
And  looking  upon  mine  afflic- 
tion. 

16  And   if   m.y  head  exalt   itself, 

™thou  huntest  me  as  a  lion; 
And  again  thou  showest  thyself 
"  marvellous  upon  me. 

17  Thou  renewest  "thy  witnesses 

against  me. 

And  increasest  thine  indigna- 
tion upon  me : 

*^ Changes  and  'warfare  are 
with  me. 

18  'Wherefore    then     hast    thou 

brought  me  forth  out  of  the 
wombl 
I  had  given  up  the  ghost,  and 
no  eye  had  seen  me. 

19  I  should  have  been  as  though 

I  had  not  been ; 
I    should    have    been    carried 
from  the  womb  to  the  grave. 

20  Are  not  'my  days  few?  *cease 

then, 
And  'let  me  alone,  that  I  may 
^ "  take  comfort  a  little, 

21  Before  I  go  "whence  I  shall  not 

return, 

1  Or,  care 

'  Or,  lam  filled  with  ignominy,  but  look  thou 
.  .  .  for  it  increaseth :  thou  &c. 

3  Or,  Host  after  host  is  apainst  m« 

*  Another  reading  ib,  lei  him  cease,  and  leave 
hit  alone.  °  Heb.  brighten  up. 


"  ver.  3,  ref. ; 

Ps.  119.  73 
b  ch.  4.  19 ; 

33.  6 ;  Is. 
64.  8 

"  ch.  7.  21 ; 

34.  15  ; 
Gen.  3.  19 , 
Ps.  146.  4 ; 
Eccl.  12.  7 

d  ch.  33.  4 
"  Neh.  9.  6  ; 

Ps.  36.  6 ; 

97.  10 
/  ch.  23.  13 
"  ch.  13.  27  ; 

33.  11 
fc  ch.  7.  21 ; 

9.  2S 
'  Is.  3.  11 
k  ch.  9.  16 
'  Ps.  83.  16 
"*  Is.  38.  13  ; 

Lam.  3.  lu ; 

Hos.  6.  14 ; 

13.  7 
"  ch.  6.  9 
"  ch.  16.  8 
P  Ps.  65.  19 
«  ch.  7.  1 
""  ch.  3.  11-13 
'  ch.  14.  1 
'  ch.  7.  19, 

ref. 
"  ch.  9.  27 
"  ch.  3.  13-19, 

ref.;  16. 

22 ;  2  S.  12. 

23 


^  ch.  3. 

5, 

ref. 

y  ch.  8. 

2; 

15.  2, 

18. 

-  Jas.  3 

6 

"  ch.  17 

2; 

21.  3 

f"  ch.  6.  10 
<^  ch.  10.  7 
d  ch.  28.  21 
*■  ch.  9.  4, 

ref. 
/  ch.  16.  5  ; 

22.  5 

B  ch.  6.  9  , 

36.  26  :  37. 

6, 23  ;  Eccl. 

3.  11  ,8.  17; 

Is.  40.  28  ; 

Rom.  11. 

33 
ft  ch.  22.  12  ; 

35.  5 
'  ch.  17.  16  , 

Dt.  32.  22 ; 

Ps.  86.  13 ; 

Prov.  7. 27 ; 

Mt.  11.  23 
fc  ch.  9.  12  ; 

Is.  43.  13 
'  ch.  34.  21- 

26 
"*  ch   24.  23  ; 

Ps.  10.  14 ; 

90.  8 
"  Ps.  39.  6, 

11;  62.  9; 

144.  4  ; 

Eccl.  1.2; 

11.  10 
"  Prov.  12. 

II ;  Eccl. 

3.  18; 

Eph.  4.  18 
P  ch.  39.  5 
9  ver.  13-20 : 

ch.  6.  17-27 
•■  Ps.  78.  8 
'  Ezr.  9.  fi  ; 

Ps.  88.  9; 

143.  6 


608 


Even  to  the  land  of  darkness 
and  of  ^  the  shadow  of  death  ; 
22  The  land  dark  as  "^midnight. 

The  land  of  the  shadow  of 
death,  without  any  order, 

And  where  the  light  is  as  ®  mid- 
night. 

nThen  answered  Zophar  the 
Naamathite,  and  said, 

2  Should    not  the    multitude  of 

words  be  answered  1 
And  should  a  man  ^  full  of  talk 
be  justified  1 

3  Should    thy   '  boastings    make 

men  hold  their  peace  1 
And  when  thou  "  mockest,  shall 
no  man  make  thee  ashamed  1 

4  For  ''thou  sayest.  My  doctrine 

is  pure. 
And  "  I  am  clean  in  thine  eyes. 

5  But  oh  that  God  would  speak. 
And  open  his  lips  against  thee, 

6  And  tnat  he  would  show  thee 

the  ''secrets  of  wisdom  ! 

For  he  is  manifold  in  *  under- 
standing. 

Know  therefore  that  God  ^ex- 
acteth  of  thee  less  than  -^ thine 
iniquity  deserveth. 

7  *^  Canst  thou  by  searching  find 

out  God  ? 
Canst    thou   find   out  the  Al- 
mighty unto  perfection? 

8  ®  It  is  *  high  as  heaven ;    what 

canst  thou  do? 
•Deeper     than     Sheol;     what 
canst  thou  know? 

9  The  measure  thereof  is  longer 

than  the  earth. 
And  broader  than  the  sea. 

10  If  he  pass  through,  and  shut 

And  ^^  call  unto  judgment,  then 
*  who  can  hinder  him  1 

1 1  For  '  he  knoweth  false  men  : 
He  ""seeth  iniquity  also,  "even 

though  he  consider  it  not. 

12  ^^But   "vain  man  is   "void  of 

understanding. 
Yea,  man  is  born  as  a  *wild 
ass's  colt. 

13  » If  thou  '  set  thy  heart  aright. 
And  'stretch    out    thy   hands 

toward  him ; 

s  Heb.  thii"!:  riarkni'ss. 

7  Or,  remitteth    (Heb.  causeth  to  be  forffotten] 
unto  thee  of  thine  iniquity 

8  Or,  Canst  thou  find  out  the  deep  things  of 
God  f  9  Heb.  the  heights  of  }ieaven. 

1"  Heb.  call  an  assembly. 

11  Or,  and  him  that  considereth  not 

12  Or,  But  an  empty  man  will  get  understand 
ing,  when  a  vnld  oss"*  colt  is  bom  a  man 


11.14 


JOB 


12.  2S 


Zophar  exhorts  Job  to  pat  away  Iniqaity.     Job's  Foarth  Speerh.     He  rhides  his  Acrosers.     He  afBrms  the  Power  uf  God 


14  If  iniquity  be  in  thy  hand,  "  put 

it  far  away. 
And    let    not    unrighteousness 
dwell  in  thy  tents. 

15  Surely  then  shalt  thou  *lift  up 

thy  face  ''without  spot ; 
Yea,  thou  shalt  be  stedfast,  and 
shalt  **  not  fear : 

16  For    thou    shalt    'forget    thy 

misery  ; 
Thou    shalt    remember    it    as 
■'^  waters     that      are     passed 
away. 

17  And  thy  life  shall  ^be  'clearer 

than  the  noonday ; 
Though  there  be  darkness,  it 
shall  be  as  the  morning. 

18  And  thou  shalt  be  secure,  be- 

cause there  is  hope ; 
Yea,   thou   shalt   search    about 
thee,  and  shalt  take  thy  rest 
in  safety. 

1 9  Also    thou    shalt    ''  lie    down, 

and    none    shall    make    thee 
afraid  ; 
Yea,    many   shall   'make    suit 
unto  thee. 

20  But   the  *eyes   of   the  wicked 

shall  fail, 
And  "they  shall  'have  no  way 

to  flee ; 
And  their  ""hope  shall  be  "the 

giving  up  of  the  ghost. 

-|  O      Then   Job  answered  and 

-L^  said, 

2  No    doubt    but    "ye    are    the 

people. 
And   wisdom    shall    die    with 
you. 

3  But  ^I  have  understanding  as 

well  as  you ; 
I  am  not  inferior  to  you  : 
Yea,   who    knoweth    not    such 

things  as  these  1 

4  1  am  as  one  that  is  a  '  laughing- 

stock to  his  neighbor, 
I  who  called  upon  God,  and  he 

answered  : 
The  just,  ''the  perfect  man  is 

a  laughing-stock. 

5  In   the  thought  of  'him   that 

is  at  ease  there  is  contempt 
for  misfortune ; 
It  is  ready  for  them  whose  foot 
slippeth. 

6  The  '  tents  of  robbers  prosper. 
And   they   that   provoke   God 

"are  secure ; 
^"Into  whose  hand  God  bring- 
eth  abundantly. 

1  Or,  arise  above 

*  Heb.  refuge  is  perished  from  them. 

*  Or,  That  brino  their  god  in  their  hand 


"  ch.  22.  23 

*  ch.  22.  2U ; 
Gen.  4.  7 ; 
1  Jn.  3.  21 

"  1  Tim.  0. 

H;  2  Pet. 

3.  14 
d  I's.  27.  3  ; 

4G.  2 
«  Is.  0.i.  16 
/ch.  22.  11 
"  P8.  37.  fi  ; 

112.  4;  Is. 

68.  S ;  Mic. 

7.  9 
''  Lev.  26.  6  ; 

Ps.  4.  8 ; 

Prov.  3.  24 ; 

Is.  17.  2; 

Mic.  4.  4  ; 

Zeph.  3. 13 

*  Is.  45.  14 

*  ch.  17.  5  ; 
Dt.  28.  6f> 

'  ch.  27.  22  ; 

34.  22 
'"  ch.  8.  13, 

ref. 
"  Jer.  15.  9 
"  ver.  2,  3  : 

ch.  13.  4,  5  ; 

16.  2  ;  17.  10 
''  ch.  13.  2 

«  ch.  16.  20  ; 

17.  6;  30.  1, 
9.  10 

*■  ch.  6.  29, 

ref. 
■'  Ps.  123.  4 
'  ch.  9.  24  ; 

21.  9 
"  ch.  24.  23 
"  ch.  22.  18 


'  Is.  41.  20 
y  Num.  16. 

22:  Acts 

17.  28 
^  ch.  27.  3  ; 

33,  4 ;  Dan. 

5.  23 
"  ch.  34.  3 
i>  ch.  15.  10 ; 

32.  7 
'  ch.  9. 4,  ref. 
d  ch.  9. 4,  ref. 
"■ch.  11.  6; 

26.  12  ;  36.  6 
/ch.  19.  10; 

Is.  26.  2 
'J  ch.  37.  7  ; 

Is.  22.  22 ; 

Rev.  3.  7 
1^  Dt.  11.  17; 

1  K.  8.  35 ; 

17.  1 
'  Gen.  7. 

11-24 
t  ver.  13 
'  ch.  13.  7, 9 
'"  ch.  3.  14 
"  cll.  19.  9 
"  ch.  9.  24  ; 

Is.  29.  14  ; 

40.  23  ; 

1  Cor.  1.  19 
PPs.  116.  16 
«ch.  21.7; 

22.  8 ;  24. 

22  ;  34.  24- 

28 ;  3.5.  9 
"■  ch.  17.  4  ; 

32.  9 
'  ch.  ,34.  19  ; 
Ps.  107.  40 

'  ver.  18 
"  Dan.  2.  22  ; 

1  Cor.  4.  5 
"  ch.  3.  ft,  ref. 
*  Is.  9.  3; 

26.  i.-> 
V  Dt.  2.  21 ; 

Jer.  25.  9 ; 

Zech.  12.  9 

609 


7  But  ask  now  the  beasts,  and 

they  shall  teach  thee ; 
And  the  birds  of  the  heavens, 
and  they  shall  tell  thee : 

8  Or  speak  to  the  earth,  and  it 

shall  teach  thee ; 
And  the  fishes  of  the  sea  shall 
declare  unto  thee. 

9  Who  knoweth  not  *  in  all  these. 
That  ""the    hand    of   Jehovah 

hath  wrought  this, 

10  *In  whose  hand  is  the  soul  of 

every  living  thing, 
And  -  the  ^  breath  of  all  man- 
kind? 

1 1  Doth  not  "  the  ear  try  words. 
Even  as  the  palate  tasteth  its 

food? 
12"  With  *aged  men  is  wisdom, 
And  in  length  of  days  under- 
standing. 

13  With  'God  is  "wisdom  and 

■*  might ; 
He  hath  counsel  and  "under- 
standing. 

14  Behold,  he  ^breaketh  down,  and 

it  cannot  be  built  again  ; 
He  ^shutteth  up   a  man,  and 
there  can  be  no  opening. 

15  Behold,    he    "  withholdeth    the 

waters,  and  they  dry  up  ; 
Again,   he  'sendeth  them  out, 
and  they  overturn  the  earth. 

16  With    him    is    *  strength    and 

wisdom ; 
The  '  deceived  and  the  deceiver 
are  his. 

17  He  leadeth  '"counsellors  away 

"  stripped. 
And  "  judges  maketh  he  fools. 

18  He  ^looseth  the  bond  of  kings. 
And  bindeth  their  loins  with  a 

girdle. 

19  He      leadeth      priests      away 

stripped. 
And  overthroweth  'the  mighty. 

20  He  removeth  the  speech  of  tne 

trusty. 
And  ""taketh  away  the  under- 
standing of  the  elders. 

21  He    'poureth   contempt    upon 

princes. 
And  'looseth  the  belt  of   the 
strong. 

22  He    "uncovereth    deep    things 

out  of  darkness. 
And  bringeth  out  to  light  the 
"shadow  of  death. 

23  He  -^  increaseth  the  nations,  and 

he  "  destroyeth  them  : 

*  Or,  by  *  Or,  spirit 

'  Or,  }Vith  aged  m^n,  ye  say,  is  vrisdom 

'  Heb.  him. 


12.24 


JOB 


14.2 


Job  charges  Ms  Friends  with  making  a  False  Defence  of  God.    He  afCrms  liis  Integrity,  and  begs  for  Justice 


He  "  enlargeth  the  nations,  and 
he  *  leadeth  them  captive. 

24  He  ""taketh  away  understand- 

ing from  the  chiefs  of    the 
people  of  the  ^  earth, 
And  ''causeth  them  to  wander 
in  a  wilderness  where  there 
is  no  way. 

25  They  *  grope  in  the  dark  with- 

out light; 
And  he  maketh  them  to  --^stag- 
ger like  a  drunken  man. 

■i  O       Lo,  ^mine  eye  hath  seen 
J_0  all  this. 

Mine  ear  hath  heard  and  under- 
stood it. 

2  What  ye  know,  ''the  same  do  I 

know  also : 
I  am  not  inferior  unto  you. 

3  Surely  '  I  would  speak  to  the 

Almighty, 
And  I  desire   to  *  reason  with 
God. 

4  But  ye  are  'forgers  of  lies ; 

Ye  are  all   physicians  of  "no 
value. 

5  Oh  that    ye  would   altogether 

"  hold  your  peace  ! 
And  it  would  be  your  wisdom. 

6  Hear  now  my  reasoning, 

And  hearken  to  the  pleadings 
of  my  lips. 

7  Will  ye   "speak    unrighteously 

for  God, 
And  talk  deceitfully  for  him? 

8  Will     ye    ^show    partiality    to 

himl 
Will  ye  contend  for  God  1 

9  Is  it  good  that  he  should  *  search 

you  out  1 
Or  as  one    'deceiveth  a  man, 
•■will  ye  ^deceive  himi 

10  He  will  surely  reprove  you. 

If  ye  do  secretly  '  show  partial- 
ity. 

11  Shall    not   'his  majesty   make 

you  afraid, 
And  his  dread  fall  upon  you  1 

12  Your  memorable  "sayings  are 

proverbs  of  ashes, 
Your  defences  are  defences  of 
clay. 

13  "Hold    your    peace,    let    me 

alone,  that  I  may  speak  ; 
And  let  come  on  me  what  will. 

14  'Wherefore  should  I  take  my 

flesh  in  my  teeth. 
And ""  put  my  life  in  my  hand  1 

1  Or,  land  3  Or,  mocketh 

»  Heb.  wander.  *  Or,  mock 

*  Or,  At  all  adventures  I  ivill  take  &c. 


"  Gen.  9.  27  ; 

Ex.  34.  24  ; 

Dt.  12.  20 
6  Ps.  78.  61  ; 

Jer.  29.  7  ; 

Ezek.  39. 

28;  Am.  3. 

"  ver.  20 
d  Ps.  107.  40 
«  ch.  6.  14, 

ref. 
/  Ps.  107.  27  ; 

Is.  24.  20 
''  ch.  12.  9 
'»  ch.  12.  3 
'  ver.  22 ; 

ch.  23.  4 
*:  ver.  15 
'  Ps.  119.  69 
"'  Jer.  23.  32 
"  ver.  13 ; 

ch.  21.  5 
"  ch.  27.  4 
f  Lev.  19.  15, 

ref. 
•J  Ps.  44.  21 
''ch.  12.  16; 

Gal.  6.  7 
*  ver.  8, 

ref. ;  ch. 

32.  21  ;  34. 

19 
«  ch.  31.  23 
"  ch.  15.  3 
"  ver.  5 
^  Judg.  12. 

3  ;  1  S.  19. 

5;  28.-21 


•''  ch.  7.  6, 

ref. 
'  ch.  27.  5 
"  Ps.  5.  5 
f>  ch.  21.  2 
"  ch.  23.  4  ; 

33.6 
rf  ch.  9.  21  ; 

10.  7;  12.  4 
"  Is.  60.  6 
/  ch.  40.  4 
"  ch.  9.  34  ; 

Ps.  39.  10 
''  ch.  33.  7 
'  ell.  9.  16  , 

14.  16 
*  ch.  7.  21 
'  1  S.  26.  18 
'"  Ps.  13.  1 ; 

44.  24 ;  88. 

14 

"  Ch.  19.  11 ; 

33.  10 
°  Lev.  26.  36 
Pch.  21.  18; 

Jer.  13.  24 
9  eh.  9.  18 
"■  Ps.  25.  7 
'  ch.  33.  11 
<■  ch.  33.  11 


"  ch.  2.  7, 
ref. 


"  Is.  60.  9 ; 
Jas.  6.  2 


"^  ch.  6.  7 
V  ch.  15.  14 

^  ch.  10.  20 ; 
Gen.  47.  9 

"  Ps.  90.  5,  6 ; 

103.  15  ; 

Is.  40.  6,  7  ; 

Jas.  1.  10 ; 

1  Pet.  1.  24 
b  Ps.  37.  2  ; 

90.  6 


15  ^Behold,   he  will  slay  me;    *'! 

have  no  hope :    .     ^       , 
Nevertheless  1  ^will  '^maintain 
my  ways  before  him. 

16  This  also  shall  be  my  salvation. 
That  "  a  godless  man  shall  not 

come  before  him. 

1 7  *  Hear  diligently  my  speech, 
And  let  my  declaration  be  in 

your  ears. 

18  Behold   now,   I   have  ''set   my 

cause  in  order ; 
I  know  that  ''I  ®am  righteous. 

19  'Who  is  he  that  will  contend 

with  me  I 
For  then  "would  ■''I  hold    my 
peace  and  give  up  the  ghost. 

20  Only  do  not  two  things  unto 

me ; 
Then  will    I    not   hide  myself 
from  thy  face : 

21  "Withdraw  thy  hand  far  from 

me ; 
And  let  not  thy  '^terror  make 
me  afraid. 

22  Then  call  thou,  and  'I  will  an- 

swer; 
Or  let  me  speak,  and  answer 
thou  me. 

23  *How  many  are  mine  iniquities' 

and  sins  "i 
^Make  me  to  know  my  trans- 
gression and  my  sin. 

24  Wherefore    "hidest   thou   thy 

face, 
And    boldest     me    for   "thine 
enemy  1 

25  Wilt  thou  harass  a  "driven  leaf? 
And  wilt  thou  pursue  the  dry 

p  stubble  1 

26  For  thou  writest  'bitter  things 

against  me, 
And  makest  me  to  inherit  the 
'■  iniquities  of  my  youth  : 

27  Thou  "puttest  my  feet  also  in 

the  stocks, 
And  'markest  all  my  paths ; 
Thou   settest    a   bound  to  the 

soles  of  my  feet : 

28  i» Though  I  am  hke  a  "rotten 

thing  that  consumeth, 
Like  a  garment  that  is  "moth- 
eaten. 


14 


Man,  that  is  ^'born  of  a 
woman, 
Is   of   ^few  days,   and   full    of 
trouble. 
2  He  cometh  forth  "  like  a  flower, 
and  "  *  is  cut  down  : 

*  Or,  Thoufih  he  slay  me.  yet  vdll  I  luaUfor  him 
^  Heb.  artiue.  8  Or.  shall  bejustififd 

9  Or,  if  I  hold  my  peace,  I  shall  give  up  Src. 
10  Heb.  And  he  is  like.         "  Or,  withereth 


510 


14.3 


JOB 


15.7 


Job  sets  forth  the  Frailty  of  San.    He  prajfs  for  a  Respite.    Eliphaz's  Second  Spcecli.    He  rebnlces  Job's  PresDrnptnoDsness 


He  fleeth  also  as  "  a  shadow,  and 
coritinueth  in)t. 

3  And  dost  thou  ''  open  thine  eyes 

upon  such  a  one, 
And'^bringest  me  into  judgment 
with  thee? 

4  ^  Who  can  bring  a  **  clean  thing 

out  of  an  unclean?  not  one. 

5  Seeing    his    "days    are    deter- 

mined. 
The  •''number  of  his  months  is 

with  thee, 
And  thou   hast  appointed  his 

"  bounds  that  he  cannot  pass ; 

6  ''  Look  away  from  him,  that  he 

may  -rest. 
Till  he  shall  ^accompHsh,  as  a 
'hireling,  his  day. 

7  For  there  is  hope  of  a  tree, 

If  it  be  cut  down,  that  it  will 

sprout  again. 
And    that    the   tender   branch 

thereof  will  not  cease. 

8  Though  the    root  thereof  wax 

old  in  the  earth. 
And   the   stock  thereof  die  in 
the  ground ; 

9  Yet  *  through  the  scent  of  water 

it  will  bud, 
And   put  forth  boughs  like  a 
plant. 

10  But '  man  dieth,  and  is  laid  low : 
Yea,  man  "'  giveth  up  the  ghost, 

and  where  is  he  1 

11  As  the  "waters  *fail  from  the 

sea. 
And    the    river    wasteth    and 
drieth  up ; 

12  So  "man  lieth  down  and  riseth 

not : 
Till  the  ^heavens  be  no  more, 

they  shall  not  awake. 
Nor  be  « roused    out    of    their 

sleep. 

13  Oh  that  thou  wouldest  *■  hide 

me  in  Sheol, 

That  thou  wouldest  keep  me  se- 
cret, '  until  thy  wrath  oe  past, 

That  thou  wouldest  appoint  me 
a  set  time,  and  remember 
me! 

14  If   a   man  die,  'shall    he   live 

again  ? 
All  the   days  of  my  "warfare 

''would  I  wait. 
Till  my  ®  release  should  come. 

15  Thou    ''wouldest    "call,    and    I 

would  answer  thee : 

1  Or,  Oh  fhat  a  clerin  thing  could  rome  out  of  an 
unclean  !  not  r.ne  can  2  Heb.  cease. 

3  Or,  have  pleasure  in  ■»  Heb.  are  gone. 

5  Or,  will  .  .  .  shall  come         «  Or,  change 
1  Or,  Shalt  call,  and  I  will  &c. 


*  ch.  8.  9  ; 
17.  7; 

1  Ohr.  29. 
15  ;  Ps.  102. 
11 ;  144.  4  ; 
Eccl.  0.  VZ ; 
8.  13 

*  Ps.  8.  4  ; 
144.  3 

'  ch.  22.  4  ; 

Ps.  143.  2 
d  ch.  16.  14  ; 

25.  4 
'  Ps.  139.  16 
/ch.  21.  21 
•'  Acts  17.  2U 
''  ch.  7.  19 
'  ch.  7.  1 
*•■  Is.  66.  10 
'  ver.  10-15 : 

ch.  3.  13, 

ref. 
"'  ch.  13.  19 
"  Is.  19.  6 
"  ch.  3.  13 
i'  Ps.  102.  20  ; 

Mt.  5.  18 
9  Jn.  11.  U 
"■  ch.  3.  13, 

ref. 
'  Is.  26.  20 
t  ch.  7.  9 
«  ch.  7.  1 
'■  ch.  13.  22 


•^  ch.  10.  3, 

ref. 
y  ch.  31.  4  ; 

34.  21 
"  ch.  10.  6 
«  Dt.  32.  32- 

34;  Hob. 

13.  12 
^  ch.  18.  4 
•^  ch.  7.  0, 

ref. 
rf  ch.  34.  20 ; 

Jas.  1.  10 
'  Dan.  n.  6 
/  Eccl.  9.  5 


'  ch.  6. 
ref. 


A  Ps.  36.  3 
<  Prov.  16.  23 


*  ch.  5.  12,  13 

'  ch.  9.  20  ; 

Li.  19.  22 


•  ch.  38.  4,  21 


Thou  wouldest  have  a  desire  to 
"  the  work  of  thy  hands. 

16  But  now  thou  ^'uumberest  my 

steps  : 
Dost  thou  not  'watch  over  my 
sin? 

17  My  transgression  is  "sealed  up 

in  a  bag. 
And  thou   fastenest   up   mine 
iniquity. 

18  But  the  mountain  falling  ®  Com- 

eth to  nought ; 
And  the  *rock  is  removed  out 
of  its  place ; 

19  The  waters  wear  the  stones  ; 
The  overflowings  thereof  wash 

away  the  dust  of  the  earth  : 
So  thou  "  destroyest  the  hope  of 
man. 

20  Thou  prevailest  for  ever  against 

him,  and  ''  he  passeth  ; 
Thou    '  ehangest     his    counte- 
nance, and  sendest  him  away. 

21  His  sons  come  to  honor,  and  he 

•''knoweth  it  not ; 
And  they  are  brought  low,  but 
he  perceiveth  it  not  of  them. 

22  ®But  his  flesh  upon  him  hath 

pain. 
And     his     soul     within     him 
mourneth. 

"1  pf       Then    answered    Eliphaz 
-LO  the     Temanite,     and     said, 

2  Should   a  wise  rnan  make  an- 

swer with  '"  vain  knowledge, 
And  fill  himself  with  the  east 
•'  wind  1 

3  Should    he     reason    with    un- 

profitable talk. 
Or  with  speeches  wherewith  he 
can  do  no  good  1 

4  Yea,  thou  doost  away  with  fear, 
And  "  hinderest  ^~  devotion  be- 
fore God. 

5  For  ^**^  thine  iniquity  Heacheth 

thy  mouth. 
And  thou  choosest  the  tongue 
of  *  the  crafty. 

6  Thine  '  own  mouth  condemneth 

thee,  and  not  1 ; 
Yea,    thine    own    lips    testify 
against  thee. 

7  Art  thou  the  first  man  that  was 

born  ? 
Or  ™wast  thou   brought  forth 
before  the  hills  ? 

^  'H.eh.Jadefh  avay. 

9  Or,  Onlv  .for  himself  his  flesh  hath  pain,  and 
for  himself  Kh  smd  inourveth 
>"  Heb.  knovleilne  ofu-ind. 
11  Heb.  dimtiniJihest.         '*  Or,  meditation 
13  Or,  thy  mouth  teacheth  thine  iniquity 


611 


15.  8 


JOB 


16.2 


Eliphai  rebukes  Job's  Presnmptnonsness.    He  declares  that  Sinners  shall  be  speedily  ent  off.    Job's  Fifth  Speech 


8  'Hast  thou  heard  the  "secret 

counsel  of  God  1 
And  *dost  thou  limit  wisdom 
to  thyself  1 

9  ''What  knowest  thou,  that  we 

know  not  1 
What      understandest       thou, 
which  is  not  in  US'? 

10  With   us  are   both  the  "*  gray- 

headed   and    the  very  aged 
men, 
Much  elder  than  thy  father. 

1 1  Are  '  the  consolations  of  God 

too  small  for  thee, 
'^Even  the -^  word  that  is  gentle 
toward  thee  *? 

1 2  Why  doth  thy  heart  carry  thee 

away  1 
And  why  do  thine  eyes  flash, 

13  That  ^against  God  thou  turn- 

est  thy  spirit. 
And  lettest  words  go  out  of  thy 
mouth  1 

14  What  is  man,  that  ''he  should 

be  clean  *? 
And   'he    that   is    born   of    a 
woman,  that    he  should    be 
righteous  1 

15  Behold.  *he  putteth  no  trust  in 

his  '  noly  ones ; 
Yea,  the  "'heavens  are  not  clean 
in  his  sight : 

16  flow  much    less  'one   that   is 

"abominable  and  corrupt, 
A  man  that  "  drinketh  iniquity 
like  water ! 

17  I  will  show  thee,  hear  thou 

me ; 
And  that  which  I  have  seen  I 
will  declare 

18  (Which  wise  men  have  told 
From  ''their  fathers,  and  have 

not  hid  it ; 

19  Unto  whom  alone  the  land  was 

given. 
And  no  stranger  passed  among 
them) : 

20  The    wicked     man     travaileth 

«with  pain  all  his  days, 
*Even   the    number    of    years 
that   are   'laid   up    for    the 
oppressor. 

2 1  A  sound  of  'terrors  is  in  his  ears ; 
In    'prosperity    the    destroyer 

shall  come  upon  him. 

22  He  believeth  not  that  he  shall 

"  return  out  of  darkness, 
And  he  is  waited  for  of  "the 
sword. 

I  Or,  Dost  thou  hearken  in  the  council 

*  Or,  Or  is  there  any  secret  thing  with  thee  f 
s  Or,  that  which  is 

*  Or,  ATid  years  that  are  numbered  are  laid 
up  &e. 


"  Rom.  11.  34 
b  ch.  12.  2 
'  ch.  12.  3 ; 

13.  2 
d  ch.  12.  12 ; 

32.  6,  7 

'  ch.  36.  15, 

16 ;  2  Cor. 

1.  3,  4 
/  Zech.  1.  13 
■"  ch.  33.  13 
''ch.  14.  4; 

Prov.  20.  9 ; 

Eccl.  7.  20 
'  ch.  25.  4 ; 

Ps.  51.  6 
«-■  ch.  4.  18 
'  ch.  5.  I 
"^  ch.  25.  6 
"  Ps.  14.  1 
"  ch.  34.  7 
Pch.  8.  8; 

Ps.  78.  3 
9  ver.  24 
"■  ch.  24.  1 ; 

27.  13 

'  ver.  24 ; 
ch.  18.  11 ; 

20.  25  ;  24. 

17  ;  27.  20 
«  ch.  20.  21 ; 

1  Thess. 

5.  3 
"  ver.  30 
"  ch.  27.  14 ; 

33.  IS ;  36. 
12 


^  Ps.  69.  15 ; 

109.  10 
"  ver.  22,  30 
'  ch.  36.  9 

°  Ps.  17.  10 ; 

73.  7 ;  119. 

70 
6  ch.  3.  14 ; 

Is.  5.  8,  9 
'  ch.  27.  16, 

17 
d  ver.  22 ;  ch. 

5.  14,  ref. 
•  ver.  34 ; 

ch.  20.  26 ; 

22.  20 
/ch.  4.  9 
»  Is.  59.  4 


''  ch.  22.  16  ; 
Eccl.  7.  17 


i  ch.  18.  16 


*  Hab.  3.  17 
'  ch.  16.  7 


'"  ch.  8.  22, 
ref. 

"  Ps.  7.  14 ; 
Is.  59.  4 ; 

HOS.  10.  13 


his 
his 
his 


23  He    *wandereth     abroad    for 

bread,  saying.  Where  is  it  1 
He  knoweth  that   the  day  of 
2' darkness   is   ready    at    his 
hand. 

24  Distress  and  anguish  make  him 

afraid ; 
They  prevail  against  him,  as  a 
king  ready  to  the  battle. 

25  Because  he  hath  stretched  out 

his  hand  against  God, 
And  ^^behaveth  himself  proudly 
against  the  Almighty ; 

26  He  runneth  upon  him  with  a 

stiff  neck, 
®Witn  the  thick  bosses  of 
bucklers ; 

27  Because  he  hath  "covered 

face  with  his  fatness, 
And    gathered    fat    upon 
loins ; 

28  And  he  hath  *  dwelt  in  Meso- 

late  cities. 

In  houses  which  no  man  ®  inhab- 
ited, 

Which  were  ready  to  become 
heaps ; 

29  He  ''shall  not  be  rich,  neither 

shall  his  substance  continue, 
Neither  shall  ®  their  possessions 
be  extended  on  the  earth. 

30  He   shall   '*not   depart  out  of 

darkness  ; 
The   'flame    shall   dry  up   his 

And  by  ^the  breath  of  ^'^  God's 
mouth  shall  he  go  away. 

Let  him  not  ^  trust  in  vanity, 
deceiving  himself ; 

For  vanity  shall  be  his  recom- 
pense. 

32  It  shall  be  "  accomplished  *  be- 

fore his  time, 
And  his  *  branch  shall  not  be 
green. 

33  He  shall  shake  off  his  unripe 

grape  as  the  vine. 
And  shall  *  cast  off  his  flower  as 
the  olive-tree. 

34  For  the  company  of  Hhe 

less  shall  be  barren. 
And    fire    shall  consume  ' 
tents  of  bribery. 

35  They  "conceive  mischief, 

bring  forth  iniquity. 
And     their    heart    prepareth 
deceit. 

-I  f*      Then  Job   answered   and 
JLO  said, 
2  I  have  heard  many  such  things : 

5  Or,  biddeth  defiance  to         «  Or,  Upon 
7  Heb.  cut  off.  8  Or,  would  inhabit 

9  Or,  their  produce  bend  to  the  earth 
i»  Heb.  his.  •!  Or,  paid  in  full 


31 


god- 
"the 
and 


512 


16.3 


JOB 


17.7 


Job  reproaches  his  Friends.    Complains  of  Sod's  Treatment  of  him.    Appeals  to  God  as  bis  Witness,  but  laments  bis  Dire  Stat* 

He  'runneth  upon  me   like  a 
^  giant. 

15  I  have  sewed  ^sackcloth  upcm 
my  skin, 

And  have  ''laid  my " horn  in  the 
dust. 

16  My  face  is  red  with  "weeping. 
And    on   my    eyelids    is    ''the 

shadow  of  death  ; 

17  Although  there  is  no  'violence 
in  my  hands, 

And  "^  my  prayer  is  pure. 

18  O  earth,  '" cover  not  thou  my 
blood. 

And  let  my  ■''cry  ^have  no  rest- 
ing-pliice. 

1 9  Even  now,  behold,  ^  my  witness 
is  in  heaven, 

And  he  that  voucheth  for  me  is 
''on  high. 

20  My  '  friends  scoff  at  me  : 
But    *mine   eye    poureth    out 

tears  unto  God, 

21  '"That  he  would  'maintain  the 
right  of  a  man  with  God, 

And  of  a  sou  of  man  with  his 
neighbor ! 

22  For    when    a    few    years    are 
come, 

I  shall  go  the  way  ""whence  I 
shall  not  return. 

nMy  spirit  is  consumed,  my 
days  are  extinct. 
The  "  grave  is  ready  for  me. 
2  Surely    "there    are    "mockers 
with  me, 
And   mine  eye  dwelleth  upon 
their ''  provocation. 


'  "  Miserable  comforters  are  ye 
all._^ 

3  fShall -'vain  words  have  an  end  1 
Or  what  provoketh  thee  that 

thou  answerest  ? 

4  1  also  could  speak  as  ye  do  ; 
If  your  soul  were  in  my  soul's 

stead, 
I    could    join    words    together 

against  you. 
And  ■■  shake  my  head  at  you. 

5  But    I   would    strengthen    you 

with  my  mouth, 
And  the  solace  of  my  lips  would 
assuage  your  grief. 

6  Though  I  speak,  ''my  grief  is 

not  assuaged  ; 
And  though  I  forbear,  'what 
am  I  eased  % 

7  But    now  he    hath  *made    me 

weary : 
Thou  hast  ■'made  desolate  all 
my  company. 

8  And   thou  hast  *laid  fast  hold 

on  me,  "which  is  a  witness 

against  me : 
And    my  ''leanness    riseth    up 

against  me, 
It  testifieth  to  my  face. 

9  He  hath  'torn  me  in  his  wrath, 

and  ®  *  persecuted  me  ; 
He  hath  '  gnashed  upon  me  with 

his  teetn  : 
Mine    "adversary    sharpeneth 

his  eyes  upon  me. 

10  They   have    "gaped    upon    me 

with  their  mouth  ; 

They  have  "smitten  me  upon 
the  cheek  reproachfully : 

They  ^gather  themselves  to- 
gether against  me. 

11  God  delivereth  me  to  the  un- 

godly. 
And  casteth  me  into  the  hands 
of  the  wicked. 

12  1  was  at  ease,  and  *he  brake  me 

asunder  ; 
Yea,  he  hath  taken  me  by  the 

neck,     and    dashed    me    to 

pieces : 
He  hath  also  *■  set  me  up  for  his 

mark. 

13  His     *' archers     compass     me 

round  about  ; 
He  cleaveth  my  reins  asunder, 

and  '  doth  not  spare  ; 
He  poureth  out  "  my  gall  upon 

the  ground. 

14  He  "breaketh  me  with  breach 

upon  breach ; 

1  Or,  Wenris^ome       -  Heb.  words  of  wind. 
s  Heb.  uihat  deparfethfrom  mef 
*  Or,  shrivel  I  fil  me  up  ^  Or,  hated 

«  Or,  arrows    Or,  mighty  ones 
17 


"  ch.  13.  4  ; 
:ii.  34 

!>  ch.  0.  26 
"  Ps.  22.  7  ; 

109.  26 ; 

Is.  :;7.  22  ; 

Lam.  2.  1,'> ; 

Mt.  27.  39 
<'  J  er.  10.  19 
'  ch.  7.  3 
/  ver.  20 ; 

ch.  19.  13- 

15 ;  Fs.  88. 

18 
"  ch.  10.  17 
''ch.  19.  20 ; 

Vs.  109.  24 
'cli.  19.  11  ; 

Hos.  C.  1 
k  ch.  19.  22 
'  Ps.  .io.  16  ; 

Lam.  2.  10 ; 

Acts  7.  54 
'"  ch.  13.  24 ; 

33.  10 
"  Ps.  22.  13 
"  Is.  f)0.  6  ; 

Lam.  3.  30 ; 

Acts  23.  2 
P  ch.  30.  12; 

Ps.  35.  15 
«  ch.  9.  17, 

ref. 
•■  cli.  7.  20 ; 

Lam.  3.  12 
'  ch.  6.  4 ; 

19.  12  ;  25.  3 
<  ch.  27.  22 
"  ch.  20.  26 
"  ch.  9.  17 


Give  now  a  nledge,  « be  surety 

for  me  with  thyself; 
Who  is  there  that  will  '"strike 

hands  with  me  1 
For  thou  hast  'hid  their  heart 

from  understanding : 
Therefore  shalt  thou  not  exalt 

them. 
He      that      'denounceth      his 

friends  for  a  ''^  prey, 
Even  the  "eyes  of  his  children 

shall  fail. 


).V- 


6  But  he  hath  made  me  a 

word  of  the  people  : 
And  they  ■'spit  in  my  face. 

7  Mine  eye  also  is  *  dim  by  reason 

of  sorrow. 
And  all  my '  members  are  as  a 
shadow. 

"  Or,  miahty  man  8  Or,  defiled 

9  Or,  hnve  no  more  place 

10  Or,   That  one  might  plead  for  a  man  with 
God,  Asa  son  of  man  iileadetli/or  his  neighbor 
"  Heb.  mockery.  '»  Heb.  portion. 


513 


17,8 


JOB 


18.20 


Job  laments  his  Dire  ^^tate.    Bildad's  Second  Speech.    He  reproaches  Job.    He  depicts  the  Awfiil  Lot  of  Sinners 


8  Upright    men   shall    be  aston- 

ished at  this, 
And  the  "  innocent  shall  stir  up 
himself  against  the  godless. 

9  Yet  shall  ''the  righteous  hold 

on  his  way. 
And  ''he  that  hath  clean  hands 
shall      wax      stronger      and 
stronger. 

10  But  as   for    you  all,   come   on 

now  again  ; 
^  And  I  **  shall  not  find  a  wise 
man  among  you. 

11  My  "days    are   past,   my  pur- 

poses are  broken  off, 
Even    the    ^thoughts    of    my 
heart. 

12  They    change    the   night    into 

day: 
The    light,    say    they,    is    near 
*unto  the  darkness. 

13  If    I  ^look   for  •'^Sheol   as   my 

house ; 
If  I  have  spread  my  couch  in 
the  darkness  ; 

14  If  I  have  said  to  ^"corruption, 

Thou  art  my  father  ; 
To    the  ''  worm.    Thou  art   my 
mother,  and  my  sister  ; 

1 5  Where  then  is  ''  my  hope  ■? 
And  as  for  my  hope,  who  shall 

see  it "? 

16  It  shall  go  down  to  the  bars  of 

Sheol, 
When  once  there  is  *rest  'in 
the  dust. 

I  O       Then  answered  Bildad  the 
_LO  Shuhite,  and  said, 

2  How    long    will    ye    hunt    for 

words  ■? 
Consider,   and    afterwards   we 
will  speak. 

3  Wherefore  are  we  ™  counted  as 

beasts, 
And   are  become  "unclean  in 
your  sight  ■? 

4  Thou   that   tearest   thyself   in 

thine  anger. 
Shall  the  earth  be  forsaken  for 

theel 
Or  shall  the  "  rock  be  removed 

out  of  its  placed 

5  Yea,  the  flight  of  the  wicked 

shall  be  put  out, 
And  the  ^  spark  of  his  fire  shall 
not  shine. 

6  The  light  shall  be  «  dark  in  his 

tent, 

1  Or,  For  I  find  not         s  Heb.  possessions. 
8  Or,  because  of 

*  Or,  hope,  Sheol  is  my  house  ;  J  have  spread  . .  . 
I  have  said  .  .  .  And  where  now  is  my  hope  t 

*  Or,  the  pit  ^  Or,  fiame 


"  ch.  22. 19 
*>  Prov.  4. 18 

'^  ch.  22.  30  ; 

31.  7 
d  ch.  12.  2 
"  ch.  7.  e, 

ref. 
/  ch.  3.  13, 

ref. 
■'  Pa.  16.  10 ; 

49.  9  ;  Is. 

38.  17  ; 

Jon.  2.  6 
''  ch.  21.  20  ; 

24.  20 ;  Is. 

14.  11  :  6(i. 

24  ;  Mk.  9. 

48 
■'  ch.  7.  6, 

ref. 
k  ch.  3. 17  ; 

21.  33 
'  ch.  7.  21, 

ref. 
'"■  Ps.  73.  22 
"  ch.  313.  14  ; 

Is.  35.  8 
"  ch.  14.  18 
P  ch.  21.  17; 

Prov.  13.  y ; 

20.  20  i  24. 

20 
1  ch.  12.  25 


"■  Prov.  4.  12 
"  ch.  15.  6 
'  Ps.  9.  15  ; 

35.  8  ;  57.  C ; 

Is.  24.  17, 

IS 
"  Ps.  140.  5  ; 

141.  9 
"  ch.  5.  6 
^  Ps.  69.  22  ; 

Jer.  6.  26 
»  ch.  15.  21, 

ref. 
'  ver.  18;  ch. 

20.  8 
"  Is.  8.  21 

*  Prov.  6. 
15 ;  24.  22 

'  Zech.  14. 12 

d  ver.  6 ;  ch. 

8.  22,  ref. ; 

27.  18 
"  ch.  15.  21, 

ref. ;  Ps. 

55.  4 
/Ps.  11.6 
"  Is.  5.  24  ; 

Hos.  9.  16  ; 

Am.  2.  9 ; 

Mai.  4.  1 
A  ch.  15.  30, 

32 
i  ch.  24.  20  ; 

Ps.  34.  16  ; 

Prov.  10.  7 

*  ch.  6.  14, 
ref. ;  Is.  8. 
22 ;  Jer.  23. 
12 

'  ch.  27.  21-23 
'"  ch.  27.  14, 

15 ;  Is.  14. 

22 
"  Ps.  37.  13  ; 

Jer.  50.  27 ; 

Obad.  12 


And  his  lamp  '^  above  him  shall 
be  put  out. 

7  The  '  stei)s  of  his  strength  shall 

be  straitened. 
And  his  '  own  counsel  shall  cast 
him  down. 

8  For  he  is  '  cast  into  a  net  by  his 

own  feet. 
And  he  walketh  upon  the  toils. 

9  A  "gin  shall  take  him  by  the 

heel, 
And  a  "  snare  shall  lay  hold  on 
him. 

10  A  noose  is  hid  for  him  in  the 

ground. 
And    a    ""trap  for  him  in  the 
way. 

1 1  *  Terrors  shall  make  him  afraid 

on  every  side. 
And    shall  "  chase   him  at  his 
heels. 

1 2  His  strength  shall  be  "  hunger- 

bitten. 
And  *  calamity  shall  be  ready 
''at  his  side. 

13  The  ®  members  of  his  body  shall 

be  devoured,   " 
Yea,    the   first-born    of    death 
shall  ''devour  his  members. 

14  He  shall  be  ''rooted  out  of  his 

tent  wherein  he  trusteth ; 
And  ^°he  shall  be  brought  to 
the  king  of  "^  terrors. 

15  "There  shall  dAvell  in  his  tent 

that  which  is  none  of  his  : 
•''Brimstone  shall  be  scattered 
upon  his  habitation. 

16  His  "roots  shall  be   dried   up 

beneath. 
And    above    shall  his  ''branch 
l^be  cut  off. 

17  His    'remembrance  shall    per- 

ish from  the  earth, 
And  he  shall  have  no  name  in 
the  street. 

18  He  shall  be  driven  from  light 

*into  darkness. 
And  '  chased  out  of  the  world. 

19  He    shall    have    ™  neither    son 

nor     son's    son    among    his 
people. 
Nor  any  remaining  where  he 
sojourned. 

20  ^*They  that    come  after   shall 

be  astonished  at  "his  day. 
As     they     that    went     before 
"were  affrighted. 


7  Or,  beside  8  Or,  for  his  halting 

9  Heb.  bars  of  his  skin 
1"  Heb.  it  shall  (or,  Ihou  shalt)  bring  him 

11  Or,  It  shall  dwell  in  his  tent,  that  it  be  no 
more  his  (or,  because  it  is  none  of  his) 

12  Or,  wither 

13  Or,  They  that  dwell  in  the  west  are  . .  .as  tliey 
that  dwell  in  the  east  are  <tc. 

1*  Heb.  laid  hold  on  horror. 


514 


18.21 


JOB 


19.28 


Job's  Sixth  Speech.    Job  protests  agsinst  bis  Friends'  Reproaches.    He  appeals  to  their  Pity.     He  is  confldent  of  Viodicatioo 

21  Surely  such  are  the  "dwellings 
of  the  unrighteous, 
And  this  is  the  place  of  him 
that  *knoweth  not  God. 


19 


Then  Job   answered  and 
said, 

2  How    long    will    ye    vex    my 

soul, 
And  break  me  in  pieces  with 
words "? 

3  These  ten    times   have    ye  re- 

proached me : 
Ye   are   not  ashamed  tliat  ye 
deal  hardly  with  me. 

4  And  be  it  indeed  that  I  have 

' erred, 
Mine  error  remaineth  with  my- 
self. 

5  'If   indeed   ye  will  ''magnify 

yourselves  against  me, 
And  plead  against  me  my  re- 
^  proach ; 

6  Know    now    that    *  God    hath 

"subverted  me  in  my  cause. 
And  hath  compassed  me  with 
■''his  net. 

7  Behold,  "  I '  cry  out  of  wrong, 

but  I  am  not  heard  : 
I  cry  for  help,  but  there  is  no 
justice. 

8  He  hath  *  walled  up  my  way 

that  I  cannot  pass. 
And  hath  set  'darkness  in  my 
paths. 

9  He  hath  stripped   me    of   my 

*  glory, 
And  taken  the  '  crown  from  my 
head. 

10  He   hath    ""broken    me   down 

on    every    side,    and    I    am 
gone; 
And  my  "  hope  hath  he  plucked 
up  °  like  a  tree. 

11  He    hath    also    ^kindled     his 

wrath  against  me. 
And  "he  counteth  me  unto  him 
as  one  of  his  adversaries. 

12  His  ''troops  come  on  together. 
And  '  cast  up  their  way  against 

me. 
And  encamp  round  about  my 
tent. 

13  He  hath  'put  my  brethren  far 

from  me. 
And  mine    "acquaintance  are 
wholly  estranged  from  me. 

14  My  "kinsfolk  have  failed. 
And  my  •"  familiar  friends  have 

forgotten  me. 


1  Or,  Win  ye  indeed  . 
*  Or,  overthrown  me 


.  reproach f 

*  Or,  cry  out.  Violence  ! 


15; 


fc  Pa.  73.  26 


'  ver.  22 ; 
Ps.  09.  26 


15  They  that  "*  dwell  in  my 
house,  and  my  maids,  count 
me  for  a  stranger : 

I  am  an  alien  in  tneir  sight. 

16  1  call  unto  my  servant,  and  he 

giveth  me  no  answer, 
TnoiKjh  I  entreat  him  with  my 
mouth. 

17  My  breath  is   strange   to   my 

wife, 
And^my  supplication  to  the 
children      ''of      mine      own 
mother. 

18  Even  ^  young  children   despise 

me ; 
If  I  arise,  they  speak  against 
me. 

19  All  ^my  "familiar  friends  abhor 

me> 
And    they  whom    I  loved  -are 
turned  against  me. 

20  My  *  bone  cleaveth  to  my  skin 

and  to  my  flesh, 
And    1    am   escaped  with  the 
skin  of  my  teeth. 

21  Have  pity  upon  me,  have  "pity 

upon  me,  O   ye  my  friends  ; 
For    the   ''hand   of    God  hath 
touched  me. 

22  Why  do  ye  "persecute  me  as 

God, 
And  are  not  satisfied  with  mj/ 
flesh  1 

23  Oh  that  my  words  were  now 

written ! 
Oh  that  they  were  •''inscribed 
in  a  book  ! 

24  That  with   an  ^iron  pen   and 

lead 
They  were  graven  in  the  rock 
for  ever ! 

25  ^But  as  for  me  I   know  that 

''my  ^Redeemer  liveth. 
And  at  last  he  will  stand  up 
upon  the  ^^  earth  : 

26  "And  after  my  skin,  even  this 

body,  is  destroyed. 
Then  without   my  flesh    shall 
I  'see  God ; 

27  Whom  I,  even  I,  shall  see,  '"on 

my  side. 
And  mine   eyes   shall   behold, 

and  not  as  a  stranger. 
My  '^heart  *is  consumed  within, 

me. 

28  If  ye  say.  How  we  will  'perse^ 

cute  him ! 

<  Or,  sojourn 

5  Or,  /  make  supplication  Or,  J  am  loathsoiti 

'  Or,  of  my  body 

'  Heb.  the  men  of  my  council        8  Or,  For 

9  Or,  vindicator    Heb.  goel.         i"  Heb.  dust. 
11  Or,  And  after  my  shin  hath  been  thus  (U 
stroyed,  Tetfrom  my  flesh  shall  I  see  God 
la  Or,  for  myself  is  Heb.  reins. 


516 


19.29 


JOB 


20.26 


Zophar's  Second  Speech.    He  declares  that  Sinners,  honever  prosperoas,  must  suffer  Svift  Vengeance 


And  that  the  root  of  the  matter 
is  found  in  me ; 
29  Be  ye  afraid  of  "  the  sword : 

For  ^  wrath  bringeth  the  pun- 
ishments of  the  sword, 

That  ye  may  know  *  there  is  a 
judgment. 

^f\      Then    answered    Zophar 
■WW  the  Naamathite,  and  said, 

2  Therefore  do  my  tlioughts  give 

answer  to  me, 
^Even  by  reason  of  my  haste 
that  is  in  me. 

3  I  have  heard  "  the  reproof  which 

putteth  me  to  shame  ; 
^And  the  spirit  of  my  under- 
standing answereth  me. 

4  Knowest  thou  not  this  ''of  old 
.    time, 

Since    man   was    placed    upon 
earth, 

5  That  the  *  triumphing   of   the 

wicked  is  short. 
And  the  joy  of  the  godless  but 
■^for  a  moment? 

6  Though  his  height  ^  mount  up 

to  the  heavens, 
And  his  head  reach  unto  the 
clouds  ; 

7  Yet  he  shall  ''perish  for  ever 

like  his  own  dung : 
They  that  have  seen  him  'shall 
say,  Where  is  hel 

8  He  shall  fly  away  as  a  *  dream, 

and  shall  not  be  found : 
Yea,,  he  shall  be  '  chased  away 
as  a  vision  of  the  night. 

9  The  '"eye  which  saw  him  shall 

see  him  no  more; 
Neither   shall   "his   place  any 
more  behold  him. 

10  ^His  "children  shall  seek  the 

favor  of  the  poor. 
And  his  hands  snail  ^give  back 
his  wealth. 

11  His    *  bones    are    full    of    his 

youth. 
But  it  shall  *■  lie  down  with  him 
in  the  dust. 

12  Though  wickedness  be  'sweet 

in  his  mouth, 
Though  he  hide  it  *  under  his 
tongue, 

13  Though  he  spare  it,  and  will 

not  let  it  go. 
But  keep  it  still  "within   his 
mouth ; 

J  Or,  wrathful  are 

*  Or,  And  by  reason  of  this  my  haste  is  within 
me 

3  Or,  But  out  of  my  understanding  my  spirit 
answereth  me 

*  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  The  poor  shall  oppress 
kis  children 


"  ch.  15.  22, 

ref. 
6  ch.  22.  4 ; 

Ps.  1.  5 ; 

9.  7  ;  Eccl. 

12.  14 
'  ch.  19.  .3 
rf  Dt.  4.  32 
''  Ps.  2.j.  2  ; 

41.  11  ;  94.3 
/  Ps.  73.  19  ; 

Prov.  6.  15 
9  Is.  14.  13, 

14;  Obad. 

3.  4 
>>■  ch.  4.  20 ; 

14.  20 

•  ch.  7.  10 ; 
8.  18 

k  Ps.  73.  20  ; 

90.  6 
'ch.  18.  18; 

27.  21-23 
'"  ch.  7.  8  ,  8. 

18 
"  ch.  7.  10, 

ref. 
"  ch.  6.  4 ;  27. 

14 
P  ver.  18;ch. 

27.  10,  17 
«  ch.  21.  23, 

24 
•■  ch.  7.  21, 

ref. 

*  Prov.  20. 17 
<  Ps.  10.  7 

"  ver.  23 ; 
Num.  11. 

20,  33 


"  ver.  10, 

ret. ;  ver. 

20,  21 
^  Dt.  32. 

24,  33 
V  ch.  29.  6  ; 

Dt.  :J2. 

13,  14 
^  ver.  10,  15 
"  ch.  24.  2-4  ; 

3.5.  9 

6  Ecel.  6.  IS- 
IS 

"  ch.  15.  29 
d  ch.  15.  21 
"  ch.  5.  5 


/ver.  13,  14, 
ref. 


^Num.  11. 
20,  33 ;  Ps. 
7S.  30,  31 


*  Dt.  32.  41 

*  ch.  16.  13 
'  ch.  18.  11, 

14 
'"  ch.  18.  18 

"  ch.  15.  30, 

ref. 


14  Yet  his  food  in  his  bowels  is 

turned, 
It  is  the  gall  of  asps  within  him. 

1 5  He  hath  swallowed  down  riches, 

and  he  shall  "  vomit  them  up 
again ; 
God  will  cast  them  out  of  his 
belly. 

16  He  shall  suck  ''the  poison  of 

asps: 
The  viper's  tongue  shall   slay 
him. 

1 7  He  shall  not  look  upon  ■"  the 

rivers. 
The  flowing  streams  of  honey 
and  butter. 

1 8  That  which  he  labored  for  ^  shall 

he  restore,  and  shall  not  swal- 
low it  down; 
According    to    the     substance 
®that   he    hath    gotten,    he 
shall  not  rejoice. 

1 9  For  he  hath  "  oppressed  and  for- 

saken the  poor ; 
He  hath  violently  taken  away 
a  house,  •'and  he  shall  not 
build  it  up. 

20  Because  he  knew  no  quietness 

'^  within  him. 
He  shall  *  not  save  aught  of  that 
wherein  he  delighteth. 

2 1  There  was  nothing  left  that  he 

devoured  not ; 
Therefore  "  his  prosperity  shall 
not  endure. 

22  In  "^  the  fulness  of  his  sufiiciency 

he  shall  be  in  straits : 
The  "  hand  of  every  one  that  is 
in  misery  shall  come   upon 
him. 

23  8  When  he  is  ^about  to  fill  his 

belly, 
God^  will  cast  the  fierceness  of 

his  wrath  upon  him. 
And    will  ^  rain    it    upon  him 

^  while  he  is  eating. 

24  He    shall    flee    from    the    iron 

weapon. 
And  the  ''bow  of   brass  shall 
strike  him  through. 

25  He  draweth    it    forth,   and    it 

cometh  out  of  his  body; 

Yea,  the  '  glittering  point  com- 
eth out  of  *  his  gall : 

'  Terrors  are  upon  him. 

26  All  '"darkness  is  laid  up  for  his 

ti'easures : 
A  "  fire  not  blown  by  man  shall 
devour  him ; 

5  Heb.  of  his  exchn.nae. 

6  Or,  which  he  builded  not 

7  Or,  in  his  greed    Heb.  in  his  belly. 

8  Or,  Let  it  be  for  the  filling  of  his  belly  that 
God  shall  cast  <£c.  *  Or,  as  his  food 


616 


20.27 


JOB 


21.28 


Job's  Seventh  Speech.    He  complains  of  the  Prosperity  of  tlie  Wicked.    He  controverts  the  Doctrine  that  Sinners  receive  their  Duo 


^  It  shall  consume  that  which  is 
left  in  ills  tent. 

27  The  "heavens  shall  reveal  his 

iniquity,    . 
And    the    earth  shall    rise  up 
against  him. 

28  The  ''  increase  of  his  house  shall 

depart ; 
His  goods  shall  flow  away  "in 
the  day  of  his  wrath. 

29  This  is  '^  the  portion  of  a  wicked 

man  from  God, 
And    the    heritage    appointed 
unto  him  by  God. 

O  A       Then    Job  answered  and 
^  JL  said, 

2  Hear  diligently  my  speech ; 
And  let  this  oe  your  consola- 
tions. 

3  Sufter  me,-  and  I  also  will  speak ; 
And  after  that  1  have  spoken, 

-"mock  on. 

4  As  for  me,  is-^my  complaint  ^to 

man  1 
And  "  why  should  I  not  be  im- 
patient 1 

5  ''  Mark  me,  and  be  astonished. 
And  ''  lay  your  hand  upon  your 

mouth. 

6  Even  when  I  remember  I  am 

troubled. 
And  '  horror  taketh  hold  on  my 
flesh. 

7  Wherefore  *do  the  wicked  live, 
Become  old,  yea,  wax  'mighty 

in  power  ? 

8  Their  ™  seed  is  established  with 

them  in  their  siglit, 
And  their  offspring  before  their 
eyes. 

9  Their    houses  "are  °safe  from 

fear, 
Neither  is  the  rod  of  God  upon 
them. 

10  Their  bull  gendereth,  and  fail- 

eth  not; 
Their  cow  calyeth,  and  "  casteth 
not  her  calf. 

1 1  They  send  forth  their  little  ones 

like  a  flock. 
And  their  children  dance. 

12  They  "^sing  to  the  ^timbrel  and 

harp. 
And  rejoice  at  the  sound  of  the 
''pipe. 

13  They  *;  spend  their  days  in  pros- 

perity. 
And    "in    a    moment    they   go 
down  to  Sheol. 

1  Or,  /(  shall  go  ill  with  him  that  ix  left 

a  Or,  thou  shnlt  moc.lc  8  Or,  ctf 

*  Heb.  Look  vnfo  me. 

5  Or,  in  peace,  without  fear 

€  Heb.  lift  up  the  voice. 


"  Dt.  31.  as 

»  Dt.  L'S.  .SI  ; 

1  S.  2.  33 
'^  ver.  15 ,  ch. 

•-'I.  30 
rf  ch.  27.  13  ; 

31.  2,  3 
''  ch.  iti.  10 ; 

17.  2 
/ch.  7.  11, 

ref. 
"  ch.  0.  11 
''  ch.  13.  6  ; 

•.'».  9  i  40.  4  ; 

Judg.  18.  ly 
'  Ps.  bit.  5 
*  ch.  9.  24, 

ref. ;  Ps. 

73.  3 ;  Jer. 

12.  1 ; 

Hab.  1.  13 
'  ch.  12.  19, 

ref. 
'"  Ps.  17.  14 
"  ch.  12.  6, 

ref. 
"  Ex.  23.  26 
P  Ps.  81.  2  , 

149.  3 
«  ch.  30.  31 
'"  ver.  23 ;  ch. 

30.  11 
'  ch.  34.  20  ; 

Ps.  73.  19 


'  ch.  22.  17 
"  Prov.  1.  29 
"  Kx.  5.  2 
^  ch.  22.  17  ; 

34.  9 
"  Cli.  22.  18 
'  ch.  18.  6,  6 
"  ch.  18.  12 
b  ch.  13.  2r, ; 

Ps.  as.  13 
"^Ps.  1.  4; 

3.5.  5  ;  Is. 

17.  13; 

Hos.  13.  3 
d  Ex.  20.  6  ; 

Jer.  31.  29  ; 

Ezek.  18.  2 
°  Dt.  24.  10 : 

Jer.  31.  30 ; 

Ezek.  IS. 

4,  20 
/  I's.  CO.  3  ; 

7.-,.  8 ;  Is. 

61. 17 ;  Jer. 

25. 15 ;  Kev. 

14.  10 
'  ch.  14.  5 
''  ch.  30.  22  ; 

Is.  40.  14  ; 

Kom.  11. 

34 ;  1  Cor. 

2.  IG 
'  ch.  4.  18  ; 

16.  16 ;  Ps. 

82.  1 
*-■  ver.  13 ;  ch. 

20.  11 
'  Prov.  3.  8 
"'  ch.  3.  20, 

ref. 
"ch.  3.  13, 

ref.  ;  20. 

n  ;  Eccl. 

9.  2 
"  ch.  24.  20 ; 

Is.  14.  11 


r  ch.  12.  21  ; 
34.  19;  Ps. 
107.  40 


14  And  they  say  unto  God,  'De- 

I)art  from  us; 
For  we  "  desire  not  the  knowl- 
edge of  thy  ways. 

15  "What  is  the  Almighty,  that  we 

should  serve  him' 
And  ■"  what    prt)flt    should    we 
have,  if  we  pray  unto  him  1 

16  "Lo,  their  prosperity  is  iiot  in 

their  hand : 
The  ^counsel  of  the  wicked  is 
far  from  me. 

17  *  How  oft  is  it  that  ^  the  lamp 

of  the  wicked  is  liut  out  'I 
That    their    "calamity  cometh 

upon  them"? 
That  God  distributeth  sorrows 

in  his  anger  *? 

18  That  they  are  as  *  stubble  be- 

fore the  wind, 
And  as  ''chaff  that  the  storm 
carrieth  away? 

19  ^  Ye  say,   ''God    layeth  up  his 

iniquity  for  his  children. 
Let   him    i-ecompense    it    unto 
himself,  that  he  may  know 
it:  . 

20  Let  his  ^own  eyes  see  his  de- 

struction. 
And  let  him-^drink  of  the  wrath 
of  the  Almighty. 

2 1  For  what  careth  he  for  his  house 

after  him. 
When     the    "number    of     his 
months  is  cut  off? 

22  Shall  any  Heach  God  knowl- 

edge. 
Seeing  he  'judgeth  those  that 
are  high  ? 

23  One  ^dieth  in  his  full  strength. 
Being  wholly  at  ease  and  quiet : 

24  His  pails  are  full  of  milk. 
And  the  'man-ow  of  his  bones 

is  moistened. 

25  And  another  dieth  in  "'bitter- 

ness of  soul. 
And  never  tasteth  of  good. 

26  They  "lie   down   alike  in  the 

dust. 
And  the  "  worm  covereth  them. 

27  Behold,  I  know  your  thoughts. 
And  the  devices  wherewith  ye 

would  wrong  me. 

28  For  ye  say.  Where  is  the  house 

of  the  -^prince? 

7  Or,  Te  say,  Lo  S-c. 

*  Or,  How  ojt  j.s-  the  lamp  of  the  ivicked  put  out, 
Arul  how  oltc^m'th  their  calamity  upon  them  ! 
(Jod  distributeth  sorrows  in  his  anger.  J%ey  are 
((.<  stul'hic  .  .  .  aim II. 

9  Or,  (!(id  la  iiHh  up  his  iniqvitu  for  his  chil- 
dren :  He  remirdfth  him.  and  he  shall  know  it. 
His  eves  shall  see  his  destruction,  and  he  shall 
drink  &c. 


617 


21.29 


JOB 


22.2% 


the  Efld  of  Sinners.    Eliphaz's  Third  Speech.    He  aecnses  Job  of  Great  Wiclcedness.    He  warns  Job  not  to  resist  the  llmightf , 


And  where  is  the  "  tent  wherein 
the  wicked  dwelt  1 

29  Have  ye  not  asked  wayfaring 

men  1 
And  do  ye  not  know  their  evi- 
dences, 

30  That  the  *  evil  man  is  '  reserved 

to  the  day  of  calamity"? 
That  they  are  '^  led  forth  to  "  the 
day  of  wrath  1 

31  Who  shall  declare  his  way  to 

his  facel 
And  who  shall  repay  him  what 
he  hath  done"? 

32  ^Yet  shall  he  be  borne  to  the 

grave, 
And  men  shall  keep  watch  over 
the  tomb. 

33  The  ''clods  of  the  valley  shall 

be  sweet  unto  him. 

And  ^all  men  shall  draw  after 
him, 

As  there  were  innumerable  be- 
fore him. 

34  How  then  -^comfort  ye  me  ''in 

vain, 
Seeing  in  your  answers  there 
remaineth  only  ^  falsehood  1 

Cycy      Then    answered    Eliphaz 
^  w  the  Temanite,  and  said, 

2  Can  a  "  man  be  profitable  unto 

God^ 
Surely  he  that  is  wise  is  profit- 
able unto  himself. 

3  Is  it  any  pleasure  to  the  Al- 

mighty, that  thou  art  right- 
eous % 
Or  is  it  gain  to  him,  that  thou 
makest  thy  ways  perfect "? 

4  Is  it  ''  for  thy  fear  of  him  that 

he  reproveth  thee. 
That    he  *entereth   with    thee 
into  judgment  ■? 

5  Is  not ''  thy  wickedness  great  % 
Neither   is  there   any   end    to 

thine  iniquities. 

6  For  thou  hast  ''taken  pledges 

of  thy  brother  for  nought. 
And   'stripped    the    naked    of 
their  clothing. 

7  Thou  hast  not '"  given  water  to 

the  weary  to  drink. 
And    thou    hast    "withholden 
bread  from  the  hungry. 

8  But  as  for  ''the  "mighty  man, 

he  ^  had  the  *  earth  ; 
And  '''the  honorable  man,  he 
dwelt  in  it. 

1  Ot,  spared  in  dx.        ^  Or,  Jed  away  in  &c. 
3  Or,  Moreover  he  is  home  f'<  thegrav.  And  keep- 
'th  watch  oiter  his  tomb.    The  clods  of  the  valley 
ire  sweet  unto  him  ;  And  all  mev  drain  d'C. 
\    *  Or.  with  vanity  =  OT,.l'(ntli.lessness 

\*  Ot,  for  fear  of  thee      T  Heb.  the  man  of  arm. 
Qt;  land     *  Heb.  lie  whose  person  is  accepted. 


"  Ch.  8.  22, 
ref. ;  18.  21 

!>  ch.  20.  29, 
ref. ;  Prov. 

16.  4; 

2  Pet.  2.  9 
■^  ch.  20.  2S ; 

Prov.  11.4; 

Zeph.  1. 16; 

Piom  2.  5 
<*  ch.  3.  22 ; 

17.  16 

« ch.  3.  19 ; 

24.  24 
/ch.  16.  2 
!'  ch.  35.  7  ; 

Lk.  17.  10 
h  ch.  14  3 ; 

Ps.  143.  2 
'ch.  11.6; 

15.  5 
fc  ch.  24.  3, 

9  ;  Ex.  22. 

26 ;  Dt.  24. 

6, 17;  Ezek. 

18.  16 

'  ch.  31.  19, 
20 
"'  2  S.  23.  15  ; 
Prov.  26. 
26;  Mt.  10. 

42 
"  ch.  31.  31 
"  ch.  12.  19, 

ref. 
P  Ps.  94.  6  ; 

Is.  10.  2 ; 

Ezek.  22.  7 
1 1s.  3.  3 ;  9. 

15 


'"  ch.  24.  3, 

21 ;  29.  13 ; 

31.  16,  18 
'  ch.  6.  27, 

ref. 
«  ch.  18.  9, 

ref. 
"  ch.  15.  21, 

ref. 
"  ch.  5.  14, 

ref. 
"  ch.  38.  34 ; 

Ps.  69.  2  ; 

121.  6 ; 

Lam.  3.  54 
V  ch.  11.  7-9 

•  Ps.  10.  II ; 
59.  7  ;  64.  3  ; 
73.  II ;  94. 

7  ;  Is.  29. 
15 ;  Ezek. 
8.  12 
"  ch.  26.  9 

*  (ren.  6.  5, 

13 
'  ch.  16.  32  ; 

22.  16 
<*  ch.  14.  19  ; 

Ps.  90.  6 ; 

Is.  28.  2 ; 

Mt.  7.  26. 27 
"  ch.  21.  14, 

15 
/Ps.  4.  6 
'  ch.  12.  6 
A  ch.  21.  16 
'  Ps.  52.  6  ; 

58.   10;  107. 

42 
I'  Ps.  18.  39 
'  ch.  15.  30, 

ref. 
™  .Ter.  9.  24  ; 

.In.  17.  3  ; 

Gal.  4.  9  ; 

1  Jn.  I.  3 
"  Dt.  8.  3  ; 

Ps.  1.38.  4 ; 

Prov.  2.  6 


S18 


9  Thou  hast  sent  ''widows  away 
empty, 
And  tne  arms  of  the  *  fatherless 
have  been  broken. 

10  Therefore  'snares    are    round 

about  thee. 
And    sudden    "fear    troubleth 
thee, 

11  ^°  Or  "  darkness,   so    that  thou 

canst  not  see. 
And  ^  abundance  of  waters  cover 
thee. 

12  Is  not  God  2' in  the  height  of 

heaven  1 
And  behold  the  "  height  of  the 
stars,  how  high  they  are  ! 

13  And  thou  sayest,  ^What  doth 

God  know? 
Can  he  judge  through  the  thick 
darkness  1 

14  Thick  "clouds  are  a  covering  to 

him,  so  that  he  seeth  not ; 
And  he  walketh  on  the  vault  of 
heaven. 

15  ^^Wilt  thou  keep  the  *old  waj'^ 
Which  wicked  men  have  trod- 
den 1 

16  Who  were  snatched  away  "^  be- 

fore their  time, 
Whose  ^  foundation  was  poured 
out  as  a  stream, 

17  Who  *said  unto  God,   Depart 

from  us ; 
And,  -^What  can  the  Almighty 
do  ^^^ for  "us? 

18  Yet  he  "filled  their  houses  with 

good  things : 
But ''  the  counsel  of  the  wicked 
is  far  from  me. 

19  The  'righteous  see  it,  and  are 

glad ; 
And  the  innocent  laugh  them 
to  scorn, 

20  Saying,  Surely  *  they  that  did 

rise    up  against  us  are  cut 
ofl^. 
And  ^'  the  remnant  of  them  '  thti 
fire  hath  consumed. 

21  ""Acquaint  now  thyself  with 

him,  and  be  at  peace : 
^^  Thereby  good  shall  come  untc 
thee. 

22  Receive,  I  pray  thee,  "the  "  law 

from  his  mouth, 
And  lay  up  his  words  in  thy 
heart. 

'"  Or,  Or  dost  thou  not  see  the  darkness,  And  trie, 
flood  of  ivat^rs  that  coverefh  thee  f 

11  Heb.  head.  '2  Or,  Do.ft  thou  mark 

13  Or,  to  14  Heb.  them. 

15  Or.  that  which  remained  to  them  Or,  their 
abundance 

IS  Or,  as  otherwise  read.  Thereby  shall  thin« 
increase  be  good.  ^7  Or,  instruction 


22.23 


JOB 


24.3 


bat  U  retorn  to  him.    Job's  Eighth  Sp«cch.    H«  f  earns  for  Access  to  fiod.    He  protests  his  Integrity  in  spite  uf  6od's  Eigor 


23  If  thou  "return  to  the  Almighty, 

thou  shalt  be  *  built  up, 
'  If    thou    '  put  away   unright- 
eousness far  fi'om  thy  tents. 

24  And  ''lay    thou    thy   '''treasure 

''in  the  dust, 
And   the  gold  of  Ophir  among 
the  stones  of  the  brooks  ; 

25  And  the  "  Almighty  will  be  thy 

'^  treasure, 
And  ■*  precious  silver  unto  thee. 

26  For  then  shalt    thou  -^delight 

thyself  in  the  Almighty, 
And  shalt "  lift  up  thy  face  unto 
God. 

27  Thou  shalt  *make  thy  prayer 

unto  him,  and  'he  will  hear 
thee ; 
And  thou  shalt  *  pay  thy  vows. 

28  Thou  shalt  also  decree  a  thing. 

and  it  'shall  be  established 
unto  thee ; 
And    "*  light   shall  shine  upon 
thy  ways. 

29  When  they  ®  cast   thee    down, 

thou  shalt  say,  There  is  lift- 
ing up ; 
And  /"the  "humble   person   he 
will  save. 

30  He  will "  deliver  even  him  that 

is  not  innocent : 
Yea,     he     shall     be    delivered 
through    the   ^cleanness    of 
thy  hands. 

O  O      Then  Job  answered  and 
^  O  said, 

2  Even  to-day  is  my  « complaint 

"^  rebellious : 
My  stroke  is  'heavier  than  my 
groaning. 

3  Oh  that  I  knew  where  I  might 

'  find  him  ! 
That  I  might  come  even  to  his 
' seat ! 

4  I  would  "  set  my  cause  in  order 

before  him. 
And  fill  my  mouth  with  argu- 
ments. 

5  I  would  know  the  words  which 

he  would  answer  me, 
And  understand  what  he  would 
say  unto  me. 

6  Would  he  contend  with  me  in 

*'  the  greatness  of  his  power  1 
Nay ;  *  but  he  would  give  heed 
unto  me. 

7  There  the  upright  might  ^rea- 

son with  him  ; 

>  Or.  TTimi  shalt  put  mnny  .  .  .  And  shalt  lay  up 

*  Heb.  ore.  '  Or.  on  the  earth 

*  Or.  precio^ls  »i7rer  shall  be  thine 

*  Or.  are  made  low 

*  Heb.  him  that  is  lowly  of  eyes. 

'  Or,  hitter    Or,  accounted  rebellion 
'  Or,  he  would  only  give  heed 

18 


"ch.  8.  5; 
11.  13 ;  Is. 

19.  2-.> : 

31.  6;Zech. 

1.  3 
6  Acts  20.  32; 

Col.  2.  7 
"^ch.  11.  14 
d  Ps.  19.  10 
'  Is.  33.  6  ; 

Mt.  6.  20 
/  ch.  27.  10  ; 

Ps.  37.  4  ; 

Is.  58.  14 
"ch.  11.  15; 

Gen.  4.  7 
"ch.  33.  20; 

Neh.  4.  9 
'  ch.  34.  28 
«■■  Ps.  22.  25 
'  Ps.  145.  19 

"*  ch.  11.  17  ; 

Ps.  112.  4 
"  ch.  6.  11  ; 

Ps.  i:!S.  6  ; 

Prov.  3.  31 ; 

29.  2S ;  Mt. 

23. 12 ;  Jaa. 

i.e.;  1  Pet. 

5.  5 
"  di.  42.  7,  8 ; 

Gen.  18.  20 
P  2  S.  22.  21 
9ch.  7.  11, 

ref. 
"■  ch.  6.  2,  3 ; 

Ps.  32.  4 
•  ])t.  4.  29  ; 

Jer.  29.  13 ; 

Hos.  6.  6 
t  Ps.  9.  4  ; 

47.  8 
"  ch.  13.  18 
^  ch.  9.  4, 

ref. 
"  ch.  13.  3 


y  ret.  10 ;  ch. 

13.  10 

'  ch.  9.  11 ; 

3.->.  14 
"  Pa.  139.  2 
t>  ch.  7.  18  ; 

Ps.  7.  9 ;  11. 

5  ;  00.  10 ; 

Dan.  11. 35; 

Zech.  13. 9 ; 

1  Pet.  1.  7 
<^ch.  31.  7; 

Ps.  17.  5 ; 

44.  18 
d  Ps.  19.  10  ; 

119.  103  ; 

Jn.  4.  34 
'  ch.  9.  12 ; 

12.  14 
/Ps.  115.  3 
"  ch.  7.  3 
'i  Dt.  20.  3  ; 

Jer.  61.  40; 

Lam.  5.  17 
« ch.  10.  18, 

19 
*  oh.  19.  8 
'  Ps.  31.  15 
"•  ch.  15.  20 
"  !<?.  2.  12  ; 

.Jer.  46.  10 ; 

Chad.  15 ; 

Zeph.  1.  7 
"  Dt.  19.  14  ; 

27.  17 
P  Dt.  28.  31 


So  should  I  be  *  delivered  for 
ever  from  my  judge. 

8  Behold,  I  go  forward,  but  he  is 

not  there ; 
And  backward,  but  I  ^cannot 
perceive  him  ; 

9  On  the  left  hand,  when  he  doth 

work,   but  I  cannot   behold 
him ; 
He    "  hideth    himself    on    the 
right    hand,   that    I    cannot 
see  him. 

10  ^o  But  "  he  knoweth  "  the  way 

that  I  take ; 
When  he  hatli  *  tried  me,  I  shall 
come  forth  as  gold. 

11  My  foot  hatli  "held  fast  to  his 

steps ; 
His  way  have  I  kept,  and  turned 
not  aside. 

12  1  have  not  gone  back  from  the 

commandment  of  his  lips ; 
I  have  treasured  up  the  ''words 
of  his  mouth  ^'"  more  than  my 
^^  necessary  food. 

13  But  "he  is  in  one  mind,  and 

*who  can  turn  him] 
And  what   his   soul  -^desireth, 
even  that  he  doeth. 

14  For  he  performeth  that  which 

is  ^  appointed  for  me  : 
And  many  such  things  are  with 
him. 

15  Therefore  am  I  terrified  at  his 

presence ; 
When  I  consider,  I  am  afraid  of 
him. 

16  For  God  hath  made  my  *  heart 

faint. 
And  the  Almighty  hath  terri- 
fied me ; 

17  ^^ Because  I  'was  not  cut  off  be- 

fore the  darkness. 
Neither  did  he  cover  *  the  thick 
darkness  from  my  face. 

O/d.      ^^Why  are 'times  not  "laid 
^  rt  up  by  the  Almighty  1 

And    why   do    not    they    that 
know  him  see  "  his  days  1 

2  There    are    that    "remove    the 

landmarks ; 
They     ^violently     take    away 
flocks,  and  feed  them. 

3  They  drive  away  the  ass  of  the 

fatherless ; 

9  Or,  tumeth  himself  to  .  .  .  him,  but 

10  Or,  For      i'  Heb.  the  way  that  is  with  me. 
1-  Or,  more  than  mil  own  law 

13  Or,  portion    See  Prov.  30.  8.     •*  Or,  he  is  mie 
I''  Or,  For  I  am  not  dismayed  becaxise  of  the 

darkness,  Nor  because  thick  darkness  covereth  my 

face 

16  Or,  Why  is  it,  seeing  times  are  not  hidden 

from  the  Almighty,  Thai  they  who  know  him  set 

not  his  days  f 


619 


24.4 


JOB 


25.3 


Job  says  that  6«d  is  indifferent  to  Wickedness;  that  Sinners  perish,  bat  only  like  all  others.     Bildad's  Third  Speech 


They  take  the  widow's  ox  for  a 
"  pledge. 

4  They  *  tui-n  the  needy  out  of  the 

way: 
The  '  poor  of  the  earth  all  '  hide 
themselves. 

5  Behold,  as  "^wild  asses  in  the 

desert 
They  ''go  forth  to  their ^work, 

seeking  diligently  for  "  food  ; 
The    wilderness    yieldeth    them 

bread  for  their  children. 

6  They  cut  *  their  provender  in 

the  field ; 
And  they  glean  the  vintage  of 
the  wicked. 

7  They  lie  all  night  naked  with- 

out clothing, 
And  have  no  covering  in  the 
cold. 

8  They  are  wet  with  the  showers 

of  the  mountains, 
And  •''embrace  the  rock  for  want 
of  a  shelter. 

9  There  are  that  pluck  the  father- 

less from  the  breast. 
And   *take   a   ''pledge   of    the 
poor ; 

10  So  that  they  go  about  ''naked 

without  clothing, 
And  being  hungry  they  carry 
the  sheaves. 

1 1  They  make  oil  within  the  walls 

ot  these  men ; 
They  tread  their  winepresses, 
and  suffer  thirst. 

1 2  From  out  of  the  ^  populous  city 

men  groan, 
And  the  soul  of  the  'wounded 

crieth  out : 
Yet   God   *regardeth   not  the 

folly. 

13  These  are  of  them  that  'rebel 

against  the  light ; 
They     know     not     the     ways 

thereof. 
Nor     abide      in      the      imths 

thereof. 

14  The  murderer  "riseth  with  the 

light ; 
He     "killeth     the     poor    and 

needy ; 
And  in  the  night  he  is  as    a 

thief. 

15  The  eye  also  of  the  "adulterer 

waiteth  for  the  twilight, 
Saying,  No  eye  shall  see  me : 
And  he  ^  disguiseth  his  face. 

1 6  In  the  dark  they  "  dig  through 

houses : 

1  Or,  meek         2  Heb.  jirev.  3  Qx.his 

*  Or,  take  in  vledqe  that  ichich  is  on  the  poor 
^  Heb.  city  of  men. 

*  Or,  putteth  a  covering  on  his  face 


"  Ex.  22.  26 
*>  Dt.  24.  14  , 

Prov.  14. 

31  ;  22.  10  ; 

Ezek.  18. 

12;  Am. 

4.  1 
"  Prov.  28. 12 
d  ch.  39.  5-8 
•^  Ps.  101.  23 
/Lam.  4.  6 
'-'  Dt.  24.  17 
''  ver.  7 
'  Jer.  61.  52; 

Ezek.  26. 15 
*••  ch.  9.  23,  24 
'  Is.  5.  20 ; 

Jn.  3.  19 
'"  Mic.  2.  1 
"  Ps.  10.  8 
"  Prov.  7.  9 
p  Ex.  22.  2  ; 

Mt.  6.  19 


«  Ps.  91.  5 
"  ch.  9.  26 ; 

Ps.  90.  5 
'  ch.  6.  Hi,  17 
<  ch.  21.  13 
«  Ps.  31.  12 ; 

Eccl.  2.  16 
"  ch.  21.  26 
^  ch.  18.  17  ; 

Ps.  34.  16  ; 

Prov.  10.  7 

y  ch.  19.  10 ; 
Dan.  4.  14 


'  ch.  22.  9, 
ref. 


"  Jer.  12.  1 ; 
Mai.  3.  15 


b  Dt.  28.  66 
"  ch.  12.  6 


<»  ch.  11.  11, 
ref. 


'  Ps.  37.  10 
/ch.  14.  21 


^  Is.  17.  6  ; 

Mt.  12.  1 
*  ch.  6.  28 ; 

27.4 


'  ch.  9.  4, 

ref. ;  Ps. 

145.  13 ; 

Dan.  4.  3, 

34;  Jude 

25  ;  Rev. 

1.  6 
*  ch.  22.  12 ; 

Ps.  148.  1 ; 

Mt.  21.  9 ; 

Lk.  2.  14 
'  ch.  16.  13, 

ref. ;  Oen. 

32,  2 ;  Neh. 

9.  6 ;  Ps. 

148.  2 


^  They  shut   themselves  up  in 

the  day-time ; 
They  know  not  the  light. 

1 7  For  **  the  morning  is  to  all  of 

them  as  thick  darkness ; 
For  they  know  the  « terrors  of 
the  thick  darkness. 

18  ®  Swiftly     they    ^pass    away 

upon     the     face     of     the 
waters ; 
Their  portion  is  cursed  in  the 

earth : 
They  turn  not  into  the  way  of 
the  vineyards. 

19  Drought  and  heat  ■'*'' consume 

the  snow  waters : 
So  doth  '  Sheol  those  that  have 
sinned. 

20  The  womb  shall  "forget  him  ; 
The  "worm  shall  feed  sweetly 

on  him : 

He  shall  be  ^no  more  remem- 
bered ; 

And  unrighteousness  shall  be 
broken  "  *  as  a  tree. 

21  He  devoureth  the  barren  that 

beareth  not. 
And    doeth   not  good  to  Hhe 
widow. 

22  Yet  God  "preserveth  the  mighty 

by  his  power : 
He    riseth    up    that   hath  *no 
assurance  of  life. 

23  God  giveth  them  Ho  be  in  secu- 

rity, and  they  rest  thereon ; 
^^And  his  ''eyes  are  upon  their 
ways. 

24  They  are  exalted  ;  yet  a  *  little 

while,  and  they  are  gone  ; 
^*Yea,  they  are  -^brought  low, 

they  are  ^"' taken  out  of  the 

way  as  all  others, 
And  are  cut  off  as  the  tops  of 

the  "  ears  of  grain. 

25  And  if  it  be  not  so  now,  *who 

will  prove  me  a  liar. 
And  make  my  speech  nothing 
worth  1 

O  pf       Then  answered  Bildad  the 
^  tJ  Shuhite,  and  said, 

2  'Dominion  and  fear  are  with 

him ; 
He  maketh  peace  in  *his  high 
places. 

3  Is*  there  any  number   of    Hiis 

armies  1 

"!  Or,  Which  fhey  had  marked  for  themselves 

8  Or,  thick  dnrkness  is  to  all  of  them  as  the 
morning  ;  For  th  eii  iSrc. 

9  Or,  Ye  say,  Swiftly  &e.    Heb.  Swift  is  he  &c. 

10  Heb.  violently  take  away. 

11  Or,  as  a  tree;  even  he  that  devovreth  <Xrc. 

12  Or,  But        13  Or,  And  when  they  are  £c. 
1*  Or,  gathered  in 


620 


25.4 


JOB 


27.12 


Han's  Inferiority  to  Cod.    Job's  linth  Sp«ech.    He  admits  God's  Power,  bat  affirms  liis  own  Integrity.    The  Sinner's  Hope  vain 


And  upon  whom  doth   not  liis 
hght  arise  'i 

4  How    then    can  man  be  "just 

^  witli  God  'I 
Or  how  can  he  be  *  clean  that  is 
born  of  a  woman  1 

5  Behold,   even  "the  moon  hath 

no  brightness, 
And  the  "^  stars  are  not  pure  in 
his  sight : 

6  How  much  less  *man,  that  is  ■'a 

worm  ! 
And  the  son  of  man,  that  is  a 
worm ! 

O  f\      Then  Job  answered  and 
jimd\J  said, 

2  How  hast  thou  helped  him  that 

is  "  without  power  ! 
How  hast  thou  saved  the  arm 
that  ^  hath  no  strength  ! 

3  How  hast  thou  counselled  him 

that  hath  no  wisdom. 
And  plentifully  declared  sound 
knowledge ! 

4  To   whom   hast    thou    uttered 

words  1 
And  whose  ^spirit  came  forth 
from  thee  1 

5  ^  They     that      are     '  deceased 

tremble 
Beneath    the   waters   and    the 
inhabitants  thereof. 

6  Sheol  is  *  naked  before  *  God, 
And /'Abaddon  hath  no  cov- 
ering. 

7  He   "stretcheth  out  the  north 

over  empty  space, 
And  hangeth  the  earth  *upon 
nothing. 

8  He  "bindeth  up  the  waters  in 

his  thick  clouds  ; 
And  the  cloud  is  not  rent  under 
them. 

9  He   °  incloseth  the  face  of  his 

throne. 
And  spreadeth  his  cloud  upon 
it. 

10  He    hath    described   a  ^boun- 

dary  upon    the  face  of  the 
waters. 
Unto  the  » confines  of  light  and 
darkness. 

11  The  pillars  of  heaven  tremble 
And  are  astonished  at   his  re- 
buke. 

1 2  He  ''  "■  stirreth  up  the  sea  with 

his  power. 
And  by  his  'understanding  he 
smiteth  through  'Rahab. 

1  Or,  before  2  Heb.  breath 

3  Or,  The  shades  Heb.  The  Rephaim. 

*  Heb.  him,  =  Or,  Destruction 

•  Or,  over  '  Or,  stiUeth 


"  ch.  4.  17  ; 

U.  1!  ;  Ps. 

m;j.  2 
I'd!.  14.  4 
°  ch.  31.  2G 
J  ch.  16.  16 
« ch.  7.  17, 

ref. 
/  Ps.  22.  0 ; 

Is.  41.  14 
■'ch.  0.  11,  12 
''  Va.  71.  9 
>  ch.  3.  l■^, 

ref.  ;  Ps. 

88.  10 

*  Heb.  4.  13 
'  ch.  28.  22  ; 

.".I.  12 
'"  cli.  9.  8,  ref. 
"  ch.  37.  11  ; 

Prov.  30.  4 
"  ch.  22.  14  ; 

Ps.  97.  2 ; 

106.  39 
f  ch.  38.  8- 

11 ;  Prov. 

8.  29 
9  ch.  38. 19, 

20,  24 
""Is.  61.  15; 

Jer.  31.  35 
'  ch.  12.  13, 

ref. 
«  ch.  9.  13 


"  ch.  9.  8 
"  Is.  27.  1 
^  ch.  4.  12 
*'  ch.  36.  29  ; 

37.  4,  6 
-  ch.  13.  12  ; 

29.  1 
"  ch.  16.  11 ; 

34.  5 
6  ch.  9.  18 
«  ch.  32.  S  ; 

33.  4 
d  ch.  6.  28  ; 

33.  3 
'  ch.  0.  29, 

ref. 
/ch.  2.  3; 

13.  18 
"  1  S.  24.  6 ; 

Acts  23.  1 ; 

1  Jn.  3.  21 
"  ch.  8.  13 ; 

II.  20 
'  Mt.  16.  26  ; 

Lk.  12.  20 
*  ch.  &"..  12, 

13 ;  Ps.  18. 

41 ;  Prov. 

1.  28  :  Is.  1. 

15 ;  Jer.  14. 

12 ;  Mic. 

3,  4 
'  Prov.  1.  27 
™  ch.  22.  26, 

27  ;  Ps.  37. 

4  ;  Is.  58.  14 
"  ver.  13 


13  By  his  Spirit  the  "heavens  are 

** garnished ; 
His    hand    hath    pierced   "the 
''swift  serpent. 

14  Lo,  these  are  but  the  outskirts 

of  his  ways : 
And  '"how  small  'a  whisper  "do 

we  hear  of  him  ! 
But  the  "  thunder  of  his  ^^  power 

who  can  understand  % 

r)  ^      And  Job  again  took  up 
^  §     his  Sparable,  and  said, 

2  As  God  liveth,  "  who  hath  taken 

away  my  right. 
And  the  Almighty,  *who  hath 
^*  vexed  my  soul 

3  "  ( For  my  life  is  yet  whole  in  me, 
And  the  '  spirit  of  God  is  in  my 

nostrils) ; 

4  Surely  my  lips  ^®  shall  not  speak 

unrighteousness. 
Neither    ^^ shall    ''my    tongue 
utter  deceit. 

5  Far  be  it  from  me  that  I  should 

justify  you  : 
Till  I  die  "  I  will  not  put  away 
mine  integrity  from  me. 

6  My  righteousness  I  ■''hold  fast, 

and  will  not  let  it  go  : 
My  "  heart  "  shall  not  reproach 
me  so  long  as  I  live. 

7  Let    mine    enemy    be    as    the 

wicked. 
And    let   him    that   riseth    up 
against  me   be    as    the   un- 
righteous. 

8  For  what  is  *  the  hope  of  the 

godless,   ^*  though    he    get 
him  gain, 
When  God    Haketh   away  his 
souH 

9  Will  God  *  hear  his  cry. 
When    'trouble    cometh    upon 

him  1. 
10  Will  he  ""delight  himself  in  the 
Almighty, 
And  call  upon  God  at  all  times  1 
111  will  teach  you  concerning  the 
"  hand  of  God  ; 
That    which    is    with    the    Al- 
mighty will  I  not  conceal. 
12  Behold,  all  ye  yourselves  have 
seen  it ; 
Why  then  are  ye    become   al- 
together vainl 

^Keb.  beauty.  Or,  fleeing    Or,  gliding 

1"  Or,  hov!  Utile  n  portion  n  Or,  is  heard 

'-  Or,  miglity  deeds 
15  Heb.  made  my  soul  bitter. 
"  Or,  All  the  while  mv  breath  is  in  me .  .  .  nos- 
trils;  sitrdu  1=  Or,  do  1^  Or,  doth 
1"  Or,  (loth  not  reproach  me  tor  any  of  my  days 
18  Or,  when  God  cutteth  him  off.  When  he  taketh 


521 


27.13 


JOB 


28.19 


Job  depicts  the  Tanity  of  the  Sinner's  Hope.     Man's  Skill  in  finding  the  Treasures  of  the  Eartu.     Wisdom  a  Richer  Treasure, 


13  This  is  "  the  portion  of  a  Avicked 

man  with  God, 
And  the  heritage  of  *  oppressors, 
which  they  receive  from  the 
Almighty : 

14  If  his  ''children  be  multiplied, 

it  is  for  the  sword  ; 
And  his  "*  offspring  shall  not  be 
satisfied  with  bread. 

1 5  Those  that  remain  of  him  shall 

be  buried  in  death. 
And  his  "  widows  shall  make  no 
lamentation. 

16  Though  he  -^heap  up  silver  as 

the  dust. 
And  prepare  raiment  as  the  clay ; 

17  He    may  prepare    it,    but    the 

just  shall  put  it  on, 
And  the  "  innocent  shall  divide 
the  silver. 

18  He  buildeth  his  ''house  as  the 

moth. 
And    as    a    booth  which    the 
keeper  maketh. 

19  He    lieth    down    rich,    but  he 

shall  not  be  'gathered  to  Ms 
fathers  ; 
He  openeth  his  eyes,   and  *  he 
is  not. 

20  'Terrors     overtake     him     like 

waters ; 
A  tempest  stealeth  him  away 
'"in  the  night. 

21  The   east  "wind  carrieth  him 

away,  and  he  departeth ; 
And  it  sweepeth  him  "out  of 
his  place. 

22  For  God  shall  hurl  at  him,  and 

'^  not  spare : 
He  would  fain  *flee  out  of  his 
hand. 

23  Men  shall  ''clap  their  hands  at 

him, 
And  shall  '  hiss  him  out  of  his 
place. 

O  Q      ^  Surely  there  is   a  mine 
^  O         for  silver, 

And  a  place  for  gold  which  they 
refine. 

2  Iron  is  taken  out  of  the  ^  earth, 
And  'copper  is  molten  out  of 

the  stone. 

3  3fan  setteth  an  end  to  darkness. 
And  searcheth  out,  to  the  fur- 
thest bound. 

The  stones  of  obscurity  and  of 
thick  darkness. 

4  '  He  breaketh  open  a  shaft  away 

from  where  men  sojourn  ; 

1  Or,  For  2  Or,  dv^t 

^  Ot,  The  flood  breaketh  ovt  fnnn  where  men 
•tojourn;  Even  the  waters  forqotten  of  the  fr>ot : 
They  are  diminished,  they  are  gone  away  from 
mam 


"  ch.  20.  29 
b  ch.  IS.  20 
«  Dt.  28.  41  ; 

Hos.  9.  J  3, 

16 
d  ch.  20.  10 
«  Pb.  78.  64 

/Zeeh.  9.  3 

»  ch.  20.  18- 

21 ;  Prov. 

13.  22  ;  28. 

8 ;  Eccl.  2. 

26 
ft  ch.  8.  16  ; 

18.  14 
i  Jer.  8.  2  ; 

Ezek.  29.  6 
fcch.  7.8,21 ; 

20.  7 
'  ch.  16.  21, 

ref. 
""  ch.  20.  8  ; 

34.  20 
"  ch.  21. 18 
"  ch.  7.  10, 

ref. 
P  Jer.  13. 14  ; 

Ezek.  5. 

11 ;  24.  14 
9ch.  U.  20, 

ref. 
*■  Lam.  2. 1.1 ; 

Nah.  3.  19 
'  ch.  18.  IS  ; 

20.  8 
t  Dt.  8.  9 


"  Ps.  104.  14 
"  ch.  41.  34 
^  Dt.  8.  15  ; 
32.  13 


^  ver.  23,  28 


■  Prov.  8. 
10 ;  16.  16 


"  Prov.  3. 15  ; 

8.  11 


I"  Prov.  8.  19 


They  are  forgotten  of  the  foot ; 
They  hang  afar  from  men,  they 

*  swing  to  and  fro. 

5  As  for  the  earth,  "out  of  it  com- 
eth  bread ; 
And  underneath  it  is  turned  up 
as  it  were  by  fire. 
G  The  stones  thereof  are  the  place 
of  sapphires, 
^  And  it  hath  dust  of  gold. 

7  That    path    no    bird    of    prey 

knoweth. 
Neither  hath  the  falcon's  eye 
seen  it : 

8  The  ®*  proud    beasts   have  not 

trodden  it. 
Nor  hath  the  fierce  lion  passed 
thereby. 

9  He  putteth  forth  his  hand  upon 

the  ""  flinty  rock  ; 
He  overturneth  the  mountains 
by  the  roots. 

10  He  cutteth  out  ^channels  among 

the  rocks ; 
And  his  eye  seeth  every  precious 
thing. 

11  He  bindeth  the- streams  *that 

they  trickle  not ; 
And    the    thing    that    is    hid 
bringeth  he  forth  to  light. 

12  But  ^  where  shall  wisdom  be 

found  1 . 
And  where  is  the  place  of  under- 
standing ? 

13  Man    knoweth    not   the   price 

thereof ; 
Neither  is  it  found  in  the  land 
of  the  living. 

1 4  The  deep  saith.  It  is  not  in  me ; 
And  the  sea  saith.  It  is  not  with 

me. 

15  It  cannot  be  gotten  for  ^gold. 
Neither  shall  silver  be  weighed 

for  the  price  thereof. 

16  It  cannot  be  valued  with  the 

gold  of  Ophir, 
With  the   jjrecious  ^"onyx,   or 
the  sapphire. 

17  ^Gold  and  glass  cannot  equal  it. 
Neither  shall  it  be  exchanged 

for  "  jewels  of  fine  gold. 

18  No  mention   shall  be  made  of 

coral  or  of  crj^stal : 
Yea,   the    price  of  "wisdom  is 
above  ^^  rubies. 

19  The  topaz  of  Ethiopia  shall  not 

equal  it. 
Neither  shall  it  be  valued  with 

*  pure  gold. 

*  Or,  ft'it    s  Or,  And  he  imvnefh  lumps  of  gola 
<<  Heb.  ."oms  of  pride.  t  Or,  passages 

^  Heb.  from,  weeping.  9  Or,  treasure 

1"  Or,  heryl  u  Or,  vessels 

12  Or,  red  coral    Or,  pearls 


522 


28.20 


JOB 


29.23 


whose  Source  only  tiod  ran  make  knows.    Job  recalls  bin  Paxt  Happiness  aod  Dignity 


20  "  Whence  then  cometh  wisdom  1 
Ahd  where  is  the  place  of  under- 
standing? 

21  Seeing  it  is  hid  from  the  eyes  of 

all  living, 
And  kept  close  from  the  birds  of 
the  heavens. 

22  '*  Destruction  and  Death  say, 
We  have  heard  a  rumor  thereof 

with  our  ears. 

23  '  God  understandeth    the  way 

thereof. 
And    he    knoweth    the    place 
thereof. 

24  For  he  "^looketh  to  the  ends  of 

the  earth, 
And    seeth    under   the    whole 
heaven ; 

25  -To   make  a   "weight    for    the 

wind :  - 
Yea,  he-^meteth  out  the  waters 
by  measure. 

26  When  he  made  a  ^  decree  for  the 

rain. 
And  a  way  for  the  *  lightning  of 
the  thunder ; 

27  Then  did  he  see  it,  and  *  declare 

it; 
He    established    it,    yea,    and 
searched  it  out. 

28  And  unto  man  he  said. 
Behold,  the  'fear  of  the  Loi'd, 

that  is  wisdom  ; 
And  to  depart  from  evil  is  un- 
derstanding. 

0(3|      And   Job  again  took  up 
^  fj  his  *  parable,  and  said, 

2  Oh  that  1  were  as  in  the  months 

of  old. 
As    in     the    days   when     God 
'  watched  over  nie  ; 

3  When  his  lamp   shined  ""upon 

my  head. 
And    '"by  his   light    I  walked 
through  darkness ; 

4  As  I  was  in  ^  the  ripeness  of  my 

days. 
When  the  ""friendship  of  God 
was  upon  my  tent ; 

5  When  the    Almighty   was    yet 

with  me. 
And  my  children  were  about 
me ; 

6  When    my  steps  were  washed 

with  "butter, 
A.nd  the  ^rock  poured  me  out 
streams  of  oil ! 

7  "When  I  went  forth  to  « the  gate 

unto  the  city, 

1  Heb.  Ahaddon.         *  Or,  n';i<>7!  he  maketh 

3  Or,  recount  ■•  Or,  above 

*  Heb.  my  days  of  autumn.       «  Or,  counsel 


"^  ver.  23,  28 
b  ch.  20.  C, 

ref. 
■^  ver.  23-2S : 

Prov.  s. 

22-31 
^  Ps.  n.  4  ; 

3:!.  13,  14  ; 

Gfi.  7  ; 

Prov.  15.  3 

•  Ps.  135.  7 
/  ch.  12.  15  ; 

38.  8-1 1 
»  ch.  37.  6, 

11,  12;  38. 

20-28 
"  ch.  37.  3  ; 

38.  25 
'  Dt.  4.  6 , 

Ps.  111.  10; 

Prov.  1.  7; 

9.  10;  14. 

16 ;  15.  33  ; 

16.  6 

*  ch.  13.  12  ; 
27.  1; 
Num.  23. 

7  ;  24.  3.  15 
'  Jer.  31.  28 
'"  oh.  11.  17 
"  ch.  15.  8  ; 

Ps.  25.  14 ; 

Prov.  3.  32 
"  ch.  20.  17  ; 

Dt.  32  14 
P  Dt.  32.  13 
«  ch.  31.  21 


"■ver.  21 
•ch.  21.  6 
t  ver.  22 
"  ch.  4.  3, 4 
"  ch.  31.  10 
■'ch.  31.  17, 

21 
^  ch.  31.  19, 

20 
=  ch.  22.  9, 

ref. 
"ch.  27.  5,6; 

Ps.  1.32.  9 , 

Is.  59.  17  ; 

61.  10; 

Eph.  6.  14 
6  ch.  24.  4, 

ref. 
"  Ps.  3.  7 
d  Pa.  30.  6 


'  Jer.  17.  8 
/Hos.  14.  5 


"  Gen.  49. 

24 ;  Ps.  18. 

34 
''  ver.  9 ;  ch. 

4.  3 


•  ver.  10 

*  Dt.  32.  2 


When  I  prepared  my  seat  in  the 
'  street, 

8  The  young  men  saw  me  and  hid 

themselves. 
And  the  aged  rose  up  and  stood : 

9  The    princes    ''refrained    from 

talking. 
And  "laid  their  hand  on   their 
mouth ; 

10  The  voice  of  the  nobles  'was 

''hushed. 
And  their  tongue  cleaved  to  the 
roof  of  their  mouth. 

11  For  when  "the  ear  heard  me, 

then  it  blessed  me ; 
And  when  the  eye  saw  me,  it 
gave  witness  unto  me: 

12  Because  I  "delivered  the  poor 

that  cried. 
The  ■"  fatherless  also,  ®that  had 
none  to  help  him. 

13  The  -"blessing  of  him  that  was 

ready  to  perish  came  upon 
me  ; 
And    I     caused    the   *  widow's 
heart  to  sing  for  joy. 

14  1  "put  on  righteousne.ss,  and  it 

^"clothed  me : 
]\Iy  justice  was  as  a  robe  and  a 
"  diadem. 

15  1  was  eyes  to  the  blind, 
And  feet  was  I  to  the  lame. 

IG  I  was  a  father  to  ''the  needy  : 
And  ^'-^the  cause  of  him  that  I 
knew  not  I  searched  out. 

17  And  I  "brake  the  ^='jaw.s  of  the 

unrighteous. 
And  plucked  the  prey  out  of  his 
teeth. 

18  Then  "^  I  said,  I  shall  die  "in  my 

nest. 
And  I  shall  multiply  my  days 
as  the  sand  : 

1 9  My "  root  is  "  spread  out  ^®  to  the 

watei'S, 
And  the  -^dew   lieth  all  night 
upon  my  branch  : 

20  jMy  glory  is  fresh  in  me, 

And  my  •'  bow  is  renewed    in 
my  hand. 

21  Unto  me  ''men  gave  ear,  and 

waited. 
And  kept  silence  for  my  counsel. 

22  After  niy  words  they  'spake  not 

again ; 
And  *my  speech  distilled  upon 
them. 

23  And  they  waited  for  me  as  for 

the  rain  ; 

'  Ot,  broad  place  'Heb.  ft  id. 

3  Or,  and  him  t>uit  had  Jtc. 
1"  Or,  clothed  itself  vith  me       "  Or,  turban 
n  Or,  the  cause  vhich  I  knew  not 
w  Heb.  great  teeth.       '*  Or,  beside    Heb.  witK 
1*  Heb.  opened.  '«  Or,  by 


523 


29.24 


JOB 


30.24 


Job  bewails  the  Centomely  to  wkich  he  is  sobject,  and  the  Harshness  of  fiod's  Dealings  with  him 


And  they  opened  their  mouth 
wide  as  for  the  latter  rain. 
24  I  smiled  on  them,  when  they 
had  no  confidence ; 

And  the  light  of    my  counte- 
nance they  cast  not  down. 
'25  I  chose  out  their  way,  and  sat 
as  "  chief, 

And    dwelt   as   a  king  in  the 
army. 

As    one    that   *comforteth  the 
mourners. 

O/^      But    now    they  that   are 

Ow  younger   than   I   ''have 

me  in  derision. 

Whose  fathers  I  disdained  to 

set  with  the  dogs  of  my  flock. 

2  Yea,  the  strength  of  their  hands, 

whereto  should  it  profit  me '? 
Men  in  whom  *  ripe  age  is  per- 
ished. 

3  They  a-re  gaunt  with  want  and 

famine ; 
^They  gnaw  the  dry  ground, 
^in  the  gloom  of  wasteness 
and  desolation. 

4  They    pluck    salt-wort   by  the 

bushes ; 
And  the  roots  of  the  broom  are 
^  their  food. 

5  They  are  driven  forth  from  the 

midst  of  men ; 
They  cry  after  them  as  after  a 
thief ; 

6  So  that  they  dwell  in  frightful 

valleys. 
In  holes  of  the  earth  and  of  the 
rocks. 

7  Among  the  bushes  they  bray ; 
Under  the  ^nettles  they  "^are 

gathered  together. 

8  They  are  children  of  fools,  yea, 

children  of  ''  base  men  ; 
They  *  were  scourged  out  of  the 
land. 

9  And  now  I  am  become   their 

"*  song, 
Yea,  I  am  a  byword  unto  them. 

10  They   abhor    me,    they   stand 

aloof  from  me. 
And  spare  not  to  "  spit  ®  in  my 
face. 

11  For  he  hath  loosed  ^"his  cord, 

and  -^afflicted  me ; 

1  Or,  vigor 

2  Or,  They  flee  into  the  wilderness,  into  &c. 

^  Or,  which  yesternight  was    Or,  on  the  eve  of 

*  Or,  to  warm  them         6  Or,  wild  vetches 

o  Or,  stretch  themselves 

'  Heb.  men  of  no  name. 

°  Or,  are  outcasts  from  the  land 
^  Or,  at  the  sight  of  me 

1°  According  to  another  reading,  mv  cord  (or, 
bowstring).  oi     .  \    , 


"ch.  1.  3; 

31.  37 
I'ch.  4.4; 

16.  5; 

Gen.  37.  35; 

Ju.  11.  19 
'^  ch.  12.  4 
<l  ch.  12.  4, 

ref. 
^ch.  17.  6; 

Num.  12. 

14 ;  Dt.  25. 

9 ;  Is.  50. 

6 ;  Mt.  26. 

67 
/Ruth  I.  21; 

Ps.  88.  7 


^  Jas.  1.  26 
'»  Ps.  140.  4,  6 
'  ch.  19.  12 
*  Is.  3.  12 
'  ch.  3.  25  ; 

31.  23  ;  Ps. 

55.  3-5 
"'  ch.  7.  9  ; 

Hos.  13.  3 
"  ch.  3.  24  ; 

Ps.  22.  14  ; 

42.  4  ;  Is. 

53.  12 
"  ver.  30 

P  ch.  2.  7 


1  Ps.  69.  2,  14 


''  ch.  19.  r 


*  ch.  10.  3 ; 
16.  9, 14 ; 

19.  6,  22 
'  ch.  9.  17  ; 
27.21 


"  ch.  9.  22 ; 

10.  8 

"  ch.  3.  19 ; 
17.  13  ; 

Eccl.  12.  5 


"  ch.  19.  7 


624 


And  thev  have  'cast  oft   the 
bridle  before  me. 

12  Upon  my  right  hand  rise  the 

"  rabble ; 
They  ''  thrust  aside  my  feet, 
And  Hhey  cast  up  against  me 

their  ways  of  destruction. 

1 3  They  ^^  *  mar  my  path. 

They  set    forward  my    calam- 
ity, 
Bven  men  that  have  no  helper. 

14  ^*As   through   a   wide   breach 

they  come : 
In  the  midst  of  the  ruin  they 
roll  themselves  upon  me. 

15  '  Terrors  are  turned  upon  me ; 
^*  They  chase  ^^mine  honor  as 

the  wind  ; 
And  my  welfare  is  passed  away 
'"as  a  cloud. 

16  And  now  "  my  soul  is  poured 

out  ^'^  within  me  ; 
Days  of  affliction  have  taken 
hold  upon  me. 

1 7  In  the  night  season  "  my  bones 

are  "  pierced  ^*  in  me. 
And  ^®the  pains  that  gnaw  me 
take  no  rest. 

18  By    God's   great   force   is    my 

garment  ^  disfigured ; 
It  bindeth   me   about   as    the 
collar  of  my  coat. 

19  He   hath    cast   me   into    "the 

mire, 
And  I  am  become  like  dust  and 
ashes. 

20  I  ""cry  unto  thee,  and  thou  dost 

not  answer  me : 
I  stand  up,  and  thou  gazest  at 
me. 

21  Thou  art  turned  to  be  cruel  to 

me; 
With  the  might  of  thy  hand 
thou  'persecutest  me. 

22  Thou    'liftest    me   up   to   the 

wind,    thou    causeat    me    to 
ride  vpon  it ; 
And  thou  dissolvest  me  in  the 
storm. 

23  For    I    know  that  thou  "wilt 

bring  me  to  death. 
And  to  '^"the  "house  appointed 
for  all  living. 

24  Howbeit  doth  not  one  stretch 

out  the  hand  in  his  fall? 
Or   in    his  calamity  therefore 
''cry  for  helpl 

11  Or,  brood  12  Or,  brenk  up 

13  Or,  As  a  wide  hreakinp  in  of  waters 

14  Or,  Thou  chasest      i*  Or,  my  nobility 
16  Heb.  upon. 

1'  Or,  corroded  and  drop  away  from,  me 

18  Heb.  from  off.  w  Or,  my  sinews  take  Jte, 

*»  Or,  the  house  of  meeting  for  &c. 


30.25 


JOB 


31.23 


la  his  Affliction  Job  protests  tke  Integrity  of  liLs  Life 


25  Did  not  I  "weep  for  him  that 

was  in  trouble'? 
Was  not  my  soul  grieved  for 
*the  needy? 

26  When  I  ''looked  for  good,  then 

evil  came  • 
And  when   1  waited  for  light, 
''there  came  darkness. 

27  My   'heart    is    troubled,    and 

resteth  not ; 
Days  of  affliction  are  come  upon 
me. 

28  I  go  ^•''mourning  without    the 

sun : 
I  stand  up  in  the  assembly,  and 
"  cry  for  help. 

29  I  am  a  brother  to  ''jackals. 
And  a  companion  to  ostriches. 

30  i\Iy  '  skin  is  black,  and  falleth 

from  me, 
And    my    *  bones    are    burned 
with  heat. 
'31  Therefore  is  my  'harp   turned 
to  mourning. 
And  my  pipe  into  the  voice  of 
them  that  weep. 


31 


I  made  a  covenant  with 
mine  eyes ; 
How  then  should  I  "'  look  upon 
a  virgin  % 

2  "  For  what  is  "  the  portion  from 

God  above, 
And    the    heritage    from    the 
Almighty  on  high'? 

3  Is  it  not  "calamity  to  the  un- 

righteous, 
And  disaster  to  ^the  workers 
of  iniquity'? 

4  Doth  not  he  « see  my  ways, 
And  ''  number  all  my  steps  ^ 

5  If  I  have  'walked  with  false- 

hood, 
And    my  foot  hath  hasted  to 
deceit 

6  (Let    me    be    '  weighed    in    an 

even  balance. 
That    God    may    know   "mine 
integrity) ; 

7  If  my  step  hath  "turned  out  of 

the  way, 
And    my   heart    walked    after 

mine  eyes. 
And  if  any  "  spot  hath  cleaved 

to  my  hands: 

8  Then    let    me    *sow,    and    let 

another  eat; 
Yea,  let  *Hhe  produce  of  my 
field  be  rooted  out. 

1  Or,  blnckeved,  hid  not  by  thf  sun 

3  Or,  For  what  portion  should  I  have  of  God 
.  .  .  And  what  heritage  li-c.  f  Js  there  not  calam- 
ity &c.  ? 

*  Or,  my  offspring    Heb.  my  produce. 


"  Ps.  .v..  13, 
14  ;  Koni. 

b  ch.  24.  4, 

ref. 
"  cl).  3.  2.5, 

26  ;  Jer.  S. 

15 
''  ch.  19.  8 
''  Lam.  2.  U 
/ver.  :!l ; 

Ps.  38.  6 ; 

42.  y  ;  43.  2 
'■'  ch.  19.  7 
''  Ps.  44.  19  ; 

Mic.  1.  8 
i  ch.  2.  7, 

ref. 
*  Ps.  102.  3 
'Ps.  I.i7.  1, 

2  ;  Is.  24.  8 
"'  Mt.  f>.  28 
"  ch.  20.  29 
"ch.  18.  12; 

21.  30 
P  ch.  34.  22 
«  ch.  24.  23  ; 

23.  24  ;  .S4. 

21  :  30.  7  , 

2  Chr.  IC. 

9 ;  Prov.  5. 

21 ;  l.'i.  3 
"■  ver.  37  ; 

ch.  14.  16 
»  ch.  1.5.  31  ; 

Mic.  2.  11 
'  ch.  6.  2,  3 
"  ch.  23.  10  ; 

27.  6,  6 
"ch.  23.  11 

"  ch.  n.  .30 
u  ch.  20.  18 ; 

Lev.  2fi.  10; 

Mic.  0.  15 
^  ver.  12 


"  ver.  1 ;  ch. 

24.  15 
f>  Judc.  16. 

21  ;  Is.  47.  2 
'  Dt.  28.  30  ; 

•ler.  8.  10 
>i  Lev.  20.  10 ; 

Dt.  22.  24 
« ver.  28 
/ch.  15.  ,30, 

ref.  ;  Prov. 

6.  27-29 
"  ch.  20.  G, 

ref. 
''  ver.  8 ;  ch. 

20.  28 
>  Dt.  24.  14, 

15 
*  ch.  10.  3, 

ref. ;  34. 10 : 

Prov.  22.  2 
'  ch.  20.  19  ; 

""  ch.  22.  9, 

ref. ;  Ex. 

22.  22-24 
"  ch.  22.  7 
"  ch.  29.  12 
Pch.22.  6; 

2(1.  13 
9  ch.  24.  4, 

ref. 
"■  ver.  17 ; 

ch.  29.  12 
'  ch.  29.  7 

« ch.  38.  15 


"  ver.  3 
"ch.  13.  11 


9  If  my  heart  hath  been  "  enticed 
unto  a  woman. 
And  I  have  laid   wait  at  my 
neighbor's  door ; 

10  Then  let  my  wife  'grind  unto 

another, 
And    let    "others    bow    down 
upon  her. 

11  For     that     were    a     ''heinous 

crime  ; 
Yea,  it  were  ''an  initjuity  to  be 
punished  by  the  judges : 

12  For  it  is 'a  lire  that  consumeth 

unto  *^  Destruction, 
And  would  ''root  out  all  mine 
increase. 

13  If  I  have  *  despised  the  cause 

of  my  man-servant  or  of  my 
maid-servant. 
When    they    contended    with 
me ; 

14  What    then    shall    I    do  when 

God  riseth  up"? 
And    when    he   visiteth,    what 
shall  I  answer  him  ? 

1 5  Did  not  *  he  that  made  me  in 

the  womb  make  him  1 
And  did  not  one  fashion  us  in 
the  womb? 

16  If  I  have  'withheld  'the  poor 

from  their  desire. 
Or  have  caused  the  eyes  of  ""the 
widow  to  fail, 

17  Or    Iiave    "eaten    my    morsel 

alone, 
And  "the  fatherless  hath  not 
eaten  thereof 

18  (Nay,  from  my  youth  he  grew 

up  with  me  as  with  a  father, 
And  her  have  I  guided  from 
mj'  mother's  womb) ; 

1 9  If  I  have  seen  any  perish  p  for 

want  of  clothing. 
Or   that   *the    needy   had    no 
covering ; 

20  If  his  loins  have  not  blessed  me, 
And    if    he    hath     not     been 

warmed   with    the   fleece   of 
my  sheep ; 

21  If  I  have  lifted  up  my  hand 

against  ''the  fatherless. 
Because  I  saw  my  help  *in  the 
gate  : 

22  Then  let  my  shoulder  fall  from 

the  shoulder-blade. 
And  mine  '  arm  be  broken  from 
the  bone. 

23  For  "calamity  from  God  is  a 

terror  to  me. 
And  by  reason  of  'his  majesty 
I  can  do  nothing. 

<  Heb.  Abaddon.    See  ch.  26.  6. 
*  Or,  alight  that  the  poor  desired 


625 


31.24 


JOB 


32.12 


Job  protests  the  Integritj'  of  tiis  Life.    Eliha's  Speech.    He  earnestly  desires  to  express 


24  If  I  have  made  "  gold  my  hope, 
And  have  said  to  the  tine  gold, 

Thou,  art  my  confidence  ; 

25  If  I  have  *  rejoiced  because  my 

wealth  was  great, 
And     because    my    hand    had 
gotten  much; 

26  If   I    have    ''beheld    Hhe    sun 

when  it  shined, 
Or  the  moon  walking  in  bright- 
ness, 

27  And  my  heart  hath  been   se- 

cretly enticed. 
And  -my  mouth  hath  kissed  my 
hand  : 

28  This  also  were  "^  an  iniquity  to 

be  punished  by  the  judges; 
For  I  should  have  "denied  the 
God  that  is  above. 

29  If  I  have  -^rejoiced  at  the  de- 

struction of  him  that  hated 
me. 
Or  lifted  up  myself  when  evil 
found  him 

30  (Yea,  "I  have  not  suffered  my 

^  mouth  to  sin 
By    asking    his    life   with    ''a 
curse) ; 
•31  If   the  men  of  my  tent  have 
not  said, 
Who    can  find    one  that  hath 
not  been  'filled  with  his  meat? 

32  (The  ^sojourner  hath  not  lodged 

in  the  street ; 
But  I  have  opened  my  doors 
to  ■'the  traveller) ; 

33  If  ^like  Adam  I  have  'covered 

my  transgressions, 
By  hiding  mine  iniquity  in  my 

oosom, 
3-1  Because    I    '"feared  the   great 

multitude, 
And  the  contempt  of  families 

terrified  me, 
So  that  I  kept  silence,  and  went 

not  out  of  the  door  — 

35  Oh  that  I  had  one  to  hear  me  ! 
(Lo,  here  is  my  "signature,  "let 

the  Almighty  answer  me) 
And  that  I  had  the  '  indictment 
which  mine  "adversary  hath 
written ! 

36  Surely  I  would  carry  it  upon  my 

shoulder ; 
I  would  bind  it  unto  me  as  a 
crown : 

37  I  would  declare  vinto  him* the 

number  of  my  steps  ; 
As  *  a  prince  woulci  I  ®  go  near 
unto  him. 

1  Heb.  the  light. 

*  Heb.  my  hand  hath  kissed  my  mouth. 
3  Heb.  palate.  *  Heb.  the  iray. 

*  Or,  ajfter  the  marnier  of  men    ^  Heb.  mark. 
?  Heb.  book.  8  Or,  present  it  to  him 


"  ch.  22.  24  ; 

Mk.  10.  24 
i-ch.  1.  3,10; 

Ps.  62.  10 
<^  Dt.  4.  19  , 

17.  3; 

Ezek.  8.  ic 
d  ver.  11 ; 

Dt.  1,.  2-7 
'  Josh.  24. 

27  ;  Is.  59. 
13 

/Prov.  17. 

6 ;  24.  17  , 

Obad.  12 
9  Ps.  7.  4 
ft  ch.  6.  3 
!  ch.  22.  7 
fc  Gen.  19.  2, 

3;  Judg. 

19.  20,  21 ; 

Rom.  12. 

13 ;  1  Pet. 

4.  9 
'  Gen.  3.  10  ; 

Prov.  28.  13 
"^  Ex.  23.  2 

"  ch.  19.  7  ; 

30.  20,  24, 

28  ;  3o.  14 
"  ch.  27.  7 
P  ver.  4 
«ch.  I.  3; 

29.  25 


'■  Gen.  4.  10, 

11 
'  ch.  24.  2 ; 

Lev.  19.  13 
«  1  K.  21.  19 

"  Gen.  3.  18  ; 
Is.  6.  6 ; 

Is.   32.  13 

"  ch.  10.  7 ; 

13.  18;  27. 

2;  31.  6; 

3.^9 
"  Gen.  22. 21 ; 

Jer.  25.  23 
V  ch.  27.  6,  6 
^  ch.  34.  5  ; 

3.5.  2  ;  40.  8 
"ch.  11.  6; 

15.  6 ;  22.  5 
ft  ch.  15.  10 


'  ch.  27.  3 
d  ch.  33.  4 

'  ch.  38.  36  ; 

1  K.  3.  12  ; 

4.  29 ;  Prov. 

2.  6 ;  Eccl. 

2.26;  Dan. 

1.  17  ;  2.  21 ; 

.Tas.  1.  6 
/  Eccl.  9. 

13-16 
«  Eccl.  4. 

13-15 


ft  ch.  5.  27 


38  If  my  '"land  crieth  out  against 

me, 
And  the  furrows  thereof  weep 
together ; 

39  If    1    have   f  eaten  the   *  fruits 

thereof  without  money, 
Or    have  '  caused    the   owners 
thereof  to  lose  their  life: 

40  Let  ^""thistles  grow  instead  of 

wheat. 
And  "  cockle  instead  of  barley. 

The  words  of  Job  are  ended. 

or)  So  these  three  men  ceased 
Ow  to  answer  Job,  because  he 
was  'righteous  in  his  own  eyes. 
2  Then  was  kindled  the  wrath  of 
Elihu  the  son  of  Barachel  the  "  Bu- 
zite,  of  the  family  of  Ram :  against 
Job  was  his  wrath  kindled,  ^be- 
cause he  justified  himself  ^rather 
than  God.  3  Also  against  his  three 
friends  was  his  wrath  kindled,  be- 
cause they  had  found  no  answer, 
and  yet  had  "condemned  Job.  4 
Now  Elihu  had  ^'^  waited  to  speak 
unto  .Job,  because  they  were  elder 
than  he.  5  And  when  Elihu  saw 
that  there  was  no  answer  in  the 
mouth  of  these  three  men,  his  wrath 
was  kindled. 

6  And  Elihu  the  son  of  Barachel 
the  Buzite  answered  and  said, 

I  am  young,  and  ye  are  very 

*old; 
Wherefore    I    held    back,    and 

durst   not   show    you    mine 

opinion. 

7  I  said.  Days  should  speak. 
And  multitude  of  years  should 

teach  wisdom. 

8  But  there  is  a  "  spirit  in  man. 
And    the   ''breath   of    the   Al- 
mighty giveth  them  "  under- 
standing. 

9  It  is  -^not  the  great  that  are 

wise, 
Nor  the  ^  aged  that  understand 
justice. 

10  Therefore  I  ^^said.  Hearken  to 

me ; 
I  also  will  show  mine  opinion. 

1 1  Behold,  I  waited  for  your  words, 
I  listened  for  your  reasonings, 
Whilst  ye  ''searched  out  what 

to  say. 

12  Yea,  I  attended  unto  you, 
And,   behold,   there  was   none 

that  convinced  Job, 


9  Heb.  Hrenoth.  lo  Or,  thor 

11  Or,  noisome  weeds 

12  Heb.  waited  for  Job  with  words. 


13  Or,  SOI 


626 


32.13 


JOB 


33.21 


biit  Opinion,    lie  reproves  Job's  Self-jostifiration.    IfBrms  that  God  helps  Han  by  the  Diinuitn'  of  Dreams  and  Sicliness 


Or  that   answered   hi«  words, 
among  you. 

13  '  Beware  "lest  ye  say,  We  have 

found  wisdom ; 
God    may   vanquish    him,   not 
man : 

14  For  he  hath   not  directed  his 

words  against  me ; 
Neitlicr  will  I  answer  him  with 
your  speeches. 

15  They  are  amazed,  they  answer 

no  more : 
They  have  not  a  word  to  say. 
IG  And  shall  1  wait,  because  tney 
speak  not. 
Because  they  stand  still,  and 
answer  no  more'? 

17  1  also  will  answer  my  part, 

I  also  will  show  mine  opinion. 

18  For  1  am  full  of  words ; 

The  spirit  within  me  *constrain- 
eth  me. 

19  Behold,   my  breast  is  as  wine 

which  hath  no  vent ; 
Like    new    "wine-skins    -it    is 
ready  to  burst. 

20  I  will  speak,  that  I  may  *be 

refreshed ; 
1  will  open  my  lips  and  answer. 

2 1  Let  me  not,  I  pray  you,  "*  respect 

any  man's  person ; 
Neither  will  I  give  flattering 
titles  unto  any  man. 

22  For  I  know  not  to  "give  flatter- 

ing titles ; 
Else  would  my  jSIaker  soon  take 
me  away. 

O  O       Howbeit,  Job,  I  pi'ay  thee, 
O  O  hear  mj  speech. 

And  hearken  to  all  my  words. 

2  Behold  now,  I  have  opened  my 

mouth  ; 
My  tongue  hath  spoken  in  my 
^  mouth. 

3  My  words  shall  utter  the  up- 

rightness of  my  heart ; 
And  -'that  which  my  lips  know 
they  shall  speak  sincerely. 

4  The  =' Spirit  ot  God  hath  made 

me. 
And    the    '"breath    of    the   Al- 
mighty giveth  me  life. 

5  If   thou    canst,    'answer    thou 

me; 
*Set  thy  tvords  in  order  before 
me,  stand  forth. 

6  Behold,  ^  I  am  toward  God  even 

as  thou  art : 

1  Or,  Lfsi  ye  should  say,  We  have  found  out 
wisdom;  God  Ihrusteth  ftini  down^  not  man: 
Now  he  <tr.  2  Or.  ii-hich  are  ready 

»  Or,  find  reliej  *  Ileh.  jmlate. 

'  Or,  J  am  according  to  tlty  wish  in  God's  stead 


"  Jer.  9.  23 

*  Acts  IS.  5 
'  Mt.  y.  17 

rf  Ch.  1.!.  K, 

10 ;  ch.  34. 
19;  Lev. 

19.  Ij 

*  1  Th.  2.  5 
/ch.  6.  28; 

27.  4 ;  30.  4  ; 

Gen.  2.  7 ; 

Acts  17.  2C, 
'■'  ch.  10.  3, 

ref. ;  32.  8 
fc  ch.  27.  3 
'  ver.  ;)2 

*  ch.  13.  18 


'  ch.  4.  19, 
ref. ;  Is. 

45.  9 
'"  ch.  9.  34  ; 

13.21 
"  2  Cor.  2.  5 
"  ch.  6.  10  ; 

9.  21 ;  10.  7  ; 
12.  4 ;  13. 
18  ;  23.  10  ; 
27.  5  ;  34.  ft 

*"  ch.  13.  23  ; 

10.  17  ;  31. 
.V-8 

«  ch.  13.  23 
"■  ch.  13.  24 
'  ch.  13.  27 
'  ch.  10.  14  ; 

14.  16; 

31.  4 
"  ch.  1.5.  2.5  ; 

40.  2  ;  Is. 

4ft.  9 
"  Ps.  02.  U 


'  ver.  15-18 : 
ch.  4. 12-17 ; 
Num.  12.  6 


y  ch.  36.  10, 
15 


'  ver.  24, 1 
30 


"  ch.  15.  22, 
ref. 


"  ch.  30.  17 


'  oh.  3.  24 ; 
6.  7 ;  Ps. 
107.  18 

d  ch.  16.  S 


1  alsf)  am  formed  out  of   the 
'  clay. 

7  Behold,   my  "'  terror  shall  not 

make  thee  afraid. 
Neither  shall  my  "pressure  be 
heavy  upon  thee. 

8  Surely  thou  hast  spoken  in  my 

hearing. 
And  1  have  heard  the  voice  of 
thy  words,  saying, 

9  I  am  "clean, ''  without  transgres- 

sion ; 
I  am  innocent,  neither  » is  there 
iniquity  in  me : 

10  Behold,   he  tindeth    ^occasions 

against  me. 
He  '"counteth  me  for  his  enemy; 

11  He    'putteth    my  feet   in    tne 

stocks. 
He 'marketh  all  my  paths. 

1 2  Behold,  "  I  will  ansNver  thee,  in 

this  thou  art  not  just ; 
For  God  is  greater  than  man. 

1 3  Why  dost  thou  "  strive  against 

him. 
For  that  he  giveth  not  account 
of  any  of  his  matters  1 

1 4  For  ''  God  speaketh  **  once. 

Yea  twice,  though  man  regard- 
eth  it  not. 

15  In  a  ^  dream,  in  a  vision  of  the 

night. 
When  deep  sleep  falleth  upon 

men. 
In  slumberings  upon  the  bed  ; 

1 6  Then  ^  he  "  openeth  the  ears  of 

men. 
And  sealeth  their  instruction, 

17  ^"That  he  may  withdraw  man 

from  his  purpose. 
And  hide  pride  from  man  ; 

18  "He    -'keepeth    back    his    soul 

from  the  pit. 
And  his  life  from  perishing  "  by 
the  '"  sword. 

1 9  He  is  chastened  also  with  *  pain 

upon  his  bed, 
^*And  with  continual  strife  in 
his  bones ; 

20  So    that    his    life    'abhorreth 

bi'ead. 
And  his  soul  dainty  food. 

21  His  ''flesh  is  consumed  away, 

that  it  cannot  be  seen ; 

6  Or,  causes  of  atimation  .     ,     ^     .,,  _ 

7  Or,  in  this  thou  art  not  }ust:  J  will  answer 
thee ;  For  dx.       *  Or,  in  one  way,  yea,  in  two 

9 'Beb.  nnfoi^ereth. 

10  Or,  nat  man  may  put  away  hi8  purpose. 
And  that  he  may  hide  ,     ,„  ^ 

11  Or,  That  he  may  keei>  i>ark    "  Or,  weapons 
13  Another  reading  is.  While  all  his  bones  art 

firm. 


627 


33.22 


JOB 


34.16 


The  Ministry  or  Angels.    Elihn  rebukes  Job  for  his  Irrevereuce.    He  vindicates  Cod's  Justice 


And  his  "bones  that  were  not 
seen  stick  out. 

22  Yea,   ''his    soul    draweth    near 

unto  the  pit, 
And  his  life  to  the  destroyers. 

23  If  there  be  with  him  ^  an  angel, 
An  "interpreter,  one  '^ among  a 

thousand, 
To  ''show  unto  man  ^what  is 
right  for  him  ; 

24  *Then    God    is    gracious    unto 

him,  and  saith, 
Deliver  him  from 'going  down 

to  the  pit, 
I  have  found  a  •''ransom. 

25  His  "  flesh  shall  be  fresher  than 

a  child's ; 
He  returneth  to  the  days  of  Ms 
youth. 

26  He*iDrayeth  unto  God,  and  he 

is  favorable  unto  him, 
So  that  *  he  seeth  his  face  with 

joy:  ,  ,  . 

And  he  *  restoreth  unto  man  his 
righteousness. 

27  He  ^' singe th  before  men,  and 

saith, 
I  '"have  sinned,  and  perverted 

that  which  was  right. 
And  ^  it  "  profited  me  not : 

28  He   hath    "redeemed    my  soul 

from  going  into  the  pit, 
And  my  life  shall  ^behold  the 
light. 

29  Lo,  'all  these  things  doth  God 

work. 
Twice,  yea  thrice,  with  a  man, 

30  To  ''bring  back  his  soul  from 

the  pit. 
That    he  may  be   enlightened 
with  the  "light  of  Hhe  liv- 
ing. 

31  Mark  well,  O  Job,  hearken  unto 

me: 
Hold    thy    peace,    and    I    will 
speak. 

32  If  thou  hast  anything  to  say, 

answer  me  : 
Speak,  for  I  desire  to  justify 
thee. 

33  If  not,  hearken  thou  unto  me  : 

'  Hold    thy  peace,   and    I    will 
teach  thee  wisdom. 

O  A       Moreover  Elihu  answered 
O  jt  and  said, 
2  Hear  my  words,  ye  wise  men ; 

1  Or,  a  messnnger  2  Or,  of  th6  thousand 

8  Or,  hin  uprightness 

*  Or,  And  he  be  gracious  .  .  .  and  say  .  .  . 
ransom  .-  his  flenh  &c.        ^  Or,  looketh  upon,  men 

«  Or,  it  was  not  requited  unto  me  Or,  it  was 
not  meet /or  me  i  Or,  li/e 


"  ch.  19.  20 ; 

Ps.  22.  17 
b  Ps.  88.  3 
"=  Gen.  40.  8 
rf  Mic.  6.  8 
"  ver.  18,  28  ; 

Is.  38.  17 
/ch.  30.  18; 

Ps.  49.  7 
»  2  K.  6.  14 
h  ch.  22.  27  ; 

34.  28 
■  ch.  22.  26  ; 

Ps.  11.  7 
»:  Ps.  61.  12 
'  ch.  8.  21 
'"  2  S.  12.  13  ; 

Lk.  15.  21 
"  Rom.  6.  21 
"  Ps.  103.  4 
P  ch.  22.  28, 

ref. 
«  Eph.  1.  11 : 

1  Cor.  12. 6 ; 

Phil.  2.  13 
"■  ver.  18 
'  Ps.  49.  19  , 

66.  13 
<  Ch.  33.  31 


"ch.  12.  11 
"  1  Th.  6.  21 
*  ch.  33.  9, 

ref. 
y  ch.  27.  2 
'  ch.  6.  4  , 

Jer.  15.  18 ; 

30.  12 
"  ch.  15.  16 
b  Ps.  60.  18 
'  ch.  21.  15  , 

35.  3 


<i  ver.  12 , 

ch.  8.  3, 

ref. ;  Ps. 

92.  15 ; 

Rom.  9.  14 
*  ver.  25 ; 

Ps.  62.  12  ; 

Prov.  24. 

12;. Jer.  32. 

19  ;  Ezek. 

3:i.  20 ;  Mt. 

16.  27 ; 

Rom.  2.  6 , 

2  Cor.  6. 

10;  Rev. 

22.  12 
/  ver.  10, 

ref. 

9  ch.  38.  5,  6 


''ch.  12.  10, 
Ps.  104.  29 

'  Gen.  7.  21  ; 

Is.  40.  6,  7 
k  ch.  10.  9  ; 

Gen.  3.  19 


And  give  ear  unto  me.  ye  that 
have  knowledge. 

3  For  "  the  ear  trietii  words. 
As  the  palate  tasteth  food. 

4  Let  us  '  choose  for  us  that  which 

is  right : 
Let  us  know  among  ourselves 
what  is  good. 

5  For  Job  hath  said,  "  I  am  right- 

eous. 
And  •"  God  hath  taken  away  my 
right : 

6  *  Notwithstanding  my  right  I 

am  accounted  a  liar  _; 
^My     ^  wound     is      incurable, 
though  I  am  without  trans- 
gression. 

7  What  man  is  like  Job, 

Who  "  drinketh  up  scofBng  like 
water, 

8  Who  goeth  *in  company  with 

the  workers  of  iniquity, 
And     walketh     with     wicked 
men^ 

9  For  he  hath  said, "  It  profiteth  a 

man  nothing 
That  he  should  ^Melight  himself 
with  God. 

10  Therefore  hearken  unto  me, 

ye  men  of  understanding  : 
Far  be  it  from  God,   that  he 

should  '^  do  wickedness. 
And  from  the  Almighty,  that 

he  should  commit  iniquity. 

1 1  For  "  the  work  of  a  man  will  he 

render  unto  him. 
And  cause  every  man  to  find 
according  to  his  ways. 

12  Yea,  of  a  surety, -^  God  will  not 

do  wickedly. 
Neither  will  the  Almighty  per- 
vert ju.stice. 

13  Who   gave  him  a  charge  over 

the  earth  1 
Or  who   ^hath    "disposed  the 
whole  world  % 

14  ^-If  he  set  his  heart  upon  ^"him- 

self, 
If  he  ''gather  unto  himself  his 
spirit  and  his  breath  ; 

15  All  *■  flesh  shall  perish  together, 
And    man    shall    *turn   again 

unto  dust. 

16  "If  now  thou  hast  understan'l- 

ing,  hear  this : 
Hearken   to  the  voice   of   my 
words. 

8  Or,  Should  I  lie  against  my  right  t 
s  Heb.  Mine  arrow. 

10  Or,  consent  with    See  Ps.  60.  18. 

11  Or,  laid  upon  him 

12  According  to  another  reading,  Ifhecausehis 
heart  to  return  unto  himself. 

13  Or.  man    Heb.  him.    i*  Or,  Only  understand 


34.17 


JOB 


35.7 


Elihu  viudicateH  fiod's  Justice  and  Sovereignty.     He  accageg  Job  of  Rebellionsueu  and  Helf-righteoosness 


17  Shall   even   "one    that    hateth 

justice  govern'? 
And  ""wilt  thou  condemn  him 
that       is       righteous       awl 
mighty'?  — 

18  ^  Him  that  ''saith   to   a    king, 

IViou  art  vile, 
Or  to  ''  nobles,  Ye  are  wicked  ; 

19  That  "respecteth  not  the  per- 

sons of  princes. 
Nor    regardeth  the  rich  more 

than  the  poor ; 
For  they  all  are  the  •'work  of 

his  hands. 

20  In  a  moment  they  die,  ^even 

"  at  midnight ; 
The  people  are  shaken  and  pass 

away, 
And    ''the    mighty    are    taken 

away  without  hand. 

21  For    *his    eyes    are    upon    the 

ways  of  a  man. 
And  he  seeth  all  his  goings. 

22  There    is    *  no    darkness,     nor 

thick  gloom, 
Where  the  workers  of  iniquity 
may  hide  themselves. 

23  For  he  /  needeth  not  further  to 

consider  a  man, 
That  he  should  go  before  God 
in  judgment. 

24  He  breaketh  in  pieces  "*  mighty 

men  '^in  ways   past   finding 
out, 
And    setteth    others    in    their 
stead. 

25  Therefore    he   "taketh    knowl- 

edge of  their  works ; 
And  "he  overturneth  them  in 
the  night,  so  that  they  are 
■*  destroyed. 

26  He  ^striketh  them  as  wicked 

men 
'  In  the  open  sight  of  others  ; 

27  Because     they    ''turned    aside 

from  following  him. 
And  would  not  ''have  regard  to 
any  of  his  waj^s  : 

28  *So  that  they  caused  'the  cry 

of  the  poor  to  come  unto  him, 
And  he  'heard  the  cry  of  the 
atflicted. 

29  When    he    "giveth    quietness, 

who  then  can  condemn  1 
And  when  he  hideth  his  face, 

who  then  can  behold  him  ? 
Alike  whether  it  he  done  unto 

a  nation,  or  unto  a  man  : 

1  The  Heb,  as  pointed  reads.  /■.■  it  fit  to  say 
to  a  kino,  Thou  art  I'ile?  Or  to  nobles.  Ye  are 
wicked  f     2  Or.  and  at  w  idni{iht  the  people  &c. 

3  Or,  without  ivQuisition      *  Heb.  crushed. 

*  Heb.  In  the  place  of  beholders. 

*  Or,  That  they  might  cause  .  .  .  And  that  he 
'.night  hear 


"■  ver.  30 ; 

2  S.  '.'3.  3 
*  Cll.  40.  8 
'  Ps.  lOo.  11 
<'  Ps.  83.  I ) 
*■  Lev.  lu.  \r,. 

ref. ;  Dt. 

10.  17 ; 

2  Chr.  19. 

7,  Acts  10. 

34;  Rom. 

2.  11 ;  Gal. 

2.  0 ;  Eph. 
6.  9 ;  Col. 

3.  25; 

1  Pet.  1.  17 
/ch.  10.  3, 

ref. 
"  ver.  25 ; 

ch.  30.  20 , 

Ex.  12.  2U 
'1  ch.  12.  19, 

ref. 
■  ch.  24.  23 ; 

31.  4; 

Prov.  6. 

21 ;  15.  3  ; 

.Ter.  16.  17 
*Ps.  r.9.  11, 

12 ;  Am.  9. 

2,  3 
'ch.  11.  11 
"'  ch.  12.  19, 

ref. 
"  ver.  11 
"  ver.  20 
''  ch.  26.  12 
1  1  S.  15.  11 
''ch.  21.  14; 

Ps.  28.  6 ; 

Is.  o.  12 
'  ch.  35,  9  ; 

Jas.  5.  4 
«  ch.  22.  27  , 

Ex.  22.  23 
"  1  Chr.  22.  9 


"ver.  17 
'  ch.  33.  27 
"ch.  36.  11 , 

Ps.  25.  4  ; 

119.  33;  Is. 

2.  3 
'  Lk.  19.  8 
"  Ps.  50.  21 
*>  ch.  35.  16 

"  eh.  23.  10 

<*  ch.  22.  15 
"  ch.  23.  2 
/  ch.  27.  23 
'->  ch.  32.  2, 
ref. 


'  ch.  9.  30,  31 


*  Gen.  15. 
Ps.  s.  3 


'  ch.  22.  12 


'  ch.  7.  20  ; 
Prov.  8. 36 ; 

Jer.  7. 19 


"  ch.  22.  2, 3 ; 
l^ov.  9. 12; 
Lk.  17.  10 


30  That  the    "godless    man  reign 

not. 
That  there  be  none  to  ensnare 
the  people. 

31  For  hath  any  said  unto  God, 
I  have  ■"  borne  c/iastuernent,  ''  I 

will  not  offend  aiiy  more  : 

32  That  which  I   see    not  «' teach 

thou  me  : 
If  1  have  'done  iniquity,  I  will 
do  it  no  more  1 

33  Shall    his    "recompense   be    as 

thou  wilt,  that  tliou  refusest 

if? 
For    thou    must    choose,     and 

not  I : 
Therefore     speak    what     thou 

k  no  west. 

34  Men  of  understanding  will  say 

unto  me. 
Yea,  every  wise  man  that  hear- 
eth  me  : 

35  Job  *speaketh  without  knowl- 

edge, 
And    his    words    are    without 
wisdom. 

36  Would    that    Job   were   Hried 

unto  the  end. 
Because  of  his  answering  ■*  like 
wicked  men. 

37  For  he  addeth  "rebellion  unto 

his  sin ; 
He-'clappeth  his  hands  among 

us. 
And     multiplieth     his    words 

against  God. 


35 


529 


Moreover  Elihu  answered 
and  said, 

2  Thinkest  thou  this  to   be  thy 

right. 
Or  saypst  thou,  "  My  righteous- 
ness is  more  than  God's, 

3  That  thou  sayest,  *  What  advan- 

tage will  it  be  unto  thee  1 

Ami,  '  What  profit  shall  I  have, 

more  than  if  I  had  sinned? 

4  I  will  answer  thee. 

And  thy  companions  with  thee. 

5  *Look  unto  the  heavens,   and 

see ; 
And  behold  'the  skies,  which 
are  higher  than  thou. 

6  If    thou    hast    sinned,    "'  what 

effectest  thou  against  him  '( 
And  if   thy  transgressions   be 
multiplied,  what  doest  thou 
unto  him'? 

7  If  thou  be  righteous,  "  what  giv- 

est  thou  him '? 
Or  what    receiveth  he  of  thy 
hand"? 

7  Or,  though  I  offend  not 


35.8 


JOB 


36.20 


Elihn  aclases  Job  of  Undntifalncss  and  PresiimptDouuiess.    He  jastifies  (Sod's  Us«  of  IfDictioii 


8  Thy  "wickedness   viay  hurt  a 

man  as  thou  art ; 
And    thy    righteousness    may 
profit  a  son  of  man. 

9  By  reason  of  the  multitude  of 

oppressions  they  *  cry  out ; 
They  cry  for  help  by  reason  of 
the  arm  '  of  the  mighty. 

10  But  ''none  saith,  Where  is  God 

my  Maker, 
Who    *giveth     songs     in    the 
night, 

11  Who  ■'teacheth  us  more    than 

the  beasts  of  the  earth. 
And  maketh  us  *  wiser  than  the 
birds  of  the  heavens '? 

12  There  they  ''  cry,  '  but  none  giv- 

eth  answer, 
Because  of   the   pride  of   evil 
men. 

13  Surely  'God  will  not  hear  an 

empty  cry. 
Neither  will  the  Almighty  re- 
gard it. 

14  How    much    less    when    *thou 

sayest  ''thou  beholdest  him 
not, 
The  'cause  is  before  him,  and 
thou  waitest  for  him  ! 

15  But  now,  ™  because  he  hath  not 

visited  in  his  anger, 
^  Neither  doth  he  gi'eatly  regard 
arrogance ; 

16  Therefore    doth    .Job  open  his 

mouth  in  vanity  ; 
He  "multiplieth  words  "with- 
out knowledge. 

O  f\      Elihu  also  proceeded,  and 
OO  said, 

2  ''Suffer  me  a  little,  and  I  will 

show  thee ; 
For  ^I  have  yet  somewhat  to 
say  on  God's  behalf. 

3  I  will  fetch  my  knowledge  from 

afar. 
And  will  ascribe  ^  righteousness 
to  my  Maker. 

4  For  truly  *my  words  are  not 

false : 
One  that  is  '"perfect  in  knowl- 
edge is  with  thee. 

5  Behold,    God    is   mighty,    and 

'despiseth  not  any : 
He  is  'mighty  in  strength  of 
®  understanding. 

6  He  "preserveth  not  the  life  of 

the  wicked, 

1  Or,  feut  he  answereth  not 

2  Or,  thou  beholdett  him  not !     The  cause  is 
before  Mm  ;  therefore  ivait  thou  for  him 

3  Or,  Thou  sayest.  He  doth  not  greatly  regard 
arrogance.    Thus  doth  &e.      *  Heb.  Wait  for. 

'  Heb.  there  are  yet  wordtfor  God. 
*  Heb.  heart. 


"  1  Cor.  15. 

33 
ft  Ex.  2.  23 

'  ch.  12.  19, 

ref. 
d  ch.  21.  14  ; 

27.  10 ;  36. 

13 
"  ch.  8. 21 ; 

Ps.  42.  8 ; 

77.  0 ;  14!). 

6 ;  Acts 

16.  25 
/ch.  36.  22; 

Ps.  94.  12 ; 

Jer.  a2.  33 

^  Lk.  12.  24 
''  ch.  27.  9 
'  Prov.  15. 

29 ;  Is.  1. 

16;  Jer.  11. 

11;  Mic. 

3.  4 
*  ch.  9.  11 ; 

23.  8,  9 
'ch.  31.35 
"'  Eccl.  8.  II 
"  ch.  34.  37 
"  ch.  34.  35 
''  ch.  8.  3 ; 

37.23 
9  ch.  33.  3, 

ref. 
"■  ch.  37.  16 
'  Ps.  22.  24  ; 

69.  33;  102. 

17 
'  ch.  12.  13, 

ref. 
"  ch.  8.  22, 

ref. ;  34.  26 


"  ch.  5.  16, 

ref. 
"^  Ps.  33.  18 ; 

34.  15 
^ch.  6.  11; 

Ps.  113.  8 
^  Ps.  107.  10 
"  ver.  15,  21 
ft  Is.  68.  1 
"  ch.  15.  25 
•i  ver.  15 ; 

ch.  33.  10 
*  ver.  21 ; 

2  K.  17.  13  ; 

.Ton.  3.  8 
/Is.  1.  19,  20 
■'  ch.  1.5.  22, 

ref. 
''  ch.  4.  21 
'  Rom.  2.  6 
fc  ch.  15.  32  ; 

22.  16 
'  Ps.  119.  67, 

75  ;  Is.  48. 

10 
"  ver.  10 
"  Hos.  2.  14 
"2  8.  22.  20 ; 

Ps.  4.  1 ; 

31.  8;  118. 

6 ;  Hos.  4. 

16 
P  Ps.  23.  5 
«  ch.  22.  5, 

10,  11 
^  ch.  34.  33  ; 

Jon.  4.  4,  9 
■'  ch.  33.  24 


t  ch.  34.  20, 
25 


630 


But    giveth   to   "the    afflicted 
their  right. 

7  He  *withdraweth  not  his  eyes 

from  the  righteous : 
But    ^with    kings    upon    the 

throne 
He  setteth  them  for  ever,  and 

they  are  exalted. 

8  And  if  they  be  ^  bound  in  fetters. 
And  be  taken  in  the  cords  "of 

affliction ; 

9  Then  he  'showeth  them  their 

work. 
And  their  transgressions,  that 
they   have   "^  behaved   them- 
selves proudly. 

10  He  ''openeth  also  their  ear  to 

instruction. 
And  *commandeth    that   they 
return  from  iniquity. 

11  ''If  they  hearken  and  serve  him. 
They  shall  spend  their  days  in 

prosperity. 
And  their  years  in  ''  pleasures. 

12  But  if  they  hearken  not,  they 

shall  perish  "  by  *the  sword. 
And  they    shall  •''die   without 
knowledge. 

13  But  they  that  are  godlees  in 

heart '  lay  up  anger : 
They  cry  not  for  help  when  he 
bindeth  them. 

14  ''They  *die  in  youth. 

And  their  life  perisheth  ^^  among 
the  "  unclean. 

1 5  He  '  delivereth  the  afflicted  ^'"  by 

their  affliction, 
And   '"openeth  their   ear   ^^in 
oppression. 

16  Yea,   he  would    have  "allured 

thee  ^*out  of  distress 
Into    a    "broad    place,    where 

there  is  no  straitness  ; 
And  that  which  is  set  on  thy 

^  table  would  be  full  of  fat- 


17  But  thou  ^«art  full,  of  Hhe 

judgment  of  the  wicked  : 
Judgment     and     justice    take 
hold  on  thee. 

18  ^®For  let  not  ''wrath  stir  thee 

up  against  chastisements ; 
Neither  let  the  greatness  of  the 
'  ransom  turn  thee  aside. 

19  Will  thy  cry  avail,  that  thou  be 

not  in  distress, 
Or  all  the  forces  of  thy  strength  ? 

20  Desire  not '  the  night, 

7  Or,  pleasantness  *  Or,  weapons 

9  Heb.  Their  soul  dieth.  ">  Or,  like 

11  Or,  sodomites    See  Dt.  23.  17.       12  Or*  in 

13  Or,  by  adversity    1*  Heb.  out  of  the  mouth  of 

15  Or,  hast. tilled  up 

i«  Or,  Because  there  is  wrath,  beware  lest  ihou 
be  led  away  by  thy  sufficiency 


36.21 


JOB 


37.1^ 


Eliha  exhorts  Job  to  submit  to  God,  and  to  magiiiry  tiod's  Unseanhable  Greatness 


When  peoples  'are   cut   off  in 
theii-  place. 

21  Take  heed,   "regard  not    iniq- 

uity : 
For    this     hast     thou    chosen 
rather  than  ''affliction. 

22  Behold,  God  doeth  loftily  in  his 

power : 
who   is   a   "teacher  like  unto 
him? 

23  Who  hath  ''enjoined    him   his 

way  1 
Or  who  can   say,   "Thou  hast 
wrought  unrighteousness  'I 

24  Remember  that  thou  •''mag- 

nify his  work. 
Whereof  men  have  ''sung. 

25  All  men  have  looked  thereon  ; 
Man  beholdeth  it  afar  off". 

26  Behold,  ''God  is  great,  and  we 

know  him  not ; 
The  'number  of   his    years    is 
unsearchable. 

27  For  *he  draweth  up  the  drops 

of  water. 
Which  distil  in  rain  -from  ^  his 
vapor, 

28  Whic-h  the  skies  pour  down 
And    drop    upon    man    abun- 
dantly. 

29  Yea,   can  any  understand  the 

'  spreadings  of  the  clouds. 
The  '"  thunderings  of  his  pavil- 
ion 1 

30  Behold,  he  spreadeth  his  light 

■•  around  him ; 
And  he  ^covereth  the  bottom 
of  the  sea. 

31  For  by  these  "he  "judgeth  the 

peoples ; 
He  "giveth  food  in  abundance. 

32  He  covereth  his  hands  with  the 

*  lightning, 
And  ''giveth  it  a  charge  ''that 
it  strike  the  mark. 

33  The  "noise  thereof  telleth  con- 

cerning ^him. 
The     cattle     also     concerning 
"  the  storm  that  cometh  up. 

Q  ^  Yea,  at  this  my  heart  trem- 
O  I        bleth. 

And  is  moved  out  of  its  place. 

2  Hear,   oh,   hear  the  ''noise    of 

his  voice. 
And  the  '"sound  that  goeth  out 
of  his  mouth. 

3  He  sendeth  it  forth  under  the 

whole  heaven, 

1  Heb.  go  up.  *  Heb.  helfmging  to. 

*  Or,  tKe  vapor  thereo.f        *  Or,  thereon 

'  Or,  covereth  it  with  the  depths  of  the  sea 

*  Heb  light.       '  Or,  against  the  assailant 
>>  Or,  it        *  Or,  him         >"  Or,  muttering 


■*  ver.  10 ; 

Pg.  31.  6 ; 

tjti.  itt 
t>  ver.  8,  IS 
"  cli. ,%.  11 
''ch.  34.  13; 

Is.  40.  13 ; 

Kom.  11. 

34  ;  1  Cor. 

•i.  16 
•  ch.  8.  3, 

ref. 
/  'J  S.  7.  26 ; 

Pa.  3.;.  -a ; 

40.  10 
"  Ex.  15.  1 ; 

Judg.  5.  1  ; 

1  Chr.  10. 

9 ;  Ps.  59. 

16;  138.  6 
''  ch.  11.7-9, 

ref. ;  37.  23 
«  c-h.  10,  5  ; 

Pg.  90.  2  ; 

102.  24,  27 
k  ver.  20-29 ; 

ch.  6.  10 ; 

37.  C,  11  , 

38.  28; 
Pg.  147.  8 

'  fh.  37.  11, 

Ifi 
"'  ch.  26.  14 
"  ch.  37.  13 
"  Ps.  104.  27  ; 

130.  25; 

Acta  14.  17 
P  ch.  37.  11, 

12,  15 
9  ch.  37.  2 
"■  ch.  36.  33  ; 

ver.  4,  5 ; 

Pa.  29.  3-9 


*  ver.  12 ; 
ch.  28.  24  j 
38.  13 

<  ch.  26.  14  , 

Pg.  IS.  13 
"ver.  14,  16, 

23  ;  ch.  A.  g 
*■  ch.  36.  26 
■^  ch.  .38.  22 
y  ch.  36.  27, 

ref. 
=  ch.  12.  14 
"  ch.  38.  40  ; 

Pb.  104.  22 
''  oh.  9.  9 
'  Ps.  147.  17 
«  ch.  38.  2<t ; 

Ps.  147.  17 
"  ch.  36.  27 
f  ch.  36.  29 
"  ver.  16 
fc  ch.  36.  32  i 

Ps.  148.  8 
'  Is.  14.  21  : 

27.  6 

*  Prov.  8.  31 
'  Ex.  9.  18, 

2:; ,  1  S. 

12    IS,  19 
"^  ch.  38.  26, 

27 
"  1  K.  18.  45 


"  ver  5, 14, 


And    his  ''lightning    unto   the 
"  'ends  of  the  earth. 

4  After  it  a  voice  roareth  ; 

He '  thundereth  with  the  voice 

of  his  majesty ; 
And    he    restraineth    not  ^"^tlie 

lightnings  when  his  voice  is 

heard. 

5  God    thundereth    marvellously 

with  his  voice ; 
"  Great  things  doeth  he,  which 

we  "cannot  comprehend. 
G  For    he    saith    to   ■"  the    snow. 

Fall  thou  on  the  earth  ; 
Likewise  to  the  *  shower  of  rain. 
And    to    the    showers    of    his 

mighty  rain. 

7  He   'sealeth  up    the   hand   of 

every  man. 
That   all   men  whom  he  hath 
made  may  know  it. 

8  Then  the  beasts  go  into  "cov- 

erts, 
And  remain  in  their  dens. 

9  Out   of   the    *  chamber    of   the 

south  cometh  the  storm. 
And  "^  cold  out  of  the  '^  north. 

10  By  the  breath  of  God  ''ice  is 

given  ; 
And  the  breadth  of  the  waters 
is  '■•  straitened. 

1 1  Yea,  *  he  ladeth  the  thick  cloud 

with  moisture  ; 
He    •''spreadeth     abroad    -'the 
cloud  of  his  "^lightning  : 

12  And  it  is  turned  round  about 

by  his  guidance. 
That  they  ma.y  do  whatsoever 

he  ''  commandeth  them 
Upon  the  '  face  of  the  *  habita- 

ole  world  , 

13  Whether  it  be  for  'correction, 

or  for  ""his  '^land. 
Or  for  "lovingkindness,  that  he 
cause  it  to  come. 

14  Hearken  unto  this,  O  Job  : 
Stand  still,   and    consider    the 

wondrous  works  of  God. 

15  Dost  thou  know  how  God  lay- 

eth  his  charge  upon  them. 
And  causeth  the/ lightning  of 
his  cloud  to  shine  ? 

16  Dost  thou  know  the  balancings 

of  the  clouds. 
The  "wondrous  works  of  him 
who  ''is  perfect  in  knowledge'? 

17  '®How  thy  garments  are  warm. 
'^  When  the  earth  is  still  by  rea- 
son of  the  south  windl 

n  Heb.  skirts.  12  Heb.  Ui*m. 

13  Heb.  scattering  winds.       i*  Or,  congealed 
15  Or,  earth    1*  Or,  Thou  whose  garments  ared-<\ 
V  Or,  When  he  quieteth  the  earth  by  the  ao^Oh 
wind 


531 


37.18 


JOB 


38.  21 


Jehovah  speaks,  and  sets  forth  Job's  Ignorance  of  the  Creation  and  Constitntion  of  the  Earth;  of  Light, 


18  Canst  thou  with  him  "spread 

out  the  sky. 
Which   is   strong  as  a  molten 
mirror  1 

1 9  Teach  us  what  we  shall  say  unto 

him; 
jFor  we  'cannot  set  owr  speech 
in  order  by  reason  of  dark- 

20  Shall   it    be  told    him   that    I 

would  speak  1 
^  Or  should  a  man  wish  that  he 
were  swallowed  up"? 

21  And    now    men   ^see    not    the 

light  which  is  bright  in  the 
skies ; 
But    the    wind     passeth,    and 
cleareth  them. 

22  Out     of     the     north     cometh 

^golden  splendor: 
God  ^hath  upon  him  terrible 
majesty. 

23  Touching    the    Almighty,    ''we 

cannot  find  him  out : 
He  is  "  excellent  in  power ; 
And  ^  ''in  justice  and  plenteous 

righteousness   ^he   will    not 

afflict. 

24  Men  do  therefore  fear  him : 

He  ''  regardeth  not  any  that  are 
wise  of  heart. 

O  O  Then  Jehovah  '  answered 
O  O  Job  out  of  the  whirlwind, 
and  said, 

2  Who  is  this    that   *darkeneth 

counsel 
By     'words     without     knowl- 
edge 1 

3  "Gird  up  now  thy  loins  like  a 

man ; 
For  "  I  will  demand  of  thee,  and 
declare  thou  unto  me. 

4  Where    wast    thou    "  when     I 

laid     the      foundations      of 
the  earth  1 
Declare,  *if   thou   hast  under- 
standing. 

5  Who  determined  the  ^measures 

thereof,  *^if  thou  knowesf? 
Or  who  stretched  the  line  upon 
iti 

6  Whereupon   «were  the    ''foun- 

dations thereof  ^  fastened  1 
Or  who  laid  the    corner-stone 
thereof, 

1  Or,  If  a  man  speak,  surely  he  shall  be  swal- 
lowed up 

2  Or,  cannot  look  on  the  light  when  it  is  bright 
in  the  skies.  When  the  wind  hath  passed,  and 
cleared  them  ^  Heb.  gold. 

*  Or,  to  justice  .  .  .  he  doeth  no  violence 
'  Heb.  if  thou  knowest  understanding. 
6  Or,  seeing  ^  Heb.  sockets. 

8  Heb.  made  to  sink. 


"  ch.  9.  8  ; 

Ps.  104.  2 ; 

Is.  45.  12; 

Jer.  10.  12 ; 

Zech.  12.  1 
^ch.  9.  14; 

Rom.  8.  26 
<^  Ps.  104.  1,2 
d  ch.  11.  7,  8, 

ref.  ;  Rom. 

11.  33; 

]  Tim.  6. 16 
«  ch.  9.  4 ; 

36.  ,5 
/ch.  8.  3, 

ref. 
'J  Is.  63.  9  ; 

Lam.  3.  33 ; 

Nah.  1.  12 
h  ch.  5.  13  ; 

Mt.  11.  26 : 

1  Cor,  1.  26 
'  ch.  40.  6 
I'  ch.  42.  3 
'  ch.  35.  16  ; 

1  Tim.  1.  7 
"^  ch.  40.  7 
"  ch.  42.  4 
"  ch.  15.  7  ; 

Ps.  104.  6 ; 

Prov.  ,30.  4 
P  Prov.  8. 

29 ,  Is.  40. 

12 
1  ch.  26.  7 


•"ch.  1.6 
»  ch.  26.  8  ; 

Prov.  30.  4 
'Gen.  1.9; 

Ps.  33.  7  ; 

104.  9 ; 

Prov.  8. 29 ; 

Jer.  6.  22 
"  ch.  28.  24  ; 

37.  3 
"  ch.  34.  25, 

26  ;  36.  6 
"  ch.  5.  14, 

ref. ;  IS.  5 

y  Num.  15. 

30 ;  Pb.  10. 

15 ;  37.  17 
^Gen.  7.  U; 

8.  2 ;  Prov. 

8.  24,  28 


"  Ps.  9.  13  ; 

107.  IS ;  l8. 

38.  10 

6  ch.  3.  6  ;  10. 

21  ;  26.  6  ; 

34.  22 
"  ch.  28.  24 


d  ch.  26.  10 
«  ch.  24.  13 

/  ch.  15.  7 

632 


7  When  the  morning  stars  sang 

together. 
And   all    the   ''sons     of     God 
shouted  for  joyi 

8  Or  who  shut  up  the  sea  with 

doors. 
When  it  brake  forth,  ^as  if  it 
had  issued  out  of  the  womb  ; 

9  When  I  made  *  clouds  the  gar- 

ment thereof, 
And   thick    darkness   a    swad- 
dling-band  for  it, 

10  And  ^"'marked  out  for  it  my 

bound. 
And  set  bars  and  doors, 

11  And  said.  Hitherto  shalt  thou 

come,  but  no  further  ; 
And  hei-e  shall  thy  proud  waves 
be  stayed  1 

12  Hast  thou  commanded  the  morn- 

ing since  thy  days  began. 
And  caused    the   dayspring  to 
know  its  place ; 

13  That  it  might  take  hold  of  "the 

ends  of  the  earth, 
And  "  the  wicked  be  shaken  out 
of  if? 

14  It  is  changed  as  clay  under  the. 

seal ; 
And  all  things  stand  forth  "as  a 
garment : 

15  And  ^from    the    wicked  their 

light  is  withholden. 
And  the  ^  high  arm  is  broken. 

16  Hast    thou    entered    into  Hhe 

springs  of  the  sea'? 
Or   hast  thoii   walked   in    the 
^■^reces.ses  of  the  deep^ 

1 7  Have  the  "  gates  of  death  been 

revealed  unto  thee  1 
Or  hast  thou  seen  the  gates  of 
the  *  shadow  of  death  1 

18  Hast  thou  comprehended  "the 

earth  in  its  breadth  *? 
Declare,  if  thou  knowest  it  all. 

1 9  Where  is  the  way  to  the  d  well- 

ing of  light  1 
And  as  for  darkness,  where  is 
the  place  thereof, 

20  That  thou  shouldest  take  it  to 

"*  the  bound  thereof, 
And    that  thou    shouldest  dis- 
cern the  "  paths  to  the  house 
thereof  1 

21  Doubtless,    thou    knowest,    for 

■''thou  wast  then  born, 
And  the  number  of  thy  days 
is  great ! 


9  Or,  and  issued 

10  Heb.  brake. 


11  Or,  as  in  a  garment 
1*  Or,  search 


38.22 


JOB 


39.10 


Snow,  Dail,  Rain,  and  Ice;  of  the  Celestial  World;  of  the  Ways  of  Lions,  Wild  Coats,  Hinds,  Wild  Asses,  and  Wiidoiea 


22  Hast  tliou  entered  the  treasu- 

ries "of  the  snow. 
Or  hast  thou  seen   the  treasu- 
ries of  the  ''hail, 

23  Which  1  have  reserved  against 

the  time  of  trouble. 
Against  the  day  of  battle  and 
war  1 

24  ^  By  what  way    is    *"  the    light 

parted. 
Or    the   ''east   wind    scattered 
upon  the  earth  1 

25  Who  hath  cleft  a  channel  for 

the  waterliood. 
Or  a    '^way  for    tlie    lightning 
of  the  tnunder  ; 

26  To  cause  it  to  ■''rain  on  a  land 

where  no  man  is  ; 
On    the  ^ "  wilderness,    wherein 
there  is  no  man  ; 

27  To  *  satisfy  the  waste  and  deso- 

late ground. 
And  to  cause  '  the  -  tender  grass 
to  spring  forth  1 

28  Hath  ^  the  rain  a  father  % 

Or  who  hath  begotten  the  drops 
of  dew  1 

29  Out  of  whose  womb  came  the 

'icel 
And  the  hoary  frost  of  heaven, 
who  hath  *  gendered  it  % 

30  The   waters   ''hide    themselves 

and  become  like  stone. 
And  the  face  of  the  deep  *is 
frozen. 

31  Canst  thou  bind  the  *  cluster 

of  the  ™  Pleiades, 
Or  loose  the  bands  of  Orion? 

32  Canst    thou    lead    forth    '^the 

"Mazzaroth  in  their  season  1 
Or  canst  thou  guide  the  "*  Bear 
with  her  **  train  1 

33  Knowest  thou  the  "ordinances 

of  the  heavens  1 
Canst    thou    establish   the  do- 
minion thereof  in  the  earth  1 

34  Canst  thou  lift  up  thy  voice  to 

the  clouds. 
That ''  abundance  of  watei's  may 
cover  thee  1 

35  Canst  thou  '^send  forth  light- 

nings, that  they  may  go, 
And  say  unto  thee.  Here  ^ve  are? 

36  Who  hath  ""put  wisdom  in  the 

"inward  parts? 

1  Or,  Whkh  is  the  icay  to  the  place  where  Uie 
tight  is  &c. 

8  Or,  greffrisward,  3  Or,  given  it  birth 

*  Or,  are  congealed  like  stone 

*  Heb.  cohereth. 

6  Or,  chxiin    Or,  sweet  influences 
"  Or,  the  signs  of  tlie  Zoiliac 

*  Heb.  sons.  »  Or,  dark  cUmds 


"  oh.  ?,:.  0 
''  Ex.  it.  IS  . 

Josh.  10. 

11  ,  Is.  no. 

30 ;  Ezek. 

13.  u,  13; 

Rev.  1(5.  21 
"^  ch.  2(i.  10 
rf  Cll.  27.  21  , 

Ex.  14.  21, 

Is.  27.  «s 
'  ch.  28.  20 
/  ch.  30.  27, 

ref. 
'J  Ps.  107.  36 
''  Ps.  104.  13, 

U 
■  2  S.  23.  4 
«•■  ch.  30.  27, 

2n;  Ps. 

1 17.  K  ,  Jer. 

14.22 
'  ch.  37.  10 ; 

Ps.  147.  17 
'"  ch.  9.  9 ; 

Am.  fi.  8 
"  2  K.  23.  6 

(marg.) 
°  Ps.  Hs.  C ; 

Jer.  31. 

36,30 

P  ver.  37 ; 
ch.  22.  11 ; 

30.  27,  28 

«  ch.  30.  32  ; 

37.  3 
'"  ch.  32.  8, 

ref. ;  Ps. 
161.  0 ;  Eccl. 
2.26 


'  ch.  32.  8 
<  ver.  34 
"  Ps.  104.  21 
"  ch.  37.  8 
'  Ps.  17.  12 
V  Ps.  147.  9  , 

Mt.  0.  20 ; 

Lk.  12.  24 
'  Dt.  14.  5  ; 

1  S.  24.  2  ; 

Ps.  104.  18 
"  Ps.  29.  9 
!-  1  S.  4.  19 


"'ch.  6.  5;  U. 
12;  24.  6; 
Ps.  104.  11 


d  ch.  24.  5  ; 

Jer.  2.  24 ; 

Hos.  S.  9 
'  Dt.  29.  23  ; 

Ps.  107.  34  ; 

Jer.  17.  0  ; 

Zeph.  2.  9 


9  Num.  23. 
22 ;  Dt.  33. 
17  ;  Ps.  22. 
21  ;  29.  0  ; 
92.  10;  Is. 
34.  7 


633 


Or  who  hath  given  '  understand  ■ 
ing  to  the     inind  ( 

37  Wlio  can  number  the  clouds  by 

wisdom  ? 
Or  who  can  " '  pour  out  the  bot- 
tles of  heaven, 

38  When  the  dust  runneth  into  a 

mass, 
And   the  clods  cleave  fast  to- 
getlier  ? 

39  Canst  thou  hunt  the  "  prey  for 

the  lioness. 
Or  satisfy  the  appetite  of  the 
young  lions, 

40  When  they  'couch  in  their  dens. 
And  -^  abide  in  the  covert  to  lie 

in  wait  ? 

41  Who  provideth  for  *the  raven 

his  prey. 
When  nis  young  ones  ci"y  unto 

God, 
And  wander  for  lack  of  food  1 
0(^      Knowest    thou    the   time 
O  iy  when    the    'wild    goats 

of  the  rock  bring  forth  1 
Or  canst  thou   mark  when  the 
"  hinds  do  calve  ? 

2  Canst  thou  number  the  months 

that  they  fultil  ? 
Or  knowest  thou  the  time  when 
they  bring  forth  ? 

3  They    ''bow    theinselves,    they 

bring  forth  their  young, 
They  cast  out  their  pains. 

4  Their      young     ones     become 

strong,  they  grow  up  in  the 
open  field ; 
They  go  forth,  and  '-return  not 
again. 

5  Who  hath  sent  out  the  '  wild 

ass  free  ? 
Or  who  hath  loosed  the  bonds 
of  the  swift  ass, 

6  whose  home  1  have  made  ■*  the 

wilderness. 
And  the  'salt  land  his  dwelling- 
place  ? 

7  He  scorneth  the  tumult  of  the 

city. 
Neither  heareth  he  the  shout- 
ings of  the  "driver. 

8  The  range  of  the  mountains  is 

his  'pasture. 
And  he  searcheth  after  every 
green  thing 

9  W^ill  the  "wild-ox  be  content 

to  serve  thee  ? 
Or  will  he  abide  by  thy  crib? 
10  Canst    thou    bind    the   wild-ox 
with  his  band  in  the  furrow  ? 

10  Or.  roKteoT        "  Heb.  cause  to  lie  doum. 
1*  Or,  return  nat  unto  them     w  Or,  taskmastet 


39.11 


JOB 


40.10 


Jetaoiah  sets  forth  Job's  Ignorance  or  the  Ostrich,  the  Horse,  the  Hawk,  and  the  Eagle.    Job  sobmits.    Jehovah's  Challenge 


Or  will  he  harrow  the  valleys 
after  theel 

1 1  Wilt  thou  trust  him,  because 

his  strength  is  great  1 
Or  wilt  thou  leave  to  him  thy 
labor  1 

1 2  Wilt  thou  confide  in  him,  that 

he    will    bring     home     thy 
seed. 
And  gather  the  grain   of   thy 
threshing-floor  1 

1 3  The  wings  of  the  "  ostrich  wave 

proudly  ; 
But  are  they  the  pinions  and 
plumage  of  ^  love  1 

14  For   she  leaveth  her  eggs    on 

the  earth, 
And    warmeth    them    in    the 
dust, 

15  And   forgetteth  that  the  foot 

may  crush  them. 
Or    that  the    wild    beast  may 
trample  them. 

16  She  "dealeth  *  hardly  with  her 

young  ones,  as  if  they  were 
not  hers : 
Though  her  labor   be  in  vain, 
she  is  "  without  fear ; 

17  Because  God  "^hath  '^  deprived 

her  of  wisdom, 
Neither  hath    he  imparted  to 
her  understanding. 

1 8  What  time  she  ^  lif teth  up  her- 

self on  high. 
She  scorneth  the  horse  and  his 
rider. 

1 9  Hast  thou  given  the  '  horse  his 

might  1 
Hast  thou  clothed  his  neck  with 
the  ^  quivering  mane  1 

20  Hast  thou  made  him  to  -^leap 

as  a  locust  1 
The  glory  of  his  *  snorting  is 

terrible. 
21^  He  paweth  in  the  valley,  and 

rejoiceth  in  his  strength  : 
He  ''goeth    out    to  meet    ''the 

armed  men. 

22  He  mocketh  at  fear,  and  is  not 

dismayed  ; 
Neither  turneth  he  back  from 
the  sword. 

23  The   quiver    rattleth    *  against 

him, 
The  flashing  spear  and  the  jave- 
lin. 

24  He  swalloweth  the  ground  with 

fierceness  and  rage ; 

I  Or,  a  stork  '  Or,  is  hardened  against 

3  Heb.  made  her  to  forget  wisdom. 

">  Or,  roiiseth  herself  uv  to  flight 

■">  Heb.  shaking.         «  Heb.  They  paw. 

'  Or,  the  weapons     *  Or,  upon 


"  Lev.  n.  16 ; 

Is.  13.  21 
b  Lam.  4.  3 
"  ver.  22 
<i  ch.  35.  11 
"  Ps.  147.  10 
/Joel  2.  5 
'J  Jer.  8.  16 
A  Jer.  8.  6 ; 

Zech.  10.  3 


■'  Jer.  4.  19 ; 

Am.  3.  6; 

Ezek.  7.  H 
*  Josh.  6.  5 ; 

Am.  1.  14 ; 

2.  2 
'  Jer.  49.  IG  ; 

Obad.  4 
"*  ch.  9.  26 
"  Mt.  24.  28  ; 

Lk.  17.  37 


'  ch.  9.  3 ; 
10.  2  ;  33.  13 


P  ch.  13.  3  ; 
23.  4  ;  31.  35 


«  ch.  21.  5 ; 

29.  9 
»■  ch.  9.  3,  15 


'  ch.  38.  3 


"  ch.  38.  3 ; 

42.  4 


"  Is.  14.  27 


"  ch.  10.  3,  7  ; 

16.  11  ;  19. 

6  ;  27.  2 
^ch.  1.3.  18; 

27.  6  ;  32.  2, 

ref. 
^2Chr.32. 8; 

Jer.  17.  5 
"  ch.  37.  5 


6  Ps.  93.  1 ; 
104.  1 


Neither  ^  believeth  he  that  it  is 
the  '  voice  of  the  trumpet. 

25  As  oft  as  the  trumpet  soundeth 

he  saith.  Aha ! 
And  he  smelleth  the  battle  afar 

off, 
The  thunder  of  the  captains, 

and  the  *  shouting. 

26  Is  it  by  thy  wisdom  that  the 

hawk  soareth, 
And  stretcheth  her  wings  to- 
ward the  south'? 

27  Is  it  at  thy  command  that  the 

eagle  mounteth  up. 
And  maketh  '  her  nest  on  high  1 

28  On  the  cliff  she  dwelleth,  and 

maketh  her  home, 
Upon  the  point  of  the  cliff,  and 
the  stronghold. 

29  From  thence  she  "spieth  out 

the  prey ; 
Her  eyes  behold  it  afar  off. 

30  Her  young  ones  also  suck  up 

blood  : 
And  "  where  the  slain  are,  there 
is  she. 

Af\      Moreover     Jehovah     an- 
Ttvy  swered  Job,  and  said, 

2  Shall  he  that  cavilleth  "  contend 

with  the  Almighty'? 
He  that  ^'arguetn  with  God,  let 
him  answer  it. 

3  Then  Job  answered  Jehovah, 
and  said, 

4  Behold,  I  am  of  small  account ; 

what  shall  I  answer  thee'? 
I « lay  my  hand  upon  my  mouth. 

5  Once  have  I  spoken,  and  *■  I  will 

not  answer ; 
Yea,  twice,  but  I  will  proceed 
no  further. 

6  Then  *  Jehovah  answered  Job 
out  of  the  whirlwind,  and  said, 

7  'Gird  up  thy  loins  now  like  a 

man: 
I  will  "demand  of   thee,  and 
declare  thou  unto  me. 

8  Wilt  thou  even  "annul  my  judg- 

ment ■? 
Wilt  thou  "^  condemn  me,  2' that 
thou  mayest  be  justified '? 

9  Or  ^hast  thou  an  arm  like  God'' 
And  canst  thou  "  thunder  with 

a  voice  like  him  1 

10  Deck  thyself  now  with  excel- 
lency and  dignity; 
And  *  array  thyself  with  honoi 
and  majesty. 

9  Or,  standeth  he  still  at  &c. 


634 


40.  11  JOB 

Jehovah's  Challenge.    Cod's  Power  in  the  Ilippopotamns  and  the  Crorodile  depicted 


41.18 


1 1  Pour  forth  "  the  overflowings  of 

thine  anger ; 
And  look  upon  every  one  that 
is  '"proud,  and  abase  him. 

1 2  Look  on  every  one  that  is  proud, 

and  "  bring  him  low ; 
And  ''tread   down  the  wicked 
"  where  they  stand. 

13  •'Hide    them    in    the    dust   to- 

gether; 
Bind  their  faces  in  the  hidden 
place. 

14  Then  will  I  also  confess  of  thee 
That  thine  own  "  right  hand  can 

save  thee. 

15  Behold      now,      ^behemoth, 

which  ''1  made  ^as  well  as 
thee ; 
He  eateth  grass  as  an  ox. 

16  Lo  now,  his  strength  is  in  his 

loins. 
And  his  force  is  in  the  muscles 
of  his  belly. 

17  He    moveth    his    tail    like    a 

cedar : 
The  sinews  of  his  thighs  are 
knit  together. 

18  His  bones  are  as  tubes  of  brass ; 
His  ^  limbs  are  like  bars  of  iron. 

1 9  He  is  the  '  chief  of  the  ways  of 

God  : 
He  only  *  that  made  him  giveth 
him  his  sword. 

20  Surely  the  mountains  bring  him 

forth  food, 
Where  all  the  beasts  of  the  field 
*      do '  play. 

21  He  lieth  under  the  lotus-trees. 
In  the  covert  of  the  reed,  and 

the  fen. 

22  The  lotus-trees  cover  him  with 

their  shade ; 
The  "*  willows  of  the  brook  com- 
pass him  about. 

23  Benold,  if  a  river  ■*  overflow,  he 

trembleth  not ; 
He  is  confident,  though  a  Jor- 
dan swell  even  to  his  mouth. 

24  Shall  any  "  take  him  when  he  is 

on  the  watch, 
Or  pierce  through  his  nose  with 
a  snare? 

*A'\       Canst  thou  draw  out  ^"le- 

TrJL  viathan  with  a  fishhook? 

Or  press  down  his  tongue  with 

a  cord  1 

2  Canst  thou  ^put  ^a  rope  into 

his  nose? 


1  That  is,  the  hippopotamus. 
3  Or,  ribs 

*  That  is,  the.  crncodil':. 

•  Heb.  a  rope  of  rvshes. 


-  Heb.  ivith. 
*  Or,  be  violent 


"  Is.  42.  2/i ; 
Nah.  1.  6,  8 

*  Is.  2.  12 ; 
Han.  4.  a? 

M  S.  2.  7 ; 

Is.  n.  n 

d  I.S.  o;i. ;! 

''  cll.  36.  20 
/  Is.  2.  10-12 
'J  Ps.  20  6  ; 

00.  5  ;   10».  0 
'«  ver.  I'J 
'  ch.  41.  33 

*  ver.  16 

'  I'B.  Ui4.  20 
"'  Is.  44.  4 
"  Prov.  1.  17 
"  ch.  3.  8  ; 

Ps.  74.  14  ; 

104.  20  ; 

Is.  27.  1 
P  2  K.  19.  28  ; 

Is.  37.  29 


""Ex.  21.  6; 
Dt.  13.  17 


'^[Ch.  41.  1 
in  Heb.] 


'  ch.  3.  8 


«  ch.  35.  7  ; 
Rom.  11.  35 


"  ch.  9.  5-10 ; 
26.  6-14;  28. 
24;  Ex.  19. 
5 ;  Dt.  10. 
14  ;  Ps.  24. 
1 ;  50.  12  ; 
1  Cor.  10.  26 


*[Ch   40.  25 
in  Heb.] 


Or  pierce  his  jaw  through  with 
a 'hook? 

3  Will  he  make  many  supplica 

tions  unto  thee? 
Or  will  he  speak  'soft  word.s 
unto  thee? 

4  Will  he  make  a  covenant  with 

thee. 
That  thou  shouldest  take  him 
for  '"a  servant  for  ever? 

5  Wilt  thou  play  with  him  as  with 

a  bird  ? 
Or  wilt  thou  bind  him  for  thy 
maidens  ? 

6  Will  the  bands  of  fishermen  make 

traflic  of  him? 
Will  they  part  him  among  the 
merchants  ? 

7  Canst  thou  fill   his   skin   with 

barbed  irons. 
Or  his  head  with  fish-spears  \ 

8  Lay  thy  hand  upon  him  ; 
Remember  the  battle,  and  do  so 

no  more. 
*9  Behold,  the  hope  of  him  is  in 
vain : 
Will  not  one  be  cast  down  even 
at  the  sight  of  him  ? 

10  None  is  so  fierce  that  he  dare 

'stir  him  up  ; 
Who  then  is  he  that  can  stand 
before  me? 

11  'Who  hath    first    given    untt^ 

me,    that    I    should    repay 
him  ? 
Whatsoever  is"^  under  the  whole 
heaven  is  mine. 

12  1  will  not  keep  silence  concern- 

ing his  limbs. 
Nor  nis  mighty  strength,  nor 
his  goodly  frame. 

13  Who  can  *  strip  off  his  outer 

garment? 
Who    shall    come    within    his 
jaws  ? 

14  Who  can  open  the  doors  of  his 

face? 
"Round    about     his     teeth     is 
terror. 

15  His    ^^  strong    scales    are    his 

pride. 
Shut  up  together  as  with  a  close 
seal. 

16  One  is  so  near  to  another, 
That  no  air  can  come  between 

them. 

1 7  They  are  joined  one  to  another  : 
They   stick    together,   so   that 

they  cannot  oe  sundered. 

18  His  sneezings  flash  forth  light. 

7  Ot,  spike 

"  Heb  nneover  the  face  of  his  garment. 
'■>  Or,  His  teeth  are  terrible  round  about 
1*  Or,  covrses  of  scales    Heb.  channels  ofshitUds. 


535 


41.19 


JOB 


42.14 


Cod's  Power  in  the  Crocodile  depicted.    Job  confesses  his  Wrong.    Jehorah  condemns  Job's  Three  Friends 


And  his  eyes  are  like  the  "  e j'^e- 
lids  of  tne  morning. 

19  Out  of  his  mouth  go  'burning 

torches, 
And  sparks  of  fire  leap  forth. 

20  Out   of   his    nostrils  a   smoke 

goeth. 
As  of  a  boiling  pot  and  burning 
rushes. 

21  His '^  breath  kindleth  coals, 
And  a  "  flame  goeth  forth  from 

his  mouth. 

22  In  his  neck  abideth  strength. 
And     terror     danceth     before 

him. 

23  The  flakes  of  his  flesh  are  joined 

together : 
They  are  firm  upon  him  ;  they 
cannot  be  moved. 

24  His  heart  is  as  firm  as  a  stone  ; 
Yea,  firm  as  the  nether  mill- 
stone. 

25  When  he  raiseth  himself  up,  the 

mighty  are  afraid : 
By  reason  of  consternation  they 
are  beside  themselves. 

26  If   one   lay  at   him   with    the 

sword,  it  cannot  avail ; 
Nor  the  spear,  the  dart,  nor  the 
^  pointed  shaft. 

27  He  counteth  iron  as  straw, 
And  brass  as  rotten  wood. 

28  The  -arrow  cannot  make  him 

flee: 
Sling-stones    are    turned    with 
him  into  stubble. 

29  Clubs  are  counted  as  stubble: 
He  laugheth  at  the  rushing  of 

the  javelin. 

30  His  underparts  ai'e  like  sharp 

potsherds : 

He  spreadeth  as  it  loere  a  thresh- 
ing-wain upon  the  mire. 
51  He  maketh  the  deep  to  boil  like 
a  pot: 

He  maketh  the  sea  like  a  pot  of 
ointment. 

32  He  maketh  a  path  to  shine  after 

him  ; 
One  would  think  the  deep  to  be 
hoary. 

33  Upon  earth  '  there  is  not  his 

like. 
That  is  made  without  fear. 

34  He  beholdeth  everything  that 

is  high  : 
He  is  king  over  all  the  •'^sons  of 
pride. 

Aiy      Then  Job  answered  Jeho- 
"^Limi  vah,  and  said, 
2  I  know  that  ^  thou  canst  do  all 
things, 

1  Or,  coat  of  mail         *  Heh.  son  of  the  bow. 


°  ch.  3.  9 
>>  Gen.  15. 17 ; 

Dan.  10.  6 , 

Nah.  2.  3 ; 

Zech.  12.  C 
•^  Fs.  IS.  3 
rf  Rev.  9.  17  ; 

11.  5 
"  ch.  40.  19 
/ch.  28.  8 
y  Gen.  18. 

14 ;  Jer.  32. 

17 ;  Mt.  19. 

20 


ft  2  Chr.  20. 

6;  Is.  14. 

27  ;  43.  13 

Dan.  ' 
'  ch.  38.  2 
*  Ps.  40.  5  ; 

131.  1  ; 

139.  6 
'  ch.  38.  3  , 


35 


40. 

'"  ch.  26.  14 
"  Judg.  13. 

22  ;  Is.  6.  . 


1  Chr.  1.  45 


P  ch.  32.  3 
9  ver.  1-6 ; 
ch.  40.  3-5 

'■  Num.  23. 
1 ;  1  Chr. 
15.  26 

'  ch.  1.  5 


"  Dt.  30.  3  , 
Ps.  14.  7 ; 
85.  1-3 ; 
l--'6.  1-6 

"  Is.  61.  7 


■  ch.  19.  13 


vch 

2.11 

'  Gen.  33. 

19; 

.Tosh. 

24. 

32 

"  Gen.  24. 

22 

Prov 

11. 

22 

fcch. 

1.  10 

''ch 

S.  7 

dch 

1.  3 

And  that ''  no  purpose  of  thine 
can  be  restrained. 

3  Who  is  this  that  'hideth  coun- 

sel without  knowledge  1 
Therefore  have  I  uttered  that 

which  I  understood  not, 
Things  'too  wonderful  for  me, 

which  I  knew  not. 

4  Hear,  I  beseech  thee,  and  I  will 

speak ; 
I  will '  demand  of  thee,  and  de- 
clare thou  unto  me. 

5  I  had  '"heard  of  thee  by  the 

hearing  of  the  ear ; 
But  now  mine  "  eye  seeth  thee : 

6  Wherefore  I  ^  abhor  myself. 
And  repent  in  dust  and  ashes. 

7  And  it  was  so,  that,  after  Jeho- 
vah had  spoken  these  words  unto 
Job,  Jehovah  said  to  Eliphaz  the 
"Temanite,  My  wrath  is  kindled 
against  thee,  and  against  thy  two 
friends ;  for  ye  have  ^  not  spoken 
of  me  the  thing  that  is  right,  *as 
my  servant  Job  hath.  8  Now 
therefore,  take  unto  j'ou  ''seven 
bullocks  and  seven  rams,  and  go 
to  my  servant  Job,  and  offer  up 
for  yourselves  a  *  burnt-offering ; 
and  my  servant  Job  shall  pray  for 
you ;  '  for  him  will  I  accept,  that 
I  deal  not  with  you  after  your 
follj^ ;  for  ye  have  not  spoken  of 
me  the  thing  that  is  right,  as  my 
servant  Job  hath.  9  So  Eliphaz 
the  Temanite  and  Bildad  the  Shu- 
hite  and  Zophar  the  Naamathite 
went,  and  did  according  as  Jeho- 
vah commanded  them  :  and  Jeho- 
vah accepted  Job. 

10  And  Jehovah  "tui-ned  the 
captivity  of  Job,  when  he  prayed 
for  his  friends :  and  Jehovah  gave 
Job "  twice  as  much  as  he  had  be- 
fore. 11  Then  came  there  unto 
him  all  his  ^brethren,  and  all  his 
sisters,  and  all  they  that  had  been 
of  his  acquaintance  before,  and  did 
eat  bread  with  him  in  his  house  : 
and  they  *  bemoaned  him,  and  com- 
forted him  concerning  all  the  evil 
that  Jehovah  had  brought  upon 
him :  every  man  also  gave  him  a 
■*  ^  piece  of  money,  and  everj^  one  a 
"ring  of  gold.  12  So  Jehovah 
*  blessed  the  "" latter  end  of  Job  more 
than  his  beginning:  ''and  he  had 
fourteen  thousand  sheep,  and  six 
thousand  camels,  and  a  thousand 
yoke  of  oxen,  and  a  thousand  she- 
asses.  13  "He  had  also  seven  sons 
and  three  daughters.     14  And  h-? 

3  Or,  loathe  my  words  *  Heb.  kesitah- 


636 


42.15 


JOB 

Jehovah  restores  Job  to  Prosperity 


42.17 


called  the  name  of  the  first,  Jemi- 
mah  ;  and  the  name  of  tlie  second, 
Keziah  ;  and  the  najnc  of  the  third, 
Keren-happuch  1 5  And  in  all  the 
land  were  no  women  found  so  fair 
as  the  daughters  of  Job  :  and  their 
father  gave  them  inheritanceamong 


"  Gen.  60. 

23 

och.  5  26; 
Gen.  15. 

15  ,  26.  8  i 
36  29 


their  brethren.  1 6  And  after  this 
Job  lived  a  hundred  and  forty 
years,  and  "saw  his  sons,  and  his 
sons'  sons,  even  four  generations. 
17  So  Job  *died,  being  old  and  full 
of  days. 


537 


THE    PSALMS 


BOOK  I 


The  Righteous  and  the  Wicked  contrasted. 

1^  Blessed  is  the  man  that "  walk- 
eth  not  in  the  *  counsel  of  the 
wicked, 
Nor  standeth  in  the  "  way  of  sin- 
ners, 
Nor    ''sitteth     in    the    seat    of 
"  scoffers : 

2  But  his  ^delight  is  in  the  law  of 

Jehovah  ; 
And  "on  his  law  doth  he  medi- 
tate *  day  and  '  night. 

3  And    he   shall   be    like  *a   tree 

planted    by   the    streams    of 

water. 
That  bringeth  forth  its  fruit  in 

its  season. 
Whose '  leaf  also  doth  not  wither  ; 
And  ■^  whatsoever  he  doeth  ™  shall 

prosper. 

4  The  wicked  are  not  so, 

But  are  like  "the  chaff  which 
the  wind  driveth  away. 

5  Therefore "  the  wicked  shall  not 

stand  in  the  ^  judgment. 
Nor  sinners  in  *  the  congregation 
of  the  righteous. 

6  For  Jehovah  "■  knoweth  the  way 

of  the  righteous ; 
But  the  way  of  '  the  wicked  shall 
perish. 

The  Reign  of  Jehovah's  Anointed. 

2  Why  do  '  the  nations  '  rage. 
And  the  peoples  "meditate  a 
vain  thing  1 

2  The  "  kings  of  the  earth  set  them- 

selves. 

And  the  rulers  take  counsel  to- 
gether, 

'Against  Jehovah,  and  against 
his  *  anointed,  saying, 

3  Letus'  break  their  bonds  asunder, 
And  cast  away  their  cords  from 

us. 

4  He  that  sitteth  in  the  heavens 

"  will  laugh : 
The    Lord  will  ''have   them   in 
derision. 

1  Or,  Happv 

*  Or,  in  whatsoeiier  he  doeth  he  shall  prosper 

*  Or.  tumultuously  assemble 


"  Prov.  4.  14 
6  Job  21.  16 
■=  Pa.  17.  4  ; 

119.104 
(1  Ps.  2(!.  5 ; 

Jer.  1.0.  17 
'  Prov.  1.  22 ; 

13. 1 ;  14.  6 ; 

21.  11;  la. 

28.  14 ; 

Hos.  7.  5 
/Ps,  112.  1; 

ll'J.  14,  l(i, 

ref. 
»  Ps.  119.  15, 

ref. ;  .Josh. 

1.  8 
A  Pb.  25.  5 
'  Ps.  03.  6 
*:  Ps.  92.  12- 

14 ;  Jer.  17. 

8 ;  Ezek. 

19.  10 
'  Ezek.  47. 12 
'"  Pa.  128.  2  ; 

Gen.  39.  2, 

3,  -23 
"  Ps.  .■?■).  5 ; 

Job  21.  18 ; 

Is.  17.  13 
"  Ps.  5.  6 
P  Pb.  9.  7,  8, 

10 
«  Ps.  111.  1 ; 

149.  1 
"■Ps.  37.  18; 

Nah.  1.  7  ; 

2  Tim.  2.  19 
»  Ps.  9.  3-6  ; 

.37.  20 ;  68. 

2 ;  92.  9 
<  Ps.  40.  6  ; 

83.  2-6  ; 

Acts  4.  25, 

26 
"  Ps.  21.  11 
"  Pa.  48.  4-fi 
^  Ps.  74.  18, 

23 
y  1  S.  2.  10 ; 

16.  6;  Is. 

45.  1 
^  Jer.  6.  5 
"  Ps.  37.  13  ; 

Prov.  1.  26 
b  Ps.  59.  8 


"  Ps.  21.  8,  9  ; 

76.  7 
d  Ps.  78.  49, 

50 
'  Prov.  8.  15 
/Ps.  3.  4, 

ref. ;  48. 

1,  2 
»  Acts  13. 

.33 ;  Heb.  1. 

5 ;  5.  5 
A  Ps.  21.  1,  2 
'■  Ps.  22.  27 
*  Ps.  65.  2  ; 

67.  7  ;  72.  8 
'Pa.  110.5,6 
"•  Ps.  28.  5  ; 

52.  5  ;  72.  4 
"  Is.  40.  23 
°  Tleb.  12.  28 
P  Ps.  119. 119, 

120 

538 


5  Then  will  he  speak  unto  them 

in  his  "  wrath. 
And  *  ^  vex  them  in  his  sore  dis- 
pleasure : 

6  Yet  I  have  set  *  my  king 
Upon  -^my  holy  hill  of  Zion. 

7  I  will  tell  of  the  decree : 
Jehovah  said  unto  me,  "Thou 

art  my  son ; 
This  day  have  I  begotten  thee. 

8  Ask  of  me,  and  ''  1  will  give  thee 

'  the  nations  for  thine  inheri- 
tance. 
And  the  '■  uttermost  parts  of  the 
earth  for  thy  possession. 

9  Thou  shalt '  break  them  with  a 

rod  of  iron  ; 
Thou  shalt "'  dash  them  in  pieces 
like  a  potter's  vessel. 

10  Now  therefore  be  wise,  O  ye 
kings  : 
Be  instructed,  ye  "judges  of  the 
earth. 
11°  Serve  Jehovah  with  fear. 

And  rejoice  with  p  trembling. 
12  Kiss  *the  son,  lest  he  be  angry, 
and  ye  perish  in  the  way. 
For  his  *■  wrath  ^  will  soon  be 

kindled. 
^  Blessed  are  all  they  that  *  take 
refuge  in  him. 

Morning  Prayer  of  Trnst  in  God. 

A  Psalm  of  David,  when  <he  fled  from 
Absalom  his  son. 

3  Jehovah,  how  are  "  mine  adver- 
saries increased ! 
ilany   are    they  that   rise   up 
against  me. 

2  Many  there  are  that  say  *of  my 

soul. 
There  is  'no  ''help  for  him  in 
God.  [Selah 

3  But  thou,   O  Jehovah,  art  ^a 

shield  about  me ; 

«ver.  7  *■  ver.  5 ;  Niim  11.  33  '  Pb.  5.  11 ;  34.  22 
<  2  S.  15.  13-17,  29  «  Ps.  69.  4  ;  2  S.  15.  12  *  Ps.  22. 
7,8;  71.  11    'Ps.  5.  12 


■•  Or,  trouble  «  Or,  to 

*  Or,  may  7  Or,  salvation 


3.4 


PSALMS 


5.  10 


My  "  glory,  and  *  the  lifter  up  of 
niylieaa. 

4  I  cry    unto   Jehovah    with    my 

voice. 
And  he  "answereth  me    out  of 
''  his  holy  hill.  [Selah 

5  1'  laid  me  down  and  slept ; 

I  -^awaked  ;  for  Jehovah  sustain- 
eth  me. 

6  I  will  ^  not  be  afraid  of  ten  thou- 

sands of  the  people 
That  have  ''set themselves  against 
me  round  about. 

7  •  Arise,  O  Jehovah ;  *  save  me,  O 

my  God : 
For  thou  hast  'smitten  all  mine 

enemies  upon  the  cheek  bone; 
Thou  hast  '"  broken  the  teeth  of 

the  wicked. 

8  V  Salvation  belongeth  unto  Je- 

hovah : 
Thy  "blessing  be  upon  thy  peo- 
ple. [Selah 

Evening  Prayer  of  Trust  in  God. 

For  the  Chief  Musician ;  on  stringed 
instruments.    A  Psalm  of  David. 

4  ''Answer  me  when  «I  call, 
O  ''God    of    my    righteous- 
ness ; 
Thou  hast '  set  me  at  large  xvJien 

I  tvas  in  distress  : 
^  Have    '  mercy    upon    me,    and 
"  hear  my  prayer. 

2  O  ye  sons  or  men,  how  long  shall 

•■my  glory  be  turned  into  dis- 
honor 1 
How  long  will  ye  love  'vanity, 
and  seek  after  ^  falsehood  1 

[Selah 

3  But    know  that   Jehovah    hath 

^set   apart    for    himself    ^him 
that  is  "  godly  : 
Jehovah  will  *hear  when  I  call 
unto  him. 

4  ^  "^  Stand  in  awe,  and  "*  sin  not : 
'Commune  with  your  own  heart 

upon  your  bed,  and  be  still. 

[Selah 

5  Offer  the  ^sacrifices  of  righteous- 

ness. 
And  "put  your  trust    in   Jeho- 
vah. 

6  Many  there  are  that  say,  *Who 

will  show  us  any  good  1 
Jehovah,  "lift  thou  up  the  light 
of  thy  countenance  upon  us. 

7  Thou  hast  *put  gladness  in  my 

heart. 
'  More  than  thei/  have  "  when  their 
grain  and  their  new  wine  are 
increased. 

»  Or.  Viciory        '  Or,  Be  gracious  unto  me 
*  Or,  one  that  he  favoreth     *  Or,  Be  ye  angry 


"  Pa.  02.  7 
b  Ps.  9.  13 ; 

27.  6 
"  Pa.  4.  3 
d  Ps.  2.  6 ; 

15.  1 ;  43. 

3  ;  99.  9 
•  Ps.  4.  8 ; 

Lev.  -M.  fi ; 

Job  11.  19; 

Prov.  3.  24 
/Ps.  139.  18 
"  Ps.  23.  4  ; 

27.  3 
A  Ps.  118. 10- 

13 
■  Ps.  7.  6  ;  9. 

i9 ;  10.  12  ; 

17.  13 ;  74. 

22 
k  Ps.  6.  4  ; 

22.  21 
'  Job  16.  10 
"'  Ps.  fi8.  6 ; 

Job  4.  10 
"  Ps.  28.  8 ; 

3o.  3 ;  37. 

39;  Prov. 

21.  31 ;  Is. 

43.  11  ;  Jer. 

3.  23 ;  Jon. 

2.  9 ;  Rev. 

7.  10;  19.  1 
"  Num.  0. 

23-27 
P  Ps.  27.  7  ; 

102.  2 
t  Ps.  18.  6 
■■  Ps.  24.  5 ; 

Jer.  33.  10 
'  Ps.  18.  18, 

19;  118. 

o ;  Job  36. 

16 
<  Ps.  2.5.  16 
"  Ps.  17.  0  ; 

39.  12 
"  Hos.  4.  7 
^  Ps.  12.  2 ; 

31.  6 
"  Ps.  31.  18 
^  Ps.  135.  4 
"  Ps.  31.  23  ; 

60.  6  ;  79.  2 
b  Ps.  6.  8,  9  ; 

17.  6 
"  Ps.  33.  8 
d  Eph.  4.  26 
'  Ps.  77.  6 
/Ps.  51.  19; 

Dt.  33.  19 
9  Ps.  37.  3. 

5  ;  02.  8 
ft  Job  7.  7 ; 

9.  26 
•  Num.  6. 

26 ;  Ps.  67. 

1  ;  80.  3,  7, 

19 ;  89.  15 ; 

119.  135 
k  Acts  14.  17 
'  Ps.  119.  14, 

"^  Is.  9.  3 


"  Ps.  3.  5, 

ref. 
"  Lev.  25.  18, 

19;  26.  5; 

T>t.  12.  10 ; 

Ps.  Ki.  9 
P  Ps.  54.  2 
«  Ps.  19  14 ; 

104.  34 
""  Ps.  140.  6 
'  Ps.  84.  3 
<  Ps.  88.  13 

"  Hab.  2.  1 ; 

Lk.  21.  30 
"Ps.  11.  6; 

34.  16 
*  Ps.  92.  15 
y  Ps.  73.  3 ; 

75.  4 
»  Ps.  1.  6 
<■  Ps.  11.  6  ; 

45.  7 

6?9 


8  In  peace  will  I  both  "lay  me 
down  and  sleep ; 
For  thou,  Jehovah,  ^alone  mak- 
est  me  "  dwell  in  safety. 

Prayer  for  Protection  from  the  Wicked. 

For  the  Chief  Musician;  with  the 
^Nehiloth.     A  Psalm  of  David. 

5^  Give  ear  to  my  words,  O  Je- 
hovah, 
Consider  «my  meditation. 

2  Hearken  unto    ''the    voice    of 

my  cry,  'my  King,  and  my 
God; 
For  unto  thee  do  I  pray. 

3  O  Jehovah,   'in    the    morning 

shalt  thou  hear  my  voice ; 
In  the  morning  will  I  order  my 
prayer  unto  thee,  and  "will 
keep  watch. 

4  For  thou  art  "not  a  God  that 

hath  pleasure  in  wickedness  : 
"*Evil    shall  not  sojourn  with 
thee. 

5  ®The  *  arrogant  shall  not  ^  stand 

in  thy  siglit : 
Thou  "hatest  all  workers  of  in- 
iquity. 

6  Thou  wilt  *  destroy  them  that 

speak  lies : 
Jehovah  abhorreth  the  '^  blood- 
thirsty and  deceitful  man. 

7  But  as  for  me,  ''in  the  abun- 

dance of  thy  lovingkindness 
will  I  come  into  thy  house  : 
In    thy   fear    will    1    'worship 
toward  thy  holy  temple. 

8  •''Lead  me,  O  Jehovah,  "in  thy 

righteousness     *  because     of 
"  mine  enemies ; 
Make  thy  way  '"  straight  before 
my  face. 

9  For  there  is  'no  "faithfulness 

in  their  mouth  ; 

Their  *^  inward    part    is  ^"very 
wickedness ; 

Their  '  throat  is  an  open  sepul- 
chre ; 

They     ^='"' flatter     with    their 
tongue. 
10  Hold  them  guilty,  O  God  ; 

Let  them  "fall  ^^by  their  own 
counsels ; 

Thrust  them  out  in  the  "multi- 
tude of  their  transgressions : 

!>  Ps  52  4.  5  «  Ps.  55.  ?3  -'  Ps.  C9.  13  «  Ps^  28  2  ; 
I3«  2;  1  K.  8.  29        /Ps.  27.  11  ;  31.  3    _  j;  Ps.  31.  1 

h  Ps  27.  11  '  Dt.  32.  20  k  Lk.  11.  30  '  Rom.  3  i:; 
'"Ps  12  2;  Prov.  20.  28;  28.  23  " Ps.  9.  16;  Job 
18.  r    "  Lam.  1.  5 ;  Hos.  9.  7 


6  Or,  in  nolitvde  «  Or,  vind  instruments 

7  Or,  Thf  evil  man      »  Or,  Ffoh  ^     ,      , 
9  Or,  them  that  lie  in  va  it  for  me      »«  OT.letel 

»  Or.  sted  fastness       i^  Or,  a  yawning  gvlf 
13  Heb.  make  smooth  their  tongue. 
"  Or,  from  their  eoumela 


5.11 


PSALMS 


7.12 


For  they  have  "  rebelled  against 

thee. 

11  ^But  let  all  those  that  Hake 

refuge  in  thee  "  rejoice, 
Let  them  ever  shout  for  joy,  be- 
cause thou  "^  def endest  them  : 
Let  them  also  that  "love  thy 
name  be  joyful  in  thee. 

12  For  thou  wilt  -^  bless  the  right- 

eous ; 
O  Jehovah,  thou  wilt  "  compass 
him    with    favor   as    with    a 
shield. 

Prayer  for  Mercy  in  Time  of  Trouble. 

For  the  Chief  Musician  ;  on  stringed  in- 
struments, set  to  '^tlie  Sheminith.  A 
Psalm  of  David. 

6  0  Jehovah,  *  rebuke  me  not  in 
thine  anger. 
Neither  chasten  me  in  thy  *  hot 
displeasure. 

2  *Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  Je- 

hovah ;    for  I  am   '  withered 
away: 

0  Jehovah,  "*  heal  me ;  for  "  my 
bones  are  troubled. 

3  My  "  soul  also  is  sore  troubled : 
And    thou,   O   Jehovah,    ^how 

longi 

4  Return,  O  Jehovah,  'deliver  my 

soul : 
Save  me  for  thy  lovingkindness' 
sake. 

5  For  ''in  death  there  is  no  re- 

membi'ance  of  thee : 
In  Sheol  who  shall  give  thee 
thanks "? 

6  I  am  "weary  with  my  'groan- 

ing; 
Every  night  make  I  my  bed  to 
swim ; 

1  water  my  couch  with  "my 
tears. 

7  Mine  "eye  wasteth  away  because 

of  grief ; 
It  waxeth  old  because   of   all 
mine  adversaries. 

8  "  Depart  from  me,  all  ye  "  work- 

ers of  iniquity ; 
For  Jehovah  ''hath  heard  the 
voice  of  ray  weeping. 

9  Jehovah  "hath  heard  my  sup- 

plication ; 

Jehovah     will     *  receive      my 
prayer. 
10  All  mine  enemies  shall  ''be  put 
to  shame  and  sore  troubled : 

They  shall  ''turn  back,  they 
shall  be  put  to  shame  ^sud- 
denly. 

>  Or,  So  shall  all  those  .  .  .  r^oice.  They  shall 
ever  shout  .  .  .  and  thou  shalt  def  end  them:  They 
also  .  .  .  shall  be  joyfulin  the* 

»  Or,  the  eighth 


"  Ps.  107.  10, 

11 
f>  Pa.  2.  12 
•^  Ps.  .33.  1 ; 

64.  10 
d  Zech.  9.  15 
^  Ps.  69.  36  ; 

119.  132 
/  Ps.  112.  2 
"  Ps.  32.  7,  10 
A  Ps.  38.  1 ; 

.Jer.  17.  14 
'  Ps.  2.  5  ; 

Dt.  9.  19 

*  Ps.  61.  1 ; 
86.  16 

'  Ps.  102.  4, 

11 
"'  Ps.  41.  4  ; 

147.  3 ;  Jer. 

17.  14 
"  Ps.  22.  14  ; 

31.  10 
°  Ps.  88.  3 ; 

Jn.  12.  27 
P  Ps.  90.  13 
9  Ps.  17.  13 
"■  Ps.  30.  9 ; 

88.  10-12 ; 

115.  17  ; 

Eccl.  9.  10 ; 

Is.  38.  18 
»  Ps.  69.  3 
«  Ps.  22.  1, 

ref. ;  102.  6 
"  Ps.  42.  3 
"Ps.  31.  9; 

38. 10  ;  88.  9 
^  Ps.  119. 

116;  139. 

19 ;  Mt.  7. 

23;  Lk.  13. 

27 
y  Ps.  5.  5  ; 

14.  4 ;  Job 

31.  3  ;  34.  8, 

22;  Prov. 

10.  29 
^  Ps.  28.  6 ; 

Jer.  31.  15, 

16 
"  Ps.  116.  1 
b  Ps.  66.  19, 

20 
<^  Ps.  71.  24 
d  Ps.  40.  14  ; 

66.  9 ;  70.  3 

*  Ps.  73.  19 


/Ps.  11.  l; 

31.  l;  71.  1 
'■'  Ps.  31.  15 
APs.  17.  12; 

22.  13 ; 

Ezek.  22. 

25 
»  Ps.  50.  22  ; 

Mic.  6.  8 
fc  1  S.  24.  11 
'  Ps.  55.  20 ; 

109.  4,  5 

"'  1  S.  24.  7 ; 

26.  9 
"  Ps.  3.  7, 

ref. 
"  Ps.  94.  2 
P  Ps.  138.  7 
9  Ps.  35.  23  ; 

44.  23  ;  59. 

4  ;  73.  20 
»■  Is.  60.  18  ; 

Joel  .3.  2 
»  Ps.  68.  18  ; 

Gen.  17.  22 
i  Ps.  96.  13 ; 

98.  9 
"  Ps.  26.  1 ; 

35.  24  ;  43.  1 
"  Ps.  34.  21 ; 

94.  23 
*Ps.  87.  5; 

102.  28  ;  Is. 

64.  14  ; 

2  Th.  3.  3 ; 

1  Pet.  5.  10 
"Ps.  11.  4,6; 

26.  2; 

610 


JehoTidi  implored  to  defend  the  Psalmist  against  th* 

Wicked. 

Shigo;aion  of  David ,  which  he  sang  unto 
Jehovah,  concerning  the  words  of 
Cush  a  iSeujamite. 

7  0  Jehovah  my  God,  -^in  thee 
do  I  take  refuge  : 
^JSave  me  from  all  them  that 
pursue  me,  and  deliver  me, 

2  Lest  they  tear  my  soul  *  like  a 

lion. 
Rending  it  in  pieces,  while  there 
is  '  none  to  deliver. 

3  O  Jehovah  my  God,  if  I  have 

done  this ; 
If   there    be   *  iniquity   in  my 
hands ; 

4  If  I  have  'rewarded  evil  unto 

him  that  was  at  peace  with  me 
(Yea,  I  have  '"delivered  him  that 
without  cause  was  mine  ad- 
versary) ; 

5  Let  the  enemy  pursue  my  soul, 

and  overtake  it ; 
Yea,  let  him  tread  my  life  down 

to  the  earth. 
And  lay  my  glory  in  the  dust. 
[Selah 

6  "Arise,    O   Jehovah,    in  thine 

anger ; 
"Lift  up  thyself   against  ^the 

rage  of  mine  adversaries. 
And  » awake  for  me  ;  thou  hast 

commanded  judgment. 

7  ^And  let  the  congregation  of 

the   '■peoples    compass    thee 
about ; 
And  over  them  'return  thou  on 
high. 

8  Jehovah  ministereth  'judgment 

to  the  peoples : 
"Judge  me,  O  Jehovah,  accord- 
ing to  my  righteousness,  and 
to  mine  integrity  '*that  is  in 
me. 

9  Oh  let  "the  wickedness  of  the 

wicked  come  to  an  end,  but 
^establish  thou  the  righteous  : 
For  the  righteous  God  ^'trieth 
the  minds  and  ^  hearts. 

10  My  "shield  is  with  God,  ^ 

Who   "saveth    the   upright  in 
heart. 

1 1  God  is  a  **  righteous  judge,  ^ 
Yea,  a  God  that  hatli  "indigna- 
tion every  day. 

12  ^If  a  man  '*turn  not,  he  will 

*  whet  his  sword  ; 

1  Chr.28.  9;  .Jer.  11.  20;  17.  10;  20.  12;  Eev.  2.  23 
^Ps.  18.  2.  30;  69.  11  "Ps.  97.  10,  11;  Prov.  28.  18 
i>  Ps.  60.  6 ;  Job  8.  3  ref. ;  2  Tim.  4.  8  "  Ps.  90.  9 ; 
Is.  34.  2 ;  66.  14 ;  Mai.  1.  4  d  Ezek.  3.  19 ;  33.  9 
»  Dt.  32.  41  

3  Or,  So  shall  *  Or.  be  it  unto  me 

s  Heb.  reins.     *  Or,  Surely  he  will  again  wha 


7.13 


PSALMS 


9.12 


He  hath  "bent  his  bow,  and 
*  made  it  ready  ; 

13  He  hath  also  prepared  for  him 

the  instruments  of  death ; 
He   niaketh    his  ''arrows  fiery 
s/'ta/ts. 

14  Behold,  he  travaileth  with  in- 

iquity ; 
Yea,  he  hath  ''conceived  mis- 
chief,    and     brought     forth 
falsehood. 

15  He    hath    made    a   "pit,    and 

digged  it, 
And  is  ''fallen  into  the  ditch 
which  he  made. 

16  His 'mischief  shall  return  upon 

his  own  head, 
And   his  "violence   shall  come 
down  upon  his  own  pate. 

17  I  will  give  thanks  unto  Jeho- 

vah *  according  to  his  right- 
eousness, 
And  will  '  sing    praise  to  the 
name  of  Jehovah  Most  High. 

Jehovah's  filory  and  Man's  Dignity. 

For  the  Chief  Musician ;  set  to  the  Git- 
tith.    A  Psalm  of  David. 

8  0  Jehovah,  our  Lord, 
How  *  excellent  is  thy  name  in 
all  the  earth. 
Who  hast '  set  thy  glory  ^  upon 
the  heavens ! 

2  ™  Out  of  the  mouth  of  babes  and 

sucklings   hast   thou  "estab- 
lished strength. 
Because  of  thine  adversaries. 
That  thou  mightest  "still  ^the 
enemy  and  the  avenger. 

3  When  I  consider  ''  thy  heavens, 

the  *■  work  of  thy  fingers. 
The '  moon  and  the  stars,  which 
thou  hast  ordained  ; 

4  'What  is  man,   that   thou  art 

mindful  of  him'? 
And  the  son  of  man,  that  thou 
visitest  himl 

5  For  thou  hast  made  him  but 

"little  lower  than '^ God, 
And  'crownest  him  with  -^ glory 
and  honor. 

6  Thou  makest  him  to* have  do- 

minion over  the  works  of  thy 
hands ; 
Thou  hast  *  put  all  things  under 
his  feet : 

7  All  sheep  and  oxen. 

Yea,    and    the  "beasts    of   the 
field, 

8  The  birds  of  the  heavens,  and 

the  fish  of  the  sea. 
Whatsoever    passeth    through 
the  paths  or  the  seas. 

1  Or,  above     "  Or,  the  angeU    Heb.  Elohim. 


4; 


°  I.am.  2, 

3.  i-j 
(-Ps.  21.  12 
■^  I's.  1,H.  14  ; 

45  f) ;  «4.  7 
<'Job  i;i.  :(j->; 

Is.  :m.  4 ; 

•)aa.  1.  15 
"  Ps.  9.  lo  ; 

35.  S  ;  57. 

G;  Prov. 

26.  27 ;  28. 

lU;  Keel. 

10.  8 
/Ps.  140.  9 
'•'  I's.  140.  II 

J  udg.  y.  24 

1  K.  2.  32 ; 
8.  32  ;  Ksth 
7. 10  ;  y.  25 
Prov.  5.  22 
''  Ps.  71.  15, 
10 


'  Ps.  9. 
1^2.4 


;  C6. 


C6. 


j"2. 10;99.  :>; 

-Dt.  28.  58  ; 

Is.  G3.  14  ; 

Mic.  5.  4  ; 

Mai.  1.  14 
'  Ps.  57.  5, 

11  ;  148.  13 
'"  Mt.  21.  1(3 
"  I  Cor.  1.  27 
"  Ps.  (io.  7  ; 

70.  8 
''  Ps.  44.  16 
«  Ps.  89.  11  ; 

Neh.  9.  H 
'"  I's.  102.  25 
'■  Ps.  1.30.  9 
'  .Tob  7.  17  ; 

Ps.  144.  3  ; 

Heb.  2.  G-8 
"  Ps.  82.  C  ; 

Gen.  1.  20 
"  Ps.  103.  4 
"'Ps.  21.  5; 

ITeb.  2.  9 
V  Gen.  1.  20, 

28 
'  1  Cor.  15. 27 
"  Gen.  9.  2 


f"  ver.  1 
"  Fs.  80.  12 
■'  Ps.  20.  7  ; 

40.  5;  71.  17; 

78.  4  ;  90.  3  ; 

105.  2 ;  Is. 

25.  1 
'  Ps.  08.  3  ; 

1  S.  2.  1 
/  Ps.  00.  2,  4 
'•'  Ps.  S3.  18 ; 

92.  1 
><■  Ps.  56.  9 
'  Ps.  27.  2 
^-  Ps.  140.  12 
'  Ps.  47.  8 ; 

Is.  6.  1 
'"  Ps.  67.  4  : 

06. 10 ;  Jer. 

11.  20; 

1  Pet.  2.  23 
"  Ps.  liy.  21 
"  Ps.  oy.  28  ; 

Dt.  9.  14  ; 

29.  20 
''  Ps.  40.  15 
9  Ps.  31.  10 
"■  Ps.  2;i.  10 
'  Ps.  89.  14  ; 

97.  2 

<  I'S.  96.  13  ; 

98.  9 

"  Ps.  18.  2  ; 

59.9,  16,17; 

144.  2 
"  Ps.  10.  1 ; 

37.  .39 ;  50. 

15;  Jer.  14. 

S:Nah.  1.  7 
"Ps.  91.  14 
y  Pb.  37.  28 ; 

94.  14 

641 


9  O  Jehovah,  our  Lord, 

How  ''excellent  is  thy  name  in 
all  the  earth  ! 

A  I'.salui  of  Thanlissivijiff  lor  (iods  Justice. 

For  the  Chief  Musician  ;  set  to  Muth-lab- 
ben.    A  I'salm  of  David. 

91  will  give  thanks  unto  Jeho- 
vah with  'niy  w  liole  heart; 
I  will  ''show  forth  all  thy  mar- 
vellous works. 

2  I  will  be  glad  and  "-exult  in  thee; 
I  will  'sing  praise  to  thy  name, 

O  thou  ^"Most  High. 

3  When  mine  ''enemies  turn  back, 
They  'stumble  and  perish  at  thy 

presence. 

4  For  thou  hast  *  maintained  my 

right  and  my  cause  ; 
Thou    'sittest    in    the    throne 
'"judging  righteously. 

5  Thou  hast  "  rebuked  the  *  na- 

tions,   thou    hast    destroyed 
the  wicked  ; 
Thou   hast   "blotted   out   their 
name  for  ever  and  ever. 

6  *  The  enemy  arc  come  to  an  end, 

they  are  ''desolate  for  ever  ; 
®  And  the  cities  wliich  thou  hast 

^  overthrown, 
The     very     "remembrance     of 

them  is  perished. 

7  But  '■Jehovah  sitteth  as  king 

for  ever : 
He  hath  prepared  his  'throne 
for  judgment ; 

8  And  he  will  'judge  the  world 

in  righteousness, 
He  will  minister  judgment  to 
the  ^peoples  in  uprightness. 

9  Jehovah  also  will  be  a  "high 

tower  for  the  oppressed, 
A    high    tower    in    'times    of 
trouble ; 

10  And  they  that  ^know  thy  name 

will  put  their  trust  in  thee ; 
For  thou,   Jehovah,   hast  J' not 
forsaken  them  that  seek  thee. 

11  Sing  praises  to  Jehovah,  who 

^dTwelleth  in  Zion  : 
"  Declare    among   the    *  people 
his  doings. 
12^"  For  *  he  that  maketh  inquisi- 
tion for  blood   remembereth 
them ; 

'  Pa.  76.  2   "  Ps.  77.  12 ;  105.  1 ;  Is.  12.  4    <>  Ps.  "2. 
14 ;  Gen.  9.  5 


3  Or,  Most  High  ;  Because  mine  £e. 

*  Or,  heathen 

6  Or,  0  thou  enemy,  desolatiotu  are  come  to  a 
perpetual  end 

6  Or,  And  their  cities  thou  hast  overthrown 

7  Heb.  plucked  up. 

*  Or,  people  »  Or,  peoples 

10  Or,  For  when  he  maketh . .  .  he  remembereth 


9.15 


PSALMS 


10.17 


He  forgetteth  not  "the  cry  of 
the  ^  poor. 

13  *  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  Jeho- 

vah ; 
"Behold  my  affliction  tohich  I 

suffer  of  them  ''that  hate  me, 
Thou  that  ""liftest  me  up  from 

the  gates  of  death  : 

14  That  I  may  show  forth -''all  thy 

praise. 
In  the  ^  gates  of  the  daughter  of 

Zion 
I  will  *  rejoice  in  thy  -salvation. 

1 5  The  nations  are  sunk  down  '  in 

the  pit  that  they  made  : 
In  the  *net  which  they  hid  is 
their  own  foot  taken. 

1 6  Jehovah    hath    '  made   himself 

known,    he   hath   '"  executed 
judgment : 
^The  "wicked  is  snared  in  the 
work  of  his  own  hands. 

[Higgaion.     Selah 

1 7  The  wicked   shall   be  "  turned 

back  unto  Sheol, 
Even  all  the  nations  that  ^  for- 
get God. 

18  For  the  « needy  shall  not  alway 

be  forgotten, 
Xor    the    "■  expectation    of   the 
*  poor  perish  for  ever. 

1 9  '  Arise,   O    Jehovah ;    '  let    not 

man  prevail : 
Let  the  "nations  be  judged  in 
thy  sight. 

20  '  Put  them  in  fear,  O  Jehovah : 
Let    the    nations   know   them- 
selves to  be  ■'but  men. 

[Selah 


10 


4  Prayer  for  the  Overthrow  of  the  Wkked. 

Why  ^standest  thou  afar  oflF, 
O  Jehovah  ? 
Why  ^hidest    thou    thyself   in 
times  of  trouble' 

2  In  the  pride  of  the  wicked  ^  the 

"poor  ®is  hotly  pursued : 
"  Let  them  be  *  taken  in  the  de- 
vices that  they  have  conceived. 

3  For  the  wicked  "  boasteth  of  his 

"^ hearts  desire, 
And  *the  covetous  'renounceth, 
yea,  ^-^contemneth  Jehovah. 

4  The  wicked,  in  the  pride  of  his 

countenance,   saith,  ^He  will 
not  require  it. 
All  his  thoughts  are,  *  There  is 
no  God. 

5  His    ways    'are    ^"firm    at    all 

times ; 

I  Or,  meek  -  Or,  savino  help 

'  Or,  He  snareth  the  wicked         *  Or,  meek 
5  Or,  he  doth  hotly  pursue  thejaoor 
*  Heb.  is  set  imfire.        '  Or,  Thev  are  taken 
'  Or,  hlesneth  the  cofrfou.*,  but  contemneth  <te. 
»  Or,  revileth  i"  Or,  ffrievov^ 


'^  ver.  18 
»  Pb.  30.  10 ; 

31.  9 ;  123. 

3 
'  Ps.  25.  IS  : 

119.  lo3 ; 

Lam.  1.  9 
d  Pb.  38.  19 
'  Ps.  30.  3 ; 

■Mj.  13 
/  Ps.  106.  2 
9  Ps.  87.  2 ; 

100.  4; 

122.  2 
A  Ps.  13.  6 ; 

20.  6 ;  35.  9 ; 

51.  12; 

Is.  25.  9 ; 

Hab.  3.  18 
i  Ps  7.  16, 

ref. 

*  Ps.  35.  8 ; 
57.  6 

'  Is.  &1.  2 ; 

Ezek.  35. 11 
""  ver.  4 
''  ProT.  12.  13 
"  Ps.  49.  14 
P  Ps.  50.  22 ; 

Job  8.  13 ; 

Eom.  1.  28 
«  ver.  12 
'■  Ps.  74.  19 ; 

140.  12 
'  Ps.  3.  7, 

ref. 
« 2  Chr.  14. 

11 
"  Ps.  no.  6 ; 

la.  2.4; 

3.  13 
'•  Ps.  83.  15 

*  Is.  31.  3 

»  Ps.  22.  1  ; 

35.  22 ;  38. 
21  ;  71.  12 

'  Ps.  13.  1 ; 

55.  1 
"  Ps.  109.  16 
SPS.  7.  15; 

9.  16 
'  Ps.  49.  6 ; 

94.  3,4 
<*  Ps.  112.  10 
'  Job  1.  5,  11 
/ver.  13 
"  Ter.  13 ;  Ps. 

36.  2 

A  Ps.  14.  1 ; 

.36.  1 
■  Ps.  52.  7  ; 

73.  4 


*  Ps.  28.  5  ; 

Is.  5.  12 
'  Ps.  2.  4 
""  Ps.  30.  6  ; 

49.  11 
"  Rom.  3.  14 
°  Ps.  69.  12  ; 

im.  17,  18 
P  Ps.  73.  8 
9  Ps.  140.  3  ; 

•Tob  20.  12 
■■  Prov.  i.  11 
'  Ps.  94.  6 
'  Ps.  17.  12 
"  Ps.  .t9.  3  ; 

Mic.  7.  2 
'  ver.  2 
'  Ps.  140.  5 
y  ver.  4  :  Job 

22.  13.  ref. 
•Ps  73.  11; 

Ezek.  9.  9 
"Is  26.  11; 

Mic.  5.  9 
l>  Ps.  9.  12 
'  ver.  3 
d  Job  11.  11, 

ref. 
'  Jer.  51.  66 
/Ps.  .37.  5; 

55   22  : 

1  Pet.  4. 19 

'  Ps.  68.  5 ; 
146.  9; 

642 


Thy  judgments  are  far  above 

*  out  of  his  sight : 
As  for  all  his  adversaries,  he 
'pulfeth  at  them. 

6  He  saith  in  his  heart,  "*  I  shall 

not  be  moved ; 
To  all  generations  I  shaU.  not  be 
in  adversit.y. 

7  His  "mouth  is  full  of  "cursing 

and  deceit  and  "^oppression  : 
'Under  his  tongue  is  mischief 
and  iniquity. 

8  He    sitteth    in    the    "■  lurking- 

places  of  the  \-illages ; 
In  the  secret  places    doth   he 

'  murder  the  innocent ; 
His  eyes  are  privily  set  against 

the  ^  helpless. 

9  He  lurketh  in  secret  as  *a  lion 

in  his  covert ; 
He  "  lieth  in  wait  to  catch  "■  the 

poor : 
He  doth  catch  the  poor,  when 

he  draweth  him  in  his  '  net. 

10  "  He    croucheth,    he    boweth 

down. 
And  the  ^"-helpless  faU  by  his 
strong  ones. 

1 1  He  *  saith  in  his   heart  :   God 

hath  forgotten, 
He   hideth   his   face,   he  '  will 
never  see  it. 

12  Arise,  O  Jehovah  ;  O  God,  "lift 

up  thy  hand : 
*  Forget  not  the  *  poor. 

13  Wherefore    doth    the    wicked 

"  contemn  God, 

And  say  in  his  heart,  Thou  wilt 

not  require  it  ? 

11  Thou  hast  seen  it;  for  thou  '*be- 

holdest  ^*  mischief  and  spite, 

^^to  "^ requite  it  with  thy  hand : 

The  ^-helpless  ■''committeth  him- 
self unto  thee ; 

Thou  hast  been  the  ^  helper  of 
the  fatherless. 

15  *  Break    thou   the  arm  of   the 

wicked ; 
And  as  for  the  evil  man,  'seek 
out  his  wickedness  till  thou 
find  none. 

1 6  Jehovah  is  *  King  for  ever  and 

ever : 
The  ^* '  nations  are  perished  out 
of  his  land. 

17  Jehovah,  thou  havst  heard  the 

"  desire  of  the  meek  : 
Thou  wilt  ^'  "prepare  their  heart, 

Hos  14.  3  li  Ps  37.  17  ■  Ps  <*.  12  *  Ps.  29.  10;  E.T. 
15.  l«  ;  Jer.  10.  10 :  Lam.  5. 19 ;  I  Tim.  1. 17  '  Dt.  S 
20     '"  Ps.  9.  18  ;  145.  19     "  1  Chr.  29.  13 


11  Or,  fraud  '^  Or.  hapless 

IS  Another  reading  la,  A  nd  being  crushed. 

1*  Or,  travail  and  grief 

i»  Or,  to  take  it  into  thy  hand 

15  Or,  heathen  "  Or,  establish 


10.  18 


PSALMS 


14.1 


"  thou  wilt  cause  thine  ear  to 
hear ; 
18  To  *  judge  the  fatherless  and  the 
"oppressed, 
That  man  who  is  of  the  earth 
may  be  **  terrible  no  more. 

Jehovuli  a  Refuite  and  Defeuce. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.    A  PsuI/h  of 
David. 

nin  Jehovah  do  I  "take  refuge : 
How  say  ye  to  mj'^  soul, 
•Tlee' as  a  bird  to  your  moun- 
tain ; 

2  For,  lo,  the  wicked  *'bend  the 

bow. 

They  *make  ready  their  arrow 
upon  the  string, 

That  they  may  'shoot  in  dark- 
ness at  the  upright  in  heart ; 

3  ^If    the    *  foundations    be    de- 

stroyed. 
What  can  the  righteous  do  ? 

4  Jehovah  is  in  his  '  holy  temple  ; 
Jehovah,    his    '"throne    is     in 

heaven ; 
His  "  eyes  behold,  his   eyelids 
try,  the  children  of  men. 

5  Jehovah  "trieth  the  righteous  ; 
But  *'the  wicked  and  liim  that 

lovetli  violence  his  soul  hateth. 

6  Upon  the  wicked  he  will  rain 

snares ; 
*  Fire  and  brimstone  and  ''burn- 
ing wind  shall  be  the  portion 
of  *  their  cup. 

7  For  Jehovah  is  'righteous  ;  "he 

loveth  ^righteousness : 
*The  upright  shall  "behold  his 
face. 

God  a  Helper  against  the  Trearherons. 

For  the  Chief  Musician  ;  set  to  ^  the  Shem- 
inith.     A  Psalm  of  David. 


12 


Help,     Jehovah ;    for 

fodly  man  ce^seth ; 
fVio        f.>,fl,f„l        foil 


^the 


For    ^  the    faithful    fail    from 
among  the  children  of  men. 

2  They  *speak  falsehood  every  one 

with  nis  neighbor : 
With  '  flattering  lip,  and  with  a 
"double  heart,  do  they  speak. 

3  Jehovah  will  cut  off  all  flatter- 

ing lips. 
The  tongue  that  *speaketh  great 
things ; 

4  Who  have  said,  With  our  tongue 

will  we  prevail ; 

1  Or,  vfi  birds 

2  Or.  For  the  foundations  are  destroyed  ;  What 
hath  the  ri<jht€ous  irrought  t 

8  Or,  righteous  deeds 

*  Or,  His  countenance  doth  behold  the  upright 

*  Or,  the  eighth      «  Or,  faithfulness  faileth 


"  Pb.  34.  16 

'>  Vb.  »-2.  3 
"  Ps.  9.  9 ; 

74.  21 
<t  Is.  28.  20 

•  Ps.  2.  12 

/  1  S.  23.  14  ; 

24.  2  ;  26.  20 
"  Ps.  7.  12  ; 

.ff.  14 
1  Ps.  04.  3 
'  Ps.  04.  4 
fc  Ps.  82.  f. ; 

Kzek.  30.  4 
'  Ps.  18.  6  ; 

Mic.  1.  2; 

Hab.  2.  20 
'"  Ps.  103.  19 ; 

Is.  6(i.  1 ; 

Mt.  6.  34 ; 

Rev.  4.  2 
"  I'S.  34.  16, 

10 

"  Gen.  22.  1 ; 

Job  23.  10 ; 

Jer.  20.  12 ; 

Jas.  1.  12 
P  Ps.  6.  5 
«  Gen.  19. 24 ; 

Ezek.  38. 

22 
•■  Jer.  4.  11, 

12 
'  Ps.  76.  8 
t  Ps.  7.  9,  11 
"  Ps.  33.  5 
•■Ps.  10.  11; 

17.  15;  140. 

13 ;  Mt.  6. 

8 ;  Heb.  12. 

14 ;  Rev. 

22.  4 

*  Is.  67.  1  ; 
Mic.  7.  2 

"  Ps.  41.  6 ; 

144.  8 
'  Ps.  28.  3  ; 

56.  21  L  Jer. 

9.  8 ;  Rom. 

16.  18 
"  1  Chr.  12.  33 
l>  Ps.  73.  8.  9  ; 

l>an.  7.  8 ; 
Rev.  13.  6 


'  Ps.  9.  9 ; 

10.  18 
d  Ps.  3.  7, 

ref. ;  Is. 
33.  10 

•  Pb.  34.  6 ; 

35.  10 
/Ps.  18.  30; 

19.  8,  10 ; 

119.  140 
»  Prov.  30.  6 
"  Ps.  37.  28 ; 

97.  10 

•  Ps.  66.  10, 
11 

k  Ps.  44.  24  ; 

Lam.  6.  20 
'  Ps.  88.  14 ; 

89.  46 
•"  Pb.  42.  4 
"  Ps.  39.  2 ; 

42  9 
°  Ps.  94.  3 
P  Pa.  5.  1 
9  Ps    18.  28  ; 

1  S.  14.  2!t ; 

Ezr.  9  8  ; 

Job  .33.  30 
•■  Ps.  70.  5  ; 

Jer.  51.  39 

•  Jer.  20.  10 
«  Ps.  26.  2 ; 

.38.  16 
"  Ps.  52.  8 
'■'  Ps.  9.  14 
'  Ps.  59.  16  ; 

101.  33; 

1  Cor.  14. 15 
vPs.  116.  7; 

119.  17; 

142.  7 

•  ver.  1-7 : 

543 


Our  lips  are  ^our  own:  who  i.s 
lord  over  us  1 

5  Because   of   the  "oppression    of 

the  poor,  because  of  the  sigh- 
ing of  the  needy, 

Now  ''will  I  arise,  saith  Jeho- 
vah ; 

I  will  "set  him  in  the  safety  he 
panteth  for. 

6  The  ^  words  of  Jehovah  are  pure 

words ; 
As  silver  "tried  in  a  furnace  on 

the  earth. 
Purified  seven  times. 

7  Thou  wilt  keep  them,  O  Jeho- 

vah, 
Thou  wilt  *  preserve  them  from 
this  generation  for  ever. 

8  The  'wicked  walk  on  every  side. 
When  vileness  is  exalted  among 

the  sons  of  men. 

Prayer  for  Help  in  Affliction. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psalm  of 
David. 

to  How  long,  O  Jehovah?  wilt 
O      thou  *  forget  me  for  ever  1 
How  long  '  wilt  thou  hide  thy 
face  from  me  1 

2  How  long  shall  I  '"take  counsel 

in  my  soul, 
Having  "  sorrow  in  my  heart  all 

the  day  1 
"  How  long  shall  mine  enemy  be 

exalted  over  me*? 

3  p  Consider  and  answer  me,  O  Je- 

hovah my  God : 
« Lighten  mine  eyes,  lest  I  ^  sleep 
the  sleep  of  death  ; 

4  Lest  mine  enemy  'say,  I  have 

prevailed  against  hina ; 
Lest  'mine    adversaries    rejoice 
when  I  am  moved. 

5  But  I  have  "  trusted  in  thy  lov- 

ingkindness ; 
My  near t  shall  "rejoice  in  thy 
salvation. 

6  I  will 'sing  unto  Jehovah, 
Because  he  hath  *' dealt  bounti- 
fully with  me. 

Tbe  Folly  and  Wickedness  of  Men. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psalm  of 
David. 

■i  A  'The  fool  hath  "said  in  his 
_Lt:      heart,  There  is  no  God. 

They  are  'corrupt,  they  have 
done  abominable  works ; 

There  is  "none  that  doeth  good. 

Ps.  .53.  1-6  "  Ps.  10.  4  I"  Ps.  73.  8  ;  Gen.  6. 12  '^  ver 
1-3 :  Rom.  3.  10-12 ;  Ps.  130.  3 ;  Eccl.  7.  20 


7  Heb.  wth  lu. 


14.2 


PSALMS 


17.3 


Jehovah 
heaven 


"  looked    down    from 
the  children  of 


upon 

men, 
To  see  if  there  were  any  that 

*  did  ^  understand, 
That  did  "  seek  after  God. 

3  They  are  all  "*  gone  aside ;  they 

are  together  become  *  filthy  ; 
There  is  -^none  that  doeth  good, 
no,  not  one. 

4  Have  all  the  workers  of  iniquity 

"  no  knowledge. 
Who ''  eat  up  my  people  as  they 

eat  bread. 
And  '  call  not  upon  Jehovah  1 

5  There  were  they  in  great  fear  ; 
Por  God  is  in  the  *  generation  of 

the  righteous. 

6  Ye  '  put  to  shame  the  counsel  of 

the  poor, 
"^  Because  Jehovah  is  his  "  refuge. 

7  Oh  that  the  salvation  of  Israel 

were  come  out  of  Zion  ! 
When  Jehovah  ^"bringeth  back 

the  captivity  of  his  people, 
Then    shall    Jacob   rejoice,    and 

Israel  shall  be  glad. 

Description  of  a  Citizen  of  Zion. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

-|  p^  Jehovah,  "  who  shall  sojourn 
J_  O       ^  in  thy  ■*  tabernacle '? 
Who  shall  dwell  in  thy 'holy  hill? 

2  He  that ''  walketh  uprightly,  and 

worketh  righteousness, 
And  'speaketh  truth  in  his  heart; 

3  ^He  that  'slandereth  not  with 

his  tongue. 
Nor  doeth  evil  to  his  friend. 
Nor     "taketh     up    a    reproach 

against  his  neighbor; 

4  In  'Svhose  eyes  a  "reprobate  is 

despised. 
But  ^who  -honoreth  them  that 

fear  Jehovah ; 
''He  that  ^sweareth  to  his  own 

hurt,  and  changeth  not ; 

5  ^He  that  ^putteth  not  out  his 

money  to  interest. 
Nor  "  taketh  reward  against  the 

innocent. 
He  that  doeth  these  things  *  shall 

never  be  moved. 

Jehovah  the  Psalmist's  Portion  in  Life  and  Deliverer 
in  Death. 

Michtam  of  David. 

Preserve  me,   O  God ;   for 
■*  in  thee  do  I  take  refuge. 

0  my  soul,  thou  hast  said  unto 
Jehovah,  Thou  art  ®  my  Lord  : 

1  Or,  deal  wisely  ^  Or,  his  .  .  .  he 

2  Or,  But  '  Or,  He  swearelh 

3  Or,  retumeth  to  *  Or,  Be  jmtteth 
*  TTeb.  tent.  »  Or,  the  Lord 
5  Or,  He  slandereth 


16 


"  Ps.  33.  13, 

14  ;  102.  19 
»  Pa.  92.  6 ; 

Prov.  28.  5 
"  1  Ohr.  22. 

19 ;  Ezr.  6. 

21 
d  Ps.  68.  3 
'  Job  15. 16 ; 

Prov.  30. 

12 ;  2  Pet. 

2.  7 ;  Rev. 

22.  11 
/  Pa.  143.  2 
"  Ps.  82.  5 
''  Ps.  27.  2 ; 

Jer.  10.  25  ; 

Am.  8.  4 ; 

Mic.  3.  3 

•  Ps.  79.  6  ; 
Is.  64.  7 

*  Ps.  73.  15 ; 
112.  2 

'  Ezr.  4.  5 
"  Ps,  40.  17  ; 

46.  1 ;  142. 

6  ;  Is.  25.  4  ; 

Jer.  Ifi.  19 
"  Ps.  85.  1,  2  ; 

126.  1  ;  Jer. 

29. 14 ;  Hos. 

6.  11 ;  Ajn. 

9.  14 
°  ver.  1-6 : 

Ps.  24.  3-5 
P  Ps.  27.  6,  6  ; 

61.  4 
9  Ps.  2.  6 ; 

X  4  ;  99.  9 
•■  Ps.  24.  4 ; 

Is.  33.  15 
"  Ps.  51.  6  , 

Zech.  8. 16; 

Eph.  4.  25 
<  Ps.  101.  5  ; 

Lev.  19.  10 ; 

Prov.  10.  18 
"  Ex.  23.  1 
"  2  Tim.  3.  8 ; 

Tit.  1.  16 
"  Acts  28.  10 
!' Judg.  11.36 
'  Ex.  22.  2.'-.  ; 

Lev.  25.  36 ; 

Ezek.  18.  8 
"  Ex.  23.  8  ; 

])t.  10.  19 
b  Ps.  1 12.  6 
"  Ps.  17.  8 
d  Ps.  7.  1 


«  Ps.  73.  26 
/Dt.  33.  3; 

T)an.  7.  22 
'  Ps.  101.  6 
h  Ps.  32.  10 
<  Ps.  106.  37, 

38 

*  Ex.  23.  13  ; 
Josh.  23.  7 

'  Ps.  73,  26 ; 

119.  57; 

142.  5; 

Lam.  3.  24 
"^  Ps.  23.  5 
"  Ps.  126.  3 
°  Ps.  78.  65  ; 

Mic.  2.  6 
P  Jer.  3.  19 
9  Ps.  73.  24 
"■  Ps.  77.  6 

*  ver.  8-11 : 
Acts  2. 
2.^-28 

'  Ps.  54.  3 

«  Ps.  73.  23  ; 

109.  31  ; 

no.  6; 

121.  6 
"  Ps.  62.  2 
"  Ps.  4.  7  ; 

13.  6 
"Ps.  .30.  12; 

67.  8 ;  108.  1 
'  Ps.  4.  8 
"  Ps.  49.  15 ; 


644 


I  •  have  no  good  beyond  thee. 

3  '"As  for  the  •'saints  that  are  in 

the  earth, 
"  They    are    the    excellent   ^  in 
whom  is  all  my  delight. 

4  Their  ''sorrows  shall  be  multi- 

plied that  give  gifts  for  an- 
other god : 

Their  drink-offerings  of  'blood 
will  I  not  offer. 

Nor  *  take  their  names  upon  my 
lips. 

5  Jehovah  is  the  '  portion  of  mine 

inheritance  and  of  my  ""  cup  : 
Thou  maintainest  my  "lot. 

6  The  "  lines  are  fallen  unto  me  in 

pleasant  places ; 
Yea,  I  have  a  ^  goodly  heritage. 

7  I  will  bless  Jehovah,  who  hath 

given  me  *  counsel ; 
Yea,  my  ^^"^  heart  instructeth  me 
in  the  night  seasons. 

8  '  I  have  '  set  Jehovah  always  be- 

fore me : 
Because    he    is   "at    my   right 
hand,  "  I  shall  not  be  moved. 

9  Therefore    "^my  heart   is  glad, 

_  and  *  my  glory  rejoiceth  : 
My  flesh  also  shall  *  dwell  ^^in 
safety. 

10  For  thou  "wilt  not  leave  my 

soul  to  Sheol ; 
Neither  wilt  thou  *  suffer  thy 
"holy  one  to  "see  ^^corrup- 
tion. 

11  Thou  wilt  show  me  ''the  path 

of  life : 
In  Hhy  presence  is  fulness  of 

joy ;  _ 
In   thy  right   hand    there    are 

•''pleasures  for  evermore. 


Prayer  for  Protection  against  Oppressors. 


17 


A  Prayer  of  David. 

Hear  the  ^  right,  O  Jehovah, 
''  attend  unto  my  cry  ; 
Give  ear  unto  my  prayer,  that 
goeth  not  out  of  *feignea  lips. 

2  Let   'my  sentence  come  forth 

from  thy  presence  ; 
^^Let    thine   eyes    ""look   upon 
equity. 

3  Thou  hast  "proved  my  heart; 

thou  hast  visited  me  in  the 
night ; 

l>  Acts  13.  35  f^Ts.  49.  9;  S9.  48  rfPn.  1.39.  24i  Mt.  7. 14 
'Ps.  17.  15;  21.6;  43.4  /  Ps.  36.  7,  8  ;  46.  4  "  Ps.  9. -1 
ft  Ps.  61.  1  ;  142.  6  i  Ps.  65.  1  *  Is.  29. 13  '  Ps.  36.  2? 
"  1  Chr.  29.  17     "  Ps.  26.  2 


i»  Or,  Pjifo 

11  Or,  And  the  excellent  .  .  .  delight ;  Their  &c. 

12  Heb.  reins.  i'  Or,  conjidently 

i"!  Or,  (lodly    Or,  beloved    Anottier  reading  is, 
holy  ones.  i*  Or,  the  pit 

16  Or,  Thine  eyes  behold  with  equitv 


17.4 


PSALMS 


18.10 


Thou  hast  "tried  me,  and  ^*  find - 

est  nothing ; 
I  am  "  purposed  that  my  mouth 

shall  not  transgress. 

4  As  for  the  works  of  men,  ''by 

the  word  of  thy  lips 
I  have  "  kept  me  from  the  ways 
of  the  violent. 

5  My -^steps  have  held  fast  to  thy 

paths, 
My  "  feet  have  not  slipped. 

6  I  nave  ''called  upon  thee,  for 

thou  wilt  answer  me,  O  God : 
'  Incline  thine  ear  unto  me,  aiul 
hear  my  speech. 

7  Show  thy  *  marvellous  loving- 

kindness, 
O  thou  that  'savest  '^by    thy 

right  hand  them  that  take 

refuge  in  thee 
From  those  that  rise  up  against 
^  them. 

8  Keep  me  as  the  '"apple  of  the 

eye; 
Hide  me  "  under  the  shadow  of 
thy  wings, 

9  From  the  "  wicked  that  oppress 

me. 
My  ^  deadly  enemies,  that  *  com- 

Kass  me  about, 
ey   are    'inclosed    in    their 
own  fat : 
With  their  mouth  they  'speak 
proudly. 

11  They  have  now  'compassed  us 

in  our  steps ; 
They  set  their  eyes  "  to  cast  us 
down  to  the  earth. 

1 2  He  is  "  like  a  lion  that  is  greedy 

of  his  prey. 
And  as  it  were  a  young  lion 
^  lurking  in  secret  places. 

13  "Arise,  O  Jehovah, 

*  Confront      him,      *cast     him 

down : 
"Deliver    my    soul    from    "the 

wicked  by  '  thy  sword  ; 

14  From  "men  by  Hhy  hand,  O 

Jehovah, 

From  ''men  ''of  the  world, 
"  whose  portion  is  in  this 
life. 

And  whose  belly  thou  -^fillest 
with  thy  treasure : 

They  are  ^satisfied  with  chil- 
dren. 

And  leave  the  rest  of  their  sub- 
stance to  their  babes. 

1  Or,  findest  no  evil  purpose  in  me ;  My  mouth 

2  Or,  them  that  take  refuge  .  .  .  rise  up  against 
thy  right  hand 

3  Or,  Thev  have  shut  up  their  heart 
*  Or,  Forestall 

'  Or,  the  wicked,  ^cho  is  thy  sword 
6  Or,  men  who  are  thy  hand 
?  Or,  whose  portion  in  life  it  of  the  world 
18 


"  Pa.  flC  10 ; 
Zech.  i:i. 
»;  1  I'et. 

1.  7 

''  Jer.  511.  ai 

'  1*8.  .■»».  1 
d  I'S.  119.  9, 

101 
'  Prov.  1.  lf^ 
/Ps.  44.  IS; 

Job'.i3.  II 
'■'  Ps.  18.  30 ; 

;<7. 31 

*  Ps.  86.  7 

•  Ps.  88.  2 
I'  Vs.  :il.  1!1 
'  Ps.  20.  G 

""  Dt.  32.  10  ; 

Zech.  2.  8 
"  Ps.  36.  7  ; 

67.  1  ;  01. 

4  ;  63.  7  ; 

91.  1,  4; 

Ruth  2.  12 
"  Ps.  31.  20 
P  Ps.  38.  12 
1  Ps.  109.  3 
'■  Ps.  73.  7  ; 

.Job  1.0.  27 
'  Ps.  31.  18  ; 

73.  8 ;  1  S. 

2.  3 

'  Ps.  88.  17 
"  Ps.  37.  14 
"  Ps.  7.  2, 

ref. 
"  Ps.  10.  9 
w  Pb.  3.  7, 

ref. 
«  Ps.  65.  23 ; 

73.  18 
"  Ps.  22.  20 
b  Ps.  7.  12 
"  ver.  7 
ri  Lk.  16.  8 
«  Ps.  73.  3-7  ; 

Lk.  16.  25 
/Is.  2.7 
"Job  21.  11 


'i  Ps.  n.  7, 

ref. 
'  Num.  12.  8 
*  P8.27  1,  ref. 
'ver.  31,46; 

Ps.  19.  14 ; 

28.  1 ;  31. 

3;  42.  9; 

71.  3;  78. 

35 ;  89.  26 ; 

Dt.  32.  18 ; 

I  S.  2.  2 
"'  Ps.  91.  2  ; 

144.  2 
"  Ps.  40.  17  ; 

144.  2 
"  Ps.  U.  1 
P  Ps.  28.  7  ; 

33.  20  ;  69. 

II  ;  84.  9. 
11 ;  Prov. 

.30.  6 
1  Ps.  75.  10 
»■  Ps.  9.  9, 

ref. 
'  Ps.  48.  1 ; 

96.  4  ;  145.  3 

<  Num.  10.  9 

"  Ps.  110.  3 

^'  Ps.  69.  2  ; 

124.  3,  4 
^  Prov.  13. 

14;  14.  27 
V  Ps.  50.  In  ; 


80. 


102. 


2  ;  120.  1 
'  Ps.  11.  4 
°  Ps.  34.  15 
l>  Ps.  68.  7,  8  ; 

JudR.  6.  4  ; 

Is.  13.  13 ; 

Hag.  2.  6 
'  Ps.  114.  4, 

6  ;  Is.  64.  1 
d  Dt.  29.  20 
«  Ps.  60.  3 

/  Hab.  3.  6 
546 


15  As  for  me,  *I  shall  *  behold  thy 
face  in  righteousness  ; 
*I    shall    be    satisfied,   when    I 
awake,    with    beliolding   thy 
'form. 

Jehovah  praised  for  (giving  Victory  and  Dominion. 

For  the  Cliief  Mu.slcian.  A  Psalm  of 
David  tlie  servant,  of  Jeliovali,  '^wlio 
spalce  unto  fJeliovah  the  words  of  tliis 
song  ill  tlie  day  that  Jehovali  deliv- 
ered him  from  tlie  hand  of  all  his 
enemies,  and  from  the  hand  of  Saul: 
and  he  said, 

■^  Q  I  love  thee,  O  Jehovah,  *my 
JL  O       strength. 

2  Jehovah  is  '  my  rock,  and  ""  my 

fortress,  and  my  "  deliverer  ; 
My  God,  my  rock,  in  whom  I 

"  will  take  refuge ; 
My  ^shield,  and  the  » horn  of 

my     salvation,      my     'high 

tower. 

3  I  will  call  upon  Jehovah,  who 

is  '  worthy  to  be  praised  : 
So  shall  I  be '  saved  from  mine 
enemies. 

4  The  "  cords  of  death  compassed 

me, 
And  the  "floods  of  ^"ungodliness 
made  me  afraid. 

5  The    "cords     of    Sheol     ^vere 

round  about  me : 
The ""  snares  of  death  came  upon 
me. 

6  In  my  ''distress  I  called  upon 

Jehovah, 
And  cried  unto  my  God  : 
He  heard  my  voice  out  of  his 

^  temple. 
And  my  "cry  before  him  came 

into  his  ears. 

7  Then    the    ''earth    shook    and 

trembled  ; 
The   foundations    also   of    the 

''mountains  quaked 
And  were  shaken,  because  he 

was  wroth. 

8  There  went  up  a  **  smoke  "  out 

of  his  nostrils, 

And  *  fire  out  of  his  mouth  de- 
voured : 

■''Coals  were  kindled  by  it. 

9  He  "  bowed   the  heavens  also, 

and  came  down ; 
And  ''  thick  darkness  was  under 

his  feet. 
10  And  he  rode  upon  a  'cherub, 

and  did  fly ; 
Yea,  he  soared  upon  the  *  wings 

of  the  wind. 

"  Ps.  144.  6  ;  Is.  64.  1     "  Ex.  20.  21      >  Ps.  80.  1  ;  99.  1 
*  Ps.  104.  3 


8  Or,  lei  mt 

•  Bee  2  S.  22. 1-61. 


>•  Heb.  Belial. 
"  Or,  in  hi*  wrath 


18.11 


PSALMS 


18.40 


16 


1 1  He  made  "  darkness  his  hiding- 

place,    his    *  pavilion    round 
about  him, 
Darkness     of     waters,      thick 
"clouds  of  the  skies. 

12  At  the  ''brightness  before  him 

his  thick  clouds  passed,^ 
"  Hailstones  and  ^  coals  of  lire. 

13  Jehovah  also  "thundered  in  the 

heavens. 
And  the  Most  High  uttered  his 

voice, 
Hailstones  and  coals  of  fire. 
11  And  he  ''sent  out  his  arrows, 

and  scattered  them ; 
^Yea,  lightnings  manifold,  and 

*  discomfited  them. 
15  Then  the  *  channels  of  waters 

appeared, 
And    the    foundations    of    the 

world  were  laid  bare, 
At  thy  'rebuke,  O  Jehovah, 
At  the  blast  of  the  ™  breath  of 

thy  nostrils. 
He  "sent  from  on  high,  he  took 

ine ; 
He    drew    me  out    of   -"many 

waters. 

17  He   ^delivered    me    from    my 

strong  enemy, 
And  from  them  that  hated  me  ; 
for   they  were  *too  mighty 
for  me. 

18  They  came  upon  me  in  "■  the  day 

of  my  calamity  ; 
But  ^  Jehovah  was  my  stay. 

1 9  He  brought  me  forth  also  into  a 

'  large  place ; 
He  delivered  me,  because  "he 
delighted  in  me. 

20  Jehovah    hath    "  i-ewarded    me 

according  to  my  righteous- 
ness ; 
According  to  the  "  cleanness  of 
my   hands    hath    he   recom- 
pensed me. 

21  For  I  have  *kept  the  ways  of 

Jehovah, 

And    have   ^not   wickedly   de- 
parted from  my  God. 
32  For    all  "his    ordinances  were 
before  me, 

And  I  put  not  away  his  'stat- 
utes from  me. 

23  I  was  also  "perfect  with  him. 
And  I  kept  myself  from  mine 

iniquity. 

24  Therefore  hath  Jehovah  •*  recom- 

pensed me  according  to  my 
righteousness, 
According  to  the  cleanness  of 
my  hands  in  his  eyesight. 

25  With  "the  merciful  thou   wilt 

show  thyself  merciful ; 

1  Or,  And  he  shot  out  liahtnings      »  Or,  great 


"  Dt.  4.  n 

t>  Job  36.  29 
"^  Ps.  97.  2 
d  Ps.  104.  2 
"  Is.  30.  30 
/  Ps.  140.  10  ; 

Hab.  3.  5 
I'  Ps.  29.  3 ; 

104.  7 
''  Ps.  7.  13 ; 

77.  17  ;  144. 

6 ;  Hab.  3. 

11 
'  Ex.  14.  24 ; 

Judg.  4.  16 
*  Ps.  106.  9 
'  Ps.  76.  0 
"'  Ex.  15.  8 
"  Ps.  144.  7 
"  Ps.  144.  7  ; 

Is.  43.  2 
Pver.  48;  Ps. 

hd.  1 
1  Ps.  .35.  10 ; 

142.  6 
''  Ps.  59.  16 
'  Is.  10.  20 ; 

50.  10 
«  Ps.  4.  1 ; 

31.  8;  118.  5 
"  Ps.  37.  23  ; 

41.  11 

"  Ps.  7.  8 ; 

1  K.  8.  .32 ; 

.Job  33.  26 
"  Ps.  24.  4  ; 

Job  22.  30 
y  Ps.  37.  34  ; 

119.  33; 

Prov.  8.  32 
^  2  Chr.  34. 

33;  Ps.  119. 

102 
"  Ps.  119.  30 
*>  Ps.  119.  83 
'  ver.  32 
'i  ver.  20 
'  Ps.  62.  12 ; 

Mt.  5.  7 


/ver.  30 
»  Job  25.  5  ; 

Hab.  1.  13 
A  Lev.  20.  23, 

24;  Prov. 

3.  34; 

Roni.  1.  28 
i  Ps.  72.  12  ; 

Is.  49.  13 

*  Ps.  101.  5  ; 
Prov.  6.  17 

'  Ps.  132.  17  ; 

1  K.  15.  4  ; 

,Tob  18.  6 
"'  Ps.  27.  1  ; 

•lob  V.Q.  3 
"  Ps.  118.  10- 

12 
"  2  Cor.  12. 

9 ;  lieb.  11. 

34 
P  Ps.  145. 17  ; 

Dt.  32.  4 ; 

Dan.  4. 

37 ;  Mt.  6. 

48 
9  Ps.  12.  6 
■"ver.  2 

*  Ps.  86.  8- 
10  ;  Is.  45.  5 

'ver.  2;  Ps. 
62.  2 ;  Dt. 
32.  31 

"  ver.  39 ; 

Is.  45.  5 
"  Ps.  138.  8  ; 

Heb.  13. 

21 ;  1  Pet. 

5.  10 
»  Hab.  3.  19 
y  Dt.  32.  13 ; 

Is.  58.  14 
'  Ps.  144.  1 
"Job  20.  24 
b  Dt.  33.  29 
"  Ps.  63.  8  ; 

119.  117 

646 


With    the   perfect   man  •''thou 
wilt  show  thyself  perfect ; 

26  With  the  pure  thou  wilt  show 

thyself  "  pure ; 
And   with  the  perverse  ''thou 
wilt  show  thj^self  froward. 

27  For  thou  wilt '  save  the  afflicted 

people ; 
But    the  *  haughty   eyes    thou 
wilt  bring  down. 

28  For  thou  wilt '  light  my  lamp  : 
Jehovah  my  God  will  ™  lighten 

my  darkness. 

29  For    by  thee   I  "run  ^upon  a 

troop ; 
And  "  by  my  God  do  I  leap  over 
a  wall. 

30  As  for  God,  his  way  is  ^perfect : 
The  « word  of  Jehovah  is  tried  ; 
He  is  a  ''shield  unto  all  them 

that  take  refuge  in  him. 

31  For  *  who  is  God,  save  Jehovah  1 
And  who  is  a  '  rock,  besides  our 

God, 

32  The  God  that  "girdeth  me  with 

strength. 
And  "  maketh  my  way  perfect  1 

33  He  ""  maketh  my. feet  like  hinds' 

feet : 
And  ^  setteth  me  upon  my  high 
places. 

34  He  ^  teacheth  my  hands  to  war ; 
So  that  mine  arms  do  bend  a 

"  bow  of  brass. 

35  Thou  hast  also  given  me  *the 

shield  of  thy  salvation ; 
And  thy  "right  hand  hath  holden 

me  up. 
And    ''thy     *  gentleness     hath 

made  me  great. 

36  Thou  hast  "enlarged  my  steps 

under  me, 
And  my  ^■''feet  have  not  slipped. 

37  I  will  "pursue  mine   enemies, 

and  overtake  them ; 
Neither  will  I  turn  again  ''till 
they  are  consumed. 

38  I  will 'smite  them  through,  so 

that  they  shall  *  not  be  able 
to  rise : 
They  shall  fall  '  under  my  feet. 

39  For  thou  hast  '"girded  me  with 

strength  unto  the  battle  : 
Thou  hasf  "subdued  under  me 
those  that  rose  up  against  me. 

40  Thou  hast  also  made  mine  ene- 

mies "turn  their  backs  unto 
me. 
That  I  might  ^  cut  off  them  that 
hate  me. 

rf  Ps.  138.  6 ;  Is.  63.  9  '  Ps.  31.  8  /  Ps.  17.  6  "  Ps. 
44.  6  ft  Ps.  37.  20  >  Ps.  no.  6  *  Ps.  .36.  12  '  Ps.  47.  ? 
"  ver.  32  "  ver.  47  "  Ps.  21.  12 ;  Ex.  23.  27  ''  Ps. 
94.  23 


3  Or,  through 

*  Or,  condescention 


5  Heb.  ankles. 

*  Heb.  caiised  to  bow. 


ia4i 


PSALMS 


20.1 


4 1  They  cried,  but  there  was  "  none 

to  save  ; 
Even    unto    .lehovali,    but  ^  he 
answered  them  not. 

42  Then  did  1  Ijetit  them  small  as 

the  "^^dust  before  the  wind  : 
I    did    'cast    them   out  as   the 
''mire  of  the  streets. 

43  Thou   hast  delivered   me  from 

the  "strivings  of  the  people  ; 
Thou  '^  hast  made  me  the  -'  head 

of  the  nations  : 
A  "people    whom   I  have  not 

known  shall  serve  me. 

44  As  soon  as  they  hear  of  me  they 

shall  obey  me  ; 
The  foreigners   shall   ^^  submit 
themselves  unto  me. 

45  The  foreigners  shall  'fade  away, 
And  shall  *  come  trembling  out 

of  their  close  places. 

46  Jehovah  '  liveth  ;    and   blessed 

be  '"my  rock  ; 
And  exalted  be  "  the  God  of  my 
salvation, 

47  Even  the  God  that  "executeth 

vengeance  for  me, 
And  ''subdueth  peoples  under 
me. 

48  He    *  rescueth    me   from   mine 

enemies ; 
Yea,  thou  ''lifteat  me  up  above 

them   that   rise    up  against 

me ; 
Thou  deliverest  me  'from  the 

violent  man. 

49  Therefore  'I  will  give    thanks 

unto  thee,  O  Jehovah,  among 
tlie  nations, 
And  will  "sing  praises  unto  thy 
name. 

50  Great  '•"deliverance  giveth  he 

to  his  king. 
And  showeth  lovingkindness  to 

*his  anointed. 
To  David  and  to  "  his  seed,  for 

evermore. 

The  Works  and  the  Word  of  fiod. 

For   the  Chief  Musician.    A  Psalm    of 
David. 

The  'heavens  declare  the 
glory  of  God ; 

And  the  "  tirmament  showeth 
his  handiwork. 

*  Day  unto  day  uttereth  speech. 

And  ''night  unto  night  showeth 
knowledge. 

There  is  no  speech  nor  lan- 
guage;     , 

Their  voice  is  not  heard. 


1  Heb  rmrity.  9  Or,  wilt  mak* 

>0r,  yield  feigned  obedience    Heb.  lie. 
*  Heb.  aalvatvma. 


19 


"  Pa.  60.  22 
6  Job  27.  9 ; 

Prov.  1.  28 
"  Pb.  83.  13 ; 

2  K.  13.  7 
<'  Is.  10.  0 ; 

Mic.  7.  10 
"  Ps.  3i-..  1  ; 

2  S.  3.  1  ; 

19.  9 
/Ps.  89.  27 
"  Is.  60.  6 
"  Pa.  60.  3 
'  Ps.  37.  2 
«•■  Mic.  7.  17 
'  Ps.  42.  2  ; 

l>t.  32.  40 ; 

Dau.  0.  20, 

2G 
"'  ver.  2 
"  Ps.  61.  14 
"  Ps.  94.  1  ; 

Lit.  IS.  7 
''  ver.  43:  Ps. 

47.  3;  144.2 
«  Ps.  143.  9 
'■  Ps.  27.  0 
"Ps.  140.  1,4 
'  Rom.  16.  9 
"  Ps.  108.  1 
"  Ps.  21.  1 ; 

144.  10 
'  Ps.  28.  8 
V  Ps.  89.  4,  29 

'  Ps.  8.  3 ; 

60.  0  ;  89.  6  ; 

Rom.  1.  19, 

20 
"  Gen.  1.  C,  7 
ftps.  74.  16; 

Jer.  31.  36; 

33.  26 


'  Rom.  10. 18 
rf  Joel  2.  16 
'  1  Cor.  9.  24 
/Ps.  113.  3 
"  Dt.  ;io.  4  ; 

Is.  13.  6 ; 

Mk.  13.  27 
fcPs.  119. 142; 

Rom.  7.  12 
'  Ps.  23.  3 
*  Ps.  93.  5  ; 

111.  7 
'Ps.  119.98- 

100;  Dt.  4. 

6 ;  2  Tim. 

3.  16 
'"Ps.  119.  128 
"  Fs.  119.  14 
"  Ps.  12.  0 
P  Pa.  1 19.  1.30 
9  Ps.  119.  142 
'■Ps.  119.  138 
'Ps.  119.  72. 

127;  Prov. 

8.  10 
«  Job  28.  17 
"  Pa.  119.  103 
"  Prov.  16.  24 
"  Pa.  17.  4 
"  Lev.  18.  6  ; 

Dt.  32.  47 ; 

Prov.  29.  18 
'  Pa.  40.  12 ; 

1.19.  0 
"  Ps.  61.  1.  2 
'>  Pa.  44.  21 ; 

90.  8 

"Num.  16. 

30 
rfPs.  119.133; 

Oen.  4.  7 
'  Ps.  32.  2 
.''Ps.  2i->.  II 
"  Ps.  KM.  34 
''  Ps.  IH.  2 
'  Ps.  78.  36 ; 

.Tob  19.26; 

Is.  41.  14 
k  Ps.  102.  2 ; 

(ien.  36.  3 
'  Ps.  91.  14; 

Prov.  18. 10 
•"  Ps.  46.  7,  11 
"  Ps.  69.  1 

547 


4  Their  "^  line  is  gone  out  through 

all  the  earth. 

And  their  words  to  tlie  end  of 
the  world. 

In  them  hath  he  set  a  'taber- 
nacle for  the  sun, 

5  Which  is  as  a  "^  bridegroom  com- 

ing out  of  his  chamber. 
And  rejoiceth  as  a  strong  man 

to  'run  his  cour.se. 
C  His   -Agoing  forth    is  from   the 

"end  of  the  heavens. 
And  his  circuit  unto  the  ends 

of  it ; 
And  there  is  nothing  hid  from 

the  heat  thereof. 

7  The  "  law  of  Jehovah  is  per- 
fect, '  restoring  the  soul : 
The  ^testimony  of  Jehovah  is 
sure,  'making  wise  the  sim- 
ple. 

8  The  '"precepts  of  Jehovah  are 

right,  "  rejoicing  the  heart : 
Thecommandmentof  Jehovah  is 
"pure, ''enlightening  the  eyes. 

9  The  fear  of  Jehovah  is  clean, 

enduring  for  ever : 
The  ordinances  of  Jehovah  are 
*true,   and  'righteous    alto- 
gether. 

10  More  to  be  desired    are    they 

than  "gold,  yea,  than  much 
'fine  gold  ; 
"  Sweeter  also  than  honey  and 
the  droppings  of  the  "honey- 
comb. 

11  Moreover  by  them  is  thy  ser- 

vant "■  warned : 
In  ^  keeping  them  there  is  great 
reward. 

1 2  Who  can  '  discern  his  errors  1 
"Clear  thou  me  from  *  hidden 

faulU. 

13  Keep    back    thy   servant   also 

''"from  presumptuous  sins; 
Let  them  not  ''have  dominion 

over  me : 
Then  shall  I  be  'upright. 
And  I  shall  be  clear  from  •''great 

transgression. 

14  Let  the  words  of  my  mouth  and 

"  the  meditation  of  my  heart 
Be  acceptable  in  thy  sight, 
O  Jehovah,  ''my  rock,  and  my 

'  redeemer. 

Prayrr  for  Virtory  over  Enemies. 

For  the   Chief    Musician.     A  P.salm   of 
David. 

C^f\  JehoA^ah    *  answer   thee    in 
^  v/      the  day  of  trouble  ; 

The  '  name  of  the  *"  God  of 
Jacob  "  set  thee  up  on  high  ; 

*  Heb.  tent.  *  Or,  from  the  proud 


20.2 


PSALMS 


22.6 


2  Send  thee  help  *  from  the  sanc- 

tuary, 
And  ^*  strengthen  thee  out  of 
Zion  ; 

3  "  Remember  all  thy  ^  offerings, 
And  ^'' accept  thy  burnt-sacri- 
fice ;  [Selali 

4  Grant  thee  thy  "  heart's  desire, 
And  ^  fulfil  all  thy  counsel, 

5  We  will  *  triumph  in  thy  ^sal- 

vation, 

And  in  the  name  of  our  God 
we  will  *  set  up  our  banners  : 

Jehovah  *  fulfil  all  thy  peti- 
tions. 

6  Now    *know    I    that    Jehovah 

saveth  his  anointed ; 
He  will  '  answer  him  from  his 

"•holy  heaven 
With  the  "saving  strength  of 

his  right  hand. 

7  Some   trust   in    °  chariots,   and 

some  in  ^  horses  ; 
But '  we  will  make  mention  of 
the  name  of  Jehovah  our  God. 

8  They   are    ''bowed    down    and 

fallen ; 
But  we  are  'risen,  and  stand 
upright. 

9  '  Save,  Jehovah  : 

Let  the  King  "  answer  us  when 
we  call. 

Praise  for  DeliveraiKt. 

For  the  Chief   Musician.    A  Psalm  of 
David. 

O"!    The  king  shall  "joy  in  thy 
w  _L      strength,  O  Jehovah  ; 
And    ^in    thy   salvation    how 
greatly  shall  he  rejoice  ! 

2  Thou    hast    /'given     him    his 

heart's  desire, 
And  hast  not  withholden  the 
request  of  his  lips.         [Selah 

3  For  thou    'meetest    him    with 

the  blessings  of  ^  goodness : 
Thou  settest  a  "crown  of  fine 
gold  on  his  head. 

4  He   asked    life   of    thee,   thou 

*gavest  it  him, 
Even  "length  of  days  for  ever 
and  ever. 

5  His  ''glory  is  great  in  thy  sal- 

vation : 
*  Honor  and  majesty  dost  thou 
lay  upon  him. 

6  For   thou    ^makest   him    most 

^  blessed  for  ever  : 
Thou    makest  him  glad  ^with 
joy  in  thy  presence. 

'  Or,  support  2  Or,  meal-offerings 

3  Heb.  accept  as  fat.  *  Or,  victory 

5  Or.good  things 

'  Heb.  settest  him  to  be  blessings.     See  Gen. 
12.  2. 


»  Pb.  3.  4 
i>  Ps.  no.  2  ; 

119.  128; 

Ib.  41.  10 
"  Acts  10.  4 
d  Ps.  61.  19 
'  Ps.  21.  2 
/Ps.  145.  19 
»  Ps.  9.  14 
li  Ps.  00.  4 
'  1  S.  1.  17 
fc  Ps.  41.  11 
'  Is.  58.  9 
'"  Jer.  25.  30 
"  Ps.  28.  8 
"  Is.  36.  9 
P  Ps.  33. 

17  ;  Is.  31.  1 
«  2  Clir.  32.  8 
""  Is.  2.  11,  17 
"  Ps.  37.  24  ; 

Mic.  7.  8 
«  Ps.  3.  7 
"  ver.  1 
"  Ps.  69.  16, 

17 
"  Ps.  9.  14 ; 

Is.  26.  9 
«  Ps.  20.  4  ; 

37.  4 
'  Ps.  69.  10 
"  2  S.  12.  30  ; 

1  Chr.  20.  2 
6  Ps.  61.  6 ; 

133.  3 
"  Ps.  91.  16 
d  Ps.  18.  60  ; 

144.  10 
^  Ps.  45.  3,  4  ; 

1  Chr.  29. 

26 
/ 1  Chr.  17.  27 
"  Ps.  16.  U 


*  2  K.  18.  5 
'  Ps.  16.  8 

*  Is.  10.  10 
'  Mai.  4.  1 

'"  Lam.  2.  2 
"  Ps.  18.  8  ; 

50.  3;  Is. 

29.  6; 

Zeph.  1.  18 
"  Dt.  28.  18 ; 

Hos.  9.  16 
P  Ps.  37.  28 ; 

Is.  14.  20 
1  Ps.  2.  1-3 
""  Ps.  10.  2 
«  Ps.  18.  40 
t  Ps.  7.  12,  13 
"  Ps.  57.  6 
^  Ps.  69.  10  ; 

81.  1 
"  Mt.  27.  46  ; 

Mk.  16.  34 
V  Ps.  10.  1, 

ref. 
'  Ps.  6.  6 ; 

32.  3  ;  38.  8 ; 

Job  3.  24 
"  Ps.  42.  3 ; 

88.  1 
i>  Ps.  99.  9 ; 

Lev.  19.  2 
"  Ps.  36. 18 ; 

148.  14 


d  Ps.  107.  6  ; 
Judg.  3. 16; 
6.  7 ;  10.  10 


'  .Job  25.  6  ; 
Is.  41.  14 


548 


7  For  the  king  *trusteth  in  Jeho- 

vah ; 
And  through    the   lovingkind- 
ness  of  the  Most  High  'he 
shall  not  be  moved. 

8  Thy    hand    will    *find    out  all 

thine  enemies  ; 
Thy  right  hand  will  find  out 
those  that  hate  thee. 

9  Thou  wilt   make  them   '  as   a 

fiery  furnace  in  the  time  of 

thine  ''  anger  : 
Jehovah  will  "swallow  them  up 

in  his  wrath. 
And    the    "fire    shall     devour 

them. 

10  Their  "fruit  wilt  thou  destroy 

from  the  earth. 
And   their   ^seed  from  among 
the  children  of  men. 

1 1  For  they » intended  evil  against 

thee ; 
They  ''  conceived  a  device  which 
they  are    not   able    to   per- 
form. 

12  For  thou  wilt  'make  them  turn 

their  back  ; 
Thou  wilt    make   ready  'with 
thy  bowstrings  against  their 
face. 

13  "Be  thou  exalted,  O  Jehovah, 

in  thy  strength : 
So  will  we  "  sing  and  praise  thy 
power. 

A  Cry  of  Angaisb,  and  a  Song  of  Praise. 

For  the  Chief  Musiciaii ;  set  to  s  Aijeletb 
hash-Shahar.    A  Psalm  of  David. 

r>r)  "^  My    God,    my   God,    why 
^  ^       hast  thou  foi'saken  me  1 
^  Why  art  thou  so  ^  far  from  help- 
ing me,  and  from  the  words 
of  my  ^  groaning  1 

2  O  rny  God,  I  "cry  in  the  day- 

time,    but    thou    answerest 
not ; 
And  "in  the  night  season,  ^"and 
am  not  silent. 

3  But  *  thou  art  holy, 

O    thou  that  "innabitest  "the 
praises  of  Israel. 

4  Our  fathers  trusted  in  thee : 
They  trusted,  and  thou  didst 

deliver  them. 

5  They    "*  cried    unto   thee,    and 

were  delivered  : 
They  trusted  in  thee,  and  were 
not  put  to  shame. 

6  But   I   am   a   ^worrn,   and  no 

man  ; 

V  Or,  presence    Heb.  countenance. 

8  That  is,  The  hind  of  the  morning. 

9  Or,  Far  from  my  help  are  the  words  of  my 
groaning    Heb.  roaring,      w  Or,  but  find  no  rest 

11  Or,  art  enthroned  upon 


22.7 


PSALMS 


23.2 


A  "reproach  of  men,  and  *  de- 
spised of  the  people. 

7  All  they  that  see  me  "^  laugh  me 

to  scorn  : 
They  shoot  out   the  lip,   they 
''shake  the  head,  sauiiiy, 

8  '  Commit  thyKc.!/  unto  Jehovah  ; 

'let  him  deliver  him  : 
Let  him  lescue  him,  seeing  •'he 
deiighteth  in  him. 

9  But  thou  art  he  that  ^took  me 

out  oi  the  wumb  ; 
Thou  didst  make  me  trust  ivlwn 
I    mm    upon     my    mother's 
breasts. 

10  1  was  cast  upon  thee  ''  from  the 

womb ; 
Thou    art   my    God    since    my 
mother  bare  me. 

11  'Be     not    far    from     me;    for 

trouble  is  near ; 
For  there  is  *  none  to  help. 

12  Many   'bulls    have    compassed 

me ; 
Strong  bulls  of  ""Bashan  have 
beset  me  round. 

1 3  They  "  gape  upon  me  with  their 

moutli, 
As  a  ravening  and  a  roaring 
"lion. 

14  1  am  ^poured  out  like  water. 
And  all  my  *  bones  are  out  of 

joint: 
My  '■  heart  is  like  wax  ; 
It  is  melted  within  me. 

15  My  'strength  is  dried  up  like  a 

potsherd  ; 
And    my  'tongue  cleaveth    to 

my  jaws  ; 
And  thou  hast "  brought  me  into 

the  dust  of  death. 

16  For  "dogs  have  compassed  me: 
Accompany  of  evil-doers  have 

inclosed  me ; 
^They  *  pierced  my  hands  and 
my  feet. 

17  1  may  count  all  my  bones; 
They    '  look    and    stare    upon 

me. 

1 8  They "  part  my  garments  among 

them, 
And  upon  my  vesture  do  they 

19  But    *  be  "not    thou  far  off,   O 

Jehovah  : 
O  thou  my  succor,  ''haste  thee 
to  help  me. 

20  "^Deliver    my    soul    from    the 

sword. 
My  '"darling  from  the  power  of 
the  dog. 

1  Or,   He  tnuited  07i  Jehovah,  tha*-  he  vould 
delirer  hiyn 

2  So  the  Sept.,  VuIk.,  and  Syr.    The  Hebrew 
text  as  pointed  reads.  Like  a  lion,  my  &c. 

«  Or,  cUar  life    Heb.  only  one. 


"  Ps.  :tl.  u  ; 
Una.  'J,") 

>>  Is.  4W.  7 
'  I's.  7l».  4  ; 

Job  12.  4  ; 

M.  1 
•i  Ps.  luo.  26  ; 

Laui.  •_'.  If, ; 

Mt.  Iff.  3i» ; 

Mk.  16.  29 
"  Mt.  27.  4:i 
/Ps.  IS.  VJ; 

Mt.  3.  17  ; 

17.  6 ;  Mk. 

1.  U;  Lk. 

:t.  22 

"  Ps.  71.  5,  6 

*  Is.  40.  3  ; 
4U.  1 

'  ver.  1 

*■•  Ps.  72.  12 ; 

2  K.  14.  26 ; 

Is.  03.  6 
'  Ps.  08.  30 
"'  I)t.  32.  14  ; 

Ezek.  39. 

18 ;  Am. 

4.  1 
"  Pb.  3ji.  21 ; 

Job  10.  10 ; 

Lam.  2.  10 ; 

3.  40 
"Ps.  10.  9 J 

17.  12 
''  Job  30.  10 
''  Ps.  31.  10  ; 

Dan.  .<;.  6 
''  Ps.  107.  20 ; 

Josh.  7.  6  ; 

Job  23.  10 ; 

Is.  13.  7 ; 

Ezek.  21.7; 

Nail.  2.  10 
■'  Ps.  ;!8.  10 
«  Ps.  137.  0 ; 

Lam.  4.  4 ; 

Ezek.  3.  26 
"  Ps.  104.  29 

*  Ps.  7.9,  I.,  7  ; 
Rev.  22.  15 

'  Ps.  2fi.  6 
''  Mt.  27.  37, ; 

Jn.  20.  2,') 
'  Ps.  109.  25 
"  Mt.  27.  35  ; 

Lk.  23.  34  ; 

Jn.  19.  24 

*  ver.  n 

"  Ps.  70.  6 
<(  Ps.  144.  10 
"  Ps.  35.  17 


/  ver.  13 ; 

2  Tim.  4. 17 
»  Ps.  34.  4  ; 

118.  5; 

120.  1 

*  Ps.  40.  10  ; 
Heb.  2.  12 

■  Ps.  135.  20 

*  Ps.  80.  12 
'  Ps.  4.  4  ; 

33.  8 
"'  Ps.  102.  17  ; 

Is.  63.  9 
"  Ps.  27.  9  ; 

69.  17; 

102.  2 
""  Ps.  31.  22  ; 

Heb.  5.  7 
P  Ps.  X>.  18  ; 

40.  0,  10 
«  Ps.  60.  12  ; 

CO.  13; 

110.  14,  18 
■■  Ps.  107.  9  ; 

Lev.  7.  16 

'  Ps.  40,  16 
<  Ps.  69.  32  ; 

Jn.  6.  51 
"  Ps.  2.  8 ; 

67.  7  ;  72. 
11 ;  Is.  49. 

"  Ps.  86.  9 
'  Ps,  47.  7  ; 
Obad.  21 ; 

549 


21  Save  me  from  the  •'lion's  mouth ; 
lea,  from  the  horns  of  the  wild- 
oxen  thou  hast  "answered  me. 

22  I  will  Meclare  thy  name  unto 

my  brethren  : 
In  the  midst  of  the  assembly 
will  I  prai.se  thee. 

23  'Ye   that  fear  Jehovah,  praise 

him  ; 
All  ye  the  seed  of  Jacob,  *  glo- 
rify him  ; 
And  'stand  in  awe  of  him,  all 

ye  the  seed  of  Israel. 
2-1  For  he  hath  "■  not  despised  nor 

abhorred  the  affliction  of  the 

afflicted  ; 
Neither  hath  he  "hid   his  face 

from  him  ; 
But  "when  he  cried  unto  him, 

he  heard. 

25  Of  thee  cometh  ^my  praise  in 

the  great  assembly : 
I    will    ''pay    my   vows   before 
them  that  fear  him. 

26  The    ineek  shall   '"eat    and    be 

satisfied  ; 
They    shall    'praise     Jehovah 

that  seek  after  liim  : 
Let  your  '  heart  live  for  ever. 

27  All  the  "  ends  of  the  earth  shall 

remember  and  turn  unto  Je- 
hovah ; 
And  all   the  'kindreds  of  the 
nations  shall  worship  before 
thee. 

28  For  the  ^kingdom  is  Jehovah's; 
And  he  is  the  *  ruler  over  the 

nations. 

29  All  the  'fat  ones  of  the  earth 

shall  eat  and  worship  : 
All  they  that  "go  down  to  the 

dust  shall  ''bow  before  him. 
Even  he  that  cannot  keep  hi.s 

soul  alive. 

30  A  ""seed  shall  serve  him  ; 

It  shall  be  Hold  of  the  Lord 
unto  ''the  vext  generation. 

31  They  shall  come  and  'shall  de- 

clare his  righteousness 
Unto  a  people  ^that  shall  be 
born,  tliat  he  hath  done  it. 

Jcbovali  the  rsiilrnist's  Slirphrrd. 
A  Psalm  of  D;ivi(l. 

O  O  Jehovah  is  my  "  shepherd  ;  I 
^  O      shall  *  not  want. 
2  He  maketh  me  to  lie  down  in 
'green  pastures ; 
Zech.  14.  9       "  Ps.  47.  8       -  Ps.  17.  10 ;  Is.  10.  16  ; 

Hab.  1.  16  "  Is.  27.  13  l>  Ps,  95,  6  '  Ps,  102.  28 
<l  Ps.  48.  13 ;  71.  18  ;  102.  18  '  Ps.  40.  9 ;  71.  18  /Pa 
78.  6  "  Ps.  78.  72  ;  80.  1  ;  Is.  40.  11 ;  Jer.  31.  10; 
Ezek.  34.  U-lfi;  Jn.  10.  ll  ;  Heb.  1.3.20;  1  Pet.  2.  25 
A  Ps,  .34,  9,  10  ;  Mt.  6.  a3  ;  PhiL  4.  19  *  Ps.  65.  Il- 
ls ;  Ezek.  34.  14:  Jn.  lo.  9 


*  Or,  cminted  unto  the  Lord  fn^  his  generatior>.> 


23.3 


PSALMS 


25.11 


He  "leadeth  me  beside  ^  still 
waters. 

3  He  *  restoreth  my  soul : 

He  "guideth  me  in  the  ''paths  of 
righteousness  for  *  his  name's 
sake. 

4  Yea,   though  I  -^walk  through 

the  valley  of  ^the  «' shadow  of 

death, 
I  will  ^  fear  no  evil ;  for  *thou 

art  with  me ; 
Thy  *rod  and  thy  staff,   they 

comfort  me. 

5  Thou  'preparest  a  table  befpre 

me  "*  in  the  presence  of  mine 

enemies : 
Thou  hast  "anointed  n\y  head 

with  oil ; 
My  "  cup  runneth  over. 

6  '^  Surely  ''  goodness  and  loving- 

kindness  shall  follow  me  all 
the  days  of  my  life  ; 
And  1  shall  «  dwell  in  the  house 
of  Jehovah  *  for  ever. 

The  King  of  Glory  entering  Zion. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

O/l    The    '"earth    is    Jehovah's, 
^  jt      and  the  fulness  thereof ; 
The    *  world,    and    they    that 
dwell  therein. 

2  For  he  hath  'founded  it  upon 

the  seas. 
And    established   it    upon    the 
floods. 

3  "Who   shall    ascend    into    the 

"  hill  of  Jehovah  1 
And   who    shall    stand    in    his 
^  holy  place  1 

4  He  that  hath  ^  clean  hands,  and 

a  ^  pure  heart ; 

Who  hath  not  "lifted  up  his 
soul  unto  falsehood. 

And  hath  not  ''sworn  deceit- 
fully. 

5  He    shall    receive   a   ''blessing 

from  Jehovah, 
And  ''righteousness   from    the 
"  God  of  his  salvation. 

6  This  is  the -^generation  of  them 

that  seek  after  him. 
That  ^  seek  thy  face,  even  Jacob. 
[Selah 

7  "Lift    up    your    heads,    O    ye 

gates ; 

And  be  ye  lifted  up,  ye  'ever- 
lasting doors  : 

And  the  'King  of  glory  will 
come  in. 

8  Who  is  the  King  of  glory  1 

1  Heb.  vjaters  of  rest. 

2  Or.  deep  darkness  (and  so  elsewhere) 

3  Or,  Only        *  Heb.  for  length  of  days. 
6  Or,  ancient 


"  Is.  49.  10 ; 
Rev.  7.  17 
b  Ps.  19.  7 

<"  Ps.  6.  8 ; 

<t  Ps.  85.  13 ; 

Pro..  4. 11; 

8.  20 
'  Ps.  25.  11  ; 

143.  11 :  Is. 

48.  9 ;  Jer. 

14. 7 ;  Ezek. 

36.  22 
/Ps.  138.  7 
"  Job3.6,ref. 
''  Ps.  27.  1 
I  Ps.  16.  8  ; 

Is.  43.  2 
k  Mic.  7.  14 
'  Ps.  78.  19 
'"  Ps.  31.  19 
"  Ps.  92.  10 ; 

Lk.  7.  46 
°  Ps.  16.  5 
P  Ps.  25.  7,  10 
9  Ps.  27.  4-6 
"■  Ex.  9.  29  ; 

19.  5 ;  Dt. 

10.  14; 

1  Cor.  10.  26 
•Ps.  89.  U 
t  Ps.  104. 

3,  6  ;  136.  6 
"  Ps.  15.  1 
"  Ps.  2.  6 
^  Ps.  6.-,.  4  ; 

Dt.  12.  5 
V  Ps.  26.  6  ; 

Job  17.  9 ; 

22.  30 
*  Ps.  51.  10 ; 

73.  1 ;  Mt. 

5.  8 
"  Ps.  40.  4  ; 

Ezek.  18. 

15 

*"  Lev.  6.  3 ; 

19. 12  ;  Jer. 

5.  2 :  7.  9 ; 

Zech.  5.  4 
"Dt.  11.26,. 

27  ;  28.  1,  2 
d  Ps.  36.  10  ; 

Is.  46.  13  ; 

54.  17 ;  Jer. 

51.  10 
«  Ps.  25.  5 ; 

27. 9 ;  68. 19 ; 

79.  9  ;  85.  4 ; 

Mic.  7.  7  ; 

Hab.  .3.  18 
/Ps.  112.  2 
C  Ps.  27.  8 
'«  Ps.  118.  19, 

20  ;  Is.  26.  2 
'  Acts  7.  2  ; 

1  Cor.  2.  8  ; 

Jas.  2.  1 


*  Ps.  89.  13 ; 

Dt.  10.  17  ; 

Neh.  9.  32 ; 

Jer.  32.  18 
'  Ps.  76.  3-6 ; 

Ex.  15.  3,  6 
'"  Zech.  9.  9  ; 

Mt.  21.  5 
"  Gen.  32.  2 ; 

Josh.  5. 14 ; 

2  S.  6.  10  ; 

Neh.  9.  6 
"  Ps.  86.  4  ; 

143.  8 
P  Ps.  26.  1 ; 

31.  6 ;  56.  4 
9  ver.  20 ;  Ps. 

31.  1,  &c. 
""  Ps.  41.  11 
'  Is.  49.  23 
'  Is.  33.  1 
"  Ps.  27.  11  ; 

86.  11 
^'Ps.  86.  11  ; 

1 19,  33 
■^  .Tn.  16.  13 
y  Ps.  24.  6, 

ref. 

550 


Jehovah  *  strong  and  mighty, 
Jehovah  '  mighty  in  battle. 
9  Lift  up  your  neads,  O  ye  gates  ; 
Yea,  lift  them  up,  ye  ®  everlast- 
ing doors  : 
And  the  '"  King  of  glory  will 
come  in. 
10  Who  is  this  King  of  glory? 
Jehovah  of  "  hosts. 
He  is  the  King  of  glory. 

[Selah 

Prayer  for  Protection,  Guidance,  and  Pardon. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

iy  pr  Unto  thee,  O  Jehovah,  do  I 
^  t^      "  lift  up  my  soul. 

2  O   my  God,   in   thee  ^have  I 

trusted. 
Let  me  not  '  be  put  to  shame  ; 
Let  not  mine  ''enemies  triumph 

over  me. 

3  Yea,  *  none  that  wait  for  thee 

shall  be  put  to  shame : 
They  shall  oe  put  to  shame  that 
'  deal  treacherously  without 
cause. 

4  *  Show  me  thy  ways,  O  Jehovah ; 
"  Teach  me  thy  paths. 

5  ■"  Guide  me  in  thy  truth,   and 

teach  me ; 
For  thou  art  the  *God  of  my 

salvation  ; 
For  thee  do  I  ^  wait  all  the  day. 

6  "  Remember,    O   Jehovah,   thy 

tender  mercies  and  thy  lov- 
ingkindnesses ; 
For  they  have  been  *ever  of 
old. 

7  Remember  not  the  "sins  of  my 

youth,  nor  my  transgres- 
sions : 

''According  to  thy  lovingkind- 
ness  remember  thou  me. 

For  thy  "goodness'  sake,  O  Je- 
hovan. 

8  -^Good  and  ''upright  is  Jehovah: 
Therefore  will  he  ''instruct  sin- 
ners in  the  way. 

9  The   rneek    will    he   'guide    in 

justice ; 
And  the  meek  will  he  *  teach 
his  way. 

10  All  the  paths  of  Jehovah  are 

'  lovingkindness  and  truth 
Unto  '"such  as  keep  his  cove- 
nant and  his  testimonies. 

11  For  "thy  name's  sake,  O  Jeho- 

vah, 
"Pardon  mine  iniquity,  for  ^it 
is  great. 

'  Ps.  40.  1  "  Ps.  98.  3  6  Ps.  103.  17  "  Job  13.  26 ; 
20.  11  rf  Ps.  51.  1  "  Ex.  33.  19  /Ps.  106.  1  :  1  Chr. 
16.  34,  &c.  V  Ps.  92.  15  ;  Is.  26.  7  ^  Ps.  32.  8  ■  Ps. 
23.  3  *  Ps.  27.  11  '  Ps.  40.  11  •"  Ps.  103.  18  "  Pi 
79.  9    "  El.  34.  9    f  Ps.  65.  3 


25.12 


rSALMS 


27.5 


12  What  man  is  he  that  feareth 

Jehovah  1 
Him  shall  he  "instruct  in  the 
way  that  lie  sliall  choose. 

13  His  soul  shall  'dwell  at  ease; 
And  his  seed  shall  ''inherit  the 

land. 
1-1  The  '  "^  friendship  of  Jehovah  is 
with  them  that  fear  him ; 
"And  he  will  "show  them  his 
covenant. 
1.5  Mine  ■'eyes   are    ever    toward 
Jehovah; 
For  he  will  "pluck  my  feet  out 
of  the  net. 

16  *Turn  thee  unto  me,  and  have 

mercy  upon  me ; 
For    I    am    '  desolate   and    af- 
thcted. 

17  The  *  troubles  of  my  heart  *are 

enlarged  : 
Oh  '  bring  thou  me  out  of  my 

distresses. 
IS  '"Consider  mine  affliction  and 

my  travail ; 
And  "  forgive  all  my  sins. 

1 9  Consider  mine  enemies,  for  they 

"are  many; 
And  they  hate  me  with  ^  cruel 
hatred. 

20  Oh  •/  keep  my  soul,  and  deliver 

me: 
Let  me  not  ''be  put  to  shame, 
for  I  take  refuge  in  thee. 

21  Let '  integrity  and  uprightness 

preserve  me. 
For  '  I  wait  for  thee. 

22  "  Redeem  Israel,  O  God, 
Out  of  all  his  troubles. 

Protestation  of  Integrity,  and  Prayer  for  Protection. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

O/^  *' Judge  me,  O  Jehovah,  for 
w  \J      I  have  ^  walked  in  mine 
integrity : 
I  have/  trusted  also  in  Jehovah 
■•  -  without  wavering. 

2  "Examine  me,  O  Jehovah,  and 

prove  me ; 
*Try  my  ^  heart  and  my  mind. 

3  For  thy  lovingkindness  is  be- 

fore mine  eyes; 
And    I    have  ''walked    in   thy 
truth. 
•4  I  have  not  ''sat  with  men  of 
^  falsehood  ; 

Neither  will  I  go  in  with  "dis- 
semblers. 
5  I  ■'hate  the  assembls'  of  evil- 
doers, 

1  Or,  counsftl    Or,  secret 

2  Or,  And  his  covenant,  tn  make  them  know  it 

'  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  relieve  thou.  And  ferins/ 
me  d-c. 

*  Or,  I  shall  not  slide  '  Heb.  reins. 

19 


"  ver.  8 
"Prov.  1.33; 

■ler.  23.  0 
Ts.  37.  11 ; 

6<J.  36 
rf  Job  a).  4  ; 

Prov.  3.  3'.' 
'(Jen.  17. 1,2 
/Vs.  123.  1 
'Pa  31.4; 

124.  7 
''  Ps.  C!).  16 
'  Pa.  143.  4 
*  Ps.  W.  3 
'  Ps.  107.  (i 
"'  I'S.  il.  13, 

ref. 
"  ver.  11  ; 

Ps.  103.  3 
"  Ps.  3.  1 
''  Ps.  27.  12 
«  Ps.  86.  2 
"■  ver.  2 
•Ps.  41.  12; 

Prov.  u.  3 
'  ver.  3 
"  Ps.  13h.  8 ; 

Dt.  21.  8 ; 

Is.  44.  23  ; 

Jer.  31.  u 
"  Ps.  7.  8, 

ref. 

Prov.  19.  1 ; 


•  2, 


20. 
"Ps. 

r-^f. 
'  Heb.  10.  23 
"  Ps.  7.  9  ; 

139.  23; 

Prov.  17.  3 ; 

Jer.  II.  20; 

1  Th.  2.  4 
*  Ps.  Wi.  10 
"  Ps.  8«.  II  ; 

2  K.  20.  3 
d  Ps.  1.  1 

'  Ps.  28.  3 
/Ps.  31.  6; 
139.  21,  22 


"  Ps.  73.  13  ; 

Fx.  30.  19 
'i  Ps.  43.  3,  4 
'  Ps.  So.  18 
*  Ps.  9.  I, 

ref. 
'  Ps.  27.  4 
"•  Ex  40.  34 ; 

Num.  14. 

10 ;  1  K.  8. 

Hi  Hag. 

"  Ps.  28.  3 
0  Ps.  5.  6  ; 

139.  19 
P  Is.  fill.  3 
«  Ex.  -23.  8  ; 

1  S.  8.  3  ; 

Is.  1.  23 
"■  ver.  1 
"  Ps.  G9.  18 
'  Ps.  27.  11 
"  Ps.  22.  22 
"Ps.  18.  28; 

Is.  GO.  20 ; 

Mic.  7.  8 
'  Ps.  62.  7  ; 

118.  14; 

Ex.  ir,.  2 ; 

Is.  33.  2 ; 

Jon.  2.  9 
y  Ps.  66.  4 
'  Ps.  28.  8 ; 

46.  1  ;  59. 

17;  81.  l; 

Ex.  15.  2 ; 

Is.  12.  2 ; 

45.  24  ;  49. 

6 ;  Jer.  16. 

19 
"  Ps.  118.  6 
«>  Ps.  14.  4 
'  Ps.  9.  3 
ti  Ps.  3.  6 
'  Ps.  23.  4 
/Job  4.  6; 

Prov.  14.  26 

661 


And  will  not  sit  with  the 
wicked. 

6  I  will  "  wash  my  hands  in  inno- 

cency : 
So  will  I  compass  *  thine  altar, 
O  Jehovah ; 

7  That  I  may  "  make  the  voice  of 

"  thanksgiving  to  be  heard. 
And  Hell  of  all  thy  wondrous 
works. 

8  Jehovah,  I  'love  the  habitation 

of  thy  house, 
And  the  place  'where  thy  '"glory 
dwelleth. 

9  *"  Gather  not  my  soul  with  sin- 

ners. 
Nor  my  life  with  "  men  of  blood ; 

10  In  whose  ''hands  is  wickedness. 
And  their  right  hand  is  full  of 

*  bribes. 

1 1  But  as  for  me,  I  Avill ''  walk  in 

mine  integrity: 
'  Redeem  me,  and  be  merciful 
unto  me. 

12  My  foot  standeth  in  an  'even 

place : 
In    the   "congregations  will  I 
bless  Jehovfih. 

A  Psalm  of  Fearless  Trn.st  in  God. 
A  Psabn  of  David. 

O  ^  Jehovah  is  mj^  *  light  and 
^  I        my  "" salvation  ; 

*  Whom  shall  I  fear  1 

Jehovah  is  the " '  strength  of  my 
life; 

Of  "  whom  shall  I  be  afraid  1 

2  When  evil-doers  came  upon  me 

to  *  eat  up  my  flesh, 
£ven  mine  adversaries  and  my 
foes,  they  "stumbled  and  fell. 

3  Though  a ''host  should  encamp 

against  me. 
My  hf art  shall  "not  fear: 
Though  war  should  rise  against 

me, 
'"Even  then  will  I  be  ■'confident. 

4  One  thing  have  I  asked  of  Je- 

hovah, that  will  1  seek  after: 
That  I  may  '■'  dwell  in  the  house 
of  Jehovah  all  the  days  of  my 
life, 
To  behold  "*the  beauty  of  Je- 
hovah. 
And  to  '-'inquire  in  his  temple. 

5  For  in  the  *day  of  trouble  he 

will  keep  me  '  secretly  in  his 
pavilion : 


"Ps.  23.  6     APs.  90  17  (inarK.) 
50.  15    '  Ps.  31.  20  ;  Is.  4.  C 


Ps.  48.  9      *  Pa 


«  Or.  publish  uyith  the  voic  of  thanksgiving 

7  Heb.  of  the  tabernacle  of  thy  glory. 

8  Or,  Take  not  awnu  »  Or,  stronghold 
10  Or,  In  this          "  Or,  the  pleasantness 
U  Or,  corunder  his  temple 


27.6 


PSALMS 


29.4 


In  the  covert  of  his  ^  tabernacle 

will  he  "hide  me  ; 
He  will  *  lift  me  up  upon  a  rock. 

6  And    now  shall  ''my  head    be 

lifted  up  above  mine  enemies 
round  about  me ; 

And  I  will  "*  offer  in  his  ^  taber- 
nacle sacrifices  of  ■^  joj[; 

I  will  *sing,  yea,  I  will  sing 
praises  unto  Jehovah. 

7  ■''Hear,  O  Jehovah,  when  I  cry 

with  my  voice : 
Have  mercy  also  upon  me,  and 
^  answer  me. 

8  When  thou  saidst,  *  Seek  ye  my 

face ;  my  heart  said  unto  thee, 
Thy  face,  Jehovah,  'will  I  seek. 

9  *  Hide  not  thy  face  from  me  ; 
Put  not  thy  servant  away  in 

' anger : 

Thou  hast  been  ™  my  help ; 

"Cast  me  not  off,  neither  "for- 
sake me,  O  *  God  of  my  salva- 
tion. 

10  ^When    my   father    and    *my 

mother  forsake  me, 
Then  *■  Jehovah  will  take  me  up.- 

1 1  *  Teach  me  thy  way,  O  Jehovah ; 
And  lead  me  in  a  'plain  path, 
Because  of  ■*  mine  enemies. 

12  "Deliver  me  not  over  unto  the 

will  of  mine  adversaries : 
For "  false  witnesses  are  risen  up 

against  me. 
And  such  as  ^  breathe  out  cru- 
elty. 

13  /  had  fainted,  unless  I  had  be- 

lieved to  see  the  *  goodness  of 
Jehovah 
In  the  ^  land  of  the  living. 

14  "  Wait  for  Jehovah : 

*Be  strong,  and  let  thy  heart 

take  courage; 
Yea,  wait  thou  for  Jehovah. 

A  Prayer  for  Help,  and  Praise  for  its  Answer. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

O  Q   Unto  thee,  O  Jehovah,  will 
^  O      I  call : 

My "  rock,  be  not  thou  deaf  unto 

me; 
Lest,  if  thou  "*  be  silent  unto  me, 
I  become  like  them  that   ^go 
down  into  the  pit. 
2  Hear  the  ^  voice  of  my  supplica- 
tions, when  I  cry  unto  thee. 
When  I  ^  lift  up  my  hands  ^ ''  to- 
ward thy  holy  'oracle. 

1  Heb.  tent. 

2  Or,  shouting    Or,  tnL.mpet-sound 

3  Or,  For  my  father  and  my  mother  have  for- 
saken me,  But  Jehovah  &c. 

*  Or,  them,  that  lie  in  wait  for  me 
5  Or,  toward  the  innermost  place  of  thy  sanc- 
tuary 


<^  Ps.  17.  8 

*  Ps.  -10.  2 
"  Ps.  3.  3 

d  Ps.  107.  22  ; 
lia.  17; 
Num.  10. 
10 

*  Ps.  fi7.  7  ; 
Acts  16. 
25 

/  Ps  39.  12  ; 

54.  2;  61.  1 
"  Ps.  13.  3 
''  Ps.  105.  4  ; 

Am.  6.  4 
'  ver.  4 

*  Ps.  69.  17  ; 
102.  2 ; 
143.  7 

'  Ps.  6.  1 
"'  Ps.  40.  17  ; 

63.  7  ;  70.  5 
"  Ps.  94.  14 
"  Ps.  37.  28 
P  Ps.  24.  6, 

ref. 
''  Is.  49.  15 
'■  Is.  40.  11 
»  Ps.  25.  4  ; 

86.  11 
<  Ps.  6.  8  ; 

26.  12 
"  Ps.  41.  2 
"  Ps.  36.  11  ; 

Dt.  19.  18 ; 

Mt.  26.  60 
^  Acts  9.  1 

y  Ps.  31. 19 

'  Ps.  52.  5  ; 

116.  9;  142. 

6 ;  Job  28. 

13  ;  Is.  38. 

II ;  Jer.  U. 

19 
"  Ps.  25.  3  ; 

37.  34  ;  40. 

1 ;  62.  5 ; 

130.  5  ; 
Prov.  20. 
22  ;  Is.  2ft.  9 
b  Ps.  31.  24  ; 
Dt.  31.  6; 
Josh.  1.  6; 
1  Chr.  22. 
13 ;  2  Chr. 
32.  7 ;  Neh. 

8.  10 
"  Ps.  18.  2, 

ref. 
rf  Ps.  35.  22 ; 

39.  12  ;  83.  1 
"  Ps.  88.  4  ; 

1 13.  7 ; 

Prov.  1.  12 
/  Ps.  140.  6 
9  Ps.  134.  2 ; 

141.  2  ; 

Lam.  2. 19 ; 

1  Tim.  2.  8 
A  Ps.  5.  7  ; 

138.  2 
1 1  K.  6.  5 


*  Ps.  26.  9 

'  Ps.  12.  2  ; 

55.  21  ;  62. 

4  ;  Jer.  9.  8 
"■■  Ps.  62.  12 ; 

2  Tim.  4. 14 
"  Job  34.  11 

ref. ;  Ezelt. 

7.  27 
"  Is.  5.  12 
PPs.  116.  1 
«  Ps.  59.  17 
*"  Ps.  3.  3 
'  Ps.  13.  6  ; 

112.7 
t  Ps.  16.  9 
"  Ps.  40.  3  ; 

69.  30 
"  Ps.  27.  1, 

ref. 

*  Ps.  .31.  4  ; 
37.  39 ;  Is. 
2.5.  4 ;  Jer. 
16.19;  Joel 

662 


3  *  Draw  me  not  away  with  the 

wicked. 

And  with  the  workers  of  iniq- 
uity ; 

That  'speak  peace  with  their 
neighbors, 

But  mischief  is  in  their  hearts. 

4  Give  them  ™  according  to  their 

work,  and  according  to  the 
wickedness  of  their  doings: 

Give  them  after  the  operation 
of  their  hands ; 

"  Render  to  them  their  desert. 

5  Because  they  "regard  not  the 

works  of  Jehovah, 
Nor  the  operation  of  his  hands. 
He  will  break  them  down  and 

not  build  them  up. 

6  Blessed  be  Jehovah, 
Becau,se    he   ^hath    heard   the 

voice  of  my  supplications. 

7  Jehovah  is  my  « strength  and 

my  *■  shield  ; 
My  heart  hath  '  trusted  in  him, 

and  I  am  helped  : 
Therefore   *my   heart    greatly 

rejoiceth ; 
And  with  "  my  song  will  I  praise 

him. 

8  Jehovah  is  their  ''strength. 
And  he  is  a  ""  stronghold  of  sal-. 

vation  to  his  anointed. 

9  ^Save    thy    people,   and    bless 

^ thine  inheritance: 
Be  their  "shepherd   also,   and 
*bear  them  up  for  ever. 

The  Voice  of  Jehovah  in  the  Storm. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

OO  ''Ascribe  unto  Jehovah,   O 

^Xj      ye  **  "^  sons  of  the  '^  mighty. 
Ascribe  unto  Jehovah  glory  and 
strength. 

2  Ascribe  unto  Jehovah  the  glory 

due  unto  his  name  ; 
Worship    Jehovah    *^in    holy 
arraj?^. 

3  The  -^  voice  of  Jehovah  is  upon 

the  waters : 
The    God    of    glory   ^thunder- 

eth. 
Even    Jehovah    upon    ^''many 

waters. 

4  The  voice  of  Jehovah  is  'power- 

ful; 

3.  16 ;  Nah.  1.1    v  Ps.  106.  47     '  Ps.  33.  12 ;  106.  40 ; 
Dt.  9.  29  ;  32.  9  ;  1  K.  8.  51      "  Ps.  23.  1,  ref.      *  Dt. 
1.  31 ;  Is.  -10.  11 ;  46.  3  ;  63.  9     "1  Chr.  16.  28, 2l 
96.  7-9     d  Ps.  89.  6     «  Ps.  110.  3  ;  2  Chr.  20.  21 
104.  7     "  Job  37.  4,  6 ;  Ps.  18.  13     ^  Ps.  18.  11 
68.  33  . 

6  Or,  sons  of  God    7  Or,  gods    See  Ex.  15.  11. 
8  Or,  in  the  beauty  of  holiness      '  Or,  great 


,  Ps. 
/Ps. 
<Pa 


29.5 


PSALMS 


31.8 


The  voice  of  Jehovah  is  full  of 
majesty. 

5  The  voice  of  Jeliovali  breaketh 

the  cedars ; 
Yea.  Jehovah  hroaketh  in  pieces 
"the  cedars  of  Lebanon. 

6  He  inaketh  tliem  also  to  ''skip 

like  a  calf; 
Lebanon    and    'Virion    like   a 
young  wild-ox. 

7  The  voice  of  Jehovah  'cleaveth 

the  tlanies  of  fire. 

8  The  voice  of  Jehovah  shaketh 

the  wilderness  ; 
Jehovah  shaketh  the  wilderness 
of ''  Kadesh. 

9  The  voice  of  Jehovah  maketh 

'the  hinds  to  calve. 
And  strippeth  the  forests  bare: 
And  ''in  his  temple  everything 

saith,  Glory. 

10  Jehovah    sat    as  King   at    the 

'  "Flood; 

Yea,  Jehovah  sitteth  as  *  King 
for  ever. 

1 1  Jehovah    will    give    '  strength 

unto  his  people ; 
Jehovah  will   bless  his   people 
with  *  peace. 

Tlianksgi\ing  for  Deliverance  from  Deatb. 

A  Psalm ;   a  Song  at  the  Dedication  of 
the  House.     J.  Psalm  of  David. 

Of\  I    will    'extol   thee,   O    Je- 
Ov7      hovah;      for     thou     hast 
""•raised  me  up, 
And  hast  not  made  my  "  foes  to 
rejoice  over  me. 

2  O  Jehovah  my  God, 

I  "cried  unto  thee,  and  thou  hast 
p  healed  me. 

3  O  Jehovah,  thou  hast  'brought 

up  my  soul  from  Sheol ; 
Thou  hast  kept  me  alive,  ^  that 

I  should  not ''  go  down  to  the 

pit. 
i  'Sing  praise  unto  Jehovah,   O 

ye 'saints  of  his. 
And  "  give  thanks  to  his  holy 

"memorial  name. 

5  For  ""  his  anger  is  but  for  a  mo- 

ment; 
*His  *  favor  is  for  a  life-time  : 
Weeping  ^may  Uarry  for  the 

night. 
But   joy  Cometh  in   the  morn- 
ing. 

6  As  for  me,  "  I  said  in  my  pros- 

perity, 
I  shall  *  never  be  moved. 

1  Or.  h^veth  mit  flumes  of  fire      '  Or,  dravm 
3  Another  "-eadinsf  is.  from  nmonfi  them  thai  go 
do\Lii  tn  thi-  pit.  ■<  Or,  In  hiafnwr  u  lift 

'  Heb.  may  come  in  to  lodge  at  even. 


"  Ps,  104.  10 ; 

JudK.  9. 

15 ;  I  K.  fi. 

G ;  la.  'i.  U ; 

14.  8 
''  P8.  1 14.  4,  0 
'  \n.  3.  9 
''  Num.  13.  20 
'  Job  :i9.  1 
/  Ps.  20.  8 
■'  Gen.  0.  17 
A  Ps.  10.  16 
'  Ps.  28.  8 ; 

OS.  :ti ; 

Is.  40.  29 
*  Ps.  37.  11 
'  Ps.  118.  28; 

MA.  1 
'"  Ps.  3.  3 
"  Ps.  2.5.  2  ; 

X>.  19,  24 
"  Ps.  88.  13 
f  Ps.  0.  2  ; 

103.  3 
«  Ps.  80.  13 
••  Ps.  28.  1 
'  Ps.  149.  1 
'  Pa.  fiO.  6 
"  Ps.  97.  12 
"  Ex.  3.  15  ; 

Ps.  lan.  13 ; 

Hos.  12.  5 
^  Ps.  103.  9  ; 

Is.  26.  20  ; 

54.  7,  8 
y  Vs.  118.  1 
-■  Ps.  126.  6  ; 

2  Cor.  4.  17 
"  Job  29.  18 
(•  Ps.  10.  6  ; 

62.  2,  6 


'  Ps.  104.  29  ; 

14.".  7 ; 

Dt.  31.  17 
rf  Ps.  28.  1 

«  Ps.  6. 5,  ref. 
/  Ps.  4.  1 ; 

27.  7 
"  Ps.  27.  9  ; 

54.  4 

A  Ps.  6.  8 ; 

Eccl.  3.  4  ; 

Jer.  31. 

4,  13 
'  Is.  20.  2 
*  Ps.  4.  7 
'  Ps.  10.  0  ; 

.W.  8 ;  108.  1 
"'  Ps.  44.  8 
"  ver.  1-3 ; 

71.  1-3 
'  Ps.  2.5.  2 
''  Ps.  143.  1 

«  Ps.  17.  6  ; 

86.  1  ;  102.  2 

•■  Ps.  18.  2 ; 

92.  15  ;  96.  1 
'  Ps.  18.  2 
'  Ps.  2.5.  11 
"  Ps.  25.  16 
"  Ps.  28. 8,  ref. 
'  Lk.  2.3.  40  ; 

Acts  7.  69 
y  Ps.  6.5.  18  ; 

71.  23 
'  Ps.  71.  22; 

Dt.  32.  4 
"  Ps.  144.  11  ; 

Jon.  2.  8 
b  Ps.  62.  8 
■^  I's.  91).  14 
<<  Ps.  10.  14 
'  Dt.  32.  .30; 

Ps.  37.  33 


663 


7  Thou,    Jehovah,   of    thy  favor 

hadst  made  my  mountain  to 
stand  strong : 
Tliou  didst  '^liide  thy  face;   I 
was  troubled. 

8  I  ciied  to  thee,  O  Jehovah  ; 
And  unto  Jehovah  1  made  sup- 
plication : 

9  ANliat    profit   is   there    in    my 

blood,   when  I  ''go  down  to 
the  pit  1 
Shall    the   ""dust   jiraise    thee] 
shall  it  declare  thy  truth'? 

10  •''Hear,    O  Jehovah,   and    have 

merc.v  upon  me : 
Jehovah,  be  thou  my  "helper. 

11  Thou  hast  turned  tor  me  ''my 

mourning  into  dancing ; 
Thou    hast    '  loosed    my    sack- 
cloth,   and    girded    me  with 
*  gladness; 

12  To  the  end  that  ^my  glory  may 

sing  praise  to  thee,  and  not  be 
silent. 
O  Jehovah  my  God,  I  will  "give 
thanks  unto  thee  for  ever. 

A  Psiilm  of  Complaint  and  of  Praise. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psalm  of 
David. 

O-l    "In  thee,  O  Jehovah,  do  I 

Oi      take  refuge; 

Let  me  never  "be  put  to  shame: 
Deliver  me  ^in  thy  righteous- 
ness. 

2  «Bow  down  thine  ear  unto  me ; 

deliver  me  speedily  : 
Be  thou  to  me  a  strong  ""rock, 
A  hou.se  of  "  defence  to  save  me. 

3  For  thou  art  my  rock  and  'my 

fortress ; 
Therefore  for 'thy  name's  sake 
lead  me  and  guide  me. 

4  "Pluck  me  out  of  the  net  that 

they    have    laid    privily    for 
me; 
For  thou  art  mv  'stronghold. 

5  ""  Into  thy  hand  I  commend  my 

spirit : 
Thou  hast  "  redeemed  me,  O  Je- 
hovah, thou  'God  of  truth. 

6  I  hate  them  that  "  regard  lying 

vanities  ; 
But  I  "trust  in  Jehovah. 

7  I  will   be  glad  and  *" rejoice  in 

thy  lovingkindness ; 

For  thou  hast  ''seen  my  afflic- 
tion : 

Thou  hast  known  "my  soul  in 
adversities ; 

8  And  thou  hast  not '  shut  me  up 

into  the  hand  of  the  enemy  ; 

*  Heb.  fortresses. 

7  Or,  ine  adversitie*  of  my  toul 


31.9 

Thou  hast  set  my  feet  "in  a  large 
place. 
9  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  Jeho- 
vah, for  *  I  am  in  distress  : 

Mine  ''eye  wasteth  away  with 
grief,  yea,  ''my  soul  and  my 
body. 

10  For  my  life  is  spent  with  *  sor- 

row, 
And  my  years  with  sighing  : 
My  ■'^  strength    faileth  because 

of  mine  iniquity, 
And   "  my    bones    are    wasted 

away. 

1 1  Because  of  all  mine  adversaries 

I  am  become  a  ''  reproach, 
Yea,   unto  my  'neighbors    ex- 
ceedingly. 
And  a  fear  to  mine  acquaint- 
ance : 
They  that  did  see  me  without 
fled  from  me. 

12  1  am  *  forgotten  as  a  dead  man 

out  of  mind  : 
I  am  like  a  broken  vessel. 

13  For  I  have  heard  the  'defaming 

of  many. 

Terror  on  every  side  : 

While  they  '"took  counsel  to- 
gether against  me, 

They  "  devised  to  take  away  my 
life. 

14  But  I  trusted  in  thee,  O  Jeho- 

vah : 
I  said,  "Thou  art  ray  God. 

15  My  ^  times  are  in  thy  hand  : 

« Deliver  me  from  the  hand  of 
mine  enemies,  and  from  them 
that  persecute  me. 

16  Make  thy  '"face  to  shine  upon 

thy  servant : 
*Save  me  in  thy  lovingkindness. 

1 7  Let  me  not  be  '  put  to  shame,  O 

Jehovah  ;    for  I  have  called 
upon  thee : 
Let    the    "wicked    be    put    to 
shame,  let  them  "  be  silent  in 
Sheol. 

18  Let  the  ^  lying  lips  be  dumb. 
Which     "  speak     against     the 

righteous  insolently. 
With  ^  pride  and  contempt. 

1 9  Oh  how  great  is  thy  "  goodness, 
Which   tnou   hast    laid  up  for 

them  that  fear  thee. 
Which  thou  hast  wrought  for 

them    that   *take   refuge   in 

thee, 
"  Before  the  sons  of  men  ! 

20  In  the  "^  covert  of  thy  presence 

wilt  thou  hide  them  from  the 
*  plottings  of  man  : 
Thou  wilt  keep  them  secretly 
in  a  pavilion  from  ^  the  strife 
of  tongues. 


"Ps 

4. 

frPs 

66. 

14; 

69. 

17 

'Pb 

6.  ' 

dPs 

63. 

1 

^Ps 

13. 

2 

/Ps. 

39. 

11 

"Ps 

32. 

3; 

38. 

3; 

102.  3 
A  Ps.  69.  19 
'  Ps.  38.  11  ; 

88,  8,  18  ; 

Job  19.  13 

*  Ps.  88.  6 

'  Ps.  60.  20 ; 

.Jer.  20.  10 
"'  Ps.  62.  4  ; 

Mt.  27.  1 
"  Ps.  41.  7 
"  Ps.  140.  6 

P  Job  14.  6 ; 

24.  1 
1  Ps.  143.  9 
"■  Ps.  4^  6  ; 

80.  3; 

Num.  6.  25 

•  Ps.  6.  4 

<  Ps.  26.  20 
"  Ps.  26.  3 
"  Ps.  94.  17  ; 

11.6.  17  ; 

1  S.  2.  9 

*  Ps.  109.  2  ; 

120.  2 
»  1  S.  2.  3 ; 

•  Jude  15 
^  Ps.  94.  4 
"  Ps.  66.  4  ; 

145.  7  ; 

Rom.  2.  4: 

11.  22 
b  Ps.  5.  U 
'^  Ps.  23.  6 
rf  Ps.  27.  6 
«  Ps.  37.  12 
/  ver.  13 ; 

Job  6.  21 


"  Ps.  28.  6 
ft  Ps.  17.  7 
'  Ps.  87.  5  ; 

1  S.  23.  7 
*  Ps.  116.  11 
'  Pa.  88.  6 ; 

Is.  38.  11, 

12 ;  Lam. 

3.  64 
"'  Ps.  18.  6  ; 

66.  19;  145. 

19 
"  Ps.  30.  4  ; 

37.  28  ;  50.  6 
"  Ps.  146.  20 ; 

Rev.  2.  10 
P  Ps.  94.  2  ; 

Dt.  32.  41 
«  Ps.  27.  14 
''  Ps.  86.  2  ; 

103.  3  ; 

Rom.  4. 7,  8 
'  2  Cor.  6.  19 
<  Jn.  1.  47 
"  Ps.  39.  2,  3 
"  Ps.  31.  10 
^  Ps.  38.  8 
y  Ps.  38.  2  ; 

39.  10  :  1  S. 

6.  6 ;  Job 

23.  2  ;  33.  7 
'  Ps.  22.  15 
"  Lev.  26.  40 
b  Job  31.  33 
■^  Ps.  38.  18 ; 

Prov.  28. 

13 ;  1  Jn. 

1.  9 
d  Ps.  103.  12 
•'  Ps.  69.  13 
/  Ps.  46.  1-3  ; 

69.  1 ;  124. 

6  ;  144.  7  ; 

Is.  43.  2 
0  Pa.  31.  20 ; 

91.  1 ;  119. 

114 
A  Ps.  121.  7 

R54 


32.7 

21  "  Blessed  be  Jehovah ; 

For  he  hath  showed  me  his 
*  marvellous  lovingkindness 
in  '  a  strong  city. 

22  As  for  me,  *1  said  in  my  ^  haste, 
I  am  '  cut  ofi'  from  before  thine 

eyes : 
Nevertheless  thou  '"heardestthe 

voice  of  my  supplications. 
When  I  cried  unto  thee. 

23  Oh  love  Jehovah,  all  ye  "his 

saints : 

Jehovah  "preserveth  ^the  faith- 
ful. 

And  plentifully  ^rewardeth  him 
that  dealeth  proudly. 

24  *Be  strong,  ana  let  your  heart 

take  courage. 
All  ye  that  *hope  in  Jehovah. 

Blessedness  of  Forgiveness  and  of  Trust  in  God. 
A  Psalm  of  David.    Maschil. 

O  O  '■  Blessed  is  he  whose  trans- 
O  w       gression  is  forgiven, 
Whose  sin  is  covered. 

2  Blessed  is  the  man  unto  whom 

Jehovah   *  imputeth   not    in- 
iquity. 
And  in  whose  spirit  there  is  'no 
guile. 

3  When  "I  kept  silence, "my  bones 

wasted  away 
Through  my  ^'^  groaning  all  the 
day  long. 

4  For  day  and  night  ^thy  hand 

was  heavy  upon  me  : 
My 'moisture  was  changed  ^as 
with  the  drought  of  summer. 
[Selah 

5  I  "acknowledged  my  sin  unto 

thee. 

And  mine  iniquity  did  I  *'not 
hide : 

I  said,  "  I  will  confess  my  trans- 
gressions unto  Jehovah ; 

And  thou  ''forgavest  the  in- 
iquity of  my  sin.  [Selali 

6  For  this  let  every  one  that  is 

godly  pray  unto  thee  ^'iu  a 
time  when  thou  mayest  be 
found : 
Surely-^ when  the  great  waters 
overflow  they  shall  not  reach 
unto  him. 

7  Thou    art    ^my    hiding-place; 

thou  ''wilt  preserve  me  from 
trouble ; 
Thou  wilt   compass   me  about 
with  'songs  of  deliverance. 
[Selah 
■  Ps.  40.  3 ;  Ex.  15.  1 ;  Judg.  5. 1 


1  Or,  alarm, 

3  Or,  wait  for 

•'•  Or,  into  the 

c  Or,  in  the  time  o/Andino  out  ain 


*  Or,  faithfulness 

*  Heb.  roaring. 


32.8 


PSALMS 


34.4 


8  I  will  "  instruct  thee  and  teach 

thee  in  the  way  which  thou 
shalt  go : 
I  will  counsel  thee  *with  mine 
eye  upon  thee. 

9  Be  ye  not  ""as  the  horse,  or  as 

the   mule,    which    have    no 

understanding ; 
Whose  tiar)j)ings  must  be  bit 

and  bridle  to  liold  them  in, 
^Ehe  they  will  not  come  near 

unto  thee. 

10  Many  ''sorrows  shall  be  to  the 

wicked  ; 
But '  he  that  trusteth  in  Jeho- 
vah,     lovingkindness     sht-11 
compass  him  about. 

1 1  Be  ^glad  in  Jehovah,  and  rejoice, 

ye  righteous ; 
And  shout  for  joy,  all  ye  that 
are  ^upright  in  heart.- 

Praise  to  the  Creator  aud  Preserver. 

O  O  '■  Rejoice  in  Jehovah,  O  ye 
O  O      righteous : 

Praise  is  'comely  for  the  up- 
right. 

2  Give  thanks  unto  Jehovah  with 

the  *^  harp : 
Sing  praises  unto  him  with  the 
^  'psaltery  of  ten  strings. 

3  Sing  unto  nim  a  '"new  song  ; 
Play    skilfullj'    with    "  a    loud 

noise. 

4  For  the  word   of   Jehovah  "is 

right ; 
And  all  his  work  is  done  *in 
faithfulness. 

5  He  *loveth    righteousness  and 

justice: 
The  /earth  is  full  of  the  loving- 
kindness  of  Jehovah. 

6  By  the  '  word  of  Jehovah  were 

the  heavens  made. 
And  'all  the  host  of  them  "by 
the  breath  of  his  mouth. 

7  He  gathereth  the  ''  waters  of  the 

sea  together  as  a  heap : 
He  layetn  up  the  deeps  in  store- 
houses. 

8  Let  ■'all  the  earth  fear  Jehovah  : 
Let  all  the  inhabitants  of  the 

world  "stand  in  a,we  of  him. 

9  For  ^he  spake,  and  it  was  done; 
He   commanded,  and  it  stood 

fast. 

10  Jehovah  "bringeth  the  counsel 

of  the  nations  to  nought : 
He  maketh  the  thoughts  of  the 
peoples  to  be  of  no  effect. 

11  The  *counsel  of  Jehovah  stand- 

eth  fast  for  ever, 
The  "thoughts  of  his  heart  to 
all  generations. 

i  Or,  That  they  come  not  ntar 


"  Ps.  2.1.  8 
l>  Vs.  33.  18 
■■  Prov.  2(3.  3 
<i  Ps.  10.  4  ; 

Prov.  1.3. 

21  ;  Rom. 

2.  9 

'  Ps.  r..  11,  12 
/  Ps.  04.  10 ; 

W.  3  ;  07.  12 
"  Ps.  7.  10  ; 

04.  10 
'■  Ps.  .32.  u  ; 

Phil.  3.  l; 

4.  4 
'  P8  02.  1 ; 

117.  1 
*••  Ps.  71.  22; 

147.  7 
'  Ps.  144.  0 
"'  Ps.  40.  3  ; 

9«.  1  ;  Of.  1 ; 

144.  9  ;  Is. 

42.  10; 

Rev.  6.  0 

"  Ps.  08.  4 
"  Ps.  19.  8 
PPs.  110.  90 

«Ps.  11.  7; 

;{7.  28 
"■Ps.  119.  04 
•  Ps.  148.  fi  ; 

Oen.  1.  6; 

Heb.  11.  3 
'  Gen.  2.  1 
"  Ps.  104.  30 
"  Ps.  78.  13 ; 

Ex.  16.  8 ; 

Josh.  3.  10 
"  Ps.  07.  7 
"  Ps.  90.  9 
'  Cea.  1.  3; 

Ps.  148.  6 
"  Ps.  2.  1-3 ; 

Is.  8.  10 ; 

in.  3 

'.lob  23. 13; 

Prov.  19.  21 
'  Ps.  40.  ,5  ; 

92.  5  ;  1,^. 

17  ;  Is.  65.  8 


rf  Ps.  144.  16 
'  Ps.  28.  U ; 

Dt.  7.  6 
/Ps.  14.  2; 
Job  28.  24 
!'Ps.  11.  4 
A  Ps.  102.  19  ; 
1  K.  8.  39, 
43 
■  Ps.  119.  73  ; 

Job  10.  8 
«■■  2  Chr.  16. 

9 ;  Job  34. 

21 
'  Ps  44.  6 ; 

CrO.    11 

"■  Ps.  20.  7  ; 

147.  10; 

Prov.  21.31 
"  Ps.  32.  8 ; 

34.  16 ; 

Job  .36.  7 ; 

1  Pet.  3.  12 
"  Ps.  32.  10 ; 

147.  II 
''  Ps.  66.  13  ; 

Acts  12.  n 
«  Ps.  37.  19  ; 

Job  6.  20 
»■  Ps.  62.  1  ; 

130.  6;  Is. 

8.  17 
•Ps.  115.  9 

'  Ps.  13.  6 ; 

2H.  7 ; 

Zech.  10. 

7 ;  Jn.  16. 

22 
"  Elih.  6.  20  ; 

1  Th.  5.  18 
"  Ps.  71.  6 
'  Ps.  44.  8 ; 

Jer.  9.  24 ; 

1  Cor.  1.  31 
V  Ps.  69.  32 

656 


12  Blessed    is   the  ''nation  whose 

God  is  Jehovah, 
The     people     whom     he    hath 
'cho.sen  for  his  own  inherit- 
ance. 

13  Jehovah  •'looketh  from  heaven- 
He  "beholdeth  all  the  sons  of 

men  ; 

14  From  "the  place  of  his  habita- 

tion he  looketh  forth 
Upon  all  the  inhabitants  of  the 
earth, 

15  He  that  'fashioneth  the  hearts 

of  them  all. 
That     *considereth     all    their 
works. 

16  There  is  'no  king  saved  by  '  the 

multitude;  of  a  host : 
A  mighty  man  is  not  delivered 
by  great  strength. 

17  A  "'horse  is  a  vain  thing  for 

safety ; 
Neither  doth  he  deliver  any  by 
his  great  power. 

18  Behold,  "the  eye  of  Jehovah  is 

upon  them  that  fear  him. 
Upon  them  that  ■' "  hope  in  his 
lovingkindness ; 

1 9  To  ''deliver  their  soul  from  death. 
And    to    keep  them    alive   "in 

famine. 

20  Our     soul     hath    ''waited    for 

Jehovah : 
He  is  our  "help  and  our  shield. 

21  For  our  'heart  shall  rejoice  in 

him. 
Because  we  have  trusted  in  his 
holy  name. 

22  Let  thy  lovingkindness,  O  Je- 

hovah, be  upon  us. 
According  as  we  'have  hoped  in 
thee. 

Jehovah  a  Provider  and  Deliverer. 

A  Psnhn  of  David;  ■*when  he  ^dianged 
his  i)eliavi<)r  before  Abiinelecli.  who 
drove  him  away,  and  he  departed. 

O /j    I  will  "bless  Jehovah  at  all 
O  JL      times : 

His  "  praise  shall  continually  be 
in  my  mouth. 

2  My  soul  shall  "  make  her  boast 

in  Jehovah : 
The  "meek  shall  hear  thereof, 
and  be  glad. 

3  Oh  -magnify  Jehovah  with  me. 
And  let  us  "exalt  his  name  to- 
gether. 

4  I  ""sought  Jehovah,  and  he  an- 

swered me, 

'  Ps  3r^.  27 ;  09.  30 ;  Lk.  I.  46     "  Pa.  18.  46      »  Ps.  • 
10;  2  Chr.  16.  2;  Mt.  7.  7 


2  Or,  o  great  patcfr 
»  Or,  wait /or 


«  Seel  8.  21.  10-16. 
^  Or,  feigned  madnest 


34.5 


PSALMS 


35.12 


And  "  delivered  me  from  all  my 
fears. 

5  They    *  looked    unto    him,   and 

were  radiant ; 
And  their  faces  shall  ''  never  be 
confounded. 

6  This  poor  man  cried,  and  ''Je- 

hovah heard  him, 
And  saved  him  out  of  all  his 
troubles. 

7  The  "  angel  of  Jehovah  encamp- 

eth  round  about  them  that 
fear  him, 
And  delivereth  them. 

8  Oh -^  taste  and  see  that  Jehovah 

is  good : 
'  Blessed  is  the  man  that  taketh 
refuge  in  him. 

9  Oh  fear  Jehovah,  ye  *  his  saints  ; 
For  there  is  'no  want  to  them 

that  fear  him. 

10  The  young  lions  do  lack,  and 

suffer  hunger ; 
But   they    that    seek    Jehovah 
shall    *not    want    any  good 
thing. 

11  'Come,    ye    children,    hearken 

unto  me : 
I  will  teach  you  "'the  fear  of 
Jehovah. 
12"  What  man  is  he  that  desireth 
life. 
And  loveth  many  days,  that  he 
may  *  see  good  1 
13  Keep  ^thy  tongue    from    evil. 
And  thy  lips  from    *  speaking 
guile. 
14'  Depart  from  evil,  and  do  good ; 
Seek  peace,  and  'pursue  it. 

1 5  The '  eyes  of  Jehovah  are  toward 

the  righteous. 
And  his  ears  are  oj)en  unto  their 
cry. 

1 6  The  "  face  of  Jehovah  is  against 

them  that  do  evil. 
To  "  cut  oif  the  remembrance  of 
them  from  the  earth. 

17  The  righteous  '"'cried,  and  Jeho- 

vah heard. 
And  delivered  them  out  of  all 
their  troubles. 

18  Jehovah   *is    nigh    unto    them 

that  are  of  a  ^broken  heart. 
And  saveth  such  as  are  of   a 
"contrite  spirit. 

1 9  Many  are  the  *  afflictions  of  the 

righteous ; 
But   Jehovah   "delivereth    him 
out  of  them  all 


20 
31 


He  keepeth  all  his  bones  ; 
Not  one  of  them  is  broken. 
^  Evil  shall  slay  the  wicked  ; 
And  they  that  hate  the  right- 
eous shall  be  ^  condemned. 

1  Or,  held  guilty 


"  ver.  6,  17, 

19 
f"  Ps.  36.  9 ; 

Is.  60.  6 
"  Ps.  25.  3 
d  ver.  4 
"  Ps.  91.  11 ; 

Dan.  6.  22 
/Ps.  119. 

103;  Heb. 

6.  5 ;  1  Pet. 

2.  3 
"  Ps.  2.  12 
''  Ps.  31.  23 
'  Ps.  23.  1 
fc  Ps.  84.  11 
'  Ps.  66.  16 
"'  Ps.  111.  10 
"  ver.  12-16 : 

1  Pet.  3. 

10-12 
"  Eccl.  3.  13 
P  Ps.  141.  3  ; 

Prov.  13. 3 ; 

Jas.  1.  26 
9  1  Pet.  2.  22 
'■  Ps.  37.  27  ; 

Is.  1.  16, 17 
*  Rom.  14. 

19;  Heb. 

12.  14 
«  Ps.  33.  18 
"  Jer.  44. 11 ; 

Am.  9.  4 
"  Ps.  9.  6 ; 

109.  16 ; 

Job  18.  17 
'  ver.  6 
"  Ps.  145.  18 
'  Ps.  147.  3 ; 

Is.  61.  1 
"  Ps.  51.  17  ; 

Is.  57.  15 
*>  Ps.  71.  20 ; 

2  Tim.  3. 
11.  12 

"  ver.  4,  6,  17 
d  Ps.  94.  23  ; 

140.  11  ; 

Prov.  24.  16 


'  Ps.  71.  23 
/Ps.  37.  40 
"  Ps.  18.  43  ; 

Is.  49.  26 
''  Ps.  66.  2 
'  Ps.  91.  4 
*  Ps.  44.  26 
'  Ps.  62.  2 
"'  Ps.  70.  2 
"  Ps.  40.  14  ; 

129.6 
"  Ps.  83.  13  ; 

Job  21. 18 ; 

Is.  29.  6 
P  Ps.  73.  18  ; 

Jer.  23.  12 
«  Ps.  69.  4  ; 

109.  3  ; 

140.  6 
*■  Ps.  65.  23  ; 

Is.  47.  11  ; 

1  Th.  6.  3 
»  Ps.  9.  16 
i  Ps.  73.  18 
"  Is.  61.  10 
"  Ps.  9.  14  ; 

13.  5 ;  Lk. 

1.  47 
"^  Ps.  61.  8 
VEx.  15.  11; 

Ps.  86.  8 ; 

Mic.  7.  18 
'  Ps.  18.  17 
"  Ps.  37.  14  ; 

109.  16 
6  Ps.  27.  12 
"  Ps.  38.  20  ; 

109.  6 ;  Jer. 
18.  20;  Jn. 
10.  32 


•666 


22  Jehovah  *redeemeth  the  soul  of 
his  servants  ; 
And  none  of  them  that  -^take 
refuge  in  him  shall  be  ^con- 
demned. 

Prayer  for  Rescne  from  Enemies. 


A  Psalm  of  David. 


O    Jehovah, 
that   "strive 


O  pT   Strive    thou, 
O  fJ      with    them 
with  me : 
Fight  thou  against  them  that 
''  fight  against  me. 

2  Take  hold  of  'shield  and  buckler. 
And  stand  up  for  *  my  help. 

3  Draw  out  also  the  spear,  '"'and 

stop  the  way  against  them 
that  pursue  me : 
Say  unto  my  soul,  I  am  'thy 
salvation. 

4  Let  them  be  "*  put  to  shame  and 

brought  to  dishonor  that  seek 
after  my  soul : 
Let  them  be  "  turned  back  and 
confounded  that   devise  my 
hurt. 

5  Let  them  be  "as, chaff  before  the 

wind. 
And  the  angel  of  Jehovah  driv- 
ing them  on. 

6  Let    their  way  be  *  dark   and 

p  slippery. 
And  the  angel  of  Jehovah  pur- 
suing them. 

7  For  'without  cause  have  they 

hid  for  me  ■*  their  net  in  a  pit ; 
Without  cause  have  they  digged 
a  pit  for  my  soul. 

8  Let  'destruction  come  upon  him 

unawares ; 
And  'let  his  net  that  he  hath 

hid  catch  himself : 
®With  'destruction  let  him  fall 

therein. 

9  And  my  soul  shall  be  "joyful  in 

Jehovah : 
It  shall "  rejoice  in  his  salvation. 
10  All  my  ^  bones  shall  say,  Jeho- 
vah, 2' who  is  like  unto  thee. 
Who  deliverest  the  poor  from 

him  Hhat  is  too  strong  for 

him, 
Yea,  "the  poor  and  the  needy 

from  him  that  robbeth  him'? 
®  *  Unrighteous    witnesses    rise 

up; 
They  ask  me  of  things  that  I 

know  not. 
12  They  ''reward  me  evil  for  good, 
To  the  bereaving  of  my  soul. 

2  Or,  and  the  battle  axe  against  &e. 

3  Heb.  darkness  and  slippery  places. 

*  Or,  the  pit  of  their  net 

*  Or,  Into  that  very  destruction  let  him  fall 
«  Or,  Malicious    See  Ex.  23.  1. 


11 


35.13 


PSALMS 


36.8 


13  But  as  for  me,  "when  they  were 

sick,  my  ''clothing  was  sack- 
cloth : 

I  ''attlicted  my  soul  with  fast- 
ing; 

And  my  ''prayer  '  returned  into 
mine  own  bosom. 

14  I  behaved  myself  as  though  it 

had   been  my  friend  or  my 
brother : 
I  "bowed   down  mourning,   as 
one  that  bewaileth  his  mother. 

15  But  ''in  -mine  adversity  they 

rej<.)iced,  and  gathered  them- 
selves together : 

The  ''^abjocts  gathered  them- 
selves together  against  me, 
and  ^I  knew  it  not; 

They  did  ''  tear  me,  and  ceased 
not : 

16  ^Like  the  profane  mockers  in 

feasts, 
They  'gnaslied  upon  me  with 
■their  teeth. 

1 7  Lord,  *  how  long  wilt  thou  look 

on? 

Bescue  my  soul  '  from  their  de- 
structions. 

My  '^'"darling  from  the  lions. 

18  I  will  "give  thee  thanks  in  the 

great  assembly : 
I  will "  praise  thee  among ''  much 
people. 

19  Let  ^not  them  that  are  'mine 

enemies    "  wrongfully  rejoice 
over  me ; 
Neither  let   them  ""wink  with 
the  ej'e  'that  hate  me  with- 
out a  cause. 

20  For  they  speak  not  peace  ; 
But  they  devise  'deceitful  words 

against  them  that  are  quiet  in 
the  land. 

21  Yea,  they  "opened  their  mouth 

wide  against  me ; 
They  said,  'Aha,  aha,  our  eye 
hath  seen  it. 

22  'Thou  hast  seen  it,  O  Jehovah  ; 

*  keep  not  silence  : 
O  Lord,  ^  be  not  far  from  me. 

23  "Stir  up  thyself,  and  awake  to 

the  justice  due  unto  me. 
Even  unto  my  cause,  my  God 
and  my  Lord. 

24  *  Judge    me,    O    Jehovah    my 

God,  according  to  thy  right- 
eousness ; 
And  "  let  them  not  rejoice  over 
me. 

25  Let  them  not  say  in  their  heart, 

^''Aha,  so  would  we  have  it : 

1  Or,  shall  return  *  Heb.  my  Hmpino. 

8  Or,  smiters  *  Or,  those  whom  I  knew  not 
^  Or,  Among  *  Or,  (iear  life  Tl^h.  only  one. 
1  Or,  a  mighty  people  8  Heb.  falsely. 

•  Heb.  Aha,  our  desire. 


"  .lob  .W.  26 
'  Ps.  OU.  1 1 

'  Ps.  m.  It) 

d  Alt.  10.  13  ; 

Lk.  10.  « 

'  Ps.  :;x.  c, 
f  Obad.  12 
'■'  .lol)  uu.  1, 

H,  12 
'>  Ps.  7.  2 
■  .lob  10.  9 ; 

Ps.  Ti.  12 ; 

Lam.  2.  10 
*  Ps.  U.  1 ; 

Hab.  1.  13 
'  ver.  7 
'"  Ps.  22.  20, 

21 
"  Ps.  22.  22 
"  Ps.  22.  25 
''  Ps.  13.  4  ; 

:«).  1  ;  3».  16 
«  Ps.  38.  19 ; 

0!).  4;  119. 

78 
"■  Prov.  G.  13  ; 

10.  10 

■'  Jn.  15.  25 
<  Ps.  M.  21  ; 

Jer.  y.  8 ; 

Mic.  0.  12 
"  Ps.  22.  13  ; 

Job  16.  10 
"  Ps.  40.  lo  ; 

70.  3 
^  Ps.  10.  14  ; 

Ex.  .3.  7 

y  Ps.  28. 1 

'  Pb.  10.  1 ; 

22.  11  ;  38. 

21  ;  71.  12 
"  Ps.  7.  0  :  44. 

23  ;  09.  4  ; 

80.  2 
6  Ps.  9.  4  ;  26. 

1  ;  43.  1 
"  ver.  19 
<*  ver.  21 


'  Ps.  56. 1 ; 

124.  3 ; 

Prov.  1.12; 

Lam.  2.  16 
/  Ps.  40.  14 
"  Ps.  38.  16  ; 

Job  19.  6 
"  Ps.  .32.  11 
'  Ps.  9.  4 
*  Ps.  40.  16 ; 

70.  4 

'Ps.  147.  11; 
149.  4 
^  Ps.  61.  14; 

71.  15,  24 

"  Eom.  3.  18 
0  Dt.  29.  19  ; 

Ps.  10.  11 ; 

49.  IS 
P  Ps.  10.  7  ; 

12.  2 

«  Ps.  94.  8 ; 

Jer.  4.  22 
''  Prov.  4.  10  ; 

Mic.  2.  1 
'  Is.  Cm.  2 
'  Ps.  .52.  3  ; 

Rom.  12.  9 
«  Ps.  57.  10 ; 

103.  11 ; 

108.  4 
"  Ps.  71.  19 
"  Ps.  77.  19  ; 

Job  11.  8; 

Rom.  II.  .33 
V  Ps.  I(W.  14, 

15:  I4.'>.  16; 

Neh.  9.  0 
'  Ps.  03.  3 ; 

69.  10 

»  Ps.  67. 1 ; 

91.  4 ;  Ruth 

2.  12 
l>  Ps.  63.  6  ; 

Is.  26.  6 ; 

Jer.  31. 

12-14 

567 


36 


Let    them    not    say,   We   liave 
''swallowed  him  up. 
2G  Let  •'them  be  put  to  shame  and 
confounded  together  that  re- 
joice at  my  hurt : 

Let  tliein  bt^  clothed  witli  .shame 
and  dishonor  that  "magnify 
theiiiselvcs  against  me. 

27  Let  them  ''shout  for  joy,  and 

be  glad,  that  ^" favor  'my 
righteous  cause : 

Yea,  *  let  them  say  continually, 
Jehovah  be  magnified. 

Who  '  hath  pleasure  in  tne  pros- 
perity of  his  servant. 

28  And  '"my  tongue  shall  talk  of 

thy  rigliteousness 
Arul  of  thy  praise  all  the  day 
long. 

Wickedness  of  Hen  and  Lovingkindness  of  God. 

For   the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psalm  of 
David  the  servant  of  Jehovah. 

"  The  transgression  of  the 
wicked  ^- saith  within  my 
heart. 

There  is  "  no  fear  of  God  before 
his  eyes. 

2  For  '^he  "flattereth  himself  in 

his  own  eyes, 
'^  That  his  iniquity  will  not  be 
found  out  and  be  hated. 

3  The/" words  of  his  mouth  are 

iniquity  and  deceit : 
He  hath  « ceased  to  be  wise  and 
to  do  good. 

4  He  '■  deviseth  iniquity  upon  his 

bed ; 
He  setteth  himself  in  a  'way 

that  is  not  good  ; 
He  'abhorretn  not  evil. 

5  Thy  "loyingkindne.ss,  O  Jeho- 

vah, is  in  the  heavens  ; 
Thy  faithfulness  reacheth  unto 
the  skies. 

6  Thy  "righteousness  is  like  the 

mountains  of  God ; 
Thy -"judgmentsareagreatdeep : 
O    Jehovah,    thou    *preservest 

man  and  beast. 

7  How  ^precious   is   thy  loving- 

kindness,  O  God  ! 
And  the  children  of  men  "take 
refuge  under  the  shadow  of 
thy  wings. 

8  They   shall    be    "  *  abundantly 

satisfied  with  the  fatness  of 
thy  house ; 

10  Heb.  hare  pleasure  in  my  riahtemisness. 

11  Or,  Trnvs  iression  sailh  lo  the  vHcked 

12  Or,  uttfTttli  itf  oracle 

13  Or,  it  (or,  he)  jlattereth  him  in  his  eyes 

'■•  Or.  Until  his  ini(iuitv  be  found  ana  be  hated 
Heb.  ConcemtTiif  the  finding  out  of  his  iniquitf 
and  hating  it.  i'  Heb.  watered. 


36.9 


PSALMS 


37.23 


And  thou  wilt  make  them  drink 
of  the  "  river  of  thy  pleasures. 
9  For  with  thee  is  the  *  fountain 
of  life : 

'  In  thy  light  shall  we  see  light. 

10  Oh    continue    thy    lovingkind- 

ness   unto   them   that    know 
thee. 
And  thy  **  righteousness  to  the 
upright  in  heart. 

1 1  Let  not  the  foot  of  pride  come 

against  me. 
And  let  not  the  hand  of  the 
wicked  drive  me  away. 

12  There  are  the   workers  of  in- 

iquity fallen : 
They  are  thrust  down,  and  shall 
*  not  be  able  to  rise. 

Security  of  those  who  trnst  in  .Jehovah,  and  Insecurity 
of  the  Wicked. 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

O  ^  -^Fret  not  thyself  because  of 

O  I        evil-doers. 

Neither  be  thou  "  envious  against 
them  that  work  unrighteous- 
ness. 

2  For  they  shall    soon    be   '^cut 

down  like  the  grass. 
And  '  wither  as  the  green  herb. 

3  *  Trust   in    Jehovah,    and    do 

good; 
' '  Dwell  in  the  land,  and  ^""feed 
on  his  faithfulness. 

4  3  n  Delight  thyself  also  in  Jeho- 

vah; 
And  he  will "  give  thee  the  *  de- 
sires of  thy  neart. 

5  ®^  Commit  thy  way  unto  Jeho- 

vah ; 
Trust  also  in  him,  and  he  will 
bring  it  to  pass. 

6  And  he  will  make  *thy  right- 

eousness to  go  forth  as  the 
light, 
And  thy  justice  ''as  the  noon- 
day. 

7  ®*Rest  in  Jehovah,  and  'wait 

patiently  for  him : 
"Fret  not    thyself   because  of 
him  who  "prospereth  in  his 
way. 
Because  of  the  man  who  bring- 
eth  wicked  devices  to  pass. 
V  Cease  from  anger,  and  ""  forsake 
wrath  : 
Fret  not  thyself,  it  tendeth  only 
to  evil-doing. 
Bi  For  y  evil-doers  shall  be  cut  off; 


1  Or,  So  shnlt  thou  dwell  in  the  land  and  feed 
tecurely  2  Qr,  verily  thou  shalt  be.fed 

*  Or,  So  nhnlt  thou  have  thy  delight  in  &c. 

*  Heb.  petitions. 

*  Heb.  Roll  thy  vm.v  imon  Jehovah. 

«  Or,  Be  still  b^ore  (Heb.  silent  to)  Jehovah 


"  Ps.  46.  4  ; 

Job  20. 17 ; 

Rev.  22.  1 
b  Jer.  2.  13 
'  Job  29.  3  ; 

Jn.  8.  12 
rf  Ps.  24.  6 
"  Pa.  140.  10  ; 

Is.  2fi.  14 
f  Prov.  23. 

17;  24.  19 
»  Ps.  73.  3  ; 

Prov.  3.  31 
ft  Job  14.  2  ; 

Ps.  90.  G ; 

92.  7 
i  Ps.  129.  6 
k  Ps.  62.  8 
'  Dt.  30.  20 
'"  Is.  40.  1 1 ; 

Ezek.  34. 

13,  14 
"  Ps.  94.  19  ; 

Job  22.  26  ; 

Is.  1)8.  14 
"  Ps.  21.  2  ; 

14.5.  19 ; 

Mt.  7.  7,  8 
P  Ps.  56.  22 ; 

Prov.  16. 3 ; 

1  Pet.  5.  7 
«  Ps.  97.  11 ; 

Is,  b8.  8,  10 ; 

Mic.  7.  9 
•■Job  11.  17 
*  Ps.  62.  5 
'  Ps.  40.  1 
"  ver.  1,  8 
"  Jer.  12.  1 
^  Eph.  4.  31 ; 

Col.  3.  8 
y  ver.  2,  22 


'  Ps.  25.  13  ; 

Prov.  2.  21 ; 

Is.  60.  21 
"  Job  24.  24 
6  ver.  .3.5,  36 ; 

Job  7.  10 
«  Mt.  6.  6 
d  Ps.  72.  7 
^Ps.  31.  13,20 
J  Pb.  35.  16 
y  Ps.  2.  4 
A  1  S.  26.  10  ; 

Job  18.  20 
iPs.  11.  2; 

Lam.  2.  4 

*  Ps.  35.  10 ; 

H(i.  1 
'  Ps.  11.  2 
'"  Ps.  46.  9  ; 

1  S.  2.  4 
"  Ps.  4.  7  ; 

Prov.  16. 

16 ;  16.  8 
0  Ps.  10.  16  ; 

Job  38.  15 ; 

Ezek.  30. 21 
PPs.  71.  6; 

145.  14 
9  Ps.  1.  6 ; 

31.  7 
'■  ver.  27,  29 
'  Ps.  33.  19 ; 

Job  5.  20 
t  Ps.  73.  27 
"  Lev.  3.  U 
"  Ps.  68.  2  ; 

102.  3 

*  Ps.  112.  6 
V  ver.  9 

'  Job  5.  3 


■  Ps.  40.  2  ; 
66.  9 :  119. 


drawn    out 
have    'bent 


poor 


and 


But  those  that  wait  for  Jeho- 
vah, they  shall  ^inherit  "the 
land. 

10  For  yet  "a  little  while,  and  the 

wicked  shall  not  be : 
Yea,  thou  shalt  diligently  con- 
sider ''  his  place,  and  ^  he  shall 
not  be. 

1 1  But "  the  meek  shall  inherit  the 

land, 
And  shall  delight  themselves  in 
the  '^  abundance  of  peace. 

12  The  wicked  "plottetn   against 

the  just. 
And  -^  gnash  eth  upon  hira  with 
his  teeth. 

1 3  The  Lord  "  will  laugh  at  him  ; 
For  he  seeth  that  ''his  day  is 

coming. 

14  The  wicked    have 

the   sword,  and 

their  bow, 
To  cast  down  the 

needy, 
To  '  slay  such  as  are  upright  in 

the  way. 

15  Their    sword    shall   enter  into 

their  own  heai't. 
And     their    '"bows     shall     be 
broken. 

16  "Better  is  a  little  that  the  right- 

eous hath 
Than  the  abundance  of  many 
wicked. 

17  For  the  "arms  of  the  wicked 

shall  be  broken ; 
But  Jehovah   ^upholdeth    the 
righteous. 

18  Jehovah  *knoweth  the  days  of 

the  perfect ; 
And  their  *■  inheritance  shall  be 
for  ever. 

19  They  shall  not  be  put  to  shame 

in  the  time  of  evil ; 
And  'in  the  days  of  famine  they 
shall  be  satisfied. 

20  But  the  '  wicked  shall  perish. 
And  the   enemies   of  Jehovah 

shall  be  "  as  ^  the  fat  of  lambs  : 
They  shall  consvime ;  ^""in  smoke 
shall  they  consume  away. 

21  The    wicked    borroweth,     and 

payeth   not  again  ; 
But  the  righteous  ""  dealeth  gra- 
ciousl.y,  and  giveth. 

22  For  such  as  are  blessed  of  him 

shall  ^inherit  the  land  ; 
And  they  that  are  ^cursed  of 
him  shall  be  cut  off. 

23  A  man's  "  goings  are  established 

of  Jehovah : 
And  he  *  delighteth  in  his  way. 


'  Or,  the  earth  (and  so  in  ver.  11,  22.  29,  34) 
8  Or,  it       9  Or,  the  excellency  of  the  pastures 
1"  Or,  like  smoke 


558 


37.24 


PSALMS 


38.13 


24  Though  "he  fall,  he  shall  not  be 

utterly  cast  down  ; 
For  ''Jenovah  ^upholdeth  hhn 
with  his  hand. 

25  I  have  been  young,  and  now  am 

old; 

Vet  have  I '  not  seen  the  right- 
eous forsaken. 

Nor  ''his  seed  begging  bread. 
20  All  the  day   long  'he  dealeth 
graciously,  and  lendeth  ; 

And 'his  seed  is  blessed. 

27  '  Depart  from  evil,  and  do  good  ; 
And  dwell  for  * e\eininre. 

28  For  Jehovah  'loveth  justice. 
And  *forsaketh  not  his  saints  ; 
They  are  '  preserved  for  ever  : 
But  the  "'seed  of  the  wicked 

shall  be  cut  off. 

29  The  righteous  shall "  inherit  the 

land. 
And  "dwell  therein  for  ever. 

30  The   mouth    of    the    righteous 

■''talketh  of  wisdom. 
And  his  tongue  « speaketh  jus- 
tice. 

31  The '■law  of  his  God  is  in  his 

^  heart ; 
None  of  his  "steps  shall  slide. 

32  The     'wicked     watcheth     the 

righteous, 
And  "  seeketh  to  slay  him. 

33  Jehovah  will  'not  leave  him  in 

^  his  hand, 

Nor  '  condemn  him  when  he  is 
judged. 
34:  ''Wait  for  Jehovah,  and  keeiJ 
his  way. 
And  he  will  exalt  thee  to  inherit 

the  land : 
When  the  ^wicked  are  cut  off, 
thou  shalt  see  it. 

35  I  have  "  seen  the  wicked  in  great 

power. 
And  spreading  himself  like  a 
*  green    tree    in    its    native 
soil. 

36  -  But  one  passed  by,  and,  lo,  he 

"  was  not : 
Yea,  I  sought  him,  but  he  could 
not  l>e  found. 

37  Mark  the  ''  perfect  man,  and  be- 

hold the "  upright ; 
For  there  is  a^hajwy  end  to  the 
man  of  peace. 

38  As  for  transgressors,  they  shall 

be  "destroyed  together : 
The  end  of  the  wicked  shall  be 
*cut  off. 

39  But  the  'salvation  of  the  right- 

eous is  of  Jehovah  : 
He  is  their  *  stronghold  'in  the 
time  of  trouble. 

1  Or,  vnhnldeth  his  hand 
*  Or,  Yet  he  passed  away 


"  Pa.  145.  14 ; 

Prov.  24. 

Hi;  Mic. 

7.  8 
l>  Ps.  147.  6 
'  ver.  28 ; 

Is.  41.  17; 

Heb.  13  6 
J  Ps,  1(19.  10 
'  ver.  21 
.'  Ps.  147.  13 
'■'  Ps.  34.  14 
''  ver.  IS;  Pb. 

102.  2S 
'Ps.  11.  7; 

.33.  6 
k  ver.  25 
'  Ps.  31.  23 
"'  ver.  u ;  Ps. 

21.  10; 

Prov.  2.  22 ; 

Is.  14.  20 
"  ver.  0 
"  ver.  18 
P  Ps.  49.  3 ; 

Prov.  10. 

13 
«  Ps.  101.  1 ; 

119.  13 
■■  Ps.  40.  8 ; 

119.  11 ; 

Dt.  C.  6 ; 

Is.  51.  7 ; 

Jer.  31.  33 

•  ver.  23 ; 
Ps.  26.  1 

<  Ps.  10.  8 ; 

17.  11 
"  ver.  14 
"  Ps.  31.  8  ; 

2  Pet.  2.  9 

•^  Ps.  34.  22  ; 

109.  31 
V  ver.  9 ;  Ps. 

27.  14 

•  Ps.  f>2. 5,  6 ; 
Ul.  s 

"  Job  0.  3 ; 

Jer.  12.  2 
I'  Job  8.  16 
•^  ver.  10 ; 

.lob  20.  6 
<'  ver.  18 
■■  Ps.  7.  10 

/  Is.  57.  1,  2 

"  ver.  20,  28 
''  ver.  9 ; 

Pb.  73.  17 
'■  Ps.  3.  8 ; 

02.  1 

•  Ps.  28.  8 
'  ver.  19 ; 

Ps.  9.  y 


"■  Ps.  54.  4 
"  Ps.  22.  4  ; 
Dan.  3.  17  ; 

fi.  23 
"  Ps.  34.  22 
''  Ps.  0.  1 
1  Job  6.  4 
>■  Ps.  32.  4 
«Is.  1.6 
'  Ps.  102.  10 
"  Ps.  G.  2  ;  31. 

10 ;  Job  33. 

19 
"  Ps.  40.  12  ; 

Ezr.  9.  6 
'  Ps.  69.  ;> 
V  Ps.  3;-..  14 
-■  Ps.  42.  9  ; 

43.  2 ;  Job 

.^O.  28 
"  Ps.  102.  3 

i>  ver.  3 
''Lam.  1.13; 

5.  17 
d  Ps.  22.  1 ; 

32.  3 ;  Job 

3.  24 
•  Pb.  10.  17 
/  Ps.  6.  6 ; 

102.  5 
"  Ps.  31.  10 
fc  Ps.  B.  7  ;  69. 

3 ;  «8  9 

659 


40  And  "Jehovah   helpeth  them, 

and  rescueth  them : 
He   "  rescueth    them   from   the 

wicked,  and  .saveth  them. 
Because  they  have "  taken  refuge 

in  him. 

Prayer  of  a  Suffering  Penitent. 

A  Psalm  of  David,  "to  bring  to  remem- 
brance. 

O  O  O  Jehovah,  ''rebuke  me  not 
O  O       in  thy  wrath  ; 

Neither  chasten  me  in  thy  hot 
displeasure. 

2  For  thine  "arrows  ''stick  fast  in 

me, 
And  ''thy  hand  ''presseth    me 
sore. 

3  There  is  'no  soundness  in  my 

flesh  '  because  of  thine  indig- 
nation ; 
Neither  is  there  any  "health  "in 
my  bones  because  of  my  sin. 

4  For  mine  "iniquities  are  gone 

over  my  head  : 
As  a  heavy  burden  they  are  too 
heavy  for  me. 

5  My  wounds  are  loathsome  and 

corrupt. 
Because  of  ^  my  foolishness. 

6  I  am  *  pained  and  "  bowed  down 

greatly ; 
I  ^  go  mourning  all  the  day  long. 

7  For   my  loins   are   fillea    with 

"burning; 
And  there  is  *  no  soundness  in 
my  flesh. 

8  I  am  "faint  and  sore  bruised  : 

I  have  ^''groaned  by  reason  of 
the  disquietness  of  my  heart. 

9  Lord,  all  *my  desire  is  before 

thee  ; 
And  my  -'^ groaning  is  not  hid 
from  thee. 

10  My     heart     throbbeth,     'my 

strength  faileth  me : 
As  for  the ''  light  of  mine  ej'es, 
it  also  is  gone  from  me. 

1 1  My '  loversand  my  friends  stand 

aloof  fi'om  my  yilague  ; 
And   my  kinsmen  *  stand  afar 
off 

12  They  also  that  'seek  after  my 

life  '"lay  snares /or  vie  ; 
And  they  that  "seek  m.y  hurt 

"speak  mischievous  things. 
And  ^meditate  deceits  all  the 

day  long. 

13  But  T,  as  a  deaf  man,  hear  not ; 

•  Pb  31.  11 ;  88.  IS:  Job  19. 14  *  Lk.  23.  49  '  Ps.  M.  3 
"'  Ps.  140.  5  "  Pb.  35.  4  "Eccl.  10.  13  ;  Mic.  7.  3 
P  Pb.  35.  20 


8  Or,  to  mnkf  memorial 
<  Heb.  liahted  on  me. 
'  Or,  rest 


«  Heb.  bent. 
7  Heb.  roared. 


38.14 


PSALMS 


40.3 


And  I  am  as  a  "  dumb  man  that 
openeth  not  his  mouth. 
1  i  Yea,  I  am  as  a  man  that  heareth 
not, 

And  in  vrhose  mouth  are   no 
'  reproofs. 

15  For  "in  thee,  O  Jehovah,  do  I 

hope : 
Thou  "  wilt  answer,  O  Lord  my 
God. 

16  For  I  said.  Lest   they  rejoice 

over  me  : 
When  my  foot  sHppeth,  "^they 
magnify  themselves  against 
me. 

17  For  1  am  'ready  to  fall. 

And  -^my  sorrow  is  continually 
before  me. 

18  For     I     will    "declare      mine 

iniquity ; 
I  will  be  ''  sorry  for  my  sin. 

19  But  mine  'enemies  are  lively, 

and  are  strong ; 
And  they  that  *  hate  me  ^  wrong- 
fully are  multiplied. 

20  They  also  that  '  render  evil  for 


Are  "adversaries  unto  me,  be- 
cause I  follow  the  thing  that 
is  good. 

2 1  Forsake  me  not,  O  Jehovah  : 

O  my  God,  "be  not  far  from  me. 

22  Make  "haste  to  help  me, 
O  Lord,  ^my  salvation. 

The  Vanity  of  Life. 

For  the  Chief  Musician,  for  sjeduthun. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

I  said,  I  will  «take  heed  to 
with 


39 


my  ways. 
That    I    "■  sin    not 


my 


tongue:  . 

I  will  keep  ^'my  mouth  with  a 

bridle, 
While  the  wicked  is  before  me. 

2  I   was  'dumb   with    silence,    I 

held  my  peace,  ^even  from 
good; 
And  my  sorrow  was  stirred. 

3  My  "  heart  was  hot  within  me  ; 
While  I  was   musing   the   fire 

burned  ; 
Then  spake  I  with  my  tongue  : 

4  Jehovah,    make    me    to    know 

"mine  end, 
And  the  measure  of  my  days, 

what  it  is ; 
Let  me  know  how  ^  frail  I  am. 

5  Behold,   thou   hast  made  "my 

days  as  hand  breadths  ; 

1  Or,  arouments  ^  Heb.  falsely. 

3  Pb.  02.  title ;  77.  title ;  1  Chr,  16.  41 ;  2r..  1 
*  Heb.  a  bridle  (or,  muzzle)  for  my  mouth. 
5  Or,  and  had  no  comfort    Heb.  away  from 
gooil. 


"■  Pa.  39.  2,  9 
b  Ps.  39.  7 
<^  Ps.  17.  6 
rf  Ps.  35.  26 
«  Ps.  35.  15 
/  Ps.  13.  2 
V  Ps.  32.  5 

A  2  Cor.  7. 

9,  10 
i  Pa.  18. 17 
*  Ps.  35.  19 
'  Ps.  35.  12 
"'  Ps.  109.  4  ; 

1  Jn.  :i  12 
"  Ps.  22.  19  ; 

3.') 


"  I'S.  40.  13, 

17 
''  Ps.  27.  1 
1  Pa.  119.  9; 

1  K.  2.  4  ; 

2  K.  10.  31 
>■  I'S.  34.  13; 

Job  2.  10 ; 

.las.  3.  6-12 
'Ps.  141.  3; 

.Jas.  3.  2 
t  Fs.  38.  13 
"  Ps.  32.  4  ; 

Jer.  20.  9 ; 

Lk.  24.  32 
"  Ps.  90. 12  ; 

119.  84; 

.Jobfi.  11 
^  Ps.  78.  39  ; 

103.  14 
y  Ps.  89.  47 


-  Ps.  144.  4 

«  Ps.  62.  9  ; 

Job  14.  2 ; 

Eccl.  6.  12 
b  1  Cor.  7. 

31 ;  Jas.  1. 

10,  11; 

1  Pet.  1.  24 
'  Ps.  127.  2  ; 

Eccl.  6.  17 
rt  Pa.  49.  10 ; 

Eccl.  2.  26 ; 

6.  14 ;  Lk. 

12.20 
«  Pa.  38.  15 
/Ps.  51.  9, 

14  ;  79.  9 
'■I  Ps.  44. 13  ; 

79.  4  ;  119. 

22 

ft  ver.  2 

i  2  S.  16.  10  ; 

Job  2.  10 
k  Job  9.  34 ; 

13.  21 

'  Ps.  32.  4 
"'  Ezek.  5. 
15 ;  2  Pet. 

2.  16 
"  Ps.  90.  7 ; 

Job  13.  28 ; 

la.  60.  9 
"  ver.  5 
P  Ps.  102.  1 ; 

143.  1 
«  I'S.  66.  8 ; 

2  K.  20.  5 
»■  Lev.  25. 23 ; 

1  Chr.  29. 

15;  Ps.  119. 

19;  Heb. 

11.  13; 

1  Pet.  2.  11 
'  Ps.  102.  24  ; 

Job  7.  19 ; 

14.  6 

<  Ps.  25.  5  ; 

27.  14  ;  37.  7 
"  Ps.  34.  15 
"  Ps.  69.  2 ; 

Jer.  38.  6 
"  Ps.  27.  5 
V  Ps.  37.  23 
'  Ps.  32.  7  ; 

33.3 


And  my  'life-time  is  as  nothing 

before  thee : 
Surely  every  man  ®at  his  best 

estate  is  altogether  ''  "vanity. 
rSelah 

6  Surely  every  man  ''  walketn  **  in 

a  vain  show ; 
Surely  they  are  "disquieted  ''in 

vain : 
He   ''heapeth    up    riches,   and 

knoweth     not     who     shall 

gather  them. 

7  And  now.  Lord,  what  wait  I 

fori 
My  "  hope  is  in  thee. 

8  -^Deliver  me  from  ail  my  trans- 

gressions : 
Make  me  not  the  "reproach  of 
the  foolish. 

9  I  was  ''dumb,  I  opened  not  my 

mouth  ; 
Because  '  thou  didst  it. 

10  *  Remove  thy  stroke  away  from 

me : 
I  am  consumed  by  '■  the  ^"  blow 
of  thy  hand. 

1 1  When  thou  with  '"rebukes  dost 

correct  man  for  iniquity, 
Thou  "makest  his  beauty  "to 

consume  away  like  a  moth  : 
Surely  "  every  man  is  "^  vanity. 

[Selah' 

12  ^Hear  my  prayer,  O  Jehovah, 

and  give  ear  unto  my  cry  ; 
Hold    not    thy   peace   «at   my 

tears : 
For  I  am  *■  a  stranger  with  thee, 
A  sojourner,  as  all  my  fathers 

were. 

13  Oh  ^"»  spare   me,   that   I  may 

^*  recover  strength. 
Before  I  go  hence,  and  be  no 
more. 

A  Sacrifice  of  Praise,  aud  Prayer  for  Help. 

For    the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psalm  of 
David. 

Af\  I  'waited  patiently  for  Je- 
Tc  vy      hovah ; 
•  And  he  inclined  unto  me,  and 

"  heard  my  cry. 
2  He  brought  me  up  also  out  of 
^■*a  "hoiTible  pit,  out  of  the 
miry  clay ; 
And  ""he  set  my  feet  upon  a  rock, 
and  "  established  my  goings. 
$  And  he  hath  put  a  '  new  song  in 
my  mouth,  even  praise  unto 
our  God  : 

6  Heb.  standino  firm.       '  Heb.  a  breath. 

«  Or,  as  a  shadow  ^  Or,  for  vanity 

ID  Heb.  conflict.  ,,.,.. 

1'  Or,  consumest  like  a  moth  his  delights 
12  Or,  look  away  from  me 
i»  Heb.  brighten  up. 
14  Heb.  a  pit  of  tum.uU  (or,  destrMtion). 


660 


40.4 


PSALMS 


41.3 


Many  shall  "  see  it,  and  fear, 
And  shall  trvist  in  .Jehovah. 

4  *  Blessed  is  t  he  man  that  maketh 

Jehovah  his  trust, 
And  ""respecteth  not  the  proud, 
nor  such  as  * ''  turn  aside  to 
lies. 

5  Many,  O  Jehovah  my  God,  are 

''  the  wonderful  works  which 

thou  hast  done, 
And  thy 'thouj^hts  which  are  to 

us  ward  : 
'^They  cannot  be  set  in  order 

unto  thee  ; 
If  I  would  declare  and  speak  of 

them. 
They  are  "  more   than   can  be 

numbered. 

6  ^  Sacrifice   an(l    ^  offering    thou 

hast  no  delight  in  ; 
■•Mine  ears  hast  thou  opened  : 
Burnt-offering  and  sin-offering 
-   hast  thou  not  required. 

7  Then  said  I,  Lo,  I  am  come  ; 

In  the  roll  of  the  book  it  is 
*  written  of  me  : 

8  I  delight  to  do  thy  will,  O  my 

^  God; 
Yea,    'thy    law  is  within    my 
heart. 

9  I    have    *  proclaimed    glad   ti- 

dings of  righteousness  in  the 
great  assembly  ; 
Lo,  I  will '  not  refrain  my  lips, 

0  Jehovah,  '"thou  knowest. 

10  I  have  "not  hid  thy  righteous- 

ness within  my  heart; 

1  have  "declared  thy  faithful- 
ness and  thy  salvation  ; 

I  have  not  concealed  thy  lov- 
ingkindness  and  thy  truth 
from  the  great  assembly. 

11  Withhold  not  thou  thy  tender 

mercies    from    me,   O   Jeho- 
vah ; 
Let  thy  ^lovingkindness   and 
thy    truth    continually  pre- 
serve me. 

12  For    innumerable    evils    have 

'compassed  me  about; 

Mine  ''iniquities  have  over- 
taken me,  so  that  I  am  not 
able  to  look  up  ; 

They  are  '  more  than  the  hairs 
of  my  head  ; 

And  my  'heart  hath  "failed 
me. 

13  Be  pleased,  O  Jehovah,  to  de- 

liver me : 
Make   "haste   to   help   me,   O 
Jehovah. 

1  Oi,  fall  away  treacheroutln 

2  Or,  There  is  none  to  be  compared  unto  ihee 

3  Or,  menlofferino 

*  Heb.  Ears  hast  thou  diggi-d  (or,  piercfd)  for 
me.       &  Or,  prescribed  to       *  Heb.  forsaken. 


"  Ps.  fi2.  6  ; 

G4.  a 
b  Ps.  84.  12 
'  Job  37.  '^4 
d  P«.  li,.  5 
'  Ps.  136.  4  ; 

Job  fi.  9 
/  Pb.  Kill.  17  ; 

Is,  M.  8 
"  Ps  71.  15; 

"  Ps.  61.  10; 

1  S.  U>.  -It ; 
Is.  1.  11; 
Jer.  C.  l!0 ; 

7.  '.ni,  a3 ; 

.\m.  6.  22; 
Mic.  U.  0-8 ; 
Heb.  10. 
f.-7 
•  Ps.  37.  31 ; 

2  Cor.  3.  3 
«■•  Ps.  22.  2.'. 

'  Ps.  119.  IS 
"'  Ps.  139.  4  ; 

Josh.  22.  22 
"  Acts  20.  20, 

27 
0  Ps.  89.  1 
''  Ps.  43.  3  ; 

fi7.  3;  01.7; 

Prov.  20.  28 
«  Ps.  18.  6 ; 

no.  3 
••  Ps.  38.  4  ; 

Oft.  3 
'  Ps.  69.  4 
'  Ps.  73.  28 
"  Ps.  22.  19 ; 

71.  12 


"  Ps.  35.  4, 

26  ;  70.  2  ; 

71.  13 
"  I'S.  03.  9 
'J  Ps.  7U.  3 
•"  Ps.  35.  21 ; 

70.  3 
»  Pg.  36.  27 
6  Ps.  70.  5  ; 

86.  1  ;  109. 

'  ver.  5 ; 

1  Pet.  6.  7 
<<  Ps.  S2.  3,  4  ; 

Prov.  14.  21 

•  Ps.  27.  6  ; 
37.  19 

/  Ps.  37.  28 
•■'  Ps.  37.  22 
'<  Ps.  27.  12 
>  Ps   0.  6 

*  Ps.  6.  2  ; 
103.  3;  147.3 

'  Ps.  51.  4 
"'  Ps.  38.  12 


"  Ps.  12.  2  ; 
02. 4 ;  Prov. 
20.  24-26 


14  Let  them  lie  "'  put  to  shame  and 

confounded  together 
That  ■'seek    after    my  soul    to 

destroy  it : 
Let  t\\m\  be  turned  biickward 

and  hrouglit  to  dishonor 
That  delight  in  my  hurt. 

15  Let    them    Mie    "desolate   "by 

reason  of  their  shame 
That  -say  unto  me,  Alia,  aha. 

16  Let  all  tliose  that  seek  thee  re- 

joice and  l>e  glad  in  thee  : 
Let  such  as  love  thy  salvation 

"say  continually 
Jehovah  be  niagnihed. 

17  But '  1  am  poor  and  needy  ; 
Yet  ''the  Lord  thinketh  upon 

me  : 

Thou  art  my  help  and  my  de- 
liverer ; 

Make  no  tarrying,  O  my  God. 

Tbe  Psalmist  in  Sirkiiess  roniplains  of  Enemies  and 
False  Friends. 

For  the  Chief    Musician.     A  Psalm   of 
David. 

A  ^    Blessed  is  he  that  "*  consid- 
er _L      ereth  'the  poor: 

Jehovah  will  deliver    him  "in 
the  day  of  evil. 

2  Jehovah    will   •'preserve    him, 

and  keep  him  alive, 
And  he  shall  be  '■>  blessed  ^^  upon 

the  earth  ; 
And  ''  deliver  not  tliou  him  unto 

the  will  of  his  enemies. 

3  Jehovah  will  support  him  upon 

the  'couch  of  languishing  : 
Thou  ^'makest  all  his  bed  in  his 
sickness. 

4  I  said,  O  Jehovah,  have  mercy 

upon  me  : 
*  Heal    my  soul ;    for   '  I    have 
sinned  against  thee. 

5  Mine     enemies     "'speak     evil 

against  me,  saying. 
When  will  he  die,  and  his  name 
perish  ? 

6  And  if  he  come  to  see  me,  he 

"  speaketh  falsehood ; 
His    lieart   gathereth   iniquity 

to  itself : 
When  he  goeth  abroad,  he  tell- 

eth  it. 

7  All  that  hate  me  whisper  to- 

gether against  me  ; 
Against    me    do    they  "devise 
my  hurt. 

8  ''^An     evil     disease,    say   they, 

"  cleave th  fast  unto  him  ; 

7  Or,  astonished        '  Or,  for  a  reward  of 
9  Or,  thi-  weak  'o  Or,  in  the  lajid 

11  Heb  tumest.  or.  chanaest. 
15  Or,  Some  vifke'l  thing 
13  Or,  ii  poured  out  upon  him 


661 


41.9 


PSALMS 


43.4 


And  now  that  he  lieth  he  shall 

"  rise  up  no  more. 
9  Yea,  mine  own  *  familiar  friend, 

in  whom  I  trusted, 
Who  did  eat  of  my  bread, 
Hath  lifted  up  his  heel  against 

me. 

10  But    thou,    O    Jehovah,   have 

mercy  upon   me,  and  "raise 
me  up. 
That  I  may  requite  them. 

11  By  this  I  know  that  "thou  de- 

lightest  in  me, 


°  Ps.  n.  10, 
11 

b  Ps.  55.  12, 
13,  20  ;  Job 
19.  14,  19 ; 
Jer.  20.  10 ; 
Mic.  7.  5 ; 
Jn.  13.  18 
"  Ps.  3.  3 
d  Ps.  37.  23  ; 
147.  11 


'  Pa.  25.  2 
/Ps.  18.  32; 

37.  17; 

63.  8 

^  Ps.  21.  6  ; 
Job  36.  7 


Because  '  mine  enemy  doth  not 

triumph  over  me. 
12  And  as  for  me,  ■'^thou  uphold. 

est  me  in  mine  integrity. 
And    settest   me    "before    thy 

face  for  ever. 

13''  Blessed  be  Jehovah,  the  God 

of  Israel, 
From  everlasting  and  to  ever 

lasting. 
Amen,  and  Amen. 

A  Ps.  72.  18,  19 ;  89.  52 ;  106.  48 ;  160.  6 


BOOK  II 


42 


Thlrsfiiig  for  fiod  in  Trouble  and  Exile. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.    Maschil  of  the 
sons  of  Korah. 

As  the  hart  panteth  after 

the  water  brooks. 

So  "panteth  my  soul  after  thee, 

OGod.  ^    , 

My    soul   *thirsteth    for    God, 

for  the  "  living  God  : 
When  shall  I  come    and  •*  ap- 
pear before  God  1 
My  "tears  have  been  my  food 

day  and  night, 
While   they  ^continually  -^say 

unto  me,  Where  is  thy  God  1 
These  things  I  remember,  and 

^pour  out  my  soul   ^within 

me. 
How  I  *  went  with  the  throng, 

and  *led  them  to  the  house 

of  God, 
With    the   voice    of   'joy   and 

praise,  a  multitude  keeping 

holyday. 
Why  art  thou  ^*cast  down,  O 

my  soul  1  1        .       1 

And  tvhy  art  thou  'disquieted 

within  me^ 
*"  Hope  thou  in  God  ;  for  I  shall 

yet  praise  him 
For  the  "help  of   his  counte- 


6  O    my    God,   my  soul   is    cast 

down  within  me : 
Therefore  do  I  "  remember  thee 

from  p  the  land  of  the  Jordan, 
And  the  'Hermons,  from  ^the 

hill  Mizar. 

7  Deep  calleth  unto  deep  at  the 

noise  of  thy  waterfalls  : 
All   thy   ''waves    and  thy  bil- 
lows are  gone  over  me. 

i  Heb.  all  the  day.  »  Heb.  upcm. 

3  Or,  went  in  procession  tvith  them 
*  Heb.  bowed  down. 
»  Or,  the  little  mountain 


"  Ps.  119.  131 
6  Ps.  63.  1 ; 

84.  2  ;  143.  6 
"  Ps.  84.  2 ; 

Josh.  3. 10 ; 

Jer.  10.  10 ; 

Dan.  6.  20 ; 

Mt.  26.  63 ; 

Rom.  9. 26 ; 

1  Th.  1. 

9,  &c. 
d  Ps.  43.  4  ; 

84.  7 ;  Ex. 

23.  17 
'  Ps.  80.  5 ; 

102.  9 
/  Ps.  79.  10  ; 

11a.  2;  Joel 

2.  17 ;  Mic. 

7.  10 
s  Ps.  62.  8  ; 

1  S.  1.  15; 

Job  30.  16 ; 

Lam.  2.  19 
^Ps.  65.  14; 

122.  1 ;  Is. 

30.  29 
■  Ps.  100.  4 
«••  Ps.  38.  6  ; 

Mt.  26.  38 
'  Ps.  77.  3 
'"  Ps.  71.  14  ; 

Lam.  3.  24 
"  Ps.  44.  3 
"  Ps.  61.  2 
P  2  S.  17.  22 
«  Dt.  3.  8 
'"Ps.  09.  1,2; 

88.  7  ;  Jon. 

2.  3 


'  Ps.  57.  3 ; 

i:i3.  3 
f  Ps.  16.  7  ; 

63.6;  77.6; 

149.  5 ;  Job 

35.  10 

"  Eccl.  5. 18  ; 

8.  15 
"  Ps.  18.  2 
^  Ps.  .38.  6 

y  Ps.  17. 9 

'  ver.  3 
"  ver.  5 
6  Ps.  26.  1 ; 

35.  24 
"  1  S.  24.  15 
tt  Ps.  5.  6 ; 

38.  12 

«  Ps.  18. 1 ; 

28.  7  ;  31.  4 
/  Ps.  44.  9  ; 

88.  14 
»  Ps.  42.  9 
''  Ps.  36.  9 
■  Ps.  2.  6  ; 

42.  4  ;  46.  4 
fc  Ps.  84.  1 
'  Ps.  26.  6 

662 


8  Yet   Jehovah   will    "command 

his    lovingkindness    in    the 

day-time ; 
And    'in    the    night   his    song 

shall  be  with  me. 
Even  a  prayer  unto  "the  God 

of  my  life. 

9  I  will  say  unto  God  *  my  rock, 

Why  hast  thou  forgotten  me  1 
Why  go  I  ^mourning  ^because 
of   the   2/ oppression    of    the 
enemy? 

10  As  with  ^a  sword  in  my  bones, 

mine    adversaries    reproach 
me. 
While    they    continually   'say 
unto  me.  Where  is  thy  God  1 

11  Why  art  thou  "cast  down,  O 

my  soul  1 

And  why  art  thou  disquieted 
within  me"? 

Hope  thou  in  God ;  for  I  shall 
yet  praise  him, 

Who  ix  the  help  of  my  coun- 
tenance, and  my  God. 

Prayer  for  Deliverance. 

/I  O  *  Judge   me,    O    God,    and 
jtO      "plead  my  cause  against 
an  ungodly  nation : 
Oh  deliver  me  from  ^  the  de- 
ceitful and  unjust  man. 
2  For  thou  art  the  "  God  of  my 
strength ;     why    hast    thou 
•''cast  me  off? 
Why  go  I  "mourning  ® because 
of     the    oppression   of     the 


enemy 


3  Oh  send  out  thy  *  light  and  thy 

truth  ;  let  them  lead  me  : 
Let  them  bring  me  unto  thy 

*holy  hill, 
And  to  thy  *  tabernacles. 

4  Then  will  I  go  unto  the  ^  altar 

of  God, 

«  Or,  while  the  enemy  opprtaaeth      1  Or,  crusftino 


43.5 


PSALMS 


44.2b 


Unto  God  *  my  exceeding  "  ioy ; 

And  upon  the  *  harp  will  I 
praise  thee,  O  God,  my  God. 

Why  art  thou  *■  cast  down,  O 
my  soul '( 

And  why  art  thou  disquieted 
within  mel 

Hope  thou  in  God ;  for  I  shall 
yet  praise  him, 

Who  is  the  help  of  my  coun- 
tenance, and  my  God. 

Former  Deliverances  and  Present  Troubles. 


For  the  Chief  Musician. 
Uie  sons  of  Korah. 


A  Psalm  of 
Maschil. 


44 


We    have    heard  with    our 
ears,  O  God, 
Our  ''fathers  have  told  us, 
What '  work  thou  didst  in  their 

days. 
In  the -^ days  of  old. 

2  Thou    didst    "  drive     out     the 

nations  with  thy  hand ; 
But  them  thou  didst ''  plant : 
Thou  didst  'afflict  the  peoples  : 
But  them  thou   didst  *  spread 

abroad. 

3  For  they  /gat  not  the  land  in 

possession     by     their     own 

sword. 
Neither  did  their  own  arm  save 

them  ; 
But  thy  right  hand,  and  thine 

"arm,  and  the  "light  of  thy 

countenance, 
Because  thou  wast  "favorable 

unto  them. 

4  Thou  art  ''my  King,  O  God: 
"Command     ■^deliverance     for 

Jacob. 

5  Through    thee   will  we   ""push 

down  our  adverjsaries : 
Through    thy    name    will    we 
'tread  them  under  that  rise 
up  against  us. 

6  For  I  will '  not  trust  in  my  bow, 
Neither  shall  my  swoia    save 

me. 

7  But  thou  "hast  saved  us  from 

our  adversaries, 
And  hast  "put  them  to  shame 
that  hate  us. 

8  In    God  have    we    '^made   our 

boast  all  the  daj'^  long, 
And  we  will  "  give  thanks  unto 
thy  name  for  ever.  [Selah 

9  But  now  thou  'hast  CAst  ?<."?  off, 

and  brought  us  to  "dishonor, 
And  *  goest  not  forth  with  our 
hosts. 
10  Thou  makest  us  to  'turn  back 
from  the  adversary ; 

1  Heb.  the  gladness  of  my  joy.       '  Or,  victorits 


"  Is  20.  19 
»  Ps.  3J.  2 ; 

49.  4  ;  57.  8  i 

71.  T> 

'  Ps.  4J.  n 

d  Ps.  78.  a  ; 
Ex.  12.  2«, 
27  ;  Dt.  0. 

•M:  Judg. 

0.  13 

•  Ps.  78.  12 
/  Ps.  77.  6  ; 

l)t.  32.  7  ; 

Is.  fil.  9; 

03.  9 
"  Ps.  78.  66  : 

80.  8;  Josh. 

3.  10;  Neh. 

9.  24,  &c. 
''  Ex.  15.  17; 

2  S.  7.  10 ; 

Jer.  24.  0 ; 

Am.  9.  15 

•  Pa.  136.  10- 
12 

tPs.  80.9-11; 

Zech.  2.  0 
'  Josh.  24.  12 
"  Ps.  77.  H 
"  Ps.  4.  G  ; 

89.  l.-i 
o  Ps.  106.  4  ; 

Dt.  4.  37  ; 

7.  7,  8 ;  10. 

15 
P  Ps.  74.  12 
'1  Ps.  79.  9 
•■  Ps.  Go.  12  ; 

Dt.  33.  17  ; 

Dan.  8.  4 

•  Ps.  108.  13 ; 
Zech.  10.  5 

'  Ps.  33.  l(i ; 

1  S.  17.  47  ; 

Hos  1.  7 
"  Ps.  136.  24 
"  Ps.  53.  6 
^  Ps.  34.  2 
V  Ps.  .30.  12 
'  Pc.  43.  2  ; 

60.  1,  10 ; 

74.  1  ;  89. 

.38;  108.  11 
"  Ps.  69.  19 
i-  Ps.  60.  10  ; 

108.  11 
'  Ps.  89.  43  ; 

Lev.  26. 17 ; 

Josh.  7.  8, 

12 


<<  Ps.  89.  41 
'  ver.  22 
/  Ps.  106.  27  ; 

Lev.  2«.  33 ; 

Dt.  4.  27 ; 

28.64; 
Ezek.  20. 
23 

0  Dt.  32.  30  ; 
JudK.  2. 
14;  3.  8; 
Jer.  16.  13 

A  Ps.  79.  4  ; 

89.  41 
*  Ps.  80.  6 ; 

Ezek.  23. 

32 
*Ps.  69.  11  ; 

Job  17.  6 ; 

Jer.  24.  9 
'  Ps.  1(«.  25 ; 

2  K.  19.  21 
"■  Ps.  69.  7  ; 

2  Chr.  32. 

21 
"  Ps.  74.  10 
"  Ps.  8.  2 
P  Ps.  78.  7  ; 

119.  61,  83, 

109,  141, 

163,  176 

1  Ps.  78.  67 
■■  Ps.  78.  67 
•Ps.  119.  61, 

167  ;  Job 
23.  11 

663 


And   they  that  hate  us  "*  take 
spoil  for  themselves. 

1 1  Thou  hast  made  us  like  'sheep 

appointed  for  food. 
And  hast  /'scattered  us  among 
the  nations. 

12  Thou    ^'sellest   thy   people    for 

nought. 
And    hast    not    increased    tkt/ 
^  wealth  by  their  price. 

1 3  Thou  makest  us  a  *  reproach  to 

our  neighbors, 
A  scoffing  and  a  'derision  to 
them  that  are  round  about  us. 

14  Thou    makest    us    *a   byword 

among  the  nations, 
A  'shaking  of  the  head  among 
the  peoples. 

15  All  the  day  long  is  my  dishonor 

before  me. 
And  the  ""shame  of  my  face  hath 
covered  me, 

16  For  the  voice  of  him  that"re- 

proacheth  and  blasphemeth, 
By  reason  of  the  "enemj'  and 
the  avenger. 

1 7  All  this  is  come  upon  us ;  yet 

have  we  *  not  forgotten  thee. 
Neither  have  we  « dealt  falsely 
in  thy  covenant. 

18  Our  heart  is  not  ''turned  back. 
Neither    have   our   steps    "de- 
clined from  thy  way, 

19'  That  thou  hast '  sore  broken  us 
in  the  place  of  "  jackals. 
And     covered     us    with     'the 
shadow  of  death. 

20  If  we  have  ''  forgotten  the  name 

of  our  God, 
Or  spread  forth  our  hands  to 
^*a  strange  god  ; 

2 1  Will  not  God  '  search  this  out  ? 
For  he  knoweth  the  secrets  of 

^  the  heart. 

22  Yea,  "  for  thy  sake  are  we  killed 

all  the  day  long ; 
We  are  accounted  as  *  sheep  for 
the  slaughter. 

23  "^  Awake,  why  ''sleepest  thou,  O 

Lord  f 
Arise,  "  cast  ?/.<  not  off  for  ever. 

24  Wherefore   -^hidest    thou    thy 

face. 
And  ■"  forgettest  our   affliction 
and  our  oppression  1 

25  For  our  *  soul  is  bowed  down  to 

the  dust : 
Our    body  cleaveth    unto    the 
earth. 

'  Ps.  61.  8 ;  94.  6  "  Job  30.  29 ;  Is  13.  22  ;  Jer.  9.  u 
".lobs.  6  'Ps.  78.  11  "Pb,  81.9  •  Ps.  1.39.  I,  2; 
Jer.  17.  10  "  Rom.  8.  .30  t,  Jg.  M.  7  ;  Jer.  12.  3 
<^  Ps  7.  8  d  Ps.  78.  66  •  Ps.  n.  7  /  Ps.  88.  14 ;  Job 
13.  24    "  Pa  42.  9 ;  Lam.  5.  20   *  Ps.  119.  26 


a  Or,  Though 


44.26 


PSALMS 


46.7 


26  "  Rise  up  for  our  help. 

And  '  redeem  us  for  tny  loving- 
kindness'  sake. 

A  Song  celebrating  the  lung's  Marriage. 

For  the  Chief  Musician  ;  set  to  i  Shoshan- 
nim.  A  Fsulm  of  the  sons  of  Korah. 
Maschil.    A  Song  of  loves. 

A  pf   My  heart  overfloweth  with 
T! «_/       a  goodly  matter  ; 

- 1  speak  the  things  which  I  have 

made  touching  the  king  : 
My  tongue  is  the   pen    of   ''a 
ready  writer. 

2  Thou  art  fairer  than  the  chil- 

dren of  men ; 
Grace  is  poured  ^into  thy  lips  : 
Therefore    God   hath   ''blessed 

thee  for  ever. 

3  Gird  thy  sword  upon  thy  thigh, 

O  "  mighty  one, 
Thy  glory  and  thy  majesty. 

4  And    in    thy  majesty  ride   on 

prosperously, 

*  Because  of  truth  and  •''meek- 

ness and  righteousness : 
And    ^thy    "right    hand    shall 
teach  thee  terrible  things. 

5  Thine  ''  arrows  are  sharp  ; 
The  '  peoples  fall  under  thee  ; 
They  are  *in  the  heart  of  the 

king's  enemies. 

6  ^'Thy  throne,  O  God,  is  for  ever 

and  ever : 
A  sceptre  of  '"equity  is  the  scep- 
tre of  thy  kingdom. 

7  Thou  hast  "loved  righteousness, 

and  hated  wickedness: 
Therefore  God,  thy  God,  hath 

"anointed  thee 
With  the  oil  of  gladness  above 

thy  fellows. 

8  All     thy    garments    smell    of 

^  myrrh,     and      aloes,     and 
cassia ; 
Out  of  ivory  palaces  'stringed 
instruments  have  made  thee 
glad. 

9  Kings'    daughters    are    among 

*■  thy  honorable  women  : 
At  thy  '  right  hand  doth  stand 
the  queen  in  'gold  of  Ophir 

10  Hearken,  O  daughter,  ana  con- 

sider, and  incline  thine  ear  : 
"  Forget  also  thine  own  people, 
and  thy  father's  house : 

11  So   will    the    king   desire   thy 

beauty ; 
For  he  is  thy  "lord  ;  and  "^ rev- 
erence thou  him. 

1  That  is,  Lilies. 

*  Or,  /  speak :  my  ivork  is  for  a  king 
8  Or,  upon  Or,  In  behalf  of 
5  Or,  let  thy  right  hand  teach 

*  Or,  Thy  throne  is  he  throne  of  Ood  &c. 


"  Ps.  35.  2 
b  Ps.  6.  4  ; 

25.  22 
<=  Ezr.  7.  6 
d  Ps.  21.  6 
"  Is.  9.  6 

/  Zeph.  2.  3 

"Ps.  21.  8 
h  Ps.  18.  14 ; 

120.  4  ;  Is. 

5.28;  Ps.  7.13 
'  Ps.  92.  9 
k  2  S.  18.  14 
'  Ps.  93.  2  ; 

Heb.  1.  8,  9 
"'  Ps.  98.  9 
"  Ps.  11.  7  ; 

33.  6 
"  Ps.  2.  2 
>'  S.  S.  4.  14 ; 

Jn.  19.  39 
1  Ps.  150.  4 
<-  S.  S.  6.  8 
"  1  K.  2.  19 
'  1  K.  9.  28 ; 

Is.  13.  12 
"  Dt.  21.  13  ; 

Ruth  1.  16, 

17 
"Gen.  18. 12; 

1  Pet.  3.  6 
^  Kph.  5.  33 


y  Ps.  87.  4 
'  Ps.  22.  29  ; 

68.  29 ;  72. 

10,  11 
°  Ex.  39.  2,  3 
6S.  S.  1.  4 
"^  Jud.i;.  6. 

30;  Ezek. 

16.  10 
d  ver.  9 
«  Mai.  1.  11 
/  Ps.  138.  4 
^  Ps.  14.  6  ; 

62.  7,  8 
h  Ps.  145.  18  ; 

Dt.  4.  7 
'  Ps.  9.  9 
*  Ps.  23.  4  ; 

27.  1 
'  Ps.  82.  5 

""  Ps.  18.  7 


"  Ps.  93.  3,  4  ; 
Jer.  5.  22 


"  Ps.  36.  8 ; 

65.  9  ;  Is.  8. 

6-  Rev. 

22.  1 
P  Ps.  48.  1 ; 

87.  3 ;  101. 

8  ;  Is.  60. 

14 ;  Rev.  3. 

12 
9  Ps.  43.  3 
"■  Dt.  23.  14  ; 

Is.  12.  6 ; 

Ezek.  43. 

7   9 ; 

dos'.  11.  9 ; 

Joel  2.  27  ; 

Zech.  2.  5 
'  Ps.  37.  40 ; 

Is.  41.  14 ; 

Lk.  1.  64 
«  Ps.  2.  1,  2 
'^  Ps.  18.  13 ; 

68.  33 ;  Jer. 

25. 30  ■,  Joel 

2.  11 ;  Am 

1.  2 
"  Am.  9.  5 ; 

Mic.  1.  4 ; 

Nah.  1.  6 
"  Num.  14. 

9 ;  2  Chr. 

1.3.  12 
y  Ps.  9.  9 ; 

48.  3 


1 2  And  the  daughter  of  ^  Tyre  shall 

be  there  with  a  gift ; 
The   '^rich   among   the   people 
shall  entreat  thy  favor. 

1 3  The  king's  daughter '  within  the 

palace  is  all  glorious : 
Her  clothing  is  "inwrought  with 
gold. 

14  She  shall  be  'led  unto  the  king 

^ "  in  broidered  work : 
The  "*  virgins   her  companions 

that  follow  her 
Shall  be  brought  unto  thee. 

15  With    gladness    and    rejoicing 

shall  they  be  led  : 
They  shall  enter  into  the  king's 
palace. 

1 6  Instead  of  thy  fathers  shall  be 

thy  children, 
Whom  thou  shalt  make  princes 
in  all  the  earth. 

17  1  will  make  "  thy  name  to  be  re- 

membered in  all  generations : 
Therefore     shall    the    peoples 
•^give  thee    thanks  for  ever 
and  ever. 

God  the  Refage  of  his  People. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.  A  Psalm  of  th^ 
sons  of  Korah ;  set  to  Alamoth.  A 
Song. 

Af\  Grod    is    our   "refuge    and 
Tl  \J      strength, 

A  very  *  present  help  *in  trouble. 

2  Therefore    will   we   *not   fear, 

though  '  the  earth  do  change. 
And  though  ™  the  mountains  be 
shaken  into  the  heart  of  the 
seas  ; 

3  Though    the    "waters    thereof 

roar  and  be  troubled. 
Though  the  mountains  tremble 
with  the  *  swelling  thereof. 

[Selah 

4  There  is  a  "river,  the  streams 

whereof  make  glad  the  p  city 
of  God, 
The  holy  place  of  the  » taberna- 
cles of  the  Most  High. 

5  God  is  ''in  the  midst  of  her; 

she  shall  not  be  moved : 
God  will  'help  her,  *and  that 
right  early. 

6  The  nations  'raged,  the  king- 

doms were  moved : 
He  "  uttered  his  voice,  the  earth 
"  melted. 

7  Jehovah  of  hosts  *is  with  us  ; 
The    God    of    Jacob    is    "our 

^°  refuge.  [Selal' 

7  Or,  in  the  inner  part  of  the  palace 

8  Or,  pride 

9  Heb.  at  the  davr).  of  morning. 
10  Or,  high  tower 


664 


46.8 

8  Come,    "behold    the   works  of 

Jehovah, 
^What    "desolations    he    hath 
made  in  the  earth. 

9  He  '■  niaketh  wars  to  cease  unto 

the  end  of  the  earth  ; 
He  "  breaketh  the  bow,  and  cut- 

teth  the  spear  in  sunder ; 
He  *■  burnetii  the  chariots  in  the 

fire. 

10  -Be  still,  and  •'know  that  I  am 

God  : 
I  will  be  ^exalted  among  the 
nations,  I  will  be  exalted  in 
the  earth. 

1 1  Jehovah  of  hosts  is  with  us  ; 
The  God  of  Jacob  is  our  ^  refuge. 

[Selah 

fiod  the  King  of  the  Earth. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psalm  of  the 
sons  of  Korah. 

^'T  Oh  *clap  your  hands,  all  ye 
^t  I        peoples ; 

Shout  unto  God  with  the  voice 
of  '  triumph. 

2  For    ^Jehovah    Most    High    is 

*  terrible; 

He  is  a  'great  King  over  all  the 
earth. 

3  He    "'  subdueth  peoples  under 

us, 
And  nations  under  our  feet. 

4  He    chooseth   our  "inheritance 

for  us. 
The  "glory  of  Jacob  whom  he 

*  loved.  [Selah 

5  God  is  ^gone  up  with  a  shout, 
Jehovah  with  the  *  sound  of  a 

trumpet. 

6  ""Sing    praises     to    God,    sing 

praises : 
Sing  praises  unto  'our    King, 
sing  praises. 

7  For  God  is  the  '  King  of  all  the 

earth  : 
Sing   ye  praises  *"with  under- 
standing. 

8  God  '■  reigneth    over    the    na- 

tions: 
God    sitteth    upon    ■'his    holy 
tiirone. 

9  The  "princes  of  the  peoples  are 

gatriered  together 
''To  be  the  -people  of  the  God 

of  Abraham; 
For  the  "shields  of  the  earth 

belong  unto  God  : 
He  is  *  greatly  exalted. 

1  Or.  Who  hath  made  desolation  d-c. 
^Ot.  Lethe  ^  Or,  high  t'wer 

*  Or,  Jehovah  is  most  hiyh  and  terrible 

*  Or,  loveth 

«  Or,  in  a  skilful  psalm    Heb.  Maschil. 
1  Or,  Unto  the  people 


PSALMS 


"  Pe.  66.  6 
*  Is.  01.  4; 

Jer.  fil.  43 
"  Is.  2.  4  ; 

Mic.  4.  3 
>'  Ps.  7(5.  :) ; 
^  I  S.  2.  4 

Ezek.  a'i).  9 
/  Ps.  100.  3 
"Is.  2.  11,17 
''  Ps.  i)s.  a 

'  Ps.  lOti.  47 

*•■  Ps.  GO.  .3,  .1 ; 

OS.  .-io ;  Dt. 

7.  21  ;  Neh. 

1.  fi 

'  Mai.  1.  14 
'"  Ps.  18.  47 
"  1  Pet.  1.  4 
"  Am.  0.  8 ; 

8.  7 ;  Nah. 

2.  2 

P  Ps.  68.  18, 

«  Ps.  98.  6 
''  Ps.  08.  4 
'  Ps.  89.  18 
<  Zech.  14.  9 
"  1  Cor.  14.  Ifl 
"  Ps.  22.  28  ; 
1  Chr.  10. 

31 
'  Ps.  97.  2 
y  Ps.  72.  11 ; 

102.  22;  Is. 

49.  7,  23 
'  Rom.  4. 

11,  12 
"  Ps.  89.  18 
l>  Pe.  97.  9 


'  Ps.  96.  4  ; 

14.5.  3; 

1  Chr.  16. 

2o 
d  Ps.  46.  4 
'  Ps.  2.  6 ;  87. 

1 ;  Is.  2.  3  ; 

Mic.  4.  1 ; 

Zech.  8.  3 
/  Ps.  50.  2 
"  Lam.  2.  lu 
''  Mt.  r,.  35 

'  Ps.  40.  7 

*  2  S.  10.  6-19 
'  Ex.  16.  16 

'"  Is.  13.  8 
"  Jer.  18.  17 
"  1  K.  22.  4» 
P  1  K.  10.  22 ; 

Ezek.  27. 26 
«  Ps.  87.  5 
"■  Ps.  26.  3  ; 

40.  10 

•  Dt.  28.  58  ; 
.Josh.  7.  0 ; 
Mai.  1.  11 

'  Ps.  0.'..  1,  2  ; 

100.  1 
"  Is.  41.  10 
"  Ps.  97.  8 
■'  Neh.  3.  1, 

II,  25-27 
"  Ps.  122.  7 
^  1*8.  78.  5-7 


"  Ps.  23.  4  ; 
Is.  68.  11 


<-  Ps.  78.  1  ; 

Is.  1.  2; 

Mic.  1.  2 
'  Ps.  33.  8 


49.1 

The  Beauty  and  Glory  ofZion. 
A  Song ;  a  Psalm  of  the  sous  of  Korah. 

^O  '■Great     is     Jehovah,    and 
T:  O      greatly  to  be  praised. 
In  the  "city  of  our  God,  in  his 
"^holy  mountain. 
2  ■'Beautiful    in    elevation,    •'the 
joy  of  the  whole  earth. 
Is  mount  Zion,  on  the  sides  of 
the  north, 

o  'KH  '^'^Y  "^  t^^  F^at  King, 
o  God  hath  made  himself  known 
in  her  palaces  for  a  ^  'refuge. 

4  tor    lo,   the  *kings  assembled 

themselves. 
They  ^  passed  by  together. 

5  They  saw  it,   then  were    they 

amazed ; 
They    were     'dismayed,     they 
"hasted  away. 

6  Trembling  took   hold  of  thenj 

there, 

H,  ^^}J}\^^P^  '"^  woman  in  travail. 

7  '"With  the  "east  wind 

Thou  "breakest   the  ^.ships   of 
Tarshish. 

8  As  we  have  heard,  so  have  we 

seen 
In  the  city  of  Jehovah  of  hosts, 

in  the  city  of  our  God  : 
God     will     «establish     it     for 
.   „,ever.  [Selah 

9  We  have  thought  on  'thy  lov- 

ingkindness.  O  God, 
In  the  midst  of  thy  temple. 

10  As  is  thy  "name,  O  God, 

So  is  thy  'praise  unto  the  ends 

of  the  earth  : 
Thy    "right    hand    is    full   of 

righteousness. 

11  Let  mount  "Zion  be  glad. 

Let    the  "daughters  of  Judah 

rejoice. 
Because  of  thy  judgments. 

12  Walk  about  Zion,  and  go  round 

about  her; 
Number  the  ^towers  thereof ; 

13  Mark  ye  well  her  "bulwarks  ; 
"  Consider  her  palaces  : 

That  ye  may  -tell  it  to  the  gen- 
eration following. 

14  For  this  God  is  our  God  for  ever 

and  ever : 
He  will  be  our  "guide  even  unto 
death. 

The  Folly  of  trusting  in  Rirhes. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psalm  of  the 

sons  of  Korah. 

*  Hear  this,  all  ye  peoples  ; 
Give  ear,  all  ye  "iiihabitants 
of  the  world, 

e  Or,  passed  avay  9  Or,  mere  stricken  with  terror 

.".  9J-  i^s  ""'*  ^^  «<w'  «■'«<'  t^t  breaketh 
1*  Or,  Traverse 


49 


565 


49.  2 


PSALMS 


50.10 


2  Both  "  low  and  high, 
Rich  and  poor  together. 

3  My  mouth  shall  *  speak  wisdom ; 
And  the  meditation  of  my  heart 

shall  be  of  "  understanding. 

4  I  will  incline   mine  ear  to  ''a 

parable  : 
I  will  open  my  Mark    saying 
upon  tne  harp. 

5  Wherefore  should  I-^fearinthe 

days  of  evil, 
When    iniquity    at    my   heels 
compasseth  me  about  X 

6  They     that     » trust     in     their 

wealth, 
And    boast   themselves   in  the 
multitude  of  their  riches ; 

7  None  of  them  can  by  any  means 

*  redeem  his  brother. 
Nor  give  to  God  a  '  ransom  for 
him 

8  (For  the  redemption  of  their  life 

is  costly. 
And  it  faileth  for  ever), 

9  That  he  should  *  still  live  alway. 
That  he  should  not '  see  "corrup- 
tion. 

1 0  For  *  he  shall  see  it.     *"  Wise  men 

die ; 
The  "fool  and  the  brutish  alike 

perish. 
And    "leave    their    wealth    to 

others. 

11  Their  ^inward  thought  is,  that 

their    houses  ''shall  contiyiue 

for  ever, 
And  their  dwelling-places  to  all 

generations ; 
They  ''call    their    lands    after 

their  own  names. 

12  But  *man  being  in  honor  abid- 

eth  not : 
He  is  like  the  beasts  that  perish. 

1 3  This  *  their  way  is  "  their  '  folly  : 
Yet  after  them  men  "approve 

their  sayings._  [Selaii 

14  They  are  appointed  as  a  flock 

"  for  Sheol ; 
Death  shall  be  their  shepherd  : 
And  the  "^  upright    shall_  have 

dominion  over  them  in  the 

morning ; 
And  their  "^beauty  shall  be  for 

y  Sheol  to  consume, 
That   there    be    no    habitation 

for  it. 

15  But  God  will  ^redeem  my  soul 

from  the  "^  power  of  Sheol ; 
For  "  he  will  receive  me.     [Selah 

1  Or,  the  iniquity  of  them  that  vmuld  /'upp'ant 
me  eompafxeth  vie  about,  Eren  of  them  that  trust 
.  .  .  riches  f  ^  Or,  the  pit 

3  Or,  he  seeth  that  wise  men  &e. 

■*  Or,  is  the  way  of  them  that  are  foolish 

5  Or,  their  conjidence :  and  after  &c. 

•  Or,  form  '  Heb.  hand. 


"  Ps.  62.  9 

»  Ps.  37.  30 
■'Ps.  119.  130 
d  Ps.  7S.  2 
'  Num.  12.  8 
/  Ps.  23.  4  ; 

27.  1 
s  Ps.  52.  7  ; 

Job  31.  24; 

Prov.  11. 

2» ;  Mk. 

10.  24 
A  Mt.  2ft.  8,  9 
'  Jot)  36.  IS, 

19 
*  Ps.  22.  29 
'  Ps.  l(i.  10  ; 

89.  48 
'"  Eccl.  2.  16 
"  Ps.  92.  6 ; 

94.  8 
"  Ps.  39.  6  ; 

Eccl.  2.  18, 

21 ;  Lk.  12. 

20 
''  Ps.  64.  6 
9  Ps.  10.  6 
'■  Dt.  3.  14 
'  ver.  20 
<  Jer.  17.  U 
"  ver.  18 
"  Ps.  9.  17 
"  Dan.  7.  18 ; 

Mai.  4.  3 ; 

1  Cor.  6.  2 ; 

Rev.  2.  26 
y  Job  24.  19 
'  Ps.  Ifi.  U) ; 

66.  13; 

Hos.  13.  14 
"  Ps.  16.  11  ; 

73.  24  ; 

Gen.  6.  24 


*>  Ps.  37.  7 
"  Ps.  17.  14  ; 

1  Tim.  6.  7 
<<  Ps.  10.  3,  6 ; 

I)t.  29.  19; 

Lk.  12.  19 
«  Gen.  15.  15 
/  Ps.  50.  13 ; 

Job  33.  30 
"  ver.  12 
A  Josh.  22.  22 
'Ps.  113.  3 
fc  Ps.  48.  2  ; 

Lam.  2.  15 
'  Ps.  80.  1  ; 

94.  1 ;  Dt. 

33.  2 
™  Ps.  96.  13 
"  Ps.  97.  3  ; 

Lev.  10.  2  ; 

Num.  16. 

35 ;  Dan. 

7.  10 
"  Ps.  18.  12, 

13 
P  Dt.  4.  26 ; 

31.  28  ;  32. 

1  ;  Is.  1.  2 
9  Ps.  30.  4  ; 

37.  28 ;  62. 
9,  &C. 
>■  Ps.  25.  10  ; 
Ex.  24.  7  ; 

2  Chr.  6.  11 
'  ver.  8 

«  Ps.  89.  6 ; 

07.  6 
"  Ps.  96.  13 
"  Ps.  49.  1 ; 

81.  8 
^Ps.  48.  14; 

Ex.  20.  2 
y  Ps.  40.  6  ; 

51.  16 ;  Is. 

1.  11;  Ho3. 

6.  6 
'  Ps.  69.  31 
"  Pa.  104.  24 


663 


16  Be  not  thou  afraid  *when  one  is 

made  rich, 
When  the  *  glory  of  his  house  is 
increased : 

17  For   when    he   dieth    he    shall 

"  carry  nothing  away  ; 
His    glory    shall    not    descend 
after  him. 

18  Though    while     he     lived     he 

''  blessed  his  soul 
(And    men    praise   thee,   when 
thou  doest  well  to  thyself), 

19  "He  shall  "go  to  the  generation 

of  his  fathers ; 
^^  They  shall  never  see  ■''the  light. 

20  "Man  that  is  in  honor,  and  un- 

derstandeth  not. 
Is  like  the  beasts  that  perish. 

<iod  the  Jad^e  of  the  Righteons  and  the  Wicked. 

A  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

Kr\  "The  Mighty  One,  God,  Je- 
0\_/      hovah,  hath  spoken. 

And  called  the  earth  '  from  the 

rising  of  the    sun  unto  the 

going  down  thereof. 

2  Out  of  Zion,  *  the  perfection  of 

beauty, 
God  hath  '■  shined  forth. 

3  Our  God  "'cometh,  and  doth  not 

keep  silence : 
A  "  fire  devoureth  before  him, 
And    it    is   very  "tempestuous 

round  about  him. 

4  He    ^calleth    to    the    heavens 

above. 
And  to  the  earth,  that  he  may 
judge  his  people  : 

5  Gather     my    "saints    together 

unto  me. 
Those  that  have  made  a*" cove- 
nant with  me  by  *  sacrifice. 

6  And  the  *  heavens  "shall  declare 

his  righteousness ; 
For  "  God  is  judge  himself. 

[Selah 

7  "  Hear,  O  my  people,  and  I  will 

speak ; 

0  Israel,   and    I    will    testify 
^■■^unto  thee: 

1  am  God,  even  ^thy  God. 

8  I  will  ^  not  reprove  thee  for  thy 

sacrifices ; 
^^And  thy  burnt-offerings    are 
continually  before  me. 

9  I  will  take  no  ^bullock  out  of 

thy  house. 
Nor  he-goats  out  of  thy  folds. 
10  For  "  every  beast  of  the  forest  is 
mine, 

8  Or,  wealth 

9  Heb.  Thou  shalt  no.  or,  It  shall  go. 

10  Or,  Who  nevrr  move  see 

11  Or,  d.pfhire  12  Or,  against 

13  Or,  Nor  for  thy  burnt-offerings,  which  ait 
&c. 


50.11 


PSALMS 


51.13 


And  the  cattle  ^  upon  a  thou- 
sand liill.s. 

11  I   know  all   the  "birds  of    the 

mountains; 
And  the  wild  beasts  of  the  field 
are  -  mine. 

12  If  I  were  hungry.  I  would  not 

^  tell  thee  ; 

For  the  *■  world  is  mine,  and  the 
fulness  thereof. 

13  Will  I  eat  the  Hesh  of  'bulls 
Or  di-ink  the  blood  of  gcjatsf 

14  Olier  unto  God  ''the  sacrifice  of 

thanksgiving ; 
And   'pay  thy  vows  unto  the 
MostHigli; 

15  And  •'call  upon  me  in  the  day 

of  trouble : 
I  will  ^deliver  thee,  and  thou 
shalt  *  glorify  me. 

16  But  unto  the  wicked  God  saith, 
What  hast  thou  to  do  to  de- 
clare my  statutes, 

And  that  thou  hast  taken  '  my 
covenant  in  thj^  mouth, 

17  Seeing  that  thou  *hatest  ^in- 

struction, 
And  '  castest  my  Avords  behind 
thee? 

18  When  thou  sawest  a  thief,  thou 

'"  consentedst  with  him, 
And  ■•  hast  been  "  partaker  with 
adulterers. 

19  Thou  "givest  thy  mouth  to  evil. 
And   thy  ^tongue  frameth  de- 
ceit. 

20  Thou     sittest     and     ''speakest 

against  thy  brother; 
Thou    'slanderest    thine    own 
mother's  son. 

21  These  things  hast  thou  done, 

and  ""I  kept  silence; 

Thou  thoughtest  that  I  was 
altogether  such  a  one  as  thy- 
self: 

But  I  will  'reprove  thee,  and 
set  tliem  in  order  before  thine 
eyes. 

22  Now    consider    this,    ye    that 

'forget  God, 
Lest  I  "  tear  j-ou  in  pieces,  and 
there  be  none  to  deliver: 

23  W^hoso  ■■  offereth  the  sacrifice  of 

thjinksgiving  glorifieth  me  ; 
And  **to  him  that  'ordereth  his 

way  ariqht 
Will  I  "  show  the  salvation  of 

God. 


1  Or,  wpor)    the  mmmiains   where   thnusands 
art  *  Ot.  in  my  mind    Heb.  icith  me. 

3  Or,  correction 

*  Heb.  thy  portion  was  vith  adulterers. 
'  Or,  givisf  a  thrust  aminsl 

•  Or,  prepareth  a  wav  that  I  may  show  him 


"  Mt.  6.  26 

i>  Pb.  24.  1 : 

Ex.  18.  r, ; 

Dt.  10.  14 
'  ver.  9 
d  Pb.  27.  0  ; 

08.  30  ;  107. 

22;  no.  17; 

JIos.  14.  2; 

Koni.  12.  1  ; 

Heb.  13.  If. 
e  pg   .>.>   .>'j  . 

M.  12;  01. 

8 ;  G.-..  1  ; 

70.  11  ; 

Num.  30. 

2 ;  Dt.  23. 

21 
/Pe.  91.  16; 

107.  0,  13 ; 

/Cech.  13.  9 
"  Ps.  81.  7 
'•  Ps.  22.  23 

•  Is.  29.  13 

*  Prov.  fy  12; 
12.  1 ;  Rom. 
2.  21 ,  22 

'1  K.  14,  9; 
Nell.  9.  2<i 
'"  Rom.  1.  ,32 
"  I  Tim.  5.  22 
"  Ps.  10.  7 
''  Ps.  30.  3 ; 

'  Job  19.  18 ; 

Mt.  10.  21 
'Eccl.  8.  11; 

Is.  42.  14 ; 

fi7.  U 
'  Ps.  90.  8 
'Jobs.  13; 

Ps.  9.  17 
"  Ps.  7.  2 
"  ver.  14 
•^  Ps.  hi,.  13 
i'  Ps.  91.  10 


-•  2  S.  12.  1 

"  Ps.  4.  1 ; 

109.  26 

*  Ps.  69.  16  ; 
106.  41, 

'  ver.  9 ; 
Is.  43.  25 ; 

44.  22  ; 

Acts  3.  19  ; 

Col.  2.  14 
<*  ver.  7  ;  Is. 

1.  16  ;  4.  4  ; 

Jer.  4.  14 ; 

Acts  22. 10; 

Rev.  I.  5 
'  Jer.  33.  8  ; 

Ezek.  36. 

33 ;  Heb.  9. 

14;  1  Jn.  1. 

7,9 
/  Is.  f.9.  12 
"  Ps.  41.  4  ; 

Gen.  20.  6 ; 

39.  9  ;  2  S. 

12.  13 

*  Lk.  15.  21 
i  Rom.  3.  4 

*  Ps.  68.  3  ; 
Job  14.  4; 
16.  14  ; 
Kl)h.  2.  3 

'  Ps  16.  2 ; 

Job :«.  :!6 

"■  Prov.  2.  0  ; 

I'.ocl.  2.  20 ; 

JilS.  I.  6 

"  Ex.  12.  22  : 
Lev.  14  4  ; 
Num.  19. 
18;  Heb. 

9.  19 
"Is.  1    18 
''  Is.  3.1.  10  ; 

Joel  1.  1« 
1  Ps.  3.1.  10 
■■Jer.  16.  17 

*  Eph.  2.  10 
'  Ps.  24.  4  ; 

Mt.  6.  8 ; 
Acts  I.S.  9 

667 


A  Contrite  Sioner's  Prayer  for  Pardon. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.  A  P.sahii  of 
David ;  whi-ii  -  N;itii:iii  the  propliet 
came  unto  him,  after  he  had  gone  in 
to  Bath-sheha. 

5^    "Have  mercy  upon   me,   O 
X      God,     according     to     thy 

loviiigkindiie.ss  : 
According  to  the ''multitude  of 
thy  tender  mercies  "  blot  out 
my  transgressions. 

2  "Wash    me    thoroughly     from 

mine  iniquity. 
And  "^  cleanse  me  from  my  sin. 

3  For    I    •'know    my    transgres- 

sions ; 
And  my  sin  is  ever  before  me. 
•i  «' Against  thee,  thee  only,  have 

I  sinned. 
And  done  that  which  is  *  evil  in 

thy  sight ; 
That  '  thou  mayest  be  justified 

when  thou  speakest. 
And  be  clear  when  thou  judg- 

est. 
5  Behold,  I  was  *  brought  forth 

in  iniquity ; 
And  in  .sin  aid  my  mother  con- 


'  truth 


ceive  me. 

6  Behold,  thou  de.sirest 

the  inward  parts  ; 
And  in  the   hidden  part  thou 
wilt    '"  make    me    to    know 
wisdom. 

7  Purify  me  "  with  hyssop,  and  I 

shall  be  clean  : 
Wash  me,  and  I  shall  be  "whiter 
than  snow. 

8  ^lake  me  to  hear  ^  joy  and  glad- 

ness. 
That    the  "bones   which    thou 
hast  broken  may  rejoice. 

9  "■  Hide  thy  face  from  my  sins. 
And  blotout  all  mine  iniquities. 

10  'Create  "in  me  a  'clean  heart, 

O  God  ; 
And    renew    a    * "  right    spirit 
within  me. 

1 1  '  Cast  me  not  away  from  thy 

presence ; 
And  take  not  thy  'holy  Spirit 
from  me. 

12  Restore  unto    me  the  "joy  of 

thy  salvation  : 
And  uphold  me  with  a  •  willing 
spirit. 

13  Then  will  I  "teach  transgress- 

ors thy  ways  ; 
And    sinners    shall    "be   *  con- 
verted unto  thee. 

"  Ps.  78.  37  "2  K.  13.  23  ;  24.  20  ;  Jer.  7.  16  '  Is. 
(i-t.  10,  II  V  Pa.  1.3.  5  '  Ps.  110.  3  "  Acts  e.  21,  2J 
*■  Ps.  22.  27  ;  Jas.  6.  20 


Ot,  forme       '  Or,  sted/ast       *  Or,  return 


51.  14 

14  Deliver  me  from  "bloodguilti- 

ness,  O  God,   thou  *God  of 
my  salvation  ; 
And    my    "tongue    shall    sing 
aloud  of  thy  righteousness. 

15  O  Lord,  ''open  thou  my  lips  ; 
And    my   mouth    shall    "show 

forth  thy  praise. 

16  For    thou   -^delightest    not    in 

sacrifice ;  ^  else  would  I  give 
it: 
Thou  hast  no  pleasure  in  burnt- 
offering. 

17  The    sacrifices    of    God    are   a 

'■>  broken  spirit : 
A  broken  and  a  contrite  heart, 
O    God,   thou  wilt    not   de- 
spise. 

1 8  *  Do  good  in  thy  good  pleasure 

unto  Zion  : 
'  Build  thou  the  walls  of  Jeru- 
salem. 

19  Then  wilt  thou  delight  in  the 

*  sacrifices  of  righteousness, 
In    '  burnt-ofifering   and  whole 

burnt-offering  : 
Then  will  they  offer    bullocks 

upon  thine  altar. 

Futility  of  Boastful  Wickedness. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.  Maschil  of 
David ;  »» when  Doeg  the  Edomite 
came  and  told  Saul,  and  said  unto 
him,  David  is  come  to  the  house  of 
Ahimelech. 

pT  O  Why  "  boastest  thou  thyself 
iJ^      in    mischief,    O     mighty 
man  1 
The    "  lovingkindness    of    God 
endureth  continually. 

2  Thy     tongue    deviseth    ^very 

wickedness. 
Like  a  *  sharp  razor,  '"working 
deceitfully. 

3  Thou    'lovest    evil    more   than 

good. 
And    '  lying    rather    than     to 
speak  righteousness.       [Selah 

4  Thou  lovest  all  devouring  words, 
^  O  thou  "  deceitful  tongue. 

5  God  will  likewise  ^  destroy  thee 

for  ever ; 
He    will    take    thee    up,    and 

"  pluck  thee  out  of  thy  tent. 
And  -^  root  thee  out  of  the  *  land 

of  the  living.  [Selah 

6  The  righteous  also  shall '  see  it, 

and  fear, 
And  shall  "laugh  at  him,  saying, 

7  Lo,  this  is  the  man  that  made 

not  God  his  ■*  strength, 

1  Or,  that  I  should  give  it 

2  Or,  And  the  deceitful  tongue 

3  Or,  break  thee  down 
*  Or,  stronghold 


PSALMS 

"Ps. 

26.  9; 

2S 

12.9 

bPs. 

25.6 

«Ps. 

35.28; 

71. 

16 

rfEx 

4.  15 

<^Ps. 

9.  14 

/Ps. 

40.6 

"Ps. 

34.  18 

''Ps 

69.  35  ; 

Is. 

51.  3 

'Ps. 

102.  16 ; 

147 

2 

fcPs. 

4.  5 

'Ps. 

66.  13, 

15 

"'  1  S.  22.  9 
"  Ps.  94.  4 
"  ver.  8 
''  Ps.  5.  9 
8  Ps  67.  4 ; 

59.  7 
'■  Ps.  101.  7 
'  Ps.  36.  4 
'  Ps.  58.  3 ; 

.Ter.  9.  6 
"  Ps.  120.  3 
"  Is.  22.  18, 19 
^  Prov.  2.  22 
y  Ps.  27.  13 
^  Ps.  37.  34  ; 

40.  3 
"  Job  22.  19 


b  Ps.  49.  6 
"  Ps.  10.  6 
ri  Ps.  92.  12  ; 

128.  3 ;  Jer. 

11.  16 
'  Ps.  13.  5 
/  Ps.  30.  12 
."  Ps.  54.  6 
h  Ps.  88.  title 
'  ver.  1-6 : 

Pa.  14.  1-7 


*  Lev.  26.  17, 

36;  Prov. 

28.  1 
'  Ps.  141.  7  ; 

Jer.  8.  1, 2  ; 

Ezek.  6.  6 
^  Fs.  44.  7 
"  2  K.  17.  20  ; 

Jer.  6.  30 ; 

Lam.  5.  22 


"  1  S.  23.  19 

P  Ps.  20.  1 
9  2  Chr.  20.  6 
568 


54.1 

But  *  trusted  in  the  abundance 

of  his  riches. 
And  "strengthened  himself  in 
his  wickedness. 

8  But  as  for   me,   I    am    like   a 

''green  olive-tree  in  the  house 
of  God  : 
I  "trust  in  the  lovingkindness 
of  God  for  ever  and  ever. 

9  I    will  •'^give    thee    thanks   for 

ever,  because  thou  hast  done 
it; 
And  I  will  hope  in  thy  name, 
•''for  it  is  good,  in  the  pres- 
ence of  thy  saints. 

The  Folly  and  Wickedness  of  Men. 

For  the  Chief  Musician ;  set  to  ''Mahalath. 
Maschil  of  David. 

^  O  '  The  fool  hath  said  in  his 
fJ  O      heart.  There  is  no  God. 

Corrupt  are  they,  and  have 
done  abominable  iniquity  ; 

There  is  none  that  doeth  good. 

2  God  looked  down  from  heaven 

upon  the  children  of  men. 
To  see  if  there  were  any  that 

did  ®  understand. 
That  did  seek  after  God. 

3  Every   one    of    them    is    gone 

back  ;  they  are  together  be- 
come filthy  ; 
There  is  none  that  doeth  good, 
no,  not  one. 

4  Have  the  workers  of  iniquity 

no  knowledge. 
Who  eat  up  my  people  as  they 

eat  bread. 
And  call  not  upon  Godl 

5  There  were  they  in  great  fear, 

*  where  no  fear  was  ; 
For  God  hath   'scattered   the 

bones  of  him  that  encampeth 

against  thee  : 
Thou  hast  '"put  them  to  shame, 

because  "God  hath  rejected 

them. 

6  Oh  that  the  salvation  of  Israel 

were  come  out  of  Zion  ! 
When  God  ''bringeth  back  the 

captivity  of  his  people. 
Then  shall  Jacob  rejoice,   and 

Israel  shall  be  glad. 

Prayer  for  Defence  against  Enemies. 

For  the  Chief  Musician;  on  stringed 
instruments.  Maschil  of  David ; 
» when  the  Ziphites  came  and  said  to 
Saul,  Doth  not  David  hide  himself 
with  us  ? 

Save  me,  O  God,  by  ^  thy 
name. 
And  judge  me  in  *  thy  might. 

5  Or,  deal  vnselv  «  Or.  retm-neth  to 


54 


54.2 


PSALMS 


55.20 


2  "  Hear  my  prayer,  O  God  ; 
*Give  ear  to  the  words  of  my 

mouth. 

3  For    strangers   are    '  risen    up 

against  me, 
And  ''violent  men  have  'sought 

after  my  soul : 
They  have  •'not  set  God  before 

them.  [Solah 

4  Behold,  'God  is  my  helper  : 
The  Lord  is  '  of  them  that ''  up- 
hold my  soul. 

5  -He  will  'requite  the  evil  unto 

^mine  enemies : 
*  Destroy  thou   them   'in   thy 
truth. 

6  With  a  '"  free  will -offering  will  I 

sacrifice  unto  thee  : 
I  will  give  "  thanks  unto  thy 
name,  O  Jehovah,  for  it  is 
good. 

7  For  he  hath  "  delivered  me  out 

of  all  trouble  : 
Arid  mine  eye  hath  ^seen  mi/ 
desire  upon  mine  enemies. 

Prayer  for  the  Destruftion  of  the  Trearherons. 
For  the  Chief  Musician  ;  on  stringed 


nge 
id. 


instruments.    Maschil  of  Davi 

ST  PC  'Give  ear  to  my  prayer,  O 
O  O      God ; 

And  '■  hide  not  thyself  from  my 
supplication. 

2  'Attend  unto  me,  and  answer 

me  : 
I  am  restless  in  my  '  complaint, 
and  "moan, 

3  Because   of   the   voice   of   the 

enemy. 
Because  of  the  "oppression  of 

the  wicked  ; 
For  they  'cast  iniquity  upon 

me. 
And  in  anger  they  "persecute 

me. 

4  My  '  heart  is  sore  pained  within 

me : 
And  the  terrors  of  "  death  are 
fallen  upon  me. 

5  Fearf  ulness  and  *  trembling  are 

come  upon  me. 

And  '  horror  hath  overwhelmed 
me. 
€  And  I  said,  Oh  that  I  had  wings 
like  a  dove  ! 

Then  would  I  fly  away,  and  ''be 
at  rest. 
7  Lo,  then  would  I  wander  far 
off, 

I  would  "lodge  in  the  wilder- 
ness. [Selah 


1  Or,  with 

■2  Another  reading  is.  The  evil  shall  return. 

•  Or,  them  that  lie  in  wait/or  m€ 


"  Ps.  17.  0 ; 

&-..  1 
(>  Ps,  6.  1 
'^  Ps.  HO.  14 
rf  P.s.  18.  48  ; 

80.  14  ;  140. 

1,  4,  11 

•  1  S.  20.  1  ; 
25.  a* ;  Ps. 
40.  14  ;  63. 
0  ;  70.  2 

/  Ps.  30.  1 

V  Pa.  :«).  10  ; 
37.  40 ; 
118.  7 

A  Ps.  37.  17, 

24;  41.  12; 

61.    12;  146. 

14  ;  Is.  41. 

10 
"  Ps.  94.  23 
«:  Ps.  143.  12 
'  Ps.  X9.  49  ; 

90.  13;  Is. 

42.  3 
'"  Num.  Ifi.  3  ; 

Ps.  110.  17 
"  Pb.  60.  14 
°  Pa.  34.  6 
"  Ps.  69.  10  ; 

92.  11  ;  112. 

8;  118.  7 
1  Ps.  64.  2  ; 

r.l.  1  ;  80.  0 
■■  Ps.  27.  9 

•  Ps  60.  19  ; 
80.  0,7 

'  Ps.  M.  1 ; 

77.  3 ;  142. 

2;  IS.  1. 

10  ;  Job  9. 

27 
"  Is.  38.  14  ; 

59.  11; 

Ezek.  7. 10 
"  Ps.  17.  9 
^  2  S.  10.  7,  8 

V  Ps.  71.  11 ; 
H3.  3 

-  Ps.  38.  8 
°  Ps.  18.  4,  6  ; 

116.  3 
l>  Ps.  119.  120 
"  Job  21.  6 ; 

Is.  21.  4; 

Ezek.  7.  18 
d  Job  3.  13 
'  1  S.  23.  14 


/Is.  4.  0;  26. 

4;  29.  0 
"  Oen.  11.  9 
APs.  11.  6; 

Jar.  6.  7 
>  Ps.  6.  9 
fc  Pa.  10.  7 ; 

17.  9 
'  Ps.  35.  26 
"'  Ps.  41.  9; 

Job  19.  14 
"  Ps.  42.  4 
"  Ps.  64.  7  ; 

Prov.  0. 16 ; 

Is  47.  11 ; 

1  Th.  6.  3 
P  Num.  16. 

.io,  33 
1  Ps  67.  2,  3 
"■Ps.  141.  2; 

Dan.  6.  10; 

AcU  3.  I ; 

10.  3,  30 
'  Ps.  6.  3 ;  88. 

13  ;  92.  2 
(   \ct8  10.  9 
"  Ps   1113.  4 
"  Ps.  60   2 
'  Ps.  78.  .^9 

V  Ps  90  2  ; 

93.  2 ;  Dt. 

33   27 
'  Job  10.  17 
■»  Ps.  30.  1 
b  Ps.  7.  4  ; 

120.  7 
"  Ps.  K9.  34  ; 

Num.  30.2 

66l> 


8  T  would  *haste  me  to  a  shelter 
From    the  •'stormy    wind    and 

tempest. 

9  ''Destroy,  O  Lord,  and  "divide 

their  tongue  ; 
For  I  have  seen  ''violence  and 
strife  in  the  citv. 

10  Day  and  night  tney  go  about 

it  upon  tiie  walls  thereof : 
Iniquity  also  and  mi,schief  are 
in  the  midst  of  it. 

11  'Wickedness    is    in    the  midst 

thereof : 
•^  *  Oppression  and  guile  depart 
not  from  its  streets. 

12  For  it  was  not  an  enemy  that 

reproached  me ; 
Then  1  could  have  borne  it : 
Neither  was  it  he  that  hated 
me  that  did  'magnify  him- 
self against  me ; 
Then  1  would  have  hid  myself 
from  him  : 

13  But  it  was  thou,  a  man  mine 

equal. 
My  companion,  and  my  "'famil- 
iar friend. 

14  We   took    sweet    counsel     to- 

gether : 
We   "walked   in  the  house  of 
God  with  the  throng. 

15  "Let    death    come    "suddenly 

upon  them. 
Let  them  *go  down  alive  into 

ISheol ; 
For    wickedness    is    in    their 

dwelling,  in  ''the   midst   of 

them. 

16  As  for  me,  I  will   'call   upon 

God; 
And  Jehovah  will  save  me. 

17  'Evening,  and  'morning,  and 

at '  noonday,  will  I  complain, 
and  moan ; 
And  he  will  hear  mv  voice. 

18  He  hath  "redeemed  my  soul  in 

peace  "from  the  battle  that 
was  against  me ; 
For     they    "were     'many    that 
strove  with  me. 

19  God   will  'hear,  and  '"answer 

them, 
Even  he  that  "abideth  of  old, 

[Selah 
The  men  who  have  no  '  changes. 
And  who  "  fear  not  God. 

20  He  hath  put  forth  his  hands 

against    ''such    as    were     at 
peace  with  him  : 
He    hath    'profaned   his   cove- 
nant. 

*  Or,  haften  mv  escape 

s  Heb.  Sirallnw  up.  «  Or,  Fraud 

'  Or,  as  othenvise  read,  Desolritions  be  upon 
them!  >  Or,  th^ir  ivward  part 

*  Or,  so  that  noiie  came  nigh  me      ^^  Or,  a^ici 


55.21 


PSALMS 


57.7 


21  His   mouth    was    "smooth    as 

butter. 
But  his  heart  was  war  : 
His   words   were  "softer  than 

oil, 
Yet  were  they  drawn  *  swords. 

22  "Cast  Hhy  burden  upon  Jeho- 

vah,   and     he    will    sustain 
thee : 
He  will  never  suffer  the  right- 
eous to  ^  be  moved. 

23  But  thou,  O   God,   wilt  bring 

them  down  into  the  *pit  of 

destruction : 
•^Bloodthirsty      and      deceitful 

men  shall  ^not  live  out  half 

their  days ; 
But  I  will "  trust  in  thee. 

Snppiication  for  Deliverance,  and  Grateful  Trust  in 

God. 

For  the  Chief  Musician  :  set  to  ^Jonath 
elera  rehokira.  A  Psalm  of  David. 
Michtam ;  when  the  'Philistines  took 
him  in  Gath. 


unto 


me,    O 
would 


pT/Z*  Be    merciful 

^  \J      God ;     for     man 

*  swallow  me  up  : 
All  the  day    long  he  fighting 
'oppresseth  me. 

2  ^Mine  enemies  would  "'swallow 

me  up  all  the  day  long  ; 
For  they  are  many  that  "  fight 
proudly  against  me. 

3  What  time  I  am  "afraid, 

I  will  ^put  my  trust  in  thee. 

4  'In  God  (I  will  praise  his  word). 
In  God  have  I  put  my  trust,  I 

will  not  be  afraid  ; 
*■  What  can  flesh  do  unto  me  1 

5  All  the  day  long  they  'wrest 

my  words : 
All  their  'thoughts  are  against 
me  for  evil. 

6  They    "  gather   themselves    to- 

gether, they  hide  themselves, 
They  "  mark  my  steps, 
*  Even  as  they  have  -^  waited  for 

my  soul. 

7  ^ Shall    they  ^escape    by  iniq- 

uity? 
In  anger  ^cast  down  the  peo- 
ples, O  God. 

8  Thou  "  numberest  my  wander- 

ings : 
Put   thou  my  *  tears  into  thy 

bottle ; 
Are  they  not  in  "  thy  ®  book  1 

9  Then  shall  mine  enemies  "*  turn 

back  *  in  the  day  that  I  call : 

1  Or,  what  he  hath  given  thee 

'  That  is,  The  silent  dove  of  them  that  are  afar 
off.  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  The  dove  of  the  distant 
Urebinths.        s  Or,  They  that  lie  in  wait  for  me 

*  Or,  Inasmuch  as      *  Or,  Thev  think  to  escape 

«  Or,  record. 


«  Ps.  12.  2 ; 

28.  3;Prov. 

6.  3,  4 
^  Ps.  67.  4  ; 

69.  7 
"  Ps,  37.  5 ; 

1  Pet.  5.  7 
d  Ps.  16.  5 ; 

112.  6 
'  Ps.  73.  18 ; 

Is,  38.  17 ; 

Ezek.  28.  8 
/  Ps,  5.  6 
"  Job  15.  32  ; 

Prov.  10.  27 
A  Ps,  25.  2 ; 

66,  3 

'  1  S.  21.  10, 

11 
«-■  Ps.  57.  3 

'  Ps.  17.  9 
'"  Ps.  35.  25  ; 

67,  3 ;  124.  3 
"  Ps,  a5.  1 

°  Ps  66.  4,  5 
PPs.  11.  1 
9  ver.  10,  11 
'"Ps,  118.  6; 

Heb.  13.  6 
'  2  Pet.  3.  16 
«  Ps,  41.  7 
"  Ps.  59.  3 ; 

140.  2 ;  Is. 

64.  15 
"  Ps.  17.  11 
^  Ps.  71.  10 
y  Ps,  36.  12  ; 

Prov.  19.6; 

Ezek.  17. 

15 ;  Rom. 

2.  3 
'  Ps.  65.  23 
"  Ps.  139.  3 
b  Ps,  39,  12 ; 

2  K,  20.  5 
"  Mai.  3.  16 
d  Ps.  9.  3 

«  Ps.  102.  2 


/Ps.  118.  6; 

Job  19.  27  ; 

Rom.  8.  31 
0  Ps.  60.  14 
/i  Ps.  33.  19  ; 

49.  15;  86. 

13 
'  Ps.  116.  8 
k  Ps.  116.  9 
'  Job  33.  30 
™-  1  S.  22.  1 

"  Ps.  2.  12 ; 

34.  22 
"Ps.  17.  8; 

36.  7  ;  63.  7 ; 

91.  4;  Ruth 

2.  12 
P  Is.  26,  20 
«  Ps.  138.  8 
"■  Ps.  18.  16 ; 

144,  5,7 
'  Ps,  56.  2 
«Ps.  26.  10; 

40.  11 
"  Ps,  35.  17  ; 

68.  6 
"  Prov.  30. 14 
"  Ps.  56.  21 ; 

.59,  7  ;  64.  3 ; 

Prov.  12. 18 
!*  ver.  n  ; 

Ps.  108.  6 
'  Ps.  10.  9 ; 

31.  4;  36.  7; 

140.  5 
"  Ps.  145.  14 
b  Ps.  7.  15 
'  Prov.  26. 

27  ;  28.  10 ; 

Eccl.  10.  8 
d  ver.  7-11 : 

Ps.  108.  1-5 
•  Ps.  112.  7 


67Q 


This  I  know,  Hhat  ^God  is  foi 
me. 

10  In  God  (I  will  praise  his  word), 
In   Jehovah  (I  will  praise  his 

word), 

1 1  In  God  have  I  put  my  trust,  I 

will  not  be  afraid  ; 
What  can  man  do  unto  me  ? 

12  Thy/ vows  are  upon  me,  O  God : 
I  will    render    thank-offerings 

unto  thee. 

13  For  thou  hast  ''delivered   my 

soul  from  death : 
Hast  thou   not    delivered    'my 

feet  from  falling. 
That  I  may  *walk  before  God 
In  the  '■  light  of  ®the  living  1 

Prayer  for  Rescue  from  Persecnton. 

For  the  Chief  Musician ;  set  to  Al-tash- 
heth.  A  Psalm  of  David.  Mich- 
tam ;  when  he  fled  from  Saul,  ™  in 
the  cave. 


Be   merciful    unto    me,    O 
God,    be    merciful    unto 


57 


For  my  soul "  taketh  refuge  in 
thee : 

Yea,  in  the  "shadow  of  thy  wings 
will  I  take  refuge. 

Until  these  "calamities  ^be  over- 
past. 

2  I  will  cry  unto  God  Most  High, 
Unto  God  that  *  perf ormeth  all 

things  for  me. 

3  He  will ''  send  from  heaven,  and 

save  me, 

When  he  that  would  'swallow 
me  up  reproacheth  ;         [Selah 

God  will  send  forth  his  '  loving- 
kindness  and  his  truth. 

4  My  soul  is  among  "  lions  ; 

I '"  lie  among  them  that  are  set 

on  fire. 
Even  the  sons  of  men,  whose 

"  teeth  are  spears  and  arrows, 
And    their    ^tongue    a    sharp 

sword. 

5  *  Be  thou  exalted,  O  God,  above 

the  heavens ; 
Let  thy  glory  be  above  all  the 
earth. 

6  They  have  prepared  a  '  net  for 

my  steps ; 
My  soul  is  "  bowed  down  : 
They  have  ''digged  a  pit  before 

me ; 
They  are  "fallen  into  the  midst 

thereof  themselves.  [Selah 

7  ■*  My  « heart  is  fixed,  O  God,  my 

heart  is  fixed : 


7  Or,  for 

8  Or,  l%fe 


9  Or,  wickednesses 
1*  Or,  must  lie 


57.8 


PSALMS 


59.11 


I  will   sing,    yea,    I   will    sing 
praises. 

8  Awake  up,  "  my  glory ;  awake, 

*  psaltery  and  harp  : 
I  myself  '  will  awake  right  early. 

9  I  will  give  thanks  unto  thee,  O 

Lord,  among  the  peoples: 
I  will  sing  praises    unto   thee 
among  tlie  nations. 

10  For  thy  "lovingkindness  is  great 

unto  the  heavens, 
And  thy  truth  unto  the  skies. 

11  Be  thou  exalted,  O  God,  above 

the  heavens ; 
Let  thy  glory  be  above  all  the 
earth. 

Prayer  for  tbe  Punishment  of  the  Wicked. 

For  the  Chief  Musician ;  net  to  Al-tash- 
heth.     A  Psalm  of  David.     Michtam. 

p!r  Q  -  Do  ye  indeed  ^  in  silence 
O  O      speak  righteousness  ? 
Do  ye  *'' judge  uprightly,  O  ye 
sons  of  men  ? 

2  Nay,  in  heart  ye '  work  wicked- 

ness ; 
Ye  ^  weigh  out  the  violence  of 
your  liands  in  the  earth. 

3  The  wicked  are  estranged  "  from 

the  womb : 
They  ^  go  astray  as  soon  as  they 
are  born,  speaking  lies. 

4  Their  poison  is  like  the  'poison 

of  a  serpent : 
Theu  are   like   the  deaf  adder 
that  stoppeth  her  ear, 

5  Which  *hearkeneth  not  to  the 

voice  of  ®' charmers. 
Charming  never  so  wisely. 

6  '"  Break  their  teeth,  O  God,  in 

their  mouth : 
Break  out  the  great  teeth  of  the 
young  lions.  O  Jehovah. 

7  Let  them  "melt  away  as  water 

that  runneth  apace : 
When  he  "aimeth  his  arrows, 
let  them  be  as  though  they 
were  cut  off. 

8  Let  them  he  as  a  snail  which 

raelteth  and  passeth  away. 
Like  the  ^untimely  birth  of  a 
woman,  ''that  hath  not  seen 
the  sun. 

9  Before  your  'pots  can  feel  the 

thorns, 
'  He  will  *■  take  them  away  with 
a  whirlwind,  the  green  and 
the  burning  alike. 

1  Or,  imll  (iwnke  the  dawn 

*  Or,  Is  the  righteimsnrss  ye  sliould  speak  dumb  f 
8  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  0  ye  gods   Or,  0  ye 

mighlv  ones 

*  Or,  judge  uprightly  the  sons  of  men 
^  Or.  enchanters 

'  Or,  like  them  that  ha"f  not  seen  the  sun 
'  Or,  Wrath  shall  take  t/tem  awn"  -"hiU  living 
at  with  a  whirlvimi 


"  Ps.  10.  9  ; 

»).  12 
^  Ps.  InO.  3 
"  Ps.  3f>.  6 
<*  Ps.  82.  2 

'  Mai.  3.  ift 
/  Ps.  94.  20  ; 

Is.  10.  1 
"Ps.  61.6; 

Is.  4S.  8 
A  Ps.  f.3.  3 
>  Ps.  140.  3  ; 

Dt.  32.  ,33 
*Ps.  81.  11; 

Jer.  8.  17 
'  Kcci.  10.  11 
"'  Ps.  3.  7  ; 

Job  4.  10 
"  Ps.  112.  10; 

Josh.  2. 11 ; 

7.  6  ;  Is.  13. 

7  ;  Ezek. 

21.7 
0  Ps.  04.  3 
P  Job  3.  lis ; 

Eccl.  0.  3 
«  Ps.  118.  12  ; 

Eccl.  7.  0 
"■  Ps.  S3,  la  ; 

Job  27.  21  ; 

Prov.  10.  26 


•Ps.  32.  II  ; 

64.  10;   107. 

42 ;  Job  22. 

19 
'Ps.  91.  8; 

Dt.  32.  43  ; 

Jer.  11.  20 ; 

20.  12 
"  Ps.  68.  23 
"  Ps.  18.  20  ; 

19.  11  ;  Is. 

3.  10 ;  Lk. 

6.  23,  .l"; 
"  Ps.  9.  8 ;  G7. 

4 ;  75.  7 ; 

94  '^ 
V  1  S.'lO.  11 
'  Ps.  143.  9 

"  Ps.  20.  1 ; 

09.  29 
*  Ps.  14.  4  ; 

28.  3 ;  36. 

12 ;  53.  4  ; 

92.  7  ;  94. 

16,  &C. 
'  Ps.  20.  9  ; 

139.  19 : 

Prov.  29.  10 
<*  Ps.  66.  0 
'  Ps.  7.  3,  4  ; 

69.  4  ;  1  S. 

24.  11 
/  Ps.  35.  19 
"  Ps.  7.  6  , 

35.  23 
A  Ps.  69.  6  ; 

SO.  4  ;  84.  8 
'  Ps.  9.  5  ; 

Is.  26.  14 
fc  Is.  2.  !» ; 

Jer.  18.  23 

'  Ps.  22.  16 
'"  Ps.  94.  4  ; 

Prov.  15.  2, 

28 
"  Ps.  67.  4 
"  Ps.  10.  11  ; 

73.  11  ;  94. 

"  ;  Job  22. 

13 
P  Ps.  37.  13 
«  Ps.  2.  4 
"■  Ps.  18.  17 
"  Ps.  9.  9 
'  Ps.  21.  3 
"  Ps.  54.  7 
"  Dt.  4.  9  ; 

6.  12 
'  Ps.  106.  27  ; 

114.  0;  Is. 

33.3 


671 


10  The    'righteous    shall    rejoice 

when     he   'seeth    the    ven- 
geance : 
He  shall  "wash  his  feet  in  the 
blood  of  the  wicked  ; 

11  8o  that  men  shall  .say,  Verily 

there  is  "a  "reward  for  the 
righteous : 
Verily    there    is    a    God    that 
'judgeth  in  the  earth. 

Prayer  for  Delivcranre  from  Enemies. 

For  the  Chief  Musician :  upt  to  Al-tash- 
heth.  A  Psalm  of  David.  Micli- 
tam;  *wlieii  Saul  .sent,  and  they 
watched  the  house  to  kill  him. 

PT  Q  '  Deliver  me  from  mine  ene- 
^  «-/      mies,  O  my  God  : 

"  Set  me  on  high  from  them  that 
rise  up  against  me. 

2  Deliver  me  from  'the  workers 

of  iniquity. 
And  save  me  from  the  ^blood- 
thirsty men. 

3  For,  lo,  they  ''lie  in  wait  for 

my  soul  ; 
The  mighty  ''gather  themselves 

together  against  me : 
'  Not  for  my  transgression,  nor 

for  my  sin,  O  .Jehovah. 

4  They  run  and    prepare   them- 

selves-^without  ?n)/  fault : 
"Awake  thou  to  *help  me,  and 
behold. 

5  Even  thou,  *  O  .Jehovah  God  of 

hosts,  the  God  of  Israel, 
Arise  to  'visit  all  the  nations  : 
Be  *  not  merciful  to  any  wicked 

transgressors.  [Selali 

6  They  return  at  evening,  they 

howl  like  a  '  dog. 
And  go  round  about  the  city. 

7  Behold,   they  ""belch  out  with 

their  mouth ; 
"Swords  are  in  their  lips  : 
For  "  who,  mi/  they,  dotli  hear  ? 

8  But     thou,    ()     .Jehovah,    wilt 

''laugh  at  them  ; 
Thou  wilt  have  all  the  nations 
*in  derision. 

9  ^'^ Because  o/his  ''strength  I  will 

give  heed  unto  thee  ; 
For  God  is  my  'high  tower. 

10  My  God  'witli  his  lovingkind 

ne.ss  will  meet  me  : 
God  will  let  me  '  see  my  desire 
upon  "  mine  enemies. 

1 1  Slay  them  not,  •  lest  my  people 

forget: 
"'Scatter  them  by  thy  power, 
and  bring  them  down, 

^Beh.  fruit  '  Heb.  m^t. 

1"  Ace  to  Sept.  and  Vulg..  My  strength. 
>•  Or,  them  Inat  lie  in  wait  for  me 
w  Or,  Make  Uuim  wander  to  and  fro 


59.12 


PSALMS 


61.7 


O  Lord  "  our  shield. 

12  For  the  *sm  of  their   mouth, 

and  the  words  of  their  lips, 
Let    them   even   bo  "  taken    in 

their  pride, 
And    for    "*  cursing    and    lying 

which  they  speak. 

13  ^Consume  them  in  wrath,  con- 

sume them,  so  that  they  shall 

be  no  more : 
And  let  them  -^know  that  God 

ruleth  in  .Jacob, 
Unto  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

[Selah 

14  And  at  evening  let  them  ^re- 

turn, let  them  howl  like  a  dog, 
And  go  round  about  the  city. 

15  They  shall  wander  up  and  down 

for  food. 
And  tarry  all  night  if  they  be 
not  satisfied. 

1 6  But  1  will  ''sing  of  thy  strength ; 
Yea,  I  will  'sing  aloud  of  thy 

lovingkindness  in  the  *  morn- 
ing : 

For  thou  hast  been  my  'high 
tower, 

And  a  "*  refuge  in  the  day  of  my 
distress. 

17  Unto    thee,    "  O  my  strength, 

will  I  sing  praises  : 
For  God  is  my  °  high  tower,  the 
God  of  my  mercy. 

Lament  over  Defeat  in  Battle,  and  Prayer  for  Help. 

For  the  Chief  Musician  ;  set  to  ^  Shushan 
Eduth.  IVOchtam  of  David,  to  teach  ; 
Pwhen  he  strove  with  Aram-naha- 
raim  and  with  Aram-zobah,  and  Joab 
returiLed,  and  smote  of  Edom  in  the 
Valley  of  Salt  twelve  thousand. 

£\f\  O  God,  »thou  hast  cast  us 
\Jv/      off,  thou  hast ''broken  us 
down  ; 
Thou  hast  been  '  angry  ;  oh  '  re- 
store us  again. 

2  Thou  hast  made  the  "land  to 

tremble  ;  thou  hast  rent  it : 
*  Heal  the  breaches  thereof  ;  for 
it  shaketh. 

3  Thou  hast  "^  showed  thy  people 

hard  things  : 
Thou  hast  made  us  to  » drink 
the  wine  of  staggering. 

4  Thou  hast  given  a  ^banner  to 

them  that  fear  thee. 
That  it  may  be  displayed  be- 
cause of  the  truth.  [Selah 

5  "  That  thy  *  beloved  may  be  de- 

livered, 
"  Save  with  thy  right  hand,  and 
answer  '^  us. 

1  That  is,  Th"  lily  of  testimony. 
>  Another  reading  is,  me. 


"  Ps.  84.  9 
*-  Prov.  12.  13 
"  Zeph.  3.  11 
rf  Ps.  10.  7 
'  Ps.  104.  35 
/  Ps.  S3.  18 
-'  ver.  6 

*  Ps.  21.  13 
'  Ps.  101.  1 

*  Ps.  5.  3 ;  ss. 

13 
'  ver.  9 
'"  Ps.  46.  1 ; 

2  S.  22.  3 
"  ver.  9 
"  ver.  10 
f  2  S.  8.  3,  13 
9  Ps.  44.  9 
'■  2  S.  5.  20 
«  Ps.  79.  o 
'  Ps.  80.  3 
"  Ps.  18.  7 
''2Chr.  7. 14; 

Is.  30.  26 
^  Ps.  66.  12  ; 

71.  20 
"  Ps.  76.  8  ; 

Is.  51.  17, 

22 ;  Jer.  25. 

15 
^  Ps.  20.  5 ; 

Is.  o.  26  ; 

11.  12;  13.2 
"  ver.  5-12 : 

Ps,  108. 

6-13 
6  Ps.  127.  2  ; 

Dt.  33.  12 ; 

Is.  5.  1 ; 

.Jer.  11.  15 
'  Ps.  17.  7 


rf  Ps.  89.  35 
*  Gen.  12.  6 ; 

33.  18; 

Josh.  17.  7 
/Gen.  33. 17; 

Josh.  13.  27 
"  Josh.  13.  31 
''  Dt.  33.  17 
■  Gen.  49.  10 
k  2  S.  8.  2 
'  2  S.  8.  14 
'"  2  S.  8.  I 
"  ver.  1 
"  Ps.  44.  9 
V  Ps.  146.  3 
"iPs.  118.  10; 

Num.  24. 

18 
>■  Ps.  44.  0  ; 

Is.  63.  3 
'  Ps.  64.  1 
'  Ps.  86.  6 
"  Ps.  42.  6 
"  Ps.  77.  3 
•"^  Ps.  18.  2  ; 

94.  22 
y  Ps.  62.  7 
'  Ps.  59.  9 ; 

Prov.  18. 10 
"  Ps.  23.  6  ; 

27.  4 
b  Ps.  17.  8 ; 

91.  4 

'  Ps.  66.  12  ; 

Job  22.  27 
d  Ps.  86.  11  ; 

102.  15  ; 

Dt.  28.  68 ; 

Neh.  1.  11 ; 

Is.  59.  19 ; 

Mai.  2.  5 ; 

4.  2 
'  Ps.  21.  4 
/Ps.  41.  12 


&% 


6  God  hath  spoken  in  his  **  holi- 

ness :  I  will  exult ; 
I    will    divide   *Shechem,   and 
mete  out  the  valley  of  •'Suc- 
coth. 

7  ^  Gilead  is  mine,  and  Manasseh 

is  mine ; 
''Ephraim  also  is  the  defence  of 

my  head ; 
Judah  is  my  ^ '  sceptre. 

8  *  Moab  is  my  washpot ; 

■*  Upon  '  Edom  will  I  cast  my 

shoe : 
'"Philistia,  shout  thou  because 

of  me. 

9  Who  will  bring  me   into    the 

strong  city"? 
^  Who  hath  led  me  unto  Edom  ? 

10  ®  Hast  not  thou,  O  God,  "  cast  us 

offi 
And  thou  "goest  not  forth,  O 
God,  with  our  hosts. 

1 1  Give  us  help  against  the  adver- 

sary ; 
For  p  vain  is  the  "^  help  of  man. 

12  Through    God    we    shall    «do 

valiantly ; 
For  he  it  is   that  will  '"tread 
down  our  adversaries. 

Confidence  in  fiod's  Protection. 

For  the  Chief  Musician ;    on  a  stringed 
instrument.    A  Psalm  of  David. 

/^  A    '  Hear  my  cry,  O  God ; 
\J  JL  '  Attend  unto  my  prayer. 

2  From  the  "  end  of  the  earth  will 

I  call  unto  thee,  when  my 
heart  ^  is  ''  overwhelmed  : 
Lead  me  to  ^^the  rock  that  is 
higher  than  I. 

3  For  thou  hast  been  a  *  refuge 

for  me, 
A    ^strong     tower     from     the 
enemy. 

4  I  will "  dwell  in  thy  ^^  tabernacle 

for  ever : 
I  will  *  take  refuge  in  the  covert 
of  thy  wings.  [Selah 

5  For  thou,  O  God,  hast  heard 

my  ''vows  :  _ 
Thou  hast  "  given  me  the  heri- 
tage of  those  that  ''fear  thy 
name. 

6  Thou  wilt  *  prolong  the  king's 

life; 
His    years    shall   be   as    many 
generations. 

7  He  shall  abide -^  before  God  for 

ever : 

*  Or,  lawfiiver  *  Or,  Unto 

5  Or,  Who  will  lead  me  &c. 

6  Or,  Wilt  not  thou,  0  God,  who  hast  cast  us  off. 
And  qoest  .  .  .  hosts  t 

7  Heb.  salvation.  8  Or,  fainteth 
9  Or,  a  rock  that  is  too  high  for  me 

10  Heb.  tent. 

u  Or,  given  a  heritage  unto  those  Ac 


61.8 

Oh  prepare  "lovingkindness  and 
truth,    that    they   may    pre- 
serve him. 
8  So  will  J  ''sing  praise  unto  thy 
name  for  ever, 

That  1  may  daily  ""perform  mj' 
vows. 

Sod  alone  a  Rtfu^'c  from  Treaclicry  and  Oppression. 

For  the  Chief  Musician  ;  ''  after  the  man- 
ner of  Jeduthuu.     A  Psalm  of  David. 

/I*  r>  My  soul  ''waiteth  in  silence 
\J  -^       for  God  only  : 

From  himf  Cometh  my  salvation. 

2  He  only  is  my  "rock  and  my 

salvation  : 
He  is  my  ''  high  tower ;   I  shall 
not  be  greatly  moved. 

3  How  long  will  ye  set  upon  a 

man, 

''That  ye  may  slay  him,  all  of 
you, 

Like  a  '  leaning  wall,  like  a  tot- 
tering fence  T 

4  They  only  consult  to  thrust  him 

down  from  his  dignity ; 
They  *  delight  in  lies  ; 
They  'bless  with  their  mouth, 

but  they  curse  inwardly. 

[Selah 

5  My  soul,  ^'"wait  thou  in  silence 

tor  God  only ; 
For  my   expectation   is   from 
him. 

6  He  only  is  "my  rock  and  my 

salvation : 
He  is  my  high  tower;  I  shall 
not  be  moved. 

7  With  God  is  my  "  salvation  and 

my  glory: 
The  rock  of  my  strength,  and 
my  ''refuge,  is  in  God. 

8  "Trust  in  him  at  all  times,  ye 

people : 
•"rour   out    your   heart   before 

him : 
God  is  a  refuge  for  us.        [Selah 

9  Surely  men  of  'low  degree  are 

•"vanity,  and  men  of  'high 

degree  are  a  "  lie  : 
In  the  'balances  they  will  go 

up; 
They  are  together  lighter  than 

■*  vanity. 

10  'Trust  not  in  oppression. 

And  become  not  vain  in  "rob- 
bery: 

If  riches  increase,  'set  not  your 
heart  thereon. 

1 1  God  hath  "spoken  once, 
Twice  have  1  heard  this, 

1  Heb.  is  silerii  tnito  Ood- 

*  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  Ve  shall  be  slain  <tc. 
3  Heb.  be  thou  silent  unto  God. 

*  Heb.  a  brtath. 


PSALMS 

"Pa. 

40.  11 

(•Pb. 

30.  4; 

3.1. 

Z:  71. 

2;! ; 

Judg. 

!>. : 

•^Ps 

&>.  I  ; 

Is 

111.  21 

■'  I'8. 

77.  title 

•  Ps. 

f.y.  u 

/Pb. 

37.  .-iU 

i'Ps. 

m.  20 

''  vei 

.  a 

•l3. 

"h>.  13 

A-PS. 

4.  2 

'Pb 

28.  3 ; 

66.  21 
"*  ver.  1 
"  ver.  2 
"  Ps.  85.  9 
P  Ps.  46.  1 
1  Ps.  37.  3,  6 ; 

62.  8  \  Is. 

2G.  4 
•"  Ps.  42.  4  ; 

02.  8;  1  S. 
1.  U'. ; 
Lam.  2.  10 

'  Ps.  4!l.  2 
1  Ps.  39.  6 ; 

Job  7.  10 ; 

Is.  40.  17 

"  Ps.  no.  11 

"  Is.  40.  15 
'  Is.  30.  12 
Vis.  01.  8; 

Ezek.  22. 

2<);  Nah. 

3.  1 

'  Ps.  49.  6  ; 

62.  7 ;  Job 

31.  26 ;  Mk. 

10.  24 ;  Lk. 

12.  16 ; 

1  Tim.  6. 10 
"  Job  33.  14 ; 

40.  6 


b  1  Chr.  29. 
11 ;  Rev. 

19.  1 
'  Ps.  86.  6 ; 

103.  8; 

130.  7 
d  Ps.  21.  4  ; 

Job  .'(4.  II, 

ref. ;  i  Cor. 

3.  s 

•  Ps.  118.  28 
/Ps.  42.  2; 

84.  2 ;  Mt. 

6.0 
"  Ps.  143.  6 
h  Ps.  27.  4 
'  Ps.  09.  16 

*  Ps.  104.  33  ; 
140.  2 

'  Ps.  28.  2  ; 

143.  6 
">  Ps.  30.  8 
"  Ps.  71.  23 
"  Ps.  4.  4 

P  Ps.  10.  7 ; 

42.  8;  119. 

9  Ps.  27.  9 
"■  Ps.  17.  8, 

ref. 
♦Num.  32. 

12 ;  Dt.  1. 

30 ;  Hos. 

fi  3 
(Ps.  18.35; 

41.  12 
"  Ps.  40.  14 
'■  Ps.  5.-..  16 

"  Jer.  18.  21 ; 

Ezek.  35.  6 
y  Lam.  6.  18 
-  Ps.  21.  1 
"  lit.  0.  13; 

Is.  4.^  23 ; 

06.  16 
6  Job  5.  16; 

Pb.  107.  42  ; 

Rom.  3.  19 
'  Ps.  66.  2 
d  Ps.  140.  1 

673 


64.1 


That   *  power   belongeth    unto 
God. 
12  Also  ''unto  thee,   O   Lord,  be- 
longeth lovingkindness ; 

For  thou  ''renderest  to  every 
man  according  to  his  work. 

The  Tiiirsting  Soul  satLsfled  in  God. 

A  Psalm  of  David,  wlicn  he  was  in  the 
wilderness  of  Jiidah. 

/:^0   O  God,  '^thou  art  my  God  ; 

viO      earnestly  will  1  seek  thee: 
My  soul  ^thir.steth  for  thee,  my 

tlesh  longeth  for  thee, 
In  a-'(hy  and  weary  land,  w here 

no  water  is. 

2  So  have  1 ''  looked  upon  thee  in 

the  sanctuary, 
To  see  thy  power  and  thy  glory. 

3  Because  thy  '  lovingkindness  is 

better  than  life. 
My  lips  shall  praise  thee. 

4  So  will  1  ble.ss  thee  *  while  I  live : 
I  will '  lift  up  my  hands  in  thy 

name. 

5  My  soul  shall  be  ™ satisfied  as 

with  ■''  marrow  and  fatness  ; 
And   my   mouth  shall  "praise 
thee  with  joyful  lips; 

6  When  I  remember  thee  "upon 

my  bed, 
^And  meditate  on  thee  in  the 
Pnighl^watches. 

7  For  *  thou  hast  been  my  help. 
And  in  the  ''shadow  of  thy  Avings 

will  I  rejoice. 

8  My  soul  'followeth  hard  after 

thee : 
Thy  'right  hand  ui)holdeth  me. 

9  But  tho.se  that  "seek  my  soul, 

''  to  destroy  it, 
Shall  go  into  the  "lower  parts 
of  the  earth. 

10  They  shall   be  ®' given  over  to 

the  power  of  the  sword : 
They  shall   be  a  *  portion  for 
"  foxes. 

11  But  the  'king  shall  rejoice  in 

God:  ,    , 

Every  one  that  "sweareth  by 

him  shall  glory  ; 
For  the  *  mouth  of  them  that 

speak  lies  shall  be  stopped. 

Prayrr  for  Dolircranre  0*001  Secret  Enemies. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psalm  of 
David. 


64 


Hear  my  voice,  O  God,  in 

""my  complaint : 

"*  Preserve  my  life  from  fear  of 
the  enemy. 

'  Heb.  fat.  •  Or.  /  meditatt 

7  Or,  shall  be  destroyed  ;  The]i  shall  Ac 
»  Or,  poured  out  by        •  Or,  jackals 


S4.  3 


PSALMS 


66.2 


2  Hide  me  from  the  "  secret  coun- 

sel of  evil-doers, 
From  the  Humult  of  *the  work- 
ers of  iniquity ; 

3  Who  have  'whet  their  tongue 

like  a  sword. 
And  have  ■*  aimed  their  arrows, 
even  bitter  words, 

4  That  they  may  *  shoot  in  secret 

places  at  the  perfect : 
Suddenly  do  they  shoot  at  him, 
and  -'^fear  not. 

5  They  encourage  themselves  in 

an  evil  purpose ; 
They  commune  of  ^laying  snares 

privily ; 
They  say, ''  Who  will  see  them  1 

6  They  search  out  iniquities ; 

^  We  have  accomplished,  say 
they,  a  diligent  search  : 

And  the  'inward  thought  and 
the  heart  of  every  one  is  deep. 

7  But  *  God  will  shoot  at  them  ; 
With  an  arrow  suddenly  shall 

they  be  wounded. 

8  So  ^  they  shall  be  '■  made  to  stum- 

ble, /"their  own  tongue  being 
against  them : 
All  that  see  them  shall  *"wag 
the  head. 

9  And  all  men  shall "  fear ; 

And  they  shall  declare  the  work 
of  God, 

And  shall  wisely  consider  of  his 
doing. 
10  The  righteous  shall  be  ^  glad  in 
Jehovah,  and  shall  « take  ref- 
uge in  him ; 

And  all  the  upright  in  heart 
shall  glory. 

God's  ibnndant  Favor  to  Earth  and  Nan. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psalm.     A 
Song  of  David. 

/I*  pf  ^  Praise  waiteth  for  thee,  O 
\J  tJ      God,  in  Zion  ; 

And  unto  thee  shall  the  ""vow  be 
performed. 

2  O  thou  that  hearest  prayer, 
Unto  thee  shall  'all  flesn  come. 

3  ®' Iniquities  prevail  against  me : 
As  for  our  transgressions,  thou 

wilt  ''"forgive  them. 

4  "  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  thou 

choosest,  and  causest  to  ap- 
proach imto  thee, 
That    he    may    dwell    in    thy 
courts : 

1  Or,  throng 

2  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  They  hxive  accomplished 
(or,  have  hidden) 

^  Or,  shall  they  a.oainst  whom  their  tongue  was 
make  them,  to  stum,hle  *  Or,  flee  away 

=  Or,  There  shall  be  silence  before  thee,  and 
praise,  O  God  &c. 

s  Heb.  Wordt  (or.  Matters)  of  imgititi«s. 

'  Or,  exviat* 


"  Ps.  56.  6 
6  Ps.  59.  2 
"  Ps.  140.  3 
d  Ps.  68.  7 
'  Ps.  10.  8  ; 

11.  2 
/  Ps.  55.  19 
"  Ps.  140.  6 
''  Job  22.  13 
i  Ps.  49.  11 
fc  Ps.  7.  12, 

13 
'  Ps.  9.  3 
"*  Prov.  12. 

13;  18.  7 
"  Ps.  22.  7  ; 

44.  14 ;  Jer. 

18.  16;  48. 

27 ;  Laiu. 

2.  15 
"  Ps.  40.  3 
f  Ps.  32.  11 ; 

Job  22.  19 
9Ps.  11.  l; 

2r>.  20 
*■  Ps.  116.  18 
'  Ps.  86.  9  ; 

146.  21 ;  Is. 

66.  23 
«  Ps.  38.  4  ; 

40.  12 
"  Ps.  79.  9 
"  Ps.  33.  12 ; 

84.4 


^  Ps.  36.  8 
y  Ps.  45.  4 ; 
66.  3 

'  Ps.  s.*;.  4 

»  Ps.  22.  27  ; 

48.  10 
fc  Ps.  107.  23 
«  Ps.  96.  4 
d  Ps.  93.  1 
*  Ps.  89,  9  ; 

93.  3,  4 ; 

107.  29;Mt. 

8.  26 
/Ps.  2.  l; 

74.  23 ;  Is. 

17.  12,  13 
"  Ps.  2.  8  ; 

139.  9 ;  Is. 

24.  16 
A  Ps.  68.  9  ; 

104.  13 ; 

147.  8 ; 

Lev.  26.  4 ; 

Job  5.  10 
'  Ps.  104.  24 
k  Ps.  46.  4 
'  Ps.  104.  14  ; 

147.  14 
"  Ps.  72.  6  ; 

147.  8;  Dt. 

32.  2 
"  Ps.  104.  28 
"  Ps.  147.  14  ; 

Job  36.  28 
P  Job  38.  26, 

27 ;  Joel 

2.  22 
1  Ps  98.  8  ; 

Is.  55.  12 
•■Ps.  144.  13; 

Is.  30.  23 
'  Ps.  72.  16 
t  Ps.  98.  8  ; 

Is.  44.  23 


«  Ps.  81.  1 ; 

95.  1 ;  98.  4  ; 

100.  1 
"  Ps.  79.  9 ; 

Is.  42.  8 


674 


We  shall  be  *  satisfied  with  the 
goodness  of  thy  house. 
Thy  holy  temple. 

5  By  *' terrible  things  thou  wilt 

answer  us  in  righteousness, 
O  '  God  of  our  salvation. 
Thou  that  art  the  confidence  of 

all  the  "ends  of  the  earth. 
And  *  of  them  that  are  afar  off 

*  upon  the  sea  : 

6  Who  by  his  strength  "setteth 

fast  the  mountains. 
Being  ''girded  about  with  might ; 

7  Who  ^stilleth  the  roaring  of  the 

seas. 
The  roaring  of  their  waves. 
And  the-^tumult  of  the  peoples. 

8  They  also  that  dwell  in  the  ^ut- 

termost parts  are  afraid  at  thy 
tokens : 
Thou  makest  the  outgoings  of 
the  morning  and  evening  to 
rejoice. 

9  Thou   visitest   the   earth,   and 

*  waterest  it. 

Thou  greatly  'enrichest  it ; 
The  *  river  of  God  is  full  of 

water : 
Thou    providest    them   'grain. 

^  when  thou  hast  so  prepared 

"  the  earth. 

10  Thou  waterest  its  furrows  abun- 

dantly ; 

Thou  "settlest  the  ridges  there- 
of: 

Thou  makest  it  soft  ™with 
showers ; 

Thou  blessest  the  springing 
thereof. 

11  Thou  crownest ^"  the  year  with 

thy  "goodness ; 
And  thy  paths  "drop  fatness. 
12^^  They  drop  upon  ^  the  pastures 

of  the  wilderness ; 
And  the  « hills  are  girded  with 

joy. 
1 3  The  pastures  are  "■  clothed  with 

flocks ; 
The  valleys  also  are  'covered 

over  witn  grain  ; 
They  'shout  for  joy,  they  also 

sing. 

Praise  for  fiod's  Mighty  Deeds  and  for  his  Answer  to 
Prayer. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.    A  Song,  a 
Psalm. 

ftCt  "Make  a  joyful  noise  unto 
O  O      God,  all  the  earth  : 
2  Sing  forth  the  "glory  of  his 
name : 

8  Or,  of  the  sea,  afar  off" 

9  Or,  for  so  preparest  i?)o« 

10  Heb.  it.  11  Heb.  lowerest 

12  Heb,  the  year  of  thy  goodness. 
w  Or,  The  pastures  .  .  .  do  drop 


66.3 


PSALMS 


68.2 


Make  his  "  praise  clorious. 

3  !Say  unto  God,   How  ''terrible 

are  thy  works ! 
Through  the  greatness  of  thy 
power    shall    thine    enemies 
*"  submit     themselves     unto 
thee. 

4  ''All   the   earth   shall  worship 

thee, 
And  shall  "sing  unto  thee  ; 
They  shall  sing  to  thy  name. 

[Selah 

5  'Come,   and  see  the  works  of 

God ; 
He   is  "terrible   in    his    doing 
toward  the  children  of  men. 

6  He  "turned  the  sea  intodi^y  land ; 
They  went  through  'the  river 

on  foot : 
There -did  we  *  rejoice  in  him. 

7  He  'ruleth    by  his  might  for 

ever ; 
His  "  eyes  observe  the  nations : 
Let  not  the  rebellious  "exalt 

themselves.  [Selah 

8  Oh  bless  our  God,  ye  peoples. 
And   "^make   the   voice    of   his 

praise  to  be  heard ; 

9  Who  ■'''holdeth  our  soul  in  life, 
And  'suffereth  not  our  feet  to 

be  moved. 

10  For  thou,  O  God,  hast  '"proved 

us : 
Thou  hast '  tried  us,  as  silver  is 
tried. 

1 1  Thou  '  broughtest  us  into  the 

net; 
Thou    layedst   a   sore    burden 
upon  our  loins. 

12  Thou  didst  cause  men  to  "ride 

over  our  heads ; 
We    went    through    'fire    and 

through  water ; 
But  thou  '  broughtest   us  out 

into  ^a  wealthy  place. 

13  I  will  *come    into    thy  house 

with  burnt-otferings ; 
I  will  '  pay  thee  my  vows, 

14  Which  my  lips  uttered. 

And  my  mouth  spake,  when  I 
was  "  in  distress. 

15  I  will  "offer  unto  thee  burnt- 

offerings  of  fatlings, 
With  the  incense  of  '  rams  ; 
I     will     offer     bullocks     with 

goats.  [Selah 

16  "Come,   and  hear,   all  ye  that 

fear  God, 
And   I  will  'declare  what   he 
hath  done  for  my  soul. 

17  I    cried    unto    him    with    my 

mouth, 

1  Or,  vield/einned  ohedi/^re    Heb.  }\e. 

2  Or,  let  us  rejoice  »  Heb.  putteth. 
*  Heb.  abundance. 


"  Ib.  «.  12 
6  Ts.  47.  2  ; 

0.'..  6;  Hii.C 
'  I's.  18.  44; 

M.  15 
d  Va.  22.  27  : 

07.  7  :  8<i.  1) ; 

Zech.  14. 10 
'  Pa.  07.  4 
/  Pb.  40.  8 
"  Pb.  UHi.  22 
''  Ps.  10«.  U  ; 

Ex.  U.  21 
'  Ps.  114.  3; 

.losh.  3.  10 
*•  Ps.  10->.  43 
'  Ps.  14o.  13 
"  Ps.  11.  4 
"  Ps.  140.  8 
"  Ps.  »8.  4 
''  Ps.  30.  3 
vPs.  121.  3 
■•  Pb.  7.  0  ; 

17.  3  ;  20.  2  ; 

Job  23.  10 
'  Is.  48.  10 ; 

Zech.  13.  a ; 

Mai.  3.  3; 

1  Pet.  1.  7 
'  Lam.  1.  13; 

Ezek.  12. 13 
«  Is.  CI.  23 
"  Ps.  78.  21 ; 

Is.  43.  2 
*  Ps.  18.  19 
y  Ps.  90.  8 ; 

Jer.  17.  20 
'  Ps.  22.  26  ; 

110.  14 
°  Ps.  18.  0 
b  Ps.  ;■)!.  19 
•^  Num.  0.  14 
<'  Ps.  34.  11 
"  Ps.  71.  16, 

24 


/  Ps.  30.  1 
'■>  Job  30.  21 
ft  Ps.  18.  41 ; 

Job  27.  9 ; 

Prov.  1.  2s; 

28.  u  ;  Is.  1. 

16 ;  Jas. 

4.  3 
<  Ps.  18.  G ; 

110.  1,  2 

*  Ps.  08.  35 
'  Ps.  22.  24 

'"  Num.  0.  25 
"  Ps.  4.  « ; 

31.  10;  80. 

•3.  7,  19 ; 

119.  136 
"  Ps.  98.  2 ; 

Acts  18.  26; 

Tit.  2.  11 
P  Ps.  00.  4 
«  Ps.  100.  1,  2 
•"  Ps.  9.  8 ; 

!Mi.  10,  13! 

US.  9 

•  Ps.  47.  8 
'  ver.  3 

"  Ps.  86.  12  ; 
I,ev.  28.  4 ; 
Kzek.  34. 
27  ;  Zech. 

8.  12 

^'  Ps.  29.  11 ; 

115.  12 

'  Ps.  22.  27 ; 

:a.  8 
y  Pe.  12.  6 ; 

i;i2.  8 ; 

Num.  10.  a') 
'  Ps.  .37.  20 ; 

Is  9.  18; 

Hob.  13.  3 
"  Ps.  22.  14  ; 

97.  6 ;  Mic. 

1   4 
I"  Ps.  9  3  ; 

37.  20  ;  (so. 

10 


And  "he  was  •'extolled  with 
my  tongue. 

18  If  I   ""regard   iniquity  in  my 

heart. 
The  ''  Lord  ^  will  not  hear  : 

19  I>ut  verily  '(Jod  liatli  heard; 
He  hath  attended  to  the  voice 

of  my  prayer. 

20  *  Blessed  be  God, 

Who  'hath  not   turned    away 

niy  prayer, 
Nor   his    lovingkindne.ss    from 

me. 

The  Nations  exhorted  to  praise  God. 

For    the    Chief    Musician ;    on    stringed 
iustiumeuts.    A  Psalm,  a  Song. 

(^  ^  God  be   merciful   unto  us, 
y  I        and  '"bless  us. 
And  "cause  his  face  to  shine 
*  upon  us  ;  [Selah 

2  That  "  thy  way  may  be  known 

upon  earth. 
Thy  salvation    among    all    na- 
tions. 

3  Let  the  ^peoples  Upraise  thee, 

O  God ; 
Let  all  the  peoples  praise  thee. 

4  Oh  let  the  "  nations  be  glad  and 

sing  for  joy ; 

For  thou  wilt  'judge  the  peo- 
ples with  equity. 

And  '"'govern  the  nations  uijon 
earth.  [Selah 

5  Let  the  '  peoples  praise  thee,  O 

God; 
Let  all  the  peoples  praise  thee. 

6  The    "earth    hath    yielded    its 

increase : 
God,  even  our  own  God,  'will 
bless  us. 

7  God  will  bless  us  ; 

And ''all  the  ends  of  the  earth 
shall  fear  him. 

Jehovah  the  God  of  Siuai  and  or  the  Sanrtoary. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psalm   of 
David,  a  Song. 

"Let   'God    arise,    let    his 
enemies  be  scattered  ; 
Let  them  also  that  hate  him 
flee  before  him. 
2  As  *  smoke  is  driven  away,  so 
drive  them  away  : 
As  "wax    melteth    before   the 

fire. 
So   let  the  *  wicked    perish   at 
the  presence  of  God. 

'  Or,  as  otherwise  read.  )tigh  praise  wa^  wider 
mytrmgue  ^  Or,  had  rffiarded 

'  Or,  vnnld  8  Hob.  irith  im 

"  Or,  gire  Oianl-n  unto  '"  Heb.  lead. 

>>  Or.  God  arneth ;  and  so  throughout  rer.  1, 
2,3. 


68 


675 


68.-6 


PSALMS 


68.27 


3  But  let  the  "  righteous  be  glad  ; 

let  theni  exult  before  God  : 
Yea,    let    them    rejoice    with 
gladness. 

4  Sing  unto  God,  *sing  praises  to 

his  name : 
"Cast  up  a    highway  for  him 

that    ''  rideth     through     the 

deserts ; 
His  "  name  is  ^  Jehovah  ;    and 

exult  ye  before  him. 

5  A -^father  of  the  fatherless,  and 

a  ^  judge  of  the  widows. 
Is    God    in   his    ''holy   habita- 
tion. 

6  God  ''setteth  the  solitary    in 

families  : 
He  ^  bringeth  out  the  prisoners 

into  prosperity ; 
But  'the  rebellious  dwell  in  a 

parched  land. 

7  O    God,    when  thou  "'wen test 

forth  before  thy  people, 
Wlien     thou      didst     "  march 
through  the  wilderness ;  [Selah 

8  The  "  earth  trembled, 

The  *  heavens  also  dropped  rain 
at  the  presence  of  Goa  : 

Yon  *  Sinai  tre7nhled  at  the 
presence  of  God,  the  God  of 

9  Thou,   6    God,  didst  ''send   a 

plentiful  rain, 
Tnou  didst  confirm  thine  inher- 
itance, when  it  was  weary. 

10  Thy  *  congregation  dwelt  there- 

in : 
Thou,  O  God,  didst  'prepare  of 
thy  goodness  for  the  poor. 

1 1  The  Lord  giveth  the  word  : 
The  'women  that  publish  the 

tidings  are  a  great  host. 
12"  Kings  of  armies  flee,  they  flee  ; 
And  she  that  tarrieth  at  home 
"divideth  the  spoil. 

1 3  *  When  ye  lie  -^  among  the  sheep- 

folds. 
It  is  as  the  wings  of  a  dove 

covered  with  silver. 
And  her  pinions  with    yellow 

gold. 

14  When  the  Almighty  *  scattered 

kings  therein. 
It  ^ivas  as  when  it  snoweth  in 
^Zalmon. 

15  A   "mountain    of    God    is    the 

mountain  of  Bashan ; 
A  ®high  mountain  is  the  moun- 
tain of  Bashan. 

1  Heb.  Jah. 

2  Heb.  maketh  the  solitary  to  dwell  in  a  house. 

3  Or,  troop 

*  Or,  Will  ye  He  among  the  sheepfolds,  as  the 
wings  .  .  .  gold  ?  s  Or,  snowed 

*  Heb.  mountain  of  summits. 


"  Ps.  32.  n  ; 

64.  10  ;  97. 

12 
(>  Ps.  66.  2 
<=  Is.  67.  14  ; 

62.  10 
d  ver.  33 ; 

Ps.  18.  10 ; 

Is.  40.  3 
"  Ps.  S3.  18 

/Ps.  10.  14; 

146.  9 
^  Dt.  10.  18 
fc  Dt.  20.  1.5 
'  Ps.  113.  9 
*-■  Ps.  69.  33  ; 

102.  20  ;  107. 

10,  14;   146. 

7  ;  Acts  12. 

7 ;  16.  26 
'  Ps.  78.  17  ; 

107.  34,  40 
'"  Ps.  78.  14  ; 

Ex.  13.  21  ; 

Hab.  3.  13 
"  Ps.  78.  62 ; 

.Tudg.  6.  4 
"Ps.  77.  18; 

Ex.  19.  18 ; 

Judg.  5.  4 ; 

2  S.  22.  8  ; 

Jar.  10.  10 
P  Ps.  18.  9  ; 

Judg.  6.  4 ; 

Is.  45.  8 
«  Ex.  19.  18 ; 

Judg.  6.  6 
•■  Ps.  78.  24  ; 

Lev.  20.  4 ; 

Job  6.  10; 

Ezek.  34.  26 
"  Ps.  65.  9  ; 

74.  19 ;  78. 

20 ;  107.  9 
(  Ex.  15.  20 ; 

1  S.  IS.  6 
"  Ps.  135.  11 ; 

Judg.  6.  19 
"Judg.  5.  30; 

1  S.  30.  24 
^  Gen.  49. 14 ; 

Judg.  5.  16 
V  Josh.  10. 10 

'  Jud.g.  9.  48 
°  Ps.  36.  6 


>>  Ps.  87.  1,  2  ; 

132.  13; 

Dt.  12.  5 
"^  Ps.  132.  14 
d  2  K.  6.  17  ; 

Hab.  3.  8 
'  Dt.  33.  2  ; 

Dan.  7.  10 
/  Ps.  7.  7  ; 

47.6;  Eph. 

4.  8 
^  Judg.  5.  12 
''  Ps.  65.  22 ; 

Is.  46.  4 
»  Ps.  Go.  6 
''■  Ps.  106.  43 
'  Ps.  49.  16  ; 

56.  13 
•"Ps.  110.  6; 

Hab.  3.  13 
"  Am.  9.  1-3 
°  Ps.  58.  10 
^IK.  21.  19; 

Jer.  15.  3 
«  Ps.  77.  13 
»■  Ps.  63.  2 
"  Ps.  47.  5 ; 

iChr.  13.8; 

15. 16 
<  Ex.  15.  20 ; 

Judg.  11.  34 
"  Ps.  22.  22, 

23  ;  26.  12 
"  Dt.  33.  28  ; 

Is.  48.  1 
*  Jud.i{.  6. 14 ; 

1  S.  9  21 
y  Judg.  6.  18 


676 


16  Why  look  ye  askance,  ye  high 

mountains. 
At    the    mountain  which    God 
^  hath  *  desired  for  his  abode  1 

•  Yea,  "Jehovah  will  dwell  in  it 

for  ever. 

17  The  "*  chariots  of  God  are  twenty 

thousand,    even   *  thousands 
upon  thousands : 
The  Lord  is  among  them,  ''as  in 
Sinai,  in  the  sanctuary. 

18  Thou  hast  -^ascended  on  high, 

thou  hast  ^led  away  cap- 
tives ; 

Thou  hast  received  gifts  among 
men. 

Yea,  among  the  rebellious  also, 
that  ^Jeliovah  God  might 
*  dwell  with  them. 

19  Blessed  be  ®the  Lord,  who  daily 

''  beareth  our  burden, 
Even  Hhe  God  who  is  our  sal- 
vation. [Selah 

20  God  is  unto  us  a  *God  of  de- 

liverances ; 
And  '  unto  Jehovah  the  Lord 
belongeth  escape  from  death. 

21  But  God  will  '"smite  through 

the  head  of  his  enemies. 
The  hairy  scalp  of  such  a  one 
as    goeth    on    still    in    his 
guiltiness. 

22  The  Lord  said,  "I  will  bring 

again  from  Bashan, 
I  will  bring  them  again  from 
the  depths  of  the  sea ; 

23  That  thou  mayest  crush  them, 

"dipping  thy  foot  in  blood. 
That  the  tongue  of  thy  ^dogs 
may  have  its   portion  from 
thine  enemies. 

24  They  have   seen  *thy  goings, 

O  God, 
Even  the  goings  of  my  God,  my 
King,  "''into  the  sanctuary. 

25  The  /singers  went  before,  the 

minstrels  followed  after, 
In  the  midst  of  the  'damsels 
playing  with  timbrels. 

26  "Bless  ye  God  in  the  congre- 

gations. 
Even  the  Lord,  ye  that  are  of 
the  "fountain  of  Israel. 

27  There  is  little  "^  Benjamin  their 

ruler. 
The  prances  of  Judah  and  their 

"council. 
The  princes  of  ^Zebulun,   the 

princes  of  Naphtali. 

7  Or,  Sinai  is  in  the  sanctuary 

*  Or,  diuell  there  , 

5  Or,  the  Lord  day  by  day:  if  one  oppresseth 
^(,s,  God  is  our  salvation 

10  Or,  in  the  sanctuary    Or,  in  holinas 

11  O'-,  company 


t)a28 


PSALMS 


69.17 


28  Thy    God    hath    "commanded 

thy  strengtli  : 
'Strengthen,  O  God,  that  which 
''  th<,)u  '-'  hasl  wrought  for  us. 

29  Because  of  thy  temple  at  Jeru- 

salem 
'  Kings    shall    bring    presents 
unto  thee. 

30  Rebuke  the  "  wild  beast  of  the 

reeds, 

The  nuiltitudeof  the 'bulls,  with 
the  calves  of  the  peoples, 

^Trampling  under  toot  the 
pieces  of  silver : 

*He  hath  -^scattered  the  peo- 
ples that  delight  in  war. 

31  Princes     shall     come     out     of 

"  Egypt ; 
^"Ethiopia  shall  haste  to  stretch 
out  her  hands  unto  God. 

32  Sing  unto  God,  ye  *  kingdoms 

of  the  earth ; 
Oh     *sing    praises     unto    the 
Lord ;  [Selah 

33  To  him  that  'rideth  upon  the 

"heaven    of  hea,vens,   which 
are  of  old  ; 
Lo,  "he  uttereth  his  voice,  a 
"mighty  voice. 

34  ^  Ascribe  ye  strength  unto  God  : 
His  excellency  is  over  Israel, 
And  'his  strength  is  in  the  skies. 

35  "^O  God,  thou  art  'terrible  out 

of  thy  holy  places: 
The  God  of  Lsrael,   he  'giv^eth 

strength  and  power  unto  his 

people. 
'Blessed  be  God. 

1  Cry  of  Distress,  aiid  Impreratioo  on  Adversaries. 

For  the  Chief  Musician  ;  set  to "  Shoshan- 
nim.    A  Psalm  of  David. 

Save  me,  O  God  ; 

For  "the  waters  are  come 
in  unto  my  soul, 
sink    in   deep  ''mire,   where 
there  is  no  standing : 
am  come  into  deep  Avaters, 
where  the  ■'floods  overflow  me. 
am  *  weary  with  my  crying ; 
my  throat  is  dried  : 
Mine  '  eyes  fail  while  I  wait  for 
my  God. 

4  They  "  that  hate  me  without  a 

cause  are  more  than  the  hairs 
of  my  head : 
They  that  would  cut  me   off, 
*  being  mine  enemies  ^  wTong- 
fully,  are  mighty : 

»  Or,  Be  strong,  0  God,  thmi  that  hast  6tc. 
'  Or.  hasl  wrought  for  us  out  of  thy  temple. 
Onto  Jerusalem  d-c. 

*  Or,  Every  one  submitting  himself  with  pieces 
of  silver 

*  Or.  as  otherwise  read,  Scattnr  thou 

5  Heb.  Cush.  7  That  is,  Lilies 

6  Or,  Terrible  ia  Ood  «  Heb.  faUely. 

19 


69 


2  I 


3  I 


"  Ps.  29.  n  ; 

44.  4 
<>  Is.  20.  12 
"Ps.  46.  12; 

72.  10  ;  1  K. 

10.  10,  26  ; 

2  Chr.  32. 

23  :  Ib.  is.  7 
''Job  40.  21 ; 

Ezek.  20.  3 
'  Ps.  22.  12 
/Ps.  18.  14; 

SU.  10 
»  Is.  19.  19,  21 
''  Is.  45.  M  ; 

Zeph.  3.  10 
'  Ps.  102.  22 
*  Ps.  67.  4 
'  I's.  IS.  10 ; 

104.  3  ; 

Dt.  33.  20 
"'  Dt.  10.  14 ; 

1  K.  8.  27 
"  Pa.  46.  6 
°  Pa.  29.  4 
''  Ps.  29.  1 
1  Ps.  lAO.  1 
••  Ps.  47.  2  ; 

66.  5  ;  Dt. 

7.  21  ;  10.  17 
'Ps.  29.  11; 

Is.  40.  29 
(  Ps.  66.  20  ; 

2  Cor.  1.  3 
"  ver.  14,  16 ; 

Ps.  32.  6  : 

42.  7  ;  Job 

22.  11 
"  Ps.  40.  2 
»^  Jon.  2.  3 
y  Ps.  6.  6 
'  Ps.  38.  10  ; 

119.  82,  123; 

Dt.  28.  32  ; 

Is.  38.  14 
"  Ps.  35.  19  ; 

Jn.  15.  25 
d  Ps.  35.  19  ; 

3«.  19  ;  59.  3 


'  Ps.  35. 11 : 

Jer.  15.  10 
d  Ps.  38.  fi 
'  P8.-44.  21 
ft  S.  12.  14 
'•'  Jer.  15.  15 
A  Ps.  44.  15 ; 

Is.  60.  6 ; 

Jer.  51.  51 
•Ps.  31.  11 : 

38.  11;  Job 

19.  13-16 
fcPs.  119. 139; 

Jn.  2.  17 
'  Ps.  89.  41, 

60;  £om. 

15.  3 
'"  Ps.  36.  13 
"  Ps.  35.  13  ; 

1  K.  20.  31 
"  Ps.  44.  14  ; 

1  K.  9.  7  ; 
Job  17.  6  ; 
Jer.  24.  9 

''Gen.  19.  1; 

Ruth  4.  1 
«  Job  30.  9 
'■  I's.  32.  6 ; 

Is.  49.  8 ; 

2  Cor.  6.  2 
•  Ps.  61.  1 

'  ver.  2 
"  Ps.  144.  7 
"  ver.  2 
'  Ps.  124.  4,  6 
"  Ps.  28.  1  ; 

141.  7; 

Num.  10.  33 
'  Ps.  63.  3  ; 

109.  21 

"  Ps.  51.  1 ; 

106.  45 
t>  Ps.  26.  16 ; 

86.  16 
"  Ps.  27.  9  ; 

102.  2  ; 

677 


'my 


*  That  which  I  took  not  away  I 
have  to  restore. 

5  O    God,    thou    knowest 

foolishness  ; 
And  'my  ''sins  are  not  hid  from 
thee. 

6  Let  not  them  that  wait  for  thee 

be  -^put  to  shame  through 
me,  O  Lord  Jehovah  of 
hosts  : 
Let  not  those  that  seek  thee  be 
brought  to  dishonor  through 
me,  0  God  of  Israel. 

7  Because  'for  thy  sake  I  have 

borne  reproach ; 
''  Shame  hath  covered  my  face. 

8  I  am  become  a  'stranger  unto 

my  brethren. 
And  an  alien  unto  my  mother's 
children. 

9  For  *  the  zeal  of  thy  house  hath 

eaten  me  up ; 
And  'the  reproaches  of  them 
that  reproach  thee  are  fallen 
upon  me. 

10  When  I  wept,  and  '^chastened 

my  soul  with  fasting, 
That  was  to  my  reproach. 

11  When    I  made  "sackcloth  my 

clothing, 
I  became  "  a  byword  unto  them. 

12  They  that* sit  in  the  gate  talk 

of  me ; 
And    /  am   the  "song   of  the 
drunkards. 

13  But  as  for  me, 

unto    thee,   O 

an  acceptable  time 
O  God,  in  the  'abundance  of 

thy  lovingkindness. 
Answer  me  in  the  truth  of  thy 

salvation. 

14  Deliver  me  out  of  the  'mire, 

and  let  me  not  sink  : 
Let    me    be    "delivered    from 
them  that  hate  me,  and  out 
of  the  "deep  waters. 

15  Let  not  the  ''waterflood  over- 

whelm me. 
Neither  let  the  deep  swallow 

me  up ; 
And  let  not  the  *pit  shut  its 

mouth  upon  me. 

1 6  Answer   me,   O   Jehovah ;    for 

Hhy  lovingkindness  is  good: 
"According   to    the    multitude 
of  thy  tender  mercies  *turn 
thou  unto  me. 

17  And  "hide  not  thy  face  from 

thy  servant ; 
For  1  am  ''in  distress;  answer 
me  speedily. 

143.  7    dPs.  31.  9;  66.  14 


my  prayer  is 
Jehovah,    '  in 


*  Heb.  guiltinesses 


69.18 


PSALMS 


71.4 


18  Draw  nigh  unto  my  soul,  and 

"redeem  it: 
*  Ransom  me  because  of  mine 
enemies. 

19  Thou    knowest  my  "^  reproach, 

and  my  shame,  and  my  dis- 
honor: 
Mine  adversaries  are  all  before 
thee. 

20  Reproach    hath    "*  broken    my; 

heart;    and    I   am    'full    ot 

heaviness : 
And  ^  I  looked  for  some  to  take 

pity,  but  there  was  none  ; 
And   for    ^comforters,     but    I 

found  none. 

21  They  gave  me  also  «'gall  for  my 

food  ; 
And  in  my  thirst  they  ''gave 
me  vinegar  to  drink. 

22  Let   'their    table  before  them 

become  a  snare ; 
And  *when  they  are  in  peace, 
let  it  become  a  trap. 

23  Let  their  '  eyes  be  darkened,  so 

that  they  cannot  see  ; 
And  make  their  '"  loins  contin- 
ually to  shake. 

24  "Pour    out    thine    indignation 

upon  them. 
And  let  the  fierceness  of  thine 
anger  overtake  them. 

25  Let  their '^ "  habitation  be  deso- 

late ; 
Let  none  dwell  in  their  tents. 

26  For  they  ^  persecute  him  whom 

9  thou  hast  smitten  ; 
And  they  tell  of  the  ^sorrow 
of   those  whom   '"thou    hast 
wounded. 

27  Add  'iniquity   unto    their  in- 

iquity ; 
And  let  them  not   come    into 
'thy  righteousness. 

28  Let  them  be  "blotted  out  of  the 

"book  of  ■'life. 
And  not  be  ^written  with  the 
righteous. 

29  But  I  am  ^poor  and  ^sorrow- 

ful : 
Let  thy  salvation,  O  God,  '  set 
me  up  on  high. 

30  I  will  "praise  the  name  of  God 

with  a  song. 
And  will  *  magnify  him    with 
"  thanksgiving. 

31  And   it   will   "*  please  Jehovah 

better  than  an  ox, 
Or  a  bullock  that  hath  horns 
and  hoofs. 

32  The  'meek  have  seen  it,  and 

are  glad : 


1  Or,  sore  sick 

2  Or,  encampment 

3  Or,  pain 


*  Or,  the  living 
5  Or,  in  pain 


"  Ps.  26.  11 ; 

49.  16 ;  2  S. 

4.  9 
6  Ps.  119.  134 
'  Ps.  22.  6 ; 

31.  11 
d  Jer.  23.  9 
'  Ps.  142.  4 
/Job  16.  2 
"  Dt.  29.  18 
h  Mt.  27.  34, 

48 ;  Mk.  16. 

23  ;  Lk.  23. 

36;  J  n.  19. 

28-30 
■  liom.  11.  9, 

10 
i  1  Th.  6.  3 
'  Is.  G.  10 
"'  Dan.  6.  6 
"  Ps.  79.  6 ; 

Jer.  10.  25 ; 

Ezek.  20. 

8 ;  Hos.  5. 

10 

"  Mt.  23.  38  ; 

Lk.  13.  36 ; 

Acts  1.  20 
P  2  Clir.  2S. 

9 ;  Zech.  1. 

15 
«  Is.  63.  4 
'■  Ps.  109.  22 
'  Ps.  109.  14  ; 

Nell.  4.  5 ; 

Rom.  1.  28 
'  Ps.  103.  17 
"  Ex.  32.  33 ; 

Rev.  3.  5 
"  Phil.  4.  3 ; 

Rev.  13.  8 ; 

20.  15 
^  Ps.  87.  6 ; 

Ezek  13. 

9 ;  Lk.  10. 

20;  Heb. 

12.  23 


s'Ps. 

70. 

5 

^Ps. 

20. 

i; 

69. 

1 

"Ps. 

28. 

7 

bVa 

34 

3 

<=Va. 

50. 

14 

dPs 

50 

13, 

14; 

61 

16 

'Ps. 

34. 

2 

/Ps.  22.  26 
"  Ps.  12.  5 
h  Ps.  68.  6 
'Ps.  96.  11; 

98.  7  ;  148. 

1-13;  Is. 

44.  23  ;  49. 

13 
k  Ps.  46.  5  ; 

61.  18 
(  Ps.  147.  2 ; 

Is.  44.  26 
"  Obad.  17 
"  Ps.  25.  13 ; 

102.  28 
"  Ps.  37.  29 
P  ver.  1-5 : 

Ps.  40. 13-17 
1  Ps.  141.  1 
■■  ver.  1-3 : 

Ps.  31.  1-3 

'  Ps.  90. 1 ; 
91.  9 ;  Dt. 
33.  27 

«  Ps.  7.  6 ; 

42.  8 


"  Pb.  140.  1,  4 


Ye  that  seek  after  God,  ■''let 
your  heart  live. 

33  For     ^Jehovah     heareth     the 

needy. 
And    ''despiseth   not   his  pris- 
oners. 

34  Let  'heaven  and  earth  praise 

him, 
The  seas,  and  everything  that 
moveth  therein. 

35  For  God  will  *save  Zion.  and 

'  build  the  cities  of  Judah ; 
And  they  shall  abide  there,  and 
'"  have  it  in  possession. 

36  The  "seed  also  of  his  servants 

shall  inherit  it ; 
And  they  that  love  his  name 
"shall  dwell  therein. 

Prayer  for  Help  against  Persecntors. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.    A   Psalm  of 
David  ;  ^to  bring  to  remembrance. 

'YCi  ''^^^^    haste,    O    God,    to 

1  V-^      deliver  me  ; 

Make  haste  to  help  me,  O 
Jehovah. 

2  Let  them  be  put  to  shame  and 

confounded 
That  seek  after  my  soul : 
Let  them  be  turned  backward 

and  brought  to  dishonor 
That  delight  in  my  hurt. 

3  Let  them  be  turned  back  ''by 

reason  of  their  shame 
That  say.  Aha,  aha. 

4  Let   all    those  that   seek  thee 

rejoice  and  be  glad  in  thee ; 

And  let  such  as  love  thy  salva- 
tion say  continually. 

Let  God  be  magnified. 

5  But  I  am  poor  and  needy  ; 
Make  « haste  unto  me,  O  God  : 
Thou    art    my    help    and    my 

deliverer ; 
O  Jehovah,  make  no  tarrying. 

Prayer  of  an  Old  Man  for  Deliverance. 

n'ln  thee,  O  Jehovah,  do  I 
take  refuge : 
Let  me  never  be  put  to  shame. 

2  Deliver   me  in  tny  righteous- 

ness, and  rescue  me : 
Bow  down  thine  ear  unto  me, 
and  save  me. 

3  Be  thou  to  me  a  rock  of  '  habi- 

tation, whereunto  I  may  con- 
tinually resort : 

Thou  hast  given  'command- 
ment to  save  me; 

For  thou  art  "  my  rock  and  my 
fortress. 

4  "  Rescue  me,  O  my  God,  out  oi 

the  hand  of  the  wicked, 

«  Or,  to  make  memorial        '  Or,  for  a  reward  oj 


578 


71.5 


PSALMS 


72.  7 


Out  of  the  hand  of  the  un- 
righteous and  cruel  man. 

5  For  thou  art  my  "  liupe,  O  Lord 

Jehovah  : 
Thou  art  my  "trust  from  my 
youth. 

6  By  thee  have  I  been  "^holden 

up  from  the  womb  ; 
Thou   'art   he   that  ''took   me 

out  of  my  mother's  bowels : 
My  *  praise  shall  be  continually 

of  thee. 

7  I  am  as  a  ■''wonder  unto  many  ; 
But  thou  art "  my  strong  refuge. 

8  My  ''mouth  shall  be  tilled  with 

thy  praise. 
And  with  'thy  honor  all  the  day. 

9  Cast  me  not  oE  in  the  *time 

of  old  age ; 
Forsake     me     not    when     my 
strength  faileth. 

10  For  mine  enemies  speak   con- 

cerning me ; 
And  they  that  '  watch  for  my 
soul  "'  take  counsel  together, 

11  Saying,    "God    hath    forsaken 

him  : 
Pursue  and  take  him  ;  for  there 
is  "  none  to  deliver. 

12  0  God,  p  be  not  far  from  me  ; 

0  my  God,  « make  haste  to  help 
me. 

13  Let  them  be  'put  to  shame  and 

consumed  that  are  adversa- 
ries to  my  soul ; 

Let    them     De    'covered    with 
reproach  and  dishonor  that 
'seek  my  hurt. 
1-1  But  I  will  "  hope  continuall5% 

And  will  'praise  thee  yet  more 
and  more. 

15  My/ mouth   shall   tell  of    thy 

righteousness, 
And  of  *thy  salvation  all  the 

day; 
For  1  'know  not  the  numbers 

thereof. 

16  I  win  come  -with  the  "mighty 

acts  of  the  Lord  Jehovah  : 

1  will  *make  mention  of  thy 
righteousness,  even  of  thine 
only. 

17  0  God,  thou  ""hast  taught  me 

from  my  youth  ; 
And  hitherto  have  I  ''declared 
thy  wondrous  works. 

18  Yea,   even    ^when    I    am    'old 

and  grayheaded,  O  God,  for- 
sake me  not. 
Until    I    have  ■''declared   *thy 
strength  unto  the  next  gen- 
eration, 

1  Or,  hast  been  my  benefactor  from  Ac. 
S  Or.  in  the  strength 

•  Heb.  unto  old  agf  and  gray  hairs. 

*  Heb.  thine  arm. 


"  Pa.  30.  7  ; 

Jer.  14.  8 ; 

17.  7,  13,  17  ; 

nO.  7 
l>  Ps.  22.  9 
'=  Pb.  22.  10  ; 

Is.  Mi.  3 
d  Ps.  22.  9  ; 

Job  10.  IS 
'  Ps.  34.  1 

/  Ib.  8.  18  ; 

1  Cor.  4.  9 
"  Ps.  01.  3 
''  Ps.  03.  5 

*  Pa.  90.  0  ; 
104.  1 

*  ver.  18  ;  Pa. 
92.  14 ;  Is. 
40.  4 

'  Ps.  66.  6 
'"  Ps.  31.  13  ; 

83.  3  ;  Mt. 

27.  1 
"  Ps.  3.  2 
°  Ps.  7.  2 
>'  Ps.  10.  1 ; 

22.  11 ;  3.5. 

22 ;  ,38.  21 
9  Ps.  38.  22  ; 

40.  13  ;  70.  T) 
"■  Ps.  3o.  4, 

20  ;  40.  14 
'  Ps.  109,  29 

<  ver.  24 ; 

Esth.  9.  2 
"  Ps,  130.  7 
''  ver.  8 
'  Ps.  36.  28 
"  Ps.  9(5.  2 

*  Ps.  40.  5 
"  Ps,  106.  2 
''  Ps.  51.  14 

"  Dt,  4.  5  ; 

«,  7 
rf  Ps,  26,  7  ; 

40,  6;  UU, 

'  ver,  9 
/Ps,  22,  31; 
78,  4,  0 


'^  Ps,  30,  6  ; 

57,  10 
'»  Ps,  126,  2  ; 

Lk,  1.  49 

•  Ps,  3.1,  10 ; 
Dt,  3,  24 

'■•  Ps.  60,  3 
'  Ps.  80.  18  ; 

86.  0;  119. 

26  ;  138.  7  ; 

Hos.  0.  2 
"■  Ps.  8fi.  13 
"  Ps.  18.  .35 
"  Ps.  23.  4  ; 

80.  17  ;  Is. 
12.  1  ;  49.  13 

P  Ps.  33.  2  ; 

81.  2;  144.9 
«  Ps.  33.  2  ; 

147.  7 
""  Ps.  78.  41  ; 

89,  18:  Is, 

1,  4,  &c, 
•Ps,  6,  11 ; 

32,  11  ;  132, 

9,  16 
<  Ps,  34,  22  ; 

S.i,  18;  ia3,  4 
"  Ps,  35,  28 
"  ver,  13 
"  1  Cbr,  22, 13 
V  Ps,  24,  5 
'  Is,  9,  7  ;  11, 

2-,i  ;  .32,  1 
"  Ps.  82,  3 
I'  la,  2.  4  ;  9, 

fi,  6  ;  Mic. 

4,  3.  4  ; 

Zech,  9.  10 
"  Is.  II,  4 
<*  Ps,  89,  38, 37 

•  Dt,  32,  2  ; 
2  8.  23,  4  ; 
Hos,  6,  3 

/  Ps.  65,  10 
"  Ps.  92,  12 

679 


Thy  might  to  every  one  that 

is  to  come, 

19  Thy     *  righteousness     also,    O 

God,  is  very  high ; 
Thou    who    hast    ''done   great 

things, 
O  God,  'who  is  like  unto  thee? 

20  Thou,   who    hast  *  showed   *us 

many  and  sore  troubles, 
Wilt  'quicken  ''us  again. 
And  wilt  bring  ''us  up  again 

'"from    the    depths    of    the 

earth. 

21  Increase  thou  my  "greatness. 
And  turn  again  and  "comfort 

me. 

22  I    will    al.so    praise    thee   with 

the  -P  psaltery, 
Fven  thy  truth,  O  my  God  : 
Unto  thee  will  I  sing  praises 

with  the  ''harp, 
O  thou  ''Holy  One  of  Israel. 

23  My  lips    shall  'shout   for   joy 

when    I    sing    praises    unto 
thee; 
And  my  'soul,  which  thou  hast 
I'edeemed. 

24  My  "tongue  also  shall  talk  of 

thy  righteousness  aU  the  day 
long; 
For   tnev  are  "put  to   shame, 
for    they    are     confounded, 
that  seek  my  hurt. 

TLe  Keigii  of  the  Rightcons  King. 
A  Psalm  of  Solomon. 

^O  Give    the  king  ''thy  judg- 

1  ^      ments,  O  God, 

And  «  thy  righteousness   unto 
the  king's  son. 

2  ''He    will    ^ judge    thy    people 

with  righteousness, 
And  "  thy  poor  with  justice. 

3  The     mountains     sliall     bring 

*  peace  to  the  people. 
And  the  hills,  in  righteousness. 

4  He  will  "■  judge  the  poor  of  tlie 

people, 
He  will  save  the  children  of  the 

needy. 
And  will  break  in  pieces  the 

oppressor. 

5  They  shall  fear  thee  ''while  the 

sunendureth. 
And    '.so    long    as    the   moon, 
throughout  all  generations. 

6  He  will   come  down  "like  rain 

upon  the  mown  grass, 
As  ■''.showers    that   water    the 
earth. 

7  In  his  days  shall    the  *  right. 

eous  flourish, 

5  Another  reading  is,  ni'. 

«  Or,  LH  him  (and  so  throughout  the  Psalm) 

7  Heb.  before  the  moon. 


72.8 


PSALMS 


73. 11 


And  abundance  of   peace,   till 
the  moon  be  no  more. 

8  He  shall    have    dominion  also 

"  from  sea  to  sea, 
And  from  the  Kiver  unto  the 
ends  of  the  earth. 

9  They  that  ''dwell  in  the  wilder- 

ness shall "  bow  before  him  ; 
And    his    enemies    shall   ''lick 
the  dust. 

10  The    kings    of    ^Tarshish    and 

of    the  -^  isles    shall    render 
tribute  : 
The  kings  of  "  Sheba  and  *  Seba 
shall  'offer  gifts. 

1 1  Yea,  all  *  kings  shall  fall  down 

before  him  ; 
All '  nations  shall  serve  him. 

12  For  he  will  ™  deliver  the  needy 

when  he  crieth, 
And  the  poor,   ^  that  hath  no 
helper. 

1 3  He    will    have   "  pity    on    the 

^poor  and  needy. 
And  the  souls  of  the  needy  he 
will  save. 

14  He    will    "  redeem    their    soul 

from    ^oppression    and    vio- 
lence ; 
And  p  precious  will  their  blood 
be  in  his  sight : 

15  And  *they  shall  liv-e ;  and  to 

him   shall   be  given   of   the 
«  gold  of  Sheba  : 


1  Or,  and  him  that  hath 
*  Or,  weak 


3  Or,  fraud 
*  Or,  he 


"  Ex.  23.  31 ; 

Zech.  9.  10 
I'  Ps.  74.  14  ; 

Is.  23.  13 
"  Ps.  22.  29 
d  Is.  49.  23  ; 

Mic.  7.  17 
'  2  Chr.  9. 

21  ;  Ps.  4S. 

/  Ps.  97.  1 ; 

Is.  42.  4, 

10;  Zeph. 

2.  11 
»  1  K  10.  1  : 

Job  (i.  19 ; 

Is.  00.  6 
ft  Gen.  10.  7  ; 

Is.  43.  3 
'  Ps.  45.  12  ; 

08.  29 
*  Ps.  138.  4  ; 

Is.  49.  23 
'  Ps.  86.  9 
'"  ver.  4 ; 

Job  29.  12 
"  Prov.  19. 

17  ;  28.  8 
"  Ps.  69.  18 
1'  Ps.  116.  15  ; 

1  S.  26.  21 
9  Is.  60.  6 


•■  Ps.  104.  16 
'Job  5.  25 
«  Ps.  135.  13  ; 

Ex.  3.  15 
"  Ps.  89.  36 

"  Gen.  12.  3 ; 

22.  18 
^  Lk.  1.  48 
y  Ps.  41.  13  ; 

89.  52  ;  100. 

48 
'  Ps.  77.  14 ; 

86.  10;  136. 

4  ;  Ex.  15. 

11 ;  Job 

5.  9 
"  Ps.  96.  8  ; 

Neh.  9.  5 
>>  Num.  14.  21 
"  Ps.  41.  13 


And   rnen   shall  pray  for  him 

continually ; 
^They  shall  bless  him  all  the 

day  long. 

16  There  shall  be/ abundance  of 

grain  in  the  ^  earth  upon  the 

top  of  the  mountains; 
The  fruit  thereof    shall  shake 

like  "■  Lebanon  : 
And    they    of    the    city    shall 

flourish   like   "grass    of    the 

earth. 

17  His    'name    shall    endure    for 

ever ; 
His  name  shall  ^  be  continued 

*  "  as  long  as  the  sun  : 
And  men  shall  "  be  "  blessed  in 

him  ; 
''All    nations    shall    call    hiui 

happy. 

18  *' Blessed  be  Jehovah  God,  the 

God  of  Israel, 
Who    only    ^  doeth    wondrous 
things  : 

19  And    blessed   be  his  "glorious 

name  for  ever; 
And  let  the  whole  *  earth   be 

filled  with  his  glory. 
"  Amen,  and  Amen. 

20  The  prayers  of  David  the  son  of  Jesse 

are  ended. 


5  Or,  a  handful         ^  Heb.  before  the  sun. 

6  Or,  land  »  Or,  bleas  themselves 

7  Or,  have  issue 


BOOK  III 


The  End  of  the  Wickrd  contrasted  with  that  of  the 
Righteous. 

A  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

'TO  ^Surely   God   is   "good   to 
4  O      Israel, 

Bven  to  such  as  are  ''pure  in 
heart. 

2  But  as  for  me,  "my  feet  were 

almost  gone ; 
My  steps  had  well  nigh  slipped. 

3  For  1  was  ''envious  at  the    ar- 

roga.nt. 
When  I  saw  the  *  prosperity  of 
the  wicked. 

4  For  there  are  no  pangs  in  their 

death ; 
But  their  strength  is  ^firm. 

5  They  are  ^not  ^in   trouble  as 

othei'  men ; 
Neither  are  they  *  plagued  like 
other  men. 

1  Or,  Only  good  is  God  «  Or,  fools 

s  Heb.  in  the  (rouble  of  men. 


"  Ps.  86.  5 
b  Ps.  24.  4  ; 

61.  10 ;  Mt. 
5.  8 
"  Ps.  94.  18 

rf  Ps.  37.  1 ; 

Prov.  23. 17 
«  Ps.  37.  7  ; 

Jer.  12.  1 
/  Ps  10.  6 
!'  ver.  12 ; 

Job  21.  9 
ft  ver.  14 


'Gen. 41.  42; 

Prov.  1.  9 
t  Ps.  109.  18 
'  Ps.  17.  10 ; 

.Tob  15.  27 
'"  Ps.  1.  1 
"  Ps.  17.  10 ; 

2  Pet.  2. 

18;  Jude 

16 

"  Ps.  23.  5 
P  Job  22.  13, 
rel 


580 


6  Therefore  pride  is  as  a  'chain 

about  their  neck ; 
Violence  covereth  them  *as  a 
garment. 

7  Their  eyes  stand  out  with  ^fat- 

ness : 
*They  have   more  than   heart 
could  wish. 

8  They  ™  scoff,  and  in  wickedness 

utter  oppression : 
They  "  speak  « loftily. 

9  They  have  set  their  mouth  '^in 

the  heavens. 
And     their     tongue     walketh 
through  the  earth. 

10  Therefore    ^his   people    return 

hither : 
And  Avaters  of  a  "full  cup  are 
drained  by  them. 

1 1  And  they  say,  p  How  doth  God 

know  1 

*  Or,  The  imaginntions  ofthHr  heart  overflow 
5  Or,  from  on  h  igh  «  Or,  against 

7  Another  reading  is,  he  will  bring  back  his 
people.    . 


73.  12 


PSALMS 


74<9 


And  is  there  knowledge  in  the 
^lost  HigM 

1 2  Behold,  "  these  are  the  wicked  ; 
And,  being  ahvay  'at  ease,  they 

increase  in  riches. 

13  Surely  'in  vain  have  I  cleansed 

my  heart, 
And  ''  washed  my  hands  in  in- 
nocency  ; 

14  For  'all  the  day  long  have  I 

been  plagued, 
xYnd   '•'chastened  every  morn- 
ing. 

15  If    I    had    said,   I    will    speak 

thus ; 
Behold,  I  had  dealt  treacher- 
ously  with   the  *' generation 
of  thy  children. 

16  Vv'hen  1'' thought  how  I  might 

know  this. 
It  was  '"  too  painful  for  me  ; 

17  Until   I  went  into   the  'sanc- 

tuarj'^  of  God, 
And    considered    their    *  latter 
end. 

18  Surely   thou    settest   them    in 

'  slippery  places : 
Thou    castest    them    down    to 
^"'destruction. 

1 9  How  are  they  become  a  "  deso- 

lation in  a  moment ! 
They    are     utterly    consumed 
with  "terrors. 

20  As  a  ^  dream  when  one  awak- 

eth. 
So,  O  Lord,  ■'when  thou  »awak- 
est,  thou  wilt  ''despise  their 
image. 

2 1  For  my  '  soul  ^  was  grieved, 
And    1    was    'pricked    in    my 

«  heart : 

22  So  "brutish  'was  I,  and  igno- 

rant ; 
I  was  as  a  ''beast  ^before  thee. 

23  Nevertheless  'I  am  continually 

with  thee : 
Thou    hast    holden    my    right 
hand. 

24  Thou  wilt  "guide  me  with  thy 

counsel. 
And  afterward  *  receive  me  '  to 
glory. 

25  "Whom  have  I  in  heaven  but 

tkeel. 
And  there  is  none  upon  earth 
that  I  desire  '"besides  thee. 

26  My  *  flesh  and  my  heart  fail- 

eth: 
B^it  God   is   the  "strength  of 
my  heart   and    my  ''portion 
for  ever. 

•  Heb.  my  chastisement  was. 

•  Heb.  Inhor  in  mine  eyes.        3  Heb  ruins. 

•  Or.  in  the  citu        '  Heb.  vjas  in  a  ferment. 

•  Heb.  reins.      '  Or,  am      8  Heb.  loilh  thee. 
»  Or,  with      w  Or,  with  thee      "  Heb.  rock. 


"  Ps  49.  6 ; 

6'.'.  7 
6  Jer.  AO.  .71 ; 

Ezek.  23. 

42 
'  Job  21.  l.'i ; 

.■!4.  9  ;  36.  3 
•t  Vs.  2G.  « 
"  Ps.  38.  6 
/Ps.  118.  18; 

Job  33.  19 
'■>  Ps.  14.  6 
''  Eccl.  8.  17 
'  Ps.  27.  4 ; 

77.  13 
*  Ps.  .37.  38 
'  Ps.  a'-..  6 
'"  Ps.  3o.  8 ; 

30.  12 
"  Num.  16. 

21 ;  Is.  47. 

11 
o  Job  IS.  11 
i>  Job  20.  8 
«  Ps.  78.  66 
•■  1  S.  2.  30 
'  Judg.  10.16 
t  Acts  2.  37 
"  Ps.  49. 10 ; 

92.  6 
"  Ps.  49.  20  ; 

Job  18.  3  ; 

T:cc1.  3.  18 
'  Ps.  16.  8 
V  Ps.  32.  8  ; 

48.  14 ;  Is. 

58.  II 
'  Ps.  49.  16 ; 

Oen.  5.  24 
•^  Ps.  16.  2 
'  Ps.  38.  10 ; 

40.  12  ;  84. 

2;  119.  81 
'  Ps.  16.  5 


rf  Ps.  37.  20 
'  Ps.  100.  39  ; 

Ex.  34.  15 ; 

Num.  l.""). 

39;  Hos.  4. 

12;  9.  1 
/  Ps.  65.  4  ; 

Heb.  10. 

22 ;  Jas. 

4.8 
f  Ps.  14.  6; 

71.  7 
fc  Ps.  40.  6 ; 

107.  22 ; 

118.  17 
'  Ps.  44.  9 : 

77.7 
*Ps.  18.  8; 

89.  40 ;  Dt. 

29.  20 
'  Ps.  79.  13  ; 

95.  7  ;  100.  3 
'"  Ex.  16.  16 ; 

Dt.  32.  6 

"  Ps.  77.  15 ; 

106.  10; 

Ex.  15.  13; 

Is.  63.  9 
0  Dt.  32.  9  ; 

Is.  63.  17 ; 

Jer.  10.  16; 

61.  19 
''  Ps.  9. 11 ; 

68.  16 
'  Is.  01.  4 
■■  Ps.  79.  1 
'  Lara.  2.  7 
'  Num.  2.  2 
"  ver.  9 
"  Jer.  46.  22 
'  1  K.  6.  18. 

29.  32,  36 
V  •>  K.  25.  9 
■■  Ps.  89.  39 ; 

I.am.  2.  2 
'  Ps.  83.  4 
■>  Ps.  78.  43 
-  1  S.  3.  1  ; 

Lam.  2.  9 ; 

Ezek.  7. 

26 ;  Amo< 

8.  11 

681 


27  For,  lo,  they  that  are  far  from 

thee  shall  ''  perish  : 
Thou  hast  destroyed  all  them 
that "  play  the  harlot,  de-part- 
ing from  thee. 

28  But  it  is  good  for  me  to-''c'raw 

near  unto  God  : 
I  have  made  the  Lord  Jehovah 

my  "  refuge. 
That    I    may  Hell  of   all    thy 

works. 

A  Complaint  over  the  Dcvastiitinii  of  the  land  by 
the  Enemy. 

Maschil  of  Asaph. 

^  A    ^  God,  why  hast  thou  'cast 

1  j!      its  off  for  ever  'i 

Why  doth  thine  anger  *  smoke 
against  the  'sheep  of  thy 
])astiire? 

2  Beuiember    thy    congregation, 

which  thou  hast  '"gotten  of 
old. 

Which  thou  hast  "  redeemed  to 
be  the  "tribe  of  thine  in- 
heritance ; 

And  mount  *'Zion,  wherein 
thou  hast  dwelt. 

3  Lift  up  thy  feet  unto  the  » per- 

petual ruins, 
'"All  the  ""evil  that  the  enemy 
hath  done  in  the  sanctuary. 

4  Thine  adversaries  have  '  roared 

in  the  midst  of  thine  assem- 
bly; 
They  have  set  up  their  '  ensigns 
"for  signs. 

5  They    '^seemed    as    men    that 

lifted  up 
'Axes  ui)on  a  thicket  of  trees. 

6  And  now  all  the  ^carved  work 

thereof 
They  break  down  with  hatchet 
and  hammers. 

7  They  have  *set  thy  sanctuary 

on  fire ; 
They  have  ^profaned  the  dwell- 
ing-place   of    thy    name    by 
casting  it  to  the  ground. 

8  They  "said  in  their  heart.  Let 

us  make  havoc  of  them  alto- 
gether : 
They  have  burned  up  all  the 
"synagogues  of  God  in  the 
land. 

9  We  see  not  our  *  signs : 
There      is      "  no      more      any 

^  prophet ; 

Neither  is  there  among  us  any 
that  knoweth  "  how  long. 

<*  Ps.      3 ;  79.  5 ;  80.  4,  &c. 

12  Or,  The  enemy  hath  iwrought  all  evil 
IS  Or,  made  thrmselves  known 
w  Or,  places  of  assemblv 


74.10 


PSALMS 


76.3 


10  How  long,   O   God,  shall   the 

adversary  "  reproach  1 
Shall    the    enemy    *  blaspheme 
thy  name  for  everl 

11  Why  ''di-awest  thou  back  thy 

hand,  even  thy  right  hand? 
Pluck  it  out  of  thy  bosom  aiul 
''■  consume  them. 

12  Yet  God  is  "my  King  of  old, 
Working  salvation  in  the  midst 

of  the  earth. 

13  Thou  didst  ^-^  divide  the  sea  by 

thy  strength  : 
Thou  ^  brakest  the  heads  of  the 
''sea-monsters  in  the  waters. 

14  Thou    brakest    the    heads    of 

^leviathan  in  pieces; 
Thou  gavest  him  to  be  food  to 
the   people  *  inhabiting  the 
wilderness. 

15  Thou  didst 'cleave  fountain  and 

flood: 
Thou    ™driedst     up    '■'mighty 
rivers. 

16  The  day  is  thine,  the  night  also 

is  thine : 
Thou  hast  "  prepared  the  ^  light 
and  the  sun. 

1 7  Thou  hast  "  set  all  the  borders 

of  the  earth: 
Thou  hast  made  ^  summer  and 
winter. 

18  Remember  this,  that  the  enemy 

•*hath  *  reproached,  O  Jeho- 
vah, 
And  that  a  "■  foolish  people  hath 
blasphemed  thy  name. 

19  Oh  deliver  not  Hhe  soul  of  thy 

'turtle-dove   unto    the   wild 
beast : 
'Forget   not   the  ®life   of  thy 
poor  for  ever. 

20  Have  respect  unto  the  "cove- 

nant ; 
For    the  ''dai'k    places    of   the 
''  earth  are  full  of  the  habita- 
tions of  violence. 

21  Oh  let  not  the  •'oppressed  re- 

turn ashamed : 
Let  the  *poor  and  needy  praise 
thy  name. 

22  Arise,  O  God,  'plead  thine  own 

cause : 
Remember  how  the  "foolish  man 
reproacheth  thee  all  the  day. 

23  Forget  not  the  voice  of  thine 

*  adversaries : 
The  "tumult  of  those  that  rise 
up  against  thee  ^ascendeth 
continually. 

1  Heb.  break  up.  *  Or,  ever-flowing 

^Heb.  luminary . 

1  Or,  hath  reproached  Jehovah 

s  Or,  thy  turtle-dove  unto  the  greedy  multitude 

6  Or,  multitude  i  Or,  {and 

■"  Or,  which  ascendeth 


"  Ps.  44.  16 ; 

79.  12 ;  89. 
.51 

6  Lev.  24.  16 
'  Lam.  2.  3 
d  Ps.  69.  13 
'  Ps.  44.  4 
/  Ps.  78.  13  ; 
Ex.  14.  21 
9  Is.  51.  9 
''  Ps.  148.  7  ; 

Jer.  51.  34 
'  Ps.  104.  26 ; 

Job  41.  1 
*:  Ps.  72.  9 
'  Ps.  78.  16 ; 

106.  41 ; 

114.  8  ;  Ex. 

17.  5,6; 

Num.  20. 

11 ,  Is.  48. 

21 

'"  Ps.  114.  3 ; 

Ex.  14.  21, 

22  ;  Josh. 

2.  10  ;  3.  13 
"  Ps.  104.  19 ; 

130.  7,  8  ; 

Gen.  1.  14- 

18 
"  Dt.  32.  8  ; 

Acts  17.  26 
P  Ps.  147.  10- 

18 
9  ver.  10 
'■  Ps.  39.  8  ; 

Dt.  32.  6 
'  S.  S.  2.  14 
'  Ps.  9.  18 
"  Ps.  106.  45  ; 

fien.  17.  7 
"  Ps.  88.  6 ; 

143.  3 
^  Ps.  103,  8 
y  Ps.  3a.  10  ; 

Is.  41.  17 

=  Ps.  43.  1 ; 
Is.  3.  13 ; 

43.  26  ; 

Ezek.  20. 

35 
"  ver.  18 
>>  ver.  10 
"  Ps.  66.  7 


d  Ps.  79.  13 
«  Ps.  145.  18 
/Ps.  26.  7; 

44.  1 ;  71. 

17 
y  Ps.  102.  13 
h  Ps.  9.  8  ;  67. 

4;  Is.  11.  4 
'  Ps.  46.  6  ; 

Is.  24.  19 
*  1  S.  2.  8 
'  Zech.  1.  21 
"'  Ps.  94.  4 ; 

1  S.  2.  3 
"  Pa.  3.  3  ; 

113.  7 
"  Ps.  60.  6 
P  Ps.  147.  6 ; 

1  S.  2.  7 ; 

Dan.  2.  21 
aPs.  11.  6; 

60.  3 ;  Job 

21.  20 ;  Jer. 

25.  15 
>■  Prov.  23.  30 

*  Obad.  16 

*  Ps.  22.  22  ; 
40.  10 

"  Jer.  48.  25 
"  Ps.  89.  17 ; 

92.  10:  148. 

14;  1  S.  2.  1 
=^  Ps.  48.  3 
"  Ps.  99.  3 
^  Oen.  14.  18 
"  Ps.  27.  6  ; 

Lam.  2.  6 
6  Ps.  9.  U  ; 

132.  13 ; 

135.  21 
"  Ps.  46.  9 

582 


God  abases  the  Proud,  bat  exalts  the  Rjghteoas. 

For  the  Chief  Musician ;   set  to  Al-tash- 
heth.    A  Psalm  of  Asaph,  a  Song. 

'7  PC  We     ''  give     thanks     unto 

1  O      thee,  O  God; 

We  give  thanks,  "for  thy  name 

is  "near : 
Men    -^tell    of    thy    wondrous 

works. 

2  When   I  shall  ^^  find  the  ^  set 

time, 
I  will  ''judge  uprightly. 

3  "The 'earth  and  all  the  inhab-. 

itants  thereof  are  dissolved  : 

I  have  ^^set  up  the  *  pillars  of 

it.  [Selah 

4  I  said  unto  the  ^^  arrogant,  Deal 

not  arrogantly ; 
And  to  the  wicked,  'Lift  not  up 
the  horn : 

5  Lift  not  up  ,vour  horn  on  high  ; 
'"  Speak  not  "  with  a  stiff  neck. 

6  For  neither  from  the  east,  nor 

from  the  west. 
Nor    yet    ^'^from    the   ^^  south, 
cometh  "lifting'up. 

7  But  "God  is  the  judge: 

He   ^putteth    down   one,    and 
lifteth  up  another. 

8  For  in  the   hand    of   Jehovah 

there  is  a  « cup,  and  the  wine 

"  foameth ; 
It  is  full  of  *■  mixture,  and  he 

poureth  out  of  the  same : 
Surely   the   dregs    thereof,  all 

the  wicked  of  the  earth  shall 

drain  them,  and  'drink  them. 

9  But  I  will  *  declare  for  ever, 

I  will  sing  praises  to  the  God 
of  Jacob. 
10  All  the  ^  horns  of  the  wicked 
also  will  I  cut  off; 
But  "the  horns  of   the  right- 
eous shall  be  lifted  up. 

The  Victorious  Power  of  the  Sod  of  Jacob. 

For  the  Chief  Musician ;  on  stringed  in- 
struments.   A  Psalm  of  Asaph,  a  Song. 

^  f\    In  Judah  is  God  '^  known  : 
f  yj    His    name    is    » great    in 
Israel. 

2  In  ''Salem  also  is  his  ^^"taber- 

nacle. 
And   his   ^^ ''  dwelling-place   in 
Zion. 

3  There  he  '^ brake  the  ^arrows 

of  the  bow; 

9  Or,  for  that  thy  name  is  near  Thywnndrous 
worka  declare  lo  Heb.  te«e. 

11  Or,  When  the  earth  .  .  .  I  set  up 
i'i  Keh.  proportioned.  ^3  Oi,  fools 

i-i  Or,  insolently  with  a  haughty  neck 
1'^  Or.  from  the  wilderness  of  mountains  cometn 
judement  ^^  Heb.  wilderness. 

17  Or,  is  red        18  Or,  covert        "  Or,  lair 
20  Or,  fiery  sfiafts    Or,  lightnings 


76.4 


PSALMS 


77.19 


The  shield,  and  the  sword,  and 

the  battle.  [Selah 

4  Glorious   art    thou   and  excel- 

lent, 
^  From  the  mountains  of  prey. 

5  The  "stouthearted  are  made  a 

spoil, 
They  have  slept  their  sleep  ; 
And  none  of  the  men  of  might 

have  found  their  hands. 

6  At    thy    "rebuke,    O    God    of 

Jacob, 
Both    ''chariot   and    horse   are 
cast  into  a  dead  sleep. 

7  Thou,   even    thou,   art  ''to    be 

feared  ; 
And  "  who  may  stand  in  thy 
sight    when    once    thou    art 
angry '? 

8  Thou  didst  cause  sentence  to 

be  heard  from  heaven  ; 
The   earth   ^  feared,    and    was 
still, 

9  When  God  "  arose  to  judgment. 
To  save  all  the  meek  of   the 

earth.  [Selah 

10  Surely  the  ''wrath  of  man  shall 

praise  thee : 
The  residue  of  wrath  shalt  thou 
-  gird  upon  thee. 

1 1  Yow,  and  '  pay  unto  Jehovah 

your  God : 
Let  all  that  are  round  about 
him    *  bring    presents    unto 
him  that  ought  to  be  feared. 

12  He  will  cut   off  the  spirit  of 

princes : 
He  is  '  terrible  to  the  kings  of 
the  earth. 

Comfort  ill  Trouble  from  recalling  fiod's  Mighty 
Deeds. 

For  the  Chief  Musician  ;  »»  after  the  man- 
ner of  Jeduthun.     A  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

^  'T  I  w411  "  cry  unto  God  with 
t    9        my  voice. 

Even  unto  God  with  my  voice  ; 
and  he  will  give  ear  unto  me. 

2  In  the  "day  of  my  trouble  I 

sought  the  Lord : 

My  ^hand  was  stretched  out  'in 
the  night,  and  slacked  not ; 

My  soul  "■  refused  to  be  com- 
forted. 

3  I  remember  God,  and  am  'dis- 

quieted : 
I  'complain,  and  "my  spirit  'is 
overwhelmed.  [Selah 

4  Thou  boldest  mine  eyes  watch- 

ing : 
I  am  so  troubled  that  I  *  cannot 
speak. 

1  Or,  If  ore  than  '  Or,  restrain 

»  Or, /ainteth 

20 


"  Is.  10.  12 ; 

46.  1-2 
l>  Ph.  80.  10 
■=  Ps.  7».  53 ; 

Ex.  16.  1, 

21 
<i  Ps.  SO.  7  ; 

itu.  4; 

1  Chr.  10.  'Ji') 
'  Ps.  VM.  :t ; 

Kzr.  9.  li ; 

Nah.  1.  6 ; 

Mai.  .).  2 ; 

Rev.  (!.  17 
/  Ps.  33.  8  ; 

I  thr.  l(i.  30 
"  Pa.  74.  22 ; 

''  Ex.  0.  16  ; 

Rom.  9.  17 
'  Ps.  50.  14 
>•■  Ps.  68.  29 
'  Ps.  47.  2 
"'  Pb.  62. 

title 
"  Ps.  3.  i  ; 

142.  1 
°  Ps.  50.  15  ; 

86.  7 
''  Ps.  88.  9 ; 

Job  11.  13 
«  Ps.  63.  6 ; 

Is.  26.  9 
^  Gen.  37.  35 
'  Ps.  42.  6, 

II  ;  43.  6 
'  Ps.  6ft.  2  ; 

142.  2 
"Ps.  61.  2; 

143.  4 

"  Ps.  39.  9 


'  Ps.  44.  1  ; 

143.  5  ; 

Dt.  32.  7 ; 

Is.  51.  9 
"  Pa.  42.  8 
-  Ps.  4.  4 
"  Ps.  44.  9, 

ref. 
I>  Ps.  8i-i.  1,  5 
'  Ps.  89.  49 
d  2  I'et.  3.  9 
'  Is.  49.  13 
/  Ps.  25.  6  ; 

40.  11  ;  61.  1 
»  Ps.  31.  22 ; 

73.  15 
'i  Ps.  44.  2,  3 
'  Ps.  105.  6 ; 

14.3.  5 
k  Ps.  14.5.  5 
'  Ps.  6.3.  2  ; 

7.3.  17 
""  Ps.  71.  19  ; 

8r>.  8  ;  Ex. 

15.  11 
"  Ps.  72.  18 
"  Ps.  106.  8 
P  Ps.  74.  2J 

78.  42:  Ex. 

6.  6 ;  Dt. 

n.  29 

9  Ps.  80.  1 

'■  Ps.  114.  3; 

Ex.  14.  21 : 

Hab.  3. 8, 10 
'  JndK.  6.  4 
'  Ps.  68.  33 
"  Ps.  18.  14 
"  Ps.  18.  13  ; 

104.  7 
*  Ps.  97.  4 
»  Ps.  18.  7  ; 

Judg.  6.  4 
'  Is.  61.  10 ; 

Hab.  3.  16 


583 


5  I  have  considered  the  "days  of 

old, 
The  years  of  ancient  times. 

6  1  call  to  remembrance  my  ^song 

in  the  night : 
I    -commune   with    mine   own 

heart ; 
And  my  spirit  maketh  diligent 

search. 

7  Will    the   Lord    "cast   off  for 

ever  1 
And  will  he  be  *  favorable  no 
more  l 

8  Is   his   "  lovingkindness    clean 

gone  for  ever  'i 
Doth  his  **  promise  fail  for  ever- 
more 1 

9  Hath  God  *  forgotten  to  be  gra- 

cious 1 
Hath  he  in  anger  shut  up  his 
•^tender  mercies'?  [Selah 

10  And   I  said,  ''^This  is  my  in- 

firmity ; 
But  I  will  remember  the  years 
of    the  '"right  hand    of   the 
Most  High. 

11  I    will    make    mention  of    the 

'deeds  of  * Jehovah ; 
For  I  will  '  remember  thy  won- 
ders of  old. 

12  I  will  *  meditate  also  upon  all 

thy  work. 
And  muse  on  thy  doings. 

13  Thy  way,   O  God,  is  ^in   the 

'  sancttte-ry : 
™  Who  is  a  great  god  like  unto 
God? 

14  Thou  art  the  "God  that  doest 

wonders : 
Thou    hast  "made  known  thy 
strength  among  the  peoples. 

15  Thou  hast  with  thine  arm  ^re- 

deemed thy  people. 
The  sons  of  Jacob  and  » Joseph. 
[Selah 

16  The  "■  waters  saw  thee,  O  God  ; 
The  waters  saw  thee,  they  ^  were 

afraid  : 
The  depths  also  trembled. 

17  The  'clouds  poured  out  water; 
The  skies  '  sent  out  a  sound  : 
Thine  "arrows  also  went  abroad. 

18  The  "voice  of  thy  thunder  was 

in  the  whirlwind  ; 
The  'lightnings  lightened  the 

world: 
The  "earth  trembled  and  shook. 

19  Thy  'way  was  in  the  sea. 

And  thy  paths    in    the    great 

waters. 
And    thy   footsteps   were   not 

known. 

<  Or,  Thig  is  my  grief.  That  the  rioht  hand  of 
the  Most  High  doth  change  '  HetJ.  Jah . 

6  Or,  in  holiness  '  Or,  were  in  pain 


77.20 


PSALMS 


78.26 


20  Thou  "leddest  thy  people  Hke  a 
flock, 
By  the  hand   of   *  Moses   and 
Aaron. 

fiod's  Guidance  of  his  People  in  spite  of  tlieir  Un- 

faithfuiuess. 

Maschil  of  Asaph. 

'TO''  Give  ear,  O  my  people,  to 

1  O      my  '  law  : 

•*  Incline  your  ears  to  the  words 
of  my  mouth. 

2  I  will  "open  my  mouth  in   a 

parable ; 
I  will  utter  -^dark  sayings  of 
old, 

3  Which    we    have    heard    and 

known, 
And  ^  our  fathers  have  told  us. 

4  We  will  *not  hide  them  from 

their  children. 

Telling  to  the  /  generation  to 
come  the  praises  of  Jehovah, 

And  his  strength,  and  his  ''  won- 
drous works  that  he  hath 
done. 

5  For  he  established  a  '  testimony 

in  Jacob, 
And  appointed  a  "'law  in  Israel, 
Which     he    "  commanded    our 

fathers. 
That  they  should  "make  them 

known  to  their  children ; 

6  That  the  generation    to  come 

might  know  them,  even  ^  the 
children  that  should  be  born ; 
Who   should   arise    and    '  tell 
them  to  their  children, 

7  That  they  might  set  their  hope 

in  God, 
And  ''not  forget  the  works  of 

God, 
But '  keep  his  commandments. 

8  And    might   'not    be  as   their 

fathers, 

A  "  stubborn  and  rebellious  gen- 
eration, 

A  generation  ^that  "set  not 
their  heart  aright. 

And  whose  spirit  was  not  *  sted- 
fast  with  God. 

9  The  children  of  Ephraim,  being 

farmed  and  carrjang  bows, 
^  Turned    back   in   the  day  of 
battle. 

10  They  "  kept  not  the  covenant  of 

God, 
And  refused  to  *walk   in   his 
law  ; 

1 1  And  they  "  f orgat  his  doings, 
And  his  wondrous  works  that 

he  had  showed  them. 

1  Or,  tenrhina 

3  Or,  that  prepared  not  their  heart 


"  Ps.  78.  52  ; 

80.  1 ;  Ex. 
13.  21  ;  14. 
19 ;  Is.  63. 
11-13 

*  Ps.  105.  26  ; 

Ex.  6.  26 
"18.51.  4 
d  Is.  55.  3 
<■  Ps.  49.  4  ; 

Mt.  13,  35 
/Prov.  1.  6 
"  Ps.  44.  1 
h  Ps.  145.  4  ; 

Ex.  12.  20  ; 

Dt.  11.  19; 

Job  15.  18; 

Is.  38.  19 ; 

Joel  1.  3 
'  Ps.  22.  30 
«••  Ps.  26.  7  ; 

71.  17;  Job 

37.  16 
'Ps.  19.7; 

81.  5  ;  Is.  8. 
20 

'"  Ps.  147.  19 
"  Dt.  «.  4-9 
"  Dt.  4.  9 
P  Ps.  22.  31 
«  Dt.  11.  19 
"■  Dt.  4.  9  ; 

6.  12  ;  8.  14 
»  Dt.  4.  2  ;  ,";. 

1.29;  27.  1  ; 

Josh.  22.  5 
'  2  Chr.  30. 

7 ;  Ezek. 

20.  18 
"  Dt.  9.  7, 

24;  31.  27; 

Judg.  2. 19; 

Is.  30.  9 

*"  ver.  37 ; 

Job  11.  13 
^  Ps.  51.  10 

(marg.) 
"  1  Chr.  12.  2 
'  ver.  57 ; 

Judg.  20.  39 
"Judg.  2.  20; 

1  K.  11.  11  ; 

2  K.  18.  12 
b  Ps.  119.  1  ; 

Jer.  32.  23 ; 
44.  10,  23 
'^  Ps.  106.  13 


d  Ps.  106.  22  ; 

Ex.  7-12 
*■  ver.  43 ; 

Num.  13. 

22 ;  Is.  19. 

11;  30.  4; 

Ezek.  30. 14 
/  Ps.  74.  13 ; 

136.  13 ; 

Ex.  14.  21 
'J  Ps.  33.  7  ; 

Ex.  1.5.  8 
ft  Ps.  105.  39  ; 

Ex.  13.  21 
'  Ex.  14.  24 

«;  Ps.  105.  41  ; 

114.  8  ;  Ex. 

17.  6;  Is. 

4S.  21  ; 

1  Cor.  10.  4 
'  Num.  20.  8, 

10,  11 
'"  Dt.  9.  22 ; 

Is.  63.  10 
"  ver.  41,  66  ; 

Ps.  95.  9  ; 

lOfi.  14; 

Dt.  6.  16 ; 

1  Cor.  10.  9 
"Num.  11.  4 
''  Ex.  16.  3  ; 

Num.  11.4; 

20.  3;  21.  6 
9  ver.  15.  16 
•"Num.  11.18 
'Num.  11.  1 
<  Dt.  1.  .32 ; 

9.  23 ;  Heb. 

3.  18 

684 


12  ''Marvellous  things  did  he  in 

the  sight  of  their  fathers, 
In  the  land  of  Egypt,  in  the 
*  field  of  Zoan. 

13  He  -^clave  the  sea,  and  caused 

them  to  pass  through  ; 
And   he  made   the    waters    to 
stand  ^  as  a  heap. 

14  In  the  ''day-time  also  he  led 

them  with  a  cloud, 
And  all  the  night  with  a  '  light 
of  fire. 

15  He  *  clave  rocks  in  the  wilder- 

ness. 
And    gave  them    drink   abun- 
dantly as  out  of  the  depths. 

1 6  He  '  brought  streams  also  out  of 

the  rock. 
And  caused  waters  to  run  down 
like  rivers. 

17  Yet  went  they  on  still  to  sin 

against  him. 
To    '"rebel   against    the    Most 
High  in  ^  the  desert. 

18  And    they    "tempted    God    in 

their  heart 
By  asking  "food  ■* according  to 
their  desire. 

1 9  Yea,  they  spake  against  God  ; 
They  said,  ^  Can  God  prepare  a 

table  in  the  wilderness  1 

20  Behold,  he  ^  smote  the  rock,  so 

that  waters  gushed  out, 
And  streams  overflowed ; 
Can  he  give  bread  also  1 
Will  he  provide  'flesh  for  his 

people! 

21  Therefore  Jehovah  heard,  and 

was '  wroth ; 
And  a  fire  was  kindled  against 

Jacob, 
And  anger  also  went  up  against 

Israel; 

22  Because  they  'believed  not  in 

God, 
And  trusted  not  in  his  salva- 
tion. 

23  Yet    he  commanded  the  skies 

above, 
And    "■  opened    the    doors    of 
heaven ; 

24  And  he  "rained  down  manna 

upon  them  to  eat, 
And    gave   them    ""^food   from 
heaven. 

25  ®Man  did  eat  the  bread  of  the 

mighty : 
He  sent  them  food  ^to  the  full. 

26  He  ^'caused  the  east  wind  to 

blow  in  the  heavens  ; 

"  Gen.  7.  11 :  Mai.  .3.  10     "  Ex.  16.  4    "  Ps.  103.  40.; 
Jn.  6.  31    "  Ex.  16.  3    '  Num.  11. 31 


3  Or,  a  dry  land         *  Or,  for  themselves 
s  Heb.  orriin.  ^  Or,  Every  one 

~  Heb.  led  forth  the  eaxi  v.">i,d. 


78.2^ 


PSALMS 


78.56 


And   oy  his  power  he  guided 
tlie  south  wind. 

27  He  rained  llesh  also  upon  them 

as  the  dust, 
And  "  winged  birds  as  the  sand 
of  the  seas  : 

28  And  he  let  it  fall  in  the  midst 

of  their  camp, 
Round  about  tneir  habitations. 

29  iSo  they  did  ''eat,  and  were  well 

iilled  ; 
And  he  gave  them  their  own 
desire. 

30  They  were  not  estranged  from 

that  which  they  desired, 
Their  food    was    yet    in    tlieir 
niouths, 

31  When  the  "anger  of  God  went 

up  against  them. 
And  slew  of  the  ''fattest  of  them, 
And    smote   down    the    young 
■   men  of  Israel. 

32  For  all  this  they  "^  sinned  still. 
And  •''believed  not  in  his  won- 
drous works. 

33  Therefore   ^their   days  did  he 

consume  in  vanity. 
And  their  years  in  terror. 

34  When  he  slew  them,  then  they 

'*  inquired  after  him  ; 
And  they  returned  and  sought 
God  'earnestly. 

35  And  they  rememoered  that  God 

was  their  *rock. 
And  the  Most  High  God  their 
'  redeemer. 

36  But  they  '"flattered  him  with 

their  mouth. 
And  "  lied  unto  him  with  their 
tongue. 

37  For  their  heart  was  not  ^ " right 

^  with  him, 

Neither  were  they  faithful  in 
his  covenant. 

38  But  he,  being  ^merciful,  'for- 

gave their  iniquity,  and  de- 
^  stroyed  them  not : 
Yea.   many  a  time  turned  he 

his  anger  away, 
And  did  not   stir    up   all    his 

wrath. 

39  And  "■  he  remembered  that  they 

were  but '  liesh, 
A  'wind    that   passeth    away, 
and  cometh  not  again. 

40  How  oft  did  they  "  rebel  against 

him  in  the  wilderness. 
And  'grieve  him  in  the  ^desert  ! 

41  And    they    turned    again    and 

"tempted  God, 
And  ^  provoked  the  '  Holy  One 
of  Isra^. 

42  They    "remembered    not    *his 

hand, 

1  Or,  atedfast  »  Or.  limiied 


"  Ps.  loj.  40  ; 

Kx.  10.  Vi 
b  Num.  n. 

1!».  -M 

'  Num.  11. 

3:j,  Si ;  Job 

•JO.  'i'J 
<i  Is.  10.  10 
'■  is  urn.  14., 

10.,  ami  17. 
/Num.  14. 

11 
"Num.  14. 

■jy,  3j 
''  Num.  21. 7; 

Ho8.  6.  16 
•  I's.  63.  1 
k  Dt.  32.  4 
'Ps.  74.  2; 

Ex.  15.  13; 

Dt.  0.  20 
""  Ex.  24.  7, 

8;  Ezek. 

.'13.  31 
"  Ex.  32.  7, 8 ; 

Is.  i')7.  11 
"  ver.  8 ;  Ps. 

nl.  10 

''  Ex,  34.  6 
«  Num.  14. 

;;o 
'■Ps.  10.3.  14; 

Job  10. !» 
"  Cen.  G.  3 
'  .lob  7.  7  ; 

Ps.  103.  14 ; 

Jas.  4.  14 
"  Ps.  luo.  43 ; 


U 


"  Ps.  9.-).  10 ; 

Is.  03.  10; 

Kph.  4.  30 
■^  Ps.  106.  14 
"Num.  14. 

'  Ps.  89.  18 ; 
211.  19.  22 
"  Judg.  8.  34 
<>  Ps.  44.  3 


'  Pa.  106.  10 
''  Ps.  106.  27 

*  Ex.  4.  21  ; 

7.  3 
/  Ps.  lO.").  29 

"  Ps.  lOo.  31 ; 

Ex.  8.  24 
>>  Ps.  105.  30  ; 

Ex.  8.  6 
'  Ps.  105.  34 ; 

1  K.  8.  37 

*  Ex.  10.  14 

'  Ps.  105.  32  ; 

Ex.  !).  23 
"'  Ex.  9.  19 
"  Ex.  15.  7 
"  Job  27.  22 
''  Ex.  12.  29, 

:io 
9  Ps.  ia5.  3f> ; 

135.  8;  136. 
10 

''  Gen.  49.  3 

'  Ps.  105.  23, 
V7  ;  106.  22 
t  Ex.  15.  22 
"  Ps.  77.  20 
"  Ex.  14.  19, 

•>o 
'Ps.  lofl.  11; 
Ex.  14.  27, 

28 
"  Ex.  16.  17 
'  Ps.  68.  16  ; 

Is.  11.  9 
"  Ps   44  2 

*  Ps.  105.  11  ; 
U5    12; 
Josh.  23.  4 

'  ver.  18 
d  ver.  40 

586 


Nor  the  day  wlien  he  "redeemed 
them  from  the  adversary  ; 

43  How  lie  set  his  "signs  in  Egypt, 
And  his  "wonders  in  the  nela 

of  Zoan, 

44  And  ■'turned  their  rivers  into 

blood. 
And  tlieir  stream.s,  so  that  thej^ 
could  not  drink. 

45  He  sent  among  them  swarms  of 

"flies,  which  devoured  them  ; 
And    ''  frogs,    which  destroyed 
them. 

46  He  gave  also  their  increase  unto 

the  '  caterpillar. 
And  their  labor  unto  the  *  lo- 
cust. 

47  He  ^destroyed  their  vines  with 

'hail. 
And  their  sycomore-trees  with 
*  frost. 

48  He  gave  over  their  ""cattle  also 

to  the  hail. 
And  their  flocks  to  hot  thunder- 
bolts. 

49  He  "cast  -apon  them  the  fierce- 

ness of  his  anger, 
Wrath,   and    indignation,   and 

trouble, 
^  A  band  of  angels  of  evil. 

50  He  ''made  a  path  for  his  anger ; 
He  "  spared  not  their  soul  from 

death. 
But  ^gave  ''their  life  over  to 
the  pestilence, 

51  And  "smote  all  the  first-born  in 

Egypt, 
The  " ''  chief  of  their  strength  in 
the  tents  of  *Ham. 

52  Buthe/led  forth  his  own  peo- 

ple like  sheep, 
And  guided  them  in  the  wilder- 
ness "like  a  flock. 

53  And    he   led  them  ''safely,  so 

that  they  feared  not ; 
But    ^  the     sea     overwhelmed 
their  enemies. 

54  And  "he  brought  them  to  'the 

border  of  his  sanctuary. 
To  this  ^"'mountain,  which  his 
right  hand  had  gotten. 

55  He  "drove  out  the  nations  also 

before  them. 

And  *  allotted  them  for  an  in- 
heritance by  line. 

And  made  the  tribes  of  Israel 
to  dwell  in  their  tents. 

56  Yet   they  '  tempted   and   ''  re- 

belled    against     the     Most 
High  God, 
And  kept  not  his  testimonies  ; 

3  Heb  killed.  *  Or,  grrnt  haihtorus 

■"•  Heb.  A  .letiding-  *  Heb.  levelled. 

t  Or.  their  beauts  to  the  mxirrain 

8  Heb.  bepinni-ng.    See  Dt.  21.  17. 

*  Or,  his  holy  border     ><>  Or,  motmtain  land 


78.57 


PSALMS 


79.11 


57  But   turned   back,  and  "dealt 

treacherously  like   their  fa- 
thers : 
They  were  turned  aside  like  a 
deceitful  bow. 

58  For  they  *  provoked  him  to  an- 

ger with  their  ""high  places. 

And  ■*  moved  him  to   jealousy 

with  their  *  graven  images. 

59  When  God  heard  this,  he  was 

■'^  wroth, 
And  greatly  ^  abhorred  Israel ; 

60  iSo  that  he  ''forsook  the  taber- 

nacle of  Shiloh, 
The     tent    which     he    placed 
among  men  • 

61  And    delivered    his    *  strength 

into  captivity. 
And  his  glory  *  into  the  adver- 
sary's hand. 

62  He  'gave  his  people  over  also 

unto  the  sword, 
And  was  wroth  with  his  inheri- 
tance. 

63  '"Fire    devoured    their    young 

men ; 
And  their  "virgins  had  no  mar- 
riage-song. 

64  Their  "priests  fell  by  the  sword ; 
And    their  /'widows   made   no 

lamentation. 

65  Then  the  Lord  *  awaked  as  one 

out  of  sleep. 
Like  a  ''  mighty  man  that  shout- 
eth  by  reason  of  wine. 

66  And  he  '  smote  his  adversaries 

backward  : 
He  put  them  to   a   perpetual 
reproach. 

67  Moreover  he  'refused  the  tent 

of  Joseph, 
And    chose    not   the    tribe    of 
Ephraim, 

68  But  chose  the  tribe  of  Judah, 
The    mount    "Zion    which   he 

loved. 

69  And  he    "built    his   sanctuary 

like  the  heights, 
Like  the  earth  which  he  hath 
established  for  ever. 

70  He  'chose  David  also  his  ser- 

vant. 
And  took  him  from  the  sheep- 
folds  : 

71  From  ^following  the  ewes  that 

^  have  their  young  he  brought 
him, 
To  be  the  "shepherd  of  Jacob 
his  people,   and  Israel    'his 
inheritance. 

72  So  he  was  their  shepherd  ac- 

cording to  the  "integrity  of 
his  heart. 
And  guided  them  by  the  skil- 
fulness  of  his  hands. 


"  Ezek.  20.  28 
<>  Dt.  4.  26 ; 

1  K.  14.  9 ; 

Is.  65.  3, 

&c. 
<^  Lev.  26.  30 ; 

1  K.  3.  2 ; 

2  K.  16.  4  ; 
Jer.  17.  3, 
&c. 

d  Dt.  32.  16, 

21 ;  1  K. 

14.  22 
'  Ex.  20.  4 ; 

Lev.  26.  1 ; 

Dt.  4.  2.5, 

&c 
/  Pa.'  106.  40 ; 

Dt.  1.  34 ; 

9   19 
9  Lev.  26.  30 ; 

Dt.  32.  19 ; 

Am.  6.  8 
A  ver.  67 ; 

1  S.  4.  11 ; 
Jer.  7.  12, 
14 ;  26.  6 

i  Ps.  63.  2  ; 

132.  8 
*  1  S.  4.  17 
'  Judg.  20. 

21  ;  1  S.  4. 

10 
™  Num.  11. 

1 ;  21.  28 ; 

Is.  26.  11 ; 

Jer.  48.  45 
"  Jer.  7. 34  ; 

16.  9; 

Lam.  2.  21 
"  1  S.  4.  17  ; 

22.  18 
P  Job  27.  15  ; 

Ezek.  24. 

23 
1  Ps.  44.  23  ; 

73.  20 
""  Is.  42.  13 
'  1  S.  5.  6 
<■  ver.  60 
"  Ps.  87.  2 ; 

132.  13 
"  1  K.  6.  1-38 
"^  1  S.  16.  12 
V  2  S.  7.  8 
^  Gen.  33.  13 
"  2  S.  5.  2  ; 

iChr.  n. 

2  :  Ps.  28.  9 
b  1  S.  10.  1 

'  1  K.  y.  4 


rf  Lam.  1.  10 
«  Ps.  74.  2 
/  Ps.  74.  3,  7 
"  2  K-  25.  9, 

10 ;  Jer.  26. 
18 ;  Mic.  3. 
12 

A  Dt.  28.  26  ; 

Jer.  7.  33 ; 

16.  4  ,  19. 

7  ;  34.  20 
'  Jer.  14.  16 ; 

16.  4 
*  Ps.  44.  13 ; 

80.  6 ;  Dan. 

9.  16 
'  Ps.  13.  1 ; 

74.  1,  10; 

86.  6  ;  89.  46 
'"  Dt.  29.  20  ; 

Ezak.  36. 

6  ;  38.  19 
"  Ps.  89.  46 
0  Ps.  69.  24  ; 

Ezek.  21. 

31 ;  Zeph. 

P  iTh.  4.  5  ; 

2  Th.  1.  8 

'  Ps.  14.  4 ; 

.53.  4 
"■  Pa.  63.  4 
'  2  Chr.  36. 

19 ;  Jer. 

39.  8 


1  Lament  over  the  Destrnction  of  Jernsalem,  ana 
Prayer  for  Help. 


A  Psalm  of  Asaph. 


''nations    are 
thine  inheri- 


7'Q  O   God,    the 

1  tJ      come   into 

tance ; 
Thy  -^holy   temple    have    they 

defiled  ; 
They  have  ^laid  Jerusalem  in 

heaps. 

2  The  ''dead  bodies  of  thy  ser- 

vants have  they  given  to  be 
food  unto  the  birds  of  the 
heavens. 
The  flesh  of  thy  saints  unto  the 
beasts  of  the  earth. 

3  Their  blood  have  they  shed  like 

water    round    about     Jeru- 
salem ; 
And  there  was  'none  to  bury 
them. 

4  We  are  become  a  *  reproach  to 

our  neighbors, 
A  scoffing  and  derision  to  them 
that  are  round  about  us. 

5  'How  long,   O  Jehovah  1   wilt 

thou  be  angry  for  ever? 
Shall  thy  '"  jealousy  "  burn  like 
fire? 

6  "Pour  out  thy  wrath  upon  the 

nations  that  ^  know  thee  not, 
And  upon  the  kingdoms  that 
*call  not  upon  thy  name. 

7  For  they  have  '"devoured  Ja- 

cob, 
And  "laid  waste  his  ^  habitation. 

8  'Reraember  not  against  us  the 

iniquities  of  our  forefathers  : 
Let  thy  tender  mercies  speedily 

"  meet  us ; 
For  we  are  "  brought  very  low. 

9  ^Help  us,  O  God  of  our  salva- 

tion, for  the  glory  of  *thy 
name ; 
And  deliver  us,  and  ^"^  forgive 
our    sins,    for     thy    name's 
sake. 

10  "  Wherefore  should  the  nations 

say,  Where  is  their  God? 
Let  the  '  avenging  of  the  blood 

of  thy  servants  which  is  shed 
Be  known  among  the  nations 

in  our  sight. 

1 1  Let  "the  signing  of  the  prisoner 

come  before  thee : 
According  to  the  greatness  of 
^thy    power    preserve   thou 
*  those  that  are  "  appointed  to 
death ; 

t  Ps.  106.  6  ;  Is.  64.  9  "Ps.  21.3  "  Ps.  116.  6 ;  142.  6 
*2Chr.  14.  11  I'Ps.  31.  3  ^  Ex.  32.  32;  3^.9;  1  K. 
8.  34 ;  Dan.  9.  19  "  Ps.  116.  2  6  Ps.  94.  1,  2  *  P& 
102.  20 


586 


1  Or,  pasture 

2  Or,  expiate 


s  Heb.  thine  arm. 

*  Heb.  the  children  of  death. 


79.12 


PSALMS 


81.0 


12  And  render  unto  our  neighbors 

"sevenfold  *into  their  oosom 
Their '' reproach,  wherewith  tliey 
liave      reproached     thee,     O 
Lord. 

13  So  we  thy  people  and  ''sheep  of 

thy  pasture 
Will  *give  thee  thanks  forever: 
We  will  -^sliow  foi-th  thy  praise 

to  all  generations. 

tlod  implored  to  rescue  his  People  from  tlieir  Calami- 
ties. 

For  the  Chief  Musician  ;  set  to  i  Shoshan- 
nim  Eduth.    A  Psalm  of  Aaaph. 


80 


O  ^Shepherd  of 
Joseph  like 
the 


Give  ear 
Israel, 
Thou  that  leadest 

a  ilock  ; 
Thou  that   '^•'sittest  above 
■     cherubim,  sliine  forth. 

2  Before  *Ephraim  and  Benjamin 

and  Manasseh,  'stir  up  thy 
might. 
And  come  to  save  us. 

3  *"'Turn  us  again,  O  God  ; 
And  "cause  thy  face  to  shine, 

and  we  shall  be  saved. 

4  O  "Jehovah  God  of  hosts, 
*How  long  ■*  wilt  thou  be  angry 

against  the  prayer  of  thy  peo- 
ple'? 

5  Thou  hast  fed  them  with  the 

"bread  of  tears. 
And  given  them  tears  to  drink 
in  large  measure. 

6  Thou  makest  us  a  strife  'unto 

our  neighbors ; 
And  our  enemies  laugh  among 
themselves. 

7  ■''  Turn  us  again.  O  God  of  hosts ; 
And  cause  thy  face  to  shine, 

and  we  shall  be  saved. 

8  Thou  broughtest  a  'vine  out  of 

Egyj-^t : 
Thou  didst  'drive  out  the  na- 
tions, and  "  plantedst  it. 

9  Thou  "preparedst  room  before 

it,  _ 
And   it  'took    deep   root,   and 
filled  the  land. 

10  The    mountains   were   covered 

with  the  shadow  of  it. 
And  '  the  "  boughs  thereof  were 
like  *  cedars  of  God. 

11  It  sent  out  its  branches  'unto 

the  sea, 
And  its  shoots  unto  the  River. 

1  That  Is.  Lilies,  a  testimony. 

*  Or.  art  enthroned  3  Or,  Restore 

*  Heb.  u-ilt  thou  smoke.    See  Ps.  74.  1. 

*  Or.  th"  ceda  rs  of  God  vnth  the  boughs  thereof 

*  Or,  goodly  cedars 


"  Gen.  4.  ir. ; 

Lev.  2ti.  il, 

■-'8  ;  I'b.  1-2. 

u  :  1  lU.  11)4  ; 

Prov. «.  ai ; 

•2i.  i(>;  Is. 

.•)o.  -M 
<>  Ps.  ar>.  13  ; 

Is.  06.  6,  7  ; 

Jer.  ."2.  IS ; 

I,k.  C.  3S 
<^  Ps.  74.  10, 

rf  Ps.  74.  1  ; 

«o.  7  ;  11)0.  3 
'  Ps.  44.  8 
/  Ps.  sy.  1  ; 

Is.  13.  'Jl 
"  Ps.  -S-S.  1, 

ref. 
'•  Ps.  77.  ir. ; 

78.  07  ;  Am. 
n.  \:> 

■  Ps.  99.  1 ; 
Ex.  25.  22 ; 

1  S.  4.  4  ; 

2  S.  C.  2 

*  Num.2. 18- 

24 
'  Ps.  3u.  23 
'"  ver.  7,  19  ; 

Ps.  fiO.  1  ; 

8o.  4;  126.  1; 

Lam.  .').  21 
"Ps.  31.  16; 

Num.  0.  25 
°  Ps.  69.  6 ; 

R4.  8 
P  Ps.  79.  6  ; 

85..'; 
«  Ps.  42.  3  ; 

102.  9 
*■  Ps.  44.  13  ; 

79.  4 

'  ver.  16 ; 

Is.  6.  2,  7  ; 

Jer.  2.  21 ; 

12.  10; 

Ezek.  17. 

G ;  19.  10 
«  Ps.  44.  2 ; 

Josh.  13.  6 ; 

2  Chr.  20. 

7 ;  Acte  7. 

45 
"  Jer.  11.  17  ; 

32.  41  ; 

Ezek.  17. 

23 ;  Am.  9. 

15 
"  Ex.  23.  28  ; 

Josh.  24. 

12  ;  Is.  6.  2 
'  Hos.  14.  5 
"  Gen.  49.  22 
-  Ps.  72.  8 


"  Ps.  89.  40  ; 

Is.  5.  5 
>>  Dt.  28.  63 
'■  Jer.  6.  G 
•'  Ps.  90.  13 
'  Ps.  102.  19  ; 

Is.  63.  16 
/  ver.  8 
"  Ps.  74.  8  ; 

2  Chr.  Ml 

19 ;  Jer.  52. 

13 
"  Ps.  .39.  11 ; 

7(>.  6 
'  Ps.  89.  21 
<•■  ver.  15 
'  Is.  50.  5 
'"  Ps.  71.  20, 

ref. 
"  ver  3 
"Ps.  51.  14; 

59.  18 ;  95. 1 
r  Ps   4(5    I 
«  Ps.  tiO.  r  ; 

05.  2  ;  98.  4 
•■  Ps.  84.  8 
'  Ps.  149.  3  ; 

Ex.  15.  20 
<  Ps.  92.  3  ; 

98.  n ;  147.  7 

687 


12  Why  hast  thou  "broken  down 

its  walls. 
So  that  all  they  that  pass  by 
the  way  do  ''pluck  it? 

13  The  boar  out  of  the  wood  doth 

"  ravage  it. 
And  the  wild  beasts  of  the  field 
feed  on  it. 

14  "Turn  again,  we  beseech  thee, 

O  God  of  hosts : 
"Look  down  from  heaven,  and 
behold,  and  visit  this  vine. 

15  And  '  the  •''stock  whicli  thy  right 

hand  planted. 
And    the    **  branch    that    thou 
madest  strong  for  thyself. 

16  It  is  "burned  with  hre,  it  is  cut 

down : 
They  perish  at  the  **  rebuke  of 
thy  countenance. 

1 7  Let '  thy  hand  be  upon  the  man 

of  thy  right  hand. 
Upon  the  son  of  man  whom  thou 
*  madest  strong  for  thyself. 

18  So  shall  we  not  'go  back  from 

thee: 
"'  Quicken  thou  us,  and  we  will 
call  upon  thy  name. 

19  '"Turn    us  again,   O  Jehovah 

God  of  hosts ; 
Cause  thy  face  to  shine,  and  we 
shall  be  saved. 

fiod's  Goodness  and  Israel's  Waywardness. 

For  the  Chief  Mu.sician  ;  set  to  the  Gittith. 
A  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

O-^    "Sing  aloud  unto  God  our 
OX      -P.strengtli: 

Make  a  *  joyful  noise  unto  the 
''God  of  Jacob. 

2  Raise  a  song,  and  "bring  hither 

'the  timbrel, 
The    pleasant  'harp   with    the 
"psaltery. 

3  Blow  the  trumpet  at  the  'new 

moon. 
At  the  full  moon,  on  our  ^  feast- 
day. 

4  For  it  is  a  statute  for  Israel, 
An   ordinance  of   the  God   of 

Jacob. 

5  He  ai)pointed  it  in  Joseph  for  a 

testimony. 
When  he  "went  out  ^"over  the 

land  of  Egypt, 
W/m-e    \    heard   "a  *  language 

that  I  knew  not. 

6  1"  removed  his  shoulder  from 

the  burden : 

"  Ps  108.  2  ;  1  <4.  9       "  Num.  10.  10       *  Lev.  23.  24 
"  Ex.  11.  4    '  Ps.  114.  1 ;  Dt.  28.  49 ;  Jer.  6.  16   "  Is. 

9.  4  ;  10.  27  

7  Or,  protect  (or,  wnintain)  that  which  &c. 
"  Heb.  son.  *  Or,  strike  the  timbrel 

•"  Or,  against 
»i  Or,  Uie  speech  of  one  that  Jtc. 


81. 


PSALMS 


83.11 


His  hands  were  freed  from  the 
basket. 

7  Thou  "calledst  in  trouble,  and 

I  deHvered  thee ; 
I  *  answered  thee  in  the  secret 

place  of  thunder ; 
I  proved  thee  at  the  "  waters  of 

Meribah.  [Selah 

8  '^  Hear,  O  my  people,  and  i  will 

testify  unto  thee: 
O    Israel,    if    thou    "wouldest 
hearken  unto  me ! 

9  There  shall  no -^strange  god  be 

in  thee ; 
Neither  shalt  thou  worship  any 
foreign  god. 

10  ^ I  am  Jehovah  thy  God, 

Who  brought  thee  up  out  of  the 

land  of  Egypt : 
''Open  thy  mouth  wide,  and  I 

will  *fill  it. 

11  But  my  people  *  hearkened  not 

to  my  voice ; 
And  Israel  would  none  of  mc. 

12  So  I '  let  them  go  after  the  stub- 

bornness of  their  heart, 
That  they  might  walk  in  their 
own  counsels. 

13  Oh    that    my   people   "'would 

hearken  unto  me, 
That  Israel  would  "walk  in  my 
ways  ! 

14  1  would  soon  "subdue  their  ene- 

mies. 
And    fturn    my  hand    against 
their  adversaries 

15  The  haters  of  Jehovah  should 

^  *  submit     themselves     unto 
him  : 
But  their  time  should  endure 
for  ever. 

16  He  would  feed  them  also  with 

the  '^'■finest  of  the  wheat ; 
And  with  '  honey  out  of  the  rock 
would  I  satisfy  thee. 


82 


UnJDst  Jadgments  rebaked. 
A  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

God  'standeth  in  the  con- 
gregation of  God  ; 

He  "  judgeth  among  the  "gods. 

How  long  will  ye  *  judge  un- 
justly. 

And  "  respect  the  persons  of  the 
wicked  %  [Selah 

^  Judge  the  ^poor  and  father- 
less : 

Do  justice  to  the  afflicted  and 
destitute. 

"  Rescue  the  ^  poor  and  needj^ : 

Deliver  them  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  wicked. 

'  Or,  yield  fdcived  obedience    Heb.  He. 
*  Heb.  fat  of  wheat.  3  Or,  weak 


"■  Ps.  60.  15 ; 

Ex.  2.  23 ; 

14.  10 
6  Ex.  19.  19  ; 

20.  18 
'  Ps.  95.  8 ; 

Ex.  17.  6,  7 
d  Ps.  50.  7 
<■  Ps.  9.-,.  7 
/  Ps.  44.  20  ; 

Ex.  20.  3 ; 

Dt.  32.  12 ; 

Is.  4.i  12 
'■'  Ex.  20.  2 
h  Job  29.  23 
'  Ps.  37.  4  ; 

78.  26;   107. 

9 
*-•  Ps.  106.  25 
'  Job  s.  4  ; 

Acts  7.  42 ; 

Rom.  1.  24, 

26 
""  ver.  8 ; 

Dt.  5.  29 ; 

la.  48.  18 
"  Ps.  128.  1 ; 

Is.  42.  24  ; 

Jer.  7.  23 
"  Ps.  IS,  47  ; 

47.  3 
''Am.  1.  8 
«  Ps.  18.  44  ; 

66.  3 
""  Ps.  147.  14  ; 

Dt.  32.  14 
»  Dt.  32.  13 
<  Is.  3.  13 
"  Ps.  58.  11 
"  Ex.  21.  6  ; 

22.  8,  28 
^  Ps.  58.  1 

^Dt.  1.17; 

Prov.  18.  5 
'  Ps.  10.  18  ; 

Dt.  24.  17  ; 

Is.  11.  4; 

Jer.  22.  16 
"  Job  29.  12 


''Ps.  14.  4; 

Jer.  4.  22  ; 

Mic.  3.  1 
'  Prov.  2. 13  ; 

Is.  69.  9 ; 

Jer.  23.  12 
dPs.  11.3 
"  ver.  1 ;  Jn. 

10.  34 
/  Ps.  89.  26 
'J  Ps.  49.  12 ; 

Job  21.  32; 

Ezek.  31. 14 
''  Ps.  83.  11 
'■  Ps.  12.  6 
*  Ps.  68.  II ; 

96.  13 
'  Ps.  2.  8  ; 

Rev.  11.  15 
'"■  Ps.  28.  1 ; 

.35.  22 
"  Ps.  109.  1 
"  Ps.  2.  1 ; 

Is.  17.  12 
P  Judg.  8. 

28;  Zech. 

1.  21 
9  Ps.  64.  2 ; 

I.s.  29.  15 
"■  Ps.  27.  6 ; 

■.n.  20 
'  Ps.  74.  8 : 

Esth.  3.  6 ; 

Jer.  48.  2 
<  Ps.  41.  5 

"  Ps.  2.  2  ; 

Dan.  6.  7 
"  2  Chr.  20. 

10 ;  Ps.  137. 

7 
^  Gen.  25. 12- 

16 
y  2  Chr.  20. 10 
^  I  Chr.  5.  10 
"  Josh.  13.  6 ; 

Ezek.  27.  9 
i>  1  S.  1.-..  2 

588 


5  They   *know   not,    neither   do 

they  undei'stand  ; 

They  "  walk  to  and  fro  in  dark- 
ness: 

All  the  ** foundations  of  the 
earth  are  shaken. 

6  I  ""said.  Ye  are  gods, 

And  all  of  you  ■'  sons  of  the  Most 
High. 

7  Nevertheless  "'ye  shall  die  like 

men, 
And  fall  like  *  one  of  the  princes. 

8  *  Arise,  O  God,  *  judge  the  earth ; 
For  thou  shalt  'inherit  all  the 

nations. 

6od  ioiplored  to  confoniid  his  Enemies. 
A  Song,  a  Psalm  of  Asaph. 

OO  O   God,    "'keep    not    thou 
O  O      silence : 

"  Hold  not  thy  peace,  and  be  not 
still,  O  God. 

2  For,  lo,  thine  enemies  "make  a 

tumult ; 
And  they  that  hate  thee  have 
p  lifted  up  the  head. 

3  They     *take     crafty     counsel 

against  thy  people. 
And  consult   together  against 
""thy  hidden  ones. 

4  They  have  said,  Come,  and  "  let 

us  cut  them  off  from  being  a 
nation ; 
That  the  '  name  of  Israel  may 
be  no  more  in  remembrance. 

5  For  they  have  "consulted  to- 

gether with  one  consent ; 
Against  thee  do  they  make  a 
covenant : 

6  The  tents  of   "Edom  and   the 

"  Ishmaelites ; 
y  Moab,  and  the  "*  ^  Hagarenes : 

7  "Gebal,     and     ^Ammon,     and 

*Amalek; 
"Philistia  with  the  inhabitants 
of  <*Tyre: 

8  '^ Assyria    also    is    joined    with 

them ; 
They  have  ^helped  the •'^ children 
of  Lot.  [Selah 

9  Do  thou   unto  them  ''as  unto 

Midian, 
As  ''to  8isera.  as  to  Jabin,  at 
the  river  ICishon ; 

10  Who  perished  at  En-dor, 

Who  Decame  as  dung  for  the 
earth. 

11  Make  their  nobles  like  'Oreb 

and  Zeeb ; 


"^  1  S.  4.  1 ;  29.  1 
16.19       /Dt.  2.  9 
■  Judg.  7.  26 


ri  Ezek.  27.  3 ; 
"Judg.  T.  2; 


Am.  1.  9        '  2  K. 
A  Judg.  4. 22,  i3 


*  Or,  Hngrites    See  1  Chr.  5.  10. 

'  Heb.  been  an  arm  to  the  children  of  Lot. 


83.12 


PSALMS 


85.8 


Yea,  all  their  princes  like 
"  Zebah  and  Zainiunna  ; 

12  \Mio  said,  *Let  us  take  to  our- 

selves ill  possession 
The  ''habitations  of  God. 

13  U  my  (iod,  make  them  like  the 

•^  wliirlinj^  dust ; 
As  ''  stubble  before  the  wind. 

14  As  the  ■'tire  that  burnetii  the 

forest. 
And  as  the  flame  that  '  setteth 
the  mountains  on  fire, 

15  So    pursue    them    '"with     thy 

tempest, 
And    terrify    them    with    thy 
storm. 
1 G  '  Fill  their  faces  with  confusion, 
That  they  may  seek  thy  name, 
O  .Jehovah. 

1 7  Let  them  be  *  put  to  shame  and 

dismayed  for  ever ; 
Yea,   let    them   be  confounded 
and  perish  ; 

18  That     they    may    know    that 

•^ '  thou  alone,  whose  name  is 
Jehovah, 
Art  the  '"  Most  High  over  all 
the  earth. 

Longing  for  the  Temple  Worship. 

e'oT  the  Chief  Musician  ;  set  to  the  Git- 
tith.     A  Psalm  of  the  sons  of  Korah. 

O /I    How  'amiable  are  thy  "  tab- 
O  JL      ernacles, 

O  Jehovah  of  hosts  ! 

2  My   "soul    longeth,  yea,    even 

fainteth   for    the    courts   of 
Jehovah  ; 
My  heart  and  my  flesh  '*cry  out 
unto  the  ^  living  God. 

3  Yea,   the  sparrow    hath  found 

her  a  house. 

And  the  swallow  a  nest  for  her- 
self, where  she  may  lay  her 
young, 

Even  thine  'altars,  O  Jehovah 
of  hosts, 

'My  King,  and  my  God. 

4  '  Blessed  are  they  that  dwell  in 

thj'  house : 
They    will    be    'still    praising 

thee.  [Selah 

o  Ble.ssed     is     the     man     whose 

"strength  is  in  thee; 
In  whose  heart  are  the  "high- 
ways to  Zion. 
6  Passing  through  the  valley  of 

"  Weeping    they    make    it    a 

place  of  springs ; 
Yea,   the  •'early  rain  covereth 

it  with  blessings. 

1  Or,  pastures 

'-  Or,  f/io?(,  v'hose  nnme  alone  is  Jehovah,  art 
£,•  ^OTjoreiy  *  Or.  Sinn  for  joy 

5  Or,  balsam-trees    Heb.  Baca.    See  2  S.  6.  23. 


"  Judg.  8.  21 
''2(Jhr.20.U 
'  Ps.  132.  13 
''  Is.  17.  13 
'Job  21.  18; 

Is.  W.  24 ; 

.ler.  13.  24 
/Is.  9.  18 
■■'  Ex.  19.  18 ; 

Dt.  32.  22 
'•  Ps.  .')S.  «  ; 

.Job  9.  17 
■  Ps.  109.  29 ; 

132.  18; 

Job  10.  16 
k  Pa.  35.  4 ; 

70.  2 
'Ps.  86.  10; 

Is.  4i->.  21 
'"  Ps.  9.  2 ;  18. 

13;  97.  9 
"  Ps.  43.  3  ; 

132.  ft 
"  Ps.  42.  2  ; 

03.  1 
''  Ps.  42.  2 
''  Ps.  43.  4 
•■  Ps.  ft.  2 
'  Ps.  05.  4 
'  Ps.  42.  5,  11 
"  Ps.  81.  1 
"Pa.  86.  11; 

122. 1 ;  Jer. 

31.  (•> 
'  Ps.  107.  3.-> ; 

Joel  2.  23 


ypfov.  4.  18; 

Is.  40.  31  ; 

Jn.  1.  Ki; 

2  Cor.  3.  18 
'  Ps.  42.  2 ; 

Ex.  34.  23 ; 

Dt.  16.  16 
"  ver.  1 ;  Ps. 

69.  6  ;  80.  4 
l>  Ps.  81.  1 
'■  Ps.  3.  3  ;  28. 

7  ;  69.  U  ; 

115.  9-11; 

Gen.  15.  1 
rf  Ps.  2.  2 ; 

1.32.  17 ;  1  S. 

16.  6 ;  2  S. 

19.  21 
"  Ps.  27.  4 
/  1  Chr.  23.  6 
I'  Is.  00.  19, 

20 ;  Mai.  4. 

2 ;  Rev.  21. 

23 
^  Ps.  85.  1) 
'  Ps.  34.  10 
k  Ps.  2.  12 ; 

40.  4 
'  Ps.  77.  7  ; 

106.  4 

'"  Ps.  14.  7  ; 

12G.  1 ; 

Ezr.  1.  11 ; 

Jer.  30.  18 ; 

Ezek.  39. 

25 ;  Hos.  6. 

11;  Joel  .3.1 
"  Ps.  103.  3  ; 

Num.  14. 

19 ;  1  K.  8. 

34;  Jer.  31. 

34 ;  33.  8  ; 

Mic.  7.  18 
o  Ps.  32.  1 
'•  Ps.  78.  38 
9  Ps.  106.  23  ; 

Ex.  .32.  12  ; 

Dt.  13.  17 ; 

Hob.  14.  4 

Jon.  3.  9 

>■  Ps.  80.  3 

'  Dan.  9.  16 

t  Ps.  74. 1 ; 

79.  5  ;  80.  4 
"Ps.  71.  20; 

80.  18 

"  Pa.  33.  1 ; 
90.  14; 

149.  2 
"  Ps.  106.  4 

689 


7  They    'go    from    strength    to 

.strength  ; 
Every  one  of  thern  ^appeareth 
before  God  in  Zion. 

8  O  "Jehovah  God  of  hosts,  hear 

my  prayer ; 
Give  ear,  O  ''  God  of  Jacob. 

rSelah 

9  « Behold,  O  God  our  -^shield, 
And  look  upon  the  face  of ''tnine 

anointed. 

10  For  'a    day  in    thy  courts    is 

better  than  a  thousand. 
I  had  rather  'be  a  •'doorkeeper 

in  the  hou.se  of  my  God, 
Than  to  dwell  in  the  tents  of 

wickedness. 

1 1  For  Jehovah  God  is  ^  a  sun  and 

a  shield  : 
Jehovah  will    give    grace    and 

'■glory; 
Xo  'good  thing  will  he  withhold 

from    them    that    walk    up- 

rightl.y. 

12  0  Jehovah  of  hosts, 

*  Blessed  is  the  man  that  trust- 
■  eth  in  thee. 

Prayer  for  Cod's  Mercy  upon  the  Sation. 

For  the  Chief  Musician.     A  Psalm  of  the 
sou?  of  Korah. 

O  pf   Jehovah,    thou    hast    been 
O  fJ       '  favorable  unto  thy  land  ; 
Thou  hast  *'"  brought  back  the 
captivity  of  Jacob. 

2  Thou  hast  "forgiven  the  iniq- 

uity of  thy  people ; 
Thou    hast   "covered    all  their 
sin.  [Selah 

3  Thou  hast  ^  taken  away  all  thy 

wrath ; 
Thou  hast 'turned  thyself  irom 
the  fierceness  of    thine   an- 
ger. 

4  ^''Turn  us,  OGod  of  our  salva- 

tion. 
And  '  cause  thine   indignation 
toward  us  to  cease. 

5  Wilt  thou  be  'angry  with   us 

for  ever  1 
Wilt  thou  draw  out  thine  anger 
to  all  generations  t 

6  Wilt    thou    not    "quicken     us 

again. 
That  thy  people  may  "rejoice  in 
thee^ 

7  Show  us  thy  lovingkindness,  O 

Jehovah, 
And  ^  grant  us  thy  salvation. 

8  I  will  hear  what  God  Jehovah 

will  speak ; 

«  Or,  Behold  our  shield  0  God 

'  Or,  st'ind  at  the  threshold  of  &c. 

9  Or,  returned  to  »  Or,  turn  to  us 


85.9 


PSALMS 


87.6 


For  he  will  "  speak  peace  unto 

his  people,  and  to  nis  saints  : 
But  let  them  not  ''turn  again 

to  folly. 
9  Surely  ''his  salvation    is    nigh 

them  that  fear  him, 
That  **  glory  may  dwell  in  our 

land. 

10  *  Mercy  and  truth  are  met  to- 

gether ; 
•''Righteousness  and  peace  have 
kissed  each  other. 

11  Truth   ^springeth    out   of    the 

earth ; 
And  righteousness  hath  looked 
down  from  heaven. 

12  Yea,   ''Jehovah  will  give  that 

which  is  good ; 
And  our  *  land  shall  yield  its  in- 
crease. 

1 3  *  Righteousness  shall  go  before 

him. 
And  shall  ^make  his  footsteps 
a  way  to  walk  in. 

A  FsalDi  of  Sapplkation  and  Trast. 

A  Prayer  of  David. 

O/^  'Bow   down   thine   ear,    O 
Ov/      Jehovah,  and  answer  me  ; 
For  I  am  '"poor  and  needy. 

2  "  Preserve  my  soul ;  for  I  am 

"godly: 
O  thou  my  God,  save  thy  ser- 
vant that  ^  trusteth  in  thee. 

3  Be  'merciful  unto  me,  O  Lord  ; 
For  '  unto  thee  do  I  cry  all  the 

day  long. 

4  Rejoice  the  soul  of  thy  servant ; 
For  unto  thee,  O  Lord,  do  *  I 

lift  up  my  soul. 

5  For  thou,  Lord,  art  'good,  and 

"  ready  to  forgive. 
And  "abundant  in  lovingkind- 
ness  unto  all  them  that  call 
upon  thee. 

6  "  Give  ear,  O  Jehovah,  unto  my 

prayer ; 
And  hearken  unto  the  voice  of 
my  supplications. 

7  In  *the  day  of  my  trouble  I 

will  call  upon  thee; 
For  '  thou  wilt  answer  me. 

8  There  is  "none  like  unto  thee 

among  the  gods,  O  Lord  ; 
Neither   are    there    any   works 
*like  unto  thy  works. 

9  "All  nations  whom  thou  hast 

made  shall  come  and  worship 
before  thee,  O  Lord  ; 

And  they  shall  glorify  thy  name. 
10  For  thou  art  ''great,  and  ^doest 
wondrous  things : 

Thou  -''art  God  alone. 

1  Or,  set  us  in  the  way  of  his  steps 


»  Ps.  29.  11 ; 

Hag.  2.  9 ; 

Zech.  9.  10 
b  Ps.  7S.  67  ; 

2  Pet.  2.  21 
"  Ps.  34.  18 ; 

Is.  4G.  13 
rfPs.  84.  11; 

Hae.  2.  7 ; 

Zech.  2.  6 ; 

Jn.  1.  14 
"  Pe.  25.  10 ; 

89.  14; 

Prov.  3.  3 
/Ps.  72.  3; 

Is.  32.  17 
y  la.  46.  8 
h  Ps.  84.  11 ; 

Jas.  1.  17 
■  Ps.  67.  6 ; 

Lev.  26.  4 ; 

Ezek.  34. 

27;  Zech. 

8.  12 

*  Ps.  89.  14 
'  Ps.  17.  6 ; 

31.  2;  71.  2 
'"  Ps.  40.  17 ; 

"0.  5 
"  Ps.  25.  20 

°  Ps.  4.  3  ; 

50.  5 
P  Ps.  25.  2  ; 

31.  14;  56.  4 
«  Ps.  4.  1 ; 

57.  1 

»■  Ps.  25.  5 ; 

88.  9 
»  Ps.  25.  1 ; 

143.  8 
<  Ps.  25.  8 
«  Ps.  130.  4 
"  Ps.  103.  8  ; 

M.'i.  8  ; 

Ex.  34.  6; 

Neh.  9.  17 ; 

Joel  2.  13 ; 

Jon.  4.  2 
="  Ps.  55.  1 
y  Ps.  50.  15 ; 

77.2 
'  Ps.  17.  6 
"  Ps.  89.  6 ; 

Ex.  15.  11 ; 

2  S.  7.  22 ; 

1  K.  8.  23 ; 

Jer.  10.  6 
l>  Dt.  3.  24 
"  Ps.  22.  27  ; 

06.  4 ;  Is. 

66.  23 ; 

Rev.  15.  4 
d  Ps.  77.  13 

*  Ps.  72.  18  ; 
77.  14;  136. 
4 ;  Ex.  15. 
11 

/  Ps.  83.  18  ; 
Dt.  6.  4 ; 

32.  39 ;  Is. 
37.  16  ;  44. 
6,  8 ;  Mk. 
12.  29 ; 

1  Cor.  8.  4 


-"  Ps.  25.  5 
I'-  Jer.  32.  39 
1  Ps.  111.  1 
«•■  Ps.  30.  3 
'  Ps.  54.  3 
"'  ver.  5 
"  Ps.  25.  16 
"  Ps.  68.  35 
P  Ps.  116.  16 
9  Ps.  119. 

122;  Judg. 

6.  17 
"■  Ps.  112.  10 
"Ps.  118.  13 
«  Ps.  78.  69  ; 

Is.  28.  16 
"  Ps.  78.  67, 

OS 
"  Is.  60.  1 
^  Ps.  46.  4 ; 

48.  8 
^  Ps.  89.  10 ; 

590 


11^  Teach  me  thy  way,  O  Jehovah ; 
I  will  walk  in  thy  truth : 
''Unite  my  heart  to  fear   thy 
name. 

12  1'  will  praise  thee,  O  Lord  my 

God,  with  my  whole  heart ; 
And  I  will  glorify  thy  name  for 
evermore. 

13  For  great  is  thy  lovingkindness 

toward  me ; 
And  thou   hast  *  delivered  my 
soul  from  the  lowest  Sheol. 

14  0  God,  the  proud  are  'risen  up 

against  me. 
And  a  company  of  violent  men 

have  sought  after  my  soul. 
And  have  not  set  thee  before 

them. 

15  But  thou,  O  Lord,   art  a  God 

"'merciful  and  gracious. 
Slow  to  anger,  and  abundant 
in  lovingkindness  and  truth. 

1 6  Oh  "  turn  unto  me,  and  "  have 

mercy  upon  me ; 

"Give  thy  strength  unto  thy 
servant. 

And  save  the  ^  son  of  thy  hand- 
maid. 

1 7  *  Show  me  a  token  for  good, 
That  they  who  hate   me  may' 

""see  it,  and  be  put  to  shame, 

Because  thou,   Jenovah,    *hast 

helped  me,  and  comforted  me. 

The  Privileges  of  Citizenship  in  Zion. 
A  Psalm  of  the  sons  of  Korah ;  a  Song. 

O  'T  ^  His  ''  foundation  is  in  the 
O  •        holy  mountains. 

2  Jehovah    "loveth  the  gates  of 

Zion 
More  than  all  the  dwellings  of 
Jacob. 

3  "  Glorious  things  are  spoken  of 

thee, 
O  ="  city  of  God.  [Selah 

4  I  will  make  mention  of  ^^'Rahab 

and  Babylon  as  among  them 

that  know  me  : 
Behold,    Philistia,    and    'Tyre, 

with  ^ "  Ethiopia  : 
This  one  was  born  there. 

5  Yea,  of  Zion  it  shall  be  said, 

This  one  and  that  one  was 
born  in  her ; 
And  the  Most  High  himself  will 
*  establish  her. 

6  Jehovah  will  count,   when  he 

•^writeth  up  the  peoples. 
This  one  was  born  tnere.     [Selah 


Job  9.  13  ;  Is.  19.  23-25 
0  Ps.  48.  8    "  Ps.  69.  28 


'  Ps.  45.  12 
Is.  4.  3 


2  Or,  be  gracious  vnto 

3  Or,  His  foundation  in  the  holy  mountains 
Jehovah  loveth,  even  the  gates  &c. 

4  Or,  Egypt  *  Heb.  Cush. 


87.7 


PSALMS 


89.7 


88 


7  They  that  "  sing  as  well  as  ^  they 
that  'dance  xluill  say. 
All  my  "^t'ouutains  are  in  thee. 

A  Petition  to  be  saved  from  Death. 

A  Song,  a  Psalm  of  the  sons  of  Korah ; 
for  the  Chief  Musician ;  set  to  Maha- 
lath  -  Leannoth.  Maschil  of  Heman 
<*  the  Ezrahite. 

O  Jehovah,  the  '  God  of  my 
salvation, 
I  have '^  cried  day  and  night  be- 
fore thee. 

2  Let  my  prayer  *  enter  into  thy 

presence ; 
'^  Incline  thine  ear  unto  my  cry. 

3  For  my  'soul  is  full  of  troubles, 
And    *my    life    draweth    nigh 

unto  Sneol. 
i  I  am  reckoned  with  them  that 
"    '  go  down  into  the  pit ; 
I  am  as  a  man  that  '"hath  no 
help, 

5  Cast  ^off"  among  the  dead. 
Like  the  slain  that  lie  in  the 

^  grave. 
Whom   thou   rememberest    no 

more, 
And  they  are  "  cut  off  from  thy 

hand. 

6  Thou  hast  laid  me  in  ^the  low- 

est pit, 
In  ''  dark  places,  in  the  '  deeps. 

7  Thy  wrath    'lieth    hard    upon 

me. 
And  thou  hast  afflicted  me  with 
'  all  thy  waves.  _  [Selah 

8  Thou  hast  ijut "  mine  acquaint- 

ance far  tiom  me ; 

Thou  hast  made  me  an  "  abomi- 
nation unto  them  : 

I  am  ^shut  up,  and  I  cannot 
come  forth. 

9  Mine  *eye   wasteth    away    by 

reason  of  affliction  : 
I  have  ^  called  daily  upon  thee, 

O  Jehovah ; 
I  have  "  spread  forth  my  hands 

unto  thee. 

10  Wilt  thou  show  wonders  to  the 

dead? 
Shall  ■*  *  they  that  are  deceased 
arise  and  praise  thee  1    [Selah 

11  Shall    thy    lovingkindness    be 

declared  in  the  grave  ? 
Or  thy  faithfulness  in '  Destruc- 
tion 1 

1 2  Shall  thy  wonders  be  known  in 

the " dark  ? 
And  thy  righteousness  in  the 
land  of  forgetf ulness  1 

'  Or,  the  players  on  instruments  shall  be  there 
2  Or, /or  sinijlnfj  3  Or,  away 

*  Or,  tlie  shades    Heb.  fUvhaim. 
&  Heb.  Abaddon.    See  Job  M.  6. 


"  Ps.  68.  26  ; 

149.  :i 
f"  Ps.  30,  u  ; 

•J  S.  li.  14 
'  Pa.  31).  9 
<'  Ps.  >s9. 

title 
«  Ps.  24.  6  ; 

•JT.  9 
/  Ps.  22.  2 ; 

86.  3  ;  Lk. 

18.  7 

s  Ps.  18.  6 
A  Ps.  31.  2  ; 

86.  1 
'  Ps.  107.  26 
*  Pa.  107.  18  ; 

nil.  3 
'  Ps.  2S.  1  ; 

143.  7 
'"  Ps   22.  11  ; 

.lob  29.  12 
"  Ps.  31.  12 
"  Ps.  31.  22  ; 

Is.  63.  8 
P  Ps.  86.  13  ; 

Lam.  3.  65 
9  Ps.  143.  3 
'■  Ps.  69.  15 
"  Ps.  32.  4  ; 

39.  10 
'  Pa.  42.  7 
"  Ps.  31.  11  ; 

142.  4  ;  .Job 

19.  13,  19 

"  Job  30.  10 

"  Ps.  142.  7  ; 

Jar.  32.  2  ; 

V  Ps.  6.  7 ; 

31.  9 
-  Pa.  22.  2  ; 

86.  3 
"  Pa.  14.3.  6  ; 

Ezra  9.  6 ; 

Job  11.  13 
^  Ps.  6.  6,  ref. 
'  ver.  0 ;  Job 

10.  21 


<t  Ps.  30.  2 
'  Ps.  6.  3  ; 

119.  147 
/  Ps.  43.  2  ; 

44.  9 
"  Ps.  13.  1 ; 

44.  24;  Job 

1.3.  24 
'i  Prov.  24.  1 1 
'  Job  6.  4  ; 

31.  23 

*  2  Chr.  28. 
11 ;  Is.  13. 
13 ;  Lam. 
1.  12 

'  Lam.  3.  .'>4  ; 

Ezek.  37. 

11 
"■Ps.  118. 

10-12 
"  Ps.  124.  4 
"Ps.  17.  11  ; 

22.  12,  16 
Pver.  8;  Ps. 

31.  11 ;  38. 

11  ;  Job 

19.  13 
9  Ps.  88.  title 
»■  Ps.  69.  16 ; 

101.  1 
'  Ps.  40.  10 

<  ver.  5,  8, 

24,  33.  49 ; 

Ps.  36.  6 ; 

88.  11  ;  92. 

2;  119.90; 

Is.  25.  1 ; 

Lam.  3.  23 
"  Ps.  103.  17 
"  Ps.  36.  6 

*  1  K.  8.  16 
V  Ps.  132.  11 
-"  2  S.  7.  16 

"  Is.  9.  7  ; 

Lk.  1.  33 

6  Ps.  19.  1 ; 

97.6 

691 


13  But   ''unto   thee,  O   Jehovah, 
have  I  cried  ; 
And  ''in  the  morning  shall  my 
prayer  come  before  thee. 
14r  Jehovah,  why-^castest  thou  off 
my  soul  ■? 
Why  "  hidest  thou  thy  face  from 
mel 
1.5  I  am  afflicted  and  ''  ready  to  die 
from  my  youth  up  : 
While  I  suffer  '  thy  terrors  I  am 
distracted. 

16  Thy  *  fierce  wrath  is  gone  over 

me  ; 
Thy  terrors  have  'cut  me  off. 

17  They  '"came  round  about  me 

"  like  water  all  the  day  long  ; 
They    "  compassed    me     abouti 

together. 
18^  Lover  and  friend  hast  thou  put 

far  from  mo. 
And   mine  acquaintance  ^into 

darkness. 

Jebovah's  Covenant  with  David,  and  Israel's 
Afttictions. 

Maschil  of  Ethan  *  the  Ezrahite. 

O  (\  I  will  ''  sing  of  the  loving- 

O  \j      kindness  of  Jehovah  for 

ever : 

With  my  mouth  will  I  'make 

known   thy   '  faithfulness  to 

all  generations. 

2  For  I  have  said,   "Mercy  shall 

be  built  up  for  ever  ; 
Thy    "faithfulness     wilt    thou 
establish  in  the  very  heavens. 

3  I  have  made  a  covenant  with 

^  my  chosen, 
I  have  "  sworn  unto  David  my 
servant : 

4  Thy  'seed  will  I  establish  for 

ever. 
And  build  up  thy  "  throne  to  all 
generations.  [Selah 

5  And  the  *  heavens  shall  praise 

thy  wonders,  O  Jehovah  ; 

Thy  faithfulne-ss   also  "in  the 

as.sembly  of  the  ''holy  ones. 

6  For  "who  in  the  skies  can  be 

compared  unto  Jehovah  1 
Who  among  the  ^•''sons  of  the 
^mighty  is  like  unto  Jehovah, 

7  A  God    very  ^terrible    in   the 

council  of  the  ''  holy  ones. 
And  'to    be   feared    above    all 
them  that  are  round  about 
him? 

"  Ps.  149.  1  d  Job  5.  1 ;  15.  15  <  Ps.  86.  8,  ref. ; 
113.  5  ;  MiC.  7.  18  /Ps.  29.  1 ;  82.  1  "  Pb.  47.  2; 
6S.  35     ''  ver.  5     '  Ps.  96.  4 


6  Or,  are  darkness  '  Or,  sons  of  God 

>  Or,  aods    See  Ps.  29.  i. 


89. 


PSALMS 


89.38 


8  O  Jehovah  God  of  hosts, 

"  Who  is  a  mighty  one,  like  unto 

thee,  O  ^  Jehovah  'I 
And  thy  faithfulness  is  round 

about  thee. 

9  Thou  rulest  the  pride  of  the  sea : 
When  the  waves  thereof  arise, 

thou  *  stillest  them. 

10  Thou  hast  broken  ""^Rahab  in 

pieces,  as  one  that  is  slain  ; 
Thou     hast     •'scattered     thine 
enemies  with  the  arm  of  thy 
strength. 

11  The    "^  heavens    are   thine,   the 

earth  also  is  thine  : 
The  -^  world    and    the    fulness 
thereof,  thou   hast   founded 
them. 

12  The  ^  north  and  the  south,  thou 

hast  created  them : 
'^  Tabor   and  'Hermon  *  rejoice 
in  thy  name. 

13  Thou  hast  ^a  mighty  arm  ; 
Strong  is  thy  hand,  and  high  is 

thy 'right  hand. 

14  "*  Righteousness  and  justice  are 

the  foundation  of  thy  throne : 
Lovingkindness  and  truth  "go 
before  thy  face. 

15  Blessed  is  the  people  that  know 

the  *  "joyful  sound  : 
They  walk,  O  Jehovah,  in  the 
p  light  of  thy  countenance. 

1 6  In  « thy  name  do  they  rejoice  all 

the  day ; 
And  in  thy  righteousness  are 
thej'  exalted. 

1 7  For  thou  art  the  glory  of  *■  their 

strength ; 
And  in  thy  favor  ^our  'horn 
shall  be  exalted. 

1 8  For  our  '  shield  belongeth  unto 

Jehovah ; 
^  And  our  king  to  the  "  Holy  One 
of  Israel. 

1 9  Then  thou  spakest  in  vision  to 

thy '  saints. 
And  saidst,   I  have   laid   help 

upon  one  that  is  ''  mighty ; 
I  have  exalted  one  ^  chosen  out 

of  the  people. 

20  I  have  *  found  David  my  ser- 

vant ; 
With    my    holy   ^oil     have    I 
anointed  him  : 

21  With  whom  "■my  hand  shall  be 

established ; 
Mine  arm  also  shall  *  strengthen 
him. 


1  Heb.  Jah.  2  Or,  Egypt 

s  Heb.  an  arm,  with  might. 

*  Or,  trumpet  sound 

5  Another  reading  is,  </io«  shalt  exalt  ourhom. 

«  Or,  Even  to  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  our  King 

'  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  $ai7it 


"  Ps.  35.  10  ; 
71.  19 

b  Ps.  06.  7  ; 

107.  29 
'  Ps.  87.  4 ; 
Is.  30.  7 ; 

61.  9 
d  Ps.  18.  14  ; 

68.  1  ;  U4.  6 
*  Ps.  90.  6  ; 

Gen.  1.  1  ; 

1  Uhr.  29. 
11 

/  Ps.  24.  1 
"Job  20.  7 
A  Josh.  19.22; 

Judg.  4.  6 ; 

Jer.  46.  18 
'  Ps.  133.  3  ; 

Dt.  3.  8  ; 

Josh.  11. 

17  ;  S.  S. 

4.  8 
fc  Ps.  98.  8 
'  Ps.  98.  1 ; 

118.  10 
"*  Ps.  97.  2 
"  Ps.  86.  13 
"  Ps.  98.  6  ; 

Lev.  23.  24 ; 

Num.  10. 10 
P  Ps.  4.  6  ; 

44.  3 ;  67. 1 ; 

80.  3  ;  90.  8 
9  Ps.  105.  3 
'"  Ps.  28.  8 
'  Ps.  76.  10  ; 

92.   10;   148. 

14 
t  Ps.  47.  9 
"  Ps.  71.  22  ; 

2  K.  19.  22 
"  2  S.  17.  10 
"  Ps.  78.  70  ; 

1  K.  11.  34 
y  Acts  13.  22 
^  1  S.  16.  13 
"  Ps.  18.  35  ; 

80.  17 
b  Ps.  18.  32 


"  Ps.  125.  3 ; 

2  S.  7.  10 
d  Ps.  18.  40  ; 

2  S.  7.  9 
*  ver.  1 
/  Ps.  132.  17 
"  Ps.  72.  8 
ft  2  S.  7.  14  ; 

1  Chr.  22. 
10 ;  Jer.  3. 
19 

'  Ps.  96.  1 ; 

2  S.  22.  47 
k  Ps.  2.  7 ; 

Ex.  4.  22 ; 
Jer.  31.  y ; 
Col.  1.  15, 
18 

'  Ps.  72. 11 : 

Num.  24.  7; 

Rev.  19.  10 
"'  ver.  33 
"  ver.  3,  34 
"  ver.  4,  36  ; 

Ps.  18.  60 
P  ver.  4 ; 

Ps.  132.  12 ; 

1  K.  2.  4  ; 

Is.  9.  7  ; 

Jer.  33.  17 
9  2  S.  7.  14 
"■  Job  9.  34 ; 

21.  9 
»  2  S.  7.  15 
'  Dt.  7.  9  ; 

Jer.  33.  20, 

"  Num.  23. 19 
"  Ps.  00.  C  ; 

Am.  4.  2 
^  ver.  29 
y  Ps.  72.  6 
^  Job  10.  19 
"  Ps.  44.  9 
b  ver.  20.  51 ; 

Pb.  20.  6 

692 


22  The   enemy   shall    not   ^  exact 

from  him, 
Nor    the   "son    of    wickedness 
afflict  him. 

23  And  I  will  ''beat  down  his  ad- 

versaries before  him. 
And  smite  them  that  hate  him. 

24  But  my  "^faithfulness  and  my 

lovingkindness  shall  be  with 
him; 
And  in  my  name  shall  his  •'^horn 
be  exalted. 

25  I  will  set  his  hand  also  *on  the 

sea, 
And  his  right  hand  on  the  rivers. 

26  He  shall  cry  unto  me,  Thou  art 

*  my  Father, 

My  God,  and  the  'rock  of  my 
salvation. 

27  1  also  will  make  him  my  *fu'st- 

born. 
The  '  highest  of  the  kings  of  the 
earth. 

28  My  '"  lovingkindness  will  I  keep 

for  him  for  evermore ; 
And  my  "  covenant  shall  ^stand 
fast  with  him. 

29  His  "seed  also  will  I  make  to 

endure  for  ever, 
And  his  ^  throne  as  the  days  of 
heaven. 

30  If  his  children « forsake  my  law. 
And  walk    not   in    mine  ordi- 
nances ; 

31  If   they  "break    my  statutes. 
And    keep  not   my  command- 
ments ; 

32  Then  will  I  visit  their  trans- 

gression with  the  ""rod. 
And  their  iniquity  with  stripes. 

33  But  'my  lovingkindness  will  I 

not  utterly  take  from  him, 
Nor  suffer  my  faithfulness  to 
fail. 

34  My '  covenant  will  I  not  "break. 
Nor   "alter  the   thing  that   is 

gone  out  of  my  lips. 

35  "Once  have  I  "sworn  by  my 

holiness : 
I  will  not  lie  unto  David  : 

36  His  ""seed  shall  endure  for  ever. 
And  his  ^  throne  as  the  sun  be- 
fore me. 

37  '^  It  shall  be  established  for  ever 

*  as  the  moon, 

^^And  as  the  faithful  ^witness 
in  the  sky.  [Selah 

38  But  thou  hast  "cast  off  and  re- 

jected. 
Thou    hast    been    wroth   with 
thine  *  anointed. 

8  Or,  do  him  violenc:         9  Or,  he  faithful 
10  Heb.  profane.  n  Or,  One  thing 

12  Or,  As  the  moon  which  is  established  for  erer 

13  Or,  Aiid  the  witness  in  the  sky  is  faithful 


89.39 


PSALMS 


90.11 


39  Thou  hast  "abhorred  the  cove- 

nant of  thy  servant : 
Thou  hast ''  profaned "  his  crown 
by  caatinci  it  to  the  tjround. 

40  Tliou  liast  "  broken  down  all  his 

hedt^es  ; 
Thou  iiast  *  brought  his  strong- 
holds to  ruin. 

41  •''AH  that  pass  by  the  way  rob 

liim : 
He  is  become  a  "reproach  to 
his  neighbors. 

42  Thou   liast   "exalted  the  right 

hand  of  his  adversaries; 
Thou  hast  'made  all  his  enc- 
^  mies  to  rejoice. 

43  Yea,  thou  turnest  back  the  edge 

of  his  sword. 
And   hast  ^not    made   him   to 
stand  in  the  battle. 

44  Thou  hast  made  his  '  b''ightness 

to  cease, 
And  cast  his  throne  down  to  the 
ground. 
15  The  days  of  his  youth  hast  thou 
"'shortened: 
Thou   hast  "covered  him  with 
shame.  [Selah 

46  "How  long,    O   Jehovah  1    wilt 
thou  hide  thyself  for  ever  1 


"  Pb.  78.  59 ; 

Lam.  2.  7 
*  Pa.  74.  7 
'  Lam.  6.  16 
d  Ps  BO.  12 
'  Lam.  2.  2,  6 
/  Pb.  w.  12 
"Ps.  44.  13; 

m.  9,  19 ; 

79.  4 
A  Pe.  13.  2 
'  Ps.  80.  li 
^  Ps.  44.  10 

'  ICzek.  2S.  7 

"'  Ps.  102.  2.^ 
"  Ps.  44.  1ft  ; 

71.  13;  loy. 

2tl 

o  Ps.  13.  1 ; 

44.  24 


'■  Ps  70.  Ji ; 

."11.  4 
1  Job  7.  7 ; 

10.  9;  14.  1 
•■  Pb.  39.  5  ; 

(ij.  9 ;  Eccl. 

1.  1  ;  2.  11, 

*c. 
'  Ps.  22.  29 ; 

40.  9 
'  Ps.  49.  \h 
"  Jer.  30.  9 ; 

Ezek.  34. 

23 
"  Ps.  69.  9  ; 

74,  IS,  22 
^  Ps,  74,  10 
V  ver.  38 
'Ps,  41.  13; 

72,  19;  106, 

48 


How  long  .shall  thy  **  wrath  burn 
like  lire  ( 

47  Oh  "remember  how  short  my 

time  is : 
For    what    ''vanity   hast    thou 
created   all   the   children   of 
men  ! 

48  What  man  is  he  that  shall  live 

and  not  'see  death. 
That  shall  'deliver  his  soul  from 
the  '  power  of  tSheol  '\      [.Selah 

49  Lord,    where    are    thy    former 

Iqvingkindnes.ses, 
Which     thou     "swavest     unto 
David  in  thy  faithfulness  ( 

50  Kemember,  Lord,  the  'reproach 

of  thy  servants ; 
How  I  do  bear  in  my  bosom  the 
reproach  of  all  the  '•^mighty 
peoples, 

51  Wherewith  'thine enemies  have 

reproached,  O  Jehovah, 
Wherewith      they      have      re- 
proached   the    footsteps    of 
-'thine  anointed. 

52  -Blessed  be  Jehovah  for  ever- 

more. 
Amen,  and  Amen. 

1  Heb,  iMnd.  *  Or,  many 


God's  Eternity  and  Xan's  Transitoriness. 
A  Prayer  of  "Moses  the  man  of  God. 

(\/^  Lord,   thou   hast  been  our 
\j\J      *  dwelling-place 
In  all  generations. 

2  Before    ''the    mountains    were 

brought  forth. 

Or  ever  thou  ^  hadst  ^  formed 
the  earth  and  the  world. 

Even  '  from  everlasting  to  ever- 
lasting, thou  art  God. 

3  Thou  -^turnest  man  to  "^de-struc- 

tion, 
And  sayest,  Return,  ye  children 
of  men. 

4  For  "a  thousand  years  in  thy 

sight 
Are  but  as  *  yesterday  '  when  it 

is  past. 
And  as  a  'Watch  in  the  night. 

5  Thou   *  earnest  them  away  as 

with  a  flood  ;   they  are  '  as  a 
sleep : 
In  the  morning  they  are  like 
"  grass  which  groweth  up. 

1  Heb.  aavest  hirfh  to. 

»  Or,  (luM    Heb.  crushing. 

»  Or,  when  it  passeth 


BOOK  IV 

<•  Dt.  33,  1 

b  Ps,  71,  3 ; 

91,  1  ;  Dt, 

33,  27  ; 

Ezek,  11. 

10 

'  Job  15,  7  ; 

Prov.  8.  2r, 

d  Ps.  102.  2o  ; 

104.  & ; 

Gen.  1.  1 

"  Ps.  93,  2 ; 

102,  24,  27  ; 

Jer.  10.  10 

/  Ps.  104.  29 ; 

(Jen.  3.  19 ; 

Job  34,  14, 

v  2'Vet.  3.  8 

'•  Pb,  39,  5 

'  Ex.  14.  24  ; 

Judg,  7, 19 

*  Job  22,  16 ; 

27,  20 

'  .rob  20,  8 

"'  Ps.  lOi,  15 ; 

Is,  40,  6 

"  Job  14.  2 

'  Ps.  02.  7  ; 

Mt.  0.  30 

''.Tas.  1.  11 

•I  Pb  39.  11 

"■  Ps.  fio,  21 ; 

Jer,  16.  17 

•  Ps  19,  12 ; 

Keel.  12, 14 

<  Ps.  7H.  33 

"  2  S,  19.  36 

"  Ecct  12. 

2-7 :  Jer. 

20.  18 

693 

6  In  the  morning  it  "  flourisheth, 

and  groweth  up ; 
In  the  evening  it  is  "cut  down, 
and ''  withereth. 

7  For  we  are '' consumed  in  thine 

anger. 
And     in    thy    wrath    are    we 
troubled. 

8  Thou   hast  ''set  our  iniquities 

before  thee, 
Our  '  secret  sins  in  the  light  of 
thy  countenance. 

9  For  'all  our   days   are  passed 

away  in  thj-  wrath  : 
We  bring  our  jears  to  an  end 
as  ^a  sigh. 

10  The  days  of  our  years  are  three- 

score years  and  ten. 
Or  even  by  rea.son  of  strength 

"fourscore  years ; 
Yet  is   their  pride   but  "labor 

and  sorrow  ; 
For  it  is  soon  gone,  and  we  'fly 

away. 

11  Who   knoweth    the  •'power  of 

thine  anger, 

*  Pb.  78,  39 ;  Job  20,  8    »  Pa.  73.  T 


*  Or,  a  sound 


90.12 


PSALMS 


92.5 


And  thy  wrath  according  to  the 
"  fear  that  is  due  unto  thee  1 

12  So  *  teach   us   to   number   our 

days, 
That  we  may  '  get  us  a  heart  of 
wisdom. 

13  ''Return,     O    Jehovah;     *how 

longl 
And  let  it -^repent  thee  concern- 
ing thy  servants. 

14  Oh  "satisfy  us  in  the  morning 

with  thy  lovingkindness, 
That  we  may  ''rejoice  and  be 
glad  all  our  days. 

15  'Make    us    glad    according    to 

the  days  wherein  thou  nast 
afflicted  us, 
And  the  *  years  wherein  we  have 
seen  evil. 

16  Let  thy  '  work  appear  unto  thy 

servants, 
And  thy  "'  glory  upon  their  chil- 
dren. 

1 7  And  let  the  ^ "  favor  of  the  Lord 

our  God  be  upon  us  ; 
And  "establish  thou  the  work 

of  our  hands  upon  us  ; 
Yea,  the   work   of   our  hands 

establish  thou  it. 

Security  «f  him  wlio  trasts  in  Jehovah. 

Ci'i      He   that   dwelleth   in    the 
tJ  A.       p  secret  place  of  the  Most 
High 
^  Shall  abide  under  the  *  shadow 
of  the  Almighty. 

2  I  will  say  of  Jehovah,  He  is  my 

''refuge  and  my  'fortress  ; 
My  God,  in  whom  I  'trust. 

3  For  he  will  deliver  thee  from 

the  "  snare  of  the  fowler. 

And    from   the  deadly  "pesti- 
lence. 

4  He  will  ^  cover  thee  with  his 

pinions, 
And    -^  under    his    wings    shalt 

thou  take  refuge : 
His  -  truth  is  a  "  shield   and  a 

buckler. 

5  Thou  ''shalt  not  be  afraid  for 

the  "^  terror  by  night. 
Nor  for  the  "*  arrow  that  flieth 
by  day ; 

6  For  the  "pestilence  that  walk- 

eth  in  darkness. 
Nor  for  the  -^destruction  that 
wasteth  at  noonday. 

7  A  thousand  shall   fall  at   thy 

side. 
And  ten  thousand  at  thy  right 

hand ; 
But  ^  it  shall  not  come  nigh  thee. 


1  Or,  beauty 

a  Or,  That  afndtth 


Almighty  ,■  Even  I  &c. 


"  Neh.  6.  9 
b  Ps.  39.  4  ; 

Dt.  32.  29 
'  Prov.  2.  l-€ 
d  Ps.  6.  4 ; 

80.  14 
'  Ps.  6.  3  ; 

74.  10 
/Ps.  106.  46; 

135. 14;  Ex. 

32.  12  ;  Dt. 

32.  30 ;  Am. 

7.  3,  6 ; 

Jon.  3.  9 
^  Ps.  36.  8  ; 

6o.  4 ;  103. 

6 ;  Jer.  31. 

14 
h  Ps.  31.  7; 

85.  6 
'  Ps.  80.  4 
*  Ps.  31.  10  ; 

Dt.  2.  14-16 
'  Ps.  44.  1  ; 

77.  12 ;  92. 

4  :  Dt.  32. 

4;  Hab.  3.  2 
•"  1  K.  8.  11 ; 

Is.  6.  3 
"  Ps.  27.  4 

0  Ps.  37.  23  ; 
Is.  26.  12 ; 

1  Cor.  3.  7 
P  Ps.  27.  5  ; 

31.  20  ;  32.  7 

1  Ps.  17.  8, 
ref. ;  121. 
5 ;  Is.  25. 
4 ;  32.  2 

"■  ver.  9 ;  Ps. 

14.  6;  94.  22 
« Ps.  18.  2 ; 

31.  3 ;  Jer. 

16.  19 
<  Ps.  25.  2  ; 

66.4 
"  Ps.  124.  7  ; 

Prov.  6.  5 
"  ver.  6 ;  1 K. 

2  Chr.  20.  9 
"  Is.  51.  16 

V  Ps.  36.  7  ; 

67.  1 ;  63.  7 
'  Ps.  40.  11 
"  Ps.  35.  2 
ft  Ps.  23.  4  : 

27.  1 ;  Job 

5.  19-23 
'  S.  S.  3.  8 
rf  Ps.  64.  4 
'  ver.  10 ; 

2  K.  19.  35 
/Job  5.  22 
n  Gen.  7.  23 ; 

Josh.  14. 10 


A  Ps.  37.  34  ; 

58.  10 
i  Prov.  12.  21 
*  Ps.  34.  7  ; 

Mt.  4.  6 ; 

Lk.  4. 10, 11 
'  Judg.  14. 6 ; 

Dan.  6.  22 ; 

Lk.  10.  19 
™  Ps.  145.  20 
"  Ps.  69.  1 
0  Ps.  9.  10 
P  Ps.  60.  15  ; 

Job  12.  4 
9  1  S.  2.  30 ; 

Jn.  12.  26 
•■  Ps.  21.  4 ; 

Dt.  6.  2 
'  Ps.  60.  23 
«  Ps.  147.  1 
"  Ps.  136.  3 
"  Ps.  59.  16 
"  Ps.  89.  1 
y  Ps.  33.  2 ; 

1  S.  10.  6  ; 

1  Chr.  13. 

8 ;  Neh.  12. 

27 
'  Ps.  40.  6  ; 

90.  16 

594 


8  Only  with  thine  eyes  shalt  thou 

behold. 
And  "see  the  reward   of   the 
wicked. 

9  ^For  thou,  O  Jehovah,  art  my 

refuge ! 
Thou  hast  made  the  Most  High 
thy  habitation ; 

10  There  shall  'no  evil  befall  thee. 
Neither  shall  any  plague  come 

nigh  thy  tent. 

11  For   he  will   give   ^his  angels 

charge  over  thee. 
To  keep  thee  in  all  thy  ways. 

1 2  They  shall  bear  thee  up  in  their 

hands. 
Lest  thou  dash  thy  foot  against 
a  stone. 

13  Thou  shalt '  tread  upon  the  lion 

and  adder : 
The  young  lion   and   the   ser- 

§ent  shalt  thou  trample  un- 
er  foot. 

14  "'Because  he  hath  set  his  love 

upon    me,    therefore   will    I 
deliver  him : 
I  will  "  set  him  on  high,  because 
he  hath  "known  my  name. 

15  He  shall  ^call  upon  me,  and  I 

will  answer  him ; 
I  will  be  ^yith  him  in  trouble : 
I  will  deliver  him,  and  'honor 

him. 

16  With  ''long  life  will  I  satisfy 

him. 
And  '  show  him  my  salvation. 

Praise  for  Jehovah's  fioodness. 
A  Psalm,  a  Song  for  the  sabbath  day. 

or)  It  is  a  *good  thing  to  give 
Xj  ^      thanks  unto  Jehovah, 
And  to  "sing  praises  unto  thy 
name,  O  Most  High ; 

2  To  "  show  forth  thy  lovingkind- 

ness in  the  morning. 
And    thy   ^faithfulness    every 
night, 

3  With    an    instrument   of   "ten 

strings,  and  with  the  *  psal- 
tery ; 
With  a  solemn  sound  upon  the 
*  harp. 

4  For  thou,  Jehovah,  hast  made 

rue  glad  through  thy  'work  : 
I  will  "  triumph  in  the  '  works 
of  thy  hands. 

5  How  '■great  are  thy  works,  O 

Jehovah ! 
Thy  "*  thoughts  are  very  '  deep. 

"  Ps.  106.  47  b  Ps.  8.  6 ;  111.  7  ;  143.  6  «  Ps.  40.  5  ; 
111.  2;Eev.  16.  3  rf  Ps.  33.  11 ;  40.  5 ;  139.  17  *  Ps. 
36.  6 ;  Rom.  11.  33 


3  Or,  Because  thou  hast  said,  Jehovah  U  mi 
re/uge 


92.6 


PSALMS 


94.14 


6  A  "brutish  man  knoweth  not ; 
Neither    doth    a   "fool    under- 
stand this : 

7  When    the  wicked   *  spring  as 

the  crass, 

And  when  all  the  ''workers  of 
iniquity  do  flourish  ; 

It  is  that  they  shall  be  "*  de- 
stroyed for  ever. 

8  But  thou,   ()  Jehovah,  art  'on 

hish  for  evermore. 

9  For.  lo,  thine  enemies,  O  Jeho- 

vah, 
For,  lo,   •''thine    enemies    shall 

perish ; 
All  the  workers  of  iniquity  shall 

be  ^  scattered. 

10  But  my ''  horn  hast  thou  exalted 

like  the  horn  of  the  wild-ox  : 
I  am  'anointed  with  fresh  oil. 

11  Mine  eye  also  hath  *seen  my 

desire  on  'mine  enemies, 
Mine  ears  have  heard  my  desire 
of  the  evil-doers  that  rise  up 
against  me. 

12  The   'righteous    shall    flourish 

like  the  palm-tree : 
He  shall  grow  like  a™ cedar  in 
Lebanon. 

13  They  are  "planted  in  the  house 

01  Jehovah  ; 
They    shall    flourish    "in     the 
courts  of  our  God. 
U  They  shall  still   ^  bring    forth 
fruit  in  old  age ; 
They  shall  be  full  of  sap  and 
green : 
15  To  show  that  "Jehovah  is  up- 
right ; 
He  is  my  *■  rock,  and  there  is  *  no 
unrighteousness  in  him. 


93 


The  JIajcsty  of  Jehovah. 

Jehovah    reigneth ;    he   is 
"clothed  with  majesty; 
Jehovah     is      *'  clothed     with 
strength ;     he    hath    girded 
himself  therewith  : 
The  "=  world  also  is  established, 
that  it  cannot  be  moved. 

2  Thy  *  throne  is  established  of 

old: 
Thou  '  art  from  everlasting. 

3  The  » floods  have  lifted  up,  O 

Jehovah. 
The  floods  have  lifted  up  their 

voice  ; 
The  floods  lift  up  their  "^  waves. 

4  Above     the    voices    of    many 

waters. 
The   mighty   breakers   of    the 

sea, 
Jehovah  *  on  high  is  mighty. 

^  Or,  them  that  lU  in  wait  for  mt      *  Or,  roaring 


"  Pfl.  49.  10 ; 

W.  8 

*  Ps.  00.  6 
"^  I's.  94.  4 
<*  Ps.  :)7.  38 
"  Ps.  y:t.  4  ; 
'  1 13.  .1 

Ps.  37.  20 
"  Ps.  ('.8.  1  ; 

S!l.   10 
''  Ps.  7:').  10  ; 

SI.  17; 

112.  9 
>  Ps.  23.  6 ; 
4r>.  7 

*  Ps.  54.  7, 
ref. ;  91.  8 

'  Ps.  1.3;  62. 

8;  72.7; 

Num.  24. 

6;  Jer.  17. 

8;  Hos.  14. 

.I,  0 
'"  Ps.  104.  IG  ; 

Ezek.  31.  3 
"  Ps.  so.  16  ; 

Is.  00.  21 

"  Ps.  100.  4 ; 

nn.  19 
p  Prov.  n. 

30 ;  Is.  37. 

31 ;  Jn.  16. 

2 ;  Jas.  3.  18 
«  Ps.  26.  8  ; 

Job  34.  10 
■■  Ps.  18.  2, 

ref.  ;  94.  22 
'  Rom.  9.  14 
'  Ps.  90.  10  ; 

97.  1  ;  99.  1 
"  Ps.  104.  1 
^'  Ps.  Go.  fl  ; 

Is.  61.  9 

■^  Ps.  m.  10 

y  Ps.  46.  r, ; 

Lam.  6.  19 
-  Ps.  !tO.  2 
"  Ps.  90.  11  ; 

Ps.  9S.  7,  8 
b  Ps.  ft>.  7  ; 

89.  fi,  9  ; 


'  Ps.  19.  7 
<i  Ps.  29.  2  ; 

9fi.  9;lCor. 

3.  17 
"  Dt.  32.  35  ; 

Is.  35.  4  ; 

Nab.  1.  2  ; 

Rom.  12.  19 
/Ps.  60.  2; 

80.  1 

V  Ps.  7.  6 

*  <^^eii.  18.  25 
'  Ps.  31.  23 
I'  .Job  20.  5 

'  Pa.  31.  18 ; 

"'  P.S.  10.  3 ; 

.62.  1 
"  Is.  3.  15 
°  Ps.  79.  1 
P  Is.  10.  2 
«  Job  22.  13, 

ref. 
"■  Ps.  92.  6 
'Ex.  4.  11; 

Prov.  20. 12 
'  Ps.  44.  2 

"  Job  36.  U  ; 

Is.  2S.  26 
"Job  11.  11 ; 

I  Cor.  3.  20 
'  Dt.  8.  5 ; 

Job  5.  17 ; 

Prov.  3.  U, 

12  ;  Heb. 

12.  6,6; 

Rev.  3.  19 

V  Pb.  119.  171 
■  Job  34.  29  ; 

Hab.  3.  16 
"  Ps.  49.  6 
t>  Ps.  9.  15  ; 

af,.  23 

'  1  S.  12.  22 ; 

666 


5  Thy    "testimonies     are     very 
sure : 
**  Holiness  becometh  thy  house, 
O  Jehovah,  for  evermore. 

Jeliovah  implored  to  avenge  his  People. 

O^  O   Jehovah,    thou  God   to 
t^Tt      whom     "vengeance      be- 
longeth. 
Thou  God  to  whom  vengeance 
belongeth,  -^shine  forth. 

2  s'Lift  up  thyself,   thou  *  judge 

of  the  earth  : 
Render    Ho    the    proud    their 
desert. 

3  Jehovah,  how  long   shall   the 

wicked, 
How    long    shall    the  *  wicked 
triumph  1 

4  They  prate,  they  'speak  arro- 

gantly : 
All    the    workers    of    iniquity 
"'boast  themselves. 

5  They  "break  in  pieces  thy  peo- 

ple, O  Jehovah, 
And  "afflict  thy  heritage. 
G  They  ^  slay  the  widow  and  the 

sojourner. 
And  murder  the  fatherless. 

7  And  *they  say,  *  Jehovah  will 

not  see. 
Neither  will  the  God  of  Jacob 
consider. 

8  Consider,    ye   'brutish   among 

the  people ; 
And  ye  ''fools,  when  will  ye  be 
wise  1 

9  He  that  *  planted  the  ear,  shall 

he  not  near  1 
He  that  formed  the  eye,  shall 
he  not  see? 

10  He  that  ^'chastiseth    the  na- 

tions, shall  not  he  correct, 
Uven    he   that   "teacheth   man 
knowledge  1 

1 1  Jehovah "  knoweth  the  thoughts 

of  man, 
^  That  they  are  ®  vanity. 

1 2  Blessed  is  the  man  whom  '  thou 

chastenest,  O 'Jehovah, 
And  *  teachest  out  of  thy  law ; 

13  That    thou    mayest   give   him 

-  rest  from  the  "  days  of  ad- 
versity. 
Until  *  the  pit  be  digged  for  the 
wicked. 

14  For  ''Jehovah  will  not  cast  on 

his  people, 
Neither    will    he   "forsake    his 
inheritance. 

Lam.  3. 31;  Rom.  11.  2     d  Ps.  37.  28 


8  Heb.  Jah. 

*  Or,  imlructelh 


5  Or,  For 

>  Heb.  a  breath. 


94.  Id 


PSALMS 


96.9 


15  For   "judgment     shall    return 

unto  inghteousness ;  _ 
And  all    tlie  upright  in  heart 
shall  follow  it. 

1 6  Who  will  °  rise  up  for  me  against 

the  evil-doers  i 
Who    will    stand    up    for    me 
"  against  the  workers  of  iniq- 
uity  ? 

17  Unless  ''Jehovah  had  been  mj' 

help, 
My    soul    had    soon    dwelt    in 
silence. 

18  When    I  said,   '  My  foot    slip- 

peth  ; 
Thy    lovingkindness,    O  Jeho- 
vah, held  me  up. 

19  In     the     multitude     of      my 

'  thoughts  within  me 
Thy -^comforts  delight  my  soul. 

20  Shall  the  -  "throne  of  wicked- 

ness   have    fellowship    with 
thee, 
Which    ^frameth    mischief    by 
statute '] 

21  They   ^gather    themselves    to- 

gether against    the    soul    of 
the  righteous. 
And    *  condemn    the   innocent 
blood. 

22  But   Jehovah    hath    been    my 

'high  tower. 
And  my  God  the  ""rock  of  my 
refuge. 

23  And  he  hath   "  brought   upon 

them  their  own  iniquity, 
And  will  °  cut  them  off  in  their 

own  wickedness ; 
Jehovah  our  God  will  cut  them 

off. 

Praise  to  Jehovah,  and  Warning  against  Unbelief. 

(^  ^  Oh  come,  let  us  p  sing  unto 
rj  *J      Jehovah ; 

Let  us  make  a  ^  joyful  noise  to 
"  the  rock  of  our  salvation. 

2  Let  us  ''come  before  his  pres- 

ence '  with  thanksgiving ; 
Let  us  make  a  joyful  noise  unto 
him  '  with  psalms. 

3  For  Jehovah  is  a  "great  God, 
And  a  great  King  'above  all 

gods. 

4  In  his  hand  are  the ""  deep  places 

of  the  earth ; 
The  ^heights  of  the  mountains 
are  his  also. 

5  The  sea  is  his,  and  he   ^made 

it; 
And  his  hands  formed  ^  the  dry 
land. 

6  Oh  come,  let  us  'worship  and 

bow  down ; 

1  Or,  doubts       «  Or,  seat       3  Or,  strength 


°  Ps.  97.  2 ; 

Is.  42.  3 ; 

Mic.  7.  9 
*  Num.  10. 

36 ;  Is.  28. 

21 ;  S3.  10 
"  Ps.  17.  13  ; 

59.  2 
dPs.  124.  1,  2 
"  Ps.  38.  lU  ; 

73.  2 
/  Is.  67.  18  ; 

66.  13 
"  Am.  6.  3 
h  Ps.  50.  16 ; 

5S.  2 
>  Ps.  56.  6  ; 

o9.  3 
«-■  Ps.  lOG.  38  ; 

Ex.  23.  7 ; 

Prov.  17. 

l;->;Mt.27.4 
'  Ps.  9.  9  ; 

59.  9 

""  Ps.  18.  2 ; 

71.7 
"  Ps.  7.  16 ; 

140.  9,  11 
"  Gen.  19.  15 
P  Ps.  66.  1 ; 

81.  1 
«  Ps.  80.  26 
'■  Mic.  6.  6 
'  Ps.  100.  4 ; 

147.  7; 

Jon.  2.  9 
<■  Ps.  81.  2 ; 

Eph.  5.  19; 

Jas.  5.  13 
"  Ps.  48.  1 ; 

135.  5;  145. 

3 
"  Ps.  96.  4  ; 

97.  9 
■^  Ps.  135.  6 
y  Ps.  14G.  6  ; 

Gen.  1.  9, 

10;  Jon.  1.9 
^  Ps.  9ii.  9  ; 

99.  5,  9 


°  2  Chr.  fi.  13 ; 

Dan.  6.  10 
fr  Ps.  100.  3 ; 

149.  2  ;  Is. 

17.  7 ;  Hos. 

8.  14 
"  Ps.  74.  1 
d  Heb.  3.  7- 

n,  15;  4.  7 
"  Ex.  17.  7  ; 

Num.20.  13 
/Ex.  17.7; 

Dt.  6.  16 
E'Nuni.  14. 

22 ;  1  Cor. 

10.  9 
ft  Acts  7.  36 ; 

].■!.  18  ; 

Heb.  3.  17 
•  Num.  14. 

23,  28-30 ; 

Dt.  1.  35 ; 

Heb.  4.  3,  5 
«••  Dt.  12.  9 
'  Ps.  40.  3 
'"  Ps.  71.  15 
"  Ps.  145.  12 
"  Ps.  48.  1 
P  Ps.  89.  7 
9  1  Chr.  16. 26 
"■Ps.  115. 15; 

Is.  42.  5 
'  Ps.  104.  1 
t  Ps.  22.  27 
"  Ps.  29. 1,  2; 

1  Chr.  16. 

2S,  29 
"  Ps.  79.  9 ; 

n.5.  1 
*  Ps.  45.  12  ; 

72.  10 
V  Ps.  29.  2  ; 

110.  3 ; 

1  Chr.  16. 

29 ;  2  Chr. 

20.  21 

696 


Let  us  "kneel  before  Jehovah 
our  *  Maker  : 

7  For  he  is  our  God, 

And  we  are  the  people  of  his 
"pasture,  and  the  sheep  of 
his  hand. 

^  To-day,  ■*  oh  that  ye  would 
hear  his  voice ! 

8  Harden  not  your  heart,   as  at 

''^Meribah, 
As  in  the  day  of  ^-^Massah  in 
the  wilderness ; 

9  When    your  fathers  ''tempted 

me. 
Proved  me,  and  saw  my  work. 

10  *  Forty  years  long  was  I  grieved 

with  that  generation, 
And  said.  It  is  a  people  that 

do  err  in  their  heart, 
And  they  have  not  known  my 

ways  : 

11  Wherefore     I    *sware    in     my 

wrath. 
That  they  should  not  enter  into 
my  *  rest. 

A  Call  to  worsliip  Jehovah  the  Righteous  Jndge. 

O^  Oh    sing    unto   Jehovah   a 
«-/  vJ      '  new  song  : 

Sing  unto  Jehovah,  all  tha 
earth. 

2  Sing  unto  Jehovah,   bless    his 

name ; 
™  Show  forth  his  salvation  from 
day  to  day. 

3  Declare  "his  glorj^  among  the 

nations. 
His  marvellous    works    among 
all  the  peoples. 

4  For    "great    is    Jehovah^     and 

greatly  to  be  praised  : 
He  is  to  be  *  feared  above  all 
gods. 

5  For  9  all  the  gods  of  the  peoples 

are  ''  idols ; 
But  '■Jehovah  made  the  heav- 
ens. 

6  '  Honor  and  majesty  are  before 

him  : 
Strength  and  beauty  are  in  his 
sanctuarJ^ 

7  Ascribe     unto     Jehovah,      ye 

'kindreds  of  the  peoples, 
"Ascribe    unto   .Jehovah    glorj' 
and  strength. 

8  Ascribe  unto  Jehovah  the  "glory 

due  unto  his  name : 
Bring  an  *  offering,   and   come 
into  his  courts. 

9  Oh  ^  worship  Jehovah  *  in  holy 

array : 

*  Or,  if  ye  tmH  hear  his  voire.  Harden  &c. 
»  That  is,  strife.         «  That  is,  tem,ptation. 

7  Or,  th  ings  of  nought 

8  Or,  in  the  beauty  of  holiness 


96.10 


PSALMS 


99.1 


"Tremble   before  him,   all    the 
earth. 

10  Say  among  the  nations,  *  Jeho- 

vah reigneth  : 
The  ''world  also  is  established 

that  it  cannot  be  moved  : 
He  will  ''judge  the  peoples  with 

equity. 

1 1  Let  the  '  heavens  be  glad,  and 

let  the  -^earth  rejoice  ; 
Let  "  the  sea  roar,  and  the  ful- 
ness thereof ; 

12  Let  the  *  field  exult,  and  all  that 

is  therein ; 
Then  shall  all  the  'trees  of  the 
wood  sing  for  joy 

13  Before  Jehovah  ;  *forhecometh, 
For   he   cometh   to   judge  the 

earth : 
He  will   judge  the  world  with 

righteousness, 
-And  the  peoples  '  with  his  truth. 

Jehovah's  Power  and  Dominion. 

(\  ^  '  Jehovah  reigneth  ;  let  the 
«^  I        '"  earth  rejoice  ; 

Let  the  multitude  of  "isles  be 
glad. 

2  "  Clouds  and  darkness  are  round 

about  him  : 
^Righteousness  and  justice  are 
the  foundation  of  nis  throne. 

3  A  « fire  goeth  before  him. 

And  ''burneth  up  his  adversaries 
round  about. 

4  His  "lightnings  lightened  the 

world  : 
The  earth  saw,  and  'tremblea. 

5  The  mountains  "melted  like  wax 

at  the  presence  of  Jehovah, 
At  the  presence  of  the  *  Lord  of 
the  whole  earth. 

6  The  ■'  heavens  declare  his  right- 

eousness. 
And  "all  the  peoples  have  seen 
his  glory. 

7  Let  all  them  be  put  to  shame 

that  sei've  '  graven  images. 
That  boast  themselves  of  "  idols  : 
"Worship  him,  all  ye  gods. 

8  Zion  heard  and  ''was  glad. 
And  the  daughters  of  Judah  re- 
joiced, 

Because  of   thy  judgments,   O 
Jehovah. 

9  For  thou,  Jehovah,  art  ''most 

high  above  all  the  ea,rth  : 
Thou  art  exalted  far  '  above  all 
gods. 
10  O  ye  that  love  Jehovah,  -^hate 
evil : 
He" preserve th  the  souls  of  his 
saints ; 

1  ">r,  ill  hisjaithfulness 


"  Ps.  33.  8 ; 

114.  7 
''  Pti.  »:i.  1 
•"  Fs.  u:).  1 
rf  Ps.  «.  s ;  iiR. 

11 ;  «7.  4; 

UM.  u 
'  Is.  49.  13 
/  Ps.  U7.  1 
!'  P8.  UH.  7 
''  Ps.  tio.  13  ; 

Is.  a>.  1  ; 

[M.  12,  13 
'  Is.  44.  i3 
k  Ps.  «8.  0 
'  Ps.  «i.  10 
'"  Ps.  9G.  11 
"  Is.  42.  10,  IJ 

"Ps.  18.  II ; 
Ex.  I'J.  y ; 
Dt.  4.  u  ; 

1  K.  8.  12 
P  Ps.  89.  14 

«  Ps.  18.  8 ; 

50.  3 ;  Dan. 

7.  10 ;  Hab. 

3.  f. 
•■  l\ral.  4.  1 ; 

Heb.  12.  29 
'  Ps.  77.  18 
'  Ps.  90.  y  ; 

101.  32 
»  Ps.  40.  6 ; 

Am.  9.  6  ; 

Mic.  1.  4  ; 

Nail.  1.  6 
".losli.  3.  11 
"  Ps.  «).  6 
y  Ps.  98.  2 ; 

Is.  0.  3 ;  40. 

5:  60.  18 
'  Ps.  78.  68  ; 

Is.  42.  17  ; 

44.  9,  11  ; 

.Ter.  10.  11 
"  Ps.  IOC.  .30  ; 

Jer.  fto.  2  ; 

Hab.  2.  18 
i>  Heb.  1.  G 
<=  Ps.  48.  11  ; 

Zeph.  3.  U 
d  Ps.  8.3.  18 
'  Ps.  95.  3  ; 

9fi.  4 :  ia'>. 

6 ;  Ex.  18. 

11 
/  I'rov.  8. 

13;  Am.  r.. 

l.'> ;  Rom. 

12.  9 
i'Ps.  31.  23; 

14.i.  20 ; 

Prov.  2.  8 


A  Ps.  37.  40 : 
Jer.  h").  21 ; 
Dan.  3.  28 

•Ps.  112.  4; 
Job  22.  28: 
Prov.  4.  18 

•  Ps.  64.  10 
'P.S.  32.  11 

"'  Ps.  30.  4 
"  Ps.  33.  3 
»  Ps.  40.  5  ; 

96.  3 
P  Ex.  1.5.  6 
t  Is.  fi2.  10 
'■  Rom.  3.  2o 

•  Lk.  I.  64, 

'  Ps.  22.  27 
"  Ps.  100.  I 
»■  Is.  44.  23 
•«  Ps.  02.  3 
V  Is.  31.  3 

'  Num.  ID. 
10:  2Chr. 

I.-..  14 
"  Ps.  firt.  I 
»  Ps.  47.  7 

"^Ps  ir..  11 

d  Ps.  24.  1 

•  Ps.  93.  3 ; 
Is.  fi.1.  12 

/  Ps.  ft.i.  12 ; 

89.  12 

607 


He  "delivereth  them  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  wicked. 

11  'Light  is  sown  for  the  right- 

eous. 
And  *  gladness  for  the  upright 
in  heart. 

12  Be  'glad  in  Jehovah,  ye  right- 

eous ; 
And  '"give  thanks  to  his  holy 
memorial  iiame. 

A  Cull  to  praise  Jehovah  Tor  his  Righte«nsne«. 

A  Psalm. 

O  ft  ^^   ^^"^    unto    Jehovah    a 
«^  O       "  new  song  ; 

For  he  hath  done  "marvellous 

things : 
His  bright  hand,  and  his '' holy 
arm,  hath  wrought  salvation 
for  him. 

2  Jehovah  hath  made  known  his 

salvation  : 
His    ""righteou-sness     hath     he 
o;)enly  showed  in  the  sight 
ot  the  nations. 

3  He  hath  '  remembered  his  lov- 

ingkindness    and    his    faith- 
fulness toward  the  house  of 
Israel : 
'  All  the  ends  of  the  e-arth  have 
seen  the  salvation  of  our  God. 

4  "Make  a  joyful  noise  unto  Je- 

hovah, all  the  earth : 
'Break  forth  aiid  sing  for  joy, 
yea,  sing  praises. 

5  Sing  praises  unto  Jehovah  with 

the  '■  harp ; 
With  the  harp  and  the  'voice 
of  melody. 

6  With  'trumpets  and  sound  ot 

cornet 
"Make    a    joyful   noise   before 
"the  King,  Jehovah. 

7  Let  the ''sea  roar,  and  the  ful 

ness  thereof : 
The ''  world,  and  they  that  dwell 
therein  ; 

8  Let  the  'Hoods  clap  their  hands ; 
Let  tlie  -^nlls  sing  for  joy  to- 
gether 

9  Before  Jehovah  ;  for  he  comet  h 

to  'judge  the  earth  : 
He  will  judge  the  world  with 

righteousness. 
And  "  the  peoples  with  equity. 

Praine  to  Jehovah  Tor  his  Fiddity  to  Israel. 

OO  * J^^i<^^''^'^  reigneth;  let  the 
\j\j      peoples  tremble: 

He  ^*sitteth  ahove  the  cheru- 
bim ;  let  the  earth  be  moved. 

"Ps.  96.  13        "Pb.  96.  10      'Pa.  97.  1      *P8.80.  l; 
Ex.  26.  22 ;  1  S.  4.  4 


>  Or,  is  enthroned 


99.2 


PSALMS 


102.3 


2  Jehovah  is  "great  in  Zion  ; 
And  he  is  *nigh   above  all   the 

peoples. 

3  Let  them  praise  thy  ''great  and 

terrible  name : 
**  Holy  is  he. 

4  The  king's  strength  also  *Ioveth 

justice; 
Thou  dost  establish  -^equity  ; 
Thou     "  executest     justice     and 

righteousness  in  Jacob. 

5  ^  Exalt  ye  Jehovah  our  God, 
And  '  worship  at  his  footstool : 

*  Holy  is  he. 

6  '  INIoses    and   Aaron   among   his 

'"  priests, 
And  'Samuel  among  them  that 

"  call  upon  his  name  ; 
They  "called  upon  Jehovah,  and 

he  answered  them. 

7  He   ^  spake    unto    them    in   the 

pillar  of  cloud  : 
They  'kept  his  testimonies. 
And  the  statute   that  he   gave 

them. 

8  Thou  ''answeredst  them,  O  Je- 

hovah our  God : 
Thou  wast  a  God  that  'forgav- 

est  them, 
Though  thou  '  tookest  vengeance 

of  their  doings. 

9  Exalt  ye  Jehovah  our  God, 
And  worship  at  his  holy  hill ; 
For  Jehovah  our  God  is  holy. 

All  Men  exhorted  to  praise  fiod. 
A  Psalm  1  of  thanksgiving. 

1  OO  "^^^ke    a    joyful    noise 
J- WW      unto  Jehovah,  ^all  ye 

lands. 

2  ''  Serve  Jehovah  with  gladness  : 
""Come  before  his  presence  with 

singing. 

3  Know  ye  that  *  Jehovah,  he  is 

God: 
It  is  he  that   hath   ^made    us, 

^  and  we  are  his  ; 
We   are    "his   people,   and    the 

sheep  of  his  pasture. 

4  Enter     into     liis     gates     *with 

■*  thanksgiving. 
And  into  his  courts  with  praise  : 
Give  thanks  unto  him,  and  "bless 

his  name, 

5  For  ''Jehovah  is  good ;  his  loving- 

kindness  endvreth  for  ever. 
And    his   ^faithfulness  unto  all 
generations. 

1  Or,  for  the  thank-offering 

2  Heb.  all  the  earth. 

3  Another  reading  is,  and  not  we  ourselves. 

*  Or,  a  thanh-otfering 


"  Ps.  48.  1 ; 

Is   12.  0 
b  Ps.  97.  9 ; 

113.  4 
'  Ps.  76.  1  ; 

Dt.  28.  58 
d  Ps.  22.  :i  ; 

Lev.  19.  2 ; 

Josh.  24. 

19 ;  IS.  2. 

2 :  Is.  6.  3 
'Ps.  a.  7; 

/Ps.  17.  2; 

98.  9 
»  Ps.  103.  6  ; 

14G.  7 ;  Jer. 

2.'f.  5 
''Ps.  34.  3; 

107.  32 ; 

118.  28 

i  Ps.  132.  7 
*=  ver.  3 

'  Jer.  15.  1 
™  Ex.  24.  6-8  ; 

29.  26 ;  40. 
2.3-27 ;  Lev. 
8.  1-30 

"  Ps.  22.  4,  6  ; 

1  S.  7.  9; 

12.  IS 
"  Ex.  15.  25  ; 

32.  30-34 
P  Ex.  33.  9  : 

Num.  12.  5 
9  Ps.  105.  28 
'■  Ps.  106.  44 
'  Ps.  78.  38  ; 

Num.  14. 

20 
«  Ps.  05.  11 ; 

107.  12; 

Ex.  32.  28 ; 

Num.  20. 12 
"  Ps.  98.  4,  0 
"  Dt.  12.  11, 

12 ;  28.  47 
*  Ps.  95.  2 
V  Ps.  46.  10  ; 

Dt.  4.  35 ; 

1  K.  IS.  39 
'  Ps.  95.  6 ; 

119.  73; 
Job  10.  3,  8 

"  Ps.  74.  1, 2  ; 
95.  7 ;  Is. 
40.  11  ; 
Ezek.  34. 

30,  31 

>>  Ps.  95.  2 
'  Ps.  96.  2 
d  Ps.  25.  8  ; 

86.  5  ;  106. 

1 ;  Jer.  33. 

11 ;  JMah. 

1.  7 
'  Ps  119.  90 


/Ps.  51.  14; 

89.  1 ;  146.  7 
B  1  S.  18.  6,  14 
ft  1  K.  9.  4 
'  Dt.  15.  9 
k  Ps.  40.  4 
'  Prov.  11.  20 
"'  Ps.  50.  20  ; 

Jer.  9.  4 
"  Ps.  10.  4  ; 

18.  27 ; 

Prov.  6.  17 
"Ps.  119.  1 
P  Ps.  43.  1 ; 

52.  2 
«  Ps.  52.  4,  5 
'■  Ps.  75.  10 
'Ps.  118. 

10-12 
«  Ps.  46.  4, 

ref. 
"  Ps.  142.  2 
"  Ps.  39.  12  ; 

61.  1 
^  Ex.  2.  23  ; 

1  S.  9.  16 
V  Ps.  69.  17, 

ref. 
^Ps.  31.  2 

598 


The  Psalmist's  Profession  of  Uprightness. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

i  f\'\    I  will  ''sing  of  lovingkind- 
JLv/i      ness  and  justice: 

Unto  thee,   O    Jehovah,   will    I 
sing  praises. 

2  I  will  ^  'J  behave  myself  wisely  in 

a  perfect  way  : 
Oh  when  wilt  thou  come  unto 

me'? 
I  will   walk    within   my    house 

•^  with  a  *  perfect  heart. 

3  I  will  set  no  '  base  thing  before 

mine  eyes : 
I  hate  ^the  work  of  them  that 

^  turn  aside ; 
It  shall  not  cleave  unto  me. 

4  A  '  perverse  heart  shall  depart 

from  me : 
I  will  know  no  *  evil  thing. 

5  Whoso  privily  '"•  slandereth   his 

neighbor,  him  will  I  destroy  : 
Him  that  hath  a  "  high  look  and 
a  proud  heart  will  I  not  sufler. 

6  Mine    eyes    shall    be   upon    the 

faithful  of  the  land,  that  they 
may  dwell  with  me  : 
He  that  walketh  in  a  "perfect 
way,  he   shall    minister    unto 
me. 

7  He  that  ^worketh  deceit  shall 

not  dwell  within  my  house : 
He  that  speaketh  falsehood » shall 
not  be  established  before  mine 
eyes. 

8  Morning    by    morning    will     I 

*■  destroy  all  the  wicked  of  the 
land  ; 
To  'cut  off  all  the  workers  of 
iniquity     from    the    'city    of 
Jehovah. 

Prayer  of  an  Afflicted  One  for  Mercy  on  himself  and 

on  Zion. 

A  Prayer  of  the  afflicted,  when  he  ^is 
overwhelmed,  and  "poureth  out  his 
complaint  before  Jehovah. 

-\  /^O  "Hear  my  prayer,  O  Je- 
Jl\J^       hovah. 
And    let   my    cry   *come   unto 
thee. 

2  *  Hide  not  thy  face  from  me  in 

the  day  of  my  distress  : 
'  Incline  thine  ear  unto  me  ; 
In  the  day  when  I  call  "answer 

me  speedily. 

3  For   my   days    *  consume   away 

^"like  smoke, 

«  Ps.  69.  17    6  Ps.  37.  20 ;  Jas.  4. 14 


'  Or,  give  heed  unto  the  perfect  way 
8  Or,  in  the  integrity  of  my  l^eart 

7  Or,  the  doing  of  unfaithfidness 

8  Or,  evil  person  '  Or,  fainteth 
10  Or,  in  smoke 


102.4 


PSALMS 


103.5 


And  my  *•  bones  are  burned  '  as 
a  firebrand. 

4  My  heart  is ''smitten  like  grass, 

and  ""withered  ; 
For  1 ''  forget  to  eat  my  bread. 

5  By  reason  of  the  voice  of  my 

groaning 
My  '  bones  cleave  to  my  flesh. 

6  I    am    like    a  -^pelican    of  the 

wilderness ; 
I  am  become  as  an  owl  of  tlie 
\\aste  places. 

7  I  "watch,  and  am  become  like 

a  sparrow 
That  is  alone  upon  the  house- 
top. 

8  Mine  enemies  ''  reproach  me  all 

the  day ; 
They  that  are  'mad  against  me 
do  *  curse  by  me. 

9  For  I    have   eaten   ashes    like 

bread. 
And  'mingled  my  drink  with 
weeping, 

10  '"Because  of  thine  indignation 

and  thy  wrath  : 
For  thou   hast  "  taken  me  up, 
ami  cast  me  away. 

11  My  days  are    like   a  "shadow 

that  "declineth  ; 
And  I  am  ^  withered  like  grass. 

12  But   thou,_  O    Jehovah,    ^vilt 

»  abide  for  ever  ; 
And  thy  ''memorial  nanie  unto 
all  generations. 

13  Thou    wilt    'arise,    and     have 

'  mercy  upon  Zion  ; 
For    "it  is  time  to  have    pity 

upon  her, 
Yea,  the  "set  time  is  come. 

14  For  thy  servants  take  pleasure 

in  her  stones, 
And  have  pity  upon  her  dust. 

15  So  the  'nations  shall  fear  the 

name  of   Jehovah, 
And  *  all  the  kings  of  the  earth 
thy  glory  : 

16  For   Jehovah    hath    ^built    up 

Zion  : 
He    hath     "appeared     in     his 
gloi-y. 

17  He  hath  "regarded  the  prayer 

of  the  destitute, 
And    hath    not  despised  their 
prayer. 

18  This  shall  be 'written  for  the 

"^  generation  to  come  ; 
And  'a  people  which  shall  be 
created    shall    praLse  ''Jeho- 
vah. 

1 9  For  he  hath  ^looked  down  from 

the  height  of  his  sanctuary  ; 


•  Or,  as  a  hearth 

*  Or,  is  stretched  out 


3  Or,  siltest  as  Kiog 
*  Heb.  Jah. 


"  Job  30.  30 ; 
Lain.  1.  13 

t>  1'8.  IM).  5,  0 
■'  I's.  37.  2; 

Is   40.  7 
d  1  S.  I.  7; 

■z  8.  12.  17  ; 

Err.  10.  0 ; 

.lob  33.  20 

•  Job  19.  20 ; 
Lam.  4.  8 

/Is.  34.  11 ; 
Zeph.  2.  14 
"  Ps.  77.  4 
ft  Ps.  31.  11 
'  AoU  20.  1 1 

•  Is.  tii).  16  ; 
Jer.  29.  22 

'  Pb.  42.  3  ; 
so.  r. 

"'  Ps   3S.  3 

"  Job  27.  21 ; 

;<0.  22 

"  Ps.  lie.  23 ; 

Job  14.  2 
''  ver.  4 
•'  Ps.  9.  7  ;  10. 

10 ;  Lam. 

5.  19 
'  Ps.  135.  13  ; 

Ex.  3.  In 

•  Ps.  12.  6 ; 
44.  20 

'  Is.  (iO.  10  ; 

Zech.  1.  12 
"  Ps.  119.  120 
"  Ps.  75.  2  ; 

Dan.  S.  19 
'  Ps.  07.  7  ; 

1  K.  8.  43 
"  Ps.  138.  4 
-  Ps.  147.  2 
"  Is.  00.  1,  2 
<•  Ps.  22.  24  ; 

Neh.  1.  0 
'  IH.  31.  19; 

iCor.  10.11 
<'  Ps.  22.  30 ; 

48.  13 

•  Ps.  22.  31 
/Ps.  14.  2; 

53.  2  ; 
Dt.  26.  15 


"  Ps.  33.  13 

*  Ps.  79.  11 
■  Ps   146.  7 

*  Ps.  22.  22 

'  Ps.  22.  27  ; 

80.  9 ;  Is. 

49.  22,  2;i : 

00.  3;  Zech. 

8.  20-23 
"  Ps.  .39.  5 
"  Ps.  39.  13  ; 

Is.  38.  10 

"  ver.  12 : 

Ps.  90.  2 ; 

Job  30.  20 ; 

Hab.  1.  12 
P  Gen.  1.  1 ; 

Neh.  9.  0 ; 

Heb.  1. 

10-12 
'  Ps.  90.  5 
•■  Is.  34.  4  J 

51.0;  Mt. 

24.  35  ; 

2  Pet  3. 10 ; 

Rev.  20.  II 
•Is.  41.  4; 

4.3.  10 ; 

Mai.  3  6 ; 

Jaa.  1.  17 
'  Ps.  09.  36 
"  Ps.  89  4 
"  Ps.  104.  1,  35 
'  Ps.  33.  21  ; 

105.3;  146. 

21 ;  Erek. 
:w.  21  ;  39.  7 
"  Dt.  6.  12 ; 

8.  11 

*  Ps.  86.  5: 
I.'V).  S  ;  Ex. 
34.  7 ;  Is. 
43.  'ii, 

699 


'From  heaven  did  Jehovah  be- 
hold the  earth  ; 

20  To  hear  the   ''sighing   of   the 

jirisonei" ; 
To  'loose  'those  that  are  ap- 
pointed to  death ; 

21  That   men    may    *  declare   the 

naine  of  .lehovah  in   Zion, 
And  his  iirai.se  in  .Jeru.salem  ; 

22  When  'tlie    peoples  are  gath- 

ered together. 
And    tlie    kingdoms,    to   serve 
Jehovah. 

23  He  ®  weakened  my  strength  in 

the  way  ; 
He  '"shortened  my  days. 

24  I  said,  O  my  God,  "  take  me  not 

away  in  the  midst  of  my  days : 
Thy  "years  are  throughout  all 
generations. 

25  Of    old    didst    thou   ^lay   the 

foundation  of  the  earth  : 
And  the  *  heavens  are  the  work 
of  tliy  hands. 

26  They  shall  '"perish,    but   thou 

shalt  endure  ; 
Yea,  all  of  them  shall  wax  old 

like  a  garment ; 
As  a  vesture  shalt  thou  cliance 

them,    and     they    shall     be 

changed : 

27  But  tliou  art  'the  same. 

And  thy   years  shall  have  no 
end. 

28  The  'children  of  thy  servants 

shall  continue. 
And  their  "  seed  shall  be  estab- 
lished before  thee. 

Praise  lor  Jehovab's  Mfrries. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

"i  /^Q  'Bless    Jehovah,    O    my 
_LUO      soul; 

And  all  that  is  within  me,  bless 
his  •'holy  name. 

2  Bless  Jehovah,  ()  my  soul. 
And  "forget  not  all  his  benefits: 

3  Who  ^forgiveth  all  thine  iniq- 

uities ; 
Who  "  healeth  all  thy  diseases  ; 

4  Who  ''redeeineth  thy  life  from 

"destruction  : 
Who  'crowneth  thee  with  lov- 
ingkindness  and  tender  mer- 
cies ; 

5  Who    "*  .sati.sfieth     *thy   desire 

with  good  things, 

"  Ps.  30.  2  ;  Ex  15  2<i ;  Jer.  SO  17    »  Ps.  4».  15    '  Ps 
6.  12    <*  Pe.  107.  9  ;  14<>.  10 


»  Heb.  thf  rhil'Iren  of  dtath.  ,  ^   .■ 

«  .Vnother  reading   is,  afflictrd  me  wltn  fti« 
strf^l'lth  "  Or.lhe  pit^  ^     , . 

»  Or,  thy  vtars    Or,  thy  prime    Heb.  thine  or- 
nament. 


103.6 


PSALMS 


So  tlutt  thy  youth  is  "renewed 
Uke  the  eagle.  . 

6  Jehovah  *executeth   righteous 

acts, 
And  judgments  for  all  that  are 
^'oppressed.  . 

7  He    "made    known    his   ways 

unto  Moses, 
His  'doings  unto  the  children 
of  Israel. 

8  Jehovah  is  -^merciful  and  gra- 

^Slow  to  anger,  and  abundant 
in  lovingkindness. 

9  He  "  will  not  always  chide  ; 
Neither  will  he  '  keep  /ns  anger 

for  ever. 

10  He  hath    *nqt   dealt    with  us 

after  our  sins. 
Nor  rewarded  us  after  our  iniq- 
uities. . 

11  For  'as  the  heavens  are  higli 

above  the  earth, 
So  great  is  his  lovingkindness 
toward  them  that  fear  him. 

12  As  far  as  the  east  is  from  the 

west. 
So  far  hath  he  "removed  our 
transgressions  from  us. 

13  Like  "as  a  father   pitieth  his 

children. 
So  Jehovah  pitieth  them  that 
fear  him. 

14  For  "he  knoweth  our  frame  ; 
He  ^remembereth  that  we  are 

«  dust. 
1.5  As  for  man,  his  days  are  ''as 
grass  ; 
As  a  '  flower  of  the  field,  so  he 
fl.ourisheth. 

1 6  For  the  '  wind  passeth  over  it, 

and  it  is  gone; 
And  the   "place   thereof    shall 
know  it  no  more. 

17  But  the  "lovingkindness  of  Je- 

hovah   is    from    everlasting 
to    everlasting    upon     them 
that  fear  him. 
And    his    righteousness   "^unto 
children's  children ; 

1 8  To  ^  sucli  as  keep  his  covenant, 
And  to  those  that    remember 

his  precepts  to  do  them. 

19  Jehovah   hath  established    his 

' throne  in  the  heavens  ; 
And  his  "kingdom  ruleth  over 
all. 

20  Bless  Jehovah,  ye  "his  angels. 
That  are  "mighty  in  strength, 

that  <*  fulfil  his  word, 
'^Hearkening  unto  the  voice  of 
his  word. 

2 1  Bless  Jehovah,  all  ye  ^  his  hosts. 
Ye  "ministers  of  his,    that  do 

his  pleasure. 


«  Is.  40.  31 
b  Ps.  99.  4  ; 

146.  7 

<=  Ps.  12.  6 
d  Ps.  99.  7 J 

147.  19 ;  Ex. 
33.  13 

'  Ps.  78.  11  ; 

loa.  22 
/  Ps.  m.  16 ; 

E.t.  34.  6 ; 

Num.  14. 

18;  Neh.  9. 

17;  Jon.  4.  2 
f  Ps.  l-i.'j,  H  ; 

Joel  2.  13 ; 

NaU.  1.  3 
''  Ps.  30.  ft ; 

Is.  67.  10 
■  Jer.  3.  .0,1''; 

Mic.  7.  IS 
k  Ezr.  9.  13 ; 

Lam.  3.  22 
'  Ps.  30.  6 ; 

.-.7.  10 
"'2S.  12.  13; 

Is.  ;«.  17  ; 

Zech.  3.  0 ; 

Heb.  9.  20 
"  Mai.  3.  17 
"  Is.  29.  10 
''  Ps.  78.  39 
v  Gen.  3.  19  ; 

Eccl.  12.  7 
''  Ps.  90.  f) ; 

Is.  40.  6 ; 

1  Pet.  1.  24 
» Job  14.  2  ; 

Jae.  1.  10, 

11 
'  Is.  40.  7 
"  Job  7.  10 ; 

8.  18  ;  20.  0 
"  Ps.  25.  6 

^  Ps.  lOj.  8  ; 

Ex.  20.  C ; 

Dt.  6.  10 
V  Ps.  25.  10 ; 

Pt.  7.  9 
*"Ps.  11.  4 
"  Ps.  47.  2,  8 ; 

Dan.  4.  17 
''  Ps.  148.  2 
"  Ps.  29. 1 ; 

78.  25 
•'  Mt.  6.  10 

<■  Ps.  91.  11 ; 
Heb  1.  14 

/  Ps.  148.  2  ; 

1  K.  22.  19  ; 

Neh.  9.  G ; 

Lk.  2.  13 
»  Ps.  104.  4 


''  Ps.  145.  10 
■  Ps.  103.  22 

k  Ps.  93.  1 
'  Dan.  7.  9 

'"  Is.  40.  22 

"  Am.  9.  C 
"  Is.  19.  1 

''  Ps.  18.  10 
«  Ps.  148.  8  ; 

Heb.  1.  7 
'•2K.  2.  U; 

0.  17 
»  Ps.  24.  2  ; 

Job  38.  4 
t  fJen.  1.  2 
"  Ps.  18.  15; 

]()«.  9 ;  Is. 

50.  2 
"  Ps.  29.  3  ; 

77.  18 
'  Ps.  33.  7 
V  Job  38.  10, 

11;  Jer.  5. 

22 
'  Ps.  107.  35 ; 

Is.  41.  18 
"  ver.  13 
''Job .39.  5 
'^  Alt.  8.  20 
d  Ps.  0.'..  9  ; 

Ps.  147.  8 
'  Ps.  147.  8 ; 

Job  38.  27 

600 


104.14 

22  Bless    Jehovah,    *all    ye    his 
works, 
In  all  places  of  his  dominion : 
Bless  .Jehovah,  O  my  soul. 

Jehovah's  Care  over  all  his  Works. 

^  f\  A    '  Bless    Jehovah,    O    my 
±U4      soul. 

0  Jehovah  my  God,  thou  art 
very  great ; 

Thou  art  f  clothed  with  honor 
and  majesty : 

2  Who     coverest     thyself    with 

Might  as  with  a  garment: 
Who '"  stretchestout  the  heavens 
like  a  curtain  ; 

3  Who  "layeth  the  beams  of  his 

chambers  in  the  waters ; 
Who    niaketh    the  "clouds  his 

chariot ; 
Who  walketh  upon  the  p  wings 

of  the  wind  ; 

4  Who  maketh  ^«  winds  his  mes- 

sengers ; 
Flames  of  ''fire  his  ministers  ; 

5  '^  Who 'laid  the  foundations  of 

the  earth. 
That  it  should  not  be  moved 

for  ever. 
G  Thou    'coveredst    it   with    the 

deep  as  with  a  vesture; 
The    waters   stood    above    the 

mountains. 

7  At  thy  "  rebuke  they  fled  ; 

At  the  "voice  of  thy  thunder 
they  hasted  away 

8  ^  (The  mountains  rose,  the  val- 

leys .sank  down) 
Unto    the   "=  place    which    thou 
hadst  founded  for  them. 

9  Thou  liast  set  a  2' bound  that 

they  may  not  pass  over  ; 
That    they   turn  not  again  to 
cover  the  earth. 

10  He  sendeth  forth  ^springs  into 

the  valleys ; 
They    run    among   the   moun- 
tains ; 

1 1  They  "  give  drink  to  every  beast 

of  the  field  ; 
The  *wild  asses  quench  their 
thirst. 

1 2  By  them  the  birds  of  the  heav- 

ens "  have  their  habitation  ; 
They  *  sing  among  the  branches. 

13  He    ''watereth    the  mountains 

from  his  chambers  : 
The  earth  is  filled  with  the  fruit 
of  thy  works. 

14  He  causeth  the* grass  to  grow 

for  the  cattle, 

1  Or,  his  nnaeh  v>inds 

2  Heb  Hf.  founded  the  earth  upon  its  bases. 

3  Or,  They  wentuv  Oy  the  mountains.  tJuywenl 
down  by  the  valleys      ■*  Heb.  vtier  their  voice. 


104.  15 


PSALMS 


105  'J 


And  "herb  for  the  *  service  of 

man  ; 
That  he  may  brint?  forth  "'^food 

''out  of  the  cHrtli, 

15  And   'wine  that  niaketh  ghid 

the  heart  ot'  man, 
^A»il  ''oil  to  make  his  face  to 

shine, 
And  bread  that 'strengtheneth 

man's  heart. 

1 6  The  trees  of  J  ehovah  are  filled 

jcith  moisture. 
The  cedars  of  Lebanon,  which 
he  hath  planted ; 

17  Where  the  •'birds   make  their 

nests  : 
As  for  the  "  stork,  the  fir-trees 
are  her  house. 

18  The  high  mountains  are  for  the 

^  wild  goats  ; 
The  '  rocks  are  a  refuge  for  the 
*  conies. 

19  He   appointed    the    moon   'for 

seasons : 
The  ""sun  knoweth   his  going 
down. 

20  Thou  "  makest  darkness,  and  it 

is  night. 
Wherein  all  the  "beasts  of  the 

forest  creep  forth. 
2i  The   **  young    lions    roar   after 

their  prey. 
And  'seek  their  food  from  God. 

22  The  sun  ariseth,  they  get  them 

away. 
And   lay  them   down  in  their 
""dens. 

23  Man  goeth  forth  unto 'his  work 
And  to  his  labor  until  the  even- 
ing. 

21  O  Jehovah,  how  'manifold  are 

thy  works  I 
In    "  wisdr)m    hast  thou   made 

them  all  : 
The  "  earth  is  full  of  thy  ••  riches. 

25  Yonder  is  the  •"  sea,  great  and 

wide. 
Wherein    are    things    creeping 

innumerable. 
Both  small  and  gre^at  beasts. 

26  There  go  the  "  ships  ; 

There  is  '  leviathan,  whom  thou 
hast  formed  to  play  ''  therein. 

27  These  "  wait  all  for  thee. 

That  thou  mayest  ''give  them 
their  food  in  due  season. 

28  Thou  givest   unto  them,  they 

gather:  ,      ,       ,     , 

Thou  '  openest  thy  hand,  they 
are  satisfied  with  good. 
^9  Thou  "  hidest  thy  face,  they  are 
troubled ; 


AOT,lahi>r  «  Hel). '"-tJ)/. 

•»  Heb.  To  make  his  fact  tu  ihive  tnth  oil. 

*  Or,  crtatvra     ^  Or,  tnth  him   See  J  ob  41.  6. 


"  Gen.  1.  29 

0  Job  28.  6 

'  JuiIk.  ». 
i;t;  Prov 
31.6:  Eccl 

10.  lU 

rf  Pb.  M.  !, ; 
Vi   10;  HI 

6 ;  Lk  7.  4r, 
•«;eii.  1^  :•; 

.lllllg.  lU. 

6,  r 
/  ver.  12 
"  Lev.  11.  19 

*  JobSU.  1 

'  Prov  :«.  26 

*  Lev.  11.5 
'Cen.  I.  14 

'"  I'g.  lu.  (1 
"  1*8.  74.  16 ; 

la.  V,.  7 
'  Ps.  oil  10 ; 

Is.  .Vi  9 ; 

Mic  h.  8 
P.Iob:i8.  39 
«  Ps.  1 ) o.  15  ; 

.loel  I.  20 
•■  Job  ^7  8 
•den.  3.  19 

'  Ps.  40.  6 

"  Ps.  ve.  5  ; 

Prov.  3. 19 ; 

Jer  10.  12; 

Al  15 
"  Ps.  65.  9 
'  Ps.  8.  s ; 

CO.  S4 
V  Ps.  107.  23  ; 

Ezek.  •/7.  9 
'Ps  74.  u; 

Job  41.  1 
"  Ps.  145.  15 
l>  Ps.  VM.  25  ; 

147.  9;  Job 

36.  31  ;  3*. 

41 
'  Ps.  146.  16 
rf  Ps.  30.  7  ; 

Dt.  31.  17 


'  Ps  146.  4  ; 

Job  34. 14  ; 

Eccl.  12.  7 
/  Ps  90.  3 ; 

Gen.  3.  19 ; 

.lob  10.  9 
"  Job  33.  4 ; 

Kzek.  37.  9 
»  Ps.  86.  12 ; 

111.  10 
■(Jen.  1.  31 
*  Ps.  97.  4, 6 ; 

114.7; 

Judg.  5.  5 
'  Ps.  144   5  ; 

Ex.  19.  18 
"'  Ps.  63  4 
"  Ps.  140.  2 
»  Ps   19.  14 
f  Ps  9.  2 
«  P<>   .Ml.  13 
""  Ps  37.  10 
'  ver.  1 
1  I '8   105.  45; 

liifl.  48,  &c. 
"  Pb  1"6.  1  ; 

1  Clir.  10. 

.'4  ;  Is.  12.  4 
••  Ps  ("9.  6 
'Ps.  145.  12 
»  Ps.  90.  1  ; 


98.  5 


12 


Ps. 

119.  27 ; 

14.5.  5 
<•  Ps.  33   21 
»  Pb.  63.  2 
'  Pa.  27.  8 
d  Ps.  10.  6  ; 

77.  11 

•  Ps.  119.  IS 
/  ver.  42 

"  Pa.  135.  4 

*  Pa.  108.  6 ; 
13.5.  4 ; 

1  Chr.  18. 
18 

601 


Thou     ®'takest     away      their 

breath,  tiiey  die, 
And  'return  to  their  dust. 

30  'J'hou  sendest  forth  thy  "Spirit, 

they  are  cii'ated  ; 
And  ihou  renewest  the  face  of 
the  ground. 

31  Let  the  "glory  of  Jehovah  en- 

dure for  ever; 
Let    Jehovah    'rejoice    in    his 
w'orks  : 

32  Wlio  litoketh  on  the  earth,  and 

it  *  trembleth  ; 
He  'toucheth    the  mountain*, 
and  they  smoke. 

33  I   will  sing   unto  Jehovah  '"  as 

long  as  1  live  : 
I  will  "  sing  iiraise  to  my  God 

while  1  liave  any  being. 
31  Let  my  ;^' meditation  be  sweet 

unto  him: 
I  will ''  rejoice  in  Jehovah. 
35  Let  sinners  be  ''consumed  out 

of  the  earth. 
And  let  the  ""wicked  be  no  more. 
'Bless  Jehovah,  O  my  soul. 
' '  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 

Jehovah's  wondrrrul  Works  in  behair  of  Israel. 

■^  /\  pT       Oil  "  give  thanks  unto 
_Lv/tJ  Jehovah,    "^call  upon  his 
name ; 
'Make  known  among  the  peo- 
ples his  doings. 

2  Sing    unto  him,  "sing  praises 

unto  him  ; 
^'Talk  ye  of  all  his  marvellous 
works. 

3  Glory  ye  in  his  holy  name  : 
Let  the  "  heart  of  them  rejoice 

that  seek  Jehovah. 

4  Seek     ye    Jehovah    and    'his 

strength ; 
"Seek  his  face  evermore. 

5  Remember      his     '' marvellouiv 

works  that  he  hath  done. 
His  wonders,   and    the    'judg- 
ments of  his  mouth, 

6  O  ye  seed  of  -'Abraham  his  ser- 

vant. 
Ye    children     of     "Jacob,    his 
*  chosen  ones. 

7  He  is  .li'hovah  our  God  : 

His  'judgments  are  in  all  the 
earth. 

8  He  hath  *  remembered  his  cove- 

nant for  ever. 
The  word  which  he  commanded 
to  a  '  thousjind  generations. 

9  The  '"  cui'UKuit   wliich  he  made 

with  Abraham, 


Is.  26.  9    *  ver.  12;  Pa.  HiO.  45;  Lk.  1.  72 
"  Gen.  17.  2;  2.'.  lo-l8;  Oal.  3.  17 


'Dt. 


♦  Or.  gathemt  in         '  11  eb.  HalUlvjalt. 
i  Or.  MedUaU 


105. 10 


PSALMS 


105.  45 


And  his  "  oath  unto  Isaac, 

10  And  *  confirmed  the  same  unto 

Jacob  for  a  statute, 
To    Israel    for    an   everlasting 
covenant, 

1 1  Saying,  "  Unto  thee  will  I  give 

the  land  of  Canaan, 
The  ^'^lot  of  your  inheritance; 

12  When    they  were   but  a   "few 

men  in  number. 
Yea,  very  few,  and  -^sojourners 
in  it. 

13  And  they  went  about  from  na- 

tion to  nation. 
From  one  kingdom  to  another 
people. 

14  He  "suffered  no  man  to  do  them 

wrong  ; 
Yea,    he   ''  reproved    kings    for 
their  sakes, 

1 5  Saying,      '  Touch      not      mine 

anointed  ones. 
And  do  my  prophets  no  harm. 

1 6  And  he  ^called  for  a  famine  upon 

the  land ; 
He  '  brake  the  whole  staff  of 
bread. 

1 7  He  "'  sent  a  man  before  them  ; 
Joseph  was  "  sold  for  a  servant  : 

18  His  "feet  they  hurt  with  fet- 

ters : 
^  He  was  laid  in  chains  of  iron, 

19  Until  the  time  that  his  -Pword 

came  to  pass, 
The    word    of    Jehovah    'tried 
him. 

20  The  ""  king  sent  and  loosed  him  ; 
Even  the  ruler  of  peoples,  and 

let  him  go  free. 

21  He '  made  him  lord  of  his  house, 
And  ruler  of  all  his  substance  ; 

22  To   bind    his    princes    'at    his 

pleasure, 
And  teach  his  elders  wisdom. 

23  "Israel  also  came  into  Egypt ; 
And    Jacob    "  sojourned  in  the 

land  of  Ham. 

24  And  he  •"  increased  his  people 

greatly. 
And  made  them  stronger  than 
their  adversaries. 

25  He  ^turned  their  heart  to  hate 

his  people. 
To  ^deal  subtly  with  his  ser- 
vants. 

26  He  "  sent  Moses  his  servant, 
And'    *  Aaron    whom    he    had 

chosen. 

27  They    "set   among    them    ^his 

signs, 
And  wonders    in    the  land  of 
Ham. 


1  Heb.  cord,  or,  line. 

s  Heb.  His  soul  rntered  into  the  iron. 

3  Heb.  the  words  of  his  signs. 


"  Gen.  26.  3 
*  Gen.  28. 

13-15 
■^  Gen.  13. 

15 ;  15.  18 
d  Ps.  78.  55  ; 

Josh.  23.  4 
«  Gen.  34. 

30 ;  Dt.  7.  7 
/  Gen.  23.  4 ; 

Heb.  11.  9 
»  Gen.  20.  7  ; 

35.  5 
A  Gen.  12. 17 ; 

20.  3,  7 
'  Gen.  26.  11 
«•■  Gen.  41.  54 
'  Lev.  26.  26 ; 

Is.  3.  1 ; 

Ezek.  4.  16 
'"  Gen.  45.  5 
"  Gen.  37.  28, 

30;  Acts 

7.  9 
"  Gen.  39.  20 
P  Gen.  40.  20, 

21 
4  Ps.  66.  10 
"■  Gen.  41. 14 
'  Gen.  41. 

40-44 
<■  Gen.  41.  44 
"  Gen.  46.  (.; ; 

Acts  7.  15 
"  Acts  13. 17 
^  Ex.  1.  7,  9 
y  Ex.  1.  8 ; 

4.  21 
'Ex.  1.  10; 

Acts  7.  19 
"  Ex.  3.  lu  ; 

4.  12 
l>  Ex.  4.  14 ; 

Num.  16. 

5  ;  17.  6-8 
"^  ver.  27-36 : 

Ps.  78.  43- 

61 


d  Ex.  10.  21, 

'  Ps.  99.  7 
/Ex.  7.  20,  21 
"  Ex.  8.  6 
''  Ex.  8.  3 
'  Ex.  8.  21 
*  Ex.  8.  16 
'  Ex.  9.  2S-2.-J 
"'  Ex.  10.  12- 

15 
"  Ps.  135   8  ; 

1.36.  10 ; 

Ex.  12.  29 ; 

13.  15 
"  Ex.  12.  35, 

36 
P  Ex.  12.  33 
9  Ex.  15.  16 
''  Ps.  78.  14  ; 

Ex.  13.  21  ; 

Neb.  9.  12 ; 

Is.  4.  5 
'  Ex.  40.  38 
'  Ps.  78.  18 
"  Ps.  78.  27  ; 

Ex.  16.  13 ; 

Num.  11. 

31 
"  Ps.  78.  24 ; 

Ex.  16.  15 ; 

Neh.  9.  15 ; 

Jn.  6.  31 
^  Ps.  78.  1.'- ; 

114.  8;  Ex. 

17.  6; 

Num.  20. 

11 ;  Is.  48. 

21 ;  1  Cor. 

10.  4 
V  ver.  8 
'  Ps.  106.  12 ; 

Ex.  15.  1 
"  Ps.  78.  .56  ; 

Josh.  13.  7 
6  Dt.  6. 10, 11 
«  Dt.  4.  40 

602 


28  He  ''sent  darkness,  and  made 

it  dark ; 
And  they  "  rebelled  not  against 
his  words. 

29  He  ■'turned  their  waters   into 

blood. 
And  slew  their  fish. 

30  Their  land  swarmed  with  ^  frogs 
In    the    ''chambers    of     their 

kings. 

31  He    spake,    and    there    came 

'  swarms  of  tlies. 
And  *  lice  in  all  their  borders. 

32  He  gave  them  'hail  for  rain, 
And  flaming  fire  in  their  land. 

33  He  smote  their  vines  also  and 

their  fig-trees, 
And  brake  the  trees  of  their 
borders. 

34  He  spake,  and  the  "'locust  came. 
And  the  grasshopper,  and  that 

without  number, 

35  And  did  eat  up  every  herb  in 

their  land. 
And  did  eat  up    the  fruit    of 
their  ground. 

36  He  "  smote  also  all  the  first-born 

in  their  land,    ■ 
The  ^  chief  of  all  their  strength. 

37  And    he    brought    them    forth 

with  "silver  and  gold; 
And  there  was  ^not  one  feeble 
person  among  his  tribes. 

38  Egypt  was  ^glad  v/hen  they  de- 

parted ; 
For    the    'fear    of    them    had 
fallen  upon  them. 

39  He  spread  a  '"cloud  for  a  cover- 

ing. 
And  'fire  to  give  light  in  the 
night. 

40  They  *  asked,  and  he  brought 

"quails. 
And   satisfied    them  with    the 
"bread  of  heaven. 

41  He  opened  the  rock,  and  ^waters 

gushed  out ; 
They  ran  in  the  dry  places  like 
a  river. 

42  For  he  ^remembered  his  holy 

word, 
And  Abraham  his  servant. 

43  And  he  brought  forth  his  people 

with  joy, 
A  ivl  his  chosen  with  '  singing. 

44  And  he  "gave  them  the  lands 

of  the  nations ; 
And    they  *took  the  labor  of 
the  peoples  in  possession  : 

45  That    they    might   °  keep    his 

statutes. 
And  observe  his  laws. 
®  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 

<  Heb.  begivninq.    See  Dt.  21.  17. 

s  Or,  none  that  stumbled    °  Heb.  SaUelvjah. 


106.1 


PSALMS 


106.31 


Israel's  RebellioMnegs  and  Jehovah's  Deliverances, 

^  /  \/^  '  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 
J- v/V-f  Oh  "give  thanks  unto  Je- 
hovah ;  for  he  'is  good  ; 
For'hislovingkindnesserat/wre^A 
for  ever. 

2  Who  can  utter  the ''  mighty  acts 

of  Jehovah, 
Or  show  forth  all  his  praise  1 

3  Blessed    are    they    tnat    keep 

justice, 
And  he  that  'doeth  righteous- 
ness at  all  times. 

4  Remember     me,     O     Jehovah, 

with   the  •''favor    that    thou 
bearest  unto  thv  people  ; 
Oh  visit    me  with    thy  salva- 
tion, 

5  That  I  may  see  the  *'  prosperity 

of  thy  chosen, 
That    1    may    *  rejoice    in    the 

gladness  of  thy  nation. 
That  I  may  *glor5^  with  thine 

inheritance. 

6  *We   have   sinned   'with    our 

fathers, 
We  have  committed   iniquity, 
we  have  done  wickedly. 

7  Our  fathers  understood  not  thy 

wonders  in  Egj^pt ; 
They    "*  remembered    not    the 

multitude  of  thy  lovingkind- 

nesses, 
But  were  "rebellious  at  the  sea, 

even  at  the  Red  Sea. 

8  Nevertheless    he    saved    them 

"for  his  names  sake. 
That     he     might    ^  make    his 
mighty  power  to  be  known. 

9  He  » rebuked  the  Red  Sea  also, 

and  it  was  ''dried  up  : 
So  he  'led  them   through  the 
depths,  as  through  a '-'  wilder- 
ness. 

10  And  he  'saved  them  from  the 

hand  of  him  that  hated  them. 
And  "  redeemed  them  from  the 
hand  of  the  enemy. 

11  And  'the  waters  covered  their 

adversaries ; 
There  was  not  one  of  them  left. 

12  Then  '  believed  they  his  words  ; 
They  "sang  his  praise. 

1 3  They  soon  '  forgat  his  works  ; 
They  "waited  not  for  his  coun- 
sel, 

14  But  *  lusted  exceedingly  in  the 

wilderness. 
And  "  tempted  God  in  the  des- 
ert. 

15  And  he  ''gave  them  their  re- 

quest, 

1  Heb.  Halleluiah,.         >  Or,  pa^ure-Uind 


'  Ps.  105.  I  ; 

107.  I 
''  Ps.  100.  6 
"  1  Clir.  10. 

34,  41 
<*  Ps.  14,1.  4, 

Vi  ;  \M.  t 
'  Ps.  16.  2 
/Ps.  44.  3; 

no.  132 
"  Ps.  1.  3 

*  Ps.  118.  15 
'  Ps.  105.  3 

*  1  K.  8.  47  ; 
Ezr.  9.  7 ; 
Neh.  1.  7  ; 
Jer.  3.  25  ; 
Dan.  9.  5 

'  Ps.  78.  R, 

67;  2Clir. 

30.  7  ;  Neh. 

9.  2 ;  Zech. 

1.  4 
'"  Ps.  7S.  11, 

42 ;  Judg. 

3.  7 
"  Ps.  78.  17  ; 

Ex.  14.  11, 

12 
"  Ezek.  20.  9 
''  Ex.  9.  16 
1  Ps.  18.  15  ; 

78.  13;  Is. 

50.  2 ;  Nah. 

1.  4 
•■  Ex.  14.  21 ; 

Is.  51.  10 
•18.63.  11-13 
'  Ex.  14.  30 
"  Ps.  78.  42  ; 

1117.  2 
"  Ps.  78.  53  ; 

Ex.  14.  28 ; 

!.■■.  6 
'  Ex.  14.  31 
"  Ps.  106.  43  ; 

Ex.  15.  l-Ul 
'  Ex.  16.  24  : 

16.  2;  17.  2 
"  Ps.  107.  11 
fcPs.  78.  18; 

Num.  11. 

4 ;  1  Cor. 

10.6 
'Ex.  17.2; 

1  Cor.  10.  9 
rf  Ps.  78.  29 ; 

Num.  11. 31 


'  Is.  10.  16 
/Num.  16.  3 
"  Num.  16. 32 
'>  Num.  16.35 
'  Ex.  32.  4  ; 

Dt.  9.  8 ; 

Acts  7.  41 
*  Jer.  2.  11; 

Rom.  1.  23 
'  ver.  7,  13 ; 

Pb.  78.  11 
""  Dt.  10.  21 
"  Ps.  105.  -S! 
"Ex.  32.  10; 

Dt.  9.  14 ; 

Ezek.  20. 

8,  13 
PEx.  .32.  11- 
14 ;  Dt.  g. 

'-'.■r-29 

«  Num.  14. 31 
"■  Dt.  8.  7  ; 

.Ter.  3.  19 ; 

Ezek.  20.  6 
'Dt  1.32; 

9.23 
'  Num.  14. 

•_':  Dt.  1.27 
"  Ps  95.  11; 

Num.  14. 

28-35; 

Ezek.  20. 

16;  Heb. 

'I.  11 
"  Dt.  4.  27 
""Ps  44.  II 
"  Num.  26. 

3  ;  Dt.  4.  3 ; 

60.3 


But  '.sent  leanness  into  their 
soul. 

16  They  ■''envied  Moses  also  in  the 

camp. 
And  Aaron  the  ^ saint  of  Jeho- 
vah. 

17  The  "earth  opened  and  swal- 

lowed up  Dathan, 
And  covei-ed   the  company  of 
Abiram. 

18  And    a   "fire    was    kindled    in 

their  company  ; 
The     ilaiiie     burned     up     the 
wicked. 

19  They  'made  a  calf  in  Horeb, 
And     worshipped     a     molten 

image. 

20  Thus  tliey  ^changed  their  glory 
For  the  liken&ss  of  an  ox  that 

eateth  grass. 

2 1  They  '  forgat  God  their  Saviour, 
Who  had  done  "great  things  in 

Egypt, 

22  "Wondrous  works  in  the  land 

of  Ham, 
And  terrible  things  by  the  Red 
Sea. 

23  Therefore    "he    said    that    he 

would  destroy  them. 
Had  not  ^  Closes  h  is  chosen  stood 

before  him  in  the  breach. 
To  turn  away  his  wrath,  lest  he 

should  destroy  t/iern. 

24  Yea,  they  » de.spi.sed  the  '  pleas- 

ant  land. 
They  '  believed  not  his  word, 

25  But  'murmured  in  their  tents. 
And   hearkened    not    unto   the 

voice  of  Jehovah. 

26  Therefore     he     ■* "  sware    unto 

them. 
That  he  would  "overthrow  them 
in  the  wilderness, 

27  And  that  he  would  "overthrow 

their  seed  among  the  nations. 
And  ■'scatter  them  in  the  lands. 

28  They  "joined    them.selves    also 

unto   Piaal-peor, 
And  ate  the  ^sacrifices  of  the 
dead. 

29  Thus  they  "provoked    him  to 

anger  with  their  doings; 
And  the  plague  brake  in  upon 
them. 

30  Then  *  stood  up  Phinehas,  and 

executed  judgment : 
Anrl  .so  the  ''plague  was  stayed. 

31  And  that  was  ''reckoned  unto 

him  for  righteousness, 
Unto  all  generations  for  ever- 
more. 

Hoe.  9.  10    'Num.  25.  2    "  Num.  26.  4    *Num.  26. 1 
'  Num.  26.  8    <<  Oen.  16.  6 ;  Num.  26.  11-13 


•  Or,  holy  onf         *  Heb.  li/led  up  his  hand 
>  Heb.  mtJce  themJaU. 


106.32 


PSALMS 


107.9 


32  They  "angered  him  also  at  the 
waters  of  ^  Meribah, 
So  that  it  *  went  ill  with  Moses 
for  their  sakes ; 
.33  Because  they  were  "rebellious 
against  his  spirit, 
And  he  spake  unadvisedly  with 
his  lips. 

34  They  ''did  not  destroy  the  peo- 

ples, 
As  *  Jehovah  commanded  them, 

35  But  -^mingled  themselves  with 

the  nations. 
And  learned  their  works, 

36  And  ''served  their  idols, 
Which  becameasnare  unto  them. 

37  Yea,  they  ''sacrificed  their  sons 

and    their    daughters    unto 
demons, 

38  And  shed  ''  innocent  blood. 
Even  the  blood  of  their  *sons 

and  of  their  daughters, 
Whom  they  sacrificed  unto  the 

idols  of  Canaan ; 
And    the    land    was    '  polluted 

with  blood. 

39  Thus  w^ere  they  ""defiled  with 

their  works. 
And  "  played  tne  harlot  in  their 
doings. 

40  Therefoi'e  was   the    "wrath  of 

Jehovah  kindled  against  his 
people. 
And  ne  ^abhorred  his  inheri- 
tance. 

41  And  »he  gave  them  into  the 

hand  of  the  nations  ; 
And    they    that    hated    them 
ruled  over  them. 

1  Or,  strife 


°-  Ps.  81.  7  ; 

95.  8,  9 ; 

Num.  20. 

2-13 
>>  Num.  20. 12 
■=  I's.  78.  40  ; 

107.  11  ; 

Num.  20. 

0.  10 

ri  Judg.  1.  21, 

27-3o 
"■  L»t.  7.  2,  16 

/Judg.  :i,  5, 6 
*'  Judg.  2.  12 
A  Dt.  12.  :il ; 

32.  17  ;  2  K. 

17.  17  ; 

Ezek.  16. 

20,  21 ; 

1  Cor.  10. 

20 
■  Ps.  94.  21 
^-  Dt.  IS.  10 
'Num.  3.5. 

33  ;  Is.  24. 

a ;  Jer.  3. 

1.  2 

"'  Lev.  18.  24 ; 

Ezek.  20.  IS 
"  Lev.  17.  7 ; 

Num.  15. 

39 ;  Judg. 

2.  17 ;  Hos. 
4.  12 

"  Ps.  78.  69 ; 

Judg.  2.  14 
P  Lev.  26. 30 ; 

Dt.  32.  19 

'  Judg.  2. 
14 ;  Neh.  9. 

27 


*■  Judg.  4.  3  ; 

10.  12 

'  Judg.  2. 

16-18 
'  Ps.  81.  12 
"  Judg.  6.  6 

"  Judg.  3.  9 ; 

6.  7  ;  10. 10 
'  Ps.  105.  8  ; 

Lev.  26.  42 
"  Judg.  2.  18 

"=  1  K.  8.  50 ; 
2  Chr.  30. 
9 ;  Ezr.  9. 
9 ;  Neh.  1. 
11 ;  Jer. 
42.  12 


42  Their  enemies  also  'oppressed 

them, 
And  they  were   brought   into 
subjection  under  their  hand. 

43  Many    times   did   he    'deliver 

them ; 
But   they    were    rebellious   in 

their  'counsel, 
And  were  "  brought  low  in  their 
^  iniquity. 

44  Nevertheless  he  regarded  their 

distress, 
When  he  "  heard  their  cry  : 

45  And  he  ^remembered  for  them 

his  covenant, 
And  ^  repented  according  to  the 
multitude  of  his  lovingkind- 
nesses. 

46  He  made  them  also  to  be  ^pitied 
Of  all  those  that  carried  them 

captive. 

47  "Save  us,  O  Jehovah  our  God, 
And  *  gather  us   from   among 

the  nations. 
To  give  thanks  unto  thy  holy 

name, 
And  to  "  triumph  in  thy  praise. 

48  ''Blessed  be  Jehovah,  the  God 

of  Israel, 

From  everlasting  even  to  ever- 
lasting. 

And  let  all  the  people  say, 
Amen. 

^  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 


"1  Chr.  16  36,36    bTa.  147. 
13  ;  TZ.  18  ;  89.  52 


'  Ps.  47.  1    <*  Pb.  41. 


*  Heb.  Hallelvjah. 


BOOK  V 


Jehora))  delivers  Men  from  manifold  Tronbles. 


107 


Oh  "  give  thanks  unto  Je- 
hovah ;  for  he  is  good ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endu7-- 
eth  for  ever. 

2  Let  *the  redeemed  of  Jehovah 

say  so, 
Whom  he  hath  '^  redeemed  from 
the  hand  of  the  adversary, 

3  And  "^  gathered  out  of  the  lands. 
From    the   east   and  from  the 

west. 
From  the  north  and  ^  from  the 
south. 

4  They  '  wandered  in  the  wilder- 

ness in  a  desert  way ; 
They  found  no  ^city  of  habita- 
tion. 

>  Heb.  from  the  sea. 


"  Pb.  IOC.  1 
f>  Is.  35. 9, 10 ; 

62.  12  ;  63.  4 
■^  Ps.  78.  42 ; 

106.  10 
d  Ps.  106.  47  ; 

Dt.  30.  3 ; 

Neh.  1.  9 ; 

Is.  11.  12; 

43.  6 ;  66. 

8;  Ezek. 

11.  17  ;  20. 

34 
'  Num.  14. 

33 ;  32.  13 ; 

Dt.  2.  7  ; 

Josh.  5.  6 ; 

14.  10 
/ver.  7,36 


'  Ps.  77.  3 
''  ver.  13,  19, 

28 ;  Ps.  50. 

15 

•  Ps.  5.  8 ; 
Ezr.  8.  21 ; 
Jer.  31.  9 

*  ver.  4,  36 

'  ver.  16,  21, 
31 


5  Hungry  and  thirsty. 
Their  "  soul  fainted  in  them. 

6  Then  they  ''  cried  unto  Jehovah 

in  their  trouble. 
And  he  delivered  them  out  of 
their  distresses. 

7  He  led  them  also  by  a  *  straight 

way. 
That  they  rnight  go  to  a  *city 
of  habitation. 

8  '  Oh  that  men  would  praise  Je- 

hovah   for    his    lovingkind- 
ness, 
And  for  his  wonderful  works  to 
the  children  of  men  ! 

9  For  he  ""satisfieth  the  longing 

soul. 
And  the  "hungry  soul  he  filleth 
with  good. 

"•  Ps.  22.  26  ;  63.  5  ;  103.  6       "  Ps.  148.  7  ;  Mt.  6.  6; 
Lk.  1.  53 


604 


107.  10 


PSALMS 


107.  40 


10  Sucli  as  "  sat  in  darkness  and  in 

the  sliadow  of  death, 
BeinK  ''bound  in  atHiction  and 
iron, 

1 1  Because  they  [  rebelled  against 

the  words  of  God, 
And  ''  contemned  the  counsel  of 
the  Most  Higli : 

12  Therefore    he     brought    down 

their  heart  with  laljor  ; 
They  fell  down,  and  there  was 
"none  to  help. 

13  Then  they -^  cried  unto  Jehovah 

in  their  trouble, 
And  he  saved  them  out  of  their 
distresses. 

14  He  "brought  them  out  of  dark- 

ness and  the  shadow  of  death. 
And    ''brake    their    bonds    in 
sunder. 

15  Oh  that  men  would  praise  Je- 

hovah   for    his    lovingkind- 
-  ness. 

And  for  his  wonderful  works  to 
the  children  of  men  ! 

16  For  he  hath 'broken  the  gates 

of  brass, 
And  cut  the  bars    of    iron  in 
sunder. 

17  Fools  because  of  Hheir  trans- 

gression, 
And  *  because  of  their  iniqui- 
ties, are  atHicted. 

18  Their  'soul  abhorreth  all  man- 

ner of  food  ; 
And  they  '"draw  near  unto  the 
"gates  of  death. 

19  Then  they  cry  unto  Jehovah  in 

their  trouble. 
And    he    saveth    them    out   of 
their  distresstvs. 

20  He    "sendetli    his    word,    and 

^healeth  them. 
And  "delivereth  t/iem  from  their 
*' destructions. 

21  Oh  that  men  would  praise  Je- 

hovah tV)r  his  lovingkindness, 
And  for  his  wonderful  works  to 
the  children  of  men  ! 

22  And  let  them  offer  the  '■sacri- 

fices of  thanksgiving. 
And  'declare    his   works    with 
singing. 

23  They  that  'go  down  to  the  sea 

in  ships. 
That    do     business    in    great 
waters ; 

24  These  see  the  works  of  Jehovah, 
And  his  wonders  in  the  deep. 

25  For  he  "  conmiandeth,  and  rais- 

eth  the  'stormy  wind, 

1  Heb.  the  way  of  their  IransgresHoru 

2  Heb.  pit*. 


"  Pb.  14.t.  3; 
Is.  4'-'.  7 : 
Mic.  7.  n; 

Lk.  1.  7« 
i>  Ps.  102.  20 ; 

.Iob;m.  8 
"^  Ps.  7s.  40 ; 

100.  7 
J  Num.  ifi. 

31  ;  J  Chr. 

30.  10 ; 

Prov.  1.26; 

Is.  6.  24 
"  Ps.  22.  11 ; 

72.  12 
/ver.  6 

"  ver.  10; 

Pb.  60.  13 
APs.  110.  10; 

Jer.  2.  2u ; 

30.  8;  Nah. 

1.  13;  Lk. 

13.  10, 

Acts  12.  7 
'  Is.  46.  1,  2 
*••  Is.  Ou.  0,  7  ; 

Jer.  .'iO.  14, 

1.-. ;  Ezek. 

24.  23 
'  Pb.  1(12.  4  ; 

.lob  3.!.  20 
'"  Ps.  hs.  3 ; 

.Tob  33.  22 
"  Ps.  «,  13 ; 

Job  38.  17 
"  Ps.  147.  15, 

18;  Mt.  8.8 
P  Ps.  30.  2 ; 

103.  3 :  147. 

3  ;  2  K.  20.  6 
1  Ps.  30.  3 ; 

49.  15  ;  Wi. 

13  ;  103.  4  ; 

Job  33.  28, 

•■  Ps.  50.  14  ; 

UG.  17; 

Lev.  7.  12 
*Ps.  9.  11 ; 

73.  28;  118. 
17 

«  Is.  42.  10  ; 

Jou.  1.  3 
"  Ps.  105.  31, 

31 
"  Ps.  148.  8  ; 

Jon.  1.  4 


'  Ps.  93.  3,  4 
"  Ps.  22.  14 ; 

111).  28 
'  Job  12.  25 ; 

Is.  24.  20 
"  Ps.  Rj.  7  ; 

su.  9 ;  Mt. 

8.  20 ;  Lk. 

8.  24 
l>  Ps.  7S.  4  ; 

111.  4 
'  Ps.  34.  3 ; 

99.  5  ;  Is. 

2.->.  1 
''  Ps.  22.  22, 

'  Ps.  .3.5.  18 
/  Ps.  74.  15  ; 

Is.  42.  15  ; 

50.  2 
"  Gen.  13. 

10;  14.  3; 

19.  24.  25  , 

Dt.  29.  23 
^  Job  39.  C  ; 

Jer.  17.  <i 

•  Ps.  I0.'>.  41 ; 
111.  8;  Is. 
36.  II,  7 ; 

41.  IS 

*  ver.  4,  7 

'  2  K.  19.  29  ; 
Is.  6.'..  21  : 
Am.  9.  14 
""Oen.  12.2; 
17.  20 :  Ex. 
1.7;  Dt.  1. 


10 
"Dt 


14 


Which  'lifteth    up   tlie  waves 
thereof. 

26  They  mount  up  to  the  heavens, 

they  go  down  again  to  tJie 
depths : 
Their  soul   "melteth  away  be- 
cause of  trouble. 

27  They  reel  to  antl  fro,  and  'stag- 

ger like  a  drunken  man. 
And  ^are  at  their  wits'  end. 

28  Then  they  cry  unto  Jehovah  in 

their  trouble. 
And   he   bringeth  tliem  out  of 
their  distresses. 

29  He  "maketh  the  storm  a  calm. 
So  that  the  waves  thereof  are 

still. 

30  Then   are    they   glad    because 

they  are  quiet ; 
So  he  bringeth  them  unto  their 
desired  liaven. 

31  Oh  that  men  would  praise  Je- 

hovah for  his  lovingkindness. 
And  for  his  ''wonderful  works 
to  the  children  of  men  ! 

32  Let  them  '^exalt  him  also  ''in 

the  assembly  of  the  people. 
And  'praise  him  in  the  seat  of 
the  elders. 

33  He  -'turneth  rivers  into  a  wil- 

derness. 
And  watersprings  into  a  thirsty 
ground ; 

34  A  "fruitful    land   into  a  ''.salt 

desert. 
For  the  wickedness  of  them  that 
dwell  therein. 

35  He  'turneth  a  wilderness  into  a 

pool  of  water. 
And    a   dry  land    into    water- 
springs. 

36  And     there     he     maketh    the 

hungry  to  dwell, 
That  they  may  prepare  a  *city 
of  habitation, 

37  And  sow  lields,  and  'plant  vine- 

yards, 
And  get  them  fruits  of  increase. 

38  He  bles.seth  them  also,  so  that 

they  are '"  multipliefl  greatly  ; 
And    ne    "suffereth    not    their 
cattle  to  decrease. 

39  Again,    they    are    'diminished 

and  ^  bowed  down 
Through    oppression,    trouble, 
and  sorrow. 

40  He   '^ijoureth    contempt    upon 

princes, 
And   '■(•auseth  them  to  wander 
'in  the  wa.ste,  where  there  is 
no  way. 

°  Ezek.  6.  11  ;  29.  15    '' Ps.  38.  6 ;  44.  26  ;  67.  6    «Job 
12.21     '■Jobl2.  24     '0^32.10 

3  Heb.  aU  their  wisdom  i»  tvxilUnoed  up. 


606 


107.  41 


PSALMS 


109. 14 


41  Yet  "setteth  he  the  needy  on 

high  from  affliction, 
And  *  maketh  Idm  families  Hke 
a  flock. 

42  The  "^  upright  shall  see  it,  and 

be  glad ; 
And  all ''  iniquity  shall  stop  her 
mouth. 

43  Whoso  is  ^wise  will  give  heed 

to  these  things ; 
And  they  will  consider  the  -^lov- 
ingkindnesses  of  Jehovah. 

Cod  praised,  and  supplicated  to  give  Victory. 

A  Song,  a  Psalm  of  David. 

i  /^Q  »My   heart    is    fixed,    O 
J_Uo      God; 

I   will    sing,   yea,   I  will    sing 
praises,  even  with  my  glory. 

2  Awake,  psaltery  and  harp : 

I  myself  wilP awake  right  eai'ly. 

3  I  will  give  thanks  unto  thee,  O 

Jehovah,  among  the  peoples; 
And  I  will   sing  praises  unto 
thee  among  the  nations. 

4  For  thy  lovingkindness  is  great 

*  above  the  heavens  ; 
And  thy  truth  reacheth  unto  the 
skies. 

5  Be  thou  exalted,  O  God,  above 

the  heavens, 
And  thy  glory  above   all  the 
earth. 

6  'That  thy  beloved  may  be  de- 

livered. 
Save  with  thy  right  hand,  and 
answer  '^us. 

7  God  hath  spoken  in  his  holi- 

ness :  I  will  exult ; 
I  will  divide  Shechera,  and  mete 
out  the  valley  of  Succoth. 

8  Gilead   is  mine;    Manasseh   is 

mine ; 
Ephraim  also  is  the  defence  of 

my  head  ; 
Judah  is  my  ^sceptre. 

9  Moab  is  my  washpot ; 

^Upon   Edom    will  I  cast   my 

shoe ; 
Over  Philistia  will  I  shout. 

10  Who  will    bring    me    into  the 

fortified  city "? 
Who  *hath  led  me  unto  Edom'? 

11  ®Hast  not  thou  *cast  us  off",  O 

Godi 
And  thou  goest  not  forth,   O 
God,  with  our  hosts. 

12  Give  us  help  against  the  ad- 

versary ; 
For  vain  is  the  ''  help  of  man. 

1  Or,  awake  the  davm 

2  Another  reading  is,  me.       »  Or,  lawgiver 
*  Or,  Unto  s  Or,  will  lead  me  <fcc. 

6  Or,  Wilt  not  thou,  0  God,  who  hast  cast  us  off, 
And  goest . .  .  hosts  ?  '  Heb.  salvation. 


"  Ps.  59.  1 ; 

113.  7,  8  ; 

1  S.  2.  8 
l>  Ps.  U3.  9; 

Job  21.  11 
"=  Ps.  52.  0  ; 

Job  22.  19 
d  Ps.  63.  U  ; 

Job  5.  16 ; 

Rom.  3.  19 
<"  Ps.  64.  9 ; 

Jer.  9.  12 ; 

Hos.  U.  9 
/ver.  1 
'J  ver.  1-5 : 

Ps.  57.  7-U 
''  Ps.  113.  4 
'  ver.  6-13 : 

Ps.  60.  5-12 
«-■  Ps.  44.  9 


'  Ps.  28.  1  ; 

83.  1 
"•  Dt.  10.  21 
"  Ps.  10.  7  ; 

52.4 
°  Ps.  120.  2 
fi  Ps.  69.  4 


■■  Ps.  69.  13 ; 

141.5 
'  Ps.  35.  12  ; 

38.  20 

«  Jn.  7.  7  ; 

10.  32 


"  Zech.  3. 1 


"  Ps.  1.  5 
^  Prov.  28.  9 

"  Ps.  65.  23 

=  Acts  1.  20 

"  Ex.  22.  24 
b  Jer.  18.  21 

'  Ps.  59.  15  ; 

Gen.  4.  12 ; 

Job  30.  5-8 
d  Ps.  37.  25 


«  Job  20.  15  ; 

Neh.  5.  7 

/Is.  1.7; 

Lam.  5.  2 ; 

Ezek.  7.  21 
»  Ezr.  7.  28 ; 

9.  9 

'»  Job  5.  4 ; 
Is.  9.  17 


'  Ps.  21. 10 ; 

37.  28 

t  Ps.  9.  5 ; 
Prov.  10.  7 

'  Ex.  20.  5  ; 
Num.  14. 
18 ;  Is.  65. 
6,  7 ;  Jer. 

32.18 

"^  Neh.  4.  5  ; 
Jer.  18.  23 


C06 


13  Through  God  we  shall  do  val- 
iantly : 
For  he  it  is  that  will  tread  down 
our  adversaries. 

Vengeance  invoiced  upon  Adversaries. 

For  the  Cliief  Musician.      A  Psalm  of 
David. 

I  OQ  '^^^'^  '^ot  thy  peace,  O 
_L  v^  ^J      ™  God  of  my  praise ; 

2  For  the  mouth  of  tne  wicked 

and   the   "mouth    of   deceit 
have    they   opened    against 
me: 
They   have    spoken  ^unto   me 
with  a  "lying  tongue. 

3  They  have  compassed  me  about 

also  with  words  of  hatred. 
And  fought  against  me  -^  with- 
out a  cause. 

4  « For  my  love  they  are  my  ad- 

versaries : 
But  "■  I  give  myself  unto  prayer. 

5  And  they  have  ^'rewarded  me 

evil  for  good. 
And  4iatred  for  my  love. 

6  Set  thou  a  wicked  man   over 

him ; 
And  let  "  an  "  adversary  stand 
at  his  right  hand. 

7  When    he    is    judged,  let   him 

"come  forth  guilty; 
And  let  his  ""prayer  "be  turned 
into  sin. 

8  Let  *  his  days  be  few ; 

And ^  let    ^another     take     his 
oflDce. 

9  Let  his  "  children  be  fatherless, 
And  his  *wife  a  widow. 

10  Let  his  '^  children  be  vagabonds, 
and  beg; 
And  let  them  ''seek  their  bread 
^^  out  of  their  desolate  places. 

II  Let  "the  extortioner  ^^  catch  all 

that  he  hath; 
And  let  -^strangers  make  spoil 
of  his  labor. 

12  Let  there  be  none  to  "*  extend 

kindness  unto  him ; 
Neither  let  there  he  ''any  to 
have  pity  on  his  fatherless 
children. 

13  Let  his  'posterity  be  cut  off; 
In    the    generation    following 

let  their  '^^name   be  blotted 
out. 

14  Let  'the  iniquity  of  his  fathers 

be   remembered  with   Jeho- 
vah ; 
And    let   not    the    sin    of    his 
mother  be  "*  blotted  out. 

8  Or,  against  ^  Heb.  laid  upon  me. 

w  Or,  Satan    Or,  an  accuser 
11  Or,  become  i'  Heb.  snare. 

W  Or,  far  from        i*  Or,  continue 


109.15 


PSALMS 


111.1 


15  Let  "them  be  before  Jehovah 

continually. 
That  he  may  ''  cut  off  the  mem- 
ory of  them  from  the  earth  ; 

16  Because  he  remembered  not  to 

show  kinthiess, 
But  persecuted  the  'poor  and 

needy  man. 
And    the    broken  in  heart,   to 

''slay  thetn. 

1 7  Yea,  he  loved  cursing,  and  ''  it 

came  unto  him; 
And  he  delighted  not  in  bless- 
ing, and  it  was  far  from  him. 

18  He  -''clothed  himself  also  with 

cursing  as  with  his  gar- 
ment. 

And  it  "came  into  his  inward 
parts  like  water, 

And  like  oil  into  his  bones. 

19  Let    it    be    unto    him    as  •''the 

raiment  wherewith  he  cover- 
eth  himself. 
And  for  the  girdle  wherewith 
he  is  ''girded  continually. 

20  This   is   the  'reward    of    mine 

adversaries  from  Jehovah, 
And  of  them  that  *  speak  evil 
against  my  soul. 

21  But    deal    thou    with    me,    O 

Jehovah  the  Lord,  'for  thy 
name's  sake: 
Because  ""thy  lovingkindness  is 
good,  deliver  thou  me; 

22  For  "  I  am  poor  and  needy. 
And    my   heart    is   "wounded 

within  me. 

23  I  am  gone  ''like    the   shadow 

when  it  '  declineth  : 
I  am  tossed  up  and  down  «as 
the  locust. 

24  My  ""kiiees  -are  weak  through 

•  fasting ; 
And  my  tlesh  faileth  of  fatness. 

25  I  am  become  also  a  'reproach 

unto  them : 
When  they  see  me,  they  "shake 
their  head. 

26  •  Help  me,  O  Jehovah  my  God  ; 
Oh  save  me  according  to  thy 

lovingkindness: 

27  That    they    may    'know    that 

this  is  thy  hand  ; 
That  thou,  Jehovah,  hast  done 
it. 

28  "Let    them    curse,    but    bless 

thou : 
"\^'Tlen  they  arise,  they  shall  be 

put  to  shame. 
But  thy  'servant  shall  rejoice. 

29  ^Let     "mine     adv^ersaries     be 

clothed  with  dishonor, 


»  Or,  is  stretched  out  2  Or,  totter 

s  Or,  Mine  adversaries   shall   be  clothed. 
A  nd  they  shall  cover  &c 


"  Pb.  90.  8  ; 

.ler.  1«.  17 
6  Pb.  34.  16 
"  Ps.  :<-.  u 
d  Pb.  37.  32 ; 

94.  0 

•  Prov.  14. 
14 :  Kzek. 
36.  9 ;  Mt. 

/  ver.  29 ; 

Ps.  73.  6 ; 

Ezek.  7.  27 
'■'  Num.  6.  22 

*  Pb.  30.  1 1  ; 
2  S.  22.  40  ; 
Is.  II.  fi 

'  P8.  64.  5  ; 

94.  23  i  Is 

3.  11  ; 

2  Tim.  4.  14 
»:  Ps.  41.  6  ; 

71.  10 
'  Ps.  23.  3  ; 

26.  11  ;  79. 

9 ;  100.  8 ; 

Ezek.  JG. 

'"  Pa.  09.  16 
"  Ps.  40.  17  ; 

80.  1 
"  Ps.  143.  4  ; 

Job  24.  12 ; 

Prov.  lb.  14 
»*  Ps.  102.  11 
9  Ex.  10.  19  , 

Job  30.  20 
■"  Heb.  12.  12 

'  Ps.  :ii.  13 
'  Ps.  22.  6 
"  Ps.  22.  7  ; 

Jer.  IS.  10; 

Lam.  2.  If) 
"  Ps.  119.  80 
'  Job  37.  7 
!'2S.  16.  11, 

12 
'  Is.  66.  14 
"  Ps.  132.  18  ; 

Job  8.  22 


b  Ps.  36.  20  ; 

Job  8.  22 
'  Pb.  22.  22 
<<  Ps.  16.  8 ; 

73.  23;    110. 

6;  121.  6 
'  Pa.  37.  33 
/Mt.22.  44; 

Mk.  12.  30; 

Lk.  20. 

42,  43 ; 

Acta  2.  34, 

36 ;  Heb. 

1.  13 
»  Mt.  26.  64  ; 

Eph.  1.  20 ; 

Col.  3.  1 ; 

Heb.  I.  3 ; 

8.  1 ;  10. 12  ; 

12.  2 
A  1  Cor.  16. 

•2a;  Eph. 

1.  22 
>  Ps.  45.  C ; 

Jer.  48.  17; 

Ezek.  19. 14 
I  Pa.  2.  9  , 

72.  8 ;  Dan. 

7.  13,  14 
'  Judg.  6.  2  : 

Nell.  n.  2 
"'  Ps.  90.  9  ; 

I  Chr.  16. 

29 
"  2  S.  17.  12  ; 

Mic.  5.  7 
"  H(>b.  7.  21 
P  Num.  23. 19 
«  Zech.  6. 13; 

Heb.  6. 

6,  10 ;  0.  20  •, 

7.  17 

*■  Pa.  109.  31 
•  Pa.  68.  14 ; 

76.  12 
1  Ps.  2.  5,  12  ; 

607 


And  let  them  "cover  them- 
selves with  their  own  shame 
as  with  a  rolie. 

30  I  will  give  great  thanks  unto 

Jehovah  witli  ni.v  mouth; 
Yea,  'i  will  praise  him  among 
the  multitude. 

31  For  he  will  stand  ''at  the  right 

hand  of  the  needy, 
To   save  him  from  them  that 
'judge  his  soul. 


Jehovah  gives  Dominion  to  tiie  iiing, 
A  P.salm  of  David. 


110 


•''Jehovah  saith  unto  my 
Lord,  "Sit  thou  at  my 
right  hand. 
Until  I  make  ''  thine  enemies 

thy  footstool 
Jehovah  will  '•send  forth    the 

* '  rod  of  thy  strength  out  of 

Zion : 
*  Rule  thou    in    the    midst   of 

thine  enemies. 
Thy  'people  ^oifer  themselves 

willingly 
In  the  day  of  thy  ^  power,  * ""  in 

holy  array: 
Out  of  the  womb  of  the  morn- 
ing 
"Thou  hast  the  "dew   of  thy 

youth. 
"  Jehovah  hath  sworn,  and  will 

*  not  repent : 
Thou  art  a  *  priest  for  ever 
After  the'"orderof  Melchizedek. 
The  Lord  'at  thy  right  hand 
'^Will  'strike  through  kings  in 

the  'day  of  his  wrath. 
He    w;ill    "judge     among    the 

nations, 
'■■''  He  '■'  will  fill   the  places  with 

"dead  bodies: 
He  "will  'strike  through  the 

head  "in  many  countries. 
He  will  "drink  of  the  brook  in 

the  way : 
Therefore  will  he  'lift  up  the 

head. 


Jehovah  praised  for  his  Goodness. 


Ill 


'•''  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 

I  "will  give  thanks  unto 

Jehovah  with  my  whole 

heart, 

Rom.  2.  5 ;  Rev.  6.  17     "  Is.  2.  4  ;  Joel  3. 12 ;  Mlc. 

4    3     "  la.  66.  24      '  Pa.  68.  21     »  Judg.  7.  6,  6     '  Pfc 
27.  6    "  Pa.  138.  1 


4  Or.  stretch  '  Or,  sceptre 

6  Heb.  are  freewill-offrrinus.       '  Or,  army 
f  Or,  in  thr  beauty  ij  hMivss 
9  Or,  Thv  \itiuth  are  tn  Ih-r  as  the  dew 
10  Or.  maniirr  n  Or,  flulh  stricken 

i»  Or,  The  places  are  lull  o/itc. 
»  Or,  hath  filled        "  Or,  over  a  unde  land 
15  Heb.  Hallelujah. 


111.2 


PSALMS 


113.9 


In  the  "  council  of  the  upright, 
and  in  the  congregation. 

2  The  'works    of    Jehovah    are 

great, 
Sought  out  of   all   them   that 
have  pleasure  therein. 

3  His  work  is  "honor  and  majesty ; 
And    ''his^  righteousness     en- 

dureth  for  ever. 

4  He   hath   made  his  wonderful 

works  to  be  remembered: 
Jehovah  is  ''gracious  and  mer- 
ciful. 

5  He    hath   -^  given    \food    unto 

them  that  fear  him  : 
He  will    ever    be  ^mindful  of 
his  covenant. 

6  He  hath  showed  his  people  the 

power  of  his  works. 
In  giving  them  the  heritage  of 
the  nations. 

7  The  works   of   his    hands    are 

''truth  and  justice; 
All  his  precepts  'are  sure. 

8  They  are  *  established  for  ever 

and  ever: 
They  are  '-^done  in  'truth  and 
uprightness. 

9  He  hath  sent  '"redemption  unto 

his  people ; 

He  hath  commanded  his  cove- 
nant for  ever: 

"  Holy    and    reverend    is     his 
name. 
10  The  "fear  of    Jehovah   is    the 
beginning  of  wisdom; 

^A  ^good  understanding  have 
all  they  that  do  *  his  com- 
mandments : 

His  9  praise  endureth  for  ever. 


112 


Prosperity  of  him  that  fears  Jehovah. 

^  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 
'"Blesseci  is  the  man  that 
feareth  Jehovah, 
That 'delighteth  greatly  in  his 

commandments. 
His  '  seed  shall  be  mighty  upon 

earth : 
The  generation  of  the  "  upright 

shall  be  blessed. 
"Wealth  and  riches  are  in  his 

house; 
And  his   righteousness   endur- 
eth for  ever. 
*  Unto  the  upright  there  ariseth 

light  in  the  darkness: 
He  IS  ■''gracious,  and  merciful, 

and  righteous. 
Well     is     it     with     the     man 

that  ^dealeth  graciously  and 

lendeth ; 


"  Ps.  89.  7 ; 

149.  1 

*  Ps.  92.  5 
"  Ps.  96.  6  ; 

14.5.  6 
d  Ps.  n2.  3, 

9;  119.  142 
«  Ps.  8(i.  15  ; 

103.  8 ;    145. 

8 
/  Mt.  6.  31-33 
'J  Ps.  105.  8 
A  Rev.  15.  3 
i  Ps.  19.  7  ; 

93.  5 

*  Ps.  119. 
UiO;  Is.  40. 
8 ;  Mt.  6. 
18 

'  Ps.  19.  9 

'"  Lk.  1.  08 

"  Ps.  99.  3 
"  Prov.  1.  7  ; 

9.  10 
P  Ps.  119.  98  ; 

Prov.  3.  4 
1  Ps.  145.  2 
"■  Ps.  128.  1 
»  Ps.  1.  2  ; 

119.  14 
<  Ps.  127.  4 
"  Ps.  128.  4 
"  Prov.  3. 16  ; 

8.  18 
"  Ps.  97.  11 ; 

Job  11.  17 
y  Ps.  37.  21 
'  Ps.  37.  26 


5; 


1  Heb.  prey. 
"  Or,  made 
s  Or,  Good  repute 


*  Heb.  them. 

5  Heb.  Hallelujah. 


°-  Ps.  1 

55.  21 
b  Prov.  10.  7 
"  Prov.  1.  33 
d  Ps.  67.  7  ; 

108.  1 
'  Ps.  56.  4 
/  Heb.  13.  9 
9  Ps.  27.  1 ; 

66.  11 ; 

Prov.  3. 

24  ;  Is.  12.  2 
h  Ps.  64.  7, 

ref. 
'  2  Cor.  9.  9 
*  Ps.  75.  10 ; 

89.  17 ;  92. 

10;  148.  14 
'  Ps.  86.  17 
"^  Ps.  a5.  16  ; 

37.  12 ;  Mt. 

8.  12:  25. 

30;  Lk.  13. 

28 
"  Ps.  68.  7 

"  Job  8.  13 ; 

Prov.  10. 

28;  11.  7 
P  Ps.  135.  1 
9  Ps.  34.  22  ; 

69.  36 ;  79. 

10  ;  90.  13 
>■  Ps.  146.  21  ; 

Dan.  2.  20 
»  Ps.  60.  1 

<  Ps.  18.  3 ; 

48.  1,  10 
"  Ps.  97.  9 ; 

99.  2 
"  Ps.  8.  1 ;  57. 

11 ;  148.  13 
^  Ps.  35.  10 ; 

89.  6 ;  Ex. 

1.5.  11 
V  Ps.  103.  19 

^  Ps.  11.  4; 
138.  6 ;  Is. 

.57.  16 

"  Ps.  107.  41 ; 

1  S.  2.  8 
b  Job  36.  7 
'  Ps,  68.  6 ; 

Gen.  21.  6, 

7  ;  26.  21 ; 

1  S.  2.  5 ; 

Is.  64.  1 

608 


He  shall  maintain  his  cause  in 
judgment. 

6  For  he  shall  "  never  be  moved  ; 
The  *  righteous  shall  be  had  in 

everlasting  remembrance. 

7  He  shall  not  be  "afraid  of  evil 

tidings : 
His  "^  heart  is  fixed,  *  trusting  in 
Jehovah. 

8  His  -^heart   is    established,   he 

''shall  not  be  afraid. 
Until  he  *  see  his  desire  upon  his 
adversaries. 

9  He   'hath    dispersed,    he  hath 

given  to  the  needy  ; 
His  righteousness  endureth  for 

ever : 
His  *  horn  shall  be  exalted  with 

honor. 
10  The  'wicked  shall  see  it,  and 

be  grieved ; 
He  shall  "•  gnash  with  his  teeth, 

and  "  melt  away  : 
The  "  desire  of  the  wicked  shall 

perish. 

Jehovah  praised  for  exaltipg  the  Hamble. 

^  -j  O  ®  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 
X-LO  ^Praise,    O   ye  'servants 
of  Jehovah, 
Praise  the  name  of  Jehovah. 

2  ''Blessed  be  the  name  of  Jeho- 

vah 
From  this  time  forth   and  for 
evermore. 

3  'From    the  rising  of   the  sun 

unto  the  going  down  of  the 
same 
Jehovah's  *name  is  to  be  praised. 

4  Jehovah    is   "high    above     all 

nations, 
And     his     "glory     above     the 
heavens. 

5  "  Who  is  like  unto  Jehovah  our 

God 
That  ^  hath  his  seat  on  high, 

6  That   ^humbleth    himself    Ho 

behold 
The  things  that  are  in  heaven 
and  in  the  earth  ? 

7  He  "  raiseth  up  the  poor  out  of 

the  dust. 
And  lif teth"  up  the  needy  from 
the  dunghill ;  .      _ 

8  That   he  may   'set   him    with 

princes. 
Even  with  the   princes  of  his 
people. 

9  He  "  maketh  the  barren  woman 

to  keep  house, 
And  to  he  a  joyful  mother  or 

children. 
^  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 

6  Or,  to  regard  the  heavens  and  the  earth 


X14. 1 


PSALMS 


116. 


(■od's  Deliverance  of  Israel  from  E^rypt. 

i  ^  /I    \\'hen   Israel  went   forth 
J-  JL  ^      "  out  of  Ksypt, 

Tlie  house  of  Jacou  rrom  a  peo- 
ple of  ^  strange  language  ; 

2  .Tuclah  became  'his  sanctuary, 
Israel  ''  his  donuniou. 

3  The  'sea  saw  it,  and  fled  ; 
The  "" Jordan  was  driven  back. 

4  The  mountains   "skipped    like 

rams. 
The  little  hills  like  lambs. 

5  What  ''aileth  thee,  O  thou  sea, 

that  thou  tleest  t 
Thou  Jordan,  that  thou  turnest 
back  t 

6  Ye  mountains,  that  ye  skip  like 

rams  ; 
Ye  little  hills,  like  lambs? 

7  'Tremble,   thou    earth,  at    the 

presence  of  the  Lord, 
At  the  presence  of  the  God  of 
Jacob, 

8  Who  *^  turned  the  rock  into  a 

'  pool  of  water. 
The  '"Hint  into  a  fountain  of 
waters. 

Heathen  Idols  contrasted  with  Jehorah. 

"1  i  P^  "  Not  unto  us,  O  Jehovah, 

-LX«^       not  unto  us. 

But "  unto  thy  name  give  glory. 
For    thy    lovingkindness,    and 
for  thy  truth  s  sake. 

2  p  Wherefore  should  the  nations 

say, 
'Where  is  now  their  God? 

3  But  our  "■  God  is  in  the  heavens  : 
He  'hath  done  whatsoever  he 

pleased. 

4  Their  'idols  are  silver  and  gold, 
The  "work  of  men's  hands. 

5  They  have   mouths,   but    they 

•  speak  not ; 
Eyes  have  they,   but  they  see 

not; 
fi  They  have  ears,  but  they  hear 

not : 
Noses  have  they,  but  they  smell 

not ; 

7  They    have    hands,    but    they 

handle  not ; 
Feet  have  they,  but  they  walk 

not ; 
Neither    speak    they    through 

their  throat. 

8  They  that  make  them  shall  be 

like  unto  them ; 
Yea,  every  one  that  trusteth  in 
them. 

9  O'' Israel,  "trust  thou  in  Jeho- 

vah : 
He    is    their   'help    and    their 
shield. 
20 


"Ex.  13.  3 
l>P8.  81.  6 
"■  I'S  78.  (i8, 

61);  Ex.  16. 

17  ;  29.  40, 

lU 
•'  Kx.  IB.  0 
'  Ps.  77.  10 
/Josh.  3.  13, 

lit 
"Ps.  18.  7; 

ai.  fl ;  ICx. 

I'J.  IS ; 

Judg.  I'l.  ft ; 

Hub.  3.  (i 
i>  Hab.  3.  8 

'  1  '8.  IK).  0 

k  Ps.  78.  1.-. ; 

luj.  41  ; 

Ex.  17.  6 ; 

Num.  M. 

11 
'  Ps.  107.  ;io 

'"  Dt.  8.  li 
"  Is.  48.  11  ; 
KZbk.  3C. 

"  Ps.  29.  2  ; 

".Hi.  8 
P  Ps.  70.  10 
'  Ps.  42.  3 
"■  Ps.  10.3.  19 
'  Ps.  13;'..  II ; 

Dan.  4.  36 
'  ver.  4-8 : 

Ps.  136.  16- 

18 
"  Dt.  4.  28 ; 

2  K.  19. 

1^;  Is.  37. 

Ill;  44.  10, 

20 

"  Jer.  10.  i 
'Ps.  118.  3; 

136.  19 

V  Ps.  37.  3 ; 

1)2.  8 
'  Ps.  33.  20 


"  Ps.  22.  23  ; 

103.  11; 

i:i6.  20 
<>  Ps.  98.  3 

'  Ps.  103.  11 ; 

112.  l; 

128.  1 
<i  Dt.  1.  n 

'  Ps.  102.  26  : 
121.  2;  124. 

8;  134.  3; 

14C.  e; 

Gen.  1.  1 ; 

Neh.  9.  G  ; 

Acts  14. 

16;  llev. 

14.7 
/Ps.  80.  n 
"  Ps.  8.  6 
''  Ps.  6. 5,  ref. 
'  Ps.  31.  17 
k  Ps.  113.  2 
'  Ps.  18.  1 

'"  Ps.  0.  8  ; 

W.  19;  Is. 

37.  17; 

Dan.  9.  18 
"  Ps.  17.  6 ; 

31.  2;  40.  1 
"  Ps.  18.  4,  6 
P  Ps.  18.  6  ; 

11>.  6 
9  Ps.  17.  13  ; 

•.•2.  20 
>■  Ps.  bfi.  15 ; 

HW.  8 
•Ps.  119. 

137;  146. 

17 ;  Kzr.  9. 

15 ;  Neh.  9. 

8;  Jer.  12. 

1 ;  Dan.  0. 

14 

I  Ex.  .34.  6 
"  Ps.  in.  7 ; 

Prov.  I.  4 
"  Ps.  70.  8 ; 

142.6 

609 


10  O  house  of  'Aaron,  trust  ye  in 

Jehovah  : 
He  is  their  help  and  their  shield. 

11  Ye  tliat  "fear  Jehovah,  trust  in 

Jehovah : 
He    is    their    help    and     their 
shield. 

*  hath    lieen    mindful 
he  will  bless  us: 
bless    the    house    of 


12  Jehovah 

of  us ; 
He    will 

Israel 
He    will 

Aaron 

13  He  will 


bless    the    house    of 


bless  them  that  fear 
Jehovah, 
Both  small  and  great. 

14  Jehovah  ''increase  you  more  and 

moie, 
You  and  your  children. 

15  Blessed  are  ve  of  Jehovah, 
Who  'made  lieaven  and  earth. 

16  The  heavens  are  -^the  heavens 

of  Jehovah ; 
But  "the  earth  hath  he  given 
to  the  children  of  men. 

1 7  The  ''  dead  prai.se  not '  Jehovah, 
Neither  any  that  go  down  into 

'silence : 

18  But  we  will  *  bless  '  Jehovah 
From    this  time  forth  and  for 

evermore. 
-Praise  ye  Jehovah. 

Thanksgitiiig  for  Deliverance  from  Death. 


'I  love  Jehovah,  because 
he  "•  heareth 


116 

My  voice  and  my  supplications. 

2  Because  he  hath  "inclined  his 

ear  unto  me. 
Therefore  will  I  call  upon  him 
as  long  as  I  live. 

3  The "  cords  of  death  compassed 

me. 
And   the  pains    of  Sheol  ^gat 

hold  upon  me : 
I  found  trouble  and  .sorrow. 

4  Then  ^called  I  upon  the  name 

of  Jehovah  : 

0  Jehovah,  1  beseech  thee,  'de- 
liver my  soul. 

o  '"Gra.cious      is     Jehovah,     and 
'righteous  ; 
Yea,  our  God  is  '  merciful. 

6  Jehovah  preserveth  "the  sim- 

ple : 

1  was    ''  brought   low,  and   he 
saved  me. 

7  Return  unto  thy  'rest,  O  my 

soul  ; 
For  Jehovah  hath  'dealt  boun 
tifully  with  thee. 

'  Jer.  6.  10 :  >U.  11.  29    ^  Pa.  13.  6 ;  142  7 


1  Heb  Jah.  a  Heb  HalUhijnu. 

^  Or,  found  me 


116.8 


PSALMS 


118.19 


8  For  thou  hast   "delivered  my 

soul  from  death, 
Mine  eyes  from  tears. 
And  my  feet  from  falling. 

9  I  will  walk  before  Jehovah 
In  the  '  *  land  of  the  living. 

10  1  ^''believe,  for  I  will  speak  : 
I  was  '^  greatly  afflicted  : 

1 1  I  *  said  in  my  ^  haste, 
•^All  men  are  liars. 

12  What  shall  I  "render  unto  Je- 

hovah 
For    all    his    ''benefits    toward 
me? 

13  I  will  take  the  'cup  of  salva- 

tion. 
And  *  call   upon  the   name  of 
Jehovah. 

14  I  will  'pay  my  vows  unto  Je- 

hovah, 
Yea,  '"  in  the  presence  of  all  his 
people. 

15  "Precious  in  the  sight  of   Je- 

hovah 
Is  the  death  of  his  saints. 

16  O  Jehovah,   truly   I    am  "thy 

servant : 
I  am  thy  servant,  the  ^son  of 

thy  handmaid ; 
Thou  hast « loosed  my  bonds. 

17  1  will  offer  to  thee '"  the  sacrifice 

of  thanksgiving. 
And  will  *  call  upon  the  name 
of  Jehovah. 

18  1  will  'pay  my  vows  unto  Jeho- 

vah, 
Yea,  in  the  presence  of  all  his 
people, 

19  In    the    "courts    of    Jehovah's 

house. 
In  the  midst  of  thee,  O  "  Jeru- 
salem. 

*  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 

A  Psalm  of  Praise. 

117    Oh'^praise  Jehovah,  all  ye 
-L  JL  I         nations  ; 

Laud  him,  all  ye  peoples. 
2  For     his     *  lovingkindness     is 
great  toward  us ; 
And  the  "  truth  of  Jehovah  en- 
dureth  for  ever. 

*  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 

Thanksgiring  for  Jehovah's  Saving  Coodness. 

Oh  "give  thanks  unto  Je- 
hovah ;  for  he  is  good ; 
*For    kis     lovingkindness     en- 
dareth  for  ever. 
2  Let  "Israel  now  say, 

That    his    lovingkindness     en- 
dureth  for  ever. 

1  Heb.  lands.    3  Or,  believed,  when  I  spake  thus 
8  Or,  alarm  *  Heb.  Hallelujah. 


118 


"  Pa.  49.  15  ; 

66.  13 ;  86. 
13 

*  Ps.  27.  13, 
ref. 

"  -i  Cor.  4.  13 
«'  Ps.  88.  7 
"  Ps.  31.  22 
/  Ps.  62.  9  ; 

Kom.  3.  4 
»  2  Chr.  32. 

25  ;  1  Th. 

X  9 
''  Ps.  103.  2 
'  Ps.  16.  5 
*:  Ps.  80.  18  ; 

Wo.  1 
'  Ps.  50.  14 
'"  Ps.  22.  25 
"  Ps.  72.  14 
"  Ps.  86.  16  ; 

119.  125; 

143.  12 
P  Ps.  86.  16 
«  Ps.  107.  14 
''  Ps.  50.  14 

*  ver.  13 
<  ver.  14 

"  Ps.  92.  13 ; 

96.  8; 

135.  2 
"  Ps.  102.  21 
■^  Rom.  16. 11 
V  Ps.  10.3.  11 
-  Ps.  100.  5 ; 

146.  6 
"  Ps.  106.  X 
b  Ps.  136. 

1-26 
=  Ps.  115.  9 


d  Ps.  116.  10 
''Ps.  115.  11 
/  Ps.  18.  6  ; 

SO.  7  ;  120. 1 

'J  Ps.  18.  19 
ft  Ps.  56.  9  ; 

Job  19.  27  ; 

Heb.  13.  6 
'  Ps.  23.  4  ; 

27.  1 
*  Ps.  56.  4,  11 
'  Ps.  64.  4 
"'  Ps.  54.  7 
"  Ps.  108.  12  ; 

2  Chr.  32. 

7,  8  ;  Is.  31. 

1,  3  ;  67.  13  ; 

Jar.  17.  6 
"  Ps.  146.  3 
P  Ps.  3.  6 ; 

88.  17 
9  Ps.  18.  40 
"•  Dt.  1.  44 
"  Ps.  68.  9' 
«  Ps.  140.  4 
"  Ps.  86.  17 
"  Ex.  15.  2  ; 

Is.  12.  2 
"^  Ps.  27.  1 
y  Ps.  68.  3 

^  Ps.  89.  13 ; 

Ex.  16.  6 ; 

Lk.  1.  51 
"  Ps.  89.  13 


*  Ps.  116.  8, 

9  ; 

Hab.  1.  12 
'  Ps.  73.  28  ; 

107.  22 
d  Ps.  73.  14  ; 

Jer.  31.  18 ; 

1  Cor.  11. 

32 ;  2  Cor. 

6.  9 
'  Ps  86.  13 
/la.  26.  2 


3  Let  the  ''house  of  Aaron  now 

say, 
That    his    lovingkindness    en- 
dureth  for  ever. 

4  Let   them  now  "that  fear  Je- 

hovah say. 
That    his    lovingkindness    en- 
dureth  for  ever. 

5  Out  of   my  •''distress   I  called 

upon  ^Jehovah: 
^Jehovah  answered  me  and  ^set 
me  in  a  large  place. 

6  Jehovah  is  ''on  my  side;  I  will 

'not  fear: 
*What  can  man  do  unto  me? 

7  Jehovah  is  on  my  side  'among 

them  that  help  me: 
Therefore  shall  I  '"see  my  de- 
sire upon  them  that  hate  me. 

8  It  is  "better  to  take  refuge  in 

Jehovah 
Than  to  put  confidence  in  man. 

9  It  is  "better  to  take  refuge  in 

Jehovah 
Than    to    put    confidence    in 
princes. 

10  All     nations    ^compassed     me 

about : 
In  the  name  of  Jehovah  I  will 
'cut  them  off. 

11  They  compassed  me  about;  yea, 

they  compassed  me  about : 
In  the  name  of  Jehovah  I  will 
cut  them  off. 

1 2  They  compassed  me  about '  like 

bees ;  they  are  quenched  as 
the  *fire  of  thorns: 
In  the  name  of  Jehovah  I  will 
cut  them  off. 

13  Thou  didst  /thrust  sore  at  me 

that  I  might  fall; 
But  Jehovah  "  helped  me. 

14  *"  Jehovah  is  my  strength  and 

song ; 
And  he  is  become  ^my  salva- 
tion. 

15  The  voice  of  ^rejoicing  and  sal- 

vation is  in  the  tents  of  the 
righteous : 
The   ^  right    hand    of   Jehovah 
doeth  valiantly. 

16  The  "right  hand  of  Jehovah  is 

exalted : 
The    right    hand    of    Jehovah 
doeth  valiantly. 

17  1  *shall  not  die.  but  live, 

And  "declare  the  works  of  ®  Je- 
hovah. 

18  ^Jehovah  hath  ''chastened  me 

sore; 
But  he  hath  "not  given  me  over 
unto  death. 

19  ■''Open  to  me  the  gates  of  right- 

eousness : 

6  Heb.  .Tah. 


610 


118.  20 


PSALMS 


119.22 


I  will  enter  into  them,  T  will 
give  thanks  unto  '.Jehovah. 

20  This  is  the  gate  of  Jehovah  ; 
The  "righteous  shall  enter  into 

it. 

21  I  will  give  thanks  unto  thee; 

for  thou  hast  ''answered  me, 
And  art ''become  my  salvation. 

22  The  ''stone  which  tlie  builders 

rejected 
Is   become   the    head    of    the 
corner. 

23  This  is  -Jehovah's  doing  ; 

it  is  marvellous  in  our  ^'es. 

24  This  is  the  day  which  Jehovah 

hath  made ; 
We  will  "rejoice   and  be  glad 
in  it. 

25  'Save  now,  we  beseech  thee,  O 

Jehovah : 
O  Jehovah,  we  beseech  thee, 
■  send  now  'prosiKM'itj'. 

26  "Blessed  be  he  that  •'cometh  in 

the  name  of  Jehovah : 
We  have  'blessed   you  out   of 
the  house  of  Jehovah. 

27  *Jehovah  is  God,  and  he  hath 

given  us  'light: 
Bind  the  sacrifice  with  cords, 
even  unto  the  "'horns  of  the 
altar. 

28  "Thou  art  my  God,  and  I  will 

give  thanks  unto  thee: 
Thou  art  my  God,  "I  will  exalt 
thee. 

29  Oh  ^give  thanks  unto  Jehovah  ; 

for  he  is  good ; 
For     his     lovingkindness     en- 
dureth  for  ever. 

Meditations  and  Prayers  relating  to  the  law  of  (iod. 

K  ALEPH. 

-|  -|  (^  Blessed  are  they  that  are 
XJL  «_/      •*•' perfect  in  the  way, 
\Vho  ''walk  in  the  law  of  Jeho- 
vah. 

2  Blessed  are  they  that '  keep  his 

testimonies, 
That  'seek  him  "with  the  whole 
heart. 

3  Yea,  they  "do  no  unrighteous- 

ness ; 
They  walk  in  his  ways. 

4  Thou  hast  ""commanded  us  thy 

precepts. 
That  we  should  observe  them 
diligently. 

5  Oh  that  my  "ways  were  estab- 

lished 
lo  'observe  thy  statutes! 

6  Then  "shall   1  not  be  put  to 

shame, 

>  Heb.  -Jah,.  '  Or,  enter dh 

»  Heb.  from  Jehovah.     *  Or,  upright  in  way 


"  P&  16. 1, 2 ; 
24.  3-C ;  140. 
13 

i>  ver.  A ; 

Ps.  110.  I 
'  ver.  14 
rf  Mt.  i!l.  42  ; 

Mk.  12.  10, 

11  ;  Lk.  20. 

17  ;  Act8  4. 

11  ;  Kph  2. 

20 ;  1  Pet. 

2.  7 
'  Ps.  31.  7 
/  Pa.  1U«.  47 
I'Ps.  122.6,7 
/"Mt.  21.  9; 

23.  ;ia;  Mk. 

11.  fi;  Lk. 

13.  3.') ;  19. 

38;  Jn.  12. 

13 
1  Ps.  1-29.  8 
k  1  K.  18.  3a 

'  Ps.  18.  28  ; 

27. 1 ;  EBtli. 

8.  Hi ;  1  Pet. 

2.9 
"*  Ex.  27.  2 
"  Ps.  63.  1 ; 

140.  6 
°  Ex.  IS.  2 ; 

Is.  2J.  I 
''  ver.  1 
''  Ps.  101.  2, 

6 ;  Prov. 

U.  20;  13.  C 
•"  Ps.  128.  1 ; 

Ezek.  11. 

20 ;  18.  17; 

Mic.  4.  2 
'  ver.  22, 

108 ;  Ps.  25. 

10  ;  99.  7 
«  ver.  10 ; 

Dt.  4.  29 
"  Dt.  6.  6 ; 

10.  12;  11. 

13 ;  13.  3  ; 

30.  2 

"iJn.  3.  9: 

.'v  18 
"  Dt.  4.  13  J 

Nell.  9.  13 
y  Ps.  40.  2  ; 

Prov.  4.  20 
'  Dt.  12.  1 : 

2  Chr.  7.  17 
"  ver.  80 


*■  ver.  62 
•^  Ps.  38.  21 ; 

71.  9,  18 

rf  1  K.  2.  4  ; 

8.  2.i  , 

2  Chr.  0.  16 
"  ver.  2,  14.') 
/ver.  21,  lis 
"  Ps.  37.  31  ; 

40.  8 ;  Lk. 

2.  19,  .-)l 
A  ver.  20,  04, 

68,  108,  124, 
13.1,  171 
>  Ps.  40.  9 

*  ver.  72 
'ver.  Ill, 

102 
"'  ver.  23,  48, 

78.  97,  148; 

Ps.  1.  2 
"  Ps.  25.  4  ; 

27.  11 ;  Is. 

.18.  2 
"  ver.  24,  3.1, 

47,  70,  77, 

92.  14.3.  174 
''  ver.  93 
''  Ps.  13.  6 
'■  ver.  M ;  Ps. 

39  12 ; 

Gen.  47.  9; 

Lev.  26. 23 ; 

1  Chr.  29. 

11;  Heb. 

11.  13 

•  ver.  to,  131 

611 


When  I  have  respect  unto  all 
thy  commandments. 

7  I  will  '■give  thanks  unto  thee 

with  uprightness  of  heart. 
When    1    learn    thy    righteous 
judgments. 

8  I  will  observe  thy  statutes: 
Oh  ''forsake  me  nol  utterly. 

D  BETH. 

9  Wherewith  shall  a  young  man 

cleanse  his  way  'i 
By ''taking  heed  <  Acre  to  accord- 
ing to  thy  word. 

10  With  my  '^^ whole  heart  have   I 

sought  thee : 
Oh  let  me  not  ■''wander   from 
thy  commandments. 

11  Thy  word  have  i  ^laid  up  in  my 

heart. 
That  1  might  not  sin  against 
thee. 

12  Blessed  art  thou,  O  Jehovah  : 
*  Teach  me  thy  statutes. 

13  With  my  lips  have  I  'declared 
All    the    *  ordinances    of    thy 

mouth. 

14  I  have  'rejoiced  in  the  way  of 

thy  testimonies. 
As  much  as  in  all  riches. 

15  I  will  '"meditate  on  thy  pre- 

cepts. 
And    have   respect    unto  "thy 
ways. 

16  I  will  "delight  myself  in  thy 

statutes: 
I  will  ''not  forget  thy  word. 

3  GIMEL. 

17  'Deal  bountifully  with  thy  ser- 

vant, that  I  may  live  ; 
So  will  I  observe  thy  word. 

18  Open  thou  mine  eyes,   that  I 

may  behold 
Wondrous  tilings  out  of  thy  law. 

19  1  am  a  '■.sojourner  in  the  earth: 
Hide   not  thy  commandments 

from  me. 

20  My    soul    breaketh    for    'the 

longing 
That  it  hath  unto  thine  ordi- 
nances at  all  times. 

21  Thou  hast  'rebuked  the  proud 

^that  are  "cur.sed. 
That    do    'wander    from    thy 
commandments. 

22  'Take  away  from  me  reproach 

and  contempt ; 
For  1  have  "kept  thy  testimo- 
nies. 

I  Ps.  68.  30       "  Ps.  37.  22  ;  Dt  27.  26       •  Ter.  10,  lU 
^  ver.  39      ►  ver.  2 


t  Or,  Cvrsed  are  they  that  Ac. 


119.23 


PSALMS 


119.  54 


23  "Princes   also   sat   and    talked 

against  me; 
But  thy  servant  did  ''meditate 
on  thy  statutes. 

24  Thy  testimonies   also    are  my 

''delight 
And  ^my  counsellors. 

n  DALETH. 

25  My   ''soul    cleaveth    unto   the 

dust: 
^Quicken  thou   me   -^according 
to  thy  word. 

26  I  declared  my  ways,  and  thou 

answeredst  me: 
''Teach  me  thy  statutes. 

27  Make    me    to    understand    the 

way  of  thy  precepts: 
So   shall    I  ''meditate    on  thy 
wondrous  works. 

28  My  'soul   ^melteth    for   heavi- 

ness : 

*  Strengthen  thou  me  according 

unto  thy  word. 

29  Remove  from  me   the  way  of 

falsehood ; 
And    grant    me    thy  law  gra- 
ciously. 

30  I  have  chosen  the  way  of  faith- 

fulness :  _ 
Thine   ordinances   have    I    set 
hefore  me. 

31  I 'cleave  unto  thy  testimonies: 
O    Jehovah,    put    me    not    to 

shame. 

32  I  will  run  the  way  of  thy  com- 

mandments. 
When  thou  shalt  ™  enlarge  my 
heart. 

n  HE. 

33  "  Teach  me,  O  Jehovah,  the  way 

of  thy  statutes ; 
And  I  shall  keep  it  unto  the  end. 

34  "Give  me  understanding,   and 

I  shall  ^  keep  thy  law  ; 
Yea,  I  shall  observe  it  *Avith 
my  whole  heart. 

35  Make  me  to  go  in  the  '  path  of 

thy  commandments ; 
For  therein  do  I  *  delight. 

36  '  Incline    my    heart    unto    thy 

testimonies, 
And  not  to  "  covetousness. 

37  Turn  away  mine  'eyes  from  be- 

holding vanity. 
And  ^quicken  me  in  thy  ways. 

38  y  Confirm  unto  thy  servant  thy 

word, 

*  Which  i?.  in  order  unto  the  fear 

of  thee. 


I  Heb.  iht  men  ofmv  counsel.    *  Heb.  droppeth. 
3  Or,  WAo  is  devoted  to 


°-  ver.  161 

*  ver.  15 
■•'  ver.  16 

d  Ps.  44.  25 
'  ver.  37,  40, 

88,  93,  107, 

149,  154, 

166,  159 

/ver.  05 
"  ver.  12 
A  Ps.  lOo.  2 
'  Ps.  22.  14 ; 
107.  20 

*  Ps.  20.  2 ; 

1  Pet.  6.  10 
'Ut.  11.  22 

'"  1  K.  4.  29  ; 
Is.  GO.  5  ; 

2  Cor.  6. 11, 
13 

"  ver.  5,  12 
"  ver.  27,  73, 

12.5,  144,  169 
P  1  Chr.  22. 

12;  Ezek. 

44.  24 
1  ver.  2,  69 
>■  Ps.  25.  4  ; 

Is.  40.  14 
'  ver.  16 ; 

Ps.  112.  1 
«  1  K.  8.  58 
"  Lk.  12.  15 ; 

Heb.  13.  5 
"  Is.  33.  15 
^  ver.  25 ; 

Ps.  71.  20 
y  2  S.  7.  25 


^  ver.  22 
"■  ver.  20 
*  ver.  77 
"  ver.  68,  76, 

116,  170 
d  Prov.  27. 11 
'  ver.  39 ; 

Ps.  102.  8 

/ver.  49,74, 

81,  114,  147 

"  ver.  33 
''  Prov.  4.  12 
1  ver.  94,  155 
t  Mt.  10.  18; 

Acts  26. 

1,  2 
'  ver.  16 
"*  ver.  97, 127, 

1.59 
"  ver.  15 


'  Job  6.  10 ; 
Rom.  15.  4 


P  Job  30.  1 ; 
Jer.  20.  7 

1  ver.  157 ; 

Ps  44.  IS ; 

,Tob  23.  11 
"■  Pa.  103.  18 


'ver.  1.58; 

Ex.  32.  19; 

Ezr.  9.  3 ; 

Neh.  13.  25 
'  Ps.  89.  30 


"  ver.  19 ; 
Gen.  47.  9 


39  ^Turn     away     my     reproach 

whereof  I  am  afraid ; 
For  thine  ordinances  are  good. 

40  Behold,  I  have  "*  longed    after 

thy  precepts : 
Quicken  me  in  thy  righteous- 
ness. 

T  VAV. 

41  Let  thy  ^lovingkindnesses  also 

come  unto  me,  O  Jehovah, 
Even  thy  salvation,  ''according 
to  thy  word. 

42  So  shall  I  have  an  ''answer  for 

him  that "  repr'oacheth  me  ; 
For  I  trust  in  tny  word. 

43  And  take  not  the  word  of  truth 

utterly  out  of  my  mouth  ;  _ 
For    I    have  -^  hoped   in    thine 
ordinances. 

44  So    shall    I  "observe   thy   law 

continually 
For  ever  and  ever. 

45  And  I  shall ''  walk  at  liberty  ; 
For  I  have  'sought   thy   pre- 
cepts. 

46  I  will  also  speak  of  thy  testi- 

monies *  before  kings. 
And  shall  not  be  put  to  shame. 

47  And  I  will  'delight  myself  in 

thy  commandments, 
Which  I  have  ™  loved. 

48  I  will    lift  up  my  hands  also 

unto     thy     commandments, 
which  I  have  "*  loved  ; 
And   I  will  "meditate  on  thy 
statutes. 

1  ZAYIN. 

49  Remember  the  word  unto  thy 

servant, 
*  Because  thou  hast  made  me  to 
hope. 

50  This    is    my    "  comfort   in    my 

affliction  ; 
^  For  thy  word  hath  quickened 
me. 

51  The  proud  have  ^  had  me  greatly 

in  derision : 
Yet  have  I  not '  swerved  from 
thy  law. 

52  I  have  ''remembered  thine  or- 

dinances of  old,  O  Jehovah, 
And  have  comforted  myself. 

53  "Hot  'indignation  hath  taken 

hold  upon  me. 
Because  of  the  wicked  that '  for- 
sake thy  law. 

54  Thy    statutes    have    been    my 

songs 
In  the  house  of  my  "pilgrim- 
age. 

4  Or,  iVherein       *  Or,  That      «  Or,  Horror 


612 


119.55 


PSALMS 


119.  8G 


55  I  have  "  remembered  thy  name, 

O  Jehovah,  ''in  the  night. 
And  liave  observed  thy  law. 

56  This  I  have  had, 

'  Because  1  have  '  kept  thy  pre- 
cepts. 

n  HHETH. 

57  -Jehovah  is  my  ''portion  : 

I  have  said  that  i  would  'ob- 
serve thy  words. 

58  I  -^entreated    thy  favor  ''with 

my  whole  heart : 
''Be  merciful  unto  me  'accord- 
ing to  thy  word. 

59  I  *  thought  on  my  ways. 

And  turned  my  feet  unto  thy 
testimonies. 

60  I  made  haste,  and  delayed  not, 
To     observe     thy     command- 
ments. 

6 1  The  '  cords  of  the  wicked  have 

wrapped  me  round  ; 
B%it  I  nave  '"  not  forgotten  thy 
law. 

62  At "  midnight  I  will  rise  to  give 

thanks  unto  thee 
Because  of  thy  "  righteous  ordi- 
nances. 

63  I  am  a  ^companion  of  all  them 

that  fear  tnee. 
And  of  them  that  observe  thy 
precepts. 

64  «Tne  earth,  O  Jehovah,  is  full 

of  thy  lovingkindness : 
*■  Teach  me  thy  statutes. 

t3  TETH. 

65  Thou  hast  dealt  well  with  thy 

servant, 
O  Jehovah,  according  unto  thy 
word. 

66  Teach  me  good  'judgment  and 

knowledge ; 
For  I  have  believed  in  thy  com- 
mandments. 

67  'Before  I  was  afflicted  I  went 

astray ; 
But  now  I  observe  thy  word. 

68  Thou    art   "good,    and   "doest 

good ; 
='  Teach  me  thy  statutes. 

69  The  proud  have  *  forged  a  lie 

against  me : 
With   my  whole   heart  will    I 
-keep  thy  precepts. 

70  Their  heart  is  as  "  fat  as  grease  ; 
But  I  *  delight  in  thy  law. 

71  It  is ''good  for  me  that  I  have 

been  afflicted ; 
That  I  may  learn  thy  statutes. 

I  Or,  That  ,         ,     .  .    m.   * 

3  Or,  Jehovah  is  my  portion,  have  I  said :  I  hat 
I  may  observe  &e. 


"  Ps.  03.  f. 
6  ver.  I1-' ; 

Ps.  4:-.  K ; 

VL  '.' ;  Is. 

20.  « ;  AcU 

10.  •^^ 
'  ver.  22,  OU. 

11)0 
''  Ps.  10.  b, 

vet. 
'  Dt.  33.  9 
/  1  K.  13.  6 
"  ver.  2 
''  Ps.  41.  4  , 

M.  1  i  67.  1 
•  ver.  41 
k  aik.  14.  72  ; 

l.k.  ir,.  17 
'  Ps.  1 W.  /■« ; 

Job  30.  8 
"'ver.  83,141, 

l.i3,  170 
"  ver.  iw 
"  ver.  7 
'■  Pa.  101.  C 
''  Ps.  33.  6 
""  ver.  12 
'  Phil.  1.  9 
'  ver.  71,  7o; 

Jer.  31.  18, 

19;  Ileb. 

12.  f>-ll 
"  Ps.  80.  5  ; 

100.  6  -, 

106.  1 
«■  Ps.  125.  4  ; 

in.  8.  10; 

28.  03  ;  30.  o 
^  ver.  12 
y  Job  13.  4 
-  ver.  fiO 
"  Ps.  17.  10 ; 

Dt.  32.  lf> ; 

Job  15.  27 ; 

Is.  G.  10 ; 

Jer.  6.  28 
6  ver.  10 
'  ver.  67,  75 


d  ver.  127 ; 

Ps.  19.  10 ; 

Prov.  8.  10, 

11,  19 
'  Ps.  138.  8 ; 

139.  15,  10  J 

Job  10.  8 ; 

31.  15 

/ver.  34 
"  Ps.  34.  2  ; 

3.>.  27  ;  107. 

42 

*  ver.  43 

'  ver.  138 
fc  Heb.  12.  10 
'  ver.  41 
'"  ver.  10 
"  Jer.  .'.<>.  32 
"  ver.  86 
''  ver.  In 
9  ver.  1 
*■  ver.  46 

*  Ps.  84.  2 
<  ver.  43 

"  ver.  123 ; 

Ps.  GO.  3 ; 

Is.  .38.  14 ; 

Lam.  2.  11 
«  Job ;».  30 
^  ver.  61 
y  Ps.  39.  4 
'  Rev.  6.  10 
"  Ps.  7.  In ; 

67.  6 ;  Jer. 

18.22 


6  ver.  138 

«  ver.  78. 
161 ;  Ps. 

d  Ps.  100.  26 


72  The  ''  law  of  thy  mouth  is  better 

unto  me 
Than   thousands    of    gold    and 
silver. 

•^  YODH. 

73  "Thy  hands  have  made  me  and 

^tashioned  ine  : 
•^Give  me  understanding,   that 
1  may  learn  thy  command- 
ments. 

74  They  that  fear  thee  shall  »  see 

me  and  be  glad. 
Because  I  have  ''hoped  in  thy 
word. 

75  I  know,  O  Jehovah,  that  thy 

judgments  are  'righteous. 
And  tnat  *  in  faithfulness  thou 
hast  afflicted  me. 

76  Let,  I   pray  thee,  thy  loving- 

kindness  be  for  my  comfort. 
According  to  thy  word  unto  thy 
servant. 

77  Let  'thy  tender  mercies  come 

unto  me,  that  I  may  live  ; 
For  thy  law  is  my  ""delight. 

78  Let "  the  proud  be  put  to  shame ; 

for  they  have  overthrown  me 
•*"  wrongfully : 
But  I   will  ^meditate   on   thy 
precepts. 

79  Let  those  that  fear  thee  turn 

unto  me ; 
*And    they    shall    know     thy 
testimonies. 

80  Let  my  heart  be  'perfect  in  thy 

statutes. 
That  I  be  not '  put  to  shame. 

2  KAPH. 

81  My  'soul  fainteth  for  thy  sal- 

vation ; 
But  I  'hope  in  thy  word. 

82  Mine  "eyes  fail  for  thy  word. 
While  1  say,  \Mien  wilt  thou 

comfort  mel 

83  For  I  am  "  become  like  a  wine- 

skin in  the  smoke ; 
Yet  do  1  'not  forget  thy  statutes. 

84  How  many  are  the*  days  of  thy 

servant  1 
When  wilt  thou  'execute  judg- 
ment on  them  that  persecute 
me? 

85  The  proud  have  "digged   pits 

for  me, 
"\ATio  are  not  according  to  thy 
law. 

86  All    thy    commandments    are 

*  faithful: 
They    '^  persecute    me   *  wrong 
fully  ;  ''  help  thou  me. 

3  Or.  entablisli^d  *  Or,  irith  fnlsehood 

&  Another  reading  is.  Even  they  that  know. 


613 


119.  87 

87  They  had  abnost  consumed  me 

upon  earth ; 
But  I  "forsook  not  thy  pre- 
cepts. ,      ,     . 

88  Quicken  me  after  thy  loving- 

kindness  ; 
So  shall  I  observe  the  testi- 
mony of  thy  mouth. 

^  LAMEDH. 

89  *  For  ever,  O  .Jehovah, 
Thy  word  is  settled  m  heaven. 

90  Thy  "=  faithfulness  is  unto  all 

generations  :      ,  , .  ,     ,      , 
Thou   hast    <*  established    the 
earth,  and  it  "abideth. 

91  ^They  abide  this  day  accord- 

ing to  thine  -^ordinances ; 
For  ''all  things  are   thy  ser- 
vants. ,     ,  , 

92  Unless  thy  law  had  been  my 

"delight, 
I  should  then  have  perished 
*in  mine  affliction. 

93  I  will  *  never  forget  thy  pre- 

cepts ;  ,  1      . 

For    with    them    thou    hast 
'quickened  me. 

94  I  am  thine,  '"  save  me  ; 

For  I  have  "sought  thy  pre- 
cepts. . 

95  The  wicked  have  "waited  for 

me,  to  destroy  me  ; 
But  I  will  consider  thy  testi- 
monies. 

96  I  have  seen  an  end  of  all  per- 

fection ; 
But  thy  commandment  is  ex- 
ceeding broad. 

12  MEM. 

97  Ohhow^lovelthylaw! 

It  is  my  'meditation  all  the 

98  '^Thy  ''commandments   make 

me  wiser  than  mine  enemies ; 
For  they  are  ever  with  me. 

99  I    have   more    understanding 

than  all  my  teachers ; 
For    thy  testimonies  are  my 
'  meditation. 

100  I  understand  'more  than  the 

aged,  , 

Because  I  have  "kept  thy  pre- 
cepts. 

101  I    have    "refrained    my   leet 

from  every  evil  way. 
That  I  might  observe  thy  word. 

102  I  have  not  turned  aside  from 

thine  ordinances ; 
For  thou  hast  taught  me. 

1  Or,  As  for  thine  ordinances,  they  abide  this 
»  Or,  ITiou  throiigh  thy  commandments  makest  • 


PSALMS 


119.  lib 

103  How   !' sweet   are   thy  words 

unto  my  ^  taste  ! 
Yea,  sweeter  than  honey  to  my 
mouth ! 

104  Through  thy  precepts  I  'get 

understanding : 
Therefore  I  "hate  every  false 
way. 

3  NUN. 

105  Thy  word  is  a  ''lamp  unto  my 

feet, 
And  light  unto  my  path. 

106  I  have  "sworn,  and  have  con- 

firmed it. 
That  I  will  observe  thy  right- 
eous ordinances. 

107  I  am  "^afflicted  very  much  : 

« Quicken  me,  O  Jehovah,  ac- 
cording unto  thy  word. 

108  Accept,  I    beseech   thee,  the 

•'  freewill-offerings     of     my 
mouth,   O  Jehovah, 
And   » teach    me   thine   ordi- 
nances. 

109  My  "soul  is  continually  m  my 

hand ; 
Yet  do  I  not '  forget  thy  law. 

110  The  wicked  have  *^  laid  a  snare 

for  me ; 
Yet  have  I  not  'gone  astray 
from  thy  precepts. 

111  Thy  testimonies  have  I  taken 
j  as  a  '"  heritage  for  ever  ; 

For  they  are  the  "  rejoicing  of 
'  my  heart. 

112  I  have  "inclined  my  heart  to 

perform  thy  statutes 
For  ever,  even  "  unto  the  end. 


9  1  K.  18.  21 ; 
Jas.  1.  8 ; 

4.  8 
*■  ver.  47 
'  Ps.  31.  20 ; 

32.  7  ;  61.  4 ; 

91.  1 
(  Ps.  84.  9 
"  ver.  74 
"  Ps.  6.  8  ; 

139.  19; 

Mt.  7.  23 
*  ver.  -22 
y  Ps.  37.  17, 

24 ;  54.  4 
"  Ps.  25.  2, 

20;  31.  1, 

17;  Rom. 

fi.  5 :  9.  33 ; 

Phil.  1.  20 
°  Ps.  12.  5  ; 

Prov.  29.  25 
b  ver.  6, 15 


"  ver.  10,  21 


D-SAMEKH. 


113 


of 


I  hate   them    that 

«  double  mind ; 
But  thy  *■  law  do  I  love. 
114  Thou    art    my    "hiding-place 
and  my  '  shield  : 
I  "  hope  in  thy  word. 
115^  Depart  from  me,  ye  evil-doers. 
That  I  may  ^keep  the  com- 
mandments of  my  God. 

116  » Uphold  me  according   unto 

thy  word,  that  I  may  live; 

And  'let  me  not  be  ashamed 

of  my  hope.  ,  t    i.  i^ 

117  Hold  thou  me  up,  and  I  shall 

be  "  safe, 
And  shall  Miave  respect  unto 
thy  statutes  continually. 

118  Thou  hast  set  at  nought  all 

them    "that   err   from   thy 

statutes ;  -  ,    i       i 

For  their  deceit  is  ^falsehood 


614 


3  Heb.  palate. 


*  Or,  vain 


119. 119 


PSALMS 


119.  14^. 


119  Thou  'puttost   away  all   the 

wicked    of    the   eartli    like 
" dross : 
Therefore    I  *love    thy  testi- 
monies. 

120  My  llrsh  'trembleth  for  fear 

of  thee; 
And  1  ani  **  afraid  of  thy  judg- 
meuts. 

27  AYIN. 

121  I  have  '  done  justice  and  right- 

eousness : 
Leave   me    not    to    mine   op- 
pressors. 

122  Be  ■'surety  for  thy  servant  for 

good : 
Let  not    the   proud  *  oppress 
me. 

123  Mine  *eyes  fail  for  thy  salva- 

tion, 
And  for  thy  righteous  word. 

124  Deal  ^yith    thy    servant    *  ac- 

cording   unto    thy    loving- 
kindness, 
And  *  teach  me  thy  statutes. 

125  I  'am  thy  servant;  "'give  me 

understanding. 
That  I  may  know  thy  testi- 
monies. 

126  It   is   time    for    Jehovah    to 

"  work ; 
For  they  have  made  void  thy 
law. 

127  Therefore   I   "love   thy  com- 

mandments 
Above   gold,  yea,  above  fine 
gold. 

1 28  Therefore  I  esteem  all  ^Ay  ^ pre- 

cepts concerning  all  things 
to  be  right ; 
Arid  I  "hate  every  false  way. 

S  PE. 

129  Thy  testimonies  are  ''wonder- 

ful; 
Therefore  doth  my  soul  '  keep 
them. 

130  The    'opening    of    thy  words 

giveth  light ; 
It  giveth  "  understanding  unto 
the  simple. 

131  I  "opened    wide    my    mouth, 

and  ■'panted  ; 
For    I  ^longed  for  thy  com- 
mandments. 

132  *Turn  thee  unto  me,  and  have 

mercy  upon  me. 
As  thou  usest  to  do  unto  those 
that  love  thy  name. 

133  Establish  my  "footsteps  in  thy 

word ; 


1  Heb.  causesi  to  cease. 


"  Is.  1.  22, 
25 ;  Ezek. 

22.  18,  19 

i>  ver.  47 
"Job  4.  14 ; 
Hab.  3.  10 
d  ver.  liil 

•  2  S.  a  15 ; 
Job  'JO.  14 

/Job  17.  3 
"  ver.  134 
A  ver.  S2 
■  ver.  88, 149, 

loO;  Pa.  61. 

1 ;  ion.  46 ; 

109.  28 

•  ver.  12 

'  Ps.  1 16.  10 
"'  ver.  27 
"  Jer.  18.  23  ; 

Ezek.  31. 

11 
"  ver.  47 
>>  Ps.  19.  8 
«  ver.  104 
■■  ver.  18 
'  ver.  22 
'  Prov.  0.  23 
"  Ps.  19.  7 

•  Ps.  SI.  10 ; 
Job  29.  23 

^  Ps.  42.  1 
"  ver.  20 
'  Ps.  25.  16 
"  Ps.  17.  5 


t  Ps.  19.  13 
'  ver.  .H4 ; 

Ps.  142.  6 
dPs.  4.  C;  31. 

10  ;  07.  1  ; 

80.  3,  7.  19  ; 

Num.  6.  25 
'  ver.  12 
/Jer.  9.  1, 

18  ;  14.  17  ; 

Lam.  3.  48 
"  ver.  158 
APs.  116.6; 

120.  4  ;  145. 

17 ;  Ezr.  9. 

15 ;  Jer.  12. 

I ;  Lam.  1. 

18 ;  Dan.  9. 

7,  14 
« ver.  144, 

172 
*  ver.  8G,  90 

'  Ps.  69.  9 
">  Ps.  12.  6  ; 

19.  8 
"  ver.  47 

"  Ps.  22.  6 

''  ver.  01 
«  ver.  161, 

100 
""  ver.  24 
'  Ps.  19.  9 
'  ver.  27 
"  ver.  10 
'•  ver.  22,  56 
'  Ps.  3.  7 


y  Ps.  57.  8 ; 
108.  2 


'  ver.  16 
■  ver.  124 


And    let    not    any    iniquity 
*have  dominion  over  me. 

134  "Redeem  me  from  the  oppres 

sion  of  man  : 
So  will  1  observe  thy  precepts 

135  ''Make  thy  face  to  shine  upon 

thy  s(>r\  ant ; 
And  "teach  me  thy  statutes. 

136  •'Streams  of  water  run  down 

mine  eyes. 
Because  they  "observe  not  thy 
law. 

2S  TSADIIE. 

137  *  Righteous  art  thou,  O  Jeho- 

vah, 
And    upright  "■^are  thy  judg- 
ments. 

138  Thou    hast    commanded    thy 

testimonies    in    '  righteous- 
ness 
And  very  *  faithfulness. 

139  My  '  zeal  hath  ^consumed  me, 
Because  mine  adversaries  have 

forgotten  thy  words. 

140  Thy  '"  word  is  very  ■*  pure  ; 
Therefore  thy  servant "  loveth 

it. 

141  I  am  small  and  "despised  ; 
Yet  do  I  not  ''forget  thy  pre- 
cepts. 

142  Thy  righteousness  is  an  ever- 

lasting righteousness. 
And  'thy  law  is  truth. 

143  Trouble    and    anguish    have 

^  taken  hold  on  me  ; 
Yet    thy   commandments   are 
my  "■  delight. 

144  Thy 'testimonies  are  righteous 

for  ever : 
'Give  me  understanding,  and 
I  shall  live. 

p  QOPH. 

145  I  have  called  "with  my  whole 

heart ;  answer  me,  0  Jeho- 
vah : 
I  will  •'  keep  thy  statutes. 

146  I  have  called  unto  thee  ;  'save 

me. 
And  I  shall  observe  thy  testi- 
monies. 

147  I  ''antioiT)ated  the  da^vning  of 

the  morning,  and  cried  : 
I  hoped  in  thy  words. 

148  Mine    eyes    anticipated     the 

night-watches. 
That    1    might  'meditate   on 
thy  word. 

149  Hear    my    voice    "according 

unto  thy  lovingkindness : 


'  Or,  inlhv  juttfimniU 
*  HeD.  tried,  or,  rejinfi. 


3  Heb  cut  w  off. 
*  Or,  fou Jiff  fnf 


21 


616 


119.150 


PSALMS 


120.3 


"Quicken  me,  O  Jehovah,  ^ac- 
cording to  thine  ordin- 
ances. 

150  They  draw  nigh  -that  follow 

after  wickedness  • 
They  are  far  from  thy  law. 

151  Thou  art  'nigh,  O  Jehovah  ; 
And   all    thy  commandments 

are  "truth. 

152  Of  old  have  I  "*  known  from 

thy  testimonies. 
That  thou  hast  founded  them 
"  for  ever. 

*1  RESH. 

153  Consider  mine  ■''affliction,  and 

deliver  me ; 
For  I  do  not  "  forget  thy  law. 

154  ''Plead    thou   my   cause,   and 

'  redeem  me : 
Quicken  me  according  to  thy 
word. 

1 55  Salvation    is   *  far    from    the 

wicked  ; 

For  they  'seek  not  thy  stat- 
utes. 
156™  Great  are  thy  tender  mercies, 
O  Jehovah : 

Quicken  me  according  to  thine 
ordinances. 

157  Many  are  my  "persecutors  and 

mine  adversaries ; 
Yet  have  I  not "  swerved  from 
thy  testimonies. 

158  I  beheld  the  ^  treacherous,  and 

^was  «grieved, 
Because  they  observe  not  thy 
word. 

159  Consider  how  I  ""love  thy  pre- 

cepts : 
'  Quicken  me,  O  Jehovah,  ac- 
cording to  thy  lovingkind- 
ness. 

160  The   'sum    of     thy   word    is 

"  truth ; 
And  every  one  of  thy  right- 
eous    ordinances     endureth 
*'for  ever. 

tr  SHIN. 

161  'Princes  have  persecuted  me 

without  a  cause ; 
But   my  heart   *standeth    in 
awe  of  thy  words. 

162  I  ^rejoice  at  thy  word. 

As  one  that  "findeth  great 
spoil. 

163  I  *nate  and  abhor  falsehood  ; 
But  thy  law  do  I  "  love. 

164  Seven  times  a  day  do  I  praise 

thee, 

1  Or,  as  thou  art  wov.t 

2  Or,  that  persecute  me  with  wickedness 
8  Or,  loathed  them 


"  ver.  26 
i>  Ps.  34.  18 ; 
145.  13,  Is. 

60.  8 
"  ver.  142 
d  ver.  125 
'  ver.  89 , 

Lk.  21.  33 
/  ver.  60 
"  ver.  le  ; 

Prov.  3.  1 ; 

IIos.  4.  0 
h  Ps.  35.  1 ; 

1  S.  24. 15 ; 

Mic.  7.  9 
i  ver.  IM 
fc  Job  5.  4 
'  ver.  45,  94 
"»  2  S.  24.  14 
"  ver.  86, 

161 ;  Ps. 

7.  1 
"  ver.  51 
P  la.  21.  2 ; 

21.  16 
1  Ps.  139.  21 
""ver.  47 
'  ver.  25 
«  Ps.  139.  17 
"  ver.  142 
"  ver.  89, 152 
^  ver.  23 ; 

1  S.  24.  11 ; 

26.  18 
y  ver.  120 
'  ver.  14,  111 
"  1  S.  30.  16 ; 

Is.  9.  3 
6  ver.  104, 

128;  Ps.  31. 

6;  Prov. 

13.  5 
"  ver.  47 


i  ver.  7,  160 
"  Ps.  37.  U  ; 

Prov.  3.  2 ; 

Is.  20.  3 
/  Prov.  3.  23 ; 

Is.  63.  13 ; 

1  Jn.  2.  10 
»  ver.  81, 

174;  Gen. 

49.  18 
^  ver.  129 
i  ver.  47 
fc  ver.  22 
'  Ps.  139.  3  ; 

Job  24.  23 ; 

Prov.  5.  21 
"  Ps.  18.  6 ; 

102.  I ;  Job 

16.  18 

"  ver.  27 

"  ver.  65,  154 

P  Ps.  28.  2  ; 

130.  2;  140. 

6  ;  143.  1 
9  Ps.  22.  20  ; 

31.  2  ;  59.  1 
•■  Ps.  51.  15 ; 

63.  3 
'ver.  12 ; 

Ps.  91.  12; 

Is.  2.  3 ; 

Blic.  4.  2 
«  Ps.  51.  14 
"  ver.  138 
"  Ps.  37.  24  ; 

73.  23 
^  Josh.  24. 

22  ;  Lk.  10. 

42 
"  ver.  166 
'  ver.  24 

"  Is.  .55.  3 
b  Is.  53.  6  ; 

Jer.  50.  6 ; 

Mt.  18.  12; 

Lk.  1.5.  4 
"  ver.  16 
rfEx  34.  24; 

1  K    12.  27 
«  Ps.  18.  6 ; 

66.  14  ; 

102.  2 
/Ps.  109.  2; 

616 


Because    of     thy   ''righteous 
ordinances. 

165  Great  *  peace  have  they  that 

love  thy  law ; 
And  they  have  no  •''occasion  of 
stumbling. 

166  i  have  'hoped  for  thy  salva- 

tion, O  Jenovah, 
And  have  done  thy  command- 
ments. 

167  My  ''soul  hath  observed  thy 

testimonies  ; 
And  I '  love  them  exceedingly. 

168  I  have  *  observed  thy  precepts 

and  thy  testimonies  ; 
For  all  my  'ways  are  before 
thee. 

nXAV. 

169  Let  my  '"cry  come  near  before 

thee,  O  Jehovah : 
"  Give  me  understanding  "  ac- 
cording to  thy  word. 

170  Let    my   ''supplication    come 

before  thee : 
«  Deliver  me  according  to  thy 
word. 

171  Let  my  *■  lips  utter  praise  ; 
For    thou   'teachest    me   thy 

statutes. 

172  Let  my  'tongue  sing  of  thy 

word  ; 
For  all  thy  "commandmeiiTS 
are  righteousness. 

173  Let  thy  "hand   be    ready  to 

help  me ; 
For  I  have  *  chosen  thy  pre- 
cepts. 

174  I  have  ^longed  for  thy  salva- 

tion, O  Jehpvah  ; 
And  thy  law  is  my  ^delight. 

175  Let  my  "soul  live,  and  it  shall 

praise  thee  ; 
And  let  thine  ordinances  help 
me. 

176  I  have  *  gone  astray  like  a  lost 

sheep  ;  seek  thy  servant ; 
For  I  do  "■  not  forget  thy  com- 
mandments. 

Prayer  for  Deliverance  from  tbe  Treacherous. 


A  Sods:  of  ''Ascents. 


cried 


A  O/^  ''In  my  distress  I 

J-  -w  \J      u  nto  Jehovah, 
And  he  answered  me. 

2  Deliver  my  soul,  O  Jehovah, 

from  •''lying  lips, 
And  from  a  -"deceitful  tongue. 

3  What  shall  be  given  unto  thee, 

and  what  shall  be  done  more 
unto  thee. 
Thou  ^  deceitful  tongue  ? 

Prov.  12.  22   "  Ps.  62.  4  ;  Zeph.  3. 13 


120.4 


PSALMS 


124  4 


4  ' "  Sliarp  arrows  of  the  mighty, 
Witli  ''coals  of  -juniper. 

5  Woe   is   me,   that   i    .sojourn    in 

<■  Meshech, 
That  1  dwell  among  the  ''tents 
of "  Kedar ! 

6  My    soul    hath    long    had    her 

dwelling 
^^'ith  him  that  ''hateth  peace. 

7  1  "  am  for  peace  : 

Jjut  when  I  speak,  they  are  ''  for 
war. 

Jchoviili  the  Keeper  uf  liis  People. 
A  Song  of  Ascents. 

-I  O'd    I  will  'lift  up  mine  eyes 
-L  w  J_      unto  '■  the  mountains  : 
From    whence    shall    my    help 
come  1 

2  My  'help  cometh  from  Jehovah, 
Who  "•  made  heaven  and  earth. 

3  *  He  will  not  "  suffer  thy  foot  to 

be  moved  : 
He  that  "keepeth  thee  will  not 

slumber, 
-i  Behold,  he  that  keepeth  Israel 
Will  neither  slumber  nor  sleep. 

5  Jehovah  is  thy  *  keeper  : 
Jehovah  is  thy  'shade  upon  thy 

right  hand. 

6  The  '"sun  shall  not  smite  thee  by 

day. 
Nor  the  moon  by  night. 

7  Jehovah  will   'keep  thee   from 

all  evil ; 
He  will  keep  thy  soul. 

8  Jehovah  will  keep  thy  going  out 

and  thy  coming  in 
'From  this  time  forth  and  for 
evermore. 

Prayer  for  the  Peace  of  Jerusalem. 
A  Song  of  Ascents;  of  David. 

AC^Cyl  was    glad    when    they 
X  ^  ^       said  unto  me. 
Let  us  "  go  unto  the   house  of 
Jehovah. 

2  Our  feet  ^  are  standing 
Within    thy    "gates,   O    Jerusa- 
lem, 

3  Jerusalem,  that  art  "  builded 

As  a  city,  that  is  *  compact  to- 
gether ; 

4  miither  the  tribes  ^  go  up,  even 

the  tribes  of  ''.Jehovah, 
For  ''an  ordinance  for  Israel, 
To  give  thanks  unto  the  name 

of  Jehovah. 

I  Or,  It  is  as  the  sharp  arrows  of  the  miyhtv 
man  »  Or,  broom 

»0r,  Let  him  not  suffer  .  .  .  Let  him  not 
slumber  that  <Src.  *  Or.  have  stood 

'  Heb.  Jah.  *  Heb.  o  testimonv- 


"  Ps.  45.  r. ; 

Prov.  25. 

1«  ;  Is.  6.  '.iS 
l>  Ps.  140.  in 
"  Gen.  10.  -J  ; 

1  Chr.  1.  I.; 

Ezek.  27. 

13 ;  :iS.  -J, 

3  ;  :w.  1 
<<  S.  S.  1.  5 
'Gen.aj.  13; 

Is.  'Jl.  10; 

00.  7  ;  .ler. 

2.  10 ;  49. 

2^;  Ezek. 

27.  21 
/  Ps.  3."..  20 
"  Ps.  109.  4 

*  Ps.  6.-..  21 

•  Ps.  123.  1  ; 
Is.  40.  26 

!'  Ps.  87.  1 
'  Ps.  124.  8 
™  Ps.  I!;-..  15 
"  Ps.  U(i.  9 
"Ps  41.2; 


r  Ps.  91.  4 
•i  Ps.  91.  1 
*■  Is.  49.  10 ; 

Jon.  4.  8 ; 

Rev.  7.  10 
'  Ps.  91. 

1IV12 
'Ps.  113.  2; 

115.  18 
"  Ps.  42.  4 ; 

Is.  2.  3 ; 

Mic.  4.  2 ; 

Zech.  8.  21 
"  Ps.  9.  14  ; 

87.  2;   UG. 

19 ;  Jer. 
*Pb'48.  13; 

147.  2 

y  Neh.  4.  6 

'  Ps.  84.  6  ; 

I)t.  16.  16 


"  Ps.  89.  20  ; 

Dt.  17. 

8 ;  2  Chr. 

19.  8 
b  Ps.  29.  11 ; 

Jer.  29.  7 

«  Ps.  102.  14 
d  Ps.  51.  18 ; 

Is.  62.  0 
'  Ps.  48.  3, 

13;  Jer. 

17.  27 
/  Ps.  133.  1 
"  1  S.  25.  6 ; 

Jn.  20.  19 
A  Neh.  2.  10 ; 

Esth.  10.  3 
<  Ps.  121.  1 ; 

141.  8 

«••  Ps.  2.  4 ; 

11.  4 

'  Prov.  27. 

18 ;  Mai. 

1.  0 
"■  Ps.  25.  15 
"  Ps.  4.  1 ; 

51.  1 
"Ps.  119.  22; 

Neh.  4.  4 
f  Ps.  79.  4 ; 

Neh.  2.  19 
«  Job  12.  5  ; 

Is.  .32. 9, 11 ; 

Am.  0.  1 
"■  Ps.  9t.  17 
"  Ps  129.  1 
'  Ps.  :i5.  25  ; 

5ti.  1 ;  67.  3 ; 

Num.  16. 

30;  Prov. 

1.  12 
"  Ps.  138.  7  ; 

(Ten.  39.  19 
"  Ps.  18.  ifl  ; 

32.  fi  ;  69. 

2;  144.  7; 

Job  22.  11 

617 


5  For  there  'are  set  "thrones  for 

judgment. 
The    tlirunes   of   the    house    of 
David. 

6  "Pray   for  the  ''peace  of   Jeru- 

salem : 
^They  shall  prosper  that  "love 
thee. 

7  Peace  be  within  thy  ''  walls. 
And  prosperity  within  thy  'pal- 
aces. 

8  For  my  •''brethren  and  compan- 

ions' sakes, 
I    will    now    "say,    "Peace    be 
within  thee. 

9  For  the  sake  of  the  house  of  Je 

hovah  our  God 
I  will ''  seek  thj-^  good. 


An  Expectant  Prayer  for  Jehovah's  Help. 
A  Song  of  Ascents. 


lift  up 
in    the 


-j  r)  O  Unto  thee  do  I 
-L^O      mine  e.yes, 
O    thou    that    *  sittest 
heavens. 

2  Behold,  as  the  eyes  of  '  servants 

look   unto    the   hand  of  their 

master. 
As  the  eyes  of  a  maid  unto  the 

hand  oi  her  mistress  ; 
So  our  '"  eyes  look  unto  Jehovah 

our  God, 
Until  he  have  mercy  upon  us. 

3  "Have  mercy  upon  us,  O  Jeho- 

vah, have  mercy  upon  us  ; 
For    we   are   exceedingly    filled 
with  "contempt. 

4  Our  soul  is  exceedingly  filled 
"With  the  ''scoffing  of  nhose  that 

are  at  ease. 
And  with  the  "contempt  of  the 
proud. 

Praise  for  Resrae  from  Enemies. 
A  Song  of  Ascents  ;  of  David. 

-J  O  /I    •■  If  it  had  not  been  Jeho- 
_L.^r!r      vah    who  was    on   our 

side, 
'  Let  Israel  now  say, 

2  If  it  had  not  been  Jehovah  Nvho 

was  on  our  side. 
When  men  rose  up  against  us  ; 

3  Then  they  had  '  swallowed  us  up 

alive. 
When  their  "  wrath  was  kindled 
against  us  : 

4  Then     the    '  waters    had    over- 

whelmed us. 
The  stream  had  gone  over  out 
soul ; 

7  Or,  if'rc         8  Or,  Salute  ye  JerusaUm, 

»  Or.  Mil  V  they 

>•  Or,  speak  peace  concerning  thee 


124.5 


PSALMS 


128.6 


5  Then   the   "proud   waters    had 

gone  over  our  soul. 

6  Blessed  be  Jehovah, 

Who  hath  not  given  us  as  a 
'  prey  to  their  teeth. 

7  Our  soul  is  "  escaped  "^  as  a  bird 

out     of     the    ''snare     of    the 
fowlers  : 
The  snare  is  broken,  and  we  are 
escaped. 

8  Our   ■'^help  is    in   the   name    ot 

J  ehovah. 
Who  made  heaven  and  earth. 

Jefiovah  round  about  his  People. 

A  Song  of  Ascents. 

i  O  PC  They  that  trust  in  Jeho- 

Are  as  mount  Zion,  which  "  can- 
not be  moved,  but  "abideth 
for  ever. 

2  As    the    mountains    are    round 

about  Jerusalem, 
So  *  Jehovah  is  round  about  his 

people 
*From  this  time  forth  and  tor 

evermore. 

3  For  the  'sceptre  of  wickedness 

shall  not  rest  upon  the  lot  of 
the  righteous ; 
That    the    righteous   ™put    not 
torth    their    hands  unto  iniq- 
uity. 

4  « Do    good,     O    Jehovah,    unto 

those  that  are  good. 
And  to  them  that  are  "upright 
in  their  hearts. 

5  But  as  for  such  as  ^turn  aside 

unto  their  « crooked  ways, 
Jehovah   will   lead    them   forth 

with  the  '"workers  of  iniquity. 
'  Peace  be  upon  Israel. 

Thauksgiviug  for  Return  from  Captivity. 
A  Song  of  Ascents. 

■i  Cyf*  AVhen  Jehovah  *  brought 
JL^^yJ      back    those    that     re- 
turned to  Zion, 
We  were  "like  unto  them  that 

dream.  ,    „„    ,     .  i 

2  Then  was  our  "mouth  filled  with 

laughter. 
And  our  ^  tongue  with  smgmg  : 
Then     said     they     among     the 

nations, 
Jehovah  hath  *  done  great  things 

for  them. 

3  Jehovah  hath  done  great  things 

for  us. 
Whereof  we  are  '  glad.     _    _ 

4  Turn    again    our    captivity,    O 

Jehovah, 
As  the  "  streams  in  the  South. 


°  Job  38.  11 
6  Pb.  27.  2  ; 

Pro  V.  30.  U 
"Ps.  141.  10; 

2  Cor.  U. 

33;  Heb. 

11.  34 
rf  Prov.  6.  5 
"  Ps.  yi.  3  ; 

Hos.  9.  8 
/  Ps.  121.  2 
y  Ps.  46.  6 

ft  Ps.  61.  7  ; 
Eccl.  1.  4 
i  Zech.  2.  o 

*  Ps.  121.  8 
'  Ps.  89.  22  ; 

Prov.  22. 

S ;  Is.  14.  5 
"^  Ps.  55.  20  ; 

1  S.  24.  10  ; 

Acts  12.  1 
"Ps.  119.  68 
"  Ps.  7.  10 ; 

11.  2  ;  32. 

11;  36.  10; 

94.  15 
P  Ps.  40.  4  : 

101.  3; 

Job  23.  11 
9  Prov.  2. 15  ; 

Is.  59.  8 
"■  Ps.  92.  7  ; 

94.  4 
*  Ps.  128.  6  ; 

Gal.  6.  16 
t  Ps.  85.  1 ; 

Jer.  29.  14 ; 

Hos.  6.  11, 

&c. 
"  Acts  12.  9 
"  Job  8.  21 
^Ps.  51.  14; 

Is.  35.  6 
"Ps.  71.  19; 

1  S.  12.  24 ; 

Lk.  1.  49 
s  la  25.  9  * 

Zepiii.  3.'  14 
"  Is.  3.5.  6 ; 
43.  19 


b  Ps.  so.  5  ; 
Jer.  31.  16; 
Lam.  1.  2 
"  Is.  35.  10 ; 
51.  11;  61. 
7 ;  Gal.  6. 9 
d  Ps.  78.  69 
I"  Ps.  121.  4 
/  aen.  3.  17 
B  Ps.  60.  6 
ft  Job  11.  18, 
19 ;  Prov. 
3.  24 ;  Eccl. 
5.  12 
i  Ps.  113.  9  ; 
Gen.  33.  5 
fc  Dt.  7.  13 ; 
28.  4 ;  Is. 
13.  18 
'Ps.  U2.  2; 
120.  4 
™  Ps.  128.  2,  3 
"  Is.  29.  21  ; 
Am.  5.  12 
°  Gen.  34.  20 
PPs.  112.  1 
9Ps.  119.  3 
'  Is.  3.  10 
"  Ps.  109.  11  ; 
Ezek.  23. 
29  ;  Hag. 
2.  17 
'  Eccl.  8.  12  ; 

Eph.  6.  3 
"  Kzek.  19. 10 
"  Ps.  62.  8  , 

144.  12 
'  Ps.  1.34.  3 
y  Ps.  20.  2  , 

13.5.  21 
'  Ps.  122.  9 
"^  Ps.  103.  17  ; 
Gen.  48. 11 ; 
Prov.  17.  6 
!>  Ps.  126.  6 

618 


5  They  that  sow  in  '  tears   shall 

reap  in  ''joy. 

6  He  that  goeth  forth  and  weep- 

eth,  'bearing  seed  for  sowing. 
Shall  doubtless  come  again  with 
joy,  bringing  his  sheaves  with 
him. 

Prosperity  comes  from  Jehovah. 

A  Song  of  Ascents  ;  of  Solomon. 

^  r>  /^  Except    Jehovah  "*  build 
A-^  i        the  house, 
They  labor  in  vain  that  build 

it: 
Except  Jehovah  '  keep  the  city. 
The  watchman  waketh  but   in 
vain. 

2  It  is  vain  for    you  to   rise   up 

early. 
To  take  rest  late. 
To  -^eat  the  bread  of  toil : 
For  so  he  giveth  unto  his  "be- 
loved ■•^'' sleep. 

3  Lo,  *  children  are  a  heritage  of 

Jehovah ; 
And  the  '^  fruit  of  the  womb  is 
his  reward. 
i  As    arrows    in    the   hand    of   a 
'mighty  man. 
So  are  the  children  of  youth. 
5  *"  Happy  is  the  man  that  hath  his 
quiver  full  of  them  : 
They  shall  not  be  put  to  shame, 
When    they  "speak  with   their 
enemies  "in  the  gate. 

Blessedness  of  the  Fear  of  Jehovah. 
A  Song  of  Ascents. 

-J  Q  Q  ^  Blessed  is  every  one  that 
X  .^  O      f eareth  Jehovah, 
That  «  walketh  in  his  ways. 

2  For  thou  shalt  ''eat  the  'labor  of 

thy  hands : 
Happy  shalt   thou  be,   and   'it 
shall  be  well  with  thee. 

3  Thy  wife  shall  be  as  a  "fruitful 

vine, 
In  uhe  innermost  parts  of  thy 

house ; 
Thy  children  like  *  olive  plants 
Round  about  thy  table. 

4  Behold,  thus  shall  the  man  be 

blessed 
That  feareth  Jehovali. 

5  ''Jehovah     bless    thee    "out   of 

Zion: 
And  see  thou  the  ^good  of  Jeru 
salem  all  the  days  of  thy  life. 

6  Yea,    see    thou   thy  "  children  i 

children. 
^  *  Peace  be  upon  Israel. 

1  Or,  bearing  the  measure  of  seed 

2  Or,  in  sleep       »  Or,  And  peace  upon  liraa 


129.1 


PSALMS 


132.10 


Prayer  for  the  Overthrow  of  Zion's  Enemies. 
A  Suiiy  of  Ascents. 

-[  r)  O  ^  Many  a  time  have  they 
A^^Xj      "  amicted  me  from  my 
''  youth  up. 
Let  Israel  iiuw  say, 

2  ^  Many  a  time  have  tliey  afflicted 

me  trum  my  youth  ui) : 
Yet    they   have   '"  not    prevailed 
against  me. 

3  The   plowers  plowed    upon    my 

bacK  ; 
They  made  long  their  furrows. 

4  Jehovah  ''is  righteous  : 

He  hath  cut  asunder  the  'cords 
of  the  wicked. 

5  Let  them  be  •'put  to  shame  and 

turned  backward. 
All  they  that  ^'hate  Zicm. 

6  Let  them  be  as  the  "  grass  upon 

the  housetops. 
Which  withereth  before  it  ^  grow- 
eth  up ; 

7  "Wlierewith  the  reaper  filleth  not 

his  hand, 
Nor  he  that  bindeth  sheaves,  his 
'  bosom  : 

8  Neither  do  tliey  that  go  by  say, 
The    *  blessing   of    Jehovah    be 

upon  you ; 
We  bless    you    in  the  name  of 
Jehovah. 

Hope  in  the  Urd's  Forgiving  love. 
A  Song  of  Ascents. 

i  Qr^  O"^  o^  ^^^^  'depths  have 
J_Ov/      I    cried    unto    thee,   O 
Jehovah. 

2  Lord,  "•  hear  my  voice  : 

Let  "  thine  ears  be  attentive 
To  the  "voice  of  my  supplications. 

3  If     thou,    ^Jehovah,    shouldest 

mark  iniquities, 

0  Lord,  ^wfio  could  stand? 

4  But  there  is  "forgiveness  with 

thee. 
That  thou  may  est  be  '"feared. 

5  I  wait   for   Jehovah,   my   'soul 

doth  wait. 
And  'in  his  word  do  T  hope. 
C  My  soul  ivaiteth  for  the  Lord 
More  than  watchmen  ""wart  for 

the  morning ; 
Yea,   more   than    watchmen    for 
the  morning. 
7  O  Israel,  '^hope  in  Jehovah  ; 
For  with  Jehovah  there  is  'lov- 

ingkindness, 
And  with  him  is  "plenteous  re- 
demption. 
^  And  he  will  -redeem  Israel 
From  all  his  iniquities. 

1  Or.  Mwh   »  Or,  is  pluckfd  up    »  Heb.  Jah. 


"  Pb.  88.  15; 
Ex.  1.  II ; 
.IiuIk.  3.  8, 

ois.  47. 12; 

Jer.  2.  2 ; 

21'.  21 ; 

Ezek.  in. 

22 ;  Ho8.  2. 

1,'.;  11.  1 
'  Jer.  1.  in ; 

i:..  20  ;  20. 

11;  Mt  10. 

18 ;  2  (Jor. 

4.  8,  » 
<!  Ps.  1 10.  137 
'  Ps.  140.  ;'. 

/  Ps  70.  3  ; 

71.  13 
"  Mic.  4.  11 
A  Ps   37.  2  ; 

2  K.  lu.  20  ; 

Is.  37.  27 
'  Pa.  79.  12 
*  Ps.  118.  20; 

Ruth  2.  4 
'  Ps.  42.  7  ; 

09.  2 
'"  Ps.  04.  1  ; 

iin.  i4u 

"  2  Chr.  6. 

40 ;  Neb. 

1.  6,  11 
°  Ps.  28.  2 ; 

140.  R 
P  Ps.  70.  7  ; 

I4:i.  2 ; 

Nah.  1.  «; 

Mai.  3.  2 ; 

Rev.  0  17 
9  Ps.  86.  ft ; 

Ex.  34.  7  ; 

Neh.  9.  17  ; 

Is.  fwi.  7 ; 

Dan.  9.  9 
••  1  K.  8.  39, 

4fp ;  Jer.  33. 

8,  9 
»  Ps.  :\3.  20 ; 

40.  1  ;  62.  1, 

6 ;  Is.  8. 17 ; 

26.  8 
t  I'B.  119.  74, 

81 
"  Ps.  03.  0 ; 

119.  147 
^'  Ps.  131.  3 
"  Ps.  103.  4 

yps.  111.9; 

Rom.  3. 

24  ;  Eph. 

1.  7 
'  Lk.  1.  6S  ; 

Tit.  2.  14 


131 


"Ps.  101.  5; 

2  S.  22.  28  ; 

Is.  2.  12  ; 

Zeph.  3.  11 
f>  Prov.  :iO. 

13 ;  Is.  6. 

l.i 
'  Jer.  45.  6  ; 

Rom.  12, 

10 

rf  Pb.  l.-W.  fi ; 
Job  42.  3 

•  I's.  02.  1 
/.Mt.  18.  3; 

1  Cor.  14. 

20 
"  Ps.  130.  7 
A  Ps.  113.  2 
■2S.  10.  12; 

1  Chr.  22. 

14 

*  Gen  49. 
24  ;  Is  49. 
2fi  ;  CO.  16 

f  Job  5.  24 
'"  Prov.  0.  4 
"  Ps  20.  S  ; 

1  K.  8.  17  ; 

1  Chr.  22. 

7;  Acts  7. 

411 
"  ver.  2 

619 


Childlilce  Trost  in  Jehovah. 
A  Song  of  Asccnt.s  ;  of  David. 

Jehovah,     my     heart    iy 
not  °  haughty,  nor  mine 
*  eyes  lofty  ; 
Neither  do  i  ^e.xercise  myself  iu 

"great  matters. 
Or  in  things  ''too  wonderful  for 
me. 

2  Surely     I     have    "stilled   ami 

quieted  my  soul ; 
Like  a  weaned  •'child  with  hitr 

mother. 
Like  a  weaned  child  is  my  soul 

within  me. 

3  O  Israel,  ''hope  in  Jehovah 

*  From  this  time  forth  and  for 
evermore. 

Prayer  for  Jehovah's  Blessing;  npon  the  Sanctuary. 
A  Song  of  Ascents. 


132 


Jehovah, 
David 


remember   for 


All  'his  alHiction  ; 

2  How  he  sware  unto  Jehovah, 
And  vowed  unto  *the  Mighty 

One  of  Jacob : 

3  Surely  1  will  not  come  into  the 

*'  tabernacle  of  my  house, 
Nor  go  up  into  "  my  bed  ; 

4  I  will  not  "•  give  sleep  to  mine 

eyes, 
Or  slumber  to  mine  eyelids  ; 

5  Until   I  find  out  a  "place  for 

Jehovah, 
■'A  tabernacle  for  "the  Mighty 
One  of  Jacob. 
G  Lo,  we  heard  of  it  in  ^^Eph^ 
rathah  : 
We  found    it  in  the  'field  o£ 
"  the  wood. 

7  We  will  go  into  his  ''taberna 

cles  ; 
We  will  'worship  at  his  'foot- 
stool. 

8  "Ari.se,    O    Jehovah,   into    thy 

"resting-place; 
Thou,    anfi     the    ark    of    thy 
■^strength. 

9  Let  thy  priests  be  'clothed  with 

righteousness  ; 
And  let  thy  •' saints  shout  for 

joy.  T^     .  1,        , 

10  For  thy  servant  Davids  sake 
Turn    not    a\yay    the    face    of 
thine  "anointed. 

P  Oen.  3o.  19  ;  1  S.  17.  12  «  1  S.  7  1  '  Ps.  43.  3 
»Psfi.  7:99.  ft  'iChr.  28.  2  ''Pa.  08.  l;  ^^m. 
10  3ft  ;  2  Chr.  0.  41  "  ver.  14  '  P«.  78.  61  "  Job 
29  14    '  ver.  16 ;  Ps.  30.  4  ;  149.  6    "  ver.  17  ;  Pe.  2.  2 


4Eeb.  valk.  .    »  Heb.  tent. 

«  Heb.  thf  rniirh  '/  in  V  6^.'.  „      „   ^       . 
7  Heb  Tnhrmnrlc.1.  «  Or,  Ephravn 

»  Or,  Jaar    See  1  Chr.  13.  6. 


132. 11 


PSALMS 


135. 1^ 


1 1  Jehovah  hath  "  sworn  unto  Da- 

vid in  truth  ; 
He  will  not  turn  from  it : 
*  Of  the  fruit  of  thy  body  will  I 

set  upon  thy  throne. 

12  If  thy  children  will  keep  my 

covenant 
And  my  testimony  that  I  shall 

teach  them, 
Their  children  also  shall   "sit 

upon  thy  throneforevermore. 

1 3  For  Jehovah  hath  ''chosen  Zion ; 
He    hath  /desired    it   for    his 

habitation. 

14  This  is    my  -^resting-place  for 

ever : 
Here  will  1  "dwell;  for  I  have 
desired  it. 

15  I  will  ^abundantly  ''bless  her 

provision  : 
I  will  *  satisfy  her  poor   with 
bread. 

16  Her  *  priests  also  will  I  clothe 

with  salvation , 
And    her   *  saints    shall    shout 
aloud  for  joy. 

17  There  will  I  make  ^the  'horn 

of  David  to  bud : 
I  have  *  ordained  a  ""lamp  for 
mine  anointed. 

18  His  enemies  will  I  "  clothe  with 

shame ; 
But    upon    hiinself    shall    his 
"crown  flourish. 

The  Excellency  of  Brotherly  Unity. 
A  Song  of  Ascents ;  of  David. 

-|  O  Q  Behold,    how    good    and 
JL  O  O      how  pleasant  it  is 
For  ''  brethren  to  dwell  together 
in  unity ! 

2  It  is  like  the  precious  »  oil  upon 

the  head, 
That  ran  down  upon  the  beard, 
Even  Aaron's  beard ; 
That    came    down    upon    the 

•*  '■  skirt  of  his  garments  ; 

3  Like  the  '  dew  of  '  Hermon, 
That  Cometh   down   upon  the 

"  mountains  of  Zion  : 
For  there  Jehovah  "commanded 

the  blessing. 
Even  ^  life  for  evermore. 

fireetings  of  Night-watchers. 
A  Song  of  Ascents. 

Behold,   2/ bless  ye  Jeho- 
vah, all  "■  ye  servants  of 
Jehovah. 
That  "by  night  "stand  in  the 
house  of  Jehovah. 

I  Or,  surely  ^    ^^       ^    n     -j 

4  Or,  a  horn  to  spring  forth  unto  Davia 
*»  Or,  prepared  *  Or,  collar 


"  Ps.  S9.  3, 

35 
t>  2  S.  7.  12- 

10;  2Chr. 

0.  16 
"  Lk.  1.  32  ; 

Acts  2.  30 
d  Ps.  78.  68 
«  Ps.  68.  16 
/  ver.  8 
"  Mt.  23.  21 
h  Ps.  147.  14 
i  Ps.  107.  9 
*;  ver.  9 
'  Ezek.  29. 

21 ;  Lk.  1. 

09 
'"  Ps.  18.  28  ; 

1  K.  11.  36; 

15.  4  ;  2  K. 

8. 19;2Chr. 

21.  7 
"  Ps.  35.  26  ; 

109.  29 ; 

Job  8.  22 
0  Ps.  21.  3 
P  Gen.  13.  8  ; 

Heb.  13.  I 
9  Ex.  29.  7  ; 

30.  25,  30 ; 

Lev.  8.  12 
•■  Ex.  28.  33  ; 

39.  24 
»  Prov.  19. 

12  ;  Hob. 

14.  5 ;  Mic. 

5.  7 
<  Dt.  3.  9 ;  4. 

48 
^  Ps.  48.  2  ; 

74.  2  ;  78.  68 
"  Ps.  42.  8  ; 

Lev.  25.  21 ; 

Dt.  28.  8 
"  Ps.  21.  4 
y  Ps.  103.  21 
'  Ps.  135.  1,  2 
»  1  Chr.  9.  33 
i>  Dt.  10.  8 ; 
iChr. 

23.  30 ; 

2  Chr.  29. 
11 


134 


«  Ps.  28.  2 
d  Ps.  63.  2 
«  Ps.  128.  5 
/  Ps.  124.  8 
y  Ps.  113.  1 
h  Ps.  134.  1 
>  Ps.  92.  13  ; 

116.  19 
k  Ps.  100.  5 ; 

119.  68 
'  Ps.  68.  4 
•"  Ps.  147.  1 
"  Ps.  105.  6  ; 

Dt.  7.  6; 

10.  15 

"  Ex.  19.  5  ; 
Mai.  3.  17  ; 

Tit.  2.  h; 

1  Pet.  2.  9 

P  Ps.  48. 1 ; 

14.5.  3 
9  Ps.  97.  9 
"■  Ps.  115.  3 
'  Jer.  10.  13 

51.  16 
t  Job  28.  25, 

26  ;  38.  25, 

26;  Zech. 

10.  1 
«  Ps.  78.  51 ; 

105.  30 
»■■  Ps.  78.  43  ; 

Dt.  6.  22 
="  Ps.  136.  15 
!' ver.  10-12: 

Ps.  136. 

17-21 
^  Ps.  44.  2 
"  Is  urn.  21. 

21-26  ; 

Dt.  29.  7 
6  Num.  21. 

33-36 


"Lift   up  your  hands  Ho  the 

''  sanctuary, 
And  bless  ye  Jehovah. 
Jehovah "  bless  thee  out  of  Zion  ; 
Even  he  that -^  made  heaven  and 

earth. 


Praise  for  Jehovah's  wonderful  Works. 
Idols. 


Vanity  of 


-i  Q  P^  '^^  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 
X  O  O  Praise  ye  the  name  of  Je- 
hovah ; 
Praise  him,  O  ye  ''servants  of 
Jehovah,     .,  .       ,      ,  . 

2  Ye  that  stand  m  the  house  ot 

Jehovah,  ^    ,      ,  . 

In  the  'courts  of  the  house  ot 
our  God. 

3  Praise  ye  Jehovah  ;  for  *  J  eho- 

vah  is  good : 
'Sin^  praises  unto  his  name; 
'"tor  it  is  pleasant. 

4  For    ^Jehovah    hath    "chosen 

Jacob  unto  himself. 
And  Israel  for  his  "own  posses- 
sion. 

5  For  I  know  that  ^  Jehovah  is 

great,  ,  .       i  n 

And  that  our  Lord  is  'above  all 

6  '•Whatsoever  Jehovah  pleased, 

that  hath  he  done, 
In  heaven  and  in  earth,  in  the 
seas  and  in  all  deeps  ; 

7  Who  "causeth  the  vapors  to  as- 

cend from  the  ends  of   the 

Who  *  maketh  lightnings  for  the 

rain ;  „      ,      ,         ■    ■, 

Who  'bringeth  forth  the  wind 
out  of  his  treasuries; 

8  Who  "smote  the  first-born  of 

Egy^t, 
Both  ot  man  and  beast ; 

9  Who  sent  "signs  and  wonders 

into    the    midst  of    thee,   O 

Egypt  1  J  n 

Upon  ^Pharaoh,  and  upon  all 
his  servants ; 
10  !' Who  '  smote  *  many  nations. 

And  slew  mighty  kings,  , 
11"  Sihon  king  of  the  Amontes, 
And  *  Og  king  of  Bashan, 
And  '^all  the  kingdoms  ot  Ca- 
naan, , 

1 2  And  '^  gave  their  land  for  a  her- 

A  herftage  unto  Israel  his  people 

13  Thy  "name,  O  Jehovah,  endur- 

eth  for  ever ; 

I  0  Josh.  12.  7-24    d  Ps.  78.  55  ;  Dt.  29.  8    ^  Ps.  102. 12; 
Ex.  3.  15  


s  Or,  in  holiness 
6  Heb.  Hallelujah. 


7  Heb.  Jah. 

8  Or,  great 


020 


135.  14 


PSALMS 


136.25 


Thy  memorial  name,  O  Jehovah, 
throughout  all  Kenerations. 
14  For   Jehovah   will   "judge    his 
people, 

And  *  repent  himself  concerning 
his  servants. 

1")  The  ""idols  of  the  nations  are 
silver  and  gold, 
The  work  of  iiicirs  hands. 
IG  They   have    mouths,    but   they 
Hpeak  not ; 
Eyes  have  they,  but  they  see 
not; 

17  They  have  ears,  but  they  hear 

,  not ; 

Neither  is  there  any  breath  in 
their  mouths. 

18  Thev  that  make  them  shall  be 

^  like  unto  them  ; 
Yea,  every  one  that  trusteth  in 
them. 

19  O    house   of   ''Israel,  bless  ye 

Jehovah : 
O   house   of   Aaron,    bless   ye 
Jehovah  : 

20  O  house  of  Levi,  bless  ye  Jeho- 

^  vah : 

Ye  '  that  fear  Jehovah,  bless  ye 
Jehovah. 

21  Blessed    be    Jehovah  ■''out   of 

Zion, 
Who/  dwelleth  at  Jerusalem. 
^  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 

Thanks  for  Jehovah's  Goodness  to  Israel. 

-1  O/I*  Oh  "give  thanks  unto  Je- 
-L  O  \J      hovah  ;  for  he  is  good  ; 
For  'his  lovingkindness  endur- 
eth  for  ever. 

2  Oh  give  thanks  unto  the  *  God 

of  gods : 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 
for  ever. 

3  Oh  give  thanks  unto  the  *  Lord 

or  lords ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  en(iure;A 
for  ever  : 

4  To  him  who  '  alone  doeth  great 

wonders  ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  CTiJwref/i 
for  ever : 

5  To  him  that  "by  understanding 

made  the  heavens ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 
for  ever : 

6  To  him  that  "spread  forth  the 

earth  above  the  waters ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 
for  ever : 

7  To  him  that  "made  great  lights; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 

for  ever : 

1  Heb.  HalUlujafi. 


10 ;  Jer. 


"  Ps.  105.  6  ; 
Is.  41.  8 : 

44.  1  ;  46. 
4,  &C. 

t  Ps.  9.  12  ; 
1U3.  14 ; 
106.46 


«  Ps.  107.  2 ; 
Jndg.  6.  9 ; 
Neh.  9.  28 


d  Ps.  IM.  27  i 
146.  16 


8  The  ^ sun  to  rule  by  day  ; 

For  his  lovingkindness  e«^/m'e^/t 
for  ever ; 

9  The  /'moon  and  stars  to  rule  by 

night ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 
for  ever : 

10  To  him  that  'smote  Egypt  in 

their  first-born  ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 
for  ever ; 

11  And  ''brought  out  Israel  from 

among  tliein  ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  enc?ure<A 
for  ever ; 

12  With  a  'strong  hand,  and  with 

an  'outstretched  arm ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  e«(iMre^/t 
for  ever : 

13  To  him  that  "divided  the  Red 

Sea  in  sunder ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  e?ic?Mre«/i 
for  ever ; 

14  And    'made     Israel     to    pass 

through  the  midst  of  it; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 
for  ever ; 

15  But  ■■^■'overthrew  Pharaoh  and 

his  host  in  the  Bed  Sea; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 
for  ever : 

16  To   him    that  *led  his  people 

through  the  wilderness ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 
for  ever : 

1 7  To  him  that '  smote  great  kings : 
For  his  lovingkindness  enrfwre^A 

for  ever ; 

18  And  slew  famous  kings  ; 

For  his  lovingkindness  enduretlL 
for  ever : 

19  Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites  ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 

for  ever ; 

20  And  Og  king  of  Bashan  ; 

For  his  lovingkindness  e7ic??/re</i 
for  ever ; 

21  And  gave  their  land  for  a  her- 

itage ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 
for  ever ; 

22  Even  a  heritage  unto  Israel  his 

"servant  ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 
for  ever : 

23  Who  *  remembered  us  in  our  low- 

estate  ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 
for  ever ; 

24  And    hath   '^ delivered  us  from 

our  adversaries ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 
for  ever : 

25  Who  ''  giveth  food  to  all  flesh  ; 

>  Heb.  shook  off. 


tRii 


136.  26 


PSALMS 


139.7 


For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 

for  ever. 
26  Oh  give  thanks  unto  the  "God 

of  heaven ; 
For  his  lovingkindness  endureth 

for  ever. 

Sorrews  of  the  Exiles  in  Babylon. 

"i  Q  ^  By  the  *  rivers  of  Baby- 
±0  i        Ion, 

There  we  sat  down,  yea,  we 
''wept, 

When  we  remembered  Zion. 

2  Upon  the  "*  willows  in  the  midst 

thereof 
We  ^hanged  up  our  harps. 

3  For  there  they  that  led  us  cap- 

tive ^required  of  us  ^  songs, 
And  'f  'J  they  that  wasted  us  re- 

_  quired  of  us  mirth,  saying. 
Sing  us  one  of  the  songs  of  Zion. 

4  How  shall  we  sing  ''Jehovah's 

song 
In  a  foreign  land  ? 

5  If  1  *  forget  thee,  O  Jerusalem, 
Let  niy  right  hand  forget  her 

skill. 

6  Let  my  *  tongue  cleave  to  the 

roof  of  my  mouth. 
If  I  remember  thee  not ; 
If  I  'prefer  not  Jerusalem 
Above  my  chief  joy. 

7  Remember,  O  Jehovah,  against 

the  children  of  ™Edom 
The  day  of  Jerusalem  ; 
Who  said,  Ease  it,  rase  it, 
"  Even  to  the  foundation  thereof. 

8  O  daughter  of  Babylon,  *that 

"art  to  be  destroyed, 
3appy  shall  he  be,   that  ^re- 

wardeth  thee 
As  thou  hast  served  us. 

9  Happy  shall  he  be,  that  taketh 

and  'dasheth  thy  little  ones 
Against  the  rock. 

Thanksgiving  for  Jehovah's  Favor. 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

'"  I  will  give  thee  thanks 
with  my  whole  heart : 
Before   the    'gods   will  I  sing 
praises  unto  thee. 

2  I  will  worship  'toward  thy  holy 

temple, 

And  "give  thanks  unto  thy 
name  for  thy  lovingkind- 
ness and  for  thy  truth : 

For  thou  hast  "magnified  thy 
word  above  all  thy  name. 

3  In  the  day  that  I  "=  called  thou 

answeredst  me, 

*  Heb.  words  of  song.     2  Qr,  oui  tormentors 
*  Or,  that  art  laid  waste 


138 


"  Gen.  24.  3, 
7;  2Chr. 
36.  23 ; 
Ezr.  1.  2 ; 
5. 11 ;  Neh. 
1.  4,  &c. 

*  Ezek.  1. 

1,3 

"  Neh.  1.  4 
d  Lev.  23.  40 ; 

la.  44.  4 
"  Job  30.  31  ; 

Is.  24.  8  ; 

Ezek.  26. 

13 
/  Ps.  80.  6 
0  Ps.  79.  7  ; 

Is.  49.  17 ; 

64.  11 

ft  2  Chr.  29. 

27  ;  Neh. 

12.46 
'  Is.  65.  11 

*  Ps.  22.  15  ; 

Job  29.  10 ; 
Ezek.  3.  26 
'  Neh.  2.  3 

"'  Ps.  83.  4-8  ; 
Is.  34.  5,  6  ; 
Jer.  49.  7- 
22;  Lam. 
4.  21 ; 
Ezek.  25. 
12-14 ;  35. 
2;  Am.  1. 
11 ;  Obad. 

10-14 
"  Pa.  74.  7 ; 

Hab.  3.  13 
"  Is.  13. 1-22 ; 

47. 1-16 ; 

Jer.  25.  12 ; 

60.  1-46; 

51.  1-64 

P  Jer.  50.  16 ; 

51.  24,  36, 

.36,  49 
9  2  K.  8.  12  ; 

Is.  13.  16; 

Hos.  13. 

16;  Nah. 

3.  10 
"•  Pa.  111.  1 
'  Ps.  96.  3  ; 

96.  4  ;  97.  7 
t  Ps.  5.  7  ; 

28.  2 ;  1  K. 

8.  29 
"  Ps.  140.  13 
"  Is.  42.  21 

*  Ps.  118.  6 


"  Ps.  28.  7 ; 

46.  1 

'  Ps.  72. 11 ; 

102.  15 
"  Ps.  145.  7 

*  Ps.  21.  6 

"  Ps.  113.  4-7 

d  Prov.  3.  34 ; 
Is.  57.  15; 
Lk.  1.  48; 
Jas.  4.  0 

*  Pa.  40.  4  ; 
101.  5 

/Pa.  23.  4; 

143.  11 
0  Pe.  71.  20 ; 

Ezr.  9.  8, 

9  ;  Is.  67. 16 
ft  Ex.  7.  5 J 

15.  12 ;  Is. 

5.  25 ;  Jer. 

51.  25 ; 

Ezek.  6. 

14  ;  25.  13, 

i  Ps.  20.  6  ; 

60.  5 

*  Ps.  57.  2  ; 
Phil.  1.  6 

'  Ps.  136.  1 
"'  Ps.  27.  9  ; 

71.  9;  119.8 
"  Ps.  100.  3 ; 

Job  10.  3 ; 

14.  15 

622 


Thou  didst  encourage  me  with 
^strength  in  my  soul. 

4  'All  the  kings  of  the  earth  shall 

give  thee  thanks,  O  Jehovah, 
For  they  have  heard  the  words 
of  thy  mouth. 

5  Yea,  they  shall  "  sing  of  the  ways 

of  Jehovah ; 
For  *  great  is  the  glory  of  Jeho- 
vah. 

6  For  "though  Jehovah    is   high, 

yet  hath  he  ''respect  unto  the 
lowly  ; 
But  the  "haughty  he  knoweth 
from  afar. 

7  Though  I   -^walk  in  the   midst 

of  trouble,  thou  wilt  ^revive 

me ; 
Thou    wilt   *  stretch    forth    thy 

hand   against    the    wrath    of 

mine  enemies. 
And  thj?^  right  hand  will  'save 

me. 

8  Jehovah  will  *  perfect  that  which 

concerneth  me : 
Thy  'lovingkindness,  O  Jehovah, 

endureth  for  ever ; 
'"Forsake    not    the    "works    of 

thine  own  hands. 

dod's  Omnipresence  and  Omniscience. 

For  the  Chief   Musician.    A  Psalm  of 
David. 


hast 
and 


-(  OQ  O    Jehovah,    thou 
J-  O  «!/      "  searched      me, 
known  me. 

2  Thou  ^  knowest  my  downsitting 

and  mine  uprising ; 
Thou  'understandest  my  thought 
afar  off. 

3  Thou  ^''searchest  out  my  path 

and  my  lying  down, 
And  art  acquainted  with  all  my 
ways. 

4  For  there  is  not  a  word  in  my 

tongue. 
But,  lo,  O  Jehovah,  thou  *  know- 
est it  altogether. 

5  Thou  hast  'beset  me  behind  and 

before. 
And  "  laid  thy  hand  upon  me. 

6  Such  "  knowledge  is  ^  too  wonder- 

ful for  me ; 
It  is  high,  I  cannot  attain  unto 
it. 

7  »"  Whither  shall  I  go  from  thy 

Spirit? 
Or  whither  shall  I  flee  from  thy 
presence  1 

°  Ps.  17.  3  ;  44,  21 ,  ,Ter.  12.  3  ?  2  K.  19.  27  «  Ps.  94. 
11 ;  Is.  66.  18  '■  Job  14. 16 ;  31.  4  »  Heb.  4. 13  «  Ps. 
34.  7;  126.  2  "Job  9.  33  "  Rom.  11.  33  "Job  42.  3 
y  Jer.  23.  24       

*  Or,  winnowest 


139.8 


PSALMS 


140.10 


8  "If   I  ascend  up  into  heaven, 

thou  art  there : 
If    I   make  my  bed   in    Sheol, 
behold,  *  tliou  art  there. 

9  If    I    take    the    wings   of    tlie 

mornins, 
And    dwell    in    the   uttermost 
parts  of  the  sea ; 

10  Even    there    shall    thy    hand 

'  lead  me, 
And  thy  right  hand  shall  hold 
me. 

11  If  1  say,  Surely  the  ''darkness 

shall  'overwhelm  me, 
^And  the  light  about  me  shall 
be  night ; 

12  Even  the  'darkness  hideth  not 

from  thee. 
But  the  night  shinethas  theday : 
The   'darkness   and   the    light 

are  both  alike  to  thee. 

13  For  thou  didst  "form  my  'in- 

ward parts : 

Thou  didst  ■•''cover  me  in  my 
mother's  womb. 
1-1  I  will  give  thanks  unto  thee; 
for  I  am  fearfully  and  won- 
derfully made : 

*  Wonderful  are  thy  works  ; 

And    that    my    soul    knoweth 
right  well. 

15  My    *  frame    was    not    hidden 

from  thee, 
"When  T  was  made  in  secret, 
Ami  curiously  wrought  in  the 

'lowest  parts  of  the  earth. 

16  Thine  *eyes  did  see  mine  un- 

formed substance ; 
And  in  '"  thy  book  they  were  all 

written, 
Even     the    "days    that    were 

ordained  for  me. 
When  as  yet  there  was  none 

of  them. 

17  How    precious     also    are    thy 

"thoughts  unto  me,  O  God! 
How  great  is  the  sum  of  them  ! 

18  If   I   should   count   them,  they 

are  ^niore  in   number  than 
the  sand :  .„      •  t_ 

When  *  I  awake,  I  am  still  with 
thee.  ,  , 

19  "Surely   thou    wilt    ""slay    the 

wicked.   O  God  : 
•Depart  from  me  therefore,  ye 
'  bloodthirsty  men. 

20  For  they  ®"  speak  against  thee 

wickedly, 
And  thine  enemies  '"take  thi/ 
name  in  vain. 

1  Oj»  cnvtr 

8  Or.'  'Dun  the  night  nhnV  he  lifiM  nhnut  me 

s  Heb  reins  *  Or,  knit  mf  together 

5  Or,  Oh  that  thmt  vnuld'M  slay 

6  Or,  uHer  thy  nam--  rHeb.  thee)    Or,  as  oVntr- 
\TiseTe&(i.  rebel  niiainxt  th"-  ,     „    -,., 

7  Or,  lift  themselves  up  againat  thee /or  twmty 


"  Am.  9.  3-4 
'  Job  2«.  0 ; 
I'rov.  l,'..  II 

<■  1'8.  'Si.  2,  a 

1/  J.ib  -Z-l.  13 
'  Job  34.  I!'.'; 

L>an.  i.  Zli 
/I  Jn.  1.  6 
"P».  110.73; 

Is.  44.  ^4 
''Job  10.  U 
I  Ps.  4(J.  6 
k  Job  10.  8- 

lii;  KccL 

11.  & 
'  Pa.  03.  9 
"'  Ps.  60.  8 
"Job  14.  6 

"  Pa.  92.  f. 

'•  Ps.  40.  5 
''  Ps.  3.  5 

""  la.  11.  4 

•  Ps.  6.  8 ; 

no.  115 

'  Ps.  6.  6 

"  .lude  1.'. 

>'  Kx.  ao.  7  ; 

Dt.  6.  11 


'  Ps.  26.  5 ; 

,'»!.  G 
yPs.  119.  168 
"  Ps.  •-'6.  2 
"  Ps.  7.  9  ; 

Prov.  17.3; 

Jer.  11.  20; 

1  Th.  2.  4 
b  Pa.  146.  9 ; 

Prov.  16. 0 ; 

28.  10 ;  Jer. 

2.=..  5  ;  36.  3 
''  Ps.  5.  8 ; 

143.  10 
rf  Ps.  10.  11 

•■  Ps.  17.  13  ; 

69.  2  ;  71.  4 
/ver.  11; 
Pa.  18.  48 ; 

86.  14 
"  Ps.  7.  14  ; 

36.  4  ;  62. 

2 ;  Prov.  6. 

14  ;  Is.  69. 

4 ;  Hos.  7. 

15 
'•  Pa.  56.  6 
"  Pa.  67.  4  ; 

64.  3 

*  Ps.  58.  4  ; 
Rom.  3. 
13 ;  Jas. 
3.  8 

'  ver.  1 

'"  Ps.  36.  11 

"  Pa.  .15.  7  ; 

141.  9;  142. 

3  ;  Job  18.  9 
"Pa.  31.  4; 

.57. 0 ;  Lam. 

1.  13 
'"Ps.  141.9; 

la.  8.  14 ; 

Am.  3.  6 
«  Pg.  16.  2 ; 

31.  14 
•■Ps.  113.  1 

•  Pg.  1 16.  1 ; 
130.  2 

'  Ps.  28.  8  ; 

lis.  14 
"  Ps   144.  10 
"Ps.  112.  10 
'  Ps.  10.  2. 

3;  Eath. 

9.  26 


vPa.  7. 18; 
Prov.  18.  7 


'  Pa.  11.  6 


21  Do  not  I  'hate  them,  O  Jeho- 

vah, that  hate  theel 
And  ■*am   not  1  "grieved  ^vith 
those   that   rise    up  against 
thee] 

22  I     hate     them     with     perfect 

hatred  : 
They  are  become  mine  enemies. 

23  ^Search  me,  O  God,  and  know 

my  heart : 
"Try  m(!,  and  know  my  thoughts: 

24  And  see  if  thei-e  be  any  '^ '  wicked 

way  in  me. 
And  "  lead  me  in  the  **  way  ever- 
lasting. 

Prayer  for  Protfition  atriiinst  Perserotors. 

For   the  Chief  Music^iau.      A  Psalm  of 
David. 

■i   Af\  '  Deliver  me,  O  Jehovah, 
XtcV/      from  the  evil  man  ; 
Preserve  me  from  the  •'^  violent 
man  : 

2  Who  '■'  devise  mischiefs  in  their 

heart ; 
Continually  do  they  '"*  gather 
themselves  together  for  war. 

3  They    have    'sharpened    their 

tongue  like  a  serpent ; 
*  Adders'  poison  is  under  their 
lips.  [Selah 

4  Keep  me,  O  Jehovah,  from  the 

hands  of  the  wicked  ; 
'Preserve  me  from  the  violent 

man  : 
Who  have  purposed  to  ""thrust 

aside  my  steps. 

5  The  proud  have  "hid  a  snare 

for  me,   and  cords ; 
They  have   spread   a  "net  by 

the  wayside ; 
They  have  set  ^gins  for  me. 

[Selah 

6  I    'said    unto   Jehovah,    Thou 

art  my  God  : 
"■Give  ear  unto  the  'voice  of  my 
sujjplications,  O  Jehovah. 

7  O    Jehovah     the     Lord,    '  the 

strength  of  my  salvation. 
Thou   hast  "covered  my  head 
in   the  day  of  battle. 

8  Grant    not,    O    Jehovah,    the 

'desires  of  the   wicked; 
Further    not  'his    evil  device, 
le^t  they  exalt  themselves. 
[Selah 

9  As  for  the  head  of  those  that 

compass  nu'  about. 
Let  the  "mischief  of  their  own 
lips  cover  them. 
10  Let  'burning  coals   fall    upon 
them  : 

»  Or,  do  not  I  loathe        »  Or.  way  a/ pain 
10  Or,  atir  up  wars 


623 


140.11 


PSALMS 


143. 


Let  them  be  "  cast  into  the  fire, 
Into  ^deep  pits,   whence  they 

*  shall  not  rise. 

11  ^An  evil  speaker  shall  not  be 

established  in  the  earth  : 
"Evil    shall    hunt    the  violent 
man  to  overthrow  him. 

12  I     know     that    Jehovah     will 

**  maintain  the  cause  of  the 
afflicted. 
And  *  justice  for  the  needy. 

13  Surely    the    ■'^  righteous     shall 

give  thanks  unto  thy  name  : 
The   ^  upright   shall    dwell    in 
thy  presence. 

An  Evening  Prayer  for  SancUfication  and  Protectiou. 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

"I   A'i    Jehovah,    I    have    called 
-LTt_L      upon  thee;  ''make  haste 
unto  me : 
*Give  ear  unto  my  voice,  when 
I  call  unto  thee. 

2  Let  my  prayer  be  set  forth  as 

*  incense  before  thee  ; 

The  lifting  up  of  my  hands  as 
the  'evening  ^sacrifice. 

3  Set  a '"watch,  0  Jehovah,  before 

my  mouth ; 
Keep  the  "  door  of  my  lips. 

4  "Incline  not  my  heart  to  any 

evil  thing, 
To  practise  deeds  of  wickedness 
With  men  that  ^work  iniquity: 
And  *  let  me  not  eat  of  their 

dainties. 

5  Let  the  ''righteous  smite  me, 

it  shall  be  a  kindness ; 
And    let    him    reprove    me,    it 
shall    be    as   *oil    upon    the 
head  ; 
Let  not  my  head  refuse  it : 
For  ■• '  even    in    their  ^  wicked- 
ness   shall    my  prayer    con- 
tinue. 

6  Their  judges  are  "thrown  down 

by  the  sides  of  the  rock  ; 
And  they  shall  hear  my  words  ; 
for  they  are  sweet. 

7  As    when    one    "ploweth    and 

cleaveth  the  earth. 
Our  *  bones  are  scattered  at  the 
^  mouth  of  Sheol. 

8  For  mine  ''eyes  are  unto  thee, 

O  Jehovah  the  Lord  : 
In    thee    do    I   "  take    refuge ; 
"*  leave   not   my  soul  desti- 
tute. 

9  Keep  me  from  the  "  snare  which 

they  have  laid  for  me, 

^  Or,  floods  2  Heb.  A  man  of  tongue. 

3  Or,  oblation 

*  Or,  still  is  w.y  prayer  against  their  wickedness 

*  Or,  calamities 

*  Or,  poxtr  thou  not  out  my  life 


"■  Ps.  21.  9 ; 
Mt.  3.  10 
b  Ps.  36.  12 
"  Ps.  34.  21 
d  Ps.  9.  4  -, 

18.  27;  82. 
3  ;  1  K.  8. 
ir,,  49 

*  Ps.  12.  6 ; 
3.5.  10 

/  Ps.  97.  12 
t'Ps.  11.7; 

16.  11 ;  17. 

15 
''  Ps.  22.  19  ; 

38.  22  ;  70.  5 
■•  Pa.  6.  1 , 

14:i  1 

*  Ex.  30.  8 , 
Lk.  1.  10; 
fiev.  6.  8 ; 
8.3,  4 

'  Ex.  20.  41 ; 
1  K.  18.  29, 
36;  Dan. 
9.  21 
"^  Ps.  34.  13  ; 

39.  l; 
Prov.  13. 
3:  21.  23 

"  Mic.  7.  6 
"Ps.  119.  36 
P  Is.  32.  6  ; 

Hos.  G.  8  ; 

Mai.  3.  ir. 

*  Prov.  23.  6 
''  Prov.  9.  8  ; 

19.  2.-) :  25. 


■  6; 


Eccl.  7.  6 ; 
Gal,  6.  1 
»  Ps.  23.  6 ; 
i;i3.  2 

«  Ps.  35.  14 
«  2  Ohr.  26. 

12 
"  Ps.  129.  3 
^  Ps.  6.3.  6 
y  Ps.  88.  3-5  ; 

Num.  16. 

32,  33 
'  Ps.  25.  15  ; 

123.  2 
"  Ps.  2.  12 ; 

n.  1 

>>  Ps.  27.  9 
"=  P.S.  38.  12  ; 


04. 


91.  3 


d  Ps.  140.  5 
'Ps.  7.  15; 

57.  0 
/Ps.  124.  7 

0  1  S.  22.  1  ; 
24.  3 

ft  Ps.  77.  1 
«  Ps.  30.  8 

*  Ps.  102. 
title 

'  Ps.  77.  2 
'"  Ps.  77.  3 ; 

143.  4 
"  Ps.  140.  6 
"  Ps.  31.  11  ; 

8S.  8,  18 
P  Job  11.  20  ; 

Jer.  25.  35 

1  .Ter.  30.  17 
Ts.  91.  2,9 
'  Ps,  16.  6 ; 

73,  26 
«  Ps.  27.  13 
"  Ps.  17.  1 
"  Ps.  79.  8  ; 

116.  0 
^Ps,  IS,  17 
"P.s,  14:i  U; 

U6.  7 

•  Ps.  13,  6 
"  Ps,  140.  6 
f>  Ps,  89,  1.  2 
<^  Ps.  71.  2 

rf  Job  14.  3  ; 

22.  4 
'  Ps.  1.30.  3  ; 

1  K.  8.  40  ; 

Job  4.  17 ; 

624 


And   from   the   ''gins    of    the 
workers  of  iniquity. 
10  Let  the  wicked  "fall  into  their 
own  nets. 
Whilst  that  I  withal  ^■''escape. 

Prayer  for  Help  in  Trouble, 

Maschil  of  David,  when  he  was  ''in  the 
cave ;  a  Prayer. 

i  ^O  I    ''cry   with    my    voice 
-L  Tt  ^       unto  Jehovah ; 

With  my  voice  unto  Jehovah 
do  I  'make  supplication. 

2  I  *r)our  out  my  complaint  before 

him ; 
I  show  before  him  my  '  trouble. 

3  A¥hen    '"my    spirit  "was  over- 

whelmed within  me, 
Thou  knewest  my  path. 
In  the  way  wherein  I  walk 
Have  they  "  hidden  a  snare  for 

me. 

4  Look    on  my  right  hand,  and 

see ; 
For  there  is  "no  man  that  know- 

eth  me : 
p  Refuge  hath  failed  me  ; 

*  No  man  careth  for  my  soul. 

5  I  cried  unto  thee,  O  Jehovah  ; 
I  said.  Thou  art ''  my  refuge, 
My/ portion  in  the  'land  of  the 

living. 

6  "Attend  unto  my  cry; 

For  I  am  'brought  very  Iom^  : 
Deliver    me    from    my   perse- 
cutors ; 
For  they  are  ^stronger  than  I. 

7  ^  Bring  my  soul  out  of  prison, 
That  I  may  give  thanks  unto 

thy  name : 
The  righteous   shall   ^compass 

me  about ; 
For  thou  wilt  ^deal  bountifully 

with  me. 

Prayer  for  Deliverance  and  Guidance. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

i  ZL  ^  Hear  my  prayer,   O  Je- 
-L  T!  iJ      hovah  ;    "  give    ear    to 
my  supplications : 
In  thy  *  faithfulness  answer  me, 
flHt/ in  thy '^righteousness. 

2  And  "*  enter  not  into  judgment 

with  thy  servant ; 
For  in  thy  sight  "no  man  living 
is  righteous. 

3  For  the  enemy  hath  persecuted 

my  soul;_ 
He  hath  smitten  my  life  ■''down 
to  the  ground  : 

9.  2 ;  25.  4  ;  Eccl.  7.  20   /Ps.  44.  26 

7  Heb.  pass  over.  s  Or,  fainted 

*  Or,  crotcn  themselves  because  of  me 


143.4 


PSALMS 


145.1 


He  "  hath  made  me  to  dwell  in 
dark  places,  as  those  that 
have  been  long  dead. 

4  Therefore  'is  ''my  spirit  over- 

whelmed within  me; 
My  heart  within   me  is  "^ deso- 
late. 

5  I ''  remember  the  days  of  old  ; 
1  "meditate  on  all  thy  doings  ; 

I  ^muse  on  the   woik    of    thy 

hamls. 
ii  L"  spread  forth  my  hands  unto 

thee : 
My  *soul   thirsteth  after  thee, 

as  a  weary  land.  [Selah 

7  'Alake  haste  to  answer  me,  O 

Jehovah  ;  my  *  spirit  faileth  : 
'  Hide  not  thy  face  from  me, 
Lest  1  become  like  "'  them  that 

go  down  into  the  pit. 

8  Cause    me    to    hear    thy  "lov- 

ingkindness    in    the    morn- 
ing; 
For  "in  thee  do  I  trust : 
Cause  me  to  know  the  ^way 

wherein  I  should  walk ; 
For  I  *lift  up  my  soul    unto 
thee. 

9  *■  Deliver  me,  O  Jehovah,  from 

mine  enemies : 
-I  flee  unto  thee  to  hide  me. 

10  'Teach  me  to  do  thy  will ; 
For  thou  art  my  God  : 
*'Thy  Spirit  is  good  ; 

"Lead  me  in  ""the  land  of 
uprightness. 

11  Quicken  me,   O  Jehovah,  'for 

thy  name's  sake : 
*In    thy    righteousness    bring 
my  soul  out  of  trouble. 

12  And     in     thy     lovingkindness 

*cut  off  mine  enemies. 
And    Mestroy   all    them     that 

afflict  my  soul ; 
For  "  I  am  thy  servant. 

Prayer  for  Rescue.    A  bappy  People  described. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

i  /I  /I    Blessed  be  Jehovah  *my 
±^/±      rock. 

Who  "teacheth  my  hands  to 
war. 

And  ray  fingers  to  fight : 
2  My    lovingkindness,   and   ''my 
fortress. 

My  "  high  tower,  and  my  de- 
liverer ; 

My  -^shield,  and  he  in  whom  I 
take  refuge : 

Who  ^subdueth  my  people 
under  me. 

1  Or,  mv  spirit  fninfHh 
«  Heb   Vhir,  thif  hnrr  T  hidden. 
»  Or,  Lft  Ihy  good  Sjiirit  lead  me 
*  Or,  a  plain  country 


3  Jehovah,  *what   is  man,   that 
thou    takest    knowledge    of 
him  I 
Or  the  son  of  man,  that  thou 
makest  account  of  him  1 
i  '  Man  is  like  to  '^  vanity  : 

His    '^days    are    as    a    shadow 
that  passeth  away. 

5  'Bow  iliy  hiavens,  O  Jehovah, 

and  '"come  down  : 
"Touch     tlic     mountains,     and 
they  shall  smoke. 

6  Cast     forth     "lightning,     and 

scatter  them  ; 
Send   out  tliine    ''arrows,   and 
disconitit  them. 

7  Stretch   forth  thy  hand  'from 

above ; 
Rescue    me,   and    ''deliver    me 

out  of  great  waters. 
Out  of  the  hand  of  'aliens; 

8  Whose  mouth 'syjeaketh  deceit, 
And   whose  "right  hand    is   a 

right  hand  of  falsehood. 

9  I  will  sing  a  "new  song  unto 

thee,  O  God : 
Upon  a  •"  psaltery  of  ten  strings 
will  I  sing  praises  unto  thee. 

10  Thou  art  he  that  *giveth  salva- 

tion unto  kings ; 
Who  '  rescueth    David  his  ser- 
vant from  the  hurtful  sword. 

11  Rescue  me,  and  deliver  me  out 

of  the  hand  of  "aliens. 
Whose  mouth  '  s])eaketh  deceit, 
And   whose  "  rij^ht    hand    is  a 

right  hand  of  falsehood. 

12  When    our    sons    shall    be    as 

"plants    grown   up   in  their 
j'outh. 
And  our  daughters  as  *  corner- 
stones hewn  after  the  fash- 
ion of  a  palace ; 

13  When    our    ''garners    are   full, 

affording  all  manner  of  store, 
And    our    sheep    bring    forth 
thousands     and     ten     thou- 
sands  in  our  fields : 

1 4  When  our  ''  oxen  aic  well  laden ; 
When  there  >k  no  "breaking  in, 

and  no  "'going  forth. 
And  no 'outcry  in  our  streets: 

15  Happy  is  the  people  that  is  in 

such  a  case ; 
Yea,    *  happy     is     the    people 


'g 


whose  God  is  Jehovah. 

Jehovah  pxtollcd  for  his  Goodness  and  Power. 
A  Pialm  of  praise;  of  David. 

'I  /I  P^   1  will  'extol  thee,  *my 
14 O      God.  O  King; 

And    I    ■will   'bless    thy    name 
for  ever  and  ever. 

*  Heb.  o  breath.  *  Or,  saUving 


626 


145.2 


PSALMS 


147.1 


2  Every  day  will  I  bless  thee ; 
And  I  will  "praise  thy  name 

for  ever  and  ever. 

3  '  Great  is  Jehovah,  and  greatly 

to  be  praised  ; 
And  his  "  greatness  is  unsearch- 
able. 

4  One  "^  generation  shall  laud  thy 

works  to  another, 
And  shall  declare  thy  mighty 
acts. 

5  Of    the    "glorious    majesty   of 

thine  honor, 
And /^of  thy  wondrous  works, 
will  I  meditate. 

6  And    men    shall    speak  of  the 

might  of  thy  "  terrible  acts  ; 
And  I  will  ''declare  thy  great- 
ness. 

7  They  shall   utter  the  memory 

of  thy  '  great  goodness. 
And  shall  *  sing  of  thy  right- 
eousness. 

8  Jehovah  is  '  gracious,  and  merci- 

ful; 
Slow  to    anger,    and   of  great 
lovingkindness. 

9  Jehovah  is  '"  good  to  all ; 

And  his  "tender   mercies    are 
over  all  his  works. 

10  "All     thy    works     shall     give 

thanks  unto    thee,   O  Jeho- 
vah ; 
And  thy  ^saints  shall  bless  thee. 

11  They  shall  speak  of  the  'glory 

of  thy  kingdom, 
And  talk  of  thy  power  ; 

12  To  '"make  known  to  the  sons  of 

men  his  mighty  acts. 
And  the  'glory  of  the  majesty 
of  his  kingdom. 

1 3  Thy  kingdom  is  an  *  everlasting 

kingdom. 
And    thy    dominion    endureth 
throughout  all  generations. 

14  Jehovah    "upholdeth   all   that 

fall. 
And  "  raiseth  up  all  those  that 
are  bowed  down. 

1 5  The  eyes  of  all  "=  wait  for  thee  ; 
And    thou  -^givest  them  their 

food  in  due  season. 

1 6  Thou  ^  openest  thy  hand. 

And    ^  satisfiest    the   desire    of 
every  living  thing. 

1 7  Jehovan  is  '  righteous  in  all  his 

ways, 
And  gracious  in  all  his  works. 

18  Jehovah  is  "  nigh  unto  all  them 

that  call  upon  him. 
To  all  that  call  upon  him  *  in 
truth. 

19  He  will   "fulfil   the   desire   of 

them  that  fear  him  ; 
1  Or,  satisfiest  eviry  living  thing  with  favor 


"  Ps.  71.  6 
<>  Ps.  48.  1 ; 

86.  10; 

147.  5 
"  Job  6.  9 ; 

9.  10;  11. 

7 ;  Is.  40. 

28;  Kom. 

11.33 
<*  Pa.  22.  30, 

31 ;  Is.  38. 

19 
*■  ver.  12 
/Ps.  119.  27 
"  Ps.  66.  3  ; 

106.  22; 

Dt.  10.  21 
''  Dt.  32.  3 
'  Ps.  31.  19  ; 

Is.  63.  7 

*  Ps.  61.  14 
'  Ps.  8B.  5, 

15  ;  103.  8  ; 

Ex.  34.  6 
"^  Ps.  100.  5 ; 

136.  1 ;  Jer. 

3.3.  11; 

Nah.  1.  7 ; 

Mt.  19.  17 ; 

Mk.  10.  18 
"  ver.  15 
"  Ps.  19.  1 ; 

103.  22 
P  Ps.  68.  26 
9  Jer.  14.  21 
■"  Ps.  105.  1 
'  ver.  5 ; 

Is.  2.  10, 

19,  21 
«  Ps.  10.  16  ; 

29.  10; 

2  Pet.  1. 11 
"  Ps.  37.  24 
"  Ps.  146.  8 
^  Ps.  104.  27 
y  Ps.  104.  28 
^Ps.  116.  6 
"  Ps.  34.  18  ; 

119.  161; 

Dt.  4.  7 

*  Jn.  4.  24 
'^Ps.  21.  2; 

37.4 


d  Ps.  10.  17 ; 

Prov.  15. 

29 ;  1  Jn.  6. 

14 
«  Ps.  31.  23 ; 

91.  14 ;  97. 

10 
/Ps.  9.  5; 

37.  38 
9  Ps.  71.  8 

*  Ps.  66.  2 ; 
160.  6 

'  ver.  1,  2 
*-■  Ps.  103.  1 
'  Ps.  63.  4 
'"  Ps.  104.  33 
"  Ps.  118.  9 
°Ps.  118.  8; 

Is.  2.  22 
P  Ps.  60.  11 ; 

108.  12 
«  Ps.  104.  29 
•■  Eccl.  12.  7 

*  Ps.  33.  10 

<  Ps.  114.  16 
"  Ps.  71.  6 
"  Ps.  115.  15 
^  Acts  14.  15 

y  Ps.  117. 2 

^  Ps.  103.  6 
"  Ps.  107.  9  ; 

145.  15 
l>  Ps,  68.  6  ; 

Is.  61.  1 
"  Mt.  9.  30 ; 

Jn.  9.  7 
rf  Ps.  145.  14 
*P8.  11.7 
/  Ex.  22.  21 ; 

Lev.  19.  34 
»  Ps.  68.  5 ; 

Dt.  10.  18 
A  Ps.  147.  6 


He  also  will  ■'hear  their  cry, 
and  will  save  them. 

20  Jehovah  "preserveth  all  them 

that  love  him ; 
But   all   the  -^wicked   will   he 
destroy. 

21  My   "mouth    shall    speak    the 

praise  of  Jehovah ; 
And  let  "all  flesh '  bless  his  holy 
name  for  ever  and  ever. 

Praise  to  Jehovah  the  abnndaut  Helper. 

"1  /I  /^  ^  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 
-L^"  *  Praise   Jehovah,   O  my 
soul. 

2  ^  While  I  live  will  I  praise  Jeho- 

vah : 
I  will  ™sing  praises  unto  my 
God  while  I  have  any  being. 

3  "Put  not  your  trust  in  princes. 
Nor  in  the    son    of   "man,    in 

whom  there  is  ^no  help. 

4  His    '■'  breath    goeth    forth,    he 

''returneth  to  his  earth  ; 
In  that  very  day  his  ^  *  thoughts 
perish. 

5  '  Happy  is  he  that  hath  the  God 

of  Jacob  for  his  help. 
Whose  "  hope  is  in  Jenovah  his 
God: 

6  Who  "  made  heaven  and  earth. 
The  *  sea,  and  all  that  in  them 

is  ; 
Who  •"  keepeth  truth  for  ever  ; 

7  Who  -  executeth  justice  for  tlxe 

oppressed ; 

Who  "giveth  food  to  the  hun- 
gry. 

Jehovah  *looseth  the  prisoners; 

8  Jehovah    "openeth  the  eyes  of 

the  blind ; 
Jehovah  '^  raiseth  up  them  that 

are  bowed  down  ; 
Jehovah  "  loveth  the  righteous  ; 

9  Jehovah    •'^preserveth    the    so- 

journers ; 

He  ^  upholdeth  the  fatherless 
and  widow ; 

But ''  the  way  of  the  wicked  he 
''  turneth  upside  down. 
10  Jehovah  will '  reign  for  ever, 

Thy  God,  O  Zion,  unto  all  gen- 
erations. 

^  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 

Praise  for  Jerusalem's  Restoration  and  Prosperity. 

-  Praise  ye  Jehovah  ; 
^  For  *  it  is  good  to  sing*, 
praises  unto  our  God  ; 

'  Ps.  10.  18  ;  Ex.  15.  18    *  Pa  135.  S 


147 


626 


*  Heb.  Hallelujah.  3  Qr^  jmrposes 

*  Or,  maketh  crooked 

5  Or,  .Pf;r  he  is  good :  »'ng  praises  unto  ovt 
6cd ,'  For  he  is  gracious 


147.2 


PSALMS 


148.14 


For  it  is  pleasant,  and  praise  is 
"  comely. 
2  Jehovah  doth  *  build  up  Jeru- 
salem ; 
He  "  gathereth  together  the  out- 
casts of  Israel. 
.3  He    healeth    the    ''broken    in 
heart. 
And  "  bindeth  up  their '  wounds. 

4  He  -^counteth  the   number  of 

the  stars; 
He  ■"  calleth  them  all  by  their 
names. 

5  ^  Great  is  our  Lord,  and  mighty 

in  power ; 
His  '  understanding  is  infinite. 

6  Jehovah  *  unholdetli  the  meek  : 
He   bringctn  the  wicked  down 

to  the  ground. 

7  '  Sing     unto      Jehovah      \\'ith 

thanksgiving ; 
Sing  praises  upon  the  harp  unto 
■  our  God, 

8  Who    '"covereth    the    heavens 

with  clouds. 
Who  "prepareth  rain   for  the 

earth. 
Who  "maketh    grass    to   grow 

upon  the  mountains. 

9  He  '^  giveth  to  the  beast  his  food, 
And    to    the    'young    ravens 

which  cry. 

10  He     delighteth     not     in     the 

strength  of  the  ''  horse  : 
He  'taketh  no  pleasure  in  the 
legs  of  a  man. 

1 1  Jehovah   '  taketh   pleasure    in 

them  that  fear  him. 
In  "those  that  hope  in  his  lov- 
ingkindness. 

12  Praise  Jehovah,  O  Jerusalem; 
Praise  thy  God,  O  Zion. 

13  For  he  hath  strengthened  the 

''  bars  of  thy  gates  ; 
He  hath  ■'blessed  thy  children 
within  thee. 

14  He  "maketh  ■'peace  in  thy  bor- 

ders : 
He  filleth  thee  with  •  the  '  finest 
of  the  wheat. 

15  He  sendeth  out  his  " command- 

ment upon  earth  ; 
His  ''word  runneth  very  swiftly. 

16  He  giveth  "snow  like  wool ; 
He  scattereth  the    ''hoar-frost 

like  ashes. 

17  He  casteth  forth  his  'ice  like 

morsels : 
Who  can  stand  before  his-'' cold  1 

18  He  ^sendeth  out  his  word,  and 

melteth  them  : 
He  *  causeth  his  wind  to  blow, 
and  the  waters  flow. 

1  Heb.  sorrows.  ^  Heb.  thy  border  peace. 

»  Heb.  /at  of  wheat. 


"  Pa.  3,).  1 
I)  Pa.  f)l.  18; 

1(1-.'.  10 
■■  P.s.  lij«.  47  ; 

Dt.  :40.  3  ; 

Is.  11.  12; 

fi<>.  8; 

Ezek.  39. 28 
•'  Ps  34.  18 ; 

Is  CL.  1 
'.Jobs.  18; 

la.  :tO.  20 ; 

Ezek.  34. 16 
/Gen.  16.  6 
'■'  Is.  4(1.  20 
''  Ps.  4S.  1 ; 

145.  .1 
'  Is.  40.  28 

*  Ps.  ;i7.  24 ; 

14U.  » 
'Ps.  33.  2; 

95.  1,  2 
'"  Job  20.  8 
"  Ps.  104.  13  ; 

Jobil.  10; 

rw.  26 
■'  Ps.  104.  14  ; 

Job  3S.  27 
P  Pa.  1(14.  27, 

28;  H.x  i;> 
'Job. (8.  41 
""  Ps.  33.  17 
»  1  S.  16.  7 
'  Ps.  149.  4 
"  Ps.  33.  18 
"  Neh.  3.  3  ; 

7.  3 
'  Pa.  37.  26 
V  Ps.  29.  II ; 

Is.  M.  13 ; 

00.  17,  18 
'  Ps.  81.  16; 

Bt.  32.  14 
"  Ps.  148.  6  ; 

Job  37.  12 
«>  Ps.  104.  4 
'  Ps.  148.  8  ; 

Job  37.  6 
rf  Job  38.  29 
"  Job  37.  10 
/Job  37.  9 
"  ver.  16 ; 

Ps.  33.  9 ; 

107.  20 
h  Ps.  107.  25 


'  Dt.  33.  3,  4 
k  Mai.  4.  4 
'  Dt.  4.  7,  8, 

32-34 
'"  Ps.  79.  6 ; 

Jer.  10.  25 

"  I'S.  09.  34 
"  Ps.  102.  19 ; 

Job  16.  19 ; 

Mt.  21.  9 
P  Ps.  103.  20 
«  Pg.  103.  21 
»■  Ps.  08.  33  ; 

Dt.  10.  14  ; 

1  K.  8.  27  ; 

Neh.  9.  0 
'(Jen.  1.  7 
'  Ps.  33.  6, 9 ; 

Gen.  1.  1 
"  Jer.  31.  35, 

36 ;  33.  20, 

25 
">  Job  .38.  33 
^  Ps.  74.  13  ; 

Gen.  1.  21 
"Oen.  1.  2; 

Pt.  .3.3.  13 ; 

Hab.  3.  10 
'  Ps.  18.  12 
"  Ps.  147.  16 
(■  Ps.  1.^5.  7 
<=  Ps.  107.  25 
d  I's.  103.  20; 

Job  37.  12 
«  Is.  44.  23  ; 

49.  13 
/  Is.  65.  12 
»  Is.  43.  20 
A  Hos.  2.  18 

•  Ps.  102.  15 

*  Is.  12.  4 

627 


19  He   'showeth   his   word    unto 

Jacob, 
His  *  statutes  and  his  ordinances 
unto  Israel. 

20  He  '  hath    not   dealt   so    with 

any  nation  ; 
And  as  for  his  ordinances,  they 

have  "'  not  known  them. 
^Praise  ye  Jehovah. 

Th(!  whole  Crciition  invoked  to  praise  Jehovah. 

'i    A  O  ■•  Prai.se  ye  Jehovah. 
J-'T^O  Praise  ye  Jehovah  "from 
the  1  leavens : 
Praise  him  "  in  the  heights. 

2  Praise  ye  liini,  ''all  his  angels  : 
JVaise  ye  him,  ''all  his  host. 

3  Praise  ye  him,  sun  and  moon  : 
Praise  him,  all  ye  stars  of  light. 

4  Praise     him,    ye    *■  heavens    of 

heavens, 
And  ye  '  waters  that  are  above 
the  heavens. 

5  Let  them  praise  the  name  of 

Jehovah  ; 
For  'he  commanded,  and  they 
were  created. 

6  He  hath  also  "  established  them 

for  ever  and  ever  : 
He  hath  made  a  "  decree '  which 
shall  not  pass  away. 

7  Praise  Jehovah  from  the  earth. 
Ye      ■'sea-monsters,      and     all 

"  deeps ; 

8  '  Fire    and    hail,     "  snow     and 

*  vapor ; 
'Stormy    wind,    ''fulfilling   his 
word  ; 

9  *  Mountains  and  all  hills  ; 
Fruitful  •''trees  and  all  cedai's  ; 

10  "  Beasts  and  all  cattle  ; 

*  Creeping    things    and    flying 

birds  ; 

11  'Kings  of    the    earth    and    all 

peoples  ; 
Princes  and  all  judges  of  the 
earth  ; 

12  Both  young  men  and  virgins  ; 
Old  men  and  children  : 

13  Let  them  praise  the  name  of 

Jehovah  ; 
For  his  *  name  alone  is  exalted  ; 
His  'glory  is  above  the  earth 

ana  the  heavens. 

14  And  he  hath  "-lifted  up  Hh«. 

horn  of  his  people. 
The  "  praise  of  all  his  saints  ; 
Even  of  the  children  of  Israel, 

a  people  "  near  unto  him. 

*  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 

'  Ps.  8.  1  ;  11.3.  4      "*  Ps.  76.  10 ;  1  8.  2.  1      "  Pb.  109 
1 ;  Dt.  10.  21 ;  Jer.  17.  14    "  Lev.  lo.  3 ;  Eph.  2.  17 

*  Heb.  UnUehtiah. 

'  Or,  which  none  shall  transaress 

*  Or,  o  horn  .fur  his  people,  A  praise  for  all  hit 
saints;  Even  for  &c. 


149.1 


PSALMS 


150.6 


Israel  invoked  to  praise  Jeborah. 

'J  /i  (3|  ^  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 
A-^tJ  Sing  unto  Jehovah  a  "new 
song, 
And  his  praise  *in  the  assembly 
of  the  saints. 

2  Let  Israel  rejoice  in  'him  that 

made  him  : 
Let  the  children  of  Zion  be  joy- 
ful in  their  '^  King. 

3  Let  them  praise  his  name  in  the 

" dance : 
Let  them  sing  praises  unto  him 
with  ^  tim  brel  and  harp. 

4  For  Jehovah    "  taketh    pleasure 

in  his  people : 
He    will    ''  beautify    the    meek 
with  ■^  salvation. 

5  Let  the  '  saints  exult  in  glory: 
Let  them    *sing    for    joy   upon 

their  beds. 

6  Let  the  'high  praises  of  God  be 

in  their  ^ mouth, 
And  a  two-edged  ™  sword  in  their 
hand  ; 

7  To  "  execute  vengeance  upon  the 

nations. 
And  punishments  upon  the  peo- 
ples ; 

8  To  bind  their  kings  "with  chains, 

1  Heb.  Hallelujah.  2  Or,  victory 

3  Heb.  throat. 


"■  Ps.  33.  3 
t>  Ps.  36.  18  ; 

89.  6 
"  Ps.  9.5.  6 
d  Ps.  47.  6  ; 

Judg.  8.  23 
"  Ps.  150.  4  ; 

2  S.  6.  14 
/Ps.  81.  2; 

Ex.  15.  20 
"  Ps.  36.  27  ; 

147.  11 
>i  Ps.  132.  16 ; 

Is.  61.  3 
'  Ps.  1.32.  16 
*•■  Ps.  42.  8 ; 

Job  35.  10 
'  Ps.  60.  17 

'"  Nell.  4.  17 
"  Ezek.  25. 

17  ;  Mic.  5. 

15 
°  Job  36.  8 


''  Nah.  3.  10 
9  Ezek.  28. 

26 
"■Ps.  112.  9 
'  Ps.  73.  17  , 

102.  19 
'  Ps,  19.  1 
"  Ps.  145.  12 
"Ps.  145.  3; 

Dt.  .3.  24 
^  Ps.  98.  6 
V  Ps.  :-!3.  2 
'  Ps.  149.  3 
"  Ps.  45.  8  ; 

Is.  38.  20 

6  Gen.  4.  21 ; 

Job  21.  12 
"  2  S.  6.  6 ; 

1  Chr.  13. 

8  ;  15.  16 ; 

Ezr.  3.  10 ; 

Neh.  12.  27 
d  Ps.  103.  22  i 

146.  21 


And  their  p  nobles  with  fetters  of 

iron ; 
9  To    'execute    upon    them    the 

judgment  written : 
*  This  '■  honor  have  all  his  saints. 
^  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 

Call  to  praise  God  with  Mnsical  Instruments. 

"^  ^  f~\  ^  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 
-X.tJ\J  Praise  God  in  his  *sanc- 
- tuary : 
Praise  him  in  the  '  firmament  of 
his  power. 

2  Prai.se  him  for  his  " mighty  acts: 
Praise  him  accoi  ding  to  nis  ex- 
cellent "greatness. 

3  Praise      him      with      *  trumpet 

sound  : 
Praise  him  with  ''psaltery  and 
harp. 

4  Praise    him    with  Himbrel  ana 

dance : 
Praise    him  with   "stringed   in- 
struments and  ''  pipe. 

5  Praise  him  with  loud  "cymbals: 
Praise  him  with  high  sounding 

cymbals. 

6  Let     "*  everything      that     hath 

breath  praise  ^Jehovah. 
^  Praise  ye  Jehovah. 

-  Or,  He  is  the  honor  of  all  his  saints 
6  Heb.  Jah. 


THE    PROVERBS 


Use  or  the  Proverbs.    Caution  against  being  enticed  by  sinners.    Wisdom's  Warning  to  those  who  despise  her 


IThe  "proverbs  of  Solomon 
''the  son  of  David,  king  of 
Israel : 

2  To  know  '  wisdom  and  instruc- 

tion; 
To  discern  the  words  of  **  under- 
standing ; 

3  To  "  receive  instruction  in  wise 

dealing. 
In  ''righteousness    and    justice 
and  equity; 

4  To  give  ^prudence  to  the  sim- 

ple, 
To  the  young  man  *  knowledge 
and  discretion : 

5  That  the  wise  man  may  hear, 

and  '  increase  in  learning ; 
And  that  the  *man  of  under- 
standing   may   attain    unto 
sound  counsels  : 

6  To  understand  a  proverb,  and 

'a  figure. 
The  words  of  the  wise,  and  their 
^Mark  sayings. 

7  "*The  fear  of  Jehovah  is  the 

*  beginning  of  knowledge  ; 
But  the  foolish  despise  wisdom 
and  instruction. 

8  My  son,  "  hear  the  instruction 

of  thy  father. 
And  "forsake  not  the  *law  of 
thy  mother : 

9  For  they  shall  bea^chaplet  of 

grace  unto  thy  head. 
And  "chains  about  thy  neck. 

10  My  son,  if  sinners  ''entice  thee, 
*  Consent  thou  not. 

1 1  If  they  say.  Come  with  us. 
Let  us  'lay  wait  for  blood  ; 
Let  us  "  lurk  privily  for  the  in- 
nocent without  cause  ; 

12  Let  us  ^swallow  them  up  alive 

as  Sheol, 
*And  whole,  as  those  that  'go 
down  into  the  pit ; 

13  We  shall  find  all  precious  sub- 

stance ; 
We  shall  fill  our  houses  with 
spoil ; 


*  Or,  teaching 

5  Or,  Even  the  perfect 


1  Or,  an  interpretation 

4  Or,  riddles 
*  Or,  chief  part 


"  ch.  10.  1  : 

23.  1;  1  K. 

4.  32 ;  Keel. 

n.  9 
t>  Eccl  1.  1 
'  cb.  15.  33 
rf  ch.  4.  1 
'  ch.  19.  20 
/  eh.  2.  9 
"  ch.  8.  5,  12 
''  ch.  2  10, 

11 ;  3.  21 
■  ch.  9.  9 
k  ch.  14  G  : 

Eccl.  9  11 
'Num.  12.8; 

Ps.  49.  4 ; 

78.  2 ;  Dan. 

8.  23 
"'  ch.  9.  10 , 

15.  33 ;  Job 

28.  28 ;  Pa. 

111.  10; 

Eccl.  12.  13 
"  ch.  4  1 
"  ch.  K  20 
''  ch.  4  9 
«  Gen.  41  42; 

Dan.  5.  29 
"■  ch.  16.  29 
"  Dt.  13.  8  ; 

Ps.  50.  18 
'  ch.  12.  6 
"  ver  18 ; 

Ps,  10.  8 
"  Ps.  124  3 
'  Ps.  28.  1 


y  ch.  4.  14  ; 

Ps.  1  1 
-  Ps.  119.  101 
"ch.  6. 17,18; 

Is.  59.  7 
b  ch.  11.  19 
"=  ch.  15.  27 
d  ch.  8.  1-3  ; 

9.  3 
'  ver.  4,  .12 ; 

ch.  8.  5  ;  9. 

4  ;  22.  3 
/Ps.  l.l.ref. 
"  ver.  29  ;  5. 

12 
A  Is.  32.  Vi ; 

Joel  2.  -28 


•  Is  65  12  ; 

66  4 ;  Jer. 

7   13 
k  Ch.  1.5.  32  : 

Zech.  7.  U 
'  Is.  &5.  2  ; 

Rom.  10  21 
"•  Ps.  107.  11 ; 

Lk.  7.  30 
"  ch.  15  10 

0  Ps.  2  4 
P  ch.  6.  15 

1  ch.  10.  24 


1 4:  *Thou  shalt  cast  thy  lot  among 
us ; 
We  will  all  have  one  purse: 

15  My  son,  "walk  not  tnou  in  the 

way  with  them  ; 
'Refrain    thy  foot    from    their 
path  : 

16  For  "their  feet  run  to  evil. 
And  they  make  haste  to  shed 

blood. 

1 7  For  in  vain  is  the  net  spread 
In  the  sight  of  any  bird  : 

18  And   the.se  *lay  wait  for  their 

own  blood  ; 
They  lurk  privily  for  their  own 
lives. 

19  So  are  the  ways  of  every  one 

that  is  ""greedy  of  gain; 
It  taketh  away  the  life  of  the 
owners  thereof. 

20  ■*  Wisdom  crieth   aloud  in  the 

street ; 
She  uttereth  her  voice  in  the 
broad  places  ; 

21  She  crieth  '  in  the  chief  place  of 

concourse  ; 
At  the  entrance  of  the  gates. 
In  the  city,  she  uttereth  her 

words : 

22  How  long,  ye  'simple  ones,  will 

ye  love  simplicity  1 
And  ■'scoffers  delight  them  in 

scoffing. 
And  fools  i'hate  knowledge? 

23  Turn  you  at  my  reproof  : 
Behold,   1   will  ''pour   out   my 

spiri*^  upon  you  ; 
I  will   make  known  my  words 
unto  you. 
21  Because  '  1  have  called,  and  ye 
have  *  refused  ; 
I  have  'stretched  out  my  hand, 
and  no  man  hath  regarded  : 
25  But  ye  have  '"  set  at  nought  all 
m.v  counsel, 
And  "  would  none  of  my  reproof : 
2G  I  also  will   "laugii  in  (he  day  of 
your  ''calamity; 
I  will   mock  when  your  «fear 
cometh  ; 

e  Or,  Cajil  in  ihy  lot 

7  Heb.  at  I  fie  head  of  the  noisy  streets. 


629 


1.27 


PEO VERBS 


3.2 


Wisdom's  Warnings  to  those  wlio  despise  her.    The  Pursuit  of  Wisdom  wins  Security  and  Virtue 


27  When  your  fear  cometh  as  ^a 

storm, 
And  your  calamity  cometh  on 

as  a  "whh'lwind  ; 
When    distress    and     anguish 

come  upon  you. 

28  Then  will  they  ''call  upon  me, 

but  I  will  not  answer ; 
They  will  ""seek  me  "diligently, 
but  they  shall  not  find  me. 

29  For  that   they  ''hated  knowl- 

edge, 
And  did  not  choose  the  fear  of 
Jehovah, 

30  They  'would  none  of  my  coun- 

sel. 
They  despised  all  my  reproof. 

31  Therefore  shall  they  •''eat  of  the 

fruit  of  their  own  way. 
And  be  ''filled  with  their  own 
devices. 

32  For    the   "backsliding    of    the 

simple  shall  slay  them, 
And  the  careless  ease  of  fools 
shall  destroy  them. 

33  But   'whoso   hearkeneth    unto 

me  shall  dwell  securely. 
And  shall  be  quiet  without  fear 
of  evil. 

2  My  son,  if  thou  wilt  *  receive 
my  words. 
And    'lay    up    my   command- 
ments with  thee; 

2  So  as  to  '"incline  thine  ear  unto 

wisdom. 
And  apply  thy  heart  to  under- 
standing ; 

3  Yea,  if  thou  cry  after  discern- 

ment. 
And  lift  up  thy  voice  for  un- 
derstanding ; 

4  If  thou  seek  her  as  "  silver, 
And  search  for  her  as  for  "  hid 

treasures : 

5  Then  shalt  thou  understand  the 

^fear  of  Jehovah, 
And  find  the  knowledge  of  God. 

6  For  » Jehovah  giveth  wisdom  ; 
Out  of  his  mouth  cometh  knowl- 
edge and  understanding : 

7  He  layeth  up  sound  wisdom  for 

the  upright ; 
^  He  is  a  ''  shield  to  them  that 
walk  in  integrity ; 

8  *That  he  may  guard  the  paths 

of  justice, 
^And  "preserve  the  way  of  his 
saints. 

9  Then    shalt    thou    understand 

'righteousness  and  justice, 

1  Or,  desolation  *  Or,  early 

3  Or,  And  a  shield  for  &-c. 

*  Or,  That  they  may  keep 

*  Or,  Tea,  he  preserveth 


"  ch.  10.  25 
MS.  8.  18, 

Job  27.  9 ; 

35.  12 ;  Ps. 

18.  41 ;  Is. 

I.  15  ;  Jer. 

II.  11 ;  14. 
12 ;  Ezek. 
8.  18 ;  Mic. 
3.  4  ;  Zech. 
7.  13 

"  ch.  8.  17 
d  ver.  22 ; 

Job  21.  14 
*  ver.  25 ; 

Ps.  81.  11 
/  ch.  5.  22, 

23  ;  22.  8  ; 

Job  4.  8 ; 

Jer.  6.  19 
c  ch.  14.  14 
h  Jer.  2.  19 
ich.3.  24-26; 

Ps.  25.  12, 

13 
«-•  ch.  4.  10 
'  ch.  3.  1 
'"  ch.  22.  17 
"  ch.  3.  14 
"  Job  3.  21 ; 

Mt.  13.  44 
P  ch.  1.  7 
9  1  K.  3.  12  ; 

Job  32.  8 , 

Jas.  1.  5 
'■  ch.  30.  5 ; 

Ps.  84.  11 
»  1  S.  2.  9 ; 

Ps.  66.  9 
t  ch.  8.  20 


"  ch.  4.  18 
"  ch.  14.  33 
^  ch.  22. 18 
y  ch.  4.  6  ; 

6.  22 
-  ch.  28.  26 
«  ch.  6.  12 
b  ch.  21.  16 
"  ch.  4.  19  ; 

Ps.  82.  5 ; 

Jn.  3.  19,  20 
d  ch.  10.  23  ; 

Jer.  11.  15 
«  ch.  21.  8  ; 

Ps.  125.  5 
/ch.  6.  24; 

7.5 
?  ch.  23.  27 
h.  Mai.  3.  14, 

15 
■  ch.  7.  27 
*  ch.  5.  6  ; 

Ps.  16.  11 
'  ch.  4.  18 
"'  ch.  10.  30 ; 

Ps.  37.  9,  29 
"  ch.  28.  10 
"  ch.  10.  30  ; 

Ps.  37.  38 
Pch.  11.  3 
9  Dt.  28.  63  ; 

Ps.  52.  5 
''  ch.  4.  5  ; 

Ps.  119.  61 
»  Ex.  20.  6  ; 

Dt.  30.  16 

<  ver.  16 ; 

ch.  4.  10 ;  9. 

11 ;  10.  27  ; 

Ps.  91.  16 
"  ver.  17  ; 

Ps.  119.  165 


630 


And  equity,  yea,  every  "good 
path. 

10  For  "wisdom  shall  enter  into 

thy  heart. 
And  ""  knowledge  shall  be  pleas- 
ant unto  thy  soul ; 

11  Discretion    shall    ^^  watch   over 

thee  ; 
Understanding      shall       keep 
thee: 

12  To  ^deliver  thee  from  the  way 

of  ''evil. 
From  the  men  that  speak  "  per- 
verse things ; 

1 3  Who  *  forsake  the  paths  of  up- 

rightness. 
To  walk  in  the  "  ways  of  dark- 
ness ; 

14  Who  "*  rejoice  to  do  evil. 

And  delight  in  the  perverseness 
of  ^  evil ; 

15  Who    are    *  crooked    in    their 

ways. 
And  wayward  in  their  paths  : 

16  To    •''deliver     thee    from     the 

strange  woman,. 
Even  from  the  » foreigner  that 
''  flattereth  with  her  words ; 

17  That  forsaketh  the  »"  friend  of 

her  youth. 
And  forgetteth  the  covenant  of 
her  God  : 

18  For '''her  house  inclineth  unto 

death, 
And    her    paths     unto    ^"the 
dead  ; 

19  None  that  go  unto  her  return 

again, 
Neither   do  they  attain   unto 
the  *  paths  of  life : 

20  That  thou  mayest  walk  in  the 

way  of  good  men. 
And    keep    the  'paths   of   the 
righteous. 

21  For  "  the  upright  shall  dwell  in 

the  "  land. 
And  "the  perfect  shall  remain 
in  it. 

22  But  "the  wicked  shall  be  cut 

off  from  the  ^^  land. 
And  ^the  treacherous  shall  be 
"rooted  out  of  it. 

3  My  son,  ''forget  not  my  ^^  law  ; 
But  let  thy  heart   *keep   my 
commandments : 
2  For  '  length  of  days,  and  years 
of  life. 
And  "peace,  will  they  add  to 
thee. 

6  Or,  the  evil  man 

7  Heb.  maketh  smooth  her  toords.       8  Or,  guide 
9  Or,  she  sinketh  down  unto  death,  which  is  her 

house  1"  Or,  the  shades    Heb.  Rephaim. 

11  Or,  earth  i^  Or,  teaching 


3.3 


PROVERBS 


3.34 


Exhortations  to  fear,  trust,  and  obey  Jehovah.    The  Rewards  of  Wisdom.    Sundry  Precepts 


3  Let   not   "kindness  and  truth 

forsake  thee : 
*  Bind  them  about  thy  neck  ; 
"  W'rite  them  upon  the  tablet  of 

thy  heart : 

4  So  slialt  thou  ''find  favor  and 

'"good  understanding 
In  the  sight  of  CJod  and  man. 
6  •'Trust  in  Jehovah  with  all  thy 

heart, 
And  ■■>  lean  not  upon  thine  own 

understanding : 

6  In  all  thy  ways  ''acknowledge 

him. 
And  he  will  - '  direct  thy  paths. 

7  *  Be  not  wise  in  thine  own  eyes  ; 
'  Fear  .1  ehovah,  and  depart  from 

evil : 

8  It  will  be  "•  health  to  thy  navel. 
And  ^"marrow  to  thv  bones. 

9  °  Honor  Jehovah  with  thy  sub- 

■  stance. 
And  with  the  '' first-fruits  of  all 
thine  increase : 

10  So    shall  thy  ''barns  be  filled 

with  plenty, 
And  thy  ''vats  shall  overflow 
with  new  wine. 

11  'My  son,  despise  not  the  ''chas- 

tening of  Jehovah ; 
Neither    be   weary  of   his    re- 
proof : 

12  For  whom  .lehovah  loveth  he 

reproveth, 
Even  'as  a  father  the  son  in 
whom  he  delighteth. 

13"  Happy  is  the  man  that  findeth 
wisdom, 
And    the    man    that   '^getteth 
understanding. 

14  For  the  "gaining  of  it  is  better 

than  the  gaining  of  silver. 
And    the    profit    thereof    than 
fine  gold. 

15  She    is   'more    precious    than 

rubies : 
And  *none  of  the  things  thou 
canst  desire  are  to  Be  com- 
pared unto  her. 

1 6  '■  Length  of  days  is  in  her  right 

hand  ; 
In  her  left   hand    are  "riches 
and  honor. 

17  Her  ways   are  ways  of  pleas- 

antness, 
And  all  her  paths  are  *  peace. 

18  She  is  a  ""tree  of  life  to  them 

that  lay  hold  upon  her: 
And  happv  is  every  one  that 
retainetn  her. 

J  Or,  good  repute 

'  Or,  make  xtrnight  Cor,  plain) 

8  Or,  refreshing    Heb.  moistening. 

*OT,imlruelion       ^  Beh.  drawelh  forth. 


«  ch.  14.  22  : 

2  S.  16.  21) 
fcch.  1.  !);  ti. 

21 ;  l)t.  6. 

8  ;  11.  18 
'  ch.  7.  3  ; 

Jer.  17.  1 ; 

2  Cor.  3.  3 
dch.  8.  3r,; 

1  S.  2.  26  ; 

Lk.  2.  52 
'  Ps.  111.  10 
/  ch.  22.  1!* ; 

Ps.  37.  3,  5 
'J  ch.  23.  4  ; 

Jer.  a.  23 
^  ch.  16.  3  ; 

1  Chr.  28.  9 
'  Is.  45.  13 
t  Rom.  12. 16 
'  ch.  8.  13  : 

16.  6 ;  .Job 

1.  1  ;  28.  28 
'"  ch.  4.  22 
"  .lob  21.  24 
o  Is.  43.  23 
''  Ex.  23. 19  ; 

Dt.  26. 

2 ;  Mai.  3. 

10 
"  Dt.  28.  8 
"•  .loel  2.  24 
'  Job  5.  17  : 

Ps.  94.  12 ; 

Heb.  12. 

5,  6 
'  ch.  13.  24  ; 

Dt.  8.  5 
"  ch.  8.  32,  34 
"  ch.  8.  10, 

19  :  IH.  16 ; 

Job  28.  15- 

19 
"  ch.  8.  11 : 

Job  28.  18 
y  ch.  8.  11 
'  ver.  2 
"  ch.  8.  18  ; 

22.  4 
b  ch.  16.  7  . 

Ps.  119.  165 
'  ch.  11.  30  ; 

13.  12 ;  15. 

4  ;  Gen.  2. 

9;  Rev.  2.  7 


d  ch.  8.  27  : 

Ps.  104.  24 
'  ch.  8.  27, 28 
/Gen.  7. 11 
"  Dt.  33. 

28  ;  Job 

36.  28 
li  ch.  4.  21 
•ch.  4.22; 

8.  35 ;  16. 

22  ;  21.  21  ; 

Dt.  32.  47 
*  ch.  1.  9 
'  ch.  4.  12  , 

10.9 
'"  Ps.  91.  12  ; 

Is.  5.  27  ; 

63.  13 
"  ch.  1.  33; 

6.  22 ;  Job 

11.  19 ;  Ps. 

3.5 
"  Ps  91.  5  ; 

1  Pet.  3.  14 
P  Job  a.  21 
«  1  S.  2.  9 
■■Rom.  13.  7; 

»;al.  6.  10 
•Lev.  19. 13, 

Dt.  24.  15 
t  ch.  fi  14  ; 

14.  22 
"  ch.  26  17  ; 

Rom.  12.  13 
"  ch.  24. 1 , 

Ps.  n.  1 
^ch.  11.  20 
V  Job  29.  4  ; 

Ps.  25.  14 

631 


19  Jehovah  ''by  wisdom  founded 

the  earth  ; 
By   understanding    he    'estab- 
lisiifd  the  heavens. 

20  By  his  knowledge  the  ''depths 

were  broken  up, 
And  the  "skies  drop  down  the 
dew. 

21  i\ly  .son,  *let  them  not  depart 

fi'oni  thine  i-ye.s  ; 
Keep  sound  wisdom  and    dis- 
cretion : 

22  So  shall  they  be  'life  unto  thy 

soul; 

And  *  grace  to  thy  neck. 

23  Then  shalt  thou  'walk  in  thy 

way  .securely. 
And  •*  thy  foot  snail  not  "stum- 
^ble. 

24  When  thou  "  liest  down,  thou 

shalt  not  be  afraid  : 
Yea,  thou  shalt  lie  down,  and 
thy  sleep  shall  be  sweet. 

25  Be  "not  afraid  of  sudden  fear. 
Neither  of  the  '''desolation  of 

the   wicked,  when    it   com- 
eth: 

26  For  Jehovah  will  be  thy  con- 

fidence. 
And  will  »keep  thy  foot  from 
being  taken. 

27  'Withhold  not  good  from  them 

to  whom  it  is  due. 
When  it  is  in  the  power  of  thy 
hand  to  do  it. 

28  '  Say  not  unto  thy  neighbor,  Go^ 

and  come  again, 
And  to-morrow  1  will  give  ; 
When  thou  hast  it  by  thee. 

29  'Devise   not  evil   against    thy 

neighbor. 
Seeing  he  dwelleth  securely  by 
thee. 

30  "  Strive  not  with  a  man  without 
cause, 

If  he  have  done  thee  no  haiTn. 
"Envy  thou    not    the    man  of 

violence. 
And  choose  none  of  his  ways. 

32  For  the  ■'perverse  is  an  abomi- 

nation to  Jehovah  ; 
But  his  ** friendship  is  with  the 
upright. 

33  The  -curse  of  Jehovah  is  in  the 

house  of  the  wicked  ; 
But  he  "ble.s.seth  the  habitation 
of  the  righteous. 

34  » Surely    *he    scoifeth    at    the 

scofters ; 

'  Dt.  11.  28 ;  MaL  2.  2     <"  Job  8.  6     >>  Jaa.  4.  6 


31 


6  Heb.  l/iou  shalt  not  da.th  thy  foot. 

7  Or,  storm  «  Or,  counsel       *  Or,  Though 


3.35 


FKOVEKBS 


5.4 


A  Paternal  Exhortation  to  walk  in  the  Life-giving  Ways  of  Wisdom 


^  But  °  he  giveth  grace  unto  the 
lowly. 
35  The  wise  shall  inherit  glory ; 

But  -  shame  shall  be  the  promo- 
tion of  fools. 

4  Hear,  my  sons,  the  *  instruction 
of  a  father. 
And  "attend    to   know  under- 
standing : 

2  For  I  give  you  good  "^  doctrine  ; 
"  Forsake  ye  not  my  ^  law. 

3  For  I  was  a  son  unto  my  father, 
■''Tender  and  •*^only  beloved  in 

the  sight  of  my  mother. 

4  And  he  taught   me,  and   said 

unto  me: 
Let  thy  heart  *  retain  my  words : 
'  Keep  my  commandments,  and 

live : 

5  *  Get  wisdom,  'get  understand- 

ing; 
Forget  not,  neither  decline  from 
the  words  of  my  mouth  ; 

6  Forsake  her  not,  and  she  will 

preserve  thee ; 
"*  Love  her,  and  she  will  keep 
thee. 

7  ^"Wisdom     is     the     principal 

thing ;    therefm'e    "  get    wis- 
dom ; 
Yea,  with  all  ®  thy  getting  get 
understanding. 

8  Exalt  her,  and  she  will  promote 

thee ; 
She  will  bring  thee  to  honor, 
when  thou  dost  embrace  her. 

9  She  will  give  ^  to  thy  head  a 

chaplet  of  grace ; 
A  crown  of    ■  beauty  will   she 
deliver  to  thee. 

10  Hear,  O  my  son,  and  *  receive 
my  sayings ; 
And  the  ''  years  of  thy  life  shall 
be  many. 
Ill  have  '  taught  thee  in  the  way 
of  wisdom  ; 
I  have  led  thee  in  paths  of  up- 
rightness. 

1 2  When   thou    goest,   thy  '  steps 

shall  not  be  straitened  ; 
And  if  thou  runnest,  thou  "shalt 
not  stumble. 

13  "Take  fast  hold  of  instruction; 

let  her  not  go  :   _ 
Keep  her  ;  for  she  is  thy  '  life, 
l-t  ^  Enter  not  into  the  path  of  the 

wicked. 
And  walk  not  in  the  way  of  evil 

men. 

1  Or,  Yet  2  Or.  fools  carry  nicay  shame 

3  Or,  teaching        ■»  Heb.  an  only  one. 
s  Or,  The  beginning  oj  wisdom  is,  Get  wisdom 
«  Or,  tfiou  ?iast  gotten  '  Or,  glory 


"  1  Pet.  5.  5 
*-  ch.  1.  8 
'^ch.l.2;2.2 
d  Dt.  32.  2  , 

Job  U.  i 
'  ch.  3.  1 ; 

Ps.  89.  30 ; 

119.  87 
.aChr.  22.5 
'J  Zech.  12. 10 
'•  Ps.  119. 163 
'  ch.  7.  2 
*•■  ver.  7 
'  ch.  16.  16 
'"  2  Th.  2.  10 
"  ch.  8.  23 
"  ch.  23.  23 
I'  ch.  1.  9 
«  ch.  2.  1 
'■  ch.  3.  2 
'  1  S  12.  23 
(  Job  IS.  7  ; 

Ps.  18.  36 
"  ch.  3.  23 
'■  ch.  3.  18 
■^  ch.  3.  22  : 

Jn.  6.  63 
y  ch.  1.  15  ; 

Ps.  1. 1 


-  Ps.  36.  4  ; 

Mic  2.  1 
"  ch.  13.  2 
*-  Is.  26.  7 
"  2  S.  23.  4 
d  Dan.  12.  3 
<■  Job  U.  17 
/ch.  2.  13; 

Job  18.  5,6 

18.59.9.10 

Jer.  23.  12 

Jn.  12.  35 
c  Jn.  U.  10 
h  ch.  5.  1 
'  ch.  2.  2 
k  ch.  3.  21 
'  ch.  7.  1,  2 
"'  ch.  3.  22 
"  ch.  3.  8 ; 

12.  18 
"  Mt.  12.  34  ; 

15.  18, 19  ; 

Mk.  7.  21 ; 

Lk.  6.  45 
P  ch.  6.  12  ; 

10.  32 
9  ch.  19.  1 
"■  ch.  5.  21 ; 

Heb.  12.  13 
'  Ps.  119.  5 


'Dt 

28. 

6. 
14 

32; 

"ch 

1. 

15 

"ch. 

4. 

20 

'ch 

22 

.17 

^ch 

3. 

21 

-Mai. 

2.7 

"  ver.  20 :  ch. 

2.  10;  7.  5; 

22.  14 
b  S.  S.  4.  11 
'  Ps.  55.  21 

d  Eccl.  7.  26 
'  Ps.  57.  4 


6.32 


1 5  Avoid  it,  pass  not  by  it ; 
Turn  from  it,  and  pass  on. 

16  For  they  ^  sleep  not,  except  they 

do  evil ; 
And  their  sleep  is  taken  away, 
unless  they  cause  some  to  fall. 

17  For   they    "eat    the    bread    of 

wickedness. 
And  drink  the  wine  of  violence. 

18  But  the ''path  of  the  righteous 

is  as  the  "dawning  light. 
That  ''  shineth  niore  and  more 
unto  the  "perfect  day. 

19  The  'way  of  the  wicked  is  as 

darkness : 
They  know  not  at  what  they 
^  stumble. 

20  My  son,  *  attend  to  my  words  ; 

*  Incline  thine  ear  unto  my  say- 
ings. 

21  *Let    them    not    depart   from 

thine  ej^es ; 
^  Keep  them  in  the  midst  of  thy 
heart. 

22  For  they  are  ""life  unto  those 

that  find  them. 
And  "  health  to  all  their  flesh.  _ 

23  Keep  thy  heart  'with  all  dili- 

gence ; 
For  °  out  of  it  are  the  issues  of 
life. 

24  Put  away  from  thee  a  ^way- 

ward mouth. 
And » perverse  lips  put  far  from 
thee. 

25  Let  thine  eyes  look  right  on. 
And    let    thine    eyelids    look 

straight  before  thee. 

26  ^--Make  level  the  path  of  thy 

feet. 
And  let  all  thy  'ways  be  ^"es- 
tablished. 

27  'Turn  not  to  the   right   hand 

nor  to  the  left : 
"  Eemove  thy  foot  from  evil. 

5  My  son,  'attend  unto  my  wis- 
dom ; 
'  Incline  thine  ear  to  my  under- 
standing : 

2  That    thou    mayest   *  preserve 

discretion. 
And  that  thy  'Hps  may  keep 
knowledge. 

3  For    the    lips    of    a    "strange 

woman  ''drop  honey, 
And  her  moutn   is   "  smoother 
than  oil : 

4  But  in  the  end  she  is  "^  bitter  as 

wormwood, 
"  Sharp  as  a  two-edged  sword. 

s  Or,  above  all  thai  thou  auardest 

»  Ot,  Weigh  care  fully     io  Or,  ordered  aright 


5.5 


PROVERBS 


6.  12 


The  Peril  of  Durha.ste  Lutr.    Warnings  against  Surctysliip,  and  Idleness 


5  Her  feet  "  go  down  to  deatli ; 
Her  steps  take  hold  on  Sheol ; 

6  '  (So  that    she   fiiideth   not  the 

*  level  path  of  life: 
Her    ways   are  "unstable,  and 
-she '' knoweth  it  not. 

7  "  Now      therefore,      my     sons, 

liearken  unto  me. 
And -^depart  not  from  the  words 
of  my  mouth. 

8  ''Remove    thy    way    far    from 

her, 
And  come  not  nigh  the  "door  of 
her  house ; 

9  Lest  thou  give  thine  honor  unto 

others. 
And  thy  j'ears  unto  the  cruel ; 

10  Lest    strangers    be   tilled  with 

thy  ^strength, 
And  thy  labors  be  in  the  house 
'  of  an  alien, 

11  And  thou  •*  mourn  at  thy  latter 

end, 
"When  thy  flesh  and  thy  body 
are  consumed, 

12  And  say.  How  have  I  'hated 

instruction. 
And    my   heart   *  despised    re- 
proof ; 

13  Neither  have  I  obeyed  the  voice 

of  my  '  teachers. 
Nor  inclined  mine  ear  to  them 
that  instructed  me ! 

14  1  was  well-nigh  in  all  evil 

In  the  midst  of  the  assembly 
and  congregation. 

15  Drink  waters  out  of  thine  own 

cistern. 
And    running    waters    out    of 
thine  own  well. 

16  ^Should   thy  "'springs  be  dis- 

persed abroad. 
And  streams  of  water  in  the 
streets  1 

17  Let  them  be  for  thyself  alone. 
And    not    for    strangers    with 

thee. 

18  Let  thy  ")  fountain  be  blessed  ;  ^ 
And  "rejoice   in  the  "wife   of 

thy  youth. 

19  Asa,  loving ^hind  and  a  pleas- 

ant doe. 
Let  her  breasts  satisfy  thee  at 

all  times ; 
And  "be  thou  ravished  always 

with  her  love. 

20  For    why  snouldest    thou,   my 

son,    •*  be    ravished    with    a 
'strange  woman, 

1  Or,  Lest  thou  find  tt.e  \evel  &-c.    Or,  L<'st  thnu 
weigh  cnrefnlhj  the  jinth  of  life 

*  Or,  thnu  canst  not  know  them       *  Or.  wealth 

*  Or,  groan       '  Or,  Let       «  Heb.  go  astray. 


"  ch.  7.  27 
d  ver.  21  ; 
cli.  i.  2l> 
<■  2  Pet.  2   14 
«'  ch,  3U.  20 
*■  oh.  7.  24 
/1'8.  Hit.  102 
I'  ch.  7.  25 
'•  fh.  !).  14 
■  ch.  1.  7,  22, 

2!» 

^ch.l.  25, 

12.  1 
'  oh.  1.  8 
"'  vcr.  18  : 

ch.  «.  17  : 

S.  S.  4.  12, 

15 
"  Eccl.  9.  9 
»  Mai.  2.  14 
''  S.  S.  2.  9, 

17;  4.  5; 

7.3 
1  ver.  3 


••  ch.  2.  16  ; 

6.  24  ;  7.  5  ; 
23.  27 

'  ch.  15.  3  ; 

Job  14.  Ifi; 

31.4:34.21; 

P8.119.1H8; 

Jer.  IH.  17  ; 

32.  19  ; 

1108.7.  2; 

Heb.  4.  13 
'  ch.  4.  26 
"ch.  1  31, 

32;  Num. 

32.  23 ;  Ps. 

7.  15  ;  9. 15  ; 
40.  12 

"Job  4.  21; 

36.  12 
'  ch.  11.  15  ; 

17.  18  ;  20. 

16  ;  22.  26  ; 

27.  13 
'J  Ps.  132.  4 
'  Ps.  91.  3  ; 

124.7 

"  ch.  30.  24, 

25 
>>  ver.  9  ;  ch. 

10.  26 ;  13. 

4  ;  20.  4  ;  26. 

16 
<■  ch.  30.  27 
d  ch.  10.  5 


"ch.  24.  33, 
34 


/oh.  10.  4; 
12.  24 ;  13. 
4  ;  19.  15  : 
20.  4  ;  23.  21 


h  ch.  4.  24 ; 
10.  Si 


And  embrace  the  bosom  of  a 
'■foreigner'} 
-\   For  the  "ways  of  man  are  be- 
fore the  eyes  of  Jehovaii; 

And  he  "maketh  level  all  liis 
paths. 

22  His  "own  iniquities  shall  take 

the  wicked. 
And   he  shall   be  holden  with 
the  eoi'ds  of  his  sin. 

23  He  shall  'die  for  lack  of  instruc- 

tion ; 
Ancl    in    the   greatness   of   his 
folly  he  shall  go  astray. 

6  My   son,    if   thou  art  become 
'surety  for  thy  neighbor. 
If     thou     hast     stricken    "thy 
hands  for  a  sti-anger; 

2  Thou  art  snared  with  the  words 

of  thy  mouth. 
Thou  ai  t  taken  with  the  words 
of  thy  mouth. 

3  Do  this  now,  my  son,  and  de- 

liver thyself. 

Seeing  thou  art  come  into  the 
hand  of  thy  neighbor  : 

Go,  '•* humble  thy.self,  and  im- 
portune thy  neighbor ; 

4  Give  not  ^. sleep  to  thine  eyes, 
Nor  slumber  to  thine  eyelids  ; 

5  Deliver  thyself  as  a  '"roe  from 

the  hand  o/  t/te  hunter. 
And  as  a  -bird  from  the  hand 
of  the  fowler. 

6  Go  to  the  "ant,  thou  'sluggard  ; 
Consider  her  ways,  and  be  wise : 

7  Which  having  ''no  "  chief, 
Overseer,  or  ruler, 

8  Provideth   her   bread  ''in   the 

summer. 
And  gathereth  her  food  in  the 
harvest. 

9  How  long  wilt  thou  *'' sleep,  O 

sluggard  1 
When  wilt  thou  arise  out  of  thy 
sleep  ? 

10  •  Yet  a  little  sleep,  a  little  slum- 

ber, 
A  little  folding  of  the  hands  to 
'-  sleep : 

1 1  So  shall  thy  •'poverty  come  as  a 

'^robber. 
And  thy  want  as  "an  armed 
man. 

12  AMvorthle.ss  person,  a  man  of 

iniquitj'. 
Is  he  that  walketh  with  a  "per 
ver.se  mouth  ; 

7  Or,  ireigheth  carefully 

8  Or,  Ihv  hand  tritn  a  stranger 

'  Or.  bestir         ■"  Or,  gazelle         H  Or,  judge 
n  Heb  lie  down.  "  Or,  rover 

>4  Heb  a  man  tntk  a  ihieid. 


633 


6.13 


PROVERBS 


7.7 


Warnings  against  Mischievoosness,  and  Adultery.    Folly  of  yielding  to  the  Wiles  of  the  Harlot 


13  That  "winketh  with  his  eyes, 

that  ^  speaketh  with  his  feet. 
That  '■^maketh  signs   with   his 
hngers ; 

14  In  whose  heart    is    ''perverse- 

ness. 
Who  ''deviseth  evil  continually, 
Who  ^''soweth  discord. 

15  Therefore  •'shall    his   calamity 

come  suddenly ; 
•''On    a    sudden    shall    he    be 
broken,    and    that   *  without 
remedy. 

16  There    are    six    things    which 

Jehovah  hateth  ; 
Yea,  seven  which  are  an  abomi- 
nation *  unto  him : 

17  *  Haughty      eyes,      a      'lying 

tongue. 
And   hands   that   *shed    inno- 
cent blood ; 

18  A  heart  that  deviseth  'wicked 

purposes, 
™  Feet  that  are  swift  in  running 
to  mischief, 

1 9  A  "  false  witness  that  *  uttereth 

lies, 
And  he  that  ^"soweth  discord 
among  brethren. 

20  My  son,  ^keep  the  command- 

ment of  thy  father,- 
And  "  forsake  not  the  ®  law  of 
thy  mother : 

21  'Bind    them  continually  upon 

thy  heart ; 
Tie  them  about  thy  neck. 

22  When   thou  "  walkest,   it  shall 

lead  thee ; 
When  thou  '^'sleepest,  it  shall 

watch  over  thee  ; 
And    when    thou    awakest,     it 

shall  talk  with  thee. 

23  For  '*"the  commandment  is  a 

lamp  ;  and  "  the  law  is  light ; 
And    "reproofs    of    instruction 
are  the  way  of  life : 

24  To   -^keep    thee  from   the  evil 

woman. 
From     the     *  flattery     of     the 
foreigner's  tongue. 

25  '  Lust  not  after  her  beauty  in 

thy  heart; 
Neither  let  her  take  thee  with 
her  "eyelids. 

26  For  *on  account    of   a   harlot 

a  man  is  brought  to  a  piece 
of  bread  ; 
And  ^"  the  adulteress  "  hunteth 
for  the  precious  life. 


1  Or,  shufflelh 

2  Or,  tea'chfth  loiih 
8  Heb.  tetteth  loose. 
*  Heb.  of  his  noul. 

»  Heb.  breatheth  out. 


6  Or,  teachina 
'  Heb.  liest  down. 

8  Ot,  their  commandment 

9  Or,  their  teaching 
1"  Heb.  a  man^s  wife. 


"  ch.  10.  10 ; 

Ps.  35.  19 
b  ch.  17.  20 
"  ch.  3.  29  ; 

Mic.  2.  1 
d  ver.  19 ; 

ch.  16.  28 
'  ch.  24.  22 
/  Is.  30.  13, 

14 ;  Jer.  19. 

11 
«  2  Chr.  36. 

16 
h-  ch.  21.  4  ; 

30.  13 ;  Ps. 
18. 27; 101.5 

!  ch.  12.  22  ; 
17.  7  ;  Ps. 

31.  18 ; 
120.  2 

k  ch.  28.  17  ; 

Dt.  19. 

10 ;  Is.  1. 

15 ;  59.  7 
'  ch.  24.  2  ; 

Gen.  6.  5 
™  ch.  1.  16 
"  ch.  12.  17  ; 

19.5,9;  21. 

28 ;  Ps.  27. 

12 
0  ver.  14 
»  ch.  7.  1 
9  ch.  1.  8 
'•  ch.  3.  3 
"  ch.  3.  23 
i  ch.  3.  24 
"  Ps.  119.  105 
"  ch.  10.  17 
^  ch.  7.  5 
y  ch.  2.  16  ; 

5.  3 ;  7.  21 
'  Mt.  5.  28 
"  2  K.  9.  30  ; 

Jer.  4.  30 : 

Ezek.  23. 

40 
b  ch.  5.  9,  10  ; 

29.  3 
"^  ch.  7.  23  ; 

Ezek.  13. 

18 


d  Ezek.  18. 

6 ;  33.  26 
«  ch.  16.  5 
/Job  38.  39 
9  Ex.  22.  1-4 
h.  ch.  7.  7  ; 

9.  4, 16  ;  10. 

13,  21 ;  11. 

12 ;  12.  11, 

&c. 
'■  ch.  7.  22,  23 
*  ch.  27.  4  ; 

S.  S,  8.  6 
'  ch.  11.  4  ; 

Lev.  20.  10 
™  ch.  2.  1 ;  6. 

20 
"  ch.  4.  4 
°  Dt.  32.  10  ; 

Ps.  17.  8  ; 

Zech.  2.  S 
P  ch.  3.  3 
«  ch.  6.  24 
»•  ch.  5.  3 
»  ch.  5.  20 
«  ch.  6.  24 

«  Judg.  5.  28 


"  S.  S.  2.  9 


27  Can   a   man   take  fire   in   his 

bosom, 
And  his  clothes  not  be  burned  % 

28  Or    can    one   walk    upon    hot 

coals. 
And  his  feet  not  be  scorched  ^ 

29  iSo  he  that  '*goeth   in    to   his 

neighbor's  wife ; 
Whosoever  toucheth  her  *  shall 
not  be  "  unpunished. 

30  Men  do  not  despise  a  thief,  if 

he  steal 
To  •'^ satisfy  ^'-himself  when  he 
is  hungry  : 

31  But  if   he  be  found,   he  shall 

'  restore  sevenfold ; 
He  shall  give  all  the  substance 
of  his  house. 

32  He  that  committeth   adultery 

with    a   woman   is  *  void  of 
^^  understanding : 
He   doeth   it  who  would   'de- 
stroy his  own  soul. 

33  Wounds  and  dishonor  shall  he 

get; 
And  his  reproach  shall  not  be 
wiped  away. 

34  For  *  jealousy  is  the  rage  of  a 

man ; 
And  he  will  not  spare  in  the 
'  day  of  vengeance. 

35  He  will  not  regard   any  ran- 

som ; 
Neither  will  he   rest  content, 
though    thou    givest    many 
gifts. 

7  My  son,  '"  keep  my  words, 
And  lay  up  my  commandments 
with  thee. 

2  "  Keep  my  commandments  and 

liA^e ; 
And  my  ^law  "as  the  apple  of 
thine  eye. 

3  Bind  them  upon  thy  fingers  ; 

p  Write  them  upon  the  tablet  of 
thy  heart. 

4  Say  unto  wisdom.  Thou  art  my 

sister  ; 
And    call    understanding    thy 
"  kinswoman : 

5  That  they  may  » keep  thee  from 

the  *"  strange  woman. 
From  the  'foreigner  that  ^®'flat- 
tereth  with  her  words. 

6  For    "at    the    window    of    my 

house 
I    looked   forth    *  through   my 
lattice ; 

7  And  I  beheld  among  the  *  sim- 

ple ones, 

11  Heb.  held  innocent.  12  Or,  his  appetite 

13  Heb.  heart.  i-*  Ox ,  familiar  friend 

15  Heb.  maketh  smooth  her  words. 


634 


7.8 


PROVERBS 


a  11 


Folly  ofritlding  to  the  Wiles  of  the  Harlot.    Wudom't  Call  and  Self-conmendation 


I  discerned  among  tlie  youths, 
A  j'oung  man  "void  ot  under- 
standing, 

8  Passing  through  the  street  near 

*  her  corner ; 
And  he  went  the  way  to  'her 
house, 

9  In  the  *'  twilight,  in  the  evening 

of  the  day. 
In  the  '  midiHe  of  the  night  and 
in  the  darkness. 

10  And,  behold,  there  met  him  a 

woman 
With   the  'attire  of  a  harlot, 
and  -wily  of  lieart. 

1 1  (She  is  ^-'clamorous  and  wilful ; 
Her  feet  abide  not  in  her  house : 

12  Now  she  is  in  the  streets,  now 

'■^  in  the  broad  places. 
And  *lieth    in  wait   at   every 
corner. ) 

13  So  she  caught  him,  and  kissed 

him, 
*  And  with  an  'impudent  face 
she  said  unto  him  : 

1 4  Sacrifices     of    *  peace-offerings 

••are  with  me; 
This  day  have  I '  paid  my  vows. 

15  Therefore  came  1  forth  to  meet 

thee. 
Diligently  to  seek  thy  face,  and 
1  have  found  thee. 

16  I  have  spread  mj  couch  with 

*'"  carpets  of  tapestrv. 
With  striped  cloths  of  the  "yarn 
of  Egypt. 

17  1  have  'perfumed  my  bed 
Witli  "myrrh,  aloes,  and  *cinna- 

mon. 

18  Come,  lot  us  take  our  fill  of  love 

until  the  morning; 
Let    us    solace    ourselves  with 
loves. 

19  For  the  man  is  not  at  home; 
He  is  gone  a  long  iournej': 

20  He  hath  taken  a  *bag  of  money 

with  him ; 
He  will  come  home  at  the  full 
moon. 

21  With  her  much  fair  speech  she 

causeth  him  to  yield  ; 
With  the  "■  flattering  of  her  lips 
she  forceth  him  along. 

22  Hegoethafter  her^straightway, 
As  an  ox  goeth  to  the  slaughter. 
Or   as   one   in   ^fetters    to    the 

correction  of  the  fool ; 

23  Till  an   arrow  strike   through 

his  liver ; 

1  Heb.  pupil  (of  the  eye). 

«  Or,  cU'se    Heb  annnled.        «  Or,  turbulent 

*  Heb.  She  hunlenfd  liir  face,  and  said. 
'  Or,  iperi'  due  from  me 

*  Or,  cushions  '  Heb.  sttddenly. 

1  Or,  sprinkled  '  The  Hebrew  is  obscure. 


»  ch.  6.  32 
>•  ver.  12 
"■  ver.  27 
''  Job  24  15 
'  (ieu.  38.  14, 

15 
/  ch.  9.  13 
"  ch.  y.  14 

*  ch.  23.  28 
'  ch.  21.  29 

*  Lev.  7.  U 
'  Lev.  7.  16 

'"  ch.  31.  22 
"  Is.  19.  9  ; 

Ezek.  27.  7 
"  Ps.  45.  8 
''  Ex.  30.  23 
t  Geu.  42.  35 
"■  ch.  5.  3  ; 

6.  24 


•  Eccl.  9. 12 
<  ch.  5.  7 
"  ch.  5.  8 
'•  ch.  9.  18 
"  ch.  2.  18  ; 

5.  5  ;  9.  18 
y  ver.  1-3  : 

ch.  1.20,21 

-  ch.  9.  3,  14 


"  Job  29.  7 


6  ch.  1.  4 


«  ch.  1.  22, 
32 ;  3.  35, 
&c. 

d  ch.  22.  20 


'  ch.  23.  16 
/Ps.  37.30 


f  ch.  2.  15 ; 

Dt.  32.  5 ; 

Pliil.  2.  15 
h  ch.  14.  6 


1  ch  3.  13 


k  ver.  19 : 
ch.  3. 14, 15 


'  Job  28  18 
"'  ch.  3.  15 


As  a  'bird  hasteth  to  the  snare, 
And  knoweth  not  that  it  is  for 
his  life. 

24  Now  therefore,  my  sons,  'heark- 

en unto  me, 
And  attend  to  the  words  of  my 
mouth. 

25  Let  not  thy  heart  "decline  to 

her  ways ; 
Go  not  astray  in  her  paths. 

26  For  she  hath  cast  down  many 

wounded : 
Yea,  all  her  'slain  are  a  mighty 
host. 

27  Her  ^  house  is  the  way  to  Sheol, 
Ooing  down  to  the  chambers  oi 

death. 

8  Doth  not  *  wisdom  cry, 
And  understanding  put  forth 
her  voice! 

2  On  the  top  of  'high  places  by 

the  way. 
Where    tne    paths    meet,    she 
standeth  ; 

3  Beside  the  "gates,  at  the  entry 

of  the  city. 
At  the  coming  in  at  the  doors, 
she  crieth  aloud : 

4  LTnto  you,  O  men,  I  call ; 

And  my  voice  is  to  the  sons 
of  men. 

5  O  ye  ''simple,  understand  pru- 

dence ; 
And,  ye  'fools,  be  of  an  under- 
standing heart. 

6  Hear,  for  1  will  speak  ''excel- 

lent things ; 
And   the   opening   of   my  lips 
shall  be  'right  things. 

7  For    my   •'mouth    shall    utter 

truth  ; 
And  wickedness  is  an  abomina- 
tion to  m.v  lips. 

8  All    the   words   of   my  mouth 

'"are  in  righteousness; 
There  is  nothing  "crooked    or 
perverse  in  them. 

9  They  are  all  ''  plain  to  him  that 

understandeth, 
And  right  to  them   that  'find 
knowledge. 

10  Receive   my  *  instruction,  and 

not  silver ; 
And    knowledge    rather   than 
choice  gold. 

11  For    wisdom    is    'better    than 

rubies ; 
And  '"all  the  things  that  maj 
be  desired  are  not  to  be  com 
pared  unto  it. 

W  Or,  are  rigMeousneu 


666 


8.  i:^ 


riiOVEliBS 


9.5 


Visdom's  ScItroumiendatioD.    Eternity  of  Wisdom.    Blessedness  of  tlie  Wise  Man.    Wisdom's  Feast  and  luritation 


12  1  wisdom  have  made  "  prudence 

my  dwelling. 
And  find  out  ^*  knowledge  and 
discretion. 

1 3  The  '  fear  of  Jehovah  is  to  hate 

evil : 
^  Pride,  and  arrogancy,  and  *  the 

evil  way, 
And  the -^  pervei'se  mouth,  do  I 
hate. 

14  ^Counsel  is  mine,  and  "''sound 

knowledge : 
I  am  understanding;   'I  have 
might. 

15  By  me  *^  kings  reign, 

And  princes  decree  justice. 

16  By  me '^  princes  rule, 

And  nobles,  even  all  the  judges 
of  the  earth. 

17  1'  love  them  that  love  me  ; 
And  ™  those  that  seek  me  ■*  dili- 
gently shall  find  me. 

18"  Riches   and    honor   are  with 
me ; 
Yea,     *  durable     "wealth     and 
righteousness. 

19  My  fruit  is  ^better  than  gold, 

yea,  than  fine  gold  ; 
And  my  "^revenue  than*  choice 
silver. 

20  I  walk  in  the  way  of  righteous- 

ness, 
In  the  midst  of  the  paths  of 
justice ; 

21  That  I  may  cause  those  that 

love  me  to  inherit  substance, 
And  that  I  may '"  fill  their  treas- 
uries. 

22  Jehovah  ''possessed  me  ^'in  the 

beginning  of  his  way, 
^  Before  his  works  of  old. 

23  I  was  set  up  from  everlasting, 

from  the  beginning, 
*  Before  the  earth  was. 

24  When  there  were  no  "  depths,  I 

was  brought  forth, 
When  there  were  no  fountains 
abounding  with  water. 

25  'Before    the    mountains    were 

settled. 
Before  the  hills  was  I  brought 
forth ; 

26  While  as  yet  he  had  not  made 

the  earth,  nor  the  fields. 
Nor  the  '°  beginning  of  the  dust 
of  the  world. 

27  When     he    disestablished    the 

heavens,  I  was  there : 

1  Or,  knowledge  of  witty  inventions 

'  Or,  effectual  working  i  Or,  formed 

'  Or,  rulers  8  Or,  nx 

*  Or,  ear/y  9  Or,  The  first  of 

*  Or,  ancient  >o  Or,  sum 

*  Or,  increaat  ^  Or,  prepared 


"■  ver.  5 
b  ch.  1.  4 
«  ch.  3.  7  ; 

1«  6 
d  ch  16.  18  ; 

1  S.  2.  3  ; 
Is.  13.  U 

«  ch.  15.  9 
/ch.  6.  12 
y  ch.  1.  25 ; 

19.  20 ; 

Is.  28.  29 ; 

Jer  32.  1!) 
A  ch.  2.  7  ;  3. 

21  ;  18.  1 
>  Eccl.  7. 19 ; 

9.  16 
*  ch.  29.  4  ; 

2  Chr.  1.  10 
'  ch.  4.  6  ; 

1  S.  2.  30 ; 

Jn.  14.  21 
"'  ch.  2.  4,  5  ; 

Jas.  1.  5 
"  ch.  3  16 
"  Ps.  112.  3  ; 

Mt.  U.  33 
P  eh.  3  14 
«  ch.  10.  20 
""  ch.  24.  4 
''ch.3  19; 

Job  28.  26- 

28 ;  Ps.  1U4. 

24 
t  .Ju.  17.  5 
"  ch.  3,  20  , 

Geu.  1.  2 ; 

Ex.  15.  5 ; 

Job  38.  16 
"  Ps.  90.  2 
"  ch.  3.  19 


y  Job  26.  10 
-Job3.S.  10; 

Ps.  104.  9 
"  Job  38.  6  ; 

Ps.  104.  S 
6  Jn.  1.  2,  3 
'  ch.  5.  7  ; 

7.  24 
d  ch.  29.  18  ; 

Pa.  119.  1, 

2  ;  128.  1 : 

Lk.  11.  23 
'  ch.  4.  1 
/ch.  3.  13,18 
V  ch.  4.  22  ; 

Jn.  17.  3 
A  ch.  3.  4  ; 

12.  2 
i  ch.  1.  31, 

32  ;  15.  32 
*  ch.  5.  12  ; 

12.1 
'  ch.  21.  6 
'"■  1  Cor.  3.  9, 

10 ;  Eph. 

2.  20-22 ; 

1  Pet,  2.  5 
"  Mt.  22.  4 
°  S.  S.  8.  2 
P  Lk.  14.  16, 

17 
9  Ps.  68. 11 ; 

Mt.  22.  3 

»■  ch.  8.  1,  2 
'  ver.  14 

« ver.  16 ; 
ch.  8.  5 


"  S.  S.  5. 1 ; 
Is.  55.  1 ; 
Jn.  6.  27 


636 


When  *  he  set  a  circle  upon  the 
face  of  the  deep, 

28  When  he  made  firm  the  skies 

above, 
When  the  fountains  of  the  deep 
became  strong, 

29  When 'he  gave  to  the  sea-'''*its 

bound. 

That  the  waters  should  not 
transgress  his  command- 
ment. 

When  he  "  marked  out  "  the 
foundations  of  the  earth  ; 

30  Then  *  1  was  by  him,  as  a  mas- 

ter workman  ; 
And  I  '^was  daily  his  delight, 
1^ Rejoicing  always  before  him, 

31  1^  Rejoicing    in    his    habitable 

earth  ; 
And  my  delight  was  with  the 
sons  of  men. 

32  Now       therefore,      my      sons, 

"^  hearken  unto  me  ; 
For  '^  blessed  are  they  that  keep 
my  ways. 

33  *Hear  instruction,  and  be  wise, 
And  refuse  it  not. 

34  -^Blessed  is  the  man  that  hear- 

eth  me. 
Watching  daily  at  my  gates, 
Waiting    at    the    posts   of  my 

doors. 

35  For ''whoso  findeth  me  findeth 

life, 
And  shall  ^^^  obtain    favor    of 
Jehovah. 

36  But  he  that  ^'^sinneth  against 

me  'wrongeth  his  own  soul : 
All  they  that  *hate  me  'love 
death. 

9  Wisdom    hath    "builded    her 
house ; 
She  hath  hewn  out  her  seven 
pillars : 

2  She  hath  "  killed   her   beasts ; 

she  hath  "mingled  her  wine; 
She  hath  also  ^furnished  her 
table : 

3  She  hath  «sent  forth  her  maid- 

ens ; 
She  *■  crieth  upon  the  '  highest 
places  of  the  city: 

4  'Whoso  is  simple,  let  him  turn 

in  hither : 
As  for  him  that  is  "void  of  under- 
standing, she  saith  to  him, 

5  Come,  "  eat  ye  of  my  bread. 
And  drink  of  the  wine  which 

I  have  mingled. 

12  Or,  />i.i  decree  13  Or,  appointed 

1*  Or,  had  delight  continually    i''  Or,  Sporting 
16  Heb.  draw  forth.  i?  Or,  misseth  mi 


9  G 


rnovERBs 


10.16 


Wisdom's  Invitation.    The  Foolish  Woman's  Invitation.    Sundry  Proverbs  contrasting  the  Upright  and  the  Wicked 


G  '  Leave  off,  ye  simple  ones,  and 
"live; 
And  *  walk   in  the  way  of  un- 
derstanding. 

7  He    that  'correcteth  a  scoffer 

getteth  to  himself  reviling ; 
And     he     that     reproveth     a 
wicked  man   getteth   himself 
a  blot. 

8  ''Reprove  not  a  scoffer,  lest  he 

hate  thee : 
'Reprove  a  wise  man,  and  he 
will  love  thee. 

9  Give  i list riict lull  to  a  wise  man, 

and  he  will  be  yet  wiser : 
Teach  a  rigliteous  man,  and  he 
will -^increase  in  learning. 

10  ^  The  fear  of  .Jehovah  is  the  be- 

ginning of  wistlom  ; 
And    the    ''knowledge    of    the 
'  Holy  One  is  understanding. 

1 1  For  '  by  me  thy  days  shall   be 

multiplied. 
And  the  years  of  thy  life  shall 
be  increased. 

12  If  thou  art  wise,  thou  art  wise 

*  for  thyself ; 
And    if    thou    '  scoffest,    thou 
alone  shalt  bear  it. 

13  "The  foolish  woman  is  ""clam- 

orous ; 
She  IK  f  simple,  and  "  knoweth 

notliing. 
l-i  And  she  sitteth  at  the  door  of 

her  house. 
On  a  seat  in  "  the  high  places  of 

the  city, 

15  To  call  to  them  that  pass  by. 
Who  go  right  on  their  ways : 

16  ''Whoso  is  simple,  let  him  turn 

in  hither; 
And  as  for  him  that  is  void  of  un- 
derstanding, she.saith  to  him, 

1 7  Stolen  "  waters  are  sweet, 

And  "■  bread  eaten  in  secret  is 
pleasant. 

18  But  he  knoweth  not  that  *the 

dead  are  there ; 
That    her   guests   are    in    the 
'depths  of  Sheol. 


The  '  proverbs  of  Solomon. 


10 


"A  wise  son  maketh  a  glad 
father ; 

But  'a  foolish  son  is  the  heavi- 
ness of  his  mother. 

^Treasures  of  wickedness  profit 
nothing ; 


1  Or.  Fnr.inhf  the  Hmplf 

»Heb.  .timpliritv. 

*  Or,  the  shades    Heb.  Rephaim. 


«  Or.  FoUy 


"  ver.  U  ; 

ch.  8.  35 
6  Ezek.  n. 

2U ;  a?.  24 
'  ch.  23.  9 
«'  ch.  1.5.  VZ  ; 

Mt.  7.  6 
'ch.  10.8; 

Pa.  141.  5 
/ch.  1.5 
"  ch.  1.7,ref. 
A  ch.  3U.  3 
'  ch.  3.  16  ; 

10.  27 

*  ch.  14.  14  ; 
Job  22.  2 

'  ch.  I'J.  29 
"'ch.  7.  U 
"  ch.  5.  (j 
"  ver.  3 
P  ver.  4 
«  ch.  5.  1.5 
••  ch.  20.  17 

*  ch.  7.  27 
<  ch.  1.  1 

"  ch.  15.  20  ; 

29.  3 
"  ch.  17.  25  ; 

29.  15 

*  ch.  11.  4  ; 
21.  6 ;  Ps. 
49.  6,  7  ; 
Ezek  7. 

19 ;  Lk.  12. 
19,20 


y  ch.  11.  4,  6 

'  ch.  28.  25  ; 

Ps.  34.  9, 

10  ;  37.  2.3  ; 

Mt.  6.  33 
"ch.28.  9; 

Ps.  112.  10 
I-  ch.  (i.  11 ; 

12.  2t;13.  4 
«ch.  13.4; 

21.  5 
rfch.  6.  8 
»  ch.  17.  2  ; 

IJ.  2(i 
/ch.  23.  20 
"ver.  11: 

Obad  10 
h  Ps.  112.  6 
'  Pb.  9.  5,  6  i 

10.t.  l.^; 

Ecel.  8.  10 
k  ch.  9.  8  ; 

Mt.  7.  24 
'  ch.  13.  3 
"'  ch.  3.  23  ; 

28.  13 ;  Ps. 

23.  4 ;  Is. 

33.  15, 16 
"ch.2«.  2fi; 

.Mt.  10.  26; 

1  Tim.  5.  25 
•ch.  6.  13: 

Ps.  35. 19 
P  ver.  8 
1  ch.  13.  14  ; 

IS.  4:  Ps. 

37.  30 
•■  ver.  6 
•  ch.  17.  9  ; 

1  Cor.  13. 

4-7 ;  J.-IS. 

5  20 ;  1  Pet. 

4.  8 
<■  ver.  31 
"ch.  19.29; 

26.3 
••  ch.  9.  0 
'ver.  8,  10; 

ch. 13  3: 

18.  7  :  21.  15 
V  ch.  IS.  11 : 

Job  31.  24 ; 

Ps.  52.  7 
'  ch.  19.  7 
"  ch.  U.  18, 

19 


637 


But  'righteousness   delivereth 
from  death. 

3  Jehovah   '  will    not    suffer    the 

soul     of    the    righteous    to 
famish ; 
But    he   "  thrusteth    away  the 
desire  of  the  wicked. 

4  He  ''becometh  poor  that  work- 

eth  with  a  slack  hand  ; 
But  the  hand  of  the  "diligent 
maketh  rich. 

5  He  that  ''gathereth  in  summer 
is  *a  wise  son 


vest  is  a  ' son  ''that  causeth 


But  he  that  sleepeth   in   har- 
a  '  son  ^^' 
.shame. 

6  •''Blessings  are  upon  the   head 

of  the  righteous; 
But    ^"violence    covereth    the 
mouth  of  the  wicked. 

7  The  ''  memory  of  the  righteous 

is  bles.sed  ; 
But  'the  name  of  the  wicked 
shall  rot. 

8  The   *wise    in    heart    will    re- 

ceive commandments ; 
But    *'a    prating    fool    *  shall 
fall. 

9  He    '"that   walketh    uprightly 

walketh  surely ; 
But  "he    that   perverteth    his 
ways  shall  be  known. 

10  He  "that  winketh  with  the  eye 

causeth  sorrow ; 
But  ''^a  prating  fool  f  shall  fall. 

1 1  The  ''  mouth  of  the  righteous  is 

a  fountain  of  life; 
But    '  "■  violence    covereth    the 
mouth  of  the  wicked. 

1 2  Hatred  stirreth  up  strifes  ; 
But  'love   covereth  all   trans- 
gressions. 

13  In     'the     lips     of     him     that 

hath  discernment  wisdom  is 
found ; 
But  "a  rod  is  for  the  back  of 
him  that  is  void  of  "under- 
standing. 

14  Wise  men  ''  lay  up  knowledge; 
But  '  the  mouth  of  the  foolish 

is  a  pi'e.sent  destruction. 

15  The  *rich  man's  wealth  is  his 

strong  city: 
The  -destruction  of  the  poor  is 
their  poverty. 

16  The   "labor   of    the   righteous 

tendeth  to  life ; 
The  increase  of  the  wicked,  to 
sin. 

•■■  Or,  a  son  that  floHh  wiffty 

'"•  Or,  thai  ilorlh  sliamefuVy 

'  Or.  the  month  of  the  icir.xd  covereth  VtOlCnce 

"■  Heb.  the  foolish  nf  lipx. 

'•'  <  )r,  shall  be  overthrown  (or,  laid  loiv) 

>u  Ueb.  heart. 


10.17 


PROVERBS 


11.13 


Snadry  Proverbs  contrasting  tbe  Upright  and  the  Wicked 


1 7  He  ^ "  is  in  the  way  of  life  that 

heedeth  ^  correction  ; 
But  he  that  forsaketh  reproof 
^  erreth. 

18  He  *that  hideth  hatred  is  of 

lying  lips ; 
And  he  that  uttereth  a  slander 
is  a  fool. 

1 9  In  the "  multitude  of  words  there 

wanteth  not  transgression  ; 
But  ''he  that  refraineth  his  lips 
^doeth  wisely. 

20  The  tongue  of  the  righteous  is 

as  "  choice  silver : 
The  heart  of  the  wicked  is  little 
worth. 

21  The -^  lips  of  the  righteous  feed 

many ; 
But  the  foolish  "  die  for  lack  of 
*  understanding, 

22  The   ''blessing    of  Jehovah,   it 

maketh  rich  ; 
And    '^he    addeth     no    sorrow 
therewith. 

23  It  is  as  *  sport  to  a  fool  to  do 

wickedness  ; 
'  And  so  is  wisdom  to  a  man  of 
understanding. 

24  The  *fear  of  the  wicked,  it  shall 

come  upon  him  ; 
And   the  'desire  of  the  right- 
eous shall  be  granted. 

25  *  When  the  "  whirlwind  passeth, 

the  wicked  is  no  more  ; 
But  the  "righteous  is  an  ever- 
lasting foundation. 

26  As  vinegar  to  the  teeth,  and  as 

smoke  to  the  eyes. 
So  is  the   °  sluggard   to   them 
that  send  him. 

27  The  ^  fear  of  Jehovah  ^prolong- 

eth  days ; 
But  the  « years  of  the  wicked 
shall  be  shortened. 

28  The  *■  hope  of  the  righteous  shall 

be  gladness  ; 
But    the    '  expectation  of    the 
wicked  shall  perish. 

29  The    way    of    'Jehovah    is    a 

stronghold  to  the  upright ; 
But  ^"it  is  a  "destruction  to  the 
workers  of  iniquity. 
80  The  "  righteous  shall  never  be 
removed ; 
But  •'the  wicked  shall  not  dwell 
in  the  "land. 
31  The  ^  mouth  of    the  righteous 
^^  bringeth  forth  wisdom  ; 

1  Or,  is  a  way  2  Or,  instruction 

*  Or,  causefh  to  err  ■<  Or,  if  wise 

5  Heb.  heart.      ^  Or,  toil  addeih.  nottiing  thereto 
1  Or,  Bui  a  man  nf  understmiding  fiath  wisdom 

*  Or,  As  the  whirlwind  passeth,  so  is  the  wicked 
no  more  ^  Heb.  addeth. 

1*  Or,  destruction  shall  be  to  Ac. 

11  Or,  earth  i-  Or,  buddeth  with 


"  ch.  6.  23 

f>  ch.  26.  24 
'•  ch  18.  21 ; 

Job  11.  2 ; 

Eccl  5  3 
d  ch.  17.  27  ; 

Jas.  1.  ly ; 

3.  2 
«  ch.  8.  19 
/ver.  11 
'J  ch.  5.  23  , 

Hos.  4.  6 
''  ch.  8,  21 ; 

Gen.  24. 

35  ;  2ti.  12  , 

Dt.  8.  IS 
'  ch.  2.  14 , 

15.  21 
k  ch.  1.  27  ; 

Job  15.  21 ; 

Is.  66,  4 
'  ch.  15.  8  ; 

Ps.  145.  19 ; 

Mt.  5.  6 : 

1  Jn.  5.  14, 

15 
"*  ch.  12.  7  ; 

Job  21.  18 ; 

Ps.  68.  9 
"  ch.  12.  3  ; 

Ps.  15.  5 ; 

Mt.  7.  24, 

25 
o  ch.  26.  6 
''  ch  3.  2  ; 

9. 11 ;  14. 

27 
9  Job  15.  32, 

33  ;  22.  IB  ; 

Ps.  55.  23 
>■  ch.  11.  23 
"  ch.  11.  7  ; 

Job  8.  13 ; 

11.  20 
<F3.    28.    8, 

ref. 
"  ch.  21.  15 
"  ch.  2.  21 ; 

Ps.  37.  29 ; 

125.  1 
'  ch.  2.  22 
2'Ps.   37.  30; 

49.3. 


-  ch.  17.  20 
"  Eccl.  12.  10 
t>  ch.  2.  12  ; 

6  12 
"  ch.  20.  10, 

23 ;  Lev. 

19.  35,  36 ; 

Dt.  25. 

13-16 ;  Mic. 

6.  11 
ri  ch.  16.  11 
«  ch.  lo.  18  ; 

18.  12  ;  29. 

23 
/ch.  13.  6 
"  ch.  19.  3  ; 

22.  12 
''  ch.  10.  2  ; 

Ezek,7. 19; 

Zeph.  1.  18 
'  Gen.  7. 1 
*•  ch.  3.  6 
'  ch.  5.  22 
'"  ch.  10  2 
"  Ps.  7.  15, 

16;  9.  15; 

Eccl.  10.  8 
"  ch.  10.  28 
''  Job  8.  13 
«  Ps.  34.  17  ; 

2  Tim.  4. 18 
>"  ch.  21.  18 
'  ch.  16.  29 
t  ver.  6 
"  ch.  28.  12 
"  ch.  14.  34 
^  ch.  29  8 
y  ch.  14.  21 
'  ch.  10.  19 
"ch.  20.  19, 

638 


But  the  ^perverse  tongue  shall 

be  cut  off. 
32  The  lipsof  the  righteous  know 

"  what  is  acceptable  ; 
But  the  ''mouth  of  the  wicked 

"  speaketh  perverseness. 

n^^  A   "  false    balance    is     an 
abomination  to  Jehovah  ; 
But  a  ''just  weight  is  his  de^ 
light. 

2  When  *  pride  cometh,  then  Com- 

eth shame  ; 
But  with  the  lowly  is  wisdom. 

3  The  -^integrity  of  the  upright 

shall  guide  them ; 
But    the  "perverseness  of   the 
treacherous     shall     destroy 
them. 

4  ''  Riches  profit  not  in  the  day  of 

wrath  ; 
But    '  righteousness    delivereth 
from  death. 

5  The  *  righteousness  of  the  per- 

fect shall  ^^  direct  his  way  ; 
But  'the  wicked  shall  fall  by 
his  own  wickedness. 

6  The  "*  righteousness  of  the  up- 

right shall  deliver  them ; 
But  the  treacherous  shall  "be 
taken  in  their  own  iniquity. 

7  When  a  wicked  man  dieth,  his 

"  expectation  shall  perish  ; 
And   the   -^hope   of    ^''iniquity 
perisheth. 

8  The  *  righteous  is  delivered  out 

of  trouble ; 
And  *■  the  wicked  cometh  in  his 
stead. 

9  With  his   'mouth    the  godless 

man    destroyeth   his    neigh- 
bor; 
But  through  knowledge    shall 
the  '  righteous  be  delivered. 

10  When^  it  "goeth  well  with  the 

righteous,  the  city  rejoiceth  ; 
And  when  the  wicked  perish, 
there  is  shouting. 

1 1  By  the  blessing  of  the  "  upright 

the  city  is  exalted  ; 
But  it  is  ^overthrown  by  the 
mouth  of  the  wicked. 

1 2  2'  He  that  despiseth  his  neighbor 

is  void  of  "  wisdom  ; 
But  *a  man  of  understanding 
holdeth  his  peace. 

1 3  He  "  that  goeth  about  as  a  tale- 

bearer revealeth  secrets  ; 
But   he   that   is    of   a  faithful 
spirit  *  concealeth  a  matter. 

Lev.  19.  16 ;  1  Tim.  5.  13    <>  ch.  19. 11 


13  Or,  is  i-"  Heb.  A  balance  of  deceit. 

15  Or,  make  straight  (or,  plain) 

16  Or,  strong  men  i'  Heb.  heart. 


U.  14 


PROVERBS 


12.11 


Sandry  Proverbs  contrasting  the  Upright  and  the  Wirked 


17 


19 


21 


14  Where   no  "wise   {guidance  is, 

the  people  falleth  ; 
But  "in  the  multitude  of  coun- 
sellors there  is  safety. 

15  He     that     is     *  surety    for     a 

stranger  '  shall  smart  for  it ; 
But  he  that  hateth  '"  suretyship 
is  secure. 

16  A  'gracious  woman  obtaineth 
hon.r ; 

And  violent  men  obtain  riches. 

The  "^  merciful  man  doeth  good 
to  his  own  soul ; 

But  he  that  is  cruel  troubleth 
his  own  desh. 
18  The  "wicked  earneth  deceitful 
wages  ; 

But  he  that-''soweth  righteous- 
ness hath  a  sure  reward. 

^He  that  is  stedfast  in  "right- 
eousness   shall    attain    unto 
■  life ; 

And  *he  that  pursueth  evil 
doeth  it  to  his  own  death. 

20  They  that  are  perver.se  in  heart 

are  an  'abomination  to  Jeho- 
vah ; 

But  such  as  are  *  perfect  in  their 
way  are  his  'delight. 

*"^  Though  hand  Jom  in  hand, 
the  evil  man  shall  not  be 
unpunished  ; 

But  "  the  seed  of  the  righteous 
shall  be  delivered. 

22  As  a  "ring  of  gold  in  a  swine's 

snout, 
So   is   a   fair  woman   that  ^is 
without  discretion. 

23  The  desire  of  the  righteous  is 

only  good  ; 
But   the  'expectation   of   the 
wicked  is  *  wrath. 

21  There  is  that  "  scattereth,  and 

increaseth  yet  more  ; 
And  there  is  that  withholdeth 
^more  than  is  meet,   but  it 
tendeth  only  to  want. 

25  The  "■  liberal  soul  shall  be  made 

fat; 
And  he  that '  watereth  shall  be 
watered  also  himself. 

26  He  that  withholdeth  grain,  the 

'people  shall  curse  him  ; 
But  "  blessing  shall  be  upon  the 
head  of  him  that  "selleth  it. 

27  He  that  diligently  seeketh  good 

seeketh  favor ; 
But  'he    that  searcheth  after 
evil,  it  shall  come  unto  him. 

1  Heb.  shall  be  sore  broken. 
*  Heb.  Ihosr  thni  strikf  hands 
3  Or,  Sn  riijfitfiti.^tiess  tendeth  fo  life,  and  he 
Jkc.      *  Or,  A/y  hand  upon  it !  Heb.  Hand  to  hand. 
5  Heb.  t'lmeth  a.nde  from.         «  Or,  arrogance 
'  Or,  what  isjtistly  due 


"  ch.  15.  22 ; 

211.  18  ;  24.  6 
>>  ch.  6   1  ; 

27.  13 
'  ch.  31.  28, 

30 
•iMt.  5.  7; 

25.  34-36 
'  ver.  4 
/  Ho8.  10. 

12 ;  Gal.  6. 

8,  9 ;  Jas. 

3.  18 
■■'  ch.  10.  16  ; 

12.  28 ; 

19.  23 
'■  ch  21.  16  ; 

Rom.  6  23 ; 

Jas  1.  IS 
'  ch.  12.  22 : 

15.  9  ;  17.  20 

*  ch  13.  6  ; 
Pa  119  1 

'  1  Chr.  29. 

17 
"'  ch.  16.  5 
"  ch.  14.  26  ; 

Ps.  112.  2 
"  (ien.  24.  47 
''  ch.  10.  28  : 

Rom.  2.  8,9 
''  ch.  13.  7  ; 

1  .  17 

■■  ch.  3.  9, 10 ; 

2  Cor.  9. 
6,7 

•  Mt.  5.  7 

'  ch  24.  24 
"  Job  29.  13 
"'  Gen.  42.  H 
•"  Esth.  7.  10 ; 
I's.  7.  15, 
16 ;  67.  6 


y  Ps.  49.  6  : 

Ilk.  10.  24  ; 

1  Tim.  6.  17 
=  Ps.  1.  3  ; 

92.  12  ;  Jer. 

17.8 
"  ch.  15.  27 
''  Eccl.  5.  16 
"^  ch.  14.  19 
<'  ch.  3.  U 
'  ch.  14.  -25  : 

Dan.  12.  3 ; 

1  Cor.  9. 
19-22  ;  Jas. 
5.  20 

/  ch.  13.  21 ; 

2  S.  22.  21, 
25 

»  ch.  9.  8 
!<■  ch.  5.  12  ; 

15.  10 
•  Ch.  3.  4  ; 

8.  35 
t  ch.  6.  18 
'  ch.  11.  5 
'"  ch.  10.  25 
»  ch.  31.  11 ; 

1  Cor.  11.  7 
"  ch.  14.  3<i ; 

Hab  3.  16 
''  ver.  20 
Vch.  1.  11,16 
■■  ch.  14.  3 
'  ch.  1(1.  25  , 

Job  34.  25 
'  Mt.  7.  24-27 
"  ch.  18.  3 
'■  Dt.  25.  4 
■^  ch.  28.  19 


V  Judg.  9.  4  ; 
Ps.  26.  4 


28 


29 


30 


31 


12 


6 


10 


11 


He  that "  trusteth  in  his  riches 

shall  fall  ; 
But '  the  righteous  shall  flourish 

as  the  green  loaf. 
He    that    "troul)ieth    his    own 

house  shall ''inherit  the  wind ; 
And  Hhe  foolish  shall   be  ser- 
vant to  the  wise  of  heart. 
The  fruit  of  the  righteous  is  ''a 

tree  of  life; 
And  'he  that  is  wise  winneth 

souls. 
Behold,  •''the  righteous  shall  be 

recompensed  in  the  earth  ; 
How   much    more    the  wicked 

and  the  sinner  ! 
(T)  Whoso   '■>  loveth   *  correction 
■^       loveth  knowledge ; 
But  he  that  '•  hateth  reproof  is 

brutish. 
A  '  good  man  shall  obtain  favor 

of  Jehovah ; 
But  *a  man  of  wicked  devices 

will  he  condemn. 
A  man  shall  '  not  be  established 

by  wickedness ; 
But  the  .  oot  of  the  "*  righteous 

shall  not  be  moved. 
A  "worthy  woman  is  the  crown 

of  her  husband  ; 
But  she  that  maketh  ashamed 

is  as "  rottenness  in  his  bones. 
The  thoughts  of  the  righteous 

are  just ; 
But  ^  the  counsels  of  the  wicked 

are  deceit. 
The  ^  words  of  the  wicked  *are 

of  lying  in  wait  for  blood  ; 
But  the  *■  mouth  of  the  upright 

shall  deliver  them. 
^"The  'wicked  are  overthrown, 

and  are  not ; 
But  the  '  house  of  the  righteous 

shall  stand. 
A  man  shall  be  commended  ac- 
cording to  his  wisdom  ; 
But  he  tnat  is  of  a  "perverse 

heart  shall  be  despised. 
Better  is  he  that  is  lightly  es- 
teemed, and  hath  a  servant. 
Than  he  that  honoreth  himself, 

and  lacketh  bread. 
A    'righteous    man    regardeth 

the  life  of  his  beast ; 
But  the  tender  mercies  of  the 

wicked  are  cruel. 
'He  that  tilleth  his  land  shall 

have  plenty  of  bread  ; 
But    he    that    followeth    after 


'  *  vain    persons 
understanding. 


is    void    of 


«  Or,  inslrwtion  '  Or.  are  a  lying  m  xeati 
10  Or,  Overthmxt  Ike  wicked,  and  the >/  are  not 
u  Or,  vain  things 


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12.12 


PROVERBS 


13.12 


Sundry  Proverbs  contrasting  the  Upright  and  the  Wicked 


1 2  The  "  wicked  desireth  ^  the  net 

of  evil  men ; 
But  the  root  of  the  righteous 
'  yieldeth  fruit. 

13  In  the  transgression  of  the  "lips 

is  -  a  snare  to  the  evil  man ; 
But  the  ''righteous  shall  come 
out  of  trouble. 

14  A  man  shall  be  "satisfied  with 

good    by  the    fruit    of    his 
mouth ; 
And  the  •'^ doings    of    a    man's 
hands     shall     be     rendered 
unto  him. 

15  The/ way  of  a  fool  is  right  in 

his  own  eyes ; 
But  he  that  is  ''wise  hearken- 
eth  unto  counsel. 

1 6  A  '  fool's  vexation  is  *  presently 

known ; 
But  a  prudent  man  *  concealeth 
shame. 

1 7  He  that  ^ '  uttereth  truth  show- 

eth  forth  righteousness; 
But  a  "*  false  witness,  deceit. 

1 8  There  is  that  "  speaketh  rashly 

like  the  piercings  of  a  sword ; 
But  the  "  tongue  of  the  wise  is 
health. 

1 9  The  lip  of  truth  shall  be  estab- 

lished for  ever ; 
But  a  ^  lying  tongue  is  but  for 
a  moment. 

20  «  Deceit  is  in  the  heart  of  them 

that  devise  evil ; 
But  to  the  counsellors  of  peace 
is  joy. 

21  There  '"shall  no  mischief  hap- 

pen to  the  righteous ; 
But  the  *  \Yicked  shall  be  filled 
with  evil. 

22  'Lying  lips  are  an  abomination 

to  Jehovah ; 
But  they  that  "  deal  truly  are 
his  delight. 

23  A    "prudent    man    concealeth 

knowledge ; 
But  the  heart    of  "fools    pro- 
claimeth  foolishness. 

24  The  hand  of  the  diligent  shall 

bear  rule; 
ButHhe  slothful  shall  be  ^  put 
under  taskwork. 

25  ^2/ Heaviness  in  the  heart  of  a 

man  maketh  it  stoop ; 
But  a  ^good  word   maketh  it 
glad. 

26  The  righteous  is  a  guide  to  his 

neiglibor ; 
But   the  way  of  the  "wicked 
causeth  them  to  err. 

1  Or,  the  prey  2  Qr,  an  evil  snare 

3  Or,  openly    Heb.  in  the  day. 

*  fleb.  breatheth  out. 

5  Heb.  slothfulness.  ^  Or,  Care 


«  ch.  21.  10 
6  ch.  11.  30 
■=  ch.  18.  7 
dch.  11.  8; 

21.  23 ; 

2  Pet.  2.  9 
«  ch.  13.  2 ; 

15.  23 ; 
18.  20 

/ch.  1.  31; 

24.  12 ;  .Job 

34.  11 ;  Is. 

3.  10,  11 ; 

Hos.  4.  9 
1  ch.  14.  12  ; 

16.  2  ;  21.  2 
h  ch.  9.  9 

'  ch.  14.  33  : 
27.  3  ;  29.  11 
*  ch.  11.  13 

'  ch.  14.  5 
'«  ch.  6.  19 
"  Ps.  57.  4 

0  ch.  4.  22  ; 
15.  4 

P  ch.  19.  9  ; 
Ps.  52.  4,  5 

1  ver.  5 

""  ch.  1.  33  ; 

Ps.  91.  10 ; 

121.  7  ; 

1  Pet.  3.  13 
»  ch.  14.  14 
«  ch.  6.  17  ; 

11.  20 
"  ch.  11.  1 
"  ch.  10.  14  ; 

11.  13 ;  13. 

16  ;  15.  2  ; 

29.  11 
"  Gen.  49. 

15 ;  Judg. 

1.  28  ;  1  K. 

9.21 
y  ch.  15.  13 
'  Is.  50.  4 
"  ch.  16.  29 


>>  ch.  10.  4  ; 

13.4 
'  ch.  10.  16  ; 

11.  19 
d  ch.  10.  1 ; 

15.  20 
"  ch.  9.  7,  8 ; 

15.12 
/ch.  12  14 
"  ch.  1.  31 ; 

Hos.  10.  13 
h  ch.  18.  21 ; 

21.  23 ;  Jas. 

3.  2 
ich.lS.  7; 

20.  19 

i  ch.  6.  9-11 ; 

10.  4 ;  20. 

4 ;  21.  25 

'  ch.  12.  27  ; 

21.  5 

'"  ch.  3.  35 
"  ch.  11.  3,  5 
"  ch.  11.  24  ; 

Lk.  12.  20, 

21 
P  Lk.  12.  33 ; 

2  Cor.  6.10; 

Jas  2.  5 
9  ch.  4.  18  ; 

Job  29.  3 
»•  ch.  24.  20 ; 

Job  18.  5 
'  ch.  11.  14 
t  ch.  10.  2  ; 

21.  6 
"  ch.  14.  23 
"  ver.  19 : 

ch.  10.  24 


640 


27  'The    slothful    man   ^roasteth 

not  that  which  he  took  in 
hunting ; 
But  the  ''precious  substance  of 
men  ^is  to  the  diligent. 

28  In  the  "way  of  righteousness 

is  life  ; 
And    in    the  pathway  thereof 
there  is  no  death, 
"j  O  A    **  wise    son    heareth    his 
-L  O      father's  "  instruction  ; 
But    a    "scofier    heareth    not 
rebuke. 

2  A  man  shall/ eat  good  ^"by  the 

fruit  of  his  mouth; 
But  "the  soul  of  the  treach- 
erous shall  ^  eat  violence. 

3  He  that  ''guardeth  his  mouth 

keepeth  his  life ; 
But  he  that  'openeth  wide  his 
lips  shall  have  destruction. 

4  The  soul  of  the  *  sluggard  de- 

sireth, and  hath  nothing ; 
But  the  soul  of  the  'diligent 
shall  be  made  fat. 

5  A  righteous  man  hateth  lying  ; 
But  a  wicked  man  ^^is  loath- 
some, and  ™  Cometh  to  shame. 

6  "Righteousness  guardeth  ^^ him 

that  is  upright  in  the  way ; 
But  wickedness   overthroweth 
'■*the  sinner. 

7  There  is  that  ^^o  maketh  him- 

self rich,  yet  hath  nothing  : 
There    is    that  ^^  maketh  him- 
self  ^poor,  yet   hath   great 
wealth. 

8  The  transom  of  a  man's  life  is 

his  riches ; 
But     the     poor     heareth     no 
'^^  threatening. 

9  The  /light    of    the    righteous 

rejoiceth; 
But  the  ''lamp  of  the  wicked 
shall  be  put  out. 

10  By  pride  cometh  only  conten- 

tion ; 
But  *  with  the  well-advised  is 
wisdom. 

1 1  '  Wealth  gotten  by  vanity  shall 

be  diminished ; 
But    he    that    gathereth    ^^by 
"labor  shall  have  increase. 

12  Hope     deferred     maketh     the 

heart  sick; 
But  when  "the  desire  cometh, 
it  is  a  tree  of  life. 

?  Or,  catcheth  not  his  prey 

s  Or,  is  to  be  diligent 

3  Or,  correction  i"  Or,  from 

11  Or,   the  desire   of   the    treacherous  is  for 
violence. 

12  Or,  causeth  shame  and  bringeth  reproach 

13  fleb.  uprightness  of  way.      i*  Heb.  sin. 
15  OT.feignflh  i«  Or,  rebuke 
17  Heb.  with  the  hand. 


13.13 


PRO\TERBS 


14.17 


Sandry  rrorerbs  roiitrastiiig  the  Upright  and  the  U'icked 


13  Whoso    "despiseth    the    vonl 
^  bringeth     destructiuii     vn 
himself ; 
But  he  that  feareth  the  com- 
mandment    shall     be     *  re- 
warded. 
11  The    "law    of    the  wise    is    a 
'  fountain  of  life. 
That  one  may  d(>P'ii't  from  the 
''snares  of  death. 
15  "Good    understanding   'giveth 
favor ; 
But  -^the    way    of    the    trans- 
gressor is  hard. 
IG  Every  "prudent  man  worketh 
with  knowledge ; 
But  a  "fool  tlaunteth  his  folly. 

17  A    wicked     messenger     falleth 

into  evil ; 
But  'a  faithful  ambassador  is 
health. 

18  Poverty  and  sha,me  shall  be  to 

him  that  *refuseth  ■*  correc- 
tion ; 
But  he  that  regardeth  reproof 
shall  be  honored. 

19  The    'desire    accomplished     is 

sweet  to  the  soul ; 
But  it  is  an  '"abomination  to 
fools  to  depart  from  evil. 

20  ""Walk    with    wise   men,   and 

thou  shalt  be  wise  ; 
But    the   "comimnion   of   fools 
shall ''  smart  for  it. 

21  ^Evil  nursueth  sinners  ; 

But    the   '^righteous    shall    be 
recompensed  with  good. 

22  A  good  man  "■  leavetli  an  inlier- 

itance  to  his  children's  chil- 
dren ; 
And   the   '  wealth   of   the   sin- 
ner is  laid  up  for  the  right- 
eous. 

23  Much  'food   is  in  the  ''tillage 

of  the  poor ; 
But  there  is  that  is  destroyed 
by  reason  of  injustice. 
21  He  that  "  spareth  his  rod  hateth 
his  son  ; 
But  he  that  loveth  him  "chast- 
eneth  him  *  betimes. 
25  The   ^righteous   eateth  to  the 
satisfying  of  his  soul ; 
But  the  belly  of  the  "wicked 
shall  want. 
"I    A    Every  =  wise  woman  buildeth 
-L  jt      her  house  ; 

But   *  the   foolish    plucketh    it 
down  with  her  own  hands. 

1  Or,  mnk-fth  himtflf  a  drhlnr  iheri'tn 

2  Or,  teiuhind    ■'  Or.  (fUeth      <  Or.  insiriicl'on 
6  According  to  another  reading,  Uf  that  icnll;- 

et/i  with  111.11'  men  shall  be  wise. 

*  Heb  >if  broken.  e  Or,  diliqenHy 

'  Or,  tUled  land  »  Heb.  /ollv. 

21 


2  He  that  "walketh    in    his  up- 

rightness feareth  .lehuvah  ; 
But  he  that  is  **  peiverse  in  his 
ways  despisetl)  him. 

3  In  the  ''  mouth  of  the  foolish  is 

a  rod  fur  hi.t  pride  ; 
But  ''the  lips  of  the  wise  shall 
j)reser\e  them. 

4  Where  no  oxen  are,  the  crib  is 

clean  ; 
But   much  increase  is  by  the 
strength  of  the  ox. 

5  A  "faithful  witness  will  not  He: 
But  a -^ false  witness  '""  uttereth 

lies. 
G  A  *  scoffer  seeketh  wisdom,  and 
fiiulftk  it  not  ; 
But  *  knowledge   is   easy  unto 
him  that  hath    understand- 
ing. 

7  "Go   into   the  *presence  of  a 

foolish  man. 
And  thou  shalt  not  perceive  t« 
him  the  lips  of  knowledge. 

8  The 'wisdom  of  the  prudent  is 

to  understand  his  way  ; 
But  ™the  folly  of  fools  is  deceit. 

9  '-  A  "  trespass-ofiering  mocketh 

fools ; 
But  "among  the  upright  there 
is  "good  will. 

10  The    heart    knoweth    its    own 

*  bitterness  ; 
And  a  stranger  doth  not  inter- 
meddle with  its  joy. 

1 1  The  '^  house  of  the  wicked  shall 

be  overthrown  ; 
But  the    tent    of   the  upright 
shall  flourish. 

1 2  There  "■  is  a  way  wliich  "seemeth 

right  unto  a  man  ; 
But  the  'end  thereof  are  the 
ways  of  dejith. 

13  Even  in  laughter  the  heart  is 

sorrowful ; 

And  the  '  end  of  mirth  is  heavi- 
ness. 
11  The  backslider  in  heart  shall  be 
"filled  with  his  f)wn  ways; 

And  a  good  man  shall  be  'satis- 
fied from  himself. 

15  The    simple   ■'believeth    everj 

word  ; 
But  the  "prudent  man  looketh 
well  to  his  going. 

16  A  wise  man  feareth,  and  Me- 

parteth  from  evil ; 
But    the    f(H)l   boareth   himself 
insolently,  an<l  is  confident. 

17  He    that    is  "soon   angry  will 

deal  foolishly ; 

i»  Heb  hrenth'-th  out. 

11  Or,  O'lfrom      .  .  For  Ihnu  itilt  not  ic. 

1*  Or,  Fnol-t  tnnkf  a  mock  nt  sin 

"  Or,  <A^  fuvor  of  God    i<  Or,  is  straight  btjor: 


641 


14.18 


PROVERBS 


15.11 


Sundry  Proverbs  contrastiDg  the  Upright  and  the  VVirked 


And  a  man  of  wicked  devices 
is  hated. 

18  The  simple  inherit  folly  ; 

But  the  "  prudent  are  crowned 
with  knowledge. 

1 9  The  *  evil  bow  down  before  the 

good ; 
And  the  wicked,  at  the  gates 
of  the  righteous, 

20  The  ""poor  is  hated  even  of  his 

own  neighbor  ; 
But     the     '*  rich     hath    many 
friends. 

2 1  He  that  *  despiseth  his  neighbor 

sinneth  ; 
But  -^he  that  hath  pity  on  the 
poor,  happy  is  he. 

22  ^Do  they  not  err  that  ^devise 

evill 
But  ''mercy  and  truth  shall  he 
to  them  that  devise  good. 

23  In  all  'labor  there  is  profit ; 
But  the  talk  of  the  lips  tendeih 

only  to  penury. 
21  "^The  *  crown  of  the  wise  is  their 
riches ; 
But  the  'folly  of  fools  is  only 
folly.  . 

25  A  true  witness  delivereth  souls; 
But    he    that  /'"uttereth    lies 

causeth   deceit. 

26  In    the    "fear   of    Jehovah   is 

strong  confidence ; 
And  ^his  children   shall    have 
a  place  of  refuge. 

27  The  fear  of  Jehovah  is  a  "foun- 

tain of  life, 
That  one  may  depart  from  the 
snares  of  death. 

28  In  the  ^multitude  of  people  is 

the  king's  glory ; 
But  in  the  want  of  people  is  the 
destruction  of  the  prince. 

29  He  that  is  ''slow  to  anger  is  of 

great  understanding ; 
But  he  that  is  ''hasty  of  spirit 
^  exalteth  folly. 

30  A  "tranquil  heart  is  the  life  of 

the  flesh  ; 
But  ^  envy  is  the  '  rottenness  of 
the  bones. 

31  He  that  "oppresseth  the  poor 

reproacheth  his  Maker ; 
But  he  that  hath  "mercy  on  the 
needy  honoreth  him. 

32  The  wicked  is  ^  thrust  down  in 

his  ''  evil-doing ; 
But    the     2/ righteous    hath    a 
refuge  in  his  death. 

1  Or,  Shnll  then  not  go  astray 

2  Or,  Tlieir  rii/h''S  is  a  crown  unto  the  teise 
8  Heb.  hreatheth  out. 

4  Or,  the  children  of  him  that  hath  it 

5  Or,  cnrrieth  away  ^  Or,  jealousy 
1  Or,  calamity 


"  ch.  18. 15 
6ch.  11.29; 

1  S.  2.  38 
<^  ch.  19.  7 
d  ch.  19.  4 
^ch.  11.12 
/ch.  19.  17; 

28.  8 ;  Ps. 
41.  1 
»  ch.  3.  29  ; 

12.  2 ;  Ps. 
36.  4 ;  ]yiic. 
2.1 

!>■  ch.  3.  3 
'■  ch.  13.  11 
k  ch,  10.  22  ; 

13.  8  ;  21. 
20 

'  ver.  8 
'"  ver.  ■') 
"  ch.  18.  10  ; 

19.  23 ; 

Is.  33.  6 
"  ch.  10.  11 ; 

13.  14 
''  1  K.  4.  20 
«  ch.  16.  32  ; 

19. 11 ; 

Eccl  7.  9 : 

Jas.  1.  19 
••  ch.  2;).  20 
'  ch.  15.  13 
t  ch.  12.  4  ; 

Hab.  3.  16 
"  ch.  17.  5 
"  ver.  21 
■^  ch.  6.  15  ; 

24.  16 
y  Gen.  49. 18; 

Ps.  16.  11 ; 

17.  15  ;  37. 

37  ;  73.  24  ; 

2  Cor.  1.  9  ; 
5.  8;  2  Tim. 
4.18 


'^  ch.  2.  10 
«  ch.  12.  16  : 

18.  2  :  29.  11 
b  ch.  11.  11 
"  ch.  16.  13 
d  ver.  18 ; 

ch.  2.i.  15 ; 

Judg.8.1-3 
"  1  S.  25. 

10-13 
/  ver.  7 
f  ver.  23 ; 

ch.  12.  23 ; 

13.  16 
h  Job  31.  4, 

ref.  ;  Heb. 

4.13 
!  ch.  12.  18 
fc  ch.  11.  3 
'  ch.  13.  1 
""  ch.  13.  18 
"  ch.  8.  21 
°ver.  2 
P  ch.  21.  27  ; 

Eccl.  5. 1 ; 

Is.  1.  11 ; 

Jer.  6.  20 ; 

Mic.  6.  7 
1  ver.  29 
"■  ver.  26 : 

ch.  11.  1, 

20  ;  12.  22  ; 

16.  5  ;  17. 

15 ;  20.  10, 

&c. 
"  ch  21.  21 : 

ITim.  6. 11 
(  ch.  1.  29- 

32  ;  5.  12  ; 

12.  1 
"  Job  26.  6 ; 

Ps.  139.  8 
"IS.  16.  7; 

2  Chr.  6. 

30 ;  Ps.  44. 

21;  Acts 

1.  24 

642 


33  Wisdom  ^resteth  in  the  heart 

of    him    that    hath    under- 
standing ; 
^But  that  ivhich  is  in  the  "in- 
ward part  of  fools  is  made 
known. 

34  Righteousness  *  exalteth  a  na- 

tion ; 
But  sin  is  a  reproach  to  'any 
people. 

35  The  ''king's  favor  is  toward  a 

servant  that  dealeth  wisely  ; 
But  his  wrath  will  be  against 
him  that  ^"causeth  shame. 
'\  ^  A ''soft  answer  turneth  away 
X  tJ       wrath ; 

But  a  '^  grievous  word  stirreth 
up  anger. 

2  The  -^tongue  of  the  wise  utter- 

eth  knowledge  aright ; 
But  the  ^rnouth  of  fools  pour- 
eth  out  folly. 

3  The  ''eyes  of   Jehovah  are  in 

every  place, 
Keeping  watch  upon  the  evil 
and  the  good. 

4  "A  'gentle  tongue  is  a  tree  of 

life; 
But  *  perverseness  therein  is  a 
breaking  of  the  spirit. 

5  A  'fool   despiseth   his  father's 

^-  correction ; 
But  he  that  ™  regardeth  reproof 
^^getteth  prudence. 

6  In  the  house  of  the  "righteous 

is  much  treasure ; 
But    in    the    revenues    of    the 
wicked  is  trouble. 

7  The  "lips  of  the  wise  disperse 

knowledge ; 
But  the   heart   of   the  foolish 
^*  doeth  not  so. 

8  The  ^sacrifice  of  the  wicked  is 

an  abomination  to  Jehovah ; 
But  *>  the  prayer  of  the  upright 
is  his  delight. 

9  The  way  of  the  wicked  is  ''an 

abomination  to  Jehovah  : 
But  he  loveth  him  that  *follow- 
eth  after  righteousness. 
10  There  is  grievous  correction  for 
him  that  forsaketh  the  way ; 
And   he   that  'hateth   reproof 
shall  die. 
11"  Sheol  and  ^^  Abaddon  are  be- 
fore Jehovah ; 
How    much     more    then     the 
"hearts    of   the    children    of 
men  ! 

8  Or,  And  in  the  midst  of  fools  it  maketh  itself 
known  9  Heb.  peoples. 

i<*  Or,  dneth  shamefiiHy 

11  Heb.  The  healing  of  the  tongue. 

12  Or,  instruction  is  Or,  dealeth  prudently 
i<  Or,  is  not  stedfast  (or,  right) 

16  Or.  Destruction 


15.12 


PROVERBS 


16.9 


Sandnr  Proverbs  tontrasting  the  Upright  and  the  Wicked.    Sundry  Observations  (onterning  Life  and  Conduct 


12  A   'scoffer    loveth   not   to   be 

reproved  ; 
He  will  not  go  unto  the  wise. 

13  A  ''glad  heart  niaketh  a  cheer- 

ful countenance ; 
But   by  ""sorrow  of   heart  the 

■^  spirit  is  broken. 
14:  The      'heart      of      him     that 

hath  understanding  seeketh 

knowledge ; 
But  the  mouth  of  fools  feedeth 

on  folly. 

15  All  the  days  of  the  afflicted  are 

evil ; 
But   he  that  is   of   a  -'cheer- 
ful  heart   Iiath   a  continual 
feast. 

16  'Better  is  little,  with  the  fear 

of  Jehovah, 
Than  great  treasure  and  trouble 
therewith. 

1 7  *  Better  is  a  ^  dinner  of  herbs, 

where  love  is. 
Than  a  'stalled  ox  and  hatred 
therewith. 

18  A  *  wrathful  man  stirreth   up 

contention ; 
But  he  that  is  '  slow  to  anger 
'"appeaseth  strife. 

19  The  "way  of  the  sluggard  is  as 

a  hedge  of  thorns  ; 
But  the  path  of  the  upright  is 
made  a  "highway. 

20  A  ^wise  son   maketh   a   glad 

father ; 
But  a  foolish   man  *despiseth 
his  mother. 

21  "■  ¥o\\j  is  joy  to  him  that  is  void 

of  -  wisdom  ; 
But   a   man  of  understanding 
'maketh  straight  his  going. 

22  Where    '  there    is    no    C9unsel, 

purposes  are  disappointed ; 
But '  in  the  multitude  of  coun- 
sellors they  are  established. 

23  A  "man  hath  joy  in  the  answer 

of  his  mouth ; 
And  "a  word  in   due   season, 

how  good  is.it ! 
24:  To  the  wise  the  ^way  of  life 

goefk  upward. 
That  he  may  depart  from  Sheol 

beneath. 

25  Jehovah  will  "root  up  the  house 

of  the  proud ; 
But  he  will  ^establish  the  bor- 
der of  the  "widow. 

26  *Evil  devices  are  an  ''abomina- 

tion to  Jehovah  : 
But  ^''pleasant  words  are  pure. 

27  He    that    is    'greedy    of   gain 

troubleth  his  own  house ; 

»  Or,  portion  *  Heb.  heart. 

»  Or,  the  pure  speak  pleasant  words 


■"  oh.  13.  1 : 

Am.  5.  10 
6  ch.  17.  22 
"■  ch.  1-'.  2) 
d  ch.  17.  22  ; 

18.  14 
'ch.  18.  15 
/  var.  13 
"  ch.  16.  8  ; 

Pa.  37.  16 ; 

Eccl.  4.  B  ; 

1  Tim.  6.  6 
1  cli.  17.  1 
'  Mt.  22.  4 : 

Lk.  Ij.  23 
I  ch.  16.  28  ; 

26.  21 ;  29. 

22 
'  oh.  14.  29 
"'  ch.  16.  14  ; 

Gen.  13.  « ; 

Eccl.  10.  4 
"  ch.  22.  5,  13 
"  ch.  16.  17 
P  ch.  10. 1 ; 

29.  3 
9  ch.  30.  17 
'•  ch.  10.  23 
"ch.  14.8; 

Ep!i.  ,■).  1.5 
'  ch.  11.  14  ; 

20.  18 
«  ch.  12.  14 
"  ch.  25.  11 ; 

Is.  50.  4 
'  ch.  4.  18 
y  ch.  12.  7  ; 

14.  11 
-ch.  23.  10; 

Dt.  19.  14 
"  Ps.  63.  5  ; 

146.9 
6  ch.  6.  16-19 
'  ch.  15.  8 : 

20.  23 ;  21. 

27  ;  28.  9 
rf  ch.  16.  24 
'  ch.  1.  19  ; 

28.  25 ; 

1  Tim.  6. 10 


/Ex.  23.  8; 

Dt.  16.  19 ; 

1  S.  12.  3  ; 

la.  33.  15 
"  1  Pet.  3.  15 
''  ver.  2 ; 

ch.  111.  32 
'cli.  1.2S; 

Ps.  18  41 
A-  Pb.  145. 18, 

K 
I  ch.  25.  25 
"'  ver.  5 ; 

ch.  25.  12 
"  ch.  1.  7  ; 

8.  33 

0  ch.  8.  36 
I'  ch.  15.  5 
"ch.  1.7; 

9.  10 

•■  ch.  18. 12 
'  ver.  9 ;  ch. 

19.  21 
t  ch.  21.  2 
"  ch.  24. 12 
"  oh.  3.  6  ; 

Ps.  37.  6; 

Hf).  22 ; 

1  Pet.  5.  7 
*  Oen.  1.  31 ; 

Eccl  3.  11 
V  Job  21.  30  ; 

Kom.  9.  22 
'  ch.  6.  17  ; 

8  13 
"  ch.  11.  21 
6  I)an  4.  27  ; 

Lk.  11  41 
«ch.  8.  13; 

14   16 
d  Gen.  33.  4  ; 

2  Chr.  17. 
10 

643 


But  he  that-'hateth  bribes  shall 
live. 

28  The    heart    of    the    righteous 

"studieth  to  answer; 
But  the  "  mouth  of  the  wicked 
poureth  out  evil  things. 

29  Jehovah     is     'far     from     the 

wicked ; 
But  he  /heareth  the  prayer  of 
the  righteuus. 

30  The  light  of  the  eyes  rejoiceth 

the  heart ; 
And  'good    tidings   make   the 
bones  fat. 

31  The   car  that  "'hearkeneth  to 

the  reproof  of  life 
Shall  abide  among  the  wi.se. 

32  He   that;  "rcfuseth  *  correction 

"  despiseth   his  own   .soul ; 
But  he  that  ''hearkeneth  to  re- 
proof getteth -understanding. 

33  The  ''fear   of   Jehovah   is   the 

instruction  of  wisdom  ; 
And  '■  before  honor  goeih  humil 
ity. 

'i  /^  The    'plans    of    the    heart 
-LvJ      belong  to  man; 

But  the  answer  of  the  tongue 
is  from  Jehovah. 

2  'All    the  ways   of   a   man  are 

clean  in  his  own  eyes ; 
But    Jehovah    "  weigheth    the 
spirits. 

3  *•' Commit  thy  works  unto  Je- 

hovah, 

And    thy    purposes    shall    be 
established. 
i  Jehovah    ■"  hath    made    every- 
thing for  ''  its  own  end ; 

Yea,  even  the  *' wicked  for  the 
day  of  evil. 

5  Every  one   that   is  'proud   in 

heart  is  an  abomination  to 
Jehovah : 
"  Thonuh  hand  join  in  hand,  he 
shall  not  be  unijunished. 

6  By  ''mercy  and  truth  iniquity 

is  atoned  for ; 
And  by  the  -"fear  of  Jehovah 
men  depart  fn;m  evil, 

7  When    a    man's    ways    plea.se 

Jehovah, 
He  ''maketh  even  his  enemies 
to  be  at  peace  with  him. 

8  "Better  is  a  little,  with  right- 

eousness. 
Than  great  revenues  with  in- 
justice. 

9  A-'man's  heart  deviseth  his  way ; 

•ch.  15.16  /Ter.  1;  ch.  19.21 


<  Or,  instruction  '  Heb.  Roll. 

«  Or,  Am  own  purpose 


16.10 


PROVERBS 


17.6 


Sundry  Observations  concerning  Life  and  Gondnct 


But    "Jehovah    directeth    his 
steps. 

10  ^  A  *  divine  sentence  is  in  the 

lips  of  the  king ; 
His  mouth  shall  not  transgress 
in  judgment. 

11  A  "just  balance  and  scales  are 

Jehovah's  ; 
All  the  weights  of  the  bag  are 
his  work. 

12  It  is  an  abomination  to  kings 

to  commit  wickedness  ; 
For  the  ''throne  is  estabHshed 
by  righteousness. 

1 3  *  Righteous  lips  are  the  delight 

of  kings ; 
And  they  love  him  that  speak- 
eth  right. 

14  The  ■''wrath  of  a  king  is  as  mes- 

sengers of  death ; 
But  a  wise  man  will  Opacify  it. 

15  In  the  light  of  the  king's  coun- 

tenance is  life ; 
And  his  favor  is  as  a  cloud  of 
the  *  latter  rain. 

16  How  much  'better  is  it  to  get 

wisdom  than  gold  ! 
Yea,   to  get   understanding  is 
rather    to    be    chosen    than 
silver. 

1 7  The  *  highway  of  the  upright  is 

to  '  depart  from  evil : 
He  that  "*  keepeth  his  way  pre- 
serveth  his  soul. 

18  "Pride  goeth  before  destruction, 
And  a  haughty  spirit  before  a 

fall. 

19  Better  it  is  to  be  of  a  "lowly 

spirit  with  the  '^  poor, 
Than  to  *  divide  the  spoil  with 
the  proud. 

20  He  that  ^  giveth  heed  unto  the 

word  shall  *  find  good  ; 
And  *■  whoso  trusteth  in  Jeho- 
vah, happy  is  he. 

21  The   "wise   in    heart   shall    be 

called  prudent ; 
And  the  sweetness  of  the  lips 
'  increaseth  learning. 

22  Understanding  is  a  "  wellspring 

of  life  unto  him  that  hath 
it; 
But  the  "correction  of  fools  is 
their  folly. 

23  The  ^  heart  of  the  wise  instruct- 

eth  his  mouth. 
And    addeth     learning   to   his 
lips. 

24  **  Pleasant  words  are  as  a  honey- 

comb, 
Sweet  to  the  soul,  and  '  health 
to  the  bones. 

1  Heb.  Divination.  *  Or,  meek 

3  Or,  handleth  a  matter  wisely 


"  ch.  20.  24  ; 

Ps.  37.  23 ; 

Jer.  10.  23 
6  1  K.  3.  28 
'  ch.  11.  1 
d  ch.  25.  5 
«  ch.  14.  35 ; 

22.  11 
/ch.  19.  12; 

20.2 

8  ch.  25.  15 
A  Job  29.  23 

i  ch.  8.  10, 19 
t  ch.  15.  19 
'  ver.  6 
"'  ch.  19.  16 
"ch.  11.2; 

18.  12 ; 

Jer.  49.  16; 

Obad.  3,  4 
"  ch.  3.  34  ; 

29.  23 ;  Is. 

57.  15 
P  ch.  1.  13, 

14;  Ex.  15. 

9 ;  Judg. 

5.  30 

9  ch.  19.  8 
>•  Ps.  2.  12  ; 

34.  8 ;  Jer. 

17.7 
»  Hos.  14.  9 
<  ver.  23 
"  ch.  10. 11 ; 

13.  14  ;  18.  4 
"  ch.  7.  22 
"  ch.  15.  28 ; 

Ps.  37.  30; 

Mt.  12.  34 
y  ch.  15.  26  ; 

24.  13, 14 ; 

Ps.  19.  10 
'  ch.  4.  22 ; 

17.22 


"■  ch.  14.  12 
i>ch.6.12,14, 

18 
"  Jas.  3.  6 
d  ch.  15.  18 
«  ch.  18.  8  ; 

26.  20,  22 
/ch.  17.  9 
"ch.  1.10; 

12.26 
ft  ch.  20.  29 
>  ch.  3.  1,  2 
*  ch.  14.  29  ; 

17.  27  ;  19. 

11 
'  ch.  18. 18 
"^  ch.  29.  26 
"  ch.  15.  17 
"  ch.  10.  5  ; 

19.  26 
P  ch.  27.  21 
9  ch.  15.  11 ; 

1  Chr.  29. 

17  ;  Ps.  26. 

2 ;  Jer.  17. 

10;  Mai. 

3.  3 
•■  ch.  14.  15 

»  ch.  14.  31 


t  ch.  24.  17  ; 

Job  31.  29 ; 

Obad.  12 
«  ch.  13.  22  ; 

Gen.  48.  11 

«  Ex.  20.  12  ; 
Mai.  1.  6 


25  "  There  is  a  way  which  *  seemeth 

right  unto  a  man. 
But  the   end   thereof   are  the 
ways  of  death. 

26  The  appetite  of   the   laboring 

man  laboreth  for  him  : 
For    his    mouth    urgeth    him 
thereto. 

27  *  A   worthless    man   ^deviseth 

mischief  ; 
And  in  his  lips  there  is  as  a 
*"  scorching  fire. 

28  A    "*  perverse    man   scattereth 

abroad  strife  ; 
And  a  *  whisperer  ®-'' separate th 
chief  friends. 

29  A   man  of   violence   "  entice th 

his  neighbor. 
And  leadeth  him  in  a  way  that 
is  not  good. 

30  ^  He  that  shutteth  his  eyes,  it  is 

to  devise  perverse  things  : 
He    that   compresseth  his  lips 
bringeth  evil  to  pass. 

3 1  The  ''  hoary  head  is  a  crown  of 

^  glory; 
^  It  *  shall  be  found  in  the  way 
of  righteousness. 

32  He  that   is  *slow  to  anger  is 

better  than  the  mighty  ; 
And  he  that  ruleth  nis  spirit, 
than  he  that  taketh  a  city. 

33  The  '  lot  is  cast  into  the  lap ; 
But     the     whole     '"disposing 

thereof  is  of  Jehovah. 
•^  ^  "  Better  is  a  dry  morsel,  and 
J-  i        quietness  therewith. 

Than  a  house  full  of  ^^  feasting 

with  strife. 

2  A  servant  that  dealeth  wisely 

shall  have  rule  over  a  "son 
that "  causeth  shame. 
And  shall  have  part  in  the  inher- 
itance among  the  brethren. 

3  The  ^refining  pot  is  for  silver, 

and  the  furnace  for  gold  ; 
But  *  Jehovah  trieth  the  hearts. 

4  An  •■  evil-doer  giveth   heed   to 

wicked  lips ; 
And  ^^  a,  \ia,r   giveth    ear  to  a 
mischievous  tongue. 

5  Whoso  mocketh  the  'poor  re- 

proacheth  his  Maker ; 
And  he  that  is  *  glad  at  calamity 
shall  not  be  unpunished. 

6  "Children's    children    are    the 

crown  of  old  men  ; 
And  the "  glory  of  children  are 
their  fathers. 

5  Heb.  diggeth. 


644 


*  Or,  is  straight  before 

6  Or,  atienateth  his  friend 

?  Or,  He  that  shutteth  his  eyes  to  devise  \ 
things.  That  cotnpresselh  his  lit     '   ' 

8  Or,  beauty  9 

Id  Heb.  the  sacrifices  of  strife. 
11  Or,  doeth  shamefully        12  Heb.  falsehood. 


es  to  devise  perverse 
tips,  bringeth  <i'C. 
9  Or,  If  U  be  found 


17.7 


PROVERBS 

Sundry  Obstnatiou  roncemiiv  life  and  Condoet 


lar 


7  ^"Excellent   speech    beconieth 

not  a  fool ; 
Much    less    do     *  lying    lips    a 
prince. 

8  A  "^  bi:ibe  is  as  a  precious  stone 

in  the  eyes  of  him  that  hath 
it; 
Whithersoever  '■'it  turneth,  ^it 
^prospereth. 

9  He  that  ''covereth  a  transgres- 

sion seeketh  love ; 
But  he  that  harpeth  on  a  mat- 
ter *separateth  chief  friends. 

10  A -'rebuke  eutereth  deeper  into 

one  that  hath  understanding 
Than  a  hundred  stripes  into  a 
fool.   . 

1 1  *  An  evil  man  seeketh  only  re- 

bellion ; 
Therefore    a    cruel    messenger 
shall  be  sent  against  him. 

12  Let    a    *bear    robbed    of    her 

whelps  ^  meet  a  man, 
Rather  than  a  fool  in  his  folly. 

13  Whoso     'rewardeth     evil     for 

good, 
*  Evil  shall  not  depart  from  liis 
house. 

14  The    beginning  of  strife  is  as 

when  one  letteth  out  water  : 
Therefore  '  leave  off  contention, 
before  there  is  quarrelling. 

15  He  that  '"justifieth  the  wicked, 

and  he  that  condemneth  the 
righteous. 
Both    of    them    alike    are    an 
abomination  to  Jehovah. 

16  Wherefore  is  there  a  price  in 

the  hand  of  a  fool  to  "  buy 
wisdom, 
Seeing  he  hath  no  *  understand- 


ing 


19 


A  "  friend  loveth  at  all  times  ; 
And  ^  a  brother  is  born  for  ad- 
versity. 
18  A  man  void  of  "  understanding 

^striketh  hands, 
And   becometh    surety   in    the 

presence  of  his  neighbor. 
He  *  loveth  transgression  that 

loveth  strife : 
He  that  "■  raiseth  high  his  gate 

seeketh  destruction. 
20  He  that  hath  a  wayward  heart 

'  findeth  no  good  ; 
And  he  that  liath  a  'perverse 

tongue  falleth  into  ^mischief. 
He  that  "  begetteth  a  fool  doeth 

it  to  his  sorrow  ; 

*  Or,  Arrogant  »  Or,  he 
s  Or,  dealeth  witely 

*  Or,  A  rebellious  man  (Heb    Rfbellion)  seeketh 
only  eirii  5  Heb.  heart. 

*  Or,  is  hnrn  as  a  brnth>'T 

'  Or,  He  that  loveth  transgresnon  loveth  strife 
'  Or,  calamiiy 


21 


"ch   24.7 
l>  ch.  12.  22  ; 

Ps  31.  18 
'ch  21.  U; 

Is.  1.  -23 ; 

Am  .V  12 
d  ch.  10.  12  ; 

.las.  a.  20  ; 

1  Pet  4  8 

•  ch.  16.  23 
/ch.  9.  U 
"2  8.  17.  8; 

Ho8.  13.  8 
'"  ch.  29.  9 
'  Ps  3,^.  12  ; 

109.  5;  Jer. 

18.  20 

•  ch.  13.  21  ; 

2  S.  12.  10  ; 
1  K.  21.  22 

'  ch,  20.  3  ; 

25  8 
"*  ch.  18.  5  : 

24.  24  ;  Ex. 

23.  7  ;  Is. 

5.23 
"  ch  23.  23 
"  ch  18.  24  ; 

Ruth  1.  1« 
'•  ch.  6. 1  ;  11. 

15 ;  22.  26 
1  ch.  29.  22 
"■ch.  11.2; 

16. 18 ;  29. 

23 

•  ch.  24.  20 
'  Jas.  3.  8 
"  ver  25; 

ch.  10. 1 ; 

19.  13 


"  ch.  15.  13 
^  Pa.  22.  15 
y  ver.  8 
-Ex.23.  8; 

Mic.  3.  U ; 

7.  3 
°  ch.  14.  6 
fc  Eccl.  2.  14 
■■  ch.  19.  13 
<i  ch.  10.  1 
'  ver.  15 ; 

ch.  18.  5 
/ch.  10.  19; 

Jas.  1.  19 
'■'  ch.  14.  29 
'■  Job  13.  5 
■  ch  2.  7  ; 

3.  21 ;  8.  14 
*  ch.  12.  23  ; 

13.  16 ; 

Eccl.  10.  3 
'  ch.  12.  8 
'"  ch.  20.  5 
"  ch.  10. 11 ; 

16.  22 
"  ch.  17.  15  : 

24.  23  ;  28 

21 ;  Lev.  19. 

15 ;  Dt.  1. 

17  ;  16.  19  ; 

Ps.  82.  2 
''  ch.  17.  26 ; 

31.  5 ;  Ex. 

23.  2,  6 ; 

Mic.  3.  9 

»  ch  19.  29 

••  ch  1ft.  14  ; 
12.  13;  13. 
3 ;  Ps  64. 
8;  140  9; 
Eccl.  10. 12 


iVnd  the  father  of  a  fool  hath 
no  joy. 

22  A  "cheerful    heart  "is  a  good 

medicine ; 
But  a  broken  spirit  'drieth  up 
the  bones. 

23  A     wicked    man    roceiveth    a 

"bribe  out  of  the  bosom. 
To  'pervert  the  ways  of  justice. 

24  "  Wi.sdom  is  before  the  face  of 

him   that    hath   understand- 
ing ; 
But  the* eyes  of  a  fool  are  in 
the  ends  of  the  earth. 

25  A  "^  foolish  son  is  a  grief  to  his 

father. 
And    ''bitterness    to    her   that 
bare  him. 

26  Also  to  ^"'■punish  the  righteous 

^  is  not  good, 
Nor  to  .smite  the  noble  for  their 
ui)rightness. 

27  He  ^'that  •'spareth    his  words 

hath  knowledge ; 
And  \w  that  is  of  a  "  cool  spirit 
is  a  man  of  understanding. 

28  Even  a  fool,  when  he  ^  holdeth 

his  peace,  is  counted  wise  ; 
'-^yhen  he  shutteth  his  lips,  he 
is  eateevied  as  prudent. 
-i  O   He  that  separateth  himself 
JL  O      seeketh  his  own  desire, 
And /^rageth  against  all  'sound 
wisdom. 

2  A  fool  hath  no  delight  in  under- 

standing. 
But  only  that  his  *  heart  may 
reveal  itself. 

3  When  the  wicked  cometh,  there 

Cometh  also  '  contempt. 
And  with  ignominy  cometh  re- 
proach. 

4  The  words  of   a  man's  mouth 

are  as  '"deep  waters  ; 
"The  "wellspring  of  wisdom  is 
as  a  flowing  brook. 

5  To  "respect  the  person  of  the 

wicked  is  not  gocKl, 
"  Nor  to  p  turn  aside  the  right- 
eous in  Judgment. 

6  A  fool's  lips  '"enter  into  con- 

tention. 
And     his    mouth     calleth    for 


7  A 


'stripe-s. 
fools  mouth  is  his  destruc- 


tion, 
And  his  lips  are  the  snare  of  \\\f 
soul. 

»  Heb  causelh  good  henling.  ^o  Or,  fine 

"  Or.  that  hath  knntrlnige  sparelh  hitworiU,' 
And  a  man  of  vnderslandihn  is  of  a  root  tpirit 
n  Or,  He  that  s/iutt'lli  his  lips  is  Ac. 
1'  Or,  qiiarrrllrlh  u  ifi 

X  Or,  A  /l"U-in!i  brnnk.  a  icelhpring  of  xcisdom 
I'  Or,  So  IV  to  turn  aside 
i*  Oi .  briiig  eorUention 


645 


18.8 


PEOVERBS 


19  13 


Sundry  Observations  concerning  Life  and  Conduct 


8  The  "words  of  a  whisperer  are 

as  dainty  morsels, 
And  they  go  down   into  *the 
innermost  parts, 

9  He  also  that  is  "slack  in  his 

work 
Is  ^  brother  to  him  that  is  a  de- 
stroyer. 

10  The    "^name    of   Jehovah    is   a 

•^strong  tower; 
The  righteous  runneth  into  it, 
and  ^"is  safe. 

11  The  '"rich  man's  wealth  is  his 

strong  city, 
And  as  a  high  wall  in  his  own 
imagination. 

12  'Before  destruction  the  heart 

of  man  is  haughty  ; 
And    *  before   honor  goeth  hu- 
militj^ 

13  He  that  'giveth  answer  before 

he  heareth, 
It  is  folly  and  shame  unto  him. 

14  The  ""spirit  of  a  man  will  sus- 

tain his  infirmity ; 
But  a  "broken  spirit  who  can 
2  bear"? 

1 5  The  "  heart  of  the  prudent  get- 

teth  knowledge ; 
And  the  ^ear  of  the  wise  seeketh 
knowledge. 

16  A  man's  *gift  maketh  room  for 

him, 
And  bringeth  him  before  great 
men. 

1 7  He  that  pleadeth  his  cause  first 

seemetk  just ; 
But  his  neighbor  cometh  and 
searcheth  him  out. 

18  The  'lot  causeth  contentions  to 

cease, 
And     parteth     between      the 
mighty. 

19  A  brother  ^offended  is  harder 

to  be  won  than  a  strong  city  ; 
And  sru:h  contentions  are  like 
the  bars  of  a  castle. 

20  A  'man's  belly  shall_  be  filled 

with  the  fruit  of  his  mouth ; 
With  the  increase  of  his  lips 
shall  he  be  satisfied. 

21  '  Death    and    life    are    in    the 

power  of  the  tongue ; 
And  they  that  love  it  shall  eat 
the  "  fruit  thereof. 

22  whoso  findeth  a  '  wife  findeth 

a  good  thing. 

And  ^obtaineth  favor  of  Jeho- 
vah. 
"23  The  ^ poor  useth  entreaties; 

But     the     '  rich     "  answereth 
roughly. 

I  Heb.  is  set  on  higft, 

*  Or,  raise  up  8  Or,  injured 


°  ch.  26.  22 
b  ch.  20.  27, 

30 
"^  ch.  10.  4 
d  ch.  28.  24 
<•  Ex.  3.  15 
/  2  S.  22.2,3, 

33  ;  Ps.  IS. 

2  ;  61.  3  ; 

Ml.  2  ;  144.  2 
-o  ch.  29.  25 
h  ch.  10.  15 
'  ch.  11.  2  ; 

16.  13  ;  29. 

23 
k  ch.  15.  33 
'  ch.  20.  25  ; 

Jn.  7.  51 
"'  ch.  17.  22 
"  ch.  15.  13 
"  ch.  15.  14 
P  ch.  15.  31 
«  Gen.  32. 20; 

1  S.  25.  27 
"■  ch.  16.  33 

'  ch.  12.  14  ; 

14.  14 
t  ch.  12.  13  ; 

13.  3 ;  Mt. 

12.  37 
»  ch.  13.  2  ; 

Is.  3.10; 

Hos.  10.  13 
"  ch.  12.  4  ; 

19.  14 ;  31. 

10-31; 

Gen.  2.  18 
^  ch.  8.  35 
V  ch.  19.  7 
'  Jaa.  2.  3,  6 
"IK.  12. 13 ; 

2  Chr.  10. 
13 


6  ch.  17.  17 
"  ch.  28.  6 
d  ch.  14.  2  ; 

20.  7 ;  Pb. 
26.11 

'  ver.  8 
/ch.  21.5; 

28.  20 ;  29. 

20 
"  ch.  11.  3 
h  Ps.  37.  7 ; 

Is.  8  21 
i  ch.  14.  20 
*:  ver.  7 
'  ver.  9  ;  ch. 

21.  28 ;  Ex. 
23.  1  ;  Dt. 

19.  16-19 
""  ch.  6.  19 
"  ch.  29.  26 
0  ch.  18.  16 ; 

21.  14 
P  ver.  4 
«  Ps.  38.  11 
>•  ch.  18.  23 
'  ver.  2 
t  ch.  16.  20 
"  ver.  5 
"  ch.  17  7  ; 

26. 1 ;  Eccl. 

10.  6,  7 
^  ch.  30.  22 
y  ch.  14.  29  , 

16.32 
'  Mt.  5.  44  ; 

Eph.  4.  32 ; 

Col.  3.  13 
"  ch.  16.  14  ; 

20.  2 

i  ch.  14  3S 
■=  Gen.  27.  28 ; 

Dt.  33.  23 ; 

Ps.  133.  3 ; 

Hos.  14.  5 ; 

Mic.  5.  7 
d  ch.  17.  25 
"  ch.  21.  9, 

19 ;  27.  15 

646 


24  *He  that  maketh  many  frieiui* 
doeth  it  to  his  own  destruc- 
tion; 
But  there  is  a  ^  *  friend  that 
sticketh  closer  than  a 
brother. 

I  O  "^  I^stter   is    the    poor    that 
_L  ^y      **  walketh  in  his  integrity 

Than  he  that  is  perverse  in  his 
lips  and  is  a  fool. 

2  Also,  '^  ^  that  the  soul  be  without 

knowledge  is  not  good  ; 
And  he  that  ■'^  haste th  with  his 
feet  '  sinneth. 

3  The  "  foolishness  of  man  sub- 

verteth  his  way ; 
And  his  heart ''  f  retteth  against 
Jehovah. 

4  '  Wealth  addeth  many  friends ; 
But   *the   *poor    is    separated 

from  his  friend. 

5  A  'false  witness  shall  not  be 

unpunished ; 
And   he    that   ^  ™  uttereth  lies 
shall  not  escape. 

6  "  Many  will  entreat  the  favor  of 

•'^  the  liberal  man  ; 
And  every  man  is  a  friend  to 
him  that  °  giveth  gifts. 

7  All  the  ^brethren  of  the  poor 

do  hate  him : 
How  much  more  do  his  'friends 

go  far  from  him  ! 
"He  '■pursueth  them  with  words, 

but  they  are  gone. 

8  He  that  getteth  ^'^  *  wisdom  lov- 

eth  his  own  soul : 
He  that  keepeth  understanding 
shall '  find  good. 

9  A  "false  w'itness  shall  not  be 

unpunished ; 
And  he  that  "uttereth  lies  shall 

perish. 
10  Delicate  living  is  "not  seemly 

for  a  fool ; 
Much   less  for   a   '^servant   to 

have  rule  over  princes. 

I I  The  ^  discretion  of  a  man  mak- 

eth him  slow  to  anger ; 
And  it  is  his  glory  Ho  pass  over 
a  transgression. 

12  The   "king's  wrath    is    as   the 

roaring  of  a  lion  ; 
But  his  *  favor  is  as  ''dew  upon 
the  grass. 

13  A  ''foolish  son  is  the  calamity 

of  his  father ; 
And  the  "  contentions  of  a  wife 
are  a  continual  dropping. 

*  Heb.  A  man  of  friends.  5  Heb.  lover. 

6  Or,  desire  trithout  knowledge  is  not  good 

v  Or,  jni^sefh  his  way 

8  Or,  the  friend  of  the  poor  separaleth  himself 
from  him     9  Heb.  oreatheth  out.     i"  Or.  a  prince 

11  Or,  He  pursueth  after  words,  which  are 
nought  "  Heb.  heart. 


19.14 


PROVERBS 


20.13 


Saodrj  Obsenations  concerning  Ufs  and  Condoct 


1  -1:  House  and  riches  are  an  "  inher- 
itance from  fathers ; 
But  a  prudent  '  wife    is  from 
Jehovah. 
1.5  "  Slothfulness    casteth    into    a 
deep  sleep ; 
And  tne  ''idle  soul  sliall  suffer 
hunger. 

16  He  that  'keepeth  the  command- 

ment koepeth  his  soul ; 
But  he  that  '  is  -^careles-s  of  his 
ways  shall  die. 

1 7  He  that  '■>  hath  pity  unon   the 

poor  lendeth  unto  Jenovah. 
And  his  ''  good  deed  will  he  pay 
him  again. 

18  'Chasten  thy  son,  seeing  there 

is  hope ; 
And  set  not  thy  heart  on  'his 
destruction. 

19  A  man    of   great  wrath    shall 

.bear  the  penalty ; 
For  if  thou  deliver  him,  thou 
must  do  it  yet  again. 

20  *  Hear  counsel,  and  receive  ^  in- 

struction. 
That  thou  mayest  be  wise  in 
thy  latter  end. 

21  There  are  many  'de%aces  in  a 

man's  heart ; 
But  the  '"  counsel  of  Jehovah, 
that  shall  stand. 

22  That  which  maketh  a  man  to 

be  desired  is  his  kindness  ; 
And  a  poor  man  is  better  than 

a  liar. 
y3  The  "fear  of  Jehovah  tendeth 

to  life ; 
And  he  that  hath  it  shall  abide 

"  satisfied ; 
He  shall  ''not  be  visited  with 

evil. 

24  The  'sluggard  burieth  his  hand 

""in  the  dish, 
And  will  not  so  much  as  bring 
it  to  his  mouth  again. 

25  'Smite  a  scoffer,  and  the  simple 

will  learn  prudence ; 
And    'reprove   one    that   hath 
understanding,  and  he  will 
understand  knowledge. 

26  He  that  "doeth  violence  to  his 

father,  and  chaseth  away  his 
mother. 
Is  "a  son  that  causeth   shame 
and  bringeth  reproach. 

27  Cease,  my  son,  to  near  instruc- 

tion 
Ordy  to  '  err  from  the  words  of 
knowledge. 

28  A  worthless  witness   mocketh 

at  justice ; 


"2  00^12  14 
»  ch.  18.  22 
'  ch.  6.  9, 10 ; 

24.33 
rf  ch.  10.  4  ; 

20.  4,  13 ; 

23.  21 
'  ch.  18.  17  ; 

Lk    10.  28  ; 

11.  28 
/ch.  U.  13; 

15.  10 
"  ch.  14.  31  : 

23.  27  ;  l>t. 

15.  7,  8  ; 

Eccl.  11.  1, 

2 :  Mt.  10. 

42 :  25.  40  ; 

2  Cor.  9. 

6-8  ;  Heb. 

6.10 
A  ch.  12.  14  ; 

Lk.  6.  38 
•  ch.  13.  24  ; 

23.  13  ;  29. 

15,  17 
4-  ch.  4.  1  ;  8. 

33  ;  12.  15 
'  ch.  16.  1,  9 
"'  Ps.  33.  10, 

11 ;  Is.  14. 

26,27 
"  ch.  14.  27  ; 

1  Tim.  4.  8 
»  Ps.  25.  IS 
P  ch.  12.  21  ; 

Ps.  91.  10 
t  ch.  26.  15 
■■  Mt.  26.  23  : 

Mk.  14  20 
'  cli.  21.  11 
'  ch.  9.  8 
"  ell.  28.  24 
'•  ch.  10.  5  ; 

17.  2 
■^  ch.  10.  17 


1  Heb.  d^ipOglh. 

2  Heb.  causing  fiim  to  die. 


22 


»  Or,  eorreetion 


V  .Tob  15.  16 ; 

20.  12,  13  ; 

34.  7 
-•  ch.  9.  12  ; 

Ps.  1  1 
"  ch.  10.  13  : 

13.  6 ;  2«.  3 
b  ch.  23.  2y, 

30;  Gen. 

9  21 ;  Is. 

28.  7  ;  Hos. 

4.  11 
<^  ch.  31.  4  ; 

Is.  5.  22 ; 

56.12 
<i  oh.  V).  12 
"ch.  8.  36; 

Num.  16. 

38  ;  1  K.  2. 

23  ;  Hab. 

2.10 
/ch.  17.  14 
"  ch.  13.  4  ; 

19.  24  ;  21. 

2.5 
A  ch.  18.  4 
■  ch.  2.5  14'^; 

Mt.  6.  2 ; 

Lk.  18.  11 
t  Ps.  12.  1 ; 

Lk  18  8 
'  ch.  19.  1 
">  Ps.  37.  26  ; 

112.  2 
"  ver.  26 ; 

ch.  16.  10; 

25  5 
"IKS.  46 ; 

2  Chr  6. 

36 ;  Job  14. 

4  ;  Eccl.  7. 

20;  Rom. 

3.  9  ;  1  Jn. 

1.8 
P  ver.  23 :  ch. 

11.  1.  ref. 
4  Mt.  7.  16 

647 


And  the  mouth  of  the  wicked 
"swalloweth  iniquity. 
29  Judgments    are    prepared    for 
'  .scoffers. 
And  "  stripes  for  the  back  of 
fools. 
^f\  ''Wine  is  a  mocker,  "strong 
^\J      drink  a  brawler : 

And  who.socver  *  erreth  thereby 
is  not  wise. 

2  The  ''  terror  of  a  king  is  as  the 

roaring  of  a  lion  : 
He    that    *provoketh    him    to 
anger    'sinneth    ayainut    his 
own  "life. 

3  It    is  an  honor  for  a  man  to 

"■'keep  aloof  from  strife  ; 
But  every  fool  will  be  quarrel- 
ling. 

4  The  "  sluggard  will  not  plow  by 

reason  of  the  winter  ; 
*  Therefore  he  .shall  beg  in  har- 
vest, and  have  nothing. 

5  Counsel  in  the  heart  of  man  is 

like  ''  deep  water  ; 
But  a  man    of    understanding 
will  draw  it  out. 

6  ' Most  men  will  'proclaim  every 

one  his  own  kindness  ; 
But  a  *  faithful  man  who  can 
find  ? 

7  A  righteous  man  that '  walketh 

in  his  integrity, 
"■  Blessed  are  his  children  after 
him. 

8  A  "  king  that   sitteth    on   the 

throne  of  judgment 
'"Scattereth  away  all  evil  with 
his  eyes. 

9  "  Who  can  say,  I  have  made  my 

heart  clean, 
I  am  pure  from  my  sin  ? 

10  "^Diverse  weights,  and  diverse 

measures. 
Both  of  them  alike  are  an  abom- 
inatiim  to  Jehovah. 

11  Even  a  child   maketh   him.self 

''known  by  his  doings. 
Whether  his  wrtrk  l)e  pure,  and 
whether  it  1x'  right. 

1 2  The  hearing  ""ear,  and  the  seeing 

eye, 
Jehovah  hath  made  even  both 
of  them. 

13  'Love  not  sleep,  lest  thou  come 

to  poverty ; 

'Ex.  4.  U;  Ps.  94.  9    'ch.  6.9,  10;  19. 15;  24.  33 

«  Or,  Twelfth 

'  Or,  annrreth  himsflf  against  Mm 

«  Heb.  foul.  '  Or.  erase 

8  Or.  Thrrefnrr  irhen  he  neekelh    in    harvett, 

there  shall  br'nolhiug  ..... 

1)  Or,  Many  a  man  xrill  meet  one  that  is  kind  to 

fiim  !•  Or,  Wtnnoweth 

u  Heb.  A  stone  and  a  stone,  an  ephah  and  an 

ep/iah. 


20.14 


PROVERBS 


21.12 


Simdrjr  Obstrvations  concerning  Life  and  Condnct 


Open  thine  eyes,  and  thou  shalt 
be  satisfieu  with  bread. 

14  It  is  "bad,  it  is  bad,  saith  the 

buyer; 
But  when  he  is  gone  his  way, 
then  he  boasteth. 

15  There  is  gold,  and  abundance 

of  *  rubies ; 
But  the  Hps  of  knowledge  are  a 
precious  jewel. 

16  "Take    his     garment    that    is 

surety  for  a  stranger ; 
And  ^  hold  him.  in  pledge  that  is 
surety  for  '"'foreigners. 
17"*  Bread  of  falsehood  is  sweet  to 
a  man; 
But  afterwards  his  mouth  shall 
be  filled  with  gravel. 

18  Every  -'purpose  is  established 

by  counsel ; 
And  by  ^wise  guidance  ''make 
thou  war. 

1 9  He  that  ''  goeth  about  as  a  tale- 

bearer revealeth  secrets ; 
Therefore  company  not  with  him 
that  'openeth  wide  his  lips. 

20  Whoso  *curseth  his  father  or 

his  mother, 
His  '  lamp  shall  be  put  out  in 
blackness  of  darkness. 

21  An  inheritance  may  be  gotten 

•"hastily  at  the  beginning  ; 
But  the  end  thereof  shall  not 
be  blessed. 

22  "Say  not  thou,   I  will  recom- 

pense evil : 
Wait  for  Jehovah,  and  he  will 
save  thee. 

23  ^  Diverse  weights  are  an  abomi- 

nation to  Jehovah ; 
And  ^a  *  false   balance   is  not 
good. 

24  A  ''man's  goings  are  of  Jeho- 

vah ; 
How    then    'can    man   under- 
stand his  way  1 

25  It  is  a  snare  to  a  man  *  rashly 

to  say,  It  is  holy, 
And  'after  vows  to  make  in- 
quiry. 

26  A  "wise   king  winnoweth  the 

wicked. 
And    bringeth    the   "  threshing - 
wheel  over  them. 

27  The  "^spirit  of  man  is  the  lamp 

of  Jehovah, 
Searching    all    his    innermost 
parts. 

28  Kindness  and  «' truth  preserve 

the  king ; 

1  Or,  takf.  a  pledge  of  him 
*  Another  reading  is,  a  foreign  woman. 
s  Heb.  a  halanee  of  deceit. 
<  Or,  rmhly  to  utter  holy  words    Or,  to  devour 
that  wnich  is  holy 


»  ch.  21.  6 
!>  ch.  3.  15 

'  ch.  27.  13 
<l  ch.  9.  17 
«  ch.  11.  14  ; 

15.22 
/ch.  24.  6 
v  Lk.  14.  31 
''  ch.  11. 13 
•  ch.  13.  3 
fe  ch.  30.  11 ; 

Ex.  21. 17  ; 

Lev.  20.  9  i 

Mt.  15.  4 
I  ch.  13.  9  ; 

24.  20 ; 

Job  18.  5 
'"  ch.  28.  20 
"  ch.  24.  29  ; 

Mt.  5.  39 ; 

Rom.  12. 

17.  19 ; 

1  Thess.  5. 

15 ;  1  Pet. 

3.9 
"  Ps.  27.  14 
P  ver.  10 
9  ch.  11. 1 
<■  ch.  16.  9 
'  Jer.  10.  23 
«Eccl.  5.  4,5 
"  ver.  8 
"  Is.  28.  27 
^  1  Cor.  2.  11 
y  ch.  29.  14 


'  ch.  16.  31 
"  ch.  22.  15  ; 

Ps.  89.  32 
b  Ezr.  6.  22 
'  ch.  12.  15 ; 

16.2 
d  ch.  16.  2  ; 

24.  12 ;  Lk. 

16.  15 

•  ch.  15.  8  ; 

1  S.  15.  22  ; 
Is.  1.  11, 

16,  17  ; 
Hos.  6.  6 ; 
Mic.  6.  7,  8 

/ch.  6.  17; 

8.  13 
V  ch.  24.  20 
h  ch.  10.  4  ; 

13.4 
i  ch.  28.  22 

*  ch.  13.  11 ; 
20.  21 

I  ch.  8.  36 ; 

17.  19 

"»  ch.  10.  25  ; 

Jer.  30.  23 
"  Am.  5.  7  ; 

Mic.  3.  9 
0  ch.  2.  15 
P  ch,  25.  24 
9  ver.  19  ; 

ch.  19.  13 ; 

27.  15 
••  ch.  2.  14  ; 

Ps.  52.  3 
'  ch.  14.  21 
« ch.  19.  25 


«  ch.  14.  11 


m» 


And  *  his  throne  is  upholden  by 
kindness. 

29  The   glory   of    young   men   is 

their  strength  ; 
And  the  'beauty  of  old  men  is 
the  hoary  head. 

30  "Stripes   that    wound    cleanse 

away  evil ; 
And   strokes   reach  the   inner- 
most parts. 
O  A    The  king's  heart   is   in  the 
^  _L      hand   of    Jehovah  as  the 
watercourses : 
He  *turneth  it   whithersoever 
he  will. 

2  "Every  way  of  a  man  is  right 

in  his  own  eyes  ; 
But    Jehovah    "^weigheth    the 
hearts. 

3  To  do  "righteousness  and  justice 
Is  more  acceptable  to  Jehovah 

than  sacrifice. 

4  A-'high  look,  and  a  proud  heart, 
^Even  the^  lamp  of  the  wicked, 

is  sin. 

5  The  thoughts  of  the  *  diligent 

tend  only  to  plenteousness ; 
But  'every  one  that  is  hasty 
hasteth  only  to  want. 

6  The  *  getting  of  treasures  by  a 

lying  tongue 
Is  a  vapor  driven  to  and  fro  by 
them  that  seek  '  death. 

7  The    violence    of    the    wicked 

shall  "*  sweep  them  away, 
Because  they  "refuse  to  do  jus- 
tice. 

8  The  way  of  him  that  is  laden 

with      guilt     is     exceeding 
°  crooked ; 
But  as  for  the  pure,  his  work  is 
^  right. 

9  It   is  ^better  to  dwell  in  the 

corner  of  the  housetop, 
Than     with     a      *  contentious 
woman  in  *a  wide  house. 

1 0  The  soul  of  the  wicked  *■  desireth 

evil : 
His  '  neighbor  findeth  no  favor 
in  his  eyes. 

11  When  the  'scoffer  is  punished, 

the  simple  is  made  wise  ; 
And      ^when      the      wise      is 
instructed,      he      receiveth 
knowledge. 

12  ^"The  righteous  man  consider- 

eth  the  house  of  the  wicked, 
How  the  "  wicked  are  overthrown 
to  their  ruin. 

5  Or,  he  upholdeth  his  throne 
''  Or,  And  /f>e  Ullage  1  Or,  straight 

8  Or,  a  house  in  common     Heb.  a  house  of 
society.  9  Or,  when  one  considerelh  the  wise 

10  Or,  One  that  is  righteous  . . .  he  overthroweth 
thf  vicked  Jic 


2L13 


PROVERBS 


22.12 


Saodrj  Observations  (onrerning  L\h  and  Condoct 


13  Whoso  <*  stoppeth  his  ears  at  the 

crv  of  the  poor, 
He  also  shall  cry,  but  *shall  not 
be  hoard. 

14  A    ''gift     in     secret    ^pacifieth 

anger ; 
And   a  present  in  the  bosom, 
strong  wrath. 

15  It  is  joy  to  the  righteous  to  do 

justice ; 
-But  it  is  a  ''destruction  to  the 
workers  of  iniiiuity. 

16  The  man  that  wandereth  out  of 

the  way  of  understanding 
Shall  'rest  in  the  assembly  of 
*the  dead. 

17  He  that  •'^loveth  pleasure  shall 

be  a  poor  man  : 
He  that    loveth  wine    and  oil 
shall  not  be  rich. 

18  The  wicked  is  a  ^  ransom  for  the 

-righteous ; 
And  the  treacherous  *  cometh  in 
the  stead  of  the  upright. 

19  It  is  '  better  to  dwell  in  a  desert 

land. 
Than  with  '•a  contentious  and 
fretful  woman. 

20  There  is  precious  *  treasure  and 

oil  in  the   dwelling   of   the 
wise ; 
But  a  foolish  man  'swalloweth 
it  up. 

21  He  that  "•  followeth  after  right- 

eousness and  kindness 
Findeth  life,  righteousness,  and 
honor. 

22  A  "  wise  man  scaleth  the  city  of 

the  mighty, 
And  bringeth  down  the  strength 
of  the  confidence  thereof. 

23  Whoso  "  keepeth  his  mouth  and 

his  tongue 
Keepeth  his  soul  from  troubles. 

24  The  proud  and  haughty  man, 

^  scoffer  is  his  name  ; 
He  worketh  in  the  'arrogance 
of  pride. 

25  The    ''desire    of    the   sluggard 

killeth  him ; 
For  his  hands  '  refuse  to  labor. 

26  There  is  that  coveteth  'greed- 

ily all  the  day  long  ; 
But  the  righteous  "giveth  and 
withholdeth  not. 

27  The  'sacrifice  of  the  wicked  is 

an  abomination ; 
How    much     more,    when     he 
bringeth  it  ^with  a  wicked 
mind  ! 

IHeb.  hendfth. 

a  Or,  But  liextruction  shall  be  to  S.-C. 

»  Or,  the  shades    Heb.  Rephaim. 

*  Or,  a  contentious  irnman  and  vexation 

i  Or,  to  atone  for  icickedncMS 


"  Mt.  18. 

3ll-.-i4;lJu. 

;).  17 
I'.Tas.  2.  13 
'cU.  18.  16; 

19.  6 
d  ch.  10.  29 

•  Pa.  49.  14 
/ch.  2.-t.  21 
"  Jb.  43.  3 
'■ch.  11.8 

■  ver.  9 

•  ch.  8.  21  ; 
22.  4  ;  Pa. 
112.  3 

'  Job  20.  15, 

13 
"*  ch.  15.  9  ; 

Mt.  5.  6 
"  Ch.  24.  5 ; 

2  S.  5.  B-9  ; 

Eccl.  7. 19  ; 

9.  1.5,  16 
»  ch.  12.  13  ; 

13.  3 ;  18. 

21  ;  Jas. 

3.2 
''  ch.  1.  22 ; 

3.  34  ;  24.  9  ; 

Ps.  1.  1  : 

Ib.  29.  2(5 
'  Is  16.  6; 

.Ter.  48.  29 
•■  ch.  13.  4 

•  ch.  20.  4 

'  ch.  15.  27 
"  Ps.  37.  26  ; 

112.  5,  9 ; 

Mt.  5.  42  ; 

Eph.  4.  28 
"  ch.  15.  8  ; 

Ps.  50.  9 ; 

Is.  66.  3 ; 

Jer.  6.  20 ; 

Am.  5.  22 


"  ch.  19.  5,  9 
V  ch.  12.  19 
-•  Eccl.  8.  1 
"ch.  11.  5  J 

Ps.  119.  5 
tis.  8.  9, 10; 

Jer.  9.  23 ; 

Acts  5.  38, 

39  ;  1  Cor. 

3.  19.  20 

•  Ps.  20.  7  ; 
33.  17  ;  Is. 
.11.  1 

>'  Ps.  3.  8  ; 
Jer.  3.  23  ; 

1  Cor.  18. 
57 

'ch.  10.7; 

Eccl.  7.  i 
/ch.  29.  13 
"  ch.  14.  31 ; 

Job  31.  15 
Ach.  14.  16; 

27.  12 
I  ch.  3.  16  ; 

21.  20 
t  ch.  13.  15  ; 

15.  19 

'  ch.  21.  23 
•"  Eph.  H.  4 
"  ch.  18.  23  ; 

Jas.  2.  6 
»ch.  24.  16; 

Job  4.  8, 

ref. 
'■  Ps.  125  3 
•'  ch.  19.  17  ; 

2  Cor.  9.  6 
»•  Lk.  14.  IJ 

•  ch.  1^.  6  : 
Gen.  21.  9, 
1" 

'  ch  2fi.  20 
••  I's.  24.  4  ; 

Mt.  5.  8 
»  ch.  14.  35  ; 

16.  13 

649 


28  A  'false  witness  shall  perish  ; 
But  th«>  man  that  hoareth  shall 

"sjuak  SO  as  to  endure. 

29  A  wickt'd   man  'hardenoth  his 

face  ; 
But   as  for  the  "upright,  *he 
establi.sheth  his  ways. 

30  There  is  *  no  wi.sdom  nor  under- 

standing 
Nor  counsel  against  Jehovah. 

3 1  The  "  horse  is  prepared  against 

the  day  of  battle  ; 
But  "''victory  is  of  Jehovah. 
OO     A  'good  name  is  rather  to 
^  ^        be     chosen    than    great 
riches, 
Arul  *lovirig  favor  rather  than 
silver  and  gold. 

2  The  -'rich  and  the  poor  moct 

together : 
Jehovah  is  the  "maker  of  them 
all 

3  A  ''  prudent  man  seeth  the  evil, 

and  hideth  himself; 
But  the    simple    pass  on,  and 
"suffer  for  it. 

4  The  reward  of  humility  and  the 

fear  of  J<>hovah 
Is  'riches,  and  honor,  and  life. 

5  *  Thorns  awl  snares  are  in  the 

way  of  the  perverse  : 
He  that '  keepetli  his  soul  shall 
be  far  from  them 

6  "Train  un  a  child  '"in  the  way 

he  should  go, 
And    even  when  he  is  old  he 
will  not  depart  from  it. 

7  The  "rich  ruleth  over  the  poor; 
And  the  borrower  is  servant  to 

the  lender. 

8  He  that  "soweth  iniquity  shall 

reap  "  calami tv  ; 
And  the  **  rod  of  nis  wrath  shall 
fail. 

9  He  that  hath  a  "'bountiful  eye 

shall  be  blessed  ; 
For  he  '^  giveth  of  his  bread  to 
the  poor. 

10  'Cast  out  the  scoffer,  and  con- 

tention will  go  out ; 
Yea,  'strife  and  ignominy  will 
cease. 

11  He  that  loveth  ""pureness  of 

heart, 
^*For  the  "grace  of  his  lips  the 
king  will  be  liis  friend. 

12  The  eyes  of  Jehovah  preserve 

hiin  tluit  fiath  knowledge; 

«  .Another  reading  is,  he  rnnridrrelh  hit  vny. 
J  OT.fieliterfiitre     »  Or,  favor  is  better  than  Sre. 
»  Ileb.  are  mulcted. 

10  Heb  according  to  hi*  rcay.   ,  „  , 

11  Or,  lanily  "  Heb.  good. 
1-1  Another  reading  is,  the  pure  of  heart. 

"  Or,  Hath  grace  in  hi*  Up*    Or,  That  haih 
grace  tn  hi)  Itp* 


22.13 


PROVERBS 

Sundry  Precepts  and  Earnings 


23.1: 


But  he  "overthroweth  the  words 
of  the  treacherous  man. 

13  The  *  sluggard  saith,  There  is  a 

hon  without ; 
I  shall  be  slain  in  the  streets. 

14  The  mouth  of  '^strange  women 

is  a  "^  deep  pit ; 
He  Hhat  is  "abhorred  of  Jeho- 
vah shall  fall  therein. 

15  Foolishness  is  bound  up  in  the 

heart  of  a  child  ; 
But  the  (rod  of  correction  shall 
drive  it  far  from  him. 

16  He  that  ^oppresseth  the  poor 

to  increase  his  gain. 
And    he    that    giveth    to    the 
rich,    ^  shall    come    only    to 
want. 


17 


hear 


'Incline   thine   ear,  and 
the  words  of  the  wise. 

And  *  apply  thy  heart  unto  my 
knowledge. 

18  For  it  is  a  'pleasant  thing  if 

thou  keep  them  within  thee, 
If  they  be  established  together 
upon  thy  lips. 

19  That  thy  ™  trust  may  be  in  Je- 

hovah, 
I   have  made  them  known    to 
thee  this  day,  even  to  thee. 

20  Have  not  I  written  unto  thee 

^  "  excellent  things 
^  Of  °  counsels  and  knowledge, 

21  To  make  thee  -^know  ^the  cer- 

tainty of  the  words  of  truth, 
That  thou  mayest  *  carry  back 
words  of  truth  to  them  that 
send  thee  % 

22  'Rob  not  the  poor,  ^because  he 

is  poor ; 
Neither  "  *  oppress  the  afflicted 
in  the  gate  : 

23  For  Jehovah  will  *  plead  their 

cause. 
And  despoil  of  life  those  that 
despoil  them. 

24  Make  no  friendship  with  a  man 

that  is  given  to  anger  ; 
And  with  a  "  wrathful  man  thou 
shalt  not  go : 

25  Lest  thou  ^'  learn  his  ways, 
And  get  a  snare  to  thy  soul. 

26  Be  thou  not  one  of  them  that 

^strike  hands. 
Or  of  them  that  are  sureties  for 
debts. 

27  If  thou  hast  not  wherewith  to 

pay, 

»  Or,  againH  whom  Jfhovah  hath  inifiovafion 
•=  The  word  is  doubtful.    Another  rpadiuK  is 
lierftoforr.  a  Or.  Jn 

*  Or,  nf  a  certainty  the  words  Jtr. ' 

*  Or, /or  e  Or,  crush 


"  ch.  21.  12 
6  Ch.  26.  13 
'  ch.  5.  3,  ref . 
<i  ch.  23.  27 
*  Eccl.  7.  26 
/ch.  13.24; 

23.  14 
"  ver.  22 
A  ch.  28.  22 
'  ch.  5.  1 
t  ch.  23.  12 
'  ch.  2.  10 
"  ch.  3.  5 
"  ch.  8.  6 
"  ch.  8.  10 
P  Lk.  1.  3,  4 
«  ch.  25.  13 
"■  ch.  23.  10  ; 

Ex.  23.  6 ; 

Job  31.  16 
'Zech.7. 10; 

Mai.  3.  .5 
t  ch.  23.  II ; 

1  S.  25.  3J  ; 

Ps.  12.  5  : 

35.  10 ;  140. 

12;  Jer. 

51.  3G 
"  ch.  29.  22 
"  1  Cor.  15. 

33 
^  ch.  6.  1 ; 

17.18 


y  ch.  20. 16  ; 

Ex.  22.  26 
'  ch.  23.  10  ; 

Dt.  19.  14  ; 

27. 17 ;  Job 

24.  2 
"Kom.12.11 
i*  Gen.  41.  46; 

1  K.  10.  8 
'^  ver.  20 
<i  ver.  6 
*  Ps.  141.  4  ; 

Dan.  1.  5, 

8, 13, 15,  16 
/  ch,  15.  27  ; 

28.  20 ; 

Mt.  6.  19 ; 

1  Tim.  6  9  ; 

Heb.  13.  5 
'J  ch.  3.  5,  7  ; 

Rom.  12. 16 
A  ch.  27.  24  ; 

1  Tim.  6. 17 
>  Ps.  141.  4 
k  ch.  26.  22  ; 

Dt.  15.  9 
'  ch.  26.  24, 

25 
™  ch.  25.  16 
"  ch.  1.  7 
°  ch.  22.  28 


P  Jer.  22.  3  ; 
Zech.  7. 10 

9  Job  19.  25 

'■  ch.  22.  23 

»  ch.  22.  17 


t  ch.  13.  24 


"  ch.  19. 18 


6<>0, 


Why  should  he  "  take  away  thy 
bed  from  under  thee  1 

28  ^Remove  not  the  ancient  land- 

rnark, 
Which  thy  fathers  have  set. 

29  Seest  thou  a  man  ^"diligent  in 

his  business  1  he  shall  *  stand 
before  kings ; 
He  shall  not  stand  before  ®  mean 
men. 
O  O  When    thou    sittest  to  eat 
w  O      with   a  ruler, 

Consider  diligently  ®him  that 
is  before  thee ; 

2  ^^  And  put  a  knife  to  thy  thi'oat. 
If   thou    be  a  ''man   given  to 

appetite. 

3  Be  fnot  desirous  of  his  *  dain- 

ties ; 
Seeing  they  are  deceitful  food. 

4  •'Weary  not  thyself  to  be  rich ; 
^ Cease  "from  thine  own  wis- 
dom. 

5  ^^  Wilt  thou  set  thine  eyes  upon 

that  which  is  not  ? 
For ''  riches  certainly  make  them- 

_  selves  wings. 
Like  an  eagle  that  flieth  toward 
heaven. 

6  '  Eat  thou  not  the  bread  of  him 

that  *  hath  an  evil  ej^e. 
Neither  desire  thou  his  dain- 
ties : 

7  For   ^^as    he    thinketh   within 

himself,   so  is  he : 
Eat  and  drink,  saith  he  to  thee ; 
But  his  '  heart  is  not  with  thee. 

8  The    morsel   which    thou    hast 

eaten  shalt  thou  ""  vomit  up, 
And  lose  thy  sweet  words. 

9  Speak  not  in  the  hearing  of  a 

fool; 
For  he  will  "despise  the  wisdom 
of  thy  words. 

10  "Remove  not  the  ancient  land- 

mark ; 
And  ^  enter  not  into  the  fields 
of  the  fatherless : 

1 1  For  their  *  Redeemer  is  strong ; 
He    will    '■plead    their    cause 

against  thee. 

12  'Apply    thy    heart   unto   ^* in- 

struction, 
And  thine  ears  to  the  words  of 
knowledge. 

13  'Withhold  not  correction  from 

the  child  ; 
For  ^^  if  thou  beat  him  with  the 
rod,  he  "will  not  die. 

'  Or,  stilful  8  Heb.  obscitre. 

9  Or,  what  lo  Or,  For  thou  uHf  put 

11  Or,  bi/  reason  of  fhiric  oim,  undfrstandivo 

12  Or.  Wi/t  thou  set  fhiiip  eyes  upon  it  ?  it  is 
gone  :  Heb.  Shall  thin"  eyes  fly  vpon  it,  and  it  is 
no'  ?  13  Or,  as  ce  th'af  reclwneth 

1*  Or,  correction  is  Or,  though 


23.14 


PROVERBS 


24.10 


Sandry  PrecepU  and  Warnings 


14  Tliou  shalt  beat  him  with  the 

rod, 
And  shalt "  deliver  his  soul  from 
Sheol. 

15  My  son,  if  thy  heart  be  *wise, 
My  heart   will    be    glad,   even 

mine : 

16  Yea,  my  Mieart  will  rejoice, 
When    thy    lips    speak    'right 

things. 

17  Let  ''not  thy  heart  envy  sin- 

ners ; 
But  be  thou  in  the  'fear  of  Jeho- 
vah all  the  day  lonjj  : 

18  For  surely  there  is  a  -  'reward  : 
■And  thy  '■>  hope  shall  not  be  cut 

off. 

19  Hear   thou,   my  son,   and  "be 

wise, 
And  '"guide  thy  heart    in   the 
way. 

20  Be  not  among  *  winebibbers, 
Among    'gluttonous    eaters    of 

flesh  : 

21  For    the   ""drunkard   and   the 

glutton    shall    come   to  pov- 
erty ; 
And  "drowsiness  will  clothe  a 
man  with  rags. 

22  "  Hearken  unto  thy  father  that 

begat  thee, 

And  ''despise  not  thy  mother 
when  she  is  old. 

«Buy  the  truth,  and  sell  it  not; 

Yea,  wisdom,   and  instruction, 
and  understanding. 

The  father  of  the  righteous  will 
greatly  rejoice ; 

And  ''he  that  begetteth  a  wise 
child  will  have  joy  of  him. 

Let  thy  'father  and  thy  mother 
be  glad, 

And  let  her  that  bare  thee  re- 
joice. 

My  son,  '  give  me  thy  heart ; 

And  let  thine  eyes  -'"delight  in 
my  ways. 

For  a  harlot  is  a  "deep  ditch  ; 

And  a  ^  foreign  woman  is  a  nar- 
row pit. 

Yea.   she  "lieth  in  wait  *as  a 
roober. 

And  increaseth  the  treacherous 
among  men.  ,       ,      , 

29  Who  hath  '  =  woe?  who  hath 
^sorrow?  who  hath  conten- 
tions ? 

Who    hath    complaining  ?    who 
hath  wounds  without  cause] 

Who  hath  "  redness  of  eyes  1 

1  Heb.  reins.  „  .    .  . 

«  Or.  xequfl    Or.  future    Heb.  MIrr  cri't. 
3  Another  reading  is,  obsen'e. 
*  Or,  as  for  a  prey  „      ,     , 

i  Heb.  Ok !        « iHeb.  Alat !       '  Or.  darkness 


23 

24 

25 

26 
27 

28 


■•  1  Cor.  f>.  5 
<>  ver.  'J4,  'ih  ; 

cU.  27.  11  ; 

2!t.  3 
'  cb.  8.  6 
<<  ch.  24.  1, 

19;P8.  37.1 
"  ch.  28.  U 
/ch.  24.  14; 

Pa.  10.  11 ; 

:>i.  11 
''  1*8.  9.  18 
'■  ch.  6.  6 
'  ch.  4.  23  i     ■ 

9.  (i 
*  ver.  29,  30 ; 

ch.  20.  1 ; 

Is  6.  -22  : 

Mt.  24.  49  . 

Lk.  21  34 ; 

Rom.  13. 

13 ;  Eph.  5. 

18 
'ch.28.  7; 

Dt  21.  20 
"•  ch.  21.  17 
"  ch.  C.  10, 

11  ;  20  13 
"oh,  1.8; 

Eph.  (i,  1 
''  ch.  15.  20 ; 

30.  17 
''ch.4.  7; 

18.  15 ;  Mt. 

13.  44 
••  ch.  10.  1 ; 

Ih.  20  ;  29.  3 
•  ch.  27.  11 
'  ch.  3. 1 ;  4. 4 
"  Ps.  1.  2  ; 

119.  24 
''  ch.  22.  14 
'  ch.  2.  16  ; 

5.  20,  ref. 
V  ch.  6.  26  ; 

7. 12 ;  Eccl. 

7.  26 
'  Is.  5.  11,  22 


«  ch.  20.  1 ; 

1  S.  2S.  36  ; 

Is.  5.  11 ; 

23.7;  Eph. 

5.  18 
i-  Ps.  75.  8 
'  S.  S.  7.  9 
d  .Tob  20.  16 
'  Ps.  91.  13  ; 

Is.  11.  8 
/ch.  2.  12 
'J  Jer.  5.  3 
1  ch.  26.  11 ; 

Is  .W.  12 
'  ver.  19 ; 

ch.  3.  31  : 

23.  17  ;  Pb. 

37.  1 
ich.  1.15; 

Ps.  1.  1 
'  Is.  30.  12  ; 

Jer  22  17 
•"  Job  15.  3.) ; 

Ps.  10.  7  ; 

38  12 
"  ch.  !i.  1 ; 

14   1 
"  ch.  8.  21 
y  ch  21.  22, 

ref. 
1  ch.  20.  18 
••  ch  11.  14, 

ref. 
•  ch.  14.  6 : 

17.  16 ;  Ps. 

10.  5 
( .lob  5  4  ; 

Ps.  127  5 
"ch.  6  14; 

14  22; 

Rom.  1   30 
'•  U.  .W  7 
'  nt  20  8  ; 

Job  4.  5; 

,Ipr  51   46; 

Heb.  12  3 

661 


30  They  that  "tarry  lung  at  \\\^ 

wine ; 
They    that    go    to    ''seek     out 
''inix«'d  wine. 

31  Look  not  thou   upon  tlie  wino 

whi>ii  it  is  red. 
When  it  sparkleth  in  the  cup. 
When  it^'goeth  down  siiiootliiy: 

32  At  the  last  it  "  bitetli  like  a  .ser- 

pent, 
And  stingeth  like  an  'adder. 

33  Thineeyes  shall  behold  '"strange 

things, 
And  thy  heart  shall  utter  •''per- 
verse things. 

34  Yea,  thou  .slialt  be  as  he  that 

lieth  down  in  the  midst  of  the 
sea, 
Or  as  he  that  lieth  upon  the  top 
of  a  mast. 

35  They  have  "stricken   me,  shalt 

thou  1^(1 ;/,  and  1  was  nut  hurt ; 
They   have  beaten  me,   and    1 

felt  it  not : 
When   shall   I  awake?      I  will 
"seek  it  yet  again. 
C^  A    Be  not  thou  'envious  against 
^  jl      evil  men  ; 

Neither    desire    to    *  be    with 
them : 

heart   studieth  'op- 


For  their 
pression. 

And  their  J 

Through  ' 
builded 

And    by 


ips  ""talk  of  mischief. 
'  wisdom   is   a  house 


it   is 
'    the 


understanding 
established ; 

4  And    by    knowledge    an 

chaml)ers  "filled 
"With  all  precious  and  pleasant 
riches. 

5  A  ''  wi.se  man  "  is  strong  ; 

Yea,  a  man  of  knowledge  '-'in- 
creaseth might. 

6  For    "by    wi.se    guidance    thou 

.shalt  make  thy  war  ; 
And  ''in  tin'  imiltitudt' of  coun- 
sellors there  is  '-'.siifety. 

7  Wi.sdoni  is  'too  high  for  a  fool  : 
He  openeth  not  his  mouth  'in 

the  gate.      .      ,         ,        ., 

8  He  that  "  deviseth  to  do  evil. 
Men  sliall  will  him  a  mi.schief- 

maker.  ,   -     ,.  , 

9  The  'thought  of  foolishness- is 

sin :  , 

And  the  scoffer  is  an  abomina- 
tion to  men. 
10  If    thou  /faint    in   the  day  of 
adversity. 
Thy  strength  is  small. 

»  Or.  fry  »  Or.  rrnrelh  itself  aright 

•o  Or.  strange  iromm  "  Heb.  is_in  strength. 

1*  Heb.  ttrenglheneth  might. 


w  Or,  victor) 


24.11 


PROVERBS 


25.4 


Saudry  Precepts  and  Warniags.    Sundry  Siniilitades  and  Moral  Lessons 


11"  Deliver  them  that  are  carried 
away  unto  death. 
And  those  that  are  ^  ready  to 
be  slain  "  see  that  thou  hold 
back. 

12  If  thou  sayest,  Behold,  we  knew 

not  ^this ; 
Doth  not  he  that  *weigheth  the 

hearts  "^  consider  it "? 
And  he  that  "  keepeth  thy  soul, 

*  doth  not  he  know  it  1 
And    shall    not   he  -^render   to 

every  man  according  to  his 

work  1 

13  My  son,  eat  thou  ^  honey,  for  it 

is  good  ; 
And    the    ''droppings    of    the 
honeycomb,  which  are  sweet 
to  thy  taste : 

14  So  shalt  thou  know  *  wisdom  to 

be  unto  thy  soul ; 
If  thou  hast  found  it,  then  shall 

there  be  a  *  reward. 
And  thy  hope  shall  not  be  cut 

off. 

1 5  '  Lay  not  wait,  *  O  wicked  man, 

against    the   ®  habitation    of 
the  righteous ; 
Destroy  not  his  ®  resting-place  : 

16  For  a  "righteous  man  falleth 

seven  times,   and  riseth  up 
again ; 
But  the  "  wicked  are  overthrown 
by  calamity. 

17  "  Rejoice  not  when  thine  enemy 

falleth. 
And  let  not  thy  heart  be  glad 
when  he  is  overthrown ; 

18  Lest  Jehovah  see  it,  and  it  dis- 

please him. 
And  he  turn  away  his  wrath 
from  him. 

19  ^Fret  not   thyself  because  of 

evil-doers ; 
Neither  be  thou  '  envious  at  the 
wicked : 

20  For  *■  there  shall  be  no  "  reward 

to  the  evil  man  ; 
The  'lamp  of  the  wicked  shall 
be  put  out. 

21  My  son,  "  fear  thou  Jehovah  and 

the  king ; 
And  company  not  with  them 
that  are  given  to  change  : 

22  For  their  "calamity  shall  rise 

suddenly ; 
And  the  destruction ''  from  them 
both,  who  knoweth  it  1 

23  These  also  are  'sayings  of  the 
wise. 

1  Heb.  tottering  to  the  slaughter. 

2  Or,  forbear  thou  not  to  deliver  3  Or,  this  man 
*  Or,  as  a  wicked  man  *  Or,  pasture 
«  Or,  fold                         1  Or,  of  their  years 


»  Ps.  82.  4  ; 

Is.  58.  6,  7 
b  ch.  21.  2  ; 

1  S.  16.  7 
«  Eccl.  5.  8 
d  Ps.  121.  3-8 
«■  Ps.  94.  9  U 
/  ch.  12.  14  ; 

Job  34. 11, 

ref. 
V  ch.  25.  16  ; 

Ps.  19.  10 ; 

U9.  103 ; 

S.  S.  5.  1 
ft  ch.  16.  24  ; 

27.7; 

S.  S.  4.  11 
i  Ch.  2.  10 
*  ch.  23.  18 
'  Ps.  10.  9, 10 
"'  Job  5.  19  ; 

Ps.  37.  24  ; 

Mic.  7.  8 
"  ver.  22 ; 

ch.  6.  15 ; 

14.  32 ; 

Jer.  18.  17 
0  ch.  17.  5  ; 

Job  31.  29 ; 

Ps.  35.  16, 

19  ;  Obad. 

12 
P  Ps.  37. 1 
9  ver.  1 ; 

clL  23.  17 
••  Job  15.  31 
«  ch.  23.  18 
«  ch.  13.  9  ; 

20.  20 ;  Job 

18.  5,  6 ; 

21.17 
"  Rom.  13. 

1-7;  IPet. 

2.17 
"  ver.  16 
^  ch.  1.  6  ; 

22.17 


y  ch.  18.  5 ; 

28.  21 
'  ch.  17.  15 
"  ch.  11.  26 
6  ch.  28.  23 
'  ch.  16.  24 
d  ch.  27. 

23-27 

•  ch.  25.  18 
/Lev.  6.  2, 

3  ;  19.  11 ; 

Eph.  4.  25 
9  eh.  20.  22  ; 

Mt.  5.  39 ; 

Rom.  12. 17 
Aver.  30-34: 

ch.  6.  6-11 
i  ch.  6.  32 

*  Job  30.  7 
'  Is.  5.  5 

'"■  ch.  6.  9-11 ; 

20.13 
"  ch.  1. 1 


0  Dt.  29.  29 ; 
Rom.  11.  33 


1  ch.  26.  23 ; 
Ezek.22.18 


682 


To/ have  respect  of  persons  in 
judgment  is  not  good. 

24  He  that  ^  saith  unto  the  wicked, 

Thou  art  righteous, 
"  Peoples  shall  curse  him,   na- 
tions shall  abhor  him ; 

25  But  *  to  them  that  rebuke  him 

shall  be  delight, 
And  a  good  blessing  shall  come 
upon  them. 

26  He  ^kisseth  the  lips 

Who  giveth  a  "  rignt  answer. 

27  Prepare  thy  work  without, 
And  "^  make  it  ready  for  thee  in 

the  field ; 
And     afterwards     build     thy 
house. 

28  Be  not  a  *  witness  against  thy 

neighbor  without  cause ; 
^And  -^deceive    not    with   thy 
lips. 

29  ^  Say  not,  I  will  do  so  to  him  as 

he  hath  done  to  me ; 
I  will  render  to  the  man  accord- 
ing to  his  work. 

30  I  "  went  by  the  field  of  the  slug- 

gard. 
And    by  the   vineyard  of   the 
man  *  void  of  understanding  ; 

31  And,  lo,  it  was  all  grown  over 

with  thorns. 
The  face  thereof  was  covered 

with  ^^  *  nettles, 
And   the    stone   'wall    thereof 

was  broken  down. 

32  Then  I  beheld,  and  considered 

well ; 
I  saw,  and  received  instruction : 

33  "^Yet  a  little  sleep,  a  little  slum- 

ber, 
A  little  folding  of  the  hands  to 
sleep ; 

34  So  shall  thy  poverty  come  as  a 

robber. 
And  thy  want  as  an  armed  man. 

O  pf  These  also  are  "proverbs 
^tJoi  Solomon,  which  the  inen 
of  Hezekiah  king  of  Judah  copied 

out. 

2  It  is  the  glory  of  God  to  "con- 

ceal a  thing ; 
But  the  glory  of  ^  kings  is  to 
search  out  a  matter. 

3  As  the  heavens  for  height,  and 

the  earth  for  depth, 
So  the  heart  of   kings  is  un- 
searchable. 

4  Take  away  the  » dross  from  the 

silver, 

8  Or,  kisseth  with  the  lips 

9  Heb.  And  wouldest  thou  deceive  tDith  thy  hps » 
w  Or,  wild  vetches 


25.5 


PROVERBS 


26.4 


Sm^ry  ShallitodM  ud  loral  LtsMU 


And  there  cometh  forth  a  vessel 
for  the  "  rettner  : 

5  Take  away  the  *  wicked  from 

before  the  king. 
And  his  "throne  shall  be  estab- 
lished in  rif^hteousness. 

6  '  Put  not  thyself  forward  in  the 

presence  of  the  king, 
And  stand  not  in  the  place  of 
great  men  : 

7  For  ''  better  is  it  that  it  be  said 

unto  thee,  (Jome  up  hither, 
Than  that   thou   shouldest   be 

put  lower  in  the  presence  of 

the  prince. 
Whom  thine  eyes  have  seen. 

8  Go  not  forth  '  hastily  to  strive, 
"Lest  tlwu,  know  not  what  to  do 

in  the  end  thereof, 
When  thy  neighbor  hath  put 
thee  to  shame. 

9  -'Debate   thy    cause   with    thy 

neighbor  himself, 
^And  ^disclose  not  the  secret 
of  another ; 

10  Lest  he  that  heareth  it  revile 

thee. 
And    thine    infamy    turn    not 
away. 

1 1  A  *  word  ■*  fitly  spoken 

Is  //'^e  apples  of  gold  in  network 
of  silver. 

12  ^s  ^  an  '  ear-ring  of  gold,  and  an 

*  ornament  of  'fine  gold. 

So  is  a  wise  reprover  upon  an 
"obedient  ear. 

1 3  As  the  "  cold  of  snow  in  the  time 

of  harvest. 
So  is  a  "faithful  messenger  to 

them  that  send  him ; 
For  he  refresheth  the  soul  of 

his  masters. 

14  ^s  ^clouds  and  'wind  without 

rain, 
So  is  he  that  ""boasteth  himself 

*  of  his  ^ifts  falsely. 

15  By  long  ' forbearing  is  a  "ruler 

persuaded. 
And  a  'soft   tongue  breaketh 
the  bone. 

16  Hast  thou  "found  honey "?   eat 

"so  much  as  is  sufficient  for 
thee. 
Lest  thou  be  filled  there"with, 
and  vomit  it. 

17  Let  thy  foot  he  seldom  in  thy 

neighbor's  house, 
Lest  he  be  ®  weary  of  thee,  and 
hate  thee. 

I  Heb.  Olnrifv  not  thij.ielf. 

*  Or,  Lest  it  lie  said  i«  thf  end  therenf,  What 
wilt  thou  do  T  When  &c.         3  Or,  But 

*  Or,  in  due  season  *  Or.  a  nose-ring 
«  Heb.  in  a  gift  of  falsehood. 

?  Or,  judge  «  Heb.  /"//  of  thee. 


"  Mai.  3.  2,  3 
»  th.  iO.  8 
■■  ch.  16.  12 
''Lk.  U.7-11 
•  oh.  17.  14  ; 

Mt.  6.  25 
/  Mt.  18.  15 
"  cU.  11.  13 
A  ch.  15.  23 
'Ex.  32.  2; 

35.  22  i 

Kzek.  16. 

12 
I  2  S.  1.  24 
'  Job  28.  17 
'"  ch.  15.  31 ; 

20.  12 
"  ver.  25 
°  ch.  13.  17 
''Judel2 
•i  Jer.  5.  13  ; 

.Mic.  2.  n 
''  ch.  2U.  b 
'  ch.  IH.  14  ; 

Geu.  32.  4  ; 

IS.  25.  24; 

Keel.  10.  4 
'  ch.  15.  1 
".ludg.  14. 

S  ;  1  S.  14. 

25 
''  ver.  27 


■^  ch.  24.  28  ; 

Ex.  2.1.  16 
!*  ch.  12.  18  ; 

Ps  57.  4 
•■  Jer.  9.  8 
"  .Tob  6.  15 
(■  Ex.  23.  4, 

5;  2  K.6. 

22 ;  2  Chr. 

28.  15  ; 

Mt.  5.  44  ; 

Rom.  12.  20 
<^  Mt.  6.  4,  6 
d  Pa.  101.  5 
'  ch.  21.  9 
/  ver.  13 
"  ch.  15.  30 
A  Ezek.  32. 

2  ;  34. 18, 19 
■  ver.  16 
*  ch.  27.  2 


">  2  Chr.  32. 
5 ;  Neh. 
1.3 

"  1  S.  12.  17 
"  rer.  8 

'■  ch.  17.  7 

«  ch.  27.  8  ; 
Is.  16.  2 


'•NuTn.23. 

H  :  nt.  23. 

5  ;  2  S.  16. 

12 
•  Pa  32.  9 

'  ch   10.  13  ; 

l;t.  29 
"  ch.  23.  9  ; 

29.9 


18  A  man  that  beareth  'false  wit- 

ness against  his  neighbor 
Is  a  maul,  and  a  "sword,  and  a 
sharp  'arrow. 

19  Confidence    in    an  "unfaithful 

man  in  time  of  trouble 
Is  like  a  broken  tooth,  and  a 
foot  out  of  joint. 

20  As  one  that  takt'th  oft"  a  gar- 

nient  in  cold  weather,  an<l  as 
vinegar  uix)n  soda, 
So  is  he  that  singeth  songs  to  a 
heavy  heart. 

21  *lf   "thine  enemy   be  hungry, 

give  him  bresul  to  eat ; 
And  if  he  be  thirsty,  give  him 
water  to  drink  : 

22  For  thou  wilt  heap  coals  of  fire 

upon  his  head, 
Aiul '"  J  ehovah  will  reward  thee. 

23  The  north  wind  bringeth  forth 

rain  ; 
So  doth  a  ''backbiting  tongue 
an  angry  countenance. 

24  It  is  *■  better  to  dwell  in  the  cor- 

ner of  the  housetop. 
Than  with  a  contentious  woman 
in  a  wide  house. 

25  As  -^cold  waters  to  a  "thirsty 

soul, 
So  is  "good  news  from  a  far 
country. 

26  As  a  ""troubled  fountain,  and 

a  corrupted  spring. 
So  is  a  righteous  man  that '"  giv- 
eth  way  before  the  wicked. 

27  It  is  'not  good   to    eat  much 

honey ; 
"So  for   men   to  *  search    out 
their  own  glory  is  grievous. 

28  ^^He  who.se  'spirit  is  without 

restraint 
Is  like  a  '"  city  that  is  broken 
down  and  without  walls. 
(T)/!*  As  snow  in  summer,  and  a,s 
t^  \J       "  rain  in  harvest. 

So  "honor  is  not  ''seemly  for  a 
fool. 

2  As  the  'sparrow  in  her  wander- 

ing,  ius  the  swallow   in   her 
flying. 
So  the  "■  cur.se  that  is  causeless 
'■^alighteth  not. 

3  A  '  whiij  for  the  horse,  a  bridle 

for  the  a.ss, 
And  a  'ro<.l  for  the  back  of  fools. 

4  "Answer  not  a  fool  according 

to  his  folly. 
Lest  thou  also  be  like  unto  him. 


»  Heb.  he  that  hat'th  thee.       i"  Or,  veary 
t»  Heb.  Irmnplfil.  "  Or,  i»  mmed 

'■'  Or,  Bui  for  men  to  senrrh  out  Ihexroun  glori 
IS  gtnrii    The  Hebrew  text  is  obacure. 
•♦  Or.  He  thni  hath  no  rule  over  his  spirit 
li  Hel>.  cometh  not. 


663 


26.5 


PROVERBS 


27.7 


Sundry  Similitades  and  Moral  Lessoni 


5  "Answer  a  fool  according  to  his 

folly, 
Lest  he  be  *wise  in  ^his  own 
conceit. 

6  He  that "  sendeth  a  message  by 

the  hand  of  a  fool 
Cutteth  off  his  own  feet,  and 
drinketh  in  damage. 

7  The   legs    of    the    lame    hang 

loose ; 
So  is  a  ■*  parable  in  the  mouth 
of  fools. 

8  As  one  that  bindeth  a  stone  in 

a  sling. 
So  is  he  that  giveth  '  honor  to  a 
fool. 

9  ^s  a  thorn  that  goeth  up  into 

the  hand  of  a  drunkard, 
So  is  a  ''parable  in  the  mouth  of 
fools. 

10  "As  an  archer  that  woundeth 

all. 
So  is  he  that  hireth  a  fool  and 
he  that  hireth  them  that  pass 
by. 

11  As  ^  a  dog  that  returneth  to  his 

vomit. 
So  is  a  fool  that  *  repeateth  his 
folly. 

1 2  Seest  thou  a  man  '  wise  in  ^  his 

own  conceit  1 
*  There  is  more  hope  of  a  fool 
than  of  him. 

1 3  The  '  sluggard  saith,  There  is  a 

lion  in  the  way  ; 
A  lion  is  in  the  streets. 
14:  As  the  door  turneth  upon  its 

hinges, 
So  doth  the  "  sluggard  upon  his 

bed. 

15  The  "sluggard  burieth  his  hand 

in  the  dish  ; 
It  wearieth    him    to   bring    it 
again  to  his  mouth. 

16  The  sluggard  is  "wiser  in  ^his 

own  conceit 
Than  seven  men  that  can  ^^  ren- 
der a  reason. 

17  ■'He  that  passeth  by,  and  vex- 

eth  himself  with  *  strife  be- 
longing not  to  him, 
Is  like  one  that  taketh  a  dog  by 
the  ears. 

18  As  a  madman  who  casteth ''  fire- 

brands. 
Arrows,  and  death, 

19  So  is  the  man  that  'deceiveth 

his  neighbor, 
And  saith.  Am  not  I  in  sport  1 

1  Heb.  his  own  eyes. 

2  Or,  A  master  ivnrke.r  formeth  all  things ;  But 
he  that  hireth  the  fool  is  as  one  that  hireth  them 
that  pass  hy    The  Hebrew  text  is  obscure. 

s  Or,  ansiver  discreelly 

■*  Or,  He  that  vereth  himself .  .  .  Is  like  one  that 
taketh  a  passing  dog  &c. 


"  Mt.  16. 1-4 ; 

21.  24-27 
S  ch.  3.  7  ;  28. 

11 ;  Rom. 

12.  16 
«  ch.  10.  26 
d  ver.  9 
'  ver.  1 
/ver.  7 

V  2  Pet.  2.  22 
h  Ex.  8.  15 

'  ch.  3.  7  ; 

26.  5 
t  ch.  29.  20 

'  ch.  22.  13 
""  ch.  6.  9 
"  ch.  19.  24 

°  ver.  5,  12 

V  ch.  27.  11 ; 
1  Pet.  3.  15 

«  ch.  3.  30 
»"  Is.  50.  11 
'  ch.  24.  28 


«  ch.  16.  28 
"  ch.  22.  10 
"  ch.  15.  18  ; 

29.  22 ;  30. 

33 
*  ch.  18.  8 
y  Mt.  23.  27 ; 

Lk.  U.  39 
^  ch.  25.  4 
"ch.  10.18; 

Ps.  41.  6 
6  ch.  12.  20 
"  ver.  23  ; 

Ps.  28.  3 ; 

Jer.  9.  8 
rf  Mt.  23.  28 
'  Lk.  8. 17 
/ch.  28  10; 

Ps.  7. 15 ; 

Eccl.  10.  8 


"  ch.  29.  5 


ft  Lk.  12.  19, 

20 ;  Jas.  4. 

14 
■  ch.  25.  27 ; 

2  Cor.  10. 

12,  18 ;  12. 

11 


t  ch.  12.  16 


'  ch,  6.  34 
""ch.  28.  23; 
Gal.  2.  14 

«  ch.  20  30  ; 
Ps.  141.  5 

<■  Mt.  26.  49 
P  ch.  25.  16 


654 


20  For  lack  of  wood  the  fire  goeth 

out; 
And  where  there  is  no  *  whis- 
perer, "  contention  ceaseth. 

21  .4  s  coals  are  to  hot  embers,  and 

wood  to  fire, 
So  is  a  "  contentious  man  to  in- 
flame strife. 

22  The  ■'words  of  a  whisperer  are 

as  dainty  morsels. 
And  they  go  down  into  the  in- 
nermost parts. 

23  Fervent    lips    and    a   wicked 

heart 
Are  like  an  earthen  "  vessel  over- 
laid with  silver  ^  dross. 

24  He   that   "hateth   dissembleth 

with  his  lips ; 
But  he  layeth  up  '  deceit  within 
him : 

25  When  he  "  speaketh  fair,  believe 

him  not ; 
For  there  are  seven  abomina- 
tions in  his  heart : 

26  Though  his  hatred  ''cover  itself 

with  guile. 
His  wickedness  shall  be  *  openly 
showed  before  the  assembly. 

27  Whoso  diggeth  a  pit  shall  •'fall 

therein ; 
And  he  that  rolleth  a  stone,  it 
shall  return  upon  him. 

28  A  lying    tongue    hateth  those 

whom  it  hath  *  wounded  ; 
And  a  ^  flattering  mouth  work- 
eth  ruin. 
iy  'T  Boast   not    thyself    of    to- 
^  I        morrow  ; 

For  thou ''  knowest  not  what  a 
day  may  bring  forth. 

2  Let  'another  man  praise  thee, 

and  not  thine  own  mouth  ; 
A  stranger,  and  not  thine  own 
lips. 

3  A  stone  is  heavy,  and  the  sand 

weighty ; 
But  a  *  fool's  vexation  is  heav- 
ier than  they  both. 

4  Wrath  is  cruel,  and    anger  is 

®  overwhelming ; 
But  who  is  able  to  stand  before 
'jealousy^ 

5  Better  is  '"  open  rebuke 
Than  love  that  is  hidden. 

6  Faithful  are  the  "wounds  of  a 

friend ; 
But  the  "  kisses  of  an  enemy  are 
profuse. 

7  The  ^full  soul  '^loatheth  a  honey- 

comb ; 
But  to  the  hungry  soul  every 
bitter  thing  is  sweet. 

*  Heb.  crushed.  «  Heb.  a  flood. 

?  Heb.  trampleth  upon. 


27.8 


PROVERBS 


28.9 


SnDdry  Similitodrs  and  Moral  Lessous.    Sundry  Antithftir  Proverb* 


8  As  a  "  bird  that  w  anderetli  from 

her  nest, 
So  is  a  man  that  *  wandereth 
from  his  place. 

9  "  Oil  and  perfume  rejoice    the 

heart ; 
So   doth    the    sweetness    of    a 
man's  friend   t/iat  coinetk  of 
hearty  counsel. 

10  Thine    own    friend,    and   ''thy 

father's  friend,  forsake  nut ; 
And  go  not    to    thy    brother's 

house    in    the    day    of     thy 

calamity  : 
Better  is  a  '  neighbor   that  is 

near  than  a  brother  far  off. 

1 1  My  son,  ^  be  wise,  and    make 

my  heart  glad. 
That  I  may  "answer  him  that 
reproacheth  me. 

1 2  *  A  prudent  man  seeth  the  evil, 

.and  hideth  himself; 
But   the   siniple  pass  on,    and 
suffer  for  it. 

13  'Take     his    garment    that    is 

ourety  for  a  stranger ; 
And  hold  him  in  pledge  that  is 
surety  for  a  foreign  woman. 

1 4  He  that  blesseth  his  friend  with 

a  loud  voice,  rising  early  in 

the  morning. 
It  shall  be  counted  a  curse  to 

him. 
1-5  A   *  continual    dropping    in   a 

very  rainy  day 
And  a  contentious  woman  are 

alike : 

1 6  He  that  would  ^  restrain    her 

"restraineth  the  wdnd ; 
And  ■'  his  right  hand  encounter- 
eth  oil. 

1 7  Iron  sharpeneth  iron  ; 

So     a     man     sharpeneth     the 
countenance  of  his  friend. 

18  \\Tioso    keepeth    the    'fig-tree 

shall  eat  the  fruit  thereof ; 
And    he    that    '"regardeth    his 
master  shall  be  honored. 

19  ■'As  in  water  face  ansivereth  to 

face, 
So  the  heart  of  man  to  man. 

20  "  Sheql  and  Abaddon  are "  never 

satisfied  ; 
And  the  "  eyes  of  man  are  never 
satisfied. 

21  The  "refining  pot  is  for  silver, 

and  the  furnace  for  gold  : 
And  a   man  'is  tried  by  "his 
praise. 

1  Heb.  hi<Je.  »  Heb.  hideth. 

i  Or,  the  oil  of  hU  ripht  hand  belrayeth  ^>tlf 

*  Or.  As  water  showeth  face  to  face,  so  the 
heart  showeth  man  to  man  „       .    .     ,        ^ 

i  Or.  that  which  he  praiseth  Or,  that  whereof 
he  booiteth 


"  ch.  26.  2  ; 

la.  16.  2 
»  Gen.  21.  14 
"  Ps.  23.  5 ; 

141.5 
•'  1  K.  12.  6- 

8 ;  2  Chr. 

10.  t>-8 

•  ch.  17.  17  ; 
18.  24 

/Ch.  10.1; 

2a.  15  ;  2».  3 
»  Pb.  119.  42 

•  ch.  22.  3 

•  ch.  20.  16 
«■■  ch.  19.  13 

'  2  K.  18.  31 ; 

S.  S.  8.  12 ; 

Is.  36.  16 ; 

1  Cor.  3.  8  ; 

9.  7;2Tiin. 

2.  6 
'"  Lk.  12.  42- 

44 ;  19.  17 
"  ch.  15.  11  ; 

Job  26.  6 
"  ch.  30.  15, 

16 ;  Hab. 

2.  5 
P  Eccl.  1.  8  ; 

4.  8 
«ch.  17  3 
*■  Lk.  6.  26 


•  ch.  23.  35  ; 

26.  11 ; 

Jer.  5.  3 
'  Jer.  31.  10 ; 

Ezek.  34. 

12 ;  .In. 

10.  3 
"  ch.  23.  5 
"  Job  19.  9  ; 

Ps.  89.  3;) ; 

Jer.  13.  18  ; 

Lam.  5.  IC : 

Ezek.  21. 26 
'  Is.  17.  5  ; 

Jer.  40.  10, 

12 

V  Lev.  26.  17, 
36 ;  Ps.  53. 

«  1  K.  16.  8- 

28;  2K.  15. 

8-15 
"  ch.  11.  11 
b  Mt.  18.  28 
'  Ps.  49.  18 ; 

Rom.  1.  32 
rfl  K.  18.18; 

Neh.  1.3. 11, 

15 ;  Mt.  3. 

7  ;  14.  4  ; 

Eph.  5  11 
'  Ps.  92.  6  ; 

Is  6  9 ; 

44.  18 
/ch.  2.9; 

Ps. 119  100; 

.In.  7.  17  ; 

1  Cor.  2. 15; 

1  Jn.  2.  20, 

27 

V  ch.  19.  1 
1  ver.  18 


I  ch.  23.  20 


*  Ex  22. 2.5 ; 
Lev.  25.  36 

«  ch  13.  22  ; 

Job  27.  17 

"•  ch.  14.  31 


22  Though  tiiou  shouldest  'bray  a 

fool  in  a  iiioitar  witii  a  pestle 
along  with  hrui.sed  grain. 
Yet  will  not  his  foolishness  de- 
part from  him. 

23  Be  thou  'diligent  to  know  the 

state  of  thy  flocks, 
Aiul  look  well  to  thy  herds  : 

24  For  "  riches  are  not  f<jr  ever  ; 
And   doth   the  'crown    endure 

unto  all  generations  \ 

25  The  "hay   is  carried,   and   the 

tender  grass  showeth  it.self. 
And  the  herbs  of  the  mountains 
are  ■"  gathered  in. 

26  The  lambs  are  for  thy  clothing. 
And  the  goats  are  the  price  of 

the  field ; 

27  And  there  u'ill    he    goats'  milk 

enough  for  thy  food,  for  the 
food  of  thy  household. 
And     maintenance      for     thj* 
maidens. 

O  O  The    wicked  "  flee  when  no 
*^  O      man  pursueth  ; 

But  the  rignteous  are  bold  as  a 
lion. 

2  For     the     transgression    of    a 

land  *  many  are  the  princes 
thereof ; 
But  "  by "  men  of  understanding 
and     knowledge     the    .state 
thereof  shall  be  prolonged. 

3  A  *  needy  man  that  oppre.s.seth 

the  poor 
Is  like  a  sweei)ing  rain  "which 
leaveth  no  toon. 

4  They    that    for.-<ake    the     law 

'praise  the  wicked; 
But  such  as  keep  the  law  ''con- 
tend with  them. 

5  Evil  men  '  undei-stand  not  jus- 

tice ; 
But    they    that   seek    Jehovah 
•'understand  all  things. 

6  "  Better  is  the  poor  that  walketh 

in  his  integrity. 
Than   he  that  is  ^*nerverse  in 
his  ways,  though  lie  be  rich. 

7  Whoso  keei^eth  the    law    is   a 

wise  son  ; 
But  he  tliat  is  a  companion  of 
'  gluttons  shameth  his  father. 

8  He  that  augmenteth   his    sub- 

stance by  *  interest  and  in- 
crease. 
Gathereth    it    'for    him    that 
"•hath  pity  on  the  poor. 

9  He  that  turneth   away  his  ear 

from  hearing  the  law. 


•  Heb.  QTost. 
1  Or,  a  man 


'  Heb  without  fond. 

»  Heb.  ptrferte  of  two  ways. 


655 


2a  ic 


PROVERBS 


29.8 


Sundry  Antithetic  Proverbs 


Even  his  *  prayer  is  an  abomi- 
nation. 

10  Whoso  causeth  the  upright  to 

go  astray  in  an  evil  way, 
He  shall  /fall  himself  into  his 

own  pit ; 
But  the  "perfect  shall  inherit 

good. 

1 1  The  rich  man  is  ^  wise  in  ^  his 

own  conceit ; 
But  the  poor  that  hath  under- 
standing "  searcheth  him  out. 

12  When  the  •'righteous  triumph, 

there  is  great  glory ; 
But  *  when  the  wicked  rise,  men 
'^hide  themselves. 

13  He  that  *covereth    his    trans- 

gressions shall   not  prosper ; 
But     whoso     'confesseth     and 
forsaketh  them  shall  obtain 
mercy. 

14  Happy  is  the  man  that  *fear- 

eth  alway ; 
But   he    that    ^hardeneth    his 
heart    shall   fall    into   ^mis- 
chief. 

15  As  a,  "'roaring  lion,  and  a  rang- 

ing bear, 
So  is  a  "  wicked  ruler  over    a 
poor  people. 

16  ^The  "prince  that  lacketh  un- 

derstanding is  also  a  great 
oppressor ; 
But  he  that  hateth   covetous- 
ness  shall  prolong  his  days. 

1 7  A  man  that  is  ^  laden  with  the 

blood  of  any  person 
Shall  flee  unto  the  pit ;  let  no 
man  stay  him. 

18  Whoso      *walketh      uprightly 

shall  be  delivered  ; 
But  *  he  that  is  *■  perverse  in  his 
ways  shall  fall  at  once. 

19  'He  that  tilleth  his  land  shall 

'  have  plenty  of  bread  ; 
But  'he   that  followeth    after 
vain  persons  shall  have  pov- 
erty enough. 

20  A  "faithful  man  shall  abound 

with  blessings; 
But  he  that  "maketh  haste  to  be 
rich  shall  not  be  unpunished. 

21  To  ^have  respect  of  persons  is 

not  good ; 
®  Neither    that   a   man    should 
*  transgress    for   a    piece   of 
bread. 

22  He  that  hath  an  ^  evil  eye  "hast- 

eth  after  riches, 

1  Heb.  his  own  eyes. 

2  Heb.  must  be  searched  for.         8  Or,  calamity 
*  Or,  0  prince  that  lackest  understanding  and 

art  a  great  oppressor.  He  &c. 

5  Or,  he  that  walketh  perversely  in  two  ways 
«  Or,  For  for  a  piece  of  bread  a  man  icill  trans- 

greM 


"» ch.  15.  8 ; 

21.27; 

Ps.  66.  18 ; 

109.  7 
b  ch.  26.  27  ; 

Ps.  7.  15 
«  Mt.  6.  33  ; 

Heb.  6.  12 ; 

1  Pet.  3.  9 
d  ch,  3.  7  ; 

26.  S,  12 
'  ch.  18. 17 
/ch.  11.10; 

29.2 
B  ver.  28 ; 

Eccl.  10. 

5,6 
ft  Job  31.  33  ; 

Ps.  32.  3 

•  Pe.  32.  5  ; 
IJn.  1.  9 

k  ch.  23.  17 
1  Ps.  95.  8  ; 

Rom.  2  5 
"'  ch.  19.  12 ; 

1  Pet.  5.  8 
"  ch.  29.  2  ; 

Ex.  1.  14  ; 

Mt.  2.  16 
0  Eccl.  10. 

16 ;  Is.  3. 12 
P  Gen.  9.  6  ; 

Ex.  21. 14 
9  ver.  26 
'■  ch.  10.  27 
'  ch.  12.  11 
«  ch.  20. 13 
"  ch.  10.  6 ; 

Mt.  24.  45 ; 

25.  21 
"ver.  22: 

ch.  20.  21 ; 

1  Tim.  6.  9 

*  ch.  24.  23 

V  Ezek.  13. 19 
^  ch.  23.  6 
°  ver.  20 ; 
ch.  21.  5 


fc  ch.  27.  5,  6 
«  ch.  29.  5 
d  ch.  19.  26 
^  ch.  18.  9 
/ch.  15.  27 
y  ch.  15.  18 
h  ch.  29.  25 
'  ch.  11,  26  ; 

13.4 
k  ch.  3,  5 
'  ver.  18 
™  ch.  11.  24  ; 

19.17 
"  ch.  21.  13 
"  ver.  12 
Pch,  1.24-31; 

1  S.  2.  25  ; 

2  Chr.  36. 
16 

9  ch.  6.  15 
••eh.  11.  10; 

28.  12; 

Esth,  8.  15 
'  ch.  28.  15 
«  ch.  10.  1 ; 

15.  20 ;  27. 

11 ;  28.  7 
"  cli,  5.  10  ; 

6.  26 ;  Lk, 

15.  30 
^  ver.  14 ; 

ch.  8,  15 ; 

2  Chr.  9.  8 
"  ch.  15,  27 

y  Ps.  5. 9 

^  ch.  22.  5  ; 

Eccl  9.  12 
"  Ex  15,  1 
6  cli,  31,  8,  9 ; 

Job  29.  16 ; 

Ps,  41,  1 
<"  ch.  11.  11 
d  ch.  16.  14 


fiS6 


And  knoweth   not   that  want 
shall  come  upon  him. 

23  He  that  *  rebuketh  a  man  shall 

afterward  find  more  favor 
Than  he  that  ''flattereth  with 
the  tongue. 

24  Whoso  '*robbeth  his  father  or 

his  mother,  and  saith.  It  is 
no  transgression. 
The  same  is  the  *  companion  of 
a  destroyer. 

25  He  that  is  of  a  •''greedy  spirit 

"stirreth  up  strife; 
But  he  that  *  putteth  his  trust 
in  Jehovah  shall  *be  made 
fat. 

26  He  that  *trusteth  in  his  own 

heart  is  a  fool ; 
But  whoso  '  walketh  wisely,  he 
shall  be  delivered. 

27  He  that  ™giveth  unto  the  poor 

shall  not  lack ; 
But  he  that  "hideth  his  eyes 
shall  have  many  a  curse. 

28  When   "the  wicked   rise,    men 

hide  themselves ; 
But    when    they    perish,    the 
righteous  increase. 
r)  (Jk  He   that   being  ^  often  re- 
^  Xj      proved     hardeneth     his 
neck 
Shall  « suddenly  be  destroyed, 
and  that  without  remedy. 

2  When  the  ''righteous  '^are  in- 

creased, the  people  rejoice ; 
But '  when  a  wicked  man  bear- 
eth  rule,  the  people  sigh. 

3  Whoso  'loveth  wisdom  rejoic- 

eth  his  father ; 
But  he  that  "  keepeth  company 
with     harlots     wasteth    his 
substance. 

4  The  "  king  by  justice  establish- 

eth  the  land ; 
But   *he   that  "^exacteth  gifts 
overthroweth  it. 

5  A    man    that    "flattereth    his 

neighbor 
Spreadeth  a  net  for  his  steps. 

6  In  the  transgression  of  an  evil 

man  there  is  a  ^  snare ; 
But  the  righteous  doth  "sing 
and  rejoice. 

7  The  'righteous  taketh  knowl- 

edge   of    the    cause    of    the 
poor ; 
The  wicked  ®hath  not  under- 
standing to  know  it. 

8  Scoffers  "  set  a  city  in  a  flame ; 
But    ''wise    men     turn    away 

wrath. 

"!  Or,  are  in  authority 

8  Or,  he  that  impose.th  tribute   Heb.  a  man  oj 
offerings.       9  Or,  understandeth  not  knowledge 


29.9 


PROVERBS 


30.8 


Sandry  Antithetic  Proverbs.    Sundry  Observations  ronc«riiioic  Hen  and  Things 


9  If  a  wise  man  hath  a  contro- 
versy with  a  foolish  man, 
^  Whether  he  be  angry  or  laugh, 
there  will  be  no  rest. 

10  The    » bloodtliirsty    hate    him 

that  is  perfect ; 
'^And  as  for  the  upright,  they 
seek  his  life. 

11  A  "fool  uttereth  all  his  *  anger  ; 
But   a  "wise    inan   keepeth  it 

back  and  stilleth  it. 

12  If  a  ''ruler  hearkeneth  to  false- 

hood, 
All  his  servants  are  wicked. 

13  The   'poor    man   and   the   op- 

pressor meet  together ; 
Jehovah   ■'lighteneth   the  eyes 
of  them  both. 
U  The  ^  king  that  faithfully  judg- 
eth  the  poor. 
His  "throne  shall  be  established 
for  ever. 

15  The    'rod    and    reproof     give 

wisdom ; 
But    a    child    left    to    himself 
*  causeth      shame      to      his 
mother. 

16  When     the    wicked    ''are     in- 

creased,    transgression     in- 
creaseth ; 
But  the  'righteous  shall  look 
upon  their  fall. 

17  "Correct  thy  son,  and  he  will 

give  thee  rest ; 
Yea,  he  will  "  give  delight  unto 
thy  soul.  .  . 

18  Where  there  is  "no  vision,  the 

people  "  cast  off  restraint ; 
But  he  that  « keepeth  the  law, 
happy  is  he. 

19  A  servant  will  not  be  corrected 

by  words  : 
For  though  he  understand,  he 
will  not  "give  heed. 

20  Seest  thou  a  man  that  is  'hasty 

in  his  ®  words  1 
There  is  'more  hope  of  a  fool 
than  of  him. 

21  He  that  delicately  bringeth  up 

his  servant  from  a  child 
Shall  have  him  '  become  '  a  son 
at  the  last. 

22  An    "angry    man    stirreth    up 

strife,  , 

And  a  "wrathful  man  abound- 
eth  in  transgression. 

23  A  man's  '  pride  shall  bring  him 

low  ;  ,       ,  .   • 

But  he  that  is  of  a  'lowly  spirit 
shall  obtain  honor. 

1  Or,  He  raqeth  and  launhHh,  and  therf  it  no 
re-It  »  Or,  Bttt  the  upright  care  fnr  his  soul 

3  Heb  spirit.  *  Or,  are  in  authority 

6  Heb.  unwer.  «  Or,  6«jr-n;« 

'  The  meaning  of  the  word  is  aouDtnu. 


"  <i<-Ii   4,  b- 

8  ;  IJu.  3. 

12 
>>  cli   12  16  ; 

14   33 
'ch   19.  11 
d  1  K   12.  14 
'  ch.  22.  2 
/Ezr.  9.  8; 

1-8.  13.  3 
"  1-8  72.  4  ; 

Is.  11.  4 
"  ch.  16.  12  ; 

2.5.  5 
>  cit.  13.  24  ; 

22.  15 
*  ch.  10.  1  ; 

17  2!) 

I  ch.  21.  12  ; 

Ps.  37.  34, 

36;  58.  lU; 

91.8;  92.  11 
"•  ver.  15 
"  ch.  10.  1 
"  1  S.  3.  1 ; 

Ps.  74.  9  ; 

Am.  8.  11, 

12 
''  Ex.  32  2.5 
''  ch  8.  32  : 

Ps.  1.  1,  2  ; 

1(16.  3;  119. 

2 ;  Jn.  13. 

17 
■•Jas  1.19 
•  ch.  26.  12 
'  ch.  30.  23 
"  ch.  15.  18 ; 

26.  21 
'•  ch.  17.  19 
'ch.  11.2; 

16.  18 ; 

2  S.  22.  28  ; 

Dan  4  30, 

31 ;  Mt.  23. 

12  ;  Jas. 

4  6 
V  ch.  15.  33  ; 

18.  12;  22.  4; 

Is.  66.  2; 

Lk.  14  U ; 

18  14  ; 
Jas.  4.  10 


'  ch.  15.  32 
"  Lev.  5.  1 

*  Gon.  12. 
12  ;  20.  2  ; 
Lk.  12  4 ; 
Jn.  12.  42, 
43 

"  ch.  18.  10  ; 

28.  2.5 ;  Ps. 

91.  1-16 
d  ch.  19.  6 
'  Is.  49.  4  ; 

1  Cor  4  4 
/ch   12  8; 

Ps.  6  8 ; 

139.  21,  22 
"  ver.  10 ; 

Ps  69  4  : 

Mt.  10.  22 ; 

24  9 ;  Jn. 

1.5.  18  :  17. 

14;  1  Jn.  3. 

13 
"  ch  31   1 
■  ch. 12  1 ; 

Ps.  49  10 

*  ch.  9  10 

I  Ps.  68  18  ; 

Jn   3  13  ; 

Eph.  4   8 
"•  Ex   1.5  10; 

Ps.  135  7 
"  Job  36.  8 ; 

38.8.9 
'  Ps  24  2 ; 

Is  45  13 
r  Rev  19  12 
9  Ps.  12.  6  ; 

18.  30 
>•  ch.  2.  7  ; 

667 


'24:  Whoso  is  partner  with  a  thief 
'  hateth  his  own  soul  ; 
He    "heareth     the    adjuration 
and  uttereth  nothing. 

25  The  ''fear  of  man    bringeth   a 

snare ; 
But  whoso  '  puttoth  his  trust  in 
.lehovah  ''shall  l)e  .safe. 

26  '*  Many  seek  the  ruler's  favor  ; 
But  a  man's  'judgment  coineth 

from  Jehovah. 

27  An  "" unjust  man  is  an  abomina- 

tion to  the  righteous  ; 
And  he  that  is  ^  upright  in  the 
way  is    an    abomination    to 
the  wicked. 


30 


The  words  of   Agur  the 
son  of  "Jakeh  ;  the  ^""oracle. 


The    man    saith   "unto  Itliiel, 
unto  Ithiel  and  I'cal : 

2  Surely  I  am  more  *  brutish  than 

any  man. 
And  have  not  the  understand- 
ing of  a  man ; 

3  And  1  have  not  learned  wisdom, 
^'-Neither  have  I  the  *  knowledge 

of  the  Holy  One. 

4  Who   hath  'ascended   up  into 

heaven,  and  descended? 
Who  hath  gathered  the  "•  wind 

in  his  fists  I 
Who  hath  "  bound  the  waters  in 

his  garment] 
Who  hath  » estJiblished  all  the 

ends  of  the  earth! 
What  is  his  ''name,  and  what 

is    his    son's    name,   if   tliou 

knowest  '\ 

5  Every  «  word  of  Gofl  is  "  tried  : 
He  is  a  "■  shield  unto  them  that 

take  refuge  in  him. 

6  'Add  thou  not  unto  his  words, 
Le.st  he  reprove  thee,  and  thou 

be  found  a  liar. 

7  Two  things  have    I    asked    of 

thee ;  ,    ^         t 

Deny    me    them   not   before    1 

8  Remove  far  from  me  falsehood 

and  lie.s ; 
Give  me  neither    poverty  nor 
riches  ; 

Ps.  3.  3;  84.11    •  Dt.  4.  2  ;  12.  32  ;  R«T.  22.  18 


«  Heb  Khalt  he  net  on  high. 

»  Ot,  Jnkeh.  of  Massa    See  Oen.  ».  14. 

u  Or'  M  otherwise  read.  /  hare  irenried  mytflf, 
0  Gnd.  I  hav  wnrird  myjiflf,  0  Qod,  and  am 
eonmimfd  :  For  /  am  ^e. 

i»  Or,  That  I  thould  have  the  kmovledge  <f«. 

u  Heb.  jmrifted. 


30.9 


PROVERBS 


30.33 


Snndry  Obserrations  concerning  Men  and  Things 


Feed  me  with  Hhe  "food  that 

is  needful  for  me : 
9  Lest  I  be  ''full,  and  ""deny  thee, 

and  say,  Who  is  Jehovah  ? 
Or  lest  I  oe  **  poor,  and  steal. 
And  '^"use  profanely  the  name 

of  my  God. 

10  Slander  not  a  servant  unto  his 

master, 
Lest  he  •''curse  thee,  and  thou 
be  held  guilty. 

1 1  There    is    a    generation    that 

"curse  their  father. 
And  bless  not  their  mother. 

12  There  is  a  generation  that  are 

*pure  in  their  own  eyes. 
And  yet  are  not  washed  from 
their  filthiness. 

13  There  is  a  generation,  oh  how 

'lofty  are  their  eyes! 
And  their  eyelids  are  lifted  up. 

14  There   is    a   generation  whose 

*  teeth    are   as   swords,    and 
their  'jaw  teeth  as  knives, 
To  "'devour  the  poor  from  off 
the    earth,    and    the    needy 
from  among  men. 

15  The     ^horseleach     hath     two 

daughters,     ^  crying.     Give, 

give. 
There  are  three  things  that  are 

never  satisfied. 
Yea,  four  that  say  not.  Enough : 

16  "  Sheol ;  and  the "  barren  womb  ; 
The  earth  that  is  not  satisfied 

with  water ; 
And  the  fire    that    saith    not. 
Enough. 

17  The  eye  that  ^mocketh  at  his 

father. 
And    ^despiseth    to    obey    his 

mother. 
The  *■  ravens  of  ^  the  valley  shall 

pick  it  out. 
And  the  ® young  ''eagles  shall 

eat  it. 

18  There  are  three  things  which 

are  too  wonderful  for  me, 
Yea,  four  which  I  know  not : 

19  The  way  of  an  *  eagle  in  the 

air ; 
The  way  of  a  serpent  upon  a 

rock  ; 
The  way  of  a  ship  in  the  midst 

of  the  sea ; 
And  the  way  of  a  man  with  a 

maiden. 


1  Heb.  the  bread  of  my  portion. 

2  Heb.  handle  the  name.  3  Or,  vampire 

♦  Or,  called       *  Or,  the  brook       «  Or,  vultures 


°  Job  23.  12 ; 

Mt.  6.  11 
b  Dt.  8.  12  ; 

31.  20; 

Neh.  9.  25 ; 

Hos.  13.  6 
"  Josh.  24. 

27;  Job  31. 

2a 

d  ch.  6.  30 
«  Ex.  20.  7 
/Eccl.  7.  21 
"  ch.  20.  20  ; 

Ex.  21.  17 
A  ch.  16.  2  ; 

Lk.  18.  11 
'  ch.  6.  17  ; 

Is.  2.  11 ; 

5.  15 
k  Ps.  57.  4 
'  Job  29.  17 
™  Ps.  14  4  ; 

Am.  8.  4 
"  ch.  27.  20 
"  Gen.  30.  1 
P  Gen.  9.  22 
1  ch.  1.5.  20  ; 

23.22 
"■  Dt.  28.  26 
»  Dt.  28.  49  ; 

Jer.  48.  40 ; 

49.  22 


'  ch.  5.  6 
"  ch.  19.  10 
"  ver.  9 
»^  ch.  12.  4 
y  ch.  29.  21 
=  ch.  6.  6-8 
«  Lev.  11.  5  ; 
Ps.  IW.  18 


b  Joel  2.  7 


« .Tudg.  14. 

18  ;  2  S.  1. 

23 
d  Mic.  5.  8 


'  Job  21.  5 ; 
40.  4;  Mic. 
7.16 


/ch.  10. 12; 
29.22 


65S 


20  So  is  the  way  of  an  *  adulterous 

woman : 
She    eateth,    and    wipeth    her 

mouth. 
And    saith,    I    have    done    no 

wickedness. 

21  'For    three    things    the    earth 

doth  tremble. 
And  for  four,  ivhich  it  cannot 
bear : 

22  For    a   "servant    when    he    is 

king ; 
And  a  fool  when  he  is  "filled 
with  food  ; 

23  For   an   ^odious  woman  when 

she  is  married ; 
And  a  handmaid  that  is  "heir  to 
her  mistress. 

24  There    are   four  things  which 

are  little  upon  the  earth. 
But  they  are  exceeding  wise  : 

25  The   ^ants    are   a    people    not 

strong. 
Yet  they  provide  their  food  in 
the  summer ; 

26  The  "conies  are   but  a  feeble 

.  folk, 

Yet  make  they  their  houses  in 
the  rocks ; 

27  The  locusts  have  no  king, 

Yet  go  they  forth  all  of  them  by 
*  bands : 

28  The  lizard  Haketh    hold  with 

her  hands, 
Yet  is  she  in  kings'  palaces. 

29  There  are  three  things  which 

are  stately  in  their  mai'ch. 
Yea,  four  which  are  stately  in 
going: 

30  The  lion,  which  is  "mightiest 

among  beasts. 
And  "*  turneth  not  away  for  any ; 

31  The  ^greyhound;    the  he-goat 

also ; 
And  the  king  ^°  against  whom 
there  is  no  rising  up. 

32  If  thou  hast  done  foolishly  in 

lifting  up  thyself. 
Or  if  thou  hast  thought  evil, 
*  Lay  thy  hand  upon  thy  mouth. 

33  For    the    ^'  churning    of    milk 

bringeth  forth  butter, 
And  the  "  wringing  of  the  nose 

bringeth  forth  blood ; 
So  the  "  forcing  of  -^  wrath  bring- 
eth forth  strife. 

7  Heb.  Under. 

8  Or,  thou  canst  seize  tcith  thy  hands 

9  Or,  war-horse    Heb.  well  girt  (or,  well  knit)  in 
the  loins.  lo  Or,  when  his  army  is  with  him 

11  Heb.  pressing. 


31.1 


PROVERBS 


31.31 


A  Hother's  Counsel  to  a  King.    Desrriptiun  of  a  Worthy  Woman 


O-i  ^The  words  of 
OJ-  Lemuel;  the  -oracle 
his  mother  taught  him. 


Inch 


2  What,   my  son  1  and  what,   O 

"son  of  my  womb  ? 
And  what,  O  son  of  my  *  vowk  1 

3  ''Give    not    thy  strength  unto 

women, 
Nor  thy  ways  to  ^that   wliicli 
■^  destroyeth  kings. 

4  It  is  not  for  ''kings,  O  Lemuel, 

it  is  not  for  kings  to 'drink 
wine ; 
Nor  for  princes  *to  say,  Where 
is  strong  drink  1 

5  Lest    they   drink,   and    forget 

'the  law, 
And  "  pervert  the  justice  due  to 
^any  that  is  aiflicted. 

6  Give   strong   drink  unto   him 
•   that  is  "ready  to  perish, 

And  wine  unto  the  *  bitter  in 
soul : 

7  Let  him  drink,  and  forget  his 

poverty. 
And  remember  his   misery  no 
more. 

8  *  Open  thy  mouth  for  the  dumb, 
In  the  cause  of  all  such  as  are 

^  left  desolate. 

9  Open  thy  mouth,  'judge  right- 

eously. 
And    minister   '"justice   to  the 
poor  and  needy. 

10  A    "worthy    woman   who    can 

find  1 
For    her    price    is    far  "above 
rubies. 

1 1  The  heart  of  her  husband  trust- 

eth  in  her. 
And  he  shall  have  no  lack  of 
*gain. 

1 2  She  doeth  him  good  and  not  evil 
All  the  days  of  lier  life. 

13  She  seeketh  -pwooI  and  flax, 
And   worketh    ''willingly   with 

her  hands. 

14  She  is  like  the  'merchant-ships  ; 
She    bringeth  her  bread  from 

afar. 
1.5  She  /"riseth  also  while  it  is  yet 
night. 

And  'giveth  food  to  her  house- 
hold. 

And  their  "  task  to  her  maidens. 

1  Or,    T/ie  words  of  Leviuel  kino  of  Massa, 
which  d-c.    See  ch.  30.  1.  margin.     «  Or.  tnirden 
3  Or.  as  otherwise  read,  them  Ihnt  ile'trot/ 
*  Another  reading  is.  la  desire  strong  dnnk. 
s  Heb.  that  whicnis  decider/. 
^Heb.  all  the  suns  of  ajflirtion. 
'  Or,  rendy  to  pass  away     Heb.  the  sotu  of 
passing  n liny  *  Heb.  ipoiV. 

»  Or,  at  the  business  of         »o  Or,  portion 


"  Is.  49.  15 
'-IS.  l.U 
<=  ch.  b.  9 
•'  I»t.  17  17; 

1  K.  U.  1; 

Neh.  la.  2t) 
'  Kocl.  10.  17 
/ch.  20,  1; 

18.  :).  22  ; 
Hos  4.  11 

V  ch.  17.  V> ; 

Ex.  23.  « ; 

Dt.  1«.  19 
h  Job  29.  13 
>  .Job  3.  20  ; 

Is.  38.  15 
t  ch.  24.  11 ; 

Job  '29. 

12-17  ;  Ps. 

82.  3 
'  Lev.  19. 15  i 

Dt.  1.  16 
^  Is.  1.  17  ; 

Jer.  22.  16 
"  ch.  12.  4  ; 

19.  14  ; 
Ruth  3.  11 

"ch.8.  11; 

J  jb  2S.  18 
P  ver.  21-24 
t  Ezek.  27. 

25 
"•ch.  20.  13; 

Rom.  12.  11 
'  Lk.  12.  42 


<  1  K.  18.  46 ; 

2  K.  4  2.) ; 

Job  3H.  3 
"  ch.  22.  9  ; 

Dt.  15.  11 ; 

Job  31. 

16-20; 

Rom.  12. 

13;  Eph. 

4.  28 
"  2  S.  1.  24 
'ch.  7.  16 
y  Gen.  41. 42; 

Rev.  19.  8, 

14 
-Judg.8.26; 

Lk.  16.  19 
"Ruth  4.  1, 

11 
I-  Jndg.  14. 

12 
°  ver.  17 
.'  ch.  10.  31 
'  ch.  19. 15 


/ch.  12.  4 
»  ch.  6.  25 
h  ch.  22.  4 


She  considereth  a  field,  and 
buyeth  it ; 

With  the  fruit  of  her  hands  she 
planteth  a  vineyard. 

She  'girdeth  her  loins  with 
strength. 

And  maketh  strong  her  arms. 

She  perceiveth  that  her  mer- 
chandise is  prolital)le; 

Her  lamp  goetli  not  out  by 
night. 

She  layeth  her  hands  to  the  dis- 

tati; 

And  her  "hands  hold  the  spindle. 
She  "stretcheth  out  her '-hand 

to  the  poor ; 
Yea,    she    reacheth   forth    her 

hands  to  the  needy. 
She  is  not  afraid  oi   the  snow 

for  her  household  ; 
For     all     her     household     are 

"clothed  with  scarlet. 
She  maketh  for  herself  '•''carpets 

of  tapestry ; 
Her  clothing  is  "fine  linen  and 

^purple. 
Her  husband  is  known  "  in  the 

gates. 
When   he   sitteth    among   the 

elders  of  the  land. 
She  maketh    *linen    garments 

and  selleth  them. 
And  delivereth  girdles  unto  the 

"merchant. 
"Strength  and  dignity  are  her 

clothing ; 
And  she  langheth  at  the  time  to 

come. 
She  ''openeth  her  mouth  with 

wi.sdom  ; 
And  the  '^law  of  kindness  is  on 

her  tongue. 
She  looketh  well  to  the  ways  of 

her  household. 
And  eateth   not  the  "bread  of 

idleness. 
Her  children  ri.se  up,  and  call 

her  blessed  : 
Her  husband  aim,  and  he  prais- 

eth  liei-,  sat/inp : 
Many    daughters    have    done 

•''worthily. 
But  thou  excel  lest  them  all. 
Grace  is  deceitful,  and  "beauty 

is  vain ; 
But    a     woman    that    "feareth 

.Jehovah,  she  shall  l)e  praised. 
Give    her  of    the  fruit  of  her 

hands : 
And  let  her  works  praise  her  in 

the  gates. 


II  Heb.  ])almi. 
13  Heb  palm. 
i-i  Or,  cushio 


i«  Heb.  Canaanite. 
11  Or,  teaching 


ECOLESIASTES 

OR,  THE   PBEACHEE 


Tbe  Preacher  declares  that  AU  Things  are  Vanity.    His  own  Experience  of  the  Vanity  or  Knowledge  and  of  Pleasnrt 


IThe  words  of  Hhe  "Preacher, 
the  son  of  David,  *king  in  Jeru- 
salem. 

2  ■'Vanity  of  vanities,  saith  the 
"  Preacher ;  vanity  of  vanities,  all 
is  vanity.  3  ''What  profit  hath 
man  of  all  his  labor  wherein  he 
laboreth  under  the  sun"?  4  One 
generation  goeth,  and  another 
generation  cometh  ;  but  the  '  earth 
abideth  for  ever.  5  The  -^sun  also 
ariseth,  and  the  sun  goeth  down, 
and  hasteth  to  its  place  where 
it  ariseth.  6  The  ^wind  goeth 
toward  the  south,  and  turneth 
about  unto  the  north ;  it  turneth 
about  continually  in  its  course, 
and  the  wind  returneth  again  to 
its  circuits.  7  All  the  ^rivers  run 
into  the  sea,  yet  the  sea  is  not 
full ;  unto  the  place  whither  the 
rivers  go,  thither  they  go  again. 

8  ^All  things  are  full  of  weari- 
ness ;  man  cannot  utter  it :  Hhe 
eye  is  not  satisfied  with  seeing, 
nor   the   ear  filled    with   hearing. 

9  '  That  which  hath  been  is  that 
which  shall  be ;  and  that  which 
hath  been  done  is  that  which 
shall  be  done :  and  there  is  no 
new  thing  under  the  sun.  10  Is 
there  a  thing  whereof  it  may  be 
said,  See,  this  is  new  ?  it  hath 
been  long  ago,  in  the  ages  which 
were  before  us.  1 1  There  is  *  no 
remembrance  of  the  former  gen- 
erations ;  neither  shall  there  be 
any  remembrance  of  the  latter 
ffenerations  that  are  to  come, 
among  those  that  shall  come 
after. 

12  I  the  'Preacher  was  king 
over  Israel  in  Jerusalem.  13 
A.nd  I  ™  applied  my  heart  to  seek 
and  to  "  search  out  by  wisdom 
concerning  all  that  is  done  under 
heaven  :  it  is  a  sore  "  travail  that 
God   hath   given    to   the   sons   of 

1  Heb.  Kohelet/i.  2  Or,  torrents 

8  Or,  All  words  are  feeble 


°  ver.  12 ; 

ch.  7.  27 ; 

12.  8-10 
b  ver.  12 
<^ch.  12.  8; 

P8.  39.  5, 

6 ;  62.  M  ; 

144.  4 ; 

Rom.  8.  20 
d  ch.  2.  11 ; 

3.  9;  5.  16 
"■  Ps.  104.  5  ; 

119.  90 
/Ps.  19.  4-6 
'■'  ch.  11.  5 
A  ch.  4.  8  ; 

Prov.  27.  20 
"  ch.  2.  12  ; 

3.  15  ;  6.  10 
*  ch.  2.  16 ; 

9.5 
'  ver.  1 
"'  ver.  17 
"  ch.  3.  10, 

11;  7.  25; 

8.  17 
"  ch.  2.  23, 

26 ;  3.  10 


P  ch.  2.  11, 

17  ;  4.  4  ; 

6.9 

«  ch.  7.  13 

'■  ch.  2.  9  : 

IK.  3.  12; 

4.  30  ;  10.  23 
'  ver.  13 

<  ch.  2.  12  ; 

7.25 
"  ch.  2.  23 ; 

12.  12 
"  ch.  7.  4  ; 

8.  15 
"^  ch.  7.  3,  6  ; 

Prov.  14. 13 
y  ch.  10.  19  ; 

Judg.  9. 

13 ;  Ps.  104. 

15 
'  ch.  7.  25 
"  ver.  24;  ch. 

3.  12, 13  ; 

5. 18  ;  6. 12; 

8.  15 ;  12. 

13 
<>  1  K.  7.  1-12 
<^S.  S.  8.11, 

12 
d  S.  S.  4.  16  ; 

5.  1 

'  Neh.  2.  8 

/Neh.  2.  14; 

3. 15, 16 


men  to  be  exercised  therewith. 
14  I  have  seen  all  the  works  that 
are  done  under  the  sun ;  and, 
behold,  all  is  ^vanity  and  ''a 
striving  after  wind.  15  That 
which  is  *  crooked  cannot  be 
made  straight ;  and  *  that  which 
is  wanting  cannot  be  numbered. 
16  I  communed  with  mine  own 
heart,  saying,  Lo,  I  have  gotten 
me  great 'wisdom _^ above  all  that 
were  before  me  ^  in  Jerusalem  ; 
yea,  my  heart  ^hath  had  great 
experience  of  wisdom  and  knowl- 
edge. 17  And  I  'applied  my 
heart  to  know  wisdom,  and  to 
'  know  madness  and  folly  :  I  per- 
ceived that  this  also  was  a  striv- 
ing after  wind.  18  For  "in  much 
wisdom  is  much  grief ;  and  he 
that  increaseth  knowledge  in- 
creaseth  sorrow. 

2  1  said  in  my  heart.  Come 
now,  I  will  prove  thee  with 
"  mirth  ;  ®  therefore  enjoy  ^^  pleas- 
ure :  and,  behold,  this  also  was 
vanity.  2^1  said  of  laughter, 
It  is  mad  ;  and  of  mirth.  What 
doeth  iti  3  1  searched  in  my 
heart  how  to  ^  cheer  my  flesh  with 
wine,  my  heart  yet  "guiding  me 
with  wisdom,  and  how  to  lay 
hold  on  'folly,  till  I  might  see 
"  what  it  was  good  for  the  sons 
of  men  that  they  should  do  under 
heaven  ^^  all  the  days  of  their  life. 
4  I  made  me  great  works ;  I 
*  builded  me  houses ;  I  planted 
me  "vineyards  ;  5  I  made  me  ''gar- 
dens and  ^  parks,  and  I  planted 
trees  in  them  of  all  kinds  of  fruit ; 
6  I  made  me  -Spools  of  water,  to 
water  therefrom  the  forest  where 
trees  were  reared ;  7_  I  bought 
men-servants   and    maid-servants, 

*  Or,  a  feeding  on  wind  (see  Hos.  12.  1)    Or, 
veiation  of  spirit  (and  so  elsewhere) 

»  Heb.  defect.  •>  Or,  yea,  more  than  all 

1  Heb.  over.  '  Heb.  hath,  seen  abundantly. 

*  Or,  and  thou  shalt  enjoy  i"  Or,  good 
11  Or,  holding  its  cour.te 

i«  Heb.  the  number  of  days  of  their  lift. 


660 


2.8 


ECCLESIASTES 


3.8 


The  Vanity-  or  PosaMsioni,  of  Wisdom,  and  of  Labor.    All  Tbilisi  hate  thrir  Tine,  aad  are  good  in  Uieir  Season 


and  liacl  servants  "born  in  my 
house ;  also  1  had  jrreat  posses- 
sions of  *  herds  and  tiocks,  above 
all  that  were  before  me  in  Jeru- 
salem ;  8  1  gathered  me  also  silver 
and  "gold,  and  the  treasure  of 
•^  kings  and  of  the  •  provinces  ;  1 
gat  me  ^men-singers  and  women- 
singers,  and  the  delights  of  the 
sons  of  men,  '  musical  instru- 
ments, and  that  of  all  sorts.  9 
So  1  was  "  great,  and  increased 
more,  than  all  that  were  before 
me  in  Jerusalem  :  also  my  wis- 
dom '"  remained  with  me.  10  And 
"  whatsoever  mine  eyes  desired  I 
kept  not  from  them ;  I  withheld 
not  my  heart  from  any  joy  ;  for 
my  heart  i-ejoiced  because  of  all 
my  labor;  and  this  was  my  'por- 
tion from  all  my  labor.  1 1  Tiien 
I  looked  on  all  the  works  that  my 
hands  had  wrought,  and  on  the 
labor  that  I  had  labored  to  do  ; 
and,  behold,  all  was  *  vanity  and 
a  striving  after  wind,  and  there 
was  'no  profit  under  the  sun. 

12  And  I  turned  myself  to  "'be- 
hold wisdom,  and  madness,  and 
folly  :  for  what  am  the  man  do 
that  Cometh  ^  after  the  king  *  even 
"that  which  hath  been  done  long 
ago.  13  Then  I  saw  that  "wis- 
dom excelleth  folly,  as  far  as  light 
excelleth  darkness.  14  The  wise 
man's  eyes  are  in  his  head,  and 
the  ''fool  walketh  in  darkness: 
and  yet  I  perceived  that  "one 
event  happeneth  to  them  all.  15 
Then  said  I  in  my  heart,  ""As  it 
happeneth  to  the  fool,  so  will  it 
happen  even  to  me ;  and  '  why 
•was  I  then  more  wise  1  Then  said 
I  in  my  heart,  that  this  al.so  is 
vanity.  16  For  of  the  wise  man, 
even  as  of  the  fool,  there  is  '  no 
remembrance  for  ever  ;  seeing  that 
in  the  days  to  come  all  will  have 
been  long  forgotten.  And  "  how 
doth  the  wise  man  die  even  a.s 
the  fool!  17  So  I  "hated  life, 
because  the  work  that  is  wrought 
under  the  sun  was  grievous  unto 
me ;  for  all  is  *  vanity  and  a  striv- 
ing after  wind. 

18  And  I  hated  'all  my  labor 
wherein  I  labored  under  the  sun, 
seeing  that  I  must  *  leave  it  unto 
the  man  that  shall  be  after  me. 
19  And  who  knoweth  whether  he 

1  Or,  eoncubinex  very  many  The  meaninK  of 
the  Hebrew  is  very  uncertain.      2  Or,  stood  by  me 

3  Or,  after  the  k-ina.  fren  him  whom  they  rnnde 
kino  long  ago  t  Or,  nfigr  the  king,  in  thate  thing* 
which  have  been  already  done  t 


'  Oen.  U 
U  ;  15.  3 
fclK.  4.23 
■^1  K.9.28; 
10. 10, 14,  21 

J 1  K.  4.  -n 

•1  K.  20.14; 

Lam.  1.  1 
/  2  S.  la.  35 
I'cb.l.  16; 

1  Chr.  •£). 

25 
'i  ch.  6.  2 
■  ch.  3.  22  ; 

5.  18  ;  a.  9 
*  ver.  22,  23  ; 

ch.  1.  14 
'ch.  1.  3; 

3.  y ;  5.  16 
'"  cli.  1.  17 
"  c'  .  1.  9.  10 
"ch.  7.  11, 

12, 19 ;  9. 

IS  ;  10.  10 
f  I'rov.  17 

24  ;  1  Jn.  2. 

11 
«ch.3.  19; 

6.  6 ;  7.  2  ; 
i>.  2,  S ; 
Fs.  49.  10 

"■  ver.  16 
'  ch.  6.  8.  11 
'  cli.  1.  U  ; 

4.16;  9.  3 
"  ver.  i4 
'■  ch.  4.  2 
^  ver.  11 ; 

ch.  1.  3 
»  Ps.  39.  6  ; 

49.10 


'  ch.  4.  4 
"  ver.  18 
6  oh.  1.  14 
'  ch.  1.  18  ; 

5.  17 ;  Job 

5.  7  ;  14.  1 
d  Pb.  127.  2 
'  ver.  3;  ch. 

3.12,13.22; 

6. 18 ;  6.  12 ; 

8.  15  ;  9.  7  ; 

1  Tim.  6. 17 
/  ch.  3.  13 
"  Job  32.  8  ; 

Prov.  2  (! 
h  Job  15.  20 

•  Job  27.  16, 
17  ;  Prov. 
13.22 

*  ch.  1.  14 
'  ver.  17  ; 

ch.  8.  6 
">  Job  14.  5 ; 
Heb.  9.  27 


"  Rom.  12  15 
"  Ps.  126.  2 


«  Am.  5.  13 


•■  Ps.  101.  3 ; 
Prov.  13.  5 


will  be  a  wise  man  or  a  fixjl  I  yet 
will  he  have  rule  over  all  m.v 
labor  wheiein  1  have  labored,  ana 
wherein  i  have  showed  my.selt 
wise  under  the  sun.  This  al.so  ia 
vanity.  20  Therefore  1  turnea 
about  to  cause  my  heart  to  fle- 
spair  concerning  '^all  the  laboi- 
wherein  i  had  labored  under  thb 
sun.  21  For  there  is  a  man  whoso 
labor  is  with  wi.sdom,  and  with 
knowledge,  and  with  ^'skilful- 
ness  ;  yet  to  a  man  that  hath  not 
labored  therein  shall  he  °"  leave  it 
for  his  portion.  This  also  is  vanity 
and  a  great  evil.  22  For  what 
hath  a  man  of  'all  his  labor,  and 
of  the  "''striving  of  his  heart, 
wherein  he  laboreth  under  the 
sun  1  23  For  all  his  days  are 
but  "sorrows,  and  his  travail  is 
grief ;  yea,  even  in  the  night  his 
heart  ^  taketh  no  rest.  This  also 
is  vanity. 

24  There  is  'nothing  lietter  for 
a  man  than  that  he  should  eat  and 
drink,  and  make  hi.s  soul  enjoy 
good  in  his  labor.  This  also  I  saw, 
that  it  is  •'from  the  hand  of  God. 

25  For  who  can  eat,  or  who  can 
^  have  enjoyment,  "more  than  I  'I 

26  For  to  the  man  that  plea.seth 
him  ^  (rdd  givetli  wisdom,  and 
knowledge,  and  joy  ;  but  *  to  the 
sinner  he  giveth  travail,  to  gather 
and  to  heap  up,  that  he  may  'give 
to  him  that  pleaseth  God.  This 
al.so  is  *  vanity  and  a  striving  after 
wind. 

3  For  everything  there  is  a 
season,  and  a  'time  for  every 
^purpose  under  heaven  :  2  a  time 
to  be  born,  and  a  '"  time  to  die  ; 
a  time  to  plant,  and  a  time  to 
pluck  up  tliat  which  is  planted  ; 
.3  a  time  to  kill,  and  a  time  to 
heal  ;  a  time  to  break  down,  and 
a  time  to  build  up;  4  a  time  to 
"  weep,  and  a  time  to  "  laugh ;  a 
time  to  mourn,  and  a  time  to 
''dance;  5  a  time  to  cast  away 
stones,  and  a  time  to  gather  stones 
together;  a  time  to  embrace,  and 
a  time  to  refrain  from  eml)racing; 
6  a  time  to  seek,  and  a  tinie  to 
lose ;  a  time  to  keep,  and  a  time  to 
cast  awa.v ;  7  a  time  t«  rend,  and 
a  time  to  sew  ;  a  time  to  '  keep 
silence,  and  a  time  to  speak  ;  8  a 
time  to  love,  and  a  time  to  ""hate  ; 
a  time  for  war,   and    a   time  for 

*  Or,  iurre.i.f  »  Heb  give 

«  Or,  veraiinn  '  Or.  hasten  thereto 

«  Ace.  to  Bept.  and  Syr  ,  apart  from  him. 
»  Or,  nmUer 


661 


3.9 


ECCLESIASTES 


4.16 


lan'g  Wickedness,  and  Likeness  t«  the  Beast.    The  Evils  or  Oppression,  Discontent,  Solitariness,  and  Vilftil  Rnlers 


peace.  9  "What  profit  hath  he 
that  worketh  in  that  wherein  he 
laboreth?      10    I    have    seen    the 

*  travail  which  God  hath  given 
to  the  sons  of  men  to  be  exercised 
therewith.  11  He  hath  "made 
everything  beautiful  in  its  time : 
also  he  hath  set  ^  eternity  in  their 
heart,  yet  so  that  man  ''cannot 
find  out  the  work  that  God  hath 
done  from  the  beginning  even  to 
the  end.  12  I  know  that  there 
is  *  nothing  better  for  them,  than 
to  rejoice,  and  ^to  do  good  so 
long  as  they  live.  13  And  also 
that  every  man  should  eat  and 
drink,  and  enjoy  good  in  all  his 
labor,  is  the  -^gift  of  God.  14  I 
know  that,  whatsoever  God  doeth, 
it  shall  be  for  ever  :  nothing  can  be 
put  to  it,  nor  anything  taken  from 
it ;  and  God  hath  done  it,  that  men 
should  "fear  before  him.     15  ^  That 

*  which  is  hath  been  long  ago  ;  and 
that  which  is  to  be  hath  long  ago 
been  :  and  God  seeketh  again  that 
which  is  ''passed  away. 

16  And  moreover  I  saw  under 
the  sun,  in  the  place  of  justice, 
that  *  wickedness  was  there ;  and 
in  the  place  of  righteousness,  that 
wickedness  was  there.  17  I  said 
in  my  heart,  *God  will  judge  the 
righteous  and  the  wicked;  for 
there  is  a  '  time  there  for  every 

*  purpose  and  for  every  work.  18 
*I  said  in  my  heart.  It  is  because 
of  the  sons  of  men,  that  God  may 
prove  them,  and  that  they  may  see 
that  they  themselves  are  but  as 
'"beasts.  19  "For  that  which  be- 
falleth  the  sons  of  men  befalleth 
b(*a,.sts ;  even  one  thing  befalleth 
theui :  as  the  one  dieth,  so  dieth 
the  other ;  yea,  they  have  all  one 
'^breath  ;  and  man  hath  no  preemi- 
nence above  the  beasts:  for  all  is 
vanity.  20  All  go  unto  one  place ; 
all  are  of  the  "dust,  and  all  turn  to 
dust  again.  21  Who  knoweth  the 
^  spirit  *  of  man,  ^  whether  it  goeth 
upward,  and  the  spirit  of  the  beast, 

*  whether  it  goeth  downward  to 
the  earth"?  22  Wherefore  I  saw 
that  there  is  *  nothing  better,  than 
that  a  man  should  rejoice  in  his 
works :  for  that  is  his  portion  :  for 
who  shall  bring  him  back  to  see 
•"what  shall  be  after  him  1 

1  Or,  the  world  2  Or,  to  get  good 

3  Or,  Thai  which  hnth  been  is  nmo 
^  Heb.  driven  away.  5  Or,  matter 

6  Or.  /  said  in  my  heart  concerning  the  sons  of 
:»sn.  It  is  that  God  &c.  7  Or,  svirit 

8  Heb.  0/  the  sons  of  men.      »  Or,  that  goeth 


«  ch.  1.  3 ;  2. 

11 ;  5. 16 
b  ch.  1.  13 ; 

2.26 
"  Gen.  1.  31 
d  ch.  7.  23 ; 

8.  17 ;  Job 

5.  9 ;  Rom. 

11.33 
'  ch.  2.  24, 

ref. 
/ch.  2.24; 

5.  19 
»ch.  5.  7:  7. 

18 ;  8.  12, 
13 ;  12.  13 
h  ch.  1.  9  ; 

6.  10 

■ch.  4.  1;  5. 

8;  8.  9 
fc  ch.  11.  9 ; 

Gen.  18. 

25 ;  Ps.  96. 

13 ;  98.  9  ; 

Mt.  16.  27 ; 

Rom.  2.  6- 

10 ;  2  Th. 

1.6-9 
'  ver.  1 ;  ch. 

8.6 
"» Ps.  49. 12, 

20 ;  73.  22 
«  ch.  9.  12 
"  ch.  12.  7  ; 

Gen.  3.  19 ; 

Ps.  103.  14 
P  ch.  12.  7 
«  ch.  2.  24 
»■  ch.  2. 18  ; 

6.  12  ;  8.  7  ; 

10.14 


*  ch.  3.  16 ; 

5.  8 ;  Job 

35.  9 ;  Ps. 

12.  5 ;  Is. 

5.7 
t  Lam.  1.  9 
"  ch.  2.  17  ; 

Job  3. 

11-26 
"  ch.  6.  3 
"  cli.  2.  21 
V  ch.  1. 14 
^  Prov.  6. 10 ; 

24.  33 
"  Is.  9.  20 
b  Prov.  15. 

16, 17  ;  16.  8 
"ch.  1.8; 

5. 10;  Prov. 

27.20 
d  ch.  2.  21 
»ch.  1.  13 
/IK.  1.1 


9  ch.  7.  19  : 
9.15 


h  Gen.  41. 14, 
41^3 


4  Then  I  returned  and  saw  all 
the  'oppressions  that  are  done 
under  the  sun :  and,  behold,  the 
tears  of  such  as  were  oppressed, 
and  they  had  'no  conaforter ;  and 
on  the  side  of  their  oppressors 
there  was  power ;  but  they  had  no 
comforter.  2  Wherefore  "I  praised 
the  dead  that  have  been  long  dead 
more  than  the  living  that  are  yet 
alive;  3  yea,  '""better  than  them 
both  did  I  esteem  him  that  hath  not 
yet  been,  who  hath  not  seen  the 
evil  work  that  is  done  under  the 
sun. 

4  Then  I  saw  all  labor  and  every 
"■^skilful  work,  that  '-^for  this  a  man 
is  envied  of  his  neighbor.  This  also 
is  ^vanity  and  a  striving  after 
wind.  5  The  fool  ^foldeth  his 
hands  together,  and  "eateth  his 
own  flesh.  6  *  Better  is  a  handful, 
'*with  quietness,  than  two  hand- 
f uls  "  with  labor  and  striving  after 
wind. 

7  Then  I  returned  and  saw  van- 
ity under  the  sun.  8  There  is  one 
that  is  alone,  and  he  hath  not  a 
second;  yea,  he  hath  neither  son 
nor  brother ;  yet  is  there  no  end  of 
all  his  labor,  neither  are  ''his  eyes 
satisfied  with  riches.  ^  For  whom 
then,  saith  he,  do  I  labor,  and  de- 
prive my  soul  of  good  "?  This  also 
is  vanity,  yea,  it  is  a  "  sore  travail. 
9  Two  are  better  than  one,  because 
they  have  a  good  reward  for  their 
labor.  10  For  if  they  fall,  the  one 
will  lift  up  his  fellow  ;  but  woe  to 
him  that  is  alone  when  he  falleth, 
and  hath  not  another  to  lift  him 
up.  1 1  Again,  if  two  lie  together, 
then  they  have  warmth  ;  but  •''how- 
can  one  be  warm  alone  1  12  And  if 
a  man  prevail  against  him  that  is 
alone,  two  shall  withstand  him ; 
and  a  threefold  cord  is  not  quickly 
broken. 

13  Better  is  a  "poor  and  wise 
youth  than  an  old  and  foolish  king, 
who  knoweth  not  how  to  receive 
admonition  any  more.  14  For 
*  out  of  prison  he  came  forth  to  be 
king  •  yea,  even  in  his  kingdom  he 
was  born  poor.  15  I  saw  all  the 
living  that  walk  under  the  sun, 
that  they  were  with  the  youth,  the 
second,  that  stood  up  in  his  stead. 
16  "There  was  no  end  of  all  the 

1"  Or,  better  than  they  both  is  he  that  &e. 

'1  Or,  successful' 

12  Or,  it  cometh  of  a  man^s  rivalry  with  his 
neighbor  m  Or,  nf 

!♦  Or,  There  is  no  end,  in  the  mind  of  all  the 
people,  to  all  that  hath,  been  before  them ;  they 
also  Jtc. 


662 


5.1 


ECCLESIASTES 


6.8 


Piety  tqjoined.    False  and  True  Use  of  Riches.    Vanity  of  Cood  Tilings  which  cannot  be  enjoyed 


{)eople,  even  of  all  them  over  whom 
le  was:  yet  they  that  come  after 
shall  not  rejoice  in  him.  Surely 
this  also  is  "vanity  and  a  striving 
after  wind. 
*r^      *Keep  thy  foot  when  thou 

tJ  goest  to  the  house  of  ( Jod  ;  for 
to  draw  nigh  to  hear  is  better  than 
to  give  the  "sacrifice  of  fools:  for 
they  know  not  that  they  do  evil. 
*L'  Be  not  ''rash  with  thy  mouth, 
and  let  not  thy  heart  be  hasty  to 
utter  'anything  before  (iod;  for 
God  is  in  heaven,  and  thou  upon 
earth  :  thcrefort>  let  thy  ''  words  be 
few.  3  For  a  dream  cometh  with  a 
multitude  of -business,  and  a  'fools 
voic_e  with  a  multitude  of  words. 
4  When  thou  "vowest  a  vow  unto 
God,  defer  not  to  pa^  it ;  for  he 
hath  no  pleasure  in  fools :  ''pay 
that  which  thou  vowest.  5  'Bet- 
ter is  it  that  thou  shouldest  not 
Vow,  than  that  thou  shouldest  vow 
and  not  pay.  6  Sutler  not  thy 
mouth  to  cause  thy  flesh  to  sin ; 
neither  say  thou  beiore  the  ^angel, 
that  it  was  an  *  error:  wherefore 
should  God  be  angry  at  thy  voice, 
and  destroy  the  work  of  thy  hands  I 
7  For  in  tne  multitude  or  dreams 
there  are  vanities,  and  in  many 
words:  but  'fear  thou  God. 

8  If  thou  seest  the  '"oppression  of 
the  poor,  and  the  "violent  taking 
away  of  justice  and  righteousness 
in  '*a  province,  "marvel  not  at 
the  matter:  for  ''one  higher  than 
the  high  regardeth  ;  and  there  are 
higher  than  they.  9  "^Moreover 
the  profit  of  the  earth  is  for  all : 
the  king  himself  is  served  by  the 
field. 

10  "He  that  loveth  silver  shall 
not  be  satisfied  with  silver;  nor  he 
that  loveth  abundance,  with  in- 
crease :  this  also  is  vanity.  1 1 
""When  goods  increase,  they  are 
increased  that  eat  them  ;  and  what 
advantage  is  there  to  the  owner 
thereof,  save  the  beholding  of  the)n 
with  his  eyes]  12  The  sleep  of  a 
laboring  man  is  'sweet,  whether  he 
eat  little  or  much  ;  but  the  fulness 
of  the  rich  will  not  sufler  him  to 
sleep. 

1  o  There  is  a  grievous  evil  which 
I  have  seen  under  the  sun.  vame/y, 
'  riches  kept  by  the  owner  thereof 

1  Or,  a  word  '  Or.  travail 

3  Or,  mes:<enni'r  of  God    See  Mai.  2.  7. 

<  Or,  the  stnii- 

5  Or,  Bui  the  priifit  of  a  land  every  tcny  is  a 
king  that  makelh  himself  servnni  to  the  field  (or, 
is  a  king  over  the  cultivated  field) 


*[Ch.  4.  17  in 
Heb] 

6  Ex.  3.  .■>; 
M.  18-20 ; 
Is.  1.  12 

*[Ch.  h.  1  in 
Heb.] 

<■  1  S.  1.5.  22  ; 

Prov.  15.8; 

21.  27 
rf  Prov.  20. 

25 
'  I'roT.  10. 

1!»;  Mt  6.  7 
/cli.  10.  14; 

.lob  11.  2 
^'Nuui.ao.  2; 

Ps.  .50.  14  ; 

76.11 
!>  Ps.  66.  13. 

14 
'  Prov.  20. 

2.0 ;  Acts 

5.  4 
k  Lev.  4.  2, 

22 ;  Num. 

15.  25,  &c. 
'  cb.  3.  14  : 

7.  18  ;  8. 12, 

13 ;  12.  13 
'"  cb.  4.  1 
"  Kzek.  18.18 
"  1  Pet.  4.  12 
''  Y.X.  2.  25  ; 

Ps.  12.  5 
''  cb.  2.  10, 11 
"•  cb.  2.  9 
'  I'rov.  3.  24 
'  cb.  6.  2 


''.Tobl.21 
'  Ps.  49.  17  ; 

1  Tim.  6.  7 
'cb.  1.3; 

2.  11  ;  3.  9 

*  Prov.  11.  29 
'  cb.  2.  23 

"  cb.  2.  24, 

ref. 
b  cb.  2. 10 
"  cb.  6.  2  ; 

2Cbr.  1.12 
d  cb.  «.  2 

•  cb.  3.  13 
.'^eb.  5.  13 
■-'  1  K.  3.  13 
h  Ps.  17.  14  ; 

73.7 
ils.  14.20; 

Jer.  8.  2 ; 

22.19 
tcb.4.  3: 

Job  3.  16 


lcb.2.  14, 
ref. 


'  Prov.  16. 26 
'  ch.  2. 15 


to  his  hurt:  14  and  tho.se  riches 
perish  by  evil  -'adventure;  and  if 
he  liath  begotten  a  son,  there  in 
nothing  in  his  hand.  15  "As  he 
came  forth  from  his  mother's  womb, 
naked  shall  he  go  again  as  he  came, 
and  shall  take  "nothing  for  his 
labor,  which  he  may  carry  away  in 
his  hand.  KJ  And  this  also  is  a 
grievous  evil,  that  in  all  i)oints  as 
he  came,  so  shall  he  go:  and  "^  wliat 
profit  hath  he  that  he  "laboreth  for 
the  wind?  17  All  his  days  also 
he  eateth  in  darkness^  and  he  is 
■sore  vexed,  and  hath  sickness  and 
wrath. 

18  Behold,  "that  which  I  have 
.seen  to  be  "good  and  to  he  comely 
is  for  one  to  eat  and  to  drink,  and 
to  enjoy  gowl  in  all  his  labor, 
wherein  he  laboreth  under  the  sun. 
"all  the  days  of  his  life  which  (ioci 
hath  given  him:  for  this  is  his 
''portion.  19  Every  man  also  to 
whom  "God  hath  given  riches  and 
wealth,  and  hath  given  him  "'power 
to  eat  thereof,  and  to  take  his  i)or- 
tion,  and  to  rejoice  in  his  labor  — 
this  is  the  ""gift  of  God.  20  For  he 
shall  not  much  remember  the  daj'.s 
of  his  life;  Ijecause  (iod  answereth 
him  in  the  joy  of  his  heart. 

6  There  is  an  •'evil  which  T  have 
seen  under  the  sun,  and  it  i.s 
hea.vy  upon  men  :  2  a  man  to  whom 
God  "giveth  riches,  wealth,  and 
honor,  .so  that  he  ''lacketh  nothing 
for  his  soul  of  all  that  he  desireth. 
yet  God  giveth  him  not  power  to 
eat  thereof,  but  an  alien  eateth  it : 
this  is  vanity,  and  it  is  an  evil 
disease.  3  If  a  man  beget  a  hun- 
dred children,  and  live  many  5'ears, 
.so  that  the  days  of  his  years  are 
many,  but  his  .soul  be  not  filled  with 
good,  and  moreover  he  have  'no 
burial ;  1  say,  that  *an  untimely 
birth  is  better  than  he :  4  for  it 
cometh  in  vanity,  and  departeth  in 
darkness,  and  tlie  name  thereof  is 
covered  with  darkness;  5  more- 
over it  hath  not  seen  the  sun  ■*  nor 
known  it;  "this  hath  rest  rather 
than  the  other:  6  yea,  though  he 
live  a  thou.sand  years  twice  told, 
and  yet  enjoy  no  good,  '  do  not  all 
go  to  one  place? 

7  '"  All  the  lalior  of  man  is  for  his 
mouth,  and  yet  the  appetite  is  not 
filled.    8  For  "  what  advantage  hath 

«  Or,  that  which  I  hare  teen;  it  it  good  anil 
comely  for  one  <V-r 

-  Heb.  Ilie  number  of  Ihe  days 

*  Or,  neithir  had  anu  hiowledge 

»  Or,  1/  is  belter  with  this  than  with  the  otlier 


663 


6.^ 


ECCLESIASTES 


7.27 


Sobriety,  Docility,  Patience,  and  Wisdom  eqjoined.    Use  of  Wisdom,  and  Folly  of  Wickedness 


the  wise  more  than  the  fooll  ^or 
what  hath  the  poor  man,  that 
knoweth  how  to  walk  before  the 
living'?  9  Better  is  the  "sight  of 
the  eyes  than  the  wandering  of  the 
desire:  this  also  is  *  vanity  and  a 
striving  after  wind. 

10  "^Whatsoever  ''hath  been,  the 
name  thereof  was  given  long  ago; 
and  it  is  known  what  ^  man  is ; 
■*  neither  can  he  contend  with  him 
that  is  mightier  than  he.  11  See- 
ing there  are  many  ■*  things  that 
increase  vanity,  what  is  man  the 
better?  12  For  who  knoweth 
what  is  good  for  man  in  his  life, 
®  all  the  days  of  his  vain  life  which 
he  spendeth  as  a  shadow  1  for  who 
can  tell  a  man  "  what  shall  be  after 
him  under  the  sun  ? 

7  A -^  good  name  is  better  than 
precious  oil ;  and  the  ^  day  of 
death,  than  the  day  of  one's  birth. 
2  It  is  better  to  go  to  the  house  of 
mourning  than  to  go  to  the  house 
of  feasting  :  for  that  is  the  \  end  of 
all  men  ;  and  the  living  will  '  lay 
it  to  his  heart.  3  *  Sorrow  is  better 
than  laughter ;  for  '  by  the  sadness 
of  the  countenance  the  heart  is 
made  ''glad.  4  The  heart  of  the 
wise  is  in  the  house  of  niourning ; 
but  the  heart  of  fools  is  in  the 
house  of  mirth. 

5  It  is  better  to  "'hear  the  re- 
buke of  the  wise,  than  for  a  man 
to  hear  the  song  of  fools.  6  For 
as  the  crackling  of  "thorns  under  a 
pot,  so  is  the  "laughter^^of  the  fool  : 
this  also  is  vanity.  7  J  Surely  ^  ex- 
tortion maketh  the  wise  man  fool- 
ish ;  and  a  *bi'ibe  destroyeth  the 
understanding. 

8  Better  is  the  '"end  of  a  thing 
than  the  beginning  thereof ;  and 
the  '  patient  in  spirit  is  better  than 
the  proud  in  spirit.  9  Be  not 
*  hasty  in  thy  spirit  to  be  *  angry  ; 
for  '  anger  resteth  in  the  bosom  of 
fools.  10  Say  not  thou.  What  is 
the  cause  that  the  former  days 
were  better  than  these  1  for  thou 
dost  not  inquire  ^^  wisely  concern- 
ing this. 

11  Wisdom  ^^is  as  good  as  an  in- 
heritance ;  yea,  "  more  excellent  is 


1  Or,  or  the  poor  man  thai  hath  understanding, 
in  walking  before  the  Irving 

2  Or,  Whatsoever  he  be.  his  name  was  given  him 
lovg  nqo.  and  it  is  knoirn  that  he  is  man 

3  Heb.  Adam.    See  Gen.  2.  7.  *  Or,  words 
5  Heb.  the  number  of  the  days. 

«  Or,  better  7  Or,  For  8  Or,  vexed 

9  Or,  vexation  ">  Heb.  out  of  wisdom 

11  Or.  is  good  together  'dth  an  inheritance,  and 
profitable  unto  them  &c. 


"  ch. U.  9 
b  ch.  1. 14 
'  ch.  1.  9  ; 

3.  15 
d  Prov.  21. 

30 ;  Job  9. 

32 ;  40.  2 ; 

Is.  4.5.  9 
'  ch.  3,  22, 

ref. 
/  Prov.  22.  1 
'J  ver.  8  ; 

ch.  4.  2 
ft  ch.  2. 16  ; 

3.  19,  20 : 

6.  6  ;  9.  2,  3 
'  Ps.  90.  12 
*■  ch.  2.  2 
'  2  Cor.  7.  10 
'"  ch.  9.  17  ; 

Ps.  141.  5 ; 

Prov.  6.  23 ; 

13.  18 ;  15. 

31,  32 ;  25. 

12 
"  Ps.  58.  9  ; 

118.  12 
"  ch.  2.  2 
f'ch.  4.1;5.8 
1  Ex.  23.  8  : 

Dt.  16.  19  ; 

Prov.  17.  8, 

23 
""  ver.  1 
'  Prov.  14. 

29  ;  16.  32  ; 

Gal.  5.  22 ; 

Eph.  4.  2 
f  Prov.  14. 

17 ;  Jas.  1. 

19 
«  Prov.  8.  10, 

11 


"  ver.  19 ; 
ch.  9.  18 
^  Prov.  3. 18  ; 

8.  a5 

y  ch.  3.  U ;  8. 

17 
'  ch.  1.  15 
<•  ch.  3.  22  ; 

9.  7;  U.  9; 
Dt.  26.  U 

t  Dt.  8.  5 
"■  ch.  3.  22, 

ref. 
d  ch.  6. 12 ; 

9.9 
■'  ch.  8.  14 
/  ch.  8. 12,  13 
'■'  Rom.  12.  3 
h  Job  22. 16  ; 

Ps.  55.  23  ; 

Prov.  10.  27 
« ver.  16 
*  ver.  17 
'  ch.  3. 14 : 

5.  7  ;  8.  12, 

13 ;  12. 13 
"•  ver.  12 ; 

ch.  9.  13-18 
"IK.  8.  46; 

2Chr.6.36; 

Ps.  143.  2 ; 

Prov.  20.  9; 

Rom.  3.  23 
°  Prov.  30. 11 
Pch.  3.  11; 

8.  17 
«  Rom.  11.33 
»"  Job  11.  7  ; 

37.  23 
»  ch.  1.  17  ; 

10.  13 

'  Prov.  5.  4 
"  Prov.  7.  23 
"  Prov.  6.  23, 

24 
^  Prov.  22. 14 


664 


it  for  them  that  see  the  sun.  12 
For  ''wisdom  is  a  defence,  even  as 
money  is  a  defence ;  but  the  excel- 
lency of  knowledge  is,  that  ■"  wisdom 
preserveth  the  life  of  him  that  hath 
it.  1 3  Consider  the  »  work  of  God  : 
for  who  -can  make  that  straight, 
which  he  hath  made  crookea?  14 
"  In  the  day  of  prosperity  be  joyful, 
and  'in  the  day  of  adversity  con- 
sider ;  j^ea,  God  hath  made  the  one 
side  by  side  with  the  other,  to  the 
end  that  man  should  "  not  find  out 
anything  that  shall  be  after  him. 

15  All  this  have  I  seen  in  my 
'^  days  of  vanity  :  there  is  a  "right- 
eous man  that  perisheth  in  his 
righteousness,  and  there  is  -^a 
wicked  man  that  prolongeth  his 
life  in  his  evil-doing.  16  Be  not 
righteous  overmuch;  neither ^make 
thyself  overwise :  why  shouldest 
thou  destroy  thyself?  17  Be  not 
overmuch  wicked,  neither  be  thou 
foolish :  why  shouldest  thou  ''die  be- 
fore thy  time  1  18  It  is  good  that 
thou  shouldest  take  hold  of  '  this  ; 
yea,  also  from  *  that  withdraw  not 
thy  hand  :  for  he  that '  feareth  God 
shall  come  forth  from  them  all. 

19"'  Wisdom  is  a  strength  to  the 
wise  man  more  than  ten  rulers 
that  are  in  a  city.  20  ''Surely 
"  there  is  not  a  i-ighteous  man  upon 
earth,  that  doeth  good,  and  sinneth 
not.  21  Also  ^^  take  not  heed  unto 
all  words  that  are  spoken,  lest  thou 
hear  thy  servant  "curse  thee;  22 
for  oftentimes  also  thine  own  heart 
knoweth  that  thou  thyself  like- 
wise hast  cursed  others. 

23  All  this  have  I/* proved  in 
wisdom :  I  said,  I  will  be  wise  ; 
p  but  it  was  far  from  me.  24  That 
which  "is,  is  far  off  and  'exceeding 
deep  ;  ''  who  can  find  it  out  ?  25  I 
turned  about,  and  my  heart  was  set 
to  know  and  to  search  out,  and  to 
seek  wisdom  and  the  reason  o 
things,  and  to  know  ^^  that  wicked- 
ness is  folly,  and  that  '  foolishness 
is  madness.  26  And  I  find  more 
'bitter  than  death  the  woman 
^^ whose  heart  is  "snares  and  nets 
and  whose  hands  are  bands :  "whoso 
pleaseth  God  shall  escape  from  her  ; 
but  ^  the  sinner  shall  be  taken  by 
her.  27  Behold,  this  have  I  found, 
saith    the  Preacher,  "  laying   one 

12  Heb.  give  not  thy  heart. 

13  Or,  tried  by  i*  Or,  haih  been 

li  Or,  the  wickedness  of  folly,  and  foolishness 

which  is  madness 

1"  Or,  who  is  a  snare,  and  her  heart  is  as  nets 
1'  Or,  weighing  one  thing  after  another,  to  find 

out  the  reason 


7.28 


ECCLESIASTES 


9.4 


EaUrs  most  b«  «b«yed.    The  laeqaalitiei  trUfe.    lyttery  of  (Jod  a  D»in|^.    ill  alike  peiiik 


thing  to  another  J  to  find  out  the 
account ;  28  which  my  soul  still 
seeketh,  but  I  have  not  found  :  one 
man  among  a  thousand  have  1 
found  ;  but  a  "woman  anionic  all 
those  have  I  not  found.  29  Behold, 
this  only  have  I  found:  that 'God 
made  man  upright ;  but  they  liave 
sought  out  many  inventions. 

8  Who  is  as  the  wise  man? 
and  who  knoweth  the  inter- 
pretation of  a  thing  1  A  man's 
wistlom  maketh  his  'face  to  shine, 
and  the  ^  "^  hardness  of  his  face  is 
changed.  2  I  counsel  thee.  Keep 
the  king's  command,  antl  that  in 
regard  of  the  "oath  of  CJod.  3  Bo 
not  hasty  to  -''go  out  of  his  pres- 
ence ;  persist  not  in  an  evil  thing  : 
for  }ie  doeth  whatsoever  pleaseth 
him.    4  For  the  king's  word  hath 

{)ower ;  and  *  who  niay  say  unto 
lim.  What  doest  thou  s  5  Whoso 
*keepeth  the  commandment 'shall 
know  no  evil  thing ;  and  a  wise 
man's  heart  discerneth  time  and 
judgment:  6  for  *to  every  ^pur- 

Eose  there  is  a  time  and  judgment ; 
ecause  the  *  misery  of  man  is 
great  upon  him :  7  for  he  '  know- 
eth not  that  which  shall  be ;  ■*  for 
■who  can  tell  him  how  it  shall  be?  8 
"*  There  is  no  man  that  hath  power 
over  the  *  spirit  to  retain  the 
*  spirit;  neither  hath  he  power 
over  the  day  of  death ;  and  there 
is  no  "discharge  *in  war:  "neither 
shall  wickedness  deliver  him  that 
is  given  to  it. 

9  All  this  have  I  seen,  and  ap- 
phed  my  heart  unto  every  work 
that  is  done  under  the  sun  :  '  there 
is  a  time  wherein  one  man  hath 
''power  over  another  "to  his  hurt. 
10  So  I  saw  the  wicked  buried. 
®and  they  came  to  the  grave;  and 
they  that  had  done  right  went 
away  from  the  holy  place,  and 
«were  forgotten  in  tne  city:  this 
also  is  vanity.  1 1  Because  *■  sen- 
tence against  an  evil  work  is  not 
executed  speedily,  therefore  'the 
heart  of  the  sons  of  men  is  '"fully 
set  in  them  to  do  evil.  1 2  Tliough 
a  sinner  do  evil  a  hundred  times, 
and  'prolong  his  dnys,  yet  surely 
I  know  that  it  shall  be  "  well  with 

1  Heb.  strength.         «  Or,  mtttUr       »  Or,  rril 
4  Or,  for  even  irhen  it  comet fi  to  pass,  icno  shall 
declare  'it  unto  him  '     5  Or,  trtwrf     «  Or,  in  bailie 

7  Or,  irfiat  tim"  '»ie  man  had  A'C. 

8  Or,  to  hit  mm  fiurt 

»  Or.  vho  find  eom«  and  n<ntf  away  from  tne 
holy  place ;  nml  Ikey  were  forgotten  in  the  ri/v 
where  they  had  so  done  Or.  and  men  came  and 
vent  Jt«.  *"  Or,  emMdeited 


"1  K.  11.3 
>>  Geu.  1.  27 
'  Ex.  M.  ■£), 

M 
''  Dt.  28.  50 

•  Kx.  22.  11  ; 
2  S.  21.  7  ; 
Ezek.  17. 
18 

/cb.  10.  4 
"  Job  H.  12  : 
Dan.  4.  aS 
'■  cb.  12.  i;i 

•  I*rov.  12.  21 
^:  ch.  3.  1,  17 
'ch.  3.  22; 

6.  12  ;  7. 

U  ;  ».  12 
"'  Ps.  40.  7-9 
"  Dt.  20. 

.5-8 
"  ver.  13 
P  cb.  4  1 ; 

5.  8;  7.  7 
«ch.  1.  11; 

2. 16  ;  4. 16  ; 

9.  5,  15 
"■  Ex.  34.  6  ; 

Pa  86.  15 ; 

Rom.  2.  4  ; 

2  Pet.  3.  9 

•  ch.  9.  3 

<  ch.  7.  15  ; 

Is.  65.  20 
"  Dt.  4. 

40 ;  12.  25  ; 

Ps.  37.  11 ; 

Prov.  1  33; 

Is.  3.  10 


"  ver.  8 ; 

Is.  3.  11 
'  ch.  6.  12  ; 

Job  14.  2 
V  ch.  7.  15  ; 

Ps.  73.  14 
'  Job  21.  7  ; 

Ps.  73.  3, 

12 ;  Jer. 

12.  1  ;  Mai. 

3.  15 
"  cb.  2  24  ; 

3.  12,  13 ; 

5.  18  ;  9.  7 
b  ch.  1.  13,  14 
"^  oh.  2.  23 
rf  cb.  3.  11 
'  ch.  7   23  ; 

Ps.  73.  16 : 

Rom.  11.  33 
/  in,  33  3  ; 

Job  12.  10; 

Ps.  119.  109 

0  ver.  6 

1  ch.  10.  14 
•  ver.  11 ; 

Job  9.  22 
A  cb.  2.  14  ; 

3.  19  ;  6.  6  ; 

7.2 
'  ver.  2 
"•  ch.  8.  U 


them  that  fear  God,  that  fear  be- 
fore him:  13  but  it  shall  "not  l)e 
well  with  the  wicked,  neither  shall 
he  prolong  hts  days,  which  are  as  a 
^  shadow  ;  because  he  feareth  not 
before  God. 

14  There  is  a  vanity  which  is 
done  upon  the  earth,  that  there 
are  *  righteous  men  unto  whom  it 
happeneth  according  to  the  work 
of  the  wicked;  again,  tliere  are 
'wicked  men  to  whom  it  happen- 
eth according  to  the  work  of  the 
righteous :  I  said  that  tins  also  is 
vanity.  15  Then  1  commended 
mirth,  because  "a  man  hath  no 
better  thing  under  the  sun,  than 
to  eat,  and  to  drink,  and  to  l)e  ioy- 
ful :  "  for  that  shall  abide  with  him 
in  his  labor  all  the  days  of  his  life 
which  God  hath  given  him  under 
the  sun. 

16  When  I  *  applied  my  heart  to 
know  wi.sdom,  and  to  see  the  '-busi- 
ness that  is  done  upon  the  earth 
C^for  also  there  is  that  ""neither 
day  nor  night  seetii  sleep  with  his 
eyes),  17  then  I  beheld  all  the 
work  of  God,  that  ''man  cannot 
find  out  the  work  that  is  done 
under  the  sun  :  becau.se  however 
much  a  man  labor  to  seek  it  out, 
yet  he  shall  not  find  it ;  yea  more- 
over, 'though  a  wi.se  man  think  t<j 
know  it,  yet  shall  he  not  be  able  to 

9  find  it.  1  For  all  this  I  laid 
to  my  heart,  even  to  explore 
all  this :  that  the  righteous,  and 
the  wise,  and  their  works,  are  'in 
the  hand  of  God  ;  whether  it  be 
*'love  or  hatred,  ''man  knoweth  it 
not ;  all  is  before  them. 

2  'All  things  come  alike  to  all : 
there  is  *one  event  to  the  righteous 
and  to  the  wicked ;  to  the  go<xi 
and  to  the  clean  and  to  the  un- 
clean ,  to  him  that  sacrificeth  and 
to  him  that  sacrificeth  not ;  as  is 
the  good,  so  is  the  sinner ;  and  he 
that  sweareth.  as  he  that  feareth 
an  oath.  3  Tliis  is  an  evil  in  all 
that  is  done  under  the  sun,  that 
there  is  'one  event  unto  all  :  yea 
also,  "the  heart  of  the  sons  of  men 
is  full  of  evil,  and  "  madness  is  in 
their  heart  while  they  live,  and 
after  that  they  go  to  the  dead.  4 
'*For  to  him  that  is  joined  with  all 
the  living  there  is  hope ;  for  a  liv- 

II  Or,  and  that  IhtJ  should  accompany  him 

"  Or.  travail 

u  Or.  Aot*  lliat  neUAer  try  day  nor  by  night  d« 
men  see  sleep  trilh  their  eyes 

n  Another  reading  i«.  For  who  is  exempted  t 
With  ail  d:e.,  or  wttu  cun  choose  f     With  cUi  Ac. 


666 


9.5 


ECCLESIASTES 


10.17 


Cheerfulness  and  Diligence  enjoined.    Uncertainties  of  Life.    Excellency  of  Wisdom.    Sundry  Maxims 


ing  dog  is  better  than  a  dead  lion. 
5  For  the  living  know  that  they 
shall  die  :  but  the  dead  "  know  not 
anything,  neither  have  they  any 
more  a  reward ;  for  the  *  memory 
of  them  is  forgotten.  6  As  well 
their  love,  as  their  hatred  and 
their  envy,  is  perished  long  ago ; 
neither  have  they  any  more  a "  por- 
tion for  ever  in  anything  that  is 
done  under  the  sun. 

7  Go  thy  way,  ''eat  thy  bread 
■with  joy,  and  drink  thy  wine  with 
a  merry  heart ;  for  God  hath  al- 
ready accepted  thy  works.  8  Let 
thy  *  garments  be  always  white : 
and  let  not  thy  -^head  lack  oil.  9 
'  Live  joyfully  with  the  wife  whom 
thou  lovest  all  the  days  of  thy  ^  life 
of  vanity,  which  he  hath  given  thee 
under  the  sun,  all  thy  days  of  van- 
ity :  for  that  is  thy  "  portion  in  life, 
and  in  thy  labor  wherein  thou 
laborest  under  the  sun.  10  What- 
soever thy  hand  ^findeth  to  do, 
*  do  it  with  thy  might :  for  there  is 
'no  work,  nor  device,  nor  knowl- 
edge, nor  wisdom,  in  *Sheol, 
whither  thou  goest. 

11  I  returned,  and  saw  under 
the  sun,  that  the  'race  is  not  to 
the  swift,  nor  the  ""battle  to  the 
strong,  neither  yet  bread  to  the 
wise,  nor  yet  "riches  to  men  of  un- 
derstanding, nor  yet  favor  to  men 
of  skill ;  but  time  and  "  chance 
happeneth  to  them  all.  12  For 
man  also  ''  knoweth  not  his  time  : 
as  the  fishes  that  are  taken  in  an 
evil  net,  and  as  the  ">  birds  that  are 
caught  in  the  snare,  even  so  are 
the  sons  of  men  ''  snared  in  an  evil 
time,  when  it  falleth  'suddenly 
upon  them. 

13  1  have  also  seen  wisd9m  under 
the  sun  on  this  wise,  and  it  seemed 
great  unto  me  :  14  There  was  a 
little  city,  and  few  men  within  it ; 
and  there  came  a  great  king  against 
it,  and  besieged  it,  and  built  great 
bulwarks  against  it.  1 5  Now  there 
was  found  in  it  a  '  poor  wise  man, 
and  he  "by  his  wisdom  delivered 
the  city  ;  yet "  no  man  remembered 
that  same  poor  man.  1 6  Then  said 
1,  ''Wisdom  is  better  than  strength : 
nevertheless  the  poor  man's  wisdom 
is  despised,  and  his  words  are  not 
heard.  1 7  The  ^  words  of  the  wise 
heard  in  quiet  are  better  than  the 
cry  of  him  that  ruleth  among 
fools.     18  ^Wisdom  is  better  than 

1  Or,  Enjoy  {Heb.  5«e)  life 

2  Or,  attaineth  to  do  by  thy  strength,  that  do 


"  Job  14.  21 
b  ch.  1.  11 ; 

2.  IB ;  8. 

10 ;  Ps.  88. 
12  ;  Is.  26. 
14 
'  cU.  2.  10  ; 

3.  22 

rf  ch.  2.  24, 

ref. 
'  Rev.  3.  4 
/  Ps.  23.  5 
1  ch.  6.  12  ; 

7.  15 

ft  ch.  11.  fi  ; 

Rom.  12. 

11 ;  Col. 

3.23 
'  ver.  5 
k  Geu.  37.  35; 

Job  21.  13 ; 

Is.  38.  10 
I  Am.  2.  14, 

15 
'"  2  Chr.  20. 

15 ;  Ps.  76. 

5  ;  Is.  40. 

29  ;  Zech. 

4.  6 

»  Dt.  8. 17, 18 
°  1  S  6.  9 
P  ch.  8.  7 
1  Prov.  7.  23 
'■  Prov.  29.  6  ; 

Is.  24.  18 ; 

Hos.  9.  8 
»  Lk.  21.  34, 

35 
t  ch.  4.  13 
"  2  S.  20.  22 
"  ch.  2.  16  ; 

8.  10 

^  ch.  7.  12, 19 
y  ch.  7.  5  ; 

10.12 
'  ver.  16 


"  Josh.  7. 

1-26;  2K. 

21.  2-17 
l>  Ex.  30.  25 
"=  Prov.  13. 

16;  18.2 
rt  ch.  8.  3 
«  1  S.  25.  24- 

33;  Prov. 

25.  15 
/ch.  5.  6 
'J  Esth.  3. 1 ; 

Prov.  28. 

12 ;  29.  2 
ft  Prov.  19. 10 
'  Esth.  6.  8 
•'■  Ps.  7.  15  ; 

Prov.  26.  -27 
'  Am.  5.  19 
'»  Ps.  58.  4. 5 ; 

Jer.  8.  17 
"  Prov.  10 

32  ;  22.  11 ; 

Lk.  4.  22 
°ch.4.  5; 

Prov.  10. 

14  ;  18.  7 
P  ch.  7  25 
1  ch.  5.  3  ; 

Prov.  15.  2 
•■  ch.  3.  22  ; 

6. 12;  7. 14; 

8.7 
'  Is.  3.  4, 12 


weapons  of  war ;  but  "  one  sinner 
destroyeth  much  good. 
'i  f\  Dead  flies  cause  the  oil  of 
JL v^the  *  perfumer  ^  to  send  forth 
an  evil  odor ;  so  doth  a  little  folly 
■*  outweigh  wisdom  and  honor. 
2  A  wise  man's  heart  is  at  his 
right  hand  ;  but  a  fool's  heart  at 
his  left.  3  Yea  also,  when  the  fool 
walketh  by  the  way,  his  ^under- 
standing faileth  him,  and  "  he  saith 
"  to  every  one  that  he  is  a  fool.  4 
If  the  spirit  of  the  ruler  rise  up 
against  thee,  ''leave  not  thy  place; 
for  '*  gentleness  allayeth  great 
offences. 

5  There  is  an  evil  which  I  have 
seen  under  the  sun,  as  it  were  an 
■'error  which  proceedeth  from  the 
ruler :  6  "  folly  is  set  in  great 
*  dignity,  and  the  rich  sit  in  a 
low  place.  7  1  have  seen  ''  ser- 
vants '  upon  horses,  and  princes 
walking  like  servants  upon  the 
earth. 

8  *  He  that  diggeth  a  pit  shall 
fall  into  it ;  and  whoso  breaketh 
through  a  wall,  a  '  serpent  shall 
bite  him.  9  Whoso  ^he\yeth  out 
stones  shall  be  hurt  therewith  ;  and 
he  that  cleaveth  wood  is  endan- 
gered thereby.  10  If  the  iron  be 
blunt,  and  one  do  not  whet  the 
edge,  then  must  he  put_  to  more 
strength :  but  wisdom  is  profit- 
able to  direct.  11/"  If  the  ser- 
pent bite  "'"before  it  is  charmed, 
then  is  there  no  advantage  in  ^^  the 
charmer. 

1 2  The  "  words  of  a  wise  man's 
mouth  are  gracious ;  but  the  lips 
of  a  "  fool  will  swallow  up  himself. 
1 3  The  beginning  of  the  words  of 
his  mouth  is  foolishness  ;  and  the 
end  of  ^^his  talk  is  mischievous 
p  madness.  14  « A  fool  also  multi- 
plieth  words  :  yet  man  knoweth  not 
what  shall  be  ;  and  "■  that  which 
shall  be  after  him,  who  can  tell 
him  1  15  The  labor  of  fools  weari- 
eth  every  one  of  them ;  for  he 
knoweth  not  how  to  go  to  the 
city. 

16  Woe  to  thee,  O  land,  when 
thy  'king   is  a    "child,   and    thy 

Srinces  eat  in  the  morning!     17 
[appy  art  thou,  O  land,  when  thy 

3  Or,  to  stink  and  pulrffy 

*  Or,  him  I  hat  is  valued  for  wisdom 

5  Heb.  heart.  6  Or,  of 

'  Or,  calmness  leaveth  great  sins  undone 

8  Heb.  heights.  ^  Or,  moveih  stones 

10  Or,  Surely  the  serpent  will  bite  where  there  U 
no  enchantment ;  and  the  slanderer  is  no  better 

11  Heb.  without  enchantment 

12  Heb.  the  master  of  the  tongue. 

13  Heb.  hi*  mouth.  "  Or,  lervant 


666 


10.18 


ECCLESIASTES 


12.12 


Charity  and  Industry  to  b.  eiercked  in  Hope.    EihorUtion  to  labor  in  Joy  amid  Unc.rtalntiM.  .nd  to  remember  Sod  in  Tontb 


king  IS  Hhe  son  of  nobles,  and 
thy  princes  eat  in  due  season,  for 
strength,  and  not  for  "drunken- 
ness! 18  By  ''slothfulness  the 
^rpof  sinketh  in;  and  through 
idleness  of  the  hands  the  house 
leaketh.  19  A  feast  is  made  for 
laughter,  and  "wine  maketh  glad 
the  life;  and  ''money  answereth 
all  things.  20  "Eevile  not  the 
king,  no,  not  in  thy  thought ;  and 
revile  not  the  rich  •'in  thy  bed- 
chamber :  for  a  bird  of  the  heavens 
shall  carry  the  voice,  and  that 
which  hath  wings  shall  tell  the 
matter. 

n^'Cast    thy   bread   ^upon 
the  waters  ;  for  thou  "  shalt 
find  it  after  many  days.     2  ^ '  Give 
a  portion  to  seven,  yea,  even  unto 
eight;  for  thou  knowest  not  what 
*evil  shall  be  upon  the  earth.     3  If 
the  clouds  be  full    of   rain,   they 
empty  themselves  upon  the  earth  ; 
and    if   a    tree   fall    Howard    the 
south,   or  Howard   the    north,    in 
the  place  where  the  tree  falleth, 
there  shall  it  be.     4  He  that  ob- 
seryeth  tlie  wind  shall  not  sow ; 
and  he  that  regardeth  the  clouds 
shall  not  reap.     5  As  thou  '  know- 
est not  what  is   the  way  of    the 
;  wind,  7107- '"  how  the  bones  do  groic 
in  the  womb  of  her  that  is  with 
child ;  even  so  thou  "  knowest  not 
the  work  of  God  who  doeth  all. 
6  "In  the  morning  sow  thy  seed, 
and  in  the  evening  withhold   not 
thy  hand ;   for  thou   knowest  not 
which  shall  prosper,  whether  this 
or  that,  or  whether  they  both  shall 
be  alike  good.     7   Truly  the  light 
IS  sweet,  and  a  pleasant  thing  it  is 
for  the  eyes  to  ^behold  the  sun. 
8  "Yea,  if  a  man  live  many  years. 
Jet  him  »  rejoice  in  them  all ;  ''  but 
let  him    remember    the    ""days  of 
darkness,  for  they  shall  be  many. 
All  that  cometh  is  vanity. 

9  'Rejoice,  O  young  man,  in  thy 
youth,  and  let  thy  heart  cheer  thee 
in  the  days  of  thy  youth,  and  '  walk 
in  the  ways  of  thy  heart,  and  in  the 
sight  of  thine  eyes  :  but  know  thou, 
that  for  all  these  things  "  God  will 
bringtheeinto  judgment  10  There- 
fore remove  "sorrow  from  thy  heart, 
and  "put  away  evil  from  thy  flesh  ; 
for  youth  and  the  dawn  of  life  are 

1  Or,  a  free  man 

I  ^yjnfiers  sink  »  Or.  Send  forth 

*  Heb.  upon  the  face  of  the  xcatert. 
,    *  Or.  Divide  a  portion  into  seven,   yen.  even 
into  eight  «  Or,  in  '•  Or,  spirit 

8  Or,  For  9  Or,  and  remember 

"'  Or,  vexation    Or,  provocation 


"  Prov.  31.  i  ; 

Is.  5.  11 
''  Prov.  1'4 

■M'H 
"  ch.  2.  3; 

Judg  «.13; 

Ps.  1(14.  15 
<<  ch.  7.  12 
'  K.X.  •_>•.•.  28  ; 

Acts  23.  5 
/  2  K.  K.  12  ; 

Lk.  12.  3 
"  Is.  32.  21) 
''  nt.  15.  10  ; 

Prov.  la. 

17  ;  Mt.  10. 

•12 :  2  Cor, 

9.  8 ;  Gal. 

6  9 ;  Heb. 

6.  10 
•  Ps.  112.  9  , 

Mt.  5.  42 ; 

Lk.  6.  30 ; 

1  Tim.  6. 

1«,  19 
«••  ver.  8 ; 

ch.  12.  1 
'  Jn.  3.  8 
'"  Ps.  139. 

13-16 
"ch.  1.  13;  3. 

10,11:8.17 
"  ch.  9.  10 
P  ch.  6.  5  : 

7.  11 
'ch.  9.  7 
•■  ch.  12.  1 
'  ch.  2.  10 
'  Num.  15. 

39 ;  Job 

31.7 
"  ch. 3  17  ; 

12.  14  : 

Kom.  14.  10 
"  2  Cor.  7.  1  : 

2  Tim.  2.  22 


^  Dt.  8.  18  ; 

Neh.  4.  14  ; 

Ps.  63.  6 ; 

119.  r>i, 
^ch.  n.8 
'  2  S.  19.  a5 
"Is.  5.  30;  13. 

10 ;  Ezek. 

32.  7,  8  ; 

Joel  3.  1.5  ; 

Mt.  24.  29 
l>  Ps.  35.  14  ; 

38.6 
'  Gen.  27.  1  ; 

48  10 ;  IS. 

3   2 
'I  Ps.  141.  3 
'  Jer.  2.i.  10; 

Rev.  18.  22 
/2  S.  19.  3') 
"John.  13; 

30.  23 

*  Gen.  50. 10; 
Jer.  9.  17 

'  Zech.  4  2,  3 

*  ch.  3.  20  ; 
Gen.  3.  19 ; 
Job  34.  15 ; 
Ps.  104.  29 

'ch.  3.  21: 

Job  34.  14  ; 

Lk.  23  46  ; 

Acts  7.  59 
"*  Num.  16 

22  :  27.  16  ; 

Is.  57.  16 : 

Zech.  12.  1 
"  ch   1.  2 
"  1  K.  4.  32 
P  Prov.  10.  32 
«  Prov.  22. 

2(1.  21 
■■  ch.  7.  5  ; 

in.  12: 

Prov.  1.  6 ; 

22.  17 

*  Acta  2.  37 

667 


i  O  vanity.     1  'Rememljer  also 
^^   thy  C;reator  in  the  days  of 
thy   youth,  before  the  "evil  davs 
come,   ;ind   the    years  draw   nig)i. 
when   thou   shalt  say.  '1  have  jkj 
pleasure  in    tliem ;    2    before    tin- 
"sun.  and  the  light,  and  the  moon, 
and  the  stars,  are  darkened,  and 
the  cioudo  return  after  the  rain : 
6  in  the  day  when  the  keepers  f>f 
the  hou.se  shall  tremble,  and  the 
strong  men  shall "  bow  themselves, 
and   the   "grinders  cease  because 
they  are  few,  and  "  those  that  look 
out  of  the  windows  shall  be  dark- 
ened, 4  and  tlie  "  doors  shall  be  shut 
in  the  .street;  when  the  '.sound  of 
the  grinding  is  low,  and  one  shall 
rise  up  at  the  voice  of  a  bird,  and 
all  the  -^daughters  of  music  shall  Ije 
brought  low ;  5  yea,  they  shall  be 
atraid  '-of  that  which  is  high,  and 
terrors  shall  be  in  the  way;  and  the 
almond-tree  shall  blossom,  and  the 
grasshopper  '^shall  be  a  burden,  and 
desire  shall  ''  fail  ;  becau.se   man 
goeth  to  his  everlasting  "  home,  and 
the  *  mourners  go  about  the  streets  : 
6  before  the  silver  cord  is  '•'loo.sed. 
or  the  'golden  bowl  is  broken,  or 
the  pitcher  is  broken  at  the  foun- 
tain, or  the  wheel   broken  at  the 
cistern,  7  and  the  *  dust  returneth 
to    the  earth   as  it  was,  and   the 
'spirit  returneth  unto  '"God  \^io 
gave  it.      8  "  Vanity  of  vanities, 
saith  the  Preacher;  all  is  vanitv. 
9     And    further,     becau.se     the 
Preacher  was  wi.se.  he  still  taught 
the    people    knowledge ;     yea,    lie 
'•  pondered,   and  sought  out.  and 
set  in  order  "many  proverbs.     10 
The  Preacher  sought  to  find  out 
'"''acceptable     words,     and     that 
which  was  written  uprightly,  eveji 
»  words  of  truth. 

1 1  The  '  words  of  the  wise  are  as 
'goads  ;  and  as  'nails  well  fastened 
are  the  words  of  the  '"  masters  of 
assemblies,  which  are  gi\en  from 
one  shepherd.  12  '^And  further- 
more, my  .son,  be  admonished  :  of 
making  "many  books  there  is  no 
end:  and  'much  study  is  a  weari- 
ness of  the  flesh. 

»  Ezr.  9.  8 ;  Is.  22.  23      "1  K.  4.  32,  33      •  ch.  1. 18 


11  Or.  grinding  women 
»*  Or.  of  danger  .from  on  high 
13  Or,  shall  drai]  itself  along 
•*  Or,  the  raperlierry 
1*  Or,  'napped  asunder 
1'  Heb.  words  of  delight. 
•'  Or,  collectors  of  sentences 
*>  Or,  And  as  for  more  than  thete,  my  ton,  tn 
warned 


>»  Or,  brirst 
•'  Or,  gave  ear 


12.13 


ECCLESIASTES 

Conclading  ObserTations 


12.14 


13  ^  This  is  the  end  of  the  mat- 
ter ;  all  hath  been  heard :  "  Fear 
God,  and  *keep  his  command- 
ments ;  for  ^  this  is  the  "  whole 
duty  of  man.     14  For  ''God  will 

1  Or,  Let  us  hear  the  conclusion  of  the  whole 
matter  s  Or,  this  is  tbe  duty  of  all  men 


»  ch.  3. 14 ; 

5.  7  ;  7.  18  ; 

8.12 
fc  ch.  8.  5 ; 

Dt.  4.  2 
"  Dt.  10.  12 , 

Mic.  6.  8 
d  ch.  3. 17  ; 

11.  9 ;  Mt. 

10.  26 ; 


brincf  every  work  into  judgment, 
^  with  every  hidden  thing,  whether 
it    be    good,    or    whether    it    be 


Rom.  2.16;  1  Cor.  4.  5 
'  Or,  concerning 


668 


THE  SONG  OF  SOLOMON 


Tbe  Bride  speaks  with  ttie  Dao^hten  of  Jerasalem.    The  Lo? inf  Convene  of  tb«  Bride  witli  tli«  Bride^fMa 


IThe  Song  of  "  songs,  which  is 
Solomon's. 

2  Let  him  kiss  me  with  the  kisses 

of  his  mouth  ; 
For   thy  *  love  is  better  than 
wine. 

3  Thine  'oils  have  a  goodly  fra- 

grance ; 
Thy  ''name   is   as   oil    poured 

•  forth ; 
Therefore  do  the '"virgins  love 

thee. 

4  Draw  me;   we  will   run  after 

thee  : 
The  -^king   hath    brought   me 

into  his  chambers ; 
We  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in 

thee ; 
We  will  make  mention  of  thy 

*  love  more  than  of  wine  : 
^  Rightly  do  they  love  thee. 

5  I  am  black,  but  "comely, 

O  ye  ''daughters  of  Jerusalem, 
As  the  *  tents  of  *  Kedar, 
As  the  curtains  of  Solomon. 

6  .Look  not  upon  me,  because  I 

am  swarthy. 

Because  the  sun  hath  ^scorched 
me. 

My  'mother's  sons  were  in- 
censed against  me ; 

They  made  me  "'keeper  of  the 
vmeyards ; 

But  mine  own  vineyard  have  I 
not  kept. 

7  Tell  me.  O  thou  "  whom  my  soul 

loveth. 

Where  thou  "  feedest  thy  flock. 

Where  thou  makest  it  to  ^rest 
at  noon  : 

For  why  should  I  be  as  one  that 
is  veiled 

Beside  the  flocks  of  « thy  com- 
panions 1 

S  If   thou    know    not,    O   ""thou 
fairest  among  women. 
Go  thy  way  forth  by  the  foot- 
steps of  the  flock, 

1  Or,  maidem  *  Or,  In  vpriotUneu 

*  Or,  looked  upon 


"IK.  4.  32 
6  Ter.  4  ;  cU. 

4.10 
'cli.  4.  10; 

Jn.  12  3 
rf  Eccl.  7.  1 
'  Pe.  45.  14 
/  Ps.  45.  14, 

15 
<'ch.2.  14; 

4.  3;  6.  4 

'"  ch.  2.  7  ;  3. 

5.  10 ;  5.  8, 
16  ;  8.  4 

'  Ps.  120.  5 
*  Is.  60.  7 
'  Ps.  69.  8 
"•ch.S.  11: 
Job  27.  18 
"  cli.  3.  1-4 
<'ch.2.  16; 

6.  3 

P  Is.  13.  20 ; 

Jer.  33.  12 
9ch.  8.  13 
■■ch.S.  9; 

6.  1 


•  ver.  1-5 ; 
ch.  2.  2,  10, 
13,  me. 

<2Chr.  1. 

16,17 
«  ch  5.  13 
"0611.24.53; 

Is.  61.  10 
'ch. 4. 13,14; 

Mk.  14.  3; 

Jn.  12.  3 
V  Ps.  45.  8  ; 

Jn.  19.  3D 

•  ch.  4.  13 

"  1  S.  23.  29 
t>  ver.  16 ; 

ch.  2  10, 

13;  4.1,  7; 

6  4, 10 
«  ch.  4.  1 ;  5. 

12 
d  ch.  2.  3, !). 

17  ;  5.  2.  5, 

6,  8,  &c. 
•IK.  6.9.10; 

Jer  22.  14 
/2Chr.  3.  5 

"  Is.  y>.  1 

A  Is.  .33.  9  ; 

V>.2 
'  ch.  5.  13  ; 

7.  2 ;  Hos. 
14.5 

*ch  1  9 
<  cU.  8  5 


'  ch.  4.  13. 

16  ;  8. 11, 12 


And  feed  thy  kids  beside  the 
shepherds'  tents. 

9  I  have  compared  thee,  O  ^'niy 
love, 
''To  a  'steed  in  Pharaoh's  char- 
iots. 

10  Thy  "cheeks  are  comely  with 

plaits  of  liair, 
Tliy  neck  with  strings  of  "^  jewels. 

1 1  We  will  make  thee  plaits  of  gold 
With  studs  of  silver. 

12  While  the  king  sat  at  his  table, 
My  "'spikenard  sent   forth  its 

fragrance. 

13  My  beloved   is    unto   me  as  a 

•*  bundle  of  "  myrrh, 
That  lieth  betwixt  my  breasts. 

14  !My  beloved  is    unto   me  as  a 

cluster  of  "'henna-flowers 
In  the  vineyards  of  "  En-gedi. 

15  Behold,  *thou  art  fair,  my  love ; 
Behold,  thou  art  fair ; 

*  Thine  'eyes  are  as  doves. 

16  Behold,  thou  art  fair,  ''my  be- 

loved, yea,  pleasant : 
Also  our  couch  is  green. 

17  The  beams  of  our  'house  are 

'•' '  cedars, 
Andonv  rafters  are  "''firs. 
Cy  I  am  a  '-''  ro.se  of  '•"'  Sharon, 
^^  A  '  lily  of  the  valleys. 

2  As  a  lily  among  thorns. 

So   is   *my    love    among    the 
daughters. 

3  As  the  'apple-tree  among  the 

trees  of  the  wood. 
So  is  my  beloved  among  the.sons. 
I  "sat  down  under  his  shadow 

with  great  delight. 
And  his  ""fruit  was  sweet  to  my 

taste. 

<  Or.  my  friend  fani  so  througrhout) 
»0r.  TolhftleeJs    Or,  To  mn  ttrrd     *  Or.  bag 
1  Heb.  rop/ier.        *  Or,  Thou  hntt  dovet'  evei 
»  Or.  hoH.iet  >•  Or,  of  crdar  .  .  .  of  fir 

I*  Or.  eypre^tfi 

I*  HeD  habnzzrleth,  tbe  kutumn  crocus. 

MOr.tkt  plain 

14  HeD.  dtlighUd  and  *tU  down  it' 


669 


2.4 


SONG  OF  SOLOMON 


3.7 


They  seek  and  find  each  other.    The  Bridal  Procession 


4  He  "brought  me  to  the  ^ban- 

queting-house, 
And  his  *  banner  over  me  was 
love. 

5  Stay  ye  me  with  ^"raisins,  re- 

fresh me  with  "  apples  ; 
For  ^  I  am  sick  from  love. 

6  ^•'His   left   hand  is   under  my 

head. 
And -^ his  right  hand  doth  "em- 
brace me. 

7  I  ''adjure  you,  O  *  daughters  of 

Jerusalem, 
By  the  ^*roes,  or  by  the  'hinds 

of  the  field, 
"  That  ye  stir  not  up,  nor  awake 

7iiy  love. 
Until  *  he  please. 

8  The  voice  of  my  beloved!  be- 

hold, he  cometh. 
Leaping  "'  upon  the  mountains. 
Skipping  upon  the  hills. 

9  My  beloved  is  like  a  "^  *  roe  or 

a  "  young  hart : 

Behold,  he  standeth  behind  our 
wall ; 

He  looketh  in  at  the  windows  ; 

He  glanceth  "through  the  lat- 
tice. 

10  ^ly   beloved   spake,    and   said 

unto  me, 
p  Rise  up,  my  love,  my  fair  one, 
and  come  away. 

1 1  For,  lo,  the  winter  is  past ; 
The  rain  is  over  and  gone  ; 

12  The     flowers    appear    on    the 

earth ; 

The  time  of  the  ''singing  of 
birds  is  come. 

And  the  voice  oi  the  « turtle- 
dove is  heard  in  our  land  ; 

1 3  The  "■  fig-tree  ripeneth  her  green 

figs> 
And  the  '  vines  are  in  blossom  ; 
They  give  forth  their  fragrance. 
Arise,    my    love,  my  fair  one, 

and  come  away. 

14  O  'my  dove,  that  art  "in  the 

clefts  of  the  rock. 
In    the    covert    of    the    steep 

place. 
Let  me  see   thy  countenance, 
"Let  me  hear  thy  voice  ; 
For  sweet  is  thy  voice,  and  thy 

countenance  is  "  comely. 

15  Take   us  the   foxes,  the  little 

foxes. 
That  spoil  the  vineyards ; 

1  Heb.  house  of  wine.  2  Heb.  cakes  of  raisins. 
3  Or,  Let  his  left  hand  be  &c.  *  Or,  gazelles 
'"  Or,  it    Or,  she  «  Or,  gazelle 

'  Or,  pruning  of  vines 


«ch.  1.4 

b  Pe.  20.  5 
"  2  S.  6.  19  ; 

lChr.16.3; 

Hos.  3.  1 
d  ch.  7.  8 
«  ch.  5.  8 
/ch.  8.  3 
f  Prov.  4.  8 
A  ch.  3.  5  ;  5. 

8,  9  ;  8.  4 
'  ch.  1.  5,  ref. 
*  ver.  9,  17  ; 

ch.  3.  5  ;  8. 

14 ;  Prov. 

6.5 
I  Gen.  49.  21; 

Ps.  18.  33 ; 

Hab.  3.  19 
"'  ver.  17  ; 

Is.  52.  7 
"  ver.  17 ; 

ch.  8.  14 
0  Judg.  5.  28 
P  ver.  13 
9  Gen.  15.  9  ; 

Ps.  74.  19; 

Jer.  8.  7 
'•  Mt.  24.  32 
'  ch.  7.  12 
'  ch.  5.  2 ;  6. 

9 
"  Jer.  48.  28 
"  ch.  8.  13 
^  ch.  1.  5 


V  ver.  13 

^  ch.  6.  3  ;  7. 

10 
"  ch.  4.  5 ;  6. 

2  3 
f-  ch.  4.  6 
■^  ver.  9 
d  ver.  8 
"  ch.  1.  7 
/ch.  5.  6 
^  Jer.  5.1 
!>■  Ch.  5.  7 


*  ch.  2.  7  ; 

8.4 


"  Ex.  13.  21 ; 

Joel  2.  30 
°  Ch.  1.  13  ; 

4.  6,  14  ; 

Mt.  2.  11 
P  Ex.  30.  34  ; 

Rev.  18.  13 


For  our  *  vineyards  are  in  blos- 
som. 

16  ^My  beloved  is  mine,  and  I  am 

his : 
He  "  f  eedeth  his  flock  among  the 
lilies. 

17  ®'' Until  the  day  ^be  cool,  and 

the  shadows  fiee  away, 
Turn,  my  beloved,  and  be  thou 

like  a  '^ "  roe  or  a  young  hart 
''Upon  the  ^"mountains  of  "  Bo- 
ther. 

3  By  night  on  my  bed 
I  sought  him  "^whom  my  soul 

loveth : 
I -^sought  him,  but  I  found  him 
not. 

2  /  said,  I  will  rise  now,  and  go 

about  the  city ; 
In  the  ^streets  and  in  the  broad 

ways 
I  will  seek  him  whom  my  soul 

loveth  : 
I  sought  him,  but  I  found  him 

not. 

3  *The  watchmen  that  go  about 

the  city  found  me  ; 
To  tvhom  I  said.  Saw  ye  him 
whom  my  soul  loveth  % 

4  It  was  but  a  little  that  I  passed 

from  them. 
When  I  found  him  whom  my 

soul loveth  : 
I  held  him,  and  would  not  let 

him  go. 
Until  I  had  '  brought  him  into 

my  mother's  house. 
And  into  the  chamber  of  her 

that  conceived  me. 

5*1  adjure  you,  O  daughters  of 

Jerusalem, 
By  the  '  roes,  or  by  the  hinds  of 

the  field. 
That  ye  stir  not  up,  nor  awake 

my  love. 
Until  ^  he  please. 

6  "'Who  is  this  that  cometh  up 

from  the  wilderness 
Like  "pillars  of  smoke. 
Perfumed     with    "myrrh    and 

^frankincense. 
With  all  powders  of  the  mer- 
chant 1 

7  Behold,  it  is  the  litter  of  Solo- 

mon ; 
Threescore    mighty    men    are 

about  it. 
Of  the  mighty  men  of  Israel. 

8  Or,  When  the  day  is  cnol 

9  Or,  break    Heb.  hreathe. 

10  Or,  moimtriins  of  separation 

11  Perhaps,  the  spice  malobathron. 


670 


3.8 


SONG   OF   SOLOMON 


4.  IC 


The  Bridal  Prorestion.     Praise  of  the  Bride,  and  her  Reaponxe.  at  the  NarriaK«  P«a«t 


8  They  all  handle  the  sword,  and 

are  "expert  in  war  : 
Every   man    hath    his    *  sword 

upon  his  thigh, 
Because  of  ""fear  in  the  night. 

9  King  Solomon  made  himself  a 

'  palanquin 
Of  the  wood  of  Lebanon. 

10  He  made  the  pillars  thereof  of 

.silver. 

The  bottom  thereof  of  gold,  the 
seat  of  it  of  purple, 

The  midst  thereof  being  -paved 
witli  love. 

From  the  •*  daughters  of  Jeru- 
salem. 

11  Go  forth,  O  ye  *  daughters  of 

Zion,  and  behold  kmg  Solo- 
mon, 
With  the  crown  wherewith  his 

mother  hath  crowned  him 
In'  the  '^day  of  his  espousals, 
And  in  the  day  of  the  gladness 
of  his  heart. 

4  Behold,    «'thou    art   fair,    my 
love ;  behold,  thou  art  fair ; 
*  Thine  ''eyes  are  as  doves  'be- 
hind thy  ■'veil. 
Thy    *hair    is    as    a    flock    of 

goats. 
That   ''lie   along   the   side    of 
mount  'Gileacl. 

2  Thy  '"teeth  aie  like  a  flock  of 

etves  that  are  newly  shorn. 
Which  are  come  up  from  the 

■washing, 
"Whereof  everyone  hath  twins. 
And  none  is  oereaved  among 

them. 

3  Thy  lips  are  like  a  "thread  of 

scarlet^ 
And  thy  '"mouth  is  comely. 
Thy  ^temples  are  like  a  piece 

of  a  pomegranate 
Behind  thy  ^veil. 

4  Thy  ''neck  is  like  the  to^wer  of 

David 
Builded  ^  for  an  •■  armory. 
Whereon  there  'hang  a  thou- 
sand bucklers, 
All  the  'shields  of  the  mighty 
men. 

5  Thy  "two  breasts  are  like  two 

fawns 
That  are  twins  of  a  ^  roe, 
Which  "  feed  among  the  lilies. 

6  '  Until  the  day  be  cool,  and  the 

shadows  flee  away, 

1  Or.  car  of  state  *  Or,  inlaid 

3  Or,  Thou  haxt  doves''  fyf:  *  Or,  lockt 

5  Or,  iipvar  on  mount  OHead 
«  Or,   Which  are  all  of  them  in  pairs 

7  Or,  speech     8  Or,  leiih  turrets     »  Or,  gazelle 


"  .ler  .'K)  9 
'■  fs  45.  3 
'  I'8.  !tl.  5 
rfch.  1.  5 
'  U.  a.  16, 

17;  4.4 
/  Is.  62.  5 
■■'  cli.  1.  13 
t^  ch.  1.  15  ; 

5.  1'.' 

>  ch.  6.  7 
*  ch.  6.  5 
'  Mic.  7. 14 
'"  ch.  6  6 
"  Josh.  2.  18 
"  cli.  5.  16 
''  ch.  6.  7 
•>  ch.  7.  4 
"•  Neh.  3.  19 
'  Ezck.  27. 

10,  11 
'  2  S.  1.  21 
"  ch.  7.  3 
'•ch.2.  16; 

6.  2,  3 

'  ch.  2.  17 


y  ver.  14 

•  ch,  1. 15 
"1  K.  4.  33; 

Ps.  72.  16 
6  ch.  5. 1 ;  Is. 

62.5 
"^  2  K.  5.  12  ; 

(marg.; 
rf  Dt.  3.  9 ; 

1  Chr.  5. 

23 :  Ezek. 

27.  5 
'  ver.  10, 12  ; 

ch.  5.  1,  2 
/Geu  41  42; 

I'rov.  1.  y ; 

Kzek.  16. 

11 :  Dan. 

5.7 
"  ch.  7.  6 
'•  ch.  1.  2,  4 
'  ch.  1.  3 
<•  Prov.  5.  3 
'  Ps.  19.  10 ; 

Prov.  24. 13 
"•  Gen.  27. 

27 ;  Ho8. 

14.6 
"  Prov.  5. 

15-18 
"  Gen.  29.  3 
PNeh.  2.8; 

Eccl.  2.  5 
'  ch.  6.  11  ; 

7.  12 
■■  ver.  16 ; 

ch.  2.  3 ;  7. 

13 

•  ch.  1.  14 
<  ch.  1.  12 

"  Ex.  30.  23 
"'  ver.  6 
^  ch.  3.  6 ; 

Ps.  4.5.  8; 

Jn.  19.  39 
V  Zech.  14. 8 


'  ch.  5.  1 ;  6. 


'ch.1.13; 

3,  8  ;  6.  2 


t-  ver.  13 


671 


I  will  get  me  to  the  mountain 
of  "myrrh. 

And  to  the  hill  of  "frankin- 
cense. 

7  'Thou  art  all  fair,  my  love; 
And  there  is  no  s|)ot  in  thee. 

8  Come  witli  me  from  "Lebanon. 

tiiy  ''bride. 
With  me  from  Lebanon  : 
'"Look  from  tiie  top  of  "  Amaiia. 
From   the   top   of  ''Senir   aiul 

Hermon, 
From  the  lions'  dens, 
From    the   mountains    of    the 

leopards. 

9  Thou  hast  "ravished  my  heart, 

*■  my  sister,  viy  bride  ; 
Thou  hast  "  ravished  my  heart 

w'ith  '-one  of  thine  eyes. 
With  one^chain  of  thy  neck. 

10  "How    fair    is    thy    love,    my 

sister,  my  bi'ide ! 
How  much  "better  is  thy  love 

tlian  wine ! 
An(l    the    'fragrance   of   thine 

oils     than     all     manner    of 

spices ! 

11  Thy  lips,  O  my  bride,  "*drop 

as  the  'honeycomb: 
Honey  and  milk  are  under  thy 

tongue  ; 
And    the    smell    of    thy   gar 

ments  is  like  the  ™  smell  oi 

Lebanon. 

12  A  garden  '^shut  up  is  my  sister, 

my  bride ; 
A  spring  shut  up,  a  "  fountain 
"  sealed. 

13  Thy  shoots  are  ^'*'' an  orchard 

of  ''  pomegranates,  with  "■  pre- 
cious fruits ; 
'Henna  with  spikenard  plants, 

14  'Spikenard  and  saffron, 
"Calamus  and  cinnamon,  with 

all  trees  of  "tiankincense ; 
'Myrrh  and  aloes,  with  all  the 
tmief  spices. 

15  Thou  art  a  fountain  of  gardens, 
A  well  of  "living  waters. 

And  flowing  streams  from 
Lebanon. 

16  Awake,    O    north    wind;    and 

come,  thou  south ; 
Blow  upon   my  'garden,   that 

the  spices  thereof  inaj'  flow 

out. 
Let  "  my  beloved  come  into  his 

garden. 
And  eat  his  *  precious  fruits. 

10  Or,  ao  '•  Or,  given  me  cofiraijt 

11  Or,  '"!'•  \ooV.  from  thine  ryes 

'3  Or.  drop  honfv  "  Heb.  barred. 

It  Or,  a  paradise 


5.1 


SONG   OF  SOLOMON 


&4 


The  Bridegrt»m's  RespoiiM.    The  Temporary  Separatioii.    latoal  Praise  of  the  Bridegroom  and  the  Bride 


51  am  "come  into  my  garden, 
*  my  sister,  viy  bride  : 
I  have    gathered    my    '^  myrrh 

with  my  ^  spice  ; 
I  have  eaten  my  **  honeycomb 

with  my  honey ; 
I  have  *  drunk  my  wine  with 

my  milk. 
Eat,  O  -^friends ; 
Drink,  yea,  drink  abundantly, 

■■'O  beloved. 

2  I  ^was   asleep,   but   my  heart 

waked  : 
It  is  the  voice  of  my  beloved 

that  knocketh,  sayzng, 
Open  to  me,  ^my  sister,  my  love, 

''  my  dove,  my^^  undefiled  ; 
For  my  head  is  filled  with  dew, 
My  'locks  with   the   drops  of 

the  night. 

3  I  have  *  put  off  my  garment ; 

how  shall  I  put  it  on'? 
I  have  '  washed  my  feet ;  how 
shall  I  defile  them^ 

4  My  beloved  put  in  his  hand  by 

the  hole  of  the  door. 
And  my  ^  ™  heart  was  moved  for 
him. 

5  I  rose  up  to  open  to  my  beloved  ; 
And  my  hands  "dropped  with 

myrrh. 
And    my   fingers    with    liquid 

myrrh. 
Upon  the  handles  of  the  bolt. 

6  I  opened  to  ray  beloved ; 

But  my  beloved  had® "with- 
drawn himself,  and  was 
gone. 

My  soul  '  had  failed  me  when 
he  ^  spake : 

I  "sought  him,  but  I  could  not 
find  him ; 

I  "■  called  him,  but  he  gave  me 
no  answer. 

7  The  *  watchmen  that  go  about 

the  city  found  me, 
They  smote  me,  they  wounded 

me ; 
The  keepers  of  the  walls  took 

away  my  ^  mantle  from  me. 

8  I  'adjure  you,  O  daughters  of 

Jerusalem, 
If  ye  find  my  beloved, 
^  That  ye  tell  him,  that  "  I  am 

sick  from  love. 

9  What  is  thy  beloved  more  than 

another  beloved, 

1  Or,  balsam  2  Or,  of  love 

s  Or,  sleep,  hut  my  heart  waketfi 

*  Heb.  perfect.  =  Heb.  bouels. 

*  Or,  turned  away 

'  Heb.  went  fort/i.  8  Or,  veil. 

9  Heb.  What  will  ye  tell  him  t    That  Jic. 


"  ch.  6.  2 
b  ch.  4.  9 
"  ch.  1. 13 ; 

4.  14 
d  ch.  4.  U 
°  Prov.  9.  5 ; 

Is.  55.  1 
/Judg.  14. 

11,  20 ;  Jn. 

3.  29 
"  ch.  4.  9 
h  ch.  2.  14  ; 

6.9 
'  ver.  11 
k  Lk.  11.  7 
'  Gen.  19.  2 
"  Jer.  31.  20 
"  ver.  13 
"  ch.  6.  1 
P  ver.  2 
9  ch.  3.  1 
*■  Prov.  1.  28 
'  ch.  3.  3 
«  ch.  2.  7  ; 

3.5 
»  ch.  2.  5 


"ch.  1.  8; 

6.1 
^  1  S.  16.  12 
"  Ps.  45.  2 
'  ver.  2 
"  ch.  1.  15  ; 

4.  1 
6  Ex.  25.  7 
=  ch.  6.  2 
rf  ch.  2.  1 
'  ver.  5 
/Ex.  2S.  20; 

39.  13  ; 

Ezek.  1.16; 

Dan.  10.  6 
»Ex.  24.  10, 

2S.  18 ; 

Job  28.  16 ; 

Is.  54.  11 
ft  ch.  7.  4 
'  1  K.  4.  33  ; 

Ps.  80.  10 ; 

Ezek.  17. 

23 ;  31.  8 
*  ch.  7.  9 
'  2  S.  1.  23 
"'  ch.  5.  6 

"  ch.  1.  8 


"ch.  4.  16; 

5.  1 
P  ch.  5.  13 
9  ch.  1.  7 
'"  ch.  2.  1 ;  5. 

13 
"  ch.  2.  16 ; 

7.10 

'ch.  2.  16; 
4.  5 


"  ch.  1.  15 
"  1  K.  14.  17 

^  ch.  1.  5 

y  Ps.  48.  2 ; 

50.  2 
'  ver.  10 


O  thou  "  fairest  among  women  1 
What  is  thy  beloved  more  than 

another  beloved. 
That  thou  dost  so  adjure  us  1 

10  My     beloved     is     white     and 

■'ruddy, 
^"  The  *  chiefest  among  ten  thou- 
sand. 

1 1  His  head  is  as  the  most  fine  gold  ; 
His    '■  locks    are   ^^  bushy,    and 

black  as  a  raven. 

12  His  "eyes  are  like  doves  beside 

the  water-brooks. 
Washed  with  milk,  aTid  ^"  fitly 
"set. 

13  His    cheeks   are  as  a  ''bed  of 

'  spices. 
As  ^^  oanks  of  sweet  herbs  : 
His  lips  are  as  ''lilies,  'dropping 

liquid  myrrh. 

1 4  His  hands  are  as  "  rings  of  gold 

set  with  ^'^'^  beryl : 
His    body  is    as  ^®  ivory  work 
^'  overlaid  ivith  ^  sapphires. 

15  His  legs  are  as  pillars  of  mar- 

ble, set  upon  sockets  of  fine 
gold : 
His  aspect   is   like  ''Lebanon, 
excellent  as  the  'cedars. 

16  His  ^** mouth   is   most  sweet; 
Yea,  he  is  altogether  '  lovely. 
This  is  my  beloved,  and  this  is 

my  friend, 
O  daughters  of  Jerusalem. 


6 


"  Whither      is      thy     beloved 

gone, 
O  thou  "  fairest  among  women  % 
Whither     hath     thy     beloved 

turned  him. 
That  we  may  seek    him  with 

theel 


2  My  beloved  is  gone  down  to 

his  "garden. 
To  the  ^  beds  of  ^  spices, 
To  » feed  in  the  gardens,  and  to 

gather  ""lilies. 

3  '  I  am  my  beloved's,  and    my 

beloved  is  mine : 
He  '  feedeth   his   flock   among 
the  lilies. 

4  "Thou  art  fair,  O  my  love,  aa 

'Tirzah, 
'  Comely  as  ^  Jerusalem, 
^Terrible    as   ^''an   army   with 

banners. 

w  Heb.  Marked  out  by  a  banner.    "  Or,  curling 

'2  Or,  si/ling  by  full  streams 

13  Or.  towers  of  perfume.v  l*  Or,  cylinders 

1^  Or,  topaz  !•>  Or,  bright  ivo)-y 

1"  Or,  encrusted        i8  Or,  speech    Heb.  palate. 

i»  Heb.  bannered  hosts. 


672 


6.5 


SONG   OF   SOLOMON 

flataal  Prai&e  of  the  Bridegroom  tiid  the  Bride.    Their  L'oion  in  loTiucible  Lo*e 


7.12 


5  Turn    away   thine    eyes    from 

me. 
For  they  '  have  overcome  me. 
"Thy  hair  is  as  a  liock  of  goats, 
That    lie    along    the    side   of 

Gilead. 

6  '•Thy  teeth  are  like  a  flock  of 

ewes. 
Which  are  come  up  from  the 

washing ; 
Whereof  every  one  hath  twins, 
And  none  is  bereaved  among 

them. 
1  ""Thy  temples  are  like  a  piece 

ot  a  pomegranate 
Behind  thy  veil. 

8  There  are  threescore  ''queens, 

and  fourscore  concubines, 
And  - '  virgins  without  number. 

9  -^My  dove,  my  ^undefiled,  is  Out 

one; 

She  is  the  only  one  of  her 
mother ; 

She  is  the  ''choice  one  of  her 
that  bare  her. 

The  *  daughters  saw  her,  and 
called  her  blessed  ; 

Yea,  the  ''queens  and  the  con- 
cubines, and  they  praised 
her. 

10  Who  is  she  that  looketh  forth 

as  the  morning. 
Fair  as  the  *  moon, 
'  Clear  '  as  the  sun, 
*  Terrible    as    an    army    with 

banners] 

111  went  down  into  the  garden 

of  nuts. 
To  see  the  green  plants  of  the 

vaUey, 
To     see     whether     'the    vine 

budded. 
Ami  the  ""pomegranates  were 

in  flower. 
12  Before  I  was  aware,   my  ®soul 

"set  me 
Among    the     chariots    of    my 

*  princely  people. 

*13  Return,    return,    O    Shulam- 
mite ; 
Return,    return,   that  we  may 
look  upon  thee. 

Why  will  ye  look  upon  the  Shu- 

lammite. 
As  upon  the  "  dance  '  of  "  Maha- 

naim'? 

>  Or,  make  me-afraid  *  Or,  maidens 

»  Heb.  perfect.  *  Or,  pure 

&  Or,  Pure  *  Or,  desire 

1  Or,  made  me  like  the  chariots  of  Amminadih 
8  Or,  ttilling  *  Or,  of  two  companies 

22 


"  ch.  4  1 
'•ch.  4.2 
'  eh.  4.  3 
■'1  K  1L3 
'oh.  1.3 
J  on.  i  14 ; 

.>  -i 
"  G«n.  30.  13 
'i  .lob  31.  26 

•  Mt.  n.  2; 
Rev.  1.  16 

*  ver.  4 

'  ch.  7.  12 
'"  ch.  4.  13 
"  Judg.  21. 

21 
"  (Jeu.  32   2  ; 

2  S.  17.  24 


''  Ps.  45  13 
«  ch.  4.  5 
■•  ch.  4.  4 

•Num.  21.26 


f  Is.  35.  2 


'  ch.  1. 15, 
16;  4.10 


"  ch.  2.  5 
'  ch.  5. 16 


V  ProT.  23. 31 

•[Ch.  7.  1  in 
Heb.J 


'ch.2.  16; 

6.  3 
"  Ps.  45.  U 


7  How   beautiful  are  thy  '"feet 
in      sandals,     O      ''prince's 
daughter  ! 
Thy    rounded    thighs    are  like 

jewels. 
The   work  of    the  hands  of   a 
skilful  workman. 

2  Thy  body  is  like  a  round  gob- 

let. 
Wherein   no    mingled    wine    is 

wanting  : 
Thy   waist  is   like   a    heap    of 

wheat 
Set  about  with  lilies. 

3  Thy  'twu  breasts  are  like  two 

fawns 
That  are  twins  of  a  roe. 

4  Thy  'neck  is  like  the  tower  of 

ivory  ; 

Thine  eves  as  the  pools  in 
'  Hesh  Don, 

By  the  gate  of  Bath-rabbim  ; 

Thy  nose  is  like  the  tower  of 
Lebanon 

Which  looketh  toward  Damas- 
cus. 

5  Thy    head    upon    thee    is  like 

'  Carmel, 
And  the  hair  of  thy  head  like 

purple  ; 
The  king  is  held  captive  in  the 

tresses  thereof. 

6  How  "fair  and  how  pleasant  art 

thou, 

0  love,  for  delights  ! 

7  This  thy  stature  is  like   to  a 

palm-tree. 
And    thy  breasts    to   its   clus- 
ters. 

8  I  said,  I  will  climb  up  into  the 

palm-tree, 

1  will  take  hold  of  the  branches 

thereof : 
Let  thy  breasts  be  as  clusters 

of  the  vine. 
And  the  smell  of  thy  "  breath 

like  "apples, 

9  And  thy  '-'mouth  like  the  best 

wine. 

That  '  goeth  down  "  smoothly 

for  my  beloved, 
'*  Gliding  through    the  lips  of 

tho.se  that  are  asleep. 

10  '  I  am  my  beloved's  ; 

And  his  "  desire  is  toward  me. 

1 1  Come,  my  beloved,   let  us  go 

forth  into  the  field  ; 
Let  us  lodge  in  the  villages. 

12  Let  us  get  up  early  to  the  vine- 

yards ; 

>»  Or,  steps  u  Heb.  note. 

>a  Heb.  onto/-.  w  Heb.  aright. 

»<  Or.  Causing  the  lips  of  those  that  are  ailetp 
to  mute  (or,  speck) 


673 


7  13 


SONG  OF   SOLOMON 


8.14 


llaitn  of  th«  Bridegroom  and  the  Bride  in  Invincible  Lore 


Let  US  "see  whether  the  vine 
hath  budded, 

And  ^  its  blossom  is  open. 

And  the  pomegranates  are  in 
flower : 

There  will  I  give  thee  my  love. 
13  The    *  mandrakes     give    forth 
fragrance ; 

And  -  at  our  doors  are  all  man- 
ner of  "  precious  fruits,  new 
and  old, 

Which  I  have  laid  up  for  thee, 
O  my  beloved. 

8  Oh    that    thou   wert     as    my 
brother. 
That  sucked  the  breasts  of  my 

mother ! 
When  I  should  find  thee  with- 
out, I  would  kiss  thee  ; 
Yea,   and  none  would  despise 
me. 

2  I  would  lead  thee,  and  ■*  bring 

thee  into  my  mother's  house, 
*  Who  would  instruct  me  ; 
I  would  cause  thee  to  drink  of 

spiced  wine, 
Of   the   ''juice    of    my    pome- 
granate. 

3  *  His  left  hand  should  be  under 

my  head. 
And  his  right  hand  should  em- 

bi'ace  me. 
4-^1  adjure  you,  O  daughters  of 

Jerusalem, 
^  That  ye  stir  not  up,  nor  awake 

my  love. 
Until  ^  he  please. 

5  "  Who  is  this  that  cometh  up 

from  the  wilderness. 
Leaning  upon  her  beloved  ? 

Under  the  *  apple-tree  I  awak- 
ened thee  : 

There  thy  mother  was  in  travail 
with  thee. 

There  was  she  in  travail  "^  that 
brought  thee  forth. 

6  Set   me   as   a    seal   upon  thy 

heart. 
As  a  *  seal  upon  thine  arm  : 
For  love  is  strong  as  death  ; 

1  Or,  th«  (lender  grape  appeareth      2  Or,  over 
■!  Or.  That  Ihon  mightfst         <  Or,  sweet  wine 
»  Heb.  Why  should  ye  stir  up  ?  or  why  &c. 
«  Or,  it    Or,  sli*  7  Or,  and 


"  ch.  6.  11 
I'  Gen.  30. 14 
"  ch.  2.  3  ; 

4.  13,  16 
d  ch.  3.  4 
^ch.  2.  6 
/ch.  2.  7; 

3.5 
"  ch.  3.  6 
h  ch,  2.  3 
'  Is.  49.  16  ; 

Jer.  22.  24 ; 

Hag.  2.  23 


k  Prov.  6.  34 
'  Ezek.  16.  7 


'  1  K.  6. 15 


"  Eccl.  2.  4 

"  Mt.  21.  33 

P  ch.  1.  6 

«  ver.  12 ; 

ch.  2.  3 

""  Is.  7.  23 


'  ch.  1.  7 


t  ch.  2.  7,  9, 
17 


"  ch.  4.  6 


*  Jealousy  is  ^  cruel  as  Sheol ; 
The  flashes   thereof  are  flashes 

of  fire, 
®  A  very  flame  of  ^^  Jehovah. 

7  Many    waters   cannot    quench 

love. 
Neither  can  floods  drown  it : 
If  a  man  would  give  all  the  sub- 
stance of  his  house  for  love, 
"  He    would    utterly   be    con- 
temned. 

8  We  have  a  little  sister. 
And  she  '  hath  no  breasts  : 
What  shall  we  do  for  our  sister 
In  the  day  when  she  shall  be 

spoken  for  "2 

9  If  she  be  a  wall. 

We  will  build  upon  her  ^^a  tur- 
ret of  silver  : 

And  if  she  be  a  door, 

We  will  enclose  her  with 
"*  boards  of  cedar. 

10  I  '^am  a  wall,  and  my  breasts 

like  the  towers  tJiereof: 
Then  was  I  in  his  eyes  as  one 
that  found  peace. 

11  Solomon   had   a  "vineyard  at 

Baal-hamon ; 
He  "let  out  the  vineyard  unto 

p  keepers ; 
Every  one  for  the  «  fruit  thereof 

was   to   bring   a   ''thousand 

pieces  of  silver. 

12  My  vineyard,   which  is    mine, 

is  before  me : 
Thou,   O  Solomon,   shalt  have 

the  thousand. 
And  those  that  keep  the  fruit 

thereof  two  hundred. 

13  Thou  that  dwellest  in  the  gar- 

dens, 
The  '  companions  hearken  ^*  for 

thy  voice : 
Cause  me  to  hear  it. 

14^^  Make  haste,  my  beloved, 
And  be  thou  '  like  to  a  ^®  roe  or 

to  a  young  hart 
Upon  the  "  mountains  of  spices. 

8  Heb.  hard.  13  Or,  was 

^  Ot,  A  most  vehement  flame    i*  Or, /o 

10  Heb.  Jah.  is  Heb.  Flee. 

11  Or,  It  16  Or,  gazelle 
14  Or,  battlements 


674> 


THE   BOOK   OF 

ISAIAH 


Perverseness  of  fiod's  Pfopl*.    Formalism  condfmned.    Obedifofe  enjoined.    Cormptlon  ofZlon 


IThe  vision  of  "Isaiah  the  son 
of  Amoz,  which  he  saw  concern- 
ing *Judah  and  Jerusalem,  in  the 
days  of  ''Uzziah,  ''Jotliam,  --Ahaz, 
and-^Hezekiah,  kings  of  Judah. 

2  ^  Hear,  O  heavens,  and  give 
ear,  O  *earth;  for  Jehovali  hath 
spoken :  I  have  ^  nourished  and 
brought  up  'children,  and  they 
have  *  rebelled  against  me.  3  The 
ox  knoweth  his  owner,  and  the 
ass  his  master's  crib ;  but  Israel 
'doth  not  know,  my  people '"doth 
not  consider.  4  Ah  sinful  nation, 
a  people  "laden  witli  iniquity,  a 
"seed  of  evil-doers,  children  that 
''deal  corruptlv !  they  have  "for- 
saken Jehovah,  they  have  '"de- 
spised the  Holy  One  of  Israel, 
they  are  estranged  and  gone  back- 
ward. 5  MVhy  will  ye  be  still 
stricken,  that  ye  'revolt  more  and 
more"?  ^the  wnole  head  is  'sick, 
and  ^the  whole  heart  faint.  6 
"From  the  sole  of  the  foot  even 
unto  the  head  there  is  'no  sound- 
ness in  it ;  but  "  wounds,  and 
bruises,  and  fresh  stripes :  they 
have  not  been  closed,  neither 
bound  up,  neither  *  mollified  with 
oil.  7  \our  'country  is  desolate; 
your  cities  ai-e  burned  with  fire ; 
your  land,  strangers  devour  it 
m  your  presence,  and  it  is  deso- 
late, *as  overthrown  by  strangers. 
8  And  the  daughter  of  Zion  is  left 
as  a  "booth  in  a  vineyard,  as  a 
lodge  in  a  garden  of  cucu miners, 
as  a  besieged  city.  9  ^  Except 
Jehovah  of  hosts  had  left  unto  us 
a  very  small  "■  remnant,  we  should 
have  been  as  Sodom,  we  should 
have  been  like  unto  Gomorrah. 

10  Hear  the  ''word  of  Jehovah, 
ye  ''rulers  of  'Sodom;  give  ear 
unto  the* law  of  our  Cod.  .ve  peo- 
ple of  Gomorrah.  11  -'What  unto 
me  is  the  multitude  of  your  sacri- 
fices'? saith  Jehovah:   I  have  had 

•  Or,  made  great  and  fxalted    R(>e  Kz«k.  31.  4. 

'  Or,  Why  should  ye  be  strickfn  any  more  f  ye 
will  revnll  d'c.  ^  Or,  every 

*  Or,  aj  the  overthrow  of  strnvgera 

'  Or,  judge*  *  Or,  teaching 


"  ch.  2. 1 
t-  ch.  2.  1 ; 

40.9 
"  2  K.  15.1.13 
''  2  K.  15.  32 
•  ch.  7.  1 ; 

2  K.  16.  1 
/2K.  18.  1 

"  in.  32. 1 

'•  Mic.  1.  2 
'  Jer.  3.  22 
*■■  ver.  23 : 

ch.  30.  1,  9  ; 

t».  2 
'  cli.  5.  13  ; 

Jer.  8.  7 
"'  ch.  5.  12  ; 

44   18 
"  ch.  5.  18 
"  ch.  14.  20 
fNeh.  1.7 
«  ver.  28 
*■  ch.  5  24 
'ch.  31.  6 
'  ch.  33.  24  ; 

Ezek.  34. 

4.  16 
"  Job  2.  7 
'■  Ps.  38.  3 
'  ch.  30.  26 
>'Lk.  10  34 
'  ch.  6.  11 : 

Lev.  26.  33 ; 

Jer  44.  6 
"  Job  27.  18 
ft  Rom.  9.  29 
'  ch.  10  20- 

22;  11.11, 

16;  37.4, 

31,32:46.3 
d  ch.  8.  20  ; 

28.  14 
'  ch.  3.  9  ; 

Ezek.  16. 

46  ;  Rev. 

11.8 
/ch.  66.  3: 

Jer.  6.  20 ; 

Mai.  1.  10 


f  Et.  23. 17 
A  ch.  66  3 
•IChr.  23  31 
t  Ex.  12.  16 
'  Jer.  7.  9, 10 
"■  ch.  29.  1,  2 
"ch.  7.  13; 

43.  24 
"1  K  8.  22: 

Lam.  1.  17 
Poh.  8.  17; 

.W.  2 
1  Mic.  3.  4 
•■  ch  .59  3 
•  Pb.  26  6 
'  ch.  52.  11 
"  ch.  .5.5.  7 
'  Jer.  25  5 
'Jer  22.  3: 

Zeph.  2.  3 
»  ch.  .58.  6 
'  P«.  82.  3 
"ch  41.  1. 

21:  43.  26; 

Mic.  6.  2 
*ch  44.  22; 

43.  25 ; 

Pi.  51.  7 ; 

675 


enough  of  the  burnt-ofierings  of 
rams,  and  the  fat  of  fed  beasts: 
and  I  delight  not  in  the  blood  of 
bullocks,  or  of  lamVjs,  or  of  he- 
goats.  12  When  ye  come  '"to 
appear  before  me,  who  hath  re- 
quired this  at  your  hand,  to 
trample  my  courts?  13  Bring  no 
more  "  vain  oblations  ;  "  incense  is 
an  abomination  unto  me ;  *  new 
moon  and  sabbath,  the  *  calling  of 
assemblies, —"I  cannot  away  with 
'iniq^uity  and  the  solemn  meeting. 
14  "Vour  new  moons  and  your  ap- 
pointed "'feasts  mv  soul  hateth  ; 
they  are  a  '"trouble  unto  nie ;  I 
am  "weary  of  bearing  them.  15 
And  when  ye  "spread  forth  your 
hands,  ^'1  will  hide  mine  eyes  from 
you  ;  yea,  when  ye  "  make  many 
prayers,  I  will  not  hear:  'vour 
hands  are  full  of  blood.  16  '\Vash 
you,  'make  you  clean  ;  "put  away 
the  evil  of  your  doings  from  before 
mine  eyes;  "cease  to  do  evil;  17 
learn  to  do  well;  'seek  justice,  "re- 
lieve *the  oppressed,  'judge  the 
fatherless,  plead  for  the  widow. 

18  Come  now,  and  "let  us  reason 
together,  saith  Jehovah  :   *  though 

6 our  sins  be  as  scarlet,  they  .xhall 
e  as  white  as  snow;  thougli  they 
be  red  like  crimson,  they  shall  be 
as  wool.  19  "^If  ye  be  willing  and 
obedient,  ye  shall  ''eat  the  got^l  «»f 
the  land:  20  but  if  ye  refuse  and 
rebel,  ye  shall  be  'devoured  with 
the  sword  ;  for  the  ■'mouth  of  Jeho- 
vah hath  si)oken  it. 

21  How  is  the  faithful  city  be- 
come a  "harlot!  she  that  was  full 
of  justice  !  righteousness  kxlged 
in  her.  but  now  *  murderers.  22 
Thy  silver  is  l^ecome  'dross,  thy 
wine  mixed  with  water.     23  Thy 

Rev.  7  14  '  Dt.  30  15.  16  •<  ch.  30.  23.  24  :  55.  2  ; 
.58  14  ;  62.  8.  9  :  tl5  21 .  22  ;  Ezr.  9  12  •  ch.  S.  Z5 ; 
6.5.  12  /  ch  34.  16  :  40  5  ;  .58  14  ;  Mic.  4.  4  "  cb.  57. 
3-9 ;  Jer  2.  20    a  ch  59.  7    '  Eiek.  22.  18 


'  Or.  M  otherwise  re«d.  to  »r«  my  face 
»  Het).  an  oblalion  of  vanity. 
»  Or,  /  cannot  au-ay  tcilh  ;  it  U  iniquity,  eren 
the  solemn  meeting  '•  Or,  cuml>ranre 

I'  Or,  set  right  the  oppressor 


1.24 


ISAIAH 


2.19 


Zion  is  corrapt,  bat  yet  is  to  be  redeemed.    Jehovah's  Universal  Reign.    Israel's  Idolatry  most  cease 


"princes  are  rebellious,  and  com- 
panions of  thieves ;  every  one 
''loveth  bribes,  and  followeth  after 
rewards:  they  ■=  judge  not  the 
fatherless,  neither  doth  the  cause 
of  the  widow  come  unto  them. 

24  Therefore  saith  the  Lord,  Je- 
hovah of  hosts,  the  "^  Mighty  One 
of  Israel,  Ah,  I  will  ease  me  of 
mine  adversaries,  and  ^avenge  me 
of  mine  enemies ;  25  and  I  will 
^  turn  my  hand  upon  thee,  and 
^-''thoroughly  purge  away  thy  dross, 
and  will   take  away  all  thy  ^  tin ; 

26  and  I  will  restore  thy  "judges 
as  at  the  first,  and  thy  counsellors 
as  at  the  beginning :  afterward 
thou  shalt  be  called  The  "city  of 
righteousness,    a    faithful     town. 

27  Zion  shall  be  'redeemed  with 
justice,  and  ^her  converts  with 
righteousness.  28  But  the  **  de- 
struction of  transgressors  and 
sinners  shall  be  together,  and  they 
that  forsake  Jehovah  shall  be  con- 
sumed. 29  For  they  shall  be 
ashamed  of  the  ® '  oaks  which  ye 
have  desired,  and  ye  shall  be  con- 
founded for  the  "'gardens  that  ye 
have  chosen.  30  For  ye  shall  be 
as  ^an  oak  whose  "leaf  fadeth,  and 
as  a  garden  that  hath  no  water. 
31  And  the  strong  shall  be  as  tow, 
and  his  work  as  a  spark  ;  and  they 
shall  both  "  burn  together,  and 
''none  shall  quench  them. 

2      The  word  that  « Isaiah  the 
son  of  Amoz  saw  concerning 
Judah  and  Jerusalem. 

2  ''And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
the  latter  days,  that  the 'mountain 
of  Jehovah's  house  shall  be  estab- 
lished ®on  the  top  of  the  moun- 
tains, and  shall  be  exalted  above 
the  nills ;  and  'all  nations  shall 
flow  unto  it.  3  And  "many  peo- 
ples shall  go  and  say.  Come  ye, 
and  let  us  go  up  to  the  mountain 
of  Jehovah,  to  the  house  of  the 
God  of  Jacob ;  and  he  will  teach 
us  of  hia  ways,  and  we  will  walk 
in  his  paths  :  for  "  out  of  Zion  shall 

fo  forth  "  the  law,  and  the  word  of 
ehovah  from  Jerusalem.  4  And 
he  will  judge  ^"between  the  nations, 
and  will  decide  concerning  many 
peoples ;  and  ^  they  shall  beat  their 
swords  into  plowshares,  and  their 
spears  into  pruning-hooks  ;  ^  nation 

1  Or,  bring  my  hand  again  ^  Or,  terebinfh.i 

i  Heb.  as  wiih  lye.  ?  Or,  a  terebinth 

.    8  Or,  alloy  8  Or,  at  the  head 

4  Or.  ihey  that  return  of  her  9  Or,  instriiftitm 

6  Heb.  breaking.  w  Or,  amono 


"ch.3.14,15; 

Hos.  5.  10 ; 

Mic.  7.  3 
I"  Ex.  23.  8  ; 

Mic.  7.  3 
"  ch.  10.  2  ; 

Jer.  5.  38 ; 

Ezek.  22.  7; 

Zech.  7.  10 
d  ch.  49.  26  ; 

60.  16 ;  Ps. 

132.2 
'  ch.  35.  4  ; 

59.  18  ;  61. 
2;  63.  4 

/Ezek.  22. 

19-22 ; 

Mai.  3.  3 
s'  ch.  60.  17  ; 

Jer.  33.  7, 

11 
''  ch.  33.  5  ; 

60.  14  ;  62. 
1,2;  Zech. 
8.  3 

'  ch.  35.  9  ; 

62  12 ;  63.  4 
kch.  24.  20; 

66.24; 

Ps.  9.  5 ; 

2  Th.  1.  8,  9 
'  ch.  57.  5 
'"  ch.  65.  3  ; 

66.17 
"  ch.  64.  6 
°  ch.  5.  24  ; 

9. 19 ;  26. 

11 ;  33. 

11-14 
P  Ch.  66.  24  ; 

Mt.  3.  12 ; 

Mk.  9.  43 
«  ch.  1.  1 
>•  Mic.  4.  1-3 
»  ch.  27. 13  ; 

66.20 
(  ch.  56.  7 
»  ch.  45.  14, 

22-25 ;  49. 

12  ;  55.  5  ; 

60.  3-6 ;  66. 

18  ;  Zech. 

8.  20-23 
"  ch.  51.  4,  5  ; 

Lk.  24,  47 
^  ch.  32.  17, 

18 ;  Joel  3. 

10 
y  ch.  9.  5,  7  ; 

11.  6-9 ; 

Hoa.  2.  18 ; 

Zech.  9. 10 


■"  ch.  58. 1 
'^  ch.  60.  1,  2, 

19.  20  ; 

1  Jn.  1.  5 
b  Dt.  31.  17 
<"  ch.  57.  3  ; 

Mic.  5.  12 
'i2K.  1.  2 

*  2  K.  16.  7, 
8  ;  Ptov. 
6.  1 

/ch.  30.  16; 

31.  1; 

Dt.  17.  16 ; 

Mic.  5.  10 
"  ch.  10.  11 
'i  ch.  17.  8  ; 

37.  19  ;  40. 

19  ;  44.  17  ; 

Ps.  115.  4-8 
i  ch.  5.  15  ; 

Ps.  49.  2 ; 

62.9 

*  Neh.  <,.  5 

'  ver.  19  21 ; 

Rev.  6.  15, 

16 
"'  2  Th.  1.  9 
"  ch.  5.  15  ; 

37.23 
"  ch.  18. 11 ; 

23.  9 ;  Pb. 

676 


shall  not  lift  up  sword  against 
nation,  neither  shaU  they  learn 
war  any  more. 

5  O  ^  house  of  Jacob,  come  ye, 
and  let  us  walk  in  the  "light  or 
Jehovah.  6  For  thou  hast  *  for- 
saken thy  people  the  house  of 
Jacob,  because  they  are  filled  with 
customs  from  the  east,  and  are 
''soothsayers  "^like  the  Philistines, 
and  they  "strike  hands  with  the 
children  of  foreigners.  7  And 
their  land  is  full  of  silver  and 
gold,  neither  is  there  any  end  of 
their  treasures;  their  land  also  is 
•^fuU  of  horses,  neither  is  there  any 
end  of  their  chariots.  8  Their 
land  also  is  ^  full  of  idols  ;  they 
worship  the  "work  of  their  own 
hands,  that  which  their  own  fin- 
gers have  made.  9  And  the '  mean 
man  "  is  bowed  down,  and  the 
'great  man  ^^is  brought  low :  there- 
fore *  forgive  them  not.  10 'Enter 
into  the  rock,  and  hide  thee  in  the 
dust,  '"from  before  the  terror  of 
Jehovah,  and  from  the  glory  of  his 
majesty.  11  The  "lofty  looks  of 
man  shall  be  brought  low,  and  the 
"  haughtiness  of  men  shall  be  bowed 
down,  and  Jehovah  alone  shall  be 
exalted  in  that  day. 

1 2  For  '^  there  shall  be  a  day  of 
Jehovah  of  hosts  upon  ^  all  that  is 
proud  and  haughty,  and  upon  all 
that  is  lifted  up ;  and  it  shall  be 
brought  low;  13  and  upon  all  the 
« cedars  of  Lebanon,  that  are  high 
and  lifted  up,  and  upon  all  the 
""oaks  of  Bashan,  14  and  upon  all 
the  *  high  mountains,  and  upon  all 
the  hills  that  are  lifted  up,  1.5  and 
upon  every  '  lofty  tower,  and  upon 
every  fortified  wall,  16  and  upon 
all  the  "ships  of  Tarshish,  and 
upon  all  pleasant  "imagery.  17 
And  the  loftiness  of  man  shall  be 
bowed  down,  and  the  haughtiness 
of  men  shall  be  brought  low;  and 
Jehovah  alone  shall  be  exalted  in 
that  day.  18  And  the  "idols  shall 
utterly  pass  away.  19  And  men 
shall  ''go  into  the  caves  of  the 
rocks,  and  into  the  holes  of  the 
'''earth,  from  before  the  terror  of 
Jehovah,  and  from  the  glory  of  his 
majestj%  when  he  arisetn  "  to  shake 

18.  27  ;  2  Cor.  10.  5  p  ch.  24.  4,  21 ;  Job  40.  11, 12  ; 
Mai.  4.  1  '  ch.  10.  33,  34  -■  Zech.  11.  2  '  ch.  40.  4 
t  ch.  25  12  "  ch.  23  1, 14 ;  60.  9  ;  1  K.  10.  22  "  ch.  21. 
9;Mic.  1.  7  'ver.  10  ^  ver.  21 ;  cH.  13. 13;  24. 1,19, 
20 ;  Ps,  18.  7  ;  Nah.  1.  3-6;  Hag.  2,  6,  7 ;  Heb.  12.  26 


11  Or,  bnweth  down       12  Or,  hnmbleth  himselj 

13  Or,  Jehovah  of  hosts  hath  a  day 

»  Or,  watch-towers  i'  Heb.  dust. 


2.20 


ISAIAH 


4.» 


Jodkh'a  Snien  denoimctd.    H'luitM  Women  deaaunred 


mightily  the  eartii.  20  In  tliat 
day  men  shall  "cast  away  their 
idols  of  silver,  and  their  idols  ot 
gold,  wliiuh  have  been  made  for 
them  to  -worship,  to  the  moles  and 
to  the  'bats;  21  to  "go  into  the 
caverns  of  the  n)cks,  and  into  the 
clefts  of  the  ragged  rocks,  from  be- 
fore the  terror  of  Jehovuli,  and 
from  the  glory  of  his  majesty,  when 
he  aiisetli  to  shake  mightily  the 
earth.  '2'2  '^  Cease  ye  from  man, 
whose  brcitth  is  in  his  nostrils  ;  for 
•  whei-ein  is  he  to  be  accountetl  of  l 

3  For,  behold,  the  Lord,  Jeho- 
vaii  of  hosts,  -^doth  take  away 
from  Jerusalem  and  frmn  Judan 
stay  and  stati',  the  whole  stay  of 
bread,  and  the  whole  stay  of  water  : 
2  "  the  mighty  man,  and  the  man  or 
war ;  the  judge,  and  the  propliet, 
and  -the  diviner,  and  tJie  elder ;  3 
the  captain  of  tifty,  and  the  hon- 
orable man,  and  tlie  counsellor, 
and  the  expert  'artificer,  and  the 
skilful  enciianter.  -4  And  1  will 
give  "  children  to  be  their  princes, 
and  "babes  shall  rule  over  them. 
5  And  the  people  shall  be  'op- 
pressed, every  oiie  by  another,  and 
ever\^  one  by  his  *  neighlK)r :  the 
child  shall  behave  himself  proudly 
against  the  old  man,  and  tne  base 
against  the  honorable.  6  When 
a  man  shall  'take  hold  of  his 
brother  in  the  house  of  his  father, 
saying.  Thou  hast  clothing,  be  thou 
our  *  ruler,  and  let  this  ruin  be 
under  thy  hand ;  7  in  that  day 
shall  he  lift  up  hig  voice,  saying,  1 
•will  not  be  ^a'" healer;  for  in  ray 
house  is  neither  broad  nor  cloth- 
ing: ye  shall  not  make  me  ruler  of 
the  people.  H  For  "Jerusalem  is 
ruined,  and  Judah  is  fallen  ;  be- 
cause their  "tongue  and  their  doings 
are  against  Jehovah,  to  ''provoke 
the  eyes  of  his  glory.  9  "The  show 
of  their  countenance  doth  witness 
against  them :  and  tliey  declare 
their  sin  as  ■'Sodom,  they  hide  it 
not.  Woonnt^  their  soul  !  for  they 
have  ''done  evil  unto  themselves. 

10  Say  ye  of  the  'righteous,  that  it 
shall  he  well  with  him;  ior  they 
shall  eat  the  fruit  of  their  doings. 

11  Woe  unto  the  wicked  !  /<  s/uiH 
be  ill  v'ith  him  ;  for '  what  his  hands 
have  done  shall  be  done  unto  him. 

12  As  for  my  people,  "children  are 
their  oppressors,  and  women  rule 

1  Or.  rhnrm'r 

•i  Or,  irith  childi.ihness  sholl  thfy  rulf  over  t/i'm 
'  Or,  iv<t'7e  *  Heb  a  bindfr  up. 

»  Or,  Th€ir  retpecling  of  pertoiu  do/A  <*e. 


"ch.  30.  22; 

31.  7 
''  Lev.  11.  I'J 
■^  ver.  l!) 
.'  l'».  146.  .t ; 

J«r.  17.  5 
'  ch.  4U.  IJ, 

17  ;   I'M.  6. 

4;  144.3.4  ; 

Jaa.  4.  14 
/cli.  5.  U; 

».  W:  Lev. 

2b.  M : 

Ezuk.  4. 16 
"  ch.  !•.  14. 

15  ;  a  K.  24. 

14  ;  Ezek. 

17.  IJ,  13 
'i  Keel.  U».  16 
■  Mie.  7.  3-6 
k  ch.  ».  l!l ; 

Jlt.  9.  3-8 
'  oh.  4.  1 
'"  Kzek.34.4; 

Ho8.  b.  U 
"  cli.  1.  7  i  6. 

U 
"  cli.  9.  17  ; 

Oa.  3 ;  Pa. 

73.  a-u 
'■  ch.  fti.  3.  f, ; 

•.:Chr.  33.  6; 

Neb.  4.  .'>  ; 

Heb.  3.  16 
''ch.  1.  ll»: 

Oen.  13.  l.t 
Trov.a.  36; 

1.5.  32; 

Kom.  6.  '23 
•  ch.  M.  17  ; 

Dt.  28. 

1-14 ;  Eccl. 

8.12 
'cb.66.6,7; 

Dt.  "28. 

l.'i-BS 
^  ver.  4 


'•  ch.  9.  Ifi  ; 

?<.  14,  15 
•^(•h.  66.  16; 

Ho8.  4.  1  ; 

Mic.  6.  2 

*  Ezek.  20. 
a.'i.  36 ; 
Job  22.  4  ; 
Ps.  143.  2 

»Mic.  3.  3; 

Ps.  14.  4 
"ch.lO.  1,2; 

Job  '24.  9, 

14  ;  Ps.  10. 

9;  rrov. 

30.  14  ; 

Ezek.  18. 

12 ;  Jos.  2.  6 
d  Ps.  !«.  S 
<^  ver.  16-4.1: 

ch.  32.  9-1.5 
rich.  4.  4; 

S.  S.  3.  11 
'  ch.  47.  3  : 

F.zek.l6..'17 
/,Tudg.8.'2l. 

26 
»  Ex.  3!).  2« 

*  Oen.  24.47; 
Ezek.  18.  12 

I  Esth.  2.  12 

*  ProT.  31.  24 
'1  Pet.  3.  .•! 

•"  ch.  22.  12  ; 

Ezek.  27. 

31 ;  Am.  8. 

10 
"  ch.  W.  3: 

Lam.  2.  10 
"oh.  1.20; 

R-i.  12 
^  Jer  14.2; 

Lam.  1.  4 
'  Lara.  2.  10 
•■  ch.  U.  1.' 
•ch.  .'H.  «; 

Q«n.  30.  23 

677 


over  tiiem.  O  my  people,  "they 
that  lead  thee  cause  thee  to  err, 
and  'Mestroy  the  wav  of  thy  path.s. 

1.5  ^Jehovah  standtith  up  to  con- 
tend, and  standeth  t<;  judge  the 
'  pt;oples.  14  Jehovah  will  "enter 
iiito  judgment  with  tlie  elders  of 
his  people,  and  the  princt-s  there- 
of: It  IS  ye  that  have  'eaten  up 
the  vineyard;  the  "spoil  of  the 
poor  is  in  your  hou,s<-s :  If)  what 
me-.m  ye  that  ye  ''crush  my  people, 
and  grind  the  face  of  tii(!  poor] 
saitli  the  Lord,  Jehovah  of  hosts 

16  Moreover  Jehovah  .said,  ''lie- 
cause  the  ''daughters  of  Zion  are 
haughty,  and  w.-ilk  witli  out- 
stretched necks  and  wanton  eyes, 
walking  and  mincing  as  they  go, 
and  making  a  tinkling  with  their 
feet;  17  tlierefore  the  Lord  will 
smite  with  a  scab  the  crown  oi  tlie 
head  of  the  daughters  of  Zion,  and 
Jehovah  will  "^^la.v  bare  their  ,seci-et 
paits.  l.S  In  that  day  tlie  Lord 
will  take  away  the  beauty  of  tlicir 
anklets,  and  the  •*  cauls,  and  the 
•'crescents;  19  the  pendants,  and 
the  "•*  bracelets,  and   the  mufiiers ; 

20  the  "headtires,  and  tlie  ankle 
chains,  and  the  .sashes,  and  the 
perfume -boxes,  and  the   amulets; 

21  the  rings,  and  the  *  no.se-jewels  ; 

22  thefesti\al  robe.s,  and  the  man- 
tles, and  the  shawls,  and  the  satch- 
els ;  23  the  hand-mirrors,  aiul  the 
fine  linen,  and  the  turbans,  and  the 
veils.  24  And  it  shall  come  to 
pa.ss,  that  instead  of  sweet  'spices 
there  shall  be  rottenness;  and  in- 
stead of  a  *  girdle,  a  rope  ;  and  in- 
stead of 'well  set  hair,  '"baldness; 
and  instead  of  a  rtibe,  a  "girding 
of  sackcloth  :  bianding  instead  or 
beauty.  25  Thy  men  shall  "fall  by 
the  sword,  and  thy  '"mighty  in  the 
war.  26  And  her  ''gates  shall 
lament  and  mourn  ;  and  she  shall 
be   "desolate   and   ^sit    upon    the 

4  ground.  I  And  seven  women 
shall  tiike  hold  of  ""one  man  in 
thatday,. saying.  We  wilh'at  our  own 
bread,  and  wear  our  own  apparel: 
onl.v  let  us  be  called  b.v  thy  name; 
'ta,ke  thou  away  our  reproach. 

2  \n  that  day  shall  the  '-'branch 
of  Jehovah  be  beautiful  and  glo- 
rious, and  the  "fruit  of  the  '^land 

'  ch.  11.  1 ;  .'53.  2  ;  Jer.  23.  9 ;  33.  Ifi ;  Zech.  3.  8 ;  6. 
12    "  Pb.  72.  16 


«  Heb  iwnllnxc  up. 
'  Or,  ]>enptf 

>  Or,  nrtiiorks 

>  Or,  chain* 


'0  Heb.  miphi. 

'*  Or,  emptied 

'a  Or.  iJtnol    Or,  sprout 

w  Or,  earth 


4.3 


ISAIAH 


5.2< 


1  Remnant  to  be  saved.    Parable  of  the  Vineyard.    Woes  pronounced  on  the  Wicked 


shall  be  ^  excellent  and  comely  for 
them  that  are  "escaped  of  Israel. 
3  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
he  that  is  *  left  in  Zion,  and  he  that 
remaineth  in  Jerusalem,  shall  be 
called  ''holy,  even  every  one  that 
is  ''written  '-^ among  the  living  in 
Jerusalem ;  4  when  the  Lord  shall 
have  washed  away  the  *  filth  of  the 
^daughters  of  Zion,  and  shall  have 

f)urged  the  ^  blood  of  Jerusalem 
rom  the  midst  thereof,  by  the 
^''spirit  of  justice,  and  by  the 
^'spirit  of  burning.  5  And  Jeho- 
vah will  create  over  ^the  whole 
habitation  of  mount  Zion,  and  over 
her  assemblies,  *  a  cloud  and  smoke 
by  day,  and  the  shining  of  a  flam- 
ing fire  by  night ;  for  over  all  the 
'glory  shall  be  spread  a  covering. 
6  And  there  shall  be  a  '"pavilion 
for  a  shade  in  the  day-time  from  the 
heat,  and  for  a  refuge  and  for  a  cov- 
ert from  storm  and  from  rain. 

5  Let  me  sing  ®for  my  well- 
beloved  a  song  of  my  beloved 
touching  his  "  vineyard.  My  well- 
beloved  had  a  "  vineyard  in  ®  a  very 
fruitful  hill :  2  and  he  digged  it, 
and  gathered  out  the  stones  thereof , 
and  planted  it  with  the  ^choicest 
vine,  and  built  a  tower  in  the  midst 
of  it,  and  also  hewed  out  a ''  wine- 
press therein  :  and  he  *  looked  that 
it  should  bring  foi'th  grapes,  and 
it  brought  forth  wild  grapes. 

3  And  now,  O  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem  and  men  of  Judah, 
'■judge,  I  pray  you,  betwixt  me 
and  my  vineyard.  4  *  What  could 
have  been  done  more  to  my  vine- 
yard, that  I  have  not  done  in  it? 
wherefore,  when  I  looked  that  it 
should  bring  forth  grapes,  brought 
it  forth  wild  grapes'?  5  And  now 
I  will  tell  you  what  I  will  do  to 
my  vineyard  :  I  will  '  take  away 
the  hedge  thereof,  and  it  shall  be 
** "  eaten  up  ;  I  will  "  break  down 
the  wall  thereof,  and  it  shall  be 
•^  trodden  down  :  6  and  I  will  "  lay 
it  waste ;  it  shall  not  be  pruned 
nor  hoed ;  but  there  shall  come 
up  briers  and  '  thorns :  I  will  also 
command  the  clouds  that  they 
"rain  no  rain  upon  it.  7  For  the 
*  vineyard  of  .Jehovah  of  hosts  is 
the  house  of  Israel,  and  the  men 
of  .Judah  ^  his  pleasant  plant :  and 
he  looked  for  justice,  but,  behold, 

1  Or,  majestic      *  Or,  unto  life    3  Or,  blast 
<  Or,  every  dwelling-place  '  Or,  of 

6  Heb.  a  horn,  the  son  of  oil.         ?  Ot^  wine-vat 
^  Or,  burnt         »  Heb.  the  plant  of  his  delight. 


°  ch.  10.  20 ; 

37.  31,  32 ; 

Joel  2.  32 ; 

Obad.  17 
fc  ch.  28.  5  ; 

46.  3 ,  Rom. 

11.  4,  5 
"  ch.  62.  1  ; 

62.  12 
d  Ex.  32.  32 ; 

Ps.  69.  28 ; 

Lk.  10.  20 
"  ch.  3.  24 
/ch.  3.  16 
Cch.  1.  15 
h  ch.  28.  6 
t  ch.  1.  81 ; 

9. 19 ;  Mai. 

3.  2 ;  Mt. 

3.  11 ;  Lk. 

3.17 
*  Ex.  13.  21, 

22;  Num. 

9.  15-23 
I  ch.  60.  1,  2 
»"  ch.  25.  4  ; 

32.  1,  2  ; 

Ps.  27.  5 
"  ver.  1-7 : 

27.  2-« 

"  Ps.  80.  8  ; 

Jer.  12.  10 ; 

Mt.  21.  33 ; 

Mk.  12.  1 ; 

Lk.  20.  9 
P  Jer.  2.  21 
«  Mt.  21.  19  ; 

Mk.  11. 13 ; 

Lk.  13.  6 
>•  Mt.  21.  40 
»  2  Chr.  36. 

15 ;  Jer.  2. 

5:7.25,26; 

Mic.  6.  3 ; 

Mt.  23.  37 
«  Ps.  89.  40 
"  ch.  6.  13  ; 

Hos.  2.  12 
"  Ps.  80.  12 
^  ch.  10.  6 ; 

28.  18 ; 
Lam.  1. 15 ; 
Lk.  21.  24 ; 
Rev.  11.  2 

y  ch.7. 19-25; 

24.  1,  3  ; 

2  Chr.  36. 

19-21 ;  Jer. 

25.11 
'  Heb.  6.  8 
"  1  K.  8.  35  ; 

17.  1 ;  Jer. 

14.  1-22 
6  Ps.  80.  8-11 


"  ch,  3.  14, 

15  ;  30. 12  ; 

59.13 
d  .Jer.  22.  13- 

17  ;  Mic.  2. 

2  ;  Hab.  2. 

9-12 
«  ch.  22.  14 
/ch.6. 11, 12 
"  Mt.  23.  38 
''  ch.  7.  23  : 

Lev.  26.  26; 

Hag.  1.  6 ; 

2.  IB 
'  Ezek.  45. 

11 
*:  ver.  22 ; 

ch.  22.  13 ; 

28.  1.  3,  7, 

8  ;  Prov. 

23.  29,  30  ; 

Eccl.  10. 

16,17 
'  Am.  6.  5,  6 
"'  2  Pet.  2.  13 
"  Job  34.  27  ; 

Ps.  28.  5 
"  ch.  1.  3 ; 

27.11: 

Hos.  4.  6 

67« 


^° "  oppression ;  for  righteousness, 
but,  behold,  a  cry. 

8  Woe  unto  them  that  ''join 
house  to  house,  that  lay  field  to 
field,  till  there  be  no  room,  and  ye 
be  made  to  dwell  alone  in  the  midst 
of  the  land  !  9  *  In  mine  ears  saith 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  Of  a  truth  -^many 
houses  shall  be  "desolate,  even 
great  and  fair,  without  inhabitant. 
10  For ''  ten  acres  of  vineyard  shall 
yield  one  bath,  and  a  'homer  of 
seed  shall  yield  but  an  ephah.  1 1 
Woe  unto  them  that  rise  up  early 
in  the  morning,  that  they  may  fol- 
low *  strong  drink  ;  that  tarry  late 
into  the  night,  till  wine  inflame 
them  !  1 2  And  the  '  harp  and  the 
lute,  the  tabret  and  the  pipe,  and 
wine,  are  in  their '"  feasts  ;  but  they 
"  regard  not  the  work  of  Jehovah, 
neither  have  they  considered  the 
operation  of  his  hands. 

1 3  Therefore  my  people  are  gone 
into  captivity  for  "lack  of  knowl- 
edge ;  and  "their  ^honorable  men 
are  famished,  and  their  multitude 
are  parched  with  thirst.  1 4  There- 
fore *  Sheol  hath  enlarged  its  desire, 
and  ''opened  its  "mouth  without 
measure  ;  and  their  glory,  and  their 
multitude,  and  their  ^'^pomp,  and 
he  that  rejoiceth  among  them,  de- 
scend into  it.  15  And  the  'mean 
man  is  bowed  down,  and  the  great 
man  is  humbled,  and  "  the  eyes  of 
the  lofty  are  humbled:  16  but 
"Jehovah  of  hosts  is  *  exalted  in 
justice,  and  God  the  Holy  One  is 
*  sanctified  in  righteousness.  17 
^Then  shall  the  lambs  feed  as  in 
their  pasture,  and  the  waste  places 
of  the  fat  ones  shall  ■'^wanderers 
eat. 

18  Woe  unto  them  that  draw 
"iniquity  with  cords  of  falsehood, 
and  sin  as  it  were  with  a  cart  rope  ; 

1 9  *  that  say.  Let  him  make  speed, 
let  him  hasten  his  work,  that  we 
may  see  it ;  and  let  the  counsel  of 
the  Holy  One  of  Israel  draw  nigh 
and  come,  that  we  may  know  it! 

20  Woe  unto  them  that  "call  evil 
good,  and  good  evil ;  that  **  put 
darkness  for  light,  and  light  for 

P  ch.  3.  3 ;  9.  14,  15  '  Prov.  30.  Ifi ;  Hab.  2.  5 
»■  Num.  16.  30-34  »  Pr.  141.  7  '  ch.  2.  9  "  ch.  2.  11  ; 
10.  33  "  ch.  23.  17  ;  30. 18  ;  61.  8  •«  ch.  2.  11,  17  ;  33. 
5,10  v  ch.  8.  13  ;  29.  23  ;  1  Pet,  3.  15  '"  ch.  7.  2i  ; 
Mic.  2.  12  ;  Zeph.  2.  6  "  ch.  .59.  4-8  ;  Jer.  23.  10-14 
b  Ezek.  12.  22 ;  2  Pet.  3.  4  "  Prov.  17. 15 ;  Am.  5.  7 
d  Job  17. 12 ;  Mt.  6.  22,  23 ;  Lk.  11.  34,  35 


10  Or,  shedding  of  blood 

11  Heb,  their  glory  are  men  nf  famine. 

12  Or,  tumult  i»  Or,  sojoumert 


5.  21  ISAIAH 

Jihonh's  Veng«tn(«  to  b«  iaOicUd  hj  the  Iitiou.    iMkh'i  Vision  and  ComnisiioH 

darkness  ;  that  put  bitter  for  sweet, 
and  sweet  for  bitter  !  2 1  Woe  unto 
them  that  are  "wise  in  their  own 
eyes,  and  prudent  in  their  own 
sight!  •22  *VVoe  unto  them  that 
are  mighty  to  drink  wine,  and  men 
of  strength  to  mingle  strong  ch-ink  ; 
23  ""that  iustify  the  wicked  for  a 
bribe,  and  ''take  away  the  right- 
eousness of  the  righteous  from  him  ! 

24:  Therefore  'as  the  tongue  of 
fire  devoureth  the  stulible,  and  as 
the  dry  grass  sinketli  down  in  the 
riame,  so  their  -^root  shall  be  ^as 
rottenness,  and  their  blossom  shall 
go  up  as  dust ;  because  they  have 
"rejected  the  Maw  of  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  and  despised  the  word  of  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel.  25  Therefore 
is  the  'anger  of  Jehovah  kindled 
against  his  people,  and  he  hath 
stretched  forth  his  hand  against 
them,  and  hath  smitten  them  ;  and 
the  *  mountains  tremble,  and  their 
'dead  bodies  are  as  refuse  in  the 
midst  of  the  streets.  ""For  all 
this  his  anger  is  not  turned  away, 
but  his  "hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

26  And  he  will  lift  up  an  "ensign 
to  the  nations  from  tar,  and  will 
'hiss  for  -them  'from  the  end  of 
the  earth  ;  and,  behold,  ^they  shall 
'■  come  with  speed  swiftly.  27 
'  None  shall  be  weary  nor  stumble 
among  them ;  none  shall  slumber 
nor  sleep  ;  neither  shall  the  'girdle 
of  their  loins  be  loospfl,  nor  the 
latchet  of  their  shoes  be  broken  : 

28  "whose  arrows  are  sharj),  and 
all  their  bows  bent ;  their  horses' 
lioofs  shall  be  accounted  as  flint, 
and  their  "wheels  as  a  whirlwind  : 

29  their  ""  roaring  shall  be  like  a 
lioness,  they  shall  roar  like  younj' 
lions ;  yea,  they  shall  roar,  and 
*lay  hold  of  the  prey,  and  carry  it 
away  safe,  and  there  shall  be  'none 
to  deliver.^  30  And  they  shall 
"roar  *  against  them  in  that  day 
like  the  roaring  of  the  sea :  and  if 
one  *look  unto  the  land,  'behold, 
darkness  and  distress ;  and  the 
light  is  darkened  in  the  clouds 
thereof. 

6  In  the  year  that  king  'TJz- 
ziah  died  "^  T  saw  the  Lord 
sitting  upon  a  throne,  high  and 
lifted  up;  and  his  *  train  filled  the 

'  Or,  tenching  *  Heb.  him. 

»  Heb.  he  (and  In  the  following  verses). 
*  Or,  over 

'  According  to   thfi  Maasoretic  text,  behold, 
darknes.r  ■  distress  and  light ;  Uis  dark  £r. 
«  Or,  skirls 

23 


e.13 


i'Ex.  33.  20; 

Lk.  !>.  « 
»>  Ex.  6  12.  30 
■  ch.  59.  3  : 

.ler  9.  3-« 
*  .ler.  M  .'^7 
'.ler  1.9; 

r>an.  in.  16 
"  ch  iO  2  : 

M  S,  6,  11  ; 

1  .Tn.  1.  7 
"  Kzek  10,  5; 

Acts  3.  4 
"  Acts  26.  19 
P  Ez«k.  3. 11 ; 

Am.  7.  15 

679 


temple.  2  Al)ovo  him  stood  the 
.seraphim  :  'each  one  had  six  wings: 
with  twain  1h'  covered  his  face,  anu 
with  twain  he  covered  his  feet, 
and  with  twain  he  did  tly.  3  And 
one  cried  unto  another,  and  .said. 
'Holy,  holy,  holy,  is  Jehovah  of 
hosts:  ^•'the  whole  earth  is  full  of 
his  glory.  4  And  the  foundations 
of  the  thresholds  shook  at  the 
voice  of  him  that  cried,  and  tlie 
house  was  tilled  with  smoke.  5 
Then  .said  I,  "  Woe  is  me  !  for  1  am 
undone ;  because  I  am  a  man  of 
"unclean  lips,  and  I  dwell  in  tlie 
midst  of  a  'people  of  unclean  lips  : 
for  mine  eyes  have  seen  the  *  King, 
Jehovah  ot  hosts. 

6  Then  flew  one  of  the  seraphin^ 
unto  me,  having  a  "live  coal  in  his 
hand,  which  he  had  taken  with  the 
tongs  from  otl"  the  altar  :  7  and  he 
'touched  my  mouth  with  it,  and 
said,  Lo.  this  hath  touched  thy 
lips;  and  '"thine  iniquity  is  taken 
away,  and  thy  sin  "  forgiven.  8 
And  I  heard  the  "voice  of  the 
Lord,  .saying.  Whom  shall  I  send, 
and  who  will  go  for  us  (  Then  "  I 
said.  Here  am  I ;  send  nie.  9  And 
he  .said,  ^'Oo,  and  tell  tliis  pe()i)le. 
"Hear  ye  ^"indeed,  but  understand 
not;  and  see  ye  '"indeed,  but  jter- 
ceive  not.  10  Make  the  heart  of 
this  people  ''fat,  and  make  their 
ears  neavy,  and  shut  their  eyes  ; 
'lest  they  see  with  their  eyes,  and 
hear  with  their  ears,  and  "under- 
stand with  their  heart,  and  turn 
again,  and  be  healed.  1 1  Then 
said  I,  Lord,  'how  long?  And  he 
answered.  Until  "cities  be  waste 
without  inhabitant,  and  hou.ses 
without  man,  and  the  land  V)econie 
utterly  wa.ste,  12  and  Jehovah 
have  removed  men  far  away,  and 
the  "forsaken  places  Ik"  many  in 
the  midst  of  the  land.  \3  '-'And 
if  there  \)e  yet  a  'tenth  in  it.  it 
also  shall  in  turn  be  '* eaten  up  :  as 
a  terebinth,  and  as  an  'oak,  '^whose 
".stock  remaineth.  when  they  '"are 
felled;  .so  the  'holy  seed  is  the 
'* stock  thereof. 

«Mt.  13  14.  15:  Mk.  4.  12;  Lk.  8  10;  Jn.  12  40; 
Acts  28.  2«.  27  :  Rom  n.  8  "■  Pt  31.  20  ;  32. 15;  Ps. 
119.  70  '  Jer.  5.  21  '  Ps  79  5  "  Lev.  28  31  :  rh.  1. 
7;3.  8.  2fi  ••.Ter.  4  29  '  oh.  1.  9  ;  10.  20-23  :  37.  31 ; 
46.  3    »  Job  14.  7    •  Dt.  7.  6  ;  E«r,  9.  2 


T  Heb.  the  fulness  of  the  xchole  earth  is  his  glory. 

»  Or,  hot  stone  *  Or,  expiated 

10  Or,  rontinunlly 

n  Or,  their  heart  .should  understand 
'»  Or,  But  yt  in  il  nhnU  be  a  tenth,  and  it  shall 
return,  and  shall  be  eaten  up       •«  Or,  burnt 
I*  Or,  tchosr  substance  is  tn  them 
w  Or,  substance  '«  Or,  east  their  leftTM 


»>:  i 


ISAIAH 


8.2 


Rezin  and  Pekah  war  against  Jerasakm.    Isaiah's  Message  t»  Aliaz.    Tlie  (Mid  Immannd.    fierastatiou  or  Jadah 


*'J  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
I  days  of  "  Ahaz  the  son  of 
Jotham,  the  son  of  Uzziah,  king 
of  Judah,  that  *  Rezin  the  king  of 
Syria,  and  "  Pekah  the  son  of  Kem- 
aUah,  king  of  Israel,  went  up  to 
Jerusalem  to  war  against  it,  but 
**  could  not  prevail  against  it.  2 
And  it  was  told  the  ''house  of 
David,  saying,  Syria  Ms -^  confeder- 
ate with  "  Ephraim.  And  his  heart 
trembled,  and  the  heart  of  his  peo- 
ple, as  the  trees  of  the  forest  trem- 
ble with  the  wind. 

3  Then  said  Jehovah  unto 
Isaiah,  Go  forth  now  to  meet 
Ahaz,  thou,  and  ^  Shear-jashub  thy 
sou,  at  the  end  of  the  ''conduit  of 
the  upper  pool,  in  the  highway 
of  the  fuller's  field ;  4  and  say 
unto  him,  Take  heed,  and  be  *  quiet ; 
*  fear  not,  neither  '  let  thy  heart  be 
faint,  because  of  these  two  tails  of 
smoking  '"firebrands,  for  the  fierce 
anger  of  Rezin  and  Syria,  and  of 
the  "  son  of  Remaliah.  5  Because 
"Syria,  Ephraim,  and  the  son  of 
Remaliah,  have  purposed  evil 
against  thee,  saying,  6  Let  us  go 
up  against  Judah,  and  vex  it,  and 
let  us  make  a  breach  therein  for 
us,  and  set  up  a  king  in  the  midst 
of  it,  even  the  son  of  Tabeel ; 
7  thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah, 
''It  shall  not  stand,  neither  shall 
it  come  to  pass.  8  For  the  head 
of  Syria  is  *  Damascus,  and  the 
head  of  Damascus  is  Rezin;  and 
within  threescore  and  five  years 
shall  Ephraim  be  broken  in  pieces, 
so  that  it  shall  not  be  a  people : 
9  and  the  head  of  Ephraim  is 
Samaria,  and  the  head  of  Samaria 
is  Remaliah's  son.  *■  If  ye  will  not 
believe,  surely  ye  shall  not  be 
established. 

10  And  Jehovah  spake  again 
unto  Ahaz,  saying,  1 1  Ask  thee  a 
'sign  of  Jehovah  thy  God ;  ask  it 
either  in  the  depth,  or  in  the 
height  above.  12  But  Ahaz  said, 
I  will  not  ask,  neither  will  I  tempt 
Jehovah.  13  And  he  said.  Hear 
ye  now,  O  '  house  of  David  :  Is  it  a 
small  thing  for  you  to  weary  men, 
that  ye  will  "weary  "my  God  also"? 
1 4  Therefore  the  Lord  himself  will 
give  you  a  sign  :  behold,  * ""  a  ■* virgin 
^  shall  conceive,^  and  bear  a  son, 
and  shall  call  his  name  ^"Imman- 
uel.     15  ''"Butter  and  honey  shall 

1  Heb.  restfth  on  Ephrnim. 

2  That  is,  A  revniant  shall  return.  3  Or,  the 
*  Or,  maiden  ^  Or,  is  U)il/i  chilii,  and  heareih 
fi  'Th'it  i«,  Qoi  u  rcUk  us.  7  Or,  Cu7^s 


"  ch.  1.  1 ; 

2  K.  16.  1 
l>  2  K.  15.  37 
"  2  K.  15.  25  ; 

2  Chr.  28.  6 
rf  ver.  6,  7 

•  ver.  13 ; 
ch.  22.  22 

/ch.  8.  12 
'J  ch.  9.  9 
''  ch.  36.  2  ; 
2  K.  18.  17 

•  ch.  30.  15  ; 
Ex.  14.  13 ; 
Lam.  3.  26 

k  oh.  10.  24  ; 

Mt.  24.  6 
(  ch.  35.  4  ; 

Dt.  20.  3 ; 

1  S.  17.  32 
'"  Am.  4.  11 ; 

Zech.  3.  2 
"  ver.  1,  9 
"  ver.  2 
P  ch.  8.  10 ; 

23. 18  ;  Pa. 

2.  4-6 ; 

Acts  4.  25, 

26 
«  ch.  17.  1-3  ; 

Gen.  14.  15 
»•  ch.  5.  24  ; 

8.  6-8 ;  30. 

12-14 ; 

2  Chr.  20. 
20 

»  ch.  37.  39 ; 

38.  7,  8  ;  55. 

13;2K.  19. 

29 
t  ver.  2 
"eh.  1.14; 

43.  24 
"  ch.  25.  1 
^  Mt.  1.  23 
y  ch.  8.  8, 10 

•  ver.  22 


"■  ch.  8.  4 
b  ch.  8  4  ; 

17.  3 ;  Jer. 

7.  15  ;  Hos. 

5.  3,  9,  14  ; 

Am.  1.  3-5 
"IK.  12.16 
rf  ch.  8.  7,  8  ; 

10.  5,6; 

2  Chr.  28. 

20 
'  ch.  5.  26 
/ch.  13.  5 
'-'  ch.  2.  19  ; 

Jer.  16.  16 
A  ver.  24,  25 
i  ch.  24. 1 ; 

2K.  IS. 

13-16 
k  Ezek.  5. 

1-4 
'  ch.  10.  5, 15 
'"  ch.  8.  7  ; 

11.  15 ; 
Jer.  2.  18 

"  ch.  14.  30 ; 

27.  10 ;  Jer. 

39.  10 
°  ver.  15 
P  ch.  5.  10  ; 

32.  13,  14 
'  ch.  5.  6 
*■  ch.  5.  17 
^  ch.  30.  8  ; 

Hab.  2.  2 
<  2  K.  16.  10, 

11, 16, 16 


he  eat,^  when  he  knoweth  to  refuse 
the  evil,  and  choose  the  good.  16 
"For  before  the  child  shall  know 
to  refuse  the  evil,  and  choose  the 
good,  *  the  land  whose  two  kings 
thou  abboi'rest  shall  be  forsaken. 
17  Jehovah  will  bring  upon  thee, 
and  upon  thy  people,  and  upon  thy 
father's  house,  days  that  have  not 
come,  from  the  da  y  that "  Ephraim 
departed  from  Judah  —  even  the 
''king  of  Assyria. 

18  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  that  Jehovah  will  'hiss 
for  the  fly  that  is  in  the  -^uttermost 
part  of  the  rivers  of  Egypt,  and 
for  the  bee  that  is  in  the  land  of 
Assyria.  19  And  they  shall  come, 
and  shall  rest  all  of  them  in  the 
^desolate  valleys,  and  in  the  ''clefts 
of  the  rocks,  and  ''  upon  all  thorn- 
hedges,  and  upon  all  "  pastures. 

20  In  that  day  will  the  Lord 
'shave  with  a  *  razor  that  is  'hired 
in  the  parts  beyond  ™the  River, 
even  with  the  king  of  Assyria,  the 
Lead  and  the  hair  of  the  feet ;  and 
it  shall  also  consume  the  beard. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  that  a  man  shall  keep 
alive  a  young  "  cow,  and  two  sheep  ; 
22  and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
because  of  the  abundance  of  milk 
which  they  shall  give  he  shall  eat 
butter :  for  "butter  and  honey  shall 
every  one  eat  that  is  left  in  the 
midst  of  the  land. 

23  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  ^  that  every  place,  where 
there  were  a  thousand  vines  at  a 
thousand  silverlings,  shall  be  for 
*  briers  and  thorns.  24  With  ar- 
rows and  with  bow  shall  one  come 
thither,  because  all  the  land  shall 
be  briers  and  thorns.  25  And  all 
the  hills  that  were  digged  with 
the  mattock,  "  thou  shalt  not  come 
thither  for  fear  of  briers  and 
thorns ;  but  it  shall  be  for  the 
"■  sending  forth  of  oxen,  and  for  the 
treading  of  sheep. 

8  And  Jehovah  said  unto  me. 
Take  thee  a  great  tablet,  and 
"  write  upon  it  ^'^  with  the  pen  of  a 
man,  For  ^^  Maher-shalal-hash-baz  ; 
2  and  I  will  take  unto  me  faithful 
witnesses  to  record,  '  Uriah  the 
priest,  and  Zechariah  the  son  of 

8  Or,  that  he  may  Inntv    Or,  till  he  know 

9  Or,  -nigged  i"  Or,  bushes 

n  Or,  where  never  cam^  the  fear  of  briers  and 
thorns,  shall  be  &c.  Or,  there  shall  not  comi 
thiihf-r  the  fear  .  .  .  but  it  shall  be  Jrc. 

12  Or,  in  coinmon  characters 

13  That  is.  The  spoil  speeUeth,  (he  prey  hastelh. 


8.3 


ISAIAH 


9.B 


iMuah's  8»a,  ud  iuyria's  lit\%ioB.    Jehonh,  not  Eneuiea,  U  be  fMred.    letroBury  eondtnned.    Lisbt  ■ii4  Jo)  In  Viililce 


Jeberechiah.  3  And  I  weait  unto 
the  proplietess  ;  and  she  conceived, 
and  Dare  a  son.  Tlien  said  Jeliovali 
unto  me,  "Call  his  uaiue  Muher- 
ahalal-ha.sh-baz.  -4  For ''l)et'ore  tlie 
child  shall  have  kuowli'dtj;i'  to  ci"y. 
My  father,  and,  My  mother,  the 
ridhes  of  '"Damascus  and  tlie  spoil 
of  ''Samaria  shall  Ix'  c^irried  away 
before  the  kinj^  of  Assj-ria. 

5  An(l  Jehovah  sijake  unto  me 
yet  again,  saying,  0  Forasmuch 
as  this  people  have  ''refused  the 
waters  of  '8hiloah  that  go  softly, 
^ and  rejoice  "in  ■'  Rezin  and  liem- 
aliahs  son ;  7  now  therefore,  be- 
hold, the  Lord  briugeth  up  upon 
them  the  "  waters  of  ''  the  Jiiver, 
strong  and  many,  even  the  '  king 
of  Assyria  and  all  his  glory  :  and 
it  shall  *  come  up  over  all  its 
channels,  and  go  over  all  its 
banks;  8  and  'it  shall  sweep  on- 
ward into  Judah;  it  shall  over- 
flow and  pass  through ;  it  shall 
"*  reach  even  to  the  neck  ;  and 
the  stretching  out  of  its  wings 
shall  fill  the  breadth  of  thy  land, 
"  O  Immanuel. 

9  ^ "  Make  an  uproar,  O  ye  peo- 
ples, and  be  ^  broken  in  pieces ; 
and  give  ear,  all  ye  of  far  coun- 
tries :  gird  yourselves,  and  be 
broken  in  pieces;  gird  yourselves, 
and  be  broten  in  pieces.  10  *Take 
counsel  together,  and  it  shall  be 
brought  to  nought ;  speak  the 
word,  and  ""it  shall  not  stand: 
for  *'God  is  -with  us.  11  For  .Je- 
hovah spake  thus  to  nie  ^with 
'a  strong  hand,  and  instructed 
me  "not  to  walk  in  the  way  of 
this  people,  saying,  12  Say  ye 
not,  A  'conspiracy,  concerning  all 
whereof  this  j)eoi)le  shall  say,  A 
conspiracy ;  •'neither  fear  ye  their 
fear,  nor  be  in  dread  tliereof.  13 
**  Jehovah  of  hosts,  'him  shall  ye 
sanctify  ;  and  let  him  be  your  fear, 
and  let  him  be  your  dread.  14 
And  he  shall  be  for  a  "  sanctuary  ; 
but  for  a  *  stone  of  stumbling  and 
for  a  rock  of  offence  to  bt)th  the 
houses  of  Israel,  for  a  ""gin  and  for 
a  snare  to  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem. 15  And  "man J'  shall ''  stum- 
ble thereon,and  fall,  and  be  broken, 
and  be  snared,  and  be  taken. 

16  •  Bind  thou  up  the  testimony, 
•'seal  the  'law  among  *my  disci- 

1  Or,  even  thev  fhnt  rejoice  *  Or.  irilh 

»  Or,  Brenk,  O  ye  *  Heb.  imirKmti  EL 

>  H«l>.  wWt  strength  0/  hand. 
«  Or,  many  among  them  shall  .Uuinhle,  and /(ill 
Jtc,  '  Or.  teaching 


"  Hob.  1.4 
"  ch.  7.  1« 

'  ch.  7.  8,  9 
''ch.  l.M; 

ft  W  ;  7.  9  ; 

ail.  li 
'Neh.  3.  V>, 

Jn,  H.  7,  n 
/cU.  7.  1 
■J  ch.  17.  la, 

n 

'•ch.  7.  20; 

a.  15 

'  t  h.  7.  17  ; 

10.  5,  6 
^  Am.  8.  8 ; 

'  ch.  10.  6 
'"  eh.  M.  28 
"  ch.  7.  14 
"  eh.  17. 

12-14 
''  Dau.  2.  W, 

35 
•Jch.  28.  18; 

J  Ob  .5.  rj 
-•  eh.  7.  7 
•  ver.  8 ; 

Roiu.  8.  .11 
'  Ezek  3.  14 
"  Ezek.  2.  8 
"  el>.  7.  ■• ; 

30.  1 
'  1  Pet.  3. 14. 

l.-i 
S'ch.  S.  16; 

29.  23 
'  Nuin  20.12 
"  eh.  4.  tj; 

2."..  4; 

Ezek.  11. 

lii 
(■  Lk.  2.  34 ; 

Rom.  ». 

3:( :  1  Pet. 

2.8 
♦[Ch.  8.  23  in 

Heb.) 
«  eh.  24.  17, 

18 
<' eh.  28.  13: 

rrt.  VI :  Mt. 

21   44  ;  Lk. 

20.  18 ; 

Rom.  9.  32 
"  ver.  1,2; 

ch.  29.  11, 

12 
*[Ch.  9.  1 

Ml  Hel).] 
/Dan.  12.4 
"  ch.  50.  4 


>>  ch.  25.  9  ; 

30.  IS ; 

Hab.  2.  3 
>ch.l.  15; 

4.'>.  15 ;  .54. 

8;   Dt.   31. 

17 
k  Heb  2.  13 
'  Lk   2.  34 
'"  Pb  9.  11  ; 

Zech  8.  3 
"eh.  19.  3; 

a.  4  ;  47. 

1-2.  13  ; 

Lev.  20.  6  ; 

2  K.  21.  6  ; 

23  24 
"  ch.  .-iO.  2 ; 

4.5.  11 
'M    S.  28.  8- 

11 ;  Pb.  106. 

28 
'  ver. 16 ; 

ch.  1  10 : 

Lk.  IK  29 
""  ver.  22 ; 

ch.  60.  2; 

Hie.  3  S 
•ch.  9.20.21 
<  ch  5.  .10  ; 

,50.  't ;  .ler. 

13.  lA:  iVm 

681 


plos.  17  And  I  will  *wait  for  Je- 
liovah,  'that  hideth  his  face  from 
the  hou.se  of  J  act  il),  and  1  will  look 
for  him.  IS  '■  liehoid,  I  and  the 
childiiin  whom  Jehovali  hath  given 
ine  are  for  'signs  and  for  wonders 
in  Jsrael  from  Jeliovah  ol  hosts, 
who  '"dwelleth  in  mount  Zion. 

ly  And  wht'n.tlie.y  shall  say 
unto  you,  "  Seek  unto  them  that 
have  familiar  s])irits  and  unto  the 
wizards,  that  cliirp  and  that  mut- 
ter:  should  not  a  people  "seek 
unto  their  (jod  ?  on  behalf  of  the 
living  should  t/uu  Ktck  unto  the 
"dead?  20  To  the  "«law  and  to 
the  testimony  !  ''if  they  si">eak  not 
according  to  this  word,  surely 
there  is  ''no  morning  for  them.  21 
And  they  shall  |)ass  through  it. 
'sore  distressed  and  hungry;  and 
it  shall  come  to  pass  that,  when 
they  shall  be  hungry-,  they  shall 
freti  themselve.s,  and  "curse  by 
their  king  and  by  their  (Jod,  and 
turn  their  faces  upwaixl :  22  and 
they  shall  'look  unto  the  e^rth, 
and,  behold,  disti"ess  and  darkness, 
the  gloom  of  anguish ;  '"and  ^'"into 
thick  darkness  t/oei/  aliall  he  driven 
away. 

*Q  '^But  there  shall  be  no 
Xj  I' gloom  to  her  that  was  in 
angui.sh.  In  the  former  time  he 
^  brought  into  cwntempt  the  "  land 
of  Zebulun  and  the  land  of  Naph- 
tali ;  but  in  the  latter  time  hr.th 
he  made  it  glorious,  by  the  way  f)f 
the  sea.  beyond  the  Joixlan,  '^Gali- 
lee of  the  nations.  *2  *  The  people 
that  walked  in  darkness  have  seen 
a  great  light :  they  that  dwelt  in 
the  land  of  the  "shadow  of  death, 
upon  them  hath  the  light  sliined. 
3  'Thou  hiust  multiplied  the  na- 
tion, ^^"thou  hast  increased  their 
joy  :  they  joy  Ix'fore  thee  accord- 
ing to  the  joy  in  harvest.  a.s  men 
*  rejoice  when  they  divide  the 
.spoil.  4  For  the  ""  yoke  of  his  bur- 
(len,  and  the  stjiif  of  his  shoulder, 
the  rod  of  his  ''oppre.s.sor,  thou 
hast  broken  as  in  the  day  of 
'  Midian.     o  For  '^'all   the  armor 

a.  18,  20;  Zeph.  1.  14.  15  "ver.  20  'ch.  8.  22 
'  2  K.  15.  29  ;  3  Chr.  Ifi  4  V  Mt  4  15, 16  '  cJi  »i. 
15  ■'  ch  S.'i.  10 ;  ti").  14.  18, 19 ;  S6.  10  "1  8.  .'fO.  16 
=  ch.  in.  27  ;  14  15  rf  eh  14  4  ;  49  « ;  .51  13 ;  54.  14 
'  «h.  1».  26  ;  JHdg.  7.  2S   /  ch.  1  4 

•  Or,  mirely  aeeorifing  to  this  trord  shall  they 

speak  for  trhom  there  m  no  morning 
'■>  Or,  curse  their  king  imd  their  6'orf 
10  Or,  anif  thick  darkness  shall  he  driven  nvnii 

Portberv  Ac.  >'  Or.  in  >»  Or.  A'^r 

'»  Or.  the  dLffriel  n  Or.  deep  ditrkness 

l''  AJuBtber  nsaiinf;  in.  Ihon  iHtliil  »nl  itirrense 

the  joy        "  Or,  eiery  boat  of  thr  bootsd  varrior 


9.6 


ISAIAH 


10.7 


Birth  and  Reign  of  the  Prince  of  Peace.    God's  Anger  at  Israel's  Pride  and  Iniquity.    Assyria  the  Instrnment  of  God's  Wrath 


of  the  armed  man  in  the  tumult, 
and  the  garments  rolled  in  blood, 
shall  be  for  burning,  for  fuel  of 
fire.  6  For  unto  us  a  "child  is 
born,  unto  us  a  *son  is  given ;  and 
the  '^ government  shall  be  ''upon 
his  shoulder :  and  his  name  shall 
be  called  ^*  Wonderful,  Counsellor, 
''Mighty  God,'^  Everlasting"  Father, 
Prince  of  *  Peace.  7  Of  the  increase 
of  his  government  and  of  peace 
there  shall  be  *  no  end.  upon  the 

*  throne  of  David,  and  upon  his 
kingdom,  to  esta,Dlish  it,  and  to 
uphold  it  with  'justice  and  with 
righteousness  from  henceforth 
even  for  ever.  /"The  zeal  of  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts  will  perform  this. 

8  The  Lord  sent  a  word  into 
Jacob,  and  it  hath  lighted  upon 
Israel.  9  And  all  the  people  shall 
know,  even  "Ephraim  and  the  in- 
habitant of  Samaria,  that  say  in 
pride  and  in  "stoutness  of  heart, 
10  The  bricks  are  fallen,  but  we 
will  ^  build  with  hewn  stone ;  the 
sycomores  are  cut  down,  but  we 
will  put  cedars  in  their  place.  1 1 
Therefore  Jehovah  ^  will  set  up  on 
high  against  him  the  adversaries 
of  'Rezin,  and  ^will  *stir  up  his 
enemies,  12  the  /"Syrians  ^before, 
and  the  'Philistines  ^behind;  and 
they  ®  shall  '  devour  Israel  with 
open  mouth.  "  For  all  this  his 
anger  is  not  turned  away,  but 
his  hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

1.3  Yet  the  people  "have  not 
turned  unto  him  that  smote  them, 
neither  have  they  *  sought  Jehovah 
of  hosts.  14  Therefore  Jehovah 
^  will  cut  off  from  Israel  "  head  and 
tail,  palm-branch  and  rush,  ^in 
one  day.  15  "The  elder  and  the 
honorable  man,  he  is  the  head ; 
and    the    prophet    that    teacheth 

*  lies,  he  is  the  tail.  1 6  "  For 
they  that  lead  this  people  cause 
them  to  err ;  and  they  that  are 
led  of  them  are  "destroyed.  17 
Therefore  the  Lord  will  ''not  re- 
joice    over     their     young     men, 

*  neither  will  he  have  compassion 
on  their  fatherless  and  widows ; 
for  every  one  is  •'^  profane  and 
an  «' evil-doer,  and  every  ''mouth 
speaketh  folly.  'For  all  this  his 
anger  is  not  turned  away,  but  his 
hand  is  stretched  out  still. 

1  Or,  Wnvderful  counseHor 

2  Heb.  Father  of  Eternity.  8  Or,  hath  set 

*  Or,  hath  stirred    6  Or,  join  together   Or,  arm 
8  Or,  on  the  east  i  Or,  on  the  west 

8  Or,  have  devoured  *  Or,  hath  cut 

10  Heb.  swallowed  up. 


°  ch.  7.  14  ; 

11. 1,  2 ;  53. 

2;Lk.  2.11 
i>  Jn.  3.  16 
■=  Mt.  28.  18 ; 

1  Cor.  15. 

25 
rf  ch,  22.  22 
"  ch.  28.  29 
/ch.  10.  21; 

Dt.  10.  17 ; 

Neh.  9.  32 
V  ch.  63.  16 ; 

64.8 
h  ch.  26  3, 

12 ;  53.  5 ; 

54.  10 ;  66. 

12 
i  Dan.  2.  44 ; 

Lk.  1.  32, 

fc  ch.  16.  5 
'  ch.  11. 4, 5  : 

32.  1 ;  42.  3, 

4  ;  63.  1 
•"  ch.  37.  32  ; 

59.  17 
«  ch.  7.  8,  9 ; 

28.  1,  3 

0  ch.  46.  12 
P  Mai.  1.  4 
9  ch.  7.  1,  8 
'•2K.  16.  6 
»  2  Chr.  28. 

18 

1  Ps.  79.  7  : 
Jer.  10.  25 

"  ch.  5.  25 
"Jer.  5.  3; 

Hos.  7.  10 
"  ch.  31.  1 ; 

Hos.  3.  5 
y  ch.  19.  15 
'  Rev.  18.  8 
"  ch.  3.  2.  3 
b  ch.  28.  15  ; 

30.  9  ;  59.  3, 

4 ;  Jer.  23. 

14,  32  ;  Mt. 

24.  24 
<^  ch.  3.  12 ; 

Mt.  15.  14  ; 

23.  16,  24 
d  Jer.  18.  21 ; 

Am.  4.  10; 

8.13 
«  ch.  27. 11 
/  cli.  10.  6  ; 

32.6 
'J  ch.  1. 4  ;  14. 

20;  31.  2; 

Mio.  7.  2 
''  Mt.  12.  34 
'  ch.  6.  25 


fc  ch.  1.  7  ; 

Ps.  83. 14 ; 

Nah.  1. 10 ; 

Mai.  4. 1 
'  ch.  10.  6  ; 

13.9,13; 

42.  25 
"•  Joel  2.  3 
"  ch.  1.  31 ; 

24.6 

0  Mic.  7.  2,  6 
P  ch.  8.  21,  22 

1  ch.  49.  26 
""ch.  11.  13; 

2  Chr.  28. 

6,8 
*  ch.  5.  25 
t  ch.  29.  21 ; 

59.  4,  13 ; 

Ps.  94.  20 
«  ch.  5.  23 
''  ch.  1.  23 ; 

3.  14,  15 
^  Job  31.  14 
S'ch.  13.  6; 

26.  14,  21 ; 

2».  6 ;  Jer. 

9.  9 ;  Hos. 

9.  7 ;  Lk. 

19.44 

682 


18  *  For  wickedness  burneth  as 
the  fire ;  it  devoureth  the  briers 
and  thorns ;  yea,  it  kindleth  in 
the  thickets  of  the  forest,  and 
they  roll  upward  in  a  column  of 
smoke.  19  Through  the  'wrath 
of  Jehovah  of  hosts  is  the  '"land 
"  burnt  up  ;  and  "  the  people  are 
as  the  fuel  of  fire :  no  "  man  spar- 
eth  his  brother.  20  And  one  snail 
snatch  on  the  right  hand,  and  be 
p  hungry  •  and  he  shall  eat  on  the 
left  hand,  and  they  shall  not  be 
satisfied :  they  shall  eat  every 
man  the  « flesh  of  his  own  arm : 
21  Manasseh,  Ephraim;  and 
Ephraim,  Manasseh;  /and  they 
together  shall  be  against  Judah. 
'For  all  this  his  anger  is  not 
turned  away,  but  his  hand  is 
stretched  out  still. 
1  O  ^^^  unto  them  that 
J-V^  *  decree  unrighteous  de- 
crees, and  to  the  writers  that 
write  perverseness ;  2  "to  turn 
aside  the  needy  from  justice,  and 
to  rob  the  poor  of  my  people  of 
their  right,  "that  widows  may  be 
their  spoil,  and  that  they  may 
make  the  fatherless  their  prey  \ 
3  And  ^what  w:J  ye  do  in  the 
^  day  of  visitation,  and  in  the  deso- 
lation which  shall  come  'from  far? 
"  to  whom  will  ye  flee  for  help  ? 
and  where  will  ye  leave  your 
glory  1  4  ^'-^They  shall  only  bow 
down  under  the  *  prisoners,  and 
shall  fall  under  the  "  slain.  **  For 
all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned 
away,  but  his  hand  is  stretched 
out  still. 

5  ^'Ho  *  Assyrian,  the  -^rod  of 
mine  anger,  the  staff  in  whose 
hand  is  "  mine  indignation  !  6  I 
will  send  him  against  a  *  profane 
nation,  and  against  the  *  people  of 
my  wrath  will  I  *give  him  a 
charge,  to  take  the  spoil,  and  'to 
take  the  prey,  and  '■*  to  tread  them 
down  like  the  ™  mire  of  the  streets., 
7  Howbeit  he  "meaneth  not  so, 
neither  doth  his  heart  think  so ; 
but  it  is  in  his  heart  to  destroy, 
and  to  cut  off  nations  not  a  few. 

^ch.  5.  26  «ch.  20.  6;  30.  5, 7;  31.  3  l>  ch.  24.  22 
^  ch.  22.  2  ;  34.  3  ;  66. 16  d  ch.  5.  25  '  ch.  7.  17  ; 
8.  7  /  Jer.  51.  20  i  ch.  13.  5 ;  30.  30 ;  34.  2 ;  66.  14 
h  ch.  9.  17  '  ch.  9.  19  *  ch.  37.  26,  27  ;  Jer.  34.  22 
'  ch.  5.  29  •"  ch.  5.  25  "  Gen.  50.  20 ;  Mic.  4. 11, 
12;  Acts2.  23,  24 


"  Or,  darkened 

"  Or,  Without  me  they  shall  bow  down  Ste. 

13  Or,  Woe  to  A-ishur 

14  Heb.  to  make  them  a  treading  down. 


10.8 


ISAIAH 


10.33 


Issfria  shall  in  tarn  b«  panished.    1  Remnant  of  Israel  iball  retarn.    The  Issjrian  InTuion  shall  be  frutrated 


8  For  he  saith.  "  Are  not  my 
princes  all  of  them  kiiiRs  I  9  Ls 
not  *  Calno  as  "  Carchemish  ?  is 
not  **  Hamath  as  Aipad!  is  not 
'Samaria  as  -'Damascus!  10  As 
my  hand  hath  '  t'uund  the  "  king- 
doms of  the  idols,  whose  graven 
images  did  excel  them  of  .Jeru- 
salem and  of  ISamaria  ;  1 1  shall  I 
not,  as  I  have  done  unto  Samaria 
and  her  idols,  so  do  to  Jerusalem 
and  ''  lier  itlols? 

12  Wherefore  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  that,  ^yhen  the  Lord  hath 
performed  his  whole  '  work  upon 
mount  Zion  and  on  Jerusalem,  1 
will  '^punish  the  fruit  of  the  'stout 
heart  of  the  king  of  Assyria,  and 
"•the  glory  of  his  high  looks.  l."> 
For  "  he  hath  said.  By  the  strength 
of  my  hand  I  have  done  it,  and 
by  my  wisdom ;  for  I  have  under- 
standing :  and  I  have  "  removed 
the  bounds  of  the  peoples,  and 
have  robbed  their  treasures,  and 
like  a  valiant  man  I  have  brought 
down  ^  them  that  sit  on  thrones  : 
14  and  my  hand  hath  found  as  a 
''  nest  the  riches  of  the  peoples ; 
and  as  one  gathereth  eggs  that  are 
forsaken,  have  I  gathered  all  the 
earth  :  and  there  was  none  that 
moved  the  wing,  or  that  opened 
the  mouth,  or  chirped. 

15  Shall  the  *axe  "■  boast  itself 
against  him  that  heweth  there- 
with ?  shall  the  saw  magnify  itself 
against  him  that  wieldeth  it?  as  if 
'a  rod  should  wield  them  that  lift 
it  up,  or  as  if  'a  staff  should  lift  up 
him  that  is  not  wo(xl.  IG  There- 
fore will  the  Lord,  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  send  among  his  "fat  ones 
'leanness;  and  ■'under  his  •'glory 
there  shall  be  kindled  a  burning 
like  the  burning  of  tire.  17  And 
the  *  light  of  Israel  will  be  for  a  fire, 
and  his '  Holy  One  for  a  tlanie  ;  and 
it  will  "burn  and  devour  his  thorns 
and  his  briers  in  one  day.  18  And 
he  will  *  consume  the  glory  of  his 
'forest,  and  of  his  fruitful  field, 
both  soul  and  body :  and  it  shall 
be  ''as  when  a  st^mdard-bearer 
fainteth.  19  And  the  ''remnant  of 
the  trees  of  his  forest  .shall  l)e  few, 
so  that  a  child  may  write  them. 

20  And  it  shall  come  to  pa.ss  in 
that  day,  that  the  'remnant  of  Is- 
rael, and  they  that  are  •'escaped  of 
the  house  of  Jacob,  shall  no  more 

1  Or.  reached  '  Heb.  lisil  upon. 

»  Or,  the  inhabitants      «  Or,  instead  of 
*  Or,  a*  vchen  a  tick  man  pineth  away 


"  ver  9-n  : 

ch.  3K.  18- 

20;   37.   10- 

13  ;  •.'  K.  18. 

24,  34  ;  19. 

10,  «c. 
fcGen.  10. 10; 

Am.  6.  2 
'  2  Chr.  35. 

20 
<'  Num.  34.  8 
'  2  K.  17.  6 
/2K.  16.9 
"  2  K.  19.  17, 

18 
^  ch.  2.  8 
'  cli  28.  21. 

22  ;  2!).  14  ; 

6.5.  7  ;  2  K. 

ID.  31 
I  ver.  33,  34  ; 

ch.  14.  '2f>\ 

30.  31-33 : 

31.8,!);  37. 

7,36-38; 

2  K.  19. 

3,V37 
'  ver  7 
"'  ch.  37.  23 
■'  ch.  37. 

24-.>7 ;  2  K. 

19.  22-21  ; 

Ezek  28  4; 

Dan.  4.  30 
"  Hab  2  6-11 
''  Jer.  49.  16  ; 

Obad.  4 
1  .ler.  SI.  20 
"■  ch.  29.  16  ; 

45.  9- 

Rom  0.20,21. 

•  Tcr.  .'5 
'  ver.  5 

"  ch.  17.  4 
•■  Ps.  106.  15 
'  Ter. 13  ; 

ch.  8.  7 
V  ch.  30.  33  ; 

31.9 

•  ch.  S7.  23 
"  ch.  27.  4  ; 

33.  12 ; 

Num.  U. 

1-3 ;  Jer. 

4.  4  ;  7.  20 
t>  ver.  33,  34 
«  Jer.  21.  14; 

Ezek.  20. 

47,48 
dch.  21.  17 
"ch.  1.9:  11. 

11, 16  ;  48. 3 
.''ch.  4.  2; 

37.  31,  32 


"  2  K.  16.  7  : 

2  Chr.  23. 20 
''Ch.  17.7,8; 

50.  10  ; 

2Chr.l4.11 
■  ch.  6.  13 
Itch.  9.6 
'  Rom.  9.  27, 

28 
"•ch.  28.  22: 

I>an.  9.  27  ; 

Rom.  9.  28 
"  ch.  6.  12 
"  Ps.  87.  8,  6 
P  ch.  7.  4  : 

12.  2  ;  .T7.  6 
1  Ex.  .V  14-16 
-•ch.  17.  14; 

Hag.  2.  6 
'  ver.  5; 

ch.  26.  20 
'ch.37. 

36-38 
"  ch   9.  4  ; 

JudK.  7.  25 
■■Kx.14.  16 
••  Ex.  14.  27 
»  ch,  9,  4  ; 

14  25 

ti83 


again  lean  up<in  ^hini  that  smote 
them,  but  shall  ''lean  upon  Jeho- 
vah, the  Holy  One  of  Israel,  in 
truth.  21  "\  'remnant  .shall  re- 
turn, eveyi  the  remnant  of  Jacob, 
unto  the  *  mighty  Clod.  22  Fur 
'though  thy  people,  Israel,  \ni  aa 
the  sand  of  the  .sea,  only  a  remnant 
'of  them  shall  return  :  a  '"destruc- 
tion is  determined,  ovcrllowinc 
with  righteousness.  2'6  For  a  full 
end,  and  that  determined,  will  tho 
Lord,  Jehovah  of  hosts,  make  in 
the  "midst  of  all  the  ''earth. 

2-i  Therefore  thus  saith  the 
Lord,  Jehovah  of  hosts,  O  my 
people  that  dwellest  in  "Zion,  ''l)e 
not  afraid  of  "the  A.ssyrian,  though 
he  "smite  thee  with  the  rod,  and 
lift  up  his  staft"  against  thee,  after 
the  manner  of  Egyjit.  2.5  For  vet 
a  very  ''little  while,  and  the  'inaig- 
nation  against  thee  shall  be  accom- 
plished, and  mine  anger  s/ui/l  /^ 
directed  to  his  destruction.  26 
And  Jehovah  of  hosts  will  'stir  up 
against  hinj  a  .scourge,  as  in  the 
slaughter  of  "  Midian  at  the  rock 
of  Oreb  :  and  '"his  ""rod  will  be  over 
the  sea,  and  he  will  lift  it  up  ■'after 
the  manner  of  Eg>T)t.  27  And  it 
shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day, 
that  his  *  burden  shall  depart  from 
off  thy  shoulder,  and  his  yoke  from 
off  thy  neck,  and  the  yoke  shall  be 
destroyed  by  rea.son  'of  " fatne.ss. 

28  He  is  come  to  Aiath,  he  is 
pas.sed  through  "Migron;  at  *Mich- 
mash  he  layeth  up  his  '  Imggage  ; 
29  they  are  gone  over  the  pa,ss  ; 
'-thej'  have  taken  up  their  uxlg- 
ing  at  ■*  Geba  ;  '  llama n  trembleth  ; 
'Gibeah  of  Saul  is  tied.  .'50  Cry 
aloud  with  thy  voice,  O  daughter 
of  "  Gallim  !  hearken,  O  Lai.shah  ! 
O  thou  poor" Anat both!  lil  |Mad- 
menah  is  a  fugitive;  the  inhabitants 
of  Gebim '''tlee  for  safety.  ^^2  This 
very  day  .shall  he  halt  at  *  Nob  :  he 
'shaketh  his  hand  at  the  mount  of 
the  '*""  daughter  of  Zion,  the  hill  of 
Jeru.salem. 

33  Behold,  the  Lord,  Jehovah  of 

•  ch.  30.  23  :  M.  2  '"18.14.2  »  1  8. 13.  2..5.  &o 
'  Judg.  18.  21  ;  1  3.  17.  22  ■<  .losh.  21  17  ;  1  3  IJ. 
Ifi  •  Joah.  18.  25  ;  1  8  7  17  /  1  S  10.  26  ''13.  2*. 
4«  "  Josh.  21.  18  ;  Jer  1  1  ■  Jooh.  15  31  :  Jer. 
48.  2  t  1  3.  21  1  :  22.  9  '  ch.  19.  16  ;  Zech.  2.  9 
"  ch.  1.  8 ;  Jer.  6.  23 


•  Heb  sh^nrjashub    See  ch.  7.  3 
7  Heb.  in  it        »  Or.  land        »  Heb.  Asihur. 
I*  Or,  as  his  rod  was  over  the  sea,  to  shall  he  Jtc 
n  Heb  oU 

1'  Or,  Oebn  is  our  Irxiging,  they  cry 
13  Or,  make  their  householda /If e 
^*  Another  reading  la,  tmun. 


10.34 


ISAIAH 


12.6 


Righteoiu  Reign  of  the  Branch  irom  Jesse's  Roots.    Jehovah  witi  recover  the  Ontrasts  of  Israel.    A  Song  of  Tlianks^ving 


hosts,  will  "lop  the  boughs  with 
terror :  and  the  *  high  of  stature 
shall  be  hewn  down,  and  the  lofty 
shall  be  brought  low.  34  And  he 
will  cut  down  the  thickets  of  the 
forest  with  iron,  and  ''Lebanon 
shall  fall  by  a  mighty  one. 

nAnd  there  shall  come  forth 
a  •*  shoot  out  of  the  '  stock  of 
Jesse,  and  a -^branch  out  of  his  roots 
shall  bear  fruit.  2  And  the ''Spirit 
of  Jehovah  shall  rest  upon  him,  the 
spirit  of  ''  wisdom  and  understand- 
ing, the  spirit  of  counsel  and 
'might,  the  spirit  of  knowledge 
and  of  the  fear  of  Jehovah.  3  And 
^  his  "delight  shall  be  in  the  fear  of 
Jehovah  ;  and  he  shall  not  judge 
after  the  *  sight  of  his  eyes,  neither 
decide  after  the  hearing  of  nis  ears ; 
4  but  with  '  righteousness  shall  he 
judge  the  ""poor,  and  decide  with 
equity  for  the  "meek  of  the  ^earth ; 
and  he  shall  smite  the  ^  eai'th  with 
the  "rod  of  his  mouth ;  and  with  the 
p  breath  of  his  lips  shall  he  slay  the 
wicked.  5  And  *  righteousness  shall 
be  the  girdle  of  his  waist,  and  'faith- 
fulness the  girdle  of  his  loins. 

6  And  the  "wolf  shall  dwell  with 
the  lamb,  and  the  leopard  shall  lie 
down  with  the  kid  ;  and  the  calf 
and  the  young  Hon  and  the  fatling 
together ;  and  a  little  child  shall 
lead  them.  7  And  the  cow  and 
the  bear  shall  feed  :  their  young 
ones  shall  lie  down  together ;  and 
the  'lion  shall  eat  straw  like  the 
ox.  8  And  the  sucking  child 
shall  play  on  the  hole  of  the  asp, 
and  the  weaned  child  shall  put  his 
hand  on  the  adder's  den.  9  They 
shall  "  not  hurt  nor  destroy  in  all 
my  holy  mountain  ;  for  the  "  earth 
shall  be  full  of  the  knowledge  of 
Jehovah,  as  the  waters  cover  the 
*  sea. 

10  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  that  the  *root  or  Jesse, 
that  standeth  for  an  '  ensign  of  the 
peoples,  unto  him  shall  the  "nations 
seek ;  and  his  *  resting-place  shall 
be  *  glorious. 

11  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  that  the  Lord  *will  set  his 
hand  again  the  second  time  to  ^  re- 
cover the  "remnant  of  his  people, 
that  shall  remain,  from  ''Assyria, 
and  from  ^  Egypt,  and  from  Path- 
ros,  and  from  Cush,  and  from 
•^Elam,  and  from  Shinar^  and  from 

1  Or,  he  shall  be  of  quick  understanding 

2  Heb.  scemi.         »  Or,  land        4  Heb.  glory. 

6  Or,  will  again  the  second  time  recover  with 
\u  hand  ^  Or,  purduat  -See  Ex.  15. 16. 


°  ch.  18.  5  , 

27.  11 

6  ch.  37.  24, 

36-38 ; 

Ezek.  31,  3 ; 

Am.  2.  9 
«  eh.  2.  13  ; 

33.  9  ;  37.  24 
d  ch.  4.  2  ; 

S3.  2 
'  ver.  10 ; 

ch.  9.  7  ; 

Acts  13.  23 
/ch.  6.  13; 

Jer.  23.  5 ; 

Zech.  3.  8 
0  ch.  42.  1 ; 

43.  16  ;  61. 

1 ;  Mt.  3. 

16 ;  Jn.  1. 

32 
^  Jn.  16.13; 

1  Cor.  1. 

30 ;  Eph.  1. 

17,18 
•  2  Tim.  1.  7 
k  Jn.  2.  25  ; 

7.24 
'  ch.  9.  7  ; 

16.  5 ;  32.  1 
""  ch.  3.  14  ; 

Ps.  72.  2, 14 
"  ch.  29.  19  ; 

32.  7 ;  61.  1 
°  ch.  49.  2  ; 

Ps.  2.  9  ; 

Mai.  4.  6 
P  ch.  30.  28, 

33  ;  Job  4. 

9  ;  2  Th.  2. 

8 
9  Eph.  6.  14 
■"  ch.  25.  1 
»  ch.  65.  25 
(  ch.  65.  25 
«  ch.  65.  25  ; 

Job  5.  23 ; 

Ezek.  34. 

25 ;  Hos. 

2.  18 
"  ch.  45.  6  ; 

52.  10  ;  66. 

16-23 ;  Ps. 

98.  2,  3  ; 

Hab.  2.  14 
"  ch.  48.  18 
y  ver.  1  ; 

Rom.  15. 12 
-  ver.  12 ; 

ch.  49.  22 ; 

62.  10  ; 

Jn.  3. 14, 

15 ;  12.  32 
«  Lk.  2.  32  ; 

Acts  11.  18 
i>  ch.  14.  3  ; 

28.  12 ;  30. 
15  ;  32.  17, 
18 ;  Jer.  6. 
16 ;  Hag. 
2.9 

<=  ch.  1.  9  : 

10.  20-22 ; 
37.  4,  31, 
32  ;  46.  3 

d  ch.  19. 
23-25 ;  Hos. 

11.  11  ; 
Zech.  10. 10 

«  ch.  19.  21, 
22 ;  Mic.  7. 
12 

/Gen.  10. 22; 
14.1 


^-ch 

24.  15 ; 

42. 

4,10, 

12 

49. 1 ; 

51. 

5;  60. 

9; 

66.19 

h  ver.  10 

"ch 

56,  8; 

■Zeph.3.10; 

Zech.  10.  6 

*ch 

24.18 

Hamath,  and  from  the  "^  islands  of 
the  sea.  1 2  And  he  will  set  up  an 
''ensign  for  the  nations,  and  will 
'assemble  the  outcasts  of  Israel, 
and  gather  together  the  dispersed 
of  Judah  from  the  *  four  corners  of 
the  earth.  1 3  The  '  envy  also  of 
Ephraim  shall  depart,  and  they 
that  vex  ® Judah  shall  be  cut  off: 
Ephraim  shall  not  envy  Judah, 
and  Judah  shall  not  vex  Ephraim. 

1 4  And  they  shall  "'  fly  down  upon 
the  shoulder  of  the  Philistines  on 
the  "west ;  together  shall  they  "de- 
spoil the  children  of  the  east :  they 
shall  put  forth  their  hand  upon 
^  Edom  and  «  Moab  ;  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon  shall  ''obey  them. 

15  And  Jehovah  wilP*  utterly  de- 
stroy the  tongue  of  the  Egyptian 
sea ;  and  with  his  scorching  wind 
will  he  'wave  his  hand  over  "the 
River,  and  will  smite  it  into  seven 
streams,  and  cause  men  to  march 
over  dryshod.  1 6  And  there  shall 
be  a  "highway  for  the  ^remnant  of 
his  people,  that  shall  remain,  from 
Assyria ;  like  as  there  was  for  Is- 
rael in  the  ^day  that  he  came  up 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

•^  O  And  "^in  that  day  thou 
X  ^  shalt  say,  "I  will  give  thanks 
unto  thee,  O  Jehovah ;  for  *  though 
thou  wast  angry  with  me,  ^°  thine 
anger  is  turned  away,  and  thou 
comfortest  me.  2  Behold,  "God  is 
my  salvation  ;  I  will  ''  trust,  and 
will  not  be  afraid  :  for  ""Jehovah, 
even  Jehovah,  is  my  strength  and 
spng ;  and  he  is  become  my  salva- 
tion. 3  Therefore  with  joy  shall 
ye  -^draw  water  out  of  the  ^  wells  of 
salvation.  4  And  in  that  day  shall 
ye  ^saj^  'Give  thanks  unto  Jeho- 
vah, ^^call  upon  his  name,  *  declare 
his  doings  among  the  peoples,  make 
mention  that  his  name  is  exalted. 
5  'Sing  unto  Jehovah;  for  he  liath 
done  ^^ excellent  things:  "let  this 
be  known  in  all  the  earth.     6  ""  Cry 

'  ch.  9.  21 ;  Jer.  3.  18 ;  Ezek.  37.  16,  17,  22 ;  Hos. 

1.  11  "'  Jer.  48.  40  ;  49.  22  ;  Hab.  1.  8  •'  ch.  9.  12 
"  Jer.  49.  28  v  ch.  63.  1 ;  pan.  11.  41 ;  Joel  3.  19  ; 
Am.  9.  12  9  ch.  16.  14  ;  25.  10  ''  ch.  14.  2  ;  2  S  12. 
26-29  *  ch.  43.  16  ;  44.  27  ;  50.  2  ;  51.  10, 11  '  ch. 
19.  16  "  ch.  7.  20  ;  8.  7  "  ch.  19.  23  ;  35.  8  ;  40.  3  ; 
62.  10  «  ver.  11  y  Ex.  14.  26-29  '  ch.  26.  1  "  ch. 
25.  1 ;  Ps.  9.  1  *  ch.  40.  1,  2 ;  54.  7-10 ;  Ps.  30.  5 
■^  ch.  33.  2  ;  45.  17  ;  62.  U  <'ch.  26.  3  «Ex.  15.  2; 
Ps.  118.  14    /Jn.  4.  10;  7.  37,  38     »  ch.  41.  18  ;  Jer. 

2.  13  ft  ch.  24. 15  ;  42.  12  ;  48.  20  <  Pg.  105.  1  *  Ps. 
145.  4  '  ch.  24.  14  ;  42.  10,  U  ;  44.  23  ;  Ex.  15. 1 ; 
Ps.  98. 1    '"  ch.  52.  9  ;  54.  1 ;  Zeph.  3.  14 


T  Or,  coast-lauds  8  Or,  in  Judah 

9  Heb.  devote. 

J"  Or,  let  thine  anger  turn  away,  and  comfort 
thou  me  ^^  Keb.  Jan  Jehovah. 

12  Or,  proclaim  his  name      13  Or,  gloriously 
14  Or,  th4s  i»  made  hnou>n'  ■    . 


13.1 


ISAIAH 


14.2 


Pnpkeqr  of  thf  fall  tf  Bmbylon.     Lsrsel'ii  Rutoratiw 


aloud  and  shout,  thou  '  inhabitant 
of  Zion  •  for  "threat  in  the  midst  of 
tliee  is  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

-[  O  The  "*  burden  of  'Biiby- 
JL  O  Ion,  which  "^  Isaiali  the  son 
of  Amoz  did  see. 

2  "  Set  ye  up  an  ensif^n  upon  the 
bare  ''mountain,  Hft  up  the  voice 
unto  them,  ^wave  the  hand,  that 
they  may  ^  go  into  the  gates  of  the 
nobies.  .S  I  have  commanded  my 
consecrated  ones,  yea,  i  liave  called 
my  'rai}j;hty  men  for  mine  auger, 
even  ^my  proudly  exulting  ones. 

4  The  *  noise  of  a  multitude  in  the 
mountains,  as  of  a  great  people  I 
the  noise  of  a  tumult  of  the  king- 
doms of  the  nations  gathered  to- 
gether !  Jehovah  of  hosts  is 
mustering  the  host  for  the  battle. 

5  They  come  fi-om  a  far  country^ 
from-  the  'uttermost  part  ot 
heaven,  even  '"  Jehovah,  and  the 
weapons  of  his  "  indignation,  "  to 
destroy  the  whole  land. 

6  Wail  ye:  for  the  ^'day  of  Je- 
hovah is  at  hand;  as '' destruction 
from  ■'the  Almiglity  shall  it  come. 
7  Therefore  shall  all  "■  hands  be 
feeble,  and  every  'heart  of  man 
shall  melt:  8  and  they  shall  be 
'dismayed  ;  *  pangs  and  sorrows 
shall  take  hold  of  them;  they  shall 
be  in  "  pain  as  a  woman  in  travail : 
they  shall  look  in  amazement  one 
at  another;  their  faces  shall  be 
faces  of  riame.  9  Behold,  the  "day 
of  .Jehovah  coraeth,  cruel,  with 
wrath  and  fierce  anger ;  to  makt- 
the  land  a  desolation,  and  to  de- 
stroy the  sinners  thereof  out  of  it. 
10  For  the  ■"  stars  of  heaven  and 
the  constellations  thereof  shall  not 
give  their  light;  tlie*sun  shall  be 
darkened  in  its  going  forth,  and 
the  moon  shall  not  cause  its  liglit  to 
shine.  11  And  I  will  -nnnish  tlie 
world  for  their  evil,  and  thi^  "\vicked 
for  their  iniquity  :  and  1  will  cause 
the  "arrogancy  of  the  proud  to 
cease,  and  will  lay  hnv  the  ''haugh- 
tiness of  the  ''terrible.  12  I  Avill 
make  a  man  more  'rare  than  fine 
gold,  even  a  man  than  the  pure 
''gold  of  Ophir.  l."3  Therefore  I 
will  make  the  ^heavens  to  tremble, 
and  the  earth  shall  be  *  shaken  out 
of  its  place,  in  the  wrath  of  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts,  and  in  the  day  of  his 
fierce  anger.     14  And  it  shall  come 

1  Heb.  ifihnbUri'.i.i  »  Or.  omcU  concerning 

3  Or,  thfm  IhnI  emit  in  my  mnjeshj 

*  Heb.  Shndddi.    See  Oen.  17   1. 

*  Or,  tkey  shall  take  hold  ufjmngsand  sorroivs. 


"ch.  1.  24; 

49.  •.'«  ■  6t). 

16:  /.epb. 

».  I.V17; 

Zecli.  2.  5, 

W.  n 
»cli.  U.23; 

15.  1.  Jtc. ; 

Jer.  ZL 

3U  41) 
'  ver.  la : 

eh.  14  4 ; 

Jer.  2».  1 ; 

an.  51  ; 

Alt  1   U ; 

Kav.  14.  6 
<i  cl».  1.  1 
■  ch.  5.  26; 

Jer.  4(1.  2 
/  Jer.  51.  25 
"  ih.  10.  Xi, 

11  16 
'•  ch.  4.'5.  1-3  ; 

Jer.  51.  .58 
>  Joel  a.  U 

*  ch.  5.  30: 
17.  12; 
Joel  .1  14 

'  ch.  5.  2fc ; 

7.  18 
'"  ch  42.  IJ 
"  ch.  10  5 

*  ch  24.  1; 
34   2 

>'  ver. !) :  ch. 

2.  12;  10.  ;i; 

34.  2.  M  ;  61. 

2 ;  KaoW. 

30.  3;  Am. 

5.  18; 

Zeph.  1.  7 
«cli.  la  25; 

14.  2:i ; 

Joel  1. 15 
•"  Eaok.  7.  17 
'  ch.  13.  1 ; 

Ezek.  21. 

7 ;  NalL  2. 

10 
'  ch.  2t  3 ; 

2K.  1».  28; 

Jer.  46.  5 
"  ch.  26.  17  ; 

Jer.  4.  31 ; 

Jn.  16.  21 
"  ver.  6  ;  cli. 

66.  15,  16 

*  ch.  5.  30 ; 
Joel  2.  10 ; 
Mt.  24.  2;t ; 
Mk.  13.  24  ; 
Lk.  21.  25 

■"  ch.  24.  23  : 

50.  3;  Acta 
2.  20 

'  cb.  26.  21 
"ch.  3.  11; 

U.  4;14.  5 
I'  ch.  2.  11 ; 

23.  a ;  Dan 

5.  22,  23 

••  Jer.  43.  29 
■'  ch.  25.  3  ; 

2;i.  .5.  20; 

49.  25 
'cD.  4.1; 

6.  11,  12 

/  1  K.  9.  23  ; 

Job  2^.  16 ; 

P8  45  9 
"ch.  34.  4; 

51.  fi 
Ach.  2. 19: 

24.1.19,20; 
Te  18.  7 ; 
Jer.  10.  10 ; 
Am.  8.  8; 
Hag.  2.  6 


■ch.  17.13; 

21.  15 ;  22. 

3;  33.  3 
k  1  K.  22. 17  ; 

.Mt  9.  36 ; 

Mk.  6.  34 ; 

685 


to  pus.s,  that  'as  the  cha.sed  *roe, 
and  as  *  sheep  that  no  man  gatlier- 
cth,  they  sliall  turn  every  man  to 
his  own  i)ec)ple,  and  shall  n<fi  'every 
man  to  his  own  land.  15  Kvery 
one  that  is  found  shall  be  '"thrust 
tlirough;  and  every  one  that  Is 
^tJiken  shall  full  hy  the  swoni.  IG 
Their  "  infants  alst)  shall  be  dashed 
in  pieces  before  their  eyes;  their 
hou.ses  shall  be  ritled.  and  their 
wives  ravished. 

17  Behold,  1  will  stir  up  the 
"Medcs  against  them,  who  shall  not 
reg-ard  silver,  and  as  for  gol(i,  they 
shall  ''not  delight  in  it.  18  And 
their  ho\ys  shall  dash  the  ''young 
men  in  pieces  ;  and  ''  they  shall  have 
no  pity  on  the  fruit  of  the  womb; 
their  'eye  shall  not  spare  cliildren. 
19  And  'Babylon,  the  glory  of 
kingdoms,  the  "beauty  of  the 
Chaldeans'  pride,  shall  be  as  when 
God  'overtnrew  Soilom  and  Go- 
morrah. 20  It  shall  ■''iK'ver  be  in- 
habited, neither  shall  it  be  dwelt 
in  from  generation  to  generation: 
neither  shall  the  "Arabian  pitch 
tent  there  ;  neither  shall  shepherds 
make  their  flocks  to  lie  down  there. 

21  But  -wild  beasts  of  the  desert 
shall  lie  there ;  and  their  houses 
shall  be  full  of  dcjleful  creaturea; 
and  ostriches  shall  dwell  there, 
and  "  wild  goats  shall  dance  there. 

22  And  *wolyes  .shall  "crj-  in  their 
castles,  and  jackals  in  the  pleasant 
*  palaces :  and  her  time  is  near  to 
come,  and  her  days  shall  ncjt  l)e 
prolonged. 

MFor  Jehovah  will  "have 
compassion  on  Jacob,  and 
will  yet  ''choose  Israel,  and  set 
them  in  their  own  land  :  and  the 
".sojourner  shall  join  himself  with 
them,  and  they  shall  cleave  to  the 
house  of  .Jacob.  2  And  the  •''peo- 
ples shall  tiike  them,  and  bring 
them  to  their  place ;  and  t  he  '  hou.ser 
of  Lsrael  shall  po.ssess  them  in  the 
land  of  Jehovah '■for  sei-Aants  and 
for  handmaids  :  and  they  shall  take 

1  Pet  2.  25  '  nh.  47.  l.->  •"  ch.  14.  19  :  .lor.  50.  2! ; 
.)1.  3.  4  "  ver.  IS  ;  ch.  14.  21 ;  V».  1.17.  8,  9  ;  Ho. 
in.  14  ;  Nah.  3.  10     "  rh.  21.  2  ;  Jer  .51   11  ;  Dan  V 

28,  31  P  Prov.  6.  34,  .%5  «  2  K  8.  12 ;  2  Chr.  3C.  17 
•■  ver.  16  "  Kifk.  9  5.  10  t  ch.  21  !• ;  47.  5,8  ;  48. 1* 
"  D.VI.  4.  .•» ;  Rev.  IK  11-16.  19     '  Gen.  L9.  24  :  X)K 

29.  23  ;  .ler.  49.  18 ;  Am.  4.  11  '  oh  14.  23  ;  34.  lit- 
is :  Jer.  51.  37-43  "  2  Chr.  17.  11  '  ch.  34.  11-1.". ;, 
Zeph.  2.  14  "  Lev.  17.  7  '■  ch  2'..  2  ;  32.  14  ;  34  R 
'  ch  49  13.  15  ;  .54  7.  «  :  Ps.  102.  13  -<  ch.  41.  8,  9 ; 
44,  1  :  49.  7  ;  Zech.  1.  17  :  2  12  '  ch.  45.  14  ;  49.  23  ; 
.56.  3,  6:  60.  4,  .5,  10;  Zech.  8,  22,  23 ;  Kph.  2.  12  19 
/^ch  49  22  I'ch.  45.  14;  49.  23;  M.  3  *  cb.  CO.  10  ; 
61.  5 ;  Dan.  7.  18,  27 


*  Or,  gaz^l If  7  Or.  /otV "f  th 

'  Heb.  holding  crealuret         »  or,  oMMier 


to 


14.3 


ISAIAH 


14.30 


A  Song  of  Triamph  over  Babylon.    Oracle  concerning  Fhilistia 


them  captive  whose  captives  they 
were ;  and  they  shall  rule  over  their 
oppressors. 

3  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the 
day  that  Jehovah  shall  give  thee 
"rest  from  thy  sorrow,  and  from 
thy  trouble,  and  from  the  hard 
service  wherein  thou  wast  made  to 
serve,  4  that  thou  shalt  take  up 
this  parable  against  the  king  of 
*  Babylon,  and  say,  How  hath  the 
"oppressor  ceased  !  the  ^ golden  city 
ceased  !  5  Jehovah  hath  broken  the 
staff  of  the  wicked,  the  sceptre  of 
the  rulers;  6  ^''tnat  smote  the 
peoples  in  wrath  with  a  continual 
stroke,  that  ruled  the  nations  in 
anger,  with  a  persecution  that  none 
restrained.  7  The  whole  earth  is 
at  rest,  and  is  quiet :  they  *  break 
forth  into  singing.  8  Yea,  the  fir- 
trees  rejoice  at  thee,  and  the  cedars 
of  Lebanon,  saying.  Since  thou  art 
laid  low,  no  newer  is  come  up 
against  us.  9  -^Sheol  from  beneath 
is  moved  for  thee  to  meet  thee  at 
thy  coming;  it  stirreth  up  ^the 
dead  for  thee,  even  all  the  ^  chief 
ones  of  the  earth  ;  it  hath  raised  up 
from  their  thrones  all  the  kings  of 
the  nations.  10  *A11  they  shall 
answer  and  say  unto  thee.  Art  thou 
also  become  weak  as  we  ?  art  thou 
become  like  unto  US'?  11  Thy 
*pomp  is  brought  down  to  Sheol, 
and  the  noise  of  thy  viols :  the 
'worm  is  spread  under  thee,  and 
worms  cover  thee. 

12  How  art  thou  *  fallen  from 
heaven,  O  'day-star,  son  of  the 
morning!  how  art  thou  cut  down 
to  the  ground,  that  didst  ""  lay  low 
the  nations!  13  And  thou  saidst 
in  thy  heart,  I  will  "ascend  into 
heaven,  I  will  "exalt  my  throne 
above  the  stars  of  God ;  and  I  will 
sit  upon  the  mount  of  congrega- 
tion, in  the  uttermost  parts  of  the 
north  ;  14  I  will  ascend  above  the 
heights  of  the  clouds  ;  I  will  make 
myself  like  the  Most  High.  1 5  Yet 
thou  shalt  be  ^brought  down  to 
Sheol,  to  the  uttermost  parts  of  the 
pit.  1 6  They  that  see  thee  shall 
"gaze  at  thee,  they  shall  consider 
thee,  saying,  ''Is  this  the  man  that 
made  the  earth  to  tremble,  that 
did  shake  kingdoms ;  1 7  that  made 
the  world  as  a  'wilderness,  and 
overthrew  the  cities  thereof;  that 
'let  not  loose  his  prisoners  to  their 

1  Or,  exactress 

2  Or,  he  (hat  smote  .  .  .  i«  perseeuted,  and  none 
hindereth  3  Or,  the  shades    Heb.  Rephaim. 

♦  Heb.  he-goats. 


«  ch.  11. 10 ; 

40.  2 ;  Ezr. 

9, 8, 9 ;  Jer. 

30.  10 ;  46. 

27 
6  Ch.  13. 1, 19 
"  ch.  9. 4  :  13. 

11 ;  16.  4  ; 

49.  26 ;  51. 
13 ;  54.  14 

d  ch.  10. 14  ; 

47.6 
«  Ps.  47. 1-3  ; 

98.  1-9 ; 

126.  1-3 
/ch.  5.  14 
y  Ezek.  32. 

21 
h  ch.  5.  14 ; 

Ezek.  28. 

13 
'  ch.  51.  8  ; 

66.  24 ;  Job 

17.  14  ;  24. 

20 
*ch.  34.  4; 

Lk.  10.  18 ; 

Rev.  9.  1 
'2  Pet.  1. 

19 ;  Rev.  2. 

28  ;  22.  16 
'"  ch.  10.  13 
"  Ezek.  28.  2 
"  Dan.  5.  22 ; 

8. 10;2Th. 

2.  4 
v  ch.  47.  11  ; 

Ezek.  28. 

8 ;  Mt.  11. 

23 ;  Lk.  10. 

15 
«  Rev.  18.  9, 

18 
»■  ver.  6 ;  Ps. 

52.  7  ;  Jer. 

50.  23 

*  Joel  2.  3 
t  ch.  45.  13  ; 

2  K.  15.  29  ; 

24.  14-16 


"  ch.  22. 

16-18 ;  1  K. 

21. 19 ;  Jer. 

8.1,2 
"  Jer.  41.  7,  9 
*  ch.  5.  25 
y  ch.  1.  4  ; 

31.  2 ;  Job 

18.  16,  19 ; 

Ps.  21.  10 ; 

37.28 
^  ch.  13.  16  ; 

Ex.  20.  5 ; 

Lev.  26. 

39 ;  Mt.  23. 

35 
"^  ch.  27.  6 
b  ch.  26.  14 
'  Prov.  10.  7 
d  ch.  47.  9 ; 

Job  18.  19 
«  ch.  13.  21 ; 

34.  11-15 ; 

Zeph.  2.  14 
/ch.  13.  6; 

1  K.  14.  10 
!?  ch.  45.  23  ; 

49.  18  ;  54. 

9  ;  62.  8 
A  ch.  46.  11 ; 

55.  8,  9 ; 

Job  23.  13 ; 

Acts  4.  28 
t  ch.  10,  12  ; 

30.  31 ;  31. 

8 ;  37.  7, 

36-38 
fcch.  9.4; 

10.  27; 

Nah.  1.  13 
ich.  23.9; 

Zeph.  3.  6, 

8 
"<■  Ex.  15. 12 

386 


homel  18  All  the  kings  of  the 
nations,  all  of  them,  sleep  in  glory, 
every  one  in  his  own  house.  19 
But  thou  art  "  cast  forth  away  from 
thy  sepulchre  like  an  abominable 
branch,  ^clothed  with  the  slain, 
that  are  thrust  through  with  the 
sword,  that  go  down  to  the  stones 
of  the  "pit;  as  a  ^dead  body  trod- 
den under  foot.  20  Thou  shalt  not 
be  joined  with  them  in  burial,  be- 
cause thou  hast  destroyed  thy  land, 
thou  hast  slain  thy  people;  the 
^seed  of  evil-doers  shall  not  be 
named  for  ever. 

21  Prepare  ye  ^slaughter  for  his 
children  for  the  ^iniquity  of  their 
fathers,  that  they  rise  not  up,  and 
possess  the  earth,  and  "  fill  the  face 
of  the  world  with  cities.  22  And 
I  will  rise  up  against  them,  saith 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  and  *cut  off  from 
Babylon  ""name  and  remnant,  anil 
''son  and  son's  son,  saith  Jehovah. 
23  I  will  also  make  it  a  possession 
for  the  "porcupine,  and  pools  of 
water  :  and  I  will  sweep  it  with  the 
besom  of  •'^destruction,  saith  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts. 

24  ^  Jehovah  of  hosts  hath  sworn, 
saying.  Surely,  ''  as  I  have  thought, 
so  shall  it  come  to  pass ;  and  as  I 
have  purposed,  so  sliall  it  stand : 
25  that  I  will  'break  the  Assyrian 
in  my  land,  and  upon  my  moun- 
tains tread  him  under  foot :  then 
shall  his  *yoke  depart  from  of! 
them,  and  his  burden  depart  from 
off  their  shoulder.  26  This  is  the 
'purpose  that  is  purposed  upon  the 
whole  earth  ;  and  this  is  the  "'  hand 
that  is  stretched  out  upon  all  the 
nations.  27  For  "Jehovah  of  hosts 
hath  purposed,  and  who  shall  annul 
if?  and  his  hand  is  stretched  out, 
and  who  shall  turn  it  back  It 

28  In  the  "  year  that  king  Ahaz 
died  was  this  ''*' burden. 

29  Bejoice  not,  O  «Philistia,  all 
of  thee,  because  the  rod  that  ''smote 
thee  is  broken ;  for  out  of  the  ser- 
pent's root  shall  come  forth  an 
"adder,  and  his  fruit  shall  be  a 
'fiery  flying  serpent.  30  And  the 
first-born  of  the  "poor  shall  feed, 
and  the  needy  shall  lie  down  in 
safety;  and  I  will  kill  thy  root 
with  "famine,    and    thy  remnant 

"  ch.  43. 13  ;  2  Chr.  20.  6  ;  Dan.  4.  31,  35  "2  K.  16. 
20 ;  2  Chr.  28.  27  p  ch.  13.  1  9  ch.  2.  6 ;  11. 14  ;  Jer 
47.  1-7  "■  2  Chr.  26.  6  '  ch.  11.  8  '  ch.  30.  6  "  ch. 
3.  14, 15 ;  7.  21,  22 ;  11.  4    "  ch.  8.  21 ;  9.  20  ;  61. 19 

6  Or,  as  the  raiment  of  those  that  are  slain 
6  Or,  a  place  of  slaughter        '  Or,  oracle 


14.31 


ISAIAH 


16.12 


Oracle  nnrernln;  Noib.    D«rutstion  «r  lotb 


shall  be  "slain.  31  Howl,  () '"Kate; 
cry,  O  city ;  thou  art  melted  away,  C) 
'  rnilistia,  all  of  thee ;  for  there  com- 
pth  a  smoke  out  of  the  ''north,  and 
'  'there  is  no  straggler  in  his  ranks. 
'.V2  What  then  siiall  one  answer 
the  •'messengers  of  the  nation? 
That  "Jehovah  hath  founded  Zion, 
and  *in  her  shall  the  afflicted  of 
his  people  take  refuge. 

-f  ^  The  2  burden  of 'Moab. 
J-tJ  For  *  in  a  night  Ar  of  Moab 
is  laid  waste,  arul  brought  to 
nought;  for  ^in  a  night  *Kir  of 
Mosib  is  laid  waste,  aiid  brought  to 
nought.  2  *They  are  gone  up 
to  *  Bavith,  and  to  '  Dibon,  to 
the  hign  places,  to  weeij :  Moab 
waileth  *over  Nebo,  and  "over 
Medeba ;  on  all  their  heads  is 
"  baldness,  every  beard  is  cut  off". 
3  In  their  streets  they  gird 
themselves  with  "  sackcloth  ;  "  on 
their  housetops,  and  in  their 
broad  places,  every  one  waileth. 
''weeping  abundantly.  4  Ana 
'Heshbon  crieth  out,  and  Elealeh  ; 
their  voice  is  heard  even  unto 
Jahaz :  therefore  the  armed  men 
of  Moab  cry  aloud  ;  his  soul  trem- 
bleth  within  him.  5  My  heart 
crieth  out  for  Moab;  her  "nobles 
Jfee  unto  *■  Zoar,  **  to  Eglath-shelishi- 
yah  :  for  by  the  'ascent  of  Luhith 
with  weeping  they  go  up ;  for  in 
the  way  of  Horonaim  they  raise  up 
a  cry  'of  destruction.  6  For  the 
"  waters  of  Nimrim  shall  be/* deso- 
late ;  for  the  grass  is  withered 
away,  the  tender  grass  faileth, 
there  is  "  no  green  thing.  7  There- 
fore the  ^abundance  they  have 
gotten,  and  that  which  they  have 
laid  up,  shall  they  carry  away  over 
the  brook  of  the  willows.  8  For 
the  cry  is  gone  round  about  the 
borders  of  Moab ;  tlie  wailing 
thereof  unto  Eglaim,  and  the  wail- 
ing thereof  unto  Beer-elim.  9  For 
the  waters  of  Dimon  are  full  of 
blood  ;  for  I  will  bring  yet  more 
upon  Dimon,  a  *lion  upon  them  of 
Moab  that  escape,  and  upon  the 
remnant  of  the  land. 
i  f\  'Send  ye  the  lambs  for 
XVJ  the  ruler  of  the  land  from 
^""Selahto  the  wilderness,  unto  the 
*  mount  of  the  daughter  of  Zion. 

1  Or,  none  ntandelh  aloof  at  his  rrpprtrnlfd  times 
J  Or,  oracle  concerning  ^  Or,  in  the  iiiglit 

<  Or,  Bayith  and  Dibon  are  gone  uv  to  tfie  hi<jh 
places  »  Or,  the  temple 

«  Or,  upon      '  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  fugili  res 
8  Or.  as  a  heifer  three  years  old 
*  Heb.  desolatiom.  >»  Or,  Petra 


"  Jer.  2.5  16, 

2U ;  Zech. 

».  5,  6 
(•ch.  3.  26; 

24.  12  ;  46.  2 
'  ver.  29 
•*  Jer  1.  14 
'  ch.  34.  16 
/  ch.  37.  9 
"  ch.  26.  1  ; 

28.  16;  44. 

28;  .M.  11; 

Pe.  87. 1, 5  ; 

102.  16 
A  ch.  4.  6 ; 

•ii.  4  ;  f>T. 

13;  Zeph. 

3.  12 ;  Heb. 

11.  lU;  Jas. 

2.  5 
'  ch.  11.  14  ; 

2.V  10,  U ; 

Jer.  48 ; 

Ezek.  25. 

8-11;  Am. 

2.  1-3  ; 

Zeph.  2. 

8-11 
*  Jer.  48.  41 
'  Jer.  48.  18, 

22 
'"Lev.  21.5; 

Jer.  48.  37 
"  Jou.  3.  6-8 
">  Jer.  48.  38 
P  ch.  '22.  4 
3  Num.  21. 

28,  30 ; 

Jer.  48.  34 
"■  Jer.  48.  34 
'  Jer.  48.  5 
(  ch.  59.  7  ; 

Jer.  4.  20 
"  ch.  19.  5-7  ; 

Jer.  48.  34 
"  Joell. 

10-12;  2.  3 
'ch.30.  6: 

Jer.  48.  .Tfi 
Vi  K.  17.  2.-); 

Jer.  .^0.  17 
-•  2  K.  3.  4  ; 

Ezr.  7.  17 
«  ch.  42.  11  ; 

2  K.  14.  7 
t>  ch.  10.  32 


"  Prov.  27.  8 
rf  Jer.  48.  19, 

20,  46 
'Num.21. 

13,14 
/ch.  25.  4; 

.32.  2 ;  1  K. 

18.4 
"  ch.  9.  4  ; 

14.  4 ;  49. 

26;  51.  13; 

.54.  14 
h  ch.  9.  6.  7  ; 

32.  1  ;  5.5. 

4 ;  Dan.  7. 

14;  Mic.  4, 

7  ;  Lk.  1.  33 
>  ch.  9  7 
t  Jer.  48.  29  ; 

Am.  2.  1 : 

Obad.  .3,4; 

Zeph.  2.  8, 

10 
'  Jer.  48.  .10 
"'  1  Chr.  16.  3 
•'2K.  3  25; 

Jer.  48.  31 
"  ch.  1.5.  4 
PNum..T2.38 
1  Jer.  48  32 
••  Jer.  49.  32 
•ch.  15.  4 
'  Jer.  40.  10, 

12 ;  43.  32 
"ch.  24.  8: 

Jer.  48.  33 
•  ch.  24.  7  ; 

Judg.  9. 

687 


2  For  it  shall  Im>  that,  as  ""  wander- 
ing Inrds  as  a  scattered  n«'.st,  so 
shall  the  daughters  of  "^  Moab  be  at 
the  fords  of  the  'Arnoii.  ."i  (Jive 
coun.sel,  execute  justice  :  make  thy 
■'shade  as  the  nipht  in  tlie  midst  of 
the  noonday;  iiide  tiie  outeast.s ; 
bt^.tray  not  the  fugitive.  4  Let 
mine  outcasts  dwell  with  thee;  as 
for  Moab,  be  thou  a  covert  to  him 
from  the  face  of  the  destroyer. 
For  "  the  extortioner  is  brouglit  to 
nought,  destruction  cea.seth,  '"the 
"oppressors  are  consumed  out  of 
the  land.  5  And  a  *  throne  shall 
be  estaljlished  in  lovingkindne.ss  ; 
and  one  shall  sit  thereon  in  truth, 
in  tlie  tent  of  '  David,  judging,  ana 
seeking  justice,  and  swift  U)  do 
rightecjusness. 

6  *We  have  heard  of  the  pride 
of  Moab,  t/iat  he  is  very  proud  ; 
even  of  his  arrogancy,  and  his 
pride,  and  his  wrath  ;  '  his  boast- 
ings are  nought.  7  Therefore 
shall  Moab  wail  for  Moab,  e\ery 
one  shall  wail:  for  tlie  '-'"'raisin- 
cakes  of  "  Kir-hareseth  shall  ye 
mourn,  utterly  stricken.  8  For 
the  fields  of  "Heshbon  languish, 
ami  the  vine  of  ''Sibmah;  'Hhe 
lords  of  the  nations  have  broken 
down  the  choice  branches  thereof, 
which  reached  even  unto  .fazer, 
which  wandered  into  the  wilder- 
ness;  *its  shoots  were  si)read 
abroad,  they  passed  over  the  .sea. 
9  Therefore  I  will  ''weep  with  the 
weeping  of  Jazer  for  the  vine  of 
Sibmah ;  I  will  wat<M'  thee  with 
my  tears,  O  'Heshl)on,  and  '  Ek^a- 
len  :  for  upon  thy  'summer  fruits 
and  upon  thy  harvest  the  huttlf 
shout  is  fallen.  10  And  "gladne.ss 
is  taken  away,  and  joy  out  of  the 
fruitful  field;  and  in  the  'vine- 
yards there  .shall  1k'  no  singing, 
neither  joyful  noi.se  :  no  -^  treader 
shall  tread  out  wine  in  the  presses  ; 
I  have  made  the  vintage  .shout  to 
cease.  1 1  Wherefore  my  *  heart 
soundeth  like  a  harp  for  >loab,  and 
mine  inward  parts  for  Kir-heres. 
12  And  it  .shall  come  to  i)a.s.s,  when 
Moab  'presenteth  himself,  when 
he  "  wearieth  himself  upon  the 
*  high  place,  and  shall  come  to  his 

27;Am.  5.  U,  17  'Job  24. 11 :  Am  9  13  'ch.  15. 
5  ;  63  15 ;  Jer  48.  36 ;  Hos  lid;  Phil.  2. 1  '  Num. 
22.  «9-41 ;  Jer.  48.  3.5    •'  1  K.  18  29    i>  ch.  IS.  3 


It  OT.ertnrlinn 

1*  Heb  the  Ireaderi  doim.     U  Or,  foundations 
>♦  Or,  it!  choice  plant*  did  break  down  the  lord* 
of  naticnt 


16.13 


ISAIAF 


18.5 


Oracle  concerning  Dam&<i«as.    1  Prophecy  concerning  Ethiopia 


sanctuary  to  pray,  that  he  shall 
"  not  prevail. 

13  This  is  the  word  that  Jeho- 
vah spake  concerning  Moab  in 
time  past.  14  But  now  Jehovah 
hath  spoken,  saying,  Within  three 
years,  as  the  years  of  a  *  hireling, 
the  glory  of "  Moab  shall  be  brought 
into  contempt,  with  all  his  great 
multitude  ;  and  the  remnant  shall 
be  very  small  and  of  no  account. 

The    ^'^  burden   of    *Da- 


17 


mascus. 

Behold,  Damascus  is  •''taken 
away  from  being  a  city,  and  it 
shall  be  a  ruinous  "heap.  2  The 
cities  of  ^  Aroer  are  forsaken  ;  they 
shall  be  for  '  flocks,  which  shall  lie 
down,  and  *  none  shall  make  them 
afraid.  3  And  the  'fortress  shall 
cease  from  Ephraim,  and  the  king- 
dom 'from  Damascus,  and  the  rem- 
nant of  Syria ;  they  shall  be  as  the 
"'glory  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
saith  Jehovah  of  hosts. 

4  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  that  the  "  glory  of  Jacob 
shall  be  made  thin,  and  the  "  fat- 
ness of  his  flesh  shall  wax  lean. 
5  And  it  shall  be  ^as  when  the 
harvestman  gathereth  the  standing 
grain,  and  his  arm  reapeth  the 
ears  ;  yea,  it  shall  be  as  when  one 
gleaneth  ears  in  the  «valtey  of 
Kephaim.  6  Yet  there  shall  be 
left    therein     ''gleanings,    as    the 

*  shaking  of  an  olive-tree,  two  or 
three  berries  in  the  top  of  the 
uppermost  bough,  four  or  five  in 
the  outruost  branches  of  a  fruitful 
tree,  saith  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
Israel.  7  In  that  day  shall  men 
■'  look  unto  their  Maker,  and  their 
eyes  shall  have  respect  to  the  Holy 
One  of  Israel.  8  And  they  shall 
not  look  to  the  'altars,  the  work 
of  their  hands;  neither  shall  they 
have  respect  to  that  which  their 
"  fingers    have    made,    either    the 

*  Asherim,  or  the  sun-images.  9 
In  that  day  shall  their  strong  cities 
be  as  ^  the  forsaken  places  in  the 
wood  and  on  the  mountain  top, 
which  were  forsaken  from  before 
the  children  of  Israel ;  and  it  shall 
be  a  desolation.  10  For  2' thou  hast 
forgotten  the  ^God  of  thy  salva- 
tion, and  hast  not  been  mindful 
of  the  "  rock  of  thy  *  strength ; 
therefore  thou    plantest    pleasant 


1  Or,  Oracle  concerning 

2  Or,  from   Damascus;   and  the  remnant  of 
Syria  shall  Jtc. 

•i  Heb.  beating.  *  Or,  stronghold 


"  2  K.  19.  12 ; 
Ps.  115. 
4-7 ;  Jer. 
10.5; 

1  Cor.  8.  4 ; 
10.20 

(■ch.  21.  16; 

Job  7. 1 ; 

14.  6 
<=  cli.  25.  10 ; 

Jer.  48.  42 
dch.li.  1 
«  Gen.  14. 

15  ;  15. 2 ; 

2  K.  16.  9  ; 
Jer.  49.  23 ; 
Am.  1.3-5; 
Zech.  9.  1 ; 
Acts  9.  2 

/ch.  7.16; 

8.  4  ;  10.  9 
^  ch.  25.  2  ; 

Jer.  49.  2 ; 

Mic.  1.  6 
'•  J<Hm.  32. 

34 
'  ch.  7.  21, 

22 ;  Ezek. 

25,  5; 

Zeph.  2.  6 
k  Mic.  4.  4 
^ch.  7.8,16; 

8.4 
"'  ver.  4 ; 

Hob.  9.  11 
"  ch.  10.  3 
"  ch.  10.  16 
P  ver.  11 ; 

Jer.  51.  33 ; 

Joel  3. 13 ; 

Mt.  13.  30 
«  2  S.  5.  18, 

22 
>■  ch.  24.  13  ; 

27.12;  Dt. 

4.  27; 

Obad.  5 
»  ch.  10.  20 ; 

Hob.  3.  5 ; 

6. 1 ;  Mic. 

7.7 
«ch.  27.  9; 

2  Chr.  34.  7 
''ch.2.  8,20; 

30.  22  ;  31.  7 
"  Ex.  34. 13  ; 

Dt.  7.  5; 

Mic.  5.  14 
^  ch.  7.  25 
V  ch.  51.  13 
'  ch.  12.  2  ; 

33.  2:  61. 

10 ;  62.  11 ; 

Ps.  68.  19 
"  ch.  26.  4  ; 

30.  29  ;  44. 

8 ;  Dt.  32. 

4,  18,  31 


6  Mt.  21.  33 
"  Ps.  90.  6 
d  Job  4.  8  ; 

Hos.  8.  7 ; 

10,  13 
«  ch.  5.  30  ; 

8.  9,10;  13. 

4 ;  Jer.  6. 

23;  Ezek. 

43.2;  Lk. 

21.  25 
/Ps.  18.  4 
V  ch.  33.  3 
h  ch.  41.  11 ; 

Ps.  9.  5 
i  ch.  13.  14 
k  ch.  29.  5  ; 

41.  15, 16 ; 

Job  21. 18 ; 

P8.1.4;  83. 

13 
i  ch.  41.  12  ; 

2  K.  19.  35 
-"  ch.  3.  14, 

15  ;  16.  4 ; 

49.26; 


plants,  and  settest  it  with  ®  strange 
slips.  11  In  the  day  of  thy  planting 
thou  *hedgest  it  in,  and  in  the 
"  morning  tnou  makest  thy  seed  to 
blossom;  but  the  harvest  ^"^ flee th 
away  in  the  day  of  grief  and  of 
desperate  sorrow. 

12  Ah,  the  '^  uproar  of  many 
peoples,  ^  that  roar  like  the  roar- 
ing of  the  seas;  and  the  rushing 
of  nations,  that  rush  like  the  •''rush- 
ing of  mighty  waters!  13  The 
^  nations  shall  rush  like  the  rush- 
ing of  many  waters :  but  he  shall 
*  rebuke  '*  them,  and  "  *  they  shall 
flee  far  off,  and  shall  be  chased  *  as 
the  chaff  of  the  mountains  before 
the  wind,  and  like  the  whirling 
dust  before  the  storm.  14  At 
eventide,  behold,  terror ;  and  before 
the  morning  ^° '  they  are  not.  This 
is  the  ""  portion  of  them  that  despoil 
us,  and  the  lot  of  them  that  rob  us. 

-|  Q  Ah,  the  land  "of  the  rus- 
_LO  tling  of  wings,  which  is  be- 
yond the  rivers  of  ^^ "  Ethiopia  ;  2 
that  sendeth  ambassadors  by  the 
sea,  ^^even  in  vessels  of  "papyrus 
upon  the  waters,  saying.  Go,  ye 
swift  messengers,  to  a  nation 
^*^tall  and  smooth,  to  a  people 
« terrible  from  their  beginning 
onward,  a  nation  ^'^tbat  meteth 
out  and  treadeth  down,  whose  land 
the  rivers  ^'^  divide !  3  *■  All  ye  in- 
habitants of  the  world,  and  ye 
dwellers  on  the  earth,  when  an 
'ensign  is  lifted  up  on  the  moun- 
tains, '  see  ye  ;  and  when  the  trum- 
pet is  blown,  hear  ye. 

4  For  thus  hath  Jehovah  said 
unto  me,  I  will  be  still,  and  I  will 
behold  in  my  "dwelling-place, 
"  like  clear  heat  in  "  sunshine,  like 
a  cloud  of  ^  dew  in  the  heat  of  har- 
vest. 5  For  *  before  the  harvest, 
when  the  blossom  is  over,  and  the 
flower  becometh  a  ripening  grape, 
he  will  cut  off  the  sprigs  with  prun- 
ing-hooks,  and  the  ^spreading 
branches  will  he  take  away  and 

Judg.  5.  31 ;  Job  20.  29  "  ch.  20.  3-5  ;  2  K.  19.  9  ; 
Ezek.  30.  4,  5,  9;  Zeph.  2.  12;  3.  10  "  Ex,  2.  3 
'•  ver.  7  «  Gen.  10.  8,  9 ;  2  Chr.  12.  2-4  ;  14. 9  ;  16.  8 
'■  Ps.  49.  1 ;  Mic.  1.  2  '  ch.  5.  26  '  ch.  26.  U  "  ch. 
26.  21 ;  Hos.  5. 15  "2  S.  23.  4  ;  Hab.  3.  3,  4  "=  oh. 
26.  19 ;  Prov.  19.  12 ;  Hos.  14.  5  v  ch.  17. 10,  U ; 
Ezek.  17.  6-10    '  ch.  27.  11 


5  Or,  vine  slips  of  a  strange  god 

6  Or,  shall  be  a  heap  '  Or,  multi/ude 

8  Heb,  him.         9  jJeb.  he.        lo  Heb.  he  is. 
II  Or,  shadouinn  with  unngt      12  Heb.  Ck.«/i. 
13  Or,  and         k  Or,  dragged  away  andpeeUd 
IS  Or,  meted  out  and  trodden  down    Heb.  of 
line,  line,  and  of  treading  down. 

1°  Or,  have  despoiled        i?  Or,  when,  there  is 


18.6 


ISAIAH 


19.21 


9raci«  coacernini;  E^pt    DtvasUtion,  followai  bjr  >  Bttnra  to  JdiOTah 


cut  down.  6  They  shall  be  left  to- 
getlier  unto  the  "  ravenous  birds  of 
the  mountains,  and  to  the  beasts 
of  the  eartii  ;  and  the  ravenous 
birds  shall  sujumer  upon  them,  and 
all  the  bejists  of  the  earth  shall 
winter  upon  them.  7  In  that  time 
shall  a  present  be  brought  unto 
Jehovah  of  hosts  from  a  ''people 
'  tall  and  smooth,  eveii  from  a  p;eo- 
ple  terrible  from  their  befjiimint? 
onward,  a  nation  that  meteth  out 
and  treadethdown,  whoso  land  the 
rivers  divide,  to  the  °  place  of  the 
name  of  Jehovah  of  hosts,  tho 
mount  Zion. 

-j  Q  The  -  "^  burden  of  '  Egynt. 
A-\j  Behold,  Jehovah  -^rideth 
upon  a  swift  cloud,  and  cometh 
unto  Eg>'pt :  and  the  ^  idols  of 
Egypt  snail  tremble  at  his  pres- 
ence ;  and  the  ''  heart  of  Egypt 
shall  melt  in  the  midst  of  it.  2  Autl 
I  will  ^stir  up  the  Egyptians 
against  the  Egyptian>s :  ana  they 
shall  fight  'every  one  against  his 
brother,  and  every  one  against  his 
neighbor;  city  against  citj',  an-l 
kingdom  against  kingdom.  '^  And 
the  spirit  ot  Egypt  shaU  "'fail  in  the 
midst  of  it;  and  I  will  ''^  destroy 
the  counsel  thereof :  and  '  tlu^y  shall 
seek  unto  the  idols,  and  to  the 
®  charmers,  and  to  them  that  have 
familiar  spirits,  and  to  the  wizards. 
4  And  I  will  ^give  over  tho  Egyp- 
tians into  the  hand  of  a '"  cruel  lord  ; 
and  a  fierce  king  shall  rule  over 
them,  saith  the  Lord,  Jehovah  of 

hosts.  ,,  c  ••!  /. 

5  "  And  the  waters  shall  fail  from 
the  sea,  and  the  river  shall  be 
wasted  and  become  dry.  6  And 
"the  rivers  sliall  become  foul ;  the 
8 p streams  of  'Egypt  shall  be  dimin- 
ished and  dried  up  ;  '  tho  reeds  and 
flags  shall  wither  away.  7  The 
meadows  by  the  "■  Nile,  by  the  brink 
of  the  Nile,  and  all  the  sown  fields 
of  the  Nile,  shall  become  dry,  be 
driven  away,  and  be  no  more. 
8  And  the  'fishers  shall  lament, 
and  all  they  that  cast  angle  into 
the  Nile  shall  niijurn,  and  they  that 
spread  nets  upon  the  waters  shall 
languish.  9  Aloreover  they  that 
work  in  combed  flax,  and  they  that 
weave  ^" white  'cloth,  shall  be  con- 
founded.    10  And  'Hhe  '^"pUlars 

1  Or,  drag<]fii  awnt/  and  preUd 
a  Or,  nrncte  cinrrmiHg 
»  Or,  join  loq'lhfr    Or,  arm 
4  Heb.  he  emptied.  »  Heb.  iienltoui  up 

i  Or.  rfhirpTeTS      T  Or,  s.iulnp      »  Or,  cnnali 
»  Heb.  Masor.  *•  Or.  cotton     . 

"Beb.  A«r  pUUtt^  "  Or./ottmifliion* 


"  ch.  46.  U  ; 

.W.  y ;  Jer. 

l.'M;  Exak. 

a.'.  4-ti;  3U. 

17-iO 
l-ch.  45.  14; 

1*8.  M   ai ; 

Zt-ph.  3.  Ill; 

"  Zech.  14. 

16,  17 
•'  ch.  13. 1 
'  Jer.  46. 

ia-U6  ; 

Ezek.  29. 

3U.  31.  32 ; 

Joel  3.  IS) 
/  Pe.  is  y, 

10;  1U4.  3; 

Mt.  26.  64  ; 

Rev.  1.  7 
»  Kx.  12.  12  ; 

Jer.  43.  12 ; 

44.8 
Ach.  13.  7: 

Josh.  J.  11 
i  .Tudg.  T. 

22  ;  1  3.  14. 

20;  2Chr, 

2)).  23 ;  Mt. 

10.  2U  35 
fcver.  11-14 
'  ch.  8. 19  ; 

1  Chr.  10. 
13;  I>an. 

2  2 

"*  ch.  20.  4  : 

Jer.  4G.  26 ; 

Kzak.  2X 19 
"ch.  50.  2; 

Jer.  SI.  36; 

Ezek.  30. 12 
0  Ex.  7.  IS 
''  ch.  37.  25 
«ch.  1").  6; 

Ex.  2.  J : 

Job  8. 11 
•■  ch.  23.  3, 10 
•  Ezek.  47. 

10 ;  Hab.  1. 

15 
«  ProT.  7. 16 ; 

Ezek.  27.  7 
"  Pa.  11.  3 


•  ver.  3,  13 
'  cli.  30.  4  ; 

Num.  13 
22 ;  Vs.  73. 
12,43 
>'G«n.  41. 
33,39;  IK. 
4.  30; 
Acts  7.  22 

•  ch.  14.  24  ; 
Rom.  a.  17 

<•  Jer.  2.  16 ; 

46.  14.  li  ; 

Ezek.  30. 13 
(>  Zech.  10.  4 
Tror.12.8; 

Mt.  17.  17 
d  ch.  3.  12  ; 

9.16 

•  ch.  28.  7 
/ch.  9.  14,15 
"ch.  2.  19; 

U.  13 
Ik  2  Cor  5. 
11 :  Heb 
10.  31 

•  ch.  It.  IS; 
30.  32 

•  ch.  14  24  : 
Dan.  4  3') 

'  ch.  45.  23  ; 

6.5   16 
"  ch.  .56.  7  ; 

60.7 
"  Gen.  2S. 

18 ;  Ex.  24. 

4  ;  Josh. 

22.10,26.27 
<=  ch.  43.  3, 

6ti9 


of  Bq;/pt  shall  be  biX)kon  in  pieces : 
all  tliey  '■"  that  work  for  hire  sJuill 
be  grieved  in  soul. 

11  The  'princes  of  "Zoan  aro 
utterly  foolish  ;  the  counsel  of  the 
wLje.st  counsellors  of  l-'Luiraoh  is 
become  brutish  :  how  say  ye  unto 
I'luuaoh,  1  am  the  s(jn  of  the  ''  wi.se, 
the  son  of  ancient  kings  i  1 2  Where 
then  are  thy  wise  men  J  and  let 
them  tell  thee  now  ;  and  let  them 
know  what  Jehovali  of  hosts  hath 
'purposed  concerning  Egjpt.  13 
Ine  princes  of  Zoan  are  become 
fools,  the  princes  of  "Memphis  aro 
deceived  ;  tlusy  havo  caused  J^^gypt 
to  go  astray,  that  are  the  ''corner- 
stone of  her  tribes.  14  Jehovah 
hath  mingk'd  a  siiiiit  of  'jjerverse- 
ncss  in  the  midst  of  her  ;  and  "^  they 
have  caused  I'^ypt  to  go  astray  in 
every  work  thereof,  as  a  'drunkea 
man  '^staggereth  in  hi.s  vomit.  15 
Neither  shall  there  be  for  Egyj)t 
any  work,  •''which  he;ui  or  tail, 
palm-branch  or  rush,  may  do. 

1(5  In  that  day  shall  the  J-lgyi^ 
tians  be  like  unto  women;  and  they 
shall  "  tremble  and  ''  fear  btxiaase  of 
tlie' shaking  of  the  hand  of  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts,  which  he  sliaketh  over 
them.  17  And  tlie  land  of  Judali 
shall  become  a  terror  unto  Egypt ; 
'''every  one  to  whom  mention  is 
made  thereof  shall  be  afraid,  be- 
cause of  the  *  purpose  of  Jehovali  of 
hosts,  which  he  purposetli  against 
it. 

18  In  that  day  there  shall  be  five 
cities  in  the  land  of  Egj'pt  that 
speak  the  language  of  Canaan,  and 
'  swear  to  Jehovah  of  hosts ;  one 
shall  be  called  The  city  of  '"de- 
struction. 

19  In  that  day  shall  there  be  an 
"'altar  to  Jehovah  in  the  mid.st  of 
the  land  of  Egypt,  and  a  "pillar 
at  the  border  thereof  to  Jehovah. 
20  And  it  shall  be  for  a  sign  and 
for  a  witness  unto  Jehovah  of  hosts 
in  the  land  of  Egj'i't:  for  the.v^ 
shall  cry  unto  .lehovnh  because  of 
opprt?s.sors.  and  he  will  send  them 
a  ".saviour,  and  '"a  ''defender,  and 
he  will  deliver  them.  2\  And  'Je- 
hovah shall  '"  lie  known  to  Egypt, 
and  the  Egyptians  shall  know  Jo. 


n  ;  4.5.  15,  21 ;  49.  26 ; 
1  ch. U.  9 


16;  63.  8       Pch.  49   25 


1'  Or.  l/iat  make  damn      '•  Or,  Qorth  nslrny 

li  Or,  ei'ery  ime  Ihnt  mnkelh  mention  there-  f  I9 
ftim  thall  I/my  turn  in  /erf 

i«  Or,  /leret  Or,  M-cordlnK  to  aootluiT  roaain';, 
the  ■tun  '■  Or,  a  nugbtu  •>'»« 

"  Or,  make  himself  known 


19.22 


ISAIAH 


21.14 


Captivity  of  Egypt  and  Ethiopia  predict«d.    Oracles  concerning  Babylon,  Edom,  and  Arabia 


hovah  in  that  day  ;  yea,  they  shall 
worship  with  "sacrifice  and  obla- 
tion, and  shall  *vow  a  vo\y  unto 
Jehovah,  and  shall  perform  it.  22 
And  Jehovah  will  smite  Egypt, 
smiting  and  "  healing ;  and  they 
shall  ''return  unto  Jehovah,  ana 
he  will  be  entreated  of  them,  and 
will  heal  them. 

23  In  that  day  shall  there  be  a 
*  highway  out  of  Egypt  to  Assyria, 
and  the  Assyrian  shall  come  into 
Egypt,  and  the  Egyptian  into 
Assyria ;  and  the  Egyptians  shall 
•''worship  with  the  Assyrians. 

24  In  that  day  shall  Israel  be  the 
third  with  Egypt  and  with  Assyria, 
a  blessing  in  the  midst  of  the  earth  ; 
25  for  that  Jehovah  of  hosts  hath 
blessed  them,  saying.  Blessed  be 
'Egypt  my  people,  and  Assyria 
the  ''  work  of  my  nands,  and  Israel 
mine  inheritance. 

O  /^  In  the  year  that  ^  *  Tartan 
^yj  came  unto  *Ashdod,  when 
Sargon  the  king  of  Assyria  sent 
him,  and  he  fought  against  Ash- 
dod  and  took  it ;  2  at  that  time 
Jehovah  spake  by  'Isaiah  the  son 
of  Amoz,  saying,  Go,  and  loose  the 
*"  sackcloth  from  off  thy  loins,  and 
put  thy  "shoe  from  off  thy  foot. 
And  he  did  so,  walking "  naked  and 
barefoot.  3  And  Jehovah  said, 
Like  as  my  servant  Isaiah  hath 
walked  naked  and  barefoot  ^  three 
years  for  a  ^sign  and  a  wonder 
concerning  Egypt  and  concerning 
^ « Ethiopia ;  4  so  shall  the  *■  king  of 
Assyria  lead  away  the  captives  of 
Egypt,  and  the  exiles  of  Ethiopia, 
'  young  and  old,  naked  and  bare- 
foot, and  with  buttocks  uncovered, 
to  the  shame  of  Egypt.  5  And 
they  shall  be  'dismayed  and  con- 
founded, because  of  Ethiopia  their 
expectation,  and  of  Egypt  their 
"glory.  6  And  the  inhabitant  of 
this  coast-land  shall  say  in  that 
day.  Behold,  such  is  our  expecta- 
tion, whither  we  fled  "for  help  to  be 
delivered  from  the  king  of  Assyria  : 
and  we,  "^  how  shall  we  escape  ? 

Q-l  The  ^*  burden  of  the  *wil- 
^  J-  derness  of  the  sea. 

As  "whirlwinds  in  the  South 
sweep  through,  it  cometh  from  the 
wilderness,  from  a  terrible  land. 
2  A  ^'grievous  vision  is  declared 

1  The  title  of  the  Assyrian  commander-in-chief, 
s  Or,  to  be  for  three  years  a  sign  &c. 
3  Heb.  Oush.  *  Or,  oracle  concerning 

*  Or,  hard 


"  ch.  56.  7  ; 

60.7; 

Zech.  14. 

16-18: 

Mai,  i.  11 
6  ch.  44.  5 
«  ch.  30.  26 ; 

57.  18  ; 

Dt.  32.  39 ; 

Heb.  12.  11 
d  ch.  27. 13  ; 

45.  14 ; 

Hob.  14. 1 
'  ch.  11.  16  ; 

35.  8 ;  49. 

11 ;  62.  10 
/ch.  27.  13 
"  ch.  45.  14 
''  ch.  26.  12 ; 

29.  23  ;  45. 
11 ;  60.  21 ; 
64. 8  ;  Hos. 
2.  23 ;  Eph. 
2.  10,  14 

i  2  K.  18.  17 
t  1  S.  5.  1 
'  ch.  1.  1  ; 

13.1 
"'  Zech,  13. 

4  ;  Mt.  3.  4 
"  Ezek.  24, 

17,23 
"  1  S.  19.  24  ; 

Mic.  1.  8 
P  ch.  8.  18 
«  ch.  37.  9  ; 

43.  3 
*•  ch.  19,  4 

•  ch.  47,  2,  3 
«  ch.  30.  3-5  ; 

31,  1 ;  2  K. 

18.  21 ; 

Ezek.  29. 

6,7 
"  Jer.  9,  23, 

24  ;  17.  5 ; 

1  Cor.  3.  21 
"  ch,  10.  3  ; 

30.  7  ;  31,  3  ; 
Jer.  30,  1, 
7, 15-17  ; 

31.  1-3 

*  Wt.  23.  33  ; 
1  Th,  5.  3  i 
Heb.  2.  3 

y  ch.  13.  1 
'  ch,  13. 

20-22 ;  14. 

23 ;  Jer.  51. 

42 
"  Dan.  11. 

40;  Zech. 

9.  14 
!>  Vs.  60.  3 


«  ch.  24. 16 ; 

33,  1 
d  ch.  22.  6 ; 

Jer.  49.  34 
<  ch.  13.  17 
/ch.  13.8; 

16.  11 
c  ch.  13.  8  ; 

26,  17  ;  Ps. 

48,  6  ;  1  Th. 

5,  3 
''  Dt,  28,  67 
'  Jer.  51,  39, 

57  ;  Dan.  5. 

1-4 
fc  2  K.  9.17-20 
'  ver.  9 
"» Hab,  2  1 
"  ch,  13.  19  ; 

47,  5,  9 ; 

48,  14 ;  Jer. 
61.  8 ;  Rev. 
14.8 

°  ch,  46.  1  ; 

Jer.  50.  2 ; 

51,  44 
P  Jer.  51,  33 ; 

Mic.  4,  13 
«  Gen.  25. 14 
■■  Gen.  32.  3 

690 


unto  me ;  the  "  treacherous  man 
dealeth  treacherously,  and  the  de- 
stroyer destroyeth.  Go  up,  O 
"*  Elam  ;  besiege,  O  "  Media  ;  all  the 
sighing  thereof  *have  I  made  to 
cease.  3  Therefore  are  my  •''loins 
filled  with  anguish ;  pangs  have 
taken  hold  upon  me,  as  the  pangs 
of  a  ^  woman  in  travail :  1  am 
■'pained  so  that  I  cannot  hear;  I 
am  dismayed  so  that  I  cannot  see. 
4  My  heart  ^fluttereth,  horror  hath 
affrighted  me;  the  twilight  that 
I  desired  hath  been  ''turned  into 
trembling  unto  me.  6  They  *  pre- 
pare the  table,  they  ®  set  the  watch, 
they  eat,  they  drink :  rise  up,  ye 
princes,  anoint  the  shield.  6  For 
thus  hath  the  Lord  said  unto  me, 
Go,  set  a  watchman ;  let  him  *  de- 
clare what  he  seeth  :  7  ^"  and  when 
he  seeth  "a  Hroop,  ^'^ horsemen  in 
pairs,  "  a  troop  of  asses,  "  a  troop 
of  camels,  he  shall  hearken  dili- 
gently with  much  heed.  8  And  he 
cried  as  a  lion :  ™  O  Lord,  I  stand 
continually  upon  the  watch-tower 
in  the  day-time,  and  am  set  in  my 
ward  ^^  whole  nights ;  9  and,  behold, 
here  "cometh  a  troop  of  men, 
^'^  horsemen  in  pairs.  And  he  an- 
swered and  said,  "Fallen,  fallen  is 
Babylon ;  and  all  the  "  graven  im- 
ages of  her  gods  are  broken  unto 
the  ground. 

10  O  thou  my  ^threshing,  and 
the  ^®  grain  of  my  floor  !  that  which 
I  have  heard  from  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel,  have  I  declared 
unto  you. 

1 1  The  *  burden  of  »  Dumah. 
One  calleth  unto  me  out  of  '.Seir, 

Watchman,  ^"^what  of  the  night? 
Watchman,  ^®what  of  the  night"? 
1 2  The  watchman  said.  The  morn- 
ing "  cometh,  and  also  the  night : 
if  ye  will  inquire,  inquire  ye  :  ^*  turn 
ye,  come. 

1 3  The  '^ '  burden  upon  '  Arabia. 

In  the  -°  forest  in  Arabia  shall  ye 
lodge,  O  ye  caravans  of  "  Dedanites. 
14   Unto  him  that  '^  was   thirsty 


'  ch.  13.  1       t  Jer.  25.  23,  24 ;  49.  28 
Ezek.  27.  15 


«  Gen.  10.  7 


6  Or,  %cill  I  make  7  Heb.  bent. 

8  Heb.  uandereth.         '  Or,  spread  the  carpets 
i»  Or,  and  he  saw  .  .  .  and  he  hearkened 

11  Or,  a  chariot    Or,  chariots 

12  Or,  a  pair  of  horsemen        is  Or,  every  night 
1*  Or,  come  chariots  of  men     i'  Heb.  son. 

16  Or,  what  hour  v  Or,  is  come 

18  Or,  come  ye  again  i'  Or,  oracle 

io  Or,  thickets  »  Or,  is  thirsty  bring  yi 


21.15 


ISAIAH 

JenmltB  b«sifced.  yet  retkleu.    Shebnt  to  be  replaced  by  Elitkim 


22.24 


they  brought  water  ;  '  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  land  of  "Tenia  did 
meet  the  fugitives  with  their  bread. 
1 5  For  they  *  fled  away  from  tlie 
swords,  from  the  drawn  sword,  and 
from  the  bent  bow,  and  from  the 
grievousness  of  war.  16  For  thus 
Hath  the  Lord  said  unto  me,  Within 
a  year,  according  to  the  "years  of 
a  hireling,  all  the  **  glory  of  '  Kedar 
shall  fail;  17  and  the  •'residue  of 
the  number  of  the  archers,  the 
mighty  men  of  the  children  of 
Kedar,  shall  be  few ;  for  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel,  "  hath  spoken  it. 

r>  r>  The  2  *  burden  of  the  '  val- 
^  ^  ley  of  vision. 

What  aileth  thee  now,  that  thou 
art  wholly  gone  up  to  the  *  house- 
tops 1  2  O  thou  that  art  full  of 
shoutings,  a  tumultuous  city,  a 
'joyous  town;  thy  slain  are  '"not 
slain  with  the  sword,  neither  are 
they  dead  in  battle.  3  "All  thy 
rulers  fled  away  together,  they 
were  bound  ^by  the  archers;  all 
that  were  found  of  thee  were  bound 
together;  ''they  fled  afar  off.  4 
Therefore  said  1,  Look  away  from 
me,  I  will  "weep  bitterly;  *  labor 
not  to  comfort  me  for  the  destruc- 
tion of  the  daughter  of  my  peo- 
ple. 

5  For  it  is  ^a  day  of  discomfiture, 
and  of  *  treading  down,  and  of  per- 
plexity, ""from  the  Lord,  Jehovah 
of  hosts,  in  the  '  valley  of  vision  : 
a  breaking  down  of  the  walls,  and 
a  crying  to  the  ®  mountains.  (3 
And  'Flam  bare  the  quiver,  with 
'  chariots  of  men  and  horsemen ; 
and  "  Kir  uncovered  the  shield.  7 
And  it  came  to  pass,  that  thy 
choicest  valleys  were  "full  of 
chariots,  and  the  horsemen  set 
themselves  in  array  at  the  gate. 
8  And  he  "^  took  away  the  covering 
of  Judah ;  and  thou  didst  look  in 
that  day  to  the  armor  in  the  "house 
of  the  forest.  9  And  ye  .saw  the 
breaches  of  the  city  of  David,  that 
they  were  many ;  and  ye  '  gathered 
together  the  waters  of  the  lower 

Kool;  10  and  ye  numliered  the 
ouses  of  Jerusalem,  and  ye  brake 
down  the  houses  to  fortify  the 
wall ;  1 1  ye  made  also  a  reservoir 
"between  the  two  walls  for  the 
water  of  the  *old  pool.      But  ye 

1  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  ye  inhnhHnnt*  of  the 
land  nf  Tema,  meel        2  Or,  oracle  cnncerni'ig 
3  Or,  u'ilhotil  the  hov 

«  Or,  that  hnil  fled  from  far       *  Or,  ha-^ten 
«  Or,  TMuntain  '  Or,  troopt 


"Gen.  2.')  15; 

Job  I!  I» 
trh,  1;).  U, 

li,  17   n 
'  ch.  16  14 
■'  ch.  17.  4 
'ch.  42  11; 

tiO.  7  ;  I's. 

120.  5  ; 

S.  S.  l.h 
/ell.  10.  Itf 
"  Num.  23. 

19;  Zech. 

l.ti 
'■  ch.  13.  1 
•  I's.  12.5.  2  ; 

Jer.  21.  13 ; 

.loc-1  3.  12, 

14 
k  ih.  15.  3 
'  ch.  23.  7  ; 

32.  13 
"•  Jer.  14.  IS  ; 

Lam.  2.  20 
"  ch.  21.  15 
"  ch.  15.  3  ; 

Jer.  4   1»; 

9.  1 ;  Mic. 

1.8;  Lk. 

19.41 
P  ch.  37.  3 
V  ch.  10.  6  ; 

63  3 
'•  Lam.  1.  5 ; 

2.2 
"  ver.  1 
'ch.  21.2; 

Jer.  49.  35 
•'2K.  16.  9; 

Am.  1.5; 

9.  7 
••  2  Chr.  32.  1 
'ver.  8-11; 

2  Chr.  32. 

3  5,  30 

"  1  K.  7.  2  ; 

10.17 
'  Neh.  3.  16 
"  2  K.  25.  4  ; 

Jer.  39.  4 
6  2  K.  20.  20 ; 

2  Chr.  32. 

3,4 


'  ch.  5  12 ; 

37.26 
d  ch.  32.  11  ; 

Joel  1.  13 ; 

2.17 
'ch   15.2; 

Mic.  1  16 
/ch.  5.  11, 

22;2S.7,8; 

Lk.  17. 

26-29 
'oh  56.  12; 

1  Cor.  15. 
82 

f'  ch.  5  9 
■ch.  13.  11; 

26.  21 ;  30. 

13, 14  ;  6.5.  7 
I-  ch.  6.5  20 
'  ch.  38.  3, 

11.22:37. 

2;2K.  18. 

18.  26.  37 
"•2  8.  18.  18; 

2  Chr  Hi 
14;  Mt.  27. 
6(1 

"ch.  17.  13: 
Job  18  18 
"Job  40.  n. 
12;  Ezek. 
17.24 
P  ch.  36  3, 
22  .  .-n   2  : 
2K.  18.  18 
1  Gen.  45  8 
>•  Rev.  3.  7 
•ch  7.  2.13 
'  Job  12.  14 
"  Ezr.  9.  8  ; 
Zech.  10.  4 

691 


"■  looked  not  unto  "him  that  ha<l 
dune  this,  iK'ither  had  ye  re.siiect 
unto  him  tliat  purposed  it  long 
ago. 

12  And  in  that  day  did  tlie 
Lord,  Jehovah  of  hosts,  call  to 
•^  weeping,  and  to  mourning,  and 
to  '  Imldiies.s,  and  to  girding  with 


sackcloth:  13  and,  behold,  •''joy 
and  gladness,  slaying  o.xen  and  kill- 
ing sheep,  eating  flesli  and  drinking 
wine  :  'Let  us  eat  and  drink,  for  to- 
morrow we  shall  die.  14  And  Je- 
liovah  of  hosts  revealed  himself 
''in  mine  ears,  'Surely  this  iniquity 
shall  not  be  "forgiven  you*  till  ye 
die,  saith  the  Lord,  Jehovah  of 
hosts, 

1.5  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Jehovah 
of  hosts.  Go,  get  thee  unto  this 
'"treasurer,  even  unto '  Shebna,  who 
is  over  the  house,  omi  «aj/,  IG  What 
doest  thou  here'?  and  whom  hast 
thou  here,  that  thou  hast  '"  hewed 
thee  out  here  a  sepulchre'?  hewing 
him  out  a  sepulchre  on  high,  grav- 
ing a  habitation  for  him.self  in  the 
rock!  17  Behold,  Jehovah,  "  like 
a  stronn  man,  will  hurl  thee  away 
violently;  yea,  he  will  '-wrap  tliee 
up  closely.  18  He  will  surely  wind 
thee  round  and  round,  and  "to»x  ifut 
like  a  ball  into  a  large  country  : 
there  shalt  thou  die,  and  there 
shall  be  the  chariots  of  thy  glory, 
thou  .shame  of  thy  lord's  house. 
19  And  1  will  "thrust  thee  from 
thine  oflice ;  and  from  thy  station 
shalt  thou  be  pulled  down.  20  And 
it  shall  come  to  jmss  in  that  day, 
that  I  will  call  my  servant  "Elia- 
kim  the  son  of  Hilkiah  :  21  and  J 
will  clothe  him  with  thy  robe,  and 
strengthen  him  with  thy  girdle, 
and  1  will  commit  tliv  government 
into  his  liand;  and  lie  shall  l)e  a 
'father  to  the  inliabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem, and  to  the  house  of  Judah. 
22  And  ""the  key  of  the  'house  of 
David  will  1  lay  upon  his  shoulder; 
and  he  shall  'onen.  and  none  shall 
shut;  and  he  shall  shut,  and  none 
shall  open.  23  And  1  will  fasten 
him  as  a  "nail  in  a  sure  place;  an<l 
he  shall  be  for  a  'throne  of  glory 
to  his  fathers  house.  24  And  they 
shall  hang  upon  him  all  the  glory 
of  his  fathers  house,  the  oflspring 

"18.2.8;  Job  36.  7 


•  Or.  thf  miiktr  thereof  »  Or,  expiated  hy 
10  Or,  siewaril  'i  Or,  0  thou  strong  man 
u  Or,  lay  fail  hold  on  thee 


22.25 


ISAIAH 


24.5 


Oriule  conterrang  Tyre.    Judgment  of  Jehovah  on  the  Sations 


and  the  issue,  every  small  vessel, 
from  the  cups  even  to  all  the  flag- 
ons. 25  In  that  day,  saith  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts,  shall  "  the  nail  that 
was  fastened  in  a  sure  place  give 
way ;  and  it  shall  be  *  hewn  down, 
and  fall ;  and  the  burden  that  was 
upon  it  shall  be  cut  off;  for  "Jeho- 
vah hath  spoken  it. 

r)  O  The  1  burden  of  ^  Tyre. 
d^  O  Howl,  ye  "  ships  of  ^  Tar- 
shish;  for  it  is  laid  waste,  so  that 
there  is  no  house,  no  ^  entering  in : 
from  the  land  of  "Kittim  it  is  re- 
vealed to  them.  2  *  Be  still,  ye  in- 
habitants of  the  coast,  thou  whom 
the  merchants  of  Sidon,  that  pass 
over  the  sea,  have  replenished.  3 
And  on  great  waters  *  the  seed  of 
the  '  Shihor,  the  harvest  of  the 
Nile,  was  her  revenue;  and  she 
was  the  '"mart  of  nations.  4  Be 
thou  ashamed,  O  "Sidon;  for  the 
sea  hath  spoken,  the  stronghold  of 
the  sea,  saying,  I  have  not  travailed, 
nor  brought  forth,  neither  have  I 
nourished  young  men,  nor  brought 
up  virgins.  5  '^When  the  i-eport 
Cometh  to  Egypt,  they  shall  be 
"sorely  pained  at  the  report  of 
Tyre.  6  Pass  ye  over  to  ^Tar- 
shish;  wail,  ye  inhabitants  of  the 
coast.  7  Is  this  your  "  joyous  «'<(/, 
whose  antiquity  is  fof  ancient 
days,  whose  feet  carried  her  afar 
oif  to  sojourn  ? 

8  Who  hath  purposed  this 
against  Tyre,  the  bestower  of 
crowns,  wnose  merchants  are 
princes,  whose  traffickers  are  the 
honorable  of  the  earth?  9  'Jeho- 
vah of  hosts  hath  purposed  it,  to 
*' stain  the  pride  of  all  glory,  to 
bring  into  contempt  all  the  'hon- 
orable of  the  earth.  10  '  Pass 
through  thy  land  as  the  Nile,  O 
daughter  of  Tarshish;  there  is  no 
^restraint  any  more.  II  He  hath 
"stretched  out  his  hand  'over  the 
sea,  he  hath  ^shaken  the  kingdoms : 
Jehovah  hath  given  commandment 
concerning  "^  Canaan,  to  ^  destroy 
the  strongholds  thereof.  12  And 
he  said,  Thou  shalt  no  more  re- 
joice, O  thou  oppressed  ^virgin 
daughter  of  Sidon :  arise,  pass 
over  to  "  Kittim ;  even  there  snalt 
thou  have  no  rest. 

1  Or,  oracle  concerning 

2  Or,  Ax  at  tlie  repori  concerning  Egypt,  so  &c. 

3  Or,  of  ancient  days  f  her  own  feet  snail  carry 


&c 


5  Or,  Overflow  -  j 

7  Or,  the  merchant  people 


*  Heb.  profane. 
6  Heb.  girdle. 


«  ver.  23 
("Esth.y.  24, 

25 
'  ch.  46.  11 ; 

Mie.  4.  4 
d  Josh.  19. 

29  ;  1  K.  5. 

1;  Jer.  25. 

22  ;  47.  4  ; 

Ezek.  26. 

1-23.  26 ; 

Am.  1.  9; 

Zech.  9. 

2-4 
*■  ch.  2.  16 
/Gen.  10.  4; 

1  K_  IB. 

22 
fch.  24.10 
ft  ver.  12 ; 

Ren.  10.  4  ; 

Ezek.  27.  6 
'  ch.  47.  5 
k  ell,  19.  7-9 
'  Josh.  13.  3  ; 

1  Chr.  13. 

5 ;  Jer.  2. 

18 
^  Ezek.  27. 

3-23 
"  Gen.  10. 15, 

19;  Josh. 

11.8; 

Judg.  10. 

6 :  Jer.  25. 

22  ;  27.  3  ; 

47.4; 

Ezek.  28. 

21,  22 ; 

Joel  3.  4 ; 

Zech.  9.  2 
o  Ex.  15. 

14-16; 

Josh.  2. 

9-11 
P  ver.  1 
9  ch.  22.  2 ; 

32.  13 
'  ch.  2. 11 ; 

13.11 
•  Job  40.  11, 

12;  Dan. 

4.  37 
«ch.  5.  13; 

9.  15 
"  ch.  14.  26 ; 

Ex.  14.  21 
"  ch.  19.  5  ; 

50.  2 
•^  ch.  13. 13 
i'ch.25.  2; 

Zech.  9.  3, 

4 
'  ch.  47.  1 
"  ver.  1 


!>  ch.  10.  5 
■=  ch.  13.  21 ; 

13.  6 
rf  ch.  10.  7 
"  ver.  1 
/Jer.  25.  11, 

12 
■"  ver.  15 
A  Ezek.  16. 

25-2.9 ; 

Nah.  3.  4 
•■  ch.  60.  .V9 ; 

Ps.  72.  10, 

11;  Mic.  4. 

13 
fcEx.  23.  36: 

Zech.  14.  20 
'ver.  19,  20; 

ch.  2.  19 ; 

13.  13 ;  30. 

32 ;  33. 9 
"•  ch.  13. 14 
"  ver.  2 :  ch. 

3.2-8; 

Ezek.  7. 12. 

13 ;  Ho8.  4. 

9  ;  1  Cor.  7. 

29-31 
"Lev  25.36, 

692 


13  Behold,  the  land  of  the  Chal- 
deans: **this  loeople  was  not;  the 
*  Assyrian  founded  it  for  "^  them  that 
dwell  in  the  wilderness ;  they  set 
up  ^  their  towers  ;  they  ^"overthrew 
the  palaces  thereof  ;  "^  they  made  it 
a  ruin.  14  "Howl,  ye  ships  of  Tar- 
shish ;  for  your  stronghold  is  laid 
waste.  15  And  it  shall  come  to 
pass  in  that  day,  that  Tyre  shall  be 
forgotten -'seventy  years,  according 
to  the  days  of  one  king :  after  the 
end  of  seventy  years  "it  shall  be 
unto  Tyre  as  in  the  song  of  the 
harlot.  16  Take  a  harp,  go  about 
the  city,  thou  harlot  that  hast 
beenforgotten ;  makesweet melody, 
sing  many  son&s,  that  thou  mayest 
be  remembered.  17  And  it  shall 
come  to  pass  after  the  end  of  ^  sev- 
enty years,  that  Jehovah  will  visit 
Tyre,  and  she  shall  return  to  her 
hire,  and  shall  *  play  the  harlot 
with  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  world 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth.  1 8  And 
her '  merchandise  and  her  hire  shall 
be  *  holiness  to  Jehovah :  it  shall 
not  be  treasured  nor  laid  up ;  for 
her  merchandise  shall  be  for  them 
that  dwell  before  Jehovah,  to  eat 
sufficiently,  and  for  ^'"durable 
clothing. 

r^/l  Behold,  Jehovah  ^maketh 
^  T!  the  "earth  empty,  and  mak- 
eth  it  waste,  and  turneth  it  upside 
down,  and  '"scattereth  abroad  the 
inhabitants  thereof.  2  And  it 
shall  be,  "  as  with  the  people,  so 
with  the  priest ;  as  with  the  ser- 
vant, so  with  his  master;  as  with 
the  maid,  so  with  her  mistress ;  as 
with  the  buyer,  so  with  the  seller ; 
as  with  the  creditor,  so  with  the 
debtor;  as  with  the  taker  of  "in- 
terest, so  with  the  giver  of  in- 
terest to  him.  3  The  earth  shall 
be  ^utterly  emptied,  and  utterly 
laid  waste ;  for  Jehovah  hath 
spoken  this  word.  4  The  earth 
'mourneth  and  fadeth  away,  the 
world  languisheth  and  fadeth  away, 
"the  '' lofty  people  of  the  earth  do 
languish.  5  The  earth  also  is 
"polluted  under  the  inhabitants 
thereof;  because  they  have  'trans- 

37 ;  Dt.  23. 19,  20  p  ch.  6.  11, 12  «  ch.  3.  26 ;  S3  9 
''  ver.  21 ;  ch.  2.  12  ■'  ch.  9. 17 ;  10.  6 ;  Gen.  3. 17 ; 
Num.  35.  33    «  ch.  59.  12 


8  Tfiis  people  i.t  no  more:   the  A'^syHan  hath 
appomted  it  for  the  beasts  of  the  wilderness. 

S  Or,  the  toiverx  thereof       '«  Or,  raided  up 
11  Or,  xhall  Tyre  sing  as  a  harlot     la  Or,  stately 
13  Or.  land  (and  so  in  ver.  3.  4,  &c.) 
1*  Or,  the  high  ones  of  the  people 


24.6 


ISAIAH 


25.8 


JadgBfRt  »r  Jehovab  en  tht  Xatioui.    ^ag  of  PraiM  («r  J«boTab'ii  Fav*r 


gressed  the  laws,  "violated  the 
statutes,  *  broken  the  everlasting 
covenant.  6  Therefore  hath  the 
'^  curse  devoured  the  earth,  and 
they  that  dwell  therein  are  fountl 
guilty:  therefore  the ''inhabitants 
of  the  earth  are  burned,  and  few 
men  left.  7  The'new  wine  inourn- 
eth,  the  vi«e  languisheth,  all  the 
nierryheartA'd  do  sigh.  8  The 
■''mirth  of  tabrets  cefiseth,  the  noise 
of  them  that  rejoice  endeth,  the  joy 
of  the  harp  ceaseth.  9  They  shall 
not  drink  wine  with  a  song;  "strong 
drink  shall  be  ''  bitter  to  them  that 
drink  it.  10  The  'waste  city  is 
broken  down  ;  *  every  house  is  shut 
up,  that  no  man  may  come  in.  1 1 
There  is  a  'crying  in  the  streets 
because  of  the  wine;  '"all  joy  is 
darkened,  the  mirth  of  the  laud 
is  '  gone.  1 2  In  the  city  is  left 
desolation,  and  the  "gate  is  smitten 
with  destruction.  13  For  "thus 
shall  it  be  in  the  midst  of  the 
earth  among  the  peoples,  as  the 
^shaking  of  an  olive-tree,  as  the 
gleanings  when  the  vintage  is  done. 

14  ^  These  shall  lift  up  their 
voice,  they  shall  shout ;  for  the 
majesty  of  Jehovah  they  cry  aloud 
«  from  the  sea.  15  Wherefore  ''glo- 
rify ye  Jehovah  in  the  ''east,  even 
the  '  name  of  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
Israel,  in  the  ^ '  isles  of  the  sea. 
16  From  the  "uttermost  part  of 
the  earth  have  we  heard  songs  : 
"  Glory  to  the  righteous. 

But  I  said,  '  -^  I  pine  away.  I  pine 
away,  woe  is  me  !  the  "  treacherous 
have  dealt  treacherously  ;  yea,  the 
treacherous  have  dealt  very  treach- 
erously. 17  'Fear,  and  the  pit. 
and  the  snare,  are  upon  thee,  O 
inhabitant  of  the  earth.  18  And 
it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  he  who 
*fleeth  from  the  noise  of  the  fear 
shall  fall  into  the  pit ;  and  he  that 
Cometh  up  out  of  the  midst  of  the 
pit  shall  be  taken  in  the  snare  :  for 
the  "  windows  on  high  are  opc^red, 
and  the  ''ft)undations  of  the  eiirth 
trem'ble.  19  The ''earth  is  utt<M-ly 
broken,  the  earth  is  ''rent  asunder, 
the  earth  is  shaken  violently.  -0 
The  earth  shall  -^stagg'^r  like  a 
drunken  man,  and  shall  sway  to 
and  fro  like  a  hammock ;  and  the 
•''transgression  thereof  shall  be 
heavy  upon  it,  and  it  shall  fall, 
and  "  not  rise  again. 

I  Heb.  gone  inU)  tyiptivUy.    '  Heb.  bfniing. 
3  0T,ha/)/3    Or,  fires  *  Or,  coast-lancU 

*  Heb.  LeanneJi*  to  me. 


"oh   10.  1,2 
«■  ch.  Xl.  H 
'ch.  34   5; 

43.  -a ; 

JoHb.  23. 

15;  Zech. 

b.  3,4 
<'ch.  1.  31; 

.").  '.M  ;  9.  li) 
'  ch  16.  lU  ; 

Joel  1.  10, 

12 
/ch.  5.12, 

14 ;  Jpr.  7. 

34  ;  Iti.  a ; 

25.  10 ; 

Kzek  26. 

13 ;  Uo».  2. 

II  ;  RfV. 

18.  22 
i'ch.6. 11.22 
"  ch.  5.  20 
■cli.  34.  U; 

Ceil.  1   2 

•  ch.  28  1 

'  Jer  14.  2  ; 

4«.  12 
"'ch.  16.  10; 

3^2.  13 
"ch.  14.  31; 

45  2 
"ch.  17.  6; 

•£1.  12 
Pch.  12.  6; 

48.  20  ;  52. 

8;  64.  1 
«ch.  42.10; 

«i.  5 
■■  ch.  2.5.  8 

•  Mai.  1.  11 
<ch.  11.  II  ; 

42.4,10,12; 

49. 1  ;  51.  5  ; 

6(1.  9  ;  W)  19 

"ch.  11.  12; 

42.  10 
»'ch.28.  5; 

60.  21 
"  Lev.  2fi.  39 
ych.21.  2; 

33.  1 ;  Jer. 

3.  20  ;  5.  U 
=  ch.  8.  14  ; 

J)t.  32.  23- 

Zk  1  K.  19. 

17 ;  Jer.  48. 

43,  44 ;  Aiu. 
5.  19 

"  Gen.  7.  U 
6  ch.  2.  19. 

21 ;  13.  13  ; 

P8.  18.  7 ; 

46.  2 
''  vor.  1 
<'>.um.  16. 

31,  32;  Dt. 

U.  6 

•  ver.  1 ;  ch. 
19. 14  ;  28.  7 

/ch.  1.23; 

43.  27 ;  66. 

24 
"  Dan.  11. 

19;  Am.  8. 

14 


"cMO.lJ; 

13.  11     . 
<  ver.  4 
k  Pb.  76.  12 
'  ch.  10.  4  ; 

42.  22 
"•  Kzek.  38. 

8 ;  Zech.  9. 

11.12 
"  ch.  13.  10 
"  ch.  60.  19, 

20 ;  Zecb. 

U.  6.7; 

Rev.  21. 

2.1 ;  22.  i 
PMic.  4.  7: 

Heb.  12.  22 
9  ch.  7.  13  ; 

49.  4,  5;  61. 

693 


21  And  it  shall  come  to  pann  in 
that  dav,  that  .Jehovah  will  "''pun- 
ish the  host  of  the  "'liigh  ones  on 
high,  and  the  *  kings  of  the  earth 
upon  the  earth.  22  iVjid  tJiey  shall 
be  gathered  together,  jih  '  prisoners 
are  gathered  in  the  "pit.  and  shall 
be  .shut  up  in  the  rjiison  :  ami  after 
many  days  shall  tliey  '"  be  ''visited. 
23  Ihen  the  "  nmou  shall  l)e  con- 
founded, and  tiie  sun  ashamed  ; 
for  "Jehovah  of  hosts  will  reign  in 
''mount  Zion,  and  in  Jerusalem; 
and  before  his  elders  shall  be 
glory. 

fc')  rt  O  Jehovah,  thou  art*my 
^^  God;  1  will  exalt  tUiie,  I 
will  praise  thy  name :  for  thou 
hast  done  '^  wonderful  things,  fwn 
'counsels  of  old,  in  faithfulness 
and  truth.  2  For  thou  hast  made 
of  a  city  a  'heap,  of  a  "fortified 
city  a  ruin,  a  'palace  of  strangein 
to  be  no  city;  it  shall  never  be 
built.  3  Therefore  shall  a  strong 
people  •'^glorify  thee;  a  ^city  of 
terrible  nations  shall  fear  thee. 
4  For  thou  hast  been  a  'strong- 
hold to  the  "poor,  a  stronghold  to 
the  needy  in  his  distress,  a  ''refuge 
from  the  stomi.  a  shade  from  the 
heat,  when  the  blast  of  the  '  teiri- 
ble  ones  is  as  a  storm  against  the 
wall.  5  As  the  heat  in. a  dry  place 
wilt  thou  bring  down  the  ''noise 
of  strangers ;  as  the  heat  by  the 
shade  of  a  cloud,  the  song  of  the 
terrible  ones  shall  be  brought  low. 

6  And  in  this  'mountain  will 
Jehovah  of    hosts    make  unto  all 

fieoples  a  ^ feast  of  fat  things,  a 
east  of  wines  on  the  lees,  of  fat 
things  full  of  marrow,  of  wines  on 
the  lees  well  retined.  7  And  he 
will  '"destroy  in  this  mountain  the 
face  of  the  "covering  that  covereth 
all  peoples,  and  the  veil  that  is 
spread  over  all  nations.  8  He 
hath  "swallowed  up  death  for 
ever;  and  the  Lord  .b^hovah  will 
'  wipe  away  tears  from  off  all 
faces;  and  the  *  reproach  of  his 
people  will  he  take  away  from  off 

10;  Ex.  1.5.  2:  Ps.  118.  2fi  ••  P».  40.  5;  98. 1  '  Eph. 
1  U  '  ch.  17.  1  :  26.  .S;  27.  10;  32.  19  "  rer  12 ; 
17  3  "ch.  18.  22;  J2.  14:  84.  13  '  ch.  24.  W  »  ch. 
13  11  =  ch.  14.  32:  17.  10:  27  5:  Pb.  28.  8  "  ch.  3. 
14:11.4  t  ch.  4.  6 ;  32.  2  "^  ch.  29.  i,  20 ;  4».  25 
.(  Jer.  51.  !>*-.'*  '  ch.  2  2-4  ;  .-ifi.  7  /  ch.  1,  19 :  30. 
29  ;  .W.  1.  2  ;  62.  8.  9  :  66  11  "2  Cor.  3. 15, 16 ;  Kpli. 
4.  18  *  Hoo.  18.  14  ;  1  Cor.  15.  !>i  •  ch.  30.  19  ;  3.5. 
10;  .51.  11:  65  19:  Rev.  7  17.  21.  4  *  ch.  51.  7:  54. 
4;  Ps.  69. 9; 89.  60,  51;  hit.  i  11;  1  Pet.  1  14 


«  Ileb.  vi<-il  upon. 
^  Heb  hrit/kl. 
i  Or,  dunfcon 


»  Or,  pttnufied 
10  Seb.  iwallou-  up. 


25.9 


ISAIAH 


26.20 


Song  of  Praise  for  Jehorah's  Faror.    Song  of  Tnut  in  Jehovah's  Protection 


all  the  earth  :  for  Jehovah  hath 
spoken  it. 

9  And  it  shall  be  said  in  that 
day,  Lo,  "  this  is  our  God  ;  we  have 
*  waited  for  him,  and  "  he  will  save 
us :  this  is  Jehovah ;  we  have 
waited  for  him,  we  will  ''be  glad 
and  rejoice  in  his  salvation.  10 
For  *in  this  mountain  will  the 
hand  of  Jehovah  rest ;  and  -^Moab 
shall  be  trodden  down  in  his  place, 
even  as  straw  is  trodden  down  '  in 
the  water  of  the  dunghill.  1 1  And 
he  shall  ^spread  forth  his  hands 
in  the  midst  '^thereof,  as  he  that 
swimmeth  spreadeth  forth  his 
hands  to  swim ;  but  Jehovah  will 
''lay  low  *his  pride  ^together 
with  the  craft  of  ^his  hands.  12 
And  *  the  high  fortress  of  thy  walls 
"hath  he  brought  down,  laid  low, 
and  brought  to  the  ground,  even 
to  the  dust. 

C}f*  "In  that  day  shall  this 
^  \J  song  be  sung  in  the  land  of 
Judah :  We  have  a  '  strong  city  ; 
'"salvation  will  he  appoint  for 
walls  and  bulwarks.  2  Open  ye 
the  "gates,  that  the  "righteous 
nation  which  keepeth  faith  may 
enter  in.  3  ^Thou  wilt  keep  him 
'  in  perfect  ^  peace,  whose  **  mind  is 
stayed  on  thee  ;  because  he  trusteth 
in  thee.  4  « Trust  ye  in  Jehovah 
for  ever;  for  in  "Jehovah,  even 
Jehovah,  is  "an  everlasting  "■  rock. 
5  For  he  hath  brought  down  them 
that  dwell  on  high,  the  *  lofty  city : 
'  he  layeth  it  low,  he  layeth  it  low 
even  to  the  ground  ;  he  bringeth  it 
even  to  the  dust.  6  The  foot  shall 
"  tread  it  down ;  even  the  feet  of 
the  "poor,  and  the  steps  of  the 
needy.  7  The  *way  of  the  just  is 
^^  uprightness  :  thou  that  art  up- 
right *  dost  ^^  direct  the  path  of  the 
just. 

8  Yea,  in  the  way  of  '  thy  judg- 
ments, O  Jehovah,  have  we  waited 
for  thee;  to  "thy  name,  even  to  thy 
''memorial  name,  is  the  desire  of 
our  soul.  9  With  my  soul  have  I 
desired  thee  ^in  the  night ;  yea, 
with  my  spirit  within  me  will  I 
•^  seek  thee  earnestly :  for  when  thy 
judgments  are   in  the  earth,   the 

1  Another  reading  is,  in  the  dunghill. 

2  Or,  of  thpm  3  Or,  tfieir 
*  Or,  for  all  the  craft 

5  Or,  will  he  bring  down,  lay  low,  and  bring 
<te. 

s  Or^  A  stedfast  mind  thou  keepest  in  perfect 
peace,  because  it  iSrc.  '  Heb.  peace,  peace. 

8  Or,  imagination  '  Heb.  Jah. 

10  Or,  a  rock  of  ages 

11  Or,  a  right  way ;  the  path  of  the  just  thou 
direetest  aright  "  Or,  level 


"  ch.  35.  2 ; 

40.  9 ;  52. 10 
6  ch.  8,  17  ; 

30. 18 ;  33.  2 
'  ch.  33.  22 ; 

35.  4 ;  49. 

25,  26 ;  bO. 

16 
rf  ch.  35. 1,  2, 

10;  65.13; 

66.  10;  Ps. 

20.5 
'  ver.  6,  7 
/ch.  16.  14; 

Num.  24. 

17;  Zeph. 

2.9 
"ch.  5.  25; 

14.26 
ft  ch.  16.  6, 14 
'  ver.  2;  ch. 

15.  1 ;  26.  5 
fcch.  4.  2; 

12.1 
'  ch.  14.  31 ; 

31.  5,  9 ;  33. 

5,  6,  20-24 
"'  ch.  60.  18 
"  ch.  60.  11, 

18;  62.10 
"  ch.  45.  25 ; 

54.  14,  17 ; 

58.  8 ;  60. 

21 ;  61.  3 ; 

62.  1,  2 
Pyex.  12; 

ch.  27.5; 

57.  19;  66. 

12 
«ch.  12.  2; 

50.  10 ;  51.  5 
'■ch.  17.  10; 

30.  2:) ;  44.  8 
»  ch.  25. 12 
« Job  40. 

11-13 
"  ch.  23.  3 
"  ch.  3.  14, 

15;  11.  4; 

29.19 
'  ch.  57.  2 
^ch.  42.  16; 

52.  12;  Ps. 

25.  4,  5  ;  27. 

11 
'ch.  51.  4; 

56.  1 
"  ver.  13  ;  ch. 

12.  4 ;  24. 

15 ;  25.  1 
6  Ex.  3.  15 
«  eh.  50. 10 ; 

P8.  63.  5,  6 ; 

77.  2 ;  119. 
62 ;  Lk.  6. 
12 

d  ch.  55.  6 ; 
Ps.  63.  1 ; 

78.  34 ;  Mt. 

6.  33 


'  Hos.  5.  15 
/ch.  22.12, 

13  ;  32.  6,  7 
f)  Hos   11.  7  ; 

Jn.  5.  37, 38 
h  ch.  5.  12 ; 

44.  9, 18 
'  ch.  9.  7  ;  37. 

32 ;  59.  17 
k  ch.  5.  24  ; 

9.  18,  19 ; 

10.  17 ;  66. 
15,24 

I  ver.  3 
"'  ch.  19.  25 ; 

29.  23 ;  45. 

11 ;  60.  21 ; 

64.8 
"  ch.  2.  8 ; 

10.  11 
"  ch.  63.  7 
Pch.  8.  19; 

Dt.  4.  28 ; 

Ps.  135. 17 ; 

694 


inhabitants  of  the  world  "learn 
righteousness.  10  Let  favor  be 
showed  to  the  wicked,  yet  will  he 
•^not  learn  righteousness-  in  the 
land  of  uprightness  will  he  "deal 
wrongfully,  and  will  not  behold 
the  majesty  of  Jehovah. 

11  Jehovah,  thy  hand  is  lifted 
up,  yet  '*  they  see  not :  but  they 
shall  see  " '  thy  zeal  for  the  people, 
and  be  put  to  shame;  yea,  "*lire 
shall    devour    thine    adversaries. 

12  Jehovah,  thou  wilt  ordain 
'  peace  for  us ;  for  thou  hast  also 
'"wrought   all   our  works  for  us. 

13  O  Jehovah  our  God,  "other 
lords  besides  thee  have  had  domin- 
ion over  us  ;  but  by  thee  only  will 
we  "make  mention  of  thy  name. 

14  ^^fThey  are  dead,  they  shall 
not  live  ;  they  are  ^®  deceased,  they 
shall  not  rise  :  therefore  hast  thou 
'visited  and  destroyed  them,  and 
made  all  remembrance  of  them  to 
perish.  15  '"Thou  hast  increased 
the  nation,  O  Jehovah,  thou  hast 
increased  the  nation ;  thou  art 
glorified  ;  "  thou  hast '  enlarged  all 
the  borders  of  the  land. 

16  Jehovah,  'in  trouble  have  they 
^^  visited  thee ;  they  poured  out  a 
^*  prayer  tvhen  thy  chastening  was 
upon  them.  17"  Like  as  a  woman 
with  child,  that  draweth  near  the 
time  of  her  delivery,  is  in  pain  and 
crieth  out  in  her  pangs ;  so  we 
have  been  ^"before  thee,  O  Jeho- 
vah. 18  We  have  been  with  child, 
we  have  been  in  pain,  we  have  as 
it  were  ''  brought  forth  wind  ;  we 
have  not  wrought  any  deliverance 
in  the  earth ;  '^^  neither  have  the 
inhabitants  of  the  world  fallen. 
1 9  Thy  ■"  dead  shall  live  ;  my  dead 
bodies  shall  arise.  ^  Awake  and 
sing,  ye  that  dwell  in  the  dust ; 
for  thy  dew  is  as  the  dew  of 
■^  herbs,  and  the  earth  shall  cast 
forth  '■"  the  dead. 

20  Come,  my  people,  ^  enter  thou 
into  thy  chambers,  and  shut  thy 

Hab.  2.  19  9  ch.  10.  3  ••  ch.  9.  3  '  ch.  33. 17 ;  54. 
2,  3  <  ch.  37.  3 ;  Hos.  5.  15  "  ch.  13.  8 ;  21.  3  ;  Jn. 
16.  21  "  ch.  33.  11 ;  59.  4  ^  ch.  25.  8 ;  Ezek.  37. 
1-14 :  Dan.  12.  2 ;  Hos.  13.  14  y  Eph.  5. 14  '  Ex. 
12.22,23;  Ps.  91.1,4 


13  Or,  and  be  put  to  jname,  in  their  envy  at  the 
people 

1*  Or,  the  fire  of  thine  adversaries  shall  devour 
them 

1'  Or,  The  dead  live  not.  the  deceased  rise  not 

18  Or,  shades    Heb.  Rephnim. 

17  Or,  thou  hadst  remored  it  far  unto  all  the 
ends  of  the  earth  i"  Or,  looked  for 

19  Heb  whisper.  2n  Or.  at  thy  presence 

21  Or,  neither  have  inhabitants  of  the  world 
been  horn  22  Or,  light 

23  Or,  the  shades    Heb.  Rephaim. 


26.21 


ISAIAH 


28.7 


Jehovah's  Vineyard.    Chastuement  and  Ingathering  of  Israel.    Ephraiin  and  Jndab  rondemned  for  Drnnkenness 


doors  about  thee  :  hide  thyself  for 
a  "  little  moment,  until  the  ^  indig- 
nation be  overpast.  21  For,  be- 
hold, Jehovah  "  coraeth  forth  out  of 
his  place  to  **  punish  the  inhabitants 
of  the  earth  tor  their  iniquity :  the 
earth  also  shall  "disclose  her  blood, 
and  shall  no  more  cover  her  slain. 
O  'T  In  that  day  Jehovah  with 
^  4  his  hard  and  great  and 
strong  ''sword  will  punish  ^levia- 
than the  '  swift  serpent,  and 
leviathan  the  -  crooked  serpent ; 
and  he  will  slay  the  *  monster  that 
is  in  the  sea. 

2  In  that  day:  A  ' ^dneyard  of 
wine,  sing  ye  ^unto  it.  3  I  Jeho- 
vah am  its  keeper ;  *  I  will  water 
it  every  moment :  lest  any  hurt 
it,  I  will  '  keep  it  night  and  day. 
4  Wrath  is  not  in  me  :  would  that 
the  '"  briers  and  thorns  were  against 
me  in  battle !  I  would  march 
upon  them,  "  I  would  burn  them 
together.  5  Or  else  let  him  take 
hold  of  "  my  strength,  that  he  may 
make  peace  with  me  ;  yea,  let  him 
•"  make  peace  with  me.  6  ■*  In  days 
to  come  shall  » Jacob  take  root ; 
Israel  shall ''  blossom  and  bud  ;  and 
they  shall  fill  the  face  of  the  world 
with  '  fruit. 

7  Hath  he  smitten  them  as  'he 
smote  those  that  smote  themi  or 
are  they  slain  according  to  the 
slaughter  ^  of  them  that  were  slain 
by  them'?  8  "^In  measure,  ^when 
tnou  "sendest  them  away,  thou 
dost  contend  with  them ;  he  hath 
removed  them  with  his  rough  blast 
in  the  dav  of  the  'east  wind.  9 
Therefore  by  this  shall  the  iniquity 
of  Jacob  be  *  "^  forgiven,  and  this  is 
all  the  fruit  "of  *  taking  away  his 
sin  :  that  he  maketh  all  the  stones 
of  the  'altar  as  chalkstones  that 
are  beaten  in  sunder,  so  that  the 
^Asheriiii  and  the  sun-images  shall 
rise  no  more.  10  For  the  fortified 
city  is  "solitary,  a  habitation  de- 
serted and  forsaken,  like  the  wil- 
derness :  there  shall  the  calf  feed, 
and  there  shall  he  lie  down,  and 
consume  the  branches  thereof.  11 
When  the  *  boughs  thereof  are 
withered,  they  shall  be  broken  off; 
the  women  shall  come,  and  set 
them  on  fire ;  for  it  is  a  people  of 
*■  no  understanding  :    therefore  he 

1  Or,  gliding    Or,  fleeing      »  Or,  winding 

3  Or.  of    4  Or,  /n  ihe  generations  that  come 
5  Or.  of  their  slain 

^  The   meaning  of  the  Hebrew  word   is  un- 
certain. 7  Or.  by  fending  them  away 
>  Or,  expiated          '*  Or,  lo  lake  aicay 


»ch.  54.7,8; 

Ps.  30.  5 ; 

2  Cor.  4.  17 
l>  ch.  10.  5, 

2j ;  13.5; 

34  2  ;  66.  14 
''Mic.  1.  3; 

Jude  14 
dch.  13.  11; 

22.  14 ;  30. 

13, 14  ;  6,'..  7 
"  Job  It).  18 ; 

Lk.  11.  50 
/Ch.34.5,  G; 

65.  12 ;  66. 

16 

V  Job  3.  8 ; 
41.  1 ;  Ps. 
74.  14 ;  104. 
26 

ft  ch.  51.  9 
'  ch.  5  7  : 

Pb.  80.  h ; 

Jer.  2.  21 
«••  ch.  ,58.  11 
'ch.  31.6; 

1  S.  2  9; 
Jn.  10.  28 

™  ch.  10.  17  ; 

2  .S.  23.  6 
"  ch.  33.  12 ; 

Mt.  3.  12; 

Heb.  6.  8 
och.  12.  2; 

17.  10;  25.  4 
J'  ch.  26.  3, 

12;  Job  22. 

21;  Rom. 

5.  l;2Cor. 

5.20 
«  ch.  37.  31 
••ch.  35.1,2; 

Hos.14.5,6 
'  ch.  4.  2 
« ch.  10.  12, 

17  ;  30. 

31-33  ;  31. 

8,  9 ;  37. 

36-38 
"  oil.  60.  1 ; 

54.7 
"  Jer.  4.  11 ; 

Ezek.  19. 

12 ;  Hos. 

13.  15 
'  ch.  1.  25  ; 

43.  10 ; 

Dan.  11.  35 

V  Rom.  11.  27 
-ch.  17.  8; 

Ex.  34.  13 ; 

Dt.  12.  3 ; 

2  K.  10.  26 
"  ch.  5.  6, 10, 

17 ;  32.  13, 

14 ;  Jer.  26. 

6, 18 ;  Lam. 

1.  4  ;  5.  18 
b  ch.  18.  5  ; 

33.12 
'  ch.  1.  3  ;  5. 

13 ;  Dt.  32. 

28 ;  Jer. 


dch.  43.1,7; 

44.2,21.24; 

Dt.  32.  18 
'  ch.  9  17 
/ch.  11.  11; 

17.  6 ;  24. 

13  ;  56. 8 
»  Gen  15. 18 
A  Dt.  30  3, 4  ; 

Neh.  1 .  9 
•  Lev  25.  9  ; 

1  Chr.  15. 

24  ;  Mt.  24. 

31 ;  Rev. 

11.  15 
k  ch.  19.  24, 

2.5 
'  ch.  19.  21, 

23  ;  49.  7  ; 

66.  23; 

696 


that  "^made  them  will  "not  have 
compassion  upon  them,  and  he 
that  formed  them  will  snow  them 
no  favor. 

1 2  And  it  .shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  that  Jehovah -''will '"  beat 
off  his  fruit  from  the  flood  of  the 
"  River  unto  the  brook  of  Egypt : 
and  ye  shall  be  ""gathered  '^one 
by  one,  O  ye  children  of  Israel. 

13  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  that  a  great  'trumpet 
shall  be  blown ;  and  they  shall 
come  that  were  ''ready  to  perisli 
in  the  land  of  *  Assyria,  and  they 
that  were  outcasts  in  the  land  of 
Egypt;  and  they  shall  'worship 
Jehovah  in  the  holy  mountain  at 
Jerusalem. 

0  ^  ^^^oe  to  the  crown  of 
wO  pride  of  the  '"drunkards  of 
"  Ephraim,  and  to  the  fading  flower 
of  his  glorious  beauty,  which  is  on 
the  head  of  the  fat  valley  of  them 
that  are  '^  overcome  with  wine ! 
2  Behold,  the  Lord  hath  a  "mighty 
and  strong  one ;  as  a  tempest  of 
^hail,  a  "destroying  storm,  as  a 
tempest  of  ''mignty  waters  over- 
floAving,  will  he  cast  down  to  the 
earth  i^with  the  hand.  3  The 
crown  of  pride  of  the  drunkards  of 
Ephraim  shall  be  'trodden  under 
foot :  4  and  the  fading  flower  of 
his  glorious  beautj%  which  is  on 
the  head  of  the  fat  valley,  shall  be 
as  the  'first-ripe  fig  before  the 
summer ;  which  when  he  that  look- 
eth  upon  it  seeth,  while  it  is  yet  in 
his  hand  he  eateth  it  up.  5  In 
that  day  will  "Jehovah  of  hosts 
become  a  "crown  of  glory,  and  a 
diadem  of ""  beauty,  unto  the  residue 
of  his  people ;  6  and  a  *  spirit  of 
justice  to  him  that  sitteth  in  judg- 
ment, and  ^  strength  to  them  that 
turn  back  the  battle  '®at  the  gate. 

7  And  even  these  "reel  with  wine, 
and  stagger  with  strong  drink ; 
''the  priest  and  "the  prophet  reel 
with  strong  drink,  they  are  swal- 
lowed up  of  wine,  they  stagger 
with  ''  strong  drink ;   they  err  in 

Zech  14. 16 ;  Heb.  12.  22  "•  ver.  7  :  Hos.  7.  5  "  ch. 
9  9"  ch.  8.  7  ;  40.  10  f  ver.  17  ,  ch.  30.  30  ;  32. 19  ; 
Kzek.  13.  11    «  ch.  29.  6    »"  ch  8  6,  7  ;  30.  28  ;  Nah. 

1  8  •  ver.  18  ;  ch.  26.  6  '  Hos.  9. 10  ;  Mic.  7. 1 : 
Nah.  3.  12  "ch.  41.  16;  45.  2.5;  60.  1,19  ^' ch.  62.  3 
■^  ch  4.  2  !'  ch  11.  2  ;  32.  15,  16  ;  1  K.  3.  28  ;  Jn. 
5  30  -■  ch.  25.  4  ;  2  Chr.  32.  6-8  "  ch.  5.  11,  22  ;  22. 
13  :  56. 12  ;  Hos.  4.  11  t  ch.  24.  2  "^  ch.  9. 15 
d  Hab.  2.  1.5,  16 

10  Or,  beat  out  his  grain    i«  Heb.  smitten  down. 

11  Or,  gleaned  i'  Or,  with  violence 
n  Or,  one  to  another         i*  Or,  lo 

13  Or,  lost 


28. 8  ISAIAH 

Jehovah's  Dmree  of  D«strDction  against  Jerasalem.    A  Parable  from  Hnsbandry 


r29&3 


"vision,  they  stumble  *in  judgment. 
8  For  all  tables  are  full  of  "  vomit 
and  filthiness,  so  that  there  is  no 
place  clefin. 

9  ^  "*  Whom  will  he  teach  knowl- 
edge? and  whom  will  he  make  to 
understand  the  '^  message  1  them 
that  are  "weaned  from  the  milk, 
and  drawn  from  the  breasts'?  10 
For  it  is  -^precept  upon  precept, 
precept  upon  precept ;  '  line  upon 
line,  line  upon  line ;  here  a  little, 
there  a  little. 

11  •*Nay,  but  by  vien  o/ ^strange 
lips  and  with  another  tongue  will 
he  speak  to  this  people ;  1 2  to 
whom  he  said,  This  is  the  "rest, 
give  ye  rest  to  him  that  is  weary  ; 
and  this  is  the  refreshing :  yet 
they  would  not  hear.  13  Therefore 
shall  the  word  of  Jehovah  be  unto 
them  precept  upon  precept,  pre- 
cept upon  precept ;  line  upon  line, 
line  upon  line  ;  here  a  little,  there 
a  little ;  that  they  may  go,  and 
'  fall  backward,  and  be  broken, 
and  snared,  and  taken. 

14  Wherefore  *hear  the  word  of 
Jehovah,  ye  '  scoifers,  that  rule 
this  people  that  is  in  Jerusalem : 
15  Because  ye  have  said.  We  have 
made  a  "*  covenant  with  death,  and 
with  Sheol  are  we  at  agi^ement; 
when  "  the  overflowing  scourge 
shall  pass  through,  it  shall  not 
come  unto  us ;  for  we  have  made 
"lies  our  refuge,  and  under  false- 
hood have  we  ^hid  ourselves:  16 
therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  Je- 
hovah, ''  Behold,  I  ^  lay  in  Zion  for 
a  foundation  a ''  stone,  a  tried  stone, 
a  precious  corner-stone  of  sure 
foundation  :  he  that  believeth  shall 
not  be  in  haste.  17  And  I  will 
make  'justice  the  line,  and  right- 
eousness the  plummet ;  and  the 
'hail  shall  sweep  away  the  refuge 
of  lies,  and  the  waters  shall  over- 
flow the  hiding-place.  18  And 
your  "  covenant  with  death  shall 
be  "annulled,  and  your  agreement 
with  Sheol  shall  not  stand ;  when 
the  "=  overflowing  scourge  shall  pass 
through,  then  ye  shall  oe  *  trodden 
down  by  it.  19  As  ^  often  as  it 
passeth  through,  it  shall  take  you  ; 
for  "morning  by  morning  shall  it 
pass  through,  by  day  and  by 
night :  and  it  shall  be  nought  but 
*terror  to  understand  the  '^message. 

1  Or,  Whom  shall  he  tench  .  .  .  and  whom  shall 
he  make  .  .  .  breasts.    For  &c. 

2  Or,  report  3  Or,  rule 
*  Or,  For  with  stammering  lips 

5  Or,  have  laid 


"  ch.  29. 11 
*>  ch.  59. 11, 

14 
<=  Jer.  48.  26 
d  ver.  26 ; 

ch.  2.  3; 

3U.  20 ;  48. 

17  ;  50.  4  ; 

54.  13 
'  Ps.  131.  2  ; 

Heb.  5.  12, 

13 ;  1  Pet. 

2.  2 
/2Chr.  36. 

15;  Neh. 

9.  30 
'J  ch.  33.  19  ; 

1  Cor.  14. 

21 
h  ch.  n.  10  ; 

30.  15  ;  32. 

17, 18  ;  Jer. 

6. 16 ;  Mt. 

11,  28,  2a 
ich.  8.  15; 

Mt.  21.  44 
k  ver.  22 ; 

ch.  1.  10 
'  ch.  29.  20 
"'  ver.  18 
"  ver.  2 ; 

ch.  8.  8 ; 

30.  28 ; 

Dan.  11.  22 
"  ch.  9.  15  ; 

30.  9 ;  44. 

20  ;  59.  3,  4  ; 

Ezek.  13.  22 
P  eh.  29.  15 
9  Rom.  9. 

33  ;  10.  11 ; 

1  Pet.  2.  6 
»"  ch.  8.  14, 

15 ;  Ps.  113. 

22 ;  Mt.  21. 

42 ;  Mk.  12. 

10 ;  Lk.  20. 

17  ;  Acts 

4. 11 ;  Eph. 

2.20 
«  ch.  5.  16  ; 

30.  18  ;  61. 

8;  2K.  21. 

13 ;  Am.  7. 

7-9 
t  ver.  2 
"  ver.  15 
"  ch.  7.  7 ;  8. 

10 
^  ver.  15 
y  ver.  3 ; 

Dan.  8.  13 
'  2  K.  24.  2 
"  ch.  50.  4 
b  .Job  6.  4  ; 

18.  11  ;  24. 

17 ;  Ps.  55. 

4 ;  88.  15  ; 

Jer.  15.  8 ; 

Lam.  2.  22 


<=  ch.  59.  6 
d2S.  5.  20; 

1  Chr.  14. 

11,  .to. 
'  Josh.  10. 

10, 12  ;  2  S. 

5.  25 ; 

1  Chr.  14. 

16 
/ch.  10.  12; 

29.  14  ;  65.  7 
?  Lam.  2. 15  ; 

3.  33  ;  Lk. 

19.  41-44 
li-  ver.  14 
'  ch.  10.  22, 

23 
I'  Mt.  23.  23 
'  Ex.  9.  32 
'"  Am.  1.  3 
"  ch.  9.  6 
"  ch.  31.  2  , 

Rom.  11.  33 
P  2  S.  5.  9 

696 


20  For  the  bed  is  shoi-ter  than  that 
a  man  can  stretch  himself  on  it ; 
and  the  "covering  narrower  than 
that  he  can  wrap  himself  in  it.  21 
For  Jehovah  will  rise  up  as  in 
mount  ''  Perazim,  he  will  be  wroth 
as  in  the  valley  of  ^  Gibeon  ;  that  he 
may  do  his  -^work,  his  "strange 
work,  and  bring  to  pass  his  act, 
his  strange  act.  22  Now  therefore 
be  ye  not  *  scoifei-Sj  lest  your  bonds 
be  made  strong  ;  tor  ^ '  a  decree  of 
destruction  have  I  heard  from  the 
Lord,^  Jehovah  of  hosts,  upon  the 
whole  'earth. 

23  Give  ye  ear,  and  hear  my 
voice ;  hearken,  and  hear  my 
speech.  24  Doth  he  that  ploweth 
to  sow  plow  continually'!  doth  he 
continually  open  and  harrow  his 
ground  1  25  When  he  hath  levelled 
the  face  thereof,  doth  he  not  cast 
abroad  the  ^fitches,  and  scatter 
the  *  cummin,  and  put  in  the 
'wheat  in  rows,  and  the  barley  in 
the  appointed  place,  and  the  'spelt 
in  the  border  thereof?  26  ®For 
his  God  doth  instruct  him  aright, 
and  doth  teach  him.  27  For  the 
fitches  are  not  threshed  with  a 
sharp  "^threshing  instrument,  nei- 
ther is  a  cart  wheel  turned  about 
upon  the  cummin  ;  but  the  fitches 
are  beaten  out  with  a  stafl^  and 
the  cummin  with  a  rod.  28  ^^ Bread 
grain  is  ground  ;  for  he  will  not  be 
always  threshing  it :  and  though 
the  wheel  of  liis  cart  and  his  horses 
scatter  it,  he  doth  not  grind  it. 
29  This  also  cometh  forth  from 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  who  is  "  wonder- 
ful in  counsel,  and  "excellent  in 
^^  wisdom. 

r>Q  ''-^Ho  '^  Ariel,  Ariel,  the 
w  «_/  city  where  David  ^  en- 
camped !  add  ye  year  to  year ;  « let 
the  feasts  come  round  :  2  then  will 
I  distress  Ariel,  and  there  shall  be 
*■  mourning  and  lamentation  ;  ^^and 
she  shall  be  unto  me  as  Ariel.  3 
And  I  will  'encamp  against  thee 
round  about,  and  will  lay  siege 
against  thee  with  posted  troops, 

«  ver.  9, 13  ;  ch.  1.  14  ;  5.  12  ;  22.  12, 13  *•  ch.  3.  26  ; 
Lam.  2.  5    » Lk.  19.  43,  44 


6  Heb.  destruction,  and  that  decreed. 

1  Or,  land 

*  Or,  black  cummin  (Nigella  saliva) 

9  Or,  And  he  traiiwth  each  of  them  aright ;  his 
God  doth  teach  him 

10  Or,  In  bread  grain  crashed  f  Nay,  he  will  not 
ever  be  threshing  if^  and  driving  his  cart  wheels 
and  his  horses  over  it  ;  he  doth  not  crush  it 

n  Or,  effectual  irorking  12  Or,  Woe  to 

13  That  is,  Tlie  lion  of  God.  Or.  The  hearth  of 
God.  14  Or,  yet 


29.4 


ISAIAH 


29.23 


Ariel  and  her  Enemies.    Bliidnets  and  Hypocrisy  rnbulied.    Israel's  approachin;  RegeaenUivi 


and  I  will  raise  siege  works  against 
thee.  4  And  tliou  shalt  "  be 
brought  down,  and  shalt  speak  out 
of  the  ground,  and  thy  speech  shall 
be  low  out  of  the  dust ;  and  thy 
voice  shall  be  as  of  one  that  hath  a 
*  familiar  spirit,  out  of  the  ground, 
and  thv  speech  shall  ^whisper  out 
of  the  dust. 

5  But  the  multitude  of  thy  ^  foes 
sliall  be  like  small  "dust,  and  the 
multitude  of  the  ''terrible  ones  as 
chaff  that  passeth  away :  yea,  it 
shall  be  Mn  an  instant  suddenly. 
6  *She  shall  be  ^visited  of  Jehovah 
of  hosts  with  "thunder,  and  with 
earthquake,  and  great  noise,  with 
whirlwind  and  tempest,  and  the 
flame  of  a  devouring  fire.  7  And 
the  ''  multitude  of  all  the  nations 
that  fight  against  Ariel,  even  all 
that  fight  against  her  and  her 
stronghold,  and  that  distress  her. 
shall  lie  as  a  dream,  a  'vision  of 
the  night.  8  And  it  shall  be  as 
when  a  hungry  man  dreameth, 
and,  behold,  he  eateth ;  but  he 
awaketh,  and  his  soul  is  empty  :  or 
as  when  a  thirsty  man  dreameth, 
and,  behold,  he  drinketh ;  but  he 
awaketh,  and,  behold,  he  is  faint, 
and  his  soul  hath  appetite  :  ''  so 
shall  the  multitude  of  all  the  na- 
tions be,  that  fight  against  mount 
Zion. 

9  ■*  ^  Tarry  ye  and  wonder ; 
*take  your  pleasure  and  be  blind  : 
they  are  '"drunken,  but  not  with 
wine ;  they  stagger,  but  not  with 
strong  drink.  10  For  Jehovah 
hath  poured  out  upon  you  the 
spirit  of  deep  "  sleep,  and  hath 
"closed  ''your  eyes,  the  prophets; 
and  your  heads,  the  seers,  hath  he 
cov-ered.  1 1  And  all  -Pvision  is  be- 
come unto  you  as  the  words  of  a 
''book  that  is  sealed,  which  men 
deliver  to  one  that  "is  learned,  say- 
ing, Kead  this,  I  pray  thee;  and 
he  saith,  I  cannot,  for  it  is  sealed: 
12  and  the  book  is  delivered  to 
him  that  is  not  learned,  saying. 
Read  this,  I  pray  thee ;  and  he 
saith,  I  am  not  learned. 

13  And  the  Lord  said.  Foras- 
much as  ''this  people  draw  nigh 
unto  me,  and  with  their  mouth 
and  with  their  lips  do  honor  me. 
but  have  removed  their  heart  far 

1  Or,  chirp  2  Heb.  .lirnnaem. 

'  Or,  There,  .ihall  be  a  vhJtntlnn  from  Jehovah 
<tc.  *  Or.  Ftf  tie  amazed 

'  Or,  blind  yourseh<es  nnil  be  blind 
«  Or.  your  eyes  ;  the  prophets,  and  Sx. 
'  Or,  writinn 
•  Heb.  knowelh  writing  (or,  letters). 


"  ch.  8.  » 
l>  Lev.  20.  6  ; 

Dt.  18.  II", 

11 ;  1  S.  2S. 

8,15; 

2  Chr.  33.  6 
«Ck.  17.  l:i; 

41.  15.16 
't  ver.  JO ; 

cli.  n.  U; 

2  J.  3  5  ;  4!». 

'ch.  17.  14; 

3(1.  13 ;  47. 

11;  ITh. 

5.  3 
/ch.  in.  3; 

2(i.  14,  21  ; 

28.  2 
"  1  S.  2.  10  ; 

Mt.  24.  7 ; 

Mk.  13.  8 ; 

Lk.  21.  11  ; 

Rov.  11.  13, 

19  ;  l(i.  18 
fcMic.  4.  11, 

12 ;  Zech. 

12.  9 
^  Ch.  17.  14  ; 

Job  20.  8  ; 

Ps.  73.  20 
k  ch.  54.  17 
'  ver.  1 
'"  ch.  51.  17, 

21,  22  ;  63.  6 
"ch.  6.9,10; 

Ps.  69.  23 ; 

Uic.  3.  6 ; 

Rom.  11.  8 
0  ch.  44.  18  ; 

2Th.2.9-12 
''  cli.  28.  7 
9ch.  8.  16; 

Don.  12.  4, 

9  ;  Mt.  13. 

11 
*■  Ezek.  33 

31  ;  Mt.  15. 

8,  9  ;  Mk. 

7.  6,7 


'ch.6.9,10; 

28.  21 ;  6.5. 

7 ;  Hab.  1. 

5 
t  ch.  44.  25 ; 

Jer.  8.9; 

49.7; 

I  Cor.  1.  19 
«  ch.  28.  15  ; 

30.  1  ;  Ps. 

10.  11, 13 
"  ch.  57. 12  ; 

59.  6 ;  Job 

22.  13 ; 

Ezek.  8. 

12 :  Zeph. 

1.12 
^ch.  47. 10; 

Ps.  94.  7  ; 

Mai.  2.  17 
V  cli.  4.5.  9  ; 

64.  8  ;  Jer. 

18.  1-6 ; 

Rom.  9. 

19-21 

*  ch.  32. 15  ; 
Ps.  84.  6 ; 
107.  33,  35 

"  ch.  35.  5  ; 
42.7,18,19; 
43.  8  ;  Mt. 

II  5 ;  Mk. 
',.  37 

^  ver.  11 
<=  ch.  32.  3  ; 
Ps.  119.  IS  : 
Prov.  20. 12 
dch.ll.  4; 
61.  1; 
Ps.  25.  9  : 
37. 11 ;  Mt. 
5.  5  ;  11.  29 

•  ch.  3.  14, 
15  ;  11.  4  ; 

697 


from  me,  and  their  fear  of  me  is 
a  commandment  of  men  which 
hath  been  ^taught  t/iern;  14  there- 
fore, behold,  1  will  '"jiroceed  to 
do  a  'marvellous  woi'k  among 
this  people,  even  a  marvellous 
work  and  a  wonder ;  and  '  the 
wi.sdom  of  their  wise  men  shall 
perish,  and  the  understanding  of 
their  prudent  men  shall  he  hid. 

15  Woe  unto  them  that  "hide 
deep  their  counsel  from  Jehovah, 
and  whose  "works  are  in  the 
dark,  and  that  say,  '  Who  seeth 
us?  and  who  knoweth  us?  16 
"  Ye  turn  things  upside  down  ! 
Shall  the  potter  be  esteemed  as 
clay  ;  that  the  ^  thing  made  should 
say  of  him  that  made  it.  He  made 
me  not ;  or  the  thing  formed  say 
of  him  that  formed  it,  He  hath 
no  understanding? 

17  Is  it  not  yet  a  very  little 
while,  and  Lebanon  shall  be 
turned  into  a  ^fruitful  field,  and 
the  fruitful  field  shall  be  esteemed 
as  a  forest?  18  And  in  that  day 
shall  the  "deaf  hear  the  *  words 
of  ^"-^the  book,  and  the  "eyes  of 
the  blind  shall  see  out  of  obscu- 
rity and  out  of  darkness.  19  The 
■^meek  also  shall  increase  their 
joy  in  Jehovah,  and  the  *  poor 
among  men  shall  rejoice  in  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel.  20  For  the 
•'terrible  one  is  brought  to  nought, 
and  the  ^scoffer  ceaseth,  and  ''all 
they  that  watch  for  iniquity  are 
cut  off;  21  that  '^'make  a  man  an 
offender  "in  his  cause,  and  *lay  a 
snare  for  him  that  reproveth  in 
the  gate,  and  Hum  aside  the  just 
with  a  thing  of  nought. 

22  Therefore  thus  saith  Jehovah, 
who  redeemed  ""  Abraham,  concern- 
ing the  house  of  Jacob :  Jacob  "  shall 
not  now  be  ashamed,  neither  shall 
his  face  now  wax  pale.  23  '"But 
when  he  seeth  his  "children,  the 
''work  of  my  hands,  in  the  midst 
of  him,  they  shall  sanctify  my 
name;  yea,  they  shall  'sanctify 
the  Holy  One  of  Jacob,  and  shall 

14.  30,  32 ;  25.  4  ;  26.  6 ;  Mt.  11.  5 ;  Jas.  1.  9 :  2.  5 
/  ver.  .5  '■'  ch.  28.  14  h  ch.  59.  4  ■  cli.  10. 1,  2 ;  59. 
4,  13  *•  Am.  5.  10  '  ch.  32.  7  ;  Am.  5.  12  '"  ch.  41. 
8  :  51. 2  ;  63.  16  "  ch.  45.  17  ;  49.  23  ;  50.  7  ;  54.  4  ; 
Jer.  30.  ,5-7, 10  »  ch.49.  20-26  ;  54. 1-3  J'ch.  26. 12; 
45.  U  ;  Eph.  2.  10    «  ch.  5.  16  ;  8. 13 


9  Or,  learned  by  rote 
in  f)r,  again  do    Heb.  add  to  do. 
1'  Or,  Oh  your  peri-eraity  ! 
w  Or,  a  book  for,  u~rifino) 
13  Or,  make  men  to  offend  by  their  words 
1*  Or,  for  a  word    ■ 
IS  Or,  But  when  his  children  tee  Ac. 


29. 24  ISAIAH 

Vanity  of  Reliance  on  Egypt.    Prosperity  is  to  come  only  through  patient  Waiting  for  fiod's  firace 


30.  2t 


stand  in  awe  of  the  God  of  Israel. 
24  They  also  that  "err  in  spirit 
^  shall  *come  to  understanding, 
and  they  that  murmur  shall  "^  re- 
ceive instruction. 

Q/^  "Woe  to  the  ''rebellious 
OvJ  children,  saith  Jehovah, 
that  Hake  counsel,  but  not  of 
me ;  and  that  ■'-^make  a  league, 
but  not  of  my  Spirit,  that  they 
may  add  sin  to  sin ;  2  that  "  set 
out  to  go  down  into  Egypt,  and 
have  not  *  asked  at  my  mouth  ; 
'  to  *  strengthen  themselves  in 
the  strength  of  Pharaoh,  and  to 
take  refuge  in  the  shadow  of 
Egypt !  3  Therefore  shall  the 
strength  of  Pharaoh  be  *  your 
shame,  and  the  refuge  in  the 
shadow  of  Egypt  your  confusion, 
■i  For  '■  their  princes  are  at  ™  Zoan, 
and  their  ambassadors  are  come 
to  "Hanes.  5  They  shall  all  be 
"  ashamed  because  oi  a  people  that 
''cannot  profit  them,  that  are  'not 
a  help  nor  profit,  but  a  shame,  and 
also  a  reproach. 

6  The  *  burden  of  the  "■  beasts  of 
the '  South. 

Through  the  land  of  'trouble 
and  anguish,  from  whence  come 
the  lioness  and  the  lion,  the  viper 
and  "fiery  flying  serpent,  they 
"carry  their  riches  upon  the 
shoulders  of  young  asses,  and 
their  treasures  upon  the  humps 
of  camels,  to  a  people  that  shall 
not  profit  them.  7  For  Egypt 
^helpeth  in  vain,  and  to  no  pur- 

Eose :  therefore  have  I  ®  called 
er  "Rahab  that  sitteth  still. 
8  Now  go, '  write  it  before  them 
on  a  tablet,  and  inscribe  it  in  a 
book,  that  it  may  be  for  the  time 
to  come  ^for  ever  and  ever.  9 
For  it  is  a  "  rebellious  people, 
*  lying  children,  children  that 
will  not  "  hear  the  ''  law  of  Jeho- 
vah;  10  that  say  to  the  ■*  seers, 
See  not ;  and  to  the  prophets, 
'Prophesy  not  unto  us  right 
things,  ■'speak  unto  us  smooth 
things,  prophesy  deceits,  11  get 
you  out  of  the  way,  turn  aside 
out  of  the  path,  cause  the  Holy 
One  of  Israel  to  "cease  from  be- 
fore us.     12  Wherefore  thus  saith 

1  Heb.  shall  knjw  understanding. 

2  Or,  pour  out  a  drink-offering 

3  Or, /lee  to  the  stronghold  of  Pharaoh 
*  Or,  oracle  concerning 

5  Or,  cried  concerning  this,  They  are  but  arro- 
gancy :  be  itill 

«  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  for  a  witness  for  ever 
^  Or,  teaching 


°-  ch.  30,  21 ; 

Heb.  5.  2 
b  ch.  41.  20 ; 

60.  16 
«  ch.  64.  13 
<*  ver.  9 ;  ch. 

1.  2, 23  ;  65. 

2 
'  ch.  29. 15 
/ch.S.U,  12 
"  ch.  31. 1 ; 

Jer.  43.  7 
A  ch.  8. 19 
i  ch.  36.  9 
*  ch.  20.  5,  6 ; 

36.  6 ;  Jer. 

42.  18,  22 
'  ch.  19.  11 
•"  ch.  19.  11 
•'  Jer.  43.  7 
"  Jer.  2.  36 
^  ver.  7  ;  ch. 

31.3 
1  ver.  7  ;  ch. 

10.  3  ;  31.  3 
>•  ch.  46. 1, 2  ; 

1  K.  10.  2 
»  Gen.  12.  9 
t  ch.  5.  30  ; 

8.  22 ;  Ex. 

5.  10,  21  ; 

Dt.  4.  20 ; 

8.  15 :  Jer. 

11.4 
«  ch.  14. 29  ; 

Dt.  8.  15 
"  ch.  15.  7 ; 

46.  1,  2 
"^  ver.  5 
y  ch.  51.  9  ; 

Job  9.  13 ; 

Ps.  87.  4 ; 

89.  10 
'  ch.  8. 1 
"  ver.  1 
6  ch.  28. 15 ; 

59.  3,  4 
«ch.  1.  10; 

5.  24  ;  24.  5 
d  ch.  29.  10 
'  ch.  5.  20  ; 

Jer.  11. 21 ; 

Am.  2. 12 ; 

7.13 
/IK.  22.  8, 

13 ;  Jer.  6. 

14  ;  23.  17, 

26;  Ezek. 

13.7; 

Rom.  16. 

18 ;  2  Tim. 

4.  3,4 
V  Job  21.  14 


ft  ch.  5.  24;  7. 
9;  8.  6 

•  ch.  3.  14, 
15  ;  5.  7  ; 
59.  13 

*  ch.  26.  21 

i  ch.  58.  12  ; 

1  K.  20.  30 ; 

Ps.  62.  4 
">  ch.  29.  5  ; 

47.  11 
"  Ps.  2.  9  ; 

Jer.  19.  10, 

11 
"  ch.  7.  4  ; 

Ps.  116.  7 
P  ch.  28.  12 
«  ch.  32.  17 
»•  ver.  11. 12 
»ch.  2.  7; 

31.  1,  3 
<  Lev.  26. 

36 ;  Dt.  28. 

25  ;  32.  30 ; 

Josh.  23. 

10;  Prov. 

28.1 
"  ch.  6.  13  ; 

27.11 
*  ch.  42.  14, 

16 ;  ch.  48. 

698 


the  Holy  One  of  Israel,  ^  Becau.se 
ye  despise  this  word,  and  trust  in 
'  oppression  and  perverseness,  and 
rely    thereon;     13    therefore   this 

*  iniquity  shall  be  to  you  as  a 
'breach  i-eady  to  fall,  swelling 
out  in  a  high  wall,  whose  break- 
ing cometh  "suddenly  in  an  in- 
stant. 14  And  he  shall  break  it 
as  a  "potter's  vessel  is  broken, 
breaking  it  in  pieces  without 
sparing ;  so  that  there  shall  not 
be  found  among  the  pieces  thereof 
a  sherd  wherewith  to  take  fire 
from  the  hearth,  or  to  dip  up 
water  out  of  the  cistern. 

15  For  thus  said  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah, the  Holy  One  of  Israel,  In 
"returning  and  ^rest  shall  ye  be 
saved ;  in  *  quietness  and  in  con- 
fidence shall  be  your  strength. 
And  '■ye  would  not:  16  but  ye 
said,   No,    for  we   will    flee   upon 

*  liorses  ;  therefore  shall  ye  flee  : 
and.  We  will  ride  upon  the  swift ; 
therefore  shall  they  that  pursue 
you  be  swift.  1 7  '  One  thousand 
shall  flee  at  the  threat  of  one ;  at 
the  threat  of  five  shall  ye  flee : 
till  ye  "be  left  as  ^ a  beacon  upon 
the  top  of  a  mountain,  and  as  an 
ensign  on  a  hill. 

18  And  therefore  will  Jehovah 
"wait,  that  he  may  be  gracious 
unto  you  ;  and  therefore  will  he 
be  ^exalted,  that  he  may  have 
mercy  upon  you  :  for  Jehovah  is 
a  *  God  of  justice ;  blessed  are  all 
they  that  'wait  for  him.  19  For 
''the  people  shall  "dwell  in  Zion 
at  Jerusalem ;  thou  shalt  *  weep 
no  more ;  he  will  surely  be  gra- 
cious unto  thee  at  the  voice  of 
thy  cry ;  when  he  shall  hear, 
he  will  "answer  thee.  20  ^"And 
though  the  Lord  give  you  the 
"*  bread  of  adversity  and  the  water 
of  affliction,  yet  shall  not  thy 
^Heachers  ^^be  "hidden  any  more, 
but  thine  eyes  shall  see  thy  ^^  teach- 
ers ;  21  and  thine  ears  snail  hear 
a  word  behind  thee,  saying,  This 
is  the  •'way,  walk  ye  in  it ;  when 

9  ;  Jon.  3.  4, 10 ;  2  Pet.  3.  9, 15  '  ch.  2. 11, 17;  ch. 
33.5  y  ch.  5.  16  ;  2».  17  ;  61.  8  ^  ch.  8,  17  :  2.5.  9  ; 
26.  8  ;  33.  2  "  ch.  65.  9  ;  Ezek.  37.  25,  23  ^  ch.  25. 
8  ;  60.  20 ;  61.  1-3  ■"  ch.  58.  9  ;  65.  24  ;  Ps.  50. 15  ; 
Mt.  7.  7-11  rf  1  K.  j2.  27  ;  Ps.  80.  5  •  Ps.  74.  9  ; 
Am.  8. 11  /ch.  35.  8,  9 ;  42. 16  ;  Ps.  25.  8, 9  ;  Prov. 
3.6 


*  Or,  a.  pole 

9  Or,  0  people  that  dwellest  in  Zion  at  Jerusa- 
lem 

i»  Or,  And  then  will  the  Lord  give  you  bread  tn 
adversity  and  water  in  affliction  ;  and  thy  teach- 
ers shall  not  &c. 

11  Or,  teacher  ^  Or,  hide  themselves 


30.22 


ISAIAH 


31. 


The  Prosperity  described.    Jehovah's  Victory  over  Assyria.    Hot  Egypt,  bat  Jehovah,  ran  help 


ye  "  turn  to  the  right  hand,  and 
when  ye  turn  to  the  left.  22  And 
ye  shall  ''detile  the  overlaying  of 
thy  graven  "  images  of  silver,  and 
the  plating  of  thy  molten  '  images 
of  gold :  thou  snalt  '  east  them 
away  as  an  '^  unclean  thing ;  thou 
shalt  say  unto  it,  **  Get  thee  hence. 

23  And  he  will  *^^ive  the  rain 
for  thy  seed,  wherewith  thou  shalt 
sow  the  ground  ;  and  bread  of  the 
increase  of  the  ground,  and  it  shall 
be  fat  and  plenteous.  In  that  day 
shall  -^thy  cattle  feed  in  large  pas- 
tures; 2i  the  oxen  likewise  ana  the 
young  asses  that  till  the  ground 
shall  eiit  ■'  savory  provender,  which 
hath  been  "  winnowed  with  the 
shovel  and  with  the  fork.  25  And 
tliere  shall  be  upon  ''every  lofty 
mountain,  and  upon  every  high 
hill,  brooks  and  streams  of  waters, 
in  the  day  of  the  great '  slaughter, 
when  the  *  towers  fall.  26  More- 
over 'the  light  of  the  moon  shall 
be  as  the  light  of  the  sun,  and  the 
light  of  the  sun  shall  be  sevenfold, 
as  the  light  of  seven  days,  in  the 
day  that  "'Jehovah  bindeth  up  the 
"hurt  of  his  people,  and  "healeth 
the  stroke  of  their  wound. 

27  Behold,  ''the  name  of  Jeho- 
vah Cometh  from  far,  'burning 
■with  his  anger,  and  in  thick  ris- 
ing smoke :  his  lips  are  full  of 
•■  indignation,  and  his  tongue  is  as 
a  'devouring  fire;  28  and  his 
'breath  is  as  an  overflowing 
stream,  that  "  reacheth  even  unto 
the  neck,  to  "sift  the  nations 
"with  the  sieve  of  destruction  : 
and  *a  bridle  that  causeth  to  err 
shall  be  in  the  jaws  of  the  peo- 
ples. 29  Ye  shall  have  a  *song 
as  in  the  night  *  when  a  ^  holy 
feast  is  kept ;  and  gladness  of 
heart,  as  when  one  goeth  with  a 
"pipe  to  *come  unto  the  moun- 
tain of  Jehovah,  to  ''the  Rock 
of  Israel.  30  And  Jehovah  will 
cau.se  his  glorious  "*  voice  to  be 
heard,  and  will  .show  the  light- 
ing down  of  his  arm,  with  the 
'  indignation  of  his  anger,  and 
the  flame  of  a  devouring  fire, 
with  'a  blast,  and  -^tempest,  and 
hailstones.  31  For  "through  the 
voice  of  Jehovah  shall Z"  the  Assyrian 
be  dismayed  ;  with  his  '  rod  will  he 
smite  him.  32  And  every  *  stroke 
of    the   ''appointed    *  staff,    which 

1  Heb.  scatter.  *  Heb.  mtnslruomt. 

3  Heb.  sailed.       *  Or,  whtn  afeatt  is  hallowed 

5  Or,  crashing  '  Heb.  passing. 

'  Or,  ttaffof  doom  (Heb.  foundation) 


"  ch.  29.  24 
b  ch.  2.  18, 

20 ;  31.  7 
■^  ch.  46.  6  ; 

Ex.  a-.'.  2, 

4 :  Judg. 

17.  a,  4 
d  Mt.  4.  10 
'ch.  1.  19; 

62. 8,  ;t ;  G.5. 

21,22;  Ps. 

&).  9-iy  ; 

104.  13,  14 
/c)i.  32.  20; 

Ps.  144. 13  ; 

Ho8.  4.  16 
'J  Mt.  3.  12  ; 

Lk.  3  17 
''  ch.  35.  6,  7  ; 

41.  18  ;  43. 

19,20 

•  ch.  34.  2 

«••  ch.  2.  15  ;  1 

32.  14  ;  33. 

18 
ich.  24.23; 

60.  19,  20 ; 

Rev.  21. 

23  ;  22.  5 
"'  ch.  61.  1 
"  ver.  13,  14  ; 

ch.  1.  6 
"ch.  33.24; 

Dt.  32.  39  ; 

Job  5.  18  ; 

Jer.  33.  6 ; 

Hos.  6.  1,  2 
P  ch.  59.  19 
«  ch.  10.  17 
■•ch.  10.5; 

13.  5 ;  66. 
14 

'  ch.  66.  15 
'  ver.  33 ; 

ch.  11.  4 ; 

2  Th.  2.  8 
"  ch.  8.  8 
"  Am.  9.  9 
=  ch.  37.  29  ; 

2  K.  19.  28 
y  ch.  12.  1 ; 

26.  1 
■=  Ps.  42.  4 
°  1  S.  10.  5  ; 

1  K.  1.  40 
b  ch.  2.  3 
-^  ch.  17.  10  ; 

26.  4  ;  44.  8 
<'  ch.  66.  6 
"  ver.  27 :  ch. 

10.  5 ;  26. 

20 
/ch.  28.2, 

17  ;  32.  19 
0  ch.  11.  4 
A  ch.  10.  12  ; 

14.  2.5  ;  31.  8 

•  ch.  10.  26  i 
11.4 

fc  ch.  10.  24 


'1  S.  18.  6; 

Jer.  31  4 
'"Ezek.32.10 
"2K.  23.  10; 

Jer.  7.  31; 

19.  6 

0  ver.  27,  28  ; 
ch.  10.  16, 
17;  11.4; 
Ps.  18.  8 

Pch.  34.9; 

Gen.  19.  24 
«  ch.  30.  2,  5, 

7  ;  .W.  6 ; 

Ezek  17.15 
•"  ch.  2.  7  ;  30. 

16;  Dt. 

17.  16 ;  Ps. 

20.  7  ;  33.  17 
•  ch.  9.  13 ; 

Dan.  9. 13 ; 
Am.  5.  4-8 

1  ch.  10.  17 ; 
43.  15 ; 

699 


Jehovah  shall  lay  upon  him,  shall 
be  with  t/ie  sound  of  '  tabrets  and 
harps ;  and  in  battles  with  the 
'"  brandishing  of  his  arm  will  he 
fight  with  them.  33  For  a  "To- 
pheth  is  prepared  of  old ;  yea,  for 
the  king  it  is  made  ready  ;  ne  hath 
made  it  deep  and  large ;  the  pile 
thereof  is  fire  and  much  wood  ;  "  the 
breath  of  Jehovah,  like  a  stream  of 
'' brimstone,  doth  kindle  it. 

O  'i       Woe  to  tliem  that  go  down 

0  J-  to  «  Egypt  for  help,  and  *"  rely 
on  horses,  and  trust  in  chariots  be- 
cause they  are  many,  and  in  horse- 
men because  they  are  verv  strong, 
but  they  'look  not  unto  the  'Holy 
One  of  Israel,  neither  seek  Jeho- 
vah !  2  Yet  he  also  is  "wise,  and 
will  'bring  evil,  and  will  ^ not  call 
back  his  words,  but  will  arise 
against  the  house  of  the  "  evil-doers, 
and  against  the  help  of  them  that 
-  work  iniquity.  3  Now  the  Egyp- 
tians are  "  men,  and  not  God  ;  and 
their  ''horses  flesh,  and  not  spirit : 
and  when  Jehovah  shall  *"  stretch 
out  his  hand,  both  he  that  "^  helpeth 
shall  stumble,  and  he  that  is  helped 
shall  fall,  and  they  all  shall  be  con- 
sumed together. 

4  For  thus  saith  Jehovah  unto 
me,  As  the  •'lion  and  the  young 
lion  growling  over  his  prey,  if  a 
multitude  of  shepherds  be  called 
forth  against  him,  will  not  be  dis- 
mayed at  their  voice,  nor  abase 
him.self  for  the  noise  of  them :  so 
will  Jehovah  of  hosts  come  down 
to -^ fight  ®upon  mount  Zion,  and 
**  upon  the  hill  thereof .  5  As  ^  birds 
hovering,  .so  will  Jehovah  of  hosts 
protect  Jerusalem  ;  he  will  *  protect 
and  deliver  it,  he  will  pass  over  and 
preserve  it.  6  'Turn  ye  unto  him 
^  from  whom  "  ye  have  deeply  *  re- 
volted, O  children  of  Israel.  7  For 
in  that  day  they  shall  'cast  away 
every  man  his  idols  of  silver,  and 
his  idols  of  gold,  which  your  own 
hands  have  made  unto  you  for  a 
sin.     8    And  the  ™ Assyrian  shall 

Hos  11. 9 ;  Hab  1.  12  ;  3.  3  "  ch.  28.  29 ;  Rom. 

16.27    "ch.45.  7     ^  Num.  23.  19  ;  Jer.  44^  29     v  ch. 

1  4  ■  9.  17  ;  14  20  '  ch.  22.  14  ;  32.  6  "  Ezek.  28.  9; 
2X11  2.4  1-  ch.  36.  9  "  ch.  9.  17  ;  Jer.  15.  6 ;  Ezek. 
20  33.  34  d  ch.  10.  3 ;  20.  6  ;  30.  5,  7  ;  Jer.  37.  7-10 ; 
Mt.  15. 14  '  Num.  24.  9 ;  Hos.  11.  10;  Am.  3.  8 
/  ch.  42.  13 ;  Zech.  12  8  !<  Dt.  32.  11 ;  Ps.  91  4 
'•  ch.  17.  13 :  37.  35  ;  38.  6 ;  41.  11. 12  •  ch  44  22 ; 
55  7  ;  Jer.  3.  10, 14,  '22 ;  Ezek.  18.  31,  32  t  ch.  1. 
2,  5  '  ch.  2.  20 ;  3(5.  22  "'  ch.  10. 12 ;  14.  25 ;  30.  31- 
33  ;  37.  7,  36-38  

e  Or,  again. ft 

»  Or,  from  whom  the  eftildren  of  Israel  nave 
deeply  revolted  »"  Heb.  they. 


31.9 


ISAIAH 


33.6 


Reign  of  the  Righteons  King.    Women  of  J«msalem  warned.    Peace  to  follow  the  Enemy's  Devastations 


fall  by  the  sword,  not  of  man  ;  and 
the  "sword,  not  of  men,  shall  de- 
vour him ;  and  he  shall  *  tiee  from 
the  sword,  and  his  young  men  shall 
become  "subject  to  taskwork.  9 
And  his  ''  rock  shall  pass  away  by 
reason  of  terror,  and  his  princes 
shall  be  dismayed  at  the  "ensign, 
saith  Jehovah,  whose  •'fire  is  in 
Zion,  and  his  furnace  in  Jerusalem. 

OO  Behold,  a  "king  shall 
Ow  reign  in  righteousness,  and 
princes  shall  rule  in  justice.  2  And 
a  man  shall  be  as  a  ''hiding-place 
from  the  wind,  and  a  covert  from 
the  tempest,  as  'streams  of  water 
in  a  dry  place,  as  the  ''shade  of  a 
great  rock  in  a  weary  land.  3  And 
the  *  eyes  of  them  that  see  shall  not 
be  ^  dim,  and  the  ears  of  them  that 
hear  shall  hearken.  4  And  the 
heart  of  the  '^ '  rash  shall  understand 
knowledge,  and  the  tongue  of  the 
stammerers  shall  be  ready  to  speak 
plainly.  5  The  ™fool  shall  be  no 
more  called  noble,  nor  the  ^  churl 
said  to  be  bountiful.  6  For  the 
fool  will  speak  folly,  and  his  heart 
will  "work  iniquity,  to  practise 
" prof aneness,  and  to  utter  terror 
against  Jehovah,  *to  make  empty 
the  soul  of  the  hungry,  and  to 
cause  the  drink  of  the  thirsty  to 
fail.  7  And  the  instruments  of 
the  churl  are  evil :  he  ''  deviseth 
wicked  devices  to  destroy  the 
**meek  with  lying  words,  'even 
when  the  needy  speaketh  right.  8 
"But  the  noble  deviseth  noble 
things  ;  and  *  in  noble  things  shall 
he  continue. 


9  Rise  up,  ye  "women  that  are 
at  ease,  and  near  my  voice ;  ye 
®  careless  daughters,  ^give  ear  unto 
my  speech.  10  ^For  days  beyond 
a  year  shall  ye  be  troubled,  ye 
careless  women  ;  ^  for  the  vintage 
shall  fail,  the  ingathering  shall  not 
Gome.  1 1  Tremble,  ye  women  that 
are  at  ease ;  'be  troubled,  ye  care- 
less ones;  "strip  you,  and  make 
you  bare,  and  *  gird  sackdoth  upon 
your  loins.  12  They  shall  *  smite 
upon  the  breasts  for  the  pleasant 
fields,  for  the  fruitful  vine.  13 
"  Upon  the  land  of  my  people  shall 
come  up  thorns  and  briers ;   yea, 

1  Or,  dosed  2  Heb,  hasty. 

3  Or,  crafty  *  Or,  •poor 

5  Or,  by  liberal  things  shall  he  stand 
"  Hen.  confident. 

f  Or,  After  a  year  and  days  Heb.  Days  above 
a  year.  *  Or,  put  a  girdle  upon 


"  ch.  66.  16 
>>  ch.  21.  15 
'  ch.  14.  2 ; 

Gen.  49.  15 
rf  Ut.  32. 

ai,  37 
•■  ch.  5.  26 ; 

13.  2;  18.3 
/  ch.  10.  16, 

17  ;  30.  33 ; 

Zech.  2.  6 ; 

Mai  4.  1 
«  ch.  9,  6,  7  ; 

11.4,5;  Ps. 

72.1-4;Jer. 

23.  5 ;  33. 

15;  Ezek. 

37.  24 ; 

Zech.  9.  9 
''  oh.  4.  6 ; 

25.4 
i  ch.  35.  6  ; 

41.  18;  43. 

19,20 
fc  ch.  29.  18 
'  ch.  29.  24 
"'  1  S.  25,  25 
"  ch.  59.  7, 

13 ;  Prov. 

19.  3  ;  24. 

7-9 
"  ch.  9.  17  ; 

10.  6 
Pch.  3.  12; 

9  15,  16 
4  ch,  3.  15  ; 

10.2 
>■  Jer.  5.  26- 

28 ;  Mic.  7. 

3 
»  ch.  11.  i  ; 

29.  19  ;  61. 1 
«  ch.  5.  23 
«  Ex.  35.  21- 

29 ;  1  Chr. 

29,  6-9, 17  ; 

Prov.  11. 

25 ;  2  Cor. 

9.  6-11 
"  ch.  47.  8  ; 

Zeph.  2.  15 
*  ch.  28,  23 
y  ch.  5.  5,  6  ; 

7.  23  ;  24.  7 
'  ch.  22.  12 
"  ch.  47.  2 
b  Nah.  2,  7 
'  ch,  5.  6,  10, 

17 ;  27.  10 


rfch.  22,  2; 

23.  7 
«  ch.  13.  22  ; 

25.  2  ;  34. 13 
/ch.  6.  11; 

22.  2 ;  24. 

10,  12 
f  ch,  13.  21 ; 

34,  13 
h  Ps,  104.  11  ; 

Jer.  14.  6 
■ch.  11,  2; 

44.  3;  S9. 

21 ;  Ezek. 

39.  29 ; 

Joel  2,  23 
*  ch.  29,  17  ; 

35. 1,  2 ; 

Ps.  107,  35 
'  ch.  33.  5 
"1  ch.  2,  4  ; 

Ps.  72.  2,  3  ; 

85.  8 ;  119. 

165;  Rom. 

14. 17 ;  Jas. 

3.  18 
"  ch.  30.  15 
°  ch,  26.  3,  12 
P  ch.  11.  10 ; 

14.  3 :  30. 

15 ;  Hos. 

2.  18-23 ; 
Zech.  2.  5 ; 

3,  10 

«  ch.  28.  2, 

7oa 


upon  all  the  houses  of  joy  in  the 
''joyous  city.  14  For  "the  palace 
shall  be  forsaken;  the  populous 
-'city  shall  be  deserted;  "the  hill 
and  the  watch-tower  shall  be  for 
"  dens  for  ever,  a  joy  of  "  wild  asses, 
a  pasture  of  flocks;  15  until  the 
'  Spirit  be  poured  upon  us  from  on 
high,  and  the  wilderness  become  a 
''  fruitful  field,  and  the  fruitful  field 
be  esteemed  as  a  forest. 

16  Then  'justice  shall  dwell  in 
the  wilderness ;  and  righteousness 
shall  abide  in  the  fruitful  field.  1 7 
And  the  ""work  of  righteousness 
shall  be  peace;  and  the  efiect  of 
righteousness,  "quietness  and  confi- 
dence for  ever.  18  And  my  people 
shall  abide  in  a  "  peaceable  habita- 
tion, and  in  safe  dwellings,  and  in 
quiet  ^resting-places.  19  But  it 
shall 'hailinthedownfall of  the '■for- 
est;  and  'the  city  shall  be  utterly 
laid  low.  20  *  Blessed  are  ye  that 
sow  beside  all  waters,  that  send 
forth  the  feet  of  the  ox  and  the  ass. 

OO  Woe  "to  thee  that  de- 
O  O  stroyest,  and  thou  wast  not 
destroyed;  and  "dealest  treacher- 
ously, and  they  dealt  not  treach- 
erously with  thee !  When  thou 
hast  ceased  to  destix)y,  *  thou  shalt 
be  destroyed  ;  and  when  thou  hast 
made  an  end  of  dealing  treacher- 
ously, they  shall  ^deal  treacherously 
with  thee.  2  O  Jehovah,  ^be  gra- 
cious unto  us ;  we  have  "  waited 
for  thee  :  be  thou  "  our  *  arm  every 
morning,  our  salvation  also  in  the 
"time  of  trouble.  3  At  the  noise 
of  the  tumult  the  ^  peoples  are  fled  ; 
at  the  "lifting  up  of  thyself  the  na- 
tions are  scattered.  4  And  your 
spoil  shall  be  gathered  as  the  cater- 
pillar gathereth :  as  locusts  leap 
shall  men  leap  upon  it.  6  Jeho- 
vah is  •'^ exalted ;  for  he  dwelleth 
on  high  :  he  hath  "  filled  Zion  with 
justice  and  righteousness.  6  ^^  And 
there  shall  be  *  stability  in  thy 
times,  *  abundance  of  salvation, 
wisdom,  and  *  knowledge :  the '  fear 
of  Jehovah  is  '"^  thy  treasure. 

17  ;  30.  30  '  ch,  10,  18,  19,  34  '  ch.  24.  10, 12  ;  26  5  ; 
27. 10  ;  29.  4  '  ch.  30,  23,  24  ;  Eccl.  11,  1  "  ch.  19. 
6  ;  21.  2  "  ch.  24.  16  ;  48.  8  ^  ch,  10.  12  ;  14.  25  ;  31. 
8;  Hab.  2.  8  y  Jer.  25,  12-14 ;  Mt.  7.  2  '  ch.  30. 
18,  19  "  eh.  25,  9  t>  ch.  40.  10  ;  51.  5  ;  59. 16  '  eh. 
37.  3  d  ch.  11.  13  ;  17.  13  ;  21.  15  "  ch.  10.  33  ;  17. 
13  ;  59.  16-18  ;  J'er.  25.  30,  31  /  Ps,  97,  9  '->  ch,  1.  26: 
28.  6 ;  32.  16  *  ver,  20  •  ch.  45, 17  ;  51,  6  l  ch.  11.  * 
'  ch.  11.  3 ;  2  K.  18.  7 ;  Pa.  112.  1-3  ;  Mt.  6.  33 


9  Or,  Ophel  lo  Heb,  fhfir. 

11  Or,  A  n it  ahundfrnee  of  salvation,  wisdom,  ard 
knowledge  shall  be  the  stability  of  thy  times 

12  Heb.  his. 


aaz 


ISAIAH 


34. 


Jehovabth«  Helper  in  Trouble.    Secarity  or  Uie  Uprifirbt    Jehovah's  (inidoas  fteign.    fiod'g  Indifnation  against  the  Nations 


7  Behold,  their  valiant  ones  wy 
"without;  tlie  "amluissfulors  of  peace 
weep  bitterly.  S  The  higliways  lie 
waste,  the  *"  wayfaring  man  ceasetli : 
^tfie  enemy  \\i\.u\  'broken  the  cove- 
nant, he  liath  daspiaed  the  cities, 
he  regardt'th  not  man.  9  "^  The 
land  mourneth  and  languislu'th ; 
'Lebanon  is  confounded  and  vvith- 
erethaway  ;  ■' JSharon  is  like  "^  a  des- 
ert ;  and  Bashan  and  Carmel  shake 
off  their  leaves.  10  Now  will  ^1 
Arise,  saith  Jehovah  ;  now  will  1 
lift  up  myself;  now  will  I  be 
exalted.  11  Ye  shall  ''conceive 
chaff,  ye  shall  bring  forth  stubble  : 
your  'breath  is  a  lire  that  shall 
devour  you.  12  And  the  peoples 
shall  be  as  the  burnings  of  lime, 
*as  thorns  cut  down,  that  are 
burned  in  the  fire. 

13  'Hear,  ye  that  are  far  off, 
what  I  have  done ;  and,  ye  that 
are  near,  acknowledge  my  might. 
1 4  '"  The  sinners  in  Zion  are  afraid  ; 
*'  trembling  hath  seized  the  godless 
ones :  Who  among  us  can  dwell 
with  "the  devouring  hre"?  wdio 
among  us  can  dwell  with  everlast- 
ing-^burnings?  15  Hethat'^walk- 
eth  righteously,  and  speaketh 
uprightly ;  he  that  despiseth  the 
gain  of  ''oppressions,  that  shaketh 
his  hands  from  tfd<ing  a  bribe,  that 
stoppeth  his  ears  from  hearing  of 
blood,  and  ''shutteth  his  eyes  from 
looking  upon  evil :  16  he  shall  dwell 
on  high  ;  liis  place  of  defence  shall 
be  the  'munitions  of  rocks;  'hisi 
bread  shall  be  given  him ;  his  waters 
shall  be  sure. 

1 7  Thine  eyes  shall  se^  "  the  king 
in  his  beauty  :  they  shall  behold 
■•'a  land  that  reacheth  afar.  18 
Thy  heart  shall  muse  on* the  ter- 
ror: Where  is  '^-"he  that  counted, 
where  is  he  that  weighed  the  trib- 
utel  where  is  he  that  counted  the 
towers'?  19  Thou  ^shalt  not  see 
the  fierce  people,  a  people  of  a 
"deep  si)eech  tnat  thou  canst  not 
comprehend,  of  a  "strange  tongue 
that  thou  canst  not  understand. 
20  ''Look  upon  Zion,  the  city  of 
our  ^solemnities:  thine  eyes  shall 
see  Jerusalem  a  '" quiet  haoitation, 
''a  tent  that  shall  not  be  removed, 
the  stakes  whereof  shall  never  be 
plucked  up,  neither  shall  any  of 
the  cords  thereof  be  broken.  21 
But  there  Jehovah  will  be  with  us 

1  Heb.  til-:      »  Or.  the  Arahafi      3  Or.  fraud 

*  Or,  a  land  that  is  very  far  off  Heb  a  land  of 
far  distances.  »  Or,  Ihf-  .irribe 

*  Ot.  ftamm«riHg  ^  Oi,  set  featU 


"  2  K.  18. 18, 

37 
'•  ch.  15.  8 
"=  ch.  24.  5 
<'  ch.  S  2li ; 

24.  4  ;  2U.  2 
'  Ch.  2.  13  ; 

10.  34 
/  ch.  3.5.  2  ; 

(jo.  10 
"ch.  2,19, 

21 ;  Ps.  12  5 
A  ch.  26.  IS  ; 

59.  4 ;  1*8. 

7.  14  ;  Jas. 

1.15 
>  ch.  1.  31 
I  ch.  10.  17  ; 

27.  4  ;  2  S. 

23.  6,  7 
'  ch.  49.  1 ; 

Ps.  48.  10 
™  ch.  1.  28 
»  ch.  82.  11 
»  ch.  30.  27, 

30;  Heb. 

12.  29 
P  ch.  a.  18, 

19  ;  10.  16  ; 

47.14 
«  oh.  58,  6- 

11  ;  Ps.  15. 

2 ;  24  4 
"■Ps.  119.  37 
'  ch.  25.4 ; 

26.1 
'  ch.  49.  10 
"  ver.  21,  22  ; 

ch.  6.  5  ;  24. 

"  ch.  26.  1.5 
^'  ch.  17.  14 
V  1  Cor.  1.  20 

(for  marg.; 
'  oh  37.  33  ; 

2  K.  19.  32 
"  ch.  28.  11  ; 

Dt.  28.  49, 

50  ;  Jer.  5. 

15 
6  Ps.  48.  12 
'  ch.  32.  18  ; 

Ps.  46.  5 ; 

125.  1,  2 
d  ch.  54.  2 


"ch.  41.  18; 

43.19,  20; 

48.  18 ;  66. 

12 
/ch.2.  4;11. 

4 ;  16.  5 ;  51. 

5 
»  ch.  1.  10 ; 

51.4,7; 

Jas.  4.  12 
h  ver.  17 : 

Ps.  89.  18 ; 

Zech.  9.  9 
'Ch.  25.9; 

35.  4 ;  49. 

25,  26 ;  60. 

16 

*  2  K.  7.  16 
'  ch.  35.  6  ; 

2  K.  7.  8 
"•  ch.  30.  26  ; 

58.8;  Jer. 

30. 17  ;  33.  6 
"  ch.  40.  2 ; 

44.22;  Jer. 

50.  20 ; 

»Uc.  7.  18. 

19;  1  Jn.  1. 

7-9 
»  ch.  41.  1 ; 

43  9 ;  Ps. 

49.1 
Pch.  1.  2: 

Dt.  32.  1 
«  ch.  26.  20, 

21 
''  ch.  13  5 ; 

24.  1,  2 

•  ch.  30.  25 ; 

701 


in  majesty, "  a  place  of  broad  *  rivers 
and  streams,  wbertun  shall  go  no 
galley  with  oars,  neither  shall  gal- 
lant ship  pass  thereby.  22  For 
Jehovah  is  our  -^ judge,  Jehovah  is 
"our  lawgiver,  Jehovah  i.s  ''our 
king ;  *  he  will  save  u.s.  23  Thy 
tacklings  are  loosed  ;  they  could 
not  strengthen  tiie  foot  of  their 
mast,  they  could  not  spread  the 
sail :  then  was  the  *  prey  of  a  great 
spoil  divided  ;  '  the  lame  took  the 
prey.  24  And  the  inhabitant  .shall 
not  say,  I  am  '"  sick  :  the  ijeople  that 
dwell  therein  shall  be  "forgiven 
their  iniquity. 

O  A  Come  near, "  ye  nations,  to 
O  Tl  hear ;  and  hearken,  ye  ijeo- 
ples :  p  let  the  earth  hear,  and  the 
fulness  thereof ;  the  world,  and  all 
things  that   come  forth  from    it. 

2  For  Jehovah  hath  ''indignation 
against  all  the  nations,  and  wrath 
against  all  their  host :  he  *■  hath 
"utterly  destroyed  them,  he  hath 
delivered  them  to  the  "slaughter. 

3  Their  slain  also  shall  be  'cast 
out,  and  the  "  stench  of  their  dead 
bodies  shall  come  up ;  and  the 
mountains  shall  be  melted  with 
their  "blood.  4  And  •'all  the  host 
of  heaven  shall  "'be  dissolved,  and 
the  » heavens  shall  be  rolled  to- 
gether as  a  scroll ;  and  all  their 
host  shall  fade  away,  as  the  leaf 
fadeth  fr-om  oft'  tlie  vine,  and  as  a 
fading  leaf  from  the  fig-tree.  5 
For  my  ^ sword  hath  drunk  its  fill 
in  heaven :  behold,  it  shall  come 
down  upon  "Edom,  and  upon  the 
people  of  my  '^  *curse,  to  judgment. 

6  Tlie  sword  of  Jehovah  is  filled 
with  blood,  it  is  made  fat  with  fat- 
neas,  -with  the  blood  of  lambs  and 
goats,  with  the  fat  of  the  kidneys 
of  rams ;  for  Jehovah  hath  a  sac- 
rifice in  "Bozrah,  and  a  great 
slaughter  in   the  land  of  ''  Edom. 

7  And  the  *  wild-oxen  .shall  come 
down  with  them,  and  the  •''bullocks 
with  the  bulls :  and  their  land 
shall  be  ^drunken  with  blood,  and 
their  dust  made  fat  with  fatness. 

8   For    Jehovah  hath  a  day  of 

63.  6;  65.  12  '  ch.  5.  25  ;  14  19  "  Joel  2  20  :  Am. 
4.  10  '  Ezek.  14.  19 ;  :ib.  6 :  88.  22  -^  ch  13.  13 :  .51. 
6  :  Ezek.  3'2.  7,8;  Joel  2.  31 ;  Mt.  24.  29 ;  2  Pet.  3  1« 
'J  Rev.  6.  12-14  -  Dt.  32.  41.  42  :  Jer  40.  10 :  Ezek. 
21.  .3-5  "  ch.  63  1 ;  Jer.  49.  20  ;  Mai  1.  4  f-  ch.  24. 
6:43  28  "^ch.  63. 1:  Jer.  49. 13  «'ch.63  1  ''Num. 
23.  22  ;  Ps.  22.  21  /  Ps.  68.  30 ;  Jer.  50.  27  »  ch.  29. 
9  ;  49.  26  ;  63.  6  

8  Or,  hut  in  the  place  .  .  .  ifrtams  tfwre  shall  go 
&c.       9  Heb.  devoted.       v>  Or,  ■m«ulder  away 
11  Heb.  devoting,  or,  ban. 


34.9 


ISAIAK 


36.3 


God's  Indignatioii  against  the  nations,  especially  Edom.    Zion's  Happr  Fntare.    Sennaclierib  invades  JIndah 


"vengeance,  a  year  of  recompense 
for  the  cause  of  Zion.  9  And  the 
streams  ^  of  Edom  shall  be  turned 
into  pitch,  and  the  dust  thereof 
into  *  brimstone,  and  the  land 
thereof  shall  become  burning 
pitch.  10  It  shall  "not  be 
quenched  night  nor  day ;  the 
•*  smoke  thereof  shall  go  up  for 
ever ;  "from  generation  to  genera- 
tion it  shall  lie  waste ;  •''  none  shall 
pass  through  it  for  ever  and  ever. 
1 1  But  the  "  pelican  and  the  porcu- 
pine shall  possess  it ;  and  the  ^owl 
and  the  raven  shall  dwell  therein  : 
and  he  will  stretch  over  it  the  ''line 
of  confusion,  and  the  *  plummet  of 
emptiness.  12  ■*  They  shall  call  the 
nobles  thereof  to  the  kingdom,  but 
'none  shall  be  there;  and  all  its 
princes  shall  be  *nothing.  13  And 
thorns  shall  come  up  in  its  ^palaces, 
nettles  and  thistles  in  the  fortresses 
thereof;  and  it  shall  be  a  habita- 
tion of  "'jackals,  a  court  for 
ostriches.  1 4  And  the  ".wild  beasts 
of  the  desert  shall  meet  with  the 
^wolves,  and  the  "wild  goat  shall 
cry  to  his  fellow ;  yea,  ®  the  night- 
monster  shall  settle  there,  and 
shall  find  her  a  place  of  rest.  15 
There  shall  the  dart-snake  make 
her  nest,  and  lay,  and  hatch,  and 
gather  under  her  shade  ;  yea,  there 
shall  the  "kites  be  gathered,  every 
one  with  her  mate. 

16  Seek  ye  out  of  the  ^^book  of 
Jehovah,  and  read :  *  no  one  of 
these  shall  be  missing,  none  shall 
want  her  mate;  for '' my  mouth,  it 
hath  commanded,  and  his  Spirit, 
it  hath  gathered  them.  17  And 
he  hath  cast  the  '  lot  for  them,  and 
his  hand  hath  divided  it  unto  them 
by  '  line :  they  shall  possess  it  for 
ever ;  "  from  generation  to  genera- 
tion shall  they  dwell  therein. 

O  pT  The  "  wilderness  and  the 
O  O  dry  land  shall  be  glad  ;  and 
the  •*  desert  shall  rejoice,  and  blos- 
som as  the  ^  rose.  2  It  shall  ^  blos- 
som abundantly,  and  ■'rejoice  even 
with  joy  and  singing;  the  "glory 
of  Lebanon  shall  be  given  unto 
it,  the  excellency  of  ''Carmel  and 
Sharon :  they  shall  see  the  "  glory 
of  Jehovah,  the  excellency  of  our 
God. 
3   •*  Strengthen     ye     the     weak 

1  Heb.  thereof.     2  Or,  bittern     3  Heb.  stones. 
*  Or,  ^.5  for  her  rioblea,  none  shall  be  there  to 
proclaim  the  kingdom 

^  Heb.  howling  creatures.  «  Heb.  Lilith. 

1  Or,  autumn  crocus    See  S.  B.  2. 1 


"ch.  13.  6; 

35.  4 ;  47. 3 ; 

61.  2 ;  63.  4 
b  ch.  30.  33 ; 

Ps.  11.  6 ; 

0t.  2iJ.  23 
'  ch.  1.  31 ; 

66.  24 
d  Rev.  14. 

11 ;  19.  3 
'  ver.  10-15 : 

ch,  13. 

20-22;  24. 

1 ;  Mai.  1. 

/Ezek.  29. 

11 
»  ch.  14.  23 ; 

Zeph.  2, 

14;  Rev. 

18.  2 
A  ch.  24.  10 ; 

2  K.  21. 13 ; 

Lam.  2.  8 
•  Jer.  27.  20 ; 

39.6 
ich.  29.20; 

41.  11,  12 
'  ch.  13.  22 ; 

25.  2 ;  32. 13 
"*  Ps.  44.  19 ; 

Jer.  9.  11 ; 

10.  22 
"  ch.  13.  21 

0  Dt.  14.  13 
P  ch.  30.  8 

1  cli.  14.  31 
-■  ch.  1.  20 ; 

40.  5  ;  58. 14 
'  ch.  17.  13, 

14 ;  Jer.  13. 

25 
<  ver.  11 
"  ver.  10 
"  ch.  6.  11 ; 

7.  21-25 ; 

27.  If) ;  41. 

18 ;  65.  12, 

13 
'  ch.  41.  19 ; 

51.  3 
^ch.  27.6; 

32.  15 
'  ver.  10 ;  ch. 

25.  9  ;  55. 

12,  13 ;  66. 

10,  14 
°  ch.  60.  13 
b  S.  S.  7. 

5 
"^  ch.  25.  9 
rf  Job  4.  3,  4  ; 

Heb.  12.  12 


'  ch.  32.  4 
/ch.  1.  24; 

47.  3 ;  Gl. 

2 ;  63.  4 
»  ch.  34.  8 ; 

59.  IS 
'•  ch.  33.  22 ; 

35.  4 ;  Ps. 

145.  19 
'  ch.  29.  18 ; 

32.  3,  4  ;  42. 

7, 16  :  50.  4  ; 

Mt.  11.  5 : 

Jn.  9.  6,  7 
*  Mt.  15.  30 ; 

Jn.  5.  8,  9  ; 

Acts  3.  8 
'  Mt.  9.  32 ; 

Lk.  11.  14 
'"  ver.  1 ;  ch. 

41.  18 ;  43. 

19;  49.10; 

51.  3 ;  Jn. 

7.  38 
"  ch.  49.  10 
"ch.  13.  22; 

34.  13 
P  ch.  11.  16 ; 

19.  23 ;  40. 

3 ;  49.  U  ; 

62.  10 

702 


hands,  and  confirm  the  "feeble 
knees.  4  Say  to  them  that  are  of 
a  '"fearful  heart,  Be  strong,  fear 
not:  ^"behold,  your  God  will  come 
wi^A -^vengeance,  with  "the  recom- 
pense of  God;  he  will  come  and 
''save  you. 

5  Then  the  'eyes  of  the  blind 
shall  be  opened,  and  the  ears  of  the 
deaf  shall  be  unstopped.  6  Then 
shall  the  *  lame  man  leap  as  a  hart, 
and  the  'tongue  of  the  dumb  shall 
sing ;  for  in  the  "'  wilderness  shall 
waters  break  out,  and  streams  in 
the  desert.  7  And  the  ''glowing 
sand  shall  become  a  pool,  and  the 
thirsty  ground  "  springs  of  water  : 
in  °  the  habitation  of  jackals,  where 
they  lay,  shall  be  ^'^  grass  with  reeds 
and  rushes.  8  And  ^a  highway 
shall  be  there,  and  «a  way,  and  it 
shall  be  called  The  way  of  ''holi- 
ness ;  the  unclean  shall  not  pass 
over  it ;  but  it  shall  be  for  '^  the  re- 
deemed :  the  '  wayfaring  men,  yea 
fools,  shall  not  'err  therein.  9  No 
"  lion  shall  be  there,  nor  shall "  any 
ravenous  beast  go  up  thereon  ;  they 
shall  not  be  found  there ;  but  "  the 
redeemed  shall  walk  there  :  10  and 
2' the  ransomed  of  Jehovah  shall  re- 
turn, and  come  with  singing  unto 
Zion  ;  and  everlasting  joy  shall  be 
upon  their  heads  :  they  shall  obtain 
gladness  and  joy,  and  'sorrow  and 
sighing  shall  flee  away. 

0/I>      "Now  it  came  to  pass  in 

0  \J  the  fourteenth  year  of  *  king 
Hezekiah,  that  "  Sennacherib  king 
of  Assyria  came  up  against  all  the 
fortified  cities  of  Judah,  and  took 
them.  2  And  the  "  king  of  Assyria 
sent  '®  Rabshakeh  from  Lachish  to 
Jerusalem  unto  king  Hezekiah  with 
a  great  army.  And  he  stood  by 
the  ''conduit  of  the  upper  pool  in 
the  highway  of  the  fuller's  field. 
3  Then  came  forth  unto  him  "  Elia- 
kim  the  son  of  Hilkiah,  who  was 
over  the  household,  and  •'^Shebna 
the  '®  scribe,  and  Joah,  the  son  of 
Asaph,  the  ''  recorder. 

«ch.  30.  21;  51.  10    "■  ch.  4.  3;  52. 1;  Mt.  7.  13,  14; 

1  Pet.  1.  15,  16  "  ch.  33.  8 ;  Jer.  14.  8  '  ch.  29.  24 
"  ch.  5.  29  ;  21.  8  ;  30.  6  "  ch.  13.  22 ;  34.  14  -^  ch. 
51.  10 ;  62.  12 ;  63.  4  v  ch.  1.  27  ;  51.  11  '  ch.  25.  8 ; 
30,  19 ;  65.  19 ;  Rev.  7.  17  ;  21.  4  "2  K.  18.  13  <>  ch. 
1.  1  <=  ch.  36.  2-38.  8  •.  2  K.  18.  17-20,  11 ;  2  Chr.  32. 
9-24    d  ch.  7.  3    '  ch.  22.  20   /ch.  22.  15 


8  Or,  tottering  9  Heb.  h(uity. 

10  Or,  behold^  your  God  !  vengeance  wUl  come, 
even  the  recorripense  of  Ood       n  Or,  mirage 

12  Or,  a  court  for  reeds  &e.    See  ch.  34.  13. 

13  Heb.  them.  i«  Heb.  Sanherib. 

15  The  title  of  an  Assyrian  oflBcer. 

16  Or,  secretary  V  Or,  chronicler 


36.4 


ISAIAH 


37.6 


Kabshakeb's  Defiant  Speecb.    Heiekiab  in  bis  Alarm  sends  for  Isaiali 


4  And  "Rabshakeh  said  unto 
them,  Say  ye  now  to  Hezekiah, 
Thus  saith  the  gre<at  king,  the  king 
of  Assyria,  What  confidence  is  this 
wherein  tnou  trustestl  5  I  say, 
thy  counsel  and  strength  for  the 
war  are  but  vain  words :  now  on 
whom  dost  thou  trust,  that  'thou 
hast  rebelled  against  me"?  6  Be- 
hold, thou  trustest  upon  the  "staff 
of  this  bruised  reed,  even  upon 
Egypt,  whereon  if  a  man  lean,  it 
will  go  into  his  hand,  and  pierce  it : 
''so  is  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt  to  all 
that  trust  on  him.  7  But  if  thou 
say  unto  me.  We  trust  in  Jehovah 
our  God:  is  not  that  he,  *  whose 
high  places  and  whose  altars  Heze- 
kiah nath  taken  awaj%  and  hath 
said  to  Judah  and  to  Jerusalem, 
Ye  shall  worship  before  this  altarl 

8  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  ^give 
pledges  to  my  master  the  king  of 
Assyria,  and  I  will  give  thee  two 
thousand  horses,  if  thou  be  able  on 
thy  part  to  set  ridei-s  upon  them. 

9  How  then  canst  thou  -^turn  away 
the  face  of  one  captain  of  the  least 
of  my  master's  servants,  and  ''put 
thy  trust  on  Egypt  for  chariots 
and  for  horsemen?  10  And  am  I 
now  come  up  without  Jehovah 
against  this  land  to  destroy  if? 
*  Jehovah  said  unto  me.  Go  up 
against  this  land,  and  destroy  it. 

1 1  Then  said  Eliakim  and  Snebna 
and  Joah  unto  Rabshakeh,  Speak, 
I  pray  thee,  unto  thy  servants  in 
the  ■"  •  Syrian  language ;  for  we 
understand  it :  and  speak  not  to  us 
in  *the  Jews'  language,  in  the  ears 
of  the  people  that  are  on  the  wall. 
12  But  Raoshakeh  said.  Hath  my 
master  sent  me  to  thy  master,  and 
to  thee,  to  speak  these  words  %  hath 
he  not  sent  me  to  the  men  that  sit 
upon  the  wall,  to  eat  their  own 
dung,  and  to  drink  their  own  water 
with  you  1 

13  Then  Rabshakeh  stood,  and 
'cried  with  a  loud  voice  in  the 
Jews'  language,  and  said.  Hear  ye 
the  words  of  the  great  king,  the 
king  of  Assyria.  14  Thus  saith 
the  king,  Let  not  Hezekiah  ""de- 
ceive you;  for  he  will  not  be  able 
to  deliver  you :  1 5  neither  let 
Hezekiah  make  you  "trust  in  Jeho- 
vah, saying,  Jehovah  will  surely 
deliver  us ;  this  city  shall  not  be 
given  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
Assyria.  1 6  Hearken  not  to  Heze- 
kiah :  for  thus  saith  the  king  of  As- 

1  Or,  makt  a  tcager  with      -  Heb.  Aramean. 


"»  2  K.  18.  19 

*  2  K.  13.  7 
"  Ezek,  29. 

6,7 
d  ch.  30.  3.  5, 

7 ;  Ps.  14G. 

3 
'  Dt.  12.  2-5  ; 

2  K.  18.  4, 5 
/ch.  37.  29 
"  ch.  20.  b ; 

30.  2-5,  7 ; 

31  3 
'■  1  K.  13. 18 ; 

22.  (>,  12 
■  Ezr.  4.  7  ; 

l>an.  2.  4 

*  ver.  13 

'  2  Chr.  32. 

18 
"■  ch.  37.  10 
"  ver.  18,  20  ; 

ch.  37.  10, 

U 


"  1  K.  4.  2'5 ; 
Mic.  4.  4; 
Zech.  3.  10 

P  Prov.  5.  15 

«  ver.  15 

■"  ch.  10.  9- 
11 ;  37.  Il- 
ls; Jer.  49. 
23 

"  2  K.  17.  6 

'  1  K.  20.  23, 
28 

"  ver.  15 

"  ver.  3 :  ch. 
22.20 

'  ch.  22. 15 


«  ver.  1-38 : 
2  K.  19. 1- 
37 


'  ch.  22.  20 
=  ch.  22. 15 


i>ch.  1. 1; 

20.2 


«  ch.  22.  5 ; 

26.  IB ;  33.  2 
d  ch.  26.  17, 

18;  66  9; 

Hos.  13.  13 


'  ch.  36.  15, 
18,20 


/ver.  31,  32; 
ch.  1.  9; 
10.20-22; 
46.3 


Syria, '  Make  your  peace  with  me, 
and  come  out  to  me ;  and  eat  5'e 
every  one  of  his  "  vine,  and  every 
one  of  his  fig-tree,  and  drink  ye 
every  one  the  ''waters  of  his  own 
cistern;  17  until  1  come  and  take 
you  away  to  a  land  like  your  own 
land,  a  land  of  grain  and  new  wine, 
a  land  of  bread  and  vineyards.  18 
Beware  lest  Hezekiah  persuade 
you,  saying,  'Jehovah  will  deliver 
us.  Hath  any  of  the  gods  of  the  na- 
tions delivered  his  land  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria?  19 
Where  are  the  gods  of  "■  Hamath 
and  Arpad  1  where  are  the  gods  of 
"■Sepharyaim?  and  have  they 'de- 
livered Samaria  out  of  my  hand? 
20  AVho  are  they  among  all  the 
'  gods  of  these  countries,  that  have 
delivered  their  country  out  of  my 
hand,  that  "Jehovah  should  deliver 
Jerusalem  out  of  my  hand  1 

21  But  they  held  their  peace, 
and  answered  him  not  a  word  ;  for 
the  king's  commandment  was,  say- 
ing, Answer  him  not.  22  Then 
came  "Eliakim  the  son  of  Hilkiah. 
that  was  over  the  household,  and 
■^  Shebna  the  scribe,  and  Joah,  the 
son  of  Asaph,  the  recorder,  to  Heze- 
kiah with  their  clothes  rent,  and 
told  him  the  words  of  Rab- 
shakeh. 

O  'T  And  it  came  to  pass. 
O  I  "when  king  Hezekiah  heard 
it,  that  he  rent  his  clothes,  and  cov- 
ered himself  with  sackcloth,  and 
went  into  the  house  of  Jehovah. 
2  And  he  sent  ^Eliakim,  who  was 
over  the  household,  and  "Shebna 
the  scribe,  and  the  elders  of  the 
priests,  covered  with  sackcloth, 
unto  *  Isaiah  the  prophet  the  .son 
of  Amoz.  3  And  they  said  unto 
him.  Thus  saith  Hezekiah,  This 
day  is  a  ""day  of  trouble,  and  of  re- 
buke, and  of  contumely  ;  for  "*  the 
children  are  come  to  the  birth,  and 
there  is  not  strength  to  bring  forth. 
4  It  may  be  Jehovah  thy  God  will 
hear  the  words  of  Rabshakeh, 
*whom  the  king  of  Assyria  his 
ma-ster  hath  sent  to  *  defy  the  liv- 
ing God,  and  will  rebuke  the  words 
which  Jehovah  thy  God  hath  heard : 
wherefore  lift  up  tny  prayer  for -^ the 
remnant  that  is  left. 

5  So  the  servants  of  king  Heze- 
kiah came  to  Isaiah.  6  And  Isaiah 
said  unto  them,  Thus  shall  ye  say 


8  Heb.  Make  with  me  a  blessing. 
*  Or,  wherewith  t>te  king  of  Assyria 
sent  him 


fiaik 


703 


37.7 


ISAIAH 


37.30 


Sennacherib's  Message  to  Hezekiah.    Hezekiah's  Prajer.    Isaiah  brings  Jehovah's  eomrortisg  Answer 


to  your  master.  Thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah, "Be  not  afraid  of  the  words 
that  thou  hast  heard,  wherewith 
the  servants  of  the  king  of  Assyria 
have  blasphemed  me.  7  Behold,  I 
will  put  a  spirit  in  him,  and  he  shall 
*hear  tidings,  and  shall  "return  unto 
his  own  land  ;  and  I  will  cause  him 
to  fall  by  the  sword  in  his  own 
land. 

8  So  Rabshakeh  returned,  and 
found  the  king  of  Assyria  warring 
against  "^  Libnah  ;  for  he  had  heard 
that  he  was  departed  from  "La- 
chish.  9  And  he'^heard  say  concern- 
ing Tirhakah  king  of ''Ethiopia,  He 
is  come  out  to  tight  against  thee. 
And  when  he  heard  it,  he  sent 
messengers  to  Hezekiah,  saying, 
10  Thus  shall  ye  speak  to  Heze- 
kiah king  of  Judah,  saying,  ''  Let 
not  thy  God  in  whom  thou  trust- 
est  deceive  thee,  saying,  Jerusalem^ 
shall  not  be  given  into  the  hand  of 
the  king  of  Assyria.  1 1  '  Behold, 
thou  hast  heard  what  the  kings  or 
Assyria  have  done  to  all  lands,  by 
^  destroying  them  utterly :  and 
shalt  thou  be  delivered  1  12  Have 
the  gods  of  the  nations  delivered 
them,  which  my  fathers  have  de- 
stroyed, *Gozan,  and  '  Hai'an,  and 
Rezeph,  and  the  children  of  Eden 
that  were  in  Telassar  1  13  Where 
is  the  king  of  Hamath,  and  the 
king  of  Arpad,  and  the  king  of  the 
city  of  Sepharvaim,  of  Hena,  and 
^Ivvah? 

14  And  Hezekiah  received  the 
latter  from  the  hand  of  the  mes- 
sengers, and  read  it ;  and  Heze- 
kiah went  up  unto  the  house  of 
Jehovah,  and  spread  it  before  Je- 
hovah. 15  And  Hezekiah  prayed 
unto  Jehovah,  saying,  16  0  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel, 
'"  that  ^  sittest  above  the  cherubim, 
thou  art  the  "  God,  even  thou 
alone,  of  all  the  kingdoms  of  the 
earth ;  "  thou  hast  made  heaven 
and  earth.  17^  Incline  thine  ear, 
O  Jehovah,  and  hear ;  open  thine 
eyes,  O  Jehovah,  and  see ;  and 
*near  all  the  words  of  Sennache- 
rib, who  hath  sent  to  ""defy  the 
living  God.  18  Of  a  truth,  Jeho- 
vah, the  ^  kings  of  Assyria  have 
laid  waste  all  the  countries,  and 
their  land,  1 9  and  have  cast  their 
gods  into  the  fire :  for  they  were 
no  gods,  but  the  '  work  of  men's 
hands,  wood  and  stone ;  therefore 

1  Heb.  devoting  them,.    2  In  2  K.  17.  24,  Avva. 
3  Or,  art  enthroned 


°  ch.  7.  4 ; 

35.4 
''  ver.  9 
"  ver.  37.  38 
d  Num.  33. 

20;  Josh. 

10.  2i> 
'Josh.  10. 

31,  32 
/ver.  7 
'J  cLi.  16.  1; 

20.5 
A  ch.  36.  15 

•  ch.  10.  y- 

U  ;  3t>.  18- 

20 
k  2  K.  17.  6 ; 

18.  11 
'  Geu.  U. 

31 ;  12.  1-4 ; 

Acts  7.  2 
"»  Ex.  25.  22  ; 

IS.  4.  4; 

Ps.  80,  1 ; 

99.  1 
»  Dt.  10.  17  ; 

Pa.  86.  10 ; 

136.  2,  3 
"  ch.  42.  5 ; 

45.  12;  Jer. 

10.  12 
P  2  Chr.  6. 

40 ;  Ps.  17. 

6 ;  Dau.  9. 

18 
*Ps.  74.  22 
'"  ver.  4 
»  ch.  10.  9, 

10;2K.15. 

29 ;  16.  9 ; 

17.  6,  24 ; 

1  Chr.  5. 

26 ;  Nah.  2. 

11,12 
«ch.  2.8:17. 

8 ;  41.  24,  29 


"  ch.  26.  14 
"  ch.  25.  9  ; 

33.  22 ;  35.  4 
^  ver.  16 ; 

1  K.  18.  36, 

37  ;  Ps.  4a 

10;  Ezek. 

36.  23 
V  ver.  2 
^  Jer.  14. 17 ; 

Lam.  2.  13 
"  Ps.  9.  14  ; 

Zeph.  3. 

14;  Zech. 

2.  10 
f>  Job  16,  4 
'^  ver.  4 
d  ch.  2. 11 ;  5. 

15,  21 
«  Ezek.  39. 

7 ;  Hab.  1, 

12 
/ch.  8,  7,8 
y  ch.  10.  33, 

34 
h  ch.  14.  8 
'  ch.  10.  18 
tDt,  11,10; 

1  K.  20.  10 
'  ch.  40.  21, 

28 
"^  Acts  2  23  ; 

4.27,28; 

1  Pet.  2.  8 
"  ch.  46.  11 
"  ch.  10.  6 
P  oh.  17.  1 ; 

25.2 
9  oh.  40.  7 
""  Ps.  129.  6 
'  P.S.  139.  1 
'  ch.  10.  12 
"  Ezek.  29. 

4 ;  38.  4 
"  ch.  30.  23 
^  ver.  34 

704 


they  have  "destroyed  them.  20 
Now  therefore,  O  Jehovah  our 
God,  "save  ua  from  his  hand,  that 
^  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  may 
know  that  thou  art  J  ehovah,  even 
thou  only. 

21  Tlien  ^Isaiah  the  son  of  Amoz 
sent  unto  Hezekiah,  saying,  'I'hus 
saith  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel, 
Whereas  thou  hast  prayed  to  me 
against  Sennacherib  king  of  As- 
syria, 22  this  is  the  word  which 
Jehovah  hath  si)oken  concerning 
him  :  The  ^  virgin  "  daughter  of 
Zion  hath  despised  thee  and 
laughed  thee  to  scorn  ;  the  daugh- 
ter of  Jerusalem  hath  *  shaken  her 
head  "*  at  thee.  23  Whom  hast 
thou  "defied  and  blasphemed'?  and 
against  whom  hast  thou  exalted 
thy  voice  and  ''lifted  up  thine  eyes 
on  high'?  even  against  the  "Holy 
One  of  Israel.  24  By  thy  servants 
hast  thou  defied  the  Lord,  and  hast 
said,  With  the  multitude  of  my 
chariots  am  I  -^come  up  to  the 
height  of  the  mountains,  to  the 
innermost  parts  of  ^  Lebanon  ;  and 
I  will  cut  down  the  tall  ''cedars, 
thereof,  and  the  choice  ®fir-treea 
thereof ;  and  I  will  enter  into  its 
farthest  height,  the  'forest  of  its 
fruitful  field;  25  I  have  digged 
and  drunk  water,  and  *with  the 
sole  of  my  feet  will  I  dry  up  all 
the  rivers  of  ®  Egypt. 

26  'Hast  thou  not  heard  how  I 
have  done  it  long  ago,  and  '"formed 
it  of  ancient  times'?  "now  have  I 
brought  it  to  pass,  that "  it  should 
be  thine  to  lay  waste  fortified  cities 
into 'f  ruinous  heaps.  27  Therefore 
their  inhabitants  were  of  small 
power,  they  were  dismayed  and 
confounded  ;  they  were  as  the 
*  grass  of  the  field,  and  as  the 
green  herb,  as  the  ^  grass  on 
the  housetops,  and  as  ''a  field  of 
grain  before  it  is  grown  up.  28 
But  I  'know  thy  sitting  down, 
and  thy  going  out,  and  thy  com- 
ing in,  and  thy  raging  against  me. 
29  Because  of  thy  raging  against 
me,  and  because  ®  thine  '  arrogancy 
is  come  up  into  mine  ears,  therefore 
will  I  put  my  "hook  in  thy  nose, 
and  my  "  bridle  in  thy  lips,  and  I 
will  turn  thee  back  ^by  the  way 
by  which  thou  camest. 

30  And  this  shall  be  the  sign 
unto  thee :  ye  shall  eat  this  year 

*  Heb.  after.  6  Or,  cypress-trees 

*  Or.  defence.    Heb.  Maznr. 

T  In  2  K.  19.  26,  grmn  blasted. 
8  Or,  thy  careless  ease 


37.31 


ISAIAH 


38.10 


Stnoatherik  defied.    Seunarherib  discomfited  and  slaia.    Hezekiah's  Sickness  and  Recovery.    His  Seng  of  Thanksgiving 


that  which  "  groweth  of  itself,  and 
in  the  secoud  year  that  which 
spriugetli  of  the  same  ;  and  in  the 
third  yeai"  now  ye,  and  reap,  and 
plant  vineyards,  and  eat  the  fruit 
thereof,  oi  And  Hhe  ''remnant 
that  is  "escaped  of  tiie  house  of 
J  udah  shall  again  "  take  rout  down- 
ward, and  bear  fruit  upward.  '62 
For  out  of  Jerusalem  shall  go  forth 
&  "I'emnant,  and  out  of  mount  Zion 
they  that  shall  escape.  The  •'zeal 
of  Jehovah  of  hosts  will  perform 
tliis. 

33  Therefore  thus  saith  Jehovali 
concerning  the  king  of  Assyria,  He 
shall  not  come  unto  this  city,  nor 
shoot  an  arrow  there,  neither  shall 
he  come  before  it  with  shield,  nor 
cast  up  a  "mound  against  it.  3-1 
'"'  By  the  way  that  he  came,  by  the 
same  shall  he  return,  and  he  shall 
not  come  unto  this  citj',  saith  Je- 
liovali.  35  For  I  will  'defend  this 
city  to  save  it,  *  for  mine  own  sake, 
and  for  my  servant  JJavid  s  sake. 

36  And  the  'angel  of  Jehovah 
went  forth,  and  smote  in  the  camp 
of  the  Assyrians  a  hundred  and 
fourscore  and  five  thousand  ;  and 
when  men  arose  early  in  the  morn- 
ing, behold,  these  were  all  dead 
bodies.  37  So  Sennacherib  king 
of  Assyria  departed,  and  went  and 
returned,  ancf  dwelt  at  "'  Nineveh. 
38  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  w-as 
worshipping  in  the  house  of  Nis- 
roch  his  god,  that  Adrammelech 
and  Sharezer  his  sons  smote  him 
with  the  sword  ;  and  they  escai)ed 
into  the  land  of  "Ararat.  And 
°  Esar-haddon  his  son  reigned  in 
his  stead. 

O  O  ^  In  those  days  was  Heze- 
O  O  kiah  sick  unto  death.  And 
« Isaiah  the  prophet  the  son  of 
Amoz  came  to  him,  and  said  unto 
him,  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  ''Set  thy 
house  in  order  ;  for  thou  shalt  die, 
and  not  live.  2  Then  Hezekiah 
turned  his  face  to  the  wall,  and 
prayed  unto  Jehovah,  3  and  said, 
'Remember  now,  O  Jehovah,  I  be- 
seech thee,  how  I  have  'walked 
befoi-e  thee  in  truth  and  with  a 
"  perfect  heart,  and  "  haA-e  done 
that  which  is  good  in  thy  sight. 
And  Hezekiah  •'wept  sore.  4  Tpen 
came  the  word  of  Jehovah  to  Isaiah, 
saying,  5  Go,  and  say  to  Hezekiah. 
Thus  saith  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
David  thy  father,  I  have  heard  thy 

1  neb.  Ihe  escaped  of  the  house  of  Judah  that 
remain. 

23 


"  Lev.  25.  5, 

11 
i>  ver.  4 
«cli.  4.2; 

lU.  :iO 

rf  oh.  -n.  6 

'  ver.  4 
/ch.  a.  7;59. 

17  ;  2  K.  W. 

31 ;  Joel  2. 

Is ;  Zech. 

1.  14 
"  Jer.  6.6, 

32.  24 

A  ver.  29 
'  ch.  31.  5  ; 

38.  t>;  2K. 

•2U.  6 
«•■  ch.  43.  25  ; 

4S.  9.  U 
'  ch.  10.  12, 

33,  34  ;  2  K. 
19.  3.5 

"'  Gen. 10.11; 

Jon.  1.  2; 

3.  3;  4.  11; 

Zeph.  2. 13 
"  Gen.  8.  4  ; 

Jer.  51.  2V 
"  Ezr.  4.  2 
i'  ver.  1-8 : 

2  K.  20. 1- 

6,  9-11 ; 

2  Chr.  32. 

24 
«  ch.  t.  1 ; 

37.  2 
••  2  S.  17.  23 
•  Nell.  13.  14 
'  2  K.  18.  5, 

6  ,  Ps.  -26.  3 
"  1  Chr.  28. 

9  ;  29. 19 
"  Dt.  6.  13 
'^  Ps.  6.  6-8 


y  2  K.  18.  2, 

13 
-  ch.  31.  5  ; 

87.  35 
"  ch.  7.  11, 

14  ;  37.  30 ; 

Judg.  6.  17, 

21,  36-40 
b  2  K.  20. 

9-U 
"=  Josh.  10. 

12-14 

*  Ps.  102.  24 
•^  Ps.  107.  IS 
/Job  17.  U, 

15 ;  2  Cor. 

1.  S 
'J  Ps.  27.  13  ; 

116  9 
h  2  Cor.  5.  1, 

4  ;  2  Pet.  1. 

13,14 

•  Heb.  1  12 
1^  Job  7.  6 

'  Job  6.  9 
'"  Job  4.  20  ; 

Ps.  73.  14 
"  Job  10.  16  ; 

16.  12 
"  Ps.  51,  8 ; 

Dan,  6.  24 
r  Ps.  32.  4 
«  Job  30.  29  ; 

Ps.  102,  6 
>•  ch.  59. 11 : 

Ezek.  7  16; 

Nah.  2.  7 
'  Ps,  U9,  123 
'  Job  17.  3  ; 

Ps.  U9.  122 
"  Ps  39  9 
'■  1  K.  21,  27 
^  ver.  17 ; 

Job  7.  U ; 

10.1 
V  Ps.  U9.  71, 

75 

705 


prayer,  I  have  seen  thy  tears :  be- 
hold, 1  will  add  unto  thy  days  "'fif- 
teen years.  6  And  I  will  'deliver 
thee  and  this  city  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  king  of  Assyria  ;  and  I  will 
defend  this  city.  7  And  this  shall 
be  the  "sign  unto  thee  from  Jeho- 
vah, that  Jehovah  will  do  this 
thing  that  he  hath  spoken  :  8  be- 
hold, 1  will  *  cause  the  shadow  on 
tlie  steps,  which  is  gone  down  on 
the  "  dial  of  Ahaz  ^  with  the  sun,  to 
return  backward  ten  steps.  So 
the  '^sun  returned  ten  steps  ''on 
the  dial  whereon  it  was  gone 
down. 

9  The  writing  of  Hezekiah  king 
of  Judah,  when  he  had  been  sick, 
and  was  recovered  of  his  sickness. 
10  1  said,  **  In  the  ^noontide  of  my 

days  I  shall  go  into  the  *^gates 

of  Sheol : 
I  am  •'deprived  of  the  residue 

of  my  years. 
Ill  said,  I  shall  not  see  *  Jehovah. 

even  *  Jehovah  "in  the  land 

of  the  living : 
I    shall    behold  man    no  more 

''with  the  inhabitants  of  the 

world. 

12  My  dwelling  is  removed,  and 

is  carried  away  from  me  as  a 

shepherd's  ''  tent : 
I    have     'rolled    up,    like     a 

*  weaver,    my    life ;    he    will 

'cut  me  oft'  from  the  ^loom  : 
From  "'  day  even  to  night  wilt 

thou  make  an  end  of  me. 

13  "I  quieted  myself  until    morn- 

ing; "as  a  lion,  so  he  "break- 
eth  all  my  bones  : 
From  ''day  even   to  night  wilt 
thou  make  an  end  of  me. 

14  «Like  a  swallow  o?-  a  crane,  so 

did  I  chatter ; 
I  did  ""moan  as  a  dove;  mine 
'eyes  fail  with    looking   up- 
ward : 

0  Lord,   I   am   oppressed,  be 
thou  my  '  surety. 

15  "What    shall   I  say]   he   hath 

both   spoken    unto  me,   and 
himself  hath  done  it : 

1  shall  "  go  "  softly  all  my  years 

because  of  the  -^  bitterness  of 
my  soul. 

16  0  Lord,  *  by  these  things  men 

live ; 

2  Heb.  steps.  »  Or,  62/ 

*  Or,  hy  which  steps  it  &c. 
4  Or,  tranquUliiy  '  Heb,  Jah. 

Or,  when  I  am  among  them  that  have  ceased 
to  be  *  Heb.  thrum. 

9  Or,  /  thought  until  morning.  As  a  lion,  to  will 
he  break  itc. 
10  Or,  as  in  solemn  procession    S«e  P<.  42.  4. 


38.17 


ISAIAH 


40.9 


He  receives  Messengers  from  Babylon.    Isaiah  predicts  the  Babylonish  Captivity.    Comfortinfr  Promises  to  the  UDicted  PeopU 


And  wholly  therein  is  the  life 

of  my  spirit : 
^Wherefore  "recover  thou  me, 

and  *make  me  to  live. 

17  Behold,  it  luas  for  viy  peace  that 

I  had  great  bitterness  : 
But  -^  thou  hast  in  love  to  my 

soul  "  delivered  it  from  the 

''pit  of  *  corruption  ; 
For  thou  hast  ''cast  all  my  sins 

behind  thy  back. 

18  For''Sheol  cannot  praise  thee, 

death  cannot  celebrate  thee  : 
They  that  go  down  "into  the 
pit    cannot    hope    for     thy 
truth. 

19  The  "living,  the  living,  he  shall 

praise  thee,  as  I  do  this  day  : 

The   'father   to    the    children 

shall  make  known  thy  truth. 

20  Jehovah  is  *  ready  to  save  me  : 
Therefore    we    will    'sing    my 

songs  with  stringed  instru- 
ments 
"All  the  days  of  our  life  "in  the 

house  of  Jehovah. 
21  Now  "Isaiah  had  said,  Let 
them  take  a  cake  of  figs,  and  lay 
it  for  a  plaster  upon  the  boil,  and 
he  shall  recover.  22  Hezekiah 
also  had  said.  What  is  the  *  sign 
that  I  shall  go  up  to  the  house  of 
Jehovah  1 
QO      '-^^  ^^^^  tune  Merodach- 

0  \j  baladan  the  son  of  Baladan, 
king  of  Babylon,  sent  letters  and  a 
present  to  Hezekiah  ;  for  he  heard 
that  he  had  been  sick,  and  was  re- 
covered. 2  And  Hezekiah  was 
•■glad  of  them,  and  showed  them 
the  house  of  his  ■*  precious  things, 
the  "silver,  and  the  gold,  and  the 
spices,  and  the  precious  oil,  and  all 
tne  house  of  his  ®  armor,  and  all 
that  was  found  in  his  treasures : 
there  was  nothing  in  his  house, 
nor  in  all  his  dominion,  that  Heze- 
kiah showed  them  not.  3  Then 
came  Isaiah  the  'prophet  unto 
king  Hezekiah,  and  said  unto  him. 
What  said  these  men"?  and  from 
whence  came  they  unto  thee  1  And 
Hezekiah  said.  They  are  come  from 
a  far  "  country  unto  me,  even  from 
Babylon.  4  Then  said  he.  What 
have  they  seen  in  thy  house  1  And 
Hezekiah  answered.  All  that  is  in 
my  house  have  they  seen  :  there  is 
nothing  among  my  treasures  that 

1  have  not  showed  them.  5  Then 
said  Isaiah  to  Hezekiah,  Hear  the 

1  Or,  So  wilt  thou  recover  me 

*  Heb.  thou  hast  loved  my  soul  from  the  pit. 
3  Or,  nothingness 

*  Or,  spicery  *  Or,  jetcels 


"  Pa.  39.  13 
b  Ps.  119.  25 
"  Ps.  30.  3  ; 

86. 13 ;  Jon. 

2.6 
d  ver.  10 
«  ch.  43.  25 : 

Jer.  31.  34 ; 

Mic.  7.  19 
/  Ps.  6.  5  ; 

88.  10-12 ; 

115,  17  ; 
Eccl.  9  10 

y  Num.  16. 

33  ;  Ps  28. 1 
A  Ps.  118.  17  i 

119.  175 
i  Dt.  6.  7  ; 

11.  19 :  Ps. 

78.  5-7' 
*  Ps.  86.  5 
'  Ps.  33.  1-3  ; 

68.  24-26 
'"  Ps.  104.  33  ; 

116.  2 ;  146. 
2 

"  Ps.  116. 

17-lJ 
"  2  K.  20.  7, 8 
P  ver.  7 
9  ver.  1-8 : 

2  K.  20. 

12-19 ; 

2  Chr.  32. 

31 
'■  2  Chr.  32. 

a-i,  31 ;  Job 

31.25 
"  2  K.  18.  15, 

16 
<  2  S.  12.  1 ; 

2  Chr.  16.  7 
"  Dt.  23.  49  ; 

Jer.  5.  15 


"IS.  13.  13, 

14  :  15.  16 
^  2  K.  24.  13  ; 

25.  13-15  ; 

Jer.  20.  5 
y  Dan.  1.  2-7 
-2  0hr.  32.  26 
"IS.  3.  18:  \ 

Job  1.  21 ;   : 

Ps.  39.  y 
6  2  Chr.  34.  28 
<=  ch.  12.  1 ; 

49.  13 ;  51. 

3, 12 ;  52.  9  ; 

61.  2:  66. 

13  ;  Jer.  31. 

10-14; 

Zepli.  3. 

14-17  ; 

2  Cor.  1.  4 
d  ch.  35.  4  ; 

Zech.  1.  13 
'  ch.  41. 

11-13 :  49. 

25  ;  54.  15, 

17 
/ch.  33.  24; 

63.  5,  6,  11 
"  Jer.  16.  Id  ; 

Zech.  9. 12 ; 

Rev.  18.  6 
ft  Mt.  3.  3 ; 

Mk.  1.  3; 

Lk.  3.  4-6  ; 

Jn.  1.  23 
i  Mai.  3.  1 ; 

4.5,6 
t  Ezek.  17. 24 
'  ch.  6.  3  ; 

Hab  2.  14 
"'  ch.  52.  10  ; 

Joel  2.  28 
"  ch.  1.  20  ; 

34.  16 ;  58. 

14 
"  Job  14.  2 ; 

Ps.  102.  U ; 

103.  15 ; 

1  Pet.  1.  24, 

25 

706 


"  word  of  Jehovah  of  hosts :  6  Be-, 
hold,  the  days  are  coming,  when 
^  all  that  is  in  thy  house,  and  that 
which  thy  fathers  have  laid  up  in 
store  until  this  day,  shall  be  car- 
ried to  Babylon :  nothing  shall  be 
left,  saith  Jehovah.  7  And  of  thy 
*sons  that  shall  issue  from  thee, 
whom  thou  shalt  beget,  shall  they 
take  away ;  and  they  shall  be 
eunuchs  in  the  palace  of  the  king 
of  Babylon.  8  ^Then  said  Heze- 
kiah unto  Isaiah,  Good  is  "the 
word  of  Jehovah  which  thou  hast 
spoken.  He  said  moreover,  For 
there  shall  be  peace  and  tr^lth  *  in 
my  days.    -\*  '^"^  ^  ^\\  -  a  "/vvA-y 

Af\  "Comfort  ye,  comfort  yer 
^tXJ  my  people,  saith  your  God. 
2  ''  Speak  ye  ®  eomfortafely  te  Jeru- 
salem ;  and  cry  unto  her,  that  her 
''"warfare  is  accomplisned,  that 
her  "-^iniquit^  is  pardoned,  that  she 
hath  received  of  Jehovah's  hand 
^  double  for  all  her  sins.     V' 

3  *  The  voice  of  one  '  that  crieth, 
'  Prepare  ye  in  the  wilderness  the 
way  of  JfeaoYah  ;  make  level  in  the 
desert  a  highway  for  our  God.  4 
Every  valley  shall  be  *  exalted, 
and  every  mountain  and  hill  shall 
be  made  low ;  and  the  uneven 
shall  be  made  level,  and  the  rough 
places  a  plain  :  5  and  the  '  glory 
of  J«h«vah  shall  be  revealed,  and 
'"  all  flesh  shall  see  it  together  ;  for 
the  "  mouth  of  Jehd^^  hath  spoken 

6  The  voice  of  one  saying,  Cry. 
And  one  said.  What  shall  I  cry  1 
"  All  flesh  is  grass,  and  all  the  good- 
liness  thereof  is  as  the  flower  of  the 
field.  7  The  ^  grass  withereth,  the 
flower  fadeth.  Because  the  «  breath 
of  fok&mh.  bloweth  upon  it ;  surely 
the  people  is  grass.  8  The  grass 
withereth,  the  flower  fadeth ;  but 
'■  the  word  of  our  God  shall  stand 
forever. 

O^oQ  thou  that  tellest  'good 
tidings  to  Zion,  get  thee  up  on  a 
*  high  mountain  ;  "  O  thou  that 
tellest  good  tidings  to  Jerusalem, 
lift  up  thy  voice  with  strength ; 
lift  it  up,  be  not  afraid  ;  say  unto 

P  Ps.  90.  5,  6 ;  Jas.  1.  10.  11  i  ver.  24 ;  ch.  11.  4 1 

Job  4.  9 ;  41.  21  >"  ch.  55.  11 ;  59.  21 ;  Mt.  5. 18  '  ch. 
61.  1    t  ch.  52.  7 


6  Heb.  to  the  heart  of.     ?  Or.  time  of  service 

8  Or,  punishment  is  accepted    See  Lev.  26.  43. 

9  Or,  that  crieth  in  the  wiidemess,  Prepare  ye 
the  way  &c 

1"  Or,  0  Zion,  that  bringest  good  tidings 

»  Or,  0  Jerusalem,  that  bringest  good  tidings 


40.10 


,V/- 


ISAIAH 


41.2 


The  lacomparable  Greatness  ^f  Jehovah.    Israel  eoconraged.    Jehovah  raises  op  a  Deliverer 


the  "  cities  of  Judah,  *  Behold,  lyour 
God  !  10  Behold,  the  Lord  Jfeho- 
vah  will  come  as  a  "mighty  one, 
and  his  "^  arm  will  rule  for  him  : 
Behold,  his  "reward  is  \yith  him, 
and  his  recompense  before  him. 
11  He  will  -^feed  his  Hock  like  a 
shepherd,  he  will  gather  the  lambs 
in  his  arm,  and  carry  them  in  his 
bosom,  ami  will  gently  lead  those 
that  have  their  yuung. 

12  Who  hath  ^measured  the 
waters  in  the  hollow  of  his  hand, 
and  meted  out  heaven  with  the 
span,  and  comprehended  the  dust 
of  the  earth  in  a  measure,  and 
Aveighed  the  mountains  in  scales, 
and  the  hills  in  a  balance?  13 
*  Who  hath  '  directed  the  Spirit  of 
Jehovah,  or  being  his  'counsellor 
hath  taught  him"?  14  *\Vithwhom 
took  he  counsel,  and  who  instructed 
him,  and  taught  him  in  the  path 
of  justice,  and  '  taught  him  knowl- 
edge, and  showed  to  him  the  way 
of  understanding  1  .15  Behold,  the 
"*  nations  are  as  a  drop  of  a  bucket, 
and  are  accounted  as  the  small 
"dust  of  the  balance  :  behold,^ he 
taketh  up  the  isles  as  a  very  little 
thing.  16  And  "Lebanon  is  not 
sufficient  to  burn,  nor  the  -^  beasts 
thereof  sufficient  for  a  burnt-offer- 
ing. 17  *x\ll  the  nations  are  as 
nothing  before  him ;  they  are  ac- 
counted by  him  as  ^  less  than  noth- 
ing, and  •*  *■  vanity. 

18  '  To  whom  then  will  ye  liken 
God  1  or  what  likeness  will  ye  com- 
pare unto  him?  19  The  'image, 
a  workman  hath  cast  it,  and  tlie 
goldsmith  "  overlayeth  it  with  gold, 
and  casteth  for  it  silver  chains. 
20  He  that  is  too  impoverished 
for  s?<c/i  an  oblation  chooseth  a 
'  tree  that  will  not  rot ;  he  seeketh 
unto  him  a  skilful  workman  to 
'set  up  a  graven  image,  that  -^ shall 
not  be  moved.  21  ^Have  ye  not 
known?  have  ye  not  heard?  hath 
it  not  been  told  you  ^from  the 
beginning?  have  ye  not  ''under- 
stood "  from  the  foundations  of  the 
earth?  22  It  is  he  that  sitteth 
above  the  'circle  of  the  earth,  and 
the  inhabitants  thereof  are  as 
'  grasshoppers  ;  that  ^  stretcheth 
out  the  heavens  as  ''  a  "  curtain,  and 
spreadeth  them  out  as  a  -^tent  to 
dwell  in;  23  that  bringeth" princes 

1  Or,  metfd  out 

2  Or,  the  ixles  are  as  the  fine  dust  that  is  lifted 
up  3  Or,  as  a  thinri  of  nought 

*  Or,  confusion  ^  Or,  prepare 

*  Or,  underttood  the  foimdatums      ^  Or,  gauze 


"  ch.  44.  26 
6  ch.  25.  9  ; 

■J5.  2 
<=ch.9.  6,7 
d  ch.  59. 

16,18 
<■  oh.  62  11 ; 

Rev.  22.  12 
/  Jer.  31.  10  ; 

Ezek.  34. 

12-14,  23, 

31 ;  Mic.  5. 

4 ;  .Tn.  10. 

11,  14-16 
'J  ch.  48.  13  ; 

Job  38. 

8-11:  Pa, 

1(12.  25,  26 ; 

Hcb.  1. 

10-12 
A  Rom.  11. 

34 ;  1  Cor. 

2.  16 
'  ch.  41.  28 
«■•  Job  38.  4 
'  Job  21.  22  ; 

Col.  2.  3 
"'  Jer.  10.  10 
"  ch.  17.  13  i 

29.  5 

"  ch.  37.  24 
P  Ps.  50. 

9-11;   Mic. 

6.  6,  7  ; 

Heb.  10. 5-9 
«  ch.  29.  7 
"■  ch.  30.  28 
'  ver.  25 ; 

ch.  46.  5 ; 

Ex.  8.  10 ; 

15.  11 ; 

1  S.  2.  2  : 

Mic.  7.  18 
(  ch.  41.  7  ; 

44.  10 ;  Ps. 

115.  4-8 ; 

Hab.  2.  18, 

19 
"ch.  2.  20; 

30.  22 

"  ch.  44.  14  ; 

Jer.  10.  3,  5 
*  ch.  41.  7  ■ 

46.  7  ; 

1  S.  6.  3,  4 
y  cli.  37.  26 ; 

Ps.  19.  1 ; 

50.  6  ;  Acts 
14.  17  ; 
Rom.  1.  19 

'  ch.  44.  8 
"  ch.  48.  13  ; 

51.  13 

b  Job  22.  14  ; 

Prov.  8.  27 
'  Num.  13.  33 
d  ch.  37.  K! ; 

42.  5:  44. 

24  ;  Job  9.  f> 
'  Ps.  104.  2 
/Job  36.  29; 

Ps.  18.  11 ; 

19.  4 
'ch.  34.  12; 

Job  12.  21 ; 

Ps.  107.  40 


A  ch.  5.  21 ; 

Jer.  2.5.  13- 

27 
<  ch.  17  10, 

11 ;  Job  15. 

30-33;  18. 

16-19 ; 

Nah.  1.  14 
fc  ver.  7  ;  ch. 

30.  33 ;  2  S. 

22.  16 
'  ch.  17.  13  ; 

41  16 
"*  ver.  18 
"  ch.  51.  6 
"ch.  42.  5; 

48.  12,  13 
P  Pb.  147.  4 

707 


to  nothing;  that  ''maketh  the 
judges   of    the    earth   as   "vanity. 

24  "Yea,  they  have  'not  been 
planted  ;  yea,  they  have  not  been 
sown ;  yea,  their  stock  hath  not 
taken  root  in  the  earth  :  moreover 
he  *  bloweth  upon  them,  and  they 
wither,  and  the  '  whirlwind  taketh 
them  away  as  stubble.  2.5  '"To 
whom  then  will  ye  liken  me,  that 
1  should  be  equal  to  hinil  saith  the 
Holy  One.  20  "Lift  up  your  eyes 
on  high,  ^"and  see  "who  hath 
created  these,  that  bringeth  out 
their  host  by  number;  he  ^calleth 
them  all  by  name ;  by  the  *  great- 
ness of  his  might,  and  for  that  he 
is  strong  in  power,  '^  not  one  is 
lacking. 

27  '  Why  sayest  thou,  O  Jacob, 
and  speakest,  O  Israel,  My  way  is 
'hid  from  JeharSliT  and^p^-Jtjfls-'*^ 
tieerT^MetoTwe^s  passed  ftway  fi'-om 
"my  God?  28  ■'^  Hast  thou  not 
known  ?  hast  thou  not  heard  ?  "  The 
^everlasting  God,  -i^fTehavfth,  the 
Creator  of  the  ends  of  the  earth, 
fainteth  not,  neither  is  weary ; 
there  is  ^no  searching  of  his  un- 
derstanding. 29  He  giveth  power 
to  the  "  faint ;  and  to  him  that  hath 
no  might  he  *increaseth  sti'ength. 
30  Even  the  "youths  shall  faint 
and  be  weary,  and  the  "*  young  men 
shall  utterly  fall :  31  but  they  that 
wait  for  J-eeova'tr  shall  *  renew  their 
strength;  they  shall  ■''mount  up 
with  wings  as  eagles ;  they  shall 
run,  and  not  be  weary  ;  they  shall 
walk,  and  not  faint. 
/\  ^  ^Keep  silence  before  me, 
T!  X  O  ''  islands  ;  and  let  the  peo- 
ples 'renew  their  strength:  *let 
them  come  near ;  then  let  them 
speak  ;  '  let  us  come  near  together 
to  judgment.  2  '"Who  hath  raised 
up  one  from  the  east,  ^'"whom  he 
"calleth  in    righteousness  "to  his 

9  Ps.  89.  11-13  •■  ch.  34.  16  ;  48.  13  »ch.  49.  4, 14 
'ch.  54.  8        "  Job  27.  2;  34.  5:  Lk.  18.  7,  8       "  ch. 

25  1  -^  ver.  21  v  Gen.  21.  33 ;  Ps.  90.  2  '  Ps.  147.  5 ; 
Rom.  11.  33  "  ch.  50.  4  ;  Jer.  31.  25  »  ch  41.  10 
'  Jer.  6.  11 ;  9.  21  d  ch.  9.  17  '  Job  17.  9  ;  Ps.  103. 
5 ;  2  Cor.  4.  8-10,  16  /  Ex.  19.  4  ;  Dt.  32.  11 ;  Lk.  18. 
1 ;  2  Cor.  4.  1,  16 ;  Gal.  6.  9 ;  Heb  12  3  »  Hab.  2.  20 ; 
Zech.  2.  13  ''  ch.  11.  U  '  cIl  40.  31  *••  ch.  34.  1 ; 
48  16  '  ch.  1.  18  ;  43.  26 :  50.  8  '"  ver.  25 ;  ch.  45.  1- 
3 ;  46.  11    "  ch.  42.  6    "  Judg.  4.  10 ;  5.  15 


'  Or,  confusion 

9  Or,  Scarce  are.  they  planted,  scarce  are  they 
sotrn,  scarce  hath  their  stock  taken  root  in  the 
earth,  tvhfn  he  bloueth  upon  them  Ac. 

1"  Or,  and  see  :  who  hath  created  these  ?  he  that 
£c. 

11  Or,  Jehovah  is  an  everlasting'  Ood,  the  Creator 
.  .  .  he  fainteth  not  &c. 

12  Or,  whom  righteousness  calleth  to  its  foot 
Or,  tvhom  righteousness  tneeteih  whithersoever  he 
goeth 


41.3 


ISAIAH 


41.21 


Israel  assured  of  Jehovah's  Help.    Idolaters  powerless  to  produce  Prophets  or  Helpers 


foof?  he  "giveth  nations  before 
him,  and  maketh  him  rule  over 
kings  ;  ^  he  giveth  them  as  '  the 
dust  to  his  sword,  as  the  driven 
•^stubble  to  his  bow.  3  He  pur- 
sueth  them,  and  passeth  on  safely, 
even  by  a  way  that  he  had  not 
gone  with  his  feet.  4  ''Who  hath 
wrought  and  done  it,  calling  the 
generations  from  the  beginning'? 
"I,  Jehovah,  the  first,  and  with 
the  last,  -^I  am  he.  5  The  ^  isles 
have  seen,  and  fear ;  the  ''  ends  of 
the  earth  tremble  ;  they  draw  near, 
and  come.  6  They '  help  every  one 
his  neighbor ;  and  every  one  saith 
to  his  brother,  Be  of  good  courage. 
7  So  *the  carpenter  encourageth 
'the  goldsmith,  and  he  that  smooth- 
eth  with  the  hammer  him  that 
smiteth  the  anvil,  saying  of  the 
soldering.  It  is  good  ;  and  he  fast- 
eneth  it  with  nails,  '"  that  it  should 
not  be  moved. 

8  But  thou,  Israel,  "my  servant. 
Jacob  whom  I  have  chosen,  the  seed 
of  "  Abraham  my  ^  friend,  9  thou 
whom  I  have  *  taken  hold  of  from 
the  ends  of  the  earth,  and  called 
'■  from  the  corners  thereof,  and  said 
unto  thee,  Thou  art '  my  servant,  I 
have '  chosen  thee  and  not  cast  thee 
away  ;  10  "fear  thou  not,  for  I  am 
with  thee ;  '^  be  not  dismayed,  for 
I  am  thy  God ;  I  will  strengthen 
thee ;  yea,  "  I  will  help  thee ;  yea, 
I  will  uphold  thee  with  the  "  right 
hand  of  my  righteousness.  1 1  Be- 
hold, *all  they  that  are  incensed 
against  thee  shall  be  put  to  shame 
and  confounded  :  '■  they  that  strive 
with  thee  shall  be  as  nothing,  and 
shall  perish.  12"  Thou  shalt  seek 
them,  and  shalt  not  find  them,  even 
them  that  contend  with  thee  :  they 
that  war  against  thee  shall  be  *  as 
nothing,  and  as  a  thing  of  nought. 

13  For  I,  Jehovah  thy  God,  ''will 
hold  thy  right  hand,  saying  unto 
thee,  '*  Fear  not ;  I  will  help  thee. 

14  Fear  not,  thou  *worm  .Jacob, 
and  ye  men  of  Israel ;  I  will  help 
thee,  saith  Jehovah,  and  ^-^  thy  Re- 
deemer is  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

15  Behold,  I  have  made  thee  to  be 
a  new  sharp  threshing  instrument 
having  teeth ;  '  thou  shalt  thresh 
the  ''mountains,  and  beat  them 
small,  and  shalt  make  the  hills  as 
chaff.  16  Thou  shalt  'winnow 
them,  and  the  wind   shall   carry 

1  Or,  he  maketh  as  the  dust  their  sword,  at  the 
irivpn  xtubble  their  bow 

2  Or,  look  not  around  thee 

3  Or,  thy  Redeemer,  the  Holy  One  &e. 


"  2  Chr.  36. 

23 ;  Ezr.  1. 

2 
6  ch.  17. 13 ; 

2a.  5  ;  2  S. 

22.  43 ;  2  K. 

13.7 
'  ch.  40.  24 
d  ver.  2a ; 

ch.  44.  7 ; 

46.  10 
«  ch.  43.  10 ; 

44.  6 ;  Rev. 

1.  8,  17  ;  22. 

13 
/ch.  43.  13; 

46.  4  ;  48.  12 
9  ver.  1 ; 

Ezek.  26. 

15,  16 
ft  Josh.  5.  1 ; 

Ps.  67.  7 
'  Joel  3.  H-11 
*:  ch.  44.  13 
'  ch.  40.  19 
"■  ch.  40.  20 ; 

46.  7 
"ch.  42.  19; 

43.  10 ;  44. 
1,  2,  21 

0  ch.  29.  22 ; 

61.  2 ;  63.  16 
V  2  Chr.  20. 

7  ;  Jas.  2.  23 
9  ch.  U.  11 
»■  ch.  43.  5-7 
'  ch.  42.  1 ; 

44.  1,  2 
«Dt.  7.  6; 

14.  2 ;  Ps. 

135.  4 
«  ver.  13, 14 ; 

ch.  43.  2, 5 ; 

Dt.  20.  1 ; 

31.  6 :  Josh. 

l.y;Ps.  27. 

1 ;  Rom.  8. 

31 
"  ver.  14 ;  ch. 

44.  2 ;  49.  8 
'  Ps.  89.  13, 

14 
"  ch.  45.  24 ; 

Ex.  23.  22 ; 

Zech.  12.  3 
-  ch.  17.  13 ; 

29.  5,  7,  8 
"  ch.  17.  14 ; 

Job  20.  7- 

9 ;  Ps.  37. 

35,36 
6  ch.  29.  20 
<^  ch.  42.  6 ; 

45.  1 

<*  ver.  10 
'Job  25.  6; 

Pb.  22.  6 
/ch.  35.  10; 

43.  14 ;  44. 

6^22-24 
»  Mic.  4.  13 ; 

Hab.  3.  12 
ft  ch.  42.  15 ; 

64.  1 ;  Jer. 

9.  10 ; 

Ezek.  33.28 
i  Jer.  51.  2 


*  ch.  25.  9 ; 

35.  10 ;  51. 

3 ;  61.  10 
'  ch.  43.  20 ; 

44.  3 ;  49. 

10;  55.1 
""ch.  30.19; 

65.  24 
"ch.  42.  16; 

62.12 
°  ch.  30.  25 ; 

43.  19 
P  ch.  3.5.  6, 7 ; 

Ps.  107.  35 
9  ch.  35.  1 ; 

55.  13 ;  60. 

13 

708 


them  away,  and  the  whirlwind 
shall  scatter  them  ;  and  thou  shalt 
*  rejoice  in  Jehovah,  thou  shalt 
glory  in  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

17  The  poor  and  needy  seek 
'  water,  and  there  is  none,  and 
their  tongue  faileth  for  thirst;  I, 
Jehovah,  "'will  answer  them,  I,  the 
God  of  Israel,  "will  not  forsake 
them.  18  I  will  open  "rivers  on 
the  bare  heights,  and  fountains  in 
the  midst  of  the  valleys ;  I  will 
make  ^the  wilderness  a  pool  of 
water,  and  the  dry  land  springs 
of  water.  19  I  will  put  in  the 
wilderness  the  cedar,  the  acacia, 
and  the  "  myrtle,  and  the  ''  oil-tree  ; 
I  will  set  in  the  desert  the  ^'fir- 
tree,  the  ®pine,  and  the  box-tree 
together:  20  that  they  may  ''see, 
and  know,  and  consider,  and  un- 
derstand together,  that  the  'hand 
of  Jehovah  hath  done  this,  and  th-e 
Holy  One  of  Israel  hath  created  it. 

21  'Produce  your  cause,  saith 
Jehovah ;  bring  forth  your  strong 
reasons,  saith  the  "  King  of  Jacob. 
22  "Let  them  bring  them  forth, 
and  declare  unto  us  what  shall 
happen:  declare  ye  the  *  former 
things,  what  they  are,  that  we 
may  consider  them,  and  know  the 
latter  end  of  them ;  or  show  us 
things  to  come.  23  "Declare  the 
things  that  are  to  come  hereafter, 
that  we  may  know  that  ye  are 
gods:  yea,  ^do  good,  or  do  evil, 
that  we  may  ^be  dismayed,  and 
behold  it  together.  24  Behold, 
"  ye  are  of  nothing,  and  *  your  work 
is  of  nought ;  an  "  abomination  is 
he  that  chooseth  you. 

25  I  have  raised  up  ''one  from 
the  north,  and  he  is  come ;  from 
the  rising  of  the  sun  one  that  call- 
eth  upon  my  name :  and  he  shall 
come  upon  ^rulers  as  upon  *  mor- 
tar, and  as  the  potter  treadeth 
clay.  26  Who  hath  •''declared  it 
from  the  beginning,  that  we  may 
know"?  and  beforetime,  that  we 
may  say,  He  is  right  1  yea,  there 
is  "  none  that  declareth,  yea,  there 
is  none  that  showeth,  yea,  there  is 
none  that  heareth  your  words.  27 
''  /  am  the  first  that  saith  unto  Zion, 

•■  ch.  40.  5 ;  43.  10  '  ch.  66.  14 ;  Job  12.  9  « ver.  1 
"  ch.  43.  15 ;  44.  6  "  ch.  44.  7  ;  45.  21 ;  46.  10  ^  ch. 
43.  9  y  ch.  42.  9 ;  44.  7,  8 ;  45.  3 ;  Jn.  13.  19  -  Jer. 
10.  5  "  ch.  44.  9 ;  Ps.  115.  8 ;  1  Cor.  8.  4  b  ver.  29 : 
ch.  37.  19  '  Prov.  3.  32 ;  28.  9  <<  ver.  2 ;  Jer.  50.  2 
"  ch.  10.  6 ;  :  S.  22.  43 ;  Mic.  7. 10 ;  Zech.  10.  5  /  ver- 
22 ;  ch.  44.  7  ;  45.  21    *  Hab.  2.  18, 19    A  ch.  48.  3-8 


*  Or,  oleaster       6  Or,  cypress      *  Or,  plane 
'  Or,  look  one  upon  another      s  Or,  deputiet 


41.28 


ISAIAH 


42.23 


Jebovab's  Promise  to  his  Servant.    Praise  to  Jeliorah  for  his  Mighty  Deliverance.    Israel  reproved  for  Obstinacy 


Behold,  behold  them ;  and  I  will 
give  to  Jerusalem  "one  that  bring- 
eth  good  tidings.  28  And  *when 
I  look,  there  is  no  man ;  even 
among  them  there  is  no  ''counsel- 
lor, that,  when  I  ask  of  them,  ''can 
answer  a  word.  29  '  Behold,  all  of 
them,  their  ''works  are -'vanity  and 
nought ;  their  niolten  images  are 
'  wind  and  confusion. 

40  ''  Behold,  my  '  servant, 
^  wliom  I  uphold ;  my 
*  chosen,  in  whom  my  'soul  de- 
lighteth  :  I  have  put  my  '"  Spirit 
upon  him ;  he  will  bring  forth 
"justice  to  the  "(Icntiles.  2  He 
will  not  cry,  nor  lift  up  his  voice, 
nov  cause  it  to  be  heard  in  the 
street.  3  A  "bruised  reed  will  he 
not  break,  and  a  dimly  burning 
wick  will  he  not  quench  :  he  will 
bring  forth  ^justice  in  truth.  4  He 
will  not  ^"fail  nor  be  ■'discouraged, 
till  he  have  set  justice  in  the  earth  ; 
and  the ''  isles  shall  wait  for  his  law. 
5  Thus  saith  God  Jehovah,  he 
that  'created  the  heavens,  and 
'  stretched  them  forth ;  he  that 
spread  abroad  the  "earth  and 
that  which  cometh  out  of  it ;  he 
that  "giveth  breath  unto  the  peo- 
ple upon  it,  and  spirit  to  them 
that  walk  therein:  6  I,  Jehovah, 
have  ""  called  thee  in  righteousness, 
and  will  *hold  thy  hand,  and  will 
■^'keep  thee,  and  give  thee  for  a 
"  covenant  of  the  people,  for  a  *  light 
of  the  Gentiles;  7  to  "open  the 
blind  eyes,  to  "^  bring  out  the  pris- 
oners from  the  dungeon,  and  tnem 
that  sit  in  darkness  out  of  the 
prison-house.  8  'I  am  Jehovah, 
that  is  ■''my  name;  and  my  "glory 
will  I  not  give  to  another,  neither 
my  praise  unto  graven  images.  9 
Behold,  the  ''former  things  are 
come  to  pass,  and  *  new  things  do  I 
declare  ;  before  they  spring  forth  I 
tell  you  of  them. 

10  Sing  unto  Jehovah  a  *new 
song,  and  his  praise  from  the  '  end 
of  the  earth  ;  "'  ye  that  go  down  to 
the  sea,  and  "all  that  is  therein, 
the  "isles,  and  the  inhabitants 
thereof.  11  Let  the  ^wilderness 
and  the  cities  thereof  lift  up  their 
yoke,  the  villages  that ''  Kedar  doth 
inhabit;  let  the  inhabitants  of 
•"Sela  sing,  let  them  shout  from 
the  top  of  the  'mountains.  12 
Let  them  'give  glory  unto  Jeho- 

1  Or,  Behold,  ihey  are  all  vanity ;  their  works 
are.  nought         '  Or,  nn/ions  (and  elsewhere) 
^  Or,  tmm  dimly     *  Or,  bruised    ^  Or, /or n» 


"ch.  40.  9: 

44.  28 ;  52. 
7 ;  Nah.  1. 
15 

l>  ch.  50.  2 ; 

.^9.  IH ;  63. 

5 
'  oh.  40.  13, 

14 
<'  cU.  46.  7 
''  ver.  24  ;  ch. 

2.  8;  17.  8 
/ch.  44.  9 
"  Jer.  5.  13 
''  Mt.  12. 18- 

21 

•  ch.  41.  8; 
43.  Ill ;  49. 
3-6 ;  52.  13 ; 
53.  11 ;  Mt. 
12.  18-21 ; 
Ihil   2.  7 

•  1  Pet.  2.  4, 
6 

'  Mt.  3.  17  ; 
17.  5 
"•ch.  11.  2; 

59.  21 :  61. 
1 ;  Mt.  3. 
IB ;  Lk  4. 
IS,  19,  21 

"  ch.  2.  4 
"  ch.  57.  15 
J'  Ps.  72.  2,  4  ; 

96.  13 
1  ch.  41).  28 
""  ver.  10,  12 ; 

ch.  11.  11 ; 

24.  15 ;  49. 

1 ;  51.  5 ;  60. 

9 ;  6(>.  19 
'  ch.  4.5.  18 ; 

Pa.  102.  25, 

26 
(  ch.  40,  22 ; 

Pa.  IW.  2 
«  Ps.  24. 1, 2  ; 

136.  6 
"ch.  57.  16; 

Job  12.  10 ; 

33.  4 ;  Dan. 

5.  23 ;  Acts 

17.  25 
'ch.  41.  2; 

Jer.  23.  5,  6 
^  ch.  41.  13 ; 

45.  1 

'  ch.  26.  3 ; 

27.  3 
°  ch.  49.  6,  8 
b  ch.  51.  4  ; 

60.  1,  3  ; 
Lk.  2.  32 

■^  ch.  29.  18  ; 

35.  5 
d  ch.  49.  9  ; 

61.1 
'  ch.  43.  3, 

11,15 
/  Ex.  3.  15 ; 

Pa.  83.  18 
"  ch.  48.  11 ; 

Ex.  20.  3-5 
Ach.  48.  3 

•  ch.  43.  19 ; 
48.6 

k  Ps.  33.  3 ; 

40.  3 ;  98.  1 
'ch.  49.  6; 

62.  11 
"■  Ps.  65.  5  ; 

107.  23 
"  Ex.  20.  11 ! 

1  Chr.  16. 

32 ;  Ps.  96. 

11 
"  ver.  4 
P  ch.  .32.  16  ; 

a5.  1,  6 
9  ch.  21.  16  ; 

60.7 
••  ch.  16.  1 
'  ch.  62.  7  ; 

Nah.  1. 15 
<  ch.  24.  15 

709 


vah,  and  declare  his  praise  in  the 
"islands.  13  Jehovah  will  go  forth 
as  a  mighty  man ;  he  will  stir  up 
his  "zeal  like  a  •'man  of  war:  he 
will  cry,  yea,  he  will  "shout  aloud  ; 
he  will  'do  mightily  against  his 
enemies. 

14  1  have  long  time  "  holden  my 
peace  ;  I  have  been  still,  and  re- 
trained myself :  nov  will  I  cry 
out  like  a  travailing  woman ;  I 
will  ""gasp  and  pant  together. 
15  I  will  ''lay  waste  mountains 
and  hills,  and  dry  up  all  their 
herbs ;  and  I  will  "  make  the 
rivers  islands,  and  will  dry  up 
the  pools.  IG  And  I  will  ''bring 
the  blind  by  a  way  that  they 
know  not ;  in  paths  that  they 
know  not  will  1  lead  them ;  I 
will  'make  darkness  light  be- 
fore them,  and  •'crooked  places 
straight.  These  things  will  I  do, 
'and  I  will  "not  forsake  them. 
17  They  shall  be  turned  back, 
they  shall  be  ''  utterly  put  to 
shame,  that  trust  in  graven  im- 
ages, that  say  unto  molten  image.s. 
Ye  are  our  gods. 

18  *Hear,  ye  deaf;  and  look, 
ye  blind,  that  ye  may  see.  19 
Who  is  blind,  but  my  *  servant? 
or  deaf,  as  my  'messenger  that  I 
send  1  who  is  blind  as  he  that  is 
*"'at  peace  with  me,  and  blind 
as  Jehovah's  servant '?  20  Thou 
"seest  many  things,  but  thou  ob- 
servest  not ;  his  ears  are  open, 
but  he  heareth  not.  21  It  pleased 
Jehovah,  "for  his  righteousness' 
sake,  to  ®*  magnify  the  law,  and 
make  it  *  honorable.  22  But  this 
is  a  people  robbed  and  plundered ; 
they  are  all  of  them  ''snared  in 
holes,  and  they  are  '  hid  in  prison- 
houses  :  they  are  '  for  a  prey,  and 
none  delivereth ;  for  a  spoil,  and 
none  saith.  Restore. 

23  Who  is  there  arnong  you  that 
will  give  ear  to  this?  that  will 
hearken  and  hear  for  the  time  to 

"ver.  4   "ch.9.7;2S.  11:37.32 ;  59. 17  'Ex.  15. 3 

'■'  Hos.  11. 10;  Joel  3.  16  ;  Am.  1.  2  '  ch.  66.  14-16 
«  ch.  57. 11 ;  Ps.  50.  21 ;  Lk.  18.  7  ;  2  Pet.  3.  9  (-ch. 
2.  12-16  ;  Ezek.  38.  19,  20  '  ch.  44.  27  :  50.  2  ;  Nah. 
1.  4-6  d  ch.  29.  18  ;  30.  21 ;  32.  3  ;  Jer.  31.  8,  9  ;  Lk. 
1.78,79  ^ch.  29.  18;  Eph.  5.  8  /ch.  40.  4  ;  Lk.  3.  5 
'.'  ch.  41. 17  ;  Josh.  1.  5  ;  Ps.  94.  14  ;  Heb.  13.  5  "  ch. 
1.  29  ;  44.  9,  11  ;  45.  16  ;  Pa.  97.  7  '  ch.  29.  18 ;  35.  5 
*  ch.  41.  8  '  ch.  44.  26  "'  ch.  26.  3  ;  27.  5  "  ch.  43. 
8  ;  Jer.  6. 10  "  ch.  43.  25  p  ver.  4  ;  ch.  5L  4  «  ch. 
58.  13    »•  ch.  24. 18    •  ch.  24.  22    «  ch.  10.  6 


6  Or,  destroy  and  devour 

'  Or,  and  will  not  Jorhear 

8  Or,  made  perfect     Or,  recompensed 

»  Or,  make  the  leaching  great  and  glorious 


42.24 


ISAIAH 


43.1^3 


Jehovab  the  only  Savioar.    Deliverance  from  Babylon.    The  People's  Undntifiiliess 


cornel  24  "Who  gave  Jacob  for 
a  spoil,  and  Israel  to  the  robbers  1 
dicl  not  Jehovah'?  he  against  whom 
we  nave  sinned,  and  in  wliose  ways 
they  *  would  not  walk,  neither  were 
they  "obedient  unto  his  ^  law.  25 
Therefore  he  poured  upon  him  the 
''fierceness  of  his  anger,  and  the 
strength  of  battle  ;  and  it "  set  him 
on  fire  round  about,  yet  he  -^knew 
not ;  and  it  burned  him,  yet  he 
"laid  it  not  to  heart. 
A  O  But  now  thus  saith  Je- 
TlO  hovah   that  ''created  thee, 

0  Jacob,  and  he  that  'formed 
thee,  O  Israel :  ''  Fear  not,  for  I 
have  '  redeemed  thee ;  I  have 
'"called  thee  by  thy  name,  thou 
art  "mine.  2  When  thou  "pass- 
est  through  the  waters,  ^  I  will  be 
with  thee  ;  and  through  the  rivers, 
they  shall  not  overflow  thee :  when 
thou  *  walkest  through  the  fire, 
thou  shalt  not  be  burned,  neither 
shall  the  flame  kindle  upon  thee. 

3  For  I  am  '"Jehovah  thy  God,  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel,  thy  *  Saviour ; 

1  have  given  Egypt  as  thy  ransom, 
*  Ethiopia  and  iSeba  in  thy  stead. 

4  Since  thou  hast  been  precious 
in  my  sight,  '^and  "honoraole,  and 
I  have  "  loved  thee ;  therefore  will 
I  give  men  in  thy  stead,  and 
peoples  instead  of  thy  life.  5 
^  Fear  not ;  for  f  I  am  with  thee  : 
I  will  bring  Hhy  seed  from  the 
east,  and  "gather  thee  from  the 
west ;  6  I  will  say  to  the  *  north. 
Give  up ;  and  to  the  south.  Keep 
not  back;  "bring  my  ''sons  from 
far,  and  my  daughters  from  the 
"  end  of  the  earth ;  7  every  one 
that  is  •''called  by  my  name,  and 
whom  I  have  ^created  for  my 
''glory,  '"whom  I  have  formed, 
yea,  whom  I  have  made. 

8  Bring  forth  the  *  blind  people 
that  have  eyes,  and  the  deaf  that 
have  ears.  9  ^  Let  all  the  nations 
be  'gathered  together,  and  let 
the  peoples  be  assembled :  who 
among  them  can  '"declare  this, 
and  show  us  former  things  1  let 
them  bring  "  their  witnesses,  "  that 
they  may  be  justified ;_  ^or  let 
them  hear,  and  say.  It  is  truth. 
10  ^  Ye  are  my  witnesses,  saith 
Jehovah,  and  my  'servant  whom 
I  have  chosen  ;  that  ye  may  know 
and  believe  me,  and  understand 
that  •■  I  am  he :  *  before  me  there 

1  Or,  teaching 

2  Or,  thou  /last  been  honorable  &c. 

3  Or,  Gather  yourselves  together,  all  ye  nations 
*  Or,  and  thai  they  may  hear 


<»  ch.  10.  5 
i>  ch.  30. 15 

'  ch.  48.  18  ; 

57.17 
d  ch.  5.  25 ; 

9.  19 
'  2  K.  25.  9  ; 

Jer.  21. 12 ; 

Nah.  1.  6 ; 

Zeph.  1.  18 
/ch.  1.  3;  6. 

13 
!'  ch.  29.  13  ; 

47.  7;  57.1; 

Hos.  7.  9 
''  ver.  15 
■  ver.  7,21; 

ch.  44.  2, 

21,24 
^  ver.  5 
'  ch.  44.  22, 

23  ;  48.  20 
"'■  ver.  7  ;  ch. 

45.  3,  4  ; 

Gen.  32.  28 
"  ver.  21 
"  ch.  8.  7,  8  ; 

Ps.  66.  12 
P  Dt.  31. 

6,8 
1  ch.  29.  6  ; 

30.  27-29  ; 

Dan.  3.  25, 

27 
>•  Ex.  20.  2 
'  ver.  11 ; 

ch.  19.  20 ; 

45.  15,  21 ; 
49.  26 ;  60. 
IS  ;  63.  8 

(  ch.  20.  3-5 ; 

Prov.11.8; 

21.  18 
«  ch.  49.  5 
"  ch.  63.  9 
"  ch.  41.  10, 

14  ;  44.  2  ; 

Jer.  30.10; 

46.  27,  28 

y  ver.  2  ;  ch. 

8.10 
-  ch.  41.  8  ; 

49.  12 ;  61. 

9 
«  ch.  49.  12 
6  Ps.  107.  3 
''ch.  14.  2; 

49.   22;   60. 

4  ;  66.  20 
d  2  Cor.  6.  18 
«  ch.  45.  22 
/  ch.  56.  5  ; 

62.  2 ;  Jas. 

2.7 
9  ch.  29.  23  ; 

Ps.  100.  3 ; 

Eph.  2.  10 
A  ch.  44.  23  ; 

46.13 
t  ver.  1 
fc  ch.  6.  9  ;  42. 

18-20 ; 

Ezek.  12.  2 
'  ch.  34.  1 ; 

41.1 
™  ch.  41,  22, 

23,26 
"  ch.  44.  9 
"  ver.  26 
1'  ch.  44.  8 
«  ch.  42.  1 
>"  ch.  41.  4 
«  ch.  45.  5,  G 


<ch.  44.6,8 
"  ver.  3  ;  ch. 

45.  21 ; 

Hos.  13.  4 
«'  Dt.  32. 

16;Ps.81.9 
^  ver.  10 ; 

ch.  44.  8 
y  ch.  48.  16  ; 

Ps.  90.  2 
•  ch.  41.  4 

710 


was  no  God  formed,  neither  shall 
there  be  after  me.  11  I,  even  I, 
am  Jehovah ;  and  '  besides  me 
there  is  no  "saviour.  12  I  have 
declared,  and  I  have  saved,  and  I 
have  showed  ;  and  there  was  no 
"  strange  god  among  you :  there- 
fore ^ye  are  my  witnesses,  saith 
Jehovah,  and  I  am  God.  13  Yea, 
^  ^  since  the  day  was  ^  I  am  he ; 
and  there  is  "  none  that  can  de- 
liver out  of  my  hand :  *  I  will 
work,  and  who  can  hinder  iti 

14  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  your 
"Redeemer,  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel :  For  your  sake  I  have 
sent  to  Babylon,  and  I  will  ''bring 
down  •'all  of  them  as  fugitives, 
even  the  "Chaldeans,  in  the  •''ships 
of  their  rejoicing.  15  I  am  Jeho- 
vah, your  Holy  One,  the  ^  Creator 
of  Israel,  your  ''King.  16  Thus 
saith  Jehovah,  who  'maketh  a 
way  in  the  sea,  and  a  *  path  in  the 
mighty  waters  ;  17  '^  who  bringeth 
forth  the  'chariot  and  horse,  the 
army  and  the  mighty  man  (they 
lie  down  together,  they  shall  not 
rise ;  they  are  '"  extinct,  they  are 
"quenched  as  a  wick) :  18  "Re- 
member ye  not  the  former  things, 
neither  consider  the  things  of  old. 
19  Behold,  I  will  do  a^new  thing; 
now  shall  it  spring  forth  ;  shall  ye 
not  know  if?  I  will  even  'make  a 
way  in  the  wilderness,  and  rivers 
in  the  desert.  20  The  beasts  of 
the  field  shall  honor  me,  the 
'■jackals  and  the  ostriches ;  be- 
cause I  'give  waters  in  the  wil- 
derness, and  rivers  in  the  desert, 
to  give  drink  to  my  people,  my 
chosen,  21  the  people  Avhich  I 
'formed  for  myself,  '^"that  they 
might  set  forth  my  praise. 

22  Yet  thou  hast  "not  called 
upon  me,  O  Jacob ;  but  thou  hast 
been  'weary  of  me,  O  Israel. 
23  Thou  hast  *'not  brought  me 
of  thy  sheep  for  burnt-offerings ; 
neither    hast    thou    ^honored   me 

«  Ps.  50.  22  6  ch.  14.  27  ;  Job  9.  12  '  ch.  41.  14 
rf  ch.  13.  14,  15  <■  ch.  23.  13  /  Jer.  51.  13  ^  ver.  1 
h  ch.  41.  21 ;  44.  6  '  ch.  11.  15  ;  44  27  ;  50.  2 ;  51. 10  ; 
63.  11, 12  ;  Ex.  14.  21,  22 ;  Ps.  77.  19  ^  Josh.  3. 15, 16 
'  Ex.  15.  19  "'  Ps.  76.  5,  6  "  ch.  1.  31  ;  Ps.  118.  12 
»  ch.  65.  17  ;  Jer.  16.  14  ;  23.  7  i>  ch.  42.  9  ;  48.  6;  2 
Cor.  5.  17  «  ch.  35.  1,  6  ;  41. 18,  19  ;  49.  10  ;  51.  3  ; 
Ex.  17.  6  ;  Num.  20.  11  ;  Dt.  8.  15  :  Ps.  78.  16  ••  ch. 
13,  22  ;  35.  7  *  ch.  41.  17,  18  ;  48.  21  <■  ver.  1  "  ch. 
42.  12  ;  Ps.  102.  18  ;  Lk.  1.  74,  75 ;  1  Pet.  2.  9  "  ch. 
30.  9-11  -^  Mic.  6.  3  ;  Mai.  1.  13 ;  3.  14  *  Am.  5.  25 
^  Zech.  7.  5,  6 ;  Mai.  1.  6-8 


5  Or,  from  this  day  forth  I  &c. 

6  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  nil  their  nobles,  even 
&c.    7  0T,who  .  .  .  the  power:  They  shall  He  li-c, 

8  Or,  they  shall  tet, forth 


43.24 


ISAIAH 


44.17 


J eli«vali's  Forbearance.    Kpiritaal  Refreshing  promised.    Jehovah  the  only  God.    The  Folly  of  Idolatry  portrayed 


with  thy  sacrifices.  I  have  not 
"burdened  thee  with  ^offerings, 
nor  wearied  thee  with  *  frankin- 
cense. 2i  Thou  hast  bought  nie 
no  ■-''sweet  cane  with  money, 
neither  hast  thou  ''filled  nie  with 
the  fat  of  thy  saci'itices  ;  but  tiiou 
hast  burdened  nie  with  thy  sins, 
thou  hast  "^  wearied  me  with  thine 
iniquities. 

25  I,  even  I,  am  he  that  "blot- 
teth  out  thy  transgressions  •'for 
mine  own  sake ;  and  I^  will  ^  not 
remember  thy  sins.  26  Put  me 
in  remembrance  ;  let  us  *  plead 
together  :  set  thou  forth  thy  cause, 
'that  thou  mayest  be  justified. 
27  Thy  *  first  father  sinned,  and 
thy  ""teachers  have  transgressetl 
against  me.  28  Therefore  I  ^  will 
"*  profane  the  ®  princes  of  the  sanc- 
tuary ;  and  I  *will  make  Jacob  a 
*" curse,  and  Israel  a  "reviling. 
A  A  Yet  now  hear,  O  Jacob 
jITl  my  ^servant,  and  Israel, 
whom  I  have  chosen  :  2  Thus  saith 
Jehovah  that  made  thee,  and 
»forme<l  thee  from  the  womb, 
who  ''will  help  thee:    'Fear   not, 

0  Jacob  my  servant ;  and  thou, 
'Jeshurun,  whom  I  have  chosen. 

3  For  I  will  "  pour  water  upon 
^him  that  is  thirsty,  and  streams 
upon  the  dry  ground  ;  I  will  "pour 
my  Spirit  upon  thy  seed,  and  my 
blessing    upon    thine    ""  off'spring : 

4  and  they  shall  spring  up  among 
the  grass,  as  "  willows  by  the 
watercourses.      5  'One  shall  say. 

1  am  Jehovah's  ;  and  another  shall 
^"call  hinuelf  by  the  name  of  Ja- 
cob ;  and  another  shall  "  subscribe 
with  his  hand  unto  Jehovah,  and 
^"surname  himself  by  the  name  of 
Israel. 

6  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  the  "King 
of  Israel,  and  his  *Itedeemer,  Je- 
hovah or  hosts:  I  am  the  "first, 
and  I  am  the  last ;  and  ^  besides 
me  there  is  no  God.  7  ^^'And 
who,  as  I,  shall  call,  and  shall 
declare  it,  and  set  it  in  order  for 
me,  since  I  established  the  ancient 
people  1  and  the  t hinges  that  are 
coming,  and  that  shall  come  to 
pass,  let  them  ^^  declare.  8  Fear 
ye  not,  neither  be  afraid :   have  I 

I  Or,  a  meal-offering  2  Or.  rolamxis 

3  Or,  salialed  *  Heb.  interpreters. 

'  Or,  have  profaned  ^  Or,  fioli/  jyrince.i 

"  Or,  have  made,  8  Or,  devoted  thing 

9  Or,  the  thir.ity  land    l"  Or,  prodnim  the  name 

II  Or,  iirile  on  his  hand.  Unto  Jehovnh 
1*  Or,  give  for  a  title  the  name  of  Israel 

13  Or,  And  who,  a.i  I,  can  proclaim?  let  him  de- 
clare it  Jtc.  I*  Or,  declare  unto  them 

24 


"  Jer.  7.  21- 

:iH 
!>  Kx.  30.  34  ; 

Lev.  2.  1 ; 

24.  7 
'Ex.  30.23; 

Jer.  (;.  20 
>(fli.  1.14:7. 

13  ;  Ps.  9.3. 

10;  Ezek. 

ti.  9  ;  Mai. 

2.  17 
'  ch.  44.  22 ; 

55.  7 ;  Jer. 

SO.  20 
/ch.  37.  3.5; 

48.  9,  11  ; 

Ezek.  36.  22 
»  ch.  38.  17  ; 

Jer.  31.  34 
Ach.  1.  IS; 

41   1  ;  50.  8 
'  ver.  i» 
*••  ch  51.  2  ; 

Kzek.  10.  3 
i  ch.  9.  15  ; 

28.  7  ; 

29. 10 ;  Jer. 

5.  31 
'"  ch.  47.  6  ; 

Lam.  2.  2,  6 
"ch.  24.6; 

34.  5  ;  Jer. 

24.9;  Ban. 

9.11;Zech. 

8.  13 
0  Vs.  79.  4  ; 

Ezek.  5. 15 
Pch.  41.8; 

Jer.  30.  10 ; 

46.  27,  28 
9  ver.  21,  24  ; 

ch.  43.  1,  7 
■•  ch.  41.  10 
"  ch.  43.  5 
'  1  )t.  32.  15  ; 

33.  .5.  26 
"  ch.  35. 6,  7 ; 

41.  17; 

Ezek.  34. 

26 ;  Joel  3. 

18  ;  Jn.  7. 

37-39;  Acts 

2.  18 
"  ch.  32.  15  ; 

Joel  2.  28 
"  ch.  61.  9  ; 

65.  23 
y  Lev.  23.  40 ; 

Job  40.  22 
-  ch.  19.  21  ; 

45.  14 ;  Ps. 

116.  16; 

Jer.  50.  5 ; 

Zech.  8. 20- 

22 ;  13.  9 
"  ch.  41.  21 ; 

43.  15 
("ch.  41.14; 

43.  1,  14 
"  ch.  41.  4  ; 

43.  10  ;  48. 

12 :  Rev.  1. 

8,  17  ;  22. 

13 
d  ver.  8  :  ch. 

43.  11  ;  45. 

5.  6,  21 
'  ch.  41.  22, 

26 


/ch.  42.  9; 

48.  5 
f  ch.  43.  10 
1  eh.  45.  5  ; 

Dt.  4.  35, 

39  ;  1  S.  2. 

2 ;  Joel  2. 

27 
■  ch.  17.  10  ; 

26.  4  ;  30.  29 
k  ch.  41.  24 
'  ch.  66.  3 
"'  ch.  43.  9 
"  ver.  11 ; 

711 


not  -'declared  unto  thee  of  old, 
and  showed  it  (  and  *ye  are  my 
witnesses.  Is  there  a  God  ''be- 
sides me  1  yea,  there  is  no  '  liock ; 
1  know  not  any. 

y  They  that  fashion  a  graven 
image  are  all  of  them  ''^  *  vanity ; 
and  'the  things  that  they  delight 
in  shall  not  profit ;  and  their  own 
'"witnesses  see  not,  nor  know  :  that 
they  may  be  "put  to  shame.  10 
Who  hath  fashioned  a  god,  or 
molten  an  image  that  is  "profitable 
for  nothing'?  11  Behold, '"all  his 
''fellows  shall  be  put  to  shame- 
and  the  workmen,  they  are  or 
men :  let  them  all  be  gathered 
together,  let  them  stand  ui  ,  they 
shall  fear,  they  shall  be  «put  to 
shame  together. 

12  The  ''smith  ^"^ maketh  an  axe, 
and  worketh  in  the  coals,  and 
fashioneth  it  with  hammers,  and 
worketh  it  with  his  strong  arm  : 
yea,  he  is  hungry,  and  his  strength 
faileth ;  he  drinketh  no  water, 
and  is  faint.  1 3  The  '  carpenter 
stretcheth  out  a  line;  he  marketh 
it  out  with  ^^  a  pencil ;  he  shapeth 
it  with  planes,  and  he  marketh  it 
out  with  the  compasses,  and 
shapeth  it  after  the  figure  of  a 
'  man,  according  to  the  beauty  of 
a  man,  to  dwell  in  a  "house.  14 
He  heweth  him  down  "cedars,  and 
taketh  the  holm-tree  and  the  oak, 
and  strengtheneth  for  himself  one 
among  the  trees  of  the  forest :  he 
planteth  '®a  fir-tree,  and  the  rain 
doth  nourish  it.  15  Then  shall 
it  be  for  a  man  to  burn ;  and  he 
taketh  thereof,  and  warmeth  him- 
self ;  yea,  he  kindleth  it,  and 
baketh  bread  :  yea,  he  ^  rnaketh 
a  god,  and  worshippeth  it ;  he 
maketh  it    a    graven   image,  and 

*  faileth  down  thereto.  16  He 
burneth  -°  part  thereof  in  the  fire  ; 
with  -"part  thereof  he  eateth  flesh  ; 
he  roasteth  roast,  and  is  satisfied; 
yea,  he  w^armeth  himself,  and 
saith.  Aha,  I  am  warm,  I  have 
seen  the  fire.  17  And  the  residue 
thereof  he  'maketh  a  god,  even 
his  graven  image ;  he  faileth  down 

ch.  42.  17  ;  45.  16  ;  Ps.  97.  7  °  ch.  41.  29  ;  Jer.  10  5  ; 
Hab  2  18  ;  Acts  19.  26  ''  ch.  45.  16  •>  ver.  9  ""  ch. 
40.  19,  20 ;  41.  6,  7  ;  46.  6,  7  ;  Jer.  10.  3-5  ;  Hab.  2. 18 

"oh.  41.  7    '  Ps.  115,  5-7     "■ ^     .    ~ 

10, 11      "  ch.  40.  20       '  ' 

*  ver.  15 


"  Judg.  17.  4,  5  ;  Ezek.  8. 
er.  17, 19      "2  Chr.  25.  14 


15  Or,  confusion 

16  Or,  all  that  join  themselves  thereto 

1"  Or,  sharpenetb  a  tool       i*  Or,  red  oehre 
19  Or,  an  ash  ««  Or,  the  half 


44.18 


ISAIAH 


45.10 


The  Folly  of  Idolatry.    Jehovah  forgives  and  redeems  his  People.    Jehovah  commissions  Cyrns  to  deliver  the  Exiles 


unto  it  and  worshippeth.  and 
"  prayeth  unto  it,  and  saith.  De- 
liver me;  for  thou  art  my  god. 

18  They  *know  not,  neither  do 
they  consider  :  for  he  hath  ^ "  shut 
their  eyes,  that  they  cannot  see ; 
and  their  hearts,  that  they  cannot 
understand.  19  And  none  calleth 
to  mind,  neither  is  there  ^  knowl- 
edge nor  *  understanding  to  say, 
I  have  burned  part  of  it  in  the 
fire ;  yea,  also  I  have  baked  bread 
upon  the  coals  thereof ;  I  have 
roasted  flesh  and  eaten  it :  and 
shall  I  make  the  residue  thereof 
an  ^abomination  %  shall  I  fall  down 
to  the  stock  of  a  tree  1  20  He 
^feedeth  on  ashes;  a  "deceived 
heart  hath  turned  him  aside;  and 
he  cannot  deliver  his  soul,  nor  say, 
'  Is  there  not  a  lie  in  my  right 
hand  % 

21  *  Remember  these  things,  O 
Jacob,  and  Israel;  for  thou  art 
my  'servant :  I  have  formed  thee  ; 
thou  art  my  servant :  O  Israel, 
thou  shalt  '"not  be  forgotten  of 
me.  22  I  have  "blotted  out,  as  a 
thick  cloud,  thy  transgressions, 
and,  as  a  cloud,  thy  sins:  "return 
unto  me;  for  I  have  ^redeemed 
thee.  23  « Sing.  O  ye  heavens,  for 
Jehovah  hath  done  it ;  shout,  ye 
lower  parts  of  the  earth ;  ''  break 
forth  into  singing,  ye  mountains, 

0  forest,  and  every  tree  therein : 
for  'Jehovah  hath  redeemed  Ja- 
cob, and  will  'glorify  himself  in 
Israel. 

24  Thus  .saith  Jehovah,  thy 
"  Redeemer,  and  he  that  "  formed 
thee  from  the  womb  :  I  am  Jeho- 
vah, that  maketh  all  things ;  that 
''stretcheth  forth  the  neavens 
alone ;  that  spreadeth  abroad  the 
eai'th  (^^who  is  with  mel) ;  25  that 
^frustrateth  the  signs  of  the  ^  liars, 
and  maketh  diviners  mad ;  that 
"turneth  wise  men  backward,  and 
maketh  their  knowledge  foolish  ; 
26  that  *confirmeth  the  word  of 
his  servant,  and  performeth  the 
counsel  of  his  messengers ;  that 
''saith  of  Jerusalem,  She  shall  be 
inhabited  ;  and  of  the  **  cities  of 
Judah,  ^  They  shall  be  built,  and 

1  will  raise  up  the  waste  places 
thereof;  27  that  •''saith  to  the 
deep.  Be  dry,  and  I  will  s'dry  up 
thy  rivers  ;  28  that  saith  of  ^'^  Cy- 
rus, He  is  my  shepherd,  and  shall 

1  Heb.  daubtrt. 

*  Another  reading  is,  by  myself. 

3  Or,  boasters  *  Heb.  Cof  esh. 


»  ch.  45.  20  ; 
1  K..  18.  26, 

28 
b  ch.  1.  3  ; 

Jer.  10.  8, 

14 
«  ch.  6.  9, 10  ; 

29.  10 ;  Ps. 

81.  12 
d  ch.  5.  13  ; 

44.  18,  19 ; 

45.  20 

"  ch.  27.  11 
/Dt.  27.  15; 

1  K.  11.  5, 

7  ;  2  K.  23. 

14 
9  Ps.  102.  9 
h  Job  15.  31 ; 

Hos.  4. 12  ; 

Rom.  1.  21, 

22  ;  2  Th.  2. 

11 ;  2  Tim. 

3.  13 
■  ch.  57. 11 ; 

59.  3,  4,  13  ; 
Jer.  10.  14 ; 
Rom.  1. 

25  ;  2  Th.  2. 

11 
k  ch.  46.  8  ; 

Zech.  10.  9 
'  ver.  1,  2 
'"  ch.  49.  15 
"  ch.  43.  25  ; 

Ps  51. 1,9; 

Acts  3.  19 
0  ch.  31.  6 ; 

55.7 
P  ch.  43.  1 ; 

48.  20 ; 

1  Cor.  6. 
20 ;  1  Pet. 
1.  18, 19 

9  ch.  42.  10 ; 

49.  13 ;  Ps. 
69.  34 ;  96. 
11,12 

""  ch.  55.  12  ; 

Ps.  98.  7,  8  ; 

148.  7,  9 
»  ch.  43.  1 
«  ch.  49.  3  ; 

60.  21 ;  61.  3 
«  ch.  41.  14  ; 

43.  14 
"  ver.  2 
"  ch.  40,  22  ; 

42.  5  ;  45. 

12,  18 ;  51. 

13 
y  ch.  40.  14 
=■  ch.  47.  13 
<^  ch.  29.  14  ; 

2  S.  15.  31 ; 
Job  5. 12- 
14 ;  Ps.  33. 
10 ;  Jer.  51. 
57 ;  1  Cor. 
1.  20,  27 

b  ch.  55.  11 ; 

59,  21 ; 

Zech.  1.  6 
"  ch.  49.  7-20 
d  ch  40.  9 
"  Jer.  32.  15, 

44 
/ch.  43.  16 
"  ch.  42.  15  ; 

50.  2 ;  Jer. 
50.  38  ;  51. 
36 

ft  ch.  45.  1 


'  ch.  14,  32  ; 

45,  13 ;  .54. 

11 ;  2  Chr. 

36.  22, 23 ; 

Ezr.  1.  1 
*  ch.  44.  2fc 
'  ch.  41.  U  : 

42.  6 ;  Ps 

73.  23 
™  ch.  41,  2, 

25 ;  Jer.  50 

712 


perform  all  my  pleasure,  even  say- 
ing of  Jerusalem,  'She  shall  be 
built ;  ^  and  of  the  temple,  Thy 
foundation  shall  be  laid. 
A  p^  Thus  saith  Jehovah  to 
Tc*^  his  *  anointed,  to  Cyrus, 
whose  right  '  hand  I  have  holden, 
to  '"subdue  nations  before  him,  and 
I  will  "  loose  the  loins  of  kings ;  to 
open  the  doors  before  him,  and  the 
gates  shall  not  be  shut :  2  I  will  go 
before  thee,  and  "make  the  rough 
places  smooth ;  I  will  p  break  in 
pieces  the  doors  of  brass,  and  cut 
in  sunder  the  « bars  of  iron  ;  3  and 
I  will  give  thee  the  ''treasures  of 
darkness,  and  hidden  riches  of 
secret  places,  that  thou  mayest 
know  that  it  is  I,  Jehovah,  who 
*  call  thee  by  thy  name,  even  the 
God  of  Israel.  4  For  'Jacob  my 
servant's  sake,  and  Israel  my 
chosen,  I  have  "  called  thee  by 
thy  name :  I  have  surnamed  thee, 
though  thou  hast  "not  known  me. 
5  I  am  Jehovah,  and  ''there  is 
none  else  ;  *  besides  me  there  is  no 
God.  I  will  ''gird  thee,  though 
thou  hast  not  known  me ;  6  that 
"'they  may  know  *from  the  rising 
of  the  sun,  and  from  the  west, 
that  there  is  "  none  besides  me :  1 
am  Jehovah,  and  there  is  none 
else.  7  I  ''form  the  light,  and 
'  create  darkness ;  I  make  peace, 
and  •''create  evil;  I  am  Jehovah, 
that  doeth  all  these  things. 

8  *  Distil,  ye  heavens,  from 
above,  and  let  the  skies  pour  down 
righteousness :  let  the  '"  earth  open, 
that  *  it  may  ''  *  bring  forth  sal- 
vation, and  let  it  *  cause  right- 
eousness to  spring  up  together ; 
I,  Jehovah,  have  created  it. 

9  Woe  unto  him  that  'striveth 
with  his  Maker !  a  potsherd  among 
the  potsherds  of  the  earth !  Shall 
the  ™  clay  say  to  him  that  fash- 
ioneth  it,  What  makest  thou  1  or 
thy  work.  He  hath  no  hands'?  10 
Woe  unto  him  that  saith  unto  a 
father.  What  bcrettest  thou?  or  to  a 
woman.  With  what  travailest  thou  I 

3,  35  ;  51.  11,  20,  24  "  ver.  5  ;  Job  12.  21  »  ch.  40.  4 
f  Ps.  107.  16  4  Jer.  51.  30  »■  Jer.  41.  S  ;  50,  37  »  ch. 
43.  1 ;  49.  1  ;  Ex  33. 12, 17  '  ch.  41.  8.  9  ;  44. 1  »  ch. 
43.  1  "  Acts  17.  23  ^  ver.  6,  14,  18,  21 :  ch.  46.  9 
y  ch.  44.  6,  8  ^  Ps.  18.  39  '^  Ps.  102.  15  ;  Mai.  1.  11 
b  ch.  43.  5  "^  ver.  5  d  ch,  42,  16  '  Ps,  104.  20  ;  105,  28  ' 
/ch,  31,  2  ;  47,  11 ;  Am.  3.  6  "  Ps.  72.  6 ;  Hos.  10. 12  ; 
14.  5;  Joel  3.  18  '' Ps.  85.  11  i  ch  12.  3  *  ch.  60. 
21 ;  61.  11  '  Job  15.  25 ;  40.  8,  9  ;  Ps.  2.  2,  3  ;  Prov. 
21.  30  ;  Jer.  50.  24  "'  ch.  29.  16 ;  64.  8 ;  Jer.  18.  6; 
Rom.  9.  20,  21    

5  Or,  and  the  foundation  of  the  temple  shall  fc' 
laid  <>  Heb.  (hey. 

7  Or,  be  fruitful  in  salvation 


45.11 


ISAIAH 


46.7 


Jehovah  the  only  Savioar.    Babylon's  Idols  and  Israel's  Cod  contrasted 


1 1  Thus  saith  "  Jehovah,  the 
Holy    One     of     Israel,    and     his 

*  Maker  :  '  Ask  me  of  the  things 
that  are  to  come ;  concerning  my 
''sons,  and  concerning  the  "^^work 
of  my  hands,  command  ye  me. 
12  1  have  -^made  the  eartli,  and 
created  man  upon  it :  1,  even  my 
hands,  have  ''stretched  out  the 
heavens;  and  ''all  their  host  have 
I  commanded.  13  I  have  raised 
him  up  in  '  righteousness,  and  1 
will  *make  straight  all  his  ways: 
he  shall  '  build  my  city,  and  he 
shall  let  my  exiles  go  '"free,  not  for 

firice  nor  reward,  saith  Jehovah  of 
losts. 

U  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  The 
labor  of  "  Egypt,  and  the  mer- 
chandise of  "Etliiopia,  and  the 
.Sabeans,  men  of  stature,  shall 
''come  over  unto  thee,  and  they 
shall  be  thine :  they  shall  go  after 
thee ;  in  '  chains  they  shall  come 
over ;  and  they  shall  *■  fall  down 
unto  thee,  they  shall  make  suppli- 
cation unto  thee,  saying.  Surely 
'  God  is  in  thee ;  and  '  there  is 
none  else,  there  is  no  God.  15 
Verily  thou  art  a  God  that  "hidest 
thyself,  O  God  of  Israel,  the  "Sa- 
viour. 16  They  shall  be  ■''put  to 
shame,  yea,  confounded,  all  of 
them ;  they  shall  go  into  confu- 
sion together  that  are  *  makers  of 
idols.  17  JBut  Israel  shall  be 
saved  by  Jehovah  with  an  ^ever- 
lasting salvation  :  ye  shall  "^  not 
be  put  to  shame  nor  confounded 
world  without  end. 
18  For  thus  saith  Jehovah  that 

*  created  the  heavens,  the  God 
that  "formed  the  earth  and  made 
it,  that  established  it  and  created 
it  not  ^  a  '*  waste,  that  formed  it  to 
be  *  inhabited  :  I  am  Jehovah ; 
and  ^  there  is  none  else.  19  *  I 
have  not  spoken  in  secret,  in  a 
place  of  the  land  of  darkness;  I 
said  not  unto  *  the  seed  of  Jacob, 
'  Seek  ye  me  '"  in  vain  :  I,  Jehovah, 

*  speak  righteousness,  I  '  declare 
things  that  are  right. 

"20  "Assemble  yourselves  and 
come ;  draw  near  together,  ye  that 
are  escaped  of  the  nations :  "  they 
have  no  Knowledge  that  "carry  the 
wood  of  their  graven  image,  and 
''pray  unto  a  god  that  cannot  save. 
2 1  «  Declare  ye,  and  *  bring  it  forth ; 
yea,  let  them  take  counsel  together : 
'who  hath  showed  this  from  ancient 

1  Or,  »»  vain  ^  Or,  as  in  a  waste 

•  Or,  bring  them  near 


"  ch.  43.  15 ; 

48.  17  ; 
Ezek.  39.  7 

(■  ch.  44.  2 ; 

54.  5 
<^  ch.  8.  19 
-'  Jer.  31.  9 
'ch.  19.  2.5; 

2(i.  12 ;  2.». 

23 ;  60.  21 ; 

W  8 
/  ver,  18:  eh. 

42.  5 ;  Jer. 
27.5 

'J  ch.  42  5  ; 

44.  24  ;  Ps. 

IW.  2 
''  Geii.  2.  1 ; 

Neh.  9.  6 
'  ch.  41.  2 
A'  ver.  2 
'  ch.  44.  28 ; 

2  Chr.  36. 

22,  23 
"'  ch.  52.  3 
"  ch.  19.  21 ; 

Ps.  BS.  31 
"  ch.  18.  1 ; 

43.  3 
I'ch.  14.1.2; 

49.  23  ;  54. 3 
1  Ps.  149.  8 

^  ch.  49.  23  ; 
HO.  14 

*  Jer.  16.19; 
Zech.  8.  20- 
23 ;  1  Cor. 
14.  2.5 

'  ver.  5 

«  ch.  1. 15  ;  8. 

17  ;  57.  17  ; 

Ps.  44.  24 
'•  ch.  43.  3 
^  ch.  42.  17  ; 

44.9 
y  ch.  44   11 
'  ch.  2B.  4  ; 

51.  6;  Rom. 

11.  26 
"  ch.  49,  23  ; 

50.  7  ;  54.  4 
6  ch.  42.  5 

'^  ver.  12 
rf  Gen.  1.  2 
'Gen.  1.  26; 

Ps.  ll.i.  16 
/ver.  .5 
"ch.  48.  16; 

Dt.  30.  Il- 
ls 
A  ver.  25;  ch. 

41,  8  ;  65.  9 
'  2  Chr.  15. 

2;  Ps.  78. 

34 ;  Jer.  29. 

13, 14;  Hos. 

3.6 

*  ver  23:  ch. 
63.  1 ;  Ps. 
19.8 

'ch.  43.  12; 

44.8 
"*  ch.  43.  9 
"  ch.  44.  18, 

19 ;  48.  .5-7 
°ch.46. 1,7; 

Jer.  10.  5 
Pch.  44,  17; 

46.  6,  7 
«ch.  41.  23; 

43.9 
•■  ch.  41.  26 ; 

44. 7  ;  48.  14 


*  ver.  5 

'  ch.  43.  3, 11 
"Num.  21.  8, 

9 ;  2  Chr. 

20.  12 ; 

Mio.  7.  7  ; 

Zech  12. 10 
"  ch.  30.  15  ; 

49.  6, 12 ; 

52.  10 

*  ch.  62.  8  ; 

713 


time  1  who  hath  declared  it  of  old  1 
have  not  I,  Jehovah  1  and  'there  is 
no  God  else  besides  me,  a  just  God 
and  a  'Saviour;  there  is  none 
besides  me.  22  "Look  unto  me, 
and  "be  ye  saved,  all  the  ends  oi 
the  earth  ;  for  1  am  God,  and  there 
is  none  else.  2."3  ^  By  myself  have 
I  sworn,  ''the  word  is  *gone  forth 
from  my  mouth  in  righteousness, 
and  shall  not  return,  that  unto  me 
'every  knee  shall  bow,  every  tongue 
shall  "swear.  24  Only  *in  Jeho- 
vah, it  is  said  of  me,  is  righteous- 
ness and  strength ;  even  to  him 
shall  men  come;  and  'all  they  that 
were  incensed  against  him  shall 
be  put  to  shame.  25  In  Jehovah 
shall  all  the  seed  of  Israel,  be 
''justified,  and  shall  "glory. 
^  /^  ^  Bel  boweth  down,  Nebo 
'TvJ  stoopeth ;  their  idols  are 
upon  the  beasts,  and  upon  the 
cattle  :  the  things  ^  that  ye  carried 
about  are  made  a  load,  a  burden 
to  the  weary  beast.  2  They  stoop, 
they  bow  down  together ;  they 
could  not  deliver  the  burden,  but 
themselves  are  ''gone  into  captiv- 
ity. 

3  'Hearken  unto  me,  O  *  house 
of  Jacob,  and  all  '  the  remnant  of 
the  house  of  Israel,  that  have  been 
'"  borne  by  me  from  their  birth,  that 
have  been  carried  from  the  womb ; 
4  and  even  to  old  age  "I  am  he, 
and  even  to  "hoar  hairs  will  I 
carry  ijou  :  I  have  made,  and  I  will 
bear ;  yea,  I  will  carry,  and  will 
deliver.  5  ''  To  whom  will  ye  liken 
me,  and  make  me  equal,  and  com- 
pare   me,   that  w'e    may  be  likel 

6  Such  as  *  lavish  gold  out  of  the 
bag,  and  weigh  silver  in  the  bal- 
ance, they  hire  a  goldsmith,  and 
he  maketh  it  a  god  ;  they  ''fall 
down,  yea,  they  worship.  7  They 
'bear  it  upon  the  shoulder,  they 
carry  it,  and  set  it  in  its  place, 
and  it  standeth ;  '  from  its  place 
shall  it  not  remove  :  yea,  one  may 

Gen.  22.  16;  Rom.  14.  11 :  Heb,  6, 13-18  "  ver.  19 ; 
5.5.  11  --  Rom  14,  11  ;  Phil,  2.  10  "  ch.  19,  18  ;  65. 
16  ;  Dt.  6, 13  ;  Ps.  63. 11  ^  ch.  54. 17  ;  Jer.  33, 16  "^  ch. 
41,11  rf  ch.  53.  11 ;  1  K.  8.  32  "  ch.  41.  16  ;  60.  19 
/  ch.  2,  18  ;  21,  9  ;  Jer.  50,  2-4  ;  51.  44  "  ch,  45.  20 
A  Judg.  18.  17,  18,  24  ;  2  S  5,  21 ;  Jer.  43.  12,  13  ;  48. 

7  ;  Hos.  10.  5,  6  '  ver.  12  *••  ch.  45.  19  '  ch.  10. 
21.  22  "'  ch.  49.  1 ;  63.  9  ;  Dt.  1.  31 ;  32.  11 ;  Ps.  71. 6 
"  ch.  41.  4  ;  43.  13  ;  48.  12  "  Ps.  71.  18  *-  ch.  40. 
18,25  "  ch.  40.  19 ;  41.  7  ;  44,  12-17  ;  Jer,  10.  4  '"ch. 
44.  15, 17  »  ver.  1 ;  ch.  45.  20 ;  Jer.  10.  5  <  ch.  40. 
20 ;  41.  7 


*  Or,  rigktermswJts  is  gone  forth  from  my 
mouth,  a  word  irhich  ahall  not  return  Or,  the 
word  is  gone  forth  from  a  mouth  of  righteous- 
ness, and  shall  not  return 


46.8 


ISAIAH 


48.1 


God's  Judgment  apon  Babylon  foretold.    Fatility  or  her  tSelf-confldence 


"cry  unto  it,  yet  ''can  it  not  an- 
swer, nor  "save  him  out  of  his 
trouble. 

8  "Remember  this,  and  ^show 
yourselves  men  ;  ^  bring  it  again 
to  mind,  O  ye  -^transgressors.  9 
Remember  the  "  former  things  of 
old  :  '^  for  I  am  God,  and  there  is 
''none  else  ;  /  am  God,  and  there  is 
*none  like  me;  10  declaring  the 
end  from  the  beginning,  and  from 

*  ancient  times  things  that  are  not 
yet  done ;  saying,  '  My  counsel 
shall  stand,  and  I  will  do  all  my 

Eleasure ;  11  calling  a  '"ravenous 
ird  from  the  "east,  the  man  of 
^my  counsel  from  a  far  country; 
yea,  I  have  "spoken,  I  will  also 
bring  it  to  pass  ;  I  have  purposed, 
I  will  also  do  it. 

12  ^Hearken  unto  me,  ye  'stout- 
hearted, that  are  '"far  from  right- 
eousness :  13  1  "bring  near  my 
righteousness,  it  shall  not  be  far 
otf,  and  my  salvation  shall  not 
tarry  ;  and  1  will  ^  place  '  salvation 
in  Zion  for  "  Israel  my  glory. 
A  ^  "  Come  down,  and  sit  in 
Tc  f  the  dust,  O  "  virgin  "  daugh- 
ter of  Babj^lou  ;  sit  on  the  ground 
without  a  throne,  O  daughter  of 
the  Chaldeans  :  for  thou  shalt  no 
more  be  called  '  tender  and  deli- 
cate.    2  Take  the  "  millstones,  and 

*  grind  meal;  remove  thy  "veil, 
''strip  off  the  train,  uncm'er  the 
Jeg,  pass  through  the  rivers.  3 
Thy  "  nakedness  shall  be  uncov- 
ex'ed,  yea,  thy  shame  shall  be  seen  : 
I  will  ■'take  vengeance,  and  will 
spare  no  man.  4  Our  "  Redeemer, 
Jehovah  of  hosts  is  his  name,  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel.  5  ''Sit  thou 
silent,  and  get  thee  into  'darkness, 
O  daughter  of  the  Chaldeans  ;  for 
thou  shalt  no  more  be  called  The 

*  mistress  of  '  kingdoms.  6  I  was 
wroth  with  my  people,  I  ""profaned 
mine  inheritance,  and  gave  them 
into  thy  hand  :  thou  didst  "  show 
them  no  mercy;  upon  the  "aged 
hast  thou  very  heavily  laid  thy 
yoke.  7  And  thou  saidst.  I  shall 
be  ^  mistress  for  ever  ;  so  that  thou 
didst  not '  lay  these  things  to  thy 
heart,  neither  didst  remember  the 
latter  ""end  thereof. 

8  Now  therefore  hear  this,  thou 
that  art  'given  to  pleasures,  that 
* '  sittest  securely,  that  sayest  in 
thy  heart,  "I  am,  and  there  is  none 

1  Or,  stand  fast  «  Or,  that 

8  Another  reading  is,  his. 
*  Or,  gire  salvation  in  Zion,  and  my  glory 
unto  Israel  6  Or,  dwellest 


«  ch.  44.  17  ; 

45.  20 
b  Ch.  41.  26, 

28 
•^  ch.  4.').  20 
<'  ch.  44.  21 
'•  ch.  44.  19 
.'■  ch.  48.  8  ; 

51).  1 ;  57. 

4 
y  ch.  42.  9  ; 

65.  17  ;  Dt. 

32.7 
''  ch.  45.  5,  21 
'  ch.  41.  26, 

27 
k  ch.  45.  21 
'  ch.  14.  24  ; 

25.  1 ;  40. 

8  ;  Ps.  33. 

11  ;  Prov. 

19.  21 : 

Acts  5.  39 
'"  ch.  18.  6 
"  ch.  41.  2, 

25 
"  ch.  14.  24  ; 

37,  2(j ; 

Num.  23. 19 
''  ver.  3 
«  ch.  48.  4  ; 

Ps.  76.  5 ; 

Zech.  7.  11, 

12 ;  Mai.  3. 

13 
'•  ch.  48.  1 ; 

Ps.  119. 

150 ;  Jer. 

2.5 
»  ch.  51.  5  ; 

61.  11 ; 
Rom.  3.  21 

t  ch.  61.  3  ; 

62.  11 ; 
Joel  3.  17 ; 
1  Pet.  2.  6 

"  ch.  43.  7  ; 

44.  23 
"  ch.  3.  26  ; 

Jer.  48.  18 
••^  ch.  23.  12  ; 

37.  22 ;  Jer. 

46.  11 
y  Ps.  137.  8  ; 

Jer.  50.  42 ; 

51.  33  ; 

Zech  2.  7 
'  Dt.  28.  56 
"Ex.  11.5; 

Jer.  25.  10 
i>  Job  31.  10 ; 

Eccl.  12. 

4 ;  Mt.  24. 

41 
"  ch.  3.  23  ; 

Gen.  24. 

6,'i ;  1  Cor. 

11.  5 
<1  ch.  32.  11 
"  ch.  3.  17  ; 

Ezek.  16. 

37 
/ch.  34.  8; 

la.  4 
"  ch.  41.  14 
''  ch.  23.  2  ; 

Jer.  8.  14  ; 

Lam.  2.  10 
'  ch  13.  10 
fc  ver.  7  : 

Gen.  16.  4, 

8,9;  Prov. 

30.  23 
'  ch.  13.  19  ; 

Dan.  2.  37, 

38;  Rev. 

17.  18 ;  18. 

7 
"'  ch.  43.  28 
"  ch.  10.  14  ; 

14.6 
0  Dt.  28.  50 
P  ver.  5 
«  ch.  42.  25 ; 

57.11 

714 


else  besides  me  ;  I  shall  "not  sit  as 
a  widow,  neither  shall  I  know  the 
loss  of  children  :  9  but  these  ^  two 
things  shall  come  to  thee  "in  a 
moment  in  one  day,  the  loss  of 
children,  and  widowhood  ;  in  their 
full  measure  shall  they  come  upon 
thee,  in  the  multitude  of  thy  '  sor- 
ceries, and  the  great  abundance  of 
thine  enchantments.  1 0  For  thou 
nast  "  trusted  in  thy  wickedness  ; 
thou  hast  said,  *  None  seeth  me ; 
thy  "wisdom  and  thy  knowledge, 
it  nath  perverted  thee;  and  thou 
hast  said  in  thy  heart,  •*  1  am,  and 
there  is  none  else  besides  nie.  1 1 
Therefore  shall  '^evil  come  upon 
thee;  thou  shalt  not  know  *  the 
dawning  thereof :  and  mischief 
shall  fall  upon  thee ;  thou  shalt 
not  be  able  to  put  it  away :  and 
•^desolation  shall  come  upon  thee 
■''  suddenly,  which  thou  knowest 
not. 

12  Stand  now  with  thine  ''en- 
chantments, and  with  the  multi- 
tude of  thy  sorceries,  wherein  thou 
hast  labored  from  thy  youth  ;  if  so 
be  thou  shalt  be  able  to  profit,  if  so 
be  thou  mayest  '  prevail.  1 3  Thou 
art  'wearied  in  the  multitude  of 
thy  counsels:  let  now  the  "* as- 
trologers, the  star-gazers,  the 
monthly  prognosticators,  stand 
up,  and  '  save  thee  from  the  things 
that  shall  come  upon  thee.  14  Be- 
hold, they  shall  be  '"  as  stubble ; 
the  "  fire  shall  burn  them ;  they 
shall  not  deliver  themselves  from 
the  power  of  the  flame  :  it  shall 
not  be  a  "coal  to  warm  at,  nor  a 
fire  to  sit  before.  15  Thus  shall 
the  things  be  unto  thee  wherein 
thou  hast  laboi-ed  :  they  that  have 
''  trafficked  with  thee  from  thy 
youth  shall  wander  every  one  to 
"  his  quarter  ;  there  shall  oe  *  none 
to  save  thee. 

A  O  ''Hear  ye  this,  O  house 
■^  O  of  Jacob,  who  are  called  by 
the  name  of  Israel,  and  are  come 

■•  Dt.  32.  29  ;  Jer.  5.  31  ;  Ezek.  7.  2,  3  "  ch.  22.  13 ; 
32.  9  ;  Jer.  50.  11    <  ch.  32.  9, 11  ;  Zeph.  2.  15    "  ver. 

10 ;  ch.  45.  5, 6, 18  ;  Zeph.  2. 15 ''  Rev.  18.  7    ^  ch. 

13.  16, 18  ;  14.  22  v  Ps.  73.  19  ;  1  Th.  5.  3  ;  Rev.  18. 
8, 10  -  ver.  13  :  Nah.  3.  4  ;  Rev.  18.  23  "  ch.  69.  4  ; 
Ps.  52.  7  ;  62.  10  b  ch.  29.  15  ;  Ezek.  8.  12  ;  9.  9 
<■  ch.  5.  21 ;  44.  20  <i  ver.  8  '  ch.  45.  7  ;  57. 1  /  Jer. 
51.  8,  43  '■'  ver.  9  h  ver.  9  '  Jer.  51.  58,  64  *  ver. 
9  ;  ch.  8.  19  ;  44.  25  ;  Dan.  2.  2,  10  '  ver.  15  '"  ch. 
5.  24  ;  Nah.  1.  10  ;  Mai.  4.  1  "  ch.  10. 17  ;  Jer.  51, 
30,32,58  "ch.  44.  16  '' Rev.  18.  U  «ch.  8.  29; 
43. 13  ;  46.  7    ""  ch.  46. 12 


«  Or,  how  to  charm  it  atoay 
"!  Or,  strike  trrror 

•  Heb.  dividers  of  the  heavens. 

*  Or,  his  own  way 


4a2 


ISAIAH 


49.3 


Israel's  Uofuithfulness  rebnked.    Deliveranre  from  liabyl»n  promiBed.    Jehovah  aid  his  Servant 


forth  out  of  the  ■*  waters  of  Judah  ; 
wlio  *  swear  by  the  name  of  Jeho- 
vah, and  make  mention  of  the  Uod 
<)f  Israel,  but  not  in  trutli,  nor  in 
•^righteousness  2  (for  they  call 
themselves  of  the  ''iiuly  city,  and 
'stay  tliemselves  upon  the  God  of 
Israel  ;  Jehovah  of  hosts  is  his 
name) :  3  1  liave  'declared  the 
former  things  fiom  of  old  ;  yea, 
they  went  iovth  out  of  my  mouth, 
and  I  showed  them  :  ^suddenly  1 
did  them,  and  they  ''  came  to  pass. 

4  Because  1  knew  that  thou  art 
'obstinate,  and  thy  *  neck  is  an 
iron  sinew,  and   tliy  '  brow  brass  ; 

5  therefore  1  have  declared  it  to 
tliee  from  of  old  ;  before  it  came  to 
pass  I  showed  it  thee ;  lest  thou 
shouldestsay.  Mine  '"idol  hath  done 
them,  and  my  graven  image,  anrl 
my  molten  image,  hath  commanded 
them.  G  Thou  hast  hearfl  it ;  be- 
hold all  this ;  and  ye,  will  ye  not 
declare  it  l  '  1  have  showed  thee 
"  new  things  front  this  time,  even 
hidden  things,  which  thou  hast  not 
known.  7  They  are  created  now, 
and  not  from  of  old ;  and  before 
this  day  thou  heardest  them  not ; 
lest  thou  sh(juldest  say,  Behold,  1 
knew  them.  8  Yea,  thou  "  heardest 
not ;  yea,  thou  knewest  not ;  yea, 
from  of  old  thine  ear  was  not 
opened :  for  I  knew  that  thou 
didst  deal  very  treacherously,  and 
wast  called  a  ^transgressor  from 
the  womb.  9  *  For  my  name's 
sake  will  I  "■  defer  mine  anger,  and 
for  my  praise  will  I  refrain  for 
thee,  that  1  cut  thee  not  off.  10 
Behold,  I  have  refined  thee,  but 
•  not  as  silver ;  I  have  "chosen  thee 
in  the  '  furnace  of  affliction.  1 1 
"  For  mine  own  sake,  for  mine  own 
sake,  will  I  do  it ;  lor  how  should 
?«//  name  be  profaned  1  and  my 
"glory  will  I  not  give  to  another. 

12  Hearken  unto  me,  O  Jacob, 
and  Israel  my  called:  -"I  am  he; 
I  am^  the  first,  1  also  am  the  last. 
13  Yea,  my  hand  hath  ^  laid  the 
foundation  of  the  earth,  and  my 
right  hand  hatli  spread  out  the 
heavens:  when  I  'call  unto  them, 
they  stand  up  together.  14  "As- 
semble yourselves,  all  ye,  and 
hear :  *  who  among  them  hath  de- 
clared these  things  1  ^  He  whom 
Jehovah  loveth  shall  "perform  his 
pleasure  on  '^  Babylon,  and  his  arm 
shall  be  on  the  Chaldeans.     15  I, 

1  Or,  /  shou)  »  Or,  tried 

i  Or,  Jehovah  hath  loved  him  :  he  tKall  &c. 


'•  Num.  24. 

7  ;  Ut.  as. 

2S  ;  I's.  tin. 

2t> 
i-  ch.  4r,.  23  : 

to.  It) ;  Dt. 

«.  U 
"^  ch,  58.  2  ; 

I's.  5U.  11) ; 

Jer.  4.  2: 

5.  2 ;  Mai. 

3.5 
•'  ch.  52.  1 ; 

()4.  10 
"ch.  10.  20; 

Jor.  7.  4  ; 

21.  2 ;  Mic. 

3.  U; 

Rom.  2.  17 
/ch.  41.  22; 

42.  9 ;  43. 
9;  44.  7,  8; 
45.  21 ;  46. 
10 

"  ch.  29.  5  ; 

30.  13 
ftch.42.  9; 

Josli.  21.  45 
I  Ezek.  2.  4  ; 

3.  7 
k  Kx.  32.  9  ; 

nt.  31.  27 ; 

2  Chr.  31). 

13;  Prov. 

2!l.  1  : 

Acts?.  51 
'  Ezek.  3. 

7-9 
'"  Jer.  44.  IS- 
IS 
"  ch.  42.  9  ; 

43.  19 

"  ch.  42.  25  ; 

47.  11 ; 

Ho8.  7.  9 
'■  ch.  46.  8  ; 

Dt.  9.  7, 

24;  Ps. 

58.  3 
1  ver.  11 
"  cli.  30.  13  ; 

65.  8  ;  Neh. 

9.  30,  31 ; 

Ps.  78.  38 ; 

103.  8-lU 
»  Jer.  9.  7  ; 

Eeek.  22. 

18-22 
'Dt.  4.  20; 

1  K.8.  51; 

Jer.  11.  4 
"  cli.  37.  3.5  ; 

4.3.  25  ;  1  S. 

12.  22 ;  Ps. 

25.  11 ;  106. 

8;  Jer.  It. 

7  ;  Ezek. 

20.  y,  14,  22, 

44  ;  I  )aii. 

9.  17-19 
''ch.42.  8; 

Dt.  32.  26, 

27 
■^  ch.  41.  4  ; 

43.  10,  13 ; 

46.4 
y  ch.  42.  5  ; 

45.  12, 18  ; 

Ex.  20.  11 ; 

Ps.  102.  25 ; 

Heb.  1.  10- 

12 
-  ch.  40.  26 
"  cli.  43.  9  ; 

4.5.  20 
l>  ch.  45  21 
'  ch.  46.  10, 

11 
d  ch.  13  4,  5, 

17-19  ;  Jer. 

50.  21-29  ; 

51.  20,  24 


•ch.  41.  2; 
45.  1,  2 

715 


even  I,  have  spoken  ;  yea,  I  have 
"called  him;  I  have  brought  him, 
and  he  shall  make  his  way  i)ros- 
peious.  IG  -'(Jome  ye  near  uiito 
me,  lusar  ye  this ;  from  the  begin- 
ning 1  have  "  not  spoken  in  secret; 
''  from  the  time  that  it  was,  there 
am  1 :  and  now  the  Lord  'Jehovah 
hatli  sent  me,  and  his  Spirit. 

17  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  thy  *  lle- 
deemer,  the  Holy  One  ot  Israel :  I 
am  Jehovah  thy  God,  who  teach- 
eth  thee  to  profit,  who  Meadeth 
thee  by  the  way  that  thou  should- 
est  go.  18  ''Oh  that  thou  hadst 
'"hearkened  to  my  conmiandments ! 
then  had  thy  "peace  Ikhui  as  a  river, 
and  thy  "righteousness  as  the  waves 
of  the  sea :  1 9  thy  ^  seed  also  liad 
been  as  the  sand,  and  the  offspring 
of  th.y  bowels  like  ^  the  grains 
thereof:  his  ''name  would  not  be 
cut  off"  nor  destroyed  from  before 
me. 

20  ""Go  ye  forth  from  Babylon, 
flee  ye  from  the  Chaldeans ;  with 
a  voice  of  'singing  declare  ye,  tell 
this,  'utter  it  even  to  the  end  of 
the  earth :  say  ye,  "  Jehovah  hath 
redeemed  his  servant  Jacob.  21 
And  they  "thirsted  not  when  he 
led  them  through  the  deserts ;  he 
"^caused  the  waters  to.  flow  out  of 
the  rock  for  them ;  he  clave  the 
rock  also,  and  ^the  waters  gushed 
out.  22  ^ There  is  no  peace,  saith 
Jehovah,  to  the  wicked. 
/jl  (^  Listen,  O  "isles,  unto 
JL  *J  me ;  and  heai'ken,  ye  peo- 
ples, *from  far:  ''Jehovah  hath 
called  me  from  the  womb ;  from 
the  ''bowels  of  my  mother  hath 
he  made  mention  of  my  name : 
2  and  he  liath  made  my  "mouth 
like  a  shai'ii  sword  ;  in  the  •'shadow 
of  his  hand  hath  he  hid  mo :  and 
he  hath  made  me  a  poli.shed  "  shaft ; 
in  his  quiver  hatli  he  kept  me 
clo.se :  3  and  he  said  unto  me. 
Thou  art  my  servant;   Israel,   in 

f  ch.  ?A.  1 ;  41.  1 ;  57.  3  f  ch.  45.  W  *  ch.  43.  13 
'  Zeeh.  2.  9,  11  *•■  ch.  41.  14  ;  43.  14  ;  49.  7.  26  ;  .54. 
5.  8  '  ch.  30.  21  ;  49.  9, 10 ;  Ps.  32.  8  '"  Dt.  5.  29 ; 
32.  29  ;  Ps.  81.  13-16  "  ch   32.  16-18  ;  66.  12  ;  Ps. 

119.  Ift5  "  ch.  4.5.  8  ;  61.  10.  11 ;  62.  1 ;  IIos.  10. 12  ; 
Am.  5.  24  ''  ch.  10.  22 ;  44. 4  ;  54.  3  :  Gen.  22.  17  ; 
Jer.  33.  22  1  oh.  .56.  5  ;  66.  22  ■"  cli.  .52.  11 ;  Jer.  .50. 
8  ;  51.  6,  45  ;  Zech.  2.  6.  7  "  ch.  42.  10 ;  49.  13  ;  .52.  9 
'  ch.  62.  11 ;  Jer.  31.  10 ;  50.  2  "  ch.  43.  1 ;  52.  9  ; 
63.  9  "  ch.  .30.  25  :  35  6.  7  :  41.  17,  18  ;  43. 19.  20  ; 

49.  10  "  Ex.  17.  6  ;  Ps.  78. 15, 16  "  Ps.  78.  20  ;  ia5.  41 
'  ch.  57.  21  "  ch.  42.  4  !>  ch.  66.  19  "^  ch.  44.  2,  24  ; 
46.  3,Jer.  1.  S  <<  ch.  7.  14  ;  9.  6  "  ch.  11.  4  ;  Heb. 
4.  12;  Rev.  1.  16;  2.  12, 16   /ch.  51. 16    " Hab.  3.  U 


*  Or,  Oh  t/int  thou  iiouldest  hearken 
wonld  thy  pence  lie  Jtc. 

t  Or,  that  of  (lie  bowel*  Ihereof 


then 


49.4 


ISAIAH 


49.25 


Thron^h  Jehovah's  Servant  both  Gentiles  and  Jews  are  to  be  saved.    Rich  Promises  to  Despondent  Zion 


"whom  I  will  be  glorified.  4  But 
I  said,  I  have  *  labored  in  vain,  I 
have  "  spent  my  strength  for 
nought  and  vanity ;  yet  surely 
the  justice  due  to  me  is  with 
Jehovah,  and  my  **  recompense 
with   my  God. 

5  And  now  saith  *  Jehovah  that 
formed  me  from  the  womb  to  be 
his  servant,  to  •'  bring  Jacob  again 
to  him,  ^  and  that  ^  Israel  be  gath- 
ered unto  him  (for  I  am  ''  honorable 
in  the  eyes  of  Jehovah,  and  my 
God  is  become  my  'strength);  6 
yea,  he  saith.  It  is  too  light  a  thing 
that  thou  shouldest  be  my  servant 
to  raise  up  the  tribes  of  Jacob,  and 
to  restore  the  *  preserved  of  Israel : 
I  will  also  give  thee  for  a  '  light  to 
the  Gentiles,  ^  that  thou  mayest  be 
my  salvation  unto  the  '"  end  of  the 
earth.  7  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  the 
"Redeemer  of  Israel,  and  his  Holy 
One,  to  him  whom  man  "despiseth, 
to  him  whom  the  nation  abhorreth, 
to  a  servant  of  rulers:  ^ Kings  shall 
see  and  arise;  princes,  and  they 
shall » worship;  because  of  Jehovah 
that  is  faithful,  even  the  Holy  One 
of  Israel,  who  hath  chosen  thee. 

8  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  In  an  ''  ac- 
ceptable time  have  I  answered  thee, 
and  in  a  day  of  salvation  have  I 
helped  thee ;  and  I  will  '  preserve 
thee,  and  'give  thee  for  a  covenant 
of  the  people,  to  ^"  raise  up  the 
land,  to  make  them  inherit  the  des- 
olate heritages;  9  saying  to  them 
that  are  "bound.  Go  forth ;  to  them 
that  are  in  darkness.  Show  your- 
selves. They  shall  feed  in  the  ways, 
and  on  all  'bare  heights  shall  be 
their  pasture.  10  They  shall  2' not 
hunger  nor  thirst;  neither  shall 
the  ^''heat  nor  sun  smite  them  :  for 
"he  that  hath  mercy  on  them  will 
*lead  them,  even  by  "springs  of 
water  will  he  guide  them.  1 1  And 
I  will  make  all  my  **  mountains  a 
way,  and  my  *highwaj^s  shall  be 
exalted.  12  Lo,  these  shall  come 
•^from  far;  and,  lo,  these  from  the 
'  north  and  from  the  west ;  and 
these  from  the  land  of  Sinim.  13 
'^  Sing,  O  heavens ;  and  be  joyful, 
O  earth ;  and  break  forth  into 
singing,  O  mountains :  for  Meho- 
vah  hath  comforted  his  people, 
and  w411  *have  compassion  upon 
his  afflicted. 

14  But     Zion     said,     'Jehovah 

1  Another  reading  is,  bid  Israel  is  not  gathered, 
yet  shall  I  be  &c.     2  Or,  that  my  salvation  may  be 
8  Or,  establish  the  earth         *  Or,  mirage 


«  ch.  44.  23 
b  ch.  65.  23 
"  ch.  50.  6-8  ; 

53.  10,  12 
d  ch.  35.  4  ; 

59.  18 
'  ch.  44.  2 
/ch.  14.  1: 

41.  14 ;  44. 

23 
"  cli.  11.  12  ; 

27.  12 
fc  ch.  43.  4 
'  ch.  12.  2 
k  Ps.  37.  23 ; 

97.  10 
'  cb.  42.  6  ; 

51.  4  ;  Acts 

13.  47 
'"  ch.  48.  20 
"  ch.  48.  17 
"  ch.  53.  3  ; 

Ps.  22.  6-8 ; 

69.  7-9 
P  ch.  52.  15 
9  ch.  19.  21, 

23 ;  27.  13  ; 

66.  23 
••  Ps.  69.  13  ; 

2  Ccr.  6.  2 
»  ch.  23.  3  ; 

27.  3  ;  42.  6 
t  ch.  42.  6 
"  ch.  44.  26 
"  ch.  42.  7  ; 

61.  1 ;  Lk. 

4.  IS 
^ch.  41.  18 
!/  ch.  33.  16  ; 

48.  21 ; 

Rev.  7.  16 
'  Ps.  121.  6 
"  ch.  14.  1 
l>  ch.  40.  11 : 

Ps.  23.  2 
'  ch.  35.  7  ; 

41.  17 
<*  ch.  40.  4 
'  ch.  11.  16  ; 

19.  23 ;  35. 

8  ;  62.  10 
/  ver.  1 ; 

ch.  60.  4 
9  Ch.  43.  5,  6 
''  eh.  44.  23 
i  ch.  40.  1 ; 

51.  3,  12 
fc  ch.  54.  7, 

8,10 
'  ch.  40.  27 


"  ch.  44.  21 

"  S.  S.  8.  6  ; 

Hag.  2.  23 
"  ch.  62.  6,  7 ; 

Ps.  48.  12, 

13 
P  ch.  51.  14 
«ch.  10.6; 

37.  18 
"■  ch.  60.  4  ; 

Jn.  4.  35 
»ch.  43.  5; 

54.  7  ;  60.  4 
« ver.  12 
"  ch.  45.  23  ; 

54.9 
»  ch.  52.  1 ; 

61. 10 
'  ch.  1.  7  ;  3. 

8  ;  5.  6  ; 

51.  3 
y  ch.  54.  1, 2  ; 

Zech.  10. 10 
'  Ps.  56.  1,  2 
"  ch.  54.  1-3 
6  ch.  29.  23 ; 

54.  6,  7 
"ch.  27.  10; 

Lam.  1.  1 
d  ch.  5.  13 
«  ch.  1.  8 
/ch.  60.8 
"  ch.  U.  10, 

12 ;  18. 3 ; 

716 


hath  forsaken  me,  and  the  Lord 
hath  forgotten  me.  15  Can  a 
woman  forget  her  sucking  child, 
that  she  should  not  have  compas- 
sion on  the  son  of  her  womb  1 
yea,  these  may  forget,  yet  will 
'"not  I  forget  thee.  16  Behold,  I 
have  "graven  thee  upon  the  palms 
of  my  hands;  thy  "walls  are  con- 
tinually before  me.  17  Thy* chil- 
dren make  haste ;  thy  "destroyers 
and  they  that  made  thee  waste 
shall  go  forth  from  thee.  18  ""Lift 
up  thine  eyes  round  about,  and 
behold:  all  these  "  gather  them- 
selves together,  and  'come  to  thee. 
"As  I  live,  saith  Jehovah,  thou 
shalt  surely  "clothe  thee  with  them 
all  as  with  an  ornament,  and  gird 
thyself  with   them,   like  a   bride. 

19  For,  as  for  ""thy  waste  and  thy 
desolate  places,  and  thy  land  that 
hath  been  destroyed,  surely  nov/ 
shalt  thou  be  ^too  strait  for  the 
inhabitants,  and  they  that  ^swal- 
lowed thee  up  shall  be  far  away. 

20  The  "children  of  thy  bereave- 
ment shall  yet  say  in  thine  ears. 
The  place  is  too  strait  for  me; 
give  place  to  me  that  I  may  dwell. 

21  Then  shalt  thou  *say  in  thy 
heart.  Who  hath  ^begotten  me 
these,  seeing  I  have  been  bereaved 
of  my  children,  and  am  ^''solitar.y, 
an  ''exile,  and  wandering  to  and 
fro'?  and  who  hath  brought  up 
these  1  Behold,  I  was  *left  alone; 
•^these,  where  were  theyl 

22  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah, 
Behold,  I  will  lift  up  my  hand  to 
the  nations,  and  set  up  my  *'en- 
sign  to  the  peoples ;  and  they  shall 
''bring  thy  sons  in  their  bosom, 
and  thy  daughters  shall  be  car- 
ried upon  tneir  shoulders.  23 
And  'kings  shall  be  thy  nursing 
fathers,  and  their  queens  thy 
nursing  mothers:  they  .shall  *bow 
down  to  thee  with  tneir  faces  to 
the  earth,  and  'lick  the  dust  of 
thy  feet;  and  thou  shalt  "know 
that  I  am  Jehovah ;  and  they 
that  "wait  for  me  shall  "not  be 
put  to  shame. 

24  Shall  the  prey  be  taken  from 
the  mighty,  or '  the  lawful  captives 
be  delivered?  25  But  thus  saith 
Jehovah,   Even    tlie  *  captives   of 


ch.  14.1.2;  60.  3, 
Mic.  7.  17 


62.  10  h  ch.  14.  2  ;  43.  6  ;  60.  4 

10, 11   *  ch.  45.  14  ;  60.  14   '  Ps.  72.  9 

'"  ch.  41.  20 ;  43.  10  :  60  16   "  ch.  26.  9  ;  26.  8 ;  Ps. 

37.  9  "  ch.  45.  17  :  Ps.  25.  3  ;  Joel  2.  27  P  ch.  10.  6; 

14.  1,  2 ;  Jer.  50.  33,  34 


*  Or,  borne  ^  Or,  barren 

1  Heb.  the  captives  of  the  just. 


49.26 


ISAIAH 


51.  T 


Jehovah  can  and  will  help  them  that  trast  in  him.    His  Salvation  will  be  shown  in  the  Future  as  in  the  Past 


the  mighty  shall  be  taken  away, 
and  the  prey  of  the  "^  terrible  shall 
be  delivered;  for  I  will  coutend 
with  him  that  coiiteiideth  with 
thee,  and  1  will  ''.save  thy  chil- 
dren. 26  And  I  will  feed  them 
that  "^ oppress  thee  with  their 
"  own  tlesh ;  and  they  -shall  l^e 
drunken  with  their  own  blood, 
as  with  sweet  wine :  and  '  all 
riesh  shall  know  that  I,  Jeho- 
vah, am  thy  -^Saviour,  and  thy 
'Redeemer,  the  Mighty  One  of 
Jacob. 

Xi^  Thus  saith  Jehovah, 
fjyj  Where  is  the  ''bill  of  your 
mother's  divorcement,  wherewith 
I  have  '  put  her  away  1  or  which 
of  my  creditors  is  it  to  whom  I 
have  *  sold  you  ]  Behold,  for  your 
'  iniquities  were  ye  sold,  and  for 
your  "transgressions  "was  your 
mother  put  away.  2  Wherefore, 
when  I  came,  was  there  "  no  man  1 
when  I  called,  was  there  none  to 
answer'?  Is  my  ''hand  shortened 
at  all,  that  it  cannot  redeem  1  or 
have  I  no  power  to  deliver]  Be- 
hold, at  my  rebuke  I  ^  dry  up  the 
sea,  I  ''make  the  rivers  a  wilder- 
ness :  their  fish  stink,  because 
there  is  no  water,  and  die  for 
thirst.  3  I  'clothe  the  heavens 
with  blackness,  and  I  make  sack- 
cloth their  covering. 

-t  The  Lord  Jehovah  hath  given 
me  the  tongue  of  ' '  them  that  are 
taught,  that  I  may  know  how-to 
"  sustain  with  words  him  that  is 
weary  :  he  wakeneth  *' morning  by 
morning,  he  wakeneth  mine  ear 
to  hear  as  ^  they  that  are  taught. 
5  The  Lord  Jehovah  hath  "  opened 
mine  ear,  and  I  was  *not  rebel- 
lious, neither  turned  away  back- 
ward. 6  I  'gave  my  back  to  the 
smiters,  and  my  cheeks  to  them 
that  plucked  on  the  hair ;  I  '  hid 
not  my  face  from  shame  and  spit- 
ting. 7  For  the  Lord  Jehovah 
will  "  help  me  ;  therefore  have  I 
*not  been  confounded  :  therefore 
have  I  set  my  face  like  a  "  flint, 
and  I  know  that  I  shall  not  be 
put  to  shame.  8  He  is  near  that 
■^  justifieth  me ;  who  will  contend 
with  me  ?  let  us  '  stand  up  to- 
gether :  who  is  mine  adversary  1 
let  him  come  near  to  me.  9  Be- 
hold, the  -'Lord  Jehovah  will  help 
me ;  "  who  is  he  that  shall  con- 
demn me?  behold,   they  all  shall 

*  Or,  ditciples 

*  Or,  to  rpeak  a  word  in  teaton  to  him  He. 


"  ch.  13.  11 ; 

2d.  a,  5  ; 

■a.  5.  20 
>>  ch.  2S.  9  ; 

33.  2-.' ;  3a.  4 
<^  ch.  St.  4  ;  14. 

4  ;  16.  4  : 

51.  la ;  M. 

14 
it  ch.  9  21) 
'  ch.  4.J.  « ; 

Ezek  39.  7 
/ch.  43.  3 
"  ver.  7 
1 1)t.  24  1,  3  ; 

Jer.  3.  8 
'  ch.  M  6,  7 
«••  Ut.  32.  30  ; 

2  K.  4.  1 ; 

Neh.  0.  5 
'  ch.  52.  3  ; 

59.2 
"•  ch.  1.  28  ; 

43.  27  ;  48.  8 
"  Jer.  3.  8 
"  ch.  41.  -28  ; 

59.  1«  ;  63. 

12 ;  66.  4 
P  ch.  59.  1 ; 

Creu.  li. 

14;  Num. 

n.  23 
«  ch.  U  5  ; 

43.  IJ  ;  44. 

27 ;  Kx.  14. 

21 
»■  ch.  42.  15  ; 

Josh.  3.  18 
»  ch.  13.  Ill ; 

Rev.  6  12 
«  ch.  8.  16  ; 

54.  13 
»  ch.  57.  19 ; 

Jer.  31.  25 
"  Pa.  5.  3  ; 

88.  13; 

119.  147  ; 

143.8 

*  ch.  35.  5  ; 
Ps.  40.  6 

V  Mt.  26.  39  ; 
Jn.  8.  29 ; 

14.  31 ; 

15.  lU : 
Acts  26. 19; 
Phil.  2.  8 ; 
Heb.  5.  8 ; 
10.  7 

'  ch.  53.  5  ; 

Mt.  26.  67 ; 

27.  30 ; 

Mk.  15.  19 ; 

Lk.  22.  63 
"  ch.  42.  1 ; 

49.  8 
t>  ch.  45.  17  ; 

54  4 
'  Ezek.  3. 8, 9 
d  ch.  45.  25  ; 

Rom.  8.  33, 

34 

•  ch.  1.  18 ; 
41.  1 :  43.  26 

/ch.  41  10 
y  ch.  54.  17 


A  ch.  51.  8 
'  ver  4  ;  ch. 

49.  2,  3 
t  ch.  9  2 ;  26. 

9 :  Eph.  5. 8 
'  ch.  12.  2  ; 

26.  4  ;  51.  5 
■"  ch.  9.  18  ; 

Prov.  26. 

18 ;  Jas.  3. 6 
"Esth.  7.10; 

Ps.  35.  8  ; 

141.  10; 

Prov.  26. 

27  ;  Eccl. 

10.8 
0  ch.  8.  22  ; 

6.5.  13-15 ; 

Am.  4  9, 10 

717 


*  wax  old  as  a  garment ;  the 
moth  shall  eat  them  up. 

10  Who  is  among  you  that  fear- 
eth  Jehovah,  that  obeyeth  the  voice 
of  his  'servant  ?  ^he  that  *  walketh 
in  darkness,  and  hath  no  light,  let 
him  'trust  in  the  name  of  Jehovah, 
and  rely  upon  his  God.  1 1  Behold, 
all  ye  tliat  '"  kindle  a  fire,  that  gird 
yourselves  about  with  firebrands  ; 
"  walk  ye  in  the  flame  of  your  fire, 
and  among  the  brands  that  ye  have 
kindled.  This  shall  ye  have  of  my 
hand  ;  ye  shall  "lie  down  in  sorrow. 
PT  ^  *  Hearken  to  me,  ye  that 
t_/_L  'follow  after  righteousness, 
ye  that  seek  Jehovah :  look  unto 
the  ''rock  whence  ye  were  hewn, 
and  to  the  hole  of  the  pit  whence 
ye  were  digged.  2  Look  unto 
'Abraham  your  father,  and  unto 
Sarah  that  bare  you ;  for  when  he 
was  'but  one  I  called  him,  and  I 
blessed  him,  and  made  him  many. 
3  For  Jehovah  hath  "comforted 
Zion  ;  he  hath  comforted  all  her 
"waste  places,  and  hath  made  her 
""  wilderness  like  **  Eden,  and  her  des- 
ert 'like  the  garden  of  Jehovah; 
"joy  and  gladnes.s  shall  be  found 
therein,  thanksgiving,  and  the  voice 
of  melody. 

4  *  Attend  unto  me,  O  my  peo- 
ple ;  and  give  ear  unto  me,  O  my 
nation:  for  a  "law  shall  go  forth 
from  me,  and  I  will  establish  my 
''justice  for  a  *  light  of  the  peoples. 
5  My /righteousness  is  near,  my 
salvation  is  gone  forth,  and  mine 
^arms  shall  judge  the  peoples  ;  the 
''isles  shall  wait  for  me,  and  on 
mine '  arm  shall  they  trust.  6  *  Lift 
up  your  eyes  to  the  heavens,  and 
look  upon  the  earth  beneath ;  for 
the  '  heavens  shall  vanish  away  like 
smoke,  and  the  'earth  shall  wax 
old  like  a  garment ;  and  they  that 
dwell  therein  shall  die  *  in  like  man- 
ner :  but  my  *"  salvation  shall  be  for 
ever,  and  my  righteousness  shall 
not  be  abolished. 

7  "Hearken  unto  me,  ye  that 
know  righteousness,  the  people  in 

P  ver.  7  :  ch.  46.  3  ;  48. 12  «  Ps.  94. 15  ;  Prov.  15.  9 
•■  Gen.  17.  Lt-17  '  ch.  29  22  ;  41.  8  ;  63. 16  '  Gen. 
12.  1 ;  15.  5  :  I 't.  1.  10  :  Ezek.  33.  24  "  ch.  40. 1 ; 
49.  13  ■■  ch.  52.  9  '  ch.  35.  1  ;  41.  19  V  Gen.  2.  8 ; 
Joel  2.  3  -Gen.  13.  10  "  ch.  25.  9  ;  41. 16  :  65.  18  ; 
66.  10  i>  Ps.  50.  7  ;  78.  1  '  ch.  2.  3  :  Dt.  18.  18 ;  Mic. 
4.  2  <i  ch.  1.  '27  ;  42.  4  '  ch.  42.  6  :  49  6  /  ch.  46. 
13;  54.  17  "ch.  40.  10  *  ch.  42.  4  ;  60.  9  •  ch.  59. 
16;  63.  5  fcch.  40.  26  '  ch.  13.  13:  34.  4  ;  Ps.  102 
25,  26 ;  Mt.  24.  3-5  ;  Heb.  1. 10-12  ;  2  Pet.  3. 10  '"  ver. 
8 ;  ch.  45.  17    "  ver.  1 


S  Or,  Ihongfi  hf  wnlkfth 
*  Or,  perhaps,  like  ynat* 


51.8 


ISAIAH 


52.7 


The  Deliverer  from  Egypt  implored  to  help.    His  Words  of  Cheer  to  Prostrate  Zion.    Zion  sammoned  to  go  oat  of  Exile 


whose  "heart  is  my  law;  fear  ye 
not  the  ''reproach  of  men,  neither 
be  ye  dismayed  at  their  revilings. 
8  For  the  "  moth  shall  eat  them  up 
like  a  garment,  and  the  ''worm  shall 
eat  them  like  wool ;  but  my  "  right- 
eousness shall  be  for  ever,  and  my 
salvation  unto  all  generations. 

9  ■''Awake,  awake,  put  on 
strength,  O  arm  of  Jehovah ; 
awake,  as  in  the  -'days  of  old,  the 
generations  of  ancient  times.  Is 
it  not  thou  that  didst  cut  *  Eahab 
in  pieces,  that  didst  pierce  the 
'monster'?    10  Is  it  not  thou  that 

*  driedst  up  the  sea,  the  waters  of 
the  great  deep ;  that  madest  the 
depths  of  the  sea  a  way  for  the 
'redeemed  to  pass  over?  11  And 
the  "ransomed  of  Jehovah  shall 
return,  and  come  with  ™  singing 
unto  Zion ;  and  "everlasting  joy 
shall  be  upon  their  heads :  they 
shall  obtain  gladness  and  joy  ;  and 
sorrow  and  sighing  shall "  flee  away. 

12  I,  even  I,  am  he  that  ^com- 
forteth  you :  who  art  thou,  that 
thou  art  afraid  of  « man  that  shall 
die,  and  of  the  son  of  man  that 
shall  be  made ''  as  grass ;  1 3  and  hast 

*  forgotten  Jehovah  thy  Maker,  that 
'stretched  forth  the  heavens,  and 
laid  the  foundations  of  the  earth  ; 
and  "  fearest  continually  all  the  day 
because  of  the  fury  of  the  oppressor, 
^  when  he  maketh  ready  to  destroy  1 
and  where  is  the  fury  of  the  "op- 
pressor'? 14  ^The  ^captive  exile 
shall  speedily  be  loosed ;  and  he 
shall  not  die  and  ^  go  down  into  the 
pit,  ^neither  shall  his  bread  fail. 
15  For  I  am  Jehovah  thy  God,  who 
^"stirreth  up  the  sea,  so  that  the 
waves  thereof  roar :  Jehovah  of 
hosts  is  his  name.     1 6  And  I  have 

*  put  my  words  in  thy  mouth,  and 
have  "  covered  thee  in  the  shadow 
of  my  hand,  that  I  may  '^  plant  the 
heavens,  and  lay  the  foundations 
of  the  earth,  and  say  unto  Zion, 
Thou  art  my  people. 

17  'Awake,  awake,  stand  up, 
O  Jerusalem,  that  hast  -''drunk  at 
the  hand  of  Jehovah  the  cup  of 
his  wrath  ;  thou  hast  drunken  the 
bowl  of  the  cup  of  staggering,  and 
drained  it.  18  There  is  «'none  to 
guide  her  among  all  the  sons  whom 
she  hath  brought  forth  ;  neither  is 
there  any  that  taketh  her  by  the 
hand  among  all  the  sons  that  she 

1  Or,  as  though  hf  made  ready 

2  Or.  He  that  is  bent  dou-n 

8  Or,  stilleth  the  sea  when  the  waves  thereof  roar 


«  Ps.  37.  31 

b  ch.  25.  8 ; 

54.  4  ;  Mt. 

o.  11 ;  Acts 

5.41 
<=  eh.  50.  9 
d  ch.  14.  11 ; 

66.  24 
*■  ver.  6 
/ver.  17  ;ch. 

52.  1 
»  Ex.  6.  6  ; 

Dt.  4.  34 
h  ch.  30.  7  ; 

Ps.  89.  10 
!  ch.  27.  1 ; 

Ps.  74.  13 ; 

Ezek.  29.  3 
«:  ch.  11.  15, 

16  ;  50.  2  ; 

63.  11,  12 
'  ch.  63.  9, 

16  ;  Ex.  15. 
13  ;  Ps.  106. 
10 

"'  ch.  35.  10  ; 

44.  23 ;  48. 
20;  49.13; 
Jer.  30.  18, 
19 ;  31. 11, 
12 ;  33.  11 

"  ch.  60. 19  • 

61.7 
"  ch.  25.  8  ; 

60.  20 ;  65. 

19;  Rev.  7. 

17  ;  21. 1, 
4  ;  22.  3 

^  ver.  3 
9  ch.  2.  22  ; 

Ps.  118.  6 
»"  ch.  40.  6,  7  ; 

1  Pet.  1.  24 
»  ch.  17. 10 ; 

Dt.  6.  12 ; 

8.  11 

(  ch.  40.  22  ; 

45.  12,  18 ; 
48. 13 ;  Job 

9.  8  ;  Ps. 
104.2 

"ch.  7.  4; 

10.  24 

"  ch.  49.  26 ; 

54.  14 
^  ch.  48.  20 ; 

52.2 
y  ch.  38.  18 
■'ch.  33.16; 

49.10 
"  Ps.  107.  25  ; 

Jer.  31.  35 
b  ch.  59.  21 ; 

Dt.  18.  18 
<••  ch.  49.  2  ; 

Ex.  33.  22 
d  ch.  65.  17  ; 

66.  22 
*  ver.  9  ;  ch. 

52.  1 
/ch.  29.  9; 

63.  6 ;  Job 

21.20;  Jer. 

25.15 
s  ch.  49.  21  ; 

Ps.  88.  18  ; 

142.4 


A  ch.  8.  21 ; 

9.  20  ;  14.  30 
'  ch.  5.  25  ; 

Jer.  14.  16 
fc  Dt.  14.  5 
'  ch.  42.  25 
'"  ch.  66.  15 
«  ch.  54.  11 
"  ver.  17 ;  ch. 

29.  9  ;  63.  6 
P  ch.  3.  12, 

13  ;  49.  25  ; 

Jer.  50.  34 
«  ver.  17 
>•  ch.  49.  26  ; 

Jer.  25.  15- 

17,  26,  28 ; 

718 


hath  brought  up.  19  These  two 
things  are  befallen  thee  ;  who  shall 
bemoan  thee?  ''desolation  and  de- 
struction, and  the  famine  and  the 
sword  ;  how  shall  I  comfort  theel 
20  Thy  sons  have  fainted,  they  '  lie 
at  the  head  of  all  the  streets,  as  an 
*  antelope  in  a  net ;  they  are  full  of 
the '  wrath  of  Jehovah,  the '"  rebuke 
of  thy  God. 

21  Therefore  hear  now  this,  thou 
"afflicted,  and  "drunken,  but  not 
with  wine  :  22  Thus  saith  thy  Lord 
Jehovah,  and  thy  God  that  *  plead- 
eth  the  cause  of  his  people.  Behold, 
I  have  taken  out  of  thy  hand  the 
'cup  of  staggering,  even  the  bowl 
of  the  cup  of  my  wrath  ;  thou  shalt 
no  more  drink  it  again :  23  and  I 
will  *■  put  it  into  the  hand  of  them 
that  afflict  thee,  that  have  said  to 
thy  soul,  *Bow  down,  that  we  may 
go  over ;  and  thou  hast  laid  thy 
back  as  the  ground,  and  as  the 
street,  to  them  that  go  over. 
pT  O  *  Awake,  awake,  put  on 
O  ^  thy  strength,  O  /ion  •  put 
on  thy  "  beautiful  garments,  O  Je- 
rusalem, the  "  holy  city  :  for  hence- 
forth there  shall  no  more  come  into 
thee  the  uncircumcised  and  the 
■'■  unclean.  2  Shake  thyself  ^  from 
the  dust ;  ^  arise,  sit  on  thy  throne, 
O  Jerusalem  :  *  "  loose  thyself  from 
the  bonds  of  thy  neck,  O  *  captive 
daughter  of  Zion. 

3  For  thus  saith  Jehovah,  Ye  were 
"  sold  for  nought ;  and  ye  shall  be 
"*  redeemed  "without  money.  4  For 
thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah,  My 
people  •''went  down  at  the  first  into 
Egypt  to  sojourn  there :  and  the 
Assyrian  hath  oppressed  them  with- 
out cause.  5  Now  therefore,  what 
do  I  here,  saith  Jehovah,  seeing 
that  my  people  is  taken  away  for 
nought '?  they  that  rule  over  them 
do  howl,  saith  Jehovah,  and  my 
^name  continually  all  the  day  is 
blasphemed.  6  Therefore  my  peo- 
iple  shall  ''  know  my  name  :  there- 
tore  they  shall  knoiv  in  that  day 
that  I  am  he  that  doth  speak ; 
behold,  *it  is  I. 

7  How  beautiful  upon  the  moun- 
tains are  the  feet  of  him  that  bring- 

Zech.  12.  2  »  Josh.  10.  24  '  ch.  51.  9, 17  "  ch.  49. 
18  ;  61.  3, 10  ;  Ex.  28.  2,  40 ;  1  Chr.  16.  29  ;  Ps.  110.  3 ; 
Zech.  3.  4  "  ch.  48.  2  ;  64.  10 ;  Neh.  11, 1 ;  Zech.  14. 
20,  21 ;  Mt.  4.  5  ^  ch.  35.  8  ;  Nah.  1.  15  '■'  ch.  29.  4 
^ch.  60.  1  "ch.  9.  4;  10.  27;  14.  25;  47.  6  ^rb. 
51.  14  '■  Ps.  44.  12  ;  Jer.  15.  13  d  ch.  1.  27  ;  62.  12  ; 
63.  4  =  ch.  45.  13  /  Gen.  46.  6  »  Ezek.  36.  20,  23  ; 
Rom.  2.  24       ''  ch.  49.  23 


<  Another  reading  is,  the  bonds  of  thy  neck  art 
loosed.  6  Or,  here  J  am 


52.8 


ISAIAH 


54.1 


Zion  summoned  to  go  oat  of  Exile.    The  Servant  of  Jehovah's  Safferings.    His  Death  and  Exaltation 


eth''good  tidings,  that  publisheth 
peace,  that  brinj^eth  good  tidings 
of  good,  that  publisheth  salvation^ 
that  saith  unto  Zioii,  Tliy  ''Uod 
reigneth !  8  The  "  voice  of  thy 
watchmen !  they  Uft  up  the  voice, 
togethei"  do  they  sing  ;  for  they 
shall  see  eye  to  eye,  '  when  .Jehovah 
returneth  to  Zion.  9  ''Break  forth 
into  joy,  sing  togetlier,  ye  ''  waste 

})laces  of  Jerusalem  ;  for  Jehovah 
latli  comforted  his  people,  he  hath 
^  redeemed  Jerusalem.  1 0  Jehovah 
hath  made  bare  his  holy  "  arm  in 
the  eyes  of  all  the  nations  ;  and 
''all  the  ends  of  the  earth  have  seen 
the  salvation  of  our  God. 

1 1  •  Depart  ye,  depart  ye,  go  ye 
out  from  thence,  *  touch  no  unclean 
thing ;  go  ye  out  of  the  midst  of 
her ;  '  cleanse  yourselves,  ye  that 
bear  the  vessels  of  Jehovah.  12  For 
ye  shall  not  go  out  in  '"  haste,  nei- 
ther shall  ye  go  by  flight :  for  "  Je- 
hovah will  go  before  you  ;  and  "the 
God  of  Isi-ael  will  be  your  rear- 
ward. 

13  Behold,  my  ^servant  shall 
^  deal  wisely,  he  shall  be  ^  exalted 
and  lifted  up,  and  shall  be  very 
high.  14  Like  as  many  were  as- 
tonished at  thee  (his  ''visage  was 
so  marred  ^  more  than  any  man, 
and  his  form  more  than  the  sons 
of  men),  15  so  shall  he  ^*  sprinkle 
many  nations  ;  kings  shall  '  shut 
their  mouths  *at  him:  for  "that 
which  had  not  been  told  them  shall 
they  see  ;  and  that  which  they  had 
not  heard  shall  they  ^  understand. 
p^  O  "Who  hatn  believed  ''our 
t-f  O  message  I  and  to  whom  hath 
the  arm  of  Jehovah  been  revealed  ■? 
2  For  he  grew  up  before  him  as  a 
"^  tender  plant,  and  as  a  root  out  of 
a  dry  ground :  he  hath  ^  no  form 
nor  comeliness  ;  **  and  when  we  see 
him,  there  is  no  beauty  that  we 
should  desire  him.  3  He  was  'de- 
spised, and  ® rejected  of  men;  a 
man  of  sorrows,  and  "acquainted 
with  "'grief:  and  "as  one  from 
whom  men  hide  their  face  he  was 
'  despised  ;  and  we  *  esteemed  him 
not. 

4  Surely  he  hath  ''borne  our 
^^  griefs,  and  carried  our  sorrows  ; 

1  Or,  how  2  Or,  prosper 

'  Or,/rom  t/ini  of  man,  nn<l  his  form  from  that 
of  the  sons  of  men  *  Or,  alartle 

'■>  Or,  because  of         «  Or,  consider 

?  Or,  that  ichi-ch  we  hnve.  heard 

8  Or,  that  we  should  look  upon  him;  nor 
beaiily  d'c.     ^  Or,  forsaken      i"  Heb.  sickness- 

11  Or,  he  hid  as  it  were  Ids  face  from  us 

12  Heb.  sicknesses. 


°  ch.  40.  9  ; 

61. 1 ;  Nail. 

1.15;  Rom. 

10.  15 
I'  cli.  24.  23  ; 

Ps.  9a.  1 
'  ch.  62.  6 
d  ch.  44.  23  ; 

Ps.  98.  4 
<•  ch.  44.  26  ; 

51.  3;  61.  4 
/ch.  43.  1; 

48.  20 
»ch.  51.  9; 

66.  18,19; 

Ps.  98.  1-3 
A  ch.  45. 22 ; 

48.  20 
■ch.  48.  20; 

Jer.  50.  8 ; 

Zech.  2.  6, 

7  ;  2  Cor.  6. 

17;  2  Tim. 

2.19 
«■■  Num.  19. 

11,16 
'  ch.  1.  16  ; 

Lev.  22.  2 
"'  Ex.  12.  11, 

33;  Dt.  16. 

3 
"  ch.  26.  7 ; 

42.  16 ;  49. 

10,  11 
"  ch.  58.  8 ; 

Ex.  14.  19, 

20 
P  ch.  49. 1-7  ; 

53.  11 
1  ch.  57.  15 
>"  cli.  53.  2,  3 
'  Num.  19. 

18-21; 

Ezek.  36.  25 
(  Job  21.  5 
"  Rom.  15.  21 
"  Ju.  12.  38  ; 

Rom.  10.16 
»^ch.  11.1 
y  ch.  62.  14 
-  ch.  49.  7  ; 

Ps.  22,  6 ; 

Lk.  18. 

31-33 
"  ver.  10 
b  Mk.  10.  33, 

34 
•^  Jn.  1. 10. 11 
<l  Mt.  8.  17 


<  Jn.  19.  7 
/ver.  8; 

Heb.  9.  28 
»  ver.  10; 

Rom.  4.  25 ; 

1  Cor.  15.  3 
ADt.  11.  2; 

Heb.  5.  8 
>  1  Pet.  2.  24, 

25 
fc  ver.  11 
'  Mt.  26    63  ; 

27.  12-14 ; 

Mk.  14.  61 ; 

15.  5 ;  Lk. 

23.  9 ;  Jn. 

19.  9 
"'  Acts  8.  32, 

33 
"  ver.  5, 12 
0  Mt.  27.  57- 

60 
P  ch.  42.  1-3 
9  1  Pet  2.  22 
■■  ver.  5 
*  ver.  3,  4 
'  ver.  6, 12 ; 

Jn.  1.  29 
"ch.  54.  3; 

61.  9 ;  66. 

22 ;  Ps.  22. 

30 
"■'  ch.  46  10 
"^  Jn.  10.  Il- 
ls 

719 


yet  we  did  esteem  him  stricken, 
smitten  of  *God,  and  afflicted.  5 
liut  lie  was  wounded  for  'our  trans- 
gressions, he  was  bruised  for  -'our 
iniquities ;  the  ''  chastisement  of 
our  peace  was  upon  him  ;  and  with 
'  his  stripes  we  are  healed.  6  All 
we  like  sheep  have  gone  astray ; 
we  have  turned  every  one  to  his 
own  way :  and  Jehovah  hath  '^laid 
*on  him  the  iniquity  of  us  all. 

7  He  was  oppressed,  yet  when 
he  was  afflicted  he  '  opened  not  his 
mouth ;  '"  as  a  lamb  that  is  led  to 
the  slaughter,  and  as  a  sheep  that 
before  its  shearers  is  dumb,  so  he 
opened  not  his  niouth.  S  '^By  op- 
pression and  judgment  he  was 
taken  away  ;  and  as  for  his  genera- 
tion, who  among  them  considered 
that  he  was  cut  off  out  of  the  land 
of  the  ^^living  "for  the  transgression 
of  my  people  to  whom  the  stroke 
was  duel  9  And  they  made  his 
grave  with  the  wicked,  and  with  a 
"rich  man  in  his  death  ;  ^•'"■^ although 
he  had  *done  no  violence,  neither 
was  any  deceit  in  his  mouth. 

10  \et  it  pleased  Jehovah  to 
''bruise  him  ;  he  hath  ^^*put  him  to 
grief :  '®  when  thou  shalt  make  his 
soul  ^®an  'offering  for  sin,  he  shall 
see  "his  seed,  he  shall  prolong  his 
days,  and  the  "pleasure  of  Jehovah 
shall  prosper  in  his  hand.  1 1  '■^'^  He 
shall  ^see  of  the  travail  of  his  soul, 
and  shall  be  satisfied :  ^'  by  the 
*  knowledge  of  himself  shall  my 
righteous  servant  '"^-justify  many; 
and  he  shall  'bear  their  iniquities. 
12  Therefore  will  I  divide  him  a 
"portion  with  the  great,  and  he 
shall  divide  the  spoil  with  the 
strong;  because  he  *poured  out 
his  soul  unto  death,  and  was  "num- 
bei'ed  with  the  transgressors:  yet 
he  '^  bare  the  sin  of  many,  and 
'^'made  intercession  for  the  trans- 
gressors. 

M"  Sing.  O  barren,  thou 
that  didst  not  bear ;  break 
forth  into  singing,  and  cry  aloud, 
thou  that  didst  not  travail  with 
child :  for  -'more  are  the  children 

y  ch.  45.  25 ;  Rom.  5. 18, 19  '  ver.  5.  6  °  ch.  52. 13 ; 
Phil.  2.  9-11  b  Mt.  26.  38,  39, 42  '  Lk.  22.  37  -'  ver. 
6, 11 ;  2  Cor.  5.  21    '081.4.27    /ch.  49.20;  1  S.  2.  5 


13  Heb.  made  to  light,     n  Or.  From 

1''  Or,  tivinf/f  for  the  transgression  of  mypeo 
pie  was  he  stricken 

16  Or,  because  17  Heb.  made  him  siek. 

1'  Or,  when  his  soul  shall  make  an  offering 

15  Heb.  a  tresi^ass-offering. 

2f  Or,  He  shall  see  and  be  satisfied  wUh  the 
trainil  d'C.  2i  Qj-^  jy  f,,g  kmnrledgt 

'^i  Or,  make  many  righteous      *»  Or,  maketh 


54.2 


ISAIAH 


55.8 


The  Enlargement  of  Zion.    Jehovah's  Fostering  Love  of  Zion.    Free  (Mfer  of  Mercy  to  All 


of  the  "  desolate  than  the  children 
of  the  married  wife,  saith  Jehovah. 
2  *  Enlarge  the  place  of  thy  tent, 
and  let  them  stretch  forth  the  cur- 
tains of  thy  habitations  •  spare 
not :  lengthen  thy  "  cords,  and 
strengthen  thy  "  stakes.  3  For 
thou  shalt  •*  spread  abroad  on  the 
right  hand  and  on  the  left ;  and 
thy  seed  shall "  possess  the  nations, 
and -^  make  the  desolate  cities  to  be 
inhabited. 

4  Fear  not ;  for  thou  shalt  ^  not 
be  ashamed  :  neither  be  thou  con- 
founded ;  for  thou  shalt  not  be  put 
to  shame :  for  thou  shalt  forget 
the  ''shame  of  thy  youth  ;  and  the 
'  reproach  of  thy  widowhood  shalt 
thou  remember  no  more.  -5  For 
thy  Maker  is  thy  *  husband  ;  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts  is  his  name :  and  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel  is  thy  'Re- 
deemer; the  '"God  of  the  whole 
earth  shall  he  be  called.  6  For 
Jehovah  hath  called  thee  as  a  wife 
"  forsaken  and  grieved  in  spirit, 
even  a  wife  of  youth,  when  she 
is  cast  off,  saith  thy  God.  7  For  a 
"small  moment  have  I  forsaken 
thee ;  but  with  great  mercies  will  I 
''gather  thee.  8  ^In  *  overflowing 
wrath  I  hid  my  face  from  thee 
for  a  moment ;  but  with  everlasting 
''  lovingkindness  will  I '  have  rnercy 
on  thee,  saith  Jehovah  thy  'Re- 
deemer. 

9  For  this  is  as  the  waters  of 
Noah  unto  me  ;  for  as  I  have  sworn 
that  the  waters  of  Noah  shall  "  no 
more  go  over  the  earth,  so  have  I 
sworn  that  I  will  "not  be  wroth 
with  thee,  nor  rebuke  thee.  10 
For  the  ""mountains  may  depart, 
and  the  hills  be  removed  ;  but  my 
lovingkindness  shall  not  depart 
from  thee,  neither  shall  my  ■*  cov- 
enant of  peace  be  removed,  saith 
'  Jehovah  that  hath  mercy  on  thee. 

11  O  thou  "  afflicted,  *  tossed 
with  tempest,  and  ''not  comforted, 
behold,  I  will  set  thy  stones  in 
'■^fair  colors,  and  ''lay  thy  founda- 
tions with  "sapphires.  12  And  I 
will  make  thy  *  pinnacles  of  rubies, 
and  thy  gates  of  carbuncles,  and 
all  thy  border  of  precious  stones. 

13  And  -^all  thy  children  shall  be 
*  taught  of  Jehovah  ;  and  ■"  great 
shall  be  the  peace  of  thy  children. 

14  In /" righteousness  shalt  thou  be 
established  :    ^  thou    shalt   be   far 

1  Or,  In  a  little  wrath 

2  Or,  antimony    See  1  Cbr.  29.  2. 

3  Or,  iinndow.i  *  Or,  disciples 
*  Or,  be  thou  far 


«  ch.  62.  4 
b  ch.  33.  20 ; 

49. 19,  20 
"^Ex.  35.  18; 

39.  40 
<i  ch.  43  5.  6 ; 

HO.  3-11 ; 

Gen.  iS.  14 
"  ch.  14. 1,  2  ; 

43.  14  ;  49. 

23 
/  ch.  49.  19 
!'  ch.  45.  17 
h  Jer.  31.  19 
'Ch.  4.  1: 

25.  8 ;  51.  7 
k  Jer.  3.  14  ; 

Hos.  2.  19 
(ch.  43.  14; 

48.  17 
'"■  cli.  6.  3 ;  11. 

9 ;  65.  16 
"  ch.  49.  14- 

21 ;  50.  1,  2 ; 

62.4 
°  ch.  26.  20 
J'ch.  11.12; 

43.  5;4M.  18 
1  ch.  60.  10 
"■  ver.  10;  ch. 

63.  7 
'  ch.  49.  10, 

13 
<  ver.  5 
"  Gen.  9.  11 
"  ch.  12.  1 ; 

Ezek.  39.29 
*ch.  51.  6; 

Ps.  102.  26 
y  ch.  55.  3  ; 

59.  21 ;  61. 

8  ;  2  S.  23. 

5 :  Ps.  89. 

34 
•  ver.  8 
"  ch.  51.  21 
6  ch.  29.  6 
•^  ch.  51.  18, 

19 
d  ch.  14.  32  : 

28.  16 ;  44. 

28 
«  Job  28  16; 

Rev.  21.  19 
/  Jn.  6,  45 
"  ch.  48.  18 ; 

66.  12 
h  ch.  1.  26, 

27  ;  9.  7 ; 

62.1 


i  ch.  9.  4  ;  14. 

4 
*  ver.  4 
'  ch.  33.  18 
"'ch.  41.11-16 
"  ch.  13.  5 
"  ch.  17.  12- 

14 ;  29.  8 
P  ch.  50.  8.  9 
«ch.45.  24; 

46.  13 
■"  ch.  41.  17  ; 

44.  3 ;  Ps. 

42.  1,  2 ;  63. 

1 ;  143.  6  ; 

Jn.  4.  14 ; 

7.37 
'  Lam.  5.  4 
<  S.  S.  5.  1 ; 

Joel  3.  18 
"  Hos.  14.  4  ; 

Mt.  10.  8 
"  Keel.  6.  2 ; 

Hos.  8,  7 
^  ch.  1.  19  ; 

62.  8,  9 ;  Ps. 

22.  26 
!'ch.  25.  6, 

Ps.  63.  5 ; 

Jer.  31.  14 
'  ch.  51   4 
"  Lev.  18.  5 ; 

Rom.  10.  5 
6  ch.  61.  8 

720 


from  'oppression,  for  thou  shalt 
*  not  fear  ;  and  '  from  terror,  for  it 
shall  not  come  near  thee.  15  Be- 
hold, they  may  "gather  together, 
but  not  by  me :  '"  whosoever  shall 
"  gather  together  against  thee 
"shall  fall  because  of  thee.  16 
Behold,  I  have  created  the  smith 
that  bloweth  the  fire  of  coals,  and 
bringeth  forth  a  weapon  for  *his 
work ;  and  1  have  created  the 
waster  to  "destroj\  17  "No  wea- 
pon that  is  formed  against  thee 
shall  prosper;  and  ^ every  tongue 
that  shall  rise  against  thee  in  judg- 
ment thou  shalt  condemn.  This  is 
the  heritage  of  the  servants  of 
Jehovah,  and  ^  their  *  righteous- 
ness which  is  of  me,  saith  Jehovah. 
p^  p^  Ho,  every  one  that  *■  thirst- 
fj  fj  eth,  come  ye  to  the  waters, 
and  he  that  hath  '  no  money  ;  come 
ye,  buy,  and  eat ;  yea,  come,  buy 
'  wine  and  milk  "  without  money 
and  without  price.  2  Wherefoi-e 
do  ye  "  spend  money  for  that  which 
is  'not  bread  %  and  your  "  labor  for 
that  which  satisfietn  not  ?  hearken 
diligently  unto  me,  and  ""eat  ye 
that  which  is  good,  and  let  your 
soul  delight  itself  in  *  fatness.  3 
'Incline  your  ear,  and  come  unto 
me ;  hear,  and  your  soul  shall 
"live:  and  I  will  make  *an  ever- 
lasting covenant  with  you,  even 
the  "  sure  mercies  of  David.  4  Be- 
hold, I  have  given  ''him  for  a  wit- 
ness to  the  peoples,  a  ^'^ '  leader  and 
commander  to  the  peoples.  5  Be- 
hold, thou  shalt  call  a  •''nation 
that  thou  knowest  not ;  and  a  na- 
tion that  knew  not  thee  shall  ^  run 
unto  thee,  because  of  Jehovah  thy 
God,  and  for  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel ;  for  he  hath  *  glorified  thee. 
6  'Seek  ye  Jehovah  while  he 
maybe  found;  *call  ye  upon  him 
while  he  is  near  :  7  'let  the  wicked 
forsake  his  way,  and  the  unright- 
eous man  his  '"thoughts;  and  let 
him  "return  unto  Jehovah,  and  he 
will  have  "mercy  upon  him;  and 
to  our  God,  for  he  will  ''abundantly 
pardon.  8  For  my  thoughts  are 
not  "your    thoughts,   neither   are 

"  Acts  13.  34  <«  Ps.  IS.  43 ;  .Ter.  30  9 ;  Hos.  3.  5 

"  Ezek.  34.  24  ;  37.  24.  25 ;  Dan.  9.  25 ;  Mic.  5.  2  /  cli. 
45.  14.  22-24 :  49.  6, 12,  23  "  Zech.  8.  22  A  ch.  60.  9 
I  ch.  45.  19,  22 ;  49.  8 ;  Ps  32  6 ;  Am.  5.  6  *=  ch.  58. 
9 ;  65.  24  '  ch.  1.  16,  19 ;  58.  6  '"  ch.  32.  7  ;  59.  7 
"ch.  31.  6;  44.  22  "  ch.  14.  1 ;  54.  8, 10  Pch.  1. 18; 
40.  2 ;  43.  25 ;  44.  22    «  ch.  65.  2 ;  66.  18 


s  Or,  stir  up  strife 

7  Or,  shntl  fall  away  to  thee  8  Or,  Us 

9  Or,  their  righteonsnexs  is  of  me 
10  Heb.  weigh.    »  Or,  earnings   i»  Or,  prince 


55.9 


ISAIAH 


57.6 


Free  Offer  of  Mercy  to  All.    Blessedness  of  Sabbath-keepliig:.    Kvil  Rulers  rcliaked.    Idolatrous  Condact  of  the  People 


"your  ways  my  ways,  saith  Jeho- 
vah. 9  tor  'as  the  hoavens  are 
liigher  tlian  the  earth,  so  are  my 
ways  higlier  than  j-our  ways,  and 
my  tlioughts  than  your  thoughts. 

10  For  as  the  'rain  cometh  down 
and  tlie  snow  from  heaven,  and 
returneth  not  thither,  but  wateretli 
the  earth,  and  maketh  it  brinj^ 
fortli  and  bud.  and  giveth  ''.seed  to 
the  sower  and  bread  to  the  eater ; 

1 1  .so  shall  my'  word  be  that  goeth 
forth  out  of  my  mouth:  it  shall 
-'not  return  unto  me  void,  but  it 
shall  ^  accompli.sh  that  whiuli  1 
please,  and  it  shall  prosper  in  the 
thing  whereto  I  sent  it.  1 2  For  ye 
shall  go  out  with  ''joy,  and  be  led 
forth  with  'peaee:  the  ^mountains 
and  the  hills  shall  break  forth  be- 
fore you  into  singing ;  and  all  the 
'  trees  of  the  field  shall  clap  their 
hands.  13  Instead  of  the  "'thorn 
shall  come  up  the  "fir-tree;  and  in- 
stead of  the  "brier  shall  come  up 
the  myrtle-tree  :  and  it  shall  be  to 
Jehovah  for  a  *  name,  for  an  ever- 
lasting "sign  that  'shall  not  be  cut 
off. 

^f\  Thus  saith  Jehovah, 
OO  'Keep  ye  justice,  and  do 
righteousness;  for  my  '.salvation 
is  near  to  come,  and  my  righteous- 
ness to  be  revealed.  2  "  Blessed  is 
the  man  that  doeth  this,  and  the 
son  of  man  that  "  holdt^th  it  fast ; 
that  ^keeijeth  the  sabbath  from 
^)rofaning  it,  and  keepeth  liis  hand 
from  doing  any  evil.  3  Neither 
let  the  "foreigner,  that  hath  joined 
liimself  to  Jeliovah,  speak,  saying, 
Jehovah  will  surely  sejiarate  me 
from  his  people ;  neither  let  the 
'eunuch  say,  Behold,  1  am  a  dry 
tree.  4  For  thus  saith  Jehovah  of 
the  eunuchs  that  "keen  my  sab- 
baths, and  choose  the  things  that 
please  me,  and  *hold  fast  my  cov- 
enant :  5  Unto  them  will  I  give  in 
my  ''house  and  within  my  ''  walls  a 
'  memorial  and  a  name  "^better  than 
of  sons  and  of  daughters ;  I  will 
give  ^them  an  everlasting  "name, 
that  shall  •''not  be  cut  off. 

6  Also  the  "  foreigners  that  join 
themselves  to  Jehovah,  to  minister 
unto  him,  and  to  love  the  name  of 
Jehovah,  to  be  his  servants,  every 
one  that  *  keepeth  th«i  sabbath 
from  profaning  it,  and  holdeth 
fast  my  covenant ;   7  even  *  them 

1  Or,  place    Heb.  hand. 

•  Or.  hellfr  than  sons  and  daughteri 

3  Heb.  him. 


"  ch.  M.  6 
!>  Ps.  103.  U 
"•oh.  a(l.  23 
<'  2  Cor.  >i.  Ill 
"ch.  45.23; 

Mt.  24.  35 
/ch.  44.  2li; 

.W.  21 
"  cli.  4G.  10 ; 

53.  Ill 
'■ch.  51.  11; 

52.  y ;  Ph. 

11)5.  43 
'  ch.  54.  10, 

13;  Jer.  29. 

11 
«.-,li.  44.  23: 

4<).  13 
'  1  Ohr.  16. 

33 
'"  ch.  7.  19 
"  ch.  41.  19  ; 

(ill.  13 
"ch.  5.  6;  7. 

24 ;  32.  13 
t'  ch.  (>3.  12, 

14  ;  Jer. 

33.  9 
9  ch.  IB.  20 
"■  ch.  56.  5 
'ch.  1.  17; 

33.  5  ;  61.  8 
<ch.  46.  13, 

51.5;  Ps. 

85.  9 
"  Ps.  112. 1 ; 

119.  1,  2 
"  vt:r.  6 
^  ver.  4,  6 ; 

ch.  ,58.  13 ; 

Ex.  20. 

8-11 ;  31. 

13-17 ;  .Jer. 

17.  21,  22 ; 

Ezek.  20. 

12,  20 
S*  ver.  6 ;  ch. 

14.  1 ;  45. 

14  :  49.  23  ; 

Zech.8.20- 

23 
'  lit.  23.  1  ; 

Jer.  38.  7 ; 

Acts  8.  27 
"  ver.  2,  6 
''  ver.  6 
■^  ver.  7  ;  cli. 

2.  2,  3  ;  66. 

20 
rf  ch.  26. 1 ; 

60.  18 
'  ch.  62.  2 
/cli.  48.  19; 

55.  13 
»  ver.  3;  ch. 

60.  10;  61.  5 
h  ver.  2,  4 
•  ch.  2.  2,  3; 

60. 11 ;  Mic. 

4.  1,  2 


l-ch.  11.9; 

65.  25 
'  ch.  fil.  10 
'"  ch.  60.  7  ; 

Rom.  12. 1 
»  Mt  21.  13  ; 

Mk.  11.  17; 

Lk.  19.  46 
°ch.  11.  12; 

43  5 
P  cli   60  3- 

11 ;  66  18- 

21 ;  .Tn.  10. 

16 
«  ch   18.  6  ; 

46  11 
>■  Ezek.  3  17 
•  ch.  29  9- 

14 ;  .ler.  14 

13,  14 
(  Nah.  3  18 
"  ch.  28.  7  ; 

Ezek.  13. 

19 ;  Mic.  3. 

721 


will  I  bring  to  my  *  holy  mountain, 
and  '  make  them  joyful  in  my 
hou.se  of  prayer:  tiieir  '"  burnt- 
ofierings  and  their  sacrifices  shall 
be  accepted  upon  mine  altar;  foi 
"my  hou.se  shall  be  called  a  house 
of  prayer  for  all  peojjles.  (S  I'he 
Lord  Jehovah,  who  "gathereth  tlie 
outcasts  of  Israel,  .saith.  Yet  will  I 
gather  ''othem  to  him.  ■'besides  his 
own  that  are  gathereu. 

9  All  ye  ''beasts  of  the  field, 
^come  to  devour,  yen,  a,W  ye  hea.sts 
in  the  forest.  10  His  '' watchman 
are  'blind,  they  are  all  without 
knowledge ;  they  are  all  dumb 
dogs,  they  cannot  bark  ;  dreaming, 
lying  down,  loving  to  '  slumber. 
1 1  Yea,  the  dogs  are  "greedy,  they 
can  never  have  enough  ;  and  the.se 
are  shepherds  that  cannot 'under- 
stand :  they  have  all  •'turned  to 
their  own  wa.v,  each  one  to  his 
gain,  ''from  every  quarter.  12 
Come  ye,  my  they,  \  will  fetch 
■"wine,  and  we  will  fill  ourselves 
with  strong  drink  ;  and  '  to-mor- 
row shall  be  as  this  day,  a  day  great 
beyond  measure. 

p'  ^T  The  "righteous  peri.sheth, 
O  I  and  no  inan  ''layeth  it  to 
heart ;  and  "^  merciful  men  are  taken 
away,  none  considering  that  the 
righteous  is  taken  away  ® from  the 
■"evil  to  come.  2  He  entereth  int(j 
peace  ;  they  rest  in  their  beds,  each 
one  that  "^walketh  ®in  his  upright- 
ness. 

3  But  draw  near  hither,  ye  sons 
of  the  ''sorceress,  the  •'seed  of  the 
adulterer  and  the  "harlot.  4 
Against  whom  do  ye  sport  your- 
selves? against  whom  make  ye  a 
wide  mouth,  and  put  out  the 
tongue  1  are  ye  not  children  of 
'■  transgression,  a  seed  of  false- 
hood, 5  ye  that  inflame  yourselves 
'"among  the  'oaks,  *  under  every 
green  tree  ;  that  'slay  the  children 
in  the  valleys,  under  the  clefts  of 
the  rocks  1  6  Among  the  ""smooth 
stones  of  the  valley  is  thy  portion  ; 
they,   they  are  thy  lot ;    even  to 

5, 11  «  ch.  1  3  *  ch.  57.  17 ;  Jer.  22.  17  »  ch.  5. 11, 
12,  22  '  Ps.  10.  6 ;  Lk.  12  19,  20  "  Ps.  12. 1  >>  ch. 
42  25 ;  47  7  '  ch.  47.  11 ;  2  K.  22.  20 ;  Jer.  18  11 

<'  ch.  26.  7  «  ch.  2.  6  /  ch.  1.  4  ;  Mt.  16.  4  "  ver.  7-9  ; 
ch  1  21  A  ch.  48  8  >  ch.  1.  29  k  2  K.  16.  4 ;  Jer.  2. 
20 ;  3.  13  '  2  K.  23.  10;  Ps.  106.  37,  38 ;  Jer.  7.  31 

"'  Jer.  3.  9 ;  Hab.  2. 19 


*  Heb.  to  his  gathered  ones. 
'  Or,  come  ye  to  devour  all  the  beasts  in  the 
fore.it  ''  Or,  one  and  all 

^  Or,  godly  *  Or,  through  wickedness 

»  Or,  straight  before  him     '"  Or,  with  idols 


57.7 


ISAIAH 


58.8 


Tke  Idolatrous  Condnct  of  Israel.    Jehovah's  Condescension  and  Forbearance.    Wrong  and  Right  Observance  of  Fasts 


them  hast  thou  "poured  a  drink- 
offering,  thou  hast  offered  ^  an  obla- 
tion. Shall  I  be  *  appeased  for 
these  things  1  7  Upon  a "  high  and 
lofty  mountain  hast  thou  "*  set  thy 
bed;  thither  also  wentest  thou  up 
to  offer  sacrifice.  8  And  behind 
the  doors  and  the  posts  hast  thou 
set  up  thy  memorial :  for  thou  hast 

*  uncovered  thyself  to  another  than 
me,  and  art  gone  up  ;  thou  hast -^en- 
larged thy  bed,  and  made  thee  a 
covenant  with  them  :  thou  ^  lovedst 
their  bed  where  ^thou  sawest 
it.  9  And  thou  wentest  to  the 
king  with  oil,  and  didst  increase 
thy  perfumes,  and  didst  ''send 
thine  ambassadors  far  off,  and  didst 
debase  thyself  even  unto  Sheol. 
10  Thou  wast  'wearied  with  the 
length  of  thy  way  ;  yet  saidst  thou 
not,  *  It  is  in  vain  :  thou  didst  find 
'^  a  quickening  of  thy  strength ; 
therefore  thou  wast  not  ^  faint. 

1 1  And  of  '  whom  hast  thou  been 
afraid  and  in  fear,  that  thou  liest, 
and  hast "  not  remembered  me,  nor 
"  laid  it  to  thy  heart  %  have  not  I 

*  held  my  peace  even  of  long  time, 
and  thou  fearest  me  not  ?  12  1  will 
p  declare  thy  righteousness  ;  and  as 
for  thy  « works,  they  shall  not 
profit  thee.  1.3  When  thou  criest, 
*■  let  ^  them  that  thou  hast  gathered 
deliver  thee ;  but  the  wind  shall  take 
them,  a  breath  shall  carry  them  all 
away  :  but  he  that '  taketh  refuge 
in  me  shall '  possess  the  land,  and 
shall  "inherit  my  holy  mountain. 

14  And  •'he  will  say,  "Cast  ye 
up,  cast  ye  up,  prepare  the  way, 
take  up  the  stumbling-block  out  or 
the  way  of  my  people.  15  For 
thus  saith  the  ""  high  and  lofty  One 
that  ^inhabiteth  eternity,  whose 
name  is  Holy  :  I  ^  dwell  in  the  high 
and  holy  place,  with  him  also  that 
is  of  a  "contrite  and  humble  spirit, 
to  *  revive  the  spirit  of  the  humble, 
and  to  revive  the  heart  of  the  con- 
trite. 16  For  I  will  '^not  contend 
for  ever,  ''neither  will  I  be  always 
wroth;  for  the  spirit  would  "faint 
before  me,  and  the  •''souls  that  I 
have  made.  17  For  the  iniquity 
of  his  ^  covetousness  was  I  wroth, 
and  smote  him ;  I  hid  my  face 
and  was  wroth ;  and  he  went  on 
'"'backsliding  in  the  wajr  of  his 
heart.     18   I  have  seen  his  ways, 

1  Or,  a  meal -offering 

2  Or,  thou  providedst  room  for  it 

s  Heb.  the  life  of  thy  hand.         *  Heb.  sick. 

»  Or,  thy  rabble  of  idols 

«  Or,  il  shall  be  said     ?  Heb.  turning  away. 


"  Jer.  7. 18 
*  Jer.  5.  9, 

29 ;  9.  9 
"Jer.  3.  6; 

Ezek.  16. 

16 
d  Ezek.  23. 

41 
«  Ezek.  23. 18 
/  Ezek.  23.  7 
"  Ezek.  16. 

26,28 
h  Ezek.  23. 

16,40 
!  ch.  47.  13 
k  Jer.  2.  25 ; 

18.  12 
'  ch.  51.  12, 

13;  Prov. 

29.  25 
"» Jer.  2.  32; 

3.  21 
"  ver.  1 
"  ch.  42.  14 ; 

Ps.  50.  21 
P  ch.  58.  1,  2 
«  ch.  29.  15: 

59.  6 ;  65.  7  ; 
66.  18: 
Mic.  3.  2-4 

"■Jer.  22.  20; 

30.14 
«eh.  25.4; 

Ps.  37.  3,  9 
t  ch.  49.  8 ; 

60.  21 

«  ch.  65.  9 
"  ch.  62.  10 ; 

Jer.  18.  15 
^  ch.  52.  13 
V  ch.  40.  28 ; 

Dt.  33.  27 
'  ch.  33.  5 ; 

66.1 
"  ch.  66.  2 ; 

Ps.  34.  18 ; 

51.17 
6  ch.  61.1-3; 

Ps.  147.  3 
<■■  Gen.  6.  3 
rfPs.  85.  5; 

103.  9 ;  Mic. 

7.  18 
«  ch.  2.  12, 

17 ;  Job  34. 

14, 15 
/  ch.  42.  5 
"  ch.  2.  7  ;  56. 

11 ;  Jer.  6. 

13 
ftch.  1.  4; 

Jer.  3. 14, 

22 


>  ch.  19.  22 ; 

30.  26 ;  53.  5 
*  ch.  52.  12 
'  ch.  61.  1-3 
"'  ch.  6.  7  ;  61. 

16  ;  59.  21 ; 

Heb.  13. 15 
"  ch.  26.  12 ; 

32.  17 
0  Acts  2.  39  ; 

Eph.  2.  17 
P  ch.  3.  9, 11 : 

Job  IS.  5-l4 
«  ch.  48.  22 ; 

59.  8 
»•  ch.  49.  4 
»  ch.  40.  6,  8 
«  ch.  43.  27  ; 

48,  8  ;  50. 1 ; 

59.  12 
«  ch.  1.  11 ; 

Tit.  1.  16 
^ch.  48.  1; 

Jer.  7.  9, 10 
••«  ch.  1.  4,  23  ; 

59.  13 
y  ch.  29.  13 ; 

57.  3 ;  Ps. 

119. 150 ; 

Jas.  4.  8 
'  Mai.  3. 14 ; 

722 


and  will  *heal  him:  I  will  *lead 
him  also,  and  ^'restore  comforts 
unto  him  and  to  his  mourners.  19 
I  create  the  '"  fruit  of  the  lips : 
"Peace,  peace,  to  him  that  is  "far 
off  and  to  him  that  is  near,  saith 
Jehovah ;  and  I  will  heal  him.  20 
But  the  ^  wicked  are  like  the  troub- 
led sea  ;  for  it  cannot  rest,  and  its 
waters  cast  up  mire  and  dirt.  21 
'There  is  no  peace,  saith  ''my  God, 
to  the  wicked. 

t' O  *Cry  ^  aloud,  spare  not, 
fj  O  lift  up  thy  voice  like  a 
trumpet,  and  declare  unto  my  peo- 
ple their  'transgression,  and  to 
the  house  of  Jacob  their  sins.  2 
Yet  they  "seek  me  daily,  and  de- 
light to  know  my  ways :  as  a  na- 
tion that  did  "  righteousness,  and 
*  forsook  not  the  ordinance  of  their 
God,  they  ask  of  me  righteous 
judgments;  they  delight  to  *draw 
near  unto  God.  3  Wherefore  have 
we  '  fasted,  say  they,  and  thou  seest 
nof?  %vherefore  have  we  afflicted 
our  soul,  and  thou  takest  no  knowl- 
edge 1  Behold,  in  the  "  day  of  your 
fast  ye  find  your  own  pleasure,  and 
^"  exact  all  your  labors.  4  Behold, 
ye  fast  for  *  strife  and  contention, 
and  to  smite  with  the  fist  of  wick- 
edness :  "  ye  fast  not  this  day  so  as 
to  "  make  your  voice  to  be  heard  on 
high.  5  Is  such  the  fast  that  I 
have  chosen  %  the  day  for  a  man  to 
afflict  his  soul  %  Is  it  to  bow  down 
his  head  as  a  rush,  and  to  spread 
''sackcloth  and  ashes  under  him? 
wilt  thou  call  this  a  fast,  and  an 
"acceptable  day  to  Jehovah  *?  6  Is 
not  this  the  fast  that  I  have  chosen  : 
to -^  loose  the  bonds  of  wickedness, 
to  undo  the  bands  of  the  yoke,  and 
to  ^  let  the  oppressed  go  free,  and 
that  ye  ''break  every  yokel  7  Is 
it  not  to  *  deal  thy  bread  to  the 
hungry,  and  that  thou  *bi"ing  the 
poor  that  are  cast  out  to  thy  house  % 
when  thou  seest  the  'naked,  that 
thou  cover  him ;  and  that  thou 
™hide  not  thyself  from  thine  own 
flesh?  8  Then  shall  thy  "light 
break  forth  as  the  morning,  and 
thy   "healing    shall    spring    forth 

Lk.  18.  12  "  ch.  22.  12,  13  ,  Zech.  7  5,  6  ^  ch  3.  14, 
15:59.6  '^  ch.  1.  15 ;  59.  2  :  Joel  2  12-14  d  1  K- 
21  27  *■  ch.  49.  8 ;  61.  2  /Neh.  5.  10-12 ;  Jer.  34.  8 
'■'  ch.  1.  17  "  ver.  9  '  ver.  10 ;  Job  31.  19,  20 ;  Ezek. 
18.  7, 16  *  ch.  16.  3,  4  ;  Heb.  13.  2  <■  Mt.  25.  35  ;  Lk. 
3.  11  "'  Dt.  22. 1-4 ;  Lk.  10.  31,  32  "  ver.  10  "  ch. 
30.  26  ;  33.  24  ;  Jer.  30.  17  ;  33.  6 


8  Heb.  recompense.       9  Heb.  with  the  throat. 
i»  Or,  oppress  all  your  laborers 
11  Or,  ye  shall  not  fast  as  ye  do  this  day,  to 
make  <tc. 


58.9 


ISAIAH 


59.16 


The  Blessing  of  Beoerolence  and  of  Sabbath-keeping,     i  Confession  of  National  Wickedness 


speedily;  and  thy  "righteousness 
shall  go  before  thee ;  the  glorv  of 
"Jehovah  shall  he  thy  I'earwaru.  9 
Then  shalt  thou  "^  call,  and  Jehovah 
will  answer ;  thou  shalt  cry,  and 
he  will  say,  Here  1  am. 

If  thou  ''take  away  from  the 
midst  of  thee  the  yoke,  the  "  putting 
forth  of  the  linger,  and  -^speaking 
wickedly;  10  and  if  thou  '^'dr-aw 
out  thy  soul  to  the  hungry,  and 
satisfy  the  aHlicted  soul :  then  shall 
thy  ''  light  rise  in  darkness,  and 
thine  obscurity  be  as  the  not)nday  ; 
11  and  'Jehovah  will  guide  thee 
continually,  and  '-satisfy  thy  soul 
in  -dry  places,  and  'make  strong 
thy  bones ;  and  thou  shalt  be  like 
a  '"watered  garden,  and  like  a 
"  spring  of  water,  whose  waters  fail 
not.  12  And  they  that  shall  be 
of  thee  shall  "  build  the  old  waste 
places ;  thou  shalt  ^  raise  up  the 
foundations  of  many  generations  ; 
and  thou  shalt  be  called  The  re- 
pairer of  the  *  breach,  The  restorer 
of  paths  to  dwell  in. 

13  If  thou  ""turn  away  thy  foot 
from  the  sabbath,  from  doing  thy 
pleasure  on  my  holy  day  ;  and  call 
the  sabbath  a  "delight,  and  the  holy 
of  Jehovah  honoi-able ;  and  shalt 
honor  ^it,  not  doing  thine  'own 
ways,  nor  finding  thine  own  pleas- 
ure, nor  "speaking  thine  own  words : 
14  then  shalt  thou  "delight  thyself 
in  Jehovah ;  am  1  I  will  make  thee  to 
ride  upon  the  •'  high  places  of  the 
earth;  and  I  will  *feed  thee  with 
the  heritage  of  Jacob  thy  father  : 
for  the  'mouth  of  Jehovah  hath 
spoken  it. 

pTQ  Behold,  "Jehovah's  hand 
O  «^  is  not  shortened,  that  it 
cannot  save;  "neither  his  ear 
heavy,  that  it  cannot  hear:  2  but 
vour  •■  iniquities  have  separated 
between  you  and  your  God,  and 
your  sins  have  hid  his  face  from 
you,  so  that  he  will  ''not  hear.  3 
For  youi-  *  hands  are  defiled  with 
blood,  and  your  fingers  with  iniq- 
uity ;  your  lips  have  spoken  ^  lies, 
your  tongue  muttereth  wicked- 
ness. 4  '■>  None  ■*  sueth  in  right- 
eousness, and  ''none  pleadeth  in 
truth :  'they  trust  in  vanity,  and 
speak  lies;  they  *  conceive  mis- 
chief, and  bring  forth  iniquity. 
5  They  'hatch  adders'  eggs,  and 
"  weave  the  spider's  web :  ne  that 

1  Or,  bestpw  on  the  hungry  that  which  thy  soul 
desireth  i  Or,  drouqht 

'  Or,  him  *  Heb.  ccUteth. 


"  cli.  62.  1 ; 

Ps.  S.'j.  13 
l>  ch.  52.  12 ; 

Ex.  14.  W 
"  ch.  55.  6 , 

(Jo.  24  ;  Ps. 

50.  15 
d  ver.  6 
•■  Prov.  6.  13 
J  o)i.  59.  13 ; 

Ps  12.  2 
"  ver.  7 ; 

Dt.  15.  7 

*  ver.  8  ;  ch. 
42,  16 ;  Job 
11.  17 ;  Ps. 
37.  6 

■  ch.  49.  10 ; 
57.18 

*  ch.  41.  17  ; 
Ps.  107.  ;) 

'  ch.  (;(i.  14 
"'cli.  27.  3; 

S.  S.  4. 

15 ;  Jer.  31. 

12 
"  Jn.  4.  14 ; 

7.  38 
0  ch.  49.  8  : 

61.  4; 

Ezek.  36. 

10 
P  ch.  44.  28 
''  ch.  30.  13  ; 

Am.  9.  11 
■■  ch.  60.  2,  4, 

6;  E.\.  31. 

It),  17  :  35. 

2,  3 ;  Jer. 

17.  21-27 
«  Ps.  27.  4  ; 

42.  4  ;  84.  2, 

10 
'  ch.  55.  8 
"  ell.  59.  13 
"  ch.  til.  10 
"  c}i.  33.  l(i ; 

Dt.  32.  13  ; 

Hab.  3.  19 

y  cii.  1. 19 

'  ch.  1.  20 ; 

40.  5 
"ch.  50.  2; 

Num.  11. 

23 ;  Jer.  32. 

17 
freh.  .58.  9; 

6).  24 , 

Ezek.  8.  18 
"^ch.  1.  15; 

50.1 
rf  ch.  .53.  4 
«  ch.  1.  15, 

21 ;  Jer.  2. 

30,  34 ; 

Ezek  7. 

23 ;  Hos.  4. 

/ver.  13; 

ch.  28.  15; 

30.9 
?  ver.  14  ; 

ch.  5.  7 
A  ch.  59.14, 

15 
ich.  30.12; 

Jer.  7.  4,  8 
A:  ch.  33.  11 ; 

Job  15.  35 ; 

Ps.  7.  14 
'  ch.  14.  29 
"'  Job  8.  14 


"  ch.  28.  20 
"  cli.  57. 12  ; 

Jer.  fi.  7 
P  ch.  58.  4  ; 

Ezek.  7.  11 
9  Prov.  1. 16 , 

6. 17 ;  Rom. 

3.  1.5-17 
>■  ch.  6.5.  2 ; 

66. 18 :  Mk. 

7.  21,  22 
•  Lk.  1.  79 

723 


eateth  of  their  eggs  dieth  •  and  that 
which  is  crushed  breaketh  out 
into  a  viper.  6  Their  webs  shall 
not  become  garments,  neither  shall 
they  "  cover  themselves  with  their 
works :  their  "  works  are  works  of 
iniquity,  and  ^the  act  of  violence 
is  in  their  hands.  7  « Their  feet 
run  to  evil,  and  they  make  haste 
to  shed  innocent  blood  :  "■  their 
thoughts  are  thoughts  of  iniquity  ; 
desolation  and  destruction  are  in 
their  ''  paths.  8  The  '  way  of  peace 
thej^  know  not ;  and  there  is  '  no 
justice  in  their  goings :  they  haA^e 
made  them  crooked  paths  ;  "  who- 
soever goeth  therein  doth  not  know 
peace. 

9  Therefore  is  "  justice  far  from 
us,  neither  doth  righteousness  over- 
take us  :  we  -^  look  for  light,  but, 
behold,  darkness ;  for  brightness, 
but  we  walk  in  obscurity.  10  We 
*  grope  for  the  wall  like  the  blind  ; 
yea,  we  grope  as  they  that  have  no 
eyes  :  we "  stumble  at  noortday  as  in 
the  twilight ;  ^  among  them  that  are 
lusty  we  are  "  as  dead  men.  1 1  We 
roar  all  like  bears,  and  "moan  sore 
like  doves  :  we  look  for  "^  justice,  but 
there  is  none  ;  for  salvation,  but  it 
is  far  ofi^f  rom  us.  1 2  For  our ''  trans- 
gressions are  multiplied  before  thee, 
and  our  "  sins  testify  against  us ; 
for  our  transgressions  are  with  us, 
and  as  for  our  iniquities,  we  know 
them :  1 3  transgressing  and  •''  deny- 
ing  Jehovah,  and  turning  away 
from  following  our  God,  speaking 
'■>  oppression  and  revolt,  conceiving 
and  ''  uttering  from  the  heart  words 
of  falsehood.  14  And  'justice  is 
turned  away  backward,  and  *  right- 
eousness standeth  afar  off;  for 
'truth  is  fallen  in  the  street,  and 
uprightness  cannot  enter.  1 5  Yea, 
truth  is  lacking ;  and  he  that  de- 
parteth  from  evil  "■  maketh  himself 
a  prey. 

And  Jehovah  saw  it,  and  it  dis- 
pleased him  "that  there  was  no 
justice.  1 6  And  he  saw  that  there 
was  "  no  man,  and  wondered  that 

t  ver.  9, 11 ;  Hos.  4.  1  "  ch.  57.  20,  21  "  ver.  14 
^  ch  5.  30 ;  8.  21,  22  "  ch.  6.  9, 10 ;  56.  10 ;  Dt.  2S. 
29 ;  Job  5.  14  ;  Jn.  11.  9. 10  '  ch.  8.  14,  15 ,  28.  13 
"  Lam.  3.  6  >>  ch.  38.  14  ;  Ezek.  7.  16  <^  ver.  9,  14 
d  ch.  58.  1 ;  Ezr.  9.6  '  ch.  3.  9  ,  Jer.  14.  7  ;  Hos. 
5.  5  /Josh.  24.  27  ;  Prov.  30.  9  ;  Mt.  10.  33 ;  Tit. 
1.16  »ch.  5.  7,  30  12;  Jer.  9.  3,  4  "  ver.  3,  4  ; 
Mk.  7.  21,  22  ■  ch.  1.  21  ,  5.  7  «-•  ch.  46. 12  ;  Hab. 
14  '  ch.  48.  1  '"  ch.  5.  23  ;  10.  2  ;  29.  21 ;  32.  7 
"  ch.  1.  21-23    0  ch.  41.  28  ;  63.  5 


s  Or,  highways 

6  Or,  we  are  tn  dark  places  like  the  dead 


59.17 


ISAIAH 


60.17 


Jehovah's  Vengeance  and  Redemptinn.    Description  of  Clarified  Zion 


there  was  ^"no  intercessor:  there- 
fore his  *  own  arm  brought  salvation 
unto  him ;  and  his  righteousness, 
it  upheld  him.  1 7  And  he  put  on 
"righteousness  as  a  ^breastplate, 
and  ^a  helmet  of  salvation  upon 
his  head  ;  and^  he  put  on  "^  garments 
of  vengeance  for  clothing,  and  was 
clad  with  "zeal  as  a  mantle.  18 
•^According  to  their  ■*  deeds,  accord- 
ingly he  will  repay,  wrath  to  his 
adversaries,  recompense  to  his  ene- 
mies ;  to  the  ''  islands  he  will  repay 
recompense.  1 9  So  shall  they  ^  fear 
the  name  of  Jehovah  from  the^  west, 
and  his  glory  from  the  "  rising  of 
the  sun;  "for  he  will  *^come  as  ''a 
rushing  stream,  which  the  breath 
of  Jehovah  driveth.  20  And  a 
'Redeemer  will  come  to  Zion,  and 
unto  them  that  "  turn  from  trans- 
gression in  Jacob,  saith  Jehovah. 
21  And  as  for  me,  this  is  my  "  cove- 
nant with  them,  saith  Jehovah :  my 
"Spirit  that  is  upon  thee,  and  ray 
p  words  which  I  nave  put  in  thy 
mouth,  shall  *not  depart  out  of 
thy  mouth,  nor  out  of  the  mouth 
of  thy  seed,  nor  out  of  the  mouth 
of  thy  seed's  seed,  saith  Jehovah, 
from  henceforth  and  for  ever. 
£\f\  ''Arise,  shine;  for  thy 
VJv/  Might  is  come,  and  the 
'glory  of  Jehovah  is  I'isen  upon 
thee.  2  For,  behold,  "darkness 
shall  cover  the  earth,  and  gross 
darkness  the  peoples ;  but  Jeho- 
vah will  arise  upon  thee,  and  his 
'glory  shall  be  seen  upon  thee. 
3  And  "^  nations  shall  come  to  thy 
light,  and  *'  kings  to  the  brightness 
or  thy  rising. 

4  ^Lif  t  up  thine  eyes  round  about, 
and  see :  they  all  gather  themselves 
together,  they  "  come  to  thee  ;  thy 
sons  shall  come  from  far,  and  thy 
*  daughters  shall  be  *  carried  in  the 
arms.  5  Then  thou  shalt  see  and 
be  "radiant,  and  thy  heart  shall 
thrill  and  be  enlarged ;  because 
the  "^  abundance  of  the  sea  shall  be 
turned  unto  thee,  the  "wealth  of 
the  nations  shall  come  unto  thee. 
6  The  multitude  of  camels  shall 
cover  thee,  the  ^dromedaries  of 
'Midian  and  •'^Ephah ;  all  they 
from  ^  Sheba  shall  come  ;  they  shall 
bring  *  gold  and  frankincense,  and 

1  Or,  non<'.  to  interpose       2  Or,  coal  of  rami 

3  Or,  salvation  for  a  helmet 

*  Heb.  recompense/!.  *  Or,  coast-lavds 

6  Or,  wfien  the  adrersary  shall  come  in.  like  a 
flood,  the  Spirit  of  Jehovah,  will  lift  up  a  stand- 
ard against  him  ^  Heb.  a  stream  pent  ira. 

8  Heb.  nursed  upon  the  side. 

9  Or,  young  camels 


"  ch.  64.  7  ; 

Ezek.  22. 

30 
b  ch.  .52.  10  ; 

63.  5 ;  Ps. 

98.1 
"  EpU.  6.  14 
<'  ch.  63.  2,  3 
«  ch.  9.  7  ;  37. 

32;  Zech. 

1.14 
/  ch.  6.5.  6, 7  ; 

66.  6 ;  Job 

34. 11 ;  Jer. 

17.10 
3  ch.  11.  9  , 

66.  18 
A  ch.  45.  6  ; 

49.12 
'  ch.  24. 15  ; 

Ps.  113.  3 

*  ch.  30.  23 ; 
66.  12 

'  Kom.  11. 

26,27 
""  Ezek.  18. 

30, 31 ;  Acts 

2.  33,  39 
"  Jer.  31. 

31-34 
"  ch.  11.  2  : 

32.15:44.3 
P  ch.  44.  26  ; 

55.11 
«  ch.  54.  10  ; 

Jer.  32.  40 
>•  ch.  52.  2 
»  ver.  19,  20 
'  ch.  24.  23  ; 

35.  2 ;  58.  8 
"  ch.  58.  10  ; 

Jer.  13. 16 ; 

Col.  1.  13 
"  ch,  4.  5 
'  ch.  2.  3  ; 

45  14, 

22-25  ;  49. 

23 
y  ver.  11 
=  ch.  11.12, 

49.18 
"ch.  43. 

20-22 
*ch.  43.  6, 

4J.  22 
"  Ps.  34.  5 
d  ch.  23.  13 ; 

24.14 
«  ch.  61.  6 
/Gen.  25.  4 
V  Gen.  25.  3  ; 

Ps.  72.  10 

*  ver.  9  ;  ch. 
43.23 


■  ch.  42.  10 
k  Gen.  25.  13 
I  ch.  19.  19  ; 

56.7 
"*  ver.  13 ; 

Hag.  2.  7,  9 
"  ch.  49.  21 
0  ch.  11.  11 ; 

24.  15 ;  42. 

4, 10,  12 ; 

49. 1 ;  51.  5  ; 

66.  19 
P  ch.  2.  16  ; 

Ps.  48.  7 
9ch.  14.  2; 

43.  6 :  49. 

22 ;  Gal.  3. 

26 
■■  ch.  55.  5 
'  ch.  14.  2 ; 

61.  5  ; 

Zech.  6.  15 
<  ch.  49.  23 
"ch.  54.  8 
"  ver.  18  :ch 

26.  2 ;  62.  10 
'  ver.  5 
y  ch.  24  21  ; 

Ps.  149.  8 
*  ch.  14.  2  ; 

724 


shall  ^° '  proclaim  the  praises  of  Je- 
hovah. 7  All  the  Hocks  of  *  Kedar 
shall  be  gathered  together  unto 
thee,  the  rams  of  Nebaioth  shall 
minister  unto  thee ;  they  shall 
come  up  with  acceptance  on  mine 
'  altar ;  and  I  will  "  "'  glorify  '"  the 
house  of  my  glory.  8  "Who  are 
these  that  fly  as  a  cloud,  and  as  the 
doves  to  their  windows'?  9  Surely 
the  "  isles  shall  wait  for  me,  and 
the   ^  ships    of    Tarshish    first,    to 

*  bring  thy  sons  from  far,  their 
silver  and  their  gold  with  them, 
for  the  name  of  Jehovah  thy  (Jod, 
and  for  the  Holy  One  of  Israel, 
because  he  hath  "''glorified  thee. 

10  And  'foreigners  shall  build 
up  thy  walls,  and  their '  kings  shall 
minister  unto  thee :  for  in  my 
"wrath  I  smote  thee,  but  in  my 
favor  have  I  had  mercy  on  thee. 
11  Thy  "  gates  also  shall  be  open 
continually ;  they  shall  not  be  shut 
day  nor  night ;  that  ^  men  may 
bring  unto  thee  the  wealth  of  the 
nations,  and  ^  their  kings  led  cap- 
tive. 12  For  that  -nation  and 
kingdom  that  will  not  serve  thee 
shall  perish ;  yea,  those  nations 
shall  be  utterly  wasted.  13  The 
"  glory  of  Lebanon  shall  come  unto 
thee,  the  *  fir-tree,  the  pine,  and 
the  box-tree  together,  to  beautify 
the  place  of  my  sanctuary ;  and  I 
will  make  the  "place  of  my  feet 
glorious.  14  And  the  ''sons  of 
them  that  afflicted  thee  shall  come 
bending  unto  thee ;  and  all  they 
that  despised  thee  shall  bow  them- 
selves down  at  the  soles  of  thy  feet ; 
and  they  shall  call  thee  The  "  city 
of  Jehovah,  The  ^  Zion  of  the  Holy 
One  of  Israel. 

15  Whereas  thou  hast  been  ^  for- 
saken and  ''  hated,  so  that  \  no  man 
passed  through  thee,  I  will  naake 
thee  an  eternal  *  excellency,  a  joy  of 
many  generations.  16  Thou  shalt 
also  '  suck  the  milk  of  the  nations, 
and  shalt  suck  the  breast  of  kings  ; 
and  thou  shalt  know  that  I,  Jeho- 
vah, am  thy  *"  Saviour,  and  thy 
"  Redeemer,  the  Mighty  One  of 
Jacob.     17  For  brass  I  will  bring 

Zech  14  17  «  ch.  35.  2  »  ch.  41.  19  « 1  Chr.  28.  2  ; 
Ps.  99.  5  :  132.  7  d  ch.  14.  1,  2 ;  45.  14.  23  ;  49.  23 

*  ch.  1.  26  /  Heb.  12.  22  "  ch.  1.7-9;  6  11-13  ;  Jer. 
30.  17  A  ch.  66  5  '  ch  33.  8,  9  *  ch.  4.  2  ;  65.  18 
'  ch.  49.  23  ;  66.  11  '"  ch.  19.  20  ;  43.  3, 11 ;  45.  15, 
21 ;  63.  8    "  ch.  59.  20  ;  63. 16 


10  Heb.  brina  good  tidings  of  the  praises. 

11  Or,  beautify      12  Or,  my  beautiful  house 
13  Or,  beautified 


60.18 


ISAIAH 


62.5 


Description  of  Glorified  Zion.    Exaltation  of  the  IfSicted.    Zion's  Glory  and  Hew  Same 


gold,  and  for  iron  I  will  bring  sil- 
ver, and  for  wood  brass,  and  for 
stones  iron.  I  will  also  make  thy 
"ofhcers  peace,  and  'thine  exactors 
righteousness.  18  *  Violence  shall 
no  more  be  heard  in  thy  land, 
"desolation  nor  destruction  within 
thy  borders  ;  but  thou  shalt  call  thy 
**  walls  Salvation,  and  thy  '  gates 
Praise.  19  The  -^sun  shall  be  no 
more  thy  light  by  day  ;  neither  for 
brightness  shall  the  moon  give  light 
unto  thee:  but  "Jehovah  will  be 
unto  thee  an  everlasting  light,  and 
thy  *  God  thy  -  glory.  L*0  Thy  '  sun 
shall  no  more  go  down,  neither 
shall  thy  moon  withdraw  itself; 
for  Jehovah  will  be  thine  everlast- 
ing  light,  and    the   days   of    thy 

*  mourning  shall  be  ended.  2 1  Thy 
'people  also  shall  be  all  righteous  ; 
they  shall  "'  inherit  the  land  for 
ever,  the  branch  of  my  planting, 
the  "  work  of  my  hands,  that  I  may 
be  "glorified.  22  The  ^little  one 
shall  become  a  thousand,  and  the 
small  one  a  strong  nation  :  I,  Jeho- 
vah, will  hasten  it  in  its  time. 
f\^  The  « Spirit  of  the  Lord 
w_L  Jehovah  is  upon  me;  because 
Jehovah  hath  anointed  me  to  preach 
good  tidings  unto  the/''' meek;  he 
nath  sent  me  to  'bind  up  the 
broken-hearted,  to  '  proclaim  lib- 
erty to  the  captives,  and  ■*  the  open- 
ing of  tlie  prison  to  them  that  are 
bound  :  2  to  "  proclaim  the  year  of 
Jehovah's  favor,  and  the  "day  of 
vengeance  of  our  God ;  to  "  com- 
fort all  that  mourn  ;  3  to  "appoint 
unto  them  that  mourn  in  Zion,  to 
give  unto  them  a  garland  for  ashes, 
the  ^oil  of  joy  for  mourning,  the 
"  garment  of  praise  for  the  spirit  of 
heaviness  ;  that  they  may  be  called 

*  trees  of  righteousness,  the  plant- 
ing of  Jehovah,  that  he  maj^  be 
glorified. 

4  And  they  shall  "  build  the  old 
wastes,  they  shall  raise  up  the 
former  desolations,  and  they  shall 
repair  the  waste  cities,  the  desola- 
tions of  many  generations.  5  And 
''strangers  shall  stand  and  feed 
your  fiocks,  and  foreigners  shall 
oe  your  plowmen  and  your  vine- 
dressers. 6  But  ye  shall  be  named 
the  *■  priests  of  Jehovah  ;  men  shall 
call  you  the 'ministers  of  our  God  : 
ye  shall  eat  the  ^  wealth  of  the 
nations,  and  *  in  their  glory  shall 

»  Or,  thy  taskmasters  '  Or,  beauty 

8  Or,  poor  *  Or.  ajy-ninq  of  the  eyes 

*  Or,  to  their  glory  shall  ye  succeed 


°ch.  1.26; 

32.  1 
»>  ch.  54.  W 
<•  ch.  51.  19 
d  ch.  2H.  1 
'  ver.  11 
/Rev.  21.  23; 

22.  5 
>'  ch.  2.  5  ;  9.  2 
^ch.  41.  16; 

45.  25  ; 

Zech.  2.  5 
"  cli.  30.  26 
fc  ch.  35.  10 ; 

65.  19; 

Rev.  21.  4 
'  ch.  45.  24, 

25 ;  52.  1 
"'ch.  57.13; 

61.  7  ;  Ps. 

37.  11,  22 
"  ch.  19.  25  : 

26.  12 ;  29. 

23  ;  45.  11  ; 

64.  8 
"cli.  44.  23; 

61.  3 
>'  ch.  6.  13  ; 

10.  22  ;  51.  2 
«ch.  11.  2; 

48.  16,  Lk. 
4.  18,  19 

"•ch.  n.4; 

29.  19  ;  32.  7 
'  ch.  57.  15 
<  ch.  42.  7  ; 

49.  9 

"  ch.  49.  8  ; 

60.  10 
'  ch.  2.12; 

13.6;  34. 

2,8 
'  ch.  57.  18  ; 

Jer.  31.  13 ; 

Mt.  5.  4 
y  ch.  60.  20 
-Ps  23.  5; 

4.5.  7  ;  m. 

15 
"  ver.  10 
i-ch.eo.  21  ; 

Jer.  17.  7,  8 
<■  ch.  49.  8  ; 

5.S.  12 ; 

Ezek.  36. 

33 ;  Am. 

9.14 
>'ch.  14.  2; 

60.  10 
<■  ch.  66.  21 
/  ch.  56.  6 
y  ch.  60.  5,  11 


1^  ch.  54.  4 
■  ch.  40,  2  ; 

Zech  9.  12 
*  ch.  60.  15 
'  Ps.  16.  11 
'"  ch.  5.  16  ; 

28.  17 ; 

30.  18 
"  ch.  .55.  3  ; 

Gen.  17.  7  ; 

Ps.  10.5.  10 ; 

Jer.  32.  40 
"  ch.  54.  3 
1'  ch.  44.  3 
«  ch.  12.  1,  2 ; 

25.  9 :  41. 

HI;  51.  3 
"■  oil.  49.  4 
"  ch.  49.  18  ; 

52.  1 
'ch.  4  2;5.5. 

10 ;  .58.  11 
"  ch.  45.  23, 

24  ;  60. 18, 

21 
"  Ps.  72.  3  ; 

ai.  11 
'ch.  1.26; 

.58.  8;  61.  11 
>  ch.  46.  13  ; 

52.  10 
'  ch   «0  3 

726 


ye  boast  yourselves.  7  Instead  of 
your  *  shame  ye  s/mII  '/lave  double  : 
and  instead  of  *  dishonor  they  shall 
rejoice  in  their  portion  :  therefore 
in  their  land  tliey  shall  possess 
double ;  '  everlasting  joy  shall  be 
unto  them.  8  For  I,  Jehovah. 
'"  love  justice,  I  hate  robbery  '^  with 
iniquity  ;  and  I  will  give  them  their 
recompense  in  truth,  and  1  will 
make  an  "everlasting  covenant  with 
them.  9  And  their  "  seed  shall  be 
known  among  the  nations,  and 
their  offspring  among  the  peoples  : 
all  that  see  them  shall  acknowledge 
them,  that  they  are  the  ^  seed  which 
Jehovah  hath  olessed. 

10  I  will  greatly  "rejoice  in  Je- 
hovah, my  soul  snail  be  joyful  in 
''my  God  ;  for  he  hath 'clothed  me 
with  the  garments  of  salvation, 
he  hath  covered  me  with  the  robe 
of  righteousness,  as  a  bridegroom 
"decketh  himself  with  a  garland, 
and  as  a  bride  adorneth  herself 
with  her  jewels.  11  For  as  the 
'earth  bringeth  forth  its  bud,  and 
as  the  garden  causeth  the  things 
that  are  sown  in  it  to  spring  forth  ; 
so  the  Lord  Jehovah  will  "cau.se 
''  righteousness  and  praise  to  spring 
forth  before  all  the  nations. 
/!•  O  For  Zion's  sake  will  I  not 
Ow  hold  my  peace,  and  for  Je- 
rusalem's sake  I  will  not  rest,  until 
her  ^righteousness  go  forth  as 
brightness,  and  her  "salvation  as 
a  lamp  that  burneth.  2  And  the 
'nations  shall  see  thy  righteous- 
ness, and  all  kings  thy  glory  ;  and 
thou  shalt  be  called  by  a  new 
"  name,  which  the  mouth  of  Jeho- 
vah shall  name.  3  Thou  shalt  also 
be  a  '  crown  of  beauty  in  the  hand 
of  Jehovah,  and  a  royal  diadem  in 
the  hand  of  thy  God.  4  Thou  shalt 
no  more  be  termed  "Forsaken: 
neither  shall  thy  land  any  more  be 
termed  Desolate :  but  thou  shalt  be 
called  *Hephzi-bah,  and  thy  land 
"Beulah;  for  Jehovah  ''delighteth 
in  thee,  and  thy  land  shall  be  'mar- 
ried. 5  For  as  a  young  man  inar- 
rieth  a  virgin,  so  shall  thy  sons 
marry  thee;  and  ^°as  the  bride- 
groom rejoiceth  over  the  bride,  so 
shall  thy  God  •'rejoice  over  thee. 

"  ver.  4, 12 ;  ch.  56  5  ;  65. 15  b  ch.  28.  5 ;  Zech  9. 16; 
lTh2  19  =ch.  54.  6,  7;  60.  15, 18  rf  Jer.  32.  41 ; 
Zeph.  3.  17    '  Jer.  3.  14  ;  Hos.  2.  19,  20    /ch.  65.  19 


6  Or,  for  (or,  with)  a  bumt-offiring 
'  He>i.  decketh  himself  as  a  priest. 
"  That  is.  My  <teli<iht  is  in  her. 
■•  That  is.  Married. 
i«  Heb.  u-ith  the  juy  of  the  bridegroom. 


62.6 


ISAIAH 


63.15 


Longing  for  the  Promised  Salvation.    God's  Vengeance  on  the  Sations,    Jehovah's  indent  Mercies  recalled 


6  I  have  set "  watchmen  upon  thy 
walls,  O  Jerusalem;  they  shall 
never  hold  their  peace  day  nor 
night:  ye  that  are  Jehovah's  ''re- 
membrancers, Hake  ye  no  rest, 
7  and  ''give  him  no  ^rest,  till  he 
establish,  and  till  he  make  **  Jeru- 
salem a  praise  in  the  earth.  8  ''Je- 
hovah hath  sworn  by  his  right 
hand,  and  by  the  arm  of  his 
strength,  Surely  I  will  -^no  more 
give  thy  grain  to  be  food  for  thine 
enemies ;  and  foreigners  shall  not 
drink  thy  new  wine,  for  which 
thou  hast  labored  :  9  but  they  that 
have  "  garnered  it  shall  eat  it,  and 
praise  Jehovah ;  and  they  that 
have  gathered  it  shall  drink  it  in 
the  courts  of  my  sanctuary. 

10  Go  through,  ''go  through  the 
gates;  prepare  ye  the  way  of  the 
people;  'cast  up,  cast  up  the  *  high- 
way ;  gather  out  the  stones ;  lift  up 
an  'ensign  ^for  the  peoples.  11 
Behold,  Jehovah  hath  proclaimed 
unto  the '"  end  of  the  earth,  "Say  ye 
to  the  daughter  of  Zion,  Behold, 
thy  "  salvation  cometh  ;  ^  behold, 
his  reward  is  with  him,  and  his 
■*  recompense  before  him.  12  And 
they  shall  call  them  « The  holy  peo- 
ple, ''The  redeemed  of  Jehovah: 
and  thou  shalt  be  called  Sought 
out,  A  city  *  not  forsaken.  , 
f^  O  Who  is  this  that  cometh 
vJO  from  'Edom,  with  ^"dyed 
gai'ments  from  "  Bozrah "?  this  that 
is  glorious  in  his  apparel,  marching 
in  the  greatness  oi  his  strength  1 
I  that  speak  in  righteousness, 
^  mighty  to  save.  2  Wherefore  art 
thou  red  in  thine  apparel,  and  thy 
garments  like  him  that  ^treadeth 
in  the  winevat  ■?  3  I  have  trodden 
the  winepress  alone ;  and  of  the 
peoples  there  was  no  man  with  me  : 
yea,  I  ^ '  trod  them  in  mine  anger, 
and  "trampled  them  in  my  wrath  ; 
and  their  ^lifeblood  *is  sprinkled 
upon  my  garments,  and  I  ®have 
stained  all  my  raiment.  4  For  the 
*  day  of  vengeance  ^^  was  in  my 
heart,  and  "  the  year  of  my  re- 
deemed is  come.  5  And  I  looked, 
and  there  was  "  none  to  help ;  and 
I  wondered  that  there  was  none  to 
uphold  :  therefore  mine  **  own  arm 
brought  salvation  unto  me ;  and 
my  wrath,   it  upheld  me.     6  And 

1  Or,  keep  not  silence.  *  Heb.  silence. 

3  Or,  over     *  Or,  work         s  Or,  crimsoned 

6  Or,  loill  trend  .  .  .  and  trample 

7  Or,  strength  8  Or,  shall  be 
s  Or,  will  stain                    i"  Or,  is 

"  Or,  my  year  of  redemption 


"  ch.  52.  8 ; 

Jer.  6. 17 ; 

Ezek.3.17; 

33.  7 
b  Ps.  74.  2  ; 

Jer.  14.  21 ; 

Lam.  5.  1, 

20 
'  Mt.  15. 

21-28 ;  Lk. 

18.  1-8 

d  ch.  60. 18  ; 

Jer.  33.  9 ; 

Zeph,  3.1i), 

20 
«  ch.  45.  23  ; 

54.9 
/ch.  1.  7; 

Lev.  26. 

16 ;  Dt.  28. 

31,  33  ; 

Judg.  6. 

3-6;  Jer. 

5.  17 
!'  ch.  65.  13, 

21-23 
''  ch.  26.  1 ; 

60.  11,  18 
■  ch.  57.  14 
*  ch.  11.  16  ; 

19.  23 ;  35. 
8 ;  49. 11 

'  ch.  11.  10, 

12 ;  49.  22 
"•ch.  42. 10; 

49.6 
"Mt.  21.  5; 

Zech.  9.  9 
°  ch.  51.  5 
P  ch.  40.  10 
9  Ch.  4.  3  ; 

Dt.  7.  6 ; 

1  Pet.  2.  9 
^  Ch.  35.  9  ; 

5L10 
"  ver.  4 ;  ch. 

41.  17 ;  42. 

16 
«ch.  34.5,  6; 

Ps.  137.  7 
"  ver.  2 
"  ch.  34.  6 ; 

Jer.  4!l.  13 ; 

Am.  1.  12 
^  Zeph.  3.  17 
V  Rev.  19. 13, 

15 
'  ch.  22.  5 ; 

28.  3 
"  Mic.  7.  10 
b  ch.  34.  8 ; 

35.  4 ;  61. 

2;  Jer.  51.  6 
«  ch.  59.  16 
dch.  40.  10; 

51.  9 ;  52. 

10 ;  Ps.  44. 

3 ;  98.  1 


«  ch.  22.  5 ; 

34.  2 ;  65. 12 
/ch.  29.  9; 

51. 17,  21, 22 
^  ch.  34.  3 
h  ch.  54.  8, 

10 ;  Ps.  25. 

6 :  92.  2 
■IK.  8.  66; 

Neh.  9.  25, 

35 
':ch.54.  7,  8; 

Ps.  51.  1 ; 

8fi.  5,  15 ; 

Eph.  2.  4 
I  ch.  3.  15 ; 

51.  4 ;  Ex. 

6.  7 
>"  ch.  51.  7 
"  ch.  60.  16 
"  Judg.  10. 16 
PEx.23. 

20-23;  33. 

14,15 
1  Dt.  7.  7,  8 
"•  ch.  43. 1 , 

726 


^^  I  *  trod  down  the  peoples  in  mine 
anger,  and  ^^made  them  -^drunk  in 
my  wrath,  and  1  ^^  poured  out  their 
■'  lifeblood  on  the  earth. 

7  1  will  make  mention  of  the 
'' lovingkindnesses  of  Jehovah,  and 
the  praises  of  Jehovah,  according 
to  all  that  Jehovah  hath  bestowed 
on  us,  and  the  great  'goodness 
toward  the  house  of  Israel,  which 
he  hath  bestowed  on  them  accord- 
ing to  his  *  mercies,  and  according 
to  the  multitude  of  his  lovingkind- 
nesses.  8  For  he  said.  Surely, 
they  are  'my  people,  children  that 
will  ™  not  deal  falsely :  so  he  was 
their  "Saviour.  9  ^^In  all  their 
affliction  "  he  was  afflicted,  and  the 
''  angel  of  his  presence  saved  them  : 
in  his  »love  and  in  his  pity  he  ''re- 
deemed them ;  and  he  '  oare  them, 
and  carried  them  all  the  days  of  old. 

10  But  they  'rebelled,  and 
grieved  his  "  holy  Spirit :  therefore 
he  was  ^turned  to  be  their  enemy, 
and  himself  fought  against  them. 
11"  Then  -^  he  remembered  the  daj's 
of  old,  jNIoses  and  his  people,  saying. 
Where  is  ^he  that  brought  them  up 
out  of  the  sea  with  the  ^'  shepherds 
of  his  flock  1  where  is  he  that  '^  put 
his  holy  Spirit  in  the  midst  of 
theml  12  that  caused  his  "glori- 
ous arm  to  go  at  the  right  hand  of 
Hoses'?  that  *  divided  the  waters 
before  them,  to  make  himself  an 
everlasting  namel  13  that  led 
them  through  the  depths,  as  a 
horse  in  the  wilderness,  so  that 
they  "stumbled  not^  14  As  the 
cattle  that  go  down  into  the  valley, 
the  Spirit  of  •*  Jehovah  caused  them 
to  rest:  so  didst  thou  "lead  thy 
people,  to  make  thyself  a  glorious 
name. 

15  -^Look  down  from  heaven, 
and  behold  from  the  "  habitation 
of  thy  holiness  and  of  thy  glory : 
Avhere  are  thy  ''zeal  and  thy  mighty 
acts'?  the  *  yearning  of  thy  heart 

52.  9  '  ch.  46  3  :  Dt.  1.  31 ;  32.  10-12  '  Ps.  78.  40 ; 
106.  33  ;  Acts  7.  51 ;  Eph.  4.  30  "  ver.  11 ;  Ps.  51. 11 
''Ps.106.  40  ^  Ps.  106.  44. 45  !'ch.  51.9,10  -Num. 
11.  17,  25,  29  ;  Hag.  2.  5  "  Ex.  6.  6 ;  15.  16  »  ch.  11. 
15 ;  51.  10, 11 ;  Ex.  14.  21,  22  "  Jer.  31.  9  d  .losh.  21. 
44  ;  23.  1  "  Dt.  32.  12  /  Dt.  26.  15 ;  Ps.  80. 14  "  Ps. 
68.  5 ,  123.  1  A  oh.  9.  7  ;  26. 11 ;  37.  32 ;  42.  13 ;  59. 17 
'  Jer.  31.  20 ;  Hos.  11.  8 


and  make 


and  I 


12  Or,  /  irill  tread 
will  pour  out 

13  Or,  according  to  another  reading,  brake  them 
in  pieces 

n  Or,  brought  down  their  strength  to  the  earth 

15  Another  reading  is.  In  all  their  adversity  he 
was  no  adversary. 

16  Or,  Then  his  people  rem,embered  the  ancient 
days  of  Moses  &c. 

17  Another  reading  is,  shepherd. 


63.16 


ISATAH 


65. 


Prayer  for  Present  leroy  and  Help.    Jehovah's  Answer :  Ponishment  threatened  to  the  Rebellions 


and  thy  compassions  are  restrained 
toward  me.  IG  For  thou  art  our 
"Father,  though  ''Abraliam  know- 
eth  us  not,  and  Israel  dotli  not  ac- 
knowledge us:  thou,  O  Ji'hovah, 
art  our  Father;  our  '^ Redeemer 
from  everlasting  is  thy  name.  17 
O  Jehovah,  why  dost  thou  ''  make 
us  to  err  from  thy  ways,  and 
"hardenest  our  heart  from  thy 
fear?  -^Return  for  thy  servants' 
sake,  the  tribes  of  thine  inJier- 
itance.  18  Thy  holy  people  pos- 
sessed it  but  a  ^little  while:  our 
adversaries  have  ''trodden  down 
thy  sanctuary.  1 9  We  are  become 
as  '  they  over  whom  thou  never 
barest  rule,  as  they  that  were  not 
called  by  thy  name. 
/*/j  Oh  that  thou  wouldest 
vJa  rend  the  heavens,  that  thou 
wouldest  *come  down,  that  the 
mountains  might  ^' quake  at  thy 
presence,  *2  as  when  fire  kindleth 
the  brushwood,  aytd  the  fire  causeth 
the  v.'aters  to  boih  to  make  thy 
name  known  to  thine  adversaries, 
that  th.e  "*  nations  may  tremble  at 
thy  presence  !  3  When  thou  didst 
"  terrible  things  which  we  looked 
not  for,  thou  camest  down,  the 
mountJiins  quaked  at  thy  presence. 
4  For  from  of  old  "men  nave  not 
heard,  nor  perceived  by  the  e^r, 
neither  hath  the  eye  ^seen  a  God 
besides  thee,  who  worketh  for  him 
that  ^waiteth  for  him.  5  Thou 
^"meetest  him  that  rejoiceth  and 
''worketh  righteousness,  those  that 
'remember  thee  in  thy  ways:  be- 
hold, 'thou  wast  wroth,  and  we 
sinned:  *in  them  have  u>e  been  of 
long  time  ;  and  shall  we  be  saved  1 
6  For  we  are  all  become  as  one  that 
is  "unclean,  and  all  our  "  righteous- 
nesses are  as  a  pf)lluted  garment : 
and  we  all  do  ""fade  as  a  leaf  ;  and 
our  "iniquities,  like  the  wind,  take 
us  away.  7  And  there  is  ^none 
that  calleth  upon  thy  name,  that 
stirreth  up  himself  to  "take  hold 
of  thee  ;  for  thou  hast  *  hid  thy  face 
from  us,  and  hast  ^""consumed  us 
by  means  of  our  iniquities. 

8  But  now,  O  Jehovah,  "^  thou  art 
our  Father ;  we  are  the "  clay,  and 
thou  our  potter ;  and  we  all  are 
the  -^work  of  thy  hand.  9  Be  not 
'wroth    very    sore,     O    Jehovah, 

1  Or.ftow  down 

2  Or,  sem,  O  God,  besides  thee,  one  thai  &c. 

3  Or,  spare-it 

<  Or,  in  those  is  continunnre,  and  we  shall  be 
saved    The  Hebrew  is  obscure. 
»  Heb.  jnelted. 


°ch.  1.2; 

64.8 
t>  ch  29.  22 ; 

41.  8;  51.2 
<^  ch.  41.  14  ; 

44.  6 ;  60.  Ki 
d  ch.  30.  28 ; 

Ezek.  14. 

7-i) 
'  ch.  21.  13, 

14 
/ch.52.  8; 

Num.  10.  36 
'J  Dt.  4.  2K : 

U.  17  ;  28. 

20 
''ch.  64.  11; 

Ps.  74.  3-7 
'  Lam.  3. 

43-45; 

1  Cor.  4.  13 
*  E.\.  19.  18  ; 

Ps.  18.  9 ; 

144.  5 ; 

Mic.  1.  3, 

4 ;  Hab.  3. 

13 
'  Judg.  5.  5 ; 

Ps.  68.  8 ; 

Nah.  1.  5 
'"Ps.  99.  1: 

Jer.  5.  22 ; 

33.  9 


*  [Ch.  64.  1  in 

Heb.] 
"  Ps.  65.  5 ; 

66.  3,  5 ; 

106.  22 
"  1  Cor.  2.  9 
1'  ch.  25.  9 ; 

30. 18 ;  4U. 

31 
«  Ex.  20.  24 
'"  ch.  56.  1 
«  ch.  26.  13  ; 

63.7 
'  ch.  12.  1 ; 

63.10 
"ch.  6.  5; 

Job  15.  14- 

16 ;  Ps.  51.  5 
"  ch.  46. 12 ; 

48.  1 
=^ch.  1.30; 

Ps.  90.  5,  6 
y  ch.  50.  1 ; 

Ps.  1.  4 ; 

Jer.  4.  11, 

12 
=  ch.59.  4; 

Ezek.  22. 

30 
"  ch.  27.  5 
b  ch.  1.  15 ; 

54.  8 ;  Dt. 

31.  18 
<^  ch.  9.  18  ; 

Ezek.  22. 

18-22 
d  ch.  63.  16 
''ch.29.  16; 

45.9 
/  ch.  60.  21 ; 

Ps.  100.  3 
»  ch.  57. 17  ; 

60.10 


Ach.  43.  25, 

Mic.  7.  18 
>  ch.  63.  8 ; 

Ps.  79.  13 
*  ch.  48.  2 ; 

52.  1 
'  ch.  1.  7  ;  3. 

8 ;  6. 11 
"»  ch.  63.  18 , 

2  K.  25.  9  ; 

Ps.  74.  5-7 
"ch.  7.  23; 

Lam.  1.  7, 

10,11 
"  ch.  42.  14  ; 

63. 15 ;  Pa. 

727 


"neither  remember  iniquity  for 
ever :  behold,  look,  we  beseech 
thee,  we  are  all  'thy  people.  10 
Thy  *holy  cities  are  become  a 
wilderness,  Zion  is  become  a  'wil- 
derness,   Jerusalem   a   de.solation. 

11  Our  holy  aiul  our  beautiful 
'"house,  where  our  fathers  pi-aised 
thee,  is  burned  with  tire  ;  and  "  all 
our  pleasant  places  are  laid  waste. 

12  Wilt  thou  "refrain  thyself  for 
these  things,  O  Jehovah  (  wilt  thou 
hold  thy  peace,  and  atliict  us  very 
sore  ? 

f\^  ^I  ®am  inquired  of  by 
\J^  them  that  asked  not  for 
me;  I  '^am  found  of  them  that 
sought  me  not :  I  said,  « Behold 
me,  behold  me,  unto  a  nation 
^that  was  ''not  called  by  my 
name.  2  *I  have  spread  out  my 
hands  all  the  day  unto  a  'rebel- 
lious people,  that  walk  in  a  way 
that  is  not  good,  after  their  own 
"  thoughts  ;  3  a  people  that  ''  pro- 
voke me  to  my  face  continually, 
sacrificing  in  ^gardens,  and  *  burn- 
ing incense  upon  bricks ;  4  that 
^sit  among  the  graves,  and  lodge 
in  the  ^°  secret  places ;  that  '  eat 
swine's  flesh,  and  broth  of  abom- 
inable things  is  in  their  vessels ; 
5  that  say,  "Stand  by  thyself, 
come  not  near  to  me,  for  I  am 
holier  than  thou.  The.se  are  a 
*  smoke  in  my  nose,  a  fire  that 
burneth  all  the  day.  6  Behold, 
it  is  written  before  me :  I  will 
''not  keep  silence,  but  will  "* rec- 
ompense, yea,  I  will  recompense 
into  their  bosom,  7  your  own 
^iniquities,  and  the  iniquities  of 
your  fathers  together,  saith  Jeho- 
vah, that  have  -^burned  incense 
upon  the  mountains,  and  '^^  blas- 
phemed me  upon  the  hills :  there- 
fore will  I  ^'- first  "measure  their 
work  into  their  bosom. 

8  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  As  the 
new  wine  is  found  in  the  cluster, 
and  one  saith.  Destroy  it  not,  for 
a  bles.sing  is  in  it :  so  will  I  do 
for  my  servants'  sake,  that  I  may 

74.  10,  11.  IS,  19  r  Rom.  9.  30 ;  10.  20 :  Eph.  2. 12 
1  ch.  45.  22  "■  Hos.  1.  10  '  Rom.  10.  21  <  ch.  1.  2, 
23 :  30. 1,  9  "  ch.  .W.  7 ;  66. 18 ;  Ps.  81.  U,  12  <■'  ch. 
3.  8;  .Job  1.11;  2.  5  ^  oh.  1.  29  ;  66.  17  "  ch.  66.  3 
=  ch.  66.  3,  17 ;  Lev.  11.  7  "  Mt.  9.  11 ;  Lk.  7.  39  ; 
18.  9-12  *  Prov.  10.  26 ,  16.  5  <^  ch.  42. 14  ;  64. 12 ; 
Ps.  50.  3,  21  d  Ps.  79.  12 ;  Jer.  16.  18  <"  ch.  13.  U  ; 
22. 14  ;  26.  21 ;  30.  13, 14  /  ch.  hi.  7  ;  Hos.  2. 13 

"  Ezek.  20.  27,  28    "  Jer.  5.  29 ;  13.  25 


^  Ot,  was  inquired  of         7  Or,  was  found 
8  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  that  hath  not  called 
upon     9  Or,  duell      i»  Or,  vaults    n  Or,  defied 
12  Or,  measure  their  former  work 


65. 9  ISAIAH 

Rewards  and  Fauishments  decreed.    The  New  Heavens  and  New  Earth.    Insincere  Worship  condemned 


66.4 


"  not  destroy  them  all.  9  And  I 
will  brin^-  i'orth  a  *seed  out  of 
Jacob,  and  out  of  Judah  an  "in- 
heritor of  my  mountains;  and 
"  my  chosen  shall  inherit  it,  and 
'  my  servants  shall  dwell  there. 
10  And  -^iSharon  shall  be  a  ^fold 
of  flocks,  and  the  "  valley  of  Achor 
a  place  for  herds  to  lie  down  in, 
for  my  people  that  have  ''  sought 
me.  11  But  ye  that  'forsake 
Jehovah,  that  forget  my  *holy 
mountain,  that  prepare  a  table 
for  -  Fortune,  and  that  fill  up 
mingled  wine  unto  *  Destiny;  12 
I  will  destine  you  to  the  'sword, 
and  ye  shall  all  bow  down  to  the 
'"  slaughter ;  because  when  I  called, 
ye  did  "  not  answer ;  when  I  spake, 
ye  did  not  hear ;  but  ye  did  that 
which  was  evil  in  mine  ej'es,  and 
chose  that  wherein  I  delighted  not. 
13  Therefore  thus  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah,  Behold,  my  ser- 
vants shall  "eat,  but  ye  shall  be 
''hungry-  behold,  my  servants 
shall  *  drink,  but  ye  shall  be 
"■  thirsty ;  behold,  my  servants 
shall  'rejoice,  but  ye  shall  be 
'put  to  shame;  14  behold,  my 
servants  shall  "sing  for  joy  of 
heart,  but  ye  shall  "cry  for  sor- 
row of  heart,  and  shall  wail  for 

*  vexation  of  spirit.  1 5  And  ye 
shall  leave  your  name  for  *a 
■^  curse  unto  my  chosen ;  and  the 
Lord  Jehovah  will  slay  thee ;  and 
he  will  call  his  servants  by  *  an- 
other name :  1 6  so  that  he  who 
blesseth  himself  in  the  earth 
shall  bless  himself  in  the  ^God 
of  "truth;  and  he  that  sweareth 
in  the  earth  shall  "  swear  by  the 
God  of  "^ truth;  because  the  former 

*  troubles  are*,  forgotten,  and  be- 
cause they  are  hid  from  mine  eyes. 

17  For,  behold,  I  create  ''new 
heavens  and  a  new  earth ;  and 
the  ''former  things  shall  not  be 
remembered,  nor  come  into  mind. 

18  But  be  ye  "glad  and  rejoice 
for  ever  in  that  which  I  create ; 
for,  behold,  I  create  Jerusalem  a 
rejoicing,   and  her  people   a   joy. 

19  And  I  will  _  •''rejoice  in  Jeru- 
salem, and  joy  in  my  people ;  and 
there  shall  be  heard  in  her  no 
more  the  voice  of  ^  weeping  and 
the  voice  of  crying.  20  There 
shall  be  no  more  thence  an  in- 
fant  of    days,    nor    an   old    man 

1  Or,  pasture     «  Heb.  Onrl.    See  Gen.  30. 11. 

3  Heb.  Meni.  *  Heb.  breaking. 

=  Heb.  an  oath. 

6  Heb.  Amen.    See  2  Cor.  1.  20 ;  Rev.  3. 14. 


"  ch.  1.  9 ; 

10.  21,  22 . 

48.  9 ;  Am. 

9.8,9 
b  ch.  45.  19, 

2.5,  Jer.  31, 

36,37 
"  ch.  49.  8  , 

60.21;  Am. 

9. 11-lJ 
rf  ch.  57.  13 
"  ch.  32.  18 
/  ch.  33.  9 ; 

35.2 
y  Josh.  7.  24, 

26 ;  Hos.  2. 

15 
ft  ch.  51.  1 ; 

65.  6 

"  ch.  1.  4, 
28 ;  Dt.  29. 
24,25 

tch.  2.  2,3; 

66.  20 

'  ch.  27. 1 ; 

34.  5, 6  ,  66. 

16 
"'  ch.  63.  6 
"  ch.  41.  28  ; 

50.  2  ;  66.  4 ; 
2  Chr.  36. 
15, 16 ; 
Prov.  1.  24; 
Jer.  7.  13 

0  ch.  1.  H  ; 

Ps.  34.  10 
P  ch.  8.  21 
9  ch.  41.  17, 

18 ,  49.  10 
»•  ch.  5.  13 
'  ch.  61.  7  ; 

66.14 
t  ch.  42. 17  ; 

44.  9,  11 ; 

66.5 
"  ch.  51. 11 , 

Ps.  66.  4 ; 

Jas.  5.  13 
"  ch  13.  6 , 

Mt.  8. 12 
'Jer.  24.  9; 

25.  18 ; 
Zech.  8. 13 

y  oh.  62.  2 ; 

1  Pet.  2.  9, 
10 

=  Ex.  34.  6; 

Ps.  31.  5 
«  ch.  19.  18 ; 

45.23 
6ch.  22.  5: 

26.  16 ,  37. 
3 ;  Jer.  31. 
12 ;  Zeph. 
3.  14-20 

''ch.  66.  22, 

2  Pet.  3.  13 
d  ch.  43.  18 ; 

Jer.  3.  16 

"•  ch.  12. 1,  2  ; 

25.  9 ;  35. 

10;  41. 16; 

51.  3    61. 
10;Ps.  .-8 

/ch.  62.  4, 

5 ;  Jer.  32. 

41 
S'ch.  25.  8; 

30.  1» ;  36. 

10  ;  51.  11 ; 

Rev.  7. 17 ; 

21.4 


ft  Dt.  4.  40; 

Jobs.  26; 

Ps.  34. 12 
!  ch.  3.  11 ; 

22.  14 ; 

Eccl.  8.  12, 

13 
*ch.  32.18; 

Am.  9.  14 
'  ch.  30.  23 ; 

37.  30 ;  Jer. 

31.5 

728 


that  hath  ''not  filled  his  days: 
for  the  child  shall  die  a  hundred 
years  old,  and  the  'sinner  being 
a  hundred  years  old  shall  be  ac- 
cursed. 21  And  they  shall  *  build 
houses,  and  inhabit  them ;  and 
they  shall  'plant  vineyards,  and 
eat  the  fruit  of  them.  22  They 
shall  not  build,  and  '"another  in- 
habit ;  they  shall  not  plant,  and 
another  eat :  for  "  as  the  days  of 
a  tree  shall  be  the  days  of  my 
people,  and  my  chosen  shall  '"long 
enjoy  the  work  of  their  hands.  23 
They  shall  ^  not  labor  in  vain,  nor 
bring  forth  for  "  calamity ;  for 
they  are  the  « seed  of  the  blessed 
of  Jehovah,  and  their  offspring 
**with  them.  24  And  it  shall 
come  to  pass  that,  before  they 
call,  I  will  "■  answer ;  and  while 
they  are  yet  speaking,  1  will  hear. 
25  The  'wolf  and  the  lamb  shall 
feed  together,  and  the  'lion  shall 
eat  straw  like  the  ox  ;  and  "  dust 
shall  be  the  serpent's  food.  They 
shall  "not  hurt  nor  destroy  in  all 
""my  holy  mountain,  saith  Jehovah. 
Cif\  Thus  saith  Jehovah, 
vJvJ  ^Heaven  is  my  throne, 
and  the  earth  is  my  footstool : 
what  manner  of  ^  house  will  ye 
build  unto  me"?  and  what  place 
shall  be  my  rest  1  2  For  all  these 
things  hath  "my  hand  made,  and 
so  all  these  things  came  to  be, 
saith  Jehovah:  but  to  this  man 
will  I  look,  even  to  him  that  is 
poor  and  of  a  *  contrite  spirit, 
and  that  ''trembleth  at  my  word. 

3  He  that  ''killeth  an  ox  is  as  he 
that  slayeth  a  man  ;  he  that  sacri- 
ficeth  a  lamb,  as  he  that  breaketh 
a  dog's  neck ;  he  that  offereth 
'"an  'oblation,  a.*  he  that  offereth 
^swine's  blood;  he  that  "^burn- 
eth  frankincense,  as  he  that  bless- 
eth an  idol.  Yea,  they  have  chosen 
their  ''own  ways,  and  their  soul 
delighteth  in  their  'abominations  : 

4  I  also  will  *  choose  their  '"^delu- 
sions, and  will  'bring  their  fears 

"'  ch.  62.  8,  9  "  Ps.  92.  12-14  «  Dt.  32.  46,  47 ;  Ps. 
21.  4  ;  91.  16  P  ch.  S.'i.  2  ;  Dt.  28.  3-12  «  ch.  61.  9 ; 
Jer.  32.  38,  39  ;  Acts  2.  39  "■  ch.  55.  6 :  58. 9  ;  Ps.  91. 
15  ;  Dan.  9.  20-23  ;  10.  12  "  ch.  11.  6  '  ch.  11.  7 
"  Gen.  3.  14  ;  Mic.  7.  17  "'  ch.  11.  9  :  Mic.  4.  3 

^  ver.  11  "IK.  8.  27  ;  Ps.  11.  4  ;  Mt.  5.  34,  35  '  2  S. 
7.  5-7  ;  Jer.  7.  4  ;  Jn.  4.  20,  21 ,  Acts  7.  48-50  "  ch. 
40.  26  b  ch.  57.  15 ;  Ps.  34.  18  ;  Mt.  5.  3,  4 ;  Lk.  18. 
13, 14  «  ver.  5  ;  Ps.  119.  120, 161  .'  ch.  1.  10-17  :  ,58. 
1-.5  *  ch.  1.  13  ;  19.  21 ;  40.  20  /  ch.  65.  4  f  ch.  1. 
13 ;  Lev.  2.  2  ft  ch.  57.  17  ;  65.  2  '  ch.  44.  9,  19 
*  ch.  65.  7 ;  Prov.  1.  31,  32    '  Prov.  10.  24 


7  Heb.  wear  out.  8  Or.  sudden  terror 

9  Or,  shall  be  with  them    k*  Or,  a  meal-offering 
11  Heb.  maketh.  a  memorial  of.,   i*  Or,  mockings 


66.5 


ISAIAH 


66.24 


Jehovah's  Jadgments  and  Zioii's  Eiiiar|s;emeDt 


upon  them;  because  when  I  called, 
"  none  did  answer ;  when  I  spake, 
they  did  not  hear :  but  they  did  that 
which  was  ''evil  in  mine  eyes,  ami 
chose  that  wherein  1  delighted  not. 

5  Hear  the  word  of  Jehovah, 
ye  that  "  tremble  at  his  word : 
Your  brethren  that  ''hate  you, 
that  'cast  j'ou  out  for  my  name's 
sake,  have  said.  Let  Jehovah  be 
glorified,  that  we  may  see  your  joy ; 
but  it  is  •'they  that  shall  be  put 
to  shame.  6  A  voice  of  tumult  from 
the  citj',  a  "  voice  from  the  temple, 
a  voice  of  Jehovah  that ''  rendereth 
recompense  to  his  enemies. 

7  Before^  she  travailed,  she 
*  brought  forth ;  before  her  pain 
came,  she  was  delivered  of  a 
man-child.  8  Who  hath  *  heard 
such  a  thing?  w-ho  hath  seen 
such  things'?  Shall  a  land  be 
'  born  in  one  day  1  shall  a  nation 
be  brought  forth  at  once?  for  as 
soon  as  Zion  travailed,  she  brought 
forth  her  children.  9  Shall  I  bring 
to  the  birth,  and  'not  cause  lo 
bring  forth  1  saith  Jehovah  :  shall 

I  that  cause  to  bring  forth  shut 
the  wombi  saith  thy  God. 

10  "Kejoice  ye  wuth  Jerusalem, 
and  be  glad  for  her,  all  ye  that 
"love  her:  "rejoice  for  joy  with 
her,  all  ye  that  mourn  over  her ; 

I I  that  ye  may  suck  and  ^  be 
satisfied  with  the  breasts  of  her 
consolations ;  that  ye  may  milk 
out,  and  be  delighted  with  the 
abundance  of  her  'glory.  12  For 
thus  saith  Jehovah,  Behold,  I  will 
extend  *■  peace  to  her  like  a  river, 
and  the  '  glory  of  the  nations  like 
an  overflowing  stream:  ^and  ye 
shall  suck  thereof ;  ye  shall  be 
'borne  upon  the  side,  and  shall 
be  dandled  upon  the  knees.  13 
As  one  whom  nis  mother  comfort- 
eth,  so  will  I  "  comfort  you ;  and 

fre  shall  be  comforted  in  Jerusa- 
em.  14  And  ye  shall  "see  it,  and 
your  'heart  shall  rejoice,  and  your 
"bones  shall  flourish  like  the  ten- 
der grass  :  and  the  '  hand  of  Jeho- 
vah shall  be  known  toward  his 
servants  ;  and  he  will  have  "  indig- 
nation against  his  enemies. 

15  For,  behold,  Jehovah  will 
come  'with  *fire,  and  his  ''chari- 
ots shall  be  like  the  whirlwind; 
to  render  his  anger  with  fierce- 
ness, and  his  rebuke  with  flames 

1  Or,  travailed  with  for  but  one  day 

2  Or,  tfien  shall  ye  suck,  ye  &c.        »  Or,  in 


"  ch.  a").  12; 

Prov.  1. 

24 ;  Jer.  7. 

13 
b  ch.  59.  7  ; 

W.  12  ;  2  k. 

21.  2,  6 ; 

Jer.  7.  30 
'  ver.  2 
d  ch.  H(l.  l.'i ; 

Ps.  38.  2U 
'  Mt.  h.  ny- 

12 ;  10.  22 ; 

.lu.  !l.  34 ; 

Ij.  18  2(t 
/Lk.  13.  17 
"  ch.  6.  1,  8 
h  ch.  .W.  18; 

tio.  (j;  Joel 

3.7 
■  ch.  37.  3 ; 

49.  17-21 ; 

54.1 

*  ch.  64.  4 
'  ch.  37.  3 

'"  ch.  65.  18 ; 

Dt.  32.  43 ; 

Rom.  15. 10 
"Ps.  2t).  8; 

122.  6 
o  Ps.  137.  6 
J'ch.  49.  23, 

60.  16 ; 

Joel  3. 18 
9  ch.  60. 1,2; 

62.2 
•■  ch.  48.  18  : 

Ps.  72.  3,  7 

•  cli.  60.  5 ; 
61.6 

'  ch.  60.  4 
"  ch.  12.  1 ; 

40.  1,  2 ;  49. 

13:51.  3; 

2Cor.  1.  3, 

4;lTh.2.7 
"  ch.  33.  20 
'  Zech.  10.  7 
Vch.  58.  U; 

Prov.  3.  8 
'  Ezr.  7.  9  ; 

8.  31 
"  ch.  10.  6  ; 

13..-.;  30. 30; 

34  2 
b  ch.  10. 17 ; 

30.27,33; 

31.9 
'^ch.5.  28: 

Ps.  68.  n ; 

Hab.  3.  8 


dch.  30.  30; 

Ezek.  38. 

22 
'ch.  6.5.  12; 

Ezek.  38. 

21 
/ch.  22.  2; 

34.3 
"  ch.  1.  29  ; 

6.5.3 
fc  ch.  6.5.  4  ; 

Lev.  11.  7 
•  ch.  1.  28, 

31 ;  Ps.  37. 

20 
fcch.  59.  7; 

6.5.2 
'  ch.  45.  22- 

25 ;  Jer.  3. 

17 
"■  ch.  11. 10. 

12;  49.  22; 

62.  10 
"ch.  2.  16; 

60.  9 
»  Ezek.  27. 

10 
P  Gen.  10.  2 
«ch.  11. 11; 

24. 15;  60.  9 
'ch.  42.12; 


of  fire.  16  For  bv  ''fire  will  Je- 
hovah execute  judgment,  and  by 
his  "sword,  iipon  all  flesh;  and 
the  -'slain  of  Jehovah  shall  be 
many.  17  They  that  sanctify 
themselves  and  purify  themselves 
*to  go  unto  the  "gardens,  behind 
"one  in  the  midst,  eating  ''swines 
flesh,  and  the  abomination,  and 
the  mouse,  they  shall  'come  to 
an  end  together,  saitli  Jehovah. 

18  For  I  knotv  their  works  and 
their  *  thoughts:  the  time  cometh. 
that  I  will  'gather  all  nations  ana 
tongues;  and  they  shall  come,  and 
shall  see  my  glory.  19  And  1  will 
set  a  "sign  among  them,  and  1  will 
send  such  as  escape  of  them  unto 
the  nations,  to  "Tarshish,  Pul,  and 
"  Lud,  that  draw  the  bow,  to  ^Tubal 
and  Javan,  to  the  *  isles  afar  off, 
that  have  not  heard  my  fame, 
neither  have  seen  my  glory ;  and 
they  shall  ''declare  my  glory  among 
the  nations.  20  And  they  shall 
*  bring  all  your  brethren  out  of 
all  the  nations  for  an  oblation 
unto  Jehovah,  upon  horses,  and 
in  chariots,  and  in  litters,  and 
upon  mules,  and  upon  dromeda- 
ries, to  my  'holy  mountain  Jerusa- 
lem, saith  Jehovah,  as  the  children 
of  Israel  bring  their  oblation  in  a 
"  clean  vessel  into  the  house  of  Je- 
hovah.    21  And  of  them  also  will 

I  take  for  "  priests  and  for  Levites, 
saith  Jehovah. 

22  For  as  the  'new  heavens 
and  the  new  earth,  which  I  will 
make,  shall  remain  before  me. 
saith  Jehovah,  so  shall  your  "seea 
and  your  ^  name  remain.  23  And 
it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  from 
one  "  new  moon  to.  another,  and 
from  one  sabbath  to  another,  shall 
all  flesh  come  to  *  worship  before 
me,  saith  Jehovah.  24  And  they 
shall  go  forth,  and  look  upon  the 
"  dead  bodies  of  the  men  that  have 
''transgressed  against  me:  for  their 
•"worm  shall  not  die,  ■'neither  shall 
their  fire  be  quenched ;  and  they 
shall  be  an  "abhorring  unto  all 
flesh. 

IChr.  16.  24    •  ch.  43.  6;  49  22;  60  4     (ch.  2.  2,  3; 

II  9;  .56  7;  65.  11,25  "  ch.  52.  11  "ch.  616; 
1  Pet  2.  5.  9  "  ch.  6.5  17  ;  Heb.  12.  26.  27  ;  2  Pet  3. 
13  ;  Rev.  21.  1  ^  ch  61  8,  9 ;  6.5.  22,  23  ;  .7n.  10.  27- 
29 ;  1  Pet.  1.  4,  5  '  ch.  56  5  "  ch.  1  13,  14 ;  Ezek. 
46.1,6  6  ch.  19.  21.  23  ;  27.  13 ;  49.  7  "^ch.  5.  25; 
34.  3  d  ch.  1.  28 ;  24.  20  '  ch.  14.  11 ;  51.  8 ;  Mk. 
9.  48       /ch.  1.  31 ;  Mt.  3.  12       "  Dan.  12.  2 


*  Or,  in  the 

^  Or,  one  tree  (or,  Asherah ;  se«  Dt.  16.  21) 


729 


THE   BOOK   OF 

JEREMIAH 


Jeremiah's  Call  and  Commission.    Visions  of  the  Almond  Rod  and  the  Boiling  Caldron 


IThe  words  of  "Jeremiah  the 
son  of  Hilkiah,  of  the  pz'iests 
that  were  in  *Anathoth  in  the  land 
of  Benjamin  :  2  to  whom  the  word 
of  Jehovah  came  in  the  days  of 
''Josiah  the  son  of  "^  Anion,  king 
of  Judah,  in  the  thirteenth  year 
of  his  reign.  3  It  came  also  in  the 
days  of  ^Jehoiakim  the  son  of 
Josiah,  king  of  Judah,  unto  the 
end  of  the  eleventh  year  of  { Zede- 
kiah,  the  son  of  Josiah,  king  of 
Judah,  unto  the  carrying  away 
of  Jerusalem  captive  in  the  ^  fifth 
month. 

4  Now  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  me,  saying,  5  Before  I 
''formed  thee  in  the  belly  I  knew 
thee,  and  *  before  thou  earnest  forth 
out  of  the  womb  I  sanctified  thee  ; 
I  have  *  appointed  thee  a  prophet 
unto  the  nations.  6  Then  '  said  I, 
Ah,  Lord  Jehovah  !  behold,  I  know 
not  how  to  speak;  for  '"I  am  a 
child.  7  But  Jehovah  said  unto 
me,  Say  not,  I  am  a  child  ;  "  for  ^  to 
whomsoever  I  shall  send  thee  thou 
shalt  go,  and  "whatsoever  I  shall 
cooamand  thee  thou  shalt  speak. 
8  ^  Be  not  afraid  because  of  them  ; 
for  9 1  am  with  thee  to  deliver  thee, 
saith  Jehovah.  9  Then  Jehovah 
put  forth  his  hand,  and  '"touched 
my  mouth  ;  and  Jehovah  said  unto 
me,  Behold,  I  have  *put  my  words 
in  thy  mouth  :  10  see,  I  have  this 
day  set  thee  over  the  nations  and 
over  the  kingdoms,  '  to  pluck  up 
And  to  break  down  and  to  destroy 
and  to  overthrow,  "  to  build  and  to 
plant. 

11  Moreover  the  word  of  Jeho- 
vah came  unto  me,  saying,  "Jere- 
miah, what  seest  thou"?  And  I 
said,  I  see  a  rod  of  "an  almond- 
tree.  12  Then  said  Jehovah  unt® 
me.  Thou  hast  well  seen :  for  ^  I 
^watch  over  my  word  to  perform  it. 

13  And  the  word  oi  Jehovah 
came  unto  me  the  second  time, 
saying,  2' What  seest  thou"?    And 

1  Or,  on  whatsoever  errand 

2  Heb.  shaked.  *  Heb.  shoked. 


"  2  Chr.  35. 
25 ;  36.  12, 
21,  22;  Ezr. 

1.  1 ;  Dan. 

9.  2 ;  Mt. 

2.  17 ;  16. 
14 ;  27.  9 

6  ch.  11.  21 ; 
32.7; 
Josh.  21. 
18 ;  1  K.  2. 
26;  1  Chr. 
6.  60 ;  Is. 

10.  30 

"  ch.  3.  6 : 

36.  2 ;  1  K. 

13.  2 ;  2  K, 

21.  24 
d  2  K.  21.  18, 

24 
"  ch.  25.  1  ; 

2  K.  23.  34  ; 

1  Chr.  3.  16 
/ch.  39.  2; 

2  K.  24.  17  ; 
1  Chr.  3.  15 

»  ch.  62.  12 
''  Ps.  139.  15, 

16 
'  Is.  49.  1,  6 
«:  ver.  10 ; 

ch.  26.  15- 

26 
'  Ex.  4.  10 
"'  1  K.  3.  7 
"  Ezek.  2. 

3.  4 

"  ver.  17 
P  Ezek.  2.  6 
1  ver.  19 ; 

ch.  16.  20 
""Mk.   7.  33, 

36 
»Ex.  4.  11- 

16;  Dt.  18. 

IS 
«  ch.  18. 

7-10; 

Ezek.  32.  IS 
"  ch.  24.  6  ; 

31.  28,  40  ; 

Is.  44.  26-28 
"  ch.  24.  3 ; 

Am.  7.  8 
^  ch.  31.  28 ; 

Dt.  32.  35 
V  Zech.  4.  2 


'  Ezek.  11. 

3.7 
°  ch.  4.  6 ;  10. 

22 ;  Is.  41. 

25 
6  ch.  25.  9 
"  ch.  39.  3 ; 

Is.  22.  7 
d  ch.  4.  16  ; 

9.  11 
«  ch.  2.  13, 19 
/ch.  7.  9;  19. 

4 ;  44.  17 
9  ch.  10.  3-5 ; 

Is.  2.  8 ;  37. 

19 
A  1  K.  18.  46 ; 

Job  38.  3 
»  Ter.  7 
*  Ezek.  2.  6 ; 

3.  lfr-18 

730 


I  said,  I  see  a  boiling  ^  caldron ; 
and  the  face  thereof  is  from  the 
north.  14  Then  Jehovah  said 
unto  me,  "Out  of  the  north  evil 
■^  shall  break  forth  upon  all  the 
inhabitants  of  the  land.  15  For, 
lo,  I  will  call  *all  the  families  of 
the  kingdoms  of  the  north,  saith 
Jehovah ;  and  they  shall  come, 
and  they  shall  "set  every  one  his 
throne  at  the  entrance  oi  the  gates 
of  Jerusalem,  and  against  all  the 
walls  thereof  round  about,  and 
against  ''all  the  cities  of  Judah. 
16  And  I  will  ®  utter  my  judg- 
ments against  them  touching  all 
their  wickedness,  in  that  they 
have  *  forsaken  me,  and  have 
■'^burned  incense  unto  other  gods, 
and  worshipped  the  ^  works  of 
their  own  hands.  1 7  Thou  there- 
fore ''gird  up  thy  loins,  and  arise, 
and  'speak  unto  them  all  that  I 
command  thee  :  *be  not  dismayed 
at  them,  lest  I  dismay  thee  before 
them.  18  For,  behold,  'I  have 
rnade  thee  this  day  a  fortified 
city,  and  an  iron  pillar,  and 
bi^azen  walls,  against  the  whole 
land,  against  the  "'kings  of  Ju- 
dah, against  the  '"  princes  thereof, 
against  the  priests  thereof,  and 
against  the  people  of  the  land. 
19  And  they  shall  "fight  against 
thee ;  but  they  shall  not  prevail 
against  thee  :  for  "  I  am  with  thee, 
saith  Jehovah,  to  deliver  thee. 

2  And  the  *'word  of  Jehovah 
came  to  me,  saying,  2  Go,  and 
"cry  in  the  ears  of  Jerusalem, 
saying,  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  I  re- 
member "^for  thee  the  ''kindness 
of  thy  youth,  the  love  of  thine 
espousals;  how  thou  *wentest  after 
me  in  the  wilderness,  in  a  land  that 

'  ch.  «.  27  ;  15.  20,  21 ;  Is.  50.  7  ;  Mic.  3.  8  "*  ch.  21. 
4-14;  26.  12-16  "ch.  11.  19;  15.  10,  11  "ver.  8; 
ch.  20.  11  »ch.  1.  2,  U  «ch.  7.  2;  11.  6;  Is.  68.  1 
>■  Ezek.  16.  8    »  ver.  6  ;  Dt.  2.  7  ;  Is.  63.  7-14 


*  Heb.  shall  be  opened. 

6  Or,  speak  with  them  of  my  judgmeiUs 

*  Or,  concerning 


2.3 


JEREMIAH 


2.27 


The  People's  Former  Love  and  Present  Apostasy.    Their  Backsliding  nnexampled 


was  not  sown.  3  Israel  was  "  holi- 
ness unto  Jehovah,  the  first-fruits 
of  his  increase:  ''all  that  devour 
him  shall  be  held  guilty  ;  evil  shall 
come  upon  them,  saith  Jehovah. 

4  Hear  ye  the  word  of  Jehovah, 
O  house  of  Jacob,  and  all  the  fami- 
lies of  the  house  of  Israel :  5  Thus 
saith  Jehovah,  ""NVhat  unrighteous- 
ness have  your  fathers  found  in  me. 
that  they  are  gone  far  from  me,  and 
have  walked  after  ''vanity,  and  are 
become  vain?  6  Neither  said  they. 
Where  is  Jehovah  that  •'brought  us 
up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  that 
^led  us  through  the  wilderness, 
through  a  landi  of  deserts  and  of 
pits,  through  a  land  of  drought 
and  of  '  the  shadow  of  death, 
through  a  land  that  none  passed 
through,  and  where  no  man  dwelt? 

7  And  I  brought  you  into  a  "  plen- 
tiful land,  to  eat  the  fruit  thereof 
and  the  goodness  thereof ;  but  when 
ye  entered,  ''ye  defiled  my  land,  and 
made  my  heritage  an  abomination. 

8  The  'priests  said  not,  Where  is 
Jehovah]  and  they  that  handle  the 
law  *  knew  me  not :  the '"  rulers  also 
transgressed  against  me,  and  the 
*  prophets  prophesied  by  Baal,  and 
walked  after  things  that  '"do  not 
profit. 

9  Wherefore  I  will  yet  "  contend 
with  you,  saith  Jehovah,  and  with 
your  children's  children  will  I  con- 
tend. 10  For  "pass  over  to  the 
isles  of  ''  Kittim,  and  see  ;  and  send 
unto  « Kedar,  and  consider  dili- 
gently ;  and  see  if  there  hath  been 
such  a  thing.  11  Hath  a  nation 
changed  its  gods,  'which  yet  are 
no  gods'?  but  my  people  have 
'changed  their  glory  for  that 
which  doth  not  profit.  12  Be  as- 
tonished, O  ye  'lieavens,  at  this, 
and  he  horribly  afraid,  be  ye  very 
de.solate,  saith  Jehovah.  13  For 
my  people  have  committed  two 
evils :  they  have  forsaken  me,  the 
"fountain  of  living  waters,  and 
hewed  them  out  "cisterns,  broken 
cisterns,  that  can  hold  no  water. 

14  Is  Israel  a  ^servant?  is  he  a 
home-born  slave  1  why  is  he  be- 
come a  prey  1  15  The  young 
"lions  have  roared  upon  him,  and 
'yelled;  and  they  have  ^made  his 
land  waste :  his  cities  are  burned 
up,   without  inhabitant.      16  The 


children    also    of   "Memphis 
*  Tahpanhes     have     *  broken 


and 
the 


1  Or,  deep  darknfus         2  Heb.  shepherda. 
s  Heb.  given  out  their  voice,         *  Or,  fed  on 


"  Ex.  19.  a, 

6 ;  Dt.  7. 

C ;  14.  li 
b  ch.  30.  Ifi ; 

M.  7  ;  Is. 

41.  11 

'  Is.  5.  4  ; 

Mic.  6.  3 
rf  ch.  8.  19  ; 

•2  K.  17.  15 
•  Ex.  20.  2 ; 

Is.  63.  11 ; 

Hob.  13.  4 
/Dt.  8.  Ifi; 

32.  10 
!'  Dt.  S.  7-9 ; 

11.  10-12 
k  ch.  3.  2  ; 

10.  18 ;  Ps. 

!()G.  3« 
'  ch.  10.  21 
t  ch.  4.  22  ; 

Mai.  2.  6,  7 
'  ch.  23.  13 
'"  ch.  16.  19  ; 

Hab.  2.  18 
"  ver.  3o ; 

Ezek.  20. 

3;'.,  .30 
"  Is.  23.  12 
''  Gen.  10.  4  ; 

Num.  24. 

24 
«  ch.  49.  28 ; 

Ps.  120.  6  ; 

Is.  21.  16 
■■  ch.  ft.  7  ;  Ifi. 

20 ;  Is.  37. 

10 
'  Ps.  100.  20  ; 

Rom.  1.  23 
<  ch.  4.  23  ; 

Is.  1.  2 
"  ch.  17.  13  ;■ 

Ps.  3l>.  9 
"  ch.  14.  3 
•^  ch.  6.  19 ; 

17.  4 ;  27. 

12,  17 

V  ch.  SO.  17 
'  ch.  4.  7 
"  ch.  44.  1  ; 

Is.  19.  13  ; 

Hos.  9.  6 
6  ch.  43.  7-9 ; 

40.  14 


'  ch.  48.  4r> ; 

Dt.  33.  20 
<t  ch.  4.  IS 
"■  Dt.  32.  10 
/  ver.  30 ;  ch. 

37.  7 ;  Is. 

30.  1,  2 
»  Josh.  13.  3 ; 

1  Chr.  13. 

6  ;  Is.  2.3.  3 
'I  ch.  f)0.  17 
■  ch.  4.  18 ; 

Is.  3.  9 ; 

Hos.  6.  5 

*-•  ch.  3.  0,  8, 

11,  14; 
Hos.  11.  7 

'  Job  20. 

11-10; 

Am.  8.  10 
'"  ch.  5.  24 ; 

Ps.  36.  1 
"  Lev.  26.  13 
"  ver.  26 
P  ch.  3.  2.  6 ; 

17.2;  Dt. 

12.  2 ;  Is. 
67.  6,  7 

9  Ex.  la.  17 ; 

Ps.  44.  2 ; 

80.  8 ;  Is. 

6.  2 
■•  Is.  5.  4 
"  ch.  4.  14 
'  Prov.  30. 12 
"  ch.  9.  14 
"■'  ch.  7.  31 
*  ver.  33,  36  ; 

731 


"crown  of  thy  head.  17  Hast 
thou  not  "^ procured  this  unto  thy- 
self, in  that  thou  hast  forsaken 
Jehovah  thy  God,  when  he  *led 
thee  by  the  way?  18  And  now 
what  hast  thou  to  do  in  the  way  to 
'Egypt,  to  drink  the  waters  of  the 
'^"IShihor?  or  what  hast  thou  to  do 
in  the  way  to  ''Assyria,  to  drink  the 
waters  of  ^  the  Kiver  1  19'  Thine 
own  wickednes.s  shall  correct  thee, 
and  thy  *backalidings  shall  reprove 
thee :  know  therefore  and  see  that 
it  is  an  evil  thing  and  a  '  bitter, 
that  thou  hast  forsaken  Jehovah 
thy  God,  and  that  "'my  fear  is  not 
in  thee,  saith  the  Lord,  Jehovah  of 
hosts. 

20  For  of  old  time  ''  I  have 
"broken  thy  yoke,  and  burst  thy 
bonds ;  and  thou  "  saidst,  I  will 
not  ^ serve;  for  upon  every  ^high 
hill  and  under  every  green  tree 
thou  didst  bow  thyself,  playing 
the  harlot.  2 1  Yet  I  had  « planted 
thee  a  noble  vine,  wholly  a  right 
seed :  how  then  art  thou  turned 
into  the  ''degenerate  branches  of 
a  foi'eign  vine  unto  me?  22  For 
though  thou  '  wash  thee  with  lye, 
and  take  thee  much  soap,  yet 
thine  iniquity  is  marked  before 
me,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah.  23 
'How  canst  thou  say,  I  am  not 
defiled,  I  have  not  gone  after  the 
"Baalim?  see  thy  way  in  the  "val- 
ley, know  what  thou  hast  done : 
thou  art  a  swift  ^dromedary /"'trav- 
ersing her  ways;  24  a  ^wild  ass 
used  to  the  wilderness,  that  snuff- 
eth  up  the  wind  in  her  desire ;  in 
her  occasion  who  can  turn  her 
away?  all  they  that  seek  her  will 
not  weary  tnemselyes ;  in  her 
month  they  shall  find  her.  25 
Withhold  thy  foot  from  being  un- 
shod, and  thy  throat  from  thirst. 
But  thou  saidst,  ^  It  is  in  vain  ;  no, 
for  I  have  "loved  strangers,  and 
after  them  will  I  go. 

26  As  the  *  thief  is  ashamed  when 
he  is  found,  so  is  the  house  of  Israel 
ashamed  ;  they,  their  kings,  their 
princes,  and  their  priests,  and  their 
prophets  ;  27  who  say  to  a  ''stock, 
Thou  art  my  father ;  and  to  a  stone. 
Thou  hast  ^"brought  "me  forth  :  for 

ch.  31.  22  Vch.  14.  6  'ch.  18. 12  "  ch.  14. 10 ;  Dt. 
32.  16    b  ch.  48.  27    '  ch.  3.  9 ;  10.  8 


6  That  is,  the  Nile.     •  That  is,  the  Euphrates 

7  Or,  thmi  hast 

8  Another  reading  is,  tramagress. 

9  Or,  young  camel  i"  Or,  begotten  me 
u  Another  reading  is,  its. 


2.28 


JEREMIAH 


a  13 


The  People's  Self-confidence  Tain.    Jehovah's  Forbearance  with  their  Infidelity.    Jndah's  Conduct  worse  than  Israel's 


they  have  turned  their  "  back  unto 
me,  and  not  their  face ;  but  in  the 
'time  of  their  trouble  they  will  say, 
Arise,  and  save  us.  28  But  where 
are  thy  '  gods  that  thou  hast  made 
thee  1  let  them  arise,  if  they  can 
''  save  thee  in  the  time  of  thy 
trouble  :  for  "  according  to  the 
number  of  thy  cities  are  thy  gods, 
OJudah. 

29  Wherefore  will  ye  contend 
with  mel  ye  -^all  have  trans- 
gressed against  me,  saith  Jehovah. 
30  ^  In  vain  have  I  smitten  your 
children ;  they  received  no  ^  cor- 
rection :  your  ''  own  sword  hath 
devoured  j'our  prophets,  like  a 
destroying  lion.  31  O  generation, 
see  ye  the  word  of  Jehovah.  Have 
I  been  a  wilderness  unto  Israeli  or 
a  land  of  '^  thick  '  darkness  1  where- 
fore say  my  people,  ^  We  are  broken 
loose ;  we  will  come  no  more  unto 
thee"?  32  Can  a  virgin  forget  her 
ornaments,  or  a  bride  her  attire? 
yet  my  people  have  '  forgotten  me 
days  without  number.  33  How 
"'  trimmest  thou  thy  way  to  seek 
love  !  therefore  even  the  wicked 
women  hast  thou  taught  thy  ways. 
34  Also  in  thy  skirts  is  found  the 
"  blood  of  the  souls  of  the  innocent 
poor:  fthou  didst  not  find  them 
"breaking  in;  but  it  is  because  of 
all  these  things.  35  Yet  thou 
saidst,  f  I  am  innocent ;  surely  his 
anger  is  turned  away  from  me. 
Behold,  I  will  « enter  into  .iudg- 
ment  with  thee,  because  thou  '"say- 
est,  I  have  not  sinned.  36  Why 
'  ^addest  thou  about  so  much  to 
change  thy  way  1  thou  shalt  be 
ashamed  of  '  Egypt  also,  as  thou 
wast  ashamed  of  "  Assyria.  37 
From  thence  also  shalt  thou  go 
forth,  with  '"  thy  hands  upon  thy 
liead  :  for  Jehovah  hath  rejected 
"^  those  in  whom  thou  trustest, 
and  thou  shalt  not  prosper  with 
them. 

3^  They  say,  ^If  a  man  put 
away  his  wife,  and  she  go  from 
him,  and  become  another  man's, 
will  he  return  unto  her  again  1  will 
not  that  land  be  greatly  polluted  1 
But  thou  hast  "^plaj^ed  the  harlot 
with  many  lovers  ;  *  yet  "  return 
again  to  me,  saith  Jehovah.  2 
Lift  up  thine  eyes  unto  the  *bare 
heights,  and  see ;  where  hast  thou 
not  been  lain  with  1    By  the  ways 

1  Or,  instniction      2  Or,  dnrkness  from  Jah 
3  Or,  /  have  not  found  it  by  secret  search,  but 
upon  all  these  *  Heb.  Saving. 

5  Or,  and  thinkest  thou  to  return  &c.  f 


°-  ch.  18.  17  ; 

32.  33 
6  ch.  22.  23  ; 

Is.  21).  lU 
'ch.  1.  16; 

Dt.  32. 

37  ;  Is.  45. 

20 
rf  ch.  11.  12, 

13 
*ch.  11.  13; 

2  K.  17.  30, 

31 
/ch.  5.  l;  6. 

Hi ;  Dan. 

9.  11 
9  ch.  5.  3 ;  7. 

28 ;  Is.  1.  5 
h  ch.  2'j.  20- 

24 ;  Neh.  9. 

2(! 
'  Is.  45.  19 
t  ver.  20,  25  ; 

Dt.  32.  15 
'  ch.  3.  21 ; 

13.  25 ;  Is. 

17.  10; 

Hos.  8.  14 
"  ver.  23 
"  ch.  7.  6  ; 

19.  4 ;  2  K. 

21.  16;  24.4 
°  Ex.  22.  2 
P  ver.  23 
9  ch.  25.  31 
*■  Prov.  28. 

13 ;  1  Jn. 

1.  8,  10 
'  ver.  23  ; 

Hos.  12.  1 
t  ver.  18 ; 

ch.  37.  7; 

Is.  30.  3 
"  2  Chr.  28. 

16,  20,  21 
"  ch.  14.  3,  4  ; 

2  S.  13.  19 
"  ch.  17.  5  ; 


-10 


"  Dt.  24.  1-4 
'  ch.  2.  20 ; 

Ezek.  le. 

20,  28,  29 
"  ch.  4.  1 ; 

Zech.  1.  3 
*  ch.  2.  20 ; 

Dt.  12.  2 


"  Ezek.  16. 

<>  ch.  2.  7 

"  ch.  14.  3-6  ; 

Lev.  20.  19 
/ch.  6.  15; 

8.  12, 

Ezek.  3. 

7,  8 
^  ver.  19 ; 

ch.  31.  9 
''  Ps.  71.  17 
'  ver.  12 ; 

Ps.  103.  9  ; 

Is.  67.  10 
k  ch.  7.  24 
'ch.  17.  2; 

Ezek.  23. 

4-10 
"■  ver.  1 1  ; 

Ezek.  16. 

47 
"  Dt.  24.  1, 

3  ;  Is.  50.  1 
"  Ezek.  16. 

46,  47 
P  ver.  2  ;  ch. 

2.  7 
9  ch.  2.  27 ; 

10.  8 ;  Is. 

57.  6 
*■  ch.  12.  2 ; 

Hos.  7.  14 

*  Ezek.  16. 
61,  62  ;  23. 

11 

*  ver.  7 

732 


hast  thou  "  sat  for  them,  as  an  Ara- 
bian in  the  wilderness  ;  and  thou 
hast  ''polluted  the  land  with  thy 
whoredoms  and  with  thy  wicked- 
ness. 8  Therefore  the  "showei's 
have  been  withholden,'  and  there 
hath  been  no  latter  rain  ;  j^et  thou 
hadst  a  -^harlot's  forehead,  thou 
refusedst  to  be  ashamed.  4  "Wilt 
thou  not  from  this  time  cry  unto 
me,  f  My  Father,  thou  art  the 
"''guide  of  my  youth  1  5  'Will  he 
retain  his  anger  for  ever?  will  he 
keep  it  to  the  end  1  Behold,  thou 
"hast  spoken  and  hast  done  evil 
things,  and  hast  *  had  thy  way. 

6  Moreover  Jehovah  said  unto 
me  in  the  days  of  Josiah  the  king. 
Hast  thou  seen  that  which  *  back- 
sliding Israel  hath  done  1  she  is 
'gone  up  upon  every  high  moun- 
tain and  under  every  green  tree, 
and  there  hath  played  the  harlot. 
7  "And  I  said  after  she  had  done 
all  tnese  things,  "She  will  return 
unto  me ;  but  she  returned  not : 
and  her  "*  treacherous  sister  Judah 
saw  it.  8  And  I  saw,  when,  for 
this  very  cause  that  backsliding 
Israel  had  committed  adultery,  I 
had  put  her  away  and  "given  her 
a  bill  of  divorcement,  yet "  treach- 
erous Judah  her  sister  feared  not ; 
but  she  also  went  and  played  the 
harlot.  9  And  it  came  to  pass 
through  the  lightness  of  her 
whoredom,  that  the  ^land  was 
polluted,  and  she  committed  adul- 
tery with  *  stones  and  with  stocks. 
10  And  yet  for  all  this  her  treach- 
erous sister  Judah  hath  not  re- 
turned unto  me  with  her  whole 
heart,  but  ''feignedly,  saith  Jeho- 
vah. 

1 1  And  Jehovah  said  unto  me, 
*  Backsliding  Israel  hath  showed 
herself  more  righteous  than 
'treacherous  Judah.  12  Go,  and 
proclaim  these  words  towara  the 
"north,  and  say,  "Keturn,  thou 
backsliding  Israel,  saith  Jehovah  ; 
"  I  will  not  "  look  in  anger  upon 
you ;  for  I  am  *  merciful,  saith 
Jehovah,  I  will  not  keep  anger 
forever.  13  Only  ^""^acknowledge 
thine    iniquity,    that    thou    hast 

"2K.  17.  6  "ver.  14,  22  ^ver.  5  y  ch.  12.  15 ;  31. 
20 :  33.  26  ;  Ps.  86.  15  '  ver.  25  ;  ch.  14.  20 ;  Dt.  30. 
1-3  

f  Or,  companion 

7  Or.  hast  spoken  thus,  biit  hast  done  &c. 

8  Heb.  been  able. 

9  Or,  And  I  said.  After  sh"  hath  done  all  these 
thinqs.  she  &c.       lo  Or,  Let  her  return  unto  mx 

11  Heb.  cause  ray  countenance  to  fall  upon  you, 
13  Or  know 


3.  14 


JEREMIAH 


4.9 


Israel  entreated  and  enrooraged  to  repent.    Judah  threatened  with  Invasion 


transgressed  against  Jehovah  thy 
God,  and  hast  "  scattered  thy  ways 
to  the  strangers  *  under  every  green 
tree,  and  ye  have  not  obeved  my 
voice,  saith  Jehovah.  14  ^Return, 
O  backshding  children,  saith  Jeho- 
vah ;  for  I  am  a  ''husband  unto 
you  :  and  I  will  take  you  one  of  a 
city,  and  two  of  a  family,  and  "I 
will  bring  you  to  Zion.  15  And  I 
will  give  you  ■'shepherds  according 
to  my  heart,  who  shall  ''feed  you 
with  knowledge  and  understand- 
ing. 1 6  And  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
when  ye  are  multiplied  and  in- 
creasea  in  the  land,  in  those  days, 
saith  Jehovah,  they  shall  '"say  no 
more.  The  ark  of  the  covenant  of 
Jehovah  ;  neither  shall  it  come  to 
mind ;  neither  shall  they  remem- 
ber it ;  neither  shall  they  '  miss  it ; 
neither -'shall  it  be  made  any  more. 
17  At  that  time  they  shall  call 
Jerusalem  the  '  throne  of  Jehovah  ; 
and  *all  the  nations  shall  be  gath- 
ered unto  it,  to  the  'name  of  Jeho- 
vah, to  Jerusalem  :  '"  neither  shall 
they  walk  any  more  after  the  stub- 
bornness of  their  evil  heart.  18 
"In  those  days  the  house  of  Judah 
shall  walk  ^with  the  house  of  Is- 
rael, and  they  shall  come  together 
"out  of  the  land  of  the  north  to  the 
land  that  I  ^gave  for  an  inheritance 
unto  your  fathers. 

19  But  I  said.  How  *I  will  put 
thee  among  the  children,  and  give 
thee  a  pleasant  land,  *a  *  goodly 
heritage  of  the  hosts  of  the  nations ! 
and  I  said,  **  Ye  shall  call  me  "■  My 
Father,  and  shall  not  turn  away 
from  following  me.  20  Surely  as 
a  wife  •  treacherously  departeth 
from  her  husband,  so  have  ye 
'dealt  treacherously  with  me,  O 
house  of  Israel,  saith  Jehovah.  21 
A  voice  is  heard  upon  the  "bare 
heights,  the  weeping  and  the  sup- 
plications of  the  children  of  Israel ; 
because  they  have  perverted  their 
way,  they  have  "forgotten  Je- 
hovah their  God.  22  "^  Return,  ye 
backsliding  children,  *1  will  heal 
your  backslidings. 

Behold,  we  are  come  unto  thee ; 
for  thou  art  'Jehovah  our  God. 
23  Truly  in  vain  is  the  help  that  is 
looked  for  "  from  the  hills,  the  "  tu- 
mult on  the  mountains :  truly  in 
*  Jehovah  our  God  is  the  salvation 

*  Or,  visit        2  Or,  shall  that  be  done  avy  more 

*  Or,  to  *  Or,  shall  I  .  .  .  nations  f 
5  Or,  the  goodliest  hi-ritnge  of  the  nations 

«  Another  reading  is.  Thou  shalt .  .  .  and  shalt 
not  Ac.  '  Or,  noisy  throng 


"  ver.  2,  6 ; 

ch.  2.  20, 

2,'i 
*  Dt.  12.  2 
"  ver.  12 
''ch.  31.  32; 

H08.  2.  lit 
'ch.  31.  6, 

12;  60.  4,5 
/  ch.  23.  4  ; 

31.  10 ;  60. 

10;  Kzek. 

34.  23 
^  Acts  20.  28 
''  Is.  ft).  17 
'  ch.  17.  12  ; 

Ezek.  43.  7 
*••  ver.  10 ; 

ch.  4.  2  ;  12. 

16,  lU ;  Iti. 
19 

'  Is.  60.  9 
'"ch.  11.  8 
"  ch.  60.  4,  r> ; 

IIos.  1.  11 
"  ch.  10.  15 ; 

31.  8 
P  Am.  9.  16 
«  Ps.  16.  6 
''  ver.  4 ;  Is. 

03.  16 
'  ver.  6,  7 
'  Is.  48.  8 
"  ver.  2 ;  ch. 

7.  29;  Is. 

l.i.  2 
"  ch.  2.  32 ; 

13.  26 ;  Is. 

17.  10 

■^  ver.  14 
i'ch.  30.  17; 

33.  6 ;  Hos. 

(i.  1  ;  14.  4 
'ch.  31,  6 
"  ch.  17.  2 
(-ch.  17.  14; 

31.  7;  Ps. 

3.  8 


'  ch.  8.  16 
rf  ver.  13 ; 

ch.  14.  20 
"  Ezr.  9.  7 
/  ch.  22.  21 
"  ch.  3.  22  ; 

Joel  2.  12 
*  ch.  7.  3,  7  ; 

16.  19 ;  35. 

>  ch.  12.  ifi; 

Dt.  10.  20 ; 

Is.  65.  16 
«;  ch.  3.  17  ; 

12.  15,  16; 

Gen.  22.  18 
'  ch.  9.  24  ; 

Is.  45.  25 
"'  Hos.  10.  12 
"  ch.  9.  26, 

26;  Dt.  10. 

16 ;  30.  6  ; 

Rom.  2.  28, 

29 
°  ch.  21.  12 ; 

Is.  30.  27, 

33 

P  Am.  5.  6; 

Mk.  9.  43, 

48 
1  ch.  6.  1  ; 

Hos.  8.  1 
*■  ch.  8.  14  ; 

Josh.  10.20 
'  ver.  21 ; 

ch.  60.  2; 

Is.  62.  10 
'  ch.  1.  14, 

16  ;  6.  1,  22 
"  ch.  6.6; 

26.  38 ;  60. 

17 
V  ch.  26.  9  ; 

Ezek.  26. 

7-10 
■ch   2.  15; 

733 


of  Israel.  24  But  the  *  shameful 
thing  hath  'devoured  the  labor  of 
our  fathers  from  our  youth,  their 
docks  and  their  ht^rds,  their  sons 
and  their  daughters.  25  Let  us 
lie  down  in  our  ''shame,  and  let 
our  confusion  cover  us ;  for  we 
have  •'sinned  against  Jehovah  our 
God,  we  and  our  fathers,  -'from 
our  youth  even  unto  this  day  ;  and 
we  have  not  obeyed  the  voice  of 
Jehovah  our  God. 

4^  If  thou  wilt  return,  O  Is- 
rael, saith  Jehovah,  if  thou 
wilt  return  unto  me,  and  ^''  if  thou 
wilt  put  away  thine  abominations 
out  of  my  sight ;  then  shalt  thou 
not  be  removed  ;  2  and  thou  shalt 
'swear.  As  Jehovah  liveth,  in 
truth,  in  justice,  and  in  righteous- 
ness ;  and  the  *  nations  shall  bless 
themselves  in  him,  and  '  in  him 
shall  they  glory. 

3  For  thus  saith  Jehovah  to  the 
men  of  Judah  and  to  Jerusalem, 
'"  Break  up  your  fallow  ground,  and 
sow  not  among  thorns.  4  "  Cir- 
cumcise yourselves  to  Jehovah, 
and  take  away  the  foreskins  oi 
your  heart,  ye  men  of  Judah  and 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  ;  lest  my 
"  wrath  go  forth  like  fire,  and  burn 
so  that  ^none  can  quench  it,  be- 
cause of  the  evil  of  your  doings. 

5  Declare  ye  in  J^udah,  and  pub- 
lish in  Jerusalem  ;  and  say,  « Blow 
ye  the  trumpet  in  the  land :  cry 
aloud  and  say,  ''Assemble  your- 
selves, and  let  us  go  into  the  forti- 
fied cities.  6  Set  up  a  'standard 
toward  Zion  :  Hee  for  safety,  stay 
not ;  for  I  will  bring  'evil  from  the 
north,    and    a    great   destruction. 

7  A  "lion  is  gone  up  from  his 
thicket,  and  a  'destroyer  of  na- 
tions ;  he  is  on  his  way,  he  is  gone 
forth  from  his  place,  to  ■"  make  thy 
land  desolate,  that  thy  cities  be 
laid    waste,    without    inhabitant. 

8  For  this  *gird  you  with  sack- 
cloth, lament  and  wail ;  for  the 
'fierce  anger  of  Jehovah  is  not 
turned  back  from  us.  9  And  it 
shall  come  to  pass  at  that  day, 
.saith  Jehovah,  that  the  "heart  of  the 
king  shall  perish,  and  the  heart  of 
the  princes  ;  and  the  priests  shall  be 


Is.  1.7;  6.11      »  ch.  6.  26 ;  Is.  22.  12 
Is.  5.  26  ;  10.  4    "  ch.  48.  41 ;  Is.  22.  3-6 


'  ch.  30.  24 ; 


8  Heb.  shame.    See  ch.  11.  13:  Hob.  9. 10. 

9  Or,  if  thou  wilt  put  .  .  and  wilt  not  wander, 
and  will  swear  .  .  .  then  shall  the  nations  &c.  or, 
then  slialt  thou  swear  .  .  .  and  the  nations  dx. 


4.  10 


jeee:siiah 


5.3 


Jadah  threatened  vith  InT&sioo.    A  Lament  over  Jadah's  DeTastadon.    Jerusalem's  Godlessness  denounced 


astonished,  and  the  "  prophets  shall 
wonder. 

10  Then  said  I,  Ah,  Lord  Jeho- 
vah! surely  thou  hast  greatly  "de- 
ceived this  people  and  Jerusalem, 
saj'ing,  "^  Ye  sliall  have  peace : 
whereas  the  sword  reachetn  unto 
the  life. 

1 1  At  that  time  shall  it  be  said 
to  this  people  and  to  Jerusalem, 
A  hot  •*  wind  fi'om  the  bare  heights 
in  the  wilderness  toward  the 
daughter  of  my  people,  not  to  wui- 
nqw,  nor  to  cleanse ;  12  ^  a  full 
wind  from  these  shall  come  for 
me :  now  will  I  also  ^  utter  judg- 
ments against  them.  13  Behold, 
he  shall  'come  up  as  clouds,  and 
his  •'  chariots  shall  be  as  the  whirl- 
wind :  his  horses  are  ''swifter  than 
eagles.  Woe  unto  us!  for  'we  are 
ruined.  14  O  Jerusalem,  *wash  thy 
heart  from  wickedness,  that  thou 
mayest  be  saved.  How  long  shall 
thine  'evil  thoughts  lodge  within 
thee?  15  For  -a  voice  declareth 
"'from  Dan.  and  publisheth  evil 
from  the  hills  of  Ephraim.  16 
Make  ye  mention  to  the  nations : 
behold,  publish  against  Jerusalem, 
that  "  watchers  come  from  a  "  far 
country,  and  ^  give  out  their  voice 
against  the  cities  of  Judah.  17 
As  keepers  of  a  field  are  they 
« against  her  round  about,  because 
she  hath  been  ''rebelHous  against 
me,  saith  Jehovah.  18  Thy  'way 
and  thy  doings  have  procured 
these  things  unto  thee  ;  this  is  thy 
wickedness;  ''for  it  is  'bitter,  ^for 
it  reacheth  unto  thy  heart. 

19"  My  anguish,  my  anguish  I  ■*  I 
am  pained  at  *my  very  heart ;  my 
*  heart  is  disquieted  in  me ;  I  can- 
not hold  my  peace  ;  because  ''  thou 
hast  heard,  O  my  soul,  the  •"  sound 
of  the  trumpet,  the  alarm  of  war. 
20  *  Destruction  upon  destruction 
is  cried ;  for  the  'whole  land  is 
laid  waste  :  suddenly  are  my  tents 
"destroyed,  and  my  curtains  in  a 
moment.  21  How  long  shall  I  see 
the  *  standard,  and  hear  the  sound 
of  the  trumpet  I  22  ''For  my  peo- 
ple are  foolish,  they  ''know  me 
not ;  they  are  ssttish  children,  and 
they  have  no  understanding  ;  they 
are  wise  to  'do  evil,  but  to  do  good 
they  have  no  knowledge. 

1  Or,  a  wind  too  strtrng  for  this 

*  Or,  th^e  is  a  voice  of  one  that  declareth  &c. 

*  Or,  sure/v 

*  Another  reading  is.  I  will  teait  patiently. 

*  Heb.  the  \oalls  of  my  heart. 

*  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  my  send  heareth 


"  Is.  29.  9. 

10;  Ezek. 

13.  9-16 
6  Ezek.  14. 

y  ;  2  Ih.  -2. 

11 
■=  ch.  5. 12 ; 

U.  13 
d  ch.  13.  24 ; 

51.  l: 

Ezek.  17. 

lip ;  Hos. 

13.  15 
*ch.  1.  16 
/  Is.  19.  1 ; 

Nah.  1.  3 
9  Is.  5.  2S ; 

06.  15 

*  Lam.  4.  19 
'  Is.  3.  S 
tis.  1.  16; 

Jas.  4.  8 
'  ch.  6.  19  ; 

13.  27; 

PiXiT.  1.  22 
"■  ch.  8.  16 
"  ver.  17; 

ch.  5.  6 
"  ch.  5.  15  ; 

Is.  39.  3 
i' Ezek.  21. 22 
9  2  E_  25.  1,  4 
>■  ch.  5.  -23 ; 

Is.  1.  20,  23 

*  ch.  2.  17, 
19 ;  Ps.  107. 
17;  Is.  50.  1 

'  ch.  2.  19 
"  ch.  9.  1.  10  : 

20.  9  ;  Is. 

15.  5 :  16. 

11  ;  21.  3  ; 

22.  4 
'■  Hab.  3.  16 
■^  Num.  lu.  9 
y  Ps.  42.  7  ; 

Ezek.  7.  26 
-  ver.  27 
"  ch.  10.  20 
*>  rer.  6 
■=  ch.  5.  4, 21 ; 

10.  8 
d  ch.  2.  8 
'  ch.  9.  3 ; 

13.  23; 

Rom.  16. 19 


/Gen.  1.2; 

Is.  24.  19 
■"  ver.  28 

*  ch.  10.  10 ; 
Is.  5.  25  ; 
Ezek.  38. 
20 

■  ch.  9.  10 ; 

12.  4  ; 

Zeph.  1.  3 
«■■  ch.  9.  10 
'  ch.  12.  11, 

12;  25.  11 
"'  ch.  5.  10, 

13  :  30.  11 ; 

46.  2S 
"  ch.  12.  4, 

11 ;  14.  2  ; 

Hos.  4.  3 
°  Is.  5.  30 ; 

50.  3 ;  Joel 

2.  30,  31 
^  ch.  23.  20 ; 

30.  24; 

Num.  23. 19 
9  ch.  6.  23 

""  ch.  16.  16  : 

Is.  2.  19-21 
'  ver.  7 
'  ch.  13.  21 ; 

Is.  10.  3 ; 

20.  6 
"  2  K.  9.  30 ; 

Ezek.  23. 

40 

*  ch.  22.  20. 
22 ;  Ezek. 
23.  9.  10,  22 

734 


23  I  beheld  the  earth,  and,  lo, 
it  was  -^  waste  and  void ;  and  the 
•^heavens,  and  they  had  no  light. 
24  I  beheld  the  mountains,  and, 
lo,  they  *  trembled,  and  all  the 
hills  'moved  to  and  fro.  25  I 
beheld,  and,  lo,  there  was  no  man, 
and  all  the  '  bii'ds  of  the  heavens 
v.-ere  lied.     26  I  beheld,   and,   lo, 

*  the  '•  fruitful  field  was  a  wilder^ 
ness,  and  all  the  cities  thereof 
were  broken  down  at  the  presence 
of  Jehovah,  aiid  before  his  fierce 
anger. 

27  For  thus  saith  Jehovah,  The 
'  whole  land  shall  be  a  desolation ; 
yet  will  I  '"not  make  a  full  end. 
28  For  this  shall  the  "  earth 
mourn,  and  the  "heavens  above  be 
black :  because  I  have  ^  spoken  it, 
I  have  purposed  it,  and  I  nave  not 
repented,  neither  will  I  turn  back 
from  it.  29  Every  city  « fieeth  for 
the  noise  of  the  horsemen  and  bow- 
men; they  '■go  into  the  thickets, 
and  climb  up^  upon  the  rocks : 
s  every  city  is  forsaken,  and  not  a 
man  dwelleth  thei*ein.  30  And 
thou,  when  thou  art  made  desolate, 
'  what  wilt  thou  do  ?  Though  thou 
clothest  thyself  with  scarlet, 
though  thou^  deckest  thee  with 
ornaments  of  gold,  though  thou 
^ "  enlargest  thine  eyes  with  paint, 
in  vain  dost  thou  make  thj'seli 
fair  ;  thy  '  lovers  despise  thee,  they 
seek  thy  life.  31  For  I  have  heard 
a  voice  as  of  a  ""  woman  in  travail, 
the  anguish  as  of  her  that  bringetn 
forth  her  first  child,  the  voice  of 
the  daughter  of  Zion,  that  -^gasp- 
eth  for  breath,  that  -  spreadeth 
her  hands,  sayiyig,  Woe  is  me  now  ! 
for  my  soul  fainteth  before  the 
murderers. 

5"  Eun  ye  to  and  fi'o  through 
the  streets  of  Jerusalem,  and 
see  now,  and  know,  and  seek  iu 
the  broad  places  thereof,  if  ye  cau 
find  a  *man,  if  there  be  anj'  that 
''doeth  justly,  that  seeketh  ^'^ truth: 
and  I  will  "*  pardon  her.  2  Ana 
though  they  say.  As  Jehovah  liv- 
eth  ;  surely  they  '  swear  falsely. 
3  O  Jehovah,  "  do  not  -^thine  eyes 
look  upon  ^°  truth  ?  thou  hast. 
"  stricken  them,  but  they  were  not 

*  ch.  13.  21 ;  22.  23  ;  30.  6  »  Is.  42.  14  '  Is.  1.  15 ; 
Lam.  1.  17  "  2  Chr.  16. 9  ;  Dan.  12. 4  !>  Ezek.  22. 30 
'  ver.  4,  5.  28,  31 ;  Mic.  6.  8  ;  7. 1,  2  <t  Gen.  18.  26, 32 
'  ch.  a  10 ;  Is.  48.  1  i  Tit.  1.  16  /  2  Chr.  16.  9  "  ch. 
2.  30  ;  la.  1.  5 ;  9.  13 


'  Or.  moved  lightly  '  Or,  Carmel 

3  Heb.  rendest.  i"  Oi,faiihfulness 

1'  Heb.  are  not  thine  eyes  upon. 


5.4 


JEREMIAH 


5.27 


Jerosalem's  Godlessness  denounced.     Her  Impending  Overthrov.    A  Pictore  of  Jadab'8  Guilt 


g:i-ieved ;  thou  hast  consumed 
them,  but  they  have  "refused  to 
receive  '  correction :  they  have 
made  their  faces  '' harder  than  a 
rock  :  they  have  refused  to  I'eturn. 

4:  Then  I  said,  JSurely  these  are 
poor  ;  they  are  "  fooUsh  ;  for  they 
''know  not  the  way  of  Jehovah, 
nor  the  law  of  their  God  :  5  I  will 
get  me  unto  the  great  men,  and 
will  speak  unto  them;  for  "they 
know  the  way  of  Jehovah,  and 
the  law  of  their  God.  But  these 
with  one  accord  have  •'broken  the 
yoke,  and  burst  the  bonds.  6 
Wherefore  a  '^  lion  out  of  the  forest 
shall  slay  them,  a  ''wolf  of  the 
'''evenings  shall  destroy  them,  a 
'leopard  shall  watch  against  their 
cities ;  every  one  that  goeth  out 
thence  shall  be  torn  in  pieces ; 
because  their  *  transgressions  are 
many,  and  their  backslidings  are 
increased. 

7  How  can  I  pardon  thee  1  thy 
children  have  forsaken  me,  and 
*  sworn  by  them  that  are  "*  no  gods. 
When  I  had  *fed  them  to  the  full, 
they  "  committed  adultery,  and  as- 
sembled themselves  in  "troops  at 
the  harlots'  houses;  8  they  were 
as  fed  horses  roaming  at  large ; 
every  one  neighed  after  his  ^  neigh- 
bor's wife.  9  Shall  I  not  *  visit  for 
these  things  1  saith  Jehovah ;  and 
shall  not  my  soul  ybe  avenged  on 
such  a  nation  as  this  1 

10  Go  ye  up  upon  her  'walls, 
and  destroy  ;  but '  make  not  a  full 
end  :  take  away  her  branches  ;  for 
they  are  not  Jehovah's.  1 1  For 
the  "  house  of  Israel  and  the  house 
of  Judah  have  dealt  very  treacher- 
ously against  me,  saith  Jehovah. 

12  They  have  denied  Jehovah, 
and  said,  "  It  is  not  he ;  ""  neither 
shall  evil  come  upon  us;  "neither 
shall   we  see  sword    nor    famine : 

13  and  the  -prophets  shall  be- 
come wind,  and  the  word  is  not  in 
them :  thus  shall  it  be  done  unto 
them. 

14  \\'herefore  thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  hosts.  Because  ye 
speak  this  word,  behold,  I  will 
make  my  words  in  thy  mouth  "  fire, 
and  this  people  wood,  and  it  shall 
devour  them.  15  Lo,  I  will* bring 
a  nation  upon  you  from  far,  O 
house  of  Israel,  saith  Jehovah :  it 
is  ■*  a  mighty  nation,  it  is  an  an- 

1  Or,  instruction  *  Or,  deserts 

*  Or,  according  to  another  reading,  made  them 
swear  *  Or,  an  enduring  nation 


"  oh.  7.  28  ; 

8.  6 ;  Zeph. 

3.2 
*  ch.  7.  26 ; 

H».  15 ; 

Ezek.  3.  8 
'  ch.  4.  22 
d  ell.  8.  7  ; 

Is.  27.  U  , 

Ho8.  4.  0 
'  iMie.  3.  1 
/  cli.  2.  20 ; 

Ex.  32.  2o ; 

Pa.  2.  3 
»  ch.  4.  7 
A  Ezek.  22. 

27;  Hab.  1, 

8;  Zeph. 

3.  3 

'  Hos.  13.  7 
*•■  ch.  30.  14, 

'  ch.  12.  16 ; 

Josh.  23.  7 ; 

Zeph.  1.  6 
""ch.  2.  11; 

l)t.  .32.  21 ; 

Gal.  4.  8 
"  ch.  7.  9 
"  Num.  25. 

1-3 
P  ch.  29.  23  ; 

Ezek.  22. 

11 
«  ver.  29 ; 

ch.  9.  9 
*■  ch.  9.  9 
'  ch.  39.  8 
<  ver.  18 ; 

ch.  4.  27 
"  ch.  3.  6,  7, 

20 
"  ch.  14.  22  ; 

43.  1-4  ; 

Prov.  30.  9 
^  ch.  23.  17 
Vch.  14.  13 
'  ch.  14.  13, 

15  ;  22.  22  ; 

Job  8.  2 
"  ch.  23.  29  ; 

Is.  24.6; 

Zech.  1.  6 
6  ch.  4.  16  ; 

Dt.  28.  49 ; 

la.  5.  -26 


"^  l8.  28.  11 
d  Ps.  6.  9 ; 

Is.  5.  28 ; 

13.  18 
«ch.  8.  16; 

50.  7,  17  ; 

Lev.  26. 16 ; 

Dt.  28.  31, 

:« 

/ch.  8.  13 
9  Hos.  8.  14 
A  ch.  4.  27 
■  ch.  10. 

10-13 ; 

Dt.  29. 

24-26 ;  1  K. 

9.  8,9 

k  ch.  2.  13 
'  ch.  16.  13  , 

Dt.  28.  48 
"'  ver.  4 ; 

ch.  4.  22; 

Dt.  32.  0 
"  Is.  6.  9  , 

43.  8; 

Ezek.  12. 

2 ;  Mt.  13. 

14 
"  ch.  6.  10 
I'  ch.  2.  19  ; 

10.  7 ;  Dt. 
2><.  68 ;  Ps. 
119.  120 

«  Job  38.  8- 

11;  Ps. 

104.9 
•■  ch.  4.  17  , 

6.  28 ;  Dt. 

736 


cient  nation,  a  nation  whose  ^lan- 
guage thou  knowest  not,  neither 
understandest  what  they  say.  16 
Their  quiver  i.s  an ''  o\)en  .sepulchre, 
they  are  all  mighty  men.  17  And 
they  shall  'eat  up  thy  harvest, 
and  thy  bread,  tvhich  thy  sons  and 
thy  daughters  should  eat ;  they 
shall  eat  up  thy  ilocks  and  thy 
herds;  they  shall  eat  up  thy  ■'vines 
and  thy  fig-trees;  they  shall  ''beat 
down  thy  "fortified  cities,  wherein 
thou  trustest,  with  the  sword.  18 
But  even  in  those  days,  saith  Jeho- 
vah, ''I  will  not  make  a  full  end 
with  you. 

19  And  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
'  when  ye  shall  say.  Wherefore 
hath  Jeliovah  our  God  done  all 
these  things  unto  us?  then  shalt 
thou  say  unto  them,  Like  as  ye 
have  *  forsaken  me,  and  served 
foreign  gods  in  your  land,  so  shall 
ye '  serve  strangers  in  a  land  that 
is  not  yours. 

20  Declare  ye  this  in  the  house 
of  Jacob,  and  publish  it  in  Judah, 
saying,  21  Hear  now  this,  O  '"fool- 
ish people,  and  without  ®  under- 
standing ;  that  have  "  eyes,  and  see 
not;  that  have  "ears,  and  hear 
not:  22  ^Fear  ye  not  me'?  saith 
Jehovah :  will  ye  not  tremble  at 
my  presence,  who  have  « placed 
the  sand  for  the  bound  of  the  sea, 
"by  a  perpetual  decree,  that  it 
cannot  pass  if?  and  though  the 
waves  thereof  toss  themselves,  yet 
can  they  not  prevail ;  though  they 
roar,  yet  can  they  not  pass  over  it. 
23  But  this  peojjile  hatn  a  *■  revolt- 
ing and  a  rebellious  heart ;  they 
are  revolted  and  gone.  24  Neither 
say  they  in  their  lieart.  Let  us  now 
fear  Jehovah  our  God,  that  'giveth 
rain,  both  the  'former  and  the 
latter,  in  its  season  ;  that  preserv- 
eth  unto  us  the  "appointed  weeks 
of  the  harvest.  25  Tour  "iniqui- 
ties have  turned  away  these  things, 
and  your  sins  have  withholden 
good  from  you.  26  For  among  my 
people  are  found  wicked  men : 
they  'watch,  as  fowlers  lie  in  wait; 
they  set  a  trap,  they  catch  men. 
27  As  a  cage  is  full  or  birds,  so  are 
their  houses  full  of  "  deceit :  there- 

21.  18 ;  Ps.  78.  8  •  ch.  3.  8 j  Ps.  147.  8 ;  Mt.  6.  46 
'  Joel  2.  23  "  Gen.  8.  22  "ch.  2.  17 ;  4.  18  *  ch. 
18.  22 ,  Ps.  10.  9 ;  Prov.  1. 11 ;  Hab.  1.  16    v  ch.  9.  6 


4  Or,  impoverish  *  Heb.  heart. 

1  Or,  an  everlasting  ordinance  which  it  cannot 
pcua 


5.28 


Jl^REMIAH 


6.21 


Threatened  Siege  of  Jernsalem.    Her  Rainoas  Fall  to  come  becaase  of  her  Govetoasness  and  Obstinacy 


fore  they  are  become  "great,  and 
waxed  rich.  28  They  are  *  waxed 
fat,  they  shine  :  yea,  they  overpass 
in  deeds  of  wickedness  ;  they  plead 
not  the  cause,  the  cause  of  the 
"  fatherless,  that  they  may  prosper  ; 
and  the  right  of  the  ''  needy  do  they 
not  judge.  29  Shall  I  not  'visit 
for  these  things  1  saith  Jehovah ; 
shall  not  my  soul  be  avenged  on 
such  a  nation  as  thisl 

30  ^A  wonderful  and  ■''horrible 
thing  is  come  to  pass  in  the  land  : 
31  the  prophets  prophesy  falsely, 
and  the  priests  bear  rule  '"^by  their 
means ;  and  my  people  -'love  to  have 
it  so :  and  what  will  ye  do  in  the 
end  thereof? 

6  Flee  for  safety,  ye  children 
of  Benjamin,  out  of  the  midst 
of  Jerusalem,  and  blow  the  trum- 
pet in  "  Tekoa,  and  raise  up  a  signal 
on  '  Beth-haccherem  ;  for  evil  look- 
eth  forth  from  the  *  north,  and  a 
great  destruction.  2  The  comely 
and  '  delicate  one,  the  '"  daughter  of 
Zion,  will  I  cut  off.  3  "  Shepherds 
with  their  flocks  shall  come  unto 
her ;  they  shall  "  pitch  their  tents 
against  ner  round  about ;  they 
shall  feed  every  one  in  his  place. 
4  ^^ Prepare  ye  war  against  her; 
arise,  and  let  us  go  up  at  'noon. 
Woe  unto  us  !  for  the  day  declineth, 
for  the  shadows  of  the  evening  are 
stretched  out.  5  Arise,  and  let  us 
go  up  by  night,  and  let  us  "■  destroy 
her  palaces.  6  For  thus  hath  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts  said,  '  Hew  ye  down 
*  trees,  and  cast  up  a  '  mound 
against  Jerusalem  :  this  is  the  city 
to  be  visited ;  she  is  wholly  "  op- 
pression in  the  midst  of  her.  7 
"  As  a  well  ^  casteth  forth  its  waters, 
so  she  ^casteth  forth  her  wicked- 
ness :  "^  violence  and  destruction  is 
heard  in  her ;  before  me  continu- 
ally is  2/ sickness  and  wounds.  8 
-  Be  thou  instructed,  O  Jerusalem, 
lest  my  "soul  be  alienated  from 
thee  ;  lest  I  make  thee  a  desolation, 
a  land  not  inhabited. 

9  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
They  shall  *  thoroughly  glean  the 
"  remnant  of  Israel  as  a  vine  :  turn 
again  thy  hand  as  a  grape-gatherer 
•^into  the  baskets.  10  To  whom 
shall  I  speak  and  testify,  that  they 
may  hearl  behold,  their  ''ear  is 
uncircumcised,  and  they  cannot 
hearken :    behold,    the   "  word    of 

1  Or,  Astonishment  and  horror 

*  Or,  at  their  hands        3  Heb.  Sanctify. 

*  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  her  trees 

5  Or.  keepeth  fresh         ^  Or,  upon  the  shoots 


"  ch.  12.  1 
6  Ot.  32. 15 
"  ch.  7.  8  ; 

22.  3 ;  Is. 

1.2:j;Zech. 

7.  lU 
d  ch.  2.  34 
"  ver.  y ; 

Mai.  3.  5 
/  ch.  23.  14  ; 

Hos.  6.  10 
^Mic.  2.  11 
ft  2  S.  14.  2, 

4,  9 ;  2  Chr. 

11.  G;  Am. 

1.  1 
'  Neh.  3.  14 
*•■  ver.  22 ; 

ch.  1.  14 ; 

4.  6 
'  Dt.  28.  56 
"'  ch.  4.  31 ; 

Is.  1.  8 
"  ch.  12.  10 
"ch  4.  17; 

2  K.  25.  1 ; 

Lk.  19.  43 
P  ver.  23 ; 

Joel  3.  9 
9  ch.  15.  8  ; 

Zeph.  2.  4 
"■  ch.  62.  13 ; 

Is.  32.  14 
'  Dt.  20.  19, 

20 

i  ch.  32.  24  ; 

33.  4 
"  ch.  22.  17 
"  Jas.  3. 

10-12 
^  ch.  20.  8  ; 

Ps.  65.  9- 

11 ;  Ezek. 

7.  11,23 
y  ch.  30. 12, 10 
'  ch.  7.  28  ; 

17.  23 

"  Ezek.  23. 

18 ;  Hos.  9. 

12 
i>  oh.  16.  16 ; 

49.  9; 

Obad.  5,  6 
'^ch.  8.  3;  11. 

23 
d  ch.  4.  4  ;  5. 

21 ;  7.  26  ; 

Acts  7.  51 
«  ch.  20.  8 


/Job  32.  18, 
19 ;  Mic. 

»  ch.  15.  6 ; 

20.9 
A  ch.  7.  20  ; 

9.  21 
'  ch.  8.  10 ; 

38.  22  , 

Dt.  28.  30 

*  ch.  15.  6 

'  ch.  8.  10  ; 

22.  17 
"'  ch.  8.  10 ; 

22.  17  ;  Is. 

66.  11;  67. 

17 
"  ch.  8.  n  ; 

Ezek.  13. 

10 ;  34.  4 
"  ch.  3.  3 ;  8. 

12 
P  ch.  12.  Ifi ; 

18.  15;  .31. 

21 ;  Is.  8. 

2(J;  Mai. 

4.  4  ;  Lk. 

16.  29 
9Mt.  11.29 
''  ch.  2.5.  4 ; 

Is.  21.  11 ; 

58.  1  ; 

Ezek.  3. 17; 

Hab.  2.  1 

♦  ch.  22.  29  ; 

736 


Jehovah  is  become  unto  them  a 
reproach  ;  they  have  no  delight  in 
it.  11  Therefore  I  am -^  full  of  the 
wrath  of  Jehovah;  I  am  "weary 
with  holding  in  :  ''  pour  it  out  upon 
the  children  in  the  street,  and 
upon  the  assembly  of  young  men 
together ;  for  even  the  husband 
with  the  wife  shall  be  taken,  the 
aged  with  him  that  is  full  of  days. 
1 2  And  their  *  houses  shall  be 
turned  unto  others,  their  fields  and 
their  wives  together ;  for  I  will 
*  stretch  out  m.y  hand  upon  the 
inhabitants  of  the  land,  saith  Je- 
hovah. 13  For'fi'om  the  least  of 
them  even  unto  the  greatest  of 
them  every  one  is  given  to  "'  covet- 
ousness ;  and  from  the  prophet 
even  unto  the  priest  every  one 
dealeth  falsely.  14  They  have 
"  healed  also  the/  hurt  of  **  my  peo- 
ple slightly,  saying.  Peace,  peace  ; 
when  there  is  no  peace.  15  ^Were 
they  "ashamed  when  they  had 
committed  abomination  1  nay,  they 
were  not  at  all  ashamed,  neither 
could  they  blush :  therefore  they 
shall  fall  among  them  that  fall ;  at 
the  time  that  I  visit  them  they 
shall  ^"  be  cast  down,  saith  Jeho- 
vah. 

16  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  Stand 
ye  in  the  ways  and  see,  and  ask 
for  the  ^old  paths,  where  is  the 
good  way ;  and  walk  therein,  and 
''  ye  shall  find  rest  for  your  souls : 
but  they  said.  We  will  not  walk 
therein.  17  And  I  set  *■  watchmen 
over  you,  saying,  Hearken  to  the 
sound  of  the  trumpet ;  but  they 
said,  We  will  not  hearken.  18 
Therefore  hear,  ye  nations,  and 
know,  O  congregation,  what  is 
among  them.  19  *  Hear,  O  earth  : 
behold,  I  will '  bring  evil  upon  this 
people,  even  the  "fruit  of  their 
thoughts,  because  they  have  not 
hearkened  unto  my  words  ;  and  as 
for  my  law,  they  have  "  rejected  it. 
20  "^  To  what  purpose  cometh  there 
to  me  2' frankincense  from  Sheba, 
and  the  ^ sweet  "cane  from  a  far 
country  1  your  "  burnt-offerings  are 
not  acceptable,  nor  your  sacrifices 
pleasing  unto  me.     21  Therefore 

Is.  1.  2  '  ch.  19.  3, 15  "  Prov.  1.  31  "  ch.  8. 9  "  Ps. 
40.  6  :  50.  7-9 ;  Is.  1. 11  ;  66.  3 ;  Am.  5.  21 ;  Mic.  6.  6 
y  Is.  60.  6    ^  Ex.  30.  23    "  ch.  7.  21  ;  14.  12 


7  Or,  hreach 

8  Another  reading  is,  the  daughter  of  my  people, 
as  in  ch.  8.  11,21. 

9  Or,  They  shall  be  put  to  shams  because  they 
have  committed  abomination :  yea.  they  are  not 
&c.  10  Or,  stumble  n  Or,  calamus 


6.  22 


JEREMIAH 


7.18 


Destrortion  I8  to  come  from  the  North.    Temple  Worship  of  no  Avail  to  the  Uiif^odly.    Their  Idolatry  denounced 


thus  saith  Jehovah,  Behold,  "  1  will 
lay  stumbling-blocks  before  this 
people ;  and  the  *"  fathers  and  the 
sons  together  shall  stumble  ajjainst 
them  ;  the  neighbor  and  his  friend 
shall  pensh. 

•1-1  Thus  saith  Jehovah.  Behold, 
a  "people  cometh  from  the  north 
country ;  and  a  great  nation  shall 
bestirred  up  from  the  ''uttermost 

Earts  of  the  earth.  23  They  lay 
old  on  '  bow  and  spear ;  they  are 
■'cruel,  and  have  no  mercy;  their 
voice  froareth  like  the  sea,  and 
they  ride  upon  horses,  every  one 
set  in  array,  as  a  man  to  the  bat- 
tle, against  thee,  O  daughter  of 
Zion.  24  We  have  ''heard  the 
report  thereof ;  our  hands  wax 
feeble  :  anguish  hath  taken  hold 
of  us,  ami  'pangs  as  of  a  woman 
in  travail.  25  *  Go  not  forth  into 
the  field,  nor  walk  by  the  way ; 
for  the  '  sword  of  tlie  enemy,  aiul 
'"terror,  are  on  every  side.  26  O 
daughter  of  my  people,  "  gird  thee 
^»'ith  sackcloth,  and  "wallow  thy- 
self in  ashes:  make  thee ''mourn- 
ing, as  for  an  only  son,  most  bitter 
lamentation ;  for  the  destroyer 
shall  suddenly  come  upon  us. 

27  I  have  'made  thee  a  Hrier 
and  a  fortress  among  my  people ; 
that  thou  mayest  know  and  'try 
their  way.  28  They  are  all  griev- 
ous '  revolters,  '  going  about  with 
slanders  ;  they  are  "  brass  and  iron  : 
they  "all  of  them  deal  corruptly. 

29  The  bellows  -blow  fiercely; 
the  lead  is  consumed  of  the  fire  : 
in  vain  do  they  go  on  refining  ;  for 
the  -^  wicked  are  not  plucked  away. 

30  *  Refuse  silver  shall  men  call 
them,  because  Jehovah  hath  *  re- 
jected them. 

7      The  "  word  that  came  to  Jere- 
miah   from    Jehovah,    saying, 

2  *  Stand  in  the  gate  of  Jehovah's 
house,  and  proclaim  there  this  word, 
and  say,  "  Hear  the  word  of  Jeho- 
vah, all  ye  of  Judah,  that  enter  in 
at  these  gates  to  worship  Jehovah. 

3  Thus  saith  Jehovah  oi  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel,  ''Amend  your  ways 
and  your  doings,  and  I  will  cause 
you  to  dwell  in  this  place.  4 
*  Trust  ye  not  in  lying  words,  say- 
ing, •'The  temple  of  .Tehovah,  the 
temple  of  Jehovah,  the  temple  of 
Jehovah,  are  these.  5  For  "if  ye 
thoroughly  amend  your  ways  and 
your  doings  ;  if  ye  thoroughly  *  exe- 

>  Or,  tower  »  Or,  are  burned 

24 


"  ch.  13.  10  ; 

Is.  8.  14 
("ch.  9.  21, 

Ti ;  Is.  9. 

14-17 
"ch.  I.  16; 

6.  16;  10. 

•I'i;  60.  41- 

43 
•'  Nell.  1.  9 
'  ch.  4.  29 ; 

Is.  13.  18 
/  ch.  50.  42 
'■'  Is.  6.  30 
''  ch.  4.  19- 

21  ;  Is.  28. 

19 
•ch.  4.  31  , 

13.  21  ;  30. 

0;  Is.  21.  3 

*  ch.  14.  18 
'  Ch.  12.  12 

"'  Ch.  20.  10  ; 

4G.  6  ;  49.  29 
"  ch.  4.  8 
"  ch.  26.  34  ; 

Mic.  1.  10 
J'  Am.  8.  10 ; 

Zech.  12.  10 
«ch.  1.  18; 

l.x  20 
•■  ch.  9.  7 
'  ch.  6.  23 
'  ch.  9.  4 
"  Ezek.  22. 

18 
"  ver.  13 
"  ch.  15.  19 

y  i's.  119. 

119;  Is.  1. 

22 

*  ch.  7.  29 

"  ch.  20.  1,  2 
>>  ch.  17.  19 
'  ch.  2.  4 ; 

10.  1 ,  1  K. 

22.  19;  Is. 

1.  10 
<i  ver.  6 ; 

ch.  4.  1 ;  18. 

11;  20.  13 
'  ver.  8 ; 

Mic.  3.  11 
/ver.  9-11, 

14 
"ch.  4.  1,2; 

Is.  1.  19 
fc  ch.  21.  12  , 

22.  3 ;  1  K. 

6.  12,  13 


•  ch.  6.  28 ; 
Ex.  22.  21- 
24 

*  ch.  2.  34  ; 
19.  4 

'ch.  13.  10; 

Dt.  0.  14, 

15  ;  8.  19 ; 

11.  28 

"■  ch.  4.  1 ; 

Dt.  4.  40 
"  ch.  3.  18 
"  ver.  4  ;  ch. 

13.  2.1 ;  23. 

.32  ;  28.  15 
>•  Ex.  20.  3, 

13-16 
«  ch.  11. 13, 

17 

*■  ver.  6 ;  ch. 

10.  4 
'  Ezek.  23.  39 
<  ver.  11,  14, 

30 ;  ch.  32. 

34 
»  ch.  2.  23,  3i-> 
'  Is.  60.  7 
'Mt.  21.  n\ 

Mk.  11. 17; 

Lk.  19.  40 
y  ch.  29.  23 
'  ch.  20.  6  ; 

Judg.  18. 

31 

737 


cute  justice  between  a  man  and  his 
neighbor ;  6  if  ye  oppress  not  the 
sojourner,  the  'fatherless,  and  the 
widowj  and  *shed  not  innocent 
blood  in  this  place,  neither  'walk 
after  other  gods  to  your  own  hurt  : 
7  then  will  I  cause  you  to  '"dwell 
in  this  place,  in  the  "  land  that  1 
gave  to  your  fathers,  from  of  old 
even  for  evermore. 

8  Behold,  ye  trust  in  "lying 
words,  that  cannot  profit.  9  vVill 
j'e  ^  steal,  murder,  and  commit 
adultery,  and  swear  falsely,  and 
''burn  incense  unto  Baal,  and  walk 
after  "■  other  gods  that  ye  have  not 
known,  10  and  'come  and  stand 
before  me  in  '  this  hou.se,  ^  which 
is  called  bj'  my  name,  and  say, 
"  We  are  delivered  ;  that  ye  may 
do  all  these  abominations  %  1 1  Is 
'  this  house,  which  is  called  by  my 
name,  become  a  'den  of  robbers  in 
.your  eyes'?  Behold,  *I,  even  I, 
have  seen  it,  saith  Jehovah. 

12  But  go  ye  now  unto  mv  place 
which  was  in  '  Shiloh,  where  I 
"caused  my  name  to  dwell  at  the 
first,  and  *  see  what  I  did  to  it  for 
the  wickedness  of  my  people  Israel. 
13  And  now,  because  ye  nave  done 
all  these  works,  saith  Jehovah,  and 
I  spake  unto  you,  "  rising  up  early 
and  **  speaking,  but  ye  heard  not ; 
and  I  '^  called  you,  but  ye  answered 
not:  14  therefore  will  I  do  unto 
the  -'house  which  is  called  by  my 
name,  "wherein  ye  trust,  and  unto 
the  place  which  I  gave  to  you  and 
to  your  fathers,  as  I  ''did  to  Shiloh. 
15  And  I  will  'cast  you  out  of  my 
sight,  as  I  have  *  cast  out  all  your 
brethren,  even  the  whole  seed  of 
'  Ephraim. 

16  Therefore  ""pray  not  thou  for 
this  people,  neither  lift  up  cry  nor 
prayer  tor  them,  neither  make  in- 
tercession to  me ;  for  I  will  "  not 
hear  thee.  17  Seest  thou  not  what 
"they  do  in  the  cities  of  Judah 
and  in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem  ( 
18  The  children  gather  wood,  and 
the  fathers  kindle  the  fire,  and  the 
''women  knead  the  dough,  to  make 
cakes  to  the  queen  of  heaven,  and 
to  'pour  out  drink-oflferings  unto 

"  .Tosh.  18.  1.  10  ("I  S  4. 10,  11,  22  i  Ps.  78.  00-64 

■■ver.  25;  ch.  II.  7;  2  Chr.  30.  15  dch.  .^5.  17 

'  Prov.  1.  24 ;  Is.  65.  12 ;  66.  4  /  Dt.  12.  5 ;  1  K.  9.  7 
"  ver.  4  *  ver.  12  '  ch.  15.  1  :  62.  3  *  2  K.  17.  23 
'  Ps.  78.  67  ;  Hos.  7.  13  ;  9.  3  ;  12.  1  "•  ch.  11.  14 ; 
Ex  32.  10;  Dt.  9.  14  "  ch.  16.  I  0  ch.  11.  13 ;  44.  « 
''  ch.  44.  17-19    ''  ch.  19.  13 


s  Heb.  whereupon  my  name  is  called. 


7.19 


JEREMIAH 


a5 


Idolatry  and  Wilfulness  to  be  punished.    Ibominations  of  Topheth,  and  their  Fnnishment 


other  gods,  that  they  may  "pro- 
voke me  to  anger.  19  *  Do  they 
provoke  me  to  anger  1  saith  Jeho- 
vah ;  do  they  not  pi'ovoke  thern- 
selves,  to  the  "confusion  of  their 
own  faces'?  20  Thei-efore  thus 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah :  Behold, 
mine  ''anger  and  my  wrath  shall 
be  poured  out  upon  this  place, 
upon  man,  and  upon  beast,  and 
upon  the  *  trees  of  the  field, 
and  upon  the  fruit  of  the  ground  ; 
and  it  shall  burn,  and  shall  not  be 
quenched. 

2 1  Tlius  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
the  God  oi  Israel :  ■''Add  your 
burnt-oiferings  unto  your  sacri- 
fices, and  *'eat  ye  flesh.  22  For 
I  ''spake  not  unto  your  fathers, 
nor  commanded  them  in  the  day 
that  I  brought  them  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  concerning  burnt- 
olierings  or  sacrifices  :  23  but  this 
thing  I  commanded  them,  saying, 

*  Hearken  unto  my  voice,  and  *  I 
will  be  your  God,  and  ye  shall  be 
my  people  ;  and  walk  ye  in  all  the 
way  that  I  command  you,  that  it 
may  '  be  well  with  you.  24  But 
they  ™  hearkened  not,  nor  inclined 
their  ear,  but  walked  in  their  own 
counsels  and  in  the  stubbornness  of 
their  evil  heart,  and  ' "  went  back- 
ward, and  not  forward.  25  Since 
the  day  that  your  fathers  came 
forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  unto 
this  day,  I  have "  sent  unto  you  all 
my  servants  the  prophets,  daily 
rising  up  early  and  sending  them  : 
26  yet  they  -^hearkened  not  unto 
me,  nor  inclined  their  ear,  but 
«made  their  neck  stiff:  they  ''did 
worse  than  their  fathers. 

27  And  thou  shalt  *  speak  all 
these  words  unto  them ;  but  they 

*  will  not  hearken  to  thee :  thou 
shalt  also  call  unto  them  ;  but  they 
will  "not  answer  thee.  28  And 
thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  This  is 
the  nation  that  hath  "not  heark- 
ened to  the  voice  of  Jehovah  their 
God,  ^  nor  received  "  instruction  : 
^2' truth  is  perished,  and  is  cut  off 
from  their  mouth. 

29  ^Cut  off  Hhy  hair,  0  Jeru- 
salem, and  cast  it  away,  and  "  take 
up  a  lamentation  on  the  bare 
heights ;  for  Jehovah  hath  *  re- 
jected and  forsaken  the  generation 
of  his  wrath.  30  For  the  children 
of  Judah  have  done  that  which  is 

1  Or,  turned  their  back,  and  not  their  face 

*  Or,  correction  8  Or,  faithfulness 

*  Heb.  thy  crown. 


"ch.  11.  17; 
Dt.  32.  16, 
21 ;  1  K. 

14.  9 ;  16. 

2 ;  Ezek.  8. 

17 
b  Job  35.  6 
•=  ch.  9.  19 ; 

15.  9  ;  22.  22 
dch.  6.  11, 

12  ,  42.  18  ; 

Is.  42.  25  ; 

Lam.  2.  3- 

5;  4.  11 
« ch.  8.  13 ; 

11.  16 
/  ch.  6.  20 ; 

14.  12  i  Is. 

I.  11 ;  Am. 

5.  21 

»  Ezek.  33. 

25 ;  Hos.  8. 

13 
h  1  S.  15.  22  ; 

Ps.  51.  16 ; 

Hos.  6.  6 
i  Ex.  15.  26  ; 

Dt.  6.  3 
'  ch.  11.  4  ; 

13.  11 ;  Ex. 
19.  5,  6  ; 
Lev.  26.  12 

'  ch.  38.  20 ; 

42.  6 ;  Is.  3. 

10 
"'ch.  11.  8; 

Ps.  81.  11 ; 

Ezek.  20. 

8,  13,  16, 21 
"  ch.  16.  6 

°  ver.  13 ; 

ch.  25.  4 ; 

2  Chr.  36. 

15;  Lk.  11. 

49 
P  ver.  24 
«  ch.  17.  23 ; 

19.  15  ; 

Neh.  9.  17 
'■  ch.  16.  12 ; 

Mt.  23.  32 
'  ch.  1.  8  ; 

26.  2 ; 

Ezek.  2.  7 
'  ver.  13 ; 

Ezek.  3.  7 
"  Is.  50.  2 ; 

6.5.  12; 

Zech.  7.  13 
^  ch.  6.  17  ; 

II.  10 

'^  ch.  6.  3  ; 

Ps.  50.  17 
y  ch.  9.  6 ; 

Is.  59.  14,  15 
'  ch.  16.  6 ; 

.Tob  1.  20 , 

Is.  15.  2 , 

22. 12 ; 

Mic.  1.  16 
"  ch.  3.  21 ;  9. 

17,18 
*  ch.  6.  30 ; 

14.  19 


'  ch.  32.  34, 

35 ;  2  K. 

21.  4; 

2  Chr.  33. 

4,  5,  7  ; 

Ezek.  7. 

20 ;  Dan.  9. 

27 ;  11.  31 
d  ch.  19.  5  , 

2  K.  23.  10 
*2  K.  17.  17, 

Ps.  106.  38 
/Dt.  17.  3 
»  ch.  19.  6,  7 
A  ch.  19.  11  ; 

2  K.  23.  10 
'  ch.  12.  9 , 

Dt.  28.  26  ; 

Ps.  79.  2 
*  ch.  16.  9 ; 

738 


evil  in  my  sight,  saith  Jehovah: 
they  have  '  set  their  abominations 
in  the  house  which  is  called  by  my 
name,  to  defile  it.  31  And  they 
have  ■*  built  the  high  places  of 
Topheth,  which  is  in  the  valley  of 
the  son  of  Hinnom,  to  "  burn  their 
sons  and  their  daughters  in  the 
fire;  which  I  •'commanded  not, 
neither  came  it  into  my  ^mind. 
32  ^Therefore,  behold,  the  days 
come,  saith  Jehovah,  that  it  shall 
no  more  be  called  To{)heth,  nor 
The  valley  of  the  son  of  Hinnom, 
but  The  valley  of  Slaughter :  for 
they  shall  ''  bury  in  Topheth,  ®  till 
there  be  no  place  to  bury.  33  And 
the  *dead  bodies  of  this  people 
shall  be  food  for  the  birds  of  the 
heavens,  and  for  the  beasts  of  the 
earth ;  and  none  shall  frighten 
them  away.  34  Then  will  I  cause 
to  *  cease  from  the  cities  of  Judah, 
and  from  the  streets  of  Jerusalem, 
the  voice  of  mirth  and  the  voice  of 
gladness,  the  voice  of  the  bride- 
groom and  the  voice  of  the  bride  ; 
for  the  '■  land  shall  become  a  waste. 

8  At  that  time,  saith  Jehovah, 
they  shall "'  bring  out  the  bones 
of  the  kings  of  Judah,  and  the 
bones  of  his  princes,  and  the  bones 
of  the  priests,  and  the  bones  of  the 
prophets,  and  the  bones  of  the  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem,  out  of 
their  graves ;  2  and  they  shall 
spread  them  before  the  sun,  and 
the  moon,  and  all  the  "host  of 
heaven,  which  they  have  loved, 
and  which  they  have  served,  and 
after  which  they  have  walked, 
and  which  they  have  sought, 
and  which  they  have  worshipped  : 
they  shall  not  be  gathered,  "nor 
be  buried,  they  shall  be  ^for  dung 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth.  3  And 
''death  shall  be  chosen  rather  than 
life  by  all  the  residue  that  remain 
of  this  evil  family,  that  remain 
in  all  the  "■  places  whither  I  have 
driven  them,  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts. 

4  Moreover  thou  shalt  say  unto 
them,  Thus  saith  Jehovah  :  Shall 
men  fall,  and  'not  rise  up  again] 
shall  one  turn  away,  and  not  re- 
turn]   5  Why  then  is  this  people 

Is.  24.  7,  8  ,  Ezek.  26.  13 ,  Hos.  2.  ii  '  ch.  4.  27 ; 
Is.  1.  7  '"  Ezek.  6.  5  "  ch.  19.  13 ;  2  K.  23.  5 ; 
Zeph.  1.  6  ;  Acts  7.  42  °  ch.  22.  19 ;  36.  30  p  ch.  9. 
22  ;  2  K.  9.  37  ;  Pa.  83.  10  «  Job  3.  21,  22  ;  T-  16.  16  ; 
Jon.  4.  3;  Rev.  9.  6  '' ch.  2,3.  3,8;  29.14;  I)t.30. 1,4 
'  Prov.  24.  16 ;  Am.  6.  2 ;  Mic.  7.  8 


5  Heb.  heart. 

'  Or,  because  there  shall  be  no  place  else 


8.6 


JEREMIAH 


9.5 


Treachary  and  Sbamelessness  of  Jadah.    The  Avenger  near.    A  Lament  over  the  Desperate  State  of  Zion 


of  Jerusalem  "slidden  back  by  a 
perpetual  backsliding'?  they  *hold 
last  deceit,  they  refuse  to  return. 
6  I  ■=  hearkened  and  heard,  but 
they  spake  not  arij^ht :  /'  no  man 
repenteth  him  of  his  wickedness, 
saying.  What  have  1  done?  every 
one  Hurneth  to  his  course,  as  a 
•horse  that  rusheth  headlong  in 
the  battle.  7  Vea,  the  •'stork  in 
the  heavens  knoweth  her  ap- 
pointed times ;  and  the  "  turtle- 
dove and  the  swallow  and  the 
crane  observe  the  time  of  their 
coming;  but  ''my  people  know 
not  the  law  of  Jehovah. 

8  How  do  ye  say,  '  We  are  wise, 
and  the  law  of  Jehovah  is  with  us  ? 
But,  behold,  the  false  pen  of  the 
scribes  hath  -wrought  falsely.  9 
The  wise  men  are  *  put  to  shame, 
they  are  dismayed  and  taken  :  lo, 
they  have  'rejected  the  word  of 
Jehovah ;  and  what  manner  of 
wisdom  is  in  them?  10  Therefore 
will  I  '"give  their  wives  unto  others, 
and  their  fields  to  them  that  shall 
possess  them  :  for  every  one  from 
the  least  even  unto  the  greatest  is 
giiiwi  to  "  covetousne.ss ;  from  the 
prophet  even  unto  the  priest  every 
one  dealeth  falsely.  1 1  And  they 
have  "  healed  the  hurt  of  the 
daughter  of  my  people  slightly, 
saying,  Peace,  peace ;  when  there 
is  no  peace.  12  Were  they 
^ashamed  when  they  had  com- 
mitted abomination?  nay,  they 
were  not  at  all  ashamed,  neither 
could  they  blush  :  therefore  shall 
they  "fall  among  them  that  fall; 
in  the  ""time  of  their  visitation  they 
shall  be  cast  down,  saith  Jehovah. 
13  I  will  'utterly  consume  them, 
saith  Jehovah  :  there  shall  be  '  no 
grapes  on  the  vine,  "  nor  figs  on  the 
ng-tree,  and  the  le<if  shall  fade ;  and 
^tfie  thingii  that  1  have  given  them 
shall  pass  away  from  them. 

14  Why  do  we  sit  still  1  "assemble 
yourselves,  and  let  us  ^ enter  into 
the  fortified  cities,  and  let  us  •*  be 
silent  there ;  for  Jehovah  our  God 
hath  ''put  us  to  silence,  and  given 
us  water  of  ''*gall  to  drink,  be- 
cau.se  'we  have  sinned  against  Je- 
hovah. 15  We  "looked  for  peace, 
but  no  good  came;  and  for  a  time 
of  healing,  and,   behold,  dismay  ! 

1  Or,  tumeth  meny  in  hit  eoitrse 

*  Or,  male  of  it, ruhehood 

3  Or,  /  have  appointed  them  iho^e  that  shall 
pafs  over  th(m  *  Or,  perish 

'  Or,  caused  ««  lo  perixh 

*  Or,  poison   See  Dt.  29. 18. 


"  ch.  5.  6  ;  7. 

24 
t>ch.  5.  27; 

!».  e 
'  Ps.  14.  2  ; 

Mai.  3.  IB 
d  Ezek.  22. 

30 ;  Mic. 

7.  2 ;  Kev. 

9.  w 
•Job  89. 

21-2.1 

/  Prov.  6.  6- 

S  ;  Is.  1.  3 

'■'  S.  S.  2.  12 

''  ch.  5.  4,  6 

'  ch.  4.  22 ; 

Jobs.  12, 

13:  Rom. 

1.  22  ;  2.  17 
«•■  ch.  6.  IJ  ; 
Is.  19.  U; 

1  Cor.  1.  27 
'  ch.  6.  I'J 

"'  ch.  6.  12, 

13  ;  38.  22  ; 

Dt.  28.  30 
"  ch.  6.  13  i 

Is.  6«.  n  ; 

67.  17 
"  ch.  6.  14 ; 

14.  13,  14  ; 

Lam.  2.  14 ; 

Ezek.  13. 10 
P  ch.  3.  3 ;  0. 

16 ;  Ps.  52. 

1,  7;  Is.  3. 

0 ;  Zeph. 

3.  6 
9  ch.  6.  21 ; 

Is.  9.  14 ; 

Hos.  4.  5 
"■  ch.  10.  15  ; 

Dt.  32.  35 

*[Ch.  8.  23 
in  Heb.] 
'ch.  14.  12; 
Ezek.  22. 
20,  21 

*[Ch.  9.  1  in 

Heb.] 
<  ch.  6.  17; 

7.  20 ;  Is.  5. 

2;  Joel  1.7 
"  Mt.  21.  19 
"  ch.  4.  5 
^ch.  35.  11 ; 

2  S.  20.  G 

"  ch.  9.  16 ; 

Dt.  29.  18  ; 
Ps.  69.  21 ; 
Lam.  3. 19; 
Mt.  27.  34 
'  ch.  3.  25 ; 
14.  20 

"  ver.  11 ; 
ch.  14.  19 


6  ch.  4.  15  ; 

Jud.tc.  18.  29 
"^  Judg.  5.  22 
d  ch.  3.  24  ; 

in.  25 
"Num.  21.0; 

Dt.  .32.  24 
/  Ps.  58.  4,  5 
"  Is.  22.  4  ; 

Lam.  1.  10, 

17 

A  ch.  23.  9 : 

Lam.  5.  17 
I  ch.  4.  Hi ; 

9.  16 ;  Is. 

13.  6  ;  39.  3 
*  ch.  14.  9 
'ch.  7.  19; 

Dt.  .32.  21 
"  Ps.  31.  fi 
"  ch.  4.  19  ; 

9.  1  :  14.  17 
o  ch.  14.  2  ; 

Nah.  2.  10 

p  ch.  46.  n  i 
739 


16  The  snorting  of  his  horses  is 
heard  from  *  Dan  :  at  the  .sound  of 
the  neighing  of  his  ''strong  ones 
the  whole  land  trembleth;  for  they 
are  come,  and  '^  have  devoured  the 
land  and  all  that  is  in  it ;  the  city 
and  those  that  dwell  therein.  1 1 
For,  behold,  1  will  "send  serpents, 
adders,  among  you,  which  will  •''not 
be  charmed  ;  and  they  shall  bite 
you,  saith  .Jehovah. 

18  Oh  that  1  could  ^comfort  my- 
self against  sorrow  !  my  ''  heart  is 
faint  within  me.  19  Behold,  the 
voice  of  the  cry  of  the  daughter  of 
my  people  "from  a  land  that  is  very 
'far  oft':  *Is  not  Jehovah  in  Zionl 
is  not  her  King  in  hev  ?  Why  have 
they  'provoked  me  to  anger  with 
their  graven  images,  and  with  for- 
eign "'vanities'?  20  The  harvest  is 
past,  the  *  summer  is  ended,  and  we 
are  not  saved.  2 1  For  the  "  hurt  of 
the  daughter  of  my  people  am  I 
hurt :  1  "  mourn ;  dismay  hath 
taken  hold  on  me.  22  Is  there  no 
p  balm  in  Gilead  1  is  there  no  physi- 
cian there  1  *  why  then  is  not  the 
"  health  of  the  daughter  of  my  peo- 
ple '"  recovered  1 
*0      ""Oh    that   my   head   were 

^  waters,  and  mine  eyes  a  foun- 
tain of  tears,  that  I  might  weep 
day  and  night  for  the  slain  of  the 
'  daughter  of  my  people  !  *  2  " '  Oh 
that  I  had  in  the  wilderness  a 
lodging-place  of  wayfaring  men ; 
that  I  might  leave  my  people,  and 
go  from  them  !  for  they  are  all 
"adulterers,  an  assemblj'  of  "treach- 
erous men.  3  And  they  "^  bend 
their  tongue,  as  it  were  their  bow, 
for  falsehood ;  and  they  are  grown 
strong  in  the  land,  but  not  for 
'■■^  truth  :  for  they  *  proceed  from 
evil  to  evil,  and  they  -know  not 
me,  saith  Jehovah.  4  "Take  ye 
heed  every  one  of  his  neighbor, 
and  Hrust  ye  not  in  any  brother; 
for  every  •'brother  will  utterly  sup- 
plant, and  every  neighbor  will  ''go 
about  with  slanders.  5  And  they 
will  '*"  deceive  every  one  his  neigh- 
bor, and  will  not  speak  the  truth  : 

fJen.  .S7.  2;>     «  ch.  14.  19  ;  30.  13     •"  ver.  IS  ;  ch.  13. 

17  ;  Is  22  4  ;  Lam.  2.  18  •  ch.  6.  28 ;  8.  21,  -il  <  Ps. 
:.5.  6,  7  ;  1-20.  6,  6  "  ch  6.  7,  8  :  23.  10;  Ho8.  4.  2 
"ch  5  11  ;  12  1.  0  '  ver.  8:  Ps  ftl.  3;  Is.  69.  4 
y  ch.  4.  22  -■  ch.  6.  4,  5  ;  1  S.  2.  12 :  Hos.  4.  1  "ver. 
8 ;  Fs.  12.  2;  Prov.  2B.  24,  25  *  ch.  12.  6  "  Gen 
27.  35  rf  ch.  6.  28 ;  Ps.  15.  3 ;  Prov.  10.  18  •  Mic. 
U.  12  ^__ 

7  Or,  heeause  of 

«  Or.  ingathenno  of  summer  fruits 

9  Or,  healing      »•>  Or.  perfects    Heb.  gone  npk 

»  Or,  Oh  that  I  were  in  the  wilderness,  in  Jce. 

u  Or,  faithfulness  "  Or,  mock 


9.6 


JEREMIAH 


10.3 


Rnin  and  Exile  threatened.    Call  for  Moarning  Women.    The  Knowledge  of  God  is  Man's  diory 


they  have  taught  their  tongue  to 
speak  lies;  they  "weary  themselves 
to  commit  iniquity.  6  Thy  ''  habi- 
tation is  in  the  midst  of  deceit ; 
through  deceit  they  "  refuse  to 
know  me,  saith  Jehovah, 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  Jehovah 
of  hosts,  Behold.  I  will  melt  them, 
and  ''try  them ;  tor  "^how  else  should 
I  do,  because  of  the  daughter  of 
my  peopled  8  Their  -^tongue  is  a 
deadly  arrow ;  it  speaketh  "  deceit : 
one  ''speaketh  peaceably  to  his 
neighbor  with  his  mouth,  but  in 
his  heart  he  '  layeth  wait  for  him. 
9  *  Shall  I  not  visit  them  for  these 
things  1  saith  Jehovah  ;  shall  not 
my  soul  be  avenged  on  such  a 
nation  as  this? 

10  For  the  'mountains  will  I 
take  up  a  weeping  and  wailing, 
and  for  the  pastures  of  the  '"wil- 
derness a  lamentation,  because 
they  are  "burned  up,  so  that  none 
passeth  through  ;  neither  can  men 
hear  the  voice  of  the  cattle ;  both 
the  "birds  of  the  heavens  and  the 
beasts  are  fled,  they  are  gone.  11 
And  I  will  make  Jerusalem  ^heaps, 
a  dwelling-place  of  *  jackals  ;  and  I 
will  make  the  cities  of  Judah  a 
''desolation,  without  inhabitant. 

12  Who  is  the  *wise  man,  that 
may  understand  this"?  and  who  is 
he  to  whom  'the  mouth  of  Jeho- 
vah hath  spoken,  that  he  may 
declare  if?  "wherefore  is  the  land 
perished  and  burned  up  like  a 
wilderness,  so  that  none  passeth 
through"?  13  And  Jehovah  saith. 
Because  they  have  "forsaken  my 
law  which  I  set  before  them,  and 
have  not  obeyed  my  voice,  neither 
walked  therein,  14  but  have 
^walked  after  the  stubbornness  of 
their  own  heart,  and  after  the 
*  Baalim,  which  their  'fathers 
taught  them;  15  therefore  thus 
saith  Jehovah  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  Israel,  Behold,  I  will  feed  them, 
even  this  people,  with  wormwood, 
and  give  them  water  of  ^ "  gall  to 
drink.  16  I  will  *  scatter  them 
also  among  the  nations,  whom 
neither  they  nor  their  fathers  have 
known ;  and  I  will  send  the  '^sword 
after  them,  till  I  have  consumed 
them. 

17  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts. 
Consider  ye,  and  call  for  the 
■^  mourning  women,  that  they  may 
come ;  and  send  for  the  ^  skilful 
women,  that  they  may  come:   18 

1  Or,  poison 


"ch.  12.  13; 

51.  68,  64 
b  ch.  5.  27  ; 

8.  5 ;  Ps. 

120.  6,  6 
"=ch.  11.  10; 

13.  10 ,  Job 

21.  14,  16  ; 
Jn.  3.  10,20 

d  ch.  e.  27  , 
Is.  1.  25, 
Mai.  3.  3 
''  llos.  11.  8 
/ver.  3 
"  Ps.  12.  2 
''  Ps.  28.  3 
'  cll.  6.  26 
k  ch.  6.  9,  29  ; 

Is.  1.  24 
'  ch.  4.  24  ; 

r.  29 
™  ch.  4.  26  ; 
Hos.  4.  3 
"  ch.  12.  4, 
10;  Ezek. 

14.  16 ;  29. 
11;  33.  28 

"  ch.  4.  25  ; 
12.  4;  Hos. 

4.  3 
''  ch.  51.  37  ; 

Is.  25.  2 
9  Is.  13.  22; 

34.  13 
"■  ch.  4.  27 ; 

20.  9 
'  Ps.  107.  43  ; 

Hos.  14.  9 
<  ver.  20 ; 

ch.  23.  16 
"  ch.  23.  10 ; 

Ps.  107.  34 
"ch.  5.  19; 

22.  9 ; 

2  Chr.  7. 
19 ;  Ps.  89. 
30 
^  ch.  7.  24  ; 

11.  8; 
Rom.  1. 
21-24 

y  ch.  2.  8,  23  ; 

23.  27 

^  Cxal.  1.  14  ; 

1  Pet.  1.  18 
"  ch.  8.  14 ; 

23.  15 ; 

Dt.  29.  18 
b  ch.  13,  24 ; 

Lev.  26.  33 ; 

Dt.  28.  64 
"  ch.  44.  27  ; 

Ezek.  5.  2, 

12 
d  2  Chr.  3.5. 

25;  Eccl. 

12.  5 

•  Am.  5.  16 


/ver.  1 ;  ch. 

14.  17  ;  Is. 
22.  4 

»  ch.  7.  29 ; 

Ezek.  7. 

16-18 
h  ch.  4.  13 ; 

Dt.  28.  29 
■  ch.  7.  15  ; 

15.  1 

k  Is.  32.  9 
'  ch.  15.  7  ; 

18.  21 ; 

2  Chr.  36. 

17 ;  Ezek. 

9. 5, 6  ;  Am. 

8.  9,  10 
"'  ch.  6.  11 
"  ch.  8.  2 ;  16. 

4  ;  25.  33  ; 

Ps.  83.  10 ; 

Is.  5.  25 
0  Eccl.  9.  11 ; 

Is.  47.  10 ; 

Ezek.  28. 

3-7 


and  let  them  make  haste,  and  take 
up  a  wailing  for  us,  that  our  •'^ eyes 
may  run  down  with  tears,  and  our 
eyelids  gush  out  with  waters.  19 
For  a  voice  of  "  wailing  is  heard  out 
of  Zion,  ''  How  are  we  ruined !  we 
are  greatly  confounded,  because 
we  have  'foi'saken  the  land,  be- 
cause '"^they  have  cast  down  our 
dwellings.  20  Yet  hear  the  word 
of  Jehovah,  O  ye  *  women,  and  let 
your  ear  receive  the  word  of  his 
mouth ;  and  teach  your  daughters 
wailing,  and  every  one  her  neigh- 
bor lamentation.  21  For  'death 
is  come  up  into  our  windows,  it  is 
entered  into  our  palaces ;  to  cut  off 
the  "'children  from  without,  aiid 
the  young  men  from  the  streets. 
22  Speak,  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  The 
dead  bodies  of  men  shall  fall  as 
"dung  upon  the  open  field,  and  as 
the  handful  after  tlie  harvestman ; 
and  none  shall  gather  them. 

23  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  "Let  not 
the  wise  man  glory  in  his  wisdom, 
neither  let  the  ^mighty  man  glory 
in  his  might,  let  not  the  «  rich  man 
glory  in  his  riches  ;  24  but  let  him 
that  glorieth  ''glory  in  this,  that 
he  hath  understanding,  and  know- 
eth  me,  that  I  arn  Jehovah  \vho 
'exerciseth  lovingkindness,  justice, 
and  righteousness,  in  the  earth :  for 
in  these  things  1  '  delight,  saith 
Jehovah. 

25  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith 
Jehovah,  that  I  will  punish  all 
them  that  are  circumcised  in  their 
"  uncircumcision  :  26  Egypt,  arid 
Judah,  and  Edom,  and  the  chil- 
di'en  of  Ammon,  and  Moab,  and 
"all  that  have  the  corners  of  their 
hair  cut  off,  that  dwell  in  the 
wilderness  ;  for  all  the  nations  are 
uncircumcised,  and  all  the  house 
of  Israel  are  *  uncircumcised  in 
heart. 

-|  /^  Hear  ye  the  word  which 
JL  v7  Jehovah  speaketh  unto  you, 
O  house  of  Israel :  2  Thus  saith  Je- 
hovah, *  Learn  not  the  way  of  the 
nations,  and  be  not  dismayed  at 
the  signs  of  heaven;  for  the  "=  na- 
tions are  dismayed  at  them.  3 
For  the  ^customs  of  the  peoples 

f  1  K  20.  in,  11  ;  Is  10.  8-12  «  Job  31.  24,  25  ;  Ps. 
40  0-9  ■"  ch.  4.  2  ;  Ps.  44.  8 ;  Ts.  41.  16  , 1  Cor.  1.  31 ; 
2  Cor.  10  17  ;  Gal.  6.  14  »  Ex  34.  6, 7  ;  Pa  36  5, 7  : 
51.1  « Is.  61.  8  :  Mic.  7.  18  "  ch.  4.  4  ;  Rom.  2,  8,  9 
"  ch.  25.  23  "=  ch.  4.  4 ;  C.  10 ;  Lev.  26.  41 ;  Ezek.  44. 
7  ;  Rom.  2.  28    "  Lev.  18  3  ,  Dt.  12.  30    *  Is.  47. 12-14 


*  Or,  our  dwellings  have  east  us  out 
3  Heb.  statutes. 


74Q 


10  4 


JEREMIAH 


11.3 


False  Gods  contrasted  with  Jehovah.    Desolation  bewailed  and  Merry  implored.    Jadah's  Breach  or  the  Covenant 


are  'vanity;  for  ^*one  cutteth  a 
tree  out  of  the  forest,  the  work  of 
the  hands  of  the  workman  with  the 
axe.  4  They  '"deck  it  with  silver 
and  witli  gold ;  thej'  ''  fa.sten  it 
with  nail.s  and  with  hamnieis,  that 
it  move  not.  5  They  are  like  a 
-palm-tree,  of  turned  work,  and 
*■  speak  not:  they  •'must  needs  be 
borne,  because  they  cannt)t  igto.  Be 
not  afraid  of  them  ;  for  they  "  can- 
not do  evil,  neither  is  it  in  them 
to  do  good. 

G  "  There  is  none  like  unto  thee, 
O  Jehovah;  thou  art  'great,  and 
thy  name  is  great  in  might.  7 
who  should  not  fear  thee,  O  ^  King 
of  the  nations?  for  ^to  thee  doth 
it  appertain  ;  forasmuch  as  among 
all  the  'wise  men  of  the  nations, 
and  in  all  their  royal  estate,  there 
is  none  like  unto  thee.  8  But  thej' 
are  ■*  together  '"  brutish  and  foolish  : 
°the  instruction  of  idols  I  it  is  but 
a  "  stock.  9  Tliere  is  "  silver  beaten 
into  plates,  which  is  brought  from 
''Tarshish,  and  ''gold  from  L'phaz, 
the  work  of  the  artificer  and  of  the 
hands  of  the  goldsmith;  blue  and 
purple  for  their  clotliing ;  they  are 
all  the  work  of  skilful  ""men.  10 
But  Jehovah  is  ^ the 'true  God;  he 
is  the  'living  God,  and  an  "ever- 
lasting King :  at  his  wrath  the 
*' earth  trembleth,  and  the  nations 
are  not  able  to  "  abide  his  indigna- 
tion. 

11''  Thus  shall  ye  say  unto  them, 
The  *gods  that  have  not  made  the 
heavens  and  the  earth,  ''these  shall 
-perish  from  the  earth,  and  from 
under  the  heavens. 

12"  He  hath  made  the  earth  by 
his  power,  he  hath  ''established  the 
world  by  his  wisdom,  and  by  his 
understanding  hath  he  "stretched 
out  the  heavens.  13  ^When  he 
uttereth  his  ''voice,  there  is  a 
tumult  of  waters  in  the  heavens, 
and  he  causeth  the  "vapors  to 
ascend  from  the  ends  of  the  earth ; 
he  maketh  lightnings  for  the  rain. 
and  bringeth  forth  the  •''wind  out 
of  his  treasuries.  14  Every  man 
^''is  become  "brutish  ayid  ii^  without 
knowledge  ;  every  goldsmith  is  put 
to  shame  by  his  graven  image ;  for 

'  Or.  it  18  but  a  ivfl  which  one  cttftelh 
3  Or,  inllar  ■'  Or,  it  bescemelh  thee 

*  Or,  through  one  Ihino 

5  Or,  the  sthrk  is  a  doctrine  of  vanities 

'  Or,  Ood  in  truth    '  Thia  verse  is  in  Aramaic. 

*  Or,  thefi  shiiV  .  .  .  vnder  these  heavnis 

9  Or,  nt  the  smind  of  his  ffivinfi  an  ahundnnf" 
of  ivaters  .  .  .  when  he  causeth  <t-c.  (or.  he  causelh 
ic.)  10  Or,  is  too  brutish  to  know 


"  ch.  U.  22 
<-  Is.  44.  9-20 
'  ver.  14  ; 

Is.  40.  \'J 
<l  Is.  40.  20  ; 

41.  - 
'  ver.  14 ; 

Is.  40.  G.  7 
/Is.  4(i.  1,  7 
^  Is.  41.  23, 

24 
''  Dt.  3.3.  20  ; 

2  S.  7.  22 
'  ob.  32.  18  ; 

Ps.  48.  1 ; 

90.  4 ;  Is. 

12.  0 
'••  Ps.  22.  28 

'  Dan.  2.  5:7, 

28 ;  1  Cor. 

I.  19,  iO 
"'  ver.  14; 

ch.  4.  22 ; 

6.  4,  21 
"  ch.  2.  27 
"  Is.  40.  19 

'■  Ps.  7i  10 ; 

Is.  23.  <i 
1  Dan.  10.  a 
'Vs.  llf).  4 
'  Is.  Co.  16 
'  ch.  4.  2 
"  Ps.  10.  10  ; 

20. 10 
"  ch.  4.  24  ; 

f.n.  40 
"  Ps.  70.  7 
V  Ps.  90.  5 
'  Is.  2.  IS  ; 

Zeph.  2.  11 
"  ch.  ol.  16- 

19;  Job  38. 

4-7  ;  Ps. 

148.  4,  5 
>>  Ps.  78.  09  ; 

Is.  4.5.  18 
'  Job  9.  S  ; 

Is.  40.  22 
<l  Ps.  29.  3-9 
"  Job  36.  27- 

29 
/Ps.  135.  7 
"  ver.  8 ;  ch. 

51.  17,  18 


ft  ch.  8.  19  ; 

14.  22  ;  Is. 

41.  24 
'  ch.  8.  12; 

61.  18 
*ch.  51.  19; 

Ps.  73.  20 
'  ver.  12 ;  Is. 

45.  7 
"'  Dt.  32.  9 
"ch.  31.  35; 

:?.'.  18 
"  Ezek.  12. 

3-12 
'"  1  S.  2.-).  29 
•J  ch.  4.  31 
■■  ch.  14.  17 
•  Ps.  39.  9 ; 

Mic.  7.  9 
'  ch.  4.  20; 

Lam.  2.  4 
"oh.  31.  15, 

Lam.  1.  6 
"  Is.  51. 18 
"  ver.  8 ;  ch. 

12.  10;  Is. 

50.  10-12 
V  ch.  2.  8 
'  ch.  23.  2 
"  ch.  4.  15 

fcch.  1.  14; 

2;'>.  9 

'  ch.  9.  11 ; 

49.33 
rf  Prov.  20.  24 
'  Is.  26.  7 
/  Ps.  6.  1 
"  Ps.  79.  6,  7  : 

Zeph.  3.  8 
1  Zeph.  1.  6 

741 


his  molten  image  is  falsehood,  and 
there  is  no  breath  in  them.  15 
They  are  '*  vanity,  a  work  of  "  delu- 
sion :  in  the  'time  of  their  visita- 
tion they  shall  perish.  16  The 
^jjortion  of  Jacob  is  not  like  these  ; 
for  he  is  the  '  former  of  all  things  ; 
and  '"Israel  is  the  tribe  of  his  in- 
heritance :  "Jehovah  of  hosts  is  his 
name. 

17  "Gather  up  'Hhy  wares  out 
of  the  land,  "O  thou  that  abidest 
in  the  siege.  18  For  thus  saith 
Jehovah.  Behold,  1  will  ^  sling  out 
the  inhabitants  of  the  land  at  this 
time,  and  will  distress  them,  that 
they  may  '•'feel  I'i. 

19  "Woe  is  me  because  of  my 
hurt !  my  "■  wound  is  grievous  :  but 
I  said.  Truly  this  is  w??/  ''grief,  and 
1  'must  bear  it.  20  My  'tent  is 
destroyed,  and  all  my  cords  are 
broken:  my  "children  are  gone 
forth  from  me,  and  they  are  not : 
there  is  "none  to  spread  my  tent 
any  more,  and  to  .set  up  my  cur- 
tains. 21  For  the  shepheras  are 
become  'brutish,  and  have  ^not 
inquired  of  Jehovah :  therefore 
they  have  not  "'prospered,  and  'all 
their  flocks  are  scattered.  22  The 
voice  of  "  tidings,  behold,  it  cometh, 
and  a  great  commotion  ""out  of  the 
north  country,  to  "make  the  cities 
of  Judah  a  desolation,  a  dwelling- 
place  of  jackals. 

23  O  .Jehovah,  I  know  that  the 
f  way  of  nian  is  not  in  himself;  it 
is  *not  in  man  that  walketh  to 
direct  his  steps.  24  O  Jehovah, 
•'correct  me,  but  in  '"measure;  not 
in  thine  anger,  lest  thou  "*  bring 
me  to  nothing.  25  "  Pour  out  thy 
wrath  upon  the  nations  that  know 
thee  not,  and  upon  the  families 
that  ''call  not  on  thy  name;  for 
they  have  'devoured  Jacob,  yea, 
they  have  devoured  him  and  con- 
.sumed  him,  and  have  laid  waste 
his  '"  habitation. 

nThe  word  that  came  to 
Jeremiah  from  Jehovah,  say- 
ing, 2  *  Hear  .ve  the  words  of  this 
'  covenant,  and  speak  unto  the  men 
of  Judah.  and  to  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem  ;  3  and  say  tliou  unto 

'  ch.  8.  16  ;  50.  7,  17    *  ver.  6     '  Ex.  19.  6 


11  Or,  mnrkerv 

12  Or,  th\)  Ijuiidle  from  the  ground 

13  Or,  0  inhabitant  (Heb.  inhalritress)  of  f^» 
fortress 

>*  Heb.  find.  17  Heb.  judgment. 

15  Or,  sicknens  i'  Heb.  diminish  me. 

i»  Or,  dealt  wisely  i*  Or,  pasture 


11.4 


JEREMIAH 


11.23 


Jadah'g  Breach  of  God's  Covenant  reproved,  and  Pmushment  threatened.    A  Plot  agiunst  Jeremiah 


them,  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  Israel :  "Cursed  be  the  man  that 
heareth  not  the  words  of  this  cove- 
nant, 4  which  I  commanded  your 
fathers  in  the  *  day  that  I  brought 
them  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  out  of  the  ''iron  furnace, 
■*  saying,  Obey  my  voice,  and  do 
them,  according  to  all  which  I  com- 
mand you  :  so  shall  ye  be  *my  peo- 
ple, and  I  will  be  your  God  ;  5  that 
I  may  establish  the  ■''  oath  which  I 
sware  unto  your  fathers,  to  give 
them  a  land  flowing  with  milk  and 
honey,  as  at  this  day.  Then  an- 
swered I,  and  said,  ^Amen,  O 
Jehovah. 

6  And  Jehovah  said  unto  me, 
''Proclaim  all  these  words  in  the 
cities  of  Judah,  and  in  the  streets 
of  Jerusalem,  saying,  *  Hear  ye  the 
words  of  this  covenant,  and  do 
them.  7  For  I  earnestly  ^protested 
unto  your  fathers  in  the  '■  day  that 
I  brought  them  up  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt,  even  unto  this  daj^  "'ris- 
ing early  and  protesting,  saying, 
"Obey  my  voice.  8  Yet  they 
"obeyed  not,  nor  inclined  their  ear, 
but  walked  every  one  in  the  stub- 
bornness of  their  evil  heart :  there- 
fore I  brought  upon  them  all  the 
^  words  of  this  covenant,  which  I 
commanded  them  to  do,  but  they 
did  them  not. 

9  And  Jehovah  said  unto  me,  A 
'conspiracy  is  found  among  the 
men  of  Judah,  and  among  the  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem.  10  They 
are ""  turned  back  to  the  iniquities 
of  their  forefathers,  who  "refused 
to  hear  my  words;  and  they  are 
'gone  after  other  gods  to  serve 
them :  the  house  of  Israel  and  the 
house  of  Judah  have  "broken  my 
covenant  which  I  made  with  their 
fathers.  11  Therefore  thus  saith 
Jehovah,  Behold,  I  will "  bring  evil 
upon  them,  which  they  shall  "^not 
be  able  to  escape;  and  they  shall 
2' cry  unto  me,  but  I  will  not 
hearken  unto  them.  1 2  Then  shall 
the  cities  of  .Judah  and  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Jerusalem  ^go  and  cry  unto 
the  gods  unto  which  they  offer  in- 
cense :  but  they  will  not  save  them 
at  all  in  the  time  of  their  ^  trouble. 
13  For  "according  to  the  number 
of  thy  cities  are  thy  gods,  O  Judah ; 
and  according  to  the  number  of  the 
streets  of  Jerusalem  have  ye  set 
up  altars  to  the  ^  *  shameful  thing, 


1  Heb.  eeU. 


*  Heb.  shame. 


"  ch.  17.  5 ; 

Dt.  27.  26 ; 

Gal.  3.  10 
6  ch.  31.  32 ; 

Ex.  24.  3-8 
'  Dt.  4.  20 ; 

1  K.  8.  51 
dch.  7.  23; 

26.  13  ;  Dt. 

U.  27 
^  ch.  24.  7  ; 

Zech.  8.  8 
/ch.  32.  22; 

Ex.  13.  5 ; 

Dt.  7.  12 
f  ch.  28.  6 
''  ch.  3.  12  ; 

7.  2 
'  ver.  2 
fc  1  S.  8.  9 
'  ver.  4  ;  Ex. 

15.  26 
'"  ch.  7.  25  ; 

2  Chr.  36. 
15 

"  ver.  4 
°  ch.  7.  24  ; 

9.  14  ;  35. 

15;  Ezek. 

20.  8 
P  Lev.  26. 14- 

43 
9  Ezek.  22. 

25;  Hos. 

6.  9 
*■  ch.  3.  10, 

11  ;  1  S.  15. 

11 
»ch.  13.  10; 

Dt.  9.  7 ; 

Ps.  78.  8-10 
'  Judg.  2. 

11-13 
"  ch.  3.  6-11 ; 

Ezek.  16. 

69 ;  Hos.  6. 

7;  8.  1 
"  ver.  17  ; 

ch.O.  19; 

2  K.  22.  16 
^  ch.  25.  35  ; 

Is.  24.  17 
y  ver.  14 ; 

ch.  14.  12 
'  ch.  44.  17  ; 

Dt.  32.  37 
"  ch.  2.  28 ; 

2  K.  23.  13 
l>  ch.  3.  24 


"  ch.  7.  9 
rfch.  7.  16; 

14.  11  ;  Ex. 

32.  10 
'  ver.  11 ; 

Ps.  66.  18 ; 

Hos.  5.  6 
/  ch.  12.  7 
'■'  ch.  13.  27 
ft  ch.  4.  22 
'  Ps.  52.  8 
k  Ps.  83.  2 
'ch.  21.  14; 

Ps.  80.  16  , 

Is.  27.  U 
"  ch.  2.  21  ; 

12.  2 
"ch.  1.  14; 

16.  10,  11 ; 

19.  15 

°  ver.  13 ; 

ch.  7.  9 ; 

32.  29 
P  1  S.  23.  11, 

12;  2  K. 

6.  9,  10  ; 

Ezek.  8.  6 
9  Is.  63.  7 
•"ch.  18.  18; 

20.  10 

'  Ps.  83.  4 ; 

Is.  53.  8 
«  Job  28.  13; 
'    Ps.  52.  6 
"  Ps.  109.  13 

742 


even  altars  to  ""burn  incense  unto 
Baal. 

14  Therefore  ''pray  not  thou  for 
this  people,  neither  lift  up  cry  nor 

Erayer  for  them ;  for  I  will  *  not 
ear  them  in  the  time  that  they  cry 
unto  me  because  of  their  ^  trouble. 
1 5  What  hath  my  {  beloved  to  do 
in  my  house,  seeing  she  hath 
wrought  ^lewdness  '^with  many, 
and  the  holy  flesh  is  passed  from 
theel  ^when  thou  ''doest  evil,  then 
thou  rejoices t.  16  Jehovah  called 
thy  name,  A  '  green  olive-tree,  fair 
with  goodly  fruit :  with  the  noise 
of  a  great  *  tumult  he  hath  'kindled 
fire  upon  it,  and  the  branches  of  it 
are  broken.  17  For  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  who  "'planted  thee,  hath 
"pronounced  evil  against  thee,  be- 
cause of  the  evil  of  the  house  of 
Israel  and  of  the  house  of  Judah, 
which  they  have  wrought  for  them- 
selves in  provoking  me  to  anger  by 
"offering  incense  unto  Baal. 

18  And  Jehovah^  gave  me  knowl- 
edge of  it,  and  I  knew  it :  then 
thou  showedst  me  their  doings.  1 9 
But  I  was  like  a  gentle  «lamb  that 
is  led  to  the  slaughter ;  and  I  knew 
not  that  they  had  ''devised  devices 
against  me,  saying.  Let  us  destroy 
the  tree  with  the  ^ fruit  thereof, 
and  *let  us  cut  him  off  from  the 
'land  of  the  living,  that  his  "name 
may  be  no  more  remembered.  20 
But,  O  Jehovah  of  hosts,  Avho 
"judgest  righteously,  who  ""triest 
the  ^heart  and  the  mind,  I  shall 
see  thy  vengeance  on  them ;  for 
unto  thee  have  I  revealed  my  cause. 
21  Therefore  thus  saith  Jehovah 
concerning  the  men  of  "  Anathoth, 
that  ^seek  thy  life,  saying,  Thou 
shalt  not  prophesy  in  the  name  of 
Jehovah,  that  thou  "  die  not  by  our 
hand ;  22  therefore  thus  saith 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  Behold,  I  will 
'''' punish  them:  the  "young  men 
shall  die  by  the  sword ;  their  sons 
and  their  daughters  shall  die  by 
famine;  23  and  there  shall  be  ''no 
remnant  unto  them :  for  I  will 
"bring  evil  upon  the  men  of  Ana- 
thoth, *even  the  year  of  their  visita- 
tion. 

"  ch.  20.  12  ;  Gen.  18.  25  *  ch.  17.  10 ;  Ps.  7. 9  »  ch. 
1.  1  ^  ch.  12.  5,  6 ;  20.  10  "  ch.  26.  8  ;  38.  4  l>  ch. 
21.  14  '  ch.  18.  21 ;  2  Chr.  36. 17  d  ch.  6. 9  '  ch.  2a 
12  ;  Hos.  9.  7 ;  Mic.  7.  4 


s  The  text  is  obscure.  The  Sept.  has :  Shall 
vows  and  holy  flesh  take  away  from  thee  thy  wick- 
ednesses, or  shalt  thou  escape  by  these  f 

*  Or,  tvhen  thine  evil  cometh 

s  Heb.  bread.  ^  Heb.  reins. 

'  Heb.  visit  upon.  s  Or,  in  the  vear 


12.1 


JEREMIAH 


13.7 


Jeremiah's  Complaint    Jehovah's  Answer.    Jehovah's  Judgments  on  Judah  and  her  Enemies.    Sign  of  a  marred  Girdle 


-<  O  "Righteous  art  thou,  O 
J-^  Jehovah,  when  I  contend 
with  thee;  yet  wouhl  I  ^* reason 
the  cause  with  tliee:  wherefore 
doth  tlie  "way  of  tlie  wicked  pros- 
per! wherefore  are  all  they  at  ease 
that  ''deal  very  treacherously  1  2 
Thou  hast  "planted  them,  yea,  they 
have  taken  root ;  they  grow,  yea, 
they  bring  forth  fruit :  thou  art 
•^near  in  their  mouth,  and  far  from 
their  -  heart.  3  But  thou,  O  Jeho- 
vah, ^  knowest  me  ;  thou  seest  me, 
*nd  "  triest  my  lieart  toward  thee  : 
•pull  them  out  like  sheep  for  the 
Slaughter,  and  ^prepare  them  for 
the  day  of  slaughter.  4  How  long 
shall  the  *  land  mourn,  and  the 
'herbs  of  the  whole  country  wither '! 
for  the  wickedness  of  them  that 
dwell  therein,  the  '"  beasts  are  con- 
sumed, and  the  "birds;  because 
they  said,  He  shall  not  see  our 
latter  "end. 

5  If  thou  hast  run  with  the  foot- 
men, and  they  have  wearied  thee, 
then  how  canst  thou  ^contend 
with  horses  1  and  though  in  a  land 
of  peace  thou  art  secure,  yet  how 
wilt  thou  do  in  the  ^  '^  pride  of  the 
Jordan]  6  For  even  thy  •'breth- 
ren, and  the  house  of  thy  father, 
even  they  have  dealt  treacherously 
with  thee;  even  they  have  cried 
aloud  after  thee  :  believe  them  not, 
though  they  speak  ^  *  fair  words 
unto  thee. 

7  I  have  '  forsaken  my  house,  I 
have  cast  off  my  heritage  :  I  have 
given  the  dearly  "  beloved  of  my 
soul  into  the  hand  of  her  enemies. 
8  My  heritage  is  become  unto  me 
as  a  lion  in  the  forest :  she  hath 
"uttered  her  voice  against  me; 
therefore  I  have  "  hated  her.  9  Is 
my  heritage  unto  me  as  a  speckled 
bird  of  prey?  are  the  2' birds  of 
prey  against  her  round  about"?  go 
ye,  assemble  all  the  ^  beasts  of  the 
field,  bring  them  to  devour.  10 
Many  shepherds  have  "destroyed 
my  *  vineyard,  they  have  "trodden 
my  portion  under  foot,  they  have 
made  my  ''  pleasant  portion  a  deso- 
late wilderness.  1 1  They  have  made 
it  a  desolation  ;  it "  mourneth  unto 
me,  being  desolate ;  the  •'^ whole  land 
is  made  desolate,  because  no  man 
'  layeth  it  to  heart.  1 2  Destroyers 
are  come  upon  all  the  *  bare  heights 
in  the  wilderness;  for  the  'sword 


1  Heb.  srenk  0/  judgments. 
3  Heb.  gancti,fu- 
i  Heb.  good  things. 

25 


4  Heb.  reins. 
*  Or,  sweUing 


°ch.  n.  20; 

Ezr.  9.  16 ; 

re.  129.  4 
ft  Job  13,  3 
'^  ch.  fi.  '.T, 

■Jf,  Hab. 

I.  4 ;  Mai. 
3.  16 

d  ch.  3.  7, 20 ; 

5.  11 
"ch.  11.  17; 

4o.  4; 

Ezek.  17. 

r.-iu 
/ch.  3,  10; 

Is.  20.  13 ; 

Kzek.  33. 

31 ;  Tit.  1. 

16 
!'  Ps.  1.39.  1-4 
'i  ch.  11.  20; 

Ps.  7.  y ; 

II.  6 

■  ch.  17.  IS; 

18.  21-23  ; 

50.  27 
fcch.  4.  2R; 

9.  1(1 ;  23.  10 
'  Joel  1. 

10-17 
'"  Hos.  4.  3 ; 

Hab.  3.  17 
"  ch.  4.  2-) 
°  ch.  5.  31 ; 

Ezek.  7.  2 
>'  ch.  20.  8 ; 

36.  26 ;  38. 

4-6 
9  ch.  49.  19  ; 

50.  44 
"■  ch.  9.  4,  6  ; 

Gen.  37. 

4-11 ;  Job 

G.  15 ;  Ps. 

69,  8 

«  Ps,  12.  2 ; 

Prov.  20.  25 
<  ch.  7.  29 ; 
23.  39 ;  Is. 
2.6 

"ch.  11.  15; 

Lam.  2.  1  ; 

Hos.  11. 1-8 
^  Is.  69.  13 
^  Hos.  9.  15 ; 

Am.  6.  8 
y  2  K.  24.  2  ; 

Ezek.  23. 

22-25 

'  ch.  T.  .33 ; 

15.  3     34. 

20  ,  Is.  56.  9 
"  ch.  23.  1 
*Ps.80.8-16; 

Is.  6.  1-7 
"  Is.  63.  18 
d  ch.  3.  19 ; 

Lam.  1.  10 
"  ver.  4  ;  ch, 

14,  2 ;  23. 10 
/ch,  4.  20, 

27  ;  26.  11 
^  Is.  42.  25 
'■  ch.  3.  2.  21 
'  ch.  47.  6  ; 

Is.  .34.  6  ; 

Am,  9.  4 


*  ch,  16,  5  ; 

30,  5 
'  Lev,  26. 

16  ;  Dt.  28. 

38  ;  Mic.  6. 

15  ;  Hag. 

1.  0 

"•  ch.  9.  5 ; 

Is.  6.5.  2 
"  ch.  17.  10 
"  ch.  4.  26  ; 

2.5.  37,  38 
P  ch.  49.  1, 

7  ;  Zeph. 

2,  8-HI 

9  ch,  2,  3  ; 
60.  11,  12; 

743 


of  Jehovah  devoureth  from  the  one 
end  of  the  land  even  to  the  other 
end  of  the  ^  land :  no  flesh  hath 
*  peace.  1  iJ  They  have  'sown  wheat, 
and  have  reaped  thorns  ;  they  have 
'"put  themselves  to  pain,  and  profit 
nothing:  and ''ye  shall  be  ashamed 
of  your  "fruits,  because  of  the 
"fierce  anger  of  Jehovah. 

14  Thus  saith  Jehovah  against  all 
mine  ^'evil  neighbors,  that  "touch 
the  inheritance  which  I  have  caused 
my  people  Israel  to  inherit :  Behold, 

1  will  pluck  them  up  from  oft'  their 
land,  and  will  ''pluck  up  the  house 
of  Judah  from  among  them.  1 5  And 
it  shall  come  to  pass,  after  that  I 
have  plucked  them  up,  I  will  're- 
turn and  have  compassion  on  them ; 
and  I  will  bring  them  again,  every 
man  to  his  heritage,  and  every  man 
to  his  land.  16  And  it  shall  come 
to  pass,  if  they  will  diligently  Mearn 
the  ways  of  my  people,  to  "swear 
by  my  name.  As  Jehovah  liveth  ; 
even  as  they  taught  my  people  to 
"swear  by  Baal;  then  shall  they 
be  ^  built  up  in  the  midst  of  my 
people.  17  But  if  they  will  not 
near,  then  will  I  *  pluck  up  that 
nation,  plucking  up  and  destroying 
it,  saith  Jehovan. 

-i  O  Thus  said  Jehovah  unto 
X  O  me.  Go,  and  ^  buy  thee  a 
linen  girdle,  and  put  it  upon  thy 
loins,  and    put   it    not  in   water. 

2  So  I  bought  a  girdle  according 
to  the  "word  of  Jehovah,  and  put 
it  upon  my  loins.  3  And  the  word 
of  Jehovan  came  unto  me  the  sec- 
ond time,  saying,  4  Take  the  girdle 
that  thou  hast  bought,  which  is 
upon  thy  loins,  and  arise,  go  to  the 
''Euphrates,  and  hide  it  tnere  in  a 
cleft  of  the  rock.  5  iSo  I  went,  and 
hid  it  by  the  Euphrates,  "as  Jeho- 
vah commanded  me.  6  And  it  came 
to  pass  after  many  days,  that  Jeho- 
vah said  unto  me,  Arise,  go  to  the 
Euphrates,  and  take  the  girdle  from 
thence,  which  1  commanded  thee 
to  hide  there.  7  Then  I  went  to 
the  Euphrate.s.  and  digged,  and 
took  the  girdle  from  the  place 
where  I  had  hid  it ;  and,  benold, 
the  girdle  was  marred,  it  was 
profitable  for  nothing. 

Zech.  2.  8  *■  Dt.  30.  3  ;  Pa,  106,  47  ;  Is,  11, 11-16 

"  ch.  48.  47  ;  49.  6,  30  '  Is.  42.  6  ;  49.  6  "  ch.  4.  2 
"  ch.  .5.  7  ;  Josh.  23.  7  '  ch.  3.  17  ;  4.  2 ;  16.  19 

"  Ps.  2.  8-12:  Is.  60.  12  •  ver.  11 ;  ch.  19.  1 ;  27.2; 
Ezek.  4.  1    "*  Is.  20.  2  ;  Ezek.  2.  8   »  ch.  61. 63    '^  Ex. 

39.  42,  43  ;  40.  16 


<  Or,  be  ye  ashamed   Or,  they  shall  be  ashamed 


13. 


JEREMIAH 


14.3 


Sign  or  a  Full  Bottle.    Gapti\ity  threatened  for  Jndali's  Wickedness.    A  Droaght,  and  a  Prayer  for  Mercy 


8  Then  the  word  of  Jehovah  came 
unto  me,  saying,  9  Thus  saith  Je- 
hovah, After  this  manner  will  I  mar 
the  "pride  of  Judah,  and  the  great 
pride  of  Jerusalem.  10  This  evil 
people,  that  *  refuse  to  hear  my 
words,  that  walk  in  the  stubborn- 
ness of  their  heart,  and  are  gone 
after  other  gods  to  serve  them,  and 
to  worship  them,  shall  even  be  as 
this  girdle,  which  is  profitable  for 
nothing.  11  For  as  the  girdle 
cleavetn  to  the  loins  of  a  man,  so 
have  I  caused  to  ''cleave  unto  me 
the  whole  house  of  Israel  and  the 
whole  house  of  Judah,  saith  Jeho- 
vah ;  that  they  may  be  unto  me 
''for  a  people,  and  "for  a  name,  and 
•''  for  a  praise,  and  for  a  glory :  but 
they  ^  would  not  hear. 

12  Therefore  thou  shalt  speak 
unto  them  this  word :  Thus  saith 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  Every 
^  bottle  shall  be  filled  with  wine  : 
and  they  shall  say  unto  thee.  Do 
we  not  certainly  know  that  every 
^  bottle  shall  be  filled  with  wine  1 
1 3  Then  shalt  thou  say  unto  them, 
Thus  saith  Jehovah,  Behold,  I  will 
fill  all  the  inhabitants  of  this  land, 
even  the  kings  that  sit  ^  upon  Da- 
vid's throne,  and  the  priests,  and 
the  prophets,  and  all  the  inhab- 
itants of  Jerusalem,  with  ''  drunk- 
enness. 14  And  I  will  'dash  them 
one  against  another,  even  the* fa- 
thers and  the  sons  together,  saith 
Jehovah :  I  will  '  not  pity,  nor 
spare,  nor  have  compassion,  that  I 
should  not  destroy  them. 

1 5  Hear  ye,  and  give  ear  ;  be  not 
'"proud  ;  for  Jehovah  hath  spoken. 
16"  Give  glory  to  Jehovah  your 
God,  before  ^he  "cause  darkness, 
and  before  your  ^  feet  stumble  upon 
the  '*dark  mountains,  and,  while 
ye  look  for  light,  he  turn  it  into 
^  the  «  shadow  of  death,  and  make 
it  gross  darkness.  17  But  ''if  ye 
will  not  hear  it,  my  soul  shall '  weep 
in  secret  for  your  pride  ;  and  mine 
eye  shall  weep  sore,  and  run  down 
with  tears,  because  'Jehovah's  flock 
is  taken  captive. 

1 8  Say  thou  unto  the  "  king  and 
to  the  queen-mother,  ®'' Humble 
yourselves,  sit  down ;  for  your 
^headtires  are  come  down,  even 
'  the  crown  of  your  glory.  19  The 
'cities  of  the  South  are  shut  up, 

1  Or,./rtr     2  Heb.  for  David  upon  his  throne. 

3  Or,  it  grow  dark 

*  Heb.  mountains  of  twilight. 

5  Or,  dfep  darkness      ^  Or,  Sit  ye  down  low 

'  Or,  your  beautiful  crown 


"  ver.  15-17  ; 

Lev.  a;.  19 , 

Is.  2.  10-17 , 

2.3  9 

Zeph.  3.  11 
bch.  11.  8, 

10,  Num. 

H.  li  ; 

2  Chr.  36. 

I's  16 
"  Ex.  19.  5, 

6 ,  Dt.  32. 

10,  11 
''  ch.  7.  23 
'  ch.  32.  20 
/ch.  33.  9; 

Is.  43.  21 
"  ch.  7. 13,  24, 

20'^  Ps.  81. 

11 
h  ch.  2.5.  27  ; 

nl.  ft7 :  Ps. 

60.  3  ;  7.5.  8 
'  ch.  19.  9- 

11 ;  Is.  9. 

20,  21 

*:  ch.  6.  21 ; 

Ezek.  6.  10 
'  ch.  16.  5  ; 

21.  7,  Dt. 
29.  20 ;  Is. 
2".  U 

"'  Prov.  16. 

5 ;  Is.  28. 

14-22 
"  Ps.  96.  8 
"  Is.  5.  30 ; 

69.  9,  Am. 

6.  18 
P  ch.  2.3.  12  ; 

Prov.  4.  19 
9  ch.  2.  6  ; 

Ps.  107. 

10,  14 
<■  Mai.  2.  2 
*ch.  9.  1  ,  14. 

17,  Ps.  119. 

136;  Lk. 

19.  41,  42 
'ch.  23.  1,  2; 

Ps.  80.  1 
"  ch.  22.  26 ; 

2  K.  24.  12, 

1.5 
"  2  Chr.  33. 

12,  19 
^  Ex.  39.  28  , 

Is.  3.  20 ; 

Ezek.  24. 

17,  23 ;  44. 

18 
V  ch.  32.  44 


'  ch.  20.  4  ; 

52.  27-.30 
'^  ch.  1.  1.5  ; 

6.  22  ;  Hab. 

1.  6 
6  ver.  17 ; 

ch.  23.  2 
■^  ch.  5.  31 
d  ch.  2.  25  ; 

38.  22 
«  ch.  4.  31 ; 

Is.  13.  8 
/Dt.  7.  17 
"  ch.  6.  19  , 

10.  10 
ft  ch.  2.  17- 

19;  9.  2-9 
'  Prov.  27. 

22;  Is.  1. 

5 ;  Mt.  19. 

24 

fc  ch.  4.  22 ; 

9.5 
'  ch.  9.  16  ; 

Lev.  26. 

33 ;  Ezek. 

5.  2,  12 
"•  ch.  4.  11 ; 

18.  17 
"Ps.  11.6; 

Mt.  24.  51 

"  ch.  2.  32 ; 
744 


and  there  is  none  to  open  them : 
^  Judah  is  carried  away  captive,  all 
of  it ;  it  is  wholly  carried  away 
captive. 

'20  Lift  up  your  eyes,  and  be- 
hold them  that  "come  from  the 
north:  where  is  the  *  flock  that 
was  given  thee,  thy  beautiful  flock  ! 
21  "^^  What  wilt  thou  say,  when  he 
shall  set  over  thee  as  head  those 
whom  thou  hast  thyself  taught  to 
be  '^  friends  to  thee  ■?  shall  not "  sor- 
rows take  hold  of  thee,  as  of  a 
woman  in  travail  1  22  And  if  thou 
•^say  in  thy  heart,  ''Wherefore  are 
these  things  come  upon  me?  for 
the  ***  greatness  of  thine  iniquity 
are  thy  skirts  uncovered,  and  thy 
heels  suffer  violence.  23  *  Can  the 
Ethiopian  change  his  skin,  or  tlie 
leopard  his  spots  1  then  may  ye 
also  *do  good,  that  are  "accus- 
tomed to  do  evil.  24  Therefoi-e 
will  I  '■  scatter  them,  as  the  stubble 
that  passeth  away,  "  by  the  '"  wind 
of  the  wilderness.  25  This  is  thy 
"  lot,  the  portion  measured  unto 
thee  from  me,  saith  Jehovah ;  be- 
cause thou  hast "  forgotten  me,  and 
trusted  in  falsehood.  26  Therefore 
will  I  also  -^uncover  thy  skirts 
^'^  upon  thy  face,  and  thy  shame 
shall  appear.  27  1  have  seen  thine 
abominations,  even  thine  "adul- 
teries, and  thy  neighings,  the 
*■  lewdness  of  thy  whoredom,  on 
the  'hills  in  the  field.  Woe  unto 
thee,  O  Jerusalem !  thou  wilt  not 
be  '  made  clean  ;  how  "  long  shall 
it  yet  be? 

MThe  word  of  Jehovah  that 
came  to  Jeremiah  concern- 
ing the  "drought. 

2  Judah  ^mourneth,  and  the 
gates  thereof  languish,  they  sit 
^in  black  upon  the  ground;  and 
the  'cry  of  Jerusalem  is  gone  up. 
3  And  their  nobles  "send  their 
'"little  ones  ^*to  the  waters:  they 
come  to  the  *  cisterns,  and  find  no 
water  ;  they  return  with  their  ves- 
sels empty ;  they  are "  put  to  shame 
and  confounded,  and  '*  cover  their 

3.  21  ;  Ps.  9.  17  ;  106.  21,  22  P  Lam.  1.  8  «  ch.  6.  7,  8 
""ch.  11.  15  '  ch.  2.  20  t  ch.  4.  14 ;  Ezek.  24.  13 
"  Prov.  1.  22 ;  Hos.  8.  5  "■  ch.  17.  S  ^  ch.  4.  28 ;  la. 
.3.  26 ;  Joel  1.  10  i'ch.  8.  21  *  ch.  11.  11 :  46.  12  , 
Zech.  7.  13  "1  K.  18.  6  b  ch.  2.  13  ;  2  K..  18.  31 
'  Job  6.  20  ;  Ps.  40.  14    d  2  S.  15.  30 


"  Or,  What  wilt  thou  say,  when  he  shall  msit 

fhec,  seeing  thnu  thyself  hast  instructed  them, 
aoainst  thee,  even  thy  friends  to  be  head  orer 
thee? 

9  Or,  multitude  12  Or,  before 

1"  Heb.  taught.  13  Or,  inferiors 

11  Or,  unto  w  Or,  for  water 


14.4 


JEREMIAH 


15.2 


JehoTsb  drtlarrs  Interression  to  be  nseless.    In  Expostolatioo  and  a  Confesslou.    Jehovah  inexorable 


lieads.    4  Because  of  the  "ground 

which  is  ^cracked,  for  that  ''no 
rain  liath  been  in  the  land,  the 
"■plowmen  are  put  to  shame,  they 
■'cover  their  heads.  5  Yea,  the 
hind  also  in  the  tiold  calveth,  and 
forsaketh  her  yoinuj.  because  there 
is  "no  grass.  G  And  the  -^wild 
asses  stand  on  the  bare  heights, 
they  pant  for  air  like  -'jackals; 
tlieir  eyes  fail,  because  there  is 
^  no  heroage. 

7  Though  our  *  iniquities  testify 
against  us,  work  thou  'for  thy 
name's  sake,  O  Jehovah  ;  for  our 
*backslidings  are  many;  we  have 
'sinned  against  thee.  8  ()  thou 
'"  hope  of  Israel,  the  "  ISaviour 
thereof  in  the  "  time  of  trouble, 
why  shouldest  thou  be  as  a  so- 
journer in  the  land,  and  as  a  way- 
faring man  that  ^  turneth  aside  to 
tarry  for  a  night  1  9  Why  should- 
est tnou  be  as  a  man  aft'righted,  as 
a  mighty  man  that  '' cannot  save*? 
Yet  «thou,  O  Jehovah,  art  in  the 
midst  of  us,  and  we  are  ''  called  by 
thy  name  ;  leave  us  not. 

10  Thus  saith  Jehovah  unto  this 
people.  Even  so  have  they  'loved 
to  wander ;  they  have  not  '  re- 
frained their  feet :  therefore  Jeho- 
vah doth  "  not  accept  them  ;  now 
will  he  "remember  their  iniquity, 
and  visit  their  sins.  1 1  And  Jeho- 
vah said  unto  me,  'Pray  not  for 
this  people  for  their  good.  1 2  When 
they  fast,  I  will  ^  not  hear  their  crj' : 
and  when  they  offer  'burnt-offering 
and  meal-offering,  I  will  not  accept 
them;  but  I  will  "consume  them 
by  the  *  sword,  and  by  the  famine, 
and  by  the  pestilence. 

13  Then  said  I,  Ah,  Lord  Jeho- 
vah !  behold,  the  prophets  say 
unto  them,  Ye  '"shall  not  see  the 
sword,  neither  shall  ye  have  fam- 
ine ;  but  I  will  give  you  ■*  assured 
■*  peace  in  this  place.  14  Then  Je- 
hovah said  unto  me,  Tlie  "  prophets 
prophesy  lies  in  my  name  ;  l-'^sent 
them  not,  neither  have  I  com- 
manded them,  neither  spake  I  unto 
them  :  they  prophesy  unto  you  a 
'  lying  vision,  and  divination,  and 
a  thing  of  nought,  and  the  deceit 
of  their  own  heart.  15  Therefore 
thus  saith  Jehovah  concerning  the 
prophets  that  prophesy  in  my  name, 
and  I  sent  them  not,  yet  ^  they  say, 
Sword  and  famine  shall  not  be  in 
this  land:  By  'sword  and  famine 

1  Or,  dismayed  *  Or,  spreadeth  his  tent 

'  Or.  the  crocodile      *  Heb.  peace  of  truth. 


"  Joel  I.  19, 

b  ell.  3.  3 
"^Joel  1.  n 
''  ver.  3 
'  Is.  If).  G 
/  cli.  •.'.  24  ; 

Job  ;<9.  S.  C 
"Joel  1.  18 
''  la.  69.  12  ; 

Hos.  ft.  6 

•  ver.  "I 

*  cli.  .1.  0 ; 
8.  /> 

'  ver.  I'O ; 

ch.  3.  26 ; 

8.  14 
"'  ch.  17.  13 
"  Is.  43.  3 ; 

(i3.  8 

"  Ps.  9.  9 ; 

6U.  15 
''Is urn.  n. 

•J.i ;  Is.  60.  2 
•2  cli.  8.  19 ; 

Ps.  4(!.  6 
"■  ch.  l.i.  IG  ; 

Is.  03.  19 
'  ch.  2.  26  ; 

3.  13 
<  Ps.  119. 101 
"  cli.  0.  20 ; 

Am.  5.  22 
"  ch.  44.  21- 

23 ;  Hos.  8. 

13 
^ch.  7.  IG; 

11.  14  ;  Ex. 
32.  10 

^ch.  11.  11; 

Is.  I.  16 
'  ch.  0.  20 ; 

7.  21 

"  ch.  8.  13 
*ch.  21.  9 
'  ch.  6.  12 ; 

23.  17 
d  ch.  6.  14  ; 

8.  11 

'  ch.  6.  31 ; 

23.  25 
/ch.23.  21, 

32  ,  27.  15 
^  ch.  23.  IC, 

20  ;  27.  9, 

10;  Ezek. 

12.  24 

''  ch.  6.  12 
'  Ezek.  14. 
10 


«••  ch.  G.  11 : 

Is.  9.  16 ; 

Mt.  15.  14 
'  ch.  7.  33  ; 

15.  2.  3  ; 

Ps.  79.  2,  3 
"'ch.  8.  1,2 
"  ch.  13.  22- 

25  ;  Prov. 

1.  31 
0  ch.  9.  1 ; 

13.  17 

P  ch.  8.  21 ; 
Is.  37.  22 : 
Lam.  1.  16; 

«  ch.  10.  19; 

30.  14,  1:> 
'ch.  6.  25; 

I,am.  1.20; 

Ezek.  7.  15 
'  ch.  6.  13 ; 

S.  10 

«  ch.  2.  8 ; 

5.  6 
"  ch.  G.  30 ; 

7.  29  ;  12.  7 
"  ch.  .•».  13 
»  ch.  8.  16  ; 

Job  30.  26 ; 

1  Th.  6.  3 
»  ch.  3.  26!; 

Neh.  9.  2 ; 

Ps.  32.  6 

745 


shall  those  prophets  be  consumed. 

16  And  the  *peoj)le  to  whom  they 
prophesy  sliall  be 'cast  out  in  the 
streets  of  Jerusalem  because  of  tlie 
famine  and  the  sword  ;  and  they 
shall  have  none  to  "'bury  them  — 
tliem,  their  wives,  nor  their  sons, 
nor  their  daughters :  for  I  will 
"pour  their  wickedness  upon  them. 

17  And  thou  shalt  say  this  word 
unto  them,  "Let  mine  eyes  run 
down  with  tears  night  and  day, 
and  let  them  not  cease ;  for  the 
virgin  ^daughter  of  my  peoi^le  is 
broken  with  a  great  breach,  with  a 
very  V grievous  wound.  1<S  if  1  ""go 
forth  into  the  field,  then,  behold, 
the  slain  with  the  sword  !  and  if  I 
enter  into  the  city,  then,  behold, 
Hhey  that  are  sick  with  famine  ! 
for  *  both  the  prophet  and  the 
prie.st"go  about^in  the  land,  and 
'  have  no  knowledge. 

19  Hast  thou  utterly  "rejected 
Judah"?  hath  thy  soul  loathed 
Zionl  why  hast  tnou  smitten  us, 
and  there  i.s  "no  healing  for  us? 
^  We  looked  for  peace,  but  no  good 
came ;  and  for  a  time  of  healing, 
and,  behold,  dismay !  20  We 
**  acknowledge,  O  Jehovah,  our 
wickedness,  and  the  iniquity  of 
our  fathers ;  for  we  have  ^sinned 
against  thee.  21  Do  not  *  abhor 
ns,  "for  thy  name's  sake;  do  not 
disgrace  the  ''throne  of  thy  glory  : 
remember-,  break  not  thy  covenant 
with  us.  22  Are  there  any  among 
the  "  vanities  of  the  nations  that 
can  ''cause  rain  ?  or  can  the  heavens 
give  showers]  "art  not  thou  he,  O 
Jehovah  our  God  1  therefore  we 
will -''wait  for  thee;  for  thou  hast 
^"made  all  these  things. 
■i  p^  Then  said  Jehovah  unto 
-L  tJ  me,    *  Though   ''  Moses   and 

*  Samuel  *  stood  before  me,  yet  my 
mind  would  not  be  towjird  thi.s  peo- 
ple :  'cast  them  out  of  my  sight, 
and  let  them  '"go  forth.  2  And  it 
shall  come  to  pass,  when  they  say 
unto  thee.  Whither  shall  we  go 
forth?  then  thou  shalt  tell  them. 
Thus  saith  Jehovah  :  Such  as  are 
"for  death,  to  death  ;  and  such  as 

'  ver.  7  ;  ch.  8. 14  »  ver.  7 ;  Ps.  2.'i.  II  »  ch.  3.  17  ; 
17.  12      "  ch.  10.  3 ;  Is.  41.  '.-9    rf  ch  6.  24 ;  1  K.  17.  1 

•  Is.  41.  4  ,  43.  10  /  Lam.  X  2G  "  Ps.  99.  6 ;  Ezek. 
14.  14, 20  *  Ex.  32. 11-14  ;  Num.  14. 13-20;  Ps.  10«.  23 
■  1  S  7.  9 ;  12.  23  *  ver.  19  ;  ch.  18.  20 ;  S:>.  19  '  ch. 
7.  15  ;  10.  18 ;  62.  3  ,  2  K.  17.  20      "*  ch.  10.  20      "  ch. 

14.  12 ;  24.  lo;  43.  a  ;  Ezek.  6.  2, 12 


'  Heb.  the  iickneji.if^  of /amine.     *  Or.  trnfftc 
'  Or,  into  a  land  that  the\i  hu>v  not    *  Or,  knot* 
*  Or,  contemn  **  Or,  done 


15.3 


JEEEMIAH 


16.3 


Vengeance  denoonced.    Jeremiah's  Complaints  and  Jehovah's  Answers.    firicTons  Distresses  foretold 


are  for  the  sword,  to  the  sword ; 
and  such  as  are  for  the  famine,  to 
the  famine ;  and  sucli  as  are  for 
captivity,  to  captivity.  3  And  I 
will  "appoint  over  them  four 
^  kinds,  saith  Jehovah  :  the  sword 
to  slay,  and  the  *dogs  to  "Hear, 
and  the  "  birds  of  the  heavens,  and 
the  beasts  of  the  earth,  to  devour 
and  to  destroy.  4  And  I  will  cause 
them  to  be  ''tossed  to  and  fro  among 
all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth,  be- 
cause of  "Manasseh,  the  son  of 
Hezekiah,  king  of  Judah,  for  that 
which  he  did  in  Jerusalem. 

5  For  who  will  have -^  pity  upon 
thee,  O  Jerusalem*?  or  who  will 
"bemoan  theel  or  who  will  turn 
aside  to  ask  of  thy  welfare  1  6 
Thou  hast  ''rejected  me,  saith  Je- 
hovah, thou  art  '  gone  backward  : 
therefore  have  I  *  stretched  out  my 
hand  against  thee,  and  destroyed 
thee  ;  1  am  '  weary  with  repenting. 
7  And  I  have  "'winnowed  them 
with  a  fan  in  the  gates  of  the  land  ; 
I  have  "  bereaved  them  of  children, 
I  have  destroyed  my  people  ;  they 
returned  not  from  their  ways.  8 
Their  "  widows  are  increased  to  me 
above  the  sand  of  the  seas  ;  I  have 
brought  upon  them  ^against  the 
mother  of  the  young  men  a  ^de- 
stroyer *  at  noonday  :  I  have  caused 
anguish  and  terrors  to  fall  upon 
her  suddenly.  9  She  that  hath 
''borne  seven  langnisheth ;  she 
hath  given  up  the  ghost ;  her  *  sun 
is  gone  down  while  it  was  yet  day ; 
she  hath  been  'put  to  shame  and 
confounded :  and  the  "  residue  of 
them  will  I  deliver  to  the  sword 
before  their  enemies,  saith  Jeho- 
vah. 

10  "Woe  is  me,  my  mother,  that 
thou  hast  borne  me  a  ^  man  of  strife 
and  a  man  of  contention  to  the 
whole  earth !  I  have  not  ^  lent, 
neither  have  men  lent  to  me ;  yet 
every  one  of  them  doth  curse  me. 

11  Jehovah  said.  Verily  I  will 
^^  strengthen  thee  for  good  ;  verily 
^  I  will  cause  the  "  enemy  to  make 
supplication  unto  thee  in  the  time 
of  evil  and  in  the  time  of  affliction. 
12®  Can  one  break  iron,  even  *  iron 
from  the  north,  and  brass  1  1 .3  Thy 
"substance  and  thy  treasures  will 
I  give  for  a  spoil  ''without  price, 
and  that  for  all  thy  sins,  even  in 

1  Heb.  families.  *  Heb.  drag. 

8  Or,  aaainst  the  mother  and  the  young  men 

*  Another  reading  is,  release. 

8  Or,  /  will  intercede  for  thee  with  the  enemy 

*  Or,  Can  iron  break  iron  from  &c. 


"  Lev.  26.  16, 

22,  26  ; 

Ezek.  14. 21 
*>  1  K.  21.  23, 

24 
<'  ch.  7.  .33 ; 

Dt.  28. 

2(5;  Is.  18.  6 
d  ch.  24.  9 ; 

29.  18 ; 

Lev.  26.  33 
"  2  K.  21.  1- 

18  ;  23.  26, 
27  ;  24.  3,  4 

/ch.  13.  14; 

21.  7 ;  Ps. 

69.  20 
1  ch.  16.  6  ; 

Is.  61.  19 ; 

Nah.  3.  7 
'«  ch.  6.  19 ; 

8.  9 
i  ch.  7.  24  ; 

Is.  1.  4 

«:ch.  6.  12; 

Zeph.  1.  4 
'  ch.  6.  11 ; 

7.  16 
"'  ch.  51.  2 ; 

Ps.  1.  4 
"  ch.  18.  21 ; 

Hos.  9.  12- 

113 
"  Is.  3.  25, 

26  ;  4.  1 
P  ch.  22.  7 
9  ch.  6.  4 
"•  1  S.  2.  5  ; 

Is.  47.  9 
'  ch.  6.  4  ; 

Am.  8.  9 
«  ch.  60.  12 
"  ch.  21.  7 
"  ch.  20.  14 ; 

Job  3.  3 
^  ver.  20 ; 

ch.  1.  18, 

19  ;  20.  7,  8 
y  Ex.  22.  25  ; 

Lev.  25.  3(i, 

37  ;  Dt.  23. 

19 
*  Ps.  138.  3  ; 

Is.  41.  10 
"  ch.  21.  2  ; 

37.  3 ;  38. 

14  ;  42.  2 
*>  ch.  28.  14 
"  ch.  17.  3 ; 

20.  5 
d  Is.  52.  3,  5 


«ch.  16.  13, 

Dt.  28.  36, 

64 
/oh.  17.  4; 

Ps.  21.  9 
"ch.  12.  3 
''  ver.  LO ; 

ch.  20.  2,  U 
>  ch.  20.  8  ; 

Ps.  44.  22 ; 

69.  7-9 

*  Ezek.  3.  3 
'  Job  23.  12  ; 

Pb.  119.  103 
'"■  ch.  14.  9 
"  ch.  16.  8 ; 

2  Cor.  6.  17 
"ch.  13.  17; 

Ps.  102.  7 ; 

Lam.  3.  28 ; 

Ezek.  3.  24, 

2.5 
P  ch.  6.  11 
9  ch.  30.  12, 

15 :  Job  34. 

6 ;  Mic.  1.  9 
"■  ch.  14.  3 ; 

Job  6. 15,20 

•  ch.  4.  1 

'  ver.  1 ;  ch. 
36.  19 ;  1  K. 
17.  1 
"  ch.  6.  29 ; 

746 


all  thy  borders.  14  And  /I  will 
make  them  to  pass  with  thine  ene- 
mies into  a  *  land  which  thou  know- 
est  not ;  for  a  •'^fire  is  kindled  in 
mine  anger,  which  shall  burn  upon 
you. 

15  O  Jehovah,  thou  /knowest: 
remember  me,  and  visit  me,  ana 
''avenge  me  of  my  persecutors;^ 
take  me  not  away  in  thy  longsuf- 
f ering  :  know  that '  for  thy  sake  I 
have  suffered  reproach.  16  Thy 
words  were  found,  and  I  did  *eat 
them ;  and  thy  '  words  were  unto 
me  a  joy  and  the  rejoicing  of  my 
heart :  for  I  am  "'  called  by  thy 
name,  O  Jehovah,  God  of  hosts. 
17  1"  sat  not  in  the  assembly  of 
them  that  make  merry,  nor  re- 
.ioiced  ;  I  sat  "alone  because  of  thy 
hand  ;  for  thou  hast  ^filled  me  with 
indignation.  18  Why  is  my  pain 
perpetual,  and  my  « wound  incur- 
able, which  refuseth  to  be  healed? 
wilt  thou  indeed  be  unto  me  'as 
a  deceitful  brook,  as  waters  that 
8  fain 

1 9  Therefore  thus  saith  Jehovah, 
"If  thou  return,  then  will  I  bring 
thee  again, '  that  thou  mayest  stand 
befoi'e  me  ;  and  "if  thou  take  forth 
the  precious  from  the  vile,  thou 
shalt  be  as  my  mouth :  they  shall 
return  unto  thee,  but  thou  shalt 
not  return  unto  them.  20  And  I 
will  "make  thee  unto  this  people 
a  fortified  brazen  w^all ;  and  they 
shall  fight  against  thee,  but  they 
shall  not  prevail  against  thee  ;  for 
^I  am  with  thee  to  save  thee  and 
to  deliver  thee,  saith  Jehovah.  21 
And  I  will  2' deliver  thee  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  wicked,  and  I  will  ^  re- 
deem thee  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
terrible. 

A  f*  The  "word  of  Jehovah 
JL\J  came  also  unto  me,  saying, 
2  Thou  shalt  not  *  take  thee  a  wife, 
neither  shalt  thou  have  sons  or 
daughters,  in  this  place.  3  For 
thus  saith  Jehovah  concerning  the 
"sons  and  concerning  the  daugh- 
ters that  are  born  in  this  place, 
and  concerning  their '^  mothers  that 
bare  them,  and  concerning  their 
"fathers  that  begat  them  in  this 

Ezek.  22.  26 ;  44.  23  •"  ch.  1.  18,  19 ;  6.  27 ;  Ezek.  3.  9 
^  ver.  15 ;  ch.  1.  8, 19;  Ps.  46.  7  ;  Is.  41.  10  *'  ch.  20. 
13 ;  39.  11,  12 ;  Gen.  48.  16 ;  Ps.  37.  40  "^  ch.  31.  11 ; 
50.  34 ;  Is.  49.  26 ;  60.  16  "  ch.  1.  2,  4 ;  2.  1  ^  1  Cor. 
7.  26    "  ch.  6.  11    d  ch.  15.  8    «  ch.  6.  21 


1  Or,  I  will  make  thine  enemies  to  pass  into  Ac 
8  Heb.  are  not  sure. 


16.4 


JEREMIAH 


17.1 


Grievtos  Distresses  foretold,    Retitoratiou  to  be  preceded  by  Puuishmeut.    Judah's  Sin  indelible 


land:  4  They  shall  "die  'griev- 
ous deaths :  they  shall  *  not  be 
lamented,  neither  shall  they  be 
buried;  they  shall  bo  as  "dung 
upon  the  face  of  the  ground  ;  and 
they  shall  be  ''  consumed  by  the 
swoi-d,  antl  by  famine ;  and  their 
dead  bodies  shall  be  food  for  the 
"birds  of  the  hea\ens,  and  for  the 
beasts  of  tlie  earth. 

5  For  thus  saith  Jehovah,  Enter 
not  into  the  house  of  -'mourning, 
neither  go  to  lament,  neither  be- 
moan them ;  for  I  have  taken 
away  mj^  ^  peace  from  this  people, 
saith  Jehovah,  even  '' lovingkind- 
ness  and  tender  mercies.  6  Both 
'great  and  small  shall  die  in  this 
land  ;  they  shall  not  be  ^  buried, 
neither  shall  men  lament  for 
them,  nor  'cut  themselves,  nor 
make  themselves  bald  for  them ; 
7  neither  shall  men  '"break  bread 
for  them  in  mourning,  to  comfort 
them  for  the  dead ;  neither  shall 
men  give  them  the  cup  of  conso- 
lation to  drink  for  their  father  or 
for  their  mother.  8  And  thou 
shalt  "not  go  into  the  house  of 
feasting  to  sit  with  them,  to  eat 
and  to  drink.  9  For  thus  saith 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Is- 
rael :  Behold,  I  will  "  cause  to 
cease  out  of  this  place,  before 
your  eyes  and  in  your  days,  the 
voice  of  mirth  and  the  voice  of 
gladness,  the  voice  of  the  bride- 
groom and  the  voice  of  the  bride. 

10  And  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
when  thou  shalt  show  this  people 
all  these  words,  and  they  shall 
say  unto  thee,  -^  Wherefore  hath 
Jehovah  pronounced  all  this  great 
evil  against  us  I  or  what  is  our 
iniquity ']  or  what  is  our  sin  that 
we  nave  committed  against  Jeho- 
vah our  God  I  1 1  then  shalt  thou 
say  unto  them,  « Because  your 
fathers  have  forsaken  me,  saith 
Jehovah,  and  have  walked  after 
''other  gods,  and  have  served  them, 
anfl  have  worshipped  them,  and 
have  forsaken  me,  and  have  not 
kept  my  law ;  1 2  and  ye  have 
done  evil '  more  than  your  fathers ; 
for,  behold,  ye  walk  every  one  after 
the  'stubbornness  of  his  "evil  heart, 
so  that  ye  hearken  not  unto  me : 
13  therefore  will  I  "cast  you  forth 
out  of  this  land  into  the  -"land 
that  ye  have  not  known,  neither 
ye  nor  your  fathers ;  and  there 
shall  ye  *  serve  other  gods  day  and 

i  Eeb.  deatha  of  sicknesses. 


"  ch.  15.  2 
i>  ch.  2,",.  33 
'  ch.  It.  22  ; 

2J.  33  ;  Pb. 

83.  10 
<1  ch.  14.  15 ; 

44.  12,  27 

•  ch.  U).  3  ; 
3 1.  20  ;  Pa. 
79.  2  ;  Is. 
18.  U 

/  Ezek.  24. 

lG-23 
i'  Ch.  12.  12 ; 

In.  1-4 
A  ch.  13.  14  ; 

Is.  27.  11; 

Ps.  25.  0 
'  2  Chr.  3G. 

17 ;  £zek. 

0.  0 

*  ver.  4 
'ch.  41.  fi ; 

47.  5  ;  Dt. 

14.  1 
"  Dt.  2G.  14  ; 

Ezek.  21. 

17  ;  lloa. 

9.  4 
"  ch.  l.i.  17  ; 

Eccl.  7. 

2-4  ;  Is.  22. 

12-14  ;  Am. 

G.  4-C 
"  ch.  7.  34  ; 

25.  10 ; 

Hob.  2.  11 
P  ch.  6.  19 ; 

13.  22 ; 

Dt.  29.  24, 

25  ;  1  K.  9. 

8,9 
9  ch.  5.  7-D ; 

Neh.  9. 

20-29;  Ps. 

11)0.  35-41 
•■  rh.  8.  2  ; 

Ezek.  11. 

21  ;  1  Pet. 

4.  3 
»  ch.  7.  26 
«  ch.  7.  24 ; 

9.  1 >  ;  13. 

10 ;  1  3.  15. 

23 
«  Eccl.  9.  3  ; 

Mk.  7.  21 
"  ch.  \n.  1  ; 

Dt.  4.  26, 

27 ;  2  Chr. 

7.  20 
"  ch.  15.  14 ; 

17.  4 
*ch.  5.  19; 

Dt.  4.  28 ; 

28.  30 


*  ver.  5 

"  ch.  23.  7,  8 ; 

Is.  43.  18, 

19;  Ho8.  3. 

4.  5 
I'  E.v.  20.  2  ; 

Dt.  15.  15 
'ch.  3.  18; 

24.  0 ;  Ps. 

lOG.  47 ;  Ib. 

11.  11-16; 

14.  1 
d  Am.  4.  2  ; 
Hab.  1.  14, 

MS.  26.  20; 

Mic.  7.  2 
/  Is.  2.  21 ; 

Am.  9.  1-3 
"  ch.  23.  24  ; 

32.  19;  Ps. 

90.  8 ;  Lk. 

12.  2 , 

1  Cor.  4.  5  ; 

Heb.  4.  13 
"  ch.  2.  22 
'  ch.  17.  18  ; 

Bev.  18.  6 

747 


night ;  "  for  I  will  show  you  -  no 
favor. 

14  "Therefore,  behold,  the  days 
come,  saith  Jehovah,  that  it  shall 
no  more  be  said.  As  Jehovah  liv- 
eth,  that ''  brought  up  the  children 
of  Israel  out  of  the  laud  of  Egypt ; 
15  but.  As  Jehovah  liveth,  that 
brought  up  the  children  of  Israel 
from  the  "land  of  the  north,  and 
from  all  the  countries  whither  he 
had  driven  them.  And  I  will 
bring  them  again  into  their  land 
that  I  gave  unto  their  fjithers. 

16  Behold,  I  will  .send  for  many 
'' fisher.s.  saith  Jehovah,  and  they 
shall  fisli  them  up  ;   and  afterward 

1  will  send  for  many  hunters,  and 
they  shall  '^huiit  them  •'from  every 
mountain,  and  from  every  hill,  and 
out  of  the  •'clefts  of  the  rocks.  17 
■"  For  mine  eyes  are  upon  all  their 
ways ;  they  are  not  hid  from  my 
face,  ''neither  is  their  iniquity  con- 
cealed from  mine  eyes.  18  And 
first  I  will  'recompense  their  in- 
iquity and  their  sin  double,  ^be- 
cause they  have  *  polluted  my 
land  with  the  'carcasses  of  their 
detestable  things,  and  have  filled 
mine  inheritance  with  their  abomi- 
nations. 

19  O  Jehovah,  my  '"strength, 
and  my  "stronghold,  and  my 
"refuge  in  the  diiy  of  affliction, 
unto  thee  .shall  the  ^'nations  come 
from  the  ends  of  the  earth,  and 
shall  say.  Our  fathers  have  in- 
herited nought  but  "lies,  even 
vanity  and  things  wherein  there 
is  no  profit.  20  Shall  i\  man  make 
unto  nimself  gods,  which  yet  are 
''no  gods'? 

21     Therefore,    behold,     I     will 
cause   them    to    know,    this   once 
will   I  'cause   them  to 
hand    and    my  might  ; 
shall    know    that    'my 
Jehovah. 

-i  ly  The  "  sin  of  Judah  is  writ- 
JL  I  ten  with  a  "pen  of  iron,  and 
with  the  i)oint  of  a  diamond:  it  is 
•'graven  upon  the  tablet  of  their 
heart,  and  upon  the  horns  of  *  your 

*  ch  2  7  ;  3.  9 ;  Num.  .%.  33,  34  '  ch.  7.  30  ;  Ezek. 
11.  18,  21  '"  ch.  16.  11 :  P.s.  18.  1.  2 ;  27.  1  "  Ps.  28. 
8,  ref.  "Ps.  14  6  J'ch.  3.  17;  4.  2  «ch.  10.  14;U. 
22 ;  Is  44  '20  ;  Hab.  2.  18,  19  ""  ch.  2.  11 ;  6.  7  :  Ps. 
115.  4-8  ;  Is.  37    19  ;  Hos.  8.  4-6    '  Ps.  9.  16    <  ch.  33. 

2  ;  Ps.  83.  18  ;  Is.  43.  3  ;  Am.  6.  8  "  ch.  2.  22  ;  4.  14 
"  Job  19.  24    •^  Prov.  3.  3 ;  7.  3  ;  Is.  49.  16  ;  2  Cor.  3.  3 


know   my 

and   they 

name    is 


*  Or,  where 

'■i  Or.  because  they  have  polluted  my  land :  thev 
hiire  filled  mlii'  inheritance  loith  the  carcasses  of 
their'detest4xhle  thinys  and  their  abominations 

-  Another  reading  is,  thtir. 


17.2 


JEREMIAH 


17.25 


Jehovab  alone  to  be  trasted.    The  Prophet  prays  for  Protection.    The  Sabbath  mnst  be  hallowed 


altars ;  2  whilst  their  "  children 
r  dmember  their  altars  and  their 
•' Asherim  by  the  "green  trees  upon 
the  high  hills.  3  O  my  ''moun- 
tain in  the  field,  I  will  "give  thy 
substance  and  all  thy  ti'easures  for 
a  spoil,  and  thy  high  places,  be- 
cause of  sin,  throughout  all  thy 
borders.  4  And  thou,  even  of 
thyself,  shalt  -^discontinue  from 
thy  heritage  that  I  gave  thee ; 
and  I  will  cause  thee  to  serve 
thine  "  enemies  in  the  land  which 
thou  knowest  not :  for  ye  have 
*  kindled  a  fire  in  mine  anger 
which  shall  burn  for  ever. 

5  Thus  saith  Jehovah  :  \  Cursed 
is  the  man  that  trusteth  in  man, 
and  maketh  ''  tlesh  his  arm,  and 
whose  heart  departeth  from  Jeho- 
vah. 6  For  he  shall  be  like  '  the 
"heath  in  the  desert,  and  shall 
not  see  when  good  cometh,  but 
shall  inhabit  the  parched  places 
in  the  wilderness,  a  '"  salt  land  and 
not  inhabited.  7  "Blessed  is  the 
man  that  trusteth  in  .Jehovah,  and 
whose  "trust  Jehovah  is.  8  For 
he  shall  be  as  a  ^tree  planted 
by  the  waters,  that  spreadeth 
out  its  roots  by  the  river,  and 
shall  not  '^  fear  when  heat  cometh, 
but  its  leaf  shall  be  green ;  and 
shall  not  be  careful  in  the  year  of 
«  drought,  neither  shall  cease  from 
yielding  iruit. 

9  The  heart  is  ''deceitful  above 
all  things,  and  it  is  exceedingly 
'corrupt:  who  can  know  it  1  10  I, 
Jehovah,  'search  the  mind,  I  try 
tlie  *  heart,  even  to  give  every 
man  according  to  his  ways,  ac- 
cording to  the  fruit  of  his  doings. 
11  As  the  partridge  *that  sitteth 
on  eggs  which  she  hath  not  laid, 
so  is  he  that  "gelteth  riches,  and 
not  by  right;  in  the  midst  of  his 
days  ®  they  shall  leave  him,  and  at 
his  end  he  shall  be  a  fool. 

12  A  "glorious  throne,  set  on 
high  from  the  beginning,  is  the 
place  of  our  sanctuary.  13  O  Je- 
hovah, the  -"hope  of  Israel,  all 
that  forsake  thee  shall  be  put  to 
Bhame.  They  that  -"depart  from 
me  shall  be  written  in  the  earth, 
because  they  have  ^forsaken  Je- 
hovah, the  fountain  of  living 
waters.  14  "Heal  me,  O  Jeho- 
vah, and  I  shall  be  healed ;  '  save 

1  Or,  a  taTiiarisk 

2  According  to  another  reading,  see. 

3  Heb.  re!»is. 

*  Or,  gathereth  young  which  she  hath  not 
brought  forth  »  Or,  he  shall  leave  them 


"  cli.  7.  18 
b  Ex.  34.  13 
"  ch.  3.  6 
d  ch.  26.  IS  ; 

Mic.  3.  1-J 
'  ch.  15.  i:; ; 

20.  o  ;  2  K. 

24.  13;  Is. 

39.  i-a 
/ch.  12.  7; 

Lam.  o.  2 
^ch.  15.  14; 

27.  12,  13; 

Dt.  28.  48  ; 

Is.  14.  3 
h  ch.  7.  2(1 , 

1.5.  14 ;  Is. 

ft.  25 
■  Ps.  140.  3 ; 

Is.  2.  22 ; 

30.  1  ; 

Ezek.  29. 

6,  7 
k  2  Chr.  32. 

S  ;  Is.  31.  3 
'  ch.  48.  6 
"'Dt.  29.  23; 

Job  39.  6 
"  Ps.  34.  8 ; 

84.  12 
"  Ps.  40.  4 
P  Ps.  1.  3  ; 

92.  12-14 ; 

Ezek.  31. 

3-9 
«  ch.  14.  1-6 
'•  Mk.  7.  21, 

22;  Rom. 

7.11;  Eph. 

4.  22 
'Eccl.  9.  3; 

Is.  1.  C  ; 

6.  10 ;  Mt. 

13. 15 ;  Mk. 

2. 17 ;  Kom. 

1.  21 
«  ch.  11.  20 ; 

20. 12  ;  1  S. 

16. 7 ;  Rom. 

8.  27 
"  ch.  6.  13 ; 
8.  10  ;  22. 

13,  17 

"  ch.  3.  17  ; 

14.  21 

^  ch.  14.  8 ; 

50.  7 
V  ver.  5 ; 

Ps.  73.  27 
'  ch.  2.  13,  17 
"  ch.  30.  17  ; 

33.  6 
>>  Ps.  54.  1 ; 

60.5 


'  Dt.  10.  21 ; 

Ps.  109.  1 
d  Is.  6.  19 ; 

Am.  5.  18 
«  ch.  1.  6  ; 

20.  9 
/ch.  12.  3 
"  Ps.  88.  15 
A  ch.  16.  19  ; 

Nah.  1.  7 
■  ver.  13 ; 

ch.  20.  11 ; 

Ps.  35.  4,  26 
k  ch.  1.  17 
'  Ps.  35.  8 
"'  ch.  16.  18 
"  ch.  7.  2 ; 

26.  2 
"  ch.  19.  3, 

4 ;  Ps.  49. 

1,  2 ;  Hos. 

6.  1 ;  Am. 

4.  1 
P  Dt.  4.  9. 

15,  23 ;  Mk. 

4.  24 
«  Num.  15. 

32-36; 

Neh.  13. 

15-21 ;  Jn. 

748 


me,  and  I  shall  be  saved  :  for  thou 
art  my  "Upraise.  15  Behold,  they 
''say  unto  me.  Where  is  the  word 
of  Jehovah  ]  let  it  come  now.  1 6 
As  for  me,  I  have  'not  hastened 
from  being  a  shepherd  after  thee ; 
neither  have  I  desired  '^  the  woeful 
day  ;  -^thou  knowest :  that  which 
came  out  of  my  lips  was  before  thy 
face.  1 7  Be  not  a  "terror  unto  me  : 
thou  art  my  ''  refuge  in  the  day  of 
evil.  18  Let  them  be  'put  to 
shame  that  persecute  me,  but  let 
not  me  be  put  to  shame  ;  let  them 
be  dismayed,  but  *  let  not  me  be 
dismayed  ;  '  bring  upon  them  the 
day  of  evil,  and  ''destroy  them 
with  "double  destruction. 

19  Thus  said  Jehovah  unto  me: 
Go,  and  "  stand  in  the  gate  of  *  the 
children  of  the  people,  whereby  the 
kings  of  Judah  come  in,  and  by 
which  they  go  out,  and  in  all  the 
gates  of  J  erusalem ;  20  and  say 
unto  them,  Hear  ye  the  word  of 
Jehovah,  ye  "kings  of  Judah,  and 
all  Judah,  and  all  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem,  that  enter  in  by 
these  gates:  21  Thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah, ^Take  heed  ''to  yourselves, 
and  *bear  no  burden  on  the  sab- 
bath day,  nor  bring  it  in  by  the 
gates  of  Jerusalem ;  22  neither 
carry  forth  a  burden  out  of  your 
houses  on  the  sabbath  day,  neither 
do  ye  any  *■  work :  but  hallow  ye 
the  sabbath  day,  as  I  *  commanded 
your  fathers.  23  But  they  '  heark- 
ened not,  neither  inclined  their  ear, 
but  "made  their  neck  stiff,  that 
they  might  not  hear,  and  might 
not  receive  instruction. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
if  ye  'diligently  hearken  unto 
me,  saith  Jehovah,  to  "^  bring  in 
no  burden  through  the  gates  of 
this  city  on  the  sabbath  day,  but 
^  to  hallow  the  sabbath  day,  to  do 
no  work  therein  ;  25  '  then  shall 
there  enter  in  by  the  gates  of 
this  city  kings  and  princes  "sit- 
ting upon  the  throne  of  David, 
riding  in  chariots  and  on  horses, 
they,  and  their  princes,  the  men 
of  Judah,  and  the  inhabitants  of 

5.  9-12  *■  Ex.  16.  23-29  ;  20.  8-10  ;  Dt.  5.  12-14  ;  Is. 
56.  2-6 ;  58.  13  '  Ex.  31.  13-17  ;  Ezek.  20.  12  ;  Zech. 
1.4  'ch.  7.  24,  28;  11.  10  "  ch.  7.  26  ;  19. 15 ;  Prov. 
29.1  "Ex.  15.  26;  Dt.  11  13 ;  Is.  21.  7  ;  56.  2  "ver. 
21,22  "Ex.  20.  8-11  ;  Ezek.  20. 20  «ch.  22.  4  "ch. 
33.  15,  17,  21 ;  2  S.  7.  16  ;  Is.  9.  7  ;  Lk.  1.  32 


5  Some  ancient  versions  read,  the  jvdgmenk 
day  of  man. 

'  Heb.  break  them  with  a  double  breach. 
s  Or,  the  common  peop!e  See  ch.  26.  23. 
9  Or,  for  your  lifes  sake 


17.26 


JEEEMIAH 


18.22 


A  Lesson  from  the  Potter's  Vessel.    Israel  to  be  scattered.    Joremiah  prays  against  his  Enemies 


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Jerusalem:  and  this  city  shall 
' "  remain  for  ever.  26  And  they 
shall  come  from  the  ''cities  of  Ju- 
dah,  and  from  the  places  round 
about  Jerusalem,  and  from  the 
land  of  Benjamin,  and  from  the 
"lowland,  and  from  the  hill-coun- 
try, and  from  the  ""South,  bringing 
''  burnt-olierings,  and  sacrifices,  and 
meal-offerings,  and  frankincense, 
and  'bringing  sacrifices  o/ thanks- 

iving,  unto  tlie  house  of  Jehovah. 

7  But  •'if  ye  will  not  hearken 
unto  me  to  hallow  the  sabbath 
day,  and  not  to  bear  a  burden  and 
enter  in  at  the  gates  of  Jerusalem 
on  the  sabbath  day  ;  then  will  I 
'kindle  a  fire  in  the  gates  thereof, 
and  it  shall "  devour  tlie  palaces  of 
Jerusalem,  and  it  shall  'not  be 
quenched. 


•i  O  The  word  which  came  to 
i  O  Jeremiah  from  Jehovah,  say- 
ing, 2  Arise,  and  *go  down  to  the 
potter's  house,  and  there  I  will 
'  cause  thee  to  hear  my  words.  3 
Then  I  went  down  to  the  potter's 
house,  and,  behold,  he  was  mak- 
ing a  work  on  the  wheels.  4  And 
when  the  vessel  that  he  made  of 
the  clay  was  marred  in  the  hand 
of  the  potter,  he  made  it  again  an- 
other vessel,  as  seemed  good  to  the 
potter  to  make  it. 

5  Then  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  to  me,  sayin^j,  6  O  house  of 
Israel,  cannot  I  do  with  you  as 
this  potter  1  saith  Jehovah.  Be- 
hold, as  the  '"clay  in  the  potter's 
hand,  so  are  ye  in  my  hand,  O 
house  of  Israel.  7  At  wnat  instant 
I  shall  speak  concerning  a  nation, 
and  concerning  a  kingdom,  to 
"  pluck  up  and  to  break  down  and 
to  destroy  it ;  8  "if  that  nation, 
concerning  which  I  have  spoken, 
turn  from  their  evil,  I  will  ''repent 
of  the  evil  that  I  thought  to  do 
unto  them.  9  And  at  what  in- 
stant I  shall  speak  concerning  a 
nation,  and  concerning  a  kingdom, 
to  "build  and  to  plant  it;  10  if 
they  do  that  which  is  ""evil  in  my 
sight,  that  they  obey  not  my  voice, 
then  I  will  'repent  of  the  good, 
wherewith  I  said  1  would  benefit 
them.  11  Now  therefore,  speak 
to  the  men  of  Judah,  and  to  the 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  saying. 
Thus  saith  Jehovah  :  Behold,  '  I 
frame  evil  against  you,  and  "devise 
a  device  against  you :  '  return  ye 

^  Or,  be  ir^iabited 


'  Ps.  U2.  V\ 
14  ;  Heb. 

1-i  22 
>>  ch.  32.  44  ; 

;«.  13 
'  Zech.  7.  7 
''  ch.  33.  18 
'ch.  33.  11  ; 

Ps.  107.  a2 
/  ch.  22.  f> ; 

26.  4  ;  Is. 

1.20;  Zech. 

7.  11-14 
■'th.  11.  Ifi; 

21.  14;  Is. 

9.  18.  19 
>'  cli.  39.  8  ; 

Am.  2.  a 
'  ch.  7.  20 ; 

Ezek.  20.  47 
*■  ch.  19.  1,  2 
'  ch.  23.  22 

"'  la.  4.5.  9 : 
04.  8  ;  Mt. 
20.  !.'> ; 
Kom.  9.  21 
"  ch.  1.  10 
"  ch.  7.  3-7  ; 

12.  16  ; 
Ezek.  18. 21 

P  ch.  26. :!, 

13.  19 ;  Pa. 
loij.  4o; 
Hoa.  11.  8; 
Joel  2.  13, 
14 ;  Jon.  3. 
9,  10 

«  ch.  1.  10 ; 

31.28;  Am. 

9.  11-1.5 
•■  ch.  7.  24- 

28  ;  Ps.  125. 

6 ;  Ezek. 

33.  18 
'  1  S.  2.  30  ; 

13.  13 
<ch.  4.  6;  11. 

11 ;  la.  o.  5 
"  ver.  18  ; 

ch.  11.  19 
''  ch.  4.  1 ; 

2  K.  17.  13  ; 

Is.  1. 16-19 ; 

Acts  26.  20 


*  ch.  2.  25  ; 
la.  67.  10 

y  ch.  7.  24  ; 

16.  12 ; 

Pt.  29.  19 
'  ch.  2.  10, 

11  ;  18.06.  8 
"  ch.  14.  17  ; 

31.  4 
bch.  5.  30; 

2.3.  14 ; 

Hoa.  0.  10 
'  ch.  2.  32  ; 

3.  21 
rfch.  7.  9;  44. 

17  ;  Is.  6.5.  7 

•  ch.  6.  16 
/Is.  57.  14; 

62.  10 

0  ch.  25.  9  ; 

50.  13; 

Ezek.  33. 

2S,  29 

1  ch.  48.  27  ; 
Pa.  22.  7  ; 
la.  37.  22 

•  ch.  13.  24  ; 
Job  27.  21 

*  ch.  2.  27  ; 
.32.  .33 

'  ch.  46.  21 

'"  ver.  11 ; 

ch.  11.  19 
"  ch.  2.  8 ; 

Mai.  2.  7 
"  ch.  8.  8  ; 

Jobs.  13 
f  ch.  5.  13 
9  ch.  20.  10  ; 

Ps.  62.  2 

749 


now  every  one  from  his  evil  way, 
and  amend  your  ''■.ays  and  your 
doings.  12  But  'they  say.  It  is 
in  vain  ;  for  we  will  walk  after  our 
own  devices,  and  we  will  do  every 
one^after  the  stubbornness  of  his 
evil  heart. 

1  'A  Therefore  thus  saith  Jehovah : 
'Ask  ye  now  among  the  nation.s, 
who  hath  heard  such  things;  the 
"virgin  of  Israel  hath  done  a  very 

*  horrible  thing.  1  i  Shall  the  snow 
of  Lebanon  fail  from  the  rock  of 
the  field  ?  o)-  shall  the  cold  waters 
■-  that  How  down  from  afar  be 
Mried  up  I  15  For  ""my  people 
have  forgotten  me,  "^  they  have 
burned  incen.se  to  false  gods-  and 
they  have  been  made  to  stumble  in 
their  ways,  in  the  'ancient  paths, 
to  walk  in  bypaths,  in  a  way  not 
•''cast  up;  16  to  make  their  land 
an  ^astonishment,  and  a  perpetual 
hissing ;  every  one  that  passeth 
thereby  shall  be  astonished,  and 
''shake  his  head.  17  1  will  'scatter 
them  as  with  an  east  wind  before 
the  enemy ;  I  will  show  them  the 

*  back,  and  not  the  face,  in  the 
'day  of  their  calamity. 

18  Then  said  they,  Come,  and 
let  us  '"devise  devices  against  Jere- 
miah ;  for  the  "  law  shall  not  perish 
from  the  priest,  nor  "  counsel  from 
the  wise,  nor  the  ^word  from  the 

Erophet.    «Come,  and  let  us  smite 
im  wath  the  tongue,  and  let  us 
'  not  give  heed  to  any  of  his  words. 

19  Give  heed  to  me,  O  Jehovah, 
and  hearken  to  the  voice  of  them 
that  contend  with  me.  20  Shall 
evil  be  recompensed  for  good  ?  for 
they  have  'digged  a  pit  for  my 
soul.  Remember  how  I  'stood  be- 
fore thee  to  si)eak  good  for  them, 
to  turn  away  thy  wrath  from 
them.  21  Therefore  "deliver  up 
their  children  to  the  famine,  and 
give  them  o^'er  to  the  power  of  the 
sword  ;  and  let  their  wives  become 
'childless,  and  ''widows;  and  let 
their  men  be  slain  of  death,  o'"^' 
their  "young  men  smitten  of  tiie 
sword  in  battle.  22  Let  a  ^cry  be 
heard  from  their  houses,  when  thou 
shalt  bring  a  troop  suddenly  upon 
them  ;  "  for  they  have  digged  a  pit 
to  take  me,  and  *  hid  snares  for  my 

•■  ch.  43.  2  •  ver.  22 ;  ch.  5.  26  ;  Ps.  35. 7  ;  57.  §  <  Ps. 
106.  23  "  ch.  11.  22,  14.  16  ;  Ps.  109.  9-20  "  1  S.  15. 
33  ;  Is.  1.3.  18  '  ch.  16.  8  ;  Ezek.  22.  26  "  ch.  9.  21 ; 
11.  22     '  ch.  6.  26  ;  25.  34,  36     "  ver.  20     t>  Ps.  140.  6 


»  Or,  of  strnnai'  lands  that  flow  down  fee  etc. 
3  Or,  plucked  tu) 


18.23 


JEREMIAH 


20.4 


Jernsalem's  Destrnction  typified  by  a  Broken  Bottle.    Jeremiah  threatens  Pashhor  with  Captivity 


feet,  23  Yet,  Jehovah,  thou  know- 
est  all  their  "  counsel  against  me  to 
slay  me ;  *  forgive  not  their  in- 
iquity, neither  blot  out  their  sin 
from  thy  sight ;  but  let  them  be 
^ "  overthrown  before  thee  ;  deal 
thou  with  them  in  the  ''time  of 
thine  anger. 

■i  (Jk  Thus  said  Jehovah,  Go, 
A-\y  and  buy  a  Spotter's  earthen 
'bottle,  and  take  of  the  ^elders  of 
the  people,  and  of  the  "elders 
of  the  priests  ;  2  and  go  forth  unto 
the 'valley  of  the  son  of  Hinnom, 
which  is  by  the  entry  of  ^  the  gate 
Harsith,  and  proclaim  there  the 
words  that  I  shall  tell  thee  ;  3  and 
say.  Hear  ye  the  word  of  Jehovah, 

0  *  kings  of  Judah,  and  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem  :  Thus  saith  Jehovah 
of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  Behold, 

1  will  bring  'evil  upon  this  place, 
which  whosoever  heareth,  his  '"ears 
shall  tingle.  4  Because  they  have 
"  forsaken  me,  and  have  "  estranged 
this  place,  and  have  burned  incense 
in  it  unto  ^  other  gods,  that  they 
knew  not,  they  and  their  fathers 
and  the  kings  of  Judah,  and  have 
filled  this  place  with  the  « blood  of 
innocents,  5  and  have  built  the 
*■  high  places  of  Baal,  to  burn  tlieir 
•  sons  in  the  fire  for  burnt-offerings 
unto  Baal ;  which  I  commanded 
not,  nor  spake  it,  neither  came  it 
into  my  '  mind :  6  therefore,  be- 
hold, the  *days  come,  saith  Jeho- 
vah, that  this  place  shall  no  more 
be  called  "Topheth,  nor  The  valley 
of  the  son  of  Hinnom,  but  The 
valley  of  Slaughter.  7  And  I  will 
^"make  void  the  counsel  of  Judah 
and  Jerusalem  in  this  place ;  and  I 
will  cause  them  to  ^fall  by  the 
sword  before  their  enemies,  and 
by  the  hand  of  them  that  seek 
their  life :  and  their  ^  dead  bodies 
will  I  give  to  be  food  for  the  birds 
of  the  heavens,  and  for  the  beasts 
of  the  earth.  8  And  I  will  make 
this  city  an  ''astonishment,  and  a 
hissing ;  "  every  one  that  passeth 
thereby  shall  be  astonished  and 
hiss  because  of  all  the  plagues 
thereof.  9  And  I  will  cause  tnem 
to  'eat  the  flesh  of  their  sons  and 
the  flesh  of  their  daughters ;  and 
they  shall  eat  every  one  the  flesh 
of  his  friend,  in  the  siege  and  in 
the  distress,  wherewith  their  ene- 

1  Heb.  made  to  stumhle. 

2  Or,  the  gate  of  potsherds 

*  Heb.  heart.  *  Heb.  empty  out. 


»  ch.  11.  21 ; 

26.  8,  11 ; 

37.  15,  20 ; 

38.  4,  9 

b  Ps.  109.  14  ; 

Is.  2.  9 
"  ch.  6.  15,  21 
d  ch.  7.  20  ; 

17.  4 
'  ch.  18.  2 
/  ver.  10 
V  Num.  11. 16 
A  2  K.  19.  2 
•  ch.  7.  31, 

32 ;  Josh. 

15.  8 
k  ch.  17.  20 
'  ver.  15 ; 

ch.  6.  19 
"'  1  S.  3.  11 ; 

4.  18 
"ch.  17.  13; 

Is.  65.  11 
"  Ezek.  7. 

22;  Dan. 

11.  31 
P  ch.  7.  9 ; 

11.  13 
9  ch.  2.  34  ; 

7.  6  ;  2  K. 

21.  6,  16 
»■  ch.  32.  35  ; 

Num.  22. 

41 
»  2  K.  17.  17  ; 

Ps.  106.  37, 

38 
<  Ch.  7  32 
"  Is.  30.  33 
"  ch.  8.  8,  9 , 

Ps.  33.  10, 

11 ;  Is.  28. 

17,  18 
"  ch.  15.  2,  9 
s/ch.  16.  4; 

Ps.  79.  2,  3 
^  ch.  18.  16 
"  1  K.  9.  8 ; 

2Chr.7.  21 
6  Dt.  28. 

53,  55  ; 

Lam.  4. 10 ; 

Ezek.  5.  10 


"  ver.  1 

d  Ps.  2.  9 ;  Is. 

.■^0.  14 ; 

Rev.  2.  27 
«  ch.  7.  33 
/ch.  62.  13 
s'  Ps.  74.  7  ; 

79.  l; 

Ezek.L7.  21, 

22 
ft  ch.  32.  29  ; 
Zeph.  1.  6 

•  ch.  8.  2 ; 
Dt.  4. 
19 ;  2  K. 
17.  16 

*  ch.  7.  18  ; 
44.  18 ; 
Ezek.  20. 28 

'  ver.  2,  3 
'"■  ch.  26.  2 
"  ver.  3 
"  ch.  7.  26 ; 

17  23  • 

Neh.  9.  17, 

29 
P  Ps.  58.  4 
9  1  Chr.  24. 

14 ;  Ezr.  2. 

37,  38 
♦■  2  K.  25.  18 
'ch.  1.  19; 

1  K.  22.  27 ; 

2  Chr.  16. 
10  ,  24.  21  ; 
Am.  7.  10- 
13 

t  Job  13.  27 ; 

33.  11 
»  ch.  37.  13  ; 

38.7; 

760 


mies,  and  they  that  seek  their  life, 
shall  distress  them. 

10  Then  shalt  thou  break  the 
''bottle  in  the  sight  of  the  men 
that  go  with  thee,  11  and  shalt 
say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  Jehovah 
of  hosts  :  Even  so  will  I  '*  break 
this  people  and  this  city,  as  one 
breaketh  a  potter's  vessel,  that,^ 
cannot  be  made  whole  again ;  and 
they  shall  ^bury  in  Topheth,  '^till 
there  be  no  place  to  bury.  12 
Thus  will  I  do  unto  this  place, 
saith  Jehovah,  and  to  the  inhab- 
itants thereof,  even  making  this 
city  as  Topheth :  13  and  the 
''houses  of  Jerusalem,  and  the 
houses  of  the  kings  of  Judah, 
which  are  defiled,  shall  be  ^as  the 
place  of  Topheth,  even  all  the 
''  houses  upon  whose  roofs  they 
have  burned  incense  unto  'all  the 
host  of  heaven,  and  have  *  poured 
out  drink-offerings  unto  other 
gods. 

14  Then  came  Jeremiah  from 
'Topheth,  whither  Jehovah  had 
sent  him  to  prophesy  ;  and  he 
stood  in  the  ^  court  of  Jehovah's 
house,  and  said  to  all  the  people : 
15  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel,  Behold,  I  will 
bring  upon  this  city  and  upon  all 
its  towns  all  the  "  evil  that  I  have 
pronounced  against  it ;  because 
they  have  "made  their  neck  stiff, 
that  they  may  ^  not  hear  my  words. 
^(r\  Now  Pashhur,  the  son  of 
i^  \_/  » Immer  the  priest,  who  was 
*■  chief  ofiicer  in  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah, heard  Jeremiah  prophesying 
these  things.  2  Then  Pasnhur 
*  smote  Jeremiah  the  prophet,  and 
put  him  in  the  'stocks  that  were 
in  the  upper  "gate  of  Benjamin, 
which  was  in  the  house  of  Jehovah. 
3  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  mor- 
row, that  Pashhur  brought  forth 
Jeremiah  out  of  the  stocks.  Then 
said  Jeremiah  unto  him,  Jehovah 
hath  not  ''called  thy  name  Pash- 
hur, but  "^^Magor-missabib.  4  For 
thus  saith  Jehovah,  Behold,  I  will 
make  thee  a  ^  terror  to  thyself,  and 
to  all  thy  friends ;  and  they  shall 
fall  by  the  sword  of  their  enemies, 
and  '  thine  eyes  shall  behold  it ; 
and  I  will  "give  all  Judah  into  the 
hand  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and 


Zech.  14.  10  "  Is.  8.  3  ;  Hos.  1.  4,  9 
ch.  6.  25  y  Job  18.  11-21 ;  Ezek.  26.  21 
39.  6,  7     "  ch.  21.  4-10  ;  26.  9 


"  ver  10 ; 
'  ch.  29.  21  -• 


5  Or,  hecaune  there  shall  be  no  place  else 
'  That  is,  Terror  on  every  aide. 


20.5 


JEREMIAH 


21.7 


Jeremiah  bewaiU  hU  Trials,  and  curses  the  Day  of  his  Birth.    Zedekiah's  Inquiry,  and  Jeremiah's  Menacing  Reply 


he  shall  carry  them  "captive  to 
Babylon,  and  shall  slay  them  with 
the  sword.  5  Murecner  1  will  ^ive 
all  tlie* riches  of  this  city,  and  all 
the  gains  thereof,  and  all  the  pre- 
cious things  theri'of,  yea,  all  the 
treasures  of  the  kings  of  Judah 
will  I  give  into  the  "hand  of  their 
enemies;  and  they  shall  make 
them  a  prey,  and  take  them,  and 
carry  them  to  Babylon.  G  And 
thou,  'Tashhur,  and  all  that  dwell 
in  thy  house  shall  "go  into  captiv- 
ity; and  thou  shalt  come  to  Baby- 
lon, and  there  thou  shalt  die,  and 
there  shalt  thou  be  buried,  thou, 
and  all  thy -^friends,  to  whom  thou 
hast  prophesied  falsely. 

7  O  Jehovah,  thou  hast  ^"per- 
suaded me,  and  1  was  persuaded  ; 
thou  art ''  stronger  than  1,  and  hast 
prevailed  :  I  am  become  a  '  laugh- 
ing-stock all  the  day,  every  one 
*  mocketh  me.  8  For  as  often  as  1 
speak,  I  cry  out;  I  cry,  'Violence 
and  destruction !  because  the 
'"word  of  Jehovah  is  made  a  re- 
proach unto  me,  and  a  derision, 
all  the  day.  9  And  if  I  say,  1  will 
"  not  make  mention  of  him,  nor 
speak  anj'  more  in  his  name,  then 
tnere  is  in  "my  heart  as  it  were  a 
burning  hre  shut  up  in  my  bones, 
and  I  am  weary  with  forbearing, 
and  I  cannot  contain.  10  For  1 
have  ^  heard  the  defaming  of  many, 
« terror  on  every  side.  '■Denounce, 
and  we  will  denounce  him,  my  all 
my  'familiar  fi'iends,  they  that 
watch  for  my  fall ;  peradventure 
he  will  be '  persuaded,  and  we  shall 
"  prevail  against  him,  and  we  shall 
take  our  i-evenge  on  him.  11  But 
'Jehovah  is  with  me  as  a  mighty 
one  and  a  terrible :  therefore  my 
'persecutors  shall  stumble,  and 
they  shall  not  prevail ;  they  shall 
be* utterly  put  to  shame,  because 
they  have  not  -'dealt  wisely,  even 
witii  an  ^everlasting  dishonor 
which  shall  never  be  forgotten. 
12  But,  O  Jehovah  of  hosts,  that 
"  triest  the  righteous,  that  seest 
the  ^  heart  and  the  mind,  let  me 
*see  thy  vengeance  on  them;  for 
''unto  thee  have  I  revealed  my 
cause.  13  ''Sing  unto  Jehovah, 
praise  ye  Jehovah ;  for  he  hath 
'delivered  the  soul  of  the  needy 
from  the  hand  of  evil-doers. 

14  Cursed  be  the-'dav  wherein  I 
was  born  :  let  not  the  day  wherein 
my  mother   bare  me    be    blessed. 

1  Or,  enticed    *  Or.  vrosptred   *  Heb.  reim. 


"  ch.  13.  19 ; 

M.  L'7 
>>  ch.  15.  13  ; 

17.  3 
"^Ch.  2".  -.'1, 

■SI ;  -i  K. 

•Jo.  17,  IS  , 

•J  C'lir.  3B. 

10 

<i  ver.  1 
"  ch.  as.  15- 

/ver.  4 ;  ch. 

14.  14, 

16 ;  Lam. 
•-'.  14 
»  ch.  1.  6-«, 

15,  19 ;  17. 
Vi 

h  Ezek.  3. 

14  ;  Mic. 

3.  S 
'  Lam.  3.  14 
«;  ch.  3S.  19  ; 

Ps.  -I'l.  7 
'  ch.  H.  7 
'"  ch.  0.  10  ; 

2  Clir.  36. 

10 
"  1  K.  19.  3, 

4  ;  Jon.  1. 

2.3 
"ch.  4.  19; 

23.  9 ;  Job 

32.  lS-20; 

Ps.  39.  3 ; 

Ezek.  3. 

14  ;  Acta  4- 

20 
'"  Ps.  31.  13 ; 

67.  4  ;  64. 

2-4 
«  ch.  6.  26 
""ch.  18.  18; 

Neh.  6.  6- 

13  ;  Is.  29. 

21 
'Ps.  41.9 
'ch.  18.  22 
"  1  K.  19.  2  ; 

22.  27 
"ch.  1.  8; 

Ih.  20 
'  ch.  15.  15  ; 

Dt.  32.  36, 

36 
y  ch.  17.  18 
'  ch.  23.  40 
°ch    11.  20; 

17.  10;  Ps. 

7.  y;  11.  5; 

17.  3;  139. 

23 
t>  ch.  11.  20  ; 

Pa.  69.  10 
'  Ps.  02.  8 
d  ch.  31.  7 
•■  ch.  15.  21 ; 

Pa.  34.  6 ; 

09.  33 
/Job  3.  3-6 


?  Gen.  21. 6, 7 
A  ch.  23.  14  ; 

49.  18  ;  60. 

40 ;  Gen. 

19.  24,  26  ; 

Hoe.  11.  S, 

Zeph.  2.  9 
>  ch.  48.  3,  4 
*  Job  3.  10, 

11,  ifl;  10. 

18,  19 
'  ch.  Vy.  10  ; 

Job  3.  20 ; 

.i.  7  ;  14.  1 
">  Ps.  90.  9 ; 

102.  3 
"  ch.  3.  25 ; 

P.s.  09.  19 ; 

1  Cor.  4. 

9-13 

»  ch.  32.  1-3 ; 

37.  1  ;  62. 

1-3;  2  &. 

751 


15  Cursed  be  the  man  who  brought 
tidings  to  my  father,  saying,  A 
"man-chihl  is  born  unto  tnee: 
making  him  very  glad.  IG  And 
let  that  man  be  as  the  ''cities 
which  Jehovah  overthrew,  and 
repented  not:  and  let  liini  hear  a 
'cry  in  the  morning,  and  ''shouting 
at  noontime;  17  because  he  *slew 
me  not  from  the  womb  ;  and  .so  my 
mother  would  ha\e  been  my  grave, 
and  her  womb  always  great.  18 
Wherefore  came  1  forth  out  of  the 
womb  to  'see  labor  and  sorrow, 
that  my  '"days  should  be  consumed 
with  "  shame  1 

0  'i  The  word  which  came 
^  J-  unto  Jeremiah  from  Jeho- 
vah, when  "king  Zedekiah  .sent 
unto  him  ^  Pashhur  the  son  of 
Malchijah,  and  'Zephaniah  the 
son  of  Maaseiah,  the  priest,  saying, 
2  ''Inquire,  I  pray  tliee,  of  Jeho- 
vah for  us;  for  'Nebuchadrezzar 
king  of  'Babylon  maketh  war 
against  us  :  peradventure  Jehovah 
will  deal  witli  us  "according  to  all 
his  wondrous  works,  that  he  may 
go  up  from  us. 

3  Then  said  Jeremiah  unto  them, 
Thus  shall  ye  say  to  Zedekiah; 
4  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  the  God  ot 
Israel,  Behold,  I  will  "turn  back 
the  weapons  of  war  that  are  in 
your  hands,  wherewith  ye  fight 
against  the  king  of  Babylon,  and 
against  the  Chaldeans  that  besiege 
you,  without  the  walls  ;  and  1  will 
""  gather  them  into  the  midst  of 
this  city.  5  And  I  f  myself  will 
fight  against  you  with  an  ^out- 
stretched hand  and  with  a  strong 
arm,  even  in  "anger,  and  in  wrath, 
and  in  great  indignation.     G  And 

1  will  *  smite  the  inhabitants  of 
this  city,  both  man  and  beast: 
they  shall  die  of  a  great  '■pesti- 
lence. 7  And  afterward,  saith 
Jehovah,  I  will  ''deliver  Zedekiah 
king  of  Judah,  and  his  servants, 
and  the  peojjle,  even  such  as  are 
left  in  this  city  from  the  pestilence, 
from  the  sword,  and  from  the 
famine,  into  the  hand  of  Nebu- 
chadrezzar king  of  Babylon,  and 

24  17,  18  P  ch.  38.  1  ;  I  Chr.  9.  12  1  ch.  29.  2fi,  29 ; 
37.  3  ;  62.  24  ;  2  K.  a'..  18-21  "■  ch.  15.  11  ;  37.  3,  17 ; 
Ezek.  14.  .3,  7  ;  20.  1-3    •2K.  25.  1,2     'Gen.  10.  10; 

2  K.  17.  24  "  ch.  32.  17  :  Ps.  44.  1-4  "  ch.  32.  6  ;  33. 
6  ;  37.  8-10 ;  .38.  2,  3. 17,  18  ^  ch.  39.  3  ;  Is.  6. 6 ;  Lam. 
2  6,  7  ;  Zech.  14.  2  ^  Is.  63.  10  *  ch.  6.  12  ;  Dt. 
4  34  "  ch.  32.  37  :  Is.  6.  26  *  ch.  7.  20  ;  12.  3,  4 
'  ch.  14.  12  ;  32.  24     rf  ch.  39.  6-9  ;  2  K.  'ib.  6-7,  18-21  J 

Ezek.  12.  12-16;  17.  2o,  21 


*  Or,  an  alarm 


21.8 


JEREMIAH 


22.15 


Jeremiah's  Reply  to  Zedekiah's  Inquiry.    Jadah  warned  against  doing  Injastice.    Miserable  End  of  Shallnm, 


into  the  hand  of  their  enemies, 
and  into  the  hand  of  those  that 
seek  their  Hfe  :  and  he  shall  smite 
them  with  the  edge  of  the  sword  ; 
he  shall  not  "spare  them,  neither 
have  pity,  nor  have  mercy. 

8  And  unto  this  people  thou  shalt 
say,  Thus  saith  .Jehovah  :  Behold,  I 
set  before  you  the  *  way  of  life  and 
the  way  of  death.  9  He  that "  abid- 
eth  in  this  city  shall  die  by  the 
^  sword,  and  by  the  famine,  and  by 
the  pestilence ;  but  he  that  goeth 
out,  and  passeth  over  to  the  Chal- 
deans that  besiege  you,  he  shall 
live,  and  his  'life  shall  be  unto 
him  for  a  prey.  10  For  I  have 
•''set  my  face  upon  this  city  for 
i'evil,  and  not  for  good,  saith  Jeho- 
vah :  it  shall  be  "given  into  the 
hand  of  the  king  oi  Babylon,  and 
he  shall '  burn  it  with  fire. 

11  And  touching  the  house  of 
the  *king  of  Judah,  hear  ye  the 
word  of  Jehovah :  1 2  O  '  house  of 
David,  thus  saith  Jehovah,  '"Exe- 
cute justice  in  the  "  morning,  and 
deliver  him  that  is  robbed  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  oppressor,  "lest 
my  wrath  go  forth  like  fire,  and 
burn  so  that  ^none  can  quench  it, 
because  of  the  evil  of  '  your  doings. 

13  Behold,  I  am  « against  thee,  O 
"inhabitant  of  the  ''valley,  '^and  of 
the  rock  of  the  plain,  saith  Jeho- 
vah ;  you  that  say,  '  Who  shall 
come  down  against  us  1  or  who 
shall  enter  into  our  habitations? 

14  And  I  will  punish  you  'accord- 
ing to  the  fruit  of  your  doings, 
saith  Jehovah ;  and  1  will  "kindle 
a  fire  in  her  forest,  and  it  shall 
^'devour  all  that  is  round  about 
her. 

r)  O  Thus  said  Jehovah  :  Go 
^^  down  to  the  house  of  the 
^king  of  Judah,  and  ^  speak  there 
this  word,  2  and  say,  -Hear  the 
word  of  Jehovah,  O  king  of  Judah, 
that  "sittest  upon  the  throne  of 
David,  thou,  and  thy  servants, 
and  thy  people  that  enter  in  by 
these  gates.  3  Thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah :  *  Execute  ye  justice  and 
righteousness,  and  deliver  him 
that  is  robbed  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  "  oppressor  :  and  ''  do  no  wrong, 
do  no  violence,  to  the  sojourner, 
the  *  fatherless,  nor  the  wido^v ; 
neither  •'shed  innocent  blood  in 
this  place.     4  For  if   ye    do    this 

1  Another  reading  is,  their. 

2  Heb.  inhabitress.  *  Or,  and  rock 


"  ch.  13.  14  ; 

2  Wir.  36, 

n ;  Ezek. 

7.  9 ;  Hab. 

1.  6-10 
b  Dt.  30.  ir>, 

19;  Is.  1. 

19,  -20 
'  ch.  3S.  2, 

17-23 
dch.  U.  12; 

•24.  10 
'  ch.  38.  2  ; 

39.  lb;  4.).  6 
/ch.  44.  a, 

•27  ;  Am. 

9.  4 

V  ch.  39.  16  ; 
Ps.  34.  16 

A  ch.  32.  '28, 

29 
'  ch.  39.  8  ; 

52.  13  ; 

2  Chr.  36. 

19 
^ch.  13.  18; 

17.  '20 , 

Mic.  3.  1 
'  Is.  7.  2,  13 
'"  ch.  7.  5 ; 

22.  3 ;  Ps. 

72.  1 ;  Is. 

1.  17; 

Zech.  7. 

9,  10 

"  Zeph.  3.  5 
"ch.  4.  4  ; 

17.  4; 

Ezek.  20. 

47,  48 ; 

Nah.  1.  6 
''  ch.  7.  20  ; 

Is.  1.  31 
«  ch.  23.  30- 

32 
"■  Ps.  12.5.  2  ; 

Is.  22.  1 
»  2  S.  6.  6,  7  ; 

Lam.  4. 

12;  Obad. 

3,  4 
'  ch.  17.  10  ; 

32.  19;  Is. 

3.  10.  11 
"ch.  11.  16; 

17.  27 ;  Is. 

10.  16,  18  ; 
Ezek.  '20. 
46,  48 ; 
Zech.  11.  1 

"  ch.  62.  13 ; 

2  Chr.  36. 

19 
^ch.  21.  11  ; 

.34.  2 

V  2  Chr.  25. 
15,  16 

*  ver.  29 ; 

ch.  19.  3 ; 

29.  20 ; 

Am.  7.  16 
"  ver.  4,  30  ; 

ch.  17.  25 ; 

Is.  9.  7 ; 

Lk.  1.  32 
b  ch.  7.  5 ; 

21.  12 
<"  Ps.  72.  4 
rf  Ex.  22.  21- 

24 
^  ch.  5.  28 
/  ver.  17  ; 

ch.  7.  6 ; 

19.  4 


»  ch.  17.  25 
A  ch.  17.  27  ; 
26.  4 

■  Gen.  -22. 

16;  Am. 

6.  S  ;  Heb. 

6.  13 
*ch.  7.  14, 

26.6,9 
'Gen  37. 

762 


thing  indeed,  then  shall  there  ^  en- 
ter in  by  the  gates  of  this  house 
kings  sitting  '*upon  the  throne  of 
David,  riding  in  chariots  and  on 
horses,  he,  and  his  servants,  and 
his  people.  5  '*  But  if  ye  will  not 
hear  these  words,  I  '  swear  by  mj-- 
self,  saith  Jehovah,  that  this  house 
shall  become  a  *  desolation.  6  For> 
thus  saith  Jehovah  ''concerning 
the  house  of  the  king  of  Judah  : 
Thou  art '  Gilead  unto  me,  a7id  the 
head  of  Lebanon  ;  yet  surely  1  will 
make  thee  a  '"wilderness,  and 
cities  which  are  not  inhabited. 
7  And  1  will  •* prepare  "destroyers 
against  thee,  every  one  with  his 
weapons  ;  and  they  shall  cut  down 
thy  choice  "cedars,  and  cast  them 
into  the  fire.  8  And  many  nations 
shall  pass  by  this  city,  and  they 
shall  ^say  every  man  to  his  neigh- 
bor, Wherefore  hath  Jehovah  done 
thus  unto  this  great  city  1  9  Then 
they  shall  answer.  Because  they 
''forsook  the  covenant  of  Jehovah 
their  God,  and  worshipped  other 
gods,  and  served  them. 

10  '^Weep  ye  not  for  the  dead, 
neither  bemoan  him ;  but  weep 
sore  for  him  that  goeth  away ;  for 
he  shall  'return  no  more,  nor  see 
his  native  country.  1 1  For  thus 
saith  Jehovah  touching  ^Shallum 
the  son  of  Josiah,  king  of  Judah, 
who  reigned  instead  of  Josiah  his 
father,  and  who  went  forth  out  of 
this  place :  He  shall  not  return 
thither  an.v  more ;  1 2  but  in  the 
place  whither  they  have  led  him 
captive,  there  shall  he  '  die,  and  he 
shall  see  this  land  no  more. 

13  Woe  unto  him  that  buildeth 
his  house  by  "unrighteousness,  and 
his  chambers  by  injustice ;  that 
useth  his  neighbor's  service  with- 
out wages,  and  giveth  him  not  his 
hii'e ;  14  that  saith,  I  will  "build 
me  a  wide  house  and  spacious 
chambers,  and  cutteth  him  out 
windows ;  and  it  is  ceiled  with 
^cedar,  and  painted  with  vermil- 
ion. 15  Shalt  thou  reign,  because 
thou  ^strivest  to  excel  in  cedar  1 

25  ;  Num.  32.  1  ;  S.  S.  4.  1  *"  ch.  7.  34 ;  Ps.  117.  34  ; 
Is.  6.  11  "  ch.  4.  6,  7  ;  Is.  10.  3-<3  0  Is.  10.  .33,  3< 
i'  ch.  16.  10  ;  Dt.  29.  24-26 ;  1  K.  9.  8,  9  ;  2  Chr.  7.  '20- 
22  9  ch.  11.  3  ;  2  Chr.  34.  25  ''  ver.  18 ;  ch.  16.  7  ; 
2  K.  22.  20 ;  Eccl.  4.  2  ;  Is.  67.  1  '  ver.  27 ;  ch.  44.  14 
'  ver.  18  ;  2  K.  23.  34  "  ch.  17.  11  ;  Mic.  3. 10;  Hab. 
2.  9    "  Is.  6.  8,  9    ^  2  S.  7.  2 ;  Hag.  1.  4 


*  Heb.  for  David  upon  his  throne. 
5  Or,  unto  ^  Heb.  sanx-.tify. 

7  In  2  K.  23.  30,  Jehoahaz.         Comp.  1  Chr.  3. 
15.  *  Or,  viest  with  the  cedar 


22.16 


JEREMIAH 


23.9 


Misciablo  End  of  Jeboiakim  and  orConiuh.    Jndali's  Allies  to  be  destroyed.    Wicked  Shepherds  and  the  Righteous  Brnnth 


Did  not  thy  "fatlier  eat  and  drink, 
and  'do  justice  and  righteousness  'I 
then  it  was  "-well  witli  him.  16 
He  judged  the  cause  of  the  ''poor 
and  needy ;  then  it  was  well. 
"  Was  not  this  to  know  me  ?  saith 
.Jehovah.  17  But  thine  eyes  and 
thy  heart  are  not  but  tor  thy 
'•^covetousness,  and  for  ^shedding 
innocent  blood,  and  for  ''oppres- 
sion, and  for  violence,  to  do  it. 
18  Therefore  thus  saith  Jehovah 
concerning  Jehoiakim  the  son  of 
Josiah,  king  of  Judah:  They  shall 
not  '  lament  for  him,  saying.  Ah 
my  brother !  or.  Ah  sister  !  They 
shall  not  lament  for  him,  sayinff. 
Ah  lord  !  or.  Ah  his  glory  !  19  He 
shall  be* buried  with  the  burial  of 
an  ass.  drawn  and  cast  foi'th  be- 
yond the  gates  of  .Jerusalem. 

20  Go  up  to  Lebanon,  and  cry'; 
and  lift  up  thy  voice  in  Bashan, 
and  cry  from  '  Abarim  ;  for  all  thy 
'"  lovers  are  destroyed.  211  spake 
unto  thee  in  thy  prosperitj'' ;  but 
thou  "saidst,  I  will  not  hear.  This 
hath  been  thy  manner  "from  thj^ 
youth,  that  thou  obeyedst  not  my 
voice.  22  The  ''wind  shall  '^feed 
all  thy  shepherds,  and  thy  » lovers 
shall  go  into  captivity  :  surely  then 
shalt  thou  be  ''ashamed  and  con- 
founded for  all  thy  wickedness. 
23  O  ^inhabitant  of  Lebanon,  that 
makest  thy  nest  in  the  cedars, 
how  greatly  to  be  pitied  shalt 
thou  be  when  pangs  come  upon 
thee,  the  'pain  as  of  a  woman  in 
travail ! 

24  As  I  live,  saith  Jehovah, 
though  ^  Coniah  the  .son  of  Jehoia- 
kim king  of  Judah  were  the  'sig- 
net upon  my  right  hand,  yet  would 

1  pluck  thee  thence  ;  25  and  I  will 
"give  thee  into  the  hand  of  them 
that  seek  thy  life,  and  into  the 
hand  of  them  of  whom  thou  art 
afraid,  even  into  the  hand  of  Nebu- 
chadrezzar king  of  Babylon,  and 
into  the  hand  of  the  Chaldeans. 

26  And  I  will  "  cast  thee  out,  and 
thy  *  mother  that  bare  thee,  into 
another  country,  where  ye  wore 
not  born ;  and  there  shall  ye  die. 

27  But  to  the  land  whereunto 
*  their  soul  longeth  to  return, 
thither  shall  they  not  return.  2(S 
Is  this  man  Coniah  a  despised 
"  broken  ^  vessel  1   is  he  a  '  vessel 

1  Or,  dishonest  gnin 

1  Or,  /V-erf  upon  ^  Heb.  inhnhitrfss. 

*  In  ch.  24.  I,  and  1  Chr.  3.  16,  Jeconiah.     In 

2  K.  24.  0,  8,  Jehoiachin 

'  Heb.  thev  lift  up  their  $oul.  »  Or,  pot 


!K. 


"  ver.  IS 
0  cU.  7.  A 

ill.  12;  : 

Zi.  2.T 
"  ch.  42.  6 
>'  P3.  72.  1-4, 

12,  13 
'  ch.  9.  2-4 ; 

1  Chr.  28.  9 
/ch.  G.  13; 

8.  10 ;  Lk. 
12.  li">-2(> 

»ver.3;2K. 

24.  4 
h  ch.  a.  C 
'  ver.  10 ; 

ch.  34.  o ; 

2  S.  1.  20  ; 
1  K.  13. :  0 

*  cli.  3(i.  30; 

1  K.  21.  2.!, 
24 

'  Num.  27. 

12;  Dt.  32. 

49 
"'  ch.  2.  26  ; 

3.  1 
"  ch.  13.  10 ; 

19.  15 
"  ch.  3.  24. 

2.'> ;  32.  30 
''  ch.  6.  13 
''  ch.  30.  14 
'ch.  20.  11; 

Is.  65.  13 
'  ch.  4.  31 
'  S.  S.  8.  6  ; 

Is.  49.  16  ; 

llag.  2.  23 
"  ch.  21.  7; 

34.  20,  21  ; 

2  K.  24.  15, 
16 

"ch.  10.  18; 
15.  2-4 ;  16. 
13 ;  2  K. 
24.  15 ; 
2  Clir.  ,36. 

9,  10; 
Ezek.  19. 
9- 1 4 

^  2  K.  24.  8 
V  ch.  19.  10, 

11;  48.  38 ; 

Ps.  31.  12 
=  Hos.  8.  8 


"  ch.  15.  1 
i>  ch.  17.  4 
"  ch.  6.  19 ; 

Dt.  4.  26 ; 

Mic.  1.  2 
d  1  Chr.  3. 

17 ;  Mt.  1. 

12 
'  ch.  2.  37  ; 

lo  21 
/ch  .36.  .TO; 

Ps.  04.  20 
V  Ezek.  13. 

3;  34.  2; 

Zech.  11. 17 
I'  ch.  10.  21  ; 

.50.  6 ;  Is. 

.56.  9-12 

■  Ezek.  34. 

31 

<:  ver.  30 

'  Ex.  .32.  .31 
'"ch.  21.  12; 

44.  22 
"ch.  31.7.  8; 

32.  37  ;  Is. 
II.  11-16 

"  ch.  3.  15 ; 

31.  10; 

Ezek.  34. 

23 
P  ch.  .30.  10 ; 
46.  27,  28 

'  Jn.  6.  39; 

10.  28; 

1  Pet.  1.  5 
■■  ch.  30.  9  ; 

33.  16,  16  ; 

753 


wherein  none  dclighteth?  where- 
fore are  they  "  cast  out,  ho  and 
his  seed,  and  are  cast  into  the 
''land  which  they  know  notl  29' 
"O  'earth,  earth,  earth,  hear  the 
word  of  .lehovah.  30  Thus  .«aith 
Jehovah,  Write  ye  this  man  ''child- 
less, a  man  that  shall  not  ''prosper 
in  his  days ;  for  no  more  shall  a 
man  of  his  ■'^seed  prosper,  sitting- 
upon  the  throne  of  David,  and  rul- 
ing- in  Judah. 

O  O  "  Woe  unto  the  shepherds 
^  O  that  *  destroy  and  scatter 
the  *sheep  of  my  pasture!  saith 
Jehovah.  2  Therefore  thus  saith 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  *against 
the  shepherds  that  feed  my  people: 
Ye  have  scattered  my  tlocMv,  and 
driven  them  away,  and  have  not 
visited  them;  behold,  i  will  'visit 
upon  you  the  '"evil  of  your  doings, 
saith  Jehovah.  3  And  1  will  gather 
the  "remnant  of  my  Hock  out  of  all 
the  countries  whither  1  have  driven 
them,  and  will  bring  them  again 
to  their  folds ;  and  they  shall  be 
fruitful  and  multiply.  4  And  I 
will  set  up  "shepherds  over  them, 
who  shall  feed  them;  and  they 
shall  ''fear  no  more,  nor  be  dis- 
mayed, neither  shall  "any  be  lack- 
ing, saith  Jehovah. 

5  Behold,  the  days  comi,  saith 
.Jehovah,  that  I  will  raise  unto 
David  a  righteous  ^''Branch,  and 
he  shall  'reign  as  king  and  ^deal 
wisely,  and  shall  'execute  ju.stice 
and  righteousness  in  the  land.  6 
In  his  days  Judah  shall  be  saved, 
and  "Israel  shall  dwell  safely  ;  and 
this  is  his  'name  whereby  he  .shall 
be  called:  '"•'Jehovah  our  right- 
eousness. 7  "  Therefore,  behold, 
the  days  come,  saith  Jehovah,  that 
they  shall  no  more  say.  As  Jeho- 
vah liveth.  who  brought  up  the 
children  of  Israel  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt;  8  but.  As  Jehovah  liv- 
eth, Avho  'brought  up  and  who  led 
the  seed  of  the  house  of  Israel  out 
of  the  north  country,  and  frorn  all 
the  countries  whither  I  had  driven 
them.  And  they  shall  dwell  in 
their  own  land. 

9  Concerning  the  prophets.    My 

Is  4.  2  ;  II.  1-6 ;  6.3.  2 ,  Zech.  3.  8 ;  0.  12,  13  '  Is.  9. 
7  ;  52.  13  ;  Lk.  1.  32,  33  '  Ps.  72.  2  "  ch.  30.  10  ;  Dt. 
33.  28 ;  Zech.  14.  11  ''  Is.  7.  14 ;  9. 6 ;  Mt.  1.  21-23 
■•  ch.  3;{.  10 ;  Is.  45.  24,  2.5 ;  ,54.  17  :  Dan.  9.  24  ;  Rom. 
3.  22  "  ch.  18.  14,  15  ;  Is.  43.  18,  19  *  Is.  14.  1  ;  43.  S, 
6  ;  Ezek.  34.  13 ;  Am.  9.  14,  16 


T  Or,  tnvd 

8  Or,  Shoct    Or,  Bvd     »  Or,  prosper 
w  Or,  Jehovah  is  our  righteouanesa 


23.10 


JEREMIAH 


23.83 


Tlie  Lfing  Prophets  of  Jadah  and  Samaria  denounced 


"heart  within  me  is  broken,  all  my 
bones  shake;  I  am  like  a  drunken 
man,  and  like  a  man  whom  wine 
hath  overcome,  *  because  of  Jeho- 
vah, and  because  of  his  holy  words. 
10  For  the  land  is  full  of  /adul- 
terers ;  for  because  of  ^  swearing  the 
land  ''mourneth;  the  "pastures  of 
the  wilderness  are  dried  up.  And 
their  course  is  evil,  and  their  might 
is  not  right ;  1 1  for  both  prophet 
and  priest  are  -^profane;  yea,  in 
my  "house  have  I  found  their  wick- 
edness, saith  Jehovah.  12  Where- 
fore their  way  shall  be  unto  them 
as  ''slippery  places  in  the  'dark- 
ness :  they  shall  be  driven  on,  and 
fall  therein;  for  I  will  brin^  *evil 
upon  them,  '^even  the  year  of  their 
visitation,  saith  Jehovah. 

13  And  I  have  seen  'folly  in  the 
prophets  of  Samaria  ;  they  '"proph- 
esied by  Baal,  and  "caused  my 
people  Israel  to  err.  14  In  the 
prophets  of  Jerusalem  also  I  have 
seen  a  "horrible  thing:  they  com- 
mit ^adultery,  and  walk  in  'lies; 
and  they  strengthen  the  hands  of 
''evil-doers,  so  that  none  doth  re- 
turn from  his  wickedness:  they 
are  all  of  them  become  unto  me 
as  *  Sodom,  and  the  inhabitants 
thereof  as  Gomorrah.  15  There- 
fore thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts 
concerning  the  prophets:  Behold, 
I  will  'feed  them  with  wormwood, 
and  make  them  drink  the  water 
of  ^gall;  for  from  the  prophets 
of  Jeru.salem  is  "ungodliness  gone 
forth  into  all  the  land. 

16  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
"Hearken  not  unto  the  words  of 
the  prophets  that  prophesy  unto 
you:  they  ^ teach  you  vanity; 
they  speak  a  ^vision  of  their  own 
heart,  and  not  ^out  of  the  mouth 
of  Jehovah.  17  They  say  contin- 
ually unto  them  that  "  despise  me, 
*  Jehovah  hath  said,  "Ye  shall  have 
peace ;  and  unto  every  one  that 
walketh  in  the  ''stubbornness  of 
his  own  heart  they  say,  ""No  evil 
shall  come  upon  you.  18  For 
■''who  hath  stood  in  the  council 
of  Jehovah,  that  he  should  per- 
ceive and  hear  his  word  1  who 
hath  «' marked  *my  word,  and 
heard  iti  19  Behold,  the  Hem- 
pest  of  Jehovah,  even  his  wrath, 
is  gone  forth,  yea,  a  whirling 
tempest:  it  shall  burst  upon  the 
head    of    the    wicked.      20   The 

1  Or,  the  cane  8  Or,  poison 

2  Or,  in  the  year      *  Another  reading  is,  hit 


"  ch.  8.  18 ; 

Hab.  3.  16 
b  ch.  20.  8,  9 
"=  ch.  9.  2  ; 

Hob.  4.  2, 

3 ;  Mai. 

3.  6 
d  ch.  12.  4 
'  ch.  9.  10 ; 

Ps.  107.  34 
/ch.  6.  13; 

8.  10 

"  ch.  7.  9,  10 ; 

32.  34 
h  ch.  13.  16  ; 

Ps.  35.  6 
•  Is.  8.  22  ; 

Jn.  12.  35 
kc.h.  11.  23 
'  Hos.  9.  7,  8 
"'  ch.  2.  8 ; 

1  K.  18.  18- 

21 
"  ver.  32 
"  ch.  5.  30 
P  ch.  29.  23 
9  ch.  U.  14 
•■  ver.  22 ; 

Ezek.  13. 

22,23 
'  ch.  20.  16 ; 

49.  18 ;  Is. 

1.  9,  10; 

Mt.  11.  24 
t  ch.  8.  14  ; 

9.  15 ;  Dt. 
29.  18 

"  ver.  11 
"  ch.  27.  9, 
10, 14-17  ; 

1  Jn.  4.  1 
^  Mt.  7.  15 ; 

2  Cor.  11. 
13-15 ;  Gal. 
1.  8,9 

y  ch.  14.  14 ; 

Ezek.  13. 

3,  6 
'  ch.  9.  12,  20 
"  Mic.  2.  11 
b  ver.  31 
'  ch.  8.  11 
d  ch.  13.  10 ; 

18.  12 
«ch.  6.  12; 

Am.  9.  10 ; 

Mic.  3.  11 
/  ver.  22  ; 

Job  15,  8,  9 
9  Job  33.  31 
1^  ch.  30.  23  ; 

Am.  1.  14 


■  ch.  30.  24 ; 

Is.  55.  11  ; 

Zech.  1.  6 
*  ver.  32 ; 

ch.  14.  14; 

27.  15 
'  ver.  18 ; 

ch.  9.  12 
""  ch.  35.  16  ; 

Zech.  1.  4 ; 

1  Th.  1.  9, 

10 
"  Ps.  139. 

1-10 
"ch.  51.  60; 

Ps.  113.  6 ; 

Jon.  1.  3,  4 
P  ch.  49.  10  ; 

Job  22.  13, 

14 ;  Ps.  139. 

7-12;  Is. 

29.15 

«  1  K.  8.  27 ; 

Is.  66.  1 
"■  ch.  8.  6 ; 

1  Cor.  4.  5 
'  ch.  14.  14 
«  ver.  28,  32  ; 

ch.  29.  8 ; 

Num.  12. 

6 ;  Joel  2. 

28 

764 


'anger  of  Jehovah  shall  not  re- 
turn, until  he  have  ®  executed, 
and  till  he  have  performed  the 
intents  of  his  heart :  in  the  lat- 
ter days  ye  shall  ^understand  it 
perfectly.  21  I  *sent  not  these 
prophets,  yet  they  I'an :  I  spake 
not  unto  them,  yet  they  prophe- 
sied. 22  But  if  they  had  'stood' 
in  my  council,  then  had  they 
'"caused  my  people  to  hear  my 
words,  and  had  turned  them  from 
their  evil  way,  and  from  the  evil 
of  their  doings. 

23  Am  I  a  God  "at  hand,  saith 
Jehovah,  and  not  a  God  "afar  off] 

24  Can  any  ^hide  himself  in  secret 
places  so  that  I  shall  not  see  him  ] 
saith  Jehovah.  *Dq  not  I  fill 
heaven  and  earth  1  saith  Jehovah. 

25  I  have  "■  heard  what  the  proph- 
ets have  said,  that  'prophesy  lies 
in  my  name,  saying,  I  have 
'dreamed,  I  have  dreamed.  26 
How  long  shall  this  be  in  the 
heart  of  the  prophets  that  proph- 
esy lies,  even  the  prophets  of  the 
"deceit  of  their  own  heart?  27 
that  think  to  "cause  my  people 
to  forget  my  name  by  their  dreams 
which  they  tell  every  man  to  his 
neighbor,  as  their  fathers  ^forgat 
my  name  for  Baal.  28  The  prophet 
that  hath  a  *drQ0,m,  let  him  tell  a 
dream ;  and  he  that  hath  '^  my 
word,  let  him  speak  my  word 
faithfully.  "What  is  the  straw 
to  the  wheat  1  saith  Jehovah.  29 
Is  not  my  word  like  'fire'?  saith 
Jehovah  ;  and  like  a/ hammer  that 
breaketh  the  rock  in  pieces'?  30 
Therefore,  behold,  I  am  ''against 
the  prophets,  saith  Jehovah,  that 
steal  my  woi^ds^every  one  from  his 
neighbor.  31  Behold,  I  am  against 
the  prophets,  saith  Jehovah,  that 
"use  their  tongues,  and  "say.  He 
saith.  32  Behold,  I  am  against 
them  that  prophesy  •''lying  dreams, 
saith  Jehovah,  and  "  do  tell  them, 
and  ''cause  my  people  to  err  by 
their  lies,  and  by  their  vain  boast- 
ing: yet  'I  sent  them  not,  nor 
commanded  them ;  neither  do  they 
^profit  this  people  at  all,  saith 
Jehovah. 

33    And    when    this    people,   or 

«  1  Tim.  4.  1,  2  "  ch.  29.  8  ;  Dt.  13.  1-3  "  Judg.  3. 
7  ;  8.  33,  34  V  ver.  26  '  ch.  9. 12,  20  ■•  1  Cor.  3. 12,  13 
t>  ch.  5.  14 ;  20.  9  "2  Cor.  10.  4,  5  d  ver.  2 ;  Ps.  34. 
16 ;  Ezek.  13.  8  '  ver.  17  /ver.  25 ;  Dt.  13.  1,  2 
"  ver.  28  ft  ver.  13  «  ver.  21 ;  Lam.  3. 37  *  ch.  7. 8 ; 
Lam.  2.  14 


i  Or,  done  it      *  Or,  consider      »  Heb.  take. 


23.34 


JEREMIAH 


25.6 


Mofkers  of  the  Trae  Prophet  rebokel    The  Lesson  of  Two  Baskets  of  Figs,    Jodah'8  Captivity  threatened 


the  prophet,  or  a  priest,  shall  ask 
thee,  saying.  What  is  the  "  burden 
of  Jehovah  f  then  shalt  thou  '  say 
unto  them,  What  burden  !  I  will 
*cast  you  off,  saith  Jehovah.  34 
And  as  for  the  prophet,  and  the 
priest,  and  the  people,  that  shall 
say.  The  "burden  of  Jehovah,  i 
will  even  punish  that  man  and 
his  house,  35  Thus  shall  ye  say 
every  one  to  his  neighbor,  and 
every  one  to  his  brother,  "^  \\'hat 
hath  Jehovah  answered  1  and. 
What  hath  Jehovah  spoken  1  3G 
And  the  burden  of  Jehovah  shall 
ye  mention  no  more:  for  every 
man's  own  word  -shall  be  his 
burden ;  for  ye  have  *  perverted 
the  words  of  the  -^living  God,  of 
Jehovah  of  hosts  our  God.  37 
Thus  shalt  thou  say  to  the  prophet. 
What  hath  Jehovah  answered  thee? 
and.  What  hath  Jehovah  spoken  1 
38  i)ut  if  ye  say.  The  burden  of 
Jehovah ;  therefore  thus  saith  Je- 
hovah :  Because  ye  say  this  word. 
The  burden  of  Jehovah,  and  I  have 
sent  unto  you,  saying,  Ye  shall  not 
say.  The  burden  of  Jehovah  ;  39 
therefore,  behold,  ^^I  will  utterly 
forget  you,  anrl  1  will  cast  you  oti', 
and  the  city  that  I  gave  unto  you 
and  to  your  fathers,  away  from 
my  presence  :  40  and  I  will  bring 
an  everlasting ''reproach  upon  you, 
and  a  perpetual  shame,  which  shall 
not  be  forgotten. 

O  A_  Jehovah  showed  me,  and, 
^  TT  behold,  two  baskets  of  'figs 
set  before  the  temple  of  Jehovah, 
after  that  *  Nebuchadrezzar  king 
of  Babylon  had  carried  away  cap- 
tive Jeconiah  the  son  of  Jehoiakim, 
king  of  Judah,  and  the  princes  of 
Judah,  with  the  craftsmen  and 
smiths,  from  Jerusalem,  and  had 
brought  them  to  Babylon.  2  One 
basket  had  very  good  figs,  like  the 
figs  that  are  'first-ripe;  and  the 
otlier  basket  had  "'very  bad  fig.s, 
which  could  not  be  eaten,  they 
were  so  bad.  3  Then  said  Jehovah 
unto  me,  "^^^1at  seest  thou,  Jere- 
miah 1  And  I  said.  Figs  ;  the  good 
figs,  very  good ;  and  the  bad,  very 
bad,  that  cannot  be  eaten,  they  are 
so  bad. 

4  And  the  word  of  Jehovah  came 
unto  me,  saying,  5  Thus  saith  Je- 
hovah, the  God  of  Israel:  Like 
these  good  figs,  so  will  I  regard  the 

1  Or,  tell  them  what  the  tnirden  is 

*  Or,  is  his  tmrden,  and  ye  pervert  Ac. 


"  Is.  13.  I  ; 

Wall.  I.  1  ; 

Hal).  I.  I  ; 

Zech.  it.  1 
6  ver.  39 ; 

ch.  12.  7 
"Lam.',!.  14; 

Zech.  13.  3 
dch.  :a  3; 

4-.'.  4 
•  -J  Pet.  3.  Hi 
/ch.  10.  10 ; 

•2  K.  I'J.  4 
"  ver.  33 ; 

ch.  7.  14 

15;  Kzek. 

8.  IS 
''  ch.  20.  n  ; 

42.  18; 

Ezek.  6. 

14,  16 
'  Am.  8.  1 
fc  ch.  27.  20 ; 

2'J.  1,  2; 

2  K.  24.  10- 

IG ;  2  Chr. 

3ti.  10 
'  Mic.  7.  1 ; 

Nah.  3.  12 
"'  ch.  29.  17  ; 

Is.  6.  4,  7 
"ch.  1.  11, 

13;  Am. 

8.  2 ;  Zech. 

4.  2 


"  Nah.  1.  7  ; 

Zech.  13.  9 
P  ch.  29.  10 ; 

32.  37  ; 

Ezek.  n.  17 
9ch.  31.  4; 

.^3.7 
•■  ch.  32.  41 ; 

42.  10 
'  ch.  31.  33  ; 

32.  40 
t  Zech.  8.  8  ; 

Heb.  8.  10 
"  ch.  29.  13 , 

1  8.  7.  3 
"  ch.  29.  17 
»=  ch.  H9.  ."> ; 

Ezek.  12. 

12,  13 
y  ch.  39.  9 
'  ch.  44.  28- 

30 
"  ch.  15.  4 ; 

29.18;  34.17 
6  1  K.  9.  7  ; 

Ps.  44. 13, 14 
"  Is.  65.  15 
dch.  21.  9; 

27.  8  ;  is. 

51.  19 ; 

Ezek.  5. 

12-17 
•  ch.  36.  I  ; 

46.  2 
/2K.  24.  1, 

2 :  2  Chr. 

30.  4-<l 
0  ch.  32.  1 
'•ch.  18.  11 
<  ch.  1.  2 
k  2  Ohr.  34. 

1-:!,  8 

'  ch.  36.  2 
">  ch.  7.  25  i 

11.  7  ;  26.  5 
"  cb.  26.  5 
"ch. 

35.  I 

fi.>.  6. 

Ezek.  18. 

30 ;  Jon.  3. 

8-10 

P  ch.  7.  7 ; 

17.  25; 

Oen.  17.  8 
«  ch.  35.  lo  ; 

Dt.  6.  14 , 

8.  19  ;  2  K. 

17.  35 

756 


4.1, 
15;  18 


captives  of  Judah,  whom  I  hav* 
s(;nt  out  of  this  place  into  the  land 
of  the  Chaldeans, "  for  good.  6  Fop 
i  will  set  mine  eyes  upon  them  foi 
good,  and  1  will ''  bring  them  again 
to  this  land:  and  i  will  » build 
them,  and  not  pull  them  down ; 
and  1  will  '^  plant  them,  and  not 
pluck  them  up.  7  And  I  will  give 
them  a  'heart  to  know  me,  that  I 
am  Jehovah  :  and  they  shall  be '  my 
people,  and  I  will  be  their  God  ; 
for  they  shall  "return  unto  me  with 
their  whole  heart. 

8  And  as  the  "bad  figs,  which 
cannot  be  eaten,  they  are  so  bad, 
surely  thus  saith  Jehovah,  So  will 
1  give  up  ^Zedekiah  the  king  of 
Judah,  and  his  princes,  and  the 
^residue  of  Jerusalem,  that  remain 
in  this  land,  and  them  that  dwell 
in  the  land  of  'Egypt,  9  1  will  even 
give  them  up  to  oe  ^  "tossed  to  and 
fro  among  all  the  kingdoms  of  the 
earth  for  evil;  to  be  a  *  reproach 
and  a  proverb,  a  taunt  and  a "  curse, 
in  all  places  whither  I  shall  drive 
them.  10  And  I  will  send  the 
''sword,  the  famine,  and  the  pesti- 
lence, among  them,  till  they  be  con- 
sumed from  off  the  land  that  I  gave 
unto  them  and  to  their  fathers. 

O  ^  The  word  that  came  to 
^  f-J  Jeremiah  concerning  all  the 
people  of  Judah,  in  the  *  fourth 
year  of  -f  Jehoiakim  tlie  son  of 
Josiah,  king  of  Judah  (the  same 
was  the  "first  year  of  Nebuchad- 
rezzar king  of  Babylon),  2  which 
Jeremiah  the  prophet  spake  unto 
all  the  ''people  of  Judah,  and  to  all 
the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem,  .say- 
ing:  3  From  the  'thirteenth  year 
of  *  Josiah  the  son  of  Amon,  king  of 
Judah,  even  unto  this  day,  the.se 
'  three  and  twenty  years,  the  word 
of  Jehovah  hath  come  unto  me, 
and  I  have  spoken  unto  you,  "ris- 
ing up  early  and  speaking;  but  ye 
have  not  hearkened.  4  And  Jeho- 
vah hath  sent  unto  you  all  his 
"servants  the  pntphets,  rising  up 
early  and  .sending  them  (but  ye 
have  not  hearkened,  nor  inclined 
your  ear  to  hear),  5  saying,  "  Re- 
turn ye  now  every  one  from  his 
evil  way,  and  from  the  evil  of  your 
doings,  and  dwell  in  the  land  that 
Jehovah  hath  given  unto  you  and 
to  your  fathers,  ''from  of  old  and 
even  for  evermore;  6  and  'go  not 
after  other  gods  to  serve  them,  and 

8  Or,  a  terror  unto 


25.7 


JEEEMIAH 


25.30 


Jndah's  Captivity  and  Babylon's  Fall.    The  Cnp  of  Wrath  presented  to  All  Nations 


to  worship  them,  and  provoke  me 
not  to  anger  with  the  work  of  your 
hands  ;  and  I  will  do  you  no  hurt. 
7  Yet  ye  have  not  hearkened  unto 
me,  saith  Jehovah;  that  ye  may 
"provoke  me  to  anger  with  the 
work  of  yovir  hands  to  your  ovrn 
hurt.  8  Therefore  thus  saith  Je- 
hovah of  hosts :  Because  ye  have 
not  heard  my  words,  9  behold,  I 
will  *  send  and  take  all  the  families 
of  the  north,  saith  Jehovah,  and  / 
u'ill  send  unto  Nebuchadrezzar  the 
king  of  Babylon,  ""my  servant,  and 
will  bring  them  against ''  this  land, 
and  against  the  inhabitants  thereof , 
and  against  all  these  nations  round 
about;  and  I  will  hitterly  destroy 
them,  and  make  them  an  "asjton- 
ishment,  and  a  hissing,  and  per- 
petual desolations.  10  Moreover 
I  will  ^take  from  them  the  -^ voice 
of  mirth  and  the  voice  of  gladness, 
the  voice  of  the  bridegroom  and  the 
voice  of  the  bride,  the  ^  sound  of 
the  millstones,  and  the  light  of  the 
lamp.  11  And  "this  whole  land 
shall  be  a  desolation,  and  an  as- 
tonishment ;  and  these  nations  shall 
serve  the  king  of  Babylon  'seventy 
years, 

12  And   it   shall  come  to  pass, 

*  when  seventy  years  are   accom- 

glished,  that  I  will  'punish  the 
ing  of  Babjdon,  and  that  nation, 
saith  Jehovah,  for  their  iniquity, 
and  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans ; 
and  I  will  make  it  ^  '"desolate  for 
ever.  13  And  I  will  bring  upon 
that  land  all  my  words  which  I 
have  pronounced  against  it,  even 
all  that  is  written  in  "this  book, 
which  Jeremiah  hath  prophesied 
against  "all  the  nations.  14  For 
''many   nations    and   great   kings 

*  shall  make  bondmen  of  them, 
even  of  them ;  and  I  will  « recom- 
pense them  according  to  their 
deeds,  and  according  to  the  work 
of  their  hands. 

15  For  thus  saith  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  Israel,  unto  me  :  Take  this 
'cup  of  the  wine  of  wrath  at  my 
hand,  and  cause  all  the  nations,  to 
whom  I  send  thee,  to  drink  it.  1 6 
And  they  shall  *  drink,  and  reel  to 
and  fro,  and  be  mad,  because  of  the 
sword  that  I  will  send  among 
them.  1 7  Then  took  I  the  cup  at 
Jehovah's  hand,  and  'made  all  the 
nations  to  drink,  unto  whom  Jeho- 

1  Heb.  devote. 

2  Heb.  cause  to  perish  from  them,. 

3  Heb.  ei'erlasting  desolations. 
*  Or,  have  made 


"  ch.  7.  in  : 

3-J.  30-:i3  ; 

2K.  17.  17; 

21.  1.5 
bell.  1.  15; 

0.  22,  23 
"  ch.  27.  0  ; 

43.  10  ;  Is. 

13.  3 
d  vcr.  17-20; 

ch.  27.  3,  6 
'  ver.  13 ; 

ch.  18.  IG; 

1  K.  9.  7, 8 
/ch.  IS.  9; 

l3.  21.  8- 

11;  Ezek. 

26.  13 

9  Eccl.  12.  4 ; 

Is.  47.  2 
''  ch.  4. 27 ; 

12.  11,  12 
«  Dan.  9.  2 ; 

Zech.  7.  5 
*  ch.  29.  10 ; 

Ezr.  1.  1 
'  ch.  60  & 

51 ;  Is.  13. 

14 
"*  ch.  50.  3, 

13  ;  51.  2G  ; 

Is.  13.  19 ; 

11.  23 
"  ch.  30.  4, 

29,  32 
"ch.  1.5,  10; 

.'iC.  2 
P  ch.  27.  7  ; 

CO.  9 ;  51. 

27,  28 

«  ch.  51.  6, 

2-1,  M 
••ch.  51.  7; 

Ps.  75.  8 ; 

Is.  51.  17,  22 
»  Ter.  27 ; 

ch.  48.  26 ; 

51.  39,  57  ; 

Ezek.  23. 

34 ;  Nah. 

3.  11 
t  ver.  28 ; 

ch.  1.  10; 

27.  3 ; 

Ezek.  43.  3 


"  Ps.  00.  3  ; 

Is.  51.  17 
"rer.  9,  11 
^  ch.  24.  9 
'-'  c!l.  44.  22 
^  ch.  40.  2- 

28 ;  Nah. 

3.  8-10 
"  ver.  24 ; 

ch.  50.  37 ; 

Ezek.  30.  5 
i>  Job  1.  1 ; 

Lam.  4.  21 
"  cb.  47.  1-7 
rf  Is.  20.  1 
'  ch.  49.  7- 

22  ,  Ps. 

137.  7 
/ch.  48.  1- 

47  ;  Am. 

2.  1-3 
^  ch.  49.  1- 

0;  Am.  1. 

1.5-15 
A  ch.  47.  4  ; 

Zech.  9.  2-4 
•  ch.  31.  10 
fc  ch.  49.  7, 

8;  Is.  21.13 
'  Gen.  22.  21 
""  ch.  9.  26 ; 

49.  32 
"  2  Chr.  9.  14 
"  ver.  20 
P  ch.  49.  34  ; 

Gen.  10. 

22;  Is.  11. 

11 
«  ch.  51.  11, 

756 


vah  had  sent  me  :  18  to  tvit,  "Jeru- 
salem, and  the  cities  of  Judah,  and 
the  kings  thereof,  and  the  princes 
thereof,  to  make  them  a  ^'desola- 
tion, an  astonishment,  a  hissin,g, 
and  a  ^  curse,  *as  it  is  this  day  ;  19 
'Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  and  his 
servants,  and  his  princes,  and  all 
his  people ;  20  and  all  the  "mingled ' 
people,  and  all  the  kings  of  the  ''land 
of  Uz,  and  all  the  kings  of  the  land 
of  the  ''Philistines,  and  Ashkelon, 
and  Gaza,  and  Ekron,  and  the 
remnant  of  "^Ashdod;  21  *Edom,^ 
and  -^Moab,  and  the  children  of 
^Ammon;  22  and  all  the  kings  of 
"Tyre,  and  all  the  kings  of  bidon, 
and  the  kings  of  'the  *isle  which  is 
beyond  the  sea;  23  *Dedan,  and 
Tema,  and  'Buz,  and  all  that  have 
the  '"corners  of  their  hair  cut  off; 
24  and  all  the  kings  of  "Arabia, 
and  all  the  kings  of  the  "  mingled 
people  that  dwell  in  the  wilder- 
ness ;  25  and  all  the  kings  of  Zimri, 
and  all  the  kings  of  ^Elam,  and  all 
the  kings  of  the  *Medcs;  26  and 
all  the  kings  of  the  north,  far  and 
near,  one  with  another;  and  ""all 
the  kingdoms  of  the  world,  which 
are  upon  the  face  of  the  earth :  and 
the  king  of  "Sheshach  shall  'drink 
after  them. 

27  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  them, 
Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel:  "Drink  ye,  and  be 
drunken,  and  spew,  and  fall,  and 
rise  no  raoi-e,  because  of  the  *'sword 
which  I  will  send  among  you.  28 
And  it  shall  be,  if  they  *  refuse  to 
take  the  cup  at  thy  hand  to  drink, 
then  shalt  thou  say  unto  them, 
Thus  saith  Jelir)vah  of  hosts:  ^Ye 
shall  surely  drink.  29  For,  lo,  I 
-be.gin  to  work  evil  at  the  city 
which  is  "called  by  my  name  ;  ana 
should  ye  be  utterly  unpunished? 
Ye  shall  not  be  unpunished ;  for  I 
will  call  for  a  swora  upon  *  all  the 
inhabitants  of  the  earth,  saith 
Jehovah  of  hosts. 

30  Therefore  prophesy  thou 
against  them  all  these  words,  and 
say  unto  them,  "^  Jehovah  will  ''roar 
from  on  high,  and  utter  his  voice 
from  his  holy  habitation ;  he  will 
mightily  roar  against  his  ®fold  ;  he 
will  give  a  shout,  as  they  that  tread 

28;l8.  13.  17  ^  ch.  25.  n  ;  50.  9  'ch.  61.41  «  ver.  16 
"  ver.  10 ;  Is.  03.  o ;  Hab.  2.  10  "  Ezek.  21.  4,  6 
*  Job  34.  33  i'ch.  49.  12  *  ch.  13.  13 ;  ProT.  11.  31 ; 
Is.  10.  12 ;  Ezek.  9.  6 ;  1  Pet.  4.  17  "1  K.  8.  43 
'ver.  31    "  ver.  38  ;  Is.  42.  13    <i  Joel  2. 11 ;  Am.  1.2 


5  Or,  eoast-land 


«  Or,  pasture 


25. 31  JEREMIAH 

Evil  Uireatened  ugaiiist  All  Nations.    The  Cities  of  Jadab  warued,    A  Plot  t«  lourder  Jeremiah 


26.15 


the  grapes,  against  ''all  the  inliab- 
itants  of  the  earth.  31  A  noise 
shall  conie  even  to  the  end  of  the 
earth  ;  for  Jehovaii  hath  a  contro- 
versy "\yith  the  nations ;  he  will 
enter  into  ''judgment  with  all 
flesh :   as  for  the  wicked,  he  will 

five    them    to    the    sword,    saith 
ehovah. 

32  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
Behold,  evil  shall  go  forth  from 
"nation  to  nation,  and  a  great 
''tempest  shall  be  raised  up  from 
tlio  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth. 
33  And  the  "slain  of  Jehovah  shall 
be  at  that  daj^  from  one  end  of 
the  earth  even  unto  the  other  end 
of  the  earth  :  they  sliall  •''not  be 
lamented,  neither  gathered,  nor 
buried;  they  shall  be  ^ dung  upon 
the  face  of  tlie  ground.     3i  ''Wail, 

{TQ  shepherds,  and  cr j- ;  and  '  wal- 
ow  in  ashes,  ye  principal  of  the 
flock ;  for  the  days  of  your 
*  slaughter  and  of  your  disper- 
sions are  fully  come,  and  ye  snail 
fall  like  a  goodly  vessel.  35  And 
^  the  shephei'ds  snail  have  '  no  way 
to  flee,  nor  the  principal  of  the 
flock  to  escape.  3G  A  voice  of  the 
™cry  of  the  shepherds,  and  the  wail- 
ing of  the  principal  of  the  flock ! 
for  Jehovah  layeth  waste  their 
pasture.  37  And  the  peaceable 
"folds  are  brought  to  silence  be- 
cause of  the  fierce  anger  of  Jeho- 
vah. 38  He  hath  "left  his  covert, 
as  the  lion ;  for  their  land  is  be- 
come an  astonishment  because  of 
the  fiercenjess  of  the  ^oppressing 
sword,  and  because  of  nis  fierce 
anger. 

O/I*  In  the  beginning  of  the 
w  \J  reign  of  *  Jehoiakim  the 
son  of  Josiah,  king  of  Judah, 
''came  this  w^ird  from  .Jehovah, 
saying,  2  Thus  saith  Jehovah  : 
Stand  in  the  '  court  of  Jehovah's 
house,  and  speak  unto  all  the  cities 
of  Judah,  which  come  to  worship 
in  Jehovah's  house,  'all  the  words 
that  I  command  thee  to  speak  unto 
them;  "diminish  not  a  word.  3 
"  It  may  be  they  will  hearken,  and 
turn  every  man  from  his  evil  way  ; 
'that  I  maj'-  repent  me  of  the  evil 
which  I  purpose  to  do  unto  them 
because  of  the  evil  of  their  doings. 
4  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  them, 
Thus  saith  Jehovah:  "If  ye  will 
not  hearken  to  me,  to  =walk  in  my 

1  FTeb.  fliqht.  shall  perish  from,  tht  shepherds, 
and  escape  from  &c. 


"  ver.  va 
t)  Is.  IKI.  10  ; 
Kzbk.  IflJ. 

'  i  Chr.  1.'). 

0  ;  Is.  :i4.  2 
<<  eh.  23.  ly  ; 

Is.  30.  30 
'  la.  31.  2,  3  ; 

l!(J.  lU 
/ch.  115.  4; 

Ps.  79.  3 ; 

Ezek.  3U. 

4,  17 
■"  Is.  5.  25 
/i  ver.  30 
'  ch.  0.  20 ; 

Ezek.  27. 

30 
«••  ch.  r.O.  27  : 

Is.  34.  7 
'ch.  11.  11  ; 

Job  11.  20; 

Am.  2.  14 
"*  ver.  31 
"  ch.  5.  17  ; 

13.  20 ;  Is. 

27.  10,  1 1 
"  ch.  4.  7  ;  .';. 

0 ;  IIos.  6. 

It;  13.  7,  8 
}>  ch.  40.  10 
«  2  K.  23.  30 ; 

2  Chr.  30. 

4,5 
'  ch.  r.  1.  2 

•  cli.  7.  2  ; 
19.  1 1 ; 

2  Chr.  24. 
20, 21 ;  Lk. 

19.  47,  48 
'ch.  1.  17; 

42.  4 ;  Acts 

20.  20,  27 
"  J)t.  4.  2 

"  ch.  30.  3-7  ; 

Is.  1.  10-19 
'  ver.  13,  19  ; 

ch.  18.  8 
V  ch.  17.  27  ; 

22.  5 :  Lev. 

26.  14;  IK. 

9.  0  ;  Is.  1. 

20 

*  ch.  32.  23  ; 
41.  10,  23 


"  ch.  2.-..  4  ; 

2  IC.  9.  7  ; 

Ezr.  9.  1 1 
b  ch.  25.  3,  4 
•^  ch.  7.  12, 

14;  1  S.  4. 

10-12,  22  ; 

Ps.  78.  00, 

01 
d  ch.  24.  0  ; 

2.5.  18;  2  K. 

22.  19 

•  ch.  5.  31 ; 

iMic.  3.  11 
/ch.  2.  30; 

20.  1,  2 
»ch.  11.  19; 

18.  23; 

Lam.  4.  13, 

14;  Mt.  21. 

3''.  W ;  23. 

34.  35 
^  ver.  a 
•ch.  9.  11 ; 

33.  10 

fcActsS.  11; 

5.  12 
'  ver.  la,  21 ; 

ch.  m.  19 
•"  Acts  21.  31, 

32 

"  ch.  30.  10 
"  ch.  18.  23 
P  Dt.  18.  20 ; 

Mt.  26.  GO 
«  ch.  ."W.  4  ; 

Acts  6. 

11-14 


law,  wliicli  I  have  set  before  you, 
5  to  hearken  to  the  words  of  "  my 
servants  the  jjrophets,  whom  1 
''send  unto  you,  even  rising  up 
early  and  sending  them,  but  ye 
have  not  hearkened  ;  G  then  will 
I  make  this  house  like  ''IShiloh, 
and  will  make  this  city  a  ''curse 
to  all  the  nations  of  the  earth. 
7  x\nd  the  '  priests  and  the  jiropli- 
cts  and  all  tlie  people  heard  Jere- 
miah speaking  these  woi'ds  in  the 
house  of  Jehovah. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Jeremiah  had  made  an  end  of 
speaking  all  that  Jehovah  had 
commanded  him  to  speak  unto  all 
the  people,  that  the  priests  and 
the  prophets  and  all  the  people 
naid  hold  on  liim,  saying,  "Thou 
shalt  surely  die.  9  Why  hast  thou 
prophesied  in  the  name  of  Jeho- 
vah, saying.  This  house  shall  be 
''like  Shiloh,  and  this  city  shall  be 
'desolate,  without  inhabitant? 
And  *all  the  peojile  wei-e  gath- 
ered unto  Jeremiah  in  the  house 
of  Jehovah. 

10  And  when  the  'princes  of 
Judah  heard  these  things,  they 
'"  came  up  from  the  king  s  house 
unto  the  house  of  Jehovah;  and 
they  sat  in  the"entiy  of  the  new 
gate  of  Jehovah's  hoiise.  1 1  Then 
"spake  the  priests  and  the  proph- 
ets unto  the  princes  and  to  all  the 
people,  saying,  This  man  is  ^worthy 
of  death;  for  he  hath  propliesied 
''against  this  city,  as  ye  nave  heard 
with  your  ears.  12  Then  spake 
Jeremiah  unto  all  the  princes  and 
to  all  the  people,  saying,  ''Jehovah 
sent  me  to  prophesy  against  this 
house  and  against  this  city  all  the 
words  that  ye  have  heard.  13  Now 
therefore  'amend  your  way.s  and 
your  doings,  and  obey  the  voice  of 
Jehovah  your  Cod  ;  and  Jehovah 
will  'repent  him  of  the  evil  that 
he  hath  pronounced  against  j^ou. 
14  But  as  for  me,  behold,  I  am  "  in 
your  hand:  do  v/ith  me  as  is  good 
and  right  in  yf)ur  eyes.  15  Only 
know  ye  for  certain  that,  if  ye  put 
me  to  death,  ye  will  bring  "'  inno- 
cent blood  upon  yourselves,  and 
upf>n  this  city,  and  upon  the  in- 
habitants thereof;  for ''of  a  truth 
Jehovaii  liath  sent  me  unto  you 
to  speak  all  tlicse  words  in  your 
ears. 

■■  ver.  2, 1.^ ;  ch.  1.  17,  18;  Am.  7.  15 ;  Acts  4.  19 ;  ,1. 
29  'ch.  7.  .3.  5;  18.  11 ;  .^v  1".  «  ver.  3 ;  ch.  18.  (■ : 
.Toel  2.  14  ;  .Jon.  3.  9  ;  4.  2  "  ch.  38.  5  ;  Josh.  9.  2.- 
"  ch.  7.  C ;  Num.  35.  33 ;  Prov.  0.  16. 17     '  ver.  2, 12 


57 


26.16 


JEREMIAH 


27.13 


The  Plot  against  Jeremiah  defeated.    The  Sations  commanded  to  snbmit  to  Ifebactiadnezzar 


16  Then '"  said  the  princes  and 
all  the  people  unto  the  priests  and 
to  the  prophets  :  This  man  is  *not 
worthy  of  death ;  for  he  hath  spoken 
to  us  in  the  name  of  Jehovah  our 
God.  17  Then  rose  up  certain  of 
the  elders  of  the  land,  and  spake 
to  all  the  assembly  of  the  people, 
saying,  18  ^"Micahthe  Morashtite 
prophesied  in  the  days  of  Hezekiah 
king  of  Judah  ;  and  he  spake  to  all 
the  people  of  Judah,  saying,  Thus 
saith  Jehovah  of  hosts:  "^Zion  shall 
be  plowed  as  a  field,  and  Jerusalem 
shall  become  heaps,  and  the  *moun- 
tain  of  the  house  as  the  high  places 
of  a  forest.  19  Did  Hezekiah  king 
of  Judah  and  all  Judah  put  him  to 
death?  did  he  not  ■''fear  Jehovah, 
and  entreat  the  favor  of  Jehovah, 
and  Jehovah  repented  him  of  the 
evil  which  he  had  pronounced 
against  theml  Thus  should  we 
'  commit  great  evil  against  our 
own  souls. 

20  And  there  was  also  a  man 
that  prophesied  in  the  name  of 
Jehovah,  Uriah  the  son  of  She- 
maiah  of  *  Kiriath-jearim ;  and  he 
prophesied  against  this  city  and 
against  this  land  according  to  all 
the  words  of  Jeremiah.  21  And 
when  Jehoiakim  the  king,  with  all 
his  mighty  men,  and  all  the  princes, 
heard  his  words,  the  '  king  sought 
to  put  him  to  death  ;  but  when 
Uriah  heard  it,  he  was  afraid,  and 
*fled,  and  went  into  Egypt.  22  And 
Jehoiakim  the  king  sent  men  into 
Egypt,  namely,  'Elnathan  the  son 
of  Achbor,  and  certain  men  with 
him.  into  Egypt ;  23  and  they 
fetched  forth  Uriah  out  of  Egypt, 
and  brought  him  unto  Jehoiakim 
the  king,  who  ™slew  him  with  the 
sword,  and  cast  his  dead  body  into 
the  graves  of  the  "^  common  people. 
24  But  the  hand  of  "  Aliikam  the 
son  of  Shaphan  was  with  Jeremiah, 
that  they  should  "not  give  him  into 
the  hand  of  the  people  to  put  him 
to  death. 

r)  ^  ^  In  the  beginning  of  the 
^  I  reign  of  *  Jehoiakim  the  son 
of  Josiah,  king  of  Judah,  came  this 
word  unto  Jeremiah  from  Jehovah, 
saying,  2  Thus  saith  Jehovah  to 
me  :  Make  thee  *  bonds  and  "■  bars, 
and  put  them  upon  thy  neck ;  3 
and    send   them    to    the    king   of 

1  Heb.  Micaiah.  *  Heb.  sons  of  the  people. 

3  Properly,  Zedekiah.  See  ver.  3,  12,  20 ;  ch. 
28.1. 


"  ver.  11 ; 
ch.  36.  19, 
25  ;  38.  7, 
13 

!>  Acts  5.  34- 
39 ;  23.  9, 
29  ;  25.  2o  ; 
26.  31 

'  Mic.  1. 1 
d  ch.  9.  11 ; 

Neh.  4.  2 ; 

Ps.  79.  1 ; 

Mic.  3.  12 
<■  ch.  17.  3 ; 

Is.  2.  2,  3  ; 

jVDc.  4.  1 ; 

Zech.  8.  3 
/2Chr.  29. 

6-11 ;  32. 

20 ;  Is.  37. 

1,  4,  15-20 
ff  ch.  44.  7  ; 

Hab.  2.  10 
A  Josh.  9. 17  ; 

1  S.  8.  21 ; 
7.  2 

'  ch.  36.  26  ; 

2  Chr.  16. 
10;  Mt. 
14.  5 

Ic  1  K.  19. 

2-4;  Mt. 

10.  23,  28 
'  ch.  36.  12 
"■  ch.  2.  30 
"  ch.  39.  14  ; 

40.  6-7  ; 

2  K.  22. 

12-14 
"  ch.  1.  IS, 

19  ;  1  K.. 

18.  4 
P  ch.  26.  1 
9  ch.  30.  8 
""  ch.  28.  10, 

13 


'  ch.  25.  21, 

22 
<  ver.  1 

(marg.) 
"  ch.  10.  12  ; 

51.  15 ;  Ps. 

146.  6,  6 
"  ch.  32.  17  ; 

Dt.  9.  29 
^Ps.  11.5.15, 

16;  Acts 

17.  26 
y  ch.  21.  7  ; 

22.  25  • 

Ezeic.'  29. 

18-20 
'  ch.  25.  9 ; 

43.  10 ; 

Is.  44.  28 
"  eh.  28.  14 
i  ch.  44.  30  ; 

46.  13 

'  Zech.  2. 

8,9 
rf  ch.  25.  12  ; 

Is.  14.  4-6 
«  ch.  38.  17- 

19  ;  42.  1.5, 

16;  Ezek. 

17.  19-21 
/ver.  13; 

ch.  24.  10 ; 

29.  17,  18 ; 

Ezek.  14. 

21 
"Ex.  22.  18; 

Dt.  18. 

10 ;  Is.  8. 

19;  Mai. 

3.  5 
''  ch.  23.  25 
'  ch.  8.  19  ; 

32.  31 
*  ver.  15 
'  ver.  2,  8, 12 
"'  ch.  21.  9 ; 

38.  2 ;  40. 

9-12;  42. 

768 


'Edom,  and  to  the  king  of  *Moab, 
and  to  the  king  of  the  children  of 
*Ammon,  and  to  the  king  of  *Tyre, 
and  to  the  king  of  '^  Sidon,  by  the 
hand  of  the  messengers  that  come 
to  Jerusalem  unto  'Zedekiah  king 
of  Judah :  i  and  give  theni  a  charge 
unto  their  masters,  saying.  Thus 
saith  Jehovah  of  hosts,  the  God  of, 
Israel,  Thus  shall  ye  say  unto  your 
masters :  5  "  I  have  made  the  earth, 
the  men  and  the  beasts  that  are 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth,  "  by  my 
great  power  and  by  my  outstretched 
ai-m  ;  and  I  "  give  it  unto  whom  it 
seemeth  right  unto  me.  6  And 
now  *  have  I  given  all  these  lands 
into  the  hand  of  Nebuchadnezzar 
the  king  of  Babylon,  ^  my  servant ; 
and  the  "  beasts  of  the  field  also 
have  I  given  him  to  serve  him.  7 
And  ''all  the  nations  shall  serve 
him,  and  his  son,  and  his  son's  son, 
"until  the  time  of  his  own  land 
come  :  and  then  **  many  nations 
and  great  kings  shall  make  him 
their  bondman.  8  And  it  shall 
come  to  pass,  that  the  nation  and 
the  kingdom  which  ''will  not  serve 
the  same  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of 
Babylon,  and  that  will  not  put 
their  neck  under  the  yoke  of  the 
king  of  Babylon,  that  nation  will 
I  punish,  saith  Jehovah,  with  the 
•''sword,  and  with  the  famine,  and 
with  the  pestilence,  until  I  have 
consumed  them  by  his  hand.  9 
But  as  for  j^ou,  ^hearken  ye  not  to 
your  prophets,  nor  to  your  divin- 
ers, nor  to  your  dreams,  nor  to 
your  soothsayers,  nor  to  your  sor- 
cerers, that  speak  unto  you,  say- 
ing. Ye  shall  not  serve  the  king  of 
Babylon  :  10  for  they  prophesy  a 

*  lie  unto  you,  to  'remove  you  far 
from  your  land,  and  that  I  should 

*  drive  you  out,  and  ye  should  per- 
ish. 11  But  the  nation  that  shall 
'bring  their  neck  under  the  yoke 
of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  serve 
him,  that  nation  will  I  "'let  remain 
in  their  own  land,  saith  Jehovah ; 
and  they  shall  tiU  it,  and  dwell 
therein. 

12  And  I  spake  to  "Zedekiah 
king  of  Judah  according  to  all 
these  words,  saying,  "Bring  your 
necks  under  the  yoke  of  the  king 
of  Babylon,  and  serve  him  and  his 
people,  and  live.  13  Why  will  ye 
p  die,  thou  and  thy  people,  by  the 
sword,  by  the  famine,  and  by  the 

10, 11  "  ver.  3 ;  ch.  28.  1  "  ver.  2,  8  i"  ver.  8 ;  ch. 
38.  23 ;  ProT.  8.  36 ;  Ezek.  18.  31 


27.14 


JEREMIAH 


28.14 


Ztdekiab  and  bis  People  also  enjoined  to  snbmit    Hananiab's  False  Prophecy  and  Jeremiah's  Reply 


pestilence,  as  Ji'lioyali  liatli  spoken 
concerning  the  nation  that  will  not 
serve  the  king  of  JJabylon  I  14 
And  "  hearken  not  unto  the  words 
of  the  prophets  that  speak  unto 
you-  saying,  Ye  shall  not  serve  the 
king  of  Babylon  ;  for  they  prophesy 
a  'lie  unto  you.  15  For  "1  have 
not  sent  them,  saith  .Jehovah,  but 
they  prophesy  ''  falsely  in  my  name ; 
that  I  may  '"  drive  you  out,  and 
that  ye  may  perish,  -^ye,  and  the 
prophets  that  prophesy  unto  you. 
l6  Also  I  spake  to  the  priests 
and  to  all  this  people,  saying, 
Thus  saith  .Jehovah  :  Hearken  not 
to  the  words  of  your  prophets  that 
prophesy  unto  you,  saying,  Behold, 
the  "  vessels  of  Jehovah's  house 
shall  now  shortly  be  brought  again 
from  Babylon ;  for  they  prophesy 
a  ''  lie  unto  you.  1 7  Hearken  not 
unto  them  ;  serve  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon, and  live :  wherefore  should 
this  city  'become  a  desolation? 
18  But  *  if  they  be  prophets,  and 
if  the  word  of  .Jehovah  be  with 
them,  let  them  now  '  make  inter- 
cession to  Jehovah  of  hosts,  that 
the  vessels  which  are  left  in  the 
house  of  Jehovah,  and  in  the  house 
of  the  king  of  Judah,  and  at  Jeru- 
salem, go  not  to  Babylon.  1 9  For 
thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts  con- 
cerning the  "*  pillars,  and  concern- 
ing the  sea,  and  concerning  the 
bases,  and  concerning  the  resi- 
due of  the  vessels  that  are  left 
in  this  city,  20  which  Nebuchad- 
nezzar king  of  Babylon  took  not, 
when  he  "  carried  away  captive 
Jeconiah  the  son  of  Jehoiakim, 
king  of  Judah,  from  .Jerusalem  to 
Babylon,  and  all  the  nobles  of 
Judah  and  Jerusalem  •  2 1  yea, 
thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel,  concerning  the  ves- 
sels that  are  left  in  the  house  of 
Jehovah,  and  in  the  house  of  the 
king  of  Judah,  and  at  Jerusalem  : 
22  They  shall  be  "carried  to  Baby- 
lon, and  there  shall  they  be,  until 
the  ^day  that  I  visit  them,  saith 
Jehovah;  then  will  1  'bring  them 
up,  and  restore  them  to  this  place. 
O  O  And  it  came  to  pass  the 
^O  same  year,  ""in  the  tegin- 
ning  of  the  reign  of  '  Zedekiah  king 
of  Judah,  in  the  fourth  year,  in  the 
fifth  month,  that  '  Hananiah  the 
son  of  Azzur,  the  prophet,  who  was 
of  "  Gibeon,  spake  unto  me  in  the 
house  of  Jehovah,  in  the  presence 
of  the  priests  and  of  all  the  peo- 


"  ver.  !• ; 

2  Cor.  11. 

i;i-l6 
*■  ver.  10 ; 

Ezek.  13. 

'  ch.  23.  21 ; 

29.9 
<t  ch.  23.  25 
'  ver.  10 ; 

2  Chr.  25. 

IG 
/ch.  6.  13- 

15;  14.  15, 

10;  Mt.  15. 

14 
"ch.  28.^; 

2  K.  24.  13  ; 

2  Chr.  36. 

7,  10 
'i  ver.  10 
'  ver.  13 ; 

ch.  7.  34 
«••  1  K.  IS.  24 
'  ch.  IS.  20  ; 

1  S.  7.  8  ; 
12.  19,  23 

""  ch.  .52.  17- 
23  ;  1  K.  7. 
1.5,  &c. ; 

2  K.  25.  13, 
17 

"  Cll.  22.  28  ; 

24.  1  ;  2  K. 

24.  12,  14- 

10 ;  2  Chr. 

30.  10,  IS 
»  ch.  29.  10  ; 

34.  2,  3 
P  ver.  7  ;  ch. 

ij.  11,  12; 

29.  10  ;  32.  0 
«  Ezr.  1.  7- 

11;  5.  13- 

15 ;  7.  9,  19 
■■  cll.  4!).  34 
'  ch.  27.  3, 12 
<  ver.  17 
"  Josh.  9.  .}; 

10.  12;  IK. 

3.  i 


"  ver.  11 
•^  ch,  27.  10  ; 

2  K.  24.  13  ; 

2  Chr.  36. 

10;  Dan. 

1.  2 
y  ch.  22.  20, 

27 
'  ch.  22.  24  : 

24.  1  ;  2  K. 

25.  27 

"  ch.  22.  10 
6  ch.  27.  8 
'  ver.  1 
rfch.  11.  6; 

1  K.  1.  36; 

Ps.  41.  13 
"ch.  17.  10 
/ 1  K.  22.  2S 
■'  Lev.  26. 

M.  Otc.  ; 

1  K.  14.  15; 

17.  1 J  22. 

17  ;  Is.  6. 

6-7 ;  Joel 

1.  20;  Am. 

1.  2 ;  Nah. 

1.  2 
"  Dt.  IS.  22 
'  ch.  27.  2 
I'  ch.  36.  23; 

1  K.  22.  11, 

24 
'  ver.  15 ; 

ch.  14.  14  ; 

27.  10 
•"  ch.  1.  2 

"  Ps.  107. 16 ; 
Ifl.  45.  2 


769 


pie,  saying,  2  *'  Thus  spoaketh  Je- 
hovah of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel, 
saying,  i  have  broken  the  yoke  or 
the  king  of  Babylon,  '.i  Within 
two  full  years  will  I  bring  again 
into  tills  place  'all  the  vessels  of 
JehoA'ah's  house,  that  Nebuchad- 
nezzar king  of  Babylon  took  away 
from  this  place,  and  carried  to 
Babylon:  4  and  1  will  "bring 
again  to  this  place  SJeconiah  the 
son  of  Jehoiakim,  king  of  Judah, 
with  all  the  "captives  of  Judali, 
that  went  to  Babylon,  saith  .Jeho- 
vah ;  for  I  will  break  the  *•  yoke  of 
the  king  of  Babylon. 

5  Then  the  prophet  Jeremiah 
said  unto  the  prophet  Hananiah 
in  the  presence  of  the  priests,  and 
in  the  presence  of  all  the  people 
that  stood  in  the  "house  of  Jeho- 
vah, 6  even  the  prophet  Jeremiah 
said,  '*Anien:  Jeliovah  do  so;  Je- 
hovah *  perform  thy  words  which 
thou  hast  prophesied,  to  bring 
again  the  vessels  of  Jehovah's 
house,  and  all  them  of  the  captiv- 
ity, from  Babylon  unto  this  place. 
7  Nevertheless  -^hear  thou  now 
this  word  that  I  speak  in  thine 
ears,  and  in  the  ears  of  all  the  peo- 

gle :  8  The  prophets  that  have 
een  before  me  and  before  thee  of 
old  "  prophesied  against  many 
countries,  and  against  great  king- 
doms, of  wan  and  of  evil,  and  of 
pestilence.  9  The  prophet  that 
prophesieth  of  peace,  *  when  the 
word  of  the  prophet  shall  come  to 
pass,  then  snail  the  prophet  be 
known,  ^that  Jehovah  hath  truly 
sent  him.  10  Then  Hananiah  the 
prophet  took  the  '  bar  from  off  the 
prophet  Jeremiah's  neck,  and 
*  brake  it.  1 1  And  Hananiah 
spake  in  the  presence  of  all  the 
people,  saying,  '  Thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah :  riven  so  will  I  break  the 
yoke  of  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of 
Babylon  within  two  full  years  irora 
off  the  neck  of  all  the  nations. 
And  the  prophet  Jeremiah  went 
his  way. 

12  Then  the  "*word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  .Jeremiah,  after  that 
Hananiah  the  prophet  had  broken 
the  bar  from  off  the  neck  of  the 
prophet  Jeremiah,  saying,  13  Go, 
ana  tell  Hananiah,  saying.  Thus 
.saith  Jehovah  :  Thou  hast  broken 
the  ba,rs  of  wood  ;  but  thou  hast 
made  in  their  stead  "  bare  of  iron. 
14  For  thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts, 

>  Or,  whom  Jehovah  hath  trviy  sent 


28.15 


JEEEMIAH 


29.20 


liananiah's  Death.    The  Exiles  advised  to  be  content.    Restoration  after  Seventy  Years.   Misery  of  those  who  remain  in  Jndea 


the  God  of  Israel :  I  have  put  a 
"  yoke  of  iron  upon  the  neck  of  all 
these  nations,  that  they  may  serve 
Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon  ; 
and  they  shall  *  serve  him  :  and 
■"I  have  given  him  the  beasts 
of  the  field  also.  15  Then  said 
the  prophet  Jeremiah  unto  Hana- 
niah  the  prophet,  Hear  now,  Hana- 
niah  :  Jehovah  hath  not  sent  thee  ; 
but  ''thou  makest  this  ijeople  to 
trust  in  a  lie.  16  Therefore  thus 
saith  Jehovah,  "Behold,  I  will  send 
thee  away  from  "  off  the  face  of  the 
earth :  this  year  thou  shalt  -^die, 
because  thou  hast  ^spoken  rebel- 
lion against  Jehovah.  1 7  So  Han- 
aniah  the  prophet  died  the  same 
year  in  the  seventh  month. 
O  (Jk  Now  these  are  the  words 
^  *!/  of  the  ''  letter  that  Jeremiah 
the  prophet  sent  from  Jerusalem 
unto  the  residue  of  the  elders  of 
the  captivity,  and  to  the  priests, 
and  to  the  prophets,  and  to  all  the 
people,  whom  Nebuchadnezzar  had 
carried  away  captive  from  Jeru- 
salem to  Babylon  2  (after  that 
'  Jeconiah  the  king,  and  the  *  queen- 
mother,  and  the  eunuchs,  aiul  the 
princes  of  Judah  and  Jerusalem, 
and  the  craftsmen,  and  the  smiths, 
were  departed  from  Jerusalem), 
3  by  the  hand  of  Elasah  the  son 
of  Shaphan,  and  Gemariah  the  son 
of  'Hilkiah  (whom  Zedekiah  king 
of  Judah  sent  unto  Babylon  to 
Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon), 
saying,  4  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  unto  all 
the  captivity,  whom  I  have  ™caused 
to  be  carried  away  captive  from 
Jerusalem  unto  Babylon  :  5  "  Build 
ye  houses,  and  dwell  in  them  ;  and 
plant  gardens,  and  eat  the  fruit  of 
them.  6  Take  ye  "wives,  and 
beget  sons  and  daughters ;  and 
take  wives  for  yotir  sons,  and  give 
your  daughters  to  husbands,  that 
they  may  bear  sons  and  daughters  : 
and  multiply  ye  there,  and  be  not 
diminished.  7  And  ^seek  the 
peace  of  the  city  whither  I  have 
caused  you  to  be  carried  away  cap- 
tive, and  *pray  unto  Jehovah  for 
it ;  for  in  the  peace  thereof  shall 
ye  have  peace.  8  For  thus  saith 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel : 
Let  not  j'^our  ''prophets  that  are 
in  the  midst  of  you,  and  your 
diviners,  "  deceive  you ;  neither 
hearken  ye  to  your  '  dreams  which 
ye  ^  cause  to  be  dreamed.     9  For 

1  Or,  dream 


"ch.  27.  8; 

Ut.  -iS.  48 
l>  ch.  25.  U 
"  ch.  27.  6 

d  ch.  29.  31 ; 
Ezek.  13. 
2,  3,  22 ; 

22.  28  ; 
Lam.  2. 14 ; 
Zech.  13.  3 

"  Gen.  7.  4 ; 
Ex.  32.  12 ; 
Dt.  6.  15  ; 

1  K.  13.  34 
/ch.  20.  0 

"  ch.  29.  32  ; 

D.t.  13.  5 
ft  ver.  25,  29 ; 

2  Chr.  30. 
1,  6;  Esth. 
9.  20 

'  ch.  22.  24- 

28  ;  24.  1 ; 

27.  20  ;  2  K. 

24.  12-10  ; 

2  Chr.  30. 

9,  10 
«.-  ch.  13.  18 
'  1  Chr.  0.  13 
'"  ch.  24.  6 ; 

Is.  10.  5,  6 
"  ver.  10,  28 
°  ch.  16.  2-4 
P  Dan.  4.  27 ; 

6.  4,5 
9  Ezr.  6. 

10 ;  7.  23 ; 

Dan.  4.  19 ; 

1  Tim.  2. 

1,2 
"■  ver.  1 ;  ch. 

27.  9 
'  ch.  14.  14  ; 

23.  21  ;  28. 
15 

t  ch.  23.  25, 
27 


"  ver.  21 ; 

ch.  27.  15 
"  ver.  31 
^  ch.  25.  12 ; 

2  Chr.  36. 

21-23 ; 

Dan.  9.  2 ; 

Zech.  7.  6 
y  ch.  24.  6,  7 ; 

Zeph.  2.  7 
^  ch.  23.  5,  6  ; 

30.  9,  10 ; 

Ps.  40.  5 
"  ch.  30.  18- 

22 ;  Is.  40. 

9-11 
f-ch.  31.  17; 

Hos.  2.  15 
"  ch.  33.  3  ; 

Ps.  60.  16 
d  Ps.  145.  19 
'  Dt.  4.  29 
/ch.  24.  7; 

1  Chr.  22. 

19 ;  2  Chr. 

22.  9 
S  Dt.  30.  1-10 
A  ch.  30.  3 ; 

32.  37-41 
'  ch.  23.  8  ; 

Is.  43.  5,  6 
*  ch.  3.  14 ; 

12.  16;  16. 

15 
'  ver.  21,  24 
"*  ch.  38.  2,  3, 

17-23 
"  ver.  18 ; 

ch.  27.  8 ; 

32.  24 
0  ch.  24.  3,  8- 

10 

P  ch.  24.  9; 
34.  17  ; 
Ezek.  12. 

15 
9  ch.  42.  18  , 

760 


they  "  prophesy  falsely  unto  you  in 
my  name  :  "  1  have  not  sent  them, 
saith  Jehovah.  10  For  thus  saith 
Jehovah,  After  ■"  seventy  years  are 
accomplished  for  Babylon,  I  will 
visit  you,  and  perform  my  *good 
word  toward  you,  in  causing  you 
to  return  to  this  place.  11  For 
I  know  the  -thoughts  that  I' 
think  toward  you,  saith  Jehovah, 
thoughts  of  "  peace,  and  not  of 
evil,  to  give  you  '^  *  hope  in  your 
latter  end.  12  And  ye  shall 
''call  upon  me,  and  ye  shall  go 
and  pray  unto  me,  and  I  will 
'*  hearken  unto  you.  13  And  ye 
shall "  seek  me,  and  find  me,  when 
ye  shall  -^search  for  me  with  all 
your  heart.  14  And  I  will  be 
"  found  of  you,  saith  Jehovah,  and 
I  will  ^''turn  again  your  captivity, 
and  I  will  'gather  you  from  all  the 
nations,  and  from  all  the  places 
whither  I  have  driven  you,  saith 
Jehovah  ;  and  I  will  *  bring  you 
again  unto  the  place  whence  I 
caused  you  to  be  carried  away- 
captive. 

15  Because  ye  have  said,  Jeho- 
vah hath  raised  us  up  prophets 
in  'Babylon;  16  thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah concerning  the  king  that 
sitteth  upon  the  throne  of  David, 
and  concerning  all  the  people  that 
dwell  in  this  city,  your  brethren 
that  are  ™  not  gone  forth  with  you 
into  captivity  ;  17  thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts :  Behold,  I  will  send 
upon  them  the  "  sword,  the  famine, 
and  the  pestilence,  and  will  make 
them  like  "vile  figs,  that  cannot  be 
eaten,  they  are  so  bad.  18  And  I 
will  pursue  after  them  with  the 
sword,  with  thb  famine,  and  with 
the  pestilence,  and  will  ^deliver 
them  to  be  ^  tossed  to  and  fro  among 
all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth,  to 
be  an  *  execration,  and  an  astonish- 
ment, and  a  ''hissing,  and  a  re- 
proach, among  all  the  nations 
whither  I  have  driven  them ;  1 9 
because  they  have  *not  hearkened 
to  my  words,  saith  Jehovah,  where- 
with I  sent  unto  them  my  'ser- 
vants the  prophets,  rising  up  early 
and  sending  them  ;  but  ye  would 
not  hear,  saith  Jehovah.  20  Hear 
ye  therefore  the  word  of  Jehovah, 
all  ye  of   the  captivity,  whom  I 

Is.  65. 15       *■  ch.  25.  9  ;  Lam.  2.  15.  16       '  ch.  6,  IS 
t  ch.  26.  5  ;  35.  15 


*  Heb.  a  latter  end  and  hope 

f  Or,  return  to  *  Or,  a  terror  unto 


29.  21 


JEREMIAH 


30.11 


Certain  False  Prophetii  rcbul.t'd  by  Jeremiah.     Deliverance  from  Captivity  promised 


have  "sent  away  from  Jerusalem 
to  Babylon. 

21  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel,  concerning 
Ahab  the  sou  of  Kolaiah,  and  con- 
cerning Zedekiah  the  son  of  Maa- 
seiahj  who  "prophesy  a  lie  unto 
you  in  my  name:  Behold,  I  will 
deliver  them  into  the  hand  of 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  P.abylon  ; 
and  he  shall  slay  them  before  your 
eyes ;  22  and  of  them  shall  be 
taken  up  a  "^  curse  by  all  the  cap- 
tives of  Judah  that  are  in  Babylon, 
saying,  Jehovah  make  thee  like 
Zedekiah  and  like  Ahab,  whom 
the  king  of  Babylon  ''roasted  in 
the  fire ;  23  because  they  have 
'wrought  folly  in  Israel,  and-^have 
committed  adultery  with  their 
neighbors'  wives,  and  have  spoken 
words  in  my  name  "falsely,  which 
I  commanded  them  not ;  and  I  am 
he  that  *  knoweth,  and  am  witness, 
saith  Jehovah. 

24  And  ^  concerning  *  Shemaiah 
the  Nehelamite  thou  shalt  speak, 
saying,  2-5  Thus  speaketh  Jehovah 
of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  saying. 
Because  thou  hast  sent  *  letters  in 
thine  own  name  unto  all  the  peo- 
ple that  are  at  Jerusalem,  and  to 
'Zephaniah  the  son  of  Maaseiah, 
the  priest,  and  to  all  the  priests, 
saying,  26  Jehovah  hath  made 
thee  priest  in  the  stead  of  Jehoi- 
ada  the  priest,  that  there  may  be 
"officers  in  the  house  of  Jehovah, 
for  every  man  that  is  "mad,  and 
"maketh  himself  a  prophet,  that 
thou  shouldest  ^put  him  in  the 
stocks  and  in  '-^shackles.  27  Now 
therefore,  why  hast  thou  not  re- 
buked Jeremiah  of » Anathoth,  who 
maketh  himself  a  prophet  to  you, 

28  forasmuch  as  he  hath  ""sent 
unto  us  in  Babylon,  saying,  7^he 
captivity  is  'long  :  '  build  ye  houses, 
and  dwell  in  them  ;  and  plant  gar- 
dens, and  eat  the  fruit  of  them*? 

29  And  "  Zephaniah  the  priest  read 
this  letter  in  the  ears  or  Jeremiah 
the  prophet.  30  Then  came  the 
word  or  .lehovah  unto  Jeremiah, 
saying,  31  Send  to  "all  them  of  the 
captivity,  saying.  Thus  saith  Jeho- 
van  concerning  "  Shemaiah  the  Ne- 
helamite :  Because  that  Shemaiah 
hath  *  prophesied  unto  you,  and  I 
sent  him  not,  and  he  hath  "caused 
you  to  trust  in  a  lie  ;  32  therefore 
thus  saith  Jehovah,  Behold,  I  will 
"  punish  Shemaiah  the  Nehelamite, 

>  Or,  unto  *  Or,  the  collar 


"  ch.  24.  f, ; 
Ezek.  n.  1) 

*>  ver.  K  it ; 

ch.  14.  14, 

lu ;  Laiu. 

2.  14 
"  Is.  tV,.  15 
<'  Dau.  3.  6, 

21 
'(;en.  34.  7; 

2  S.  13.  12 
/ch.  6.  8; 

23.  14 
■'  ver.  8,  9,  21 
'•ch.  7.  11; 

Hi.  17  ; 

Prov.  5.  21 ; 

Mai.  3.  6 
'  ver.  31,  32 
*^  ver.  1 
'  ver.  29 ; 

ch.  21.  1 ; 

37.  3 ;  r>2. 

24  ;  2  K.  2o. 

18 
'"  ch.  20.  1 
"  2  K.  9.  11  ; 

Ho3.  9.  7  ; 

Mk.  3.  21  ; 

Jn.  10.  20 ; 

Acts  20.  2 1, 

2o ;  2  Cor. 

.1.  13 
0  Dt.  13. 

1-5;  Zech. 

13.  1-5 
''  ch.  20. 1,  2 ; 

Acts  16.  24 
ich.  1.  1 
'■  ver.  1 
'  ver.  10 
'  ver.  6 
"  ver.  25 
"  ver.  20 
"  ver.  24 
V  ver.  9,  23  ; 

ch.  14.  14, 

15 ;  Ezek. 

13.  8-16,  22, 

23 
'  ch.  28.  15 
"  ch.  36.  31 


i>  ch.  22.  .30 ; 

1  S.  2.  30- 
34 

"  ver.  10 ; 
ch.  17.  6; 

2  K.  7.  2, 
19,  20 

<*  ch.  28.  16  ; 

Dt.  13.  6 
«  ch.  25.  13  ; 

36.  4,  28,  32  , 

Hab.  2.  2 
/ch.  29.  10 
1' ver.  18; 

ch.  29.  14  ; 

Ps.  53.  6  ; 

Zeph.  3.  20 
'»  ch.  3.  IS 
■  ch.  16.  15  ; 

23.  7.  8 ; 

Ezek.  20. 

42 ;  .le.  24 
*  ch.  6.  2.5 ; 

8.  10 ;  Ib. 

5.  30;  Am. 

5.  16-18 
lch.6.  24  ; 

22.  23 
"•  cfi.  4.  31 
"  Is.  2.  12; 

Hos.  l.ll  ; 

Joel  2.  11 
-■  Lara.  1.12; 

Dan.  9.  12 
''  ch.  2.  27, 

28;  14.  8 
«  ver.  10 ; 

ch.  50.  19 
•■  ch.  2.  20 ; 

Is.  9.  4 ; 

Ezek.  34. 2; 
•  ch.  27.  2 

761 


and  his  seed  ;  he  shall  *not  have  a 
man  to  dwell  among  this  people, 
'  iieitlier  shall  he  behold  the  good 
that  i  will  do  unto  my  people,  saith 
•Jehovah,  because  he  hath  ''spoken 
rebellion  against  Jehovah. 

Oi^  The  word  that  came  to 
tjyj  Jeremiah  from  Jehovah, 
saying,  2  Thus  speaketh  Jehovah, 
the  God  of  Israel,  saying,  "  Write 
thee  all  the  words  that  I  have 
spoken  unto  thee  ill  a  book.  3  For, 
lo,  the  -^days  come,  .saith  Jehovah, 
that  I  will  ^"turn  again  the  cap- 
tivity of  my  people  ''Israel  and 
Judah,  saith  Jehovah ;  and  I  will 
'cause  them  to  return  to  the  land 
that  I  gave  to  their  fathers,  and 
they  shall  possess  it. 

4  And  these  are  the  words  that 
Jehovah  spake  concerning  Israel 
and  concerning  Judah.  5  For 
thus  saith  Jeliovah :  We  have 
heard  a  voice  of  *  trembling,  ''of 
fear,  and  not  of  peace.  6  Ask  ye 
now,  and  see  whether  a  man  doth 
travail  with  child :  wherefore  do 
I  see  every  man  with  his  'hands 
on  his  loins,  as  a  "*  woman  in  trav- 
ail, and  all  faces  are  turned  into 
paleness  ]  7  Alas  !  for  that  "  day 
IS  great,  so  that  "  none  is  like  it : 
it  is  even  the  time  of  Jacob's 
"trouble;  but  he  shall  be  » saved 
out  of  it.     8  And  it  shall  come  to 

Sass  in  that  day,  saith  Jehovah  of 
osts,  that  I  will  ''break  his  yoke 
from  off  thy  neck,  and  will  burst 
thy  '  bonds  ;  and  strangers  shall  no 
more  '  make  him  their  bondman : 

9  but  they  shall  serve  Jehovah 
their  God,  and  "  David  their  king, 
whom  I  will  raise  up  unto  them. 

10  "Therefore  fear  thou  not,  O 
Jacob  my  servant,  saith  Jehovah  ; 
neither  be  dismayed,  O  Israel :  for. 
lo,  I  will  save  thee  ""from  afar,  and 
thy  seed  from  the  land  of  their  cap- 
tivity ;  and  Jacob  shall  return,  and 
shall  be  "quiet  and  at  ease,  and 
'none  shall  make  him  afraid.  11 
For  "I  am  with  thee,  saith  Jeho- 
vah, to  save  thee  :  for  I  will  '  make 
a  full  end  of  all  the  nations  whither 
I  have  scattered  thee,  but  I  will 
'  not  make  a  full  end  of  thee ;  but 

<  Ezek.  34.  27  »  Is.  65.  3-5  ;  Ezek.  34.  23,  24 ;  37.  24. 
25;  Hofl.  3.  6;  Lk.  1.  69;  AcU  2.  30;  13.  23,  34,  3S 
"  ch.  46.  27,  28  ;  Is.  43.  6  ;  44.  2  '  ch.  23.  3,  8  ;  29.  14 ; 
Is.  60.  4  "  ch.  33.  16 :  Is.  36.  9 ;  Hos.  2.  18  •  Mic. 
4.4    "ch.  1.  8,  19    l>ch.  46.  28    *  ch.  4.  27 ;  5.  10, 18 


3  Or,  rftum  to 

<  Or,  there  is /ear,  and  no  peau 


30.12 


JEREMIAH 


31.9 


Belirerance  from  Captivity  promised,    bed's  Redeeming  Love  and  Israel's  Restoration 


I  will  "correct  thee  in  ^measure, 
and  will  in  no  wise  "^  leave  thee 
unpunished. 

12  For  thus  saith  Jehovah,  Thy 
*hurt  is  incurable,  and  thy  Avound 
grievous.  13  There  is  none  to 
plead  ^  thy  cause,  *  that  thou  may- 
est  be  bound  up  :  thou  hast  '  no 
healing  medicines.  14  All  thy 
■*  lovers  have  forgotten  thee  ;  they 
seek  thee  not :  for  I  have "  wounded 
thee  with  the  wound  of  an  enemy, 
with  the  chastisement  of  a  •''cruel 
one,  for  the  *"  greatness  of  thine 
iniquity,  because  thy  sins  were  in- 
creased. 1.5  Why  criest  thou  "^  for 
thy  hurt  ■?  thy  pain  is  incurable : 
for  the  ^  greatness  of  thine  iniquity, 
because  thy  sins  were  increased,  I 
have  done  these  things  unto  thee. 
16  Therefore  all  they  that  ''devour 
thee  shall  be  devoured ;  and  all 
thine  adversaries,  every  one  of 
them, '  shall  go  into  captivity  ;  and 
*  they  that  despoil  thee  shall  be  a 
spoil,  and  all  that  prey  upon  thee 
will  I  ^ive  for  a  prey.  17  For  I 
will  restore  '■  health  unto  thee,  and 
I  will  heal  thee  of  thy  wounds, 
saith  Jehovah  ;  because  they  have 
called  thee  an  "*  outcast,  saying.  It 
is  Zion,  whom  no  man  ^seeketh 
after. 

18  Thus  saith  Jehovah  :  Behold, 
I  will  ^"turn  again  the  captivity 
of  Jacob's  tents,  and  have  compas- 
sion on  his  dwelling-places ;  and 
the  "city  shall  be  builded  upon  its 
own  /'hill,  and  the  ^palace  shall 
^"be  inhabited  after  its  own  man- 
ner. 19  And  out  of  them  shall 
proceed  *  thanksgiving  and  the 
voice  of  them  that  ''  make  merry : 
and  I  will  "multiply  them,  and 
they  shall  not  be  few;  I  will  also 
'glorify  them,  and  they  shall  not 
be  small.  20  Their  "  children  also 
shall  be  as  aforetime,  and  their 
congregation  shall  be  "established 
befoi'e  me ;  and  I  will  punish  all 
that  oppress  them.  21  And  their 
'^  prince  shall  be  of  themselves,  and 
their  ruler  shall  proceed  from  the 
midst  of  them ;  and  I  will  ^  cause 
him  to  draw  near,  and  he  shall  ap- 
proach unto  me  :  for  who  is  he  that 
"hath  had  boldness  to  ^approach 

1  Heb.  iudgment.         2  Or,  hold  thee  guiltless 

*  Or,  thy  cause:  for  thy  wound  thou  hast  no 
medicines  nor  plaster 

*  Heb.  for  closing  up,  or  pressing. 
5  Or,  nuiltitude 

°  Or,  for  thy  hurt,  because  thy  pain  is  incura^ 
ble  7  7  Or,  carethfor  «  Or,  return  to 

^  Or,  mound    Heh.  tel.         io  Or,  remain 
"  Heb.  hath  been  suret/vfor  his  heart. 


"  ch.  10.  241 
i>  ver.  15 ; 

ch.  15.  18 
"  ch.  14.  19 ; 

46.  11 
d  ch.  22.  20, 

'  Lam.  2.  4, 5 
/  ch.  6.  23 ; 

50.  42 
»  ch.  5.  6 ; 

32.  30-35 ; 
44.  22 

A  ch.  2.  3  ;  8. 

16 ;  10.  25 
'  Is.  14.  2 ; 

Joel  3.  8 
*:  ch.  50.  10 
'  ch.  8.  22 ; 

33.  6 ;  Ps. 
107.  20 

"*  ch.  33.  24  ; 

Is.  11.  12; 

56.  8 
"  ver.  3 ;  ch. 

31.  23 
°  ch.  31.  4, 

38-40 
P  1  Cbr.  29. 

1,  10;  Ps. 

48.  3,  13 ; 

122.  7 
1  ch.  17.  26  ; 

33.  11;  Is. 
12.  1 ;  61.  3 

""ch.  31.  4; 

Ps.  126.  1, 

2;  Is.  61. 

11;  Zeph. 

3.  14 
'  ch.  33.  22 
'  Is.  65.  6  ; 

60.  9 
"  ch.  31.  17 ; 

Is.  54.  13 
"  Is.  54.  14 
^  ver.  9  ;  ch. 

23.  6 ;  33. 

16 ;  Ezek. 

34.  23,  24  ; 
37.  24 

y  Num.  16. 

5  ;  Ps.  65.  4 
'  ch.  50.  44  ; 

Ex.  3.  5 


"  ch.  32.  38 ; 

Ex.  6.  7  ; 

Hos.  2.  23 ; 

Zech.  13.  9 
>>  ch.  23.  19, 

20 
"  ch.  4.  8 
d  ch.  23.  20 
"  ch.  30.  22 
/Gen.  17.7, 

8 ;  Is.  41. 

10;  Rom. 

11.  26-28 
»  Num.  14. 

20 

h  Ex.  33.  14 ; 

Josh.  1.  13 
■  Dt.  4.  37  ; 

7.  8 
k  Ps.  25.  6 
'  ch.  24.  6  ; 

33.  7 
""  ver.  21 
"  Is.  30.  32 
°  ch.  30.  19 
P  Ps.  107.  37  ; 

Is.  65.  21 ; 

Ezek.  28.  26 
9  ch.  50.  19 
"■  ver.  12 ; 

ch.  3.  18 ; 

50.  4,  5 ; 

Is.  2.  3 
'  ch.  20.  13 ; 

Ps.  14.  7 
<  Dt.  28.  13  ; 

Is.  61.  9 
«  Ps.  28.  9 

*  ch.  23.  3 ; 
762 


unto  me  1  saith  Jehovah.  22  And 
ye  shall  be  "  my  people,  and  I  will 
be  your  God. 

23  Behold,  the  *  tempest  of  Jeho- 
vah, even  his  wrath,  is  gone  forth, 
a  ^"  sweeping  tempest :  it  shall 
burst  upon  the  head  of  the  wicked. 
24  The  '^  fierce  anger  of  Jehovah 
shall  not  return,  until  he  have  exe- 
cuted, and  till  he  have  performed' 
the  intents  of  his  heart :  in  the 
■*  latter  days  ye  shall  understand 
it. 

O"!  At  that  time,  saith  Jeho- 
Oi  vah,  will  I  be  the  «God  of 
all  the -^families  of  Israel,  and  they 
shall  be  my  people.  2  Thus  saith 
Jehovah,  The  people  that  were  left 
of  the  sword  ^^'^  found  favor  in  the 
wilderness;  even  Israel,  "when  I 
went  to  ''  cause  him  to  rest.  3  Je- 
hovah appeared  ^^of  old  unto  me, 
saying.  Yea,  I  have  *  loved  thee 
with  an  everlasting  love  :  therefore 
^''  with  *  lovingkindness  ^  have  I 
drawn  thee.  4  '  Again  will  I  build 
thee,  and  thou  shalt  _  be  built,  O 
'"  virgin  of  Israel :  again  shalt  thou 
be  adorned  with  thy  "tabrets,  and 
shalt  go  forth  in  the  dances  of 
them  that  °  make  merry.  5  Again 
shalt  thou  ^' plant  vineyards  upon 
the  ''mountains  of  Samaria;  the 
planters  shall  plant,  and  shall 
"enjoy  the  fruit  thereof.  6  For 
there  shall  be  a  day,  that  the  watch- 
men upon  the  hills  of  Ephraim 
shall  cry,  Arise  ye,  and  ''let  us  go 
up  to  Zion  unto  Jehovah  our  God. 

7  For  thus  saith  Jehovah,  *Sing 
with  gladness  for  Jacob,  and  shout 
^*  for  the '  chief  of  the  nations :  pub- 
lish ye,  praise  ye,  and  say,  O 
Jehovah,  "save  thy  people,  the 
"remnant  of  Isi'ael.  8  Behold,  I 
will  ^bi'ing  them  from  the  north 
country,  and  *  gather  them  from 
the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth, 
and  with  them  the  '  blind  and  the 
"lame,  the  woman  with  child  and 
her  that  travaileth  with  child  to- 
gether :  a  great  company  shall 
they  return  hither.  9  They  shall 
*  come  with  weeping ;  and  with 
supplications  will  I  lead  them :  I 

Is.  37.  31  "  ch.  3.  18 ;  23.  8  »  Dt.  30.  4,  Is.  43.  6 
'  Is.  42.  16  "  Is.  40.  11 ;  Ezek.  34.  16 ;  Mlc.  4.  6 
(>  ch.  60.  4  ;  Ps.  126.  6,  6 


12  Or,  gathering 

13  Or,  have. found  .  .  .  when  I  go 

1*  Or,  when  he  went  to  find  him  rest 

15  Or,  from  afar 

16  Or,  have  I  continued   lovingkindness  unto 
thee 

17  Heb.  profane,  or,  Tnake  comm,on.    See  Levi 
19.  23-25 ;  Dt.  20.  6 ;  28.  30.       is  Or,  at  the  head 


31.10 


JEREMIAH 


31.32 


The  Happy  Restoratioa.    Rarhel  comforted.    Future  Prosperity  of  Israel 


will  '  cause  tliem  to  walk  by 
"rivers  of  waters,  in  a  straight 
way  wherein  they  shall  *  not 
stumble;  for  I  am  a  "father  to 
Israel,  and  Ephraim  is  my  hrst- 
born. 

10  Hear  the  word  of  Jehovah, 
O  ye  nations,  and  declare  it  in  the 
''isles  afar  oil";  and  say.  He  that 
scattei'ed  Israel  will  ''gather  him, 
and  keep  him,  as  a -^shepherd  doth 
his  tlock.  11  For  Jehovah  hath 
"  ransomed  Jacob,  and  redeemed 
him  from  the  hand  of  him  tliat 
was  ''stronger  than  he.  12  And 
they  shall  'come  and  sing  in  the 

*  height  of  Zion,  and  shall  'flow 
unto  the  goodness  of  Jehovah,  to 
the  '"grain,  and  to  the  new  wine, 
and  to  the  oil,  and  to  the  young 
of  the  "  flock  and  of  the  herd  :  and 
their  soul  shall  be  as  a  "watei'ed 
garden;  and  they- shall  ^ not  sor- 
row any  more  at  all.  13  Then 
shall  the  virgin  rejoice  in  the 
"dance,  and  tlie  young  men  and 
the  old  together;  for  I  will  ''turn 
their  mourning  into  joy,  and  will 
comfort  them,  and  make  them  're- 
joice from  their  sorrow.  14  And  I 
will  'satiate  the  soul  of  the  priests 
with  fatness,  and  my  people  shall 
be  "satisfied  with  my  goodness, 
saith  Jehovah. 

15  Thus  saith  Jehovah  :  A  voice 
is  heard  in  *'  Kamah,  lamentation, 
and  bitter  weeping,  Rachel  weep- 
ing for  her  children;  she  ^refuseth 
to  be  comforted  for  her  children, 
because  "they  are  not.  16  Thus 
saith  Jehovah  :  '  Refrain  thy  voice 
from  weeping,  and  thine  eyes  from 
tears;  for  thy  work  shall  be  "re- 
warded, saith  Jehovah ;  and  they 
shall  *come  again  from  the  land  of 
the  enemy.  17  And  there  is  ''horje 
for  thy  latter  end,  saith  Jehovah ; 
and  tky  children  shall  come  again 
to  their  own  border.  18  I  have 
surely  heard  Enhraim  "*  bemoaning 
himself  ^///(.<,  Tliou  hast " chastised 
me,  and  1  was  chastised,  as  a -^ calf 
unaccustomed  io  the  yoke :  "  turn 
thou  me,  and  I  shall  be  turned; 
for  thou  art  Jehovah  my  God.  1 9 
Surely  after  that  I  was  turned,  I 

*  repented ;  and  after  that  I  was 
instructed,  I  'smote  upon  my 
thigh:  I  was  *  ashamed,  yea,  even 
confounded,  because  I  did  bear 
the  'reproach  of  my  youth.  20  Is 
*"  Ephraim  my  dear  son  %  is  he  a 
darling   child  %   for  as  often  as  I 

'  Or,  hring  than  unto 


"  Is.  43.  20 ; 

4U.  10 
l>  Is.  63.  13 
■■ch.  3.  4,  10: 

Is.  04.  S 
d  ell.  •J.'i.  2-J  ; 

Is.  06.  lU 
"■  eh.  60.  19 
/Is.  40.  11 
"  ch.  15.  21  ; 

60.  34  ;  Is. 

44.  23  ;  48. 

•20 
''  Ps.  142.  6 
'  ver.  C,  7 
k  Ezek.  17. 

23 
'Is.  2.  2, 

Mic.  4.  1 
"•  Uos.  2.  22; 

.loel3.  18 
"  ver.  24 , 

ch.  33.  12, 

13 
"  Is.  68.  11 
''  Is.  35.  10  ; 

GO.  20 ;  a->. 

19;  Jn.  10. 

22 

«  Judg.  21. 

21  ;  Ps.  30. 

11;  Zech. 

8.  4,  5 
*"  Is.  61.  3 
'  Is.  61.  11 
'  ver.  25 
"  ch.  60.  19 
^'  ch.  40. 1 ; 

Josh.  18. 

2.". ;  Judg. 

4.  n  ;  Is.  10. 

20 ;  Alt.  2. 

IS 

'  Gen.  37. 

3.2;_P8. 

!'ch."l0.  20; 
Gen.  o.  24  ; 
42.  13,  .36 

'  Is.  25.  8 ; 

30.  19 
''Kuth2.  12; 

Heb.  6.  10 
'>  ch.  30.  3  ; 

Ezek.  11.  17 
"ch.  29.  It 
<i  ch.  3.  21 
'  .lob  6.  17  ; 

Ps.  94.  12 
/  Hos.  4.  16 
i^cli.  17.  14; 

Ps.  80.  3,  7, 

19;  Acts 

3.  26 
'>  Ezek.  36. 

31 ;  Zech. 

12.  10 

•  Ezek.  21. 

12;  Lk.  18. 

13 
I'  ch.  3.  26 
'  ch.  22.  21  ; 

Ps.  26.  7 
■"  Hob.  11.  8 


"  Cen.  43. 
30;  Judg. 

10.  IB 
"  Is.  65.  7  ; 

llos    14.  4 
P  ch.  6.  16 
«  Is   48.  20  ; 

62  11 
"■  ver.  4 
'  cli.  2.  23; 

13.  27 
'  ch.  49.  4 

"  ch.  30.  18 ; 

32.  44 
"  ch.  60.  7  ; 
Is.  1.  26 

'  Pb.  48.  1 ; 

87.  1 
V  ver.  12 ; 
Etek.  36. 

763 


speak  against  him,  I  do  earnestly 
remember  him  still :  therefore  my 
"heart  -yearneth  for  him;  I  will 
surely "  have  mercy  upon  him,  saith 
Jehovah. 

21  ^Set  thee  up  waymarks, 
make  thee  guide-posts ;  set  thy 
heart  toward  the  highway,  even 
the  way  by  which  thou  wentest : 
» turn  again,  O  ''  virgin  of  Israel, 
turn  again  to  these  thy  cities.  22 
How  long  wilt  thou  "go  hither 
and  thither,  ()  thou  '  backsliding 
daughter?  for  Jehovah  hatii  created 
a  new  thing  in  the  earth :  A  woman 
shall  encompass  a  man. 

23  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel,  Yet  again  shall 
they  use  this  speech  in  the  land 
of  Judah  and  in  the  cities  thereof, 
when  1  shall  •*"  bring  again  their 
captivity :  Jehovah  bless  thee,  O 
'habitation  of  righteousness,  O 
^mountain  of  holiness.  24  And 
Judah  and  all  the  cities  thereof 
shall  ^''dwell  therein  together,  the 
husbandmen,  and  they  that  go 
about  with  flocks.  25  ^  For  I  have 
satiated  the  weary  soul,  and  every 
sorrowful  soul  have  I  replenished. 
26  Upon  this  I  "awaked,  and  be- 
held ;  and  my  '  sleep  was  sweet 
unto  me. 

27  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith 
Jehovah,  that  I  will  "sow  the  house 
of  Israel  and  the  house  of  Judah 
with  the  seed  of  man,  and  with  the 
seed  of  beast.  28  And  it  shall  come 
to  pass  that,  like  as  1  have ''watched 
over  them  to  "pluck  up  and  to 
break  down  and  to  overthrow  and 
to  destroy  and  to  afflict,  so  will  I 
watch  over  them  -^to  build  and  to 
plant,  saith  Jehovah.  21)  In  those 
days  they  shall  say  no  more,  "  The 
fathers  have  eaten  sour  grapes, 
and  the  children's  teeth  are  set  on 
edge.  30  But  ''every  one  shall  die 
for  his  own  iniquity :  every  man 
that  eateth  the  sour  grapes,  his 
teeth  shall  be  set  on  edge. 

31  'Behold,  the  days  come,  saith 
Jehovah,  that  I  will  make  a* new 
covenant  with  the  house  of  Israel, 
and  with  the  hou.se  of  Judah :  32 
not  according  to  the  'covenant  that 

10  ;  Zech.  8.  4-8  •  ver.  12.  14 ;  Ps.  107.  9  ;  Mt.  6.  6 ; 
Jn.  4.  11  "  Zech.  4.  l  f-  Prov.  3.  24  '  Ezek.  36.  9, 
1 1 ;  Hos.  2.  23  d  ch.  44.  27  ;  Dan.  9.  14  •  oh.  1.  10 ; 
IS  7.  8  /ch.  1.  10 ;  .32.  41  "  Ezek.  18.  2 ;  Lam.  6.  7 
"  m.  24.  16  ;  Is.  3.  11 ;  Ezek.  18.  4,  20  ■  ver.  31-34  : 
Heb.  8.  8-12  *  ch.  32.  40 ;  Ezek.  37.  26 ;  Lk.  22.  20 ; 
1  Cor.  1 1.  25 ;  2  Cor.  3.  6 ;  Heb.  8.  8-12  '  Ex.  19.  6  ; 
24.  C-8 ;  Dt.  6.  2,  3 


«  Heb.  soundeth. 


»  Or,  return  to 


31.33 


JEKEMIAH 


32.12 


1  Sew  and  Snre  CovenaDt  to  be  made.    Jeremiah  is  imprisoned.    Be  is  commanded  to  bay  a  Field  in  Anathotti 


I  made  with  their  fathers  in  the 
day  that  I  "took  them  by  the  hand 
to  bring  them  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt ;  ^  which  my  covenant  they 
"  brake,  although  I  was  "a  ''husband 
unto  them,  saith  Jehovah.  33  But 
''■  this  is  the  "  covenant  that  1  will 
make  with  the  house  of  Israel  after 
those  days,  saith  J  ehovah :  I  will 
put  my  law  in  their  inward  parts, 
and  in  their  ■''heart  will  I  write  it ; 
and  I  will  be  their  God,  and  they 
shall  be  my  people.  34  And  they 
shall  ^  teach  no  more  every  man 
his  neighbor,  and  every  man  his 
brother,  saying,  Know  Jehovah ; 
for  they  shall  all  ''know  me,  from 
the  least  of  them  unto  the  greatest 
of  them,  saith  Jehovah  :  for  I  will 
'forgive  their  iniquity,  and  their 
*sin  will  I  remember  no  more. 

35  'Thus  saith  Jehovah,  who 
"•giveth  the  sun  for  a  light  by 
day,  and  the  ordinances  of  the 
moon  and  of  the  stars  for  a  light 
by  night,  who  ^stirreth  up  the  sea, 
so  that  the  waves  thereof  roar ; 
"Jehovah  of  hosts  is  his  name  :  36 
"  If  these  ordinances  depart  from 
before  me,  saith  Jehovah,  then  the 
seed  of  Israel  also  shall  p  cease  from 
being  a  nation  before  me  for  ever. 
37  Thus  saith  Jehovah  :  « If  heaven 
above  can  be  measured,  and  the 
foundations  of  the  earth  searched 
out  beneath,  then  will  I  also ''  cast 
off  all  the  seed  of  Israel  for  all  that 
they  have  done,  saith  Jehovah. 

38  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith 
Jehovah,  that  the  'city  shall  be 
built  to  Jehovah  from  the  '  tower 
of  Hananel  unto  the  "gate  of  the 
corner.  39  And  the  measuring 
line  shall  go  out  further  straight 
onward  unto  the  hill  Gareb,  and 
shall  turn  about  unto  Goah.  40 
i\.nd  "the  whole  valley  of  the 
dead  bodies  and  of  the  ashes,  and 
all  the  fields  unto  the  brook 
^Kidron,  unto  the  corner  of  the 
"  horse  gate  toward  the  east,  shall 
be  *holy  unto  Jehovah;  it  shall 
not  be  plucked  up,  nor  thrown 
down  any  more  for  ever. 

OO  The  word  that  came  to 
O  ^  Jeremiah  from  Jehovah  in 
the  "tenth  year  of  Zedekiah  king 
of  Judah,  which  was  the  *  eigh- 
teenth year  of  Nebuchadrezzar. 
2  Now  at  that  time  the  king  of 

1  Or,  forasmuch  as  they  brake  my  covenant 

2  Or,  lord  over  them, 

3  Or,  stilleth  the  sea,  when  &c.    See  Is.  51.  15. 


"  Dt.  1.  Si  i 
Is.  63.  12 

("ch.  n.  7,  8 

"^  ch.  3.  14 

•i  Heb.  10.  IG, 
:7 

«  ch.  32.  40 

/ch.  24.  7  ; 
32.40 

9  1  Th.  4.  9 ; 

1  Ju.  2.  27 
ft  ch.  24.  7  ; 

Is.  11.  9; 

64.  13  ; 

Hab.  2.  14 
'  ch.  60.  20  ; 

Mic.  7.  IS 
t  Is.  43.  25 
'  ch.  33.  20, 

25 
"'Gen.  1.  Il- 
ls ;  Dt.  4. 

19 ;  I's.  19. 

1-ti;  136. 

7-9 
"  ch.  10.  16 ; 

32.  18 ;  50. 

34 
"  ch.  33.  20- 

26 ,  Ps.  89. 

36,  37  ;  Is. 

64.  9,  10 
^  Am.  9.  8,  9 
9  ch.  33.  22  ; 

Is.  40.  12 
""  ch.  33.  24- 

20 ;  Eom. 

11.  2-5,  26, 
27 

'  ver.  4  ;  ch. 

30.  18 
'  Neh.  3.  1 ; 

12.  39  ; 
Zech.  14. 
10 

''2K.  14.  13; 

2  Chr.  26,  9 
'"  ch.  7.  32 ; 

8.  2 
*  2  S.    15.  23  ; 

2  K.  23.  6, 

12  ;  Jn. 

18.  1 
V  2  K.  11.  16  , 

2  Chr.  23. 

15 ;  Neh.  3. 

28 

'  Joel  3. 17  ; 

Zech.  14.  20 
"ch.  .39.  1,2, 

2  K.  25.  1,  2 
i  ch.  25.  1 


"  ch.  37.  21  ; 

.39.  13-15 
rf  Neh.  3.  25 
'■  2  K.  6.  31, 

32 
/ch.  26.  8, 

9 ;  Am.  7. 

13 
»  ch.  21.  3-7 ; 

34.  2,  3 
''  ver.  28,  29 ; 

ch.  21.  4-7  ; 

34.  2,  3 
!  ch.  37.  17  ; 

38.  18,  23  ; 

39.  4-7  ; 

2  K.  25.  4-7 
fc  ch.  39.  5 
'  ch.  39.  7  ; 

Ezek.  12. 

12,  13 
"*  ch.  27.  22  ; 

34.  4,  6 
"  ch.  21.  4 
"  Ezek.  17. 

9,  10,  16 
Pch.  1.  l; 

II.  21 
«  Lev.  25. 

25 ;  Ruth 

4.  3,  4 
*■  ver.  2 ;  ch. 

764 


Babylon's  army  was  besieging  Je- 
rusalem ;  and  Jeremiah  the  prophet 
was  shut  up  in  the  ''court  of  the 
guard,  whicli  was  in  the  ''king  of 
Judah's  house.  3  For  Zedekiah 
king  of  Judah  had  ''shut  him  up, 
saying.  Wherefore  dost  thou  proph- 
esy, and  say,  ''Thus  saith  Jehovah,, 
Behold,  I  will  ''give  this  city  into 
the  hand  of  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon, and  he  shall  take  it ;  4  and 
Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  shall  'not 
escape  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Chal- 
deans, but  shall  surely  be  delivered 
into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon, and  shall  *  speak  with  him 
mouth  to  mouth,  and  his  eyes  shall 
behold  his  eyes ;  5  and  he  shall 
'bring  Zedekiah  to  Babylon,  and 
there  shall  he  be  until  I  "'visit 
him,  saith  Jehovah  :  "  though  ye 
fight  with  the  Chaldeans,  ye  shall 
"not  prosper^ 

6  And  Jeremiah  said.  The  word 
of  Jehovah  came  unto  me,  saying, 

7  Behold,  Hanamel  the  son  of  Shal- 
lum  thine  uncle  shall  come  unto 
thee,  saying.  Buy  thee  my  held 
that  is  in  ^  Anathoth ;  for  the  *  right 
of  redemption  is  thine  to  buy  it. 

8  So  Hanamel  mine  uncle's  son 
came  to  me  in  the  ''court  of  the 
guard  according  to  the  word  of 
Jehovah,  and  said  unto  me.  Buy 
my  field,  I  pray  thee,  that  is  in 
'Anathoth,  which  is  in  the  land 
of  Ben,iamin ;  for  the  right  of  in- 
heritance is  thine,  and  the  redemp- 
tion is  thine ;  buy  it  for  thyself. 
Then  I  knew  that  this  was  the 
'word  of  Jehovah.  9  And  I  bought 
the  field  that  was  in  Anathoth  of 
Hanamel  mine  uncle's  son,  and 
"  weighed  him  the  money,  even 
seventeen  "shekels  of  silver.  10 
And  I  ^subscribed  the  deed,  and 
*  sealed  it,  and  ^called  witnesses, 
and  "weighed  him  the  money  in 
the  balances.  11  So  I  took  the 
deed  of  the  purchase,  both  that 
which  was  sealed,  *  according  to  the 
''law  and  custom,  and  that  which 
was  open :  1 2  and  I  delivered  the 
deed  of  the  purchase  unto  "  Baruch 
the  son  of  **  Neriah,  the  son  of 
Mahseiah,  in  the  presence  of  'Ha- 
namel mine  uncle's  son,  and  in  the 

33.  1  '  ver.  7  «  ver.  25 ;  1  S.  9.  16, 17 ;  10.  3-7 ;  1  K, 
22.  25  "  Gen.  23. 16  "  Gen.  24. 22 ;  Ex.  21.  32 ;  Neh. 
5.  15 ;  Ezek.  4.  10  "  ver.  44  ;  Is.  44.  6  v  Dt.  32.  34 ; 
Job  14.  17  '  Ruth  4.  1, 9  ;  Is.  8. 1,  2  "  ver.  9  *  Lk. 
2.  27  "  ver.  16  ;  ch.  36.  4,  5,  32  ;  43.  3 ;  45.  1  <*  ch. 
61.  69    '  ver.  7 


<  Or,  containing  the  terms  and  conditions 


32.13 


JEREMIAH 


32.85 


Jeremiah  prays  Tor  Enlightenment    Jehovah's  Explanation:  Captivity  decreed  for  Israel's  Disobedience 


presence  of  the  witnesses  that  sub- 
scribed the  deed  of  the  purchase, 
before  all  the  "Jews  that  sat  in 
the  court  of  the  guard.  13  And  1 
charged  Baruch  before  tliem,  say- 
ing, 14  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel :  Take 
these* deeds,  this  deed  of  the  pur- 
chase which  is  sealed,  and  this 
deed  which  is  open,  and  put  them 
in  an  earthen  vessel ;  tnat  they 
may  continue  many  days.  15  For 
thus  saith  Jehovah  of  liosts,^  the 
God  of  Israel :  "  Houses  and  fields 
and  vineyards  shall  yet  again  be 
bought  in  this  land. 

16  Now  after  I  had  delivered  the 
deed  of  the  purchase  unto  Baruch 
the  son  of  Neriah,  I  "*  prayed  unto 
Jehovah,  saying,  17  "Ah  Lord  Je- 
hovah !  behold,  thou  hast  •''made 
the  heavens  and  the  earth  by  thy 
great  power  and  .by  thine  out- 
stretched arm;  there  is  "nothing 
too  ^  hard  for  thee,  18  who  ''show- 
est  lovingkindness  unto  thousands, 
and  recompensest  the  iniquity  of 
the  '  fathers  into  the  bosom  of  tneir 
children  after  them  ;  the  *  great, 
the  'mighty  God, '"  Jehovah  of  hosts 
is  his  name;  19  "great  in  counsel, 
and  mighty  in  work ;  Avhose  "  eyes 
are  open  upon  all  the  ways  of  the 
sons  of  men,  to  ^  give  every  one  ac- 
cording to  his  ways,  and  according 
to  the  fruit  of  his  doings  ;  20  who 
didst  '  set  signs  and  wonders  in  the 
land  of  Egypt,  even  unto  this  day, 
^both  in  Israel  and  among  other 
men  ;  and  ''  madest  thee  a  name,  as 
at  this  day ;  2 1  and  didst  '  bring 
forth  thy  people  Israel  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt  with  signs,  and  with 
wonders,  and  with  a  strong  hand, 
and  with  an  outstretched  arm,  and 
with  great  terror ;  22  and  gayest 
them  this  land,  which  thou  didst 
'swear  to  their  fathers  to  give 
them,  a  land  Howing  with  milk  and 
honey  ;  23  and  they  "came  in,  and 
possessed  it ;  but  they  obeyed  not 
thy  voice,  neither  "walked  in  thy 
law;  they  have  done  nothing  of 
all  that  thou  commandedst  them 
to  do  :  therefore  thou  hast  caused 
'all  this  evil  to  come  upon  them. 
24  *  Behold,  the  mounds,  they  are 
come  unto  the  city  to  take  it ;  and 
the  city  is  '  given  into  the  hand  of 
the  Chaldeans  that  fight  against  it, 
because  of  the  "sword,  anfl  of  the 
famine,  and  of  the  pestilence  ;  and 
what  thou  hast  spoken  is  *  come  to 

1  Or,  wonderful  *  Or,  and 


"  ver.  10 
>>  ver.  10-12 
•^  ver.  .".",  4:!, 

44 ;  ch.  'M. 

Ls ;  31.  o, 

12,  24 ;  3;). 

12, 13 ;  Aui. 

!i.  14,  Ift ; 

Zeoh.  3.  10 
<'  ch.  12.  1  ; 

Gen.  32. 

0-12:  Phil. 

4.  (i,  7 
'ch.  1.  G; 

4.  10 
/ch.  27.  fi; 

2  K.  19.  1.-.; 

Ps.  102.  2.-. ; 

Is.  40.  2G-2S 
"  ver.  27  ; 

Gen.  li<.  14 
''  E-K.  :m.  (i, 

7  ;  Dt.  7.  3, 

ID 
'  1  K.  14.  9, 

10;   l(i.  1-3; 

Mt.  23.  32- 

.30 
^  Pa.  14.->.  3 
'  ch.  20.  11  ; 

Ps.  M.  1 
"'  ch.  10.  16  : 

31.  X, 
"  Is.  9.  6  ;  28. 

29 
°  ch.  23.  24  ; 

Job  .34.  21 
P  ch.  17.  10  ; 

21.  14  ;  Ps. 

62.  Vi ;  Mt. 

16.  27 ;  Ju. 
fi.  29 

9  Ps.  78.  43  ; 

105.  27 
*■  la.  63.  12, 

14;  Dan. 

!).  K) 
"  Dt.  4.  34  ; 

7.  19  ;  26. 

s;  iChr. 

17.  21 
'ch.  11.  5; 

Kx.  13.  6; 

r>t.  1.  8; 

Ps.  105. 

y-11 
"  ch.  2.  7 ; 

Ps.  44.  2,  3 ; 

78.  54,  55 
"  ch.  26.  4  ; 

44.  10; 

Ezr.  9.  7 
*  Lam.  1. 

18 ;  Dan. 

9.  11,  12 
y  ch.  6.  0 :  33. 

4  ;  Ezek. 

21.  22 
'  ver.  5 :  ch. 

20.  6,  21. 

4-7 
"  ver.  36 ; 

ell.  2!t.  17, 

l.s  ;  34.  17 ; 

Kzek.  14. 

21 
f>Dt.  4.  26; 

.losh.  23. 

I''.  16; 

Zech.  1.  6 


*"  ver.  8 
«'  Num.  16. 

•.I' :  -.i?.  10 
'  ver.  17  ; 

Mt.  19.  26 
/ver.  3,  21. 

36 ;  ch.  19. 

7-12;  34. 

2.  3 
"ch.  21.  10, 

3!>.  X; 

2  Chr.  36. 
19 
A  ch.  19.  13; 

766 


pass ;  and,  behold,  thou  seest  it. 
25  And  'thou  hast  said  unto  me, 
O  Lord  Jehovah,  Buy  thee  the 
field  fur  money,  and  call  witnesses; 
whereas  the  city  is  given  into  the 
hand  of  the  Chaldeans. 

26  Then  came  the  word  of  Jeho- 
vah unto  Jeic'iiiiah,  saying,  27  Be- 
hold, I  am  Jehovah,  tlie  ''God  of 
all  flesh:  is  there  anything  "too 
hard  for  me"?  28  Iherefore  thus 
saith  Jehovah  :  Behold,  1  will -^ give 
this  city  into  the  hand  of  the  Cnal- 
deans,  and  into  the  hand  of  Nebu- 
chadrezzar king  of  Babylon,  and 
he  shall  take  it :  29  and  the  Chal- 
deans, that  fight  against  this  citj', 
shall  come  and  "set  this  city  on 
fire,  and  burn  it,  with  the  ''  houses, 
upon  whose  roofs  they  have  ofi'erea 
incense  unto  Baal,  and  poured  out 
drink-offerings  unto  other  gods,  to 
provoke  me  to  anger.  30  For  the 
children  of  Israel  and  the  children 
of  Judah  have  done  only  that  which 
was  'evil  in  my  .sight  *from  their 
youth  ;  for  the  children  of  Israel 
have  'only  provoked  me  to  anger 
with  the  work  of  their  hands,  saith 
Jehovah.  31  For  this  city  hath 
been  to  me  a  '"  provocation  of  mine 
anger  and  of  my  wrath  from  the 
day  that  they  built  it  even  unto 
this  day  ;  that  I  should  "  remove  it 
from  before  my  face,  32  because  of 
all  the  evil  of  the  children  of  Israel 
and  of  the  children  of  Judah,  which 
they  have  done  to  provoke  me  to 
auger,  they,  their  "kings,  their 
princes,  their  priests,  and  their 
prophets,  and  the  men  of  Judah, 
and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem. 
33  And  they  have  ^'turned  unto 
me  the  back,  and  not  the  face  :  and 
though  I  taught  them,  ''rising  up 
early  and  teaching  them,  yet  they 
have  not  hearkened  to  i-eccive  in- 
struction. 34  But  they  "".set  their 
abominations  in  the  house  which  is 
called  by  my  name,  to  defile  it.  35 
And  they  built  the  "  high  iilaces  of 
Baal,  which  are  in  the  valley  of  the 
son  of  Hinnom.  to  'cause  1  heir  sons 
and  their  daughters  to  i)ass  t  lirough 
f/ief  re  unto'  ^lolech  ;  which  1  com- 
manded them  not,  neither  came  it 

+4.  17-19,  25  ;  52.  13  «  ch.  2.  7  ;  7.  23-26  ;  Dt.  9.  7-12  ; 
Is.  ta.  10  *  ch.  3.  2-'> ;  2'2.  2I  '  ch.  8.  19  ;  1 1.  17  ;  26. 7 
'"  ch.  6.  0-11 :  0.  6,  7  ;  1  K.  11.  7,  8  :  2  K.  21.  4-7,  16 ; 
Mt.  23.  37  *  ch.  27.  10  :  2  K.  23.  27  ;  24.  3,  4  <>  ch. 
2.  26 ;  44.  17,  21 ;  Ezr.  0.  7 .  Is.  1.  4-6,  23  ''  ch.  2.  27  ; 
IS.  17  ;  Ezek.  8.  IC ;  Zech.  7.  11  "  ch.  25.  3 :  26.  5  ; 
36.  16 ;  2  Chr.  .36.  15,  16  ;  .In.  8.  2  •■  ch.  7.  .10,  31 ; 
2  K  21.  4-7  •  ch.  7.  31  :  V.I.  6 :  2  Chr  28.  2,  3 ;  33.  6 
'  Lev.  18.  21 ,  20.  2-o;  1  K.  11.  7 ;  2  K.  23.  10;  AcU 
7.  43 


32.36 


JEREMIAH 


33.12 


lext,  Restoration  from  Captivity  is  promised.    Peace  and  Joy  to  return  to  Jerosalem 


into  my  ^  mind,  that  they  should 
do  this  abomination,  to  cause  Judah 
to  sin. 

36  And  now  therefore  thus  saith 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel,  con- 
cerning this  city,  whereof  ye  say, 
It  is  "given  into  the  hand  of  the 
king  of  Babylon  by  the  sword,  and 
by  the  famine,  and  by  the  pesti- 
lence :  37  Behold,  I  will  *  gather 
them  out  of  all  the  countries, 
whither  I  have  driven  them  in 
mine  anger,  and  in  my  wrath,  and 
in  great  indignation ;  and  I  will 
bring  them  again  unto  this  place, 
and  I  will  "cause  them  to  dwell 
safely.  38  And  they  shall  be  ^  my 
people,  and  I  will  be  their  God : 

39  and  I  will "  give  them  one  heart 
and  one  way,  that  they  may  fear 
me  for  ever,  for  the  •'^good  of  them, 
and  of  their  children  after  them  : 

40  and  I  will  make  an  ^  everlasting 
covenant  with  them,  that  I  will  ''not 
turn  away  from  following  them,  to 
do  them  good  ;  and  I  will  '■  put  my 
fear  in  their  hearts,  that  they  may 
not  depart  from  me.  41  Yea,  I  will 
*  rejoice  over  them  to  do  them  good, 
and  I  will '  plant  them  in  this  land 
-assuredly  with  my  ™ whole  heart 
and  with  my  whole  soul.  42  For 
thus  saith  Jehovah  :  "Like  as  I  have 
bi'ought  all  this  great  evil  upon  this 
people,  so  will  I "  bring  upon  them 
all  the  good  that  I  have  promised 
them.  43  And  ^fields  shall  be 
bought  in  this  land,  whereof  ye 
say,  It  is  desolate,  without  man  or 
beast ;  it  is  given  into  the  hand  of 
the  Chaldeans.  44  Men  shall  buy 
fields  for  money,  and  « subscribe 
the  deeds,  and  seal  them,  and  call 
witnesses,  in  the  "■  land  of  Benja- 
min, and  in  the  places  about  Jeru- 
salem, and  in  the  cities  of  Judah, 
and  in  the  cities  of  the  hill-coun- 
try, and  in  the  cities  of  the  low- 
land, and  in  the  cities  of  the  South : 
for  I  will  *  cause  their  captivity  to 
return,  saith  Jehovah. 

O  O  Moreover  the  word  of  Je- 
O  O  hovah  came  unto  Jeremiah 
the  second  time,  while  he  was  yet 
'shut  up  in  the  court  of  the  guard, 
saying,  2  Thus  saith  Jehovah  that 
doeth  it,  "Jehovah  that  formeth  it 
to  establish  it ;  "  Jehovah  is  his 
name  :  3  ^  Call  unto  me,  and  I  will 
answer  thee,  and  will  show  thee 
^ great  things,  and  ^difficult,  which 
thou  ^knowest  not.     4  For  thus 

1  Heb.  heart.  s  Heb.  in  truth. 

8  Heb.  fortified. 


"  ver.  24 ; 

ch.  10.  12, 

13 
b  ch.  16.  14, 

15  ;  23.  3, 

8 ;  Dt.  30. 

3 ;  Ps.  100. 

47;  Is.  11. 

11-16; 

Ezek.  11. 

17;  Hos.  1. 

11  ;  Am.  9. 

14,  15 
'^  ch.  23.  6 ; 

Ezek.  34. 

25,  28  , 

Zech.  14. 11 
d  ch.  30.  22  ; 

Ezek.  11. 

19,  20 
'  ch.  31.  33 ; 

2  Chr.  30. 

12 ;  Jn.  17. 

21  ;  Acts 

4.  32 
/Dt.  11. 

18-21 ; 

Ezek.  37. 

25 
^  ch.  31.  33  , 

50.  5 ;  Is. 
56.  3 

ft  Dt.  31.  6, 

8;  Ezek. 

39.  29 
!  ch.  24.  7 ; 

31.  33 
k  Dt.  30.  9 ; 

Is.  62.  6 ; 

65.  19 
'  ch.  31.  28  ; 

Am.  9.  15 
"'  Hos.  2.  19, 

20 
"ch.  31.  28; 

Zech.  8.  14, 

15 
"  ch.  33.  14 
P  ver.  15, 25 ; 

Ezek.  37. 

11-14 
9  ver.  10 
■■  ch.  17.  26 ; 

33.  13 
»  ch.  31.  23 ; 

33.  7,  11,  26 
t  ch.  32.  2,  3, 

8  ;  37.  21  ; 

38.  28 
"  ch.  10.  16 ; 

51.  19 

"  Ex.  3.  15 ; 
6.  3  ;  15.  3 

^  ch.  29.  12 ; 

Ps.  50.  15  ; 

Is.  55.  6,  7 

y  ch.  32.  17, 

27 
'  Is.  48.  6 


"  Is.  32.  13, 

14 
b  ch.  .32.  24  ; 

Ezek.  4. 

2;  21.  22 ; 

Hab.  1.  10 
"  ch.  21.  4-7 ; 

32.  6 
rf  ch.  21.  10  , 

Is.  8.  17 ; 

Mic.  3.  4 
« ch.  17. 14 ; 

30.  17 ; 
Hos.  6.  1 

/  Is.  66.  12  ; 

Gal.  5.  22, 

23 
'  ver.  26 ; 

ch.  32.  44  ; 

Ps.  85.  1 
ft  ch.  30.  18  ; 

31.  4,  38  ; 
Am.  9.  14, 
15 

■  ch.  50.  20  i 

766 


saith  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel, 
concerning  the  "  houses  of  this  city, 
and  concerning  the  houses  of  the 
kings  of  Judah,  which  are  broken 
down  to  make  a  defence  against  the 

*  mounds  and  against  the  sword ; 
5  while  men  come  to  *"  fight  with 
the  Chaldeans,  and  to  fill  them 
with  the  dead  bodies  of  men,  whom  ^ 
I  have  slain  in  mine  anger  and  in 
my  wrath,  and  for  all  whose  wick- 
edness I  have  ''hid  my  face  from 
this  city  :  6  Behold,  I  will  bring  it 
■* "  health  and  cure,  and  I  will  cure 
them  ;  and  I  will  reveal  unto  them 
-'^ abundance  of  peace  and  truth. 
7  And  I  will  cause  the  ^captivity 
of  Judah  and  the  captivity  of 
Israel  to  return,  and  will  ''build 
them,  as  at  the  first.  8  And  I  will 
'cleanse  them  from  all  their  iniq- 
uity, whereby  they  have  sinned 
against  me ;  and  I  will  pardon  all 
their  iniquities,  whereby  they  have 
sinned  against  me,  and  whereby 
they  have  transgressed  against  me 

9  And  this  city  shall  be  to  me  for  a 

*  name  of  joy,  for  a  praise  and  for  a 
glory,  before  '  all  the  nations  of  the 
earth,  which  shall  hear  all  the  '"good 
that  I  do  unto  them,  and  shall "  fear 
and  tremble  for  all  the  good  and  for 
all  the  peace  that  I  procure  unto  it. 

10  Thus  saith  Jehovah:  Yet 
again  there  shall  be  heard  in  this 
place,  whereof  ye  say.  It  is  "  waste, 
without  man  and  without  beast, 
even  in  the  cities  of  Judah,  and 
in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem,  that 
are  *  desolate,  without  man  and 
without  inhabitant  and  without 
beast,  11  the  voice  of  « joy  and  the 
voice  of  gladness,  the  voice  of 
the  bridegrooni  and  the  voice  of 
the  bride,  the  voice  of  them  that 
say,  ''Give  thanks  to  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  for  Jehovah  is  good,  for  his 
lovingkindness  endureth  for  ever  ; 
and  of  them  that  bring  sacrifices 
of  '  thanksgiving  into  the  house  of 
Jehovah.  For  I  will  'cause  the 
captivity  of  the  land  to  return  as 
at  the  first,  saith  Jehovah. 

1 2  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts  : 
Yet  again  shall  there  be  in  this 
place,  which  is  "waste,  "without 

Ps.  51.  2  ;  Is.  44.  22  ;  Ezek.  36.  25,  33 ;  Mic.  7.  18, 19  ; 
Zech.  13.  1 ;  Heb.  9.  11-14  *  ch.  13.  11 ;  Is.  62.  2,  4 
'  ch.  3. 17, 19 ;  4.  2 ;  16.  19  "*  ch.  24.  6 ;  32.  42  "  Neh. 
6.  16  ;  Ps.  40.  3  ;  Hos.  3.  5  "  ch.  32.  43  ^ch.  26.  9; 
34.22  9  Is.  3.5. 10 ;  51.  3,  U  »■  1  Chr.  16.  8,  34 ;  2  Chr. 
5.  13  ;  Ps.  106.  1 ;  107.  1  »  ch.  17.  26 ;  30.  19 ;  Lev.  7. 
12,  13 ,  Ps.  107.  22 ;  Heb.  13.  16  '  ver.  7  "  ver.  10 
"  ch.  32.  43 ;  36.  29  ;  61.  62 


♦  Heb.  a  bandage. 


33.13 


JEREMIAH 


34.8 


Tlie  Righteons  Branrh  and  the  Snre  Covenant.    Zcdekiah  forewarned  of  Jernsalem's  Overthrow 


man  and  witliout  beast,  and  in  all 
the  cities  thereof,  a  habitation  of 
shepherds  causing  their  "tlocks 
to  lie  down.  13  In  the  /cities 
of  the  hill-country,  in  the  cities  of 
the  lowland,  and  in  the  cities  of 
the  South,  and  in  the  land  of  Ben- 

J'amin,  and  in  the  places  about 
erusalem,  and  in  the  cities  of 
Judah,  shall  the  Hocks  ajjain 
*nass  under  the  hands  of  him 
that  numbereth  them,  saith  Je- 
hovah. 

14  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith 
Jehovah,  that  I  will  ''perform  that 
good  word  which  I  have  spoken 
concerning  the  house  of  Israel  and 
concerning  the    house    of   Judah. 

15  In  those  days,  and  at  that 
time,  will  I  cause  a  'Branch  of 
righteousness  to  grow  up  unto 
David  ;  and  he  shall  execute  -^jus- 
tice and  righteousness  in  the  land. 

16  In  those  days  shall  "Judah  be 
saved,  and  Jerusalem  shall  dwell 
safely ;  and  this  is  tJie  name 
whereby  she  shall  be  called:  ''Je- 
hovah our  righteousness.  1 7  For 
thus  .saith  Jehovah  :  ^  David  shall 
'never  want  a  man  to  sit  upon  the 
throne  of  the  house  of  Israel ;  18 
neither  shall  the  *  priests  the  Le- 
vites  want  a  man  before  me  to 
offer  burnt-offerings,  and  to  burn 
meal-offerings,  and  to  '  do  sacrifice 
continually. 

19  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  Jeremiah,  saying,  20 
Thus  saith  Jehovah :  If  ye  can 
•"break  my  covenant  of  the  day, 
and  my  covenant  of  the  night,  so 
that  there  shall  not  be  day  and 
night  in  their  season ;  2 1  then 
may  also  my  "  covenant  be  broken 
witli  David  my  servant,  that  he 
shall  not  have  a  son  to  reign  upon 
his  throne ;  and  with  the  Le\'ites 
the  "priests,  my  ministers.  22  As 
the  *  host  of  heaven  cannot  be  num- 
bered, neither  the  'sand  of  the  sea 
measured;  so  will  I  ''multiply  the 
seed  of  David  my  servant,  and  the 
*  Levites  that  minister  unto  me. 

23  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  to  Jeremiah,  saying,  24  Con- 
siderest  thou  not  wliat  this  peo- 
ple have  spoken,  saj^ing.  The  'two 
families  which  Jehovah  did  choose, 
he  hath  "cast  them  off?  thus  do 
they  'despise  my  people,  that  they 
liiould  be  no  more  a  nation  before 
them.  25  Thus  saith  Jehovah  :  If 
my  ^covenant   of  day  and   night 

1  Heb.  There  shall  not  be  cut  off  from  David. 


"ch.  31.  II!; 

Is.  «;>.  lu; 

Eiiek.  34. 
lU-ll . 
Zeph.  2. 
6,  7 

*  ch.  17.  26  ; 
■i-i.  44 

'  Lev.  27. 
32.  Lk. 

16.  4 
rf  ver.  9 ;  ch. 
32.  42 ;  Ib. 
32.  1.  2; 
Ezek.  34. 

Hag!  2.  0-0 
'  ch.  -a.  5, 

G  ;  3u.  u ; 

Is.  4.  2; 

11.  1-j; 

Zech.  3. 

8  ;  ti.  12,  13 
/I's.  72.  1-0 
"  ch.  23.  U  i 

Is.  4o.  17, 

22 
A  ch.  23.  6 ; 

Is.  4;).  24, 

2i ;  1  Cor. 

I.  ?,0  ; 

2  Cor.  5. 
21 ;  Phil. 
3.  9 
'2S.  7.  16; 
1  K.  2.  4  ; 
8.  a-> ;  Ps. 
89.  29-37 

*  Dt.  IS. 

1  ;  2-1.  8  ; 
Josh.  3.  3  , 
Ezek.  44. 

15 
'  Ex.  29.  4  ; 

Ezr.  3.  5 ; 

Heb.  13.  15 
"'  ver.  25 ; 

ch.  31.  35- 

37  ;  Ps.  89. 

37;  101. 

19-23;  Is. 

64.  9,  10 
"  2  S.  23.  5  ; 

2  Chr.  7. 
18  ;  21.  7 

°  ver.  18 
>'  Gen.  15.  5 
1  Gen.  22.  17 
"■  ch.  .'iO.  19 ; 

Ezek.  37. 

10-14,  24-27 
'  ver.  18 ; 

Is.  Wj.  21 
'  ver.  26 ; 

ch.  3.  7,  8, 

10,  18; 

Is.  7.  17  ; 

II,  13; 
Ezek.  37. 

"  cii.  30.  17 
"  Neh.  4. 

Est^.  3. 

R-S; 

Ps.  44.  13, 
14; 
83.  4 ; 

Ezek.  30.  2 
"^  ver.  20 ; 
ch.  31.  35, 
36 


y  Ps.  74.  16, 

17 
'ch.  31.  37 
°  Gen.  49.  10 
(>  ver.  7 
'ch.  31.  20; 

Is.  14.  1 ; 

M.  8; 

Ezek.  39. 

Hos.  1.  7 ; 

2.  23 

767 


stand  not,  if  I  have  "not  appointed 
the  ordinances  of  heaven  and  earth ; 
20  then  will  I  also  ^cast  away  the 
seed  of  Jacob,  and  of  David  my 
servant,  so  that  I  will  not  take  of 
his  seed  to  be  "  rulers  over  the  seed 
of  Abraham,  Isaac,  and  Jacob  :  for 
I  will  ■-''cause  their  captivity  to 
return,  and  will  have  'mercy  on 
them. 

O  /4_  The  word  which  came 
Ort  unto  Jeiemiah  from  Jeho- 
vah, when  ''Nebuchadnezzar  king 
of  Babylon,  and  all  his  army,  and 
'all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  that 
were  under  his  dominion,  and  all 
the  peoples,  were  fighting  against 
Jerusalem,  and  against  all  the 
cities  thereof,  saying :  2  Thus 
saith  Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel, 
•'Go,  and  speak  to  Zedekiah  king 
of  Judah,  and  tell  him,  Thus  saith 
Jehovah,  Behold,  I  will  *'give  this 
city  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
Babylon,  and  he  shall  burn  it  with 
fire  :  3  and  ''  thou  shalt  not  escape 
out  of  his  hand,  but  shalt  surely 
be  taken,  and  delivered  into  his 
hand ;  and  thine  'ej-es  shall  be- 
hold the  eyes  of  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon, and  he  shall  speak  wdth  thee 
mouth  to  mouth,  and  thou  shalt 
go  to  Babylon.  4  Yet  hear  the 
word  of  Jehovah,  O  Zcdekiah  king 
of  Judah:  Thus  saith  Jehovah  con- 
cerning thee.  Thou  shalt  not  die 
by  the  sword  ;  5  thou  shalt  die  in 
peace  ;  and  with  the  burnings  of 
thy  fathers,  the  former  kings  that 
were  before  thee,  so  shall  they 
'^^make  a  burning  for  thee;  ana 
they  shall  'lament  thee,  saying^ 
Ah  lord!  for  I  have  spoken  the 
word,  saith  Jehovah. 

6  Then  Jeremiah  the  prophet 
spake  "all  these  words  unto  Zede- 
kiah king  of  Judah  in  Jerusalem, 
7  when  the  king  of  Babylon's 
army  was  fighting  against  Jeru- 
salem, and  against  all  the  cities 
of  Judah  that  were  left,  against 
"Lachish  and  against  "Azekah; 
for  these  alone  remained  of  the 
cities  of  Judah  as  ^fortified  cities. 

8  The  word  that  came  unto  Jere- 
miah from  Jehovah,  after  that  the 

■*  ch  32  2 ,  39.  1-3  ;  52.  4  •  ch.  1.  15 ;  27.  7  ;  Dan.  2. 
37,38  /ch.  22.  1.2;  :t7.  1-4,  2  Chr.  30.  11,  12  "ver. 
22 ;  ch.  32.  29 ;  :i7.  8-I0  'i  ver.  21 ;  ch.  21.  7  ;  2  K.  25. 
4,5  -ch.  39.  6,7;  2  K.  25.6,  7  *  2  Chr.  10.  14 ;  21.  19 
'  ch    22.  18  "*  1  8.  3.  18 ;   15.  16-24  ;    1  K.  21.  18 

"  Josh.  10.  .■?,  5  ;  2  K.  14. 19 ;  18.  14 ;  Is.  36.  2  "  Josh. 
10.  10 ;  2  Chr.  11.9    f-l  Chr.  11.  5-10 


s  Or,  return  to  their  captivity 


34.9 


JEKEMIAH 


csae 


Breach  of  Faith  tonfernin?  Heltrew  Servants  to  be  pnnished.    The  Rechabites  refnse  to  drink  Wine 


king  Zedekiah  had  "made  a  co^'e- 
nant  with  all  the  people  that  were 
at  Jerusalem,  to  'proclaim  liberty 
unto  them ;  9  that  every  man 
should  let  his  man-servant,  and 
every  man  his  maid-servant,  that 
is  a  "Hebrew  or  a  Hebrewess,  go 
free  ;  that  none  should  make  bond- 
men of  them,  to  wit,  of  a  5ew  his 
brother.  10  And  all  the  "*  princes 
and  all  the  people  obeyed,  that  had 
entered  into  the  covenant,  that 
every  one  should  let  his  man- 
servant, and  every  one  his  maid- 
servant, go  free,  that  none  should 
make  bondmen  of  them  any  more  ; 
they  obeyed,  and  let  them  go  :  11 
but  ^  af texwards^they  turned,  and 
caused  the  servants  and  the  hand- 
maids, whom  they  had  let  go  free, 
to  return,  and  brought  them  into 
subjection  for  servants  and  for 
handmaids. 

12  Therefore  the  word  of  Je- 
hovah came  to  Jeremiah  from 
Jehovah,  saying,  13  Thus  saith 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  Israel :  I 
made  a  -'covenant  with  your  fa- 
thers in  the  day  that  I  ^brought 
them  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of  ^  bond- 
age, saying,  14  ''At  the  end  of 
seven  years  ye  shall  let  go  every 
man  his  brother  that  is  a  Hebrew, 
that  '■^hath  been  sold  unto  thee, 
and  hath  served  thee  six  years, 
thou  shalt  let  him  go  free  from 
thee :  but  your  fathers  '  heark- 
ened not  unto  me,  neither  inclined 
their  ear.  15  And  ye  were  now 
turned,  and  *had  done  that  which 
is  right  in  mine  eyes,  in  proclaim- 
ing liberty  every  man  to  his  neigh- 
bor ;  and  ye  had  '  made  a  covenant 
before  me  in  the  "house  which  is 
called  by  my  name :  16  but  ye 
"turned  and  "profaned  my  name, 
and  caused  every  man  his  servant, 
and  every  man  his  handmaid,  whom 
ye  had  let  go  free  at  their  pleasure, 
to  return ;  and  ye  brought  them 
into  subjection,  to  be  unto  you  for 
servants  and  for  handmaids. 

17  Therefore  thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah :  Ye  have  not  hearkened  unto 
me,  to  proclaim  liberty,  every  man 
to  his  brother,  and  every  man  to 
his  neighbor :  behold,  I  ^  proclaim 
unto  you  a  liberty,  saith  Jehovah, 
to  the  'sword,  to  the  pestilence, 
and  to  the  famine;  and  I  will 
make  you  to  be  ^'tossed  to  and 

1  Heb.  bondvien.         *  Or,  hath  sold  himself 
3  Or,  o  terror  unto 


«2K.  11.  17; 

23.  2,  3 
>>  ver.  14,  17  ; 

Lev.  26.  10, 

39-4e; 

Neh.  5.  1- 

13 
"  Gen.  14. 

13  ;  Ex.  2.  6 
d  ch.  26.  10, 

16 
^  ver.  21 ; 

ch.  37.  6 ; 

Ps.  7S.  31- 

36;  Hos. 

6.  4 

/ch.  31.  32; 
Ex.  24.  3, 

7,  8 ;  Dt. 
<■).  2,  3,  27 

»  Ex.  20.  2 
''  Ex.  21.  2  ; 

Dt.  15. 

12  ;  1  K.  9. 

22 
■  1  S.  8.  7,  8  ; 

2  K.  17.  13, 

14 
*-"  ver.  8 
'  2  K.  23.  3  ; 

Neh.  10.  29 
"'  ch.  7.  10, 

11  ;  32.  34 
"  ver.  11 ; 

1  S,  15.  11 ; 

Ezek.  3. 

20;  IS.  24 
"  Ex.  20.  7 
''  Lev.  26.  34, 

35;  Esth. 

7. 10 ;  Dan. 

6.  24 ;  Mt. 

7.  2 

«  ch.  32.  24  ; 

38.  2 
"■  ch.  29.  18  ; 

Dt.  28. 

25,  64 


'  Dt.  17. 

2  ;  Ho8.  6. 

7;  8.  1 
'  Gen.  15.  10 
"  ver.  10 ; 

Ezek.  22. 

27 ;  Mic.  7. 

1-5;  Zeph. 

3.  3,  4 
•■ch.  11.  21 ; 

21.  7  ;  22.  25 
"  ch.  19.  7  ; 

1  S.  17.  44, 
46 ;  1  K. 
14.  II  ;  16.4 

V  ch.  32.  3,  4  ; 

39. 6;  52.  in, 

24-27  ;  2  K. 

25.  18-21 ; 

Ezek.  17. 16 
^  ch.  .37.  5-11 
"  ch.  37.  8 
>>  ver.  2 
"ch.  4.  7 
rf  ch.  33.  10 ; 

44.  22 
"ch.  1.  3; 

27.  20 ; 

2  K.  23.  34- 
36  :  24.  1  ; 
Dan.  1.  1 

/ver.  9, 11 
9  1  Chr.  2.  .55 
h  1  K.  6.  5,  6, 

8;  iChr. 

9.  26,  33 

•  Dt.  33. 

1  ;  Josh. 
14.  6;  1  K. 
12.  22  ;  2  K. 
1.  9-13 

*  Am.  2.  12  ; 

2  Cor.  2.  9 
'  2  K.  10.  15, 

23 

•"  1  Chr.  2.  55 
768 


fro  among  all  the  kingdoms  of  the 
earth.  1 8  And  I  will  give  the  men 
that  have  "transgressed  my  cove- 
nant, that  have  not  performed  the 
words  of  the  covenant  which  they 
made  before  me,  '^when  they  'cut 
the  calf  in  twain  and  passed  be- 
tween the^  parts  thereof  ;  1 9  the 
"princes  of  Judah,  and  the  princes^ 
of  Jerusalem,  the  eunuchs,  and  the 
priests,  and  all  the  people  of  the 
land,  that  imssed  between  the  parts 
of  the  calf ;  20  I  will  even  give 
them  into  the  hand  of  their  ene- 
mies, and  into  the  hand  of  them 
that  "seek  their  life;  and  their 
•'^  dead  bodies  shall  be  for  food  unto 
the  birds  of  the  heavens,  and  to 
the  beasts  of  the  earth.  21  And 
^Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  and  his 
princes  will  I  give  into  the  hand  of 
their  enemies,  and  into  the  hand 
of  them  that  seek  their  life,  and 
into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon's army,  that  are  ^gone  away 
from  you.  22  Behold,  I  will  com- 
mand, saith  Jehovah,  and  cause 
them  to  "  return  to  this  city ;  and 
they  shall  fight  against  it,  and 
take  it,  and  *burn  it  with  fire: 
and  I  will  make  the  cities  of 
Judah  a  "desolation,  ''without  in- 
habitant. 

0  ^  The  word  which  came 
O?-^  unto  Jeremiah  from  Jeho- 
vah in  the  days  of  "  Jehoiakim 
the  son  of  Josiah,  king  of  Judah, 
saying,  2  Go  unto  the  ■'house  of 
the  ^Rechabites,  and  speak  unto 
them,  and  bring  them  into  the 
house  of  Jehovah,  into  one  of  the 
''charnbers,  and  give  them  wine 
to  drink.  3  Then  I  took  Jaaza- 
niah  the  son  of  Jeremiah,  the  son 
of  Habazziniah,  and  his  brethren, 
and  all  his  sons,  and  the  whole 
house  of  the  Rechabites ;  4  and  I 
brought  them  into  the  house  of 
Jehovah,  into  the  chamber  of  the 
sons  of  Hanan  the  son  of  Igdaliah, 
the  *man  of  God,  which  was  by 
the  chamber  of  the  princes,  whicn 
was  above  the  chamber  of  Maa- 
seiah  the  son  of  Shallum,  the 
keeper  of  the  threshold.     5    And 

1  set  before  the  sons  of  the  house 
of  the  Rechabites  bowls  full  of 
wine,  and  cups;  and  I  said  unto 
them,  *  Drink  ye  wine.  6  But 
they  said.  We  will  drink  no  wine  ; 
for  Monadab  the  son  of  "Rechab, 
our  father,  commanded  us,  saying, 

*  Heb.  the  calf  which  they  cut  <fcc. 


35.7 


JEREMIAH 


36.7 


Jadah  reboked  by  the  Rechabites'  Fidelity  t«  their  Foooder.    Jeremiah  direrts  Barocli  to  read  bis  Roll  in  the  Tiuiple 


Ye  shall  "drink  no  wine,  neither 
ye,  nor  your  sons,  for  ever :  7  nei- 
ther shall  ye  build  house,  nor  sow 
seed,  nur  plant  vineyard,  nor  have 
any  ;  but  all  your  days  ye  shall 
dwell  in  ''tents;  that  ye  may  live 
"many  days  in  the  land  wherein 
ye  "^  sojourn.  8  And  we  have 
"obeyed  the  voice  of  Jonadab  the 
son  of  Ivechab,  our  father,  in  all 
that  he  charged  us,  to  drink  no 
wine  all  our  days,  we,  our  wives, 
our  sons,  or  our  daughters ;  9  nor 
to  build  nouses  for  us  to  dwell  in  ; 
■''neither  have  we  vineyard,  nor 
field,  nor  seed:  10  but  we  have 
"dwelt  in  tents,  and  have  obeyed, 
and  done  according  to  all  that 
*. Jonadab  our  father  commanded 
us.  11  But  it  came  to  pass,  when 
'Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon 
came  up  into  the  land,  that  we  said. 
Come,  and  let  us  *go  to  Jerusalem 
for  fear  of  the  army  of  the  Chalde- 
ans, and  for  fear  of  the  army  of  the 
Syrians  ;  so  we  'dw^ell  at  Jerusalem. 
1 2  Then  came  the  word  of  Jeho- 
vah unto  Jeremiah,  saying,  13 
Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel :  Go,  and  say  to  the 
men  of  Judah  and  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem,  ™Will  ye  not  receive 
instruction  to  hearken  to  my 
words'?  saith  Jehovah.  14  The 
"words  of  Jonadab  the  son  of 
Rechab,  that  he  cornmanded  his 
sons,  not  to  drink  wine,  are  per- 
formed ;  and  unto  this  day  tliey 
drink  none,  for  they  obey  their 
father's  commandment.  But  I 
have  spoken  unto  you,  "rising  up 
early  and  speaking ;  and  ye  have 
p  not  hearkened  unto  me.  15  I 
have  sent  also  unto  you  all  my 
'servants  the  prophets,  rising  up 
early  and  sending  them,  saying, 
'■Return  ye  now  every  man  from 
his  evil  way,  and  amend  your 
doings,  and  'go  not  after  other 
gods  to  serve  them,  and  ye  shall 
'dwell  in  the  land  which  I  have 
given  to  you  and  to  your  fathers : 
but  ye  have  not  "  inclined  your 
ear,  nor  hearkened  unto  me.  16 
Forasmuch  as  the  sons  of  Jonadab 
the  son  of  Rechab  have  *■  performed 
the  commandment  of  their  father 
which  he  commanded  them,  but 
this  people  hath  not  hearkened 
unto  me;  17  therefore  thus  saith 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  Israel :  Behold.  '  I  will  bring 
upon  Judah  and  upon  all  the  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem  all  the  evil 
25 


"  Lev.  Id.  9 ; 

Num.  I). 

'J-4 ;  Judg. 

l.i.  7,  14 ; 

l,k.  1.  lo 
t>  Gen.  '.Vi 

'.;- ;  Ueb. 

11.  9 
"  Ex.  20.  12 ; 

E|ih.  (i.  2, :; 
«'  Gen.  36.  7  ; 

1  Chr.  IG. 

19 
'Prov.  1.  8, 

U;  4.  1.  2, 

lit;  tj.  2(1  , 
ICph.  0.  1 ; 
{■(A.  :!.  2(1 
/  ver.  7  ;  Ps. 
:17.  i(i; 

1  Tim.  6.  C 
"  ver.  7 

*  ver.  6,  7 
>2K.  21.  1, 
2 ;  Dan.  1. 

t  eii"  4.5-7; 

^.  14 
'  ver.  2 
'"  ch.  5.  .3 ; 

ti.  S-IO;  32. 

S.'i ;  Is.  28. 

9-12 
"  ver.  6-10 
"ch.  7.  13, 

26;  11.  7; 

2.'..  3,  4 ; 

2  Chr.  3C. 
1.") 

'"  Is.  30.  9 ; 

f.(i.  2 
1  ch.  26.  5  , 

20.  19  i  32. 

33 
•■  ch.  4.  1 ; 

18.  11 ;  Is. 

1.  16,  17  ; 

Ezek.  18. 

30-32 ; 

Acts  26.  20 
'  ch.  7.  6 ; 

13.  10  ;  26. 

6;  Dt. 

6.  14 

'  ch.  7.  7 ; 

22.  4 ;  25. 

5.  G 
"  ch.  7.  24, 

26;  11.  8; 

17.  23 ;  34. 

14 
"  ver.  14 ; 

Mai.  1.  6 
"  ch.  19.  3, 

16 ;  21.  4- 

10;  Mic. 

3.  12 


^ch.  7.  13, 

26,  27  ;  26. 

5  ;  Prov. 

1.  24,  26; 

Is.  65.  12 ; 

66.4; 

Lk.  13.  34, 

35; 

Rom.  10. 

21 
=  Ex.  20.  12 ; 

Eph.  6.  1-3 
"  ch.  33.  17  ; 

1  Chr.  2.  .V. 
i>ch.  15.  19; 

Lk.  21.  36 
«ch  26.  1,3; 

46.  1 ;  46. 

2;  2k. 

24.  1 
d  ver.  0.  23, 

28;  Ex.  17. 

14  ;  Zech. 

6.  1,  2 
'ch.  1.  9,  10 
/ch.  3.  3-10; 

23.  13,  14; 

769 


that  I  have  pronounced  against 
them ;  becau.se  I  have  "spoken  unto 
them,  but  they  have  not  heard ; 
and  I  have  called  unto  them,  but 
they  have  not  answered. 

IS  And  Jeremiah  said  unto  the 
house  of  the  Rechabites,  Thus 
saith  Jehovah  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
Israel:  Because  ye  have  'obeyed 
the  commandment  of  Jonadab  your 
father,  and  keiit  all  his  precepts, 
and  done  according  unto  all  tnat 
he  commanded  you  ;  1 9  therefore 
thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts,  the 
(iod  of  Israel :  Jonadab  the  son  of 
Rechab  "shall  not  want  a  man  to 
''  stand  before  me  for  ever. 

O/^  And  it  came  to  pass  in 
0\J  the  "^fourth  year  of  Jehoi- 
akim  the  son  of  Josiah,  king  of 
-ludah,  that  this  word  came  unto 
Jeremiah  from  Jehovah,  saying, 
2  Take  thee  a  ''roll  of  a  book,  and 
write  therein  all  the  ^  words  that 
I  have  spoken  unto  thee  against 
•'^Israel,  and  against  ■''Judah,  and 
against  all  the  "nations,  from  the 
''day  I  spake  unto  thee,  from  the 
days  of  Josiah,  even  unto  this  day. 
.3  '  It  may  be  that  the  house  of 
Judah  will  hear  all  the  evil  which 
I  purpose  to  do  unto  them ;  that 
they  may  *  return  everj''  man  irom 
his  evil  way ;  that  I  may  'forgive 
their  iniquity  and  their  sin. 

4  Then  Jeremiah  called  "*  Baruch 
the  son  of  Neriah  ;  and  Baruch 
wrote  from  the  mouth  of  Jeremiah 
all  the  words  of  Jehovah,  which 
he  had  .spoken  unto  him,  upon  a 
"  roll  of  a  book.  5  And  Jeremiah 
commanded  Baruch,  saying,  I  am 
'"shut  up;  I  cannot  go  into  the 
house  of  Jehovah :  6  therefore  go 
thou,  and  ^read  in  the  roll,  which 
thou  hast "  written  from  my  mouth, 
tlie  words  of  Jehovah  in  the  ears 
of  the  people  in  Jehovah's  house 
upon  ■-  the  *■  fast-day  ;  and  also  thou 
shalt  read  them  in  the  ears  of  all 
Judah  that  come  out  of  their 
cities.  7  'It  may  be  Hhev  will 
present  their  supplication  before 
.Jehovah,  and  will  return  every 
one  from  his  evil  way ;  for  '  great 

.32  .30-32  "ch  1.  5,  10;  25.  9-29;  ch.  47.-ch.  61. 
"  ch.  1.  2.  3 ;  26.  3  <  ver.  7 ;  ch.  26.  3 ;  Ezek.  12.  3 
t  ch.  18.  8,  11 ;  .36.  15  ;  Dt.  .30.  2,  8 ;  1  S.  7.  3 ;  Is.  56  7 
'  .Ton.  3.  10 ;  Mk.  4  12 ;  Acts  3.  19  "  ver.  18 ;  ch. 
32.  12 ;  43.  3  "  ver  14 ;  Ezek.  2.  9  "  ch.  32.  2 ;  33. 
l;2Cor.  11.23  >'ver.  8  «  ver.  4  '"  ver.  9 ;  Zech. 
8.  19  '  ver.  3 ;  ch.  26.  3 ;  1  K.  8.  .%3 ;  2  Chr.  33.  12,  13 
'  ch.  4.  4  i  21.  6  ;  2  K.  22.  13,  17  ;  Lam.  4.  11 

i  OTyrestraitud  ^  Or,  a  fast-day 

3  Ueb.  their  aupplMation  vnll/aU. 


36.8 


JEREMIAH 


36.30 


Jeremiah's  Roll  read  by  Barnch  in  the  Temple  and  before  the  Princes.    The  Roll  is  burned  by  the  King.    It  is  rewritten 


is  the  anger  and  the  wrath  that 
Jehovah  hath  pronounced  against 
this  people.  8  And  Baruch  the 
son  or  Neriah  did  according  to  all 
that  Jeremiah  the  prophet  com- 
manded him,  "  reading  in  the  book 
the  words  of  Jehovah  in  Jehovah's 
house. 

9  Now  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
*  fifth  year  of  Jehoiakim  the  son 
of  Josiah,  king  of  Judah,  in  the 
"ninth  month,  that  all  the  people 
in  Jerusalem,  and  all  the  people 
that  ^  came  from  the  cities  of 
Judah  unto  Jerusalem,  proclaimed 
a  "fast  before  Jehovah.  10  Then 
read  Baruch  in  the  book  the 
words  of  Jeremiah  in  the  house  of 
Jehovah,  in  the  ■'^  chamber  of 
^  Gemariah  the  son  of  Shaphan  the 
''scribe,  in  the  upper  court,  at  the 
'entry  of  the  new  gate  of  Jeho- 
vah's house,  in  the  ears  of  all  the 
people. 

11  And  when  *Micaiah  the  son 
of  Gemariah,  the  son  of  Shaphan, 
had  heard  out  of  the  book  all  the 
words  of  Jehovah,  12  he  went 
down  into  the  king's  house,  into 
the  scribe's  chamber :  and,  lo,  all 
the  princes  wei'e  sitting  there,  to 
wit,  '  Elishama  the  scribe,  and 
'"Delaiah  the  son  of  Shemaiah,  and 
"Elnathan  the  son  of  Achbor, 
and  Gemariah  the  son  of  Shaphan, 
and  Zedekiah  the  son  of  Hana- 
niah,  and  all  the  princes.  1 3  Then 
Micaiah  "declared  unto  them  all 
the  words  that  he  had  heard,  when 
Baruch  read  the  book  in  the  ears 
of  the  people.  14  Therefore  all 
the  princes  sent  ^  Jehudi  the  son  of 
Nethaniah,  the  son  of  Shelemiah, 
the  son  of  Cushi,  unto  Baruch, 
saying.  Take  in  thy  hand  the  roll 
wherein  thou  hast  read  in  the  ears 
of  the  people,  and  come.  So  Ba- 
ruch the  son  of  Neriah  'took  the 
roll  in  his  hand,  and  came  unto 
them.  15  And  they  said  unto  him. 
Sit  down  now,  and  read  it  in  our 
ears.  So  Baruch  /read  it  in  their 
ears.  16  Now  it  came  to  pass, 
when  they  had  heard  all  the  words, 
they  turned  in  *fear  one  toward 
another,  and  said  unto  Baruch, 
We  will  surely  '  tell  the  king  of  all 
these  words.  17  And  they  asked 
Baruch,  saying,  Tell  us  now,  "  How 
didst  thou  write  all  these  words 
at* his  mouth"?  18  Then  Baruch 
answered  them,  "He  pronounced 
all  these  words  unto  me  with  his 
mouth,  and  I  wrote  them  with  ink 


"  ver.  6 ;  ch. 

1.  17 
*  ver.  1 
"  ver.  22 
d  ver.  6 
« 2  Chr.  20. 

3  ;  Esth.  4. 

16 ;  Joel  1. 

14 ;  2.  16  ; 

Jon.  3.  5 
/ch.  35.  4 
"ver.  11,  25 
h  ch.  52.  25  ; 

2  S.  8.  17 
>  ch.  26.  10 
''  ver.  13 
'  ver.  20 
"'  ver.  25 
"  ch.  26.  22 
»  2  K.  22.  10 
P  ver.  21 
9  ver.  2 ; 

Ezek.  2. 

6,  7 
*■  ver.  21 
*ver.  24; 

Acts  24.  25 
<  ch.  13.  18  ; 

Am.  7.  10, 

11 
"  Jn.  fl.  10, 

15,  26 
"  ver.  4  ;  ch. 

43.  2,  3 


^  ver.  26 ; 
ch.  26. 
20-24 ; 

1  K.  17.  3  ; 

18.  4,  10 
y  ver.  12 
^  ver.  14 
"  2  K.  22. 10  ; 

2  Chr.  34. 
18;  Ezek. 

2.  4,  5 
6  ver.  12 
"  Am.  3.  15 
d  ver.  9 
°  ver.  29 ; 

1  K.  22.  8, 
27;  Prov. 
1.  30 ;  Is.  5. 
18,  19  ;  28. 

14,  22 
/ver.  16; 

Ps.  36.  1 ; 
64.  5  ;  Is. 
26.  11 
s\  K.  21.27; 

2  K.  19.  1, 
2  ;  22.  11, 
19 ;  Is.  36. 

22  ;  37.  1  ; 

Jon.  3.  6 
ft  ver.  12 
>  Gen.  37.  22, 

26,  27 ; 

Acts  5.  34- 

.39 
fc  1  K.  19.  1-3, 

10,  14 
'  ver.  5,  19 , 

ch.  1.  19 ; 

15.  20,  21. 
™  ver.  23 

"ver.  4,  JS 
0  ch.  28.  13, 

14  ;  44.  28 ; 

Zech.  1. 

5,6 
P  ver.  4,  23 
9  Dt.  29.  19 ; 

Job  15.  24, 

25  ;  Is.  45.  9 
'■  ch.  26.  9  ; 

32.  3  ;  Is. 

29.  21  ;  30. 

10 
'  ch.  25.  9-11 
«  ch.  22.  30  ; 

2  K.  24. 

12-15 
"  ch.  22.  19 

770 


in  the  book.  1 9  Then  said  the 
princes  unto  Baruch,  Go,  ^hide 
thee,  thou  and  Jeremiah ;  and  let 
no  man  know  where  ye  are. 

20  And  they  went  in  to  the 
y  king  into  the  court ;  but  they 
had  laid  up  the  roll  in  the  cham- 
ber of  "  Elishama  the  scribe ;  and 
they  told  all  the  words  in  the  ears 
of  the  king.  21  So  the  king  sent 
^  Jehudi  to  fetch  the  roll ;  and  he 
took  it  ovit  of  the  chamber  of 
Elishama  the  scribe.  And  "  Jehudi 
read  it  in  the  ''ears  of  the  king, 
and  in  the  ears  of  all  the  *  princes 
that  stood  beside  the  king.  22 
Now  the  king  was  sitting  in  the 
"^winter-house  in  the  ''ninth  month : 
and  there  ivas  a  fire  in  the  brazier 
burning  before  him.  23  And  it 
came  to  pass,  when  Jehudi  had 
read  three  or  four  Meaves,  that 
the  king  cut  it  with  the  penknife, 
and  •  cast  it  into  the  fire  that  was 
in  the  brazier,  until  all  the  roll 
was  consumed  in  the  fire  that  was 
in  the  brazier.  24  And  they  were 
•''not  afraid,  nor  "rent  their  gar- 
ments, neither  the  king,  nor  any 
of  his  servants  that  heai'd  all  these 
words.  25  Moreover  ''Elnathan 
and  Delaiah  and  Gemariah  had 
'  made  intercession  to  the  king  that 
he  would  not  burn  the  roll ;  but  he 
would  not  hear  them.  26  And  the 
king  commanded  Jerahmeel  ^the 
king's  son,  and  Seraiah  the  son  of 
Azriel,  and  Shelemiah  the  son  of 
Abdeel,  to  *  take  Baruch  the  scribe 
and  Jeremiah  the  prophet ;  but 
'Jehovah  hid  them. 

27  Then  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  to  Jeremiah,  after  that  the 
king  had  '"  bui^'ned  the  roll,  and  the 
words  which  "Baruch  wrote  at 
the  mouth  of  Jeremiah,  saying, 
28  "  Take  thee  again  another  roll, 
and  write  in  it  all  the  former  words 
that  were  ^in  the  first  I'oll,  which 
Jehoiakim  the  king  of  Judah  hath 
burned.  29  And  concerning  Je- 
hoiakim king  of  Judah  thou  shalt 
say,  Thus  saith  Jehovah :  Thou 
hast  9  burned  this  roll,  saying, 
'"Why  hast  thou  written  therein, 
saying.  The  'king  of  Babylon  shall 
certainly  come  and  destroy  this 
land,  and  shall  cause  to  cease  from 
thence  man  and  beast?  30  There- 
fore thus  saith  Jehovah  concerning 
Jehoiakim  king  of  Judah  :  He  shall 
have  '  none  to  sit  upon  the  throne 
of  David  ;  and  his  "  dead  body  shall 

>  Or,  coLwrnns      ^  Or,  the  son  of  Hammelech 


36.31 


JEREMIAH 


37.  21 


The  Roll  U  rewritten  by  Barnrh.    Jeremiah  warns  agaiiisit  trusting  in  Pharaoh;  is  imprisoned;  sefretl)  tlsittd  by  Zedekiah 


be  cast  out  in  the  day  to  the  heat, 
ami  in  tlie  nijj;ht  to  the  fro.st.  31 
And  1  will  ^punish  him  antl  his 
seed  and  his  servants  for  their 
iniquity;  and  1  will  *"  brinj^  upon 
them,  and  upon  the  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem,  and  iii)()n  the  men  of 
Judah,  all  the  evil  that  1  have  pro- 
nounced against  them,  but  tney 
hearkened  not.  32  Then  took 
Jeremiah  "another  roll,  and  gave 
it  to  Baruch  tlie  scribe,  the  son  of 
Xeriah,  who  ''  wrote  therein  from 
the  mouth  of  Jeremiah  all  the 
words  of  the  book  which  Jehoi- 
akim  king  of  Judah  had  burned 
in  the  lire ;  and  there  were 
added  besides  unto  them  many 
like  words. 

O  ^  And  '  Zedekiah  the  son  of 
O  f  Josiah  reigned  as  king,  in- 
stead of  •''Goniah  the  son  of  Je- 
hoiakira,  whom  Nebuchadrezzar 
king  of  Babylon^  made  king  in  the 
land  of  Judah.  2  But  ^  neither  he, 
nor  his  servants,  nor  the  people  or 
the  land,  did  hearken  unto  the 
words  of  Jehovah,  which  he  spake 
by  tlie  prophet  Jeremiah. 

3  And  'Zedekiah  the  king  sent 
•Jehucal  the  son  of  Shelemian,  and 
*Zephaniah  the  son  of  ^laaseiah, 
the  priest,  to  the  prophet  Jeremiah, 
saying,  'rray  now  unto  Jehovah 
our  God  for  us.  4  Now  Jeremiah 
came  in  and  went  out  among  the 
people  ;  for  they  had  not '"  put  him 
mto  prison.  5  And  "  Pharaoh's 
army  was  come  forth  out  of  Egypt ; 
and  when  the  Chaldeans  that  were 
besieging  Jerusalem  heard  tidings 
of  them,  they  "brake  up  from 
Jerusalem. 

6  Then  came  the  word  of  Jeho- 
vah unto  the  prophet  Jeremiah, 
saying,  7  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  Israel,  ^Thus  shall  ye  say 
to  the  king  of  Judah,  that  sent  you 
unto  me  to  inquire  of  me  :  Behold, 
« Pharaoh's  army,  which  is  come 
forth  to  help  you,  shall  return  to 
Egypt  into  tneir  own  land.  8  And 
the  Chaldeans  shall  ''come  again, 
and  fight  against  this  city ;  and 
they  shall  take  it,  and  burn  it  with 
fire.  9  Thus  saitli  Jeliovah,  '  De- 
ceive not  '  yourselves,  saying.  The 
Chaldeans  shall  surely  depart  from 
us;  for  they  shall  not  depart.  10 
For  'though  ye  had  smitten  the 
whole  army  of  the  Chaldeans  that 
tight  against    you,   and  there  re- 

i  Heb.  your  souls. 


"  c\\.  •>:'..  34 
f>  ch.  i;i.  i:. ; 
3...  17 ;  Dt. 

■^S.  1.:,; 

I'rov.  29.  1 

•■  ver.  'J8 

''  ver.  4,  23 ; 

Ex.  i.  lo, 

10 ;  34.  1 

'  2  K.  24. 17  ; 

1  Chr.  3. 
1,-. ;  2  Chr. 
36. 10 

/  ch.  22.  24, 
28  ;  24.  1  ; 
62.  31  ; 

2  K.  24.  12  ; 
I  Chr.  3. 

IG ;  2  Chr. 
,il).  (I,  10 
"  Ezek.  17. 


A  2  K.  24.  19, 

20;  2  Chr. 

.31).  i2-l(i ; 

Prov.  29. 

12 
ich.  21.  1,  2 
*  ch.  29.  25 ; 

u2.  24 
'  ch.  2.  27  ; 

15.  11;  21. 

1,  2;  42. 

1-4,  20; 

1  K.  l.i.  0 ; 
Acts  S.  24 

"*  ver.  15 ; 

ch.  32.  2,  3 
"  ver.  7  ; 

2  K.  24.  7  ; 
Ezek.  17. 
15 

"  ver.  11 ; 

ch.  34.  21 
P  ver.  .3 ; 

ch.  21.  1, 

2  ;  2  K.  22. 

18 
1  ch.  2.  IS, 

3G  ;  1b.  30. 

]-:t;  :,\. 
I-:; ;  Lam. 
4.  17: 
Ezek.  17. 
17 
"■  ch.  34.  22 ; 
38.  23  ;  39. 
2-8 

'  ch.  29.  s  ; 

Obad.  3 ; 

Mt.  24.  1, 

5  ;  Eph.  6.  C 
« Lev.  26. 

.36-.".8;  Is. 

30.  17 


".Toel2.  u 
"  ver.  8 
■^  ver.  5 
!'ch.  32.  8; 

1  K.  19.  3, 

9 ;  Mt.  10. 

23  ,  Acts 

17.  10,  14 
=  ch.  38.  7; 

Zech.  14. 

10 
"  ch.  18.  18  ; 

20.10;  Am. 

7.  10;  Lk. 

2.3.2;  Acts 

0.  11  ;  24. 

iVO,  13 
l>ch.  40.  4-fl; 

Ps.  27.  12  ; 

52.  1.2; 

Mt.  6.  11, 

12 
"  ch.  18.  23  ; 

20.  1-3;  20. 

10;  Mt.  21. 

3.1 

d  Oen.  39. 
20 ;  2  Chr. 
16.  10  ;  18. 

771 


mained  but  "  wounded  men  among 
them,  yet  would  they  "  rise  up  every 
man  in  his  tent,  and  "  burn  this  city 
with  fire. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass  that, 
when  the  army  of  the  Chaldeans 
was  ^broken  up  from  Jerusalem  for 
fear  of  Pharaoh's  army,  12  then 
Jeremiah  went  forth  out  of  Jeru- 
salem to  go  into  the  land  of  Ben- 
jamin, to  receive  his  ^jjortion 
•'there,  in  the  midst  of  the  people. 
13  And  when  he  was  in  the  'gate 
of  Benjamin,  a  captain  of  the  ward 
was  there,  whose  name  was  Irijah, 
the  son  of  Shelemiah,  the  son  of 
Hananiah ;  and  he  laid  hold  on  Jere- 
miah the  propliet,  saying.  Thou  "art 
falling  away  to  the  Chaldeans.  14 
Thensaid  Jeremiah,  It  is*"  false;  lam 
not  falling  away  to  the  Chaldeans. 
But  he  hearkened  not  to  him  ;  so 
Irijah  laid  hold  on  Jeremiah,  and 
brought  him  to  the  princes.  15 
And  the  princes  were  "wroth  with 
Jeremiah,  and  smote  him,  and  ''  put 
him  in  prison  in  the  house  of  "Jona- 
than the  scribe  ;  for  they  had  made 
that  the  prison. 

16  When  Jeremiah  was  come 
into  the  ''dungeon-house,  and  into 
tlie  cells,  and  Jeremiah  had  re- 
mained there  many  days;  17  then 
Zedekiah  the  king  sent,  and 
fetched  him :  and  the  king -^ asked 
him  secretly  in  his  house,  and  said. 
Is  there  any  ^  word  from  Jehovah  5 
And  Jeremiah  said,  Tliere  is.  He 
said  also.  Thou  shal tlie  "delivered 
into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon. 18  Moreover  Jeremiah  said 
unto  king  Zedekiah,  'Wherein  have 
I  sinned  against  thee,  or  against 
thy  servants,  or  against  this  people, 
that  ye  have  put  me  in  pri.sonl  19 
*  Where  now  are  your  proi)hets 
that  propliesied  unto  you.  saying. 
The  'king  of  Babylon  shall  nok 
come  against  you,  nor  against  this 
land"?  20  And  now  hear,  I  pray 
thee,  O  my  lord  the  king:  let  my 
"'supplication,  I  pray  thee,  **  be  pre- 
sented before  thee,  that  thou  (lause 
me  not  to  return  to  the  hou.se  of 
Jonathan  the  scribe,  lest  I  "die 
there.     2 1  Then  "Zedekiah  the  king 

20:  Acts.S.  18  'yer.  20  /ch.  38.  5,  14-10,  24-27  , 
1  K.  14.  1-4  »  ver.  3  ;  ch.  15.  II ;  21.  1.2;  1  K.  22- 
15.  16 ;  2  K.  3.  11-13  *  ch.  21.  7  ;  24.  8 ;  Ezek.  12.  12. 
13 ;  17.  19-21  •  1  S.  24.  9 ;  20.  18 ;  Pan.  B.  22 ;  Jn.  lo 
32  ;  Acts  25.  8,  11,  25  *  ch.  2.  28  ;  I)t.  32.  .37,  38  ;  2  K. 
.3.  13  'ch.  6.  14;  8.  11;  14.  13;  27.  14;  28.  1-4.10-17; 
29.31  "•  ch.  .30.  7  ;  38.  28  "  ver.  15  ;  ch.  18.  23; 
20.  15    <■  ch.  32.  2,  3 


"  Heb.  thrust  through. 
'  Heb../"'""^  thenee.. 


*  Or,  house  of  the  pit 
*Rtb. /all. 


38.1 


JEREMIAH 


3a20 


Jeremiah  is  pnt  into  a  Dungeon,  but  taken  oat  again.    He  has  another  Secret  Interview  with  Zedeluah 


commanded,  and  they  committed 
Jeremiah  into  the  "court  of  the 
guard  ;  and  they  gave  him  daily  a 
loaf  of  ''bread  out  of  the  bakers' 
street,  until  all  the  bread  in  the 
city  was  '^  spent.  Thus  Jeremiah 
^  remained  in  thecourt  of  the  guard. 
O  O  And  Shephatiah  the  son 
OO  of  Mattan,  and  Gedaliah 
tlie  son  of  Pashhur,  and  Jucal  the 
son  of  Shelemiah,  and  *  Pashhur 
the  son  of  Malchijah,  heard  the 
words  that  Jeremiah  spake  unto 
all  the  people,  saying,  2  Thus 
saith  Jehovah,  He  that  -^abideth  in 
this  city  shall  die  by  the  ^  sword, 
by  the  famine,  and  by  the  pesti- 
lence; but  he  that  goeth  forth  to 
the  Chaldeans  shall  live,  and  his 
''life  sliall  be  unto  him  for  a  prey, 
and  he  shall  live.  3  Thus  saith 
Jehovah,  This  city  shall  surelj'  be 
'given  into  the  hand  of  the  army 
of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  he 
shall  take  it.  4  Then  the  *  princes 
said  unto  the  king,  Let  this  man, 
we  pray  thee,  be  put  to  death  ;  for- 
asmucn  as  he '  weakeneth  the  hands 
of  the  men  of  war  that  remain  in 
this  city,  and  the  hands  of  all  the 
people,  in  speaking  such  words 
unto  them:  for  this  man  '"seeketh 
not  the  welfare  of  this  people,  but 
the  hurt.  5  And  Zedekiah  the 
king  said,  Behold,  he  is  in  your 
hand ;  for  the  king  is  "  not  he  that 
can  do  anything  against  you.  6 
Then  took  they  Jeremiah,  and  cast 
him  into  the  ^ "  dungeon  of  Malchi- 
jah ^  the  king's  son,  that  was  in  the 
**  court  of  the  guard  :  and  they  let 
down  Jeremiah  with  cords.  And 
in  the  dungeon  there  was  no  water, 
but  » mire ;  and  Jeremiah  sank  in 
the  mire. 

7  Now  when  '  Ebed-melech  the 
Ethiopian,  a  'eunuch,  who  was  in 
the  king's  house,  heard  that  they 
had  put  Jeremiah  in  the  dungeon 
(the  king  then  sitting  in  the  *gate 
of  Benjamin),  8  Ebed-melech  went 
forth  out  of  the  king's  house,  and 
spake  to  the  king,  saying,  9  My 
lord  the  king,  "these  men  have 
done  evil  in  all  that  they  have  done 
to  Jeremiah  the  prophet,  whom 
they  have  cast  into  the  dungeon  ; 
and  ^  he  is  like  to  die  in  the  place 
where  he  is,  because  of  the  famine ; 
for  there  is  "  no  more  bread  in  the 
city.  10  Then  the  king  com- 
manded   Ebed-melech   the   Ethio- 


1  Or,  pit 


2  Or,  the  son  of  Hammelech 
3  Heb.  he  is  dead. 


"  ch.  32.  2,  8 ; 

35.  18,  28 

i>  Job;',.  20; 

Ps.  ■x;.  18, 

lU  ;  Is.  33. 

1« 
'  ch.  3S.  9 : 

52.  a ;  2  K. 

2j  3 
rf  ch.  39.  14, 

15 
*ch.  21.  1 
/ch.  21.  9 
"  ch.  34.  17  ; 

42.  17 
fc  ch.  21.  9 ; 

39. 18 ; 

45.  6 
'  ch.  21.  10 ; 

32.  3-5 
*  ch.  18.  23  ; 

2(i.  11,  21 ; 

36.  12 

'  Ex.  5.  4  ; 

1  K.  18.  17, 

18  ;  21.  20  ; 

Ezr.  4.  12 ; 

Neh.  6.  9 ; 

Am.  7.  10 ; 

Acts  16.  20 
"'  ch.  29.  7 
"  1  S.  15.  24  ; 

29.  9 ;  2  S. 

3.  39 
"  ch.  37.  16, 

21  ;  Acts 

10.  24 
P  ch.  37.  21 
'  ver.  22 ; 

Ps.  40.  2  ; 

69.  2,  14, 

15  ;  Zech. 

9.  11 
"■  ch.  39.  16 
'  ch.  29.  2 

(marg.) ; 

Acts  8.  27 
<  ch.  37.  13  ; 

Dt.  21.  19  ; 

Job  29.  7  ; 

Am.  5.  10 
"  ver.  1 
"  ch.  37.  21 ; 

52.  6 


^  ver.  6 
'J  ver.  6 
'  ver.  6  ;  ch. 

37.  21  ;  39. 

14,  15 ; 

Acts  23. 

35 ;  24.  27  ; 

28.  16,  30 
"ch.  21.  1, 

2 ;  37.  17 
b  ch.  15.  11 ; 

42.  2-5,  20  ; 

1  S.  3.  17, 
18;  IK. 
22.  16 

"  Lk.  22.  67, 

68 
d  ch.  37.  17 ; 

Jn.  3.  2 

*  Num.  16. 
22 ;  27.  16 ; 
Is.  57.  16 ; 
Zech.  12.  1 

/  ver.  4-6 ; 

ch.  34.  20 
»  Ps.  80.  7, 

14 ;  Am.  5. 

27 

*  1  Chr.  17. 
24;  Ezek. 
8.  4 

'  ver.  2 ;  ch. 
21.  8-M) ; 
27.  12,  17  ; 

2  K.  24.  12  ; 
25.  27-30 

k  ch.  27.  8 
'  ver.  3 ;  ch. 

24.  8-10 ; 

32.  3-5  ;  37. 

772 


pian,  saying.  Take  from  hence 
thirty  men  with  thee,  and  take 
up  Jeremiah  the  prophet  out  of 
the  dungeon,  before  he  die.  11 
So  Ebed-melech  took  the  men 
with  him,  and  went  into  the 
house  of  the  king  under  the 
treasury,  and  took  thence  rags 
and  worn-out  garments,  and  *let, 
them  down  by  cords  into  the 
dungeon  to  Jeremiah.  12  And 
Ebed-melech  the  Ethiopian  said 
unto  Jeremiah,  Put  now  these 
rags  and  worn-out  garments  under 
thine  armholes  under  the  cords. 
And  Jeremiah  did  so.  13  So  they 
*  drew  up  Jeremiah  with  the  cords, 
and  took  him  up  out  of  the  dun- 
geon :  and  Jeremiah  remained  in 
the  ^  court  of  the  guard. 

14  Then  Zedekiah  the  king 
"sent,  and  took  Jeremiah  the 
prophet  unto  him  into  the  third 
entry  that  is  in  the  house  of  Je- 
hovah: and  the  king  said  unto 
Jeremiah,  I  will  *ask  thee  a  thing; 
hide  nothing  from  me.  15  Then 
Jeremiah  said  unto  Zedekiah,  "  If 
I  declare  it  unto  thee,  wilt  thou 
not  surely  put  me  to  death?  and 
if  I  give  thee  counsel,  thou  wilt 
not  hearken  unto  me.  1 6  So  Zed- 
ekiah the  king  sware  **  secretly 
unto  Jeremiah,  saying,  As  Jeho- 
vah liveth,  that  *made  us  this  soul, 

1  will  not  put  thee  to  death,  neither 
will  I  give  thee  into  the  hand  of 
•^  these  men  that  seek  thy  life. 

17  Then  .said  Jeremiah  unto 
Zedekiah,  Thus  saith  Jehovah, 
the  "God  of  hosts,  the  ''God  of 
Israel :  If  thou  wilt  '  go  forth 
unto  the  king  of  Babylon's 
princes,  then  thy  soul  shall 
live,  and  this  city  shall  not  be 
burned  with  fire ;  and  thou  shalt 
live,  and  thy  house.  18  But  if 
thou  wilt  *not  go  forth  to  the 
king  of  Babylon's  princes,  then 
'shall  this  city  be  given  into  the 
hand  of  the  Chaldeans,  and  they 
shall  burn  it  with  fire,  and  "'thou 
shalt  not  escape  out  of  their  hand. 
19  And  Zedekiah  the  king  said 
unto  Jeremiah,  I  am  "afraid  of 
the  Jews  that  are  "fallen  away  to 
the  Chaldeans,  lest  they  deliver 
me  into  their  hand,  and  they 
^mock  me.  20  But  Jeremiah 
said,  They  shall  not  deliver  thee. 
*Obey,   I  beseech  thee,  the  voice 

8;2K.  25.  4-10  ""cb.  32.  4;  34.  3  "  Is.  ."il.  12,  13  ; 
57.  11;  Jn.  12.  42;  19.  12,  13     "  ch.  39.  9     P  ver.  22; 

2  Chr.  30. 10 ;  Neh.  4. 1  «  ch.  11.  4, 8 ;  26. 13 ;  2  Chr. 
20.  20 :  Dan.  4.  27 ;  Acts  26.  28 


38.21 


JEREMIAH 


39.14 


The  King  It  exhorted  t«  sorrendpr  to  thr  Chaldeans.    J«rusal«ni  taken  by  the  Chaldesnu.    Jerrmiab  spared 


of  Jehovali,  in  that  -which  I  spoak 
unto  thee:  so  it  shall  be  "well 
with  thee,  and  thy  *  soul  shall 
live.  21  But  if  thou  refuse  to 
go  forth,  this  is  the  word  that 
Jehovah  hath  showed  me :  22  Be- 
hold, all  tiie '■  women  that  arc  left 
in  the  king  of^  Judah's  house 
shall  be  brought  forth  to  the  king 
of  Babylon's  princes,  and  those 
women  sliall  saj',  '  Thy  familiar 
friends  have  "set  thee  on,  and 
have  prevailed  over  thee :  noiu 
tJiat  thy  ''  feet  are  sunk  in  the 
mire,  they  are  turned  away  back. 
23  And  they  shall  bring  out  all 
thy  wives  and  thy  'children  to 
the  Chaldeans ;  and  -'  thou  slialt 
not  escape  out  of  their  hand,  but 
shalt  be  taken  bj'  the  hand  of  the 
king  of  Babylon  :  and  ^  thou  shalt 
"  cause  this  city  to  be  burned  with 
fire. 

24  Then  said  Zedekiah  unto 
Jeremiah,  Let  no  man  know  of 
these  words,  and  thou  shalt  not 
die.  25  But  if  the  ''  princes  hear 
that  I  have  talked  with  thee,  and 
they  come  unto  thee,  and  say 
unto  thee,  Declare  unto  us  now 
what  thou  hast  said  unto  the  king; 
hide  it  not  from  us.  and  we  will 
not  put  thee  to  death  ;  also  what 
the  king  said  unto  thee :  26  then 
thou  shalt  say  unto  them,  I  * '  pre- 
sented my  supplication  before  the 
king,  that  he  would  not  cause  me 
TX)  return  to  Jonathan's  house,  to 
die  there.  27  Then  came  all  the 
princes  unto  Jeremiah,  and  asked 
him  ;  and  he  *  told  them  according 
to  all  these  words  that  the  king 
had  commanded.  So  thf.\  .eft  off 
speaking  with  him  ;  for  tlie  matter 
was  not  ^perceived.  28  So  Jere- 
miah 'abode  in  the  court  of  the 
guard  until  the  day  that  Jerusa- 
lem was  taken. 

x\nd  it  came  to  pass  when  Je- 
OO  rusalem  was  taken  1  "(in 
O  «^  the  ninth  year  of  Zedekiah 
king  of  Judah,  in  the  tenth  month, 
c&,me  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Baliy- 
lon  and  all  his  army  against  Jeru- 
salem, and  besieged  it ;  2  in  the 
eleventh  year  of  Zedekiah,  in  the 
fourth  month,  the  ninth  day  of 
the  month,  a  "  breach  was  made 
in  the  city),  3  that  all  the  princes 
of  the  king  of  Babylon  came  in, 
and   sat    in   the  "middle  gate,   to 

1  Heb.  The  wn  of  thy  vfn^e. 

*  Or,  decfivfil  thf      »  Heb.  thmt  nhnH  bum  &e. 

*  Heb.  caused  to  fall.  *  Or,  reported 


"  cll.  7.  23 
<"  Cen.  lil. 

•M  :  Is.  nfl.  3 
°cll.  (i.  \i\ 

^.  10  ;  ^■.i.  6 
<<  ver.  fi 
'  ch.  :«(.  C  ; 

Jl.  Ill;  -jK. 

•2.-..  7 
.'ver.  18 
'■'  ver.  18 
''  ver.  4-fi,  27 
■  cll.  37.  16, 

20 
fc  1  S.  10.  I.i, 

10;  IC.  2-5 
'  ver.  lli; 

ch.  1;'..  20, 

21  ;  37.  20, 

21  ;  311.  13, 

M;  Ps.  23.  4 
"'  ch.  62.  4  ; 

2  K.  2'i.  1- 

12;  Ezek. 

24.  1,  2 
"  ch.  62.  7  ; 

2  K.  25.  4 

"eh.  21.  4 


P  ver.  13 
«  ch.  62.  7  ; 

2  K.  25.  4  ; 

Is.  30.  1,'), 

10 ;  Am.  2. 

14 
•■  2  Chr.  32.  6 

*  ch.  .32.  4,  5 ; 
.38.  18,  2.3  ; 
52.  8  ; 
I,am.  4.  20 

<  Josh.  4.  13 ; 

6.  10 
"  ch.  52.  9, 

2(i,  27 
"  ch.  32.  4 
'  ch.  62.  10  ; 

2  K.  25.  7 
V  Dt.  28.  34 
-  ch.  21.  7; 

24.8-10;  34. 

li>-21 
°ch.  52.  11  ; 

2  K   25.  7  ; 

£zek.  12. 

13 
>>  Judg.  16. 21 
"^  ch.  32.  5 
dch.  21.  10 ; 

62.  13 

•  ch.  62.  14  ; 
2K.  2.5.  10 ; 
Neh.  1.  3 

/  ver.  13 ; 

ch.  40.  1 ; 

52.  12-lfi, 

20  ;  2  K.  25. 

II,  20 
!'  Gen.  37.  36 

*  ch.  24.  8 

•  ch.  38.  19 ; 

.52.  16 
t  ch.  .52.  16 ; 

2  K.  2.5.  12 
'ch.  1.  8;  15. 

20,  21 ;  Job 

6.  15,  16; 

Acts  24.  23 
"•  Ps.  10.5.  14, 

15 :  Pro  v. 


IB. 


21. 


1 ;  1  Pet.  3. 

13 
'  ver.  3 
'  ch.  38.  28  ; 

40.  1-C 


P  ch.  26. 
2K. 


!Chr. 


773 


?/.'i7,  X(Mgal-sharezer,  Samgar-nebo, 
Sar.scchiin.  "Kab-sari.s  ''Nergal-sha- 
rezer,  **  Bab-mag,  witli  all  tlie  rest 
of  the  princes  of  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass  that,  when 
Zedekiah  the  king  of  ,)  udah  and  all 
the  men  of  war  saw  them,  llien 
they  »fled,  and  went  forth  out  of 
the  city  by  night,  by  the  way  of 
the  king's  garden,  through  the 
gate  ''betwixt  the  two  walls  :  and 
he  went  out  toward  the  Arfibah. 
5  But  the  army  of  the  'Chaldeans 
pursued  after  them,  and  overtook 
Zedekiah  in  the  'plains  of  Jericho: 
and  when  they  had  taken  him, 
they  brought  him  up  to  Nebuchad- 
rezzar king  of  Bal)ylon  to  "Biblah 
in  the  land  of  Hamath :  and  he 
''"gave  judgment  upon  him.  6 
Then  the  ''king  of  Bal)ylon  slew 
the   sons   of   Zedekiah   in    Biblah 

*  before  his  eyes  :  also  the  king  of 
Babylon  slew  all  the  ^nobles  of 
Judah.  7  Moreover  he  "put  out 
Zedekiah 's  eyes,  and  bound  him 
in  ''fetters,  to  carry  him  to  "  Bai^y- 
lon.  8  And  the  Chaldeans  "^burned 
the  king's  house,  and  the  houses  of 
the  people,  with  fire,  and  'brake 
down  the  walls  of  Jerusalem.  9 
Then  -^Nebuzaradan  the  "captain 
of  the  guard  carried  away  captive 
into  Babylon  the  *  residue  of  the 
people  that  remained  in  the  city, 
the  'desei'ters  also  that  fell  away 
to  him,  and  the  residue  of  the 
people    that    remained.       10    But 

*  Nebuzaradan  the  captain  of  the 
guard  left  of  the  *poor  of  the 
people,  that  had  nothing,  in  theland 
of  Judah,  and  gave  them  vineyards 
and  fields  at  the  .same  time. 

11  Now  Nebuchadrezzar  king 
of  Babylon  gave  charge  concern- 
ing 'Jeremiah  to  Nebuzaradan 
the  captain  of  the  guard,  .saying, 
12  Take  him,  and  look  well  to 
him,  and  "'do  him  no  harm  :  but 
do  unto  him  even  as  he  shall  say 
unto  thee.  13  So  Nebuzaradan 
the  captain  of  the  guard  sent,  and 
Nebusnazban,  "  Rab-saris,  and  Ner- 
gal-sharezer,  Eab-mag,  and  all  the 
chief  officers  of  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon :  14  they  sent,  and  "took  Jere- 
miah out  of  the  court  of  the  guard, 
and  committed  liim  unto  Gedaliah 
the  son  of  ^Ahikam,  the  son  of 
Shaphan,    that    he    should    carry 

"  Title  of  an  officer. 

"  Heb.  spate  judgments  with  him.  See  ch.  1} . 
I  (marg.). 


39.15 


JEREMIAH 


40.15 


Ebed-melech  spared.    Jeremiah  remuns  with  fiedaliab.    (iedaliab  protects  the  People  that  remain.    Johanao  warns  him 


him  home.  So  he  dwelt  among 
the  people. 

15  Now  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  Jeremiah,  while  he 
was  "shut  up  in  the  court  of  the 
guard^  saying,  16  Go,  and  speak 
to  *  Lbed-melech  the  Ethiopian, 
saying.  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel :  Behold, 
I  will  bring  my  words  upon  this 
city  ''for  evil,  and  not  for  good; 
and  they  ^  shall  be  accomplished 
''before  thee  in  that  day.  17  But 
I  will  'deliver  thee  in  that  day, 
saith  Jehovah ;  and  thou  shalt 
not  be  given  into  the  hand  of  the 
■^men  of  whom  thou  art  afraid. 
18  For  I  will  sureliJ-  save  thee, 
and  thou  shalt  not  fall  by  the 
sword,  but  thy  ''life  shall  be  for 
a  prey  unto  thee ;  because  thou 
hast  ''put  thy  trust  in  me,  saith 
Jehovah. 

^/^  The  word  which  came  to 
\t.\J  Jeremiah  from  Jehovah, 
after  that  'Nebuzaradan  the  cap- 
tain of  the  guard  had  *  let  him  go 
from  'Raman,  when  he  had  taken 
him  being  bound  in  '"chains  among 
all  the  captives  of  Jerusalem  and 
Judah,  that  were  carried  away 
captive  unto  Babylon.  2  And  the 
captain  of  the  guard  took  Jere- 
miah, and  said  unto  him,  "^  Jeho- 
vah thy  God  pronounced  this  evil 
upon  tnis  place ;  3  and  Jehovah 
hath  brought  it,  and  done  accord- 
ing as  he  spake:  because  ye  have 
"sinned  against  Jehovah,  and  have 
not  obeyed  his  voice,  therefore  this 
thing  is  come  upon  you.  4  And 
now,  behold,  I  ^  loose  thee  this  day 
from  the  chains  which  are  upon 
thy  hand.  If  it  seem  good  unto 
thee  to  come  with  me  into  Baby- 
lon, come,  and  I  will  look  well 
unto  thee ;  but  if  it  seem  ill  unto 
thee  to  come  with  me  into  Baby- 
lon, forbear :  behold,  *all  the  land 
is  before  thee;  whither  it  seemeth 
good  and  right  unto  thee  to  go, 
thither  go.  5  Now  while  he  was 
not  yet  gone  back.  Go  back  then, 
said  he,  to  ''Gedaliah  the  son  of 
Ahikam,  the  son  of  Shaphan, 
whom  the  king  of  Babylon  hath 
made  *  governor  over  the  cities  of 
Tudah,  and  dwell  ^vith  him  among 
the  people ;  or  go  '  wheresoever  it 
seemeth  right  unto  thee  to  go.  So 
the  captain  of  the  guard  gave  him 
''"victuals  and  a  "present,  and  let 

I  Or,  shall  be  before  thee     *  Or,  an  allowance 


"  ch.  38.  28 
l>  ch.  38.  7 
'  ch.  21.  10 , 

Dan.  9.  12 , 

Zech.  1.  0 
<l  Ps.  91.  8,  9 
'Ps.  41.  1, 

2 ;  50.  15 
/ch.  38.  1,  9 
^ch.  21.9; 

38.  2 ;  40.  6 
A  ch.  17.  7, 

8  ;  Ps.  34. 

'  ch.  .39.  9,  11 
k  ch.  39.  14 
'  ch.  31.  15 
'"  Acts  12.  6, 

7  ;  21.  13  ; 

28.  20  ; 

Eph.  6.  20 
"  ch.  22.  8,  9 ; 

Dt.  29.  24- 

28 
"  ch.  50.  7  ; 

Rom.  2.  5 
1'  ch.  39.  11, 

12 
1  Gen.  13.  9  : 

2(1.  15  ;  47.  li 
""  ch.  39.  14 
»  2  K.  25.  23 
'  ver.  4 
"  ch.  52.  34 
"  2  K.  8.  7-9 


*ch.  39.  14 

V  Judg.  20. 

1  ,  21.  1  ; 

1  S.  7.  6  ; 

2  Chr.  16.  6 
^  2  K.  25.  23, 

24 
"  ch.  39.  10  ; 

52.  16 
6  ver.  6, 11, 

12 

''  ver.  14 . 

ch.  41.  2 
<i  ver.  13, 15 , 

ch.  42.  1 ; 

43.  2 
<■  2  S.  23.  28, 

29  ;  Ezr.  2, 

22 ;  Neh. 

7.26 
/ch.  42.  1 
!'  Dt.  3.  14 ; 

Josh.  12.  5 , 

2  S.  10.  6.  8 
A  1  S.  20.  16, 

17  ;  2  K. 

2.5.  24 
'  ch.  27.  11 ; 

38.  17-20 
k  ver.  6 
'  ch.  3.5.  19  ; 

Dt.  1.  38; 

1  K.  10.  8 
™  ch.  39.  10 
"  ver.  12 ; 

ch.  48.  32 ; 

Is.  16.  9 
"  ch.  9.  26 ; 

Num.  22. 

1  ;  25.  1,  2  ; 

Is.  16.  4 
P  1  S.  11.  1 ; 

12.  12 
«  Gen.  36.  8 ; 

Is.  11.  14 
»■  ch.  43.  5 
'  ver.  10 
<  ver.  8 
"  ch  25.  21 : 

41.  10;  IS. 

11. 1-3 ;  2  S. 

10.  1-6 
"  ver.  8 


774 


him  go.  6  Then  went  ^Jeremiali 
unto  Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahikam 
to  ^Mizpah,  and  dwelt  with  him 
among  me  people  that  wei-e  left  in 
the  land. 

7  -Now  when  all  the  captains  of 
the  forces  that  were  in  the  fields, 
even  they  and  their  men,  heard 
that  the  King  of  Babylon  had  made  ■ 
Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahikam  gov- 
ei'nor  in  the  land,  and  had  com- 
mitted unto  him  men,  and  women, 
and  children,  ^and  "^of  the  poorest 
of  the  land,  of  them  that  were  not 
carried  away  captive  to  Babylon  ; 
8  then  *  thej^  came  to  Gedaliah  to 
Mizpah,  to  vjU,  ''Ishmael  the  son 
of  Nethaniah,  and  ''Johanan  and 
.Jonathan  the  sons  of  Kareah,  and 
Seraiah  the  son  of  Tanhumeth, 
and  the  sons  of  Ephai  the  ''Neto- 
phathite,  and-^Jezaniah  the  son  of 
the  ^  Maacathite,  they  and  their 
men.  9  And  Geda.lian  the  son  of 
Ahikam  the  son  of  Shaphan  *sware 
unto  them  and  to  their  men,  say- 
ing, 'Fear  not  to  serve  the  Chal- 
deans :  dwell  in  the  land,  and 
serve  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  it 
shall  be  well  with  you.  10  As  for 
me,  behold,  I  will  dwell  at  *Miz- 

§ah,  to  '  stand  before  the  Chal- 
eans  that  shall  come  unto  us  :  bu  fc 
ye,  "gather  ye  wine  and  "summer 
fruits  and  oil,  and  put  them  in  your 
vessels,  and  dwell  in  your  cities 
that  ye  have  taken.  11  Likewise 
when  all  the  Jews  that  were  in 
"  Moab,  and  among  the  children  of 
^Ammon,  and  in  «Edom,  and  that 
were  in  all  the  countries,  heard  that 
the  king  of  Babylon  had  left  a  rem- 
nant of  Judah,  and  that  he  had  set 
over  them  GedMiah  the  son  of  Ahi- 
kam, the  son  of  Shaphan  ;  12  then 
all  the  Jews  ''returned  out  of  all 
places  whither  they  were  driven, 
and  came  to  the  land  of  Judah,  to 
Gedaliah,  unto  Mizpah,  and  "gath- 
ered wine  and  summer  fruits  very 
much. 

13  Moreover  'Johanan  the  son 
of  Kareah,  and  all  the  captains  of 
the  forces  that  were  in  the  fields, 
came  to  Gedaliah  to  Mizpah,  14 
and  said  unto  him.  Dost  thou  know 
that  Baalis  the  king  of  the  chil- 
dren of  "Ammon  hath  sent  "Ish- 
mael  the  son  of  Nethaniah  to 
take  thy  life  1  But  Gedaliah  the 
son  of  Ahikam  believed  them  not. 
15  Then  Johanan  the  son  of  Ka- 
reah spake  to  Gedaliah  in  Mizpab 

*  Or,  even 


40.16 


JEREMIAH 


42.1 


tf^ainst  Ishmael.who  mordfn  Gedaliah  and  others,  aud  takes  raptire  the  People  of  Nitpah.    Johanan  resraes  then 


secretly,  saying,  "  Let  nie  go,  I  pray 
thee,  and  I  will  slay  Ishmael  the 
son  of  Nethaniah,  and  no  man 
shall  know  it:  wherefore  should 
he  *take  thy  life,  that  all  the  Jews 
that  are  gathered  unto  thee  should 
be  scattered,  and  the  "remnant  of 
Judah  perish?  16  Rut  Gedaliah 
the  son  of  Ahikam  said  unto  Joha- 
nan the  son  of  Kareah,  ''  Thou 
shalt  not  do  this  thing ;  for  thou 
speakest  falsely  of  Ishmael. 
/I  ^  Now  it  *came  to  pass  in 
T!J_  the  -^seventh  month,  that 
'  Ishmael  the  son  of  Nethaniah, 
the  son  of  Elishama,  of  the  seed 
royal  and  one  of  the  chief  officers 
of  the  king,  and  ten  men  with  him, 
came  unto  ''  Gedaliah  the  son  of 
Ahikam  to  Mizpah  ;  and  there  they 
did  'eat  bread  together  in  Mizpah. 
2^  Then  arose  Ishmael  the  son  of 
Nethaniah,  and  the  ten  men  that 
were  with  him,  and  *  smote  Geda- 
liah the  son  of  Ahikam  the  son  of 
Shaphan  with  the  sword,  and  '  slew 
him,  "'whom  the  king  of  Babylon 
had  made  governor  over  the  land. 
3  ishmael  also  slow  all  the  Jews 
that  were  with  him,  to  wit,  with 
Gedaliah,  at  Mizpah,  and  the 
Chaldeans  that  were  found  there, 
the  men  of  war. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass  the  second 
daj'  after  he  had  slain  Gedaliah, 
and  no  man  knew  it,  5  that  there 
"  came  men  from  "  Shechem,  from 
''Shiloh,  and  from  '^  Samaria,  even 
fourscore  men,  having  their  beards 
shaven  and  their  clothes  rent,  and 
•■  having  cut  themselves,  with  meal- 
offerings  and  frankincense  in  their 
hand,  to  bring  them  to  the 'house 
of  Jehovah.  6  And  Ishmael  the 
son  of  Nethaniah  went  forth  from 
Mizpah  to  meet  them,  'weeping  all 
along  as  he  went :  and  it  came  to 
pass,  as  he  met  them,  he  said  unto 
them.  Come  to  Gedaliah  the  son  of 
Ahikam.  7  And  it  was  so,  when 
they  came  into  the  midst  of^  the 
city,  that  Ishmael  the  son  of  Neth- 
aniah "slew  them,  aiul  cast  them 
into  the  midst  of  the  pit,  he,  and 
the  men  that  were  with  him.  8 
But  ten  men  were  found  among 
them  that  said  unto  Ishmael,  Slay 
us  not;  for  we  have  "stores  hidden 
in  the  field,  of  wheat,  and  of  bar- 
ley, and  of  oil,  and  of  honey.  So 
he  forbare,  and  slew  them  not 
among  their  brethren.  9  Now  the 
pit  wuierein  Ishmael  cast  all  the 
dead  bodies  of  the  men  whom  he 
26 


"  1  S.  20.  8 
fc-^S.  L'l.  17 
'  ch.  42.  2 

d  Mt.  10.  10 

/oh.  38.  2; 

/■)2.  6 
"  ch.  40.  8,  14 
A  ch.  39.  14  ; 

40.  (■),  () 
'  ch.  40.  13, 

14 
*  2  8.  3.  27  ; 

20.  9,  10  ; 

Ps.  41.  9; 

109.  f) ;  Jn. 

13.  18 
'  2  K.  25.  25 
"'  ch.  40.  5 
"  2  K.  10.  13, 

14 
"  Gen.  33. 

18  ;  37.  12  ; 

1  K.  12.  1 
P  Josll.  18. 

1 ;  Judg. 

18.  31  ;  1  S. 

3.  21 ;  Ps. 

78.  GO 
1  1  K.  16.  24, 

29 
"■  ch.  16.  6  ; 

Dt.  14.  1 
»  2  K.  25.  9 ; 

Ps.  102.  14 
'  ch.  50.  4  ; 

2  S.  3.  16 

"  Ps.  55.  23  ; 
Is.  59.  7  ; 

Ezek.  22. 

27  ;  33.  24, 
26 
^'  Is.  45.  3 


'  1  K.  15.  17- 
22 ;  2  Chr. 
16.  1-6 

y  Judg.  6.  2  ; 

1  S.  13.  C  ; 

2  S.  17,  !) ; 
Heb.  Il.:i8 

*  ch.  40.  11, 

12 
"  ch.  43.  6 
>>  ch.  40.  7 
"^  ch.  40.  14  ; 

Neh.  2.  10, 

19;  4.  7,  8; 

6.  17,  18 
d  ch.  40.  13 
'  ch.  40.  7,  S, 

14-lG 
/Gen,  14. 

14-16 ;  1  S. 

30.  1-8,  18, 

20 
f  2  S.  2.  13 
''  ver.  10,  14 
'  1  S.  30.  17  ; 

1  K.  20,  20  : 

Job21..'iO; 

Prov.  28.  17 
t  ver.  2 
'  ch.  42.  8  ; 

43.4-7 


"•2  8.  19.  37, 

38,  40 
"  ch.  42.  14 

•ch.  42.  n, 
16;  43.2. 
3  ;  Is.  61. 

12,  13 :  57. 

U ;  Lk.  12, 

4,6 
V  ch.  40.  5 


4  ch.  40.  8, 
13;  41.  11, 
16 


had  slain,  by  the  side  of  Gedaliah 
(the  ^same  was  that  which  Asa  the 
king  had  made  for  "  fear  of  Baasha 
king  of  Israel),  Ishmael  the  son  of 
Netlianiah  tilled  it  with  them  that 
were  slain.  10  Then  Ishmael  car- 
ried away  captive  all  the  '  residue 
of  the  people  that  were  in  Mizpah, 
even  the  "king's  daughters,  and 
all  the  people  that  remained  in 
Mizpah,  *whom  Nebuzaradan  the 
captain  of  the  guard  had  com- 
mitted to  Gedaliah  the  son  of 
Ahikam ;  Ishmael  the  son  of  Neth- 
aniah carried  them  away  captive, 
and  departed  to  go  over  to  the 
children  of "  Ammon. 

11  But  when  ''Johanan  the  son 
of  Kareah,  and  all  the  *  captains 
of  the  forces  that  were  witli  him, 
heard  of  all  the  evil  that  Ishmael 
the  son  of  Nethaniah  had  done, 
12  then  they  took  all  the  men,  and 
went  to  •'^light  with  Ishmael  the 
son  of  Nethaniah,  and  found  him 
by  the  •'great  waters  that  are  in 
Gibeon.  13  Now  it  came  to  pass 
that,  when  all  the  ''people  that 
were  with  Ishmael  saw  Johanan 
the  son  of  Kareah,  and  all  the  cap- 
tains of  the  forces  that  were  with 
him,  then  they  were  glad.  14  So 
all  the  people  that  Ishmael  had 
carried  away  captive  from  ]\Iizpah 
turned  about  and  came  back,  and 
went  unto  Johanan  the  scm  of 
Kareah.  15  But  Ishmael  the  son 
of  Nethaniah  'escaped  from  Joha- 
nan with  '^  eight  men,  and  went  to 
the  children  of  Ammon.  16  Then 
took  Johanan  the  son  of  Kareah, 
and  all  the  captains  of  the  forces 
that  were  with  him,  'all  the  rem- 
nant of  the  people  whom  he  had 
recovered  from  Ishmael  the  son  of 
Nethaniah,  from  Mizpah,  after 
that  he  had  slain  Gedaliah  the  son 
of  Ahikam,  to  wit,  the  men  of  war, 
and  the  women,  and  the  children, 
and  the  eunuchs,  whom  he  had 
brought  back  from  Gibeon.  17 
And  they  departed,  and  dwelt  in 
'Geruth  "Chimham,  which  is  by 
Beth-lehem,  to  go  to  "enter  into 
Egypt,  18  because  of  the  Chal- 
deans ;  for  they  were  "  afraid  of 
them,  because  Ishmael  the  son  of 
Nethaniah  had  slain  Gedaliah  the 
son  of  Ahikam,  whom  the  king  of 
Babylon  ^made  governor  over  the 
land. 

Aiy      Then  all  the  captains  of 
Tt^   the    forces,    and    "Johanan 
1  Or,  the  lodging-place  of  Chimham 


775 


42.2 


JEREMIAH 


43.1 


Jolianan  and  the  Jews  ask  Jeremiah  what  they  shall  do.    He  warns  them  n«t  to  go  to  Egypt.    Johanan  brings  Jeremiah  and 


the  son  of  Kareah,  and  ^  Jezaniah 
the  son  of  Hoshaiah,  and  all  the 
people  "from  the  least  even  unto  the 
greatest,  came  near,  2  and  said 
unto  Jeremiah  the  prophet,  Let, 
we  pray  thee,  our  ''supplication 
"  be  presented  before  thee,  and 
*pray  for  us  unto  Jehovah  thy 
God,  even  for  all  this  remnant 
(for  we  are  left  but  a  '^  few  of  many, 
as  thine  eyes  do  behold  us),  3  that 
Jehovah  thy  God  may  show  us  the 
*  way  wherein  we  should  walk, 
and  the  thing  that  we  should  do. 
4  Then  Jeremiah  the  prophet  said 
unto  them,  I  have  heard  you ;  be- 
hold, I  will  -^pray  unto  Jehovah 
your  God  according  to  your  words  ; 
and  it  shall  come  to  pass  that 
whatsoever  thing  ^Jehovah  shall 
answer  you,  I  will  declare  it  unto 
you  ;  I  will  keep  ''  nothing  back 
from  you.  5  Then  they  said  to 
Jeremiah,  '  Jehovah  be  a  true  and 
faithful  witness  ^  amongst  us,  if  we 
do  not  according  to  all  the  word 
wherewith  Jehovah  thy  God  shall 
send  thee  to  us.  6  Whether  it  be 
good,  or  whether  it  be  evil,  we  will 
*obey  the  voice  of  Jehovah  our 
God,  to  whom  we  send  thee ;  that 
it  may  be '  well  with  us,  when  we 
obey  the  voice  of  Jehovah  our  God. 
7  And  it  came  to  pass  "'after 
ten  days,  that  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  Jeremiah.  8  Then 
called  he  "Johanan  the  son  of 
Kareah,  and  all  the  captains  of  the 
forces  that  were  with  him,  and  all 
the  people  from  the  least  even 
to  the  greatest,  9  and  said  unto 
them.  Thus  "saith  Jehovah,  the 
God  of  Israel,  unto  whom  ye  sent 
me  to  ■*  present  your  supplication 
before  him:_  10  If  ye  will  still 
abide  in  this  land,  then  will  I 
^  build  you,  and  not  pull  you  down, 
and  I  will  plant  you,  and  not  pluck 
you  up ;  for  I  ''  repent  me  of  the 
evil  that  I  have  done  unto  you. 
11  '■  Be  not  afraid  of  the  king  of 
Babylon,  of  whom  ye  are  afraid ; 
be  not  afraid  of  him,  saith  Jeho- 
vah :  for  *  I  am  with  you  to  save 
you,  and  to  deliver  you  from  his 
hand.  12  And  I  will  grant  you 
mercy,  that  'he  may  have  mercy 
upon  you,  and  cause  you  to  return 
to  your  own  land.  13  But  if  ye 
say.  We  will  "not  dwell  in  this 
land  ;  so  that  ye  obey  not  the 
voice   of   Jehovah    your    God,    14 

1  In  ch.  43.  2,  Aznriah.    See  2  K.  25.  23. 
*  Heb.  fall.         a  Or,  against        *  Or,  lay 


"  ver.  S ;  ch. 

6.  13 ;  S.  10  ; 

44. 12 ;  Acts 

8.  10 
f>  ch.  36.  7  ; 

37.  20 
"  ver.  20 ; 

ch.  37.  3; 

Ex.  S.  28 ; 

1  K.  13.  6  ; 

Acts  8.  24 
d  Dt.  28.  62  ; 

Is.  1.  9; 

Lam.  ].  1 
^cb.  6.  16; 

P.S.  80.  11 ; 

Prov.  3.  6 ; 

Mic.  4.  2 
/Ex.  S.  29; 

1  S.  12.  23 
9  ch.  23.  2S ; 

1  K.  22.  14 
ft  1  S.  3.  17, 

18;  Ps.  40. 

10 
'  ch.  43.  2  ; 

Gen.  31. 

60 ,  Judg. 

11.  10 ; 

Mic.  1.  2 , 

Mai.  2.  14  ; 

3.  5 
*:  Ex.  24.  7  ; 

Dt.  5.  27 ; 

Josh.  24.  24 
'  ch.  7.  23 ; 

Dt.  5.  29,  33 
""  Ps.  27.  14 ; 

Is.  30.  18 
"  ver.  1 
0  2  K.  19.  4, 

6,  20 ;  22. 15 
^ch.  24.  6; 

31.  2S  ; 

Ezek.  36.  3f. 
''ch.  IS.  7,  s; 

Hos.  11.  8 ; 

Joel  2.  13  i 

Am.  7.  3, 

6 ;  Jon.  3. 

10;  4.  2 
•"ch.  1.  8; 

27.  12,  17 ; 

41.  IS 
*  ch.  1.  19  ; 

15.  20 ; 

2  Chr.  32.  7, 
8 ,  Ps.  46. 

7,  11 ;  Is. 

8,  9,  10  ;  43. 
2, 6 ;  Kom. 
8.  31 

*Neh.  1.  11  ; 

Ps.  106.  46 ; 

Prov.  16.  7 
"  ch.  44.  16  ; 

Ex.  6.  2 


*  ch.  41.  17  ; 

Is.  31.  1 
"  ch.  4.  19, 

21 ;  Ex.  16. 

3 ;  Num. 

11.  4 
V  ver.  17 ; 

ch.  44.  12- 

14 ;  Dt.  17. 

16 
'  ch.  44.  13, 

27  ;  Ezek. 

11.  8;  Am. 

9.  1-4 
"  ver.  22 ; 

ch.  38.  2 ; 

44.  13 
»  ch.  44.  28 
"  ch.  7.  20  , 

33.  6  ;  39, 

1-9;  2  Chr. 

36.  16-19 
<l  ch.  29.  18  ; 

Dt.  20.  21  ; 

Is.  65.  15 
'  ch.  22. 10,27 
/  Is.  .-JO.  1-7 

776 


saying.  No ;  but  we  will  "  go  into 
the  land  of  Egypt,  where  we  shall 
see  no  war,  nor  -^  hear  the  sound 
of  the  trumpet,  nor  have  -^  hunger 
of  bread  ;  and  there  will  we  dwell : 
1 5  now  therefore  hear  ye  the  word 
of  Jehovah,  O  remnant  of  Judah : 
Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel,  If  ye  indeed  set ' 
your  faces  to  enter  into  ^  Egypt, 
and  go  to  sojourn  there;  16  then 
it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  the 
'  sword,  which  ye  fear,  shall  over- 
take you  there  in  the  land  of 
Egj'pt ;  and  the  famine,  whereof 
ye  are  afraid,  *  shall  follow  hard 
after  you  there  in  Egypt ;  and 
there  ye  shall  die.  17  iSo  shall  it 
be  with  all  the  men  that  set  their 
faces  to  go  into  Egypt  to  sojourn 
there :  they  shall  die  by  the 
"  sword,  by  the  famine,  and  by  the 
pestilence;  and  *none  of  them 
shall  remain  or  escape  from  the 
evil  that  I  will  bring  upon  them. 
18  For  thus  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel :  As  mine 
"anger  and  my  wrath  hath  been 
poured  forth  upon  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem,  so  shall  my  wrath 
be  poured  forth  upon  you,  when 
j^e  shall  enter  into  Egypt ;  and  ye 
shall  be  ''an  execration,  and  an 
astonishment,  and  a  curse,  and  a 
reproach  ;  and  "  ye  shall  see  this 
place  no  more.  19  Jehovah  hath 
spoken  concerning  you,  O  remnant 
of  Judah,  ■'^Go  ye  not  into  Egypt : 
^  know  certainly  that  I  have  *  tes- 
tified unto  you  this  day.  20  For 
ye  have  'dealt  deceitfully  ® against 
your  own  souls;  for  ye  *  sent  me 
unto  Jehovah  your  God,  saying, 
Pray  for  us  untb  Jehovah  our  God  ; 
and  according  unto  all  that  Jeho- 
vah our  God  shall  say,  so  declare 
unto  us,  and  we  will  do  it.     2 1  And 

1  have  this  day '  declared  it  to  you  ; 
but  ye  have  '"  not  obeyed  the  voice 
of  Jehovah  your  God  in  anything 
for  which  he  hath  sent  me  unto 
you.  22  Now  therefore  know  cer- 
tainly that  ye  shall  "die  by  the 
sword,  by  the  famine,  and  by  the 
pestilence,  in  the  "place  whither 
ye  desire  to  go  to  sojourn  there. 

A  O      And  it  came  to  pass  that, 
jtO  when  Jeremiah  had  *made 

''Ezek.  2.  5  ft  Neh.  9.  26,  2;),  30  '  ch.  41.  17;  43.  2; 
Ezek.  14.  3    ft  ver.  2,  5    '  ch.  43. 1 ;  Dt.  11.  26 ;  Ezek. 

2  7  ;  Acts  20.  26,  27  "  ver.  6 ;  ch.  43.  4  "  ver.  17 ; 
ch.  43.  11     0  Hos.  9.  6    P  ch.  26.  8  ;  51.  63 


5  Heb.  shall  cleave  after  you. 
*  Or,  in  your  souls 


43.2 


JEREMIAH 


44.8 


the  Remnant  of  Judah  to  E^pt    Jeremiah  predicts  the  Conquest  of  Egj-pt  by  Sehorhadreizar.    He  rebukes  the  People 


an  end  of  speaking  unto  all  the 
people  all  the  "words  of  Jehovah 
their  CJod,  wherewith  .Jehovah 
their  God  had  sent  him  to  them, 
even  all  these  words,  '2  then  spake 
Azariah  the  ''son  of  Hoshaiah,  and 
Johanan  the  son  of  Ivareah,  and 
all  the  proud  men,  saying  unto 
Jeremiah,  Thou  '  speakest  falsely: 
Jehovah  our  (Jod  hath  not  sent 
thee  to  say,  Ye  shall  not  go  into 
Kgypt  to  sojourn  there ;  3  but 
*  Baruch  the  son  of  Neriah  setteth 
thee  on  against  us,  to  "  deliver  us 
into  the  hand  of  the  Chaldeans, 
that  they  may  put  us  to  death, 
and  carry  us  away  captive  to 
Babylon.  4  -^So  Johanan  the  son 
of  Kareah,  and  all  the  captains  of 
the  forces,  and  all  the  people, 
"obeyed  not  the  voice  of  Jenovah, 
to  ''dwell  in  the  land  of  Judah. 
5  But  Johanan  the- son  of  Kareah, 
and  all  the  captains  of  the  forces, 
took  'all  the  remnant  of  Judah, 
that  were  returned  from  all  the 
nations  whither  they  had  been 
driven,  to  sojourn  in  the  land  of 
.Judah;  6  the  men,  and  the  women, 
and  the  children,  and  the  *  king's 
daughters,  and  'every  person  that 
Nebuzaradan  the  captain  of  the 
guard  had  left  with  Gedaliah  the 
son  of  Ahikam,  the  son  of  Hhaphan  ; 
and  '"Jeremiah  the  prophet,  and 
"*  Baruch  tlie  son  of  Xerian.  7  And 
they  came  into  the  land  of  Egj-pt : 
for  they  obej-ed  not  the  voice  of 
Jehovah :  and  they  cams  unto 
Tahpanhes. 

8  Then  came  the  word  of  Je- 
hovah unto  "Jeremiah  in  "Tah- 
panhes, saj'ing,  9  Take  great  stones 
in  thy  hand,  and  ^  hide  tlieni  in 
mortar  in  the  brickwoik,  which  is 
at  the  entry  of  Pharaoh's  house  in 
Tahpanhes,  in  the  sight  of  the 
men  of  Judah;  10  and  say  unto 
them.  Thus  saith  Jehovah  oi  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel :  Behold,  I  will 
send  and  ta.ke  "  Nebuchadrezzar 
the  king  oi  Babylon,  *  my  servant, 
and  will  set  his  throne  upon  these 
stones  tliat  I  have  hid ;  and  he 
shall  spread^ his  -royal  ''pavilion 
over  them,  il  And  he  shall  come, 
and  shall  'smite  the  land  of  Egypt ; 
'  such  as  are  for  death  f/iaU  he  given 
to  death,  and  such  as  are  for  cap- 
tivity to  captivity,  and  such  as  are 
for  the  sword  to  the  sword.  12 
And  I  will  kindle    a  fire    in  the 

1  Or,  lay  them  witfi  martarin  the  parementiOT, 
square)  *  Or,  glittering 


"  ch.  42.  10- 

1» 
l>  ch.  42.  1 
'  cb.  6.  )2, 

l.-j ;  42.  5  ; 

2  Chr.  3U. 

13;  Is.  7.  9 
rf  ver.  « ;  cli. 

;«;.  4, 10, 20, 

32  ;  46.  1-3 
'  ch.  38.  4 
/ch.  42.  6 
"  ch.  42.  6, 

U  ;  44.  6  ; 

2  Chr.  26. 

10 
A  ch.  42.  10- 

12  ;  Pa.  37. 

3 
'  ch.  40  11 
<•■  ch.  41.  10 
'  ch.  39.  10 ; 

4".  7 
"'  Kccl.  9.  1, 

2 ;  Lam. 

3.  1 

"Pr.  1.».  7; 

2  Tim.  2.  9 
"  ch.  2.  16  i 

44.  1  ;  4G. 

14  ;  Ezek. 

:v>.  18 

''  cll.  26.  9.  11 
«  ch.  25. '.) ; 

27.  G  ;  Is. 

4-1.  28  ;  4.'>.  1 
■■Ps.  18.  11; 

27.  6 ;  31. 

20 
'  ch.  25.  \!>- 

19  :  46.  1, 

2.  1.3-26  ; 

Is.  19.  1-25 ; 

Ezek.  29. 

19,  20 
'  ch.  15.  2 


"  ch.  46.  25  ; 
Ex.  12.  12  ; 
Is.  19.  1  ; 
Ezek.  30. 
13 

*  Ps.  104.  2  ; 
109.  IS,  19  ; 
Is.  49.  18 

^  Gen.  41.  46 

<marg.  for 

marp.) 
y  ch.  46.  14 
'ch.  43.  7; 

Ezek.  30  18 
"  ch.  2.  16 ; 

46.  14 ;  Is. 

19.  ].•! ; 

Ezek.  30. 

13, 16 

*  ver.  15 ; 
Is.  II.  11 ; 
Ezek.  29. 
It;  3a  U 

'  ver.  22 ; 

ch.  4.  7  :  0. 

11  ;  34.  22; 

Is.  6.  11 ; 

Mic.  3.  12 
d  ver.  23 ; 

ch.  2.  17- 

19;  Neh. 

9.  33; 

Ezek.  8. 17. 

18 ;  Dan. 

9.  5 
"  ver.  8  ;  ch. 

7.  19  ;  32. 

30-32,  Is. 

3.  8 
/  ver.  8 
»  Pt.  13.  6  . 

29.  26  ;  32. 

17 
licb.7.  13, 

26  :  2.5.  4 ; 

26.  6 ;  av 

15;  Zech. 

7.  7 


houses  of  the  "  gods  of  Egypt ;  and 
he  shall  burn  them,  and  carry 
them  away  captive  :  and  he  shall 
"array  himself  with  the  land  of 
Egypt,  as  a  shepherd  putteth  on 
his  garment ;  and  he  shall  go  forth 
from  thence  in  peace.  13  We  shall 
also  break  the  ^pillars  of  "'■'Beth- 
shcmesh,  that  is  in  the  land  of 
Egypt ;  and  the  houses  of  the  gods 
of  Egypt  shall  he  burn  with  fire. 

A  A  The  word  that  came  to 
J^'^  Jeremiah  concerning  all 
the  Jews  that  dwelt  in  the  land  of 
Egypt,  that  dwelt  at  "Migdol,  and 
at  ■'Tahpanhes,  and  at  "Memphis, 
and  in  the  country  of  *  Pathro.s, 
saying,  2  Thus  saith  Jehovah  or 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel :  Ye  have 
seen  all  the  evil  that  I  have  brought 
upon  Jerusalem,  and  upon  all  the 
cities  of  Judah  ;  and,  behold,  this 
day  they  are  a  "desolation,  and  no 
man  dwelleth  therein,  3  ''  because 
of  their  wickedness  which  they 
have  committed  to  *  provoke  me 
to  anger,  in  that  they  went  to 
-^burn  incense,  and  to  "serve  other 
gods,  that  they  knew  not,  neither 
they,  nor  ye,  nor  your  fathers. 
4  Howbeit  1 ''  sent  unto  you  all  my 
servants  the  prophets,  lising  up 
early  and  sending  them,  saying. 
Oh,  do  not  this  'aoominaole  thing 
that  I  hate,  p  But  they  *  heark- 
ened not,  nor  inclined  their  ear  to 
turn  from  their  wickedness,  to  burn 
no  incense  unto  other  god.s.  6 
Wherefore  my  'wrath  and  mine 
anger  was  poured  forth,  and  was 
kindled  in  the  '"  cities  of  Judah  and 
in  the  streets  of  Jerusalem ;  and 
they  are  wasted  and  "de.solate,  as 
it  is  this  day.  7  Therefore  now 
thus  saith  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel :  Where- 
fore "commit  ye  thh  great  evil 
against  your  own  souls,  to  ''cut  off 
from  you  man  and  woman,  infant 
and  suckling,  out  of  the  midst  of 
.Judah,  to  leave  you  *none  remain- 
ing ;  8  in  that  ye  'provoke  me 
unto  anger  with  the  works  of  your 
hands, '  burning  incense  unto  other 
gods  in  the  land  of  Egypt,  whither 

•  ch.  16.  18 ;  32.  .-M,  .^'. ;  Ezek.  8.  lO  *  ch.  11.  8.  10 ; 
13.  10  '  ch.  42.  IS  ;  Is.  61.  i7-2f) ;  Ezek.  8.  18  "'  ch. 
7.  17.  .34  "  ch.  4.  27  ;  :^.  22  "  ch.  26.  19  ;  Ezek.  33. 
1 1  ;  Hab.  2.  lO  >>  cb.  3.  24  :  9.  21 ;  61.  22  «  ver.  12 
"■  ver.  3  ;  2  K.  17.  l.o-n  ;  1  Cor.  10.  21,  22  '  ver.  3  ; 
ch.  7.  9 :  11.  12,  17  ;  Hos.  4.  13 ;  Hab.  1.  16 


s  Or,  obelisks 

*  Or.  The  house  nf  the  mn    Probably,  Hcliepo' 
lis,  that  is,  On.    See  Gen.  41.  60. 


777 


44.9 


JEREMIAH 


44.26 


Jeremiah  threatens  Disaster  U  the  Jews  in  Egypt.    They  rontradict  him.    fle  renews  his  Warning,  and  declares  that 


ye  are  gone  to  sojourn  ;  that  ye 
may  be  cut  off",  and  that  ye  may  be 
a  "  curse  and  a  reproach  among  all 
the  nations  of  the  earth  1  9  Have 
ye  forgotten  the  ''wickedness  of 
your  lathers,  and  the  wickedness 
of  the  kings  of  Judah,  and  the 
wickedness  of  their  wives,  and 
your  own  wickedness,  and  the 
wickedness  of  "your  wives,  which 
they  committed  in  the  land  of 
Judah,  and  in  the  streets  of  Jeru- 
salem'?  10  They  are  ''not  hum- 
bled even  unto  this  day,  neither 
have  they  feared,  nor  ^walked  in 
my  law,  nor  in  my  statutes,  that 
I  set  before  you  and  before  your 
fathers. 

1 1  Therefore  thus  saith  Jehovah 
of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel :  Behold, 
I  will  ■''set  my  face  against  you 
for  evil,  even  to  cut  oft'  all  Judah. 
12  And  I  will  ^take  the  remnant 
of  Judah,  that  have  set  their  faces 
to  go  into  the  land  of  Egypt  to 
sojourn  there,  and  they  shall  ''all 
be  consumed  ;  in  the  land  of  Egypt 
shall  they  fall ;  they  shall  be  con- 
sumed by  the  sword  and  by  the 
famine ;  they  shall  die,  from  the 
least  even  "unto  the  greatest,  by 
the  sword  and  by  the  famine  ;  and 
they  shall  be  an  '  execration,  and 
an  astonishment,  and  a  curse, 
and  a  reproach.  13  For  I  will 
*  punish  them  that  dwell  in  the 
land  of  Egypt,  as  1  have  punished 
Jerusalem,  by  the  'sword,  by  the 
famine,  and  by  the  pestilence ; 
14  so  that  '"none  of  the  remnant 
of  Judah,  that  are  gone  into  the 
land  of  Egypt  to  sojourn  there, 
shall  escape  or  be  left,  to  return 
into  the  land  of  Judah,  to  which 
they  *  have  a  "  desire  to  return  to 
dwell  there  :  for  none  shall  return 
save  such  as  shall  "escape. 

15  Then  ^all  the  men  who  knew 
that  their  *  wives  burned  incense 
unto  other  gods,  and  all  the  women 
that  stood  by,  a  great  assembly, 
even  all  the  people  that  dwelt  in 
the  land  of  Egypt,  in  Fathros,  an- 
swered Jeremiah,  saying,  16  As  for 
the  ''word  that  thou  hast  spoken 
unto  us  in  the  name  of  Jehovah, 
we  will  'not  hearken  unto  thee. 
17  But  we  will  certainly  perform 
every  word  that  is  gone  forth  out 
of  our  mouth,  to  burn  incense  unto 
the  'queen  of  heaven,  and  to  pour 
out  drink-offerings  upto  her,  as  we 
have  done,   "  we  and  our  fathers, 

I  Heb  lift  up  their  soul,. 


"  ch.  42.  18 ; 

1  K.  9.  7,«, 

2  Chr.  7.  20 
*  ver.  17,  21 ; 

ch.  7.  9,  10, 

17,  18 

"  ver.  15 
d  ch.  6.  15  , 

8.  12 

'  ver.  23 ; 

ch.  26.  4 ; 

32.  23 
/ch.  21.  10; 

Lev.  20.  17; 

Am.  9.  4 
"  ch.  42.  15- 

18,  22 

''  ver.  7  ;  ch. 

16.4;  Is.  1. 

28 
■  ch.  29.  18  : 

42.  18 ;  Is. 

05.  16 
*-■  ver.  27,  28  ; 

ch.  11.  22 
'  ch.  21.  0  ; 

24.  10  ,  42. 

17,  22 
'"  ver.  27  ; 

ch.  22.  10 
"  ch.  22.  26, 

°  ver.  28  ;  Is. 
4.  2  ;  10. 
20:  Rom. 

9.  27 

i'  ch.  5.  1-5  ; 

Prov.  u. 

21  ;  Is.  1.  5 
'  ver.  9 
""ch  43.  2 
'  ch  8.  0, 12 ; 

11.  8,  10; 

13.  10; 

Job  15.  25, 

26,  21.  14, 

15  ;  Ps.  2. 

3  ;  Is.  3.  9 
<ch.7.  18; 

2  K.  17.  16 
"  ver.  21 ;  ch. 
3A  32  ; 
Neh.  9.  34 


*-  Ex.  16  3 ; 

Is.  48.  5  , 
HOS.  2.  n- 

9 ;  Phil.  3. 

19 
"  ch.  40  12 ; 

Num.  11.5, 

0 ;  Mai.  3. 

i:;-i5 
i'  ver.  15 , 

Num.  30. 

(5   7 
-  Ezek.  8. 10, 

11 
"  ver.  9,  17  ; 

ch   11.  13; 

Ezek.  10. 

24 
tch  14.  10; 

Ps.  79.  8  ; 

Is.  64.  9 ; 

Hos.  7.  2  ; 

Am.  8  7 
'^  Is.  7.  13; 

Mai.  2  17 
d  ch.  4.  4  ; 

21.  12,  30 

14 
'ver.  13; 

ch.  2.5.  11, 

18,  38;  29. 

18  ;  42.  18 
/  ver.  3 
"  ch.  7.  13- 

l.i ;  40.  3 
'i  ver.  10 ; 

Ps.  119.136, 

1.50 
"  ver.  2  , 

1  K.  9.  9 ; 

Neh.  13. 18 

778 


our  kings  and  our  princes,  in  the 
cities  of  Judah,  and  in  the  streets 
of  Jerusalern ;  for  then  had  we 
"  plenty  of  -  victuals,  and  were  well, 
and  saw  no  evil.  18  But  since  we 
left  off  burning  incense  to  the  queen 
of  heaven,  and  pouring  out  drink- 
offerings  unto  her,  we  have  ^wanted 
all  things,  and  have  been  consumed ' 
by  the  sword  and  by  the  famine. 
1 9  And  when  we  burned  incense  to 
the  queen  of  heaven,  and  poured 
out  drink-offerings  unto  her,  did 
we  make  her  cakes  to  ^  worship  her, 
and  pour  out  drink-offerings  unto 
her,  *  without  our  husbands  1 

20  Then  Jeremiah  said  unto  all 
the  people,  to  the  men,  and  to  the 
women,  even  to  all  the  people  that 
had  given  him  that  answer,  saying, 

21  The/ incense  that  ye  burned  in 
the  cities  of  Judah,  and  in  the 
"  streets  of  Jerusalem,  ye  and  your 
fathers,  your  kings  and  your 
princes,  and  the  people  of  the  land, 
did  not  Jehovah  ''remember  them, 
and  came  it  not  into  his   mind  1 

22  so  that  Jehovah  could  'no 
longer  bear,  "*  because  of  theevil 
of  your  doings,  and  because  of  the 
abominations  which  ye  have  com- 
mitted ;  therefore  is  your  land 
become  a  *  desolation,  and  an  as- 
tonishment, and  a  curse,  without 
inhabitant,  as  it  is  this  dny.  23 
Because  ye  have  -^  burned  incense, 
and  because  ye  have  sinned  against 
Jehovah,  and  have  "  not  obeyed  the 
voice  of  Jehovah,  nor  ''walked  in 
his  law,  nor  in  his  statutes,  nor  in 
his  testimonies  ;  therefore  this  'evil 
is  happened  unto  you,  as  it  is  this 
day. 

24  Moreover  Jeremiah  said  unto 
all  the  people,  and  to  all  the  women, 
*Hear  the  word  of  Jehovah,  all  Ju- 
dah that  are '  in  the  land  of  Egypt : 
25  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel,  saying,  '"Ye  and 
your  wives  have  both  spoken  with 
your  mouths,  and  with  your  hands 
have  fulfilled  it,  saying.  We  will 
" surely  perform  our  vows  that  we 
have  vowed,  to  burn  incense  to  the 
queen  of  heaven,  and  to  pour  out 
drink-offerings  unto  her:  "estab- 
lish then  j^our  vows,  and  perform 
your  vows.  2(3  Therefore  near  ye 
the  word  of  Jehovah,  all  Judah 
that  dwell  in  the  land  of  Egypt : 

*■  ver.  10 :  ch.  42.  15  '  ver.  15. 26 ;  ch.  4,3. 7  "'  ver.  l« 
"  ver.  17  ,  Mt.  14.  9  ;  Acts  23.  12  "  Ezek.  20.  39 ; 
Jas.  1.  14,  15 


'■  Heb.  bredd. 


*  Or.  vorfray 


44.27 


JEREMIAH 


46.13 


Few  will  rttnrn  to  Jodea.    Jeremiah's  Message  to  Bar'icb.    Defeat  of  Pharaoh  at  Carrhemish  Toretold 


Behold,  I  have  "  sworn  by  my  great 
name,  saith  Jehovali,  that  my  name 
shall  *no  more  be  nametl  in  ttie 
mouth  of  any  man  of  .J  udah  in  all 
the  land  of  Lgypt,  saying,  "As  the 
Lord  Jehovah  liveth.     27  Behold, 

1  watch  over  them  ''  for  evil,  and 
not  for  good  ;  and  "all  the  men  of 
J  udah  that  are  in  the  land  of  Egypt 
shall  be  consumed  by  the  sword 
and  by  tlie  famine,  until  there  be 
an  end  of  them.  28  -^And  they 
tliat  escape  the  sword  shall  return 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  into  the 
land  of  Judah,  "few  in  number; 
and  all  the  remnant  of  Judali,  that 
are  gone  into  the  land  of  Egypt  to 
sojourn  there,  shall  know  wnose 
word  shall  stand,  ''mine,  or  theirs. 
29  And  this  shall  be  the 'sign  unto 
you,  saith  Jehovah,  that  1  will  pun- 
ish you  in  this  place,  that  ye  may 
know  that  *my  words  shall  surely 
stand  against  you  for  evil :  30  Thus 
saith  Jehovah,  Behold,  I  will  give 
'Pharaoh  Hophra  king  of  Egypt 
into  the  hand  of  his  enemies,  and 
into  the  hand  of  them  that  seek  his 
life  ;  as  I  gave  '"  Zedekiah  king  of 
Judah  into  the  hand  of  Nebuchad- 
rezzar king  of  Babylon,  who  was 
his  enemy,  and  sought  his  life. 

A  pT  The  word  that  Jeremiah 
TlO  the  prophet  spake  unto 
"  Baruch  the  son  of  Neriah,  when 
he  "  wrote  these  words  in  a  book 
at  the  mouth  of  Jeremiah,  in  the 
''fourth  year  of  Jehoiakim  the  son 
of  Josiah,  king  of  Judah,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  Israel,  ^  unto  thee,  O  Baruch : 

3  Thou  didst  say.  Woe  is  me  now  ! 
for  Jehovah  hath  added  sorrow  to 
my  pain ;  I  am  '^  weary  with  my 
groaning,  and  1  lind  no  rest.  -4  Thus 
shalt  thou  say  unto  him.  Thus  saith 
Jehovah:  Behold,  '"that  which  I 
have  built  will  1  break  down,  and 
that  which  I  have  planted  I  will 
pluck  uj) ;  and  this  in  the  whole 
land.  5  And  'seekest  thou  great 
things  for  thyself  ?  seek  them  not ; 
for,  behold,  I  will  'bring  evil  upon 
all  tlesh,  saith  Jehovah  ;  but  thy 
life  will  I  give  unto  thee  "  for  a 
prey  in  all  places  whither  thou 
goest. 

Af\      The    word     of     Jehovah 
j^yj  which    came    to    Jeremiah 
the  prophet  "concerning    the  na- 
tions. 

1  Or,  conctmvno 


<•  ch.  22.  r, ; 
Oen.  22. 
10;  Dt.  J2. 
40.  41  : 
Am.  d.  8 , 
Heb.  u.  i3, 

IS 
6  Ps.  M.  W  ; 

Ezek.  20.  oU 
■•  cli.  0.  2 ; 

.S.  48.  1,  2 
<'  ch.  3U.  10 
-  ver.  14  ; 

2  K.  21.  14 
/  ver.  14 
"  Is.  10.  1!) ; 

27.  12,  13 
A  Ps.  33.  11; 

Is.  14.  27  ; 

4t;.  10,  1 1 ; 

Zech.  1.  0 
'  ver.  30 ;  Is. 

7.  11,  14;  8. 

IS ;  Mt.  24. 

1.1,  10,  32 
fc  Prov.  lu. 

21 ;  Is.  40.  8 
'  ch.  43.  9- 

13  ;  40.  2.) ; 

Ezek.  2y.  3 
"•  ch.  34.  21 ; 

39.  a-1  ; 

2  K.  26.  4-7 
"  ch.  32.  12, 

10  ;  43.  3,  6 
"  ch.  30.  4, 

18,  32 
P  ch.  25.  1 ; 

30.  1 ;  40.  1 
«  Ps.  0.  0  ; 

09  3; 

2  Cor.  4. 

I,  10;  Gal. 
0.  9 

''ch.  1.  10; 

II.  17;  18. 
7-10;  31.  28 

'  1  K.  3.  9, 

II;  2K.  r.. 

20 ;  Mt.  0. 

2.i,  32 ; 

Rom.  12. 10 
<  ch.  2.5.  31  ; 

Is.  00.  10 
"ch.  21.  9; 

38.  2  ;  39.  18 

"ch.  1.  10, 

2a.  15-38 


"  ver.  14 ; 

ch.  ■!:>.  19 ; 

Ezek.  ch. 

2»-ch.  32. 
y  2  K.  IS.  21 ; 

23.  29,  3:i-3.5 
'  2  Chr.  3.0. 

20  ;  Is.  10.  9 
"  ch.  45.  1 
frch.  51.  11  ; 

Is.  21.  5 ; 

Joel  3.  9 ; 

Nah.  2.  1 ; 

3  14 
"  Ezek.  21. 

9-11 
dch.  51.  3; 

1  S.  17.  5, 

38 ;  2  Chr. 

20.  14: 

Neh.  4.  10 
'  ver.  21 ;  Is. 

42. 17 
/  Is.  .5.  25  ; 

Kzek.  39. 

18 
»  ch.  6.  25  ; 

49.  29 
A  Is.  30.  16 
«  ver.  12.  10  ; 

Dan.  11.19 
k  ch.  47.  2 
'  Is.  37.  24 
'"  Is.  10.  13 
"  ch.  47.  3  , 

Mah.  2. 4 

779 


2  Of  'Egypt:  concerning  the 
army  of  "  Pharaoh-neco  king  of 
Egypt,  which  was  by  the  river 
Euplirates  in  -Carchemish.  which 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Baljylon 
smote  in  the  "fourth  year  of  Je- 
hoiakim the  son  of  Josiah,  king  of 
Judah. 

3  'Prepare  ye  the  buckler  and 
shield,  and  draw  near  to  battle, 
-i  Harness  the  horses,  and  get  up, 
ye  horsemen,  and  stand  forth  with 
your  helmets  ;  "furbish  the  spears, 
put  on  the  "^  coats  of  mail,  b  Uhere- 
fore  have  I  seen  it?  they  are  dis- 
mayed Jind  are  "turned  backward  ; 
and  their  ■''mighty  ones  are  beaten 
down,  and  are  tied  apace,  and  look 
not  back  :  "  terror  is  on  every  side, 
saith  Jehovah.  6  Let  not  the 
''swift  Hee  away,  nor  the  mighty 
rnan  escape ;  in  the  north  by  the 
river  Euphrates  have  they  'stum- 
bled and  fallen.  7  '"  Who  is  this 
that  *riseth  up  like  the  Nile,  whose 
waters  toss  themselves  like  the 
rivers'?  8  Egypt  riseth  up  like 
the  Nile,  and  his  waters  toss  them- 
selves like  the  rivers  :  and  he  saith, 
I  will  'rise  up,  I  will  cover  the 
earth ;  I  will  "'  destroy  cities  and 
the  inhabitants  thereof.  9  Go  up, 
ye  horses  ;  and  "rage,  ye  chariots  ; 
and  let  the  mighty  men  go  forth  : 
Cush  and  "Put,  that  handle  the 
shield  ;  and  the^'Ludim,  that  han- 
dle and  bend  the  bow.  10  For  that 
day  is  a  day  of  the  Lord,  Jehovah 
of  hosts,  a  day  of  ''  vengeance,  that 
he  may  avenge  him  of  his  adver- 
saries :  and  the  '"sword  shall  devour 
and  be  satiate,  and  shall  drink  its 
till  of  their  blood;  for  the  Lord, 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  hath  a 'sacrifice 
in  the  north  country  by  the  river 
Euphrates.  1 1  Go  up  into  Gilead, 
and  take  'balm,  O  "virgin  daugh- 
ter of  Egypt :  in  v;iin  dost  thou  use 
many  medicines  ;  there  is  '  no  heal- 
ing for  thee.  1 2  'i'he  nations  have 
heard  of  thy 'shame,  and  the  earth 
is  full  of  thy  *  cry  ;  for  the  '  mighty 
man  hath  stumbled  against  the 
mighty,  they  are  fallen  both  of 
them  together. 

13  The  word  that  Jehovah  spake 
to  Jeremiah  the  prophet,  how  that 

0  Nah  3.  9  ''  Is.  fifl.  19  ">  ch.  so.  15,  28  ■■  ch.  12.  12 , 
Is  31.  R  Ms.  .34.  0;  Zeph.  1.7  «  ch.  9.  22  "  ch.  31. 
4  21 ;  Is.  47.  1  "  ch.  M.  13 ;  Mic.  1.  9 ;  Nah.  3.  l'> 
'  cb.  2.  30 ,  Nah.  3.  8-10  "  ch.  14.  2  '  ver.  o ;  Is. 
19.2  

-  Or.  Who  is  this  like  the  Nile  that  nseth  up. 
like  the  rivers   whoie   vnters   toss   themselves  1 
I  E'jvpt  ii  like  the  yUe  that  riseth  up  &c. 


46.14 


JEREMIAH 


47.7 


Victorioas  Invasion  of  Egypt  by  Nebnchadrezzar  predicted.    Israel  comforted.    Oracle  against  Philistia 


"Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon 
should  come  and  smite  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

14  Declare  ye  in  Egypt,  and  pub- 
lish in  ''Migdol,  and  publish  in 
*  Memphis  and  in  "  Tahpanhes :  say 
ye,  Stand  forth,  and  prepare  thee  : 
for  the  sword  hath  "*  devoured  round 
about  thee.  1 5  Why  are  thy  ''strong 
ones  swept  away  1  they  stood  not, 
because  Jehovah  did  ^•''drive  them. 
16  He  made  many  to  ^stumble, 
yea,  they  fell  one  upon  another : 
and  they  said,  Arise,  and  let  us  *go 
again  to  our  own  people,  and  to  the 
land  of  our  nativity,  from  the  *  op- 
pressing sword.  17  They  cried 
there,  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt  is 
^  *  but  a  noise  ;  he  hath  let  the  ap- 
pointed time  pass  by.  18  As  I 
live,  saith  the  '  King,  whose  name 
is  Jehovah  of  hosts,  .surely  like 
™  Tabor  among  the  mountains,  and 
like  "  Carmel  by  the  sea,  so  shall  he 
come.  19^0  thou  "  daughter  that 
dwellest  in  Egypt,  ■*  furnish  thyself 
to  ^go  into  captivity;  for  « Mem- 
phis shall  become  a  desolation,  and 
shall  be  burnt  up,  without  inhab- 
itant. 20  Egypt  is  a  very  fair 
•"heifer;  but  ^'destruction  out  of 
the  north  is  come,  it  is  come.  21 
Also  her  'hired  men  in  the  midst 
of  her  are  like  "  calves  of  the  stall ; 
for  they  also  are  turned  back,  they 
are  "fled  away  together,  they  did 
not  stand  :  for  the  day  of  their 
calamity  is  come  upon  them,  the 
time  of  their  ■'visitation.  22  "The 
sound  thereof  shall  go  like  the  ser- 
pent ;  for  they  shall  march  with  an 
army,  and  come  against  her  with 
axes,  as  hewei's  of  wood.  23  They 
shall  cut  down  her/ forest,  saith 
Jehovah,  ''  though  it  cannot  be 
searched ;  because  they  are  more 
than  the  ^locusts,  and  are  innu- 
merable. 24  The  "daughter  of 
Egypt  shall  be  put  to  shame  ;  she 
shall  be  delivered  into  the  hand  of 
the  *  people  of  the  north.  25  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel, 
saith  :  Behold,  I  will "  punish  Amon 
of  "^No,  and  "Pharaoh,  and  Egypt, 
with  her  ■''gods,  and  her  kings; 
even  Pharaoh,  and  them  that^trust 
in  him  :  26  and  I  will  deliver  them 
into  the  hand  of  those  that  ''seek 
their  lives,  and  into  the  hand  of 

1  Or,  thnist  them  doirn  2  Or,  destroyed 

3  Or,  0  thou  that  dwellest  with  the  daughter  of 
Egypt  *  Heb.  make  thee  vessels  of  captivity. 

5  Or,  the  gadfly 

s  Or,  Her  sourid  is  like  that  of  the  serpent  as  it 
goeth  1  Or,  for 


°-  ch.  43. 11 
b  ch.  44.  1 
'  ch.  43.  8 
d  ver.  10; 

ch.  2.  30 ; 

Is.  1.  20; 

Nah.  2.  13 
*  ver.  6 ;  Is. 

66.  15,  16 
/  Ps.  18.  14, 

39;  68.  1,  2 
y  ver.  6 ; 

Lev.  26.  36, 

37 
''  ch.  61.  9 
'  ch.  60.  16 
k  Ex.  \».  9, 

10 ;  1  K.  20. 

10,  11 :  Is. 

19.  11-16 

'  ch.  48.  16 ; 

Mai.  1.  14 
"'  Josh.  19. 

22 ;  Judg. 

4.  6 ;  Ps.  89. 

12 
"  Josh.  12. 

22 ;  1  K.  18. 

42 
"  ver.  11 
''Is.  20.  4 
t  ver.  14 ; 

Kzek.  30. 

13 
"■  ch.  60.  11 
'  ver.  24 
«  ver.  5  ;  2  S. 

10.  6 ;  2  K. 

7.6 
"  Is.  34.  T 
"  ch.  18.  17 
^  ch.  48.  44  ; 

Hos.  9.  7 ; 

Obaci.  13 ; 

Mic,  7.  4 
y  ch.  21.  14 
-  Judg.  6.  6 ; 

7.  12 ;  Joel 

2.  25 
"  ver.  19 
>>  ver.  20 ; 

ch.  1.  15 
"^  ch.  43.  12 
d  Ezek.  30. 

14,  15,  16 , 

Nah.  3.  8 
'  ch.  44.  30 
/  ch.  48.  12, 

13;  Kx.  12. 

12;  Ezek. 

30.  13, 

Zeph.  2.  11 
f  Is.  20.  5 
'»  ch.  44.  30 ; 

Ezek.  32. 11 


'  Ezek.  29. 

8-14 

*  ch.  m.  10, 

11 ;  Is.  41. 

13,  14 
'  ch.  23.  3, 

4  ;  29.  14  ; 

Is.  11.  11, 

Mic.  7.  12 
'"  ch.  23.  6  , 

60.  19 
"ch.  1.  19; 

Ps.  46.  7, 

11 ;  Is.  8. 

9,  10 ;  43.  2 
»  ch.  4.  27  , 

Am.  9.  8,  9 
P  ch.  10.  24  ; 

Hab.  3.  2 
«  ch,  26.  17, 

20;  Am.  1. 

t^-s;  Zeph. 

2.  4-7  ; 
Zech.  9. 
6-7 

'■  ch.  25.  20 ; 
Gen.  10. 
19 ;  1  K.  4. 
24 

780 


Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon, 
and  into  the  hand  of  his  servants  ; 
and  'afterwards  it  shall  be  inhab- 
ited, as  in  the  days  of  old,  saith 
Jehovah. 

27  But  *fear  not  thou,  O  Jacob 
my  servant,  neither  be  dismayed, 
O  Israel :  for,  lo,  I  will  'save  thee 
from  afar,  and  thy  seed  from  the  , 
land  of  their  captivity  ;  and  Jacob 
shall  return,  and  shall  be  quiet 
and  "'at  ease,  and  none  shall  make 
him  afraid.  28  Fear  not  thou,  O 
Jacob  my  servant,  saith  Jehovah; 
for  "I  am  with  thee :  for  I  will 
make  a  full  end  of  all  the  nations 
whither  I  have  driven  thee  ;  but  I 
will "  not  make  a  full  end  of  thee, 
but  I  will  -p  correct  thee  in  ^  meas- 
ure, and  will  in  no  wise  ®  leave  thee 
unpunished. 

A^  The  word  of  Jehovah 
■Tl  I  that  came  to  Jeremiah  the 
prophet  concerning  the  'Philis- 
tines, before  that  Pharaoh  smote 
*■  Gaza. 

2  Thus  saith  Jehovah :  Behold, 
waters  rise  up  out  of  *  the  north, 
and  shall  become  an  overflowing 
stream,  and  shall  'overflow  the 
land  and  all  that  is  therein,  the 
city  and  them  that  dwell  therein ; 
and  the  men  shall  "cry,  and  all 
the  inhabitants  of  the  land  shall 
wail.  3  At  the  noise  of  the  "stamp- 
ing of  the  hoofs  of  his  strong  ones, 
at  the  ■"  rushing  of  his  chariots,  at 
the  rumbling  of  his  wheels,  the 
fathers  look  not  back  to  their  chil- 
dren for  feebleness  of  hands  ;  4  be- 
cause of  the  day  that  cometh  to 
2' destroy  all  the  Philistines,  to  cut 
off  from  ^Tyre  ^and  Sidon  every 
helper  that  remain  eth  :  for  Jeho- 
vah will  destroy  the  Philistines, 
the  remnant  of  the  '°  isle  of  "  Caph- 
tor.  5  *  Baldness  is  come  upon 
Gaza ;  "  Ashkelon  is  brought  to 
nought,  the  remnant  of  their  val- 
ley:  how  long  wilt  thou  ''cut  thy- 
self %  6  O  thou  *  sword  of  Jehovah, 
•^how  long  will  it  be  ere  thou  be 
quiet  ■?  put  up  thyself  into  thy 
scabbard ;  rest,  and  be  still.  7 
How  canst  thou   be  quiet,  seeing 

'  ch.  1.  14  ;  6.  22;  46.  20,  24  ,  Is.  14.  31  «  Is.  8.  7,  8 

"  ch.  46.  12;  Is.  15.  2-5  "  ch.  8.  16;  Judg.  6.  22 
^  Ezek.  26.  10, 11 ;  Nah.  3.  2  y  Is.  14.  31  '  ch.  25. 
20-22 ;  Is.  23.  6,  6,  11 ;  Joel  3.  4 ;  Am.  1.  9, 10 ;  Zech. 
9.  2-4  "  Gen.  10.  14 ;  Dt.  2.  23  ,  Am.  9  7  6  ch.  48. 
.37 ;  Mic.  1.  16  "  ch.  25.  20 ;  Judg.  l.  18;  Am.  1.  7,  8, 
Zeph.  2.  4,  7  ;  Zech.  9.  5  <«  ch.  16.  6 ,  41.  6  •  ch.  12. 
12;  Judg.  7.  20;  Ezek.  21.  3-3     /ch.  4.  21 


8  Heb.  judgment.        *  Or,  hold  thee  guiltless 
1*  Or,  aea-coOst 


4a  1 


JEREMIAH 


48.29 


Oracle  against  Noab 


Jehovah  hatli  "  piven  '  thee  a 
charge  1  Against  Ashkelon,  and 
against  the  sea-shoio,  th(}re  liatli 
he  ''appointed  it. 

/I  Q  Of  Moab.  Thus  saith 
T!0  Jehovah  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  Israel:  Woe  unto/'Nebo!  f()r 
it  is  laid  waste  ;  ''  Kiiiathaiin  is 
put  to  shame,  it  is  taken  ;  '  Mis- 
gab  is  put  to  shaniie  and  ^  broken 
down.  2  The  praise  of  JVloab  is 
no  more  ;  in  *'  Heshbon  they  have 
devised  evil  against  her :  Come, 
and  let  us  cut  her  off  from  Ix-ing 
a  nation.  Thou  also,  O  Madmen, 
shalt  be  brought  to  silence  ;  the 
sword  shall  i)ursue  thee.  3  The 
sound  of  a  cry  from  •' Horonaim, 
desolation  and  great  destruction  ! 
4  Moab  is  destroyed ;  her  little 
ones  have  causea  a  cry  to  be 
heard.  5  For  by  the  ascent  of 
•'  Luhith  with  continual  weeping 
shall  they  go  up ;  for  at  the  de- 
scent of  Horonaim  they  have 
heard  the  distress  of  the  cry  of 
destruction.  6  *  Flee,  save  your 
lives,  and  be  like  the  'heath  in 
the  wilderness.  7  For,  because 
thou  hast  *  trusted  in  thy  works 
and  in  thy  treasures,  thou  also 
shalt  be  taken :  and  'Chemosh 
shall  go  forth  into  captivity,  his 
priests   and  his  princes  together. 

8  And  the  destroyer  shall  come 
upon  every  city,  and  no  city  shall 
escape ;  the  valley  also  shall  per- 
ish, and  the  '"plain  shall  he  de- 
stroyed ;  as  Jehovah  hath  spoken. 

9  Give  "wings  unto  Moab,  ''that 
she  may  fly  and  get  her  away  : 
and  her  cities  shall  become  a 
"desolation,  without  any  to  dwell 
therein.  10  ''Cursed  be  he  that 
doeth  the  work  of  Jehovah  ^''neg- 
ligently ;  and  cursed  be  he  that 
keepeth  back  his  *■  sword  from 
blood. 

11  i\Ioab  hath  been  'at  ease  from 
his  youth,  and  he  hath  'settled  on 
his  lees,  and  hath  not  been  "emptied 
from  ve.ssel  to  vessel,  neither  nath 
he  gone  into  captivity  :  therefore 
his  "taste  remaineth  in  him,  and  his 
scent  is  not  clianged.  12  There- 
fore, behold,  the  days  come,  saith 
Jehovah,  that  I  will  send  unto  him 
them  that  ®'pour  off,  and  they 
shall  ^pour  him  off;  and  they  shall 
empty  his  vessels,  and  "break  their 

1  Heb.  it.  *  Or,  the  high  fort 

'  Or,  dismaiifd 

*  Or,  for  nhe  m nst  fly  ■'  nr>d  her  cities  <£■<". 
&  Or,  deceitfully  «  Heb.  Wt  (a  veasel). 


"  Is.  10.  fi , 

Ezek.  14. 

17 
^  Mic.  6.  9 
'  ver.  'Si ; 

Num.  32. 

:i,  :i7 
<*  ver.  as ; 

Num.  32. 

■■i"; 

K2ek.  25.  9 
'  ver.  34,  46 ; 

ch.  49.  3 ; 

Num.  21. 

/ver.  fl,  34; 

Is.  1».  5 
I'  Is.  Ifi.  6 
''  ch.  61.  6 
•  ch.  1".  6 
t  oh.  a.  23; 

l.s.  I'i!).  4 
'  ver.  13,  46 ; 

Num.  21. 

2!) : 

I  K.  11.  33 
"'  Josll.  13.  U, 

17,  21 
"  ver.  28 ; 

Ps.  II.  l; 

Is.  It).  2 
"  ch.  44.  22 
'ch.  11.  3 
9  1  S.  16.8.9; 

1  K.  20.  42 ; 

2  K.  13.  19 
"■  ch.  47.  6,  7 
'  ch.  22.  21  ; 

Zech.  1.  15 
'  Zeph.  1.  12 
"  Nah.  2.  2 
'  Ezek.  16. 

49,  .W 
"  Nah.  2.  2 
y  ch.  26.  34 


'  ver.  39 ;  Is. 

45.  )G 
"  ver.  7 
6  1  K.  12.  29  ; 

Hos.  ».  6,  G 
'  Ps.  33.  16  ; 

Is.  10.  13-lG 
rf  Is.  40.  30,  31 
'  ch.  60.  27 
/  ch.  4C.  18 
"  Is.  13.  22 
''  ch.  9.  17-20 
'  Is.  14.  6 
*:  ch.  46.  19 
'  ver.  22 ; 

.)osh.  13. 

9,  17 
'"  Is.  47.  1 
"  Dt.  2.  .30  ; 

Josh.  12.  2 
°  1  S.  4.  13, 

14,  10 
P  ver.  8 
«  ver.  34 ; 

Num.  21. 

23  ;  Is.  15.  4 
"■  Josh.  13.  18 
"  ver.  18 
'  ver.  \ 
"  Josh.  13. 

17 

"  ver.  41 ; 

Am.  2.  2 
"  ch.  4B.  13 
yPs.  76.  10; 

Zech.  1. 

19-21 
'Job  22.  9; 

Ps.  10.  15 
"  ver.  42 ; 

Ex.  6.  2 ; 

Dan.  6.  23 
*  Lain.  2. 

ir^l7 ; 

Mic.  7.  8-10 
'  ch.  2.  26 
rf  ch.  18.  16; 

Job  16.  4 
'ch  49. 16; 

781 


'bottles  in  pieces.  1.3  And  Moab 
shall  be  ^ashamed  of  "Chemosh,  as 
the  house  of  Israel  was  ashamed  of 
''Beth-el  th(!ircontidence.  14  How 
say  ye,  We  aie  "^ mighty  men,  and 
valiant  men  for  the  war'^  15  Moab 
is  kiid  waste,  and  "*  they  are  gone 
up  into  his  cities,  and  liis  chosen 
''young  men  are  'gone  down  to  the 
slaughter,  saith  tlie -' King,  who.se 
name  is  Jehovah  of  hosts.  16  The 
calamity  of  Moab  is  ^nc^ar  to  come, 
and  his  affliction  hasteth  fast.  17 
All  ye  that  are  round  al)out  him, 
''bemoan  him,  and  all  ye  that  know 
his  name ;  say,  How  is  the  strong 
"'staff  broken,  the  beautiful  rod! 
18  ^O  thou  daughter  that  '"dwellest 
in  'Dibon,  "'come  down  from  thy 
glory,  and  sit  in  thirst ;  for  the 
destroyer  of  Moab  is  come  up 
against  thee,  he  hath  destroyed  thy 
strongholds.  19  O  "  inhabitant  of 
"Aroer,  stand  by  the  waj%  and 
watch:  "ask  him  that  fleeth,  and 
her  that  escapeth;  say,  What  hath 
been  done  I  20  JNIoao  is  put  to 
shame  ;  for  it  is  '"  bioken  down  : 
wail  and  cry ;  tell  ye  it  by  the 
Arnon,  that  Moab  is  laid  waste. 
21  And  judgment  is  come  upon^the 
plain  country,  upon  Holon,  and 
upon  *Jahzah,  and  upon  'Meph- 
aath,  22  and  upon  '  Dibon,  and 
upon  'Nebo,  and  upon  Beth-dibia- 
thaim,  23  and  upon  '  Kiriathaim, 
and  upon  Beth-gamul.  and  upon 
"Beth-meon,  24  and  unon'Kerioth, 
and  upon^Bozrah,  ana  upon  all  the 
cities  of  the  land  of  Moab,  far  or 
near.  25  The  » horn  of  Moab  is 
cut  off,  and  his  'arm  is  broken, 
saith  Jeliovah. 

26  Make  ye  him  drunken ;  for 
he  "  magnified  himself  against  Je- 
hovah :  and  Moab  shall  wallow  in 
his  vomit,  and  he  also  shall  be  in 
derision.  27  For  was  n<jt  Israel  a 
''derision  unto  thee  1  was  he  found 
among  "thieves?  for  as  often  as 
thou  speakest  of  him,  thou  "fwag- 
gest  the  head.  28  O  ye  inhabitants 
of  Moab,  leave  the  cities,  and  dwell 
in  the  "^rock  ;  and  be  like  the  •''dove 
that  maketh  her  nest  over  the 
mouth  of  the  abyss.  29  ^  We  have 
heard  of  the  pride  of  Moab,  that  he 
is  very  proud ;  his  loftiness,  and  his 

Judg.  6.  2 ;  Is.  2.  10  ;  Obad.  3  /  Ps.  66.  6 ;  S.  S.  2.  14 
"la.  16.  6;  Zeph.  2.  8 


7  Or,  iars 

s  Or.  7i IS  cities  are  gone  nv  in  smoke 
s  Or,  gc^tre  »  Heb.  ivhabitress. 

»«  Or,  ari  seated         **  Or,  dUmaved 


48.30 


J  EREMIAH 


49.5 


Oracle  against  Moab,    Oracle  against  Amnion 


"  pride,  and  his  arrogancy,  and  the 
haughtiness  of  his  heart.  30  I 
know  his  *  wrath,  saith  Jehovah, 
that  it  is  nought ;  his  boastings 
have  wrought  nothing.  31  There- 
fore will  I  "^ wail  for  Moab;  yea,  I 
will  cry  oat  for  all  Moab :  for  the 
men  or  "^  Ivir-heres  shall  they  mourn. 

32  With  more  than  the  "  weeping 
of  -^Jazer  will  I  weep  for  thee,  O 
vine  of  Sibmah :  tliy  branches 
passed  over  the  sea,  they  reached 
even  to  the  sea  of  Jazer  :  upon  thy 
summer  fruits  and  upon  thy 
vintage    the    destroyer    is    fallen. 

33  And  ^gladness  and  joy  is  taken 
away  from  the  fruitful  field  and 
from  the  land  of  Moab  ;  and  I  have 
caused  wine  to  ''  cease  from  the 
winepresses:  none  shall  tread  with 
shouting ;  the  shouting  shall  be  no 
shouting.  34  '  From  the  cry  of 
Heshbon  even  unto  ^^  Elealeh,  even 
unto  'Jahaz  have  they  uttered 
their  voice,  from  '"Zoar  even  unto 
"  Horonaim,  '  to  Eglath-shelishi- 
yah :  for  the  waters  of  Nimrim 
also  shall  become  ^desolate.  35 
Moreover  I  will  cause  to  cease  in 
Moab,  saith  Jehovah,  him  that 
offereth  in  the  "high  place,  and  him 
that  p  burneth  incense  to  his  gods. 

36  Therefore  my  "  heart  sound- 
eth  for  Moab  like  pipes,  and  my 
heart  soutideth  like  pipes  for  the 
men  of  ^  Kir-heres  :  therefore  the 
'abundance  that  he  hath  gotten 
is  perished.  37  For  'every  head 
is  bald,  and  every  beard  clipped  : 
upon  all  the  hands  are  "  cuttings, 
and  upon  the  "  loins  sackcloth. 
38  On  all  the  ^  housetops  of  Moab 
and  in  the  streets  thereof  there  is 
lamentation  every  where ;  for  I 
have -'broken  Moab  like  a  vessel 
wherein  none  delighteth,  saith  Je- 
hovah. 39  How  is  it  broken  down  ! 
^  how  do  they  wail !  how  hath  Moab 
turned  the  back  with  shame  !  so 
shall  Moab  become  a  '  derision  and 
a  "terror  to  all  that  are  round  about 
him.  40  For  thus  saith  Jehovah  : 
Behold,  he  shall  ''fly  as  an  eagle, 
and  shall  "=  spread  out  his  wings 
against  Moab.  41  '''^Kerioth  is 
taken,  and  the  strongholds  are 
seized,  and  the  "  heart  of  the 
mighty  men  of  Moab  at  that  day 
shall  be  as  the  heart  of  a  •''woman 
in  her  pangs.  42  And  Moab  shall 
be  ^destroyed  from  being  a  people, 

1  Or,  as  a  heifer  three  years  old 

2  Heb.  desolations.  2  Or,  wail  ye! 
*  Or,  The  cities  are  taken 


"Job 40,  n, 

12;  Ps. 

138.  6 
f>  Is.  37.  28 
"•'  Is.  15.  6  ; 

le.  7,  11 
<i  ver.  .iti ; 

2  K.  3.  25 ; 

Is.  IB.  7,  11 
"  Is.  16,  8,  9 
/Num.  21. 

32 
«  ch.  25.  10 ; 

Is.  16.  10; 

Joel  1.  12 
li  Is,  5. 10 ; 

Hag.  2.  16 
'  Is.  1.').  4-6 
k  Num.  32. 

3,  37 
'  ver.  21 
"'  Gen.  13. 

10 ;  14.  2 
"  ver.  3 
"  Is.  16.  12 
^ch.  7.  9; 

11.  13 
«  Is  16.  n 
'"  ver.  31 
» Is.  15.  7 
<  ch.  16.  6 ; 

Is.  15.  2 
"ch,  41.  5; 

47.  6 

"  Is.  15.  3 ; 

20.  2 
'^  Is.  22.  1 
y  ch,  19.  10, 

11  ;  25.  34 
'  ver.  26 
"  Ezek.  26. 

16 
t>  ch.  49.  22 ; 

Hos.  8.  1 
"^  Is.  8.  8 
rf  ver.  24 
'  ch.  49,  22 
/ch,  30,  6; 

Mic.  4. 9, 

10 
'-'  ver.  2  ;  Ps. 

83.  4 


''  ver.  26 ; 

Is.  37.  23 
'  Is.  24.  17, 

18 ;  Lam. 

3.  47 
fc  1  K.  19.  17  ; 

Am.  o.  19 
'  ch.  48.  21 
'"  ver.  2 
"  Num.  21. 

28,  29 
"Num.  21. 

21,26;  Ps. 

1.%.  11 
P  Num.  24. 

17 
9  ver.  7 ; 

Judg.  U. 

24 ;  1  K. 

11.  7 
"■  ch.  12.  14- 

17  ;  49,  6,  39 
"^  Dt.  23,  3, 

4;  2Chr. 

20,  1  ; 

Ezek.  21. 

2S-;'.2;  2-i. 

2-10;  Am. 

1.  13-15; 

Ztph.  2. 

8-11 
'  1  K.  11.  5, 

.33;  Zeph. 

I,  5 
"  ch,  4.  19 ; 

Num,  10,  9 
"  Dt,  3.  11 ; 

2  S.  U.  1 ; 

Ezek.  21. 

20 
*  ch.  .m  18 
J*  Josh.  17.  11 

782 


because  he  hath  ''magnified  him- 
self against  Jehovah.  43  ^Fear, 
and  the  pit,  and  the  snare,  are 
upon  thee,  O  inhabitant  of  Moab, 
saith  Jehovah.  44  He  that '^  fleeth 
from  the  fear  shall  fall  into  the 
pit;  and  he  that  getteth  up  out 
of  the  pit  sliall  be  taken  in  the 
snare :  for  I  will  bring  upon  him, 
even  upon  Moab,  the  year  of  their 
'  visitation,  saith  Jehovah. 

45  ^They  that  fled  stand  with- 
out strength  under  the  shadow  of 
™  Heshbon  ;  "  for  a  "  lire  is  gone 
forth  out  of  Heshbon,  and  a  flame 
from  the  midst  of  "Sihon,  and  hath 
devoured  the  ^corner  of  Moab,  and 
the  crown  of  the  head  of  the  tu- 
multuous ones.    46  Woe  unto  thee, 

0  Moab  !  the  people  of  » Chemosh 
is  undone ;  for  thy  sons  are  taken 
away  captive,  and  thy  daughters 
into  captivity.  47  Yet  will  I 
^'" bring  back  the  captivity  of  Moab 
in  the  latter  days,  saith  Jehovah. 
Thus  far  is  the  judgment  of  Moab. 

^Q  Of  the  children  of  'Am- 
*i  fy  mon.  Thus  saith  Jehovah  : 
Hath  Israel  no  sons?  hath  he  no 
heir?  why  then  doth  '*'Malcam 
"possess  Gad,  and  his  people  dwell 
in  the  cities  thereof  ?  2  Therefore, 
behold,  the  days  come,  saith  Jeho- 
vah, that  I  will  cause  an  "alarm  of 
war  to  be  heard  against  *■'  Rabbah 
of  the  children  of  Amnion ;  and  it 
shall  become  a  desolate  ^  heap,  and 
her  *  daughters  shall  be  burned 
with  fire:  then  shall  Israel*- pos- 
sess them  that  did  "possess  him, 
saith  Jehovah.  3  Wail,  O  "Hesh- 
bon, for  '' Ai  is  laid  waste  ;  cry,  ye 
daughters  of  Rabbah,  ''gird  you 
with  sackcloth  :  lament,  and  run 
to  and  fro  among  the  fences  ;  for 
**  Malcam  shall  "*  go  into  captivity, 
his  priests  and  his  princes  together. 
4  "  Wherefore  "  gloriest  thou  in  the 
valleys,  thy  flowing  valley,  0-''back 
sliding  daughter?  that  trusted  in 
her  "treasures,  saying,  Who  shall 
come  unto  me  1  5  Behold,  I  will 
bring  a ''  fear  upon  thee,  saith  the 
Lord,  Jehovah  of  hosts,  from  all 
that  are  round  about  thee  ;  and  yc 

(&  marg.),  16   ^  Is.  14,  2    "  ch,  48.  2   b  Josh.  7.  2-5 ; 

8.  1-29  ;  Ezr.  2.  28  "  ch.  48.  37  ^  ch.  46.  25 ;  48.  7 
''  ch.  9.  23    /  ch.  31.  22     "  Ps.  62.  10 ;  Ezek.  28.  4,  6 ; 

1  Tim.  6.  17    A  ver.  29 ;  ch.  48.  43,  44 


5  Or,  Fleeing  because  of  the  force,  they  stand 
under  «  Or,  but  '  Or,  return  to 

»  Or,  th''ir  kinq  '  Or,  inherit 

10  Or,   Wherefore  gloriest  thou  in  the  valleys  i 
thy  valley  Jloweth  away 


49.6 


JEREMIAH 


49.  27 


Orarle  agaiflst  Edom.    Oracle  against  Daoiasms 


shall  be  "  driven  out  every  man 
light  forth,  and  there  shall  be 
none  to  gather  together  the  "  fugi- 
tives. 6  But  afterward  1  will 
"bring  bjick  the  captivity  of  the 
children  of  Amnion,  saith  Jehovah. 

7  Of  "Edom.  Thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts  :  Is  '  wisdom  no  more 
in  '  Teman  {  is  counsel  ijerished 
from  the  prudent  I  is  their  wisdom 
vanished?  8  ^Flee  ye,  turn  back, 
dwell  in  the  depths,  O  inhabitants 
of  ''Dedan;  for  i  will  bring  the 
'calamity  of  Esau  upon  him,  the 
time  that  I  shall  visit  him.  9  '■  if 
grape-gatherers  came  to  thee, 
^  would  they  not  leave  some  glean- 
ing grapes?  if  thieves  by  night, 
Tsould  tney  not  destroy  till  they 
had  enough  \  10  But  I  have 
'  made  Esau  bare,  I  have  uncov- 
ered his  secret  places,  and  he  shall 
not  be  able  to  hide  himself  :  his 
seed  is  destroyed,  and  his  breth- 
ren, and  his  neighbors  ;  and  he  is 
not.  1 1  Leave  thy  "'  fatherless 
children,  I  will  preserve  them 
alive  ;  and  let  thy  "  widows  trust 
in  me.  12  For  thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah :  Behold,  they  -  to  whom  it 
pertained  not  to  drink  of  the  "cup 
shall  assuredly  drink;  and  art  thou 
he  that  shall  ^altogether  go  unpun- 
ished? thou  shalt  not  go  unpun- 
ished, but  thou  shalt  surely  drink. 
13  For  I  have  ''sworn  by  myself, 
saith  Jehovah,  that  "■  Bozrah  shall 
become  an  '  astonislunent,  a  re- 
proach, a  waste,  aiifl  a  curse  ;  and 
all  the  cities  thereof  shall  be  per- 
petual wastes. 

14  I  have  'heard  tidings  from 
Jehovah,  and  an  "  ambassador  is 
sent  among  the  nations,  mijing. 
'  C4ather  yourselves  together,  and 
come  against  her,  and  rise  up  to 
the  battle.  15  For,  behold,  I  have 
made  thee  *  small  among  the  na- 
tions, and  despised    among   men. 

16  As  for  thy  "terrihleness,  the 
pride  of  thy  heart  hath  deceived 
thee,  O  thou  that  dwellest  in  the 
clefts  of  ^the  'rock,  that  boldest 
the  height  of  the  hill :  though  tliou 
shouldest  make  thy  nest  as  "high 
as  the  eagle,  I  will  *  brin^  thee 
down  from  thence,  saith  Jehovah. 

1 7  And  Edom  shall  become  an  •■  as- 
tonishment :  every  one  that  pass- 
eth  by  it  shall  be  ''astonished,  and 


"  ch.  16.  16 ; 

40.  6 
*>  Lam.  4.  15 
■^  ver.  39 ; 

ch.  48.  47 
rf  ch.  2».  », 

17.  21  ; 

Gen.  2i>. 

30 ;  32.  3  ; 

Is.  34.  fi,  ti ; 

Ezek.  2a. 

12-14;  3i5. ; 

Am.  1.  II, 

12 ;  Obad. 

1-21 
'  ch.  8.  9  ; 

Job  2.  11 
/  ver.  »i ; 

Gen.  30.  11, 

li,  34 
"  ver.  30 
A  ch.  25.  23 ; 

Is.  21.  13 
'  ch.  4li.  21 
«■•  Obad.  6 
'  ch.  13.  26 
'"  Ps.  C8.  5 

"  Ps.  m.  h : 

Zech.  7.  10 
"  ch.  2.5.  16 
''  ch.  25.  28, 

29 ;  1  Pet. 

4.  17 
«  ch.  44.  26  ; 

Gen.  22. 

10 ;  Is.  45. 

23 

"■  Ter.  22 ; 

Gen.  36. 

33 ;  1  Chr. 

1.  44  ;  Is. 

»J.  0  ;  03. 

1 ;  Am.  1. 

12;  Mic.  2. 

12 
'  ch.  18.  10  ; 

Is.  31.  9-15 
'  Obad.  1-4 
"  Is.  18.  2  ; 

311.  4 
^'  ch.  50.  14 
'  Lk.  1.  61 

V  I.S.  2.5.  5 
*"  ch.  48.  28  ; 

2  K.  14.  7 
"  Job  39.  Y7  ; 

Is.  14.  13-15 
6  Am.  9.  2 
'^  ver.  13 ; 

Ezek.  3;-..  7 
d  ch.  60.  13 


1  Or,  they  xrill  leave  no  gleaning  a 
till 


thieves  by  ni{iht,  tkny  will  destruy 
enouoh.    Fur  &c. 

*  Or,  whose  Judgment  u;a»  not 


grapes ;    if 
t/tev  have 


'  Or,  Sela 


'ch.  51.  37; 

1  K.  9.  8 
/  ch.  50.  40  ; 

Gen.  19. 

24,  25  ; 

Dt.  29.  23 ; 

Am.  4.  11  ; 

Zeph.  2.  9 
"  ver.  33 ; 

Job  18. 

liVlS 

*  ch   50.  44 
'  ch.  12.  6  ; 

Josh.  3.  15 
I-  Num.  16.  5 
'  Is.  40.  9 
"'  (.h.  5<i.  45  , 

Is.  14.  24, 

"  ch.  60.  45 
»  Mai.  1.  3,  4 
**  ch.  ■'*).  40  ; 
Ezek.  26. 

15,  18 
«  ch.  4.  13; 

48.  40,  41 ; 

Hos.  8.  1 
"■  ver.  13 

•  ch.  30.  fi ; 
48.  41 ;  Is. 
13.  8 

<  Gen.  14. 
16  ;  15.  2  ; 

788 


shall  'hiss  at  all  the  plagues  thereof. 
18  As  in  the  overthrow  of  •'Sodom 
and  Gomorrah  and  the  neighbor 
cities  thereof,  saith  Jehovah,  -'no 
man  shall  dwell  there,  neither 
shall  any  son  of  man  sojourn 
therein.  I'J  *  iV'hold,  he  shall 
come  up  like  a  lion  from  the 
*•  pride  of  the  .Jordan  ■*  against  tlie 
strong  habitation  :  for  1  will  sud- 
denly make  them  run  awa.v  from 
it ;  and  who.so  is  *cho.sen,  him  will 

1  appoint  over  it :  for  who  is  '  like 
me  (  and  who  will  appoint  me  a 
time'?  and  who  is  the  shepherd 
that  will  stand  before  me? 

20  Therefore  hear  ye  the  "'coun- 
sel of  Jehovah,  that  he  hath  taken 
against  Edom  ;  and  his  purposes, 
that  he  hath  purposed  against  the 
inhabitants  of  Teman :  "  Surely 
*they  shall  drag  them  away,  even 
the  little  ones  of  the  flock  ;  surely 
he  shall  make  their  'habitation 
""desolate  over  them.  21  The 
^  earth  trembleth  at  the  noise  of 
their  fall ;  there  is  a  cry,  the  noise 
whereof  is  heard  in  the  Bed  Sea. 
22  Behold,  he  shall  come  up  and 
"  fly  as  the  eagle,  and  spread  out 
his  wings  af^cainst  "■  Bozrah  :  and 
the  'heart  of  the  mighty  men  of 
Edom  at  that  day  shall  oe  as  the 
heart  of  a  woman  in  her  pangs. 

23  Of  'Damascus.  "Hamath  is 
confounded,  and  'Arpad  ;  for  they 
have  heard  evil  tidings,  they  are 
"^  melted  awa.y  :  there  is  "sorrow  on 
the  sea;  it  "cannot  be  quiet.  24 
Damascus  is  'waxed  feeble,  she 
turneth  herself  to  flee,  and  trem- 
bling hath  seized  on  her  :  "anguish 
and  sorrows  have  taken  holdof  her, 
as  of  a  woman  in  travail.  25  How 
is  the  ''city  of  praise  not  forsaken, 
the  city  of  my  joy"?  26  Therefore 
her  "young  men  shall  fall  in  her 
streets,  and  all  the  men  of  war 
shall  be  brought  to  silence  in  that 
day,  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts.  27 
And  I  will  •'kindle  a  fire  in  the 
wall  of  Damascus,  and  it  shall  de- 
vour the  palaces  of  '  Ben-hadad. 

2  K.  5.  12 ;  2  Chr.  16.  2  ;  Is.  7.  8 ;  AcU  9.  2  "  ch.  39. 
5  ;  Num.  \X  21  ;  Is  lo.  9 ;  Am.  6.  2  ■'2  K.  18.  34  ; 
19.  13;  Is.  10.  9  '  Ex.  15  15;  Nah.  2.  lO  v  u.  57.  20 
-  ch.  0.  21  "  ver.  22  '  cb.  33.  9 ;  51.  41  '  ch.  II.  22  , 
60.  30 ;  Am.  4.  in  d  ch.  43.  12 ;  Am.  1.3-5  '1  K. 
15.  18-20 


*  Or,  swelliva 

i  Or,  unto  the  permanent  pastures 
«  Or,  the  little  ones  of  the  flork  shall  drag  them 
awa>j  '  Or,  pastures 

•  Or,  astonished  at  them  •  Or,  cart 


49.28 


JEKEMIAH 


50.10 


Oracle  against  Sedar  and  Razor.    Oracle  against  Elam.    Babylon  to  be  destroyed,  and  Israel  delivered 


28  Of  "Kedar,  and  of  the  king- 
doms of  *  Hazor,  which  Nebuchad- 
rezzar king  of  Babylon  smote. 

Thus  saith  Jehovah :  Arise  ye, 
go  up  to  Kedar,  and  destroy  the 
"children  of  ttie  east.  29  Their 
tents  and  their  flocks  shall  they 
take ;  they  shall  carry  away  for 
themselves  their  ''curtains,  and  all 
their  vessels,  and  their  "  camels  ; 
and  they  shall  cry  unto  them, -^Ter- 
ror on  every  side  !  30  ->  Flee  ye, 
wander  far  off,  dwell  in  the  depths, 

0  ye  inhabitants  of  ''  Hazor,  saith 
Jehovah;  for  'Nebuchadrezzar  king 
of  Babylon  hath  taken  counsel 
against  you,  and  hath  conceiyed 
a  purpose  against  you.  31  Arise, 
get  you  up  unto  a  nation  that  is 

*  at  ease,  that  dwelleth  without 
care,  saith  Jehovah  ;  that  have 
'neither  gates  nor  bars,  that  dwell 
alone.  32  And  their  '"camels  shall 
be  a  booty,  and  the  multitude  of 
their  cattle  a  spoil :  and  I  will 
"  scatter  unto  all  winds  them  that 
have  the  "corners  o/^Aew'  hair  cut 
off;  and  I  will  bring  their  calamity 
from  every  side  of  them,  saith  Je- 
hovah. 33  And  ^  Hazor  shall  be  a 
dwelling-place  of  « jackals,  a  deso- 
lation for  ever  :  *■  no  man  shall 
dwell  there,  neither  shall  any  son 
of  man  sojourn  therein. 

34  The  word  of  Jehovah  that 
came  to  Jeremiah  the  prophet  con- 
cerning *Elam,  'in  the  beginning 
of  the  reign  of  Zedekiah  king  of 
Judah,  saying,  35  Thus  saith  Je- 
hovah of  hosts :  Behold,  I  will 
"break  the  bow  of  Elam,  the  chief 
of  their  might.  36  And  upon  Elam 
will  I  bring  the  "four  winds  from 
the  four  quarters  of  heaven,  and 
will ""  scatter  them  toward  all  those 
winds  ;  and  there  shall  be  no  na- 
tion whither  ^  the  outcasts  of  Elam 
shall  not  come.  37  And  I  will 
cause  Elam  to  be  '->  dismayed  before 
their  enemies,  and  before  them 
that   seek  their  life ;    and   I   will 

*  bring  evil  upon  them,  even  my 
"  fierce  anger,  saith  Jehovah  ;  and 

1  will  *send  the  sword  after  them, 
till  I  have  consumed  them :  38  and 
I  will  set  my  throne  in  Elam,  and 
will  destroy  from  thence  king  and 
princes,  saith  Jehovah.  39  But  it 
shall  come  to  pass  in  the  latter  days, 
that  I  will  ^"^  bring  back  the  cap- 
tivity of  Elam,  saith  Jehovah. 

1  Auother  reading  is,  the  everlasting  outcasts. 

2  Or.  return  to 


"  ch.  2.  10 ; 

Gen.  25. 

is;  Is.  21. 

1(5, 17 ; 

tzek.  27. 

21 
''  ver.  30,  33 
■^  Is.  U.  U 
'I  Hab.  3.  7 
"  1  Chr.  6.  21 
/ch.  46.  6 
"  ver.  8 
''  ver.  28 
'  ch.  25.  9, 

24  ;  27.  6 
*  Judg.  18. 

7  ;  Is.  47.  8 
'  Is.  42.  U 
'"  ver.  29 
"  ver.  36 ; 

Ezek.  12. 

14, 15 
0  ch.  9.  20 ; 

25.  23 
P  ver.  28 
9  ch.  10.  22  ; 

51.  37 ;  Is. 

13.  20-22 ; 

Zeph.  2.  9, 

13-15 
"■  ver.  18 
'  ch.  26.  25 ; 

Gen.  10. 

22  ;  14.  1, 

9;  Is.  11. 

11  ;  Ezek. 

32.  24  ; 

Dan.  8.  2 
«  ch.  28.  1 ; 

2  K.  24. 

17,  18 
"  ch.  51.  56 ; 

Ps.  46.  9 ; 

Is.  22.  6 
"  Dan.  7.  2 ; 

8.  8 ;  Rev. 

7.  1 
^  ver.  32 ; 

Ezek.  5. 

10;  Am. 

9  9 

V  ch.  8.  9 ; 

17.  18 
^  ch.  6.  19 

"  ch.  30.  24 
''  ch.  9.  16 
"  ver.  6 ;  ch. 

48.  47 


rf  ch.  20.  4-6  ; 

Gen.  10. 

10;  11.  9; 

2  K.  17.  21 ; 

Is.  13.  1 ; 

Dan.  1.  1 ; 

Rev.  14.  8 
'  ch.  4.  16 
/ch.  51.  27 
'■'  ch.  51.  31 
''  Is.  46.  1 
'  ch.  51.  47 
k  ver.  9 ;  ch. 

51.  11,  27; 

Is   13   17 
'  ver.  13 : 

Is.  14.  22, 

23 
'"  ch.  9.  10 ; 

Zeph.  1.  3 
"  ch.  3.  18  ; 

31.  31 ;  33. 

7;  Is.  11. 

12,  13 ; 

Hos.  1.  11 
"ch.  31.  9; 

Bzr.  3.  12, 

13 
P  ch.  6.  16 ; 

Is.  S.S.  8 
9  ch.  32.  40 ; 

Is.  .56.  3 ; 

Heb.  8.  6- 

10 
'■  Is.  53,  6  ; 

Ezek.  34. 

784 


p!^/^  The  word  that  Jehovah 
tJ\J  spake  concerning ''Babylon, 
concerning  the  land  of  the  Chal- 
deans, by  Jeremiah  the  prophet. 

2  "  Declare  ye  among  the  nations 
and  publish,  and  •'^set  up  a  stand- 
ard ;  publish,  and  conceal  not :  say, 
"  Babylon  is  taken,  ''  Bel  is  put  to 
shame,  Merodach  is  ^  dismayed ; 
her  'images  are  jjut  to  shame,  her 
idols  ai"e  ^  dismayed.  3  For  out  of 
the  *  north  there  cometh  up  a  na- 
tion against  her,  which  shall  make 
her  land  'desolate,  and  none  shall 
dwell  therein  :  they  are  "  fled,  they 
are  gone,  both  man  and  beast.  4 
Ln  those  days,  and  in  that  time, 
saith  Jehovah,  the  children  of 
Israel  shall  come,  they  and  the 
children  of  Judah  "together;  they 
shall  go  on  their  way  °  weeping,  and 
shall  seek  Jehovah  their  God.  5 
They  shall  ^inquire  concerning 
Zion  with  their  faces  ■*  thitherward, 
saj/ing.  Come  ye,  and  ®join  your- 
selves to  Jehovah  in  an  'everlast- 
ing covenant  that  shall  not  be 
forgotten. 

6  My  people  have  been  'lost 
sheep :  "  their  shepherds  have 
caused  them  to  go  astray ;  they 
have  turned  them  away  on  the 
'  mountains ;  they  have  gone  from 
mountain  to  hill;  they  have  for- 
gotten their  "resting-place.  7  "All 
that  found  them  have  devoured 
them ;  and  their  adversaries  said, 
We  are  not  guilty,  because  they 
have  ""  sinned  against  Jehovah,  the 
^habitation  of  righteousness,  even 
Jehovah,  the '  hope  of  their  fathers. 
8  "  Flee  out  of  the  midst  of  Baby- 
lon, and  go  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
the  Chaldeans,  mid  be  as  the  he- 
goats  before  the  flocks.  9  For,  lo, 
I  will  ^stir  up  and  cause  to  come 
up  against  Babylon  a  company  of 
great  nations  from  the  "north 
country  ;  and  they  shall  ''set  them- 
selves in  array  against  her ;  from 
thence  she  shall  be  taken:  their 
arrows  shall  be  as  of  ^an  expert 
mighty  man  ;  ''  none  shall  return  in 
vain.  10  And  '"Chaldea  shall  be  a 
prey  :  all  that  prey  upon  her  shall 
be  satisfied,  saith  Jehovah. 

1.5.  16 ;  Mt.  9.  .36 ;  10.  6  '  ch.  23.  11-14  «  cll.  13.  16 ; 
Ezek.  34.  6  "  ver.  19 :  ch.  33.  12  "  ver.  17  "  ch.  40. 
2,  3  •"  ch.  31.  23  '  ch.  14.  8 ;  17.  13  "  ver.  28 ;  ch. 
51.  0  >>  ch.  51.  1,2  "  ver.  3  <^  ver.  14,  29  "  ch.  61. 
24,  .35;  Ezek.  11.  24 


3  Or,  broken,  down        *  Heb.  hitherward. 
5  Or,  they  shall  join  thems'ives 
s  Or,  according  to  another  reading,  a  migMv 
man  that  niaketh  childless 
'  Or,  that  retumeth  not 


50.11 


JEREMIAH 


50.33 


Babylon  to  be  destroyed,  and  hra«]  delivered 


11  Because  ye  are  glad,  because 

Se  rejoice.  O  ye  that  "plunder  my 
eritage,  because  ye  are  wanton  as 
a  *heii'er  Hhat  treadeth  out  the 
grain,  and  neigh  as  strong  liorses  ; 
12  your  'motiier  shall  be  utterly 
put  to  shame ;  slie  that  bare  you 
shsJl  be  confounded :  behold,  she 
shall  be  tlie  hindermost  of  the  na- 
tions, a  "^  wilderness,  a  dry  land, 
and  a  desert.  13  Because  of  the 
wrath  of  Jehovah  she  shall  *  not  be 
inJiabited,  but  she  shall  be -^wholly 
desolate :  every  one  that  goeth  by 
Babylon  "shall  be  astonished,  and 
hiss  at  all  her  plagues,      li  ''Set 

frourselves  in  array  against  Baby- 
on  round  about,  all  ye  that  bend 
the  bow ;  shoot  at  hei",  spaie  no 
arrows :  for  she  hath  '  sinned 
against  Jehovah.  15  *  Shout 
against  her  round  about :  she  hath 
"'submitted  herself;  her  bulwarks 
are  fallen,  her  '"walls  are  thrown 
down ;  for  it  is  the  "  vengeance  of 
Jehovah :  take  vengeance  upon  her ; 
"as  she  hath  done,  do  unto  her.  IG 
Cut  off'  the  ^ sower  from  Babylon, 
and  him  that  handleth  the  sickle  in 
the  time  of  harvest :  for  fear  of  the 
"oppressing  sword  they  shall  ''turn 
every  one  to  his  people,  and  thej" 
shall  tiee  every  one  to  .his  own 
land. 

17  Israel  is  a  ^'hunted  sheep; 
the  '  lions  have  driven  him  away : 
first,  the "  king  of  Assyria  "devoured 
him;  and  now  at  last  ''Nebuchad- 
rezzar king  of  lUxbjdon  hath  broken 
his  bones.  18  Therefore  thus  saith 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel : 
Behold,  I  will  x^unish  the  king  of 
Baljylon  and  his  land,  as  I  have 
"punished  the  king  of  Assyria.  19 
And  I  will  '  bring  Israel  again  to 
his  '•pasture,  and  he  .shall  teed  on 
Carmel  and  Bashan,  and  his  soul 
shall  be  satisfied  upon  the  "hills  of 
Ephraim  and  in  Gilead.  20  In 
those  days,  and  in  that  time,  saith 
Jehovah,  the  iniquity  of  Israel  shall 
be  sought  for,  and  ''there  shall  be 
none:  and  the  sins  of  Judah,  and 
they  shall  not  be  found:  for  I  will 
"^pardon  them  whom  I  leave  as  a 
remnant. 

21  Cio  up  against  the  land  of 
^Merathaim,  even  again.st  it,  and 
against  the  inhabitants  of  ''''  Pe- 
kod :  slay  and  '  utterly  destroy 
after  them,  saith  Jehovah,  and  'do 

1  Or,  nt  grnrnt  -  Heb.  aiven  her  hand. 

8  Heb.  srntlereii.  *  Or.  fold 

*  That  is,  Diiuble  rebellion. 

«  That  is,  Visitation.  i  Heb.  devote. 


"  ch.  12.  14 
I'  ch.  -M.  -M 
"  th.  li'i.  9 
<*  ch.  22.  0 ; 

61.  M 
'  ch.  26.  12 ; 

M.  22 
/  ver.  3 ;  ch. 

61.  20 
"  ch.  18.  10 ; 

4!l.  17 
''  ver.  29 
'  Hab.  2.  8, 

17 
*:  ch.  51.  14 
'  I  Chr.  29. 

24 
"'  ch.  61.  44, 

r.8 
"  ver.  29 ; 

ch.  4ii.  10 
"  ver.  2!) , 

Ps.  137.  8 
PJoel  1.  11 
«  ch.  25.  38  , 

40.  10 
•"ch.  61.  9; 

Is.  13.  14 
»  ver.  6 
«  ch.  2.  15  , 

4.  7 
"  2  K.  16.  29  ; 

17.  6;  18. 

9-13 
"  ver.  7 
•"^2  K.  24.  1, 

10-12  ;  25. 

1-7 
S'ls,  10.  12, 

Ezek.  31. 

3,  11,  12; 

Kah.  1.  1  ; 

3.  7,  IS,  19 
-  th.  31.  10 ; 

3.x  12 
°  ch.  31.  5 
b  ch.  31.  34  ; 

Is.  43.  26 ; 

Mic.  7.  19 
•^cb.  33.  8; 

Is,  1.  9; 

Eoiii.  9. 

rf  kzek.  23. 

23 

'  ch.  48.  10 


/ch.  4.  19- 

21 ;  61.  54- 

60 

»ch.  61.20-21 

A  ch.  48.  43, 

44;  61.  31 

•  Dan.  6.  30, 
31 

t.JobO.  4; 

40.  2,  9 
'  Is.  13.  5 
*"  ver.  15 ; 

ch.  51.  12, 

25,66 
"  ver.  41 
"  ver.  10 ;  Is. 

46.  3 
P  U.  14.  23 
«  Is.  31.  7 
""ch.  48.  15 
'  ch.  4fi.  21 ; 

Ps  37.  13 ; 

Ezek.  7.  7 
'  Is.  48.  20 
"  ver.  8 ,  ch. 

51.6 
"  ver.  16 ; 

ch.  51.  10; 

Ps.  149. 

ft-9 
^Lam.  1.10; 

2.  0,  7 
y  rer.  14 

•  ver.  15 ; 
ch.  61  5'^; 
Ps.  l.i-.  s 

"  ch.  49.  Irt  ; 
£z.  10.3; 

785 


according  to  all  that  I  have  com< 
manded  tliee.  22  A-' sound  of  bat- 
tle is  in  the  land,  and  of  great 
destruction.  23  How  is  the  ''liam- 
mer  of  tlie  whole  earth  cut  asunder 
and  broken!  how  is  Babylon  be- 
come a  desolation  among  the  na- 
tions !  '2i  1  have  *laid  a  snare  for 
thee,  and  thou  art  also  'taken,  O 
Babylon,  and  thou  wast  not  aware: 
thou  art  found,  and  also  caught, 
Viecause  thou  hast  *  striven  against 
Jehovah.  25  Jehovah  hath  opened 
his  armory,  and  hath  brought  forth 
the  '■  weapons  of  his  indignation ; 
for  the  Loi-d,  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
hath  a  ""work  to  do  in  the  land  of 
the  Chaldeans.  2G  Come  against 
her  ''fi'om  the  "utmost  border; 
"open  her  *  store-houses;  cast  her 
up  as  heaps,  and  ^"^destroy  her 
utterly  ;  let  nothing  of  her  be  left. 
27  «  slay  all  her  bullocks  ;  let  them 
"■go  down  to  the  slaughter:  woe 
unto  them  !  for  their  'nay  is  come, 
the  time  of  their  visitation.  28 
The '  voice  of  them  that  "  Hee  and 
escape  out  of  the  land  of  Babylon, 
to  declare  in  Zion  the  "  vengeance 
of  Jehovah  our  God,  the  vengeance 
of  his  ''temple. 

29  *Call  together  "the  archers 
against  Jiabj'lon,  all  them  that 
bend  the  bow  ;  encamp  against  her 
round  about;  let  none  thereof 
escaije :  recompense  her  according 
to  her  work  ;  '  according  to  all  that 
she  hath  d(me,  do  unto  her  ;  for  she 
hath  been  "proud  against  Jehovah, 
against  the  Holy  One  of  Isi'ael. 
.'30  Therefore  shall  her  ''young  nien 
fall  in  her  streets,  and  all  her  men 
of  war  shall  be  '  brought  to  silence 
in  that  day,  saith  Jehovah.  3 1  Be- 
hold, ''I  am  against  thee,  '"•^O  thou 
proud  one,  saith  the  Lord,  Jehovah 
of  hosts ;  for  thy  day  is  come,  the 
t'me  that  I  will  vi.sit  thee.  32  And 
"the  '' proud  one  shall  stumble  and 
fall,  and  none  shall  raise  him  up; 
and  I  will  •''kindle  a  fire  in  his 
cities,  and  it  shall  devour  all  that 
are  round  about  him. 

33  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts: 
The  children  of  Israel  and  tlie 
children  of  Judah  are  opnressed 
together:  and  "all  that  took  them 
captive  hold  them  fast ;  they  refuse 

j)ati.  4.  37  *  ch.  9.  21 :  IR.  2l ;  40.  2fi;  Is.  13  17,  18 
"  ch.  51.  56, 57  d  ch  21.  13 ;  Nah.  2.  13  '  Is.  10.  12-14 
/ch.  21.  14  ;  49.  27    "  Is.  M.  17 ;  68.  6 


8  Or,  from,  every  quarter        "  Or,  many 

9  Or.  granaries  "  HeD.  O  Pride. 
I"  Heb.  devote.  "  Heb.  Pride. 


50.34 


JEEEMIAH 


51.10 


Jehovah's  Jadgment  on  Babylon 


to  let  them  go.  34  Their  "Re- 
deemer is  strong;  *  Jehovah  of 
hosts  is  his  name:  he  will  thor- 
oughly "  plead  their  cause,  that  he 
may  ''give  rest  to  the  earth,  and 
disquiet  the  inhabitants  of  Baby- 
lon. 35  A  'sword  is  upon  the 
Chaldeans,  saith  Jehovah,  and 
upon  the  inhabitants  of  Babylon, 
and  upon  her  ■'^princes,  and  upon 
her  "wise  men.  36  A  sword  is 
upon  the  ^  *  boasters,  and  they  shall 
become  fools  ;  a  sword  is  upon  her 
'mighty  men,  and  they  snail  be 
*  dismayed.  37  A  sword  is  upon 
their  '  horses,  and  upon  their  chari- 
ots, and  upon  all  the  '"mingled  peo- 
ple that  are  in  the  midst  of  her ; 
and  they  shall  become  "  as  women  : 
a  sword  is  upon  her  treasures,  and 
they  shall  be  robbed.  38  A 
"drought  is  upon  her  waters,  and 
they  shall  be  dried  up ;  for  it  is  a 
land  of  ^graven  images,  and  they 
are  mad  over '^  idols.  39  Therefore 
the  « wild  beasts  of  the  desert  with 
the  ^  wolves  shall  dwell  there, 
and  the  ostriches  shall  dwell 
therein:  and  it  shall  be  ""no  more 
inhabited  for  ever  ;  neither  shall  it 
be  dwelt  in  from  generation  to  gen- 
eration. 40  As  when  God  over- 
threw *  Sodom  and  Gomorrah  and 
the  neighbor  cities  thereof,  saith 
Jehovah,  so  shall  no  man  dwell 
there,  neither  shall  any  son  of  man 
sojourn  therein. 

41  'Behold,  a  people  cometh 
"  from  the  north ;  and  a  great 
nation  and  many  kings  shall  be 
stirred    up    from    the    uttermost 

Earts  of  the  earth.  42  They  lay 
old  on  bow  and  spear ;  they  are 
"  cruel,  and  have  no  mercy ;  their 
voice  ^  roareth  like  the  sea ;  and 
they  ride  upon  ^  horses,  every  one 
^  set  in  array,  as  a  man  to  the  bat- 
tle, against  thee,  O  daughter  of 
Babylon.  43  The  "king  of  Baby- 
lon hath  heard  the  tidings  of  them, 
and  his  hands  wax  feeble  :  ''anguish 
hath  taken  hold  of  him,  atid  pangs 
as  of  a  woman  in  travail.  44  "  Be- 
hold, the  enemy  shall  come  up  like  a 
lion  from  the  pride  of  the  Jordan 
against  the  strong  habitation  :  for 
I  will  suddenly  make  them  run 
away  ^rom  it ;  and  whoso  is  "* chosen, 
him  will  I  appoint  over  it :  for  who 
is  *^  like  me  1  and  who  will  appoint 
me  a  time?  and  who  is  the  shep- 
herd that  can  •''stand  before  me? 

i  Vieb.  boo-itings.  *  Heb.  terror*. 

3  Heb.  howling  creatures. 


«  ch.  15.  21 ; 
31.  U ;  Is. 
43.  U 

b  ch.  32.  18 ; 

61.  19 
'ch.  51.  36, 

Mic.  7.  9 
d  Is.  14.  3-7 
^ch.  47.  6; 

Hos.  11.  6 
/  Dan.  0.  1, 

2,  30 
11  Dan.  5.  7. 

8 
ft  Is.  44.  25 

(niarg.) 
'  ch.  49.  22 
*■■  Nah.  3.  13 
'  ch.  51.  21, 

22 ;  Ps.  20. 

7,  8 
"'  ch.  25.  20 ; 

Ezek.  30.  5 
"  ch.  48.  41 ; 

61.  30 
"  ch.  51.  30 
P  ver.  2 ; 

Is.  46.  1, 

6,7 
9ch.  51.  37; 

Is.  13.  21, 

22 
■■  Is.  13.  20 
'  ch.  49.  18  ; 

Lk.  17.  :^s- 

30; 

2  Pet.  2.  6 ; 

Jude  7 

'  ch.  6.  22-24 
"  ver.  3,  9  ; 

ch.  .51.  27, 

28  ;  Is.  13. 

2-5 
"  Is.  13.  17, 

18  ;  47.  6 
"^  Is.  5.  30 
^ch.  8.  iti; 

47.  3 ;  Hab. 

1.  8 
'  ver.  9,  14  ; 

Joel  2.  6 
"  ch.  51.  31 
6  ch.  30.  6 
■^  ch.  49.  19- 

21 
<*  Num.  16.  5 
"  Is.  4ii.  9 
/ch.  30.  21 ; 

Job  41.  10 


"ch.  CA.  10, 

11;  Is.  14. 

24 
''  ch.  49.  20 
•ch.  10.  10; 

49.  21  ; 

Ezek.  26. 

18;  31.  16 
*:  ch.  46.  12  , 

61.  64  ;  Is. 

5.  7  ;  15.  5  ; 

Ezek.  27. 

28 
'ch.  4.  11, 

1-3,  2.3.  19  ; 

Hos.  13.  15 
"'  ch.  15.  7  , 

Is.  41.  16; 

Mt.  3.  12 
"  ch.  50.  14, 

2t) 
"  ch.  46.  4 
P  fh.  50.  21 

«Is.  13.  16; 

14.  19 
'■  ch.  33.  24- 

26 ;  Is.  54. 

7.  8 
»  Hos.  4.  1,  2 
'  ver.  45 ; 

cll.  60.  8,  28 
"  Num.  16. 

26 
"ver.  11,36; 

ch.  50.  16 

786 


45  Therefore  hear  ye  the  '  counsel 
of  Jehovah,  that  he  hath  taken 
against  Babylon  ;  and  his  purposes, 
that  he  hath  purposed  against  the 
land  of  the  Chaldeans :  *  Surely 
they  shall  drag  them  away,  even 
the  little  ones  of  the  flock ;  surely 
he  shall  make  their  habitation  des- 
olate over  them.  46  At  the  noise  > 
of  the  taking  of  Babylon  the  *  earth 
trembleth,  and  the  *cry  is  heard 
among  the  nations. 

^  -i  Thus  saith  Jehovah  :  Be- 
tJ  JL  hold,  1  will  raise  up  against 
Babylon,  and  against  them  that 
dwell  in ^ Leb-kamai,  a  'destroying 
wind.  2  And  I  will  send  unto 
Babylon  ^strangers,  that  shall  '"win- 
now her  ;  and  they  shall  empty  her 
land  :  for  in  the  day  of  trouble  they 
shall  be  against  her  round  about. 
3  "'Against  him  that  hendeth  let 
the  archer  "  bend  his  bow,  and 
against  hi77i  that  lifteth  himself  up 
in  his  "  coat  of  mail :  and  spare  ye 
not  her  young  men  ;  '*  destroy  ye 
utterly  all  her  host.  4  And  they 
shall  fall  down  slain  in  the  land  of 
the  Chaldeans,  and  ^thrust  through 
in  her  streets. 

5  For  Israel  is  ""not  *  forsaken, 
nor  Judah,  of  his  God,  of  Jehovah 
of  hosts  ;  though  their  land  is  '  full 
of  guilt  against  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel.  6  '  Flee  out  of  the  midst  of 
Babylon,  and  save  every  man  his 
life  ;  be  not  "  cut  oflFin  her  iniquity  : 
for  it  is  the  time  of  "Jehovah's  ven- 
geance ;  he  will  '^  render  unto  her  a 
recompense.  7  Babylon  hath  been 
a  golden  ^cup  in  Jehovah's  hand, 
that  made  all  the  earth  drunken : 
the  'nations  have  drunk  of  her 
wine :  therefore  the  nations  are 
"mad.  8  Babylon  is  suddenly 
*  fallen  and  destroyed :  "  wail  for 
her  ;  take  ''balm  for  her  pain,  if  so 
be  she  may  be  healed.  9  We  would 
have  healed  Babylon,  but  she  is  not 
healed  :  forsake  her,  and  *  let  us  go 
every  one  into  his  own  country : 
for  her  judgment  reacheth  unto 
-''heaven,  and  is  lifted  up  even 
to  the   skies.     10  Jehovah  "hath 

'  ver.  24,  56 ;  ch.  25.  14  "  ch.  25.  15 ;  Hab.  2.  Ifi : 
Rev.  14.  8  ''Rev.  IS.  3  "ch.  25.  ifi  6  ver.  41;  ch. 
.50.  2;  Is.  21.  9;  Rev.  14.  8;  1«.  2  '  Is.  13.  6  <*  ch 
46.  11  «  ch  40.  16  ;  60.  16  ;  Is.  13.  14  /Ezr.  9.  6 
'  Ps.  37.  6 ;  Mic.  7.  9 


<  That  is,  ITie  heart  of  them  that  rise  vp 
against  me.  ^  Or,  winnmoers 

«  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  Let  not  the  archer  bend 
his  bmn,  and  let  hivi  not  lift 

'  Heb.  devote  ye  all  dkc.  ^  Or,  vridoived 


51.11 


JEREMIAH 


51.33 


Jehovah's  Judgment  on  Babylon 


brought  forth  our  righteousness : 
come,  and  let  us  "declare  in  Zion 
the  work  of  Jehovah  our  God. 

11  *"  Make  '  shai-p  the  arrows, 
"hold  firm  the  'shields :  Jehovah 
hath  stirred  up  the  spirit  of  the 
kings  of  the  ''Medes;  because  his 
purpose  is  against  Babylon,  to  de- 
stroy it :  for  it  is  the  "^  vengeance 
of  Jehovah,  the  vengeance  of  his 
temple.  1'2  "Set  up  a  standard 
against  the  walls  of  Babylon,  make 
the  watch  strong,  set  the  watch- 
men, prepare  the  ambushes ;  for 
Jehovah  hath  both  -^purposed  and 
done  that  which  he  spake  concern- 
ing the  inhabitants  of  Babjdon. 
13  "O  thou  that  dwellest  upon 
many  waters,  abundant  in  "treas- 
ures, thine  end  is  come,  the  meas- 
ure of  thy  ■* '  covetousness.  1-i 
Jehovah  of  hosts  hatn  sworn  by 
himself,  saying,  ^S-urely  I  will  fill 
thee  with  men,  as  with  the  *  canker- 
worm  ;  ''and  they  shall  lift  up  a 
shout  against  thee. 

15'  He  hath  '"  made  the  earth  by 
his  power,  he  hath  established  the 
world  by  his  wisdom,  and  by  his 
understanding  hath  he  "stretched 
out  the  heavens.  16  When  he 
uttereth  his  "voice,  there  is  a  tumult 
of  waters  in  the  heavens,  and  he 
causeth  the  ^  vapors  to  ascend  from 
the  ends  of  the  earth ;  he  maketh 
lightnings  for  the  rain,  and  bring- 
etli  forth  the  "wind  out  of  his 
treasuries.  17  *■  Every  man  is  be- 
come brutish  arul  is  without  knowl- 
edge ;  every  goldsmith  is  put  to 
shame  by  his  image  ;  for  his  molten 
image  is  'falsehood,  and  there  is 
no  breath  in  them.  18  They  are 
'vanity,  a  work  of  delusion:  in 
the  time  of  their  visitation  they 
shall  perish.  19  The  "portion  of 
.Jacob  is  not  like  these ;  for  he  is 
the  former  of  all  things  ;  and  Israel 
is  the  tribe  of  his  inheritance : 
"Jehovah  of  hosts  is  his  name. 

20  Thou  art  my  '  "^  battle-a xe  and 
weapons  of  war:  and  with  thee 
■will  I  "  break  in  pieces  the  nati()ns  ; 
and  with  thee  will  I  destroy  king- 
doms ;  21  and  with  thee  will  I 
'break  in  pieces  the  horse  and  his 
rider;  22  and  with  thee  will  I 
break  in  pieces  the  "chariot  anrl 
him  that  rideth  therein  ;  and  with 
thee  will  I  break  in  pieces  *man 
and  woman  ;  and  with  thee  will  1 

iOT.hrinl.t  Heh.cltun.  'Or  Thnughlhavf 
2  Heb.  fill.  filhd 

s  Or,  fnits  of  armor  6  Or,  vet 

*  Or,  dishonest  gain  ?  Or,  ttMul 


"  ph.  .00.  28  ; 
1 8.  40.  •.; 

''  ch.  46.  4, 

a  i  Joel  3. 

a,  10 
'  ver.  28 ; 

ch.  oO.  3,  9 
''  ch.  60.  lis 
'  ver.  27  ; 

ch.  60.  2 ; 

Is.  13.  2 
/  ver.  2t» ; 

ch.  4.  28 ; 

23.  20 
"  ch.  60.  37, 

3>( 
''  Is.  45.  3 
'  Is.  .')7.  17; 

Hab.  2.  l>- 

11 
*  ver.  27  ; 

Nah.  3.  16 
'  ver.  16-11) : 

ch.  10.  12- 

li> 
'"  ch.  32.  17  ; 

Ps.  14(i.  6, 

6;  Acts  14. 

16;  Kom. 

I.  20 
"  Job  9.  8  ; 

Ps.  104.  2  , 

Is.  42.  6 
"  Job  37. 

2-U ;  Pa.  18. 

13 
Pch.  10.  13; 

I's  i:t6.  7 
9  Jon.  1.  4 
■"  di.  1(1.  14  ; 

Is.  44.  18- 

20 

»  Hab.  2. 18, 

19 
'  ch.  18.  16 
"  ch.  10.  16  , 

Ps.  73.  26 
''  ch.  60.  34 
^  ch.  60.  23  ; 

Is.  41.  16,16 
y  Is.  8.  9  ; 

41.  16,  16; 

Mic.  4.  12, 

13 
-  Ex.  1.6.  1 
"  Ex.  16.  4  ; 

Is.  43.  17 
6  2  Chr.  36. 


"■  Is.  13.  16, 

Hi,  18 
rf  ver.  .67 
'  ver.  6,  60 
/  ver.  :i') ; 

ch.  60.  10 
'J  ch.  60.  16, 

29 
A  ch.  60.  31 
'  ver.  63,  68 
*•  ver.  7 
'  Rev.  8.  8 
"'  ver.  29 ; 

ch.  60.  13: 

la.  1.3.  19-22 
"  ver.  12; 

ch.  50.  2 , 

Is.  13.  2^ ; 

18.3 
"ch.  2.6.  14 
P  ch.  .00.  3,  9 
"Cen.  8.  4; 

2  K.  19.  37  ; 

Is.  37.  38 

"■  Gen.  10.  3 

'  ch.  50.  42 
'  ver.  14 
"  ver.  11 
•'  ch.  8.  10 . 

10.  10 .  60. 

40;  Am. 

8.  8 
'  ver.  20.  43 ; 

Is.  13.  19, 

20;  47.  11 

787 


break  in  nieces  the  old  man  and 
the  ''youth;  and  with  thee  will  I 
break  in  pieces  the  young  man  and 
the  virgin :  23  and  with  thee  will 
1  break  in  pieces  the  shepherd  and 
his  tlock ;  and  with  thee  will  I 
break  in  pieces  the  husbandman 
and  his  yoke  of  oxen ;  and  with 
thee  will  1  break  in  pieces  "''gov- 
ernors and  deputies.  2-1  And  I 
will  'render  unto  Babylon  and  to 
all  the  inhaV)itantsof -^Chaldea^all 
their  evil  that  thej^  have  done  in 
Zion  in  your  sight,  saith  Jehovah. 

25  Behold,  "I  am  against  thee, 
O  destroying  'mountain,  saith  Je- 
hovah, whic-Ii  destroyest  *all  the 
earth ;  and  1  will  stretch  out  my 
hand  upon  thee,  and  roll  thee  down 
fnmi  the  rocks,  and  will  make  thee 
a 'burnt  mountain.  2G  And  they 
shall  not  take  of  thee  a  stone  for  a 
corner,  nor  a  stone  for  foundations  ; 
but  thou  shalt  be  '"desolate  for  ever, 
saith  Jehovah. 

27  "  Set  ye  up  a  standard  in  the 
land,  blow  the  trumpet  among 
the  nations,  ** prepare  tne  "nations 
against  her,  call  together  against 
her  the  ■''kingdoms  of  'Ararat, 
Minni,  and  'Ashkenaz:  appoint  a 
marshal  against  her ;  cause  the 
*  horses  to  come  up  as  the  rough 
'  canker-worm.  28  "Prepare against 
her  the  nations,  the  "kings  of  the 
JNIedes,  the  governors  thereof,  and 
all  the  deputies  thereof,  and  all  the 
land  of  tneir  dominion.  29  And 
the  'land  tiembleth  and  is  in  pain  ; 
for  the  purposes  of  Jehovah  against 
Babj-lon  do  stand,  to  make  the  land 
of  Baby  km  a  •'desolation,  without 
inhabitant.  30  The  "mighty  men 
of  Babylon  have  forborne  to  fight, 
they  remain  in  their  stiongholds  ; 
'their  might  hath  failed;  they  are 
become  'as  women  :   her  dwelling- 

E laces  are  set  on  lire  ;  her  "  bars  are 
roken.  3 1  One  *  post  shall  run  to 
meet  another,  and  one  ""mes.senger 
to  meet  another,  to  show  the  king 
of  Babylon  that  his  city  is ''taken 
on  every  quarter :  32  and  the 
'"pas.sages  are  seized, and  the  "  reerls 
they  have  burned  with  lire,  and 
the  'men  of  war  are  atVrighted. 

33  For  thus  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts,    the    God    of    Israel :    The 

v  ch.  60.  16.  30,  .r  ;  Ps.  76.  5  '  Is.  13.  7,  8 ,  Nah. 
3.  13  "  Is.  4.6. 1.  2 :  Lam.  2.  9 ;  Am.  I.  6 :  Nah.  3.  13 
>  2  Chr. ;«.  6  '  2  S.  18.  19-31  «*  ver.  41 ;  ch.  fio.  2, 
9,  24    *  ver.  30 ;  ch.  60.  37 


t  Ot,  licufevnnts    »  Hpb  "inrti/!/.    '<>  Or, /orrf.< 
>'  Or,  marttiti    Heb.  povlt. 


51.34 


JEREMIAH 


51.58 


Jehovah's  Judgment  on  Babylon 


"  daughter  of  Babylon  is  like  a 
"threshing-floor  at  the  time  when 
it  is  trodden ;  yet  a  little  while, 
and  the  time  of  ''harvest  shall 
come  for  her.  34  "  Nebuchadrezzar 
the  king  of  Babylon  hath  devoured 
^  me,  he  hath  crushed  ^  me,  he  hath 
made  ^me  an  •'empty  vessel,  he 
hath,  -^like  a  monster,  swallowed 
^  me  up,  he  hath  filled  his  maw  with 
my  delicacies;  he  hath  cast  hne 
out.  35  '^  The  ^  violence  done  to  me 
and  to  my  flesh  be  upon  Babylon, 
shall  the  ^inhabitant  of  Zion  say; 
and.  My  blood  be  upon  the  inhab- 
itants of ''  Chaldea,  shall  Jerusalem 
say.  36  Therefore  thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah :  Behold,  I  will  'plead  thy 
cause,  and  ''take  vengeance  for 
thee ;  and  I  will  '  dry  up  her  sea, 
and  make  her  fountain  dry.  37 
And  Babylon  shall  become  '"  heaps, 
a  "dwelling-place  for  jackals,  an 
"  astonishment,  and  a  hissing,  with- 
out inhabitant.  38  They  shall 
roar  together  like  ^ young  lions; 
they  shall  growl  as  lions'  whelps. 
39  When  they  are  heated,  1  will 
make  their  feast,  and  1  will » make 
them  drunken,  that  they  may  re- 
joice, and  ''  sleep  a  perpetual  sleep, 
and  not  wake,  saith  Jehovah.  40 
I  will  bring  them  down  like  lambs 
«to  the  slaughter,  like  rams  with 
he-goats. 

4 1  How  is  '  Sheshach  taken  ! 
and  the  "praise  of  the  whole  earth 
seized !  how  is  Babylon  become 
■*  a  desolation  among  the  nations  ! 
42  The  "sea  is  come  up  upon  Baby- 
lon ;  she  is  covered  with  the  ^mul- 
titude of  the  waves  thereof.  43 
Her  cities  are  become  "'a  "" desola- 
tion, a  dry  land,  and  a  desert,  a 
land  wherein  *no  man  dwelleth, 
neither  doth  any  son  of  man  pass 
thereby.  44  And  I  will  "execute 
judgment  upon  ^  Bel  in  Babylon, 
and  I  Avill  "bring  forth  out  of  liis 
mouth  that  which  he  hath  *  swal- 
lowed up;  and  the  "nations  shall 
not  '^  flow  any  more  unto  him  :  yea, 
the  "  wall  of  Babylon  shall  fall. 

45  My  people, -^ go  ye  out  of  the 
midst  of  her,  and  •"  save  yourselves 
every  man  from  the  fierce  anger  of 
Jehovah.  46  And  "let  not  your 
heart  faint,  neither  fear  ye  for  the 
'  tidings  that  shall  be  heard  in  the 
land ;  for  tidings  shall  come  one 
year,  and  after  that   in   another 

1  Another  reading  is,  us 

2  Heb.  J/v  wrong  and  m  v  flesh. 

3  Heb.  inhabitress.  ^  Or.  tumult 

*  Or,  an  astonishment    *  Heb.  visit  upon. 


"  ch.  60.  42 
6  Is.  21.  10; 

41.  15,  16 
<"  Hos.  6.  11  ; 

Joel  3.  13 
dch.  50.  ir 
■=  Is.  24.  1-3 
/  ver.  44 ; 

Job  20. 15 ; 

Am.  8.  4 
f  Ps.  137.  8 
'i  ver.  24 
'  Ps.  140.  12 
*•■  ver.  6,  11 ; 

Kom.  12. 

19 
'  ch.  50.  38 
'"  ch.  y.  11 
"  ch.  49.  33 
0  ch.  50.  13 
P  ch.  2.  15 
9  ver.  57 ; 

ch.  25.  27 ; 

48.  26 
^  Ps   76.  5 

*  ch.  48.  15 ; 
50.  27 

t  ch.  25.  26 
"  ch.  49.  25 
"  ver.  .15 ;  Is. 

8.  7,  8  ; 

Dan.  9.  26 
^  ver.  29,  62  , 

ch.  50.  12 
V  ch.  2.  6 ; 

Is.  13.  20 
"  ch.  50.  2 
«  Ezr.  1.  7,  8 

*  ver.  34 
"^  ver.  7 
d  Is.  2.  2 

"  ver.  58 ; 

ch.  .50.  15 
/  ver.  6 ; 

ch.  60.  8, 

28  ;  Is.  48. 

20 
^  Gen.  19. 

12-16 ; 

Acts  2.  40 
!>■  ch.  46.  27, 

28 ;  Is.  43.  5 
■  2  K.  19.  7  ; 

Is.  13.  3-0 


I-  Is.  19.  2 
'  ver.  52 ; 

oh.  60.  2  i 

Is.  21.  9 ; 

46.  1,  2 
"'  ch.  60.  12, 

35-37 
"  Is.  44.  23  ; 

48.  20;  49. 

13 
"  ver.  11,  27 
P  oh.  60.  29  ; 

Ps.  137.  8 
«  ver.  45 
"■  Dt.  4.  29- 

31  ;  Ps. 

137.  6 
'  Ps.  74.  3-S  ; 

Lam.  1.  10 
'  ver.  47 ; 

ch.  50.  38 
"  ch.  49.  10  ; 

Job  20.  6 ; 

Ps.  139. 

8-10;  Is. 

14.  12,  13 
"'  Is.  13.  3 
"  ch.  48.  3-5 ; 

50.  46 

y  ver.  42 ; 
Ps.  18.  4 ; 

69.  2  ;  124. 

2,  4,  5 
'  ver.  48 ; 

Hab.  2.  8 
"  Ps.  46.  9 ; 

76.  3 
f>  ver.  6,  24 ; 

Ps.  94.  1,  2 
'  ver.  .39 ; 

788 


year  shall  come  tidings,  and  vio- 
lence in  the  land,  *  ruler  against 
ruler.  47  Therefore,  behold,  the 
days  come,  that  I  will  execute 
judgment  upon  the  'graven  images 
of  Babylon ;  and  her  whole  land 
shall  be  ™  confounded  ;  and  all  her 
slain  shall  fall  in  the  midst  of  her. 

48  Then  the  "heavens  and  the' 
earth,  and  all  that  is  therein,  shall 
sing  for  joy  over  Babylon  ;  for  the 
destroyers  shall  come  unto  her 
"  from    the  north,   saith  Jehovah. 

49  '^As  Babylon  hath  caused  the 
slain  of  Israel  to  fall,  so  at  Baby- 
lon shall  fall  the  slain  of  all  the 
^  land. 

50  Ye  that  have  « escaped  the 
sword,  go  ye,  stand  not  still;  ''re- 
member Jehovah  from  afar,  and 
let  Jerusalem  come  into  your  mind. 
51  We  are  confounded,  because  we 
have  heard  reproach ;  confusion 
hath  covered  our  faces  :  for  '  stran- 
gers are  come  into  the  sanctuaries 
of  Jehovah's  house.  52  Wherefore, 
behold,  the  days  come,  saith  Jeho- 
vah, that  I  will  execute  judgment 
upon  her  '  graven  images ;  and 
through  all  her  land  the  wounded 
shall  groan.  53  Though  Babylon 
should  "mount  up  to  heaven,  and 
though  she  should  fortify  the 
height  of  her  strength,  yet  from 
"me  shall  destroyers  come  unto 
her,  saith  Jehovah. 

54  The  sound  of  a  ^cry  from 
Babjdon,  and  of  great  destruction 
from  the  land  of  the  Chaldeans ! 
55  For  Jehovah  layeth  Babylon 
waste,  and  destroyeth  out  of  her 
the  great  voice ;  and  their  "  waves 
roar  like  many  waters;  the  noise 
of  their  voice  is  uttered :  56  for 
the  ^destroyer  is  come  upon  her, 
even  upon  Babylon,  and  her 
mighty  men  are  taken,  their  "bows 
are  broken  in  pieces ;  for  Jehovah 
is  a  God  of  *  recompenses,  he  will 
surely  requite.  57  And  I  will 
''make  drunk  her  princes  and  her 
wise  men,  her  governors  and  her 
deputies,  and  her  mighty  men ; 
and  they  shall  sleep  a  •*  perpetual 
sleep,  and  not  wake,  saith  the 
"  King,  whose  name  is  Jehovah  of 
hosts.  58  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts  :  ^The  broad  -^  walls  of  Baby- 
lon shall  be  utterly  "overthrown, 

ch.  2.').  27  d  Ps.  76.  5,  6  « ch.  46.  IS ;  48.  15  /ver. 
44  ;  ch.  60.  15     

7  Or,  Both  Babylon  is  to  fall,  0  ye  slain  oj 
Israel,  and  at  &e.  «  Or,  earth 

9  Or,  The  walls  of  broad  Babylon 
10  Or,  made  bare 


51.59 


JEREMIAH 


52.17 


The  Book  of  the  Oracle  to  be  sank  in  the  Kuphrates.    Zedekiah's  lUign  and  Rebellion.    Jernsalem  taken  and  Ijurned 


and  her  high  "gates  shall  be  burned 
with  fire  ;  and  the  peoples  shall  *  la- 
bor for  vanity,  and  the  nations  for 
the  fire  ;  and  "  they  shall  be  weary. 

59  The  word  which  Jeremiah 
the  prophet  connnanded  ISeraiah 
the  son  of  '^  Neriah,  the  son  of 
Mah.seiah,  when  he  went  with 
*  Zedekiah  the  kinj?  of  Judah  to 
Babylon  in  the  fourth  year  of  his 
reign.  Now  beraiah  was  '  chief 
chamberlain.  60  And  Jeremiah 
■^  wrote  in  '"^a  book  all  the  e\dl  tiiat 
should  come  upon  Babylon,  even 
all  these  words  that  are  written 
concerning  Babylon.  61  And 
Jeremiah  said  to  ISeraiah,  When 
thou  comest  to  Babylon,  ^then  see 
that  thou  read  all  these  words, 
62  and  say,  O  Jehovah,  "thou  hast 
spoken  concerning  this  place,  to 
*cut  it  off,  that  'none  shall  dwell 
therein,  neither  man  nor  beast, 
but  that  it  shall  be  desolate  for 
ever.  63  And  it  shall  be,  when 
thou  hast  made  an  end  of  reading 
this  book,  that  thou  shalt  bind  a 
stone  to  it,  and  *cast  it  into  the 
midst  of  the  Euphrates :  64  and 
thou  shalt  say,  Thus  shall  Baby- 
lon sink,  and  shall  '  not  rise  again 
because  of  the  evil  that  I  will 
bring  upon  her ;  and  they  shall  be 
"*  weary. 

"  Thus  far  are  the  words  of  Jere- 
miah. 

^  O  "  Zedekiah  was  one  and 
fj  ^a  twenty  years  old  when  he 
began  to  reign ;  and  he  reigned 
eleven  years  in  Jerusalem  :  and  his 
mothers  name  was  Hamutal  the 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  of  ''Libnah. 

2  And  he  did  that  which  was  »evil 
in  the  sight  of  Jehovah,  according 
to  all  that  '■Jehoiakim  had  done. 

3  For  through  the 'anger  of  Jeho- 
vah did  it  come  to  pass  in  Jerusa- 
lem and  Judah,  until  he  had  cast 
them  out  from  liis  presence. 

And  Zedekiah  'rebelled  against 
the  king  of  Babylon.  4  "And  it 
came  to  pass  in  the  ninth  year  of 
his  reign,  in  the  tenth  month,  in 
the  tenth  day  of  the  month,  that 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon 
came,  he  and  all  his  army,  against 
Jerusalem,  and  encamped  against 
it;  and  they  built  "forts  against  it 
round  about.  .5  So  the  city  was 
besieged  unto  the  eleventh  year  of 

1  Or,  •lunrtermaster  »  Or,  one  book 

3  Or,  and  shalt  see,  and  read  .  .  .  then  shalt 
thou  say  &c. 


"  Is  4,-.  1,  2 
(-  Hab.  -L  13 
'  ver.  04  ; 

cli.  i>.  5 ; 

Lam.  5.  :'. 
<'cli.  :,■>..  \i  , 

31  i.  4  ;  4.'..  I 
'  ch.  2S.  1  ; 

/  ch.  30.  2, 
3  ;  3t>.  2,  4, 

32  ;  Is.  3U.  8 
"  ch.  2o,  !2 

''  ch.  .io.  3, 

13,  :i9,  40 ; 

Is.  13. 

I!)-22  ;  14. 

22.  23 
'  ver.  43 ; 

Ezek.  3.').  9 
*  ch.  ly.  lu, 

1 1  ;  Kev. 

18.  21 
I  Nah.  1.  8, 9 
'"  ver.  i'.8 
"Job  31.  40; 

Fs.  72.  20 
"  2  K.  24. 

18-20; 

2  Chr.  36. 

11-13 
P  Josh.  10. 

29  ;  2  K.  8. 

22  ;  Is.  37.  8 
t  I  K.  14.  22 
>■  ch.  30.  30, 

31 
»Is.  3.  1,  4,5 
'  2  Chr.  .30. 13 
"  ch.  39.  1  ; 

2  K.  2.5. 

1-7  ;  Ezek. 

24.  1,  2 
"  ch.  32.  24 


'  ch.  .10.  2 
y  ch.  38.  9 : 
2  K.  2.-..  3 

*  ch.  39.  2 

"  ch.  39.  4-7  ; 

fil.  32 
''ch.  21.7; 

32.  4  ;  34. 

21  ;  37.  17  ; 

38.  23 
"  ch.  39.  .'■> ; 

2  K.  2.i.  0 
•i  ch.  .39. .-, : 

Num.34. 11 
"Num.  13. 

21  ;  Josh. 
13.6 

/ch.  22.  30; 

.39.  6 
"  ch.  39.  7 ; 

Ezek.  12. 

13 
A  2  K.  26.  8- 

21 
'  ver.  29 ; 
2  K.  24.  12 ; 
2.'.   8 

*  2  Chr.  36. 
10 ;  Pa.  74. 
n-8  ;  79.  1  ; 
Is.  61.  10, 
11 ;  Lam. 

2.  7 ;  Mic. 

3.  12 

'  ch   .39.  8 
"'  2  K.  2  V  10 ; 

Nell.  1.  3 
"2  K.  2.V  II 
"  ch.  .39.  9 
P  ch.  :«•.  10 ; 

411  2-<". ; 

2  K.  ■>■,.  12 
«  ver.  21-23 . 

ch.  27.  19- 

22  ;  1  K.  7. 

••  l' K.'7.  27- 
36 

*  1  K.  7.  23- 
26 

789 


king  Zedekiah.  6  In  the  -'fourth 
month,  in  the  niiitli  day  of  the 
month,  the  "famine  was  sore  in  the 
city,  so  that  there  was  no  bread 
for  the  people  of  the  land.  7 
Then  a  -  r)reach  was  made  in  the 
city,  and  "all  the  men  of  war  fled, 
and  went  forth  out  of  the  city  by 
night  by  the  way  of  the  gate  be- 
tween the  two  walls,  which  was  by 
the  king's  gardrn  (now  the  Chal- 
deans were  against  the  city  round 
about) ;  and  they  went  toward  the 
Arabah.  8  But  the  army  of  the 
Chaldeans  pursued  after  the  king, 
and  ''oyertook  Zedekiah  in  the 
plains  of  Jericho  ;  and  all  his  army 
was  scattered  from  him.  9  Then 
they  took  the  king,  and  "carried 
him  up  unto  the  king  of  Babylon 
to  ''  Biblah  in  the  land  of  '  Hamath ; 
and  he  ^ gave  judgment  upon  him. 
10  And  the  king  of  Babylon -^slew 
the  sons  of  Zedekiah  before  his 
e.ves :  he  slew  also  all  the  princes 
of  Judah  in  Kiblah.  11  And  he 
"put  out  the  eyes  of  Zedekiah  ;  and 
the  king  of  Babylon  bound  him  in 
fetters,  and  carried  him  to  Baby- 
lon, and  put  him  in  prison  till  the 
day  of  his  death. 

12  "Now  in  the  fifth  month,  in 
the  tenth  day  of  the  month,  which 
was  the  'nineteenth  year  of  king 
Nebuchadrezzar,  king  of  Babylon, 
came  Nebuzaradan  the  captain  of 
the  guard,  who  stood  before  the 
king  of  Babylon,  into  Jerusalem. 
13  And  he  ^burned  the  hou.se  of 
Jehovah,  and  the  'king's  house; 
and  all  the  houses  of  Jerusalem, 
even  *  every  great  hon.se,  burned  he 
with  fire.  14  And  all  the  army  of 
the  Chaldeans,  that  were  with  the 
captain  of  the  guard,  "'  brake  down 
all  the  walls  of  Jerusalem  round 
al)0ut.  lo  Then  Nebuzaradan  the 
captain  of  the  guard  "carried  away 
captive  of  the  poorest  of  the  people, 
and  the  residue  of  the  people  tnat 
were  left  in  the  city,  ami  °  tho.se 
that  fell  away,  that  fell  to  the  king 
of  P>abylon,  and  the  residue  of  the 
"multitude.  16  But ''Nebuzaradan 
the  captain  of  the  guard  left  of  the 
poorest  of  the  land  to  be  vine- 
dressers and  husbandmen. 

1 7  And  the  '  pillars  of  brass  that 
were  in  the  house  of  Jehovali,  and 
the  "■  bases  and  the  brazen  'sea 
tliat  were  in  the  hou.se  of  Jehovah, 
did  the  Chaldeans  break  in  pieces, 

♦  Heb.  spakf  judoments  with  him. 

'  Or,  every  great  man's  house       •  Or,  artificers 


52.18 


JEREMIAH 


52.34 


Deportation  or  the  Temple  Treasures  and  of  Captives.    Jelioiachin  treated  kindly  bjr  Evil-merodach 


and  carried  all  the  brass  of  them 
to  Babylon.  1 8  The  "  pots  also, 
and  the  shovels,  and  the  snuffers, 
and  the  basins,  and  the  spoons,  and 
all  the  vessels  of  brass  wherewith 
they  ministered,  took  they  away. 
19  And  the  *cups,  and  the  fire- 
pans, and  the  basins,  and  the  pots, 
and  the  candlesticks,  and  the 
spoons,  and  the  bowls  --  that  which 
was  of  gold,  in  gold,  and  that 
which  was  of  silver,  in  silver,  — 
the  captain  of  the  guard  took 
away.  20  The  two  pillars,  the  one 
sea,  and  the  twelve  brazen  bulls 
that  were  under  the  bases,  which 
king  Solomon  had  made  for  the 
house  of  Jehovah  —  the  brass  of 
all_  these  vessels  was  '"without 
weight.  21  And  as  for  the  pillars, 
the  ''height  of  the  one  pillar  was 
eighteen  cubits ;  and  a  line  of 
twelve  cubits  did  ''compass  it ;  and 
the  thickness  thereof  was  four  fin- 
gers :  it  was  hollow.  22  And  a 
"  capital  of  brass  was  upon  it ;  and 
the  height  of  the  one  capital  was 
five  cubits,  with  network  and 
•^pomegranates  upon  the  capital 
round  about,  all  of  brass  :  and  the 
second  pillar  also  had  like  unto 
these,  and  pomegranates.  23  And 
there  were  ninety  and  six  pome- 
granates ^  on  the  sides ;  all  the 
pomegranates  were  a  hundred  upon 
the  network  round  about. 

24  And  the  captain  of  the  guard 
took  "  Seraiah  the  chief  priest,  and 
^Zephaniah  the  second  priest,  and 
the  three  'keepers  of  the  thresh- 
old :  25  and  out  of  the  city  he 
took  an  '^officer  that  was  set  over 
the  men  of  war  ;  and  seven  men  of 
them  that  *  saw  the  king's  face, 
that  were  found  in  the  city;  and 
the  scribe  of  the  captain  of  the 
host,  who  mustered  the  people  of 

1  Or,  071  the  outside  Heb.  tovarrls  the  four 
winds.  ■•'  Or,  eunuch 


"  1  K.  7.  40, 
46 

*  1  K.  7.  49, 
50 

'  1  K.  7.  47 
rf  1  K.  7.  15 
M  K.  7.  16 
/ 1  K.  7.  20. 

42 
<'2K.  26.  18; 

1  Chr.  6. 

14;  Ezr. 

7.  1 
A  ch.  21.  1 ; 

29.  25,  29 : 

37.  3 ;  2  K. 

25.  18 

'  ch.  35.  4 ; 
1  Chr.  9. 
19 ;  Ps.  84. 

10 

*  Esth.  1. 14 ; 
Mt.  18.  10 


'  ver.  12,  15, 

16 
""  2  K.  25.  20, 

21 
"  ver.  9 
"  Ezek.  8. 

ll-lS 
^  ch.  1.3.  19  ; 

20.  4  ;  25.  9- 

11  ;  39.  9; 
l8.  6.  11, 

12  ;  27.  10 ; 
32.  13,  14 ; 
Ezek.  33. 
28  ;  Mic.  4. 
10 

9  2  K.  24.  2, 
3,  12-16; 
2  Chr.  36. 
20 ;  Ezr. 

2.  1 ;  Neh. 
7.  6 ;  Dan. 
1.  1-3 

'■  ver  12-15 ; 

ch.  39.  9 , 

2  K.  2.5.  11 
'  2  K.  25. 

27-30 
'  Gen.  40. 

13,  20;  Ps. 

3.  3  ;  27.  6 

"  Gen.  41. 14, 

42 
"  2  S.  9.  7, 

13;  IK. 

2.7 

*  2  S.  9.  10 


the  land ;  and  threescore  men  of 
the  people  of  the  land,  that  M^ere 
found  in  the  midst  of  the  city.  26 
And  'Nebuzaradan  the  captain  of 
the  guard  took  them,  and  "'brought 
them  to  the  king  of  Babylon  to 
"Riblah.  27  And  the  king  of 
Babylon  "smote  them,  and  put 
them  to  death  at  Kiblah  in  the 
land  of  Hamath.  So  Judah  was 
''carried  away  captive  out  of  his 
land. 

28  This  is  the  people  whom 
« Nebuchadrezzar  carried  away 
captive :  in  the  seventh  year 
three  thousand  Jews  and  three 
and  twenty ;  29  in  the  eighteenth 
year  of  Nebuchadrezzar  he  carried 
away  captive  from  J  erusalem  eight 
hundred  thirty  and  two  persons; 
30  in  the  three  and  twentieth  year 
of  Nebuchadrezzar  *■  Nebuzaradan 
the  captain  of  the  guard  carried 
away  captive  of  the  Jews  seven 
hundred  forty  and  five  persons : 
all  the  persons  were  four  thousand 
and  six  hundred. 

31  *  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
seven  and  thirtieth  year  of  the  cap- 
tivity of  Jehoiachin  king  of  Judan, 
in  the  twelfth  month,  in  the  five  and 
twentieth  day  of  the  month,  that 
Evil-merodach  king  of  Babylon,  in 
the  first  year  of  his  reign,  *  lifted 
up  the  head  of  Jehoiachin  king  of 
Judah,  and  brought  him  forth  out 
of  jjrison  ;  32  and  he  spake  kindly 
to  him,  and  set  his  throne  above 
the  throne  of  the  kings  that  were 
with  him  in  Babylon,  33  and 
"  changed  his  prison  garments. 
And  jehoiachin  did  "eat  bread  be- 
fore him  continually  all  the  days 
of  his  life  :  34  and  for  his  allow- 
ance, there  was  a  ''^continual  allow- 
ance given  him  by  the  king  of 
-Babylon,  every  day  a  portion  until 
the  day  of  his  death,  all  the  days 
of  his  life. 


790 


THE  LAMENTATIONS 

OF   JEREMIAH 


The  Sorrows  of  Captive  Zion 


IHow  doth  the  city  "  sit  solitar5% 
that  was  '  full  of  people  ! 
8he  is  become  as  a  "  widow,  that 
was  ''great  among  the  nations  ! 
She  that  was  a  princess  among 
the  provinces  is  become  'tribu- 
tary ! 

2  8he-^weepeth  sore  in  the  night, 

and    her    tears    are     on     her 

cheeks; 
Among  all  her  "lovers  she  hath 

none  to  comforther : 
All     her    friends    have    *  dealt 

treacherously  with  her ;    they 

are  become  her  '  enemies. 

3  Judah  is  gone  into   '*  captivity 

because  of  affliction,  and  be- 
cause of  great  servitude ; 

She  dwelleth  'among  the  na- 
tions, she  findeth  no  rest : 

All  '"her  persecutors  overtook, 
her  within  the  straits. 

4  The   ways    of    Zion   do   mourn, 

because  "none  come  to  the 
'-'solemn  assembly  ; 

All  her  gates  are  "desolate,  her 
priests  do  sigh  : 

Her  ''virgins  are  afflicted,  and 
she  herself  is  in  "*  bitter- 
ness. 

5  Her  adversaries  are  become  the 

*■  head,  her  enemies  prosper  ; 

For  Jehovah  hath  '  afflicted  her 
for  the  multitude  of  her  trans- 
gressions : 

Her  young  children  are  'gone  into 
captivity  before  the  adversary. 

6  And  from  the  daughter  of  Zion 

all  her  •' "  majesty  is  deimrted  : 
Her    princes    are    become    like 

harts  that  lind  no  pasture, 
And    they     are   'gone    without 

strength  before  the  pursuer. 

7  Jerusalem  ■'remembereth  in  the 

days  of  her  affliction  smd  of 
her  ^  miseries  all  her  "  pleasant 
things  that  were  from  the  days 
of  old  : 
When  her  people  fell  into  the 
hand  of  the  adversary,  and 
'  none  did  help  her, 


1  Or,  ezile 

»  Or,  appointed  feast 


3  Or,  beauty 

*  Or,  wanderings 


"  l8.  3.  26 
I'  Is.  22.  2 
<■  Is.  .54.  4 
<'1K.  4.21; 

Ezr.  4.  20, 

Jer.  61.  7 
''2K.  2J.  3.5; 

Jer.  4U.  9 
/  ver.  It) ,  Ps 

6.  6,77.2-6 
9  Jer.  2.  25; 

3.  1 ,  22. 

20-22 
A  Job  19.  1.-5, 

14 ;  Ps.  31. 

ll;Mic.  7.5 
'  Jer.  4.  30 
k  Jer.  13.  19 
'  Lev.  26. 

39 ,  Dt.  28. 

64-67 
'"  2  K.  25.4,5 
"  ch.  2.  b,  7 ; 

Is.  24.4-<> 
"  Jer.  9.  11 ; 

10.  22 
'•  ch.  2.  10,  21 
''  Joel  1.  8-13 
-"  Dt.  28.  43, 

44 
"Ps.  90.  7,8; 

Ezek.8.17, 

18 ;  9.  9,  10 
'  Jer.  39.  9 , 

.52.  27-.30 
"  Ps.  132. 13 ; 

Jer.  13.  18 
"  2  K.  25.  4, 5 
■^  Vs.  42.  4  ; 

77.  3,  .5-9 ; 

Lk.  15.  17 
y  Is.  5.  1-4 
-  ch.  4.  17  , 

Jer.  37.  7 


°  Ps.  79.  4  . 
Jer.  48.  27 

*  ver.  5,  20 ; 
Is.  59.  2-13 

'  ver.  17 ; 

Jer.  2.  23 
d  Jer.  13. 22, 

26 
«  ver.  4.  11. 

21,  22 
/  Jer.  2.  34  ; 

Ezek.24  13 
!'  Dt.  32.  29  , 

Is.  47.  7  ; 

Jer.  5  31 
Ms.  3  8; 

Jer.  13.  17, 

18 

•  Eccl.  4.  1 ; 
Jer.  16.  7 

k  Ps.  2-5.  18 ; 

119.  1.53, 

))ai».  9. 

17-19 
'Ps  74.  23; 

Zeph.  2.10 
"'  .Ter.  12.  10 
"  Ps.  74.  4-8  ; 

Is.  64.  10, 

11 ;  Jer.  61. 

51 
"  Dt.  23.  3 
PJer.  38.  9; 

791 


The  adversaries  saw  her,  thej 
did  "mock  at  her  "desolations. 

8  Jeru.salem      hath      *  grievously 

sinned  ;  therefore  she  *is  be- 
come as  an  ''unclean  thing; 

All  that  honored  her  despise 
her,  because  they  have  ''seen 
her  nakedness : 

Yea,  she  ^sigheth,  and  turneth 
backward. 

9  Her  yfilthiness    was    in     her 

skirts  ;  she  remembered  not 
her  latter  'J  end  ; 

Therefore  is  she  ''come  down 
wonderfully;  'she  hath  no 
comforter : 

Behold,  O  Jehovah,  my* afflic- 
tion ;  for  the  enemy  hath 
'  magnified  himself. 

10  The    '"adversary    hath    spread 

out  his  hand  upon  all  her 
pleasant  things : 

For  she  hath  seen  that  the  "  na- 
tions are  entered  into  her 
sanctuary. 

Concerning  whom  thou  didst 
command  that  they  should 
"not  enter  into  thine  assem 
bly. 

1 1  All  her  people  sigh,  they  "  seek 

bread  ; 
They  have  given  their  pleasant 

things    for  food  to  "refresh 

the  .soul  : 
See,   O  Jehovah,   and   behold  ; 

for  I  am  become  ''abject. 

12  Is  'it  nothing  to  you,   all    ye 

that  pass  by  ] 
Beliold,  and  '  see  if  there  be  any 

sorrow  "  like  unto  my  soi-row, 

which  is  brought  upon  me, 
"Wherewith     'Jehovah     hath 

afflicted  me  in  the  day  of  his 

''  fierce  anger. 

13  From  on  high  hath  he  sent  fire 

into  my  "bones,  and  it  pre- 
vaileth  against  them  ; 

,52.6  «1S.  30.  12  ••.Ter.  15.  19  '  Jer.  18  IR;  48.  27 
1  ver.  18  "ch.  2.13:  Mt  24.21  •  Jer.  30.  23,24  'Is. 
13. 13 ;  Jer.  4.  8    "  Job  30.  30 ;  Ps.  22.  14  ;  Hab.  3.  IS 


«  Or,  it  removed 
'  Or,~  Whom  Jehovah  hath  afflicted 


5  Heb.  cposingx. 
—       Jeht 


1.14 


LAMENTATIONS 


2.5 


The  Sorrows  of  Captive  Zion.    Zion's  Sorrows  come  from  Jehovah 


He  hath  spread  a  "net  for  my 
feet,  he  hath  turned  me 
back : 

He  hath  made  me ''  desolate  and 
faint  all  the  day. 

14  The  '^yoke  of  my  transgressions 

is  bound  by  his  hand  ; 
They  are  knit    together,  they 

are  ''come  up  upon  my  neck  ; 

he  hath  made  my  strength 

to  ^fail: 
The  Loi'd  hath  '^delivered  me 

into    theii'    hands,    '-^  against 

whom    I    am    not    able    to 

stand. 

15  The  -^Lord  hath  set  at  nought 

all  my  miglity  men  in  the 
midst  of  me ; 

He  hath  called  a  solemn  assem- 
bly against  me  to  crush  my 
^  young  men  : 

The  Lord  hath  "  trodden  as  in  a 
winepress  the  virgin  daugh- 
ter of  Judah. 

1 6  For  these  things  I '  wee^j  ;  mine 

eye,  mine  eye  runnetn  down 

with  water ; 
Because    the    *  comforter   that 

should   refresh    my    soul    is 

far  from  me  : 
My     'children     are    desolate, 

because     the     enemy     hath 

prevailed. 

17  Zion     '"spreadeth     forth     her 

hands ;  there  is  none  to 
comfort  her ; 

Jehovah  hath  "commanded  con- 
cerning Jacob,  that  they  that 
are  round  about  him  snould 
be  his  adversaries  : 

Jerusalem  is  among  them  as  an 
"  unclean  thing. 

18  Jehovah  is  ^'righteous;    for    I 

have  '  rebelled  against  his 
commandment : 

Hear,  I  pray  you,  all  ye  peo- 
ples, and  ''behold  my  sor- 
row : 

My  ^virgins  and  my  young 
men  are  gone  into  captiv- 
ity. 

19  I    'called   for   my   lovers,    but 

they  deceived  me : 
My  "priests   and  mine   elders 

gave  up    the   ghost   in    the 

city. 
While  they  sought  them  food 

to  "refresh  their  souls. 

20  Behold,  O  Jehovah  ;   for  I  am 

in  "  distress ;  my  ^  heart  is 
troubled ; 

1  Heb.  stumble. 

*  Or,  from  whom  I  am  not  able  to  rise  up 


"  Job  19.  6  , 
Ps.  66  n 

b  .Ter  W.  6 

'^  Prov   5. 
22  ;  Is^  47.  6 

rt  Jer.  28-  13, 
14 

*  Jer.  32.  3, 
5;  Ezek. 
2.5.  4,  7 

/Is.  41.  2; 

Jer.  13.  24 ; 

37.  Ill 
0  Jer.  6.  11 ; 

18.  21 
h-  Is.  23.  18  ; 

ftUc.  7.  10  ; 

Mai.  4.  3 : 

Lk.  21  24 
'  ch.  2.  11, 

18  ;  3.  48, 

49;  Jer. 

14.  17 
*•■  ver.  2; 

Ps.  69.  20 ; 

Eccl.  4.  1 
'  ver.  6 , 

Jer.  1.5.  9 
'"  Is.  1.  15  ; 

Jer.  4  31 
"  2  K.  24. 

2-4 ;  Jer. 

12.  9 
"  ver.  8 
P  Ps.  119.  75  ; 

Jer.  12.  1 
9  1  S.  12.  14, 

1.5 :  Jer.  4. 

17 
'■  ver.  12 

*  Dt.  28.  32, 
41 

'  ver.  2 ; 

Job  19. 

13-19 
"  ch.  2.  20 ; 

Jer.  14.  15 
^  ver.  11 
•^  Is.  38.  14  ; 

Jer.  4.  19 
y  ch.  2.  11 , 

Is.  16.  11 


'  Jer.  14.  20 
«  Dt.  32.  25  ; 

Jer.  14.  18 ; 

Ezek.  7. 15 
f>  ver.  4,  8, 

11,22 
«ch.  2.  15, 

Ps.  35.  15 ; 

Jer.  50.  11 
d  Is.  14.  5,  6  ; 

47.  6,  11  , 
Jer.  30.  16 

«  Neh.  4.  4, 

5  ;  Ps.  137. 

7,8 
/  ch.  3.  43, 

44;  Ezek. 

30.  18 ,  32. 

7,8 
■"  Is.  14.  12- 

15;  Ezek. 

28.  14-16 
'•  Is.  64.  11 
'  Ps  99.  5 ; 

132.  7 
i-  ch.  3.  43  ; 

Ps.  21.  9 , 

Jer.  13.  14 
'  ver.  5,  17  , 

Jer.  5.  17  ; 

Mic.  5.  11, 

14 
"'  Is.  25.  12 ; 

26.5 
"  Ps.  89.  39, 

40 ;  Is.  43. 

28 
"  Ps.  75.  5, 

10;  Jer. 

48.  25 

P  Ps.  74.  U  ; 
Jer.  21.  4,  5 

792 


My  heart  is  turned  within  me ; 
for  I  have  grievously  ^re- 
belled : 

Abroad  "  the  sword  bereaveth, 
at  home  there  is  as  death. 

2 1  They  have  heard  that  I  *  sigh  ; 

there  is  none  to  comfort  me  ; 

All  mine  enemies  have  heard  of 
my  trouble;  they  are  "glad" 
that  thou  hast  done  it : 

Thou  wilt  bring  the_  day  that 
thou  hast  proclaimed,  and 
they  shall  be  ''  like  unto  me. 

22  Let  all  their  wickedness  come 

before  thee ; 
And  "do   unto  them,  as  thou 

hast   done   unto  me  for  all 

my  transgressions : 
For  my  sighs  are  many,   and 

my  heart  is  faint. 

2  How  hath  the  Lord  /covered 
the  daughter  of  Zion  with 
a  cloud  in  his  anger  ! 
He  hath  ^  cast  down  from 
heaven  unto  the  earth  the 
''beauty  of  Israel, 
And  hath  not  remembered  his 
'  footstool  in  the  day  of  his 
anger. 

2  The  Lord  hath  *  swallowed  up 

all  the  habitations  of  Jacob, 
and  hath  not  pitied  : 

He  hath  '  thrown  down  in  his 
wrath  the  strongholds  of  the 
daughter  of  Judah ; 

He  hath  '"brought  them  down 
to  the  ground ;  he  hath  "  pro- 
faned the  kingdom  and  the 
princes  thereof. 

3  He  hath  cut  off  in  fierce  anger 

^all  the  "  horn  of  Israel ; 
He  hath  ^  df  awn  back  his  right 

hand  from  before  the  enemy : 
And  he  hath  « burned  up  Jacob 

like    a    flaming    fire,    which 

devoureth  round  about. 

4  He  hath  bent  his  ''bow  like  an 

enemy,  he  hath  stood   with 
his  right  hand  as  an  adver- 
sary. 
And  hath  slain  all  that  were 

*  pleasant  to  the  eye  : 
*In  the  tent  of  the  daughter 
of  Zion  he  hath  'poured  out 
his  wrath  like  fire, 
o  The  Lord  is  become  as  an 
"  enemy,  he  hath  *  swallowed 
up  Israel ; 

1 1s.  42.  25  ,  Jer.  21. 14  »"  ch.  3.  12, 13  ;  Job  6.  4  ; 
16. 13  »  Ezek.  24.  25  <  Is.  42.  25  ;  Jer.  7.  20  "  Jer. 
30.  14    "  ver.  2 


»  Or,  every  horn 


♦  Or.  On 


2.6 


LAMENTATIONS 


2.18 


Zion's  Sorrows  come  f^om  Jehovah 


He  hath  swallowed  un  all  her 
"palaces,  he  hath  destroyed 
his  strongholds ; 

And  *he  hath  inultinlied  in  the 
daughter  of  .lutfiih  mourn- 
ing and  lamentation. 

6  And  he  hath  violently  "taken 

away  his  '  tabernacle,  as  if 
it  were  of  a  garden  ;  he  hath 
''destroyed  his  place  of  as- 
sembly : 

Jehovah  hath  'caused  ^solemn 
assembly  and  sabbath  to  be 
forgotten  in  Zion, 

And  hath  -^despised  in  the  in- 
dignation ot  his  anger  the 
kinji  and  the  priest. 

7  The  Lord    hath    "cast   off  his 

altar,  he  hath  abhorred  his 

sanctuary  ; 
He  *  hath  given    up    into   the 

hand  of  the  enemy  the  walls 

of  her  palaces : 
They  have  made  a  'noise  in  the 

house  of  Jehovah,  as  in  the 

day  of  a  solemn  assembly. 

8  Jehovah  hath  purposed  to  *  de- 

stroy the  wall  of  the  daugh- 
ter of  Zion ; 

He  hath  '  stretched  out  the  line, 
he  hath  not  withdrawn  his 
hand  from  ^destroying: 

And  he  hath  '"made  the  ram- 
part and  wall  to  lament; 
they  languish  together. 

9  Her  "  gates  are  sunk  into  the 

ground ;    he  hath  destroyed 

and  broken  her  bars : 
Her  "  king  and  her  princes  are 

among  the  nations  where  the 

^  law  is  not ; 
Yea,    her    prophets    find    *no 

vision  from  Jehovah. 

10  The  elders  of  the  daughter  of 

Zion  ''sit  upon  the  ground, 

they  'keep  silence  ; 
They  nave  cast  up  'dust  upon 

their  heads ;  they  have  girded 

themselves  with  "  sackcloth  : 
The  "virgins  of  Jerusalem  hang 

down    their    heads    to    the 

ground. 

1 1  Mine  '  eyes  do  fail  with  tears, 

my  "heart  is  troubled  ; 

My  ^  liver  is  poured  upon  the 
earth,  because  of  the  ''"de- 
struction of  the  daughter  of 
my  peonle, 

Because  the  ''young  children 
and  the  sucklings  swoon  in 
the  streets  of  the  city. 


"  ver.  2  ;  Jer. 

52.  13 
t  Jer.  6.  26 ; 

!t.  17-20 
"  Jer.  7.  14 
''Jer.  52.  13 
"■ch.  1  4, 

Jer.  17.  27; 

Zeph.  3. 

IS 
/ch.  4.  16, 

20 ;  5.  12  ; 

Is.  43.  28  ; 

Jer.  13.  13, 

14 
■J  Ps.  78.  59- 

61 ;  Is.  64. 

11 ;  Ezek. 

7.  20-22 
h  Jer  33.  4, 

5  ;  52.  13 
■  Pe.  74.  3-8 

*  ver.  17  ; 
Jer.  5.  10 : 
39.  8  ;  52  14 

'  2  K.  21.13; 

1b.  34.  11 ; 

Am  7.  7-9 
"•  Is.  3.  26  ; 

Jer.  14.  2 
"  Neh.  1.  3 
"  ch.  4.  20  : 

Dt.  28.  36 ; 

Jer.  16. 13 ; 

Ezek. 

17.20 
!'  Hos.  3.  4 
9  Jer.  14.  14  , 

23.  16 ; 

Kzek.  7.  26 
>■  Job  2.  13  ; 

Is.  3.  26 ; 

47.1 

•  Am.  8.  3 

<  Job  2.  12  ; 

Ezek.  27. 

30 
«  Is.  15.  3 ; 

Jon.  3.  6-8 
"  ch.  1.  4 
'ch.  1.16; 

3.  48-51 ; 

Jer.  9.  1 
"  Jer.  4.  19 
'  Job  16.  13 
«  ch.  4.  10  ; 

Is.  22.  4 
6  ver.  19 ; 

Jer.  44.  7 


'  Or,  booth    Or,  hedge 
8  Or,  appointed  feast 


3  Heb  sirnllouing  up. 
*  Or,  breach 


"  Jer.  1.  11 ; 

5  17 
<'ch.4.  4 
•  Job  30. 16 ; 

Ps.  42.  4 ; 

62.  8 
/ch.  1  12 
'■•  Is.  37.  22 
A  Ps.  60.  2  ; 

Jer.  14.  17 
'  Jer.  8.  22  ; 

30. 12-15 
k  .ler.  23.  25- 

29;   29.8,9 
'  Is.  58.  1  ; 

Mic.  3.  8 ; 

Ezek.  23. 

36 
"» .ler.  23.  36 ; 

Ezek.  22. 

25.  28 
"  Job  27.  23  : 

Ezek.  V).  6 

0  Jer.  19.  8  : 
Zeph.  2.  15 

P  Ps.  22.  7  ; 
Is.  37.  22  ; 
Jer.  18.  16 

1  Pa.  50.  2 
••  Ps.  48.  2 
'  ch.  3.  46  ; 

Job  16.  10 ; 
Ps.  22.  13 
«  Job  16.  9  ; 
Pe.  35. 16 ; 

793 


1 2  They    say    to    their    mothers, 

"  Where  is  grain  and  winel 
When     they    ''swoon    as     the 

wounded  in   the   streets   of 

the  city, 
When  their  'soul  is  poured  out 

into  their  mothers'  bosom. 

13  What    shall    1    '^testify    unto 

theel  what  shall  1  liken  to 
thee,  O  daughter  of  Jeru- 
salem ? 

What  •''shall  I  compare  to  thee, 
that  I  may  comfort  thee,  O 
» virgin    daughter   of    Zion? 

For  thy  ''breach  is  great  like 
the  sea:  who  can  'heal  theel 

14  Thy  *  prophets    have   seen  for 

thee  false  and  foolish  visions ; 

And  they  have  not  '  uncovered 
thine  inicjuitj',  to  bring  back 
thy  captivity. 

But  "have  seen  for  thee  false 
® oracles  and  ^causes  of  ban- 
ishment. 

15  All  that  pass   by  "clap   their 

hands  at  thee ; 
They    "hiss    and    ^wag    their 

head    at    the    daughter    of 

Jerusalem,  saying. 
Is  this  the  city  tnat  men  called 

«The   perfection  of   beauty, 

*■  The  joy  of  the  whole  earth  ? 

16  All  'thine  enemies  have  opened 

their  mouth  wide  against 
thee ; 

They  hiss  and  'gnash  the 
teeth ;  they  say,  We  have 
"  swallowed  her  up  ; 

Certainly  this  is  the  "day  that 
we  looked  for ;  we  have 
found,  we  have  seen  it. 

1 7  Jehovah  hath  "  done  that  which 

he  purposed  :  he  hath  *  ful- 
filleii  his  word  that  he  com- 
manded in  the  days  of  old  ; 

He  hath  thrown  down,  and 
hath  *not  pitied  : 

And  he  hath  caused  the  enemy 
to  ^  rejoice  over  thee ;  he 
hath  "exalted  the  horn  of 
thine  adversaries. 

18  Their    *  heart    cried    unto    the 

Lord : 
O    ''wall    of    the   daughter   of 
Zion,   ''let    tears   run   down 
like  a  river  day  and  night; 

37. 12  "  Ps.  56.  2 ;  124.  3  :  Jer.  51.  34  "Obad.  13-15 
'  IH.  28.  15 ;  Jer.  4.  2S  .  18.  11  v  ver.  1,2;  Ezek. 
5  11 ;  7.  8,  9  ;  8.  18  -  Pa.  35.  24,  2fi  ;  89.  42 .  Is.  14.  29 
"  cli.  1.  5  :  m.  28.  43,  44  *  Ps.  1 19.  145  ;  Hos.  7.  14 
"^  ver.  8  ;  Hab  2.  11  ^  ch  1.  2, 16 ;  3.  48,  49 ;  Ps. 
119.  136 ;  Jer.  9  1 


5  Or,  iahe  to  viJness  for  thee      '  Heb.  burdens. 
7  Or,  things  to  draw  thee  aside      ^  Or,  finished 


2.19 


LAMENTATIONS 


a27 


Lamentation  of  the  Afflicted.    Hope  of  Belief  tlirongli  God's  Mercy 


Give  thyself  no  respite ;  let 
not  the  apple  of  tliine  eye 
cease. 

19  Arise,   cry  out  in  the  "night, 

at    the    beginning    of    the 

watches ; 
Pour  *out  thj;  heart  like  water 

before  the  face  of  the  Lord  : 
Lift  Uh  thy  hands^  toward  him 

for   the  "life  of   thy  young 

children,     that     ''  faint     for 

hunger  at  the  head  of  every 

street. 

20  See,    O    Jehovah,   and   behold 

to  "whom  thou  hast  done 
thus ! 

Shall  the  women  'eat  their 
fruit,  the  children  that  are 
dandled  in  the  hands? 

Shall  the  "priest  and  the 
prophet  be  slain  in  the 
sanctuarj'  of  the  Lord? 

21  The  ''5-outh  and  the  old  man 

lie    on    the   ground    in    the 

streets  ; 
My  'virgins  and  my  young  men 

are  fallen  by  the  sword  : 
Thou  hast  *  slain  them  in  the 

day    of    thine    anger ;    thou 

hast    slaughtered,   and   'not 

pitied. 

22  Thou  hast  called,  as  in  the  day 

of  a  solemn  assembly,  my 
"terrors  on  every  side ; 

And  there  was  "none  that  es- 
caped or  remained  in  the 
day  of  .Jehovah's  anger : 

Those  "that  I  have  dandled 
and  brought  up  hath  mine 
enemy  consumed. 

31  am  the  man  that  hath  ^seen 
affliction  by  the  rod  of  his 
wrath. 

2  He  hath   led    me   and  caused 

me  to  walk  in  *  darkness, 
^and  not  in  light. 

3  Surely  against  me  he  ''turneth 

his  hand  again  and  again  all 
the  day. 

4  My  'flesh  and   my  skin   hath 

he  "  made  old :  he  hath 
broken  my  '  bones. 

5  He  hath  "builded  against  me, 

and  compassed  me  with 
•■gall  and  travail. 

6  He  nath  made  me  to  dwell  in 

'dark  places,  as  those  that 
have  been  long  dead. 

7  He    hath    ^walled    me   about, 

that  I  cannot  go  forth ;  he 
hath  made  my  =  chain  heavy. 

1  Or,  uiithout  light  J  Or,  uom  out 


"  Ps.  42.  3 ; 

Is.  26.  9 
6  18.1.15; 

Ps.  42  4 ; 

62.8 
<^  ver.  11. 12 
d  l3.  51.  20 
«  Ex.  32.  11 ; 

Dt.  9.  2B; 

Is.  63.  16- 

1.4;  Jer. 

12.7 
/ch.  4.10; 

Jer.  19. 9 
9  Ps.  78.  64  ; 

Jer.  14. 15 ; 

23.  U,  12 
h  Jer.  6. 11 
>  Ps.  73.  62, 

63 
*  Jer.  13. 14 
'  Zech.  11.  6 
"■  Ps.  31.  13 ; 

Is.  24.  17, 

13 ;  Jer.  6. 

25 
"  Jer.  11.  11 
"  Jer.  16. 

2-1 ;  44.  7 
P  Job  19.  21 ; 

Ps.  88.  7, 

15, 16 ;  Jer. 

15.  17, 18 
9  Job  30.  26 ; 

Is.  59.  9 ; 

Jer.  4.  23 
■■  Ps.  38.  2 ; 

Is.  5.  25 
'  Ps.  31.  9, 

10 ;  38.  2-8 ; 

102.  3-5 
1  Ps.  51.  8 ; 

Is.  38.  13 ; 

Jer.  50.  17 
"  Job  19.  8 
^'  ver.  19 : 

Ps.  69.  21 ; 

Jer.  23. 15 
'  Ps.  88.  5, 

6,143.  3 
V  Job  3.  23 ; 

19.8 
'  Jer.  40.  4 


"Job  30.  20; 

Ps.  22.  2 
b  Hos.  2.  6 
<=  Is.  63.  17 
d  Hos.  13.  8 ; 

Am.  5.  18, 

19 
'  Job  16. 12, 

13;  Jer. 

15.3 
/ch.  2.  4; 

Ps.  7.  12, 

13 
i*  Job6.  4, 

7.20 
A  Jer.  5. 16 
■  Ps.  22.6,7; 

123.  3.  4 ; 

Jer.  20.  7 
*  ver.  63 ; 

Job  30.  9 
'  ver.  W ; 

Ruth  1.  20 ; 

Jer.  9.  15 
"'Ps.3.7;58. 

6 
"  Prov.  20. 17 
"  Jer.  6.  26 
Pis.  59.  U: 

Jer.  12. 12 
9  Job  17.  15  ; 

Ezek.  37. 

U 
"■  ver.  5,  15  ; 

Jer.  9.  15 
'  Job  21.  6 ; 

Heb.  10.  32 
'  Ps.  42.  5,  6, 

11 ;  43.  5 ; 

44.  2.5 
"  Ps.  130.  7 

734 


8  Yea,  when  I  cry,  and  call  for 

help,  he  "shutteth  out  my 
praj^er. 

9  He  hath  *  walled  up  my  ways 

with  hewn  stone ;  he  hath 
made  my  paths  ''crooked. 

10  He  is  unto  me  as  a  ''bear  lying 

in  wait,  as  a  ''lion  in  secret 
places.  > 

1 1  He  hath  turned  aside  my  waj's, 

and  "  pulled  me  in  pieces ; 
he  hatn  made  me  desolate. 

12  He  hath  ^  bent  his  bow,  and  set 

me  as  a  mark  for  the  "arrow. 

13  He  hath  caused  the  *  shafts  of 

his  ''  quiver  to  enter  into  my 
reins. 

14  I  am  become  a  'derision  to  all 

my  people,  and  their  *song 
all  the  day. 

15  He  hath  tilled  me  with  'bitter- 

ness, he  hath  sated  me  with 
wormwood. 

16  He  hath  also  '"broken  my  teeth 

with  "  gravel  stones  ;  he  hath 
covered  me  with  "ashes. 

17  And  thou    hast  ''removed  my 

soul  ^far  oil'  from  peace;  I 
forgat  prosperity. 

18  And    I    said,    My   strength    is 

perished,  and  mine  *  expec- 
tation from  Jehovah. 

19  Remember  mine  affliction  and 

my  'misery,  the  "-wormwood 
and  the  gall. 

20  My  soul  hath  them  still  in  're- 

membrance, and  is  'bowed 
down  within  me. 

21  This  I  recall  to  my  mind  ;  there- 

fore have  I  "  hope. 

22  It    ?'s    of    Jehovah's    'loving- 

kindnesses  that  we  are  not 
consumed,  ''because  his  com- 
passions fail  not. 

23  They  are  new  *  every  morning  ; 

great  is  thy  faithfulness. 

24  Jehovah  is  my  ^portion,  saith 

my  soul ;  therefore  will  I 
"hope  in  him. 

25  Jehovah  is  good  unto  them  that 

*wait  for  him,  to  the  soul  that 
''seeketh  him. 

26  It  is  good  that  a  man  should 

''hope  and  quietly  *wait  for 
the  salvation  of  Jehovah. 

27  It  is  good  for  a  man  that  he 

■''bear  the  yoke  in  his  youth. 

"  Ps.  78.  38 ;  Jer.  3.  12 ;  30.  U  ^  Mai.  3.  6  ^  Zeph. 
3  5  '  Ps.  16.  5 ;  73.  26  "  Ps.  ^S.  18  >>  Ps.  27. 14  ;  Is. 
25.  9  "  Is.  26.  9  rf  Ps.  52.  9 ;  1  Pet.  1.  13  '  Ps.  40. 
1;  Is.  30.  15   /EccL12.  1 


3  Heb.  s'm.f.  *  Or,  cast  off 

5  Or,  wandering    Or,  outcast  state 


3.28 


LAMEXTATIOXS 


3,66 


H«p«  •r  Mitf  tbr«urh  6«4't  Ititj 


28  '  Let  him   "  sit  alone  and  keep 

silence,  because  he  hath  laid 
it  upon  liim. 

29  Let  him  jDut  his  mouth  in  the 

''dust,  if  so  be  there  may  be 
'  hope. 

30  Let   him   give    his   ''cheek   to 

him  that  smiteth  him  ;  let 
him  be  filled  full  with  re- 
proach. 

31  For  the  Lord  will  'not  cast  off 

for  ever. 

32  For  though  he  cause  grief,  yet 

will  he  have  •''corapa.ssion 
according  to  the  multitude 
of   his  lovingkindnesses. 

33  For  he  doth  ^  not  afflict  -  will- 

ingly, nor  grieve  the  chil- 
dren of  men. 

34  To  *  crush   under  foot  all   the 

prisoners  of  the  earth, 

35  To  turn  aside  the  'right  of  a 

man  before  the  face  of  the 
Most  High, 

36  To  *  subvert  a  man  in  his  cause, 

the  Lord  ^approveth  not. 

37  Who  is  he  that  saith,  and  it 

'coraeth  to  pass,  when  the 
Lord  commandeth   it  not .' 

38  Out  of  the  mouth  of  the  Most 

High  ""Cometh  there  not  e\'il 
and  good  ? 

39  ^Vhe^efore  doth  a  li\-ing  man 

"complain,  ^a  man  for  the 
punisnment  of  his  sins] 

40  Let    us    "search    and    try   our 

ways,  and  turn  again  to  Je- 
hovah. 

41  Let  us  ''lift  up  our  heart  with 

our  hands  unto  God  in  the 
heavens. 

42  We    have    'transgressed    and 

have  rel^elled ;  thou  hast 
""not  pardoned. 

43  Thou  hast  'covered  with  'anger 

and  'pursued  us;  thou  hast 
slain,  thou  hast  "not  pitied. 

44  Thou    hast     'covered     thyself 

with  a  cloud,  so  that  ^no 
prayer  can  pass  through. 

45  Thou    hast    made    us   an   *  off- 

scouring  and  refuse  in  the 
midst  of  the  peoples. 

46  All  our  enemies  have  ^opened 

their  mouth  wide  against  us. 

47  "Fear   and    the   pit   are   come 

upon  us,  ^devastation  and 
destruction. 

48  Mine  'eye  runneth  down  wnth 

streams    of    water,    for    the 

J  Or.  Bf  fitteth  Se  (so  through  ver.  2S-S0> 

*  Heb.  fnm  hit  heart.         »  Heb.  sfet\  not. 

*  Or,  n  man  that  is  in  hU  sins 

>  Or,  corvred  thyself  «  Or.  tumult 


"  Ch.  2.  10  ; 

P8.  39.  2.  9 
»  Job  16.  15 ; 

40.4 
'  Jer.  31.  17 
<'Jobl6.  lu. 

Is.  UK  6 

•  Ps  77.  7. 
10;m.  14: 
Is.  54  7-10 

/Pa.  78.38; 

lt>6.  43-45 ; 

Hos.  11   8 
"Jer.  31.  2». 

Ezek.33.U 

*  Is.  14.  17 
'Ps.  140. 12; 

Prov.  17.15 

*  Jer  22  3 ; 
Hab.  1.  li 

'r8.33.H-U; 

Prov.  in. 

21 :  21.  30 
■"Job  2. 10; 

Is.  45.  7 ; 

Jer.  32.  42 
"  Jer.  30. 1.5  ; 

>Iic  7.9; 

Heb.  12. 

5.6 
"  Ps.  119.  59 : 

139.  23,  24  ; 

2  Cor.  13.  5 
P  Pa.  25. 1 : 

28.2:141.2 
'Keh.  N.  2<j: 

Jer.  14.  2u; 

Dan.  v.  5 
'■2K.  24.  4: 

Jer.  5.  7,  9 

•  ch.  2.  21 
'  vcr.  6b ; 

Ps.  83.  15 
"  ch.  2.  2. 17. 

21 
'  ch.  2. 1 ; 

Ps.  H7.  2 
'  ver.  8 ; 

Zecb.  7.13 
^ch.S.  45;4. 

13 : 1  Cor. 

4.13 
'  ch.  2. 16 ; 

Job  30.  9. 

10;P3.  22. 

6-8 
"  Is.  24.  17. 

18:  Jer.  48. 

43,44 
^ch.  1. 16; 

2. 11. 18 ; 

Ps.  U9. 

136:  Jer. 

9. 1, 13 


'Ps.  77.  2; 

Jer.  14.  17 
d  ch.  5.  1 ; 

Ps.  81).  14 ; 

Is.  63.  15 
'  Jer.  14.  18 
/I  S.  26.  20; 

Ps.  11.1; 

124.7 
9  l-s.  V,  7. 19 

•  Jer.  37.  16 
■  Ps.  6a.  2 : 

Jon.  2.  3-5 
i  Jer.  Si.  9 ; 
Jon.  2  2 ; 
Acts  16. 
24.  2.> 

•  Job  54.  23  : 
Ps.  116. 7.  2 

"'  Ps.  55  1 
"  F's.  145.  18 
^  Is.  41. 10. 

14 
P  Jer  50.  34 
'  Ps   34.  22 
••  Jer.  18.  19. 

20 

•  Ps  36. 1 ; 
43.  1 

«  Ps.  10.  14  ; 

795 


destruction  of  the  daughter 
of  my  people. 

49  Mine  eye   poureth  down,  and 

^ceaseth  not,  without  any 
intermission, 

50  Till  Jehovah  ''look  down,  and 

behold  from  heaven. 

51  Mine  'eye  affecteth    my  soul, 

becau.se  of  all  the  daughtens 
of  my  city. 

52  Thej'  have  chased  me  sore -'like 

a  bird,  they  that  are  mine 
enemies  "  without  cause. 

53  They  have  cut  off  my  life  in 

the  *  dungeon,  and  have  cast 
a  stone  upon  me. 

54  Waters  flowed  'over  my  head  ; 

I  said,  1  am  cut  off. 

55  I   called    upon   thy   name.    O 

Jehovah,  out  of  the  *  lowest 
dungeon. 

56  Thou  'heardest  my  voice  ;  "hide 

not  thine  ear  at  my  breath- 
ing, at  my  crs*. 

57  Thou  "drewest  near  in  the  day 

that  1  called  ujjon  thee  ;  thou 
saidst,  "  Fear  not. 

58  O  Lord,  thou  ha.-t  ''pleaded  the 

causes  of  my  soul :  thou  hast 
"redeemed  my  life. 

59  O    Jehovah,   thou    hast    '.seen 

my  wrong ;  '  judge  thou  my 
cause. 

60  Thou  hast  'seen  all  their  ven- 

geance and  all  their  "  devices 
against  me. 
bl  Thou    "^hast   heard    their    're- 
proach, O  Jehovah,  and  all 
their  devices  against  me, 

62  The  *lips  of   those   that   rose 

up  against  me,  and  their 
deWce  against  me  all  the 
day. 

63  Behold     thou     their     'sitting 

down,  and  their  rising  uj.; 
"I  am   their  .song. 

64  Thou  wilt  'render  unto  them 

a  recompense,  O  Jebo\ah. 
according  to  the  work  of 
their  hands. 

65  Thou  wilt  give    them   "'hard- 

nes.s  of  heart,  thy  curse  unto 
them. 

66  Thou  wilt  ''pursue  them  in  an- 

ger, and  destroy  them  fr<>m 
under  the  heavens  'of  Jeho- 
vah. 

Jer.  11  20  »  Jer.  19.  13  »  Ex.  2  M  »  ch.  5.  1 :  Pa. 
74.  IS  ;  S9.  .W  :  Zeph.  2.  8  >-  Ps  59.  7.  12 ;  140.  3 : 

Ezek.  .TK  3  '  Ps.  l:jn.  2  "  ver.  14  ;  Job  30  9  »  Ps. 
28  4  :  Jer.  51.  6.  24,  Vi  'Ex  14.  8 ;  Dt.  2.  30;  Is. 
fi.  10  dver.  43;  Ex.14.  28;  Ps.  35.  6  'Ps.8.5- 
IS.6&1 


Or,  biindneu    Heb.  covering. 


4.1 


LAMENTATIONS 


4.21 


Distress  of  the  Siege  described 


4  How  is  the  gold  become  "  dim  ! 
koio  is  the  most  pure  gold 
changed ! 
The  *  stones  of  the  sanctuary  are 
poured  out  at  the  head  of 
every  street. 

2  The   precious    "sons    of    Zion, 

^  comparable  to  tine  gold, 
How    are    they     esteemed    as 
"*  earthen  pitchers^  the  work 
of    the    hands    of    the   pot- 
ter ! 

3  Even  the  *  jackals  draw  out  the 

breast,    they   give    suck    to 
their  young  ones : 
The  daughter  of  my  people  is 
become  ■'^ cruel,  like  the  ^  os- 
triches in  the  wilderness. 

4  The  tongue  of  the  sucking  child 

cleaveth  to  the  roof  of  his 
mouth  for  ''thirst: 
The  young  children  'ask bread, 
and  no  man  breaketh  it  unto 
them. 

5  They  that  did  feed  *  delicately 

are  desolate  in  the  streets  :  ^ 

They  that  were  brought  up  in 

scarlet  embrace  'dunghills. 

6  For -^  the  iniquity  of  the  daugh- 

ter of  my  people  is  greater 
than  ^the  sin  of  '"Sodom, 
That  was  "overthrown  as  in  a 
moment,  and  no  hands  ■*  were 
laid  upon  her. 

7  Her  ^nobles  were  "purer  than 

snow,  they  were  whiter  than 
milk  ; 
They  were  more  ruddy  in  oqdy 
than  ''rubies,  their  polishing 
was  as  of  ^  sapphire. 

8  Their  visage  is  ' '^  olacker  than  a 

coal  ;  they  are  not  known  in 
the  streets : 
Their  ''skin    cleaveth   to  their 
bones ;   it  is  withered,  it  is 
become  like  a  stick. 

9  They  that  are  slain  with  the 

'  sword  are  better  than  they 
that  are  slain  with  hun- 
ger;  . 

For  these  *  *  pine  away,  stricken 
through,  for  want  of  the  fruits 
of  the  field. 
10  The  hands  of  the  pitiful  women 
have  "boiled  their  own  chil- 
dren ; 

They  were  their  "food  in  the 
destruction  of  the  daughter 
of  my  people. 

1  Heb.  that  may  he  weighed  against. 

2  Or,  the  punislimenl  of  the  iniquity 

3  Or,  the  punishment  nf  the  Hn 

*  Or,  fell    See  2  S.  3.  29.  *  Or,  Nazirites 

5  Or,  corals      '  Heb.  darker  than  blackness. 
s  Heb.  flow  away. 


"  2  K.  25.  9, 

10,  Ezek. 

7. 19-22 
b  Jer.  52. 13, 

14;  Mt. 

24.2 
■^  Is.  51.  18 
d  Is.  3U.  14  ; 

Jer.  19.  1, 

11 
Ms.  13.22; 

34.  13 
/  Is.  49.  15 ; 

Ezek.  5.  10 
'J  Job  39.  14- 

17 
h  Jer.  14.  3 
i  ch.  2.  12 
*:  Is.  3.  16- 

26 ;  Jer.  6. 

2 ;  Am.  6. 

3-7 
'IS.  2  8; 

Ps.  113.  7 
"•Is.  1.  10: 

Ezek.  16. 

48 
"  Gen.  19. 

25;  Jer. 

20.  16 
"  Ps.  51.  7 
PEx.  24.  10; 

Job  28.  16 
1  c\\.  5.  10, 

14  ;  Job  30. 

30 
"•ch.  3.  4; 

Job  19.  20 ; 

Ps.  38.  3 ; 

102.  3-5,  U 
»  Jer.  15.  2; 

16.4 
«  Lev.  26. 

3:»;  Ezek. 

24.23 
"011.2.20, 

2  K.  6.  29  ; 

Jer.  19.  9 
"  IH.  28.  53- 

65 


"  ver.  22 ; 

ch  2.  17 : 

Jer.  7.  20; 

Ezek.  22. 

31 
y  Dt.  32.  22 ; 

Jer.  17.  27 
=  I)t.  29.  24- 

23  :  1  K.  9. 

8,9 
"  Jer.  21.  13 
6ch.  2.  14; 

Jer.  5.  31 ; 

6.  13; 

Ezek.  22. 

26-28;  Mic. 

3.11,12 
'  Jer.  2  30  ; 

26.  8,  9 
d  Dt.  28.  28, 

29 ;  Is.  29. 

10 ;  56.  10 ; 

59.  9,  10 
« Is.  1.  15 ; 

Jer.  19.  4 
/Jer.  2.  34 
SLev.  13.  45, 

46 
h  2  Cor.  6.  17 
'  ,Ter.  49.  5 
k  Is  9.  14- 

16;  Jer. 

52.  24-27 
'ch.  1.7; 

Jer.  37  7 
""  Ezek  29. 

6,7,  IS 
"  Jer.  16.  16 
0  Jer.  5.  31 ; 

E^ek.  7.  2- 

12;  Am.  8. 2 
P  Is.  6.  26- 

2S ;  30.  16, 

17 ;  Jer.  4. 

796 


11  Jehovah  hath*  accomplished  his 

wrath,  he  hath  iwured  out  his 

fierce  anger ; 
And  he  hath  ^kindled  a  fire  in 
Zion,   which  hath  devoured 
the  foundations  thereof. 

12  The  kings  of  the  earth '  believed 

not,  neither  all  the  inhabit-^ 
ants  of  the  world, 
That    the   adversary   and    the 
enemy  would  "enter  into  the 
gates  of  Jerusalem. 

13  /^  is  because  of  the  sins  of  her 

*  prophets,  and  the  iniquities 
of  her  priests. 

That  have  shed  the "  blood  of  the 
just  in  the  midst  of  her. 

14  They  wander  ''as  blind  men  in 

the  streets,  they  are  polluted 
with  ^  blood. 
So  that  men  cannot  touch  their 
-''garments. 

15  Depart  ye,  they  cried  unto  them, 

"  Unclean  !  depart,  *  depart, 
touch  not ! 
®When  they  'fled  away  and 
wandered,  men  said  among 
the  nations.  They  shall  no 
more  sojourn  here. 

16  The  '"anger  of  Jehovah  hath 

scattered  them ;  he  will  no 
more  regard  them : 
They  *  respected  not  the  persons 
of  the  priests,  they  favored 
not  the  elders. 

17  Our  eyes  do  yet  fail  in  looJcing 

for  our  '  vain  help  : 
In     our     watching    we     have 
watched  for  a  '"nation  that 
could  not  save. 

18  They  "hunt  our  steps,  so  that 

we  cannot  go  in  our  streets : 

Our  "end  is  near,  our  days  are 

fulfilled  ;  for  our  end  is  come. 

1 9  Our  pursuers  were^'swifter  than 

the  eagles  of  the  heavens  : 
They  chased  us  upon  the  moun- 
tains, they  laid  wait  for  us  in 
the  ''  wilderness. 

20  The  '"breath  of  our  nostrils,  the 

'anointed    of    Jehovah,    was 

*  taken  in  their  pits  ; 

Of  whom  we  said.  Under  his 
"  shadow  we  shall  live  among 
the  nations. 

21  Rejoice  and  be  glad,  O  daugh- 

ter of  "Edom,  that  dwellest 
in  the  land  of  Uz : 


13  :  Hah.  1.8    « 1  S.  13.  6    >•  2  S.  18  3 
19.  21     (  Jer.  39.  5     "  Dan.  4.  12    "  Ps. 
7 ;  Jer.  25.  20,  21.  27 


'2S.  1.  14; 
3.3-«;  137. 


»  Or,  Yea 


10  Heb.  face. 


4.  22 


LAMENTATIONS 


5.22 


Hiserii^s  of  the  Captiiity  bewailed.    Prayer  for  Mercy 


The  "cup  sliall  pass  throuffh 
unto  tiioo  also  ;  thou  shalt  be 
drunken,  and  shalt  make  thy- 
self naked. 
22  ^  The  punishment  of  thine  in- 
iquity is  ''accomplished,  O 
daughter  of  Zion  ;  he  will  no 
more  carry  thea  away  into 
captivity  : 

He  "  will  visit  thine  iniquity,  O 
daughter  of  Edom ;  he  will 
uncover  thy  sins. 

5  ''Remember,  O  Jehovah,  what 
is  come  upon  us : 
Behold,  and  see  our  "reproach. 

2  Our  inheritance  is  turned  unto 

-'strangers. 
Our  "  houses  unto  aliens. 

3  We  are  orphans  and  ^  fatherless ; 
Our  mothers  are  as  ''widows. 

4  We  have  drunken  our  'water 

for  money ;     ■ 
Our  wood  -is  sold  unto  us, 

5  Our   pursuers    are    upon    our 

*  necks : 
We  are  weary,  and   have  'no 
rest. 

6  We  have  given  the  hand  to  the 

"•  Egyptians, 
And  to  the  '"Assyrians,  to  be 
satisfied  with  bread. 

7  Our  "fathers  sinned,  and  are 

not ; 
And  we  have  borne  their  iniq- 
uities. 

8  "  Servants  rule  over  us  : 
There  is  ''none  to  deliver  us  out 

of  their  hand, 

9  We  get  our  bread  at  the  'peril 

of  our  lives. 
Because   of   the  sword  of   the 
wilderness. 
10  Our  skin  is  * ''  black  like  an  oven. 
Because  of  the  burning  heat  of 
famine. 

1  Or,  T/iivr  iniwnlij  hnth  an  end 

*  Heo.  comel/i  /or  price.  *  Or,  hot 


"  Is.  34  7 ; 

63.  1-6 ; 

Am.  1  11, 

12;  Obad. 

1,  10 
6Is.  40.  2; 

Jer.  33.7,8 
<^  Jer.  49. 10; 

Mai.  1.3,4 
d  ch.  3.  19  . 

Neh.  1.  8,  9 
'  Ps.  44. 

13-16 
/Is.  1.7. 

Hos.  8.  7,  8 
V  Zeph.  1.  13 
''  Ex.  22.  24 ; 

Jer.  13.  8 ; 

18.  21 

•  la.  3.  1 

*  Is.  10. 27  ; 
47.  6 ;  Jer. 
2S.  14 

'  Neh.  9.  36, 

37 
"'Jer.  2.  36; 

Hoa.  r>.  13  ; 

7.  11  ;  9.  3 
"Jer.  14.20; 

16.  12 
"  Nell.  5.  15 
''  Ps.  7.  2  ; 

Zech.  11.  6 
1  Jer.  40. 

9-12 
•"ch.  4.  8; 

Job  30.  30 


'Is.  13.  16; 

Zech.  14.  2 
<ch.  4.  16; 

Is.  47.  6 
"  Jer.  7.  18 
"  ch.  4.  8 
"  Is.  24.  8 ; 

Jer.  7.  34 
1' Jer.  25.  10; 

Am.  8.  10 
'  Job  1.^.  9  , 

Ps.  8-i.  39 ; 

.Ter.  13.  18 
"  Is.  3.  9-U 
I'  Is.  1.  5 
<^  ch  2.  11  ; 

Job  17.  7 
d  Ps.  74.  2. 

3 ;  Mic.  3. 

12 
'  Neh.  4  3 
/Ps.  102.  12. 

2.1-27 
0  Ps.  4.5.  6 
It  Ps.  13.  1 ; 

44.  24 
>  Ps  80.  3 ; 

Jer.  31.  1? 
k  Is.  60  20-22 
IPs.  60. 1,2; 

Jer.  7.  29 
">  Is.  64.  9 


11  They  ravished  the  'women  in 

Zion, 
The    virgins    in    the    cities   of 
Judah. 

1 2  Princes  were  hanged  up  by  their 

hand : 
The  'faces  of  elders  were  not 
honored. 

13  The     young     men     bare    the 

mill  • 
And     the     children     stumbled 
under  the  "wood. 

14  The  "elders  have  ceased  from 

the  gate. 
The    young    men    from    their 
^  music. 

1 5  The  joy  of  our  heart  is  "  ceased  ; 
Our  dance  is  turned  into  mourn- 
ing. 

16  The  'crown  is  fallen  from  our 

head : 
Woe   "unto  us!   for   we   have 
sinned. 

1 7  For  this  our  ''  heart  is  faint ; 
For  these  things  our  "eyes  are 

dim ; 

18  For    the   ''mountain  of    Zion, 

which  is  desolate : 
The  *  *  foxes  walk  upon  it. 

19  Thou,-^0  Jehovah,  'abidest  for 

ever  ; 
Thy  "throne  is  from  generation 
to  generation. 

20  Wherefore  dost  thou  *  forget  us 

for  ever. 
And  forsake  us  so  long  time? 

21  'Turn    thou    us  unto    thee,   O 

Jehovah,    and    we    shall    be 
turned ; 
Renew  *our  days  as  of  old. 

22  ^  But '  thou  hast  utterly  rejected 

us; 
Thou  art  very  "wroth  against 
us. 


<  Or,  jnckaJs 

6  Or,  Unless  Ihou  . 


•"■  Ot,  fittest  as  King 
.  and  art  &c. 


797 


THE    BOOK   OF 

EZEKIEL 


Ezekiel's  Vision  of  Four  Cherubim;  of  Four  VVlieels 


INow  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
"thirtieth  year,  in  the  fourth 
■month,  in  the  fifth  day  of  the 
month,  as  I  was  among  the  ^  cap- 
tives by  the  *  river  Cnebar,  that 
the  "heavens  were  opened,  and  I 
saw  ''visions  of  God.  2  In  the 
fifth  day  of  the  month,  which  was 
the  "  fifth  year  of  king  Jehoiachin's 
captivity,  3  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  expressly  unto  -^Ezekiel  the 
priest,  the  son  of  Buzi,  in  the  land 
of  the  ''Chaldeans  by  the  river 
Chebar;  and  the  ''hand  of  Jeho- 
vaii  was  there  upon  him. 

-i  And  I  looked,  and,  behold,  a 
'stormy  wind  came  ^  out  of  the 
north,  a  great  cloud,  with  a  fire 
-  infolding  itself,  and  a  brightness 
round  about  it,  and  out  of  the 
midst  thereof  ^ '  as  it  were  glowing 
•*  metal,  out  of  the  midst  of  the 
fire.  5  And  out  of  the  midst 
thereof  came  the  likeness  of  "*  four 
living  creatures.  And  this  was 
their  appearance :  Thej'"  had  the 
"  likeness  of  a  man  ;  6  and  every 
one  had  °  four  faces,  and  every  one 
of  them  had  ^  four  wings.  7  And 
their  feet  were  straight  feet ;  and 
the  sole  of  their  feet  was  like  the 
s(->le  of  a  calf's  foot;  and  they 
sparkled     like   *  burnished    brass. 

8  And  they  had  the  ''hands  of  a 
man  under  their  wings  on  their 
'four  sides;  and  they  four  hati 
their  faces  and  their  wings  thux  : 

9  their  wings  were  joined  one  to 
another ;  they  '  turned  not  when 
they  went;  they  "went  everyone 
straight  forward.  10  As  for  the 
'likeness  of  their  faces,  they  had 
the  ■''  face  of  a  man  ;  and  they  four 
liad  the  face  of  a  lion  on  the  right 
side  ;  and  they  four  had  the  face 
of  an  *  ox  on  the  left  side ;  they 
four  had  also  the  face  of  an  eagle. 
11  ^  And  their  faces  and  their 
'wings  were  separate  above  ;  two 
loings    of  every  one    were   joined 

1  Heb.  capth'ity.       2  Or,  flashivri  continntlly 
^  Or,  as  nmbfr  to  look  upon         *  Or,  umber 
^  Or,   And  thus  were  their  faces;  and   their 
iiinas  were  &c. 


"■  ver.  2 

i>  ver.  -i ;  ch. 
3.  15,  -a : 
10.  15,  20, 

22 ,  43.  3 

«  Mt.  3.  16  ; 
Mk.  1.  lU; 
Lk.  3.  21 ; 
Ju.  1.  51 ; 
Acts  7.  56 ; 

10.  11 : 
Rev.  4.  1 , 
la.  11 

d  oh.  8.  3  ; 

11.  24;  40. 
2 ;  Ex.  24. 
10;  Num. 

12.  6 ;  Is. 

1.  1;  6,  1; 
Dan.  8. 1,2 

«  ch.  8. 1 ; 

20.1;  2K. 

24.  12-15 
/ch.24.  24 
V  ch.  12.  13  ; 

23.  23 

''  eh.  3.  14, 

22 :  1  K. 

IS.  46 ; 

2  K.  3. 15 
i  Ch.  13.  11, 

13;  Is.  21. 

1  ;  Jer.  23. 

ly 
k  Jer.  1.  14 
'  ver.  27 ; 

ch.  8.  2 
™  ch.  10. 15, 

17,20; 

Rev.  4. 6-8 
"  ver.  26 
"  ve"  10 ; ch. 

10. 14, 21 
3'  ver.  23 
«  Rev.  1.15; 

2.  18 

•■  ch.  10.  8,  21 
*  ver.  17  ; 

ch.  10. 11 
«  ver.  17 
"  ver.  12 ; 

ch.  10.  22 
"  Rev.  4.  7 
'  ch.  10.  14 

y  ch.  10. 14 

'  ch.  10.  16, 
19 


°  ver.  23 ; 

Is.  6.  2 
b  ver.  9 
■-■  ver.  20 
d  Ps.  104.  4 
"  Zech.  4.  10 
/  Mt.  24.  27  ; 

Lk.  17.  24 
?  ver.  19-21 
h  ch.  10.  9-11 
<  ch.  10.  9  ; 

Dan.  10  6 
*  ver.  9,  12 ; 

ch.  in.  11 
'ch.  10.  12; 

Rev.  4.  6,  8 
"»  ch.  10  16 
"ch.  10.  19 
"  ver.  12 
P  ch.  10.  17 

798 


one  to  another,  and  "  two  cov- 
ered their    bodies.     12  And   they 

*  went  every  one  straight  forward  : 
"  whither  the  spirit  was  to  go,  they 
went ;  they  turned  not  when  they 
went.  13  As  for  the  likeness  of 
the  living  creatures,  their  appear- 
ance was  like  burning  coals  of 
''fire,  like  the  appearance  of 
torches:  the  fire  went  up  and  down 
among  the  living  creatures ;  and 
the  tire  was  bright,  and  out  of  the 
fire  went  forth  lightning.  1 4  And 
the  living  creatures  '  ran  and  re- 
turned as  the  appearance  of  a  flash 
of  ^  lightning. 

15  Now  as  I  beheld  the  living 
creatures,  behold,  one  "  wheel  upon 
the  earth  beside  the  living  crea- 
tures, for  each  of  the  four  faces 
thereof.  1 6  The  *  appearance  of 
the  wheels  and  their  work  was  like 
unto  a  '  beryl :  and  they  four  had 
one  likeness ;  and  their  appear- 
ance and  their  work  was  as  it 
were  a  wheel  ®  within  a  wheel. 
17  When  they  went,  they  went 
"  in    their    four    directions :    they 

*  turned  not  when  they  went.  18 
As  for  their  ^rims,  they  were  high 
and  dreadful :  and  they  four  had 
their  rims  '  f  ull^of  eyes  round  about. 

1 9  And  ™  when  the  living  crea- 
tures went,  the  wheels  went  beside 
them ;  and  when  the  living  crea- 
tures were  "  lifted  up  from  the 
earth,   the  wheels  were  lifted  up. 

20  "  Whithersoever  the  spirit  was 
to  go,  they  went ;  thither  was  the 
spirit  to  go :  and  the  wheels  were 
lifted  up  ^  beside  them ;  for  the 
spirit  ^°of  the  living  creature  was 
in  the  wheels.  21  ^When  tho.se 
went,  these  went ;  and  when  those 
stood,  these  stood ;  and  when 
those  were  lifted  up  from  the 
earth,  the  wheels  were  lifted  ui) 
®  beside  them :  for  the  spirit  ^^  of 
the  living  creature  was  in  the 
wheels. 

6  Heb.  in  the  midnt  of. 

7  Heb.  on  /heir  four  sides. 

8  Or,  felloes 

9  Or,  over  against  lo  Or,  of  life 


1.22 


EZEKIEL 


3.8 


Eiekiel's  Vision  of  the  Divine  Glory.    Tht  Propliet's  Cail.    His  Commission 


22  And  "over  the  head  of  the 
living  creature  there  was  the  like- 
ness of  a  firmament,  like  the  terri- 
ble 'crystal  to  look  upon,  stretched 
fortli  over  their  heads  al)()ve.  2^^ 
And  under  the  firinaau-nt  were 
their  wings  straiglit,  the  one 
toward  tlie  other :  eyerj'  one  had 
*  two  which  covered  -on  tliis  side, 
and  every  one  had  two  which  cov- 
ered '"'on  that  side,  their  bodies. 
24  And  when  they  went,  I  heard 
the  noise  of  their  wings  like  the 
■■  noise  of  great  waters,  like  the 
''voice  of  the  Almighty,  a  noise 
of  tumult  like  the  •■  noise  of  a 
host :  when  they  stood,  tliey  let 
down  their  wings.  25  And  there 
was  a  voice  above  the  ■'^ firmament 
that  was  over  their  heads  :  when 
they  stood,  they  let  down  their 
wings. 

26  And  •''above  the  firmament 
that  was  over  their  heads  was  the 
'likeness  of  a  throne,  as  the  ap- 
pearance of  a  *  sapphire  stone  ;  and 
upon  the  likeness  of  the  throne 
was  a  likeness  as  the  appearance 
of  a 'man  upon  it  above.  27  And 
I  saw  *as  it  were  glowing  metal, 
as  the  appearance  of  fire  within  it 
round  aoout,  from  the  appearance 
of  his  loins  and  upward  ;  and  from 
the  appearance  of  his  loins  and 
downward  1  saw  as  it  were  the 
appearance  of  fire,  and  there  ^yas 
'brightness  round  about  ^him. 
28  As  the  appearance  of  the  "'  bow 
that  is  in  the  cloud  in  the  day  of 
rain,  so  was  the  appearance  of  the 
brightness  round  about.  This  was 
the  appearance  of  the  likeness  of 
the  "  glory  of  .Jehovah.  And  when 
1  s-^.w  it,  I  °  fell  upon  my  face,  and 
I  heard  a  voice  or  one  that  spake. 

2  And  he  said  unto  me,  ^Son 
of  man,  'stand  upon  thy  feet, 
and  I  will  speak  with  thee.  2  xVnd 
the  '■  Spirit  entered  into  me  when 
he  spake  unto  me,  and  set  me  upon 
my  feet ;  and  I  heard  him  tnat 
spake  unto  me.  3  And  he  said 
unto  me.  Son  of  man,  I  send  thee 
to  the  children  of  Israel,  to  nations 
that  are  '  rebellious,  which  have 
'  rebelled  against  me  :  "  they  and 
their  fathers  have  transgressed 
against  me  even  unto  this  very 
day.  4  And  the  children  are  'im- 
pudent and  stiffhearted :  •*  I  do 
send  thee  unto  them ;  and  thou 
shalt  say  unto    them,  Thus    saith 

1  Or,  ice.  s  Or,  it 

*  Or,  for  them     <  Or,  unto  whom  I  send  thee 


a 

unto  me ; 
book  was 
SI)  read    it 


the  Lord  .Jehovah,  b  And  they, 
■'whether  they  will  hear,  or  whether 
they  will  forbear  (for  they  are  a 
rebellious  house),  yet  sliall  "  know 
that  tht-re  hath  been  a  i)rot)het 
among  them.  G  And  thou,  sun  of 
man, '  be  not  afraid  of  tliein,  neither 
be  afraid  of  their  words,  though 
"  briei's  and  thorns  are  with  thee, 
and  thou  dost  dwell  among  scor- 
pions :  be  not  afraid  of  their  words, 
nor  be  dismayed  at  tlieir  looks, 
though  they  are  a  rebellious  house. 
7  And  thou  shalt  *  speak  my  woids 
unto  them, "  whether  tliey  will  hear, 
or  whether  they  will  forbear ;  for 
they  are  most  rebellious. 

8  But  thou,  son  of  man,  hear 
what  I  say  unto  thee ;  be  not 
''thou  rebellious  like  that  rebel- 
lious house:  open  thy  mouth,  and 
'eat  that  which  I  give  thee.  9 
And  when  I  looked,  behold, 
•^hand  was  put  forth 
and,  lo,  a  "  roll  of  a 
therein ;  1 0  and  he 
before  me :  and  it  was  written 
within  and  without ;  and  there 
were  written  therein  lamentations. 

Sand  mourning,  and  ''woe.  1 
And  he  said  unto  me,  8on  of 
man,  eat  that  which  thou  findest ; 
eat  'this  roll,  and  go,  speak  unto 
the  house  of  Israel.  2  SoI*opened 
my  mouth,  and  he  caused  me  to 
eat  the  roll.  3  And  he  said  unto 
me,  Son  of  man,  cause  thy  belly 
to  eat,  and  'fill  thy  bowels  with 
this  roll  that  I  give  thee.  Then 
did  I  '"  eat  it ;  and  it  was  in  uiy 
mouth  as  "  honey  for  sweetness. 

4  And  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of 
man,  go,  "get  thee  unto  the  house 
of  Israel,  and  speak  with  my  words 
unto  them.  5  For  ''thou  art  not 
sent  to  a  people  ''of  a  "strange 
speech  and  of  a  hard  language,  but 
to  the  house  of  Israel ;  6  not  to 
many  jieoples  *of  a  strange  speech 
and  of  a  hard  language,  who.se 
words  thou  canst  not  understand. 
Surel.y,  if  I  sent  thee  to  them,  they 
would ''hearken  unto  thee.  7  But 
the  house  of  Israel  will  not  hearken 
unto  '  thee ;  for  they  will  not 
hearken  unto  me  :  for  all  the  houst^ 
of  Israel  are  of  a  'hard  forehead 
and  of  a  stiff"  heart.  8  Behold,  I 
have  made  thy  face  "  hard  against 

Mt.  10.  S.  6  P  Jon.  1.2;  Acts  U.  11  ;  26. 17  «  Is. 
28.  11  ;  33.  19  "■  Jon.  3.  .'^-in ;  Mt.  11.  21 ,  Act8  Hi. 
46-48  'IS.  8.  7;  Jn.  1.').  2tl,  23  <  ch.  2.  4  ;  Is.  48  4. 
Jer.  3.  3    "  Jer.  1.  18,  15.  20 


i  Heb.  dtfp  of  lip  and  heavy  of  tongue. 


3.9 


EZEKIEL 


'4.S 


The  Prophet's  ConimissioD.    His  Induction.    Siege  of  Jernsaiem  portrayed 


their  faces,  and  thy  forehead  hard 
against  their  foreheada.  9  As  an 
''adamant  harder  than  ilint  have 
I  made  thy  forehead  :  *fear  them 
not,  neither  be  divsmayed  at  their 
looks,  though  they  are  a  rebellious 
house.  10  Moreover  he  said  unto 
me.  Son  of  man,  all  my  "^  words  that 
I  shall  speak  unto  thee  receive  in 
thy  heart,  and  hear  with  thine 
ears.  1 1  And  go,  get  thee  to  them 
''of  the  captivity,  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  thy  people,  and  speak  unto 
them,  and  tell  them.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah  ;  "  whether  they 
will  hear,  or  whether  they  will 
forbear. 

12  Then  the-^Spirit  lifted  me  up, 
and  I  heard  behind  me  the  voice  of 
a  great  ^  rushing,  saying.  Blessed  be 
the  ''glory  of  Jehovah  from  his 
place.  13  And  /  heard  the  *  noise 
of  the  wings  of  the  living  creatures 
as  they  touched  one  another,  and 
the  noise  of  the  ''wheels  ^beside 
them,  even  the  noise  of  a  great 
rushing.  14  So  the  'Spirit  lifted 
me  up,  and  took  me  away ;  and  I 
went  in  ""bitterness,  in  the  "heat  of 
my  spirit ;  and  the  "  hand  of  Jeho- 
vah was  strong  upon  me.  15  Then 
I  came  to  them  of  the  captivity  at 
Tel-abib.  that  ^dwelt  by  the  driver 
Chebar,  ^  and  to  where  they  ^  dwelt ; 
and  I  sat  there  overwhelmed  among 
them  '  seven  days. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass  ""at  the 
end  of  seven  days,  that  the  ^yord  of 
Jehovah  came  unto  me,  saying,  17 
Son  of  man,  I  have  made  thee  a 
'watchman  unto  the  house  of  Is- 
rael :  therefore  hear  the  word  at 
my  mouth,  and  'give  them  warn- 
ing from  me.  18  When  I  say  unto 
the  wicked,  "Thou  shalt  surely  die; 
and  thou  "givest  him  not  warning, 
nor  speakest  to  wai'n  the  wicked 
from  his  wicked  way,  to  save  his 
life ;  the  same  wicked  man  shall 
die  in  his  iniquity;  but  his  "blood 
will  I  require  at  thy  hand.  19  Yet 
if  thou  ''warn  the  wicked,  and  he 
turn  not  from  his  wickedness,  nor 
from  his  wicked  way,  he  shall  die 
in  his  iniquity ;  but  ^  thou  hast  de- 
livered thy  soul.  20  Again,  ^  when 
a  righteous  man  doth  turn  from  his 
righteousness,  and  commit  iniqu  ity , 
and  I  lay  a  "  stumblingblock  before 
him,  he  shall  die :  because  thou 
hast  *not  given  him  warning,  he 
shall  die  in  his  sin,  and  his  right- 

1  Or,  over  against  *  Or,  sat 

3  Another  reading  is,  and  I  sat  where  they  sat 


"  Zech.  7. 12 
tell.  2.  6; 

Is.  41. 10,14 
«  ver.  1-3 ; 

ch.  2.  8  ; 

Job  22.  22 
d  ver.  15 ; 

ch.  11.  24, 

25 
'^  ver.  27  ; 

ch.  2.  5 
/  ver.  14  ; 

cb.  8.  3; 

Acts  8.  39 
■"  Acts  2.  2 
n  ^'er.  23 ; 

eh.  1.  28 ; 

9.  3 

'  ch.  1.  24  ; 

10.  5 

k  Ch.  1.  15 ; 

10.  16,  17 
'ver.  12 
"'  Jer.  6.  n 
"  Jer.  20.  9 
"  ver.  22 ; 

oh.  1.  3 ; 

8.  1 
Pch.  1. 1 
9  Job  2.  13 
'•  Jer.  42.  7 
«ch.  33.7-9; 

Is.  52.  8 ; 

56. 10;  62.  6; 

Jer.  6.  17 
(  2  Chr.  19. 

10 ;  Is.  58. 

1  ;  Hab. 

2,  1 
"  Gen.  2. 17 
"  ver.  20 ; 

ch.  33.  6,  8 
^ch.  33.  3, 

!)  ;  2  K.  17. 

13,  14 
y  ch.  14.  14, 

20,  Acts 

18.6, 

1  Tim.  4. 16 
^  ch.  18.  24  ; 

33.  18 ,  Ps. 

125.  5  ; 

Zeph.  1.  6 
«  ch.  14.  3, 

7-9  ;  Is.  8. 

14  ;  Jer. 

6.  21 
i>  ver.  18 


<=  ch.  18.  24  ; 

33.13 
d  ver.  18 
^  Acts  20.  31 
/ver.  19 
"  ver.  14 ; 

ch.  1.  3  ; 

37.1 
''  ch.  8.  4 
'Acts  9.  6 
i  ch.  1.  23  ; 

Acts  7.  55 
'  ch.  1.  1,  3 
•"  ch.  1.  28 
"  oh.  2.  2 
"  ch.  4.  8 
P  ch.  24.  27  ; 

33.  22;  Ps. 

39.  2 ;  Lk. 

1.  20-22 
9  Hos.  4.  17  ; 

Am.  8.  11, 

12 
>•  ch.  29.  21 ; 

33.  22 :  Ex. 

4.  11,  12 
'  ver.  11 ; 

ch.  2.  5,  7 
t  ver.  9,  26 
"  ch.  5.  1 ; 

12.  3;  Is. 

20.  2 ;  Jer. 

13.1;  18.  2, 

19.1 
"  ch.  21.  22  ; 

Jer.  6.  6 

800 


eous  deeds  which  he  hath  done 
sliall  ■-'  not  be  remembered  ;  but  his 
''  blood  will  I  require  at  thy  hand. 
21  Nevertheless  if  thou  *warn  the 
righteous  man,  that  the  righteous 
sin  not,  and  he  doth  not  sin,  he 
shall  surely  live,  because  he  took 
warning  ;  and  ^  thou  hast  delivered 
thy  soul. 

22  And  the  ''hand  of  Jehovah 
was  there  upon  me;  and  he  said 
unto  me,  Arise,  go  forth  into  the 
*'' plain,  and  I  will  there  'talk  with 
thee.  _  23  Then  I  arose,  and  went 
forth  into  the  *  plain  :  and,  behold, 
the  '■'glory  of  Jehovah  stood  there, 
as  the  glory  which  I  saw  by  the 
'river  Ciiebar ;  and  I  '"fell  on  my 
face.  24  Then  the  "  Spirit  entered 
into  me,  and  set  me  upon  my  feet ; 
and  he  spake  with  me,  and  said 
unto  me.  Go,  shut  thyself  within 
thy  house.  25  But  thou,  son  of 
man,  behold,  they  shall  "lay  bands 
upon  thee,  and  shall  bind  thee  "vvith 
them,  and  thou  shalt  not  go  out 
among  them:  26  and  I  will  make 
thy  tongue  cleave  to  the  roof  of  thy 
mouth,  that  thou  shalt  be  ^dumb, 
and  shalt  not  be  to  them  a  ^re- 

E rover ;  for  they  are  a  rebellious 
ouse.  27  But  when  I  speak  with 
thee,  I  will  ""open  thy  mouth,  and 
thou  shalt  say  unto  them.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  :  '  He  that 
heareth,  let  him  hear  ;  and  he  that 
forbeareth,  let  him  forbear :  for 
they  are  a  '  rebellious  house. 

4  Thou  also,  son  of  man,  "take 
thee  a  tile,  and  lay  it  before 
thee,  and  portray  upon  it  a  city, 
even  Jerusalem :  2  and  *  lay  siege 
against  it,  an4  build  forts  against 
it,  and  cast  up  a  mound  against 
it ;  set  camps  also  against  it,  and 
plant  battering  rams  against  it 
round  about.  3  And  take  thou 
unto  thee  an  iron  *  pan,  and  set  it 
for  a  wall  of  iron  between  thee  and 
the  city :  and  set  thy  face  toward 
it,  and  ^it  shall  be  besieged,  and 
thou  shalt  lay  siege  against  it. 
This  shall  be  a  *  sign  to  the  house 
of  Isi'ael. 

4  Moreover  lie  thou  upon  thy 
left  side,  and  lay  the  iniquity  of 
the  house  of  Israel  upon  it ;  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  the  days  that 
thou  shalt  lie  upon  it,  thou  shalt 
^  bear  their  iniquity.     5  For  I  have 

^  ch.  5.  2  ;  Jer.  39.  1,  2  v  cb.  12.  6, 11 ;  24.  24-27 ; 
Is.  8.  18  ;  20.  S    -  Lev.  10.  17 ;  16.  22  ;  Num.  18. 1 


*  Or,  valley 


6  OT,flat  plate 


4.6 


EZEKIEL 


5.11 


Siege  of  Jerosalem  symbolized.    Desoliition  or  JcrDsalcm  fiymbolized  and  foretold 


appointed  the  years  of  their  in- 
iquity to  be  unto  thee  a  number  of 
"days,  even  three  hun(he(l  and 
ninety  days:  so  shalt  thou  bear 
the  iniquity  of  the  liouse  of  Jsraeh 
b  And  again,  when  thou  hast  ac- 
conipHshed  these,  tliou  shalt  lie  on 
thy  rifjht  side,  and  shalt  bear  the 
iniquity  of  the  house  of  J  udah  : 
forty  days,  'each  day  for  a  year, 
have  1  appointed  it  unto  tiiee.  7 
And  thou  shalt  "set  thy  face 
toward  the  siege  of  Jerusalem, 
with  thine  arm  uncovered ;  and 
thou  shalt  ''prophesy  against  it. 
8  And,  behold,  1  "lay  biinds  upon 
tliee,  and  thou  shalt  not  turn  tnee 
from  one  side  to  tlie  other,  till  thou 
hast  accomplished  the  days  of  thy 
siege. 

9  Take  thou  also  unto  thee  wlieat, 
and  barleJ^  and  beans,  and  lentils, 
and  millet,  and  •'^spelt,  and  put 
them  in  one  vessel;  and  make  thee 
bread  thereof;  according  to  the 
nun>ber  of  the  days  that  tnou  shalt 
lie  upon  thy  side,  even  'three  hun- 
dred and  ninety  days,  shalt  thou 
eat  thereof.  10  And  thy  food 
which  thmi  shalt  eat  shall  be  by 
*  weight,  'twenty  shekels  a  day: 
from  time  to  time  shalt  thou  eat  it. 

1 1  And  thou  shalt  drink  water  by 
measure,  the  sixth  part  of  a  hin : 
from  time  to  time  shalt  thou  drink. 

12  And  thou  shalt  eat  it  as  barley 
cakes,  and  thou  shalt  bake  it  in 
their  sight  with  *  dung  that  cometh 
out  of  man.  1 3  And  Jehovah  said. 
Even  thus  shall  the  children  of 
Israel  eat  their  bread  'u-nclean, 
among  the  nations  whither  I  will 
drive  them.  14  Then  said  I,  ""Ah 
Lord  JehoA'ah !  behold,  my  soul 
hath  "not  been  polluted;  for  from 
my  youth  up  even  till  now  have  I 
not  eaten  ot  that  which  "dieth  of 
itself,  or  is  "  torn  of  beasts  ;  neither 
came  there  *•  abominable  flesh  into 
my  mouth.  15  Then  he  said  unto 
me.  See,  I  have  given  thee  cows 
dung  for  mans  dung,  and  thou 
shalt  prepare  thy  bread  thereon. 
16  Moreover  lie  saifl  unto  me. 
Son  of  man,  behold,  1  will 
'break  the  staff  of  bread  in  Je- 
rusiilem:  and  they  shall  eat 
bread  by  'weight,  and  with  fear- 
fulness-  and  they  shall  drink 
water  by  'measure,  and  in  dis- 
may: 17  that  they  may  want 
bread  and  water,  and  be  dis- 
mayed one  with  another,  and 
'pine  away  in  their  iniquity. 

26 


"  vor.  6 
<>  IS'uiii.  14. 

a4;  l).aii. 

U.  24- 2^  ; 

12.  11,  12; 

Rev.  U.  2,  a 
'  ver.  a  ;  cli. 

t).  2 
rf  fh.  21.  2 
'  <h.  3.  25 
/  Ex.  9.  S2  ; 

Is.  28.  25 
"  ver.  5 
'»  ver.  16 
'  oh.  4.3.  12 
'  Is.  36.  12 
'  Dan.  1.  8; 

Hos.  9.  3 
'"  ch.  9.  8  ; 

20.  49 ;  Jer. 

1.  6 
"  Arte  10.  14 
"  ch.  44.  31 ; 

Lev.  17. 

15;  22.8 
P\n.  14.  3; 

Is.  65.  4 ; 

Wi.  17 
Sell.  5.  10; 

14.  13; 

Lev.  26. 

26 ;  Is.  3.  1 
•■  ver.  10, 11 ; 

cli  12.  19 
'  ch.  12.  18, 

19;  Lam. 

5.4 
'  ch.  24.  23  ; 

33.  lU  ; 

Lev.  26.  39 


"  ch.  44.  20  ; 

Lev.  21.  5 ; 

Is.  7.  20 
"  Dan.  6.  27 
"  ver.  12 
"  ch.  4.  2-8  ; 

•Ter.  39.1,2 
'  Lev.  26.  :i3 
"^K.  2.5.12, 

Jer.  3<».  M 
b  Jer.  42.  16, 

17,22 
'ch.  4.  1; 

Jer.  6.  6 
rf  ch.  16.  14  ; 

Lit.  4.  6  ; 

Lam.  1. 1 
"  ch.  16.  47, 

48,  51  ; 

2  k.  17. 

8-20 
/Neh.  9.  16, 

17  ;  Ps.  7  i. 

10;  Jer.  11. 

10;  Zech. 

7.11 
»  2  K.  21.  9- 

11;  2Chr. 

33.  9 ;  Jer. 

2.  10,  11 
A  ch.  16.  47 

•  ch.  15.  7  ; 
21.  3 ;  Jer. 
21.  5, 13 ; 
Zech.  14.  2 

*  ver.  15  ; 
ch.  11.9; 
.ler.  24.  9 

'  Dan.  9.  12  ; 

Mt.  24.  21 
'"  Lev.  26. 

29 ;  Jer. 

19.  9 
"  ver.  2, 12  ; 

ch.  6.8; 

12.14;  Ps. 

44. 11 :  Am. 

9.  9;  Zech. 

2.6:7.  14 
0  ch.  8.  5.  6, 

16;  Jer.  7. 

9-U 
P  ch.  7.  20 ; 

Jer.  16.  18 

801 


5  And  thou,  son  of  man,  take 
thee  a  "  sharp  sword  ;  as*  a  bar- 
ber's razor  shalt  thou  take  it  unto 
thee,  and  shalt  cau.se  it  to  pa.ss 
upon  thy  head  and  ui)on  thy  beaid  : 
then  take  thee  '  balances  to  weigh, 
and  'divide  the  hair.  2  A  ■'third 
part  shalt  thou  burn  in  the  hie  in 
the  midst  of  the  city,  when  the 
"  days  of  the  siege  are  fulfilled  ;  and 
thou  shalt  take  a  third  part,  and 
smite  with  the  sword  round  about 
it ;  and  a  third  part  thou  shalt 
scatter  to  the  wind,  and  I  will 
'draw  out  a  sword  after  them.  3 
And  thou  shalt  take"-'  thereof  a  "  few 
in  number,  and  bind  them  in  thy 
skirts.  4  And  of  the.se  again  shalt 
thou  take,  and  cast  them  into  the 
mid.st  of  the  lire,  and  *burn  them 
in  the  fire ;  therefrom  shall  a  fire 
come  forth  into  all  the  house  of 
Israel. 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah: 
This  is  "Jerusalem  •  I  have  set  her 
in  the  /*  midst  of  the  nations,  and 
countries  are  round  about  her. 
G  And  she  hath  ^rebelled  against 
mine  ordinances  in  doing  wicked- 
ness *more  than  the  nations,  and 
against  my  statutes  more  than  the 
countries  that  are  round  about 
her;  for  they  have  -^rejected  mine 
ordinances,  and  as  fen'  my  statutes, 
they  have  not  walked  in  them. 
7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah :  Becau.se  j'e  are  turbulent 
''more  than  the  nations  tliat  are 
round  about  you,  and  have  not 
walked  in  my  statutes,  neither 
have  kept  mine  ordinances,  neither 
have  done  after  the  ordinances  of 
the  "nations  that  are  round  about 
you;  8  therefore  thT,is  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah:  Behold,  1,  even  I, 
am  'against  thee;  and  I  will  *  exe- 
cute judgments  in  the  midst  of 
thee  in  the  sight  of  the  nations. 

9  And  I  will  do  in  thee  that  which 
I  have  'not  done,  and  whereunto 
I  will  not  do  any  more  the  like, 
because  of  all  thine  aliominations. 

10  Therefore  tlie  '"fathers  shall  eat 
the  sons  in  the  midst  of  thee,  and 
the  .sons  shall  eat  their  fathers ; 
and  I  will  execute  judgments  on 
thee ;  and  the  whole  remnant  of 
thee  will  I  "scatter  unto  all  the 
winds.  11  Wherefore,  as  I  live, 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah,  surely,  be- 
cause thou  hast  'defiled  my  sanc- 
tuary   with    all    thy    ''detestable 

1  ITeb.  diridr  them.  2  Heb.  thenr/>. 

■i  Or,  changed  mine  ordinances  into  wickedness 


5.12 


EZEKIEL 


6.14 


Desolation  of  Jerusalem  foretold.    Idolatrous  Worship  denounced 


things,  and  with  all  thine  abomi- 
nations, therefore  will  I  also  ^  "di- 
minish thee ;  neither  shall  mine 
*  ej^e  spare,  and  1  also  will  have  no 
pity.  1 2  A  "  third  part  of  thee 
shall  die  with  the  "'  pestilence,  and 
with  famine  shall  they  be  con- 
sumed in  the  midst  of  thee ;  and 
a  third  part  shall  fall  by  the  sword 
round  about  thee  ;  and  a  third  part 
1  will  ^  scatter  unto  all  the  winds, 
and  will  -^draw  out  a  sword  after 
them. 

1 3  Thus  shall  mine  anger  be  ac- 
complished, and  ''I  will  cause  my 
wrath  toward  them  to  "  rest,  and  I 
shall  be  ''comforted  :  and  they  shall 
know  that  1,  Jehovah,  have  'spoken 
in  my  zeal,  when  I  have  accom- 
plished my  wrath  upon  them.  14 
Moreover  I  will  make  thee  a  *  deso- 
lation and  a  '  reproach  among  the 
nations  that  are  round  about  thee, 
in  the  sight  of  all  that  pass  by.  15 
So  it  shall  be  a  reproach  and  a 
taunt,  an  '"instruction  and  an  as- 
tonishment, unto  the  nations  that 
are  round  about  thee,  when  I  shall 
"execute  judgments  on  thee  inanger 
and  in  wrath,  and  in  wrathful  re- 
bukes (I,  Jehovah,  have  spoken  it) ; 
16  when  I  shall  send  upon  them 
the  evil  "arrows  of  famine,  that  are 
for  destruction,  which  I  will  send 
to  destroy  you.  And  I  will  increase 
the  famine  upon  you,  and  will 
''  break  your  staff  of  bread  ;  1 7  and 
I  will  send  upon  you  'famine  and 
evil  beasts,  and  they  shall  bereave 
thee ;  and  "■  pestilence  and  blood 
shall  pass  through  thee  ;  and  I  will 
bring  the  sword  upon  thee :  I, 
Jehovah,  have  spoken  it. 

6  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  me,  saying,  2  Son 
of  man,  set  thy  face  toward  the 
"  mountains  of  Israel,  and  prophesy 
^unto  them,  3  and  say.  Ye  moun- 
tains of  Israel,  hear  the  word  of 
the  Lord  Jehovah :  '  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah  to  the  moun- 
tains and  to  the  hills,  to  the 
■*  watercourses  and  to  the  valleys  : 
Behold,  I,  even  I,  will  bring  a 
sword  upon  you,  and  I  will  destroy 
your  "high  places.  4  And  your 
''  altars  shall  oecome  desolate,  and 
your  "  sun-images  shall  be  broken  ; 
and  I  will  cast  down  your  •'slain 
men  before  your  idols.  5  And  I 
will  lay  the  dead   bodies   of  the 

1  Or,  withdraxv  mine  ey  that  it  shall  not  spare 
Another  reading  is,  hew  thee  down. 

2  Or,  eease      ^  Or,  against      *  Or,  ravines 


»  Ps.  107.  39 
i>ch.  7.  4; 

8.  18 
"^  ver.  2 
''  ver.  17 ; 

oh.  6.  11, 

U ;  .Jer.  15. 

2 ;  21.  9 
"  ver.  2,  10 ; 

Am.  y.  y ; 

Zecli.  2.  « 
/ver.  2 ;  ch. 

12.14,  Jer. 

43.  10,  11 ; 

44.27 
"ch.  16.42; 

21.  17 ;  24. 

13 
fc  Is.  1.  24 
«  ch.  36.  5,  6  ; 

3S.  19 ,  Is. 

59.  17 
k  ch.  6.  6  , 

12.  2i» ;  Is. 

64.  10,  11 ; 

Mic.  3.  12 
'  ch.  22.  4  ; 

Ps.  74.  3- 

10 ;  79.  1-4 
™  Is.  26.  9  ; 

Jer.  22.  8, 

9 ;  1  Cor. 

10.11 
"  ver.  8  ;  ch. 

25.  17 ;  Is. 

66.  15,  16 
0  Dt.  32.  23, 

24 
P  ch.  4. 16 ; 

14.13 
«  ver.  12 
"•  ch.  23.  23 
'  ver. 13 ; 

ch.  18.6; 

22  9 
<  oli.  36.  4,  6 
"  ver.  6  ;  ch. 

16.  16 
"  ver.  6 ; 

Lev.  26. 

30;  2Chr. 

14.5;  la. 

27.9 
'  ver.  5,  13 , 

ch.  9.  7 


y  2  K.  23.  14, 

16,  20 ;  Jer. 

8.  1,  2 
'  ch.  5.  14  ; 

Lev.  26  31 ; 

Is.  6.  11 
"  ver.  3  ; 

Hos.  10.  8 
b  ver.  4  ; 

Mic.  1.  7  , 

Zech.  13.  2 
'  ver.  13  ; 

ch.  9.  7 
d  ver.  10,  13, 

14 
« la.  6.  13 ; 

Jer.  3(1. 11 
/ch.  7. 16; 

14.  22 ;  Jer. 

44.  14,  28 
V  Dt.  4.  29  ; 

30.  2 ;  Jer. 

51.  50 
A  Ps.  78,  40 ; 

Is.  7.  13 ; 

43.  24  ; 

Hos.  11.  8 
i  Ch.  20.  7, 

24 ;  23. 

14-16 
*  ch.  20.  43  ; 

36.  31 ;  Job 

42.6 
'  ver.  7 ;  Jer. 

5.  12-14 
""  ch.  21.  14, 

17 ;  22. 13 
"  ch.  25.  6 
«  ch.  9.  4 

802 


children  of  Israel  before  their  idols ; 
and  I  will  scatter  your  "  bones  round 
about  your  altars.  6  In  all  your 
dwelling-places  the  ^  cities  shall  be 
laid  waste,  and  the  "high  places 
shall  be  desolate  ;  that  7/our  *  altars 
may  be  laid  waste  and  ^  made  deso- 
late, and  your  *  idols  may  be  broken 
and  cease,  and  your  sun-images 
may  be  hewn  down,  and  your 
works  may  be  ^abolished.  7  And 
the  ''slain  shall  fall  in  the  midst  of 
you,  and  ye  shall  "^  know  that  I  am 
Jehovah. 

8  Yet  will  I  leave  a  *  remnant, 
in  that  ye  shall  have  some  that 
•'^ escape  the  sword  among  the  na- 
tions, when  ye  shall  be  scattered 
through  the  countries.  9  And 
those  of  you  that  escape  shall  f  re- 
member me  among  the  nations 
whither  they  shall  be  carried 
captive,  how  that  'I  have  been 
''broken  with  their  lewd  heart, 
which  hath  departed  from  me,  and 
with  their  'eyes,  which  play  the 
harlot  after  their  idols :  and  they 
shall  *  loathe  themselves  in  their 
own  sight  for  the  evils  which  they 
have  committed  in  all  their  abomi- 
nations. 10  And  they  shall  know 
that  I  am  Jehovah :  I  have  '  not 
said  in  vain  that  I  would  do  thiff 
evil  unto  them. 

1 1  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah ' 
™  Smite  with  thy  hand,  and  "  stamp 
with  thy  foot,  and  say,  "  Alas !  be- 
cause of  all  the  evil  abominations 
of  the  house  of  Israel ;  for  they 
shall  fall  by  the  *"  sword,  by  the 
famine,  and  by  the  pestilence.  12 
He  that  is  « far  oft"  shall  die  of  the 
pestilence ;  and  he  that  is  neai 
shall  fall  by  the  sword ;  and  he 
that  remaineth  and  is  ^besieged 
shall  die  by  the  famine :  thus  will 
I ''  accomplish  my  wrath  upon  them. 
13  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  am 
Jehovah,  '  when  their  slain  men 
shall  be  among  their  idols  round 
about  their  altars,  upon  '  every 
high  hill,  on  all  the  tops  of  the 
mountains,  and  under  every  green 
tree,  and  under  every  thick  ^oak, 
the  places  where  they  offered  sweet 
savor  to  all  their  idols.  14  And  I 
will  "stretch  out  my  hand  upon 
them,  and  make  the  land  desolate 

P  ch.  5.  12 ;  7.  15  1  Dan.  9.  7  "■  ch.  5.  13  ;  Lam.  4. 
11,  22  ■'  ver.  4-7  '  ch.  20.  28  ;  1  K.  14.  23 ;  2  K.  16. 
4 ;  Is.  57.  5-7  ;  Hoa.  4.  13  "  ch.  14. 13 ;  20.  33,  34; 
la.  5.  25  ;  9. 12 


5  Or,  hear  their  guilt      «  Heb.  blotted  out. 
"!  Or,  /  have  broken  for  myself  their  &c. 
8  Or,  preserved  *  Or,  terebinth 


7.1 


EZEKIEL 


7.24 


Pnnuhment  for  national  Wickedness  foretold 


and  waste,  'from  the  wilderness 
toward  Diblah,  througliout  all 
their  habitations  :  and  they  shall 
know  that  1  am  Jehovah. 

7  Moreover  the  word  of  Jeho- 
vah came  unto  lue  saying.  2 
And  thou,  son  of  man,  thus  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah  unto  the  land  of 
Israel,  An  "end:  the  end  is  come 
upon  the  four  corners  of  the  land. 
3  Now  is  the  end  upon  thee,  and  i 
will  send  mine  anger  upon  thee, 
and  will  *  judge  thee  according  to 
thy  ways  ;  and  I  will  bring  upon 
thee  all  thine  abominations.  4 
And  ''mine  eye  shall  not  spare  thee, 
neither  will  1  have  pity  ;  but  1  will 
''bring  thy  ways  upon  thee,  and 
thine  abominations  shall  be  in  the 
midst  of  thee  :  and  ye  shall  ■■  know 
that  I  am  Jehovah. 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  : 
An  -^evil,  an  only  evil ;  behold,  it 
cometh.  6  An  'end  is  come,  the 
end  is  come  ;  it  *  awaketh  against 
thee  ;  \  behold,  it  cometh.  7  -  Thy 
doom  is  come  unto  thee,  O  inhab- 
itant of  the  land :  the  *  time  is 
come,  the  'day  is  .near,  a  day  of 
tumult,  and  not  of  joyful  shouting, 
^  upon  the  mountains.  8  Now  will 
I  shortly '"  pour  out  my  wrath  upon 
thee,  and  "accomplish  mine  anger 
against  thee,  and  will  "judge  thee 
according  to  thy  ways ;  and  I  will 
bring  upon  thee  all  thine  abomi- 
nations. 9  And  ^mine  eye  shall 
not  spare,  neither  will  I  have  pity  : 
I  will  bring  upon  thee  » according 
to  thy  ways ;  and  thine  abomina- 
tions shall  be  in  the  midst  of  thee  ; 
and  ye  shall  know  that  I,  ''Jeho- 
vah, do  smite. 

10  Behold,  the  'day,  behold,  it 
cometh :  thv  doom  is  gone  forth  ; 
the  '  rod  hath  blossomed,  pride  hath 
budded.  11  Violence  is  risen  up 
into  a  rod  of  "  wickedness  ;  *  none 
of  them  »ftall  remain,  nor  of  their 
multitude,  nor  of  their  "wealth: 
neither  shall  there  be  'eminency 
among  them.  12  The  ""time  is 
come,  the  day  draweth  near :  let 
not  the  *  buyer  rejoice,  nor  the 
seller  mourn  ;  for  '  wrath  is  upon 
all  the  multitude  thereof.  13  For 
the  seller  shall  not  "return  to  that 
which  is  sold,  *  although  they  be 
yet  alive  :  for  the  vision  is  touch- 

1  Or,  more  than 

*  Or,  The  turn    Or,  The  croicning  lime 
s  Or,  from 

*  Or,  not  from  them,  nor  from  their  multitude, 
nor  from  their  wealth     *  Or,  trailing  for  them 

*  Heb.  though  their  life  be  yet  among  the  living. 


"  ver.  3, 5, 6 ; 

ch.  n.  13; 

Am.  8.  2, 10 
'  vt-r.  S,  !t, 

27;  ch.  18. 

30 
'  ver.  9  ;  ch. 

6. 11;  8.  18; 

Jer.  13.  H ; 

Zech.  11.  6 
dch.  II.  21; 

22.  31 ; 

Hos.  a.  7 
'  ver.  27  ; 

ch.  6.  7,  U 
/2  K.  21.  12, 

13;  Nah. 

1.  9 
f  ver.  2 
''  Zech.  13.  7 
"  ver.  10 ; 

ch.  39.  8 

*  ver.  12  ;ch. 
12.23-2.5,28 

'  Is.  22.  5 
'"  ch.  9.  8  ; 

14.  19  ;  Is. 

42.  25  ; 

Nah.  1.  6 
"  cii.  6.  12 
"  ver.  3  ;  ch. 

33.  20  ;  36. 

19 
P  ver.  4 

V  ver.  3 

'•  Is.  9.  13 
"  ver.  7,  12 
«I8.  10.5: 

Ps.  89.  32 
"  Ps.  73.  8 ; 

12.5.  3 ;  Is. 

59.  6-8 
'•Zeph.  1.  18 
'  ver.  0-7, 

10;  1  Cor. 

7.  29-31 ; 

Jas.  5  8,  9 

V  Prov.  20. 
14;  ICor. 
7.30 

•  ver.  14 ; 
ch.  6.  11, 
12;  Is.  5. 
13, 14 

"  Lev.  25. 24- 
28,31 


!>  Num.  10. 

9;  Jer.  4.  5 
'  ver.  12 
<t  ch.  5.  12  ; 

6.  11.12; 

12. 16;  Jer. 

14.  18 
•  ch.  6.  8  ; 

14.  22 ; 

Ezr.  9.  15 ; 

Is.  37.  31 
/Is.  38.  14 
"  Is.  59.  11 ; 

Nah.  2.  7 
hch.  21.  7; 

22.  14 ;  Is. 

13. 7  ;  Heb. 

12.  12 
■  ch.  27.  31  ; 

Is.  15.  3 ; 

Am.  8.  10 
*. lob  21.  6; 

Ps.  55.  5 
'  ch.  27.  31 
"*  Is.  2.  20 ; 

30.  22 
"  Prov.  11. 4 : 

Zepli  1.  18 
0  ch. 13  5 
P  Ps.  78.  30, 

31 ;  Is.  .5.5.  2 
9  ch.  14  3,  4, 

7:  44.  12 
'■  ch.  16.  17 
•2K.  24.  13; 

Ps.  74.  2-fl ; 

Jer.  52.  13 
«  ch.  39.  23, 

803 


ing  the  whole  multitude  thereof. 
"none  shall  return;  neither  shall 
any  strengthen  himself  "in  the 
iniquity  of  his  life. 

14  Thev  have  ''blown  the  trum- 
pet, and  have  made  all  ready  ;  but 
none  goeth  to  the  battle  ;  for  my 
"wrath  is  upon  all  the  multitude 
thereof.  15  The  ''sword  is  with- 
out, and  the  pestilence  and  the 
famine  within  :  he  that  is  in  the 
field  shall  die  with  the  swoid ; 
and  he  that  is  in  the  city,  famine 
and  pestilence  shall  devour  him. 
1 6  But  those  of  them  that  *■  escape 
shall  escape,  and  shall  be  on  the 
mountains  like  -^ doves  of  the  val- 
leys, all  of  them  "  moaning,  every 
one  in  his  iniquity.  17  All'' hands 
shall  be  feeble,  and  all  knees  shall 
be  weak  as  water.  18  They  shall 
also  'gird  themselves  with  sack- 
cloth, and  *  horror  shall  cover  them ; 
and  shame  shall  be  uoon  all  faces, 
and  '  baldness  upon  all  their  heads. 

19  They  shall  '"cast  their  silver  in 
the  streets,  and  their  gold  shall  be 
as  an  unclean  thing  ;  their  "  silver 
and  their  gold  shall  not  be  able  to 
deliver  them  in  the  "day  of  the 
wrath  of  Jehovah  :  they  shall  ''not 
satisfy  their  souls,  neither  fill  their 
bowels;  becau.se  it  hath  been  ''the 
stumblingblock  of  their  iniquity. 

20  As  for  the  beauty  of  his  orna- 
ment, ®he  set  it  in  majesty;  but 
they  made  the  ''images  ot  their 
abominations  and  their  detestable 
things  ^^  therein  :  therefore  have  I 
made  it  unto  them  as  an  unclean 
thing.  21  And  I  will  give  it  into 
the  hands  of  the  'strangeis  for  a 
prey,  and  to  the  wicked  of  the 
earth  for  a  spoil ;  and  they  shall 
profane  it.  22  My 'face  will  1  turn 
also  from  them,  and  they  shall 
profane  my  "  secret  place ;  and 
robbers  shall  enter  into  it,  and 
profane  it. 

23  "  Make  the  chain ;  for  the 
land  is  full  of  '^"bloody  crimes,  and 
the  city  is  ■"  full  of  violence.  24 
Wherefore  I  will  bring  the  worst 
of  the  "  nations,  and  they  shall 
pos.sess  their  houses  :  I  will  also 
make  the  'pride  of  the  strong  to 
cease;  and  ^'  their  "holy  places  shall 


24 ;  Jer.  18. 17  "  Jer.  27.  2 
"  ch  8.  17  y  ch.  21.  31 ;  28.  7 
21 ;  2  Chr.  7.  20 


"  ch.  9.  9 ;  Hos.  4.  2 
'  ch.  33.  28    "  ch.  24. 


J  Or,  it  shall  nnl  turn  baek 

8  Or,  whii.if  life  is  in  hi.'  iniquity 

>  Or,  they  turned  it  to  pride  ;  and  they  Ae. 

!•>  Or,  thereof  »  Or,  secret  treasure 

n  Heb.  Judgment  of  blood. 

13  Or,  they  that  sanctify  them 


7.25 


EZEKIEL 


9.1 


Vision  of  Ibominationg  in  Jernsalem 


be  profaned.  25  ^  Destruction  com- 
eth ;  and  they  shall  seek  "  peace, 
and  there  shall  be  none.  26  '"Mis- 
chief shall  come  upon  mischief,  and 
■^  rumor  shall  be  upon  rumor ;  and 
they  shall  seek  a  "^  vision  of  the 
prophet ;  but  the  "  law  shall  perish 
from  the  priest,  and  -^counsel  from 
the  elders.  27  The  king  shall 
mourn,  and  the  prince  shall  be 
^clothed  with  desolation,  and  the 
hands  of  the  people  of  the  land 
shall  be  troubled :  I  will  do  unto 
them  ''after  their  way,  and  accord- 
ing to  their  deserts  will  I  judge 
them  ;  and  they  shall  *  know  that 
I  am  Jehovah. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
*  sixth  year,  in  the  sixth 
month,  in  tne  fifth  day  of  the 
month,  as  I  sat  in  my  house,  and 
the  'elders  of  Judah  sat  before  me, 
that  the  "*  hand  of  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah fell  there  upon  me.  2  Then  I 
beheld,  and,  lo,  a  likeness  as  the 
"  appearance  of  fire ;  from  the  ap- 
pearance of  his  loins  and  down- 
ward, fire ;  and  from  his  loins  and 
upward,  as  the  appearance  of 
brightness,  ^"as  it  were  glowing 
metal.  3  And  he  put  forth  the 
form  of  a  ^  hand,  and  took  me  by  a 
lock  of  my  head  ;  and  the  *  Spirit 
lifted  me  up  between  earth  and 
heaven,  and  brought  me  in  the 
visions  of  God  to  Jerusalem,  to  the 
door  of  the  gate  of  the  ''inner  court 
that  looketh  toward  the  north ; 
where  was  the  seat  of  the  *  image 
of  jealousy,  which  provoketh  to 
jealousy.  4  And,  behold,  the 
'glory  of  the  God  of  Israel  was 
there,  according  to  the  ^appearance 
that  I  saw  in  the  plain. 

5  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Son  of 
man,  "lift  up  thine  eyes  now  the 
way  toward  the  north.  So  I  lifted 
up  mine  eyes  the  way  toward  the 
north,  and  behold,  northward  of 
the  gate  of  the  altar  this  "  image  of 
jealousy  in  the  entry.  6  And  he 
said  unto  me.  Son  of  man,  seest 
thou  what  they  do '?  even  the  great 
*  abominations  that  the  house  of 
Israel  do  commit  here,  ^  that  I 
should  2' go  far  ofi"  from  my  sanctu- 
ary 1  But  ^  thou  shalt  again  see  yet 
'  other  great  abominations. 

7  And  he  brought  me  to  the  door 
of  the  court ;  and  when  I  looked, 
behold,  a  hole  in  the  wall.     8  Then 

1  Or,  Distress      2  Or  as  amber  to  look  upon 
3  Or,  virion  *  Oi ,  to  get  them  far  off 

5  Or,  turn  thee  yet  again,  and  thou  shall  see 
greater  abominations    So  also  in  ver.  13, 15. 


°  ch.  13.  10, 

16 
b  Is.  47.  11 ; 

Jer.  4.  20 
<^  ch.  21.  7 
rf  Jer.  21.  2, 

37.  17 
"  ch.  22.  26 ; 

Ps.  74.  i) , 

Mic.  3.  6 
/ch.  11.2; 

Jer.  18.  18 
y  ch.  26.  16  ; 

Job  8.  22; 

Pb.  35.  26  ; 

lOa.  18,  2.9 
ft  ver.  3,4,8; 

ch.  18.  30 ; 

Is.  3.  11 
'  ver.  4 
k  ch.  1.  1,  2  ; 

20.  1 ;  40.  1 
'ch.  14.1-4, 

33.  31  ; 

Mai.  2.  7 
"'  ch.  3.  14  ; 

33.  22  ;  37. 1 
«  ch.  1.  27 
"  ch.  1.  4,  27 
P  ch.  2.  9 
9  Ch.  3.  12  ; 

11.1 
"■  ver.  16 
'  ver.  5 
<  ch.  1.  28 
"  Jer.  3.  2 , 

Zech,  5.  5 
"  ver.  3 ; 

Ps.  78.  58  ; 

Jer.  7.  30 ; 

32.34 
'  ver.  9, 17  ; 

ch.  5.  11  ; 

2  K.  23  4,  5 
y  ch.  7.  22. 

24 ;  Ps.  is. 

60 
'  ver.  11, 14, 

16 


«  Job  34.  22, 

Is.  29.  15 
b  ch.  14.  3  ; 

Ex.  20.  4  , 

Dt.  4. 

16-18 ;  Jer. 

2.  26,  27 ; 

16.  18 
<=  Ex.  24  1,9; 

Num.  11. 

16,  25  ,  Lk. 
10.1 

d  Jer.  19. 1 
« Num.  16. 

17,35 
/ch.  16.  18; 

23.  41 ; 

Jer.  44.  3-5 
f  ch.  9.  9 
A  Jer.  9.  3 
'  ch.  44.  4  , 

46.9 
fc  ver.  3 , 

ch.  10.  3 
'  ch.  11.  1 
"'  ch.  23.  39  ; 

IK.  8.  30, 

2  Chr.  29. 

6;  Jer.  2. 

27 
"  Dt  4.  19 ; 

17.  3 ;  Job 
31.  26-28  : 
Jer.  44.  17 

"  ch.  7.  11, 

23  ;  9.  9 ; 

Am.  3.  10 ; 

Mic.  2.  2 
P  ch.  16.  26  ; 

Jer.  7.  18, 

19 
9  ch.  7.  4  ;  9. 

5,10 
<■  Is.  1. 15  , 

Jer.  11. 11 ; 

804 


said  he  unto  me,  Son  of  man,  "dig 
now  in  the  wall :  and  when  I  had 
digged  in  the  wall,  behold,  a  door. 
9  And  he  said  unto  me,  Go  in,  and 
see  the  wicked  abominations  that 
they  do  here.  10  So  I  went  in  and 
saw  ;  and  behold,  *  every  form  of 
creeping  things,  and  abominable 
beasts,  and  all  the  idols  of  the 
house  of  Israel,  portrayed  upon 
the  wall  round  aoout.  11  And 
there  stood  before  them  *  seventy 
men  of  the  •*  elders  of  the  house  of 
Israel ;  and  in  the  midst  of  them 
stood  Jaazaniah  the  son  of 
Shaphan,  every  man  with  his 
"censer  in  his  hand ;  and  the  odor 
of  the  cloud  of  •'incense  went  up. 
12  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Son  of 
man,  hast  thou  seen  what  the  el- 
ders of  the  house  of  Israel  do  in 
the  dark,  every  man  in  his  cham- 
bers of  imagery?  for  ^they  say, 
Jehovah  seeth  us  not ;  Jehovah 
hath  forsaken  the  land.  13  He 
said  also  unto  me.  Thou  shalt  again 
see  yet  '^  other  great  abominations 
which  they  do. 

14  Then  he  brought  me  to  the 
door  of  the  'gate  of  Jehovah's 
house  which  was  toward  the 
north ;  and  behold,  there  sat  the 
women  weeping  for  Tammuz.  15 
Then  said  he  unto  me.  Hast  thou 
seen  this,  O  son  of  man"?  thou  shalt 
again  see  yet  greater  abominations 
than  these. 

16  And  he  brought  me  into  the 
'"  inner  court  of  Jehovah's  house ; 
and  behold,  at  the  door  of  the  tem- 
ple of  Jehovah,  between  the  porch 
and  the  altar,  were  about  'five  and 
twenty  men,  with  their  ""backs 
toward  the  temple  of  Jehovah,  and 
their  faces  toward  the  east ;  and 
"  they  were  worshipping  the  sun 
toward  the  east.  17  Then  he  said 
unto  me.  Hast  thou  seen  this,  O  son 
of  man  1  Is  it  a  light  thing  to  the 
house  of  Judah  that  they  commit 
the  abominations  which  they  com- 
mit here  1  for  they  have  "  filled  the 
land  with  violence,  and  have  turned 
again  to  ^'provoke  me  to  anger :  and, 
lo,  they  put  the  branch  to  their  nose. 
18  Therefore  will  I  also  deal  in 
wrath  ;  ^  mine  eye  shall  not  spare, 
neither  will  I  have  pity ;  and 
•■  though  they  cry  in  mine  ears 
with  a  loud  voice,  yet  will  I  not 
hear  them. 

9      Then  he  cried  in  mine  ears 
with    a   loud   'voice,    saying, 

Mic.  3.  4 ,-  Zech.  7. 13   '  Is.  6.  8 


9.2 


EZEKIEL 


10.12 


Vision  of  the  SlauKhter  of  the  Guilty;  of  Fiery  Coals  taken  from  between  the  Cherubim  ;  of  Four  Wheels 


'Cause  ye  them  that  have  charge 
over  the  city  to  (haw  near,  every 
man  with  his  destroying  weapon 
in  his  hand.  2  And  behold,  six 
men  came  from  the  way  of  tlie 
upper  gate,  wjiich  Heth  toward 
the  north,  every  man  with  Fiis 
^'slaughter  weapon  in  his  hand  ; 
and  "  one  man  in  the  midst  of  tliem 
clothed  in  linen,  with  a  writer's 
inkhorn  ■'  by  his  side.  And  they 
went  in,  and  stood  beside  the 
brazen  altar. 

3  And  the  'glory  of  the  God  of 
Israel  was  gone  up  from  the 
'cherub,  whereupon  it  was,  to  the 
threshold  of  the  house  :  and  he 
called  to  the  man  clotlicd  in  linen, 
who  had  the  writer's  inkhorn -'by 
his  side.  4  And  Jehovah  said 
unto  him.  Go  through  the  midst 
of  the  city,  through  the  midst  of 
Jerusalem,  and  set  a  ''mark  upon 
the  foreheads  of  the  men  that 
*  sigh  and  that  cry  over  all  the 
abominations  that  are  done  in  the 
midst  thereof.  5  And  to  the  oth- 
ers he  said  in  my  hearing.  Go  ye 
through  the  city  after  him,  and 
smite :  ^  let  not  your  eye  spare, 
neither  have  ye  pity;  6  ''slay  •*  ut- 
terly the  old  man,  the  young  man 
and  the  virgin,  and  httle  children 
and  women  ;  but  *  come  not  near 
any  man  upon  whom  is  the  '  ma?"k : 
and  *  begin  at  my  sanctuary.  Then 
they  befran  at  the  ® '  old  men  that 
were  before  the  house.  7  And  he 
said  unto  them,  '"Defile  the  house, 
and  "  till  the  courts  with  tlie  slain  : 
go  ye  forth.  And  they  went  forth, 
ana  smote  in  the  city.  8  And  it 
came  to  pass,  while  they  were  smit- 
ing, and  1  was  left,  that  I  "fell  upon 
my  face,  and  cried,  and  said,  *"  Ah 
Lord  Jehovah  !  wilt  thou  destroy 
all    the    residue  of    Israel  in  thy 

youring  out  of   thy  wrath    upon 
erusalem? 

9  Then  said  he  unto  me,  The  in- 
iquity of  the  house  of  Israel  and 
Judan  is  exceeding  great,  and  the 
land  is  *full  of  blood,  and  the  city 
full  of  *'■  wresting  of  ju'lqment:  for 
'they  say,  Jehovah  hath  forsaken 
the  land,  and  Jehovah  seeth  not. 
10  And  as  for  me  also,  'mine  eye 
shall  not  spare,  neither  will  I  have 
pity,  but  "  I  will  bring  their  way 
upon  their  head.  11  And,  behold, 
the  "man  clothed  in  linen,  who  had 

1  Or.  Draw  ye  tifar  that  (t-c.  *  Or,  hnlth-nre 
3  Heb.  «rxw»  his  loins.  *  Heb  tn  ilr.^tmclion. 
'  Or,  elders  *  Or,  pervertene** 


"  eh.  10.  2 
'■ch.  10.  4; 

11.  22,  23 

"  ch.  1(1.  2,  20 
d  ver.  I! ;  Kx. 

12.  7,  l.'i . 
2  Cor.  1. 
22  ;  2  Tim. 
2.  l!l ;  Uev. 
7.2,  3 

'  cU.  6.  11 ; 

21.  6 ;  Ps. 
U;).  63, 136; 
Jer.  13.  17 

/  ver.  lU ; 

ch.  .1.  U  ; 

7. -J,:);  Ex. 

32  27 
"  2  Chr.  36. 

17 
''  Ex.  12.  23  ; 

Rev.  9.  4 
'  ver.  4 
*:  Jer.  2).  29  ; 

Am.  3.  2 ; 

Lk.  12.  47 
'  ch.  S.  11 
'"  ch.  7.  20- 

22 ;  2  Chr. 

36  17 
"  ch.  6.  4 
"  1  Chr.  21. 

16 
''ch.  11.  13; 

Am.  7  2-6 
9ch.  7.  23; 

22.  2,  3 ; 
2K.  21.16; 
Jer.  2.  34 

'  ch.  22.  2iJ ; 

Mic.  3, 1-3 ; 

7.  3 
'  ch.  8.  12  . 

Job  22.  13; 

Ps.  10.  11 ; 

94.  7  ;  Is. 

2;»  15 
t  ch.  8.  18  ; 

24.  14 ;  Is. 

6,5.6 
"  ch.  7.  4  ; 

11.  21 ; 

II  OS.  a.  7 

''  ver.  4 


'  ch.  1.  22. 26 
y  Ex.  24.  10 
-  Rev.  4.  2,  3 
"  ch.  9  2 
>>  ver.  13 ; 

cli.  1.  15-21 
'  ver.  20 ; 

ch.  9.  3 
dch.  1.  13; 

Ps.  18.  10- 

13  ;  Is  6.  6 ; 

Rev.  8.  5 
'  ch.  8.  3,  16 
/ch.  9.  3; 

11.  22,  23 

0  Ex.  40  34, 
35 ;  Is.  6. 
1-4 

h  ch.  1.  23 
■  ch.  1.  24  ; 
Job  40.  9 ; 
Rev.  10.  3 
t  ver.  2 
'  ch.  1.  13 
"•  ch.  1.  S 
"  ch.  1.  15-17 
»  Dan.  10.  6 ; 
Rev.  21.20 
P  ch.  1.  16 

1  ch.  1.  17 


805 


the  inkhorn  by  his  .side,  reported  the 
matter,  saying,  I  have  done  as  thou 
hast  commanded  me. 
i  /^  Then  Hooked,  and,  behold, 
JLV  '  in  the  •'iirmanient  that  wa.s 
over  the  head  of  the  cherubim  there 
appeared  above  them  as  it  were  a 
*. sapphire  .stone,  as  the  appearance 
of  tne  likeness  of  a  -throne.  2  And 
he  spake  unto  the  man  "clothed  in 
linen,  and  said,  Go  in  between  the 
''whirling  vheds,  even  under  the 
"■  cherub,  and  fill  both  thy  hands, 
with  ''coals  of  lire  from  between 
the  cherubim,  and  "scatter  them 
over  the  city.  And  he  went  in  in 
my  sight.  3  Now  the  cherubim 
stood  on  the  right  side  of  the  house, 
when  the  man  went  in  ;  and  the 
cloud  filled  the  "inner  court.  4  And 
l^he-^glory  of  Jehovah  mounted  up 
from  the  cherub,  and  stood  over  the 
threshold  of  the  house ;  and  the 
^  house  was  filled  with  the  cloud, 
and  the  court  was  full  of  the 
*  brightness  of  Jehovah's  glory. 
.5  And  the  sound  of  the  wings  of 
the  cherubim  was  heard  even  to 
the  outer  court,  as  the  'voice  of 
-God  Almighty  when  he  speaketh. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
commanded  the  *  man  clothed  in 
linen,  saying.  Take  fire  from  be- 
tween the  whirling  ichec/n,  from 
between  the  cherubim,  that  he 
went  in,  and  stood  beside  a  wheel. 

7  And  the  cherub  stretched  forth 
his  hand  from  between  the  cheru- 
bim unto  the  '  fire  that  was  be- 
tween the  cherubim,  and  took 
thereof,  and  put  it  into  the  hands 
of  him  that  was  clothed  in  linen, 
who  took  it  and  went  out.  8  And 
there  appeared  in  the  cherubim 
the  form  of  a  man's  '"hand  under 
their  wings. 

9  And  I  looked,  and  behold, 
"four  wheels  beside  the  cheru- 
bim, one  wheel  beside  one  chei'ub, 
and  another  wheel  beside  another 
cherub ;  and  the  appearance  of 
the  wheels  was  like  unto  a  ""beryl 
stf)ne.  10  And  as  for  their  ap- 
pearance, they  four  had  one  like 
ness,  as  if  a  ^  wheel  had  been 
'"within  a  wheel.  11  When  they 
went,  they  went  ^' ''  in  their  four 
directions:  they  turned  not  as  they 
went,  but  to  the  iilace  whither  the 
head  looked  they  followed  it ;  they 
*■  turned  not  as  tney  went.    1 2  And 

7  Or.  sprinkle  8  Heb.  El  Shaddai. 

9  Or.  sloue  of  TnrshUh 
1"  Heb.  in  the  mitlst  of 
^^  Heb.  on  their  Jour  sides. 


10. 13 


EZEKIEL 


U.1B 


Vision  of  the  Divine  Clary  over  ttie  Clierubiiu     Evil  rulers  Rebuked 


their  "  whole  body,  and  their  backs, 
and  their  hands,  and  their  wings, 
and  the  *  wheels,  were  full  of  eyes 
round  about,  even  the  wheels  that 
they  four  had.  13  As  f9r  the 
wheels,  they  were  called  in  my 
hearing  the  ''whirling  wheels.  14 
And  **  every  one  had  four  faces  : 
the  first  face  was  the  face  of  the 
cherub,  and  the  second  face  was 
the  face  of  a  man,  and  the  third 
the  face  of  a  lion,,  and  the 
fourth   the  face  of   an   eagle. 

15  And  the  cherubim  mounted 
up :  this  is  the  "  living  creature 
that  I  saw  by  the  river  Chebar. 
16  And  when  the  cherubim  -^went, 
the  wheels  went  beside  them ;  and 
when  the  cherubim  lifted  up  their 
wings  to  mount  up  from  the  earth, 
the  wheels  also  turned  not  from  be- 
side them.  17  When  they  ^  stood, 
these  stood  ;  and  when  they 
mounted  up,  these  mounted  up 
with  them :  for  the  spirit  ^  of  the 
living  creature  was  in  them. 

18  And  the  ''glory  of  Jehovah 
went  forth  from  over  the  thresh- 
old of  the  house,  and  stood  'over 
the  cherubim.  19  ^nd  the  cheru- 
bim lifted  up  their  wings,  and 
mounted  up  from  the  earth  in  my 
sight  when  they  went  forth,  and 
the  wheels  "^beside  them:  and  they 
stood  at  the  door  of  the  *  east  gate 
of  Jehovah's  house ;  and  the  glory 
of  the  God  of  Israel  was  over  them 
above. 

20  This  is  the  '  living  creature 
that  I  saw  under  the  God  of 
Israel  by  the  river  Chebar ;  and  I 
knew  that  they  were  cherubim. 
21  '"Every  one  had  four  faces, 
and  every  one  four  wings ;  and 
the  likeness  of  the  hands  of  a  man 
was  under  their  wings.  22  And 
as  for  the  likeness  of  their  faces, 
they  were  the  faces  which  I  saw 
by  the  river  "Chebar,  their  ap- 
pearances and  themselves ;  they 
°  went  every  one  straight  for- 
ward. 

n  Moreover  the  Spirit  ^  lifted 
me  up,  and  brought  me  unto 
the  'east  gate  of  Jehovah's  house, 
which  looketh  eastward  :  and  be- 
hold, at  the  door  of  the  gate  "■  five 
and  twenty  men  ;  and  I  saw  in  the 
midst  of  them  Jaazaniah  the  son 
of  Azzur,  and  *  Pelatiah  the  son  of 
Benaiah,  princes  of  the  people.  2 
And  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of  man, 
these    are    the    men    that    devise 

»  Or,  0/  life    See  ch.  1.  21.    2  Or,  over  against 


"  Rev.  4.  6,  8 
b  ch.  1. 18 
•^  ver.  2 
d  ver.  21 ; 

ch.  1.6,10; 

1  K.  7.  •£), 

36;  Rev. 

4.7 
"■  ch.  1.  3,  5 
/ch.  1.  19 
"  ch.  1.  21 
h  ver.  4 
■  Ps.  18.  10 
k  ch.  11.  1 
'  ver.  15 ; 

ch.  1.  5,  26 
""  ver.  14  ; 

ch.  1.  6,  8 ; 

41.  18,  19 
"  ver.  15,  20 ; 

ch.  1.  1,  3 
0  ch.  1.  9, 12 
P  ver.  24 ; 

ch.  3.  12, 

14  ;  8.  3  ; 

43  5 
«  ch.  10.  19  ; 

43.4 
»•  ch.  8.  16 
*  ver.  13 


(  Ps.  2.  1,  2 ; 

52.  2 ;  Is. 

30.  1 ;  Jer. 

5.  5 ;  Mic. 

2.  1 
"  ver.  7,  11 ; 

ch.  24.3,  6; 

Jer.  1.  13 
^  ch.  3.  4,  17 
^  ch.  3.  24  ; 

8.1 
ych.2.4,5,  7 
'^  Jer.  11.  20; 

17.  10 
"  ch.  38.  10 
l-ch.  7.  23; 

22.  2-6,  9, 

12,  27 ;  Is. 

1.  15 ,  Jer. 
7.9 

'  ch.  24.  3- 
13;  Mic.  3. 

2,  3 

rf  ver.  3, 11 
"  ver.  9; 

2  K  2i.  18- 

22 ;  Jer.  52. 

24-27 
yjob3.  25: 

Is. 24. 17. i8 
"  Dt.  28.  36. 

49,  50  ;  Ps. 

106.  41 
h  ch.  5.  8  ;  16. 

41 
1  Jer.  52.  9, 

10 
t  2  K.  14.  25 
'  ver.  3,  7  ; 

ch.  24.  3,  6 
'"  ver.  21 
"  ch.  18.  8,  9 
"  ch.  8.  10, 

14,  16 
P  ver.  1 
'i  ch.  9.  8 


••  ch.  33.  24 


806 


iniquity,  and  that  'give  wicked 
counsel  in  this  city ;  3  that  say, 
'^  The  time  is  not  near  to  build 
houses  :  this  "  city  is  the  caldron, 
and  we  are  the  flesh.  4  Therefore 
"  prophesy  against  them,  prophesy, 

0  son  of  man. 

5  And  the  Spirit  of  Jehovah 
""fell  upon  me,  and  he  said  unto 
me.  Speak,  ^  Thus  saith  Jehovah  : 
Thus  have  ye  said,  O  house  of 
Israel ;  for  ^  I  know  the  "  things 
that  come  into  your  mind.  .6  le 
have  *  multiplied  your  slain  in 
this  city,  and  ye  have  filled  the 
streets  thereof  with  the  slain. 
7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah:  Your  "slain  whom  ye 
have  laid  in  the  midst  of  it,  they 
are  the  flesh,  and  ''this  city  is  the 
caldron;  but  ^ye  shall  be  ^brought 
forth  out  of  the  midst  of  it.  8  Ye 
have  feared  the  sword;  and  I  will 
^  bring  the  sword  upon  you,  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah.  9  And  I  will 
bring  you  forth  out  of  the  midst 
thereof,  and  deliver  you  into  the 
hands  of  •"  strangers,  and  ''  will 
execute  judgments  among  you. 
10  Ye  shall  'fall  by  the    sword; 

1  will  judge  you  in  the  *  border 
of  Israel ;  and  ye  shall  know  that 
I  am  Jehovah.  11  This  city  shall 
'  not  be  your  caldron,  neither  shall 
ye  be  the  flesh  in  the  midst 
thereof ;  I  will  judge  you  in  the 
border  of  Israel ;  1 2  and  ye  shall 
know  that  I  am  Jehovah  :  for  ye 
have  *"  not  walked  in  my  statutes, 
neither  have  ye  "executed  mine 
ordinances,  but  have  done  after 
the  ordinances  of  the  "  nations 
that  are  round  about  you. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
I  prophesied,  that  ^Pelatiah  the 
son  of  Benaiah  died.  Then  fell  I 
down  upon  my  face,  and  cried  with 
a  loud  voice,  and  said,  *  Ah  Lord 
Jehovah !  wilt  thou  make  a  full 
end  of  the  remnant  of  Israel '? 

14  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  me,  saying,  15  Son  of 
man,  thy  brethren,  even  thy  breth- 
ren, the  men  of  thy  *  kindred,  and 
all  the  house  of  Israel,  all  of  them, 
are  they  unto  whom  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem  have  said.  Get  you  far 
from  Jehovah  ;  ''  unto  us  is  this  land 
given  for  a  possession.  16  There- 
fore say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Je- 
hovah: Whereas  I  have  removed 

3  Or,  Is  not  the  time  near  &c.  f 

*  Another  reading  is,  1  will  bring  you. 

^  Heb.  redemption,.    See  Lev.  25.  25,  &c. 


U.  17 


EZEKIEL 


12.16 


Promise  of  Israel's  Restoration  and  Renewal.    Eud  of  the  Vision.    Captivity  of  the  Prince  si^fied 


them  far  off  among  the  nations, 
and  whereas  I  have  scattered  them 
among  the  countries,  'yet  will  i  be 
to  them  a  "  sanctuary  for  a  little 
while  in  the  countries  whore  they 
are  come.  1 7  Therefore  say,  Thus 
^saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  :  I  will 
*  gather  you  from  tlie  peoples,  and 
assemble  you  out  of  the  countries 
where  ye  nave  been  scattered,  and 
1  will  give  you  the  land  of  Israel. 
18  And  they  shall  come  thither, 
and  they  shall  "  take  away  all  the 
''detestable  things  thereof  and  all 
the  abominations  thereof  from 
thence.  19  And  I  will  "give 
them  one  heart,  and  I  will  put  a 
new  spirit  within  you  ;  and  I  will 
take  the  •'stony  heart  out  of  their 
tle.sh,  and  will  give  them  a  ''heart 
of  tiesh  ;  20  that  they  may  *  walk 
in  my  statutes,  and  keep  mine 
ordinances,  and  do  them :  and  they 
shall  be  '  my  people,  and  I  will  be 
their  God.  21  But  as  for  them 
whose  heart  walketh  after  the 
heart  of  their  *  detestable  things 
and  their  abominations,  I  will 
'  bring  their  way  upon  their  own 
heads,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

22  Then  did  the  cherubim  ""lift 
up  their  wings,  and  the  wheels 
were '' beside  them  ;  and  the  glory 
of  the  God  of  Israel  was  over  them 
above.  23  And  the  "glory  of  Je- 
hovah went  up  from  tne  midst  of 
the  city,  and  "stood  upon  the 
mountain  which  is  on  the  east 
side  of  the  city.  24  And  the 
•p  Spirit  lifted  me  up,  and  brought 
me  in  the  vision  by  the  Spirit  of 
God  into  *Chaldea,  to  them  of  the 
captivity.  So  the  vision  that  I 
had  seen  ''went  up  from  me.  25 
Then  I  'spake  unto  them  of  the 
captivity  all  the  things  that  Je- 
hovah had  showed  me. 

10  The  word  of  Jehovah  also 
*^  came  unto  me,  saying,  2  Son 
of  man,  thou  dwellest  in  the  'midst 
of  the  "rebellious  house,  that  'have 
eyes  to  see,  and  see  not,  that  have 
ears  to  hear,  and  hear  not;  for  they 
are  a  rebellious  house.  3  There- 
fore, thou  son  of  man,  prepare  thee 
stuff  for  *  "^  removing,  and  remove 
by  day  in  their  sight ;  and  thou 
snalt  remove  from  thy  place  to 
another  place  in  their  sight :  it 
"may  be  they  will  *  consider, 
though     they     are     a     rebellious 

1  Or,  yft  finve  f  been    Or,  nnd  have  been 
S  Or,  orer  against  3  Or,  erile 

*  Or,  perceive  that  (hey  are 

27 


"  l8.  8.  14  ; 
Jer.  29.  7, 
11 

f>ch.  20.  41, 
•42  ;  28.  25  ; 
Is.  11.  li- 
lt);  Jer.  S. 
1-2,  18 ;  24.  5 

•■  ch.  37.  23 

J  c-h.  !>.  11 ; 

7.  2(1 

"  ch.  18.  31  ; 

;i(j.  -M :  Jor. 

24.  7  ;  32.  3y 
/Zech.  7. 

12;  Kom. 

2.  4,  5 
"  2  Cor.  3.  3 
''  fh.  3«.  27  ; 

I's.  1U5.  4.5 
■  ch.  14.  11 
^-  ver.  18 ; 

Jer.  16.  18 
'  cb.  9.  10 ; 

IB.  43 
'"  ch.  lU.  19 
"  ch.  8.  4 
"  Zecli.  14.  4 
''  ver.  1 ;  cli. 

8.  3 :  37. 1 ; 
2  Cor.  12. 
2-4 

«ch.  1.1.3 
'■  Acts  10.  16 

*  ch.  2.  7  ;  3. 
4,  17,  27 

'  Is.  (i.  5 
"  ch.  2.  7,  8 ; 

Ps.  78.  40 ; 

Is.  1.  -23 
"  Jer.  5.  21 ; 

Mt.  13. 13, 

14 ;  Jn.  a. 

39-41 
^  ver.  11 
y  Jer.  26.  3  ; 

36.  3,  7  ; 
Lk.  20.  13 ; 
2  Tim.  2.  25 

*  ver.  12 ; 

2  K.  25.  4  ; 

Jer.  39.  4 

"  ver.  12, 13  ; 

1  S.  28.  8 
i>  ver.  11 ; 

ch.  4.  3 : 
24.  -24 ;  Is. 
8.  18 :  20.  3 
'  ch.  24.  18  ; 

37.  7,  10 
<*  ver.  3-6 
'  ver.  1-3 ; 

ch.  2.  5-8 
/ch.  17.  12; 

20.  49 ;  24. 

19 
'■'  ver.  3-8 : 

2  K.  9.  '25  ; 
Is.  13.  1 

*  ver.  6 

'  ver.  3 ; 

Jer.  15.  2: 

52  15.  28-30 
k  ver.  6 ; 

2  K.  25.  4  ; 

Jer.  39.  4 ; 

.^2.  7 
(rh.  17.  20; 

19.8:  Is. 

24.  17.  18  : 

Hos  7.  12 
•"  Jer.  39.  7  ; 

.52  11 
"ch.5.2;17. 

21 :  2  K.  25. 

4,5 
"  ver.  16, 20 ; 

ch  6.  7,  14 
'■ch.7.  15; 

14.21 
■Jch.  14.22; 

36.  20 
•■  Jer.  22.  8, 

9 

807 


house.  4  And  thou  shalt  bring 
forth  thy  stuff  by  day  in  their 
sight,  as  stuff  for  ^  removing ;  and 
thou  .shalt  go  forth  thyself  ^at 
even  in  their  sight,  as  when  men 
go  forth  into  exile.  5  Dig  thou 
through  the  wall  in  their  sight, 
and  carry  out  thereby.  6  In  their 
sight  shalt  thou  bear  it  upon  thy 
shoulder,  and  carry  it  forth  in  the 
dark  ;  thou  shalt  "  cover  thy  face, 
that  thou  see  not  the  land  :  for  I 
have  set  thee  for  a '  sign  unto  the 
house  of  Israel. 

7  And  I  '^did  so  as  I  was  com- 
manded :  I  ''brought  forth  my 
stuff  by  day,  as  stuff  for  removing, 
and  in  the  even  1  digged  througli 
the  wall  with  my  hand  ;  1  brougiit 
it  forth  in  the  dark,  and  bare  it 
upon  my  .shoulder  in  their  sight. 

8  And  in  the  morning  came  the 
word  of  Jehovah  unto  me,  saying, 
9  Son  of  man,  hath  not  the  house 
of  Israel,  the  'rebellious  house,  said 
unto  thee,  ^Wiiat  doest  thou  1  10 
Say  thou  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah  :  This  ''''burden  con- 
cerneth  the  prince  in  Jerusalem, 
and  all  the  house  of  Israel  "among 
whom  thej'  are.  11  Say,  1  am 
your  ''sign  :  like  as  I  have  done, 
so  shall  it  be  done  unto  them ; 
they  shall  'go  into  exile,  into  cap- 
tivity. 12  And  the* prince  that 
is  among  them  shall  bear  upon  his 
shoulder  in  the  dark,  and  shall 
go  forth  :  they  shall  dig  through 
the  wall  to  carry  out  thereby  :  he 
shall  cover  his  face,  because  he 
shall  not  see  the  land  with  his 
eyes.  13  My  'net  also  will  I 
spread  upon  him,  and  he  shall  be 
taken  in  my  snare ;  and  1  will 
bring  him  to  Babylon  to  the  land 
of  the  Chaldeans ;  yet  shall  he 
'"not  see  it,  though  he  shall  die 
there.  14  And  1  will  "scatter 
toward  every  wind  all  that  are 
round  about  him  to  help  him,  and 
all  his  bands  ;  and  I  will  draw  out 
the  sworfl  after  them.  l.~)  And 
they  shall  "know  that  I  am  Jeho- 
vah, when  I  .shall  disperse  them 
among  the  nations,  and  scatter 
them  through  the  countries.  16 
But  I  will  leave  a  few  men  of  them 
from  the ''sword,  fi-om  the  famine, 
and  from  the  pestilence  ;  that  they 
may  "declare  all  their  abomina 
tions  among  the  nations  whither 
the,y  come ;  and  they  shall  *■  know 
that  1  am  Jehovah. 

'  Or,  oracle       *  Or,  that  are  among  them 


12.17 


EZEKIEL 


13.14 


The  Doubters  a&sared  tkat  Desolation  is  to  come  speedily.    False  Prophets  condemned  for  promising  Peace 


1 7  Moreover  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  to  me,  saying,  1 8  Son  of 
man,  eat  thy  bread  with  quaking, 
and  drink  thy  water  with  trem- 
bling and  with  fearfuhiess;  19  and 
say  unto  the  people  of  the  land. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  con- 
cerning the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem, and  the  land  of  Israel : 
They  shall  "eat  their  bread  with 
fearfuhiess,  and  drink  their  water 
in  *  dismay,  that  her  land  may  be 
"desolate,  and  despoiled  of  'all  that 
is  therein,  because  of  the  violence 
of  ail  them  that  dwell  therein.  _  20 
And  the ''cities  that  are  inhabited 
shall  be  laid  waste,  and  the "  land 
shall  be  a  desolation ;  and  ye  shall 
know  that  1  am  Jehovah. 

21  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  me,  saying,  22  Son  of 
man,  what  is  this  ■''proverb  that  ye 
have  in  the  land  of  Israel,  saying, 
The  ^days  are  prolonged,  and 
''every  vision  faileth  ?  23  Tell 
them  therefore,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah :  I  will  make  this 
proverb  to  'cease,  and  they  shall 
no  more  use  it  as  a  proverb  in 
Israel ;  but  say  unto  them.  The 
days  are  *at  hand,  and  the  ^fulfil- 
ment of  every  vision.  24  For 
there  shall  be  no  more  any  'false 
vision  nor  flattering  divination 
within  the  house  of  Israel.  25  For 
I  am  Jehovah ;  I  will  speak,  and 
the  '"  word  that  I  shall  speak  shall 
be  performed  ;  it  shall  be  no  more 
deferred:  for  in  "your  days,  O 
•  rebellious  house,  will  I  speak  the 
word,  and  will  perform  it,  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah. 

26  Again  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  to  me,  saying,  27  Son  of 
man,  behold,  they  of  the  house  of 
Israel  say.  The  vision  that  he  seeth 
is  for  >'  many  days  to  come,  and  he 
prophesieth  of  times  that  are  far 
off.  28  Therefore  say  unto  them. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah : 
There  shall  none  of  my  words  be 
'deferred  any  more,  but  the  word 
which  I  shall  speak  shall  be  per- 
formed, saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 
'I  O  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
J-O  came  unto  me,  saying,  2  Son 
of  man,  prophesy  against  the '"proph- 
ets of  Israel  that  prophesy,  and  say 
thou  unto  them  that  prophesy  out 
of  their  *own  heart,  'Hear  ye  the 
word  of  Jehovah :  3  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah,  Woe  unto  the  "fool- 
ish prophets,  that  follow  their  own 

1  Heb.  the  fulness  thereof.  «  Heb.  word. 


spirit,  ^  and  have  "  seen  nothing  ! 
4  O  Israel,  thy  prophets  have  been 
like  foxes  in  the  waste  places.  5  Ye 
have  not  "^gone  up  into  the  '*^gaps, 
neither  built  up  tiie  wall  for  tlie 
house  of  Israel,  to  stand  in  the 
battle  in  the  -  day  of  Jehovah. 
6  They  have  seen  "  falsehood  and 
lying  divination,  that  say,  Jeho- 
vah saith  ;  but  Jehovah  hath  not 
sent  them  :  and  they  *  have  *  made 
men  to  hope  that  the  word  would 
be  confirmed.  7  ''Have  ye  not 
seen  a  false  vision,  and  have  ye  not 
spoken  a  lying  divination,  in  that 
ye  say,  Jehovah  saith;  albeit  I 
have  not  spoken  % 

8  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah :  Because  ye  have  spoken 
'*  falsehood,  and  seen  lies,  therefore 
behold,  I  am  *  against  you,  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah.  9  And  my 
hand  shall  be  against  the  -^proph- 
ets that  see  false  visions,  and  that 
divine  lies  :  they  shall  not  be  in 
the  ''council  of  my  people,  ^  neither 
shall  they  be  written  in  the  '  writ- 
ing of  the  house  of  Israel,  neither 
shall  they  ''enter  into  the  land  of 
Israel ;  and  ye  shall  know  that  I 
am  the  Lord  Jehovah.  10  Because, 
even  because  they  have  'seduced 
my  people,  saying,  *  Peace ;  and 
there  is  '  no  peace ;  and  when  one 
buildeth  up  *a  wall,  behold,  they 
™  daub  it  with  **  untempered  mortar: 
11  say  unto  them  that  daub  it 
with  untempered  mortar,  that  it 
shall  "  fall :  there  shall  be  an  "  over- 
flowing shower ;  and  ye,  O  great 
hailstones,  shall  fall ;  and  a 
''stormy  wind  shall  rend  it.  12 
Lo,  when  the  wall  is  fallen,  shall 
it  not  be  said  unto  you.  Where  is 
the  daubing  wherewith  ye  have 
daubed  iti  13  Therefore  thus 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah :  I  will 
even  rend  it  with  a  » stormy  wind 
in  my  wrath;  and  there  shall  be 
an  overflowing  shower  in  mine 
anger,  and  great  ^hailstones  in 
wrath  to  consume  it.  14  So  will 
I  break  down  the  wall  that  ye 
have  daubed  with  untempered 
mortar,  and  bring  it  down  to  the 
ground,  so  that  the  *  foundation 
thereof  shall   be   uncovered ;   and 

Ps  11.6;18. 13,14;Is.  2S.  2;Nah.l.  3,7,8  9ver.ll 
'■  Ex.  9.  24,  25 ;  Ps.  18.  12, 13  :  Is.  30.  30 ;  Rev.  11. 19  ; 
16.  21    *  Mic.  1.  6 ;  Hab.  3. 13 


s  Or,  nnrl  things  which  they  haw  not  seen 
<  Or,  breaches  ^  Or,  have  hoped 

6  Or,  secret  7  Or,  register 

8  Or,  a  slight  vail 

9  Or,  whitewash   So  in  ver.  11, 14, 15. 


13.15 


EZEKIEL 


14.13 


Woe  pronoonred  against  Piilse  Prophetesses,  oeainKt  Idolaters  and  the  Prophets  Hboni  they  consnlt 


it  shall  fall,  and  ye  shall  be  "  cun- 
sumed  in  the  midst  thereof :  and 
ye  shall  ''know  that  1  am  Jeho- 
vah. 15  Thus  wdl  I  accomphsh 
my  wrath  upon  the  wall,  and  upon 
them  that  have  daubed  it  with 
untempered  ntortar ;  and  I  will 
'say  unto  you,  Tlio  wall  is  no  more, 
neither  they  that  daubed  it ;  IG  to 
wit,  the  prophets  of  Israel  that 
prophesy  concerninf?  .lerusaleni, 
and  that  'see  visions  of  peace  for 
her,  and  there  is  ''no  peace,  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah. 

17  And  thou,  son  of  man,  set 
thy  face  against  the  daughters  of 
thy  people,  that  'prophesy  'out 
of  their  own  heart ;  and  prophesy 
thou  against  them,  18  anci  say. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  :  Woe 
to  the  women  that  sew  pillows 
upon  all  'elbows,  and  make  ker- 
chiefs for  the  head  of  persons  of 
every  stature  to  hunt  "souls! 
'^  Will  ye  hunt  the  souls  of  m.v  peo- 
ple, and  save  souls  alive  ^for  your- 
selves ?  19  And  ye  have  ''profaned 
me  among  my  ^)eople  for  'handfuls 
of  barley  and  tor  pieces  of  l)read, 
to  *slay  the  souls  that  should  not 
die,  and  to  'save  the  souls  alive 
that  should  not  live,  by  your  lying 
to  my  people  that  hearken  unto  lies. 

20  Wherefore  thus  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah :  Behold,  I  am 
"against  your  pillows,  ''wherewith 
ye  there  hunt  the  souls  "  to  make 
them  tl,y,  and  I  will  tear  them  from 
your  arms;  and  I  will  let  the  souls 
go,  even  the  souls  that  ye  hunt  °  to 
make  thejji  Hy.  21  Your  kerchiefs 
also  will  I  tear,  and  "deliver  my 
people  out  of  your  hand,  and  they 
shall  be  no  more  in  your  hand  to 
be  hunted  ;  and  ye  shall  know  that 
I  am  Jehovah.  22  Because  with 
lies  .ye  have  "grieved  the  heart  of 
the  righteous,  whom  I  have  not 
made  sad.  and  ^'strengthened  the 
hands  of  the  wicked,  that  he  should 
not  'return  from  his  wicked  wa.v, 
*and  be  saved  alive;  23  therefore 
ye  shall  no  more  see  ■■  false  visions, 
nor  divine  divinations  :  and  1  will 
'deliver  my  people  out  of  your 
hand  ;  and  ye  shall  '  know  that  I 
am  Jehovah. 

■i  A  Then  came  certain  of  the 
Jl  j!  "elders  of  Israel  unto  me, 
and  "sat  before  me.  2  And  the 
word  of  Jehovah  came  unto  me, 

1  Heh  Joint.i  of  thf  hnndt. 

2  Or,  Ye  huni  .  .  .  and  yf  sme  X'C. 

8  Or,  that  are  yoiirx  ^  Or,  where  ye  hunt 

6  Or,  (K  birds      *  Or,  by  promising  him  life 


"  .ler.  t;.  15  ; 

14.  15 
''  ver.  !) 
''  ver.  ID ; 

.)er.  G.  14 ; 

8.11 
''  Is.  .57.  21 
*■  Juilg.  4.  4  ; 

2  K  :».  14  ; 

Lk  2.  M ; 

Alts  21.  y 
/ver.  2; 

Rev.  2.  20 
'■'  ch.  22.  2J 
''  ch  2U.  39 : 

22.  26 
'  1  S.  2.  1(!, 

17  ;  I'rov. 

28.  21 ; 

Mic.  3.  5, 

11;  Rom. 

16.  18; 

1  Pet.  5.  2 
*•'  ver.  22 
'  Jer.  23.  14, 

17 
'"  ver.  17 
"  Ps.  91.  3 , 

124.  7 
'■  Am.  5.  12 
PJer.  23.  U; 

34.  16,  22 
«  ch.  18.  21. 

27,  30-32 ; 

33.  14-16 
"■  ver.  6 ; 

ch   12.  24  ; 

Mic.  3.  6; 

Zech.  13.  3 
'  ver.  21 ; 

ch.  34.  10 
'  ver.  9,  21 
"  ch.  8.  1  : 

20  1 ;  2  K. 

6.  32 
''  ch.  33.  31, 

32 ;  Is.  29. 

13 


*  ch.  20.  16 
y  ver.  4,  7, 

ch.  7.  19; 

Zeph.  1.  3 
'  ch.  20.  3, 

31 ;  Is.  1. 

15;  Jer.  11. 

11 
«  ver.  7 
UK.  21.  20- 

24  ;  2  K.  1. 

16;  la. 

66.4 
'  Jer.  17.  10  : 

Zech.  7.  12 
d  Is.  1.  4 ; 

Jer.  2.  11 ; 

Zech.  11.8 
'  ch.  18.  30  ; 

IS.  7.  3; 

Neh.  1.  9: 

Is.  2.  20; 

30.  22 ;  65. 

6.7 
/  ver.  4  ;  ch. 

8.6 
V  Kx.  12.  48 ; 

20.  10 

*  ver  4 

>  ch.  15.  7  ; 
Jer.  44.  U 

*  ch.  5  15  ; 
Is.  R5.  15 

'  ch.  6.  7 
•"  1  K.  22. 

20-23;  Pr. 

81.  11.  12 ; 

Is.  63.  17 ; 

66.  4 ;  Jer. 

4.10;  2Th. 

2.  9-12 
"  Jer.  6.  14, 

15  ;  14.  15 
"ch.  44.  10, 

12 
P  ch.  44.  10, 

UU9 


saying,  3  .Son  of  man,  these  men 
have '■"  taken  their  idols  into  their 
heart,  and  "put  the  stumbling- 
block  of  their  iniquity  befoie  their 
face:  should  I  be  =  inquired  of  at 
all  by  them'?  4  Therefore  speak 
unto  them,  and  say  unto  them, 
Thus  saith  the  Loi-d  Jehovah : 
Every  man  of  tlie  house  of  Israel 
thattaketh  his  idols  into  his  heart, 
and  putteth  the  stumblingblock  ol 
his  iniquity  before  his  face,  and 
conieth  to  the  iirophet ;  "  1  Jehovah 
will  answer  him  **  therein  accord- 
ing to  the  ''multitude  of  his  idols: 
5  that  1  may  take  the  house  of 
Israel  in  their  "own  heart,  because 
they  are  all  ''estranged  from  me 
through  their  idols. 

6  Therefore  sa.v  unto  the  house 
of  Israel.  Thus  .saith  the  l^ord  Je- 
hovah :  "Return  ye,  and  turn  j'our- 
selves  from  your  idols;  and  turn 
away  your  faces  from  all  your 
^abominations.  7  For  every  one 
of  the  house  of  Israel,  or  of  the 
"strangers  that  sojourn  in  Israel, 
that  separateth  himself  from  me, 
and  taketh  his  idols  into  his  heart, 
and  putteth  the  stumblingblock  of 
his  iniquity  before  his  face,  and 
Cometh  to  the  prophet  to  inquire 
®for  himself  or  me;  ''I  Jehovah 
will  answer  him  by  myself:  8  and  I 
will  'set  my  face  against  that  man, 
and  will  make  him  an  *  astonish- 
ment, for  a  sign  and  a  proverb, 
and  I  will  cut  him  ofl'  from  the 
midst  of  my  people  ;  and  ye  shall 
'know  that  1  am  Jehovah.  9  And 
if  the  piophet  be  '"deceived  and 
speak  a  word,  ""I,  Jehovah,  have 
deceived  that  prophet,  and  1  will 
stretch  out  my  hand  upon  him,  and 
will  "destro.v  him  from  the  midst 
of  my  people^  Israel.  10  And  they 
shall  "tear  "  their  iniquity  :  the  in- 
iquity of  the  prophet  shall  be  even 
as  the  iniquity  of  him  that  seeketh 
vnto  him;  11  that  the  house  of 
Israel  may  ''go  no  more  astray  from 
me,  neither 'defile  themselves  any 
more  with  all  theii-  transgressions; 
but  that  they  niny  l)e  '  iny  people, 
and  I  may  be  their  God,  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah. 

12  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  me,  saying,  13  Son  of 

15;  48.11  9  ch.  11  18 :  37.  23  ••  ch.  U.  20 ;  34.  30 ; 
36. 28  

/  Heb.  emwrt  tn  rome  up. 
8  Or,  nrriiTiiiiiq  llirrftn    Another  reading  i(j 
he  i«  come  I'u  the  miilliltirie  <{-r. 

*  Or,  of  nim  cnnrem^nn  me      10  Or,  enticed 
1>  Or,  the  punijhiittnl  uf  their  iniquUy 


14.  U 


EZEKIEL 


16.7 


The  Presence  of  the  Righteoos  no  Security  to  the  Wicked.    Jerosalem  to  be  destroyed  like  a  Useless  Tine 


man,  when  a  land  sinneth  against 
me  by  "  committing  a  trespass,  and 
I  *  stretch  out  my  hand  upon  it, 
and  "  break  the  staff  of  the  bread 
thereof,  and  send  famine  upon  it, 
and  **  cut  off  from  it  man  and  beast ; 
14 '  though  these  three  men, /Noah, 
"  Daniel,  and  *  Job,  were  in  it,  they 
should  deliver  but  their  *  own  souls 
by  their  righteousness,  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah.  1 5  If  I  cause  *  evil 
beasts  to  pass  through  the  land, 
and  they  'ravage  it,  and  it  be 
made  desolate,  so  that  no  man  may 
pass  through  because  of  the  beasts ; 
1 6  though  these  three  men  were  in 
it,  as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah, they  should  deliver  neither 
sons  nor  daughters;  'they  only 
should  be  delivered,  but  the  land 
should  be  desolate.  17  Or  if  I 
bring  a  ™  sword  upon  that  land, 
and  say,  ^  Sword,  go  through  the 
land  ;  so  that  I "  cut  off  from  it  man 
and  beast;  18  though  these  three 
men  were  in  it,  as  I  live,  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah,  they  should  deliver 
neither  sons  nor  daughters,  but 
"they  only  should  be  delivered 
themselves.  19  Or  if  I  send  a 
^pestilence  into  that  land,  and 
pour  out  my  wrath  upon  it  in 
blood,  to  cut  off  from  it  man  and 
beast;  20  though  *Noah,  Daniel, 
and  Job,  were  in  it,  as  1  live,  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah,  they  should  de- 
liver neither  son  nor  daughter ; 
they  should  but  deliver  their 
•■  own  souls  by  their  righteous- 
ness. 

2 1  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah :  How  much  more  when  I  send 
my  four  sore  judgments  upon  Jeru- 
salem, the  '  sword,  and  the  famine, 
and  the  evil  beasts,  and  the  '  pesti- 
lence, to  cut  off  from  it  man  and 
beast!  22  Yet,  behold,  therein  shall 
be  left  ^a  "remnant  that  shall  be 
carried  forth,  both  sons  and  daugh- 
ters :  behold,  they  shall "  come  forth 
unto  you,  and  ye  shall  -^see  their 
way  and  their  doings  ;  and  ye  shall 
be  "  comforted  concerning  the  evil 
that  I  have  brought  upon  Jerusa- 
lem, even  concerning  all  that  I 
have  brought  upon  it.  23  And 
they  shall  comfort  you,  when  ye 
see  their  way  and  their  doings ; 
and  ye  shall  know  that  I  have 
^not  done  ■*  without  cause  all  that 
I  have  done  in  it,  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah. 

1  Heb.  bereave.  *  Heb.  they  rncu  escape. 

'  Or,  Let  l/ie  sword  go   *  Or,  in  vain 


»  ch.  15.  8 ; 

20.  27 
6  ch.  6.  14 
"  ch.  5.  16  ; 

Is.  3.  1 
d  ver.  17,  19, 

21 
'  Jer.  15.  1 
/  Gen.  6.  8 ; 

7. 1 ,  Heb. 

11.7 
"  ch.  28.  3  ; 

Dan.  1.  6 ; 

9.  21 ;  10. 11 
!>■  Job  1.1,5; 

42.  8,  9 
'  ver.  16.  18, 

20 ;  ch.  18. 

20 
*  ver.  21 ; 

ch.  5.  17 
'  ch.  18.  20  : 

Gen.  19.  29 
"'  ver.  21  ; 

ch.  5.12; 

11.8,10 
"  ver.  13  ; 

ch.  25.  13 
"  ver.  14 
P  ver.  21 , 

ch.  5.  12 : 

Jer.  14.  12 
9  ver.  14 
*■  ver.  14, 16, 

18 
»  Jer.  15.  2,  3 
t  Am.  4. 

6-10 
«  ch.  12.  16 
"  ch.  6.  9  ; 

7.  16 

"  ch.  12.  16  ; 

36.  20 
y  ch.  16.  54  ; 

31.  16;  32. 

31 
*ch.  6  10; 

8.  6-13 ;  9. 
8.  9 ;  Jer. 
7.  17,  18 ; 
22.  8,  9 


"  Ps.  80. 

8-16 ;  Is.  5- 

1-7 ;  Jer. 

2.  21 ,  Hos. 

10.  1 
t>  ver.  6 ; 

ch.  19.  14  ; 

Is.  27.  11 
"  ver.  2 ; 

ch.  17.  3-10 
d  ch.  14  8  , 

Lev.  26. 

17  ;  Ps.  34. 

16.  Jer. 

21.  10 

«  1  K.  19.  17  , 
Is.  24.  13 ; 
Am.  9.  1^ 

/ch.  14.  8 

!'ch.  14.  13; 
17.20 

h  ch.  20.  4  ; 

22.  2  ;  Is. 
58.  1 

'  ch.  8.  9-17 
k  ver.  45  ; 

Gen.  11. 

25-29  ,  15. 

16 ;  Dt.  7. 

1 ;  Josh. 

24.  14,  15 
'  ver.  45 ; 

Dt.  7  1 ; 

Judg.  1.  26 
"•  Dt.  32.  10 
"  ver.  22 
"  Ex.  19.  4  ; 

Ps.  105. 

10-15 
PEx.  1.7; 

Dt.  1. 10 


810 


■i  pf  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
-L  f-}  came  unto  me,  saying,  2  Sou 
of  man,  what  is  the  "  vine-tree  more 
than  any  tree,  the  vine- branch 
which  *is  among  the  trees  of  the 
forest?  3  Shall  wood  be  taken 
thereof  to  make  any  work  1  or  will 
men  take  a  pin  of  it  to  hang  any 
vessel  thereon  1  4  Behold,  it  is  cast 
into  the  *  fire  for  fuel ;  the  fire  hath 
devoured  both  the  ends  of  it,  and 
the  midst  of  it  is  burned  :  is  it  prof- 
itable for  any  workj  5  Behold, 
when  it  was  whole,  it  was  ^meet 
for  no  work:  how  much  less,  when 
the  fire  hath  devoured  it,  and  it  is 
burned,  shall  it  yet  be  ^meet  for 
any  work  !  6  Therefore  thus  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah :  As  the  "  vine- 
tree  among  the  trees  of  the  forest, 
which  I  have  given  to  the  fire  for 
fuel,  so  ^  will  I  give  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem.  7  And  I  will  ''set 
my  face  against  them;  they* shall 
"  go  forth  from  the  fire,  but  the  fire 
shall  devour  them ;  and  ye  shall 
know  that  I  am  Jehovah,  when  I 
•^set  my  face  against  them.  8  And 
I  will  make  the  land  desolate,  be- 
cause they  have  "  committed  a  tres- 
pass, saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 
^  /?  Again  the  word  of  Jehoyah 
-LvJ  came  unto  me,  saying,  2  Son 
of  man,  ''cause  Jerusalem  to  know 
her  '  abominations ;  3  and  say.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  unto  Jeru- 
salem :  ^  Thy  birth  and  thy  nativity 
is  of  the  land  of  the  Canaanite ;  the 
*Amorite  was  thy  father,  and  thy 
mother  was  a  '  Hittite.  4  And  as 
for  thy  nativity,  in  the  day  thou 
wast  born  thy  navel  was  not  cut, 
neither  wast  tliou  washed  in  water 
to  cleanse  thee;  thou  wast  not 
.salted  at  all,  n6r  swaddled  at  all. 
5  No  eye  pitied  thee,  to  do  any  of 
these  things  unto  thee,  to  have 
compassion  upon  thee ;  but  thou 
wast  cast  out  in  the  ""open  field, 
for  that  thy  person  was  abhorred, 
in  the  day  that  thou  wast  born. 

6  And  when  I  passed  by  thee, 
and  saw  thee  "weltering  in  thy 
blood,  I  said  unto  thee.  Though 
thou  art  in  thy  blood,  "live ;  yea,  I 
said  unto  thee,  Though  thou  art  in 
thy  blood,  live.  7  I '"^caused  thee 
to  multiply  as  that  which  groweth 
in  the  field,  and  thou  didst  increase 
and  wax  great,  and  thou  attainedst 
to  "excellent  ornament ;  thy  breasts 

•''  Or,  was  *  Heb.  made  into. 

~  Or,  have  I  given     8  Or,  have  gone  forth 
»  Or,  T/iinf-  origin    ''^  Heb.  made  thee  a  myriad. 
'1  Heb.  omatnetU  of  ornaments. 


L6.  8 


EZEKIEL 


16.33 


Jernsalem'g  Low  Ori^D  and  Jehovah's  Kindness  to  her.    Her  gross  Unfaithfalness  portrajred 


were  fashioned,  and  thy  hair  was 
grown  ;  yet  thou  wast  "  naked  and 
bare.  8  Now  when  I  passed  by 
thee,  and  looked  upon  thee,  behold, 
thy  time  was  the  time  of  love  ;  and 

I  *  spread  my  skirt  over  thee,  and 
covered    thy    nakedness :    yea,    1 

/sware  unto  thee,  and  ''entered 
into  a  covenant  witli  thee,  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah,  and  thou  '  be- 
camest  mine.  9  Then  washed  I 
thee  with  water  ;  yea,  i  thoroughly 
washed  away  thy  blood  froin  thee, 
and  I  ■'anointed  thee  with  oil.  10  1 
clothed  thee  also  with  ^  broidered 
work,  and  shod  thee  with  '  sealskin, 
and  1  -girded  thee  about  with  tine 
linen,  and  covered  thee  with  ''silk. 

I I  And  I  *  decked  thee  with  orna- 
ments, and  I  put  *  bracelets  upon 
thy  hands,  and  a  'chain  on  thy 
neck.  12  And  I  put  a  '"ring  upon 
thy  nose,  and  ear-rings  in  thine 
ears,  and  a  "  beautiful  crown  upon 
thy  head.  13  Thus  wast  thou 
decked  with  "gold  and  silver;  and 
thy  raiment  was  of  tine  linen,  and 
''silk,  and  broidered  work;  thou 
didst  eat  'fine  flour,  and  honey, 
and  oil ;  and  thou  wast  *■  exceeding 
beautiful,  and  thou  didst  prosper 
unto  'royal  estate.  14  And  thy 
'renown  went  forth  among  the 
nations  for  thy  beauty  ;  for  it  was 
"perfect,  through  my  "majesty 
wnich  1  had  put  upon  thee,  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah. 

15  But  thou  didst  ^  trust  in  thy 
beauty,  and  playedst  the  harlot  be- 
cause of  thy  renown,  and  *  pouredst 
out  thy  whoredoms  on  every  one 
that  passed  by  ;  his  it  was.  1 6  And 
thou  didst  take  of  thy  -garments, 
and  madest  for  thee  "high  places 
decked  with  divers  colors,  and 
playedst  the  harlot  upon  them: 
t/ie  like  things  shall  not  come,  nei- 
ther shall  it  be  so.  17  Thou  didst 
also  take  thy  *fair  "jewels  of  ray 
gold  and  of  my  silver,  which  I  had 
given  thee,  and  ''madest  for  thee 
images  of  m^n,  and  didst  play  the 
harlot  with  them  ;  1 8  and  thou 
tookest  thy  ''broidered  garments, 
and  coveredst  them,  and  didst  set 
mine  oil  and  mine  incense  before 
them.  19  My  bread  also  which  I 
gave  thee,  'fine  flour,  and  oil.  and 
honey,  wherewith  I  fed  thee,  thou 
didst  even  set  it  before  them  for  a 
sweet  savor  ;  and  thus  it  was,  saith 

1  Or,  vorpni HP-shin 

*  Or,  houiiil  I  fief  icith  attire  of  fine  lin^n 

»  Or,  beautiful  ve*seU        *  Or,  male  images 


"  ver.  22 
l>  Ruth  3.  9  ; 

Jer.  2.  2 
«  Gen.  22. 

16-18 
d  Ex.  24.  7,  8 
'  ch.  20.  5 ; 

Ex.  la.  6 ; 

Hos.  2.  IS, 

2U 
/  Kuth  3.  3 
"  ver.  13,  13  ; 

ch.  26.  16 ; 

27.  7,  16 ; 

Ex.  26.  36 
*  ver.  13 
'  ch.  23.  40 
fcch.  23.  42; 

Gen.  24.  22, 

47  ;  Is.  3. 1'J 
'  Gen.  41. 

42;  Prov. 

1.  a 
"'  Gen  24. 

47;  Is  3.21 
"  ver.  14  ; 

Is.  28  5; 

.ler.  l.t.  18 
"  ver.  17 ; 

Pa.  45.  13, 

14 
r  ver.  10 
''  ver.  10 
""  ver.  14 
'IS.  KM; 

1  K.  4.  21 
'  1  K.  10.  1, 

24 
"  I's.  50.  2 : 

Lam  2.  15 
^  ver.  12,  13 
^  ver.  25 ; 

ch.  27.  3 
"  ch.  23.  8 
'  ver.  10 
"  ch.  6.  3,  6  ; 

20.  29.  30 
6  ver.  11, 12 
""ch.  7.  20 
<i  ver.  10 
'  ver.  13 


/Dt.  29.  11, 

12 ;  I.s.  43. 

6 ;  2  Cor. 

6.  18 
Vch.  20.  31  ; 

23.  37  ;  Ps. 

106.  37,  38  ; 

Jer.  7.  31 
A  2  K.  17.  17  ; 

Jer.  19.  5 
■  ver.  6.  7 

*  ch.  24.  6,  9 
'ver.  31,  39; 

ch.  20.  28, 

29 ;  Jer. 

11.  13 
"•  Ps.  78.  58  ; 

Is.  57.  5,  7 
"  ver.  15 
"ch.  20.  7,8, 

23.  19-21 
Pch.  8  17; 

Jer  7.  18, 

19 
«ch.  14.13; 

20.  33.  34 
•■  ver.  13 

•  ver.  37 : 
ch.  23.  22, 
23,28 

t  ver.  67 ; 

Is  9.  12 
"ch  23.12; 

2K   16.7, 

10-18. 

2  Chr.  28. 

16.  20  23 ; 

Jer  2.  18, 

36;  Hoa. 

10.6 
'•  ch  23. 

14-17 
'  ProT.  9. 

811 


the  Lord  Jehovah.  20  Moreover 
thou  hast  Uiken  thy  sons  and  thy 
daughters,  whom  thou  hast  borne 
■'unto  ine,  and  these  hast  thou 
".sacriticeil  untu  tlu'in  to  l)e  de- 
voured. Were  thy  whoredoms  a 
small  matter.  21  that  thou  hast 
slain  my  children,  and  delivered 
them  up,  in  •''"  causing  them  to  pass 
through  thejhr  unto  them  (  22  And 
in  all  thine  abominations  and  thy 
whoredoms  thou  hast  not  remem- 
bered the  days  of  thy  youth,  when 
thou  wast  '_  naked  and  bare,  and 
wast  weltering  in  thy  blood. 

23  And  it  is  come  to  pa.ss  after 
all  thy  wickedness  (*  woe,  woe  unto 
thee!  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah),  24 
that  thou  hast  built  unto  thee  a 
'  vaulted  place,  and  hast  made  thee 
a  "'lofty  place  in  every  street.  25 
Thou  hast  built  thy  lofty  place  at 
the  head  of  every  way,  and  hast 
made  thy  "  beauty  an  abomination, 
and  hast  opened  thy  feet  to  every 
one  that  passed  by,  and  multiplied 
thy  whoredom.  26  Thou  hast  also 
committed  fornication  with  the 
"Egyptians,  thy  neighbors,  great 
of  flesh ;  and  hast  multipliedf  thy 
whoredom,  to  ''provoke  me  to  an- 
ger. 27  Behold  therefore,  I  have 
"  stretched  out  my  hand  over  thee, 
and  have  diminished  thine  *•■  ordi- 
nary/ooc/,  and  'delivered  thee  unto 
the  will  of  them  that  hate  thee, 
the  'daughters  of  the  Philistines, 
that  are  ashamed  of  thy  lewd  way. 

28  Thou  hast  played  the  harlot 
also  with  the  "Assyrians,  because 
thou  wa.st  insatiable ;  yea,  thou 
hast  played  the  harlot  with  them, 
and  yet  thou   wast  not  .satisfied. 

29  Thou  hast  moreover  multiplied 
thy  wlioredom  unto  the  land  of 
'tratfic,  unto  "Chaldea;  and  yet 
thou  wast  not  satisfied  herewith. 

30  How  'weak  is  thy  heart, 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah,  seeing 
thou  doest  all  these  things,  the 
work  of  an  "impudent  harlot;  31 
in  that  thou  buildest  thy 'vaulted 
place  at  the  head  of  every  way, 
and  makest  thy  lofty  place  in 
every  street,  and  hast  not  been  aa 
a  harlot,  "in  that  thou  "scornest 
hire.  32  A  wife  that  committeth 
adultery  !  that  taketh  strangers  in- 
stead of  her  husband  !    33   They 

13;  la  1.3;  Jer.  4.  22  "  I«.  S.  9 ;  Jer.  3.  3  'ver  24 
"  Ib.  52.  3  

5  Or.  netting  them  apart  Heb.  making  thrm 
pa.is  liver.  f^  Or,  nllmcanee 

7  Or,  Canaan     »  Or,  that  scoffeth  at  her  Air« 


16.34 


EZEKIEL 


16.54 


Jernsalem's  Unfaithfalness  and  her  Panishment    She  is  worse  than  Sodom  or  Samaria 


give  gifts  to  all  harlots ;  but  thou 
"  givest  thy  gifts  to  all  thy  lovers, 
and  bribest  them,  that  they  may 
come  unto  thee  on  every  side  for 
thy  whoredoms.  34  And  thou  art 
different  from  other  women  in  thy 
whoredoms,  in  that  none  follow- 
eth  thee  to  play  the  harlot ;  and 
whereas  thou  *  givest  hire,  and  no 
hire  is  given  unto  thee,  therefore 
thou  art  different. 

35  Wherefore,  O  harlot,  hear  the 
word  of  Jehovah :  36  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah,  Because  thy 
^ '  filthiness  was  poured  out,  and 
thy  nakedness  uncovered  through 
thy  whoredoms  with  thy  lovers ; 
and  because  of  all  the  **  idols  of  thy 
abominations,  and  for  the  blood  of 
thy  children,  that  thou  didst  give 
unto  them ;  37  therefore  behold,  I 
will  "gather  all  thy  lovers,  with 
whom  thou  hast  taken  pleasure, 
and  all  them  that  thou  hast  loved, 
with  all  them  that  thou  hast 
•^  hated ;  I  will  even  gather  them 
against  thee  on  every  side,  and 
will  "uncover  thy  nakedness  unto 
them,  that  they  may  see  all  thy 
nakedness.  38  And  I  will  ''judge 
thee,  as  women  that  break  wedlock 
and  shed  blood  are  judged ;  and  I 
will  bring  upon  thee  the  blood  of 
*  wrath  and  jealousy.  39  I  will 
also  *give  thee  into  their  hand, 
and  they  shall  throw  down  thy 
'vaulted  place,  and  break  down 
thy  lofty  places ;  and  they  shall 
strip  thee  of  thy  "'clothes,  and 
take  thy  "  fair  jewels ;  and  they 
shall  leave  thee  naked  and  bare. 
40  They  shall  also  bring  up  a 
"company  against  thee,  and  tney 
shall  stone  thee  with  stones,  and 
thrust  thee  through  with  their 
swords.  41  And  they  shall  ^burn 
thy  houses  with  hre,  and  execute 
judgments  upon  thee  in  the  sight 
of  many  women  ;  and  I  will  « cause 
thee  to  cease  from  playing  the  har- 
lot, and  thou  shalt  also  give  no 
hire  any  more.  42  So  will  I 
''cause  my  wrath  toward  thee  to 
rest,  and  my  jealousy  shall  depart 
from  thee,  and  I  will  be  quiet,  and 
will  be  'no  more  angry.  43  Be- 
cause thou  hast  'not  remembered 
the  days  of  thy  youth,  but  hast 
"  raged  against  me  in  all  these 
things ;  therefore,  behold,  I  also 
will  "  bring  thy  way  upon  thy 
head,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah : 
and  '■*  thou  shalt  not  commit  this 
1  Heb.  brass.   >  Or,  hast  thou  not  committed  &c.t 


"ver.  41 ; 

Is.  57.  9 ; 

Hos.8.9,10 
b  ver.  33 
■^  ver.  15 ; 

ch.  23.  10, 

18,  2.) 
d  ch.  20.  31 ; 

23.  37 ;  Jer. 

19.5 
"  ch.  23.  9, 

22 ;  Jer.  13. 

22.  26 ; 
Hos.  2.  3, 
10;  Nah. 
3.5,  6 

/ch.  23.  17, 

28 
'■'  Is.  47.  3 
''  ch.  23.  45 
>  ch.  23.  25 ; 

Ps.  79.  3,  5 ; 

Jer.  18.  21 ; 

Zeph.  1. 17 
fc  ch.  21.  31 ; 

23.  9,  28 

'  ver.  24,  31 
"■  ver.  10,  16 
"  ver.  11,  12, 

17 
"  eh.  23.  47  ; 

Hab.  1. 

6-10 
P  2  K.  25.  9  , 

Jer.  39.  8 ; 

52.  13 
«  ch.  23.  48 
••  ch.  5.  13  ; 

21.  17  ;  2  S. 

24.  25 ; 
Zech.  6.  8 

»ch.  39.  29; 

Is.  40.  1,2; 

54.  9, 10 
«  ver.  22 ; 

Ps.  78.  42 ; 

106.  13 
"  ch.  6.  9 ; 

Is.  63.  10 
"  ch.  11.  21 ; 

22.31 


^  ch.  12.  22, 

23 ;  18.  2, 

3;  IS.  24. 

13 
y  ch.  23.  2 
^  ch.  23.  37- 

39 ;  Gen. 

18.  20 ;  Is. 
1.4;  Zech. 
11.8 

"  ver.  3 
b  ch.  23.  4 ; 

Jer.  3.  8-11 
'  ver.  48,  49, 

53-56,  61 ; 

Gen.  13. 

11-13;  18. 

20 
d  ch.  5.  7 
«  1  K.  16.  31 
/  ver.  48, 51 , 

ch  5.  6; 

2  K.  21.  9 
9  Mt.  11.  23, 

24 
h  ch.  28.  2,  9, 

17  ;  Gen. 

19.  9 ;  Ps. 
138.  6 ;  Is. 
3.9 

•  Gen.  13. 

10 ;  Is.  22. 

13;  Am.  6. 

4-6 
k  Lk.  12. 16- 

20 .  16.  19 
'  ch.  18.  7, 

12,16 
■"  ch.  7.  10 
«  Gen.  19. 

24,25 
o  ch.  5.  6  j 

23.11 

812 


lewdness  with  all  thine  abomina- 
tions. 

44  Behold,  every  one  that  useth 
""  proverbs  shall  use  this  proverb 
against  thee,  saying.  As  is  the 
mother,  so  is  her  daughter.  45 
Thou  art  the  daughter  of  thy 
mother,  that  loatheth  her  husband 
and  her  children  ;  and  thou  art  the 

*  sister  of  thy  sisters,  who  ^  loathed 
their  husbands  and  their  children  : 
"your  mother  was  a  Hittite,  and 
your  father  an  Amorite.  46  And 
thine  *  elder  sister  is  Samaria,  that 
dwelleth  at  thy  left  hand,  she  and 
her  daughters ;  and  thy  younger 
sister,  that  dwelleth  at  thy  right 
hand,  is  "Sodom  and  her  daugh- 
ters. 47  Yet  hast  thou  not  walked 
in  "*  their  ways,  nor  done  after  their 
abominations ;  but,  as  if  that  were 
a  "very  little  thing,  thou  wast 
•^more  corrupt  than  they  in  all  thy 
ways.  48  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah,  Sodom  thy  sister  hath 
^not  done,  she  nor  her  daughters, 
as  thou  hast  done,  thou  and  thy 
daughters.  49  Behold,  this  was 
the  iniquity  of  thy  sister  Sodom : 
''  pride,    *  fulness    of     bread,    and 

*  prosperous  ease  was  in  her  and 
in  her  daughters ;  neither  did  she 
strengthen  the  hand  of  the  'poor 
and  needy.  50  And  they  were 
'"haughty,  and  committed  abomi- 
nation before  me :  therefore  I 
"took  them  away  ^as  I  saw  good. 
51  Neither  hath  Samaria  com- 
mitted "  half  of  thy  sins  ;  but  thou 
hast  multiplied  thine  abominations 
more  than  they,  and  hast  ^justified 
thy  sisters  by  all  thine  abomina- 
tions which  thou  hast  done.  52 
Thou  also,  «bear  thou  thine  own 
shame,  in  that  thou  hast  given 
judgmentfor  thy  ■*  sisters;  thr9Ugh 
thy  sins  that  thou  hast  committed 
"  more  abominable  than  they,  they 
are  'more  righteous  than  thou: 
yea,  be  thou  also  confounded,  and 
bear  thy  shame,  in  that  thou  hast 
'justified  thy  sisters. 

53  And  I  will  ^ "  turn  again  their 
captivity,  the  captivity  of  Sodom 
and  her  daughters,  and  the  cap- 
tivity of  Samaria  and  her  daugh- 
ters, and  the  captivity  of  thy 
captives  in  the  "  midst  of  them ; 
54  that  thou  mayest  ^bear  thine 

P  Jer.  3.  8-11;  Mt.  12.  41,  42  «  ver.  54,  61 ;  ch.  23. 
35 ,  36.  6,  7  •"  ver.  47,  48,  51  '  ver.  SI  <  ver.  51 
"  ver.  61 ;  ch.  29.  14  ;  39.  25 ;  Jer.  48.  47 ;  49.  6,  3S 
"  Is.  19.  24,  25    ^  ver.  52,  61 


3  Or,  when  I  saw  it    *  Or,  sister     »  Or,  return  *■' 


16.55 


EZEKIEL 


17.16 


let  66d  remembers  his  Covenant.    Parable  of  Two  tables  and  a  Vine.    Interpretation  of  the  Parable 


own  shame,  and  niayest  be 
"ashamed  because  of  all  that  thou 
hast  done,  in  that  thou  art  a  ''com- 
fort unto  them.  55  And  thy  sis- 
ters, iSodom  and  lier  daughters, 
shall  return  to  their  "  former  es- 
tate ;  and  Samaria  and  her  clau^h- 
ters  shall  return  to  their  foiMuer 
estate ;  and  thou  and  thy  (laugh- 
ters shall  return  to  your  former 
estate.  56  For  thy  sister  Stxlom 
was  ■'not  mentioned  by  thy  mouth 
in  the  day  of  thy  pride,  57  before 
thy  '  wickedness  was  uncovered,  as 
at  the  time  of  the  ■''reproach  of  the 
daughters  of  Syria,  and  of  all  that 
are  round  about  her,  the  ''daugh- 
ters of  the  Philistines,  that  do 
despite  unto  thee  round  al)()ut. 
58  Thou  hast  *  borne  thy  lewdness 
and  thine^  abominations,  saith 
Jehovah.  59  For  thus  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah :  I  will  also  deal 
with  thee  as  '  thou  liast  done,  who 
hast  *  despised  the  oath  in  breaking 
the  covenant. 

60  Nevertheless  I  will  remember 
my  'covenant  with  thee  in  the 
days  of  thy  youth,  and  I  will 
establish  unto  tiiee  an  "'  everlasting 
covenant.  61  Then  shalt  thou 
"  remember  thy  ways,  and  be 
ashamed,  when  thou  shalt  receive 
thy  sisters,  thine  elder  sisters  and 
thy  younger  ;  and  I  will  give  them 
unto  thee  for  daughters,  but  not 
by  thy  covenant.  62  And  I  will 
"establish  my  covenant  with  thee  ; 
and  thou  shalt  ^know  that  I  am 
Jehovah ;  63  that  thou  mayest 
« remember,  and  be  confounded, 
and  '' never  open  thy  mouth  any 
more,  because  of  thy  shame,  when 

1  have  *  forgiven  thee  all  that 
thou  hast  done,  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah. 

-<  ^  And  the  word  of  Jeho- 
i  I     vah  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Sou  of  man,  '  put  forth  a  riddle, 
and  speak  a  parable  unto  the 
house  of  Israel  ;  3  and  say.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  :  A  great 
"eagle  with  "great  wings  and  long 
pinions,  full  of  feathers,  which  had 
divers  colors,  came  unto  ""  Lebanon, 
and  took  the  *  top  of  the  cedai- : 
4  he  cropped  off  the  topmost  of 
the  young  twigs  thereof,  and  car- 
ried it  unto  'a  land  of  traffic  ;  he 
set  it  in  a  city  of  merchants.  5  He 
took  also  of  the  -'seed  of  the  land, 
and  planted  it  in  "a  "fruitful  soil ; 

1  Or,  Ih/"  land  of  Cinaan 
>  Heb.  ajieid  of  teed. 


"  Jer.  2.  2H 
'■cli.  W.tl; 

ai.  IK 
'  ver.  33 ; 

cli  36.  11 ; 

Mai.  3.  4 
<l  Is  ().'>.  5; 

Lk.  15. 

1'8-3U 
'  ver.  36,  37 
/ch.  5.  14, 

15 ;  22.  4  ; 

2  K.  16.  5- 

7 ;  2  Chr. 

28  5.  6, 

18-23 
"  ver.  27 
'•  ch.  23.  49 
'ch.  7.  3; 

18.  30 
«:  ch.  17. 19  ; 

Is.  24.  5 
'  ver.  8 ;  Ps. 

1(15.8;  Jer. 

2.  2 ;  Hos. 

2.  15 
'"  ch  37.  26; 

Is  55.  3 ; 

Jer.  32. 

38-41 
" ch  6  9 ; 

Jer.  .5(t.  4,5 
o  ch.  20.  37  , 

34.  25 ;  37. 

26 
''  ch.  20.  43, 

44;  Jer. 

24.7 
9  ch.  36.  31. 

32 ;  Dau.  9. 

7,8 
""  Ps  39  9 ; 

Rom.  3  19 
'  Ps  6-5  3 ; 

78.<J8;  79.9 
<  ch.  20.  49  ; 

24.  3 
"  ver.  12 ; 

Jer.  48.  40 ; 

Hos.  8.  1 
"  Dan.  4.  22 
'  Jer.  22.  23 
y  ver.  22 
*■  ver.  13 
"  Dt.  8.  7-9 


6  Is.  44.  4 
'  ver.  14 
<'  ver.  15 

*  ch.  31.  4 
/ver.  5 

'J  ver.  10, 
15-21 

*  ver.  15 

'  ch.  19.  14  ; 

Hos.  13  15 
<••  ch.  2.  3-5 
'  ch.  12.  9- 

11 ;  24.  19 
'"  ver.  3:  ch. 

1.  2:  2K. 

24.11,12,15 
"  ver.  5 ; 

2  K.  24.  17 
"2  Chr  36  13 
''  2  K.  24.  15, 

16 
1  ver.  6 ;  ch. 

29.  14 
'  ver.  7  ; 

2K.  24.  20; 

2  Chr.  36. 

13;  Jer. 

.52.  3 

*  Is.  .TO  1-4 ; 
Jer.  37.  .5-7 

'  ver.  9,  10 
"  ver.  18 : 

Jer.  34.  3: 

38.  18.  23 
*•  ver.  13, 18, 

19 ;  ch.  16. 

59;2K.  24. 

17.20 

813 


he  placed  it  beside  ^many  waters: 
he  set  it  as  a  ''willow-tree.  6  Ana 
it  grew,  and  became  a  spread- 
ing vine  of  ''low  stature,  whose 
branches  turned  toward  him,  and 
the  roots  thereof  were  under  him: 
.so  it  became  a  vine,  and  l)rought 
forth  branches,  and  shot  forth 
sprigs. 

7  There  was  also  •'another  great 
eagle  with  great  wings  and  many 
feathers:  and,  behold,  this  vine 
did  bend  its  roots  toward  him,  and 
shot  forth  its  branches  toward 
hiui,  from  the  beds  of  its  '"planta- 
tion, that  he  might  water  it.  8  It 
was  planted  in  a  ■'^good  ''soil  by 
^many  waters,  that  it  might  bring 
forth  branches,  and  that  it  might 
bear  fruit,  that  it  might  be  a 
goodly  vine.  9  Say  thou.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  :  "Shall  it 
prosper"?  shall  he  not  pull  up  the 
roots  thereof,  and  cut  ort"  the  fruit 
thereof,  that  it  may  wither  ;  that 
all  its  fresh  springing  leaves  may 
wither?  and  not  by  a  strong  arm 
or  much  people  can  it  be  raised 
from  the  roots  thereof.  10  Yea, 
behold,  behig  planted,  **  shall  it 
prosper'?  shall  it  not  'utterly 
wither,  when  the  east  wind  touch- 
eth  if?  it  shall  wither  in  the  beds 
where  it  grew. 

11  Moreover  the  word  of  Jeho- 
vah came  unto  me,  saying,  12 
Say  now  to  the  *  rebellious  house, 
'Know  ye  not  what  the.se  things 
mean  %  tell  them.  Behold,  the  '"king 
of  Babylon  came  to  Jeru.salem,  and 
took  the  kin^  thereof,  and  the 
princes  thereof,  and  brought  them 
to  him  to  Babylon.  13  And  he 
took  of  the  "seed  royal,  and  made 
a  covenant  with  him ;  he  also 
brought  him  under  an  "  oath,  and 
took  away  the  >'  mighty  of  the  land ; 
U  that  the  kingdom  might  bo 
'•'  t  base,  that  it  might  not  lift  it- 
self up,  but  that  by  keeping  his 
covenant  it  might  stand.  15  But 
he  ''rebelled  against  him  in  send- 
ing his  ambassadors  into  'Egypt, 
that  they  might  give  him  horses 
and  much  neonle.  'Shall  he 
prosper?  shall  he  "escape  that 
doeth  such  things?  shall  he  break 
the  covenant,  and  yet  e.scape?  16 
As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah, 
surely  in  the  place  where  the 
king  dwelleth  that  made  him 
king,  whose  oath  he  ''despiseil, 
and    whose    covenant    he    brake, 

>  Or,  grtat        ♦  Heb.  fi^d.        »  Heb.  lore. 


17.17 


EZEKIEL 


18.16 


InterpretatioB  of  the  Parable  of  the  Eagles  and  the  Vine.    Type  of  a  fioodly  Cedar.    The  Son!  that  sinne'th,  it  shall  die 


even  with  him  in  the  "midst  of 
Babylon  he  shall  die.  17  Neither 
shall  *  Pharaoh  with  his  mighty 
army  and  great  company  help 
him  in  the  war,  when  they  cast 
up  mounds  and  build  forts,  to 
out  off  many  persons.  18  For 
he  hath  "despised  the  oath  by 
breaking  the  covenant ;  and  be- 
hold, he  had  "*  given  his  hand,  and 
yet  hath  done  all  these  things : 
he  shall  *not  escape.  19  There- 
fore thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah: 
As  I  live,  surely  mine  -^oath  that 
he  hath  despised,  and  my  cove- 
nant that  he  hath  broken,  I  will 
even  bring  it  upon  his  own  head. 
20  And  I  will  spread  my  ^net 
upon  him,  and  he  shall  be  *  taken 
in  my  snare,  and  I  will  bring  him 
to  Babylon,  and  will  'enter  into 
judgment  with  him  there  for  his 
*  trespass  that  he  hath  trespassed 
against  me.  21  And  all  his  'fu- 
gitives in  all  his  bands  shall  fall 
by  the  sword,  and  they  that  re- 
main shall  be  scattered  toward 
every  wind:  and  ye  shall  "'know 
that  I,  Jehovah,  have  spoken  it. 

22  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah: I  will  also  take  of  the  lofty 
top  of  the  cedar,  and  will  "  set  it ; 
I  will  crop  off  from  the  topmost 
of  its  young  twigs  a  tender  one, 
and  I  will  "  plant  it  upon  a  ^  high 
and  lofty  mountain:  23  in  the 
mountain  of  the  height  of  Israel 
will  I  plant  it;  and  it  shall  bring 
forth  boughs,  and  bear  fruit,  and 
be  a  goodly  'cedar:  and  ''under 
it  shall  dwell  all  birds  of  every 
wing ;  in  the  shade  of  the  branches 
thereof  shall  they  dwell.  24  And 
all  the  "trees  of  the  field  shall 
know  that  I,  Jehovah,  have 
'  brought  down  the  high  tree, 
have  exalted  the  low  tree,  have 
"dried  up  the  green  tree,  and 
have  made  the  dry  tree  to  "flour- 
ish :  I,  Jehovah,  have  spoken  and 
have  done  it. 

■A  O  The  word  of  Jehovah 
iO  came  unto  me  again,  say- 
ing, 2  ^What  mean  ye,  that  ye 
use  this  proverb  /  concerning  the 
land  of  Israel,  saying,  *  The  fathers 
have  eaten  sour  grapes,  and  the 
children's  teeth  are  set  on  edge  1 
3  As  I  lire,  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah, ye  shall  not  have  ''occasion 
any  more  to  use  this  proverb  in 
Israel.  4  Behold,  "all  souls  are 
mine;    as  the  soul  of  the  father, 

1  Or,  in 


"ch.  12. 13: 

Jer.  52.  11 
l>  ch.  29.  6, 

7 ;  Is.  36. 

6 ;  Jer.  37. 

5,7 
"  ver.  16 
d  Lam.  5.  6 
'  ver.  15 
/  ver.  13, 16 ; 

ch.  16.  59 ; 

21.  23 ;  Jer. 

7.9 
9  ch.  12.  13 ; 

h  Jer.  39.  5-7 
i  ch.  20.  35, 

36 ;  Jer.  2. 

35 
k  ch.  15.  8  ; 

18.24 
I  ch.  5.  2, 10, 

12-14;  2  K. 

25.  5, 11 
™ch.  6.  7,10; 

13. 14,  23 
"  ch.  34.  29 
"  ch.  36.  36 
P  ch.  20.  40  ; 

37.  22 ;  Pa. 

72.  16 
9  Ps.  92.  12 ; 

Is.  27.  6 
••ch.  31.6; 

Hos.  14. 

5-7 ;  Mt. 

13.  31,  32 
'  Ps.  96.  12  ; 

Is.  55.  12 
«  ch.  21.  26  ; 

IS.  2.  7,  8; 

Is.  2.  12 
"  ch.  19.  12 
"  ch.  37.  3, 

13 ;  Am.  9. 

11 
^  Is.  3.  15 
y  Jer.  31.  29 ; 

Lam.  5.  7  ; 

Mt.  23.  36 
^  ver.  19,  20, 

30;  ch.  33. 

11-20 
"  Num.  16. 

22 ;  27.  16  ; 

Is.  42.5; 

57.  16 


6  ver.  20 ; 

Rom.  6.  23 
'  ver.  15 ; 

ch.  6.  13 ; 

22.9 
d  ver.  12, 15 ; 

ch.  2ft.  24 ; 

33.  25 ;  Dt. 

4.  19 
"  ver.  15 ; 

ch.  22.  n 
/ch.  22.  10; 

Lev.  18.  19 
V  ch.  33.  15  ; 

Dt.  24.  13 ; 

Am.  2.  8 
''  Lev.  19. 13 ; 

Am.  3.  10 
•  ver.  16 ; 

Dt.  15. 11 ; 

Mt.  25.  35- 

40 ;  Lk.  3. 

11 
I  Ex.  22.  25  ; 

])t.  23.  19, 

20 
'  Lev.  25.  36 
"^  Zech.  7.  9 ; 

8.  16 
"  ver.  19,  21 
"  Hab.  2.  4 ; 

Rom.  1.  17 
P  ch.  22.  29 
1  ch.  22.  6 
""  ver.  6,  15 
'Am.  4.1; 

Zech.  7.  10 

814 


so  also  the  soul  of  the  son  is 
mine:  the  soul  that  'sinneth,  it 
shall  die. 

5  But  if  a  man  be  just,  and  do 
that  which  is  lawful  and  right, 
6  and  hath  not  ''eaten  upon  the 
mountains,  neither  hath  "*  lifted 
up  his  eyes  to  the  idols  of  the 
house  of  Israel,  neither  hath  *  de- 
filed his  neighbor's  wife,  neither 
hath  /come  near  to  a  woman  in 
her  impurity,  7  and  hath  not 
wronged  any,  but  hath  "restored 
to  the  debtor  his  pledge,  hath 
''  taken  nought  by  robbery,  hath 
'given  his  bread  to  the  hungry, 
and  hath  covered  the  naked  with 
a  garment;  8  he  that  hath  not 
given  forth  upon  *  interest,  neither 
hath  taken  any  '  increase,  that 
hath  withdrawn  his  hand  from 
iniquity,  hath  "'executed  true  jus- 
tice between  man  and  man,  9  hath 
walked  in  my  "statutes,  and  hath 
kept  mine  ordinances,  to  deal 
truly;  he  is  just,  he  shall  surely 
"live,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

10  If  he  beget  a  son  that  is  a 
f  robber,  a  «shedder  of  blood,  and 
■^that  doeth  any  one  of  these  things, 
1 1  and  that  doeth  not  any  of  those 
duties,  but  even  hath  *"  eaten  upon 
the  mountains,  and  defiled  his 
neighbor's  wife,  12  hath  wronged 
the  'poor  and  needy,  hath  'taken 
by  robbery,  hath  not  restored  the 
pledge,  and  hath  "lifted  up  his 
eyes  to  the  idols,  hath  "  committed 
abomination,  13  hath  given  forth 
upon  "^  interest,  and  hath  taken 
increase;  shall  he  then  live'?  he 
shall  not  live:  he  hath  done  all 
these  abominations ;  he  shall  surely 
^die;  his  ^ blood Nshall  be  upon  him. 

14  Now,  lo,  if  he  "^  beget  a  son, 
that  seeth  all  his  father's  sins, 
which  he  hath  done,  and  *"fear- 
eth,  and  doeth  not  such  like;  15 
that  hath  *not  eaten  upon  the 
mountains,  neither  hath  "lifted 
up  his  eyes  to  the  idols  of  the 
house  of  Israel,  hath  not  defiled 
his  neighbor's  wife,  16  neither 
hath  wronged  any,  hath  not 
taken  aught  to  ''pledge,  neither 
hath  taken  by  robbery,  but  hath 

'  ver.  7, 16, 18 ;  ch.  7.  23 :  Is.  59.  6,  7 ;  Jer.  22.  3, 17 
"  ver.  6, 15  "  ch.  8.  6, 17  ;  2  K.  21.  11  -^  ver.  8,  17 
."  ch.  33.  4,  5  =  ver.  10 ;  Prov.  23.  24  "2  Chr.  29. 
6-10 ;  34.  21    f>  ver.  6,  11    <^  ver.  6,  12    d  ver.  7,  12 


2  Or,  that  doelh  to  a  brother  any  of  these 

3  Heb.  be  put  to  death. 

*  Another  reading  is,  seeth,  or,  congidereth. 


18.  17 


EZEKIEL 


19.8 


The  Soal  that  sinneth,  it  shall  die.    PeniUnre  shall  be  rewarded.    Israel'!*  King  likened  to  a  Caf^ed  Lion 


"given  his  bread  to  the  hungry, 
and  hath  covered  tho  naked  with 
a  garment ;  1 7  that  hath  with- 
drawn his  hand  from  the  *poor, 
that  hath  not  received  ""interest 
nor  increase,  hath  ''executed  mine 
ordinances,  liath  walked  in  ray 
statutes ;  he  shall '  not  die  for  the 
iniquity  of  his  father,  he  shall 
surely  live.  18  As  for  his  father,  be- 
cause he  ''cruelly  opi)ressed,'' robbed 
his  brother,  and  did  that  which 
is  not  good  among  his  people,  be- 
hold, he  shall  ''  die  *  in  his  iniquity. 

19  Yet  say  ye,  *  Wherefore  doth 
not  the  son  bear  the  iniquity  of 
the  father!  ^Yhen  the  son  hath 
done  that  which  is  *  lawful  and 
right,  and  hath  kept  all  my  stat- 
utes, and  hath  done  them,  he  .shall 
surely  live.  20  The  soul  that  'sin- 
neth,  it  shall  die:  the  '"son  .shall 
not  bear  the  iniquity  of  the  father, 
neither  shall  the  father  bear  the 
iniquity  of  the  son;  the  "righteou.s- 
ness  of  the  righteous  shall  oe  ui)on 
him,  and  the  wickedness  of  the 
wicked  shall  be  upon  him. 

21  But  if  the  "wicked  turn  from 
all  his  sins  that  he  hath  committed, 
and  keep  all  my  ^statutes,  and  do 
that  which  i.s  lawful  and  right,  he 
shall  "surely  live,  he  shall  not  die. 
22  ""None  of  his  transgressions  that 
he  hath  committed  shall  be  reniem- 
bered  against  him:  in  his  'right- 
eousness that  he  hath  done  he 
shall  live.  23  'Have  1  any  pleas- 
ure in  the  death  of  the  wicked? 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah;  and  not 
rather  that  he  should  "return  from 
his  way,  and  livel  24  But  when 
the  righteous  "turneth  away  from 
his  righteousness,  and  committeth 
iniquity,  and  doeth  according  to 
all  the  abominations  that  the 
wicked  man  doeth,  shall  he  live? 
'None  of  his  righteous  deeds  that 
he  hath  done  shall  be  remembered : 
in  his  *  trespass  that  he  hath  tres- 
passed, and  in  his  sin  that  he  hath 
sinned,  in  them  shall  he  die. 

25  Yet  ye  say,  'The  way  of  the 
Lord  is  not  equal.  Hear  now,  O 
house  of  Israel:  Is  not  "my  way 
equal?  are  not  your  ways  unequal  I 
2b  When  the  righteous  man  '' turn- 
eth away  from  his  righteousness. 
and  committeth  iniquity,  "and 
dieth  ^therein ;  ^in  his  iniquity 
that  he  hath  done  shall  he  die. 
27  Again,  when  the  wicked  man 


iOT,/or 

»  Or,  he  shall  die 


s  Or.  hfcartse  of  it 
*  Or,  for 


"  ver.  7  ;  .lob 
III.  16,20; 
Ps.  41.  1 , 
Is.  bH.  7,  10 
>>  ver.  12 
"  ver.  8, 13 
''  ver.  y 
'  ver.  19,  20 
/  ver.  10-13 
!'  ver.  7,  12, 
16 

*  ver.  13 
'  ver.  2 , 

Ex.  20.  5 ; 
.ler.  15.  4 

*  ver.  9  :  ch. 
20.  18-20 ; 
Zech.  1. 
3-6 

'  ver.  4  ;       « 

2K.  14.  6: 

22  18  -20 
'"  I  It.  24.16; 

Jer.  31.  30 
"  1  K.  8.  32 ; 

Is.  3  10, 

11 ;  Mt.  16. 

27,  Rom. 

2.  6-!l 
"  ver.  27,  28 ; 

ch.  33.  12, 

lit 
''  ver.  9, 19  , 

ch.  36.  27 ; 

Gen.  26  .■; , 

Ps.  119.80, 

112 
''  ver.  17,  28  , 

oh.  3.  21 
»■  ver.  24 ; 

ch.  33.  16; 

Is.  43.  23 , 

Jer.  50.  20 , 

Mic.  7.  19 
'  Ps.  18. 

20-24 
<  ver.  32 ; 

ch.  33.  11 ; 

Lam.  3.  33 ; 

Hos.  11.  « 
"  Ps.  147.  U  , 

Mic.  7.  18 
"  ver.  26; 

ch.  3.  20: 

33.  18,  IS. 

15.  11 ; 

2  Chr.  24. 

2,  17-22 
^  ver.  22 ; 

Gal.  3.  3.  4 
"ch.  17.  20; 

20.  27 ; 

Prov.  21. 

16 
'  ver.  29 ; 

ch.  33.  17, 

20 ;  Mai.  2. 

17 ;  3. 13-15 
°  Gen  18. 

25 ;  Jer.  12. 

1;  Zeph. 

3.5 
>>  ver.  24 


'  ver.  21 
d  ver.  22,  30, 

31 
'  ver.  2.5 
/ch.7.3;24. 

14  :  33  20 : 

1  Pet   1. 17 
!'ch.  14.  6, 

33  11 ; 

Hos.  12.  6 
h  Is.  1.  16, 

17  .  -35.  7 
•  ch   11.  19: 

36.  26 ,  Ps 

51.  10 
It  ver.  23 ; 

ch.  33  11 
'  ver.  30 
"*  ver.  14 ; 

ch.  2  10 
"  2  K.  23  Zi, 

815 


''turneth  away  from  his  wicked- 
ness that  lie  hath  committed,  and 
doeth  that  wliich  is  lawful  and 
right,  lie  shall  .save  his  soul  alive. 
28  Becau.se  he  considereth,  and 
■'turneth  away  from  all  his  trans- 
gressions that  he  iiath  committed, 
he  shall  surely  live,  he  shall  not 
die.  29^  Yet  saith  the  house  of 
Israel,  "The  way  of  the  Lord  is 
not  equal.  O  house  of  Israel,  are 
not  my  ways  equal  ?  are  not  your 
ways  unequal!  30  Therefore  I 
will  judge  you,  O  house  of  Israel, 
every  one  •''according  to  his  ways, 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah.  ^Keturn 
ye,  and  turn  yourselves  from  all 
your  transgressions;  *.so  iniquity 
shall  not  be  your  **  ruin.  3 1  ^  Cast 
away  from  you  all  your  transgres- 
sions, wherein  ye  have  transgressed ; 
and  mjike  you  a  '  new  heart  and  a 
new  spirit :  for  why  will  ye  die.  O 
house  of  Israeli  32  For  1  have  *no 
pleasure  in  the  death  of  him  that 
dieth,  saith  the  Lord  J  ehovah : 
wherefore  'turn  youi'selves,  and 
live. 

"1  Q  Moreover,  take  thou  up  a 
JL  «!/  '"  lamentation forthe  "  princes 
of  Israel,  2  and  .say.  What  was  thy 
mother  1  A  "lioness:  she  couched 
among  lions,  in  the  midst  of  the 
''young  lions  she  nourished  her 
whelps.  3  And  she  brought  up 
one  of  her  whelps:  he  ''became  a 
young  lion,  and  he  learned  to 
catch  the  prey ;  he  devoured  men. 
4  The  nations  also  heard  of  him : 
he  was  ''taken  in  their  pit ;  ana 
they  brought  him  with  hooks  unto 
the  land  of  Egypt.  5  Now  when 
she  saw  that  she  had  waited,  and 
her  hope  was  lost,  then  she  took 
'another  of  her  whelps,  and  made 
him  a  young  lion.  6  And  he 
'went  up  and  down  among  the 
lions;  he  "became  a  young  lion, 
and  he  learned  to  catch  the  prey; 
he  devoured  men.  7  And  he  Knew 
their  "  palaces,  and  laid  waste  their 
cities:  and  the  land  was  desolate, 
and  the  "fulness  thereof,  btvause 
of  the  noi.se  of  his  roaring.  8  Then 
the  ""  nations  set  against  him  on 
every  side  from  the  provinces  ;  and 
*tliey  spread  their  net  over  him; 

.W.  34  ;  24.  6,  12 ;  2.5.  .V7  "  Num.  23.  24  :  24.  9 ;  N»h. 
2  11.  12  '"  Is  .5.  29  ;  Zech  11  3  '  ver.  6  ;  2  K.  2.1. 
31.32  '•2K.23.  34;  2Chr  36.  4,  6  •  2  K.  24.  8 
'  2  K.  24.  9  ;  2  Chr.  3«.  9  "  ver.  3  "  ch  12  19 ;  30. 
12;  Am  6.  8;  Mic.  1.  2(mftrg.>  ■'2K. 24.11  » ch. 
12.  13  ,  17.  20      

5  O"-.  .«"  shall  they  not  be  a  ttumblinghloek  of 
iniq'iifu  iinio  yon 

>>  UeD.  slumtUingblock.  i  Or,  widoiv* 


19.9 


EZEKIEL 


20.17 


Israel  likened  to  a  Rained  Vine.    In  Reply  to  the  Elders'  Inquiry  Ezekiel  rehearses  God's  Dealings  with  Israel 


he  was  taken  in  their  pit.  9  And 
they  put  him  in  a  cage  with  hooks, 
and  "brought  him  to  the  king  of 
Babylon ;  they  brought  him  into 
strongholds,  that  his  voice  should 
no  more  be  heard  upon  the  moun- 
tains of  Israel. 

10  Thy  mother  was  *like  a  vine, 
Hn  thy  blood,  planted  by  the 
waters :  it  was  fruitful  and  full  of 
branches  by  reason  of  many  waters. 
11  And  it  had  "^  strong  rods  for  the 
sceptres  of  them  that  bare  rule, 
ana  '^ their  ''stature  was  exalted 
among  the  ^  thick  boughs,  and 
*they  were  seen  in  ^  their  height 
with  the  multitude  of  '^  their 
branches.  1 2  But  it  was  "  plucked 
up  in  fury,  it  was  -^cast  down  to 
the  ground,  and  the  *east  wind 
dried  up  its  fruit :  its  ';  strong  rods 
were  broken  off  and  withered ;  the 
fire  consumed  them.  13  And  now 
it  is  planted  in  the  'wilderness,  in 
a  dry  and  thirsty  land.  14  And 
*  fire  is  gone  out  of  ^  the  rods  of  its 
branches,  it  hath  devoured  its 
fruit,  so  that  there  is  in  it  'no 
strong  rod  to  be  a  sceptre  to  rule. 
This  is  a '"  lamentation,  and  shall  be 
for  a  lamentation. 

0  f\  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
^yj  "seventh  year,  in  the  fifth 
month,  the  tenth  day  of  the  month, 
that  certain  of  the  °  elders  of  Israel 
3ame  to  inquire  of  Jehovah,  and 
Psat  before  me.  2  And  the  word 
of  .Jehovah  came  unto  me,  saying, 

3  Son  of  man,  speak  unto  the 
elders  of  Israel,  and  say  unto  them. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah :  Is  it 
to  « inquire  of  me  that  ye  are  come'? 
As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah, 

1  will  ''not  be  inquired  of  by  you. 

4  Wilt  thou  judge  them,  son  of 
man,  wilt  thou  judge  theml  '  Cause 
them  to  know  the  abominations  of 
their  fathers  ;  5  and  say  unto  them. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah:  In 
the  day  when  I  '  chose  Israel,  and 
®sware  unto  the  seed  of  the  house 
of  Jacob,  and  made  myself  known 
unto  them  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
when  I'^sware  unto  them,  saying, 
"  I  am  Jehovah  your  God  ;  6  in 
that  day  I  ''"sware  unto  them,  to 
'bring  them  forth  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt  into  a  land  that  I  had 
searched  out  for  them,  /flowing 
with  milk  and  honey,  which  is  the 
glory  of  all  lands.     7  And  I  said 

1  Or,  in  thy  likeness    *  Heb.  he  was. 

2  Heb.  his.  s  Or,  a  rod 

3  Or,  clouds  6  Heb,  lifted  up  vty  hand. 


"  2  K.  24.  15 
b  Ps.  80.  8-11 
"  Ps.  80.  15 
d  ch.  31.  3 
'  Jer.  31.  28 
/  ch.  28.  n  ; 

Lam.  2.  1 
!'cli.  17.  10; 

Hos.  13.  15 
h  ver.  11 ; 

Is.  27.  U 
'  ver  10 ; 

ch.  20.  35 : 

2  K.  24. 12- 

1« ;  Hos. 

2  3 
k  ch.  15.  4  ; 

20.  47,  48 
'  ver.  11 
•'  ver,  1 
"ch.  1.1,  2; 

8.  1  ;  24.  1 
"ch.  8.  1,11, 

12 ;  9.  6 

(marg.) 
P  ch.  S.  1 ; 

14. 1 ;  Lk. 

8.  35 ;  Acts 

22.  3 
9  ver.  31 ; 

ch.  14.  3 
"■  ch.  14.  3, 4, 

7,8;  IS. 

28.  6 ;  Is.  1. 

15;  Alic. 

3.7 
'ch.  16.  2; 

22.2 
«  Ex.  6.  6-8 
«  Ex.  6.  2,  3 
"  ver.  15 
^  Ex.  3.  6-8 
VEx.  13.  5; 

33.3 


*  Ex  20.  4, 
5 ;  22.  20 

°-  Lev.  18.  3  ; 

Dt.  29.  16, 

18 
6  Ex.  20.  2 
•^  Dt.9.1; 

Is.  63.  10 
d  ch.  6.  9 ; 

14.6 
"  Ex.  32. 1-9 
/  ver.  13,  21 ; 

ch.  5.  13 ; 

7.8 
"ver.  14,  22; 

ch.  36.  21, 

22 ;  Ex.  32. 

11-14 
h  ch.  39.  7 

•  Josh,  2. 10 ; 
9.9,10; 
IS.  4.  8 

>c  Ex.  19.  1 
I  Ex.  20. 

1-23.  33 
""ver.  13; 

Lev.  18,  5 
"  ver.  20 ; 

Ex.  31.  13, 

17 
"  ver.  8 ; 

Num.  14. 

11, 12,  22 
J' ver.  16,24; 

Lev.  26. 15, 

43;  Am. 

2  4 
«  ver.  11 
"■  ver.  21 ; 

Is.  56.  6 
'  ver.  8,  21 ; 

Ex.  32.  10 ; 

Dt.  9.  8 
<  ver,  9,  22 ; 

ch.  36.  22, 

23;  Num. 

14.  21 
"  ver.  6,  23  ; 

Num.  14. 

22,  23 ;  Ps. 

816 


unto  them,  '■  Cast  ye  awaj^  every 
man  the  abominations  of  his  eyes, 
and  "defile  not  yourselves  with  the 
idols  of  Egypt ;  *  I  am  Jehovah 
your  God.  8  But  they  "rebelled 
against  me,  and  would  not  hearken 
unto  me  ;  they  did  not  every  man 
cast  away  the  '^abominations  of 
their  eyes,  neither  did  they  forsake 
the  "idols  of  Egypt.  Then  I  said  I 
would  -^pour  out  my  wrath  upon 
them,  to  accomplish  my  anger 
against  them  in  the  midst  of  the 
land  of  Egypt.  9  But  I  wrought 
'  for  my  name's  sake,  that  it  should 
''  not  be  profaned  in  the  sight  of  the 
nations,  among  which  they  were, 
'in  whose  sight  1  made  myself 
known  unto  them,  in  bringing 
them  forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 
10  So  I  caused  them  to  go  forth 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and 
brought  them  into  the  *  wilderness. 
1 1  And  I  gave  them  my  '  statutes, 
and  "showed  them  mine  ordinances, 
™  which  if  a  man  do,  he  shall  live 
® in  them.  12  Moreover  also  I  gave 
them  my  sabbaths,  to  be  a  "sign 
between  me  and  them,  that  they 
might  know  that  "I  am  Jehovan 
that  sanctifieth  them.  13  But  the 
house  of  Israel  "rebelled  against  me 
in  the  wilderness :  they  ^  walked 
not  in  my  statutes,  and  they  re- 
jected mine  ordinances, « which  if  a 
man  keep,  he  shall  live  ®in  them ; 
and  my  ''sabbaths  they  greatly 
profaned.  Then  I  said  I  would 
'  pour  out  my  wrath  upon  them  in 
the  wilderness,  to  consume  them. 
14  But  I  wrought  'for  my  name's 
sake,  that  it  should  not  be  profaned 
in  the  sight  of  the  nations,  in  whose 
sight  I  brougiit  them  out.  15 
Moreover  also  "  I  ^  sware  unto  them 
in  the  wilderness,  that  I  would  not 
bring  them  into  the  land  which  I 
had  given  them,  flowing  with  milk 
and  honey,  which  is  the  glory  of  all 
lands  ;  1 6  because  they  "  rejected 
mine  ordinances,  and  walked  not 
in  my  statutes,  and  profaned  my 
sabbaths:  for  their  ^ heart  went 
after  their  idols.  1 7  Nevertheless 
mine* eye  spared  them,  and  I  de- 
stroyed them  not,  neither  did  I 
make  a  ^full  end  of  them  in  the 
wilderness. 

95.  11 ;  Heb.  3.  11, 18  "  ver.  13  '  ver.  8 ;  ch,  11. 
21 ;  14.  3-7  y  ch.  8.  18 ;  9.  10 ;  Num.  14.  20  '  ch. 
U.  13 ,  Jer.  4.  27 ;  5. 18 


7  Heb.  made  them  to  know.  ^  Or,  by 

9  Or,  /,  Jehovah,  do  sanctify  them 


20.18 


EZEKIEL 


20.39 


JeboTah's  Wratb  denouiired  agaiust  Israel's  Idolatries 


18  And  I  said  unto  their  "chil- 
dren in  the  wilderness,  ''  VValk  ye 
not  in  the  statutes  of  j'our  fathers, 
neither  observe  their  ordinances, 
nor  "^defile  yourselves  with  their 
idols.  1 9  "^l  am  Jehovah  your  CJod : 
'walk  in  my  statutes,  and  keep 
mine  ordinances,  and  do  them ;  2U 
and  -^hallow  ray  sabbaths;  and 
they  shall  be  a  sign  between  me 
and  you,  that  ye  may  know  tliat  I 
am  Jehovah  your  God.  2 1  But  the 
'children  ''rebelled  against  me; 
they  'walked  not  in  my  statutes, 
neither  kei)t  mine  ordinances  to  do 
them,  which  if  a  man  do,  he  shall 
live  '  in  them ;  they  profaned  my 
sabbaths.  Then  I  said  I  would 
*pour  out  my  wrath  upon  them,  to 
accomplish  my  anger  against  them 
in  the  wilderness.  22  Neverthe- 
less 1  'withdrew  my  hand,  and 
wrought  '"for  my  name's  sake,  that 
it  should  not  oe  i^rofaned  in  the 
sight  of  the  nations,  in  "whose 
sight  I  brought  them  forth.  23 
Moreover  1  '-"sware  unto  them  in 
the  wilderness,  that  I  would  ^scat- 
ter them  among  the  nations,  and 
disperse  them  through  the  coun- 
tries; 24  because  they  had  ''not 
executed  mine  ordinances,  but  had 
rejected  my  statutes,  and  had  pro- 
faned my  sabbaths,  and  their  eyes 
were  after  their  fathers'  idols.  25 
Moreover  also  I  gave  them  statutes 
that  were  ""not  good,  and  ordi- 
nances ^wherein  they  should  not 
live;  26  and  I  'polluted  them  in 
their  own  gifts,  in  that  they 
■"caused  to  pass  through  the  fire  all 
that  openeth  the  womb,  that  1 
might  make  them  desolate,  to  the 
end  that  they  might  "  know  that  I 
am  Jehovah. 

27  Therefore,  son  of  man,  "speak 
unto  the  house  of  Israel,  and  say 
unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah:  In  this  moreover  have 
your  fathers  ^  blasphemed  me,  in 
that  they  have  ''committed  a  tres- 

gass  against  me.  28  For  when  I 
ad  *  brought  them  into  the  land, 
which  I  -"sware  to  give  unto  them, 
then  they  *.sa\y  every  ''high  hill, 
and  every  thick  tree,  and  they 
offered  there  their  sacrifices,  and 
there  they  presented  the  provoca- 
tion of  tneir  offering;  there  also 
they  made  their  ''sweet  savor,  and 
they  poured  out  there  their  drink- 

t  Or,  hy  2  Heb.  lifted  up  my  hand. 

S  Or,  uherebu 

*  Or,  .tet  apart  all    See  Ex.  13.  12. 
»  Or,  looked  out  for 


"  Num.  14. 

il ;  Dt.  4, 

3-6 
'>  Zech.  1.  ■» 
■^  ver.  7 
<'  Ex.  (i  7 

ai.  2 
•  ver.  13,  IB 
/  ver.  12 
"  Num.  21. 

5 ;  2,i.  1-3 
''  ver.  8,  13 
'  ver.  13,  16 
*•  ver.  8,  13 
'  ver.  17 , 

Job  13  21; 

Ps.  78.  38 
'"  ver.  y,  14  ; 

Is.  48.  y- 

11 ;  Jer.  14. 

7,  21 
"  ver.  9,  14 
"  ver.  6.  15 
''  Lev.  26. 

33 ;  I)t.  4, 

27 ;  28.  64 
9  ver.  13,  16 
"■Ps.  81.  12, 

Is.  66.  4 ; 

Rom.  1. 

21-25,  28 
'  ver.  30; 

Lev.  18. 

21 ;  20.  2- 

5;  Is.  63. 

17;  Rom. 

11.  8 
'Jer.  7.  31, 

ly.  4-y 
"  ver.  12,  20 ; 

ch.  6.  7 
"  ch.  2.  7  ;  3. 

4.  11,  27 
"  Num.  15. 

30;  Rom. 

2.24 
-v  ch.  IS.  24  ; 

3y.  23,  26 
-  Josh.  23.  3, 

14 ,  Neh. 

9.  22-26 ; 

Ps.  78.  65 
"  ver.  6 
t>ch.  6.  13; 

1  K.  14.  23  ; 

Ps.  78.  58 ; 

Is.  57.  5-7; 

Jer.  2.  7 ; 

3.  6 
'  ch.  16.  19 


dch.  16.  16; 

43.7 
'  ver.  43 
/Judg.  2. 

19 ;  Jer.  7. 

26 ;  16.  12 
»  ver.  26 ; 

ch.  16.20; 

Ps.  106.  37- 

39 ;  Jer.  7. 

31 
'•  ver.  3 ;  ch. 

14.  3;2K. 

3.  13, 14 ; 

Jer.  14.  12 ; 

Zech.  7. 13 
'Cli.  16.  16 
*■■  Jer.  2.  25  , 

44.  17 
'  ch.  16.  27  ; 

2V  7,  13, 

16 ;  Jer. 

21.5 
"•  Jer.  51.  57 
"  ver.  38 : 

ch.  34  16 : 

18.27  12.13 
o  Jer.  42.  13  ; 

44.6; 

Lam  2.4 
P  ver.  36 : 

ch. 19  13; 

Hos.  2  14 
«  ver.  13,  21  ; 

817 


offerings.  29  Tlien  I  .said  unto 
tliem,  VVliat  meaneth  the  "^high 
place  "whereunto  ye  gol  So  the 
name  thereof  is  called  "iJamah  unto 
this  (lay.  30  Wherefore  say  unto 
the  house  of  Israel,  Thu.s  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah:  l)o  ye  'pollute 
yourselves  after  the  manner  of 
your  -'fathers'?  and  play  ye  the 
harlot    after    their   abominations'! 

31  and  when  ye  offer  your  gifts, 
when  ye  make  your  sons  to  "pass 
through  the  fire,  do  ye  pollute 
yourselves  with  all  your  idols  unto 
this  day  ?  and  shall  I  ''be  inquired 
of  by  you,  O  house  of  Israel  i  As  I 
live,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah,  I  will 
not  be  inquired  of  b,v  you ;  32  and 
that  which  Cometh  into  your  mind 
shall  'not  be  at  all,  in  that  ye  .say, 
We  will  be  as  the  nations,  as  the 
families  of  the  countries,  to*  serve 
wood  and  stone. 

33  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah,  surely  with  a  mighty 
'hand,  and  with  an  outstretched 
arm,  and  with  wrath  poured  out. 
will  I  be  '"king  over  you.  3-i  And 
1  wdll  "bring  you  out  from  the 
peoples,  and  will  gather  you  out 
of  the  countries  wherein  ye  are 
scattered,  with  a  mighty  hand, 
and  with  an  outstretched  arrn,  and 
with  "wrath  poured  out;  35  and 
I  will  bring  you  into  the  -p  wilder- 
ness of  the  peoples,  and  there 
will  I  enter  into  judgment  with 
you  face  to  face  36  Like  as  I 
''entered  into  judgment  with  your 
fathers  in  the  ''wilderness  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  so  will  I  enter  into 
judgment  -svith  you,  .saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah.  37  And  I  will 
cause  you  to  '•i)ass  under  the  rod, 
and  I  will  'bring  you  into  the 
bond  of  the  covenant ;  38  and  I 
will  "purge  out  from  among  you 
the  reoels,  and  them  that  trans- 
gress against  me;  I  will  bring 
them  forth  out  of  the  land  where 
they  sojourn,  but  they  .shall  "not 
enter  into  the  land  of  Israel .  and 
ye  shall  know  that  I  am  Jehovah. 
39  As  for  you,  U  house  of  Israel, 
thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah; /Uo 
ye,  serve  every  one  his  idoLs,  "and 

Num.  11.  l-ri :  Ps.  106.  15  ;  1  Cor.  10.  ,V10        '  Dt. 

32  10  *  Lev.  27.  32  ;  Jer.  33  13  '  ch  16.  60.  62  , 
Lev.  26  25  ;  Ps.  8!V  30-32  "  ch.  34  17-22  ;  Am  9. 
9,  10 ;  Zech.  13  8.9;  Mai.  .1.  3  ;  4.  1-3  "  ver  15, 
16:  ch.  13.  9 ;  Num.  14.  29,  30 ,  Pa.  95. 11 .  Heb  4  3 
'  Jer.  44.  25,  26 

6  Or,  xchereunto  yrgn,  and  the  name  xiherfof 
.  .  .  day  I  '  That  is,  Hiiih  jJarf. 

8  Or,?"//  hereafter  surely  ye  stintl  hearlen  unto 
me  and  Sec. 


20.40 


EZEKIEL 


21.13 


bra«r$  Fotore  Restoration.     Prophecy  against  the  Forest  of  the  South.     Jehovah's  Sharpened  Sword  wielded  against  Israel 


hereafter  also,  if  ye  will  not 
hearken  unto  me ;  but  my  holy 
name  shall  ye  no  more  "profane 
with  your  gifts,  and  with  your 
idols. 

40  For  in  my  holy  *  mountain, 
in  the  mountain  of  the  height  or 
Israel,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah, 
there  shall  all  the  house  of  Israel, 
"  all  of  them,  serve  me  in  the  land  : 
there  will  I  "*  accept  them,  and 
there  will  I  require  your  offer- 
ings, and  the  ^first-fruits  of  your 
^oblations,  with  all  your  holy 
things.  41  *As  a  *  sweet  savor 
will  1  accept  you,  when  I  •''bring 
you  out  from  the  peoples,  and 
gather  you  out  of  the  countries 
wherein  ye  have  been  scattered ; 
and  I  will  be  ^sanctified  in  you 
in  the  sight  of  the  nations.  42 
And  ye  shall  *know  that  I  am 
Jehovah,  when  I  shall  'bring  you 
into  the  land  of  Israel,  into  the 
*  country  which  I  ""sware  to  give 
unto  your  fathers.  43  And  there 
shall  ye  '  remember  your  ways, 
and  all  your  doings,  wherein  ye 
have  polluted  yourselves ;  and  ye 
shall  '"loathe  yourselves  in  your 
own  sight  for  all  your  evils  that 
ye  have  committed.  44  And  ye 
shall  "know  that  I  am  Jehovah, 
when  I  have  dealt  with  you  "for 
my  name's  sake,  ^  not  according  to 
your  evil  ways,  nor  according  to 
your  corrupt  doings,  O  ye  house 
of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

*45  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  me,  saying,  46  Son  of 
man,  «set  thy  face  toward  the 
•"south,  and  'drop  thy  word  toward 
the  south,  and  prophesy  against 
the  'forest  of  the  field  in  the 
South ;  47  and  say  to  the  forest 
of  the  South,  Hear  the  word  of 
Jehovah :  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah,  Behold,  I  will  "kindle 
a  fire  in  thee,  and  it  shall  devour 
every  "green  tree  in  thee,  and 
every  dry  tree :  the  flaming  flame 
shall  not  be  quenched,  and  ""all 
faces  from  the  south  to  the  north 
shall  be  burnt  thereby.  48  And 
all  flesh  shall  see  that  I,  Jehovah, 
have  kindled  it;   it  shall  2' not  be 

Suenched.      49    Then  said  I,  Ah 
lOrd  Jehovah !  they  say  of  me,  Is 
he  not  a  speaker  of  '■  parables  1 
*0'|       And    the  word  of  Jeho- 
^  JL  vah  came  unto  me,  saying, 
2    Son    of    man,    "set    thy    face 

*  Or,  chtef  3  Or,  Wilh 

>  Or,  trwuU        *  Heb.  lifted  up  my  hand. 


«  ch.  23.  38, 

39  ;  43.  7 ; 

Is.  1.  13-15 
i>  ch.  17.  23  ; 

40.  2 ;  43. 

12;  Mic.  4. 

1,2 
"  ch.  37.  22, 

24 ;  Is.  66. 

23 
d  ch.  43.  12, 

27 ;  Is.  56. 

7 ;  60.  7 
« ver.  28 
/ch.  11.17; 

28.  25  ;  Is. 

27.  12, 13 
»  ch.  28.  25 ; 

36.  23 ;  Is. 

5.  16 

ft  ver.  38,  44 
■  ch.  34.  13, 

27  ,  37.  21 
*  ver.  6, 15 
'  ch.  6.  9  ; 

16.  61,  63 ; 

Hob.  5.  15 
*"  ch.  36.  31 ; 

Jer.  31.  18 ; 

Zech.  12. 10 
"  ver.  38 
"  ver.  9, 14, 

22 
P  ch.  36.  22, 

32 
9  ch.  4.  7 ; 

6.  2 

'•  ch.  21.  4 ; 

Jer.  13.  19 
«ch.  21.  2; 

Am.  7.  16; 

Mic.  2.  6 

(tnarg.) 
<  Is.  30.  6-11 
"  Is.  9.  18, 

19 ;  Jer.  21. 

14 
"  ch.  17.  24 
"  Is.  13.  8 
J'Jer.  7.  20; 

17.27 
^ch.  17.  2; 

Mt.  13.  13, 

14  ;  Jn.  16. 

25 
"ch.  20.  46; 

25.  2 ;  28.  21 
•[Ch.  21.  1 

iu  Heb.] 


6  ch.  20.  46  ; 

Job  29.  22 
"  ch.  4  7  ; 

Jer.  26.  11, 

12 
d  ch.  5.  8 ; 

Jer.  21.  13; 

Nah.  2.  13 ; 

3  5 

0  ver.  9-11, 
19 ;  Jer. 
47.  6,  7 

/Is.  57.  1 
9  ch.  3.  18, 

19 
''  ch.  7.  2 ; 

20.  47  ; 

Jer.  12.  12 
•  ch.  2U.  48 , 

Num.  14. 

21-23 
k  ver.  30 ; 

IS.  3  12; 

Jer.  23.  20 ; 

Nah.  1.  9 

1  ver,  12 ; 
ch.  9.  4  ; 
Is.  22.  4 ; 
Jer.  30.  6 

*[Ch.  21.  6 
in  Heb.] 

"'  ch.  7.  26 

"  Is.  13.  7  ; 
Nah.  2.  10 

0  ch.  7.  17  ; 

818 


toward  Jerusalem,  and  *drop  thy 
word  toward  the  sanctuaries,  and 
prophesy  against  the  'land  of 
Israel ;  3  and  say  to  the  land  of 
Israel,  Thus  saith  Jehovah :  Be- 
hold, ■*  I  am  against  thee,  and  will 
draw  forth  my  'sword  out  of  its 
sheath,  and  will  cut  off  from  thee 
the  •''righteous  and  the  ^wicked. 
4  Seeing  then  that  I  will  cut  off 
from  thee  the  righteous  and  the 
wicked,  therefore  shall  my  sword 
go  forth  out  of  its  sheath  against 
''all  flesh  from  the  south  to  the 
north  :  5  and  'all  flesh  shall  know 
that  I,  Jehovah,  have  drawn  forth 
my  sword  out  of  its  sheath ;  it 
shall  *not  return  any  more.  6 
'  Sigh  therefore,  thou  son  of  man ; 
with  the  breaking  of  thy  loins  and 
with  bitterness  shalt  thou  sigh  be- 
fore their  eyes.  7  And  it  shall  be, 
when  they  say  unto  thee.  Where- 
fore sighest  thou  1  that  thou  shalt 
say,  Because  of  the  ™  tidings,  for  it 
Cometh ;  and  "  every  heart  shall 
melt,  and  all  "hands  shall  be 
feeble,  and  every  spirit  shall 
^  faint,  and  all  knees  shall  be 
weak  as  water :  behold,  it  com- 
eth,  and  it  shall  be  done,  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah. 

8  And  the  word  of  Jehovah  came 
unto  me,  saying,  9   Son  of  man, 

Erophesy,  and  say.  Thus  saith  Je- 
ovah  :  Say,  A  ^  sword,  a  sword,  it 
is  sharpened,  and  also  furbished ; 

10  it  is  sharpened  that  it  may 
make  a  *  slaughter  ;  it  is  furbished 
that  it  may  be  ''as  lightning  :  shall 
we  then  make  mirth?  ®the  rod  of 
my  son,  it  "contemneth  every  tree. 

1 1  And  it  is  given  to  be  furbished, 
that  it  may  be  handled  :  the  sword, 
it  is  sharpened,  yea,  it  is  furbished, 
to  give  it  into  the  '  hand  of  the 
slayer.  12"  Cry  and  wail,  son  of 
man ;  for  it  is  upon  my  people,  it 
is  upon  all  the  "princes  of  Israel : 
^they  are  delivered  over  to  the 
sword  with  my  people ;  "  smite 
therefore  upon  thy  thigh.  13  For 
there  is  a  trial ;  and  *  what  if  even 
the  ^  rod  that  contemneth  shall  be 
no  more  1  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

22. 14 :  Jer.  so.  43  P  ver.  19,  28:  ch.  5. 1, 12  'Is. 
34.  5,  6  '■  ver.  15  *  ch.  20.  47  ;  Ps.  110.  5,  6  '  ver. 
15.  19  "  ver.  6  ;  Joel  1.  13  "  ver.  25  ;  ch.  22.  6 
*  ver.  14 ;  ch.  6.  11 ;  Jer.  31. 19  »  ver.  10 


6  Or,  be  dim 

6  Or,  it  contemneth  the  rod  of  my  son,  as  every 

1  Or,  terrors  by  reason  of  the  sword  are  upon 
my  people 

8  Or,  what  if  the  sword  contemn  even  the  rod  f 
it  shall  be  no  more  &c. 


21.14 


EZEKIEL 


22.4 


Babylon  God's  logtrnment  against  Jaduh  and  Ammon.    Th«  Kins  of  Jera!<aleni  de«nibed 


14  Thou  therefore,  son  of  man, 
prophesy,  and  "smite  thy  hands 
together;  and  let  the  sword  be 
'doubled  the  third  time,  the  sword 
of  the  "deadly  wounded  :  it  is  the 
sword  of  the  great  one  that  is 
deadly  wounded,  which  '''enter- 
feth  into  their  chambers.  15  I 
have  set  the  -  threatening  sword 
against  all  their  "gates,  that  their 
■''neart  may  melt,  and  their  ^stum- 
blings be  multiplied :  ah !  it  is 
made  "as  lightning,  it  is  pointed 
for  slaughter.  1(3  Hiather  thee 
together,  go  to  the  right,  set  tliy- 
self  in  array,  go  to  the  left, 
*  whithersoever  thy  face  is  set.  17 
I  will  also  'smite  my  hands  to- 
gether, and  I  will  *  cause  my  wrath 
to  rest :  I,  Jehovah,  have  spoken 
it. 

18  The  word  of  .Jehovah  came 
unto  me  again,  saying,  19  Also, 
thou  son  of  man,  *  appoint  thee 
two  ways,  that  "the  sword  of  the 
king  of  Babylon  may  come ;  they 
twain  shall  come  forth  out  of  one 
land  :  and  mark  out  a ''place,  mark 
it  out  at  the  head  of  the  way  to  the 
city.  20  Thou  shalt  appoint  a  way 
for  the  sw;ord  to  come  to  "  Kabbah 
of  the  children  of  Ammon,  and  to 
Judah  in  .Jerusalem  the  "  fortified. 
21  For  the  king  of  Babylon  stood 
at  the  parting  of  the  way,  at  the 
head  of  the  two  ways,  to  use  ^  divi- 
nation :  he  *  shook  the  arrows  to 
and  fro,   he  consulted    the  ''tera- 

fhirn,  he  looked  in  the  liver.  22 
n  his  right  hand  was  the  divina- 
tion for  Jerusalem,  '  to  set  batter- 
ing rams,  to  open  the  mouth  *'in 
the  slaughter,  to  lift  up  the  voice 
with  shouting,  '  to  set  battering 
rams  against  the  gates,  to  cast  up 
mounds,  to  build  forts.  23  And 
it  shall  be  unto  them  as  a  false 
divination  in  their  .sight,  "who 
have  sworn  oaths  unto  them ;  but 
he  bringeth  iniquity  to  'remem- 
brance, that  they  may  be  taken. 

24  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah  :  Because  ye  have  made 
your  iniquity  to  be  remembered, 
in  that  your  transgressions  are  un 
covered,  so  that  in  all  your  doings 
your  sins  do  appear  ;  because  that 
ye  are  come  to  remembrance,  ye 
shall  be  •"  taken  with  the  hand 
25  And  thou,  O  *  deadly  wounded 
wicked   one,  the  prince  of  Israel, 

1  Or,  rompassPlh  them  nhotit 

2  Or  glitlerinq       ^  Ueh.  Make  thyself  one. 
*  Or.  tchilhfr  is  thy  f nee  set  f 
iBeb.hand.  «  Or. /or 


"  ver.  17  , 
<h  ti.  11  ; 

Num.  24.10 
*  Lev  2ii.  21, 

24  ;  2  K 

24.1,10-16, 

2.J.  1 
"  ver.  25 , 

oh.  30.  24 
''  1  K.  22.  25 
""  ver.  lU , 

.ler.  17.  27 
/  ver.  7  ; 

Josli  2. 

U  ;  2  S.  17. 

10;  I's.  22. 

14 
»Is.  .W.  10; 

.ler.  la.  16 ; 

18  V> 
I'  ver  10 
'  ver.  14 ; 

ch.  22.  13 
«;  ch.  5.  13 
'  ch.  4.  1-3  ; 

Jer.  1.  10 
"'  ver.  15 
"  ch.  25.  5  ; 

Dt.  3.  11; 

Jer.  49.  2 ; 

Am  1.  14 
"  Ps.  48.  12, 

13  ;  12.V  1,  2 
P  Num.  22. 

7  ;  23.  23 
«  Prov.  16. 

33  ,  21  I 
»■  Gen.  31  19, 

30;  Judg. 

17.  5 
'ch.  4  2 
'  ch.  26.  9 
"  ch.  17.  16, 

18 
"  ver.  24 ; 

ch.  2!).  16 ; 

Num.5.  15 
'  ch.  17.  20 
"  ver.  14,  29 


'  ch.  7.  2,  3, 

7 ;  Pe.  37. 

13 
"  ch.  35.  5 
l>ch.  16.  12; 

Jer.  13.  13 
'  ch.  17.  24  ; 

Ps.  75.  7 
•'  Hag.  2.  21, 

22 
« ver.  26 
/  ch.  34.  24  ; 

37.  24  ;  Ps. 

2.  6  ;  72.  7, 

10;  Jer 

23.  5,  6 
'■•  ver.  20 ; 

ch.  25.  2, 

3 ;  Jer.  49. 

1-5;  Am. 

1   13-15 
^  ch.  36.  15  i 

Zeph.  2. 

8-10 
•  ver  9, 10 
*I8.  31.8; 

Jer.  12  12 ; 

46.  10.  14 
'cli.  13.6-9; 

22.  23 .  Jer. 

27  9 
"■  ver  25 
"  ver  25 , 

ch  35.  5 
0  Jer.  47.  6, 7 
'•  ch.  25.  5 
«rh.  14.  19; 

2-5  7 ;  Nah. 

1.6 
••  ch.  22.  20, 

21 ;  Ps.  18. 

15  ;  Ir.  30. 

33;  Hag. 

1.9 

819 


whose  'day  is  come,  in  the  "time 
of  the  "iniquity  of  the  end,  26 
thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah : 
'*  Bemove  the  mitre,  and  take  off 
the  *■  crown  ;  this  s/uill  he  "no  more 
the  same ;  "  exalt  that  which  is 
low,  and  abase  that  which  is  high. 
27  '"1  will  ''overturn,  overturn, 
overturn  it :  this  also  shall  be  'no 
more,  until  he  come  whose  ■'right 
it  is  ;  and  1  will  give  it  him. 

28  And  thou,  son  of  man,  proph- 
esy, and  say,  Ihus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah  concerning  the  children 
of  ^  Ammon,  and  concerning  their 

*  reproach;  and  say  thou,  A 
'sword,  a  sword  is  drawn,  for  the 
slaughter  it  is  furbished,  "to  cause 
it  to  *  devour,  that  it  may  be  as 
lightning  ;  29  while  they  see  for 
thee  'false  visions,  while  they 
divine  lies  unto  thee,  to  lay  thee 
upon  the  necks  of  the  wicked 
that  are  "*  deadly  wounded,  whose 
day  is  come  in  the  "time  of  the 
[iniquity  of  the  end.  30  Cause 
it  to  "  return  into  its  sheath.  In 
the  ''place  where  thou  wast  created, 
in  the  land  of  ''^  thy  birth,  will  1 
judge  thee.  31  And  I  will  ''pour 
out  mine  indignation  upon  tnee; 
I  will  ''blow  upon  thee  with  the 
fire  of  my  wrath  ;  and  I  will  deliver 
thee  into  the  hand  of  brutish  men, 
''skilful  to  destroy.  32  Thou  shalt 
be  ffir  'fuel  to  the  fire  ;  thy  blood 
shall  be  in  the  midst  of  the  land  ; 
thou  shalt  be  "  no  more  remem- 
bered: for  I,  Jehovah,  have  spoken 
it. 

iy  O  Moreover  the  word  of  Je- 
^  ^  hovah  came  unto  me,  say- 
ing, 2  And  thou,  son  of  man,  wilt 
thou  "judge,  wilt  thou  judge  the 
'  bloody  city  %  '^  then  *  cause  her  to 
know  all  her  abominations.  3  And 
thou  shalt  siiy.  Thus  .saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah  :  A  (;ity  tliat  *' .shed- 
doth  blood  in  the  midst  of  her,  that 
her  time  ma.V  come,  and  that  mak- 
eth  idols  against  herself  to  defile 
her!  4  Thou  art  become  "guilty 
in  thy  blood  that  thou  hast  shea, 
and  art  defiled  in  thine  idols  which 
thou    hast  made ;    and   thou   hast 

•  Jer  4.  7  ,  6.  22,  23,  51.  20.  21 ;  Hnb.  1.  6-10  '  ch. 
20  4t,  48;  Mal.4  1  "  ch.  2.5.  10  '  ch.  20.  4  ;  23.  3« 
^  ch.  9.  9 ,  24.  6-9  ;  Hos.  4.  2  ;  Nah.  3  1  "  ch.  16. 
2 ;  20.  4  '  ver.  6,  27  ;  ch.  23.  37,  45  ;  Zeph.  S.  J 
«ch.  24.  7,  8;  2K.  21.  16 


'  Or.  punishment     •  Or,  /  mJl  remove  Jtc. 
»  Heb.  not  this. 

' "  Heb.    An  ovrrthrmc,  overthroir,  overthrow, 
trill  I  make  it.  "  Or,  tn  the  uttermost 

1'  Or.  thine  origin    »  Or,  and 


22.5 


EZEKIEL 


22.29 


The  Sins  of  Jerasalem  described.    They  shall  be  panlshed.    Faithless  Prophets,  Priests,  and  Princes  denonnced 


caused  thy  "days  to  draw  near, 
and  art  come  even  unto  thy  years  : 
therefore  have  I  made  thee  a  *  re- 
proach unto  the  nations,  and  a 
mocking  to  all  the  countries.  5 
Those  that  are  near,  and  those  that 
are  far  from  thee,  shall  mock  thee, 
thou  '  infamous  one  and  full  of 
"  tumult. 

6  Behold,  the  "*  princes  of  Israel, 
every  one  according  to  his  '^  power, 
have  been  in  thee  to  "shed  blood. 
7  In  thee  have  they  f  set  light  by 
father  and  mother ;  in  the  midst 
of  thee  have  they  dealt  by  ^op- 
pression with  the  sojourner ;  in 
thee  have  they  wronged  the  *  fa- 
therless and  the  widow.  8  Thou 
hast  despised  mv  ^holy  things, 
and  hast  profaned  my  *  sabbaths. 
9  Slanderous  men  have  been  in 
thee  to  '  shed  blood  ;  and  in  thee 
they  have  ™  eaten  upon  the  moun- 
tains :  in  the  midst  of  thee  they 
have  "committed  lewdness.  10  In 
thee  have  they  "uncovered  their 
fathers'  nakedness  ;  in  thee  have 
they  humbled  her  that  was  ^un- 
clean in  her  impurity.  11  And 
one  hath  committed  abomination 
with  his  *  neighbor's  wife  ;  and 
another  hath  lewdly  defiled  his 
*■  daughter-in-law  ;  and  another  in 
thee  hath  'humbled  his  sister, 
his  father's  daughter.  12  In  thee 
have  they  'taken  bribes  to  shed 
blood  ;  thou  hast  taken  "  interest 
and  increase,  and  thou  hast  greed- 
ily gained  of  thy  neighbors  by 
"oppression,  and  hast  "^ forgotten 
me,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

13  Behold,  therefore,  I  have 
"smitten  my  hand  at  thy  ^dis- 
honest gain  which  thou  hast  made, 
and  at  thy  "blood  which  hath  been 
in  the  midst  of  thee.  14  Can  thy 
heart  endure,  or  can  thy  *  hands  be 
strong,  in  the  days  that  I  shall 
deal  with  thee  1  "  I,  Jehovah,  have 
spoken  it,  and  will  do  it.  15  And 
I  will  ''scatter  thee  among  the 
nations,  and  disperse  thee  through 
the  countries  ;  and  I  will  *  consume 
thy  filthiness  out  of  thee.  16  And 
■^  thou  shalt  be  profaned  in  thyself, 
in  the  sight  of  the  nations ;  and 
thou  shalt  ^know  that  I  am  Jeho- 
vah. 

17  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  me,  saying,  18  Son  of 
man,  the  house  of  Israel  is  become 
''dross  unto  me :  all  of  them  ai^e 
•  brass  and  tin  and  iron  and  lead, 

1  Heb.  defiled  of  name.         8  Heb.  arm. 


"  ch.  7.  2,  3, 

7;  21.  25 
>>  ch.  5.  14, 

\h ;  16.  57  ; 

Ps.  44.  la, 

14 
<=  Is.  22.  2 
d  ver.  27  ; 

Is.  1.  23 
'  ver.  3, 13 
/Lev.  20.  9; 

Dt.  27.  16 
»  Ex.  23.  9  ; 

Jer.  7.  6  ; 

Zech.  7. 10 
ft  ver.  25 ; 

Ex.  22.  22 ; 

Mai.  3.  5 
'  ver.  26 

*  ch.  20.  13, 
21,  24 ;  23. 
38,  39 

'  ver.  2,  3,  6, 

13 
"'  ch.  18.  6, 

11,15 
"ch.  23.  29; 

Hos.  4.  2, 

10,14 
"  Lev.  18.  8 
P  ch.  18.  6 ; 

Lev.  18.  19 
«  ch.  18. 11 ; 

33.  2G 
>■  Lev.  18. 15 

*  2  S.  13.  14 

«  Dt.  27.  25  ; 

Mic.  7.  2,  3 

"  Lev.  25.  36 

"  Lev.  19.  13 

*  ch.  23.  35 ; 
Ps.  106.  21 

Vch.  21.  14, 

17 
*Is.  33.  15; 

Am.  2. 

6-8 ;  Mic. 

2.  2 
"  ver.  3 
6  ch.  7.  17  ; 

21.  7 ;  Is. 

45.9 
•=  ch.  24.  14 
rfch.  20.  23; 

Dt.  4.  27 ; 

Neh.  1.  8; 

Zech.  7. 14 
«  ch.  23.  27, 

43 
'  ver.  i 
'  oh.  6. 7; 

f  s.  83.  18 
"  fs.  119. 

119;  Is.  1. 

22;  Lam. 

4.  1 
i  Jer.  6. 

28-30 


J--  Prov.  17. 

3  ;  Is.  48. 10 
'  Is.  1.  25 
'"  ver.  21 
"  Mai.  3.  2 
0  Ps.  68.  2 
P  ch.  21.  7 
9  ch.  20.  8, 

33;  Hos. 

5.10 
»■  ch.  24.  13 ; 

2  Chr.  28. 
22;  Is.  9. 
13;  Jer.  2. 
30;  Zeph. 

3  2 

*  ver.  14,  31 
'  Jer.  11.  9  ; 

Hos.  6.  9 
"  Ps.  10.  9 ; 

17.12;  22. 

13 
"  ch.  34.  2-4  ; 

Is.  56.  11 ; 

Hos.  6.  9 , 

Mic.  3.  5 

820 


in  the  midst  of  the  *  furnace  ;  they 
are  the  dross  of  silver.  19  There- 
fore thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  : 
Because  j^e  are  all  become  dross, 
therefore,  behold,  I  will  gather  you 
into  the  midst  of  Jerusalem.  20 
As  they  gather  silver  and  brass 
and  iron  and  lead  and  tin  into  the 
mids^t  of  the  '  furnace,  to  ""  blow 
the  fire  upon  it,  to  melt  it ;  so  will 
I  "gather  you  in  mine  anger  and 
in  my  wrath,  and  I  will  lay  you 
there,  and  melt  you.  21  Yea,  I 
will  gather  you,  and  blow  upon 
you  with  the  fire  of  my  wrath,  and 
ye  shall  be  "melted  in  the  midst 
thereof.  22  As  silver  is  melted  in 
the  midst  of  the  furnace,  so  shall 
ye  be  ^  melted  in  the  midst  thereof ; 
and  ye  shall  know  that  I,  Jehovah, 
have  *  poured  out  my  wrath  upon 
you. 

23  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  me,  saying,  24  Son  of 
man,  say  unto  her.  Thou  art  a  land 
that  is  ""not  cleansed,  nor  rained 
upon  in  the  day  of  'indignation. 
25  There  is  a  '  conspiracy  of  her 
prophets  in  the  midst  thereof,  like 
a  roaring  "  lion  "  ravening  the  prey  : 
they  have  ''devoured  souls;  they 
take  treasure  and  precious  things  ; 
they  have  made  her  "  widows  many 
in  the  midst  thereof.  26  Her 
^priests  have  done  violence  to  my 
law,  and  have  "profaned  my  holy 
things  :  they  have  made  no  ''dis- 
tinction between  the  holy  and  the 
common,  neither  have  they  caused 
men  to  discern  between  the  ''un- 
clean and  the  clean,  and  have  hid 
their  eyes  from  my  '^  sabbaths,  and 
*I  am  profaned  among  them.  27 
Her  ■'^  princes  invthe  midst  thereof 
are  like  wolves  ravening  the  prey, 
to  "shed  blood,  and  to  destroy 
souls,  that  they  may  get 'dishonest 
gain.  28  And  her  prophets  have 
*  daubed  for  them  with  ^untem- 
pered  Tnortar,  seeing  '  false  visions, 
and  divining  lies  unto  them,  say- 
ing. Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah, 
when  Jehovah  hath  not  spoken. 
29  The  people  of  the  land  have 
used  '"oppression,  and  exercised 
robbery ;  yea,  they  have  vexed 
the  poor  and  needy,  and  have  "  op- 

^  ver.  27  ,  ch.  13.  19  ;  .Ter.  2.  34  v  ver  7  .  Jer.  15.  8 
^  ch.  7  26  :  Jer.  2.  8,  26  "  ver.  8  ,  1  S.  2.  12-17,  22 
b  ch.  44.  23 ;  Lev.  10.  10     "  Hag;.  2.  11-14     d  ch.  20. 

12,  13  «  ch.  36.  20  /  ver.  6 ,  ch.  19.  3-6 ,  Is.  1.  23 ; 
Zeph.  3.  3    ■"  ver.  2,  3,  6    h  ver.  25     '  ver.  13    *  ch. 

13.  10-16  '  ch.  13.  6  ;  Jer.  23.  25-32  '"  ver.  7 ;  ch. 
9.  9 ;  Is.  5.  7 ;  Am.  3.  10    "  Ex.  23.  9 


*  Or,  whitewash 


22.30 


EZEKIEL 


23.24 


The  Lewdness  of  Oholah  and  Oholibab.    The  Ponishment  of  Oholuh  and  Oholiliah 


pressed  the  sojourner  wrongfully. 
30  And  I  "sout^ht  for  a  iiiaii  amoiit; 
them,  that  should  ''  build  up  the 
wall,  and  'stand  in  the  yap  befoiv 
me  for  the  land,  that  1  should  not 
destroy  it ;  but  i  found  none.  31 
Therefore  liave  I  poured  out  mine 
'indignation  upon  them  ;  I  have 
consumed  them  with  the  fire  of 
my  wrath  :  their  "  own  way  have 
J  Drought  upon  their  heads,  saith 
the  Lord  .Tehovah. 
O  O  The  word  of  Jehovah 
^  O  came  again  unto  me,  say- 
ing, 2  Son  of  man,  there  were  •'two 
women,  the  daughters  of  ^one 
mother :  3  and  they  ^  played  the 
harlot  in  Egypt ;  they  '  played  the 
harlot  in  their  youth ;  there  were 
their  breasts  pressed,  and  there 
was  handled  the  bosom  of  their 
virginity.  4  And  the  names  of 
them  were  Oholah  the  elder,  and 
Oholibah  her  sister  :  and  they  *  be- 
came mine,  and  they  bare  sons  and 
daughters.  And  as  for  their 
names,  '  Samaria  is  '  Oholah,  and 
Jerusalem  '-^"'Oholibah. 

5  And  "  Oholah  played  the  harlot 
when  she  was  mine  ;  and  she  doted 
on  her  lovers,  on  the  "Assyrians 
her  neighbors,  6  who  were  clothed 
with  blue,  ^governors  and  *  rulers, 
all  of  them  desirable  young  men, 
horsemen  riding  upon  horses.  7 
And  she  *  bestowed  ner  whoredoms 
upon  them,  the  choicest  men  of 
Assyria  all  of  them  ;  and  on  whom- 
soever she  doted,  with  all  their  idols 
she  'de tiled  herself.  8  Neither 
hath  she  left  her  whoredoms  ^' since 
the  days  of  Egypt ;  for  in  her  youth 
they  iay  with  her.  and  they  han- 
dled the  bosom  of  her  virginity ; 
and  they  'poured  out  their  whore- 
dom upon  ner.  9  \Mierefore  I  de- 
livered her  into  the  hand  of  her 
"  lovers,  into  the  hand  of  the  'Assyr- 
ians, upon  whom  she  doted.  10 
The.se  ^uncovered  her  nakedness; 
they  took  her  *  sons  and  her  daugh- 
ters ;  and  her  thej'  slew  with  the 
sword  :  and  she  became  a  *  -  byword 
among  women ;  for  they  executed 
judgments  upon  her. 

1 1  And  her  sister  "  Oholibah  saw 
this,  yet  was  she  *more  corrupt  in 
her  doting  than  she,  and  in  her 
whoredoms  which  were  rnore  than 
the  whoredoms  of  her  siater.  12 
She  doted    upon   the   "Assyrians, 

1  That  is,  Her  lent. 

2  That  is,  My  teni  is  in  her. 

3  Or,  deputies    See  .ler.  51.  23,  *c. 

*  Or,  brought/ro?/i  Egypt         *  Heb.  name. 


"  Ig.  69.  16 ; 
63.  5 ;  Jer. 

5.  1 

''  ch.  13.  5 
'  I's.  106.  23  ; 

Jer  1.1  1 
''  ver.  211; 

Is.  1(1.  5; 

13.  :> ;  3U.  27 
'  ch.  7.  3,  S, 

M;  9.  10; 

IK.  43  ; 

Rom.  2. 

8,9 
/ch.  16.44, 

46 
"  ch.  16.  3,  45 
'i  ver.  37  : 

ch.20.7,  8 
'  Jer.  3.  9 
«•■  ch.  16.  8 
'  ch.  16.  46 
"'  Ps.  76.  2 
"  1  K.  12. 

28-30 
"ch.  16.  28; 

2K.  15.19; 

16.  7;  17.  3; 

Hos.  5.  13  ; 

8.  9,  10 
''  ver.  12,  23 
«  ver.  30; 

ch.  16.  15 
"■  ch.  20.  7  ; 

22.  3,  4  ; 

Hos.  5.  3 ; 

6.  10 

'  ver.  3,  19 ; 
Ex.  3.'.  4  ; 

1  K.  12.28; 

2  ;C.  10.  29  ■ 
17.16 

'  ch.  16.  15 
"  ver.  22 ; 

ch.  16.  37 
"  2  K.  15.  29 ; 

18.  9-12; 

Hos.  11.  5 
»^  ver.  18,  29  ; 

ch.  16.  36, 

37 ;  Hos.  2. 

10 
y  ver.  47 
-■  ch.  16.  .57 
"  ver.  4 
0  ch.  16.  51 ; 

Jer.  3.  8-11 
"=ch.l6.  28; 

2  K.  16.  7- 

15 ;  2  Chr. 

28.  16-23 


<i  ver.  6,  23 

•  ver.  33 ; 
2  K.  17.  18, 
19 ;  Hos.  12. 

/ch.  8.  10 
■■'  ch.  16.  29 
''  Jer.  22.  14 
'  Is.  22.  21 
*:  ver.  20 ; 

Mt.  5.  28 
<  2  K.  24.  17 
"'  ver.  30 
"  ver.  28 ; 

ch.  16.  37 
"  ver.  10 : 

ch.  21.24; 

Jer.  8.  12 
P  Ps.  78.  59  ; 

106.  40; 

Jer.  12.  8 
q  v»r.  9 ; 

Am  5  21 
>■  ver.  14 ; 

Am.  4.  4 
'  ver.  3 
1  ch.  16.  26 ; 

17  15 
"  ver.  3 ; 

Jer.  3.  9 
"  ver.  9 ; 

ch.  16.  37 
'  ver  14-17 ; 

821 


''  governors  and  rulers,  her  neigh- 
bors, clothed  most  gorgeously, 
horsemen  riding  upon  hor.ses,  all 
of  them  desirable  young  men. 
13  And  1  .saw  that  she  was  defiled  ; 
they/ both  took  one  way.  14  And 
she  increased  her  whoredoms  ;  for 
she  saw  men  ■'ijortiayed  upon  the 
wall,  the  images  of  the  ^  Chaldeans 
portrayed  with  ''vermilion,  15 
girded  with  'girdles  uijon  their 
loins,  with  flowing  turbans  upon 
their  heads,  all  of  them  princes  to 
look  upon,  after  the  likeness  of  the 
Babylonians ''in  (Jhaldea,  the  land 
of  their  nativity.  1 6  And  '  as  soon 
as  she  saw  them  she  *  doted  upon 
them,  and  sent  messengers  unto 
them  into  Chaldea.  17  And  the 
'  Babylonians  came  to  her  into  the 
bed  of  love,  and  they  "'defiled  her 
with  their  whoredom,  and  she  was 
polluted  with  them,  and  her  soul 
was  "  alienated  from  them.  18  So 
she  "uncovered  her  whoredoms, 
and  uncovered  her  nakedness : 
then  my  soul  was  '' alienated  from 
her,  like  as  my  soul  was  alienated 
frorn her '' sister.  19  Yet  she ''mul- 
tiplied her  whoredoms,  remem- 
bering the  days  of  her  'youth, 
wherein  she  had  played  the  harlot 
in  the  land  of  Egypt.  20  And 
she  '  doted  upon  their  paramours, 
whose  flesh  is  as  the  flesh  of  asses, 
and  whose  issue  is  like  the  issue 
of  horses.  21  Thus  thou  calledst 
to  remembrance  the  "  lewdness 
of  thy  youth,  in  the  handling  of 
thy  bosom  by  the  Egyptians  for 
the  breasts  or  thy  youth. 

22  Therefore,  0  Oholibah,  thus 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  :  Behold, 
I  will  raise  up  thy  "lovers  against 
thee,  from  whom  thy  soul  is 
alienated,  and  1  will  bring  them 
against  thee  on  every  side:  23  the 
'  Babylonians  and  all  the  *  Chal- 
deans, 'Pekod  and  Shoa  and  Koa, 
and  ?l\\  the  "Assyrians  with  them; 

*  desirable  young  men,  governors 
and  rulers  all  of  them,  princes  and 

*  men  of  renown,  all  of  them  riding 
upon  hor.ses.  24  And  they  shall 
''come  against  thee  with  weapons, 
''chariots,  and  *  wagons,  and  with 
a  "company  of  peoples ;  they  shall 

ch  21  19 :  2  K.  20  14-17  s*  2  K  24  2  ;  .Tob  1  17  ;  Is. 
23  13  '  .Ter.  50.  21  "  Oen.  2  14  ;  25  18 ;  Ezr.  fi.  22 
fc  ver  6.  12  '  cli.  21.  15. 19  J  ch.  26.  10 ;  Jer.  47.  3 ; 
Nah.  2.  3,  4    •  ch.  16.  40 


«  Or,  the  Innd  of  whme  nativity  is  Chaldea 

^  Heb.  nt  the  Hhht  of  her  ryes. 

s  Or,  coumelloTi    Heb.  coiled.     »  Or,  icheelt 


23.25 


EZEKIEL 


23.47 


The  Punishment  of  Oholah  and  Oholibah 


set  themselves  against  thee  with 
buckler  and  shield  and  helmet 
round  about :  and  I  will  commit 
the  "judgment  unto  them,  and 
they  shall  judge  thee  according  to 
their  judgments.  25  And  I  will 
set  my  *  jealousy  against  thee,  and 
they  shall  deal  with  thee  in  fury ; 
they  shall  take  away  thy  nose  and 
thine  ears  ;  and  thy  residue  shall 
fall  by  the  sword :  they  shall  take 
thy  "  sons  and  thy  daughters  ;  and 
thy  residue  shall  be  •*  devoured  by 
the  fire.  26  They  shall  also* strip 
thee  of  thy  clothes,  and  take  away 
thy  -^fair  jewels.  27  Thus  will  I 
make  thy  lewdness  to  ^  cease  from 
thee,  and  thy  whoredom  brought 
from  the  land  of  ''  Egypt ;  so  that 
thou  shalt  not  lift  up  thine^  eyes 
unto  them,  nor  remember  Egypt 
any  more.  28  For  thus  saith  the 
Lord  .Jehovah :  Behold,  I  will  de- 
liver thee  into  the  hand  of  them 
whom  thou  'hatest,  into  the  hand 
of  them  from  whom  thy  soul  is 
alienated;  29  and  they  shall  *  deal 
with  thee  in  hatred,  and  shall  take 
away  all  thy  labor,  and  shall  leave 
thee  naked  and  bare ;  and  the 
^  nakedness  of  thy  whoredoms  shall 
be  uncovered,  both  thy  lewdness 
and  thy  whoredoms. 

30  These  things  shall  be  done 
unto  thee,  for  that  thou  hast 
'"  played  the  harlot  after  the  na- 
tions, and  because  thou  art  pol- 
luted with  their  idols.  31  Thou 
hast  walked  in  the  way  of  thy 
"  sister ;  therefore  will  1  give  "  her 
cup  into  thy  hand.  32  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah :  Thou  shalt 
-p  drink  of  thy  sister's  cup,  which 
is  deep  and  large ;  thou-shalt  be 
*  laughed  to  scorn  and  had  in 
derision;  4t  containeth  much.  33 
Thou  shalt  be  filled  \yith  ''drunken- 
ness and  sorrow,  with  the  cup  of 
"  astonishment  and  desolation,  with 
the  cup  of  thy  sister  Samaria.  34 
Thou  shalt  even  'drink  it  and  drain 
it  out,  and  thou  shalt  gnaw  the 
sherds  thereof,  and  shalt  tear  thy 
breasts ;  for  I  have  spoken  it,  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah.  35  Therefore 
thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah :  Be- 
cause thou  hast  "forgotten  me,  and 
"  cast  me  behind  thy  back,  there- 
fore "^bear  thou  also  thy  lewdness 
and  thy  whoredoms. 

36  Jehovah  said  moreover  unto 
me :  Son  of  man,  wilt  thou 
"judge  Oholah  and  Oholibah?  then 

1  Or.  too  mucli  tn  endure 


"  ver.  45 ; 

ch.  16.  33 ; 

Jer.  39. 5,  6 
b  ch.  5.  13 ; 

8.  17,  IS ; 

Ex.  34,  14 ; 

Zepl).  1.  18 
"  ver.  47 ; 

Hos.  2.  4 
<'  ch.  2U.  47, 

48 ;  22.  2U, 

21 
'■  ver.  29 ; 

ch.  IB.  39 ; 

Jer.  13  22 
/Is.  3.  18-23 
"  ver.  48 ; 

ch.  16.  43 ; 

22.15 
h  ver.  3,  8 
i  ver.  17,  22 ; 

ch.  16.  37 ; 

Jer.  21. 

7-10 ;  34.  20 
*••  ver.  25,  26, 

45-47 ; 

Dt,  28.  48 
'  ver.  10 
"'  ver.  7,  17  ; 

Pa.  106. 

35-38;  Jer. 

2.  18-20 ; 

16.  U,  12 
'■  ver.  4  ;  ch. 

16.  47-51 
°  ver.  33 ; 

2  K.  21.  13 ; 

Jer.  7. 14, 
,15 
?P3.  60.  3; 

Is.  51.  17 ; 

Jer.  25.  15 
9  ch.  5.  14, 

15 ;  16.  57  ; 

22.  4,  5 
""  Jer.  25. 

15, 16,  27 ; 

Hab.  2.  16 
"  ch.  4.  16 ; 

12.  19 

t  Ps.  75.  8 ; 

Is.  51.  17 
"  ch.  22.  12 ; 

Is.  17.  10; 

Jer.  3.  21 ; 

Hos.  8.  14 ; 

13.  6 

"■■  1  K.  14.  9  ; 

Jer.  2.  27 ; 

32.33 
"  ver.  49 ; 

ch.  7.  4 
y  ch.  20.  4 ; 

22.  2 ;  Jer. 

1.  10 


^  ch.  16.  2  ; 

Is.  58.  1 ; 

Mic.  3.  8 
"  ver.  3,  45 
t>  ch.  22.  3 
'  ch.  16.  20, 

21,36 
d  ch.  5.  11 : 

7.  20 ;  2  K^ 

21.  4,  7 
«  ch.  20. 13, 

24;  Jer. 

17.27 
/Jer.  7.  9-11 
s'  ver.  16 ; 

2  K.  20. 13- 

15;  Is.  57.  9 
''  ch.  16. 

16-19 
'2K.  9.  30; 

Jer.  4.  30 
*  ch.  16. 

13-16;  Is. 

3.  18-23 
'Esth.  1.  6; 

Is.  57.  7 ; 

Am.  6.  4 
•"  ch.  44.  16 ; 

Is.  65.  U 

822 


declare  unto  them  their  abomi- 
nations. 37  For  they  have  "com- 
mitted adultery,  and  *  blood  is  in 
their  hands ;  and  with  their  idols 
have  they  committed  adultery ; 
and  they  have  also  '^caused  their 
sons,  whom  they  bare  unto  me, 
to  pass  through  the  fire  unto  them 
to  be  devoured.  38  Moreover  this 
they  have  done  unto  me :  they  have 
''  defiled  my  sanctuary  in  the  same 
day,  and  have  profaned  my  ^  sab- 
baths. 39  For  when  they  had 
slain  their  children  to  their  idols, 
then  they  came  the  same  day  into 
my  •'^sanctuary  to  profane  it;  and, 
lo,  thus  have  they  done  in  the 
midst  of  my  house.  40  And 
furthermore  ye  have  sent  for  men 
'"  that  "  come  from  far,  unto  whom 
a  messenger  was  sent,  and,  lo,  they 
came ;  ''  for  whom  thou  didst  wash 
thyself,  '  paint  thine  eyes,  and 
*deck  thyself  with  ornaments,  41 
and  sit  upon  a  stately  'bed,  with  a 
'"  table  prepared  before  it,  where- 
upon thou  didst  set  mine  "incense 
and  mine  "oil.  42  And  the  voice 
of  a  multitude  being  "at  ease  was 
with  her :  and  with  men  of  the 
common  sort  were  brought  ^drunk- 
ards f  r'om  the  wilderness ;  and  they 
put  *  bracelets  upon  the  hands  of 
them  twain,  and  beautiful  crowns 
upon  their  heads. 

43  Then  said  I  ^of  her  that  was 
""old  in  adulteries.  Now  will  they 
play  ■^the  harlot  with  her,  ^and  she 
ivith  them.  44  And  they  went  in 
unto  her,  as  they  go  in  unto  a 
harlot :  so  went  they  in  unto  Oho- 
lah and  unto  Oholibah,  the  lewd 
women.  45  And  righteous  men, 
they  shall  'judge  them  with  the 
judgment  of  'adulteresses,  and 
with  the  judgment  of  women  that 
shed  blood;  because  ,they  are 
adulteresses,  and  blood  is  in  their 
hands.  46  For  thus  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah:  I  will  bring  up  a 
"company  against  them,  and  will 
give  them  to  be  "  tossed  to  and  fro 
and  robbed.  47  And  the  company 
shall  ^  stone  them  with  stones,  and 
despatch  them  with  their  swords : 
they   shall    slay   their  «'sons   and 

"  Jer.  44.  17  ;  Hos.  2.  8  "  ch.  16.  49;  Amos  6. 3-6 
i>  Jer.  51.  7  «  ch.  16.  11, 12 ;  Gen.  24.  30  '  ver.  3 ; 
Ezr.  9.  7  ;  Ps.  106.  6  "  ch.  16.  38  ;  Hos.  6.  5  '  ver. 
37-39  ;  Lev.  20. 10  "  ver.  24  ;  ch.  16.  40;  Jer.  25.  9 
"  Jer.  15.  4 ,  24.  9 ;  29.  18  "  ch.  16.  40 ;  Lev.  20. 10 
V  ver.  25 ;  ch.  24.  21 ;  2  Chr.  36.  17 


2  Or,  tn  come 

3  Or,  S/ie  that  is  old  will  commit  adulteries 

i  Heb.  her  whoredoms,      ^  Or,  even  with  tiAt 


23.48 


EZEKIEL 


24.25 


Tni<  «f  the  Caldron.    Death  of  Eiekiel's  Wife  a  Sign  to  Jadah 


their  daughters,  and  "  burn  up 
their  houses  with  tire.  48  Thus 
■will  I  cause  lewdne.ss  to  "cease  out 
of  the  land,  that  all  women  may 
be  taught  not  to  do  after  your  lewd- 
ness. 49  And  they  shall  '"recom- 
pense your  lewdness  upon  you, 
JMid  ye  shall  bear  the  sins  of  your 
idols;  and  ye  shall  ''know  that  I 
am  the  Lord  Jehovah. 
i^  A  Again,  in  the  'ninth  year, 
^j1  in  the  tenth  mcmth,  in  the 
tenth  dai/  of  the  month,  the  word 
of  Jehovah  came  unto  me,  saying, 
2  Son  of  man,  -^write  thee  the  name 
of  the  day,  even  of  this  selfsame 
day  :  the  king  of  Babylon  '  ^  drew 
close  unto  Jerusalem  this  selfsame 
day.  3  And  utter  a  "  parable  unto 
the  'rebellious  house,  and  say  unto 
them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah, Set  on  the  *  caldron,  set  it  on, 
and  also  pour  water  into  it :  4 
J  gather  the  pieces  thereof  into  it, 
even  every  good  piece,  the  thigh, 
and  the  shoulder ;  till  it  with  the 
choice  bones.  5  Take  the  "*  choice 
of  the  flock,  and  also  a  pile  of  wood 
for  the  "  bones  under  -  the  caldron  ; 
make  it  boil  well ;  yea,  let  the  bones 
thereof  be  boiled  in  the  midst  of  it. 
6  wherefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah  :  "  Woe  to  the  ^  bloody 
city,  to  the  'cakh'on  whose  ^  rust 
is  therein,  and  whose  ^""rust  is  not 
gone  out  of  it !  take  out  of  it  piece 
after  piece ;  no  '  lot  is  fallen  upon 
it.  7  For  her  'blood  is  in  the  midst 
of  her;  she  set  it  upon  the  bare 
rock  ;  she  "  poured  it  not  upon  the 

f round,  to  cover  it  with  dust.  8 
hat  it  may  "cause  wrath  to  come 
up  to  take  vengeance,  I  have  set 
her  blood  upon  the  bare  rock^  that 
it  should  'not  be  covered.  9  1  here- 
fore  thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah : 
*  Woe  to  the  bloody  city !  I  also 
will  make  the  pile  great.  10  Heap 
on  the  wood,  make  tihe  fire  hot,  boil 
well  the  flesh,  and  make  thick  the 
broth,  and  let  the  'bones  be  burned. 
11  Then  "set  it  empty  upon  the 
coals  thereof,  that  it  may  be  hot, 
and  the  brass  thereof  may  burn, 
and  that  the  "tilthiness  of  it  may 
be  molten  in  it,  that  the  rust  of  it 
may  be  consumed.  12  She  hath 
•^  wearied  *  herself  with  toil;  yet 
her  •*  great  rust  goeth  not  forth  out 
of  her  ;  her  rust  °  goefh  not  forth 
by  fire.     13  ®In  thy  'tilthiness  is 

1  Heb.  leaned  upon.     «  Heb.  it.     3  Or,  scum 

*  Or,  me  '  Or,  is  in  the  fire 

*  Or,  For  thy  filthy  lewdness 


"  Jer.  39.  8 
>>  ver.  27 ; 

ch  16  41 
'  ver.  liA ; 

ch  7.  4,  9; 

9.  10 ;  la. 

59.  IS 
>'  ch.  b.  7  ; 

•-'(I.  38 
'  <h.  1.  2  ;  8. 

1 ;  20.  1 ; 

2«.  1 
/  Is.  8  1 ;  30. 

8:  Hab.2  2 
!'2K.  25.  1; 

Jer.  39.  1 ; 

52.4 
"ch.  17.  2; 

20.  4«J ;  Ps. 

78.2 
>  oh.  2.  3,  6, 

8 ;  Is.  1.  2 ; 

30.  1,  9 
t  ver.  6;  ch. 

11.  3,  7, 11  ; 

Jer.  1.  13, 

14 
'  ch.  22.  19- 

'22;  Mic. 

3.2,3 
""  Jer.  39.  6 ; 

52. 10, 24-27 
"  ver.  lU 
"  ver.  9 
P  ch.  22.  2,  3. 

27;2K. 

24.  3,  4  ; 

Mic.  7.  2 ; 

Nail.  3.  1 
1  ver.  3 
•■  ver.  13 
'  Joel  3.  3  ; 

Obad.  11 ; 

Nah.  3.  10 
<  ch.  23.  37, 

45 
"  Lev.  17. 

13 ;  Dt.  12. 

16 
"  Is.  26.  21 
"  Jer.  22.  8,  9 
y  ver.  6; 

Hab.  2.  12 
'  ver.  5 
"  Jer.  21. 10  ; 

Mai.  4.  1 
>>  ch.  22.  15 ; 

23.27 
'  Jer.  9.  5 
d  ver.  13 
'  ver.  11 ;  ch. 

23.  36-48 


/ch.  22.  24; 

Is.  5.  4;  9. 

13 ;  Jer.  6. 

28-30 
■J  ch.  5. 13  ; 

8.18 
h  Ps.  33.  9 ; 

Is,  55.  11 
'  ch.  9.  10 ; 

Jer.  13.  14 

*  ch.  18.  30  ; 
36. 19 ; 
Is.  3.  11 

'  ver.  18 ;  S. 

S.  7. 10 
'"  Job  23.  2 
»  Jer.  16.  5 ; 

22.  10 

0  Jer.  13. 17 
P  Ps.  39.  9  ; 

46.  10 ; 
Am.  8.  3 

1  Lev  21. 
10-12 

""ver.  23: 
ch.  44.  18; 
Ex.  39.  28 ; 
Is.  3.  20 

•  ver.  22 

1  Jer.  16.  7  ; 

Hob.  9.  4 
"  ch.  20.  49  ; 

823 


lewdness :  because  I  have  cleansed 
thee  and  thou  wast  •'not  cleansed, 
thou  shalt  not  be  cleansed  from 
thy  tilthiness  an.v  m<jie,  till  I  have 
"  cau.sed  my  wrath  toward  tliee  to 
rest.  1 4  1,  .Jehovah,  have  spoken  it : 
it  shall  /' come  to  pass,  and  1  will 
do  it ;  I  will  not  go  back,  neither 
will  1  'spare,  neither  will  1  repent ; 
^according  to  thy  ways,  and  accorii- 
ing  to  thy  doings,  shall  they  judge 
thee,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

15  Also  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  me,  saying,  16  Son  i>f 
man,  behold,  1  take  away  from 
thee  the  'desire  of  thine  eyes  with 
a  '"stroke:  yet  thou  shalt  neither 
"mourn  nor  weep,  neither  shall 
thy  "tears  run  down.  1 7  Sigh, "  but 
''not  aloud,  make  «no  mourning 
for  the  dead ;  bind  thy  *■  headtire 
upon  thee,  and  put  thy  shoes  upon 
thy  feet,  and  'cover  not  thy  lips, 
and  'eat  not  the  bread  of  men.  18 
So  I  .spake  unto  the  people  in  the 
morning ;  and  at  even  my  wife 
died  ;  and  I  did  in  the  morning  as  1 
was  commanded. 

1 9  And  the  peonle  said  unto  me. 
Wilt  thou  not  tell  us  "  what  these 
things  are  to  us,  that  thou  doest 
so?  20  Then  1  said  unto  them. 
The  word  of  Jehovah  came  unto 
me,  saying,  21  Speak  unto  the 
house  of  Israel,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah  :  Behold.  I  will  'pro- 
fane my  sanctuary,  the  pride  of 
your  power,  the  •'desire  of  your 
eyes,  and  "  that  which  5'our  .soul 
pjtieth  ;  and  your  "sons  and  .your 
daughters  whom  ye  have  left  be- 
hind shall  fall  by  the  sword.  22 
And  ye  shall  do  as  1  have  done  :  ye 
shall  'not  cover  your  lips,  nor  eat 
the  bread  of  men.  23  And  your 
'  tires  shall  be  upon  your  heads, 
and  your  shoes  upon  your  feet :  ye 
shall  not  mourn  nor  weep  ;  but  ye 
.shall  "pine  away  in  your  iniqui- 
ties, and  moan  one  tf>ward  an- 
other. 24  Thus  shall  Ezekiel  be 
unto  you  a  *  sign ;  according  to 
all  that  he  hath  done  shall  ye  do  : 
when  this  cometh,  then  shall  ye 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord  Jehovan. 

25  And  thou,  son  of  man.  shall 
it  not  ho  in  the  day  when  I  take 
from    them    their  '•''strength,   the 

37.  18  »  ch.  7.  20-22  :  9  7 ;  Ps.  74  7  ;  79.  1 ;  Jer.  7. 
14  ;  Lam.  2  6,  7  ^  ver.  16 :  Ps.  27.  4 ;  84.  1  "  ch. 
23.  25,  47  ;  Jer.  6.  11 ;  16.  3,  4  '  ver.  17  "  ch.  4. 17  ; 
33.  lU  i>  ch.  4.  3  :  Hoa.  1.  2 ;  3. 1 ;  Lk.  11.  29,  34 

«  ver.  21;  Pa.  48.  2;  50.2 


'  Heb.  be  tilent.      «  Heb.  the  pity  of  your  soul. 
>  Or,  stronghold 


2t.26 


EZEKIEL 


26.3 


Prophecies  against  Ammon  and  Moab.    Propliecies  against  Edom  and  PMIistia 


joy  of  their  ^ glory,  the  "desire  of 
their  eyes,  and  -that  whereupon 
they  set  their  heart,  their  '  sons 
and  their  daughters,  26  that  in 
"^  that  day  he  that  ''  escapeth  shall 
come  unto  thee,  to  cause  thee  to 
hear  it  with  thine  ears'?  27  In 
that  day  shall  thy  "mouth  be 
opened  ^to  him  that  is  escaped, 
and  thou  shalt  speak,  and  be  no 
more  dumb :  so  shalt  thou  be  a 
■'sign  unto  them ;  and  they  shall 
know  that  I  am  Jehovah. 
O  pf  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
w  tj  came  unto  me,  saying,  2 
Son  of  man,  "set  thy  face  toward 
the  ''children  of  Ammon,  and  proph- 
esy ^  against  them  :  3  and  say  unto 
the  children  of  Ammon,  Hear  the 
word  of  the  Lord  Jehovah :  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah,  Because 
thou  saidst,  *Aha,  against  my 
sanctuary,  when  it  was  profaned ; 
and  against  the  land  of  Israel, 
when  it  was  made  desolate ;  and 
against  the  house  of  Judah,  when 
they  went  into  captivity  :  4  there- 
fore, behold,  I  will  *  deliver  thee  to 
the  '  children  of  the  east  for  a  pos- 
session, and  they  shall  set  their 
encampments  in  thee,  and  make 
their  dwellings  in  thee  ;  they  shall 
'"eat  thy  fruit,  and  they  shall  drink 
thy  milk.  5  And  I  will  make 
"Rabbah  a  stable  for  camels,  and 
the  children  of  Ammon  a  "couch- 
ing place  for  flocks :  and  ye  shall 
know  that  I  am  Jehovah.  6  For 
thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah : 
Because  thou  hast  ^clapped  thy 
hands,  and  «  stamped  with  the  feet, 
and  ''rejoiced  with  all  the  despite 
of  thy  soul  against  the  land  of 
Israel  ;/7  therefore,  behold,  I  have 
*  stretched  out  my  hand  upon  thee, 
and  will  deliver  thee  for  a  *  spoil 
to  the  nations ;  and  I  will  "  cut 
thee  off  from  the  peoples,  and  I 
will  "cause  thee  to  perish  out  of 
the  countries  :  I  will  destroy  thee ; 
and  thou  shalt  ^know  that  I  am 
Jehovah. 

8  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  : 
Because  that  ^  Moab  and  ^  Seir  do 
say,  "Behold,  the  house  of  Judah  is 
like  unto  all  the  nations  ;  9  there- 
fore, behold,  I  will  open  the  side 
of  Moab  from  the  cities,  from  his 
cities  which  are  ®on  his  frontiers, 
the  glory  of  the  country,  *Beth- 
jeshimoth,  "Baal-meon,  and  ''Kir- 

1  Or.  beauty 

2  Heb.  the  lifting  up  of  their  soul. 

*  Or,  together  with         *  Or,  concerning 
5  Or,  in  every  quarter 


"  ver.  16,  21 
i>  Dt.  28.  32  ; 

Jer.  11.  22 ; 

»-'.  10 
^  ch.  33.  21 
rtlS.  4.  12; 

Job  1.16-19 
«  ch.  3.  26 ; 

33.22 
/ver.  24 
i/  ch.  6.  2 ; 

13. 17 ; 

20.  46 
h  ch.  21.  20, 

28 ;  Gen. 

19.  38 ; 

Num.  21. 

24 ;  Jer.  27. 

3 ;  Am.  1. 

13:  Zeph. 

2.8 
I  ver.  6 ; 

ch.  21.  28 ; 

26.  2  ;  36.  2  ; 

Ps.  70.  2,  3 
k  ch.  21.  31 
'  Jadg  6.  3, 

33 ;  IK. 

4.  30 
"  Dt.  28.  33, 

51 ;  Is.  1.  7 
"ch.  21.  20; 

Dt.  3.  11; 

2  S.  12.  26 ; 

Jer.  49.  2 
0  I.S.  17.  2 ; 

Zeph.  2  14 
P  Job  27.  23  ; 

Nah.  3.  19 
«  ch  6.  11 
''  Zeph.  2.  8, 

10;  Obad. 

12 
"  ver.  13, 16 ; 

Zeph.  1.  4 
i  ch.  26.  5 ; 

Is.  S3.  4 
"  ch.  21.  32 
"  Am.  1.  14, 

15 
"  ch.  6. 14 
y  Gen.  19. 

37  ;  36.  35  ; 

Ex.  15.  1.3 ; 

Is.  II.  14 ; 

15.  1 ;  Jer. 

9.26 
'  ch.  35.  2  ; 

Gen.  14.  6 ; 

Dt.  2.  4,  29 
"  Is.  36.  18- 

20 
<>  Num.  33. 

49;  Josh. 

12.  3  ;  13.  20 
«  Num.  32. 

3,  38 :  Josh. 

13.  17 ; 

1  Chr.  5.  8  ; 
Jer.  48.  23 
d  Num.  32. 
37 ;  Josh. 
13. 19 ;  Jer. 
48.  1,  23 


'  vor.  4 
/ch.  5.  15; 

11  9 
0  Lam.  4.  21, 

22 
ft  ch.  35.  2,  3  ; 

36   5;  Am. 

1  11: 

Obad.  10- 

16 
'  Jer.  49.  8, 

13 
k  ch.  29.  8  : 

Mai.  1.  3,  4 
'  Gen  36. 

34 ;  Jer.  49. 

7 ;  Am.  1. 

12 
'"  Jer.  25.  23 ; 

49.8 

824 


iathaim,  10  ®unto  the  *  children  of 
the  east,  to  go  against  the  children 
of  Ammon ;  and  i  will  give  them 
for  a  possession,  that  the  children 
of  Ammon  may  not  be  remembered 
among  the  nations :  1 1  and  I  will- 
■'execute  judgments  upon  Moab  ; 
and  they  shall  know  that  I  am 
Jehovah. 

12  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah :  Because  that  "  Edom  hath 
dealt  against  the  house  of  Judah 
hy  taking  ''vengeance,  and  hath 
greatly  offended,  and  revenged 
himself  upon  them ;  13  therefore 
thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah,  I 
will  stretch  out  my  'hand  upon 
Edom,  and  will  *  cut  off  man  and 
beast  from  it ;  and  I  will  make  it 
desolate  from  '  Teman  ;  even  unto 
'"Dedan  shall  they  fall  by  the 
sword.  14  And  I  will  lay  my 
"vengeance  upon  Edom  by  the 
hand  of  my  people  Israel ;  and 
they  shall  do  in  Edom  according  to 
mine  "anger  and  according  to  my 
wrath ;  and  they  shall  know  my 
vengeance,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

15  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  : 
Because  the  Philistines  have  dealt 
by  ^revenge,  and  have  taken  ven- 
geance with  despite  of  soul  to  de- 
stroy with  perpetual  enmity;  16 
therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah, Behold,  I  will  stretch  out  my 
»hand  upon  the  Philistines,  and  I 
will  cut  off  the  '■  Cherethites,  and 
destroy  the  remnant  of  the  sea 
coast.  17  And  I  will  'execute 
great  vengeance  upon  them  with 
wrathful  rebukes ;  and  they  shall 
know  that  I  am  Jehovah,  when  I 
shall  lay  my  vengeance  upon  them. 
^  f\  And  it.  came  to  pass  in 
^  \J  the  '  eleventh  year,  in  the 
first  day  of  the  month,  that  the 
word  of  Jehovah  came  unto  me, 
saying,  2  Son  of  man,  because  that 
"Tyre  hath  said  against  Jerusalem, 
"Aha,  she  is  broken  that  was  the 
"^  gate  of  the  peoples  ;  she  is  *  turned 
unto  me ;  I  shall  be  replenished, 
now  that  she  is  laid  waste  :  3  there- 
fore thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah, 
Behold.  I  am  against  thee,  O  Tyre, 
and  will  cause  ^many  nations  to 
come  up  against  thee,  as  the  "sea 

"  ch.  32.  29  "  ch.  35.  11  p  ver.  6,  12  ;  Is.  14.  29-31 ; 
Joel  3.  4  «  Jer.  25.  20 ;  47.  1-7  "^  1  S.  30.  14 ;  Zeph. 
2.  5  '  ch.  5.  15  <  ch.  24. 1  "2  S.  5.  11 ;  Is.  23.  1 ; 
,Ter.  25.  22  "  ch.  25.  3 ;  36.  2  "  Is.  62. 10  v  ch.  25. 
8 ;  35. 10    '  Mic.  4.  11    "  Is.  5.  30 ;  Jer.  50. 42 ;  51.  42 


6  Or,  together  with  the  children  of  Ammon, 
unto  the  children  of  the  east 


26.4 


EZEKIEL 


27.5 


The  Ruin  of  Tyre  foretold.    A  Lomentatjon  over  Tyre 


causeth  its  waves  to  come  up.  4 
Aiui  they  shall  destroy  the  "walls 
of  Tyre,  and  break  down  her  tow- 
ers :  1  will  also  scrape  her  dust 
from  her,  and  make  her  a  *  bare 
rock.  5  She  shall  be  a  place  for 
the  "  spreading  of  nets  in  tlie  midst 
of  the  sea ;  for  I  have  spoken  it, 
SJiith  the  Lord  Jehovah ;  and  she 
shall  become  a  ''spoil  to  the  nations. 
6  And  her  'daughters  that  are  in 
the  field  shall  be  slain  with  the 
sword  :  and  they  shall  know  that  1 
am  Jehovah. 

7  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah :  Behold,  1  will  bring  upon 
Tyre  ^Nebuchadrezzar  king  of 
Babylon.  "  king  of  kings,  from  the 
north,  with  horses,  and  with  "char- 
iots, and  with  horsemen,  and  a 
company,  and  much  people.  8  He 
shall  slay  with  the  sword  thy 
'daughters  in  the  field;  and  he 
shall  make  *  forts  against  thee,  and 
cast  up  a  '  mound  against  thee,  and 
raise  up  the  buckler  against  thee. 
9  And  lie  shall  set  his  ""battering 
engines  against  thy  walls,  and  with 
his  ^axes Tie  shall  break  down  thy 
towers.  10  By  reason  of  the  abun- 
dance of  his  "  horses  their  dust  shall 
cover  thee:  thy  walls  shall  "shake 
at  the  noise  of  the  horsemen,  and 
of  the  '^wagons,  and  of  the  chari- 
ots, when  he  shall  *  enter  into  thy 
gates,  as  men  enter  into  a  city 
wherein  is  made  a  breach.  1 1  With 
the  hoofs  of  his  « horses  shall  he 
tread  down  all  thy  streets ;  he 
shall  slay  thy  people  with  the 
sword ;  and  the  ^  pillars  of  thy 
strength  shall  '"go  down  to  the 
ground.  12  And  they  shall  make 
a  'spoil  of  thy  riches,  and  make 
a  prey  of  thy  '  merchandise ;  and 
they  shall  "  break  down  thy  walls, 
and  destroy  thy  "pleasant  houses  ; 
and  they  shall  lay  thy  stones  and 
thy  timber  and  thy  dust  in  the 
-'midst  of  the  waters.  13  And  I 
•will  cause  the  noise  of  thy  *  songs 
to  cease :  and  the  sound  of  thy 
■•harps  shall  be  no  more  heard. 
14  And  I  will  make  thee  a  "bare 
Tock  ;  thou  shalt  be  a  place  for  the 
spreading  of  nets  ;  thou  shalt  be 
built  *no  more:  for  I  ■" Jehovah 
have  spoken  it,  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah. 

15  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah to  Tyre  :  Shall  not  the  "  isles 
*  shake  at  the  sound  of  thy  fall, 
when   the  wounded    groan,    when 

»  Heb.  twords.     »  Or,  tchteU    »  Or,  obelisk* 


"  ver.  !l ;  Is 

2:i.  11 ;  .\m. 

1.  10 
^  ver.  14 
'■  ver  14  ;  cli. 

47.  10 
■i  ch.  2.i.  7  ; 

•M.  l!» 
'■  ver.  8  ;  ch. 

IB.  46.  5» ; 

Jer.  47.  4  ; 

4!l.  2 
/  Jer.  27.  3-C 
"  Kzr  7.  12  ; 

Is.  10  8; 

Jer.  52.  \i2  ; 

Dan.  2. 

37,47 
A  ch.  23.  24  : 

Nah.  2.  3,  4 
'  ver.  6 
<•■  ch.  21.  22 ; 

Jer.  52.  4 
'  Jer.  6.  6  ; 

32  24 
'"ch.  21.  22 
"  Jer.  4.  13; 

47.  3 
"  ver.  15 ; 

oil  27  28 
P  Jer.  3:».  3 
«I8.  5.  28; 

Hab  1.  8 
"■  Is.  28.  5  ; 

Jer.  43.  13 
'  ver.  5 
«  ch.  27.  3- 

27  ;  Is.  23. 

8,  18; 

Zech.  9.  3 
"  Jer.  52.  14 
"  2  Chr.  32. 

27;  Am.  5. 

II 
'ch.  27.  27, 

32,  34  ;  28.  S 
y  Is.  23.  16 ; 

24.  8,9; 

Am.  6.  5 

•  Is.  5.  12 
"  ver.  4,  5 
l-Dt.  13.  16: 

Job  12.  14 ; 

Mai  1  4 
'  U  14.  27 
d  ver.  18  ; 

ch.  27.  3.5 

•  ch.  31.  16  , 
Jer.  4>J.  21 


/ch.  27.  33; 

28.  IJ 
"  Jon.  3  6 
h  ch.  7  27  : 

Job  8.  22 ; 

Ps  3.5.  26 ; 

1  Pet.  3.  4  ; 

5.  5 
*ch.  32  10; 

Hos.  11  10 
i  ch.  l;t.  1, 

14 ;  27.  2, 

;«  ;  32.  2. 16 
'Is.  14   12; 

Jer  48.  3y ; 

.50.  23 
">  ch   27.  3. 

10.  11 :  "28.  2 
"ver.  15; 

ch.  27.  a5 ; 

Is.  41.  5 
»  Is  23.  .5-7, 

10.  11,  15 
''  ver.  3 ;  Is. 

8.  7.8 
9  ch.  32.  30  ; 

Is.  14.  9. 10 
••  P8.  88.  6  ; 

Am.  9  2; 

Jon.  2  2.  6 
•  Jer.  33  9 ; 

Zech  2.  8 
'  ver.  15. 16 ; 

ch.  27.  36 
"  ver.  14 ; 

826 


the  slaughter  is  made  in  the  midst 
of  thee  (  IG  'I'hen  all  the  ■'princes 
of  the  sea  shall  'come  down  from 
their  throiie.s,  and  lay  aside  their 
robes,  and  strip  oil'  their  broidered 
garments  :  they  shall ''  clothe  them- 
selves with  ■'trembling;  they  shall 
.sit  upon  the  ground,  and  shall 
'  tremole  every  moment,  and  be 
astonished  at  thee.  17  And  they 
shall  take  up  a  *  lamentation  over 
thee,  and  sjiy  to  thee,  'How  art 
thou  destroyed,  that  wast  inhab- 
ited *by  seafaring  men,  the  re- 
nowned citj',  that  wa.s  "'strong  in 
the  sea,  she  and  her  inhabitants, 
that  caused  their  terror  to  be  on 
all  that  "dwelt  there!  18  Now 
shall  the  "  isles  tremble  in  the  day 
of  thy  fall :  yea,  the  isles  that  are 
in  the  sea  shall  be  dismayed  at  thy 
"departure. 

1 9  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah :  When  I  shall  make  thee  a 
desolate  city,  like  the  cities  that 
are  not  inhabited  ;  when  I  shall 
^  bring  up  the  deep  upon  thee,  and 
the  great  waters  shall  cover  thee ; 
20  then  will  I  bring  thee  down 
with  them  that  'descend  into  the 
pit,  to  the  people  of  old  time,  and 
■svill  make  thee  to  dwell  in  the 
''nether  parts  of  the  earth,  ^in  the 
places  tnat  are  desolate  of  old, 
with  them  that  go  down  to  the 
pit,  that  thou  be  not  inhabited ; 
*and  I  will  set  'glory  in  the  land 
of  the  living.  21  I  will  make 
thee  *a  'terror,  and  thou  .shalt 
no  more  have  any  being ;  though 
thou  be  sought  for,  yet  shalt  thou 
"never  be  found  again,  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah. 

r>  ^  The  word  of  Jehovah 
^  I  came  again  unto  me,  say- 
ing, 2  And  thou,  son  of  man, 
"  take  up  a  lamentation  over  Tyre  ; 

3  and  say  unto  Tyre,  O  thou  that 
dwellest  at  the  '"'entry  of  the  sea, 
that  art  the  *  merchant  of  the  peo- 
ples unto  many  isles,  thus  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah :  Thou.  O  Tyre, 
hast  said,  '  1  am  peifect  m  beauty. 

4  Thy  borders  are  in  the  "heart 
of  the  se<as  ;  thy  builders  have  per- 
fected thy  beauty.  5  They  have 
"made  all  thy  planks  of  fir-trees 

Jer.  51  64  "  ch.  28  12 :  Jer  »  1^>.  l;-20  ' ch^  »  « 
v  ver.  33    '  ch.  a.  12    ''  ver.  25, 26,  27 ;  ch.  26.  b 


*  Heb.  trfmUings. 

."i  Or,  being  won /rom  M(?  .fd* 

6  Or,  inhnbilril  her     7  Another  reading  is,  liM. 

8  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  nor  .if  I  thy  glory  <*c. 

9  Or.  a  destruction    Heb.  trrrnrs. 

10  Heb.  entrance.  ^  H«b.  tivLiU. 


27.6 


EZEKIEL 


27.31 


1  Lamentation  over  Tyre.    Description  of  her  Trade  and  Commerce 


from  "Senir;  they  have  taken  a 
cedar  from  Lebanon  to  make  a 
mast  for  thee.  6  Of  the  *oaks  of 
'  Bashan  have  they  made  thine 
oars ;  they  have  made  thy  ^benches 
of  ivory  inlaid  in  boxwood,  from 
the  isles  of  "^Kittim.  7  Of  fine 
linen  with  broidered  work  from 
Egypt  was  thy  sail,  that  it  might 
be  to  thee  for  an  ensign ;  "  blue 
and  purple  from  the  isles  of 
•'^Elishah  was  thine  awning.  8  The 
inhabitants  of  Sidon  and  ''Arvad 
were  thy  rowers :  thy  *  wise  men, 
O  Tyre,  were  in  thee,  they  were 
thy  pilots.  9  The  '^  old  men  of 
Gebal  and  the  wise  men  thereof 
were  in  thee  thy '  calkers  :  all  the 
ships  of  the  sea  with  their  mariners 
were  in  thee  to  *  deal  in  thy  mer- 
chandise. 10  *  Persia  and  *Lud 
and  *  Put  were  in  thine  army,  thy 
men  of  war :  they  '  hanged  the 
shield  and  helmet  in  thee ;  they 
set  forth  thy  comeliness.  11  The 
men  of  ™Arvad  with  thine  army 
were  upon  thy  walls  round  about, 
and  valorous  men  were  in  thy 
towers  ;  they  "  hanged  their  shields 
upon  thy  walls  round  about ;  they 
have  perfected  thy  beauty. 

12  "Tarshish  was  thy  merchant 
by  reason  of  the  ^multitude  of  all 
kinds  of  riches ;  with  silver,  iron, 
tin,  and  lead,  they  traded  for  thy 
wares.  13  'Javan,  "Tubal,  and 
''Meshech,  they  were  thy  trafhck- 
ers ;  they  traded  the  '  persons  of 
men  and  vessels  of  brass  for  thy 
merchandise.  14  They  of  the 
house  of  '  Togarmah  traded  for 
thy  wares  with  horses  and  war- 
horses  and  mules.  1 5  The  men  of 
"Dedan  were  thy  traffickers;  many 
isles  were  the  mart  of  thy  hand  : 
they  brought  thee  *in  exchange 
horns  of  "ivory  and  ebony.  16 
^  Syria  was  thy  merchant  by  rea- 
son of  the  multitude  of  thy  handi- 
works :  they  traded  for  thy  wares 
with  ^  ^  emeralds,  purple,  and 
^broidered  work,  and  fine  linen, 
and  coral,  and  rubies.  17  Judah, 
and  the  land  of  Israel,  they  were 
thy  traffickers :  they  traded  for 
thy  merchandise  wheat  of  "Min- 
nith,  and  ''pannag,  and  honey, 
and  oil,  and  balm.  1 8  *  Damascus 
was  thy  merchant  for  the  multitude 
of  thy  handiworks,  by  reason  of 
the   "  multitude    of    all    kinds    of 

1  Or,  deck       *  Or,  elders        *  Or,  exchange 
*  Or,  for  a  present  5  Or,  carbuncles 

<  Perhaps,  a  kind  of  confection. 


"  Dt.  3.  9 ; 

1  Chr.  5. 

23 ;  S.  S.  4.  8 
b  l3.  2.  13 ; 

Zech.  11.  2 
'  Num.  21. 

33  ;  Is.  2. 

13 ;  Jer. 

22.  20 
d  Gen.  10.  4 ; 

Is.  23.  1, 

12 ;  Jer.  2. 

10 
'  Ex.  25.  4 ; 

Jer.  10.  9 
/Gen.  10.  4 
»  ver.  11 ; 

Gen.  10. 

18 ;  1  Chr. 

1.  16 
A  1  K.  9.  27 
'  ver.  27 
*  ch.  30.  5  ; 

38.5 
'  ver.  11 ; 

S.  S.  4.  4 
"'  ver.  8 
"  ver.  10 
0  ver.  25 ; 

ch.  38.  13 ; 

Is.  23.  6, 10 
P  ver.  18,  33 
«  ver.  19 ; 

Gen.  10.  2 ; 

Is.  66.  19 
"■  ch.  38.  2 ; 

39.  1 ;  Gen. 

10.  2,  3 
'  Joel  3.  3  ; 

Rev.  18.  13 
'■  ch.  33.  6 ; 

Gen.  10.  3 
"  ver.  20 ;  ch. 

25.  13 ;  Jer. 

25.  23 
"  1  K.  10.  22 ; 

Rev.  18.  12 
"  ch.  16.  57  ; 

Judg.  10. 

6 ;  Is.  7. 

1-8 
J/ch.  28.  13; 

Ex.  28.  18 ; 

39.  11 
'  ch.  16.  13, 

18 
"  Judg.  11.  33 
b  ch.  47.  16- 

18;  Gen. 

14.  15 ;  Is. 

7.  8 ;  Jer. 

49.23 
"  ver.  12,  33 


tl  ver.  13 
"  ver.  15 
/Is.  21.  13; 

Jer.  2.5.  24 
I'S.  S.  1.  5; 

Is.  21.  16, 

17 ;  Jer.  49. 

28 
''  Is.  60.  7 
'  ch.  38.  13  ; 

Gen.  10.  7 ; 

Is.  60.  6 
k  Gen.  10.  7 
'  Gen.  4.1 

11 ;  1  K. 

10  2 
'"  Gen.  n. 

26,  31 ;  2  K. 

19.  12 ;  Is. 

37.  12 
"2K.  19.12; 

Is.  37.  12 ; 

Am.  1.  5 
»  ver.  22 
P  ch.  32.  22 ; 

Num.  24. 

22,24; 

Hos.  14.  3 
9  ver.  12 
'  ver.  4,  26, 

27 

826 


riches,  with  the  wine  of  Helbon, 
and  white  wool.  19  Vedan  and 
"*  Javan  traded  ^  v/ith  yarn  for  thy 
wares:  "bright  iron,  cassia,  and 
calamus,  were  among  thy  mer- 
chandise. 20  "  Dedan  was  thy 
trafficker  in  precious  cloths  for 
riding.  21  -^Arabia,  and  all  the 
princes  of  •"  Kedar,  they  were  the 
merchants  of  thy  hand  ;  in  ''  lambs, 
and  rams,  and  goats,  in  these  were 
they  thy  merchants.  22  The  traf- 
fickers of  'Sheba  and  *Raamah, 
they  were  thy  traffickers ;  they 
traded  for  thy  wares  with  the  chief 
of  all  '■  spices,  and  with  all  precious 
stones,  and  gold.  23  '"Haran  and 
Canneh  and  "  Eden,  the  traffickers 
of  "Sheba,  ^Asshur  and  Chilmad, 
were  thy  traffickers.  24  These 
were  thy  traffickers  in  choice  wares, 
in  ^  wrappings  of  blue  and  broid- 
ered work,  and  in  chests  of  rich 
apparel,  bound  with  cords  and 
made  of  cedar,  among  thy  mer- 
chandise. 25  The  ships  of  «Tar- 
shish  were  thy  caravans  for  thy 
merchandise :  and  thou  wast  re- 
plenished, and  made  very  glorious 
in  the  ''  heart  of  the  seas. 

26  Thy  rowers  have  brought 
thee  into  'great  waters:  the 'east 
wind  hath  broken  thee  in  the 
"  heart  of  the  seas.  27  Thv  riches, 
and  thy  wares,  thy  merchandise, 
thy  "mariners,  and  thy  ""pilots,  thy 
"calkers,  and  the  ^"dealers  in  thy 
merchandise,  and  all  thy  *'men  of 
war,  that  are  in  thee,  with  all 
thy  company  which  is  in  the 
midst  of  thee,  shall  fall  into  the 
"^  heart  of  the  seas  in  the  day  of 
thy  ruin.  28  At  the  sound  of  the 
cry  of  thy  pilots  the  ^-  suburbs  shall 
"shake.  29  And  all  that  handle 
the  oar,  the  *  mariners,  a?id  all  the 
pilots  of  the  sea,  shall  "  come  down 
from  their  ships  ;  they  shall  stand 
upon  the  land,  30  and  shall  ■*  cause 
their  voice  to  be  heard  over  thee, 
and  shall  cry  bitterly,  and  shall 
"  cast  up  dust  upon  their  heads ; 
they  shall  -^wallow  themselves  in 
the  ashes  :  31  and  they  shall  make 
themselves  ^  bald  for  thee,  and 
''gird    them    with    sackcloth,  and 

'  ch.  26.  19  (  Ps.  48.  7  ;  Jer.  18.  17  ;  Acts  27. 14 
"  ver.  4,  25,  27  "  ver.  9  ^  ver.  8  "  ver.  10, 11 
'  ver.  4,  25,  26  "  ch.  26.  10, 15,  18  b  Rev.  18.  17-19 
"  ch.  26.  16  d  ch.  26.  17  ;  Is  23.  1-6  '  1  S.  4.  12 ;  2 
S.  1.  2 ;  Lam  2. 10 ;  Rev  18.  19  /Jer.  6.  26 ;  Jon. 
3.  6       f  ch.  29.  18 ;  Is.  15.  2       »  ch.  7.  18  ;  Is.  22.  12 


7  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  from  Uzal 

8  Or,  wrought  »  Or,  hales 

10  Or,  exchanger*   "  Or,  and  in   w  Or,  roavet 


27.32 


EZEKIEL 


2a  19 


Overtbrow  of  the  Kidk  of  Tsre.    LamrnUtlun  ovf  r  him 


they  shall  "weep  for  thee  in  bitter- 
ness of  soul  with  bitter  nouriiing. 
32  And  in  their  wailing  they  shall 
take  up  a  "lamentation  for  thee, 
and  lament  over  tliet;,  ndi/inr/,  Whu 
is  there  ''like  Tyre,  like  her  that  is 
brought  to  silenee  in  the  ''midst 
of  the  sea?  33  When  tiiy  "wares 
went  forth  out  of  the  seas,  thou 
filledst  many  peojjles ;  thou  didst 
enrich  the  kings  of  the  earth  with 
the  •'multitude  of  thy  riches  and  of 
thy  merchandise.  34  In  the  time 
that  tliou  wast  "  broken  by  the 
seas  in  the  depths  of  the  waters, 
thy  ''merchandise  and  all  thy  com- 
pany did  fall  in  the  midst  of  thee. 

35  All  the  'inhabitants  of  the  isles 
are  astonished  at  thee,  and  their 

*  kings  fire  horribly  afraid;  they 
are  troubled  in  their  countenance. 

36  The  merchants  among  the  peo- 
ples 'his.s  at  thee  ;  thou  art  become 
*^a  "'  terror,  and  ihou  shalt  "  never- 
more have  any  being. 

^  O  The  word  of  Jehovah 
^w  O  came  again  unto  me,  say- 
ing, 2  Son  of  man,  say  unto  the 
prince  of  Tyre,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah  :  Because  thy  heart 
is  lifted  up,  and  thou  hast  said, 
"I  am  a  god,  1  sit  in  the  seat  of 
God,  in  the  ■^'' midst  of  the  seas; 
yet  thou  art  'man,  and  not  God, 
though  thou  didst  ""set  thy  heart 
as  the  heart  of  God ;  —  3  behold, 
thou  art  '  wiser  than  '  Djiniel ; 
there  is  no  secret  that  is  hidden 
from  thee ;  4  by  thy  wisdom  and 
by  thine  understanding  thou  hast 
gotten  thee  ^ "  riches,  and  hast 
gotten  gold  and  silver  into  thy 
treasures :  5  by  thy  great  wisdom 
ami  by  thy  "traffic  hast  thou  in- 
creased thy 'riches,  and  thy  "" heart 
is  lifted  up  because  of  thy  -'riches  ; 
—  6  therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah:  Because  thou  hast  "set 
thy  heart  as  tlie  heart  of  God, 
7  therefore,  behold,  I  will  brine 
'strangers  upon  thee,  the  "terrible 
of  the  nations  :  and  they  shall 
draw    tlieir    swords    against    the 

*  beauty  of  thy  wisdom,  and  they 
shall  ^defile  thy  *  brightness.  8 
Tliey  shall  bring  thee  ""down  to  the 
pit :  and  thou  shalt  "^die  the  death 
of  them  that  are  slain,  in  the  heart 
of  the  seas.  9  Wilt  thou  yet  say 
before  him  that  slayeth  thee,  'I 
am  Godi  but  thou  art  'man,  and 
not  God,  in  the  hand  of  him  that 

1  Or,  a  destruction    Heb.  terrors. 

a  Heb.  heart.      »  Or,  power      *  Or,  profane 


"  Is.  16.  9 ; 

2-.>  4 
l>  vor  2 ;  cli. 

2ti.  17  ;  M. 

U 
'■  Lam.  2.  13 
''  oil.  26.  4.  5 
'  ver  3, 12, 

/  ver.  12,  IS ; 

cli.  2ti  4.  r> 
"  ver.  26,  27  ; 

ch.  26.  12 

*  Zecli.  y. 
3   4 

'til.  26.  16; 

Is.  23.  6 
k  Cli.  32  10 
'  Jer  1».  16; 

IH.  8 ;  4^1. 

17  ;  5(1.  13  ; 

Zeph.  2  15 
'"  ch.  26  21 
"  I's.  37.  10, 

36 
"  ver.  9  :  Is. 

14.  13.  14 ; 

47   8  ;  2  Th. 

2.  4 
P  ch.  27.  25- 

27 
9  ver.  9 ;  Ps. 

9.  20 ;  82.  6, 

7  ;  Is.  31.  3 
"■  ver.  6 
'  ver.  12 
<Daii.  1  20; 

2.  20-23,  is ; 

5.  11,  12 
"  eh   27.  33  ; 

Zech.9  2,3 
'■  ch.  27  12, 

&c.  ;  Hob. 

12  7,  8 

*  ver.  2 ;  Job 
31.  24.  25 ; 
Ta.  52  7; 
Hob.  13.  6 

V  ver.  2 ;  Ex. 

9.  17 
-•  cli.  26.  7 
"  ch.  3(1.  11 ; 

31.  12  ;  32. 

12 :  Hab. 

1  t)-S 
I*  ver.  17 
•=  ch.  32.  30 
d  Oh.  27.  26, 

27.34 


'woundetli  thee.  10  Thou  shalt 
die  the  death  of  the  •'uncircum- 
cised  by  the  hand  of  strangers : 
for  I  have  spoken  it,  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah. 

1 1  Moreover  the  word  of  Jeho- 
v<di  came  unto  me,  .saying,  12  Son 
of  man,  "take  up  a  lamentation 
over  the  king  or  Tyre,  and  .say 
unto  him.  Thus  saitli  the  Lord 
Jehovah:  Thou  sealest  up  the 
"sum,  ''full  of  wisdom,  and  'per- 
fect in  beauty.  13  Thou  wast  in 
*Eden,  the  garden  of  God  ;  'every 
precious  stone  was  thy  covering, 
the  ^'".sardius.  the  topaz,  and  the 
diamond,  the  beryl,  the  onyx,  and 
the  iasper,  the  sapphire,  the^eni- 
erald,  and  the  ''carbuncle,  and 
'"gold:  the  workmanship  of  thy 
"tabrets  and  of  thy  pipes  wa.s  in 
thee  ;  in  the  day  that  thou  wa,st 
created  they  were  prepared.  14 
Thou  wast  the  "anointed  cherub 
that  covereth  :  and  *  I  set  thee,  m 
tliat    thou    wast    upon    the    holy 

*  mountain  of  God;  thou  hast 
walked  up  and  down  in  the  midst 
of  the  '■  stones  of  fire.  1 5  Thou  wast 
'perfect  in  thy  ways  from  the  day 
that  thou  wast  created,  till  '  un- 
righteousness was  found  in  thee. 
16  By  the  "abundance  of  thy 
traffic  they  'filled  the  midst  of 
thee  with  violence,  and  thou  hast 
sinned :  therefore  have  1  '  caist 
thee  as  profane  out  of  the  •"  moun- 
tain of  God  ;  and  I  liave  destroyed 
thee,  O  H'overing  cherub,  from  the 
midst  of  the  stones  of  fire.  1 V  Thy 
"heart  was  lifted  up  because  of  thy 

*  beauty ;  thou  hast  '  corrupted 
thy  wisdom  by  reason  of  thy 
brightness  :  1  have  cast  thee  to  the 
gn)und ;  I  have  laid  thee  before 
''kings,  that  they  may  behold  thee. 
18  By  the  multitude  of  thine 
"iniquities,  in  the  unrighteousnes>s 
of  thy  traffic,  thou  ha.st  jn-ofaned 
thy  sanctuaries  ;  therefore  have  1 
brought  forth  a  •'fire  from  the 
midst  of  thee  :  it  hath  devoured 
thee,  and  1  have  turned  tht^e  to 
"asiips  upon  the  earth  in  the  sight 
of  all  them  that  l)ehold  thee.  19 
All  they  that  know  thee  among 
the  peoples  shall  be  **  astonished  at 

27  12.  kc.  "  ch  8  17  :  Hab  2  8. 17  '  fien  ."!  24 
V  ver  14  •  ver.  14  '  ver.  2,  !> :  ch.  »1  10  "  ver 
7  ;  ch.  27.  8.  4  '  Is  19.  11  "*  ch.  28  16  •  ver  Hi 
/Xml9, 10    'Mai.  4.3    »  ch.  26. 16 ;  27.  35 


■  Or,  profaneth     •  Or.  mtamire    Or,  pntlem 
'  Or,  rubv     '  Or,  earOuncle      >  Or.  emerald 


28.20 


EZEKIEL 


29.15 


Prophecy  against  Sidon.    Restoration  of  Israel.    Propliecy  against  Egypt 


thee :  thou  art  become  ^  a  "  terror, 
and  thou  shalt  "nevermore  have 
any  being. 

20  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  me,  saying,  21  Son  of 
man,  "  set  thy  face  toward  '^  Sidon. 
and  prophesy  against  it,  22  and 
say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  : 
Behold,  I  am  "against  thee,  O 
Sidon;  and  I  will  be  -^glorified  in 
the  midst  of  thee ;  and  they  shall 
know  that  I  am  Jehovah,  when  I 
shall  have  "executed  judgments  in 
her,  and  shall  be  ''  sanctiiied  in  her. 

23  For  I  will  send  '  pestilence  into 
her,  and  blood  into  her  streets; 
and  the  *  wounded  shall  '^fall  in 
the  midst  of  her,  with  the  sword 
upon  her  on  every  side  ;  and  they 
shall  'know  that  I  am  Jehovah. 

24  And  there  shall  be  no  more  a 
"•pricking  brier  unto  the  house  of 
Israel,  nor  a  hurtmg  thorn  of  any 
that  are  round  about  them,  that  did 
"despite  unto  them;  and  they  shall 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

25  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah : 
Wlien  I  shall  have  "gathered  the 
house  of  Israel  from  the  peoples 
among  whom  they  are  scattered, 
and  shall  be  *  sanctified  in  them  in 
the  sight  of  the  nations,  then  shall 
they  'dwell  in  their  own  land 
which  I  '■  gave  to  my  servant  Jacob. 
26  And  they  shall  'dwell  securely 
therein ;  yea,  they  shall  '  build 
houses,  and  plant  vineyards,  and 
shall  dwell  securely,  when  I  have 
"executed  judgments  upon  all 
those  that  do  them  '"  despite  round 
about  them  ;  and  they  shall  know 
that  I  am  Jehovah  their  God. 
O  O  -^^  *^^®  ""  tenth  year,  in  the 
j^  \j  tenth  month,  in  the  twelfth 
day  of  the  month,  the  word  of  Je- 
hovah came  unto  me,  saying,  2 
Son  of  man,  ^  set  thy  face  against 
^Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  and 
prophesy  against  him,  and  against 
all  "Egypt;  3  speak,  and  say, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  :  Be- 
hold, I  am  "against  thee,  Pharaoh 
king  of  Egypt,  the  great "  monster 
that  lieth  in  the  midst  of  his  rivers, 
that  "hath  said,  My  river  is  mine 
own,  and  I  have  made  it  for  my- 
self. 4  And  I  will  put  *  hooks  in 
thy  jaws,  and  I  will  cause  the  fish 
of  thy  rivers  to  stick  unto  thy 
scales ;  and  I  will  bring  thee  up  out 
of  the  midst  of  thy  rivers,  with  all 
the  fish  of  thy  rivers  which  stick 

1  Or,  a  destruction     Heb.  terrors. 

2  Or,  be  judged 


"  ch.  26.  21 ; 

27.  3t> 
'>  Jer.  51.  64 
'  ch.  6.  2  : 

2.5.  2 
"  ch.  27.  8  ; 

Gen.  10. 

1.5,  19 ;  Is. 

23.  2,  4 
<■  ch.  26.  3 
/  ch.  39.  13 
'J  ver.  20 ; 

ch.  30.  19 
''  ch.  38.  16 
'  ch.  5.  17 
k  Jer.  .51.  52 
'  ver.  24,  26 
"  ch.  2.  6 ; 

Num.  33. 

55 ;  Josh. 

23.  13;  Is. 

55.  13 
"ch.  25.  6; 

36.  5 
0  ch.  20.  41 ; 

34.  13,  27  ; 

Ps.  106.  47 ; 

Is.  11.  12, 

13 ;  Jer.  32. 

37 
P  ver.  22 : 

ch.  36.  23 
«  Jer.  23.  8  ; 

27.  11 
"^  ch.  37.  25 
»  ch.  34. 

25-2S ;  38.  8 ; 

Jer.  23.  6 
t  Jer.  32.  15, 

43,44;  Am. 

9.  13, 14 
"  ver.  22 ; 

ch.  25.  11 
"  ver.  2 1 
*  ver.  17 ; 

ch.  26.  1 ; 

30.  20 
V  ch.  28.  21 
"Jer.  44.  30 
«  ch.  30. 

1-32.  32 ; 

Is.  19. 1-17 ; 

Jer.  46. 

2-26 
b  ver.  10 ; 

ch.  28.  22 
<=  ch.  32.  2  ; 

Is.  27.  1 
d  ver.  9 ;  ch. 

30.  12 ; 

Is.  10.  13 
«ch,  38.  4: 

2  K.  19.  28 


/ch.  32.4-6 
V  ch.  32.  4,  5 
ft  ch.  39.  4  ; 

Jer.  7.  33 ; 

34.  20 
'  Is.  36.  G 
k  ch.  17.  15- 

17  ;  Jer.  37. 

5-U 
'  ch.  14.  17  ; 

Jer.  46.  14 
"•ch.  25.13; 

32.  13 
"  ver.  10-12 ; 

ch.  30.  7,  8. 

13-13 
°  ver.  6, 16 
P  ver.  3 ; 

Prov.  16. 

18 ;  18.  12 
1  ver.  3  ;  ch. 

13.  8  ;  21. 

3 ;  26  3 
"•  ch.  30.  6 
»  ch.  30.  4 
<  ch.  32.  13  ; 

Jer.  43.  11, 

12 ;  46.  19 
«  ch.  30.  7  ; 

.ler.  25.  IS- 
IS ;  27.  6-11 

828 


unto  thy  scales.  5  And  I  will  •''cast 
thee  forth  into  the  wilderness,  thee 
and  all  the  fish  of  thy  rivers  :  thou 
shalt  "  fall  upon  the  *  open  field ; 
thou  shalt  not  be  brought  together, 
nor  gathered ;  I  have  given  thee 
for  ''  food  to  the  beasts  of  the  earth 
and  to  the  birds  of  the  heavens. 
6  And  all  the  inhabitants  of  Egypt 
shall  know  that  I  am  Jehovah, 
because  they  have  been  a  'staff 
of  reed  to  the  house  of  Israel.  7 
When  they  took  hold  of  thee  ^by 
thy  hand,  thou  didst  *  break,  and 
didst  renri  all  their  shoulders ;  and 
when  they  leaned  upon  thee,  thou 
brakest,  and  madest  all  their  loins 
to  ^  be  at  a  stand. 

8  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah  :  Behold,  I  will  '  bring  a 
sword  upon  thee,  and  will  ™  cut  off 
from  thee  rnan  and  beast.  9  And 
the  "  land  of  Egypt  shall  be  a  deso- 
lation and  a  waste  ;  and  they  shall 
"know  that  I  am  Jehovah.  Be- 
cause he  -^hath  said.  The  river  is 
mine,  and  I  have  made  it;  10 
therefore,  behold,  I  am  *  against 
thee,  and  against  thy  rivers,  and 
I  will  make  the  land  of  Egypt  an 
utter  waste  and  desolation,  ''from 
the  tower  of  ''Seveneh  even  unto 
the  border  of 'Ethiopia.  11  'No 
foot  of  man  shall  pass  through  it, 
nor  foot  of  beast  shall  pass  through 
it,  neither  shall  it  be  inhabited 
forty  years.  12  And  I  will  make 
the  land  of  Egypt  a  desolation  in 
the  "midst  of  tlie  countries  that 
ai^e  desolate  ;  and  her  cities  among 
the  cities  that  are  laid  waste  shall 
be  a  desolation  forty  years  ;  and  I 
will  "  scatter  the  Egyptians  among 
the  nations,  ariti  will  disperse  them 
through  the  countries. 

13  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  Je- 
hovah :  At  the  end  of  forty  years 
will  I  ^  gather  the  Egyptians  from 
the  peoples  whither  they  were  scat- 
tered ;  14  and  I  will  ''bring  back 
the  captivity  of  Egypt,  and  will 
cause  them  to  return  into  the  land 
of  ^Pathros,  into  the  land  of  their 
^  birth ;  and  they  shall  be  there  a 
"  base  kingdom.  1 5  It  shall  be  the 
'  basest  of  the  kingdoms ;  neither 

"  ch.  30.  23,  26 ;  .Ter.  46.  19  "  Is.  19.  22 ;  Jer.  46.  26 
Vch.  80.  14:  I.S.  11.  11;  Jer.  44.  1, 15  =ch.  17.6, 14; 
30.  13  ;  Zech.  10.  11 


3  Heb.  face  of  the  field. 

*  Or,  by  the  handle    Another  reading  is,  with 
the  hand. 

5  Or,  as  some  read,  shake    See  Ps.  69.  23. 
^  Or,  from  Migdol  to  Syene,  and  even  &c. 
7  Or,  return  to      *  Or,  origin       '  Heb.  low. 


29.16 


EZEKIEL 


30.18 


Egypt  to  be  sabdaed  by  Babylon 


shall  it  any  more  lift  itself  up 
above  the  nations :  and  i  will 
diminish  them,  that  they  shall  no 
more  "  rule  over  the  nations.  1  (5 
And  it  shall  bo  no  more  the  *  con- 
fidence of  :ne  lumse  of  Israel, 
*bringinr  niqaity  to  remembrance, 
when  the.v  turn  to  look  after  them : 
and  they  shall ''  know  that  1  am  the 
Lord  Jenovah. 

17  Antl  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
•seven  and  twentieth  year,  in  the 
first  munth,  in  the  first  day  of 
the  month,  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  me,  saying,  18  tSon  of 
man,  ■''Nebuchadrezzar  king  of 
Babylon  caused  his  army  to  serve  a 
great  service  against  Tyre :  every 
head  was  made  "  bald,  and  every 
shoulder  was  worn  ;  yet  had  he  no 
wages,  nor  his  army,  from  Tyre^ 
for  the  service  that  he  had  server! 
against  it.  1 9  Therefore  thus  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah":  Behold,  1  will 
give  the  land  of  '*  Ejjypt  unto 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon  ; 
and  he  shall  carry  off  her  'multi- 
tude, and  take  her  spoil,  and  take 
her  prey  ;  and  it  shall  be  the  wages 
for  his  army.  20  I  have  given  him 
the  land  of  Egypt  ^as  his  recom- 
pense for  which  he  *  served,  be- 
cause they  wi'ought  for  me,  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah. 

21  In  that  day  will  I  cause  a 
'  horn  to  bud  forth  unto  the  house 
of  Israel,  and  I  will  give  thee  the 
"*  opening  of  the  mouth  in  the  midst 
of  them ;  and  they  shall  "  know 
that  I  am  Jehovah. 
O/^  The  word  of  Jehovah 
Ov/  came  again  unto  me,  say- 
ing, 2  Son  of  man,  prophesy,  and 
say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  : 
*  Wail  ye,  Alas  for  the  day  !  3  For 
the  ^  day  is  near,  even  « the  day  of 
Jehovah  is  near  ;  it  shall  be  a  day 
of  "■  clouds,  a  time  of  the  nations. 

4  And  a  'sword  shall  come  upon 
Eg.NTot,  and  anguish  shall  be  in 
'^'Etniopia,  when  the  slain  shall 
fall  in  Egypt ;  and  they  shall  take 
away  her  "multitude,  and  her 
foundations  shall  be  broken  down. 

5  -'  Ethioina,  and  •'  Put,  and  LuiJ, 
and  all  tlie  ^mingled  people,  and 
Cub,  and  the  children  of  Hho 
land  that  is  in  league,  shall  fall 
with  them  by  the  sword. 

6  Thus  saith  Jehovah  :  They  also 
that  uphold  "Egypt  shall  fall :  and 
the  pride  of  her  power  shall  come 

I  Or,  for  his  labor  wher^wUh  he  served 

a  Hab.  CUiA.        *  Or,  tKe  land  of  the  covenant 


"  oh.  31.  2; 

■il  ■-' ;  Nah. 

3.  B-IU 
(>  ver.  t!,  7  ; 

cli.  i;.  15 ; 

Is.  211.  ft  ; 

3U.  1-3 ;  31. 

1  ;  36.  6 
■^  oh.  21.  23  ; 

Is.  W.  !i : 

Jer.  14.  1(1; 

Hos.  8.  13 
i  ver.  6,  9,  21 
''  v(!r.  1 :  ch. 

24.  1 ;  26. 

1 ;  3U.  20  ; 

40.  1 
/ch.  26.  7- 

12 ;  Jer.  25. 

y;  27.0 
;'ch.  27.  31: 

Jer.  48.  37 
''  ch.  30.  10, 

24,  2.i ;  32. 

11 
>  ch.  30.  4 ; 

Jer.  43. 

10-13 
^  Is.  10.  6,  7  ; 

45.  1-3  ; 

Jer.  25.  9 
'is.  2.  10; 

Ps.  92.  10 ; 

Ps.  132.  17 
'"  ch.  3.  27  ; 

24.  27 ;  33. 

22;  Am.  3. 

7,8;  Lk. 

21.  15 
"  ver.  6 ; 

ch.6.  7; 

28.  24,  26 
"  ch.  21.  12 ; 

Is.  13.  (>; 

15.  2 ;  Joel 

1.  .■),  11, 13 
P  ch.  7.  2-7, 

12 
■J  ch.  7. 19  ; 

13.  5 ;  Joel 

1.15; 

2.1;  Obad. 

15 
•■  ver.  18 : 

ch.  32.  7  ; 

34.  12 
'  ver.  11 
'  ver.  5,  9  ; 

cli.  29.  10 
"  ch.  29. 19 
"ch.  27.  10 
•"  Jer.  25. 

20,24 
y  Is.  20.  3-6 


'ch.29.  10 
"  cli.  '!'■>.  12  ; 

Jer.  25. 

18-26 
6  ch.  29.  6, 

9,16;  Ps. 

58.  11 
'  ver.  14, 16 ; 

ch.  22.  31 ; 

Am  1.  4,7, 

10,  12,  11 
d  ver.  5,  6 
'Is.  18.  1.2 
1  cli.  33.  11 ; 

39.  6 ;  Is. 

47.8 
"  ver.  4 

*  ch.  32.  9, 
10;  Is.  19. 
17 ;  23.  5 

*  ver.  24, 25  ; 
ch.  29.  19 

*  ch.  23.  7  ; 
31.  12 

'  ver.  4 
"'  ch.  29.  3,  9 
»  Is  2.  18 
"  ver.  16 ;  Is. 

19.  13 ; 

Jer.  2. 16; 

829 


down:  *froin  the  tower  of  'Seve- 
neh  shall  they  fall  in  it  by  the 
sword,  .saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 
7  And  they  shall  be  desolate  in  the 
"midst  of  th(!  countries  that  are 
desolate  ;  and  iier  cities  shall  be  in 
tlie  midst  of  the  cities  that  are 
wasted.  8  And  they  shall  ''know 
that  lam  Jehovah,  when  1  have  .set 
a  "lire  in  iogyi)t,  und  all  her  '^help- 
ers are ''destroyed.  'J  in  that  day 
shall  '  me.s.seng(M\s  go  forth  from 
before  me  in  ships  to  make  the 
-^careless  ''i^thiopians  afraid;  and 
there  shall  be ''  anguish  upon  them, 
as  in  the  day  of  Egypt;  for,  lo,  it 
cometh. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  : 

I  will  also  make  the  multitude  of 
E^ypt  to  cease,  by  the  hand  of 
•iNebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon. 

II  He  and  his  people  with  him, 
*the  terrible  of  the  nations,  shall 
be  brought  in  to  destroy  the  land  ; 
and  they  shall  draw  their  '  swords 
against  Egypt,  and  fill  the  land 
with  the  slain.  12  And  I  will 
make  the  '"  rivers  dry,  and  will  .sell 
the  land  into  the  hand  of  evil  men ; 
and  I  will  make  the  land  desolate', 
and  ®all  that  is  therein,  by  the 
hand  of  strangers :  1,  Jehovah, 
have  spoken  it. 

13  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah : 
I  will  also  "  destroy  the  idols,  and 
I  will  cause  the  'images  to  cease 
from  "Memphis;  and  there  shall 
be  no  more  a  prince  from  the  land 
of  Eg5'pt :  and  i  will  })ut  a  fear  in 
the  land  of  Egypt.  14  And  1  will 
make  ^Pathros  desolate,  and  will 
set  a  fire  in  "'Zoan,  and  will  exe- 
cute judgments  upon  *■  No.  1 5  And 
I  will  pour  my  wiath  upon  '8in, 
the  stronghold  of  Egypt;  and  I 
will  cut  oil"  the  nndtitude  of  'No. 
16  And  I  will  set  a  hre  in  Egypt: 
'  8in  shall  be  in  great  anguish,  and 
"No  shall  be  broken  up ;  and  ''  Mem- 
phis s^hull  have  adversarit'S  *in  the 
day-time.  17  The  young  men  of 
•'Aven  and  of  Pi-be.seth  shall  fall 
by  the  sword  ;  anrj  the.se  citieii  shall 
go  into  captivity.  18  At  "Tehaph- 
nehes  also  the  day  shall  *' with- 
draw itself,   when   I  shall  "break 

44  1 ;  46  14  ^  ch.  29  14  :  Is.  11.  11  :  .Tor.  44. 1,  15 
<*  Ps.  78.  12,  43  ;  Is  1!*.  11,  13  '  vor.  1'.,  IK  ;  Jer.  46. 
2') :  Nah.  3.  8  *  vor  16  '  ver.  15  "  ver.  14, 15 
'■  ver.  13  '  r.Pii  41  45  ;  46.  20  »  Jer.  43.  8-lS 
'  ver.  8  "  ch.  .14.  27  ;  Lev.  26  IS;  Is.  10.  27 ;  Jer. 
27.  2  ;  28.  10,  13  ;  30.  3 

4  Or.  from  U'ndol  to  Syent     »  Heb  broken. 

«  Heb.  the  fulness  thereof. 

-  Or,  Ihinos  of  nought    ?.ee  Ps.  9fi  5. 

e  Or,  all  the  day    *  Another  reaUiug  is,  be  dark 


30.19 


EZEKIEL 


31.14 


Egypt  to  b«  snbdaed  by  Babylon.    Pharaoh  warned  by  Assyria's  Fate 


there  the  yokes  of  Egypt,  and  the 
pride  of  her  power  shall  cease  in 
ner  :  as  for  her,  a  "  cloud  shall  cover 
her,  and  her  daughters  shall  go 
into  captivity.  19  Thus  will  I  *  ex- 
ecute judgments  upon  Egyj^t ;  and 
they  shall  ''know  that  I  am  Jehovah. 
20  And  it  came  to  i^ass  in  the 
■*  eleventh  year,  in  the  first  month, 
in  the  seventh  day  of  the  month, 
that  the  word  of  .Jehovah  came 
unto  me,  saying,  21  !Son  of  man, 
I  have  °  broken  the  arm  of  Pharaoh 
king  of  Egypt ;  and,  lo,  it  hath  not 
been  -^  bound  up,  to  apply  healing 
medicines,  to  put  a  bandage  to 
bind  it,  that  it  be  strong  to  hold 
the  sword.  22  Therefore  thus  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah:  Behold,  I  am 
»■  against  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt, 
and  windbreak  his  arms,  the  strong 
arm,  and  that  which  was  'broken  ; 
and  I  will  cause  the  sword  to  ^  fall 
out  of  his  hand.  23  And  I  will 
'  scatter  the  Egyptians  among  the 
nations,  and  will  disperse  them 
through  the  countries.  24  And  1 
will  '"strengthen  the  arms  of  the 
king  of  Babylon,  and  put  "my 
sword  in  his  hand :  but  I  will 
"  break  the  arms  of  Pharaoh,  and 
he  shall  ^ groan  before  him  with 
the  groanings  of  a'  deadly  wounded 
man.  25  And  I  will  ''  hold  up  the 
arms  of  the  king  of  Babylon  ;  and 
the  "arms  of  Pharaoh  shall  fall 
down ;  and  they  shall  know  that 
I  am  Jehovah,  when  I  shall  put 
'my  sword  into  the  hand  of  the 
king  of  Babylon,  and  he  shall 
"  stretch  it  out  upon  the  land  of 
Egypt.  26  And  I  will  "scatter  the 
Egyptians  among  the  nations,  and 
disperse  them  through  the  coun- 
tries ;  and  they  shall  know  that  1 
am  .Jehovah. 

O  "j  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
O  JL  ^  eleventh  year,  in  the  third 
month,  in  the  first  day  of  the  month, 
that  the  word  of  .Jehovah  came 
inito  me,  saying,  2  Son  of  man,  say 
unto  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  and 
to  his  ^  multitude :  ^  Whom  art  thou 
like  in  thy  greatness'?  3  Behold, 
the  "Assyrian  was  a  *  cedar  in  Leba- 
non with  fair  branches,  and  with 
a  "  forest-like  shade,  and  of  ■*  high 
stature ;  and  its  top  was  among 
the  ^  thick  boughs.  4  The  "  waters 
nourished  it,  the  deep  made  it  to 
grow:  the  rivers  thereof  ran  round 
about  its  plantation ;  and  it  sent 
out  its  channels  unto  all  the  trees 

1  Or,  clouds 


"  ver.  3 

*  ver.  14 ; 
ch.  5.  8, 15 ; 
25.  11 ; 

Ps.  a.  16 
"  ver.  25,  26 
d  ch.  26.  1 ; 

29.  1,  17 ; 

31.  1 

«  ver.  24 ; 

Ps.  10. 15 ; 

37.17 
/Jer.  30.13; 

46.11 
"  ch.  29.  3 ; 

Jer.  46.  25 
h  ver.  21,  25 
'  2  K.  24.  7  ; 

Jer.  37.  7 

*  Jer.  46.  21 
'  ver.  17, 18, 

26;  ch.  29. 

12 
'»  ver.  10, 25 ; 

Neh.  6.  9 ; 

Is.  45.  1,  5 ; 

Zeoh.  10. 

12 
"  ver.  11, 

25 ;  Is.  10. 

5,  6,  15 ; 

Zeph.  2.  12 
°  ver.  21 
P  ch.  26.  15 ; 

Jer.  51.  52 
«  ch.  21. 14, 

25 
>"  ver.  10,  24 

*  ver.  22 

<  ver.  11,  24 
"  Josh.  8. 

18;  IChr. 

21.  16 ;  Is. 

5.  25 
"  ver.  23 
•^ch.  30.  20; 

32.  1 ;  Jer. 
52.  5,  6 

ych.  29.  19; 

31).  10 : 

Nah.  3.  8, 9 
'  ver.  18  ;  Is. 

14.  13,  14 
"  Nah.  3.  1, 

*c. ;  Zeph. 

2.  13 
b  ver.  16 ; 

ch.  17.  3,  4, 

22 ;  Is.  10. 

33.  34 ; 
Dau.  4.  10, 
20-23 

"^  ch.  17.  23 
rf  ver.  5,  10 ; 

Is.  10.  33 
'  ch.  17.  5, 

8;  Rev.  17. 

1,15 


/  ver.  3,  10 
"  Ps.  37.  35 
h  ch.  17.  5  ; 

Ps.  1.  3 
'  ver.  12, 13  ; 

ch.  17.  23 ; 

Dan.  4.  12, 

21 ;  Mt.  13. 

32 
t  ver.  2,  9 
'  ver.  3  ;  Ps. 

80.  10 
"'  ver.  16, 18 ; 

ch.  2S.  13, 

Gen.  2.  8, 

9;  13.  10; 

Is.  51.  3 
"  ch.  16.  14 
"  ver.  3,  5 
P  ch.  28.  17  ; 

2  Chr.  32. 

25 ;  Is.  10. 

12;  14.  13, 

14 ;  Dan.  5. 

20 
«  ch.  30.  10, 

830 


of  the  field.  5  Therefore  its  stature 
was  ^  exalted  above  all  the  trees  of 
the  field ;  and  its  ^  boughs  were  mul- 
tiplied, and  its  branches  became 
long  by  reason  of  "'"many  waters, 
when  it  shot  them  fovea.  6  All  the 
'birds  of  the  heavens  n.-uie  their 
nests  in  its  boughs  ;  anc  luder  its 
branches  did  all  the  beasts  of  the 
field  bring  forth  their  young  ;  and 
under  its  shadow  dwelt  all  great 
nations.  7  Thus  was  it  *fair  in 
its  greatness,  in  the  length  of  its 
branches ;  for  its  root  was  oy^  many 
waters.  8  The  '  cedars  in  the  "'  gar- 
den of  God  could  not  hide  it ;  the 
fir-trees  were  not  like  its  boughs, 
and  the  plane-trees  were  not  as  its 
branches  ;  nor  was  any  tree  in  the 
'"  garden  of  God  like  unto  it  in  its 
beautj'.  9  I  made  it  "fair  by  the 
multitude  of  its  branches,  so  that 
all  the  trees  of  "'Eden,  that  \yere in 
the  ™  garden  of  God,  envied  it. 

10  Therefore  thus  *said  the  Lord 
-Jehovah :  Because  thou  art  "  ex- 
alted in  stature,  and  he  hath  set 
his  top  among  the  /  thick  boughs, 
and  his  **  heart  is  lifted  up  in  his 
height ;  1 1  I  will  even  deliver  him 
into  the  hand  of  the  'mighty  one 
of  the  nations  ;  he  shall  surely  deal 
with  him  ;  I  have  ''  driven  him  out 
for  his  wickedness.  1 2  And  "stran- 
gers, the  'terrible  of  the  nations, 
have  cut  him  off,  and  have  left 
him:  upon  the  "mountains  and  in 
all  the  valleys  his  branches  are 
fallen,  and  his  boughs  are  broken 
by  all  the  watercourses  of  the  land ; 
and  all  the  peoples  of  the  earth  are 
"  gone  down  from  his  shadow,  and 
have  left  him.  13  Upon  his  ruin 
all  the  "^  birds  of  the  heavens  shall 
dwell,  and  all  the  beasts  of  the  field 
shall  be  upon  his  branches;  14  to 
the  end  that  none  of  all  the  trees 
by  the  waters  exalt  themselves  in 
their  stature,  neither  set  their  top 
among  the  thick  boughs,  nor  that 
their  mighty  ones  stand  up  in  their 
height,  even  all  that  drink  water: 
for  they  are  all  delivered  unto 
^ death,  to  the  ^nether  parts  of  the 
earth,  in  the  midst  of  the  children 
of  men,  with  them  that  go  down  to 
the  pit. 

11 ;  32.  11, 12  ;  Dan.  5.  18,  19    »•  Dt.  18.  12 ;  Nah. 

3.  18  ■'  ch  7.  21 ;  28.  7  :  30.  12 ;  Hab.  1.  6  «  ch.  28 
7  ;  30.  11 ;  32.  12  "  ch.  32.  5 ;  35.  8  "  ver.  17 ;  Dan. 

4.  14 ;  Nah.  3.  17, 18  "  ver.  6 ;  ch.  29.  5 ;  32.  4 ;  Is. 
18.  6  V  ver.  16,  17  '^  ver.  18 ;  ch.  26.  20 ;  32.  24  ■ 
Num.  16.  30,  33 ;  Ps.  63.  9 ;  Am.  9.  2 ;  Jon.  2.  2,  6; 
Eph.  4.  9 


4  Or,  great 


s  Or,  taiih 


31.15 


EZEKIEL 


32.17 


Pharaoh  warned  by  Assyria's  Fate.    Lamentation  over  Pharaoh 


15  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  : 
In  the  day  when  he  "went  clown 
to  bheol  1  'caused  a  niourniiif^:  1 
covered  the  deep  for  liini,  and  I 
restrained  the  rivers  thereof;  and 
the  great  waters  were  stayed  ;  and 
I  caused  Lebanon  ^  to  mourn  for 
hini,  and  all  tlie  trees  of  the  field 
fainted  for  him.  16  I  made  the 
nations  to  "shake  at  the  sound  of 
his  fall,  when  1  ''  cast  him  down  to 
Sheol  with  them  that  descend  into 
the  pit ;  and  all  the  trees  of  "  Eden, 
tlie  choice  and  best  of  -^Lebanon, 
all  that  drink  water,  were  "com- 
forted in  the  ''  nether  parts  of  the 
earth.  17  They  also 'went  down 
into  Sheol  with  him  unto  them  that 
are  *  slain  by  the  sword  ;  yea,  they 
that  were  his  arm,  ^Aa^  dwelt 'un- 
der his  shadow  in  the  midst  of  the 
nations. 

18  To '"whom  art  thou  thus  like 
in  glory  and  in  greatness  among 
the  trees  of  "Eden?  yet  shalt  thou 
be  brought  down  with  the  trees  of 
"Eden  unto  the  "nether  parts  of 
the  earth :  thou  shalt  lie  in  the 
midst  of  the  ''uncircumcised,  with 
them  that  are  "slain  by  the  sword. 
•"This  is  Pharaoh  and  all  his  mul- 
titude, saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 
or)  And  it  came  to  pass  in 
O^  the  'twelfth  year,  in  the 
twelfth  month,  in  the  first  day  of 
the  month,  that  the  word  of  Jeho- 
vah came  unto  me,  saying,  2  Son 
of  man,  take  up  a  'lamentation 
over  Pliaraoh  king  of  Egypt,  and 
say  unto  him,  Thou  wast  likened 
unto  a  young  "  lion  of  the  nations  : 
yet  art  thou  as  a  "  monster  in  the 
seas ;  and  thou  didst  -^  break  forth 
^with  thy  i-ivers,  and  *troubledst 
the  waters  with  thy  feet,  and 
fouledst  their  rivers.  3  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah  :  I  will  spread 
out  my  '  net  upon  thee  with  a  com- 
pany of  many  peoples ;  and  they 
shall  bring  thee  up  in  my  net. 
4  And  I  will  leave  thee  upon  the 
"land,  I  will  cast  thee  forth  upon 
the  open  field,  and  will  cause  all 
the  *  birds  of  the  heavens  to  settle 
upon  thee,  and  I  will  satisfy  the 
beasts  of  the  whole  earth  with 
thee.  5  And  I  will  lay  thy  flesh 
upon  the  "^  mountains,  and  fill  the 
valleys  with  thy  Mieight.  G  1  will 
also  water  with  thy ''blood  the  land 
wherein  thou  "swimmest,  even  to 
the   mountains ;    and   the    water- 

1  Heb.  to  he  black.  «  Or,  in 

3  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  voorms 


"  ch.  32.  22, 

23 
>>  ill.  32.  7  : 

Nah.  2.  10 
'  oh.  2H.  l.i  : 

27  28 : 

Hag.  2.  7 
■'  oil.  32.  18  ; 

Is.  14.  15 
'  ver.  8,  » 
/Ls.  14.  8: 

Hal)  2  17 
"ch.  14  22, 

23 ;  32  31 
''  ver.  14,  IS 
'  I's.  !»,  17 
*••  ch.  32.  18- 

2(1;  I.S   14. 

a ;  Nah,  3. 

17,18 
I  ver.  3,  6 ; 

Dan.  4.  12 
'"  ver.  2  ;  ch. 

32.  lf)-21 
"  ver.  8,  9 
"  ver.  14 
''  ch.  28.  10  ; 

32.  1(».  21 ; 

Jer.  y.  25, 

2« 
«  ver.  17 
'•  Ps.  52.  7 ; 

Mt.  13.  19 
'  ver.  17 ; 

ch.  30.  20 : 

31. 1 ;  33.  21 
'  ver.  IG ; 

ch.  19.  1 ; 

27.  2  ;  28. 12 
"  ch.  19.  2-6  ; 

38.13;  Jer. 

4.  7;  Nah. 

2.  11-13 
^  ch.  2il.  3  ; 

Is  27.  1 
■'Jer.  46.7,8 
■"  ch.  34.  18 
-  ch.  12.  13  ; 

17.  20 ;  19. 

8 ;  Hab.  1. 

14,15 
"  ch.  2!l.  5 ; 

31.  12,  13 ; 

39.  4,  5, 

17-20 ; 

Jer.  8.  2 
fc Is.  18  6 
'  ch.  35.  8 
rfch.  35.  6; 

Ex.  7.  17 ; 

Is.  34.  3,  7; 

Rev.  14.  20 
•  ver.  2 


/Job  18.  5, 
6 ;  Prov. 
13.9 

"  ch.  30.  3. 
18 ;  34.  12  ; 
Ex.  10.  21- 
23  ;  Is.  34.  4 

h  Is.  13.  10 

•  Joel  2.  2, 
31 ;  3  15 : 
Am.  8.  9 

it  Gen.  1  14 
'  ch.  27.  29- 

32  ;  28.  19 ; 

Rev.  18. 

10-15 
•"  Ex.  15.  14- 

16 
"  ch.  27.  35 
"  oh.  26  Ifi 
r  Dt.  3'2.  41 ; 

Jer.  46  10 
«  ch.  30.  9 
"■  (h.  30.  24. 

25 ;  Jer.  43. 

10,  11 ;  46. 

13,  24-26 

•  ch.  28.  7  ; 
30.  11 ;  31. 
12 

(  ch.  30.  18 

831 


courses  shall  be  full  of  thee.  7 
And  when  I  sliall  ■'extinguish 
thee,  1  will  "cover  the  heaven.s, 
and  make  the  *  stars  thereof  ""dark  ; 
I  will  cover  the  'sun  with  a  cloud, 
and  the  mo<,)n  sliall  not  give  its 
light.  8  All  the  bright  Mights  of 
heaven  will  1  make  ''dark  over 
thee,  and  set  darkness  upon  thy 
land,  saith  the  L(jrd  Jehovah.  9 
1  will  also  'vex  the  hearts  of  many 
peoples,  when  L  shall  '"bring  thy 
destruction  among  the  nations, 
into  the  countries  which  thou  hast 
not  known.  10  Yea,  I  will  make 
many  peoples  "amazed  at  thee,  and 
their  "kings  shall  be  horribl.y  afraid 
for  thee,  when  1  shall  brandish  ^mv 
sword  before  them  ;  and  they  shall 
» tremble  at  every  moment,  every 
man  for  his  own  life,  in  the  day  of 
thy  fall. 

11  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah :  The  ''sword  of  the  king  of 
Babylon  shall  come  upon  tliee. 
12  By  the  swords  of  the  mighty 
will  1  cause  thy  multitude  to  fall ; 
tlie  "terrible  of  the  nations  are 
they  all :  and  they  .shall  '  bring  to 
nought  the  pride  of  Egypt,  and  all 
the  multitude  thereof  shall  be  de- 
stroyed. 13  1  will  destroy  also 
all  the  "  beasts  thereof  from  oeside 
'•'  manj^  waters ;  neither  shall  the 
"foot  of  man  trouble  them  any 
more,  nor  the  hoofs  of  beasts 
trouble  them.  14  Then  will  I 
*■  make  their  waters  clear,  and 
cause  their  rivers  to  run  like  oil, 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah.     15  When 

1  shall  make  the  land  of  Egjij;t 
■"  desolate  and  wa.ste,  a  land  desti- 
tute of  'that  whereof  it  was  full, 
when  I  shall  .smite  all  them  that 
dwell  therein,  then  shall  the.v 
"know  that  1  am  Jehovah.  1(> 
This  is  the  -lamentation  where- 
with they  shall  lament  ;  the 
daughters  of  the  nations  ^  shall 
lament  therewith  ;  over  Egypt, 
and  over  all  her  multitude,  shall 
they  lament  therewith,  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah. 

17  It  came  to  pass  also^  in  the 
"  twelfth  year,  in  the  "  fifteenth 
(lay  of  the  month,  that  the  word 
of  Jehovali  cjimo  unto  me,  saying, 

»  cb  i*'  S  "  ver  2  :  ch  29.  11 ;  ."M.  18  '  ch  29. 12. 
19,  20  :  Pf .  107.  34  f  ch.  6.  7  ;  30  19,  26 ;  Ex.  7.  5 ; 
14  4.  IS;  Ps.  9.  16;  83  17,  1'*       ■  ver.  2;  ch.  26.  17; 

2  S  1.  17  ;  3.  33,  C4  ;  2  Chr.  M  25 ;  Jer.  9.  17  "  rer. 
li  ch.  31. 1;  33.21 


*  Or.  to  mouTTi  ^  Or,  great 

«  Heb.  catute  their  waters  to  settle. 
'  Heb.  t/ie/ulneu  t^ereof. 


32.18 


EZEKIEL 


33.6 


The  Egyptians  with  otlier  Sations  in  Sheol.    The  Watchman's  Dnty 


18  Son  of  man,  "  wail  for  the  mul- 
titude of  Egypt,  and  *cast  them 
down,  even  her,  and  the  daughters 
of  the  famous  nations,  unto  the 
"nether  parts  of  the  earth,  with 
them  that  go  down  into  the  pit. 

19  **  Whom  dost  thou  pass  in 
beauty  1  "go  down,  and  be  thou 
laid  with  the  -^uncircumcised.  20 
They  shall  fall  in  the  midst  of 
them  that  are  ^  slain  by  the  sword  : 
^  she  is  delivered  to  the  sword ; 
*  draw  her  away  and  all  her  multi- 
tudes. 2 1  The  '  strong  among  the 
mighty  shall  speak  to  him  out  of  the 
midst  of  Sheol  with  them  that  help 
him :  they  are  ^gone  down,  they  lie 
still,  even  the  uncircumcised,  slain 
by  the  sword. 

22  '  Asshur  is  there  and  all  her 
company ;  her  graves  are  round 
about  her  ;  all  of  them  slain,  fallen 
by  the  sword ;  23  whose  graves 
are  set  in  the  uttermost  parts  of 
the  pit,  and  her  company  is  round 
about  her  grave  ;  all  of  them  slain, 
fallen  by  the  sword,  who  '"caused 
terror  in  the  land  of  the  living. 

24  There  is  "  Elam  and  all  her 
multitude  round  about  her  grave  ; 
all  of  them  slain,  fallen  by  the 
sword,  who  are  gone  down  uncir- 
cumcised into  the  "nether  parts 
of  the  earth,  who  ^caused  their 
terror  in  the  *land  of  the  living, 
and  have  *■  borne  their  shame  with 
them  that  go  down  to  the  pit. 
25  They  have  set  her  a  *  bed  in 
the  midst  of  the  slain  with  all  her 
multitude ;  her  graves  are  round 
about  her  ;  all  of  them  *  uncircum- 
cised, slain  by  the  sword ;  for  their 
"terror  was  caused  in  the  land  of 
the  living,  and  they  have  ^  borne 
their  shame  with  them  that  go 
down  to  the  pit :  he  is  put  in  the 
midst  of  them  that  are  slain. 

26  There  is  •'Meshech,  ^  Tubal, 
and  all  their  multitude  ;  their 
graves  are  round  about  them ;  all 
of  them  ^uncircumcised,  slain  by 
the  sword  ;  for  they  "  caused  their 
terror  in  the  land  of  the  living. 
27  ^And  they  shall  *not  lie  with 
the  "mighty  that  are  fallen  of  the 
uncircumcised ,  that  are  gone  down 
to  Sheol  with  their  weapons  of  war, 
and  have  laid  their  swords  under 
their  heads,  and  their  "iniquities 
are  upon  their  bones  ;  for  they  vjere 
the  Herror  of  the  mighty  in  the 
land  of  the  living.      28  But  thou 

1  Or,  the  sword  is  appointed 
^  Or,  And  shall  they  not  lie  &e.  t 


"  ver.  2, 16 ; 

ch.  21.  6 ; 

Is.  16.  9 : 

Mic.  1.  8 
b  ch.  4a.  3  ; 

Jer.  1.10; 

Hos.  6.  5 
<=  ver.  24 ; 

ch.  31.  14, 

16,18 
rfcli.31.  2.13 
'  Is.  14.  15 
/  ver.  21,  24, 

29,  3U;  ch. 

31. 18;  Jer. 

9.  2o,  26 
s  ver.  21, 

(Sic.  ; 

ch.  31.  17 
ft  Ps.  23.  3 
1  ver.  27;  Is. 

14.  9-12 
k  ver.  31,  32 
'  ch.  27.  23  ; 

31.  3, 16 
'"  ver.  24, 

25,  &c. 
"  Gen.  10. 

22 ;  14.  1  ; 

Is.  11. 11 ; 

Jer.  25.  25 ; 

49.  34-39 
"  ver.  13 ; 

ch.  26.  20 ; 

31.  14, 18 
P  ver.  23 
9  Job  28.  13  ; 

Ps.  27.  13  ; 

52.  5 ;  142. 

5;  Is.  33. 

11 ;  Jer.  11. 

19 
""  ver.  25,  30 ; 

ch.  16.  52, 

54 
'  Ps.  139.  8 
*  ver.  19 
"  ver.  23 
"  ver.  24 
^ch.  27.  13; 

38.  2,  3 ;  39. 

1 ;  Geu.  10. 

2 
y  ch.  27.  13  ; 

3S.  2,  3 ;  39. 

1 ;  Gen.  10. 

2;  Is.  66. 19 
'  ver.  1!) 
"  ver.  32 
b  Is.  14.  18, 

19 
"  ver.  21 ; 

Job  3. 13-15 
<<  Job20.  11; 

Ps.  109.  13 
«ver.  23 


/ver.  19 
"  ch.  25.  13  ; 

35.  9,  15 ; 

Is.  34.  5- 

15 ;  Jer.  49 

7-22 
''ver.  19 
i  Ch.  38.  6, 

15 ;  39.  2 ; 

Jer.  1.  15 ; 

25.26 
«:  Ch.  28.  21- 

23 ;  Jer.  25. 

22 
'  ver.  19 
""  ver.  24 
"  ver.  18,  21 
"  ch.  14.  22  ; 

31.  IB 
P  ver.  23 
9  ver.  24 
'"  ver.  19 
"  ver.  20 
«  ver.  12,  17, 

30;  ch.  3. 

11;  37.  18 
«  ch.  5.  17  ; 

11.  8 ;  14. 

832 


shalt  be  broken  in  the  midst  of  the 
■'^ uncircumcised,  and  shalt  lie  with 
them  that  are  slain  by  the  sword. 

29  There  is  /  i^dom,  her  kings 
and  all  her  princes,  who  ^in  their 
might  are  laid  with  them  that  are 
slain  by  the  sword  :  they  shall  lie 
with  the  ''uncircumcised,  and  with 
them  that  go  down  to  the  pit. 
30  There  are  the  princes  of  the 
'north,  all  of  them,  and  all  the 
*Sidonians,  who  are  gone  down 
with  the  slain ;  ^  in  the  terror 
which  they  caused  by  their  might 
they  are  put  to  shame ;  and  they 
lie  '  uncircumcised  with  them  that 
are  slain  by  the  sword,  and  ™bear 
their  shame  with  them  that  go 
down  to  the  pit. 

31  "Pharaoli  shall  see  them,  and 
shall  be  "comforted  over  all  his 
multitude,  ''even  Pharaoh  and  all 
his  army,  slain  by  the  sword,  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah.  32  For  I  have 
put  ''his  ^terror  in  the  'land  of  the 
living ;  and  he  shall  be  laid  in  the 
midst  of  the  ''uncircumcised,  with 
them  that  are  '  slain  by  the  sword, 
even  Pharaoh  and  all  his  multitude, 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

O  O  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
O  O  came  unto  me,  saying,  2  Son 
of  man,  speak  to  the  'children  of 
thy  people,  and   say  unto   them, 


when  I  "bring  the  sword  upon  a 
land,  and  the  people  of  the  land 
take  a  man  from  among  them,  and 
"  set  him  for  their  watchman  ;  3  if, 
when  he  seeth  the  sword  come  upon 
the  land,  he  ''blow  the  trumpet,  and 
warn  the  people ;  4  then  whoso- 
ever heareth  the  sound  of  the 
trumpet,  and  •^'taketh  not  warn- 
ing, if  the  sword  come,  and  take 
him  away,  his  blood  shall  be  upon 
his  ^own  head.  5  He  heard  the 
sound  of  the  trumpet,  and  took  not 
warning ;  his  blood  shall  be  upon 
him ;  whereas  if  he  had  taken 
warning,  he  would  have  "  delivered 
his  soul.  6  But  if  the  watchman 
see  the  sword  come,  and  *  blow  not 
the  trumpet,  and  the  people  be  not 
warned,  and  the  sword  come,  and 

17  ;  Jer  12.  12 ;  Zech.  13.  7  "  ver.  7  ;  2  S.  18.  24  ; 
2  K.  9  17  ;  Is.  21  6-9  ;  Jer.  51.  12  *  ver.  9  ;  Neh. 
4.  18-20 ;  Is.  58.  1 ;  Hos.  8.  1 ;  Joel  2.  1  2'  2  Chr. 
25.  16 ;  Jer.  6.  17  ;  Zech.  1.  4  =  ver.  5,  9 ;  ch.  18. 
13;  Acts  18.  6     "^  Ex.  9.  19-21 ;  Heb.  11.  7      '     '    ~ 

18  ;  Is.  56.  10, 11 


bch.S. 


•  3  Or,  for  all  their  might 
<  Or,  for  oil  Ike  terror 

■">  Or,  Pharaoh  and  all  his  army  are  slain  &e. 
«  Another  reading  is,  my. 


33.7 


EZEKIEL 


33.28 


The  Wakhmaa's  Duty.    The  Lord  judges  righteoosly.    Why  Jerosalem  was  smitten 


take  any  person  from  among  them  ; 
he  is  "  taken  away  '  in  his  iniquity, 
but  his  ''blood  will  i  require  at  the 
watchman's  hand. 

7  !So  thou,  son  of  man,  I  have 
''set  thee  a  watchman  unto  the 
house  of  Israel  ;  therefore  hear 
the  word  at  my  mouth,  and  give 
them  ''  warning  from  me.  8  Wlien 
I  say  unto  the  wicked,  O  wicked 
man,  thou  shalt  "surely  die,  and 
thou  dost  not  speak  to  warn  the 
wicked  from  his  way  ;  that  wicked 
man  shall  die  'in  his  iniquity,  but 
his  blood  will  1-^requireat  thy  hand. 
9  Nevertheless,  if  thou  "  wai-n  the 
wicked  of  his  way  to  turn  from  it, 
and  he  ''  turn  not  from  his  way  ;  he 
shall  die  Mn  his  iniquity,  but  thou 
hast  'delivered  thy  soul. 

10  And  thou,  son  of  man,  say 
unto  the  house  of  Israel :  Thus  ye 
speak,  saying,  ^  *  Our  transgres- 
sions and  our  sinS  are  upon  us, 
and  we  '  pine  away  *  in  them ; 
"•  how  then  can  we  live  %  11  Say 
unto  them,  "  As  I  live,  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah,  I  have  "no  pleasure 
in  the  death  of  the  wicked  ;  but 
that  the  wicked  ^  turn  from  his 
way  and  live  :  '  turn  ye,  turn  ye 
from  your  evil  ways  ;  for/wjjy  will 
ye  die,  O  house  of  Israel  v^2  And 
thou,  son  ofSman,  say  unto  the 
children  of  thy  people.  The  'right- 
eojLisness  of  the  righteous  shall  not 
deliver  him  in  the  day  of  his  trans- 
gression ;  and  as  for  the  wickedness 
of  the  wicked,  he  sliall  '  not  fall 
thereby  in  the  day  that  he  turneth 
from  his  wickedness  ;  neither  shall 
he  that  is  righteous  be  able  to  live 
thereby  in  the  day  that  he  sinneth. 

iA^i  When  I  say  to  the  righteoife, 
that  he  shall  surely  live ;  if  he  trust 
to  his  righteousness,  and  'commit 
iniquity,  none  of  his  righteous 
deeds  shall  be  remembered;  but 
Mn  his  iniquity  that  he  hath  com- 
mitted, ^therein  shall  he  die.  144— cu.^s 
Again,  when  I  say  unto  the  wicked, 
Thou  shalt  surely  die;  if  he  "turn 
from  his  sin,  and  do  that  which  is 

."lawfuljand  right  ;S,r)  if  the  Avicked 
'restore  the  pledge,  "give  again  that 
which  he  had  taken  by  robbery, 
walk  in  the  'statutes  oi  life,  com- 
mitting no  iniquity;  lie  shall 
surely  live,  he  shall  not  die.  M6 
"  None  of  his  sins  that  he  hath 
committed  shall  be  remembered 
against  him :    he  hath  done  that 

1  Or,  for      *  Or,  Truly  our  Irantgrettions  ice. 
*  Or,  J<tr  it 

27 


which  i.s  lawful  and  right;  he  shall 
surely  live. 

17  *  Yet  the  children  of  thy  peo- 
ple say.  The  way  of  the  Lord  is 
not  equal:  but  as  for  them,  their 
way  is  not  equal.  18  When  the 
righteous  tuineth  from  his  right- 
eousness, and  "committeth  iniq- 
uity, he  shall  even  die  ^therein. 
19  And  when  the  wicked  turneth 
from  his  wickedness,  and  doeth 
that  which  is  ''lawful  and  right, 
he  shall  live  thereby.  20  Yet  'ye 
say.  The  way  of  the  Lord  is  not 
equal.  O  house  of  Israel,  I  will 
-'judge  you  every  one  after  his  wayg» 

2 1  And  it  *  came  to  pass  in  ine 
"twelfth  year  of  our  captivity,  in 
the  tenth  nvmth,  in  the  fifth  day 
of  the  month,  that  one  that  had 
'escaped  out  of  .Jerusalem  carrie 
unto  me,  saying.  The  citv  is  smit>- 
ten.  22  Now  the  *hanff  of  Jeho- 
vah had  been  upon  me  in  the 
evening,  before  he  that  was  es- 
caped came ;  and  he  had  '  opened 
my  mouth,  until  he  came  to  me  in 
the  morning ;  and  my  mouth  was 
'"opened,  and  I  was  no  more  dumb. 

23  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  me,  .saying,  24  Son  of 
man,  they  that  "inhabit^  those 
"  waste  places  in  the  land  of  Israel 
speak,  saying,  ^Abraham  was  one, 
and  he  inherited  the  land :  but  we 
are  many;  the  land  is  given  «us  for 
inheritance.  25  Wherefore  say 
unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah:  Ye  eat  with  the  ''blood, 
and  'lift  up  your  eyes  unto  your 
idols,  and  'shed  blood  :  and  "shall 
ye  possess  the  land  %  26  Ye  "stand 
upon  your  sword,  ye  work  abomi- 
nation, and  ye  ""defile  every  one  his 
neighbor's  wife:  and  shall  ye 
possess  the  land?  27  Thus  shfilt 
thou  say  unto  them,  Thus  saith 
tlie  Lord  Jehovah  :  As  I  live,  surely 
they  that  are  in  the  waste  places 
shall  "fall  by  the  sword  ;  and  him 
tliat  is  in  the  open  afield  will  I 
give  to  the  beasts  to  be  devoured  ; 
and  they  that  are  in  the  strong- 
holds and  in  the  "caves  shall  die 
of  the  pestilence.  28  And  I  will 
make  the  land  a  desolation  and  an 
'•astonishment;  and  the  "pride  of 

Pis.  51.  2:  AcU7  5  'ch  11.  IS;  Lk.  3.  8;  Rom. 
\.  12  ""  Lev.  17  10,  12.  U ;  l)t.  12  18,  23  :  15.  23 
•  ch.  20.  24  '  ch.  22.  3.  27  ''  Jer  7.  9.  10  "  Mic.  2. 
1.2;  Zeph.  3.  3  '  ch.  18  11 ;  "il.  11  V  vera-*;  ch. 
5  12-14  ;  Jer.  15.  2-4  ;  42.  22  *  ch  7. 15 ;  39  4  "1  8. 
13.  «;  Is.  2.  19  l"ch.  5.  15;  6  14;  Jer.  42.22;  MIc. 
7.  13    '  ch.  7.  24  ;  24.  21  ;  30.  6,  7 

4  Or.  Sor  it    (Hab.  fhem) 


33.29 


EZEKIEL 


34.17 


Disobedient  Hearers  of  the  Prophet.    The  unfaithful  Shepherds  of  Israel  condemned.    Jehovah's  Care  for  his  FIocIc 


her  power  shall  cease;  and  the 
"  mountains  of  Israel  shall  be  deso- 
late, so  that  none  shall  pass  through. 
29  Then  shall  they  know  that  I  am 
Jehovah,  when  I  have  made  the 
land  a  *desolatioQ  and  an  astonish- 
ment, because  of  all  their  '"abomi- 
nations which  they  have  committed. 
30  And  as  for  thee,  son  of  man, 
the  "*  children  of  thy  people  talk  of 
thee  by  the  walls  ana  in  the  doors 
of  the  houses,  and  speak  one  to 
another,  every  one  to  his  brother, 
saying,  ^Come,  I  pray  you,  and 
hear  what  is  the  word  that  cometh 
forth  from  Jehovah.  31  And  they 
come  unto  thee  •''as  the  people  com- 
eth, and  they  sit  before  thee  as  my 
people,  and  they  ^hear  thy  words, 
but  do  them  not ;  for  with  their 
''  mouth  they  show  much  love,  but 
their  heart  'goeth  after  their  gain. 
32  And,  lo,  thou  art  unto  them  as 
^  a  very  lovely  song  of  one  that  hath 
a  *  pleasant  voice,  and  can  play 
well  on  an  instrument ;  for  they 
hear  thy  words,  but  they  do  them 
not.  33  And  when  this  'cometh 
to  pass  (behold,  it  cometh),  then 
shall  they  know  that  a  '"prophet 
hath  been  among  them. 
O  /^  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
O  jt  came  unto  me,  saying,  2  Son 
of  man,  prophesy  against  the 
"  shepherds  of  Israel,  prophesy,  and 
say  unto  them,  even  to  the  shep- 
herds, Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah :  Woe  unto  the  shepherds  of 
Israel  that  do  feed  "  themselves ! 
should  not  the  shepherds  feed  the 
**  sheep  1  3  Ye  *  eat  the  fat,  and  ye 
clothe  you  with  the  wool,  ye  ''kill 
the  fatlings ;  but  ye  feed  not  the 
sheep.  4  The  'diseased  have  ye 
not  strengthened,  neither  have  ye 
healed  that  which  was  sick,  neither 
have  ye  '  bound  up  that  which  was 
broken,  neither  nave  ye  brought 
back  that  which  was  driven  away, 
neither  have  ye  "^sought  that  which 
was  lost ;  but  with  force  and  with 
rigor  have  ye  ruled  over  them.  5 
And  they  were  "scattered,  because 
there  was  no  shepherd ;  and  they 
became  "^food  to  all  the  beasts  of 
the  field,  and  were  scattered.  6 
My  sheep  ^wandered  through  all 
the  mountains,  and  upon  every 
high  hill :  yea,  '  my  sheep  were 
scattered  upon  all  the  face  of  the 
earth ;  and  there  was  "  none  that 
did  search  or  seek  after  them. 
7  Therefore,  ye  shepherds,  hear 

1  Or,  a  love-song 


"  ch.  6.  1-6 ; 

36.  4 
t>  ch.  23.  33 
"^  ch.  23.  35 
d  ver.  2, 17 
'ch.  14.  3; 

20.  3,  31 ; 

Is.  2tf.  13 ; 

58.  2 
/  ch.  14.  1 ; 

20.  1 
^  Jer.  6.  17  ; 

43.  1-7 ;  44. 

15,  16 
't  Ps.  78.  36, 

37  ;  Is.  29. 

13 ;  1  Jn.  3. 

18 
■  ch.  22.  13, 

27 ;  Lk.  12. 

15 
t  Mk.  6.  20 ; 

Jn.  6.  35 
'  ver.  2;) ; 

Jer.  28.  9 
»'  ch.  2.  5 
"  Jer.  2.  8  ; 

3.  15 ;  10. 

21 ;  12.  10 
"  ver.  8-10 ; 

ch.  22.  25 ; 

Jer.  23.  1 ; 

Mic.  3. 1-3, 

11 
P  ver.  14, 15  ; 

P.S.  78.  71, 

72 ;  Is.  40. 

11 ;  Jn.  10. 

11 ;  21.  15- 

17 
9Zech.ll.5, 

16 
'■  ch.  22.  25, 

27 
»  ver.  16 
<  Zech.  11. 

15,16 
"  Mt.  S.  36  ; 

10.6;  IS. 

12,  13 ;  Lk. 

15.  4 
"  Jer.  10.  21 ; 

50.  C,  7 
^  ver.  8,  28  ; 

Jer.  23.  2 
y  ch.  7.  16  ; 

Jer.  40.  11, 

12 ;  1  Pet. 

2.  25 
■=  Jn.  10.  16 
"  Ps.  142.  4 


!>  Acts  20.  29 
'  ver.  5 
d  ver.  2 
"  ver.  2 ;  ch. 

5.  8;  13.  8; 

Jer.  21.  13 ; 

Zech.  10.  3 
/ch.  33.6,8 
;'  1  S.  2.  29, 

30 ;  Jer.  52. 

24-27 
''  ver.  2,  8 
'  ch.  13.  23 ; 

Ps.  72.  12- 

14 
k  ch.  11.  17 ; 

20.  41 ;  Is. 

.51.  12 
'  Jer.  31.  10 
'"■  Is.  40.  11 ; 

56.  8 ;  Jer. 

23.  3 ;  31. 

8 ;  Lk.  19. 

10 ;  Jn.  10. 

16 
"  ch.  30.  3 ; 

Jer.  13.  16 ; 

Joel  2.  2 
o  ch.  28.  25  ; 

36.  24 ;  Is. 

U.  11-16 ; 

66.  20 ;  Am. 

9.14 

834 


the  word  of  Jehovah  :  8  As  I  live, 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah,  surely 
forasmuch  as  my  sheep  became  a 

*  prey,  and  my  sheep  became  "  food 
to  all  the  beasts  of  the  field,  because 
there  was  no  shepherd,  neither  did 
my  shepherds  search  for  my  sheep, 
but  the  shepherds  fed  "^  themselves, 
and  fed  not  my  sheep  ;  9  therefore, 

Ke  shepherds,  hear  the  word  of  Je- 
ovah :  10  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah,  Behold,  I  am  "against  the 
shepherds  ;  and  I  will  -^require  my 
sheep  at  their  hand,  and  cause 
them  to  ^  cease  from  feeding  the 
sheep  ;  neither  shall  the  shepherds 

*  feed  themselves  any  more  ;  and  I 
will  'deliver  my  sheep  from  their 
mouth,  that  they  may  not  be  food 
for  them. 

1 1  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah :  Behold,  *  I  myself,  even  I, 
will  search  for  my  sheep,  and  will 
seek  them  out.  1 2  '  As  a  shephei'd 
seeketh  out  his  flock  in  the  day 
that  he  is  among  his  sheep  that  are 
scattered  abroad,  so  will  I  "'seek 
out  my  sheep ;  and  I  will  deliver 
them  out  of  all  places  whither  they 
have  been  scattered  in  ^  the  "  cloudy 
and  dark  day.  13  And  I  will 
"  bring  them  out  from  the  peoples, 
and  gather  them  from  the  coun- 
tries, and  will  bring  them  into 
their  own  land ;  and  I  will  p  feed 
them  upon  the  'mountains  ,of 
Israel,  bj^  the  '"watercourses,  and 
in  all  the  inhabited  places  of  the 
country.  14  1  will  feed  them  Avith 
'  good  pasture ;  and  upon  the 
'mountains  of  the  height  of  Israel 
shall  their  fold  be  :  there  shall  they 
lie  down  in  a  "good  fold;  and  on 
"fat  pasture  shall  they  feed  upon- 
the  mountains  of  Israel.  15  -^I 
myself  will  be  the  shepherd  of  my 
sheep,  and  I  will  cause  them  to  lie 
down,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah.  16 
I  will  ^seek  that  which  was  lost, 
and  will  bring  back  that  which  was 
driven  away,  and  will  bind  up  that 
which  was  broken,  and  will 
strengthen  that  which  was  sick : 
but  the  ^  fat  and  the  strong  I  will 
destroy ;  I  will  feed  them  in 
"  justice. 

17  And  as  for  you,  O  my  flock, 
thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah :  Be- 

P  ver.  23 ;  ch.  36.  29,  30 ;  Mic.  7.  14  «  ch.  37.  22 
»•  Is.  30.  25  "  Ps.  23.  1,  2  ;  Jer.  31. 12-14,  25  ;  Jn.  10.  9 
t  ch.  20.  40  "  ver.  26,  27  "  ch.  28.  25,  26 ;  36.  29,  30 
'  ver.  23 ;  Ps.  23. 1,  2  ^  ver.  4  "  Is.  10. 16  "^  la. 
49. 26  

a  Heb.  the  day  of  clouds  and  thick  darkness. 


34.18 


EZEKIEL 


35.11 


Dirid  to  be  set  ap  u  Sk«pberd.    Jehovali'i  Coreoaot  of  PeMC.    0<Tut«ti«D  of  £4om  threatened 


hold,  I  "judge  between  sheep  and 
sheep,  the  rams  and  the  he-goats. 
18  beenieth  it  a  *  small  thing  unto 
you  to  have  fed  upon  the  good 
pasture,  but  ye  must  "  tread  down 
with  your  feet  the  residue  of  your 
pasture?  and  to  have  drunk  of  the 
^clear  waters,  but  ye  must '  foul  the 
residue  with  your  feet]  19  And 
as  for  my  sheep,  they  eat  that 
which  ye  nave  trodden  with  your 
feet,  and  they  drink  that  whicn  ye 
have  fouled  with  your  feet. 

20  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah  unto  them:  Behold,  I, 
even  I,  will  •'^judge  between  the 
fat  sheep  and  the  lean  sheep.  21 
Because  ye  thrust  with  side  and 
with  shoulder,  and  "push  all  the 
diseased  with  your  horns,  till  ye 
have  scattered  them  abroad ;  22 
therefore  will  I  '■  save  my  tlock,  and 
they  shall  no  more  be  a  '])rey ;  and 
I  will  *  judge  between  sheep  and 
sheep.  23  And  I  will  set  up 'one 
shepherd  over  them,  and  he  shall 
"*  feed  them,  even  my  servant 
"  David  ;  he  shall  feed  them,  and  he 
shall  be  their  shepherd.  2-i  And 
"I,  Jehovah,  will  be  their  God,  and 
my  servant  ^  David  prince  among 
them  ;  I,  Jehovah,  have  spoken  it. 

25  And  I  will  make  with  them  a 
« covenant  of  peace,  and  will  cause 
'evil  beasts  to  cease  out  of  the 
land;  and  they  shall  'dwell  se- 
curely in  the  wilderne.ss,  and  sleep 
in  the  woods.  26  And  I  will  make 
them  and  the  places  round  about 
my  hill  a  '  blessing ;  and  I  will 
cause  the  "shower  to  come  down  in 
its  season ;  there  shall  be  showers 
of  'blessing.  27  And  the  tree  of 
the  field  shall  yield  its  fruit,  and 
the  earth  shall  yield  its  increase, 
and  they  shall  be  -^secure  in  their 
land  ;  and  they  shall  know  that  I 
am  Jehovah,  when  I  have  *  broken 
the  bars  of  their  yoke,  and  have 
delivered  them  out  of  the  hand  of 
those  that  made  bondmen  of  them. 
28  And  they  shall  no  more  be  a 
'prey  to  the  nations,  neither  shall 
the  "beasts  of  the  earth  devour 
them;  but  they  shall  dwell  ''se- 
curely, and  none  shall  make  them 
afraid.  29  And  I  will  raise  up 
unto  them  a  ''plantation  for  re- 
nown, and  they  shall  be  no  more 
-consumed  witn  ''famine  in  the 
land,  neither  '  bear  the  shame  of 
the  nations  any  more.  30  And 
they  shall   know  that  ^l,  Jehovah 

1  Or,  ptant  *  Heb.  taken  away. 


"  ver.  20-22 ; 

ch.  2U.  38 ; 

Mai.  4.  1  ; 

Mt.  25.  3-.' 
ft  Niim.  16. 

a.  13;  2  8. 

7.  10  ;  Is. 

7.  13 
'  Mt.  23.  13  ; 

Lk.  11.  52 
rf  ch.  32,  14 
'ch.  32.  2 
/ver.  17 
"  Dt.  33.  17  ; 

Dan.  8.  4  ; 

Lk.  13.  14- 

16 
''  Ter.  10 ;  Ps. 

72.  12-14 ; 

Jer.  23. 2,  3 
•  ver.  .5.  8 
i-  ver.  17 
'  ch.  37.  24 
"'  ver.  13-15 
"  ver.  24 
"  ver.  30,  31 ; 

ch.  3ti.  28 ; 

Is.  43.  3 
>>  ch.  37.  24, 

25 ;  la.  56. 

3-5;  Jer. 

30.  9;  Hos. 

3.5 
1  ch.  16.  60 ; 

2(1.  37  ;  37. 

26 
■■Jobs.  22; 

la.  U.  6-9 
'  ver,  27,  28  ; 

ch.  28.  26 ; 

Jer,  33.  16 
<  ver.  14 ; 

Gen,  12.  2 
"  Dt.  11,  IS- 
IS ;  28.  12 
"  Lev,  25.  21 ; 

Is.  44.  3 
^  ch.  38.  8, 

11 
V  Lev,  26, 13 ; 

Is,  52.  2,  3  ; 

Jer.  30.  8 
'  ver.  8 
"  ver.  25 
ft  ch.  39.  26  ; 

Jer.  30.  10 
"  Is.  4.  2  ; 

60,  21  ; 

61.  3 

d  ver,  26.  27  ; 

ch.  36,  29 
'  ch.  36.  6, 

15 
/  ch.  14.  11 ; 

36,  23  ;  Ps. 

46.  7,  il 


f  ch.  36.  38  ; 

Ps.  78.  52 ; 

80.  1 
h  Ps.  100.  3 ; 

Jer.  23.  1 
■  ch.  21.  2  ; 

25.  2 
fc  ch.  25.  12  ; 

36.  5 ;  Geu. 

36.8 
'eh.  21.  3; 

29.  3.  10 
"■  ch.  25,  13  ; 

Jer.  6.  12; 

15  6 
"  ver.  7  ; 

Jer.  49.  13. 

17,18 
"  ver.  9 ; 

oh.  6.  6 : 

Mai,  1.  3.  4 
P  cli.  25  12. 

15  ;  36.  5  ; 

Ps.  137.  7  : 

Ara.  1.  11 ; 

Obad.  10 
•Jch.  7.  2: 

21.25,29 

836 


their  God,  am  with  them,  and  that 
they,  the  house  of  Israel,  are  my 
people,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 
31  And  ye  "my  sheep,  the  sheep 
of  *my  pasture,  are  men,  and  I 
am  your  God,  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah. 


0  pT  Moreover  the  word  of 
^^  Jehovah  came  unto  me, 
saying,  2  Son  of  man,  'set  thy 
face  against  *  mount  Seir,  and 
prophesy  against  it,  3  and  say 
unto  it,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Je- 
hovah:  Behold,  1  am  'against 
thee,  O  mount  Seir,  and  I  will 
'"stretch  out  my  hand  against 
thee,  and  I  will  make  thee  a 
"desolation  and  an  astonishment. 

4  1  will  ''  lay  thy  cities  waste,  and 
thou  shalt  oe  defolate;  and  thou 
shalt  know  that    I    am   Jehovah. 

5  Because  thou  hast  had  a  per- 
petual ''enmity,  and  hast  given 
over  the  children  of  Israel  to  the 
power  of  the  sword  in  the  time 
of  their  calamity,  in  the  time  of 
the  ^"iniquity  of  the  end  ;  6  there- 
fore, as  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  Je- 
hovah, 1  will  prepare  thee  unto 
*■  blood,  and  blood  shall  pursue 
thee :  since  thou  hast  not  hated 
blood,  therefore  blood  shall  pur- 
sue thee.  7  Thus  will  I  make 
mount  Seir  an  'astonishment  and 
a  de89lation ;  and  I  will  'cut  off 
from  it  him  that  passeth  through 
and   him  that  returneth.     8  And 

1  will  "fill  its  mountains  with  its 
slain :  in  thy  hills  and  in  thy 
valleys  and  in  all  thy  watercourses 
sliall  they  fall  that  are  slain  with 
the  sword.  9  I  will  make  thee  a 
perpetual  "desolation,  and  thy 
cities  shall  not  *  be  inhabited  ; 
and  ye  shall  know  that  1  am 
Jehovah. 

10  Because  thou  hast  'said, 
These  two  nations  and  these  two 
countries  .shall  be  mine,  and  we 
will  possess  it ;  ^  when^as  *  Jeho- 
vah was  there :  1 1  therefore,  as  I 
live,  saith  the  Lord  .Jehovah,  I 
will  do  -according  to  thine  anger, 
and  according  Uj  thine  envy  which 
thou  hast  showed  out  of  thy 
hatred  against  them  ;  and  I  will 

"■  ch.  Ifi.  38  :  32  6 ;  Is  63  2-6  *  ver  3 ;  ch.  83  20 
'  ch  25  13  ;  29  11  «  ch  31.  12  :  32  4. 5 ;  SB  4, 5  ; 
Is.  34,  5.  6  •  ch  25,  13  :  Jer.  49.  13  '  ch.  36  2.  5  ; 
Ps  83.  4-12  "  ch  48  3.5  ;  Ps,  48,  1-9;  132  13,  14  ; 
Is  12.  6 ;  Zeph.  3.  15  •  ch,  25.  14 ;  Ps,  1»7.  7  ;  Am. 
1.  11  

3  Or.  punishment    *  Another  reading  ie,  retvrn 
'  Or,  though 


35.12 


EZEKIEL 


36.17 


Devastation  of  Edom  threatened.    Mountains  of  Israel  to  be  blessed 


"  make  myself  known  among  them. 
^  when  I  shall  judge  thee.  12  And 
thou  shalt  know  •^that  I,  Jehovah, 
have  heard  all  thy  revilings  which 
thou  hast  spoken  against  the  moun- 
tains of  Israel,  saying,  ^They  are 
laid  desolate,  they  are  ''given  us 
to  devour.  13  And  ye  have  "^mag- 
nified yourselves  against  me  with 
your  mouth,  and  have  "*  multiplied 
your  words  against  me  :  '  I  nave 
heard  it.  14  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah :  When  the  whole  earth 
-''rejoiceth,  I  will  make  thee  deso- 
late. 15  As  thou  didst  ^rejoice 
over  the  inheritance  of  the  house 
of  Israel,  because  it  was  desolate, 
"  so  will  I  do  unto  thee  :  thou  shalt 
be  *  desolate,  O  mount  Seir,  and 
all  Edom,  even  all  of  it;  and  they 
shall  know  that  I  am  Jehovah. 

Q/;^      And    thou,   son   of   man, 

00  prophesy  unto  the  *  moun- 
tains of  Israel,  and  say.  Ye  moun- 
tains of  Israel,  hear  the  word  of 
Jehovah.  2  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah  :  Because  the  enemy  hath 
said  against  you,  '  Aha  !  and,  The 
ancient  ""high  places  are  "ours  in 
possession;  3  therefore  prophesy, 
and  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah:  Because,  even  because 
they  have  made  you  "desolate, 
and  ^swallowed  you  up  on  every 
side,  that  ye  might  be  a  possession 
unto  the  residue  of  the  nations, 
and  ye  are  taken  up  in  the  «lips 
of  talkers,  and  the  evil  report  of 
the  people  ;  4  therefore,  ye  ''moun- 
tains of  Israel,  hear  the  word  of 
the  Lord  Jehovah :  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah  to  the  'moun- 
tains and  to  the  hills,  to  the  water- 
courses and  to  the  valleys,  to  the 
desolate  wastes  and  to  the  cities 
that  are  forsaken,  which  are  be- 
come a  '  prey  and  "  derision  to  the 
residue  of  the  nations  that  are 
round  about ;  5  therefore  thus 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah :  Surely 
in  the  fire  of  my  "jealousy  have 

1  spoken  against  the  ""  residue  of 
the  nations,  and  against  all  *Edom, 
that  have  ^appointed  my  land  unto 
themselves  for  a  possession  with 
the  "joy  of  all  their  heart,  with 
*  despite  of  soul,  to  cast  it  out  for 
a  prey.  6  Therefore  prophesy 
concerning  the  land  of  Israel, 
and  say  unto  the  "mountains  and 

1  Or,  according  as 

«  Or,  that  lam  Jehovah;  I  have  heard  See. 

«  Or.  It  is 


<"  Ps.  9.  16 ; 

73.  17,  18 
6  ch.  36.  2  ; 

Jer.  50.  7 
«  Is.  10.  13, 

14  ;  36.  20  ; 

Jer.  48.  26, 

42;  Dan. 

11.  36 
d  ch.  36.  3 
"  Jer.  7.  11  ; 

29.  23 
/Is.  44.  23; 

49. 13 ;  Jer. 

51.  48 
»  Jer.  60.  11  ; 

Lam.  4.  21 
h  Obad.  12, 

15 
i  ver.  3,  4  ; 

Is.  34.  5,  6 
t  ch.  6.  2  ; 

34.  14 ;  37. 

22 
'  ch.  25.  3  ; 

26.2 
'"  Dt.  32.  13  ; 

Ps.  78.  6J ; 

Is.  58.  14 ; 

Hab.  3.  19 
"  ver.  5 ; 

ch.  35.  10 
0  Jer.  2.  15 
f  Ps.  35.  25  ; 

Jer.  51.  M ; 

Lam.  2.  2, 

5,16 
«ch.  35.  13; 

Ps.  44.  13, 

14 ;  Jer. 

18.  16 
''  ver.  1,  6,  8  ; 

Dt.  11. 11 
*  ver.  6 ; 

ch.  6.  3 
t  ch.  34.  8,  28 
"  Ps.  79.  4  ; 

Jer.  48.  27 
"  ver.  6 ;  ch. 

5.  13 ;  38. 

19 ;  Is.  66. 

15,16 
^  ver.  3 ; 

Jer.  25.  9, 

15-29 
y  ch.  25. 

12-14 
-  ver.  2 ; 

ch.  35.  10 
"  ch.  35.  15  ; 

Jer.  50.  11 ; 

Mic.  7.  8 
t>  ch.  25.  12, 

15 ;  Am.  1. 

11 
"  ver.  4 


<i  ver.  5 
'  ch.  34.  29  ; 

Ps.  74.  10; 

123.  3,  4 
/  ch.  20.  6, 

15,23 
»  Jer.  25.  9, 

15,  29 
h  ver.  4 
'  ch.  17.  23  ; 

34.  26-29 ; 

Is.  4.  2 ; 

27.  6 
*:  Lev.  26.  9 
'  ver,  34 ; 

ch.  28.  26 ; 

34.  14 
'"  ch.  37.  21, 

22  ;  Is.  27. 

6 ;  49.  17-23 
"  ver.  33 ; 

Jer.  31.  27, 

28 ;  33.  12 
0  ver.  37,  38 
P  ch.  16.  55  ; 

Jer.  30.  18 ; 

Mic.  7.  14 
«  Job  42.  12 ; 


to  the  hills,  to  the  watercourses 
and  to  the  valleys,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah:  Behold,  I  have 
spoken  in  my  "*  jealousy  and  in 
my  wrath,  because  ye  have  *  borne 
the  shame  of  the  nations  :  7  there- 
fore thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah : 
I  have  •^-^sworn,  saying,  Surely  the 
nations  that  are  round  about  you, 
they  shall  '■>  bear  their  shame. 

8  But  ''ye,  O  mountains  of  Israel, 
ye  shall  'snoot  forth  your  branches, 
and  yield  your  fruit  to  my  people 
Israel ;  for  they  are  at  hand  to 
come.  9  For,  behold,  I  am  for 
you,  and  I  will  *turn  unto  you, 
and  ye  shall  be  '  tilled  and  sown ; 
10  and  I  will  multiply  men  upon 
you,  ™  all  the  house  of  Israel,  even 
all  of  it;  and  the  "cities  shall  be 
inhabited,  and  the  waste  places 
shall  be  builded ;  11  and  I  will 
multiply  upon  you  "man  and 
beast ;  and  they  shall  increase 
and  be  fruitful ;  and  I  will  cause 
you  to  be  inhabited  after  your 
^  former  estate,  and  will  do  «  better 
unto  you  than  at  your  beginnings  : 
and  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  Jeho- 
vah. 12  Yea,  I  will  cause  ''men  to 
walk  upon  you,  even  my  people 
Israel ;  and  they  shall  '  possess 
thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  their  'in- 
heritance, and  thou  shalt  no  more 
henceforth  "bereave  them  of  chil- 
dren. 13  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah :  Because  they  say  unto 
you,  Thou  land  art  a  "devourer  of 
men,  and  hast  been  a  bereaver  of 
thy*  nation;  14  therefore  thou  shalt 
devour  men  no  more,  neither  ®  be- 
reave thy  ®  nation  any  more,  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah  ;  1 5  neither  will 
I  ^let  thee  hear  any  more  the 
*  shame  of  the  nations,  neither 
shalt  thou  bear  the  ^reproach  of 
the  peoples  any  more,  neither  shalt 
thou  cause  thy  ®  nation  to  '  stumble 
any  more,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

16  Moreover  the  word  of  Jeho- 
vah came  unto  me,  saying,  17  Son 
of  man,  when  the  house  of  Israel 
dwelt  in  their  own  land,  they  "  de- 
filed it  by  their  way  and  by  their 
doings :  their  way  before  me  was 
as  the  uncleanness  of  a  woman  in 

Is.  51.  3  >■  ch.  34. 13, 14  » ver.  24  <  ch.  47. 14  «  ch. 
22.  12,  27 ;  Jer.  15.  7  •"  Num.  13.  32  *  ver.  7  ;  ch. 
34.  29 ;  Is.  54.  4  ;  60.  14  v  ch.  22.  4  ;  Ps.  89.  50  '  Is. 
63.  13 ;  Jer.  13.  16 ;  18.  15  «  ch.  20.  28  ;  Lev.  18.  24- 
28  ;  Ps.  106.  37,  38 ;  Jer.  2.  7 


*  Heb.  lifted  up  my  hand. 

5  Another  reading  is,  nations. 

«  Another  reading  is,  cause  to  stumble. 

7  Or,  proclaim  agairtst  thee 


36.18 


EZEKIEL 


37. 


Isriel  to  be  rt^newed  for  J«b«vth'!i  S«kr.    The  Vision  of  Dry  Bonei 


her  impurity.  18  Wherefore  I 
"  poured  out  my  wrath  upon  them 
for    the   *  blood    which    tliey    had 

Eoured  out  upon  the  land,  and 
ecause  they  had  defiled  it  with 
their  idols;  19  ami  I  "^ scattered 
them  among  the  nations,  and  they 
were  dispersed  through  the  coun- 
tries :  ''according  to  tlieir  way  and 
according  to  their  doings  I  judged 
them.  20  And  when  they  came 
unto  the  nations,  whither  thoy 
went,  they  ^profaned  my  holy 
name ;  in  that  men  said  of  them, 
These  are  the^^ -^people  of  Jehovah, 
and  are  gone  forth  out  of  his  land. 
21  But  I  had  regard  for  my  "holy 
name,  which  the  house  of  Israel 
had  profaned  among  the  nations, 
wliitner  they  went. 

'I'l  Therefore  say  unto  the  house 
of  Israel,  Thus  saith  the  Lorrl  .Ic- 
hovah  :  ^  I  *  do  not  thix  tor.  your 
sake,  O  house  of  Israel,  but  for  my 
holy  name,  which  'ye  have  pro- 
faned among  the  nations,  whither 
ye  went.  23  And  I  will  *  sanctify 
my  great  name,  which  hath  l)een 
profaned  among  the  nations,  which 
ye  have  profaned  in  the  midst  of 
them  ;  and  the  'nations  shall  know 
tliat  I  am  Jehovah,  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah,  when  I  shall  be  '"sanctified 
in  you  before  -  their  eyes.  24  For 
I  will  "take  you  from  among  the 
nations,  and  gather  you  out  of  all 
the  countries,  and  will  bring  you 
into  your  own  land.  25  And  I 
■will  "sprinkle  clean  water  upon 
you,  and  ye  shall  be  clean :  from 
all  your  ^filthiness,  and  from  all 
your  « idols,   will    1    cleanse    you. 

26  A  'new  heart  also  will  I  give 
you,  and  a  new  spii'it  will  I  put 
within  you  ;  and  I  will  take  away 
the  '  stony  heart  out  of  5'our  flesh, 
and  I  will  give  you  a  heart  of  flesh. 

27  And  I  will  'put  my  Spirit 
within  you,  and  cause  you  to 
"  walk  in  my  statutes,  and  ye  shall 
keep  mine  ordinances,  and  do 
them.  28  And  ye  shall  dwell  in 
the  land  that  I  gave  to  your 
fathers ;  and  ye  .sliall  be  "  my 
people,  and  I  will  be  your  God. 
29  And  I  will  save  you  from  all 
your  '  uncleannesses :  and  I  will 
call  for  the  grain,  and  will  multi- 
ply it,  and  "lay  no  famine  upon 
you.  30  And  I  will  'multiply  the 
fruit  of  the  tree,  and  the  increase 
of  the  field,  that  ye  may  receive 

>  Or.  /  u-ork  not  for  ie. 

*  Or,  according  to  another  reading,  your 


"  oh.  2-2.  2n ; 

■i  Chr.  U. 

21.  2.5 ; 

Lam.  2.  4  ; 

4.  U 
'-oh.  24.  6-9 
<=  ch.  .'>.  12  ; 

22  l.> ; 

Dt.  28.  «  ; 

Am.  !l.  9 
•'  ch.  24  14  ; 

■ja.  24  : 

Rom  2.  6 
"•  oil.  12.  16  ; 

14.  22 ; 

Is.  .i2.  5 ; 

Rom.  2.  24 
/Jer.  33.  24 
■J  ch.  2H.  44  ; 

Ps.  74.  18  . 

Is.  37.  3a  ; 

48.  9 
1  ver.  32 ; 

Dt  7.  7, 

8  ;  9.  .5-7  ; 

Ps.  las.  6 

•  ver.  20 

*  ch.  20.  41 ; 

38.  23 ;  39. 
7,  25 ;  Is. 
5. 16 ;  1  Pet. 
3.  15 

'  Ps.  102. 

13,  15 ; 
126.  2 

">  ch.  28.  25  ; 

39.  27 

"  ch.  34.  13  ; 

37.  21 ; 

Is.  43.  5,  6 
"  Num.  19. 

17-19 ; 

Ps.  51.  7 ; 

Tit.  3.  5,  6  ; 

Heb.  9.  13, 

19 ;  10.  22 

V  Is.  4.  4  ; 
Zech.  13.  1 

i  Is.  2.  18, 
20;  Hob. 

14.  3,  8 

""  ch.  11.  19 ; 

18.  31 ;  Ps. 

51.  10 ;  Ju. 

3.  3.  5 ; 

2  Cor.  5.  17 
•  ch.  11.  19  : 

Zech.  7.  12 
'  ch.  37.  14  : 

39.  2a ;  Is. 

44.  3:  59. 

21 ;  Joel  2. 

28,29 
"ch.  11.20; 

37.  24 
'•  ch  14. 11 : 

37.  23.  27 
'  ver.  25 : 

ch.  39.  24 ; 

Jer.  33.  8 : 

Joel  3  21 : 

Zech.  13  1 

V  ch.  34.  27. 
2 1 ;  Ho8.  2. 
21-23 

'  Lev.  26.  4 


"  ch.  16  61- 
63 ;  20.  43 

*ch.  6.9; 
Is.  6  5 

'  ver.  22 ; 
cb.  211.  44 

d  ver.  V> 

•  ver.  10 ; 
Zech.  8. 
7,8 

f  Is.  58.  12 
"  ver.  9 
'>ch.  31.  9; 

Is  51   3; 

Joel  2  3 

•  ch.  39.  27, 
28 

k  Hoa.  14. 4-9 


no  more  the  reproach  of  famine 
among  the  nations.  31  Then  shall 
ye  "  remember  your  evil  ways,  and 
your  doings  that  were  not  good ; 
and  ye  shall  ''loiithe  yourselves  in 
your  own  sight  for  your  iniquities 
and  for  your  abominations. 

32  'Not  for  your  sake  '^do  I 
this,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah,  be 
it  known  unto  you  :  be  ashamed 
and  confounded  for  your  ways,  O 
house  of  Israel.  33  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah:  In  the  day 
that  I  ^  cleanse  you  from  all  your 
iniquities,  I  will  cause  the  "cities 
to  be  inhabited,  and  the  ■''waste 
places  shall  be  builded.  34  And 
the  land  that  was  desolate  shall 
be  ^  tilled,  whereas  it  was  a  deso- 
lation in  the  sight  of  all  that 
piis.sed  by.  35  And  they  shall 
say.  This  land  that  was  desolate 
is  become  like  the  ''garden  of 
Eden ;  and  the  waste  and  deso- 
late and  ruined  cities  are  fortified 
and  inhabited.  36  Then  the  na- 
tions that  are  left  round  about 
you  shall  'know  that  I,  Jehovah, 
have  builded  the  ruined  places, 
and  planted  that  which  was  deso- 
late :  I,  Jehovah,  have  .spoken  it, 
and  I  *will  do  it. 

37  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  : 
For  this,  moreover,  will  I  be  '  in- 
quired of  by  the  house  of  Israel, 
to  do  it  for  them  :  I  will  "•  increase 
them  with  men  like  a  flock.  38  As 
the  ■* "  flock  for  sacrifice,  a.s  the 
flock  of  Jerusalem  in  her  appointed 
feasts,  so  shall  the  "  waste  cities  be 
filled  with  ''flocks  of  men;  and 
they  shall  know  that  I  am  Jeho- 
vah. 

Q^  The  "hand  of  Jehovah 
O  I  was  upon  me,  and  he 
"■  brought  me  out  in  the  Spirit  of 
Jehovah,  and  set  me  down  in  the 
midst  of  the  '  valley ;  and  it  was 
full  of  bones.  2  And  he  caused 
me  to  pass  by  them  round  about : 
and,  benold,  there  were  very  many 
'in  the  open  valley;  and,  lo,  they 
were  'very  dry.  3  And  he  said 
unto  me.  Son  of  man,  "can  these 
bones  live?  And  I  answered,  O 
Lord     Jehovah,     'thou    knowest, 

'  Pi.  102  17  ;  Is.  55.  6,  7 :  Jer.  29. 12-14  ;  Zech.  10.  6, 
9:139  "ver  10.11  "  1  K.  9.  63  ;  2  Chr.  3.5.  7-9; 
Jn  2  14  »  ver.  33-a5  '■  Ps.  74  1 ;  100.  3  ;  Jer.  M. 
1 ;  Zech.  11.  17  ;  Jn.  10  7.  9.  16  «  ch.  L  3 ;  38.  22  ; 
40  1  "■  ch.  8.  3  ;  11  24  ;  43  5 ;  Acts  8.  S9  •  Jer.  7. 
32-8.  2    «  ver.  11    "  I«.  26.  19     '  Dt.  K.  39 ;  1  8.  2.  8 


»  Or,  do  I  uork     ♦  Heb  flork  of  holy  things. 
*  Heb.  upon  the  face  of  IM  talUy. 


887 


^7.4 


EZEKIEL 


37.26 


The  Dry  Bones  made  to  live.    They  typUy  dod's  People.    Reunion  of  Jndah  and  Israel.    David  to  be  their  King 


4  Again  he  said  unto  me,  "  Proph- 
esy over  these  bones,  and  say 
unto  them,  O  ye  dry  bones,  *  hear 
the  word  of  Jehovah.  5  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  unto 
these  bones :  Behold,  I  will  cause 
^"breath  to  enter  into  you,  and 
ye  shall  live.  6  And  I  will  ''lay 
sinews  upon  you,  and  will  bring 
up  flesh  upon  you,  and  cover  you 
with  skin,  and  put  ^breath  in 
you,  and  ye  shall  live ;  and  ye 
shall  *know  that  I  am  Jehovah. 

7  So  I  prophesied  -^as  I  was 
commanded  :  and  as  I  prophesied, 
there  was  a  -  noise,  and,  behold, 
an  ^  earthquake ;  and  the  bones 
came  together,  bone  to  its  bone. 
8  And  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  there 
were  sinews  upon  them,  and  flesh 
came  up,  and  skin  covered  them 
above ;  but  there  was  no  breath 
in  them.  9  Then  said  he  unto 
me.  Prophesy  unto  the  ''"wind, 
prophesy,  son  of  man,  and  say  to 
the  ^wind,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah :  Come  from  the  four 
winds,  O  *  breath,  and  breathe  upon 
these  slain,  that  they  may  'live. 
10  So  I  prophesied  as  he  com- 
manded me.  and  the  *  breath 
came  into  them,  and  they  lived, 
and  stood  up  upon  their  feet,  an 
'exceeding  great  army. 

1 1  Then  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of 
man,  these  bones  are  the  ""whole 
house  of  Israel :  behold,  they  say, 
Our  "  bones  are  dried  up,  and  our 
hope  is  lost ;  we  are  clean  "  cut 
oK  12  Therefore  prophesy,  and 
say  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah  :  Behold,  I  will  open 
your  graves,  and  ^  cause  you  to 
come  up  out  of  your  graves,  O 
my  people ;  and  I  will  bring  you 
into  the  'land  of  Israel.  13  And 
ye  shall  "■  know  that  I  am  Jeho- 
vah, when  I  have  'opened  your 
graves,  and  caused  you  to  come 
up  out  of  your  graves,  O  my  peo- 
ple. 14  And  I  will  'put  my 
*  Spirit  in  you,  and  ye  shall  live, 
and  I  will  place  you  in  your  own 
land :  and  ye  shall  know  that  "  I, 
Jehovah,  have  spoken  it  and  per- 
formed it,  saith  Jehovah. 

15  The  word  of  Jehovah  came 
again  unto  me,  saying,  16  And 
thou,  son  of  man,  take  thee  "one 
stick,  and  write  upon  it.  For 
"^  Judah,  and  for  the  children  of 
Israel  his  companions :  then   take 


1  Or,  spirit 

s  Or,  thundering 


8  Or,  breath 

«  Or,  vrind    Or,  spirit 


"  ver.  9, 12 ; 

Num.  20. 

8;  1K_ 

13.  2 
b  ch.  36.  1 ; 

Is.  42.  18 ; 

Jer.  22.  29 
<^  ver.  9, 10, 

14 ;  Gen. 

2.  7 ;  Ps. 

104.  29,  30 
d  ver.  8-10 
'  ch.  35.  9 ; 

38.  23;  39. 
6 ;  Is.  49. 
23 ;  Joel  2. 
27  ;  3.  17 

/  Jer.  13.  5-7 
y  ch.  38.  19 
li  ver.  5,  14 

*  Hos.  13.  14 
fc  ver.  5,  6 

'  Jer.  30.  19 ; 

33.  22 
^  ch.  36.  10 ; 

39.  25 ;  Jer. 
33.24 

«  Ps.  141.  7 ; 

Is.  40.  27 
0  Ps.  88.  5 ; 

Lam.  3.  54 
P  Dt.  32.  39 ; 

1  S.  2.  6 ; 

Is.  26.  19 ; 

66.  14: 

Hos.  13. 14 
«  ver.  25 : 

ch.  28.  25 ; 

36.  24 ;  Ezr. 

1.2:  Am. 

9.  14, 15 
»■  ch.  17.  24 ; 

Ps.  126.  2,  3 
'  ver.  6,  12 

*  ver.  9 ;  ch. 
U.  19 ;  36. 
27 ;  39.  29  ; 
Is.  32.  15 ; 
Joel  2.  28, 
29;  Zech. 
12.10 

"  ch.  36.  36 
"  Num.  17. 

*  2'Chr.  10. 
17 ;  11.  U- 
17 ;  15.  9 


y  1  K.  12.  16- 
20 ;  2  Chr. 
10.19 

*  ver.  22-24 ; 
Is.  11.  13 ; 
Jer.  50.  4 ; 
Hos.  1.  11 ; 
Zeph.  3.  9 

"  ch.  12.  9 ; 

17.12;  20. 

49 ;  24.  19 
b  ver.  16,  17 
"  ch.  36.  24  ; 

39.  27 ;  Is. 

43.5,6; 

Jer.  29. 14 ; 

Am.  9.  14, 

15 
d  ch.  36.  10  ; 

Jer.  3.  18 ; 

50.  4,  5 
'  ver.  24 ; 

ch.  34.  23, 

24 
/ch.  U.  18; 

43.  7 
"  ch.  6.  6, 14 
fc  ch.  36.  25 

*  ver.  27 ; 
ch.  36.  28 

*  ver.  25 ; 
ch.  34.  24 ; 
Jer.  30.  9 ; 
Hos.  3.  5 

'  ch.  34.  23 ; 
Ps.  78.  71 ; 
Is.  40.  U 

838 


another  stick,  and  write  upon  it, 
For  *  Joseph,  the  stick  of  Epnraim. 
and  ''for  all  the  house  or  Israel 
his  companions  :  1 7  and  *  join 
them  for  thee  one  to  another 
into  one  stick,  that  they  may  be- 
come one  in  thy  hand.  18  And 
when  the  children  of  thy  people 
shall  speak  unto  thee,  saying. 
Wilt  thou  not  show  us  "  what  thou 
meanest  by  these?  19  say  unto 
them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah :  Behold,  I  will  *  take  the 
stick  of  Joseph,  which  is  in  the 
hand  of  Ephraim,  and  the  tribes  of 
Israel  his  companions  ;  and  I  will 
put  them  *  with  it,  even  with  the 
stick  of  Judah,  and  make  them 
one  stick,  and  they  shall  be  one  in 
my  hand.  20  And  the  sticks 
whereon  thou  writest  shall  be  in 
thy  hand  before  their  eyes.  21 
And  say  unto  them.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah  :  Behold,  I  will 
"  take  the  children  of  Israel  from 
among  the  nations,  whither  they 
are  gone,  and  will  gather  them  on 
every  side,  and  bring  them  into 
their  own  land:  22  and  I  will 
make  them  **  one  nation  in  the  land, 
upon  the  mountains  of  Israel ;  and 
*one  king  shall  be  king  to  them 
all ;  and  they  shall  be  no  more 
two  nations,  neither  shall  they  be 
divided  into  two  kingdoms  any 
more  at  all ;  23  neither  shall  they 
■^defile  themselves  any  more  with 
their  idols,  nor  with  their  detest- 
able things,  nor  with  any  of  their 
transgressions ;  but  I  will  save  them 
'  out  of  all  their  "  dwelling-places, 
wherein  they  have  sinned,  and  wil? 
^  cleanse  them  :  so  shall  they-  be 
'my  people,  and  I  will  be  their  God. 
24  And  my  servant  *  David  shall 
be  king  over  them ;  and  they  all 
shall  have  '  one  shepherd  :  they 
shall  also  walk  in  mine  ordinances, 
and  observe  my  statutes,  and  do 
them.  25  And  they  shall  dwell  in 
the  ""  land  that  I  have  given  unto 
Jacob  my  servant,  wherein  your 
fathers  dwelt ;  and  they  shall  dwell 
therein,  they,  and  their  children, 
and  their  children's  children,  for 
ever  :  and  "  David  my  servant  shall 
be  their  prince  for  ever.  26  More- 
over I  will  make  a  "covenant  of 

™  ch.  28.  25    "  ver.  24 ;  Is.  11. 1 ;  Zech.  6. 12    »  ch. 
16.  62 ;  20.  37 ;  34.  25 


s  Or,  of 

6  Or,  together  with  him  unto  (or,  to  be)  the  stick 
of  Judah 

7  Or,  with  a  slight  change  of  text,  from  all  theit 
backslidinsfa 


37.27 


EZEKIEL 


3&20 


ProphMy  eonurnliif  60;.    He  is  U  ioTade  Urael.    Jtfaovak'i  Wrath  i^ainst  him 


peace  with  them  ;  it  shall  be  an 
"  everlasting  covenant  with  them  ; 
and  I  will  'place  them,  and  *  mul- 
tiply them,  and  will  set  my  '  sanc- 
tuary in  the  midst  of  them  for 
evermore.  27  My ''tabernacle  also 
shall  be  "  with  them  ;  and  "  1  will 
he  their  God,  and  they  shall  be  my 
people.  28  And  the  nations  shall 
know  that  *I  am  Jehovah  ^tliat 
sanctifieth  Israel,  when  my  sjinc- 
tuary  shall  be  in  the  midst  of  them 
for  evermore. 

O  O  And  the  word  of  Jeho- 
O  O  vah  came  unto  me,  saying. 

2  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  toward 
'  Gog,  of  the  land  of  *  Magog,  the 

*  prince  of  *Rosh,  *Meshech,  and 

*  Tubal,  and  prophesy  against  him, 

3  and  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah  :  Behold,  I  am  '  against 
thee,  O  Gog,  ''prince  of  Bosh, 
Meshech,  and  Tubal :  4  and  I  will 
^turn  thee  about,  and  "put  hooks 
into  thy  jaws,  and  I  will  "bring 
thee  forth,  and  all  thine  army, 
'horses  and  horsemen,  all  of  them 
clothed  in  full  armor,  a  great  com- 
pany with  buckler  and  shield, 
all  of  them  handling  swords :  5 
'Persia,  ''Gush,  and  'Put  with 
them,  all  of  them  with  shield  and 
helmet ;  6  '  Gomer,  and  all  his 
hordes ;  the  house  of  "  Togarmah 
in  the  "uttermost  pai-ts  of  the 
north,  and  all  his  hordes ;  even 
many  peoples  with  thee. 

7  Be  thou  prepared,  yea,  pre- 
pare thyself,  thou,  and  all  thy 
companies  that  are  assembled  unto 
thee,  and  lx>  thou  a  *  guard  unto 
them.  8  'After  many  days  thou 
shalt   be   visited  :    in    the    latter 

{rears  thou  shalt  come  into  the 
and  that  is  ®  brought  back  from 
the  sword,  that  is  "  gathered  out 
of  many  peopl&s,  upon  the  'moun- 
tains of  Israel,  which  have  been  a 
continual  waste  ;  but  it  is  brought 
forth  out  of  the  peoples,  and  they 
shall  "dwell  securely,  all  of  thorn. 
9  And  thou  shalt  ascend,  thou 
shalt  come  *like  a  storm,  thou 
shalt  be  ''like  a  cloud  to  cover  the 
land,  thou,  and  all  thy  hordes,  and 
many  peoples  with  thee. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah :  It  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  that  things  shall  ''come  into 
thy  mind,  and  thou  shalt  'devise 

1  Or,  give  it  them  »  Or,  wr 

3  Or,  7,  Jiliornh,  <lo  sanctify  Israel 

*  Or,  chief  princf  of  Meihech 

•  Or,  eommander  «  Or,  restored 

28 


;ch. 


an  evil  device :  1 1  and  thou  shalt 
say,  I  will  go  up  to  Uhe  land  of 
•'unwalled  villages;  I  will  go  to 
them  that  are  "at  rest,  that  "dwell 
securely,  all  of  them  dwelling 
without  walls,  and  having  neither 
bans  nor  gates ;  1 2  to  •  take  the 
spoil  and  to  take  the  prey  ;  to  turn 
thy  hand  against  the  waste  places 
that  are  now  inhabited,  and  against 
the  people  that  are  *  gatherwi  out 
of  the  nations,  that  have  gotten 
cattle  and  goods,  that  dwell  in 
the  "middle  of  the  earth.  13 
'  Sheba,  and  "'  Dedan,  and  the  mer- 
chants of  "Tarshish,  with  all  the 
"  young  lions  thereof,  shall  say 
unto  tnee.  Art  thou  come  to  take 
the  spoil  1  hast  thou  assembled 
thy  company  to  take  the  prey] 
to  carry  away  silver  and  gold,  to 
take  away  cattle  and  goods,  to 
take  great  *"  spoil  1 

14  Therefore,  son  of  man,  proph- 
esy, and  say  unto  » Gog,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah  :  In  that  day 
when  my  people  Israel  ''dwelletli 
securely,  shalt  thou  not  know  it? 
15  And  thou  shalt  come  from  thy 
place  out  of  the  'uttermost  parts 
of  the  north,  thou,  and  many  peo- 
ples with  thee,  all  of  them  '  riding 
upon  horses,  a  great  company  and 
a  mighty  army  ;  16  and  tnou  shalt 
come  up  against  my  people  Israel, 
"  as  a  cloud  to  cover  the  land  :  it 
shall  come  to  pass  in  the  latter  days, 
that  I  will  bring  thee  'against  my 
land,  that  the  nations  may  '  know 
me,  when  I  shall  be  "sanctified  in 
thee,  O  Gog,  before  their  eyes. 

17  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah :  Art  thou  he  of  whom  I  spake 
in  old  time  by  my  servants  the 
prophets  of  Israel,  that  'prophe- 
sied in  those  days  for  many  years 
that  I  would  bring  thee  against 
theml  18  And  it  shall  come  to 
pass  in  that  day,  when  "Gog  shall 
come  against  the  land  of  Israel, 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah,  that  my 
wrath  shall  come  up  into  my  *  nos- 
trils. 19  For  in  my ''jealousy  and 
in  the  fire  of  my  wrath  have  I 
spoken,  Surely  in  that  day  there 
snail  be  a  great  ''shaking  in  the 
land  of   Israel ;    20    'so  that   the 

ch.  .W  23  ;  Pg  R3,  IR  "  rh  29  22 :  Ir.  S.  16 :  8.  13} 
2S.  23  '  Is.  .V  2K-2!t;  34.  1  6:  fiS  l-«;  «i.  1.^,  Ifi;  Jo«l 
3.  9-W  ■' ver.  2  '' Ps  IR.  8, 1.^  "^  cli  .V  13  ;  36.  5.  6; 
Dt.  32.  22  :  P«  IS.  7, 8  ;  Ntth  1.2;  Heb.  12  29  ^  ch. 
37.  7;  Joel  3.  IK;  Hw.  2.6,7,21,22  'Jer. 4.34,35; 
Ho8.  4.  3 ;  Nah.  1  4-6 


839 


'  Or,  an  npm  country 

•  Heb.  navei.    Sm  Judg.  9.  37. 


38.21 


EZEKIEL 


39.18 


Overthrow  of  Gog.    Burial  of  his  Hordes.    Jehovah's  fireat  Sacrifict 


fishes  of  the  sea,  and  the  birds  of 
the  heavens,  and  the  beasts  of  the 
field,  and  all  creeping  things  that 
creep  upon  the  earth,  and  all  the 
men  that  are  upon  the  face  of  the 
earth,  shall  shalje  at  my  presence, 
and  the  "mountains  shall  be 
thrown  down,  and  the  steep 
places  shall  fall,  and  every  wall 
shall  fall  to  the  ground.  21  And 
I  will  call  for  a  *  sword  against 
him  unto  all  my  mountains,  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah:  "every  man's 
sword  shall  be  against  his  brother. 
22  And  with  ''pestilence  and  with 
blood  will  I  enter  into  *  judgment 
with  him;  and  I  will  rain  upon 
him,  and  upon  his  hordes,  and 
upon  the  many  peoples  that  are 
with  him,  an -^overflowing  shower, 
and  great  "hailstones,  fire,  and 
brimstone.  23  And  1  will  mag- 
nify myself,  and  *  sanctify  myself, 
and  I  will  'make  myself  known 
in  the  eyes  of  many  nations ; 
and  they  shall  know  that  I  am 
Jehovah. 
0(^      And  thou,  son   of   man. 

0  tJ  prophesy  against  *  Gog,  and 
say,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  : 
Behold,  I  am  'against  thee,  O  Gog, 
^prince  of  ""Rosh,  "'Meshech,  and 
™  Tubal :  2  and  I  will  turn  thee 
about,  and  will  lead  thee  on,  and 
will  cause  thee  to  "come  up  from 
the  uttermost  parts  of  the  north ; 
and  I  will  bring  thee  upon  the 
•mountains  of  Israel;  3  and  I 
will  ^smite  thy  bow  out  of  thy 
left  hand,  ana  will  cause  thine 
arrows  to  fall  out  of  thy  right 
hand.  4  Thou  shalt  «fall  upon 
the  mountains  of  Israel,  thou,  and 
all  thy  hordes,  and  the  peoples 
that  are  with  thee :  I  will  give 
thee  unto  the  ''ravenous  birds  of 
every  sort,  and  to  the  beasts  of  the 
field  to  be  devoured.  5  Thou  shalt 
fall  upon  the  open  field  ;  for  I  have 
spoken  it,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

6  And  I  will  send  a  'fire  on  'Ma- 
gog, and  on  them  that  dwell  se- 
curely in  the  ^ "  isles  ;  and  they 
shall  know  that    I    am   Jehovah. 

7  And  my  "holy  name  will  I 
""make  known  in  tne  midst  of  my 
people  Israel ;  neither  will  I  suffer 
my  noly  name  to  be  ^profaned  any 
more  :  and  the  '  nations  shall  know 
that  I  am  Jehovah,  the  "Holy  One 
in  Israel.  8  Behold,  it  ''cometh. 
and  it  shall  be  done,  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah  ;  this  is  the  day  whereof 

1  Or,  chit/  prince  of  Mestieeh     »  Or,  cocut-landt 


"  Zech.  14.  4 
<>  ch.  14.  17 
«  Judg.  7. 

22;  IS.  14. 

20 ;  2  Chr. 

20.  23 ; 

Hag.  2.  22 
d  ch.  5.  17 
"  Is.  66.  16 ; 

Jer.  25.  31 
/ch.  13. 11, 

13 
f  Ps.  11. 6 ; 

18.  12-14 ; 

Is.  28.  17 
h  ch.  36.  23 
'  ver.  16 ; 

ch.  37.  28 ; 

Ps.  9.  16 
*  ver.  11 ;  ch. 

38.  2 
'  ch.  38.  3,  4 
"'  ch.  38.  2 
"  ch.  38.  15 
"  ch.  38.  8 
P  ch.  30.  21- 

24 ;  Ps.  76. 

3 ,  Jer.  21. 
4, 5 ;  Hos. 
1.5 

9  ver.  17-20 ; 

Is.  14.  24, 

25 
••ch.  29.  5; 

32.  4,  5 ; 

33.  27 

'  ch.  30.  8, 
16 ;  38.  19, 
22;  Am.  1. 

4,  7,  10 ; 
Nah.  1.  6 

'  ch.  38.  2 
"  Ps.  72. 10  ; 

Is.  66.  19 ; 

Jer.  25.  22 
"  ver.  25 ; 

ch.  36. 

20-22 
'^  ch.  38.  16, 

23 
V  ch.  20.  9, 

14,  39 ;  Ex. 

20.  7 
'  ch.  38.  16, 

23 
<■  Is.  12.  6 ; 

43.  3, 14  ; 

55.  5 ;  60. 

9,14 
b  ch.  7.  2-10 


•^  Is.  66.  24  ; 

Mai.  1  5 
d.losh.  11. 

6  ;  Ps.  46.  9 
«  Is.  14.  2  ; 

33.1; 

Mic.  5.  8 ; 

Hab.  2.  8 
/  ver.  1 ; 

ch.  38.  2 
"  ch.  48.  18 
''  ver.  15 
'  ver.  14, 16 ; 

Dt.  21.  23 
k  Jer.  33.  9 ; 

Zeph.  3. 19, 

20 
'  ch.  28.  22 
"  Jer.  14.  16 
"  ver.  12 
°  ver.  11 
f  ver.  12 
9  ver.  4  ;  Is. 

56.  9  ;  Jer. 

12  9; 

Zeph.  1.  7 ; 

P.ev.  19. 17, 

18 
»■  Is.  34.  6, 

7 ;  Jer.  46. 

10;  Zeph. 

1.  7 
•  ch.  29.  5  ; 

Rev.  19.  18 

840 


I  have  spoken.  9  And  they  that 
dwell  in  the  cities  of  Israel  shall 
"go  forth,  and  shall  make  ''fires 
of  the  weapons  and  burn  them, 
both  the  shields  and  the  bucklers, 
the  bows  and  the  arrows,  and  the 
handstaves,  and  the  spears,  and 
they  shall  make  fires  of  them  seven 
years ;  10  so  that  they  shall  take 
no  wood  out  of  the  field,  neither 
cut  down  any  out  of  the  forests ; 
for  they  shall  make  fires  of  the 
weapons ;  and  they  shall  '  plunder 
those  that  plundered  them,  and 
rob  those  that  robbed  them,  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah. 

1 1  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  that  I  will  give  unto 
•^Gog  a  place  for  burial  in  Israel, 
the  valley  of  them  that  pass 
through  ^  on  the  *  east  of  the  sea ; 
and  it  shall  stop  them  that  pass 
through :  and  there  shall  tliey 
bury  Gog  and  all  his  multitude ; 
and  they  shall  caU  it  The  valley 
of  ^''Hamon-gog.  12  And  seven 
months  shall  the  house  of  Israel 
be  burying  them,  that  they  may 
*  cleanse  the  land.  13  Yea,  all  the 
people  of  the  land  shall  bury  them  ; 
and  it  shall  be  to  them  a  *  renown 
in  the  day  that  I  shall  be  'glori- 
fied, saith  the  Lord  Jehovah.  14 
And  they  shall  set  apart  men  of 
continual  employment,  that  shall 
pass  through  the  land,  and,  with 
them  that  pass  through,  those  that 
'"■  bury  them  that  remain  upon  the 
face  of  the  land,  to  "cleanse  it: 
after  the  end  of  seven  months  shall 
they  search.  15  And  they  that 
pass  through  the  land  shall  pass 
through ;  and  when  any  seeth  a 
man's  bone,  then  shall  he  *set  up 
a  sign  by  it,  till  the  buriers  have 
buried  it  in  the  valley  of  "  Hamon- 
gog.  1 6  And  ®  Hamonah  shall  also 
be  the  name  of  a  city.  Thus  shall 
they  ^  cleanse  the  land. 

17  And  thou,  son  of  man,  thus 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah :  Speak 
unto  the  *  birds  of  every  sort,  and 
to  every  « beast  of  the  field.  Assem- 
ble yourselves,  and  come ;  gather 
yourselves  on  every  side  to  my 
''sacrifice  that  I  do  sacrifice  for 
you,  even  a  great  sacrifice  upon 
the  mountains  of  Israel,  that  ye 
may  eat  flesh  and  drink  blood. 
18  Ye  shall  eat  the  'flesh  of  the 
mighty,  and  drink  the   blood   of 

8  Or,  in  front  of 

*  That  is,  the  multitude  of  Oog. 

6  Heb.  build.  °  That  is,  MvXtiivde. 


39.19 


EZEKIEL 


40.11 


Israel  to  be  restored.    The  Ian  with  a  lieasarinK  Rod.    Cleasorement  of  the  Eajitern  Cate-boildiDRs  of  the  Tempit 


the  princes  of  the  earth,  of  "  ram.s, 
of  lambs,  and  of  goats,  of  *  bul- 
locks, all  of  them  ratlings  of  "Ba- 
shan.  19  And  ye  shall  eat  fat  till 
ve  be  full,  and  drink  blood  till  ye 
be  drunken,  of  m^  ''sacrilico  which 
1  have  sacrificed  tor  you.  20  And 
'ye  shall  be  filled  at  my  table  with 
■^liorses  and  chariots,  with  mighty 
n<en,  antl  with  all  men  of  war, 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

21  And  1  will  set  my  -'glory 
among  the  nations ;  and  all  the 
nations  shall  see  my  judgment 
that  I  have  executetl,  and  my 
hand  that  1  have  laid  uiwn  them. 

22  So  the  house  of  Israel  shall 
*know  that  I  am  Jehovah  their 
God,  from  that  day  and  forward. 

23  And  the  nations  shall  know 
that  the  house  of  Israel  went  into 
captivity  for  tlieir  "  iniquity  ;  be- 
cause they  'trespassed  against  me, 
and  I  *hid  my  face  from  them: 
so  I  gave  them  into  the  hand  of 
their  adversaries,  and  they  fell 
all  of  them  by  the  sword.  24 
According  to  their  '  uncletinness 
and  according  to  their  transgres- 
sions did  I  unto  them  ;  and  I  "hid 
my  face  from  them. 

25  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah  :  Now  \yill  I  "  bring  back 
the  captivity  of  Jacob,  and  have 
mercy  upon  the  whole  "house 
of  Israel;  and  1  will  be  ^jealous 
for  my  holy  name.  26  And  they 
shall  "bear  their  shame,  and  all 
their  trespasses  whereby  they 
have  trespassed  against  me,  when 
they  shall  "■  dwell  securely  in  their 
lana,  and  'none  shall  make  them 
afraid  ;  27  when  I  have  '  brought 
them  back  from  the  peoples,  and 
gathered  them  out  ot  tneir  ene- 
mies' lands,  and  am  "  sanctified 
in  them  in  the  sight  of  many  na- 
tions. 28  And  they  shall  know 
that  I  am  Jehovah  their  God,  in 
that  I  caused  them  to  go  into  cap- 
tivity among  the  nations,  and  have 
•gathered  them  unto  their  own 
land ;  and  I  will  leave  noiie  of 
them  any  itiore  there  ;  29  neither 
will  I  ■'hide  my  face  any  more 
from  them ;  for  I  have  "  poured 
out  my  Spirit  upon  the  house  of 
Israel,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

Af\  In  the  'five  and  twentieth 
aV/  year  of  "our  captivity,  in 
the  beginning  of  the  year,  in  the 
tenth  duy  of  tne  month,  in  the  four- 
teenth year  after  that  the  'city 


"  Jer.  51.  40 
6  Jer.  50.  27 
"  1*8.  22.  Vi  ; 

Am.  4.  I 
<t  ver.  17 

•  ch.  38.  4  ; 
Pa.  76.  5, 

6 ;  Hag.  2 

'22;  Rev. 

11).  18 
/ver.  13: 

ch.  3b.  23 ; 

38.  16,  23  ; 

Ex.  H.  16 ; 

Is.  37.  20 
"  Jer.  24.  7 
'•  ch.  36.  18. 

la  ;  Jer. 

22  8,9;  44. 

22 

•  ver.  26 ; 
cli.  20.  27 

*•■  ver.  'ii> ;  Is. 

1.  15  ;  S9.  2 
'  ch.  36.  19  i 

2  K.  17. 
7  .S;c.  ;  .Ter. 

2.  17,  19 ; 
4.18 

"■  vor.  23 
"  ch.  34.  13  ; 

Ifi.  27.  12, 

13 ;  Jer. 

33.  7 
"ch.  36.  10: 

37.21,22; 

Jer.  31.  1 ; 

Ho8.  1.  11 
PEx.  20.  5; 

Nah.  1.  2 
1  cli.  16.  63  ; 

2U.  43 ;  36. 

31 
'"  ch.  34.  25- 

28  ;  1  K.  4. 

25 
'  Is.  17.  2  ; 

Mic.  4.  4 
<  ch.  36.  24  ; 

37.  21 

"  ch.  36.  23; 

38.  16,  23 
"  ver.  27 

'  ver.  23 
v  ch.  36.  27  ; 

37.  14;  Is. 

32. 15 ;  Joel 

2.28 
'  ch.  32.  1. 

17  ;  33.  21 
"ch.  1.  2 
»  ch.  33.  21 ; 

2K.  25. 

1-7:  Jer. 

3!).  1-9 ;  32. 

4-11 


«  ch,  1.  3  ; 

3.  14,  22  ; 

.■:7.  1 
''ch.  1.  1;8. 

3 ;  Dan.  7. 

1.  7 
'  ch.  17  23  ; 

20.  411 :  37. 

22 ;  Is.  2.  2, 

3 ;  Mic.  4. 

1 ;  R«v.  21. 

10 
/IChr.  28. 

12,  19 
"  Ps.  48.  2 : 

Is.  14.  13 
A  ch.  1.  7  : 

Dan.  10.  5, 

6 ;  Kev.  1. 

15 
*  Ch.  47.  3  ; 

Zech.  2. 

1.2 
t  Rev.  11.  1  ; 

21   15 
'  ch.  2.  1,  3, 

6,  8 :  44.  5 
"•  oh.  2.  7,  8 ; 

841 


was  smitten,  in  the  selfsame  day, 
the  "^hand  of  Jehovah  was  upon 
me,  and  he  brought  me  thither.  2 
In  the ''visions  of  God  brought  he 
mo  into  the  land  of  Israel,  and  set 
me  down  uj^on  a  very  "  high  moun- 
tain, whereon  was  as  it  were  the 
■'frame  of  a  city  ^  on  the  south.  3 
And  he  brought  me  thither ;  and, 
behold,  there  was  a  man,  whose 
appearance  was  like  the  appear- 
ance of  ''  brass,  with  a  '  line  ot  fiax 
in  his  hand,  and  a  measuring 
*reed ;  and  he  stood  in  the  gate. 
4  And  the  man  said  unto  me,  'Sou 
of  man,  '"behold  with  thine  eyes, 
and  hear  with  thine  ears,  and  set 
thy  heart  upon  all  that  1  shall  show 
thee  ;  for,  to  the  intent  that  I  may 
show  them  unto  thee,  art  thou 
brought  hither  :  "  declare  all  that 
thou  seest  to  the  house  of  Israel. 
5  And,  behold,  a  "  wall  on  the 
outside  of  the  house  round  about, 
and  in  the  man's  hand  a  measuring 
^reed  six  cubits  long,  of  a  cubit 
and  a  hand  breadth  each  :  so  he 
measured  the  thickness  of  the 
building,  one  reed ;  and  the  height, 
one  reed.  6  Then  came  he  unto 
the  gate  which  looketh  toward  the 
*east,  and  went  up  the  ''steps 
thereof :  and  he  measured  the 
'  threshold  of  the  gate,  one  reed 
broad  ;  '  and  the  otner  threshold, 
one  reed  broad.  7  And  every 
" '  lodge  was  one  reed  long,  and  one 
reed  broad  ;  and  the  space  between 
the  lodges  was  five  cubits;  and  the 
threshold  of  the  gate  by  the  porch 
of  the  gate  toward  the  house  was 
one  reed.  8  *  He  measured  also 
the  porch  of  the  gate  toward  the 
house,  one  reed.  9  Then  measured 
he  the  porch  of  the  gate,  eight 
cubits  ;  and  the  ^  posts  tnereof,  two 
cubits  ;  and  the  porch  of  the  gate 
was  toward  the  house.  10  And 
the  "  lodges  of  the  gate  eastward 
were  three  on  this  side,  and  three 
on  that  side ;  they  three  were  of 
one  measure  :  antf  the  posts  had 
one  measure  on  this  side  and  on 
that  side.  1 1  And  he  measured 
the  breadth  of  the  opening  of  the 
gate,  ten  cubits  ;  an(f  the  length  of 

43.  10 :  44.  5  "  I«.  21.  10  :  Jer.  26.  2 ;  Acts  20  27 
°  ch  42.  20  P  Ter.  3  ''  ver.  2«  ;  ch.  8. 16  ;  11.  1 ;  43  1 
"■  ver.  26  '  oh  10.  18  '  ver  10-1«,  21,  29,  33,  36; 
1  K.  14.  28  &  2  Chr  12  11  (for  marg.)    "  ver.  7 


1  Or,  evrn  one  threshold 

2  Or,  guard  chambrr 

'  nils  verse  is  omitted  in  sererftl  Hebrew  M8S. 
*  Or,  jamb*  and  so  throughout  this  chapter, 
and  41.  1.  3. 


40.12 


EZEKIEL 


40.37 


leasarement  of  the  Oater  and  the  Inner  Cenit 


the  gate,  thirteen  cubits;  12  and 
a  border  before  the  lodges,  one 
cubit  on  this  side,  and  a  border, 
one  cubit  on  that  side;  and  the 
lodges,  six  cubits  on  this  side,  and 
six  cubits  on  that  side.  13  And  he 
measured  the  gate  from  the  roof 
of  the  one  lodge  to  the  roof  of  the 
other,  a  breadth  of  five  and  twenty 
cubits  ;  door  against  door.  14  He 
made  also  "posts,  threescore  cubits ; 
and  the  *  court  reached  unto  the 
posts,  round  about  the  gate.  15 
And  from  the  forefront  of  the  gate 
at  the  entrance  unto  the  forefront 
of  the  Hnner  porch  of  the  gate  were 
fifty  cubits.  16  And  there  were 
"  closed  windows  to  the  lodges,  and 
to  their  posts  within  the  gate  round 
about,  and  likewise  to  the  ^''arches ; 
and  windows  were  round  about  in- 
ward ;    and   upon  each  post  were 

*  palm-trees. 

1 7  Then  brought  he  me  into  the 
•''outer  court ;  and,  lo,  there  were 
*' chambers  and  a  pavement,  made 
for  the  court  round  about :  ''  thirty 
chambers  were  upon  the  pavement. 
18  And  the  pavement  was  by  the 
^  side  of  the  gates,  answerable  unto 
the  length  of  the  gates,  even  the 
lower  pavement.  1 9  Then  he  meas- 
ured the  breadth  from  the  forefront 
of  the  •  lower  gate  unte  the  fore- 
front of  the  inner  court  without, 
a  *  hundred  cubits,  both  on  the  east 
and  on  the  north. 

20  And  the  '  gate  of  the  outer 
court  whose  prospect  is  toward 
the  north,  he  measured  the  length 
thereof  and  the  breadth  thereof. 
21  And  the  "lodges  thereof  were 
three  on  this  side  and  three  on 
that  side ;  and  the  posts  thereof 
and  the  "  arches  thereof  were  after 
the  measure  of  the  first  gate :  the 
length  thereof  was  "fifty  cubits, 
and  the  breadth  ^  five  and  twenty 
cubits.  22  And  the  'windows 
thereof,  and  the  arches  thereof,  and 
the  « palm-trees  thereof,  were  after 
the  measure  of  the  'gate  whose 
prospect  is  toward  the  east ;  and 
they  went   up    unto   it  by  seven 

•  steps ;  and  the  arches  thereof 
were  before  them.  23  And  there 
was  a  gate  to  the  inner  court  over 
against  the  other  gate,  both  on  the 
north  and  on  the  east ;  and  he 
measured  from  gate  to  gate  a 
'hundred  cubits. 

1  Or,  porch  of  the  inner  gate 
s  Or,  colonnade    Xbe  meaning  of  the  Hebrew 
^ord  is  uncertain.  3  Heb.  shoulder. 


°  ver.  9, 16 
6  ch.  8.  7 ;  42. 

1 ;  Ex.  27. 

9 ;  1  Clir. 

28.  6 ;  Ps. 

100.  4 ;  Is. 

62.9 
<:  ch.  41.  16, 

26 ;  1  K.  6.  4 
d  ver.  21, 22, 

&c. 
'  ver.  22,  26, 

31,  34,  37 ; 

ch.  41.  18- 

20,  25,  26 ; 

1  K.  6.  29, 
32,35; 

2  Chr.  3.  5 
/ch.  10.  5; 

42.  1 ;  46. 
21;  Rev. 
11.  2 
9  ver.  38 ; 
2  K.  23. 11 ; 

1  Chr.  9. 
26 ;  23.  28  ; 

2  Chr.  31. 
11 

''ch.  41.  6; 

45.5 
I  ver.  23,  27 ; 

ch.  46.  1,  2 
k  ver.  23,  27 
'  ver.  6 
"*  ver.  7 
»  ver.  16,  30 
"  ver.  15 
P  ver.  13 
«  ver.  16 
■■  ver.  6 
•  ver.  6,  26, 

31,  34,  37, 

49 
t  ver.  19,  27 


"  ver.  6,  20, 

35 ;  ch. 

46.  9 
"  ver.  21 
^  ver.  16,  22, 

29 
V  ver.  21,  33 
*  ver.  6,  22 
"  ver.  16 
l>  ver.  23,  32 
'  ver.  19,  23 
d  ver.  32,  35 
'  ver.  7, 10, 

21 
/ver.  16,  22, 

25 
f  ver.  21 
ft  ver.  16,  21 
'  ver.  16 
t  ver.  22,  26, 

34,37 
'  ver.  28-31, 

35 
""  ver.  28 
"  ver.  29 
0  ver.  16 
P  ver.  21 


9  ver.  22,  37 

•■  Ter.  27,  32 : 
ch.  44.  4 ; 
47.2 

•  ver.  7,  29 

« ver.  16 


24  And  he  led  me  toward  the 
south  ;  and,  behold,  a  gate  toward 
the  "  south :  and  he  measured 
the  "posts  thereof  and  the  arches 
thereof  according  to  these  meas- 
ures. 25  And  there  were  *  win- 
dows in  it  and  in  the  arches 
thereof  round  about,  like  those 
windows :  the  length  was  •*'  fifty 
cubits,  and  the  breadth  five  ana 
twenty  cubits.  26  And  there  were 
seven  ^  steps  to  go  up  to  it,  and  the 
arches  thereof  were  before  them ; 
and  it  had  "  palm-trees,  one  on  this 
side,  and  another  on  that  side,  upon 
the  posts  thereof.  27  And  there 
was  a  gate  to  the  inner  court  to- 
ward the  *  south  :  and  he  measured 
from  gate  to  gate  toward  the  south 
a "  hundred  cubits. 

28  Then  he  brought  me  to  the 
inner  court  by  the  south  gate  :  and 
he  measured  the  south  gate  "*  ac- 
cording t^  these  measures  ;  29  and 
the  *  lodges  thereof,  and  the  posts 
thereof,  and  the  -^arches  thereof, 
according  to  these  measures :  ana 
there  were  -^windows  in  it  and  in 
the  arches  thereof  round  about ; 
it  was  *  fifty  cubits  long,  and  five 
and  twenty  cubits  broad.  30  And 
there  were  ''arches  round  about, 
five  and  twenty  cubits  long,  ana 
five  cubits  broad.  31  And  the 
arches  thereof  were  toward  the 
outer  court ;  and  '  palm-trees  were 
upon  the  posts  thereof :  and  the 
ascent  to  it  had  eight  *  steps. 

32  And  he  brought  me  into  the 
'  inner  court  toward  the  east :  and 
he  measured  the  gate  "'according 
to  these  measures ;  33  and  the 
"lodges  thereof,  and  the  posts 
thereof,  and  the  arches  thereof, 
according  to  these  measures :  and 
there  were  "windows  therein  and 
in  the  arches  thereof  round  about ; 
it  was  p  fifty  cubits  long,  and  five 
and  twenty  cubits  broad.  34  And 
the  "arches  thereof  were  toward 
the  outer  court ;  and  "palm-trees 
were  upon  the  posts  thereof,  on 
this  side,  and  on  that  side :  and 
the  ascent  to  it  Sad  eight  'steps. 

35  And  he  brought  me  to  the 
*■  north  gate  :  and  he  measured 
it  according  to  these  measures ; 
36  the  'looTges  thereof,  the  posts 
thereof,  and  the  '  arches  thereof : 
and  there  were  'windows  therein 
round  about ;  the  length  was  "  fifty 
cubits,  and  the  breadth  five  and 
twenty  cubits.  37  And  the  posts 
thereof   were    toward    the    outer 


842 


40.38 


EZEKIEL 


41.8 


Tables  and  Clufflbers  for  the  Eitnal.    Cbaaibtrs  lor  the  Priestn.    Tb«  forth.    Meaiortmtnt  of  the  Temple 


court ;  and  "palm-trees  were  upon 
the  posts  thereof,  on  this  side, 
and  on  that  side :  and  the  ascent 
to  it  had  eight  *  steps. 

38  And  a  "chanioer  with  the 
door  thereof  was  by  the  posts  at 
the  gates  ;  thei-e  tliey  ''  washed  the 
burut-otfering.  39  And  '  in  the 
porch  of  the  gate  were  two  "  t^ibles 
on  this  side,  and  two  tables  on 
that  side,  to  slay  thereon  the 
-^burnt-offering  and  the  sin-offer- 
ing and  the  trespass-ottering.  40 
And  on  the  one  side  without,  '"  as 
one  goeth  up  to  the  entry  of  the 
gate  toward  the  north,  were  two 
tables ;  and  on  the  other  side, 
which  belonged  to  the  i)orch  of 
the  gate,  were  two  tables.    41  Four 

*  tables  were  on  this  side,  and  four 
tables  on  that  side,  by  the  side  of 
the  gate  ;  eight  tables,  whereupon 
they  slew  toe  saci-ifices.  42  And 
there  were  "  foui-  tables  for  the 
burnt-offering,  of  'hewn  stone,  a 
cubit  and  a  half  long,  and  a  cubit 
and  a  half  broad,  and  one  cubit 
high ;  whereupon  they  laid  the 
instruments  wherewith  they  slew 
the  *  burnt-offering  and  the  sac- 
rifice. 43  And  the  ^  hooks,  a 
hand  breadth  long,   were  fastened 

*  within  r<.)und  anout  :  and  upon 
the  tables  was  the  liesh  of  the 
oblation. 

44  And  without  the  'inner  gate 
were  ° "' chambens  for  the  "singers 
in  the  inner  court,  which  was  at 
the  side  of  the  north  gate ;  and 
their  prospect  was  toward  the 
south ;  one  at  the  side  of  the  east 
gate  having  the  prosjiect  toward 
the  north.  45  And  he  said  unto 
me.  This  '"chamber,  whose  prospect 
is  toward  the  south,  is  for  the 
priests,  the  "keepers  of  the  charge 
of  the  house;  46  and  the  '"chamber 
whose  prospect  is  towarfl  the  nortli 
is  for  the  priests,  the  ''keepers  of 
the  charge  of  the  altar:  these  are 
the  "sons  of  Zadok,  who  from 
among  the  sons  of  Levi  ''come  near 
to  Jehovah  to  minister  unto  him. 
47  And  he  measured  the  court,  a 
•hundred  cubits  long,  and  a  hun- 
dred cubits  broad,  ff)ursquare;  and 
the  altar  was  before  the  house. 

48  Then  he  brought  me  to  the 

»  Or,  by         *  Or,  af  the  ff.-^ir^  nf  Ihf  entry 
»  Accordinpr  to  Vulg.  and  Syr.,  ledges. 

*  Or,  in  the  building 

*  The  Sept.  has.  Iiio  rhnmberf  in  the  inner 
court,  one  hetiind  the  onle  that  lonkelh  toward 
the  noit/i,  haiirtn  Us  jirnspect  toirard  the  tmtlh, 
and  one  ai  the  side  of  the  gate  toward  the  toulh, 
btU  looking  toward  the  north. 


"  ver.  16 
l>  ver.  35 
■^  ver.  17 ; 

ch.  41.  10; 

4-'.  U ; 

1  Chr.  28. 

l->;  Neh. 

13.  5,  !» ; 

Jer.  35.  4  ; 

36.  10 
d  2  Chr.  4.  6 

•  Ter.  42 
/ch.  4b.  2; 

Lev.  1.  3- 

17 
I'  ver.  39,  40 
A  ver.  3H 
'  Ex.  20.  25 
*•'  ver.  39 
'  ver.  23,  27 
""  ver.  17,  38 
"  1  Chr.  6. 

31,32;  IB. 

41-13;  25. 

1-7 
"  1  Chr.  9. 

23;  Ps. 

134.  1 
P  ch.  44.  15  ; 

Lev.  6.  12, 

13 
9  ch.  43.  19  ; 

44.  15  :  48. 
11 ;  1  K.  2. 

ar> 
"■  ch.  42.  13  ; 

45.  4 ;  L*v. 
10  3; 

Num.  16.  5, 
40 

•  ver  19, 
23,  27 


'  1  K.  6.  3  ; 

2  Chr.  3.  4 
"  ver.  31, 

34.  37 
"  1  K.  7. 15- 

21 ;  2  Chr. 

3.  17  ;  Jer. 

52.  17-23 ; 

Rev.  3.  12 
^  ch.  40.  2,  3, 

17 
y  ver.  21, 23 ; 

ch. 42  8 
'  ver.  3 ;  ch. 

40.  9 
"  1  K.  6  2, 

17 ;  2  Chr. 

3.  3 
fc  ch.  40.  18 
"  ver.  1 
<i  1  K.  6.  20 
'■  1  K.  6  5 
/  Kx.  26.  33, 

34:  Heb. 

9.  3-8 
»  ver.  «-ll ; 

1  K.  6.  5 
1 1  K.  6.  6. 10 

'  1  K.  6.  8 


'porch  of  the  house,  and  measured 
each  post  of  the  porch,  five  cubits 
on  this  side,  and  nve  cubits  on  that 
side :  and  the  breadth  of  the  gate 
was  three  cubits  on  this  side,  and 
three  cubits  on  tliat  side.  49  The 
length  of  the  i>orcli  was  twenty 
cubits,  and  the  breadth  eleven 
cubits  ;  "even  by  the  "steps  whereby 
they  went  up  to  it :  and  there  were 
"pillars  by  the  posts,  one  on  this 
side,  and  another  on  that  side. 
A'i  And  he  'brought  me  to 
jtJL  the  "temple,  and  measured 
the'ix)sts,  six  cubits  broad  on  the 
one  side,  and  six  cubits  broad  on 
the  other  side,  which  was  the 
breadth  of  the 'tabernacle.  2  And 
the  breadth  of  the  entrance  was 
ten  cubits ;  and^  the  "  sides  of  the 
entrance  were  five  cubits  on  the 
one  side,  and  five  cubits  on  the  other 
side:  and  he  measured  the  length 
thereof,  "forty  cubits,  and  the 
breadth,  "twenty  cubits.  3  Then 
went  he  *  inward,  and  measured 
each  ''post  of  the  entrance,  two 
cubits;  and  the  entrance,  six  cu- 
bits ;  and  the  breadth  of  the 
entrance,  seven  cubits.  4  And  he 
measured  the  length  thereof, 
''twenty  cubits,  and  the  breadth, 
twenty  cubits,  before  the  'temple: 
and  he  said  unto  me,  This  is  the 
-'most  holy  place. 

5  Then  he  measured  the  wall  of 
the  house,  six  cubits;  and  the 
breadth  of  every  "side-chamber, 
four  cubits,  round  about  the  house 
on  every  side.  6  And  the  side- 
chambers  were  in  three  stories,  one 
over  another,  and  thirty  in  order: 
and  they  *  entered  into  the  wall 
which  belonged  to  the  house  for 
the  side-chambei-s  round  about, 
that  they  might  liave  hold  therein, 
and  not  have  hold  in  the  wall  or 
the  hou.se.  7  And  *the  side-cham- 
bers were  broader  a,s  they  encom- 
passed the  )u)}if.e.  higher  and  higher  ; 
tor  the  'cncompassimr  <»f  the  house 
went  higher  and  higher  round 
about  the  hou.se:  thorefc^re  the 
breadth  of  the  house  ron^//?/e'/ up- 
ward ;  and  so  one  went  up  frrmi 
the  lowest  rhamhtr  to  the  highest 
by  the  middle  rhnvihei-.  8  I  saw 
also  '"that  the  hou.se  had  "a  raised 

«  Tlie  Sept.  haa,  nnd  l«i  lev  steps  th'-v  At. 

THeh./'H/.    Seo  ?:t  26  22-2')     -Hfh  ihnulders. 

•Or,  there  iras  an  enlaniing,  and  a  vinding 
nh"Ut  .^lil!  iiptrartt  In  the  siile-rhnmhers  ;  for  the 
windittg  niton  I  of  the  house  tpenl  still  tipuard 
round  alioul  the  house 

10  Or,  thai  the  hmue  tool  high  round  about 

u  Heb.  height. 


848 


41.9 


EZEKIEL 


42.6 


Measarement  of  the  Temple.    Description  of  the  Temple.    The  Chambers  of  the  Conrt 


basement  round  about:  the  foun- 
dations of  the  side-chambers  were 
a  full  reed  ^of  "six  great  cubits.  9 
The  thickness  of  the  wall,  which 
was  for  the  side-chambers,  on  the 
outside,  was  five  cubits :  and  that 
which  was  *left  was  the  place  of 
the  side-chambers  that  belonged  to 
the  house.  10  And  between  the 
"  chambex's  was  a  breadth  of  twenty 
cubits  round  about  the  house  on 
every  side.  11  And  the  doors  of 
the  side-chambers  were  toward  the 
place  that  was ''  left,  one  door  toward 
the  north,  and  another  door  toward 
the  south  :  and  the  breadth  of  the 
place  that  was  ''  left  was  five  cubits 
round  about. 

12  And  the  "^ building  that  was 
before  the  •''separate  place  at  the 
side  toward  the  west  was  seventy 
cubits  broad;  and  the  wall  of  the 
building  was  five  cubits  thick 
round  about,  and  the  length 
thereof  ninety  cubits.  13  So  he 
:Tieasured  the  house,  a  "hundred 
cubits  long;  and  the  •''separate 
place,  and  the  "building,  with  the 
walls  thereof,  a  "hundred  cubits 
long;  14  also  the  breadth  of  the 
face  of  the  house,  and  of  the  •''sepa- 
rate place  toward  the  east,  a  "hun- 
dred cubits. 

15  And  he  measured  the  length 
of  the  "building  before  the  •''sepa- 
rate place  which  was  at  the  back 
thereof,  and  the  "galleries  thereof 
on  the  one  side  and  on  the  other 
side,  a  hundred  cubits;  and  the 
inner  temple,  and  the  porches  of 
the  court ;  1 6  the  '  thresholds,  and 
the  '* closed  windows,  and  the  'gal- 
leries round  about  on  their  "three 
Btories,  over  against  the  threijliold, 
"ceiled  with  wood  round  about,  and 
from  the  ground  up  to  the  win- 
dows (now  the  windows  were  cov- 
ered), 17  to  the  space  above  the 
door,  even  unto  the  inner  house, 
and  without,  and  by  all  the  wall 
round  about  within  and  without, 
^by  measure.  18  And  it  was  made 
with  "cherubim  and  ^palm-trees; 
and  a  palm-tree  was  between 
cherub  and  cherub,  and  everj" 
cherub  had  two  faces ;  1 9  so  that 
there  was  the  face  of  a  'man  toward 
the  palm-tree  on  the  one  side, 
and  the  face  of  a  young « lion  toward 
the  palm-tree  on  the  other  side. 
Thus  was  it  made  through  all  the 
house  round  about:   20  from  the 

1  Ot,  of  eir  cuhUs  to  the  joining 
*  Heb.  measures. 


"  ch.  40.  5 
f>  ver.  11 
<^  ch.  40.  17 
d  ver.  9 
«  ver.  13, 15  ; 

ch.  42.  1 
/ver.  lS-15; 

cU.  42.  1, 

10,13 
?  ch.  40  47 
'i  ver.  16  ; 

ch.  42.  3,  5 
'  ver.  25 ;  uh. 

10  13 ;  40. 

6  ;  Is.  6.  4 
t  ver.  26 ; 

ch.  40. 16, 

25;  IK. 

6.  4 
'  ver.  15 
"'  ch.  42.  3 
«  1  K.  6.  15 
"  ver.  20,  25  ; 

1  K.  6.  •£), 
32,  3.5 ;  7. 
36 

P  ch.  40. 16 ; 

2  Chr.  3.  5 
9ch.  1.10; 

10.14 


■"  ver.  18 

'  ver.  1 

<  ver.  1 ;  ch. 

40.  9,  14, 
16;  1  K.  6. 
33 

«  Ex.  30. 1-3 ; 

1  K.  6.  20  ; 

Rev.  8.  3 
•  ch.  2i.  41 ; 

44.  16 ;  Ex. 

25.  23,  30 ; 

Lev.  24.  6 ; 

Mai.  1.  7, 

12 
^  ver.  1 
y  ver.  4 
n  K.  6.  31- 

35 
"  1  K.  6.  34 
b  ver.  18 
'■  ver.  16 
d  ver.  16 
'  ch.  40.  16 
/ch.  40.  9,48 
■"  ver.  5 
A  ch.  40.  17, 

28,  48  ;  41. 1 
« ch.  40.  17, 

20 
k  ch.  40.  20 
'  ver.  4 ;  ch. 

40.17 
*"  ver.  10, 13  ; 

ch.  41.  12 
"  ch.  41.  12 
0  ch.  41. 13 
P  ch.  41.  10 
«  ch.  40.  17 
"■  ver.  5 ;  ch. 

41.  15, 16 
'  ch.  46.  19 

« ver.  3 


"  ch.  41.  6 


ground  unto  above  the  door  were 
''cherubim  and  ''palm-trees  made; 

*  thus  was  the  wall  of  the  temple. 

2 1  As  for  the  '  temple,  the  door- 
'  posts  were  squared  ;  and  as  for 
the  face  of  the  sanctuary,  the  ap- 
pearance thereof  was  ''as  the  appear- 
ance of  the  temple.  22  The  "altar 
was  of  wood,  three  cubits  high, 
and  the  length  thereof  two  cubits  ; 
and  *the  corners  thereof,  and  the 
length  thereof .  and  the  walls  thereof, 
were  of  w^ooa :  and  he  said  unto 
me.  This  is  the "'  table  that  is  before 
Jehovah.  23  And  the  ^  temple  and 
the  ^sanctuary  had  two  ^ doors. 
24  And  the  doors  had  two  leaves 
apiece,  two  "  turning  leaves :  two 
leaves  for  the  one  door,  and  two 
leaves  for  the  other.  25  And  there 
were  made  on  them,  on  the  doors 
of  the  temple,  *  cherubim  and  ''palm- 
trees,  like  as  were  made  upon  the 
walls ;  and  there  was  a  "  threshold 
of  wood  ®  upon  the  face  of  the  porch 
without.  26  And  there  were 
''closed  windows  and  "palm-trees 
on  the  one  side  and  on  the  other 
side,  on  the  sides  of  the  ■''porch: 
thus  were  the  "side-chambers  o£  the 
house,  and  the  thresholds. 
/i  O  Then  he ''brought  me  forth 
TT.^  into  the  *  outer  court,  the 
way  *  toward  the  north :  and  he 
brought  me  into  the  '  chamber  that 
was  over  against  the  "'separate 
place,  and  which  was  over  against 
the  "building  toward  the  north. 
2  Before  the  length  of  a  "  hundred 
cubits  was  the  north  door,  and  the 
breadth  was  fifty  cubits.  3  Oyer 
against  the  ^twenty  cubits  which 
belonged  to  the  inner  court,  and 
over  against  the  '  pavement  which 
loelonged  to  the  outer  court,  was 
'■gallei'y  against  gallery  ''in  the 
third   story.      4  And    before   the 

*  chambers  was  a  walk  of  ten  cubits' 
breadth  inward,  a  way  of  ^one 
cubit ;  and  their  doors  were  toward 
the  north.  5  Now  the  upper  cham- 
bers were  shorter ;  for  the  '  galler- 
ies took  away  from  these,  more 
than  from  the  lower  and  the  mid- 
dlemost, in  the  building.  6  For 
they  were  in  "three  stories,  and 
they  had  not  pillars  as  the  pillars 
of  the  courts :  therefore  the  upper- 
most was  straitened  more  than  the 

s  Another  reading  is,  Ajirl  as  for  the  wall  of  the 
temple,  the  door-posts  were  squared. 
*  Or,  as  the  former  appearance 
6  Or,  it  had  its  corners  ;  and  &c. 
6  Or,  hefnre  the  porch     '  Or,  in  three  ttorifs 
e  According  to  Sept.  &  Syr.,  a  hundred  cubit*. 


844 


42.7 


EZEKIEL 


43.10 


The  Chambers  of  the  Coart.    The  Eitrrnal  Heasuremfnt.    The  filorjf  of  JehoTah  AlU  the  Hoase 


lowest  and  the  middlemost  from 
the  ground.  7  And  the  '"wall 
that  was  without  by  the  side  of  the 
chambers,  toward  the  outer  court 
before  the  chambers,  the  length 
thereof  was  titty  cubits.  8  For  the 
length  of  the  chambers  that  were 
in  tlie  outer  court  was  tifty  cubits  : 
and,  lo,  before  the  temple  wei-e  a 
*  hundred  cubits.  9  And  from  un- 
der these  chambers  was  the  "entry 
on  the  east  side,  as  one  goeth  into 
them  from  the  outer  court. 

10  In  the  thickness  of  the '''wall 
of  the  court  toward  the  east,  be- 
fore the ''separate  place,  and  before 
the  building,  there  were''chambers. 
1 1  And  the  "  way  before  them  was 
like  the  appearance  of  tlie  way  of 
the  chambers  which  were  toward 
the  north;  ^according  to  their 
length  so  was  their  breadth:  and 
all  their  egresses  were  both  accord- 
ing to  their  fashions,  and  according 
to  their  doors.  1 2  And  according 
to  the  doors  of  the  chambers  that 
were  toward  the  south  was  a  door 
at  the  head  of  the  way.  even  the 
way  directly  before  the  ""wall 
toward  the  east,  as  one  entereth 
into  them. 

13  Then  said  he  unto  me.  The 
north  chambers  and  the  south 
chambers,  which  are  before  the 
'separate  place,  they  are  the  *holy 
chambers,  where  the  priests  that 
are  'near  unto  Jehovah  shall  eat 
the  '"  most  holy  things  :  there  shall 
they  lay  the  most  holy  things,  and 
the  meal-offering,  and  the  sin-offer- 
ing, and  the  trespass-offering ;  for 
the  place  is  holy.  14  When  the 
priests  enter  in,  then  shall  they 
not  go  out  of  the  holy  place  into 
the  outer  court,  but  there  they 
shall  "  lay  their  "  garments  wherein 
they  minister ;  for  they  are  holy  : 
and  they  shall  put  on  other  gar- 
ments, and  shall  approach  to  that 
which  pertaineth  to  the  people. 

15  ^ow  when  he  had  made  an 
end  of  measuring  the  inner  house, 
he  brought  me  forth  by  the  way  of 
the  ^gate  who.se  prospect  is  toward 
the  east,  and  measured  it  round 
about.  1 6  He  measured  on  the 
east  *  side  with  the  measuring  reed 
five  hundred  "reeds,  with  the 
measuring  reed  round  about.  17 
He  measured  on  the  north  ^side 
five  hundred  reeds  with  the  meas- 

1  Or, /(?7ice 

-  Or,  they  were  cu  lovq  ax  they,  and  as  broad  as 
they  3  Heb.  irtnd. 


"  ver.  10,  12 
i-ch.  41.  13, 

14 
'  ch.  44.  5  ; 

4K.  19 
J  ver.  7 
''  ver.  1,  U 
I  ch.  4(1.  17 
•'  ver.  4 
''  ver.  7 
'  vor.  1,  10 
*K.x.  a<.  ai; 

Lev.  7.  ti; 

10.  13,  14, 

17 
'ch.  40.  4fi; 

Lev.  10.  3; 

l)t.  21.  5 
"■  Lev  (>.  2.5, 

2;( ;  H.  13  ; 

Num.  18. 

!t,  10 
"  ch.  44.  19 
"  Ex.  2».  4-9; 

Lev.  8.  7, 

13  ;  Is.  bl. 

10:  Zech. 

3.  4,  f) 
i'ch.  40.  6: 

43.  1 
«  eh.  40.  3 


""  ch.  40.  f, ; 

Is.  60.  18 ; 

Zech.  2.  5 
•ch.  4.5.2; 

Kev.  21.  16 
(  ch.  22.  26  ; 

44.  23 ;  48. 

1.5 
"  ver.  4  ;  ch. 

10.  19 ;  40. 

6;  42.15; 

44.  1 ;  4G.  1 
"ch.  1.  28; 

3.  23 ;  10. 

18,  19 ;  Is. 

6.  3 
'  ch.  11.  23 
V  ch.  1.  24  ; 

Rev.  1. 15 ; 

14.2 
'ch.  1.  28; 

10.  4  ;  Rev. 

18.1 
"  ch.  1.  4-28 
l>  ch.  9.  1,  5 ; 

32. 18 ; 

Jer.  1. 10 
<=ch.  1.  3; 

10.  20 
dch.  1.28; 

3.  23 

•  ver.  2 ;  ch. 
10.  19  ;  11. 
23 

/ch.3.  14: 

8  3;  11.1, 

24 ;  2  Cor. 

12.  2-4 

"  ch.  10.  4 

A  ch.  1.  26 

<ch.  1.26; 

]"9.  47.  8 

*  ch.  37.  26, 
28 

'ch.  6.  5,13 
""  ch.  20.  29, 

30 
"  ch.  8.  3, 16 


»  ch.  18.  30, 
31 


P  ver.  7 :  ch. 
37.26-28 


uring  reed  round  about.  18  He 
measured  on  the  .south  ^side  five 
hundred  reeds  with  the  measuring 
reed.  19  He  turned  about  to  the 
west  *side,  and  measured  five  hun- 
dred reeds  with  the  measuring  reed. 
20  He  measured  it  ■'on  the  four 
sides :  it  had  a  »■  wall  round  about, 
the  '  length  five  hundred,  and  the 
'breadth  five  hundred,  to  make  a 
'separation  between  that  which  was 
holy  and  that  which  was  common. 
A  O  Afterward  he  brought  me 
j^k)  to  the  "gate,  even  tlie  gate 
that  looketh  toward  the  east.  2 
And,  behold,  the  'glory  of  the 
God  of  Israel  came  from  the  way 
of  the  "^  east :  and  his  "  voice  was 
like  the  sound  of  many  waters; 
and  the  earth  *shined  with  his 
glory.  3  And  it  was  according  to 
the  appearance  of  the  "vision  which 
I  saw,  even  according  to  the  vision 
that  1  saw  when  1  came  to  *destroy 
the  city  ;  and  the  visions  were  like 
the  vision  that  I  saw  by  the  "river 
Chebar  ;  and  I ''  fell  upon  my  face. 
4  And  the  glory  of  Jehovah  came 
into  the  house  by  the  way  of  the 
gate  whose  prospect  is  toward  the 
'east.  5  And  the  •''Spirit  took  me 
up,  and  brought  me  into  the  inner 
court ;  and,  behold,  the  "  glory  of 
Jehovah  filled  the  house, 

6  And  I  heard  one  speaking 
unto  me  out  of  the  house ;  and  a 
^  man  stood  by  me.  7  And  he 
said  unto  me.  Son  of  man,  this  is 
the  place  of  my  '  throne,  and  the 

?lace  of  the  soles  of  my  feet,  where 
will  *  dwell  in  the  midst  of  the 
children  of  Israel  for  ever.  And 
the  house  of  Israel  shall  no  more 
defile  my  holy  name,  neither  they, 
nor  their  kings,  by  their  whore- 
dom, and  by  the  'dead  bodies  of 
their  kings  ^in  their  "'  high  places ; 
8  in  their  setting  of  their  thresh- 
old by  my  threshold,  and  thtir 
door-post  beside  my  door-post,  and 
there  was  Out  the  wall  between  me 
and  them;  and  they  have  "defiled 
my  holy  name  by  their  abomina- 
tions which  they  have  committed  : 
wherefore  I  have  consumed  them 
in  mine  anger.  9  Now  let  them 
"put  away  their  whoredom,  and 
the  dead  bodies  of  their  kings,  far 
from  me  ;  and  I  will  ■''dwell  in  the 
mid.st  of  them  for  ever. 
10  Thou,  son  of  man,  *show  the 

*  Heb.  toirard  ihf  four  wintlt. 
^  Or,  accordioK  to  another  reading,  tn  theii 
death 


845 


43.11 


EZEKIEL 


44L5 


The  Law  of  the  loose.    Heasnres  of  the  Altar.    Consecration  of  the  iitar.    The  Suctnar;  not  to  be  profaned 


house  to  the  house  of  Israel,  that 
they  may  be  "ashamed  of  their 
iniquities ;  and  let  them  measure 
the  ^pattern.  11  And  if  they  be 
ashamed  of  all  that  they  have  done, 
make  known  unto  them  the  form 
of  the  house,  and  the  fashion 
thereof,  and  the  'egresses  thereof, 
and  the  entrances  thereof,  and  all 
the  forms  thereof,  and  all  the 
ordinances  thereof,  and  all  the 
forms  thereof,  and  all  the  laws 
thereof ;  and  write  it  "  in  their 
sight ;  that  they  may  keep  the 
whole  form  thereof,  and  all  the 
ordinances  thereof,  and  ''do  them. 
12  This  is  the  law  of  the  house: 
upon  the  top  of  the  '  mountain  the 
wnole  limit  thereof  round  about 
shall  be  most  holy.  Behold,  this  is 
the  law  of  the  house, 

13  And  these  are  the  measures 
of  thecal  tar  by  cubits  (the  ^  cubit 
is  a  cubit  and  a  handbreadth) :  the 
*  bottom  shall  be  a  cubit,  and  the 
breadth  a  cubit,  and  the  border 
thereof  by  the  edge  thereof  round 
about  a  span  ;  and  this  shall  be  the 
"""base  of  the  altar.  14  And  from 
the  bottom  '*upon  the  ground  to 
the  lower  *  ledge  shall  be  two  cu- 
bits, and  the  breadth  one  cubit ; 
and  from  the  lesser  ledge  to  the 
greater  ledge  shall  be  four  cubits, 
and  the  breadth  a  cubit.  15  And 
the  *  upper  altar  shall  be  four 
cubits ;  and  from  the  ®  altar  hearth 
and  upward  there  shall  be  four 
'horns.  16  And  the  altar  hearth 
shall  be  twelve  cubits  long  by 
twelve  broad,  *  square  in  the  four 
sides  thereof.  17  And  the  ledge 
shall  be  fourteen  cubits  long  by 
fourteen  broad  in  the  four  sides 
thereof ;  and  the  border  about  it 
shall  be  half  a  cubit ;  and  the  bot- 
tom thereof  shall  be  a  cubit  round 
about ;  and  the  '  steps  thereof  shall 
"*  look  toward  the  east. 

18  And  he  said  unto  me,  "  Son  of 
man,  thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  : 
These  ai-e  the  ordinances  of  the 
altar  in  the  day  when  they  shall 
make  it,  to  offer  "burnt-offerings 
thereon,  and  to  ^sprinkle  blood 
thereon.  1 9  Thou  shalt  give  to  the 
priests  the  Levites  that  are  of  the 
seed  of  *  Zadok,  who  are  ""near  unto 
me,  to  minister  unto  me,  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah,  a  'young  bullock 
for  a  'sin-offering.     20  And  thou 

1  Or,  stim  3  Or,  hollow  Heb.  hosom. 
8  Heb.  hack.  *  Or,  at  &  Heb.  Harel. 
6  Heb.  Ariel.    See  la.  29. 1. 


"  ver.  11 ; 

ch.  16.  61, 

63 
f>  ch.  44.  5 
"  ch.  12.  3 
d  ch.  n.  20 ; 

36.  27 
«  ch.  40.  2 ; 

42.  20 
/Ex.  27. 1-8; 

2  Chr.  4.  1 
"  ch.  40.  5  ; 

41.  8 
h  ver.  17, 20  ; 

ch.  45.  19 
•'  Ex.  27.  2 ; 

Lev.  9.  9 ; 

IK.  1.  60; 

Ps.  118.  27 
k  Ex.  27.  1 
'  Ex.  20.  26 
"*  ch.  40.  6 
"  ch.  2.  1 
"  Ex.  40.  29 
P  Lev.  1.  5, 

11 ;  Heb.  9. 

21,22 
9  ch.  40.  46 ; 

44.  15 ; 

1  K.  2.  35 
"■  Num.  16. 5, 

40 
•  ver.  23 ; 

ch.  45.  18, 

19;  Lev. 

4.  3 
« Heb.  7.  27 


"ver.  15; 

Lev.  8.  15 ; 

9  9 
"ver.  14,16, 

17 
"  ver.  22,  26 ; 

Lev.  16. 19 
V  Ex.  29.  14  ; 

Lev.  4.12; 

Heb.  13.  11 

*  ver.  25 

"  ver.  20,  26 
6  ch.  4.5.  18 ; 

Ex.  29.  1, 

10 
"  Ex.  29.  1 
d  Lev.  2. 13 ; 

Num.  18. 

19;  Mk.  9. 

49,50;CoL 

4.6 
«  Ex.  29.  35- 

37 ;  Lev.  8. 

33,35 
/Lev.  9.1 
«  Lev.  3.  1 ; 

17.5 
^  ch.  20.  40 
'  ch.  40.  6, 

17 ;  42.  14 

*  ch.  43.  2-i 
'  ch.  34.  24  ; 

87.  25 
"^  Gen.  31. 

54 ;  Ex.  24. 

9-U 
»  ch.  46.  2, 

8-10 
»  ch.  40.  9 


P  ch.  40.  20, 
40 

«ch.l.28;3. 

23 ;  43.  4, 5  ; 

Is.  6.  3,  4 ; 

Hag.  2.  7 
••ch.  1.28; 

43.3 
•  ch.  40.  4 : 

Dt.  32.  46 


shalt  take  of  the  blood  thereof, 
and  put  it  on  the  four  •'horns  of 
it,  and  on  the  four  corners  of  the 
"  ledge,  and  upon  the  border  round 
about :  thus  snalt  thou  ^  cleanse  it 
and  make  atonement  for  it.  21 
Thou  shalt  also  take  the  bullock 
of  the  sin-offering,  and  it  shall  be 
*  burnt  in  the  appointed  place  of 
the  house,  without  the  sanctuary. 
22  And  on  the  second  day  thou 
shalt  offer  a  \  he-goat  without  blem- 
ish for  a  sin-offering ;  and  they 
shall  "  cleanse  the  altar,  as  they  did 
cleanse  it  with  the  bullock.  23 
When  thou  hast  made  an  end  of 
cleansing  it,  thou  shalt  offer  a 
young  *C)ullock  without  blemish, 
and  a "  ram  out  of  the  flock  with- 
out blemish.  24  And  thou  shalt 
bring  them  near  before  Jehovah, 
and  the  priests  shall  cast  **salt 
upon  them,  and  they  shall  offer 
them  up  for  a  burnt-offering  unto 
Jehovah.  25  *  Seven  days  shalt 
thou  prepare  every  day  a  goat  for 
a  sin-offering  :  they  shall  also  pre- 
pare a  young  bullock,  and  a  ram 
out  of  the  flock,  without  blemish. 
26  Seven  days  shall  they  make 
atonement  for  the  altar  and  purify 
it ;  so  shall  they  ^  consecrate  it.  27 
And  when  they  have  accomplished 
the  days,  it  shall  be  that  upon  the 
•''eighth  day,  and  forward,  the  priests 
shall  make  your  burnt-offerings 
upon  the  altar,  and  your  ^  peace- 
offerings  ;  and  I  will ''  accept  you, 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 
A  A  Then  he  brought  me  back 
'TT'^  by  the  way  of  the  'outer 
gate  of  the  sanctuary,  which  look- 
eth  toward  the  east ;  and  it  was 
shut.  2  And  Jehovah  said  unto 
me.  This  gate  shall  be  shut ;  it 
shall  not  be  opened,^neither  shall 
any  man  enter  in  by  It ;  for  *  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  Israel,  hath  en- 
tered in  by  it ;  therefore  it  shall  be 
shut.  3  As  for  the  '  prince,  he 
shall  sit  therein  as  prince  to  "eat 
bread  before  Jehovah ;  he  shall 
"  enter  by  the  way  of  the  "  porch  of 
the  gate,  and  shall  go  out  by  the 
way  of  the  same. 

4  Then  he  brought  me  by  the 
way  of  the  ^  north  gate  before  the 
house ;  and  I  looked,  and,  behold, 
the  « glory  of  Jehovah  filled  the 
house  of  Jehovah :  and  I  ''fell  upon 
my  face.  5  And  Jehovah  said 
unto  me, '  Son  of  man,  * '  mark  well, 

7  Heb.  fill  the  hands  thereof.    See  Ex.  29.  24. 

8  Heb.  set  thy  heart  upon. 


44.6 


EZEKIEL 


44.26 


Th«  Suctaarj  not  to  be  profued.    Dati«s  of  tbe  Levites  that  weit  utraf .    Ordinuir«s  for  tbe  Pritstt,  tbe  Sobh  of  Zadok 


and  behold  with  thine  eyes,  and 
hear  with  thine  ea-rs  all  that  I  say 
unto  thee  concerning  all  the  "ordi- 
nances of  the  house  of  Jehovah, 
and  all  the  laws  thereof ;  and  '  mark 
'well  the  entrance  of  the  house, 
with  every  egress  of  the  sanctuary. 
6  And     tnou     shalt    say     to    the 

*  rebellious,  even  to  the  house  of 
Israel,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah :  O  ye  house  of  Israel,  "let  it 
sutiice  you  of  all  your  abomina- 
tions, 7  in  that  ye  liave  brought 
in  ''foreigners,  uncircumcised  in 
'heart  and  uncircumcised  in  tlesh, 
to  be  in  my  sanctuary,  to  profane 
it,  even  my  house,  when  ye  ^ offer 
my  bread,  the  fat  and  the  blood, 
and  they  have  "  broken  my  cove- 
nant, '"  to  add  unto  all  your  abomi- 
nations. 8  And  ye  have  not  ^  kept 
the  charge  of  my  holy  things  ;  but 
ye  have  set  keepers  of  my  charge 
in  my  sanctuary  for  yoursehes. 

9  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah, 

•  No  foreigner,  uncircumcised  in 
heart  and  uncircumcised  in  flesh, 
shall  enter  into  my  sanctuary,  of 
any  foreigners  that  are  among  the 
children  of  Israel.  10  But  the 
Levites  that  went  far  from  me, 
when  Israel  went  astray,  that 
•■  went  astray  from  me  after  their 
idols,  they  shall  'bear  their  iniq- 
uity. 11  Yet  they  shall  be  '"min- 
isters in  my  sanctuary,  having 
oversight  at  the  "  gates  of  the 
house,  and  "  ministering  in  the 
house  :  they  shall  ^slay  tne  burnt- 
offering  and  the  sacrifice  for  the 
people,  and  they  shall  "stand  be- 
fore them  to  minister  unto  them. 
12  Because  they  ministered  unto 
them  "■  before  their  idols,  and  be- 
came a  'stumblingblock  of  iniq- 
uity unto  the  hou.se  of  Israel ; 
therefore  have  I  '  lifted  up  my 
hand  against  them,  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovan,  and  they  shall  "  bear 
their  iniquity.  13  And  they  shall 
"not  come  near  unto  me,  to  exe- 
cute the  office  of  priest  unto  me, 
nor  to  come  near  to  any  of  my  holy 
things,  unto  the  things  that  are 
most  holy;  but  they  shall  ""bear 
their  shame,  and  their  abomina- 
tions which  they  have  committed. 
14  Yet  will  I  make  them  *  keepers 
of  the  charge  of  the  house,  for  all 
the  service  thereof ,  and  for  all  that 
shall  be  done  therein. 

15  But  the  -'i)riests  the  Levites, 
the  "sons  of  Zadok,  that  "kept  the 

^  Heb.  set  thy  heart  upon,  *  Or,  in  all 


charge  of  my  sanctuary  when  the 
childi-en  of  Isntel  *■  went  astray 
from  me,  they  shall  come  near  to 
me  to  minister  unto  me  ;  and  they 
shall  ''stand  before  me  to  ofl'er 
unto  me  the  'fat  and  the  •'blood, 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah:  IG  they 
shall  "enter  into  my  sanctuary, 
and  they  shall  come  near  to  my 
''table,  to  minister  unto  me,  and 
thev  shall  keep  my  charge.  17 
And  it  shall  be  that,  when  they 
enter  in  at  the  gates  of  the  inner 
court,  they  shall  be  clothed  with 
'  linen  garments  ;  and  no  wool 
shall  come  upon  them,  while  they 
minister  in  tne  gates  of  the  inner 
court,  and  ^within.  18  Thev  shall 
have  linen  *  tires  upon  their  lieads, 
and  shall  have  '  linen  breeches 
upon  their  loins ;  they  sliall  not 
gu-d  themselves  with  ant/thiny  that 
causeth  sweat.  1 9  And  when  they 
go  forth  into  the  outer  court,  even 
into  the  outer  court  to  the  people, 
they  shall  '"  put  off  their  garments 
wherein  they  minister,  and  lay 
them  in  the  holy  chambers ;  and 
they  shall  put  on  other  garments, 
that  they  "  sanctify  not  tlie  people 
with  their  garments.  20  Neither 
shall  they  "shave  their  heads,  nor 
''suffer  their  locks  tt)  grow  long; 
they  shall  only  cut  off  the  hair  of 
then-  heads.  21  Neither  .shall  any 
of  the  priests  drink  "wine,  when 
they  enter  into  the  inner  court. 
22  Neither  shall  they  take  for 
their  wives  a  "■  widow,  nor  her  that 
is  'put  away  ;  but  they  shall  take 
virgins  of  tlie  seed  of  the  hou.se 
of  Israel,  or  a  widow  that  is  the 
widow  of  a  priest.  23  And  they 
shall  teach  my  petiple  the  'differ- 
ence between  tne  holy  and  the 
common,  and  cause  them  to  di.s- 
cern  between  the  unclean  and  the 
clean.  24  And  in  a  controversy 
'they  shall  stand  to  judge  ;  accord- 
ing to  mine  ordinances  shall  they 
judge  it:  and  they  shall  ke»i»  my 
laws  and  my  statut<^s  in  all  my 
"appointed  feasts;  and  they  shall 
''  hallow  my  sabbaths.  25  And 
thev  shall  go  in  to  no  'dead  person 
t<j  defile  tliemst'lves  ;  but  for  lather, 
or  for  mother,  or  for  son,  or  for 
daughter,  for  brother,  or  for  sister 
that  liath  had  no  husband,  they 
may    defile    themselves.      2G   And 

•  Pt.  IT.  8,  9:  !<).  17:  21..S;  1  Chr.  ai.  4;  2Chr.  19. 
8-lU    "  1«T.  Ha.  J,  4, 44    ■ch.20.12,ag    'Lev.a.l-J 


*0r,  »»(A«A«uM 


44.27 


EZEKIEL 


45.17 


The  Priests'  Inheritance.    Land  set  apart  for  the  Priests,  Levites,  and  Prince.    Duties  ofRnlers.    The  People's  OtTerings 


after  he  is  "cleansed,,  they  shall 
reckon  unto  him  seven  days.  27 
And  in  the  day  that  he  goeth  into 
the  sanctuary,  into  the  *  inner 
court,  to  minister  in  the  sanctujxry, 
he  shall  offer  his  "  sin-oiiering, 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

28  And  they  shall  have  an  in- 
heritance :  •*  I  am  their  inheritance ; 
and  ye  shall  give  them  no  posses- 
sion in  Israel ;  I  am  their  posses- 
sion. 29  They  shall  *  eat  the 
meal-offering,  and  the  sin-offering, 
and  the  trespass-offering  ;  and 
every  ■'^  devoted  thing  in  Israel 
shall  be  theirs.  30  And  the  first 
of  all  the  "  first-fruits  of  every 
thing,  and  every  ^  oblation  of  every- 
thing, of  all  your  oblations,  shall 
be  for  the  priest :  ye  shall  also 
give  unto  the  priests  the  ''first  of 
your  "^  dough,  to  cause  a  *  blessing 
to  rest  on  thy  house.  31  The 
priests  shall  not  eat  of  anything 
that  *dieth  of  itself,  or  is  torn, 
whether  it  be  bird  or  beast. 

A  pf  Moreover,  when  ye  shall 
TEf^  'divide  by  lot  the  land  for 
inheritance,  ye  shall  offer  an  "'obla- 
tion unto  Jehovah,  ^a  "holy  por- 
tion of  the  land ;  the  length  shall 
be  the  length  of  five  and  twenty 
thousand  "reeds,  and  the  breadth 
shall  be  *  ten  thousand :  it  shall 
be  holy  in  all  the  border  thereof 
round  about.  2  Of  this  there  shall 
be  for  the  holy  place  ^  five  hundred 
in  length  by  five  hundred  in 
breadth,  square  round  about ;  and 
fifty  cubits  for  the  ^  suburbs  thereof 
round  about.  3  And  of  this  meas- 
ure shalt  thou  measure  a  length  of 
five  and  twenty  thousand,  and  a 
breadth  of  ten  thousand  :  and  *in 
it  shall  be  the  sanctuary,  which  is 
most  holy.  4  It  is  a  *■  holy  portion 
of  the  land;  it  shall  be  for  the 
'  priests,  the  ministers  of  the  sanc- 
tuary, that  '  come  near  to  minister 
unto  Jehovah ;  and  it  shall  be  a 
place  for  their  houses,  and  a  holy 
^lace  for  the  sanctuary.  5  And 
five  and  twenty  thousand  in 
length  and  ten  thousand  _  in 
breadth,  shall  be  unto  the  "Levites, 
the  ministers  of  the  house,  for  a 
possession    unto    themselves,    for 

twenty  chambers.  6  And  ye 
shall  appoint  the  possession  of 
the  "  city  five  thousand  broad,  and 
five   and    twenty  thousand    long, 

1  Or,  heave-offering         2  Or,  coarse  meal 
3  Heb.  holiness.         *  The  Sept.  has,  twenty. 
^  Or,  open  space 
«  The  Sept.  has,  cities  to  dwell  in. 


"  Num.  19. 

13-19 
*  ver.  17 
"  Lev.  5.  3, 

6;  Kum. 

6.  9-11 
d  Num.  18. 

20;  Dt.  10. 

9;  13.  1,2; 

•Josh.  U.  'M 
"  Nam.  IJ.  y, 

14;  Josh. 

13.14 
/Lav.  27.21, 

23 
9  Num.  18. 

12 ;  2  Car. 

31.  4-fi,  lu ; 

Neh.  10. 

3o-37 
A  Num.  15. 

20,  21 
i  Mai.  3.  10 
«:  ch.  4.  14  ; 

Lev.  22.  8 ; 

Dt.  14.  21 
I  ch.  47  21 ; 

48.  23 ; 

Num.  34. 

13 ;  Josh. 

13.  7  ;  14.  3 
"'  ch.  48.  8,  9 
"  Zech.  14. 

20,21 
"  ver.  2 ;  ch. 

42.  16 
P  ch.  42. 

l(>-20 
«  ch.  48.  10 
"■  ver.  1 
'  ch.  48. 10, 

11 
t  ch.  40.  45  ; 

43.  liJ ; 
Num.16.  5 

"  ch.  48.  13 

»'  ch.  48.  15- 

18,  30-35 


*  ch.  34.  24  ; 
37.  24 ;  46. 
16-18;  48. 
21 

y  ch.  19.  7  ; 

22.  27  ;  4«. 

18  ;  Is.  11. 

3-5 ;  Jer. 

23.5 
'  Josh.  11. 

23 
"  ch.  44.  6 
6  ch.  7.  11, 

23;  8.  17; 

Jer.  6.  7 
«  Jer.  22.  3 ; 

Zech.  8. 16 
d  Neh.  5. 1-5 
«  Lev.  19.  36 ; 

Dt.  25. 15 ; 

Prov.  16. 

11 ;  Am.  8. 

4-6 ;  Mic. 

6.  10, 11 
/Is.  5.  10 
i>  Ex.  30  13  ; 

Lev.  27.  2") ; 

Num.  3.  47 
h  ver.  17 
'  Lev.  1.  4  ; 

6.  30 

*  Ex.  30.  14, 
15 

'  Is.  16.  1 
'"  ch.  46.  4-12 
"  1  K.  8.  64  ; 

1  Chr.  16. 

2;  2  Chr. 

31.  3 

*  Lev.  23. 
1-44;  Num. 
28.  1-29.  39 

P  Is.  66.  23 

848 


side  by  side  with  the  oblation  of 
the  holy  portion :  it  shall  be  for 
the  whole  house  of  Israel.  7  And 
ivhatsoever  is  for  the  ''prince  shall 
be  on  the  one  side  and  on  the  other 
side  of  the  holy  oblation  and  of 
the  possession  of  the  city,  in  front 
of  the  holy  oblation  and  in  front 
of  the  possession  of  the  city,  on 
the  west  .side  westward,  and  on 
the  east  side  eastward  ;  and  in 
length  ansAverable  unto  one  of  the 
portions,  from  the  west  border 
unto  the  east  border.  8  ''  In  the 
land  it  shall  be  to  him  for  a  pos- 
session in  Israel :  and  my  princes 
shall  no  more  *  oppress  my  people  ; 
but  they  shall  give  the  land  to  the 
house  of  Israel  ^according  to  their 
tribes. 

9  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah : 
"Let  it  suffice  you,  O  princes  of 
Israel :  remove  *  violence  and  spoil, 
and  "execute  justice  and  right- 
eousness ;  take  away  your  *  **  exac- 
tions from  my  people,  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah.  10  Ye  shall  have 
"just  balances,  and  a  just  -^ephah, 
and  a  just  •''bath.  11  The  ephah 
and  the  bath  shall  be  of  one  meas- 
ure, that  the  bath  may  contain  the 
tenth  part  of  a  -^  homer,  and  the 
ephah  the  tenth  part  of  a  homer : 
tne  measure  thereof  shall  be  after 
the  homer.  12  And  the  ^shekel 
shall  be  twenty  ^  gerahs ;  twenty 
shekels,  five  and  twenty  shekels, 
fifteen  shekels,  shall  be  your 
maneh. 

13  This  is  the  oblation  that  ye 
shall  offer :  the  sixth  part  of  an 
ephah  frorn  a  homer  of  wheat ;  and 
ye  shall  give  the  sixth  part  of  an 
epnah  from  a  hdrner  of  barley ;  1 4 
and  the  set  portion  of  oil,  of  the 
bath  of  oil,  the  tenth  part  of  a 
bath  out  or  the  cor,  which  is  ten 
baths,  even  a  homer  (for  ten  baths 
are  a  homer);  15  and  one  lamb 
of  the  flock,  out  of  two  hundred, 
from  the  well- watered  pastures  of 
Israel ;  —  for  a  *  meal-offering,  and 
for  a  burnt-offering,  and  for  peace- 
offerings,  to  'make  atonement  for 
them,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah.  1 6 
*A11  the  people  of  the  land  ®  shall 
give  unto  tnis  oblation  for  the 
'prince  in  Israel.  17  And  it  shall 
be  the  '"prince's  part  to  give  the 
"  burnt-offerings,  and  the  meal- 
offerings,  and  the  drink-offerings, 
in  the  "feasts,  and  on  the  ^new 

7  Or,  As  touching         8  Heb.  expulsions. 
*  Heb.  shall  be  for. 


45.18 


EZEKIEL 


46.13 


Offerings  in  the  First  lonth;  at  the  PassoTer;  n  th*  Saboath  aod  the  New  Hoon.    Other  Regalations  concerning  Offerings 


tiKxjns,  and  on  the  sabbath; ,  in  all 
the  appointed  t'ea.sts  of  the  house 
of  Israel :  he  shall  prepare  the  sin- 
'  offering,  and  the  meal-tdierin}^,  and 
the  burnt-ort'erinf?,  antl  the  'peace- 
ott'erings,  to  makci  atonement  for 
the  house  of  Israel. 

18  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  : 
In  the  *  first  month,  in  the  "^  first 
day  of  the  niontli,  thou  shalt  take 
a  young  bullock  ''without  blem- 
ish ;  and  thou  shalt  ''  cleanse  the 
sanctuary.  19  And  the  priest 
sliall  take  of  the  bk)od  of  the  sin- 
ofieringj  and  put  it  upon  the  door- 
posts of  the  liouse,  and  upon  th«^ 
''four  corners  of  the  "ledge  of 
the  altar,  and  upon  the  posts  oi  t,he 
gate  of  the  inner  court.  20  And 
so  thou  shalt  do  on  the  enth 
day  of  the  month  for  overy  one 
that  *erreth,  and  for  him  tnat  is 
simple :  so  .shall  ye  make  '  atone- 
ment for  the  house. 

21  In  the  first  month,  in  the  four- 
teenth day  of  the  month,  ye  shall 
have  the  *  passover,  a  feast  of  seven 
days ;  unleavened  bread  shall  be 
eaten.  22  And  upon  that  day  shall 
tlie  prince  prepare  for  himself  and 
for  all  the  people  of  the  land  a 
'  bullock  for  a  sin-offering.  23  And 
the  ".seven  days  of  the  feast  he 
shall  ijrepare  a  "burnt-offering  to 
Jehovah, "  seven  bullocks  and  seven 
ram^  without  blemish  daily  the 
seven  days ;  and  a  he-goat  daily 
for  a  sin-offering.  24  And  he  shall 
^prepare  a  ^  meal-offering,  an  c^)liah 
tor  a  bullock,  and  an  phah  tor  a 
ram,  and  a  hin  of  oil  to  an  ephah. 
25  In  the  '.seventh  month,  in  the 
fifteenth  day  of  the  mouth,  in  the 
feast,  shall  he  do  the  like  the  seven 
days ;  according  to  the  sin-oflering, 
according  to  the  burnt^ofiering, 
and  according  to  the  meal-offer- 
ing, and  according  to  the  oil. 
A_f\  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
T:  VJ  vah  :  The  *■  gate  of  the '  inner 
court  that  looketh  toward  the  east 
shall  be  'shut  the  six  "working 
days;  but  on  the  'sabbath  day  it 
shall  be  oijened,  and  on  the  day  of 
the  -^  new  moon  it  .shall  be  opened. 
2  And  the  "prince  shall  enter  by 
the  way  of  the  *  porch  of  the  gate 
without,  and  shall  stand  by  the 
'post  of  the  gate  ;  and  the  priests 
shall  prepare  his  burnt-offering  and 
his  peace-offerings,  and  he  sliall 
worship  at  the  threshold  oi  the 
gate  :  then  he  shall  go  forth  ;  but 
the  gate  shall  not  be  "shut  until 


"  ch  43.  .    : 

1  K.  H.  uy 
i>  Ex.  12.  i 
'  cb.  4(i.  1, 

3,  G 
rf  Lev.  22.20; 

Heb.  ».  14 
'  til.  43.  22, 

20;  Lev. 

lU.  lb,  S3 
/ch.  43.  20; 

Lev.  10. 

lb  20 
"  ch.  4.3.  14, 

17,  2U 
h  Lev.  4.  27 ; 

Ps.  lit.  12 
i  ver.  15, 18 ; 

Lev.  16.  20 
«■•  Kx.  12. 

1-24 ;  Lov. 

23.5-8 
'  Lev.  4.  14 
"'  Lev.  23.  3 
"  Num.  2i. 

l(>-25 
"  Num.  2.'!. 

1,  2 ;  Job 

42.8 
P  ch.  46.  5-7  ; 

Num.  28. 

12-15 
•i  Lev.  23. 

33-43; 

Num.  29. 

12-38; 

2Chr.  5.  3; 

7.  8, 10 
>■  ch.  45. 19 
'  ch.  8.  16  ; 

10.  3 
'  ch.  44.  1,  2 
"  Ex.  20.  9 
^  ch.  45.  17  ; 

Is.  6«.  23 
'  ver.  3,  b ; 

ch.  45.  18 
y  ver.  8 ; 

ch.  44.  3 
-•  ch.  45.  19 
"  ver.  12 


b  Lk.  1.  10 
'^  ver.  1 
d  Ch.  45.  17 
'  Num.  28. 

9,10 
/ver.  7,11; 

ch.  45.  24 ; 

Num.  28. 

12 
9  ver.  7 
A  ver.  1 
'  ver.  5 
*■•  ver.  5 ; 

Lev.  14. 21; 

l»t.  lb.  17 
'  ver.  2  ;  ch. 

44   3 
"'  Ex.  34.23; 

1>9.  84.  7  ; 

Mic.  0.  »> 
"  2  S.  b.  14. 

l.i;  IChr. 

29.  20,  22 ; 

2Chr.  6.  3; 

7.  4 ;  Pa. 

42.  4 
"  ch.  45. 17 
f  ver.  5,  7 
«  ver.  7 
•■Lev. 23  88; 

2  Cbr.  29. 

31 
•ver.  1,2,8; 

ch.  44  3 
'  ch  4.S.  17 

"  Num.  28. 
3-5 


619 


tlie  evening.  .'3  And  the  *  people 
of  the  land  .shall  worship  at  the 
door  of  that  gate  before  Jehovah 
on  the  sablxitlis  and  on  the  "new 
moons.  4  And  the  ''  burnt-offering 
that  the  prince  shall  oiler  unto  Je- 
hovah shall  be  on  the  .sabbath  day 
'  .six  lambs  without  blemish  and  a 
ram  without  blemish  ;  5  and  the 
•'meal-ofiering  shall  be  an  ephah 
for  the  ram,  and  the  meal-offering 
for  the  lambs  as  he  is  ^able  to  give, 
and  a  hin  of  oil  to  an  ephah. 

6  And  on  the  day  of  the  *new 
moon  it  sliall  be  a  young  bullock 
without  blemish,  and  si.x  lambs, 
and  a  ram;  they  shall  be  without 
blemish  :  7  and  he  shall  prepare  a 
'  nieal-oHering,  an  ephah  for  the 
bullock,  and  an  ephaii  for  the  ram, 
and  for  the  lambs  according  as  '  he 
is  *able,  and  a  hin  of  oil  to  an 
ephah.  8  And  when  the  'prince 
shall  enter,  he  shall  go  in  by  the 
way  of  the  '  porch  of  the  gate, 
ana  he  shall  go  forth  by  the  way 
thereof. 

9  But  when  the  people  of  the 
land  shall  come  "'  before  Jehovah 
in  the  appointed  feasts,  he  that 
entereth  uy  the  way  of  the  north 
gate  to  worship  shall  go  forth  by 
the  way  of  the  south  gate ;  and  he 
that  entereth  by  the  way  of  the 
south  gate  shall  go  forth  by  the 
way  of  the  north  gate :  he  shall 
not  return  by  the  way  of  the  gate 
whereby  he  came  in,  but  shall  go 
forth  straight  before  him.  10  And 
the  prince,  when  they  go  in,  shall 
go  in  "  in  the  midst  of  them  ;  and 
when  they  go  forth,  they  shall  go 
forth  together.  1 1  And  in  the "  feasts 
and  in  the  -solemnities  the  ''meal- 
ofiering  shall  be  an  ephah  for  a 
bullock,  and  an  ephah  for  a  ram, 
and  for  tiie  lanib.s  as  he  is  "able  to 
give,  and  a  hin  of  oil  to  an  ephah. 
12  And  when  the  prince  shall  pre- 
pare a  '■freewill-offering,  a  burnt- 
offering  or  peace-offeiings  as  a 
freewill-ofl'ering  unto  .lehovah,  one 
shall  'open  for  him  the  gate  that 
looketh  toward  the  east  ;  and  he 
shall  prepare  his  burnt -offering  and 
his  peace-ofl'erings.  as  he  dotn  on 
the  'sabbath  day:  then  he  shall 
go  forth  :  and  after  his  going  forth 
one  shall  shut  the  gate. 

13  And  thou  shalt  prepare  a 
"  lamb  a  year  old  without  blemish 
for  a  burnt  offering  unto  Jehovah 

1  H«^b.  At'.<  hand  thnll  attain  unto. 
a  Cr,  appointed /MUtt 


46.14 


EZEKIEL 


47.10 


The  Continnal  Bnnit-«ffering.    The  Prince's  Bight  to  bestow  Gifts.    The  Boiling -places.     Healia?  Waters  from  the  Temple 


daily :  "  morning  by  morning  shalt 
thou  prepare  it.  14  And  thou 
shalt  prepare  a  mea;l-offering  with 
it  morning  by  morning,  the  *  sixth 
part  of  an  ephah,  and  the  third 
part  of  a  hin  of  oil,  to  ^moisten  the 
fine  flour ;  a  meal-offering  unto  Je- 
hovah continually  by  a  perpetual 
ordinance.  15  Thus  shall  they 
prepare  the  lamb,  and  the  meal- 
offering,  and  the  oil,  morning  by 
morning,  for  a  ''continual  burnt- 
offering. 

1 6  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah : 
If  the  prince  give  a  *'  gift  unto  any 
of  his  sons,  it  is  his  inheritance,  it 
shall  belong  to  his  sons  ;  it  is  their 
possession  by  inheritance.  1 7  But 
if  he  give  of  his  inheritance  a  gift 
to  one  of  his  servants,  it  shall  be 
his  to  the  "  year  of  liberty ;  then  it 
shall  return  to  the  prince  ;  but  as 
for  his  inheritance,  it  shall  be  for 
his  sons.  18  Moreover  the  prince 
shall  -^not  take  of  the  people's  in- 
heritance, to  ^'thrust  them  out  of 
their  possession ;  he  shall  give  in- 
heritance to  his  sons  out  of  his  own 
possession,  that  my  people  be  not 
*  scattered  every  man  from  his  pos- 
session. 

1 9  Then  he  brought  me  through 
the  'entry,  which  was  at  the  side 
of  the  gate,  into  the  *holy  cham- 
bers for  the  priests,  which  looked 
toward  the  north :  and,  behold, 
there  was  a  place  on  the  hinder 
part  westward.  20  And  he  said 
unto  me.  This  is  the  place  where 
the  priests  shall  boil  the  '  trespass- 
offering  and  the  sin-offering,  and 
where  they  shall  '"bake  the  meal- 
offering  ;  that  they  bring  them  not 
forth  into  the  outer  court,  to  "  sanc- 
tify the  people.  2 1  Then  he  brought 
me  fortn  into  the  outer  court,  and 
caused  me  to  pass  by  the  four  cor- 
ners of  the  court ;  and,  behold,  in 
every  corner  of  the  court  there  was 
a  court.  22  In  the  four  corners  of 
the  court  there  were  courts  ^in- 
closed, forty  aibits  long  and  thirty 
broad :  these  four  in  the  corners 
were  of  one  measure.  23  And  there 
was  a  *  wall  round  about  in  them, 
round  about  the  four,  and  boiling- 
places  were  made  under  the  *  walls 
round  about.  24  Then  said  he  unto 
me.  These  are  the  boiling-houses, 
where  the  "  ministers  of  the  house 
shall  p  boil  the  sacrifice  of  the  peo- 
ple. 


1  Or,  mix  with 
*  Or,  joined  on 


'  Heb.  opprets. 
*  Heb.  rov>.     »  Heb.  rowi. 


"  l8.  50.  4 
b  Num.  28.  5 
"  Ex.  29.  42 ; 

Num.  28.  6 
d  2  Chr.  21.  3 
«  Lev.  25  10 
/ch.  45.  8; 

Is.  11.  3,  4 
-"  ch.  22.  27  ; 

IK.  21.19: 

Mic.  2.  1,  2 
A  ch.  34.  3-6, 

21 
i  ch.  42.  9 ; 

44.  5 
k  Ch.  42.  13 
'  ch.  44.  29  ; 

2  Chr.  35. 

13 
"  Lev.  2.  4-7 
"  ch.  44.  19 
"  ch.  44  11 
^  ver.  20 


9  ch.  41.  2, 

23-25 
"•  Ps.  46.  4 ; 

Is.  30.  25 ; 

55.  1 ;  Jer. 

2.  13 ;  Joel 

3.  18; 
Zech.  13. 
1 ;  14.  8 ; 
Rev.  22.  1, 
17 

»  ver.  12 
t  ch.  44.  4 
"ch.  44.  1,2 
"  ch.  40.  3 


"  Is.  11.  9 : 
Hab.  2.  14 

V  ch.  2  1 

-  ch.  8.  6  ; 
40.  4 ;  44.  5 


"  ver.  12 ; 
Is.  60. 13, 
21;  61.  3 


b  Dt.  3.  17  ; 

la.  3.5.  6,  7 ; 

41.  17-19 ; 

44.  3 
"  Josh.  3.  16 


dis.  12.  3; 
65.  1 ;  Jn. 

4.  14 ;  7.  37, 
38;  Rev. 
21.7 

'  Mt.  4.  19 ; 
13.  47 ;  Lk. 

5.  10 
/Gen.  14.7; 

Josh.  15. 
62;  IS.  23. 
29 ;  24.  1 :  2 
Chr.  20.  2 
f  ch.  26.  5, 14 

860 


A  ^  And  he  brought  me  back 
T^  I  unto  the » door  of  the  house ; 
and,  behold,  ''waters  issued  out 
from  *  under  the  threshold  of  the 
house  eastward  (for  the  forefront 
of  the  house  was  toward  the  east) ; 
and  the  waters  came  down  from 
under,  from  the  right  side  of  the 
house,  on  the  south  of  the  altar. 
2  Then  he  brought  me  out  by  the 
way  of  the  '  gate  northward,  and 
led  me  round  by  the  way  without 
unto  the  outer  gate,  by  the  way  of 
the  "^gate  that  looketh  toward  the 
east ;  and,  behold,  there  ®  ran  out 
waters  on  the  right  side. 

3  When  the "  man  went  forth  east- 
ward with  the  line  in  his  hand,  he 
measured  a  thousand  cubits,  and 
he  caused  me  to  pass  through  the 
waters,  waters  tnat  were  to  the 
ankles.  4  Again  he  measured  a 
thousand,  and  caused  me  to  pass 
through  the  waters,  waters  that 
were  to  the  knees.  Again  he  meas- 
ured a  thousand,  and  caused  me  to 
pass  through  the  waters,  waters  that 
were  to  the  loins.  5  Afterward  he 
measured  a  thousand  ;  and  it  was  a 
river  that  I  could  not  pass  through  ; 
for  the  waters  were  risen,  waters  to 
swim  in,  a  -^  river  that  could  not  be 
passed  through. 

6  And  he  said  unto  me,  *  Son  of 
man,  hast  thou  "^seen  thisi  Then 
he  brought  me,  and  caused  me  to 
return  to  the  bank  of  the  river. 
7  Now  when  I  had  returned,  be- 
hold, upon  the  bank  of  the  river 
^vere  very  many  "  trees  on  the  one 
side  and  on  the  other.  8  Then  said 
he  unto  me.  These  waters  issue 
forth  toward  the  eastern  region, 
and  shall  go  doWn  into  the  *Ara- 
bah  ;  and  they  shall  go  toward  the 
sea ;  into  the  "  sea  shall  the  waters 
go  which  were  made  to  issue  forth  ; 
and  the  waters  shall  be  healed. 
9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
every  living  creature  which  swarm- 
eth,  in  every  place  whither  the 
'  rivers  come,  shall  live  ;  and  there 
shall  be  a  very  great  multitude  of 
fish ;  for  these  waters  are  come 
thither,  *and  the  rvaters  of  the  sea 
shall  be  healed,  and  ''everything 
shall  live  whithersoever  the  river 
Cometh.  10  And  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  that  "fishers  shall  stand  by 
it:  from  •''En-gedi  even  unto  En- 
eglaim  shall  be  a  place  for  the 
'  spreading  of  nets ;  their  fish  shall 

«  Or,  trickled  forth        7  Heb.  two  river*. 
«  Or,  that  all  things  may  be  healed  and  live 


47.11 


EZEKIEL 


48.11 


The  Boandari«8  and  Division  of  thf  laid.    Portions  of  Sevdn  Tribet.    Portions  of  the  Priests 


be  after  their  kinds,  as  the  fish  of 
the  "great  sea,  ''exceeding  many. 
1  r  But  the  miry  places  thereof, 
and  ttie  marshes  tliereof,  shall  not 
be  healed  ;  they  shall  be  'given  up 
to "  salt.  1  '2  And ''  by  the  river  u  pon 
the  bank  thereof,  on  this  side  and 
on  that  side,  shall  grow  every  "tree 
for  food,  who.se  •'leaf  shall  not 
wither,  neither  shall  the  fruit 
thereof  fail :  it  shall  bring  forth 
''new  fi-uit  every  month,  because 
the  waters  thereof  issue  out  of  the 
sanctuary ;  and  the  fruit  thereof 
shall  be  for  food,  and  the  "leiif 
thereof  for  healing. 

13  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah :  This  shall  be  the  ^  border, 
whereby  ye  shall  divide  the  land 
for  inheritance  according  to  the 
twelve  tribes  of  Israel :  Joseph 
shall  have  two  'portions.  14  And 
j'^e  shall  inherit  it,  one  as  well  as 
another ;  for  1  *  *  sware  to  give  it 
unto  your  fathers :  and  this  land 
shall  rail  unto  you  for  inheritance. 

15  And  this  shall  be  the  border 
of  the  land  :  On  the  '  north  side, 
from  the  "*  great  se^,  by  the  way  of 
"  Hethlon,  unto  the  entrance  of 
"Zedad;  16^Hamath,  Berothah, 
Sibraim,  which  is  between  the  bor- 
der of  «  Damascus  and  the  border 
of  Hamath ;  ^Hazer-hatticon,  which 
is  by  the  border  of  *■  Hauran.  1 7 
And  the  border  from  the  sea,  shall 
be  '  Hazar-enon  at  the  border  of 
'Damascus;  and  on  the  north 
northward  is  the  border  of  'Ha- 
math. This  is  the  north  side.  18 
And  the  "  east  side,  between  "  Hau- 
ran and  ^  Daniascus  and  "Gilead 
and  the  land  of  Israel,  shall  be  the 
'Jordan;  from  the  north  border, 
unto  the  east  sea  shall  ye  measure. 
This  is  the  east  side.  19  And  the 
"south  side  southward  shall  be 
from  ''Tamar  as  far  as  the  waters 
of  "  Meriboth-kadesh,  to  the  ■*  brook 
of  Egypt,  unto  the "  great  sea.  This 
is  the  south  side  southward.  20 
And  the  •'west  side  shall  be  the 
'great  sea,  from  the  gotith  border  as 
far  as  over  against  the  *  entrance 
of  '  Hamath.    This  is  the  west  side. 

21  So  shall  ye  divide  this  land 
unto  you  according  to  the  tribes 
of  Israel.  22  Ana  it  shall  come 
to  pass,  that  ye  shall  divide  it  by 
*lot  for  an  inheritance  unto  you 
and  to  the  '  strangers  that  sojourn 

1  Or,  girenfor  tail        *  Heb.  ftntfrxtitt. 

*  Heo.  hfted  up  my  hand. 

*  Or,  the  middle  Hazer. 


"  ver  1.^ ; 
oh.  48.  JS; 
Num   34. 
ti;  Pb.  1(M. 

t>  Lk.  5.  5-9 ; 

.)u.  21.  6 
<^  Dt.  2d.  23 
■'  ver.  7 ; 

Ri-\.  22.  2 

*  Geu.  2.  a 
/Ps.  1.  3; 

Jer.  17.  8 
■■'  Rev.  22. 2 
''  Niuu.  34. 

2-12 
■  <h.  48.  4, 

.') ;  Gen.  48. 

.1 ;  4l>.  26 

*  c)i.  20.  (j; 
Dt.  1.  8 

'  Nvim.  34. 

7-y 
'"  ver.  10,  19 
"  cli.  48.  1 
"  Num.  34.  8 
''ver.  17,20; 

ch.  48.  1 ; 

Num,  13. 

21 ;  Is.  10. 

9;  Zech. 

9.  2 
<*  ver.  17, 18 ; 

ch.48.  1; 

Geu.  14.  15 
"■  ver.  18 
'  ch.  48.  1 
'  ver.  IH 
"  Num.  34. 

10-12 
"  ver.  16 

*  ver.  16 
V  Gen.  37. 

25 ;  Jer.  50. 

19 
••  Gen.  13. 

10.11 
"  Num.  34. 

3-5 
l>  oh.  48.  28 
<^  Dt.  32.  61 
J  Num.  34. 

5;  IK.  8. 

6.5;  Is.  27. 

12 
'  ver.  10, 15 
/Num.  34.  6 
0  ver.  10.  15 
Ach.  48.1; 

Judg.  3.  3; 

2Chr.7.«; 

Am.  6.  14 
'  ver.  16 
<■■  Num.  26. 

55,56 
'Is.  14.  1; 

56.  6,7 


"'  Acts  11. 

18 :  15.  9 ; 

Eph.  2.  1-2- 

14;  3.  6; 

Col.  3.  U 
"  Ex.  1.  1 
"  oil.  47.  15 
P  ch.  47.  20 
«  ch.  47.  16 
•■  ch.  47.  17 
•ch.  47.16 
'  Josh.  19. 

40-48 
'Mosh.  19. 

24-31 

•  Josh.  19 
32-39 

'  Josh.  13. 
2»-31;  17. 
1-11 

•  Joeh.  16. 
.5-9:  17.8- 
10.  14-18 

■  Josh.  13. 
1.V21 

•  Josh.  15. 
1-63 ;  19.  9 

861 


among  you,  wlio  shall  beget  chil- 
dren among  you  ;  and  they  shall 
be  unto  you  as  the  home-born 
among  the  children  of  Israel  ;  tiit-y 
shall  have  '"inheritance  with  you 
among  the  tribes  of  lsrat;l.  2.i  And 
it  shall  come  to  pa.ss,  that  in  what 
tribe  the  stranger  sojouineth,  there 
shall  ye  give  him  his  inheritance, 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 
A  Q  Now  "  these  are  the  names 
jtO  of  the  tribes:  From  the 
north  end,  beside  the  way  of "  Heth- 
lon to  the  ^entrance  of  »  Hamath, 
*■  Hazar-enan  at  the  border  of  '  Da- 
mascus, northward  beside  Hamath 
(and  they  shall  have  their  sides  east 
an</  west),  '  Dan.  one  jx/rtion.  2 
And  by  the  border  of  Dan,  from 
the  e;ist  side  unto  the  we.st  side, 
"  Aaher,  one  portion.  3  And  by  the 
border  of  Asher,  from  the  east  side 
even  unto  the  west  side.  "Naph- 
tali,  one  pwtion.  4  And  by  the 
border  of  Naphtali,  from  the  east 
side  unto  the  west  side,  'Manas- 
seh,  one  portion.  5  And  by  the 
border  of  Manasseh,  from  the  east 
side  unto  the  west  side,  "Ephraim, 
one  j)ortion.  6  And  by  the  border 
of  Lphraim,  from  the  east  side 
even  unto  the  west  side,  '  Reuben, 
one  portion.  7  And  by  the  border 
of  Reuben,  from  the  east  side  unto 
the  west  side,  "  Judah,  one  portion. 
8  And  by  the  border  of  Judah, 
from  the  east  side  unto  the  west 
side,  shall  be  the  *  oblation  which 
ye  shall  offer,  five  and  twenty 
thousand  re<^Z.s-  in  breadth,  and  in 
length  as  one  of  the  poi-tions,  from 
the  east  side  unto  the  west  side  : 
and  the 'sanctuary  shall  be  in  the 
midst  of  it.  9  The  oblation  that 
ye  sluall  offer  unto  Jehovah  shall 
be  five  and  twenty  thousand  reedt 
in  length,  and  ten  thou.sand  in 
breadth.  10  And  for  the.se,  even 
for  the  ''priests,  shall  be  the  holy 
oblation ;  toward  the  north  five 
and  twenty  thou.sjind  in  length,  and 
toward  the  west  ten  thou.sand  in 
breadth,  and  toward  the  east  ten 
thousand  in  breaflth.  and  toward 
the  south  five  and  twenty  thou- 
sand in  length  :  and  the  '.sanctuary 
of  Jehovah  shall  be  in  the  midst 
thereof.  11  ''ft  shall  U  for  the 
priests  that  are  .sanctified  of  the 
-''sons   of  Zaflok,   that   have  kepc 

»  ch.  4.S.  1-3    '  ch  45.  3,  4  ;  Ib.  12  8 :  3J.  3<^2J    *  ch. 
14.  28;  45.4    '  rpr.  8    /  ch.  40.  46  ;  44.  15 


>  Or,   Thf  sanctified  portion  ahall  Im  ftr  tSt 
priettt  of  the  ton*  Ae. 


48.12 


EZEKIEL 


48.35 


Portions  of  the  Lentes,  the  City,  and  the  Prince.    Portions  of  the  Other  Fire  Tribes.    Gates  of  the  City 


ray  charge,  that  went  not  astray 
when  the  children  of  Israel  went 
astray,  as  the  "  Levites  went  astray. 
12  And  it  shall  be  unto  them  an 
oblation  from  the  oblation  of  the 
land,  a  thing  most  'holy,  by  the 
border  of  the  Levites. 

13  And  answerable  unto  the 
'  border  of  the  priests,  the  Levites 
shall  have  five  and  twenty  thou- 
sand in  length,  and  ten  thousand 
m  breadth  :  all  the  length  shall  be 
five  and  twenty  thousand,  and  the 
breadth  ten  thousand.  14  And 
they  shall ''  sell  none  of  it,  nor  ex- 
change it,  nor  shall  the  ''  first-fruits 
of  the  land  be  alienated ;  for  it  is 
holy  unto  Jehovah. 

15  And  the  five  thousand  that 
are  left  in  the  breadth,  in  front 
of  the  five  and  twenty  thousand, 
shall  be  for  -'^ common  use,  for  the 
city,  for  dwelling  and  for  "  suburbs  ; 
and  the  city  shall  be  in  the  midst 
thereof.  16  And  these  shall  be  the 
measures  thereof:  the  north  side 
'four  thousand  and  five  hundred, 
and  the  south  side  four  thousand 
and  five  hundred,  and  on  the  east 
side  four  thousand  and  five  hun- 
dred, and  the  west  side  four  thou- 
sand and  five  hundred.  17  And 
the  city  shall  have  '  suburbs :  to- 
ward the  north  two  hundred  and 
fifty,  and  toward  the  south  two 
hundred  and  fifty,  and  toward  the 
east  two  hundred  and  fifty,  and 
toward  the  west  two  hundred  and 
fifty.  18  And  the  residue  in  the 
length,  answerable  unto  the  holy 
*  oblation,  shall  be  ten  thousand 
eastward,  and  ten  thousand  west- 
ward ;  and  it  shall  be  answerable 
unto  the  holy  oblation ;  and  the 
increase  thereof  shall  be  for  food 
unto  them  that  labor  in  the  city. 
19  And  they  that  labor  in  the 
city,  out  of  '  all  the  tribes  of  Israel, 
shall  till  it.  20  All  the  oblation 
shall  be  five  and  twenty  thousand 
by  five  and  twenty  thousand :  ye 
shall  offer  the  holy  oblation  ""four- 
square, with  the  possession  of  the 
city. 

21  And  the  "residue  shall  be  for 
the  prince,  on  the  one  side  and  on 
the  other  of  the  holy  oblation  and 
of  the  possession  of  the  city ;  in 
front  of  the  five  and  twenty  thou- 
sand of  the  oblation  toward  the 
east  border,  and  westward  in  front 
of  the  five  and  twenty  thousand 
toward  the  west  border,  answerable 


«  ch.  44.  10, 

12 
b  ch.  45.  4 
«  ch.  45.  3 
d  Lev.  25. 

32-34 
«  ch.  44.  30 
/ch.  42.  20; 

45.6 
!'  ch.  45.  2 
''  Rev.  21.  16 
'  ch.  45.  2 
fc  ver.  8 
'  ch.  45.  6 
'"  ver.  16 
"  ver.  22 ; 

ch.  34.  24 ; 

45.7 


"  ver.  8, 10 
!'  ver.  1-7 
1  Josh.  13. 

21-28 
••  Josh.  19. 

1-9 
»  Josh.  19. 

17-23 
( Josh.  19. 

10-16 


"  Josh.  13. 
24-23 


"  ch.  47.  19 ; 
Gen.  14.  7  : 
2  Chr.  20.  2 

^'  ch.  47.  19 

V  ch.  47.  10, 
15,  19,  20 

'  ch.  47.  13- 
20 


6  ver.  32,  33, 
34 


•  Rev.  21. 
12,13 


dJer  23.6; 

33.16 
'  ch.  35.  10 ; 

Is.  12. 6;  14. 

32 ;  24.  23 ; 

Jer.  3.  17 ; 

8.  19 ;  14. 

9 ;  Joel  3. 

21;  Zech. 

2.  10 ;  Rev. 

21.  3;  22.3 


unto  the  portions,  it  shall  be  for 
the  prince  :  and  the  holy  °  oblation 
and  the  "sanctuary  of  the  house 
shall  be  in  the  midst  thereof.  22 
Moreover  from  the  possession  of 
the  Levites,  and  from  the  posses- 
sion of  the  city,  being  in  the  midst 
of  that  which  is  the  prince's,  be- 
tween the  border  of  Judah  and  the 
border  of  Benjamin,  it  shall  be  for 
the  prince. 

23  And  as  for  the  ^rest  of  the 
tribes  :  from  the  east  side  unto  the 
west  side,  *  Benjamin,  one  portion. 
24  And  by  the  border  of  Benjamin, 
from  the  east  side  unto  the_  west 
side,  ''Simeon,  one  portion.  25  And 
by  the  border  of  Simeon,  from  the 
east  side  unto  the  west  side,  *Issa- 
char,  one  jwrtion.  26  And  by  the 
border,  of  Issachar,  from  the  east 
side  unto  the  west  side,  'Zebulun, 
one  portion.  27  And  by  the  border 
of  Zebulun,  from  the  east  side  unto 
the  west  side,  "Gad,  one  portion. 
28  And  by  the  border  of  Gad,  at 
the  south  side  southward,  the  bor- 
der shall  be  even  from "  Tamar  unto 
the  waters  of  ""  Meribath-kadesh,  to 
the  "^ brook  of  Egypt,  unto  the 
^ great  sea.  29  This  is  the  ^land 
which  ye  shall  divide  by  lot  unto 
the  tribes  of  Israel  for  inheritance, 
and  these  are  their  several  portions, 
saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

30  And  these  are  the  "egresses 
of  the  city :  On  the  *  north  side 
four  thousand  and  five  hundred 
reeds  by  measure;  31  and  the 
gates  of  the  city  shall  be  after  the 
"  names  of  the  tribes  of  Israel,  three 
gates  northward  :  the  gate  of  Reu- 
ben, one ;  the  gate  of  Judah,  one  ; 
the  gate  of  Levi,  one.  32  And  at 
the  east  side  four  thousand  and 
five  hundred  reeds,  and  three  gates  : 
even  the  gate  of  Joseph,  one ;  the 
gate  of  Benjamin,  one  ;  the  gate  of 
Dan,  one.  33  And  at  the  south 
side  four  thousand  and  five  hun- 
dred reeds  by  measure,  and  three 
gates :  the  gate  of  Simeon,  one ; 
the  gate  of  Issachar,  one  ;  the  gate 
of  Zebulun,  one.  34  At  the  west 
side  four  thousand  and  five  hun- 
dred reeds,  with  their  three  gates  : 
the  gate  of  Gad,  one ;  the  gate  of 
Asher,  one ;  the  gate  of  Naphtali, 
one.  35  It  shall  Toe  eighteen  thou- 
sand reeds  round  about :  and  the 
''name  of  the  city  from  that  day 
shall  be,  ^  *  Jehovah  is  there. 

1  Heb.  Jehovah-shammah. 


852 


I5ill<?7  *  Mill  ].:\,    ,:iv) 


THE   BOOK   OF 

DANIEL 


Daniel  and  his  Three  Friends  refuse  to  take  the  Kind's  Food.    Thej  eirtl  ii  Body  aad  in  Spirit 


Iln  the  third  year  of  the  reign 
of  "Jehoiakim  king  of  Judah 
came  '  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of 
Babylon  unto  Jerusalem,  and  be- 
sieged it.  2  And  the  "  Lord  gave 
Jehoiakim  king  of  Judah  into  his 
hand,  with  part  of  the  "^  vessels  of 
the  house  or  God ;  and  he  carried 
them  into  the  land  of  "Shinar  to 
the  house  of  his  ^od :  and  he 
brought  the  vessels  into  the  ti'eas- 
ure-house  of  his  ^god.  3  And  the 
king  spake  unto  Ashpenaz  the 
^master  of  his  eunuchs,  that  he 
should  bring  in  certain  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  even  of  the  *seed 
royal  and  of  the  nobles ;  4  youths 
in  whom  was  *no  blemish,  but  well- 
favored,  and  *  skilful  in  all  wisdom, 
and  endued  with  knowledge,  and 
understanding  science,  and  such 
as  had  'ability  to  stand  in  the 
king's  palace  ;  and  that  he  should 
teacn  tnera  the  '"  learning  and  the 
"  tongue  of  the '  Chaldeans.  5  And 
the  king  appointed  for  them  a  daily 
portion  of  tne  f  king's  dainties,  ana 
of  the  wine  which  he  drank,  and 
that  they  should  be  nourished 
» three  years ;  that  at  the  end 
thereof  they  should  *■  stand  l>efore 
the  king.  6  Now  among  these 
were,  or  the  children  of  Judah. 
'Daniel,  Hananiah.  Mishael,  and 
Azariah.  7  And  the  'prince  of 
the  eunuchs  gave  names  unto 
them :  unto  Daniel  he  gave  the 
name  of  "  Belteshazzar ;  and  to 
Hananiah,  of  "  Shaflrach  ;  and  to 
Mishael,  of  "'  Meshach  ;  and  to  Aza- 
riah, of  "  Abed-nego. 

8  But  Daniel  purposed  in  his 
heart  that  he  would  not  'defile 
himself  with  the  "king's  dainties, 
nor  with  the  '  wine  which  he 
drank :  therefore  he  requested  of 
the  prince  of  the  eunuchs  that  he 
might  not  defile  himself.  9  Now 
God  made  Daniel  to  find  "kind- 
ness and  compassion  in  the  sight 
of    the    prince    of    the    eunuchs. 


"  2  K.  24.  1 ; 

2  Chr.  36. 

6,  6 
>>  Jer.  2o.  I ; 

62.  12,  28-30 
'  ch.  2.  37, 

38  ;  Is.  42. 

24 
d  ch.  5.  2  ; 

2  Chr.  36. 
7  ;  Jer.  27. 
19,  20 

•  lien.  10. 
10;  U.  2; 
Is.  11.  II  ; 
Zech.  i.  11 

/Jer.  60.  2; 

61,  44 
"  ver.  7 
''  2  K.  24.  14 ; 

Is.  39.  7 

•  2  S.  14.  25 

•  ver.  17 ; 
ch.  9.  22 

'  ver.  19 
"'  ver.  20 
"  ch.  2.  4 ; 

Is.  36.  U  ; 

Jer.  5.  15 
"  ch.  2.  2,  4, 

6,  10 ;  3.  H; 

4.  7  ;  6.  7, 

11,30;  9.  1 
P  ver.  8 
«  ver.  18 
*■  ver.  19 ; 

1  S.  10.  22  ; 

Jer.  16.  1 

•  Ezek.  14. 
14,  at ;  28. 

3  ;  Mt.  24. 
16 

t  ver.  3,  10, 
11,18 

"  ch.  2.  26  ; 


"'Lev.  11.47; 
Kzek.  4.  13, 
14;  Ho8.  9. 


3,  4 


Ps 


V  ver.  5 

141.  4 
'  ch.  6.  4  ; 

Dt.  32. :« 
"  Job  5.  16, 

10 ;  Ps.  106. 

46;  Prov. 

10.7 


<>  ver.  7 
■"  ver.  16 
<t  Ex.  23.  it< : 

Prov.  10.  22 
'  ver.  12 
/  ver.  20 ; 

ch.  2.  21, 

23 ;  1  K.  3. 

12,  28 ;  Job 

32.  8 
»  ch.  2.  19 ; 

7.  1  ;  8.  1 
*  ver.  6 
<  ver.  3,  7 

863 


10  And  the  "prince  of  the  eu- 
nuchs said  unto  Daniel.  1  fear 
my  lord  the  king,  who  hath  ap- 
pointed your  food  and  your  drink  : 
tor  why  should  he  see  your  face.s 
worse  looking  tiian  the  youths 
that  are  of  your  own  age?  .so 
would  ye  endanger  my  head  with 
the  king.  11  Then  said  Daniel 
to  '  the  steward  whom  the  prince 
of  the  eunuchs  had  appointed  over 
Daniel.  Hananiah,  Mishael,  anrl 
Azarian :  12  Prove  thy  servants, 
I  beseech  thee,  ten  days ;  and  let 
them  give  us  '-■'pulse  to  eat,  and 
water  to  drink.  13  Then  let  our 
countenances  be  looked  upon  be- 
fore thee,  and  the  countenance  of 
the  youths  that  eat  of  the  king's 
dainties  ;  and  as  thou  seest,  deal 
with  thy  servants. 

14  So  he  hearkened  unto  them 
in  this  matter,  and  proved  tliein 
ten  days.  15  And  at  the  end  of 
ten  days  their  countenances  ap- 
peared ''fairer,  and  they  were 
tatter  in  flesh,  than  all  the  youths 
that  did  eat  of  the  king's  dainties. 
16  So  Hhe  steward  took  away 
their  dainties,  and  the  wine  that 
they  should  drink,  and  "^gave  them 
pulse. 

17  Now  as  for  these  four  youth.'S, 
■'God  gave  them  knowledge  and 
skill  in  all  leai-ning  and  wi.sdoui  : 
and  ]  )aniel  had  understanding  in 
all  "  visions  and  dream.s.  18  Ami 
at  the  end  of  the  ''  days  which  the 
king  hiul  •''appointed  for  bringing 
them  in,  the  'prince of  theeunuch-* 
brought  them  in  l)efore  Nebuchad- 
nezzar. 19  And  the  king  com- 
muned with  them;  and  among 
them    all    was    found    none    like 

*  Daniel,  Hananiah,  Mishael,  and 
Azariah:  therefore  'stood  they 
before  the  king.     20  And  in  every 

*  ver.  6.  7  '  ver.  5 ;  Gen.  41.  46 ;  1  K.  17.  I ;  Prov. 
22  29  :  Jer.  15.  1 


»  Heb.  Uammeltar.  »  Or,  herb.' 

*  Heb.  »aid. 


1.21 


DANIEL 


2.24 


Tbe  Ring's  Forgotten  Dream  ;  his  Tlireat  to  the  Hagiclans.    Daniel  begs  for  Time,  and  has  a  JEi&ion 


matter  of  "wisdom  and  understand- 
ing, concerning  which  the  king  in- 
quired of  them,  he  found  them  *ten 
times  "better  than  all  the  ''magi- 
cians and  enchanters  that  were  in 
all  his  realm.  21  And  Daniel  con- 
tinued even  unto  the  *  first  year  of 
king  Cyrus. 

2  And  in  the  •''  second  year  of 
the  reign  of  Nebuchadnezzar, 
Nebuchadnezzar^dreamed  dreams ; 
and  his  spirit  was  troubled,  and  his 
*  sleep  went  from  him.  2  Then  the 
king  commanded  to  call  the  '  magi- 
cians, and  the  enchanters,  and  the 
sorcerers,  and  the  Chaldeans,  to 
tell  the  king  his  dreams.  So  they 
came  in  and  stood  before  the  king. 
3  And  the  king  said  unto  them,  I 
have  *  dreamed  a  dream,  and  my 
spirit  is  troubled  to  know  the 
dream.  4  Then  spake  the  Chal- 
deans to  the  king '^ in  the  'Syrian 
language,  ^ "'  O  king,  live  for  ever  : 
"tell  thy  servants  the  dream,  and 
we  will  show  the  interpretation. 
5  The  king  answered  and  said  to 
the  Chaldeans,  ^The  thing  is  gone 
from  me :  if  ye  make  not  known 
unto  me  the  dream  and  the  inter- 
pretation thereof,  ye  shall  be  "  cut 
m  pieces,  and  your  houses  shall  be 
made  a  dunghill.  6  But  if  ye  show 
the  dream  and  the  interpretation 
thereof,  ye  shall  receive  of  me 
*"  gifts  and  rewards  and  great 
honor  :  therefore  show  me  the 
dream  and  the  interpretation 
thereof.  7  They  answered  the 
second  time  and  said.  Let  the  king 
«tell  his  servants  the  dream,  and 
we  will  show  the  interpretation. 
8  The  king  answered  and  said,  I 
know  of  a  certainty  that  ye  would 
*gain  time,  because  ye  see  ^the 
thing  is  gone  from  me.  9  But  if 
ye  make  not  known  unto  me  the 
dream,  there  is-  but  ''one  law  for 
you ;  for  ye  have  prepared  lying 
iand  corrupt  words  to  speak  before 
me,  till  the  time' be  changed :  there- 
fore tell  me  the  dream,  and  I  shall 
'  know  that  ye  can  show  me  the  in- 
terpretation thereof.  10  The  Chal- 
deans answered  before  the  king, 
and  said.  There  is  'not  a  man  upon 
the  earth  that  can  show  the  king's 
matter,  forasmuch  as  no  king, 
*lord,   or  ruler,   hath  asked  sucn 

1  Or,  in  Aramaic 

*  Oh.  2.  4-7.  28  is  in  Aramaic. 

3  Or,  The  word  is  gone  forth  from  nw 

*  Aram,  buy  the  time. 

5  Or,  theviordris  gone  forth  from  me :  that  if  Ac. 

*  Or,  be  he  never  edgreat  and  powerful,  hath  &c. 


"  ver.  17  ; 

1  K.  4.  30, 

31 
I"  Gen,  31.  7 ; 

Num.  14. 

22 ;  Neh. 

4.  12;  Job 

19.  3 
"  ch.  2.  27, 

28,  46,  48 

d  ch.  2.  2 ; 

4.  18  ;  5.  7  ; 

Is.  19.  3 
«  ch.  6.  28  ; 

10.  1 
/ch.  1.  1 
"  ver.  3  ;  ch. 

4.  5;  Gen. 

40.  5-8 ;  41. 
1 ;  Job  33. 
15-17 

^  ch.  6.  18  ; 

Esth.  6.  1 
■  ver.  10, 27 ; 

ch.  1.  20 ; 

4.  6 ;  6.  7  ; 

Gen.  41.8; 

Is.  47.  12, 

13 
*  ch.  4.  5 ; 

Gen.  40.  8 ; 

41.  15 

'  Ezr.  4.  7 ; 

Is.  36.  11 
"^  ch.  3.  9  ; 

6.  10 
"  ver.  7  ;  ch. 

4.  7 

"  ver.  12 ; 

ch.  3.  29 ; 

Ezr.  6.  11 
P  ver.  48 ; 

ch.  5.  7, 

16,29 
'  ver.  4 
*■  ch.  3.  16  ; 

Esth.  4.  11 
'  Is.  41.  23 
« ver.  27 


"  ver.  2,  27 
"ch.  5.  11; 

Gen.  41.  39 
'  El.  29.  45 ; 

Is.  67.  16 
''  ver.  5  ;  ch. 

S.  13,  19 ; 

Ps.  76.  10 
'  ch.  1.  19.  20 
"  ver.  24 
b  Gen.  37. 

36;  Jer. 

39.  9 ;  52. 

12,  14 
"^  ch.  3.  22 
d  ver.  1-12 
"  ch.  1.  19 
/ch.  1.  6 
"  ver.  23 ; 

Esth.  4.  15, 

10 ;  Is.  37. 

4 ;  Jer.  33. 

3;  Ezek. 

36.  37 
ft  ch.  9.  9 
'Gen.  18. 

28 ;  Mai.  3. 

18 
*  ver.  22,-27- 

29 ;  ch.  4.  9 
'  ch.  1.  17  ; 

7.  2,7,  13; 

Num.  12. 

6;  Job  33. 

16,  16 
"■  Ps.  103.  1, 

2;  113.  1,2 
"  ver.  21-23 ; 

1  Chr.  29. 

n,  12 ;  Job 

12.  13, 16-22 
"  ver.  9 ;  ch. 

7.  25 ;  Ps. 

31.  16 
P  ch.  4.  17, 

854 


a  thing  of  any  "magician,  or  en- 
chanter, or  Chaldean.  11  And  it 
is  a  rare  thing  that  ^  the  king  re- 
quireth,  and  there  is  no  other  that 
can  show  it  before  the  king,  except 
the  *'gods,  whose  ^dwelling  is  not 
with  flesh.  12  For  this  cause  the 
king  was  "  angry  and  very  furious, 
and  commanded  to  destroy  all  the 
wise  men  of  Babylon.  13.  So  the 
decree  went  forth,  and  the  wise 
men  were  to  be  slain;  and  they 
sought  '  Daniel  and  his  compan- 
ions to  be  slain. 

14  Then  Daniel  returned , answer 
with  counsel  and  prudence  to  "  Ari- 
och  the  *  captain  of  the  king's  guard, 
who  was  gone  forth  to  slay  the  wise 
men  of  Babylon ;  15  he  answered 
and  said  to  Arioch  the  king's  cap- 
tain. Wherefore  is  the  decree  so 
"^  urgent  from  the  kin^  1  Then  Ari- 
och made  the  ''thing  known  to  Dan- 
iel. 16  And  *  Daniel  went  in,  and 
desired  of  the  king  that  he  would 
^appoint  him  a  time,  *and  he  would 
show  the  king  the  interpretation. 

17  Then  Daniel  went  tohis  house, 
and  made  the  thing  known  to 
^Hananiah,  Mishael,  and  Azariah, 
his  companions:  18  that  they 
would  ^  desire  *  mercies  of  the  God 
of  heaven  concerning  this  secret ; 
that  Daniel  and  his  companions 
should  '  not  perish  with  the  rest  of 
the  wise  men  of  Babylon.  19  Then 
was  the  *  secret  revealed  unto  Dan- 
iel in  a  '  vision  of  the  night.  Then 
Daniel  blessed  the  God  of  heaven. 
20  Daniel  answered  and  said, 
'"Blessed  be  the  name  of  God  for 
ever  and  ever ;  for  "  wisdom  and 
might  are  his.  2 1  And  he  °  chang- 
eth  the  times  and  the  seasons ;  he 
''removeth  kings,  and  setteth  up 
kings;  he  giveth  ^wisdom  unto  the 
wise,  and  knowledge  to  them  that 
have  understanding;  22  he /"re- 
vealeth  the  deep  and  secret  things  j 
*he  knoweth  what  is  in  the  dark- 
ness, and  the  '  light  dwelleth  with 
him.  23  I  thank  thee,  and  praise 
thee,  O  thou  "God  of  nay  fathers, 
who  hast  given  me  "wisdom  and 
might,  and  hast  now  made  known 
unto  me  what  we  ^desired  of  thee ; 
for  thou  hast  made  known  unto  us 
the  king's  matter.      24  Therefore 

32 ;  Job  12.  18;  Ps.  75.  6,  7  «  1  K.  3.  9,  10 ;  4.  29 ; 
Jas.  1.  5  "■  ver.  19,  28 ;  Job  12.  22  '  Job  26.  6 ;  Ps. 
139.  12 ;  Is.  45.  7  ;  Jer.  23.  24  «  ch.  5.  11,  14 ;  Ps.  36. 
9 ;  1  Jn.  1.  5  "  Gen.  31.  42  ;  Ex.  3.  15  "  ver.  21  ; 
ch.  1.  17    ^  ver.  18,  29,  30 ;  Ps.  21.  2,  4 


7  Or,  give  him  time 


8  Or,  that  he  might 


2.25 


DAXIEL 


2.4e 


Daiiel  makes  known  Ue  King'r  Dr«aiD.    He  interprets  tbe  Dream 


Daniel  went  fn  unto"Arioch,  whom 
the  king  had  appointed  to  destroy 
the  wise  men  or  Babylon  ;  he  went 
and  said  thus  unto  him  :  *  Destroy 
not  the  wise  men  of  Habylon  ;  bring 
me  in  before  the  king,  and  I  will 
show  unto  the  king  the  interpreta- 
'tion. 

25  Then  Arioch  ^  brought  in 
Daniel  before  the  king  in  haste, 
and  said  thus  unto  him,  I  have 
found  a  nian  of  the  ''children  of 
the  captivity  of  Judah,  that  will 
make  known  unto  the  king  the 
interpretation.  26  The  king  an- 
swered and  said  to  Daniel,  wliose 
name  was  '  Belteshazzar,  Art  thou 
able  to  make  known  unto  me  the 
Mream  which  I  have  seen,  and  the 
interpretation  thereof]  27  Daniel 
answered  before  the  king,  and  said. 
The  secret  which  the  king  hath  de- 
manded can  neither  "  wise  men, 
enchanters,  magicians,  nor  sooth- 
sayers, show  unto  the  king;  28  but 
there  is  a  *  Grod  in  heaven  that  re- 
vealeth  secrets,  and  he  hath  made 
known  to  the  king  Nebuchadnez- 
zar what  shall  be  in  the  'latter 
days.  Thy  dream,  and  the  ^visions 
of  thy  head  upon  thy  bed,  are  these : 
29  asforthee,0  king,  thy  thoughts 
came  into  thy  mind  upon  thy  bed, 
what  should  come  to  pass  here- 
after ;  and  he  that  '■  revealeth  se- 
crets hath  made  known  to  thee 
what  shall  come  to  pass.  30  But 
as  for  me,  this  secret  is  not  re- 
vealed to  me  for  any  '"  wisdom  that 
I  have  more  than  any  living,  but 
to  the  intent  that  the  interpreta- 
tion may  be  "  made  known  to  the 
king,  and  that  thou  mayest  know 
the  "  thoughts  of  thy  heart. . 

31  Thou,  O  king,  sawest,  and, 
behold,  a  great  image.  This  im- 
age, which  was  mighty,  and  whose 
brightness  was  excellent,  stood  be- 
fore thee ;  and  the  aspect  thereof 
was  ■p  terrible.  32  As  for  this  im- 
age, its  *head  was  of  fine  gold,  its 
•■  breast  and  its  arms  of  silver,  its 
belly  and  its  thighs  of  brass,  33 
its  •  legs  of  iron,  its  '  feet  part  of 
iron,  and  part  of  clay.  34  Thou 
sawest  till  that  a  "stone  was  cut 
out  "without  hands,  which  smote 
the  image  upon  its  feet  that  were 
of  iron  and  clay,  and  ^  brake  them 
in  pieces.  35  Then  was  the  iron, 
the  clay,  the  brass,  the  silver,  and 
the  gola,  broken  in  pieces  together, 
and  became  *  like  tne  chaff  of  the 
summer  threshing-floors  :  and  the 


"  ver.  U 
i>  ver.  11,  IS  ; 

AcW  27.  i;4 
'Gen.  41.  14 
«'  ch.  1.  6  ; 

r>.  13;  G.  13 
'  ch.  1.  7  ;  4. 

t* ;  5.  lu 
/  ver.  3-7  ; 

4.  18 
"  ver.  2,  10, 

II ;  ch.  6. 

T,  8 
"  ver.  22,  4o  ; 

(Jen.  40.  h; 

41.  IG 
'  ch.  10.  14  ; 

(Jen.  49.  1 ; 

Is.  2.  2 ; 

Mic.  4.  1 
*  oh.  4.  f> 
'  ver.  22,  47 
'"  oil.  I.  17  ; 

<;en.  41.  16 
"  l8.  46.  3 
"  Ps.  139.  2 ; 

Am.  4.  13 
P  ch.  7.  7  ; 

Is.  2.5.  3-/1 ; 

Hab.  1.  7 
»  ver.  38 ; 

ch.  4.  22,  30 
"■  ver.  39 
'  ver.  40 
<  ver.  41-43 
"  ver.  44,  45 
"  ch.  8.  2.5  ; 

Zech.  4.  6 
"  Pb.  2.  9 ; 

Is.  60.  12 
y  Ps.  1.  4  ; 
Is.  17.  13 ; 
41.  15,  16; 
H08.  13.  3 


'  Pb.  37.  10, 

30 
"  Is.  2.  2 ; 

Mic.  4.  1 
<>  ver.  24 
"^  Is.  47.  6 ; 

Jer.  27.  6, 

7 ;  Ezek. 

26.  7 
rf  ch.  4.  25,  32 
'  Ps.  62.  11 
/ch.  4.  21, 

22 ;  Ps.  60. 

10,  n 
»  ver.  32 
''  ver.  .32 
■  ver.  33 
*  ver.  33 
'  ver.  28,  .37 
'"  Is.  9.  6,  7 
"  ch.  4.  3, 

34  ;  6.  20  ; 

7.  14,  27  ; 

Ps.  145.  13 ; 

Kzek.  37. 

25 ;  Mic. 

4.  7 
"  ver.  34,  35 ; 

Ps.  2.  9 ; 

Is.  60.  12 

P  ver.  34,  36 

«  ch.  8.  26 


■■  ver.  29 ; 
Dt.  10.  17 ; 

Ps.  48.7; 
.ler.  32. 
1«,  19 ; 
Mai.  1.  11 
'  Gen.  41. 
28,32 


wind  carried  them  away,  so  that 
'no  pliice  was  found  for  tnem:  and 
the  stone  that  smote  the  image  be- 
came a  great  '"mountain,  and  filled 
the  whol6  earth. 

3G  This  is  the  dream  ;  and  we 
will  tell  the  "interpretation  thereof 
before  the  king.  37  Thou,  O  king, 
art  "  king  of  kings,  unto  whom 
the  "God  of  heaven  hath  given 
the  kingdom,  the  '  ix>wer,  and  the 
strength,  and  the  glory ;  38  and 
wheresoever  the  children  of  men 
dwell,  the  -^beasts  of  the  field  and 
the  birds  of  the  heavens  hath  he 
given  into  thy  hand,  and  hath 
made  thee  to  rule  over  them  all : 
thou  art  the  ''head  of  gold.  39  And 
after  thee  shall  arise  "another  king- 
dom inferior  to  thee ;  and  another 
third  kingdom  of  brass,  which  shall 
bear  rule  over  all  the  earth.  40 
And  the  *  fourth  kingdom  shall  be 
strong  as  iron,  forasmuch  as  iron 
breaketh  in  pieces  and  sulidueth 
all  things  ;  and  as  iron  that  crush- 
eth  all  these,  shall  it  break  in  pieces 
and  crush.  41  And  whereas  thou 
sawest  the  *feet  and  toes,  part  of 
potters'  clay,  and  part  of  iron,  it 
shall  be  a  divided  kingdom  ;  but 
there  shall  be  in  it  of  the  strength 
of  the  iron,  forasmuch  as  thou 
sawest  the  iron  mixed  with  ^miry 
clay.  42  And  as  the  toes  of  the 
feet  were  part  of  ij-on,  and  part  of 
clay,  so  the  kingdom  shall  be  partly 
strong,  and  partly  ^broken.  43 
And  whereas  thou  sawest  the  iron 
mixed  with  ■^miry  clay,  they  shall 
mingle  themselves  ■'with  the  seed 
of  men ;  but  they  shall  not  cleave 
one  to  another,  even  as  iron  doth 
not  mingle  \vith  clay.  44  And  in 
the  days  of  those  kings  shall  the 
'God  of  heaven  "set  up  a  "king- 
dom which  shall  never  be  de- 
stroyed, nor  shall  the  sovereignty 
thereof  be  left  to  another  people ; 
but  it  shall  "break  in  pieces  and 
consume  all  those  kingdoms,  and 
it  shall  stand  for  ever.  45  Foras- 
much as  thou  sawest  tliat  a  ''stone 
was  cut  out  of  the  mountain  'with- 
out hands,  and  that  it  brake  in 
pieces  the  iron,  the  brass,  the  clay, 
the  silver,  and  the  gold ;  the  'great 
God  hath  marie  known  to  the  king 
what 'shall  come  to  pass  hereafter: 
and  the  dream  is  certain,  and  the 
interpretation  thereof  sure. 

46   Then    the   king    Nebuchad- 


>  Or,  rofk 

»Or,  enrthenxcare 


*  Or.  hriiile 

*  Or,  by 


855 


2.47 


DANIEL 


3. 18 


Daniel  is  promoted  by  the  Kin?.    Sebachadnezzar's  Golden  Image.    Daniel's  Three  Friends  refnse  to  worship  it 


nezzar   "  fell   upon   his   face,  and 

*  worshipped  Daniel,  and  com- 
manded that  they  should  offer  an 
oblation  and  "sweet  odors  unto 
him.  47  The  king  answered  unto 
Daniel,  and  said,  Of  a  truth  "^  your 
God  is  the  *God  of  gods,  and  the 
Lord  of  kings,  and  a  ^revealer  of 
seci'ets,  seeing  thou  hast  been  able 
to  reveal  this  secret.  4S  Then  the 
king  ^  made  Daniel  great,  and  gave 
him  many  great  gifts,  and  made 
him  to  rule  over  tlie  whole  ''  prov- 
ince of  Babylon,  and  to  be  'chief 
governor  over  all  the  *  wise  men  of 
Babylon.  49  And  Daniel  requested 
of  the  king,  and  he  'appointed 
'"Shadrach,  "*Meshach,  ana'"Abed- 
nego,  over  the  affairs  of  the  prov- 
ince of  Babylon :  but  Daniel  was 
Mn  the  "gate  of  the  king. 

3  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king 
made  an  "image  of  gold, 
whose  height  was  threescore  cu- 
bits, and  the  breadth  thereof  six 
cubits:  he  set  it  up  in  the  plain 
of  Dura,  in  the  ^province  of  Baby- 
lon. 2  Then  Nebuchadnezzar  the 
king  sent  to  gather  together  the 

*  satraps,  the  deputies,  and  the  gov- 
ernors, the  "^  judges,  the  treasurers, 
the  counsellors,  the  ^sheriffs,  and 
all  the  rulers  of  the  provinces,  to 
come  to  the  dedication  of  the  image 
which  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king 
had  set  up.  3  Then  the  satraps, 
the  deputies,  and  the  governors, 
the  "^judges,  the  treasurers,  the 
counsellors,  the  ^sheriffs,  and  all 
the  rulers  of  the  provinces,  were 
gathered  together  unto  the  dedi- 
cation of  the  image  that  Nebu- 
chadnezzar the  king  had  set  up ; 
and  they  stood  before  the  image 
that  Nebuchadnezzar  had  set  up. 
4  Then  the  herald  cried  '"aloud. 
To  you  it  is  commanded,  'O  peo- 
ples, nations,  and  languages,  5 
that  at  what  time  ye  'hear  the 
sound  of  the  cornet,  flute,  harp, 
sack  but,  psaltery,  ''dulcimer,  and 
all  kinds  of  music,  ye  "fall  down 
and  worship  the  golden  image  that 
Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  hath  set 
up  ;  6  and  whoso  falleth  not  down 
and  worshippeth  shall  the  same 
hour  be  "cast  into  the  midst  of  a 
burning  *  fiery  furnace.  7  There- 
fore at  that  time,  when  all  the 
peoples  ^  heard  the  sound  of  the 
cornet,  flute,  harp,  sackbut,  psal- 
tery, and  all  kinds  of  music,  all 


1  Or,  at  the  king's  court 
*  Or,  ehi^  aoothsayert 


*  Or,  lawyers 

*  Or,  bagpipe 


"  ch.  8.  17 
*>  ch.  3.  6,  7 ; 

Acts  10. 

25  ;  14.  13  ; 

Rev.  19. 

10 ;  22.  8 
'  Lev.  26.  31 
d  ch.  3.  15 ; 

4.  26 
^ch.  11.  30; 

Dt.  10.  17 ; 

Ps.  136.  2,  3 
/  ver.  22,  30 ; 

Am.  3.  7 
^  ver.  6 ;  ch. 

5.  16,  29 ; 
Gen.  41. 
39-43 

A  ch.  3.  1,  12, 

30 
'  ch.  5.  U 
<•■  ver.  27 
'  ch.  3.  12 
'"  ch.  1.  7 
"  Esth.  2.  19, 

21 ;  Am.  5. 

15 
"  ch.  2.  31 ; 

Is.  46.  6 ; 

Jer.  16.  20 ; 

Hab.  2.  19 
P  ver.  30 ; 

ch.  2.  48 
«  ver.  3,  27 ; 

ch.  6.  1-7 
""ch.  4.  14; 

Is.  40.  9 ; 

68.  1 ;  Rev. 

18.  2 

'  ver.  7 ;  ch. 

4.  1 ;  6.  25 
'  ver.  7,  10, 

15 
"  ch.  2.  46 

^  ver.  11,  15, 
21 ;  ch.  6.  7 

'  Jer.  29.  22 ; 
Ezek.  22. 
ls-22;  Mt. 

13.  42,  .50 ; 
Rev.  9.  2 ; 

14.  U 

y  ver.  5 


'  ver.  4 

"  ch.  2.  2. 10 ; 

4.7 
»  ch.  6.  12, 

13 ;  Ezr.  4. 

12-16; 

Esth.  3. 

8,9 
"  ch.  2.  4 ; 

6.  10 
d  ver.  4-6 ; 

ch.  6.  12; 

Esth.  3. 

12-14 

*  ver.  5,  7,  16 
/ch.  2.  49 

"  ch.  1.  7 
1^  ch.  6.  13 

*  ver.  19 ; 
ch.  2.  12 

*  ver.  1 ;  ch. 
4.  8  ;  Is.  46. 
1 ;  Jer.  60. 2 

'  ver.  5,  6 
"'  ver.  6 
"  ch.  2.  47  ; 

Ex.  5.  2 ; 

Is.  36.  18-20 
°ver.  12; 

ch.  1.  7 
P  Jobs.  19; 

Ps.  27.  1, 

2 ;  Is.  26.  3, 

4  ;  Jer.  1. 

8 ;  15.  20, 

21 

9  ver.  28 ; 
Josh.  24. 
16 ;  1  K.  19. 
14, 18 ;  Is. 
51.  12,  13 

856 


the '  peoples,  the  nations,  and  the 
languages,  fell  down  and  wor- 
shipped the  golden  image  that 
Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  liad  set 
up. 

8  Wherefore  at  that  time  cer- 
tain "Chaldeans  came  near,  and 
*  brought  accusation  against  the 
Jews.  9  They  answered  and  said 
to  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king,  "O 
king,  live  for  ever.  10  Thou,  O 
king,  hast  ''made  a  decree,  that 
every  man  that  shall  hear  the 
sound  of  the  cornet,  flute,  harp, 
sackbut,  psaltery,  and  dulcimer, 
and  all  kinds  of  music,  shall  *fall 
down  and  worship  the  golden 
image ;  1 1  and  whoso  falleth  not 
down  and  worshippeth,  shall  be 
cast  into  the  midst  of  a  burning 
fiery  furnace.  12  There  are  cer- 
tain Jews  whom  thou  hast  -^ap- 
pointed over  the  affairs  of  the 
provmce  of  Babylon  :  ^  Shadrach, 
"  Mes'hach,  and  '  Abed-nego  ;  these 
men,  O  king,  have  ''not  regarded 
thee:  they  serve  not  thy  gods, 
nor  worship  the  golden  image 
which  thou  hast  set  up. 

13  Then  Nebuchadnezzar  in  his 
•rage  and  fury  commanded  to 
bring  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and 
Abed-nego.  Then  they  brought 
these  men  before  the  king.  14 
Nebuchadnezzar  answered  and 
said  unto  them.  Is  it  of  purpose, 
O  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed- 
nego,  that  ye  serve  not  *my  god, 
nor  worship  the  golden  image 
which  I  have  set  up?  15  Now  if 
ye  be  ready  that  at  what  time  ye 
'hear  the  sound  of  the  cornet, 
flute,  harp,  sackbut,  psaltery,  and 
dulcimer,  and  all  kinds  of  music, 
ye  fall  down  and  worship  the 
image  which  I  have  made,  well : 
but  if  ye  worship  not,  ye  shall 
be  cast  the  same  hour  into  the 
midst  of  a  burning  ™  fiery  furnace  : 
and  "who  is  that  god  that  shall 
deliver  you  out  of  my  hands'?  16 
"Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed- 
nego  answered  and  said  to  the 
king,  O  Nebuchadnezzar,  ®we 
have  no  need  to  answer  thee  in 
this  matter.  17  ^If  it  be  so,  our 
''God  whom  we  serve  is  able  to 
deliver  us  from  the  burning  fiery 
furnace ;  and  he  will  deliver  us 
out  of  thy  hand,  O  king.  18  «But 
if  not,  be  it  known  unto  thee,  O 

s  Or,  we  are  not  careful 

6  Or,  Behold,  our  God  &c.  Or,  If  our  God  whom 
we  serve  be  able  to  deliver  us,  he  will  deliver  us 
from  .  .  .  and  out  of  thy  hand,  O  king 


3.19 


DANIEL 


4.$ 


Daniel's  Three  Friends  are  cast  into  tbe  Fiery  Furnace.    Tbe  Kinf 's  Fbange  of  Mind.    His  Dream  of  the  Tree 


king,  that  we  will  not  serve  thy 
gods,  nor  worship  the  golden  im- 
age which  thou  liast  set  up. 

19  Then  was  Nebuchadnezzar 
full  of  "fury,  aiifl  the  form  of 
his  *  visage  was  changed  against 
'Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed- 
nego :  therefore  he  spake,  and 
commanded  that  they  should  heat 
the  furnace  ''seven  times  more 
than  it  was  wont  to  be  heated. 
20  And  he  commanded  certain 
mighty  men  that  were  in  his 
army  to  '  bind  ''  Shadrach,  Me- 
shach,  and  Abed-nego,  ami  to 
'^cast  them  into  the  burning  fiery 
furnace.  21  Then  these  men  were 
b9und  in  their  "  hosen,  their  ^  tu- 
nics, and  their  mantles,  and  their 
otlter  garments,  and  were  cast  into 
the  midst  of  the  burning  fiery  fur- 
nace. 22  Therefore  because  the 
king's  commandment  was  *  urgent, 
and  the  furnace  exceeding  hot,  the 
flame  of  the  tire  slew  those  men 
that  took  up  "Shadrach,  Meshach, 
and  Abed-nego.  23  And  these 
three  men,  Shadrach,  Meshach. 
and  Abed-nego,  fell  down  'bound 
into  the  midst  of  the  burning  fiery 
furnace. 

24  Then  Nebuchadnezzar  the 
king  was  *  astonished,  and  rose 
up  in  haste :  he  spake  and  said 
unto  his  counsellors.  Did  not  we 
cast  three  men  bound  into  the 
midst  of  the  fire  ]  Thej^  answered 
and  said  unto  the  king.  True,  O 
king.  25  He  answered  and  said, 
Lo,  I  see  four  men  loose,  '  walk- 
ing in  the  midst  of  the  fire,  and 
they  have  no  hurt ;  and  the  aspect 
of  the  fourth  is  like  a  son  of  the 
"gods.  26  Then  Nebuchadnezzar 
came  near  to  the  ^  mouth  of  the 
burning  fiery  furrace :  he  spake 
and  said,  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and 
Abed-nego,  ye  servants  of  the 
"Most  High  God,  come  forth,  and 
come  hither.  Then  Shadrach,  Me- 
shach, and  Abed-nego  "came  forth 
out  of  the  midst  oi  the  fire.  27 
And  the  ^satraps,  the  deputies, 
and  the  governors,  and  the  king's 
counsellors,  being  gathered  to- 
gether, saw  these  men,  that  the 
"fire  had  no  power  upon  their 
bodies,  nor  was  the  hair  of 
their  head  singed,  neither  were 
their  *"  hosen  changed,  nor  had  the 
smell  of  fire  passea  on  them. 

28  Nebucnadneazar  spake  and 
said.     Blessed    be    the    'God    of 

1  Or,  turban*  *  Aram.  door. 


"  ver.  13; 

Kslh.  7.  7 
f-  ch.  n.  « 
'^  ver.  12; 

ch.  1.  7 
■'  Lev.  26.  IS, 

21,  24,  2« 
"  ver.  23,  24, 

/  ver.  6 
"  ver.  27 
'•  ch.  2.  Ih  ; 

Ex.  12.  33 
'  ver.  21 
^-  ch.  4.  19 
'  I's.  Kl.  3-9; 

Is.  43.  2 
'"  Jer.  1.  8, 

I'j;  16.  21; 

Kzek.  34. 

10 
"  ver.  17 ; 

ch.  4.  2 
"Dt.  4.  20; 

1  K.  8.  51  ; 

Jer.  11.  4 
J"  ver.  2 
t  Is.  43.  2  ; 

Heb.  11.34 
"■  ver.  21 
*[Ch.  3.  31  in 

Aram.] 
•  ver.  16 ; 

ch.  2.  47 


<  ver.  25 ; 

ch.  6.  22 ; 

Ps.  34.  7, 8 ; 

Is.  37.  36 ; 

Acts  5. 19 ; 

12.  7 
"  Ps.  22.  4,  6  ; 

Is.  26.  3,  4 
"  Ezr.  6.  11 
^  ver.  18 
y  ver.  16-18 
•  ch.  6.  26 


*[Ch.  4.  1  in 

Aram.] 
"  ver.  12 ; 

ch.  1.7,19; 

2.  17,  49 
6  ch.  2.  6 ; 

Err.  6.  11 
'  ver.  15 ; 

ch.  2.  47 
<i  ver.  12 ; 

ch.  2.  49 
"  ch.  6.  25 
/ch.  6.  2i'>; 

Ezr.  4.  17 
0  ver.  17,  24, 

25,  32,  34  ; 
ch.  3.  26 

A  ch.  0.  27  ; 
Ps.  77.  19 : 
ia5.  27  ;  Is. 

26.  1 

'■  ver.  34 ; 
ch.  2.  44 ; 

0.  26 
fc  Ps.  30.  6 ; 

Is.  47.  7,  8 
'  ch.  2.  3 
"•  ch.  2.  29 
"  ver.  10,  13  ; 

ch.  2.  28 
''  ch.  2.  2 ; 

Gen.  41.  8 
f  ch.  2.  10, 

27  :  6.  7 
«  ch.  2.  7  : 

Is.  44.  25; 

Jer.  27. 9, 10 
■"ch.  1.7; 

2   26  ;  6.  12 
•  ch.  3.  14 
<  ver  9,  18 ; 

ch.  5.  11.  14 
"ch.  1.  30; 

2.  48:  5.  II 
'  ver.  8 ; 

Gen  41.  38 


Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed- 
nego,  who  hath  'sent  his  angel, 
and  delivered  his  servants  that 
"trusted  in  him,  and  have  ""changed 
the  king's  word,  aiul  have  "'yit^lded 
their  bodies,  tliat  they  might  *not 
serve  nor  worship  any  god,  except 
their  own  (iod.  2'J  Therefore  '  1 
make  a  decree,  that  every  people, 
nation,  and  language,  which  speak 
anything  amiss  against  tlie  God 
of  "  Shadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed- 
nego,  shall  be  cut  in  pieces,  and 
their  *  houses  shall  be  made  a  dung- 
hill;  because  there  is  "no  other 
god  that  is  able  to  deliver  after 
this  sort.  30  Then  the  king  '^  pro- 
moted "Shadrach,  Meshach,  and 
Abed-nego  in  the  province  of 
Babylon. 

*  A  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king, 
T^  'unto  all  the  peoples,  nations, 
and  languages,  that  dwell  in  all 
the  eartn :  ■''Peace  be  multiplied 
unto  you.  2  It  hath  seemed  good 
unto  me  to  show  the  signs  and 
wonders  that  the  "  Most  High  God 
hath  wrought  toward  me.  3  How 
great  are  his  *  signs !  and  how 
mighty  are  his  wonders  !  his  'king- 
dom is  an  everlasting  kingdom, 
and  his  dominion  is  from  genera- 
tion to  generation. 

*  4  I,  Nebuchadnezzar,  was  at 
rest  in  my  house,  and  *  flourishing 
in  my  palace.  5  I  saw  a  'dream 
which  made  me  afraid  ;  and  the 
*"*  thoughts  upon  my  bed  and  the 
"visions  of  my  head  troubled  me. 
6  Therefore  made  I  a  decree  to 
"bring  in  all  the  wise  men  of 
Babylon  before  me,  that  they 
might  make  known  unto  me  the 
interpretation  of  the  dream.  *} 
Then  came  in  the  ^magicians,  the 
enchanters,  the  Chaldeans,  and 
the  soothsayers ;  and  I  told  the 
dream  before  them ;  but  they  did 
not  make  known  unto  me  the 
'interpretation  thereof.  8  But  at 
the  last  Daniel  came  in  before 
me,  whose  name  was  *■  Belte.shaz- 
zar.  according  to  the  name  of  'ray 
god,  and  in  whom  is  the  'spirit 
of  the  holy  gods:  and  I  told  the 
dream  before  him,  Km/ivg,  9  O 
Belteshazzar,  "master  of  the  magi- 
cians, because  I  know  that  the 
".spirit  of  the  holy  gods  is  in  thee, 
and  'no  secret  troubleth  thee,  '  tell 
me  the  visions  of  my  dream  that 

'  ch.  2.  47  ;  Erek.  28.  3    ^  ch  2  4, 6 ;  Gen.  41.  U 
*  Or,  imagination* 


867 


4.10 


DANIEL 


4.3lr 


lebncbadnensr'g  Dreim  of  the  Tree.    Daniel  interprets  it.    It  is  fiilfilled 


I  have  seen,  and  the  interpreta- 
tion thereof.  10  Thus  were  the 
"visions  of  my  head  upon  my  bed  : 
I  saw,  and,  behold,  a  *tree  in  the 
midst  of  the  earth  ;  and  the  height 
thei'eof  was  great.  11  The  tree 
grew,  and  was  strong,  and  the  height 
thereof  "  reached  unto  heaven,  and 
the  sight  thereof  to  the  end  of  all 
the  earth.  12  The  leaves  thereof 
were  "^fair,  and  the  fruit  thereof 
much,  and  in  it  was  food  for  all : 
the  ''beasts  of  the  field  had  -^shadow 
under  it,  and  the  ''birds  of  the 
heavens  dwelt  in  the  branches 
thereof,  and  all  flesh  was  fed  from 
it.  13  I  saw  in  the  ''visions  of  my 
head  ujjon  my  bed,  and,  behold,  a 
'watcher  and  a  *holy  one  came 
down  from  heaven.  14  He  cried 
'aloud,  and  said  thus,  '"Hew  down 
the  tree,  and  cut  off  its  branches, 
shake  off  its  leaves,  and  scatter  its 
fruit :  let  the  "beasts  get  away 
from  under  it,  and  _  the  fowls 
from  its  branches.  15  Neverthe- 
less "leave  the  stump  of  its  roots 
in  the  earth,  even  with  a  band  of 
iron  and  brass,  in  the  tender  grass 
of  the  field  ;  and  let  it  be  wet  with 
the  dew  of  heaven :  and  let  his 
portion  be  with  the  ^  beasts  in  the 
grass  of  the  earth :  16  let  his  heart 
be  *  changed  from  man's,  and  let  a 
beast's  heart  be  ^iven  unto  him ; 
and  let  'seven  times  'pass  over 
him.  17  The  sentence  is  by  the 
decree  of  the  'watchers,  and  the 
Memand  by  the  word  of  the  holy 
ones  ;  to  the  intent  that  the  living 
maj^  "  know  that  the  "  Most  High 
ruleth  in  the  kingdom  of  men,  and 
'giveth  it  to  whomsoever  he  will, 
and  setteth  up  over  it  the  "  lowest 
of  men.  18  This  dream  I,  king 
Nebuchadnezzar,  have  seen;  and 
thou,  O  Belteshazzar,  declare  the 
interpretation,  forasmuch  as  all 
the  ^  wise  men  of  my  kingdom  are 
not  able  to  make  known  unto  me 
the  interpretation ;  but  thou  art 
able;  for  the  "spirit  of  the  holy 
gods  is  in  thee. 

1 9  Then  Daniel,  whose  name  was 
Belteshazzar,  was  stricken  dumb 
for  a  while,  and  his  *  thoughts 
troubled  him.  The  king  answered 
and  said,  Belteshazzar, "  let  not  the 
dream,  or  the  interpretation, 
trouble  thee.  Belteshazzar  an- 
swered and  said,  ''My  lord,  the 
dream  be_  to  them  that  hate  thee, 
and  the  interpretation  thereof  to 

1  Or,  matter 


"  ver.  5 
i>  yer.  20 ; 

Ezek.  31. 

3-6 
'  ver.  20, 22  ; 

Dt.  9.  1 
<*  Ezek.  31.  7 

*  Jer.  27.  6  ; 
Ezek.  31.  6 

/  Lam.  4.  20 
"  Mt.  13.  32 ; 

Lk.  13.  19 
''  ver.  6,  10 ; 

ch.  7.  1 
'  ver.  17,  23 
t  ch.  8.  13; 

Dt.  33.  2 ; 

Pa.  S9.  7 
'  ch.  3.  4 
'"  ver.  23 ; 

Ezek.  31. 

10-14;  Mt. 

3.  10 ;  7. 

19 ;  Lk.  13. 

7-9 
"  ver.  12 ; 

Ezek.  31. 

12,  13 
°  Job  14.  7-9 
P  ver.  32 
9  ver.  32,  .-53 
*■  ver.  23,  25, 

32 ;  ch.  7. 

25;  11.  13 
'  1  Chr.  29. 

30 
<  ver.  13,  23 
"  Ps.  9.  10  ; 

«3.  18 
"  ver.  2,  25 
"  ver.  25 ; 

ch.  6.  IS, 

19;  Jer.  27. 

5-7 
!'  ch.  11.  21 ; 

1  S.  2.  8 
'  ver.  7  ;  ch. 

5.  8,  15  ; 

Gen.  41.  8 
"  ver.  8,  9 

*  ch.  7.  15, 
28 ;  8.  27 ; 
10.  16,  17  ; 
Jer.  4.  19 

'  ver.  4,  5  ; 

1  S.  3.  17 
d  ver.  24 ; 

cli.  10.  16 ; 

2  8.  18.  31 ; 
1  K..  18.  7 


'  2  S.  IS.  32  ; 

Jer.  29.  7 
/ver.  10-12 
■■>  ch.  2.  .S7, 

38 ;  2  S. 

12.7 
fc  ch.  5.  18,  10 
'  Jer.  27.  6,  7 
k  ver.  13,  17 
'  ver.  14,  15 
"'  ver.  16 
"  ver.  17 
"  ver.  2 
P  Job  40.  11, 

12;  Ps. 

107.  40 
'  ver.  33 ; 

ch.  6.  21 
"■  ver.  33 

•  ver.  16 

'  ver.  2, 17  ; 

Ps.  83.  18; 

Jer.  27.  6 
"  ver.  17 ; 

ch.  2.  37 ; 

5.  21 
"  ver.  1.5,  23 

*  ver.  31 ;  ch. 

2.  18, 19,  28, 

37,  44 
"  Gen.  41. 

33-.'^7 
'  Prov.  28. 

13 ;  Is.  65. 

858 


'thine  adversaries.  20  The  ■''treei 
that  thou  sawest,  which  grew,  and 
was  strong,  whose  height  reached 
unto  heaven,  and  the  sight  thereof 
to  all  the  earth;  21  whose  leaves 
were  fair,  and  the  fruit  thereof 
much,  and  in  it  was  food  for  all: 
under  which  the  beasts  of  the  field 
dwelt,  and  upon  whose  branches 
the  birds  of  the  heavens  had  their 
habitation  :  22  it  is  *thou,  O  king, 
that  art  grown  and  become  strong : 
for  thy  ''  greatness  is  grown,  and 
reacheth  unto  heaven,  and  thy 
'dominion  to  the  end  of  the  earth. 
23  And  whereas  the  king  saw  a 
*  watcher  and  a  holy  one  coming 
down  from  heaven,  and  saying, 
'  Hew  down  the  tree,  and  destroy 
it ;  nevertheless  leave  the  stump  of 
the  roots  thereof  in  the  earth,  even 
with  a  band  of  iron  and  brass,  in 
the  tender  grass  of  the  field,  and  let 
it  be  wet  with  the  dew  of  heaven ; 
and  let  his  portion  be  with  the 
beasts  of  the  field,  till  "seven  times 
pass  over  him  ;  24  this  is  the  in- 
terpretation, O  king,  and  it  is  the 
"decree  of  the  "Most  High,  which 
is  ^come  upon  my  lord  the  king; 
25  that  thou  shalt  be  "  driven  irova 
men,  and  thy  dwelling  shall  be  with 
the  beasts  of  the  field,  and  thou 
shalt  be  made  to  '"eat  grass  as  oxen, 
and  shalt  be  wet  with  the  dew  of 
heaven,  and  'seven  times  shall  pass 
over  thee  ;  till  thou  know  that  the 
'  Most  High  ruleth  in  the  kingdom 
of  men,  and  "  giveth  it  to  whomso- 
ever he  will.  26  And  whereas 
they  commanded  to  'leave  the 
stump  of  the  roots  of  the  tree  ;  thy 
kingdom  shall  be  sure  unto  thee, 
after  that  thou  shalt  have  known 
that  the  'heavens  do  rule.  27 
Wherefore,  O  king,  let  "mj^  coun- 
sel be  acceptable  unto  thee,  and 
"  ^  break  off  thy  sins  by  righteous- 
ness, and  thine  iniquities  by "  show- 
ing mercy  to  the  poor ;  if  there  may 
be  ^a  *  lengthening  of  thy  tran- 
quillity. 

28  All  this  "^came  upon  the  king 
Nebuchadnezzar.  29  At  the  end 
of  ''  twelve  months  he  was  walking 
^in  the  royal  palace  of  Babylon. 
30  The  king  spake  and  said.  Is  not 
this  *great  Babylon,  which  ^I  have 

R,  7 :  Ezek.  18.  21.  22  "  Ps.  41.  1-3 ;  Is.  68.  0,  7, 10 
''  1  K.  21.  29 ;  Jon.  3.  9  <=  Num.  23.  19 ;  Zech.  1.  6 
d  2  Pet.  3.  9  «  Hab.  2.  4  /  ver.  25  ;  ch.  6.  20,  21 ; 
2  Chr.  2.  5,  6 ;  Is.  10.  8-11 ;  37.  24,  25 


2  Or,  redeem  .,        , .,  . 

3  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  a  heating  of  thine  «rrot 
*  Aram.  upon. 


4.31 


DANIEL 


5.12 


The  Kiofc'i  Drum  ii  foiUltl    Belshtzur'*  Pewt  tod  th«  Writiig  an  the  Wall.    The  Qaftn  adriiet  him  U  send  for  Daniel 


built  for  the  royal  dwelling-place, 
by  the  might  of  my  power  and  for 
the  glory  of  my  majesty  ?  3 1 
While  the  "  word  was  in  the  king's 
mouth,  there  fell  a  voice  *  from 
heaven,  saying,  O  king  Nebuchad- 
nezzar, to  thee  it  is  spoken  :  The 
kingfloin  is  departed  from  tliee : 
32  and  thou  shait  be  "driven  from 
men ;  and  thy  dwelling  shall  be 
with  the  beasts  of  the  held  ;  thou 
shalt  be  made  to  eat  grass  as  oxen : 
and  ''seven  times  shall  pass  over 
thee ;  until  thou  know  that  the 
'  Most  High  ruleth  in  the  kingdom 
of  men,  and  giveth  it  to  whomso- 
ever he  will.  33  The  same  hour 
was  the  thing  fulhlled  upon  Nebu- 
chadnezzar: and  he  was  •'driven 
from  men,  and  did  eat  grass  as 
oxen,  and  his  bofly  was  wet  with 
the  dew  of  heaven,  till  his  hair  was 
grown  like  eagles'  feathers,  and  his 
nails  like  birds'  claws. 

34  And  at  the  ^  end  of  the  daj's 
I,  Nebuchadnezzar,  lifted  up  mine 
eyes  unto  heaven,  and  mine  ''  un- 
derstanding returned  unto  me,  and 
I  blessed  the  'Most  High,  and  I 
praised  and  honored  him  that  *  liv- 
eth  for  ever ;  for  his  dominion  is 
an  'everlasting  dominion,  and  his 
kingdom  from  generation  to  gen- 
eration: 3.5  and  "all  the  inhal> 
itants  of  the  earth  are  reputed  a-s 
nothing ;  and  "  he  doeth  according 
to  his  will  in  the  army  of  heaven, 
and  among  the  inhabitants  of  the 
earth;  and  "none  can  'stay  his 
hand,  or  say  unto  him,  ''What  do- 
est  thou  ?  36  At  the  same  time 
mine  *  understanding  returned  unto 
me  ;  and  for  the  glory  of  rny  king- 
dom, my  "■  majesty  and  'brightness 
returned  unto  me;  and  my  coun- 
sellors and  my  lords  sought  unto 
me;  and  I  was 'established  in  my 
kingdom,  and  excellent  "greatness 
was  added  unto  me.  37  Now  I. 
Nebuchadnezzar,  'praise  and  extol 
and  honor  the  King  of  ''heaven; 
for  "all  his  works  are  truth,  and 
his  ways  justice ;  and  those  that 
'  walk  in  pride  he  is  able  to  abase. 

5Belshazzar  the  king  made  a 
great  "feast  to  a  thousand  of 
his  lords,  and  drank  wine  before 
the  thousand.  2  Belshazzar,  while 
he  tasted  the  wine,  commanded  to 
bring  the  golden  and  silver '  vessels 
which  Xeouchadnezzar  his  father 
had  taken  out  of  the "  temple  which 
was  in  Jerusalem ;  that  the  king 

1  AiMn.  strike. 


°  ch.  6.  6 

*  ver.  13, 14, 
:;3 

'  ver.  IS,  26 
''  ver.  16,  ao 

*  ver.  -i,  17, 

/  ver.  26 ; 

ch.  6.  21 
"  ver.  16,  26, 

32 

*  ver.  36 

'  ver.  2 ;  ch. 
6.  Iti.  21 

*  ch.  0.  26  ; 
r.;.  7  ;  Pb. 
102.  24 

'  ver.  3 ; 

Pa.  146.  13  ; 

Jer.  10.  10 
•"  Is.  40.  17 
"  ch.  6.  27  ; 

Ps.  136.  6 
"  Job  42.  2 ; 

IB.  43.  13 
''  Is.  46.  9 

'i  ver.  34 ; 

2  Chr.  33. 

12.  13 
*■  ver.  30 
'  ch.  2.  31 
'  ver.  26 
"  ver.  22 ; 

Prov.  22.  4 
"  ver.  3,  34 
•^  ver.  26 ; 

ch.  6.  23 
"  Dt,  32.  4  ; 

Ps.  33.  4,  5 ; 

Is.  5.  16 
'  ch.  6.  20 ; 

Ex.  IS.  II  ; 

Job  40.  11, 

12 
"  Esth.  1.  3 ; 

Is.  22.  12-14 
<>ch.  1.  2; 

2  K.  24.  13  : 

2o.  15  ; 

Ezr.  1.  7-11 
°  ver.  23 


<i  ver.  4.  23 

•  ver.  -jS  ;  Is. 
42.  8 

/  ch.  3.  1 ; 

Ps.  116.  4  : 

136.  15;  Is. 

40.  19,  20  ; 

Hab.  2.  10 
»ch.  4.  31,  33 

*  ver.  24 

'  ver.  9,  10 ; 
ch.  7.  28 

*  ch.  4.  6,  19 
'  Ps.  09.  23  ; 

Nah.  2.  10 
"» Eiek.  7. 

17;  21.  7 
"ver.  II,  15; 

ch.  4.  6. 7  ; 

la.  44.  ii6 ; 

47.13 
°  ch.  2.  6 
'•  ver.  16,  29  ; 

0«n.  41. 

42-44 
«  Ezek.  16. 

11 
■■  ver.  16,  29 ; 

ch.  2.  48 ; 

6.  2,3 

•  ver.  15;  ch. 
2.  10  ;  4.  7  ; 
Gen.  41.  s 

'  ver.  6  ;  ch. 

2.  1  ;  Job 

18.  II ;  la. 

21.  2-1; 

JtT.  6.  24 
"  Is.  13.  6-8 

'  ch.  S.  9 ; 

6.6 

"  ver.  6 
y  eh  2.  47  ; 

859 


and  his  lords,  his  wives  and  his 
concubines^  might  ''drink  there- 
from. 3  Ihen  they  brought  the 
golden  vessels  that  were  taken  out 
of  the  temple  of  the  house  of  God 
which  was  at  .Jerusalem  ;  and  the 
king  and  his  lords,  his  wives  and 
his  concubines,  drank  from  them. 
4  They  'drank  wine,  and  praised 
the  gods  of  -'gold,  and  of  silver,  of 
brass,  of  iron,  of  woo<l,  and  of  stone. 

5  In  the  "same  hour  came  forth 
the  fingers  of  a  man's  hand,  and 
wrote  over  against  the  candlestick 
upon  the  plaster  of  the  wall  of  the 
king's  palace:  and  the  king  saw 
the  *  part  of  the  hand  that  wrote. 
(5  Then  the  kings  '-'countenance 
was  changed  in  him,  and  his 
Hhoughts  troubled  him;  and  the 
ioints  of  his  'loins  were  loosed,  and 
his  ""knees  smote  one  against  an- 
other. 7  The  king  cried  aloud  to 
bring  in  the  "  c  nchanters,  the  Chal- 
deans, and  the  soothsayers.  The 
king  spake  and  said  to  the  wise 
men  of  Babylon,  Whasoe\er  shall 
read  this  writing,  and  show  me 
the  "interpretation  thereof,  shall 
be  ^clothed  with  purple,  ana  have 
a  'chain  of  gold  about  his  neck,  and 
shall  be  the  'third  ruler  in  the 
kingdom.  8  Then  came  in  all  the 
king's  wi.se  men;  but  they  'could 
not  read  the  writing,  nor  make 
known  to  the  king  the  interpreta- 
tion. 9  Then  was  king  Belshazzar 
greatly  'troubled,  and  his  "coun- 
tenance was  changed  in  him,  and 
his  lords  were  perplexed. 

10  Now  the  queen  by  reason  of 
the  words  of  the  king  and  his  lords 
came  into  the  banquet  house:  the 
queen  spake  and  .said,  *  O  king,  live 
for  ever  ;  let  not  thy  •"  thoughts 
trouble  thee,  nor  let  thy  counte- 
nance be  changfxl.  1 1  There  is 
a  *  man  in  thy  kingdom,  in  whom 
is  the  'spirit  of  the  holygmls  ;  and 
in  the  days  of  thy  father  light  and 
"understanding  and  wisdom,  like 
the  wisdom  of  the  gods,  were 
found  in  him  :  and  the  king  Nebu- 
chadnezzar thy  father,  ^the  king, 
I  say,  thy  father,  made  him  *  mas- 
ter of  the  magicians,  enchanters, 
Chaldeans,  and  soothsayers;  12 
forasmuch  a.s  an  'excellent  spirit, 
and  knowledge,  and  understand- 
ing,  interpreting  of  dreams,   and 

G«n.  41.  11-15  •  ver  14  ;  ch  4.  8,  9,  18  •  ch.  1.  17 
»  ch  2.  48    '  ver.  14  ;  ch.  6.  3 


t  Amu.  &ri«Mii<aa.    *  Or,  (Ar/otiWr.  0  irtnf 


5.13 


DANIEL 


6.4 


Daaiel  interprets  the  Writing.    He  is  made  Tliird  Raler.    Darius  conquers  Babylon.    Daniel  b  promoted  by  Darias 


showing  of  dark  sentences,  and 
''dissolving  of  doubts,  were  found 
in  the  same  Daniel,  whom  the  king 
named  *  Belteshazzar.  Now  let 
Daniel  be  called,  and  he  will  show 
the  interpretation. 

13  Then  was  Daniel  brought  in 
before  the  king.  The  king  spake 
and  said  unto  Daniel,  Art  thou 
that  Daniel,  who  art  of  the  "  chil- 
dren of  the  captivity  of  Judah, 
whom  the  king  my  father  '^  brought 
out  of  Judah  (  14  1  have  heard  of 
thee,  that  the  '^spirit  of  the  gods 
is  in  thee,  and  that  light  and 
understanding  and  excellent  wis- 
dom are  found  in  thee.  15  And 
now  the ^  wise  men,  the  enchanters, 
have  been  brought  in  before  me, 
that  they  should  read  this  writirig, 
and  make  known  unto  me  the  in- 
terpretation thereof;  but  they 
^  could  not  show  the  interpreta- 
tion of  the  thing.  16  But  1  have 
■"  heard  of  thee,  that  thou  canst 
give  interpretations,  and  dissolve 
doubts  :  now  if  thou  canst  read  the 
writing,  and  make  known  to  me 
the  'interpretation  thereof,  thou 
shalt  be  *  clothed  with  purple,  and 
have  a  chain  of  gold  about  thy 
neck,  and  shalt  be  the  third  ruler 
in  the  kingdom. 

17  Then  Daniel  answered  and 
said  before  the  king,  Let  thy  '  gifts 
be  to  thyself,  and  give  thy  re- 
wards to  another;  nevertheless  I 
will  read  the  writing  unto  the 
king,  and  make  known  to  him  the 
interpretation.  18  O  thou  king, 
the  ™  Most  High  God  "gave  Nebu- 
chadnezzar thy  father  the  king- 
dom, and  "greatness,  and  glory, 
and  majesty:  19  and  because  of 
the  greatness  that  he  gave  him, 
all  tne  peoples,  nations,  and  lan- 
guages trembled  and  feared  before 
him  :  ^  whom  he  would  he  slew,  and 
whom  he  would  he  kept  alive ; 
and  whom  he  would  he  raised  up, 
and  whom  he  would  he  put  down. 

20  But  when  his  heart  was  » lifted 
up,  and  his  spirit  was  ''hardened 
so  that  he  dealt  proudly,  he  was 
'deposed  from  his  kingly  throne, 
and  they  took  his  glory  from  him  : 

21  and  he  was  'driven  from  the 
sons  of  men,  and  his  "heart  was 
made  like  the  beasts',  and  his 
dwelling  was  with  the  "  wild  asses  ; 
he  was  *fed  with  grass  like  oxen, 
and  his  body  was  wet  with  the 
dew  of  heaven  ;  until  he  knew  that 
the  *  Most  High  God  ruleth  in  the 


"  ver.  16 
>>  cli.  1.  7  ; 

4.  8 
"  ch.  2.  25  ; 

6.  13  ;  Ezr. 

4.  1  ;  B.  10, 

19,  20 
dcU.  1.  1,2 
"  ver.  11 
/  ver.  7 
"  ver.  8  ;  Is. 

47.  12 
ft  ver.  14 
'  Gen.  40.  8 
*■■  ver.  7,  29 
'  2  K.  ft.  16 
"'  ver.  21 ; 

ch.  4.  2 
"  ch.  2.  37, 

38  ;  4.  17 

"  Jer.  25.  9; 

27.  5-7 
P  ch.  2.  12, 
13 ;  3.  6 ; 

11.  3,  16,  36 
«  ch.  4.  30, 

31  ;  Ex.  9. 
17 ;  Job  15. 
2.i ;  Is.  14. 
13-15 
"^  2  K.  17.  14  ; 
2  Chr.  36. 

13 
•Job  40.  II, 

12,  Jer.  13. 

18 
t  ch.  4.  S3 ; 

Job  30.  3-7 
"  ch.  4.  16 
"  Job  3n.  5-8 
'  ch.  4.  33 
V  ch.  4.  34, 

35  ;  Ex.  9. 

14-16 ;  Ps. 

83.  17,  18  ; 

Ezek.  17. 

24 


*  Ps.  119.  46 
"  Ex.  10.  3  ; 

2  Chr.  33. 

23  ;  30.  12 
*>  ver.  3,  4  ; 

2  K.  14.  10 ; 

Is.  2.  12; 

37.  23 ; 

Jer.  60.  29 
<=  ch.  4.  37 
d  ver.  3 

*[Ch.  6. 1  in 
Aram.] 

'  ver.  4 
/Ps.  115. 

4-8;  Is.  .17. 

19;  Hab. 

2.  18,  19 
'J  Job  12.  10 
'•  Job  31.  4  ; 

Ps.  139.  3 ; 

Prov.  20. 

24 ;  Jer.  10. 

23 
'  ver.  5 

*  Is.  13.  6. 

17 ;  Jer.  27. 
7  ;  50.  41-43 
'Job  .SI.  6; 
Ps.  62.  9 

"*  ver.  31 ; 

ch.  6,  8,  28 ; 

Is.  21.  2; 

45.  1,  2 
"  ver.  7,  16 
"  ver.  1,  2 
PJs.  21.  4-9; 

47.  9 ;  Jer. 

61.  11,  31, 

,S9,  67 

«  ch.  6. 1 ; 

9.  1 
'ch.  6.  31 
"  Esth.  1.  1 
'  ch.  3.  2 
"  cb.  2.  48, 

860 


kingdom  of  men,  and  that  he 
setteth  up  over  it  whomsoever  he 
will.  22  And  Hhou  his  son,  O 
Belshazzar,  hast  "  not  humbled  thy 
heart,  though  thou  knewest  all 
this,  23  but  hast  "Hfted  up  thy- 
self against  the  "  Lord  of  heaven  ; 
and  they  have  brought  the  ''ves- 
sels of  his  house  before  thee,  and 
thou  and  thy  lords,  thy  wives 
and  thy  concubines,  have  drunk 
wine  from  them  ;  and  thou  hast 
Upraised  the  gods  of  silver  and 
gold,  of  brass,  iron,  wood,  and 
stone,  which  -^see  not,  nor  hear, 
nor  know  ;  and  the  God  ^  in  whose 
hand  thy  breath  is,  and  ''whose 
are  all  thy  ways,  hast  thou  not 
glorified.  21  Then  was  the  'part 
of  the  hand  sent  from  before  him, 
and  this  writing  was  inscribed. 

25  And  this  is  the  writing 
that  was  inscribed:  ^mene,  mene, 
TEKEL,  UPHAESiN.  26  This  is  the 
interpretation  of  the  thing  :  mene  ; 
God  hath  numbered  thy  kingdom, 
and  *  brought  it  to  an  end.  27 
TEKEL;  thou  art 'weighed  in  the  bal- 
ances, and  art  found  wanting.  28 
'^  PERES ;  thy  kingdom  isdivided,and 
given  to  the  "*  Medes  and  Persians. 

29  Then  commanded  Belshazzar, 
and  they  clothed  Daniel  with 
"purple,  and  put  a  chain  of  gold 
about  his  neck,  and  made  procla- 
mation concerning  him,  that  he 
should  be  the  third  ruler  in  the 
kingdom. 

30  In  that  night  "Belshazzar 
the  Chaldean  king  was  ^  slain. 
*31  And  « Darius  the  Mede  received 
the  kingdom,  being  about  three- 
score and  two  years  old. 

6  It  pleaded  ''  Darius  to  set 
over  the  kingdom  a  *  hundred 
and  twenty  '  satraps,  who  should 
be  throughout  the  whole  kingdom  ; 
2  and  over  them  three  px-esidents, 
of  whom  "  Daniel  was  one ;  that 
these  satraps  might  give  account 
unto  them,  and  that  the  king 
should  have  "no  damage.  3  Then 
this  Daniel  was  ^distinguished 
above  the  presidents  and  the  sa- 
traps, because  an  "excellent  spirit 
was  in  him  ;  and  the  king  thought 
to  set  him  over  the  '  whole  realm. 

4  Then  the  presidents  and  the 
satraps  "sought  to   find  occasion 

49 ;  5.  16,  29  *  Ezr.  4.  22 ;  Esth.  7.  4  *  ch.  1.  20 
"  ch.  5. 12, 14 ;  9.  23  '  Oen.  41.  40 ;  Esth.  10.  3  "  ch. 
3.  8 ;  Gen.  43. 18 ;  Judg.  14.  4 ;  Jer.  20. 10 ;  Lk.  20.  20 


1  That  is,  Numbered,  nnmhererl,  v)riahe(),  and 
divisions.  *  That  is.  Divided. 


6.5" 


DANIEL 


6  24 


Tb«  Presidents  ud  Satraps  plot  agiinst  Duiel.    He  is  «st  Mo  the  Dei  of  Lioos,  bot  is  taken  ont  unbanned 


against  Daniel  as  touching  the 
kingdom;  but  they  coukl  tind  "no 
occasion  nor  fault,  forasmuch  as 
he  Wtis  "faithful,  neither  was  there 
any  error  or  fault  found  in  him. 
5  Then  said  these  men.  We  shall 
not  find  any  occasion  against  this 
Daniel,  except  we  find  it  against 
him  concerning  the  "law  of  his 
G(xi.  6  Then  these  presidents 
and  satraps  'assemblea  together 
to  the  king,  and  said  thus  unto 
him.  King  Darius,  ''live  for  ever. 
7  All  the  'presidents  of  the  king- 
dom, the  deputies  and  the  satraps, 
the  counsellors  and  the  governors, 
have  ^consulted  together  -  to  estab- 
lish a  royal  statute,  and  to  make 
a  strong  interdict,  that  whosoever 
shall  ask  a  petition  of  any  god  or 
man  for  thirty  days,  save  of  thee, 
O  king,  he  shall  be  ''cast  into  the 
den  of  lions.  8  Now,  O  king,  ''es- 
tablish the  interdict,  and  sign  the 
writing,  that  it  be  not  changed, 
according  to  the  'law  of  the  Medes 
and  Persians,  which  ^altereth  not. 
9  Wherefore  king  Darius /signed 
the  writing  and  tne  interdict. 

10  And  when  Daniel  knew  that 
the  writing  was  signed,  he  went 
into  his  house  (now  his  windows 
were  open  in  his  chamber  '  toward 
Jerusalem)  •  and  he  '"  kneeled  upon 
his  knees  three  times  a  day,  and 
"prayed,  and  "gave  thanks  before 
his  God,  as  he  did  aforetime.  11 
Then  these  men  ^assembled  to- 
gether, and  found  Daniel  making 
Eetition  and  supplication  before 
is  God.  1 2  Then  they  came  near, 
and  "  spake  before  the  king  con- 
cerning the  king's  interdict :  Hast 
thou  not  signed  an  interdict,  that 
every  man  that  shall  make  petition 
unto  any  god  or  man  within  thirty 
days,  save  unto  thee,  ()  king,  shall 
be  cast  into  the  den  of  lions  {  The 
king  answered  and  said,  The  thing 
is  true,  according  to  the  ""law  of 
the  Medes  and  Persians,  which 
*altereth  not.  13  Then  answered 
they  and  said  before  the  king. 
That  Daniel,  who  is  of  the  'chil- 
dren of  the  captivity  of  Judah, 
'regardeth  not  thee,  O  king,  nor 
the  "interdict  that  thou  hast 
signed,  but  '  maketh  his  petition 
three  times  a  day.  14  Then  the 
king,  when  he  heard  these  words, 
was  sore  'displeased,  and  set  his 

1  Or,  eame  tumuHuously  (ami  bo  in  ver.  11,  1.1) 
»  Or.  that  the  king  »hf»tld  esttUilish  a  statute, 
j,nd  maJce  Jtc  »  Aram,  patseth,  not  away. 


"  Lk.  »!.  2f. ; 

■.a.  H,  ifi 
*>  ver.  S!".' 
'  Acts  -n. 

Ki-lU,  •-'0,21 
<t  ver.  21  ; 

ch.  i'«.  10 
'  ch.  3.  2,  27 
/  Pa.  60.  3 ; 

02.  4  ;  tM. 

2-«;  Kt.  1  .■! 
"  ver.  10 ; 

ch.  3.  0 ; 

Ps.  10.  9 
1  Esth.  3. 

12;  8.  10; 

Is.  10.  1 
'■  ver.  12,  l.'> ; 

Esth.  1. 

19 ;  8.  8 
*  Ps.  lis.  0; 

140.  3 
'  1  K.  8.  48, 

49 ;  Ps.  6. 

7 ;  Jon.  2.  4 
"*  Ps.  96.  0 
"  ch.  9.  4-19  ; 

Lk.  14.  20 ; 

AcU  4.  17, 

19 

"  Ps.  34.  1 ; 

Phil.  4.  o; 

1  Th.  6.  17, 

IS 
''  ver.  6 ;  Ps. 

37.  32.  3.1 
9  ch. .'!.  s-12 ; 

Acts  10. 

19-21 
"■  ver.  8 ; 

Esth.  1.  10 
'  ch.  2.  26  ; 

6.  13 
<  ch.  3.  12 ; 

Esth.  3.  ^ ; 

Acts  6.  29 
"  ver.  9 
"  ver.  10 
"  Mk.  0.  28 


"ver.  8,  12; 

Esth.  s.  8 ; 

Ps.  94. 20.  21 
*  ver.  7 ;  2  S. 

3.  39;  Jer. 

38.  6 

"  ver.  20 ; 
ch.  3.  17, 
28 ;  Job  6. 
19 ;  Ps.  37. 

39,  40 

i>  Lam.  3. 63 ; 

Mt.  27.  no 
'  2  8.  12.  10, 

17 

d  ch.  2. 1 ; 

Esth.  6.  1 ; 

Ps.  77.  4 
"  ver.  20 
/ver.  10,  27 
"  ch.  3.  17  ; 

Uen.  18. 

14;  Num. 

11.  23;  Jer. 
.32 .   17 

^  ver.  0 

i  ch.  3.  2S  ; 

Num.  21). 
10 ;  Is.  0.3. 
9;  .\ct8 

12.  11 

t  Ps.  91.  Il- 
ls; 2  Tim 

4.  17 ;  Heb 

11.  Xi 

I  ver.  4  ;  Ps 
84.  11 ;  Is. 

3.  10 

"*  fJen.  40. 
15;  1  8.  24. 

10 

"ver.  14,  IS 
"  ch.  3   2fi,  27 
fch.  3    17, 
28 ;  1  Cbr. 

861 


heart  on  Daniel  to  deliver  him  ; 
and  he  labored  till  the  going  down 
of  the  sun  to  rescue  him.  lo  Then 
these  men  a.sH(»nil)led  together  unto 
the  king,  and  .said  unto  the  kiiij.'. 
Know.  O  king,  that  it  is  a  "law  of 
the  Medes  and  Persians,  that  no 
interdict  nor  statute  which  the 
king  establi.sheth  may  be  changed. 

16  Then  the  king  commanded, 
and  they  brought  Daniel,  ana 
'cast  him  into  the  den  of  lions. 
Now  the  king  spake  and  said  unto 
Daniel,  "Thy  God  whom  thou 
serve-st  continually,  he  wiU  de- 
liver thee.  17  And  a  ''stone  was 
brought,  and  laid  upon  the  mouth 
of  the  den  ;  and  trie  king  sealed 
it  with  his  own  signet,  and  with 
the  signet  of  his  lords  j  ^that  notli- 
ing  might  be  changed  concerning 
Daniel.  18  Then  the  king  went 
to  his  palace,  and  passed  the  night 
"fasting;  neither  were  *  instru- 
ments of  music  brought  before 
him  :  and  his  ''sleep  flea  from  him. 

19  Then  the  king  arose  very 
early  in  the  morning,  and  went  in 
haste  unto  the  den  of  lions.  '20 
And  when  he  came  near  unto  the 
den  to  Daniel,  he  cried  with  a 
lamentable  voice  ;  the  king  spake 
and  said  to  Daniel,  O  Daniel,  ser- 
vant of  the  'living  God,  is  •'thy 
Gwl,  whom  thou  servest  continu- 
ally, ■''able  to  deliver  thee  from  the 
lions?  21  Then  said  Daniel  unto 
the  king,  *  O  king,  live  for  ever. 
22  My  God  hath  'sent  his  ang^'l, 
and  hath  *shut  the  lions'  mouths, 
and  they  have  not  hurt  me  ;  foras- 
much as  l^efore  him  'innocency 
was  found  in  me ;  and  also  liefore 
thee,  O  king,  have  I  "done  no 
hurt.  23  Then  was  the  king  "ex- 
ceeding glad,  and  commanded  that 
they  should  take  l)aniel  up  out 
of  the  den.  »So  i)aniel  was  taken 
up  out  of  the  den,  and  "no  man- 
ner of  hurt  was  found  upon  him, 
because  he  had  ''trusted  in  his 
God. 

24  And  the  king  commanded, 
anfl  they  brouglit  those  men  that 
had  accused  Daniel,  an(l  they  ''cast 
them  into  the  d<'n  f)f  lions,  them, 
their  ''children,  and  their  wives; 
and  the  lions  '  had  the  mast^^ry  of 
them,  and  'brake  all   their  bones 

6.  20 :  2  Chr.  30.  20 ;  Ps  us.  S.  9  ;  Is.  2G.  3  '  Dt.  in. 
IS,  19 ;  Esth.  7.  10  "■  Dt.  24.  le ;  2  K.  14.  6 :  Esth. 
9    10     •  Ps.  64.  5    '  Is   3H.  13 


*  Or,  that  ihert  miijht  bt  no  chano*  of  purrox 
i  Or,  dancing  girl* 


6.25 


DANIEL 


7:18 


Daniel's  Enemies  destroyed,  and  bis  fiod  hvnored.    His  Dream  of  Four  Beasts ;  of  the  incient  of  Days  and  the  Son  of  Han 


in  pieces,  before  they  came  to  the 
bottom  of  the  den. 

25  Then  king  Darius  wrote  unto 
all  the  "  peoples,  nations,  and  lan- 
guages, that  dwell  in  all  the  earth : 
*  Peace  be  multiplied  unto  you. 
26  I  "make  a  decree,  that  in  all 
the  dominion  of  my  kingdom  men 
''tremble  and  fear  before  the  God 
of  Daniel;  for  he  is  the  "living  God, 
and  -^steafast  for  ever,  and  his 
kingdom  that  which  shall  ^  not  be 
destroyed  ;  and  his  dominion  shall 
be  even  ''unto  the  end.  27  He 
*delivereth  and  rescue th,  and  he 
worketh  *  signs  and  wonders  in 
heaven  and  in  earth,  who  hath  de- 
livered Daniel  from  the  power  of 
the  lions. 

28  So  this  Daniel  prospered  in 
the  reign  of  Darius,  and  in  the 
reign  of  '  Cyrus  the  Persian. 

7  In  the  '"  first  year  of  "  Bel- 
shazzar  king  of  Babylon  Daniel 
^had  a  "dream  and  ^visions  of  his 
head  upon  his  bed:  then  he  « wrote 
the  dream  and  told  the  sum  of  the 
matters.  2  Daniel  spake  and  said, 
I  saw  in  my  ''vision  by  night,  and, 
behold,  the  'four  winds  of  heaven 
brake  forth  upon  the  great  sea. 
3  And  'four  great  "beasts  came 
up  from  the  sea,  diverse  one  from 
another.  4  The  "first  was  like  a 
lion,  and  had  eagle's  wings :  I  be- 
held till  the  wings  thereof  were 
plucked,  and  it  was  lifted  up  from 
the  earth,  and  made  to  stand  upon 
two  feet  as  a  man ;  and  a  man's 
heart  was  given  to  it.  5  And, 
behold,  •''another  beast,  a  second, 
like  to  a  bear ;  and  ^  it  was  raised 
up  on  one  side,  and  three  ribs  were 
in  its  mouth  between  its  teeth  : 
and  they  said  thus  unto  it.  Arise, 
devour  much  flesh.  6  After  this  I 
beheld,  and,  lo,  ^another,  like  a 
leopard,  which  had  upon  its  back 
four  wings  of  a  bird ;  the  beast 
had  also  four  heads  ;  and  dominion 
was  given  to  it.  7  After  this  I 
saw  in  the  ^  night- visions,  and, 
behold,  a  "  fourth  beast,  terrible 
and  ^powerful,  and  strong  exceed- 
ingly ;  and  it  had  great  iron  teeth  ; 
it  devoured  and  brake  in  pieces, 
and  stamped  the  residue  with  its 
feet :  and  it  was  diverse  from  all 
the  beasts  that  were  before  it ;  and 
it  had  *ten  horns.  8  I  considered 
the  horns,  and,  behold,  there  came 

1  Aram.  saw. 

*  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  it  raised  up  one  domin- 
ion 3  Or,  dreadjiil 


"  ch.  4.  1 ; 
Ezr.  1.  1, 
2 ;  Esth.  3. 
12 ;  8.  9 

6  Ezr.  4.  17  ; 

1  Pet.  1.  2 
<^  ch.  3.  29  ; 

Ezr.  «.  8- 
12 ;  7.  13,  21 
d  Ps.  99.  1-3  ; 
Is.  66.  2 ; 
Jer.  10.  10 

•  ver.  20 ; 
Hos.  1. 10 ; 
Rom.  9.  26 

/Ps.  93.  1,2; 

Mai.  3.  6 
0  ch.  4.  3 ;  7. 

14,  27 

A  Ps.  145.  12, 
13  ;  Is.  9.  7 
'  ver.  22 

*  ch.  4.  2,  3, 
34 

'  ch.  1.  21 ; 
10.  1; 

2  Chr.  36. 
22,  23 

"  ch.  8.  1 
"  ch.  5.  1,  22, 
30 

"ch.  1. 17; 

2.  1,  26-28 ; 

4.  5-9 ;  Job 

33.  14-16 ; 

Joel  2.  28 
P  ver.  7,  13, 

16;  Gen. 

15.  1  ;  46. 
2;  Erek. 
1.  1 

«  Jer.  36.  4, 
32 

"■  ver.  7. 13 
'  Rev.  7.  1 
« ver.  17 
"  Rev.  13.  1 
''  ver.  12 
"^  ver.  12 
y  ver.  12 
'  ver.  2 
"•  ver.  19,  20, 

23 
ft  Rev.  12.  3 ; 

13.  1 


'  ver.  19-26 
d  ver.  11,  26; 

ch.  11.  36 
"  ver.  13,  22 
/  Mk.  9.  3 
"  Rev.  1.  14 
''  Ezek.  1. 

13,26 
'  Ezek.  10. 

2,  6 

*  Ps.  18.  8 ; 
60.  3 ;  97. 
3  ;  Is.  30. 
27  33 

'  Rev.  5.  11 
"'  Dt.  33.  2 

"  ver.  22,  26  ; 
Ps.  96.  11- 
13 

o  ch.  12.  1 ; 
Rev.  20.  Il- 
ls 

P  ver.  8 

9  ver.  7 

'"  Rev.  19. 
20 ;  20.  10 

'  ver.  3-6 

*  ver.  2 

"  Mt.  26.  64  ; 

Mk.  14.  62 
"  ver.  9.  22 
^  ver.  27 ; 

1  Cor.  16. 

27  ;  Eph. 

1.  20-22; 

Phil.  2.  9- 

11 ;  Rev. 

1.6 
»  Ps.  72. 11 ; 

862 


up  among  them  "another  horn,  a 
little  one,  before  which  three  of 
the  first  horns  were  plucked  up  by 
the  roots :  and,  behold,  in  this 
horn  were  eyes  like  the  eyes  of  a 
man,  and  a  mouth  speaking  "^  great 
things. 

9  I  beheld  till  thrones  were 
^  placed,  and  one  that  was  'ancient 
ot  days  did  sit :  his  ■'raiment  was 
white  as  snow,  and  the  "  hair  of  his 
head  like  jjure  wool ;  his  ''  throne 
was  fiery  flames,  and  the  'wheels 
thereof  burning  fire.  10  A  *  fiery 
stream  issued  and  came  forth 
from  before  him  :  '  thousands  of 
thousands  ministered  unto  him, 
and  ™  ten  thousand  times  ten  thou- 
sand stood  before  him :  "  the  judg- 
ment was  set,  and  °  the  books  were 
opened.  Ill  beheld  at  that  time 
because  of  the  voice  of  the  ^  great 
words  which  the  horn  spake ;  I 
beheld  even  till  the  « beast  was 
slain,  and  its  body  destroyed,  and 
it  was  given  ^to  be  ''burned  with 
fire.  12  And  as  for  the  /rest  of 
the  beasts,  their  dominion  was 
taken  away :  yet  their  lives  w^ere 
prolonged  lor  a  season  and  a  time. 

13  1  saw  in  the  '  night- visions, 
and,  behold,  there  came  with  the 
clouds  of  heaven  one  like  unto  a 
''son  of  man,  and  he  came  even 
to  the  'ancient  of  days,  and  they 
brought  him  near  before  him.  14 
And  there  was  given  him  domin- 
ion, and  glory,  and  a  kingdom, 
that  *  all  tlie  peoples,  nations,  and 
languages  should  serve  him  :  his 
dominion  is  an  ^  everlasting  domin- 
ion, which  shall  not  pass  away, 
and  his  kingdom  that  which  shall 
"not  be  destroj^d. 

15  As  for  me,  Daniel,  my  spirit 
was  grieved  in  the  midst  of  ^  my 
body,  and  the  *  visions  of  my  head 
"  troubled  me.  16  I  came  near 
unto  one  of  them  that  ''stood  by, 
and  asked  him  the  truth  concern- 
ing all  this.  So  he  "told  me,  and 
made  me  know  the  interpretation 
of  the  things.  17  These  -^  great 
beasts,  which  are  four,  are  four 
kings,  that  shall  arise  out  of  the 
earth.  18  But  the  ^saints  of  the 
Most  High  shall  *  receive  the  king- 

102.  22  '  ver.  27 ;  ch.  6.  26  °  Heb.  12.  28  ft  ver.  1 
"  ver.  28 ;  ch.  4.  19  d  Zech.  1.  9,  19 ;  Rev.  5.  5 ;  T. 
13,  14  '  ch.  8.  16,  17 ;  9.  22  /ver.  3  "  ver.  22,  35,  2T 
A  ver.  14 ;  Ps.  149.  5-9 ;  Is.  60.  12-14 ;  Eev.  2.  26,  27  j 


*  Or,  cait  down     ^  Aram,  to  the  burning  offirt. 

*  Aram,  the  theath. 


7.19 


DANIEL 


au 


The  Dr(«ffi  iat«rpr«tt<.    Bui«)'s  VUion  tf  a  bn,  af  a  fle-rHt,  tad  of  the  Dtstcntiog  Hora 


dom,  and  possess  the  kingdom  for 
ever,  even  for  ever  and  ever.  19 
Then  I  desired  to  know  the  truth 
eoncerning  the  "fourth  teast,  which 
was  diverse  from  all  of  them,  ex- 
ceeding terrible,  whose  teeth  were 
of  iron,  and  its  nail.s  of  brass ; 
which  devoured,  brake  in  pieces, 
and  stamped  the  residue  with  its 
feet ;  20  and  concerning  the  ten 
horns  that  were  on  its  nead,  and 
the  other  /lorii  which  came  up,  and 
before  which  three  fell,  even  that 
horn  that  had  eyes,  and  a  mouth 
that  spake  great  things,  whose 
look  was  more  stout  than  its  fel- 
lows. 21  I  beheld,  and  the  same 
horn  *made  war  with  the  saints, 
and  prevailed  against  them ;  22 
until  the  "=  ancient  of  days  came, 
and  ''judgment  was  given  Ho  the 
'saints  of  the  Most  High,  and  the 
time  came  that  the  saints  possessed 
the  kingdom. 

23  Thus  he  said.  The  ;^fourth 
beast  shall  be  a  fourth  kingdom 
upon  earth,  which  shall  be  diverse 
from  all  the  kingdoms,  and  shall 
devour  the  whole  earth,  and  shall 
'^  tread  it  down,   and  break  it  in 

Eieces.  24  And  as  for  the  "  ten 
orns,  out  of  this  kingdom  shall 
ten  kings  arise  :  and  another  shall 
arise  alter  them ;  and  he  shall  be 
diverse  from  the  former,  and  he 
shall  put  down  three  kings.  25 
And  he  shall  *  speak  words  against 
the  '  Most  High,  and  shall  *  wear 
out  the  saints  of  the  Most  High ; 
and  he  shall  think  to  'change  the 
times  and  the  law  ;  and  they  shall 
be  given  into  his  hand  until  a 
•"time  and  times  and  half  a  time. 
26  But  the  "judgment  shall  be  set, 
and  they  shall  "take  away  his 
dominion,  to  consume  and  to  de- 
stroy it  unto  the  end.  27  And 
the  ''kingdom  and  the  dominion, 
and  the  greatness  of  the  kingdoms 
under  the  whole  heaven,  shall  be 
given  to  the  people  of  the  *  saints 
of  the  Most  High :  his  kingdom 
is  an  ''  everlasting  kingdom,  and 
all  dominions  :hall  'serve  and  obey 
him.  28  ^Here  is  the  end  of  the 
matter  As  tor  me,  Daniel,  my 
thoughts  much  troubled  me,  and 
my  *countenan;e  was  changed  in 
me  :  but  I  "keot  the  matter  in  my 
heart. 

8      In  the  "third    year   of   the 
reign  of    king   'Belshazzar   a 


"  ver.  7,  8 
>>  Rev.  13.  7 
"  ver.  9,  13 
<*  ver.  10 ; 

1  Cor.  6. 

2.3 

*  ver.  18 

/  ver.  7,  19 
"  ver.  7,  8 
Ach.  11.  36; 

Kev.  13.  G 
"  ch.  3.  -/O : 

4.  Si,  17,  34 

*  Kev.  13.  7 
'  ch.  2.  21 

'"  ch.  12.  7  ; 

Rev.  12.  14 
"  ver.  10 
"  Rev.  17. 

14 ;  19.  20 
'■  ver.  14,  18, 

22 ;  Is.  64. 

3;  Rev. 

20.  4 
'  ver.  18,  22 
'  ver.  14; 

Ch.  2.  44 ; 

4.  34 ;  Pb. 

145.  13;  Is. 

9.7 

*  Ps.  2.  ft-12  ; 
22.  27  ;  72. 
U;  86.  9; 
Is.  60.  12 ; 
Rev.  11.  15 

'  ver.  15 ; 
ch.  4.  19 
"  Lk.  2. 19, 51 
"  ch.  7.  1 
"  ch.  5.  1,  30 


i  Or.  for 

»  Or,  thresK  it 


S  Aram.  Hitherto. 
*  Anm.  brightness. 


V  ver.  15 ; 

ch.  7.  15, 

28 ;  9.  2 
'  ver.  3 ;  ch. 

7.  2,  15  ; 

Num.  12.  0 
»  Neh.  1.  1 ; 

Eath.  1.  2 ; 

2.  8 
i>  Gen.  10. 

22;  14.  l; 

Is.  11.  11  ; 

Jer.  25.  25 ; 

Ezek.  32. 

24 

'  ver.  16 
d  ch.  10.  6 
'  ver.  20 
/Dt.  33.  17; 

iK.  22.  11; 

Ezek.  34. 

21 
0  ver.  7 
*  ver.  21 
'  ver.  8,  21 ; 

ch.  11.  3 
ic  ver.  3 

'  ch.  n.  11 

'"  ch.  7.  7 
"  ch.  6.  20 ; 

2  Chr.  28. 

16 
°  ver.  22 
P  ch.  7.  2 ; 

Rev.  7.  1 
«  ver.  23 
•■  ch.  11.  16, 

41 
•Is.  14.  13 
<  ver.  7  ; 

ch.  7.  7 
"  ver.  25 ; 

ch.  11.  36, 

37 ;  2  K. 

19.  22,  23  ; 

2  Chr.  32. 

1.5-17  ;  Is. 

.•*7.  23 
"ch.  11.  31 ; 

12.  11  ; 

E2ek.  46. 

14 


8«3 


vision  appeared  unto  me,  even 
unto  "me,  Daniel,  after  that  which 
appeared  unto  me  at  the  first.  2 
And  1  '  saw  in  the  vision  •  now  it 
was  so,  that  when  1  .saw,  1  was  in 
"Shushan  the  *  palace,  which  is 
in  the  nrovince  of  ''  Elam ;  and  I 
saw  in  tne  vision,  and  1  was  by  the 
river  "  Ulai.  3  Then  i  ''lifted  up 
mine  eyes,  and  saw,  and,  behold, 
there  stood  before  the  river  a  "  ram 
which  had  two  horns  :  and  the  two 
horns  were  high ;  but  one  was 
higher  than  the  other,  and  the 
higher  came  up  last.  4  I  saw  the 
ram  'pushing  westward,  and  north- 
ward, and  southward ;  and  no 
beasts  could  stand  before  him. 
neither  was  there  any  that  ^  could 
deliver  out  of  his  hand  ;  but  he  did 
according  to  his  will,  and  magni- 
fied himself. 

5  And  as  I  was  considering,  be- 
hold, a  *  he-goat  came  from  the 
west  over  the  face  of  the  whole 
earth,  and  **  touched  not  the 
ground  :  and  the  goat  had  a  '  nota- 
ble horn  between  his  eves.  6  And 
he  came  to  the  *ram  that  had  the 
two  horns,  which  I  saw  standing 
before  the  river,  and  ran  upon  him 
in  the  fury  of  his  power.  /  And  I 
saw  him  come  close  unto  the  ram, 
and  he  was  'moved  with  anger 
against  him,  and  smote  the  ram. 
and  brake  his  two  horns  ;  and 
there  was  no  power  in  the  ram  to 
stand  before  nim ;  but  he  "*  cast 
him  down  to  the  ground,  and 
trampled  upon  him ;  and  there  was 
none  that  could  deliver  the  ram 
out  of  his  hand.  8  And  the  he- 
goat  magnified  himself  exceed- 
ingly:  and  "when  he  was  strong, 
the  "  great  horn  was  broken  ;  and 
instead  of  it  there  came  up  four 
notiible  horns  toward  the  'four 
winds  of  heaven. 

9  And  out  of  one  of  them  came 
forth  a  « little  horn,  which  waxed 
exceeding  great,  toward  the  south, 
and  toward  the  east,  and  toward 
the  '■glorious  l<tnr/.  10  And  it 
waxed  great,  even  to  the  host  of 
heaven  ;  and  some  of  the  host  and 
of  the  'stars  it  cast  down  to  the 
ground,  and  '  trampled  upon  them. 
11  Yea,  it  "magnified  itself,  even 
to  the  prince  of  the  host;  and  'it 
took  away  from  him  the  'continual 
burnt-offering,  and  the  place  of  his 

»  Or.  rnatlf     «  Heb.  nrme  tovhed  the  frrourul. 
1  Another  reading  is,  Wi^  con<int/o<  burnt-offer- 
ing vxis  taken  away  from.  hvta. 


8.12 


DANIEL 


9.1 


Clabriel  interprets  the  Vision.    Daniel's  Penitent  Prayer  for  his  People 


sanctuary  was  cast  down.  12  And 
^  the  host  was  given  over  to  it  to- 
gether with  the  continual  burnt- 
offtring  through  transgression ;  and 
it  "  cast  down  truth  to  the  ground, 
and  it  did  its  -pleasure  and  pros- 
pered. 13  Then  I  heard  a  *noly 
one  speaking ;  and  another  holy 
one  said  unto  that  certain  one  who 
spake,  "  How  long  shall  be  the 
vision  concerning  the  continual 
burnt-offering,  and  the  transgres- 
sion that  maketh  desolate,  to  give 
both  the  sanctuary  and  the  host  to 
be  ''trodden  under  foof?  14  And 
he  said  unto  me,  Unto  *two  thou- 
sand and  three  hundred  evenings 
cuid  mornings  ;  then  shall  the  sanc- 
tuary be '  cleansed. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  I, 
even  -^ I  Daniel,  had  seen  the  vision, 
that  I  sought  ^to  understand  it; 
and,  behold,  there  stood  before  me 
as  the  appearance  of  a  "man.  16 
And  I  heard  a  man's  voice  between 
the  banks  of  the ''  Ulai,  which  called, 
and  said,  'Gabriel,  make  this  man 
to  understand  the  vision.  17  So 
he  came  near  where  I  stood ;  and 
when  he  came,  I  was  affi-ighted, 
and  *fell  upon  my  face:  but  he 
said  unto  me.  Understand,  O  son 
of  man ;  for  the  vision  belongeth 
to  the  'time  of  the  end.  18  Now 
a.s  he  was  speaking  with  me,  I '"  fell 
into  a  deep  sleep  with  my  face  to- 
ward the  ground  ;  but  he  "  touched 
me,  and  set  me  "*  upright.  19  And 
he  said.  Behold,  I  will  "make  thee 
know  what  shall  be  in  the  latter 
time  of  the  indignation  ;  for  it  be- 
longeth to  the  appointed  time  of 
the  end.  20  The  *'ram  which  thou 
sawest,  that  had  the  two  horns, 
they  are  the  kings  of  Media  and 
Persia.  21  And  the  rough  'he- 
goat  is  the  'king  of  /Greece:  and 
the  great  horn  that  is  between  his 
eyes  is  the  first  king.  22  And  as 
for  *  that  which  was  broken,  in  the 
place  whereof  four  stood  up,  four 
kingdoms  shall  stand  up  out  of  the 
nation,  but  not  with  his  power. 
23  And  in  the  latter  time  or  their 
kingdom,  when  the  transgressors 
are  come  to  the  full,  a  'king  of 
fierce  _  countenance,  and  under- 
standing dark  sentences,  shall 
stand  up.  24  And  his  power  shall 
be  mighty,  but  not  "^by  his  own 

1  Or,  a  host  was  given  to  it  against  the  &c.    Or, 
a  h ost  vas  set  over  the  &c.         *  Heb.  justified. 
•<  Heb.  understanding. 
*  Or,  where  I  had  stood         6  Heb.  Javan. 
'  Or,  vnth  his  power   See  ver.  22. 


«  l8.  69.  14 
l>  Ch.  4.  13, 

23 
''ch.  12.  6,8; 

Ps.  74.  10  ; 

79.  o ;  Is. 

6.  11;  Rev. 

6.  10 
rf  Is.  03.  18 ; 

Jer.  12.  10 ; 

Lk.  21.  24; 

Heb.  10. 

29;  Rev. 

11.  2 

'  ch.  7.  25 ; 

12.  7,  U; 
Rev.  11.  2, 
3 ;  12.  14 ; 

13.  5 
/ver.  1 

"  ch.  7.  13 ; 

10.  16,  18 
A  ver.  2 
'  ch.  9.  21 ; 

Lk.  1.  19, 

26 

*  ch.  2.  46 ; 
Ezek.  1. 
2S  ;  44.  4 

'  ver.  19 ; 

ch.  11.  35, 

40 
"'  ch.  10.  9 ; 

Lk.  9.  32 
"  ch.  10.  10, 

16,  18 ; 

Ezek.  2.  2 

*  ver.  16-17 
P  ver.  3 

9  ver.  6 
"■  ch.  10.  20 
'  ver.  8 
'  ver.  9-12 


"  ver.  11-13 ; 

ch.  12.  7 ; 

Rev.  16.  6 
"  ver.  11 
'^  ch.  2.  34, 

46 ;  Job 

34.  20 
V  ch.  10.  1 
'  ch.  12.  4,  9 

"  ch.  10. 14 
b  ch.  7.  28 ; 
8. 17 ;  Hab. 

3.  16 
'  ch.  6.  2 
rf  ver.  16-17 
'  ch.  6.  31 ; 

11.  1 
/2Chr.  36. 

21  ;  Ezr.  1. 

1  ;  Jer.  25. 
11,  12;  29. 
10;  Zech. 
7.6 

"  ver.  20 
h  Dt.  7.  21 ; 
Neh.  9.  32 
'  Dt.  7.  9 
*•  Ps.  106.  6 
'  Lam.  1.  18, 
20 

"*  ver.  11 ; 

Ps.  119. 

176 ;  Is. 

63.  6 
"  Jer.  44.  4, 

5,  21 
0  ver.  8 
P  ver.  18 ; 

Jer.  23.  6 ; 

33. 16 
«  Ps.  44.  15  ; 

Jer.  2.  26, 

27;  3.  25 
*■  Dt.  4.  27 ; 

2  K.  17.  6, 
7 ;  Jer.  24. 
9;  Ezek. 
39.  23,  24  ; 
Am.  9.  9 


Sower ;  and  he  shall  ^  destroy  won- 
erfuUy,  and  shall  prosper  and  do 
his  pleasure  ;  and  he  shall  ''"destroy 
the  mighty  ones  and  '^the  holy  peo- 
ple. 25  And  through  his  policy  he 
shall  cause  craft  to  prosper  in  his 
hand ;  and  he  shall  '  magnify  him- 
self in  his  heart,  and  in  their  secu- 
rity shall  he  "destroy  many :  he 
shall  also  stand  up  against  the 
"prince  of  princes  ;  but  ne  shall  be 
broken  -^without  hand.  26  And 
the  vision  of  the  evenings  and 
mornings  which  hath  been  told  is 
^  true :  but  ^  shut  thou  up  the 
vision;  for  it  belongeth  to  "many 
days  to  come.  27  And  I,  Daniel, 
*  fainted,  and  was  sick  certain 
days ;  then  I  rose  up,  and  did  the 
"  king's  business :  and  1  wondered 
at  the  vision,  ''but  ''none  under- 
stood it. 

9  In  the  first  year  of  'Darius 
the  son  of  Ahasuerus,  of  the 
seed  of  the  Medes,  who  was  made 
king  over  the  realm  of  the  Chal- 
deans, 2  in  the  first  year  of  his 
reign  I,  Daniel,  understood  by  the 
books  the  number  of  the  years 
whereof  the  word  of  Jehovah  came 
to  -^Jeremiah  the  prophet,  for  the 
accomplishing  of  the  desolations  of 
Jerusalem,  even  -^seventy  years. 

3  And  I  set  my  face  unto  the 
*'Lord  God,  ^"to  seek  by  prayer  and 
supplications,  with  fasting  and 
sackcloth  and  ashes.  4  And  I 
prayed  unto  Jehovah  my  God,  and 
made  confession,  and  said.  Oh, 
Lord,  the  *  great  and  dreadful  God, 
who  'keepeth  covenant  and  loving- 
kindness  with  them  that  love  him 
and  keep  his  commandments,  5  we 
have  *  sinned,  and  have  dealt  per- 
versely, and  have  done  wickedly, 
and  have  '  rebelled,  even  "  turning 
aside  from  thy  precepts  and  from 
thine  ordinances;  6  neither  have 
we  "hearkened  unto  thy  servants 
the  prophets,  that  spake  in  thy 
name  to  our  "kings,  our  princes, 
and  our  fathers,  and  to  all  the  peo- 
ple of  the  land.  7  O  Lord,  ^right- 
eousness belongeth  unto  thee,  out 
unto  us  'confusion  of  face,  as  at 
this  day;  to  the  men  of  Judah,  and 
to  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem, 
and  unto  all  Israel,  that  are  near, 
and  that  are  far  off,  through  all 
the  ''countries  whither  thou  hast 
driven  them,  because  of  their  tres- 

7  Or,  corrupt        '  Heb.  people  of  the  saints. 
9  Or,  but  there  was  none  to  make  it  understood 
w  Or,  to  seek  after  vrayer  <tc. 


9.  8  DANIEL 

Daniel  prays  for  iil«  People,    fiabrlel  brings  an  Answer.    Tlie  Seventy  Weelis,  and  the  Anointed  Prlnw 


9.26 


pass  that  they  have  trespassed 
against  thee.  8  O  Lord,  to  us  belong- 
eth  confusion  of  face,  to  our  "  kings, 
to  our  princes,  and  to  our  fathers, 
because  we  have  *  sinned  against 
thee.  9  To  the  Lord  our  God  be- 
long "mercies  and  forgiveness;  H'or 
we  nave ''I'ebelled  against  him;  10 
neither  have  we  obeyed  the  voice 
of  Jehovah  our  God,  to  walk  in  his 
laws,  which  he  'set  before  us  by 
his  servants  the  prophets.  1 1 
i'ea,  ■''all  Israel  have  transgressed 
thy  law,  even  turning  aside,  that 
they  should  not  obey  thy  voice: 
therefore  hath  the  curse  been 
poured  out  upon  us,  and  the  oath 
that  is  written  in  the  law  of  Moses 
the  servant  of  God;  for  we  have 
sinned  against  him.  12  And  he 
hath  "contirmed  his  words,  which 
lie  spake  against  us,  and  against 
our  "judges  that  judged  us,  by 
bringing  upon  us  a  great  evil;  for 
under  the  whole  heaven  hath  'not 
been  done  as  hath  been  done  upon 
.Jerusalem.  13  As  it  is  written  in 
the  *law  of  Moses,  all  this  evil  is 
come  upon  us:  yet  have  we  'not 
entreated  the  favor  of  Jehovah  our 
God,  that  we  should  '"turn  from  our 
iniquities,  and  '^have  discernment 
in  thy  truth.  14  Therefore  hath 
•Jehovah  "watched  over  the  evil, 
and  brought  it  upon  us  ;  for  Jeho- 
vah our  God  is  "righteous  in  all  his 
works  which  he  doeth,  and  we  have 
''not  obeyed  his  voice.  15  And 
now,  O  Lord  our  God,  that  hast 
'brought  thy  people  forth  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt  with  a  mighty 
hand,  and  hast  "■  gotten  thee  re- 
nown, as  at  this  day ;  ^ve  have 
'sinned,  we  have  done  wickedly. 
16  O  Lord,  according  to  all  thy 
*' righteousness,  let  thine  "anger 
and  thy  wrath,  I  pray  thee,  be 
turned  away  from  thy  city  Jeru.sa- 
lera,  thy  "holy  mounta,in ;  loecause 
for  our  sins,  and  for  the  iniquities 
of  our  fathers,  Jerusalem  and  thy 
people  are  become  a  -'reproach  to 
all  that  are  round  about  us.  17 
Now  therefore,  Oour  God.  hearken 
unto  the  prayer  of  thy  servant,  and 
to  his  supplications,  and  *  cause  thy 
face  to  shine  upon  thy  sanctuary 
that  is  -desolate,  for  the  "Lord's 
sake.  18  O  my  God. 'incline  thine 
ear,  and  hear;  open  thine  eyes,  and 
"behold  our  desolations,  and  the 
city  which  is  ''called  by  thy  name  : 

1  Or,  though  »  Or,  deal  icitety 

I  Heb.  righteoutnetst*. 
28 


"  ver.  6 
<>  ver.  6 
'  ><eh.  9.  17  ; 

Pb.  13U.  4 
■'  ver.  6,  0 ; 

Ps.  Kifl.  43 ; 

Jer.  14.  7 
'  2  K.  17.  13- 

1.^ ;  18.  n 
I  Lev.  28. 

14-39; 

Dt.  28.  16- 

08 ;  2  K. 

17.  18-23  ; 

Is.  1.  4-« ; 

.Ter.  8.  iV-lO 
"  Is.  44.  20 ; 

.Jer.  44.  2- 

U ;  Lam.  2. 

17 ;  Zech. 

1.  « 
''  Job  12.  17  ; 

Ps.  82.  2-7  ; 

148.  n 
'■  Lam.  1. 

12 ;  2.  13 ; 

Ezek.  5.  9 

*  ver.  11  ; 
Lev.  2U. 
14-15  ;  Dt. 
28.  1&-08 

'Job 36.  IS; 

Is.  9.  13 ; 

Jer.  2.  30 ; 

5.  3 
'"  Jer.  31.  18 
".Jer.  31.  28; 

44.27 
"  ver.  7  ;  Ps. 

61.  14 
P  ver.  10 
t  Dt.  6.  16 
'"  Neh.  9.  10 ; 

Jer.  32.  20 

*  ver.  6 

<  ver.  14 
"Jer.  32.  31, 
32 

*  ver.  20 ; 
Ps.  87.  1-3  ; 
Joel  3.  17  ; 
Zech.  8.  3 

'  Ezek.  6.  14 
vNum.  0. 

24-26 ;  Ps. 

80.  3,  7,  19 
'  Lam.  6.  18 
"  ver.  19 
<>  Is.  37.  17 
<=  Ps.  80.  14 

■'Jer.  7. 
10-12 


'  Jer.  36.  7 

/  ver.  7 

"  Ps.  44.  23  ; 

74.  10,  11 
^  ver.  3  ;  oh. 

10.  12 ;  Ps. 

\V^.  18;  Is. 

'k8.  9 
>  Is.  it.  6 
<:i;h.  8.  Ifl; 

Lk.  1.19,26 
'  Is.  n.  2 ; 

Kzek.  1. 11, 

It 
"'  i-h.  8  IS  ; 

10  10, Ifl, 18 
"  Kx.  29.  39  ; 

1  K.  18.  :iii: 

Ezr.  9.  4,  A 
"ch.  8.  16; 

VI.  21; 

Zech.  I.  0, 

14 
''  f-h.  10  12 
»rh   m  II, 

li);  Lk.  1 

'  Mt.  24   1.1 
'  Lev.  26.  8 ; 

Num   14. 

34;  Ezek. 

4.  6 

866 


for  we  do  not  '''' present  our  suppli- 
cations before  thee  for  •'our  rignt- 
eousnes.se8,  but  for  thy  groHt 
mercies'  sake.      19  O  Lord,   hear; 

0  Lord,  forgive ;  O  Lord,  hearken 
and  do;  'defer  not,  for  tliine  own 
sake,  O  my  God,  Ix'cause  thy  city 
and  thy  people  are  called  by  thy 
name. 

20  And  while  I  was  ".speaking, 
and  praying,  and  confessing  my 
sin  and  the  sin  of  'my  people  Israel, 
and  presenting  my  supplication  Ix*- 
fore  Jeliovah  my  God  tor  the  holy 
mountainof  my  God;  21  yea,  while 

1  was  speaking  in  prayer,  the  man 
*  Gabriel,  whom  I  liad  seen  in  the 
vision  at  the  beginning,  °  being 
caused  to  'tly  swiftly,  "'"touched 
me  about  the  time  of  the  "evening 
oblation.  22  And  he  "in.structed 
me,  and  talked  with  me,  and  said, 
O  Daniel,  I  am  now  come  forth  to 
give  thee  wisdom  and  "understand- 
ing. 23  At  the  ^beginning  of  thy 
supplications  the  commandment 
went  forth,  and  I  am  come  to  tell 
thee;  for  thou  art  ^'greatly  be- 
loved :  therefore  consider  the  mat- 
ter, and  "■  understand  the  vision. 

24  (Seventy  '  weeks  are  decreed 
upon  thy  people  and  upon  thy  holy 
city,  "  to  nni.sn  ^"  tran.sgression,  and 
"  to  make  an  end  of  sins,  and  to 
'-'make  reconciliation  for  iniquity, 
and  to  bring  in  "everlasting  right- 
eousness, and  to  seiil  up  vision  and 
^* prophecy,  and  to  "anoint  '""the 
most  ^holy.  25  Know  therefore 
and  discern,  that  from  the  going 
forth  of  the  "commandment  to  re- 
store and  to  build  Jeru.salem  unto 
"'the  'anointed  one,  the  "prince, 
shall  be  ^*  seven  *  weeks,  and  three- 
score and  two  weeks  :  it  shall  be 
built  again,  with  street  and  moat, 
even  in  troublous  times.  26  And 
after  the  threescore  and  two  weeks 
.shall  the  anointed  one  be  "cut  off, 
and  '"shall  have  nothing:  and  the 
people   of    the    prince   that  shall 

'  2  Chr.  29  24 ;  Is.  63  |0  ;  Rom.  6.  in  "  Is  61  ti,  s ; 
fifl.  1;  Jer.  2:).  6,  6:  Rom  3  21,  22  "'  Ps  •.'  1.  n;  Is. 
til.  1 ;  Lk.  4.  18  '  Lk.  1.  3f.  j  Acts  3.  14  »  Km  '.  24  \ 
6.  1-16;  Neh.  2.  1-8;  3.  1  *  Jn  1.  41  :  4  2.-.  "  ch  8. 
11,  26;  Ig.  9.  6   »  ver.  24   '  Is.  63. 8:  MJc.  8  12 ;  Lk. 

24.  2B  

4  ITeb  rn\i^f  to  fall      '  Or,  brini;  tort  wearud 

*  Or.  riiuif  n'lir  uvtn  iik 

■  Or.  mad'  nir  f<»  untl'•r^Uln(^ 

*  Or.  trrv  t>rfd,tut    Heb  i>rfri(nui  ihing$. 

*  Or.  to  regtrnin  ">  Or.  the  (ra»U(;r«»ii>n 
••  Another  reiMlinK  is,  /<•  siil  up. 

"  Or.  iiuriir  mrnv  *'  Heb.  prnphrf. 

n  Or,  a  »i.-.«f  hi.lw  pln<-f    li  Heb   Urjisinh 
1*  Or.  .«'*>'m    T^kf :    and    thrrrvore   and    'we 
u-ffks.  it  fhatl  lit  Jte 

17  Or,  there  shall  t«  none  tultnting  to  him 


9.27 


DANIEL 


10.21 


Daniel  is  terrified  b;  the  Vision  of  a  Man.    Tlie  Man  comforts  him 


come  shall  "destroy  the  city  and 
the  sanctuary  ;  and  the  end  thereof 
shall  be  witn  a  *  flood,  and  even 
unto  the  end  shall  be  war ;  "  deso- 
lations are  determined.  27  And 
he  shall  make  a  firm  covenant  with 
many  for  one  week :  and  in  the 
midst  of  the  week  he  shall  cause 
the  sacrifice  and  the  ^  oblation  to 
cease ;  and  ^  upon  the  wing  of 
**  abominations  shall  come  one  that 
maketh  desolate ;  and  even  unto 
the  "full  end,  and  that  determined, 
shall  wrath  be  poured  out  upon  the 
desolate. 

■i  /\  In  the  third  year  of  -'Cy- 
-L  w  rus  king  of  Persia  a  thing 
was  revealed  unto  Daniel,  whose 
name  was  called  ^  Belteshazzar ; 
and  the  thing  was  ''true,  even  a 
great  warfare  :  and  he  understood 
the  thing,  and  had  '  understanding 
of  the  vision.  2  In  those  days  I, 
Daniel,  was  *  mourning  three  whole 
weeks.  3  I  ate  'no  pleasant  bread, 
neither  came  flesh  nor  wine  into 
my  mouth,  neither  did  I  anoint 
myself  at  all,  till  three  whole 
weeks  were  fulfilled.  4  And  in  the 
four  and  twentieth  day  of  the  first 
month,  as  I  was  by  the  side  of  the 
great  ""  river,  which  is  ^ "  Hiddekel, 
5  I  lifted  up  mine  eyes,  and 
looked,  and,  behold,  a  man  "  clothed 
in  linen,  whose  loins  were  ^  girded 
with  pure  *gold  of  Uphaz :  6  his 
body  also  was  like  the  ""  beryl,  and 
his  '  face  as  the  appearance  of 
lightning,  and  his  *  eyes  as  flaming 
torches,  and  his  arms  and  his  feet 
like  unto  "burnished  brass,  and 
the  voice  of  his  words  like  the 
*■  voice  of  a  multitude.  7  And  I, 
Daniel,  ^  alone  saw  the  vision  ;  for 
the  ^men  that  were  with  me  saw 
not  the  vision  ;  but  a  great  ''quak- 
ing fell  vipon  them,  and  they  fled 
to  hide  themselves.  8  So  I  was 
"left  alone,  and  saw  this  great 
vision,  and  there  *  remained  no 
strength  in  me ;  for  my  comeliness 
was  turned  in  me  into  corruption, 
and  I  ''retained  no  strength.  9 
Yet  heard  I  the  voice  of  his  words ; 
and  when  I  heard  the  voice  of  his 
words,  then  was  I  "*  fallen  into  a 
deep  sleep  on  my  face,  with  my 
face  toward  the  ground. 

10  And,  behold,  a  hand  *  touched 
me,  which  ■*  set  me  upon  my  knees 
and  upon  the  palms  of  my  hands. 

1  Or,  meal-offering 

2  Or,  upon  the  pinnacle  of  abominations  shall 
be  &c.  s  That  is,  Tigris. 

'  Or.  *tt  me  tottering  upon  &c. 


"  Mt.  24.  2 ; 

Mk.  13.  2 ; 

Lk.  19.  43, 

44 
b  Nah.  1.  8 
■^  ver.  27 
rfch.  11.  31; 

Mt.  24.  16 ; 

Mk.  13.  14 ; 

Lk.  21.  20 
"  Is.  10.  23  ; 

28.  22 
/ch.  1.  21; 

6.  28 

■■'  ch.  1.  7 
''  ch.  8.  26 
'  ch.  1.  17  ; 
2.  21 

*  Ezr.  9.  4, 
6 ;  Neh. 
1.  4 

'  ch.  6.  18 
"'  ch.  8.  2 ; 

Ezek.  1.  3 
"  Gen.  2.  14 
"  ch.  12.  6, 7  ; 

Ezek.  9.  2 
P  Rev.  1.  13 ; 

15.  6 
«  Jer.  10.  9 
"■  Ex.  28.  20 ; 

Ezek.  1. 

16 
»Mt.  17.  2; 

Rev.  1.  16 
«  Rev.  1. 14  ; 

19.  12 
«  Ezek.  1. 

7 ;  Rev.  1. 

15  ;  2.  18 
"  Ezek.  1.  24 
=^  2  K.  6.  17 
y  Acts  9.  7 
-  Ezek.  12. 

18 
"  Gen.  32.  24 
b  ch.  7.  28 ; 

8.  27; 
Hab.  3.  16 

<'  ver.  16 
d  ch.  8.  18 ; 

Gen.  15. 

12;  Job  4. 

13 

*  ver.  16, 18  ; 
ch.  8. 18 ; 

9.  21 ;  Jer. 


/ver.  19; 

ch.  9.  23 
c  ch.  8. 10, 17 
A  Ezek.  2.  1 
'  Job  4.  14, 

15 
*  ver.  19 ; 

Is.  41.  10, 

14 
'  ch.  9.  3 
'"  ver.  2,  3  ; 

ch.  9.  20-23 
"  Acts  10.  30, 

31 
"  ver.  20 
P  ver.  21 ;  ch. 

12. 1 ;  Jude 

9;  Rev.  12. 

7 
9  ch.  8.  16 ; 

9.  22 
*■  ch.  2.  28  ; 

Dt.  31.  29 

'  ch.  8.  26 ; 

12.  4,  9 
t  Ezek.  24. 

27  ;  Lk.  1. 

20 
"  ver.  18 ; 

ch.  8.  16 
"  Is.  6.  7  ; 

Jer.  1.  9 
'  ver.  8,  9 ; 

ch.  7.  16, 

28;  8.   17, 

27 

866 


1 1  And  he  said  unto  me,  O  Daniel, 
thou  man  -^greatly  beloved, "  under- 
stand the  words  that  I  speak  unto 
thee,  and  "  stand  upright :  for  unto 
thee  am  I  now  sent.  Ana  when  he 
had  spoken  this  word  unto  me,  I 
stood  'trembling.  12  Then  said 
he  unto  me,  *  Fear  not,  Daniel ;  for 
from  the  first  day  that  thou  didst 
'set  thy  heart  to  understand,  and 
to  ™  humble  thyself  before  thy  God, 
thy  words  were  heard :  and  I  am 
come  "for  thy  words'  sake.  13  But 
the  "  prince  of  the  kingdom  of  Per- 
sia withstood  me  one  and  twenty 
days  ;  but,  lo,  ^  Michael,  one  of  the 
chief  princes,  came  to  help  me : 
and  I  *  remained  there  with  the 
kings  of  Persia.  14  Now  I  am 
come  to  make  thee  « understand 
what  shall  befall  thy  people  in  tlae 
'■  latter  days ;  for  the  vision  is  yet 
for  'many  days.  15  And  when  he 
had  spoken  unto  me  according  to 
these  words,  I  set  my  face  toward 
the  ground,  and  was  'dumb.  16 
And,  behold,  one  in  the  "likeness 
of  the  sons  of  men  "touched  my 
lips :  then  I  opened  my  mouth, 
and  spake  and  said  unto  him  that 
stood  before  me,  O  my  lord,  by 
reason  of  the  vision  my  ""  sorrows 
are  turned  upon  me,  and  I  retain 
no  strength.  17  For  *how  can  the 
servant  of  this  my  lord  talk  with 
this  my  lord?  for  as  for  me, 
straightway  there  remained  '^no 
strength  in  me,  neither  was  there 
breath  left  in  me. 

1 8  Then  there  touched  me  again 
one  like  the  "appearance  of  a 
man.  and  he  *  strengthened  me. 
19  And  he  said,  O  man  "^  greatly 
beloved,  ''fear "not:  peace  be  unto 
thee,  be  *  strong,  yea,  be  strong. 
And  when  he  spake  unto  me, 
I  was  strengthened,  and  said, 
Let  my  lord  speak ;  for  thou  hast 
■^strengthened  me.  20  Then  said 
he,  Knowest  thou  wherefore  I  am 
come  unto  thee  ?  and  now  will  I 
return  to  fight  with  the  "prince  of 
Persia :  and  when  I  go  forth,  lo, 
the  *  prince  of  ^  Greece  shall  come. 
21  But  I  will  ';tell  thee  that  which 
is  inscribed  in  the  writing  of 
*  truth  :  and  there  is  none  that 
''holdeth  with  me  ^against  these, 

"  Ex.  24.  10,  11 ;  Is.  6.  1-5  '  ver.  8  °  ver.  16  b  la. 
.35.  3,  4  "  ver.  11  d  ver.  12;  Judg.  6.  23;  Is.  43.  1 
"  Josh.  1.  6,  7,  9  ;  Is.  35.  4  /  Ps.  138.  3  ;  2  Cor.  12.  9 
!'  ver.  13     "  ch.  8.  21 ;  11.  2    >  ch.  11.  2    *  ch.  12.  1,  4 


5  Or,  was  not  needed  *  Heb.  Javan. 

7  Heb.  strengtheneth  him,self. 

8  Or,  concerning  these  things 


U.  1 


DANIEL 


11.20 


The  Man  Aretella  Ooaflkts  b«twMD  P«nU  ud  firtec*,  and  Leagues  aad  Conflids  betwecB  the  Hortb  aad  ftoith  KisKdomg 


nbut  "Michael  your  prince. 
1  And  as  for  me,  in  the 
'  first  year  of  Darius  the  Mede,  1 
stood  up  to  confirm  and ""  strengthen 
him. 

2  And  now  will  I  show  thee  the 
''truth.  Behold,  there  shall  stand 
up  yet  three  kings  in  Persia ;  and 
the  fourth  shall  be  far  richer  than 
they  all :  and  when  he  is  waxed 
strong  through  his  riches,  ^  he  shall 
stir  up  all  against  the  realm  of 
'""Greece.  3  And  a  -^mighty  king 
shall  stand  up,  that  shall  rule  with 
great  dominion,  and  "  do  according 
to  his  will,  -i  And  when  he  shall 
stand  up,  his  kingdom  shall  be 
broken,  and  shall  be  divided  ''to- 
ward the  'four  winds  of  heaven,  but 
not  to  his  posterity,  nor  according 
to  his  dominion  wherewith  he 
ruled ;    for  his   kingdom    shall  be 

*  plucked  up,  even  for  others  be- 
sides these. 

5  And   the  'king  of    the   south 

*  shall  be  strong,  and  one  of  his 
princes ;  and  he  shall  be  strong 
above  him,  and  have  dominion  ;  his 
dominion  shall  be  a  great  domin- 
ion. 6  And  at  the  '"end  of  years 
they  shall  join  themselves  together ; 
and  the  daughter  of  the  king  of 
the  south  shall  come  to  the  "  king 
of  the  north  to  make  ^an  agree- 
ment :  but  she  shall  not  retain  the 
strength  of  her  arm  ;  neither  shall 
he  stand,  nor  his  arm ;  but  she 
shall  be  given  up,  and  they  that 
brought  her,  and  ne  that  begat  her, 
and  ne  that  strengthened  her  in 
those  times. 

7  But  out  of  a  shoot  from  her 
roots    shall    one    stand  up  in  his 

*  place,  who  shall  come  ®  unto  the 
army,  and  shall  enter  into  the 
"  fortress  of  the  king  of  the  north, 
and  shall  deal  against  them,  and 
shall  prevail.  8  And  also  their 
»'gods,  with  their  "molten  images, 
and  with  their  goodly  vessels  or 
silver  and  of  gold,  shall  he  carry 
captive  into  Egypt ;  and  lie  shall 
®  refrain  some  years  from  the  king 
of  the  north.  9  And  he  shall  come 
into  the  realm  of  the  king  of  the 
south,  but  he  shall  return  into  his 
own  land. 

10  And  his  sons  shall  war,  and 
shall  assemble  a  multitude  of  great 

1  Or,  all  this  shall  stir  up  the  realm 
'  Heb.  Javan.  ,   .  . 

3  Or,  shall  be  stmng ;  hut  one  o/  hu  jyrmtes 
shall  be  &c.  *  Or,  ei/uUalile  conditions 

'  Or,  office        «  Or,  a<iainsf         '  Or,  princes 

8  Or,  continue  more  years  than  Sec. 


"  ver.  13 
<■  oh.  6.  31 ; 

U.  1 
"  ch.  10.  18 
•i  ch.  8.  20 ; 

lU.  1,  21 
"  ch.  8.  21 ; 

10.  20 
/ch.  8.  6, 

21 
"  ver.  10,  30  ; 

ch.  6.  lu ; 

8.  4 
''  ch.  8.  8,  22 
'  ch.  7.  2  ;  8. 

8 ;  Jer.  4». 

30;  Ezek. 

•SI.  !) ; 

Zech.  2.  0 ; 

Rev.  7.  1 
*  Jer.  12. 

1.'.,  17  ;  18.  7 
'ver.  9,  11, 

14,  25,  40 
"'  ver.  13 
"  ver.  7, 13, 

lf>,  40 
"  ver.  19, 

38,  39 
P  Is.  37.  19  ; 

40.  1,  2  ; 

Jer.  43.  12, 

13 


«  ver.  26,  40 ; 

Is.  8.  8 ; 

Jer.  40.  7, 

8;  61.  42 
"■  ver.  7 
'  ver.  6 
<  ch.  8.  7 
"  ver.  13 
"  ver.  10 
^  ver.  11 
y  ch.  4.  16 ; 

12.  7 
'  Jer.  6.  6 ; 

Ezek.  4.  2 ; 

17.  17 
"  ver.  3,  36 ; 

ch.  h.  19 
'  Josh.  1.  6 

'  ver.  41  ; 

ch.  8.  9 

d  2  K.  12.  17  ; 
Ezek.  4. 
3,7 


'  Oen.  10.  5  ; 

Is.  06.  19 ; 

Jer.  2.  10 ; 

31.  10; 

Zeph.  2.  11 
/IIos.  12.  14 


"  Pa,  27.  2 ; 

Jer.  40.  6 
'>  Job  2r).  8  ; 

Ps.  .17.  .'MS ; 

Ezek.  26. 

21 
'  l3.  60.  17 


forces,  "which  shall  come  on,  and 
''  overtiow,  and  pass  through  ;  and 
'"they  .shall  return  and  war,  even 
to  his  '■fortress.  1 1  And  the  '  king 
of  the  south  shall  be  moved  with 
'anger,  and  shall  come  forth  and 
fi^ht  with  him,  even  with  the  king 
of  the  north;  and  he  shall  "set 
forth  a  great  multitude,  and  the 
"multitude  shall  be  given  into  his 
hand.  12  And  tlie  multitude  shall 
"  be  lifted  up,  and  his  heart  shall 
be  exalted  ;  and  he  shall  cast  down 
tens  of  thousands,  but  he  shall  not 
prevail.  13  And  the  king  of  the 
noi'th  shall  return,  and  shall  ''.set 
forth  a  multitude  greater  than  the 
former :  and  he  shall  come  on  at 
the  end  of  the  ^  times,  even  ^-of 
years,  with  a  great  army  and  witn 
much  substance.  14  And  in  those 
times  there  shall  many  stand  up 
against  the  king  of  the  .south  :  also 
the  children  of  the  violent  among 
thy  people  shall  lift  themselves  up 
to  establish  the  vision  ;  but  they 
shall  fall.  15  So  the  king  of  the 
north  shall  come,  and  cast  up  a 
^  mound,  and  take  ^^a  well-fortified 
city :  and  the  forces  of  the  south 
shall  not  stand,  neither  his  chosen 
people,  neither  shall  there  be  any 
strength  to  stand.  16  But  he  that 
cometh  against  him  shall  "  do  ac- 
cording to  his  own  will,  and  *none 
shall  stand  before  him;  and  he 
shall  stand  in  the  ''glorious  land, 
and  in  his  hand  shall  be  destruc- 
tion. 17  And  he  shall  ''set  his 
face  to  come  with  the  strength  of 
his  whole  kingdom,  and  with  him 
^^ equitable  conditions;  and  he  shall 

Kerform  them :  and  he  shall  give 
im  the  daughter  of  women,  ^^  to 
coiTupt  her ;  but  '"  she  shall  not 
stand,  neither  be  for  him.  1 8  After 
this  shall  he  turn  his  face  unto  the 
""isles,  and  shall  take  many:  but 
a  '®  prince  shall  cause  the  reproach 
offered  by  him  to  cease  ;  yea,  more- 
over, he  shall  cau.se  his  -'reproach 
to  turn  upon  him.  19  Then  he 
shall  turn  his  face  towai-d  the  for- 
tresses of  his  own  land  ;  but  he 
shall  ^stumble  and  fall,  and  shall 
''not  be  found. 

20  Then  shall  .stand  up  in  his 
'place  one  that  .shall  cause  an 
'exactor  to  pass  through  the  glory 
of  the  kingdom ;  but  within  few 


»0r,  and  he 
i"Or,  fce 

"  Or,  hf  carried  awav 
"  Or,  for 
13  Or,  the  fortified  cities 


n  Or.  v)rright  <mf» 
>»  Or,  tu  destroy  U 
>'■•  Or,  it 

"  Or,  coa.<(-{arnd« 
>^  Or,  captain 


867 


11.  21 


DANIEL 


11.41 


Tbe  fflan  tells  of  Coming  leagnes  and  Conflicts  between  the  Kingdom  of  the  Sooth  and  the  Kingdom  of  the  Sorth    hi 


days  he  shall  be  ^  destroyed,  neither 
in  anger,  nor  in  battle.  2 1  And  in 
his  "place  shall  stand  up  a  con- 
temptible person,  to  whom  they 
had  not  given  the  honor  of  the 
kingdom :  but  he  shall  come  "  in 
time  of  security,  and  shall  obtain 
the  kingdom  by ''  flatteries.  2  2  And 
the  overwhelming  °  forces  shall  be 
overwhelmed  from  before  him,  and 
shall  be  broken;  yea,  also  the 
prince  of  ^the  covenant.  23  And 
after  the  league  made  with  him  he 
shall  work  deceitfully  ;  for  he  shall 
come  up,  and  shall  become  strong, 
with  a  small  people.  24  "*  In  time 
of  security  shall  he  come  even  upon 
the  *  fattest  places  of  the  province  ; 
and  he  shall  do  that  which  his 
fathers  have  not  done,  nor  his 
fathers'  fathers  ;  he  shall  scatter 
among  them  prey,  and  spoil,  and 
substance  :  yea,  he  shall  devise  his 
devices  against  the  strongholds, 
even  for  a  time.  25  And  he  shall 
stir  up  his  power  and  his  courage 
against  the  ■''king  of  the  south  with 
a  great  army ;  and  the  king  of  the 
south  shall  war  in  battle  with  an 
exceeding  great  and  mighty  army  ; 
but  he  shall  not  stand ;  for  they 
shall  devise  devices  against  him. 
26  Yea,  they  that  eat  of  his  dain- 
ties shall  *  destroy  him,  and  his 
army  shall  *  overflow;  and  many 
shall  fall  down  slain.  27  And  as 
for  both  these  kings,  their  hearts 
shall  be  to  do  "  mischief,  and  they 
shall  *  speak  lies  at  one  table :  but 
it  shall  not  prosper ;  for  yet  the 
*  end  shall  be  at  the  time  apijointed. 
28  Then  shall  he  return  into  his 
land  with  great  substance ;  and  his 
heart  shall  be  'against  the  holy 
covenant ;  and  he  shall  do  his  pleas- 
ure, and  return  to  his  own  land. 
29  At  the  time  appointed  he  shall 
return,  and  come  into  the  south ; 
but  it  shall  not  be  in  the  latter 
time  as  it  was  in  the  "  former.  30 
For  ships  of  "  Kittim  shall  come 
against  nim  ;  therefore  he  shall  be 
grieved,  and  shall  return,  and  have 
indignation "  against  the  holy  cove- 
nant, and  shall  "do  his  pleasure  :  he 
shall  even  return,  and  have  regard 
unto  them  that  forsake  the  holy 
covenant.  31  And  forces  shall 
stand  on  his  part,  and  they  shall 
^profane  the  sanctuary,  even  the 
fortress,  and  shall  take  away  the 
continual  burnt-offering,  and  they 


1  Heb.  broken. 
*  Or,  office 


3  Or,  his  covenant 
*  Heb.  break. 


"  ver.  24 
*■  ver.  32, 34 
'  ver.  10 ; 

Ch.  9.  26 
rf  ver.  21 
"  Num.  13. 

20;  Neh. 

9.  23; 

Ezek.  34. 

14 
/  ver.  5 
'J  ver.  10,  40 
''  Ps.  52.  1 ; 

G4.  6 
'  Jer.  9.  3-6 : 

41.  1-3 
*  ver.  35,  40 ; 

ch.  8.  19 ; 

Hab.  2.  3 
'  ver.  30 
"'  ver.  23,  25 
"  Gen.  10.  4  : 

Num.  24. 

24 ;  Is.  23. 

1,  12 ;  Jer. 

2.  10 

"  ver.  28 
P  ch.  8.  U- 
13 ;  12.  11 


«  ch.  9.  27 ; 

12.  11 ;  Mt. 
24. 15 ;  Mk. 
13.14 

■■  ver.  21,  34 
'  Mic.  6.  7- 

9 ;  Zech.  9. 

13-16;  10. 

3-6 
'  ch.  12.  3 
"  Mt.  24.  9 ; 

Jn.  16.  2 ; 

Heb.  11. 

30-38 
"  Mt.  7.  15  ; 

Acts  20. 

29,  30 

*  ver.  21,  32  ; 
Rom.  10.  18 

y  ch.  12.  10  ; 

Dt.  8.  16 ; 

Prov.  17.  3 ; 

Zech.  13. 

9 ;  Mai.  3. 

2,  3 
'  Jn.  15.  2 
"  Rev.  7.  14 
t>  ver.  27,  40 
"  ver.  3,  16 ; 

ch.  5.  19 
dch.  5.  20; 

8.  11,  25  ; 

Is.  14.  13; 

2  Th.  2.  4 
"  ch.  7.  8, 

11 ;  Rev. 

13.  6,  6 
/ch.  2.  47; 

Dt.  10.  17  ; 

Ps.  136.  2 
f  ch.  8.  12 
h  ch.  8.  19 ; 

Is.  10.  25 ; 

26.  20 
■  ch.  9.  27 
*:  ver.  36 
'  ver.  27,  .S5  ; 

ch.  12.  4,  9 
"'  ver.  6,  9, 

11,  14,  25 
"  ver.  6,  7, 

13,15 

•  Is.  5.  28  ; 
Jer.  4.  13 

P  ver.  10,  26 

9  ver.  16 ; 

ch.  8.  9 

•■  Jer.  48.  47 


868 


shall  set  up  the  » abomination  that 
maketh  desolate.  32  And  such  as 
do  wickedly  against  the  covenant 
shall  he  *  pervert  by  ^  flatteries  ; 
but  the  people  that  know  their 
God  shall  be  'strong,  and  do  ex- 
ploits. 33  And  ®'they  that  are 
wise  among  the  people  shall  in- 
struct many ;  yet  they  shall  "  fall 
by  the  sword  and  by  flame,  by  cap- 
tivity and  by  spoil,  many  days. 
34  Now  when  they  shall  fall,  they 
shall  be  helped  with  a  little  help ; 
but  many  shall  "join  themselves 
unto  them  with  ^  flatteries.  35  And 
some  of  ''them  that  are  wise  shall 
fall,  to  *  refine  them,  and  to  ^purify, 
and  to  make  them  "  white,  even  to 
the  *time  of  the  end  ;  because  it  is 
yet  for  the  time  appointed. 

36  And  the  king  shall  ""do  ac- 
cording to  his  will ;  and  he  shall 
exalt  himself,  and  ''magnify  him- 
self above  every  god,  and  shall 
''speak  marvellous  things  against 
the  •''God  of  gods ;  and  he  shall 
=' prosper  till  the  ^indignation  be 
accomplished ;  for  that  which  is 
'determined  shall  be  done.  37 
Neither  shall  he  regard  the  gods 
of  his  fathers,  nor  the  desire  of 
women,  nor  regard  any  god ;  for 
he  shall  *  magnify  himself  aoove 
all.  38  But  in  his '^  place  shall  he 
honor  the  god  of  fortresses  ;  and  a 
god  whom  his  fathers  knew  not 
shall  he  honor  with  gold,  and  sil- 
ver, and  Avith  precious  stones  and 
pleasaiit  things.  39  And  he  shall 
deal  with  the  strongest  fortresses 
by  the  help  of  a  foreign  god  :  *  who- 
soever acknowledgetn  him  "  he  will 
increase  with  glory ;  and  he  shall 
cause  them  to  rule  over  many,  and 
shall  divide  the  land  for  a  price. 

40  And  at  the  'time  of  the  end 
shall  the  *"  king  of  the  south  ^^  con- 
tend with  him;  and  the  "king  of 
the  north  shall  come  against  nim 
"like  a  Avhirlwind,  with  chariots, 
and  with  horsemen,  and  with 
many  ships ;  and  he  shall  enter 
into  the  countries,  and  shall  ^  over- 
flow and  pass  through.  41  He 
shall  enter  also  into  the  "glorious 
land,  and  many  countries  shall  be 
overthrown ;  but  these  shall  be 
delivered  out  of  his  hand :  Edom, 
and  ''Moab,   and  the  chief  of  the 

*  Heb.  make  profane. 
s  Or,  the  teachers  of  the  people 
1  Or,  the  teadiers 

8  Or,  whom  he  shall  acknomledfie  and  increase 
with  atory  '  Or,  shall  increase  glory 

10  Heb.  pt(«A  at 


11.42 


DANIEL 


12.13 


lirhael's  Help  !n  the  Time  of  Trooble.    The  Time  of  the  End 


chilflren  of  "  Animon.  42  He  shall 
stretch  forth  his  hand  also  upon 
the  countries ;  and  the  land  of 
Egypt  shall  not  escape.  43  But 
he  shall  have  power  over  the  treas- 
ures of  gold  and  of  silver,  and  over 
all  the  precious  things  of  Egypt ; 
and  the  *  Libyans  and  the  '^  Ethio- 
pians shall  be  at  his  steps.  44  But 
tidings  out  of  the  east  and  out  of 
the  north  shall  trouble  him  ;  and 
he  shall  go  forth  with  great  fury 
to  destroy  and  '  utterly  to  sweep 
away  many.  45  And  he  shall  plant 
the  tents  of  his  palace  -between 
the  sea  and  the  ''glorious  'holy 
mountain  ;  yet  he  shall  come  to 
his  end,  and  none  shall  help  him. 
And    at    that    time    shall 


12 


■''  Michael  stand  ui).  the 
great  prince  who  standeth  for  the 
children  of  thy  people ;  and  there 
shall  be  a  time  of  trouble,  "such 
as  never  was  since  there  was  a  na- 
tion even  to  that  same  time :  and 
at  that  time  thy  people  shall  be 
delivered,  every  one  tnat  shall  be 
found  written  in  the  *  book.  2  And 
'many  of  them  that  sleep  in  the 
dust  of  the  earth  shall  awake,  *some 
to  everlasting  life,  and  some  to 
shame  and  everlasting  ''contempt. 
3  And  ■'they  that  are  'wise  shall 
"•  shine  as  the  brightness  of  the 
firmament ;  and  they  that  "  turn 
many  to  righteousness  as  the  stars 
for  ever  and  ever.  4  But  thou,  O 
Daniel,  "shut  up  the  words,  and 
Pseal  the  book,  even  to  the  « time  of 
the  end :  ""many  shall  run  to  and  fro, 
and  knowledge  shall  be  increased. 
5  Then  I,  Daniel,  looked,  and, 
behold,  there  stood  '  other  two.  the 
one  on  the  brink  of  the  'river  on 


1  Heb.  to  devote  many. 
s  Or,  betteeen  the  seas  at 


3  Or,  abhorrence 
*  Or,  the  teachers 


"  Jer.  49.  6 
t>  1!  Chr.  IJ. 

3 ;  Nah.  :i.  9 
<^  •-•  Chr.  I-.'. 

:i ;  Ezek. 

30.  4, ;". ; 

>'ah.  3.  9 
<*  ver.  W,  41 ; 

ch.  8.  9 
'ch.9. 10,20; 

Is.  U.  9; 

27.  13;  65. 

a> ;  GO.  20 
/  ch.  10. 13,  21 
"  Cll.  9.  12  ; 

Jer.  30.  7 ; 

Ezek.  o.  9 ; 

Mt.  24.  21 ; 

Mk.  13.  19 
^  ver.  4  ;  ch. 

7. 10 ;  10.  21 
■  Is.  26.  19 ; 

Ezek.  37. 

12-14 
fc  Jn.  5.  28,  29 
'  ver.  10 ; 

ch.  11. 33,.'« 
'"  Jn.  5.  3.) 
"ch.  11.  :J3; 

Is.  5.!.  11 
"  ver.  9 ;  ch. 

8.  20 
P  ver.  9  ;  Is. 

8.  10 
9  ver.  9,  13  ; 

ch.  s.  17 
'ch.  11.33; 

Is.  11.  9; 

29.  18,  19 
'  ch.  10.  6, 

6,  10,  10 
<  ch.  10.  4 


"  ch.  8.  16  ; 
Zech.  1.  12, 

13 
''  ch.  10.  G  ; 

Ezek.  9.  2 
"  ver.  8 :  ch. 

8.  13 ;  Mt. 

24.  3 ;  Mk. 

13.  4 
y  Ezek.  20. 

6 ;  Rev.  10. 

6,6 
'  ch.  4.  34  ; 

6.  26 

"  ch.  7.  as ; 

Rev.  12.  14 
i>  ch.  8.  24  ; 

Lk.  21.  24 
'  ver.  6 
d  ver.  13 
'  ver.  4 ;  ch. 

8.  28 
/ch.  11.  36 
"  Is.  32.  6,  7 

A  ver.  3 ; 


this  side,  and  the  other  on  the 
brink  of  the  river  on  that  side. 
6  And  "one  said  to  the  man 
'clothed  in  linen,  who  was  above 
the  waters  of  the  river,  "  How  long 
shall  it  be  to  the  end  of  these 
wonders?  7  And  J.  heard  the  man 
clothed  in  linen,  who  was  above 
the  waters  of  the  river,  when  he 
"  held  up  his  right  hand  and  his 
left  hand  unto  heaven,  and  sware 
by  him  that  '  liveth  for  ever  that 
it  shall  be  for  a  "time,  times,  and 
a  half-  and  when  they  have  made 
an  end  of  *  breaking  in  pieces  the 
power  of  the  holy  ijeople,  all  these 
things  shall  be  finished.  8  And  I 
heard,  but  I  understood  not :  then 
said  I,  O  my  lord,  what  shall  be 
the  *" issue  of  these  things?  9  And 
he  said,  "*  Go  thy  way,  Daniel ;  for 
the  words  are  '  shut  up  and  sealed 
till  the  time  of  the  end.  10  Many 
shall  -'purify  themselves,  and  make 
themselves  white,  and  be  refined  ; 
but  the  ^  wicked  shall  do  wickedly  ; 
and  none  of  the  wicked  shall  under- 
stand ;  but  *  they  that  are  *  wise 
shall  understand.  11  And  from 
the  time  that  the  'continual  fnii~nt- 
offenng  shall  be  taken  away,  and 
the  *  abomination  that  maketh  des- 
olate set  up,  there  shall  be  a  thou- 
sand two  hundred  and  ninety  days. 
1 2  '  Blessed  is  he  that  waiteth,  and 
Cometh  to  the  ""thousand  three  hun- 
dred and  five  and  thirty  days.  13 
But  "go  thou  thy  way  till  the  "end 
be  ;  for  thou  shalfrest,  and  slialt 
stand  in  thy  « lot,  at  the  end  of  the 
days. 

Hos.  14.  9  « ch.  8.  n-14  »  ch.  9.  W ;  11.  31 ;  Mt. 
24.  15 ;  Mk.  13.  14  '  Is.  30.  18  "  ch.  8.  14 ;  Rev 
11.  2 ;  13.  6 ;  13.  5  "  ver.  9  "  ver.  4  p  Rev.  u.  IS 
«  Pe.  16.  6 

*  Or,  latter  end 


869 


i:!  .11 


THE  BOOK   OF 

HOSEA 


Hosea's  Wife  and  Children  of  Wheredom.    Restoration  of  Israel  and  Jodah.    Their  Unfaithfulness  condemned 


IThe  word  of  Jehovah  that 
came  unto  "  Hosea  the  son  of 
Beeri,  in  the  days  of  *  Uzziah, 
*  Jotham,  **  Ahaz,  and  '  Hezekiah, 
kings  of  Judah,  and  in  the  days 
of  -^Jeroboam  the  son  of  Joash, 
king  of  Israel. 

2  When  Jehovah  spake  at  the 
first  ^  by  Hosea,  Jehovah  said  unto 
Hosea,  ^  Go,  take  unto  thee  a  ''  wife 
of  whoredom  and  children  of 
whoredom ;  for  the  land  doth 
•commit  great  whoredom,  depart- 
ing from  Jehovah.  3  So  he  went 
and  took  Gomer  the  daughter  of 
Diblaim ;  and  she  conceived,  and 
*bare  him  a  son.  4  And  Jehovah 
said  unto  him.  Call  his  name 
'  Jezreel ;  for  yet  a  little  while, 
and  I  will  ^avenge  the  "blood  of 
Jezreel  upon  the  house  of  Jehu, 
and  will  cause  the  kingdom  of  the 
house  of  Israel  to  cease.  5  And 
it  shall  come  to  pass  at  that  day, 
that  I  will  "  break  the  bow  of 
Israel  in  the  "valley  of  Jezreel. 
6  And  she  conceived  again,  and 
Pbare  a  daughter.  And  Jehovah 
said  unto  him,  Call  her  name 
^  *  Lo-ruhamah  ;  for  I  will  ^  no 
more  have  mercy  upon  the  house 
of  Israel,  that  I  should  in  any 
wise  pardon  them.  7  But  I  will 
have  'mercy  upon  the  house  of 
Judah,  and  will  '  save  them  by 
Jehovah  their  God,  and  will  not 
save  them  by  "  bow,  nor  by  sword, 
nor  by  battle,  by  horses,  nor  by 
horsemen.  8  Now  when  she  had 
weaned  Lo-ruhamah,  she  con- 
ceived, and  "  bare  a  son.  9  And 
Jehovah  said,  Call  his  name  *  '^  Lo- 
ammi ;  for  ye  are  not  my  people, 
and  I  will  not  be  ^  your  God. 

*10  Yet  the  number  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  shall  be  as  the 
''sand  of  the  sea,  which  cannot  be 
measured  nor  numbered  ;  and  '  it 
shall  come  to  pass  that,  *in  the 
place  where  it  was  said  unto  them, 

1  Or,  with  2  Heb.  visit. 

3  That  is,  That  hath  not  obtained  mercy. 

*  That  is.  Not  my  people.      5  Heb.  for  you. 
«  Ox  instead  of  that  which  was  said 


"  Rom.  9.  26 
6  2  K.  14.  21 

(marg.) ; 

15.  1-7 ; 

2  Chr.  26. 

1-23;  Is.  1. 

l;  Am. 

1.  1 
«  2  K.  15.  6, 

7,  32-38 ; 

2  Chr.  27. 

1-9 ;  Is.  1. 

1 ;  Mic. 

1.  1 
d  2  K.  16. 

1-20;  2  Chr. 

28.  1-27 ; 

Is.  1.  1 ;  7. 

1-17 ;  Mic. 

1.  1 

•  2  K.  18.  1- 
20.  21 ; 

2  Chr.  29. 

1-32.  33 ; 

Mic.  1.  1 
/  2  K.  13.  13 ; 

14.  23-29 ; 

Am.  1.  1 
"  ch.  3. 1 ;  Is. 

20.  2,  3 
''  Jer.  3.  1, 

12,  14 
«  ch.  2.  5 ; 

5.  3 

*  Ezek.  23.  4 
'  ver.  5,  11 ; 

ch.  2.  22 
"'2^10.1-14 
"  Jer.  49.  35 ; 

Ezek.  39.  3 
"  Josh.  17. 

16;  Judg. 

6.  33 
P  ver.  3 
9  ver.  9 

"■  ch.  2.  4 
»  Is.  30.  18 
'  Jer.  25.  6, 

6 ;  Zech.  9. 

9,  10 
"  Ps.  44.  3-7 
"  ver.  3 
^  ver.  6 
V  Gen.  22. 

17 ;  Jer. 

33.  22 
«  Kom.  9.  26 


"  ver.  9 ;  Is. 

66.  1 
i>  Is.  63.  16  ; 

64.  8 
'  Jer.  23.  5, 
6 ;  50.  4,  5  ; 
Ezek.  37. 
21-24 
*[Ch.  2.  1  in 
Heb.] 

d  ch.  3.  5 ; 

Jer.  30.  21 
'  ver.  4,  5 
/  ver.  23 
"  ver.  6 ;  ch. 

4.  6; 

Ezek.  23. 

45 

fc  Is.  60.  1 

•  ch.  1.  2; 

870 


Ye  are  "  not  my  people,  it  shall  be 
said  unto  them,  Ye  ai^e  the  'sons 
of  the  living  God.  11  And  the 
children  of  Judah  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  shall  be  'gathered 
together,  and  they  shall  appoint 
themselves  "^one  head,  and  shall 
go  up  from  the  land ;  for  great 
shall     be     the    day    of    *  Jezreel. 

21  Say  ye  unto  your  brethren, 
■^•^Ammi ;  and  to  your  sisters, 
^•''Iluhamah. 

2  Contend  with  your  mother, 
^  contend :  for  she  is  *  not  my 
wife,  neither  am  I  her  husband ; 
and  let  her  put  away  her  'whore- 
doms from  her  face,  and  her  adul- 
teries from  between  her  breasts; 
3  lest  I  strip  her  *  naked,  and  set 
her  as  in  the  day  that  she  was 
born,  and  'make  her  as  a  wilder- 
ness, and  set  her  like  a  dry  land, 
and  slay  her  with  ""  thirst.  4  Yea, 
upon  her  "  children  will  I  have  no 
mercy ;  for  they  are  children  of 
whoredom ;  5  for  their  mother 
hath  "  played  the  harlot ;  she  that 
conceived  them  hath  done  shame- 
fully ;  for  she  said,  *  I  will  go 
after  my  lovers,  that « give  me  my 
bread  and  my  water,  my  wool  and 
my  flax,  mine  oil  and  my  ^  drink. 
6  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  ''hedge 
up  thy  way  with  'thorns,  and  I 
will  build  a  wall  against  her,  that 
she  shall  not  find  her  'paths.  7 
And  she  shall  "follow  after  her 
lovers,  but  she  shall  not  overtake 
them ;  and  she  shall  seek  them, 
but  shall  not  find  them  :  then  shall 
she  say,  I  will  go  and  return  to  my 
"  first  husband ;  for  then  was  it 
*  better  with  me  than  now. 

8  For  she  did  *  not  know  that  '1 

Jer.  3.  1,  9, 13  k  Ezek.  16.  7,  22,  39  '  ch.  13. 15 ;  Is. 
32.  13,  14  '"  Jer.  14.  3 ;  Am.  8.  11-13  "  ch.  1.  6; 
Jer.  13.  14 ;  Ezek.  8.  18  "  ver.  2 ;  ch.  3.  1 ;  Is.  1.  21 
P  Jer.  2.  26 ;  3.  1,  2  «  ver.  12 ;  Jer.  44.  17,  18  *■  Job 
19.  8  »  ch.  9.  6 ;  10.  8  t  Jer.  18. 15  "  ch.  6. 13 ;  2  Chr. 
28.  20-22  "  Jer.  2.  2 J  3.  1  ;  Ezek.  16.  8  ;  23.  4  *  ch. 
13.  6 ;  Jer.  14.  22    "  Is.  1.  3    '  Ezek.  16.  19 


7  That  is,  My  people. 

8  That  is,  That  hath  obtained  mercy. 
»  Heb.  drinks. 


2.9 


HOSEA 


4.3 


J«horah  will  puniah  the  People's  Cufaithfalaest.    Yet  be  will  betroth  tbea  igftin.    Hoieft's  Serood  Symbolic  larriage 


gave  lier  the  grain,  and  the  new- 
wine,  and  the  oil,  and  multiplied 
unto  her  '♦silver  and  gold,  which 
they  *  used  for  Baal.  9  There- 
fore will  1  '^''take  back  my  grain 
in  the  time  thereof,  and  my  new 
wine  in  the  season  thereof,  and 
will  pluck  away  my  wtx)l  and  my 
flax  whicli  should  have  covered 
her  nakedness.  10  And  now  will 
I  '  uncover  her  '^  lewdness  in  the 
sight  of  her  lovers,  and  none  shall 
deliver  her  out  of  my  hand.  Ill 
will  also  ''  cause  all  her  mirth  to 
cease,  her  •  feasts,  her  -^  new  moons, 
and    her    sabbaths,    and    all    her 

*  solemn  assemblies.  12  And  1 
will  ^lay  waste  her  vines  and  her 
fig-trees,  whereof  she  hath  said, 
"  These  are  my  hire  that  my 
lovers  have  given  me ;  and  I  will 
'make    them    a    forest,    and    the 

*  beasts  of  the  field  shall  eat  them. 
13  And  I  w^ll  visit  upon  her  the 
'  days  of  the  Baalim,  *  unto  which 
she  "'  burned  incense,  when  she 
"decked  herself  with  her  *  ear- 
rings and  her  jewels,  and  went 
after  her  lovers,  and  "forgat  me, 
saith  Jehovah. 

14  Therefore,  behold,  I  will 
allure  her,  and  ^  bring  her  into 
the  wilderness,  and  speak  ^  com- 
fortably unto  her.  15  And  I  will 
give  her  her  "  vineyards  from 
thence,  and  the  ''valley  of  *Achor 
for  a  door  of  hope;  and  she  shall 
^'raake  answer  there,  as  in  the 
days  of  lier  youth,  and  as  in  the 
'day  when  she  came  up  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt,  lb  And  it 
shall  be  at  that  day,  saith  Jehovah, 
that  thou  shalt  call  me  " "  Ishi, 
and  shalt  call  me  no  more  "  Baali. 

17  For  I  will  "take  away  the 
names  of  the  ""  Baalim  out  of  her 
mouth,  and  they  shall  no  more 
be    ''^mentioned    by    their    name. 

18  And  in  that  day  will  I  make 
a   covenant    for    them    with    the 

*  beasts  of  the  field,  and  with 
the  birds  of  the  heavens,  and 
with  v,he  creeping  things  of  the 
ground  :  and  1  will  '  break  the 
DOW  and  the  sword  and  the  battle 
out  of  the  land,  and  will  make 
them  to  "lie  down  safely.  19 
And  I  will  *  betroth  thee  unto  me 

>  Or.  mnd^  into  fhf  image  of  Baal 

s  Or,  rdurn,  and  take  a"ny 

3  Ot,  shame  *  Or.  appointed  feasts 

s  Or,  wtu^ein  she  burned  incense  to  them 

«  Or,  nose-rings 

1  HeD.  to  her  heart.       i"  That  is,  ifu  husband. 

*  That  i».  Troubling.    >'  Tliat  is,  ilu  master. 

*  Or,  sing  ^  Or,  remembered 

29 


"  ver.  13 ; 

ch.  8.  4 
i>  ch.  a.  7  ; 

9.  -i 

'  Ezelt.  16. 

,■(7 
«'  Jer.  7.  34  ; 

10.  9 
"ch.  3.  4; 

Am.  6.  21 ; 

8.  10 
/Is.  1.  13,  14 
■^.ler.  5.  17; 

s.  13 
''  ver.  5 
'  Pa.  80.  12 ; 

Is.  .%  6 ; 

7.  23 

*  ch.  13.  8 ; 
Is.  32.  IS-LS 

'ch.  4.  13; 

11.  2 

'"  Jer.  7.  9 
"  Ezek.  10. 

12.  17 ; 
23.  40 

"ch.  4.  6;  8. 

14 ;  13.  8 
''  Ezek.  20. 

33-38 
«  Ezek.  28. 

26,  26 
"■  Josh.  7.  28 
■'  .ler.  2.  1-3 
'ch.  11.  1 ; 

12.  9,  13; 

13.  4;  Ex. 

l.-i.  2 

"  ver.  7  ;  Is. 

ut.  5 
"  Ex.  23.  13  ; 

•losh.  23. 

7  ;  Ps.  16.  4 
•^  ver.  13 
■"  Job  a.  23 ; 

Is.  II.  6-9; 

Ezek.  34. 

-  Ezek.  39. 

1-10 

"  Ezek.  34. 

*  is.  62.  4,  r, ; 
Jer.  3.  14 


"Is.  1.  27; 

54.  6-8 
rfch.  6.  6; 

13.  4 

'  Is.  r..5.  10 ; 
Zech.  8. 
12:  Mai. 

3.  10,  11 

/Jer.  31. 

12:  Joel 

2.  19 
'■>  ch.  1.  4,  6, 

11 
''  Jer.  31.  27 
'  ver.  1 ; 

ch.  I.  6 
*  Rom.  9.  2.') 
■cli.  1.  9 
"'  ver.  1 
"  ch.  1.  2 
"  2  8.  6.  19 ; 

1  Chr.  1(1. 

3 ;  S.  S.  2.  .•; 
P  Ruth  4.  10 
''ch.  13. 10. 11 
""ch.  2.  11; 

Dan.  9.  27 ; 

II.  31;  12. 

11 
'  ch.  10.  1,  2 
'  Ex.  28. 

4-12;  I  8. 

23.  9-12 
"  Gen.  31. 19, 

34;  Judg. 

17.  6 ;  18. 

14,  17  ;  1  8. 
16.  23 ;  19. 
13;  Ezek. 
21.  21 ; 

871 


for  ever;  yea,  I  will  betroth  thee 
unto  me  in  '  righteousness,  and  in 
justice,  and  in  ioviuKkindne.ss,  and 
in  mercies.  20  1  will  even  betroth 
thee  unto  me  in  faithfulness  ;  and 
thou  shalt  f  know  Jehovah. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  "1  will  answer,  saith  Je- 
hovah, 1  will  answer  the  lieavens, 
and  they  shall  answer  the  earth  ; 
22  and  the -^ earth  shall  answer  the 
grain,  and  the  new  wine,  and  the 
oil;  and  they  shall  answer  ^^^Jez- 
reei.  23  And  I  will  ''sow  her  unto 
me  in  the  "  earth  ;  and  I  will  have 
mercy  upon  ^^her  that  had  'not 
obtained  mercy  ;  and  *  1  will  say  to 
^®  them  that  were  '  not  my  people, 
"*  Thou  art  my  people ;  and  tney 
shall  say.  Thou  art  my  God. 

3  And  Jehovah  said  unto  me, 
"  Go  again,  love  a  woman  h%- 
loved  "  of  her  friend,  and  an  adul- 
teress, even  as  Jehovah  loveth  the 
children  of  Israel,  though  they 
turn  unto  other  gods,  and  '^love 
"cakes  of  raisins.  2  So  1  ^bought 
her  to  me  for  fifteen  jneces  of  sil- 
ver, and  a  homer  of  barley,  and  a 
'"  half-homer  of  barley  ;  3  and  I 
said  unto  her,  Thou  shalt  abide 
for  me  many  days ;  thou  shalt 
not  play  the  harlot,  and  thou 
shalt  not  be  any  man's  wife :  so 
will  I  also  be  toward  thee.  4  For 
the  children  of  Israel  shall  abide 
many  days  » without  king,  and 
without  prince,  and  ''without  siic- 
rifice,  and  without  ^'pillar,  and 
without  '  ephod  or  "  teraphim  :  5 
afterward  shall  the  children  of 
Israel  "return,  and  seek  Jehovah 
their  God,  and  '  David  their  king, 
and  shall  "come  with  fear  unto 
Jehovah  and  to  his  goodness  in 
the  latter  days. 

4'  Hear  the  word  of  Jehovah, 
ye  children  of  Israel ;  for  Je- 
hovah hath  a  "controversy  with 
the  inhabitants  of  the  land,  be- 
cause there  is  *no  truth,  nor  "^ good- 
ness, nor  "^  knowledge  of  God  in 
the  land.  2  There  is  nought  but 
'swearing  and  -'breaking  faith,  and 

Zech.  10.  2  "  Jer.  50.  4,  r.  »  Ezek.  34.  24  "'Jer.  31. 9 
-  ch.  ft.  1  "  ch.  12.  2 ;  Mic.  6.  2  *  Is.  69.  4 ;  Jer.  7.  28 
'ch.6.6  <*  ver.  6 ;  ch.  6.  4  'ch.  10.4  /ch.7.3; 
10. 13;  11.  12 


"  Or,  That  is.  Whom  Ood  sotaeth. 

1«  Or,  land 

i"^  Heb  Li'-ruhamah.    See  ch.  1.  6. 

l*^  Heb.  Li>-ammi.    See  ch.  1.  9,  10. 

1'  Or,  <>/  her  husband,  yet  an  dkc. 

18  Or,  them  that  love        »»  Heb.  IHhech. 

»  Or,  obeluk 


4.3 


HOSEA 


5.8 


Jehovab's  Controversy  with  Israel.    Jodah  warned  not  to  take  part  in  Israel's  Gnilt.   Israel's  Ipostasy  reboked 


"killing,  and  "■  stealing,  and  "com- 
mitting adultery ;  they  break  out, 
and  **  blood  touchetn  blood.  3 
Therefore  shall  the  land  *  mourn, 
and  every  one  that  dwelleth 
therein  shall  languish,  with  the 
•''beasts  of  the  field  and  the  birds 
of  the  heavens ;  yea,  the  fishes  of 
the  sea  also  shall  be  taken  away. 
4  Yet  let  no  man  ^strive,  neither 
let  any  man  reprove ;  for  thy 
people  are  as  they  that  ''strive 
with  the  priest.  5  And  thou 
shalt  'stumble  in  the  day,  and 
the  prophet  also  shall  stumble 
with  thee  in  the  night ;  and  I 
will  destroy  thy  *  mother. 
6   My  people  are  destroyed  for 

*  lack  of  knowledge  :  because  thou 
hast  '"rejected  knowledge^  ^I  will 
also  "reject  thee,  that  thou  shalt 
be  no  priest  to  me  :  seeing  thou 
hast  "forgotten  the  ^law  of  thy 
God,  I  also  will  forget  thy  chil- 
dren.     7    As    they    were   «multi- 

flied,  so  they  sinned  against  me : 
will  *■  change  their  glory  into 
'shame.  8  They  'feed  on  the 
sin  of  my  people,  and  "set  their 
heart  on  their  iniquity.  9  And 
it  shall  be,  like  people,  "like 
priest ;  and  I  will  *  punish  them 
lor  their  ways,  and  will  requite 
them  their  doings.  10  And  they 
shall  "  eat,  and  not  have  enough ; 
they  shall  ^play  the  harlot,  and 
shall  not  increase  ;  because  they 
have  "left  off  taking  heed  to 
Jehovah. 

11  *  Whoredom  and  wine  and 
new  wine  "  take  away  the  ^  under- 
standing. 12  My  people  ''ask 
counsel  at  their  stock,  and  their 
staff  declareth  unto  them  ;  for  the 

*  spirit  of  whoredom  hath  caused 
them  to  err,  and  they  have  •''played 
the  harlot,  departing  from  under* 
their  God.  1 3  They  sacrifice  upon 
the  "tops  of  the  mountains,  and 
*burn  incense  upon  the  hills, 
'  under  oaks  and  poplars  and  tere- 
binths, because  the  sTiadow  thereof 
is  good  :  therefore  your  daughters 
play  the  harlot,  and  your  ^brides 
commit  adultery.  14  I  will  not 
punish  your  daughters  when  they 
play  the  harlot,  nor  your  ^  brides 
when  they  commit  adultery ;  for 
the  men  themselves  *  go  apart  with 
harlots,  and  they  sacrifice  with 
the  '■  prostitutes ;   and  the  people 

1  According  to  another   reading,  /  have  re- 
jected. 
*  Heb.  heart.  *  Or,  daughten-tn^aw 


"  ch.  6.  9 

*  ch.  7.  1 
"  ch.  7.  4 
d  ch.  6.  8 ; 

12.  14 

^  Is.  24.  4 ; 

33.  9 
/Jer.  4.  26 
"  Ezek.  3. 

26  ;  Am.  6. 

1(1,  13 
''  Dt.  17.  12 
«  ch.  6.  6 ; 

Ezek.  14. 

3   7 

*  ell.  2.  2,  5 
'  ver.  1  ; 

ch.  6.  4 
"^  Mai.  2.  7,  8 
"  ver.  14 ; 

Zech.  11. 

8,  9,  15-17 
"  ch.  2.  13 ; 

8.  14  ;  13.  6 
P  ch.  8.  1,  12 
9  ch.  10.  1 ; 

13.  6 

*■  Hab.  2.  16 

*  ver.  18 

t  ch.  10.  13 
"  Is.  56.  11 ; 

Mic.  3.  11 
"Is.  24.  2; 

Jer.  6.  31 
"  ch.  8. 13 ; 

9.  9 

y  Lev.  26. 

26 ;  Is.  65. 

13;  Mic. 

6.  14 
'  ch.  7.  4 
"  ch.  9.  17 
6  ch.  6.  4 
"Is.  6.  12; 

28.  7 
<*  Is.  44.  19 ; 

Jer.  2.  27 

*  ch.  5.  4 
/ch,  9.  1 
"  Jer.  3.  6 
''  ch.  2.  13  ; 

11,  2 
'  Jer.  2.  20 

*  ver.  18 ; 
ch.  7.  4 

'  Dt.  23.  17 


•"  ver.  6,  11 ; 

ch.  5.  4 
"  ch.  9.  15 ; 

12. 11 
"  ch.  6.  8 ; 

10.  5,  8 ; 

1  K.  12.  28, 

29 
P  Jer.  5.  2  ; 

44.  26 
1  Ps.  78.  8 
"■  Is.  5.  17  ; 

7,  26 
»  ch.  13.  2 
<  ver.  4 ;  Ps. 

81.  12 
"  ver.  14 
"  ver.  7 
*  ch.  12. 1 ; 

13.  16 

»  ver.  1.3, 14 
^  ch.  4,  1 
"  ch.  9.  8 
i>  ch.  9.  15 
"  ch.  4.  2 ; 

6.  9 
d  Am.  3.  2 ; 

5.  12 
'  ch.  6.  10 
/ch.  4.  11 
'J  ch.  4.  12 
't  ch.  4.  6, 

11,14 
'  ch.  7.  10 
*ch.  4.  5 
'  Ezek.  23. 

31-36 
•"ch.  8.  13; 

872 


that  doth  "not  understand  shall 
be  overthrown. 

15  Though  thou,  Israel,  play  the 
harlot,  yet  let  not  Judah  '  offend ; 
and  come  not  ye  unto  "Gilgal, 
neither  go  ye  up  to  °Beth-aven, 
^nor    swear.    As   Jehovah    liveth. 

16  For  Israel  hath  behaved  him- 
self « stubbornly,  like  a  stubborn 
heifer:  now  will  Jehovah  'feed 
them  as  a  lamb  in  a  large  place. 

17  Ephraim  is  joined  to  "idols  ; 
Met  him  alone.  18  *  Their  drink 
is  become  sour ;  they  "  play  the 
harlot  continually  ;  ''  her  ^  rulei-s 
dearly  love  "  shame.  19  ^  The 
wind  hath  wrapped  her  up  in 
its  ^  wings  ;  and  "  they  shall .  be 
put  to  shame  because  of  their 
^  sacrifices. 

5^  Hear  this,  O  ye  priests,  and 
hearken,  O  house  or  Israel,  and 
give  ear,  O  house  of  the  king ;  for 
^"  unto  you  pertaineth  the  judg- 
ment ;  for  ye  have  been  a  "  snare 
at  Mizpah,  and  a  net  spread  upon 
Tabor.  2  And  the  *  revolters  ai'e 
"gone  deep  "  in  making  slaughter : 
but  I  am  a  ^^rebuker  of  them  all. 
3  1**  know  Ephraim,  and  Israel  is 
not  hid  from  me ;  for  now,  O 
"Ephraim,  thou  hast  played  the 
harlot,  Isi-ael  is  defiled.  4  "  Their 
doings  will  -^not  suffer  them  to 
turn  unto  their  God ;  for  the 
•''  spirit  of  whoredom  is  "  within 
them,  and  they  ''know  not  Jeho- 
vah. 5  And  the  ]^ 'pride  of  Israel 
doth  testify  to  his  face  :  therefore 
Israel  and  Ephraim  shall  *  stumble 
in  their  iniquity  ;  '  Judah  also  shall 
stumble  with  them.  6  They  shall 
™go  with  their  flocks  and  with  their 
herds  to  seek  Jehovah  ;  but  they 
shall  "  not  find  him :  he  hath  "  with- 
drawn himself  from  them.  7  They 
have  ^' dealt  treacherously  against 
Jehovah  ;  for  they  have  "  Dome 
9  strange  children  :  now  shall  ^^  the 
*■  new  moon  devour  them  with  their 
^8  fields. 

8  Blow  ye  the  cornet  in  'Gibeah, 
and    the    trumpet    in     '  Kamah : 

Mic.  6.  6.  7  "  Is.  1.  16;  Jer.  14.  12  "Ezek.  8.  S 
P  ch.  6. 7  ;  Is.  48.  8  «  ch.  2.  4  ''  ch.  2. 11, 12 ;  Is.  1.  14 
•  ch.  9.  9 ;  10.  9    '  Is.  10.  29 ;  Jer.  31.  15 


4  Or,  become  guilty    s  Or,  Their  carouse  is  over 
6  Ori  they  are  given  up  to  love;  her  rulers  are  a 

shame  7  Heb.  shields.  *  Or,  skirts 

s  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  their  altars  sltall  be 

put  tn  shame 

10  Or,  against  you  is  the  judgment 

11  Or,  in  corruption  n  Heb.  rebuke. 
13  Or,  They  will  not  frame  their  doings 

1*  Or,  in  the  m.idst  q/         i'  Or,  excellency 
i«  Or,  begotten  n  Or,  a  month 

'8  Heb.  portions. 


&9 


HOSEA 


7.  10 


Rusponse  to  Jehovah's  Rebake.    Ephrum  and  Jodah  eipostnlated  with.    Israel's  luiqaity  and  Rebellion 


sound  an  alarm  at  "  Beth^aven ; 
^  *  behind  thee,  O  Benjamin.  9 
Ephraim  shall  become  a  "desola- 
tion in  the  "^  day  of  rebuke  :  among 
the  tribes  of  Israel  have  I  made 
known  that  which  'shall  surely 
be.  10  The  princes  of  Judah  are 
like  them  that  •''remove  the  land- 
mark:  I  will  ^pour  out  my  wrath 
ufjon  them  "like  water.  11 
'Lphraim  is  oppressed,  he  is 
crushed  in  judgment;  because  he 
was  content  to  walk  after  inun's 
command.  12  -  Therefore  am  1 
unto  Ephraim  as  a  *moth,  and  to 
the  house  of  Judah  as  rottenness. 
13  When  Ephraim  saw  his  sick- 
ness, and  Judah  saio  his  wound, 
then  went  Ephi;aim  to  'Assyria, 
and  sent  to  ^'"king  Jareb  :  but  he 
is  "  not  able  to  heal  you,  neither 
will  he  cure  you  of  your  wound, 
l-t  For  [  will  be  unto  Ejjhraim 
'as  a  lion,  and  as  a  young  li(jn  to 
the  house  of  Judah:  '' i,  even  I. 
will  tear  and  go  away ;  I  will 
carry  off,  and  there  shall  be  '  none 
to  deliver.  15  1  will  go  and  re- 
turn to  my  place,  till  they  ■''"ac- 
knowledge their  offence,  and  seek 
my  face :  in  their  affliction  they 
will  *seek  me  '^earnestly. 

6  'Come,  and  let  us  return 
unto  Jehovah ;  for  he  hath 
"torn,  and  he  will  "heal  us:  he 
hath  smitten,  antl  he  wuU  ""  bind 
us  up.  2  After  two  days  will  he 
"  revive  us :  on  the  third  day  he 
will  raise  us  up,  and  we  shall  live 
before  him.  3  And  let  us 'know, 
let  us  follow  on  to  know  Jeho- 
vah:  his  "going  forth  is  sure  as 
the  morning ;  and  he  will  come 
unto  us  as  tne  *rain,  as  tlie  latter 
rain  that  watereth  the  earth. 

4  O  "Ephraim,  what  shall  I  do 
unto  theel  O  Judah,  what  shall  I 
do  unto  thee  I  for  your  "  goodness 
is  as  a  "^  morning  cloud,  and  as 
the  dew  that  goeth  early  awaj-. 
5  Therefore  have  I  "hewed  them 
by  the  prophets  ;  I  have  slain  them 
by  the  words  of  my  mouth  :  and 
"thy  judgments  are  -^as  the  light 
that  goetn  forth.  6  For  '  I  desire 
"*  goodness,  and  not  sacrifice ;  and 
the  ^  knowledge  of  God  more  than 
burnt-offerings.     7   But  they  "like 

»  Or,  After  Ifw,  Bmajmin  I 
'  Or,  And  I  was 

•■•  Or,  a  kiita  thnt  xhnuld  rnntend 
♦  Or,  have  hnrne  Uieir  auilt 
■■>  Or,  earnestly,  sayin.i;  *  Or,  kindneit 

■  Or,  according  to  another  readiuK.  ray 
^Or,  are  a»  men  that  have  traiugrcst'd  a 
.ovenarU 


"  oh.  4.  15 
<>  Judg.  5.  14 
''ch.  U.  11-17; 

Is.  28.  1-4 
d  Is.  37.  3 

•  Is.  40.  10; 
Zecb.  1.  0 

/  Dt.  27.  17 

'■'  Ezek.  7.  8 

'•  Ps.  32.  0 ; 

U3.  3,  4 

•  cb.  y.  10 

«••  I's.  39. 11  ; 

Is.  ul.  8 
'ch.  7.  11; 

».  I) ;  12.  1 
'"  ch.  10.  0 
"  ch.  14.  3 
"  ch.  13.  7, 

8;  Ps.  7.  2; 

Am.  3.  4 
P  Ps.  iK).  22 
''  Mic.  r>.  8 
■■  Is.  01. 7-0 ; 

Jer.  3.  13, 

14 
■'  ch.  X  6 ; 

Ps.  M.  tr> ; 

78.34;  Jer. 

2.  27 
'  Jer.  60.  4,  5 
"  ch.  .'..  14 
"ch.  14.  4 
•^  Is.  ."O.  26 
'J  Ps.  30.  6 

-18.2.3; 

Mic.  4.  2 
"  Ps.  19.  6 ; 

Mic.  i>.  2 
i>  Joel  2.  23 
'  ch.  7. 1 ; 

11.  8 
dch.  13.  3; 

Ps.  78. 

34-:!7 
'  1  S.  15.  32, 

.3.3 ;  Jer.  L 

10,  18;  o.  14 
/  ver.  3 
'■'  Mt.  9.  13 ; 

12.  7 

A  ch.  2.  20 


'  ch.  8.  1 
*  ch.  5.  7 
'  ch.  12.  U 
'"  ch.  4.  2 
"  ch.  7.  1 
°  ch.  4.  2 ; 

Jjr.  7.  9,  10 
Pch.  2.  10; 

Ezek.  22. 

9 ;  23.  27 
«  Jer.  6.  30, 

31  ;  23.  14 
■■  ch.  6.  3 
'  Jer.  .'>1.  33; 

Joel  3.  13 
<  Zeph.  2.  7 
"  ver.  13; 

ch.  6.  4 ; 

11.  8; 

Ezek.  24. 

13 
"ch.  4.  2 
'ch.fi.  9 
"ch.  8.  13; 

9.  9 ;  Ps 

2.1.  7  ;  Jer. 

14.  10: 

Am.  8.  7 
•ch.  4.  9; 

Jer  2.  19; 

4.  18 
"  ver.  5 ; 
Jer.  28. 
1-4 :  Mic. 

7.  3 

i>ch.  4.  2; 

II.  12 

•  Jer.  9.  2 ; 

23.  10 

•i  ver.  3 
'  Is.  28.  1, 
7,8 

873 


®  Adam  have  *  transgressed  the 
covenant :  there  have  they  *  dealt 
treacherously  against  me.  8 
'Gilead  is  a  city  of  them  that 
work  iniquity  ;  it  is  stained  with 
'"blood.  y  '"And  as  "troops  of 
robbers  wait  for  a  man,  so  the 
company  of  priests  "  murder  in 
tlie  way  toward  >Shechem  ;  yea, 
they  have  committed  ''  lewdnes.s. 
10  In  tlie  hou.se  of  Israel  I  have 
seen  a  "  horrible  thing :  there 
"■whoredom  is  found  in  Ephraim, 
Israel  is  defiled.  1 1  Also,  O 
Judah,  there  is  a  'harvest  ap- 
pointed for  thee,  when  I  "'bring 
back   the  captivity  of  my  people. 

7  When  I  "would  heal  Israel, 
then  is  the  iniquity  of  Ephraim 
uncovered,  and  the  wickedness  of 
iSamaria  ;  for  they  commit  "  false- 
hood, and  the  thief  entereth  in, 
and  the  ^  troop  of  robbers  ^'^  ravag- 
eth  without.  2  And  they  consider 
not  in  their  hearts  that  I  "re- 
member all  their  wickedness  :  now 
have  their  'own  doings  beset  them 
about ;  they  are  before  my  face. 
3  They  make  the  "  king  glad  with 
their  wickedness,  and  the  princes 
with  their  'lies.  4  They  are  "all 
adulterers ;  they  are  as  an  oven 
heated  by  the  baker;  he  ceaseth 
to  stir  the  fire,  from  the  kneading 
of  the  dough,  until  it  be  leavened^ 
5  On  the  day  of  our  ''  king  the 
princes  "  made  "  themselves  sick 
with  the  heat  of  wine ;  he  stretched 
out  his  hand  with  ■'scoffers.  6  For 
they  have  '^  made  ready  their  heart 
like  an  oven,  while  the.v  lie  in  wait : 
their  baker  sleepeth  all  the  night ; 
in  the  morning  it  burneth  as  a 
flaming  fire.  7  They  are  all  hot 
as  an  *'oven,  and  dev()ur  their 
"judges;  all  their  'kings  are 
fallen  :  there  is  none  among  them 
that  *calleth  unto  me. 

8  'Ephraim,  he  mixeth  himself 
among  the  peoples;  Ephraim  is 
a  cake  not  turned.  9  "Strangers 
have  devounnl  his  strength,  and 
he  "  knoweth  it  not :  yeii,  gray 
hairs  are  "*here  and  there  upon 
him.  and  he  knoweth  it  not.  10 
And  the  ''"pride  of  Israel  doth 
testify  to  his  face :  yet  they  have 

/Ia.28.  H  "Ps.  21. 9  *ch.  13. 10  *ver.l6*Ter.» 
Wer.  11 ;  ch.  6.  13    ""Is.  i.T    "  ch.  4.  6   "ch.  6.  5 


»  Or,  men 

»o  Or,  And  tu  robbera  Ivino  in  wait,  mo  Ac. 
>i  Or,  rrlnrn  to  '*  Heb.  brought  near, 

i^  Or,  maketh  a  raid       >*  Heb.  rprinkled. 
>3  Or,  him  i*  Or.  txcellenev 


7.11 


HOSEA 


9.6 


Israel's  Idolatry  and  Lawlessness.    Panisbment  for  Israel's  Infidelity 


•not  returned  unto  Jehovah  their 
God,  nor  sought  him,  for  all  this. 
11  And  Ephraim  is  like  a  silly 
dove,  *  without  '  understanding : 
they  call  unto  "  Egypt,  they  go  to 
**  Assyria.  1 2  When  they  shall  go, 
I  will "  spread  my  net  upon  them  ; 
I  will  bring  them  down  as  the 
birds  of  the  heavens ;  I  will  chas- 
tise them,  ^as  their  congregation 
hath  heard.  13  •''Woe  unto  them  ! 
for  they  have  ''wandered  from 
me ;  destruction  unto  them  !  for 
they  have  trespassed  against  me : 
though  I  ^  would  redeem  them,  yet 
they  have  spoken  lies  against  me. 
14  And  they  have  not  'cried  unto 
me  with  their  heart,  but  they  howl 
upon  their  beds :  they  *  assemble 
themselves  for  grain  and  new  wine ; 
they '  rebel  against  me.  1 5  Though 
I  have  '  ^  taught  and  strengthened 
their  arms,  yet  do  they  "devise 
mischief  against  me.  16  They  re- 
turn, but  not  to  him  that  is  on  high ; 
they  are  "like  a  deceitful  bow ;  their 
^princes  shall  fall  by  the  sword  for 
the  *  rage  of  their  tongue  :  this 
shall  be  their  ^  derision  in  the  land 
of 'Egypt. 

8*' Set  the  trumpet  to  thy 
mouth.  "As  an  eagle  he  cometh 
against  the  house  of  Jehovah,  be- 
cause they  have  "transgressed  my 
covenant,  and  trespassed  against 
my  ^  law.  2  They  snail  ^  cry  unto 
me,  My  God,  we  Israel  know  thee. 

3  Israel  hath  cast  off  that  which  is 
'  good :  the  enemy  shall  pursue  him. 

4  They  have  "  set  up  kings,  but  not 
by  me ;  ®  they  have  made  princes, 
and  I  knew  it  not :  of  their  *  silver 
and  their  gold  have  they  made 
them  idols,  that  they  may  be  cut 
off.  5  He  hath  cast  off  thy  "calf, 
O  Samaria  ;  mine  anger  is  kindled 
against  them  :  how  long  will  it  be 
ere  they  attain  to  ■*  innocency  "J  6 
For  from  Israel  is  even  this  ;  the 
"workman  made  it,  and  it  is  no 
God ;  yea,  the  calf  of  Samaria 
shall  be  broken  in  pieces.  7  For 
they  sow  the  ^  wind,  and  they  shall 
reap  the  '  whirlwind  :  ®  he  hath  no 
standing  grain ;  the  blade  shall 
yield  ''  no  meal ;  if  so  be  it  yield, 
strangers  shall  swallow  it  up. 

8  Israel  is  *  swallowed  up  :  now 
are  they  among  the  nations  as  a 

1  Heb.  heart. 

*  Or,  when  the  report  cometh  to  their  congre- 
gation 8  Or,  chastened  them 

*  Or,  The  trumpet  to  thy  mouth  !    As  an  eagle 
against  the  house  of  Jehovah .' 

5  Or,  they  have  removed  them 

*  Or,  it  hath  no  stalk 


"  ver.  7, 14 ; 

ch.  6.  4 
6  ch.  4.  6,  11, 

14;  6.  4 
■=  ver.  16 ; 

ch.  8.  13 ; 

9.  3,  6 

d  ch.  6.  13 ; 

8.  9  ;  12. 1 
'  Ezek.  12. 13 
/ch.  9.  12 
"ch.  9.  17; 

Jer.  14.  10; 

Ezek.  34.  6 
''  ver.  1 ; 

Jer.  61.  9; 

Mt.  23.  37 
■  ch.  8.  2 

*  Judg.  9. 
27 ;  Am.  2. 
8 ;  Mic.  2. 
11 

'  ch.  13.  16 
"'  ch.  11.  3 
"  Nah.  1.  9 

0  Ps.  78.  67 
''  ver.  7 

1  Ps.  12.  3, 
4;  17.  10; 
Dan.  7.  25 ; 
Mai.  3.  13, 
14 

"■  Ezek.  23. 

32 
'  ver.  11 
<  ch.  5.  8 
"  Hab.  1.  8 
"  ch.  6.  7 
^  ver.  12 ; 

ch.  4.  6 
"  ch.  7.  14 
-  ch.  3.  6 
"  ch.  13.  10, 

11 
b  ch.  2.  8 ; 

13.  1,  2 
'  ver.  6 ;  ch. 

10.  6 ;  13.  2 
d  Ps.  19.  13 ; 

Jer.  13.  27 

*  ch.  13.  2 
/ch.  10.  13 
"  Is.  66.  15  ; 

Nah.  1.  3 
A  ch.  2.  9 
'  Jer.  51.  34 


*  ch.  13.  15 ; 
Jer.  25.  34 

'  ch.  7.  11 
"^  Ezek.  16. 

33 
"  Ezek.  22. 

20 
"  Jer.  42.  2 
P  Is.  10.  8 
9  ch.  10.  1 ; 

12.  11 
*■  ver.  1 ; 

ch.  4.  6 
»  ch.  6.  6 ; 

9.  4 
t  Jer.  6.  20 ; 

7.  21 
"  ch.  7.  2 ; 

Lk.  12.  2 ; 

1  Cor.  4.  5 
"  ch.  4.  9 ; 

9.  7 

*  ch.  9.  3,  6 
»  ch.  2.  13  ; 

4.  6;  13.  6 

*  Is.  9.  9,  10 
"  Jer.  17.  27 
6  ch.  10.  5 ; 

Is.  22.  12, 

13 
«  ch.  4.  12 
d  ch.  7.  14 
«  ch.  2.  9 
/  ver.  6 ;  ch. 

7.  16 ;  8.  13 
»  Ezek.  4. 13 

h  ch.  7.  11 
>  Ex.  29.  40 

^74 


*  vessel  wherein  none  delighteth. 

9  For  they  are  gone  up  to  *As- 
s.yria,  like  a  wild  ass  alone  by  him- 
self :  Ephraim  hath  ™hired  ^lovers. 

10  Yea,  though  they  hire  among 
the  nations,  now  will  I  "gather 
them-  and  they  ® begin  to  be  "di- 
minished by  reason  of  the  burden 
of  the  ^king  of  princes. 

11  Because  Ephraim  hath  'mul- 
tiplied altars  for  sinning,  altars 
have  been  unto  him  for  sinning. 

12  I  wrote  for  him  the  ten  thou- 
sand things  of  my  ''  law  ;  but  they 
are   counted  as  a  strange   thing. 

13  As  for  the  'sacrifices  of  mine 
offerings,  they  'sacrifice  flesh  and 
eat  it ;  but  Jehovah  accepteth 
them  not :  now  will  he  "remember 
their  iniquity,  and  "  visit  their 
sins  ;  they  shall  return  to  *  Egypt. 

14  For  Israel  hath  3' forgotten  his 
Maker,  and  ^builded  ^palaces; 
and  Judah  hath  multiplied  forti- 
fied cities :  but  I  will  send  a  "  fire 
upon  his  cities,  and  it  shall  devour 
the  ^°  castles  thereof. 

9*  Rejoice  not,  O  Israel,  "  for 
joy,  like  the  peoples ;  ^^  for 
thou  hast  "played  the  harlot,  de- 
parting from  thy  God ;  thou  hast 
'^  loved  hire  upon  every  grain-floor. 
2  The  threshing-floor  and  the  wine- 
press shall  "not  feed  them,  and  the 
new  wine  shall  fail  her.  3  They 
shall  not  dwell  in  Jehovah's  land  ; 
but  Ephraim  shall  return  to ^Egypt, 
and  tney  shall  eat  "unclean  food 
in  *  Assyria.  4  They  shall  not 
pour  out  'wine-offerings  to  Jeho- 
vah, ^^  neither  shall  they  be  pleas- 
ing unto  him :  their  *  sacrifices 
shall  be  unto  them  as  the  bread 
of  mourners  ;  all  that  eat  thereof 
shall  be  '  polluted  ;  for  their  bread 
shall  be  for  their  appetite ;  it  shall 
not  come  into  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah. 5  "'What  will  ye  do  in  the 
day  of  solemn  assembly,  and  in 
the  day  of  the  "  feast  of  Jehovah  1 
6  For,  lo,  they  are  gone  away  from 
destruction  ;  yet  '  Egypt  shall 
gather  them  up,  *  Memphis  shall 
bury  them ;  their  pleasant  things 
of  silver,  nettles  shall  possess 
them ;    « thorns  shall  be  in  their 

*  ch.  6.  6 ;  8.  13  '  Hag.  2. 14  •"  Is.  10.  3 ;  Jer.  6.  31 
"  ch.  2. 11 ;  Joel  1.  13  "  ver.  3  *  Is.  19. 13 ;  Jer.  2. 
16 ;  44.  1 ;  46.  14.  19 ;  Ezek.  30.  13,  16  «  ch.  10.  8 ; 
Is.  5.  6  ;  7.  23 

7  Heb.  loves.  ,     ,    „  ,.„,    . 

8  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  shall  sorrow  a  Ixtlle  (or, 
for  a  little  while)     »  Or,  Um,ples      w  Or,  palacei 

11  Or,  unto  ex^dtation  "  On  that 

13  Or,  neither  shall  their  sacrifices  be  pleasini 
unto  him :  their  bread  shall  be  unto  them  Sec. 


a  7 


HOSEA 


10.13 


Panishaient  for  Israel's  Infldelity  tbreateDed.    Iirael's  Sin  reaps  RetributloB 


tents.  7  The  days  of  "  visitation 
are  come,  the  days  of  *  recompense 
are  come ;  Israel  shall  know  it : 
the  prophet  is  a  "fool,  the  man 
that  hath  tlie  spirit  is  **  mad,  for 
the  abundance  of  thine  'iniquity, 
and  because  the  eimiity  is  great. 
8  Ephraim  '  tvas  a  watchman  with 
my  God  :  as  for  the  prophet,  a 
■'fowler's  snare  is  in  all  his  ways, 
and  enmity  in  the  house  of  his 
Grod.  9  Tney  have  "  deeply  cor- 
rupted themselves,  as  in  the  days 
of  *  Gibetih  :  he  will  '  remember 
their  iniquity,  he  will  visit  their 
sins. 

10  1  found  Israel  like  *  grapes  in 
the  wilderness  ;  I  saw  your  fathers 
as  the '  first-ripe  in  the  fig-tree  at 
its  first  season  :  but  they  came  to 
'"Baal-peor,and  "consecrated  them- 
selves unto  the  ^"shameful  thing, 
and  became  "abominable  like  that 
which  they  loved.  11  As  for 
Ephraim,  their  glory  shall  ^  Hy 
away  like  a  bird  :  there  shall  be 
•'no  birth,  and  none  with  child, 
and  no  conception.  12  Though 
they  *■  bring  up  their  children,  yet 
will  I  bereave  them,  so  that  not  a 
man  shall  be  left :  yea,  '  woe  also 
to  them  when  I  depart  from  them  ! 
13  Ephraim,  ''like  as  I  have  seen 
'Tyre,  is  planted  in  a  pleasant 
place :  but  Ephraim  shall  bring 
out  his  children  to  the  slayer.  1 4 
Give  them,  O  Jehovah  — what  wilt 
thou  give  1  give  them  a  "  miscarry- 
ing wonib  and  dry  breasts.  15  All 
their  wickedness  is  in  "Gilgal ;  for 
there  I  hated  them  :  because  of  the 
'wickedness  of  their  doings  I  will 
drive  them  out  of  my  house  ;  I  will 
love  them  no  more ;  all  their  princes 
are  *  revolters.  16  'Ephraim  is 
smitten,  their  root  is  dried  up, 
they  shall  bear  "  no  fruit :  yea. 
though  they  *  bring  forth,  yet  will 
I  slay  the  "beloved  fruit  of  their 
womb.  17  My  God  will  cast  them 
away,  because  they  did ''not  hearken 
unto  him  ;  and  they  shall  be  "wan- 
derers among  the  nations. 
-i  /'\  Israel  is  a  luxuriant  ■'vine, 
JL\J  that  putteth  forth  his  fruit : 
according  to  the  abundance  of  his 
fruit  he  hath  "  multiplied  his  altars; 
according  to  the  *  goodness  of  their 
land  thej  have  made  goodly  ®*  pil- 
lars.    2  '  Their  heart  is  ®  *  divided  ; 

*  Or,  watcheth  against 

*  Or,  separated  »  Heb.  shame. 

*  Or,  as  I  have  seen,  is  like  Tyre,  thnt  is  planted 
ice.  '  Or,  prosperity  •  Or,  otf/iata 

"^Qx^Ut  hath  diviatdiheir  heart    "- Or,  »inool/i 


"  Is.  10.  3 ; 

Jer.  10.  \u\ 

Mic.  7.  4 
6  Is.  34.  8  ; 

Jer.  10.  18 ; 

25.  14 
•^  Lam.  2. 14  ; 

Ezek.  13. 3, 

10 
«'  Is.  44.  2|-> 
"  Ezek.  14. 

9.  10 
/ch.  6.  l; 

Prov.  29. 
o,6 
I'  Is.  31.  6 

''  ch.  6.  8 ; 

10.  9; 
Judg.  19. 
12 

•  ch.  7.  2  ;  8. 
13 

*  Mic.  7.  1 
'  Jer.  24.  2 

"'  Num.  26. 

1-3 
"  ch.  4.  18 ; 

Jer.  11.  13 
"  Ezek.  20.  8 
f  ch.  4.  7  ; 

10,  6 
9  ver.  14 ; 

ch.  4.  10 
"■  ver.  16 
'  ch.  7.  13 
<  Ezek.  27. 

3.  4 
"  ver.  11 
"  ch.  4.  15 ; 

12.  U 
=^ch.  4.  9; 

7.  2;  12.  2 
"  ch.  6.  2 
=  ch.  5.  11 
"  ch.  8.  7 
f>  ver.  12 
'  Ezek.  24. 

21 
d  ch.  4.  10 

'  ch.  7.  13 
/Is.  5.  1-7; 
Ezek.  15. 

1-5 
"ch.  8.  11; 

12.  11 ; 

Jer.  2.  28 
A  ch.  3.  4  ; 

1  K.  14.  23 
■■  1  K.  18.  21  ; 

Zeph.  1.  6 


fc  ch.  13.  16 
'  ver,  8 ; 

Mic.  5.  13 
"■  Ps.  12.  4  ; 

Is.  5.  19 
"  ch.  4.  2  ; 
Ezek.  17. 

l.'i-19 
"Dt.  .31.  16, 

17 ;  2  K. 

17.  3,  4 
''  ch.  8.  6,  6 
«ch.  4.  15; 

5.  8 

•"ch.  n.  II 
•ch.  II.  5 
'  ch.  5.  13 
"  ch.  4.  7 
"  Is.  30.  3 ; 

Jer.  7.  24 
'ch.  13.  II 
V  ch.  4.  13 
'  ver.  6 
°  1  K.  12. 

2H-30;  13. 

34 

*  ver.  2 ;  ch. 
9.  6 ;  Is. 
.T2.  13 

«Lk.  23.30: 
Rev.  6,  le 

d  ch,  5.  8 ; 
9   9 

♦  Ezek.  6. 13 

87(^ 


now  shall  they  be  found  *  guilty : 
he  will  'smite  their  altars,  he  will 
destroy  their  ®piUars.  3  Surely 
now  shjiU  they  say,  W'e  have  ""  no 
king ;  for  we  fear  not  Jehovah  ; 
and  the  king,  what  can  he  do  for 
us  I 

4  They  speak  vain  words, 
*"  swearing  falsely  in  making 
covenants  :  therefore  °  judgment 
^"  springeth  up  as  "  hemlock  in  the 
furrows  of  the  field.  5  The  inhab- 
itants of  Samaria  shall  be  in  terror 
for  the  ^calves  of  «  Beth-aven  ;  for 
the  people  thereof  shall  mourn 
over  it,  and  ''''the  priests  thereof 
that  rejoiced  over  it,  for  the  *■  glory- 
thereof,  because  it  is  departed 
from  it.  6  It  also  shall  be  car- 
ried unto  '  Assyria  for  a  present 
to  '  king  Jareb :  Ephraim  shall 
receive  "  shame,  and  Israel  shall 
be  ashamed  of  his  "own  counsel. 
7  ^'^  As  for  Samaria,  her  king  is  "^cut 
off,  as  "foam  upon  the  water.  8 
The  "  high  places  also  of  '  Aven,  the 
"sin  of  Israel,  .shall  be  destroyed: 
the  *  thorn  and  the  thistle  shall 
come  up  on  their  altars  ;  and  "  they 
shall  say  to  the  mountains.  Cover 
us  ;  and  to  the  hills.  Fall  on  us. 

9  O  Israel,  thou  hast  sinned 
"*  from  the  days  of  •*  Gibeah  : '®  tliere 
they  stood;  "the  battle  against 
the  children  of  iniquity  dotn  not 
overtake  them  in  Gibeah.  10  When 
it  is  my  'desire,  I  will  ■'chastise 
them ;  and  the  peoples  shall  be 
gathered  against  them,  when  they 
are  '* bound  '"to  their  two  trans- 
gressions. 11  And  Ephraim  is  a 
"heifer  that  is  taught,  that  loveth 
to  tread  out  the  grain  ;  but  I  have 
''passed  over  upon  her  fair  neck  :  1 
will  set  a 'rider  on  Ephraim  ;  Judah 
shall  plow,  Jacob  shall  break  his 
clods. 

12  *Sow  to  yourselves  in  right- 
eousness, rejij)  according  to  kind- 
ness;  'break  up  your  fallow 
ground  ;  for  it  is  time  to  '"seek 
Jehovah,  till  he  "come  and  '^''rain 
ighteousness  upon  you.      13    Ye 

/oh.  4, 9  '  ch.  4.  16 :  Jer.  fio.  II  *  Jer.  J8.  14  *  Pa. 
66.12    tProv.  11.  18    'Jer.  4.  3    "' ch.  12.  8    "ch. 

6.  3    •  Is.  «.  3 ;  45.  8 


»  Or,  th.e]i  swear  falsely,  they  make  covenant* 
1'  Or,  sluill  rpring  up 
«l  Heb.  rosh.    See  Dt  29.  IS. 
n  Heb   Chemarim.     See  2  K.  23.  5. 


"  Or,  .•iamaria  is  nit  (.j/with  her  kino 
'<  Or,  ticfigs  >*  Or,  more  Uian  in  the  i 

"■  Or,  there  have  they  rnntinued 


J-  Or,  shall  not  the  baUle     .  .  Gif>eah  f 
>«  Or.  yoked  '•'  Or,  for 

»  Or,  leach  you  righteou$neu 


10.14 


HOSEA 


12.12 


Jehovah  yearns  over  his  Vay  ward  People.    Ephraim  reminded  of  the  Story  of  Jacob  and  of  the  Days  of  Moses 


have  "  plowed  wickedness,  ye  have 
reaped  iniquity ;  ye  have  eaten  the 
fruit  of  ^*Hes;  for  thou  didst  trust 
in  thy  way,  in  the  "multitude  of 
thy  mighty  men.  14  Therefore 
shall  a  tumult  arise  ■^  among  thy 
^people,  and  all  thy  "* f orti'esses 
shall  be  destroyed,  as  Shalman  de- 
stroyed Beth-arbel  in  the  day  of 
battle  :  the  "  mother  was  dashed  in 
pieces  with  her  children.  15  ''So 
shall -^  Beth -el  do  unto  you  because 
of  your  great  wickedness  :  at  day- 
break shall  the  "king  of  Israel  be 
utterly  cut  ofi". 

nWhen  Israel  was  a  child, 
then  I  loved  him,  and  ''  called 
my  son  '  out  of  Egypt.  2  The  more 
iJie  ''projihets  called  them,  the  more 
they  went  from  them  :  they  '  sacri- 
ficed unto  the  Baalim,  and  '"  burned 
incense  to  graven  images.  3  Yet  I 
"  taught  Ephraim  to  walk  ;  ^  I "  took 
them  on  my  arms  ;  but  they  knew 
not  that  1  p  healed  them.  4  I « drew 
them  with  cords  of  a  man,  with 
bands  of  love  ;  and  I  was  to  them 
as  they  that  lift  up  the  yoke  on 
their  jaws  ;  and  I  *■  laid  food  before 
them. 

5  They  shall  not  return  into  the 
land  of  Egypt;  but  the  'Assyrian 
shall  be  their  king,  because  they 
'refused  to  return  to  me.  6  And 
the  "sword  shall  ®fall  upon  their 
cities,  and  shall  "consume  their 
bars,  and  devour  them,  because  of 
their  *own  counsels.  7  And  my 
people  are  bent  on  ^backsliding 
irona  me :  though  Hhey  call  them 
to  him  that  is  on  high,  none  at  all 
will  "^  exalt  him.. 

8  "How  shall  I  give  thee  up, 
Ephraim  1  how  shall  I  cast  thee  off, 
Israel  1  how  shall  I  make  thee  as 
'Admah?  how  shall  I  set  thee  as 

*  Zeboiim  ■?  my  heart  is  turned 
within  me,  my  compassions  are 
kindled  together.  9  I  will  ""not 
execute  the  fierceness  of  mine 
anger,  I  will  not  ''return  to  de- 
stroy Ephraim  :  for  I  am  God,  and 
not  man  ;  the  *  Holy  One  in  the 
rhidst    of    thee  ;    and    I    will    not 

*  come  in  wrath.  10  They  shall 
^  walk  after  Jehovah,  who  will 
'  roar  like  a  lion ;  for  he  will  roar, 
and  the  children  shall  come  *  trem- 
bling  from   the   west.      11   They 

1  Or,  faithlessness 

*  Or,  against  *  Heb.  peoples. 

*  Or,  So  shall  it  be  done  unto  you  at  Beth-el 
5  Heb.  he  took  them  on  his  a-rms. 

*  Or,  rage  against  7  0»-,  lift  himself  up 
8  Or,  enter  into  the  city 


°  Job  4.  8 ; 

Gal.  6.  7 
i>  ch.  4.  2 ; 

7.  3  ;  U.  12 
"  Ps.  33.  16 
d  Is.  17.  3 
'  ch.  13.  16 

*[Ch.  12.  1  in 

Heb.] 
/  ver.  6 ;  ch. 

4.  15 
"  ver.  7 
h  Mt.  2. 15 
'  ch.  2.  l.i  ; 

12,  9, 13; 

13,  4 

fc  2  K.  17. 

13-15 
'  ch.  2.  13 ; 

4.  13 

'"  Is.  Co.  7 ; 

Jer.  18.  15 
"  ch.  7.  15 
"Bt.  1.31; 

32.  10,  11 
P  Ps.  107.  20 ; 

Jer.  30.  17 
«  Jer.  31.  2, 3 
*■  Ex.  16.  32 
"  ch.  10.  6 
<  ch.  7.  16 
"  ch.  13.  16 
"  Lam.  2.  9 
"  ch.  4.  16, 17 
"  Jer.  8.  5 

*  ver.  2 

"  ch.  6.  4 ; 
7.  1 

*  Gen.  14.  8 ; 
Dt.  29.  23 

"  Dt.  13.  17 
d  Jer.  26.  3; 

30.  11 
'  Is.  5.  24  ; 

12.  6 ;  41. 

14,  16 

/  ch.  3.  5 ; 

6.  1-3 
"18.31.  4; 

Joel  3.  16 ; 

Am.  1.  2 
ft  Is.  66.  2,  6 


i  Is.  11.  11 

*ch.  7.  11; 

Is.  60.  8 
'  Ezek.  34. 

27,  28 
"'  ch.  4.  2 ; 

7.  3 
"  Jer.  22.  22 
"  Gen.  41.  6  ; 

Ezek.  17. 10 
''ch.  7.  1,  13 
«  ch.  5.  13 ; 

7.  11;  8.  9 
•■  2  K.  17.  4 

•  ch.  4.  1 
<ch.  4.  9; 

7.2 
«  Gen.  25.  26 
"  Gen.  32.  28 
'^  Gen.  32.  26 
y  Gen.  28. 

13-15;  35. 

10-15 
'  Ex.  3.  15 
"  ch.  6.  1-3 ; 

10.  12 
l>  ch.  6.  6 
'  Mic.  7.  7 
d  ch.  7.  14 
"Prov.  11. 

1 ;  Am.  8. 

5 ;  Mic.  6. 

11 
/ch.  13.6; 

Ps.  62.  10 
»  ch.  4.  8 ; 

14.  1 

"eh.  11.  l; 

13.  4 
•■  Lev.  23.  42 

*  Jer.  7.  26 

876 


shall  come  trembling  as  a  bird  out 
of  'Egypt,  and  as  a  *dove  out  of 
the  land  of  '  Assyria ;  and  I  will 
make  them  to  '  dwell  in  their 
houses,  saith  Jehovah. 
*  1 2  Ephraim  compasseth  me 
about  with  '"falsehood,  and  the 
house  of  Israel  with  deceit ;  ®  but 
Judah  yet  ruleth  with  God,  and 
is  faithful  with  the  Holy  One. 
■i  O  1  Ephraim  feedeth  on  "wind, 
JL  ^  ana  followeth  after  the  "  east 
wind:  he  continually ^multiplieth 
lies  and  desolation  ;  and  they  make 
a  covenant  with  « Assyria,  and  oil 
is  carried  into  *■  Egypt.  2  Jehovah 
hath  also  a  '  controversy  with 
Judah,  and  will  ^°  punish  Jacob 
'according  to  his  ways  ;  according 
to  his  doings  will  he  recompense 
him.  3  In  the  womb  he  "  took;  his 
brother  by  the  heel ;  and  in  his 
"manhood  he  *^had  "power  with 
God :  4  yea,  he  had  power  over 
the  angel,  and  prevailed  ;  he  wept, 
and  ^  made  supplication  unto  him  : 
he  found  him  at  ^Beth-el.  and 
there  he  spake  with  us,  5  ^^even 
Jehovah,  the  Gpd  of  hosts ;  Jehovah 
is  his  ^memorial  name.  6  There- 
fore "turn  thou  to  thy  God  :  keep 

*  kindness  and  justice,  and  "wait 
for  thy  God  continually. 

7  ^*Me  is  1^ a  "trafficker,  the  'bal- 
ances of  deceit  are  in  his  hand : 
he  loveth  to  ^®  oppress.  8  And 
Ephraim  said,  Surely  I  am  become 
•^rich,  I  have  found  me  wealth : 
in  all  my  labors  they  shall  find 
in  me  "no  iniquity  that  were  sin. 

9  But  I  am  Jehovah  thy  God  from 
the  land  of  *  Egypt ;  I  will  yet 
again  make  thee  to  'dwell  in  tents, 
as  in  the  days  'of  the  solemn  feast. 

10  I  have  also  spoken  unto  the 

*  prophets,  and  I  nave  multiplied 
visions;  and  "by  the  ministry  of 
the  prophets  have  I  used  'simili- 
tudes. 11  Is  ""Gilead  iniquity? 
they  are  altogether  false  ;  in  "  Gil- 
gal  they  sacrifice  bullocks ;  yea, 
"their  altars  ^*are  as  heaps  in  the 
furrows  of  the  field.  12  And 
^  Jacob  fled  into  the  field  of  Aram, 
and  « Israel  served  for  a  wife,  ana 

'  Ezek.  17.  2  ;  20.  49  "*  ch.  6.  8  "  ch.  4.  15 ;  9.  15 
"  ch.  8.  11 ;  10.  1,  2    P  Gen.  28.  ft    'Gen.  29.  20 


9  Or,  and  Judah  is  vet  unstedfast  witii  God^ 
and  with  the  Holy  One  who  is  faithful 
1*  Heb.  visit  upon. 

n  Or,  strength  i*  Or,  strove 

13  Or,  for  Jehovah  is  the  Ood  of  hosts 
1*  Or,  As  for  Canaan,  the  &e. 

15  Or,  a  Canaanite   Heb.  Canaan. 

16  Or,  dtfraud  17  Heb.  by  the  hand. 
18  Or,  shall  be 


12.13 


HOSEA 


14.8 


Ephraim's  Idolatry  (ondemned.    H«  is  remonstrated  with  aad  threatened.    Israel  entreated  to  return  to  Jehorah 


for  a  wife  he  kept  sheep.  1 3  And 
by  a  "prophet  Jehovah  brought 
Israel  up  out  of  Egypt,  and  by 
a  prophet  was  he  'preserved.  14 
*Ephraim  hath  provoked  to  anger 
most  bitterly  :  therefore  shall  his 
'blood  be  left  upon  iiini.  and  his 
^reproach  shall  liis  Lord  return 
unto  him. 

-|  Q  "When  Ephraim  "spake, 
X  O  there  was  trembling ;  he 
■'exalted  himself  in  Israel;  but 
when  he  ^offended  in  "Baal,  he 
died.  2  And  now  they  sin  more 
and  more,  and  have  made   them 

*  molten  images  of  their  silver, 
even  idols  according  to  their  own 
'understanding,  all    of    them  the 

*  work  of  the  craftsmen  :  they  say 
of  them.  Let  *  the  men  that  sacri- 
fice kiss  the  'calves.  3  Therefore 
they  shall  be  as  the  '"morning 
cloud,  and  as  the  dew  that  passeth 
early  away,  as  the  "chatf  that  is 
driven  with  the  whirlwind  out 
of  the  threshing-floor,  and  as  the 

*  smoke  out  of  the  chimney. 

4:  Yet  I  am  ^Jehovah  thv  God 
from  the  land  of  Egypt ;  and  thou 
^shalt  know  »no  god  but  me,  and 
•■  besides  me  there  is  no  saviour.  5 
I  did  'know  thee  in  the  wilder- 
ness, in  the  land  of  great  drought. 

6  According  to  their  pasture,  so 
were  they  '  filled  ;  they  were  filled, 
and  their  "  heart  was  exalted  : 
therefore  have  they  "  forgotten  me. 

7  Therefore  am  I  unto  them  as  a 
'  lion ;  as  a  "  leopard  will  1  watch 
by  the  way ;  8  1  will  meet  them 
as  a  bear  that  is  bereaved  of  her 
whelps,  and  will  rend  the  caul  of 
their  heart;  and  there  will  I  -de- 
vour them  like  a  lioness ;  the  wild 
beast  shall  tear  them. 

9  "  It  is  thy  destruction,  O  Israel, 
Hhat  thou  art  "against  me,  against 
thy  Mielp.  10  Where  now  i.s  thy 
'  king,  that  he  may  save  thee  in  all 
thy  cities?  and  thy  ''judges,  of 
whom  thou  saidst.  Give  me  a  king 
and  princes]  11  I  have  'given 
thee  a  king  in  mine  anger,  and 
have  •'taken  him  away  in  my 
wrath.  1 2  The  iniquity  of  Ephraim 
is  bound  up;  his  sin  is  "laid  up 
in  store.  13  The  sorrows  of  a 
"  travailing  woman  shall  come  upon 
him:    he  is  an  'unwise  son;  *for 

1  Or,  kept  '  Or,  spake  with  tremblitio  <*<•. 

»  Or,  became  ^ilty    ,  ,  ^     .  , 

♦  Or,  the  iocnficers  of  men  ^      »  Or,  hwn-est 
-  ~     ~"     taHdest         '  " 


"  Rx.  14.  10- 
•i2 ;  Is.  W. 
11-14 

D :;  K.  17. 

7-i» 
'  Ezek.  IS. 

li>13 
d  Dan.  II. 

18;  Mic. 

e.  10 

•  Job  'JO. 
•^l,  -.'2 

/Judg.  8.  1 ; 

12.  1 
"  ch.  2.  8-17  ; 

11.  2 
'•  ch.  2.  8 ; 

Is.  4<i.  U ; 

Jer.  10.  4 
'  Is.  44.  17-20 
«•■  ch.  8.  6 
'  ch.  8.  5,  6 ; 

10.  6 
'"  ch.  6.  4 
•[Ch.  14.  1  in 

Heb.] 

"  Ps.  1.  4 ; 

Is.  17.  i:i ; 

Dan.  2.  35 
"  Ps.  68.  2 
''  ch.  12.  9 
«  Ex.  20.  3  ; 

2  K.  18.  3.1 

"•Is.  43.  11 ; 

45.  21,  22 

•  Dt.  32.  10 
'  Dt.  8.  12, 

14  ;  32.  13- 

15;  Jer. 

S.  7 
"  ch.  7.  14 
"  ch.  2.  13 ; 

4.  6  ;  8.  14 
'  ch.  5.  14 
"  Jer.  5.  6 
'  Ps.  .W.  22 

"  Jer.  2.  17, 

19;  Mai. 

1.  12,  13 
6  Dt.  33.  26, 

29 
"  ch.  8.  4  ; 

2  K.  17.  4 
rf  ch.  7.  7 

•  1  S.  8.  7 
/ch.  10.  7; 

1  K.  14. 

7-10 
0  Dt.  32.  34, 

35;  Job 

14.  17  ; 

Rom.  2.  5 
"  Mic.  4.  9, 

10 
'  ch.  6.  4 ; 
Dt.  32.  0 


„    _     de3troyeiV,()  Iirael:  for  thou  S-c. 
Or',  /or  in  me,  in  thy  help  — Or,  but  in  me  is 


•  Or,  Thou  ( 


^  Orfw/i*?*  it  is  time,  he  standeth  not  in  Jte. 


*  Is.  37.  3 ; 

06.  0 
'  Ps.  49.  16  ; 
Ezek.  37. 
12,  13 

•"  1  Cor.  15. 

65 
"  Jer.  20.  18 ; 

31.  35-37 
"  ch.  10.  1 ; 

(»en.  49.  22 
POen.  41.  6; 

Ezek.  17. 

10 ;  19.  12 
«  Jer.  61.  3« 
••  Jer.  20  5 

*  ch.  ID.  2 
«ch.  7.  14 
"ch.  11.  8 
•ch.  10.  14 
»  2  K.  15.  10 

*  ch.  8.  1 ; 

10.  12  ;  12.  6 
•ch.  4.  8;  5. 

5:  9.  7 
»  Mic.  7.  18, 

1» 

877 


it  is  time  he  should  *not  tarry  in 
the  place  of  the  breaking  forth 
of  children.  14  I  will^  '  ran.som 
them  from  the  *  power  of  iSlieol :  i 
will  redeem  them  from  death  : 
'"  O  death,  '"where are  thy  plagues  I 
OSheol,  '"where  is  thy  destruction  ( 
"repentance  shall  benidfrom  mine 
eyes. 

15  Though  he  be  "fruitful  among 
his  brethren,  an  ''east  wind  shall 
come,  the  "  breath  of  .Jehovah  com- 
ing up  from  the  wilderne.ss ;  and 
his  spring  shall  ''become  dry,  and 
his  fountain  shall  be  dried  up  :  '"  he 
shall  ""make  spoil  of  the  treasure 
of  all  goodly  vessels.  *  16  Samaria 
shall  '^ bear  her  'guilt ;  for  she  hath 
'  rebelled  against  her  God  :  they 
shall  fall  by  the  "  sword ;  their  in- 
fants shall  be  "dashed  in  niece.s, 
and  their  '  women  with  child  shall 
be  ripped  up. 

-i  A  O  Israel,  *  return  unto 
J_T:  Jehovah  thy  God  ;  for  thou 
hast  fallen  by  thine  'iniquity.  2 
Take  with  you  words,  and  return 
unto  Jehovah  :  say  unto  him, 
"Take  away  all  iniquity,  and  '•* ac- 
cept that  which  is  good  :  so  will 
we  *  render  as  bullocks  ^Ae  offerivg 
of  our  lips.  3  'Assyria  shall  not 
save  us ;  we  will  ''  not  ride  upon 
horses ;  neither  will  we  say  any 
more  to  the  '  work  of  our  hands, 
■^  Ye  are  our  gods  ;  for  in  "  thee  the 
fatherless  findeth  mercy. 

4  I  will  *  heal  their  backsliding, 

1  will  *  love  them  freely ;  for  mine 
anger  is  *  turned  away  from  him. 
5  I  will  be  as  the  'dew  unto  Is- 
rael ;  he  shall  blossom  as  the  ""lily, 
and  cast  forth  his  roots  as  "  Leb- 
anon. 6  His  branches  shall 
spread,  and  his  beauty  shall  be 
as  the  "olive-tree,  and  his  smell 
as  p Lebanon.  7  They  that  "dwell 
under  his  shadow  shall  return ; 
they  shall  revive  as  the  ''grain, 
and  blos.som  as  the  vine:  "the 
scent  thereof  shall  be  as  the  wine 
of  Lebanon.  8  '"Ephraim  shall 
say.  What  have  I  to  do  any  ni.  i  ; 
with  'idols?  I  have  answered, 
and  will  regard  him :  I  am  like  a 

«>ch.  6  6;  Pa.  61. 16, 17    'ch. S.  13   <«  la.  31.  I    'ch. 

8.8:13.2  /ch.  4.  12  "Pa.  88.6  *  ch.  8.  1  ;  U. 
57.  18    •  Zeph.  3  17    *  la.  12.  1     '  la.  26.  19    "  8.  8. 

2  1 ;  Mt  8.  28  "  Is.  V,.  2  0  Jer  11  16  f  8.  8  4.  U 
«  Eaek.  17.  23    "■  ch.  2.  21,  22    •  ver  3 ;  Job  34  32 


♦  Heb.  hand.  w  Or,  heeomt  desolate 

10  Or,  /  vyill  be  **  Or,  receive  us  oraci<yus'.v 

11  Or  wind  '*  Or,  his  memorial 

>*  Or,  it  '*  Or,  0  Sphraim,  what  S:e, 


14.9 


HOSEA 

Conclading  IdmonitioD 


14.9 


green  " fir-tree;  from  *me  is  thy 
fruit  found. 

9  'Who  is  wise,  that  he  may 
understand  these  things  1  prudent, 
that  he  may  know  them?  for  the 


"  Is.  41.  19 
b  Ezek.  17. 

23 
«  Ps.  107.  43 ; 
Jer.  9.  12 


<*  Ps.  111.  7, 


''ways  of  Jehovah  are  right,  and 
the  *just  shall  walk  in  them;  but 
■''transgressors  shall  fall  therein. 


8;Zepb.  3. 6  'la.  26. 7  /Ia.LS8 


THE  BOOK   OF 
JOEL 


A  Devastation  of  the  Land  by  Locusts.    Terribleness  of  the  Visitation 


IThe  "word  of  Jehovah  that 
came   to    *Joel    the     sou    of 
Pethuel. 
2  "^Hear  this,  ye  ''old  men,  and 

{five  eai-,  all  ye  inhabitants  of  the 
and.  Hath  tliis  been  in  *"  your 
days,  or  in  the  days  of  your  fa- 
thers ?  3  •'Tell  ye  your  children 
of  it,  and  let  your  children  tell 
their  children,  and  their  children 
another  generation.  4  That  which 
^  the  "  palmer- worm  hath  left  hath 
'  the  locust  eaten  ;  and  that  which 
the  locust  hath  left  hath  ^  the 
*  canker-worm  eaten ;  and  that 
which  the  canker-worm  hath  left 
hath  ^  the  '  caterpillar  eaten. 

5  Awake,  ye  *  drunkards,  and 
weep;  and  wail,  all  ye  drinkers 
of  wine,  because  of  the  sweet 
wine  ;  for  it^  is  '  cut  off  from  your 
moutn.  6  For  a  "*  nation  is  come 
up  upon  my  land,  strong,  and 
without  number ;  his  teeth  are 
the  teeth  of  a  lion,  and  he  hath 
the  jaw-teeth  of  a  lioness.  7  He 
hath  "  laid*  my  vine  waste,  and 
'^  barked  my  fig-tree :  he  hath 
made  it  clean  bare,  and  cast  it 
^  away ;  the  branches  thereof  are 
made  white. 

8  Lament  like  a  virgin  "girded 
with  sackcloth  for  the  husband 
of  her  youth.  9  The  ^meal-offer- 
ing and  the  drink-offering  are  cut 
off  from  the  house  of  Jehovah ; 
the  'priests,  Jehovah's  ministers, 
mourn.  10  The  field  is  ''laid  waste, 
the  land  mourneth ;  for  the  grain 
is  destroyed,  the  '  new  wine  is 
■*  dried  up,  the  oil  languisheth.  1 1 
®Be  'confounded,  O  ye  husband- 
men, wail,  O  ye  vinedressers,  for 
the  wheat  and  for  the  barley:  for 
the  "  harvest  of  the  field  is  perished. 
12  The  'vine  is  ''withered,  and 
the  fig-tree  languisheth ;  the 
'  pomegranate-tree,  the  »  palm-tree 

1  Probabb-,  different  kinds  of  locusts,  or  lo- 
custs in  different  stages  of  growth. 

»  Or,  broken         ^  Or,  down         *  Or,  ashamed 
'  Or,  The  husbandmen  are  eon/ounded,   the 
viriedressers  wail 


"  Jer.  1.  2  ; 
Ezek.  1.3; 
Hoe.  1.  1 

*  Acts  ■-'.  lii 
"  Hos.  4.  1 ; 

0.  1 

"^  ver.  14 ; 

Job  8.  8 
"  ch.  •-'.  2 ; 

Jer.  30.  7 
/  Ex.  lu.  2  ; 

Ps.  78.  4 
"  ch.  2.  25  ; 

Am.  4.  9 
''  Nah.  3.  15, 

16 
■  Is.  33.  4 

*  ch.  3.  3 

'  ver.  7,  12 
'"ch.  2.  2,11, 

2o 
"  Am.  4.  9 
"  ver.  13 ; 

Am.  8.  10 
P  ver.  13 ; 

ch.  2.  14 ; 

Hos.  9.  4 
9  ch.  2.  17 
'•  Is.  24.  4,  7 
'  Hos.  9.  2 
<  Jer.  14.  4  ; 

Am.  5.  16 
"Is.  17.  11; 

Jer.  9.  12 
"  Hab.  3.  17, 

18 
"  Hag.  2.  19 

y  s.  S.  7. 8 


-  S.  8.  2.  3 
"  Is.  16.  10 ; 
24.  11 

*  ver.  8 ; 
Jer.  4.  8 ; 
Ezek.  7.  IS 

"  ver.  9 ;  ch. 

2.  17 
<*  Jer.  9.  10 

•  1  K.  21.  27 
/ch.  2.  15,  IC 
"  ver.  2 

A  Jon.  3.  8 
'  Jer.  30.  7 ; 
Am.  5.  16 

*  ch.  2.  1, 11, 
31 

'Is.  13.  6; 

Ezek.  7. 

2-12 
"'  Is.  3.  7  ; 

Am.  4.  6,  7 
"  Dt.  12.  6, 

7  ;  Ps.  43.  4 
°Is.  17.10,11 
''1  K.  18.6; 

Jer.  12.  4 ; 

14.  r>,  (!; 

Hob.  4.  3 
1  Ps.  50.  15 ; 

Mic.  7.  7 
'■Jer.  9.  10; 

Am.  7.  4 

•  ver.  IS ; 
Ps.  104.  21 ; 
147.9 

«1  K.  17.  7; 
18.  5 

879 


also,  and  the  '  apple-tree,  even  all 
the  trees  of  the  neld  are  withered  : 
for  "joy  is  ''withered  away  from 
the  sons  of  men. 

13  *Gird  yourselves  with  sack- 
cloth, and  lament,  ye  '  priests ; 
**  wail,  ye  ministers  of  the  altar ; 
come,  'lie  all  night  in  sackcloth, 
ye  ministers  of  my  God  :  for  the 
meal-offering  and  the  drink-offer- 
ing are  withnolden  from  the  house 
of  your  God.  14  -'ISanctify  a  fast, 
call  a  solemn  assembly,  gather  the 
•" '  old  men  and  all  the  inhabitants  of 
the  land  unto  the  house  of  Jehovah 
your  God,  and  *  cry  unto  Jehovah. 

1 5  •  Alas  for  the  day !  for  the 
*  day  of  Jehovah  is  at  hand,  and  as 
'destruction  from  'the  Almighty 
shall  it  come,  1 6  Is  not  the  "  food 
cut  off  before  our  eyes,  yea,  "joy 
and  gladness  from  the  house  of 
our  God  I  17  The  "seeds  "rot 
under  their  clods  :  the  garners  are 
laid  desolate,  the  barns  are  broken 
down  ;  for  the  grain  is  *  withered. 
1 8  How  do  the  ^  beasts  groan  !  the 
herds  of  cattle  are  perplexed,  be- 
cause they  have  no  pasture ;  yea, 
the  flocks  of  sheep  "  are  made  deso- 
late. 19  O  Jehovah,  to  »thee  do 
I  cry ;  for  the  ''  fire  hath  devoured 
the  "pastures  of  the  wilderness, 
and  the  flame  hath  burned  all  the 
trees  of  the  field.  20  Yea,  the 
beasts  of  the  field  'pant  unto  thee  ; 
for  the  '  water  brooks  are  dried  up, 
and  the  fire  hath  devoured  the 
'"  pastures  of  the  wilderness. 

2"  Blow  ye  the  trumpet  in 
Zion,  and  .sound  an  alarm  in 
my  holy  mountain ;  let  all  the 
innabitants  of  the  land  tremble: 
for  the  "day  of  Jehovah  conieth, 
for  it  is  nigh  at  hand  ;  2  a  day  or 
'darkness  and  gloomine.ss,  a  day 
of  clouds  and  thick  darkness,  as 

"  ver.  15;  Zeph  I.  16  *  ver.  11,  31 ;  ch.  1. 16  ;  3.  14 
'  ver.  10, 31 ;  Zeph.  1.  15 


«  Or,  elders     ?  Heb.  Shaddai.      «  Or,  shrivel 
*  Or,  tuffer  tmnUhment         w  Or,  fold* 


2.3 


JOEL 


2.25 


Terribleness  of  the  Visitation.    A  Call  to  Fasting  and  Prayer.    Jehovah  shows  Pity  and  Favor 


the  dawn  spread  upon  the  moun- 
tains ;  a  "  great  people  and  a 
strong  ;  there  hath  *  not  been  ever 
the  like,  neither  shall  be  any  more 
after  them,  even  to  the  years  of 
many  generations.  3  A  "^  fire  de- 
voureth  before  them;  and  behind 
them  a  flame  burneth  :  the  land 
is  ''as  the  garden  of  Eden  before 
them,  and  behind  them  a  •^  deso- 
late wilderness;  yea,  and  none 
hath  escaped  them. 

4  The  -^appearance  of  them  is 
as  the  appearance  of  horses ;  and 
as   ^horsemen,    so   do    they   run. 

5  Like  the  ''noise  of  chariots  on 
the  tops  of  the  mountains  do  they 
leap,  like  the  noise  of  a  *  flame  of 
fire  that  devoureth  the  stubble,  as 
a  strong  people  set  in  battle  array. 

6  At  tlieir  presence  the  peoples 
are  in  'anguish;  all  *  faces  are 
waxed  pale.  7  They  run  like 
*  mighty  men;  they  "climb  the 
wall  like  men  of  war  ;  and  they 
"march  every  one  on  his  ways, 
and  they  break  not  their  ranks. 
8  Neither  doth  one  thrust  a,nother  ; 
they  march  every  one  in  his  path ; 
and  ^  they  burst  through  the  weap- 
ons, and  ^  break  not  off  their 
course.  9  They  "leap  upon  the 
city ;  they  run  upon  the  wall ; 
they  climb  up  into  the  ^  houses  ; 
they « enter  in  at  the  windows  like  a 
thief.  10  The  earth  ''quaketh  be- 
fore them ;  the  heavens  tremble  ; 
the  *sun  and  the  moon  are  dark- 
ened, and  the  stars  withdraw  their 
shining.  11  And  Jehovah  'utter- 
eth  his  voice  before  "  his  armv ; 
for  his  camp  is  very  great ;  for  he 
is  "  strong  that  executeth  his  word  ; 
for  the  ^day  of  Jehovah  is  great 
and  very  teri'ible ;  and  "  who  can 
abide  it  % 

12  Yet  even  now,  saith  Jehovah, 
'turn  ye  unto  me  with  all  your 
heart,  and  with  "  fasting,  and  with 
weeping,      and    with     mourning : 

1 3  and  rend  your  *  heart,  and  "  not 
your  garments,  and  turn  unto  Je- 
hovah your  God  ;  for  he  is  ^  gra- 
cious and  merciful,  slow  to  anger, 
and  abundant  in  lovingkindness, 
;and  *repenteth  him    of  the   evil. 

14  Who  knoweth  ■'whether  he  will 
not  turn  and  repent,  and  leave  a 
^  blessing  behind  him.  even  a 
•^  meal-offering  and  a  drink-offer- 
ing unto  Jehovah  your  God  1 

1  Or,  war-horses 

2  Or,  when  they  fall,  around  the  weapons,  they 
Ac.  3  Or,  are  not  woundid 


"  ver.  11,  25 ; 

ch.  1. 6 
b  ch.  1.  2 ; 

Lam.  1. 

12;  Dan. 

:.  i2 ;  12. 1 
'  Pb.  97.  3 ; 

Is.  9.  18,  19 
d  Is.  51.  3 ; 

Ezek.  3t>. 

3i'> 
'  Ex.  10.  5, 

16 ;  Ps.  105. 

34,  35 
/Kev.  9.  7 
"  Kev.  9.  9 
ft  Is.  5.  24 ; 

30.30 

'Is.  13.  8; 

Nah.  2.  10 

*•■  Jer.  30.  U 

'  Is.  5.  2ti,  27 
"*  ver.  9 
"  Prov.  30.  27 
"  ver.  7 
P  Ex.  10.  6 
9  Jer.  9.  21 
•■  ch.  3.  16 ; 

Ps.  18.  7 ; 

Nah.  1.  6 
'  ver.  31 ; 

ch.  3.  15 ; 

Is.  13.  10 ; 

34.  4  i  Jer. 

4.  23; 

Ezek.  32.  7 
'ch.  3.  16; 

Ps.  46.  6 ; 

Is.  13.  4 
"  ver.  2,  25 
"Jer.  50.34; 

Rev.  18. 8 
^  ver.  1,  31 ; 

ch.  1. 15 ; 

3.  14 
V  Ezek.  22. 

14 
^  Dt.  4.  29  ; 

Ezek.  33. 

II 
"  Dan.  9.  3 
i>  Ps.  51.  17 ; 

Is.  67.  16 

'Jer.  41.  5 

d  Ex.  34.  6 
^Jer.  18.  8; 

42.  10 ; 

Am.  7.  3,  6 
/Jer.  26.  3; 

Am.  5.  15 ; 

Jon.  1.  6; 

3.  9 ;  Zeph. 

2  3 
9  Hag.  2.  19 
1^  ch.  1.  9,  13 


'  ver.  1 
*ch.  1.  14; 

2  K.  10.  20 ; 

Jer.  36.  9 
'  1  S.  16.  5 ; 

•2  Chr.  29.  6 
'"  Ps.  19.  6 
"  ch.  1.  9 
"  2  Chr.  8. 

12;  Ezek. 

8.  16 
)'  Is.  37.  20  ; 

Am.  7.2,5 
«  Ps.  44.  13 ; 

74.  10 
*■  Ps.  79.  10  ; 

115.2 
»  Zech.  1. 

14 ;  8.  2 
<  Is.  60.  10 ; 

63.  9,  15 
"  Jer.  31. 12 ; 
Hos.  2.  21, 

"  Ezek.  34. 

29  ;  36.  15 
*  Jer.  1.  14, 

16 
v  Zech.  14.  8 

880 


15  'Blow  the  trumpet  in  Zion, 
*  sanctify  a  fast,  call  a  solemn 
assembly  ;  1 6  gather  the  people, 
'sanctify  the  assembly,  assemble 
the  *  old  men,  gather  tne  children, 
and  those  that  suck  the  breasts ; 
let  the  "*  bridegroom  go  forth  from 
his  chamber,  and  the  bride  out  of 
her  closet.  17  Let  the  "priests, 
the  ministers  of  Jehovah,  weep 
"  between  the  porch  and  the  altar, 
and  let  them  say,  ^  Spare  thy  peo- 

Ele,  O  Jehovah,  and  give  not  thy 
eritage  to  *  reproach,  that  the 
nations  should  'rule  over  them: 
wherefore  should  they  say  among 
the  peoples,  ''Where  is  their  Godi 
18  Then  was  Jehovah  'jealous 
for  his  land,  and  had  '  pity  on  his 
people.  19  And  Jehovah  an- 
swered and  said  unto  his  people, 
Behold,  I  will  send  you  "grain, 
and  new  wine,  and  oil,  and  ye 
shall  be  satisfied  therewith;  and 
I  will  "no  more  make  you  a  re- 

f  roach  among  the  nations ;  20  but 
will  remove  far  off  from  you  the 
^  northern  army,  and  will  drive  it 
into  a  land  barren  and  desolate, 
''  its  forepart ''  into  the  ^  eastern  sea, 
and  its  hinder  part  '^  into  the '  west- 
ern sea ;  and  its  "stench  shall  come 
up,  and  its  ill  savor  shall  come  up, 
because  it  hath  done  great  things. 
21  *Fear  not,  O  land,  be  glad 
and  rejoice ;  tor  Jehovah  hath 
''done  great  things.  22  Be  not 
afraid,  ye  beasts  of  the  field  ;  for 
the  "^  pastures  of  the  *  wilderness 
do  spring,  for  the  tree  beareth  its 
fruit,  the  fig-tree  and  the  vine  do 
yield  their  strength.  23  Be  glad 
then,  yf  /children  of  Zion,  and 
•'^ rejoice  in  Jehovah  your  God; 
for  he  ^  giveth  you  the  former  rain 
*in  just  measure,  and  he  causeth 
to  come  down  for  j^ou  the  rain, 
the  former  rain  and  the  ''latter 
rain,  *  in  the  first  month.  24  And 
the  'floors  shall  be  full  of  wheat, 
and  the  vats  shall  overflow  with 
new  wine  and  oil.  25  And  I  will 
restore  to  you  the  years  that  the 
*  locust  hath  eaten,  the  canker- 
worm,  and  the  caterpillar,  and  the 
palmer- worm,      my     great     army 

'  Dt.  11.  24  (marg.)  "  Is.  34.  3 ;  Am.  4.  10  ^  Is.  64. 
4 ;  Jer.  30.  10 ;  Zeph.  3.  16,  17  "  ver.  26 :  Ps.  126.  3 
rf  ch.  1.  18-20  ;  Ps.  65.  12,  13  «  Ps.  149.  2  /  Is.  12.  2-6 
"  Dt.  11.  14;  Jer.  6.  24  ^  Hos.  6.  3;  Zech.  10.  1 
>  Lev.  26.  10 ;  Am.  9.  13 ;  Mai.  3.  10  *  ver.  2-11 ; 
ch.  1.  4-7  

*  Or,  elders      '  Or,  use  a  byword  against  them 
6  Or,  with  its  forepart  7  Or,  toward 

*  Or,  in  (or,  for)  righteousness 
»  Or,  at  the  first 


2.  26 


JOEL 


3.17 


Ootpoaring  of  Cod's  Spirit  promised.    The  Hations  to  be  jadged,  and  Jodah  to  be  delivered 


which  I  sent  among  you.  26  And 
ye  shall  "  eat  in  plenty  and  be 
satisfied,  and  shall  *  praise  the 
name  of  Jehovah  your  (Jod,  that 
hath  ''dealt  wondrously  with  you  ; 
and  my  people  shall  never  bo  ''put 
to  shame.  ^7  And  ye  shall  '  know 
that  I  am  in  the  midst  of  Israel, 
and  that  I  am  Jehovah  your  Go(l, 
and  there  is  •''none  else;  and  my 
people  shall  never  be  "put  to 
shame. 

*28  *And  it  shall  come  to  pass 
afterward,  that  1  will  pour  out 
my  'Spirit  upon  *  all  flesh;  and 
your  sons  and  your  daughters 
shall  prophesy,  your  old  men  shall 
dream  dreams,  your  younj^  men 
shall  see  visions:  29  and  also  upon 
the  'servants  and  upon  the  hand- 
maids in  those  days  will  I  pour  out 
my  Spirit.  30  And  I  will  '"show 
wonders  in  the  heavens  and  in  the 
earth  :  blood,  and  fire,  and  pillars 
of  smoke.  31  The  "sun  shall  be 
turned  into  darkness,  and  the 
moon  into  blood,  before  the  "great 
and  terrible  day  of  Jehovah  cometh. 
32  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
''whosoever  shall  call  on  the  name 
of  Jehovah  shall  be  delivered ;  for 
in  mount  Zion  and  in  Jerusalem 
there  shall  be  those  that  "escape, 
as  Jehovah  hath  sa;d,  and  ^  among 
the  remnant  those  whom  Jehovah 
doth  call. 

*0  For,  behold,  in  those  days, 
O  and  in  that  time,  when  I  shall 
-  "■  bring  back  the  captivity  of 
Judah  and  Jerusalem,  2  I  will 
'gather  all  nations,  and  will  bring 
them  down  into  the  '  valley  of 
Jehoshaphat ;  and  I  will  "  execute 
judgment  upon  them  there  for 
my  people  and  for  my  heritage 
Israel,  whom  they  have  "scattered 
among  the  nations  :  and  they  have 
'parted  my  land,  3  and  have  *cast 
lots  for  my  people,  and  have  'given 
a  boy  for  a  harlot,  and  sold  a  girl 
for  wine,  that  they  may  drink.  4 
Vea,  ana  what  are  ye  to  me,  O 
"Tyre,  and  Sidon,  and  all  the 
regions  of  *  Philistia  ]  *  will  ye 
'render  me  a  recompense?  and  if 
ye  recompense  me,  swiftly  and 
speedily  will  I  •'return  your 
^recompense  upon  your  own  head. 
5  Forasmuch  as  ye  nave  'taken  my 
silver  and  my  gold,  and  have  car- 
ried into  your  temples  my  goodly 

1  Or,  in  the  remnant  whom  ir.     s  Or,  return  to 
5  Or.  will  ye  repay  a  deed  of  mine,  nr  xrill  ye  do 
aui/ht  unto  me  t  suii/Uv  <tc.  «  Or,  deed 


"Dt.  n.  16; 
Ib.  62.  9 

•  Dt.  12.  7 ; 
Ps.  07.  6-7 

"  Pb.  VM.  'J, 
3 ;  Is.  116.  1 
d  Is.  46.  17 
"  ch.  X  17,  ■.'! 
/  Is.  in.  5,  0 

"  l8. 4u.  •^■.^ 

"  ver.  28-32 : 
Acts  2. 
17-21 

•  Is.  32.  15  ; 
44.  3; 
Ezek.  39. 
29 

*:  Is.  40.  6 ; 
40.6 

*[Ch.  3.  1  in 

lleb] 
'  1  Cor.  12. 

13 
'"  Lk.  21.  11, 

2."i,  20 ; 

Acts  2.  19 
"  ver.  M ; 

ch.  3.  16 ; 

Is.  13.  9, 

10 ;  34.  4  ; 

Mt.  24.  29 ; 

Mk.  13.  24  ; 

Acts 2.  20 
"  Zeph.  1. 

14-16; 

Mai.  4.  1,  6 
P  Jer.  33.  3 ; 

Acts  2.  21 ; 

Kom.  10.  13 
«  Is.  4.  2 ; 

Obad.  17 
"■Jer.  16.  16 

•  Is.  66.  18 ; 
Mic.  4.  12 

'  ver.  12, 14 
"Is.  66.  16; 

Jer.  25.  31 
^  Jer.  60.  17  ; 

Ezek.  34.  6 
"  Ezek.  36. 

10  ;  36.  1-5 
vObad.  11; 

Nah.  3.  10 
'  \m.  2.  6 
*[Ch,  4.  1  in 

Heb.] 
"Am.  1.  9, 

10 ;  Zecli. 

9.  2-4 
6  Am.  1.6-8; 

Zech.  9.  6-7 
'  Ezek.  25. 

12-17 
<t  Is.  34.  8  ; 

69.  IS 

•  2  K.  12.  18  ; 
2Chr.  21. 
16,  17 


/  ver.  3 ; 

Ezek.  27. 13 
"  Zech.  9.  13 
l>  1  S.  16.  33 

>  Is.  14.  2 ; 

CHI.  14 
*  Job  1.  15 

imarK-  > ; 
•s.  72.  10 ; 
Ezek.  3& 
13 
'  Jer.  61.  27, 

28 

"•  Jer.  6.  4 : 
Mic.  3.6 (i 
marKins) 

"  Is.  8.  9,  10; 
Jer.  4«.  3, 
4  ;  Zech. 
14.  2,  3 

"  Is.  2.  4  ; 
Mic.  4.  3 

P  Exek.  SS. 
16,  16; 
Zeph.  3.  8 

« Is.  13.  3 

881 


precious  things,  G  and  have  soldi 
the  -^children  of  Judah  and  the 
children  of  Jerusalem  unto  the 
sons  of  the  Grecians,  that  ye  may 
remove  them  far  from  their  bor- 
der ;  7  behold,  I  will  » stir  them 
up  out  of  the  place  whither  ye 
have  sold  them,  and  will  *  return, 
your  ■'recompense  u^ion  your  owit 
head;  8  and  I  will  sell  'your 
sons  and  your  daughters  into  the 
hand  of  the  children  of  Judah, 
and  they  shall  sell  them  to  the 
men  of  *  Sheba,  to  a  nation  far  off: 
for  Jehovah  hath  snoken  it. 

9/ Proclaim  ye  this  among  the 
nations;  "'"prepare  war-  "stir  up 
the  mighty  men  ;  let  all  the  men 
of  war  draw  near,  let  them  come 
up.  10  "Beat  your  plowshares 
into  s\yords,  and  your  pruning- 
hooks  into  spears  :  let  tlie  weak 
say,  I  am  strong.  11*''  Haste  ye. 
and  come,  all  ye  nations  round 
about,  and  gather  yourselves  to- 
gether :  thither  cau.se  thy  ■'mighty 
ones  to  come  down,  O  Jehovah. 
12  Let  the  nations  bestir  them- 
selves, and  come  up  to  the  ''valley 
of  ^Jehoshaphat;  for  there  will  I 
sit  to  'judge  all  the  nations  round 
about.  13  Put  ye  in  the  sickle; 
for  the  *' harvest  is  ripe:    come, 

*  tread  j'e ;  for  the  "winepress  is 
full,  the  vats  overflow  ;  for  their 
"wickedness  is  great. 

14  'Multitudes,  multitudes  in 
the  *  valley  of  decision  !  for  the 
-day  of  Jehovah  is  near  in  the 
valley  of  decision.  15  The  °sun 
and  the  moon  are  darkened,  and 
the  stars  withdraw  their  shining. 
16  And  Jehovah  will  'roar  from 
Zion,  and  "utter  his  voice  from 
Jerusalem  ;  and  the  ''  heavens  and 
the  earth  shall  shake :  but  Jeho- 
vah will  he  a  "refuge  unto  his 
people,  and  a  'stronghold  to  the 
children  ()f  Israel.  17  So  .shall 
ye  "know  that  I  am  Jehovah  your 
God,  dwelling  in  Zion  my  "rioly 
mount-ain :  tlieii  shall  Jeru.salem 
be    '  holy,    and     there     shall     no 

*  strangers  pass  through  her  any 
more. 

"•ver.  2  »Pii  7.  fl:  68.  9;  Is.  3.  13  <Jer.  61.  33; 
Hos.  6.  11  "  Is.  «;i.  3;  I^m  I.  16  'Gen.  18.  ao 
'  Ib.  34.  2-8  "ver.  2.  12  '  ch  1.  16  ;  2  I,  II,  31 
"ch.  2.  10,  3;  »  Hob.  II.  10;  Am.  1.  2  'ch.  t.  II 
<*  ch.  2.  10;  Ezek.  .38.  10  ;  H»k  2.  6  •  Ps.  81.  3;  Is 
.33.  16 ;  Jer.  17.  17  /Jer.  16. 19;  Nah.  1.  7  "  Tcr.  2i ; 
ch.  2.  27  *  Is.  II.  9 ;  .w.  7  ;  Eiok.  ».  40  *  la.  4.  3 ; 
Obad.  17    *:  Is.  62.  1 :  Xah  I.  i& 

'  Heb.  unnrd/y.       *  Or,  A  uemble  vourselvu 

7  That  is,  Jehovah  judgeth. 

•  Or,  rinioye  *  O'l  0*^  Vou  doum 


3.  18 


JOEL 


3.21 


The  latioiu  to  be  judged,  and  Jodah  to  be  delivered 


18  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  that  the  "mountains  shall 
drop  down  sweet  wine,  and  the 
hills  shall  *  flow  with  milk,  and  all 
the  "brooks  of  Judah  shall  flow 
with  waters  ;  and  a  "^  fountain  shall 
come  forth  from  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah, and  shall  water  ^  the  valley 
of  "Shittim.  1.9  Egypt  shall  be  a 
desolation,  and  Edom  shall  be  a 
1  That  is,  the  valley  of  acacias. 


"  Am.  9.  13 
t  Ex.  3.  8 
'=  Is.  30.  26 ; 

35.6 
<*  Ezek.  47. 

1-12 
'  Num.  25. 1 ; 

Ezek.  47.  8 


/  Obad.  10 
"  Ezek.  37. 

25 ;  Am.  9. 

15 
ft  Is.  4.  4 ; 

Ezek.  36.  26 
>  ver.  17 


desolate  wilderness,  for  the  ■''vio- 
lence done  to  the  children  of  Judah, 
because  they  have  shed  innocent 
blood  in  their  land.  20  But  Judah 
shall  -' «'  abide  for  ever,  and  Jerusa- 
lem from  generation  to  generation. 
21  And  I  will  *'' cleanse  their  blood, 
that  I  have  not  cleansed :  for  Jeho- 
vah '  dwelleth  in  Zion. 

3  Or,  be  inhabiUd        3  Qr,  hold  as  innocent 


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AMOS 


God's  Jadgments  on  Seighboring  Rations 


IThe  words  of  Amos,  who 
was  among  the  "herdsmen  of 
*Tekoa,  which  he  saw  concerning 
Israel  in  the  days  of  "  Uzziali  king 
of  Judah,  and  in  the  days  of  "  Jero- 
boam the  son  of  Joash  king  of 
Israel,  two  years  before  the  "earth- 
quake. 

2  And  he  said,  •''Jehovah  will 
roar  from  Zion,  and  utter  his  voice 
from  Jerusalem;  and  the  '"pas- 
tures of  the  shepherds  shall  mourn, 
and  the  *top  of  Carmel  shall 
wither. 

3  Thus  saith  Jehovah  :  '  For 
three  transgressions  of  *  Damascus, 
yea,  for  four,  I  will '  not  -  turn  away 
^the  punishment  thereof;  because 
they  nave  threshed  '"Gilead  with 
threshing  instruments  of  iron. 
4  But  I  will  send  a  "fire  into  the 
house  of  Hazael,  and  it  shall  devour 
the  palaces  of  °  Ben-hadad.  5  And 
I  will  ^  break  the  bar  of  Damascus, 
and  cut  off  ^the  inhabitant  from 
the  valley  of  *  Aven.  and  him  that 
holdeth  the  sceptre  from  '^  the  house 
of  Eden:  and  the  people  of  Syria 
shall  go  into  captivity  unto  *Kir, 
saith  Jehovah. 

6  Thus  saith  Jehovah  :  For  three 
transgressions  of  ""Gaza,  yea,  for 
four^  I  will  not  turn  away  the 
punishment  thereof ;  because  they 
carried  away  captive  '  the  '  whole 
people,  to  deliver  them  up  to 
'  Ed()m.  7  But  I  will  send  a  fire 
on  the  wall  of  "Gaza,  and  it  shall 
devour  the  palaces  thereof.  8  And 
I  will  cut  off  the  inhabitant  from 
'Ashdod,  and  him  that  holdeth  the 
sceptre  from  -^  Ashkelon  ;  and  I  will 
turn  my  hand  against  Ekron  ;  and 
the  remnant  of  the  "Philistines 
shall  i)erish,  saith  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah. 

9  Thus  saith  Jehovah  : '  For  three 
transgressions  of  "  Tyre,  yea,  for 
four,   I  will    not    turn    away    the- 

1  Or,  /inbjtations  *  Or.  revoke  my  word 

3  Heb.  it  (and  so  in  ver.  6,  9.  f;c.). 
*  Or,  him  that  sitxeih  on  the  throne  (and  so  in 
ver.  8)  ^  That  i«.  Vanity. 

«  Or,  Betfi-eden      '  Heb.  an  mtire  captivity. 


"  ch.  7.  14 

!>  2  S.  14.  2  ; 

Jer.  0.  1 
'  2  K.  l.i.  1-7 

(marg.) ; 

■J  C'hr.  m. 

l-2;i;  Is.  1. 

1;  Ho8. 

1.  1 
d^K.  14.  23- 

2U;  Hos. 

1.  1 

•  Zech.  14.  6 
/  Is.  42.  13 ; 

Jer.  25.  30 ; 

Joel  3.  10 
"  Jer.  12.  4  ; 

Joel  1.  IS, 

19 
A  ch  9.  3 
'  ver.  6,  9, 

11,  13; 

ch.  2.  1,4,0 

*  Is.  7.  8 ; 
17.  1 

'  Is.  8.  4 
'"  ver.  13 
"  Jer.  49.  27 
"  1  K.  20.  1  ; 

2  K.  0.  24 
P  Jer.  61.  30; 

Lam.  2.  9 
1  ch.  9.  7 ; 

2  K.  16.  9 
••  1  S.  6.  17  ; 

Jer.  47.  1, 

5  ;  Zeph. 

2.  4 

'  ver.  9 
'  Ezek.  36. 

6;  Obad. 

11 
"  ver.  6 
"  ch.  3.  9 ; 

2  Chr.  2C. 

ti;  Zech. 

9.  6 
'  Jer.  47.  6  ; 

Zeph.  2.  4 
"  Is.  14.  2tV- 

31  ;  Ezek. 

2.1.  16 
'  ver.  3 
"18.23.1-18; 

Jer.  26.  22 ; 

Ezek.  26. 


*>  ver.  fi 
'  1  K.  6.  1  ; 

9   11-14 
rf  ver.  4,7. 

Ac.  ;  Zech. 

9.  4 
•ver.  3 
/  Ib.  34.  (5,  6  ; 

6.3  1-6; 

Jer.  49. 

7-22 
"  Num.  20. 

14-21  ; 

2  Chr.  2«. 

17  ;  Obad 

10-I2 
»  le  57.  16  ; 

MIc.  7.  18 
•Jer.  49.7,20 
*  ver.  3 
'  Jer  49. 

883 


punishment  thereof ;  because  they 
''delivered  up  ^  the  whole  people  to 
Edom,  and  remembered  not  ''the 
■^  brotherly  covenant.  10  But  I 
will  ''send  a  fire  on  the  wall  of 
Tyre,  and  it  shall  devour  the  pal- 
aces thereof. 

11  Thus  saith  Jehovah:  *For 
three  tiansgressions  of  •'Edom,  yea, 
for  four,  1  will  not  turn  away  the 
punishment  thereof;  because  he 
did  "pursue  his  brother  with  the 
8word_,  and  'did  cast  off  all  pity, 
and  his  anger  did  tear  perpetually, 
and  he  ''  kept  his  wrath  for  ever. 
12  But  I  will  send  a  fire  upon  'Te- 
man,  and  it  shall  devour  the  pal- 
aces of  Bozrah. 

1 3  Thus  saith  Jehovah  :  *  For 
three  transgressions  of  the  children 
of  'Ammon,  yea,  for  four,  1  will 
not  turn  away  the  punishment 
thereof ;  because  they  have '"  ripped 
up  the  women  with  chila  of 
"Gilead,  that  they  may  "enlarge 
their  border.  14  But  1  will  kindle 
a  fire  in  the  wall  of  ''Kabbah,  and 
it  shall  devour  the  palaces  thereof, 
with  *  shouting  in  the  day  of  battle, 
with  a  •■  tempest  in  the  day  of  the 
whirlwind;  15  and  their  'king 
shall  go  into  captivity,  he  and  his 
princes  together,  saith  Jehovah. 

2  Thus  saith  Jehovah:  'For 
three  transgressions  of  "  Moab, 
yea,  for  four,  1  will  not  turn  away 
the  punishment  thereof ;  because 
he  burned  the  bones  of  the  king  of 
Edom  into  lime.  2  But  I  will  send 
a  fire  upon  Moab,  and  it  shall  de- 
vour the  palaces  of  'Kerioth  ;  and 
Moab  shall  die  with  ^tumult,  with 
"shouting,  and  with  the  sound  of 
the  trumpet;  3  and  1  will  cut  off 
the  '  judge  from  the  midst  thereof, 

1-6;  Ezek.  t&.  2-7 ;  Zeph.  2.  R,  9  "•  2  K.  15.  16; 
Hob.  13  in  "  ver.  3  "IfB.  .1.  8;  Ezek.  36.  lo  »' i  Chr. 
20.  1  ;  Jer.  49.  2  «  ch.  2.  2 ;  Kiek.  21.  22  *■  Is.  29 
6;;«J.  30  •  Jer.  49.  3  (man?.)  <  ch.  1.  3  "  I«.  16 
I-lfi.  14  ;  Jer.  48.  1-47;  Zeph.  2.  8,9  'Jer.  48.  24,  41 
'Jer.  48  45  ^ch.  1.  14  '  ch.  6.  7, 12 ;  6.  12 ;  Pi 
2.  10  ;  141.  6 


'  Heb.  the  eoiienant  of  frrefhrMi. 
■  Heb.  coTTupitd  hi*  compauiofu. 


2.4 


AMOS 


3.14 


God's  Jadgments  on  Jndah  and  Israel.    Secessity  of  prophesjing  Evil  against  Israel.    Israel  to  be  pnnished 


and  will  slay  all  the  "  princes 
thereof  with  him,  saith  Jehovah. 

4  Thus  saith  Jehovah :  For  three 
transgressions  of  *Judah,  yea,  for 
four,  I  will  not  turn  away  the  pun- 
ishment thereof ;  because  they  have 
"rejected  the  law  of  Jehovah,  and 
have  not  kept  his  statutes,  and 
their  ''lies  have  caused  them  to 
err,  after  which  their  ^fathers  did 
walk.  5  But  I  will  -^send  a  fire 
upon  Judah,  and  it  shall  devour  the 
palaces  of  Jerusalem. 

6  Thus  saith  Jehovah :  ^  For 
three  transgressions  of  ''  Israel,  yea, 
for  four,  I  will  not  turn  away  the 

Kunishment  thereof  ;  because  they 
ave  'sold  the  righteous  for  silver, 
and  the  needy  for  a  pair  of  shoes  — 
7  they  that  pant  after  the  dust  of 
the  earth  on  the  head  of  the  *  poor, 
and  'turn  aside  the  way  of  the 
meek  :  and  a  "*  man  and  his  father 
go  unto  the  same  maiden,  to  pro- 
fane my  holy  name :  8  and  they 
lay  themselves  down  beside  every 
"altar  upon  clothes  "taken  in 
pledge ;  and  in  the  house  of  their 
God  they  *  drink  the  wine  of  such 
as  have  been  fined. 

9  Yet  destroyed  I  the  «Amorite 
before  them,  whose  ''height  was 
like  the  height  of  the  cedars,  and 
he  was  strong  as  the  oaks ;  yet  I 
destroyed  his  *  fruit  from  above, 
and  his  roots  from  beneath.  10 
Also  I  brought  you  up  out  of  the 
land  of  '  Egypt,  and  led  you  "  forty 
years  in  the  wilderness,  to  possess 
the  land  of  the  "  Amorite.  1 1  And 
I  '^  raised  up  of  your  sons  for  proph- 
ets, and  of  your  young  men  for 
"  Nazirites.  Is  it  not  even  thus,  O 
ye  children  of  Israeli  saith  Jeho- 
vah. 12  But  ye  gave  the  Nazirites 
wine  to  drink,  and  commanded 
the  prophets,  saying,  ^  Prophesy 
not. 

13  Behold,  ^I  will  "press  you  in 
your  place,  as  a  cart  presseth  that 
is  full  of  sheaves.  1 4  And  ■^  *  flight 
shall  perish  from  the  swift ;  and 
the  strong  shall  not  strengthen  his 
force ;  neither  shall  the  "  mighty 
deliver  ^himself;  15  neither  shall 
he  stand  that  "^  handleth  the  bow ; 
and  he  that  is  swift  of  foot  shall 
not  deliver  himself;  neither  shall 
he  that  *  rideth  the  horse  deliver 
^himself;  16  and  he  that  is  cour- 
ageous  among   the   mighty   shall 

1  Or,  lam,  pressed  under  you,  as  a  cart  is  pressed 
that  is  full  of  sheaves 

2  Or,  refuge  shall  fail  the  swift 

3  Heb.  his  soul  (or,  life). 


"  Job  12.  21 ; 

Is.  40.  23 ; 

Jer.  48.  7 
b  ch.  3.  2 ; 

2  K.  17.  19  ; 

Ho8.  12.  2 
'  Judg.  2. 

17-20 ;  2  K. 

22.  11-17; 

Jer.  6.  19 ; 

8.  9 

d  Is.  9.  15, 

16  ;  28.  1.5  ; 

Hab.  2.  18 
'  Jer.  9.  14 ; 

16.  11,  12; 

Ezek.  20. 

18,  24,  30 
/Jer.  17.  27; 

21.  10 
»ch.  1.3 

*  2  K.  18.  12 

•  ch.  5.  11, 
12  ;  8.  6  ; 
Joel  3.  3 

t  ch.  8.  4  ; 

Mic.  2.  2,  9 
'  ch.  5.  12 
"'  Hos.  4.  14 
"  ch.  3.  14 
°  Ex.  22.  26 
P  ch.  4.  1 ; 

«  Josh.  10.  12 
"■  Num.  13. 
33 

"  Ezek.  17. 

9 ;  Mai.  4. 1 
«  ch.  3.  1 ; 

9.  7  ;  Ex. 
20.  2 

"  Dt.  2.  7 
"  Ex.  3.  8 
^  Dt.  18.  17  ; 

Jer.  7.  26 
y  Num.  6. 

2,  3 
'  ch.  7.  13, 

16;  Jer. 

11.  21 
"  Joel  3.  13 
i>  Is.  30.  16, 

17 
"  Jer,  9.  23 
d  Jer.  51.  56 ; 

Ezek.  39.  3 
^  Is.  31.  3 


/Judg.  4. 

17 ;  Jer. 

48.  41 
5'  Jer.  8.  3 ; 

13.  U 
h  ch.  2.  10 ; 

9.  7 
■  Ex.  19.  5, 

6 ;  Dt.  4. 

32-37 

*  ver.  14 ; 

Jer.  14.  10 ; 

Ezek.  20. 

36;  Dan.  9. 

12 
'  Lev.  26.  23, 

24 
""  Ps.  104.  21 ; 

Hoa.  5.  14 ; 

11.  10 
"  Jer.  4.  5, 

19, 21 ;  6. 1 ; 

Hos.  6.  8 ; 

Zeph.  1.  16 
"  Is.  14.  24- 

27  ;  46.  7 
P  Gen.  18. 

17 ;  Jer.  23. 

22;  Dan. 

9.  22 
«  ch.  1.  2 
"■  Jon.  1. 

1-3 ;  3. 1-3 
'  Jer.  20.  9 
<ch.  1.  8; 

1  S.  5.  1 
"  ch.  4.  1 ;  6. 

884 


■''flee  away  naked  in  that  day,  saith 
Jehovah. 

3  Hear  this  word  that  Jehovah 
hath  sijoken  against  you,  O 
children  of  Israel,  against  the 
^  whole  family  which  I  brought  up 
out  of  the  land  of  ''  Egypt,  saying, 
2  '  You  only  have  I  known  of  all 
the  families  of  the  earth  :  therefore 

I  will  *  visit  upon  you  all  your  iniq- 
uities. 3  Shall  two 'walk  together, 
except  they  have  *  agreed  'i  4  Will 
a  lion  ""roar  in  the  forest,  when  he 
hath  no  prey'?  will  a  young  lion 
cry  out  of  his  den,  if  he  have  taken 
nothing'?  5  Can  a  bird  fall  in  a 
snare  upon  the  earth,  where  no  gin 
is  set  for  him '?  shall  a  snare  spring 
up  from  the  ground,  and  have 
taken  nothing  at  all  j  6  Shall  the 
"trumpet  be  blown  in  a  city,  and 
the  people  not  be  afraid  1  shall 
"evil  befall  a  city,  and  Jehovah 
hath  not  done  if?  7  Surely  the 
Lord  Jehovah  will  do  nothing,  ex- 
cept he  *  reveal  his  secret  unto  his 
servants  the  prophets.  8  The « lion 
hath  roared ;  who  will  not  fear  1 
The  ""  Lord  Jehovah  hath  spoken  ; 
'  who  can  but  prophesy  1 

9  Publish  ye  Mn  the  palaces  at 
'Ashdod,  and  ®in  the  palaces  in 
the  land  of  Egypt,  and  say,  Assem- 
ble yourselves  upon  the  "moun- 
tains of  Samaria,  and  behold  what 
great  tumults  are  therein,  and  what 
"oppressions  in  the  midst  thereof. 
10  For  they  "^  know  not  to  do  right, 
saith  Jehovah,  who  ^  store  up  vio- 
lence and  robbery  in  their  palaces. 

II  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah  :  An  ^  adversary  there  shall 
he,  even  roundabout  the  land ;  and 
he  shall  "  bring  down  thy  strength 
from  thee,  and  thy  *  palaces  shall 
be  plundered.  12  Thus  saith  Je- 
hovah :  As  the  shepherd "  rescueth 
out  of  the  mouth  of  the  lion  two 
legs,  or  a  piece  of  an  ear,  so  shall 
the  ''children  of  Israel  be  rescued 
that  sit  in  Samaria  in  the  corner 
of  a  "couch,  and  ^on  the  silken 
cushions  of  a  -''  bed. 

1 3  Hear  ye,  and  ^  testify  against 
the  house  of  Jacob,  saith  the  Lord 
Jehovah,  the  God  of  hosts.     14  For 

1 ;  Is.  28. 1 ;  Ezek.  37.  22  "ch.  4. 1;  5. 11 ;  8.  6  *ch. 
5.  7 ;  6.  12  ;  Ps.  14.  4 ;  Jer.  4.  22  "  Hab.  2.  8-11 ; 
Zeph.  1.  9;  Zech.  5.  3,  4  '  ch.  6. 14  "  ch.  2. 14 
!>  ch.  2.  6  "=  1  S.  17.  34-37  <*  ch.  9.  4 ;  Jer  44.  14,  28 
•  ch.  6.  4  ;  Esth.  1.  6 ;  7.  8   /  Ps.  132.  3    "  Ezek.  2.  7 


*  Or,  made  an  appointment  *  Or,  upon 

*  According  to  acme  MSS.,  in  Damascus  on  a 
bed. 


3.15 


AMOS 


5.8 


for  bis  Oppressions.    Former  (hastjsfmfnts  iaelTtctaal.    Israel  tntreated  to  iitek  JehoTan 


in  the  day  that  I  shall  "visit 
the  transgressions  of  Israel  upon 
him,  I  will  also  visit  the  altars 
of  *  Beth-el ;  and  the  horns  of  the 
altar  shall  be  cut  off,  and  fall  to 
the  ground.  15  And  1  will  smite 
the  "winter-house  with  the  ''sum- 
mer-house ;  and  the  houses  of 
'ivory  shall  perish,  and  'the 
•'great  houses  shall  have  an 
end,  saith  Jehovah. 

4  Hear  this  word,  ye  kine  of 
'Bashan,  that  are  in  the 
** mountain  of  Samaria,  that  'op- 
press the  poor,  that  crush  tne 
needy,  that  say  unto  their  lords, 
Bring,  and  let  us  *  drink.  2  The 
Lord  Jehovah  hath  'sworn  by 
his  ""holiness,  that,  lo,  the  days 
shall  come  upon  you,  that  they 
shall  take  you  away  with  "  hooks, 
and  your  I'esidue  with  "fish-hooks. 
3  And  ye  shall  ''go  out  at  the 
breaches,  every  one  straight  be- 
fore her;  'and  ye  shall  cast  your- 
selves into  Harmon,  saith  Jeho- 
vah. 

4  Come  to  « Beth-el,  and  trans- 
gress ;  to  *■  Gilgal,  and  multiply 
transgression ;  and  '  bring  your 
sacrifices  every  morning,  and 
your  tithes  every  three  days ;  5 
and  'offer  a  sacrifice  of  'thanks- 
giving of  that  which  is  leavened, 
and  proclaim  "  freewill-offerings 
and  publish  them :  for  this 
'  pleaseth  you,  O  ye  children  of 
Israel,   saith  the  Lord  Jehovah. 

6  And  I  also  have  given  you 
'cleanness  of  teeth  in  all  your 
cities,  and  want  of  bread  in  all 
your  places;  yet  have  ye  "not 
returned  untx)  me,  saith  Jehovah. 
7  And  I  also  have  'withholden 
the  rain  from  you,  when  there 
were  yet  three  months  to  the 
harvest ;  and  I  caused  it  to  rain 
upon  one  city,  and  caused  it  not 
to  rain  upon  "another  city:  one 
piece  was  rained  upon,  and  the 
piece  whereupon  it  rained  not 
withered.  8  8o  two  or  three 
cities  wandered  unto  one  city  to 
drink  *  water,  and  were  *■  not 
satisfied:  yet  have  ye  ''not  re- 
turned unto  me,  saith  Jehovah. 
9  I  have  •■  smitten  you  with  blast- 
ing and  mildew :  the  multitude 
of  your  gardens  and  your  vine- 
yards ana  your  fig-trees  and  your 
olive-trees  hath  the  ■''palmer- worm 
devoured  :    yet   have   ye  *  not  re- 

J  Or,  manv  houses        '  The  t«xt  is  obscure. 
*  Heb.  offer  by  burning. 


°  ver.  2 
(■ch.  4.  4; 

5.  6,  0 ;  7. 
10,  13  ; 
Ho8.  10.  6- 
K  14,  16 

"■  Jer.  3<i.  22 
<i  Judg.  3.  'JO 
'  1  K.  22.  3y ; 

P8.  4o.  8 
/ch.  2.  6; 

U.  It 
f  Ps.  22.  12  ; 

"EzeV.  39. 18 
A  ch.  3.  y ; 

0.  1 

'  ch.  6.  11 ; 

8.  6 

«••  ch.  2.  8 ; 

6.  0 

'  ch.  6.  8 ; 

8.  7 

"'  Ps.  80.  .36 
"  Is.  37.  29  ; 

Ezek.  38.  4 
"  Ezek.  29.  4 
P  Jer.  62.  7 
«ch.  3.  14; 
6.  6 

"■ch.  5.  6; 

Hos.  4.  15 
'ch.  6.  21.  22 
'  Lev.  7.  13 
"  Lev.  22. 

18-21 

'Hos.  9.  1, 
10;  Jer.  7. 

9,  10 

'  Is.  3.  1  ; 

Jer.  14.  18 
y  Is.  9.  13  ; 

Jer.  6.  3 ; 

Hag.  2.  17 
'Dt.  11.  17; 

2  Chr.  7. 

13 :  Is.  6.  6 
"  Ex.  9.  4, 

26 ;  10.  22, 

23 
l>  1  K.  18.  5 ; 

Jer.  14.  ♦ 
'  Ezek.  4. 

16;  Hag. 

!.  6 
d  Jer.  3.  7 
•  Dt.  28.  22 ; 

Hag.  2.  17 
/ch.  7.  1,  2; 

Joel  1.  4,  7 
"  Jer.  3.  10 


1  Lev.  26.  25 ; 

Dt.  28.  27. 

60 
'  Jer.  n.  22  : 

18.  21 ; 

48.  16 

*  2  K.  13.  3,  7 
'  Joel  2.  20 

"'  Is.  0.  13 
"Cen.  19. 

2.1 ;  Dt.  29. 

23 
0  Zech  3.  2 
f  Jer.  23.  14 
«  ver.  2 
>■  Is.  32.  1 1 ; 

G4  2 ;  Jer. 

6.  22 

♦  Job  .38.  4- 
7  ;  Pb.  66. 
6 ;  Is.  40. 

12 

'  Ps.  13,5.  7 ; 

Jer.  10  13 
"  Ps  139.  2 ; 

Dan.  2. :» 
••  ch.  6.  8  ; 

Jer.  13.  16 ; 

Joel  2.  2 
'Mic  1.  3 
V  ch.  6.  8, 

27  ;  9.  6 
'  Jer.  7.  29 ; 

9.  10,  17 ; 

88& 


turned    unto   me,   saith  Jehovah. 

10  I  have  sent  among  you  the 
"pestilence  after  the  manner  of 
Lgypt:  your  'young  men  have  I 
slain  w'ith  the  sword,  ^and  have 
*  carried  away  your  liorses ;  and 
I  have  made  the  'stench  of  your 
camp  to  come  up  even  into  your 
nostrils :  yet  have  ye  "'  not  i-e- 
turned    unto   me,  .saith    Jehovah. 

11  I  have  overthrown  cities 
among  you,  as  when  "God  over- 
threw Sodom  and  Gomorrah,  and 
ye  were  as  "a  brand  plucked  out 
of  the  burning :  yet  have  ye  ''  not 
returned  unto  me,  saith  Jehovah. 

12  Therefore  «thus  will  I  do 
unto  thee,  O  Israel ;  and  becau.se 
I  will  do  this  unto  thee,  prepare 
to  ''meet  thy  God,  O  Israel,  l.'i 
For,  lo,  he  that  'formeth  the 
mountains,  and  'createth  the  wind, 
and  "declareth  unto  man  what  is 
his  thought ;  that  *  maketh  the 
morning  darkness,  and  'treadeth 
upon  the  high  places  of  the  earth 
—*' Jehovah,  the  God  of  hosts,  is 
his  name. 

5  Hear  ye  this  word  which  I 
take  up  for  a  'lamentation 
over  you,  O  house  of  Israel.  2 
The  "  virgin  of  Israel  is  fallen  ; 
she  shall  ''no  more  rise:  she  'is 
cast  down  upon  her  land ;  there 
is  "none  to  raise  her  up.  3  Fox- 
thus  .saith  the  Lord  Jehovah : 
The  city  that  went  forth  a  thou- 
sand .shall  have  a  ''hundred  left, 
and  that  which  went  forth  a. 
hundred  shall  have  "ten  left,  t(i 
the  house  of  Israel. 

4  For  thus  saith  Jehovah  unt<' 
the  house  of  Israel,  ■''Seek  ye  me, 
and  ye  shall  live;  5  but  seek  not 
■"Beth-el,  nor  enter  into  *  Gilgal, 
and  ))a.ss  not  to  'Beer-sheba:  for 
Gilgal  shall  surely  go  into  cap- 
tivity, and  Beth-el  shall  *come  to 
nought.  6  *Seek  Jehovah,  and 
ye  shall  live ;  lest  he  break  out 
like  'fire  in  the  house  of  Josepli, 
and  it  devour,  and  there  be  none 
to  quench  it  in  '"Beth-el.  7  Ye 
who  turn  "justice  to  wormwoofl, 
and  cast  down  righteousness  to 
the  earth,  8  seek  him  that  maketh 

Ezek  19.  1  °  .ler.  14.  17  »  ch.  8.  14  '  Is.  61.  18 ; 
Jer.  .%.  X!  rf  Is.  6.  13  •  ch.  0  9  /  Dt.  4.  29 ;  32. 
46,  47         "  ch.  3.  14  ;  4    4  ;  7.   10,   13  ;   1  K.   12.  28,  2S 

'i  1  S.  7.  16;  11.  14  "  ch.  8.  14  ;  Gen.  21.  31-33  *  Ter. 
14  ;  Is.  (A.  3,  6,  7  '  Dt.  4.  24  "  ch.  3.  14  "  ver.  12 : 
ch.  2.  3 ;  6.  12 


*  Heb  wilh  thf  rnptivity  of  your  fiorset. 
i  Or,  lirth  foriakrn 

*  Or,  btt</m<  vanilv  (Heb.  Aveni 


5.9 


AMOS 


6.7 


Israel  entreated  to  seek  JehoTah.    The  Day  of  Jehovah.    LoxnrioBineis  and  Impiety  to  be  ponished 


the  "Pleiades  and  Orion,  and 
*turneth  Hhe  shadow  of  death 
into  the  morning,  and  maketh 
the  day  "dark  with  night;  that 
•^calleth  for  the  waters  of  the 
sea,  and  poureth  them  out  upon 
the  face  of  the  earth  ("Jehovah  is 
his  name);  9  that  -bringeth  -'sud- 
den destruction  upon  the  strong, 
so  that  "destruction  cometh  upon 
the  fortress. 

10  They  hate  him  that  ''reprov- 
eth  in  the  gate,  and  they  'abhor 
him  that  speaketh  uprightly.  11 
Forasmuch  therefore  as  ye  *  tram- 
ple upon  the  poor,  and  take  ex- 
actions from  nim  of  wheat:  ye 
have  built  'houses  of  hewn  stone, 
but  ye  shall  not  dwell  in  them; 
ye  have  planted  pleasant  vine- 
yards, but  ye  shall  ™not  drink 
the  wine  thereof.  1 2  For  I  know 
how  manifold  are  your  transgres- 
sions, and  how  mighty  ai'e  your 
sins  —  ye  that  "afflict  the  just, 
that  take  a  bribe,  and  that  turn 
aside  the  ""needy  in  the  gate  from 
their  right.  13  Therefore  he  that 
is  prudent  shall  /"keep  silence  in 
sucn  a  time;  for  it  is  an  evil  time. 

14  'Seek  good,  and  not  evil, 
that  ye  may  live;  and  so  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  hosts,  will  be 
with  you,  'as  ye  say.  15  'Hate 
the  evil,  and  love  the  good,  and 
establish  justice  in  the  gate:  it 
'may  be  that  Jehovah,  the  God 
of  hosts,  will  be  gracious  unto 
the  "remnant  of  Joseph. 

16  Therefore  thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah, the  God  of  hosts,  the  Lord : 
"  Wailing  shall  be  in  all  the  broad 
ways;  and  they  shall  say  in  all 
the  streets,  Alas!  alas!  and  they 
shall  call  the  ^husbandman  to 
mourning,  ^and  such  as  are  *skil- 
f ul  in  lamentation  to  wailing.  1 7 
And  in  all  "^  vineyards  shall  be 
wailing;  for  I  will  pass  through 
the  midst  of  thee,  saith  Jehovah. 

18  Woe  unto  you  that  desire  the 
" day  of  Jehovah !  Wherefore  would 
ye  have  the  day  of  Jehovah  %  It  is 
*  darkness,  and  not  light.  19  As  if 
a  man  did  "  flee  from  a  lion,  and  a 
bear  met  him;  *or  went  into  the 
house  and  leaned  his  hand  on  the 
wall,  and  a  serpent  bit  him.  20 
Shall  not  the  day  of  Jehovah  be 
''darkness,  and  not  light"?  even 
very  dark,  and  no  brightness  in  iti 

1  Or,  deep  darkness 

2  Or,  causeth  destruction  to  flash  forth 

3  Heb.  and  proclaim  wailing  to  such  as  are 
skilful  in  lamentation.  *  Or,  and 


"  Job  9.  9 ; 

38.31 
fc  Job  12.  22  ; 

38.  12 ;  l8. 

42.  16 
«  ch.  8.  9 
d  ch.  9.  6 ; 

Ps.  104.  6-9 
«  ch.  4.  13 
/ch.  2.  14; 

Job  6.  3 ; 

Is.  29.  6 
9  Mic.  6.  11 
ft  ver.  16 ;  Is. 

29.  21 
>  Is.  69.  15 ; 

Jer.  17. 

16-18 

*  ch.  3.  9 ; 
8.6 

'  ch.  3.  15 ; 

6.  11 
"•  Mic.  6.  16 
"  Is.  1.  23 ; 

6.  23 
°  ch.  2.  6,  7 
P  Eccl.  3.  7 ; 

Hos.  4.  4 
« 'S-er.  6 
"■  Is.  48.  1,  2 
»  Ps.  97.  10 
'  Joel  2. 14 
"  Mic.  6.  3, 

"  ch.  8.  3 ; 
Jer.  9. 10, 

18-20 

^  Joel  1. 11 
V  2  Chr.  36. 

25 
'  Is.  16.  10 ; 

Jer.  48.  33 
"Is.  6.  19; 

Joell.  15; 

2.  1, 11,  31 

*  Is.  5.  30 ; 
9. 19 ;  Jer. 

"  Job  20.  24 ; 
Is.  24.  17, 
18 ;  Jer.  16. 
2,3 

d  Is.  13.  10 ; 

Zeph.  1.  15 


'  ch.  4.  4,  5 ; 

8.  10 ;  Is.  1. 

11-16;  66.  3 
/  Lev.  26. 31 ; 

Jer.  14.  12; 

Hos.  6.  6 
"  Mic.  6.  6,  7 
''  ch.  4.  5  ; 

Lev.7. 11-15 

*  ch.  6.  4,  6 ; 
8.  10 

*  Jer.  22.  3 ; 
Ezek.  45. 
9;  Mic. 

6.  8 

'  Dt.  32. 
17-19; 
Josh.  24. 
14 ;  Neh.  9. 
18, 21 ;  Acts 

7.  42,  43 
"'ch.  7.  11, 

17 ;  Mic. 

4.  10 
"  ch.  4.  13 
"  Is.  32. 9-11 ; 

Zeph.  1.  12 
P  ver.  3 ; 

ch.  9.  10 
9  ch.  3  2 ; 

Ex.  19.  6 
*■  Gen.  10. 

10 :  Is.  10.  9 
'  1  K.  8.  66; 

2  K.  18.  34  ; 

Is.  10.  9 
f  1  S.  5.  8 ; 

2  Chr.  26.  6 
"  ch.  9.  10 ; 

Is.  56.  12 


21  I  *hate,  I  despise  your  feasts, 
and  I  *will  ■'take  no  delight  in 
your  solemn  assemblies.  22  Yea, 
though  ye  "offer  me  ®your  burnt- 
offerings  and  meal-offerings,  I  will 
not  accept  them ;  neither  will  I 
regard  the  '"'peace-offerings  of 
your  fat  beasts.  23  Take  thou 
away  from  me  the  'noise  of  thy 
songs ;  for  I  will  not  hear  the 
rnelody  of  thy  viols.  24  But  let 
*  justice  roll  down  as  waters,  and 
righteousness  as  a  ®  mighty  stream. 

25  Did  ye  '  bring  unto  me  sac- 
rifices and  ®  offerings  in  the  wil- 
derness forty  years,  O  house  of 
Israeli  26  Yea,  ye  ^"have  borne 
the  tabernacle  of  your  king  and 
the  shrine  of  your  images,  the  star 
of  your  god,  which  ye  made  to 
yourselves.  27  Therefore  will  I 
cause  you  to  go  into  captivity 
'"beyond  Damascus,  saith''Jenovah, 
whose  name  is  the  God  of  hosts. 

6  "Woe  to  them  that  are  at 
ease  in  Zion,  and  to  them 
that  are  ^secure  in  the  mountain 
of  Samaria,  the  notable  men  of 
the  *  chief  oi  the  nations,  to  whom 
the  house  of  Israel  come !  2  Pass 
ye  unto  ''Calneh,  and  see;  and 
from  thence  go  ye  to  'Hamath 
the  great ;  then  go  down  to  '  Gath 
of  the  Philistines :  are  they  better 
than  these  kingdoms?  or  is  their 
border  greater  than  your  border? 
3 — ye  tnat  "put  far  away  the  evil 
day,  and  "  cause  the  "  seat  of  "  vio- 
lence to  come  near ;  4  that  lie 
upon  beds  of  *  ivory,  and  stretch 
themselves  upon  tneir  'couches, 
and  "eat  the  lambs  out  of  the 
flock,  and  the  calves  out  of  the 
midst  of  the  ^stall ;  5  that  sing 
idle  *  songs  to  the  sound  of  the 
viol ;  that  invent  for  themselves 
"instruments  of  music,  ^Mike  Da- 
vid ;  6  that  "*  drink  ^^  wine  in  bowls, 
and  anoint  themselves  with  the 
chief  oils ;  but  they  are  not  "grieved 
for  the  affliction  of  Joseph. 

7  Therefore  shall  they  now  •''go 
captive  with  the  first  that  go  cap- 
tive ;  and  the  "  revelry  of  them 
that  *  stretched   themselves   shall 

"  Ps.  94.  20  '  ch.  3.  10  "  ch.  3.  16  *  ch.  3.  12 
"  Ezek.  34.  2,  3  6  ch.  6.  23  ;  8.  10  "1  Chr.  16.  16 
<ich.  2.  8;4.  1  «Ezek.  9.  4  /ch.  7. 11,17  '' 1  K. 
20.  16-20 ;  Dan.  6.  4-6,  30    ft  ver.  4 

5  Heb.  will  not  smell  a  savor- 

6  Or,  burnt-offerings  with  your  meal-offerings 
f  Or,  thank-offerings 

*  Or,  ever-flowing  9  Or,  meal-offerings 

">  Or,  shall  take  up  .  .  .  And  I  vnll  cause  &c. 
11  Or,  sitting  12  Or,  like  David's 

13  Heb.  in  bowls  of  wine. 


6.8 


AMOS 


7.17 


Severity  of  the  Pnoishment.    Viaions  of  Locnsts,  Fire,  and  a  Plnmb-line.    Imadah  artiKes  ImM  of  Uasplracy 


pass  away.  8  The  Lord  Jehovah 
hath  "sworn  by  himself,  saith  Je- 
hovah, the  God  of  hosts  :  *  1  abhor 
the  '  excellency  of  J  acob,  anfl  hate 
his  "^ palaces;  therefore  will  1  ''de- 
liver up  the  city  with  all  that  is 
therein.  9  And  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  if  there  remain  'ton  men  in 
one  house,  that  they  shall  die.  10 
And  when  a  man's  "uncle  shall 
take  him  up,  even  he  that -^burnetii 
him,  to  bring  out  the  bones  out  of 
the  house,  and  shall  siiy  unto  him 
that  is  in  the  innermost  parts  of 
the  house.  Is  there  yet  any  with 
thee'?  and  he  shall  say.  No;  then 
shall  he  say,  "  Hold  thy  peace  ;  for 
we  may  *  not  make  mention  of  the 
name  of  Jehovah.  1 1  For,  behold, 
JehoA'ah  commandeth,  and  ^the 
'great  house  shall  be  smitten  with 
breaches,  and  the  little  house  with 
clefts. 

12  Shall  horses  run  upon  the 
rock  1  will  one  plow  there  with 
oxen  ?  that  ye  have  turned  *  justice 
into  gall,  and  the  fruit  of  right- 
eousness into  wormwood ;  1 3  ye 
that  rejoice  in  a  '  thing  of  nought, 
that  say.  Have  we  not  "'taken  to 
us  horns  by  our  own  strength  1 
1-i  For,  behold,  I  will  "raise  up 
against  you  a  nation,  O  house  of 
Israel,  saith  Jehovah,  the  God  of 
hosts ;  and  they  shall  afflict  you 
from  the  "entrance  of  Hamath 
unto  the  "brook  of  the  Arabah. 

7  Thus  the  Lord  Jehovah 
p showed  me:  and,  behold,  he 
formed  « locusts  in  the  beginning 
of  the  shooting  up  of  the  latter 
growth  ;  and,  lo,  it  was  the  latter 

frowth  after  the  king's  mowings. 
And  it  came  to  pass  that,  when 
they  ""made  an  end  of  eating  the 
grass  of  the  land,  then  I  said,  'O 
Lord  Jehovah,  forgive,  I  beseech 
thee :  how  shall  Jacob  stand  1  for 
he  is  'small.  3  Jehovah  "repented 
concerning  this :  It  shall  not  be, 
saith  Jehovah. 

4  Thus  the  Lord  Jehovah  showed 
me :  and,  behold,  the  Lord  Jeho- 
vah called  to  contend  by  '  fire  ;  and 
it  devoured  the  great  deep,  and 
would  have  eaten  up  the  ^land.  5 
Then  said  I,  'O  Lord  Jehovah, 
cease,  I  beseech  thee :  how  shall 
JacoD  stand  1  for  he  is  small.  6  Je- 
hovah "  repented  concerning  this  : 

1  Or,  pride  *  Or,  kiniiman 

»  Or,  rt«  will  smite  the  i/reat  h(m$« 
*  Heb.  portion. 


"ch.  4.  2;  S. 

7  ;  Oen. 

21'.  10 ; 

Jer.  va.  6; 

51.  14 
!>  ch.  6.  21 ; 

Lev.  20. 

•M ;  Dt.  32. 

lu;  1*8. 

KKi.  4U 
'Ch.  3.  10,11 
■'  H08.  11.  0 

"  ch.  5.  3 
/  1  S.  31.  12 

"  ch.  u.  13 ; 

''  Jer.  44.  20  ; 

Ezek.  20. 

3U 
'  ch.  3.  16 : 

5.  11;  2K. 

2i'..  0 

*  ch.  5.  -,  11, 
12;  1  K. 
21.  7-13; 
Is.  59.  13,  M 

'  JobH.  14, 

15  ;  Ps.  2. 

2-4;  Lk. 

12.  19,  20 
"  Ps.  75.  4, 

5  ;  Is.  28. 

14,  15 
"  ch.  3.  11 

"  Num.  34. 
7,  8 ;  2  K. 

14.  2.1 

''  ver.  4,  7  ; 

ch.  8.  I ; 

.ler.  1.  11 
«  ch.  4.  9  ; 

.loel  1.  4; 

Nah.  3.  15 
"■  Kx.  10.  15 
'Jer.  14.  7, 

20,  21 ; 

Ezek.  9.  8 ; 

11.  13 
« Is.  37.  4  ; 

Jer.  42.  2 
"  ch.  5.  15  ; 

Jer.  28.  19; 

Hob.  11.  8 

*  ch.  2.  5 ; 
Dt.  32. 

22 ;  Is.  60. 

15,  10 

'  Vs.  S.5.  4 ; 

Joel  2.  17 
V  ver.  3 ;  Ps. 

100.  45 ; 

Jon.  3.  10 


'ch.  8.  2; 

Jer.  1.  11 
"  Is.  28.  17  ; 

34.  1 1 ; 

Lam.  2.  8 
i>  ch.  8.  2 ; 

Jer.  15.  6 ; 

Ezek.  7. 

2-0 
"Hob.  10.  8; 

Mic.  1.  6 
d  ver.  13 ; 

Lev.  26. 

31 ;  Is.  m. 

18;  Jer.  61. 

61 
•ver.  11  ; 

2K,  15. 

8-10 
/I  K.  12.31, 

32  ;  13.  33 
"ch.  3.  14; 

4.4;  6.  6,0 

*  Jer.  JO.  8- 
II ;  38.  4 

'  ver.  9 

*  ver.  17 ; 
ch.  6.  «T ; 
6.  7 

'  Mt.  8.  34 

">  ch.  2.  12; 
Act*  4.  18 

887 


This  also  shall  not  be,  saith  the 
Lord  Jehovah. 

7  Thus  he  showed  me:  and,  be- 
hold, the  Lord  .stood  '  beside  a  wall 
made  by  a  plumb-line,  withaplumb- 
line  in  his  hand.  8  And  .Jehovah 
said  unto  me,  ^Amos,  what  seest 
thou'?  And  I  said  A  iilumb-line. 
Then  said  the  Lord,  Keliold,  I  will 
set  a  "plumb-line  in  the  midst  of 
my  people  Israel ;  I  will  *  not  again 
pa.ss  by  them  any  more ;  9  ana  the 
"  high  places  of  Isaac  shall  be  de.so- 
late,  and  the  ''  sanctuaries  of  Israel 
shall  be  laid  waste  ;  and  I  will '  rise 
against  the  house  of  Jeroboam  with 
the  sword. 

10  Then  Amaziah  the  -''priest  of 
"  Beth-el  sent  to  Jeroboam  king  of 
Israel,  saying,  Amos  hath  ''con- 
spired against  thee  in  the  midst  of 
the  house  of  Israel :  the  land  is  not 
able  to  bear  all  his  words.  1 1  For 
thus  Amos  saith,  'Jerolxiam  shall 
die  by  the  sword,  and  *  Israel  shall 
surely  be  led  away  captive  out  of 
his  land.  12  Also  Amaziah  said 
unto  Amos,  O  thou  seer,  'go,  fiee 
thou  away  into  the  land  of  Judah, 
and  there  eat  bread,  and  prophesy 
there  :  1 3  but "  prophesy  not  again 
any  more  at  Beth-el ;  for  it  is  the 
king's  "sanctuary,  and  it  is  a  royal 
house. 

14  Then  answered  Amos,  and 
said  to  Amaziah,  I  ®was  no  prophet, 
neither  *wa3  I  ^a  "prophet's  son; 
but  I  *was  a  ^herdsman,  and  a 
dres.serof 'sycomore-trees  :  15  and 
'■Jehovah  took  me  from  following 
the  flock,  and  'Jehovah  said  unto 
me,  Go,  '  prophesy  unto  my  people 
Israel.  16  Now  therefore  hear 
thou  the  word  of  Jehovah  :  Thou 
sayest,  "  Fi-ophesy  not  against  Is- 
rael, and  '  drop  not  thy  ivord  against 
the  house  of  Isaac;  17  therefore 
thus  saith  Jehovah:  Thy  'wife 
shall  be  a  harlot  in  the  city,  and 
thy  "sons  and  thy  daughters  shall 
fall  by  the  sword,  and  thy  land 
shall  oe  divided  by '  line  ;  and  thou 
thyself  shalt  die  in  a  land  that  is 
"unclean,  and  l.srael  .shall  surely 
be  ''led  away  captive  out  of  his 
land. 

"  ver.  9 ;  1  K.  12.  29.  32  °  2  K.  2.  3 :  4.  38 ;  2  Chr. 
19.2  'ch.  1.1  «lChr.  27.  2>f  'l  8.  18.  11;  2  8. 
7.8  *ch.  .^8  '  Jer.  1.7;  Eiek  2.  3.  4  "ver.  13; 
ch.  2.  12  "  Dt.  32.  2  ;  Eiek.  20.  40 ;  21.  2  ■  Hoe.  4. 
13,  14  »  Jer.  14.  16  •  ver.  8  »  2  K.  17.  6;  Eiek.  4. 
13 ;  Hoc  9.  3    (>  ver.  11 ;  Jer.  36.  2»^1 


■'■  Or,  upon  '  Or,  am 

'  Or,  one  of  (he  iotu  of  tKe  propheU    Bee  i  K. 

20.  3& 


B.1 


AMOS 


9.9 


Israel's  Near  End  foreshadowed.    1  Famine  of  tbe  Word  threatened.    Jehovah's  Jodgmeots  anavoidable 


8  Thus  the  Lord  Jehovah 
showed  me :  and,  behold,  a 
basket  of  summer  fruit.  2  And 
he  said,  "Amos,  what  seest  thou"? 
And  *I  said,  A  basket  of  summer 
fruit.  Then  said  Jehovah  unto  me, 
The  "  end  is  come  upon  my  people 
Israel ;  I  will  "^  not  again  pass  oy 
them  any  more.  3  And  the  "  songs 
of  the  ^  temple  shall  be  -^  wailings  in 
that  day,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah  : 
the  ^  dead  bodies  shall  be  many  ;  in 
every  place  '^  shall  they  cast  them 
forth  with  silence. 

4  Hear  this,  O  ye  that  would 
swallow  up  the  ''needy,  and  cause 
the  poor  of  the  land  to  fail,  5  say- 
ing, When  will  the  'new  moon  be 
gone,  that  we  may  sell  grain  1  and 
the  *  sabbath,  that  we  may  *set 
forth  wheat,  making  the  'ephah 
small,  and  the  shekel  great,  and 
'"dealing  falsely  with  balances  of 
deceit ;  6  that  we  may  buy  the 
"  poor  for  silver,  and  the  needy  for 
a  pair  of  shoes,  and  sell  the  refuse 
of  the  wheat  f  7  Jehovah  hath 
"  sworn  by  the  ^  excellency  of  J  acob. 
Surely  I  will  » never  forget  any  of 
their  works.  8  Shall  not  the  land 
'"tremble  for  this,  and  every  one 
'  mourn  that  dwelleth  therein  1  yea, 
it  shall  'rise  up  wholly  like  the 
River ;  and  it  shall  be  troubled  and 
sink  again,  like  the  River  of  Egypt. 
9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah,  that 
I  will  cause  the  "  sun  to  go  down  at 
noon,  and  I  will  *"  darken  the  earth 
in  the  clear  day.  10  And  I  will 
turn  your  *  feasts  into  mourning, 
and  all  your  2' songs  into  lamenta- 
tion ;  and  I  will  bring  '  sackcloth 
upon  all  loins,  and  baldness  upon 
every  head  ;  and  I  will  make  it  "  as 
the  mourning  for  an  only  son,  and 
the  end  thereof  as  a  bitter  day. 

11  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith 
the  Lord  Jehovah,  that  I  will  send 
a  famine  in  the  land,  not  a  famine 
of  bread,  nor  a  thirst  for  water, 
but  *of  hearing  the  words  of  Jeho- 
vah. 12  And  they  shall  wander 
from  sea  to  sea,  and  from  the  north 
even  to  the  east ;  they  shall  run  to 
and  fro  to  "  seek  the  word  of  Jeho- 
vah, and  shall  not  find  it.  13  In 
that  day  shall  the  fair  '^  virgins  and 
the  young  men  *  faint  for  thirst. 
14  They  that  swear  by  the  -^sin  of 
Samaria,  and  say.  As  thy  god,  O 

1  Or,  nalace 

*  Or,  have  they  cast  them  forth :  be  silent ! 

*  Heb.  open. 


"  ch.  7.  8 

*  Jer.  24.  3 

'  Ezek.  7.  2, 

3,6 

d  ch.  7.  8 
'  ver.  10 ; 

ch.  5.  23 ; 

6.  4,5 
/ch.  6.  16 
'J  ch.  6.  8-10 
h  ch.  2.  7  ;  6. 

U,  12 
i  Num.  28. 

ii;  2K.  4. 

23 
fc  Ex.  31. 

13-17 
'  Lev.  19.  36 ; 

Dt.  25.  15 ; 

Ezek.  45. 

10-12 
"»  Hos.  12.  7 
"  ch.  2.  6 
"  ch.  4.  2 ; 

6.  8 
P  Dt.  .33.  26, 

29;  Ps.68. 

34 
9  Ps.  10.  U  ; 

Jer.  17.  1 ; 

Hos.  7.  2 
*■  Ps.  18.  7  ; 

60.  2 ;  Is. 

5.  25 
'  Hos.  4.  3 
'  ch.  9.  5 ; 

Jer.  46.  7,  8 
"Is.  13.  10; 

Jer.  15.  9 ; 

Mic.  3.  6 
"ch.  4.  13; 

5.  8 ;  Is. 
69.  9,  10 

*  ch.  6.  21 ; 
Job  20.  23 

y  ch.  5.  23  ; 

6.  4,5 

'  Ezek.  7.  18 
"  Jer.  6.  26 ; 

Zech.  12. 

10 
6  1  S.  28.  6  ; 

2  Chr.  16. 

3 ;  Ezek.  7. 

26 ;  Mic. 

3.  6 
"  Ezek.  20. 

3,  31 
rf  Lam.  1. 18 ; 

2.  21 

*  Is.  41.  17 ; 
Hos.  2.  3 

/  Hos.  8.  6 


"  1  K.  12.  28, 

29 
''  ch.  5.  5 
<  ch.  5.  2 
«:  ch.  3.  14 
'  Zeph.  2. 14 
""  ver.  4 ; 

ch.  7.  17 
"  Jer.  11.  U 
»  Ps.  139.  8 

PJer.  61.  53; 

Obad.  4 
'ch.  1.  2 
*■  Jer.  16.  16 
'  Job  34.  22  ; 

Ps.  139.  9- 

12;  Jer. 

16.  16, 17 
« Is.  27.  1 
"  Lev.  26.  33 
^  ver.  1 
"^  Jer.  21.  10; 

39.  16 ;  44. 

11 
y  Ps.  104.  32 ; 

144.  6 ;  Is. 

64.  1 
'  ch.  8.  8 
"  Ps.  104.  3, 

13 
6  ch.  5.  8 

888 


^ Dan,  liveth ;  and.  As  the  ''way  of 
*  Beer-sheba  liveth  ;  they  shall  fall, 
and  '  never  rise  up  again. 

9  1  saw  the  Lord  standing  ^  be- 
side the  *  altar :  and  he  said, 
Smite  the  'capitals,  that  the  thresh- 
olds may  shake ;  and  break  them 
in  pieces  on  the  head  of  all  of 
them  ;  and  I  will  "*  slay  the  last  of 
them  with  the  sword  :  ®  there  shall 
"not  one  of  them  flee  away,  and 
there  shall  not  one  of  them  escape. 
2  Though  they  dig  into  "Sheol, 
thence  shall  m,y  hand  take  them ; 
and  though  they  ^  climb  up  to 
heaven,  thence  will  I  bring  them 
down.  3  And  though  they  hide 
themselves  in  the  *  top  of  Carmel, 
I  will  ''search  and  take  them  out 
thence ;  and  though  they  be  '  hid 
from  my  sight  in  the  bottom  of  the 
sea,  thence  will  I  command  the 
'serpent,  and  it  shall  bite  them.  4 
Ana  though  they  go  into  "  captivity 
before  their  enemies,  thence  will 
I  command  the  "sword,  and  it 
shall  slay  them :  and  I  will  -^  set 
mine  eyes  upon  them  for  evil,  and 
not  for  good. 

5  For  the  Lord,  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  is  he  that "  toucheth  the  land 
and  it  melteth,  and  ^all  that  dwell 
therein  shall  mourn ;  and  it  shall 
'  rise  up  wholly  like  the  River,  and 
shall  sink  again,  like  the  River  of 
Egypt ;  6  it  is  he  that  buildeth  his 
"  cnambers  in  the  heavens,  and  hath 
founded  his  vault  upon  the  earth  : 
he  that  *calleth  for  the  waters  of 
the  sea,  and  ""poureth  them  out 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth ;  Jeho- 
vah is  his  name. 

7  Are  ye  not  as  the  children  of 
the  ''Ethiopians  unto  me,  O  chil- 
dren of  Israel  *?  saith  Jehovah. 
Have  not  I  brought  up  Israel  out 
of  the  land  of  *  Egypt,  and  the 
Philistines  from  -'Caphtor,  and  the 
Syrians  from  ''Kir?  8  Behold, 
the  '^  eyes  of  the  Lord  Jehovah  are 
upon  the  sinful  kingdom,  and  I 
will  *  destroy  it  from  off  the  face  of 
the  earth ;  save  that  I  will  *  not 
utterly  destroy  the  house  of  Jacob, 
saith  Jehovah.  9  For,  lo,  I  will 
command,   and  I   will  ^'sift  the 

"  Ps.  104.  6  <i  2  Chr.  14.  9,  12  ;  Is.  20.  4 :  43.  3  '  ch. 
2.  10 ;  3.  1  /  Dt.  2.  23 ;  Jer.  47.  4  »  ch.  1.  5 ;  2  K. 
16.  9 ;  Is.  22.  6  *  ver.  4 ;  Jer.  44.  27  >  ver.  10 ;  ch. 
3. 12 ;  7.  17  *  Jer.  5.  lo ;  30. 11 ;  31. 35, 36 ;  Joel  2.  33 
'  Is.  30.  28 ;  Lk.  22.  31 


*  Or,  manner  5  Or,  upon 

6  Or,  he  that  fteeth  of  them  shall  not  flee  away, 
and  he  that  escapeth  of  them  shall  not  be  delivered 

7  Heb.  cause  to  move  to  and  fro. 


9.10 


AMOS 


9.15 


The  Final  Restoration  of  God's  People 


house  of  Israel  among  all  the  na- 
tions, like  as  grain  is  sifted  in  a 
sieve,  yet  shall  not  the  least  kernel 
fall  upon  the  earth.  10  All  the 
" sinners  of  my  people  shall  "die  by 
the  sword,  who  "  say.  The  evil  shall 
not  overtake  nor  meet  us. 

11  In  that  day  will  I  ''raise  up 
the  'tabernacle  of  David  that  is 
fallen,  and  close  up  the  ^breaches 
thereof ;  and  1  will  raise  up  its 
ruins,  and  I  will  build  it  as  in  the 
^days  of  old;  12  that  they  may 
possess  the  remnant  of  *  Edom,  and 
all  the  nations  that  'are  'called  by 
my  name,  saith  Jehovah  that  doetn 
this.  13  Behold,  the  days  come, 
saith  Jehovah,  that  the  *  plowman 
1  Or,  wtre 


<■  Is.  33.  14  ; 
Zech.  13. 

S.  it 
*>  ch.  8.  14 
"  ch.  6.  3 ; 

Jer.  6.  12 
d  Acts  16. 

1&-18 
'  Is.  10.  r. 
/I's.  80.  12 
"Is.  03.  11  ; 

Jer.  46.  M 
''  Is.  11.  14 

>  Is.  4;f.  7 
«■■  I-ev.  lit).  5 


'  .Toel  3.  18 
'"  (ien.  49.  II 
"  Ps.  53.  8 ; 

Is.  60.  4  ; 

.Jer.  .iO.  18 
"18.61.  4i 


ft'.. 


J'ch.  6.  11; 

Is.  62.  8,9; 

Jer.  31.  5; 

Ezek.  28. 26 
9  Jer.  24.6; 


shall  overtake  the  reaper,  and  the 
treader  of  grapes  him  that  soweth 
seed;  and  the  'mountains  .shall 
drop  sweet  '"wine,  and  all  the  hills 
shall  melt.  14  And  1  will  ""bring 
back  the  captivit.y  of  my  people 
Israel,  and  they  sliall  "build  the 
waste  cities,  and  inhabit  them ; 
and  they  shall  ''plant  vineyards, 
and  drink  the  wine  thereof  ;  they 
shall  also  make  gardens,  and  eat 
the  fruit  of  them.  15  And  1  will 
'nlant  them  upon  their  land,  and 
tney  .shall  ""no  more  be  plucked  up 
out  of  their  land  which  I  have 
given  them,  saith  Jehovah  thy  God. 

31.  28      '  Is.  60.  21 ;  Ezek.  ST.  26 


2  Or,  rttum  to 


689 


THE   BOOK   OP 

OBADIAH 


The  Pride  of  Edom  shall  be  hnmbled.    Her  Wicked  Joy  in  Israel's  Distress.    Israel  shall  he  exalted 


1  The  vision  of  Obadiah. 

Thus  saith  the  Lord  Jehovah 
concerning  "  Edom :  *  We  have 
heard  tidings  from  Jehovah,  and 
an  '^ambassador  is  sent  among  the 
nations,  saying,  ^  Arise  ye,  and  let 
us  rise  up  against  her  in  battle. 
2  Behold,  I  have  made  thee  "  small 
among  the  nations :  thou  art 
greatly  despised.  3  The  -^ pride  of 
thy  heart  hath  deceived  thee,  O 
thou  that  dwellest  in  the  clefts  of 
Hhe  "rock,  whose  habitation  is 
high  ;  that  saith  in  his  heart,  ''Who 
shall  bring  me  down  to  the  ground  1 
4  Though  thou  '  mount  on  high  as 
the  eagle,  and  though  thy  nest  be  set 
among  the  *  stars,  I  will  bring  thee 
down  from  thence,  saith  Jehovah. 

5  If  'thieves  came  to  thee,  if 
robbers  by  night  (how  art  thou 
""cut  oflF!),  would  they  not  steal 
only  till  they  had  enough  1  if  grape- 
gatherers  came  to  thee,  would  they 
not  leave  some  "gleaning  graces  1 
6  How  are  ^the  things  of  Esau 
"  searched !  how  are  his  hidden 
treasures  sought  out !  7  All  the 
Pmen  of  thy  confederacy  have 
^brought  thee  on  thy  way,  even  to 
the  border:  the  men  that  were  at 
*  peace  with  thee  have  deceived 
thee,  and  prevailed  against  thee ; 
^they  that  eat  thy  ''bread  lay  a 
^ snare  under  thee:  there  is  'no 
understanding  ^in  him.  8  Shall  I 
not  in  that  day,  saith  Jehovah, 
'  destroy  the  wise  men  out  of  Edom, 
and  understanding  out  of  the 
mount  of  Esau  1  9  And  thy 
"mighty  men,  O  "Teman,  shall  be 
dismayed,  to  the  end  that  every 
one  may  be  "^  cut  off  from  the  mount 
of  Esau  by  slaughter. 

10  For  the  *  violence  done  to  thy 
brother  Jacob,  shame  shall  cover 
thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  cut  off  for 
ever.  11  In  the  day  that  thou 
'  stoodest  ^  on  the  other  side,  in  the 

1  Or,  Sela  2  Or,  the  men 

3  Or,  driven  thee  out 

*  Or,  thy  bread  they  wake  &c. 

s  Or,  wound      ^  Or,  0/  it      i  Or,  aloof 


«  Ps.  137.  7 ; 

Is.  34. 1-17  ; 

63.  1-6; 

Jer.  49.  7- 

22;  Ezek. 

25.  12-14 
*  ver.  1-4 : 

Jer.  49. 

14-16 
«Is.  18.  2; 

30   4 
d  Jer.  6.  4,  6 
'  Num.  24. 

18  ;  Is.  23.  9 

/  Is.  16.  6  ; 

Jer.  49.  16 
i'2K.  14.  7; 

2  Chr.  25. 

12 
h  Is.  14. 13-15 
i  Job  20.  6, 

7 ;  Hab. 

2  9 
k  Is.  14. 12-16 
'  Jer.  49.  9 
"'  ver.  9,  10 
"  Is.  17.  6 ; 

24.  13 
°  Jer.  49.  10 
P  Jer.  30.  14 
«  Jer.  38.  22 

(marg.) 
"■Ps.  41.  9 
'  Jer.  49.  7 
t  Job  5. 

12-14 

"  Jer.  49,  22 
"  Gen.  36. 
11 ;  1  Chr. 

1.  45;  Job 

2.  11 ;  Jer. 
49.  7,  20 ; 
Ezek.  25. 
13 ;  Am.  1. 
12 ;  Hab. 
3.3 

"  ver.  6 ; 

Is.  34.  6-8  ; 

63.  1-3 
y  Ezek.  25. 

12 ;  Joel  3. 

19 ;  Am. 

1.  11 
'  Ps.  S3.  5, 

6  ;  137.  7  ; 
Am.  1.  6,  9 


"  Joel  3.  3 ; 

Nah.  3.  10 
b  Ezek.  35. 

10 
"  Mic.  4.  11 ; 

7.  10 
d  Ezek.  35. 

15  ;  36.  5 
'Ps.  31.  18; 

Ezek.  35. 

12 
/  Ezek.  36.  5 
»  Ezek.  3.5. 

10;  36.  2,3 
A  Is.  16.  3,  4 
'Joel  1.  15; 

2.  1,  11,  31 ; 

Am.  6.  18, 

20 

*  Jer.  50.  29  ; 

890 


day  that  strangers  carried  away  his 
^substance,  and  foreigners  entered 
into  his  gates,  and  "  cast  lots  upon 
Jerusalem,  even  *  thou  wast  as  one 
of  them.  12  But  "look  not  thou  on 
the  day  of  thy  brother  in  ^  the  day 
of  his  disaster,  and  **  rejoice  not 
over  the  children  of  Judah  in  the 
day  of  their  destruction ;  neither 
"speak  proudly  in  the  day  of  dis- 
tress. 13  Enter  not  into  the  gate 
of  my  people  in  the  -^day  of  their 
calamity ;  yea,  look  not  thou  on 
their  affliction  in  the  day  of  their 
calamity,  neither  ^  lay  ye  hands  on 
their  substance  in  the  day  of  their 
calamity.  14  And ''  stand  thou  not 
in  the  crossway,  to  cut  off  those  of 
his  that  escape  ;  and  deliver  not  up 
those  of  his  that  remain  in  the  day 
of  distress. 

15  For  the  'day  of  Jehovah  is 
near  upon  all  the  nations  :  *  as  thou 
hast  done,  it  shall  be  done  unto 
thee;  thy  "'dealing  shall  retui'n 
upon  thine  own  head.  1 6  For  as  ye 
have  ™  drunk  upon  my  holy  moun- 
tain, so  shall  all  the  nations  "  drink 
continually  ;  yea,  they  shall  drink, 
and  "swallow  down,  and  shall  be 
as  though  they  had  not  been. 

17  But  in  mount  "Zion  there 
shall  be  those  that  escape,  and  it 
shall  be  holy ;  and  the  house  of 
Jacob  shall  ^pos.sess  their  posses- 
sions. 18  And  the  house  of  Jacob 
shall  be  a  *fire,  and  the  house  of 
Joseph  a  flame,  and  the  house  of 
Esau  for  stubble,  and  they  shall 
burn  among  them,  and  devour 
them  ;  and  there  shall ''  not  be  any 
remaining  to  the  house  of  Esau ; 
for  Jehovah  hath  spoken  it.  19 
And  they  of  the  South  shall 
'possess  the  mount  of  Esau,  and 
they  of  the    lowland  the  'Philis- 

51.  56  '  Ezek.  35.  11  "» Jer.  49.  12,  13  "  Is.  51.  22, 
23 ;  Jer.  26.  16, 16  "  Is.  4.  2,  3  P  Is.  14.  1,  2 ;  Am. 
9.  11-15  9  Is.  5.  24 ;  9.  18, 19  "■  Jer.  11.  23 ;  Am.  i.  8 
"  Is.  11.  14 ;  Am.  9.  12     i  Is.  11. 14 


8  Or,  forces 

9  Or,  the  day  that  he  was  made  a  stranger 
10  Or,  recompense         i*  Or,  talk  foolishly 


OBADIAH 


Israel  shall  be  eialted 


tines ;  and  they  shall  "  possess  the 
field  of  Ephraim,  and  tne  field  of 
Samaria ;  and  Benjamin  shall  pos- 
se.^s  Gilead.  20  And  the  captives 
of  this  *  host  of  tlie  children  of 
Israel,  ^that   are  among  the   Ca- 

1  Or,  fortrfss 

»  Or,  shall  possess  that  which  beloriKeth  to  the 
Canaaiiites,  even  &c.  Or,  that  are  among  Wk  Va- 
naanites,  even  unto  Zarephath,  and  dec. 


'  Jer.  31.  6; 
3^.  44 

'  1  K.  17.  9, 

10;Lk.  4.  20 
■  Jer.  32.  44  ; 

33.  13 
I  Neh.  B.  27 
'  ver.  3 
f  Ps.  22.  28 ; 

47.  7-9 :  (i7. 

4 ;  Zech. 

14.9 


naanites,  »hall  posness  even  unto 
*  Zarephath ;  and  the  captives  of 
Jerusalem,  that  are  in  Sepharad, 
shall  possess  the  ""cities  of  the 
South.  21  And  ''saviours  shall 
come  up  on  mount  Zion  to  judge 
the '  mount  of  J'^sau  ;  and  the  •'King- 
dom shall  be  Jehovah's. 


8OT 


THE    BOOK   OF 
JONAH 


Jonah,  sent  by  fiod  to  Sineveh,  flees  to  Tarshish.    In  a  Tempest  he  is  cast  overboard,  and  is  swallowed  b;  a  Fish.    His  Prayer 


INow  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unt9  "Jonah  the  son  of 
Amittai,  saying,  2  Arise,  go  to 
*  Nineveh,  that  "  great  city,  and 
'^  cry  against  it ;  for  their  *  wicked- 
ness is  come  up  before  me.  3 
But  Jonah  rose  up  to  flee  unto 
■^Tarshish  "from  the  presence  of 
Jehovah ;  and  he  went  down  to 
'■Joppa,  and  found  a  ship  going 
to  Tarshish  :  so  he  paid  the  fare 
thereof,  and  went  down  into  it,  to 
go  with  them  unto  Tarshish  from 
the  presence  of  Jehovah. 

4  But  'Jehovah  ^  sent  out  a  great 
wind  upon  the  sea,  and  there  was 
a  mighty  tempest  on  the  sea,  so 
tliat  the  ship  was  Kke  to  be  broken. 

5  Then  the  mariners  were  afraid, 
and  cried  every  man  unto  *his 
god;  and  they /cast  forth  the 
wai'cs  that  were  in  the  ship  into 
the  sea,  to  Hghten  it  unto  them. 
But  Jonah  was  gone  down  into 
the  innermost  parts  of  the  ship ; 
and  he  lay,  and  >was  fast  asleep. 

6  So  the  shipmaster  came  to  him, 
and  said  unto  him.  What  meanest 
thou,  O  sleeper?  arise,  ™call  upon 
thy  God,  if  so  be  that  "  God  will 
think  upon  us,  that  we  perish  not. 

7  And  they  said  every  one  to  his 
fellow,  Come,  and  let  us  "cast  lots, 
that  we  may  know  for  whose 
cause  this  evil  is  upon  us.  So 
they  cast  lots,  and  the  ^lot  fell 
upon  Jonah.  8  Then  said  they 
unto  him,  «Tell  us,  we  pray  thee, 
for  whose  cause  this  evil  is  upon 
us  ;  what  is  thine  ^  occupation  1 
and  whence  comest  thou  f  what 
is  thy  country?  and  of  what  peo- 
ple art  thou?  9  And  he  said 
unto  them,  I  am  a  '  Hebrew ;  and 
I  'fear  Jehovah,  the  "God  of 
heaven,  who  hath  "made  the  sea 
and  the  dry  land.  10  Then  were 
the  men  exceedingly  afraid,  and 
said  unto  him.  What  is  this  that 
thou  hast  done?  For  the  men 
knew  that  he  was  '^  fleeing  from 

I  Or,  hurled 


°  2  K.  14.  25 ; 

Mt.  12. 

39-41 ;  16. 

4;  Lk.  11. 

29,  30,  32 
b  Gen.  10, 

11 ;  2  K.  19. 

36 ;  Is.  37. 

37 ;  Nah.  1. 

1;  Zeph. 

2.  13 
"  ch.  3.  2,  3 ; 

4.  11 
d  la.  68.  1 
« Gen.  18. 

20;  Hos. 

7.  2 
/Is.  23.  1,6, 

10;  Jer. 

10.  9 
»  Ps.  139.  7, 

9,  10 

A  2  Chr.  2. 

16 ;  Ezr.  3. 

7 ;  Acts  9. 

36,43 
»  Ps.  107.  2»- 

28 ;  13.5.  7 
*  1  K.  18.  26 
'  Acts  27. 

18,  19,  38 
"*  Ps.  107.  28 
"  ch.  3.  9  ; 

2  S.  12.  22 ; 

Am.  6.  l.T 
"  Josh.  7.  14- 

18;  1  S.  10. 

20.  21 ;  14. 

41,42; 

Acts  1. 

2S-26 
P  Num.  32. 

23;  Prov. 

10.  33 
*[Ch.  2.  1  in 

Heb] 
9  Josh.  7. 

19 ;  IS.  14. 

43 
"•  Gen.  47.  3 ; 

1  S.  30.  13 
'  Gen.  14. 

13;  Ex.  1. 

15 :  2.  13 
t  2  K.  17.  25, 

28,  32,  33 
"Ezr.  1.  2; 

Neh.  1.4; 

Ps.  136.  26 ; 

Dan.  2.  18 
*'Neh.  9.  6; 

Ps.  95.  5 ; 

146.  6 


"2  8.  24.  17 
'  1  Chr.  21. 

17 
"  Prov.  21. 

30 
*  ver.  16 ; 

Ps.  107.  28 
"Ps.  115.  3; 

136.  6; 

Dan.  4.  34, 

35 


the  presence  of  Jehovah,  because 
he  had  told  them. 

11  Then  said  they  unto  him. 
What  shall  we  do  unto  thee,  t)iat 
the  sea  may  be  calm  unto  us  ? 
for  the  sea  grew  more  and  more 
tempestuous.  12  And  he  said 
unto  them,  ^Take  me  up,  and  cast 
me  forth  into  the  sea ;  so  shall  the 
sea  be  calm  unto  you  :  for  I  know 
that '  for  my  sake  this  great  tem- 
pest is  upon  you.  13  Nevertheless 
the  men  rowed  hard  to  get  them 
back  to  the  land  ;  but  they  "could 
not :  for  the  sea  grew  more  and 
more  tempestuous  against  them. 
14  Wherefore  they  cried  unto  *  Je- 
hovah, and  said.  We  beseech  thee, 
O  Jehovah,  we  beseech  thee,  let  us 
not  perish  for  this  man's  life,  and 
lay  not  upon  us  innocent  blood ;  for 
"tnou,  O  Jehovah,  hast  done  as  it 
pleased  thee.  15  So  they  took 
up  Jonah,  and  cast  him  forth  into 
the  sea  ;  and  the  sea  "*  ceased  from 
its  raging.  16  Then  the  men 
feared  "Jehovah  exceedingly;  and 
they  offered  a  sacrifice  unto  Jeho- 
vah, and  made  -^vows. 

*17  And  "Jehovah  prepared  a 
great  fish  to  swallow  up  Jonah ; 
and  Jonah  was  in  the  ''  belly  of  the 
fish  three  days  and  three  nights. 

21    Then    Jonah    prayed    unto 
Jehovah  his  God  '  out  of  the 
fish's  belly.     2  And  he  said, 
I  *  called   ^  by    reason    of   mine 

affliction  unto  Jehovah, 
And  he  answered  me ; 
Out    of    the    belly    of    'Sheol 

cried  I, 
And  thou  heardest  my  voice. 
3  For  thou  didst  "*  cast  me  into  the 
depth,  in  the  heart  of  the  seas. 
And  the  flood  was  round  about 
me; 

d  Ps.  65.  7 ;  93.  3,  4 ;  107.  29  "  i  S.  6.  2-5;  Dan.  4. 
34-37  /Ps.  50.  14;  66.  13,  14  "  Ch.  4.  6  A  Mt.  12.  40 
•  Job  13.  15 ;  Ps.  130.  1,  2 ;  Lam.  3.  53-56  *  1  S.  30. 
6;  Ps.  18.  4-6;  22.  24;  120.  1  '  Ps.  18.  6,6;  61.  t; 
86.  13  ;  88.  1-7     "'  Ps.  69.  1,  2,  14,  15 ;  Lam.  3.  54 


*  Or,  out  of  mine  affliction 


2. 4  JONAH 

Jontli't  Prajer.    He  preKhes  to  the  Sinevitee,  and  they  repent.    His  Complaint  against  Cod's  Forbearance 


4.8 


All  thy  "  waves  and  thy  billows 
passed  over  me. 

4  And  1  said,  1  am  *  cast  out  from 

before  thine  eyes ; 
Yet  I  will  look  again  'toward 
thy  holy  temple. 

5  The    ''waters     compassed    me 

about,  even  to  the  soul: 
The   'deep    was    round    about 

me  ; 
The  weeds  were  wrapped  about 

my  head. 

6  I  -'went  down  to  the  bottoms 

of  the  mountains ; 

The  earth  with  its  "  bars  closed 
upon  me  for  ever  : 

Yet  hast  thou  "  brought  up  my 
life  from  'the  pit,  O  Jeho- 
vah my  God.  . 

7  When  my  soul  *  fainted  withm 

me,    I    *  remembered    Jeho- 
vah; 
And  my  'prayer  came  in  unto 
thee,    into   thy  "holy  tem- 
ple. 

8  They  that  "  regard  lying  vani- 

ties 
Forsake  their  own  mercy. 

9  But  I  will  "sacrifice  unto  thee 

with    the   voice    of    thanks- 
giving; ,  .    ,     T   1. 

I  will  ^pay  that  which  i  have 
vowed. 

«  Salvation  is  of  Jehovah. 
10  And  Jehovah  spake  unto  the 
"■fish,  and  it  vomited  out  Jonah 
upon  the  drv  land.  ,  ,  ^  ,  . 
And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  Jonah  the  'second 
time,  saying,  2  Arise,  go  unto 
'Nineveh,  that  great  city,  and 
'*»  preach  unto  it  the  preaching 
that  I  bid  thee.  3  So^  Jonah 
arose,  and  went  unto  Nineveh, 
according  to  the  word  of  Jehovah. 
Now  Nineveh  was  ^an  "exceeding 
great  city,  of  three  days'  journey. 
4  And  Jonah  began  to  enter  into 
the  city  a  day's  journey,  and  he 
'cried,  and  said,  *Yet  forty  days, 
and  Nineveh  shall  be  overthrown. 
5  And  the  people  of  Nineveh  be- 
lieved God  ;  and  they  proclaimed 
a  'fast,  and  put  on  "sackcloth, 
"from  the  greatest  of  them  even 
to  the  least  of  them.  6  ■•  And^  the 
tidings  reached  the  king  of  Nine- 
veh, and  he  arose  from  his  throne, 
and  laid  his  robe  from  him,  and 
'covered  liim  with  sackcloth,  and 
sat  in  ashes.       7     And  he  made 

1  Or.  rorruption  «  Or.  cry 

3  Heb.  a  citv  great  unto  Gud       . 
*  Or,  For  word  carm  unto  the  king  sc. 


"  Pb.  42.  7 

*  Ps.  31.  22  ; 
Jer.  7.  Ifi 

'  1  K.  8.  38  ; 
2  Chr.  0. 
38 ;  P8.  6.  7 

*  Lam.  3.  u4 

•  I'B.  U9.  1,  2 
/  Ps.  18.  6 ; 

no.  3 
■'  Is.  .W.  10 ; 

Mt.  10.  18 
'» Job  33.  28  ; 
Pb.  10.  10 ; 
30.  3;  Is. 
38.  17 

•  Pb.  142.  3 
*  Pb.  77.  10, 

11  ;  143.  6 

'  2  ('hr.  :». 

27  ;  Pb. 

18.  0 

"'  ver.  4  ; 
Ps.  11.  4; 
(V).  4 ;  Mic. 

1.  2 ;  Hab. 

2.  20 

"  2  K.  17.  IS ; 

Pb.  31.  6 ; 

Jer.  10.  19 
°  Pb.  .tO.  14, 

23 ;  Jer. 

33.  11; 

Hob.  14.  2 
P  Job  22.  27  ; 

Eccl.  6. 

4,  6 
«  Pb.  3.  8  ; 

Is.  45.  17 

•■  ch.  1.  17 
'ch.  1.  1.2 
«  Zeph.  2. 

13-1.'> 
"  Jer.  1.  17  ; 

Ezek.  2.  7 
"  ch.  1.  2 ; 

4.  11 
*Mt.  12.41  ; 

Lk.  11.  32 
y  2  K.  20.  1 , 

0 ;  Jer.  18. 

7-10 
'Dan.  9.  3; 

Joel  1.  U 
"  (Jen.  37. 

34  ;  2  S.  3. 

31 
6  Jer.  31.  34 
'  EBth.  4. 

1-4 ;  Jer. 

0.  20 ; 

Ezek.  27. 

30,  31 ; 

Dan.  9.  3 


d  ver.  6 ; 
2  Chr.  20. 
3 ;  E^zr.  8. 

•ch.  1.6,14; 

Pb.  130.  1 
/Is.  1.  10- 

19 ;  6,5.  6, 

7 ;  Jer.  18. 

11 
"  2  8.  12.  22  ; 

Joel  2.  14 
h  1  K.  21.  27- 

29;  Jer.  31. 

1>< 
•  Ex.  32.  14  ; 

Jer.  18.  h; 

Am.  7.  .(,  0 
t  ver.  4,  0  : 

Mt.  20.  i:. ; 

Lk.  i.v  28 
'  Jer.  20.  7 
"ch.  1.3 
"  Kx.  34.  fi ; 

Num   14. 

is;  P.s.  86. 

6,  i."; ;  Joel 
2.  13;  Mic. 

7.  18 

"  ver.  8 ; 

893 


''proclamation  and  **  published 
through  Nineveh  by  the  decree 
of  the  king  and  his  nobles,  say- 
ing. Let  neither  man  nor  beast, 
herd  nor  dock,  taste  anything ; 
let  them  not  feed,  nor  drink 
water ;  8  but  let  them  be  covered 
with  sackcloth,  both  man  and 
beast,  and  let  them  '  cry  mightily 
unto  God :  yea,  let  them  -'turn 
every  one  from  his  evil  way,  and 
from  the  violence  that  is  in  his 
hands.  9  "  Who  knoweth  whether 
God  will  not  turn  and  repent,  anfl 
turn  away  from  his  fieice  anger, 
that  we  perish  notl  10  And  God 
saw  their  works,  that  they  "turned 
from  their  evil  way  :  and  'God  re- 
pented of  the  evil  which  he  said  he 
would  do  unto  them  ;  and  he  did  it 
not. 

4  But  it  displeased  Jonah  ex- 
ceedingly, and  he  was  *  angry. 
2  And  he  'prayed  unto  Jehovah, 
and  said,  I  pray  thee,  O  Jehovah, 
was  not  this  my  saying,  when  1 
was  yet  in  my  country"?  Therefore 
I  ®  hasted  to  ""flee  unto  Tarshish ; 
for  I  knew  that  thou  art  a  "  gra- 
cious God,  and  merciful,  slow  to 
anger,  and  abundant  in  loving- 
kindness,  and  repentest  thee  of 
the  evil.  3  Therefore  now,  O  Je- 
hovah, "take,  I  beseech  thee,  my 
life  from  me ;  for  it  is  ^  better  for 
me  to  die  than  to  live.  4  And  Je- 
hovah said,  ^«Doest  thou  well  to 
be  angry  1  5  Then  Jonah  went 
out  of  the  city,  and  'sat  on  the 
east  side  of  the  city,  and  there 
made  him  a  booth,  and  sat  under 
it  in  the  shade,  till  he  might  see 
what  would  become  of  the  city. 

6  And  'Jehovah  God  prepared  a 
^ gourd,  and  made  it  to  come  up 
over  Jonah,  that  it  might  be  a 
shade  over  his  head,  to  deliver  him 
from  his  evil  case.  So  Jonah  wa.s 
'exceeding  glad  because  of  the 
gourd.  7  But  God  prepared  a 
worm  when  the  morning  rose  the 
next  day,  and  it  smote  the  gourd, 
that  it  "withered.  8  And  it  came 
to  pass,  when  the  sun  arose,  that 
God  prepared  a  sultry  "  east  wind  ; 
and  the  •'sun  beat  upon  the  head 
of  Jonah,  that  he  fainted,  and  re- 
quested for  hiin.self  that  he  might 

1  K  19  4  ;  Job  fl   8,  9  P  Job  7.  16,  16 ;  Eocl.  7.  1 

aver  0;  Mt.  21).  11,  1.1  "■  1  K.  IB.  9,  13      'ch.  1.  17 

(  Am  B  13    "  Joel  1.  12  '  Ezek.  19.  12 ;  Hoa.  13.  16 
«Pb.  121.  6;  la.  49.  10 

i  Heb  said         *  Or,  u'<m  hfforiiKanA  infieeing 

•  Or,  Art  thou  greatly  angry  f 

i  Or,  Palma  C'/iri»(«    Heb.  kikayon. 


4.9 


JONAH 


4.11 


'■r.iHili:  J', 


'ill'j.Ji.  )•  'tifij!)!" 


Tbe  Lesson  of  the  Coord 


'.|«      .Ui,:^-   r'.r.\.. 


"^die,  and  said,  It  is  better  for  me 
to  die  than  to  live.  9  And  God 
said  to  Jonah,  *Doest  thou  well 
to  be  angry  for  the  gourde  And 
he  said,  I  do  well  to  be  angry, 
even  unto  death.  10  And  Jeho- 
vah said,  Thou  hast  had  regard 
for  the  gourd,  for  which  thou  hast 
not    labored,    neither    madest    it 


°  rer.  3 
*  ver.  4 


"  ch.  3.  10 
<*ch.  1.  2; 

3.  2,  3 
•  ch.  3.  3 
/Dt.  1.39; 

Is.  7.  16 


"  Pa.  36.  6 


grow ;  which  came  up  in  a 
night,  and  perished  in  a  night: 
1 1  and  should  not  I  "have  regard 
for  ''Nineveh,  that  *  great  city, 
wherein  are  more  than  sixscore 
thousand  persons  that  •'^ cannot 
discern  between  their  right  hand 
and  their  left  hand ;  and  also 
much  "  cattle  1 


«M 


■c  .f 


THE   BOOK    OF 


MIOAH 


De&tractifln  deoouoced  against  Israel  and  Jndah.    The  Coming  Desolation  lamented.    Woe  to  Creedy  Oppreuori 


IThe  word  of  Jehovah  that 
came  to  "Micah  the  ''Morash- 
tite  in  the  days  of  "^  Jotham, ''  Ahaz, 
and  '  Hezekiah,  kings  of  Judah, 
which  he  saw  concerning  Samaria 
and  Jerusalem. 

2  Hear,  ye  peoples,  all  of  you ; 
•'hearken,  O  earth,  and  '  all  that 
therein  is  :  and  let  the  Lord  Je- 
hovah be  "witness  •^against  you, 
the  Lord  from  his  holy  temple. 
3  For,  behold,  Jehovah  *cometh 
forth  out  of  his  place,  and  will 
come  down,  and  'tread  upon  the 
high  places  of  the  earth.  4  And 
*the  mountains  shall  be  melted 
under  him,  and  the  valleys  shall 
be  cleft,  as  wax  before  the  fire, 
as  waters  that^  are  poured  down  a 
steep  place.  5  For  the  transgres- 
sion of  Jacob  is  all  this,  and  for 
the  sins  of  the  house  of  Israel. 
^Yhat  is  the  transgression  of  Ja- 
cob "?  is  it  not  '  Samaria  1  and  what 
are  the  "'high  places  of  Judah? 
are  they  not  Jerusalem  ?  6  There- 
fore I  will  make  Samaria  as  a  "heap 
of  the  field,  and  as  places  for 
"planting  vineyards ;  and  I  will 
Ppour  down  tlie  stones  thereof 
into  the  valley,  and  I  will « uncover 
the  foundations  thereof.  7  And 
all  her  •"  graven  images  shall  be 
beaten  to  pieces,  and  all  her  '  hires 
shall  be  burned  with  fire,  and  all 
her  idols  will  I  lay  desolate ;  for 
of  the  hire  of  a  harlot  hath  she 
gathered  them,  and  unto  the  hire 
of  a  harlot  shall  they  return. 

8  For  this  will  I  lament  and 
wail;  I  will  go  'stripped  and 
naked  ;  I  will  make  a  waning  like 
the  "jackals,  and  a  lamentation 
like  tne  ostriches.  9  For  her 
'wounds  are  incurable;  for  it  is 
come  even  unto  Judah  ;  it  reacheth 
unto  the  -^  gate  of  my  people,  even 
to  Jerusalem.  10  "Tell  it  not  in 
Gath,  weep  not  at  all  :  at  *P>eth- 
le-aphrah  ^ave  I  rolled  myself  in 

I  Heb.  th^  fulness  thereof.        »  Or,  among 

*  That  is,  A  house  of  duit. 

*  Another  reading  fa,  roll  thyself 


"  Jer.  26.  18 
i>  ver.  14 
■^  L'  K.  16,  6, 

T,  32-38 ; 

2  Chr.  27. 

1-9 ;  Ib.  1. 

1 ;  Hos.  1. 1 
d  2  K.  le. 

1-20 ; 

2  (Uir.  28. 

1-27 ;  Is.  1. 

1 ;  7.  1-12  ; 

Hos.  1.  I 

*  2  K.  18. 
1-20.  21 ; 
2  Chr. 
28.  27-32. 
33 ;  Is.  1. 

1 ;  3fi.  1-39. 

8;  Hos. 

1.  1 
/Jer.  6.  19; 

22.  29 
"  Ps.  50.  7 
'•  Is.  26.  21 
'  Am.  4.  13 

*  Ps.  97.  6  -, 
Is.  04.  1,  2  ; 
Nah.  1.  6 

'  Is.  7.  9  ; 
28.  1 ;  Am. 
8.  14 
""  2  Chr.  34. 

"  ch.  3.  12 
"  Jer.  31.  6 ; 

Am.  6.  11 
P  Lam.  4.  1 
«  Ezek.  13. 

14 
"■  Dt.  9.  21 ; 

2  Chr.  34.  7 

*  Dt.  23.  18 ; 
Is.  23.  17 

'  Is.  32.  11 
"  Is.  13.21,22 
"  Jer.  30.  12, 

16 
'ver.  12;  Is. 

3.  26 
•'2S.  1.  20 


'  Ezelt.  23. 

29 
"  Josh.  16. 

37 
l>  Is.  69.  9- 

11 ;  Jer.  14. 

19 

'  ver.  9 
•I  Am.  2.  14 
'  Josh.  10. 

3;  2K.  14. 

10 :  Is.  36.  2 
/  ver.  6 
»  2  K.  10.  g 
>>  ver.  1 
•  Josh.  16. 

44 
k  Jer.  16.  18 
'  .Tosh.  16. 44 
"■  ch.  6.  2 
"  Josh.  12. 

l.s  ;  15.  35; 

2  S.  23. 13 
o  I».  22.  12 
P  Am.7.  11, 

17 
«  Pb.  36.  4  ; 

895 


the  dust.  11  Pass  away,  O  "in- 
habitant of  Shaphir,  in  '  naked- 
ness and  shame  :  the  **  inhabitant 
of  "  Zaanan  is  not  come  forth  ;  the 
wailing  of  Beth-ezel  shall  take 
from  you  the  ®stay  thereof.  12 
For  tne  *  inhabitant  of  Maroth 
"'waiteth  anxiously  for  good,  be- 
cause evil  is  come  down  from  Je- 
hovah unto  the  "  gate  of  Jerusalem. 
1 3  •*  Bind  the  chariot  to  the  swift 
steed,  O  'inhabitant  of  'Lachish  : 
she  was  the  beginning  of  sin  to 
the  daughter  of  Zion ;  for  the 
•''transgressions  of  Israel  were 
found  in  thee.  14  Therefore  shalt 
thou  give  a  parting  "  gift  to  *  Mor- 
esheth-gath:  the  houses  of  'Achzib 
shall  be  *a  *  deceitful  thing  unto 
the  kings  of  Israel.  15  1  will  yet 
bring  unto  thee,  O  *  inhabitant  of 
'  Mareshah,  him  that  shall  "  possess 
thee  :  the  glory  of  Israel  shall  come 
even  unto  "Adullam.  16  Make 
thee  "bald,  and  cut  off  thy  hair  for 
the  children  of  thy  delight :  enlarge 
thy  baldness  as  the  ^ eagle;  for 
they  are  ^  gone  into  captivity  from 
thee. 

2  Woe  to  them  that  'devise 
iniquity  and  work  evil  upon 
their  beds  !  *"  when  the  morning 
is  light,  thej'  practise  it,  because 
it  is  in  the  'power  of  their  hand. 
2  And  they  'covet  fields  and 
"seize  them  ;  and  houses,  and  take 
them  away  :  and  they  'oppress  a 
man  and  nis  hou.se,  even  a  man 
and  his  heritage.  3  Therefore 
thussaith  Jehovah  :  Behold, against 
'this  family  do  I  •'devise  an  evil, 
from  which  ye  shall  'not  remove 
your  necks,  neither  .shall  ye  walk 
"haughtily  ;  for  it  is  an  *evil  time. 
4  In  that  day  shall  they  '  take  up  a 

Is.  32.  7;  Nah  1.11  ••  Hos  7.  6.  7  'Oen.  SIM; 
Dt  a*.  32 ;  Prov.  3.  27  '  Jer.  22. 17 ;  Am.  8.  4  "  Is. 
6  8  "111.21.1-16  'Jer.  8.  8;  Am.  3  1,2  »  Dt. 
28.  4«;  Jer.  18.  11  •  Lam.  1.  14 ;  6.  6  "18.2.11,12 
*  Am.  6.  13    '  Hab.  2.  6 


s  Heb  inhabitress.  •  Heb.  arhtah. 

'  Or,  itanding-plafe  »  Or,  vulture 

1  Or,  is  in  travail  for 


2.5 


MICAH 


4.2 


Like  People,  like  Prophet.    1  Remnant  to  be  restored.    Wicked  Ralers,  Priests,  and  Prophets  denounced 


parable  against  you,  and  "  lament 
^with  a  doleful  lamentation,  and 
say,  We  are  utterly  *  ruined  :  he 
changeth  the  portion  of  my  people  : 
how  doth  he  ■^remove  it  from  me  ! 
to  the  rebellious  he  "divideth  our 
fields.  5  Therefore  thou  shalt  have 
none  that  shall  ''cast  the  line  by 
lot  in  the  assembly  of  Jehovah. 

6  **  Prophesy  ye  not,  thus  they 
prophesy.  They  shall  -^not  proph- 
e&Y  ■*to  these  :  ^  reproaches  shall  not 
depart.  7  ^  Shall  it  be  said,  O 
house  of  Jacob,  Is  the  Spirit  of 
Jehovah  '^"straitened'?  are  these 
his  doings  ?  Do  not  my  words  '  do 
good  to  him  that  *walketh  up- 
rightly 1  8  But  ■'of  late  my  peo- 
ple is  risen  up  as  an  '  enemy :  ye 
"•  strip  the  robe  from  oif  the  gar- 
ment from  them  that  pass  by 
"  securely  as  vien  averse  from  war. 

9  The  women  of  my  people  j^e 
"cast  out  from  their  pleasant 
houses ;  from  their  young  children 
ye  take  away  my  ^  glory  for  ever. 

10  'Arise  ye,  and  depart ;  for  this 
is  not '  your  resting-place ;  because 
of  'uncleanness  that  destroyeth, 
even  with  a  grievous  destruction. 

11  If  a  man  walking  ''in  a  spirit 
of  '  falsehood  do  lie,  saying,  I  will 
prophesy  unto  thee  of  "wine  and 
of  strong  drink  ;  he  shall  even  be 
the  propnet  of  "  this  people. 

12  I  will  surely  ""  assemble,  O 
Jacob,  all  of  thee;  I  will  surely 
gather  the  *  remnant  of  Israel ;  I 
will  put  them  together  as  the  sheep 
of  Bozrah,  as  a  flock  in  the  midst 
of  their  pasture ;  they  shall  make 
great  noise  by  reason  of  the  '  mul- 
titude of  men.  13  The  breaker  is 
gone  up  before  them :  they  have 
broken  forth  and  passed  on  to  the 
gate,  and  are  gone  out  thereat ; 
and  their  king  is  passed  on  before 
them,  and  "  Jehovah  at  the  head  of 
them. 

3  And  I  said,  *Hear,  I  pray 
you,  ye  heads  of  Jacob,  and 
rulers  of  the  house  of  Israel :  is  it 
not  for  you  to "  know  justice  1  2  ye 
who  hate  the  good,  and  love  the 
evil ;  who  **  pluck  off  their  skin 
from  off  them,  and  their  flesh 
from  off  their  bones ;  3  who  also 

1  Or,  with  the  lamentation.  It  is  done;  and  say 
ic.  2  Or,  depart  from 

*  Or,  Prophe^  ve  not,  they  are  ever  prophesy- 
ing, say  they    Heb.  Drop  &c.    See  Am.  7.  16. 

*  Or,  of  these  things :  their  reproaches  never 
cease 

^  Or,  0  thou  that  art  named  the  house  of  Jacob 

*  Or,  impatient    Heb.  shortened. 

f  Heb.  yesterday.    *  Or,  in  wind  and  falsehood 


"ch.  1.  8; 
Jar.  9. 10, 
17-21 

» Is.  6.  11 ; 

24.  3; 

Jer.  4.  13 
"  Jer.  6.  12 ; 

8.  10 
d  Num.  34. 

13,  16-29 ; 

Josh.  18. 

4,  10 
'  Is.  30. 10 ; 

Am.  2.  12 ; 

7.  16 
/ch.  3.  6; 

Is.  29.  10 
»  ch.  6.  16 
''  Is.  60.  2 ; 

69.  1 
•  Ps.  119.  65, 

68,  116  ; 

Jer.  15.  16 
«••  Ps.  15.  2 ; 

84.  11 
'  Jer.  12.  8 
"•  ch.  3.  2,  3 ; 

7.  2,3 
"  Ps.  120.  6, 7 
°  Jer.  10.  20 
P  Ezek.  39. 

21 ;  Hab. 

2.  14 
«  Lev.  18.  25, 

28,  29; 

Lam.  4.  14, 

15 
•■  Bt.  12.  9 
^  Pb.  106.  38 
«  Jer.  5. 13, 31 
"  Is.  28.  7 
"  Is.  30. 10, 11 
^  ch.  4.  6,  7 
y  ch.  6.  7,  8 ; 

7.  18 
'  Jer.  33.  22 
"  ch.  5.  4 
>>  ver.  9 ;  Is. 

1.  10 

«  Ps.  82.  1-5 ; 

Jer.  5.  5 
d  ch.  2.  8 ;  7. 

2,  3 ;  Ps. 
53.  4; 
Ezek.  22. 27 


«  Ps.  14.  4  ; 

27.  2  ■ 

Zeph.  3.  3 
/  Ezek.  34. 
2  3 

»  Ezek,  11. 

3,6,7 
'i  Ps.  18.  41 ; 

Prov.  1. 28 ; 

Is.  1.  15 ; 

Jer.  11.  11 
•  Dt.  31.  17 ; 

Is.  69.  2 
*:  oh.  7. 13 ; 

Is.  3.  11 
'  Is.  3. 12  ; 

9.  15, 16 ; 

Jer.  14.  14, 

15 
"Is.  56.  9-11 

"  Jer.  6. 14 
°  ver.  11 

P  Is.  8.  20-22  ; 

29.  10-12 
«  Is.  69.  10 
•■  Zech.  13.  4 
'  Is.  44.  25  ; 

47.  12-14 
«  ch.  7.  16 

"  ver.  4 ;  1  S. 

28.6 

"  Is.  61. 1,  2 ; 

Jer.  1. 18 
^  Is.  68.  1 
"  ver.  1 
'Ps.  68.1,2; 

la.  1.  23 
"  Jer.  22.  13, 

17 ;  Hab. 

89/J 


"  eat  the  flesh  of  my  people,  and 
^flay  their  skin  from  off  them,  and 
break  their  bones,  and  ^  chop  them 
in  pieces,  as  for  the  pot,  and  as 
flesh  within  the  caldron.  4  Then 
shall  they  "  cry  unto  Jehovah,  but 
he  will  not  answer  them  ;  yea,  he 
will  'hide  his  face  from  them  at 
that  time,  according  as  they  have 
*  wrought  evil  in  their  doings. 

5  Thus  saith  Jehovah  concerning 
the  prophets  that  '  make  my  peo- 
ple to  err ;  that  '"  bite  with  tneir 
teeth,  and  "crj:.  Peace  ;  and  whoso 
"putteth  not  into  their  mouths, 
they  even  ''prepare  war  against 
him:  6  Therefore  it  shall  be  *  night 
unto  you,  that  ye  shall  have  no 
vision ;  and  it  shall  be  dark  unto 
you,  that  ye  shall  not  divine ;  and 
the  «  sun  shall  go  down  upon  the 

grophets,  and  the  day  snail  be 
lack  over  them.  7  And  the  seers 
shall  be  ''put  to  shame,  and  the 
'  diviners  confounded ;  yea,  they 
shall  all  *  cover  their  lips ;  for  there 
is  "no  answer  of  God.  8  But  as 
for  me,  "1  am  full  of  power  ^"by 
the  Spirit  of  Jehovah,  and  of 
judgment,  and  of  might,  to  "^  de- 
clare unto  Jacob  his  transgression, 
and  to  Israel  his  sin. 

9  Hear  this,  I  pray  you,  ye 
^  heads  of  the  house  of  Jacob,  and 
rulers  of  the  house  of  Israel,  that 
^  abhor  justice,  and  pervert  all 
equity.  10  They  "build  up  Zion 
with  blood,  and  Jerusalem  with 
iniquity.  11  The  heads  thereof 
judge  for  *  reward,  and  the  "priests 
thereof  teach  for  hire,  and  the 
prophets  thereof  divine  for  money  : 
yet  they  lean  upon  Jehovah,  and 
say,  ■*  Is  not  Jehovah  in  the  midst 
of  us  %  no  evil  shall  come  upon  us. 
1 2  Therefore  shall  '  Zion  for  your 
sake  be  plowed  as  a  field,  and  -^Je- 
rusalem shall  become  ^  heaps,  and 
the  ^  mountain  of  the  house  as  the 
high  places  of  a  forest. 

4  'But  in  the  *  latter  days  it 
shall  come  to  pass,  that  the 
'mountain  of  Jehovah's  house 
shall  be  established  "on  the  top 
of  the  mountains,  and  it  shall  be 
exalted  above  the  hills  ;  and  "*  peo- 
ples shall  flow  unto  it.  2  And 
"many  nations  shall  go  and  say, 

2.  12  i>  ch.  7.  3  ;  Is.  1.  23  "  Jer.  6.  13  <*  I».  48.  2 
'  Jer.  26.  18  /  Jer.  9.  11  ^  ch.  1.  6  ^  ch.  4.  1  ''  ch. 
4.  1-3 :  Is.  2.  2-4  *  Dan.  2.  28 ;  10.  14 ;  Hos.  3.  5 
'  ch.  3.  12 ;  Ezek.  4.3.  12 ;  Zech.  8. 3  "^  Ps.  22.  27.; 
86.  9 ;  Jer.  3. 17    "  Zech.  2.  11 ;  14.  16 


9  Heb.  sanctify.         i<>  Or,  even  the  Spirit 
"  Or,  at  the  head 


MICAH 


5.8 


The  PeocefDl  latter  Da)8.    Conflirts  and  Triumphs  of  Zlon.    Rei^n  of  th«  Deliverer  who  comes  ft'om  Bethlehem 


"Come  ye,  and  let  us  go  un  to  the 
mountain  of  Jehovah,  ana  to  the 
house  of  the  God  of  Jacob;  and 
'he  will  teach  us  of  his  ways,  and 
we  will  walk  in  his  paths.  For 
*  out  of  Zion  shall  go  forth  ^  the 
law,  and  the  woi-d  of  Jehovah  from 
Jerusalem;  3  and  he  will  ''judge 
'^  between  ^niany  peoples,  and  will 
decide  concerning  strong  nations 
afar  off:  and  they  shall  beat  their 
swords  into  plowshares,  and  their 
snears  into  pruning-hooks  ;  nation 
snail  not  lift  up  sword  against 
nation,  neither  shall  they  learn 
war  any  more.  4  But  they  shall 
'  sit  every  man  under  his  vine  and 
under  his  fig-tree  ;  and  ■'none  shall 
make  them  afraid  :  for  the  "  mouth 
of  Jehovah  of  hosts  hath  spoken 
it.  5  For  all  the  peoples  walk 
every  one  in  the  ''name  of  his  god  ; 
and  we  will  walk  in  the  name  of 
'Jehovah  our  God-  for  ever  and 
ever. 

6  In  that  day,  saith  Jehovah, 
will  I  *  assemble  that  which  is 
'lame,  and  1  will  gather  that  which 
is  driven  away,  and  that  which  I 
have  afflicted ;  7  and  I  will  make 
that  which  was  lame  a  *"  remnant, 
and  that  which  was  cast  far  oft"  a 
"strong  nation  :  and  "Jehovah  will 
reign  over  them  in  mount  Zion 
from  henceforth  even  for  ever.  8 
And  thou,  O  "  tower  of  *  the  « flock, 
*the  hill  of  the  daughter  of  Zion, 
unto  thee  shall  it  come,  yea,  the 
'former  dominion  shall  come,  the 
kingdom  of  the  daughter  of  Jeru- 
salem. 

9  Now  why  dost  thou  'cry  out 
aloud"?  Is  there  no  king  in  thee, 
is  thy  'counsellor  perished,  that 
pangs  have  taken  hold  of  thee  as 
of  a  woman  in  travail  ?  10  "Be  in 
pain,  and  labw  to  bring  forth,  O 
daughter  of  Zion,  like  a  woman  in 
travail ;  for  now  shalt  thou  "  go 
forth  out  of  the  city,  and  shalt 
dwell  in  the  field,  and  shalt  come 
?ven  unto  Babylon :  "^  there  shalt 
thou  be  rescued  ;  *  there  will  Jeho- 
vah redeem  thee  from  the  hand  of 
thine  enemies.  1 1  And  now  'many 
nations  are  assembled  against  thee, 
that  say.  Let  her  be  "defiled,  and 
let  our  eye  ®see  our  desire  upon 
Zion,  1 2  But  they  *  know  not  the 
thoughts  of  Jehovah,  neither  un- 
derstand they  his  counsel ;  for  he 

>  Or,  instruction     <  Or,  Eder    See  Gen.  36.  21. 

*  Or,  among  *  Heb.  Ophel. 

*  Or,  great  *  Or,  gait  upon 

29 


"  Is.  2.  3; 

Jer.  31.  U 
b  Pb.  2.).  8,  9, 

12;  Is.  54. 

13 

"  Is.  42.  1-4 ; 
Zech.  14. 

8,  U 
d\a.  2.  4; 
II.  3-5 

•  1  K.  4.  26  ; 

Zech.  3.  10 
/  Lev.  20.  0 ; 

Jer.  ;to.  10 
♦fCli  4.  14  in 

Heb] 
"Is    1.  20; 

4(1.  .-, 
''  2  K.  17.  29 
'  Josb.  24. 

16  ;  Is.  26. 

8,  13; 

Zech.  10. 12 
*[Cb.  6.  1  in 

Heb.] 
«:  ch.  2.  12 
'  Zeph.  3.  19 
"'  ch.  6.  7,  8 ; 

7.  18 
"  ver.  13 
"  Is.  24.  23 
P  Ps.  48.  3, 

12;  Gl.  3 
9  ch.  2.  12 
''  Is.  1.  20; 

Zech.  9.  10 

•  Jer.  8.  19 
'  Is.  3.  1-3 ; 

28.  29 
"  ch.  6.  3 
"2K.  20.  18; 

Hos.  2.  14 
""ch.  7.  8-12; 

Is.  43.  14; 

46.  13 
V  Is.  48.  20 ; 

62.  9-12 

•  Is.  6.  26- 
30 ;  17. 
12-14 

"  ch.  7.  10 
l>P8.  147.  20; 
Is.  10.  7,  12 


'  Is.  41.  16 
d  Jer.  51. 

20-23 
'  Is.  60.  9 
/Jer.  6.  7 
n  1  K.  22.  24  ; 

Job  16.  10 ; 

Lam.  3.  30 
h  Mt.  2.  6 
'  Gen.  35. 

19 ;  48.  7  ; 

Ruth  4. 

11 ;  1  S. 

17.  12 

*l8.  11.  i; 

Lk.  2.  4 
'  Jer.  30.  21 ; 

Zech.  9.  9 

"'  Ps.  102. 

25;  Prov. 

8.  22,  23 
"ch.  4.  10; 

7.  l.t;  Ho«. 

11.  8 
"  ch.  4.  9,  10 
P  ver.  7,  8 ; 

Is.  10.  20-22 
<ch.  7.  14; 

Is.  40.  11 ; 

49.  9 ; 

Ezek.  34. 

l.Vli.  23,  24 
"■Is.  45.  22; 

52.  10 
'  ver.  2 
<  Is.  8.  7,  8 ; 

10.  24-27 
«  Nah.  2.  11- 

13;  Zeph. 

2.  13 
•  Gen.  10. 

897 


hath  gathered  them  as  the  sheaves 
to  the  threshing-floor.  13  Arise 
Jind  "thresh,  O  daughter  of  Zion; 
for  I  will  make  thy  horn  iron,  ana 
I  will  make  thy  hoofs  brass ;  and 
tlK)U  shalt  "^  beat  in  pieces  many 
peoples:  and  1  will  'devote  their 
gain  unto  Jehovah,  and  their  sub- 
stance unto  the  Lord  of  the  whole 
*pir  earth.  1  Now  shalt  thou 
O  ■'gather  thyself  in  troops,  O 
daughter  of  troops :  he  hath  laid 
siege  against  us  ;  they  shall  '■>  smite 
the  judge  of  Israel  with  a  rod  upon 

*2  But'Hhou,  Beth-lehem  'Eph- 
rathah,  which  art  little  to  b»e 
among  the  'thousands  of  Judah, 
out  of  *  thee  shall  one  come  forth 
unto  me  that  is  to  be  '  ruler  in 
Israel ;  whose  goings  forth  are 
'"from  of  old,  *from  everlasting. 
3  Therefore  will  he  "give  them 
up,  until  the  time  that  she  who 
"  travaileth  hath  brought  forth : 
then  the  ^residue  of  his  brethren 
shall  return  ®unto  the  children  of 
Israel.  4  And  he  shall  stand,  and 
shall  «  feed  his  fiock  in  the  strength 
of  Jehovah,  in  the  majesty  of  the 
name  of  Jehovah  his  God :  and 
they  shall  abide ;  for  now  shall  he 
be  great  unto  the  ""ends  of  the 
earth.  5  And  'this  man  shall  be 
our  peace.  When  the  '  Assyrian 
shall  come  into  our  land,  and  when 
he  shall  tread  in  our  palaces,  then 
shall  we  raise  against  him  seven 
shepherds,  and  eight  ^^  principal 
men.  6  And  they  shall  "  waste 
the  land  of  Assyria  with  the 
sword,  and  the  land  of  *'Nimrod  in 
the  entrances  thereof :  and  he  shall 
■"  deliver  us  from  the  Assyrian, 
when  he  cometh  into  our  land,  and 
when  he  treadeth  within  our  bor- 
der. 7  And  the  "remnant  of  Jacob 
shall  be  in  the  midst  of  many  peo- 
ples as  ^dew  from  Jehovah,  as 
"  showers  upon  the  grass,  that 
tarry  not  for  man,  nor  wait  for  the 
sons  of  men.  8  And  the  remnant 
of  Jacob  shall  be  among  the  na- 
tions, in  the  midst  of  many  peo- 
ples, ''as  a  lion  among  the  oeasts 
of  the  forest,  as  a  young  lion 
among  the  flocks  of  sheep  ;  who,  if 
he  go  through, '  treadeth  down  and 

8-11  *  Is.  14.  25 ;  .37.  36,  .37  "  ver.  3;  cb.  2.  12;  4.  T  ; 
7.18  'Dt.  32.  2;  Ps  no.  3;  Ho8  14.  6  '•P8.72.P; 
Is.  44.  3  i>  Gen.  49.  9 ;  Num.  '24.  9  '  ch.  4. 13 ;  Pa. 
44.  S;  Is.  41. 16, 16;  Zech.  10.  6 

"  Or, /nmiZiVs    See  Judg.  6.  15. 

'  Or,  from  anrient  dayt 

»  Or,  wttA       w  Or,  fvineet  among  men 


5.9 


MICAH 


7.3 


Jehorah's  ControTcrsy  with  Us  People.    Iigastice  rebiked.    Moral  Corroptioii  of  the  latien  bewailed 


"  teareth  in  pieces,  and  there  is 
*none  to  deliver.  9  Let  thy  hand 
be  "lifted  up  above  thine  adver- 
saries, and  let  all  thine  enemies  be 
cut  on. 

10  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  saith  Jehovah,  that  I 
will  cut  off  thy  "*  horses  out  of  the 
midst  of  thee,  and  will  destroy 
thy  chariots  :  1 1  and  I  will  cut  on 
the  "cities  of  thy  land,  and  will 
throw  down  all  thy  -^strongholds. 
12  And  I  will  cut  off  ^witchcrafts 
out  of  thy  hand ;  and  thou  shalt 
have  no  more  soothsayers  :  1 3  and 
*!  will  cut  off  thy  graven  images 
and  thy  ^  pillars  out  of  the  midst 
of  thee ;  and  thou  shalt  no  more 
worship  the  work  of  thy  hands ; 
14  and  I  will  pluck  up  thine  *  Ashe- 
rim  out  of  the  midst  of  thee;  and  I 
will  destroy  thy  ^cities.  15  And  I 
will  *  execute  vengeance  in  anger 
and  wrath  upon  the  nations  *  which 
hearkened  not. 

6  Hear  ye  now  what  Jehovah 
saith :  Arise,  '  contend  thou 
before  the  mountains,  and  let  the 
hills  hear  thy  voice.  2  Hear,  O 
ye  mountains,  Jehovah's  contro- 
versy, and  ye  enduring  "*  founda- 
tions of  the  earth ;  for  "  Jehovah 
hath  a  controversy  with  his  people, 
and  he  will  contend  with  Israel. 
3  "  O  my  people,  ^  what  have  I 
done  unto  thee  f  and  *  wherein 
have  I  wearied  thee  1  testify 
against  me.  4  For  I  "■  brought 
thee  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
and  'redeemed  thee  out  of  tne 
house  of  bondage ;  and  I  sent  be- 
fore thee  'Moses,  Aaron,  and  "Mir- 
iam. 5  O  my  people,  remember 
now  what "  Balak  king  of  Moab  de- 
vised, and  what  Balaam  the  son  of 
Beor  answered  him  ;  remember  from 
^  Shittim  unto  *  Gilgal,  that  ye 
may  know  the  ""  righteous  acts  of 
Jehovah. 

6  "Wherewith  shall  I  come  be- 
fore Jehovah,  and  bow  myself 
before  the  high  God  ?  shall  I  come 
before  him  with  'burnt-offerings, 
with  calves  a  year  old"?  7  will 
Jehovah  be  pleased  with  "  thou- 
sands of  rams,  or  with  ten  thou- 
sands of  rivers  of  oil  1  shall  I  give 
rny  ''first-born  for  my  transgres- 
sion, the  fruit  of  my  body  for  the 
sinofmysoull  8  He  hath  "showed 
thee,  O  man,  what  is  good ;  and 

1  Or,  obelisks  2  Or,  enemies 

*  Or,  such  as  they  have  not  heard 


"  Hos.  6.  14 

*  Ps.  50.  22 

«  Pa.  10. 12 ; 
21.  8; 

106.  26 ; 

Is.  26.  11 
d  Dt.  17.  16 ; 

Is.  2.  7 ; 

Hos.  14.  3 
»  Is.  1.  7 ; 

6.  n 

/Is.  2.  12- 

17 ;  Hos. 

10.  14  ; 

Am.  .5.  9 
S  Dt.  18.  10- 

12;  Is.  2.  6; 

8.  19 
A  Is.  2.  18; 

17.  8; 

Ezek.  6.  9 
•'  Ex.  34.  13 ; 

Is.  17.  8 ; 

27.9 

*  Is.  1.  24; 

65.  12 
'  Ps.  60.  1, 

4  ;  Is.  1.  2 ; 

Ezek.  6. 

2,3 
'"  2  S.  22.  16  ; 

Ps.  104.  5 
"Is.  1.  18; 

Hos.  4.  1 ; 

12.  2 
"  Pb.  50.  7 
P  Jer.  2.  6 
«  Is.  43.  22, 23 
"■  Ex.  20.  2 
»  Dt.  7.  8 
'  Ps.  77.  20 
"  Ex.  15.  20 
"  Num.  22.  5, 

6 
"  Num.  26. 

1 ;  Josh. 

2.  1  :  3.  1 
V  Josh.  4. 

19  ;  6.  9,  10 
'  1  S.  12.  7  ; 

Is.  1.  27 
"  Ps.  40.  6-8 
6  Ps.  61.  16, 

17 
'  Is.  40.  16 
d  Lev.  18. 

21 ;  20.  1-5 ; 

Jer.  7.  31 
«  Dt.  30.  16 


/  Dt.  10.  12 
s  Is.  56.  1 ; 

Jer.  22.  3 
ft  Hos.  6.  6 
i  Is.  57.  15 ; 

66.  2 
*  Job  6.  6-8, 

17;  Is.  11.  4 
'  Jer.  5.  20, 

27;  Am. 

3.  10 
"'  Ezek.  45. 

9,  10; 

Am.  8.  5 
"  Lev.  19.  36 ; 

Hos.  12.  7 
"  ch.  2.  1,  2 ; 

Is.  1.  23; 

5.  7 ;  Am. 

6.  3,4 

P  Jer.  9.  2-6, 
8 ;  Hos.  7. 
13;  Am. 
2.  4 

5  Is.  3.  8 

""ch.  1.  9 

*  Is.  1.  7 ; 

6.  11 
t  Is.  9.  20 
"  Is.  30.  6 
"  Dt.  28.  38- 

40 ;  Jer.  12. 

13 

*  Am.  6. 11 ; 
Zeph.  1.  13 

898 


■'"what  doth  Jehovah  require  of 
thee,  but  to  "  do  justly,  and  to  *  love 
kindness,  and  to  walk  *  humbly 
with  thy  God? 

9  The  voice  of  Jehovah  crieth 
unto  the  city,  and  the  man  of  wis- 
dom will  *  see  thy  name :  hear  ye 
the  *rod,  and  who  hath  appointed 
it.  10  Are  there  yet  treasures  of 
'■  wickedness  in  the  house  of  the 
wicked,  and  a  '"scant  ^measure 
that  is  abominable  1  11  Shall  I  be 
pure  with  wicked  "balances,  and 
with  a  bag  of  deceitful  weights  1 

12  For  the  rich  men  thereof  are 
full  of  "violence,  and  the  inhab-. 
itants  thereof  have  spoken  *lies, 
and  their  'tongue  is  deceitful  in 
their  mouth.  13  Therefore  I  also 
have  smitten  thee  with  a  ''grievous 
wound ;  I  have  made  thee  '  deso-. 
late  because  of  thy  sins.  14  Thou 
shalt  eat,  but  *  not  be  satisfied  ; 
and  thy  ®  humiliation  shall  be  in 
the  midst  of  thee  :  and  thou  shalt 
put  away,  but  shalt  "  not  save ;  and 
that  which  thou  savest  will  I  give 
up  to  the  sword.  15  Thou  shalt 
sow,  but  shalt  "  not  reap ;  thou 
shalt  tread  the  olives,  but  shalt 
not  anoint  thee  with  oil ;  and  the 
vintage,  but  shalt  "'not  drink  the 
wine.  1 6  For  the  statutes  of 
*  Omri  are  kept,  and  all  the  works 
of  the  house  of  *Ahab,  and  ye 
"  walk  in  their  counsels ;  that  I 
may  make  thee  '^  a  *  desolation,  and 
the  inhabitants  thereof  a  "  hissing  : 
and  ye  shall  bear  the  **  reproach  of 
ray  people. 

7  Woe  is  me  !  for  I  am  as  when 
they  have  gathered  the  sum- 
mer fruits,  as  the  "  grape  gleanings 
of  the  vintage :  there  is  no  cluster 
to  eat  ;  ^  my  soul  desireth  the 
;^  first-ripe  fig.  2  The  godly  man 
is  ^perished  out  of  the  eartn,  and 
there  is  none  upright  among  men  : 
they  all  lie  in  wait  for  *blood;  they 
hunt  every  man  his  brother  with  a 
'net.  3  ® Their  hands  are  upon  that 
which  is  evil  to  do  it  *  diligently ; 
the  prince  asketh,  and  the  judge 
is  ready  for  a  '  reward  ;  and  the 
great  man,  he   uttereth    the   evil 

y  1  K.  16.  25,  26   »  1  K.  16.  29-33    "  Jer.  7.  24    »  ver. 

13  ;  Jer.  18.  16  "  Jer.  IB.  8 ;  26.  9,  18 ;  29.  18  <*  Ps. 
44.  13 ;  Jer.  61.  61 ;  Hos.  12.  14  '  Is.  24.  13  /Is.  28. 
4 ;  Hos.  9.  10  »  Is.  57. 1  "  ch.  3.  10 ;  Is.  59. 1  '  Jer. 
6.  26 ;  Hos.  5.  1  *  Prov.  4.  16,  17  '  ch.  3.  11 ;  Am. 
5.  12 


*  Acc.  to  Sept.,  Vulg.  and  Syr.  fear. 

6  Heb.  ephah.  «  Or,  emptiness 

7  Or,  an  astonishment 

8  Or,  nor  first-ripe  Jig  which  my  soul  desired 

9  Or,  Both  hands  are  put  forth  for  evil  to  do 
it  dkc. 


7.4 


MICAH 


7.20 


The  Ration's  Moral  Corrnption.     God  the  Source  of  Light  and  Salvation.     Cod's  Former  Merries  will  be  renewed 


desire  of  his  soul :  thus  they  weave 
it  together.  4  The  best  of  them 
is  as  a  "  brier  ;  ^  tlie  most  upright 
is  ivorse  than  a* thorn  hedge:  the 
day  of  thy  watchmen,  even  thy 
"  visitation,  is  come  ;  now  shall  be 
their  '' perjjlexity.  5  'Trust  ye  not 
in  a  neighbor ;  put  ye  not  confi- 
dence in  a  -friend  ;  keep  the  doors 
of  thy  mouth  from  lior  that  lieth 
in  thy  bosom.  0  For  the 'son  dis- 
honoreth  the  father,  the  daughter 
riseth  up  against  her  mother, 
the  daughter-in-law  against  her 
mother-in-law;  ^a  man's  enemies 
are  the  men  of  his  own  house. 

7  But  as  for  me,  ^I  will  ''look 
unto  Jehovah;  I  will  'wait  for 
the  God  of  my  salvation  :  my 
*  God  will  hear  me.  8  '  Rejoice 
not  against  me,  O  '"mine  enemy: 
when  1  fall,  I  shall  "arise;  when 
I  sit  in  darkness,  Jehovah  will  be 
a  "  li§:ht  unto  me.  9  1  will  ^  bear 
the  indignation  of  Jehovah,  be- 
cause I  have  sinned  against  him, 
until  he ''  plead  my  cause,  and  ex- 
ecute judgment  for  me :  he  will 
bring  me  forth  to  the  ''light,  and 
I  shall  behold  his  '  righteousness. 
10  Then  mine  enemj'  shall  see  it, 
and  shame  shall ^  cover  her  who 
'  said  unto  me.  Where  is  Jehovah 
thy  God  '\  "  Mine  eyes  shall  see  my 
desire  upon  her ;  now  shall  she  be 
"trodden  down  as  the  mire  of  the 
streets.  11  ^A  day  for  "^ building 
thy  walls !  in  that  day  shall  the 
**  decree  be  far  removed.  12  In 
that  day  shall  they  -"come  unto 
thee  from  Assyria  and  the  cities 
of  '*EgjT3t,  and  from  ''Egypt  even 

1  Or,  the  xtraiphttst  is  as  it  were  taken /rom  Ac. 
J  Or,  cfmfidant 

*  Or,  in  Jehovah  will  I  keep  vmtch 

*  Or,  In  the  day  that  thy  walls  ore  to  be  built 

*  Or,  boundarv  «  Heb.  Mazor. 


"  Ezek .  2.  6 ; 

*  Nah.  1.  10 
"  Is.  10.  ;j ; 

Hob.  9.  7 
<'  Is.  :i-J.  6 
"  .fer.  9.  4 
/Ezek.  22. 

7 ;  Mt.  10. 

21,:«;  Lk. 

IJ.  63 
!'  Jit.  10.  .30 

*  Hab.  li.  1 

'  I's.  130.  6; 

Is.  26.  9 
*:  I'U.  4.  3 
'  Prov.  24. 17 
"'  ver.  10 
"  Ps.  37.  24 
"  Is.  y.  2 
f  Jer.  10.  19 ; 

Lam.  3.  39, 

40 
«.Ier.  .W.  .■?4 
>•  Ps.  37.  0  ; 

Is.  42.  7,  lli 
'Is.  40.  13; 

o«.  1 
<  Joel  2.  17 
"  cb.  4.  11 
''  Is.  61.  23  ; 

Zech.  10.  5 
^Is.  54.  11; 

Am.  9.  11 
y  Zeph.  2.  2 
'■  Is.  19.  23- 

25 ;  60.  4,  9 


"ch.  6.  13; 
Jer.  25.  11 

*  ch.  3.  4 ; 
Is.  .i.  10, 11 

"  ch.  5.  4 ; 

Ps.  95.  7  ; 

Is.  40.  11 ; 

49.  10 
d  Lev.  27.  .32 ; 

Ps.  23.  4 
'  Jer.  60.  19 
/Am.  9.  11 
0  Ex.  3.  20 : 

34.  10 ;  Ps. 

78.  12 
A  ch.  3.  7 
'  Ps.  72.  9 ; 

Is.  49.  23 

*  l>t.  32.  24 
'  Ps.  18.  45 

"'  Is.  26.  a ; 

69.  19 
"  Ex.  34.  7, 

9;  Is.  43.  26 
"  ch.  2.  12 ; 

4.  7  ;  6.  7,  8 
P  Ps.  103.  8, 

9,  13 
9  Jer.  32.  41 

""  Jer.  60.  20 

*  Is.  38.  17 ; 


to  the  River,  and  from  sea  to  sea, 
and  from  mountain  to  mountain. 
13  \et  shall  the  land  be  "desolate 
because  of  them  that  dwell  theiein, 
for  the  *  fruit  of  their  doings. 

14  ""Feed  thy  people  with  thy 
''rod,  the  tlock  of  tliy  heritage, 
which  dwell  solitarily,  in  the  for- 
est in  the  midst  of  Carmel :  let 
them  feed  in  '  Baslian  and  Gilead, 
•^as  in  the  days  of  old.  15  As  in 
the  days  of  thy  coming  forth  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt  will  I  show 
unto     them^  marvellous     things. 

16  The  nations  shall  see  and  oe 
ashamed  of  all  their  miglit ;  they 
shall  '■  lay  their  hand  upon  their 
mouth;   their  ears  shall  be  deaf. 

17  They  shall  'lick  the  dust  like 
a  serpent ;  like  *  crawling  things 
of  the  earth  they  shall  come  'trem- 
bling out  of  their  close  places ; 
they  shall  come  with  "'fear  unto 
Jehovah  our  God,  and  shall  be 
afraid  because  of  thee. 

18  Who  is  a  God  like  unto  thee, 
that  "pardoneth  iniquity,  and  pass- 
eth  over  the  transgression  of  the 
"remnant  of  his  heritage  1  he  ^re- 
taineth  not  his  anger  for  ever, 
because  he  'delighteth  in  loving- 
kindness.  19  He  will  again  have 
compassion  upon  us  ;  *■  he  will 
*  tread  our  iniquities  under  foot ; 
and  thou  wilt  'cast  all  their  sins 
into  the  depths  of  the  sea.  20 
^  Thou  Avilt  '"  perform  the  '  truth 
to  Jacob,  and  the  lovingkindness 
to  Abraham,  which  thou  hast 
"sworn  unto  our  fathers  from  the 
days  of  old. 

43.  25  ;  Jer.  31.  34    « Gen.  24.  27  ;  32. 10    "  Dt.  7.  8, 12 


7  Or,  Rule  '  Or,  subdue  our  inifiuities 

9  Or.  Thou  wilt  show  thy  J'aitli/ulnMS  &c. 
1"  Heb.  give. 


S99 


THE   BOOK   OF 
NAHUM 


fioodness  and  Severity  of  Jehovah.    The  Overthrow  of  Nineveh  decreed 


ITlie  ^^  burden  of  *  Nineveh. 
The  book   of     the   vision    of 
Nahum  the  Elkoshite. 

2  '^Jehovah  is  a  jealous  God  and 
Avengeth  ;  Jehovah  ''avengeth  and 
is  full  of  wrath ;  Jehovah  taketh 
"  vengeance  on  his  adversaries,  and 
he  reserveth  ivrath  for  his  enemies. 
3  Jehovah  is  -^slow  to  anger,  and 
great   in    power,  and  will  by  no 
means  clear  the  guilty :    Jehovali 
hath  his  way  in  the  ^  whirlwind 
and  in  the  storm,  and  the  "clouds 
are  the  dust  of  his  feet.     4  He  ;  re- 
buketh  the  sea,  and  maketh  it  dry, 
and  drieth  up  all  the  rivers:  *Ba- 
shan  languisheth,  and  Carmel;  and 
the  flower  of  Lebanon  languisheth. 
5  The  mountains  'quake  at  hmi, 
and  the  hills  ™melt ;  and  the  earth 
is  "upheaved  at  his  presence,  yea, 
the   "world,  and    all    that    dwell 
therein.     6  Who  can  stand  before 
his   ^indignation?   and    who    can 
abide    in   the   « fierceness    of    his 
anger "2  his  ''wrath  is  poured  out 
like  fire,  and  the  "  rocks  are  broken 
asunder    by   him.      7   Jehovah    is 
•^good,  a  "stronghold  in  the  day  of 
trouble ;  and  he  knoweth  them  that 
take  refuge  in  him.     8  But  with  an 
"  over-running  flood  he  will  make  a 
full  end  of  her  place,  and  will  pur- 
sue his  enemies  into  ^darkness. 

9  What  do  ye  *  devise  against 
Jehovah'?  he  will  make  a  null 
end;  affliction  shall  not  rise  up 
the  second  time.  10  For  entan- 
gled like  "  thorns,  and  '  drunken  as 
with  their  drink,  they  are  <;  con- 
sumed '^utterly  as  dry  stubble 
11  There  is  one  gone  forth  out  of 
thee,  that  ''deviseth  evil  against  Je- 
hovah, ^  that  "  counselleth  *  wicked- 
ness. 12  Thus  saith  Jehovah: 
Though  they  be  in  full  strength, 
and  likewise  many,  even  so  shall 
they  be  -^cut  down,  and  he  shall 
pass  away.  ^Though  I  have  af- 
flicted thee,  I  will  afflict  thee  ^no 
more.     13  And  now  will  I  '^  break 

1  Or,  oracle  concerning 

2  Or,  as  stubble  fully  dry 
s  Or,  a  wicked  counsellor 

*  Or,  worthlessness    Ueb.  Belial.  „.  .  , 

6  Or  -So  will  I  afflict  thee,  that  I  shall  aS%ct  &c. 


"  Is.  13.  1 ; 

ly.  1 ;  Jer. 

•2.:\.  33,  34 ; 

Hab.  1.  1 ; 

Zech.  9. 

1 ;  Mai.  1. 1 
6  ch.  2.  8  ; 

3.  7  ;  2  K. 

19.  36 ; 

Jon.  1.  2  i 

Zeph.  2.  13 
"  Ex.  20.  5 
d  Dt.  32.  36, 

41 

♦[Ch.  2.  1  in 

Heb.] 
^  Ps.  94.  1 
/Ex.  34.  6,  7 
"  Is.  29.  6  ; 
Am.  1.  14 
ft  Ps.  104.  3 ; 

Is.  19.  1 
«  Ps.  106.  9 ; 

Is.  60.  2 
»:  Is.  33.  9 
'  Ex.  19.  18 
'"  Mic.  1.  4 
"  Is.  24.  1,  20 
»  Ps.  98.  7 
P  Jer.  10.  10 
9  Is.  13.  13 
"■  Is.  66.  15 
'  1  K.  19.  il 
t  Ps.  25.  8 ; 

37.  39,  40 
"  Ps.  28.  8 
"  Is.  28.  2,  18 
*  Is.  13.  9,  10 
y  ver.  11 
^  Is.  28.  22 
"  Mic.  7.  4 
6  Is.  .06.  12 
'  Is.  5.  24  ; 

10.  17 
d  ver.  9 ;  Is. 

10.  7-11 
"  Ezek.  11.  2 
/Is.  10.  16- 

19,  33,  34 
9  Is.  54.  7,  8  ; 

Lam.  3.  31- 

33 

ft  Is.  9.  4 ; 
10.  27; 
Jer.  2,  20 


i  Job  18.  17  ; 
Ps.  109.  13 ; 
Is.  14. 21,22; 

Jer.  22.  30 

*  Is.  46.  1, 

2 ;  Mic.  5. 

13,  14 
'  Ezek.  32. 

22,  23 

"  Is.  40.  9 ; 

52.  7  ; 

Rom.  10.  15 
"  Lev.  23.  2, 4 
"  ver.  11 
P  Is.  52.  1 ; 

Joel  3.  17 
«  Is.  29.  7,  8 
»■  Jer.  61. 

20-23 
'  ver.  6 ; 

ch.  3.  12,  14 
t.  Is.  60.  15 
«  Ezek.  37. 

21-23 
"  Jer.  48. 11 
''Ps.  80. 12, 13 


his  yoke  from  off  thee,  and  will 
burst  thy  bonds  in  sunder. 

14  And  Jehovah  hath  given 
commandment  concerning  thee, 
that  'no  more  of  thy  name  be 
sown :  out  of  the  house  of  thy 
gods  will  I  cut  ofl"  the  *  graven  im- 
age and  the  molten  image ;  I  will 
make  thy  '  grave  ;  for  thou  art  vile. 

*  1 5  Behold,  ""upon  the  mountains 
the  feet  of  him  that  bringeth  good 
tidings,  that  publisheth  peace ! 
"Keep  thy  feasts,  O  Judah,  per- 
form thy  vows;  for  "the  "wicked 
one  shall  ''no  more  pass  through 
thee  ;  he  is  "'  utterly  cut  off. 

2  He  that  ''dasheth  in  pieces 
is  come  up  against  thee  :  'keep 
the  fortress,  watch  the  way,  make 
thy  loins  strong,  fortify  thy  power 
mightily.  2  For  Jehovah  restoreth 
the  'excellency  of  Jacob,  "as  the 
excellency  of  Israel ;  for  the 
emptiers  have  "emptied  them  put, 
and  •'destroyed  their  vine-branches. 
3  The  shield  of  his  mighty  men  is 
made  red,  the  valiant  men  are  in 
^scarlet:  the  chariots  'flash  with 
steel  in  the  day  of  his  preparation, 
and  the  ''cypress  ^spears  are  bran- 
dished. 4  The  "chariots  rage  m 
the  streets  ;  they  rush  to  and  fro 
in  the  broad  ways  :  the  appearance 
of  them  is  like  torches;  they  *run 
like  the  lightnings.  5  He  remem- 
bereth  his  ^nobles  :  they  ^stumble 
in  their  march ;  they  make  ha.ste 
to  the  wall  thereof,  and  the  mante- 
let is  prepared.  6  The  Agates  of 
the  rivers  are  opened,  and  the 
palace  is  dissolved.  7  ''And  it  is 
decreed:  she  is  uncovered,  she_  is 
carried  away  ;  and  her  handmaids 
lo-^moan  as  with  the  voice  of  doves, 
» beating  upon  their  "breasts. 

8  But  "  Nineveh  hath  been  ^^from 
of  old  like  a  'pool  of  water:  yet 


y  Ezek.  23. 14, 15  '  Job  39.  23  "  ch.  3  2,  3 ;  Is  66. 
15 ;  Ezek.  26.  10  <>  Jer  4.  13  %ch.  3.  18  "  Jw 
46  12  <^  ch.  1.  8  ;  3.  13  ;  Is.  45.  1  /Is.  38.  14  ,  59.  11 
3  Is.  32.  12    ft  Ch.  1.  1 ;  3.  7     •  Is.  14.  2-" 

6  Or,  the  man  of  worthlessness    Heb.  Belial. 

7  Heb.  are  with  fire  of  steel. 

8  Heb.  cypress-trees. 

9  Or,  Huzzab  is  uncovered  &c. 

10  Or,  lead  her  ii  Heb.  hearts. 

12  Oi,  from  the  days  that  she  hath  been 


2.9 


NAHUM 


3.19 


The  Overthrow  oFSineveh  dcrrccd.    Its  Utter  Ruin  portrayed 


they  flee  away.  Stand,  stand,  thry 
cry  ;  but  "  none  ^  looketli  l)ack. 
9  *.Take  ye  the  simil  of  .silver, 
take  the  spoil  of  u'()ld  :  for  there 
is  no  end  of  the  store,  the  -glory 
of  all  goodly  furniture.  10  She 
is  "empty,  and  void,  and  waste; 
and  the  ''  heart  nielteth,  and  the 
knees  sinite  together,  and  anguish 
is  in  all  loins,  and  the  *■  faces  of 
them  all  are  waxed  i)ale.  1 1  Where 
is  the  ^  den  of  tiie  lions,  and  the 
feeding-place  of  the  young  lions, 
where  the  lion  and  the  lioness 
walked,  tht>  lion's  whelj),  and 
none  made  them  afraid  l  1 2  The 
lion  did  tear  in  pieces  enough  for 
his  whelps,  and  strangled  for  his 
lionesses,  and  •'  tilled  his  caves 
with  prey,  and  his  dens  with 
ravin.  13  Behold.  ''I  am  against 
thee,  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts,  and 
I  will  '  burn  her  chariots  in  the 
smoke,  and  the  sword  shall  devour 
thy  young  lions;  and  1  will  *cut 
off  tny  prey  from  the  earth,  and 
the  'voice  of  thy  messengers  shall 
no  more  be  heard. 

3'"  Woe  to  the  bloody  city  !  it 
is  all  full  of  lies  and  rapine ; 
the  prey  departeth  not.  2  The 
"noise  of  the  whip,  and  the  noise 
of  the  rattling  of  wheels,  and 
prancing  liorses,  and  bounding 
chariots,  3  the  horseman  ''mount- 
ing, and  the  flashing  sword,  and 
the  "glittering  .spear,  and  a  ^mul- 
titude of  slain,  and  a  great  heap  of 
corpses,  and  there  is  'no  end  of 
the  bodies ;  they  stumble  upon 
their  bodies;  —  4  because  of  the 
•■  multitude  of  the  whoredoms  of 
the  well-favored  hailot,  the  *  mis- 
tress of  witchcrafts,  that  selleth 
'nations  through  her  whoredoms, 
and  families  through  her  witch- 
crafts. 5  Behold,  "  1  am  against 
thee,  saith  Jeho\ah  of  hosts,  and 
I  will  'uncover  thy  skirts  ''upon 
thy  face ;  and  I  will  ^show  the 
nations  thy  nakedness,  and  the 
kingdoms  thy  shame.  6  And  I 
will  "cast  alx)minHble  filth  uiK)n 
thee,  and  '  make  thee  vile,  and  will 
set  thee  as  a  "  gazing-stock.  7  And 
it  shall  come  to  pas.s,  that  all  they 
that  look  upon  thee  shall  *flee 
from  thee,  and  say,  "Nineveh  is 
laid  waste  :  **  who  will  bemoan  her '? 
whence  shall  I  seek  comforters  for 
thee  'I 
8  Art  thou  better  than  'No-amon, 

1  Or,  causdh  them  to  turn         «  Or,  wealth 
»  Or,  charoing  *  Or,  before 

30 


"  Jer.  4C.  C  ; 

47.  ■^ 
t>  Zeph.  1. 

18;  Rev. 

18.  IJ,  Hi 

"^  ver.  2  ;  Is. 

21.  1 ;  31. 

10- U^. 
d  Ps.  '."J.  14  ; 

Is.  13.  7,  8  ; 

Ezek.m.  7 

*  Joel  2.  « 
/ch.  3.  1  ; 

Is.  f).  20  ; 
Jer.  4.  7 
"  Is.  10.  0- 
14  i  Jer.  61. 

34 
''  ch.  3.  5 ; 
Jer.  21. 13; 
Ezek.  0.  8 
'Josh.  11.  6, 
9 ;  Vs.  46.  a 

*  ch.  .■!.  1, 12 ; 
Is.  49.  24, 
2C, 

I  2  K.  18.  17- 

2.-, ;  19.  9-13 
"'  Kzek.  24. 

G,  9 
"ch.  2.3,4; 

Job  39.  22- 

2;");  Jer. 

47.  3 
"  Hab.  3.  11 
''Is.  34.  3; 

liO.  IG 
«  Is.  37.  30 ; 

Ezek.  39.  4 
'■  Is.  23.  17 ; 

Ezek.  IC. 

2.1-29 ; 

Rev.  17. 

1,  2 

» Is.  47.  9, 

12,  13 
'  Rev.  18.  3 
"  ch.  2.  13 ; 

Jer.  50.  31 ; 

Ezek.  2C.  3 
^  Jer.  13.  20 
'^  Ezek.  16. 

37 
"  Job  9.  31 
-  J(]b  30.  8  ; 

Mai.  2.  9 
"  Is.  14.  10  ; 

Jer.  dl.  37 
I'ch.  2.  8; 

Jer.  51.  9 
<^  ch.  1.  1 ; 

2.  8 ;  Zeph. 
2.  13 

rfls,  ol.  19; 

Jer.  15.  5 
<■  Jer.  46.  25 ; 

Kzek.  30. 

14-10 


/Is.  19.  6-8 
"  Is.  20.  5 
A  (Jen.  10.  6  ; 

Jer.  40.  9 ; 

Ezek.  27. 

10 ;  30.  6  ; 

38.  6 
■  2  Chr.  12. 

3 ;  10.  8 
fc  Is.  19.  4  ; 

■J(l.  4 
'  Hos.  13.  16 
"'  Joel  3.  3 ; 

Obad.  11 
"  Is.  49.  26 ; 

Jer.  2.5.  27 
"ch.  1.8; 

I.S.  2.  10, 

19;  Hos. 

10.  8 
P  la.  28.  4 ; 

Hab.  1.  10 
1 1s.  19.  16; 

Jer.  51.  30 
■■  ch.  2.  6 ; 

Is.  45.  1,2 

901 


that  was  situate  among  the  "  rivers, 
that  had  the -^  waters  round  about 
her  ;  whose  rampart  was  ''  the  sea, 
'ind  her  wall  was  of  the  seal 
i)  ^Ethiopia  and  Egypt  were  her 
strength,  and  it  was  infinite  ;  ''Put 
and  'Lubim  were  thy  helpers.  10 
Yet  was  she  ^  carried  away,  she 
went  into  captivity;  her  'young 
children  also  were  dashed  in  pieces 
at  the  head  of  all  the  stre<'ts  ;  and 
they '"cast  lots  for  her  honorable 
men,  and  all  her  great  men  were 
bound  in  chains.  1 1  Thou  also 
shalt  be  "  drunken  ;  thou  shalt  be 
"hid;  thou  also  shalt  seek  'a 
stronghold  because  of  the  enemy. 
12  All  thy  fortresses  shall  be  like 
fig-trees  with  the  ''first^ripe  figs  :  if 
they  be  shaken,  they  fall  into  the 
mouth  of  the  eater.  13  Behold, 
thy  people  in  the  midst  of  thee  are 
''  women  ;  the  gates  of  thy  land  are 
set  wide  ''open  unto  thine  enemies  : 
the  fire  hath  devoured  thy  bars. 
1 4  "  Draw  thee  water  for  the  siege  ; 
'strengthen  thy  fortresses  ;  go  into 
the  clay,  and  tread  the  mortar ; 
*^make  strong  the  brickkiln.  15 
There  shall  the  "  fire  devour  thee ; 
the  sword  shall  cut  thee  otF;  it 
shall  devour  thee  like  the  canker- 
worm  :  make  thyself  many  as  the 
'' canker-worm  ;  make  thyself  many 
as  the  locust.  16  Thou  hast  mul- 
tiplied thy  ""  merchants  above  the 
stars  of  heaven  :  the  canker-M'orm 
"ravageth,  and  fleeth  away.  17 
Thy  ^piinces  are  as  the  locusts, 
and  thy  '"* marshals  as  the  swarms 
of  grasshoppers,  which  encamp  in 
the  "  hedges  in  the  cold  day,  but 
when  the  sun  ariseth  they  flee 
away,  and  their  place  is  not  known 
where  they  are.  18  Thy  shepherds 
'slumber,  O  king  of  Assyria;  thy 
"nobles  are  at  rest ;  thy  people  are 
*  scattered  upon  the  mountains, 
and  there  is  none  to  gather  them. 
19  There  is  "no  assuaging  of  thy 
hurt ;  thy  "*  wound  is  grievous  :  all 
that  hear  the  report  of  thee  "clap 
their  hands  over  thee ;  for  upon 
whom  hath  not  thy  ■'wickedness 
pas-sed  continually  1 

'2Chr.  32.  .3,4, 11  'ch.  2. 1  " ver.  13 ;  ch. 2. 13 ;  Is. 
f^i.  15,  16  "Joel  1.4  ■'Is.  23.  8  y  Jer.  .51.27  'Ps. 
70.  6.  6 ;  Is.  50.  10 ;  Jer.  51.  57  "  ch.  2.  6  ^  1  K.  22. 
17  ;  la.  13.  14  '  Jer.  46.  11 ;  Mic.  1.  9  <*  Jer.  30.  12 
"•  Job  27.  23 ;  Lam.  2.  15   /  ver.  4 ;  Is.  37.  18 


s  Or,  canals   See  Ex.  7.  19 
«  That  is,  the  N  ile.         "  Or,  a  defence  against 
<"  Or.  '.ay  holil  of  the  hric/cmould 
3  Or,  spreadetk  himself 
10  Or,  scribes  »i  Or,  teaUt 


THE   BOOK   OF 

HABAKKUK 


The  Chaldeans  raised  np  to  punish  Jodah's  Sins.    Habaliknl^'s  Remonstrance.    Jehovah's  Reply 


IThe  ' "  burden  which  Habak- 
kuk  the  prophet  did  see. 

2  O  Jehovah,  *  how  long  shall  I 
cry,  and  thou  wilt  not  hear  1  I  cry- 
out  unto  thee  of  violence,  and  thou 
wilt  ''not  save.  3  Why  dost  thou 
show  me  '' iniquitj'',  and  "look  upon 
perverseness  ?  for  "  destruction  and 
violence  are  before  me  ;  and  there 
is -^strife,  and  contention  riseth  up. 
4  Therefore  the  "law  is  slacked, 
and  justice  ^doth  never  go  forth; 
for  the  wicked  doth  ''compass  about 
the  righteous ;  therefore  justice 
goeth  forth  *  perverted. 

5  *  Behold  ye  '■  among  the  nations, 
and  look,  and  '"wonder  marvel- 
lously ;  for  *  I  am  working  a  "  work 
in  your  days,  which  ye  will  not 
believe  though  it  be  told  you.  6 
For,  lo,  I "  raise  up  the  Chaldeans, 
that  bitter  and  hasty  nation,  that 
march  through  the  breadth  of  the 
earth,  to  -^  possess  dwelling-places 
that  are  not  theirs.  7  ^They  are 
'terrible  and  dreadful;  their  ''judg- 
ment and  their  dignity  proceed 
from  themselves.  8  Their  ^horses 
also  are  swifter  than  leopards,  and 
are  more  fierce  than  the '  evening 
wolves ;  and  their  horsemen  ®  press 
proudly  on :  yea,  their  horsemen 
come  from  far;  they  ily  as  an 
"eagle  that  hasteth  to  devour.  9 
They  come  all  of  them  for  violence; 
■'the  *'set  of  their  faces  is  ® for- 
wards ;  and  they  ""  gather  captives 
as  the  sand.  10^  Yea,  he  ^  scoffeth 
at  kings,  and  princes  are  a  derision 
unto  him  ;  he  "^derideth  every 
stronghold ;  for  he  "  heapeth  up 
dust,  and  taketh  it.  11  ^^Then 
shall  he  sweep  by  as  a^  wind,  and 
shall  "pass  over,_  and  be  '^ guilty, 
even  he  whose  **  might  is  his  god. 

1 2  Art  not  thou  from  ''everlasting, 

1  Or,  oracle  2  Qr,  cause  me  to  look 

3  Or,  goeth  not  forth  uvto  victory 

*  Or,  one  worketh 

6  Heb.  He,  anrl  so  in  ver.  8,  9. 

*  Or,  spread  themselves 

1  Heb.  the  eagerness  (or.  assembling)  of  their 
faces  is  &e.  •*  Or,  towards  the  east 

9  Or,  And  they  scoff  &e. 

v>  Or,  Then  shall  the  wind  sweep  by,  and  he 
shall  pass  away  n  Or,  transgress 


"  Is.  13.  1  ; 

Nah.  I.  1 
b  Ps.  13.  1, 

2  ;  22.  1,  2 
"^  Jer.  14.  9 
d  ver.  13 ; 

Ps.  M.  9- 

U ;  Jer.  20. 

18 
'  Jer.  20.  8 
/Jer.  15.  10 
»  Ps.  119. 

126;  Is. 

69.  12-14 
ft  Ps.  22. 12 ; 

Is.  1.  21-23 
i  Is.  5.  20  ; 

Ezek.  9.  9 
fc  Acts  13.  41 
'  Jer.  25. 

M-29 
'"  Is.  29.  9 
»  Is.  29.  14  ; 

Ezek.  12. 

22-28 
0  2  K.  24.  2  ; 

Jer.  4. 11-13 
P  Jer.  8.  10 
«  Is.  IS.  2,  7 
»"  Jer.  39.  .5-9 
'  Jer.  4.  13 
«  Jer.  6.  6 ; 

Zeph.  3.  3 
»  Ezek,  17. 

3;  Hos. 

8.  1 
"  2  K.  12.  17  ; 

Dan.  11. 17 
^  ch.  2.  5 
y  2  Chr.  36. 

6,  10 ;  Is. 

.37.  13 

^  Is.  10.  9 ; 

14.  16 

«  Jer.  .32. 
2i;  Ezek. 

26.  8 

i>  Jer.  4.  11, 

12 
"  Jer.  2.  3 
d  ver.  10 ; 

Dan.  4.  30 
«  Dt.  33.  27 ; 

Ps.  90.  2 ; 

93.  2 


/Is.  10.  5,  fi; 

Jer.  61.  20 
■"  Dt.  32.  4 
ftPs.  11.  4-6; 

34.  10 

'■  Jer.  12.  1, 2 

«:  Is.  24.  16 
'  Ps.  60.  21 
■"  Ps.  35.  25  ; 

f,r,.  1,  2 
"  Eocl.  9.  12 
"  Jer.  16. 16 ; 

Am.  4.  2 
!'  Ps.  10.  9 
9  ver.  U 
"■  Jer.  44.  17 
"  Is.  19.  8 
t  Is.  14.  6,  6 
"Is.  21.  8 
"  Ps.  6.  3 
"  Ps.  86.  8 
V  Dt.  27.  8 ; 

902 


0  Jehovah  my  God,  my  Holy  Onel 
we  shall  not  die.  O  Jehovah,  thou 
hast  •'^ordained  him  for  judgment; 
and  thou,  O  "  Hock,  hast  estab- 
lished him  for  correction.  1 3  Thou 
that  art  of  ''purer  eyes  than  to 
behold  evil,  and  that  canst  not  look 
on  perverseness,  wherefore  *  lookest 
thou  upon  them  that  deal  *  treach- 
erously, -and  'boldest  thy  peace 
when  the  wicked  '"swalloweth  up 
the  man  that  is  more  righteous 
than  he;  14  and  makest  men  "as 
the  fishes  of  the  sea,  as  the  creep- 
ing things,  that  have  no  ruler 
over  them?  15  He  "taketh  up  all 
of  them  with  the  angle,  he^catch- 
eth  them  in  his  net,  and  gathereth 
them  in  his  drag :  therefore  he 
rejoiceth  and  is  glad.  16  There- 
fore he  *sacrificeth  unto  his  net, 
and  burneth  incense  unto  his  drag ; 
because  by  'them  his  portion  is 
fat,  and  his  food  •''^plenteous.  17 
Shall  he  therefore  empty  his  *  net, 
and  spare  not  to  '  slay  the  nations 
continually'? 

2  1  will  "  stand  upon  my  watch, 
and  set  me  upon  the  ^^  tower, 
and  will  "look  forth  to  see  *  what 
he  will  speak  ^'^with  me,  and  what 

1  shall  answer  concei'ning  my  com- 
plaint. 2  And  Jehovah  answered 
me,  and  said,  2' Write  the  vision,  and 
make  it  plain  upon  tablets,  that  he 
may  run  that  readeth  it.  3  For  the 
vision  is  yet  for  the  ^appointed 
time,  and  it  ^^  hasteth  toward  the 
end,  and  shall  "  not  lie  :  though  it 
tarry,  *  wait  for  it ;  because  it  will 
"  surely  come,  it  will  not  delay. 

4  Behold,  his  soul  is  ''  puffed  up, 
it  is  not  ^"upright  in  him  ;  but  the 
^^righteous  shall  live  ^"by  jbis  faith. 
5  ^"^ Yea,  moreover,  ^  wine  is  treach- 
erous,    a    ^haughty   man,    ^^that 

Rev.  1.  19  '  Dan.  8.  17.  19  "  Ezek.  12.  2.5  6  Ps.  27. 
14    '■  Heb.  10.  37,  38    d  Ps.  49.  Is  :  Is.  13. 11    'Rom. 

I.  17 ;  Gal.  3.  11    /Prov.  20.  1    'J  Prov.  21.  24  ;  Is.  2. 

II,  12,  17  

12  Heb.  fat        13  Or,  fortress        i*  Or,  by 
15  Heb.  panteth.  16  Or.  straight 

17  Or,  in  his  faithfulness 

18  Or,  And  also  because  his  wine  .  .  .  he  is  & 
haughty  man  i^  Or,  he  shall  not  aMde 


2.6 


KABAKKUK 


3.« 


Woes  pronoimced  on  the  Chaldeaus.    (lod's  Deliverance  of  his  Ancient  People 


"  keepeth  not  at  home;  who  *en- 
lartreih  his  desire  "as  Sheol,  and 
he  is  as  death,  and  cannot  be  satis- 
fied, but  **  f^athereth  unto  him  all 
nations,  and  heapeth  unto  him  all 
peoples.  G  Shall  not  all  these 
'  take  up  a  parable  af^ainst  him, 
and  a  tauntuig  ^jjioverb  against 
him,  and  say,  •'Woe  to  him  that 
increaseth  that  which  is  not  his ! 
how  long]  and  that  ladeth  him- 
self with  '■>  pledges  !  7  iShall  they 
not  "rise  up  suddenly  tliat  shall 
*bite  thee,  and  awake  that  shall 
^vex  thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  for 
booty  unto  tliem  1  8  Because  thou 
hast  'plundered  many  nations,  all 
the  remnant  of  the  peoples  shall 
plunder  thee,  *  because  of  men's 
blood,  and  for  the  '  violence  done 
to  the  land,  to  the  city  and  to  all 
that  dwell  therein. 

9  Woe  to  him  that  getteth  an 
""evil  gain  for  his  house,  that  he 
may  "set  his  nest  on  high,  that 
he  may  be  delivered  from  tlie 
hand  of  evil!.  10  Thovi  hast  de- 
vised "shame  to  thy  house,  by 
cutting  off  many  peoples,  and 
hast  -^sinned  against  thy  soul. 
11  For  the  *stone  shall  cry  out 
of  the  wall,  and  the  beam  out  of 
the  timber  shall  answer  it. 

12  Woe  to  him  that  ''buildeth  a 
town  with  blood,  and  establisheth 
a  city  by  iniquity!  13  Behold, 
is  it  not  of  Jehovah  of  hosts  that 
the  peoples  'labor  for  the  fire,  and 
the  nations  weary  themselves  for 
'vanity?  14  For  the  earth  shall 
be  'filled  with  the  knowledge  of 
the  glory  of  Jehovah,  as  the  waters 
cover  the  sea. 

15  Woe  unto  him  that  giveth 
his  neighbor  "drink,  to  thee  that 
*addest  thy  ^ venom,  and  makest 
him  drunken  also,  that  thou  maj'- 
est  look  on  their  nakedness!  16 
Thou  art  filled  with  'shame,  and 
not  glory:  ''drink  thou  also,  and 
*be  as  one  uncircumcised ;  the 
"cup  of  Jehovah's  riglit  hand 
shall  come  round  unto  thee,  and 
-foul  shame  shall  be  upon  thy 
glory.  17  For  the  "violence  done 
to  Lebanon  shall  cover  thee,  and 
the  destruction  of  the  beasts, 
which  made  them  afraid;  'be- 
cause  of  men's  blood,  and  for  the 
*■  violence  done  to  the  land,  to  the 
city  and  to  all  that  dwell  therein. 

1  Or,  riddU  '  Or.  exact  us^try  of  thee 

3  Or,  toss  thee  tn  and  fro  *  Or,  poure.it 

>  Or,  fury      '  Or,  let  ttiu  foreskin  be  uncovered  > 


"  2  K.  14.  10 
i>  Is.  6.  11-15 
'  I'rov.  27. 

21) ;  3U.  li'), 

10 
<i  Is.  14.  10, 

17  ;  Jer. 

2.'..  u 
'}».  14.4-10; 

Jer.  50.  13 
/ver.  12  J 

Job  20. 

l.')-29 
"  Ezek.  18. 

12;  Am. 

2.  8 
ft  Prov.  29.  1 
'  1 8.  3;t.  1 ; 

Jer.  27.7; 

Zech.  2.  8 
*  ver.  17 
'  Is.  47  0 ; 

Jer.  60.  17, 

IS 

'"  Jer.  22.  13  ; 
Ezek.  22. 

"  is.  47.  7 ; 

Jer.  40.  10 
°  ver.  l(i ; 

2  K.  9.  20  ; 

Nah.  1.  14 
P  Num.  10. 

3S;  Prov. 

1.  IS;  Jer. 

20.  19 
«  Joal).  24. 

27  ;  Lk.  19. 

40 
••Mic.  .^  10; 

Nah.  3.  1 
•Is.  60.  11  : 

6ij.  2 ;  Jer. 

/■.I.  68 
t  Ps.  22.  27 ; 

Is.  11.  9; 

Zech.  14. 

8.9 

"  Is.  28.  7,  8 
''  ver.  10 
•^  Lam.  4.  21 
V  Jer.  25.  15, 

27 
-  Nah.  3.  0 
"  Joel  3.  19 ; 

Zech.  11.  1 
6  ver.  8;  Ps. 

55.  2:i 
"  ver.  8 ; 

Jer.  61.  35 


dis.  42.  17; 

44.  9;  Jer. 

2.  27,  28 
'  Jer.  10.  8, 

14  ;  Zech. 

10.  2 
/Ps.  115.4,8 
"  Jer. 2.27, 2S 
ft  1  K.  18. 

2i;--ji) 
'  Jer.  10.  9, 

14 
fc  Ps.  la-..  17 
'  Mic.  1.  2 
"'  Zeph.  1.  7  ; 

Zech.  2.  13 
"  Ps.  80.  90. 

titles 
0  Ps.  7.  title 
P  Job  42.  5,  0 

'Ps.  119. 

120;  Jer. 

10.  7 

•■  Ps.  71.  20 ; 

8.->.  6 
•ch.  1.  6; 

Ps.  44.  1-8 
t  Num.  14. 

19 ;  2  S.  24. 

1:V17  ;  Is. 

.54.  8 
"  Gen.  3«. 

11;  Jer. 

49.  7 :  Am. 

903 


18  What  ''profiteth  the  graven 
image,  that  the  maker  thereof 
hath  graven  it;  the  molten  image, 
even  the  'teacher  of  lies,  that  he 
that  fashioneth  its  form  ■''trusteth 
therein,  to  make  dumb  idols  1  19 
Woe  unto  him  that  "saith  to  the 
wood,  ''Awake;  to  the  dumb  stone, 
Arise  !  Shall  this  teach  1  Behold, 
it  is  overlaid  with  'gold  and  silver, 
and  there  is  *no  breath  at  all  in 
the  midst  of  it.  20  But  'Jehovah 
is  in  his  holy  temple :  "let  all  the 
earth  "'  keep  silence  before  him. 

3      A  "  prayer  of  Habakkuk  the 
prophet,  set  to  "tShigionoth. 

2  O  Jehovah,  1  have  ^ heard  Hhe 

report     of     thee,      and     ®am 

*  afraid  : 

O  Jehovah,  ''revive  'thy  work 
in  the  midst  of  the  years  ; 

In  the  midst  of  the  years  make 
it  known  ; 

In  vv'rath  remember  '  mercy. 

3  God  ^"  came  from  "  Teman, 

And  the  Holy  One  from  mount 
"  Paran.  [Selah 

His  ^  glory  covered  the  heavens. 
And  the  *' earth  was  full  of  his 
praise. 

4  And  /lis  '  brightness  was  as  the 

light ; 
He    had     "rays     coming   forth 

'-  from  his  hand  ; 
And    there  was    the   hiding    of 

his  "  power. 

5  Before  him  went  the  *  pestilence, 
And  '■' "  fiery  bolts  went  forth  at 

his  feet. 

6  He   stood,  and  "measured   the 

earth  ; 
He  beheld,  and  ''drove  asunder 

the  nations  : 
And  the  eternal  *  mountains  were 

scattered ; 
The  everlasting  hills  did  bow ; 
'■'  His  goings  were  as  •''of  old. 

7  I  saw  the  tents   of    Cushan  in 

"affliction  ; 
The    curtains    of    the    land    of 

*  Midian  did  tremble. 

8  Was    Jehovah    displeased    with 

the  'rivers'? 

1.  12 :  Obad.  9  "  Gen.  21.  21  ;  Dt.  33.  2  '  Ps  113. 
4  ;  148.  u  "  Ps.  48.  10  '  Ps.  18.  12  "  Job  20.  14 
("Ex.  12.  29,  30;  Num.  10.  40-49  "Num.  11.  1-3; 
Ps  18.  12,  13  <'  Job  21.  18:  Ps.  35.  5  '  Ps.  114.  1-6 
/ch.  1.  12 ;  Mic.  5.  2  "  Ex.  16.  14-16  *  Gen.  25. 
1-4 ;  Num.  31 .  7,  8 ;  Judg.  7.  24, 26  ;  8. 12  •  Ki.  7. 19, 
20 ;  Josh.  3.  10 ;  Is.  60.  2 


7  Heb.  be  silent  before  him,  nil  the  earth. 

»  Or.  thy  fame  ''  Or.  vns 

10  Or.cometh  (and  similarly  to  tlie  end  of  ver.  15) 
"  HeD.  horns.  "  Or,  at  his  side 

n  Or.  burning  coals  >*  Or,  shook 

1^  Or,  Uia  tvavs  are  everlasting 


3.9 


HABAKKUK 

God's  Deliveranie  of  his  Ancient  People.    The  Frophefs  Strong  Confidence  in  God 


3.19 


Was  thine  anger  against  the 
rivers, 

Or  thy  wrath  against  the  "  sea, 

That  thou  didst  *  ride  upon  thy 
"  horses. 

Upon  thy  ''chariots  of   salva- 
tion % 
9  Thy    *bow    was     made    quite 

^  The  •''oaths  to  the  tribes  were 
a  su7'e  word.  [Selah 

Thou  didst  ''cleave  the  earth 
with  rivers. 

10  The  ''mountains  saw  thee,  and 

"  were  afraid ; 
The  tempest  of  ^waters  passed 

by;  ,.         . 

The  deep  "  uttered  its  voice, 
And  lifted  up  its  hands  on  high. 

1 1  The  ''  sun  and  moon  stood  still 

in  their  habitation. 
At  the  "'light  of  thine  arrows 

as  they  went, 
At  the  shining  of  thy  glittering 

spear. 

12  Thou    didst   "march    through 

the  land  in  indignation; 
Thou  didst "  thresh  the  nations 
in  anger. 

13  Thou   "wentest   forth   for   the 

^'salvation  of  thy  people, _ 
*For    the    salvation   of    thine 

« anointed ; 
^Thou  "^woundedst   the  ''head 

out    of    the    house    of    the 

wicked  man, 
Laying    bare    the  'foundation 

even  unto  the  neck.  _    [Selah 

14  Thou    ''didst    pierce    with    his 

'own  staves  the  head  of  his 
*  warriors : 

1  Or,  Sworn  were  the  chastisements  (Heb.  rods) 
of  thy  word 

2  Or,  were  in  pain        3  Or,  art  come 

*  Or,  For  salvation  (or,  victory)  with  thine 
anointed. 

5  Or,  Thou  didst  smite  of  the  head  from  the 
house  &c.  ^  Or,  hast  woundtil 

7  Or,  hast  pierced        8  Or,  hordes    Or,  villages 


«Ex.  14.  IG, 

21 ;  Ps.  114. 

3,  5 
!>  Dt.  33.  26  ; 

Ps.  18.  10 
"  ver.  1.5 ; 

•2  K.  2.  11 
d  Ps.  08.  17 
"  ver.  11 ; 

Ps.  7.  12,  13 
/  Gen.  26.  3 ; 

Dt.  7.  8 
S'Ps.  78.  16; 

105.  41 
ft  Ps.  114.  1-6 
t  Is.  11.  15 
fc  Ps.  93.  3 ; 

98.  7,  8 
'  Josh.  10. 

12-14  ;  Ps. 

18.  9,  11 
'"  Ps.  18.  14 
"  Ps.  OS.  7 
"Is.  41.  15; 

Jer.  .51.  33 ; 

Mic.  4.  13 
P  Ex.  15.  2 ; 

Ps.  68. 19,20 
9  Ps.  20.  6 ; 

28.  8 
*■  Ps.  68.  21 ; 

110.6 
'Ezek.  1.3.14 
«  Judg.  7.  22 


"Dan  n. 

40;  Zech. 

9.  14 
"  Ps.  10.  8 ; 

64.  2-5 

*  ver.  8 ; 
Ps.  77.  19 

y  Ex.  15.  8 

*  ver.  2 ; 
Dan.  10  8 

"  Job  30.  17, 

30 ;  Jer.  23. 

9 
b  Lk.  21.  19 
'^  Jer.  5.  15 
d  Joel  1.  10- 

12;  Am. 

4.9 
«  Hag.  2.  16 
/  Mic.  6.  15 
0  Joel  1.  18 
ft  Jer.  5.  17 
'  Ex.  15. 

1,  2;  Is.  61. 

10;  JBom. 

5.  2,  3 ; 

Phil.  4.  4 
k  Ps.  46.  1-5 
'  Ps.  25.  5  ; 

27.  1 ;  Is. 

12.  2 
"'  Ps.  18.  32, 

33  ;  Is.  45. 

24 
"  Dt.  33.  29 


They  came  as  a  "  whirlwind  to 
scatter  me ; 

Their  rejoicing  was  as  to  "de- 
vour the  poor  secretly. 

15  Tliou  "didst  ^  tread  the  sea  with 

thy  horses, 
The  '■^ "  heap  of  mighty  ivatex's. 

16  I  heard,  and  my  body  *  trem- 

bled. 
My  lips  quivered  at  the  voice ; 
Rottenness    entereth   into   my 

"  bones,  and  I  tremble  in  my 

place  ; 
Because  I  must  *wait  quietly 

for  the  day  of  trouble, 
"  For   the  "  coming  up  of   the 

people  that  invadetn  us. 

17  For  though  the  ''fig-tree  shall 

not  flourish. 
Neither  shall  fruit   be   in  the 

"  vines  ; 
The  labor  of    the  -^  olive  shall 

fail. 
And  the  fields  shall  yield   no 

food  ; 
The  "  flock  shall  be  cut  off  from 

the  fold. 
And  there  shall   be  *no   herd 

in  the  stalls  : 

18  Yet  I  will  *  rejoice  in  Jehovah, 

I  will  *  joy  in  the  '  God  of  my 
salvation. 

19  Jehovah,     the    Lord,     is     my 

'"  strength  ; 
And  he  maketh  my  feet  like 

hinds'  feet, 
And  will  make  me  to  walk  upon 

my  "  high  places. 

For  the  Chief  Musician,  on  my  o stringed 
instruments. 

■'  Ps.  4.  C,  titles ;  Is.  38.  20 


9  Or,  hast  trodden  i"  Or,  surge 

11  Or,  When  there  shall  come  up  against  the 
people  he  that  invadeth  them 


904 


THE    BOOK    OF 

ZEPHANIAH 


Jehovah's  Day  of  Wrath  romiiig  npoii  Juilali.    The  People  warned  to  seek  JehOTah 


IThe  word  of  Jehovah  wliich 
came  unto  Zephaniah  the  son 
of  Cushi,  the  sou  of  Gedaliah,  the 
son  of  Amariah,  the  son  of  Heze- 
kiah,  in  the  days  of  "Josiah  the 
son  of  ^  Anion,  king  of  Judah. 

2  I  will  utterly  <=  consume  all 
things  from  olt'  the  face  of  the 
ground,  saith  Jehovah.  3  I  will 
consume  "^  man  and  beast ;  I  will 
consume  the  '"  birds  of  the  heavens, 
and  the  tishes  of  the  sea,  and  the 
■''sturablingblocks  with  the  wicked; 
and  1  will  cut  oli"  man  from  off  the 
face  of  the  ground,  saith  Jehovah. 
i  And  I  will  "stretch  out  my  hand 
upon  Judah,  and  upon  all  the  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem  ;  and  1  will 
*cut  off  the  remnant  of  Baal  from 
this  place,   and  the  name  of  the 

•  Chemarim  with  the  priests ;  5 
and  them  that  worship  the  *^host 
of  heaven  upon  the  housetops  ; 
and  them  that  worship,  that  'swear 
to  Jehovah  and  swear  by  ^'"Mal- 
cam  ;  6  and  them  that  are  "turned 
back  from  following  Jehovah  :  and 
those  that  have  "  not  sought  Jeho- 
vah, nor  inquired  after  him. 

7  ^Hold  thy  peace  at  the  pres- 
ence of  the  Lord  Jehovah  ;  for  the 

*  day  of  Jehovah  is  at  hand  :  for 
Jehovah  hath  ijrepared  a  ''sacrifice, 
he  hath  '  consecrated  his  guests. 
8  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the 
day  of  Jehovah's  sacrince,  that  I 
will -^ '  punish  the  princes,  and  the 
king's  sons,  and  all  such  as  are 
clotlied  with  "foreign  apparel.  9 
And  in  that  day  I  will  -punish  all 
those  that  leap  over  the  threshold, 
that  fill  their  master's  house  with 
'violence  and  deceit.  10  And  in 
that  day,  saith  Jehovah,  there 
shall  be  the  noise  of  a  •'cry  from 
the  *fish  gate,  and  a  wailing  from 
the  ^^  second  quarter,  and  a  great 
crashing  from  the  "hills.  11  Wail, 
ye  inhaoitants  of  ^Maktesh ;  for  all 


1  Or,  their  king 
*  Heb.  visit  upon. 


s  Heb  Mishni'h. 
*  Or,  The  mortar 


"  2  K.  22.  1- 
23.  :i4  ; 
2  Chr.  34. 

1-36.  2:") ; 

Jer.  1.  2 ; 

22.  U 
b  2  K.  21. 

lS-26; 

2  Chr.  33. 

20-25 
"  Jer.  7.  20 ; 

Ezek.  33. 

27,  28 
dis.  0.  11,  12 

'■  Jer.  4.  2o ; 

!).  10 

/Ezek.  r. 
la ;  14.  3, 

•I,  8 
»  Jer.  6.  12; 

Ezek.  C.  14 
''  Mic.  A.  13 
■  2  K.  23.  6  ; 

Hos.  10.  5 

(margins) 
*^2  K.  23.  12; 

Jer.  19.  13 
'  Jer.  f..  2, 

7  ;  7.  9,  10 
"'  Jer.  49.  1 
"Is.  1.  4 
"Is.  9.  13 
i'  Hab.  2.  20 ; 

Zech.  2.  13 
9  ver.  14 
'"Is.  34.  C; 

Jer.  4(i.  10 
*  1  S.  10.  5 ; 

Is.  13.  3 
'  Is.  24.  21  ; 

Hab.  1.  10 
"  Is.  2.  0 
"  Jer.  5.  27 ; 

Am.  3.  10 
"  Is.  22.  6 ; 

Am.  S.  3 
"2  011^33.14 
-2Chr.34.22 
"  2  S.  ;-..  7  ; 

Ezek.  6.  13 


b  ch.  2.  ,"> ; 

Zech.  14.  21 
'  Job  27.  10, 

17:  Hos. 

n.  G 
d  Jer.  Ifi.  Ifi, 

17;  Ezek. 

9.  4-11; 

Am.  9.  1-3 
"Jer.  48.  11 ; 

.Am.  6.  1 
/Ezek.  8. 

12 ;  9.  9 
"  Jer.  1.-..  13 ; 

17.  3 
"  Am.  5.  11 ; 

Mic.  0.  l.'i 
■  Jer.  30.  7 ; 

Joel  2.  11; 

IMnl.  4.  6 
*  ver.  7 ; 

Ezek.  7. 

7,  12;  30. 

3;  Joel  1. 

15 ;  X  14 

906 


^the  people  of  ''Canaan  are  undone; 
all  they  that  were  laden  with  "  sil- 
ver are  cut  off".  12  And  it  shall 
come  to  pass  at  that  time,  that  I 
will  ''search  Jeru.salem  with  lamps; 
and  I  will  -punish  the  men  that 
are  •''-settled  on  their  lees,  that 
•^say  in  their  heart,  Jehovah  will 
not  do  good,  neither  will  he  do 
evil.  13  And  their  wealth  shall 
become  a  "spoil,  and  their  houses 
a  desolation:  yea,  ''they  shall  build 
houses,  but  shall  not  inhabit  them ; 
and  they  shall  plant  vineyards,  but 
shall  not  drink  the  wine  thereof. 

1  i  The  '  great  *  day  of  Jehovah  is 
near,  it  is  near  and  hasteth  greatly, 
eve7i  the  voice  of  the  day  of  Jeho- 
vah ;  the  mighty  man  '  crieth  there 
bitterly.  15  That  day  is  a  day  of 
wrath,  a  day  of  "'  trouble  and  dis- 
tress, a  day  of  wasteness  and  desola- 
tion, a  day  of  "  darkness  and  gloom- 
iness, a  day  of  clouds  and  thick 
darkness,  IG  a  day  of  the  "trumpet 
and  alarm,  against  the  -''fortified 
cities,  and  against  the  high  '^ battle- 
ments. 17  And  I  will  bring  ^dis- 
tress upon  men,  that  they  shall 
walk  ''like  blind  men,  because  they 
have  sinned  against  Jehovah  ;  and 
their  "blood  shall  be  poured  out 
as  dust,  and  their  'fiesli  as  dung. 
18  "Neither  their  silver  nor  their 
gold  shall  be  able  to  deliver  them 
in  the  day  of  Jehovali's  wrath ; 
but  the  whole  land  shall  be  "de- 
voured by  the  fire  of  his  jealousy  : 
for  he  will  •'make  an  end,  yea,  a 
**  terrible  end,  of  all  them  that 
dwell  in  the  land. 

2       Gather  yourselves  together, 
yea,  "gather  together,  O  nation 
that  hath 'no  "shame;  2  before  the 

'  Ezek.  7.  lfi-18  "  Is.  22.  r>  "  Joel  2.  2.  31 ;  Am.  6. 
1K-21>  "  Jer.  4.  19  f  Is.  2.  12-15  ''  Jer.  lo.  18  ""Dt 
28.  29  »  Ezek.  24.  7,  8  <  Jer.  8.  2 ;  9.  22  "  Ezek. 
7.  19  *  ch.  3.  8  '  Ezek.  7.  5-7  "2  Chr.  20.  4  ;  Joel 
1.  14   'Jer.  3.  3;  c.  15 


•■i  Or.  the  mercliant  people 
•'  Or,  thickened 
'•  Or,  comer  tower  a 


8  Or,  speedv 
3  Or,  Ivngint 


2.3 


ZEPHANIAH 


3.8 


Punishment  threatened  to  Jadah's  Enemies.    Woe  to  Jerasalem  and  the  Rations 


"decree  bring  forth,  '^before  the  day 
pass  *as  the  chaff,  before  the  ''fierce 
anger  of  Jehovah  come  upon  you, 
before  the  ''day  of  Jehovah's  anger 
come  upon  you.  3  "Seek  ye  Jeho- 
vah, all  ye  -^meek  of  the  earth,  that 
have  kept  his  ordinances ;  "  seek 
righteousness,  seek  meekness :  it 
may  be  ye  will  be  ''  hid  in  the  day 
of  Jehovah's  anger. 

4  For  'Gaza  shall  be  forsaken, 
and  'Ashkelon  a  desolation;  they 
shall  drive  out  *Ashdod  at  noon- 
day, and  'Ekron  shall  be  rooted 
up.  5  Woe  unto  the  inhabitants 
of  ■■^  the  sea-coast,  the  nation  of  the 
*  Cherethites  !  The  word  of  Jeho- 
vah is  'against  you,  O  "Canaan, 
the  land  of  the  Philistines ;  I  will 
"destroy  thee,  that  there  shall  be 
"no  inhabitant.  6  And  the  sea- 
coast  shall  be  ^^ pastures,  with  ^cot- 
tages for  shepherds  and  folds  for 
flocks.  7  And  the  coast  shall  be 
for  the  *  remnant  of  the  house  of 
Judah  ;  they  shall  ''feed  their  flocks 
thereupon ;  in  the  houses  of  Ash- 
kelon  shall  they  lie  down  in  the 
evening ;  for  Jehovah  their  God 
will '  visit  them,  and  * '  bring  back 
their  captivity. 

8  I  have  heard  the  "reproach  of 
Moab,  and  the  "revilings  of  the 
children  of  Amnion,  wherewith 
they  have  reproached  my  people, 
and  ^magnified  themselves  against 
their  border.  9  Therefore  as  I  live, 
saith  Jehovah  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
Israel,  Surely  ^  Moab  shall  be  as 
Sodom,  and  the  children  of  ^  Am^ 
mon  as  "'Gomorrah,  a  possession  of 
•^  nettles,  and  saltpits,  and  a  per- 
petual desolation  :  the  residue  of 
my  people  shall  *make  a  prey  of 
them,  and  the  remnant  of  my  na- 
tion shall  inherit  them.  10  This 
shall  they  have  for  their  "^  pride, 
because  they  have  ''reproached  and 
magnified  themselves  against  the 

Eeople  of  Jehovah  of  hosts.  1 1  Je- 
ovah  will  be  "terrible  unto  them  ; 
for  he  will  famish  all  the  ■''gods  of 
the  earth  ;  and  ^men  shall  worship 
him,  every  one  from  his  place,  even 
all  the  "^^  isles  of  the  nations. 

1 2  Ye  "  Ethiopians  also,  ye  shall 
be  slain  by  my  sword.  1 3  And  he 
will* stretch  out  his  hand  against 
the  north,  and  destroy  'Assyria, 
and  will  make  ™  Nineveh  a  desola- 
tion, and  dry  like  the  wilderness. 

1  Or,  {the  day  pnssHh  as  the  chaff) 

*  Or,  the  region  of  the  sea 

*  Or,  caves  5  Or,  wild  vetches 

*  Or,  return  to  *  Or,  coast-lands 


"  ch.  3.  8 ; 

2  K.  23.  27 
6^8.  17.  13; 

Hos.  13.  3 
'^  Lam.  4.  U; 

Nah.  1.  6 
rf  ch.  1.  18 
*'  Ps.  105.  4 ; 

Am.  r>.  G 
/Ps.  2'J.  26; 

Is.  U.  4 
s'  Am.  0.  14, 

16 
A  Ps.  67.  1 ; 

Is.  26.  20 
i  Am.  1.  7, 

8;  Zech. 

9.  5-7 
fc  Ezek.  26. 16 
'  Am.  3.  1 
"'ch.  1.  11 
"Is.  14.29,30 
0  ch.  3.  6 
P  Is.  7.  25 
«  Is.  11.  14  ; 

Jer.  32.  44 
"■  Is.  32.  14 
"  Ex.  4.  31 ; 

Ps.  80.  14 

<  ch.  3.  20 ; 

Ps.  126.  4 
"  Ezek.  25.  8 
"  Ezek.  25.  3 
==  Am.  1.  13 

y  Is.  1.5. 1-16. 

14 ;  Jer.  48. 

1-47;  Am. 

2.  1-3 
^  Jer.  49. 

1-6;  Ezek. 

25.  1-7 
<^  Dt.  29.  23 
*■  Is.  U.  14 
"  Is.  16.  6 
d  ver.  -8 
"^  Joel  2.  11 
/ch.  1.  4 
"  ch.  3.  9 ; 

Ps.  72.  8-11 
''  Is.  24.  15 
'  Is.  20.  4,  5  ; 

Ezek.  30. 

4-9 

fc  ch.  1.  4 ;  Is. 

14.  26 
'  Is.  10.  12, 

10;  Mic. 
5.  0 
'"  Nah.  3.  7 


"  Is.  14.  23 ; 

.34.  11-15 
"  Is.  22.  2 
J'  Is.  32.  9, 

11;  47.  8 
9  Is.  47.  8; 

Ezek.  28. 

2,9 
»■  Is.  32.  14 
'  Jer.  IS.  16 ; 

19.  8 
<  Jer.  6.  23 
"  Ezek.  23. 

.30 
"  Jer.  6.  6 
^  Jer.  7. 

23-28 
V  Jer.  2.  30 ; 

5.  3 
"  Ps.  78.  22 ; 

Jer.  13.  25 
a  pg   ^o   2g 

b  Ezek.'  22. 

27 

"  Jer.  5.  6 ; 

Hab.  1.  8 
d  Jud:;.  9.  4 
«  Ezek.  22. 

26 ;  Mai.  2. 

7,8 
/ver.  15,  17; 

Jer.  14.  9 
»  Dt.  32.  4 
A  Ps.  92.  15 
>  Job  7.  18 

906 


1 4  And  hei'ds  shall  lie  down  in  the 
midst  of  her,  ''  all  the  beasts  of  the 
nations  :  both  the  "  pelican  and 
the  porcupine  shall  lodge  in  the 
capitals  thereof ;  their  voice  shall 
sing  in  the  windows ;  *  desolation 
shall  be  in  the  thresholds :  for  he 
hath  laid  bare  the  cedar- work.  15 
This  is  the  "joyous  city  that  ^dwelt 
cai-elessly,  that  said  in  her  heart, 
«I  am,  and  there  is  none  besides 
rne :  how  is  she  become  a  *"  desola- 
tion, a  place  for  beasts  to  lie 
down  in !  *  every  one  that  passeth 
by  her  shall  hiss,  and  wag  his 
hand. 

3  Woe  to  her  that  is  'rebellious 
and  "  polluted  !  to  the "  oppress- 
ing city !  2  She  "  obeyed  not  the 
voice  ;  she  ^  received  not  ^  correc- 
tion ;  she  '  trusted  not  in  Jehovah  ; 
she  "  drew  not  near  to  her  God.  3 
Her  *i)rinces  in  the  midst  of  her 
are  roaring  lions ;  her  judges  are 
"  evening  _  wolves  ;  they  ^^  leave 
nothing  till  the  morrow  4  Her 
prophets  are  "^  light  and  treacher- 
ous persons  ;  her "  priests  have  pro- 
faned the  sanctuary,  they  have 
done  violence  to  the  law.  _  5  Jeho- 
vah •''in  the  midst  of  her  is  "right- 
eous ;  he  will  ''not  do  iniquity; 
"  *  every  morning  doth  he  bring  his 
justice  to  light,  he  faileth  not ;  but 
the  vinjust  *knoweth  no  shame.  6 
I  have  cut  oft' nations ;  their  ^'-^'bat- 
tlements are  desolate  ;  I  have  made 
their  streets '"■  waste,  so  that  none 
passeth  by ;  their  "  cities  are  de- 
stroyed, so  that  there  is  no  man, 
so  that  there  is  "no  inhabitant.  7 
I  said,  Onlj^  fear  thou  me  ;/'  receive 
^correction  ;  so  her  dwelling  shall 
'not  be  cut  off",  ^'^ according  to  all 
that  I  have  appointed  concerning 
her :  but  they  rose  early  and  "■  coi'- 
rupted  all  their  doings. 

8  Therefore  Mvait  ye  for  me, 
saith  Jehovah,  until  the  day  that  1 
rise  up  to  the  prey ;  for  my  " '  de- 
termination is  to  "gather  the  na- 
tions, that  I  may  assemble  the 
kingdoms,  to  pour  upon  them 
mine    indignation,    even    all    my 

&  ch.  2.  1  i  ch.  1.  16  ""  Jer  9.  12  "  Is.  6.  11  °  ch. 
2.  5  *  ver.  2 ;  Is.  63.  s  «  Jer.  7.7''  Hos.  9. 9  «  Pb. 
27.  14  ;  Is.  30.  18 ;  flab.  2.  3  «  ch.  2.  2  "  Ezek.  38. 
14-23 ;  Joel  3.  2 


7  Or,  nil  hearts  of  every  kind 

8  Or,  drought  ^  Or,  instruction 

10  Or,  gnaw  not  the  bones  on  the  morrow 

11  Heb.  morning  by  morning. 

12  Or,  corner  tonvrs 

13  Or,  howsoever  I  have  punished  her 
1*  Heb.  judgment. 


3.9 


ZEPHANIAH 


3.20 


Restoration  and  Security  of  Israel 


fierce  anger ;  for  "  all  the  earth 
shall  be  devoured  with  the  fire  of 
my  jealousy. 

9  For  then  will  I  turn  to  the 
peoples  a  ""pure  Manguage,  that 
they  may  "all  call  upon  the  name 
of  Jehovah,  to  serve  him  with  one 
-consent.  10  From  beyond  the 
rivers  of  "^  Ethioina  ^  my  suppliants, 
even  the  daughter  of  my  dispersed, 
shall  "bring  mine  offering.  11  In 
that  day  shalt  thou  not  be  •''put  to 
shame  tor  all  thy  doings,  wherein 
thou  hast  transgressed  against  me  ; 
for  then  I  will  take  away  out  of  the 
midst  of  thee  ^  thy  "proudly  exult- 
ing ones,  and  thou  shalt  no  more 
be  haughty  in  my  ''holy  mountain. 
1 2  But  I  will  leave  in  the  midst  of 
thee  an  'afflicted  and  poor  people, 
and  they  shall  *  take  refuse  in  the 
name  of  Jehovah.  13  Tbe  'rem- 
nant of  Israel  shall '"not  do  iniq- 
uity, "nor  speak  lies  ;  neither  shall 
a  deceitful  tongue  be  found  in  their 
mouth  ;  for  they  shall "  feed  and  lie 
down,  and  none  shall  make  them 
afraid. 

14  Sing,  O  daughter  of  Zion; 
p shout,  O  Israel;  be  glad  and  re- 
joice with  all  the  heart,  O  daughter 
of  Jerusalem.  15  Jehovah  hath 
taken  away  thy  judgments,  he  hath 
cast  out  tnine  enemy  :  the  King  of 

1  Heb.  lip.  -  Heb.  shoulder. 

3  Or,  shall  they  bring  my  suppliants,  even,  the 
daughter  of  my  dispersed,  for  an  o^eringunto  me 
*  Or,  thein  that  exult  in  thy  majesty 


<"ch.  1.  18 
I*  Is.  19.  18  ; 

67.  19 
"ch.  2.  11  ; 

P».  22.  27  ; 

80.0;  Hab. 

2.  14 
d  Ps.  t>8.  31  ; 

Is.  11.  U  ; 

18.  1,  7 
'  Is.  CO.  fi,  7 
/Is.  46.  17; 

64.  4  ;  Joel 

2.  20,  27 

w  Is.  2.  12 ; 

6.  16 
''  Is.  11.  9; 
6(i.  7  ; 
Ezek.  20. 40 

>  Is.  14.  3(1, 
32 ;  Zech. 

13.  8,  9 
fc  Is.  M.  10 ; 

Nah.  1.  7 
'  ch.  2.  7  ; 

Is.  10.  20- 

22 ;  Mic. 

4.  7 
""  ver.  5 ; 

Ps.  119.  3; 

Jer.  31.  33 
"  Zech.  8.  3, 

10 
"  Is.  65.  10 ; 

Ezek.  34. 

13-16 

''  Zech.  9.  9 


«  ver.  5 ; 

Ezek.  37. 

2C^28 
'■  Is.  64.  14 
'  Is.  .36.  3,  4 
'  ver.  6,  15 
"  Is.  63.  1 
"  Is.  02.  6 
■>  Ps.  42.  2-4  ; 

Ezek.  9. 

4.  6 
y  Is.  60.  14  ; 

Zech.  8.  23 
'  Ezek.  34. 

16;  Mic. 

4.6 
"  la.  60. 18 ; 


Israel,  even  Jehovah,  is  « in  the 
midst  of  thee  ;  thou  shalt  ''not  "fear 
evil  any  more.  16  In  that  day  it 
shall  be  said  to  Jerusalem,  'Fear 
thou  not;  '*0  Zion,  let  not  thy 
hands  be  slack.  17  Jehovah  thy 
God  is  'in  the  midst  of  thee,  a 
"  mighty  one  who  will  save  ;  he  will 
''  rejoice  over  thee  with  joy  ;  he  will 
''rest  in  his  love;  he  will  joy  over 
thee  with  singing.  18  "  i  will 
gather  them  that  ^sorrow  for  the 
solemn  assembly,  who  were  of  thee  ; 
to  whom  the  burden  upon  "her  was 
a  reproach.  19  Behold,  at  that 
time  I  will  deal  with  all  them 
that  *  afflict  thee;  and  I  will  save 
that  which  is '  lame,  and  gather  that 
which  was  driven  away  ;  and  I  will 
make  them  a  "  praise  and  a  name, 
whose  *  shame  hath  been  in  all  the 
earth.  20  At  that  time  will  I 
'bring  you  in,  and  at  that  time 
will  I  gather  you ;  for  I  will  make 
you  a  ''name  and  a  praise  among 
all  the  peoples  of  the  earth,  when  I 
"  '^  bring  back  your  captivity  before 
your  eyes,  saith  Jehovah. 


62.  7      6  Ezek.  16.  27,  57 
26.  18,  19 ;  Is.  56.  5  ;  66.  22 

Joel  3.  1 


■  i!;zek.  37.  12,  21      d  Dt. 
'  ch.  2.  7  ;  Jer.  29.  14 ; 


*  Another  reading  is  see. 

«  Or,  and  to  Zion  7  Heb.  be  silent. 

*  Or,  They  have  heeii  sorroirfut  for  the  solemn 
as.iembtv  which  I  tonk  av.mv  from,  thee,  for  the 
lifting  up  uf  reproach  against  her 

»  According  to  another  reading,  thee. 
10  Or,  return,  to 


M7 


THE   BOOK   OF 

HAGGAI 


Haggai  eihorts  the  People  to  build  the  Temple.    Zerabbabel  and  Joshna  obey.    The  Builders  enconraged 


Iln  the  "  second  year  of  Darius 
the  king,  in  the  *  sixth  month, 
to  the  ''first  day  of  the  month, 
came  the  word  of  Jehovah  by  "^  Hag- 
gai  the  prophet  unto  "  Zerubbabel 
the  son  of  Shealtiel,  -^governor  of 
Judah,  and  to  "Joshua  the  son  of 
Jehozadak,  the  high  priest,  saying, 
2  "Thus  speaketh  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
saying,  This  people  say,  ^  It  is  not 
the  time  for  us  to  come,  the  time 
for  Jehovah's  house  to  be  built.  3 
Then  came  the  word  of  Jehovah 
by  Haggai  the  prophet,  saying,  4 
Is  it  a  time  for  you  yourselves 
to  dwell  in  your  ceiled  *  houses, 
while  this  house  *lieth  waste  1  5 
Now  therefore  thus  saith  Jehovah 
of  hosts :  ^  Consider  your  ways. 
6  Ye  have  *  sown  much,  and  bring 
in  little ;  ye  eat,  but  ye  have  not 
enough ;  ye  di'ink,  but  ye  are  not 
filled  with  drink ;  ye  clothe  you, 
but  there  is  none  warm ;  and  he 
that  earneth  wages  earneth  wages 
to  put  it  into  a  bag  with  holes. 

7  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts : 
^  Consider  your  ways.  8  Go  up  to 
the  ^'mountain,  and  bring  wood, 
and  build  the  house ;  and  I  will 
"•  take  pleasure  in  it,  and  I  will  be 
"glorified,  saith  Jenovah.  9  Ye 
"looked  for  much,  and,  lo,  it  came 
to  little ;  and  when  ye  brought  it 
home,  I  did  *^blow  upon  it.  Why  1 
saith  Jehovah  of  hosts.  Because  of 
my  house  that  *lieth  waste,  while 
ye  run  every  man  to  his  own  house. 

10  Therefore  ^for  your  sake  the 
''heavens  withhold  the  dew,  and 
the   earth   withholdeth    its    fi'uit. 

11  And  I  called  for  a  'drought 
upon  the  land,  and  upon  the  moun- 
tains, and  upon  the  grain,  and 
upon  the  new  wine,  and  upon  the 
oil,  and  upon  that  which  the 
ground  bringeth  forth,  and  upon 
'men,  and  upon  cattle,  and  upon 
"all  the  labor  of  the  hands. 

1  Or,  as  otherwise  read.  The  time  is  not  come  for 
JehovaKs  hotise  &c. 

2  Heb.  Set  your  heart  on  your  ways. 

3  Or,  hill-country  *  Or,  blow  it  away 
5  Or,  over  you 


"  ch.  2.  10 ; 

Ezr.  4.  21 ; 

Zech.  1. 

1,  7 
i>  ch.  2.  1,  10, 

20 ;  Zech. 

1.  1 

"^  ver.  15 
d  ver.  3,  12, 
13;  ch.  2. 1, 
10,  20 ;  Ezr. 

6.  1  ;  6.  14 

'  ver.  12, 14 ; 
1  Chr.  3. 
19;  Ezr. 

2.  2 ;  Neh. 

7.  7 ;  Zech. 
4.  G ;  Mt.  1. 
12,  13 

/ 1  K.  10.  15 ; 

Ezr.  6.  3 
"  ver.  12.  14 ; 

Ezr.  3.  2 ; 

Neh.  12.  1 ; 

Zech.  3.  1 ; 

6.  11 
><■  ver.  9 
'■  ver.  9 ; 

Jer.  33.  10, 

12 
fc  ver.  9, 10  ; 

ch.  2.  16, 

17  ;  Dt. 

28.  3S-40  ; 

Hos.  8.  7 
'  -tzr.  3.  7 
"^  Ps.  132.  13, 

14 
"  ch.  2.  7,  9 
°  yet.  8 
P  Is.  40.  7 
9  ver.  4 
»■  Dt.  28.  23- 

24;  IK. 

17.  1 ;  Joel 

1.  18-20 

«  Jer.  14.  2- 
6 ;  Mai.  3. 
9,  11 
«  Dt.  28.  22 
"  ch.  2.  17 


"  ver.  1 
^  ver.  14  ; 

ch.  2.  2 
"  Is.  1.  19 ; 

1  Th.  2.  13 
'  ver.  3 
"■  Dt.  31. 

12, 13 ;  Ps. 

112.  1 ;  Is. 

50.  10 
t>  Is.  44.  26  ; 

Ezek.  3. 

17 ;  Mai.  2. 

7;  3.  1 
<^  Ps.  46.  11 ; 

Is.  41.  10 ; 

d  2  Chr.  36. 
22;  Ezr. 

1.  1 

'  ver.  1 ;  ch. 

2.  2,  21 
/ver.  12 

"  Ezr,  6.  2  ; 

Neh.  4.  6 
>>■  ver.  1 ;  ch. 

2.  1,  10,  20 

908 


1 2  Then "  Zerubbabel  the  son  of 
Shealtiel,  and  "Joshua  the  son  of 
Jehozadak,  the  high  priest,  with 
all  the  ""  remnant  of  the  people, 
^  obeyed  the  voice  of  Jehovah  their 
God,  and  the  words  of  Haggai  the 
prophet,  as  Jehovah  their  God  had 
'  sent  him  ;  and  the  people  did  "  fear 
before  Jehovah.  13  Then  spake 
Haggai  Jehovah's  *  messenger  in 
Jehovah's  message  unto  the  peo- 
ple, saying,  '^I  am  with  you,  saith 
Jehovah.  14  And ''Jehovah  stirred 
up  the  spirit  of  *  Zerubbabel  the 
son  of  Shealtiel,  ^governor  of  Judah, 
and  the  spirit  of  Joshua  the  son  or 
Jehozadak,  the  high  priest,  and 
the  spirit  of  all  the  -^remnant  of 
the  people ;  and  they  came  and 
did  "work  on  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts,  their  God,  15  in 
the  *  four  and  twentieth  day  of  the 
month,  in  the  sixth  month,  in  the 
second  year  of  Darius  the  king. 

2  In  the '  seventh  month,  in  the 
one  and  twentieth  dau  of  the 
month,  came  the  word  of  Jehovah 
by  *  Haggai  the  prophet,  saying,  2 
Speak  now  to  *  Zerubbabel  the  son 
of  Shealtiel,  *  governor  of  Judah, 
and  to  *  Joshua  the  son  of  Jehoza- 
dak, the  high  priest,  and  to  the 
'remnant  of  the  people,  saying,  3 
Who  is  '"  left  among  you  that  saw 
this  house  in  its  "former  glory  1 
and  how  do  ye  see  it  now  1  is  it  not 
in  your  eyes  as  nothing'?  4  Yet 
now  "be  strong,  O  Zerubbabel, 
saith  Jehovah ;  and  be  strong,  O 
Joshua,  son  of  Jehozadak,  the  high 
priest ;  and  be  strong,  all  ye  people 
of  the  land,  saith  Jehovah,  and 
work :  for  ^  I  am  with  you,  saith 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  5  ^according  to 
the  word  that  I  *  covenanted  with 
you  when  ye  came  out  of  Egypt, 
and  my  ''Spirit  ''abode  among  you  : 

'  ver.  10 ;  ch.  1.  1,  15  fc  ch.  1.  1  '  ch.  1.  12  *"  Ezr. 
3.  12  "  ver.  9  "  Dt.  31.  23 ;  1  Chr.  22.  13  ;  28.  20 ; 
Zech.  8.  9 ;  Eph.  6.  10  ^  2  S.  fi.  10 ;  Acts  7.  9  «  Ex. 
19.  4-6 ;  33.  12-14 ;  34.  8-10    ""  Neh.  9.  20 ;  Is.  63. 11, 1* 


*  Or,  Kemember  the  word  &c.    i  Or,  ahideth 


2.6 


HAGGAI 


2.23 


Tbe  People's  Adversity  dne  to  tbcir  Cnriiithfulness.    God's  Promise  to  Zernbbabel 


"  fear  ye  not.  G  For  thus  saith  Je- 
hovah of  liosts  :  ''  ^'et  once,  it  is  a 
"  Httle  wliile,  and  i  will  "  shake  the 
heavens,  and  the  earth,  and  the 
sea,  and  the  dry  land  ;  7  and  I 
will  shake  ''  all  nations ;  and  '  the 
•^precious  things  of  all  natioiis 
shall  conie ;  and  1  will  ^liil  this 
house  with  glory,  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts.  8  The  ''  silver  is  mine,  and 
the  gold  is  mine,  saith  Jehovah 
of  hosts.  9  The  latter  'glory  of 
this  house  sliall  be  greater  than  the 
*  former,  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts  ; 
and  in  this  ])lace  will  1  give  'peace, 
saith  .fehovah  of  hosts. 

10  in  the  '"four  and  twentieth 
(hty  of  the  nmt]\  i/ionth,  in  the  see- 
ona  year  of  Darius,  came  the  word 
of  Jehovah  by  Haggai  the  prophet, 
saying,  11  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts:  "Ask  now  the  priests  con- 
cerning the  law,  saying,  12  If  one 
bear  "holy  llesh  in  the  skirt  of  his 
garment,  and  with  his  skirt  do 
touch  bread,. or  pottage,  or  -wine, 
or  oil,  or  any  food,  shad  it  become 
holv  ?  And  the  priests  answered 
ana  said.  No.  15  Then  said  Hag- 
gai, ''if  one  that  is  unclean  by  rea- 
son of  a  dead  body  touch  any  of 
tTiese,  shall  it  be  unclean  ?  And 
the  priests  answered  and  said.  It 
shall  be  unclean.  14  Then  an- 
swered Haggai  and  said,  «So  is 
this  people,  and  so  is  this  nation 
before  me,  saith  Jehovah  ;  and  so 
is  every  work  of  their  hands  :  and 
that  which  they  offer  there  is  un- 
clean. 1.5  And  now,  I  pray  you, 
'"consider  from  this  day  and  back- 
ward, before  ^a  'stone  was  laid 
upon  a  stone  in  the  temple  of  .Je- 
hovah.      16     '^Through    all    that 

1  Or,  ihe  things  desired  (Heb.  desire.)  of  all 
Tiativiis  shall  come     *  Heb.  siiice  those  days  were. 


"  Is.  41.  10, 
13 ;  ZecL. 
8.  13 
b  Heb.  12.  20 
'  Is.  10.  20  ; 

2U.  17 

d  ver.  21  ; 

Jer.  4.  2:!-2G 
"  Dan.  2.  44  ; 

Joel  y.  'J,  lU 
/  Is.  WJ.  4-U 
"1  K.  S.  11; 

la.  00.  7 
A  1  Clir.  29. 

14,  lU ;  Is. 

(W.  17 
'  Zech.  2.  6 
*■  ver.  3 
'  Is.  9.  6,  7 ; 

Bj.  12 
'"  ver.  1,  20  ; 

ch.  1.  1,  If) 
"  Dt.  17.  ti- 
ll :  Mai. 

2.  7 
"  Vji.  20.  37  ; 

Lev.  G.  27, 

29;  7.  C; 

Ezek.  44. 

lu ;  Mt.  23. 

19 
P  Lev.  22.  4- 

(>;  Num. 

19.  22 
9  Prov.  15. 

8 ;  Is.  1. 

11-!.') 
'"ver.  18; 

ell   1.  f.,  7 
'  tzr.  3.  10  ; 

4.  24 


<  ch.  1.  6.  10, 
11 :  Zech. 

8.  10-12 

"  Bt.  28.  22  ; 

1  K.  8.  37  ; 

Am.  4.  9 
"  2  Chr.  28. 

22 ;  Is.  9. 

l.i;  Zeph. 

3.  7 

*  ver.  Vi ; 

Dt.  .32.  29 
"  ver.  10 
'  Ezr.  5.  1, 

2 ;  Zech.  8. 

9,  12 
«Ps.  128.  1- 

t) ;  Jer.  31. 

12,  14; 

Mai.  3.  10 
*>  ver.  10 
<^ch.  1.  1, 

14 ;  Ezr.  6. 

2;  Zech, 

4.  fi-io 
<*  ver.  6 ; 


time,  when  one  came  to  a  heap 
of  twentj'^  incaaurex,  there  were 
but  'ten;  when  on(>  came  to  the 
winevat  to  draw  out  hfty  vessels, 
there  were  but  twenty.  17  I 
smote  you  with  "blasting  and 
with  milde\v  and  with  hail  in  all 
the  work  of  your  hands ;  vet  ye 
''turned  not  to  me,  saith  Jehovah. 
18  *  Consider,  I  pray  you,  from 
this  day  and  backward,  from  the 
"four  and  twentieth  day  of  the 
ninth  month,  since  the  day  that 
the  ^foundation  of  Jehovah  s  tem- 
ple was  laid,  consider  it.  19  Is 
the  seed  yet  in  the  barn'?  yea, 
the  vine,  and  the  fig-tree,  and  the 
pomegranate,  and  the  olive-tree 
have  not  brought  forth  ;  from  this 
day  wall  I  "  bless  you. 

20  And  the  word  of  Jehovah 
caiiie  the  second  time  unto  Hag- 
gai in  the  ''  four  and  twentieth  dnt/ 
of  the  month,  saying,  2 1  Siieak 
to  "^  Zerubbabel,  governor  of  Ju- 
dah,  saying,  I  will  ''shake  the 
heavens  and  the  earth  ;  22  and 
I  will  overthrow  the  'throne  of 
kingdoms ;  and  I  will  destroy  the 
•^strength  of  the  kingdoms  of  the 
nations ;  and  I  will  overthrow 
the  "chariots,  and  those  that  ride 
in  them ;  and  the  ''  horses  and 
their  riders  shall  come  down, 
'every  one  by  the  sword  of  his 
brother.  23  In  that  day,  saith 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  will  I  take  thee, 
O  Zerubbabel,  my  servant,  the 
son  of  IShealtiel,  saith  Jehovah, 
and  will  make  thee  *as  a  signet ; 
for  'I  have  chosen  thee,  saith  Je- 
hovah of  hosts. 

Kzek.  38.  19,  20;  Heb.  12.  2fi,  27  «  Ezek.  26.  IG; 
Zeph.  3.  8  /  Mic.  7.  IC  ■"  Ps.  46.  9  ;  Ezek.  .39.  20 ; 
Mic.  o.  10  h  Am.  2.  15  '  Jiuig.  7.  22;  2  Ghr.  «o.  23 
*  S.  S.  8.  6  ;  Jer.  22.  24    '  Is.  42.  1 ;  43. 10 


000 


THE   BOOK   OF 

ZECHARIAH 


Jehovah  remonstrates  \rith  the  People.    Zechariah's  Vision  of  Horses.    Promise  of  Mercy  to  Zion.    Vision  of  Hons 


Iln  the  "eighth  month,  in 
the  second  year  of  "Darius, 
came  the  word  of  Jehovah  unto 
*Zechariah  the  son  of  Berechiah, 
the  son  of  "  Iddo,  the  prophet,  say- 
ing, 2  Jehovah  was  ''sore  dis- 
pleased with  your  fathers.  3 
Therefore  say  thou  unto  them. 
Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts  :  '-'  Re- 
turn unto  me,  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  and  I  will  return  unto  you, 
saith  Jehovah  of  hosts.  4  Be  ye 
not  •''as  your  fathers,  unto  whom 
the  ''former  prophets  cried,  say- 
ing, Thus  saitli  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
*  Return  ye  now  from  your  evil 
ways,  and  from  your  evil  doings : 
but  they  did  '  not  hear,  nor 
hearken  unto  me,  saith  Jehovah. 
5  Your  *  fathers,  where  are  they? 
and  the  'prophets,  do  they  live 
for  ever?  6  But  my  words  and 
my  statutes,  which  I  commanded 
my  servants  the  prophets,  did 
they  not  '"overtake  your  fathers? 
and  they  turned  and  said,  "Like 
as  Jehovah  of  hosts  thought  to  do 
unto  us,  according  to  our  waj^s, 
and  according  to  our  doings,  so 
hath  he  dealt  with  us. 

7  Upon  the  four  and  twentieth 
day  of  the  "  eleventh  month,  which 
is  the  month  Shebat,  in  the  second 
year  of  "  Darius,  came  the  word  of 
Jehovah  unto  "Zechariah  the  son 
of  Berechiah,  the  son  of  Iddo,  the 
prophet,  saying,  8  I  saw  in  the 
night,  and,  behold,  a  man  riding 
upon  a  ^'red  horse,  and  he  stood 
among  the  •'  myrtle-trees  that  were 
in  the  ^  bottom ;  and  behind  him 
there  were  horses,  ''red,  sorrel, 
and  white.  9  Then  said  I,  O  *  xnY 
lord,  what  are  these?  And  the 
'angel  that  talked  with  me  said 
unto  me,  I  will  show  thee  what 
these  are.  10  And  the  man  that 
stood  among  the  myrtle-trees  an- 
swered and  said.  These  are  they 
whom  Jehovah  hath  sent  to  "  walk 
to  and  fro  through  the  earth.     1 1 

1  Or,  ihady  plac' 


"  ver.  7 ; 
ch.  7.  1 ; 
Ezr.  4.  24 ; 
6. 15 ;  Hag. 

I.  1,15;  2. 
1, 10,  20 

b  ch.  7.  1 ; 
Ezr.  5.  1 ; 
6.  14 ;  Mt. 
23.  35 ;  Lk. 

II.  51 

<'  Neh.  12.  4, 

10 
d  ver.  15 ; 

2  Chr.  36. 

Iti;  Jer. 

44.  6 
"  Is,  31.  6  ; 

Mai.  3.  7 
/Ps.  78.  8; 

1(16.  6,  7 
'■'  2  Chr.  24. 

19 ;  36.  15 
'' Is.  1. 16-19  ; 

Jer.  4.  1; 

Ezek.33.11 
i  Jer.  6.  17  ; 

11.  7,  8 
k  Job  14.  10- 

12;Eccl.l. 

4 ;  Laia. 

5.7 
'  Jn.  8.  52 
'"  Jer.  12.  16, 

17  ;  44.  2S, 

29 ;  Am.  9. 

10 
"  Lam.  2.  17 
"  ver.  1 
''  ch.  6.  2 
«  ver.  10, 11 ; 

Neh.  8.  15 ; 

Is.  41.  19 ; 

55.13 
"■  ch.  6.  2,  3 
'  ver.  19 ; 

ch.  4.  4,  5, 

13 ;  6.  4 
<  ch.  2.  3  ;  4. 

6 :  5.  5 ;  6. 

4,5 
"  ver.  11 ; 

ch.  4.  10; 

6.  5-8 ;  Job 

1.  7 
*[Ch.  2.  1  in 

Heb.] 


"  ver.  8, 10 
"  ver.  15 ; 

Is.  14.  7 
y  Vs.  74.  10  ; 

Jer.  12.  4 ; 

Hab.  1.  2 
^Ps.  102.  13; 

Jer.  30.  18 
°  Ps.  102.  10 ; 

Jer.  15.  17 
b  ,Ter.  25. 11 ; 

29.10; 

Dan.  9.  2 
'  ver.  9 ; 

ch.  4.  1 
dis.  40.  1,2; 

57.  18 
*  ver.  17 ; 

910 


And  they  answered  the  angel  of 
Jehovah  that  "stood  among  the 
myrtle-trees,  and  said,  We  have 
walked  to  and  fro  through  the 
earth,  and,  behold,  "^all  the  earth 
sitteth  still,  and  is  at  rest. 

12  Then  the  angel  of  Jehovah 
answered  and  said,  O  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  ^how  long  wilt  thou  not 
'  have  mercy  on  J  erusalem  and  on 
the  cities  or  Judah,  against  which 
thou  hast  had  "indignation  these 
'"threescore  and  ten  years?  13 
And  Jehovah  answered  the  "angel 
that  talked  with  me  with  good 
words,  even  "*  comfortable  words. 
14  So  the  angel  that  talked  with 
me  said  unto  me,  *Cry  thou,  say- 
ing, Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts : 
I  am  -''jealous  for  Jerusalem  and 
for  Zion  with  a  great  jealousy.  1 5 
And  I  am  very  "sore  displeased 
with  the  nations  that  are  *  at  ease  ; 
for  I  was  but  a  little  displeased, 
and  they  ^'helped  forward  the 
affliction.  16  Therefore  thus  saith 
Jehovah  :  I  am  *  returned  to  Jeru- 
salem with  mercies  ;  my  '  house 
shall  be  built  in  it,  saith  Jehovah 
of  hosts,  and  a  '"line  shall  be 
stretched  forth  over  Jerusalem. 
17  Cry  yet  again,  saying.  Thus 
saith  Jehovah  of  hosts  :  My  "cities 
^  shall  yet  overflow  with  prosper- 
ity ;  and  Jehovah  shall  yet  "  com- 
fort Zion,  and  shall  yet  ^choose 
Jerusalem. 

*18  And  I  lifted  up  mine  eyes, 
and  saw,  and,  behold,  four  horns. 
19  And  I  said  unto  the  angel  that 
talked  with  me.  What  are  these? 
And  he  answered  me.  These  are 
the  *  horns  which  have  scattered 
Judah,  Israel,  and  Jerusalem.  20 
And    Jehovah    showed    me    four 

Is.  40.  2,  6  /ch.  8.  2  »  ver.  2  h  Ps.  123.  4  ;  Jer. 
48.  11  '  Am.  1.  11  i  ch.  2.  10, 11 ;  Is.  54.  8-10  '  ch. 
4.  9 :  Ezr.  6.  14, 15  '"  ch.  2.  2,  4  ;  Jer.  31.  39  "  Is. 
44.  26  ;  61.  4  "  Is.  51.  3  p  ch.  2.  12  «  1  K.  22. 11 : 
Ps.  75.  4,  5  ;  Am.  6.  13 


2  Or,  helped  for  evil 

3  Or,  through  prosperiiy  shall  yet  be  sprecu ' 
abroad 


1.21 


ZECHARIAH 


4.2 


Vision  of  Horns  and  Smiths  ;  of  a  lleasurer.    iiod'8  Favor  to  Ziou.    Joiiliua,  tlie  High  Priest,  typifies  the  Branch 


"smiths.  21  Then  said  I,  What 
come  these  to  do  i  And  he  sijake, 
saying,  These  are  the  ''horns  whicli 
scattered  Judali,  so  that  no  man 
did  .  lift  up  his  head  ;  but  these 
are  come  to  terrify  them,  to  'cast 
down  the  horns  of  the  nations, 
which  lifted  up  their  horn  against 
the  land  of  Judah  to  scatter  it. 
*0  And  i  ''  liftetl  up  mine  eyes, 
w  and  saw,  and,  behold,  a  man 
•with  a  *■  measuring  line  in  liis  hand. 
2  Then  said  1,  Whither  goest  thou  1 
And  he  said  unto  me.  To  •''measure 
Jerusalem,  to  see  what  is  the 
breadth  thereof,  and  what  is  the 
length  thereof.  3  And,  behold, 
the  "  angel  that  talked  with  me 
went  forth,  and  another  angel 
went  out  to  meet  him,  i  and  said 
unto  him,  Kun,  speak  to  this 
'■young  man,  saying,  'Jerusalem 
shall  ^  be  inhabited  as  villages 
*  without  walls,  by  reason  of  the 
'  multitude  of  men  and  cattle 
therein.  5  For  T,  saith  Jeh()vah, 
will  be  unto' her  a  '"wall  of  lire 
round  about,  and  I  will  be  the 
"glory  in  the  midst  of  her. 

6  Ho,  ho,  "flee  from  the  land  of 
the_ north,  saith  Jehovah;  for  1 
have  '''spread  you  abroad  as  the 
four  winds  of  the  heavens,  saith 
Jehovah.  7  Ho  Zion,  '^  escape, 
thou  that  dwellest  wuth  the  daugh- 
ter of  Babylon.  8  For  thus  saith 
Jehovah  or  hosts  :  -  After  ''  glory 
hath  he  sent  me  unto  the  nations 
which  plundered  you-  for  he  that 
toucheth  you  toucheth  the  '  apple 
of  his  eye.  9  For,  behold,  I  will 
'shake  my  hand  over  them,  and 
they  shall  be  a  "  spoil  to  those  that 
served  them ;  and  ye  shall  "  know 
that  Jehovah  of  hosts  hath  sent 
me.  10  ""  Sing  and  rejoice,  O 
daughter  of  Zion  ;  for,  lo,  I  come, 
and  I  will  *  dwell  in  the  midst  or 
thee,  saith  Jehovah.  11  And 
'  many  nations  shall  join  them- 
selves to  Jehovah  in  that  day,  and 
shall  be  m.v  people ;  and  I  will 
"dwell  in  the  midst  of  thee,  and 
thou  shalt  ''know  that  .Jehovah  of 
hosts  hath  sent  me  unto  thee.  1 2 
And  Jehovah  shall  ''inherit  .Judah 
as  his  portion  in  the  holy  land, 
and  shall  yet  ''choose  Jerusalem. 
13  *Be  silent,  all  flesh,  before  .Je- 
hovah ;  for  he  is  -^  waked  up  out  of 
his  holy  habitation. 

3      And  he  showed  me  ".Joshua 
the  high  priest  standing    be- 

1  Or,  dwell    »  Or,  J/ier  the  glory,  he  hath  &c. 


"  Is.  44.  12; 

54.  IH 
fc  ver.  19 ; 

Lam  2.  17 
■^  Ps.  7.5.  Ui 
<i  ch.  1.  18 
'  ch.  1.  16  ; 

Jer.  31.  jy ; 

Kzek.  4U. 

3 ;  47   3 
/Jer.  31.3!); 

Ezek.  4U. 

3 ;  Hev. 

21.  1.V17 
*fCh.  2.  5iu 

Heb.J 
:'  ch.  1.  !> 
''Jer.  1.  6; 

Dan.  1.  4 ; 

1  Tim  4. 12 
'  cli.  1. 17 ; 

8.  4,5 
k  Kzek.  38. 

11 
'Is.  4!l.  20; 

Jer.  30.  19 ; 

33.  22 
'"  l8.  4.  .') ; 

2(j.  1 ;  BO.  18 
"  ver.  1(1,  U  ; 

Hag.  2.  9 
»  Jer.  3.  18 
i' Jer.  31.  10; 

Ezek.  11. 

16 
«Is.  48.  20; 

Jer.  51.  ti 
>•  Is.  60.  7-9 
'  Dt.  32.  10 ; 

Ps.  17.  8 
'  Is.  19.  16 
"  Is.  14.  2 
"  ver.  11 
"  ch.  9.  9  ; 

Is.  65. 18, 19 
y  ver.  5; 

ch.  8.  3 
-  Mic.  4.  2 
"  ver.  5, 10 
''  ver.  9 
'■  Dt.  32.  9 ; 

Ps.  33.  12 ; 

Jer.  10.  lo 
d  ch.  1.  17  ; 

2  Chr.  6.  6  ; 
Ps.  132.  13, 
14 

'  Hab.  2.  20 ; 

Zeph.  1.  7 
/  Ps.  78.  ti.j ; 

Is.  51.  9 
"  ch.  6.  11 ; 

Kzr.  f>.  2; 

Hag.  1.  1 


A  1  Chr.  21. 

1 ;  Job  1. 

6;  Ps.  109. 

6  (marg.) 
i  Jude  9 
I-  ch.  2.  12 
'Am.  4.  11; 

Jude  23 
■"  Ezr.  9.  15  ; 

Is.  4.  4; 

64.6 
"  Is.  4,'?.  25 ; 

Ezek.  36. 

25 
°  ver.  9 ; 

Mic.  7.  18, 

19 
P  Is.  52.  1 ; 

61.  10 
«  Job  29.  14  ; 

Is.  3. 23  (for 

marg.); 

62  3 
-•  1  K.  3.  14 
'01.17.9,12 
'  Is.  62.  9 
"  18.8.18; 

20.  3; 

Ezek.  12. 

U 

911 


fore  the  angel  of  Jehovah,  and 
^ ''  iSatan  standing  at  his  right  hand 
to  be  his  adversary.  2  And  Jeho- 
vah .said  unto  Satan,  'Jehovah  re- 
buke thee,  O  Satan;  yea,  Jehovah 
that  hath  ^  chosen  Jeru.salem  re- 
buke thee :  is  not  this  a  '  brand 
plucked  out  of  the  fire?  3  Now 
Joshua  was  clothed  with  '"filthy 
garments,  and  was  standing  before 
the  angel.  4  And  he  answered 
and  spake  unto  tho.se  that  stood 
before  him,  saying,  "  Take  the 
filthy  garments  from  off"  him.  And 
unto  him  he  said,  Behold,  I  have 
"caused  thine  iniquitj'  to  pass  from 
thee,  and  I  will  ■''clothe  tliee  with 
rich  apparel.  5  And  1  said,  J^et 
them  set  a  clean  ^'' mitre  upon  his 
head.  So  they  set  a  clean  ■*  mitre 
upon  his  head,  and  clothed  him 
with  garments ;  and  the  angel  of 
Jehovah  was  standing  by. 

6  And  the  angel  of  Jehovah  pro- 
tested unto  Joshua,  saying,  7  Inus 
saith  Jehovah  of  hosts  :  If  thou 
wiit  'walk  in  my  ways,  and  if 
thou  wilt  keep  my  cliai'ge,  then 
thou  also  shalt  'judge  my  house, 
and  shalt  also  keep  my  'courts, 
and  I  will  give  thee  "'a  place  of 
access  among  these  that  stand  by. 
8  Hear  now,  O  Joshua  the  high 
priest,  thou  and  thy  fellows  that 
sit  before  thee;  for  they  are  men 
that  are  a  ^ "  sign :  for,  behold.  I 
will  bring  forth  my  servant  the 
■^ "  Branch.  9  For,  behold,  the 
stone  that  I  have  set  before 
Joshua  ;  upon  one  stone  are  '■'seven 
eyes :  behold,  I  will  engrave  the 
graving  thereof,  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  and  I  will  "remove  the  iniq- 
uity of  that  land  in  one  day.  10 
In  that  day,  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  shall  ye  invite  every  man 
his  neighbor  under  the  *vine  and 
under  tne  fig-tree. 

4  And  tlie  "angel  that  talked 
with  me  came  again,  and 
*  waked  me,  as  a  man  that  is 
wakened  out  of  his  sleep.  2  And 
he  said  unto  me,  "What  seest  thou  X 
And  I  said,  I  have  seen,  and,  be- 
hold, a  **  candlestick  all  of  gpld, 
with  its  bowl  upon  the  top  of  it, 
and    its    '  seven    lamps    thereon  ; 

"  ch.  6.  12 ;  Is  11  1 ;  53.  2 ;  Jer.  33.  15  ="  ch.  4.  10 ; 
2Chr.  16.  9  "ver.  4;  Jer.  31.  34;  50.  20  '  1  K  4. 
25 ;  Is.  36.  16 ;  lUc.  4.  4  "  ch.  1.  9  '-1  K.  19.  6-7 ; 
.ler.  31.  26  *  ch.  5.  2;  Jer.  1. 13  d  Ex.  25.  31,  37; 
Jer.  52. 19    •  Rev.  4.  5 


3  That  is,  the  Aiiversunj. 

5  Or,  jilnc'S  lo  ualk 

^  Or,  Shoot    Or,  Sprout 


*  Or,  turban 
6  Or,  uonder 


4.3 


ZECHARIAH 


6.5 


Vision  of  a  Candlestick  and  Olive-tree  ;  of  a  Flying  Roll ;  of  a  Woman  and  an  Epbah ;  of  Chariots  and  Horses 


^  there  are  seven  pipes  to  each  of 
the  laraps,  which  are  upon  the  top 
thereof  ;  3  and  "  two  olive-trees  by 
it,  one  upon  the  right  side  of  the 
bowl,  and  the  other  upon  the  left 
side  thereof.  4  And  I  answered 
and  spake  to  the  angel  that  talked 
with  me,  saying.  What  are  these, 
*my  lordl  5  Then  the  ''angel  that 
talked  with  me  answered  and  said 
unto  me,  "^Knowest  thou  not  what 
these  arel  And  I  said.  No,  my 
lord.  6  Then  he  answered  and 
spake  unto  me,  saying,  This^  is  the 
word  of  Jehovah  unto  "Zerub- 
babel,  saying,  -''  Not  by  ^  might, 
nor  by  power,  but  by  my  ^  Spirit, 
^aith  Jehovah  of  hosts.  7  Who 
art  thou,  O  great  '' mountain  1  be- 
fore Zerubbabel  thou  shalt  become  a 
plain  ;  and  he  shall  bring  forth  the 
'  top  stone  with  _  *  shoutings  of 
Grace,  grace,  unto  it.  8  Moreover 
the  word  of  Jehovah  came  unto  me, 
saying,  9  The  hands  of  Zerub- 
babel have  '  laid  the  foundation  of 
this  house ;  his  hands  shall  also 
"*  finish  it ;  and  thou  shalt  know 
that  Jehovah  of  hosts  hath  sent 
me  unto  you.  10  For  who  hath 
despised  the  day  of  "  small  things  ? 
for  these  "seven  shall  rejoice,  and 
shall  see  the  -^  plummet  in  the 
hand  of  Zerubbabel ;  these  are  the 
eyes  of  Jehovah,  which  » run  to 
and  fro  through  the  whole  earth. 

11  Then  answered  I,  and  said 
unto  him,  What  are  these  /"two 
olive-trees  upon  the  right  side  of 
the  candlestick  and  upon  the  left 
side  thereof?  12  And  I  answered 
the  second  time,  and  said  vinto 
him,  What  are  these  two  olive- 
branches,  ^  which  are  beside  the 
two  golden  spouts,  that  empty  ^  the 
golden  oil  out  of  themselves?  13 
And  he  answered  me  and  said, 
'Knowest  thou  not  what  these  are? 
And  I  said.  No,  'my  lord.  14: 
Then  said  he.  These  are  the  two 
"anointed  ones,  that "  stand  by  the 
*  Lord  of  the  wliole  earth. 

5  Then  again  I  lifted  up  mine 
eyes,  and  saw,  and,  behold,  a 
flying  *roll.  2  And  he  said  unto 
me,  ^  What  seest  thou  1  And  I 
answered,  I  see  a  flying  roll ;  the 
length  thereof  is  twenty  cubits, 
and  the  breadth  thereof  ten  cu- 
bits. 3  Then  said  he  unto  me. 
This  is  the  "  curse  that  goeth  forth 

1  The  Sept.  and  Vulg.  have,  and  seven  pipes  to 
'he  lamps.  2  Or,  an  army 

3  Or,  which,  by  means  of  the  (icn  gohlen  spouts 
empty  *  Heb.  the  gold. 


"  ver.  11 ; 

Rev.  11.  4 
b  ver.  5,  13 ; 

eh.  1.9; 

6.4 
'^  ver.  1 ; 

ch.  1.  9 
d  ver.  13 
"  Hag.  2.  4,  5 
/Is.  11  2-4; 

30. 1 ;  Hos. 

1.  7 
S'  2  Chr.  32. 

7, 8 ;  Eph. 

6.17 
''  ch.  14. 4,  5  ; 

Ps.  114.  4, 

6 ;  Is.  40. 

3,  4 ;  Nah. 

1.  .5,  6 
1  ver.  9 
k  Ezr.  3.  10, 

11 ;  Ps.  84. 

11 
'  Ezr.  3.  8- 

10 ;  5.  16 : 

Hag.  2.  18 
•"  ch.  6. 12, 

13 ;  Ezr.  6. 

14,15 
«  Neh.  4. 

2-4;  Am. 

7.2,5; 

Hag.  2.  3 
0  ch.  3.  9 ; 

Rev.  8.  2 
''  Am.  7.  7,  8 
V  ch.  1.  10 
''  ver.  3 
'  ver.  5 
<  ver.  4,  5 
"  Ex.  29.  7 ; 

40.  15 ;  IS. 

16.  1,  12, 

13 ;  Is.  61. 

1-3 ;  Dau. 

9.  24-26 
"  ch.  3.  1-7 
^  Mic.  4.  13 
-"  Jer.  36.  2 ; 

Ezek.  2.  9 
-'ch.4.  2 
"13.24.  6; 

43. 28 ;  Jer. 

26.6 


6Ex.  20. 15; 

Lev.  H.  11; 

Mai.  3.  8,  9 
"  ver.  4 ; 

Ex.  20.  7 ; 

Lev.  1^.12; 

Is.  48.  1 ; 

Jer.  5.2; 

23.10 
a  Mai.  3.  5 
'  Hos.  4.  2,  3 
/Jer.  2.  26 
'■'  Lev.  14. 

34-45; 

Job  18.  15 ; 

Prov.  3. 

33;  Hab. 

2.  9-11 ; 

Jas.  5.  2,  3 
''  ch.  1.  9 
'  ver.  1 ;  ch. 

1.  18  ;  2.  1  ; 

6.1 
k  Lev.  19. 

36 ;  Am.  8. 

5 ;  Mic.  6. 

10(marg.) 
'  Hos.  12.  7  ; 

Am.  8.  5; 

Mic.  6.  U 
"*  ver.  7 
"  ver.  5 
"Lev.  11.13, 

19 ;  Ps.  104. 

17;  Jer. 

8.7 
P  Gen.  10. 

10;  U.  2; 

14.1;  Is. 

912 


over  the  face  of  the  whole  land : 
for  every  one  that  *stealeth  shall 
be  cut  off  ^  on  the  one  side  accord- 
ing to  it ;  and  every  one  that 
''sweareth  shall  be  cut  off  *on  the 
other  side  according  to  it.  4  I 
will  ■*  cause  it  to  go  forth,  saith 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  and  it  shall 
''enter  into  the  house  of  the  -^ thief, 
and  into  the  house  of  him  that 
sweareth  falsely  by  my  name  ;  and 
it  shall  abide  in  the  midst  of  his 
house,  and  shall  ''consume  it  with 
the  timber  thereof  and  the  stones 
thereof. 

5  Then  the  ''angel  that  talked 
with  me  went  forth,  and  said  unto 
me,  "Lift  up  now  thine  eyes,  and 
see  what  is  this  that  goeth  forth. 

6  And  I  said,  What  is  it  1  And  he 
said.  This  is  the  *  ephah  that  goeth 
forth.  He  said  moreover,  This  is 
their  ®  appearance  in  all  the  land 

7  (and,  behold,  there  was  lifted  up 
a  'talent  of  lead)-  and  this  is  a 
woman  sitting  in  the  midst  of  the 
ephah.  8  And  he  said.  This  is 
'  Wickedness  :  and  he  cast  her 
down  into  the  midst  of  the  ephah  ; 
and  he  cast  the  '"weight  of  lead 
upon  the  mouth  thereof.  9  Then 
"lifted  I  up  mine  eyes,  and  saw, 
and,  behold,  there  came  forth  two 
women,  and  the  wind  was  in  their 
wings ;  now  the.y  had  wings  like 
the  wings  of  a  "stork;  and  they 
lifted  up  the  ephah  between  earth 
and  heaven.  10  Then  said  I  to  the 
angel  that  talked  with  me.  Whither 
do  these  bear  the  ephah  ?  11  And 
he  said  unto  me.  To  build  her  a 
house  in  the  land  of  ^  Shinar  :  and 
when  it  is_  ^  prepared,  she  shall  be 
set  there  ^  in  her  own  place. 

6  And  again  I  *  lifted  up  mine 
eyes,  and  saw,  and,  behold, 
there  came  *■  four  chariots  out  from 
between  •"'  two  mountains  ;  and 
the  mountains  were  mountains  of 
brass.  2  In  the  first  chariot  were 
*  red  horses ;  and  in  the  second 
chariot  black  horses  ;  3  and  in  the 
third  chariot  white  horses  ;  and  in 
the  fourth  chariot  grizzled  strong 
horses.  4  Then  I  answered  ana 
said  unto  the  angel  that  talked 
with  me,  'What  are  these,  my 
lord  ?  5  And  the  angel  answered 
and  said  unto  me.  These  are  the 

11.  11;  Dan.  1.2  «ch.  1.18:5.  9  •■  ver.  5 ;  ch.  1, 
18  ;  I>an.  7.  3 ;  8.  22    »  ch.  1.  8    '  ch.  1.  9 


^  Or,  from  hence  *  Ox,  established 

6  Heb.  eye.  9  Or,  upon  her  oun  bate 

^  Or,  round  piece        i"  Or,  the  two 


6.6 


ZECHARIAH 


7.14 


Joshoa  tjrpi&es  the  Priest-king.    Insincere  Fostiug  reproved.    DLiobedience  the  Caose  of  Captirity 


"four  'winds  of  heaven,  which  go 
forth  from  '-' stand inji:  oefore  the 
Lord  of  all  the  earth.  G  'Jlie  clutriot 
wliereiu  are  the  black  horses  goeth 
forth  toward  the  *  north  ct)uiitry ; 
and  the  white  went  forth  after 
them;  and  the  grizzled  went  forth 
toward  the 'souUi  country.  7  And 
the  ^strong  went  forth,  and  sought 
to  go  that  they  miglit  "^  walk  to  and 
fro  through  the  earth  :  and  he  said, 
Get  you  hence,  walk  to  and  fro 
through  tlie  earth.  8o  they  walked 
to  and  fro  through  the  eartli.  8 
Tlien  cried  he  to  me,  and  spake 
unto  me,  saying,  Beliold,  they  that 
go  toward  the  north  country  have 
"quieted  my  spirit  in  tlie  north 
country. 

9  And  the  •'^word  of  Jehovah 
came  unto  me,  saying,  10^  Take 
of  them  of  the  captivity,  even  of 
Heklai,  of  Tobijah,  and  of  Jedaiah : 
and  come  thou  the  same  day,  and 
go  into  the  house  of  .Tosiah  the  son 
of  Zephaniah,  whither  they  are 
come  irom  Babylon ;  1 1  yea,  take 
of  them  silver  and  gold,  and  make 
** crowns,  and  set  them  upon  the 
heacLof  '  .Joshua  the  son  of  Jehoza- 
dak,  the  high  priest ;  1 2  and  speak 
unto  him,  saying,  Thus  sj)eaketh 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  saying.  Behold, 
the  man  *  whose  name  is  the 
®* Branch  :  and  he  shall  "grow  up 
out  of  his  place ;  and  he  shall '"  build 
the  temple  of  Jehovah ;  1 3  even  he 
shall  build  the  temple  of  Jehovah: 
and  he  shall  "bear  the  glory,  and 
shall  sit  and  "rule  upon  his  throne  ; 
and  ^  he  shall  be  a  ^  priest  upon  his 
throne ;  and  the  counsel  ot  peace 
shall  be  between  them  both.  14 
And  the  ^'crowns  shall  be  to  He- 
lem,  and  to  Tobijah,  and  to  Jeda- 
iah, and  '"to  Hen  the  son  of 
Zephaniah,  for  a  memorial  in  the 
temple  of  Jehovah.  1 .5  And  "■  they 
that  are  far  off  shall  come  and 
build  in  tlie  temple  of  Jehovah ; 
and  ye  shall  'know  that  Jehovah 
of  hosts  hath  sent  me  unto  you. 
And  this  shall  come  to  pass,  if  ye 
will  diligently  'obey  the  voice  of 
Jehovah  your  God. 

7      And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
"fourth  year  of  king  Darius, 
that  the  word  of   Jehovah   came 

1  Or.  spirits         2  Or,  presenting  themselves 

*  The  Syriac  and  Aquila  have,  red. 

*  Or,  a  cro'in,  ami  sfl  it 

5  Or,  iiftose  tiaiw  is  the  Bud ;  and  it  (or,  t/f^) 
shall  hud  forth  nmlrr  him 

«  Or,  Shoot    Or.  Sprout  '  Or,  nhoot 

8  Or,  there  shall  bf  9  Or,  crown 

10  Or,  for  the  kindness  of  the  son  d-o. 


"  Jer.  4!).  ;i« ; 

Kzek.  37. 

it ;  I  )au.  7. 

•-';  11.4; 

Mt.  24.  31 ; 

liev.  7.  1 
l>Jer.  1.14. 

15  ;  4.  6 ;  6. 

1 ;  25.  U ; 

46.  10 ; 

Ezek.  1.  4 
■=18  41!.  H; 

Dan.  11.  5 
■'ch.  1.  11) 
''  ch.  1.  15  ; 

Ezek.  5. 

13 ;  24.  13 
/ch.  1.  1;  7. 

1 ;  8.  1 
"  Kzr.  7.  14- 

16 ;  8  20- 

30 ;  Jer. 

28.6 
A  2  S.  12.  SO  ; 

Ps.  21.  3 ; 

S.  S.  3. 

11 
■  ch.  3.  1 ; 

Ezr.  3.  2 ; 

Hag.  1. 1 
«••  ch.  3.  8  ; 

Is.4.  2;11. 

1 ;  Jer.  23. 

5 ;  33.  15 
'  Is.  53.  2 
'"  ch.  4.  6-9  ; 

Ezr.  3.  8, 

10 ;  Am.  9. 

11 
«  Is.  9.  6 : 

11.10;  22. 

24;  49.  5,  6 
°  Is.  9.  7 
^  Ps.  110.  1, 4 
«  ver.  11 
*■  Is.  56.  6-8  ; 

60.  10 
"ch.  2.  9-U; 

4.9 
t  ch.  3.  7  ; 

Is.  5S.  10- 

14 ;  Jer.  7. 

23 
"  ch.  1.1,7; 

Ezr.  6  14. 

15 ;  Hag.  2. 

10,20 


"  Neh.  1.  1 
"  ch  8.  21  ; 

IK.  13.  6; 

Jer.  26.  19 
y  Ezr.  3.  10- 

12 
'  ch.  8. 19 ; 

2  K.  23.  8. 

9 ;  Jer.  52. 

12-14 
"  ch.  12.  12- 

14 
(■ch.S.  19 
"^  Jer.  41.  1-3 
d  Is,  1.  11, 

12 ;  .58.  5 
'ch.  1  4; 

Is.  1. 16-20 ; 

Jer.  7.  6, 23 
/Jer.  22.21 
V  Jer.  13.  19  ; 

32  44 
hch.S.  16; 

Ezek.  18. 

8 :  45.  9 
>■  2  S.  9.  7  I 

Job  6.  14 ; 

Mic.  6.  8 
tEx.  22.  22; 

Ps.  72.  4 ; 

Jer.  7.  6 
I  ch.  8.  17  : 

Ps.  21.  U  ; 

Mic.  2.  1 
*"  Jer.  5.  3  ; 

8.5;  11.  10 
"Jer.  7.  26; 

913 


unto  Zechariah  in  the  fourth  day 
of  the  ninth  month,  even  in  "Chis- 
lev.  2  "  Now  they  of  Beth-el  had 
sent  Sharezer  and  Kegem-melech, 
and  their  men,  to  ■'entreat  the 
favor  of  Jehovah,  ',]  and  to  speak 
unto  the  ■' priests  of  the  house  of 
Jehovali  of  nost.s,  and  to  the  propli- 
ets,  saying,  ►tjhould  1  weep  in  the 
'lifth  month,  "separating  myself, 
as  I  have  done  these  so  many 
years'?  4  Then  came  the  word  of 
Jehovah  of  hosts  unto  me,  saying, 
5  Speak  unto  all  the  people  of  the 
land,  and  to  the  priests,  saying. 
When  ye  *  fasted  and  mourned  in 
the  fifth  and  in  the  '.seventh 
month,  even  these  seventy  years, 
did  ye  at  all  fast  unto  ''  me,  even  to 
mel  6  And  when  ye  eat,  and 
when  ye  drink,  '-'do  not  ye  eat  for 
yourselves,  and  drink  for  your- 
selves '?  7  Should  ye  not  hear  the 
words  which  Jehovah  'cried  by  the 
former  prophets,  when  Jerusalem 
was  inhabited  and  in  ^  prosperity, 
and  the  cities  thereof  round  about 
lier,  and  the  ''  South  and  the  low- 
land were  inhabited  I 

8  And  the  word  of  Jehovah  came 
unto  Zechariah,  saying,  9  Thus 
hath  Jehovah  of  hosts  spoken,  say- 
ihg,  ''Execute  true  judgment,  and 
show  'kindness  and  compassion 
every  man  to  his  brother;  10  and 
*  oppress  not  the  widow,  nor  the 
fatherless,  the  sojourner,  nor  the 
poor ;  and  '  let  none  of  you  devise 
evil  against  his  brother  in  your 
heart.  1 1  But  they  "*  refused  to 
hearken,  and  '^"pulled  aw^ay  the 
shoulder,  and  ""stopped  their 
ears,  that  they  might  not  hear. 
12  Yea,  they  made  their  ^'hearts 
as  an  adamant  stone,  lest  they 
should  hear  the  law,  and  the 
'words  which  Jehovah  of  hosts 
had  sent  by  his  Spirit  by  the  for- 
mer '■prophets:  therefore  there 
came  great  'wrath  from  Jehovah 
of  hosts.  13  And  it  is  come  to 
pass  that,  as  'he  cried,  and  they 
would  not  hear,  so  "  they  shall  cry, 
and  I  will  not  hear,  said  Jehovah 
of  hosts;  14  but  I  will  "scatter 
them  witn  a  ^whirlwind  among  all 

17.  23  »  Ps.  58. 4  ;  Jer.  5.  21  -"'  2  Chr.  36. 13  :  Ezek. 
2.  4  ;  3  7-9  «  ver.  7  "■  Neh.  9.  30  "  2  Clir.  36.  16  ; 
Dan.  9.  11, 12  «  Jer.  11  10,  14  ;  14.  12  "  Prov.  1. 
24-28 ;  Is.  1.  15    "  I)t.  4.  27 ;  28.  64    '  Jer.  23. 19 


"  Or,  Jforo  they  of   BHh-el,  even  Sharezer 
.  .  had  sent 

12  Or,  are  not  ye  then  that  eat  d'C. 

13  Or,  turned  a  stubborn  shoulder 

i<  Or,  made  their  ears  heavy    See  Is.  6.  10 


8.1 


ZECHARIAH 


9.1 


The  Coming  Peace  and  Prosperity  of  Zion.    Trntli  and  Righteousness  enjoined.    Other  Nations  shall  seek  Jehovah 


the  nations  which  they  have  not 
known.  Thus  the  land  was  "  deso- 
late after  them,  so  that  *no  man 
passed  through  nor  returned  :  for 
they  "laid  the  ^pleasant  land  deso- 
late. 

8  And  the  word  of  Jehovah  of 
hosts  came  to  vie,  saying,  2 
Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts  :  I  am 
"*  jealous  for  Zion  with  great  jeal- 
ousy, and  I  am  jealous  for  her  with 
great  wrath.  3  Thus  saith  Jeho- 
vah :  I  am  ^  returned  unto  Zion, 
and  will  -^dwell  in  the  midst  of 
Jerusalem  :  and  Jerusalem  shall  be 
called  The  city  of  *  truth ;  and  the 
mountain  of  Jehovah  of  hosts,  The 
''holy  mountain.  4  Thus  saith  Je- 
hovah of  hosts :  There  shall  yet 
'  old  men  and  old  women  -  dwell  in 
the  streets  of  Jerusalem,  every 
man  with  his  staff  in  his  hand  ^  for 
very  age.  5  And  the  streets  of 
the  city  shall  be  full  of  *  boys  and 
girls  playing  in  the  streets  thereof. 
6  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts  :  If 
it  be  '  marvellous  in  the  eyes  of  the 
remnant  of  this  people  in  those 
days,  should  it  also  be  marvellous 
in  ™  mine  eyes  1  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts.  7  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts  :  Behold,  I  will  save  my  peo- 
iple  from  the  "east  country,  and 
from  the  west  country ;  8  and  I 
will  "bring  them,  and  they  shall 
^' dwell  in  the  midst  of  Jerusalem  ; 
and  they  shall  be  *  my  people,  and 
I  will  be  their  God,  in  truth  and 
in  righteousness. 

9  Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts: 
Let  your  hands  be  *■  strong,  ye  that 
hear  in  these  daj^s  these  words 
from  the  mouth  of  the  *  prophets 
that  were  in  the  day  that  the  foun- 
dation of  the  house  of  Jehovah  of 
hosts  was  laid,  even  the  temple, 
that  it  might  be  built.  10  For 
before  those  days  there  was  'no 
hire  for  man,  nor  any  hire  for 
beast ;  neither  was  there  "  anj^ 
peace  to  him  that  went  out  or  came 
in,  because  of  the  adversary :  for 
"  I  set  all  men  every  one  against  his 
neighbor.  1 1  But  now  I  \yill  •"  not 
be  unto  the  remnant  of  this  people 
as  in  the  former  days,  saith  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts.  1 2  For  there  shall  he 
the  "  seed  of  peace  ;  the  vine  shall 
give  its  fruit,  and  the  ground  shall 
give  its  increase,  and  the  heavens 
shall  give  their  ^dew;  and  I  will 
cause  the  remnant  of  this  people 

1  Heb.  land  of  desire.  2  Or,  sit 

*  Heb.  for  mtUtitude  of  days. 


"  Jer.  44.  6 

b  Is.  6(1.  15 
"  Jer.  12.  10 
d  ch.  1.  14 
■=  ch.  1.  16 
/ch.  2. 10,11 
if  ver.  16,  19 
''  Jer.  31.  23 
i  Is.  65.  20 
*  Jer.  30.  13, 

20  ;  31.  12, 

13 
t  Ps.  118.  23  ; 

126.  1-3 
"'  Jer.  32.  17, 

27 
"  Ps.  107.  3  ; 

Is.  11.  11 ; 

27.  12,  13; 

43.  5 
"ch.  10.10: 

Zeph.  3.  20 
P  Jer.  3.  17  ; 

Ezek.  37. 

25 
9  ch.  2.  11 ; 

Ezek.  11. 

20 ;  36.  28 
•".1  Ohr.  22. 

13 ;  Is.  35. 

4;  Hag. 

2.  4 
'  Ezr.  5.  1 ; 

6.  14 
t  Hag.  2.  15- 

19 
«  2  Chr.  15.  5 
"Is.  19.  2  ; 

Am.  3.  6; 

9.4 
^  Ps.  103.  9  ; 

Is.  12.  1; 

Hag.  2.  19 
y  Lev.  26.  3- 

6;  Ps.  67. 

6;  Prov.  3. 

9,  10;  Is. 

30.  23 ; 

Hos.  2. 

21-23 
=^  Geu.  27. 

28;  Dt.  33. 

13,  28 ; 

Hos.  13.  3 


«  Is.  61.  7 ; 

Obad.  17 
6  Jer.  29.  18  ; 

Dan.  9.  11 
"  ch.  14.  11 ; 

Ps.  72.  17 ; 

Is.  19.  24, 

25;  Ezek. 

34.  26 
d  ver.  9 
"  Jer.  31.  23 
/Jer.  4.  28; 

Ezek.  24. 

14 
'.'  Jer.  29.  11 ; 

lilic.  7.  18- 

20 
h  ver.  13 
'  ver.  3 ;  Ps. 

li.  2 ; 

Prov.  12. 

17-19 ; 

Eph.  4.  25 
h  oh.  7.  9 ; 

Is.  9.  7 ; 

11.  4,  5 ; 

Am.  5.  15, 

24 
'ch.  7.  10; 

Prov.  3. 

29 ;  Jer.  4. 

14 
>"  ch.  5.  4  ; 

Mai.  3.  5 
"  Prov.  6. 

16-19; 

Hab.  1.  13 
°  ch.  7.  3,  5 
P2K.  25.  3, 

4;  Jer. 

914 


to  inherit  "all  these  things.  13 
And  it  shall  come  to  pass  that,  as 
ye  were  a  *  curse  among  the  nations, 
O  house  of  Judah  and  house  of 
Israel,  so  will  I  save  you,  and  ye 
shall  be  a  "  blessing.  Fear  not,  but 
let  your  ''hands  be  strong. 

14  For  thus  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts :  As  I  ^  thought  to  do  evil 
unto  you,  when  your  fathers  pro- 
voked me  to  wrath,  saith  Jehovah 
of  hosts,  and  I  •'^repented  not;  15 
so  again  have  I  thought  in  these 
days  to  "do  good  unto  Jerusalem 
and  to  the  house  of  Judah:  ''fear 
ye  not.  16  These  are  the  things 
that  ye  shall  do :  Speak  ye  every 
man  the  '  truth  with  his  neighbor  ; 
**  execute  the  judgment  of  truth 
and  peace  in  your  gates;  17  and 
let  none  of  you  'devise  evil  in  your 
hearts  against  his  neighbor ;  and 
love  no  '"false  oath :  for  all  these 
are  things  that  1  "  hate,  saith  Jeho- 
vah. 

18  And  the  word  of  Jeh9vah  of 
hosts  came  unto  me,  saying,  19 
Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts :  The 
"fast  of  the  ^fourth  month,  and 
the  fast  of  the  ^  fifth,  and  the 
fast  of  the  ''seventh,  and  the  fast 
of  the  '  tenth,  shall  be  to  the  house 
of  Judah  'joy  and  gladness,  and 
cheerful  feasts;  therefore  "love 
truth  and  peace.  20  Thus  saith 
Jehovah  of  hosts  :  It  shall  yet  come 
to  2JCISS,  that  there  shall  come  "  peo- 
ples, and  the  inhabitants  of  ^  many 
cities;  21  and  the  inhabitants  of 
one  city  shall  go  to  another,  saying, 
Let  us  go  speedily  to  '  entreat  the 
favor  of  Jehovah,  and  to  seek  Je- 
hovah of  hosts:  I  will  go  also.  22 
Yea,  ^many  peoples  and  strong  na- 
tions shall  come  to  seek  Jehovah 
of  hosts  in  Jerusalem,  and  to  ^  en- 
treat the  favor  of  Jehovah.  23 
Thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts :  In 
those  days  it  shall  come  to  ^Jfl.ss, 
that  ten  men  shall  "take  hold,  out 
of  all  the  languages  of  the  nations, 
they  shall  take  hold  of  the  skirt  of 
him  that  is  a  Jew,  saying,  We  will 
go  with  you,  for  we  have  heard 
that  God  is  with  you. 

9      The   "^burden    of   the    word 
of  Jehovah  upon  the  land  of 

39.  2  9  ch.  7.  3  •■  ch.  7.  5 ;  2  K.  25.  25  '  .Ter.  52.  4 
'  Ps.  30.  11 ;  Is.  12.  1  "  ver  16  ;  Lk.  1.  74.  75  "  ch. 
2.  11;  14.  16;  Ps.  117.  1:  Jer.  16.  19;  Mic.  4.  2,  3 
^  ch.  7.2  !*  Is.  2.  2,  3  :  25.  7  ;  49.  6,  22,  23 ;  60.  3-12 
'  ver.  21    «  Is,  45.  14,  24 ;  60.  14 


*  Heb.  judge  truth  and  the  judgment  of  pear.e. 
'  Or,  great  «  Or,  oracle 


9.2 


ZECHARIAH 


10.6 


Oracle  against  leighborin;:  Nations.    Zion's  LovMy  King  and  Wide  Dominion.    Jehovah  will  bless  Jndah  and  Israel 


Hadrach,  and  "Damascus  nhall 
be  its  resting-place  (for  '  the  eye 
of  man  and  of  all  the  tribes  of 
Israel  is  toward  Jehovah) ;  2  and 
*  Haniath,  also,  which  bordereth 
thereon;  ''Tyre  and  '' Sidon,  -'be- 
cause they  are  "  very  wise.  3  And 
Tyre  did  build  herself  a  ^strong- 
hoUl,  and  -^heaped  up  silver  as 
the  dust,  and  line  ^gold  as  the 
mire  of  the  streets.  4  Behold,  the 
Lord  will  ''dispossess  her,  and  he 
will  smite  ^ her  power  in  the  sea; 
and  she  shall  be  'devoured  with 
tire.  5  *Ashkelon  shall  see  it,  and 
fear  ;  *  Gaza  also,  and  shall  be  sore 
pained ;  and  *  Ekron,  for  her  ex- 
pectation shall  be  put  to  shame ; 
and  the  king  shall  perish  from 
Gaza,  and  Ashkelon  shall  not  be 
inhabited.  6  And  *  a  bastard  shall 
^  dwell  in  *  Ashdod,  and  1  will  cut 
off  the  pride  of  the  *  Philistines. 
7  And  I  will  'take  away  his  blood 
out  of  his  mouth,  and  his  abomina- 
tions from  between  his  teeth  ;  and 
he  also  shall  be  a  remnant  for  our 
God  ;  and  he  shall  be  as  a  chief- 
tain in  Judah,  and  Ekron  as  a 
Jebusite. 

8  And  I  will  '"encamp  about 
my  house  *  against  the  army,  that 
"none  pass  through  or  return; 
and  "no  ^oppressor  shall  pass 
through  them  any  more :  for  now 
have  I  seen  with  mine  eyes. 

9  ^Rejoice  greatly,  O  daughter 
of  Zion ;  shout,  O  daughter  of  Je- 
rusalem :  behold,  thy  'king  Com- 
eth unto  thee ;  he  is  ""just,  and 
®' having  ^salvation;  'lowly,  and 
riding  upon  an  ass,  even  upon  a  colt 
the  foal  of  an  ass.  10  And  I  will 
cut  off  the  "chariot  from  Ephraim, 
and  the  "  horse  from  .Jerusalem ; 
and  the  "^  battle  bow  shall  be  cut 
off;  and  he  shall  speak  "ijeace 
unto  the  nations  :  and  his  ^domin- 
ion shall  be  from  sea  to  sea,  and 
from  the  Kiver  to  the  ends  of  the 
earth. 

1 1  As  for  thee  also,  because  of 
the  "  blood  of  thy  covenant  I  have 
set  free  thy  'prisoners  from  the 
pit  wherein  is  no  water.  12 
^"Turn    you    to    the    'stronghold, 

Se  prisoners  of  "^  hope  :  even  to-day 
o  1    declare   that    I    will  render 

1  Or,  Jihornh  hnlh  an  eye  vpon  men  and  upon 
all  the  irihes  of  Israel  2  Or,  though 

3  Or,  thf  sen  which  it  her  rampart  Or,  her 
ramnnrl  into  the  sea 

<  Or,  a  bastard  race  ■■■  Or,  sit  as  king 

6  Or,  as  otlierwise  read,  as  a  garrison 
t  Or,  exactor      8  Heb.  saved      *  Or,  victory 
JO  Or,  Return 


"  Is.  17.  1 
''  Jer.  49.  23 
<^  Ezek.  28. 

3-5,  12 
•i  Ezek.  28. 

21 
'  Josh.  19. 

29 ;  2  S. 

24.  7 
/Job  27. 16; 

Ezek.  27. 

33  ;  28.  4.  5 
»  1  K.  10.  21, 

27 
'i  Ezek.  26. 

3^.5 
'  Ezek.  28. 

18 
k  Am.l.  G-8; 

Zeph.  2. 

4  5 
'  Ezek.  25. 

15-17 
"'  ch.  2.  5 
"18.52.  1: 

Joel  3.  17 
"  Is.  .54.  14  ; 

6(1.  18 
i'cb.2.  10; 

Zepli.  3. 

14,  15 
9Ps.  110.  1; 

Is.  9.  6,  7  ; 

Jer.  23.  5, 

6;  Mt.  21. 

0 ;  Ju.  12. 

15 
»■  Zeph.  3.  5 
'  Is.  43.  3,  11 
'  Is.  57   15 
"Hos.  1.7; 

2. 18 ;  Hag. 

2.  22 
"  Mic.  5. 10 
■^  Hos.  2.  18 
vis.  57.  19; 

Mic.  4.  2-4 
'  Ps.  72.  8 ; 

Is.  60.  12 
"  Ex.  24.  8  ; 

Heb.  10.  29 
(•Is.  24.  22; 

51.14 
<^  Jer.  16. 19  ; 

Joel  3.  16 
<<  Jer.  14.  8 ; 

17.  13; 

Heb.  6.  18, 

19 


•"Is.  61.7 
/Jer.  51.  20 
"  Joel  3.  6 
''  Ps.  45.  3 ; 

Is.  49.  2 
■  ch.  2.  5; 

Is.  31.  5 
A-  Ps.  18.  14  ; 

Hab.  3.  11 
'  Is.  27.  13 
'"  Is.  21.  1 ; 

66.  15 
"ch.  12.8; 

Is.  37.  35 
"  ch.  12.  6 
''  Job  41.  28 
1  Ps.  78.  65 
""  ch.  14.  20 
''Ex.27.  2 
<  Jer.  31.  10, 

11 
"  Is.  62.  3 
^-  Jer.  31.  12, 

14 
'  Ps.  27.  4  ; 

Is.  33.  17 
y  Joel  2.  23 
••  Jer.  10.  13 
"  Is.  30.  23 
b  Ezek.  21. 

21 ;  Hos. 

3.  4 
<•  Jer.  27.  9 
rt  Jer.  23.  32 
"  Ezek.  34. 

916 


"double  unto  thee.  1.'^  For  I  have 
•'bent  Judah  for  me,  I  have  filled 
the  bow  with  Ephraim  ;  and  1  will 
stir  up  thy  sons,  O  Zion,  against 
thy  sons,  O  ""Greece,  and  will 
make  thee  as  the  ''sword  of  a 
mighty  man.  14  And  Jehovah 
shall  be  seen  *  over  them  ;  and  his 
^  arrow  shall  go  forth  as  the  light- 
ning; and  the  Lord  Jehovah  will 
blow  the  '  trumpet,  and  will  go 
with '"  whirlwinds  of  the  south.  15 
"Jehovah  of  hosts  will  defend 
them;  and  they  shall  "devour, 
and  shall  ^  tread  down  the  sling- 
stones  ;  and  thej?^  shall  drink,  and 
make  a  » noise  as  through  wine; 
and  they  shall  be  filled  like ''bowls, 
like  the  'cornei's  of  the  altar.  16 
And  Jehovah  their  God  will  'save 
them  in  that  day  as  the  flock  of 
his  people  ;  for  the;/  ahall  he  as  the 
stones  of  a  "  crown,  '-'lifted  on  high 
over  his  land.  17  For  how  great 
is  '^his  ""goodness,  and  how  great 
is '•''his  ^beauty  !  grain  shall  make 
the  young  men  flourish,  and  new- 
wine  the  virgins. 
■i  /"V  Ask  ye  of  Jehovah  "rain 
-JLv7  in  the  time  of  the  latter 
rain,  even  of  Jehovah  that/maketh 
lightnings  ;  and  he  will  give  them 
"showers  of  rain,  to  every  one 
grass  in  the  field.  2  For  the  *tera- 
phim  have  spoken  vanity,  and  the 
"  diviners  have  seen  a  lie ;  and 
'^they  have  told  **  false  dreams,  they 
comfort  in  vain  :  therefore  they  go 
their  way  like  "shetp,  they  are 
afflicted,  becau.se  there  is  no  shep- 
herd. 3  JMine  -^ anger  is  kindled 
against  the  shepherds,  and  I  will 
punish  the  he-goats  ;  for  Jehovah 
of  hosts  hath  "  visited  his  flock,  the 
house  of  Judah,  and  will  make 
them  as  his  goodly  horse  in  the 
battle.  4  From  him  shall  come 
forth  the  corner-stone,  from  him 
the  nail,  from  him  the  ''  battle  bow, 
from  him  every  '"  ruler  together. 
5  And  they  shall  be  as  mighty 
men,  'treading  down  their  enemies 
in  the  mire  of  the  streets  in  the 
battle ;  and  they  shall  fight,  be- 
cause Jehovah  is  with  them  ;  and 
the  *  riders  on  horses  shall  be  con- 
founded. 6  And  I  will  'strengthen 
the  house  of   Judah,    and    1  will 

5.  8  /Jer.  25.  34-36  "  Ezek.  34.  12  ^  ch.  9. 10 : 
Jer.  51.  20  '  2  S.  22.  43  «=  Am.  2. 15 ;  Hag.  2.  22 
'  ver.  12  

11  Heb.  Javan.        l*  Or,  fluttering  upon  S:c. 
13  Or,  their  l^  Or,  prosperity 

15  Or,  the  dreamers  speak  falsely 

16  Or,  exactor 


10.7 


ZECHARIAH 


11.17 


Jehovah  will  restore  his  Scattered  People.    Israel  wasted  by  Evil  Shepherds,  and  Thankless  toward  the  Cood  Oue 


"save  the  house  of  Joseph,  and  I 
will  ^  ''  bxnng  them  back  ;  for  I 
have  "  mercy  upon  them  ;  and  they 
shall  be  as  though  I  had  ■*  not  cast 
them  off:  for  I  am  Jehovah  their 
God,  and  I  will  'hear  them.  7 
And  thet/  of  Ephraim  shall  be -^ like 
a  mighty  man,  and  their  heart 
shall  rejoice  as  through  wine  ;  yea, 
their  ^  children  shall  see  it,  and  re- 
joice ;  their  heart  shall  be  glad  in 
Jehovah. 

8  I  will  '^hiss  for  them,  and 
gather  them  ;  for  I  have  redeemed 
them ;  and  they  shall  *  increase  as 
they  *have  increased.  9  ^And  I 
will  sow  them  among  the  peoples  ; 
and  they  shall  'I'emember  me  in 
far  countries ;  and  they  shall  live 
with  their  children,  aTid  shall  re- 
turn. 10  I  will '"  bring  them  again 
also  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and 
gather  them  out  of  Assyria  ;  and 
I  will  bring  them  into  the  land  of 
"  Gilead  and  Lebanon  ;  and  place 
shall  "not  be  found  for  them.  11 
And  he  will  pass  through  the  ^  sea 
of  affliction,  and  will  smite  ^  the 
waves  in  the  sea,  and  all  the 
depths  of  the  *  Nile  shall  dry  up  ; 
and  the  pride  of  '"  Assyria  shall  be 
brought  down,  and  the  sceptre  of 
'Egypt  shall  depart.  12  And  I 
will  '  strengthen  them  in  Jehovah  ; 
and  "they  shall  walk  up  and  down 
in  his  name,  saith  Jehovah. 

nOpen  thy  doors,  O  Leba- 
non, that  the  "'fire  may  de- 
vour thy  ^  cedars.  2  _  Wail,  O 
fir-tree,  for  the  cedar  is  *  fallen, 
because  the  *  goodly  ones  are  de- 
stroyed :  wail,  O  ye  oaks  of  Ba 
shan,  for  the  '  strong  forest  is  come 
down.  3  A  voice  of  the  ^wailing 
of  the  shepherds  !  for  their  glory 
is  destroyed  :  a  voice  of  the  "  roar- 
ing of  young  lions !  for  the  pride 
of  the  Jordan  is  laid  waste. 

4  Thus  said  Jehovah  my  God : 
Feed  the  flock  of  *  slaughter ; 
5  whose  ®  possessors  slay  them, 
and  hold  themselves  "  not  guilty  ; 
and  they  that  sell  them  say, 
Blessed  be  Jehovah,  for  "^  I  am 
rich  ;  and  '^  their  ''  own  shepherds 
pity  them  not.  6  For  I  will  -^no 
more  pity  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land,  saith  Jehovah ;  but,  lo,  I 
will  ''deliver  the  men  every  one 
into  his  neighbor's  hand,  ana  into 

1  Or,  causp,  thfrn.  to  dwell 

2  Or,  And  though  I  sow  them  .  .  .  they  shall 
remember  d-c.  3  Or,  the  sea  of  waves 

*  Or,  glorious     •'>  Or,  fortified     *  Or,  buyers 
t  Or,  their  shepherd  pitieth 


"  ch.  8.  7  ; 

9.16 
b  ch.  8.  8 
<=ch.  1.  16;  . 

Is.  54.  8 
d  Is.  54.  4 
''  ch.  13.  9 
/  ch.  i).  13, 15 
:'Is.  54.  13; 

Ezek.  37. 

23 
ftls.  5.  26; 

7. 18,  19 
i  .Ter.  33.  22 
fc  Jer.  30.  20  ; 

Ezek.  36. 

11 
'  1  K.  8.  47, 

48;  Ezek. 

6.9 
"'  Is.  11.  11 
"  Jer.  50.  19 
"18.49.19.20 
V  Is.  51.  9,10 
t  Is.  19.  5-7 
'■  Zeph.  2.  13 
»  Ezek.  30. 

13 
t  ver.  6 
"  Mic.  4.  5 
1'  Jer.  22.  6,  7 
*  Ezek.  31.  3 
-"  Is.  2.  12, 

13 ;  10.  33, 

34;  Ezek. 

17.  24 
^  Jer.  25. 

34-36 
''Jer.  2.15; 

50.  44 
>>  ver.  7 ; 

Ps.  44.  22 
"^  Jer.  50.  7 
d  Hos.  12.  8  ; 

1  Tim.  6.  9 
"■  Ezek.  34. 

2,3 
/Jer.  13.  14 
"  ch.  14.  13  ; 

Is.  9. 19-21 ; 

Mic.  7.  2-6 


h  Ps.  50.  22 ; 

Mic.  5.  8 
'  ver.  4 
k  JeT.  39. 10 ; 

Zeph.  3.  12 
I  Ezek.  37. 

16 
'"  ver.  10 ; 

Ps.  27.  4 ; 

90.17 
"  ver.  14 ; 

Ps.  133.  1 ; 

Ezek.  37. 

10-23 
"  Hos.  5.  7 
P  Jer.  15.  2 
1  ver.  7 
'"  Ps.  89.  39 ; 

Jer.  14.  21 
'  Zeph.  3.  12 
*  1  K.  5.  6 ; 

Mai.  3.  5 
"  Gen.  37. 

28 ;  Ex.  21. 

32 ;  Mt.  21). 

15 ;  27.  9, 10 
"  Mt.  27.  3- 

10;  Acts 

1.  18.  19 
^  ver.  7 
y  ver.  6 ; 

Is.  9.  21 
^  ver.  17  ; 

Is.  C  10-12 
"  Jer.  23.  2 
b  Ezek.  34. 

2-6 
"  ver.  15 ; 

ch.  10.  2 ; 

Jer.  23.  1 
d  Jer.  50. 

3,5-37 
«  Ezek.  30. 

916 


the  hand  of  his  king ;  and  they 
shall  .smite  the  land,  and  out  of 
their  hand  I  will ''not  deliver  them. 
7  tSo  I  '  fed  the  flock  of  slaughter, 
verily  ®  the  *  poor  of  the  flock. 
And  I  took  unto  me  '  two  staves  ; 
the  one  I  called  "  '"Beauty,  and  the 
other  I  called  ^°  "  Bands  ;  and  I  fed 
the  flock.  8  And  I  cut  off  the 
three  shepherds  in  "  one  month ; 
for  my  soul  was  weary  of  them, 
and  tneir  soul  also  loathed  me, 
9  Then  said  1,  I  will  not  feed  you  : 
that  which  -^  dieth,  let  it  die  ;  and 
"  that  which  is  to  be  cut  oft',  let  it 
be  cut  off;  and  let  them  that  are 
left  eat  every  one  the  flesh  of 
another.  10  And  I  took  my  staff 
''  Beauty,  and  cut  it  asunder,  that 
I  might  *■  break  my  covenant  which 

I  had  made  with  all  the  peoples, 

I I  And  it  was  broken  in  that  day  ; 
and  ^^  thus  *  the  '  poor  of  the  flock 
that  gave  heed  unto  me  knew  that 
it  was  the  word  of  Jehovah.  1 2 
And  I  said  unto  them.  If  ye  think 
good,^  give  me  my  *  hire ;  and  if 
not,  forbear.  So  they  weighed  foF 
my  hire  "thirty  2iieces  of  silver, 
13  And  Jehovah  said  unto  me, 
Cast  it  unto  the  "  potter,  the 
goodly  price  that  J  was  prized  at 
by  them.  And  I  took  the  thirty 
pieces  of  silver,  and  cast  them  unto 
the  potter,  in  the  house  of  Jeho- 
vah. 14  Then  I  cut  asunder 
mine  other  staff,  even  ^  Bands,  that 
I  might  ^  break  the  brotherhood 
between  Judah  and  Israel. 

1 5  And  Jehovah  said  unto  me. 
Take  unto  thee  yet  again  the  in- 
struments of  a  'foolish  shepherd. 
1 6  For,  lo,  I  will  raise  up  a  shep- 
herd in  the  land,  who  will  "not 
^^  visit  those  that  are  ■''*cut  off, 
neither  will  seek  ^^  those  that  are 
scattered,  nor  heal  that  which  is 
broken,  nor  feed  that  which  ^^is 
sound  ;  but  he  will  'eat  the  flesh 
of  the  fat  sheep,  and  will  tear  their 
hoofs  in  pieces.  17  "Woe  to  the 
worthless  shepherd  that  leaveth 
the  flock !  the  '^  sword  shall  be 
upon  his  "arm,  and  upon  his  right 
■''eye  :  his  arm  shall  be  clean  dried 
up,  and  his  right  eye  shall  be 
utterly  darkened. 

21,  22    /Is.  29. 10 ;  Hos.  4.  5 ;  Mic.  3.  6,  7 


8  Or,  the  most  miserahle  of  sheep 

9  Or,  Graciousness    i»  Or,  Binders    Or,  Union 
11  Or,  that  which  is  lost,  let  it  be  lust 

ii  Ot,  the  poor  of  the  flock  .  .  .  knew  of  a  truth 
13  Or,  miss  l»  Or,  the  young 

1*  Or,  lost  16  Heb.  stdndeih. 


12.1 


ZECHARIAH 


13.8 


The  Comiifg  flight  af  Judah.    Jcrasalcm's  Repoiitaure.    Ilcr  PariOratiou.    Jehovah's  Shepherd  smitten 


■i  O  The  ^  burden  of  the  word 
X^  of  Jehovah  concerning  Is- 
rael. 

7'hus  saith  Jeliovuh,  who 
"stretcheth  forth  tlie  lieavens, 
and  'layeth  the  foundation  of  the 
earth,  and  "fornieth  the  spirit  of 
man  within  liini :  2  lioliold,  i  will 
make  Jerusalem  a  ''cup  of  reeling 
unto  all  the  peoples  round  about, 
anfl  -  upon  °  Judali  also  "'shall  it  be 
in  the  siege  against  Jerusalem.  3 
And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  that  1  will  make  Jerusalem  a 
burdensome  'stone  for  all  the  peo- 
ples ;  all  that  burden  themselves 
with  it  shall  be  ^sore  wounded; 
and  all  the  *  nations  of  the  earth 
shall  be  gathered  together  against 
it.  4  In  that  day,  saith  Jehovah, 
1  will  smite  every  "horse  with 
terror,  and  his  rider  with  mad- 
ness ;  and  I  will  open  mine  eyes 
upon  the  house  of  Judah,  and  will 
smite  every  horse  of  the  peoples 
with  blinflness.  5  And  the  chief- 
tains of  Judah  shall  saj^  in  their 
heart.  The  inhabitants  of  Jerusa- 
lem are  my  *  strength  in  Jehovah 
of  hosts  their  God.  G  In  that  day 
will  I  make  the  chieftains  of  Judah 
like  a  pan  of  '  fire  among  wood, 
and  like  a  flaming  torch  among 
sheaves  ;  and  they  shall  devour  all 
the  peoples  round  about,  on  the 
right  hand  and  on  the  left ;  and 
thei/  o/ '"Jerusalem  shall  yet  again 
dwell  in  *  their  own  place,  even  in 
Jerusalem.  7  Jehovah  also  shall 
"save  the  tents  of  Judah  first,  that 
the  glory  of  the  house  of  "David 
and  the  glory  of  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem  be  not  magnified 
above  Judah.  8  In  that  day  shall 
Jehovah  ^defend  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem ;  and  he  ^  that  is 
*  feeble  among  them  at  that  day 
shall  be  as  David  ;  and  the  house 
of  David  shall  be  as  ''God,  as  the 
•angel  of  Jehovah  before  them. 
9  Anfl  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  that  I  will  'seek  to  destroy 
all  the  nations  that  come  against 
Jerusalem. 

10  And  I  will  "pour  upon  the 
house  of  David,  and  upon  the  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem,  the  spirit 
of  'grace  and  of  supplication  ;  and 
they  shall  look  unto  *me  whom 
they  have  'pierced  ;  and  they  shall 
mourn  for  him,  as  one  "mournetli 

1  Or,  ornrlfi  *  Or,  nnninst 

3  Or,  shall  it  fall  to  be        <  Heb.'/ier. 
5  Or,  Ihaf  ffutnfilel/i 
^  According  to  some  MBS.,  him. 


"  Is.  42.  5  ; 

44.24: 

Jer.  51.  15 
It  Job  2K.  7  ; 

P8.  1(12.  25, 

26;  Heb. 

1.  1IV12 
"Is.  57.  1«: 

Heb.  12.  9 
il  I's.  75.  8  ; 

Is.  51.  22, 

23 
«  cli.  14.  14 
/Dan.  2.  Xi, 

35,  44,  45 
"Mt.  21.44 
'«  ch.  14.  2 
'  ch.  ».  10; 

10.  5;  14.  15 
^  cli.  10.  6, 12 
'ch.  11.1; 

Is.  10.  17, 

18;  Obad. 

IS 
'"ch.  2.  4;  8. 

3-5 
"  .ler.  30.  18 
»  Am.  !).  11 
J^  ch.  ft.  14, 

15;  Joel 

3.  16 
1  Lev.  26.  8  ; 

Josh.  '^3. 

10;  MiC. 

7.8 
••  I's.  8.  6 ; 

82.6 
*  Ex.  14.  19  ; 

t  cli.  1.  21 ; 

14.  2,  3 
"  Is.  44.  3  ; 

Ezek.  39. 

29:  Joel 

2.  28,  29 
"ch.  7.  9; 

2S.  9.  3 
^  Jii.  19.  37; 

Rev.  1.  7 
y  Jer.  6.  26 ; 

Am.  8.  10 


^Mt.  24.  30; 

Rev.  1.  7 
"  ch.  7.  3 
Mer.  2. 13; 

17.13 
<^r.s.  .51.2,7; 

Is.  1.16-18; 

Ju.  1.  29 
"^Num.  19. 

17  ;  Is.  4. 4  ; 

Ezek.  36. 

25 
'-  Ex.  23.  13  ; 

Hos.  2.  17 
/Jer.  23.  14, 

15 
'■'  1  K.  22.  22  ; 

Ezek.  36. 

2i  29 
h  Jer.'23.  U 
i  Dt.  18,  20  ; 

Ezek.  14.  9 
k  ,Ter.  23.  25 
'  Dt.  13. 

B-11;  Mt. 

10.  37 
"'•Jer.  6.  15; 

8.  9 ;  Mic. 

3J 
"  2  K.  1.  8 

(marg.) ; 

18.20.2; 

Mt.  3.  4 
"  Am.  7.  14 
''  2  K.  9.  24 
'  Jer.  47  6 ; 

Ezek.  21. 

3-5 
■■  Is.  40.  11 ; 

Ezek.  34. 

23,  21 ;  37. 

24;  Mic. 

5.  2,4 

917 


for  his  only  son,  and  .shall  be  in 
bitternes.s  for  him,  as  one  that  is  in 
bitterness  for  his  tirst-born.  11  In 
that  d;iy  shall  there  be  a  great 
'mourning  in  Jerusalem,  as  the 
mourning  of  Hafladrimmon  in 
the  valley  of  JNIegifldon.  \'2  And 
the  land  shall  mourn,  ''e\ery  family 
apart ;  the  family  of  the  house  of 
David  apart,  and  their  wives  apart ; 
the  family  of  the  house  of  Nathan 
apart,  and  their  wives  apart;  13 
the  family  of  the  house  of  Levi 
apart,  and  their  wives  apart ;  the 
family  of  the  Hhimeites  apart,  and 
their  wives  apart ;  1-1  all  the  fam- 
ilies that  remain,  every  family 
apart,  and  their  wives  apart. 
■i  O  In  that  day  there  shall  be 
X  O  a  *  fountain  opened  to  the 
house  of  David  and  to  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Jerusalem,  for  ''sin  and  for 
''uncleanness.  2  And  it  shall  come 
to  pass  in  that  day,  saith  Jehovah 
of  hosts,  that  I  will  "cut  off  the 
names  of  the  idols  out  of  the  land, 
and  they  shall  no  more  be  remem- 
bered ;  and  also  I  will  cause  the 
•''prophets  and  the  "unclean  spirit 
to  pass  out  of  the  land.  3  And  it 
shall  come  to  pass  that,  when  any 
shall  yet  *  prophesy,  then  his  fatheV 
and  his  mother  that  begat  him  shall 
say  unto  him.  Thou  shalt  'not  live  ; 
for  thou  speakest  *  lies  in  the  name 
of  Jehovah;  and  his  'father  and 
his  mother  that  begat  him  shall 
thrust  him  through  when  he 
prophesieth.  4  And  it  shall  come 
to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the  proph- 
ets shall  be  "ashamed  every  one  of 
his  vision,  when  he  prophesieth ; 
neither  shall  they  wear  a  "hairy- 
mantle  to  deceive  :  5  but  he  shall 
say,  I  am  "no  prophet,  I  am  a 
tiller  of  the  ground;  for  I  have 
been  made  a  bondman  from  my 
youth.  ^  6  And  one  shall  say  unto 
him.  What  are  these  wounds  ^'be- 
tween thine  "arms?  Then  he  shall 
answer,  Tho.se  with  which  I  was 
wounded  in  the  house  of  my 
'^friends. 

7  Awake,  O  'sword,  against  my 
''shepherd,  and  against  the  man 
that  is  my  'fellow,  saith  Jehovah 
of  hosts  :  '  smite  the  shepherd,  and 
the  sheep  shall  be  scattered  ;  and  I 
will  "turn  my  hand  upon  the  little 
ones.    8  And  it  shall  come  to  pass, 

'  Ps.  2.  2 ;  Jer.  23.  5.  8    '  Is.  53.  4,  5, 10 ;  Mt.  26.  31  ; 
Mk.  14.  27    "  Is.  1.  25 


Heb.  hands. 


*  Or,  lover* 


13.9 


ZECHAKIAH 


14.20 


JeliOTah  fights  with  Jerasalem  against  her  Foes.    Jehovah's  Universal  Reign 


that  in  all  the  land,  saith  Jehovah, 
*  two  parts  therein  shall  be  cut  off 
and  die  ;  but  the  third  shall  be  left 
therein.  9  And  I  will  brin^  the 
third  part  into  the  *  fire,  and  will 
refine  them  as  silver  is  refined,  and 
will  try  them  as  gold  is  tried.  Tiiey 
shall "  call  on  my  name,  and  I  will 
^  hear  them :  I  will  say.  It  is  ^  my 
people ;  and  they  shall  say,  Jeho- 
vah is  my  God. 

-\  A  Behold,  a  -^day  of  Jeho- 
Xt:  vah  Cometh,  when  thy  "  spoil 
shall  be  divided  in  the  midst  of 
thee.  2  For  I  will  *  gather  all  na- 
tions against  Jerusalem  to  battle; 
and  the  city  shall  be  taken,  and 
the  'houses  rifled,  and  the  wornen 
ravished ;  and  *  half  of  the  city 
shall  go  forth  into  captivity,  and 
the  residue  of  the  people  shall  not 
be  cut  off  from  the  city,  3  Then 
shall  Jehovah  go  forth,  and '  fight 
against  those  nations,  as  when  he 
fought  in  the  day  of  battle.  4  And 
his  feet  shall  '"stand  in  that  day 
upon  the  mount  of  Olives,  which  is 
before  Jerusalem  on  the  east ;  and 
the  mount  of  Olives  shall  be  "  cleft 
in  the  midst  thereof  toward  the 
east  and  toward  the  west,  atid 
there  shall  he  a  very  great  valley ; 
and  half  of  the  mountain  shall 
remove  toward  the  north,  and  half 
of  it  toward  the  south.  5  And  '  ye 
shall  flee  "by  the  valley  of  ^my 
mountains ;  for  the  valley  of  the 
mountains  shall  reach  unto  Azel ; 
yea,  ye  shall  flee,  like  as  ye  fled  from 
before  the  "earthquake  in  the 
days  of  Uzziah  king  of  Judah ; 
and -P  Jehovah  my  God  shall  come, 
and  all  the  holy  ones  with  thee. 
6  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  that  ''there  shall « not  be  light ; 
the  bright  ones  shall  withdraw 
themselves  :  7  but  it  shall  be  ''one 
day  which  is  *  known  unto  Jeho- 
vah ;  not  day,  and  not  night ;  but 
it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  at '  even- 
ing time  there  shall  be  light.  8 
And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  that  "living  waters  shall  go 
out  from  Jerusalem ;  half  of  them 
toward  the  eastern  sea,  and  half 
of  them  toward  the  western  sea : 
in  summer  and  in  winter  shall  it 
be. 

9  And  Jehovah  shall  be  "King 
over  all  the  earth :  in  that  day 
shall   Jehovah    be   *one,  and  his 

1  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  the  valley  of  my  moun- 
tains shall  be  stopped       2  Or,  to       ^  Or,  the 
*  Or,  the  light  snail  not  be  bright  nor  dark 


«  Is.  6. 13 ; 

Ezek.  5. 

2-4,  12 
6  18.48.  10; 

Mai.  3.  3 
''ch.  12.  10; 

Ps.  34.  15- 

17  ;  50.  15 
d  ch.  10.  6 ; 

Is.  58.  9 ; 

65.  24  ;  Jer. 

29.  11-13 
^  Hos.  2.  23 
/Is.  13.  6,9; 

Joel  2.  1 ; 

Mai.  4.  1 
■'  ver.  14 
h  ch.  12.  2,  3 
'  Is.  13.  16 
k  ch.  13.  8 
(  ch.  y.  14, 15 
"'  Ezek.  11. 

23 
"  ver.  8 ;  ch. 

4.  7  ;  Is.  64. 

1.  2 ;  Ezek. 
47.1-10: 
Mic.  1.3,4; 
Hab.  3.  6 

"18.29.  6; 

Am.  1.  1 
P  Ps.  96.  13 ; 

Is.  66.  15, 

16 ;  Mt.  16. 

27 ;  25.  31 
9  Is.  13.  10  ; 

Jer.  4.  23 ; 

Ezek.  32. 

7,  8 ;  Joel 

2.  30,  31 ; 
Acts  2,  16, 
19 

>•  Jer.  30.  7 ; 

Am.  8.  9 
«  Is.  45.  21 ; 

Acts  15.  18 
«Is.  ,58.10; 

Rev.  22.  5 
"  Ezek.  47. 

1-12;  Joel 

3.  18 ;  Rev. 
22.  1,  2 

"  ver.  16, 17  ; 

ch.  9.9; 

Is.  2.  2-4 ; 

45.23 
^  Dt.  6.  4 ; 

Is.  45.  21-24 


!- 1  K.  15.  22 
^  Josh.  15. 
32;  Judg. 

20.  45,  47 
"18.2.  2; 

Am.  9.  U 
b  ch.  12.  6 : 

Jer.  30.  IS 
"  Jer.  37.  13 ; 

38.  7 
d2K.  14. 13 
«  Jer.  31.  38 
/ch.  2.  4 
"  ch.  8.  13 ; 

Rev.  22.  3 
A  Jer.  23.  5, 

6;  Ezek. 

34.  25-28 
i  Lev.  26. 

16 ;  Dt.  28. 

21,  22 

*  ch.  11.  6 
'  ch.  12.  2,  5 
"'  ver.  1 ; 

Is.  23.  18 
"  ver.  12 
°Is.  60.  6-9; 

66.  18-21, 

23 
P  ver.  9 
9  Lev.  23. 

34-44 
>"  ver.  9, 16 
» Jer.  14.  3- 

6;  Am. 

4.7 

918 


name  one.  10  All  the  land  shall 
be  made  like  the  Arabah,  from 
^  Geba  to  '  Rimmou  south  of  Jeru- 
salem ;  and  she  shall  be  "  lifted  up, 
and  shall  *  dwell  in  her  place,  from 
■^  Benjamin's  gate  unto  the  place 
of  the  first  gate,  unto  the ''  corner 
gate,  and  from  the  ^  tower  of  Han- 
anel  unto  the  king's  winepresses. 
11  And  men  shall  -^  dwell  therein, 
and  there  shall  be  ^  no  more  ®  curse  ; 
but  Jerusalem  shall  ''dwell  safely. 

1 2  And  this  shall  be  the  plague 
wherewith  Jehovah  will  smite 
all  the  peoples  that  have  warred 
against  J  erusalem :  their  flesh 
shall  'consume  away  while  they 
stand  upon  their  feet,  and  their 
eyes  shall  consume  away  in  their 
sockets,  and  their  tongue  shall 
con.sume  away  in  their  mouth.  13 
And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  that  a  great  ®  tumult  from 
Jehovah  shall  be  among  them  ;  and 
they  shall  *lay  hold  every  one  on 
the  hand  of  his  neighbor,  and  his 
hand  shall  rise  up  against  the  hand 
of  his  neighbor.  14  And  'Judah 
also  shall  fight  at  Jerusalem ;  and 
the  '"wealth  of  all  the  nations 
round  about  shall  be  gathered  to- 
gether, gold,  and  silver,  and  ap- 
parel, in  great  abundance.  15  And 
so  shall  be  the  "  plague  of  the  horse, 
of  the  mule,  of  the  camel,  and  of 
the  ass,  and  of  all  the  beasts  that 
shall  be  in  those  camps,  as  that 
plague. 

16  And  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
that  every  one  that  is  left  of  all 
the  nations  that  came  against 
Jerusalem  shall  "go  up  from  year 
to  year  to  worship  the  *  King,  Je- 
hovah of  hosts,  and  to  keep  the 
*  feast  of  tabernacles.  17  And  it 
shall  be,  that  whoso  of  all  the  fam- 
ilies of  the  earth  goeth  not  up  unto 
Jerusalem  to  worship  the  '"King, 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  upon  them  there 
shall  be  'no  rain.  18  And  if  the 
family  of  Egypt  go  not  up,  and 
come  not,  neither  shall  it  be  upon 
them;  there  shall  be  the  'plague 
wherewith  Jehovah  will  smite  the 
nations  that  go  not  up  to  keep  the 
feast  of  tabernacles.  19  This  shall 
be  the  '"punishment  of  Egypt, 
and  the  ''punishment  of  all  the 
nations  that  go  not  up  to  keep  the 
feast  of  tabernacles.     20  In  that 

«  ver.  12     "  ver.  12 


5  Or,  ban    Or,  devoting  to  destruction 
s  Or,  discomfiture  7  Or,  sin 


14.21 


ZECHARIAH 

Jeliovah's  Univfrsal  Reign 


14.21 


day  shall  there  he  upon  the  hells 
of  the  horses,  "Holy  unto  Jkiio- 
VAii ;  and  the  *pots  in  Jehovah's 
house  shall  be  like  the  ''bowls 
before  the  altar.  '2\  Yea,  every 
pot  in  Jerusalem  and  in  Judan 
shall    be  ''holy  unto   Jehovah  of 


«  Ex.  2S.  36- 

6  Kzek.  4r..  20 

<^  ch.  !).  IS 

'i  Neh.  8.  10 ; 

Rom.  14.  (i, 

7 ;  1  Cor. 

10.31 


•ch.  9.  8: 


hosts ;  and  all  thoy  that  sacrifice 
shall  come  and  take  of  them,  and 
l)oil  therein  :  and  in  that  day 
there  shall  be  no  more  a  *■  Canaan- 
ite  in  the  house  of  Jehovah  of 
hosts. 

Ezek.  44.  9;  Zepli.  1. 11;  2.5 


919 


THE   BOOK  OP 

MALACHI 


Jehovah's  love  of  Jacob.    Impions  Priests  rebaked 


IThe  ^ "  burden  of  the  word  of 
Jehovah  to  Israel  by  ^  Malachi. 
2  I  have  *  loved  you,  saith  Jeho- 
vah. Yet  ye  say,  ''Wherein  hast 
thou  loved  us?  "Was  not  Esau 
Jacob's  brother  1  saith  Jehovah  : 
yet  I  '^  loved  Jacob :  3  but  Esau 
I  hated,  and  "  made  his  mountains 
a  desolation,  and  gave  his  heritage 
to  the  jackals  of  the  wilderness. 

4  ■*  Whereas  Edom  saith,  We  are 
'^•^  beaten  down,  but  we  will  «' re- 
turn and  build  the  waste  places  ; 
thus  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts,  They 
shall  ''build,  but  I  will  throw 
down  ;  and  men  shall  call  them 
The  border  of  wickedness,  and 
The  people  against  whom  Jeho- 
vah   hath    indignation   'for   ever. 

5  And  your  eyes  shall  see,  and 
ye  shall  say,  Jehovah  ''be  *  mag- 
nified '  beyond  the  border  of 
Israel. 

6  A  son  'honoreth  his  father, 
and  a  servant  his  master  :  if  then 
I  am  a  ™  father,  where  is  mine 
honor?  and  if  I  am  a  master, 
where  is  my  "fear?  saith  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts  unto  you,  O  °  priests, 
that  despise  my  name.  And  ye 
say.  Wherein  have  we  despised 
thy  name?  7  Ye  offer  ^polluted 
« bread  upon  mine  altar.  And  ye 
say,  Wherein  have  we  polluted 
thee?  In  that  ye  say.  The  '"table 
of  Jehovah  is  contemptible.  8 
And  when  ye  offer  the  "  blind  for 
sacrifice,  it  is  no  evil  !  and  wheri 
ye  offer  the  lame  and  sick,  it  is 
no  evil  !  Present  it  now  unto  thy 
governor ;  will  he  be  pleased  with 
thee  ?  or  will  he  accept  thy  person  ? 
saith  Jehovah  of  hosts.  9  And 
now,  I  praj^  you,  '  entreat  the 
favor  of  God,  that  he  may  be 
gracious  unto  us :  this  hath  been 
*  by  your  means  :  will  he  /*  "  accept 
any  of  your  persons  ?  saith  Jeho- 

1  Or,  oracle  2  Or,  mv  messenger 

3  Or,  lis  not  E«au  .  .  .  vet  I  have  loved  &c. 

4  Or,  Thoufih  Edom  say 

5  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  impoverished 

6  Or,  is  great  "  Or,  over 

8  Heb.  from,  your  hand. 

9  Or,  accept  any  because  of  you 


«  Is.  13.  1 ; 

Nah.  1.  1 ; 

Hab.  1.  1 ; 

Zech.  9.  1 
b  Dt.  4.  37  ; 

23.  5 ;  Is. 

41.  8,  9; 

Jer.  31.  3 
"  ver.  7  ;  ch. 

2.  14,  17  ;  3. 

7,  8,  13 
d  Rom.  9.  13 
*■  Jer.  49.  16- 

18;  Ezek. 

3o.  8,  15 
/Jer.  5.  17 
V  Is.  9.  9,  10 
A  Am.  3.  lu  ; 

.5.  11;  6.  11 
i  Is.  34. 6,  10  ; 

Ezek.  35. 

9 ;  Obad.  10 
k  Ps.  35.  27  ; 

Mic.  5.  4 
I  Ex.  20.  12 ; 

Prov.  30. 

11,  17 
'"ch.  2.  in; 

Dt.  1.31; 

Is.  1.2; 

Jer.  3.  4 
"  ch.  3.  5 
°ch.  2.  1-9; 

Zeph.  3.  4 
P  ver.  8,  13 
«  Lev.  21. 

0,8 
^  ver.  12 
»  Dt.  15.  21 
«  Jer.  27.  18 ; 

Joel  2. 

12-14 
"  Am.  5.  22 


"  Is.  1.  13 
^  Jer.  14.  10, 

12;  Hos. 

6.  6 
y  Is.  45.  6 

'  Is.  00.  0 

"  Is.  12.  4,  5  ; 

54.  6 ;  Jer. 

10.  6,  7 
>>  ver.  7 
"^  Is.  43.  22 
rf  Lev.  6.  4 ; 

Is.  61.  8 
'  ver.  8 
/ver.  10 
"  Lev.  22. 

18-20; 

Acts  5.  1-4 
A  Zech.  14.  9 
i  Zeph.  2.  11 
fc  ver.  7,  8 ; 

ch.  1.  6 
'  Lev.  26.  14, 

15;  Dt.  28. 

15 
"'  Dt.  28. 

16-20 
"  ch.  3.  9 
"Lev.  26. 16; 

Dt.  28.  38 
P  Nah.  3.  6 
«  Ex.  29.  14 


920 


vah  of  hosts.  10  Oh  that  there 
were  one  among  you  that  would 
'"  shut  the  doors,  that  ye  might 
not  kindle  fire  on  mine  altar  in 
vain  !  I  have  no  pleasure  in  you, 
saith  Jehovah  of  hosts,  neither 
will  I  "^  accept  an  offering  at  your 
hand.  11  For  from  the  2' rising 
of  the  sun  even  unto  the  going 
down  of  the  same  my  name  ^^shall 
he  great  among  the  Gentiles  ;  and 
in  every  place  "  ^  incense  ^^  shall 
be  offered  unto  my  name,  and  a 
pure  offering  :  for  my  name  ^^  shall 
he  "great  among  the  Gentiles,  saith 
J  ehovah  of  hosts.  1 2  But  ye  *  pro- 
fane it,  in  that  ye  say,  The  table 
of  Jehovah  is  polluted,  and  the 
fruit  thereof,  even  its  food,  is  con- 
temptible. 1 3  Ye  say  also,  Behold, 
what  a  "^weariness  is  it !  and  ye 
have  snuffed  at  it,  saith  Jehovah 
of  hosts ;  and  ye  have  brought 
that  which  was  taken  by  ''vio- 
lence, and  the  _*lame,  and  the 
sick;  thus  ye  bring  the  offering: 
should  I  -^accept  this  at  your  hand? 
saith  Jehovah.  14  But  cursed  be 
the  deceiver,  who  hath  in  his  flock 
a  male,  and  voweth,  and  sacrificeth 
unto  the  Lord  a  ■'  blemished  thing  ; 
for  I  am  a  great  *  King,  saith  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts,  and  my  name  is  *  ter- 
rible among  the  Gentiles, 

2  And  now,  O  ye  *  priests,  this 
commandment  is  for  you.  2  If 
ye  will '  not  hear,  and  if  ye  will  not 
lay  it  to  heart,  to  give  glory  unto 
my  name,  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
then  will  I  send  the  '"curse  upon 
.vou,  and  I  will  curse  your  bless- 
ings ;  yea,  I  have  "  cursed  them 
already,  because  ye  do  not  lay  it 
to  heart.  3  Behold,  I  will "  rebuke 
^■^  your  seed,  and  will  p  spread  dung 
upon  your  faces,  even  the  dung  of 
your » feasts  ;  and  ye  shall  be  taken 
away  "with  it.  4  And  ye  shall 
know  that  I  have  sent  this  com- 
mandment   unto    you,     that    my 

If  Or,  is 

11  Or,  incense  and  a  pure  oblation  are  offered 

12  Or,  as  otherwise  read,  your  arm 

13  Or,  unto 


2.6 


MALACHI 


3.9 


Priests  rebaked.    Conjagal  Sins  condemned.    The  Coming  of  Jehorah'g  Messenger.    Cod's  Entreaties  and  Rebulces 


"covenant  may  be  with  Levi, 
aaith  Jehovah  of  hosts.  5  My 
covenant  was  with  liim  of  life 
and  *  peace ;  and  1  giixe  them  to 
him  tliat  he  might  fear;  and  he 
"feared  me,  and  stood  in  awe  of 
my  name.  6  The  ''hiw  of  truth 
was  in  his  mouth,  and  unright- 
eousness was  not  found  in  his  hps : 
he  walked  "with  me  in  i)eace  and 
uprightness,  and  -^turned  many 
away  from  iniquity.  7  For  the 
priest's  lips  should  keep  "  knowl- 
edge, and  they  should  ''seek  the 
law  at  his  mouth ;  for  he  is  the 
messenger  of  Jehovah  of  hosts. 
8  But  ye  are  'turned  aside  out  of 
the  way;  ye  have  caused  many 
to  *  stumble  in  the  law  ;  ye  have 
'  corrupted  the  covenant  of  Levi, 
aaith  Jehovah  of  hosts.  9  There- 
fore have  I  also  made  you  "'con- 
temptible and  "  base  before  all  the 
people,  according  as  ye  have  not 
Kept  my  ways,  but  have  had  "  re- 
spect of  persons  in  the  law. 

10  Have  we  ifot  all  »'one  father  1 
hath  not  one  God  ci-eated  us  1  why 
do  we  deal  *  treachei-ously  every 
man  against  his  brother,  profan- 
ing the  "■  covenant  of  our  fathers'? 
1 1  Judah  hath  dealt  '  treacher- 
ously, and  an  abomination  is  com- 
mitted in  Israel  and  in  Jerusalem  ; 
for  Judah  hath  'profaned  the 
^  holiness  of  Jehovah  which  he 
loveth,  and  hath  married  the 
daughter  of  a  foreign  god.  12 
"Jehovah  will  cut  off,  to  the  man 
that  doeth  this,  him  that  waketh 
and  him  that  answereth,  out  of 
the  tents  of  Jacob,  and  him  that 
"offereth  an  offering  unto  Jehovah 
of  hosts.  13  And  this  -^  again  ye 
do :  ye  cover  the  altar  of  Jeho- 
vah with  tears,  with  weeping,  and 
with  sighing,  insomuch  that  he 
'regardeth  not  the  offering  any- 
more, neither  receiveth  it  with 
good  will  at  your  hand.  14  Yet 
ye  say.  Wherefore'?  Because  Je- 
hovah hath  been  witness  between 
thee  and  the  wife  of  thy  youth, 
against  whom  thou  hast  dealt 
^  treacherously,  though  she  is  thy 
companion,  and  the  wife  of  thy 
covenant.  15  ^And  did  he  not 
'make  one,  although  he  had  the 
residue  of  the  Spirit?  And  where- 
fore one?  He  sought  a  "godly 
seed.     Therefore  take  heed  to  your 

1  Or,  sanctuary  2  Or,  a  second  fime 

"Or,  And  not  one  hath  done  so  who  had  a 

residue  of  the  spirit.     Or  what  1  is  there  one  that 

seeket/i  a  godly  seed  T 


"  Num.  3. 

45 ;  18.  21 
t-  Num.  26. 

'  Num.  2fi.  7, 

h,  13 
<'  P.S.  1 19. 

14y,  l.il.lliO 
<■  Dt.  Xi.  «,  y ; 

Ps.  :.7.  ;i7 
/  Jer.  23.  22 
I'liCv,  lu.  II; 

Neh.  8.  7 
''  Num.  27. 

21  ;  Dt.  17. 

8-11 
uOi.li.  7 
k  .fer.  18.  If. 
'  Kzek.  44. 10 
'"  ch.  1.  7,  12 
"  Ezek.  7.  20 
»  Dt.  1.  17; 

Mic.  3.  U 
P  Is.  (i3.  Ifi  ; 

W.  8 ;  Jer. 

31.  y 
9  Jer.  9.  4,  5 
■■  Ex.  19.  4- 

G  ;  24.  3,  7,  8 
'  Jer.  3.  7-y 
<  Ezr.  9.  1,  2 
"  Kzek.  24. 

21  ;  H06.  9. 

12 
"^'ch.  1.  10,  13 
^  Jer.  11. 14 ; 

14.  12 
Vch.  3.  5; 

Jer.  y.  2 
'  Gen.  2.  24  ; 

Mt.  19.  4, ,-, 
«  Ruth  4.  12 ; 

1  S.  2.  20 


*  Ex.  20.  14 ; 
Lev.  20. 10 

"^  Dt.  24.  1 ; 

Mt.  6. 31 ; 

19.  6-8 
<i  Ps.  73.  6  ; 

Is,  69.  6 

*  Is.  43.  22,  24 
/  Is.  5.  20 ; 

Zeph.  1.  12 
"  Job  9.  24 
ft  Is.  f..  19 ; 

Jer.  17.  15 
'Mt.  11.  10, 

14  i  Mk.  I. 

2  :  Lk.  7.  27 
«•■  ch.  2.  17 
'  Is.  63.  9 

(for  niarg.) 
'"Is.  3.3.  14; 

Ezek.  22.14 
"Zech.  1.3.9; 

Mt.  3.  10- 

12 ;  1  Cor. 

3.  13-1.5 

"Is.  1.  2.1; 

Dan.  12.  10 
P  Ps.  4.  6 ; 

,51.  19 
9  Ps.  51.  17- 

19 
>•  2  Chr.  7. 

1-3,  12 
'  Dt.  18.  10 ; 

Jer.  27.  9, 

10 
t  Ezek.  22. 

9-11 
«  Jer.  5.  2 ; 

7.  9;  Zech. 

5.  4 
"  Lev.  19.  13 
"  Ex.  22.  22- 

24 
y  Dt.  27.  19 
-  Num.  23. 

19;  Jas. 

1.  17 
"  Jer.  7.  25, 

26;  16.  11, 

12 

921 


spirit,  and  let  none  deal  ''treacher- 
ously against  the  wife  of  his  youth. 
10  For  ^1  hate  "^^  putting  away, 
saith  Jehovah,  the  Uod  of  Israel, 
and  him  that  covereth  his  gar. 
ment  with  ''violence,  .saith  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts :  therefore  take  heed 
to  your  spirit,  that  ye  deal  not 
treacherously. 

17  Ye  have  ''wearied  Jehovah 
with  your  words.  Yet  ye  say, 
Wherein  have  we  wearied  him? 
In  that  ye  say,  ;^ Every  one  that 
doeth  evil  is  good  in  the  sight  of  Je- 
hovah, and  he  "delighteth  in  them ; 
or  where  is  the  God  of  ''justice'? 

3'  Behold,  1  send  my  mes- 
senger, and  he  shall  prepare 
the  way  before  me  :  and  the  Lord, 
whom  ye  *seek,  will  suddenly  come 
to  his  temple  ;  ^  and  the  ** '  mes- 
senger of  the  covenant,  whom  ye 
desire,  behold,  he  cometh,  saith 
Jehovah  of  hosts.  2  But  who  cari 
'"abide  the  day  of  his  coming'?  and 
who  shall  stand  when  he  appeareth? 
for  he  is  like  a  "  refiner's  fire,  and 
like  fullers'  soap  :  3  and  he  will 
sit  as  a  refiner  and  purifier  of 
silver,  and  he  will "  purify  the  sons 
of  Levi,  and  refine  them  a.s  gold 
and  silver ;  and  they  shall  ^  offer 
unto  Jehovah^  offerings  in  right- 
eousness. 4  Then  shall  the  offer- 
ing of  Judah  and  Jerusalem  be 
'pleasant  unto  Jehovah,  as  in  the 
"■days  of  old,  and  as  in  ancient 
years.  5  And  I  will  come  near  to 
you  to  .iudgment ;  and  I  will  be  a 
swift  witness  against  the  *  sorcer- 
ers, and  against  the  'adulterers, 
and  against  the  "  false  swearers, 
and  against  those  that  oppress  the 
"hireling  in  his  wages,  the  -"widow, 
and  the  fatherless,  and  that  turn 
aside  the  *  sojourner /ro'»?  his  right, 
and  fear  not  me,  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts.  6  For  I,  Jehovah,  -'change 
not ;  therefore  ye,  O  sons  of  Jacob, 
are  not  consumed. 

7  From  the  "days  of  your  fathers 
ye  have  turned  aside  from  mine 
ordinances,  and  have  not  kept 
them.  ''Keturn  unto  me,  and  I 
will  return  unto  you,  saith  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts.  But  ye  say.  Wherein 
shall  we  return'?  8  Will  a  man 
rob  God  1  yet  ye  rob  me.  But 
ye  say.  Wherein  have  we  robbed 
thee?  In  "tithes  and  ^offerings. 
9  Ye  are  **  cursed  with  the  curse ; 

ftZech.  1.  3    '  Neh.  13.  11,  12    <«ch.  2.  2 


4  Heb.  he  hateth. 
*  Or,  even 


8  Or,  ancel 

~  Heb.  heave-offerings. 


3.10 


MALACHI 


4.6 


God's  Entreaties  and  Bebnkes.    The  Righteons  and  the  Wifked  distingnished.    Final  Admonition 


for  ye  rob  me,  even  this  whole 
nation.  10  Bring  ye  the  whole 
tithe  into  the  store-house,  that 
there  may  be  food  in  my  house, 
and  prove  me  now  herewith,  saith 
Jehovah  of  hosts,  if  I  will  not 
"open  you  the  windows  of  heaven, 
and  'pour  you  out  a  blessing,  that 
there  shall  ''not  be  room  enough 
to  receive  it.  1 1  And  I  will  rebuke 
the  ''devourer  for  your  sakes,  and 
he  shall  not  destroy  the  fruits  of 
your  ground ;  neither  shall  your 
vine  cast  its  fruit  before  the  time 
in  the  field,  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts. 
12  And  *all  nations  shall  call  you 
happy;  for  ye  shall  be  a -^delight- 
some land,  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts. 

13  Your  words  have  been* stout 
against  me,  saith  Jehovah.  Yet 
ye  say,  What  have  we  spoken 
against  thee?  14  Ye  have  said. 
It  is  ''  vain  to  serve  God ;  and 
what  'profit  is  it  that  we  have 
kept  his  charge,  and  that  we  have 
walked  ^mournfully  before  Jeho- 
vah of  hosts'?  1.5  and  now  we 
call  the  *  proud  happy ;  yea,  they 
that  work  wickedness  are  built  up; 
yea,  they  tempt  God,  and  '  escape. 

16  Then  they  that  feared  Jeho- 
vah spake  one  with  another ;  and 
.Jehovah  '"hearkened,  and  heard, 
and  a  "book  of  remembrance  was 
written  before  him,  for  them  that 
feared  Jehovah,  and  that  thought 
upon  his  name.  17  And  they 
shall  be  "mine,  saith  Jehovah  of 
hosts,  even  mine  ^own  possession, 

1  Or,  in  mourning  apparel 


»  Pa.  78.  23- 

29 

b  Ezek.  34. 

26 
'  Lev.  26.  3-5 
<*  Joel  1.  4 ; 

■Z.  25 
«  Is.  61.  9 
/  Is.  62.  4 
^ch.  1.7,12, 

13 ;  2.  17 
*[Ch.  3.  19 

in  Heb.] 
t^  Jer.  2.  25 ; 

18.  12 
»  Is.  58.  3 
<:  ch.  4. 1 
'  Jer.  7.  10 
""  Pa.  34.  15 ; 

Jer.  31. 

lS-20 
"Is.  4.  3; 

Dan.  12.  1 
"  Is.  43.  1 
^Ex.  19.  5; 

Dt.  7.  6 ; 

Is.  43.  21 ; 

1  Pet.  2.  9 


«  Is.  4.  2 
'■  Neh.  13. 

22 ;  Ps.  103. 

13 ;  Is.  26. 

20 
»  Gen.  18. 

25;  Am.  5. 

15 
'  vcr.  5,  15 
"ch.  3.  2,  3; 

Ps.  21.  9  ; 

Nah.  1.  5,  6 
■"  Is.  5.  24  ; 

Obad.  18 
''Is.  9.  18,19 
S'  2  S.  23.  4  ; 

Is.  30.  26  ; 

60.  1 
'  Jer.  .30.  17 ; 

33.  6 
"  Is.  35.  6 
^  Job  40.  12  ; 

Is.  26.  6 ; 

Wic.  5.  8 
"  Ezek.  28. 18 
d  ch.  3.  17 
'  Dt.  4.  23 ; 

8.  11,  19 
/Mt.  11.14; 

Mk.  e.  11- 


in  the  « day  that  I  ^  make ;  and  I 
will  *■  spare  them,  as  a  man  spareth 
his  own  son  that  serveth  him.  18 
Then  shall  ye  return  and '  discern 
between  the  righteous  and  the 
'  wicked,  between  him  that  serveth 
God  ana  him  that  serveth  him  not. 

*  A    1  For,  behold,  the  day  cometh, 
T!  it  "  burneth  as  a  furnace  ;  and 

all  the  proud,  and  all  that  work 
wickedness,  shall  be  "stubble;  and 
the  day  that  cometh  shall  ^burn 
them  up,  saith  Jehovah  of  hosts, 
that  it  shall  leave  them  neither 
root  nor  branch.  2  But  unto  you 
that  fear  my  name  shall  the  ^  sun 
of  righteousness  arise  with  ^heal- 
ing in  its  ^  wings  ;  and  ye  shall  go 
forth,  and  **  gambol  as  calves  of  the 
stall.  3  And  ye  shall  *  tread  down 
the  wicked ;  for  they  shall  be 
''ashes  under  the  soles  of  your 
feet  in  the  ''day  that  I  ^make, 
saith  Jehovah  of  hosts. 

4  "  Remember  ye  the  law  of 
Moses  my  servant,  which  I  com- 
manded unto  him  in  Horeb  for 
all  Israel,  even  statutes  and  ordi- 
nances. 5  Behold,  I  will  send  you 
•^Elijah  the  prophet  before  the 
great  and  terrible  day  of  Jehovah 
come.  6  And  he  shall  ^turn  the 
heart  of  the  fathers  ''to  the  chil- 
dren, and  the  heart  of  the  children 
■*  to  their  fathers ;  lest  I  come  and 

*  smite  the  "earth  with  a  ®  curse. 

13;  Lk.  1. 17   »  Lk.  1. 17    ^  Is.  11.  4 ;  Rev.  19. 15 


2  Or,  do  this  3  Or,  beams 

4  Or,  vith  5  Or,  land 

6  Or,  bail    Or,  devoting  to  destruction 


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THE  APOCRYPHA 


THE 

APOCRYPHA 

TRANSLATED  OUT  OF  THE 

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THE   NAMES  AND   ORDER 


BOOKS  CALLED  APOCRYPHA. 


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ToBiT 38 

JlDITH 46 

The  best  or  E«theb 58 

The  Wisdom  of  Solomox  ....  61 

EccLESiAsncrs 78 


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B.VBCC-H.      WITH      THE      EpiSTLE      OF 

Jekemjah 120 

The    Song    of  the    Three    Holy 

Childbex 12-5 

The  Histobt  of  Sc6a>>a  ....  127 

Bel  a>'d  the  Dkaoo>' 129 

The  Pkayeb  of  Ma  masses  ....  130 

I.  Maccabee« 131 

II.  Maccabees 157 


PREFACE. 

The  Version  of  the  Apocrypha  wliieh  is  here  presented  to  the  Reader  forms 
the  last  portion  of  the  Revision  of  the  Authorised  Version  of  1011. 

The  present  worlc,  owing  to  various  cii'cunistances,  has  been  somewhat  long 
delayed.  It  will  be  found,  however,  to  have  been  executed  carefully  and  faith- 
fully, though  it  was  of  necessity  intrusted  to  small  Committees  formed  out  of  the 
two  Companies  of  Revisers. 

The  Revision  of  the  Authorised  Version  of  the  Apocrypha  was  included  in  the 
arrangement  between  the  Companies  and  the  Representatives  of  the  Tresses  of 
Oxford  and  Cambridge,  and  was  to  be  proceeded  with  as  soon  as  the  other  and 
greater  portions  of  the  work  were  coiitluded.  No  division  of  labour  in  regard  to 
the  Apocrypha  was  formally  made  between  the  two  Companies,  but  as  it 
appeared  clearly  desirable  that  there  should  be  no  unnecessary  delay  in  the 
revision,  there  was  an  understanding  between  the  Companies  that  the  New 
Testament  Company  should  commence  the  work  as  soon  as  the  Revision  of  the 
Authorised  Version  of  the  New  Testament  was  completed  and  published.  For 
this,  preparation  was  made  by  the  New  Testament  Company  as  their  work  was 
drawing  to  its  close,  and  in  the  following  manner. 

It  was  resolved  (March  21,  1879)  that,  after  the  conclusion  of  the  Revision  of 
the  Authorised  Version  of  the  New  Testament,  the  Company  should  be  divided 
into  three  Committees,  to  be  called  the  London,  Westminster,  and  Cambridge 
Committees,  for  the  purpose  of  beginning  the  Revision  of  the  Apocryplm. 

The  London  Committee  was  to  consist  of  the  following  members:  —  The 
Bishop  of  Gloucester  and  Bristol  (Dr.  P^llicott),  the  Bishop  of  Salisbury  (Dr. 
Aloberly),  the  Bishop  of  St.  Andi-ews  (Dr.  Wordsworth),  the  Dean  of  Rochester 
(Dr.  Scott),  the  Dean  of  Lichfield  (Dr.  Bickersteth),  the  Master  of  the  Temple 
(Dr.  Vaughan),  Rev.  Principal  Angus,  and  Rev.  Prebendary  Humphry.  This 
Committee  was  to  take  the  Book  of  Ecclesiasticus. 

The  Westminster  Committee  was  to  consist  of  the  following  members :  — 
The  Archbishop  of  Dublin  (Dr.  Trench),  the  Dean  of  Westminster  (Dr.  Stanley), 
the  Archdeacon  of  Dublin  (Dr.  Lee),  the  Archdeacon  of  Oxford  (Dr.  Palmer), 
Rev.  Dr.  Scrivener,  Rev.  Principal  Brown,  Rev.  Principal  Newth,  and  Rev.  Dr. 
Vance  Smith.  This  Committee  was  to  take  the  First  Book  of  jMaccabees.  The 
Books  of  Tobit  and  Judith  were  afterwards,  by  special  arrangement  with  the 
Old  Testament  Company,  undertaken  by  this  Committee. 

The  Cambridge  Committee  was  to  consist  of  the  following  members :  —  The 
Bishop  of  Durham  (Dr.  Lightfoot),  the  Dean  of  Lincoln  (jNIr.Blakesley),  Rev. 
Professor  Ilort,  Rev.  Professor  Kennedy,  Rev.  Professor  Westcott,  Rev.  Dr. 
Milligan,  Rev.  Dr.  Moulton,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Roberts.  This  Committee  was  to  take 
the  Book  of  Wisdom  and  the  Second  Book  of  Maccabees. 

lu  coimexion  with  the  foregoing  resolution  it  was  resolved  at  the  final  meeting 
of  the  Company,  on  Thursday.  November  11,  1880: — (1)  that  the  decisions  be 
arrived  at  by  simple  majorities ;  (2)  that  the  successive  portions  of  the  work 
when  printed  be  forwarded  to  the  members  of  the  other  two  Committees.  A 
thii'd  resolution  was  passed  constituting  the  Rev.  Dr.  Troutbeck  the  General 
Secretary  of  the  three  Committees,  and,  as  such,  responsible  for  the  printing  of 
the  portions  of  the  work  as   they  were  finished;   but  the  latter  part  of   this 


viii  PREFACE. 

resolution  was  modified,  and  the  whole  of  the  printing  was  carried  on  at  the 
University  Press,  Oxford. 

The  London  Committee,  to  which  the  Revision  of  the  Authorised  Version  of 
the  Book  of  Ecclesiasticus  was  intrusted,  commenced  their  labours  on  May  11, 
1881,  and  completed  their  first  revision  of  the  Version  on  July  20,  1882,  and  their 
second  and  final  revision  on  May  25,  1883.  The  breaking  up  of  the  text  of  the 
Version  into  parallelisms  was  undertaken  at  a  later  period.  Of  the  members  of 
the  Committee,  two,  the  Bishops  of  Salisbury  and  St.  Andrews,  found  themselves 
unable  through  age  and  distance  from  London  to  attend  the  meetings.  The 
attendance  of  the  remainder  was  such  that  there  were  rarely  less  tlian  four 
present.  Whenever  the  number  fell  below  this,  all  debateable  points  were 
reserved  for  fuller  meetings.  Considerable  attention  was  paid  to  the  text ;  but 
the  materials  available  for  correcting  it  were  but  scanty.  In  regard  to  the 
revision  of  the  Version,  especial  care  was  taken  to  preserve  the  general  tone  of 
the  Authorised  Version,  and  to  maintain  the  somewhat  greater  freedom  of  ren- 
dering which  characterizes  the  translation  of  the  Apocrypha  when  compared  with 
the  translation  of  the  Old  or  of  the  New  Testament. 

The  Westminster  Committee  completed  their  first  revision  of  the  First  Book 
of  Maccabees  on  July  5,  their  second  revision  on  November  3,  1881.  Their  first 
levision  of  the  Books  of  Judith  and  Tobit  was  completed  on  July  6,  their  second 
revision  on  October  11,  1882.  AVith  regard  to  the  Greek  text  they  derived  great 
assistance  from  Dr.  Scrivener,  but  the  number  of  places  in  which  it  was  thought 
right  to  abandon  readings  that  seemed  to  be  represented  in  the  Authorised  Ver- 
sion was  not  large.  The  English  Version  was  found  to  require  much  care.  In 
the  First  Book  of  Maccabees,  for  example,  a  well-known  peculiarity  of  the  writer 
had  been  obliterated  by  the  repeated  introduction,  with  or  without  the  use  of 
italics,  of  the  words  '  God'  and  'the  Lord,'  which  never  occur  in  the  best  Greek 
text.  Archbishop  Trench  worked  with  the  Committee  until  they  were  close  to 
the  end  of  the  First  Book  of  Maccabees.  Dean  Stanley  also  attended  up  to 
about  the  same  time  :  Princii^al  Brown  did  not  take  any  part  in  the  work. 

Of  the  members  of  the  Cambridge  Committee  the  Bishop  of  Durham  (Dr. 
Lightfoot),  the  Dean  of  Lincoln  (Mr.  Blakesley),  and  Pi-ofessor  Kennedy  were 
compelled  for  various  reasons  to  withdraw  from  the  work  of  revision.  Dr. 
Roberts  supplied  notes  on  various  parts  of  the  two  books.  Dr.  Hort,  Dr.  Moul- 
ton  and  Dr.  Westcott  conducted  the  revision  with  this  assistance  at  weekly  meet- 
ings during  term  time  from  ISIarch  3,  1881  to  the  spring  of  1890,  when  Dr. 
Westcott  was  removed  to  Durham.  In  the  remainder  of  the  work  Dr.  Westcott 
took  part  by  correspondence.  The  first  revision  of  2  Maccabees  was  completed 
on  May  20,  1885,  and  the  final  revision  December  7,  1889.  The  first  revision  of 
Wisdom  was  completed  between  May  20,  1885  and  June  20,  1888;  and  the  sec- 
ond revision  between  November  23,  1889  and  November  21,  1891.  The  singular 
difficulty  and  importance  of  the  Book  of  Wisdom  led  the  revisers  to  review  the 
version  a  third  time.  The  whole  revision  of  the  two  books  was  substantially 
completed  before  the  summer  of  1892.  A  few  questions  were  reserved  for  later 
decision.  These  were  considered  by  Dr.  Hort  in  the  summer  of  that  year,  and, 
with  the  help  of  his  notes,  finally  determined  by  Dr.  AVestcott  and  Dr.  Moulton. 

After  the  revision  of  the  Old  Testament  had  been  completed  the  Old  Testa- 
ment Company  (July  9,  1884)  passed  the  following  resolution  :  — 

'That  the  Dean  of  Peterborough  (Dr.  Perowne),  Professor  Lumby,  Professor 
Robertson  Smith,  Mr.  Bensly,  Mr.  Cheyne,  and  the  Secretary  (Mr.  Aldis 
Wright)  be  a  Committee  to  translate  the  remaining  books  of  the  Apocrypha, 
and 

That  Dr.  Field  be  invited  to  assist  in  the  formation  of  the  text.'  k. 

The  Dean  of  Peterborough  (Dr.  Perowne),  now  Bishop  of  AA^orcester,  and 
Mr.  (now  Professor)  Cheyne,  found  themselves  unable  to  take  part  in  the  work, 
and  the  Committee  were  deprived  of  the  assistance  of  Dr.  Field  by  his  death  in 
April,  1885. 


PREFACE. 


The  Books  of  the  Apocrypha  whicli  were  left  for  them  to  revise  were  1  and  2 
Esdras,  the  additions  to  Estlier,  Baruch,  the  Song  of  tlie  Three  Holy  Children, 
the  History  of  Susanna,  Bel  and  the  Dragon,  and  the  Prayer  of  Manasses. 

For  the  text  of  these  portions,  with  the  exception  of  2  Esdras,  they  were 
entirely  dependent  upon  the  inadetpiate  materials  already  existing,  and  did  not 
therefore  attempt  any  complete  revision.  But  as  the  late  Professor  Bensly  had 
reconstructed  tlie  text  of  the  Latin  version  of  2  Esdras  from  a  full  collation  of 
all  the  independent  MSS.  at  present  known,  the  Committee  fnlly  availed  them- 
selves of  the  results  which  he  generously  placed  at  their  disposal.  They  were 
thus  able  to  incorporate  the  missing  fragment,  vii.  i^G-lO"),  which  was  edited  by 
Professor  Bensly  with  elaborate  care,  and  published  by  the  Cambridge  University 
Press  (187ii),  and  to  make  use  of  many  improved  readings  which  he  proposed  to 
adopt  in  his  critical  edition.  It  is  satisfactory  to  know  that  this  work  has  been 
left  in  a  sutliciently  forward  state  to  admit  of  its  being  easily  completed. 

In  regard  to  the  language  of  the  Revised  Aversion  the  Committee  followed  the 
general  principles  which  were  observed  by  the  Old  Testament  Revision  Company. 

In  the  case  of  Proper  Names  it  has  not  been  found  possible  to  secure  uni- 
formity of  plan  in  the  work  of  the  four  Committees.  In  some  Books  these  names 
appear  in  their  familiar  Old  Testament  forms,  after  the  Hebrew  ;  whilst  in  others, 
the  forms  of  the  Authorised  Version  are  usually  retained,  or  are  but  slightly 
altered,  in  accordance  with  the  Greek.  Lists  of  the  Greek  readings  —  or,  in  2 
Esdras,  the  Latin  readings  —  adopted  l^y  the  Committees  will  shortly  be  pub- 
lished. 

Such  is  a  brief  account  of  the  circumstances  under  which  the  present  work 
was  executed.  The  Revisers  conclude  with  the  hope  and  the  belief  that  it  will 
be  found  helpful  to  the  student,  and  acceptable  to  the  general  reader  of  the 
Apocrypha. 


January,  1895. 


2* 


I,  ESDRAS. 


1  AxD  '  Josias  held  the  passover  in 
Jerusalem  unto  his  Lord,  and  offered 
the  i»assover  tlu'  fourteenth  day  of  the 

2  first  niontli ;  havinfi;  set  the  priests 
aecordinj;  to  tiieir  daily  courses,  be- 
ing arrayed  in  their  vestments,  in  the 

3  temple  of  tiie  Lord.  And  he  spake 
unto  the  Levites, "  the  temple-servants 
of  Israel,  that  they  should  hallow 
themselves  unto  the  Lord,  to  set  the 
holy  ari<  of  the  Lord  in  the  house  that 
king  Solomon  the  son   of  David  had 

4  built:  and  naid,  Ye  shall  no  more 
have  need  to  bear  it  upon  your  shoul- 
ders: now  therefore  serve  the  Lord 
your  God,  and  minister  unto  his  peo- 
ple Lsrael,  and  prepare  you  after  your 

5  fathers'  houses  and  kindreds,  accord- 
ing to  the  writing  of  David  king  of 
Israel,  and  according  to  the  magnifi- 
cence of  Solomon  his  son  :  and  stand- 
ing in  the  holy  place  according  to  the 
several  divisions  of  the  families  of 
you  the  Levites,  who  mini.itcr  in  the 
presence  of  your  hretlnen  tlie  children 

6  of  Israel,  offer  the  passover  in  order, 
and  make  ready  the  sacrifices  for 
your  brctliren,  and  keep  the  passover 
according  to  the  commandment  of 
the  Lord,  whicli  was  given  unto  Mo- 

7  ses.  And  unto  the  people  which  were 
present  Josias  gave  thirty  thousand 
lambs  and  kids,  mid  three  thousand 
calves:  these  things  were  given  of 
the  king's  substance,  according  as  he 
promised,  to  the  people,  and  to  the 

8  priests  and  Levites.  And  Helkias.and 
Zacharias,  and^  Esyelus,  the  rulers  of 
tlie  temple,  gave  to  the  priests  for  the 
passover  two  thousand  and  six  hun- 
dred sheep,  and  three  hundred  calves. 

9  And  Jeconias,  and  Samaias.  and  Na- 
thanael  his  hrotlier,  and  Sabias,  and 
Ochielus,  and  Joram,  captains  over 
thousands,  gave  to  the  Levites  for  the 
passover   five   thousand    sheep,  and 

10  seven  hundred  calves.  And  when 
these  things  were  done,  the  priests 
and  Levites,  having  the  unleavened 
bread,  stood  in  comely  order  accord- 

11  ing  to  the  kindreds,  and  according 
to  the  several  divisions  by  fathers' 
houses,  before  the  people,  to  offer  to 
the  Lord,  as  it  is  written  in  the  book 
of  Moses:  and  tlms  did  thrt/ia  the 

12  morning.  And  they  roasted  the  pass- 
over  with  fire,  as  appertaineth:  and 
the  sacrifices  tliey  sod  in  the  brasen 
vessels  and  caldrons  with  a  good  sa- 

13  vour,  and  set  them  before  all  the  peo- 
ple :  and  afterward  they  prepared  for 
themselves,  and  for  the  priests  their 


14  brethren,  the  sons  of  Aaron.  For  the 
priests  offered  the  fat  until  night: 
and  the  Levites  pr(;pared  for  them- 
selves, and  for  tlu?  priests  tlieir  bre- 

ISthren,  the  sons  of  Aaron.  The  holy 
singers  also,  the  sons  of  Asaph,  were 
in  their  order,  according  to  the  ap- 
pointment of  David,  fo  wit.  Asapli, 
Zacharias,  and    Eddinus,  who  *  was 

16  of  the  king's  retinue.  Moreover  the 
porters  were  at  every  gate  :  none  had 
need  to  depart  from  his  daily  course : 
for  their   brethren  the   Levites  pre- 

17  pared  for  them.  Thus  were  the  things 
that  belonged  to  the  sacrifices  of  the 
Tjord  J  accomplished    in   that  day,  in 

18  holding  the  passover,  and  offering 
sacrifices  upon  the  altar  of  the  Lortl, 
according   to    the   commandment  of 

19  king  Josias.  So  the  children  of  Is- 
rael which  were  present  at  that  time 
held  the  passover,  and  the  feast  of 

20  unleavened  bread  seven  days.  And 
such  a  passover  was  not  held  in  Israel 
since  the  time  of  the  prophet  Samuel. 

21  Yea,  all  the  kings  of  Israel  held  not 
such  a  passover  as  Josias,  and  the 
priests,  and  the  Levites,  and  the  Jews, 
held  with  all  Israel  that  were  present 
i!i  their  dwelling  place  at  Jerusalem. 

22  In  the  eigliteenth  year  of  the  reign  of 

23  Josias  was  this  passover  held.  And 
the  works  of  Josias  were  upright  be- 
fore   his  Lord  with  a   heart  full  of 

24  godliness.  Moreover  the  things  that 
came  to  pass  in  his  days  have  been 
written  in  times  past,  concerning  those 
that  sinned,  and  did  wickedly  against 
the  Lord  above  every  people  and  king- 
dom, and  how  they  grieved  him  "ex- 
ceedingly, so  that  the  words  of  the 
Lord  were  confirmed  against  Israel. 

25  "  Now  after  all  these  acts  of  Josias 
it  came  to  pass,  that  Pharaoh  the  king 
of  Egypt  came  to  raise  war  at  Carche- 
mish    upon   Euphrates:   and    Josias 

26  went  out  against  him.  Kut  the  king 
of  Egj'pt  sent  to  him.  saying,  What 
have  i  to  do  with  thee,  O  king  of  Ju- 

27d3ea?  I  am  not  sent  out  from  the 
Lord  God  against  thee;  for  my  war 
is  upon  Euphrates:  and  now  the  Lord 
is  with  me,  yea,  the  Lord  is  with  me 
hasting  me  forward  :  depart  from  me, 

28  and  be  not  against  the  Lord.  How- 
beit  Josias  did  not  turn  back "  unto 
his  chariot,  but  undertook  to  fight 
with  him,  not  regarding  the  words  of 
the  projihet  Jeremy  spoken  by  the 

29  mouth  of  the  Lord:  but  joined  battle 
with  him  In  the  plain  of  Megiddo,  and 
the  princes  came  down  against  king 


I.  ESDRAS. 


2.  7. 


30  Josias.  Then  said  the  king  unto  his 
servants,  Carry  nie  away  out  of  the 
battle ;  for  I  am  very  weal<.  And  im- 
mediately liis  servants  carried   him 

3 1  away  out  of  the  host.  Then  gat  he  up 
upon  his  second  chariot ;  and  being 
brought  back  to  Jerusalem  he  died, 
and  was  buried  in  the  sepulchre  of 

32  his  fathers.  And  in  all  Jewry  they 
mourned  for  Josias ;  and  Jeremy  the 
prophet  lamented  for  Josias,  and  the 
chief  men  with  the  women  made  la- 
mentation for  him,  unto  this  day :  and 
this  was  given  out  for  an  ordinance  to 
be  done  continually  in  all  the  nation  of 

33  Israel.  These  things  are  written  in 
the  book  of  the  histories  of  the  kings 
of  Judaea,  and  every  one  of  the  acts 
that  Josias  did,  and  his  glory,  and  his 
understanding  in  the  law  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  things  that  he  had  done  be- 
fore, and  the  things  now  recited,  are 
reported  in  the  book  of  the  kings  of 
Israel  and  Judah. 

34  1  And  the  people  took  ^  Joachaz  the 
son  of  Josias,  and  made  him  king  in- 
stead of  Josias  his  father,  when  he  was 

35  twenty  and  three  years  old.  And  he 
reigned  in  ^  judah  and  in  Jerusalem 
three  months :  and  then  the  king  of 
Egypt  deposed  him  from  reigning  in 

3G  Jerusalem.  And  he  set  a  tax  upon  the 
people  of  a  hundred  talents  of  silver 

37  and  one  talent  of  gold.  The  king  of 
Egypt  also  made  king  Joakim  his  bro- 
ther king  of  Judaea  and  Jerusalem. 

38 And  Joakim  bound  the  nobles:  but 
Zarakes  his  brother  he  apprehended, 
and  brought  him  up  out  of  Egypt. 

39  Five  and  twenty  years  old  was  ■•  Joa- 
kim when  he  began  to  reign  in  Judtea 
and  Jerusalem ;  and  he  did  that  which 

40  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord.  And 
against  him  Nabuchodonosor  the  king 
of  Babylon  came  up,  and  bound  him 
with  a  chain  of  brass,  and  carried  him 

41  unto  Babylon.  Nabuchodonosor  also 
took  of  the  holy  vessels  of  the  Lord, 
and  carried  them  away,  and  set  them 

42  up  in  his  own  temple  at  Babylon.  But 
those  things  that  are  reported  of  him, 
and  of  his  uncleannessaud  impiety.are 
written  in  the  chronicles  of  the  kings. 

43  And  Joakim  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead :  for  when  he  was  made  king 

44  he  was  ^eighteen  years  old;  and  he 
reigned  three  months  and  ten  days  in 
Jerusalem ;  and  did  that  which  was 
evil  before  the  Lord. 

45  So  after  a  year  Nabuchodonosor  sent 
and  caused  him  to  be  brought  unto 
Babylon  with  the  holy  vessels  of  the 

46  Lord ;  and  made  Sedekias  king  of  Ju- 
daea and  Jerusalem,  when  he  was  one 
and  twenty  years  old ;  and  he  reigned 

47  eleven  years :  and  he  also  did  that 
which  was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord,  and  cared  not  for  the  words 
that  were  spoken  by  Jeremy  the  pro- 
phet from  the  mouth  of  the  Lord. 


48  And  after  that  king  Nabuchodonosor 
had  made  him  to  swear  by  the  name 
of  the  Lord,  he  forswore  himself,  and 
rebelled  ;  and  hardening  his  neck,  and 
his  heart,  he  transgressed  the  laws  of 

49  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel.  More- 
over the  governors  of  the  people  and 
of  the  priests  did  many  things  wick- 
edly, "and  passed  all  the  pollutions 
of  all  nations,  and  defiled  the  temple 
of  the  Lord,  which  was  sanctified  in 

50  Jerusalem.  And  the  God  of  their  fa- 
thers sent  by  his  messenger  to  call 
them  back,  because  he  had  compas- 
sion on  them  and  on  his  dwelling  place. 

51  But  they  mocked  his  messengers; 
and  in  the  day  when  the  Lord  spake 
nnto  them,  they  scolfed  at  his  pro- 

52phets:  so  far  forth,  that  he,  being 
wroth  with  his  people  for  their  great 
ungodliness,  commanded  to  bring  up 
the  kings  of  the  Chaldeans  against 

53  them ;  who  slew  their  young  men  with 
the  sword,  round  about  their  holy 
temple,  and  spared  neither  young 
man  nor  maid,  old  man  nor  child ;  but 

54  he  delivered  all  into  their  hands.  And 
they  took  all  the  holy  vessels  of  the 
Lord,  both  great  and  small,  with  '  the 
vessels  of  the  ark  of  the  Lord,  and  the 
king's  treasures,  and   carried   them 

55  away  unto  Babylon.  And  they  burnt 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  brake  down 
the  walls  of  Jerusalem,  and  burnt  the 

56  towers  thereof  with  fire :  and  as  for 
her  glorious  things,  they  never  ceased 
till  they  had  brought  them  all  to 
nought:  and  the  people  that  were 
not  slain  with  the  sword  he  carried 

57  unto  Babylon:  and  they  were  ser- 
vants unto  him  and  to  his  children, 
till  the  Persians  reigned,  to  fulfil  the 
word  of  the   Lord  by  the  mouth  of 

58  Jeremy:  Until  the  land  hath  enjoyed 
her  sabbaths,  the  whole  time  of  her 
desolation  shall  she  keep  sabbath,  to 
fulfil  threescore  and  ten  years. 

2  In  the  *  first  year  of  Cyrus  king  of  the 
Persians,  that  the  word  of  the  Lord 
by  the  mouth  of  Jeremy  might  be  ac- 

2  complished,  the  Lord  stirred  up  the 
spirit  of  Cyrus  king  of  the  Persians, 
and  he  made  proclamation  through 
all  his  kingdom,  and  also  by  writing, 

3  saying.  Thus  saith  Cyrus  king  of  the 
Persians;  The  Lord  of  Israel,  the 
Most  High  Lord,  hath  made  me  king 

4  of  the  whole  world,  and  connnanded 
me  to  build  him  a  house  at  Jerusalem 

5  that  is  in  Judaea.  If  therefore  there 
be  any  of  you  that  are  of  his  people, 
9  let  the  Lord,  even  his  Lord,  be  with 
him,  and  let  him  go  up  to  Jerusalem 
that  is  in  Judaea,  and  build  the  house 
of  the  Lord  of  Israel:  he  is  the  Lord 

6  that  dwelleth  in  Jerusalem.  Of  such 
therefore  as  dwell  in  divers  places, 
let  them  that  are  in  his  own  place 
help  each  one  with  gold,  and  with  sil- 

7  ver,  with  gifts,  with  horses  also  and 


2.  22. 


I.  ESDRAS. 


3.  7. 


cuttle,  beside  the  other  thiiiKS  whieh 
have  been  aiided  by  vow  for  llie  tem- 
ple of  tlie  Lord  whieh  is  in  Jerusalem. 

8  Then  the  chief  of  the  families  of 
Judali  and  of  the  trib<!  of  Benjamin 
stood  up;  the  priests  also,  and  tlii^ 
Levites,  and  all  they  whose  siiirit  the 
l^ord  had  stirred  to  540  up,  to  build 
the  house  for  the   Lord  wliicli  is  in 

9  Jerusalem.  And  they  that  dwelt  round 
about  them  helped  them  in  all  things 
with  silver  and  gold,  with  horses  and 
cattle,  and  with  very  many  gifts  that 
were  vowed  of  a  great  number  whose 

10 minds  were  stirred  up  thcnto.  King 
Cyrus  also  brought  forth  the  holy 
vessels  of  the  Lord,  wliieh  Nabuoho- 
donosor  had  carried  away  from  Jeru- 
salem, and  had  set  up  in  his  temple  of 

11  idols.  Now  when  Cyrus  king  of  the 
Tersians  had  brought  them  forth,  he 
delivered    them    to   Mithradates  his 

I'J  treasurer,  and  by  him  they  were  de- 
livered to  '  Sanabassar  the  governor 

13  of  Juda>a.  And  this  was  the  number  of 
them :  A  thousand  golden  cups,  a  thou- 
sand cujjs  of  silver,  censers  of  silver 
twenty  nine,  vials  of  gold  thirty,  and 
of  silver  two  thousand  four  hundred 
and  ten,  and  other  vessels  a  thousand. 

14  So  all  the  vessels  of  gold  and  of  silver 
were  brought  up,  even  Jive  thousand 

15  four  hundred  threescore  and  nine,  and 
were  carried  back  by  Sanabassar,  to- 
gether with  them  of  the  cajftivity, 
from  Babylon  to  Jerusalem. 

16  ^  But  in  the  time  of  Artaxerxes  king 
of  the  Persians  Belemus,  and  Mithra- 
dates, and  Tabellius,  and  ^Kathumus, 
and  Beeltethmus,  and  ^Samellius  the 
scribe,  with  the  otiiers  that  were  in 
commission  with  them,  dwelling  in 
Samaria  anil  other  places,  wrote  unto 
him  against  them  that  dwelt  in  Judiea 
and  Jerusalem  the  letter  following: 

17  To  king  Artaxerxes  our  lord,  Thy 
servants,  Kathunuis  the  ''story writer, 
and  Samellius  the  scribe,  and  the  rest 
of  their  council,  and  the  judges  tliat 

18  are  in  Ccelesyria  and  I'hcenieia.  Be 
It  now  known  to  our  lord  the  king, 
that  the  Jews  that  are  come  up  from 
you  to  us,  being  come  unto  Jerusalem, 
do  build  that  rebellious  and  wicked 
city,  and  do  repair  the  marketplaces 
and  the  walls  of  it,  and   do  lay  the 

19  foundation  of  a  temple.  Now  if  this 
city  be  builded  and  tlie  walls  thereof 
be  finished,  they  will  not  only  refuse 
to  give  tribute,  but  will  even  stand  up 

20  against  kings.  And  forasmuch  as  the 
things  i>ertalning  to  the  temple  are 
now  in  hand,  we  think  it  meet  not  to 

21  neglect  such  a  matter,  but  to  speak 
unto  our  lord  the  king,  to  the  intent 
that.  If  it  be  thy  i)leasure,  search  may 
be  made  in  the  books  of  thy  fathers : 

22  and  thou  Shalt  find  in  the  chronicles 
what  Is  written  concerning  these 
things,  and  shalt  understand  that  tliat 


city   was  rebellious,    troubling   both 

23  kings  and  cities:  and  that  tlie  Jews 
were  rebellious,  and  raised  always 
wars  therein  of  old  lime ;  for  the 
which  cause  even  this  city  was  laid 

24  waste.  Wherefore  now  we  do  declare 
unto  thee,()  lord  the  king,  that  if  this 
city  be  builded  again,  and  the  walls 
thereof  set  up  anew,  thou  shall  from 
henceforth  have  no  passage  into  Ca'le- 

25  Syria  and  I'hcenicia.  Then  the  king 
wrote  back  again  to  Hatlunnus  the 
storywriter,  and  Becltethnms,  and 
Samellius  the  scrilx'.  and  to  tlie  rest 
that  were  in  coniniission,  anil  dwell 
in  Samaria  and  Syria  and  riiuMiii'la, 

2()  after  this  maimer:  I  have  read  the 
epistle  which  ye  have  sent  unto  me  : 
therefore  I  commanded  to  make  search, 
and  it  hath  been  found  that  that  city 
of  old  time  hath  made   insurrection 

27  against  kings;  and  the  men  were 
given  to  rejiellion  and  war  therein: 
and  that  mighty  kings  and  fierce  were 
in  Jerusalem,  who  reigned  and  exacted 
tribute  in  Ccelesyria  and   l^hOMiicia. 

28  Now  therefore  I  have  commanded 
to  hinder  those  men  from  building 
the  city,  and  heed  to  be  taken  that 
there    be  nothing  done  contrary  to 

29 this  order;  and  that  those  wicked 
doings  proceed  no  further  to  the  an- 

30  noyance  of  kings.  Then  king  Artax- 
erxes his  letters  being  read,  Ra- 
thunuis,  and  Samellius  the  scribe,  and 
the  rest  that  were  in  commission 
with  them,  removing  in  haste  unto 
Jerusalem  with  horsemen  and  a  nnilli- 
tiule  of  people  in  battle  array,  began 
to  hinder  the  builders  ;  and  the  build- 
ing of  the  temple  in  Jerusalem  ceased 
until  the  second  year  of  the  reign  of 
Darius  king  of  the  I'ersians. 

3  Now  king  Darius  made  a  great  feast 
unto  all  his  subjects,  and  unto  all  that 
were  born  in  his  house,  and  unto  all 
the  princes  of  Media  and  of  Persia, 

2  and  to  all  the  satraps  and  captains  and 
governors  that  were  under  him,  from 
India  unto  Ethiopia,  in  the  hundred 

3  twenty  and  seven  provinces.  And 
when  they  bad  eaten  and  drunken,  and 
being  satisfied  were  gone  home,  then 
Darius  the  king  went  into  his  bed- 
chamber, and  slept,  and  awaked  out  of 
his  sleep. 

4  Then  the  three  young  men  of  the 
body-guard,  that  kept  the  king's  per- 

5  son,  si)ake  one  to  another  :  Let  every 
one  of  us  say  one  thing  which  shall  be 
strongest:  and  he  whose  sentenceshall 
seem  wiser  than  the  others,  unto  him 
shall  Darius  the  king  give  great  gifts, 
and  great  honours  in  token  of  victory: 

(ias,  to  be  clothed  In  purple,  to  drink 
in  gold,  and  to  sleep  upon  gold,  and 
a  chariot  with  bridles  of  gold,  and  a 
headlire  of  fine  linen,  and  a  chain  about 

7  his  neck :  and  he  shall  sit  next  to 
Darius  because  of  bis  wisdom,  and 


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4.  27 


8  shall  be  called  Darius  his  cousin.  And 
then  they  wrote  every  one  his  sen- 
tence, and  set  to  their  seals,  and  laid 
the  writing  under  king  Darius  his  pil- 

9  low,  and  said.  When  the  king  is  risen, 
some  shall  give  him  tlie  writing;  and 
of  whose  side  the  king  and  the  three 
princes  of  Persia  shall  judge  that  his 
sentence  is  the  wisest,  to  him  shall  the 

10  victory  be  given,  as  it  is  written.    The 

11  first  wrote,  Wine  is  the  strongest.  The 
second  wrote.  The  king  is  strongest. 

12  The  third  wrote.  Women  are  strong- 
est: but  above  all  things  Truth  bear- 
eth  away  the  victory. 

13  Now  when  the  king  was  risen  up, 
they  took  the  writing,  and  gave  it  unto 

14 him,  and  so  he  read  it:  and  sending 
forth  he  called  all  the  princes  of  Per- 
sia and  of  Media,  and  the  satraps,  and 
the  captains,  and  the  governors,  and 

15  the  chief  officers ;  and  sat  him  down  in 
the  royal  seat  of  judgement;  and  the 

16  writing  was  read  before  them.  And 
he  said,  Call  the  young  men,  and  they 
shall  explain  their  own  sentences.    So 

17  they  were  called,  and  came  in.  And 
they  said  unto  them.  Declare  unto  us 
your  mind  concerning  the  things  ye 
have  written. 

Then  began  the  first,  who  had  spoken 

18  of  the  strength  of  wine,  and  said  thus, 
0  sirs,  how  exceeding  strong  is  wine ! 
it  causeth  all  men  to  err  that  drink  it : 

19  it  niaketh  the  mind  of  the  king  and  of 
the  fatherless  child  to  be  all  one ;  of 
the  bondman  and  of  the  freeman,  of 

20  the  poor  man  and  of  the  rich :  it  turn- 
eth  also  every  thought  into  jollity  and 
mirth,  so  that  a  man  remembereth 

21  neither  sorrow  nor  debt:  and  it  mak- 
eth  every  heart  rich,  so  that  a  man  re- 
membereth neither  king  nor  satrap; 
and  it  niaketh  to  speak  all  things  by 

22 talents:  and  when  they  are  in  their 
cups,  they  forget  their  love  both  to 
friends  and  brethren,  and  a  little  after 

23 draw  their  swords:  but  when  they 
awake  from  their  wine,  they  remem- 

24  ber  not  what  they  have  done.  O  sirs, 
is  not  wine  the  strongest,  seeing  that 
it  enfoi'ceth  to  do  thus  ?  And  when  he 
had  so  spoken,  he  held  his  peace. 

4  Then  the  second,  that  had  spoken  of 
the  strength  of  the  king,  began  to  say, 

2  O  sirs,  do  not  men  excel  in  strength, 
that  bear  rule  over  the  sea  and  land, 

3  and  all  things  in  them  ?  But  yet  is  the 
king  stronger :  and  he  is  their  lord,  and 
hath  dominion  over  them ;  and  in  what- 
soever  he   commandeth   them   they 

4  obey  him.  If  he  bid  them  make  war 
the  one  against  the  other,  they  do  it: 
and  if  he  send  them  out  against  the 
enemies,  they  go,  and  overcome  moun- 

5  tains,  walls,  and  towers.  They  slay 
and  are  slain,  and  transgress  not  the 
king's  commandment :  it  they  get  the 
victory,  they  bring  all  to  the  king,  as 

6  well  the  spoil,  as  all  things  else.  Like- 


wise for  those  that  are  no  soldiers,  and 
have  not  to  do  with  wars,  but  use  1ms- 
bandry,  when  they  have  reaped  again 
that  which  they  had  sown,  they  bring 
it  to  the  king,  and  compel  one  another 

7  to  pay  tribute  unto  the  king.  And  he 
is  *  but  one  man :  if  he  conunand  to 
kill,  they  kill ;  if  he  command  to  spare, 

8  they  spare  ;  if  he  command  to  smite, 
they  smite;  if  he  command  to  make 
desolate,  tliey  make  desolate ;  if  he 

9 command  to  build,  they  build;  if  he 
command  to  cut  down,  tliey  cut  down  ; 
if  he  command  to  plant,  tliey  plant. 

10  So  all  his  people  and  his  armies  obey 
him :  furthermore  he  lieth  down,  he 
eateth  and  drinketh,  and  taketh  his 

11  rest:  and  these  keep  watch  round 
about  him,  neither  may  any  one  de- 
part, and  do  his  own  business,  neither 

12  disobey  they  him  in  anything.  O  sirs, 
how  should  not  the  king  be  strongest, 
seeing  tliat  in  such  sort  he  is  obeyed? 
And  he  held  his  peace. 

13  Then  the  third,  who  had  spoken  of 
women,  and  of  truth,  (this  was  Zoro- 

14  babel)  began  to  speak.  O  sirs,  is  not 
the  king  great,  and  men  are  many,  and 
wine  is  strong?  who  is  it  then  that 
ruleth  them,  or  hath  the  lordship  over 

1 5  them  ?  are  they  not  women  ?  Women 
have  borne  the  king  and  all  the  people 

16  that  bear  rule  by  sea  and  land.  Even 
of  them  came  they:  and  they  nour- 
ished them  up  that  planted  the  vine- 
yards, from  whence  the  wine  cometh. 

17  These  also  make  garments  for  men; 
these  bring  glory  unto  men  ;  and  with- 

1 8  out  women  cannot  men  be.  Yea,  and 
if  men  have  gathered  together  gold 
and  silver  and  every  other  goodly 
thing,  2  and  see  a  woman  which  is 

19  comely  in  favour  and  beauty,  they  let 
all  those  things  go,  and  gape  after  her, 
and  even  with  o])en  mouth  fix  their 
eyes  fast  on  her;  and  have  all  more 
desire  unto  her  than  unto  gold  or  sil- 
ver, or  any  goodly  thing  whatsoever. 

20  A  man  leaveth  his  own  father  that 
brought  him  up,  and  his  own  country, 

2 1  and  cleaveth  unto  his  wife.  And  with 
his  wife  he  endetli  his  days,  and  re- 
membereth neither  father,  nor  mo- 

22ther,  nor  country.  By  this  also  ye 
must  know  that  women  have  domin- 
ion over  you :  do  ye  not  labour  and 
toil,  and  give  and  bring  all  to  women  ? 

23  Yea,  a  man  taketh  his  sword,  and  go- 
eth  forth  to  make  outroads,  and  to  rob 
and  to  steal,  and  to  sail  upon  the  sea 

24  and  upon  rivers ;  and  looketh  upon 
a  lion,  and  walketh  in  the  darkness ; 
and  when  he  hath  stolen,  spoiled,  and 
robbed,  he  bringeth  it  to  his   love. 

25  Wherefore  a  man  loveth  his  wife  bet- 

26  ter  tlmn  father  or  mother.  Yea,  many 
there  be  that  have  run  out  of  their 
wits  for  women,  and  become  bondmen 

27  for  their  sakes.  Many  also  have  per- 
ished, have  stumbled,  and  sinned,  for 


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42 


43 


44 


45 


women.  And  now  do  ye  not  beliove 
me?  is  not  the  kinji  great  in  liis 
power?  do  not  all  regions  fear  to 
toueh  him?  Yet  did  1  see  him  imd 
Apame  tlie  king's  concuhine,  the 
daughter  of  tlie  illustrious  Hartacus, 
sitting  at  the  riglit  hand  of  the  king, 
and  taking  the  erown  from  the  king's 
head,  and  setting  it  upon  her  own 
heart;  yea,  slie  struck  the  king  willi 
her  left  hand :  and  therewithal  tlie 
king  gaped  and  gazed  upon  her  with 
open  nunith  :  if  she  laughed  upon  him, 
he  laughed  also:  liut  if  she  took  any 
displeasure  at  him,  he  was  fain  to  flat- 
ter, that  she  might  he  reconciled  to 
him  again.  O  sirs,  how  can  it  be  but 
women  should  be  strong,  seeing  they 
do  thus? 

Then  the  king  and  the  nobles  looked 
one  upon  another :  so  he  began  to 
speak  concerning  truth.  O  sirs,  are 
not  women  strong?  great  is  the  earth, 
high  is  the  heaven,  swift  is  the  siui 
in  his  conrse,  for  lie  compasseth  the 
heavens  round  about,  and  fetchetli  his 
course  again  to  his  own  place  in  one 
day.  Is  he  not  great  that  maketli 
these  things  ?  therefore  great  is  truth, 
and  stronger  than  all  things.  All  the 
earth  Ciilleth  upon  truth,  and  the 
heaven  blesseili  her  :  all  works  shake 
and  tremlile,  but  with  'her  is  no  un- 
righteous tiling.  Wine  is  unrighteous, 
the  king  is  unrigliteous,  women  are 
unrighteous,  all  the  children  of  men 
are  unrighteous,  and  unrighteous  are 
all  such  their  works;  and  there  is  no 
truth  in  tliem ;  in  their  unrighteous- 
ness also  they  shall  perish.  But  truth 
abideth,  and  is  strong  for  ever;  she 
liveth  and  conquereth  for  evermore. 
With  her  tliere  is  no  accepting  of 
persons  or  rewards  ;  but  she  doeth  the 
things  that  are  ju.st,  nnd  rfifrainctli 
from  all  unrighteous  and  wicked 
things ;  and  all  men  do  well  like  of  her 
works.  Neither  in  her  judgement  is 
any  unrighteousness;  and  she  is  the 
strength,  and  the  kingdom,  and  the 
power,  and  the  majesty,  of  all  ages. 
Blessed  be  the  God  of  truth.  And  with 
that  he  held  his  tongue.  And  all  the 
people  then  shouted,  and  said,  (ireat 
is  truth,  and  strong  al)0ve  all  tilings. 

Then  said  tlie  king  unto  him.  Ask 
what  thou  wilt  more  than  is  appointed 
in  writing,  and  we  will  give  it  thee, 
inasmuch  as  thou  art  found  wisest ; 
and  thou  slialt  sit  next  me,  and  shalt 
be  called  my  cousin.  Then  s;iid  he 
unto  the  king.  Remember  thy  vow, 
which  thou  didst  vow  to  build  Jerus;i- 
lem,  in  the  day  when  thou  earnest  to 
thy  kingdom,  and  to  send  away  all 
the  vessels  that  were  taken  out  of 
Jerusalem,  which  Cyrus  set  apart, 
when  he  vowed  to  destroy  Babylon, 
and  vowed  to  send  them  again  thither. 
Thou  didst  also  vow  to  build  up  the 


temple,  which  the  Edomites  burned 
when  Judiea  was  made  desohito  by 
4(5  tile  Chaldeans.  And  now,  O  lord  tlie 
king,  tills  is  that  wliich  I  require,  and 
which  I  desire  of  thee,  and  this  is  the 
princely  liberality  that  shall  proceed 
from  thee  :  I  pray  therefore  that  thou 
m;ike  good  the  vow,  the  perrorni;uice 
whereof  thou  hast  vowed  to  the  King 
of  heaven  with  thine  own  mouth. 

47  Then  Darius  the  king  stood  up,  and 
kissed  him,  and  wrote  letters  for  him 
unto  all  the  treasurers  and  governors 
aiiil  captains  and  satraps,  that  they 
slidultl  safely  bring  on  tlieir  way  both 
him,  and  all  those  that  sliould  go  u|) 

48  Willi  liini  to  build  Jerusalem.  He 
wrote  letters  also  inito  all  the  gover- 
nors that  were  in  Coelesyria  and  Phoe- 
nicia, and  unto  them  in  Libanus,  that 
they  should  bring  cedar  wood  from 
Libanus  unto  Jerusalem,  and  that 
they  should  build  tlie  city  with  him. 

49  Moreover  he  wrote  for  all  the  Jews 
that  should  go  out  of  his  realm  up  into 
Jewry,  concerning  their  freedom,  that 
no  officer,  no  governor,  no  satrap,  nor 
treasurer,  should  forcibly  enter  hito 

60  their  doors ;  and  that  all  the  country 
wliich  they  occupied  should  he  free  to 
them  without  tribute ;  and  that  the 
Edomites  should  give  over  the  vil- 
lages of  the  Jews  which  then  they 

51  held  ;  and  that  there  should  be  yearly 
given  twenty  talents  to  the  building 
of  the  temple,  until  the  time  that  it 

52  were  built;  and  other  ten  talents 
yearly,  for  burnt  offerings  to  be  pre- 
sented upon  the  altar  every  day,  as 
they  had  a  commandment  to  offer 

53  seventeen :  and  that  all  they  that 
should  come  from  Babylonia  to  build 
the  city  should  have  their  freedom,  as 
well  they  as  their  posterity,  and  all 

54  the  priests  that  came.  He  wrote  also 
to  give-  them  their  charges,  and  the 
piiests'  vestments  wherein  they  min- 

55  ister ;  and  for  the  Levites  he  wrote 
that  their  charges  should  be  given 
them  until  the  day  that  the  house 
were  finished,  and  Jerusalem  builded 

5(j  up.  And  he  commanded  to  give  to 
all  that  kept  the  city  lands  and  wages. 

57  He  sent  away  also  all  the  vessels 
from  Babylon,  that  Cyrus  had  set 
apart;  and  all  that  Cyrus  luid  given 
In  commandment,  the  same  charged 
he  also  to  be  done,  and  .sent  unto 
Jerusalem. 

58  Now  when  this  young  man  was  gone 
forth,  he  lifted  up  his  face  to  heaven 
toward  Jerusalem,  and  praised  the 

59  King  of  heaven,  and  said.  From  thee 
Cometh  victory,  from  thee  eometh 
wisdom,  and  thine  is  the  glory,  and 

60  I  am  thy  servant.  Blessed  art  thou, 
who  hast  given  me  wisdom :  and  to 
thee  I  give  thanks,  O  I>ord  of  our 

61  fathers.  And  so  he  took  the  letters, 
and  went  out,  and  came  unto  Babylon, 


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5.  32. 


62  and  told  it  all  his  brethren.  And  they 
praised  the  God  of  their  fathers,  be- 
cause he  had  given  them  freedom  and 

63  liberty  to  go  up,  and  to  build  Jerusa- 
lem, and  the  temple  which  is  called  by 
his  name :  and  they  feasted  with  in- 
struments of  music  and  gladness 
seven  days. 

5  After  this  were  the  chiefs  of  fathers' 
houses  chosen  to  go  up  according  to 
their  tribes,  with  their  wives  and  sons 
and  daughters,  with  their  menser- 
vants  and   maidservants,  and    their 

2  cattle.  And  Darius  sent  with  them 
a  thousand  horsemen,  till  they  had 
brought  them  back  to  Jerusalem 
1  safely,  and  with  musical  instruments, 

3  tabrets  and  flutes.  And  all  their  bre- 
thren played,  and  he  made  them  go 
up  together  with  them. 

4  And  these  are  the  names  of  the  men 
which  went  up,  according  to  their  fam- 
ilies amongst  their  tribes,  after  their 

5  several  divisions.  The  priests,  the 
sons  of  Phinees,  the  sons  of  Aaron : 
Jesus  the  son  of  Josedek,  the  son  of 
Saraias,  and  Joakim  the  son  of  Zoro- 
babel,  the  son  of  Salathiel,  of  the 
house    of  David,  of  the  lineage    of 

6  Phares,  of  the  tribe  of  Judah  ;  who 
spake  wise  sentences  before  Darius 
the  king  of  Persia  in  the  second  year 
of  his  reign,  in  the  month  ^Usan,  which 

7  is  the  first  month.  -  And  these  are 
they  of  Jewry  that  came  up  from  the 
captivity,  where  they  dwelt  as  stran- 
gers, whom  Nabuchodonosorthe  king 
of  Babylon  had  carried  away  unto 

8  Babylon.  And  they  returned  unto 
Jerusalem,  and  to  the  other  parts  of 
Jewry,  every  man  to  his  own  city, 
who  came  with  Zorobahel,  with  Jesus, 
Nehemias,    and    ^  Zaraias,    Kesaias, 

*  Eneneus,    Mardocheus,    Beelsarns. 
f"  Aspharasus,  "^  Reelias.  Roimus,  antl 

9  Baana,  their  leaders.  The  number  of 
them  of  the  nation, and  their  leaders: 
the  sons  of "  Phoros,  two  thousand  a 
hundred  seventy  and  two :  the  sons  of 

•  Saphat,  four  hundred  seventy  and 

10  two :  the  sons  of "  Ares,  seven  hundred 

11  fifty  and  six :  the  sons  of  i"  Phaath 
Moab,  of  the  sons  of  Jesus  and  Joab, 
two    thousand    eight    hundred    and 

12  twelve :  the  sons  of  Elam,  a  tliousand 
two  hundred  fifty  and  four  :  the  sons 
of  "  Zathui,  nine  hundred  forty  and 
five  :  the  sons  of  '-  Chorbe,  seven  hun- 
dred and  five  :  the  sons  of  Bani.  six 

13  hundred  forty  and  eight :  the  sons  of 
Bebai,  six  hundred  twenty  and  three  : 
the  sons  of  "^Astad, "  a  thousand  three 

14  hundred  twenty  and  two :  the  sons 
of  Adonikam,  six  hundred  sixty  and 
seven  :  the  sons  of  '^  Bagoi,  two  thou- 
sand sixty  and  six :  the  sons  of  "^  Adinu, 

15  four  hundred  fifty  and  four :  the  sous 
of  "  Ater,  of  Ezekias,  ninety  and  two : 
the  sons  of  Kilan  and  Azetas,  three- 
score and  seven :  the  sons  of  "  Azaru, 


16  four  hundred  thirty  and  two  -.  the  sons 
of  "  Annis,  a  hundred  and  one :  the 
sons  of  Arom :  the  sons  of  '^  Bassai, 
three  hundred  twenty  and  three :  the 
sons  of  Arsiphurith,  a  hundred  and 

17 twelve:  the  sons  of  Baiterus,  three 
thousand  and  five :  the  sous  of  -^  Beth- 
lomon,  a  hundred  twenty  and  three : 

18  they  of  Netophas,  fifty  and  five  :  they 
of  Anathoth.  a  hundred  fifty  and 
eight :  they  of  -  Bethasmoth,  forty  and 

19  two :  they  of  ^  Kariathiarius,  twenty 
and  five :  they  of  Caphira  and  Beroth, 

20  seven  hundred  forty  and  three :  the 
Chadiasai  and  Ammidioi,  foiu-  hun- 
dred twenty  and  two :  they  of  -*  Kira- 
ma  and  -=  Gabbe,  six  hundred  twenty 

2 land  one:  they  of  -"  Macalon,  a  hun- 
dred twenty  and  two :  they  of  ='  Beto- 
lion,  fifty  and  two  :  the  sons  of  -*  Ni- 

22  phis,  a  hundred  fifty  and  six  :  the  sons 
of  -"  Calamolalus  and  ^  Onus,  seven 
hundred  twenty  and  five :  the  sons  of 
31  Jerechu,  ^-  three  hundred  forty  and 

23  five :  the  sons  of  "'^  Sanaas,  three 
thousand  three  hundred  and  '^*  thirty. 

24  The  priests :  the  sons  of  S"  Jeddn,  the 
son  of  Jesus,  among  the  sons  of  Sana- 
sib,  3"  nine  hundred  seventy  and  two : 
the  sons  of  ='  Emmeruth,  ■■*  a  thousand 

25  fifty  and  two  :  the  sons  of"  Phassurus, 
a  thousand  two  hundred  forty  and  se- 
ven :  the  sons  of  ^"  Charme,  ^*  a  thou- 

26  sand  and  seventeen.  The  Levites  : 
the  sons  of  Jesus,  and  Kadmiel,  and 
Bannas,  and  Sudias,  seventy  and  four. 

27  The  holy  singers  :  the  sons  of  Asaph, 

28  a  hundred  ^'  twenty  and  eight.  The 
porters  :  tlie  sons  of  *-  Salnm,  the  sons 
of  «Atar,  the  sons  of  Tolman,  the 
sons  of  **  Dacubi,  the  sons  of  *^  Ateta, 
the  sons  of  *^  Sabi,  in  all  a  hundred 

29  thirty  and  nine.  The  temple-servants: 
the  sons  of  "  Esau,  the  sons  of  "  Asl- 
pha,  the  sons  of  Tabaoth,  the  sons  of 
*"  Keras,  the  sons  of  °"  Sua,  the  sons  of 
"  Phaleas,  the   sons  of  Labaua,  the 

30  sons  of  ^-  Aggaba,the  sons  of "  Acud, 
the  sons  of  Uta,  the  sons  of  Ketab,  the 
sons  of  "3  Accaba,  the  sons  of  '^  Subai, 
the  sons  of  ^^Anan,  the  sons  of '"Ca- 

31  thua,  the  sons  of  »"  Geddur,  the  sons 
of  ^'«  Jairus,  the  sons  of  ^'^  Daisan,  the 
sons  of '5"  Noeba,  the  sons  of  Chaseba, 
the  sons  of  "i  Gazera,  the  sons  of 
"-  Ozias,  the  sons  of  •»  Phinoe,  the  sons 
of  Asara,  the  sons  of  '^  Basthai,  the 
sons  of  "^  Asana.  the  sons  of  ^^  Maani, 
the  sons  of  "  Naphisi,  the  sons  of 
■^^  Acub,  the  sons  of  ^^  Achipha,  the 
sons  of  ™  Asur,  the  sons  of  Pharakim, 

32  the  sons  of  ''  Basaloth,  the  sons  of 
''''  Meedda,  the  sous  of  Cntha.  the  sons 
of  "  Charea,  the  sons  of  '*  Barchns, 
the  sons  of  '■'^  Serar,  the  sons  of  '^  Tho- 


lai. 


66  Ha- 
nan. 

nB  Girldel.  ^■>  Go  hat:  ^b  Jieaiah.  ^»  Bezin.  so  J\>iorfa. 
61  finzzam.  82  Czza.  ea  Paseoh.  si  Bei:ni.  66  Asnah. 
S8  j/e«H!m.  ^T  Nephishn.  ^«  Rnkbuk.  According  to  other 
readings,  j^ei/m,  or  ^ch;)/i.  ^a  JJaJcupha.  '">  Hwhur.  Tifiaz- 
luth.  Ti  Mehiiia.  t^  Harsha.  7*  Barkos.  i^Sisera.  i^Te- 
mah. 


5.  47. 


I.  ESDRAS. 


5.  61. 


mei,  the  sons  of  '  Nasi,  the  sons  of 

33  Atiplia.  The  sons  of  the  servants  of 
Solomon ;  the  sons  of  ^  Assaphioth, 
the  sons  of  ^  I'harida,  tlic  sons  of 
*  Jeeli,  tlie  sons  of  •'•  Lozon,  the  sons 
of  "  Isdael,  the    sons  of  ■  Saphntlii, 

34  the  sons  of  "  Agia,  the  sons  of  "  I'ha- 
careth,  the  sons  of  Sahie,  tlie  sons  of 
Sarothie,  the  sons  of  '"  Masias,  the 
sons  of  (ias,  the  sons  of  Adchis,  the 
sons  of  Snbas,  the  sons  of  Apherra, 
the  sons  of  Harodis,  the  sons  of  S.i- 

35  phat,  the  sons  of  AHon.  All  the  tem- 
ple-servants, and  the  sons  of  lite  ser- 
vants of  Solomon,  were  tln-ee  hundred 

36  seventy  and  two.  These  came  up 
from  "  Thermeleth,  and  '^  Thelersas, 
"  Charaathalan    leading    them,  and 

37  Allar  ;  and  they  could  not  shew  their 
families,  nor  their  stock,  how  they 
were  of  Israel :  the  sons  of  '*  Dalan 
the  son  of  '■'  Ban,  the  sons  of  "">  Neko- 

38  dan,  six  hundred  fifty  and  two.  And 
of  the  priests,  they  that  usurped  the 
office  of  the  priesthood  and  were  not 
found  :  tlie  sons  of  '■  Obdia.  the  sons 
of  "  Akkos,  the  sons  of  .laddus.  who 
married  Augia  one  of  the  daughters 
of  '"Zorzelleus,  and  was  called  after 

39  his  name.  And  when  the  description 
of  the  kindred  of  these  men  was 
sought  in  the  register,  and  was  not 
found,  they  were  removed  from  e.\e- 

40  cuting  the  office  of  tlie  priesthood  :  for 
unto  them  said  Nelieniias  and  Attha- 
rias,  that  tliey  sliouhl  not  he  partakers 
of  the  holy  things,  till  there  arose 
up  a  high  priest  wearing  ^''  Urim  and 

41Thummim.  So  all  they  of  Israel, 
from  twelve  years  old  and  vpvard, 
beside  menservants  and  womenser- 
vants,  were  in  numher  forty  and  two 
thousand   three  hundred  and    sixty. 

42  Their  menservants  and  handmaids 
were  seven  thousand  three  hundred 
thirty  and  seven :  the  minstrels  and 
singers,  two  hundred  forty  and  five  : 

43  four  himdred  thirty  and  five  camels, 
seven  ='  thousand  thirty  and  six 
horses,  two  hundred  forty  and  five 
mules,  five  thousand  five  hundred 
twenty    and  five   beasts  of    burden. 

44  And  certain  of  the  chief  men  of  their 
families,  wlien  they  came  to  the  tem- 
ple of  (iod  that  is  in  Jerusalem,  vow- 
ed to  set  up  the  house  again  in  its 
own  place  according  to  their  ability, 

45  and  to  give  into  the  holy  treasury  of 
the  works  a  thousand  pounds  of  gold, 
Ave  thousan<l  of  silver,  and  a  hundred 

46  priestly  vestments.  And  the  priests 
and  the  Levites  and  they  that  were 
of  the  people  dwelt  in  Jerusalem  and 
the  country ;  the  holy  singers  also  and 
the  porters  and  all  Israel  in  their 
villages. 

47  Hut  when  the  seventh  month  was  at 
hand,  and  when  the  children  of  Israel 
were  every  man  in  his  own  place,  they 
came  all  together  with  one  consent 


into  the  broad  place  before  the  first 
48  porch  which  is  toward  the  east.  Then 
stood  up  Jesus  the  son  of  Josedek, 
and  liis  lircthren  the  priests, and  Zoro- 
balicl  tlie  son  of  Salathiel,  and  his 
brethren,  and  made  ready  the  altar  of 
4 it  the  (iod  of  Israel,  to  olfcr  bmnt  sac- 
rifices upon  it,  according  as  it  is 
expressly  connnanded  in  the  book  of 

50  Moses  the  man  of  (iod.  And  certain 
were  gathered  unto  them  out  of  the 
other  nations  of  the  laud,  and  they 
erected  the  altar  upon  its  own  place, 
because  all  the  nations  of  tlie  land 
were  at  enmity  with  them,  and  op- 
pressed them  ;  and  they  olfered  sacri- 
fices according  to  the  time,  and  burnt 
offerings  to  the  Lord  both  morning 

5 1  and  evening.  Also  they  held  the  feast 
of  tabernacles,  as  it  is  commanded  in 
the  law,  and  offered  sacrifices  daily, 

52  as  was  meet :  and  after  that,  the  con- 
tinual oblations,  and  the  sacrifices  of 
the  sabbaths,  and  of  the  new  moons, 
and   of   all   the    consecrated  feasts. 

53  And  all  they  that  had  made  any  vow 
to  God  began  to  offer  sacrifices  to 
God  from  the  new  moon  of  the  -■  se- 
venth month,  although  the  temi)le  of 

54  (iod  was  not  yet  built.  And  they 
gave  money  unto  the  masons  and  car- 

55  penters ;  and  meat  and  drink,  and 
cars  unto  them  of  Sidon  and  Tyre, 
that  they  should  bring  cedar  trees 
from  Liliainis,  niul  convey  them  in 
floats  to  tlie  haven  of  Joppa,  accord- 
ing to  tlie  commandment  wh'ch  was 
written  for  them  by  Cyrus  king  of  the 

56  Persians.  And  in  the  second  year 
after  his  coming  to  the  temiile  of  God 
at  Jerusalem,  in  the  seirond  month, 
began  Zorobabel  the  son  of  Salathiel, 
and  Jesus  the  son  of  Josedek,  and 
their  brethren,  and  the  priests  the 
Levites,  and  all  they  that  were  come 
unto  Jerusalem  out  of  the  captivity  : 

57  and  they  laid  the  foundation  of  the 
temple  of  God  on  the  new  moon  of  the 
second  month,  in  the  second  year 
after  they  were  come  to  Jewry  and 

58  Jerusalem.  "  And  they  appointed  the 
Levites  from  twenty  years  old  over 
the  works  of  the  Lord.  Then  stood  up 
.lesus,  and  his  sons  and  brethren,  and 
Kadmiel  his  brother,  and  the  sons  of 
Jesus,  Emadabun,  ami  the  sons  of 
Joda  the  son  of  Iliadun,  and  their 
sons  and  brethren,  all  the  Levites, 
with  one  accord  setters  forward  of 
the  business,  labouring  to  advance  the 
works  in  the  house  of  God.  So  the 
builders  builded   the   temple  of  the 

59  Lord.  And  the  priests  stood  arrayed 
in  their  vestments  with  musical  in- 
struments and  trumpets,  and  the  Le- 
vites the  sons  of  Asaph  with  their 

60  cymbals,  singing  songs  of  thanksgiv- 
ing, and  praisinp  the  Lord,  after  the 

61  order  of  David  king  of  Israel.  And 
they  sang  aloud,  praising  the  Lord 


6.  4. 


I.  ESDRAS. 


6.  21. 


in  songs  of  thanksgiving,  because  liis 
goodness  and  his  glory  are  for  ever  in 

62  all  Israel.  And  all  the  people  sounded 
trumpets,  and  shouted  with  a  loud 
voice,  singing  songs  of  thanksgiving 
unto  the  Lord  for  the  rearing  up  of 

63  the  house  of  the  Lord.  '  Also  of  the 
priests  the  Levites,  and  of  the  heads 
of  their  families,  the  ancients  wlio 
had  seen  the  former  house  came  to 
the  building  of  this  with  lamentation 

64  and  great  weeping.  But  many  with 
trumpets  and  joy  shouted  with  loud 

65  voice,  insomuch  that  the  people  heard 
not  the  trumpets  for  the  weeping  of 
the  people  :  for  the  multitude  sounded 
marvellously,  so  that  it  was  heard 
afar  oif. 

66  2  Wherefore  when  the  enemies  of  the 
tribe  of  Judah  and  Beniamin  heard  it, 
they  came  to  know  what  that  noise  of 

67  trumpets  should  mean.  And  they 
perceived  that  they  that  were  of  the 
captivity  did  build  the  temple  unto 

68  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel.  So  they 
went  to  Zorobabel  and  Jesus,  and  to 
the  chief  men  of  the  families,  and  said 
unto  them.  We  will  build  together 

69  with  you.  For  we  likewise,  as  ye,  do 
obey  your  Lord,  and  do  sacrifice  unto 
him  from  the  days  of  ^  Asbasareth  the 
king  of  the  Assyrians,  who  brought 

70  us  hither.  Then  Zorobabel  and  Jesus 
and  the  chief  men  of  the  families  of 
Israel  said  unto  them.  It  is  not  *for 
you  to  build  the  house  unto  the  Lord 

71  our  God.  We  ourselves  alone  will 
build  unto  the  Lord  of  Israel,  accord- 
ing as  Cyrus  the  king  of  the  Persians 

72  hath  commanded  us.  But  the  heathen 
of  the  land  lying  heavy  upon  the  in- 
habitants of  Judnea,  and  ^  holding 
them  strait,  hindered  their  building; 

73  and  "by  their  secret  plots,  and  popu- 
lar persuasions  and  commotions,  they 
hindered  the  finishing  of  the  building 
all  the  time  that  king  Cyrus  lived :  so 
they  were  hindered  from  building  for 
the  space  of  two  years,  until  the 
reign  of  Darius. 

6  Now  ^  in  the  second  year  of  the  reign 
of  Darius,  Agga-us  and  Zacharias  the 
son  of  « Addo,  the  proplieta,  prophe- 
sied unto  the  Jews  in  Jewry  and  Je- 
rusalem ;  in  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
the  God  of  Israel,   prophesied  they 

2  unto  them.  Then  stood  up  Zorobabel 
the  son  of  Salathiel,  and  Jesus  the 
son  of  Josedek,  and  began  to  build 
the  house  of  the  Lord  at  Jerusalem, 
the  prophets  of  the  Lord  being  with 

3  them,  and  helping  them.  "  At  the 
same  time  came  unto  them  '"Sislnnes 
the  governor  of  Syria  and  Phoenicia, 
with   "  Sathrabuzanes  and  his  coni- 

4  panions,  and  said  unto  them.  By 
whose  appointment  do  ye  build  this 
house  and  this  roof,  and  perform  all 
the  other  tilings?  and  who  are  the 
builders  that  perform  these  things? 


5  Nevertheless  the  elders  of  the  Jews 
obtained  favour,  because    the  Lord 

6  had  visited  the  captivity ;  and  they 
were  not  hindered  from  building,  un- 
til such  time  as  comminiication  was 
made  unto  Darius  concerning  them, 
and  his  answer  signified. 

7  The  copy  of  the  letter  which  Sisinnes, 
governor  of  Syria  and  Phoenicia,  and 
Sathrabuzanes,  with  their  compan- 
ions, the  rulers  in  Syria  and  Phoeni- 
cia, wrote  and  sent  unto  Darius ;  To 

8  king  Darius,  greeting :  Let  all  things 
be  known  unto  our  lord  the  king,  that 
Ijeing  come  into  the  country  of  Judpea, 
and  entered  into  the  city  of  Jerusa- 
lem, we  found  in  the  city  of  Jertisa- 
lem  the  elders  of  the  Jews  that  were 

9  of  the  captivity  building  a  house  unto 
the  Lord,  great  and  new,  of  hewn  and 
costly  stones,  with  timber  laid  in  the 

10  walls.  And  those  works  are  done 
with  great  speed,  and  the  work  goeth 
on  prosperously  in  their  hands,  and 
with  all  glory  and  diligence  is  it  ac- 

11  complished.  Then  asked  we  these  el- 
ders, saying.  By  wliose  commandment 
build  ye  this  house,  and  lay  the  foun- 

12  dations  of  these  works?  Therefore, 
to  the  intent  that  we  might  give  know- 
ledge unto  thee  by  writing  who  were 
the  chief  doers,  we  questioned  them, 
and  we  required  of  them  the  names 

13  in  writing  of  their  principal  men.  So 
they  gave  us  this  answer.  We  are  the 
servants  of   the   Lord  which    made 

14  heaven  and  earth.  And  as  for  this 
house,  it  was  builded  many  years  ago 
by  a  king  of  Israel  great  and  strong, 

15  and  was  finished.  But  when  our  fa- 
thers sinned  against  the  Lord  of  Isra- 
el which  is  in  heaven,  and  provoked 
him  unto  wrath,  he  gave  them  over 
into  the  hands  of  Nabuchodonosor 
king  of  Babylon,  king  of  the  Chalde- 

16  ans;  and  they  pulled  down  the  house, 
and  burned  it,  and  carried  away  the 

17  people  captives  unto  Babylon.  But 
in  the  first  year  that  Cyrus  reigned 
over  the  country  of  Babylon,  king 
Cyrus  wrote  to  build  up  this  house. 

18  And  the  holy  vessels  of  gold  and  of 
silver,  that  Nabuchodonosor  had  car- 
ried away  out  of  the  house  at  Jerusa- 
lem, and  had  set  up  in  his  own  tem- 
ple, those  Cyrus  the  king  brought 
forth  again  out  of  the  temple  in  Baby- 
lonia, and  they  were  delivered  to  Zo- 
robabel and  to  i^Sanabassarus  the 

19  governor,  with  commandment  that  he 
should  carry  away  "all  these  vessels, 
and  put  them  in  the  temple  at  Jeru- 
salem; and  that  the  temple  of  the 
Lord   should    be  built  in   its    place. 

20  Then  Sanabassarus,  being  come  hi- 
ther, laid  the  foundations  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord  which  is  in  Jerusalem; 
and  from  that  time  to  this  being  still 
a  building,  it  is  not  yet  fully  ended. 

21  Now  therefore,  if  it  seem  good,  O  khig. 


8 


8.  34. 


I.  ESDRAS. 


8.  3. 


let  searcli  be  made  amoiij;  the  royal 
archives  of  our  lord  the  king  that  are  | 

22  in  Kabylon :  and  if  it  be  found  tiiat  the     7 
buildiufi  of    tlie  house   of   Hie    Lord 
which  is  in  .lerusalein  hath  l)eeii  done 
with  the  consent  of  kintr  Cyrus, and  it 
seem  Kood  unto  oin-  lord  tlie  king,  let  |    2 
him  sitrnify  unto  us  tliereof.  j 

23  '  Then   coinmanded  king  Darius  to  |    3 
seek  among  tlie  arcliives  that  were  laid  j 
up  at  Babylon  :  and  so  at  Kebatana  I 
the  |>alace,  wliich  is  in  the  country  of  j    4 
Media,  there  was  foinida^roll  wherein 

24  these  things  wi-re  recorded.     In  tiie  , 
first  year  of  tlie  reign  of  Cyrus  king  i 
Cyrus    commande<l    to  build    up  the       5 
house  of  the  Lord  whicli  is  in  .lerusa-  , 
lem,  wheie  they  do  sacrilice  with  con- 

itiiiualllre:  whose  height  shall  be  sixty  6 
cubits,  and  the  breadth  sixty  cubits, 
with  three  rows  of  hewn  stones,  and 
out!  row  of  new  wood  of  that  country  ; 
and  the  ex|ienses  thereof  to  be  given 
26 out  of  the  house  of  king  Cyrus:  and 
tiiat  the  holy  vessels  of  the  house  of 
the  Loiil,  both  of  gold  and  silver,  that 
Nabuchodonosor  took  out  of  the  house 
at  Jerusalem,  and  carried  away  to  Ba- 
bylon, should  be  restored  to  the  house 
at  .Jerusalem,  and  be  set  in  the  i)iace 

27  where  they  were  before.    And  also  he 

commanded  that  Sisinnes  the  gover-  | 

nor  of  Syria  and  l'h(Bnieia,aiKl  Sathra- 1 

buzaiies,  and  their  companions,  and  1 

those  which  were  appointed  rulers  in 

Syria  and  Pha'uicia,  should  be  careful  j 

not  to  meddle  with  the  place,  but  suf-  j  10 

fer  Zorobabel,  the  servant  of  the  Lord,  ; 

and  governor  of  JiuUea,  and  the  elders 

of  the  .lews,  to  build  that  house  of  the 

28  Lord  in  its  place.    And  I  also  do  com-    11 
mand  to  have  it  built  up  whole  again ;  [ 
and  that  they  look  diligently  to  help  I 
those  that  be  of  the  captivity  of  Juda?a,    12 
till  the  house  of  the  Lord  be  finished: 

29and  that  out  of  the  tribute  of  Cffile-  j 
Syria  and  Phoenicia  a  portion  be  care-  [  13 
fully  given  these  men  for  the  sacrifices  I 
of  tlie  Lord,  that  is,  to  Zorobabel  the 
governor,  for  bullocks,  and  rams,  and 

30 lambs;  and  also  corn,  salt,  wine,  and  I 
oil,  and  that  continually  every  year    14 
without  further  question,  according  as  j 
the  priests  tiiat  l)e  in  .Terusalem  shall  ' 

31  signify  to  be  daily  spent:  that  drink     1.5 
offerings  may  be  made  to  the  Most 
High  God  for  the  king  ami  for  his 
children,  and  that  they  may  pray  for 

32  their  lives.    And  that  commandment     8 
be  given  that  whosoever  shall  trans-  , 
gress,yea,or  neglect  anything-'  herein  ; 
written,  out  of  his  own  house  shall  a 
tree  be  taken,  and  he  thereon  be  hang-      2 
ed,  and  all  his  goods  seized  for  the  i 

33  king.  The  Lord  therefore,  whose  name 
is  there  c:illed  upon,  utterly  destroy 
every  king  and  nation,  that  shall 
stretch  out  his  hand  to  hinder  or  en- 
flnmage  that  house  of  the  Lord    in      3 

34  Jerusalem.    I  Darius  the  king  have  i 


ordained  that  accor<liiig  unto  these 
things  it  be  done  with  diligence. 

Then''  iSisinnes  the  governor  of  C(jele- 
syria  and  Phueuicia,  and  .Sathrabu- 
zanes,  with  their  companions,  follow- 
ing the  commandments  of  king  Darius, 
did  very  carefully  oversee  the  holy 
works,  assisting  the  elders  of  the  .Jews 
anil  rulers  of  tlic  teiiipli;.  And  so  the 
holy  woiks  jirospered,  while  Agganis 
and  Zacharias  tlie  prophets  prophe- 
sied. And  they  finished  these  things 
by  the  commandni«ut  of  the  I.iorcl,tlie 
God  of  Israel,  and  with  the  consent  of 
Cyrus,  Darius,  and  Artaxerxes,  kings 
of  the  Persians.  And  thus  was  '•  the 
house  linished  by  the  three  and  twen- 
tieth day  of  the  month  Adar,  in  the 
sixth  year  of  king  Darius.  And  the 
children  of  Israel,  the  priests,  and  the 
Levites,  and  the  other  that  were  of 
the  captivity,  that  were  added  tinto 
them,  did  according  to  the  things 
written  in  the  book  of  Moses.  And  to 
the  dedication  of  the  temple  of  the  Lord 
they  offered  a  hnndreil  bullocks,  two 
Inuulred  rams,  four  hundred  lambs ; 
(ind  twelve  he-goats  for  the  sin  of  all 
Israel,  according  to  the  number  of  the 
twelve "  princes  of  the  tribes  of  Israel. 
The  priests  also  and  the  Levites  stood 
arrayed  in  their  vestments,  according 
to  their  kindreds,  for  the  services  of 
the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel,  according 
to  the  book  of  Moses  :  and  the  porters 
at  every  gate. 

And  the  children  of  Israel  that  came 
out  of  the  captivity  held  the  passover 
the  fourteenth  day  of  the  first  month, 
when  the  priests  and  the  Levites  were 
sanctified  together, '  and  all  they  that 
were  of  the  captivity ;  for  they  were 
sanctified.  For  the  Levites  were  all 
sanctified  together,  and  they  ofl'ered 
the  passover  for  all  them  of  the  cap- 
tivity, and  for  their  brethren  the 
priests,  and  for  themselves.  And  the 
children  of  Israel  that  came  out  of  the 
captivity  did  eat,  even  all  they  that 
had  separated  themselves  from  the 
abominations  of  the  heathen  of  the 
land,  and  sought  the  Lonl.  And  they 
kept  the  feast  of  unleavened  bread 
.seven  days,  making  merry  before  the 
Lord,  for  that  he  had  turned  the 
counsel  of  the  king  of  Assyria  toward 
them,  to  strengthen  their  hands  in  the 
works  of  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel. 

t'And  after  these  things,  when  Artax- 
erxes  the  king  of  the  Persians  reigned, 
came  Esdras  the  son  of  Azaraias,  the 
son  of  Zechrias,  the  son  of  Helkias,  the 
son  of  Salem,  the  son  of  Sadduk,  the 
son  of  Ahitob,  the  son  of  Amariaa,  the 
son  of  Ozias,  "  the  son  of  Memeroth, 
the  son  of  Zaraias,  the  son  of  Savias, 
the  son  of  Boccas,  the  son  of  Ahisue, 
the  son  of  Phinees,the  son  of  Eleazar, 
the  son  of  Aaron  the  chief  priest.  This 
Esdras  went  up  from  Babylon,  as  be- 


8.  19. 


I.  ESDRAS. 


I  38. 


iiig  a  ready  scribe  in  tlie  law  of  Moses, 
tliat  was  given  by  tlie  God  of  Israel. 

4  And  the  king  did  him  honour :  for  he 
found  grace  in  his  sight  in  all  his  re- 

5  quests.  There  went  up  with  him  also 
certain  of  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
of  the  priests,  and  Levites,  and  holy 
singers,  and    porters,  and   ^  temple- 

6  servants,  unto  Jerusalem,  in  the  se- 
venth year  of  the  reign  of  Artaxerxes, 
in  the  fiftli  month,  this  was  the  king's 
seventh  year ;  for  they  went  from 
Babylon  on  the  new  moon  of  the  first 
month,  and  came  to  Jerusalem,  ac- 
cording to  the  prosperous  journey 
which  the  Lord  gave  them  -for  his 

7  sake.  For  Esdras  had  very  great 
skill,  so  that  he  omitted  nothing  of 
the  law  and  commandments  of  the 
Lord,  but  taught  all  Israel  the  ordi- 
nances and  judgements. 

8  Now  the  commission,  which  was 
written  from  Artaxerxes  the  king, 
came  to  Esdras  tlie  priest  and  reader 
of  the  law  of  the  Lord,  whereof  this 

9  that  followeth  is  a  copy ;  King  Artax- 
erxes unto  Esdras  the  priest  iind 
reader  of  the  law  of  the  Lord,  greet- 

lOing:  Having  determined  to  deal  gra- 
ciously, I  have  given  order,  that  such 
of  the  nation  of  the  Jews,  and  of  the 
priests  and  Levites,  ^  and  of  those 
within  our  realm,  as  are  willing  and 
desirous,  should  go  with  thee  unto 

11  Jerusalem.  As  many  therefore  as 
have  a  mind  thereunto,  let  them  de- 
part with  thee,  as  it  hath  seemed  good 
both  to  me  and  my  seven  friends  the 

12  counsellors  ;  that  they  may  look  unto 
the  affairs  of  Judjea  and  Jerusalem, 
agreeably  to  that  which  is  in  the  law 

13  of  the  Lord,  and  carry  the  gifts  unto 
the  Lord  of  Israel  to  Jerusalem,  which 
I  and  my  friends  have  vowed ;  and 
that  all  the  gold  and  silver  that  can 
be  found  in  the  country  of  Babylonia 

14  for  the  Lord  in  Jerusalem,  with  that 
also  which  is  given  of  the  people  for 
the  temple  of  the  Lord  their  God  that 
is  at  Jerusalem,  be  collected :  even 
the  gold  and  silver  for  bullocks,  rams, 
and  lambs,  and  things  thereunto  ap- 

15  pertaining;  to  the  end  that  they  may 
offer  sacrifices  unto  the  Lord  upon 
the  altar  of  the  Lord  their  God,  which 

16  is  in  Jerusalem.  And  whatsoever 
thou  and  thy  brethren  are  minded 
to  do  with  gold  and  silver,  that  per- 
form, according  to  the  will  of  thy  God. 

17  And  the  holy  vessels  of  the  Lord, 
which  are  given  thee  for  the  use  of 
the  temple  of  thy  God,  which  is  in 

1 8  Jerusalem :  and  v/hatsoever  thing  else 
thou  Shalt  remember  for  the  use  of  the 
temple  of  thy  God,  thou  shalt  give  it 

19  out  of  the  king's  treasury.  And  I  king 
Artaxerxes  have  also  commanded  the 
keepers  of  the  treasures  in  Syria  and 
Phoenicia,  that  whatsoever  Esdras  the 
priest  and  reader  of  the  law  of  the 


Most  High  God  shall  send  for,  they 
should  give  it  him  with  all  diligence, 

20  to  the  sum  of  a  hundred  talents  of 
silver,  likewise  also  of  wheat  even  to 
a  hundred  ^  measm-es,  and  a  hundred 
firkins  of  wine,  and  °  salt  in  abun- 

21  dance.  Let  all  things  be  performed 
after  the  law  of  God  diligently  unto 
the  Most  High  God,  that  wrath  come 
not  upon  the  kingdom  of  the  king  and 

22  his  sons.  I  command  you  also,  that 
no  tax,  nor  any  other  imposition,  be 
laid  on  any  of  the  priests,  or  Levites, 
or  holy  singers,  or  porters,  or  temple- 
servants,  or  any  that  have  employ- 
ment in  this  temple,  and  that  no  man 
have  authority  to  impose   anything 

23  upon  them.  And  thou,  Esdras,  ac- 
cording to  the  wisdom  of  God  ordain 
judges  and  justices,  that  they  may 
judge  in  all  Syria  and  Phoenicia  all 
those  that  know  the  law  of  thy  God ; 
and  those  that  know  it  not  thou  shalt 

24  teach.  And  whosoever  shall  trans- 
gress the  law  of  thy  God,  and  of  tlie 
king,  shall  be  punished  diligently, 
whether  it  be  by  death,  or  other  pun- 
ishment, by  penalty  of  money,  or  by 
'''  imprisonment. 

25  Then  said  Esdras  the  scribe.  Blessed 
be  the  only  Lord,  the  God  of  my 
fathers,  who  hath  put  these  things 
into  the  heart  of  the  king,  to  glorify 

26  his  house  that  is  in  Jerusalem  :  and 
hath  honoured  me  in  the  sight  of  the 
king,  and  his  counsellors,  and  all  his 

27  friends  and  nobles.  Therefore  was  I 
encouraged  by  the  help  of  the  Lord 
my  God,  and  gathered  together  out  of 

28  Israel  men  to  go  up  with  me.  And 
these  are  the  chief  according  to  their 
families  and  the  several  divisions 
thereof,  that  went  up  with  me  from 
Babylon  in  the  reign  of  king  Artax- 

29  erxes  :  of  the  sons  of  Phinees,  Gerson  : 
of  the  sons  of  Ithamar,  Gamael :  of  the 
sons  of  David,  '  Attus  ^  the  son  of  Se- 

30  chenias :  of  the  sons  of  Phoros,  Zacha- 
rias;  and  with  him  were  counted  a 

31  hundred  and  fifty  men:  of  the  sons  of 
Phaath  Moab,  Eliaonias  the  son  of 
"  Zaraias,  and  with  him  two  hundred 

32  men:  '"of  the  sous  of  Zathoes,  Se- 
chenias  tlie  son  of  Jezelus,  and  with 
him  "  three  hundred  men :  of  the  sons 
of  Adin,  Obeth  the  son  of  Jonathan, 
and  with  him  two  hundred  and  fifty 

33  men  :  of  the  sons  of  Elam,  Jesias  son 
of  '2  Gotholias,  and  with  him  seventy 

34  men  :  of  the  sons  of  Saphatias,  "  Za- 
raias son  of  Michael,  and  with  him 

35  threescore  and  ten  men :  of  the  sons 
of  Joab,  1*  Abadias  son  of  i°  Jezelus, 
and  with  him  two  hundred  and  twelve 

36  men : "  of  the  sons  of  Banias,  Salimoth 
son  of   Josaphias,  and  with   him  a 

37  hundred  and  threescore  men:  of  the 
sons  of  Babi,  Zacharias  son  of  Bebai, 
and  with  him  twenty  and  eight  men : 

38  of  the  sons  of  "  Astath,  Joannes  son 


10 


8.  58. 


I.  ESDRAS. 


of  >  Akatan,  aiul  with  liiin  a  luindred 

39 and  ten  men:  of  the  sons  of  Adoni- 

kam,  the  last, and  these  are  the  names 

of  them,  Kliphahit,  .Jenel,  and  ^Sama- 

40  ias,  and  with  them  seventy  men:  of 
the  sons  of  =  Bago,  Uthi  tlie  son  of 
Istalcni'us,  and  with  hiui  seventy  men. 

41  And  I  gathered  them  together  to 
the  river  called  Theras ;  and  there 
we  pitehed  our  tents  three  days,  and 

42  I  surveyed  them.  But  when  I  had 
found  there  none  of  the  priests  and 

43  Levites,  thensent  I  unto  Eleazar,  and 

44  *  [duel,  and  ^  Maasmas,  and  Klnathan, 
and  Samaias,  and  f'Joribus,  Nathan, 
Ennatan,  Zacharias,  and  Mosolla- 
mus,  principal  men  and  men  of  under- 

45  standing.  And  I  bade  them  that  they 
should  go  unto  "  Loddeus  the  captain, 
who  was  in  the  place  of  Hhe  trea- 

4G  sury :  and  connnanded  them  that  they 
should  speak  unto  Loddeus.  and  to 
his  brethren,  and  to  the  treasurers  in 
that  place,  to  send  us  such  men  as 
might  execute  the  priests'  office  in 

47  the  house  of  our  Lord.  And  by  the 
mighty  hand  of  our  Lord  they  l)rought 
unto  us  "men  of  understanding  of  the 
sons  of  "  Mooli  the  son  of  l^evi,  the  son 
of  Israel,  ">  Asebebias,  and  his  sons, 
and  his  brethren,  wlio  were  eighteen, 

48  and  '*  Asebias,  and  Annuus,  and  Osa- 
ias  his  brother,  of  the  sons  of  Cha- 
nuneus,  and  their  sons  were  twenty 

49  men ;  and  of  the  temple-servants  whom 
David  and  the  principal  men  had  ap- 
pointed for  the  service  of  the  Levites, 
two  hundred  and  twenty  temple-ser- 
vants, the  catalogue  of  all  their  names 

50  was  shewed.  And  there  I  vowed  a 
fast  for  the  yoinig  men  before  our 
Lord,  to  desire  of  him  a  prosperous 
journey  both  for  us  and  for  our  chil- 
dren and  cattle  that  were  with  us: 

51  for  I  was  ashamed  to  ask  of  the  king 
footmen,  and  horsemen,  and  conduct 
for   safeguard  against  our  adversa- 

52  ties.  For  we  had  said  unto  the  king, 
that  the  power  of  our  Lord  would  be 
with  them  tliat  seek  him,  to  support 

53  them  in  all  ways.  And  again  we  be- 
sought our  IvOrd  as  touching  these 
things,    and    found    him    favourable 

54  unto  i(s.  Then  I  separated  twelve 
men  of  the  chiefs  of  the  priests,  '=  Ese- 
rebias.  and  Assamias,  and  ten  men 

55  of  their  brethren  with  them :  and  I 
weighed  them  the  sliver,  and  the  gold, 
and  the  holy  vessels  of  the  house  of 
our  Lord,  which  the  king,  and  his 
counsellors,  and  the  nobles,  and  all 

56  Israel,  hatl  given.  And  when  I  liad 
weighed  it,  I  delivered  unto  them  six 
hundred  and  fifty  talents  of  silver,  and 
silver  vessels  of  a   hundred  talents, 

57  and  a  hundred  talents  of  gold,  and 
twenty  golden  vessels,  and  twelve 
vessels  of  brass,  even  of  fine  brass, 

58  glittering  like  gold.  And  I  said  unto 
them,  Both  ye  are  holy  unto  the  Lord, 


'•■*  and  the  vessels  are  holy,  and  the 
gold  and  the  silver  are  a  vow  unto 
the   Lord,  the   Lord  of  our  fathers. 

59  Watch  ye,  and  keep  tliem  till  ye  de- 
liver them  to  the  chiefs  of  the  priests 
and  I-evites,  and  to  the  principal  men 
of  the  families  of  Israel,  in  Jerusalem, 
in  the  cluunbers  of  the  lunise  of  our 

HO  Lord.  So  the  priests  and  the  Levites, 
who  receiveil  the  silver  and  the  gold 
and  the  vessels  which  were  in  Jerusa- 
lem, brought  them  into  the  temple  of 
the  Lord. 

Gl  And  from  the  river  Theras  we  de- 
parted the  twelfth  day  of  the  first 
month,  until  we  came  to  .Jerusalem, 
by  the  mighty  hand  of  our  Lord 
which  was  upon  us :  and  the  Lord 
delivered  us  from  assault  by  the 
way,  from  every  enemy,  and  so  we 

(i2  came  to  Jerusalem.  And  when  we 
had  been  there  three  days,  the  silver 
and  gold  was  weighed  and  delivered 
in  the  house  of  our  Loril  on  the  fourth 
day  unto  "  Marmoth   tlie  priest  the 

03  son  of  '"  Urias.  And  with  him  was 
Eleazar  the  son  of  I'hinees,  and  with 
them  were  Josabdusthe  son  of  Jesus 
and  '"  Moeththe  son  of  Sabannus,  the 
Levites:  all   was  dclireml  ilnni  by 

tj4  number  and  weight.  .■Vud  all  the 
weight  of  them  was  written  up  the 

65  same  hour.  Moreover  they  that  were 
come  out  of  the  captivity  offered  sac- 
rifices unto  the  Lord,  the  God  of 
Israel,  even  twelve  bullocks  for  all 
Israel,  fourscore  and  sixteen  rams, 

61)  threescore  and  twelve  lambs,  goats 
for  a    peace  offering,  twelve;   all  of 

67  them  a  sacrifice  to  the  Lord.  And 
they  delivered  the  king's  command- 
ments unto  the  king's  stewards,  and 
to  the  governors  of  Coclesyria  and 
Phoenicia ;  and  they  honoured  the 
peoi)le  and  the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

68  Now  when  these  things  were  done, 
the  principal  men  came  unto  me,  and 

69  said.  The  nation  of  Israel,  ami  the 
princes,  and  the  priests  and  the  Le- 
vites, have  not  put  away  from  them 
the  strange  people  of  the  land, "nor 
the  uncleannesses  of  the  (lentiles,  ^o 
w'(7,  of  the  Canaanites,  Hittites,  Phere- 
zites,  Jebusites,  and   the    Moabites, 

70  Egyptians,  and  Edomitcs.  For  both 
the>;uid  tlieirsons  have  married  with 
their  daugliters,  and  the  holy  seed  is 
mixed  with  the  strange  people  of  the 
laud  ;  and  from  the  beginning  of  this 
matter  the  rulers  and  the  nobles  have 

71  been  partakers  of  this  inifpiity.  And 
as  soon  as  I  had  heard  these  things, 
I  rent  my  clothes,  and  my  holy  gar- 
ment, and  i)luckc(l  ihc  hair  from  off 
my  head  and  beard,  and  sat  me  down 

72  sad  and  fidl  of  heaviness.  Soallthtty 
that  were  nioved  at  the  word  of  the 
lx)rd,  the  (iod  of  Israel,  assembled 
unto  me,  whilst  I  mourned  for  the 
iniquity:  but  1  sat  still  full  of  heavi- 


»J  An- 

otlier 
reudine 
is,  and 
the  holy 
VfHueU 
mill  the 
silver 
and  the 
gold  ifc. 


11 


8.  91. 


I.  ESDRAS. 


9.  14. 


73  ness  until  the  evening  sacrifice.  Tlien 
rising  up  from  tlie  fast  with  my  clothes 
and  my  holy  garment  rent,  and  bowing 
my  knees,  and  stretching  forth  my 

74  hands  unto  the  Lord,  I  said,  O  Lord,  I 
am  ashamed  and  confounded  before 

75  thy  face ;  for  our  sins  are  multiplied 
above  our  heads,  and  our  errors  have 

76  reached  up  unto  heaven,  ever  since 
the  time  of  our  fathers  ;  and  we  are  in 

77  great  sin,  even  unto  this  day.  And  for 
our  sins  and  our  fathers'  we  with  our 
brethren  and  our  liings  and  our  priests 
were  given  up  unto  the  kings  of  tlie 
earth,  to  the  sword,  and  to  captivity, 
and  for  a  prey  with  shame,  unto  tliis 

78  day.  And  now  in  some  measure  liatli 
mercy  been  sliewed  unto  us  from  thee, 
O  Lord,  that  there  should  be  left  us  a 
root  anil  a  name  in  tlie  place  of  thy 

79  sanctuary ;  and  to  discover  unto  us  a 
light  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  our  God, 
and  to  give  us  food  in  the  time  of  our 

80  servitude.  Yea,  when  we  were  in 
bondage,  v?e  were  not  forsaken  of  our 
Lord ;  but  he  made  us  gracious  before 
the  kings  of  Persia,  so  that  they  gave 

81  us  food,  and  glorified  the  temjile  of  our 
Lord,  and  raised  up  tlie  desolate  Sion, 
to  give  us  a  sure  abiding  in  Jewry  and 

82  Jerusalem.  And  now,  O  Lord,  what 
shall  we  say,  having  these  things  ?  for 
we  have  transgressed  thy  command- 
ments, which  thou  gavest  by  the  hand 
of  thy  servants  the  prophets,  saying, 

83  That  the  land  which  ye  enter  into  to 
possess  as  a  heritage,  is  a  land  pol- 
luted with  the  pollutions  of  the  stran- 
gers of  the  land,  and  they  have  filled 

84  it  with  their  nncleanness.  Therefore 
now  sliall  ye  not  join  your  daughters 
unto  their  sons,  neither  shall  ye  take 

85  their  daughters  unto  your  sons.  Nei- 
ther shall  ye  seek  to  have  peace  with 
them  for  ever,  that  ye  may  be  strong, 
and  eat  the  good  things  of  the  land, 
and  that  ye  may  leave  it  for  an  inherit- 
ance unto  your  children  for  evermore. 

86  And  all  that  is  befallen  is  done  unto  us 
for  our  wicked  works  and  great  sins  : 
for  thou,  O  Lord,  didst  make  our  sins 

87  Ught,  and  didst  give  unto  us  such  a 
root:  but  we  have  turned  back  again 
to  transgress  thy  law,  in  mingling 
ourselves  with    the  nncleanness    of 

88  the  heathen  of  the  land.  '  Thou  wast 
not  angry  with  us  to  destroy  us,  till 
thou  hadst  left  us  neither  root,  seed, 

89  nor  name.  O  Lonl  of  Israel,  thou  art 
true  :  for  we  are  left  a  root  this  day. 

90  Behold,  now  are  we  before  thee  in  our 
iniquities,  for  we  cannot  stand  any 
longer  before  thee  by  reason  of  these 
things. 

91  2  And  as  Esdras  in  his  prayer  made 
his  confession,  weeping,  and  lying  flat 
upon  the  ground  before  the  temple, 
there  gathered  unto  him  from  Jerusa- 
lem a  very  great  throng  of  men  and 
women  and  children :  for  there  was 


great  weeping  among  the  multitude. 

92  Then  Jechonias  the  son  of  Jeelus,  one 
of  the  sons  of  Israel,  called  out,  and 
said,  0  Esdras,  we  have  sinned  against 
the  Lord  God,  we  have  married 
strange  women  of  the  heathen  of  the 

93  land,  and  now  is  all  Israel  ^  aloft.  Let 
us  make  an  oath  unto  the  Lord  herein, 
that  we  will  put  away  all  our  wives, 
which  we  hare  taken  of  the  strangers, 

94  witli  their  children,  like  as  seemeth 
good  unto  thee,  and  to  as  many  as  do 

95  obey  the  law  of  the  Lord.  Arise,  and 
put  in  execution  ;  for  to  thee  doth  this 
matter  appertain,  and  we  will  be  with 

96  thee  to  do  valiantly.  So  Esdras  arose, 
and  took  an  oath  of  the  chief  of  the 
priests  and  Levites  of  all  Israel  to  do 
after  these  things ;  and  so  they  sware. 

Q  ■*  Then  Esdras  rising  from  the  court 
of  the  temple  went  to  the  chamber  of 

2  Jonas  the  son  of  Eliasib,  and  lodged 
there,  and  did  eat  no  bread  nor  drink 
water,  mourning  for  the  great  iniqui- 

3  ties  of  the  multitude.  And  there  \vas 
made  proclamation  in  all  Jewry  and 
Jerusalem  to  all  them  that  were  of 
the  captivity,  that  they    should  be 

4  gathered  together  at  Jerusalem ;  and 
that  whosoever  met  not  there  within 
two*  or  three  days,  according  as  the 
elders  that  bare  rule  appointed,  their 
cattle  should  lie  seized  to  the  use  of 
the  temple,  and  himself  cast  out  from 
the  multitude  of  them  that  were  of  the 
captivity. 

5  And  in  three  days  were  all  they  of  the 
tribe  of  Judah  and  Benjamin  gathered 
together  at  Jerusalem:  this  was  the 
ninth  month,  on  the  twentieth  day  of 

6  the  month.  And  all  the  multitude  sat 
together  trembling  in  the  broad  place 
before  the  temple  because  of  the  pre- 

7  sent  foul  weather.  So  Esdras  arose 
up,  and  said  unto  them,  Ye  have  trans- 
gressed the  law  and  married  strange 
wives,  thereby  to  increase  the  sins  of 

8  Israel.  And  now  make  confession  and 
give  glory  unto  the  Lord,  the  God  of 

9  our  fathers,  and  do  his  will,  and  sepa- 
rate yourselves  from  the  heathen  of 
the  land,  and  from  the  strange  women. 

10  Then  cried  the  whole  multitude,  and 
said  with  a  loud  voice.  Like  as  thou 

11  hast  spoken,  so  will  we  do.  But  for- 
asmuch as  the  multitiule  is  great,  and 
it  is  foul  weather,  so  that  we  cannot 
stand  without,  and  this  is  not  a  work 
of  one  day  or  two,  seeing  our  sin  in 

12  these  things  is  spread  far :  therefore 
let  the  rulers  of  the  multitude  stay, 
and  let  all  them  of  our  habitations 
that  have  strange  wives  come  at  the 

13  time  appointed,  and  with  them  the 
rulers  and  judges  of  every  place,  till 
we  turn  away  the  wrath  of  the  Lord 

14  from  us  for  this  matter.  Then  Jona- 
than the  son  of  Azael  and  ''  Ezekias 
the  son  of  Thocanus  accordingly  took 
the  matter  upon  them :  and  Mosolla- 


12 


9.  37. 


I.  ESDRAS. 


9.  55. 


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mus  ami   Levis  and  Sabbateus  were 

15  assessors  to  ilieni.  Ami  tliey  that 
were  of  tlie  caiitivily  iliil  according  to 
all  tlie.si'  tliiiii;s. 

16  And    i:,sdias   the   priest  chose  unto 
him  i)rimiiial  men   of  tlieir  families,    38 
all  by  name :  and  on  the  new  moon  of 
the  tenth   month   they  were  shut  in 

17  together  to  examine  the  matter.    So    3'J 
their  cause  that  held  strange  wives 
was   brou!,'ht  to  an  end  by  the  new 

18  moon  of  the  first  month.     And  of  the 
priests  that  were  come  togethei',  ami    40 
had  strange  wives,  there  were  found  ; 

19  of  the  sons  of  Jesus  the  son  of  Jose- 
dek.  and  his  brethren;  '  Mathelas, 
and  Eleazar,  and  -  Joribus,  and  ".lo-    41 

20a(lanus.  And  they  gave  their  hands 
to  put  away  their  wives,  and  to  offer 
rams  to  make  reconcilement  for  tiieir 

21  error.    And  of  the  suns  of  Emmer; 
Ananias,  and  Zabdeus,  and  *  Manes,  |  42 
and  '■  Sameus,  and  ^  Hiereel,  and  "Aza- 

22  rias.  And  of  the  sons  of  'Phaisur; 
Elionas,  Massias,  Ismael,and  Nathan-    43 

23  ael,  an<l "  Ocidelus,  and  '■'  Saloas.   And 
of  the  Levites;  Jozabdus,  and  Senieis, 
and  '"Colius,  who  was  called  "Call-    44 
tas,  and  "  Fathcus,  and  Judas,  and 

24  Jona.s.    Of  the  holy  singers;  '^  Eliasl- 
25biis,  Hacchurus.    Of  the  porters ;  Sal-    45 

26  lunius,  and  '^  Tolbanes.  Of  Israel,  of 
the  sons  of  '"•  riioros  ;  '"  Hlermas,  an<t 

'■  leddias,  and  Melchias,  and  '"  Mae-    46 
Ins,  and  Eleazar,  and  '•'  Asibias,  and 

27  Banneas.    Of  the  sons  of   Ela;  Mat- 
thanias,    Zacharias,  and    sj^zriehis,    47 
and    Oabdius,   and    Hieremoth,   and 

28*»Aedias.    And  of  the  sons  of  2>  Za- 
moth ;  22  Eliadas,  "  Eliasinuis,  "  Otho-    48 
iiias,  Jarimoth,  and  ^*  Sabathus,  and 

29'°Zardeus.  Of  the  sons  of  Bebai ;  Jo- 
annes, and  Ananias,  and  -'''  Jozabdus, 

30  and  -'  Ematheis.  Of  the  sons  of 
"  Manl ;  -■>  Olamus,  ^"  iMamnchus,  ='  Jc- 
deus,  Jasubus,  and  "^jasaelus,  and 

31  Hieremoth.   And  of  the  sons  of  Addi ; 
Naathus,    and    Moossias,    Laccunus,    4!) 
and  Naitlus,  and  .^latthanias,  and  Ses- 

32  thel.  Balnuus,  and  Manasseas.    And 

of  the  sons  of  Annas;  Elionas,  and    50 
Aseas,  and  Melchias,  and  Sabbeus, 
33 and  Simon  Chosameus.     And  of  tlio    51 
sons    of    Asom;    '^  ]\i^if.i,,|)p,,)^^   ,^,,,1 
*•  Mattathias,  and  ^^  Sabanneus,  Kli- 
phalat,   and    Manasses,   and   Semei.    52 

34  And  of  the  sons  of  Baani ;  Jeremias, 
Momdis,  Ismaerus,  .luel,  Mamdai,  and  53 
Pedias,  and  Anos,  ("arabasion,  and 
En:jsibus,  and  Mamnitanemus,  Elia- 
sis,  Bannus,  Eliali,  Somels,  Selemi;is,  54 
Nathanias:  and  of  the  sons  of  Ezora  ; 
Sesis,  Ezril,  Azaelns.  Samatus,  Zam- 

35  hri,  .Tosephus.  And  of  the  sons  of 
Nooma ;    Mazitias,    Zabadcas,    Edos,    55 

36  Jnel,  Banaias.  All  these  had  taken 
strange    wives,  and    they  put    them 

37  away  with  their  children.    And  the 

13 


priests  and  Levites,  and  they  that 
were  of  Israel,  dwelt  in  Jerusalem, 
and  in  the  country,  on  the  new  moon 
of  tlic  seventh  month,  and  the  children 
of  Israel  in  their  habitations. 
■'■■'And  the  wliole  nudtitude  were  ga- 
thered together  with  one  accord  into 
the  broad  place  before  the  porch  of 
the  temple  toward  the  east :  ami  they 
said  unto  Esdras  the  priest  and  read- 
er, Bring  the  law  of  Moses,  that  was 
given  of  the  Lord,  the  (iod  of  Israel. 
So  Esdras  the  chief  priest  brought  the 
law  unto  the  whole  multitude  both  of 
men  and  women,  and  to  all  the  priests, 
to  hear  the  law  on  the  new  moon  of 
the  seventh  month.  And  he  read  in 
the  broad  place  before  the  porch  of 
the  temi)le  from  morning  unto  mid- 
day, before  both  men  and  women; 
and  ^''all  the  multitude  gave  heed  unto 
the  law.  And  Esdras  the  priest  and 
reader  of  the  law  stood  up  upon  the 
j)ulpit  of  wood,  which  was  made  for 
lliat  piirpofc.  And  there  stood  up  by 
him  Mattathias,  Sannnu.s,  Ananias, 
Azarias,  Urias,  ^'  Ezekias,  '  Baalsa- 
mus,  upon  the  right  hand:  and  upon 
his  left  hand,  ^  Phaldeus,  Misacl,  Mel- 
chias, ™Lothasulius,  Nabarias,  Zacha- 
rias. Then  took  Esdras  the  book  of 
the  law  before  the  multitude,  and  sat 
honourably  in  the  first  place  before 
all.  And  when  he  opened  the  law, 
they  stood  all  straight  up.  So  Esdras 
blessed  the  Lord  God  Most  High,  the 
Ood  of  hosts,  Almighty.  And  all  the 
people  answered,  Amen ;  an<l  lifting 
up  their  hands  they  fell  to  the  ground, 
and  worshipped  the  Lord.  Also  Je- 
sus, Annus,  Sarabias,  ladinus,  Jacu- 
bus.  Sabateus,  ^^  Auteas,  Alaiannas, 
and  Calitas,  Azarias,  and  Jozabdus, 
and  Ananias,  Phalias,  the  Levites, 
taught  the  law  of  the  Lord,  *'  and  read 
to  the  multitude  the  law  of  the  Lord, 
making  them  withal  to  miderstand  it. 
Then  said  Attharates  mito  Esdras 
the  chief  priest  and  reader,  and  to  the 
Levites  that  taught  the  multitude, 
even  to  all,  This  day  is  holy  unto  the 
Lord ;  (now  they  all  wept  when  they 
heard  tlie  law :)  go  then,  and  eat  the 
fat,  and  drink  the  sweet,  and  send 
l)ortions  to  them  that  have  nothing; 
for  the  day  is  holy  unto  the  Lord :  and 
be  not  sorrowful ;  for  the  Lord  will 
bring  yon  to  honour.  So  the  Levites 
published  all  things  to  the  people, 
s:iying,  This  day  is  holy;  be  not  sor- 
rowful. Then  went  they  their  way, 
every  one  to  eat  and  drink,  and  make 
merry,  and  to  give  portions  to  them 
that  had  nothing,  and  to  make  great 
cheer ;  because  they  "  understood  the 
words  wherein  they  were  instructed, 
and  for  the  which  they  had  been  as- 
sembled. 


11.  ESDRAS. 


1  The  second  book  of  the  prophet 
Esdras,  the  son  of  Saraias,  the  son  of 
Azaraias,  the  son  of  Helkias,  the  son 
of  Salemas,  the  son  of  Sadoc,  the  son 

2  of  Ahitob,  the  son  of  Acliias,  the  son 
of  Phinees,  the  son  of  Heh,  the  son  of 
Amarias,  the  son  of  Aziei,  the  son  of 
Marinioth,  the  son  of  Arna,  the  son  of 
Ozias,  the  son  of  Borith,  the  son  of 
Abissei,  the  son  of  Phinees,  the  son  of 

3  Eleazar,  the  son  of  Aaron,  of  the 
tribe  of  Levi ;  which  was  captive  in 
the  land  of  the  Medes,  in  the  reign  of 
Artaxerxes  king  of  tlie  Persians. 

4  And  tlie  word  of  tlie  Lord  came  Unto 

5  me,  saying,  Go  tliy  way,  and  shew  my 
people  their  sintnl  deeds,  and  their 
children  their  wickedness  which  they 
have  done  against  me ;  that  they  may 

6  tell  their  children's  children  :  because 
the  sins  of  their  fathers  are  increased 
in  them  :  for  they  have  forgotten  me, 
and  have  done  sacrifice  unto  strange 

7  gods.  Did  not  I  bring  them  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of  the  house  of 
bondage  ?  but  tliey  have  provoked  me 
unto  wrath,  and  despised  my  counsels. 

8  Shake  thou  then  tlie  hair  of  thy  head, 
and  cast  all  evils  upon  them,  for  they 
have  not  been  obedient  unto  my  law, 

9  but  it  is  a  rebellious  people.  How 
long  shall  I  forbear  them,  unto  whom 

101  have  done  so  much  good?  Many 
kings  have  I  overthrown  for  their 
sakes  ;  Pharaoh  with  his  servants  and 

1 1  all  his  host  have  I  smitten  down.  All 
the  nations  have  I  destroyed  before 
them,  and  in  the  east  I  have  scattered 
the  people  of  two  provinces,  even  of 
Tyre  and  Sidon,  and  have   slain  all 

12  their  adversaries.  Speak  thou  there- 
fore unto  them,  saying, 

13  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Of  a  truth  I 
brought  you  through  the  sea,  and 
where  there  was  no  path  I  made  for 
you  highways ;  I  gave  you  Moses  for  a 

14  leader,  and  Aaron  for  a  priest.  I  gave 
you  light  in  a  pillar  of  fire,  and  great 
wonders  have  I  done  among  you  ;  yet 
have  ye  forgotten  me.  saith  the  Lord. 

15  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Almighty,  The 
quails  were  for  a  token  to  you ;  I  gave 
you  a  camp  for  your  safeguard,  never- 

16  theless  ye  murmured  there :  and  ye 
triumphed  not  in  my  name  for  the 
destruction  of  your  enemies,  but  ever 

1 7  to  this  day  do  ye  yet  murmur.  Where 
are  the  benefits  that  I  have  done  for 
you  ?  when  ye  were  hungry  and  thirsty 
hi  the  wilderness,  did  ye  not  cry  unto 

18  me,  saying.  Why  hast  thou  brought 
us  into  this  wilderness  to  kill  us?  it 


26 


had  been  better  for  us  to  have  served 
the  Egyptians,  than  to  die  in  this 
wilderness.  I  had  pity  upon  your 
mournings,  antl  gave  you  manna  for 
food ;  ye  did  eat  angels'  bread.  "When 
ye  were  thirsty,  did  I  not  cleave  the 
rock,  and  waters  flowed  out  to  your 
fill  ?  for  the  heat  I  covered  you  with 
the  leaves  of  the  trees.  1  divided 
among  you  fruitful  lands :  1  cast  out 
the  Canaanites,  the  Pherezites,  and 
the  Philistines,  before  you :  what  shall 
I  yet  do  more  for  you  ?  saith  the  Lord. 

Thus  saith  the  Lord  Almighty,  When 
ye  were  in  the  wilderness,  at  the  bitter 
river,  being  athirst,  and  Ijlaspheming 
my  name,  I  gave  you  not  fire  for  your 
blasphemies,  but  cast  a  tree  in  the 
water,  and  made  the  river  sweet. 
What  shall  I  do  unto  thee,  O  Jacob  ? 
thou,  Judah,  wouldest  not  obey  me : 
I  will  turn  me  to  other  nations,  and 
unto  them  will  I  give  my  name,  that 
they  may  keep  my  statutes.  Seeing 
ye  have  forsaken  me,  I  also  will  for- 
sake you ;  when  ye  ask  me  to  be  mer- 
ciful unto  you,  I  will  have  no  mercy 
upon  you.  Whensoever  ye  shall  call 
upon  me,  I  will  not  hear  you :  for  ye 
have  defiled  your  hands  with  blood, 
and  your  feet  are  swift  to  commit 
manslaughter.  Ye  have  not  as  it  were 
forsaken  me,  but  your  own  selves, 
saith  the  Lord. 

Thus  saith  the  Lord  Almighty,  Have 
I  not  prayed  you  as  a  father  his  sons, 
as  a  mother  her  daughters,  and  a  nurse 
her  young  babes,  that  ye  would  be  my 
people,  and  I  should  be  your  God;  that 
ye  would  be  my  children,  and  I  should 
be  your  father?  I  gathered  you  to- 
gether, as  a  hen  ffathcretJt  her  chick- 
ens under  her  wings :  but  now,  what 
shall  I  do  unto  you  ?  I  will  cast  you 
out  from  my  presence.  When  ye  of- 
fer oblations  unto  me,  I  will  turn  my 
face  from  you  :  for  your  solemn  feast 
days,  your  new  moons,  and  your  cir- 
cumcisions of  the  flesh,  have  I  reject- 
ed. I  sent  unto  you  my  servants  the 
prophets,  whom  ye  have  taken  and 
slain,  and  torn  their  bodies  in  pieces, 
whose  blood  I  will  require  of  your 
fuinds,  saith  the  Lord. 

Thus  saith  the  Lord  Almighty,  Your 
house  is  desolate,  I  will  cast  you  out 
as  the  wind  doth  stubble.  And  your 
children  shall  not  be  fruitful ;  for  they 
have  neglected  my  comma  ndment '  un- 
to you,  and  done  that  which  is  evil  be- 
fore me.  Y'^our  houses  will  I  give  to 
a  people  that  shall  come ;  which  not 


14 


2.  U. 


II.  ESDRAS. 


2.  35. 


having  lieanl  of  me  yet  believe  me ; 
tiiey  to  wliuiii  I  li:ive  -iliewetl  no  signs 
sliall  do  tiiat  wliieli  1  have  commanil- 
3Ce(l.  They  liave  seen  no  prophets,  yet 
they  shall  eall  tlieir  former  estate  to 

37  reniembranee.  I  take  to  witness  the 
grace  of  the  people  that  shall  come, 
whose  little  ones  rejoice  with  glad- 
ness :  and  though  they  see  me  not 
with  bodily  eyes,  yet  in  spirit  they 
shall  believe  the  thing  that  1  say. 

38  And  now,  O  father,  behold  with 
glory;  and  see  the  people  that  come 

39  from  the  east:  unto  whom  1  will  give 
for  leaders,  Abraham,  Isaac,  and 
Jacob,    Oseas,  Amos,  and    Micheas, 

40  Joel,  Abdias,  and  Jonas,  Xahum,  and 
Abacuc,  Sophonias,  Aggitus,  Zachary, 
and  Malachy,  which  is  called  also  the 
angel  of  the  Lord. 

2  Thus  satth  the  Lord,  I  brought  this 
people  out  of  bondage,  and  I  gave 
them  my  commandments  by  my  ser- 
vants the  prophets ;  whom  they  would 
not    hear,  but    set  my  counsels    at 

2  nought.  The  mother  that  l)are  them 
saith  unto  them.  Go  yoiu'  way,  O  my 
children;  for  I  am  a  widow  and  for- 

3  saken.  I  brought  you  up  with  glad- 
ness, and  with  sorrow  and  heaviness 
have  I  lost  you :  for  ye  have  sinned 
before  the  Lord  (iod,  and  done  that 

4  which  is  evil  before  me.  But  what 
shall  I  now  do  unto  you?  for  I  am  a 
widow  and  forsaken  :  go  your  way,  O 
my  children,  and  ask  mercy  of  the 

5  I.,ord.  As  for  me,  O  father,  I  call  ujion 
thee  for  a  witness  over  the  mother  of 
these  children,  because  they  would  not 

6  keep  my  covenant,  that  thou  bring 
them  to  confusion,  anil  their  mother  to 
a  spoil,  that  there  may  be  no  offspring 

7  of  them.  Let  them  be  scattered 
abroad  among  the  heathen,  let  their 
names  be  blotted  out  of  the  earth : 
for  they  have  despised  my  '  covenant. 

8  Woe  unto  thee,  Assur,  thon  that  hid- 
est  the  unrighteous  with  thee !  O 
thou  wicked  nation,  remenil)er  what 
1   did    unto  Sodom  and    (iomorrah ; 

9  whose  land  lieth  in  clods  of  pitch  and 
heaps  of  ashes  :  even  so  also  will  1  do 
unto  them  that  have  not  hearkened 
unto  me,  saith  the  Lord  Almighty. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  Esdras, 
Tell  my  people  that  I  will  give  them 
the  kingdom  of  .Jerusalem,  which  I 

11  would  have  given  unto  Israel.  Their 
glory  also  will  I  take  unto  me,  and 
give  these  the  everlasting  tabernacles, 

12  which  1  had  prepared  for  them.  They 
shall  have  the  tree  of  life  for  an  oint- 
ment of    sweet   savour ;   they  shall 

13  neither  labour,  nor  be  weary.  ^Ask, 
and  ye  shall  receive:  pray  for  few 
days  unto  you,  that  they  may  be 
shortened :    the  kingdom  is  already 

14  prepared  for  you :  watch.  Take  hea- 
ven and  earth  to  witness,  take  them 
to  witness;  for  I  have  given  up  the 


evil,  and  created  the  good :  for  I  live, 
saith  the  Lord. 

15  Mother,  embrace  thy  children  ;  Twill 
bring  them  out  with  gladness  like  a 
dove;  stablish  their  feet;  for  I  have 

IG  chosen  thee,  saith  the  Lord.  And 
those  that  be  dead  will  I  raise  up 
again  from  their  places,  and  bring 
them  out  of  the  tonil)s :  for  I  ^have 

17  known  my  name  in  them.  Fear  not, 
thou  mother  of  the  children :  for  I 
have   chosen    tliee,  saith  the    Lord. 

18  For  thy  help  will  I  send  my  servants 
Esaias  and  Jeremy,  after  whose  coun- 
sel I  have  sanctified  and  prepared  for 
thee  twelve  trees  laden  witli  divers 

19  fruits,  and  as  many  foiuitains  flow- 
ing with  milk  and  honey,  and  seven 
mighty  mountains,  whereupon  there 
grow  roses  and  lilies,  whereby  I  will 

20  fill  thy  children  with  joy.  Do  right  to 
the  widow,  judge  the  fatherless,  give 
to  the  poor,  defend  the  orphan,  clothe 

21  the  naked,  heal  the  broken  and  the 
weak,  laugh  not  a  lame  man  to  scorn, 
defend  the  maimed,  and  let  the  blind 
man  come  unto  the  sight  of  my  glory. 

22  Keep  the  old  and  young  within  thy 

23  walls.  Wheresoever  thou  findest  the 
dead,  set  a  sign  upon  them  and  com- 
mit them  to  the  grave,  and  I  will 
give  thee  the  first  place  in  my  resur- 

24  rection.  Abide  still,  O  my  people,  and 
take  thy  rest,  for  thy  quietness  shall 

25  come.  Nourish  thy  children,  O  thou 
good  nurse,  and  stablish  their  feet. 

26  As  for  the  servants  whom  I  have  given 
thee,  there  shall  not  one  of  them  per- 
ish ;    for    I  will  require  them  from 

27  among  thy  nmnber.  Be  not  careful 
overmuch :  for  when  the  day  of  tribu- 
lation and  anguish  cometh,  others 
shall  weep  and  be  sorrowful,  but  thou 
Shalt  be  merry  and  have  abundance. 

28  The  nations  shall  envy  thee,  but  they 
shall  be  able  to  do  nothing  against 

29  thee,  saith  the  Lord.  My  hands  shall 
cover  thee,  so  that  thy  children  see 

30  not  *  hell.  Be  joyful,  O  thou  mother, 
with  thy  children  ;  for  I  will  deliver 

31  thee,  saith  the  Lord.  Remember  thy 
children  that  sleep,  for  I  shall  bring 
them  out  of  the  secret  places  of  the 
earth,  and  shew  mercy  inito  them : 
for  I  am  merciful,  saith  the  Lord  Al- 

32  mighty.  Embrace  thy  children  until 
I  come,  and  proclaim  mercy  unto 
them :  for  my  wells  run  over,  and  my 
grace  shall  not  fail. 

33  I  Esdras  received  a  charge  from  the 
Lord  upon  the  mount  Horeb,  that  I 
should  go  unto  Israel;  but  when  I 
came  unto  them,  they  would  none  of 
me,  and  rejected  the  connnandment 

34  of  the  Lord.  And  therefore  I  say 
unto  you,  O  ye  nations,  that  hear  and 
understand,  look  for  your  shepherd, 
he  shall  give  you  everlasting  rest ;  for 
he  is  nigh  at  iiand,  that  shall  come  in 

35  the  end  of  the  world.    Be  ready  to 


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3.  23. 


the  rewards  of  the  kingdom,  for  the 
everlasting  light  shall  shine  upon  you 

36  for  evermore.  Flee  the  shadow  of 
this  world,  receive  the  joyfuluess  of 
your  glory :    I    call  to  witness    my 

37  saviour  openly.  O  receive  that  which 
is  given  you  of  the  Lord,  and  he  joy- 
ful, giving  thanks  unto  him  that  hath 
called    you  to    heavenly    kingdoms. 

38  Arise  up  and  stand,  and  behold  the 
number  of  those  that  be  sealed  in  the 

39  feast  of  the  Lord ;  they  that  withdrew 
them  from  the  shadow  of  the  world 
have  received  glorious  garments  of 

40  the  Lord.  '  Look  upon  thy  number, 
O  Sion,  and  make  up  the  reckoning 
of  those  of  thine  that  are  clothed  in 
white,  which  have  fulfilled  the  law  of 

41  the  Lord.  The  number  of  thy  chil- 
dren, whom  thou  longedst  for,  is  ful- 
filled :  beseech  the  power  of  the  Lord, 
that  thy  people,  which  have  been  call- 
ed from  the  beginning,  may  be  hal- 
lowed. 

42  I  Ksdras  saw  upon  the  mount  Sion  a 
great  multitude,  whom  I  could  not 
number,  and  they  all  praised  the  Lord 

43  with  songs.  And  in  the  midst  of  them 
there  was  a  young  man  of  a  high 
stature,  taller  than  all  the  rest,  and 
upon  every  one  of  their  heads  he  set 
crowns,  and  was  more  exalted ;  where- 

44  at  I  marvelled  greatly.  So  I  asked 
the  angel,  and  said,  What  are  these. 

45  my  Lord  ?  He  answered  and  said  unto 
me,  These  be  they  that  have  put  off 
the  mortal  clothing,  and  put  on  the 
immortal,  and  have  confessed  the 
name  of  God  :  now  are  they  crowned, 

46  and  receive  palms.  Then  said  I  unto 
the  angel.  What  young  man  is  he  that 
setteth  crowns  upon  them,  and  giveth 

47 them  palms  in  their  hands?  So  he 
answered  and  said  unto  me,  It  is  the 
Son  of  God,  whom  they  have  confess- 
ed in  the  world.  Then  began  I  great- 
ly to  commend  them  that  stood  so 

48  stiffly  for  the  name  of  the  Lord.  Then 
the  angel  said  unto  me,  Go  thy  way, 
and  tell  my  people  what  manner  of 
things,  and  how  great  wonders  of  the 
Lord  God  thou  hast  seen. 

3  In  the  thirtieth  year  after  the  ruin  of 
the  city,  I  Salathiel  (the  same  is  Es- 
dras)  was  in  Babylon,  and  lay  troubled 
upon  my  bed,  and  my  thoughts  came 

2  up  over  my  heart :  for  I  saw  the  deso- 
lation of  Sion,  and  the  wealth  of  them 

3  that  dwelt  at  Babylon.  And  my  spirit 
was  sore  moved,  so  that  I  began  to 
speak  words  full  of  fear  to  the  Most 

4  High,  and  said,  O  Lord  that  bearest 
rule,  didst  thou  not  speak  at  the  be- 
ginning, when  thou  didst  fashion  the 
earth,  and   that   thyself   alone,  and 

5  commandedst  the  -  dust,  and  it  ^gave 
thee  Adam,  a  body  without  a  soul? 
yet  it  was  the  workmanship  of  thine 
bauds,  and  thou  didst  breathe  into  him 


the  l)reath  of  life,  and  he  was  made 

6  living  before  thee.  And  thou  leddest 
him  into  paradise,  which  thy  right 
hand  did  plant,  before  ever  tlie  earth 

7  came  forward.  And  unto  him  thou 
gavest  thy  one  commandment :  which 
he  transgressed,  and  immediately 
thou  appointedst  death  for  him  and  in 
his  generations  ;  and  there  were  born 
of  him  nations  and  tribes,  peoples  and 

8  kindreds,  out  of  number.  And  every 
nation  walked  after  their  own  will, 
and  did  ungodly  things  before  thee, 
and  despised  thy  comma  ndmenta.  and 

9  thou  didst  not  forbid  them.  Never- 
theless again  in  process  of  time  thou 
broughtest  the  Hood  upon  those  that 
dwelt  in  the  world,  and  destroyedst 

10  them.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  the 
same  hap  befell  them ;  like  as  death 
was  to  Adam,  so  was  the  flood  to 

1 1  these.  Nevertheless  one  of  them  thou 
leftest,  Noah  with  his  household, e-yen 
all  the  righteous  men  tliat  came  of 

12  him.  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when 
they  that  dwelt  upon  the  earth  began 
to  multiply,  they  multiplied  also  chil- 
dren, and  peoples,  and  many  nations, 
and  began  again  to  be  more  ungodly 

13  than  the  first.  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  they  did  wickedly  before  thee, 
thou  didst  choose  thee  one  from 
among  them,  whose  name  was  Abra- 

14  ham ;  and  him  thou  lovedst,  and  unto 
him  only  thou  shewedst  the  end  of 

15  the  times  secretly  by  night ;  and  mad- 
est  an  everlasting  covenant  with  him, 
promising    him   that    thou  wouldest 

IG  never  forsake  his  seed.  And  unto 
him  thou  gavest  Isaac,  and  unto  Isaac 
thou  gavest  Jacob  and  Esau.  And 
thou  didst  set  apart  Jacob  for  thyself, 
but  didst  put  by  Esau  :  and  Jacob  be- 

17  came  a  great  multitude.  And  it  came 
to  pass,  that  when  thou  leddest  his 
seed  out  of  Egypt,  thou  broughtest 

18  them  up  to  the  mount  Sinai.  Thou 
bowedst  the  heavens  also,  and  didst 
*  shake  the  earth,  and  movedst  the 
whole  world,  and  madest  the  depths 
to  tremble,  and  troubledst  the  course 

19  of  that  age.  And  thy  glory  went 
through  four  gates,  of  fire,  and  of 
earthquake,  and  of  wind,  and  of  cold ; 
that  thou  mightest  give  the  law  unto 
the  seed  of  Jacob,  and  the  command- 
ment unto  the  generation  of  Israel. 

20  And  yet  tookest  thou  not  away  from 
them  their  ^  wicked  heart,  that  thy 
law  might  bring  forth  fruit  in  them. 

21  For  the  first  Adam  bearing  a  ^  wicked 
heart  transgressed,  and  was  over- 
come; and  not  Iw  only,  hut  all  they 

22  also  that  are  born  of  him.  Thus  dis- 
ease was  made  permanent;  and  the 
law  was  in  the  heart  of  the  people 
along  with  the  "  wickedness  of  the 
root;  so  the  good  departed  away, and 
that  which  was  ^  wicked  abode  still. 

23  So  the  times  passed  away,  and  the 


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4.  fl. 


11.  ESDRAS. 


4.  22. 


yeiirs  were  brought  to  an  end :  then 
ctlilst  thou  niise  theo  up  a  servant, 

■_'4  c;illeil  David,  whom  thou  eommand- 
eilst  to  hiiild  a  eity  unto  tliy  name, 
and  to  offer  olihttions  \uito  tliee  tliere- 

25  111  of  thhie  own.  Wlien  this  was  done 
many  years,  then  they  that  lulialiited 

20  the  city  did  evil,  in  all  things  doing 
even  as  Adam  and  all  his  generations 
had  done  :  for  they  also  bare  a '  wicked 

27  heart:  and  so  thou  gavost  thy  city 
over  into  the  hands  of  thine  enemies. 

28  And  1  said  then  in  mine  heart,  Are 
their  deeds  any  hotter  that  inhabit 
Bahylon  ?  and  hatli  she  therefore  do- 

29  minion  over  Sion  ?  For  it  came  to  pass 
when  I  came  hither,  that  I  saw  also 
Impieties  without  lunnher,  and  my 
soul  saw  many  evil-doers  in  this  thir- 
tieth year,  so  that  my  liqiirt  failed  me. 

30  For  I  have  seen  how  thou  sufferest 
them  sinning,  and  hast  spared  the  un- 
godly doers,  and  hast  destroyed  thy 
people,  and  hast  preserved  thine  ene- 

3 1  mies  ;  and  tliou  hast  not  signilied  unto 
any  -  how  thy  way  may  be  compre- 
hended.    Are  the  deeds  of   Babylon 

.'52  better  than  those  of  Sion  ?  Or  is  tliere 
any  other  nation  that  know-eth  thee 
beside  Israel?  or  what  tribes  have  so 
believed  thy  covenants  as  these  tribes 

33  0/  Jacob?  And  yet  their  reward 
appeareth  not,  and  their  labour  hath 
no  fruit :  for  I  have  gone  hither  and 
thither  through  the  nations,  and  I  see 
that  they  abound  in  ti<ealtli,:i\id  think 

34  not  upon  thy  commandments.  Weigh 
thou  therefore  oin-  ini(|uities  now  in 
the  balance,  and  theirs  also  that  dwell 
in  the  world;  and  so  shall  it  be  found 

35  which  way  the  scale  inclineth.  Or 
when  was  it  that  they  which  dwell 
upon  the  earth  have  not  siimed  in  tliy 
sight?  or  what  nation   hath  so  kept 

3G  thy  commandments  ?  Thou  shalt  find 
that  men  vho  may  be  reckoned  by 
name  have  kept  thy  precepts;  but 
nations  thou  shalt  not  find. 

4  And  the  angel  that  was  sent  unto 
me,  whose  name  was  Uriel,  gave  me 

2  an  answer,  and  said  to  me,  Thy  heart 
hath  utterly  failed  thee  in  rnffardinrf 
this  world,  and  thinkest  thou  to  com- 
prehend the  way  of  the  Most  High? 

3  Then  said  I,  Yea,  my  Lord. 
And  he  answered  me,  and  said,  I  am 

sent  to  shew  thee  three  ways,  and  to 
set   forth    three    similitudes    before 

4  thee :  whereof  if  thou  canst  declare 
me  one,  1  also  will  shew  thee  the  way 
that  thou  desirest  to  see,  and  I  will 
teach  thee  wherefore  the  heart  is 
'  wicked. 

5  And  I  said.  Say  on,  my  Lord. 
Then  said  he  unto  me,  (Jo  to,  weigh 

me  a  weight  of  fire,  or  measure  mo  a 
'measure  of  wind,  or  call  me  again 
the  day  that  is  past. 

6  Then  answered  I  and  said.  Who  of 
the  sous  of  7nen  Is  able  to  do  this, 


that  thou  shouldest  ask  me  of  such 
things? 

7  And  he  said  unto  me,  If  I  had  asked 
thee,  saying.  How  many  dwellings  are 
there  in  the  heart  of  the  .sea  ?  or  how 
many  springs  are  there  at  the  foun- 
tain head  of  the  deej)  ?  or  how  many 
"ways  are  above  the  firmament?  or 
which  are  the  outgoings  *  of  hell?  or 

8  which  are  the  paths  of  paradise?  per- 
adventure  thou  wouldest  say  unto  me, 
I  never  went  down  into  the  deep,  nor 
as  yet  into  hell,  neither  did  I  ever 

9  climb  up  Into  heaven.  Nevertheless 
now  have  I  asked  thee  but  only  of  the 
lire  and  wind,  and  of  the  day,  things 
wherethrough  thou  hast  passed,  and 
s  without  which  thou  canst  not  be,  and 
yet  hast  thou  given  me  no  answer  of 
them. 

10  He  said  moreover  unto  me,  Thine 
own  tilings,  that  are  grown  up  with 

11  thee,  canst  thou  not  know  ;  how  then 
can  thy  vessel  comprehend  the  way  of 
the  Most  High  ?  and  how  can  he  that 
is  already  worn  out  with  the  corrupted 
world  understand  '^Incorrnption? 

12  'And  when  I  heard  these  things  I 
fell  upon  my  face,  and  said  unto  him, 
It  were  better  that  we  were  not  here  at 
all,  than  that  we  should  come  hither 
and  live  in  the  midst  of  ungodliness, 
and  suffer,  and  not  know  wlierefore. 

13  He  answered  me,  and  said,  *  The 
woods  of  the  trees  of  the  field  went 

14fortli,  and  took  counsel  together,  and 
said.  Come,  let  us  go  and  make  war 
against  the  sea,  that  it  may  depart 
away  before    us,  and   that  we  may 

15  make  us  more  woods.  The  waves  of 
the  sea  also  in  like  manner  took  coun- 
sel together,  and  said,  Come,  let  us 
go  up  and  subdue  the  wood  of  the 
plain,  that  there  also  we  may  make  us 

16  anotlier  country.  The  counsel  of  the 
wood  was  in  vain,  for  the  fire  came 

17  and  consumed  it:  likewise  also  the 
counsel  of  the  waves  of  the  sea,  for 
the  sand  stood  up  and  stopped  them. 

18  If  thon  wert  judge  now  betwixt  these 
two,  whom  wouldest  thou  justify,  or 
whom  condemn  ? 

19  I  answered  and  said,  It  is  a  foolish 
counsel  that  they  both  have  taken,  for 
the  ground  is  given  unto  the  wood, 
and  the  place  of  the  sea  is  given  to 
bear  his  waves. 

20  Then  answered  he  me,  and  said.  Thou 
hast  given  a  right  judgement,  and 
why  judgest  thou  not  in  thine  own 

21  case?  For  like  as  the  ground  Is  given 
unto  the  wood,  and  the  sea  to  his 
waves,  even  so  they  tli;it  dwell  upon 
the  earth  may  understand  nothing 
but  that  which  Is  upon  the  earth :  and 
he  only  that  (Iweiieth  above  the  hea- 
vens may  vndersfnnd  the  things  that 
are  above  the  height  of  the  heavens. 

22  Then  answered  i  and  said,  I  lieseech 
thee,  O  Lord, '  wherefore  Is  the  power 

17  C 


4.  39. 


II.  ESDRAS. 


5.  4. 


23  of  understanding  given  unto  me  ?  For 
it  was  not  my  mind  to  be  curious  of 
the  ways  above,  but  of  such  things  as 
pass  by  us  daily;  because  Israel  is 
given  up  as  a  reproach  to  the  heathen, 
and  the  people  whom  thou  hast  loved 
is  given  over  luito  ungodly  nations, 
and  the  law  of  our  forefathers  is  made 
of  none  effect,  and  the  written  cove 

24  nants  are  nowhere  regarded,  and  we 
pass  away  out  of  the  world  as  grass- 
hoppers, and  our  life  is  as  a '  vapour, 
neither  are  we  worthy  to  obtain  mer- 

25  cy.  "What  will  he  then  do  for  his 
name  whereby  we  are  called?  Of 
these  things  have  I  asked. 

26  Then  answered  he  me,  and  said,  If 
thou  be  a/he,  thou  shalt  see,  and  if 
thou  livest  ^  long,  thou  shalt  marvel ; 
for  the  world  hasteth  fast  to  pass 

27  away.  For  it  is  not  able  to  bear  the 
things  that  are  promised  to  the  right- 
eous in  the  times  to  come :  for  this 
world  is  full  of  sadness  and  infirmi- 

28  ties.  For  the  evil  ^  whereof  thou 
askest  me  is  sown,  but  the  gathering 

29  thereof  is  not  yet  come.  If  therefore 
that  which  is  sown  be  not  reaped,  and 
if  the  place  where  the  evil  is  sown 
pass  not  avi'ay,  there  cannot  come  the 

30  field  where  the  good  is  sown.  For  a 
grain  of  evil  seed  was  sown  in  the 
heart  of  Adam  from  the  beginning, 
and  how  much  wickedness  hath  it 
brought  forth  unto  this  time !  and 
how  much  shall  it  yet  bring  forth 
until  the  ■•  time  of  threshing  come ! 

31  Ponder  now  by  thyself,  how  great 
fruit  of  wickedness  a  grain  of  evil 

32  seed  hath  brought  forth.  When  the 
ears  which  are  without  number  shall 
be  sown,  how  great  a  floor  shall  they 
fill! 

33  Then  I  answered  and  said,  ^how 
long?  and  when  shall  these  things 
come  to  pass?  wherefore  are  our 
years  few  and  evil  ? 

34  And  he  answered  me,  and  said.  Thou 
dost  not  hasten  more  than  the  Most 

I  High:  for  thy  haste  is  "for  thine  own 
self,  but  he  that  is  above  hastenefli 

35  on  behalf  of  many.  Did  not  the  souls 
of  the  righteous  ask  question  of  these 
things  in  their  chambers,  saying,  How 
long  'are  we  here?  when  cometh  the 
fruit  of  the  *  threshing  time  of  our  re- 

36  ward?  And  unto  them  .Jeremiel  the 
archangel  gave  answer,  and  said,  Even 
when  the  number  is  fulfilled  of  them 
that  are  like  unto  you.  For  he  hath 
weighed  the  world   in  the  balance ; 

37  and  by  measure  hath  he  measured 
the  times,  and  by  number  hath  he 
numbered  the  seasons ;  and  he  shall 
not  'move  nor  stir  them,  until  the 
said  measure  be  fulfilled. 

38  Then  answered  I  and  said,  0  Lord 
tha  t  bearest  rule,  yet  even  we  all  are 

39 full  of  impiety:  and  for  our  sakes 
peradventure  it  is  that  the  *  threshing 


time  of  the  righteous  is  kept  back, 
because  of  the  sins  of  them  that  dwell 
upon  the  earth. 

40  So  he  answered  me,  and  said.  Go  thy 
way  to  a  woman  with  child,  and  ask 
of  her  when  she  hath  fulfilled  her  nine 
months,  if  her  womb  may  keep  the 
birth  any  longer  within  her. 

41  Then  said  I,  No,  Lord,  that  can  it 
not. 

And  he  said  unto  me,  In  the  grave 
the  chambers  of  souls  are  lilce  the 

42  womb ;  for  like  as  a  woman  that  tra- 
vaileth  maketh  haste  to  escape  the 
anguish  of  the  travail:  even  so  do 
these  places  haste  to  deliver  those 
things  that  are  committed  unto  them 

43  from  the  beginning.  Then  shall  it  be 
shewed  thee  concerning  those  things 
which  thou  desirest  to  see. 

44  Then  answered  I  and  said.  If  I  have 
found  favour  in  thy  sight,  and  if  it  be 
possible,  and  if  I  be  meet  therefore, 

45  sliew  me  this  also,  whether  there  be 
more  to  come  than  is  past,  or  whether 

46  the  more  part  is  gone  over  us.  For 
what  is  gone  I  know,  but  what  is  for 
to  come  I  know  not. 

47  And  he  said  unto  me.  Stand  up  upon 
the  right  side,  and  I  shall  expound 
tlie  similitude  unto  thee. 

48  So  I  stood,  and  saw,  and,  behold,  a 
hot  burning  oven  passed  by  before 
me  :  and  it  happened,  that  when  the 
flame  was  gone  by  I  looked,  and,  be- 

49  hold,  the  smoke  remained  still.  Aiter 
this  there  passed  by  before  me  a 
watery  cloud,  and  sent  down  much 
rain  with  a  storm ;  and  when  the 
stormy  rain  was  past,  the  drops  re- 
mained therein  still. 

50  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Consider  with 
thyself ;  as  the  rain  is  more  than  the 
drops,  and  as  the  fire  is  greater  than 
the  smoke,  so  the  quantity  which  is 
past  did  more  exceed ;  but  the  drops 
and  the  smoke  remained  still. 

51  Then  I  prayed,  and  said,  May  I  live, 
thinkest  thou,  until  that  time  ?  or  who 
shall  be  in  those  days  ? 

52  He  answered  me,  and  said.  As  for  the 
tokens  whereof  thou  askest  me,  I  may 
tell  thee  of  them  in  part :  but  as  touch- 
ing thy  life,  I  am  not  sent  to  shew  thee ; 

5  for  I  do  not  know  it.  Nevertheless 
as  concerning  the  tokens,  behold,  the 
days  shall  come,  that  they  which  dwell 
upon  earth  shall  be  taken  ^  with  great 
amazement,  and  the  way  of  truth  shall 
be  hidden,  and  the  land  shall  be  bar- 

2  ren  of  faith.  But  Iniquity  shall  be 
increased  above  that  which  now  thou 
seest,  or  that  thou  hast  heard  long  ago. 

3  And  the  land,  that  thou  seest  now  to 
have  rule,  shall  be  waste  and  ^untrod- 

4  den,andmen  shall  see  itdesolate.  But 
if  the  Most  High  grant  thee  to  live,  thou 
Shalt  see  that  which  is  after  the  third 
kinr/dom  to  be  troubled ;  and  the  sun 
shall  suddenly  shine  forth  in  the  night, 


18 


5.  24. 


II.  ESDRAS. 


5.  41. 


5  and  the  moon  in  the  day  :  aiid  blood 
shall  drop  out  of  wood,  and  the  stone 
shall  give  his  voice,  and  the  peoples 
shall  be  troubled;  and  '  lluir  goings 

6  shall  lieelianged:  and  he  shall  rule, 
whom  they  that  dwell  upon  the  earth 
look  not  for,  and  the  fowls  shall  take 

7  their  flight  away  together:  and  the 
Sodomitish  sea  sliall  east  out  lish,  and 
make  a  noise  in  the  night,  which  many 
have  not  known.-  but  all  shall  hear 

8  the  voice  thereof.  There  sh.ill  be 
chaos  also  in  many  places,  and  the 
fire  shall  be  oft  sent  out,  and  the  wild 
beasts  shall  change  their  places,  and 
women   shall  bring   forth  monsters : 

9  and  salt  waters  shall  be  found  in  the 
sweet,  and  all  friends  shall  destroy 
one  another ;  then  shall  wit  hi((e  itself, 
and  understanding    withdraw    itself 

10  into  its  chamber;  and  it  shall  be 
sought  of  many,  and  shall  not  be 
found :  and  unrighteousness  and  in- 
coiitinency  shall  be  multiplied  upon 

1 1  earth.  One  land  also  shall  ask  an- 
other, and  say.  Is  righteousness,  is 
a  man  that  doeth  righteousness,  gone 
through  thee?  And  it  shall  say,  No. 

12  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  at  that  time 
that  men  shall  hope,  but  shall  not 
obtaiir:  they  shall  labour,  but  their 

13  ways  shall  not  prosper.  To  shew  thee 
such  tokens  I  have  leave  -,  and  if  thou 
wilt  pray  again,  and  weep  as  now, 
and  fast  seven  days,  thou  shalt  hear 
yet  greater  things  than  these. 

14  Then  I  awaked,  and  an  extreme 
trembling  went  through  my  body, and 
my  mind   was  troubled,   so    that    it 

15  fainted.  So  the  angel  that  was  come 
to  talk  with  tne  held  me,  comforted 

16  me,  and  set  me  ui)  upon  my  feet.  And 
in  the  second  night  it  came  to  pass, 
that  =  Phaltiel  the  cai)tain  of  the  peo- 
ple came  imto  me,  saying.  Where  liast 
then  been?  and  why  is  thy  counte- 

17  nance  sad?  or  knowest  thou  not  that 
Israel  is  committed  unto  thee  in  the 

18  land  of  their  cai)tivity  ?  Up  then,  and 
eat  some  bread,  and  forsake  us  not, 
as  the  shepherd  that  learrth  his  flock 

19  in  the  hands  of  cruel  wolves.  Then 
said  I  unto  him,  Go  thy  ways  from 
me,  and  come  not  nigh  me  for  seven 
days,  and  then  shalt  tliou  come  unto 
me.  And  he  heard  what  I  said,  and 
went  from  me. 

20  And  so  I  fasted  seven  days,  mourn- 
ing and  weeping,  like  as  Uriel  the  an- 

21  gel  commanded  me.  And  after  seven 
days  so  it  was,  that  the  thoughts  of 
my  heart  were  very  grievous  unto  me 

22  again,  and  my  soul  recovered  the 
spirit  of  \mderstanding.  and  I  began 
to  speak  words  before  the  Most  High 

23  again,  and  said,  O  Lord  that  bearest 
rule,  of  all  the  woods  of  the  earth, 
and  of  all  the  trees  thereof,  thou  hast 

24  chosen  thee  one  vine  :  and  of  all  the 
lands  of  the  world  thou  hast  chosen 


thee  one  '  country :  and  of  all  the 
flowers  of  the  world  thou  liast  chosen 
2.J  thee  one  lily  :  and  of  all  the  depths  of 
the  sea  tho\i  hast  tilled  thee  one  river: 
and  of  all  biiilded  cities  thou  hasthal- 

26  lowed  iSion  unto  thyself :  and  of  all  the 
fowls  that  are  created  thou  hast  named 
thee  one  dove:  and  of  all  the  cattle  that 
are  made  thou  hast  provided  thee  one 

27  sheep:  and  among  all  the  multitudes 
of  peoples  thou  hast  gotten  thee  one 
peoi>le :  and  unto  this  people,  whom 
thou   lovedst,  thou  gavest  a  law  that 

28  is  ap|)roved  of  all.  And  now,  O  Lord, 
why  hast  thou  given  this  one  peoi)le 
over  unto  many,  and  *  hast  dishon- 
oured the  one  root  above  others,  and 
hast  scattered  thine  only  one  among 

29 many?  And  they  which  did  gainsay 
thy  promises  have  trodden  them  down 

.30  that  believed  thy  covenants.  If  thou 
dost  so  much  hate  thy  people,  they 
should  be  punished  with  thine  own 
hands. 

31  Now  when  I  had  spoken  these  words, 
the  angel  that  came  to  me  the  night 

32  afore  was  sent  unto  me,  and  said  unto 
me,  Hear  me,  and  I  will  instruct  thee ; 
hearken  unto  me,  and  I  shall  tell  thee 
more. 

33  And  I  said,  Speak  on,  my  Lord.  Then 
said  he  unto  me.  Thou  art  sore  trou- 
bled in  mind  for  Israel's  sake:  lovest 
thou  that  people  better  than  he  that 
made  them  ? 

3i  And  I  said,  No,  Lord:  but  of  very 
grief  have  I  spoken :  for  my  reins  tor- 
ment me  every  hour,  while  I  labour  to 
comprehend  the  way  of  the  Most  High, 
and  to  seek  out  part  of  his  judgement. 

'.i'l  Aufl  he  said  unto  me,  Thou  canst 
not.  And  I  said.  Wherefore.  Lord,  or 
whereunto  was  I  born  ?  or  why  was 
not  my  mother's  womb  then  my  grave, 
that  I  might  not  have  seen  the  tra^ 
vail  of  .Tacob,  and  the  wearisome  toil 
of  the  stock  of  Israel? 

36  And  he  said  unto  me.  Number  me 
them  that  are  not  yet  come,  gather  me 
together  the  drops  that  are  scattered 
abroad,  make  me  the  flowers   green 

37  again  that  are  withered,  open  me  the 
chambers  that  are  closed,  and  bring 
me  forth  the  winds  that  in  them  are 
shut  up,  or  shew  me  the  image  of  a 
voice:  and  then  I  will  declare  to  thee 
the  travail  that  thou  askest  to  see. 

38  And  I  sai<l,  O  Lord  that  bearest  rule, 
who  may  know  these  things,  but  he 
that  hath  not  his  dwelling  with  men? 

39  As  for  me,  I  nm  unwise  :  how  may  I 
then  speak  of  these  things  whereof 
thou  askest  me  ? 

40  Then  s;iid  he  unto  me.  Like  as  thou 
canst  do  none  of  these  things  that 
I  have  spoken  of,  even  so  canst  thou 
not  find  out  my  judgement,  or  the  end 
of  the  love  that  I  have  promised  unto 
my  people. 

4 1  And  I  said.  But,  lo,  O  Lord,  thou  hast 


5.  56. 


II.  ESDRAS. 


6.  19. 


made  tlie  promise  unto  them  that  be 
in  the  end;  and  what  shall  they  do 
that  have  been  before  us,  or  we  that 
be  now,  or  they  that  shall  come  after 
us? 

42  And  he  said  unto  me,  I  will  liken  my 
judgement  unto  a  ring :  like  as  there 
is  no  slackness  of  them  that  be  last, 
even  so  there  is  no  swiftness  of  them 
that  be  first. 

43  So  I  answered  and  said,  Couldest 
thou  not  make  them  to  he  at  once  that 
have  been  made,  and  that  be  now,  and 
that  are  for  to  come ;  that  thou  might- 
est  shew  thy  judgement  the  sooner  ? 

44  Then  answered  he  me,  and  said,  The 
creature  may  not  haste  above  the 
creator ;  neither  may  the  world  hold 
them  at  once  that  shall  be  created 
therein. 

45  And  I  said.  How  hast  thou  said  unto 
thy  servant,  that  'thou  wilt  surely 
make  alive  at  once  the  creature  that 
thou  hast  created?  -  If  therefore  they 
shall  be  alive  at  once,  and  the  crea- 
ture shall  sustain  them :  even  so  it 
might  now  also  support  them  to  be 
present  at  once. 

46  And  he  said  unto  me.  Ask  the  womb 
of  a  woman,  and  say  unto  her,  If  thou 
bringest  forth  ten  children,  why  doest 
thou  it  at  several  times?  pray  her 
therefore  to  bring  forth  ten  children 
at  once. 

47  And  I  said.  She  cannot:  but  must  do 
it  by  distance  of  time. 

48  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Even  so  have 
I  given  the  womb  of  the  earth  to  those 
that  be  sown  therein  in  their  several 

49  times.  For  like  as  a  young  child  may 
not  bring  forth,  neither  she  that  is 
grown  old  bring  forth  i^ny  more,  even 
so  have  I  disposed  the  world  which  I 
created. 

50  And  I  asked,  and  said.  Seeing  thou 
ha.st  now  shewed  me  the  way,  I  will 
speak  before  thee :  Is  our  mother,  of 
whom  thou  hast  told  me,  still  young? 
or  doth  she  now  draw  nigh  unto  age  ? 

51  He  answered  me,  and  said.  Ask  a 
wonian  that  beareth  children,  and  she 

52  shall  tell  thee.  Say  unto  her.  Where- 
fore are  not  they  whom  thou  hast  now 
brought  forth  like  those  that  were  be- 

53  fore,  but  less  of  stature  ?  And  she  also 
shall  answer  thee.  They  that  be  born 
in  the  strength  of  youth  are  of  one 
fashion,  and  they  that  are  born  in  the 
time  of  age,  when  the  womb  faileth, 

54  are  otherwise.  Consider  therefore 
thou  also,  how  that  ye  are  less  of  stat- 
ure than  those  that  were  before  you. 

55  And  so  are  they  that  come  after  you 
less  than  ye,  as  born,  of  the  creature 
which  now  beginneth  to  be  old,  and 
is  past  the  strength  of  youth. 

66  Then  said  I,  Lord,  I  beseech  thee,  if 
I  have  found  favour  in  thy  sight,  shew 
thy  servant  by  whom  thou  visltest 
thy  creature. 


Q  And  he  said  unto  me,  In  the  begin- 
ning, when  the  earth  was  made,  before 
the  outgoings  of  the  world  were  fixed, 
or  ever  the  gatherings  of  the  winds 

2  blew,  before  the  voices  of  the  thunder 
sounded  and  before  the  flashes  of  the 
lightning  shone,  or  ever  the  founda- 

3  tions  of  paradise  were  laid, before  tlie 
fair  flowers  were  seen,  or  ever  the 
powers  of  the  earthquake  were  estab- 
lished, before  the  innumerable  hosts 

4  of  angels  were  gathered  together,  or 
ever  the  heights  of  the  air  were  lifted 
up,  before  the  measures  of  the  flrmar 
nient  were  named,  or  ever  the  foot- 

5  stool  of  Sion  ^  was  established,  and 
ere  the  present  years  were  sought  out, 
and  or  ever  the  imaginations  of  them 
that  now  sin  were  estranged,  before 
they  were  sealed  that  have  gathered 

6  faith  for  a  treasure :  then  did  I  con- 
sider these  things,  and  they  all  were 
made  through  me  alone,  and  through 
none  other:  as  by  me  also  they  shall 
be  ended,  and  by  none  other. 

7  Then  answered  I  and  said,  "What 
shall  be  the  parting  asunder  of  the 
times?  or  when  shall  be  the  end  of 
the  first,  and  the  beginning  of  it  that 
followeth? 

8  And  lie  said  unto  me,  From  ^  Abra- 
ham luito  ^  Abraham,  inasmuch  as  Ja- 
col)  and  Esau  were  born  of  him,  for 
Jacob's  hand  held  the  heel  of  Esau 

9  from  the  beginning.  For  Esau  is  the 
end  of  this  world,  and  Jacob  is  the 

10  beginning  of  it  th:»t  followeth.  ^  The 
beginning  of  a  man  is  his  liand,  and 
the  end  of  a  man  is  his  heel ;  between 
the  heel  and  the  hand  seek  thou 
nought  else,  Esdras. 

11  I  answered  then  and  said,  O  Lord 
that   bearest  rule,  if    I  have  found 

12  favour  in  thy  sight,  I  beseech  thee, 
shew  thy  servant  the  end  of  thy  to- 
kens, Avhereof  thou  shewedst  me  part 
the  last  night. 

13  So  he  answered  and  said  unto  me, 
Stand  up  upon  thy  feet,  and  thou  shalt 

14  hear  a  mighty  sounding  voice ;  and 
if  the  place  whereon  thou  standest  be 

1 5  greatly  moved,  when  it  speaketh  be 
not  thou  afraid :  for  the  word  is  of  the 
end,  and  the  foundations  of  the  earth 

16  shall  understand,  that  the  speech  is 
of  them:  they  shall  tremble  and  be 
moved  :  for  they  know  that  their  end 
must  be  changed. 

17  And  it  happened,  that  when  I  had 
heard  it  I  stood  up  upon  my  feet,  and 
hearkened,  and,  behold,  there  was  a 
voice  that  spake,  and  the  sound  of  it 
was  like  the  sound  of  many  waters. 

18  And  it  said,  Behold,  the  days  come, 
and  it  shall  be  that  when  I  draw  nigh 
to  visit  them  that  dwell   upon  the 

19  earth,  and  when  I  shall  make  inquisi- 
tion of  them  that  have  done  hurt  un- 
justly with  their  unrighteousness,  and 
when  the  affliction  of  Sion  shall  be 


20 


6.  39. 


11.  ESDRAS. 


6.   56. 


20  fiillilled,  anil  when  tlie  seal  shall  be 
set  upon  the  world  that  is  to  pass 
away,  tlien  will  1  shew  these  tokens  : 
the  books  shall  he  opened  before  the 
lirnianient.  and  all  shall  see  together: 

21  and  the  children  of  a  year  old  shall 
S|)eak  with  their  voices,  tlie  women 
with  ehild  shall  hrii)!^  forth  untimely 
children  at  tliree  or  tour  months,  and 

22  they  shall  live,  and  danee.  And  sud- 
deidy  shall  tlic  sown  plaees  appear 
unsown,   the    full    storehouses    shall 

23  suddenly  he  found  empty ;  and  the 
trumpet  shall  give  a  soimd,  which 
when  every  man  heareth,  they  shall 

24  be  suddenly  afraid.  At  that  time  shall 
friends  make  war  one  against  another 
like  enemies,  and  tlie  earth  shall  stand 
in  fear  with  those  that  dwell  therein, 
the  springs  of  the  fountains  shall  stand 
still,  so  that  for  three  hours  they  shall 

25  not  run.  And  it  shall  l)e  that  whoso- 
ever remaineth  after  all  these  things 
that  I  have  tnld  thee  of,  he  shall  be 
saved,  and  shall  see  my  salvation,  and 

26  the  end  of  my  world.  And  they  shall 
see  the  men  that  have  been  taken  u|>, 
who  have  not  tasted  death  from  their 
birth :  and  the  heart  of  the  inhabitants 
shall  he  changed,  and  turned  into  an- 

27  other  meaning.  Vov  evil  shall  be  l>lot- 
ted  out,  and  de(!eit  sliall  lie  ([uenched ; 

28  and  faith  shall  flourish,  and  corruption 
sliall  be  overcome,  and  the  truth, 
which  hath  been  so  long  without 
fruit,  shall  be  declared. 

29  And  when  he  talked  with  me,  behold, 
by  little  and  little  the  place  whereon  I 

30  stood  '  rocked  to  and  fro.  And  he  said 
unto  me.  These  things   came    I    to 

31  show  thee  =  this  night.  If  therefore 
thou  wilt  pray  yet  again,  and  fast  seven 
days  more,  I  shall  yet  ^  tell  thee  great- 

32  er  things  than  these.  For  thy  voice 
hath  surely  been  heard  before  the  Most 
High:  for  the  .Mighty  hath  seen  thy 
righteous  dealing,  he  hath  seen  afore- 
time also  thy  chastity,  which  thou 

33  hast  had  ever  since  thy  youth.  And 
therefore  hath  he  sent  me  to  shew 
thee  all  these  things,  and  to  say  unto 
thee.  Be  of  good  comfort,  and  fear  not. 

34  And  be  not  hasty  in  ref/ard  o/the  for- 
mer times,  to  think  vain  things,  that 
thou  mayest  not  hasten  la  the  latter 
times. 

35  And  it  came  to  pass  after  thi8,  that 
I  wept  again,  and  fasted  seven  days 
in  like  manner,  that  I  might  fulfil 
the  three  weeks  which  he  told  me. 

36  And  in  the  eiglith  night  was  my  heart 
vexed  within  me  again,  and   I  began 

37  to  speak  before  the  Most  High.  For 
my  spirit  was  greatly  set  on  tire,  and 

38  my  soul  was  in  distress.  And  I  said, 
O  Lord,  of  a  truth  thou  spakest  at 
the  beginning  of  the  creation,  upon 
the  first  day,  and  saidst  thus;  Let 
heaven  and  earth  be  made ;  and  thy 

39  word  perfected  the  work.    And  then 


was  the  spirit  hovering,  and  darkness 
and  silence  were  on  every  side;  the 
sound  of  man's  voice  was  not   yet  *. 

40  Then  comniandedst  thou  a  ray  of  light 
to  be  brought  forth  of  thy  treasures, 
that  then  thy  works  might  appear. 

41Ui)on  the  second  day  again  thou 
madest  the  spirit  of  the  firmament 
and  comniandedst  it  to  part  asunder, 
and  to  make  a  division  betwixt  the 
waters,  that  the  one  part  might  go  up, 

42  and  the  other  remain  beneath.  I'pou 
the  third  day  thou  didst  conmianil  that 
the  waters  should  be  gathtM-ed  together 
injlie  seventh  i)art  of  the  earth :  si.x 
jiarts  didst  thou  ilry  up,  and  keej) 
them,  to  the  intent  that  of  these  some 
being  both  planted  and  tilled  might 

43  serve  before  thee.  For  as  soon  as 
thy  word  went  forth  the  work  was 

44  done.  For  immediately  there  came 
forth  great  and  innumerable  fruit,  and 
manifold  pleasures  for  tlie  taste,  and 
flowers  of  inimitable  colour,and  odours 
of  nuist  exquisite  smell:  and  this  was 

45  done  the  third  day.  Upon  the  fourth 
day  thou  commandedst  that  the  sun 
should  shine,  and  the  moon  give  her 
light,  and  the  stars  sliould  be  in  their 

46  order :  and  gavest  them  a  charge  to 
do    service  nnto   man,  that  was    to 

47  be  made.  Upon  the  fifth  day  thou 
saidst  unto  the  seventh  part,  where 
the  water  was  gathered  together,  that 
it  should  bring  forth  living  creatures, 
fowls  and  flslies :  and  so  it  came  to 

48  pass,  that  the  dumb  water  and  with- 
out life  brought  forth  living  things  as 
it  was  bidden,  tliat  the  peoiiles  might 
therefore  praise  thy  wondrous  works. 

49  Then  didst  thou  preserve  two  living 
creatures,  the  one  thou  calledst  ^  Be- 
hemoth, and  the  other  thou  calledst 

50 "  Leviathan  :  and  thou  tlidst  separate 
the  one  from  the  other:  for  the  seventh 
part,  namely,  where  the  water  was  ga- 
thered together,  might  not  hold  them 

51  both.  Unto  '■Behemoth  thou  gavest 
one  part,  which  was  dried  up  on  the 
third  day.  that  he  should  dwell  in  the 
same,  "•  wherein  are  a  thousand  hills : 

52  but  unto  ^  Leviathan  thou  gavest  the 
seventh  part,  namely,  the  moist;  and 
thoii  hast  kept  tlieni,to  he  ilevoured 

53  of  whom  thou  wilt,  and  when.  But 
upon  the  sixth  day  thou  gavest  com- 
mandment unto  the  earth,  that  it 
should  bring  forth  before  thee  cattle, 

54  beasts,  and  creeping  things  :  and  over 
these  Adam,  whom  thou  ordainedst 
lord  over  all  the  works  that  thou  hast 
made  :  of  liim  come  we  all,  the  people 

55  whom  thou  hast  chosen.  All  this  have 
I  spoken  before  thee,  O  I-ord.  because 
thou  hast  said  that  for  our  sakes  thou 

56  madest '  tliis  world.  As  for  the  other 
nations,  which  also  come  of  Adam, 
thou  hast  said  that  they  are  nothing, 
and  are  like  unto  spittle :  and  thou 
hast  likened  the  abundance  of  them 


7  So  the 

Svriac. 

I'hc 

Latin 

has  l/ie 

firstborn 

world. 


21 


7.   18. 


II.  ESDRAS. 


7.   [38.] 


unto  a  drop  that  falleth  from  a  vessel. 

57  And  now,  O  Lord,  behold,  these  na- 
tions, which  are  reputed  as  nothing, 

58  be  lords  over  us,  and  devour  us.  But 
we  thy  people,  whom  thou  hast  called 
thy  firstborn,  thy  only  begotten,  and 
thy  fervent  lover,  are  given  into  their 

59  hands.  If  the  world  now  be  made  for 
our  sakes,  why  do  we  not  possess  for 
an  inheritance  our  world?  how  long 
shall  this  endure  ? 

7  And  when  I  had  made  an  end  of 
speaking  these  words,  there  was  sent 
unto  me  the  angel  which  had  been 

2  sent  unto  me  the  nights  afore  :  and  he 
said  unto  me,  Up,  Esdras,  and  hear 
the  words  that  I  am  come  to  tell  thee. 

3  And  I  said.  Speak  on,  my  Lord.  Then 
said  he  unto  me,  There  is  a  sea  set  in 
a  wide  place,  that  it  might  be  '  broad 

4  and  vast.  But  the  entrance  thereof 
shall  be  set  in  a  narrow  place  so  as  to 

5  be  like  a  river  ;  whoso  then  should 
desire  to  go  into  the  sea  to  look  upon 
it,  or  to  rule  it,  if  he  went  notthrougli 
the  narrow,  how  could  he  come  into 

6  the  broad  ?  Another  thing  also :  There 
is  a  city  builded  and  set  in  a  plain 
country,  and  full  of  all  good  things ; 

7  but  the  entrance  thereof  is  narrow, 
and  is  set  in  a  dangerous  place  to  fall, 
having  a  fire  on  the  right  hand,  and  on 

8  the  left  a  deep  water  :  and  there  is  one 
only  path  between  them  both,  even  be- 
tween the  fire  and  the  water,  so  sjiiall 
that  there  could  but  one  man  go  there 

9  at  once.  If  this  city  now  be  given  unto 
a  man  for  an  inheritance,  if  the  heir 
pass  not  the  danger  set  before  him, 
how  shall  he  receive  his  inheritance? 

10  And  I  said.  It  is  so.  Lord.  Then  said 
he  unto  me.  Even  so  also  is  Israel's 

11  portion.  Because  for  their  sakes  I 
made  the  world:  and  when  Adam 
transgressed  my  statutes,  then  was 

12  decreed  that  now  is  done.  Then 
were  the  entrances  of  this  world  made 
narrow,  and  sorrowful  and  toilsome  : 
they  are  but  few  and  evil,  full  of  per- 

13  ils,  and  charged  witli  great  toils.  For 
the  enti'ances  of  the  greater  world 
are  wide  and  sure,  and  bring  forth 

14  fruit  of  immortality.  If  then  tliey 
that  live  eiUer  not  these  strait  and 
vain  things,  they  can  never  receive 

15  those  that  are  laid  up  for  them.  Now 
therefore  why  disquietest  thou  thy- 
self, seeing  thou  art  but  a  corruptible 
man  ?  and  why  art  thou  moved,  where- 

16 as  thou  art  but  mortal?  and  why 
hast  thou  not  considered  in  thy  mind 
that  which  is  to  come,  rather  than 

17  that  which  is  present?  Then  answer- 
ed I  and  said,  O  Lord  that  bearest 
rule,  lo,  thou  hast  ordained  in  thy  law, 
that  the  righteous  should  inherit 
these  things,  but  that  the   ungodly 

18  should  perish.  The  righteous  there- 
fore shall  suffer  strait  things,  and  hope 
for  wide :   but  they  that  have  done 


wickedly  -  have  suffered    the  strait 
things,  and  yet  shall  not  see  the  wide. 

19  And  he  said  unto  me,  ^  Thou  art  not 
a  judge  above  God,  neither  hast  thou 
understanding  above  the  Most  High. 

20  Yea,  rather  let  many  that  now  be 
perish,  than  tliat  the  law  of  God  which 

21  is  set  before  them  be  despised.  For 
God  straitly  commanded  such  as 
came,  even  as  they  came,  what  they 
.should  do  to  live,  and  what  they 
should  observe  to  avoid  punishment. 

22  Nevertheless  they  were  not  obedient 
unto  him  ;  but  spake  against  him,  and 
imagined  for  themselves  vain  things ; 

23  and  framed  cunning  devices  of  wick- 
edness ;  and  said  moreover  of  the  Most 
High,  that  he  is  not;  and  knew  not 

24  his  ways  :  but  tliey  despised  his  law, 
and  denied  his  covenants ;  they  have 
not  been  faithful  to  his  statutes,  and 

25  have  not  performed  his  works.  There- 
fore, Esdras,  for  the  empty  are  empty 
things,  and  for  tlie  full  are  the  full 

26  things.  For  behold,  the  time  shall 
come,  and  it  shall  be,  when  these 
tokens,  of  which  I  told  thee  before, 
shall  come  to  pass,  that  the  bride 
shall  appear,  even  the  city  coming 
forth,  and  she  shall  be  seen,  that  now  is 

27  witlidrawn  from  tlie  eartli.  And  who- 
soever is  delivered  from  the  foresaid 
evils,  the  same  shall  see  my  wonders. 

28  For  my  son  Jesus  shall  be  revealed 
with  those  tiiat  be  with  him,  and  shall 
rejoice  them  that  remain  four  hundred 

29  years.  After  these  years  shall  my  son 
Ctirist  die,  and  all  that  have  the  breath 

30  of  ^  life.  And  the  world  shall  be  turned 
into  the  old  silence  seven  days,  like  as 
in  the  first  beginning :  so  that  no  man 

31  shall  remain.  And  after  seven  days 
the  world,  that  yet  awaketh  not,  shall 
be  raised  up,  and  that  shall  die  that 

32  is  corruptible.  And  the  earth  shall 
restore  those  that  are  asleep  in  her, 
and  so  shall  the  dust  those  that  dwell 
therein  in  silence,  and  the  "  secret 
places  shall  deliver  those  souls  that 

33  were  committed  unto  them.  And  the 
Most  High  shall  be  revealed  upon  the 
seat  of  judgement'',  and  compassion 
shall   pass  away,  and    longsuffering 

34  shall  be  withdrawn :  but  judgement 
only  shall  remain,  truth  shall  stand, 

35  and  faith  shall  wax  strong :  and  the 
work  shall  follow,  and  the  reward 
shall  be  shewed,  and  good  deeds  shall 
awake,  and  wicked  deeds  shall  not 

[36]  sleep. "  And  the  «  pit  of  torment 
shall  appear,  and  over  against  it  shall 
be  the  place  of  rest :  and  the  furnace 
of  ^  hell  shall  be  shewed,  and  over 
against    it  the  paradise  of   dehght. 

[37]  And  then  shall  the  Most  High  say 
to  the  nations  that  are  raised  from 
the  dead.  See  ye  and  understand 
whom  ye  have  denied,  or  whom  ye 
have  not  served,  or  whose  command- 

[38]  ments  ye  have  despised.    Look  on 


22 


7.   [58.] 


II.  ESDRAS. 


7.  [75.] 


this  side  aiui  ou  that :  liere  is  ileliglit 
anil  rest,  and  tliere  lire  and  torments. 
Thus  'sliall   lie  speak  unto   them  in 

[39]  the  day  of  judgement:   This   is  a 

[40J  day  that  liatli  neither  siui,  nor 
moon,  nor  stars,  neitlier  eloud,  nor 
thunder,  nor  liglitning,  neither  wind, 
nor  water,  nor  air,  neitlier  darkness, 

[41]  nor  evening,  nor  morning,  neither 
summer,  nor  spring,  nor  heat,  nor 
'winter,  n.-ither  frost,  nor  eolil,  nor 

[412]  hail,  nor  rain,  nor  dew,  neither 
noon,  nor  night,  nor  dawn,  neitlier 
shining,  nor  hriglituess,  nor  light,  save 
only  the  splendour  of  the  glory  of  the 
Most  Iligli,  whereby  all  shall  see  the 

[4;<]  things  tliat  are  set  before  them  :  for 
it  shall  endure  as  it  were  a  week  of 

[44]  years.  This  is  my  juilgement  and 
the  ordinanee  thereof ;  but  to  thee 
only  have  I  shewed  these  things. 

[45]  And  I  answereil,  I  said  even  then, 
O  Lord,  and  I  say  now .-  Hlessed  are 
they  that  be  now  alive  and  keep  the 

[Hi]  statutes  ordaineil  of  thee.  Hut  as 
touching  them  for  whom  my  prayer 
was  made,  irhat  sliall  I  saij?  for  who 
is  there  of  them  that  be  alive  that 
hath  not  sinned,  ami  who  of  the  sons 
of  men.  that  hath  not  transgressed 

[47]  thy  covenant?  And  now  I  see,  that 
the  world  to  come  shall  bring  delight 
to    few,    but    torments    unto    many. 

[48]  For  an  evil  heart  hath  grown  up  in 
us,  which  hath  led  us  astray  from 
these  Stat  lit  PS,  and  hath  brought  us 
into  corruption  and  into  tlie  ways  of 
death,  hath  shewed  us  tlie  paths  of 
perdition  ami  removed  us  far  from 
life ;  and  that,  not  a  few  only,  but 
well  nigh  all  that  have  been  created. 

[49]  Ami  he  answered  me,  and  said. 
Hearken  unto  me,  and  I  will  instniet 
thee;  and  I  will  admonisli  tliee  yet 

[50]  again  :  for  this  cause  the  Most  High 
hath  not  made  one   worKI,  but  two. 

[51]  For  whereas  thou  hast  said  that  the 
just  are  not  many,  bnt  few,  and  the 
ungodly    abound,    hear    tlie    answer 

[52]  thereunto.  If  thou  have  choice 
stones  exceeding  few, '  wilt  thou  set 
for  thee  over  against  them  according 
to  their  nunilier  ihinr/s  of  lead  and 
clay? 

[53]  And  I  said,  Lord,  how  shall  this 
be? 

[54]  And  he  said  unto  me.  Not  only 
this,  but  ask  the  earth,  and  she  shall 
tell  thee;  intreat  lier,  and  she  shall 

[55]  declare  unto  thee.  For  thou  shalt 
say  unto  her.  Thou  bringest  forth 
gold  and  silver  and  brass,  and  iron 

[56]  also  and  lead  and  clay:  but  silver 
is  more  abundant  than  gold,  and  brass 
than  silver,  and  iron  than  brass,  lead 

[57]  than  iron,  and  clay  than  lead.  Judge 
thou  therefore  which  things  are  |)re- 
clous  and  to  he  desired,  whatso  is 
abundant  or  what  is  rare. 

[58]    And  I  said,  O  Lord  that  bearest 


rule,  that  which  is  plentiful  is  of  less 
worth,  for  thiit  which  is  more  rare  is 
more  i)recions. 

[59]  And  he  answered  me,  and  said, 
^  Weigh  within  thyself  the  things  that 
thou  hast  thought,  for  he  that  hath 
what  is  hard  to  get  rejoiceth  over 

[()0]  him  that  hath  what  is  plentiful.  So 
also  is  tlie  'judgement  which  I  have 
jiromised  :  for  1  will  rejoice  over  the 
few  tliat  shall  be  .saved,  inasmuch  as 
these  are  they  that  have  made  my 
glory  now  to   prevail,  and  of  whom 

[Gl]  my  name  is  now  named.  And  I 
will  not  grieve  over  the  multitude  of 
them  that  perish ;  for  these  are  they 
that  are  now  like  unto  vapour,  and 
are  become  as  flame  and  smoke  ;  they 
are  set  on  lire  and  burn  hotly,  and 
are  quenched. 

[62]  And  I  answered  and  said,  O  thou 
eartli,  wherefore  hast  thou  brought 
forth,  if  the  mind  is  made  out  of  dust, 

[63]  like  as  all  other  created  things  ?  For 
it  were  l)etter  that  the  dust  itself  had 
been  unborn,  so  that  the  mind  might 

[64]  not  have  been  made  therefrom.  But 
now  the  mind  groweth  with  us,  and 
by  reason  of  this  we  are  tormented, 

[()5]  because  we  perish  and  know  it.  Let 
the  race  of  men  lament  and  the  beasts 
of  the  Held  be  glad;  let  all  that  are 
boni  lament,  but  let  the   fourfooted 

[()()]  beasts  and  the  cattle  rejoice.  For 
it  is  far  better  with  them  than  with 
ns;  for  they  look  not  for  judgement, 
neither  do  they  know  of  torments  or 
of  salvation  promised  unto  them  after 

[67]  death.  For  what  doth  it  profit  ns, 
that  we  shall  be  preserved  alive,  but 

[68]  yet  be  afflicted  with  torment?  Forall 
that  are  born  are  » defiled  with  iniqui- 
ties, and  are  full  of  sins  and  laden  with 

[(iO]  offences :  and  if  after  death  we  were 
not  to  come  into  judgement,  peradven- 
ture  it  had  been  better  for  us. 

[70]  And  he  answered  me,  and  said, 
When  the  Most  High  made  the  world, 
and  Adam  and  all  them  that  came  of 
him,  he  first  prepared  the  judgement 
and  the  things  that  pertain  unto  the 

[7  1]  judgement.  And  now  understand 
from  thine  own  words,  for  thou  hast 
said  that  the  mind  growetli  with  us. 

[72]  They  therefore  that  dwell  upon  the 
earth  shall  be  tormented  for  this  rea- 
son, that  having  understanding  they 
have  wrought  iniquity,  and  receiving 
commandments  have  not  kept  them, 
and  having  obtained  a  law  they  dealt 
unfaithfully  with  that  which  they  re- 

[73]ceived.  What  then  will  they  have 
to  say  in  the  judgement,  or  how  will 

[74]  they  answer  in  the  last  times?  For 
how  great  a  time  hath  the  .Most  High 
been  longsufTering  with  them  that 
inhabit  the  world,  and  not  for  their 
sakes,  but  because  of  the  times  which 
he  hath  foreordained ! 

[75]    And  1  answered  and  said,  If  1  have 


7.  [92.] 


II.  ESDRAS. 


7.  [104.] 


found  grace  in  thy  sight,  O  Loi-tl,  sliew 
tliis  also  unto  tiiy  servant,  whetlier 
after  death,  even  now  when  everyone 
of  us  givetli  up  his  soul,  we  shall  be 
kept  in  rest  until  those  times  come,  in 
which  thou  shalt  renew  the  creation, 
or  whether  we  shall  be  tormented 
forthwith. 

[76]  And  he  answered  me,  and  said,  I 
M'ill  shew  thee  this  also ;  but  join  not 
thyself  with  them  that  are  scorn- 
ers,  nor  nmuber  thyself  with  them 

[77]  that  are  tormented.  For  thou  hast 
a  treasure  of  (lood  works  laid  up  with 
the  Most  High,  but  it  shall  not  be 
shewed   thee   until   the    last   times. 

[78]  For  concerning  death  the  teaching 
is :  When  the  determinate  sentence 
hath  gone  forth  from  the  iVIost  High 
that  a  man  should  die.  as  the  spirit 
leaveth  the  body  to  return  again  to 
him  who  gave  it,  it  adoreth  the  glory 

[79]  of  the  Most  High  first  of  all.  And 
if  it  be  one  of  those  that  have  been 
scorners  and  have  not  kept  the  way 
of  the  Most  High,  and  that  have  de- 
spised his  law,  and  that  hate  them  that 

[80]  fear  '  God,  these  spirits  shall  not 
enter  into  habitations,  but  shall  wan- 
der and  be  in  torments  forthwith,  ever 
grieving    and    sad,   in    seven    ways. 

[81]  The  first  way,  because  they  have 
despised  the  law  of  the  Most  High. 

[82]  The  second  way,  because  they  can- 
not now  make  a  good  returning  that 

[83]  they  may  live.  The  tliirtl  way,  they 
shall  see  the  reward  laid  up  for  them 
that  have  believed  the  covenants  of 

[84]  the  Most  High.  The  fourth  way, 
they  shall  consider  the  torment  laid 
up  for  themselves  in  the  last  days. 

[85]  The  fifth  way.  they  shall  see  the 
dwelling  places  of  the  others  guarded 

[86]  by  angels,  with  great  quietness.  The 
sixth  way,  they  shall  see  =  how  forth- 
with some  of  them  shall  pass  into 

[87]  torment.  The  seventh  way,  which 
is  "  more  grievous  than  all  the  afore- 
said ways,  because  they  shall  pine 
away  in  confusion  and  be  consumed 
with  ^  shame,  and  shall  be  withered 
up  by  fears,  seeing  the  glory  of  the 
Most  High  before  whom  they  have 
sinned  whilst  living,  and  before  whom 
they  shall  be  judged  in  the  last  times. 

[88]  Now  this  is  the  order  of  those  who 
have  kept  the  ways  of  the  Most  High, 
when  they  shall  be  separated  from  the 

[89]  corruptible  vessel.  In  the  time  ■»  that 
they  dwelt  therein  they  painfully 
served  the  Most  High,  and  were  in 
jeopardy  every  hour,  that  they  might 
keep  the  law  of  the  lawgiver  perfectly. 

[90]  Wherefore  this  is  the  teaching  eon- 

[91]  cerning  them :  First  of  all  they  shall 
see  with  great  joy  the  glf)ry  of  him 
who  taketh  them  up,  for  they  shall 

[92]  have  rest  in  seven  orders.  The  first 
order,  because  they  have  striven  with 
great   labour  to  overcome  the  evil 


thought  which  was  fashioned  together 
with  them,  that  it  might  not  lead 
them    astray   from    life    into    death. 

[93]  The  second  order,  because  they  see 
the  perplexity  in  which  the  souls  of 
the  ungodly  wander,  and  the  punish- 

[9i]  ment  that  awaiteth  them.  The  third 
order,  they  see  the  witness  which  he 
that  fashioned  them  beareth  con- 
cerning them,  that  while  they  lived 
they  kept  the  law  which  was  given 

[95]  them  in  trust.  The  fourth  order, 
they  understand  the  rest  which,  being 
gathered  in  their  chambers,  they  now 
enjoy  with  great  quietness,  guarded 
by  angels,  and  the  glory  that  awaiteth 

[96]  them  in  the  last  days.  The  fifth  or- 
der, they  rejoice,  seeing  how  they  have 
now  escaped  from  that  which  is  cor- 
ruptible, .^nd  how  they  shall  inherit 
that  which  is  to  come,  while  they  see 
moreover  the  straitness  and  the  *  pain- 
fulness  from  which  they  have  been  de- 
livered, and  the  large  room  which  they 
shall   receive  with   joy  and  immor- 

[97]  tality.  The  sixth  order,  when  it  is 
shewed  unto  them  how  their  face  shall 
shine  as  the  sun,  and  how  they  shall 
be  made  like  xnito  the  light  of  the 
stars,  being  henceforth  incorruptible. 

[98]  The  seventh  order,  which  is  greater 
than  all  the  aforesaid  orders,  because 
they  shall  rejoice  with  confidence,  and 
because  they  shall  be  bold  without 
confusion,  and  shall  be  glad  without 
fear,  for  they  hasten  to  behold  the 
face  of  him  whom  in  their  lifetime 
they  served,  and  from  whom  they 
shall  receive  their  reward  in  glory. 

[99]  This  is  the  order  of  the  souls  of  the 
just,  as  from  henceforth  *  is  annoini- 
ced  unto  them,  and  aforesaid  are  the 
ways  of  torture  which  they  that  would 
not  give  heed  shall  suffer  from  hence- 

[100]  forth.  And  I  answered  and  said, 
Shall  time  therefore  be  given  unto  the 
•souls  after  they  are  separated  from 
the  bodies,  that  they  may  see  that 
whereof  thou  hast  spoken  unto  me? 

[101]  And  he  said.  Their  freedom  shall 
be  for  seven  days,  that  for  seven  days 
they  niiiy  see  the  things  whereof  thou 
hast  been  told,  and  afterwards  they 
shall  be  gathered  together  in  their 

[102]  habitations.  And  I  answered  and 
said.  If  I  have  found  favour  in  thy 
sight,  shew  further  unto  me  thy  ser- 
vant whether  in  the  day  of  judgement 
the  just  will  be  able  to  intercede  for 
the  ungodly  or  to  intreat  the  Most 

[103]  High  for  them,  whether  fathers  for 
children,  or  children  for  parents,  or 
brethren  for  lu-ethren,  or  kinsfolk  for 
their  next  of  kin,  or  "^friends  for  them 

[104]  that  are  most  dear.  And  he  an- 
swered me,  and  said.  Since  thou  hast 
found  favoin-  in  n\y  sight,  I  will  shew 
thee  this  also :  The  day  of  judgement 
is  "a  day  of  decision,  and  displayeth 
unto  all  the  seal  of  truth ;  even  as  now 


24 


II.  ESDRAS. 


8.  4. 


a  father  sendetli  not  his  son,  or  a  son 
his  fatlier,  or  a  mastPr  liis  slave,  or  a  | 
1  friend  liini  thut  is  most  dear,  tliat  in    54 
his  stoafl  lie  may  =  lie  sii-k,  or  sleep, or  ,  55 

[105Teat,  or  he  healed:  so  never  sliall 
anyone  pray  foranotlier"' in  tliatday, 
neither  shall  one  lay  a  liiinlcn  on  an- 
other, for  then  shall  all  bear  every  5(> 
one  his  own  righteousness  or  unright- 
eousness. 

Sfi    And  I  answered  an<l  said,  How  do  j 
we  now  find  that  first  Ahraliain  pray-  !  57 
ed  for  the  people  of  Sodom,  and  Moses 
for  the  fathers  that  sinned  in  the  wil- 

37derness:    and  Joshua  after  him  for    58 

38  Israel  in  the  days  of  ■'Aeiiar:  an(i 
Samuel  "^  in  the  days  of  Saul ;   an(; 
David  for  the  iilapue:  and  Solomon    59 
for  them  that  .s/iow^?  iravsliiii  in  the 

SOsanetnary:  ;uid  Elijah  for  those  that 
received  rain;  and  for  the  dead,  that    (iO 

40  he  might  live:  and  Ilezeliiah  for  the 
people   in  the  days  of  Sennaeherih  : 

41  and  many  for  many?     If  therefore    61 
now,  when  corruption  is  grown  up, 
and  unriffhteousness   inereased,  the 
righteous  have  prayed  for  the  ungodly, 
wherefore  shall  it  not  be  so  then  also? 

42  He  answered  me,  and  said.  This  pre-    62 
sent  world  is    not  tlie  end;  the  full 
glory  ahfdeth  '  not  therein  :  therefore 
have  they  who  were  able  prayed  for 

43  the  weak.    But  the  day  of  judgement    63 
shall  be  the  end  of  this  thne,  "and  tlie 
beginning  of  the  immortality  for  to    64 
eome,  wherein  corrupt  ion  is  ])assed 

44  away,  intemperance  is  at  an  end,  in- 
fidelity is  cut  off.  btit  righteousness    65 
is  grown,  and    truth    is  sprung  up. 

45  Then  sh;ill  no  man  be  able  to  have  '  66 
mercy  on  him  that  is  cast  in  judge- 
ment, nor  to  thrust  down  him  that 
hath  gotten  the  victory. 

46  I  answered  then  and  said,  This  is  my  j  (i7 
first  and  last  saying,  tliat  it  had  been  | 
better  that  the  earth  liad  not  "given    68 
fitrp  Adam  :  or  else,  when  it  liad  given 
him,  to  liave  restrained  him  from  sin- 

47  ning.  For  what  profit  is  it  for  all 
that  are  in  this  present  time  to  live  in 
heaviness,  and  after  death  to  look  for 

48  punishment?     O   thou   Adam,  what    69 
hast  thou  done?  for  though   it  was 
thou  that  sinned,  the  evil  is  not  fallen 
on  thee  alone,  but  upon  ;ill  of  us  that    70 

49  come  of  thee.  For  what  i)rolit  is  it 
unto  us,  if  there  he  promised  ns  an 
immortal  time,  whereas  we  have  done     8 

50  the  works  that  bring  deatli?  And 
that  there  is  promised  us  an  everlast- 
ing  hoi)e.   whereas    ourselves    most      2 

51  miserably  are  become  vain?  And 
that  there  are  reserved  habitations  of 
health  and  safety,  whereas  we  have 

o2  lived  wickedly?    And  that  the  glory 
of  the  Most  High  shall  defend  them 
which  have  led  a  pure  life,  whereas      3 
we  have  walked  in  the  most  wicked 

53  ways  of  all?    And  that  there  shall  be      4 
shewed  a  paradise,  whose  fruit  endur- 


eth  without  decay,  wherein  Is  abun- 
dance and  healing,  but  we  sliall  not 
enter  into  it,  for  we  have  walked  in 
unpleasant  places?  And  that  the 
faces  of  them  which  have  used  absti- 
nence shall  shine  above  the  stars, 
whereas  our  faces  shall  be  blacker 
than  darkness?  For  while  we  lived 
and  committed  iniquity,  we  considere<l 
not  what  we  should  have  to  suffer 
after  death. 

Then  he  answered  and  said,  This  is 
the  'condition  of  the  battle,  which 
man  tliat  is  born  ujion  the  earth  shall 
fight;  that,  if  he  be  overcome,  he  shall 
suffer  as  thou  hast  said  :  but  if  he  get 
the  victory,  he  shall  receive  tlie  thing 
that  I  say.  For  this  is  the  way  where- 
of Moses  spake  unto  the  peoi)le  while 
he  lived,  saying,  *»  Choose  thee  life, 
that  thou  niayest  live.  Nevertheless 
they  believed  not  him,  nor  yet  tlie 
prophets  after  him,  no,  nor  me  which 
have  spoken  unto  them  ;  so  that  there 
shall  not  be  such  heaviness  in  their 
destruction,  as  there  shall  be  joy  over 
them  that  are  persuaded  to  salva- 
tion. 

I  answered  then  and  said,  I  know, 
Lord,  that  tlie  ISIost  High  is  now 
called  mereiful,in  that  he  hath  mercy 
upon  them  which  are  not  yet  come 
into  the  world ;  and  comi)assionate, 
in  tliat  he  hath  compassion  upon 
those  that  turn  to  his  law;  and  long- 
suffering,  for  that  he  long  snflereth 
those  that  have  sinned,  as  his  crea- 
tures; and  bountiful,  for  that  he  is 
ready  to  give  rather  than  to  exact; 
and  of  great  mercy,  for  that  he  mul- 
tiplieth  more  and  more  mercies  to 
tliem  that  are  present,  and  that  are 
past,  and  also  to  them  which  are  to 
come;  (for  if  he  multiplied  not  liin 
werriis.the  world  would  not  continue 
with  them  that  dwell  therein;)  and 
one  that  forgiveth,  for  if  he  did  not 
forgive  of  liis  goodness,  tliat  they 
which  have  committed  inirinities 
might  be  eased  of  them,  the  ten  thou- 
sandth part  of  men  would  not  remain 
living;  and  a  judge,  for  if  he  did  not 
pardon  them  that  were  created  by 
ills  word,  and  blot  out  the  multitude 
of  '"  offences,  tliere  would  peradven- 
ture  be  very  few  left  iu  an  innumer- 
able nniltitude. 

And  he  answered  me.  and  said,  The 
ISIost  High  hath  made  this  world  for 
many,  but  the  world  to  come  for  few. 
I  will  tell  thee  now  a  similitude,  Ks- 
dras:  .\s  when  thou  askest  the  earth, 
it  shall  say  unto  thee,  that  it  giveth 
very  much  mould  whereof  earthen 
vessels  are  made,  and  little  dust  that 
gold  cometh  of:  even  so  is  tlie  course 
of  the  present  world.  There- be  many 
created,  but  few  shall  be  saved. 

And  I  ansv^'ered  and  said.  Swallow 
down  understanding  then,  O  my  soul, 


8.  22. 


11.  ESDRAS. 


8.  43. 


5  and  let  my  hea rt  devour  wisdom.  For 
thou  'art  come  hither  without  thy 
will,  and  departest  when  thou  wonki- 
est not:  for  there  is  given  thee  no 
longer  space  than  only  to  live  a  short 

6  time.  O  Lord,  that  art  over  us,  suffer 
thy  servant,  that  we  may  i)ray  before 
thee,  and  give  us  seed  unto  our  heart, 
and  culture  to  our  understanding,  that 
there  may  come  fruit  of  it,  whereby 
every  one  shall  live  that  is  corrupt, 
who  bearetli  tlie  ^  likeness  of  a  man. 

7  For  thou  art  alone,  and  we  all  one 
workmanship  of  thine  hands,  like  as 

8  thou  hast  said.  Forasmuch  as  thou 
quickenest  the  body  that  is  fashioned 
now  in  the  womb,  and  givest  it  mem- 
bers, thy  creature  is  preserved  in  fire 
and  water,  and  nine  months  doth 
thy  workmanship  endure  thy  creature 

9  which  is  created  in  her.  But  that 
which  keepeth  and  that  which  is  kept 
shall  both  be  kept  ^  by  thy  keeping : 
and  when  the  womb  giveth  up  again 

10  that  which  hath  grown  in  it,  thou 
hast  commanded  tliatout  of  the  parts 
of  the  body,  that  is  to  say,  out  of  the 
breasts,  be  given  milk,  which  is  the 

11  fruit  of  the  breasts,  that  the  tiling 
which  is  fashioned  may  be  nourished 
for  a  time,  and  afterwards  thou  slialt 

12  order  it  in  thy  mercy.  Yea,  thou 
hast  brought  it  up  in  thy  righteous- 
ness, and  nurtured  it  in  tliy  law,  and 

13  corrected  it  with  thy  judgement.  And 
thou  Shalt  mortify  it  as  thy  creature, 

14  and  quicken  itas  thy  work.  If  there- 
fore thou  Shalt  1  lightly  and  suddenly 
destroy  him  which  with  so  great  la- 
bour was  fashioned  by  thy  command- 
ment, to  what  pui'pose  was  he  made  ? 

15  Now  therefore  I  will  speak;  touching 
man  in  general,  thou  knowest  best; 
but  touching  thy  people  will  I  speah\ 

16  for  whose  sake  I  am  sorry;  and  for 
thine  inheritance,  for  whose  cause  I 
mourn;  and  for  Israel,  for  whom  I 
am  heavy ;  and  for  the  seed  of  Jacob, 

17  for  whose  sake  I  am  troubled  ;  there- 
fore will  I  begin  to  pray  before  thee 
for  myself  and  for  them:  for  I  see 
the  falls  of  us  that  dwell  in  the  land; 

18  but  I  have  heard  the  swiftness  of  the 

19  judgement  which  is  to  come.  There- 
fore hear  my  voice,  and  understand 
my  saying,  and  I  will  speak  before 
thee. 

The  beginning  of  the  words  of  Es- 
dras,  before  he  was  taken  up.  And 
he  said, 

20  O  Lord,  thou  that  *  abidest  for  ever, 
whose  eyes  are  exalted,  and  whose 

21  chambers  are  in  the  air ;  whose  throne 
is  inestimable ;  whose  glory  may  not 
be  comprehended ;  before  whom  the 
hosts  of  angels  stand  with  trembling, 

22 ''at  whose  bidding  they  are  changed 
to  wind  and  fire ;  whose  word  is  sure, 
and  sayings  constant;  whose  ordi- 
nance is  strong,  and  commandment 


23  fearful ;  whose  look  drieth  up  the 
depths,  and  whose  indignation  mak- 
eth  the  mountains  to  melt  away,  and 

24  whose  truth  beareth  witness  :  hear,  O 
Lord,  tlie  prayer  of  thy  servant,  and 
give  ear  to  the  petition  of  thy  handy- 

25  work ;  attend  unto  my  words,  for  so 
long  as  I  live  I  will  speak,  and  so  long 
as  I  have  understanding  I  will  answer. 

26  0  look  not  upon  the  sins  of  thy  people ; 
but  on  them  that  have  served  thee  in 

27  truth.  Regard  not  the  doings  of  them 
that  deal  wickedly,  but  of  them  that 
have  kept  thy  covenants  in  affliction. 

28  Think  not  upon  those  that  have  walk- 
ed feignedly  before  thee;  but  remem- 
ber them  which  have  willingly  known 

29  thy  fear.  Let  it  not  be  thy  will  to 
destroy  tliem  which  have  lived  like 
cattle ;  but  look  upon  them  that  have 

30 ''clearly  taught  thy  law.  Take  thou 
no  indignation  at  them  which  are 
deemed  worse  than  beasts  ;  but  love 
them  that  have  alway  put  their  trust 

31  in  thy  glory.  For  we  and  our  fathers 
have  '  passed  our  lives  in  '  ways  that 
bring  death :  but  thou  because  of  us 

32  sinners  ^art  called  merciful.  For  if 
tliou  hast  a  desire  to  have  mercy  upon 
us,  then  shalt  thou  be  called  merciful, 
to  US,  namely,  that  have  no  works  of 

33  righteousness.  For  the  just,  which 
have  many  r/ood  works  laid  up  with 
thee,  sliall  for  their  own  deeds  receive 

34  reward.  For  what  is  man,  that  thou 
shouldest  take  displeasure  at  him?  or 
what  is  a  corruptible  race,  that  thou 
shouldest  be  so  bitter  toward  it?  For 
in  truth  there  is  no  man  among  them 
that  be  born,  but  he  hath  dealt  wick- 
edly; and  among  them  '"that  have 
lived  there  is  none  which  hath  not 
done  amiss.  For  in  this,  O  Lord,  thy 
righteousness  and  thy  goodness  shall 
be  declared,  if  thou  be  merciful  unto 
them  which  have  no  store  of  good 
works. 

Then  answered  he  me,  and  said. 
Some  things  hast  thou  spoken  aright, 
and  according  unto  thy  words  so  shall 
it  come  to  pass.  For  indeed  I  will 
not  think  on  the  fashioning  of  them 
which  have  sinned,  or  their  death, 
their  judgement,  or  their  destruction: 

39  but  I  will  rejoice  over  the  framing  of 
tlie  righteous,  their  pilgrimage  also, 
and  the  salvation,  and  the  reward,  that 

40  they  shall  have.     Like  therefore  as  I 

41  have  spoken,  so  shall  it  lie.  For  as 
the  husbandman  sowetli  much  seed 
upon  the  ground,  and  planteth  many 
trees,  and  yet  not  all  that  is  sown 
shall  "  come  up  in  due  season,  neither 
shall  all  tliat  is  planted  take  root : 
even  so  they  tb;it  are  sown  hi  the 
world  shall  not  all  be  saved. 

42  I  answered  then  and  said.  If  I  have 
found  favour,  let  me    speak  before 

43  thee.  Forasmuch  as  the  husband- 
man's seed,  if  it  come  not  up,  seeing 


35 


38 


26 


8.  fi3. 


II.  ESDRAS. 


9.  in. 


that  it  liatli  not  received  thy  rain  in 
due  season,  or  if  it  be  corrupted 
throu^'li  too  niiK'h  rain,  '  so  perisli- 
44etli;  likewise  man,  wliicii  is  fornicd 
witli  tliy  liands,  and  is  called  tliinc 
own  image,  because  he  is  made  like 
unto  tlirr,  for  whose  sake  thou  hast 
formed  all  things,  even  him  hast  tliou 
made   like   unto    the    husbandman's 

45  seed.  He  not  wroth  with  us,  butsi)are 
thy  jieople,  and  have  mercy  upon  thine 
inheritance  ;  for  thou  hast  mercy  upon 
thine  own  creation. 

46  Tlien  answered  he  me,  and  said, 
Things  juTsent  are  for  them  that  now 
be,  and  things  to  come  for  such  as 

47  shall  be  hereafter.  For  thou  comest 
far  short  that  thou  shouldest  be  able 
to  love  my  creature  more  than  I.  Hut 
thou  hast  brought  thyself  full  nigh 
unto  the  mirighteous.     Lpt  tliis  never 

48  be.     Yet  in  this  shalt  thou  be  admi- 
49rable  before  the  Most  High;   in  that 

thou  hast  huudiled  thyself,  as  it  be- 
conieth  thee,  ami  hast  not  judged  thy- 
self )r«r//(  ?/'"'"' among  the  righteous, 

50  so  as  to  be  nuich  glorilied.  For  many 
grievous  miseries  shall  befall  them 
that  ill  the  last  times  dwell  in  the 
world,  .because  they  have  walked  in 

51  great  pride.  Hut  understand  thou  for 
tiiyself,  and  of  sucli  as  be   like  thee 

52  seek  out  the  glory.  For  unto  you  is 
paradise  openeil,  the  tree  of  life  is 
planted,  the  time  to  come  is  prepared, 
plenteoiisness  is  made  ready,  a  city  is 
builded,  and  rest  is  =  a  Ho  wed,  goodness 
is  perfected,   wisdom   being    perfec't 

53  aforehand.  The  root  of  crU  is  sealed 
up  from  you,  weakness  is  done  away 
from  you,  and  ^  [death]  is  hidden  ;  heil 
and  corruption  are  lied  into  forgetful- 

54  ness  :  sorrows  are  passed  away,  and 
in  the  end  is  shewed  the  treasure  of 

1  immortality.  Therefore  ask  thou  no 
more  questions  concerning  the  muUi- 

56  tude  of  them  that  perish.  For  when 
they  had  received  liberty,  they  de- 
spised the  Most  High,  thought  scorn 
of  his   law,  and  forsook    his   ways. 

57  Moreover  they  have  trodden  down  his 
i  righteous,  and  said  in  their  heart,  that 

there  is  no  (!od  :  yea,  and  that  know- 
59ing  they  must  die.  For  as  the  things 
aforesaid  shall  receive  you,  so  thirst 
and  pain  which  are  prepared  shn!/  re- 
ceive them  :  for  the  Most  High  willed 
not  that  men  should  come  to  nought : 

60  but  they  whicli  be  created  have  them- 
selves defiled  the  name  of  him  that 
made  them,  and  were  unthankful  unto 

61  him  which  prepared  life  for  them.  And 
therefore   is  my   judgement  now  at 

62  hand,  which  I  have  not  shewed  unto 
all  men,  but  unto  thee,  and  a  few  like 
thee. 

63  Then  answered  I  and  said.  Behold, 
O  Lord,  now  hast  thou  shewed  me 
the  multitude  of  the  wonders,  which 
thou  wilt  do  in  the  last  times :  but 


18 


19 


at  what  time,  thou  hast  not  shewed 
nie. 

And  he  answered  me,  and  said,  ^Iciu 
sure  thou  diligently  within  tiiyself: 
and  when  thou  seesl  th;it  a  certain 
part  of  the  signs  are  i>ast,  which  have 
been  told  thee  beforehand,  then  shall 
thou  understand,  that  it  is  the  very 
time,  wherein  the  Most  High  will  visit 
the  world  which  was  made  by  him. 
And  when  there  shall  be  seen  in  the 
woil<l  eartluiuakcs,  (lis(|uietude  of 
l)eoides,  devices  of  nations,  wavering 
of  leaders,  dis(iuietude  of  princes,  then 
shalt  thou  understand,  that  the  Most 
High  spake  of  these  things  from  the 
days  that  were  aforetime  from  the 
beginning.  F"or  like  as  of  all  that  is 
made  in  the  world,  the  beginning  ■*  is 
evident,  and  the  end  manifest;  so  also 
are  the  times  of  the  Most  High :  the 
beginnings  are  manifest  in  wonders 
and  mighty  works,  and  the  end  in 
effects  and  signs.  And  every  one  that 
shall  be  saved,  and  shall  be  able  to 
escape  by  his  works,  or  by  faith, 
whereby  he  hath  believed,  shall  be 
preserved  from  the  said  perils,  and 
shall  see  my  salvation  in  my  land,  and 
within  my  borders,  which  I  have  sanc- 
tified for  me  from  the  beginning.  Then 
shall  they  he  amazed,  which  now  have 
abused  my  ways  :  and  they  that  have 
cast  them  away  despitefully  shall 
dwell  in  torments.  For  as  many  as  in 
their  life  have  received  benefits,  and 
yet  have  not  known  me;  and  as  many 
as  have  scorned  my  law,  while  they 
had  yet  liberty,  and,  when  as  yet  place 
of  repentance  was  oi)eii  unto  them, 
understood  not,  but  despised  "  it ;  the 
same  nuist  know  ''  it  after  deatli  by 
torment.  And  therefore  be  thou  no 
longer  curious  how  the  ungodly  shall 
be  punished ;  but  in(|uire  how  the 
rigliteous  shall  be  saved,  ''•  they  whose 
the  world  (s,  and  for  whom  the  world 
teas  creatid. 

And  I  answered  and  said,  I  have 
said  before,  and  now  do  speak,  and 
will  sjieak  it  also  hereafter,  that  there 
be  more  of  them  which  perish,  than 
of  tlieni  which  shall  be  saved  :  like  as 
a  wav(>  is  greater  than  a  drop. 

.\iid  he  answered  me,  saying.  Like  as 
the  field  is,  so  is  also  the  seed  ;  and  as 
the  flowers  be,  such  are  the  colours 
also ;  and  such  as  the  work  is,  such 
also  is  the  '  judgement^/iTcox  ;  and  as 
is  the  husbandman,  so  is  his  threshing- 
tloor  also.  For  there  was  a  time  in 
the  world,  even  then  when  1  was  jire- 
I)aring  for  them  that  now  live,  before 
the  world  was  made  for  them  to  dwell 
in;  and  then  no  man  spake  against 
me,  for  *  there  was  not  any  :  but  now 
they  which  are  created  in  this  world 
that  is  ))repared,  both  *  with  a  table 
that  faileth  not,  and  a  law  which  is 
unsearchable,  are  corrupted  in  their 


i!T 


9.  38. 


II.  ESDRAS. 


10.  13. 


20  manners.  So  I  considered  my  world, 
and,  lo,  it  was  destroyed,  and  my  earth, 
and,  lo,  it  was  in  peril,  because  of  the 

21  devices  that  were  come  into  it.  And  I 
saw,  and  spared  them,  but  not  greatly, 
and  saved  me  a  grape  out  of  a  cluster, 
and  a  plant  out  of  '  a  great  forest. 

22  Let  the  multitude  perish  then,  which 
was  born  in  vain ;  and  let  my  grape 
be  saved,  and  my  plant;  for  with 
great  labour  have  I  made  them  per- 

23  feet.  Nevertheless  if  thou  wilt  cease 
yet  seven  days  more,  (howbeit  thou 

24  Shalt  not  fast  in  them,  but  shalt  go 
into  a  field  of  flowers,  where  no  house 
is  builded,  and  eat  only  of  the  flowers 
of  the  field ;  and  thou  shalt  taste  no 
flesh,  and  shalt  drink  no  wine,  but 

25  Shalt  eat  flowers  only;)  and  pray 
unto  the  Most  High  continually,  then 
will  I  come  and  tallv  with  thee. 

26  So  I  went  my  way,  like  as  he  com- 
manded me,  into  the  field  which  is 
called  -  Ardat ;  and  there  I  sat  among 
the  flowers,  and  did  eat  of  the  herbs 
of  the  field,  and  the  meat  of  the  same 

27  satisfied  me.  And  it  came  to  pass 
after  seven  days  that  1  lay  upon  the 
grass,  and  my  lieart  was  vexed  again, 

28  like  as  before :  and  my  mouth  was 
opened,  and  I  began  to  speak  before 

29  the  Most  High,  and  said,  O  Lord,  thou 
didst  shew  thyself  among  us,  unto 
our  fathers  in  the  wilderness,  when 
they  went  forth  out  of  Egypt,  and 
when  they  came  into  the  wilderness, 
where  no  man  treadeth  and  that  bear- 

30  eth  no  fruit ;  and  thou  didst  say,  Hear 
me,  thou  Israel ;  and  mark  my  words, 

310  seed  of  Jacob.  For,  behold,  I  sow 
my  law  in  you,  and  it  shall  bring  forth 
fruit  in  yon,  and  ye  shall  be  glorified 

32  in  it  for  ever.  But  our  fathers,  which 
received  the  law,  kept  it  not,  and  ob- 
served not  the  statutes :  and  the  fruit 
of  the  law  did  not  perish,  neither  could 

33  it,  for  it  was  thine ;  yet  they  that  re- 
ceived it  perished,  because  they  kept 
not  the  thing  that  was  sown  in  them. 

34  And,  lo,  it  is  a  custom,  that  when  the 
ground  hath  received  seed,  or  the  sea 
a  ship,  Or  any  vessel  meat  or  drink, 
and  when  it  cometh  to  pass  that  that 

35  which  is  sown,  or  that  which  is  launch- 
ed, or  the  things  which  have  been 
received,  should  come  to  an  end,  these 
come  to  an  end,  but  the  receptacles 
remain :  yet  with  us  it  hath  not  hap- 

36  pened  so.  For  we  that  have  received 
the  law  shall  perish  by  sin,  and  our 

37  heart  also  which  received  it.  Not- 
withstanding the  law  perisheth  not, 
but  remaineth  in  its  honour. 

38  And  when  I  spake  these  things  in 
my  heart,  I  looked  about  me  with 
mine  eyes,  and  upon  the  right  side  I 
saw  a  woman,  and,  behold,  she  mourn- 
ed and  wept  with  a  loud  voice,  and 
was  much  grieved  in  mind,  and  her 
clothes  were  rent,  and  she  had  ashes 


39  upon  her  head.  Then  let  I  my 
thoughts  go  wherein  I  was  occupied, 

40  and  turned  me  unto  her,  and  said 
unto  her.  Wherefore  weepest  thou? 
and  why  art  thou  grieved  in  thy  mind? 

41  And  she  said  unto  me.  Let  me  alone, 
my  lord,  that  I  may  bewail  myself, 
and  add  unto  my  sorrow,  for  I  am 
sore  vexed  in  my  mind,  and  brought 
very  low. 

t  42  And  I  said  unto  her,  "What  aileth 

;  43  thee  ?  tell  me.  She  said  unto  me,  I  thy 

servant  was  barren,  and  had  no  child, 

though  I  had  a  husband  thirty  years. 

44  And  every  hour  and  every  day  these 
thirty  years  did  I  make  my  prayer  to 

45  the  Most  High  day  and  night.  And 
it  came  to  pass  after  thirty  years  that 
God  heard  me  thine  handmaid,  and 
looked  upon  my  low  estate,  and  con- 
sidered my  trouble,  and  gave  me  a 
son :  and  I  rejoiced  in  him  greatly,  I 
and  my  husband,  and  all  my  ^  neigh- 
bours :   and  we  gave    great   honour 

46  unto  the  Mighty.    And  1  nourished 

47  him  with  great  travail.  So  when  he 
grew  up,  and  I  came  to  take  him  a 

10  wife,  I  made  a  feast  day.  And  it  so 
came  to  pass,  that  when  my  son  was 
entered  into  his  wedding  chamber,  he 

2  fell  down,  and  died.  Then  we  all 
overthrew  the  lights,  and  all  my 
'neighbours  rose  up  to  comfort  me: 
and  I  remained  quiet  unto  the  second 

3  day  at  night.  And  it  came  to  pass, 
when  they  had  all  left  off  to  comfort 
me,  to  the  end  I  might  be  quiet,  then 
rose  I  up  by  night,  and  fled,  and  came 
hither  into  this  field,  as  thou  seest. 

4  And  I  do  now  purpose  not  to  return 
into  the  city,  but  here  to  stay,  and 
neither  to  eat  nor  drink,  but  continu- 
ally to  mourn  and  to  fast  until  I  die. 

5  Then  left  I  the  meditations  wherein 
I  was,  and  answered  her  in  anger, 

6  and  said.  Thou  foolish  woman  above 
all  other,  seest  thou  not  our  mourning, 
and  what   hatli  happened  unto  us? 

7  how  that  Sion  the  mother  of  us  all  is 
full  of  sorrow,  and  much  humbled. 

8*  It  is  right  now  to  mourn  very  sore, 
seeing  we  all  mourn,  and  to  be  sorrow- 
ful, seeing  we  are  all  in  sorrow,  but 

9  thou  sorrowest  for  one  son.  For  ask 
the  earth,  and  she  shall  tell  thee,  that 
it  is  she  which  ought  to  mourn  for  so 

10  many  that  grow  upon  her.  For  out 
of  her  all  had  their  beginnings,  and 
others  shall  come;  and,  l)ehold,  they 
walk  almost  all  into  destruction,  and 
the  multitude  of  them  is  utterly  rooted 

11  out.  "V\Tio  then  should  make  more 
mourning,  ^she,  that  hath  lost  so 
great  a  multitude,  or  thou,  which  art 

1 2  grieved  but  for  one  ?  But  if  thou  say- 
est  unto  me.  My  lamentation  is  not 
like  the  earth's,  for  I  have  lost  the 
fruit  of  my  womb,  which  I  brought 
forth  with  pains,  and  bare  with  sor- 

13  rows :  but  it  is  ivith  the  earth  after 
28 


10.  29. 


II.  ESDRAS. 


10.  50. 


the  manner  of  the  earth ;  the  multi- 
tude l>re^sent  in  it  is  ut'ne,  as  it  canie : 

14  then  say  1  iinlothee,  Likeastlion  liast 
brouyht  forth  wiiii  sorrow;  even  so 
tiie  eartii  also  hath  given  lier  fruit, 
namely,  man,  ever  since  the  hejjinning 

15  unto  him  that  made  her.  Now  there- 
fore iteep  tliy  sorrow  to  thyself,  and 
hear  with  a  good  eourage  the  ailversi- 

16  ties  wliiuh  liave  befallen  thee.  For  if 
thou  slmlt  aeknowledfie  llie  decree  of 
God  to  be  just,  thou  shalt  both  re- 
ceive thy  son  in  time,  and  shalt  be 

17  praised  among  women,  (lo  thy  way 
then  into  the  city  to  thine  husljand. 

18  And  she  said  unto  me,  That  will  I 
not  do :  I  will  not  go  into  the  city,  but 
here  will  1  die. 

19  So  I  proceeded  to  speak  further  un- 

20  to  her,  and  said.  Do  not  so,  but  sutler 
thyself  to  be  prevailed  on  by  reason 
of  the  adversities  of  Sion ;  and  be  com- 
forted by  reason  of    the  sorrow  of 

21Jerusalem.  For  thou  seest  that  our 
sanctuary  is  laid  waste,  our  altar 
broken  dow  n,  our  temi)le  destroyed  ; 

22  our  psaltery  is  brought  low,  our  song 
ia  put  to  silence,  our  rejoicing  is  at 
an  end;  the  light  of  our  camllestiek 
is  put  out,  the  ark  of  our  covenant  is 
spoiled,  our  holy  things  are  delileti, 
and  the  name  that  is  called  upon  us 
is  profaned;  our  freemen  are  despite- 
fuliy  treated,  our  priests  are  burnt, 
our  Levites  are  gone  iuto  captivity, 
our  virgins  are  defiled,  and  our  wives 
ravished ;  our  righteous  men  carried 
away,  our  little  ones  betrayed,  our 
young  men  are  brought  into  bondage, 
and  our  strongmen  are  become  weak ; 

23  and,  what  is  more  than  all,  the  seal  of 
Sion  — for  she  hath  now  lost  the  seal 
of  her  honour,  and  is  delivered  into 

24  the  liands  of  them  that  hate  us.  Thou 
therefore  shake  oS  thy  great  heavi- 
ness, and  put  away  from  thee  the 
multitude  of  sorrows,  that  the  Mighty 
may  be  merciful  unto  thee  again,  and 
the  Most  High  may  give  thee  rest, 
even  ease  from  thy  travails. 

25  And  it  came  to  pass,  while  I  was 
talking  with  her,  behold,  her  face 
upon  a  suilden  shined  exceedingly, 
and  her  countenance  glistered  like 
lightning,  so  that  I  was  sore  afraid 
'  of  her,  and  nnised  what  this  might 

2G  be ;  and,  behold,  suddenly  she  made 
a  great  cry  very  fearful ;  so  that  the 

27  earth  shook  at  the  noise.  And  1 
looked,  and,  behold,  the  woman  a))- 
peared  unto  me  no  more,  but  there 
was  a  city  bnilded,  and  a  place  shewed 
itself  from  large  foundations :  then 
was  I  afraid,  and   cried  with  a  loud 

28  voice,  and  said,  Where  is  Uriel  the 
angel,  who  came  unto  me  at  the  first? 
for  he  hath  caused  me  to  fall  into  this 
great  trance,  and  mine  end  is  turned 
into  corruption,  and  my  prayer  tore- 

29buke.    And  as  I  was  speaking  these 

29 


words,  behold,  the  angel   who    liad 
come  unto  me  at  the  tii'st  came  unto 

30  me,  and  he  looked  upon  me  :  and,  lo, 
1  lay  as  t)ne  that  had  been  dead,  and 
mine  understanding  was  Uiken  from 
me ;  and  he  took  me  by  the  right 
hand,  and  comforted  me,  and  set  me 

31  upon  my  feet,  and  said  unto  me,  What 
aileth  thee?  and  why  art  thou  so  dis- 
quieted? and  why  is  thine  under- 
standing troubled,  and  the  thoughts 

32  of  thine  heart?  Anil  1  said,  Hecause 
thou  hast  forsaken  me  :  yet  I  did  ac- 
cording to  thy  words,  and  went  into 
the  field,  and,  lo,  I  have  seen,  and  yet 
see,  that  w  hich  I  am  not  able  to  e.x- 

33  press.  Aiul  he  said  unto  me.  Stand 
up  like  a  man,  and  I  will  advise  thee. 

34  Then  said  I,  Speak  on,  my  Lord ;  only 
forsake  me  not,  lest  I  die  frustrate 

35  of  my  hope.  For  1  have  seen  that  I 
knew  not,  and  hear  that  I  do  not 

36  know.     Or  is  my  sense  deceived,  or 

37  my  soul  in  a  dream?  Now  therefore 
I  beseech  thee  to  shew  thy  servant 
concerning  this  trance. 

38  And  he  answered  me,  and  said,  Hear 
me,  and  I  shall  inform  thee,  and  tell 
thee  concerning  the  things  whereof 
thou  art  afraid:  for  the  Most  High 
hath  revealed  many  secret  tilings  un- 

39  to  thee.  He  hath  seen  that  thy  way 
is  right :  for  that  thou  sorrowest  con- 
tinually for  thy  people,  and  makest 

40  great  lanientation  for  Sion.  This 
therefore  is  the  meaning  of  the  vision. 

41  The  woman  which  appeared  unto 
thee  a  little  while  ago,  whom  thou 
sawest  mourning,  and  begannest  to 

42  comfort  lier :  l)ut  now  seest  thou  the 
likeness  of  the  woman  no  more,  but 
there   appeared  unto  thee  a  city  in 

43  building:  and  whereas  she  told  thee 
of  the  death  of  her  son,  this  is  the  so- 

44  lution  :  This  woman,  whom  thou  saw- 
est, is  -  Sion.  -  wlioni  thou  now  seest 

45  as  a  city  bnilded;  and  whereas  she 
said  unto  thee,  that  she  hath  been 

•thirty  years  barren,  it  is,  because 
there  were  three  ^  thousand  years  in 
the  world  wherein  there  was  no  offer- 

46  ing  as  yet  offered  in  her.  And  it  came 
to  pass  after  three  -  thousand  years 
that  Solomon  bnilded  the  city,  and 
offered  offerings  :  then  it  was  that  the 

47  barren  bare  a  son.  And  whereas  she 
told  thee  that  she  nourished  him 
with  travail :    that  was  the  dwelling 

48  in  .Jerusalem.  And  whereas  she  said 
unto  thee.  My  son  coming  into  his 
marriage  chamber  died,  and  that  mis- 
fortune liefell  her:  this  was  the  de- 
struction   that  came    to    Jerusalem. 

49  And,  behold,  thou  sawest  her  Hke- 
ness,  how  she  mourned  for  her  son, 
and  thou  begannest  to  comfort  her 
for  what  hath  befallen  her;  ^ these 
were  the  things  to  be  opened  unto 

50  thee.  For  now  the  Most  High,  seeing 
that  thou  art   grieved    uiifeignedly, 


11.  14. 


XL  ESDRAS. 


11.  37. 


ami  sufferest  from  thy  whole  heart 
for  her,  hath  shewed  thee  the  bright- 
ness of  her  glory,  and  the  comeliness 

51  of  her  beauty:  and  therefore  I  bade 
thee  remain  in  the   field  where  no 

52  house  was  builded  :  for  I  knew  that 
the  Most  High  would  shew  this  unto 

53  thee.  Therefore  I  commanded  thee 
to  come  into  the  Held,  where  no  foun- 

54  dation  of  any  building  was.  For  in  the 
place  wherein  the  city  of  the  Most 
High  was  to  be  shewed,  the  work  of 

55  no  man's  building  ccnild  stand.  There- 
fore fear  thou  not,  nor  let  thine  heart 
be  affrighted,  but  go  thy  way  in,  and 
see  the  beauty  and  greatness  of  the 
building,  as  much  as  thine  eyes  be 

56  able  to  see  :  and  then  shaltthou  hear 
as  much  as  thine  ears  may  compre- 

57  bend.  For  thou  art  blessed  above 
many,  and  with  the  Most  High  art 

58  called  by  name,  like  as  but  few.  But 
to-morrow  at  night  thou  shalt  remain 

59 here;  and  so  shall  the  Most  High 
shew  thee  those  visions  in  dreams,  of 
what  tlie  Most  High  will  do  unto  tliem 
that  dwell  upon  eartli  in  the  last  days. 
So  I  slept  that  night  and  another,  like 
as  he  commanded  me. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass  the  second  night 
that  I  saw  a  dream,  and,  behold,  there 
came  up  from  the  sea  an  eagle,  which 
had  twelve  feathered  wings,  and  three 

2  heads.  And  I  saw,  and,  behold,  she 
spread  her  wings  over  all  the  earth, 
and  all  the  winds  of  heaven  blew  on 
her,  'and  the  clouds  were  gathered 

3  together  against  her.  And  I  beheld, 
and  out  of  her  wings  there  grew  other 
wings  over  against  them ;  and  they 

4  became  little  wings  and  small.  But 
her  heads  were  at  rest :  the  head  In 
the  midst  was  greater  than  the  other 

5  heads,  yet  rested  it  with  them.  More- 
over I  beheld,  and,  lo,  the  eagle  flew 
with  her  wings,  to  reign  over  the  earth, 
and  over   them    that  dwell  therein. 

6  And  I  beheld  how  that  all  things 
under  heaven  were  subject  unto  her, 
and  no  man  spake  against  her,  no,  not 

7  one  creatiu-e  upon  earth.  And  I  be- 
held, and,  lo,  the  eagle  rose  upon  her 
talons,  and  uttered  her  voice  to  her 

8  wings,  saying.  Watch  not  all  at  once : 
sleep  every  one  in  his  own  place,  and 

9  watch  by  course  :  but  let  the  heads  be 

10  preserved  for  the  last.  And  I  beheld, 
and,  lo,  the  voice  went  not  out  of  her 
heads,  but  from  tlie  midst  of  her  body. 

11  And  I  numbered  -  her  wings  that  were 
over  against  the  other,  and,  behold, 

12  there  were  eight  of  them.  And  I  be- 
held, and,  lo,  on  the  right  side  there 
arose  one  wing,  and  reigned  over  all 

13  the  earth  ;  and  so  it  was,  that  when  it 
reigned,  the  end  of  it  came,  and  it 
appeared  not,  so  that  the  place  there- 
of appeared  no  more :  and  the  next 
following  rose  up,  and  reigned,  and  it 

.  14 bare  rule  a  great  time;  and  it  hap- 


pened, that  when  It  reigned,  the  end 
of  it  came  also,  so  that  it  appeared  no 

15  more,  like  as  the  first.    And,  lo,  there 

16  came  a  voice  unto  it,  and  said.  Hear 
thou  that  hast  borne  rule  over  the 
earth  all  this  time :  this  I  pi-oclaim 
unto  thee,  before  thou  shalt  appear 

17  no  more.  There  shall  none  after  thee 
attain  unto  thy  time,  neither  unto  the 

18  half  thereof.  Then  arose  the  third, 
and  had  the  rule  as  the  others  before, 

19  and  it  also  appeared  no  more.  So 
went  it  with  all  the  wings  one  after 
another,  as  that  every  one  bare  rule, 

20  and  then  appeared  no  more.  And  I 
beheld,  and,  lo,  in  process  of  time  the 
"  wings  that  followed  were  set  up  upon 
the  ••  right  side,  that  they  might  rule 
also;  and  some  of  them  ruled,  but 
within  a  while  they  appeared  no  more : 

21  some  also  of  them  were  set  up,  but 

22  ruled  not.  After  this  I  beheld,  and,  lo, 
the  twelve  wings  appeared  no  more, 

23  nor  two  of  the  little  wings :  and  there 
was  no  more  left  upon  the  eagle's 
body,  but  the  three  heads  that  rested, 

24  and  six  little  wings.  And  I  beheld, 
and,  lo,  two  little  wings  divided  them- 
selves from  the  six,  and  remained  un- 
der the  head  that  was  upon  the  right 
side :  but  four  i-emained  in  their  place. 

25  And  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  these  "  under 
wings  thought  to  set  up  themselves, 

26  and  to  have  the  rule.  And  I  beheld, 
and,  lo,  there  was  one  set  up,  but 
within  a  while  it  appeared  no  more. 

27  A  second  also,  and  it  was  sooner  away 

28  than  the  first.  And  1  beheld,  and,  lo, 
the  two  that  remained  thought  also  in 

29 themselves  to  reign:  and  v.'hile  they 
so  thought,  behold,  there  awaked  one 
of  the  heads  that  were  at  rest,  namely, 
it  that  was  in  the  midst;  for  that  was 
greater  than    the    two  other  heads. 

30  And  I  beheld  how  that  it  joined  the 

31  two  of/icc  heads  with  it.  And,  behold, 
the  head  was  turned  with  them  that 
were  with  it,  and  did  eat  up  the  two 
3  under  wings  that  thought  to  have 

32  reigned.  But  this  head  held  the  whole 
earth  in  possession,  and  bare  rule 
over  those  that  dwell  therein  with 
much  oppression  ;  and  it  had  the  gov- 
ernance of  the  world  more  than  all 

33  the  wings  that  had  been.  And  after 
this  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  the  head  also 
that  was  in  tlie  midst  suddenly  ap- 
peared no  more,  like  as  the  wing.s. 

34  But  there  remained  the  two  heads, 
which  also  in  like  sort  reigned  over 
the  earth,  and  over  those  that  dwell 

35  therein.  And  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  the 
head  upon  the  right  side  devoured  it 
that  was  upon  the  left  side. 

36  Then  1  heard  a  voice,  which  said 
unto  me,  Look  before  thee,  and  con- 

37  sider  the  thing  that  thou  seest.  And 
I  beheld,  and,  lo,  as  it  were  a  lion 
roused  out  of  the  wood  roaring :  and  I 
heard  how  that  he  sent  out  a  man's 


SO 


12.   9. 


II.  ESDRAS. 


12.  31. 


voice  unto  the  eagle,  aixl  spake,  say- 
38  iiig,  Hear  thou,  1  will  talk  with  thee, 
and  the  Most  Higli  shall  say  unto 
3!t  thee,  Art  not  thou  il  tiiat  rcniaim'st 
of  the  four  beasts,  whom  I  made  to 
reign  in  my  world,  that  the  end  of 
my  times  might  come  through  them? 

40  And  the  fourth  eanie,  and  overcame 
all  the  heasts  that  were  past,  and  held 
the  world  in  governance  with  great 
trembling,  and  the  whole  compass  of 
the  earth  with  grievous  o|ipression; 
and  so  long  lime  dwell  he   upon  the 

41  earth  with  deceit.  And  thou  hast 
judged  the  earth,  but  njt  with  truth. 

42  For  thou  hast  aftiieted  the  meek,  thou 
hast  lunt  the  peaceable,  thou  hast 
hated  them  that  speak  truth,  thou 
hast  loved  li.irs,  and  destroyed  the 
dwellings  of  them  that  brought  forth 
fruit,  and  hast  cast  down  the  walls  of 

43  such  as  did  thee  no  harm.  Therefore 
is  thy  insolent  dealing  come  up  unto 
the  Most  High,  and  thy  pride  unto  the 

44  Mighty.  The  Most  High  also  hath 
looked  upon  his  times,  and,  l)ehold, 
they  are  ended,  and  his  ages  are  ful- 

45  filled.  And  therefore  appear  no  more, 
thou  eagle,  nor  thy  horrible  wings, 
nor  thy  .evil  little  wings,  nor  thy  cruel 
heads,  nor  thy  hurtful  talons,  nor  all 

46  thy  vain  body  :  that  all  the  earth  may 
he  refreshed,  and  be  eased,  being  de- 
livered from  thy  violence,  and  that 
she  may  hope  for  the  judgement  and 
mercy  of  him  that  made  her. 

12  And  it  came  to  pass,  whiles  the  lion 
spake  these  words  unto  the  eag\e,  I 

2  beheld,  and,  lo,  the  head  that  remain- 
ed appeared  no  more,  and  '  the  two 
wings  which  went  over  unto  it  arose 
and  set  themselves  up  to  reign,  and 
their  kingdom  was  small,  and  full  of 

3  uproar.  And  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  they 
appeared  no  more,  and  the  whole  body 
of  the  eagle  was  burnt,  so  that  the 
earth  was  in  great  fear :  then  awaked 
I  by  reason  of  great  ecstasy  of  mind, 
and  from  great  fear,  and  said  unto 

4  my  spirit,  Lo,  this  hast  thou  done  unto 
me,  in  that  thou  searchest  out  the 

5  ways  of  the  Most  High.  Lo,  I  am 
yet  weary  in  my  mind,  and  very  weak 
in  my  spirit;  nor  is  there  the  least 
strength  in  me,  for  the  great  fear 
wherewith  I  wasatTrighterl  this  night. 

6  Therefore  will  I  now  heseech  the 
Most  High,  that  he  will  strengthen 

7  me  unto  the  end.  And  I  said,  O  Lord 
that  bearest  rule,  if  I  have  found  fa- 
vour in  thy  sight,  anil  if  I  am  justified 
with  thee  above  many  others,  and  if 
my  prayer  indeed  he  come  up  before 

8  thy  face ;  strengthen  me  then,  and 
shew  me  thy  servant  the  interpreta- 
tion and  )ilain  meaning  of  this  fearful 
vision,  that    thou    maycst    perfectly 

9  comfort    my    soul.     l"or    thou    hast 
judged  me  worthy  to  shew  me  the  end 
of  time  and  the  last  times. 
4*  31 


23 


24 


And  he  said  unto  me.  This  is  the  in- 
terpretation of  this  vision  which  thou 
sawest :  The  eagle,  whom  thou  sawest 
come  up  from  the  sea,  is  the  fourth 
kingdom  which  appeared  in  vision  to 
thy  brothel-  iJaniel.  Hut  it  was  not  ex- 
l)oundt'il  unto  him,  as  I  now  expound 
it  unto  thee  or  have  expounded  it. 
Heboid,  the  days  come.that  there  shall 
rise  uji  a  kingdom  upon  earth,  and  it 
shall  lie  feareilaljove  all  the  kingdoms 
that  were  hefore  il.  Jutlic  same  shall 
twelve  kings  reign,  one  alter  another  : 
whereof  the  second  shall  begin  to 
rei.gn,  and  shall  have  a  longer  time 
than  aiiijof  the  twelve.  This  is  the 
interpretation  of  the  twelve  wings, 
which  thou  sawest.  And  whereas 
thou  heardest  a  voice  which  sp;ike, 
not  going  out  from  the  heads,  hut 
from  the  midst  of  the  body  thereof, 
this  is  the  interpretation :  That  -  after 
the  time  of  that  kingdom  there  shall 
arise  no  small  contentions,  and  it  shall 
stand  in  peril  of  falling :  nevertheless 
it  shall  not  then  fall,  hut  shall  be  re- 
stored again  to  its  first  estate.  And 
whereas  thou  sawest  the  eight  under 
wings  sticking  to  lier  wings,  this  is 
the  interpretation:  That  in  it  there 
shall  arise  eight  kings,  whose  times 
shall  be  but  small,  anil  their  years 
swift.  And  two  of  them  shall  perish, 
when  the  middle  time  ai)pri)acheth  : 
four  shall  be  kept  for  a  while  until 
the  time  of  the  ending  thereof  shall 
approach :  but  two  shall  he  kept  unto 
the  end.  And  whereas  thou  sawest 
three  heads  resting,  this  is  the  inter- 
pretation :  In  the  last  days  thereof 
shall  the  IMost  High  raise  up  three 
^kingdoms,  and  renew  many  things 
therein,  and  they  shall  bear  rule  over 
the  earth,  and  over  those  that  dwell 
therein,  with  much  oppression,  above 
all  those  that  were  before  them: 
therefore  are  they  called  the  heads 
of  the  eagle.  For  these  ai'e  they 
that  shall  accomi)Iisli  her  wickedness, 
and  that  shall  finish  her  last  end. 
And  whereas  thou  sawest  that  the 
great  head  appeared  no  more,  it  sir/- 
■tiijiclh  that  one  of  them  shall  die 
u])on  his  bed,  and  yet  with  pain. 
lUit  for  the  two  that  I'emained,  the 
sword  shall  devour  them.  For  the 
sword  of  the  one  shall  devour  him  that 
was  with  him:  hut  he  also  shall  fall 
by  the  sword  in  the  last  days.  And 
w  liereas  thou  sawest  two  under  wings 
passing  '  over  unto  the  head  that  is 
on  the  right  side,  this  is  the  interpre- 
tation :  These  are  they,  whom  the 
Most  High  hath  kept  unto  his  eiul: 
this  is  the  small  kingdom  and  full  of 
trouble,  as  thon  sawest.  And  the  lion, 
whom  thou  sawest  rising  up  o)tt  of 
the  wood,  and  roaring,  and  speaking 
to  the  eagle,  and  rebuking  her  for  her 
inn-ighteousness,  and  all   her  words 


12.  50. 


II.  ESDRAS. 


13.  16. 


32  which  thou  hast  heard ;  this  is  the 
anointed  one,  whom  the  Most  High 
hath  kept  unto  the  end  i  [of  days, 
who  shall  spring  up  out  of  the  seed 
of  David,  and  he  shall  come  and 
speak]  unto  them  and  reprove  them 
for  their  wickedness  and  their  un- 
righteousness, and  shall  =  heap  up 
before  them  their  contemptuous  deal- 

33  ings.  For  at  the  first  he  shall  set 
them  alive  in  his  judgement,  and  when 
he  hath  reproved  them,  he  shall  de- 

34  stroy  them.  For  the  rest  of  my  people 
shall  he  deliver  with  mercy,  those  that 
have  been  preserved  throughout  my 
borders,and  he  shall  make  them  joyful 
until  the  coming  of  the  end,  even  the 
day  of  judgement,  whereof  I  have 
spoken  unto  thee  from  the  beginning. 

35  This  is  the  dream  that  thou  sawest, 
and  this  is  the  interpretation  thereof  : 

36  and  thou  only  hast  been  meet  to  know 

37  this  secret  of  the  Most  High.  There- 
fore write  all  these  things  that  thou 
hast  seen  in  a  book,  and  put  them  in 

38  a  secret  place:  and  thou  shalt  teach 
them  to  the  wise  of  thy  people,  whose 
hearts  thou  knowest  are  able  to  com- 

39  prehend  and  keep  these  secrets.  But 
wait  thou  here  thyself  yet  seven  days 
more,  that  there  may  be  shewed  imto 
thee  v,'hatsoever  it  pleaseth  the  Most 
High  to  shew  thee.  And  he  departed 
from  me. 

40  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  the 
people  8  saw  that  the  seven  days  were 
past,  and  I  not  come  again  into  the 
city,  they  gathered  them  all  together, 
from  the  least  imto  the  greatest,  and 
came  unto  me,  and  spake  to  me,  say- 

41  ing.  What  have  we  offended  thee  ?  and 
what  evil  have  we  done  against  thee, 
that  thou   hast  utterly  forsaken  us, 

42  and  sittest  in  this  place  ?  For  of  all  the 
prophets  thou  only  art  left  us,  as  a 
jcluster  of  the  vintage,  and  as  a  lamp 
In  a  dark  place,  and  as  a  haven  for  a 

43  ship  saved  from  the  tempest.  Are  not 
the  evils  which  are  come  to  us  sufli- 

44cient?  If  thou  shalt  forsake  us,  how 
much  better  had  it  been  for  us,  if  we 
also  had  been  consumed  in  the  buru- 

45  ing  of  Sion !  For  we  are  not  better 
than  they  that  died  there.  And  they 
wept  with  a  loud  voice.    And   I  an- 

46  swered  them,  and  said.  Be  of  good 
comfort,  O  Israel ;  and  be  not  sorrow- 

47  ful,  thou  house  of  Jacob :  for  the  Most 
High  hath  you  in  remembrance,  and 
the  Mighty  hath  not  forgotten  you 

48*  for  ever.  As  for  me,  I  have  not  for- 
saken you,  neither  am  I  departed 
from  you  :  but  am  come  into  this 
place,  to  pray  for  the  desolation  of 
Sion.  and  that  I  might  seek  mercy  for 
the    low    estate  of  your  sanctuary. 

49  And  now  go  yoiu'  way  every  man  to 
his  own  house,  and  after  these  days 

50  will  I  come  unto  you.  So  the  people 
went  their  way  into  the  city,  like  as  I 


5 1  said  unto  them :  but  I  sat  in  the  field 
seven  days,  as  the  anr/el  commanded 
me ;  and  in  those  days  I  did  eat  only 
of  tlie  flowers  of  the  field,  and  had  my 
meat  of  the  herbs. 

13  And  it  came  to  pass  after  seven  days, 

2  I  dreamed  a  dream  by  night ;  and,  lo, 
there  arose  a  wind  from  the  sea,  that 

3  it  moved  all  the  waves  thereof.  And 
1  beheld,  and,  lo, '[this  wind  caused 
to  come  up  from  the  midst  of  the  sea 
as  it  were  the  likeness  of  a  man,  and 
I  beheld,  and,  lo,]  that  man  •''  flew  with 
the  clouds  of  heaven:  and  when  he 
turned  his  countenance  to  look,  all 
things  trembled  that  were  seen  under 

4  him.  And  whensoever  the  voice  went 
out  of  his  mouth,  all  they  burned  that 
heard  his  voice,  like  as  the  ^  wax  melt- 

5  eth  when  it  feeleth  the  fire.  And 
after  this  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  there  was 
gathered  together  a  multitude  of  men, 
out  of  number,  from  the  four  winds  of 
heaven,  to  make  war  against  the  man 

6  that  came  out  of  the  sea.  And  I 
beheld,  and,  lo,  he  graved  himself  a 
great  mountain,  and  flew  up  upon  it. 

7  But  I  sought  to  see  the  region  or  place 
whereout  the  mountain  was  graven, 

8  and  I  could  not.  And  after  this  I 
beheld,  and,  lo,  all  they  which  were 
gathered  togetlier  to  fight  against  him 
were  sore  afraid,  and  yet  durst  light. 

9  And,  lo,  as  he  saw  the  assault  of  the 
multitude  that  came,  he  neither  lifted 
up  his  hand,  nor  held  spear,  nor  any 

10  instrument  of  war :  but  only  I  saw 
how  that  he  sent  out  of  his  mouth  as 
it  had  been  a  flood  of  flre,  and  out  of 
his  lips  a  flaming  breath,  and  out  of 
his  tongue  he  cast  forth  sparks  '  of 

11  the  storm.  And  these  were  all  min- 
gled together;  the  flood  of  fire,  the 
flaming  breath,  and  the  great  storm; 
and  fell  upon  the  assault  of  the  multi- 
tude which  was  prepared  to  fight,  and 
burned  them  up  every  one,  so  that 
upon  a  sudden  of  an  inmunerable 
multitude  nothing  was  to  be  per- 
ceived, but  only  dust  of  ashes  and 
smell  of  smoke :  when  I  saw  this  I 

12  was  amazed.  Afterward  I  beheld  the 
same  man  come  down  from  the  moun- 
tain, and  call  unto  him  another  multi- 

13  tude  which  was  peaceable.  And  there 
came  ^  much  people  unto  him,  whereof 
some  were  glad,  some  were  sorry, 
some  of  them  were  bound,  and  other 
some  brought  of  them  that  were  of- 
fered :  then  through  great  fear  I 
awaked,  and  prayed  unto  the  Most 

14  High,  and  said.  Thou  hast  shewed 
tliy  servant  these  wonders  from  the 
beginning,  and  hast  counted  me 
worthy   that  thou  shouldest  receive 

15 my  prayer:  and  now  shew  me  more- 
over the  interpretation  of  this  dream. 

16  For  as  I  conceive  in  mine  under- 
standing, woe  unto  them  that  shall 
be  left  in  those  days !  and  much  more 


32 


13.  37. 


II.  ESDRAS. 


13.  57. 


17  woe  unto  them  that  are  not  left!  for 
they   tliiit  were  not  left  shall  he   in 

18  heaviness,  understanding  the  thins;s 
that  are  hiid  up  in  the  latter  days,  but 

I'J  not -attaining  uDtu  tin  m.  Hut  woe  unto 
them  aiNO  that  are  left,  for  this  cause ; 
for  they  shall  see  f,'reat  perils  ami 
many  necessities,  like  as  these  dreams 

20 declare.  Vet  is  it  'better  lor  one  to 
be  in  peril  and  to  come  into  =  these 
things,  than  to  pass  away  as  a  cloud 
out  of  the  world,  and  not  to  see  the 
things  that -sliall  happen  in  the  last 
d;iys. 
And  he  answered  unto  me,  and  said, 

21  The  interpretation  of  the  vision  shall 
I  tell  thee,  and  I  will  also  open  unto 
thee  the  things   whereof   thou  hast 

22ina<le  mention.  Whereas  thou  hast 
spoken  of  them  that  are  left  behind, 

23  this  is  the  interpretation:  lie  that 
shall  -endure  tlie  peril  in  that  time 
shall  keep  them  that  be  fallen  into 
danger,  even  such  as  have  works,  and 

24  faith  toward  the  Almighty.  Know 
therefore,  that  they  which  be  left  be- 
hind are  nnne  Idcssed  than  they  that 

25  be  dead.  These  are  the  interpreta- 
tions of  the  vision  :  Whereas  thou  saw- 
est  a  man  coming  up  from  the  midst 

26  of  the  sea,  the  same  is  he  whom  the 
Most  High  hath  kei)t  a  great  season, 
which  liy  his  own  self  shall  ileliver  his 
creature  :  and  he   shall   order  them 

27  that  are  left  behind.  And  whereas 
thou  sawest,  that  out  of  his  mouth 
there  came  wind,  and  lire,  and  storm  ; 

28  and  whereas  he  held  neither  spear, 
nor  any  instrument  of  war,  but  de- 
stroyed the  assault  of  that  nuUtitude 
which  came  to  tight  against  liim  ;  this 

29  is  the  interpretation  :  Behold,  the  days 
come,  wlieu  tlie  Most  High  will  begin 
to  deliver  them  that  are   upon  the 

30  earth.  And  there  shall  come  astonish- 
ment of  mind  upon  them  that  dwell  on 

31  the  earth.  And  one  shall  think  to  war 
against  another,  city  against  city, 
idace  against  place,  peoi)le  against 
people,  and  kingdom  against  kingdom. 

32  And  it  shall  be,  when  these  things 
shall  come  to  pass,  and  tiie  signs  shall 
happen  which  I  shewed  thee  before, 
then  shall  my  Son  be  revealed,  whom 

33  thou  sawest  ua  a  man  ascending.  And 
it  sliall  be,  when  all  the  nations  hear 
his  voice,  every  man  shall  leave  his 
own  land  and  the  battle  they  have  one 

34  against  another.  And  an  innumerable 
multitude  shall  be  gathered  together, 
as  thou  sawest,  desiring  to  come,  and 

35  to  tight  against  liim.  But  he  shall 
stand  upon  the  top  of  the  mount  Sion. 

3<i  .\nd  Sion  shall  come,  and  shall  be 
shewed  to  all  men,  being  prepared 
and  builded,  like  as  thou  sawest  the 

37  mountain  graven  without  hands.  And 
this  my  Son  shall  rebuke  the  nations 
which  are  come  for  their  wickedness, 
Willi  plagues  that  are  like  unto  a  tem- 


38  pest ;  and  shall  taunt  them  to  their 
face  with  their  evil  thoughts,  and  the 
torments  wherewith  they  shall  be  tor- 
mented, which  are  likened  unto  a 
tianie  :  and  he  shall  destroy  them  with- 
out labour  by  the  law,  which  is  liken- 

39  ed  unto  lire.  And  whereas  thou  saw- 
est that  he  gathered  unto  him  another 

40nuiltitude  that  was  i)eaceable  ;  these 
are  the  ten  tribes,  which  were  led 
away  out  of  their  own  land  in  the  time 
of  Osea  the  king,  whom  Salmanasar 
the  king  of  the  Assyrians  led  away 
captive,  and  he  carried  them  beyond 
the  River,  and  they  were  carried  into 

41  another  land.  But  they  took  this 
counsel  among  themselves,  that  they 
would  leave  the  nuiltitude  of  the  hea- 
then, and  go  forth  into  a  further 
country,  where  never  mankind  dwelt, 

42  that  they  might  there  keep  their  stat- 
utes,  which    they  had    not  kept  in 

43  their  ow  n  laud.  And  they  entered 
by  the  narrow  passages  of  the  river 

44  Euphrates.  For  the  Most  High  then 
wrought  signs  for  them,  and  stayed 
the  springs  of  the  River,  till  they  were 

45  passed  over.  For  through  that  coun- 
try there  was  a  great  way  to  go,  name- 
ly, of  a  year  and  a  half :  and  the  same 

40  region  is  called  ^  Arzareth.  Then 
dwelt  they  there  until  the  latter  time ; 
and   now  when  they   begin  to  come 

47  again,  the  Most  High  stayeth  the 
springs  of  the  River  again,  that  they 
may  go  through  -.  therefore  sawest 
thou  the  multitude  gathered  together 

48  with  peace.  But  those  that  be  left 
behind  of  thy  people  are  they  that  are 

49  found  within  my  holy  border.  It  shall 
be  therefore  when  he  shall  destroy  the 
multitude  of  the  nations  that  are 
gathered  together,  he  shall  defend  the 

50  people  that  remain.  And  then  shall 
he  shew  them  very  many  wonders. 

5 1  Then  said  I,  O  Lord  that  bearest  rule, 
shew  me  this  :  wlierefore  I  have  seen 
the  man  coming  up  from  the  midst  of 

52  the  sea.  And  he  said  unto  me.  Like 
as  one  can  neither  seek  out  nor  know 
what  is  in  the  deep  of  the  sea,  even  so 
can  no  man  upon  earth  see  my  Son, 
or  those  that  be  with  him,  Init  in  the 

53  time  of  *  his  day.  This  is  the  inter- 
pretation of  the  dream  which  thou 
sawest,  and  for  this  thou  only  art  en- 

54  lightened  herein.  For  thou  liast  for- 
saken thine  own  ways,  and  applied  thy 
diligence  unto  mine,  and  hast  sought 

55  out  my  law.  Thy  life  hast  thou  or- 
dered in  wisdom,  and  hast  called  un- 

5G  derstanding  thy  mother.  And  there- 
f(n-e  have  I  shewed  thee  this;  for  there 
is  a  reward  laid  up  with  the  Most 
High:  and  it  shall  be,  after  other 
three  days  I  will  speak  other  things 
unto  thee,  and    declare    unto    thee 

57  mighty  and  wondrous  things.  Then 
went  I  forth  and  passed  into  the  held, 
giving  praise  and  thanks  greatly  unto 


38 


14.  21. 


II.  ESDRAS. 


14.  42. 


the  Most  High  because  of  his  wonders, 
58  whieli  he  did  from  time  to  time  ;  and 
because  he  governeth  the  time,  and 
such  things  as  fall  in  their  seasons. 
And  there  I  sat  three  days. 
14  And  it  came  to  pass  upon  the  third 
day,  I  sat  under  an  oak,  and,  beliold, 
there  came  a  voice  out  of  a  bush  over 
against  me,  and  said,  Esdras,  Esdras. 

2  And  I  said,  Here  am  I,  Lord.    And  1 

3  stood  up  upon  my  feet.  Tlien  said  lie 
unto  me.  In  the  bush  I  did  manifestly 
reveal  myself,  and  talked  with  Moses, 
when  my  people  were  in  bondage  in 

4  Egypt :  and  I  sent  him,  and  '  he  led 
my  people  out  of  Egypt ;  and  I  brought 
him  up  to  the  mount  of  Sinai,  where 

5  I  held  him  by  me  for  many  days ;  and 
told  him  many  wondrous  things,  and 
shewed  him  the  secrets  of  the  times, 
and  the  entl  of  the  seasons ;  and  com- 

6  manded  him,  saying.  These  words 
Shalt  thou  publish  openly,  and  these 

7  Shalt  thou  hide.    And  now  I  say  luito 

8  thee,  Lay  ui)  in  thy  heart  the  signs 
that  I  have  shewed,  and  the  dreams 
that  thou  hast  seen,  and  the  interpre- 

9  tations  which  thou  hast  heard :  for 
thou  Shalt  be  taken  away  from  men, 
and  from  henceforth  thou  shalt  re- 
main with  my  Son,  and  with  such  as 
be  like  thee,  until  the  times  be  ended. 

10  For  the  world  hath  lost  its  youth,  and 

1 1  the  times  begin  to  wax  old.  -  For  the 
world  is  divided  into  twelve  parts,  and 
ten  parts  of  it  are  gone  already,^ even 

12  the  half  of  the  tenth  part:  and  there 
remain  of  it  two  parts  after  the  middle 

13  of  the  tenth  part.  Now  therefore  set 
thine  house  in  order,  and  reprove  thy 
people,  comfort  the  lowly  among 
them,  ••  and  instruct  such  of  them  as 
be  wise,  and  now  renounce  the  life 

14  that  is  corruptible,  and  let  go  from 
thee  mortal  thoughts,  cast  away  from 
thee  the  burdens  of  man,  put  off  now 

15  thy  weak  nature,  and  lay  aside  the 
thoughts  that  are  most  grievous  unto 
thee,  and  haste  thee  to  remove  from 

16  these  times.  For  yet  worse  evils  than 
those  which  thou  bast  seen  happen 

17  shall  be  done  hereafter.  For  look, 
how  much  the  world  shall  be  weaker 
through  age,  so  much  the  more  shall 
evils  increase  upon  them  that  dwell 

18  therein.  For  the  truth  shall  withdraw 
itself  further  off,  and  leasing  be  hard 
at  hand :  for  now  hasteth  =  the  eagle 
to  come,  which  thou  sawest  in  vision. 

19  Then  answered  I  and  said, « I  will 

20  speak  before  thee,  O  Lord.  Behold,  I 
will  go,  as  thou  hast  connnanded  me, 
and  reprove  the  people  that  now  be : 
but  they  that  shall  be  born  afterward, 
who  shall  admonish  them?  for  the 
world  is  set  in  darkness,  and  they  that 

21  dwell  therein  are  without  light.  For 
thy  law  is  burnt,  therefore  no  man 
knoweth  the  things  that  are  done  of 
thee,  or  the  works  that  shall  be  done. 


22  But  if  I  have  found  favour  before  thee, 
send  the  Holy  Spirit  into  me,  and  I 
shall  write  all  that  hath  been  done  in 
the  world  since  the  beginning,  even 
the  things  that  were  written  in  thy 
law,  that  men  may  be  able  to  find  the 
path,  and  that  they  which  would  live 

23  in  the  latter  days  may  live.  And  he 
answered  me  and  said,  Go  thy  way, 
gather  the  people  together,  and  say 
unto  them,  that  they  seek  thee  not 

24  for  forty  days.  But  look  thou  prepare 
thee  many  tablets,  and  take  with  thee 
Sarea,  Dabria,  Seleniia,  Ethanus,  and 
Asiel,  these  live,  which  are  ready  to 

25  write  swiftly ;  and  come  hither,  and  I 
shall  light  a  lamp  of  understanding  in 
thine  heart,  which  shall  not  be  put  out, 
till  the  things  be  ended  which  thou 

26  shalt  write.  And  when  thou  hast 
done,  some  things  shalt  thou  publish 
openly,  and  some  things  shalt  thou 
deliver  in  secret  to  the  wise :  to-mor- 
row this  hour  shalt  thou  begin  to  write. 

27  Then  went  I  forth,  as  he  commanded 
me,  and  gathered  all  the  people  to- 

28gether,  and  said.  Hear  these  words, 

29  O  Israel.  Our  fathers  at  the  begin- 
ning were  strangers  in   Egypt,  and 

30  they  were  delivered  from  thence,  and 
received  the  law  of  life,  which  they 
kept  not,  which  ye  also  have  trans- 

31  gressed  after  them.  Then  was  "the 
land,  even  the  land  of  Sion,  given  you 
for  a  possession :  but  ye  yourselves, 
and  your  fathers,  have  done  unright- 
eousness, and  have  not  kept  the  ways 
which    the    Most    High  commanded 

32  you.  And  forasmuch  as  he  is  a  right- 
eous judge,  he  took  from  you  for  a 
while  the  thing  that  he  had  given  you. 

33  And  now  ye  are  here,  and  your  bre- 

34  thren  are  among  you.  Therefcve  if  so 
be  that  ye  will  rule  over  your  own  un- 
derstanding, and  instruct  your  hearts, 
ye  shall  be  kept  alive,  and  after  death 

35  ye  shall  olitain  mercy.  For  after  death 
shall  the  judgement  come,  when  we 
shall  live  again :  and  then  shall  the 
names  of  the  righteous  be  manifest, 
and  the  works  of  the  ungodly  shall  be 

30  declared.  Let  no  man  therefore  come 
unto  me  now,  nor  seek  after  me  these 

37  forty  days.  So  I  took  the  five  men,  as 
he  commanded  me,  and  we  went  forth 
into  the  field,  and  remained   there. 

38  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  morrow 
that,  lo,  a  voice  called  me,  saying,  Es- 
dras, open  thy  mouth,  and  drink  that  I 

39  give  thee  to  drink.  Then  opened  I  my 
mouth,  and,  behold,  there  was  reached 
unto  me  a  full  cup,  which  was  full 
as  it  were  with  water,  but  the  colour 

40  of  it  was  like  fire.  And  I  took  it, 
and  drank :  and  when  I  had  drunk  of 
it,  my  heart  uttered  understanding, 
and  wisdom  grew  in  my  breast,  for 

41  my  spirit  retained  its  memory:  and 
my  mouth  was  opened,  and  shut  no 

42  more.    The  Most  High  gave  under- 


34 


15.   16. 


II.  ESDRAS. 


15.  84. 


staiuliiig  unto  the  five  iiu-n,  aiul  they 
wrote  by  course  the  tliiiit;.s  thiit  were 
told  them,  in  '  ch:ii;icters  wliicli  they    17 
knew  not,  ami  they  sat  forty  days: 
now  tliey  wrote  in  tlie  (hiy-tinio,  and    18 

43  at  night  they  ale  bread.  As  for  me, 
I  spal^e  in  tiie  day,  and  by  nii,'ht   I 

44  held  not  my  toni^iie.    So  in  forty  days    19 
were  written  -  fourscore  and  fourteen 

45  liooks.    And   it  eaim!  to  i)ass,  when 
the  forty  days  were  fullilled,  tliat  tlie 
Most  Hiiili  spake  unto  me,  sayintr,  Tlie 
first  that  tliou  hast  written   publish    'JO 
openly,  and   let  the  worthy  and  uu- 

4t)  worthy  read  it:  but  keep  the  seventy 
last,  that  thou  mayest  deliver  them 
to  such  as  be  wise  anionic  thy  people  : 

47  for  in  them  is  tlie  sprini;;  of  under- 
standini;,  the  fountain  of  wisdom,  and    21 

48  the  stream  of  knowledge.  And  1  did  so. 

15  Bei>ol(l,  speak  thou  in  the  ears  of  my 
people  the  words  of  prophec^y,  which 
I   will  put  in   thy  mouth,  saith  the 

2  Lord :  and  cause  thou  them  to  be 
written  in  paper:  for  they  arc  faithful    2',i 

3  and  true.  Fear  not  their  im:iglnations 
against  thee,  let  not  the  unliclief  of 
them  that  speak  against  thee  trouble 

4  thee.    For  all  the  unbelievers  shall    24 
die  in  their  unbelief. 

5  Behold,  saith  the  Lord,  I  In-ing  evils 
upon  the  whole  earth;  sword  and 
famine,  and  death  and   ilestruction.    2(5 

C  For  wickedness  hath  prevailed  over 
every  land,  and  their  hurtful  works 

7  are  eonie  to  the  full.    Therefore  saith 

8  the  Lord,  1  .vill  hold  my  peace  no  27 
more  as  touching  their  wickedness, 
which  they  profanely  commit,  neither 
will  I  suffer  them  in  these  things, 
which  they  wickedly  practise :  behold, 
the  innocent  and  righteous  blood  eri- 
eth  unto  me.  and  the  souls  of  the  right- 

9  ecus  cry  out  continually.   I  will  surely    29 
avenge  them,  saitii  the  Lord,  and  will 
receive  unto  me  all  the  innocent  blood 

10  from  among  them.  Heluild,  my  people 
is  led  as  a  flock  to  tlie  slaughter:  I 
will  not  suiter  them  now  to  dwell  in 

lithe   land  of  Egypt:  but  I  will  bring    30 
them   out  with   a  mighty  hand   ami 
with  a  high  arm,  and  will  smite  Kgypt 
with  plagues,  as  aforetime,  and  will 

12  destroy  all    the    land    thereof.     Let 
Egypt  mourn,  and    the    foundations 
thereof,  for  the  !)l;igue  of  the  chastise-    31 
nieiit  and  the  punishment  that  God 

13  shall  bring  ui)on  it.    Let  the  husband- 
men that  till  the  ground  mourn :  for 
their  seeds  .shall  fail  ami  their  trees    32 
shall  be  laid  waste  through  the  blast- 

14  ing  and  hail,  and  a  terrible  star.  Woe 
to  the  world  antl  them  that    dwell    33 

15  therein!  for  the  sword  and  their  de- 
struction (Iraweth  nigh,  and  nation 
shall  rise  up  against  nation  to  battle 

16  with   weapons    in  their  hands.    For 
there  shall  be  sedition  among  men ;  !  34 
and  waxing  strong  one  against  an- 1 


other,  they  shall  not  regard  their  king 
nor  the  chief  of  their  great  ones,  in 
their  might.  For  a  man  shall  desire 
to  go  into  a  city,  and  shall  not  be  able. 
For  because  of  their  pride  the  cities 
shall  be  troul)led,  the  liouses  shall  be 
destroyetl,  (in<l  men  shall  be  afraiil. 
A  man  shall  have  no  pity  up(jn  his 
neighbour,  but  shall  make  an  assault 
on  _their  houses  with  the  sword,  and 
siio'il  their  goods,  liecause  of  the  lack 
of  bread,  and  for  great  tribulation. 

Heboid,  saitli  (iod,  I  call  together  all 
the  kings  of  the  earth,  to  stir  up  them 
that  are  from  the  rising  of  the  sun, 
from  the  south,  from  the  east,  and 
Libanus ;  to  turn  themselves  one 
against  another,  and  repay  the  things 
that  they  have  done  to  them.  Like 
as  they  do  yet  this  day  unto  my  cho- 
sen, so  will  I  do  also,  and  recompense 
in  their  bosom.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God :  IMy  right  hand  shall  not  spare 
the  sinners,  and  my  sword  shall  not 
cease  over  them  that  sheil  innocent 
blood  upon  the  earth.  And  a  fire  is 
gone  forth  from  his  wrath,  anil  hath 
consumed  the  foundations  of  the 
earth,  and  the  sinners,  like  the  straw 
that  is  kindled.  Woe  to  them  that 
sin,  and  keep  not  my  commandments ! 
saith  the  Lord.  I  will  not  spare  them : 
go  your  way,  ye  rebellious  children, 
defile  not  my  sanctuary.  For  the 
Lord  knoweth  all  them  that  trespass 
against  him,  therefore  hath  he  deliv- 
ered them  unto  death  and  destruction. 
For  now  are  the  evils  come  upon 
the  whole  earth,  and  ye  shall  remain 
in  them:  for  God  shall  not  deliver 
you,  because  ye  have  sinned  against 
liiin. 

Behold,  a  vision  horrible,  and  the 
appearance  thereof  from  the  east! 
And  the  natiosis  of  the  dragons  of 
Arabia  shall  come  out  with  many  cha- 
riots, and  from  the  day  that  they  set 
forth  the  hissing  of  them  is  carried 
over  the  earth,  so  that  all  they  which 
shall  hear  them  may  fear  also  and 
tremble.  Also  the  Carmonians  raging 
in  wrath  shall  go  forth  as  the  wild 
boars  of  the  wood,  and  with  great 
power  shall  they  come,  and  join  battle 
with  them,  and  shall  waste  a  portion 
of  the  land  of  the  Assyrians  with  their 
teeth.  And  then  shall  the  dragons 
have  the  upper  hand,  remembering 
their  =  nature;  and  if  they  shall  turn 
themselves,  conspiring  together  in 
great  power  to  persecute  them,  then 
these  shall  be  troubled,  and  keep  si- 
lence through  their  ijower,  and  shall 
turn  and  flee.  And  from  the  land  of 
the  Assyriiins  shall  the  lier  in  wait  be- 
siege them,  and  consume  one  of  them, 
aiKl  upon  their  host  shall  be  fear  and 
trembling,  and  sedition  against  their 
kings.  Behold,  clouds  from  the  east 
and  from  the  north  unto  *he  south, 


15.   56. 


II.  ESDRAS. 


18.  13. 


and  they  are  very  horrible  to  kiok 

35  upon,  full  of  wrath  and  storm.  They 
shall  dash  one  against  another,  and 
they  shall  pour  out  a  plentiful '  storm 
upon  the  earth,  even  their  own  star; 
and  there   shall  be  blood  from  the 

36  sword  unto  the  horse's  belly,  and  to 
the  thigh  of  man,  and  to  the  eamel's 

37  hough.  And  there  shall  be  tearful- 
ness and  great  trembling  upon  earth : 
and  they  that  see  that  wrath  shall  be 
afraid,  and  trembling  shall  take  hold 

38  upon  them.  And  after  this  shall  there 
be  stirred  up  great  storms  from  the 
south,  and  from  the  north,  and  an- 

39  other  part  from  the  west.  And  strong 
winds  shall  arise  from  the  east,  and 
shall  shut  it  up,  even  the  cloud  which 
he  raised  in  wrath ;  and  the  star  that 
was  to  cause  destruction  by  the  east 
wind  shall  be  violently  driven  toward 

40  the  south  and  west.  And  great  clouds 
and  mighty  and  full  of  wrath  shall  be 
lifted  up,  and  the  star,  that  they  may 
destroy  all  the  earth,  and  them  that 
dwell  therein ;  and  they  shall  pour 
out  over  every  high  and  eminent  one 

41  a  terrible  star,  fire,  and  hail,  and 
flying  swords,  and  many  waters,  that 
all  plains  may  be  full,  and  all  rivers, 
with  the  abundance  of  those  waters. 

42  And  tliey  shall  break  down  the  cities 
and  walls,  mountains  and  hills,  trees 
of  the  wood,  and  grass  of  the  mea- 

43  dows,  and  their  corn.  And  they  shall 
go  on  stedfastly  unto  Babylon,  and 

44  destroy  her.  They  shall  come  unto 
her,  and  compass  her  about;  the  star 
and  all  wrath  shall  they  pour  out 
upon  her :  then  shall  the  dust  and 
smoke  go  up  unto  the  heaven,  and  all 
they  that  be  about  her  shall  bewail 

45  her.  And  they  that  remain  shall  do 
service  unto  them  that  have  put  her 
in  fear. 

46  And  thou,  Asia,  that  art  partaker  in 
the.  beauty  of  Babylon,  and   in  the 

47  glory  of  her  person :  woe  unto  thee, 
thou  wretch,  because  thou  hast  made 
thyself  like  unto  her ;  thou  hast 
decked  thy  daughters  in  whoredom, 
that  they  might  please  and  glory  in 
thy  lovers,  which  have  alway  desired 
thee    to    commit  whoredom  withal  ! 

48  Thou  hast  followed  her  that  is  hate- 
ful in  all  her  works  and  inventions : 

49  therefore  saith  God,  I  will  send  evils 
upon  thee :  widowhood,  poverty,  f;i- 
mine,  sword,  and  pestilence,  to  waste 
thy    houses    unto    destruction    and 

50  death.  And  the  glory  of  thy  power 
shall  be  dried  up  as  a  flower,  when 
the  heat  shall  arise  that  is  sent  over 

51  thee.  Thou  shalt  be  weakened  as  a 
poor  woman  with  stripes,  and  as  one 
chastised  with  woinids,  so  that  thy 
mighty  ones  and  ^7;  ?/ lovers  thou  shalt 

52  not  be  able  to  receive.  Would  I  with 
jealousy  have  so  proceeded  against 

53  thee,  saith  the  Lord,  if  thou  hadst  not 


alsvays  slain  my  chosen,  exalting  the 

stroke  of  thine    hands,  and    saying 

over    theij'   -  dead,  when  thou  wast 

.54  drunken.  Set  forth  the  beauty  of  thy 

55  countenance?  The  reward  of  a  har- 
lot shall  be  in  thy  bosom,  therefore 

56  shalt  thou  receive  recompense.  Like 
as  thou  shalt  do  unto  my  chosen, 
saith  the  Lord,  even  so  shall  God  do 
luito  thee,  and  shall  deliver  thee  into 

57  mischief.  And  thy  children  shall  die 
of  hunger,  and  thou  shalt  fall  by  the 
sword  :  and  thy  cities  shall  be  broken 
down,  and  all  thine  shall  perish  by 

58  the  sword  in  the  field.  And  they  that 
be  in  the  mountains  shall  die  oi'  hun- 
ger, and  eat  their  own  flesh,  and 
drink  their  own  blood,  for  very  hun- 
ger of  bread,  and   thirst   of  water. 

59  Thou  unhappy  above  all  shalt  come 

60  and  shalt  again  receive  evils.  And  in 
the  passage  they  shall  rush  ou  the 
s  idle  city,  and  shall  destroy  some  por- 
tion of  thy  land,  and  mar  part  of  thy 
glory,  and  shall  return  again  to  Baby- 

61  Ion  that  was  destroyed.  And  thou 
Shalt  be  cast  down  by  them  as  stubble, 
and  tiiey  shall  be  unto  thee  as  fire ; 

62  and  shail  devour  thee,  and  thy  cities, 
thy  land,  and  thy  mountains  ;  all  thy 
woods  and   thy  fruitful   trees  shall 

63  they  burr  up  with  fire.  They  shall 
carry  thy  children  away  captive,  and 
shall  spoil  thy  wealth,  and  mar  the 
glory  of  thy  face. 

16  Woe  unto  thee,  Babylon,  and  Asia ! 
woe   luito   thee,  Egypt,  and   Syria  ! 

2  Gird  up  yourselves  with  sackcloth  and 
garments  of  hair,  and  bewail  your 
children,  and  lament;    for  your  de- 

3  struction  is  at  hand.  A  sword  Is  sent 
upon  you,  and  who  is  he  that  may  turn 

4  it  back  ?    A  fire  is  sent  upon  you,  and 

5  who  is  he  that  may  quench  it?  Evils 
are  sent  upon  you,  and  who  is  he  that 

6  may  drive  them  away  ?  May  one  drive 
away  a  hungry  lion  in  the  wood  ?  or 
may  one  quench  the  fire  in  stubble, 
when  it  hath  once  begun  to  burn? 

7  May  one  turn  again  the  arrow  that  is 

8  shot  of  a  strong  archer  ?  The  Lord 
God  sendeth  the  evils,  and  who  shall 

9  drive  them  away  ?  A  fire  sha  11  go  forth 
from  his  wrath,  and  who  is  he  that 

10 may  quench  it?  He  shall  cast  light- 
ning, and  who  shall  not  fear?  he  shall 
thunder,  and  who  shall  not  tremble  ? 

11  The  Lord  shall  threaten,  and  who 
shall  not  be  utterly  broken  in  pieces 

12  at  his  presence  ?  The  earth  quaketh, 
and  tlie  foundations  thereof ;  the  sea 
ariseth  up  with  waves  from  the  deep, 
and  the  waves  of  it  shall  be  troubled, 
and  the  fishes  thereof  also,  at  the 
presence  of  the  Lord,  and  before  the 

13  glory  of  his  power:  for  strong  is  his 
right  hand  that  bendeth  the  bow,  his 
arrows  that  he  shooteth  are  sharp, 
and  shall  not  miss,  when  they  begin 
to  be  shot  into  the  ends  of  the  world. 

36 


18.  35. 


II.  ESDRAS. 


16.  .59. 


14  Behold,  the  evils  are  sent  forth,  and    36  Behold,  the  word  of  the  Lord,  receive 
15 


16 


sluill  not  return  ;ij,'ain,  until  tliey  eonie 
upon  tlie  eartli.  The  lire  is  l<indk'(l, 
and  shall  not  l>e  put  out,  till  it  con- 
sume the  foundations  of  tlie  earth. 
Lilie  as  an  arrow  wliich  is  shot  of  a 
nilnlity  arclier  relunietli  not  baoli- 
ward,  even  so  tlu!  evils  that  are  sent 
fortli  upon  earth  sl\all  not  return 
a^'ahi.  Woe  is  me!  woe  is  me  1  who 
will  deliver  me  in  those  days? 
The  heninniufi  of  sorrows,  and  there 
shitfl  bo-  5i;reat  mournings;  tlie  bej;in- 
ninji  of  famine,  and  many  shall  jierish ; 
the  liejiimiinsof  wars,  and  tlie  powi-rs 
shall  stand  in  fear;  tin- hctrinninK  of 
evils,  and  all  shall  trenilde  !  what  sliall 
they  do  in  all  tliis  wlu'ii  the  I'vils  shall 
come?  Behold,  fiimine  and  plague, 
tribulation  and  anguish  !  they  are  sent 
as  scourtres  for  amendment.  But  for  j 
all  these  things  they  shall  not  turn  j 
them  from  tlieir  wietiedness,  nor  be  \ 
alway  mindful  of  tlie  scourges.  Be-  j 
hold,  victuals  shall  be  so  good  cheap 


it:  disbelieve  not  the  things  whereof 
.'i7  the  Lord  speaketh.    Beliold,  the  evils 

38  draw  nigh, and  arc  not  slaolc.  Like  as 
a  woman  with  child  In  the  ninth  month, 
when  the  hour  of  her  delivery  draweth 
near,  witliin  two  or  three  hours  dole- 
ful pains  comjiass  her  womb,  and 
wlien  the  child  comctli  forth  from  the 
womb,  tliere  sliall  h(^  no  t;irryingfor 

39  a  moment:  even  so  shall  not  tiie  evils 
be  slack  to  come  upon  Ww  earth,  and 
the  world  shall  groan,  and   sorrows 

40  shall  take  hold  of  it  on  every  side.  O 
my  people, heai  my  word:  make  you 
re:uly  to  t lie  battle,  and  in  those  evils 
lie  even  as  pilgrims  upon  tlie  earth. 

41  He  tliat  selleth,  let  him  be  ;is  he  that 
Heeth  away :  and  he  that  bnyeth,  as 

42 one  that  will  lose:  he  tliat  occupieth 
merchandise,  as  he  that  hath  no  pro- 
lit  by  it:  and  he  that  Imildeth,  as  he 

43  that  shall  not  dwell  therein  :  he  that 
sowetli,  as  if  he  should  not  reap  :  so 


23 


ilso  he  that  pruneth  the  vines,  ah  he 
upon  earth,  that  they  shall  tliiuk  them-  44  that  shall  not  gather  the  grapes  :  they 
selves  to  be  in  good  c;ise,  and  even  I  that  marry,  as  they  that  shall  get  no 
tlien  shall  evils  grow  upoi;  earth,  children;  and  they  that  marry  not, as 
sword,  famine,  and  great  confusion.  4.")  the  widowed.  Inasmuch  as  they  that 
For  many  of  them  that  dwell  upon    41)  labour  labour  in   vain;  for  strangers 

shall  reap  their  fruits,  and  spoil  their 
goods,  overtlirow  their  houses,  and 
take  their  children  captive,  for  in 
cajitivity  and  famine  shall  tliey  beget 
47  their  children  :  and  they  tliat  trafflck 
traflick  to  become  a  spoil :  the  more 
they  deck  their  cities,  their  houses, 
their  possessions,  and  their  own  per 


earth  shall  perish  of  famine;  and  the 
other,  that  escape  the  famine,  shall 
the  sword  destroy.  And  the  dead 
shall  be  cast  out  as  dung,  and  there 
shall  be  no  man  to  comfort  them :  for 
the  earth  shall  be  left  desolate,  and 
the  cities  thereof  shall  be  cast  down. 
There  shall  be  no  husbandman  left  to 


.")  till  the  earth,  and  to  sow  it.   The  trees    48  sons,   the  more  will  I  hate  them  for 


shall  give  fruit,  and  who  sli;ill  gather 

2(5  them?    The  grapes  shall  ripen,  and 

who    sluill    tread  them?    for    in    all 

places  there  shall  be  a  great  forsak- 

27ing:  for  one  man  shall  desire  to  see 

28  another,  or  to  hear  his  voice.  For  of 
a  city  there  shall  be  ten  left,  and  two 
of  the  field,  which  have  hiilden  them 
selves  in  the  thick 

29  clefts  of  the  rocks. 
of  olives   upon  every  tree   there   be 

30  left  three  or  four  olives,  or  as  when  a 
vineyard  is  gathered  there  be  some 
clusters  left  by  them  that  dilij^ently 

31  seek  through  the  vineyard;  even  so 
in  those  days  there  shall  be  three  or 
four  left  by  them  that  search  their 

32  houses  with  the  sword.  And  the 
earth  shall  be  left  desolate,  and  the 
fields  thereof  shall  lie  for  '  briers, and 
her  ways  and  all  her  paths  shall  bring 
forth  thorns,  because  no  sheep  shall 

33  pass  therethrough.  The  virgins  shall 
mourn,  having  no  bridegrooms ;  the 
women  shall  mourn,  having  no  hus- 
b;inds ;  their  daughters  shall  mourn, 

34  having  no  helpers.    In  the  wars  shall 

35 


49  their  sins,  saith  the  Lord.  Like  as 
a  right   honest  and  virtuous  woman 

50  hateth  a  harlot,  so  sliall  righteous- 
ness hate  iniquity,  when  she  decketh 
herself,  and  shall  accuse  her  to  her 
face,  when  he  conieth  that  shall  de- 
fend him  that  diligently  searcheth 
out  every  sin  upon  earth. 

oves,  and  in  tlie  '  51   Therefore  be  ye  not  like  thereunto. 

As  in  an  orchard    52  nor  to  the  works  thereof.    For  yet  a 

little  while,  and  ini(inity  shall  lie  taken 

away  out  of  the  earth,  and  righteous- 

53  ness  shall  reign  over  us.  Let  not  the 
sinner  say  that  he  hath  not  sinneil: 
for  he  shall  burn  coals  of  fire  upon  his 
head,  which  saith,  I  have  not  sinned 

54  before  God  and  his  glory.  Behold,  the 
Lord  knoweth  all  the  works  of  men, 
their    imaginations,    their    thoughts, 

55  and  their  hearts.  Who  said.  Let  the 
earth  be  made  ;  and  it  was  made  :  Let 
the  heaven  be  ni:ide  ;  and  it  was  made. 

50  And  at  his  word  were  the  stars  est^ib- 

lished,  and  he  knoweth  the  number  of 

57  the  stars.     Who  searcheth  the  deep, 

and   the  treasures  thereof ;  he  hath 

measured  the  sea,  and  what  it  con- 

their  bridegrooms  be  destroyed,  and  '  58  taineth.    Who  hath  shut  the  sea  in 

their  husl)ands  shall  perish  of  famine.         the  mi<lst  of  the  waters,  and  with  his 

Hear  now  these  things,  and  under-         word  hath  he  hanged  the  earth  upon 

stand  them, ye  servants  of  the  Lord.  |  59  the  waters.    Who  spreadeth  out  the 

37 


1.  6. 


TOBIT. 


1.  14. 


heaven  like  a  vault;  upon  the  waters 

60  hath  he  founded  it.  Who  hath  made 
hi  the  desert  springs  of  water,  and 
pools  upon  tlie  tops  of  the  mountains, 
to  send  forth  rivers  from  tlie  height  to 

61  water  the  eartli.  "Who  framed  man, 
and  put  a  heart  in  the  midst  of  the 
body,  and  gave  him  breatli,  life,  and 

62  understanding,  yea,  the  spirit  of  God 
Almighty.  He  wlio  made  all  things, 
and  searcheth  out  liidden  tilings  in 

63  hidden  places,  surely  he  knowetli 
your  imagination,  and  what  ye  think 
in  your  hearts.  Woe  to  tliem  that 
sin,  and  would  fain  hide  their  sin ! 

64  Forasmuch  as  tlie  Lord  will  exactly 
search  out  all  your  works, and  he  will 

65  put  you  all  to  shame.  And  when 
your  sins  are  brought  forth  before 
men,  ye  shall  be  ashamed,  and  your 
own  iniquities  shall  stand    as  your 

66  accusers  in  that  day.  What  will  ye 
do?  or  how  will  ye  hide  your  sins  be- 

67  fore  God  and  his  angels?  Behold, 
God  is  the  judge,  fear  him  :  leave  off 
from  your  sins,  and  forget  your  ini- 
quities, to  meddle  no  more  with  them 
for  ever  :  so  shall  God  lead  you  forth, 
and  deliver  you  from  all  tribulation. 

68  For,  behold,  the  burning  wratli  of  a 
great  multitude  is  kindled  over  you, 
and  they  shall  take  away  certain  of 


you,  and  feed  you  with  that  which  is 

69  slain  unto  idols.  And  they  that  con- 
sent unto  them  shall  be  had  in  deri- 
sion and  in  reproach,  and  be  trodden 

70  under  foot  of  them.  For  there  shall 
be  1  in  divers  places,  and  in  the  next 
cities,  a  great  insurrection  upon  those 

7 1  that  fear  the  Lord.  They  shall  be  like 
mad  men,  sparing  none,  but  spoiling 
and  destroying  them  that  still  fear  the 

72  Lord.  For  they  shall  waste  and  take 
away  their  goods,  and  cast  them  out 

73  of  their  houses.  Then  shall  be  mani- 
fest the  trial  of  mine  elect ;  even  as 
the  gold    that  is  tried    in    the  fire. 

7-1  Hear,0  ye  mine  elect,  saith  the  Lord: 
liehold,  the  days  of  tribulation  are  at 
hand,  and   I   will  deliver   you  from 

75  them.  Be  ye  not  afraid,  neither  doubt ; 

76 for  God  is  your  guide:  and  ye  who 
keep  my  commandments  and  pre- 
cepts, saith  the  Lord  God,  let  not  your 
sins  weigh  you  down,  and  let  not  your 

77  iniquities  lift  up  themselves.  Woe 
unto  them  that  are  fast  bound  with 
their  sins,  and  covered  with  their  ini- 
quities, like  as  a  field  is  fast  bound 
with  bushes,  and  the  path  thereof 
covered  with   thorns,  that   no   man 

78 may  travel  through!  ^  It  is  even 
shut  off,  and  given  up  to  be  consumed 
of  fire. 


TOBIT. 


1  The  book  of  the  words  of  Tobit,  the 
son  of  Tobiel,  the  son  of  Ananiel,  the 
son  of  Aduel.  tlie  son  of  Gabael,  of  the 
seed  of  Asiel,  of  the  tribe  of  Naphtali ; 

2  who  in  the  days  of  '  Enemessar  king 
of  the  Assyrians  was  carried  away 
captive  out  of  Tliisbe,  which  is  on  the 
right  hand  of  Ivedesh  Naphtah  in 
Galilee  above  Asher. 

3  I  Tobit  walked  in  the  ways  of  truth 
and  righteousness  all  tlie  days  of  my 
life,  and  I  did  many  almsdeeds  to  my 
brethren  and  my  nation,  who  went 
with  me  into  the  land  of  the  Assyri- 

4  ans,  to  Nineveh.  And  when  I  was  in 
mine  own  country,  in  the  land  of  Ls- 
rael,  while  I  was  yet  young,  all  the 
tribe  of  Naphtali  my  father  fell  away 
from  the  house  of  Jerusalem,  which 
was  chosen  out  of  all  the  tribes  of 
Israel,  that  all  the  tribes  should  sac- 
rifice there,  and  the  temple  of  the 
habitation  of  the  Most  High  was  hal- 
lowed and  built  therein  for  all  ages. 

5  And  all  the  tribes  which  fell  away 
together  sacrificed  to  the  heifer  Baal, 
and  so  did  the  house  of  Naphtali  my 

6  father.    And  I  alone  went  often  to 


Jerusalem  at  the  feasts,  as  it  hath 
been  ordained  unto  all  Israel  by  an 
everlasting  decree,  having  the  first- 
fruits  and  the  tenths  of  mine  increase, 
and  that  whicli  was  first  shorn ;  and 
1  gave  them  at  the  altar  to  the  priests 

7  the  sons  of  Aaron.  The  tenth  part 
of  all  mine  increase  I  gave  to  the  sons 
of  Levi,  who  ministered  at  Jerusalem : 
and  the  second  tenth  part  I  sold  away, 
and  went,  and  spent  it  each  year  at 

8  Jerusalem  :  and  the  third  I  gave  unto 
them  to  whom  it  was  meet,  as  Deborah 
my  father's  mother  had  commanded 
me,  liecause  I  was  left  an  orphan  by 

9  my  father.  And  when  I  became  a 
man,  I  took  to  wife  Anna  of  the 
seed  of  our  own  family,  and  of  her  I 

10  begat  Tobias.  And  when  I  was  car- 
ried away  captive  to  Nineveh,  all  my 
brethren  and  those  that  were  of  my 
kindred  did  eat  of  the  bread  of  the 

11  Gentiles :  but  I  kept  myself  from  eatr 

12  ing,  because  I  remembered  God  with 

13  all  my  soul.  And  the  Most  High  gave 
me  grace  and  -  favour  in  the  sight  of 
Enemessar,  and  I  was  his  purveyor. 

14  And  I  went  into  Media,  and  left  in 


2.   8. 


TOBIT. 


3.  7. 


trust  with  Gabiiel,  the  brother  of  (ia- 
brias,  at  Rages  ot  IMeclia,  ten  talents 
of  silver. 

15  Anil  when  Kneniessar  was  dead, 
Sennaeherib  hi::  son  reigned  in  his 
stead;  and  '  in  Ills  lime  tlie  highways 
were  troubliMl,  and   I  could  no  more 

Ifigo  into  Media.  And  in  the  days  of 
Kneniessar  I  did  many  almsdceils  to 

17  my  brethren:  1  gave  my  bread  to 
the  hungry,  and  my  garments  to  the 
naked:  and  if  I  saw  any  of  my  race 
dead,  and  cast  fortli  -'on  the  wall  of 

ISNineveli,  I  buried  liim.  And  if  Sen- 
nacherib the  king  slew  any,  wiien  he 
came  fleeing  from  Jud;ea,  I  l)uried 
them  privily ;  for  in  his  wrath  he  slew 
many;  and  tlie  bodies  were  sought 
for  by  the  king,  and  were  not  found. 

19I?ut  one  of  llie  N'inevites  went  and 
shewed  to  tlie  king  concerning  me, 
how  that  I  buried  tlieni,  an<i  iiid  my- 
self; and  when  I  knew  tint  I  was 
sought  for  to  be  put  to  death,  I  witli- 

20  drew  myself  for  fear.  And  all  my 
goods  were  forcibly  taken  away,  and 
there  was  nothing  left  unto  me,  savt^ 
my  wife  Anna  and   my  son  Tobias. 

21  And  there  p;issed  not  five  and  fifty 
days,  before  two  of  his  sons  slew  him, 
and  they  fled  into  the  mountains  of 
Ararat.  And  '  fSarchedonns  his  sou 
reigned  in  his  stead;  and  he  appointed 
over  all  the  accounts  of  his  kingdom, 
and  over  all  his  affairs,  Acdiiacliarus 

22  my  brother  Anael's  sou.  And  Aehia- 
charus  made  reiiuest  for  me,  and  1 
came  to  Nineveh.  Now  Achiaeharus 
was  cupbearer,  and  keeper  of  the  sig- 
net, and  steward,  and  overseer  of  tlie 
accounts:  and  Sarchedonus  appoint- 
ed him  next  unto  himself :  but  he  was 
my  brother's  son. 

2  Now  when  I  was  come  home  again, 
and  my  wife  Anna  was  restored  unto 
me,  and  my  son  Tobias,  in  the  feast 
of  Pentecost,  which  is  the  holy  feast 
of  the  seven  weeks,  there  was  a  good 
dinner  prepared  me,  and  I  sat  down 

2  to  eat.  And  I  saw  abundance  of 
meat,  and  1  said  to  my  son.  Go  and 
bring  what  poor  man  soeverthoushalt 
find  of  our  brethren,  who  is  mindful 
of  the  Lord  ;  and,  lo,  I  tarry  for  thee. 

3  And  he  came,  and  s;iid,  Fatlicr.  one  of 
our  race  is  strangled,  and  is  east  out 

4  in  the  marketplace.  And  before  I  had 
tasted  aught,  1  sprang  up.  and  took 
him  up  into  a  chamber  until  the  sun 

5  was  set.  And  I  returned,  and  washed 
myself,  and  ate  my  bread  in  heavi- 

6  ness,  and  remembered  the  prophecy 
of  Amos,  as  he  said, 

*  Your  feasts  shall  be  turned  into 
mourning, 

And  all  your  mirth  into  lamenta- 
tion. 

7  And  I  wept :  and  when  the  sun  was 
set,  1  went  and  made  a  grave,  and  bu- 

8  ried  him.    And  my  neighbours  mock- 


10 


13 


14 


ed  me,  and  said.  He  is  no  longer  afraid 
lo  be  put  to  death  for  this  matter: 
and  yet  he  tied  away  :  and,  lo,  he  buri- 
eth  the  deatl  again.  And  the  same 
night  I  returned  from  burying  him, 
and  slept  by  the  wall  of  my  courtyard, 
being  polluted;  and  my  face  was  un- 
covered :  and  I  knew  not  that  there 
were  sparrows  in  the  wall ;  and,  mine 
eyes  being  open,  the  spairows  muted 
warm  dung  into  mine  eyes,  and  white 
films  came  in  mine  eyes;  and  I  went 
to  the  physicians,  and  they  helped 
me  not:  but  Achiaeharus  did  nourish 
nie,  •''  until  I  went  into  Klymais. 

And  my  wife  Anna  did  spin  in  the 
women's  chambers,  and  did  send  the 
work  back  to  the  owners.  And  they 
on  their  part  paid  her  wages,  and  gave 
her  also  besides  a  kid.  But  when  it 
came  to  my  house,  it  began  to  cry, 
and  I  said  unto  her.  From  whence  is 
this  kid  ?  is  it  stolen  ?  render  it  to  the 
owners;  for  it  is  not  lawful  to  eat 
anytliing  that  is  stolen.  lUit  she  said, 
It  hath  been  given  me  for  a  gift  more 
than  the  wages.  And  I  did  not  be- 
lieve her,  and  I  bade  her  render  it  to 
the  owners;  and  I  was  abashed  at 
her.  But  she  answered  and  said  unto 
me.  Where  are  thine  alms  and  thy 
righteous  deeds?  behold,  "thou  and 
all  thy  works  are  known. 

And  I  was  grieved  and  wept,  and 
prayed  in  sorrow,  saying, 

O  Lord,  tliou  art  righteous,  and  all 
thy  works  and  all  thy  ways  are  mercy 
and  truth,  and  thou  judgest  true  and 
righteous  judgement  for  ever.  Re- 
member me,  and  look  on  me ;  take 
not  vengeance  on  me  for  my  sins  and 
mine  ignoriinces,  and  fhc  sins  of  my 
fathers,  which  sinned  before  thee : 
for  they  disobeyed  thy  command- 
ments ;  and  thou  gavest  us  for  a  spoil, 
and  for  captivity,  and  for  death,  and 
for  a  proverb  of  reproach  to  all  the 
nations  among  whom  we  are  dispers- 
ed. And  now  many  are  thy  judge- 
ments, true  are  they  ;  that  thou  should- 
est  deal  with  me  according  to  my  sins 
and  ^Ae  sins  of  my  fathers:  because 
we  did  not  keep  thy  commandments, 
for  we  walked  not  in  truth  before 
thee.  And  now  deal  with  me  accord- 
ing to  that  which  is  pleasing  in  thy 
sight,  command  my  spirit  to  be  taken 
from  me,  tliat  I  may  be  released,  and 
become  earth :  for  it  is  profitable  for 
me  to  die  rather  than  to  live,  because 
I  have  heard  false  reproaches,  and 
there  is  much  sorrow  in  me :  com- 
mand that  I  be  now  released  from 
my  distress,  and  go  to  the  everlasting 
place :  turn  not  thy  face  away  from 
me. 

The  same  day  it  happened  unto  Sa- 
rah the  daughter  of  Raguel  in  Ecba- 
tana  of  Media,  that  she  also  was 
reproached  by  her  father's  maidser- 


4.  4. 


TOBIT. 


4.  19. 


8  vants ;  because  that  she  had  been 
given  to  seven  husbands,  and  Asnio- 
dseus  the  evil  ^  spirit  slew  them,  be- 
fore they  had  lain  with  her.  And  tliey 
said  unto  her,  Dost  tliou  not  Itnow 
that  thou  stranglest  thy  husbands  ? 
thou  hast  had  already  seven  husbands, 
and  thou  hast  had  no  protit  of  any  one 

9  of  them.  Wherefore  dost  thou  scourge 
us?  it  they  be  dead,  go  thy  ways  with 
them ;  let  us  never  see  of  thee  either 

10  son  or  daughter.  When  she  heard 
these  things,  slie  was  grieved  exceed- 
higly,  so  that  she  thought  to  have 
hanged  herself:  and  she  said,  I  am  the 
only  daughter  of  my  father;  if  I  do 
this,  it  shall  be  a  reproacli  unto  him, 
and  I  sliall  bring  down  his  old  iige 

11  with  sorrow  to  ^  the  grave.  And  slie 
prayed  by  tlie  window,  and  said. 
Blessed  art  thou,  O  Lord  my  God,  and 
blessed  is  thy  holy  and  honourable 
name  for  ever :  let  all  thy  works  praise 

12  thee  for  ever.  And  now.  Lord,  I  have 
set  mine  eyes  and  my  face  toward 

13 thee:  command  that  I  be  released 
from  the  earth,  and  that  I  no  more 

14  hear  reproacli.  Thou  l<nowest.  Lord, 
that  I  am  pure  from  all  sin  with  man, 

15  and  that  I  never  polluted  my  name, 
nor  the  name  of  my  father,  in  tlie  land 
of  my  captivity  :  I  am  the  only  daugh- 
ter of  my  father,  and  he  hath  no  child 
that  shall  be  his  heir,  nor  brother  near 
him,  nor  son  belonging  to  him,  that  I 
should  keep  myself  for  a  wife  unto 
him  :  seven  husbands  of  mine  are  dead 
already;  why  should  I  live?  And  if 
it  pleaseth  tliee  not  to  slay  me,  com- 
mand some  regard  to  be  had  of  me, 
and  pity  taken  of  me,  and  that  I  hear 
no  more  reproach. 

16  And  the  prayer  of  both  was  heard 
before  the   glory  of  the   great  Ood. 

17  Kaphael  also  was  sent  to  heal  them 
both,  to  scale  away  the  \vhite  films 
from  Tobit's  eyes,  and  to  give  Sarah 
the  daughter  of  Raguel  for  a  wife  to 
Toljias  the  son  of  Tobit ;  and  to  bind 
Asmodoeus  the  evil '  spirit ;  because  it 
belonged  to  Tobias  that  he  should  in- 
herit her.  The  selfsame  time  did  Tobit 
return  and  enter  into  liis  house,  and 
Sarah  the  daughter  of  Raguel  came 
down  from  her  upper  chamber. 

4  In  that  day  Tobit  remembered  con- 
cerning the  money  which  he  had  left 
in  trust  with  Gabael  in  Rages  of  Me- 

2dia,  and  he  said  in  himself,  I  have 
asked  for  death ;  why  do  I  not  call  my 
son  Tobias,  that  I  may  shew  to  him 

2)  of  f he  »/io?(e?/ before  I  die?  Aud  he 
called  him, and  said, 
My  child,  ^  when  I  die,  bury  me  :  and 
despise  not  thy  mother ;  honour  her  all 
the  days  of  thy  life,  aud  do  that  which 
is  pleasing  unto  her,  and  grieve  her 

4  not.  Remember,  my  child,  that  she 
hath  seen  many  dangers  for  thee, i/.7/c?(, 
thou  wast  in  her  womb.   When  she  is 


dead,  bury  her  by  me  in  one  grave. 

5  My  child,  be  mindful  of  tlie  Lord  our 
God  all  thy  days,  and  let  not  thy  will 
be  set  to  sin  and  to  transgress  his 
conmiandments  :  do  righteousness  all 
the  days  of  thy  life,  and  follow  not  the 

6  ways  of  unrighteousness.  For  if  thou 
doest  the  truth,  thy  doings  shall  pro- 
speiously  succeed  to  thee,  and  to  all 

7  them  that  do  righteousness.  Give 
alms  of  thy  substance ;  and  when  thou 
givest  alms,  let  not  thine  eye  be  envi- 
ous :  turn  not  away  thy  face  from  any 
poor  man,  and  the  face  of  God  shall 

8  not  be  turned  away  from  thee.  As  thy 
substance  is,  give  alms  of  it  according 
to  thine  abundance :  if  thou  have  little, 
be  not  afraid  to  give  alms  according  to 

9  that  little  :  for  thou  layest  up  a  good 
treasure  for  thyself  against  the  day 

10  of  necessity:  because  alms  delivereth 
from  deatli,  and  suffereth  not  to  come 

11  into  darkness.  Alms  is  a  good  gift  in 
the  sight  of  the  Most  High  for  all  that 

12  give  it.  Beware,  my  child,  of  all  whore- 
dom, and  take  first  a  wife  of  the  seed 
of  thy  fathers,  and  take  not  a  strange 
wife,  which  is  not  of  thy  father's  tribe : 
for  we  are  the  sons  of  the  prophets. 
Noah,  Abraham,  Isaac,  Jacob,  our  fa- 
thers of  old  time,  rememlier,  my  child, 
that  they  all  took  wives  of  their  bre- 
thren, and  were  blessed  in  their  chil- 
dren, and  their  seed  shall  inherit  the 

13  land.  And  now,  my  child,  love  thy 
brethren,  and  scorn  not  in  thy  heart 
thy  brethren,  and  the  sons  and  the 
daughters  of  thy  people,  to  take  a  wife 
of  them :  for  in  scornf ulness  is  destruc- 
tion and  much  troul)le,  and  in  naughti- 
ness is  decay  and  great  want:  for 
naughtiness  is  the  mother  of  famine. 

14  Let  not  the  wages  of  any  man,  which 
shall  work  for  thee,  tarry  with  thee, 
but  render  it  unto  him  out  of  hand: 
and  if  thou  serve  God,  recompense 
shall  be  made  unto  thee.  Take  heed 
to  thyself,  my  child,  in  all  thy  works, 
and  be  discreet  in  all  thy  liehaviour. 

15  And  what  thou  thyself  hatest,  do  to 
no  man.  Drink  not  wine  unto  drunk- 
enness, and  let  not  drunkenness  go 

16  with  thee  on  thy  way.  Give  of  thy 
bread  to  the  hiuigry,  and  of  thy  gar- 
ments to  them  that  are  naked  :  of  all 
thine  almndance  give  alms ;  and  let 
not  thine  eye  be  envious  when  thou 

17  givest  alms.  Pour  out  tliy  bread  on 
the  <  burial  of  the  just,  aud  give  no- 

18  thing  to  sinners.  Ask  comisel  of  every 
man  that  is  wise,  and  despise  not  any 

19  counsel  that  is  profitable.  Aud  bless 
the  Lord  thy  God  at  all  times,  and  ask 
of  him  tliat  thy  ways  may  be  made 
straight,  aud  tliat  all  thy  paths  and 
counsels  may  prosper :  for  every  na- 
tion hath  not  counsel;  but  the  Lord 
himself  giveth  all  good  things,  and  he 
hiimbleth  whom  he  will,  as  he  will. 
And  now,  my  child,  remember   my 


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TOBIT. 


6.  12. 


coininandineiits,  and  let  tlu'in  not  be 

20  blotted  out  of  thy  mind.  Autl  now  I 
shew  thee  of  the  ten  tah'uls  of  silver, 
which  I  left  in  trust  with  Ciahael  tho 
son  of  Grtbrias  at  Hayes  of   Media. 

21  And  fear  not,  my  eliild,  because  wo 
are  made  poor :  thou  hast  much 
wealth,  if  thou  fear  God,  and  depart 
from  all  sin,  and  do  that  which  is 
pleasintr   in  his  sijiht. 

5  And  Tobias  answered  and  said  unto 
him,  Father,  I  will  do  all  lliin.Ljs,  what- 

2  soever  thou  hast  commanded  me  :  but 
how  shall  1   be  able  to  receive  tlie 

3 money,  seeint;  1  know  him  not?  And 
he  gave  him  the  haiulwritint;;,  and 
said  unto  him,  Seelc  thee  a  man  which 
shall  go  with  thee,  and  1  will  give 
him  wages,  whiles  1  yet  live :  and  go 

4  and  receive  the  money.  And  he  went 
to  seek  a  man,  and   found   Eaphael 

5  which  was  an  angel ;  and  ha  knew  it 
not;  and  he  said  unto  him.  Can  1  go 
with  thee  to  Kages  of  Media?    and 

G  knowest  thou  the  places  well?  Ami 
the  angel  said  unto  him,  1  will  go  with 
thee,  and  I  know  the  way  well ;  and  I 
have  lodged  with  our  brother  Gabael. 

7  And  Tobias  said  unto  him,  Wait  for 

8  me,  and  I  will  tell  my  father.  And 
he  said  unto  him.  Go,  and  tarry  not. 
And  he  went  in  and  saitl  to  liis  father, 
Behold,  1  have  foiuid  one  wliich  will 
go  with  me.  lUit  he  said.  Call  him 
unto  me,  that  1  may  know  of  what 
tribe  he  is,  and  whether  he  be  a  trusty 
man  to  go  with  thee. 

9  And  he  called  him,  and  he  came  in, 

10  and  they  saluteil  one  another.  And 
Tobit  said  unto  him,  l;rother,  of  what 
tribe  and  of  what  family  art  thou? 

11  Shew  me.  And  he  said  unto  him, 
Seekest  thou  a  tribe  and  a  family,  or 
a  hired  man  which  shall  go  with  thy 
son?  And  Tobit  said  unto  him,  I 
would  know,  brother,  thy  kindred  and 

12  thy  name.  And  he  said,  I  am  Azarias, 
the  son  of  Ananias  the  great,  of  thy 

13  brethren.  And  he  said  unto  him,  Wel- 
come, brother;  and  be  not  angry  with 
me,  because  I  souglit  to  know  thy 
tribe  and  family:  and  thou  art  my 
brother,  of  an  honest  and  good  line- 
age: for  I  knew  Ananii.s  and  .fathan, 
the  sons  of  Shemaiah  the  great,  when 
we  went  together  to  Jerusalem  to 
worship,  and  offered  the  firstborn, 
and  the  tenths  of  our  increase ;  and 
they  went  not  astray  in  the  error  of 
our  brethren:  my  brother,  thou  art 

14  of  a  great  stock.  But  tell  me,  wliat 
wages  shall  I  give  thee  ?  a  drachma 
a  day,  and  those  things  that  be  neees- 

15  sary  for  thee,  as  unto  my  son?  And 
moreover,  if  ye  return  safe  and  sound, 
I  win  add  sometliing  to  thy  wages. 

16  And  so  they  consented.  And  he  said 
to  Tobias.  I'repare  thyself  for  the  jour- 
uey,  and  God  prosper  you.  Ami  his 
sou  prepared  what  was  needful  for 


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18 


11 


12 


the  journey,  an<l  his  father  said  unto 
him.  Go  thou  w  itii  this  man  ;  but  God, 
which  dwelleth  in  heaven,  sh;ill  pro- 
sper your  jom-ney  ;  and  may  his  angel 
go  with  you.  And  they  both  went 
forth  to  depart,  and  the  young  man's 
dog  with  them. 

But  Anna  his  mother  wept,  and  said 
to  Tobit,  Why  hast  thou  sent  away 
our  child?  is  he  not  the  staff  of  our 
hand,  in  going  in  and  out  before  us? 
Be  not  greedy  to  add  money  to  money : 
but  let  it  be  as  refuse  in  respect  of 
our  child.  For  as  the  Lord  hath  given 
us  to  live,  so  doth  it  suffice  us.  And 
Tobit  said  to  her.  Take  no  care,  my 
sister  ;  he  shall  return  safe  and  sounil, 
and  thine  eyes  shall  see  him.  For  a 
good  angel  shall  go  w  ith  him,  and  his 
journey  shall  be  pros]»ered,  and  he 
shall  return  safe  and  sound.  And  she 
made  an  end  of  weeping. 

Now  as  they  went  on  their  journey, 
they  came  at  eventide  to  the  river 
Tigris,  and  they  lodged  there.  But 
the  young  man  went  down  to  wash 
himself,  and  a  fish  leaped  out  of  the 
river,  and  would  have  swallowed  up 
the  young  man.  But  tlie  angel  said 
unto  him,  Take  hold  on  the  lish.  And 
the  young  man  caught  hold  of  the  lish, 
and  cast  it  up  on  the  land.  And  the 
angel  said  unto  him.  Cut  the  lish  op(Mi, 
and  take  the  heart  and  the  liver  and 
the  gall,  and  put  them  up  safely.  And 
the  young  man  did  as  the  angel  com- 
manded him ;  but  they  roasted  the 
fish,  and  ate  it.  And  they  both  went 
on  their  way,  till  they  drew  near  to 
Kcbatana.  And  the  young  man. said 
to  the  angel.  Brother  Azarias,  to  what 
use  is  the  heart  and  the  liver  and  the 
gallof  theflsh?  And  he  said  unto  him, 
Touching  the  heart  and  the  liver,  if  a 
^  devil  or  an  evil  spirit  trouble  any, 
we  must  make  a  smoke  thereof  before 
the  man  or  the  woman,  and  the  party 
shall  be  no  more  vexed.  But  as  for 
the  gall,  it  is  goml  to  anoint  a  man 
that  hath  white  films  hi  his  eyes,  and 
he  shall  be  healed. 

But  when  they  drew  nigh  unto  Rages, 
the  angel  said  to  the  young  man. 
Brother,  to-day  we  shall  lodge  with 
Kaguel,  and  he  is  thy  kinsman;  and 
he  hath  an  only  daughter,  named  Sa- 
rah. 1  will  speak  for  her,  that  she 
should  be  given  thee  for  a  wife.  For 
to  thee  doth  the  inheritance  of  her 
appertain,  and  thou  only  art  of  her 
kindred  :  and  the  maid  is  fair  and 
wise.  And  now  hear  me,  and  I  will 
speak  to  her  father;  and  when  we 
return  from  Rages  we  will  celebrate 
the  marriage  :  for  I  know  that  Kaguel 
niiiy  in  no  wise  marry  her  to  another 
according  to  the  law  of  Moses,  or  else 
he  shall  be  liable  to  death,  becaiise  it 
appertaineth  imto  thee  to  take  the 
inheritance,  rather  than  any  other. 


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TOBIT. 


8.  11. 


13  Then  the  young  man  said  unto  the 
angel,  Brother  Azarias,  I  have  heard 
that  this  maid  hath  been  given  to 
seven  men,  and  that  they  all  perished 

14  in  the  bride-chamber.  And  now  I  am 
the  only  son  of  my  father,  and  I  am 
afraid,  lest  I  go  in  and  die,  even  as 
those  before  me  :  for  a  ^  devil  loveth 
her,  which  hurteth  no  m.an,  but  those 
which  come  unto  her  :  and  now  I  fear 
lest  I  die,  and  bring  my  father's  and 
my  mother's  life  to  the  grave  with 
sorrow  because  of  me :  and  they  have 

15  no  other  son  to  bury  them.  But  the 
angel  said  unto  him,  Dost  thou  not 
remember  the  words  which  thy  father 
commanded  thee,  that  tliou  shouldest 
take  a  wife  of  thine  own  kindred  ?  and 
now  hear  me,  brotlier ;  for  she  shall 
be  thy  wife  ;  and  make  thou  no  reck- 
oning of  the  devil ;  for  this  night  shall 

16  she  be  given  thee  to  wife.  And  ^  when 
thou  Shalt  come  into  the  bride-cham- 
ber, thou  Shalt  take  the  ashes  of  in- 
cense, and  Shalt  lay  upon  them  some 
of  the  heart  and  liver  of  the  fish,  and 

17  Shalt  make  a  smoke  therewith:  and 
the  devil  shall  smell  it,  and  flee  away, 
and  never  come  again  any  more.  But 
when  thou  goest  nigh  unto  her,  rise 
up  both  of  you,  and  cry  to  God  which 
is  merciful,  and  he  sliall  save  you,  and 
have  mercy  on  you.  Fear  not,  for  she 
was  prepared  for  thee  from  the  begin- 
ning ;  and  thou  shalt  save  her,  and 
she  shall  go  with  thee.  And  I  sup- 
pose that  thou  Shalt  have  children  of 
her.  And  when  Tobias  heard  these 
things,  he  loved  her,  and  his  soul  clave 
to  her  exceedingly. 

7  And  they  came  to  Ecbatana,  and 
arrived  at  the  house  of  Eaguel.  But 
Sarah  met  them ;  and  she  saluted 
them,  and  they  her ;  and  she  brought 

2  them  into  the  house.  And  he  said  to 
Edna  his  wife,  How  like  is  the  young 

3  man  to  Tobit  my  cousin.  And  Kaguel 
asked  them,  From  whence  are  ye, 
brethren?  And  they  said  unto  him. 
We  are  of  the  sons  of  Naphtali,  which 

4  are  captives  in  Nineveh.  And  he  said 
unto  them,  Know  ye  Tobit  our  bro- 
ther? But  they  said,  We  know  him. 
And  he  said  imto  them,  Is  he  in  good 

5 health?  But  they  said.  He  is  both 
alive,  and  in  good  health :  and  Tobias 

6  said,  He  is  my  father.  And  Eaguel 
sprang  up,  and  kissed  him,  and  wept, 

7  and  blessed  him,  and  said  unto  him, 
Thou  art  the  son  of  an  honest  and 
good  man.  And  when  he  had  heard 
that  Tobit  had  lost  his  sight,  he  was 

8  grieved,  and  wept ;  and  Edna  his  wife 
and  Sarah  his  daughter  wept.  And 
they  received  them  gladly  ;  and  they 
killed  a  ram  of  the  flock,  and  set  store 
of  meat  before  them. 

But  Tobias  '*nid  to  Rnnlinel,  Brother 
Azarias,  speak  of  those  things  of  which 
thou  didst  talk  in  the  way,  and  let  the 


9  matter  be  finished.  And  he  commu- 
nicated the  thing  to  Kaguel :  and  Ka- 
guel said  to  Tobias.  Eat  and  drink, 

10  and  make  merry  :  for  it  appertaineth 
unto  thee  to  take  my  child.    Howbeit 

111  will  shew  thee  the  truth.  I  have 
given  my  child  to  seven  men,  and 
whensoever  they  came  in  unto  her, 
they  died  in  the  night.  But  for  the 
present  be  merry.  And  Tobias  said, 
I  will  taste  nothing  here,  until  ye 
make  covenant  and  enter  into  cove- 

12nant  with  me.  And  Kaguel  said, 
Take  her  to  thyself  from  henceforth 
according  to  the  manner:  thou  art 
her  brother,  and  she  is  thine :  but  the 
merciful  God  shall  give  all  good  suc- 

13  cess  to  you.  And  he  called  his  daugh- 
ter Sarah,  and  took  her  by  the  hand, 
and  gave  her  to  be  wife  to  Tobias, 
and  said.  Behold,  take  her  to  thyself 
af*^^er  the  law  of  Moses,  and  lead  her 
away  to  thy  father.    And  he  blessed 

14 them;  and  he  called  Edna  his  wife, 
and  took  a  book,  and  wrote  an  instru- 

15  ment,  and  sealed  it.  And  they  began 
to  eat. 

16  And  Kaguel  called  his  wife  Edna, 
and  said  unto  her,  Sister,  prepare  the 
other    chamber,    and    bring    her    in 

17  thither.  And  she  did  as  he  bade  her, 
and  brought  her  in  thither:  and  she 
wept,  and  she  received  the  tears  of 

18  her  daughter,  and  said  unto  her.  Be 
of  good  comfort,  my  child  ;  the  Lord 
of  heaven  and  earth  give  thee  ^  favour 
for  this  thy  sorrow :  be  of  good  com- 
fort, my  daughter. 

8  And  when  tliey  had  finished  their 
supper,  they  lirought  Tobias  in  unto 

2  her.  But  as  he  went,  he  remembered 
the  words  of  Kapliael,  and  took  the 
ashes  of  the  incense,  and  put  the  heart 
and  the  liver  of  the  fish  thereupon, 

3  and  made  a  smoke  f herewith.  But 
when  the  *  devil  smelled  the  smell,  he 
fled  into  the  uppermost  parts  of  Egypt, 

4  and  the  angel  bound  him.  But  after 
they  were  both  shut  in  together,  To- 
bias rose  up  from  the  bed,  and  said. 
Sister,  arise,  and  let  us  pray  that  the 

5  Lord  may  have  mercy  on  us.  And 
Tobias  began  to  say.  Blessed  art  thou, 
O  God  of  our  fathers,  and  blessed  is 
thy  holy  and  glorious  name  for  ever ; 
let  the  iieavens  bless  thee,  and  all  thy 

6  creatures.  Thou  madest  Adam,  and 
gavest  him  Eve  his  wife  for  a  helper 
and  a  stay  :  of  them  came  the  seed  of 
men :  thou  didst  say,  It  is  not  good 
that  the  man  should  lie  alone ;  let  us 
make  him  a  helper  like   unto  him. 

7  And  now,  O  Lord,  I  take  not  this  my 
sister  for  lust, but  in  truth:  command 
that  I  may  find  mercy  and  grow  old 

8  with  her.     And  she  said  with  him, 

9  Amen.  And  theyslept  both  that  night. 

And   Kaguel  arose,  and  went   and 

10  digged  a  grave,  saying,  Lest  he  also 

1 1  should  die.    And  Kaguel  came  into 


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TOBIT. 


11.  14. 


12  his  house,  and  said  to  I'^Uia  his  wile, 
Send  *)ne  of  tlic  maidservants,  and  let 
tiiem  see  wliether  lie  lie  alive:  but  if 
not,  that  we  may  luny  him,  and  no 

13  man  know  it.  So  the  maidservant 
opened   the   door,  and   went  in,  and 

14  found  them  both  sleepiu};,  and  eame 
forth,  and  told  them  that  he  was  alive. 

15  And  Haf^uel  liK-ssed  (iod,  saying, 

ISlessed  ait  thou,  ()  (.lod,  with  all 
pure  and  lioly  blessing;  and  let  thy 
saints  bless  t  bee,  and  all  t  hy  ereat  uies ; 
and  let  all  thine  angels  ancl  tliiiic  eleet 
1 G  bless  thee  for  ever.  Blessed  art  thou, 
because  thou  hast  made  me  glad;  and 
it  hath  not  befallen  me  as  I  suspected; 
but  tliou  h;ist  dealt  with  us  according 

17  to  thy  gre;it  mercy.  Ulessed  art  thou, 
because  thou  hast  hail  mercy  on  two 
that  were  the  only  begotten  children 
of  their  parents  :  shew  them  mercy,  () 
Lord;  accomplish  their  life  in  health 
with  gladness  and  mercy. 

18  But  lie  commanded  his  servants  to 

19  fill  the  grave.  And  he  kept  the  wed- 
ding feast  for  them  fourteen  days. 

liO  And  before  the  days  of  the  wedding 
feast  were  finished,  Kaguel  sware  unto 
him,  that  he  should  not  depart  till 
the  foinleeu  days  of  the  wedding  feast 

21  were  fulfilled;  and  that  then  he  should 

take  the  half  of  his  goods,  and  go  in 

safety  to  his  father  ;  and  the  rest,  said 

he,  when  1  and  my  wife  shall  die. 

Q  And  Tobias  called  Kaphael,  and  said 

2  unto  him.  Brother  Azarias,  take  with 

thee  a  servant,  and  two  camels,  and 

go  to  Kages  of  Media  to  (Jabael,  ;ind 

receive  the  money  for  me,  and  bring 

;{ him   to  the  wedding  feast :  because 

Kaguel  hath  sworn  that  1  shall  not 

4  depart ;  and  my  father  counteth  the 
days  ;  and  if  I  tarry  long,  he  will  be 

5  sorely  grieved.  And  Kaphael  went  on 
his  way,  and  lodged  with  Gabael, and 
gave  him  the  handwriting:  liut  he 
brought  forth  the  bags  with  their  seals, 

6  and  gave  them  to  him.  And  they  rose 
up  early  in  the  morning  together,  and 
came  to  the  wedding  feast:  and  Tobias 
blessed  his  wife. 

10  And  Tobil  his  father  made  his  count 
every  day  :  and  when  the  days  of  the 
journey  were  expired,  ;ind  they  came 

2  not,  he  said,  '  Is  he  perchance  de- 
tained? or  is  (iabael  perchance  dead, 
and  there  is  no  man  to  give  him  the 

3  money?    And  he  was  sorely  grieved. 

4  But  his  wife  said  unto  him.  The  child 
hath  jierished,  sceinghe  tarrieth  long; 
and  she  began  to  bewail  him,  and  said, 

5  '•'  I  care  for  nothing,  my  child,  since  I 
have  let  thee  go,  the  light  of  mine  eyes. 

G  And  Tobit  saith  unto  her,  Hold  thy 
peace,  take  no  care ;  he   is   in  good 

7  health.  And  she  said  unto  him.  Hold 
thy  peace,  deceive  me  not;  my  child 
hath  perislied.  And  she  went  out 
every  day  into  tlie  way  by  which  they 
went,  and  did  eat  no  bread  in  the  day- 


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14 


time,  and  ceased  not  whole  nights  to 
bewail  her  son  Tobias,  until  the  four- 
teen days  of  the  wediling  feast  were 
expired,  wliich  Kaguel  had  sworn  that 
he  should  spend  there. 

But  Tobias  said  unto  Kaguel,  Send 
me  awiiy,  for  my  father  and  my  mother 
look  no  more  to  see  me.  But  his  fa- 
ther in  law  said  unto  him,  Abide  with 
me,  and  1  will  send  to  thy  fjither,  and 
they  shall  declare  uiitohiiii  how  things 
go  with  thee.  And  Tobias  s;iith,  Nc); 
but  send  me  away  to  my  father.  But 
Kaguel  arose,  and  gave  him  Sarah  his 
wife,  and  half  his  goods,  servants  and 
cattleand  money ;  and  he  blessed  them, 
and  sent  them  away,  saying,  The  God 
of  heaven  shall  prosper  you,  my  chil- 
dren, before  I  die.  And  he  said  to  his 
daughter.  Honour  thy  father  and  thy 
mother  in  law  ;  they  are  now  thy  jiar- 
ents;  let  me  hear  a  good  report  of 
thee.  And  he  kissed  her.  And  Kdiia 
said  to  Tobias,  The  Lord  of  heaven 
restore  thee,  dear  brother,  and  grant 
to  me  that  1  may  see  tliy  children  of 
my  daughter  Sarah,  that  I  may  rejoice 
before  the  Lord :  and,  liehold,  I  commit 
my  daughter  luito  thee  in  special 
trust :  vex  her  not. 

After  these  things  Tobias  also  went 
his  way,  blessing  God  because  he  had 
prospered  his  journey ;  and  he  blessed 
Raguel  and  Edna  his  wife.  And  he 
went  on  his  way  till  they  drew  near 
unto  Nineveh.  And  Kaphael  said  to 
Tobias,  Knowest  thou  not,  brother, 
how  thou  didst  leave  thy  father?  Let 
us  run  forward  before  thy  wife,  and 
prepare  the  house.  But  take  in  thy 
hand  the  gall  of  the  fish.  And  they 
\venttheirw:iy,  and  the  dog  went  after 
tliem.  And  Anna  sat  looking  about 
toward  the  way  for  her  son.  And  she 
espied  him  coining,  and  said  to  his 
father,  Behold,  thy  son  cometh,  and 
theinan  that  went  with  him.  And 
Kaphael  said,  I  know,  Tobias,  that 
thy  father  will  open  his  eyes.  Do 
thou  therefore  anoint  his  eyes  with  the 
gall,  and  being  pricked  therewitii,  he 
sliall  rub,  and  shall  make  the  wjiite 
films  to  fall  away,  and  he  shall  see 
thee. 

And  Anna  ran  untohini,  and  fell  upon 
the  neck  of  her  son,  and  said  unto  him, 
I  have  seen  thee,  my  child;  from  hence- 
forth I  will  die.  And  they  wept  both. 
And  Tobit  went  forth  toward  the  door, 
and  stumbled  :  but  his  son  ran  unto 
him,  and  took  hold  of  his  father  :  and 
he  strake  tlie  g;ill  on  his  father's  eyes, 
saying.  Be  of  good  cheer,  my  father. 
But  when  his  eyes  began  to  smart, 
he  rubbed  them  ;  and  the  white  films 
scaled  away  from  the  corners  of  his 
eyes  ;  and  he  saw  his  son,  and  fell  up- 
on his  neck.  And  he  wept,  and  said, 
Blessed  art  thou,  O  God,  and  blessed 
is  thy  name  for  ever,  and  blessed  are 


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12.  13. 


TOBIT. 


13.  6. 


15 all  thy  holy  angels;  for  thou  didst 
scourge,  and  didst  have  mercy  on  me: 
behold,  I  see  my  sou  Tobias.  Aud  his 
son  went  in  rejoicing,  and  told  his 
father  the  great  things  that  had  hap- 
pened to  him  in  Media. 

l(j  And  Tobit  went  out  to  meet  his 
daughter  in  law  at  the  gate  of  Nine- 
veh, rejoicing,  and  blessing  God :  and 
they  which  saw  him  go  marvelled,  be- 

17  cause  he  had  received  his  sight.  And 
Tobit  gave  thanks  before  them,  be- 
cause God  had  shewed  mercy  on  him. 
And  when  Tobit  came  near  to  Sarah 
his  daughter  in  law.  he  blessed  her, 
saying.  Welcome,  daughter :  blessed 
is  God  which  hath  brought  thee  unto 
us,  and  blessed  are  thy  father  aud  thy 
mother.  And  there  was  joy  to  all 
his  brethren  which  were  at  Nineveh. 

18  And   Aehiacharus,  and   Nasbas  his 
19 brother's    son,    came:    and    Tobias" 

wedding  feast  was  kept  seven  days 
with  great  gladness. 
12  And  Tobit  called  his  son  Tobias,  and 
said  unto  him.  See,  my  child,  that  the 
man  which  went  with  thee  have  his 
wages,  and  thou  must  give  him  more. 

2  And  he  said  unto  him.  Father,  it  is  no 
harm  to  me  to  give  him  the  half  of 
those  things  which  I  have  brought : 

3  for  he  hath  led  me  for  thee  in  safety, 
and  he  cured  my  wife,  and  brought 
my  money,  and  likewise  cured  thee. 

4  And  the  old  man  said.  It  is  due  unto 

5  him.  And  he  called  the  angel,  and 
said  unto  him.  Take  the  half  of  all 

6  that  ye  have  brought.  Then  he 
called  them  both  privily,  and  said 
unto  them. 

Bless  God,  and  give  him  thanks,  and 
magnify  him.  and  give  him  thanks  in 
the  sight  of  all  that  live,  for  the  things 
which  he  hath  done  with  you.  It  is 
good  to  liless  God  and  exalt  his  name, 
shewing  forth  with  honour  the  works 
of  God;  and  be  not  slack  to  give  him 

7  thanks.  It  is  good  to  keep  close  the 
secret  of  a  king,  but  to  reveal  glori- 
ously the  works  of  God.     Do  good, 

8  and  evil  shall  not  find  you.  Good  is 
prayer  with  fasting  and  alms  and 
righteousness.  A  little  with  right- 
eousness is  better  than  nnn'h  with  un- 
righteousness.   It  is  better  to  give 

9  alms  than  to  lay  up  gold  :  alms  doth 
deliver  from  death,  and  it  shall  purge 
away  all  sin.  They  that  do  alms  and 
righteousness  shall  be  filled  with  life ; 

10  but  they  that  sin  are  enemies  to  their 

11  own  life.  Surely  I  will  keep  close  no- 
thing from  you.  I  have  said,  It  is 
good  to  keep  close  the  secret  of  a 
king,  but  to   reveal   gloriously   the 

12  works  of  God.  And  now,  when  thou 
didst  pray,  and  Sarah  thy  daughter 
in  law,  I  did  bring  the  memorial  of 
your  prayer  before  the  Holy  One : 
and  when  thou  didst  bury  the  dearl, 

13  I  was  with  thee  likewise.    And  when 


thou  didst  not  delay  to  rise  up,  and 
leave  thy  dinner,  that  thou  mightest 
go  and  cover  the  dead,  thy  good  deed 
was  not  hid  from  me  :  but  I  was  with 

14  thee.  And  now  God  did  send  me  to 
heal  thee  and  Sarali  thy  daughter  in 

15  law.  I  am  Raphael,  one  of  the  seven 
holy  angels,  which  present  the  prayers 
of  the  saints,  anil  go  in  before  the 
glory  of  the  Holy  One. 

16  And  they  were  both  troubled,  and  fell 
upon  their  faces ;  for  they  were  afraid. 

17  And  he  said  unto  tliem.  Be  not  afraid, 
ye  shall  have  peace ;  but  bless  God 

18  for  ever.  For  not  of  any  favour  of 
mine,  but  by  the  will  of  your  God  I 
came ;  wherefore  bless  him  for  ever. 

19  All  these  days  did  I  appear  unto  you  ; 
and  I  did  neitlier  eat  nor  drink,  but 

20  ye  saw  a  vision.  Aud  now  give  God 
thanks :  because  I  ascend  to  him  that 
sent  me  :  and  write  in  a  book  all  the 

21  things  which  have  been  done.  And 
they  rose  up,  and  saw  him  no  more. 

22  And  tliey  confessed  the  great  and 
wonderful  works  of  God.  and  how 
the  angel  of  the  Lord  had  appeared 
unto  them. 

13  And  Tobit  wrote  a  prayer  for  re- 
joicing, and  said. 
Blessed  is  God  that  liveth  for  ever, 
Aud  blessed  is  his  kingdom. 

2  For   he    scourgeth,  and    sheweth 

mercy : 
He  leadeth  down  to '  the  grave,  and 

bringeth  up  again : 
And  there  is  none  that  shall  escape 

his  hand. 

3  Give  thanks  luito  him   before  the 

Gentiles,  ye  children  of  Israel: 
For  he  hath  scattered   us  among 
them. 

4  There  declare  his  greatness, 

And  extol  him  before  all  the  living: 

Because  he  is  our  Lord, 

And  God  is  our  Father  for  ever. 

5  And  he  will  scourge  us  for  our  ini- 

quities,  and    will     again    shew 
mercy, 
And  will  gather  us  out  of  all  the 
nations  among  whom  ye  are  scat- 
tered. 

6  If  ye  turn  to  him  with  your  whole 

heart  Mud  with  your  whole  soul, 

To  do  truth  before  him, 

Then  will  he  turn  unto  you. 

And  will  not  hide  his  face  from 
you. 

And  see  what  he  will  do  with  you, 

And  give  him  thanks  with  your 
whole  mouth, 

Aud  bless  the  Lord  of  righteous- 
ness. 

And  exalt  the  everlasting  King. 

I  in  the  land  of  my  captivity  give 
him  thanks. 

And  shew  his  strength  and  majesty 
to  a  nation  of  sinners. 

Turn,  ye  sinners,  and  do  righteous- 
ness before  him : 


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TOBIT. 


14.  15. 


10 


Who  can  tell  if  he  will  accept  you 
ami  have  iiierey  on  you  ? 

1  exult  uiy  Goil, 

And  niy  soul  doth  exalt  the  King  of 
heaven, 

And  it  shall  rejoice  in  his  greatness. 

Let  all  men  speak,  and  let  them 
give  liim  tlianlvs  in  Jerusalem. 

O  .lerusalem,  tlie  holy  city, 

He  will  seourge  thee  for  the  works 
of  thy  sons. 

And  will  again  have  mercy  on  the 
sons  of  the  righteous. 

Give  thanks  to  the  Lord  with  good- 
ness, 

And  bless  the  everlasting  King, 

That  his  taliernarle  maybe  builded 
in  tliee  again  witli  joy, 

And  that  lie  may  make  glad  in  thee 
those  that  are  captives. 

And  love  in  thee  for  ever  those  that 
are  miserable. 

Many  nations  shall  come  from  far  to 
the  name  of  the  Lord  God 

With  gifts  In  their  hands,  even  gifts 
to  tlie  King  of  heaven  ; 

Generations  of  generations  shall 
praise  thee, 

And  sing  songs  of  rejoicing. 

Cursed  are  all  they  that  hate  thee; 

Blessed  shall  be  all  they  that  h)ve 
thee  for  ever. 

Kejoiee  and  he  exceeding  glad  for 
the  sons  of  the  righteous: 

For  they  shall  be  gathereil  together 
and  shall  bless  the  Lord  of  the 
righteous. 

O  blessed  are  they  that  love  thee  ; 

They  shall  rejoice  for  thy  peace : 

Blessed  are  all  tiiey  that  sorrowed 
for  all  t  hy  scourges  : 

Because  they  shall  rejoice  for  thee. 

When  they  have  seen  all  thy  glory  ; 

Audlheyshallliemade  glad  forever. 

Letmysoul  bless  God  the  great  King. 

For  Jerusalem  shall  be  builded 
with  sapphires  and  emeralds  anil 
precious  stones ; 

Thy  walls  and  towers  and  battle- 
ments with  pure  gold. 

And  the  streets  of  Jerusalem  shall 
be  paved  with  beryl  and  car- 
buncle and  stones  of  Opinr. 

And  all  her  streets  shall  say.  Hal- 
lelujah, ami  give  praise, 

Saying,  Blessed  is  God,  which  hath 
exaltetl  thee  for  ever. 
14   And   Tobit  made  an  end  of  giving 

2  thanks.  And  he  was  eight  and  filty 
years  old  when  he  Io.st  his  sight;  and 
after  eight  years  he  received  it  again : 
and  he  gave  alms,  and  he  feared  tlie 
Lord  God  more  and  more,  and  gave 
thanks  unto  him. 

3  Now  he  grew  very  old ;  and  he  called 
his  son,  and  the  six  sons  of  his  son, 
and  said  imto  him, 

:My  child,  take  thy  sons :  behold,  I  am 
grown  old,  and  am  ready  to  depart 

4  out  of  this  life.    Go  into  Media,  my 


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12 


13 


14 


17 


18 


child,  for  I  surely  believe  all  the  things 
whicli  .Jonah  the  prophet  spake  of 
Nineveh,  that  it  shall  be  overtlu'own, 
but  in  Media  there  shall  rather  be 
peace  for  a  season  ;  and  that  our  bre- 
tluuu  shall  be  scattered  in  the  earth 
from  the  good  land;  and  Jerusalem 
shall  be  desohite,  and  the  house  of 
(iod  in  it  shall  be  burned  up,  and  shall 

5  be  desolate  for  a  time;  and  God  sluill 
again  have  mercy  on  them,  and  bring 
them  back  into  the  land,  and  they  shall 
build  the  house,  but  not  like  to  the 
former  house,  until  the  times  of  that 
age  l)e  fnllilled ;  and  afterward  they 
sii;ill  return  from  the  i)laces  of  their 
captivity,  and  Imild  np  Jerusalem 
with  honour,  and  the  house  of  God 
shall  be  built  in  it  for  ever  with  a  glo- 
rious l)uilding,  even  as  the  prophets 

()  spake  concerning  it.  And  all  the  na- 
tions shall  turn  to  fear  the  Lord  God 

7  tridy,  and  shall  bury  their  idols.  And 
all  the  nations  shall  Idess  the  I/Ord, 
ami  his  people  shall  give  thaid<s  unto 
God,  and  the  I^ord  shall  exalt  his 
people  ;  and  all  they  that  love  the 
Lord  (}od  in  truth  and  righteousness 
shall  rejoice,  shewing  mercy  to  our 

8  brethren.  And  now,  my  child,  depart 
from  Nineveh,  because  those  things 
which  the  prophet  Jonah  spake  sliall 

!)  surely  come  to  pass.  But  keep  thou 
the  law  and  the  ordinances,  ;uul  shew 
thyself  merciful  and  righteous,   that 

10  it  may  be  well  with  thee.  And  bury 
me  decently,  and  thy  mother  with  me ; 
and  dwell  ye  no  longer  at  Nineveh. 
See,  my  child,  what  Aman  did  to  Achi- 
acharns  that  nourished  him.  how  out 
of  light  he  brought  him  into  dark- 
ness, and  all  the  recompense  that 
he  made  him :  and  Achiacliarus  was 
saved,  but  the  other  had  his  recom- 
pense, and  he  went  down  into  dark- 
ness. Manasses  gave  alms,  and  es- 
caped the  snare  of  death  which  he 
set  for  him :  but  Aman  fell  into  the 

1 1  snare,  and  perished.  Antl  now,  my 
children,  consider  wliat  alms  doeth, 
and  how  righteousness  doth  deliver. 

And  while  he  w;is  saying  these 
things,  he  gave  up  the  ghost  in  the 
bed  ;  but  he  was  a  himdred  ;ind  eight 
and  fifty  years  old  ;and  he  buried  him 

12  magniticently.  And  when  Anna  died, 
he  buried  her  with  his  father.  But  To- 
bias departed  with  his  wife  and  his 
sons  to  Kcbatanii  unto  liaguel  his  fa- 

i;i  ther  in  law,  and  he  grew  old  in  honour, 
and  he  buried  his  fatlier  and  mother 
in  law  magniticently,  and  be  inlieritcd 
their  substance,  and  his  father  Tobit's. 

14  And  he  died  at  Ecbatana  of  Media, 
being  a  hundred  and  seven  and  twenty 

1.5  years  old.  And  before  he  died  he 
heard  of  the  destruction  of  Nineveh, 
which  Nebuchadnezzar  and  Ahasu- 
erns  took  captive ;  and  before  his 
death  he  rejoiced  over  Nineveh. 


JUDITH. 


1  In  the  twelfth  year  of  the  reign  of 
Nebuchadnezzar,  who  reigned  over 
the  Assyrians  in  Nineveli,  the  great 
city ;  in  the  days  of  Arphaxad,  who 
reigned  over  the  Medes  in  Ecbatana, 

2  and  built  at  Ecbatana  and  round  about 
it  walls  of  hewn  stones  three  cubits 
broad  and  six  cubits  long,  and  made 
the  height  of  the  wall  seventy  cubits, 
and  the  breadth  thereof  fifty  cubits  ; 

3  and  set  tlie  towers  thereof  at  the  gates 
thereof,  a  hundred  cubits  higli,  and 
the  breadth  tliereof  in  the  foundation 

4  threescore  cubits ;  and  made  the  gates 
thereof,  even  gates  that  were  raised  to 
the  height  of  seventy  cubits,  and  the 
breadth  of  them  forty  cubits,  for  the 
going  forth  of  his  mighty  hosts,  and 
the  setting  in  array  of  his  footmen : 

5  even  in  those  days  king  Nebuchadnez- 
zar made  war  with  king  Arphaxad  in 
the  great  plain :  this  plain  is  in  the 

6  borders  of  Kagau.  And  there  came  to 
meet  him  all  that  dwelt  in  the  hill 
country,  and  all  that  dwelt  by  Euphra- 
tes, and  Tigris,  and  Hydaspes,  and  in 
the  plain  of  Ariocli  the  king  of  the 
Elymjeans  ;  and  many  nations  of  the 
sons  of  Chelod  assembled  themselves 
to  the  battle. 

7  And  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  the  As- 
syrians sent  unto  all  that  dwelt  in 
Persia,  and  to  all  that  dwelt  westward, 
to  those  that  dwelt  iu  Cilicia  and  Da- 
mascus and  Libanus  and  Antilibanus, 
and  to  all  that  dwelt  over  against  the 

8  sea  coast,  and  to  those  among  the  na- 
tions that  were  of  Carmel  and  Gilead, 
and  to  the  higher  Galilee  and  the  great 

9  plain  of  Esdraelon,  and  to  all  that 
were  in  Samaria  and  the  cities  thereof, 
and  beyond  Jordan  unto  Jerusalem, 
and  Betane,  and  Chellus,  and  Kadesli, 
and  the  river  of  Egypt,  and  Tahpan- 
hes,  and  Eameses,  and  all  the  land  of 

10  Goshen,  until  thou  comest  above  Tanis 
and  Memphis,  and  to  all  that  dwelt  in 
Egypt,  until  thou  comest  to  the  bor- 

1 1  ders  of  Ethiopia.  And  all  they  that 
dwelt  in  all  the  land  made  light  of  the 
commandment  of  Nebuchadnezzar 
king  of  the  Assyrians,  and  went  not 
with  him  to  the  war ;  for  they  were 
not  afraid  of  him,  but  he  was  before 
them  as  one  man ;  and  they  turned 
away  his  messengers  from  their  pre- 
sence without  effect,  and  with  dis- 
grace. 

12  And  Nebuchadnezzar  was  exceeding 
wroth  with  all  this  land,  and  he  sware 
by  his  throne  and  kingdom,  that  he 
would  surely  be  avenged  upon  all  the 


coasts  of  Cilicia  and  Damascus  and 
Syria,  that  he  would  slay  with  his 
sword  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  land 
of  Moab,  and  the  children  of  Amnion, 
and  all  Judasa,  and  all  that  were  in 
Egypt,  until  thou  comest  to  the  bor- 

13  ders  of  the  two  seas.  And  he  set  the 
battle  in  array  with  his  host  against 
king  Arphaxad  in  the  seventeenth 
year ;  and  he  prevailed  in  his  battle, 
and  turned  to  flight  all  the  host  of 
Arphaxad,  and  all  his  horse,  and  all 

14 his  chariots;  and  he  became  master 
of  his  cities,  and  he  came  even  unto 
Ecbatana,  and  took  the  towers,  and 
spoiled  the  streets  thereof,  and  turned 

15  the  beauty  thereof  into  shame.  And 
he  took  Arphaxad  in  the  mountains 
of  Ragau,  and  smote  him  through  with 
his  darts,  and  destroyed  him  utterly, 

1(5  unto  this  day.  And  he  returned  with 
tliem  to  Nineveh,  he  and  all  his  com- 
pany of  sundry  nations,  an  exceeding 
great  multitude  of  men  of  war,  and 
there  he  took  his  ease  and  banqueted, 
he  and  his  host,  a  hundred  and  twenty 
days. 
2  And  in  the  eighteenth  year,  the  two 
and  twentieth  day  of  the  first  month, 
there  was  talk  in  the  house  of  Nebu- 
chadnezzar king  of  the  Assyrians, 
that  he  should  be  avenged  on  all  the 

2  land,  even  as  he  spake.  And  he  called 
together  all  his  servants,  and  all  his 
great  men,  and  communicated  with 
them  his  secret  counsel,  and  concluded 
the  afflicting  of  all  the  land  out  of  his 

3  own  mouth.  And  they  decreed  to  de- 
stroy all  flesh  which  followed  not  the 

4  word  of  his  mouth.  And  it  came  to 
pass,  when  he  had  ended  his  counsel, 
Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  the  Assyri- 
ans called  Holofernes  the  chief  cap- 
tain of  his  host,  which  was  next  after 
himself,  and  said  unto  him, 

f)  Thus  saith  the  great  king,  the  lord  of 
all  the  earth,  Behold,  thou  shalt  go 
forth  from  my  presence,  and  take  with 
thee  men  that  trust  in  their  strength, 
unto  a  hundred  and  twenty  thousand 
footmen ;  and  the  number  of  horses 
with   their  riders  twelve  thousand : 

6  and  thou  shalt  go  forth  against  all  the 
Avest  country,  because  they  disobeyed 

7  the  conmiandment  of  my  mouth.  And 
thou  shalt  declare  unto  them,  that 
they  prepare  earth  and  water ;  because 
I  will  go  forth  in  my  wrath  against 
them,  and  will  cover  the  whole  face  of 
the  earth  with  the  feet  of  my  host,  and 
I  will  give  them  for  a  spoil  unto  them : 

8  and  their  slain  shall  fill  their  valleys 


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2.  26. 


JUDITH. 


4.  3. 


ami  brooks,  iuul  tlu'  river sliall  be  lilled 

9  with  tlieir  dead,  till  it  overflow  :  and 

I  will  lead  them  cai)tives  to  the  iit- 

10  most  parts  of  all  the  earth.  But  thou 
Shalt  go  forth,  and  take  beforehand 
for  me  all  their  coasts;  and  'if  they 
shall  yield  themselves  unto  thee,  then 
Shalt  tlioii  reserve  them  for  me  till  the 

1 1  day  of  their  rei)roof.  l'.ut  as  for  them 
that  are  disol)edient,  thine  eye  shall 
not  spare ;  but  thou  shalt  give  them  up 
to  be  slain  and  to  be  spoiled  in  all  thy 

12  land.  For  as  I  live,  and  liy  the  power 
of  my  kiiiii;dom,  I  have  spoken,  and  1 

i;{  will  do  this  with  my  hand.  .Vnd  thon, 
moreover,  shalt  not  transgress  aught 
of  the  commandments  of  thy  lord,  but 
thou  shalt  surely  accomplish  them,  as 
I  have  connnanded  thee,  and  thou 
shalt  not  defer  to  do  them. 

14  And  Holofernes  went  forth  from  the 
presence  of  his  lord,  and  calle<l  all  the 
governors  and  the  captains  aiul  ofli- 

locers  of  the  host  of  Asshiu';  and  he 
numbered  chosen  men  for  the  battle, 
as  his  lord  had  commanded  him,  unto 
a  hundred  and  twenty  thousand,  and 
twelve    thousand   archers  on    horse- 

1(1  back  ;  and  he  ranged  them,  as  a  great 

1 7  nmltitutle  is  ordered  for  the  war.  And 
he  took  camels  and  asses  antt  mules 
for  their  baggage,  an  exceeding  great 
multitude;  and  sheep  and  oxen  and 
goats  without  number  for  their  pro- 

liS  vision;  and  great  store  of  vi(;tual  for 
every  man,  and  excee<ling  much  gold 
and  silver  out  of  the  king's  house. 

19  And  he  went  forth,  he  and  all  his  host, 
on  their  journey,  to  go  before  king 
Nebuchadnezzar,  and  to  cover  all  the 
face  of  the  earth  westward  with  their 
chariots  and    horsemen  and  chosen 

20 footmen.  And  a  great  company  of 
sundry  nations  went  forth  with  them 
like  locusts,  and  like  the  sand  of  the 
earth :  for  they  could  not  be  numbered 
by  reason  of  their  multitude. 

21  And  they  departed  out  of  Nineveh 
three  days'  journey  toward  the  plain 
of  Hectileth,  and  encamped  from  Bec- 
tileth  near  the  mountain  which  is  at 
the   left  hanil  of    the   upper  Cilicia. 

22  And  he  took  all  his  host,  his  footmen 
and  horsemen  and  chariots,  and  went 
away  from  thence  into  the  hill  coun- 

2.'{  try,  and  destroyed  I'ut  and  Lnd,  and 
spoiled  all  the  children  of  liasses,  and 
the  children  of  Ishmael,  which  were 
over  against  the  wilderness  to  the 
south  of  the   land  of  the  Chellians. 

24  And  he  went  over  Euphrates,  and 
went  through  Mesopotamia,  and 
brake  down  all  the  high  cities  that 
were  upon   the   river  Arbonai,  until 

25  thou  comest  to  the  sea.  And  he 
took  possession  of  the  borders  of 
Cilicia,  and  slew  all  that  resisted  him, 
and  came  unto  the  borders  of  .lapheth, 
which  were  toward   the  south,  over 

26 against  Arabia.    And  he  compassed 


about  all  the  children  of  Midian,  and 
set  on  tire  their  tents,  and  spoiled 

27  tlieir  sheepcotes.  And  he  went  down 
into  the  plain  of  Damascus  in  the 
days  of  wheat  harvest,  and  set  on  fire 
all  their  lields,  and  utterly  destroyed 
their  (locks  and  herds,  and  spoiled 
their  cities,  and  laid  their  plains 
waste,  and  smote  all  their  young  men 
with  the  edge  of  the  swt)r(l. 

28  And  the  fear  and  the  dread  of  him 
fell  upon  them  that  dwelt  on  the  sea 
coast,  upon  them  that  were  in  Sidun 
and  Tyre,  and  them  tli:it  dwelt  In  Siu' 
and  Ocina,  and  all  that  dwelt  in  ,1cm- 
naan;  and  they  that  dwelt  in  Azotus 
and  Ascalon  feared  him  exceedingly. 

3  And  they  sent  unto  him  messengers 

2  with  words  of  peace,  saying.  Behold, 
we  the  servants  of  Nebuchadnezzar 
the  great  king  lie  before  thee :  use  us 

3  as  it  is  pleasing  in  thy  sight.  Behold, 
our  dwellings,  and  all  our  country, 
and  all  our  fields  of  wheat,  and  our 
flocks  and  herds,  and  all  the  sheep- 
cotes  of  our  tents,  lie  before  thy  face : 

4  use  them  as  it  may  please  thee.  Be- 
hold, even  our  cities  and  they  that 
dwell  in  them  are  thy  servants  :  come 
and  deal  with  them  as  it  is  good  in 

5  thine  eyes.  And  the  men  came  to 
Holofernes,  and  declared  unto  him 
according  to  these  words. 

6  And  he  came  down  toward  the  sea 
coast,  he  and  his  host,  and  set  gar- 
risons in  the  high  cities,  and  took  out 

7  of  them  chosen  men  for  allies.  And 
they  received  him,  they  and  all  the 
country  round  about  them,  with  gar- 

8  lands  and  dances  and  timbrels.  And 
he  cast  down  all  their  borders,  and  cut 
down  their  groves:  and  it  had  been 
given  unto  him  to  destroy  all  the  gods 
of  the  land,  that  all  the  nations  should 
worship  Nebuchadnezzar  only,  and 
that  all  their  tongues  and  tlieir  tribes 

9  should  call  upon  him  as  god.  And  he 
came  towards  Esdraelon  nigh  unto 
Dotaja,  which    is    over   against   the 

10  great  ridge  of  Judaja.  And  he  en- 
camped between  Geba  and  Scytliopo- 
lis,  and  he  was  there  a  whole  month, 
that  he  might  gather  together  all  the 
baggage  of  his  host. 

4  And  the  children  of  Israel  that  dwelt 
in  Jud?ea  heard  all  that  Holofernes 
the  chief  captain  of  Nebuchadnezzar 
king  of  the  Assyrians  had  done  to  the 
nations,  and  after  what  manner  he 
liad  spoiled  all    their    temples,  and 

2  destroyed  them  utterly.  And  they 
were  exceedingly  afraid  before  him, 
and  were  troubled  for  Jerusalem,  and 
for  the  temple  of  the  Lord  their  God  : 

3  because  they  were  newly  come  up 
from  the  captivity,  and  all  the  people 
of  .Jiukea  were  lately  gathered  to- 
gether; and  the  vessels,  and  the  altar, 
and  the  house,  were  sanctified  after 
the  profanation. 


47 


5.  1. 


JUDITH. 


5.  16. 


4  And  they  sent  into  every  coast  of 
Samaria,  and  to  Konse,  and  to  Betli- 
horon,and  Belniaim,  and  Jericlio,  and 
to   Cluoba,  and    ^yora,   and    to   the 

5  valley  of  Salem ;  and  they  possessed 
themselves  beforehand  of  all  the  tops 
of  the  hif;li  mountains,  and  fortified 
the  villages  that  were  in  them,  and 
laid  up  victual  for  the  provision  of 
war :  for  their  flekls  were  newly  reap- 

6  ed.  And  Joakim  the  high  priest, 
whicli  was  in  those  days  at  Jerusalem, 
wrote  to  them  that  dwelt  in  Bethulia, 
and  Betomestliaim,  which  is  over 
against  Esdraelon  toward  the  plain 

7  that  is  nigh  unto  Dothaim,  charging 
them  to  seize  upon  the  ascents  of  the 
hill  country;  because  by  them  was 
the  entrance  into  Judaea,  and  it  was 
easy  to  stop  them  from  approaching, 
inasmuch  as  the  approach  was  nar- 
row, irtWt  space  for  two  men  at  the 

8  most.  And  the  children  of  Israel  did 
as  Joakim  the  high  priest  had  com- 
manded them,  and  the  senate  of  all 
the  people  of  Israel,  which  dwelt  at 
Jerusalem. 

9  And  every  man  of  Israel  cried  to  God 
with  great  earnestness,  and  with  great 
earnestness    did  tliey   humble  their 

10  souls.  They,  and  their  wives,  and 
their  babes,  and  their  cattle,  and 
every  sojourner  and  hireling  and  ser- 
vant bought  with  their  money,  put 

11  sackcloth  upon  tlieir  loins.  And 
every  man  and  woman  of  Israel,  and 
the  little  children,  ;ind  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem,  fell  before  the  temple, 
and  cast  ashes  upon  their  heads,  and 
spread  out  tlieir  saclccloth  before  the 
Lord;  and  they  put  sackcloth  about 

12  the  altar  :  and  they  cried  to  the  God 
of  Israel  earnestly  with  one  consent, 
that  he  would  not  give  their  balies 
for  a  prey,  and  their  wives  for  a  spoil, 
and  the  cities  of  their  inheritance  to 
destruction,  and  the  sanctuary  to  pro- 
fanation and  reproach,  for  the  nations 

13  to  rejoice  at.  A?k1  the  Lord  heard 
their  voice,  and  looked  upon  their 
affliction :  and  the  people  continued 
fasting  many  days  in  all  Jndasa  and 
Jerusalem  before  the  sanctuary   of 

14  the  Lord  Almighty.  And  Joakim  the 
high  priest,  and  all  the  priests  tiiat 
stood  before  the  Lord,  and  they  tliat 
ministered  unto  the  Lord,  had  their 
loins  girt  about  with  sackcloth,  and 
offered  the  continual  burnt  offering. 
and  the  vows  and  the  free  gifts  of  the 

15  people ;  and  they  had  ashes  on  their 
mitres  :  and  they  cried  unto  the  Lord 
with  all  their  power,  that  he  would 
look  upon  all  the  house  of  Israel  for 
good. 

5  And  it  was  told  Holofernes,  the  chief 
captain  of  the  host  of  Asshin-,  that  the 
children  of  Israel  liad  pi'epared  for 
war,  and  had  shut  up  the  passages  of 
the  hill  country,  and  had  fortified  all 


the  tops  of  the  high  hills,  and  had  laid 

2  impediments  in  the  plains :  and  he 
was  exceeding  wroth,  and  he  called 
all  the  princes  of  Moab,  and  the  cap- 
tains of  Amnion,  and  all  the  governors 

3  of  the  sea  coast,  and  he  said  unto 
them.  Tell  nie  now,  ye  sons  of  Canaan, 
who  is  this  people,  that  dwelleth  in 
the  hill  country,  and  what  are  the  cit- 
ies that  they  inhabit,  and  what  is  the 
multitude  of  their  host,  and  wherein 
is  their  power  and  their  strength,  and 
what  king  is  set  over  them,  to  be  the 

4  leader  of  their  army ;  and  why  have 
they  turned  their  backs,  that  they 
should  not  come  and  meet  me,  more 
than  all  that  dwell  in  the  west. 

5  And  Aehior,  the  leader  of  all  the 
children  of  Amnion,  said  nnto  him. 

Let  my  lord  now  hear  a  word  from 
the  mouth  of  thy  servant,  and  I  will 
tell  thee  the  truth  concerning  this 
people,  which  dwelleth  in  this  hill 
country,  nigh  nnto  tiie  place  where 
thou  dwellest :  and  there  shall  no  lie 
come  out  of  the  mouth  of  thy  servant. 

6  This  people  are  descended  of  the  Chal- 

7  deans  :  and  they  sojourned  heretofore 
in  Mesopotamia,  because  tliey  were 
not  minded  to  follow  the  gods  of  their 
fathers,  which  were  in  the  land  of  the 

8  Chaldeans.  And  they  departed  from 
the  way  of  their  parents,  and  wor- 
shipped the  God  of  heaven,  the  God 
whom  they  knew  :  and  they  cast  them 
out  from  the  face  of  their  gods,  and 
they  fled  into  Mesopotamia,  and  so- 

9  journed  there  many  days.  And  tlieir 
God  commanded  tlieni  to  depart  from 
the  place  where  they  sojourned,  and 
to  go  into  the  land  of  Canaan :  and 
they  dwelt  there,  and  were  increased 
with  gold  and  silver,  and  with  exceed- 

10  ing  much  cattle.  And  they  went  down 
into  Egypt,  for  a  famine  covered  all 
the  land  of  Canaan ;  and  there  they 
sojourned,  until  they  were  grown  up ; 
and  they  became  there  a  great  multi- 
tude, so  that  one  could  not  number 

11  their  nation.  And  the  king  of  Egypt 
rose  up  against  them,  and  dealt  sub- 
tilly  with  them,  ^and  brought  them 
low,  making  them  to  labour  in  brick, 

12  and  made  them  slaves.  And  tliey 
cried  unto  their  God,  and  he  smote 
all  the  land  of  Egypt  with  incurable 
plagues :  and  the  Egyptians  cast  them 

13  out  of  their  sight.    And  God  dried  up 

14  the  Red  sea  before  them,  and  lirought 
them  into  the  way  of  Sinai,  and  Ka- 
desh-Barnea,  and  they  cast  out  all 

15  that  dwelt  in  the  wilderness.  And 
they  dwelt  in  the  land  of  the  Amorites, 
and  they  destroyed  by  their  strength 
all  them  of  Heshbon.  and  passing 
over  Jordan  they  possessed  all  the 

16  hill  country.  And  they  cast  out  be- 
fore them  the  Canaanite,  the  Periz- 
zite,  the  Jebusite,  and  the  Shechemlte, 
and   all   the    Girgashites,  and   they 


48 


6.  4. 


JUDITH. 


6.  21. 


dwelt   In   that   country  many  days. 

17  And  wliilst  they  sinned  not  before 
their  (iod,  they  prospei'cd,  lieoause 
God   tliiit  hateth   iniiinity  was  witii 

18  them.  Hut  when  thoy  liopartt'd  from 
tlie  way  which  lie  appointed  tiifm, 
they  were  destroyed  in  many  battles 
very  soic,  and  were  led  eaptives  into 
a  land  that  was  not  theirs,  and  tlie 
temple  of  tlieir  God  was  east  to  the 
ground,  and  their  cities  were  taken 

19  by  their  adversaries.  And  now  they 
are  returned  to  their  (iod,  and  are 
come  u|)  from  the  (lisi)ersion  where 
they  were  dispersed,  and  liave  pos- 
sessed Jerusalem,  where  their  sanc- 
tuary is,  and  are  seated  in  the  hill 

20 country:  for  it  was  desolate.  And 
now,  my  lord  and  master,  if  there  is 
any  error  in  tliis  people,  and  they  sin 
against  their  God,  we  will  consider 
what  this  tiling  is  wht>rein  tliey  stimi- 
ble,  and  we  will  yo  uj)  atid  overcome 

21  them.  r>iit  if  tliere  is  no  lawlessness 
in  their  nation,  let  my  lord  now  pass 
by,  lest  their  Lord  defend  them,  anil 
their  God  be  for  them,  and  we  shall 
be  a  reproach  before;  all  the  earth. 

22  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Acliior 
had  finished  sjieakinj;  tliese  words,  all 
the  people  that  compassed  the  tent 
and  stood  round  about  it  murmured; 
and  the  great  men  of  Holofernes,  and 
all  that  dwelt  by  tlie  sea  side,  and  in 
Moab,  spake  tliar  he  should  kill  liim. 

2.3  For,  said  thPij,  we  will  not  be  afraid 
of  the  children  of  Israel :  for,  lo,  it  is  a 
people  that  hath  no  i>ower  nor  might 

24  to  make  the  battle  strong.  Where- 
fore now  we  will  go  up,  and  they  shall 
be  a  prey  to  be  devoured  of  all  thine 
army,  lord  Holofernes. 

6  And  wlien  tlie  tiunult  of  the  men  that 
were  about  the  co\mcil  was  ceased, 
Holofernes  tlie  cliief  captain  of  the 
host  of  Asshiir  said  unto  Acliior  and 
to  all  the  cliildren  of '  Jloab  before  all 
the  people  of  the  aliens, 

2  And  who  art  tiiou,  Achior,  and  the 
hirelings  of  '  Kphraim,  that  thou  hast 
prophesied  among  us  as  to-day,  and 
hast  said,  that  we  should  not  make 
war  with  the  race  of  Israel,  because 
their  God   will  defend  them?     And 

3  who  is  God  but  Xebiudiadnezzar?  He 
shall  send  forth  his  might,  and  shall 
destroy  them  from  the  face  of  the 
earth,  and  their  God  shall  not  deliver 
them  :  but  we  his  servants  shall  smite 
them  as  one  man  ;  and  they  shall  not 

4  sustain  the  might  of  our  horses.  For 
with  them  we  shall  lunn  them  up, and 
their  mountains  shall  be  drunken  witli 
their  blood,  and  their  plains  shall  lie 
filled  with  their  dead  bodies,  and  their 
footsteps  shall  not  stand  before  us, 
but  they  shall  surely  perish,  saith 
king  Nebuchadnezzar,  lord  of  all  tlie 
earth :  for  he  said.  The  words  that 
2  1  have  spoken  shall  not  be  in  vain. 


10 


11 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


Hut  thou,  Achior,  hireling  of  Animoii, 
which  hast  spoken  these  words  in  tiie 
day  of  thine  iniquity,  siialt  see  my 
face  no  more  from  this  day,  until  I 
shall  be  avenged  of  the  race  of  those 
that  came  out  of  Egypt.  And  then 
shall  the  sword  of  mine  army,  and  \\w 
multitude  of  them  that  serve  me.  pass 
througli  thy  sides,  and  thou  shall  fall 
among  tlieir  slain,  when  I  shall  return. 
And  my  servants  shall  bring  thee  back 
into  the  hill  country,  and  shall  set  thee 
in  one  of  the  cities  of  the  ascents : 
and  tliou  shalt  not  perish,  till  thou 
be  destroyed  with  them.  And  if  tliou 
hopest  in  thy  heart  that  tliey  shall 
not  be  taken,  let  not  thy  countenance 
fall.  I  have  spoken  it,  and  none  of 
my  words  shall  fall  to  the  ground. 

And  Holofernes  commanded  his  ser- 
vants, that  waited  in  his  tent,  to  take 
Achior,  and  bring  him  back  to  Belliu- 
lia,  and  deliver  him  into  the  hands 
of  the  children  of  Israel.  And  his 
servants  took  him,  and  brought  him 
out  of  the  camp  into  the  plain,  and 
they  remove<l  from  the  midst  of  the 
plain  country  into  the  hill  country, 
and  came  unto  the  fountains  tliat 
were  under  Bethulia.  And  when  the 
men  of  the  city  saw  tliem  on  the  top 
of  the  hill,  they  took  up  their  weapons, 
and  went  out  of  the  city  against  them 
to  the  top  of  the  hill :  and  every  man 
that  used  a  sling  kept  them  from 
coming  up,  and  cast  stones  against 
them.  And  they  gat  them  privily 
under  the  hill,  and  bound  Achior,  and 
cast  him  down,  and  left  him  at  the 
foot  of  the  hill,  and  went  away  unto 
their  lord.  But  the  children  of  Israel 
descended  from  their  city,  and  came 
upon  liini,  and  loosed  him,  and  led 
him  away  into  Betlinlia,  and  present- 
ed him  to  tlie  rulers  of  their  city; 
which  were  in  tliose  days  Ozias  the 
son  of  Micah,  of  the  tribe  of  Simeon, 
and  Chabris  the  son  of  Gothoniel,  and 
Charmis  the  son  of  Melchiel.  And 
tliey  called  together  all  the  elders  of 
the  city;  and  all  their  young  men  ran 
together,  and  their  women,  to  the 
assembly;  and  they  set  Achior  in  the 
midst  of  all  their  people.  And  Ozias 
asked  Jilm  of  that  which  h:id  hap- 
jiened :  and  he  answered  and  declared 
unto  them  the  words  of  the  council  of 
Holofernes,  and  all  the  words  that  he 
h;id  spoken  in  the  midst  of  tlu;  princes 
of  tlie  children  of  Asshur,  and  all  the 
great  words  that  Holofernes  had 
spoken  against  the  house  of  I.srael. 
And  the  people  fell  down  and  wor- 
shipped  God,  and  cried,  saying.  ()  Lord 
God  of  heaven,  behold  their  arro- 
gance, and  pity  the  low  estate  of  our 
race,  and  look  upon  the  face  of  those 
tliat  are  sanctified  unto  thee  this 
day.  And  they  comforted  Achior,  and 
praised  him  exceedingly.    And  Ozias 


7.  13. 


JUDITH. 


7.  26. 


took  him  out  of  the  assembly  into  his 
house,  and  made  a  feast  to  the  elders ; 
and  they  called  on  the  God  of  Israel 
for  help  all  that  night. 
7  But  the  next  day  Holofernes  gave 
command  to  all  his  army,  and  to  all 
his  people  which  were  come  to  be  his 
allies,  that  they  should  remove  their 
camp  toward  Bethulia,  and  take  afore- 
hand  the  ascents  of  the  hill  country, 
and  make  war  against  the  children 

2  of  Israel.  And  every  mighty  man  of 
them  removed  that  day,  and  the  host 
of  their  men  of  war  was  a  hundred 
and  seventy  thousand  footmen,  and 
twelve  thousand  horsemen,  beside  the 
baggage,  and  the  men  that  were  afoot 
among  them,  an  exceeding  great  mul- 

Stitude.  And  they  encamped  in  the 
valley  near  unto  Bethulia,  by  the 
fountain,  and  they  spread  themselves 
in  breadtli  over  Dothaim  even  to  Bel- 
maim,  and  in  length  from  Bethulia 
unto  Cyamon,  which  is  over  against 
Esdraelon. 

4  But  the  children  of  Israel,  when  they 
saw  the  multitude  of  them,  were 
troubled  exceedingly,  and  said  every 
one  to  his  neighbour.  Now  shall  these 
men  lick  up  the  face  of  all  the  earth ; 
and  neither  the  high  mountains,  nor 
the  valleys,  nor  the  hills,  shall  be  able 

5  to  bear  tlieir  weight.  And  every  man 
took  up  his  weapons  of  war,  and  when 
they  had  kindled  fires  upon  their 
towers,  they  remained  and  watched 
all  that  night. 

6  But  on  the  second  day  Holofernes 
led  out  all  his  horse  in  the  sight  of  the 
chiklren  of  Israel  which  were  in  Beth- 

7  ulia,  and  viewed  the  ascents  to  their 
city,  and  searched  out  the  fountains  of 
the  waters,  and  seized  upon  them,  and 
set  garrisons  of  men  of  war  over  them, 
and  himself  departed  to  his  people. 

8  And  there  came  unto  him  all  the 
rulers  of  the  children  of  Esau,  and  all 
the  leaders  of  the  people  of  Moab,  and 
the  captains  of  the  sea  coast,  and  said, 

9  Let  our  lord  now  hear  a  word,  that 
there  be  not  an  overthrow  in  thy  host. 

10  For  this  people  of  the  children  of 
Israel  do  not  trust  in  their  spears,  but 
in  the  height  of  the  mountains  wherein 
they  dwell,  for  it  is  not  easy  to  come 
up  to  the  tops  of  their  movnitains. 

11  And  now,  my  lord,  fight  not  against 
them  as  men  fight  who  join  battle,  and 
there  shall  not  so  much  as  one  man 

12  of  thy  people  perish.  Remain  in  thy 
camp,  and  keep  safe  every  man  of  thy 
host,  and  let  thy  servants  get  posses- 
sion of  the  fountain  of  water,  which 
issueth  forth  of  the  foot  of  the  moun- 

13  tain  :  because  all  the  inhabitants  of 
Bethulia  have  their  water  thence  ;  and 
thirst  shall  kill  them,  and  they  shall 
give  up  their  city:  and  we  and  our 
people  will  go  up  to  the  tops  of  the 
mountains   that  are  near,  and  will 


14 


15 


16 


17 


19 


20 


21 


23 


24 


25 


26 


50 


encamp  upon  them,  to  watch  that  not 
one  man  go  out  of  the  city.  And  they 
shall  be  consumed  with  famine,  they 
and  their  wives  and  their  children, 
and  before  the  sword  come  against 
them  they  shall  be  laid  low  in  the 
streets  where  they  dwell.  And  thou 
Shalt  render  them  an  evil  reward; 
liecause  they  rebelled,  and  met  not 
tliy  face  in  peace. 

And  their  words  were  pleasing  in  the 
sight  of  Holofernes  and  in  the  sight  of 
all  his  servants ;  and  he  appointed  to 
do  as  they  had  spoken.  And  the  army 
of  the  children  of  Amnion  removed, 
and  with  them  five  thousand  of  the 
children  of  Asshur,  and  they  encamp- 
ed ill  the  valley,  and  seized  upon  the 
waters  and  the  fountains  of  the  waters 
of  the  children  of  Israel.  And  the 
children  of  Esau  went  up  with  the 
children  of  Amnion,  and  encamped  in 
the  hill  country  over  against  Dothaim : 
and  they  sent  some  of  them  toward 
the  south,  and  toward  the  east,  over 
against  Ekrebel,  which  is  near  unto 
Chusi,  that  is  upon  the  brook  Moch- 
mur;  and  tlie  rest  of  the  army  of  the 
Assyrians  encamped  in  the  plain,  and 
covered  all  the  face  of  the  land ;  and 
their  tents  and  baggage  were  pitched 
upon  it  in  a  great  crowd,  and  they 
w-ere  an  exceeding  great  multitude. 

And  the  children  of  Israel  cried  unto 
the  Lord  their  God,  for  their  spirit 
fainted ;  for  all  their  enemies  had  com- 
passed them  round  about,  and  there 
was  no  way  to  escape  out  from  among 
them.  And  all  the  army  of  Asshur  re- 
mained about  tliem,  their  footmen  and 
their  chariots  and  their  horsemen, 
four  and  thirty  days ;  and  all  their 
vessels  of  water  failed  all  the  inhabi- 
tants of  I'^etliulia.  And  the  cisterns 
were  emptied,  and  they  had  not  water 
to  drink  their  fill  for  one  day :  for  they 
gave  them  drink  by  measure.  And 
their  young  children  were  out  of  heart, 
and  the  women  and  the  young  men 
fainted  for  thirst,  and  they  fell  down 
in  the  streets  of  the  city,  and  in  the 
passages  of  the  gates,  and  there  was 
no  longer  any  strength  in  them.  And 
all  the  people  were  gathered  together 
against  Ozias,  and  against  the  rulers 
of  the  city,  the  young  men  and  the 
women  and  the  children,  and  they 
cried  with  a  loud  voice,  and  said  be- 
fore all  the  elders, 

God  be  judge  between  you  and  us : 
because  ye  have  done  us  great  wrong, 
in  that  ye  have  not  spoken  words  of 
peace  with  the  children  of  Asshur. 
And  now  we  have  no  helper :  but  God 
hath  sold  us  into  their  hands,  that  we 
should  be  laid  low  before  them  with 
thirst  and  great  destruction.  And 
now  call  them  unto  you,  and  deliver 
up  the  whole  city  for  a  prey  to  the 
people  of  Holofernes,  and  to  all  his 


8.  3. 


JUDITH. 


8.  23. 


27  host.  For  it  is  better  for  us  to  be 
made  a  spoil  unto  tliein:  for  we  shall 
be  servants,  and  our  souls  shall  live. 
and  we  sliall  not  sec  llu;  dcatli  of  our 
babes  before  our  eyes,  aiul  our  wives 
and  our  chiUlren  faintinj^  in  deatli. 

28  We  take  to  witness  against  you  1-lie 
heaven  and  the  oartli,  and  our  (iod 
and  tlie  Lord  of  our  falliers,  wliieh 
punislietli  us  aeeording  to  our  sins 
and  the  sins  of  our  fatliers,  that  lie  do 
not  accoriliuK  as  we  have  said  this 
day. 

29  And  there  was  great  weeping  of  all 
with  one  consent  in  the  midst  of  the 
assembly;    and  tliey  cried   unto  tlie 

30  Lord  God  witli  a  loud  voice.  And 
Ozias  said  to  them.  Brethren,  be  of 
good  courage,  let  us  yet  endure  five 
days,  in  the  wliich  space  the  Lord  our 
God  shall  turn  his  mercy  toward  us; 

31  for  he  will  not  forsake  us  utterly.  Hut 
if  these  days  pass,  ;ind  there  come  no 
help  unto  us,  1  will  do  according  to 

32  your  words.  And  he  dispersed  the 
people,  every  man  to  his  own  camj) ; 
and  they  went  away  unto  the  walls 
and  towers  of  their  city  ;  and  he  sent 
the  women  and  children  into  their 
houses;  and  they  were  brought  very 
low  in  the  city. 

8  And  in  those  days  Judith  heard 
thereof,  the  daugiiler  of  Merari,  the 
son  of  0.\,  the  son  of  Joseph,  the  son 
of  Oziel,  the  son  of  Elkiah,  the  son  of 
Ananias,  the  son  of  Gideon,  the  son 
of  Rapiiaim,  the  son  of  Aliitnb,  the 
son  of  Elilni,  the  son  of  Eliab,  the  son 
of  Nathanael,  the  son  of  Salamiel,  tiie 
.son  of  Salasadai,  the  son  of   Israel. 

2  And  her  husband  was  Manasses,  of 
her  tribe  and  of  her  family,  and  lie 
died  in  the  days  of  barley  harvest. 

3  For  he  stood  over  them  that  bound 
sheaves  in  the  field,  and  tlie  lieat  came 
upon  his  head,  and  he  fell  on  his  bed, 
and  died  in  his  city  Bethulia :  and 
they  buried  him  with  iiis  fathers  ni  the 
field  which  is  between  Dothaim  and 

4  Balamon.  And  Judith  was  a  widow 
in  her  house  three  years  and  four 

5  months.  And  slie  made  her  a  tent 
upon  the  roof  of  her  house,  and  put  on 
sackcloth  upon  her  loins;  and  the 
garments   of   her    widowhoofl    were 

6  upon  her.  And  she  fasted  alt  the 
days  of  her  widowhood,  save  the  eves 
of  the  sabbaths,  and  the  sal)baths, 
and  the  eves  of  the  new  moons,  and 
the  new  moons,  and  the  feasts  and 
joyful  days  of  the  house  of  Israel. 

7  And  she  was  of  a  goodly  countenance, 
and  exceeding  beautiful  to  behold: 
and  her  husband  Manasses  had  left 
her  gold,  and  silver,  and  inenservants, 
and  maidservants,  and  cattle,  and 
lands;  and  she  remained  ni>on  tiiem. 

8  And  there  was  none  that  gave  her  an 
evil  word ;  for  she  feared  God  exceed- 
ingly. 


9  And  she  heard  the  evil  words  of  the 
people  against  the  governor,  because 
tlicy  fainted  for  lack  of  water;  and 
Judith  heard  all  the  words  that  Ozias 
spake  unU)  them,  how  he  sware  to 
them  that  he  would  deliver  the  city 
unto  the  Assyrians  after  five  days. 

10  And  she  sent  her  maid,  that  was  over 
all  things  that  slie  had,  to  call  Ozias 
and  (Uiabris  and  ('liarmis,  the  elders 

1 1  of  her  city.  And  they  came  unto  her, 
and  she  said  unto  them. 

Hear  me  now,  O  ye  rulers  of  the  in- 
hal>itants  of  Bethulia  :  for  your  word 
that  ye  have  spoken  before  the  peoiile 
this  day  is  not  right,  and  ye  have  set 
the  oath  which  ye  have  pronounced 
between  (iod  and  you,  and  have  jiro- 
miscd  to  deliver  the  city  to  our  ene- 
mies, unless   within  these   days   the 

12  Lord  turn  to  help  you.  And  now  who 
are  ye  that  have  tempted  God  this 
day,  and  stand  instead  of  (;od  among 

13  the  children  of  men?  And  now  try 
the  Lord  Almighty,  and  ye  shall  never 

14  know  anything.  For  ye  sliall  not  lind 
the  depth  of  the  heart  of  man,  and  ye 
shall  not  perceive  the  things  that  he 
tliinketli :  and  how  shall  ye  search 
out  God,  which  hath  made  all  these 
things,  and  know  his  mind,  and  com- 
prehend his  purpose?  Nay,  my  bre- 
thren, provoke  not  the  Lord  our  God 

15  to  anger.  For  if  he  be  not  mindetl  to 
help  us  within  these  five  days,  he  hath 
power  to  defend  us  in  such  time  as  he 
will,  or  to  destroy  us  before  the  face 

1()  of  our  enemies.  But  do  not  ye  pledge 
the  counsels  of  the  Lord  our  God :  for 
God  is  not  as  man,  that  lie  should  be 
threatened ;  neither  as  the  son  of 
man,  that  he  should  be  turned  by  in- 

17  treaty.  Wherefore  let  us  wait  for  the 
salvation  that  cometh  from  him,  and 
call  upon  him  to  help  us,  and  he  will 

18  hear  our  voice,  if  it  please  him.  For 
there  arose  none  in  our  age,  neither 
is  there  any  of  us  to-day,  tribe,  or  kin- 
dred, or  family,  or  city,  which  wor- 
ship gods  made  with  hands,  as  it  was 

19  ill  the  former  days;  for  the  which 
cause  our  fathers  were  given  to  the 
sword,  and  for  a  spoil,  and  fell  with 

20  a  great  fall  before  our  enemies.  But 
we  know  none  other  god  beside  him, 
wherefore  we  hope  tJiat  he  will  not 

21  despise  us,  nor  any  of  our  race.  For 
if  we  l)e  taken  so,  all  Judaea  shall  sit 
upon  the  ground,  and  our  sanctuary 
sliall  be  spoiled  ;  and  of  our  blood 
shall  he  require  the  i>rofanatioii  tliere- 

22  of.  And  theslaughterof  our  brethren, 
and  the  captivity  of  the  land,  and  the 
desolation  of  our  inheritance,  sliiill  he 
turn  upon  our  heads  among  the  Gen- 
tiles, wheresoever  we  shall  lie  in  bond- 
age ;  and  we  shall  be  an  offence  and 
a  reproach  before  them  that  take  us 

23  for  a  possession.  For  our  bondage 
shall  not  be  ordered  to  favour:  but 


V.    o. 


JUDITH. 


9.  U. 


the  Lord  our  God  shall  turn  it  to  dis- 

24  lionour.  And  now,  brethren,  let  us 
shew  an  example  to  our  brethren,  be- 
cause their  soulhangeth  upon  us,  and 
the  sanctuary  and  tlie  liouse  and  the 

25  altar  rest  upon  us.  Besides  all  this 
let  us  give  thanks  to  the  Lord  our 
God,  which  trieth  us,  even  as  he  did 

26  our  fathers  also.  Remember  all  the 
things  which  he  did  to  Abraham,  and 
all  the  things  in  which  he  tried  Isaac, 
and  all  the  things  which  happened  to 
Jacob  in  Mesopotamia  of  Syria,  when 
he  kept  the  sheep  of  Labau  his  mo- 

27  ther's  brother.  For  he  hath  not  tried 
us  in  the  fire,  as  he  did  them,  to  search 
out  their  hearts,  neither  hath  he  taken 
vengeance  on  us;  but  the  Lord  doth 
scourge  them  that  come  near  unto 
him,  to  admonish  them. 

28  And  Ozias  said  to  her,  All  that  thou 
hast  spoken  hast  thou  spoken  with  a 
good  heart,  and  there  is  none  that 

29  shall  gainsay  thy  words.  For  this  is 
not  the  first  day  wherein  thy  wisdom 
is  manifested ;  but  from  the  beginning 
of  thy  days  all  the  people  have  known 
thine  understanding,  because  the  dis- 

30  position  of  thy  heart  is  good.  But 
the  people  were  exceeding  thirsty, 
and  compelled  us  to  do  as  we  spake 
to  them,  and  to  bring  an  oath  upon 
ourselves,  which  we  will  not  break. 

31  And  now  pray  thou  for  us,  because 
thou  art  a  godly  woman,  and  the  Lord 
shall  send  us  rain  to  fill  our  cisterns, 

32  and  we  shall  faint  no  more.  And 
Judith  said  unto  them.  Hear  me,  and 
I  will  do  a  thing,  which  shall  go  down 
to  all  generations  among  the  children 

33  of  our  race.  Ye  shall  stand  at  the 
gate  this  night,  and  I  will  go  forth 
with  my  maid :  and,  within  the  days 
after  which  ye  said  that  ye  would  de- 
liver the  city  to  our  enemies,  the  Lord 

34  shall  visit  Israel  by  my  hand.  But  ye 
shall  not  inquire  of  mine  act:  for  I 
will  not  declare  it  unto  you,  till  the 

35  things  be  finished  that  I  do.  And 
Ozias  and  the  rulers  said  unto  her. 
Go  in  peace,  and  the  Lord  God  be  be- 
fore thee,  to  take  vengeance  on  our 

36  enemies.  And  they  returned  from  the 
tent,  and  went  to  their  stations. 

9  But  Judith  fell  upon  her  face,  and 
put  ashes  upon  her  head,  and  uncov- 
ered the  sackcloth  wherewith  she  was 
clothed;  and  the  incense  of  that  even- 
ing was  now  being  offered  at  Jerusa- 
lem in  the  house  of  God,  and  Judith 
cried  unto  the  Lord  with  a  loud  voice, 
and  said, 

2  O  Lord  God  of  my  father  Simeon,  in- 
to whose  hand  thou  gavest  a  sword 
to  take  vengeance  of  the  strangers, 
who  loosened  the  girdle  of  a  virgin  to 
defile  her,  and  uncovered  the  thigh  to 
her  shame,  and  profaned  the  womb  to 
her  reproach ;  for  thou  saidst.  It  shall 

3  not  be  so ;  and  they  did  so :  wherefore 


thou  gavest  their  rulers  to  be  slain, 
and  their  bed,  '  which  was  ashamed 
for  her  that  was  deceived,  to  be  dyed 
in  blood,  and  smotest  the  servants 
with  their  lords,  and  the  lords  upon 

4  their  thrones;  and  gavest  their  wives 
for  a  prey,  and  their  daughters  to  be 
captives,  and  all  their  spoils  to  be 
divided  among  thy  dear  children ; 
which  were  moved  with  zeal  for  thee, 
and  abliorred  the  pollution  of  their 
blood,  and  called  upon  thee  for  aid : 
O  Gotl,  U  my  Goil,  hear  me  also  that 

5  am  a  widow.  For  thou  wroughte.st 
the  things  that  were  before  those 
things,  and  those  things,  and  such  as 
ensued  after ;  and  thou  didst  devise 
the  things  which  are  now,  and  the 
things  which  are  to  come :  and  the 
things  which  thou  didst  devise  came 

6  to  pass ;  yea,  the  things  which  thou 
didst  determine  stood  before  thee, 
and  said,  Lo,  we  are  here:  for  all  thy 
ways  are  prepared,  and  thy  judgement 

7  is  with  foreknowledge.  For,  behold, 
the  Assyrians  are  multiphed  in  their 
power;  they  are  exalted  with  horse 
and  rider;  they  have  gloried  in  the 
2  strength  of  their  footmen ;  they  have 
trusted  in  shield  and  spear  and  bow 
and  sling ;  and  they  know  not  that 
thou  art  the  Lord  that  breaketh  the 

8  battles  :  the  Lord  is  thy  name.  Dash 
thou  down  their  strength  in  thy  power, 
and  bring  down  their  force  in  thy 
wrath :  for  they  have  purposed  to 
profane  thy  sanctuary,  and  to  defile 
the  tabernacle  where  thy  glorious 
name  resteth,  and  to  cast  down  with 
the  sword  the  horn  of  thine  altar. 

9  Look  upon  their  pride,  and  send  thy 
wrath  upon  their  heads  :  give  into  my 
hand,  which  am  a  wiilow,  the  might 

10  that  I  have  conceived.  Smite  by  the 
deceit  of  my  lips  the  servant  with  the 
prince,  and  the  prince  with  his  ser- 
vant: break  down  their  stateliness 

1 1  by  the  hand  of  a  woman.  For  thy 
power  standeth  not  in  multitude,  nor 
thy  might  in  strong  men  :  but  thou 
art  a  God  of  the  afflicted,  thou  art  a 
helper  of  the  ^  oppressed,  an  upholder 
of  the  weak,  a  protector  of  the  forlorn, 
a  saviour  of  them  that  are  without 

12  hope.  Yea,  yea,  God  of  my  father, 
and  God  of  the  inheritance  of  Israel, 
Lord  of  the  heavens  and  of  the  earth. 
Creator  of  the  waters.  King  ■'of  every 

13  creature,  hear  thou  my  prayer  :  and 
make  my  speech  and  deceit  to  be 
their  wound  and  stripe,  who  have 
purposed  hard  things  against  thy 
covenant,  and  thy  hallowed  house, 
and  the  top  of  Sion,  and  the  house  of 

14  the  possession  of  thy  children.  And 
make  every  nation  and  tribe  of  thine 
to  know  that  thou  art  God,  the  God 
of  all  power  and  might,  and  that  there 
is  none  other  that  protecteth  the  race 
of  Israel  but  thou. 


10.   13. 


JUDITH. 


11.  5. 


10  Auu  U  came  to  puss,  wlieii  she  had 
ceased  to  cry  unto  tlie  (lod  of  Israel, 
and   hud   made  an  end  of  all   these 

2  worils,  that  she  rose  up  where  slie 
Lad  fallen  down,  and  (ialled  her  maid, 
anil  went  down  into  the  liouse,  in  tlie 
which  slu!  was  wont  to  abide  on  the 
sabbath  days  and  on  her  least  days. 

'6  and  pulled  i>ll'  the  saekeloth  whieh  she 
had  put  on,  and  put  oil'  the  garments 
of  her  widowhooil,  and  washed  her 
body  all  over  with  water,  ami  anointed 
herself  with  rieh  ointment,  ami  braid- 
ed the  hair  of  her  heati,  and  put  a  tire 
upon  it,  ami  put  on  her  garments  of 
gladness.  \<herewith  she  was  wont  to 
be  elad  in  the  days  of  the  life  of  iMa- 

4  uasses  her  husband.  Ami  she  took 
sandals  for  her  feet,  and  put  her  chains 
about  her,  and  her  bracelets,  and  her 
rings,  and  her  earrings,  and  all  her 
ornaments,  and  deeke;l  herself  brave- 
ly, to  beguile  the  eyes  of  all  men  that 

5  should  see  her.  And  she  gave  her 
maid  a  leathern  bottle  of  wine,  and 
a  eruse  of  oil,  and  lilled  a  bag  with 
parched  corn  and  lumps  of  figs  and 
Mine  bread;  and  she  packed  all  her 
vessels  together,  and  laid  them  upon 
her. 

6  Ami  they  went  forth  to  the  gate  of 
the  city  of  IJetluilia,  and  found  stand- 
ing thereby  Ozias,  and  the  elders  of 

7  the  city,  Chabris  and  Chanuis.  Hut 
when  they  saw  her,  that  her  counte- 
nance was  altered,  and  her  apparel 
was  changed,  they  wondered  at  her 
beauty  veryexceedingly,and  said  unto 

8  her,  The  God  of  our  fathers  give  thee 
favour,  and  accomplish  thy  puri)oses 
to  the  glory  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  to  the  exaltation  of  Jerusalem. 

9  And  she  w-orshipped  God,  and  sai.l 
unto  them.  Command  that  they  open 
unto  me  the  gate  of  the  city,  and  I  will 
go  forth  to  accomplish  the  things 
whereof  ye  spake  with  me.  Anil  they 
commanded  the  young  men  to  open 

10  unto  her,  as  she  had  spoken:  and 
they  did  so. 
And  .Judith  went  out.  she.  and  her 
handmaid  witli  her;  and  the  men  of 
the  city  looked  after  her,  until  she  was 
gone  down  the  mountain,  until  she 
had  passed  the  valley,  ami  they  could 

Usee  her  no  more.  And  they  went 
straight  onward  in  the  valhiy  :  and  the 

12  watch  of  the  Assyrians  met  her ;  and 
they  took  her,  and  asked  her,  of  what 
people  art  thou  ?  and  whence  comest 
thou?  and  whither  goest  thou?  And 
she  said,  I  am  a  daughter  of  the  He- 
brews, and  1  flee  away  from  their 
presence ;  because  they  are  about  to 

13  be  given  you  to  be  consumed  :  and  I 
am  coming  into  the  presence  of  Holo- 
fernes  the  chief  captain  of  your  host, 
to  declare  words  of  truth;  and  I  will 
shew  before  him  a  way,  whereliy  he 
shall  go,  and  win  all  the  hill  country, 


and  there  shall  not  be  lacking  of  his 

14  men  one  person,  nor  one  life.  Now 
when  the  men  heard  her  words,  and 
considered  her  countenance,  the  beau- 
ty thereof  was  exceeding  marvellous 
in  their  eyes,  and  they  said  unto  her, 

15  Thou  h;ist  saved  thy  life,  in  that  thou 
hast  luisted  to  come  down  to  the  pre- 
sence of  our  lord :  ami  now  come  to 
his  tent,  and  some  of  us  shall  conduct 
thee,  until  they  shall  deliver  thee  into 

IG  his  hands.  But  -  when  thou  staiulest 
before  him,  be  not  afraid  in  thine 
heart,  but  declare  unto  himaeirordiiig 
to   thy  words;  and  he  shall  entriiat 

17  thee  well.  And  they  chose  out  of 
them  a  hundred  men,  and  appointed 
them  to  accompany  her  and  her  maid  ; 
and  they  brought  them  to  the  tent  of 
Holofernes. 

18  And  there  was  a  concourse  through- 
out all  the  camp,  for  her  coming  was 
noised  among  the  tents;  and  they 
came  and  compasseil  her  about,  as  she 
stood  without  the  tent  of  Holofernes, 

19  until  they  told  him  of  her.  And  they 
niiirvelled  at  her  beauty,  and  m;ir- 
velled  at  the  children  of  Israel  be- 
cause of  her,  and  each  one  said  to  his 
neighl)0ur,  Who  shall  despise  this 
people,  that  have  among  them  such 
women?  for  it  is  not  good  that  one 
man  of  them  be  left,  seeing  that,  if 
they  are  let  go,  they  shall  be  able  to 

20  deceive  the  whole  earth.  A.'id  they 
that  lay  near  Holofernes,  and  all  his 
servants,  went  forth  and  brought  her 

21  into  the  tent.  And  Holofernes  was 
resting  upon  his  bed  under  the  cano- 
py, which  w'as  woven  with  purple 
and  gold  and  emeralds  and  precious 

22  stones.  And  they  told  him  of  her; 
and  he  came  forth  into  the  space  be- 
fore his  tent,  with  silver  lamps  going 

23  before  him.  But  when  .Judith  was 
come  before  him  and  his  servants, 
they  all  marvelled  at  the  beauty  of 
her  countenance ;  and  she  fell  down 
upon  her  face,  and  did  reverence  unto 
him :  and  his  servants  raised  her  up. 

11  And  Holofernes  said  unto  her.  Wo- 
man, be  of  good  comfort,  fear  not  in 
thy  heart:  for  I  never  hurt  any  that 
hath  chosen  to  serve  Nebuchadnezzar, 

2  the  king  of  all  the  earth.  And  now, 
if  thy  people  that  dwelleth  in  the  hill 
country  had  not  set  light  by  me,  I 
would  not  have  lifted  up  my  spear 
against  them :    but  they   have  done 

3  these  things  to  themselves.  And  now 
tell  me  wherefore  thou  didst  flee  from 
them,  and  camest  unto  us:  for  thou 
art  come  to  save  thyself ;  be  of  good 
comfort,  thou  shalt  live  this  night,  ami 

4  hereafter:  for  there  is  none  th:it  sh;ill 
wrong  thee,  but  all  shall  entreat  thee 
well,  as  is  done  unto  the  servants  of 

5  king  Nebuchadnezzar  my  lord.  And 
Judith  said  unto  him, 

Keoeive  the  words  of  thy  servant,  and 


11.  17. 


JUDITH. 


12.  8. 


let  thy  handmaid  speak  in  thy  pre- 
sence, and  I  will  declare  no  lie  unto 

6  my  lord  this  night.  And  if  thou  shalt 
follow  the  words  of  thy  handmaid, 
God  shall  bring  the  thing  to  pass  per- 
fectly with  thee ;  and  my  lord  shall 

7  not  fail  of  his  purposes.  As  Nebu- 
chadnezzar king  of  all  the  earth 
liveth,  and  as  his  power  liveth,  who 
hath  sent  thee  for  the  preservation  of 
every  living  thing,  not  only  do  men 
serve  him  by  thee,  but  also  the  beasts 
of  the  field  and  the  cattle  and  tlie 
birds  of  the  heaven  shall  live  through 
thy  strength,  in  the  time  of  Nebnehad- 

8  nezzar  and  of  all  his  house.  For  we 
have  heard  of  thy  wisdom  and  the 
subtil  devices  of  thy  soul,  and  it  hath 
heen  reported  in  all  the  earth,  that 
thou  only  art  brave  in  all  the  kingdom, 
and  mighty  in  knowledge,  and  wou- 

9  derful  in  feats  of  war.  And  now  as 
concerning  the  matter,  which  Achior 
did  speak  in  thy  council,  we  have 
heard  his  words :  for  the  men  of  Beth- 
ulia  saved  him,  and  he  declared  uu- 
to  them  all  that  he  had  spoken  before 

1 0  thee.  Wherefore,  O  lord  and  master, 
neglect  not  his  word ;  but  lay  it  up  in 
thy  heart,  for  it  is  true :  for  our  race 
shall  not  be  punished,  neither  shall 
the  sword  prevail  against  them,  ex- 

11  cept  they  sin  against  their  God.  And 
now,  that  my  lord  be  not  defeated  and 
frustrate  of  his  purpose,  and  that 
death  may  fall  upon  them,  their  sin 
hath  overtaken  them,  wherewith  they 
shall  provoke  their  God  to  anger, 
whensoever  they  shall  do  wickedness. 

12  Since  their  victuals  failed  them,  and 
all  their  water  was  scant,  they  took 
counsel  to  lay  hands  upon  their  cattle, 
and  determined  to  consume  all  those 
things,  which  God  charged  them  by 
his  laws  that  they  should  not  eat: 

13  and  they  are  resolved  to  spend  the 
flrstfruits  of  the  corn, and  the  tenths  of 
the  wine  and  the  oil,  which  they  had 
sanctified,  and  reserved  for  the  priests 
that  stand  before  tlie  face  of  our  God 
in  Jerusalem ;  the  which  things  it  is 
not  fitting  for  any  of  the  people  so 
much  as  to  touch  with  their  hands. 

14  And  they  have  sent  some  to  Jerusa- 
lem, because  they  also  that  dwell 
there  have  done  this  thing,  to  bring 

15  them  a  licence  from  the  senate.  And 
it  shall  be,  when  one  shall  bring  them 
word,  and  they  shall  do  it,  they  shall 
be  given  thee  to    be  destroyed  the 

16  same  day.  Wlierefore  I  thy  servant, 
knowing  all  this,  fled  away  from  their 
presence ;  and  God  sent  me  to  work 
things  with  thee,  whereat  all  the  earth 
shall  be  astonished,  even  as  many  as 

17  shall  hear  it.  For  thy  servant  is  re- 
ligious, and  serveth  the  God  of  heaven 
day  and  night:  and  now,  my  lord,  I 
will  abide  with  thee,  and  thy  servant 
will  go  forth  by  night  into  the  valley, 


and  I  will  pray  unto  God,  and  he 
shall  tell  me  when  they  have  com- 
ISmitted  their  sins:  and  I  will  come 
and  shew  It  also  unto  thee ;  and  thou 
Shalt  go  forth  with  all  thy  host,  and 
there  shall  be  none  of  them  that  shall 

19  resist  thee.  And  I  will  lead  thee 
through  the  midst  of  Judaea,  until 
thou  comest  over  against  Jerusalem ; 
and  I  will  set  thy  seat  in  the  midst 
thereof;  and  thou  shalt  drive  them  as 
sheep  that  have  no  shepherd,  and  a 
dog  shall  not  so  much  as  open  his 
mouth  before  thee:  for  these  things 
were  told  me  according  to  my  fore- 
knowledge, and  were  declared  unto 
me,  and  1  was  sent  to  tell  thee. 

20  And  her  words  were  pleasing  in  the 
sight  of  Holofernes  and  of  all  his  ser- 
vants ;  and  they  marvelled  at  her  wls- 

21dom,  and  said,  There  is  not  such  a 
woman  from  one  end  of  the  earth  to 
the  other,  for  beauty  of  face,  and  wis- 

22  dom  of  words.  And  Holofernes  said 
unto  her,  God  did  well  to  send  thee 
before  the  people,  that  might  should 
be  in  our  hands,  and  destruction 
among  them  that  lightly  regarded  my 

23  lord.  And  now  thou  art  beautiful  in 
thy  countenance,  and  witty  in  thy 
words:  for  if  tliou  shalt  do  as  thou 
hast  spoken,  thy  God  shall  be  my 
God,  and  tliou  shalt  dwell  in  the 
house  of  king  Nebuchadnezzar,  and 
shalt  be  renowned  through  the  whole 
earth. 

12  And  he  commanded  to  bring  her  In 
where  his  silver  vessels  were  set,  and 
bade  that  they  should  prepare  for  her 
of  his  own  meats,  and  that  she  should 

2  drink  of  his  own  wine.  And  Judith 
said,  I  will  not  eat  thereof,  lest  there 
be  an  occasion  of  stumbling:  but  pro- 
vision shall  be  made  for  me  of  the 

3  things  that  are  come  with  me.  And 
Holofernes  said  unto  her.  But  if  the 
things  that  be  with  thee  should  fail, 
whence  shall  we  be  able  to  give  thee 
the  like?  for  there  is  none  of  thy  race 

4  with  us.  And  Judith  said  unto  him, 
As  thy  soul  liveth,  my  lord,  thy  ser- 
vant shall  not  spend  those  things  that 
be  with  me,  until  the  Lord  work  by 
my  hand  the  things  that  he  liath  de- 

5  termined.  And  tire  servants  of  Holo- 
fernes brought  her  into  the  tent,  and 
she  slept  till  midnight,  and  she  rose 

6  up  toward  the  morning  watch,  and 
sent  to  Holofernes,  saying.  Let  my 
lord  now  command  that  they  suffer 
thy  servant  to  go  forth  unto  prayer. 

7  And  Holofernes  commanded  his 
guards  that  they  should  not  stay  her : 
and  she  abode  in  the  camp  three  days, 
and  went  out  every  night  into  the  val- 
ley of  Bethulia,  and  washed  herself 
at  the  fountain  of  water  in  the  camp. 

8  And  when  she  came  up,  she  besought 
the  Lord  God  of  Israel  to  direct  her 
way  to  the  raising  up  of  the  children 


54 


JUDITH. 


13.  1' 


i)  of  his  iieoplc.  Ami  she  came  in  clean, 
aiul  remained  in  the  tent,  until  she 
took  her  meat  toward  evening;. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  fourth 
day,  liolofernes  iiiiule  a  feast  to  his 
own  servants  only,  and  called  none  of 

1 1  the  oHleers  to  the  banquet.  And  he 
said  to  IJagoas  the  eunuch,  who  had 
charge  over  all  that  he  had,  Go  now, 
and  persuade  this  lletnew  woman 
which  is  with  thee,  that  she  come 
unto  us,  and  eat  and  drink  with  us. 

12  For,  lo,  it  is  a  shame  for  our  person,  if 
we  shall  let  such  a  woman  go,  not  hav- 
ing had  her  company;  for  if  we  draw 
her  not  unto  us,  she  shall  laugh  us  to 

13  scorn.  And  Bagoas  went  from  the 
presence  of  Holofernes,  and  came  in 
to  her,  and  said.  Let  not  this  fair  dam- 
sel fear  to  come  to  my  lord,  and  to  be 
honoured  in  his  presence,  and  to  drink 
wine  and  be  merry  with  us,  and  to  be 
made  this  day  as  one  of  the  daughters 
of  the  children  of  Asshur,  which  wait 

14  in  the  house  of  Nebuchadnezzar.  And 
Judith  said  imto  him.  And  who  am  I, 
that  I  should  gainsay  my  lord?  for 
whatsoever  shall  be  pleasing  in  his 
eyes  I  will  do  speedily,  and  this  shall 
be  my  joy  unto  the  day  of  my  death. 

15  And  she  arose,  and  decked  herself 
with  her  apparel  and  all  her  woman's 
attire  ;  and  lier  servant  went  and  laid 
fleeces  on  the  ground  for  her  over 
against  Holofernes,  which  she  had 
received  of  Bagoas  for  her  daily  use, 
that  she  might  sit  and  eat  ui)on  them. 

16  And  Juilith  came  in  and  sat  down,  and 
Holofernes'  heart  was  ravished  with 
her,  and  his  soul  was  moved,  and  he 
desired  exceedingly  her  company :  and 
he  was  watching  for  a  time  to  deceive 
her,  from  the  day  that  he  had  seen  her. 

17  And  Holofernes  said  unto  her.  Drink 

18  now,  and  be  merry  with  us.  And  Ju- 
dith said,  I  will  drink  now,  my  lord, 
because  my  life  is  magnified  in  me  this 
day  more  than  all  the  days  since  I  was 

19  born.  And  slie  took  and  ate  and  drank 
before  him  what  her  servant  had  pre- 

20  pared.  And  Holofernes  took  great 
delight  in  her,  and  drank  exceeding 
much  wine,  more  than  he  had  drunk 
at  any  time  in  one  day  since  he  was 
born. 

13  But  when  the  evening  was  come,  his 
servants  made  haste  to  depart,  and 
Bagoas  shut  the  tent  without,  and  dis- 
missed them  that  waited  from  tlie  pre- 
sence of  his  lord  ;  and  they  went  away 
to  their  beds  :  for  they  were  all  weary, 

2  because  the  feast  had  been  long.  But 
Judith  was  left  alone  in  the  tent,  and 
Holofernes  lying  along  upon  his  bed  : 

3  for  he  was  overllown  with  wine.  And 
Judith  had  sa  id  to  her  servant  that  she 
should  stand  without  her  bedchamber, 
and  wait  for  her  coming  forth,  as  she 
did  daily:  for  she  said  she  would  go 
forth  to  her  prayer ;  and  she  spake  to 


Bagoas  according  to  the  same  words. 

4  And  all  went  away  from  her  presence, 
and  none  was  left  in  the  bedchamber, 
neither  small  nor  great.  And  .Judith, 
standing  by  his  bed,  said  in  her  heart, 
O  Lord  Gotl  of  all  power,  look  in  this 
hour  upon  the  works  of  my  hanils  for 

5  the  exaltation  of  .lerusalcm.  For  now 
is  the  time  to  help  thine  inheritance, 
and  to  do  the  thing  that  1  have  pur- 
posed to  the  destiuction  of  the  ene- 
mies which  are  risen  up  against  us. 

G  And  she  came  to  the  rail  of  the  bed, 
which  was  at  Holofernes'  head,  and 
took  down  his  scimitar  from  thence; 

7  and  she  drew  near  unto  the  bed,  and 
took  hold  of  the  hair  of  his  head,  and 
said.  Strengthen  me,  ()  Lord  God  of 

8  Israel,  this  day.  And  she  smote  twice 
upon  his  neck  with  all  her  might,  and 

9  took  away  his  head  from  him,  and 
tumbled  his  body  down  from  the  bed, 
and  took  down  the  canopy  from  the 
pillars;  and  after  a  little  while  she 
went  forth,  and  gave  Holofernes'  head 

10  to  her  maid ;  and  she  put  it  in  her  bag 
of  victuals  :  and  they  twain  went  forth 
together  unto  prayer,  according  to 
their  custom :  antl  they  passed  through 
the  camp,  and  compassed  that  valley, 
and  went  up  to  the  mountain  of  Beth- 
ulia,  and  came  to  the  gates  thereof. 

1 1  And  Judith  said  afar  off  to  the  watch- 
men at  the  gates.  Open,  open  now  the 
gate  :  God  is  with  us,  even  our  God,  to 
shew  his  power  yet  in  Israel,  and  his 
might  against  the  enemy,  as  he  hath 

12  done  even  this  day.  And  it  came  to 
pass,  when  the  men  of  her  city  heard 
her  voice,  they  made  haste  to  go  down 
to  the  gate  of  their  city,  and  they 
called  together  the  elders  of  the  city. 

13  And  they  ran  all  together,  both  small 
and  great,  for  it  was  strange  unto 
them  that  she  was  come:  and  they 
opened  the  gate,  and  received  them, 
making  a  fire  to  give  light,  and  com- 

14  passed  them  round  about.  And  she 
said  to  them  with  a  loud  voice.  Praise 
God,  praise  him :  praise  God,  who  liath 
not  taken  away  his  mercy  from  the 
house  of  Israel, but  hath  destroyed  our 

15  enemies  by  my  hand  this  night.  And 
she  took  forth  the  head  out  of  the  bag, 
and  shewed  it,  and  said  unto  them. 
Behold,  the  head  of  Holofernes,  the 
chief  captain  of  the  host  of  Asshur, 
and  behold,  the  canopy,  wherein  he  did 
lie  in  his  drunkenness;  and  the  Lord 
smote  him  by  the  hand  of  a  woman. 

IG  And  as  the  Lord  liveth,  who  preserved 
me  in  my  way  that  I  went,  my  counte- 
nance deceived  him  to  his  destruction, 
and  he  did  not  commit  sin  with  me, 

17  to  defile  and  shame  me.  And  all  the 
people  were  exceedingly  amazed,  and 
bowed  themselves,  and  wursliiiiped 
God,  and  said  with  one  accord,  I'.lessed 
art  thou,0  our  God,  which  hast  this 
day  brought  to  nought  the  enemies  of 


14.  10. 


JUDITH. 


15.  5. 


18  thy  people.  And  Ozias  said  unto  her, 
Blessed  art  thou,  daughter,  in  the 
sight  of  the  Most  High  God,  above  all 
the  women  upon  the  earth  ;  and  bless- 
ed is  the  Lord  God,  who  created  the 
heavens  and  the  earth,  who  directed 
thee  to  the  smiting  of  the  head  of  the 

19  prince  of  our  enemies.  For  thy  hope 
shall  not  depart  from  the  heart  of 
men  that  remember  the  strength  of 

20  God  for  ever.  And  God  turn  these 
things  to  thee  for  a  perpetual  praise, 
to  visit  thee  with  good  things,  because 
thou  didst  not  spare  thy  life  by  reason 
of  the  affliction  of  our  race,  but  didst 
avenge  our  fall,  vvallcing  a  straight 
way  before  our  God.  And  all  the 
people  said.  So  be  it,  so  be  it. 

14  And  Juditli  said  unto  them.  Hear 
me  now,  my  brethren,  and  take  this 
head,  and  hang  it  upon  the  battlement 

2  of  your  wall.  And  it  shall  be,  so  soon 
as  tlie  morning  shall  appear,  and  the 
sun  shall  come  forth  upon  the  earth, 
ye  shall  talie  up  every  one  his  weapons 
of  war,  and  go  forth  every  valiant  man 
of  you  out  of  the  city,  and  ye  shall 
set  a  captain  over  them,  as  though  ye 
would  go  down  to  the  plain  toward  the 
watch  of  the  children  of  Asshur;  and 

3  ye  shall  not  go  down.  And  these  shall 
take  up  their  panoplies,  and  shall  go 
into  tlieir  camp,  and  rouse  up  the 
captains  of  the  host  of  Asshur,  and 
they  shall  run  together  to  the  tent  of 
Holofernes,  and  they  shall  not  find 
him :  and  fear  shall  fall  upon  them,  and 

4  they  shall  flee  before  your  face.  And 
ye,  and  all  that  inhabit  every  coast 
of  Israel,  shall  pursue  them,  and  over- 

5  throw  them  as  tliey  go.  But  before  ye 
do  these  things,  call  me  Achior  the 
Ammonite,  that  he  may  see  and  know 
him  that  despised  the  house  of  Israel, 
and  that  sent  him  to  us,  as  it  were  to 
death. 

6  And  they  called  Achior  out  of  the 
house  of  Ozias ;  but  when  he  came,  and 
saw  the  head  of  Holofernes  in  a  man's 
hand  in  the  assembly  of  the  people, 
he  fell  upon  his  face,  and  his  spirit 

7  failed.  But  when  ^  they  had  recovered 
him,  he  fell  at  Judith's  feet,  and  did 
reverence  unto  her,  and  said,  Blessed 
art  thou  in  every  tent  of  Judah,and  in 
every  nation,  which  hearing  thy  name 

8  shall  be  troubled.  And  now  tell  me 
all  the  things  that  thou  hast  done  in 
these  days.  And  Judith  declared  unto 
him  in  the  midst  of  the  people  all  tlie 
things  that  she  had  done,  from  the 
day  that  she  went  forth  until  the  time 

9  that  she  spake  unto  them.  But  when 
she  left  off  speaking,  the  people  shout- 
ed with  a  loud  voice,  and  made  a  joy- 

lOful  noise  in  their  city.  But  when 
Achior  saw  all  the  things  that  the 
God  of  Israel  had  done,  he  believed  in 
God  exceedingly,  and  circumcised  the 
flesh  of  his  foreskin,  and  was  joined 


unto  the  house  of  Israel,  unto  this 
day. 

11  But  as  soon  as  the  morning  arose, 
they  hanged  the  head  of  Holofernes 
upon  the  wall,  and  every  man  took  up 
his  weapons,  and  they  went  forth  by 
bands  unto  the  ascents  of  the  moun- 

12  tain.  But  when  the  children  of  As- 
shur saw  them,  they  sent  hither  and 
thither  to  their  leaders ;  but  they 
went  to  their  captains  and  tribunes, 

13  and  to  every  one  of  their  rulers.  And 
they  came  to  Holofernes'  tent,  and 
said  to  him  that  was  over  all  that  he 
had,  Waken  now  our  lord :  for  the 
slaves  have  been  bold  to  come  down 
against  us  to  battle,  that  tliey  may 

14  be  utterly  destroyed.  And  Bagoas 
went  in,  and  knocked  at  the  outer 
door  of  the  tent;  for  he  supposed 
that  he   was  sleeping    with  Judith. 

15  But  when  none  hearkened  to  him,  he 
opened  it,  and  went  into  the  bed- 
chamber, and  foiuid  him  cast  upon  the 
threshold  dead,  and  his  head  had  been 

IC  taken  from  him.  And  he  cried  with  a 
loud  voice,  with  weeping  and  groaning 
and  a  mighty  cry,  and  rent  his  gar- 

17  ments.  And  he  entered  into  the  tent 
where  Judith  lodged :  antl  he  found 
her  not,  and  he  leaped  out  to  the  peo- 

18  pie,  and  cried  aloud,  The  slaves  have 
dealt  treacherously  :  one  woman  of 
the  Hebrews  hath  brought  shame 
upon  the  house  of  king  Nebuchad- 
nezzar ;  for,  behold,  Holofernes  lieth 
upon  the  ground,  and  his  head  is  not 

19  on  him.  But  when  the  rulers  of  the 
host  of  Asshur  heard  the  words,  they 
rent  their  coats,  and  their  soul  was 
troubled  exceedingly,  and  there  was 
a  cry  and  an  exceeding  great  noise  in 
the  midst  of  the  camp. 

15  And  when  they  that  were  in  the 
tents  heard,  they  were  amazed  at  the 

2  thing  that  was  come  to  pass.  And 
trembling  and  fear  fell  upon  them,  and 
no  man  durst  abide  any  more  in  the 
siglit  of  his  neighbour,  but  rushing  out 
with  one  accord,  they  fled  into  every 
way  of  the  plain  and  of  the  hill  country. 

3  And  they  that  had  encamped  in  the 
hill  country  round  about  Bethulia  fled 
away.  And  then  the  children  of  Israel, 
every  one  that  was  a  warrior  among 

4  them,  rushed  out  upon  them.  And  Ozi- 
as sent  to  Betomasthaim,  and  Bebai, 
and  Chobai,  and  Chola,  and  to  every 
coast  of  Israel,  such  as  should  tell 
concerning  the  things  that  had  been 
accomplished,  and  that  all  should  rush 
forth  upon  their  enemies  to  destroy 

5  them.  But  wlien  the  children  of  Israel 
heard,  they  all  fell  upon  them  with 
one  accord,  and  smote  them  unto  Cho- 
bai :  yea,  and  in  like  manner  also  they 
of  Jerusalem  and  of  all  the  hill  coun- 
try came  (for  men  had  told  them  what 
things  were  come  to  pass  in  the  camp 
of  their  enemies),  and  they  that  were 


16.  4. 


JUDITH. 


16.  16. 


In  Gllead  and  in  Galilee  fell  npon  their 
tlanlt  with  a  great  slaughter,  until 
they   were  past    Damascus  and  tlie 

6  borders  thereof.  lUit  the  residue, 
that  dwelt  at  Hethulia,  fell  upon  tlie 
camp  of  Asshur,  and   spoiled  them, 

7  and  were  enrii-hed  exceedingly,  lint 
the  children  of  Israel  returned  from 
the  slaugliter,  and  gat  iio.ssession  of 
that  \vhifl\  remained ;  and  the  vil- 
lages and  the  cities,  that  were  in  the 
hill  co\nitry  and  In  the  plain  eoinitry, 
took  many  spoils:  for  there  was  an 
exceeding  great  store. 

8  And  .Foal<iin  tiie  high  priest,  and  the 
senate  of  the  children  of  Israel  that 
dwelt  in  .lerusalen),  came  to  behold 
the  good  things  which  the  Lord  had 
shewed  to  Israel,  and  to  see  Judith, 

9  and  to  salute  her.  But  when  they 
came  unto  her,  they  all  blessed  her 
with  one  accord,  and  said  unto  her. 
Thou  art  the  exaltation  of  Jerusalem, 
thou  art  the  great  glory  of  Israel, 
thou  art  the  great  re,1oicing  of  our 

10  race:  thou  hast  done  all  these  things 
by  thy  hand :  thou  hast  done  with 
Israel  the  things  that  are  good,  and 
God  is  pleased  therewith:  blessed  be 
thou  with  the  Almighty  Lord  for 
evermore.    And  all  the  people  said, 

11  So  be  it.  And  the  people  spoiled  the 
camp  for  the  space  of  thirty  days :  and 
they  gave  unto  Judith  Holofernes' 
tent,  and  all  his  silver  cu|is,  and  his 
beds,  and  his  vessels,  and  all  liis  furni- 
ture :  and  she  took  them,  and  placed 
them  on  her  mule,  and  made  ready 
her  wagons.and  heaped  them  thereon. 

12  And  all  the  women  of  Israel  ran  to- 
gether to  see  her ;  and  they  blessed 
her,  and  made  a  dance  among  them 
for  her  ;  and  she  took  '  branches  in 
her  hand,  and  gave  to  the  women 

13  that  were  with  her.  And  they  made 
themselves  garlands  of  olive,  she  and 
they  that  were  wMth  her,  and  she  went 
before  all  the  people  in  the  dance, 
leading  all  the  women:  and  all  the 
men  of  Israel  followed  in  their  ar- 
mour with  garlands,  and  with  songs 

16  in  their  mouths.  And  Judith  began 
to  sing  this  thanksgiving  in  all  Israel, 
and  all  the  people  sang  with  loud 

2  voic^es  this  song  of  praise.  And  Ju- 
dith said. 

Begin  unto  my  God  with  timbrels, 
Sing  unto  my  Lord  with  cymbals : 
Tune  unto  him  psalm  and  praise: 
Exalt  him,  and  call  npon  his  name. 

3  For  the  Lord  Is  the  God  that  break- 

eth  the  battles : 
For  in  his  armies  in  the  midst  of 

the  people 
He  delivered  me  out  of  the  lAnd  of 

them  that  persecuted  me. 

4  Asshur  came  out  of  the  mountains 

from  the  north. 
He  came  with  ten  thousands  of  his 
host, 


12 


13 


14 


15 


16 


The  nuiltitude  whereof  stopped  the 

torrents. 
And  their  horsemen   covered  the 

hills. 
He  said  that  he  would  burn  up  my 

borders. 
And  kill  my  young  men  with  the 

sword. 
And  tlnow^  my  sucking  children  to 

the  ground. 
And  give  mine  infants  for  a  prey, 
And  make  my  virgins  a  spoil. 
The  Almighty  Lord  brought  them 

to  nought  by  the  hand  of  a  woman. 
For  their  mighty  one  did  not  fall 

by  young  men, 
Neither  did  sons  of  the  Titans  smite 

him, 
Nor  did  high  giants  set  upon  him  : 
But  Judith  the  daughter  of  Merari 

made  him  weak  with  the  beauty 

of  her  countenance. 
For  she  put  off  the  apparel  of  her 

widowhood 
For  the  exaltation  of  those   that 

were  distressed  in  Israel, 
She  anointed  her   face  with  oint- 
ment. 
And  bound  her  hair  in  a  tire, 
And  took  a  linen  garment  to  deceive 

him. 
Her  sandal  ravished  his  eye. 
And  her  beauty  took  his  soul  pri- 
soner : 
The    scimitar  passed  through  his 

neck. 
The  Persians  quaked  at  her  daring, 
And  the  Medes  were  daunted  at 

her  boldness. 
Then  my  lowly  ones  shouted  aloud, 
And  my  weak  ones  were  terrified 

and  crouched  for  fear : 
They  lifted  up  their  voice,  and  they 

were  turned  to  flight. 
The  sons  of  damsels  pierced  them 

through, 
And  wounded  them  as  runagates' 

children ; 
They  perished  by  the  battle  of  my 

Lord. 
I  will  sing  imto  my  God  a  new  song : 
O  Lord,  thou  art  great  and  glori- 
ous. 
Marvellous  in  strength,  invincible. 
Let  all  thy  creation  serve  thee : 
For  thou  spakest,  and  they  were 

made. 
Thou  didst  send  forth  thy  spirit,  and 

it  bnilded  them, 
And  there  is  none  that  shall  resist 

thy  voice. 
For  the  mountains  shall  be  moved 

from  their  foundations  with  the 

waters. 
And  the  rocks  shall  melt  as  wax  at 

thy  presence : 
But  thou  art  yet  merciful  to  them 

that  fear  thee. 
For  all  sacrifice  is  little  for  a  sweet 

savour. 


67 


10.  13. 


ESTHER. 


11.  7. 


And  all  the  fat  Is  very  little  for  a 
whole  burnt  offering  to  thee : 

But  he  that  feareth  the  Lord  is 
great  continually. 

17  Woe  to  the  nations  that  rise  up 

against  my  race : 

The  Lord  Almighty  will  take  venge- 
ance of  them  in  the  day  of  judge- 
ment, 

To  put  fire  and  worms  in  their  flesh ; 

And  they  shall  weep  and  feel  their 
pain  for  ever. 

18  Now  when  they  came  to  Jerusalem, 
they  worsliipped  God  ;  and  when  the 
people  were  purified,  they  offered 
their  whole  burnt  offerings,  and  their 
freewill   offerings,   and    their   gifts. 

19  And  Judith  dedicated  all  the  stuff 
of  Holofernes,  which  the  people  had 
given  her,  and  gave  the  canopy,  which 
she  had  taken  for  herself  out  of  his 
bedchamber,  for  a  gift  unto  the  Lord. 

20  And  the  people  continued  feasting  in 
Jerusalem  before  the  sanctuary  for 
the  space  of  three  months,  and  Judith 


21  remained  with  them.  But  after  these 
days  every  one  departed  to  his  own 
inheritance,  and  Judith  went  away  to 
Bethulia,  and  remained  in  her  own 
possession,  and  was    honourable  in 

22  her  time  in  all  the  land.  And  many 
desired  her,  and  no  man  knew  her  all 
the  days  of  her  life,  from  the  day  that 
Manasses  her  husband  died  and  was 

23  gathered  to  his  people.  And  she  in- 
creased in  greatness  exceedingly;  and 
she  waxed  old  in  her  husband's  house, 
unto  a  hundred  and  five  years,  and  let 
her  maid  go  free  :  and  she  died  in  Beth- 
ulia; and  they  buried  her  in  the  cave 

24  of  her  husband  Manasses.  And  the 
house  of  Israel  mourned  for  her  seven 
days :  and  she  distributed  her  goods 
before  she  died  to  all  them  that  were 
nearest  of  kin  to  Manasses  her  hus- 
band, and  to  them  that  were  nearest 

25  of  her  own  kindred.  And  there  was 
none  that  made  the  children  of  Israel 
any  more  afraid  in  the  days  of  Ju- 
dith, nor  a  long  time  after  her  death. 


THE   REST  OF  THE   CHAPTERS 

OF    THE 

BOOK    OP^   ESTHER, 

WHICH  ARE  FOUND  NEITHER  IN  THE  HEBREW,  NOR  IN  THE  CHALDEB- 


PART  OF  THE  TENTH  CHAPTER 

AFTER  THE   GREEK. 

10  Then  Mardocheus  said.  These  things 

5  are  of  God.  For  I  remember  the 
dream  '  which  I  saw  concerning  these 
matters,    and    nothing   thereof  hath 

G  failed.  As  for  the  little  fountain  that 
became  a  river,  and  there  was  light, 
and  the  sun,  and  much  water,  the 
river  is  Esther,  whom  the  king  mar- 

7ried,  and  made  queen:  and  the  two 

8  dragons  are  I  and  Aman :  and  the 
nations  a  re  those  that  were  assembled 

9  to  destroy  the  name  of  the  Jews  :  and 
my  nation,  this  is  Israel,  which  cried 
to  God,  and  were  saved  :  for  the  Lord 
hath  saved  his  people,  and  the  Lord 
hath  delivered  us  from  all  these  evils, 
and  God  hath  wrought  signs  and  great 
wonders,  which  have  not  been  done 

10  among  the  nations.  Therefore  hath 
he  made  two  lots,  one  for  the  people 
of  God,  and  another  for  all  the  nations. 

11  And  these  two  lots  came  at  the  hour, 
and  time,  and  day  of  judgement,  be- 

12  fore  God  among  all  the  nations.  So 
God  remembered  his  people,  and  ju.s- 

13  tified  his  inheritance.  Therefore  these 
days  shall  be  unto  them  in  the  month 
Adar,  the  fourteenth  and  fifteenth  day 


of  the  month,  with  an  assembly,  and 
joy,  and  with  gladness  before  God, 
throughout  the  generations  for  ever 
among  his  people  Israel. 
11  In  the  fourth  year  of  the  reign  of 
Ptolemy  and  Cleopatra,  Dositheus, 
who  said  he  was  a  priest  and  Levite, 
and  Ptolemy  his  son,  brought  the  epis- 
tle of  Phrurai  here  set  forth,  which 
they  said  was  the  same,  and  that 
Lysimachns  the  son  of  Ptolemy,  that 
was  in  Jerusalem,  had  interpreted  it. 

2  2  In  the  second  year  of  the  reign  of 
Artaxerxes  the  great,  in  the  first  day 
of  the  month  Nisan,  Mardocheus  the 
son  of  Jairus,  the  son  of  Semeias, 
the  son    of  Kiseus,  of  the  tribe  of 

3  Benjamin,  had  a  dream;  who  was  a 
Jew,  and  dwelt  in  the  city  of  Susa, 
a  great  man,  being  a  servitor  in  the 

4  king's  court ;  and  he  was  of  the  cap- 
tivity, whicli  Nabuchodonosor  the 
king  of  Babylon  carried  from  Jerusa- 
lem with  Jeehonias  king  of  Judaea;  and 

5  this  was  his  dream :  Behold,  ^  noise 
and  tumult,  thunderings  and  earth- 
quake, and  uproar  upon  the  earth: 

6  and,  behold,  two  great  dragons  came 
forth,  both  of  them  ready  to  fight, 

7  and  their  cry  was  great.  And  attlieir 


&8 


13.  4. 


ESTHER. 


14.  2. 


cry  all  luitions  were  reii<iy  to  l>iittle, 
that    they   might    lisht    against    the 

8  righteous  nation.  And,  lo,  a  <lay  of 
darkness  and  gloominess,  tritmlation 
and  anguish,  allliction  and  great  up- 

J)  roar  upon  the  earth.  And  the  whole 
righteous  nation  was  troubled,  fearing 
'the    evils   that  should   hefall  them, 

10  and  were  ready  to  perish.  Then  they 
cried  unto  (!od,  and  ui)oii  their  ery, 
as  it  were  from  a  little  fountain,  there 
came  a  great  river,  fmi  much  water. 

1 1  The  light  and  the  sun  rose  up,  and 
the  lowly  were  exaltinl,  and  devoured 

12  the  glorious.  Now  when  Mardocheus, 
who  had  seen  this  dream,  and  what 
God  had  determined  to  do,  was  awake, 
he  bare  it  in  mind,  and  until  night  by 
all   means  was  desirous  to  know  it. 

12  And  Mardocheus  took  his  rest  in  the 
court  with  (iabatha  and  Tharra,  the 
two  eunuchs  of  the  king,  that  were 

2  keepers  of  the  court.  And  he  heard 
their  comnuniings,  and  searched  out 
their  purposes,  and  learned  that  they 
were  about  to  lay  hands  upon  Artax- 
erxes  the  king;  and  he  certified  the 

3  king  of  them.  Then  the  king  exam- 
ined the  two  eunuchs,  and  after  that 
they  had  confessed  it,  they  were  led 

4  to  execution.  And  the  king  w  rote 
these  tilings  for  a  memorial;  Jlardo- 
cheus  also    wrote  concerning   these 

5  things.  So  the  king  commanded  Mar- 
docheus to  serve  in  the  court,  and 

6  for  this  he  gave  liim  gifts.  Howbeit 
Aman  the  son  of  Aniadathus,  a  Ru- 
gean,  who  was  in  great  honour  with 
the  king,  sought  to  molest  Mardo- 
cheus and  his  people  because  of  the 
two  eunuchs  of  the  king. 

13  "  Now  this  is  the  copy  of  the  letter : 
The  great  king  Artaxerxes  writeth 
these  things  to  the  princes  of  a  hun- 
dred and  seven  and  twenty  i)rovinces 
from  India  unto  Ethiopia,  and  to  the 
governors  that  are  set  under  them. 

2  After  that  I  became  lord  over  many 
nations,  and  had  dominion  over  the 
whole  world,  not  lifted  up  with  pre- 
sumption of  my  authority,  but  carry- 
ing myself  alway  with  equity  and 
mildness,  I  purposed  to  settle  my  sub- 
jects continually  in  a  quiet  life,  and 
making  my  kingdom  peaceable,  and 
open  for  passage  to  the  utmost  coasts, 
to  renew  peace,  which  is  desired  of 

3  all  men.  Now  when  I  asked  my  coun- 
sellors how  this  might  be  brought  to 
pass,  Aman,  that  excelled  in  wisdom 
among  us,  and  was  approved  for  his 
constant  good  will  and  stedfast  fidel- 
ity, and  h;id  tlie  honour  of  the  second 

4  place  in  the  kingdom,  declared  unto 
us,  th;it  in  all  nations  throughout  the 
world  there  was  scattered  a  certain 
maligniint  jieople,  that  had  laws  con- 
trary to  all  nations,  and  contiiuially 
set  aside  the  commandments  of  kings, 
so  as  the  uniting  of  our  kingdoms, 


honourably  intended  by  us,  cannot 
5  go  forward.  Seeing  then  we  under- 
stand that  this  nation  is  alone  con- 
tinually in  o|)i)osition  unto  all  men, 
following  perversely  ii  life  which  is 
strange  to  our  laws,  iind  evil  affected 
to  our  state,  working  all  the  mischief 
they  can,  that  our  kingdom  may  not 
(i  be  th'inly  stablisheil :  tlicreforo  hiive 
we  commanded,  that  they  that  are 
signified  in  writing  unto  you  by  Aman, 
who  is  ordiiined  over  the  affjiirs,  and 
is  a  second  father  unto  us,  shall  all, 
with  their  wives  and  children,  be  ut^ 
terly  destroyed  by  the  sword  of  their 
enemies,  without  all  mercy  and  pity, 
the  fourteenth  day  of  the  twelfth 
month   Adar    of    this    present  year : 

7  that  they,  who  of  old  and  now  also 
are  malicious,  may  in  one  day  with 
violence  go  down  to  ^  the  grave,  and 
so  ever  hereafter  cause  our  affairs  to 
be  well  settled,  and  without  trouble. 

8  *  Then  Mardocheus  made  his  prayer 
unto  the  Lord,  calling  to  remembrance 

9  all  the  works  of  the  Lord,  and  said, 
O  Lord,  Lord,  thou  King  Almighty: 
for  the  whole  world  is  in  thy  power, 
and  if  it  be  thy  will  to  save  Israel, 
there  is  no  man  that  can  gainsay  thee : 

10  for  thou  hast  made  heaven  and  earth, 
and  all  the  wondrous  things  that  are 

11  beneath  the  heaven;  and  thou  art 
Lord  of  all,  and  there  is  no  man  that 
can  resist  thee,  which  art  the  Lord. 

12  Thou  knowest  all  things,  and  thou 
knowest.  Lord,  that  it  was  neither  in 
contempt  nor  pride,  nor  for  any  desire 
of  glory,  that  I  did  not  bow  down  to 

13  proud  Aman.  For  I  could  have  l)een 
content  with  good  will  for  the  salva- 
tion of  Israel  to  kiss  the  soles  of  his 

14  feet.  But  I  did  this,  that  I  might  not 
prefer  the  glory  of  man  above  the 
glory  of  (iod  :  neither  will  I  bow  down 
unto  any  but  to  thee,  which  art  my 
Lord,  neither  will   I   do  it  in  pride. 

15  And  now,0  Lord,  thou  (iod  and  King, 
the  God  of  Abraham,  spare  thy  peo- 
ple: for  their  eyes  are  upon  us  to 
bring  us  to  nought,  and  they  desire 
to  destroy  the    heritage,  that    hath 

1(5  been  thine  from  the  beginning.  De- 
sjiise  not  thy  portion,  which  thou  didst 
redeem  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  for 

17  thine  own  self.  Hear  my  prayer,  and 
be  merciful  unto  thine  inheritance: 
and  turn  our  mourning  Into  feasting, 
that  we  may  live,  O  Lord,  and  sing 
praises  to  thy  name  :  and  destroy  not 
the  mouth  of  them  that  praise  thee, 
O  Lord. 

18  And  all  Israel  cried  out  mightily, 
because  their  death  was  before  their 

14  eyes.  Queen  Esther  also,  being  seiz- 
ed as  if  wre  with  the  agony  of  death, 
2  resorted  unto  the  Lord :  and  laid 
away  her  glorious  apparel,  and  put  on 
the  garments  of  anguish  and  mourn- 
ing :  and  instead  of  the  most  excellent 


69 


14.  19.  .  ESTHER.  16.  5. 

ointments,  she  covered  her  head  with    15  And  upon  the  third  day,  when  she 


ashes  and  dung,  and  slie  humbled  her 
body  greatly,  and  all  the  places  of  the 
ornaments  of  her  joy  she  covered  with 

3  her  tangled  hair.  And  she  prayed  unto 
the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel,  saying,  O 
my  Lord,  thou  only  art  our  King :  help 
me  that  am  desolate  and  have  no  other 

4  helper  but  thee  :  for  my  danger  is  in 

5  mine  hand.  From  my  youth  up  I  have 
heard  in  the  tribe  of  my  family,  that 
thou,  O  Lord,  tookest  Israel  from 
among  all  the  nations,  and  our  fathers 
from  all  their  progenitors,  for  a  per- 
petual inheritance,  and  didst  perform 
for  them  whatsoever  thou  didst  pro- 

6  raise.  And  now  we  have  sinned  before 
thee,  and  thou  hast  given  us  into  the 

7  hands  of  our  enemies,  because  we 
glorified  their  gods  :  O  Lord,  thou  art 

8  righteous.  Nevertheless  it  satisfleth 
them  not,  that  we  are  in  bitter  captivi- 
ty :  but  they  have  stricken  hands  with 

9  their  idols,  that  they  will  abolish  the 
thing  that  thou  with  thy  mouth  hast 
ordained,  and  destroy  tliine  inherit- 
ance, and  stop  the  mouth  of  them  that 
praise  thee,  and  quench  the  glory  of 

10  thy  house,  and  thine  altar,  and  open 
the  mouths  of  the  heathen  to  set  forth 
the  virtues  of  i  idols,  and  that  a  fleshly 

liking  shall  be  magnified  for  ever.  O 
Lord,  give  not  thy  sceptre  unto  them 
that  be  nothing,  and  let  them  not  laugh 
at  our  fall ;  but  turn  tlieir  device  upon 
themselves,  and  make  him  an  exam- 
ple, that  hath  begun  this  against  us. 

12  Rememlier.  O  Lord,  make  thyself 
known  in  the  time  of  our  affliction,  and 
give  me  boldness,  O  King  of  the  gods, 

13  and  holder  of  all  dominion.  Give  me 
eloquent  speech  in  my  mouth  Ijefore 
the  lion :  and  turn  his  heart  to  hate  him 
that  figliteth  against  us,  that  there 
may  be  an  end  of  him,  and  of  them  that 

Hare  likeminded  with  him:  but  deliver 
us  with  thine  hand,  and  help  me  that 
am  desolate  and  have  no  other  helper 

15  but  thee,  O  Lord.  Thou  ha.st  know- 
ledge of  all  things  ;  and  thou  kuowest 
that  I  hate  the  glory  of  the  wicked, 
and  abhor  the  bed  of  the  uncircum- 

16  eised,  and  of  every  alien.  Thou  know- 
est  my  necessity :  that  I  abhor  the 
sign  of  my  high  estate,  which  is  upon 
mine  head  in  the  days  wlierein  I  shew 
myself.  I  abhor  it  as  a  menstruous 
rag,  and  I  wear  it  not  when  I  am  pri- 

17  vate  by  myself.  And  thine  handmaid 
hath  not  eaten  at  A  man's  table,  nei- 
ther have  I  honoured  the  king's  feast, 
nor  drunk  the  wine  of  the  drink  offer- 

18  ings.  Neither  had  thine  handmaid  any 
joy  since  the  day  that  I  was  brought 
hither  to  this  present,  but  in  thee,  O 

19  Lord,  thou  God  of  Abraham.  O  God, 
that  art  mighty  above  all,  hear  the 
voice  of  the  forlorn,  and  deliver  us  out 
of  the  hands  of  the  mischievous,  and 
deliver  me  out  of  my  fear. 


had  ended  her  prayer,  she  laid  away 
her  garments  of  service,  and  put  on 

2  her  glorious  apparel.  And  being  ma- 
jestically adorned,  after  she  had  called 
upon  the  all-seeing  God  and  saviour, 

3  she  took  her  two  maids  with  her:  and 
vipon  the  one  she  leaned,  as  carrying 

4  herself  delicately  ;  and  the  other  fol- 
6  lowed,  bearing  up  her  train.    And  she 

was  ruddy  through  the  perfection  of 
her  beauty,  and  her  countenance  was 
cheerful  and.  right  amiable:  but  her 

6  heart  was  in  anguish  for  fear.  Then 
having  passed  through  all  the  doors, 
she  stood  before  the  king,  who  sat  up- 
on his  royal  throne,  and  was  clothed 
with  all  his  robes  of  majesty,  all  glit- 
tering  with  gold  and  precious  stones  ; 

7  and  he  was  very  dreadful.  Then  lifting 
up  his  countenance  that  was  flushed 
with  glory,  he  looked  upon  her  in 
fierce  anger :  and  the  queen  fell  down, 
and  turned  pale,  and  fainted,  and  she 
bowed  herself  upon  the  head  of  the 

8  maid  that  went  before.  Then  God 
changed  the  spirit  of  the  king  into 
mildness,  who  in  an  agony  leaped  from 
his  throne,  and  took  her  in  his  arms, 
till  she  came  to  herself  again,  and 
comforted  her  with  soothing  words, 

9  and  said  unto  her,  Esther,  what  is  the 
matter  ?  I  am  thy  brother,  be  of  good 

10 cheer:  thou  shalt  not  die,  for  ^'our 
commandment  is  for  our  subjects : 

11  come  near.    So  he  held  up  his  golden 

12  sceptre,  and  laid  it  upon  her  neck,  and 
embraced  her,  and  said,  Speak  unto 

13  me.  Then  said  she  unto  him,  I  saw 
thee,  my  lord,  as  an  angel  of  God,  and 
my  heart  was  troubled  for  fear  of  thy 

14  glory.  For  wonderful  art  thou,  my 
lord,  and  thy  countenance  is  full  of 

15  gi-ace.    And  as  she  was  speaking,  she 

16  fell  down  for  faintness.  Then  the 
king  was  troubled,  and  all  his  servants 
comforted  her.= 

16  *  The  great  king  Artaxerxes  unto  the 
governors  of  countries  in  a  hundred 
and  seven  and  twenty  provinces  from 
India  unto  Ethiopia,  and  unto  them 
that  are  well  affected  to  our  state, 

2  greeting.  Many,  the  more  often  they 
are  honoured  with  the  great  bounty  of 
their  benefactors,  the  more  proud  they 

3  ai'e  waxen,  and  endeavour  to  hurt  not 
our  subjects  only,  but  not  being  able  to 
bear  abundance,  do  take  in  hand  to 
practise  also  against  those  that  do 

4  them  good  :  and  take  not  only  thank- 
fulness away  from  among  men,  but 
also  lifted  up  with  the  boastful  words 
of  them  that  were  never  good,  they 
think  to  escape  the  evil-hating  justice 
of  God,  who  alway  seeth  all  things. 

5  Oftentimes  also  fair  speech  of  those 
that  are  put  in  trust  to  manage  their 
friends'  affairs,  hath  caused  many  that 
are  in  authority  to  be  partakers  of 
innocent  blood,  and  hath  enwrapped 


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1.  4. 


THE   WISDOM   OF  SOLOMON. 


1.  7. 


G  them  in remeiiiless calamities:  betjuil- 
iii|^  witli  tlic  false  dt'ceitof  tlieir  lewil 
disposition  tlie  iniK>cenl  nood  will  of 

7  princes.  Now  ye  may  see  tliis,  as  we 
have  (lecIartMl,  ncit  so  niiu'li  by  more 
ancient  liistories.  as  ye  may,  if  ye 
seareli  wlial  liatli  been  \vicl<eilly  done 
of  late  tlirouiih  tlic  jicstilent  beliaviour 
of  tliem  tlial  are  uinvoitliily  i)lace(l  in 

8  authority.  And  we  must  talte  care  for 
tlie  time  to  come,  to  render  our  Ivini;- 
doin  i]uiet  and  peaceable  for  all  men, 

9  both  by  eliani^inf;  our  purposes,  and 
always  jndj^iuK  tliintjs  that  come  be- 
fore our  eyes  with  more  ecpial  proc-eed- 

10  ins.  l''or  Aman,  a  Macedonian,  the  son 
of  Amadatluis,  an  alien  in  truth  from 
the  Persian  blood,  and  far  distant  from 
our  goodness,  being  as  a  guest  received 

11  of  us,  had  so  far  forth  obtained  the  fa- 
vour that  we  shew  toward  every  nation, 
as  that  he  was  called  our  father,  and 
was  continually  honoured  of  all  men,  as 
the  next  person  unto  the  royal  throne. 

12  But  he,  not  bearing  his  high  estate, 
went  about  to  deprive  us  of  our  king- 

1.3  doni  and  our  life  ;  having  by  manifold 
and  cunning  deceits  sought  of  us  the 
destruction,  as  well  of  iMardoclieus, 
who  saved  our  life,  and  continually 
procured  our  good,  as  alsi)  of  Esther 
the  blameless  partaker  of  our  kingdom, 

14  together  with  their  whole  nation.  For 
by  these  means  he  thought,  flnding  us 
destitute  offriends,  to  have  translated 
the  kingdom  of  the  Persians  to  the 

15  Macedonians.  But  we  lind  that  the 
Jews,  whom  this  most  ungracious 
wretch  hath  delivered  to   utter  de- 


struction, are  no  evil-doers,  but  live 
1(>  by  most  just  laws:  and  that  they  be 
children  of  the  most  high  and  most 
mighty  living  (lod,  who  hath  ordered 
the  kingdom  botli  unto  us  and  to  our 
progenitors  in  the  mostexcellent  man- 
17  ner.    Wherefore  ye  shall  do  well  not 
to  put  in  execution  the  letters  sent  un- 
to you  by  Aman  thesonof  Amadathus. 
IS  For  he,  that  was  the  worker  of  these 
things,  is  hanged  at  the  gates  of  Hnsa 
witli  all  his  family  :  God,  who  ruleth 
all  things,  speedily  rendering  venge- 
ance to  him  according  to  his  deserts. 

19  Therefore  ye  shall  publish  openly  the 
copy  of  this  letter  in  all  places,  and 
let  the  Jews  live  after  their  own  laws, 

20  and  ye  sliall  aid  them,  that  even  tlie 
same  day,  being  the  thirteenth  day  of 
the  twelfth  month  Adar,  they  may 
defend  themselves  against  those  who 
set  upon  them  in  the  time  of  their 

21  affliction.  For  Almighty  God  hath 
made  this  day  to  be  a  joy  unto  them, 
instead   of    the   destruction    of   the 

22  chosen  people.  And  ye  sliall  therefore 
among  your  commemorative  feasts 
keep  it  a  high  day  with  all  feasting : 

2.>  th;itliothiiowand  hereafter  there  may 
b(>  safety  to  us,  and  the  well  affected 
Pei-sians;  but  to  those  which  do  con- 
spire against  usa  memorialof  destruc- 

24  tion.  Therefore  every  city  or  country 
whatsoever,  which  shall  not  do  accord- 
ing to  these  things,  shall  be  utterly  de- 
stroyed without  mercy  with  '  fire  and 
sword ;  it  shall  be  m;ide  not  only  un- 
passable  for  men,  but  also  most  hate- 
ful to  wild  beasts  and  fowls  for  ever. 


THE 


WISDOM   OF   SOLOMON. 


1  Love  righteousness,  ye  that  be  judges 

of  the  earth. 
Think  ye  of  the  Loi-d  '  with  a  good 

mind, 
And  in  singleness  of  heart  seek  ye 

him; 

2  Because  he  is  found  of   them  that 

tempt  him  not. 
And  is  manifested  to  them  that  do  not 
distrust  him. 

3  For  crooked  thoughts  separate  from 

God; 
And  the  supreme  Power,  when  It  is 
brought  to  the  proof,  'putteth  to 
confusion  the  foolish : 

4  Because  wisdom  will  not  enter  into  a 

soul  that  deviseth  evil. 
Nor  dwell  in  a  body  that  is  held  in 
pledge  by  sin. 


o  For  a  holy  spirit  of  discipline  will  flee 

deceit. 
And  will  start  away  from  thoughts 

that  are  without  understanding. 
And  will  tie  •''put  to  confusion  when 

unrighteousness  hath  come  in. 
0  For  •  wisdom  is  a  spirit  that  loveth 

man, 
And  she  will  not  hold  a  ■'''  blasphemer 

guiltless  for  his  lips  ; 
Because  God  beareth  witness  of  his 

reins, 
And  is  a  true  overseer  of  his  heart, 
And  a  hearer  of  his  tongue  : 
7  Because  the  spirit  of  the  Lord  hath 

filled" the  world. 
AiKl  that  which  holdeth  all  things 

together  hath  knowledge  of  every 

voice. 


2.  4. 


THE   WISDOM   OF   SOLOMON. 


2.  19. 


8  Therefore  no  man  that  uttereth  un- 

righteous things  shall  be  unseen; 
^  Neither  shall  Justice,  when  it  eon- 
vieteth,  pass  hiin  by. 

9  For  in  the  micUtof  his  counsels  the 

imgodly  shall  be  searched  out; 
And  the  sound  of  his  words  shall  come 

unto  the  Lord 
To  bring  to  conviction   his    lawless 

deeds : 

10  Because  there  is  an  ear  of  jealousy 

that  listeneth  to  all  things, 
And  the  noise  of  nnu'murings  is  not 
hid. 

1 1  Beware  then  of  unprofitable  murmur- 

ing, 

And  refrain  your  tongue  from  back- 
biting ; 

BeeaiTse  no  secret  utterance  shall  go 
on  its  way  void. 

And  a  mouth  that  belieth  destroyeth 
a  soul. 

12  Court  not  death  in  the  error  of  your 

life; 
Neither  draw  upon  yoursel  ves  destruc- 
tion by  the  works  of  your  hands : 

13  Because  God  made  not  death; 
Neither  delighteth  he  when  the  living 

perish : 

14  For  he  created  all  things  that  they 

might  have  being : 

And  -  the  generative  powers  of  the 
world  are  healthsome. 

And  there  is  no  poison  of  destruction 
in  t  liein : 

Nor  hath  Hades  ^  royal  dominion  up- 
on earth, 

15  For  righteousness  is  immortal : 

16  But  ungodly  men  by  their  hands  and 

their    words    called    *  death    unto 

them : 
Deeming  him  a  friend  they  ^  consumed 

away. 
And  tliey  made  a  covenant  with  him, 
Because  they  are  worthy  to  be  of  his 

portion. 

2  For   they  said  « within  themselves, 

reasoning  not  aright. 
Short  and  sorrowful  is  our  life ; 
And  tliere  is  no  healing  when  a  man 

Cometh  to  his  end, 
And  none  was  ever  known  that '  gave 

release  from  Hades. 

2  Because  by  mere   chance   were  we 

born. 
And  hereafter  we  shall  be  as  though 

we  had  never  been  : 
Because  the  breath  in  our  nostrils  is 

smoke. 
And  ^  while  our  heart  beateth  reason 

is  a  spark, 

3  Which  being  extinguished,  the  body 

shall  be  turned  into  ashes, 
An  I  the  spirit  shall  be  dispersed  as 
thin  air ; 

4  And  our  name  shall  be  forgotten  in 

time. 
And    no   man   shall   remember   our 
works ; 


And  our  life  shall  pass  away  as  the 

traces  of  a  cloud. 
And  shall  be  scattered  as  is  a  mist. 
When  it  is  chased  by  the  beams  of  the 

sun, 
And  ^  overcome  by  the  heat  thereof. 

5  For  our  allotted  time  is  the  passing  of 

a  shadow, 
And  '"  our  end  retreateth  not ; 
Because  it  is  fast  sealed,  and  none 

"  turneth  it  back. 

6  Come  therefore  and  let  us  enjoy  the 

good  things  ^-  that  noiv  are ; 
And  let  us  use  the  creation  ^^  with  all 
our  soul  '■'  as  youth's  j^ossession. 

7  Let  us  fill  ourselves  with  costly  wine 

and  perfumes ; 
And  let  no  flower  of  '"'spring  pass  us 
by: 

8  Let  lis  crown  ourselves  with   rose- 

buds, before  they  be  withered : 

9  Let  none  of  us  go  without  his  share 

in  our  proud  revelry  : 
Everywhere  let  us  leave  tokens  of 

our  mirth: 
Because  this  is  our  portion,  and  our 

lot  is  this. 

10  Let  us  oppress  the  righteous  poor ; 
Let  us  not  spare  the  widow, 

Nor  reverence  the  hairs  of  the  old 
man  gray  for  length  of  years. 

1 1  But  let  our  strength  be  to  us  a  law  of 

righteousness ; 
For  that  which  is  weak  is  ''^  found  to 
be  of  no  service. 

12  But  let  us  lie  in  wait  for  the  righteous 

man. 
Because  lie  is  of  disservice  to  us, 
And  is  contrary  to  our  works. 
And  upbraideth  us  with  sins  against 

1"  the  law. 
And  layeth  to  our  charge  sins  against 

our  discipline. 

13  He  professeth  to  have  knowledge  of 

God, 
And  nameth  himself  '*  servant  of  the 
Lord. 

14  He  became  to  us  a  reproof  of  our 

thoughts. 

15  He  is  grievous  unto  us  even  to  behold. 
Because  his  life  is  unlike  other  men's, 
And  his  paths  are  of  strange  fashion. 

16  We  were  accounted  of  him  as  base 

metal. 

And  he  abstaineth  from  our  ways  as 
from  uncleannesses. 

The  latter  end  of  the  righteous  he 
calleth  happy ; 

And  he  vauntetli  that  God  is  his  fa- 
ther. 

17  Let  us  see  if  his  words  be  true. 

And  let  us  try  what  shall  befall  In  the 
ending  of  his  life. 

18  For  if  tiie  righteous  man  is  God's  son, 

he  will  uphold  him. 
And  he  will  deliver  him  out  of  the 
hand  of  his  adversaries. 

19  With  outrage  and  torture  let  us  put 

him  to  the  test, 
That  we  may  learu  his  gentleness, 


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3.  11. 


THE   WISDOM   OF  SOLOMON. 


4.  6. 


Anil  may  prove  his  patience  under 
wronj;. 

20  Let  us  condemn  him  to  a  shameful 

deatli ; 
For  'he  sliall  be  visited  according  to 
his  words. 

21  Thus  reasoned  they,  and  they  were 

led  astray ; 
For  their  ^  wickedness  blinded  them, 

22  And  they  ivucw  not  the  mysteries  of 

God, 

Neither  hoped  they  for  wages  of  holi- 
ness. 

Nor  did  they  juilge  (hat  there  is  a 
prize  for  blameless  souls. 

23  Because  God  created  man  for  incor- 

ruption, 
And  made  him  an  image  of  his  own 
'  proper  being ; 

24  But  by  the  envy  of  the  devil  death 

entered  into  the  world, 
And  they  that  are  of  his  portion  make 

trial  thereof. 
3  But  the  souls  of  the  righteous  are  in 

the  hand  of  God, 
And  no  torment  shall  touch  them. 

2  In  the  eyes  of  the  foolish  they  seemed 

to  have  died; 
And  their  departure  was  accounted  to 
be  their  hurt, 

3  And  their  journeyiug  away  from  us 

to  be  their  ruin  : 
But  they  are  in  peace. 

4  For  even  if  in  the  sight  of  men  they 

be  punished. 
Their  hope  is  full  of  immcn'tality  ; 

5  And  having  borne  a  little  chastening, 

they  shall  receive  great  good; 
Because  God  made  trial  of  them,  and 
found  them  woithy  of  himself. 

6  As  gohl    in    the   furnace   he  proved 

them. 
And  as  a  whole  btirnt  oHering  he  ac- 
cepted them. 

7  And  in  tlie  time  of  their  visitation  they 

shall  shine  forth, 
And  as  sparks  among  stubble  they 
shall  nui  to  and  fro. 

8  They  shall  judge  nations,  and  have 

dominion  over  peoples; 
And  the  Lord  shall  reign  over  thein 
for  evermore. 

9  They  tliat  trust  on  him  shall  under- 

stand truth. 
And*  the  faithful  shall  abide  with  him 

in  love ; 
Because  grace  and  mercy  are  to  his 

chosen. 

10  But  the  ungodly  shall    be  requited 

even  as  they  reasoned. 
They  which    lightly    regarded    »the 
righteous  man,  and  revolted  from 
the  ]>ord; 

1 1  (For  he  that  setteth  at  nought  wisdom 

and  discipline  is  miser.ible  ;) 
And  void  is  their  hope  and  their  toils 

unprofitable. 
And  useless  are  their  works  : 
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12  Their  wives  are  foolish,  and  wicked 

are  their  children ; 

13  Accursed  is  their  begetting. 
Hccause  happy  is  the  barren  that  is 

uudfliled, 

She  who  hath  not  conceived  in  trans- 
gression ; 

.She  shall  have  fruit  when  Ood  visiteth 
souls. 

14  And  hajipij  is  the  eunuch  which  hath 

wrought  no  lawless  deed  with  his 
hands. 

Nor  imagined  wicked  things  against 
the  Lord ; 

For  there  shall  be  given  him  for  his 
faithfulness  ''a  peculiar  favour. 

And  a  lot  in  the  sanctuary  of  the  Lord 
more  iteliglitsome  than  wife  or  chil- 
dren. 

15  For  good  labours  have  fruit  of  great 

renown; 

And  the  root  of  miderstanding  can- 
not fail. 
Iti  But  children  of  adulterers  shall  not 
come  to  maturity. 

And  tlie  seed  of  an  unlawful  bed  shall 
vanish  away. 

17  For  if  they  live  long,  they  shall  be 

held  in  no  account. 
And  at  the  last  tlieir  old  age  shall  be 
without  lionoiu'. 

18  And  if  they  die  quickly,  they  'shall 

have  no  hope, 
Nor  in  the  day  of  decision  shall  they 
have  consolation. 

19  For  *  the  end  of  an  unrighteous  gen- 

eration is  alway  grievous. 
4  Better  than  this  is  childlessness  with 
virtue ; 

For  in  the  memory  "  of  virtue  is  im- 
mortality : 

Because  it  is  recognised  both  before 
God  and  before  men. 

2  AVlien  it  is  present,  men  imitate  it; 
And  they  long  after  it  when  it  is  de- 
parted : 

And  '"throughout  all  time  it  march- 

eth  crowned  in  triunii)h, 
Victorious  in  the  strife  for  the  prizes 

that  are  undeliled. 

3  But  the  nniUiiilyiug  brood  of  the  un- 

godly shall  be  of  no  i)rolit, 
And  "  with  bastard  '=  slips  they  shall 

not  strike  dee))  root. 
Nor  shall  they  establish  a  sure  hold. 

4  For  even  if  these  ''  put  forth  boughs 

and  flourish  for  a  season. 
Yet,  standing  unsure,  they  shall  be 

shaken  by  the  wind. 
And   by  the  violence  of  winds  they 

shall  be  rooted  out. 

5  Their  branches  shall  be  broken  off 

before  they  come  to  maturity. 
And  their  fruit  shall  be  useless. 
Never    ripe  to  eat,  and  fit    for    no- 
thing. 

6  For  children  unlawfully  begotten  are 

witnesses  of  wickedness 
Against  parents  when  God  searcheth 
them  out. 


5.  1. 


THE  WISDOM  OF  SOLOMON. 


5.  14. 


7  But  a  righteous  man,  tbougli  he  die 

before  his  time,  shall  be  at  rest. 

8  (For  honourable  old  age  is  not  that 

which  standeth  in  length  of  time. 
Nor  is  its  measure  given  by  number 
of  years : 

9  But  understanding  is  gray  hairs  unto 

men, 
And  an  unspotted  life  is  ripe  old  age.) 

10  Being  found  well-pleasing  unto  God 

he  was  beloved  of  him. 
And  while  living  among  sinners  he 
was  translated : 

11  He  was  caught  away,  lest  'wicked- 

ness should  change  his  understand- 
ing, 
Or  guile  deceive  his  soul. 

12  (For  the  bewitching  of  naughtiness 

bedimmeth   the   things  which  are 
good. 
And  the  giddy  whirl  of  desire  pervert- 
eth  an  innocent  mind.) 

13  Being  made  perfect  in  a  little  while, 

he  tultilled  long  -  years ; 

14  For  his  soul  was  pleasing  unto  the 

Loril : 
Therefore  '  hasted  he  out  of  the  midst 
of  wickedness. 

15  But  as  for  the  peoples,  seeing    and 

understanding  not. 
Neither  laying  <  this  to  heart, 
That  grace  and  mercy  are  with  his 

chosen, 
And  that  ^  he  visiteth  his  holy  ones  :  — 

16  But  a  righteous   man  that    is  dead 

shall  condemn  the  ungodly  that  are 
living. 
And  youth  that  is  quickly  perfected 
the  many  years  of  an  unrighteous 
man's  old  age ; 

17  For   the  ungodly  shall   see  a  wise 

man's  end, 
And  shall  not  understand  what  the 

Lord  purposed  concerning  him. 
And  for  what  he  safely  kept  him  :  — 

18  They  shall   see,  and  they  shall  de- 

spise ; 
But   them  the  Lord  shall  laugh  to 

scorn. 
And  after  this  they  shall  become  a 

dishonoured  carcase. 
And  '  a  reproach  among  the  dead  for 

ever : 

19  Because  he  shall  dash  them  speech- 

less to  the  ground, 

And  shall  shake  them  from  the  foun- 
dations, 

And  they  shall '  lie  utterly  waste,  and 
they  shall  be  in  anguish. 

And  their  memory  shall  perish. 

20  They  shall  come,'  when  their  sins  are 

reckoned  up,  with  coward  fear ; 
And  their  lawless  deeds  shall  convict 
them  to  their  face. 
5  Then  shall  the  righteous  man  stand 
in  great  boldness 
Before  Uie  face  of  them  that  afflicted 
him, 


And  them  that  make  his  labours  of  no 
account. 

2  "When  they   see   '  it,  they   shall   be 

troubled  witli  terrible  fear. 
And  shall  be  amazed  at  the  marvel  of 
OoiPs  salvation. 

3  They  shall  say  '"  within  themselves 

repenting. 
And  for  distress  of  spirit  shall  they 

groan. 
This  was  he  whom  aforetime  we  had 

in  derision, 
And  made  a  parable  of  "'  reproach  : 

4  We  fools  accounted  his  life  madness, 
And  his  end  without  honour : 

5  How  was  he  numbered  among  sons 

of  God? 
And  how  is  his  lot  among  saints  7 

6  Verily  we  went  astray  from  the  way 

of  truth, 
And  the  light  of  righteousness  shined 

not  for  us. 
And  the  sun  rose  not  for  us. 

7  We  '=  took  om-  lill  of  the  paths  of  law- 

lessness and  destruction. 
And  we  journeyed  through  trackless 

deserts. 
But  the  way  of  the  Lord  we  knew 

not. 

8  What  did  our  arrogancy  profit  us? 
And  what  good  have    riches   '^and 

vaunting  In'ought  us  ? 

9  Those  things  all  passed  away  as  a 

shadow. 
And  as  a  message  that  runneth  by : 

10  As  a  ship  passing  through  the  billowy 

water. 
Whereof,  when  it  is  gone  by,  there  is 

no  trace  to  be  foinid. 
Neither  pathway  of  its  keel  in  the 

billows : 

11  Or  as  when  a  bird  flieth  through  the 

air. 
No  token  of  her  passage  is  found, 
But  the  light  wind,  lashed  with  the 

stroke  of  her  pinions. 
And  rent  asunder  "  with  the  violent 

rush  of  the  moving  wings,  is  passed 

through. 
And  afterwai'ds  no  sign  of  her  coming 

is  found  therein: 

12  Or  as  when  an  arrow  is  shot  at  a 

mark. 
The  air  disparted  closeth  up  again 

immediately. 
So  that  men  know  not  where  it  passed 

through : 

13  So  we  also,  as  soon  as  we  were  born, 

^5  ceased  to  be  ; 
And  of  virtue  we  had  no  sign  to  shew, 
But  in  our  wickedness  we  were  ut- 
terly consumed. 

14  Because  the  liope  of  the  ungodly  man 

is  as  chaff  carried  by  the  wind, 
And  i«as  "foam  vanishing  before  a 

tempest ; 
And  is  scattered  as  smoke  is  scattered 

by  the  wind, 
And  passeth  by  as  the  remembrance 

of  a  guest  that  tarrieth  but  a  day. 


proach, 


64 


THE  WISDOM   OF  SOLOMON. 


6.  22. 


16  But  the  righteous  live  for  ever, 
And  in  tlie  Lord  is  tlieir  reward, 
And  tlie  care  for  them  witli  the  Most 
High. 

16  Therefore    sluill    they    receive    tlie 

crown  of  royal  dignity 
And  the  diadem  of  beauty  from  the 

Lord's  hand; 
Because  with  his  right  hand  shall  he 

cover  tlieni, 
And  witli  his  arm  shall  he  shield 

them. 

17  He  shall  take  his  jealousy  as  complete 

armour. 
And  sliall  make  the  whole  creation 
his  weapons  '  for  vengeance  on  his 
enemies : 

18  He  shall  put  on  righteousness  as  a 

hreastplate. 
And  siiall  array  himself  with  judge- 
ment unfeigned  as  with  a  helmet; 

19  He  shall  take  holiness  as  an  invinci- 

ble shield, 

20  And  he  shall  sharpen  stern  wrath  for 

a  sword : 
And  the  world  shall  go  forth  with  him 
to  fight  agiiinst  his  insensate  /'of.s-. 

21  Shafts  of  lightning  shall  fly  with  true 

aim,  • 
And  from  the  clouds,  as  from  a  well 
drawn  bow,  shall  they  leap  to  the 
mark. 

22  And  as  from  an  engine  of  war  shall  be 

hurled  hailstones  full  of  wrath ; 
The  water  of  tlie  sea  shall  be  angered 

against  them, 
And  rivers  shall  sternly  overwhelm 

them ; 

23  A  mighty  blast  shall  encounter  them, 
And  as  a  tempest  shall  it  winnow 

them  away : 
And  so  shall  lawlessness  make  all  the 

land  desolate. 
And  their  evil-doing  shall  overturn  the 

thrones  of  princes. 

6  Hear  therefore,  ye  kings,  and  under- 
stand; 
Learn,  ye  judges  of  the  ends  of  the 
earth : 

2  Give  ear,  ye  that  have  dominion  over 

much  people, 
And  make  your  boast  -  in  multitudes 
of  nations. 

3  Because   your   dominion  was  given 

you  from  the  Lord, 
And  your  sovereignty  from  the  Most 

Higll  ; 

Who  shall  search  out  your  works, 
And  shall  make  inquisition  of  your 
counsels : 

4  Because  being  ofTicers  of  his  kingdom 

ye  did  not  judge  aright, 
Neither  kept  ye    -Maw,  nor  walked 
after  the  counsel  of  God. 

5  Awfully  and  swiftly  shall  he  come 

upon  you ; 
Because  a  stern  judgement  befalleth 
them  that  be  in  high  place : 


(j  For  the  nuui  of  low  estate  may  be 
liardoued  in  mercy. 
But  miglity  men  shall  be  *  searched 
out  niiglitily. 

7  For  tlie  Sovereign  Lord  of  all  will  not 

refrain  himself  for  any  man's  per- 
son, 

Neiilier  will  he  reverence  greatness ; 

Because  it  is  he  that  made  Ooth  small 
and  great. 

And  alike  he  taketh  thought  for 
all; 

8  But  •'■  strict  is  the  scrutiny  that  conieth 

upon  the  iiowerful. 

9  Unto  you  therefore,  O  princes,  are  my 

words. 
That  ye  may  learn  wisdom  and  *fall 
not  from  the  right  way. 

10  For  they  that  have  kept  holily  the 

tilings  that  are  holy  shall  themselves 
be  '  hallowed; 
And  they  that  have  been  taught  them 
shall  find  what  to  answer; 

1 1  Set    your   desire   therefore    on    ray 

words ; 
Long  for  thetn,  and  ye  shall  be  *  train- 
ed by  their  discipline. 

12  Wisdom  is  radiant  and  fadeth  not 

away ; 
And  easily  is  she  beheld  of  them  that 

love  her. 
And  foimd  of  them  that  seek  her. 

13  She  forestalleth  them  that  desire  to 

know  her,  making  herself  first 
known. 

14  He  tliat  riseth  up  early  to  seek  her 

shall  have  no  toil. 
For  he  shall  find  her  sitting  at  his 
gates. 

15  For  to  think  upon  her  is  perfectness 

of  understanding, 
And  he  that  watcheth  for  her  sake 
shall  quickly  be  free  from  care. 

16  Because  she  goeth  about,  herself  seek- 

ing them  that  are  worthy  of  her. 
And  in  their  paths  she  appeareth  unto 

them  graciously. 
And  in  every  purpose  she  meeteth 

them. 

17  For "  her  "  true  beginning  is  desire  of 

discipline ; 
And  the  care  for  discipline  is  love  of 
hrr\ 

18  And  love  of  her  is  observance  of  her 

laws ; 
And  to  give  heed  to  her  laws  con- 
lirmeth  ineon-uption ; 

19  And  incorruption '« bringeth  near  unto 

God; 

20  So  then  desire  of  wisdom  promoteth 

to  a  kingdom. 

21  If  therefore  ye  delight  in  thrones  and 

sceptres,  ye  princes  of  peoples. 
Honour  wisdom,  that  ye  may  reign 
for  ever. 

22  But  what  wisdom  is,  and  how  she 

came  into  being.  I  will  declare. 
And  I  will  not  hide  mysteries  from 
you; 
66  f" 


7.  14. 


THE    WISDOM   OF   SOLOMON. 


7.  27. 


sGr. 
prepare 
for  them- 


But  I  will  trace  her  out  ^from  the 

beginning  of  creation, 
And  bring  the  knowledge  of  her  into 

clear  liglit, 
And  I  will  not  pass  by  the  truth ; 

23  Neither  indeed  will  I  take  -  pining 

envy  for  my  companion  in  the  way, 
Because  ^  envy  shall  have  no  fellow- 
ship with  wisdom. 

24  But  a  multitude  of  wise  men  Is  salva- 

tion to  the  world, 
And  an  understanding  king  is  tran- 
quillity to  his  people. 

25  Wherefore    be    disciplined    by    my 

words,  and  thereby  shall  ye  profit. 

7  I  myself  also  am  ^  mortal,  like  to  all, 
And  am  sprung  from  one  born  of  the 
earth,  the  man  first  formed, 

2  And  in  the  womb  of  a  mother  was 

I  moulded  into  flesh  in  the  time  of 
ten  months, 
Being  compacted  in  blood  of  the  seed 
of  man  and  pleasure  that  came  with 
sleep. 

3  And  1  also,  when  I  was  born,  drew  in 

the  conuuon  air. 
And  fell  upon  the  ^  kindred  earth, 
Uttering,  like  all,  for  my  first  voice, 

tlie  selfsame  wail : 

4  In  swaddling  clothes  was  I  nursed, 

and  •'with  watchful  cares. 

5  For  no  king  had  any  other  first  begin- 

ning ; 

6  But  all  men  have  one  entrance  into 

life,  and  a  like  departure. 

7  For  this  cause  I  prayed,  and  under- 

standing was  given  me : 
I  called  upon  God,  and  there  came  to 
me  a  spirit  of  wisdom. 

8  I  preferred  her  before  sceptres  and 

tin-ones. 
And  riches  I  esteemed  nothing  in  com- 
parison of  her. 

9  Neither  did  I  liken  to  her  any  price- 

less gem. 
Because  all  the  gold  of  the  earth  in 

her  presence  is  a  little  sand, 
And  silver  shall  be  accounted  as  clay 

before  her. 

10  Above  health  and  comeliness  I  loved 

her. 
And  I  chose  to  have  her  rather  than 

light. 
Because  her  bright  shining  is  never 

laid  to  sleep. 

11  But  with  her  thei-e  came  to  me  all 

good  things  together, 
And  in  her  hands  innumerable  riches  : 

12  And  I  rejoiced  over  them  all  because 

wisdom  leadeth  them ; 
Thougli  I  knew  not  that  she  was  the 
'  mother  of  them. 

13  As  I  learned  without  guile,  I  impart 

without  grudging; 
I  do  not  hide  her  riches. 

14  For  slie  is  unto  men  a  treasure  that 

faileth  not, 
And  they  that  use  it  '  obtain  friend- 
ship with  God, 


Commended  to  him  ''by  the  gifts 
which  they  througli  discipline  pre- 
sent to  him. 

15  But  to  me  may  God  give  to  speak 

'» with  judgement, 
And  to  conceive  thoughts  worthy  of 

what  "  hath  been  given  me; 
Because  himself  is  one  tliat  guideth 

even  wisdom  and  that  correcteth 

tlie  wise. 

16  For  in  his  hand  are  both  we  and  our 

words ; 
All  xniderstandiug,  and  all  acquaints 
ance  with  divers  crafts. 

17  For   himself   gave  me  an    unerring 

knowledge  of  the  things  that  are. 

To  know  the  constitution  of  the  world, 

and  the  operation  of  the  elements ; 

18  The  beginning  and  end  and  middle  of 

times. 
The  alternations  of  the  solstices  and 
the  changes  of  seasons, 

19  The  circuits  of  years  and  the  "posi- 

tions of  stars ; 

20  The  natures  of  living  creatures  and 

the  ragings  of  wild  beasts. 
The  violences    of   "  winds    and  the 

thoughts  of  men, 
The  diversities  of  plants  and  the  vir- 
tues of  roots : 

21  All  things  that  are  either  secret  or 

manifest  I  learned, 

22  For  she  that  is  the  artificer  of  all 

things  taught  me,  even  wisdom. 

For  there  is  in  her  a  spirit  quick  of 
understanding,  holy, 

"'»  Alone  in  kind,  manifold. 

Subtil,  freely  moving, 

Clear  in  utterance,  unpolluted. 

Distinct,  unharmed, 

Loving  what  is  good,  keen,  unhin- 
dered, 

23  Beneficent,  loving  toward  man, 
Stedfast,  sure,  free  from  care. 
All-powerful,  all-surveying. 

And  penetrating  through  all  spirits 
That  are  quick  of  understanding,  pure, 
most  subtil : 

24  For  wisdom  is  more  mobile  than  any 

motion ; 
Yea,  she  pervadeth  and  penetrateth 
all  things  by  reason  of  her  pure- 
ness. 

25  For  she  is  a  ^^  breath  of  the  power  of 

God, 

And  a  clear  effluence  of  the  glory  of 
the  Almighty ; 

Therefore   can   nothing  defiled  find 
entrance  into  her. 
2C)  For  she  is  an  effulgence  from  ever- 
lasting light. 

And  an  unspotted  mirror  of  the  work- 
ing of  God, 

And  an  image  of  his  goodness. 
27  And  she,  being  one,  hath  power  to  do 
all  things ; 

And  remaining  in  herself,  reueweth 
all  things : 


8.  11. 


THE  WISDOM   OF  SOLOMON. 


9.  4. 


And  from  t'eneratioii  to  generation 

passinj^  into  holy  souls 
She  niaketli  men  friends  of  God  and 

propliets. 

28  For  notliliis  doth  God  love  save  him 

tliat  dwelleth  witii  wisdom. 

29  For  she  is  fairci-  than  the  sun. 

And  above  'alltlie  constellations  of 

tlie  sUirs : 
Being  compared  witli    liglit,  slie   is 

found  tt)  In'  before  it ; 
iJO  For  =to  the  light  of  day  succeedetli 

night, 
But  against    wisdom  evil  doth    not 

prevail ; 
8  But  she  '  reacheth  from  one   end  of 

the  world  to  the  other  with   full 

strength. 
And  ordereth  all  things  *  graciously. 

2  Her  I  loved  and  sought  out  from  my 

youth. 
And    I   sought  to  take    her  for  my 

bride, 
And   I    became   enamoured    of    her 

beauty. 

3  She  glorifieth  Iter  noble  l)irth  in  that 

it  is  given  her  to  live  with  (jod, 
And  the  Sovereign  Lord  of  all  loved 
her.  - 

4  For  she  is  initiated  into  the  know- 

ledge of  God, 
And  she  ^chooseth  out /or  hi»i  his 
works. 

5  But  if  riches  are  a  desired  possession 

in  life, 

What  is  richer  than  wisdom,  which 
worketli  all  things? 
6 "  And  if  understanding  worketh. 

Who  more  than  •  wisdom  is  an  arti- 
ficer of  the  things  that  are? 

7  And  if  a  man  lovetli  righteousness, 

*  The  fruits  of  wisdom's  labour  are 
virtues, 

For  she  teacheth  soberness  and  un- 
derstanding, righteousness  and  cou- 
rage ; 

And  there  is  nothing  in  life  for  men 
more  prolitalile  than  these. 

8  And  if  a  man  longeth  even  for  much 

experience. 
She  knoweth  *the  things  of  old,  and 

•"diviueth  the  things  to  come: 
She      uuderstandeth     subtilties     of 

speeches    and     interpretations    of 

dark  sayings : 
She  foreseeth  signs  and  wonders,  and 

the  issues  of  seasons  and  times. 

9  I  determined   therefore  to  take  her 

unto  me  to  live  with  me. 
Knowing  that  she  is  one  who  would 

"give  me  {iooc\tlti>iii/lit,-<tor  counsel, 
And    '-encoiu'age  me  in  cares    and 

grief. 

10  Because  of  her   I   shall  have   glory 

among  multitudes. 
And  honour  in  the  sight  of  elders, 
though  1  be  young. 

1 1  I  shall  be  found  of  a  quick  conceit 

when  I  give  judgement. 


And  in  the  presence  of  '^  princes  1 
shall  be  admired. 

12  When  1  am  silent,  they  shall  wait  for 

me ; 
And  when  I  open  my  lips,  they  shall 

give  heed  unto  me  ; 
And  if  1  continue  speaking,  they  shall 

lay  their  hand  upon  their  mouth. 

13  Because  of  her  I  shall  have  immor- 

tality. 
And  leave  behind  an  eternal  memory 
to  them  that  come  after  me. 

14  1  shall  govern  peoples. 

And  nations  shall  be  subjected  to 
me. 

15  Dread   princes  shall   fear  me  when 

they  hear  of  me: 

Among    iHi/   "people   I  shall   shew 
myself   a   good  ruler,  and   in   war 
courageous. 
IG  When  I  am  come  into  my  house,  I 
shall  find  rest  with  her ; 

For  converse  with  her  hath  no  bitter- 
ness. 

And  to  live  with  her  hath  no  pain,  but 
gladness  and  joy. 

17  When    I   considered  these  things  in 

myself, 
And  took  thought  in  my  heart  how 
that  in  kinship  unto  wisdom  is  im- 
mortality, 

18  And  in  her  friendship  is  good  delight, 
And  in  the  labours  of  her  hands  is 

wealth  that  faileth  not, 

And  in  '''assiduous  connnuning  with 
her  is  understanding. 

And  great  renown  in  having  fellow- 
ship with  her  words, 

1  went  al)out  seeking  how  to  take  her 
unto  myself. 

19  Now  I  was  '"a  child  of  parts,  and  a 

good  soul  fell  to  my  lot ; 

20  Nay  rather,  being  good,  1  came  into  a 

body  undeliled. 

21  But  perceiving  that  I  couhlnot  other- 

wise '■  possess  wisdom  except  God 
gave  her  me 

(Vea  and  to  know  "by  whom  the 
grace  is  given,  this  too  came  of  un- 
derstanding), 

I  i)leaded  with  the  Lord  and  besought 
him, 

And  with  my  whole  heart  I  said, 

Q  O  God  of  the  fathers,  and  '"  Lord  who 
keei)est  thy  mercy. 
Who  madest  all  things  '-'"  by  thy  word  ; 

2  And   by  thy  wisdom  thou  formedst 

man, 
'I'liat  he  should  have  domiiuon  over 
the  creatures  that  were  made  by 
thee, 

3  And  ride  the  world  in  holiness  and 

rigliteousness. 
And  execute  judgement  in   upright- 
ness of  soul; 

4  Give  me  wisdom,  her  that  sitteth  by 

thee  on  thy  -'  throne ; 
And  reject  me  not  from  among  thy 
"  servants : 


67 


9.  18. 


THE  WISDOM   OF  SOLOMON. 


10.  10. 


5  Because  I  am  thy  bondman  and  the 

son  of  thy  handmaid. 
A  man  weak  and  short-Uved, 
And  of  small  power  to  understand 

judgement  and  laws. 

6  For  even  if  a  man  be  perfect  among 

the  sons  of  men, 
Yet  if  the  wisdom  that  cometh  from 
thee  be  not  with   him,  he  shall  be 
held  in  no  account. 

7  Thcu  didst  choose  me  before  my  bre- 

thren to  be  king  of  thy  people. 
And  to  do  judgement  for  thy  sons  and 
daughters. 

8  Thou  gavest  command  to  build  a  sanc- 

tuary in  thy  holy  mountain. 
And  1  an  altar  in  the  city  of  thy  ^  habi- 
tation, 
A  copy  of  the  holy  tabernacle  which 
thou  preparedst  aforehaud  from  the 
beginning. 

9  And    with    thee  is    wisdom,  which 

knoweth  thy  works. 
And   was  present  when    thou  wast 

making  the  world. 
And  which   understandeth   what    is 

pleasing  in  thine  eyes. 
And  what  is  right  ^  according  to  thy 

commandments. 

10  Send  her  forth  out  of  the  holy  hea- 

vens. 

And  from  the  throne  of  thy  glory  bid 
her  come. 

That  being  present  with  me  she  may 
toil  with  me. 

And  tlicU  I  may  learn  what  is  well- 
pleasing  before  thee. 

1 1  For  she  knoweth  all  things  and  hath 

understanding  thereof. 
And  in  my  doings  she  shall  guide  me 

in  ways  of  soberness, 
And  she  shall  guard  me  in  her  glory. 

12  And  so  shall  my  works  be  acceptable. 
And  I  sliall  judge  thy  people  right- 
eously, 

And  I  shall  be  worthy  of  my  father's 
*  throne. 

13  For  what  man  shall  know  the  counsel 

of  God  ? 
Or  who  shall  conceive  what  the  Lord 
willeth? 

14  For   the    thoughts    of   mortals   are 

''  timorous, 
And  our  devices  are  prone  to  fall. 

15  For    a    corruptible    body    weigheth 

down  the  soul, 
And  the  earthy  frame  lieth  heavy  on 
a  mind  that  "^is  full  of  cares. 

16  And  hardly  do  we  •  divine  the  things 

that  are  on  earth. 
And  the  things  that  are  close  at  hand 

we  And  with  labour ; 
But  the  things  that  are  in  the  heavens 

who  ever  yet  traced  out  ? 

17  And  who  ever  gained  knowledge   of 

thy  counsel,  except  thou   *  gavest 
wisdom, 
And  sentest  thy  holy  spirit  >*  from  on 
high? 

18  And  it  was  thus  that  the  ways  of 


them  which  are  on  earth  were  cor- 
rected. 

And  men  were  taught  the  things  that 
are  pleasing  unto  thee ; 

And  through  wisdom  were  they  saved. 


10 '"Wisdom  guarded   to  the  end  the 
fust  formed  father  of  the  world,  that 
was  created  alone. 
And  delivered  him   out  of  his  own 
transgression, 

2  And  gave  him  strength  to  get  domin- 

ion over  all  things. 

3  But  when  an  unrighteous  man  fell 

away  from  her  in  his  anger, 
He    perished    himself  in    the    rage 
wherewith  he  slew  his  brother. 

4  And  when  for  his  cause  the  earth  was 

drowning  with  a  flood, 
Wisdom  again  saved  it. 
Guiding  the  righteous  man's  course 

by  a  poor  piece  of  wood. 


5  Moreover,  when  nations  consenting 
together  in  wickedness  had  been 
confounded, 
'"  Wisdom  knew  the  righteous  man, 
and  preserved  him  blameless  unto 
God, 
And  kept  him  strong  when  his  heart 
yearned  toward  his  child. 


6  While  the  ungodly  were   perishing, 

i"  wisdom    delivered    a    righteous 
man. 
When  he  fled  from  the  fire  that  de- 
scended out  of  heaven  on^Penta- 
polis. 

7  To   whose    wickedness   a    smoking 

waste  still  witnesseth. 
And  plants  bearing  fair    fruit  that 

cometh  not  to  ripeness ; 
Yea  and  a  '-  disbelieving  soul  hath  a 

memorial  there,  a  pillar  of  salt  still 

standing. 

8  For  having  passed  wisdom  by. 

Not  only  were  they  disabled   from 

recognising  the  things  which  are 

good. 
But  they  also  left  behind  them  i*  for 

human  life  a  monument   of  their 

folly; 
To  the  end  that  "  where  they  i"*  went 

astray  they  might  fail  even  to  be 

unseen : 

9  But  wisdom  delivered  out  of  troubles 

those  that  waited  on  her. 


10  When  a  righteous  man  was  a  fugitive 
from  a  brother's  wrath,  i°  wisdom 
guided  him  in  straight  paths  ; 

She  shewed  him  God's  kingdom,  and 
gave  him  knowledge  of  holy  things ; 

She  prospered  him  in  his  toils,  and 
multiplied  the  fruits  of  his  labour  ; 


68 


11.  4. 


THE  WISDOM  OF  SOLOMON. 


11.  19. 


11  When  in  their  rovetousness  we?i  dealt 

iiartlly  with  liim. 
She   stood    hy  him   and  made   him 
rich ; 

12  She  guanled  him  from  enemies, 
And  from  tliose  that  lay  in  wait  she 

kept  him  safe, 
And  over  liis  sore  conflict  she  watched 

as  jadKe, 
That  he  might  know  that  godliness  is 

more  powerful  than  '  all. 

13  When  a  righteous  man  was  sold, '  wis- 

dom forsook  him  not. 
But '  from  sin  she  delivered  him; 
She  went  down  with  him  into  a  dun- 
geon, 

14  And  in  bonds  she  left  him  not, 

Till  she  hrought  him  the  sceptre  of  a 

kingdom. 
And  authority  over  those  that  dealt 

tyrannously  with  him ; 
Siie  shewed  them  also  to  be  false  that 

had  mockingly  accused  him. 
And  gave  him  eternal  glory. 

15  *  Wisdom  delivered  a  holy  people  and 

a  blameless  seed  from  a  nation  of 
oppressors. 

16  She  entered  into  the  soul  of  a  servant 

of  the  Lord. 
And  withstood  terrible  kings  in  won- 
ders and  signs. 

17  She  rendered  unto  holy  men  a  reward 

of  tlieir  toils; 
She  guided  them  along  a  marvellous 

way, 
And  became  unto  them  a  covering  in 

the  day-time. 
And  a  flame  of    stars  through  the 

night. 

18  She  brought  them  over  the  Red  sea, 
And  led  them  through  much  water ; 

19  But  their  enemies  she  drowned. 
And  out  of  the  bottom  of  the  deep  she 

cast  them  up. 

20  Therefore  the  righteous  spoiled  tlie 

ungodly; 
And  they  sang  praise  to    thy  holy 

name,  ()  Lord, 
And  extolled  with  one  accord   thy 

hand  that  fought  for  them  : 

21  Because  wisdom  opened  the  mouth  of 

the  dumb, 
And  made  tlie  tongues  of  babes  to 
speak  clearly. 

11  She    prospered  their  works    in  the 
hand  of  a  holy  i)rophet. 

2  They    journeyed    through    a  desert 
without  inhabitant, 
And  in  trackless  regions  they  pitched 
their  tents. 

.S  They  withstood  enemies,  and  "repell- 
ed foes. 

4  They  thirsted,  and  they  called  upon 
thee. 
And  there  was  given  them  water  out 
of  "  the  '  flinty  rock, 


And  healing  of  their  thirst  out  of  the 
hard  stone. 

5  For  by  what  things  their  foes  were 

punished. 
By   tlies(!  they    in  their  need    were 
benefited. 

6  '  When  thpenemij  were  troubled  with 

clotted  blood  instead    of  a  river's 
ever-llowing  fountain, 

7  To  rel)uke  the  decree  for  the  slaying 

of  babes, 
Thou  gavest  them  abundant  water 
beyond  all  hope. 

8  Having  shewn   thrm  by  » the  thirst 

which  they  had  suffered  how  thou 
rii<lst  punisli  tlic  adversaries. 
0  For  when  they  were  tried,  albeit  but 
in  mercy  ciiastened, 
They  learned  how  the  ungodly  were 
tormented,  being  judged  with 
wrath : 

10  For  these,  as  a  father,  admonishing 

them,  thou  didst  prove ; 
But  those,  as  a  stern  king,  condemn- 
ing them,  thou  didst  search  out. 

11  Yea  and  whetiier  they  were  far  off 

from  the  rif/hfroKs  or  near  them, 
they  were  alike  distressed; 

12  For  a  double  grief  took  hold  on  them. 
And  a  groaning  at  the  remendirance 

of  things  past. 

13  For  when  they  heard  that  through 

their  own  i)unishments  the  others 
■"had  been  benefited. 
They  felt  the  prctienre  of  the  Lord; 

14  For  him  who  long  before  was  "  cast 

forth   and    exposed    they  left   off 

mocking: 
In  the  last  issue  of  what  came  to  pass 

"  they  marvelled. 
Having  thirsted  in  another  manner 

than  the  righteous. 

15  But  in  requit.Tl   of  the  senseless  im- 

aginings of  their  nnrigliteousness. 

Wherein  tliey  were  led  astray  to  wor- 
ship irrational  reptiles  and  wretch- 
ed vermin, 

Tliou  didst  send  upon  them  a  mul- 
titude of  irrational  creatures  for 
vengeance ; 
Ifi  Tiiat  tliey  nn'ght  learn,  that  by  what 
things  a  man  sinnetb,  by  these  he  is 
punished. 
17  For  thine  all-powerful  hand, 

That  created  the  world  out  of  formless 
matter, 

Lacked  not  means  to  send  upon  them 
a  multitude  of  bears,  or  fierce  lions. 

Or  '2  new-created  wild  beasts,  full  of 
rage,  o/'iniknown  kind. 

Either  breathing  out  a  blast  of  fiery 
breatii, 

Or  blowing  forth  from  their  nostrils 
noisome  smoke. 

Or  flasliing  dreadful  sparkles   from 
tlit'ir  eyi's  ; 
19  Wliiikli  had  [lower  not  only  to  consume 
thcni  by  tlieir  '*  violence. 

But  to  destroy  them  even  by  the  ter- 
ror of  their  sight. 


18 


12.  8. 


THE   WISDOM   OF   SOLOMON. 


12.  19. 


20  Yea  and  without  these  might  they 

have  fallen  by  a  single  breath, 
Being  pursued  by  Justice,  and  scat 

tered  abroad  by  the  breath  of  thy 

power. 
But  by    measure  and    number  and 

weight  thou  didst  order  all  things. 


21  For  to  be  greatly  strong  is  thine  at 

all  times ; 
And  the  might  of  thine  arm  who  shall 
withstand? 

22  Because  the  whole  world  before  thee 

is  as  ^  a  grain  ^  in  a  balance, 
And  as  a  drop  of  dew  that  at  morning 
Cometh  down  upon  the  earth. 

23  But  thou  hast  mercy  on  all  men,  be- 

cause thou  hast  power  to  do  all 
things. 
And  thou  overlookest  the  sins  of  men 
to  the  end  they  may  repent. 

24  For  thou  lovest  all  things  that  are, 
And  abhorrest   none  of   the    things 

which  thou  didst  make ; 
For  never  wouldest  thou  have  formed 
anything  if  thou  didst  hate  it. 

25  And  how  would  anything  have  en- 

dured, except  thou  hadst  willed  it  ? 
Or   that   which  was   not   called   by 
thee,  how  would  it  have  been  pre- 
served? 

26  But  thou  sparest  all  things,  because 

they  are  thine, 
O  Sovereign  Lord,  thou  lover  of  men's 

^  lives ; 
12  For  thine  incorruptible  spirit  is  in  all 

things. 
2  Wherefore  thou  convictest  by  little 

and  little  them  that  *  fall  from  the 

right  way. 
And,  putting  them  in  remembrance  by 

the  very  things  wherein  they  sin, 

dost  thou  admonish  them. 
That  escaping  from  their  wickedness 

they  may  believe  on  thee,  O  Lord. 


3  For  verily  the  old  inhabitants  of  thy 

holy  land, 

4  Hixting- them  because  they  practised 

detestable  works  of  enchantments 
and  unholy  rites 

5  (5  Merciless  slaughters  of  children, 
And  sacrificial  banquets  of  men's  flesh 

and  of  blood), 

6  Confederates  in  an   impious  fellow- 

ship. 
And  murderers  of  their  own  helpless 

babes, 
It  was  thy  counsel  to  destroy  by  the 

hands  of  our  fathers  ; 

7  That  the  land  which  in  thy  sight  is 

most  precious  of  all  lands 
Might   receive    a  worthy  colony  of 
God's  ^  servants. 

8  Nevertheless  even  these  thou  didst 

spare  as  beinf/  men, 
And  thou  sentest  '  hornets  as  fore- 
runners of  thy  host. 


To  cause  them  to  perish  by  little  and 

little  ; 
9  Not  that  thou  wast  unable  to  subdue 

the  ungodly  under  the  hand  of  the 

righteous  in  battle. 
Or  by  terrible  beasts  or  by  one  stern 

word  to  make  away  with  them  at 

once ; 

10  But  judging  them  by  little  and  little 

thou  gavest  them  a  place  of  repent 
ance. 

Not  being  ignorant  that  their  nature 
by  birth  was  evil,  and  their  wicked- 
ness inborn, 

And  that  their  manner  of  thought 
would  in  no  wise  ever  be  changed, 

1 1  For  they  were  a  seed  accursed  from 

the  beginning : 
Neither  was  it  through  fear  of  any 
that    thou  didst   leave  them  then 
unpunished  for  their  sins. 


12  For  who  shall  say,  What  hast  thou 

done  ? 

Or  who  shall  withstand  thy  judge- 
ment ? 

And  who  shall  accuse  thee  for  the 
perishing  of  nations  which  thou 
didst  make  ? 

Or  who  shall  come  and  stand  before 
thee  as  an  avenger  for  unrighteous 
men  ? 

13  For  neither  is  there  any  God  beside 

thee  that  careth  for  all. 
That  thou  mightest  shew  rinto  him 
thitt  thou  didst  not  judge  unright- 
eously : 

14  Neither  shall  king  or  prince  be  able 

to  look  thee  in  the  face  to  plead 
for  those  whom  thou  hast  pun- 
ished. 

15  But  being  righteous  thou  rulest  all 

things  righteously, 
Deeming  it  a  thing  alien  from  thy 

power 
To  condemn  one  that  doth  not  himself 

deserve  to  be  punished. 

16  For  thy  strength  is  the  beginning  of 

righteousness. 
And  thy  sovereignty  over  all  maketh 
thee  to  forbear  all. 

17  For  when  men  believe  not  that  thou 

art  perfect  in  power,  thou  shewest 
thy  strength, 
^  And "  in  dealing  with  them  that  know 
it  thou  puttest  their  boldness  to 
confusion. 

18  But  thou,  being  sovereign  over  thy 

strength,  judgest  in  gentleness, 
And  with  great  forbearance  dost  thou 

govern  us ; 
For  the  power  is  thine  whensoever 

thou  hast  the  will. 


19  But  thou  didst  teach  thy  people  by 
such  works  as  these, 
How  that  the  righteous  must  be  a 
lover  of  men ; 


70 


13.  3. 


THE  WISDOM   OF  SOLOMON. 


13.  16. 


And  thou  ditlst  make  tliy  sons  to  be  of 

good  hope, 
Because  tlioiigivest  repentance  when 

men  havo  sinned. 

20  For  if  on  tliem  tliat  were  enemies  of 

thy  '  servants  and  due  to  death 
Tliou  liidst  t.ike  vengeance  with  so 

great  lu'cdfiiliu'ss  and  indulgence, 
Giving  tlicni  times  and  place  wiicreby 
they  might  escape  from  their  wick- 
edness : 

21  Wit!)  how  great  carefuhiess  didst  thou 

judge  thy  sons, 
To  wliose  fathers  thon  gavest  oatlis 
and  covenants  of  good  promises  ! 

22  While  therefore  thou  dost  diasten  us, 

thou    scourgest    our    enemies    ten 

thousand  times  more, 
To  the  intent  that  we  may  ponder  thy 

goodness  when  we  judge. 
And  when  we  are  judged  may  look 

for  mercy. 

23  Wherefore  also  the  unrighteous  that 

lived  in  folly  of  life 
Thou  didst  torment  through  their  own 
abominations. 

24  For  verily  they  went  astray  very  far 

-  in  the  ways  of  error. 

Taking  as  gods  those  'animals  which 
even  among  their  enemies  were  held 
in  dishonour, 

Deceived  like  foolish  babes. 
2o  Therefore,  as  unto  unreasoning  chil- 
dren, thou  didst  send  thy  judgement 
to  mock  them. 

26  But  they  that  would  not  be  admon- 

ished <bya  mocking  correction  as 
of  children 
Shall  have  experience  of  a  judgement 
worthy  of  Cod. 

27  For  through   the  snflferings  when-at 

they  were  indignant. 

Being  punished  in  these  creatures 
which  they  supposed  to  be  gods. 

They  saw,  and  recognised  as  the  true 
God  him  whom  before  they  ^  refused 
to  know : 

Wherefore  also  the  last  end  of  con- 
demnation came  upon  them. 

13  For  verily  all  men  by  nature  '^were 

but  vain  who  had  no  perception  of 

God, 
And  from  the  good  things  that  are 

seen  they  gained  not  power  to  know 

him  that  is, 
Neither  by  giving  heed  to  the  works 

did  they  recognise  the  artificer: 

2  But  either  fire,  or  wind,  or  swift  air, 
Or  '  circling  stars,  or  raging  water,  or 

'  luminaries  of  heaven. 
They  thought  to  be  gods  that  rule  the 
world. 

3  And  if  it  was  through  delight  in  their 

beauty  that  they  took  them  to  be 

gods. 
Let  them  know  how^  much  better  than 

these  is  their  Sovereign  Lord; 
For  the  first  author  of  beauty  created 

tliem : 


4  Hut  if  it  was  through  astonishment  at 

their  i)()wer  and  ''infiueuce, 
Let  tiiein  understand  from  them  how 
nuich    more    powerful  is    he   that 
formed  them ; 

5  For  from  the  ""  greatness  of  the  beauty 

"  even  of  created  things 
"  In  like  proportion  '-'does  man  form 
the  image  of  their  first  maker. 

6  But  yet  for  these  '*  men  there  is  but 

small  blame. 
For  they  too  perad venture  do  but  go 

astray 
While    they   are    seeking    God    and 

desiring  to  find  him. 

7  For  '' living  among  his  works  they 

make  diligent  search. 
And  they  ""'yield   themselves  up  to 
sight,  because  the  things  that  they 
look  upon  are  beautiful. 

8  But  again  even  they  are  not  to  be 

excused. 

9  For  if  tliey  had  power  to  know  so 

nuich. 
That  they  should  be  able  to  explore 

''  the  course  of  thiiif/s. 
How  is  it  that  they  did  not  sooner  find 

the    Sovereign   Lord  of    these  his 

works? 

10  But  miserable  '^ivere  they,  and  "in 

dead  things  "  ^m-e  their  hopes. 
Who    called  them    gods  which    are 

works  of  men's  hands, 
Gold  and  silver,  wrought  with  careful 

art,  and  likenesses  of  animals. 
Or  a  useless  stone,  the  work  of  an 

ancient  hand. 

1 1  Yea  and  if  some  •'  woodcutter,  having 

sawn  down  a  ^''tree  that  is  easily 

moved. 
Skilfully  strippeth  away  all  its  bark. 
And  fashioning  it  in  comely  form  mak- 

eth  a  vessel  useful  for  the  service  of 

life; 

12  And  burning  the  refuse  of  his  handy- 

work  to  dress  his  food,eateth  his  fill ; 

13  And  taking  the  very  refuse  thereof 

which  served  to  no  use, 
A  crooked  piece  of  wood  and  full  of 

knots, 
Carveth  it  with  the  diligence  of  his 

idleness, 
And  shapeth  it  by  the  skill  of  his 

^'  indolence : 
"  Tlirn  he  giveth  it  the  semblance  of 

the  image  of  a  man, 

14  Or  maketh  it  like  some  paltry  animal, 
Smearing  it  with  vermilion,  and  with 

■•"  paint  colouring  it  red. 
And  smearing  over  every  stain  that  is 
therein  ; 

15  And  having  made  for  it  a  chamber 

worthy  of  it. 
He  setteth  it  iii  a  wall,  making  it  fast 
with  iron. 

16  While  then  he  taketh  thought  for  it 

that  it  may  not  fall  down, 
Knowing  that  it  is  unable    to  help 
itself; 


14.  IL 


THE   WISDOM   OP   SOLOMON. 


14.  24. 


(For  verily  it  is  an  image,  and  hath 
need  of  help;) 

17  When  he  maketh  his  prayer  concern- 

ing goods  and  his  marriage  and  chil- 
dren, 
He  is  not  ashamed  to  speak  to  that 
which  hath  no  life ; 

18  Yea  for  health  he  calleth  upon  that 

which  is  weak, 
And  for  life  he  beseecheth  that  which 

is  dead, 
And  for  aid  he  supplicate th  that  which 

hath  least  experience, 
And  for  a  good  journey  that  which 

cannot  so  much  as  move  a  step, 

19  And  for  gaining  and   ^  getting  and 

good  success  of  his  hands 
He  asketh  ability  of  that  which  with 
its  hands  is  most  unable. 


14  Again,  one  preparing   to  sail,  and 

about  to  journey  over  raging  waves, 

Calleth  upon  a  piece  of  wood  more 

rotten  than  the  vessel  that  carrieth 

him ; 

2  For  that  vessel  the  hunger  for  gains 

devised. 
And  an  artificer,  even  wisdom,  built 
it; 

3  And  thy  providence,  O  Father,  guid- 

eth  it  along. 
Because  even  in  the  sea  thou  gavest  a 

way, 
And  in  the  waves  a  sure  path, 

4  Shewing  that  thou  canst  save  out  of 

every  clanger. 
That  so  even  without  art  a  man  may 

put  to  sea ; 
6  And  it  is  thy  will  that  the  works  of 

thy  wisdom  should  not  be  idle ; 
Therefore  also  do  men  intrust  their 

lives  to  a  little  piece  of  wood. 
And  jiassing  through  the  surge  '  on  a 

raft  are  brought  safe  to  land. 

6  For  3  in  the  old  time  also,  when  proud 

giants  were  perishing, 
The  hope  of  the  world,  taking  refuge 

on  a  raft. 
Left  to  *the  race  of  men  a  seed  of 

generations  to  come, 
Thy  hand  guiding  the  helm. 

7  For  blessed  ^  hath  been  wood  through 

which  cometh  righteousness : 

8  But  the  idol  made  with  hands  is  ac- 

cursed, itself  and  he  that  made  it ; 
Because  his  was  the  working,  and  the 
corruptible  thing  was  named  a  god: 

9  For  both  the  ungodly  doer  and  his 

ungodliness  are   alike   hateful   to 
God; 

10  For  verily  the  deed  shall  be  punished 

together  with  him  that  committed 
it. 

11  Therefore  also  "among  the  idols  of 

the  nations  shall  there  be  a  visita- 
tion, 
Because,   though   formed   of   things 
which  God  created,  they  were  made 
an  abomination, 


And  stumblingblocks  to  the  souls  of 

men. 
And  a  snare  to  the  feet  of  the  foolish. 

12  For   the    devising  of  idols  was  the 

beginning  of  fornication. 
And  the  invention  of  them  the  cor- 
ruption of  life : 

13  For  neither  were  they  from  the  begin- 

ning, neither  shall  they  be  for  ever ; 

14  For  by  the  vaingloriousness  of  men 

they  entered  into  the  world. 
And    therefore    was    a    speedy    end 
devised  for  them. 

15  For  a  father  worn  with  untimely  grief, 
Making  an  image  of  the  child  quickly 

taken  away. 
Now  honoured  him  as  a  god  which 

was  then  a  dead  man. 
And   delivered   to  those   that   were 

under  him  mysteries  and  solemn 

rites. 

16  Afterward   the   ungodly   custom,  in 

process  of  time  grown  strong,  was 
kept  as  a  law. 
And  by  the  commandments  of  princes 
the  graven  images  received  worship. 

17  And  when  men  could  not  honour  them 

in  presence  because  they  dwelt  far 

off. 
Imagining  the  likeness  from  afar, 
They  made  a  visible  image  of  the  king 

whom  they  honoured. 
That  by  their  zeal  they  might  flatter 

the  absent  as  if  present. 

18  But  unto  a  yet  higher  pitch  was  wor- 

ship raised  even  by  them  that  knew 
him  not, 
Urged  forward  by  the  ambition  of  the 
artificer : 

19  For    he,  wishing    peradventure    to 

please  one  in  authority. 
Used   his  art  to  force  the   likeness 
toward  a  greater  beauty  ; 

20  And  the  multitude,  allured  by  reason 

of  the  grace  of  his  handywork, 
Now  accounted  as  an  object  of  devo- 
tion him  that  a  little  before  was 
honoured  as  a  man. 

21  And  this  became  'a  hidden  danger 

unto  life. 
Because  men,  in  bondage  either  to 

calamity  or  to  tyranny. 
Invested  stones  and  stocks  with  the 

incommunicable  Name. 

22  Afterward  it  was  not  enough  for  them 

to  go  astray  as  touching  the  know- 
ledge of  God ; 

But  also,  while  they  live  "in  'sore 
conflict  through  ignorance  of  him, 

That  multitude  of  evils  they  call 
peace. 

23  For  either  slaughtering  children  in 

solemn  rites,  or  celebrating  secret 
mysteries. 
Or  holding  frantic  revels  of  strange 
ordinances, 

24  No  longer  do  they  >"  guard  either  life 

or  purity  of  marriage. 


7S 


15.  7. 


THE  WISDOM   OF  SOLOMON. 


15.  18. 


But  one  brings  upon  another  eitlier 

ticiitli  by  tit'iiclu'iy,  or  anguish  by 

adulterate  oftspring. 
25  And  all  things  contusedly  are  filled 

with  blood  and  murder,  theft  and 

(k'ceit, 
Corruption,  faithlessness,  tumult,  per- 
2G     jury,  '  turmoil, 

Ingratitude  for  benefits  received. 
Defiling  of  souls,  confusion  of  -  sex, 
Disorder  in  marriage,  adultery  and 

wantonness. 

27  For  the  worship  of  "  those  *  nameless 

idols 
Is  a  beginning  and  cause  and  end  of 
every  evil. 

28  For  their   uorsliipf»rs  either  malce 

merry  unto  madness,  or  prophesy 
lies. 
Or  live  unrighteously,  or  lightly  for- 
swear themselves. 

29  For   piitting  their   trust  in   lifeless 

idols, 
When   they  have    sworn   a   wicked 
oath,   they   expect    not   to   suffer 
harm. 

30  But  for  both  sins  shall  the  just  doom 

pursue  them. 
Because  they  had   evil  thoughts  of 

God  by  giving  heed  to  idols, 
And  swore  unrighteously  in    deceit 

through  contempt  for  holiness. 

31  For  it  is  not  tlie  power  of  them  by 

whom  men  swear, 

But  it  is  ^  that  .Justice  which  hath  re- 
gard to  them  that  sin, 

That  visiteth  always  the  ti'ansgres- 
sion  of  the  unrighteous. 


16  But  thou,  our  God,  art  gracious  and 
true, 
Longsuffering,  and  in  mercy  ordering 
all  things. 

2  For   even    if   we  sin,  we   are  thine, 

knowing  thy  dominion ; 
But  we  shall  not  sin,  knowing  that  we 
have  been  accounted  thine : 

3  For  to  be  acquainted  with  thee  is 

"  perfect  righteousness, 
And  to  know  thy  dominion  is  the  root 
of  immortality. 

4  For  neither  were  we  led  astray  by  any 

evil  device  of  men's  art, 
Nor  yet  by  painters'  fruitless  labour, 
A  form  stained  with  varied  colours; 

5  The  sight  whereof  leadeth  fools  into 

•  lust : 
y/ic-ir  desire  is  for  the  breathless  form 
of  a  dead  image. 
G  Lovers  of  evil  things,  and  worthy  of 
such  hopes  as  these. 
Are  both  they  that  do,  and  they  tliat 
desire,  and  they  that  worship. 

7  For  a  potter,  kneading  soft  earth. 
Laboriously  moukleth  each    several 

vessel  for  our  service  : 
Nay,  out  of  the  same  clay  doth  he 

fashion 


Botti  the  vessels  that  minister  to  clean 
uses,  and  those  of  a  contrary  sort, 

.Ml  ill  like  inamier  ; 

But  what  sliall  be  the  u.seof  each  ves- 
sel of  citlier  sort. 

The  "craftsman  himself  is  the  judge. 

8  And  also,  labouring  to  an  evil  end,  he 

mouldeth  a  vain  god  out  of  the  same 

clay. 
He  who,  having  but  a  little  before 

been  made  of  earth, 
After  a  short  space  goeth  his  way  to 

the  earth  out  of  which  he  was  taken, 
When  he  is  required  to  render  back 

the  "  soul  which  was  lent  him. 

9  Ilowbeit  he  hath  anxious  care, 
Not  because  his  powers  must  fail. 
Nor  because  his  span  of  life  is  short ; 
But  he  matcheth  himself  against  gold- 
smiths and  "  silversmiths. 

And  he  imitateth  moulders  in  "  brass. 
And  esteometh  it  glory  that  he  mould- 
eth counterfeits. 

10  His  heart  is  aslies, 

And  his  hope  of  less  value  tlian  earth, 
And  his  life  of  less  honour  than  clay  : 

1 1  Because  he  was  ignorant  of  him  that 

moulded  him, 
And  of  him  that  inspired  into  him 

'-an  active  ^  soul. 
And  breathed  into  him  a  vital  spirit. 

12  But  "  he  accounted  our  very  Hie  to  be 

a  1^  plaything. 
And  our  '■'  lifetime  a  gainful '"  fair; 
For,    saith    he,  one   must   get   gain 

whence  one  can,  though  it  be  by 

evil. 

13  For  this  man  beyond  all  others  know- 

eth  that  he  sinneth, 
Out  of  earthy  matter  making  brittle 
vessels  and  graven  images. 

14  But  most  foolish  '■  were  they  all,  and 

18  of  feebler  soul  than  a  babe, 
Tlie  enemies  of  thy  people,  who  op- 
pressed them ; 

15  Because  they  even  accounted  all  the 

idols  of  the  nations  to  be  gods ; 
Which  have  neither  the  use  of  eyes 

for  seeing, 
Nor  nostrils  for  drawing  breath, 
Nor  ears  to  hear, 
Nor  fingers  for  handling. 
And  their  feetarehelplessforwalking. 

16  For  a  man  made  tliem, 

And  one  whose  own  spirit  is  borrow- 
ed moulded  them; 

For  no  one  hath  power,  being  a  man, 
to  mould  a  god  like  unto  himself, 

17  But.  being  mortal,  he  maketh  a  dead 

thing  by  the  work  of  lawless  hands  ; 
For  he  is  better  than  the  objects  of 

his  worsliip, 
i^Forasnuich  as  he  indeed  had  life, 

but  they  never. 

18  Yea,  and  the  creatures  that  are  most 

hateful  do  they  worship, 
*"  For,  being  compared  as  to  want  of 
sense,  these    are   worse    than    all 
others ; 

I  F* 


16.   12. 


THE   WISDOM   OF   SOLOMON. 


16.  25. 


19  Neither,  as  seen  beside  other  crea- 
tures, are  they  beautiful,  so  that  one 
should  desire  them, 
But  they  have  escaped  both  the  praise 
of  God  and  his  blessing. 

16  For    this     cause    were    these    men 
worthily  punished  through  creatures 
lil^e  those  which  they  worship, 
And  tormented  through  a  multitude 
of  vermin. 

2  Instead  of  which  punishment,  thou, 

bestowing  benefits  on  thy  people, 
Preparedst  quails  for  food. 
Food  of  ^riire  taste,   to  satisfy  the 

desire  of  their  appetite  ; 

3  To  the  end  tliat  ^  thine  enemies,  de- 

siring food. 

Might  for  the  hideousness  of  the  crea- 
tures sent  among  them 

Loathe  even  the  necessary  appetite ; 

But  these,  thy  people,  having  for  a 
short  space  suffered  want, 

Might  even  partake  of  food  of '-  rare 
taste. 

4  For  it  was  needful  that  upon  those 

should  come    inexorable    want  in 
their  tyrannous  dealing, 
But  tliat  to  tliese  it  should  only  be 
shewed  how  their  enemies  were  tor- 
mented. 

5  For  even  when  terrible  raging  of  wild 

beasts  came  upon  ^  thy  people. 
And  they  were  perishing  by  the  bites 

of  crooked  serpents. 
Thy  wrath  continued  not  to  the  utter- 
most ; 

6  But  for  admonition  were  they  trouljled 

for  a  short  space. 
Having  a  token  of  salvation. 
To  put  them  in  remembrance  of  the 

commandment  of  thy  law  : 

7  For  he  that  turned  toward  it  was  not 

saved  because  of  that  which  was 
beheld, 
But  because  of  thee,  the  Saviour  of 
all. 

8  Yea,  and  in  this  didst  thou  persuade 

our  enemies. 
That  thou  art  he  that  dellvereth  out 
of  every  evil. 

9  For  them  verily  the  bites  of  locusts 

and  flies  did  slay. 

And  there  was  not  found  a  healing  for 
their  life, 

Because  they  were  worthy  to  be  pun- 
ished by  such  as  these ; 

10  But  thy  sons  not  the  very  teeth  of 

venomous  dragons  overcame, 
For  thy  mercy  passed  Ijy  where  they 
were,  and  liealed  them. 

11  For  they  were  *  bitten,  to  put  them  in 

remembrance  of  thine  oracles  ; 
And  were  quickly  saved,  lest,  falling 

into  deep  forgetfulness, 
They  should  become  ^  unable  to  be 

•^  roused  l)y  thy  beneficence  : 

12  For  of  a  trutli  it  was  neither  herb  nor 

mollifying  plaister  that  cured  them. 
But  thy  word,  O  Lord,  which  healeth 
all  things ; 


13  For  thou  hast  authority  over  life  and 

deatli, 
And  tliou  leadest  down  to  the  gates 
of  Hades,  and  leadest  up  again. 

14  But  though  a  man  may  slay  by  his 

'  wickedness, 
Yet  the  spirit  that  is  gone  forth  lie 

turneth  not  again. 
Neither  givetli  release  to  the  soul  that 

Nudes  hath  received. 

15  But  thy  hand  it  is  not  possible  to 

escape ; 
IG  For  ungodly  men,  *  refusing  to  know 

thee,  were  scourged  in  the  strength 

of  thine  arm, 
Pursued  with  strange  rains  and  hails 

and  showers  inexorable. 
And  utterly  consumed  with  fire ; 

17  For,  what  was  most  marvellous  of  all. 
In  the  water   which  quencheth    all 

things  the  fire  wrought  yet  more 
mightily ; 
For  the  world  fighteth  for  the  right- 
eous. 

18  For  at  onetime  the   flame  lost  its 

fierceness, 

Tliat  it  miglit  not  burn  up  the  crea- 
tures sent  against  the  ungodly. 

But  that  tliese  tliemselves  as  tliey 
looked  miglit  ^  see  that  tliey  were 
chased  through  the  judgement  of 
God: 

19  And  at  another  time  even  in  the  midst 

of  water  it  burnetii  above  the  power 
of  fire. 
That  it  may  destroy  the  '"fruits  of  an 
unrighteous  land. 

20  Instead  whereof  thou  gavest  thy  peo- 

ple angels'  food  to  eat, 
And  bread  ready  for  their  use  didst 

thou  provide  for  them  from  heaven 

without  tJieir  toil. 
Bread    having  the    virtue  of    every 

pleasant  savour. 
And  agreeing  to  every  taste ; 

21  For  "  thy  '-  nature  manifested  thy 

sweetness  toward  ?/;;/ children  ; 
While  that  bread,  ministering  to  the 

desire  of  the  eater, 
Tempered  itself  according  to  every 

man's  choice. 

22  But  snow  and  ice  endured  fire,  and 

melted  not. 
That  men  might  know  that  fire  was 

destroying  the  fruits  of  the  enemies, 
Burning  in  the  hail  and  flashing  in  the 

rains  ; 

23  And  '2  that  this  element  again,  in  or- 

der   that  rigliteous    men  may    be 
nourished. 
Hath  even  forgotten  its  own  power. 

24  For  the  creation,  ministering  to  thee 

its  maker, 

Straineth  its  force  against  the  un- 
righteous, for  punishment. 

And  slackeneth  it  in  behalf  of  them 
that  trust  in  thee,  for  beneficence. 

25  Therefore  at  that  time  also,  converts 

iug  itself  into  all  forms, 


74 


17.    8. 


THE   WISDOM   OF   SOLOMON. 


17.  21. 


It  niiiiisleieil  tu  thine  all-aourisliiiig 

bounty, 
AceordiiiK  to  the  desire  of  tliein  that 

'  made  siiiiplicatidu  ; 

26  That  thy  sons,  wlioni  thou  lovedst,  O 

Lord,  ini^lit  learn 
That  it   is   not  the  "  growtli    of  the 

eartli'a  fruits  that  nourislieth  a  man, 
But  tliat  tliy  word  preserveth  them 

that  trust  tliee. 

27  For  that  whicli  was  not  marred  by 

fire, 
When  it  was  simply  warmed  by  a  faint 
sunbeam  melted  away ; 

28  Tliat  it  might  be  known  that  wc  must 

rise   before   the  sun  to  give  thee 
thanl<s, 
And  must  plead  with  thee  at  the  dawn- 
ing of  the  liglit: 

29  For  the  hope  of  the  unthankful  shall 

melt  as  tlie  winter's  hoar  frost, 
And  shall  How  away  as  water  that 
hath  no  use. 

17  For  great  are  thy  judgements,  and 
hard  to  "  interpret ; 
Therefore   souls   undisciplined   went 
astray. 

2  For  when  lawless  men  had  supposed 

that  they  held  a  holy  nation  in  their 
power, 
They  themselres,  prisoners  of  dark- 
ness, and  bound  in  the  fetters  of  a 
long  night. 
Close  kept  beneath  their  roofs. 
Lay  exiled   from  the  eternal  provi- 
dence. 

3  For  while  they  thought  that  they  were 

unseen  in  t/ieir  secret  sins, 
They  were  *  sundered  one  from  an- 
other by  a  dark  curtain  of  forget- 
fulness, 
Stricken  with  terrible  awe,  and  sore 
troubled  by  spectral  forms. 

4  For  neither  did  ''  the  dark  recesses 

that  held  them  guard  them  from 

fears. 
But    sounds    "  rushing    down    rang 

around  them. 
And  phantoms  appeared,  cheerless 

with  unstniling  faces. 

5  And  no  force  of  lire  prevailed  to  give 

them  light. 
Neither  were  the  brightest  flames  of 
the  stars  strong  enough  to  illumine 
that  gloomy  night  .- 

6  But  only  there  appeared  to  them  the 

glimmering  of  a  lire  self-kindled,  full 

of  fear ; 
And  in  terror  they  deemed  the  things 

which  they  saw 
To  be  worse  than  that  sight,  on  which 

they  could  not  gaze. 

7  '  And  they  lay  helpless,  made  the  sport 

of  magic  art. 
And  a  shameful  rebuke  of  their  vaunts 
of  understanding : 

8  For  they  that  promised  to  drive  away 

terrors  and  troublings  from  a  sick 
soul. 


These  were  themselves  sick  with  a 
ludicrous  fearfnlness : 
9  For  even   if   no  troublous  thing  af- 
frighted tliein, 
Yet,  scared  witli  the  creepings  of  ver- 

10  min  and  hissings  of  serpents,  they 
perished  "  for  very  trembling. 

Kef  using  even  to  look  on  the  air,  which 
could  on  no  side  be  escaped. 

11  "For  wickedness,  condennied   by  a 

witness  within,  is  a  coward  thing. 
And,    being    pressed    hard    l)y    con- 
science,   always  '"  forecasteth    the 
worst  lot : 

12  For  fear  is  nothing  else  but  a  sur- 

render of  the  succours  which  reason 
ott'ereth ; 

13  And  from  within  the  heart  the  ex- 

pectation of  them  being  less 
ISIaketh  of  greater  account  the  igno- 
rance of  the  cause  that  bringeth  the 
torment. 

14  But  they,  all  through  the  night  which 

was  powerless  indeed, 
And  wliicli  came  upon  tliem  out  of  the 

recesses  of  powerless  Hades, 
All  sleeping  the  same  sleep, 

15  Now  were  haunted  by  monstrous  ap- 

paritions, 
And    now   were    paralysed    by   their 

soul's  surrendering ; 
For   fear  sudden  and    unlooked   for 

"  came  upon  them. 
l()So    then    aceri/    man,    whosoever    it 

might   be,  sinking  down   "  in   his 

place. 
Was  kept  in  ward  shut  up  in  that 

prison  which  was  barred  not  with 

iron : 

17  For  whether  he  were  a  husbandman, 

or  a  shepherd, 
Or  a  labourer  whose  toils  were  in  the 

wilderness. 
He  was  overtaken,  and  endured  that 

inevitable  necessity, 
For  witli  one  chain  of  darkness  were 

they  all  bound. 

18  Whether  there  were  a  whistling  wind, 
Or  a  melodious  noise  of  birds  among 

the  spreading  branches. 
Or  a  measured  fall  of  water  running 
violently, 

19  Or  a  harsh  crashing  of  rocks  hurled 

down. 

Or  the  swift  course  of  animals  bound- 
ing along  unseen. 

Or  the  voice  of  wild  beasts  harshly 
roaring. 

Or  an  echo  rebounding  from  '-'the 
hollows  of  the  mountains. 

All  these  tilings  paralysed  them  with 
terror. 

20  For  the  whole  world  beside  was  en- 

lightened with  clear  light. 
And  was  occupied  with   unhindered 
works ; 

21  While  over  them  alone  was  spread  a 

heavy  night. 
An  image  of  the  darkness  that  should 
afterward  receive  them ; 


18.  12. 


THE  WISDOM  OF  SOLOMON. 


18.  24. 


But  yet  heavier  than  darkness  were 
they  unto  themselves. 
18  But  for  thy  holy  ones  there  was 
great  light ; 

And  the  Egyptians,  hearing  their 
voice  but  seeing  not  their  form, 

Counted  it  a  happy  thing  that  they 
too  had  suffered, 
2  Yet  for  that  they  do  not  hurt  them 
now,  though  wronged  by  them  be- 
fore, they  are  thankful ; 

And  because  they  had  been  at  vari- 
ance with  them,  they  made  suppli- 
cation to  them. 
'6  Whereas  thou  didst  provide  for  thy 
■people  a  burning  pillar  of  fire, 

To  be  a  guide  for  their  unknown 
journey. 

And  withal  a  ^  kindly  sun  for  tlieir 
2  proud  exile. 

4  For  well  did  *  the  Egyptians  deserve 

to  be  deprived  of  light  and  impri- 
soned by  darkness. 

They  who  had  kept  in  close  ward  thy 
sons, 

Through  whom  the  incorruptible  light 
of  the  law  was  to  be  given  to  *  the 
race  of  men. 

5  After  they  had  taken  counsel  to  slay 

the  babes  of  the  holy  ones. 
And  when  a  single  child  had  been 

cast  forth  and  saved  °  to  convict 

them  of  their  sin, 
Thou  tookest  away  from  them  their 

multitude  of  children. 
And  destroyedst  all^/ieir/ios?  together 

in  a  mighty  flood. 

6  Of  that  night  were  our  fathers  made 

aware  beforehand, 
That,  having  sure  knowledge,  they 
might  be  cheered  by  the  oaths  whicli 
they  had  trusted : 

7  So  by  thy  people  was  expected  salva- 

tion of  the  righteous  and  destruction 
of  the  enemies ; 

8  For  as  thou  didst  take  vengeance  on 

the  adversaries, 
^  By  the  same  means,  calling  us  unto 
thyself,  thou  didst  glorify  us. 

9  For  holy  children  '  of  good  men  of- 

fered sacrifice  in  secret, 

And  with  one  consent  they  took  upon 
themselves  the  covenant  of  the 
'  divine  law, 

That  ^  they  would  partake  alike  in  the 
same  good  things  and  the  same 
perils ; 

The  fathers  already  leading  the  sa- 
cred songs  of  praise. 

10  But  there  sounded  back  in  discord  the 

cry  of  the  enemies, 
'"  And  a  piteous  voice  of  lamentation 
for  children  was  borne  abroad. 

11  And  servant  along  with  master  pun- 

ished with  a  like  just  doom. 
And  commoner  suffering  the  same  as 
king, 

12  Yea,  all  the  people  together,  under  one 

form  of  death, 


Had  with  them  corpses  without  num- 
ber; 

For  the  living  were  not  sufficient  even 
to  bury  them, 

Since  at  a  single  '•  stroke  their  "  no- 
bler offspring  was  consumed. 

13  For  while  they  were  disbelieving  all 

things  by  reason  of  the  enchant- 
ments. 
Upon  the  destruction  of  the  firstborn 
they  confessed  the  people   to   be 
God's  son. 

14  For  while  peaceful  silence  enwrapped 

all  things. 
And  night  in  her  own  swiftness  was 
in  mid  course, 

15  Thine  all-powerful  word  leaped  from 

heaven  out  of  '^  the  royal ''  tlirone, 
A  stern  warrior,  into  the  midst  of  the 
15  doomed  land, 

16  Bearing  as  a  sharp  sword  thine  un- 

feigned commandment; 
And  standing  it  filled  all  things  with 

death ; 
And  while  it  touched  the  heaven  it 

trode  upon  the  earth. 

17  Then  forthwith  apparitions  in  dreams 

terribly  troubled  them, 
And  fears  came  upon  them  unlooked 
for: 

18  And  each,  one  thrown  here  half  dead, 

another  there. 
Made  manifest  wherefore  he  was  dy- 
ing: 

19  For  the  dreams,  perturbing  them,  did 

foreshew  this. 
That  they  might  not  perish  without 
knowing  why  they  were  afflicted. 

20  But  it  115  befell  the  righteous  also  to 

make  trial  of  death. 
And  a  multitude  were  stricken  in  the 

wilderness : 
Howbeit  the  wrath  endured  not  for 

long. 

21  For  a  blameless  man  hasted  to  be 

their  champion : 

Bringing  the  weapon  of  his  own  minis- 
try, 

Even  prayer  and  the  propitiation  of 
incense, 

He  withstood  the  indignation,  and  set 
an  end  to  the  calamity. 

Shewing  that  he  was  thy  servant. 

22  And  he  overcame  the  "  anger. 

Not  by  strength  of  bodj',  not  by  effi- 
cacy of  weapons ; 

But  i^by  word  did  he  subdue  "the 
minister  of  punishment, 

By  bringing  to  remembrance  oaths 
and  covenants  made  with  the  fa- 
thers. 

23  For  when  the  dead  were  already  fallen 

in  heaps  one  upon  another. 
Standing  between  he  stopped  the  ad- 
vancing wrath. 
And  20  cut  off  the  way  to  the  living. 

24  For  upon  his  long  high-priestly  robe 

was  the  whole  world. 
And  the  glories  of  the  fathers  were 


T6 


19.  10. 


THE   WISDOM   OF  SOLOMON. 


19.  22. 


upon  the  graving  of  the  four  rows 

of '  pri'cioiis  stones, 
And  thy  majesty  iras  upon  the  diadem 

of  liis  licad. 
25  To  thi'sc   ihf   destroyer  gave  i)lace, 

and  tiiese  ^  the  peaj)le  feared  ; 
Vur  it  was  enough  only  to  nialie  trial 

of  the  wrath. 

19  Kut  upon  the  ungodly  there  came 
unto  the  end   indignation   without 
nierey ; 
For  their  future  also  Ood  foreknew, 

2  How  that,  having  changed  theirniiiuls 

to  /ft  tltij  jifojile  go. 
And  having  speeded  them  eagerly  on 

tlieir  way. 
They  would  repent  themselves  and 

pursue  tlieni. 

3  For  while  tlu-y  were  yet  in  the  midst 

of  tlieir  mourning. 
And    malsing     lamentation    at    the 

graves  of  tlie  dead. 
They  drew  upon  themselves  another 

counsel  of  folly. 
And  pursued  as  fugitives  those  whom 

with  intreaties  they  luid  cast  out. 

4  For  ■'  the  doom  which  tliey  deserved 

was  drawing  them  ^mito  this  end, 
And  it -made  tliem  forget  the  things 

that  had  befallen  them, 
That  they  miglit  till  up  the  punish- 
ment   which  was    yet  wanting  to 
their  torments, 

5  And  that  thy  people   might « journey 

on  by  a  marvellous  road. 
But    they  tUetnselves   might    fnul  a 
strange  death. 

6  For  the  whole  creAViow,  each  part  in 

its  several  kind,  was  fashioned 
again  anew, 

Ministerhig  to  thy  several  command- 
ments. 

That  thy  « servants  might  be  guarded 
free  from  hurt. 

7  Then  was  belield  the  cloud  that  sha- 

dowed the  cami). 
And  dry  land  rising  up  out  of  what 

before  was  water. 
Out  of  the   Ked   sea  an  unhindered 

highway. 
And  a  grassy  plain  out  of  the  violent 

surge ; 
8 '  By  which  they  passed  over  with  all 

their  hosts, 
These  that  were  covered   with   thy 

hand, 
Having  beheld  strange  marvels. 
9  For  like  horses  tliey  roamed  at  large. 
And  they  skipped  about  like  lambs, 
Praising  thee,  O  Lord,  who  wast  their 

deliverer. 
10  For  they  still  remembered  the  things 

that  came  to  pass   in  the  time  of 

their  sojourning, 
How  that  instead  of  » bearing » cattle 

the  laud  brought  forth  '"lice. 
And  instead  of  "  fish  the  river  cast  up 

a  multitude  of  frogs. 


1 1  lint  afterwards  they  saw  also  a  new 

'-  race  of  birds, 
Wlien,  led  on  liy  desire,  they  asked 
for  luxurious  (lainties ; 

12  For,  to  solace  them,  there  came   up 

for  them  quails  from  the  sea. 

13  And  upon  the  sinners  came  the  pun- 

ishments 
Not  without  the   tokens    that  were 

given  '"  l)eforehand  by  the  force  of 

tlie  thunders; 
For  justly  did  they  suffer  through  their 

own  wickednesses, 
For  '^  grievous  indeed  was  the  hatred 

which  they  practised  toward  guests. 

14  ""For  whereas  the  m<')i  nf  Sodom  re- 

ceived   not  "Uhe    strangers  when 
they  came  among  tliem; 
>•'  The     Egyptians    made    slaves    of 
guests    who   were    their    benefac- 
tors. 

15  And  not  only  so,  hut  Gorf  shall  "  visit 

'■'the  men  of  Sodom  after  another 
sort. 
Since  they  received  as  enemies  them 
that  were  aliens ; 

16  Whereas  these  ^ est  welcomed  with 

feastings, 
And  then  afflicted  with  dreadful  toils, 
Them  that  had  already  shared  icith 

tliriii  in  the  same  rights. 

17  And  moreover  they  were    stricken 

with  loss  of  sight 
(Even  as  were  those  others  at  the 

righteous  man's  doors). 
When,  I)eing  compassed  about  with 

yawning  darkness, 
They  sought  every  one  the  passage 

through  his  own  door. 

18  For  as  the  notes  of  a  psaltery  vary  the 

character  of  the  rhythm, 
Even  so  tlid  the  elements,  changing 

tlieir  order  one  with  another, 
Continuing  always  tlic  same,  each  in 

its  scrrrril  sound ; 
As  may  clearly  he  ■"  divined  from  the 

sight  of  the  things  that  are  come  to 

pass. 

19  For  creatures  of  the  dry  land  were 

turned  into   creatures  of   the  wa- 
ters. 
And  creatures  that  swim  trode   now 
upon  the  earth : 

20  Fire  kept  the  mastery  of  Its    own 

power  in  the  mid/ft  o/ water. 
And  water  forgat  its  quenching  na- 
ture : 

21  Contrariwise,  flames  wasted  not  the 

flesh  of  perishable  creatures  that 
walked  among  tliem ; 
Xeither  -'melted  they  the  "ice-like 
grains  of  ambrosial  food,  that  were 
of'  iKifiirc  apt  to  melt. 

22  For  in  all  things,  O  I,ord,  thou  didst 

magnify  thy  people. 
And  thou  didst  glorify  them  and  not 

lightly  regard  them  ; 
Standing  by  their  side  in  every  time 

and  place. 


THE   WISDOM  OF  JESUS    THE   SON   OF  SIRACH, 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


The  Prologne  of  the  Wisdom  o/ Jesus 
the  Son  o/Siraeh. 

Whereas  many  and  great  things  have 
been  delivered  unto  us  by  the  law  and 
the  prophets,  and  by  the  others  that 
have  followed  in  their  steps,  for  the 
wh'ch  things  we  must  give  Israel, the 
praise  of  instruction  and  wisdom;  and 
since  not  only  the  readers  must  needs 
become  skilful  themselves,  but  also  they 
that  love  learning  must  be  able  to  profit 
them  which  are  without,  both  by  speak- 
ing and  writing;  my  grandfather  Jesus, 
having  much  given  himself  to  the  read- 
ing of  the  law,  and  the  prophets,  and  the 
other  books  of  our  fathers,  and  having 
gained  great  familiarity  therein,  was 
drawn  on  also  himself  to  write  somewhat 
pertaining  to  instruction  and  wisdom; 
in  order  that  those  who  love  learning, 
and  are  addicted  to  these  things,  might 
make  progress  much  more  by  living  ac- 
cording to  the  law.  Ye  are  intreated 
therefore  to  read  with  favour  and  atten- 
tion, and  to  pardon  us,  if  in  any  parts  of 
what  we  have  laboured  to  interpret,  we 
may  seem  to  fail  in  some  of  the  phrases. 
For  things  originally  spoken  in  Hebrew 
have  not  the  same  force  in  them,  when 
they  are  translated  into  another  tongue : 
and  not  only  these,  but  the  law  itself, 
and  the  prophecies,  and  the  rest  of  the 
books,  have  no  small  difference,  when 
they  are  spoken  in  their  original  lan- 
guage. For  having  come  into  Egypt  in 
the  eight  and  thirtieth  year  of  Euergetes 
the  king,  and  having  continued  there 
some  time,  I  found  ^  a  copy  affording  no 
small  instruction.  I  thought  it  therefore 
most  necessary  for  me  to  apply  some  dil- 
igence and  travail  to  interpret  this  book  ; 
applying  indeed  much  watchfulness  and 
skill  in  that  space  of  time  to  bring  the 
book  to  an  end,  and  set  it  forth  for  them 
also,  who  in  the  land  of  their  sojourning 
are  desirous  to  learn,  fashioning  their 
manners  beforehand,  so  as  to  live  accord- 
ing to  the  law. 

1  All  wisdom  eometh  from  the  Lord, 
And  is  with  him  for  ever. 

2  The  sand  of  the  seas,  and  the  drops  of 

rain. 
And  the  days  of  eternity,  who  shall 
number? 

3  The  height  of  the  heaven,  and  the 

breadth  of  the  earth, 


And  the  deep,  and  wisdom,  who  shall 

search  them  out  ? 
4  Wisdom  hath  been  created  before  all 

things. 
And  the  understanding  of  prudence 

from  everlasting.^ 
6  To  whom  hath  the  root  of  wisdom 

been  revealed? 
And  who  hath  known    her   shrewd 

counsels?'-' 

8  There    is   one    wise,  greatly   to   be 

feared. 
The  Lord  sitting  upon  his  throne  : 

9  He  created  her. 

And  saw,  and  numbered  her. 
And   poured   her  out   upon  all   his 
works. 

10  She  is  with  all  flesh  according  to  his 

gift; 
And  he  gave  her  freely  to  them  that 
love  him. 

1 1  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  glory,  and 

exultation. 
And  gladness,  and  a  crown  of  rejoi- 
cing. 

12  The  fear  of  the  Lord  shall  delight  the 

heart. 
And  shall  give  gladness,  and  joy,  and 
length  of  days. 

13  Whoso  feareth  the  Lord,  it  shall  go 

well  with  him  at  the  last. 
And  in  the  day  of  his  death  he  shall 
be  blessed. 

14  To  fear  the  Lord  is  the  beginning  of 

wisdom ; 
And  it  was  created  together  with  the 
faithful  in  the  womb. 

15  With  men  she  '  laid  an  eternal  foun- 

dation ; 
And  with  their  seed  shall  she  be  had 
in  trust. 

1 6  To  fear  the  Lord  is  the  fulness  of 

wisdom ; 
And    she    satiateth    men   with   her 
fruits. 

17  She  shall  fill  all  her  house  with  desir- 

able things. 
And  her  garners  with  her  produce. 

18  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  crown  of 

wisdom, 
Making  peace  and  *  perfect  health  to 
flourish."^ 

19  He  both  saw  and  numbered  her ; 

He  rained  down  skill  and  knowledge 

of  understanding, 
And  exalted  the  honour  of  them  that 

hold  her  fast. 


78 


2.  8. 

ECCLESIASTICUS. 

3.  8. 

20  To  fear  the  Lord  is  the  root  of  wis- 

9 Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  hope  for  good 

dom  ; 

things. 

1  Ver»e 

And  lu'r  liranclies  are  lengtli  of  days.' 

And  for  eternal  gladness  and  mercy. 

21  is 

lOIvook  at  the  generations  of  old,  and 

omitted 
by  the 
beat  au- 

2l2 Unjust  wratli  can  never  be  justilled  ; 

see  : 

For  tlie  sway  of  liis  wrath  is  his  down- 

Who (lid  ever  i)ut  his  trust  in  the 

thorities. 

fall. 

Lord,  and  was  ashamed  ? 

*  Most 

23  A  man  tliat  is  lonj^siiffering  will  =  bear 

Or  who  did  abiile  in  his  fear,  and  was 

authori- 
ties read 
re.wt. 

*  for  a  season, 

forsaken  ? 

And  afterwarii  gliulness  shall  spring 

Or  who  dill  call  upon  him,  and  he 

»  Or, 

up  unto  him; 

despised  him  ? 

until  his 

24  He  will  liicle  his  words'"  for  a  season, 

1 1  For  the  Lord  is  full  of  compassion  and 

uofon 

And  the  lips  of  many  shall  tell  forth 

mercy ; 

his  nnderstaiuliiig. 

And  he  forgiveth  sins,  and   saveth  in 

2a  A  parable  of  knowledge  is  in  the  trea- 

time ofaltiicliou. 

sures  of  wisdom ; 

But  godliness  is  an  abomination  to  a 

12  Woe  unto  fearful  hearts,  and  to  faint 

sinner. 

hands. 

26  If  thou  desire  wisdom,  keep  the  com- 

And to  the  sinner  that  goeth    two 

mandments. 

ways ! 

And  the  Lord  shall  give  her  unto  thee 

13  Woe  unto  the  faint  heart !  for  it  l)e- 

freely : 

lieveth  not; 

27  For  the  fear  of  the  Lord  is  wisdom 

Tlierefore  shall  it  not  be  defended. 

and  instruction ; 

14  Woe   unto  you  that  have   lost  your 

And  /'/(  faith  and  meekness  is  his  good 

patience  ! 

pleasure. 

And  what  will  ye  do  when  the  Lord 

*The 

28  Disobey  not  the  fear  of  the  Lord  < ; 

shall  visit  you? 

remain- 
der of 

And  come  not  unto  him  willi  a  double 

15  They  that  fear  the  Lord  will  not  dis- 

this line 

heart. 

obey  his  words ; 

is  omit- 
ted by 

29  Be  not  a  hypocrite  in  the  mouths  of 

And  they  that  love  him  will  keep  his 

the  best 

men ; 

wjiys. 

autltori- 

And  take  good  heed  to  tliy  lips. 

IG  They  that  fear  the  Lord  will  seek  his 

ties. 

.■50  Kxait  not  thyself,  lest  tliou  fall. 

good  pleasure ; 

And  bring  dishonour  upon  thy  soul ; 

And  they  that  love  him  shall  be  filled 

And  so    the  Lord  shall  reveal    thy 

with  the  law. 

secrets, 

17  They  that  fear  the  LonI  will  i)rei)are 

And  shall  east  thee  down  in  the  midst 

their  hearts. 

of  the  congregation  ; 

And  will  humble  their  souls   in  his 

Because  thou  earnest  not  unto  the  fear 

18     sight,  xayiii;/. 

of  the  Lord, 

We  will  fall  into  the  hands  of  the 

And  thy  heart  was  full  of  deceit. 

Lord, 
And  not  into  the  hands  of  men: 

2  My  son,  if  thou  comest  to  serve  the 

For  as  his  majesty  is. 

Lord, 

So  also  is  his  mercy. 

Prepare  thy  soul  for  temptation. 

2  Set  thy  heart  aright,  and  constantly 

3  Hear  me  your  father,  0  my  children. 

endure. 

And  do  thereafter,  that  ye  may  be 

And   make  not  haste  in  time  of  ca- 

saved. 

lamity. 

2  For  the  Lord  hath  given  the  father 

3  Cleave  unto  him,  and  depart  not, 

glory  as  touching  the  children. 

That  thou  mayest  be  increased  at  thy 

And  hathcontirmeil  the  judgement  of 

latter  end. 

the  mother  as  toiicbing  the  sons. 

4  Accept  whatsoever  is  brought  upon 

3  He  that  honoureth   his  fatlier  shall 

thee. 

make  atonement  for  sins: 

•  Ur. 

And    be    longsnfferiug    "  when  thou 

4  -\nd  he  that  givetli  glory  to  his  mo- 

in the 

passest  into  humiliation. 

ther  is  as  one  that  layeth  up  trea- 

changes 
of  ihff 

.")  For  gold  is  tried  in  the  fire, 

sure. 

humili- 

And acceptable  men  in  the  furnace  of 

r>  Whoso    honoureth  hts    father  shall 

ation. 

humiliation. 

have  joy  of  his  childri'ii ; 

6  Tut  thy  trust  in  him,  and  he  will  help 

And  in  the  day  of  Ins  i)rayer  he  shall 

thee : 

be  heard. 

Ortler  thy  ways  aright,  and  set  thy 

ti  He  that  giveth  glory  to  his  father  shall 

hope  on  him. 

have  length  of  days  : 

And  he  that  hearkeneth  unto  the  Lord 

•  The 

7  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  wait  for  his 

shall  bring  rest  unto  his  mother, 

pre- 
ceding 

mercy ; 

7".\ii<lwill  do  service   under  his  par- 

words 

And  turn  not  aside,  lest  ye  fall. 

ents,  as  tnito  masters. 

of  thi» 

8  Ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  put  your  trust 

8  In  deed  and  word  honour  thy  father. 

omitted 

in  him ; 

That  a  blessing  may  come  upon  thee 

by  the 
best  Ku- 
thoritiet. 

And  your  reward  shall  not  fail. 

from  him. 

79 


3.  27. 

ECCLESIASTICUS. 

4.  14. 

9  For  the  blessing  of  the  father  estab- 

28  The  calamity  of  the  proud  is  no  heal- 

hsheth the  houses  of  children ; 

ing; 

But  the  curse  of  the  mother  rooteth 

For  a  plant  of  wickedness  hath  taken 

out  the  foundations. 

root  in  him. 
29  The  heart  of  the  prudent  will  under- 

10 Glorify  not  thyself  in  the  dishonour  of 

stand  a  parable ; 

thy  father ; 

And  the  ear  of  a  listener  is  the  desire 

For  thy  father's  dishonour  is  no  glory 

of  a  wise  man. 

unto  thee. 

30  Water  will  quench  a  flaming  flre  ; 

1 1  For  the  glory  of  a  man  is  from  the 

And  almsgiving  will  make  atonement 

honour  of  his  father ; 

for  sins. 

And  a  mother  in  dishonour  is  a  re- 

31 He  that  requiteth  good  turns  is  mind- 

proach to  her  children. 

ful  of  that  which  cometh  afterward ; 

12  My  son,  help  thy  father  in  his  old 

And  in  the  time  of  his  falling  he  shall 

age; 

find  a  support. 

And  grieve  him  not  as  long  as  he 

liveth. 

4  My  son,  deprive  not  the  poor  of  his 

13  And  if  he  fail  in  understanding,  have 

living, 

patience  with  him ; 

And  make  not  the  needy  eyes  to  wait 

And  dishonour  him  not  whilethou  art 

long. 

in  thy  full  strength. 

2  Make  not  a  hungry  soul  sorrowful ; 

14  For  the  relieving  of  thy  father  shall 

Neither  provoke  a  man  in  liis  dis- 

not be  forgotten: 

tress. 

And  instead  of  sins  it  shall  be  added 

3  To  a  heart  that  is  provoked  add  not 

to  liuild  thee  up. 

more  trouble ; 

15  In  the  day  of  thine  affliction  it  shall 

And  defer  not  to  give  to  him  that  is  in 

remember  thee ; 

need. 

As  fair  weather  upon  ice. 

4  Reject  not  a  suppliant  in  his  afflic- 

So shall  thy  sins  also  melt  away. 

tion  ; 

16  He  that  forsaketh  his  father  is  as  a 

And  turn  not  away  thy  face  from  a 

blasphemer ; 

poor  man. 

And  he  that  provoketh  his  mother  is 

5  Turn  not  av^ay  thine  eye  from  one 

cursed  of  the  Lord. 

that  asketh  of  thee, 
And  give  none  occasion  to  a  man  to 

ITlMy  son,  go  on  with  thy  business  in 

curse  thee : 

meekness ; 

6  For  if  he  curse  thee  in  the  bitterness 

So  Shalt  thou  be  beloved  of  an  accept- 

of his  soul, 

able  man. 

He  that  made  him  will  hear  his  sup- 

18 The  greater  thou  art,  humble  thyself 

plication. 

the  more. 

And  thou  shalt  find  favour  before  the 

7  Get  thyself  the  love  of  the  congrega- 

1 Verse 

Lord.i 

tion  ; 

19  is 
omitted 
by  the 

20  For  great  is  the  potency  of  the  Lord, 

And  to  a  great  man  bow  thy  head. 

And  he  is  glorified  of  them  that  are 

8  Incline  thine  ear  to  a  poor  man, 

best  au- 

lowly. 

And    answer    him   with    peaceable 

thorities. 

21  Seek  not  things  that  are  too  hard  for 

words  in  meekness. 

thee. 

9  Deliver  him  that  is  wronged  from  the 

And  search  not  out  things  that  are 

hand  of  him  that  wrongeth  him ; 

above  thy  strength. 

And  be  not  fainthearted  in   giving 

22  The  things  that  have  been  com  Jianded 

judgement. 

thee,  think  thereupon ; 

10  Be  as  a  father  unto  the  fatherless. 

For  thou  hast  no  need  of  the  things 

And  instead  of  a  husband  unto  their 

that  are  secret. 

mother : 

23  Be  not  over  busy  in  thy  superfluous 

So  Shalt  thou  be  as  a  son  of  the  Most 

works : 

High, 

For  more  things  are  shewed  unto  thee 

And  he  shall  love  thee  more  than  thy 

than  men  can  understand. 

mother  doth. 

24  For  the  conceit  of  many  hath  led  them 

astray ; 

11  Wisdom  exalteth  her  sons. 

And  evil  surmising  hath  caused  their 

And  taketh  hold  of  them  that  seek 

2  Jfost 

judgement  to  slip.^ 

her. 

authori- 

12 He  that  loveth  her  loveth  life; 

ties  omit 

26  A  stubborn  heart  shall  fare  ill  at  the 

And  they  that  seek  to  her  early  shall 

verse  25, 
and 

last; 

be  filled  with  gladness. 

trans- 

And he  that  loveth  danger  shall  per- 

13 He  that  holdeth  her  fast  shall  inherit 

pose  the 
lines  in 

ish  therein. 

glory ; 

Terse  26. 

27  -V  stubborn  heart  shall  be  laden  with 

And  where  *  he  entereth,  the  Lord  will 

«  Or,  $he 

troubles ; 

bless. 

•Gr. 
tins. 

And  the  sinner  shall  heap  sin  upon 

14  They  that  do  her  service  shall  minis- 

3 sin. 

ter  to  the  Holy  One ; 

5.  3. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


6.  5. 


Aud  them  that  love  hor  tho  Lord  doth 
love. 

15  He  that  piveth  ear  unto  her   shall 

judge  the  nations ; 
And  he  that  fjiveth  heed  unto  her  shall 
dwell  securi'ly. 

16  If  he  trust  her,  he  shall  inherit  her; 
And  his  generations  shall  have  her  in 

possession. 

17  For  at  tlie  first  she  will  walk  w  ith 

him  in  crooked  ways, 
And  will  bring  fear  and  dread  upon 

him, 
And  torment  him  with  her  diseipline. 
Until  she  may  trust  hi.s  soul,  and  try 

him  by  her  judgements: 

18  Then  will  she  returnagain  the  straight 

way  unto  him. 
And  will  gladden  him,  and  reveal  to 
him  her  secrets. 

19  If   he   go   astray,  she    will   forsake 

him. 
And  give  him  over  >  to  his  fall. 

20  Observe  the  opportunity,  and  beware 

of  2  evil; 
And  be  not  ashamed  concerning  thy 
soul. 

21  For  there  is  a  shame  that  bringeth 

sin  ;  - 
Aud  there  is  a  shame  that  is  glory  and 
grace. 

22  Accept  not  the  person  of  any  against 

thy  soul ; 
And  '  reverence  no  man  unto  thy  fall- 
ing. 

23  Kef  rain  not  speech,  *  when  it  tendeth 

to  safety ; 
^  And  hide  not  thy  wisdom  for  the  sake 
of  fair-seenu'ng. 

24  For  by  speech  wisdom  shall  be  known ; 
And  instruction  by  the  word  of  the 

tongue. 

25  Speak  not  against  the  truth ; 
And  be  abashed  for  thine  ignorance. 

26  Be  not  aslianied  to  make  confession 

of  thy  sins ; 
And  force  not  the  current  of  the  river. 

27  Lay  not  thyself  down  for  a  fool  to 

tread  upon ; 
And  accept  not  the  person  of  one  that 
is  mighty. 

28  Strive  for  the  truth  unto  death,  and 

the  Lord  God  shall  fight  for  thee. 

29  Be  not "  hasty  in  thy  tongue. 
And  In  thy  deeds  slack  and  remiss. 

30  ]?e  not  as  a  lion  in  thy  house. 
Nor  fanciful  among  thy  servants. 

31  Let  not  thine  hand  be  stretched  out 

to  receive,  and  '  closed  when  thou 
shouldest  repay. 
5  Set  not  tliy  heart  upon  thy  goods ; 
And  say  not.  They  are  sufficient  for 
me. 

2  Follow  not  thine  own  mind  and  thy 

strengtii. 
To  walk  in  the  desires  of  thy  heart ; 

3  And  say  not.  Who  shall  have  dominion 

over  me  7 


For  the  Lord  will  surely  take  venge- 
ance on  thee. 

4  Say  not,  I  sinned,  and  what  happened 
unto  me  ? 

For  the  Lord  is  longsuffering." 

5  Concerning  atonement,  be  not  with- 
out fear. 

To  add  sin  upon  sins  : 

6  And  say  not.  His  compassion  is  great ; 
He  will  be  pacified  for  the  multitude 

of  ray  sins : 
For  mercy  and  wrath  are  with  him, 
And  his  indignation  will  rest  upon 

simicrs. 

7  Make  no  tarrying  to  turn  to  the  Lord  ; 
Aud  i)ut  not  off  from  day  to  day: 
For  suddenly  shall  the  wrath  of  the 

Lord  come  forth  ; " 
And  thou  shalt  perish  in  the  time  of 
vengeance. 

8  Set  not  thine  heart  upon  unrighteous 
gains : 

For  thou  shalt  profit  nothing  in  the 
day  of  calamity. 

9  Winnow  not  with  every  wind, 
And  walk  not  in  every  path: 
Thus  doeth  the  sinner  that  hath  a 

double  tongue. 

10  Be  stedfast  in  thy  understanding ; 
And  let  thy  word  be  one. 

1 1  Be  swift  to  hear ; '" 
And  with  patience  make  thine  an- 
swer. 

12  If  thou  hast  understanding,  answer 
thy  neighbour; 

And  if  not,  let  thy  hand  be  upon  thy 
mouth. 

13  (ilory  and  dishonour  is  in  talk  : 
And  the  tongue  of  a  man  is  his  fall. 

14  lie  not  called  a  whisjierer; 
And  lie  not  in  wait  with  thy  tongue  : 
For  upon  the  thief  there  is  shame. 
And  an  evil  condemnation  upon  him 

that  hath  a  doulile  tongue. 

15  In  a  great  matter  and  in  a  small,  be 
not  ignorant; 

6  And  instead  of  a  friend  become  not 

an  enemy ; 
For  an  evil  name  shall  inherit  shame 

and  reproach : 
Even  so  shall  the  sinner  that  hath  a 

double  tongue. 

2  Exalt  not  thyself  in  the  counsel  of  thy 
soul  ; 

That  thy  soul  be  not  torn  In  pieces  as 
a  bull : 

3  Tliou  shalt  eat  up  thy  leaves,  and 
destroy  thy  fruits. 

And  leave  thyself  as  a  dry  tree. 

4  A  wicked  soul  shall  destroy  hun  that 
luitli  gotten  it. 

And  shall  make  him  "  a  laughing- 
stock to  his  enemies. 

5  "  Sweet  words  will  multiply  "  a  man's 
friends ; 

81  o 


6.  24. 

ECCLESIASTICUS. 

7.  6. 

And  a  fair-speaking  tongue  will  multi- 

25 Put  thy  shoulder  under  her,  and  bear 

ply  courtesies. 

her. 

6  Let  those  that  are  at  peace  with  thee 

And  be  not  grieved  with  her  bonds. 

be  many ; 

26  Come  unto  her  with  all  thy  soul. 

But  thy  counsellors  one  of  a  thou- 

And keep  her  ways  with  thy  whole 

sand. 

power. 

7  If  thou  wouldest  get  thee  a  friend,  get 

27  Search,  and  seek,  and  she  shall  be 

>  Or,  in 

him  '  by  proving, 

made  known  unto  thee  ; 

the  time 

And  be  not  in  haste  to  trust  him. 

And  when  thou  hast  got  hold  of  her, 

o 

8  For  there  is  a  friend  that  is  so  for  his 

let  her  not  go. 

own  occasion; 

28  For  at  the  last  thou  shalt  find  her 

And  he  will  not  continue  in  the  day  of 

rest; 

thy  affliction. 

And  *  she  shall  be  turned  for  thee  into 

*  Or,  it 

9  And  there  is  a  friend  that  turneth  to 

gladness. 

enmity ; 

29  And  her  fetters  shall  be  to  thee  for  a 

And  he  will  discover  strife   to  thy 

covering  of  strength. 

reproach. 

And  her  chains  for  a  robe  of  glory. 

10  And  there  is  a  friend  that  is  a  com- 

30 For  there  is  a  golden  ornament  upon 

panion  at  the  table ; 

her. 

And  he  will  not  continue  in  the  day 

And   her    bands   are   ^a   riband   of 

»  Num. 

of  thy  affliction. 

blue. 

XT.  38. 

11  And  in  thy  prosperity  he  will  be  as 

3 1  Thou  shalt  put  her  on  as  a  robe  of 

thyself. 

glory. 

And  will  be  bold  over  thy  servants: 

And  shalt  array  thee  with  her  as  a 

12  If  thou  shalt  be  brought  low,  he  will 

crown  of  rejoicing. 

be  against  thee. 

And  will  hide  himself  from  thy  face. 

32  My  son,  if  thou  wilt,  thou  shalt  be 

13  Sei)arate  thyself  from  thine  enemies ; 

instructed ; 

And  beware  of  thy  friends. 

And  if  thou  wilt  yield  thy  soul,  thou 

shalt  be  "  prudent. 

•  Or, 

2  Or, 

14  A  faithful  friend  is  a  strong  ~  defence ; 

33  If  thou  love  to  hear,  thou  shalt  re- 

covert 

And   he  that  hath  found    him  hath 

ceive  ; 

found  a  treasure. 

And  if  thou  incline  thine  ear,  thou 

15  There  is  nothing  that  can  be  taken  in 

shalt  be  wise. 

exchange  for  a  faithful  friend  ; 

34  Stand  thou  in  the  multitude  of  the 

3Gr. 

And  his  excellency  is  beyond  ^  price. 

elders ; 

weight. 

16  A  faithful  friend  is  a  medicine  of  life ; 

And  whoso  is  wise,  cleave  thou  unto 

And  they  that  fear  the  Lord  shall  find 

him. 

him. 

35  Be  willing  to  listen  to  every  godly  dis- 

17 He  that  feareth  the  Lord  directeth  his 

course  ; 

friendship  aright ; 

And  let  not  the  proverbs   of  under- 

For as  he  is,  so  is  his  neighbour  also. 

standing  escape  thee. 
36  If  thou  seest  a  man  of  understanding, 

18  My  son,  gather  instruction  from  thy 

get  thee  betimes  unto  him, 

youth  up: 

And  let  thy  foot  wear  out  the  steps  of 

And  even  inito  hoar  hairs  thou  shalt 

his  doors. 

find  wisdom. 

37  Let  thy  mind  dwell  upon  the  ordi- 

19 Come  unto  her  as  one  that  ploweth 

nances  of  the  Lord, 

and  soweth. 

And  meditate  continually  in  his  com- 

And wait  for  her  good  fruits ; 

mandments  : 

For  thy  toil  shall  be  little  in  the  tillage 

He  shall  establish  thine  heart. 

of  her, 

And  thy  desire  of  wisdom  shall  be 

And  thou  shalt  eat  of  her  fruits  right 

given  unto  thee. 

soon. 
20  How  exceeding  harsh  is  she  to  the 

7  Do  no  evil,  so  shall  no  evil  overtake 

unlearned ! 

thee. 

And  he  that  is  without  understanding 

2  Depart  from  wrong,  and  it  shall  turn 

will  not  abide  in  her. 

aside  from  thee. 

21  As  a  mighty  stone  of  trial  shall  she 

3  My  son,  sow  not  upon  the  furrows  of 

rest  upon  him ; 

unrighteousness, 

And  he  will  not  delay  to  cast  her  from 

And  thou  shalt  not  reap  them  seven- 

him. 

fold. 

22  For  wisdom  is  according  to  her  name ; 

and  she  is  not  manifest  unto  many. 

4  Seek  not  of  the  Lord  preeminence. 
Neither  of  the  king  the  seat  of  honour. 

23  Give   ear,  my  son,  and    accept   my 

5  Justify  not  thyself  in  the  presence  of 

judgement. 

the  Lord ; 

And  refuse  not  ray  counsel. 

And  display  not  thy  wisdom  before 

24  And  bring  thy  feet  into  her  fetters, 

the  king. 

And  thy  neck  into  her  chain. 

6  Seek  not  to  be  a  judge, 

82 


7.  25. 

ECCLESIASTICUS. 

8.  8. 

Lest  thou  lie  not  able  to  take  away 

And  give  her  to  a  man  of  understand- 

iniqiiitit'.s; 

ing. 

Lest  haply  thou  fear  the  person  of  a 

mighty  man, 

'2()  Hast  thou  a  wife  after  thy   mind? 

And  lay  a  stumblingblock  in  the  way 

cast  her  not  out : 

of  thy  uprightness. 

'•  I?ut  trust  not  thyself  to  one  that  is 
"hateful. 

»  Many 
authori- 
ties omit 

7  Sin  not  against  the  multitude  of  the 

27(iive  glory  to  thy    father  with  thy 

this  line. 

city, 

whole  heart ; 

«Or, 

And  oast   not  thyself   down    in   the 

And  forget  not  the  pangs  of  thy  mo- 

htttcd 

crowd. 

ther. 

8  Bind  not  up  sin  twice  ; 

28  Kemember  that  of  them  thou  wast 

For  in  one  sin  thou  shalt  not  be  un- 

born : 

punished. 

And  what  wilt  thou  recompense  them 

9  Say  not,  He  will  look  upon  the  nuilti- 

for  the  things  that  they  have  done 

tude  of  my  gifts, 

for  thee  ? 

And  when  I  offer  to  the  Most  High 

>0r, 
them 

God,  he  will  accei)t  '  it. 

29  Fear  the  Lord  with  all  thy  soul ; 

10  Be  not  fainthearted  in  thy  prayer; 

And  reverence  his  priests. 

And  neglect  not  to  give  alms. 

30  With  all  thy  strength  love  him  that 
made  thee ; 

11  Laugh  not  a  man  to  scorn  when  he  is 

And  forsake  not  his  ministers. 

in  the  hitterness  of  his  soul ; 

3 1  Fear  the  Lord,  and  glorify  the  priest ; 

For  there  is  one  who  huinbleth  and 

And  give  him  his  portion,  even  as  it 

exalteth. 

is  commanded  thee ; 

'Gt. 
Plow 
not. 

12  =  Devise  not  a  lie  against  thy  brother ; 

The  firstfruits,  and  the  trespass  offer- 

Neither do  the  like  to  a  friend. 

ing,  and  the  gift  of  the  shoulders. 

13  Love  not  to  make  any  manner  of  lie; 

And  the   sacrilk-e   of    sanctification. 

For  the   custom  thereof    is  not  for 

and  the  firstfruits  of  holy  things. 

good. 

14  Prate  not  in  the  multitude  of  elders; 

32  Also  to  the  poor  man  stretch  out  thy 

And  repeat  not    thy  words  in    thy 

hand, 

prayer. 

That  thy  blessing  may  be  iierfected. 
33  \  gift  hath  grace  in  the  sight  of  every 

15  Hate  not  laborious  work ; 

man  living; 

Neither  husbandry,  which  the  Most 

And  for  a  dead  m;ui  keep  not  back 

»Gr. 

High  hath  '  ortlaiued. 

grace. 

created. 

16  Number  not  thyself  among  the  multi- 

34 Be  not  wanting  to  them  that  weep ; 

tude  of  sinners : 

And  mourn  with  them  that  mourn. 

Kemember  that  wrath  will  not  tarry. 

35  Be  not  slow  to  visit  a  sick  man ; 

17  Humble  thy  soul  greatly; 

For  by  such  things  thou  shalt  gain 

For  the  i)unishiii(Mit  of  the  ungodly 

love. 

man  is  fire  and  the  worm. 

30  In  all   thy  'matters  remember  thy 

'Or. 

last  end. 

wordi 

IS  Change  not  a  friend  for  a  thing  indif- 

And thou  shalt  never  do  amiss. 

ferent  ; 

Neither  a  true  brother  for  the  gold  of 

8  Contend  not  with  a  mighty  man. 

Ophir. 

Lest  haply  thou  fall  into  his  hands. 

19  Forgo  not  a  wise  and  good  wife ; 

2  Strive  not  with  a  rich  man,  lest  haply 

For  iier  grace  is  above  gold. 

he  overweigh  thee : 

20  Entreat  not  evil  a  servant  that  work- 

For  gold  hath  destroyed  many, 

eth  truly. 

And  turned  aside  the  hearts  of  kings. 

«  Or,  soul 

Nor  a  hireling  that  gi  veth  thee  his  *  life. 

3  Contend  not  with  a  man  that  is  full  of 

21  Let  thy  soul  love  a  wise  servant; 

tongue. 

Defraud  him  not  of  liberty. 

And  heap  not  wood  upon  his  fire. 

22  Hast  thou  cattle  ?    have  an  eye  to 

4  Jest  not  with  a  rude  man. 

them ; 

Lest  thine  ancestors  be  dishonoured. 

And  if  they  are  profitable  to  thee,  let 

5  Keproach  not  a  man  when  he  turneth 

them  stay  by  thee. 

from  sin: 

23  Hast  thou  children  ?  correct  them, 

Remember  that  we  are  all  worthy  of 

Aud  bow  down  their  neck  from  their 

punishment. 

youth. 

6  Dishonour  not  a  man  in  his  old  age; 

24  Hast  thou  daughters?   give  heed  to 

For  some  of  us  also  are  waxing  old. 

their  body, 

7  Kejiiice  not  over  one  that  is  dead  : 

And  make  not  thy  face  cheerful  to- 

Kemember that  we  die  all. 

ward  ihem. 

25  Give  thy  daughter  in  marriage,  and 

8  Neglect  not  the  discourse  of  the  wise. 

thou  shalt    have    accomplished    a 

And  be  conversant  with  their  pro- 

great matter : 

verbs  ; 

9.  7. 

ECCLESIASTICUS. 

10.  3. 

For  of  them  thou  shalt  learn  instruc- 

8 Turn  away  thine  eye  from  a  comely 

tion, 

woman. 

And  how  to  minister  to  great  men. 

And  gaze  not  on  another's  beauty : 

9  Miss  not  the  discourse  of  the  aged ; 

By  the  beauty  of  a  woman  many  have 

For   they  also  learned  of  their   fa- 

been led  astray; 

thers  : 

And  herewith  love  is  kindled  as  a  fire. 

Because  from  them  thou  shalt  learn 

9  Sit  not  at  all  with  a  woman  that  hath 

understanding, 

a  husband ; ^ 

3  A  line 

And  to  give  answer  in  time  of  need. 

And  revel  not  with  her  at  the  wine ; 

of  this 

Lest  haply  thy  soul  turn  aside  unto 

is  here 

10  Kindle  not  the  coals  of  a  sinner. 

her. 

omitted 

1  Gr.fire 

Lest  thou  be  burned  with  the  » flame 

And  with  thy  spirit  thou  slide  into 

by  the 
best  au- 

of his 
jlame. 

of  his  fire. 
11  Bise  not  up  from  the  presence  of  an 

destruction. 

thorities. 

insolent  man. 

10  Forsake  not  an  old  friend ; 

Lest  he  lie  in  wait  as  an  ambush  for 

For  the  new  is  not  comparable  to  him : 

thy  mouth. 

As  new  wine,  so  is  a  new  friend ; 

12  Lend  not  to  a  man  that  is  mightier 

If  it  become  old,  thou  shalt  drink  it 

than  tliyself ; 

with  gladness. 

And  if  thou  lend,  be  as  one  that  hath 

lost. 

1 1  Envy  not  the  glory  of  a  sinner ; 

13  Be  not  surety  above  thy  power : 

For  thou  knowest  not  what  shall  be 

And  if  thou  be  surety,  talce  thought  as 

his  overthrow. 

one  that  will  have  to  pay. 

12  Delight  not  in   the  delights  of  the 
ungodly : 

14  Go  not  to  law  with  a  judge ; 

Remember  they  shall  not  go  unpun- 

For according  to  his  honour  will  they 

ished  unto  ■*  the  grave. 

*Gr. 

give  judgement  for  him. 

Hades. 

15  Go  not  in  the  way  with  a  rash  man. 

13  Keep  thee  far  from  the  man  that  bath 

Lest  he  be  aggrieved  with  thee ; 

°  power  to  kill, 

»  Or,  au- 

For he  will  do  according  to  his  own 

And  thou  shalt  have  no  suspicion  of 

thority 

will. 

the  fear  of  death : 

And  thou  shalt  perish  with  his  folly. 

And  if  thou  come  unto  him,  commit  no 

16  Fight  not  with  a  wrathful  man, 

fault, 

And  travel  not  with  him  through  the 

Lest  he  take  away  thy  life : 

desert: 

Know  surely  that  thou  goest  about  in 

For  blood  is  as  nothing  in  his  sight ; 

the  midst  of  snares, 

And  where  there  is  no  help,  he  will 

And  walkest  upon  the  battlements  of 

overthrow  thee. 

a  city. 

17  Take  not  counsel  with  a  fool ; 

For  he  will  not  be  able  to  conceal  the 

14  As  well  as  thou  canst,  guess  at  thy 

matter. 

neighbours ; 

18  Do  no  secret  thing  before  a  stranger ; 

And  take  counsel  with  the  wise. 

»  Or,  it 

For  thou  knowest  not  what  ^  he  will 

15  Let   thy  converse   be  with   men  of 

bring  forth. 

understanding ; 

19  Open  not  thine  heart  to  every  man  ; 

And  let  all  thy  discourse  be  in  the  law 

And  let  him  not  return  thee  a  favour. 

of  the  Most  High. 
16  Let  just  men  be  the  companions  of  thy 

9  Be  not  jealous  over  the  wife  of  thy 

board ; 

bosom. 

And  let  thy  glorying  be  in  the  fear  of 

And    teach  her  not  an    evil  lesson 

the  Lord. 

against  thyself. 

2  Give  not  thy  soul  unto  a  woman. 

1 7  For  the  hand  of  the  artificers  a  work 

That  she  should  set  her  foot  upon  thy 

shall  be  commended : 

strength. 

And  he  that  ruleth  the  people  shall  be 

3  Go  not  to  meet  a  woman  thatplayeth 

counted  wise  for  his  speech. 

the  harlot. 

1 8  A  man  full  of  tongue  is  dangerous  in 

Lest  haply  thou  fall  into  her  snares. 

his  city ; 

4  Use  not  the  company  of  a  woman  that 

And  he  that  is  headlong  in  his  speech 

is  a  singer. 

shall  be  hated. 

Lest  haply  thou  be  caught  by  her 

attempts. 

10  A  wise  judge  will  instruct  his  people ; 

5  Gaze  not  on  a  maid,  lest  haply  thou 

And  the  government  of  a  man  of  un- 

be trapped  in  her  penalties. 

derstanding  shall  be  well  ordered. 

6  Give  not  thy  soul  unto  harlots, 

2  As  is  the  judge  of  his  people,  so  are 

That  thou  lose  not  thine  inheritance. 

his  ministers ; 

7  Look  not  round   about  thee  in  the 

And  as  is  the  ruler  of  the  city,  such 

streets  of  the  city, 

are  all  they  that  dwell  therein. 

Neither  wander  thou  in  the  solitary 

3  An  uninstructed  king  will  destroy  his 

places  thereof. 

people ; 

84 


10.    19. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


11.  6. 


And  a  city  will  be  estaMlshed  throiiKh 

20  In  the  midst  of  brethren  he  that  rul- 

tlie   understiuiiliiij;   of    the    power- 

eth them  hath  honour; 

ful. 

And  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  they  that 

4  Iiitlu'  hand  of  the  Lord  is  the  author- 

fear liim.* 

«  Verae 

ity  of  the  earth  ; 

22  Tlie  rich  man,  and  the  honourable, 

■2\  l« 
(iinitti'd 

And  ill  due  time  he  will  raise  up  over 

and  the  poor. 

bv  the 

it  one  that  is  profitable. 

Their  glorying  is  the  fear  of  the  Lord.' 

ht-Kt  iiii- 

5  In  the  hand  of  the  Lor<i  is  the  pro- 

23 It  is  not  right  to  dishonour  a  poor 

sperity  of  a  man ; 

man  tliat  hath  uiuleistanding  ; 

And  upon  the  [u-rson  of  tlu;  scribe 

And  it  is  not  tittiiig  to  glorify  a  man 

shall  he  lay  his  honour. 

that  is  a  sinner. 
21  The  great  man,  and  the  ju(Ig(>,  and  the 

6  Be  not  wroth  with  thy  neighbour  for 

miglity  man,  shall  be  glorified; 

every  wrony;,- 

And  tliere  is  not  one  of  tliem  greater 

And  do  nothing  by  works  of  violence. 

than  he  that  feareth  the  Lord. 

7  Pride  is  hateful  before  the  Lord  and 

25  Free  men  shall  minister  unto  a  wise 

lirfim'  men  ; 

servant; 

Ami  in  the  judgement  of  both  will 

And  a  man  that  hath  knowledge  will 

unrighteousness  err. 

not  murmur  thereat. 

8  Sovereignty  is  transferred  from  nation 

to  nation. 

26  Be  not  over  wise  in  doing  thy  work  ; 

Because  of  iniquities,  and  deeds  of 

And  glorify  not  thyself  in  the  time  of 

violence,  and  greed  of  money. 

thy  distress. 

lie 

9  '  Why  is  earth  and  ashes  i)rou(l'.'* 

27  =  Better    is    he    that  labouretb,  and 

«The 

here 

Heeaiise  in  liis  life  Jie  hath  cast  away 

abouudeth  in  all  things, 

Greek 
text  of 

ain. 

his  bowels. 

Than  he  that  glorilleth  himself,  and 

this 

vo 

10  It  is  a  long  disease ;  the  physician 

lacketh  bread. 

verse 

BOf 

mocketh : 

28  jNIy  son.  glorify  thy  soul  in  meekness, 

certaii: 

e 

And  he  is  a  king  to-day,  and  to-mor- 

And give  it  honour  according  to  the 

lere 

row  he  shall  die. 

worthiness  tliereof. 

ted 
he 

1 1  For  when  a  man  is  dead. 

20  Who  will   justify  him  that   sinneth 

«u- 

He  shall  inherit  creeping  things,  and 

against  his  own  soul? 

ities. 

beasts,  and  worms. 

And  who  will  glorify  him  that  dis- 

12  It  is  the  beginning  of  pride  when  a 

honoureth  his  own  life  ? 

man  departeth  from  the  Lord ; 

And  his  heart  is  departed  from  him 

30  A  poor  man  is  glorified  for  his  know- 

that made  him. 

ledge  ; 

13  For  the  beginning  of  pride  is  siu; 

And  a  rich  man  is  glorified  for  his 

And  he  tliat  keepeth  it  will  pour  forth 

riches. 

abomination. 

31  But  he  that  is  glorified  in  poverty, 

For  this  cause  the  Lord  brought  upon 

how  much  more  in  riches  ? 

them  strange  calamities, 

And  he  that  is  inglorious  in  riches. 

And  overthrew  them  utterly. 

how  much  more  In  poverty  ? 

14  The  Lord  east  down  the  thrones  of 

rulers. 

11  The  wisdom  of  the  lowly  shall  lift  up 

And  set  the  meek  in  their  stead. 

his  head. 

15  The  Lord  plucked  up  the  roots  of 

And  make  him  to  sit  in  the  midst  of 

nations. 

great  men. 

And  planted  the  lowly  In  their  stead. 

1()  The    Lord   overthrew  the   lands   of 

2  Commend  not  a  man  for  his  beauty ; 

nations. 

And  ablior  not  a  man  for  his  outward 

And  destroyed  them  unto  the  founda- 

appearance. 

tions  of  the  earth. 

3  Tlie  t)ee  is  little  among  such  as  tly  ; 

17  He  took  some  of  them  away,  and  de- 

And her  fruit  is  the  chief  of  sweet- 

stroyed thera, 

meats. 

And  made  their  memorial  to  cease 

4  Glory  not  in  the  putting  on  of  rai- 

from the  earth. 

ment. 

18  Pride  hath  not  been  created  for  men. 

And  exalt  not  thyself  in  the  day  of 

Nor  wrathful  anger  for  the  offspring 

honour; 

of  women. 

For  the  works  of  the  Lord  are  won- 
derful. 
And  his  works  are  hidden  among  men. 

he 

19'  What  manner  of  seed  hath  honour? 

5. 

the  seed  of  man. 

5  Many  "  kings  have  sat  down  upon  the 

«0r. 

Hy 

What  manner  of  seed  hath  honour  ? 

ground ; 

tyranU 

er. 

they  that  fear  the  Lord. 

And  one  that  was  never  thought  of 

ren- 

ng 

e- 

What  manner  of  seed  hath  no  hon- 

hath worn  a  diadem. 

our  ?  the  seed  of  man. 

0  Many  mighty  men  have  been  greatly 

1 

What  iiiaiiner  of  seed  hath  no  hon- 

disgraced; 

labla 

our?  they  that  transgress  the  com- 

And men  of  renown  h;ive  been  de- 

mandments. 

livered  into  other  men's  hands. 

11.  24 

ECCLESIASTICUS. 

12.  7. 

25  In  the  day  of  good  things  there  is  a 

7  Blame  not  before  thou  hast  exam- 

forgetfulness  of  evil  things ; 

ined  : 

And  in  the  day  of  evil  things  a  man 

Understand  first,  and  then  rebuke. 

will  not  remember  things  that  are 

8  Answer  not  before  thou  hast  heard ; 

good. 

And  interrupt  not    in  the  midst  of 

26  For  it  is  an  easy  thing  in  the  sight  of 

speech. 

the  Lord 

9  Strive  not  in  a  matter  that  coneerneth 

To  reward  a  man  in  the  day  of  death 

thee  not ; 

according  to  his  ways. 

And  where  sinners  judge,  sit  not  tliou 

27  The  affliction  of  an  hour  causeth  for- 

with  them. 

getfulness  of  delight; 
And  in  the  last  end  of  a  man  is  the 

10  My  son,  be  not  busy  about  many  mat- 

revelation of  his  deeds. 

ters: 

28  Call  no  man  lilessed  before  his  death; 

For  if  thou  meddle  much,  thou  shalt 

And  a  man  shall   be  known    in  his 

not  be  impunished ; 

children. 

And  if  thou  pursue,  thou  shalt  not 

overtake ; 

29  Bring    not    every    man    into    thine 

And  thou  shalt  not  escape  by  fleeing. 

house ; 

11  There  is  one  that  toileth,  and  labour- 

For  many  are  the  plots  of  the  deceit- 

etli, and  maketh  haste, 

ful  man. 

And  is  so  much  the  more  behind. 

30  As  a  decoy  partridge  in  a  cage,  so  is 

12  There  is  one  that  is  sluggish,  and 

the  heart  of  a  proud  man ; 

hath  need  of  help, 

And  as  one  that  is  a  spy,  he  looketh 

Lacking  in  strength,  and  that  abound- 

upon  thy  falling. 

etli  in  poverty ; 

31Forhelieth  in  wait  to  turn  things 

And  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  looked  upon 

that  are  good  into  evil ; 

him  for  good, 

And  in  things  that  are  praiseworthy 

And  he  set  him  up  from  his  low  es- 

he will  lay  blame. 

tate. 

32  From  a  spark  of  fire  a  heap  of  many 

13  And  lifted  up  his  head ; 

coals  is  kindled ; 

And  many  marvelled  at  him. 

And  a  sinful  man  lieth  in  wait  for 
blood. 

14  Good  things  and  evil,  life  and  death, 

33  Take  heed  of  an  evil-doer,  for  he 

Poverty  and    riches,  are    from    tlie 

contriveth  wicked  things ; 

1  Verses 

Lord.i 

Lest  haply  he  bring  upon  thee  blame 

15  and 
J6are 
omitted 

17  The  gift  of  the  Lord  remaineth  with 

for  ever. 

the  godly. 

34  Eeceive  a  stranger  into  thine  house, 

by  the 

And  his  good  pleasure  shall  prosper 

and    he  will    distract    thee    with 

best  au- 
thorities. 

for  ever. 

brawls. 

18  There  is  that  waxeth    rich    by  his 

And  estrange  thee  from  thine  own. 

wariness  and  pinching. 

And  this  is  the  portion  of  his  reward: 

12  If  thou  do  good,  know  to  whom  thou 

19  When  he  saith,  I  have  found  rest, 

doest  it; 

And  now  will  I  eat  of  my  goods ; 

And    thy    good    deeds    shall    have 

Yet  he  knoweth  not  what  time  shall 

thanks. 

pass, 

2  Do  good  to  a  godly  man,  aiid  thou 

And  he  shall  leave  them  to  others,  and 

Shalt  find  a  recompense  ; 

die. 

And  if  not  from  him,  yet  from  the 

20  Be  stedfast  in  thy  covenant,  and  be 

Most  High. 

conversant  therein. 

3  There  shall  no   good  come  to  him 

And  wax  old  in  thy  work. 

that  continueth  to  do  evil, 
Nor  to  him  that  giveth  no  alms. 

21  Marvel  not  at  the  works  of  a  sinner ; 

4  Give  to  the  godly  man, 

But  trust  the  Lord,  and  abide  in  thy 

And  help  not  the  siinier. 

laboiu": 

5  Do  good  to  one  that  is  lowly, 

For  it  is  an  easy  thing  in  the  sight  of 

And  give  not  to  an  ungodly  man : 

the  Lord  swiftly  on  the  sudden  to 

Keep  back  his  bread,  and  give  it  not 

make  a  poor  man  rich. 

to  him, 

22  The  blessing  of  the  Lord   is  in  the 

Lest  he  overmaster  thee  thereby: 

reward  of  the  godly ; 

For  thou  shalt  receive  twice  as  much 

And  in  an  hour  that  cometh  swiftly 

evil 

he  maketh  his    blessing   to  flour- 

For all  the  good  thou  shalt  have  done 

ish. 

unto  him. 

2  The 
remain- 

23 Say  not.  What  use  is  there  of  me  ? 

6  For  the  Most  High  also  hateth  sin- 

And what  from  henceforth  shall  my 

ners. 

der  of 

this 
verse  is 

good  things  be  ? 

And  will  repay  vengeance  unto  the 

24  Say  not,  I  have  sufficient. 

ungodly.  - 

omitted 

And  from  henceforth  what  harm  shall 

7  Give  to  the  good  man. 

bv  the 
host  au- 

happen unto  me  ? 

And  help  not  the  sinner. 

thorities 

13.  3. 

ECCLESIASTICUS.                                    13.  21. 

4  If  thou  be  profitable,  he  will  make 

•  Or, 

8  A  man's  friend  will  not  be  '  fully  tried 

mercluuulise  of  thee ; 

in  prosperity ; 

And  if  thou  be  in  want,  he  will  for- 

And his  eueiny  will  not  be  hidden  in 

sake  tliee. 

adversity. 

5  If  thou  have  substance,  he  will  live 

9  In  a  man's  prosperity  his  enemies  are 

with  thee ; 

grieved ; 

And  he  will  make  thee  bare,  and  will 

And  in  his  adversity  even  his  friend 

not  be  sorry. 

will  be  sep:irated//vjw  him. 

(j  Hatli  he  had  need  of  thee  ?  then  he 

10  Never  trust  thine  enemy: 

will  deceive  thee, 

For  like  as  the  brass  rusteth,  so  is  his 

And  smile  upon  thee,  and  give  thee 

wickedness. 

liope  : 

11  Though   he  lunnble  himself,  and  go 

He   will   speak    thee   fair,  and   say. 

crouching, 

Wliat  needest  thou  ? 

Yet  take  good  heed,  and  beware  of 

7  Ami  he  will  shame  thee  by  his  meats. 

him, 

Until  he  have  made  thee  bare  twice 

And  tliou  shalt  be  unto  him  as  one 

or  thrice. 

that  hath  wiped  a  mirror. 

And  at  the  last  he  will  laugh  thee  to 

»  Or,  it 

And  tliou  slialt  know  that  -  he  hath 

scorn : 

luttfi  not 

not  utterly  rusted  it. 

Afterward  will  he  see  thee,  and  will 

rusted 

12  Set  him  not  by  thee, 

forsake  thee. 

him 

Lest  he  overthrow  thee  and  stand  in 

And  shake  his  head  at  thee. 

thy  place ; 

8  Beware  that  thou  be  not  deceived. 

Let  him  not  sit  on  thy  right  hand, 

and  brought  low  in  thy  mirth. 

Lest  he  seek  to  take  thy  seat. 

9  If  a  mighty  man  invite  thee,  be  re- 

And at  the  last  thou  acknowledge  my 

tiring, 

words. 

And  so  much  the  more  will  he  invite 

And  be  pricked  with  my  sayings. 

thee. 

13  Who  will  pity  a  charmer  that  is  bitten 

10  Press   not  upon  him,  lest   thou  be 

with  a  serpent, 

thrust  back ; 

Or  any  that  come  nigh  wild  beasts  ? 

And  stand  not  far  ofl",  lest  tliou  be 

14  Kven  so  who  will  pity  him  that  goeth 

forgotten. 

to  a  sinner, 

11  Alleet  not  to  speak  with  him  as  an 

And  is  mingled  with  him  in  his  sins  ? 

equal, 

15  For  a  while  he  will  abide  with  thee. 

And  believe  not  his  many  words  : 

And  if  thou  give  way,  he  will  not  hold 

For  with  nnich  talk  will  he  try  thee. 

out. 

And  in  a  smiling  manner  will  search 

16  And  the  enemy  will  speak  sweetly 

thee  out. 

with  his  lips, 

12  He  that  keepeth  not  to  himself  words 

And  in  his  heart  take  counsel  how  to 

sjioken  is  unmerciful; 

overthrow  thee  into  a  pit : 

And  he  will  not  spare  to  hurt  and  to 

The  enemy  will  weep  with  his  eyes, 

bind. 

And  if  he  find  opportunity,  he  will 

13  Keep  them  to  thyself,  and  take  ear- 

not be  satiated  with  blood. 

nest  heed. 

17  If  adversity  meet  thee,  thou  shalt  find 

For   thou   walkest  ^in   peril   of   thy 

3Gr. 

him  there  before  tliee ; 

falling.* 

along 
with. 
*  The 

And  as  though  he  would  help  thee. 

he  will  trip  up  thy  heel. 

15  Every  living  creature  loveth  his  like. 

remain- 

18 He  will  shake  his  head,  and  clap  his 

And  every  man  loveth  his  neighbour. 

der  of 
verse  13, 
and 

hands. 

16  All  flesh  consorteth  according  to  kind, 

And  whisper  much,  and  change  his 

And  a  man  will  cleave  to  his  like. 

verse  M, 

countenance. 

17  What  fellowship  shall  the  wolf  have 

are 
omitted 

with  the  lamb? 

by  the 

13  He  that  toucheth  pitch  shall  be  de- 

So is  the  sinner  unto  the  godly. 

best  au- 
thorities 

filed  ; 

18  What   peace   is  there   between   the 

And  he  that  hath  fellowship  with  a 

hyena  and  the  dog? 

proud  man  shall  become  like  unto 

And  what  peace   between  the  rich 

him. 

man  and  the  poor? 

2  Take   not   up  a   burden  above   thy 

19  Wild  asses  are  the  prey  of  lions  in 

strength  ; 

the  wilderness ; 

And  have  no  fellowship  with  one  that 

So  poor  men  are  pasture  for  the  rich. 

is  mightier  and  richer  than  thyself. 

20  Lowliness   is   an   abomination    to   a 

What  fellowship   shall   the  earthen 

proud  man ; 

pot  have  with  the  kettle? 

So  a  poor  man  is  an  abomination  to 

This  shall  smite,  and  that  shall  be 

the  rich. 

dashed  in  jiieces. 

3  The  rich  man  doeth  a  wrong,  and  he 

21  A  rich  man  when  he  is  shaken  is  held 

threateneth  withal : 

up  of  his  friends ; 

The  poor  is  wronged,  and  he  shall  in- 

But  one  of  low  degree  being  down  is 

treat  withal. 

thrust  away  also  by  his  friends. 

8T 


14  12 

ECCLESIASTICUS. 

15.  5. 

22  When  a  rich  man  is  fallen,  there  are 

13  Do  well  unto  thy  friend  before  thou 

many  helpers ; 

die; 

»Or, 

He  speaketli '  things  not  to  be  spoken, 

And  according  to  thy  ability  stretch 

secrets, 
and 

and  men  justify  him : 

out  tliy  hand  and  give  to  him. 

A  man  of  low  degree  falleth.and  men 

14  Defraud  not  thyself  of  a  good  day ; 

rebuke  him  withal ; 

And  let  not  the  portion  of  a  good 

He  uttereth  wisdom,  and  no  place  is 

desire  pass  thee  by. 

allowed  him. 

15  Shalt  thou  not  leave  thy  labours  unto 

23  A  rich  man  speaketh,  and  all  keep 

another  ? 

silence ; 

And  thy  toils  to  be  divided  by  lot? 

And  wliat  he  saith  they  extol  to  the 

16  Give,  and  take,  and  beguile  thy  soul; 

clouds : 

For  there  is  no  seeking  of  luxury  in 

A  poor  man  speaketh,  and  they  say, 

'  the  grave. 

Who  is  this? 

17  All  flesh  waxeth  old  as  a  garment; 

And  if  he  stumble,  they  will  help  to 

For  the  covenant  from  the  beginning 

overthrow  him. 

is.  Thou  Shalt  die  the  death. 
18  As  of  the  leaves  flourishing  on  a  thick 

24  Eiches  are  good  that  have  no  sin ; 

tree. 

And  poverty  is  evil  in  the  mouth  of 

Some  it  sheddeth,  and  some  it  maketh 

the  ungodly. 

to  grow ; 

25  The  heart  of  a  man  changeth  his 

So  also  of  the  generations  of  flesh  and 

countenance, 

blood, 

2  The 

Whether  it  be  for  good  or  for  evil.^ 

One  Cometh  to  an  end,  and  another  is 

remain- 

26  A  cheerful  countenance  is  a  token  of 

born. 

thYs° 

a  heart  that  is  in  prosperity  ; 

19  Every  work  rottetli  and  falleth  away. 

verse  is 
omitted 

And  the  finding  out  of  parables  is  a 

And  the  worker  thereof  shall  depart 

by  the 

weariness  of  thinking. 

with  it. 

best  au- 

14 Blessed  is  the  man  that  hath  not 

thorities. 

slipped  with  his  mouth. 

20  Blessed  is  the  man  that  shall* medi- 

* Mosl 

And  is  not  pricked  with  sorrow  for 

tate  in  wisdom. 

authori 
ties  read 

sins. 

And  that  shall  discourse  by  his  under- 

come to 

2  Blessed  is  he  whose  soul  doth  not 

standing. 

an  end. 

condemn  him. 

21  He  that  considereth  her  ways  in  his 

And  who  is  not  fallen  from  his  hope. 

heart 
Shall   also  have  knowledge  in   her 

3  Kiches  are  not  comely  for  a  niggard ; 

secrets. 

And  what  should  an  envious  man  do 

22  Go  forth  after  her  as  one  that  track- 

with  money? 

eth. 

4  He  thatgathereth  by  taking  from  his 

And  lie  in  wait  in  her  ways. 

own  soul  gathereth  for  others ; 

23  He  that  prieth  in  at  her  windows 

And  others  shall  revel  in  his  goods. 

Shall  also  hearken  at  her  doors. 

5  He  that  is  evil  to  himself,  to  whom 

24  He  tliat  lodgeth  close  to  her  house 

will  he  be  good  ? 

Shall  also  fasten  a  nail  in  her  walls. 

And  he  shall  not  rejoice  in  his  posses- 

25 He  shall  pitch  his  tent  nigh  at  hand  to 

sions. 

her. 

6  There  is  none  more  evil  than  he  that 

And  shall  lodge  in  a  lodging  where 

envieth  himself ; 

good  things  are. 

And   this    is    a  recompense    of   his 

26  He  shall  set  his  children  under  her 

wickedness. 

shelter. 

7  Even  if  he  doeth  good,  he  doeth  it  in 

And  shall  rest  under  her  branches. 

forgetfulness ; 

27  By  her  he  shall  be  covered  from  heat, 

And  at  the  last  he  sheweth  foi'th  his 

And  sliall  lodge  in  her  glory. 

wickedness. 

15  He  that  feareth  the  Lord  will  do  this ; 

8  Evil  is  he  that  envieth  with  his  eye, 

And  he  that  hath  possession  of  the 

Turning  away  the  face,  and  despising 

law  shall  obtain  her. 

the  souls  of  men. 

2  And  as  a  mother  shall  she  meet  him, 

9  A  covetous  man's  eye  is  not  satisfied 

And  receive  him  as  a  wife  married  in 

with  Ills  portion ; 

her  virginity. 

And  wicked  injustice  drieth  up  his 

3  With  bread  of  understanding  shall 

soul. 

she  feed  him. 

10  An  evil  eye  is  grudging  of  bread, 

And  give  him  water  of  wisdom  to 

And  he  is  miserly  at  his  table. 

drink. 
4  He  shall  be  stayed  upon  her,  and  shall 

11  My  son,  according  as  thou  hast,  do 

not  be  moved ; 

well  unto  thyself, 

And  shall  rely  upon  her,  and  shall  not 

And  bi-ing  offerings  unto  the  Lord 

be  confounded. 

worthily. 

5  And  she  shall  exalt  him  above  his 

12  Kemember  that  death  will  not  tarry. 

neighbours ; 

»Gr. 

Hades. 

And  that  the  covenant  of  =  the  grave 

And  in  the  midst  of  the  congregation 

is  not  shewed  unto  thee. 

shall  she  open  his  mouth. 

88 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


16.  24. 


6  He  shall  inherit  joy,  and  a  crown  of 

gladni'ss, 
And  an  everlasting  name. 

7  Foolish  men  sliall  not  obtain  her; 
And  sinners  shall  not  see  her. 

8  She  is  far  from  pride ; 

And  liars  shall  not  remember  her. 

9  Praise  is  not  comely  in  the  mouth  of 

a  sinner ; 
For  it  was  not  sent  him  from  the 
Lord. 

10  For  praise  shall  be  spoken  in  wis- 

dom; 
And  the  Lord  will  prosper  it. 

11  Say  not  thon,  It  is  through  the  Lord 

that  I  fell  away ; 
For  thou  Shalt  not  do  the  things  that 
he  hateth. 

12  Say  not  thou,  It  is  he  that  caused  me 

to  err ; 
For  he  hath  no  need  of  a  sinful  man. 
1.3  The  Ivord  hateth  every  al)omination; 
And  they  that  fear  him  love  it  not. 

14  He  himself  made  man  from  the  begin- 

ning, 
And  left  him  in  the  hand  of  his  own 
counsel. 

15  If  thou  wilt,  thou  shalt  keep  the  com- 

mandments ; 
And  to  perform  faithfulness  is  of  thine 
own  good  pleasure. 

16  He  hath  set  fire  and  water  before 

thee : 
Thou  shalt  stretch  forth   thy  hand 
unto  whichsoever  thon  wilt. 

17  Before  man  is  life  and  death; 

And  whichsoever  lie  liketh,  it  shall 
be  given  him. 

18  For  great  is  the  wisdom  of  the  Lord: 
He  is  mighty  in  power,  and  beholdeth 

all  things; 

19  And  his  eyes  are  upon  them  that  fear 

him ; 
And  he  will  take  knowledge  of  every 
work  of  man. 

20  He  hath  not  commanded  any  man  to 

be  ungodly ; 
And  he  hath  not  given  any  man  li- 
cence to  sin. 

16  Desire  not  a  multitude  of  unprofita- 
ble children. 
Neither  delight  in  ungodly  sons. 

2  If  they  nuiltiply,  delight  not  in  them, 
Except  the  fear  of  the  Lord  be  with 

them. 

3  Trust  not  thou  in  their  life. 
Neither  rely  on  their  condition  : 
For  one  is  better  than  a  thousand ; 
And  to  die  childless  than  to   have 

ungodly  children. 

4  For  from  one  that  hath  understanding 

shall  a  city  be  peopled; 
But  a  race  of  wicked  men  shall  be 
made  desolate. 

5  Many  such  things  have  I  seen  with 

mine  eyes ; 
And  mine  ear  hath  heard  mightier 
things  than  these. 


6  In  the  congregation  of  sinners  shall 

a  tire  be  kindled ; 
And  in  a  disobedient  nation  wrath  is 
kindled. 

7  He  was  not  pacified  toward  the  giants 

of  old  time. 
Who  revolted  in  their  strength. 

8  He  spared  not  those  with  whom  Lot 

sojourned, 
Whom  he  abhorred  for  their  pride. 

9  He  pitied  not  the  people  of  perdition. 
Who  were  taken  away  in  their  sins. 

10  And  in  like  miinu(!r  the  six  hundred 

thousand  footmen, 
Who  were  gathered  together  in  the 
hardness  of  their  hearts. 

11  Even  if  there  be  one  stift'uecked  per- 

son. 

It  is  marvel  if  he  shall  be  unpun- 
ished : 

For  mercy  and  wrath  are  with  him ; 

He  is  mighty  to  forgive,  and  he  pour- 
eth  out  wrath. 

12  As  his  mercy  is  great,  so  is  his  cor- 

rection also: 
He  judgeth  a  man  according  to  his 
works. 

13  The  sinner  shall  not  escape  with  his 

plunder; 
And  the  patience  of  the  godly  shall 
not  be  frustrate. 

14  He  will  make  room  for  every  work  of 

mercy ; 
Each  man  shall  find  according  to  his 
works.^ 

17  Say  not  thou,  I  shall  be  hidden  from 

the  Lord ; 
And  who  shall  remember  me  from  on 

high  ? 
I  shall  not  be  known  among  so  many 

people; 
For  what  is  my  soul  in  a  boundless 

creation? 

18  Behold,  the  heaven,  and  the  heaven 

of  heavens, 
The  deep,  and  the  earth,  shall   be 
moved  when  he  shall  visit. 

19  The  mountains  and  the  foundations 

of  the  earth  together 
Are  shaken  with  trembling,  when  he 
looketh  upon  them. 

20  And  no  heart  shall  think  upon  these 

things : 
And  who  shall  conceive  his  ways  7 

21  And  there  is  a  tempest  which  no  man 

shall  see; 
Yea,  the  more  part  of  his  works  are 
=  hid. 

22  Who  shall  declare  the  works  of  his 

righteousness? 
Or  who  shall  endure  them? 
For  his  covenant  is  afar  off.' 

23  He  that  is  wanting  in  *  understanding 

thinketh  upon  these  things ; 
And  an  unwise  and  erring  man  think- 
eth follies. 

24  My  son,  hearken  unto  me,  and  learn 

knowledge, 
»  G' 


17.  17. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


18.  8. 


And  give  heed  to  my  words  with  thy 

heart. 
25 1    will    shew    forth   instruction    by 

weight, 
And  declare  knowledge  exactly. 

26  In  the  judgement  of  the  Lord  are  his 

works  from  the  beginning ; 
And  from  the  making  of  them  he  dis- 
posed the  parts  thereof. 

27  He  garnished  his  works  for  ever, 
And  the  beginnings  of  them  unto  their 

generations : 
They  neither  hunger,  nor  are  weary, 
And  they  cease  not  from  their  works. 

28  No  one  thrusteth  aside  his  neighbour ; 
And    they  shall   never   disobey  his 

word. 

29  After  this  also  the  Lord  looked  upon 

the  earth, 
And  filled  it  with  his  blessings. 

30  '  ^  All  maimer  of  living  things  covered 

the  face  thereof ; 
And  into  it  is  their  return. 

17  The  Lord  created  man  of  the  earth, 
And  turned  him  back  unto  it  again. 

2  He  gave  them  days  by  nmnber,  and  a 

set  time, 
And  gave  them  authority  over  the 
things  that  are  thereon. 

3  He  endued  them  with  strength  proper 

to  them ; 
And  made  them  according  to  his  own 
image. 

4  He  put  the  fear  of '  man  upon  all  flesh. 
And  gave  him  to  have  dominion  over 

beasts  and  fowls.* 

6  Counsel,  and  tongue,  and  eyes. 
Ears,  and  heart,  gave    he  them  to 

understand  withal. 

7  He  filled  them  with  the  knowledge  of 

wisdom. 
And  shewed  them  good  and  evil. 

8  He  set  his  eye  upon  their  hearts. 

To  shew  them  the  majesty    of    his 
works.' 

10  And  they  shall  praise  the  name  of 

/i?.s  holiness, 
"  That  they  may  declare  the  majesty  of 
his  works. 

11  He  added  unto  them  knowledge. 
And  gave  them  a  law  of  life  for  a 

heritage. 

12  He   made  an   everlasting   covenant 

with  them, 
And  shewed  them  his  judgements. 

13  Their  eyes  saw  the  majesty  of  his 

glory ; 
And  their  ear  heard  the  glory  of '  his 
voice. 

14  And  he  said  unto  them.  Beware  of  all 

unrighteousness ; 
And  he    gave  them    commandment, 
each  man  concerning  his  neighbour. 

15  Their  ways  are  ever  before  him; 
They  shall  not  be  hid  from  his  eyes.' 

17*  For  every  nation  he  appointed   a 
ruler  ; 
And  Israel  is  the  Lord's  portion.' 


19  All  their  works  are  as  the  sun  before 

him ; 
And  his  eyes  are  continually  upon 
their  ways. 

20  Their  iniquities  are  not  hid  from  him ; 
And  all  their  sins  are  before  the  Lord.' 

22  With  him  the  alms  of  a  man  is  as  a 

signet ; 
And  he  will  keep  the  bounty  of  a  man 
as  the  apple  of  the  eye.^" 

23  Afterwards  he  will  rise  up  and  recom- 

pense them, 
And  render  their  recompense  upon 
their  head. 

24  Howbeit  unto  them  that  repent  he 

granteth  a  return ; 
And  he  comforteth  them  that  are  los- 
ing patience. 

25  Return  unto  the  Lord,  and  forsake 

sins: 
Make  thy  prayer  before  his  face,  and 
lessen  the  offence. 

26  Turn  again  to  the  Most  High,  and 

turn  away  from  iniquity  ;^i 
And    greatly    hate    the  abominable 
thing. 

27  Who  shall  give  praise  to  the  Most 

High  in  "  the  grave. 
Instead  of  them  which  live  and  return 
thanks  ? 

28  Thanksgiving    perisheth    from    the 

dead,  as  from  one  that  is  not : 
He  that  is  in  life  and  health  shall 
praise  the  Lord. 

29  How  great  is  the  mercy  of  the  Lord, 
And  his  forgiveness  unto  them  that 

turn  unto  him ! 

30  For  all  things  cannot  be  In  men, 
Because  the  son  of  man  is  not  im- 
mortal. 

31  Wliat  is  brighter  than  the  sun?  yet 

this  faileth: 
And  an  evil  man  will  think  on  flesh 
and  blood. 

32  He  looketh  upon  the  power  of  the 

height  of  heaven : 
And  all  men  are  earth  and  ashes. 

18  He  that  liveth  for  ever  created  all 
things  in  common. 
2  The  Lord  alone  shall  be  justified.'' 

4  To  none  hath  he  given  power  to  de- 

clare his  works : 
And  who  shall  trace  out  his  mighty 
deeds  ? 

5  Who  shall  mimber  the  strength  of  his 

majesty  ? 
And  who  shall  also  tell  out  his  mer- 
cies ? 

6  As  for  the  wondrous  works  of  the 

Lord,  it  is  not  possible  to  take  from 
them  nor  add  to  them, 
Neither  is  it  possible  to  track  them 
out. 

7  When  a  man  hath  finished,  then  he  is 

but  at  the  beginning ; 
And  when  he  ceaseth,  then  shall  he  be 
in  perplexity. 

8  What  is  man,  and  whereto  serveth  he  7 


18.  26. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


19.  13. 


What  is  his  good,  and  what  is  his 
evil? 
9  The  number  of  man's  days  at   the 
most  are  a  liundreil  years. 

10  Asa  drop  of  water  from  tlie  sea, and 

a  pebble  from  tlie  sand; 
So  are  a  few    years  in  tlie  day  of 
eternity. 

11  For  this  cause   the   Lord  was  long- 

suffering  over  them, 
And  poured  out  his  mercy  upon  them. 

12  He  saw  and  perceived  their  end,  that 

it  is  evil ; 
Therefore  he  multiplied  his  forgive- 
ness. 

13  The  mercy  of  a  man  is  upon  his  neigh- 

bour ; 

But  the  mercy  of  the  Lord  is  upon  all 
flesh ; 

Reproving,  and  chastening,  and  teach- 
ing, 

And  bringing  again,  as  a  shepherd 
doth  his  flock. 

14  He  hath  mercy  on  them  that  accept 

chastening, 
And  that  diligently    seek  after  his 
judgements. 

15  My  son,  to  thy  good  deeds  add  no 

blemish ; 
And  no  grief  of  words  in  any  of  thy 
giving. 

16  Shall  not  the  dew  assuage  the  scorch- 

ing heat? 
So  is  a  word  better  than  a  gift. 

17  Lo,  is  not  a  word  better  than  a  gift? 
And  both  are  with  a  gracious  man. 

18  A  fool  will  upbraid  ungraciously  ; 
And  the  gift  of  an  envious  man  con- 

sumeth  the  eyes. 

19  Learn  before  thou  speak ; 

And  have  a  care  of  thy  health  or  ever 
thou  be  sick. 

20  Before  judgement  examine  thyself ; 
And  in  the  liour  of  visitation  thou 

slialt  find  forgiveness. 

21  Humble  thyself  before  thou  be  sick  ; 
And  in  the  time  of  sins  shew  repent- 
ance. 

22  Let  nothing  hinder  thee  to  pay  thy 

vow  in  due  time; 
And  wait  not  until  death  to  be  justi- 
fied. 

23  Before  thou  makest  a  vow,  prepare 

thyself ; 
And  be  not  as  a  man  that  tempteth 
the  I,ord. 

24  Think  upon  the  wrath  that  shall  hein 

the  days  of  the  end, 
And  the  time  of  vengeance,  when  he 
turneth  away  his  face. 

25  In  the  days  of  fulness  remember  the 

time  of  hunger. 
And  poverty  and  want  in  the  days  of 
wealth. 

26  From  morning  until  evening  the  time 

changeth; 
And  all  things  are  speedy  before  the 
Lord. 


27  A  wise  man  will  fear  in  everything ; 
And  in  days  of  sinning  he  will  beware 

of  offence.' 

28  Every  man  of  understanding  knoweth 

wisdom ; 
And  lie  will  give  thanks  unto  him  that 
found  her. 

29  They  that  were  of  understanding  in 

sayings    became   also  wise    them- 
selves, 
And  poured  forth  apt  proverbs. 

30  Go  not  after  thy  lusts  ; 

And  refrain  thyself  from  thine  appe- 
tites. 

31  If  thou  give  fully  to  thy  soul  the  de- 

light of  her  desire. 
She  will  make  thee  Hhe  laughing- 
stock of  thine  enemies. 

32  Make  not  merry  in  much  luxury ; 
Neither  be  tied  to  the  expense  there- 
of. 

33  Be  not  made  a  beggar  by  banqueting 

upon  borrowing. 
When  thou  hast  nothing  in  thy  purse.' 

19  A  workman  that  is  a  dnuikard  shall 
not  become  rich : 
He  that  despi.seth  small  things  .shall 
fall  by  little  and  little. 

2  Wine  and  women  will  make  men  of 

(uulerstanding  to  fall  away  : 
And  he  that  cleaveth  to  harlots  will 
be  the  more  reckless. 

3  Moths  and  worms  shall  have  him  to 

heritage ; 
And  a  reckless  soul  shall  be  taken 
away. 

4  He  that  is    hasty  to  trust  is  light- 

minded  ; 
And    he    that  sinneth    shall    offend 
against  his  own  soul. 

5  He  that  maketh  merry  in  his  heart 

shall  be  eondennied  : ' 

6  3  And  he  that  hateth  talk  hath  the 

less  wickedness. 

7  Never  repeat  what  is  told  thee, 
And  thou  slialt  fare  never  the  worse. 

8  Whether  it  be  of  friend  or  foe,  tell  it 

not; 
And  unless  it  is  a  sin  to  thee,  reveal 
it  not. 

9  For  he  hath  heard  thee,  and  observed 

thee. 
And  when  the  time  cometh  he  will 
hate  thee. 

10  Hast  thou  heard  a  word?  let  it  die 

with  thee : 
Be  of  good  courage,  it  will  not  burst 
thee. 

11  A  fool   will   travail   in  pain  with  a 

word, 
As  a  woman  in  labour  with  a  child. 

12  As  an   arrow  that  sticketh    in   the 

*  flesh  of  the  thigh. 
So  is  a  word  in  a  fool's  belly. 

13  Reprove  a  friend  ;  it  may  be  he  did  it 

not: 


20.  5. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


20.  22. 


And  if  he  did  something,  that  he  may 
do  it  no  more. 

14  Kepiove  thy  neighbour ;  it  may  be  he 

said  it  not: 
And  if  he  liath  said  it,  that  he  may  not 
say  it  again. 

15  Keprove  a  friend ;   for  many  times 

there  is  slander : 
And  trust  not  every  word. 

16  Tliere  is  one  that  shppeth,  and  not 

from  tlie  heart : 
And  who  is  he  that  hath  not  sinned 
with  his  tongue  ? 

17  Keprove  thy  neighbour  before  thou 

threaten  liim ; 
And  give  place  to  the  law  of  the  Most 
High.i 

20  All  wisdom  is  the  fear  of  the  Lord ; 
And  in  all  wisdom  is  the  doing  of  the 
law.' 

22  And  the  knowledge  of  wickedness  is 

not  wisdom ; 
And  the  prudence  of  sinners  is  not 
counsel. 

23  There  is  a  wickedness,  and  the  same 

is  abomination ; 
And  there  is  a  fool  wanting  in  wisdom. 

24  Better  is  one  that  hath  small  under- 

standing, and  feareth. 
Than  one  that  hath  much  prudence, 
and  transgresseth  the  law. 

25  There  is  an  exquisite  subtilty,  and  the 

same  is  unjust ; 
And  there  is  one  that  perverteth  fa- 
vour 2  to  gain  a  judgement.* 

26  There  is  one  that  doeth  wickedly,  that 

hangeth  down  his  head  with  momn- 
ing; 
But  inwardly  he  is  full  of  deceit, 

27  Bowing  down  his  face, and  making  as 

if  he  were  deaf  of  one  ear : 
Where  he  is  not  known,  he  will  be 
beforehand  with  thee. 

28  And  if  for  want  of  power  he  be  hin- 

dered from  sinning. 
If  he  find  opportunity,  he  will  do  mis- 
chief. 

29  A  man  shall  be  known  by  his  look, 
And  one  that    hath    understanding 

shall  be  known  by  his  face,  when 
thou  meetest  him. 

30  A  man's  attire,  and  ^grinning  laugh- 

ter. 
And  gait,  shew  what  he  is. 

20  There  is  a  reproof  that  is  not  come- 
ly; 
And  there  is  a  man  that  keepeth  si- 
lence, and  he  is  wise. 
2  How  good  is  it  to  reprove,  rather  than 
to  be  wroth ; 
And  he  that  maketh  confession  shall 
be  kept  back  from  hurt.*^ 

4  As  is  the  lust  of  an  eunuch  to  deflower 

a  virgin ; 
So  is  he  that  executeth  judgements 
with  violence. 

5  There  is  one  that  keepeth  silence,  and 

is  found  wise ; 


And  there  is  one  that  is  hated  for  his 
much  talk. 

6  There  is  one  that  keepeth  silence,  for 

he  hath  no  answer  to  make ; 
And  there  is  that  keepeth  silence,  as 
knowing  his  time. 

7  A  wise  man  will  be  silent  till  his  time 

come ; 
But  the  braggart  and  fool  will  over- 
pass his  time. 

8  He  that  useth  many  words  shall  be 

abhorred ; 
And  he  that  taketh  to  himself  au- 
thority therein  shall  be  hated. 

9  There  is  a    prosperity  that  a  man 

fiudeth  in  misfortunes ; 
And  there  is  a  gain  that  turneth  to 
loss. 

10  There  is  a  gift  that  shall  not  profit 

thee ; 
And  there  is  a  gift  whose  recompense 
is  double. 

11  Thei-e  is  an  abasement  because  of 

glory ; 
And  there  is  that  hath  lifted  up  his 
head  from  a  low  estate. 

12  There  is  that  buyeth  much  for  a  little. 
And  payeth  for  it  again  sevenfold. 

13  He  that  is  wise  in  words  shall  make 

himself  beloved; 
But  the  pleasantries  of  fools  shall  be 
wasted. 

14  The  gift  of  a  fool  shall  not  profit 

thee ' ; 
For  his  eyes  are  many  instead  of  one. 

15  He  will  give  little,  and  upbraid  much ; 
And  he  will  open  his  mouth  like  a 

crier : 
To-day  he  will  lend,  and  to-morrow  he 

will  ask  it  again: 
Such  an  one  is  a  hateful  man. 

16  The  fool  will  say,  I  have  no  friend, 
And  I  have  no  thanks  for  my  good 

deeds ; 
They  that  eat  my  bread  are  of  evil 
tongue. 

17  How  oft,  and  of  how  many,  shall  he 

be  laughed  to  scorn !  * 

18  A  slip  on  a  pavement  is  better  tlian 

a  slij)  with  the  tongue  ; 
So  the  fall  of  the  wicked  shall  come 
speedily. 

19  A  man  without  grace  is  as  a  tale  out 

of  season : 
It  will  be  continually  in  the  mouth  of 
the  ignorant. 

20  A  '  wise  sentence  from  a  fool's  mouth 

will  be  rejected ; 
For  he  will  not  speak  it  in  its  season. 

2 1  There  is  that  is  hindered  from  sin- 

ning through  want; 
And  when  he  taketh  rest,  he  shall  not 
be  troubled. 

22  There    is  that    destroj-eth  his  soul 

through  bashfulness ; 
And  by  a  foolish  countenance  he  will 
destroy  it. 


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21.  9. 

ECCLESIASTICUS.                                    21.  25. 

23  There  is  that  for  baslifuluess  proniis- 

And  the  end  of  them  is  a  flame  of 

eth  to  his  friend; 

fire. 

And  lio  uialveth  him  his  enemy  for 

10  The  way  of  sinners  is  made  smooth 

iiotliing. 

with  stones ; 
And  at  the  last  end  thereof  is  the  pit 

24  A  lie  is  a  foul  tilot  iTi  a  man  : 

of  Hades. 

It  will  be  foulinually  in  the  mouth  of 

the  ignorant. 

11  He  that  keepeth  the  law  becometh 

25  A  thief  is  better  than  a  man  that  is 

master  of  the  intent  thereof; 

oontinually  lyin^': 

And  the  end  of  the  fear  of  the  Lord  is 

But  they  both  shall  inherit  destruc- 

wisdom. 

tion. 

12  He  that  is  not  clever  will  not  be  in- 

26  Tl>e  disposition  of  a  liar  is  dishonour ; 

structe<l ; 

Ami  his  shame  is  with  liim  continu- 

And tluM-e  is  a  cleverness  which  mak- 

ally. 

etli  bitterness  to  abound. 
13  The  knowledge  of  a  wise  man  shall  be 

27  He  that  is  wise  in  words  shall  ad- 

made to  abound  as  a  flood ; 

vance  himself; 

And  his  counsel  as  a  foinitain  of  life. 

And  one  that  is  prudent  will  please 

14  The  inward  parts  of  a  fool  are  like  a 

great  men. 

broken  vessel ; 

28  He  that  tilleth  his  land  shall  raise  his 

And  he  will  hold  no  knowledge. 

heap  high ; 

Anil  he  tiiat  pleaseth  great  men  shall 

15  If  a  man  of  knowledge  hear  a  wise 

get  pardon  for  iniquity. 

word, 

29  Presents  and  gifts  blind  the  eyes  of 

He  will  commend  it,  and  add  unto 

the  wise, 

it: 

And  as  a  muzzle  on  the  mouth,  turn 

The  dissolute  man  heareth  it,  and  it 

away  reproofs. 

(lispleaseth  him, 

30  Wisdom   that  is    hid,  and  treasure 

And  he  putteth  it  away  behind  his 

that  is-out  of  sight, 

back. 

What  profit  is  in  them  both  ? 

16  The  discourse  of  a  fool  is  like  a  burden 

31  Better  is  a  man  that  hideth  his  folly 

in  the  way ; 

>  Verae 

Than  a  man  that  hideth  his  wisdom.* 

But  grace  shall  be  found  on  the  lips  of 

32  is 
oniitted 

the  wise. 

by  the 

21  My  son,  hast  thou  sinned?  add  no 

17  The  mouth  of  the  prudent  man  shall 

best  au- 
thorities. 

more  thereto; 

be  sought  for  in  the  congregation  ; 

And  make  supplication  for  thy  former 

And  they  will  ponder  his  words  In 

sins. 

their  heart. 

2  Flee  from  sin  as  from  the  face  of  a 

serpent ; 

18  As  a  house  that  is  destroyed,  so  is  wis- 

For if  thou  draw  nigh  it  will  bite 

dom  to  a  fool ; 

thee : 

And  the  knowledge  of  an  unwise  man 

The  teeth  thereof  are  the  teeth  of  a 

is  «.s-  =  talk  without  sense. 

3Gr. 

lion, 

19  Instruction  is  as  fetters  on  the  feet  of 

imrx- 

Slaying  the  souls  of  men. 

an  unwise  man, 

wordi. 

3  All  iniquity  is  as  a  two-edged  sword  ; 

And  as  manacles  on  the  right  hand. 

Its  stroke  iiatli  no  healing. 

20  A  fool  liftetli  up  his  voice  with  laugh- 
ter ; 
But  a  clever  man  will  scarce  smile 

4  Terror  and  violence  will  lay  waste 

riches ; 

quietly. 

So  the  house  of  a  haughty  man  shall 

21  Instruction  is  to  a  prudent  man  as  an 

be  laid  waste. 

ornament  of  gold. 

5  Supplication  from  a  poor  man's  mouth 

And  as  a  bracelet  upon  his  right  arm. 

«Cr. 

reaehetli  to  the  ears  of  -  God, 

Aim. 

And  his  judgement  cometh  speedily. 

22  The  foot  of  a  fool  is  soon  in  another 

6  One  that  hateth  reproof  is  in  the  path 

man's  house ; 

of  the  sinner; 

But   a   man   of   experience  will   be 

And  he  that  feareth  the  Lord  will  turn 

ashamed  of  entering. 

again  in  his  heart. 

23  A  foolish  man  peepeth  in  from  the 

7  He  tliat  is  mighty  in  tongue  Is  known 

door  of  another  man's  house  ; 

afar  off: 

But   a   man    that  is  instructed  will 

But  the  man  of  understanding  know- 

stand  without 

eth  when  he  slippeth. 

24  It  is  a  want  of  instruction  in  a  man  to 
listen  at  the  door; 

8  He  that  bulldeth  his  house  with  other 

But  tlie  prudent  man  will  be  grieved 

men's  money 

witli  tiie  disgrace. 

Is  like  one   that  gathereth  himself 

25  *  The  lips  of  strangers  will  be  grieved 

*  The 

stones  against  winter. 

at  these  things ; 

text 

9  The  congregation  of  wicked  men  is  as 

But  the  words  of  prudent  men  will  be 

poems 
to  be  uc 

tow  wrapped  togetlier; 

weighed  in  the  balance. 

certain. 

93 


22.  14.                                    ECCLESI 

ASTICUS. 

23.  1. 

And  what  is  the  name  thereof,  but  a 

26  The  heart  of  fools  is  m  their  mouth ; 

fool? 

But  the  mouth  of  wise  men  is  their 

15  Sand,  and  salt,  and  a  mass  of  iron,  is 

lieart. 

easier  to  bear. 

27  Wheu  the  ungodly  eurseth  Satan, 

Than  a  man  without  understanding. 

He  eurseth  his  own  soul. 

28  A  whisperer  deflleth  his  own  soul, 

16  Timber  girt  and  bound  into  a  building 

And  shall  be  hated  wheresoever  he 

shall  not  be  loosed  with  shaking : 

sojourneth. 

So  a  heart  established  in  due  season 
on  well  advised  counsel  shall  not  be 

22  A  slothful  man  is  compared  to  a 

afraid. 

stone  that  is  defiled ; 

1 7  A  heart  settled  upon  a   thoughtful 

And  every  one  will  hiss  him  out  in  his 

understanding 

disgrace. 

Is  as  an  ornament  of  plaister  on  a 

2  A  slothful  man  is  compared  to  the 

polished  wall. 

filth  of  a  dunghill : 

18  Pales  set  on  a  high  place  will  not 

Every  man   that  taketh  it   up  will 

stand  against  the  wind  : 

shake  out  his  hand. 

So  a  fearful  heart  in  the  imagination 
of  a  fool  will  not  stand  against  any 

3  A  father  hath  shame  in  having  be- 

fear. 

gotten  an  uninstructed  son ; 

And  a.  foolish  daughter  is  born  to  his 

19  He  that  pricketh  the  eye  will  make 

loss. 

tears  to  fall ; 

4  A  prudent  daughter  shall  inherit  a 

And  he  that  pricketh  the  heart  mak- 

husband  of  her  own ; 

eth  it  to  shew  feeling. 

And  she  that  bringeth  shame  is  the 

20  Whoso  casteth  a  stone  at  birds  fray- 

grief  of  him  that  begat  her. 

etli  them  away ; 

5  She  that  is  bold  bringeth  shame  upon 

And  he  that  upbraideth  a  friend  will 

father  and  husband ; 

dissolve  friendship. 

And  she  shall  be  despised  of  them 

21  If  thou  hast  drawn  a  sword  against  a 

both. 

friend,  despair  not; 

6  Unseasonable  discourse  is  as  music 

For  there  may  be  a  returning. 

in  mourning ; 

22  If  thou  hast  opened  thy  mouth  against 

But  stripes  and  correction  are  wisdom 

a  friend,  fear  not ; 

at  every  season. 

For  there  may  be  a  reconciling ; 
Except  it  be  for  upbraiding,  and  arro- 

7 He  that  teacheth  a  fool  is  as  one  that 

gance,  and  disclosing  of  a  secret, 

gluetli  a  potsherd  together ; 

and  a  treacherous  blow  ; 

Even  as  one  that  waketh  a  sleeper 

For  these  things  every    friend  will 

out  of  a  deep  sleep. 

flee. 

8  He  that  discoursethto  a  fool  is  as  one 

discoursing  to  a  man  that  slumber- 

23  Gain  trust  with  thy  neighbour  in  his 

eth; 

poverty. 

And  at  the  end  he  will  say,  What  is 

That  in  his  prosperity  thou  mayest 

»  Verses 

it?i 

have  gladness : 

Sand 
10  are 
omitted 

11  Weep  for  the  dead,  for  light   hath 

Abide  stedfast  unto  him  in  the  time  of 

failed  hii)i  ; 

his  affliction. 

by  the 

And  weep  for  a  fool,  for  understand- 

That thou  mayest  be  heir  with  him  in 

best  au- 
thorities. 

ing  hath  failed  him  : 

his  inheritance.^ 

3  The 

Weep  more  sweetly  for  the  dead,  be- 

24 Before  fire  is  the  vapour  and  smoke  of 

remain- 

cause he  hath  found  rest ; 

a  furnace ; 

der  of 
this 

But  the  life  of  the  fool  is  worse  than 

So  revilings  before  bloodshed. 

verse  ia 

death. 

251  will  not  be  ashamed  to  shelter  a 

omitted 

12  Seven  days  are  the  days  of  mourning 

friend ; 

best  au- 

for  tlie  dead ; 

And  I  will  not  hide  myself  from  his 

thoritiei 

But  for  a  fool  and  an  ungodly  man, 

face: 

all  the  days  of  his  life. 

26  And  if  any  evil  happen  unto  me  be- 
cause of  him, 

13  Talk  not  much  with  a  foolish  man. 

Every  one  that  heareth  it  will  beware 

And  go  not  to  one  that  hath  no  under- 

of him. 

standing  : 

Beware  of  him,  lest  thou  have  trou- 

27 Who  shall  set  a  watch  over  my  mouth, 

ble ; 

And  a  seal  of  shrewdness  upon  my 

>  Or,  cle- 

And  so  thou  shalt  not  be  =  defiled  in 

lips, 

filed :  i,t 
}iif  on- 
slaught 

his  onslaught : 

That  I  fall  not  from  it,  and  that  my 

Turn  aside  from  him,  and  thou  shalt 

tongue  destroy  me  not  ? 

turn 

find  rest ; 

230  Lord,  Father  and  Master  of  my 

And  so  thou  shalt  not  be  wearied  in 

life, 

his  madness. 

Abandon  me  not  to  their  counsel : 

14  What  shall  be  heavier  than  lead? 

Suffer  me  not  to  fall  by  them. 

23.  14.                                    ECCLESIASTICUS. 

24.  2. 

2  Who    will    set    scourges    over    my 

15  A  man  that  is  accustomed  to  words 

thouglit, 

of  reproach 

And  a  discipline  of  wisdom  over  mine 

■\ViIl  not  be  corrected  all  the  days  of 

heart  ? 

ills  life. 

That   tliey    spare    me  not  for  mine 

ignorances, 

16  Two  sorts  nf  men  multiply  sins. 

And  HI ;/  hrart  pass  not  by  .their  sins  : 

And  the  tliird  will  luing  wrath  : 

3  That  mine  ignorances  he  not  multi- 

A liol  mind,  as  a  Imrning  lire,  will  not 

plied, 

be  quenched  till  it  lie  consumed  : 

And  my  sins  abound  not; 

A  fornicator  in  the  Ixxiy  of  liis  flesh 

And  I  sliall  fall  before  mine  adver- 

will never  cease  till  he  liath  '■  burned 

»Or, 

saries, 

out  tlie  fire. 

mmle  a 
tire 
blaze  up 

«  The 

And  mine  enemy  rejoice  over  me.' 

17  All  bread  is  sweet  to  a  fornicator: 

der  of 

4  O  Lord,  Father  and  God  of  my  life. 

He  will  not  leave  off  till  he  die. 

thia 

Give  me  not  a  -  proud  look," 

18  A  man  tliat  goeth  astray  from  his 

omitted 

n  And  turn  away  concupiscence  from 

own  bed. 

by  the 

me.' 

Saying  in  his  heart,  Who  seeth  me? 

best  au- 
thorities. 

6  Let  not  ^  greediness  and  chambering 

Darkness  is  round  aljout  me,  and  the 

»Gr. 

overtake  me ; 

walls  hide  me, 

up  of 

And  give  me  not  over  to  a  shameless 

And  no  man  seeth  nie ;  of  whom  am  I 

mind. 

afraid? 

s  Gr.  ap- 

The IMost  High  will  not  remember 

petite  of 
the  belty. 

7  Hear  ye,  my  children,  the  discipline  of 

my  sins; 

the  mouth ; 

19  — And  the  eyes  of  men  are  his  terror, 

And  he  that  keepeth  it  shall  not  be 

And  he   knowetli  not  lliat  the  eyes 

taken. 

of  the  Lord  are  ten  thousand  times 

«  Most 

8  The  sinner  shall  be  *  overtaken  in  his 

brighter  tlian  tlie  sun. 

BUllloli- 

ties  read 

lips ; 

l?eliolding  all  tlie  ways  of  men. 

kft- 

And  the  reviler  and  the  proud  man 

And  looking  into  secret  places. 

shall  stumble  therein. 

20  All  things  were  known  unto  him  or 

9  Accustom  not  thy  mouth  to  an  oath ; 

ever  they  were  created ; 

And  be  not  accustomed  to  the  naming 

And  in  lil<e  manner  also  after  they 

of  the  Holy  One. 

were  perfected. 

10  For  as  a  servant  that  is  continually 

21  This  man  shall  lie  jiunished  in  the 

scoiu-ged  shall  not  lack  a  bruise, 

streets  of  the  city ; 

So  he  also  tliat  sweareth  and  nameth 

And  where  he  suspecsted  not  he  shall 

God     continually     shall     not    be 

be  taken. 

cleansed  from  sin. 

22  So  also  a  wife  tliat  leaveth  her  hus- 

11 A  man  of  many  oaths  shall  be  filled 

band. 

with  iniquity ; 

And  bringeth  in  an  heir  by  a  stranger. 

And  the  scourge  sliall  not  depart  from 

23  For  first,  she  was  disobedient  in  the 

his  house : 

law  of  the  Most  High  ; 

If  he  shall  offend,  his  sin  shall  be 

And  secondly,  she  trespassed  against 

upon  him; 

her  own  husband ; 

And  if  he  disregard  it,  he  hath  sinned 

And  tliirdly,  slie  i>layed  the  adulteress 

doubly ; 

in  wlKirt'doui, 

And  if  lie  hath  sworn  in  vain,  he  shall 

And  t^rouglit  in  childrenby  a  stranger. 

not  be  justified ; 

24  She  sliall  be  brought   out  into  the 

For  his  house  shall    be  filled  with 

congregation ; 

calamities. 

And  upon  her  children  shall  there  be 

12  There  is  a  manner  of  speech  that  is 

visitation. 

clothed  about  with  death: 

25  Her  children  shall  not  spread  into 

Let  it  not  he  found  in  the  heritage  of 

roots, 

Jacob ; 

And  her  branches  shall  bear  no  fruit. 

For  all  these  things  shall  be  far  from 

26  She   shall  leave   her  memory  for  a 

the  godly, 

curse ; 

And  they  shall  not  wallow  in  sins. 

And  her  rejiroach  shall  not  be  blotted 

13  Accustom  not  thy  mouth  to    gross 

out. 

rudeness. 

27  And  they  that  are  left  behind  shall 

For  therein  is  the  word  of  sin. 

know  that  there  is  nothing  better 

14  Remember  thy  father  and  thy  mo- 

than  the  fear  of  tlie  Lord, 

ther, 

And   nothing  sweeter    tlian   to  take 

For  thou  sittest  in  the  midst  of  great 

heed  unto  the    commandments  of 

men; 

the  Lord.6 

•  Vers* 

2Si8 

That   thou  be  not  forgetful  before 

them, 

24  Wisdom  shall  praise  '  herself, 

omitted 
by  the 
beet  au- 

And become  a  fool  by  thy  custom ; 

And  shall  glory  in  the  midst  of  her 

So  Shalt  thou  wish  that  thou  hadst 

people. 

thorities 

not  been  born. 

2  In  the  congregation  of  the  Most  High 

'Or. 
her  otnn 
soul. 

And  curse  the  day  of  thy  nativity. 

shall  she  open  her  mouth, 

8* 


24.  21 

ECCLESIASTICUS. 

25.  4. 

And   glory  in    the  presence  of    his 

22  He  that   obeyeth  me  shall  not   be 

power. 

ashamed ; 

3  I  came  forth  from  the  mouth  of  the 

And  they  that  work  in  me  shall  not 

Most  High, 

do  amiss. 

And  eovereil  tlie  earth  as  a  mist. 

4  I  dwelt  in  high  places, 

23  All  these  things  are  the  book  of  the 

And  my  throne  is  in  the  pillar  of  the 

covenant  of  the  Most  High  God, 

cloud. 

Even  the  law  which  Moses  command- 

5 Alone    I   compassed   the    circuit  of 

ed  lis  for  a  herit;>ge  unto  the  as- 

heaven, 

semblies  of  Jacob.s 

3  Verse 

And  walked  in  the  depth  of  the  abyss. 

25  It  is  he  that  maketh  wisdom  abun- 

24 is 

6  In  the  waves  of  tbe  sea,  and  in  all  the 

dant,  as  Pishon, 

by  the 

earth, 

And  as  Tigris  in  the  days  of  new 

best  »u- 
thorities 

And  in  every  people  and  nation,  I  got 

fruits; 

a  possession. 

26  Tliat  maketh  understanding  full  as 

7  With  all  these  I  sought  rest ; 

Euphrates, 

And   in  whose    inheritance    shall  I 

And  as  Jordan  in  the  days  of  harvest; 

lodge? 

27  That  maketh  instruction  to  shine  forth 

8  Then  the  Creator  of  all  things  gave 

as  the  light. 

me  a  commandment ; 

As  Gihon  in  the  days  of  vintage. 

And  he  that  created  me  made  my 

28  The  first  man  knew  her  not  perfectly ; 

tabernacle  to  rest, 

And  in  like  manner  the  last  hath  not 

And  said.  Let  thy  tabernacle  be  in 

traced  her  out. 

Jacob, 

29  For  her  thoughts  are  filled  from  the 

And  thine  inheritance  in  Israel. 

sea. 

9  He  created  me  from  the  beginning 

And   her  counsels    from   the    great 

before  the  world ; 

deep. 

And  to  the  end  I  shall  not  tail. 

10  In  the  holy  tabernacle  I  ministered 

30  And  I  came  out  as  a  *  stream  from  a 

*Gr. 

before  him ; 

river. 

canal. 

And  so  was  I  established  in  Sion. 

And  as  a  conduit  into  a  garden. 

11  In  the  beloved  city  hkewise  he  gave 

311  said,  I  will  water  my  garden, 

me  rest ; 

And  will  water  abundantly  my  gar- 

And in  Jerusalem  was  my  authority. 

den  bed ; 

12  And  I  took  root  in  a  people  that  was 

And,  lo,  my  stream  became  a  river, 

glorified, 

And  my  river  became  a  sea. 

Even  in  the  portion  of  the  Lord's  own 

32  1  will  yet  bring  instruction  to  light  as 

inheritance. 

the  morning, 

13  I  was  exalted  like  a  cedar  in  Libanus, 

And  will  make  ^  these  things  to  shine 

sGr. 

And  as  a  cypress  tree  on  the  moun- 

forth afar  off. 

them. 

tains  of  Hei-nion. 

33  I  will  yet  pour  out  doctrine  as  pro- 

14 I  was  exalted  like  a  palm  tree  on  the 

phecy, 

sea  sliore, 

And  leave  it  unto  generations  of  ages. 

And  as  rose  plants  in  Jericho, 

34  Behold  that  I  have  not  laboured  for 

And  as  a  fair  oHve  tree  in  the  plain  ; 

myself  only. 

And  I  was  exalted  as  a  plane  tree. 

But  for  all  them  that  diligently  seek 

15  As  cinnamon  and  aspalathus,  I  have 

her. 

given  a  scent  of  perfumes ; 

And  as  choice  myrrh,  I  spread  abroad 

25  IQ  three  things  I  was  beautified, 

a  pleasant  odour ; 

And   stood  up  beautiful  before  the 

1  See 

As  •  galbanum,  and  onyx,  and  stacte. 

Lord  and  men : 

Exodus 
XIX.  34. 

And  as  the  fume  of  frankincense  in 

The  concord  of  brethren,  and  friend- 

the tabernacle. 

ship  of  neighbours, 

16  As  the  terebinth  I  stretched  out  my 

And  a  woman  and  her  husband  that 

branches ; 

walk  together  in  agreement 

And  my  branches  are   branches  of 

2  But  three  sorts  of  men  my  soul  hat 

glory  and  grace. 

eth. 

17  As  the  vine  I  put  forth  grace  ; 

And  I  am  greatly  offended  at  their 

And  my  flowers  are  the  fruit  of  glory 

hfe: 

«  Verse 

and  riches.^ 

A  poor  man  that  is  haughty,  and  a 

18  is 

19  Come  unto  me,  ye  that  are  desirous 

rich  man  that  is  a  liar, 

omitted 
by  the 
best  au- 

of me. 

And  an  old  man  that  is  an  adulterer 

And  be  ye  filled  with  my  produce. 

lacking  understanding. 

thorities. 

20  For  my  memorial  is  sweeter   than 

honey, 

3  In  thy  youth  thou  hast  not  gathered. 

And  mine  inheritance  than  the  honey- 

And how  shouldest  thou  find  in  thine 

comb. 

old  age? 

21  They  that  eat  me  shall  yet  be  hungry; 

4  How  beautiful  a  thing  is  judgement 

And  they  that  drink  me  shall  yet  be 

for  gray  hairs. 

thirsty. 

And  for  elders  to  know  counsel! 

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25.  21 

ECCLESIASTICUS.                                   26.  12. 

0  How  beautiful  is  the  wisdom  of  old 

And   desire   not  a  woman  for  her 

men, 

beauty. 

And  tlioufjlit  and  counsel  to  men  tliat 

22  There  is  anger,  and  impudence,  and 

are  in  honour! 

great  reproach, 

6  Muoli  experienoe  is  the  crown  of  old 

If  a  woman  maintain  her  husband. 

men; 

23  A  wicked   woman  is  abasement  of 

And  thtiir  glorying  is  the  fear  of  the 

heart. 

Lord. 

And  sadness  of  countenance,  and  a 
wounded  heart : 

7  There  be  niue  things  that    I  have 

A  woman  that  will  not  make  her  hus- 

thought   of,    and    in    mine    heart 

band  happy 

counted  happy ; 

Is   ns  hands   that  hang  down,  and 

And  the  tenth  I  will  utter  with  my 

palsied  knees. 

tongue  : 

24  From  a  woman  was  the  beginning  of 

A  man  that  hath  joy  of  his  children ; 

sin; 

A  man  tliat  livcth  and  looketh  upon 

And  because  of  her  we  all  die. 

the  fall  of  hi.s  enemies : 

25  Give  not  water  an  outlet ; 

8  Happy  is  he  that  dwelleth  with  a  wife 

Neitlier  to  a  wicked  woman  freedom 

of  uuderstanding: 

of  speech. 

And  he  that  hath  not  slipped  with 

26  If  she  go  not  ^  as  thou  wouldest  have 

a  Or.  a<? 

his  tongue ; 

her. 

cording 
to  thu 

And  he  that  hath  not  served  a  man 

Cut  her  off  from  thy  flesh.* 

hatuf. 

that  is  unwortliy  of  him : 

3  The 

9  Happy  is  lie   that  hath  found  pru- 

26 Happy  is  the  husband  of  a  good 

remain- 
der of 

dence  ; 

wife ; 

this 

And  he  that  discourseth  in  the  ears 

And  the  number  of  his  days  shall  be 

verse  is 

of  them  tliat  listen. 

twofold. 

by  the 

10  How  great  is  he    that  hath    found 
wisdom ! 

2  A  brave  woman  rejoiceth  her  hus- 
band ; 

best  au- 
thoritiea 

Yet  is  there  none  above    him  that 

And  he  shall  fulfil  his  years  in  peace. 

feareth  the  Lord. 

3  A  good  wife  is  a  good  portion : 

11  The  fear  of    the  Lord    passeth  all 

She  shall  be  given  in  the  portion  of 

things : 

such  as  fear  the  Lord. 

He  that  holdeth  it,  to  whom  shall  he 

4  Whether  a  man  be  rich  or  poor. 

1  Verse 

be  likened  ? ' 

A  good  heart  maketit  at  all  times  a 

12  is 
omitted 
by  the 

cheerful  countenance. 

13  Give  me  any  plague  but  the  plague  of 

best  au- 

the heart ; 

5  Of  three  things  my  heart  was  afraid ; 

thorities. 

Aiid  any  wickedness  but  the  wicked- 

And concerning  the  fourth  *  kind  I 

«Gr. 

ness  of  a  woman ; 

made  supplication: 

ciitmte- 

14  Any  calamity,  but  a  calamity  from 

The  slander  of  a  city,  and  the  assem- 

jiance. 

them  that  hate  me  ; 

bly  of  a  multitude,  and  a  false  ac- 

And any  vengeance,  but  the  venge- 

cusation : 

ance  of  enemies. 

All    these  are   more   grievous  than 

15  There  is  no  head  above  the  head  of  a 

death. 

serpent ; 

6  A  grief  of  heart  and  sorrow  is  a  wo- 

And there   is   no  wrath  above   the 

man  that  is  jealous  of  another  wo- 

wrath of  an  enemy. 

man, 
And  the  scourge  of  a  tongue  commu- 

16 I  will  rather  dwell  with  a  lion  and  a 

nicating  to  all. 

dragon. 

7  A  wicked  woman  is  as  a  yoke  of  oxen 

Than  keep  house  with  a  wicked  wo- 

shaken to  and  fro  : 

man. 

He  that  taketh  hold  of  her  is  as  one 

17  The  wickedness  of  a  woman  changeth 

that  graspeth  a  scorpion. 

her  look. 

8  A    drunken    woman    canseth    great 

And  darkeneth  her  countenance  as  a 

w^ratli; 

bear  doth. 

And    she  will    not   cover  her   own 

18  Her  husband  sliall  sit  at  meat  among 

shame. 

his  neighbours. 

9  The  whoredom  of  a  woman  is  in  tlie 

And  when  he  heareth  it  he  sigheth 

lifting  up  of  her  eyes ; 

bitterly. 

And  it  shall  be  known  by  her  eyelids. 

19  All  malice  is  but  little  to  the  malice 

10  Keep  strict  watch  on  a  headstrong 

of  a  woman : 

(l;uigl)ter. 

Let  the  portion  of  a  sinner  fall  on  her. 

Lest  she  find  liberty  for  herself,  and 

20  As  the  going  up  a  sandy  way  is  to  the 

use  it. 

feet  of  the  aged, 

11  Look  well  after  an  impudent  eye ; 

So  is  a  wife  full  of  words  to  a  quiet 

And  marvel  not  if  it  trespass  against 

man. 

thee. 

21  Throw  not  thyself  upon  the  beauty  of 

12  She  will  open  her  mouth,  as  a  thirsty 

a  woman ; 

traveller, 

27.  7. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


27.  24. 


And  drink  of  every  water  that  is  near : 
At  every  post  will  she  sit  down, 
And  open  her    quiver   against  any 
arrow. 

13  The  grace  of  a  wife  will  delight  her 

husband ; 
And  her  knowledge  will  fatten  his 
bones. 

14  A  silent  woman  is  a  gift  of  the  Lord  ; 
And  there  is  nothing  so  much  worth 

as  a  well-instructed  soul. 

15  A  sharaefast  woman  is  grace  upon 

grace ; 
And  there  is  no  ^  price  worthy  of  a 
continent  soul. 

16  As  the  sun  when  it  ariseth  in  the 

highest  places  of  the  Lord, 
So  is  the  beauty  of  a  good  wife  in  the 
ordering  of  ^  a  man's  house. 

1 7  As  the  lamp  that  shineth  upon  the 

holy  candlestick, 
So  is  the  beauty  of  the  face  in  ripe  age. 

18  As  the  golden  pillars  are  upon  a  base 

of  silver. 
So  are  beautiful  feet  with  the  breasts 
of  one  that  is  stedfast.^ 

28  For  two  things  my  heart  is  grieved  ; 
And  for  the  third  anger  cometh  upon 

me: 

A  man  of  war  that  sufEereth  for 
poverty ; 

And  men  of  understanding  that  are 
counted  as  refuse : 

One  that  turneth  back  from  righteous- 
ness to  sin ; 

The  Lord  shall  prepare  him  for  the 
sword. 

29  A  merchant  shall  hardly  keep  him- 

self from  wrong  doing; 

And  a  huckster  shall  not  be  acquitted 
of  sin. 
27  Many  have  sinned  for  a  thing  Indif- 
ferent ; 

And  he  that  seeketh  to  multiply  gain 
will  turn  his  eye  away. 

2  A  nail  will  stick  fast  between  the 

joinings  of  stones ; 
And  sin  will  *  thrust  itself  in  between 
buying  and  selling. 

3  Unless  a  man.  hold  on  diligently  in 

the  fear  of  the  Lord, 
His  house  shall  soon  be  overthrown. 

4  In  the  shaking  of  a  sieve,  the  refuse 

remaineth ; 
So  the  filth  of  man  in  his  reasoning. 

5  The  furnace  will  prove  the  potter's 

vessels ; 
And    the  trial  of   a  man    is  in  his 
reasening. 

6  The  fruit  of  a  tree  declareth  the  hus- 

bandry thereof ; 
So  is  the  utterance  of  the  thought  of 
the  heart  of  a  man. 

7  Praise  no  man  before  thoxi  hearest 

him  reason ; 
For  this  is  the  trial  of  men. 


8  If  thou  followest  righteousness,  thou 

Shalt  obtain  her. 
And  put  her  on,  as  a  long  robe  of 
glory. 

9  Birds  will  resort  unto  their  hke ; 
And  truth  will  return  unto  them  that 

practise  her. 

10  The  lion  lieth  in  wait  for  prey ; 

So  doth  sin  for  them  that  work  ini- 
quity. 

11  The  discourse  of  a  godly  man  is  al- 

ways wisdom : 
But  the  foolish  man  changeth  as  the 
moon. 

12  Among  men  void  of  understanding 

observe  the  opportunity ; 
But    stay    continually    among     the 
thoughtful. 

13  The  discourse  of  fools  is  an  offence ; 
And  their  laughter  is  in  the  wanton- 
ness of  sin. 

14  The  talk  of  a  man  of  many  oaths  will 

make  the  hair  stand  upright ; 
And  their  strife  maketh  one  stop  his 
ears. 

15  The  strife  of  the  proud  is  a  shedding 

of  blood ; 
And  their  reviling  of  each  other  is  a 
grievous  thing  to  hear. 

16  He  that  revealeth  secrets  destroyeth 

credit. 
And  shall  not   find  a  friend  to   his 
mind. 

17  Love  a  friend,  and  keep  faith  with 

him : 
But  if  thou  reveal  his  secrets, 
Thou  Shalt  not  pursue  after  him ; 

1 8  For   as  a  man    hath  destroyed  his 

enemy, 
So  hast  thou  destroyed  the  friendship 
of  thy  neighboui'. 

19  And  as  a  bird  which  thou  hast  leosed 

out  of  thy  hand, 
So  hast  thou  let  thy  neighbour  go,  and 
thou  wilt  not  catch  him  again : 

20  Pursue  him  not,  for  he  is  gone  far 

away, 
And  hath  escaped  as  a  gazelle  out  of 
the  snare. 

2 1  For  a  wound  may  be  bound  up,  and 

after  reviling  there  may  be  a  recon- 
cilement ; 
But  he  that  revealeth  secrets  hath 
lost  hope. 

22  One  that  winketh  with  the  eye  con- 

triveth  evil  things ; 
And  no  man  will  remove  him  from  it. 

23  When  thou  art  present,  he  will  speak 

sweetly, 
And  will  admire  thy  words ; 
But    afterward  he  will    writhe    his 

mouth. 
And  set  a  trap /or  thee  In  thy  words. 

24  I  have  hated  many  things,  but  no- 

thing like  him ; 
And  the  Lord  will  hate  him. 


28.  11. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


29.  1. 


25  One  that  castetli  a  stone  on  high  cast 

eth  it  on  his  own  head  ; 
And    a    deeeitfiil    strol<e    will  open 
wonnds. 

26  He  that  dit;^'etli  a  pit  sliall  fall  into  it ; 
And  he  that  settetii  a  snare  shall  be 

taken  Dicrein. 

27  He  that  doeth  evil  things,  they  shall 

roll  npon  liini. 
And  he  sliall  not  know  whence  they 
have  come  to  him. 

28  Mockery  and  reproach  are  from  the 

hauglity ; 
And  vengeance,  as  a  lion,  shall  lie  in 
wait  for  liini. 

29  They  that  rejoice  at  the  fall  of  the 

godly  shall  l)e  taken  in  a  snare  ; 
And  angnish  shall  consume  them  be- 
fore tliey  die. 

30  Wrath  and  anger,  these  also  are  abom- 

inations ; 
And  a  sinful  man  sliall  possess  them. 
28  He  that  takctli  vengeance  shall  lind 

vengeance  from  the  Lord  ; 
And  he   will  surely  make   firm  his 

sins. 

2  Forgive  thy  neighbour  the  hurt  that 

he  lia'tli  dune  tltci- ; 
And  tlieii  tliy  sins  sliall  be  pardoned 
when  thou  prayest. 

3  Man  clierislietli  anger  against  man  ; 
And  doth  he  seek  healing  from  the 

Lord? 

4  Upon  a  man  like  himself  he  hath  no 

mercy ; 
And  dotli  lie  make  supplication  for 
his  own  sins? 

5  He    being  himself    flesh  uourisheth 

wrath : 
Who  shall  make  atonement  for  his 
sins  ? 

6  Remember  thy  last  end,  and  cease 

from  enmity  : 
Reineinhtr  corruption  and  death,  and 
abide  in  the  commandments. 

7  Remember  the  commandments,  and 

be  not  wroth  with  thy  neighbour; 

And  rn member  the  covenant  of  tlie 

Highest,  and  wink  at  ignorance. 

8  Abstain  from  strife,  and  thou  shalt 

diminish  thy  sins: 
For  a    passionate  man  will    kindle 
strife; 

9  And  a  man  that  is  a  sinner  will  trou- 

ble friends, 
And  will  make  debate  among  them 

that  be  at  peace. 
10 '  As  is  the  fuel  of  the  fire,  so  will  it 

burn ; 
And  as  the  stoutness  of  the  strife  is, 

.so  will  it  burn  : 
As  is  the  strength  of  the  man,  so  will 

be  his  wTath ; 
And  as  is  his  wealth,  so  will  he  exalt 

his  anger. 
11  A  contention  begun  in  haste  kindletb 

a  fire ; 


And  a  hasty  lighting  sheddcth  blood. 
12  If  thou  blow  a  spark,  it  shall  burn  ; 
And  if  thou  spit  upon  it,  it  shall  be 

(|IU'Ili'IU'(l  : 

And  both  these  shall  come  out  of  thy 
mouth. 

18  Curse    the    whisperer    and    double- 
tongued  : 
For  he  hath  destroyed  many  that  were 
at  peace. 

14  A  third  person's  tongue  hath  shaken 

many, 
And  dispersed  them  from  natiiui  to 

nation ; 
And  it  hath  pulled  down  strong  cities, 
And  overthrown  the  houses  of  great 

men. 

15  A  third  person's  tongue  hath  cast  out 

brave  women. 
And  deprived  them  of  their  labours. 
K!  He  tliat  hearkeneth  unto  it  shall  not 

hnd  rest. 
Nor  shall  he  dwell  quietly. 

17  The  stroke  of  a  whip  niaketh  a  mark 

in  the  flesh ; 
But  the  stroke  of  a  tongue  will  break 
bones. 

18  Many  have  fallen  by  the  edge  of  the 

sword : 
Yet  not  so  many  as  they  that  have 
fallen  because  of  the  tongue. 

19  Happy  is  he  that  is  sheltered  from  it. 
That  hath  not  passed  through   the 

wrath  thereof; 
That  hath  not  drawn  its  yoke. 
And  hath  not  been  bound  with  its 

bands. 

20  For  the  yoke   thereof  is  a  yoke  of 

iron. 
And  the  bands  thereof  are  bands  of 
brass. 

21  The  death  thereof  is  an  evil  death ; 
And  Hades  were  better  than  it. 

22  It   shall    not  have  rule  over  godly 

men; 
And  they  shall  not  be  burned  in  its 
flame. 

23  They  that  forsake  the  Lord  shall  fall 

into  it; 
And  it  shall  burn  among  them,  and 

shall  not  be  quenched  : 
It  shall  be  sent  forth  upon  them  as  a 

lion; 
And   as   a  leopard  it  shall  destroy 

them. 

24  Look  that  thou  hedge  thy  possession 

about  with  thorns; 
Bind  up  thy  silver  and  thy  gold  ; 

25  And  make  a  balance  and  a  weight  for 

thy  words ; 
And  make  a  door  and  a  bar  for  thy 
mouth. 

26  Take  heed  lest  thou  slip  therein  ; 
Lest  thou  fall  before  one  that  lieth  in 

wait. 

29  He  that  sheweth  mercy  will  lend 
unto  his  neighbour ; 
And  he  that  strengtheneth  him  with 


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29.  17 

ECCLESIASTICUS. 

30.  6. 

his    hand   keepeth   the   command- 

ISSuretiship hath  undone   many  that 

ments. 

were  prospering. 

2  Lend  to  thy  neighbour  in  time  of  his 

And  shaken  them  as  a  wave  of  the 

need ; 

sea: 

And  pay  thou  thy  neighbour  again  in 

Mighty  men  hath  it  driven  from  their 

due  season. 

homes ; 

3  Confirm  thy  word,  and  keep  faith  with 

And  they  wandered  among  strange 

him ; 

nations. 

And  at  all  seasons  thou  shalt  find 

19  A  sinner  that  falleth  into  suretiship, 

what  thou  needest. 

And  undertaketh  contracts  for  work. 

4  Many  have  reckoned  a  loan  as  a  wind- 

shall fall  into  lawsuits. 

fall, 

20  Help  thy  neighbour  according  to  thy 

And  have  given  trouble  to  those  that 

power. 

helped  them. 

And  take  heed  to  thyself  that  thou 

5  Till  he  hath  received,  he  will  kiss  a 

fall  not  to  the  same. 

man's  hands ; 

And  for  his  neighbour's  money  he  will 

2 1  The  chief  thing  for  life  is  water,  and 

speak  submissly : 

bread, 

And  when  payment  is  due,  he  will 

And  a  garment,  and  a  house  to  cover 

prolong  the  time, 

shame. 

And  return  words  of  heaviness,  and 

22  Better  is  the  life  of  a  poor  man  under 

1  Gr.  the 

complain  of '  the  times. 

a  shelter  of  logs. 

season. 

6  If  he  prevail,  he  shall  hardly  receive 

Than    sumptuous    fare    in    another 

the  half; 

man's  house. 

And  he  will  count  it  as  a  windfall : 

23  With  little  or  with   much,  be  well 

If  not,  he  hath  deprived  him  of  his 

satisfied.3 

3  The 

money. 

24  It  is  a  miserable  life  to  go  from  house 

remain- 

And he  hath  gotten  him  for  an  enemy 

to  house : 

der  of 

this 

without  cause : 

And  where  thou  art  a  sojourner,  thou 

verse  is 

He  will  pay  him  with  cursings  and 

Shalt  not  dare  to  open  thy  mouth. 

omitted 
by  the 

railings ; 

25  Thou    shalt   entertain,  and  give  to 

best  au- 

And for  honour  he  will  pay  him  dis- 

drink, and  have  no  thanks: 

thorities. 

grace. 

And  besides  this  thou  shalt  hear  bit- 

s Some 

7  2  Many  on  account  of  men's  ill-dealing 

ter  words. 

ancient 
authori- 
ties read 

have  turned  away ; 

26  Come  hither,  thou  sojourner,  furnish 

They  have  feared  to  be  defrauded  for 

a  table. 

Many 

nought. 

And  if  thou  hast  aught  in  thy  hand, 

there- 
fore. 

8  Howbeit  with  a  man  in  poor  estate  be 

feed  me  with  it. 

longsuffering ; 

27  Go  forth,  thou  sojourner,  from  the 

And  let  him  not  wait  for  thine  alms. 

face  of  honour ; 

9  Help  a  poor  man  for  the  command- 

My brother  is  come  to  be  my  guest ;  I 

ment's  sake ; 

have  need  of  my  house. 

And  according  to  his  need  send  him 

28  These  things  are  grievous  to  a  man  of 

not  empty  away. 

understanding ; 

10  Lose  thy  money  for  a  brother  and  a 

The  upbraiding  of  house-room,  and 

friend ; 

the    reproaching    of    the    money- 

And let  it  not  rust  under  the  stone  to 

lender. 

be  lost. 

11  Bestow  thy  treasure  according  to  the 

30  He  that  loveth  his  son  will  continue 

commandments  of  tlie  Most  High  ; 

to  lay  stripes  upon  him, 

And  it  shall  profit  thee  more  than  gold. 

That  he  may  have  joy  of  him  in  the 

12  Shut  up  alms  in  thy  store-chambers; 

end. 

And  It  shall  deliver  thee  out  of  all 

2  He  that  chastiseth  his  son  shall  have 

affliction : 

profit  of  him, 

13  It  shall  fight  for  thee  against  thine 

And  shall  glory  of  him  among  his 

enemy 

acquaintance. 

Better  than  a  mighty  shield  and  a 

3  He  that  teacheth  his  son  shall  pro- 

ponderous spear. 

voke  his  enemy  to  jealousy ; 
And  before  friends  he  shall  rejoice  of 

14  A  good  man  will  be  surety  for  his 

him. 

neighbour ; 

4  His  father  dieth,  and  is  as  though  he 

And  he  that  hath  lost  shame  will  fail 

had  not  died ; 

him. 

For  he  hath  left  one  behind  him  like 

15  Forget  not  the  good  offices  of  thy 

himself. 

surety ; 

5  In  his  life,  he  saw  and  rejoiced  in  him ; 

For  he  hath  given  his  life  for  thee. 

And  when  he  died,  he  sorrowed  not: 

16  A   sinner  will  overthrow  the   good 

6  He  left  behind  him  an  avenger  against 

estate  of  his  surety ; 

his  enemies. 

17  And  he  that  is  of  an  unthankful  mind 

And  one  to  requite  kindness  to  his 

will  fail  him  that  delivered  him. 

friends. 

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30.  24. 


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31.  17. 


7  He  tha,t  inaketh  too  uiiicli  of  his  son 

shall  hiixl  up  his  wounds; 
And  bis  heart  will  be    troubled  at 
every  cry. 

8  An  unbroken  horse  beconieth  stub- 

born ; 
And  a  son  left  at  large  becometh  head- 
strong. 

9  Cocker  thy  child,  and  he  shall  make 

thee  afraid : 
Play  Willi  him, and  he  will  grieve  thee. 

10  Laugh  not  with  him,  lest  thou  have 

sorrow  with  him ; 
And  thou  shalt  gnash  thy  teeth  in  the 
end. 

11  Give  him  no  liberty  in  his  youth, 
'  And  wink  not  at  his  follies. 

12  'Bow  down  his  neck  in  his  youth, 
Ami  beat  him  on  the  sides  while  he  is 

a  child, 

Lest  he  wax  stubborn,  and  be  dis- 
obedient unto  thee; 

>  And  there  shall  be  sorrow  to  thy 
soul. 

13  Chastise  thy  sou,  and  take  pains  with 

him. 
Lest  his  shameless  behaviour  be  an 
oft'euce  unto  thee. 

14  Better  is  a  poor  man,  being  sound  and 

strong  of  constitution, 
Th:in  a  rich  man  that  is  plagued  in 
his  body. 

15  Health  and  a  good  constitution  are 

better  than  all  gold ; 
And  a  strong  body  than  wealth  with- 
out measure. 

16  There  is  no  riches  better  than  health 

of  body ; 
And  there  is  no  gladness  above  the 
joy  of  the  heart. 

17  Death  is  better  than  a  bitter  life, 

'  And  '  eternal  rest  than  a  continual 
sickness. 

18  Good  things  poured  out  upon  a  mouth 

that  is  closed 
Are  as  messes  of  meat  laid  upon  a 
grave. 

19  What  doth  an  offering  profit  an  idol  ? 
For  neither  shall  it  eat  nor  smell : 

So  is  he  that  is  afflicted  of  the  Lord, 

20  Seeing  with  his  eyes  and  groaning, 
As  an  eunuch  embracing  a  virgin  and 

groaning. 

21  Give  not  over  thy  soul  to  sorrow ; 
And  afflict  not  thyself  in  thine  own 

counsel. 

22  Gladness  of  heart  is  the  life  of  a  man ; 
And  the  joyfulness  of  a  man  is  length 

of  days. 

23  Love  thine  own  soul,  and  comfort  thy 

heart : 
And  remove  sorrow  far  from  thee ; 
For  sorrow  hath  destroyed  many. 
And  there  is  no  prolit  therein. 

24  Envy  and    wrath    shorten  a  man's 

days ; 
And  care  bringeth  old  age  before  the 
time. 


2')  A  cheerful  and  good  heart 

Will  have  a  care  of  his  moat  and  diet. 
31  Wakefulness  that  cometh  of  riches 
consumeth  the  flesh. 
And  the  anxiety  thereof  putteth  away 
sleep. 

2  Wakeful  anxiety  will  crave  slumber; 
And  *  in  a  sore  disease  sleep  will  be 

broken. 

3  A  rich  man  toileth  in  gathering  money 

together ; 
And  when  he  resteth,  ho  is  filled  with 
his  good  things. 

4  A  poor  man  toileth  in  lack  of  sub- 

stance ; 

And  when  he  resteth,  he  becometh 
needy. 
6  He  that  loveth  gold  shall  not  be  justi- 
fied ; 

And  he  that    followeth    destruction 
shall  himself  have  his  fill  of  it. 

6  Many  have  been  given  over  to  ruin 

tor  the  sake  of  gold ; 
And  their  perdition  '*meeteth  them 
face  to  face. 

7  It  is  a  stumblingblock  unto  them  that 

sacrifice  unto  it; 
And  every  fool  shall  be  taken  there- 
with. 

8  Blessed  is  the  rich  that  is  found  with- 

out blemish. 
And  that  goeth  not  after  gold. 

9  Who  is  he  ?   and  we  will  call  him 

blessed : 
For  wonderful  things  hath  he  done 
among  his  people. 

10  Wlio  hath  been  tried  thereby,  and 

found  perfect  ? 

Then  let  him  glory. 

Who  hath  had  the  power  to  trans- 
gress, and  liath  not  transgressed? 

And  to  do  evil,  and  hath  not  done  it? 

1 1  His  goods  shall  be  made  sure, 

And  the  congregation  shall  declare 
his  alms. 

12  Sittest  thou  at  a  great  table?  « be  not 

greedy  upon  it, 
And  say  not,  Many  are  the  things 
upon  it. 

13  Kemember  that  an  evil  eye  is  a  wicked 

thing : 
What  hath  been  created  more  evil 

than  an  eye  ? 
Therefore   it    sheddeth    tears    from 

every  face. 

14  Stretch  not  thine  hand  whithersoever 

it  looketh. 
And  thrust  not  thyself  with  it  into 
the  dish. 

15  Consider  thy    neighbour's  liking  by 

thine  own; 
And  be  discreet  in  every  point. 

16  Kat,  as  beconieth  a  man,  those  things 

which  are  set  before  thee  ; 
And  eat  not  greedily,  lest  thou  be 
hated. 

17  Be  first  to  leave    off  for   manners' 

sake; 
And  be  not  insatiable,  lest  thou  oSend. 


101 


32.  2. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


32.  19. 


18  And  if  thou  sittest  among  many, 
Reach  not  out  thy  hand  before  them. 

19  How  sufficient  to  a  well-mannered 

man  is  a  very  little, 
And  he  doth  not  breathe  hard  upon 
his  bed. 

20  Healthy   sleep  cometh  of  moderate 

eating; 
He  riseth  early,  and  his  wits  are  with 

him : 
The  pain  of  wakefulness,  and  colic. 
And  griping,  are  with  an  insatiable 

man. 

21  And  if  thou  hast  been  forced  to  eat. 
Rise  up  in  the  midst  thereof,  and  thou 

Shalt  have  rest. 

22  Hear  me,  my  son,  and  despise  me  not, 
And  at  the  last  thou  shalt  find  my 

words  true: 
In  all  thy  works  be  quick. 
And  no  disease  shall  come  unto  thee. 

23  Him  that  is  liberal  of  his  meat  the 

lips  shall  bless ; 
And  the  testimony  of  his  excellence 
shall  be  believed. 

24  Him  that  is  a  niggard  of  his  meat  the 

city  shall  murmur  at ; 
And  the  testimony  of  his  niggardness 
shall  be  sure. 

25  Shew  not  thyself  valiant  in  wine ; 
For  wine  hath  destroyed  many. 

26  The  furnace  proveth  the  temper  of 

steel  by  dipping; 
So  doth  wine/;roie  hearts  in  the  quar- 
relling of  the  proud. 

27  Wine  is  as  good  as  life  to.men. 
If  thou  drink  it  in  its  measure : 
What  life  is  there  to  a  man  that  is 

without  wine  ? 
And  it  hath  been  created  to  make 
men  glad. 

28  Wine  drunk  in  season  and  to  satisfy 
Is  joy  of  heart,  and  gladness  of  soul : 

29  Wine  drunk  largely  is  bitterness  of 

soul. 
With  provocation  and  conflict. 

30  Drunkenness  increaseth  the  rage  of  a 

fool  luito  his  hurt ; 
It  diminisheth  strength,  and  addeth 
wounds. 

31  Rebuke  not  thy  neighbour  at  a  ban- 

quet of  wine. 

Neither  set  him  at  nought  in  his 
mirth : 

Speak  not  unto  him  a  word  of  re- 
proach. 

And  press  not  upon  him  by  asking 
back  a  debt. 

32  Have  they  made   thee  ruler  of  a 
feast"! 

Be  not  lifted  up, 

Be  thou  among  them  as  one  of  them  ; 

Take  thought  for  them,  and    so  sit 

down. 
2  And  when  thou  hast  done  all    thy 

office,  take  thy  place, 


That  thou  mayest  be  gladdened  on 
their  account, 

And  receive  a  crown  for  thy  well  or- 
dering. 

3  Speak,  thou  that  art  the  elder,  for  it 

becometh    thee,  b^it    with    sound 
knowledge ; 
And  hinder  not  music. 

4  Pour  not  out  talk  where  there  is  a 

performance  of  music. 
And  display  not  thy  wisdom  out  of 
season. 

5  AssL  signet  of  carbuncle  in  a  setting 

of  gold. 
So  is  a  concert  of  music  in  a  banquet 
of  wine. 

6  As  a  signet  of  emerald  in  a  work  of 

gold. 
So  is  a  strain  of  music  with  pleasant 
wine. 

7  Speak,  young  man,  if  there  be  need  of 

thee ; 
Yet  scarcely  if  thou  be  twice  asked. 

8  Sum  up  thy  speech,  many  things  in 

few  words ; 
Be  as  one  that  knoweth  and  yet  hold- 
eth  his  tongue. 

9  //  than  be  among  great  men,  behave 

not  as  their  equal ; 
And  when  another  is  speaking,  make 
not  much  babbling. 

10  Before  thunder  speedeth  lightning  ; 
And  liefore  a  shamefast  man  favour 

shall  go  forth. 

11  Rise  up  betimes,  and  be  not  the  last ; 
Get   thee   home  quickly  and   loiter 

not : 

12  There  take  thy  pastime,  and  do  what 

is  in  thy  heart ; 
And  sin  not  by  proud  speech : 

13  And  for  these  things  bless  him  that 

made  thee, 
And  giveth  thee  to  drink  freely  of  his 
good  things. 

14  He  that  feareth  the  Lord  will  receive 

his  discipline ; 
And  they  that  seek  Mm  early  shall 
find  favour. 
1.5  He  that  seeketh  the  law  shall  be  filled 
therewith : 
But   the     hypocrite    shall    stumble 
thereat. 

1 6  They  that  fear  the  Lord  shall  find 

judgement. 
And  shall  kindle  righteous  acts  as  a 
light. 

17  A  sinful  man  shunneth  reproof. 
And  will  find  a  judgement  according 

to  his  will. 

18  A  man  of  counsel  will  not  neglect  a 

thought ; 
A  strange  and  proud  man  will  not 

crouch  in  fear. 
Even  after  he  hath  done  a  thing  by 

himself  without  counsel. 

19  Do  nothing  without  counsel; 


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33.  1^ 

ECCLESIASTICUS.                                     35.  3U 

And  when  thou  hast  once  done,  re- 

1.5 And  thus  look  upon  all  the  works  of 

pent  not. 

the  Most  High; 

20  Oo  not  ill  M  way  of  ooiiflirt ; 

Two  and  two,  one  against  another. 

And  stumble  iii>t  in  .stony  placP.s. 

>  Gr. 

2 1  Ho  not  conlldent  in  ;i  '  .sniootli  way. 

Itt  And  I  awaked  up  last. 

tcithoul 

22  Ami  liewaie  of  tliine  own  children. 

As  one  that  gleaneth  after  the  grape- 

bting- 
bhcls. 

2.S  In  every  work  trust  tliiue  own  soul ; 

gatherers  : 

For  this   is  the  keeping  of  the  com- 

By  the  blessing  of  the  Lord   I  got 

inandments. 

before  them. 
And  filled  my  winepress  as  one  that 

24  Up  that  brlifveth  the  law  giveth  heed 

gathereth  grapes. 

to  the  cDiniiiaiKliiKMit  ; 

17  Consider  that  1  laboured  not  for  my- 

.\n(i lie  that  tnistotliin  the  1-ord  shall 

self  alone, 

sutler  no  loss. 

But  for  all  them  that  seek  in.struc- 

33  There  shall  no  evil  happen  unto  him 

tion. 

that  fcaieth  the  Lord; 

18  Hear  me,  ye  great  men  of  the  peo- 

But in  temiitation  once  and  again  will 

ple, 

he  deliver  him. 

And  hearken  with  your  ears,  ye  rulers 

2  A  wise  man  will  not  hate  the  law ; 

of  the  congregation. 

But  he  that  is  a  hypocrite  therein  is 

as  a  ship  in  a  storm. 

1 0  To   son   and   wife,  to   brother   and 

3  A  man  of  understanding  will  put  his 

friend. 

trust  in  the  law  ; 

Give  not  power  over  thee  while  thou 

And  the  law  is  faithful  unto  him,  as 

livest ; 

when  one  asketh  at  the  oracle. 

And  give  not  thy  goods  to  another, 
liCst  thou  repent  and  make  supplica- 

4 Prepare  /hi/  speech, and  so  shalt  thou 

tion  for  them  n/jaiii. 

be  heard ; 

20  Whilst  thou  yet  livest,  and  breath  is 

Bind  up  instruction,  and  make  thine 

in  thee, 

answer. 

Give  not  thyself  over  to  anybody. 

5  The  heart  of  a  fool  is  as  a  cartwheel ; 

21  For   better  it    is  that  thy   children 

And  his  thoughts  like  a  rolling  axle- 

should  supplicate  thee. 

tree. 

Than  that  thou  shouldest  look  to  the 

6  A   stallion    horse    is   as  a   mocking 

hand  of  thy  sons. 

friend ; 

22  In   all   thy  works  keep   the   upper 

He  neigheth    under   every  one  that 

liand; 

sitteth  upon  him. 

Bring  not  a  stain  on  thine  honour. 
23  In  tlie  day  that  thou  endest  the  days 

7  Why  doth  one  day  excel  another. 

of  thy  life, 

When  all  the  light  of  every  day  in  the 

And  in  the  time  of  death,  distribute 

year  is  of  the  sun  ? 

thine  inheritance. 

8  By  the  knowledge  of  the  Lord  they 

were  distinguished ; 

24  Fodder,  a  stick,  and  burdens,  for  an 

And  he  varied  seasons  and  feasts  : 

ass; 

n  Some  of  them  he  exalted  and  hal- 

Bread, and  discipline,  and  work,  for  a 

lowed, 

servant. 

And  some  of  them  hath  he  made  ordi- 

2.5 Set  thy  servant  to  work,  and  thou 

nary  days. 

shalt  find  rest : 

10  And  all  men  are  from  the  ground, 

Leave  his  hands  idle,  and  he  will  seek 

And  Adam  was  created  of  earth. 

liberty. 

11  In  the  abundance  of  his  knowledge 

26  Yoke  and  thong  will  bow  the  neck  : 

the  Lord  distinguished  them. 

And  for  an  evil  servant   there  are 

And  made  their  ways  various  : 

racks  and  tortures. 

12  Some  of  them  he  blessed  and  exalted. 

27  Send  him  to  labour,  that  he  be  not 

And  some  of  them  he  hallowed  and 

idle; 

brought  nigh  to  himself : 

For  idleness  teacheth  much  mi.schief. 

Some  of  them  he  cursed  and  brought 

28  Set  him  to  work,  as  is  fit  for  him  ; 

low, 

And  if  he  obey  not,  make  his  fetters 

And  overthrew  them  from  their  place. 

heavy. 

13  As  the  clay  of  the  potter  in  his  hand, 

29  And  be  not  excessive  toward  any ; 

All  his  ways  are  according  to  his  good 

And  without  judgement  do  nothing. 

pleasure ; 

So  men  are  in  the  hand  of  him  that 

30  If  thou  hast  a  servant,  let  him  he  as 

made  them. 

thyself, 

*  A  line 

To  render  unto  them  according  to  his 

Because  thou  hast  bought  him  with 

of  this 

judgement. 

blood. 

>The 

verse  is 

14  Good  is  set  over  against  evil. 

31  If  thou  hast  a  servant,  treat  him  as 

Greek 
text  of 

omitted 

And  life  over  against  death  : 

thyself ; 

this  line 

by  the 
best  au- 
thorities. 

So   is  =the  sinner  over  against  the 

»  For  as  thine  own  soul  wilt  thou  have 

is  pro- 
baWy 
corrupt. 

godly. 

need  of  him: 

34.  17. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


35.  9. 


If  thou  treat  him  ill,  and  he  depart 

and  run  away, 
Which  way  wilt  thou  go  to  seek  him  ? 

34  Vain  and  false  hopes  are  for  a  man 
void  of  understanding : 
And  dreams  give  wings  to  fools. 

2  As  one  that  catcheth  at  a  shadow, 

and  foUoweth  after  the  wind. 
So  is  he  that   setteth  his  mind  on 
dreams. 

3  The  vision  of  dreams  is  as  this  thing 

against  that. 
The  likeness  of  a  face  over  against  a 
face. 

4  Of  an  unclean  thing  what  shall  be 

cleansed? 
And  of  that  which  is  false  what  shall 
be  true  ? 

5  Divinations,  and   soothsayings,  and 

dreams,  are  vain : 
And  the  heart  fancieth,  as  a  woman's 
in  travail. 

6  If  they  be  not  sent  from  the  Most 

High  in  thy  visitation. 
Give  not  thy  heart  unto  them. 

7  For  dreams  have  led  many  astray : 
And  they  have  failed  by  putting  their 

hope  in  them. 

8  Without  lying  shall  the  law  be  ac- 

complished ; 
And  wisdom  is  perfection  to  a  faithful 
mouth. 

9  A  well-instructed  man  knoweth  many 

things ; 
And  he  that  hath  much  experience 
will  declare  understanding. 

10  He  that  hath  no  experience  knoweth 

few  things : 
But  he  that  hath  wandered  shall  in- 
crease his  skill. 

11  In  my  wandering  I  have  seen  many 

things ; 
And  more  than  my  words  is  my  un- 
derstanding. 

12  Ofttimes  was  I  in  danger  even  unto 

death ; 
And  I  was  preserved  because  of  these 
things. 

13  The  spirit  of  those  that  fear  the  Lord 

shall  live ; 
For  their  hope  is  upon  him  that  saveth 
them. 

14  Whoso  feareth  the  Lord  shall  not  be 

afraid, and  shall  notplay  the  coward; 
For  he  is  his  hope. 

15  Blessed  is  the  soul  of  him  that  fear- 

eth the  Lord : 
To  whom  doth  he  give  heed  ?  and  who 
is  his  stay? 

16  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  are  upon  them 

that  love  him, 
A  mighty  protection  and  strong  stay, 
A  cover  from  the  hot  blast,  and  a 

cover  from  the  noonday, 
A  guard  from  stumbling,  and  a  suc- 
cour from  falling. 

17  He  ralseth  up  the  soul,  and  enlighten- 

eth  the  eyes : 


He   giveth   healing,  life,  and   bless- 
ing. 

18  He  that  sacriflceth  of  a  thing  wrong- 

fully gotten,  his  offering  is  made  in 
mockery ; 
And  the  mockeries  of  wicked  men  are 
not  well-pleasing. 

19  The  Most  High  hath  no  pleasure  in 

the  offerings  of  the  ungodly ; 
Neither  is  he  pacified  for  sins  by  the 
multitude  of  sacrifices. 

20  As  one  that  killeth  the  son  before  his 

father's  eyes 
Is  he  that  bringeth  a  sacrifice  from 
tlie  goods  of  the  poor. 

21  The  bread  of  the  needy  is  the  life  of 

the  poor : 
He  that  depriveth  him  thereof  is  a 
man  of  blood. 

22  As  one  that  slayeth  his  neighbour  is 

he  that  taketh  away  his  living ; 
And  as  a  shedder  of  blood  is  he  that 
depriveth  a  hireling  of  his  hire. 

23  One  building,    and   another  pulling 

down, 
What  profit  have  they  had  but  toil  ? 

24  One  praying,  and  another  cursing. 
Whose  voice  will  the  Lord  listen  to  ? 

25  He  that  washeth  himself  after  touch- 

ing a  dead  body,  and  toucheth  it 
again, 
What  profit  hath  he  in  his  washing? 

26  Even  so  a  man  fasting  for  his  sins. 
And  going  again,  and  doing  the  same ; 
Who  will  listen  to  his  prayer? 

And  what  profit  hath  he  in  his  humi- 
liation? 

35  He  that  keepeth  the  law  multiplieth 
offerings ; 
He  that  taketh  heed  to  the  command- 
ments sacrificeth  a  peace  offering. 

2  He  that  requiteth  a  good  turn  offer- 

eth  fine  flour ; 
And  he  that  giveth  alms  sacrificeth 
a  thank  offering. 

3  To  depart  from  wickedness  is  a  thing 

pleasing  to  the  Lord  ; 
And  to  depart  from  unrighteousness 
is  a  propitiation. 

4  See  that  thou  appear  not  In  the  pre- 

sence of  the  Lord  empty. 

5  For  all  these  things  are  to  be  done 

because  of  the  commandment. 

6  The  offering  of  the  righteous  maketh 

the  altar  fat ; 
And  the  sweet  savour  thereof  is  be- 
fore the  Most  High. 

7  The  sacrifice  of  a  righteous  man  is 

acceptable ; 
And  the  memorial  thereof  shall  not 
be  forgotten. 

8  Glorify  the  Lord  with  a  good  eye, 
And  stint  not  the  firstfruits  of  thine 

hands. 

9  In  every  gift  shew  a  cheerful  counte- 

nance. 
And   dedicate  thy  tithe  with   glad- 
ness. 


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36.  3. 

ECCLESIASTICUS.                                  36.  22. 

10  Give  unto  the  Most  Uigh  according 

4  As  thou  wast  sanctified  in  us  before 

as  lie  luitli  given  ; 

them. 

And  us  thy  hand  hath  found,  gire 

So  be  thou  magnified  in  them  before  us. 

with  a  good  eye. 

5  And  let  them  know  thee,  as  we  also 

11  For  the  Lord  rccompenseth, 

have  known  thee. 

And  he  will  recompense  thee  seven- 

That there  is  no  God  but  only  thou. 

fold. 

0  God. 
6  Shew    new  signs,  and  work    divers 

12  Think  not  to  corrupt  with  gifts ;  for 

wonders ; 

he  will  not  receive  them : 

Glorify  thy  hand  and  thy  right  arm.= 

And  set  not  thy  mind  on  an  unright- 

7 Raise  up  indignation,  and  pour  out 

eous  saerilice ; 

wrath ; 

For  the  Lord  is  judge, 

Take  away  the  adversary,  and  destroy 

And  with  him  is  no  respect  of  per- 

the enemy. 

sons. 

8  Hasten  the  time,  and  remember  the 

13  He  will  not  accept  any  person  against 

oath ; 

a  poor  man ; 

And  let  them  declare    thy    mighty 

And  he  will  listen  to  the  prayer  of 

works. 

him  tliat  is  wronged. 

9  Let  him  that  escapeth  be  devoured 

14  He  will  in  no  wise  despise  the  suppli- 

by the  rage  of  fire  ; 

cation  of  the  fatherless ; 

And  may  they  that  harm  thy  people 

«  Gr.  if. 

Nor  tlie  widow, '  when  she  poureth 

find  destruction. 

out  her  tale. 

10  Crush  tlie  heads  of  the  rulers  of  the 

15  Do  not  the  tears  of  the  widow  run 

enemies, 

down  her  cheek? 

That  say,  There  is  none  but  we. 

And  is  not  her  cry  against  him  that 

1 1  Gather  all   the  tribes  of  Jacob  to- 

hath caused  them  to  fall? 

gether, 

16  He  that  serveth  God  according  to  his 

And  *  take  them  for  thine  inheritance, 

♦  The 

good  pleasure  shall  be  accepted, 

as  from  the  beginning. 

ancient 
authori- 

And hissupplication  shall  reach  un- 

12 0  Lord,  have  mercy  upon  the  people 

ties  read 

to  the  clouds. 

that  is  called  by  thy  name. 

/  took 
them  for 
mine 

17  The  prayer  of  the  humble  pierceth 

And  upon   Israel,  whom  thou  didst 

the  clouds ; 

liken  unto  a  firstborn. 

inherit- 

And  till  it  come  nigh,  he  will  not  be 

13  Have  compassion  upon  the  city  of  thy 

a7ice  : 
but  the 

comforted ; 

sanctuary. 

Greek 

And  he  will  not  depart,  till  the  Most 

Jerusalem,  the  place  of  thy  rest. 

text  is 
here 

High  shall  visit: 

14  Fill  Sion  ;  exalt  thine  oracles. 

very  con- 

« Some 

And  he  shall  judge  "  righteously,  and 

And  fill  thy  people  with  tliy  glory. 

fused. 

ancient 
authori- 

execute judgement. 

15  Give  testimony  unto  those  that  were 

ties  read 

18  And  the  Lord  will  not  be  slack,  nei- 

thy creatures  in  tlie  l)eginning. 

for  the 
righ  t- 

ther  will  he  be  longsuflering  toward 

And  raise  up  the  propliecies  that  have 

eous. 

them, 

been  in  thy  name. 

Till  he  have  crushed  the  loins  of  the 

16  Give  reward  unto  them  that  wait  for 

umnerciful ; 

thee : 

And  he  shall  repay  vengeance  to  the 

And  men  shall  put  their  trust  in  thy 

heathen ; 

prophets. 

Till  he  have  taken  away  the  multitude 

17  Hearken,  0  Lord,  to  the  prayer  of  thy 

of  the  haughty. 

suppliants. 

And  broken  in  pieces  the  sceptres  of 

According  to  the  blessing  of  Aaron 

the  unrighteous ; 

concerning  thy  people ; 

19  Till  he  have  rendered  to  every  man 

And  all  they  that  are  on  the  earth 

according  to  his  doings. 

shall  know 

And  to  the  works  of  men  according 

That  thou  art  the  Lord,  the  ^^  eternal 

»  Gr. 

to  their  devices; 

God. 

Ood  qf 
the  ages. 

Till  he  have  judged  the  cause  of  his 

people ; 

18  The  belly  will  eat  any  meat ; 

And  he  shall  make  them  to  rejoice  in 

Yet  is  one  meat  better  than  another. 

his  mercy. 

19 The  "mouth  tasteth  meats  taken  in 

«Gr. 

20  Mercy  is  seasonable  in  the  time  of  his 

hunting: 

throat 

afflicting  them, 

So  doth  an  understanding  heart  false 

Aa   clouds  of   rain  in   the   time  of 

speeches. 

drought. 

20  A  froward  heart  will  cause  heaviness : 
And  a  man  of  experience  will  recom- 

• The 
remain- 

36 Have  mercy  upon  us,  0  Lord  the 

pense  him. 

God  of  all,  and  behold ; 

21  A  woman  will  receive  any  man  ; 

der  of 

2  And  send  thy  fear  upon  all  the  na- 

But one  daughter  is  better  than  an- 

this 
verse  is 

tions  :3 

other. 

omitted 

3  Lift  up  thy  hand  against  the  strange 

22  The  beauty  of  a  woman  cheereth  the 

by  the 
best  au- 
thorities. 

nations ; 

countenance ; 

And  let  them  see  thy  mighty  power. 

And  a  man  desireth  nothing  .so  much. 

37.  11. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


37.  29. 


23  If  there  is  on  her  tongue  mercy  and 

meekness, 
Her  husband  is  not  like  the  sons  of 
men. 

24  He  that  getteth  a  wife  entereth  upon 

a  possession; 
A  help  meet  for  him,  and  a  pillar  of 
rest. 

25  Where  no  hedge  is,  the  possession  will 

be  laid  waste : 
And  he  that  hath  no  wife  will  mourn 
as  he  wandereth  up  and  down. 

26  For  who  will  trust  a  nimble  robber, 

that  skippeth  from  city  to  city? 
Even  so  who  shall  trust  a  man  that 
hath  no  nest,  and  lodgeth  whereso- 
ever he  flndeth  himself  at  night- 
fall? 

37  Every  friend  will  say,  I  also  am  his 
friend  : 
But  there  is  a  friend,  which  is  only  a 
friend  in  name. 

2  Is  there  not  a  grief  in  it  even  unto 

death. 
When  a    companion   and  friend    is 
turned  to  enmity  ? 

3  O  wicked  imagination,  whence  camest 

thou  rolling  in 
To  cover  the  dry  land  with  deceitful- 
ness? 

4  There  is  a  companion,  which  rejoiceth 

in  the  gladness  of  a  friend, 
But  in  time  of  afifliction  will  be  against 
him. 

5  There  is  a  companion,  which  for  the 

belly's    sake    laboureth    with    his 
friend. 
In  the  face  of  battle  will  take  up  the 
buckler. 

6  Forget  not  a  friend  in  thy  soul ; 
And  be  not  unmindful  of  him  in  thy 

riches. 

7  Every  counsellor  extolleth  counsel ; 
But  there  is  that  counselleth  for  him- 
self. 

8  Let  thy  soul  beware  of  a  counsellor, 
And  know  thou  before  what  is  his 

interest 
(For  he  will  take  counsel  for  himself) ; 
Lest  he  cast  the  lot  upon  thee, 

9  And  say  unto  thee.  Thy  way  is  good : 
And  he  will  stand  over  against  thee, 

to  see  what  shall  befall  thee. 

10  Take  not  counsel  with  one  that  look- 

eth  askance  at  thee ; 
And  hide  thy  counsel  from  such  as  are 
jealous  of  thee. 

1 1  Take  not  counsel  with  a  woman  about 

her  rival ; 

Neither  with  a  coward  about  war ; 

Nor  with  a  merchant  about  exchange ; 

Nor  with  a  buyer  about  selling ; 

Nor  with  an  envious  man  about  thank- 
fulness ; 

Nor  with  an  unmerciful  man  about 
kindliness ; 

Nor  with  a  sluggard  about  any  kind 
of  work ; 


Nor  with  a  hireling  in  thy  house  about 

finishing  his  work ; 
Nor  with  an  idle  servant  about  much 

business  : 
Give  not  heed  to  these  in  any  matter 

of  counsel. 

12  But  rather  be  continually  with  a  godly 

man. 
Whom  thou  shalt  have  known  to  be  a 

keeper  of  the  conmiandments. 
Who  in  his  soul  is  as  thine  own  soul. 
And  who  will  grieve  with  thee,  if  thou 

shalt  miscarry. 

13  And  make  the  counsel  of  thy  heart  to 

stand ; 
For  there  is  none  more  faithful  unto 
thee  than  it. 

14  For  a  man's  soul  is  sometime  wont 

to  bring  him  tidings, 
More  than  seven  watchmen  that  sit 
on  high  on  a  watch-tower. 

15  And  above  all  this  intreat  the  Most 

High, 
That  he  may  direct  thy  way  in  truth. 

l(i  Let  reason  be  the  beginning  of  every 
work. 
And  let  counsel  go  before  every  action. 

1 7  As  a  token  of  the  changing  of  the  heart, 

18  four  manner  of  things  do  rise  up, 
Good  and  evil,  life  and  death ; 

And  that  which  ruleth  over  them  con- 
tinually is  the  tongue. 

19  There  is  one  that  is  shrewd  and  the 

instructor  of  many. 
And  yet  is  unprofitable  to  his  own 
soul. 

20  There  is  one  that  is  subtil  in  words, 

and  is  hated ; 
He  shall  be  destitute  of  all  food : 

21  For  grace  was  not  given  him  from  the 

Lord; 
Because  he  is  deprived  of  all  wisdom. 

22  There  is  one  that  is  wise  to  his  own 

soul; 
And  the  fruits  of  his  understanding 
are  trustworthy  in  the  mouth. 

23  A  wise  man  will  instruct   his  own 

people ; 
And  the  fruits  of  his  imderstanding 
are  trustworthy. 

24  A  wise  man  shall  be  filled  with  bless- 

ing; 
And  all  they  that  see  him  shall  call 
him  happy. 

25  The  life  of  man  is  numbered  by  days ; 
And  the  days  of  Israel  are  innumera- 
ble. 

26  The  wise  man  shall  inherit  confidence 

among  his  people, 
And  his  name  shall  live  for  ever. 

27  My  son,  prove  thy  soul  in  thy  life. 
And  see  what  is  evil  for  it,  and  give 

not  that  unto  it. 

28  For  all  things  are  not  profitable  for 

all  men. 
Neither  hath  every  soul  pleasure  in 
every  thing. 

29  Be  not  insatiable  in  any  luxury, 


106 


38.  lu. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


38.  28. 


And  be  not  greedy  on  the  things  that 
tliou  catest. 

30  For  in  multitude  of  meats  there  shall 

be  disease, 
And  surfeiting  shall  come  nigh  unto 
folic. 

31  Because    of   surfeiting    have    many 

perished  ; 
Hut  he  that  taketh  heed  shall  proloni; 
his  life. 

38  Honour  a  physician  according  to  thy 
need  oj  him  with  the  honours  due 
unto  him : 
For  verily  the  Lord  hath  created  him. 

2  For  from  the  Most  High  cometh  heal- 

ing; 
And  from  the  king  he  shall  receive  a 
gift. 

3  The  skill  of  the  physician  shall  lift  up 

his  head ; 
And  in  the  sight  of  great  men  he  shall 
be  achnired. 

4  The  Lord  created  medicines  out  of 

the  earth ; 
And  a  prudent  man  will  have  no  dis- 
gust at  them. 

5  Was  not  water  made  sweet  with  wood, 
That   the    virtue   thereof   might    be 

known  ? 

6  And  he  gave  men  skill. 

That  '  they  might  be  glorified  in  his 
marvellous  works. 

7  With  them  doth  he  heal  a  man. 
And  taketh  away  his  pain. 

8  With  these  will  the  apothecary  make 

a  confection ; 
And  his  works  shall  not  be  brought 

to  an  end ; 
And  from  him  is  peace  upon  the  face 

of  the  earth. 

9  My  son,  in  thy  sickness  be  not  negli- 

gent; 
But  pray  unto  the  Lord,  and  he  shall 
heal  thee. 

10  Put   away  wrong  doing,  and  order 

thine  hands  aright, 
And  cleanse  thy  heart  from  all  man- 
ner of  sin. 

11  Give  a  sweet  savour,  and  a  memorial 

of  fine  flour ; 
And  make  fat  thine  oflering,  as  one 
that  is  not. 

12  Then  give  place  to  the  iiliysieiaii,  for 

verily  the  Lord  hatli  created  him  ; 
And  let  him  not  go  from  tliee,  for  thou 
hast  need  of  hin). 

13  There  is  a  time  w  hen  in  their  very 

hands  is  the  issue  for  good. 

14  For  they  also  shall  beseech  the  l,ord, 
That  he  may  prosper  them  in  (jivhuj 

relief  and  in  healing  for  the  main- 
tenance of  life. 

15  He  that  sinneth  before  his  Maker, 
Let  him  fall  into  the  hands  of  the 

physician. 

16  My  son,  let  thy  tears  fall  over  the 

dead, 


And  as  one  that  sulTereth  grievously 

begin  lamentation ; 
And  wind  up  his  body  according  to 

his  due. 
And  neglect  not  his  burial. 

17  Make  bitter  weeping,  and  make  pas- 

sionate wailing. 
And  let  thy  mourning  be  according  to 

his  desert. 
For  one  day  or  two,  lest  thou  be  evil 

spoken  of: 
And  so  be  comforted  for  thy  sorrcjw. 

18  For  of  sorrow  cometh  death. 

And  sorrow  of  heart  will  bow  down 
the  strength. 

19  In  calamity  sorrow  also  remaineth  : 
And  the  poor  man's  life  is -grievous 

to  the  heart. 

20  Give  not  thy  heart  unto  sorrow  : 
Put  it  away,  remembering  the  last 

end  : 

21  Forget  it  not,  for  there  is  no  returning 

again : 
Him  tliou  shalt  not  profit,  and  thou 
wilt  hurt  thyself. 

22  Remember  the  sentence  upon  him; 

for  so  also  shall  thine  be ; 
Yesterday  for  me,  and  to-day  for  thee. 

23  When  the    dead    is  at  rest,  let  his 

remembrance  rest ; 
And  be  comforted  for  him,  when  his 
spirit  departeth  from  him. 

24  The  wisdom  of  the  scrilie  cometh  by 

opportunity  of  leisure  ; 
And  ^  he  that  hath  little  business  shall 
become  wise. 

25  How  shall  he  become  wise  that  hold- 

eth  the  plough, 
That  glorieth    in   the  shaft   of    the 

goad, 
That  driveth  oxen,  and  is  occupied  in 

their  labours, 
And  whose  discourse  is  of  the  stock 

of  bulls? 
20  He  will  set  his  heart  upon  turning  his 

furrows ; 
And  his  wakefulness  is  to  give   his 

heifers  their  fodder. 

27  So  is  every  artificer  and  workmaster. 
That  passeth  his  time  by  night  as  by 

day; 

They  that  cut  gravings  of  signets. 

And  his  diligence  is  to  make  great 
variety; 

He  will  set  his  heart  to  preserve  like- 
ness in  his  portraiture. 

And  will  be  wakeful  to  finish  his  work. 

28  Ho  is  the  smith  sitting  by  the  anvil. 
And  considering  the  unwrought  iron  : 
The  vapour  of  the  fire  will  waste  his 

flesh; 
And  in  the  heat  of  the  furnace  will  he 

wrestle  nith  his  work  : 
The  noise  of  the  hammer  will  *  be  ever 

in  his  ear, 
And  his  eyes  are  upon  the  pattern  of 

the  vessel ; 
He  will  set  his  heart  upon  perfecting 

his  works. 


39.  6. 

ECCLESIASTICUS.                                   39,  20. 

And  he  will  be  wakeful  to  adorn  them 

perfectly. 

6  If  the  great  Lord  will. 

29  So  is  the  potter  sitting  at  his  work, 

He  shall  be  filled  with  the  spirit  of 

And  turning  the  wheel  about  with  his 

understanding: 

feet, 

He  shall  pour  forth  the  words  of  his 

Who  is  alway  anxiously  set  at  his 

wisdom. 

work, 

And  in  prayer  give  thanks  unto  the 

And  all  his  handywork  Is  by  number ; 

Lord. 

30  He  will   fashion  the    clay  with  his 

7  He  shall  direct  his  counsel  and  know- 

arm. 

ledge. 

And  will  bend  its  strength  in  front  of 

And  in  his  secrets  shall  he  meditate. 

his  feet ; 

8  He  shall   shew  forth  the  instruction 

He  will  apply  his  heart  to  finish  the 

which  he  hath  been  taught, 

glazing; 

And  shall  glory  in  the  law  of  the  cove- 

And he  will  be  wakeful  to  malce  clean 

nant  of  the  Lord. 

the  furnace. 

9  Many  shall  commend  his  understand- 

31  All    these  put  their    trust  in    their 

And  so  long  as  the  world  endureth,  it 

hands ; 

shall  not  be  blotted  out: 

And  each  becometh  wise  in  his  own 

His  memorial  shall  not  depart, 

work. 

And  his  name  shall  live  from  genera- 

32 Without  these  shall  not  a  city  be  in- 

tion to  generation. 

habited, 

10  Nations  shall  declare  his  wisdom, 

And  men  shall  not  sojourn  nor  walk 

And  the  congregation  shall  tell  out 

up  and  down  therein. 

his  praise. 

iThii 

33 1  They  shall  not  be  sought  for  in  the 

1 1  If  he  continue,  he  shall  leave  a  greater 

line  is 
absent 

council  of  the  people, 

name  than  a  thousand : 

from  the 

And  in  the  assembly  they  shall  not 

And  if  he  *  die,  he  addeth  thereto. 

*Gr. 

oldest 
MSS. 

mount  on  high ; 

cease. 

They  shall  not  sit  on  the  seat  of  the 

12  Yet  more  will  I  utter,  which  I  have 

judge. 

thought  upon ; 

And  they  shall  not  understand  the 

And  I  am  filled  as  the  moon  at  the 

covenant  of  judgement : 

full. 

Neither  shall  they  declare  instruction 

13  Hearken  unto  me,  ye  holy  children. 

and  judgement; 

And  bud  forth  as  a  rose  growing  by  a 

And  where  parables  are  they  shall 

brook  of  water : 

not  be  found. 

14  And  give  ye  a  sweet  savour  as  frank- 

34 But  they  will  maintain  the  fabric  of 

incense. 

2  Or. 

the  2  world ; 

And  put  forth  flowers  as  a  lily. 

age. 

And  in  the  handywork  of  their  craft 

Spread   abroad  a   sweet  smell,  and 

is  their  prayer. 

sing  a  song  of  praise ; 
Bless  ye  the  Lord  for  all  his  works. 

3Gr. 

39  2  Not  so  he  that  hath  applied  his 

15  Magnify  his  name. 

Except 

soul. 

And  give  utterance  to  his  praise 

him  that. 

And  meditateth  in  the  law  of   the 

With  the  songs  of  your  lips,  and  with 

Most  High ; 

harps ; 

He  will  seek  out  the  wisdom  of  all 

And  thus  shall  ye  say  when  ye  utter 

the  ancients. 

his  praise : 

And  will  be  occupied  in  prophecies. 

2  He  will  keep  the  discourse  of  the  men 

16  All  the  works  of  the  Lord  are  exceed- 

of  renown. 

ing  good, 

And  will  enter  in  amidst  the  subtilties 

And  every  command  shall  be  aecom- 

of  parables. 

X>lishecl  in  his  season. 

3  He  will  seek  out  the  hidden  meaning 

17  None  can  say.  What  is  this?  where- 

of proverbs, 

fore  is  that? 

And  be  conversant  in  the  dark  say- 

For in  his  season  they  shall  all  be 

ings  of  parables. 

sought  out. 

4  He  will  serve  among  great  men. 

At  his  word  the  waters  stood  as  a 

And  appear  before  him  that  ruleth : 

heap. 

He  will  travel  through  the  land  of 

And  the  receptacles  of  waters  at  the 

strange  nations ; 

word  of  his  mouth. 

For  he  hath  tried  good  things  and 

1 8  At  his  command  is  all  his  good  plea- 

evil among  men. 

sure  fJnne ; 

5  He  will  apply  his  heart  to  resort  early 

And  there  is  none  that  shall  hinder 

to  the  Lord  that  made  him, 

his  salvation. 

And  will  make  supplication  before 

19  The  works  of  all  flesh  are  before  him ; 

the  Most  High. 

And  it  is  not  possible  to  be  hid  from 

And  will  open  his  mouth  in  prayer, 

his  eyes. 

And  will  make  supplication  for  his 

20  He   beholdeth   from   everlasting  to 

sins. 

everlasting ; 

40.  1. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


40.  16. 


And  there  is  nothing  wonderful  be- 
fore hinu 

21  None  can  say,  AVhat  is  tliis?  where- 

fore is  tliat? 
For  all  things  are  created  for  their 
uses. 

22  His  blessing  covered  the  <lry  land  as 

a  river, 
And  saturated  it  as  a  tlood. 

23  As  he  liatli  turned  tlie  waters  into 

saUiiess ; 
So  sliall  the  heathen  inlierit  liis  wrath. 

24  His  ways  aie  i)laiii  unto  tlie  luily ; 

So  are  they  stumblinglilucks  unto  the 
wicl\i'd. 

25  Good  things  are  created  from  the  be- 

ginning tor  the  pood ; 
So  are  evil  thini;s  for  sinners. 

26  The  chief  of  all  things  necessary  for 

the  life  of  man 
Are  water,  and  fire,  and  iron,  and 

salt. 
And  flour  of  wheat,  and  honey,  and 

mill<. 
The  blood  of  the  grape,  and  oil,  and 

clothing. 

27  All  these  things  are  for  good  to  the 

godly ; 
So  to  tJi'e  sinners  they  shall  be  turned 
into  evil 

28  There  be  winds  that  are  created  for 

vengeance. 
And  in  their  fury  lay  on  their  scourges 

heavily ; 
In  tlie  time  of   consummation  they 

pour  out  their  strength. 
And  sliall  appease  the  wrath  of  him 

that  made  them. 

29  Fire,  and  liail,  and  famine,  and  death, 
All  these  are  created  for  vengeance ; 

30  Teeth  of  wild  beasts,  and  scorpions 

and  adders. 
And  a  sword  punishing  the  ungodly 
unto  destruction. 

31  Tiiey  shall  rejoice  in  his  command- 

ment. 
And  sliall  be  made  ready  upon  earth, 

when  need  is ; 
And  in  their  seasons  they  shall  not 

transgress  It  is  word. 

32  Therefore  from  the  lieginning  I  was 

resolved. 
And   1  thought   this,  and  left  it  in 
writing;; 

33  All  the  works  of  the  Lord  are  good  .- 
And  he  will  supply  every  need  in  its 

season. 

34  And  none  can  say.  This  is  worse  than 

that : 
For  they  shall  all  be  well  approved  in 
their  season. 

35  And  now  with  all  your   heart   and 

month  sing  ye  prais(>s. 
And  bless  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

40  Great  travail  is  created  for  every 
man, 


And  a  heavy  yoke  is  upon  the  sons  of 

Adam, 
From  the  day  of  their  coming  forth 

from  their  mother's  womb, 
Until  tlie  day  for  their  biu'ial  in  the 

mother  of  all  things. 

2  The  expectation  of  things  to  come, 

and  the  day  of  death, 
'  Trouhle  their  thoughts,  and  cause 
fear  of  heart ; 

3  From  him  that  sitteth  on  a  throne  of 

glory. 
Even  unto  him  that  is  humbled  in 
earth  and  ashes ; 

4  From  him  that  weareth  purple  and 

a  erown, 
Even  unto  him  that  is  clothed  with  a 
hempen  frock. 

5  There  is  wrath,  and    jealousy,  and 

trouble,  and  disquiet. 
And  fear  of  death,  and  anger,  and 

strife ; 
And  in  the  time  of  rest  upon  his  bed 
His   night    sleep    doth    change   his 

knowledge. 

6  A  little  or  nothing  is  his  resting. 
And  afterward  in  liis  sleep,  as  in  a 

day  of  keeping  watch, 
He  is  troubled  in  the  vision  of  his 

heart. 
As  one  that  hath  escaped  from  the 

front  of  battle. 

7  In  the  very  time  of  his  deliverance  he 

awaketh. 
And    marvelleth    that    the    fear   is 
nought. 

8  rt  is  th  US  with  all  flesh,  from  man  to 

beast. 
And  upon  sinners  sevenfold  more. 

9  Death,  and  bloodshed,  and  strife,  and 

sword. 
Calamities,  famine,  tribulation,  and 
the  scourge ; 

10  All  these  things  were  created  for  the 

wicked. 
And  because  of  them  came  the  flood. 

11  All  things  that  are  of  the  earth  turn 

to  the  earth  again: 
And  all  things  that  are  of  the  waters 
return  into  the  sea. 

12  All    bribery   and   injustice  shall  be 

lilotted  out ; 
And  good  fiiith  shall  stand  for  ever. 

13  The  goods  of  the  unjust  shall  be  dried 

up  like  a  river, 
And  like  a  great  thunder  in  rain  shall 
go  off  in  noise. 

14  In  oi)ening  his  hands  o  vian  shall  be 

made  glad : 
So  shall  transgressors  utterly  fail. 

15  The  children  of  the  ungodly  shall  not 

put  fortli  many  branches ; 
And  lire  as  unclean  roots  upon  a  sheer 
rock. 

16  The  sedge  that  (rroirefh  upon  every 

water  and  bank  of  a  river 
Shall    be    plucked     up    before    all 
grass. 


41.  2. 

ECCLESIASTIC  US.                                    41.  18. 

1  Gr.  in. 

17  Bounty  is  as  a  garden  '  of  blessings, 

That  is  in  extreme  old  age,  and  is  dis- 

And almsgiving  endureth  for  ever. 

tracted  about  all  things. 
And  is  perverse,  and  hath  lost  pa- 

18 The  life  of  one  tliat  laboureth,  and  is 

tience: 

contented,  shall  be  made  sweet ; 

3  Fear  not  the  sentence  of  death ; 

And  he  that  fiudeth  a   treasure    is 

Kemember  them  that  have  been  be- 

above both. 

fore  thee,  and  that  come  after : 

19  Children  and  the  building  of  a  city 

This  is  the  sentence  from  the  Lord 

establish  a  man's  name ; 

over  all  flesh. 

And  a  blameless  wife  is  counted  above 

lAnd  why  dost  thou  refuse,  when  it 

both. 

is  the  good  pleasui-e  of  the  Most 

20  Wine  and  music  rejoice  the  heart; 

High? 

And  the  love  of   wisdom   is  above 

Whether  it  be  ten,  or  a  hundred,  or  a 

both. 

thousand  years, 

21  The    pipe   and   the    psaltery    make 

There  is  no  inquisition  of  life  in  '  the 

3Gr. 
Hadet. 

pleasant  melody; 

grave. 

And  a  pleasant  tongue  is  above  both. 

22  Thine   eye    shall   desire   grace   and 

5  The  children  of  sinners  are  abomina- 

beauty; 

ble  children. 

And  above  both  the  green  blade  of 

And  they  frequent  the  dwellings  of 

corn. 

the  ungodly. 

23  A  friend  and  a  companion  never  meet 

6  The  inheritance  of  sinners'  children 

amiss ; 

shall  perish. 

And  a  wife  with  her  husband  is  above 

And  with  their  posterity  shall  be  a 

both. 

perpetual  reproach. 

24  Brethren  and  succour  are  for  a  time 

7  Children  will  complain  of  an  ungodly 

of  affliction ; 

father, 

And  almsgiving  is  a  deliverer  above 

Because  they  shall  be  reproached  for 

both. 

his  sake. 

25  Gold  and  silver  will  make  the  foot 

8  Woe  unto  you,  ungodly  men. 

stand  sure ; 

Which  have  forsaken  the  law  of  the 

And  counsel  is  esteemed  above  them 

Most  High  God!* 

♦  The 
rcm&in- 

both. 

9  If  ye  be  born,  ye  shall  be  born  to  a 

derof 

26  Eiches  and  strength  will  lift  up  the 

curse ; 

this 

heart; 

If  ye  die,  a  curse  shall  be  your  portion. 

verse  ie 
omitted 

And  the  fear  of  the  Lord  is  above  both : 

10  All  things  that  are  of  the  earth  shall 

by  the 

There  is  nothing  wanting  in  the  fear 

go  back  to  the  earth : 

best  au- 
thoritieii 

of  the  Lord, 

So  the  ungodly  shall  go  from  a  curse 

And  there  is  no  need  to  seek  help 

unto  perdition. 

therein. 

11  The  mourning  of  men  is  about  their 

27  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  as  a  garden 

bodies: 

of  blessing, 

But  the  name  of  sinners  being  evil 

»Gr. 
iim. 

And  covereth  -  a  man  above  all  glory. 

shall  be  blotted  out. 
12  Have  regard  to  thy  name ; 

28  My  son,  lead  not  a  beggar's  life ; 

For  it  continueth  with  thee  longer 

Better  it  is  to  die  than  to  beg. 

than  a  thousand  great  treasures  of 

29  A  man  that  looketh  unto  the  table  of 

gold. 

another, 

13  A  good  life  hath  its  number  of  days; 

His  life  is  not  to  be  counted  for  a 

life; 
He  will  pollute  his  soul  with  another 

And  a  good  name  continueth  forever. 

14  My    children,    keep    instruction    in 

man's  meats : 

peace : 

But  a  man  wise  and  well-instructed 

But  wisdom  that  is  hid,  and  a  treasure 

will  beware  thereof. 

that  is  not  seen, 

30  In  the  mouth  of  the  shameless  begging 

What  profit  is  in  them  both? 

will  be  sweet; 

15  Better  is  a  man  that  hideth  his  fool- 

And in  his  belly  a  fire  shall  be  kin- 

ishness 

dled. 

Than  a  man  that  hideth  his  wisdom. 
1 6  Wherefore    shew    reverence    to    my 

410  death,  how  bitter  is  the  remem- 

word: 

brance  of  thee  to  a  man  that  is  at 

For  it  is  not  good  to  retain  every  kind 

peace  in  his  possessions, 

of  shame ; 

Unto  the  man  that  hath  nothing  to 

And  not  all  things  are  approved  by 

distract  him,  and  hath  prosperity  in 

all  in  good  faith. 

all  things. 

• 

And  that  still  hath  strength  to  receive 

17  Be  ashamed  of  whoredom  before  fa- 

meat! 

ther  and  mother : 

2  0  death,  acceptable  is  thy  sentence 

And  of  a  lie  before  a  prince  and  a 

unto  a  man  that  is  needy,  and  that 

mighty  man ; 

faileth  in  strength, 

18  Of  an  offence  before  a  judge  and  ruler ; 

110 


42.  9. 

ECCLESIASTICUS.                                   42.  21. 

Of  iniquity  before  the  congregation 

In  her  youth,  lest  she  pass  the  flower 

and  tlie  people ; 

of  her  age ; 

Of  unjust  dealing  before  a  partner 

And  when  she  is  married,  lest  she 

anil  friend  ; 

should  be  hated : 

19  And  of  theft  in  regard  of  the  place 

10  In  her  virginity,  lest  she  should  be 

where  thou  sojournest, 

defiled 

And  in  regard  of  the  truth  of  God  and 

And    be  with  child  in  her  father's 

his  covenant; 

house ; 

And  of  leaning  with  thine  elbow  at 

And  wlien  slie  hath  a  husband,  lest 

meat; 

she  should  transgress ; 

And  of  scurrility  in  the  matter  of 

And  when  she  is  married,  lest  she 

giving  and  taking; 

should  be  barren. 

20  And  of  silence  before  tlieni  that  salute 

1 1  Keep  a  strict  watch  over  a  headstrong 

thee ; 

daughter. 

And  of  looking  upon  a  woman  that  is 

Lest  she  make  thee  *  a  laughingstock 

»Or,a 

a  harlot ; 

to  thine  enemies. 

rejoicint 

»  Or,  the 

21  And  of  turning  away  '  thy  face  from 

A  byword  in  the  city  and  ■•  notorious 

*Or. 

fact  of  a 

a  kinsman ; 

among  the  people, 

called 
forth. 

'"■"""" 

Of  taking  away  a  portion  or  a  gift ; 

And  shame  thee  before  the  multitude. 

And  of  gazing  upon  a  woman  that 

hath  a  husband ; 

12  Look  not  upon  every  body  in  regard 

22  Of  being  over  busy  with  his  maid ; 

of  beauty. 

and  come  not  near  her  bed ; 

And  sit  not  in  the  midst  of  women ; 

Of  upbraiding  speeches  before  friends; 

13  For  from  garments  conieth  a  moth. 

And  after  thou  hast  given,  upbraid  not; 

And  from  a  woman  a  woman's  wicked- 

23 Of  repeating  and  speaking  what  thou 

ness. 

hast  heard ; 

14  Better  is  the  wickedness  of  a  man 

And  of  reveiiling  of  secrets. 

than  a  pleasant-dealing  woman. 

24  So  Shalt  thou  be  truly  shamefast, 

And  a  woman  which  putteth  thee  to 

And  find  favour  in  tlie  sight  of  every 

shameful  reproach. 

man. 

15  1  will  make  mention  now  of  the  works 

42  Of  these  things  be  not  ashamed, 

of  the  Lord, 

And  accept  no  man's  person  to  sin 

And  will  declare  the  things  that  I 

thereby : 

have  seen : 

2  Of  the  law  of  the  Most  High,  and  his 

In  the  words  of   the  Lord  are  his 

covenant ; 

works. 

And  of  judgement  to  do  justice  to  the 

IGThe    sun  that   giveth  light  looketh 

ungodly ; 

upon  all  things ; 

3  Of  reckoning  with  a  partner  and  with 

And  the  work  of  the  Lord  is  full  of 

travellers ; 

his  glory. 

And  of  a  gift  from  the  heritage  of 

17  The  Lord  hath  not  given  power  to  the 

friends ; 

saints  to  declare  all  his  marvellous 

4  Of  exactness  of  balance  and  weights ; 

works ; 

And  of  getting  much  or  little  ; 

Which    the    Almighty   Lord    firmly 

5  Of  indifferent  selling  of  merchants ; 

settled. 

And  of  much  correction  of  children ; 

That  whatsoever  is  might  be  estab- 

And of  making  the  side  of  an  evil  ser- 

lished in  his  glory. 

vant  to  bleed. 

18  He  searcheth  out  the  deep,  and  the 

lOr, 

6  -  Sure  keeping  is  good,  where  an  evil 

heart, 

AkoX 

wife  is; 

And  he  hath  understanding  of  their 

And  where  many  hands  are,  shut  thou 

cunning  devices : 

close. 

For  the  Most  High  knoweth  all  know- 

7 Whatsoever  thou  handest  over,  let  it 

ledge. 

be  by  number  and  weight; 

And  he  looketh  into  the  "  signs  of  the 

»Or. 

And  in  giving  and  receiving  let  all  be 

world. 

sign. 

in  writing. 

19  Declaring  the  things  that  are  past, 

8  Be  not  ashamed  to  instruct  the  unwise 

and  the  things  that  shall  be. 

and  foolish. 

And  revealing  the  traces  of  hidden 

And  one  of  extreme  old  age  that  con- 

things. 

tendelh  with  those  that  are  young; 

20  No  thought  escapeth  him  ; 

And  so  Shalt  thou  be  well  instructed 

There  is  not  a  word  hid  from  him. 

indeed. 

21  The  mighty  works  of  his  wisdom  he 

And  approved  in  the  sight  of  every 

hath  ordered. 

man  living. 

Who  is  from  everlasting  to  everlast- 

9 A  daughter  is  a  secret  cause  of  wake- 

ing: 
Nothing  hath  been  added  unto  them, 

fulness  to  a  father ; 

nor  diminished  from  them  ; 

And  the  care  for  her  putteth  away 

And  he  had  no  need  of  any  coun- 

sleep; 

sellor. 

43.  13. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


43.  30. 


22  How  desirable  are  all  his  works  I 
One  may  behold   this  even   unto  a 

spark. 

23  All  these  things  live  and  remain  for 

ever  in  all  manner  of  uses, 
And  they  are  all  obedient. 

24  All  things   are  double   one  against 

another : 
And  he  hath  made  nothing  imperfect. 

25  One  thing  establisheth  the  good  things 

of  another : 
And  who  shall  be  filled  with  behold- 
ing his  glory  ? 

43  The  pride  of  the  height  is  the  firma- 
ment '  in  its  clearness, 
The  appearance  of   heaven,  in  the 
spectacle  of  its  glory. 

2  The  sun  when  he  appeareth,  bringing 

tidings  as  he  goeth  forth, 
Is  a  marvellous  instrument,  the  work 
of  the  Most  High  : 

3  At  his  noon  he  drieth  up  the  coun- 

try. 
And  who  shall  stand  against  his  burn- 
ing heat  ? 

4  A  man  blowing  a  furnace  is  in  works 

of  heat. 
But  the  sun  three  times  more,  burning 

up  the  mountains: 
Breathing  out  fiery  vapours, 
And  sentling  forth  bright  beams,  he 

dimmeth  the  eyes. 

5  Great  is  the  Lord  that  made  him ; 
And  at  his  word  he  hasteneth  his 

course. 

6  The  moon  also  is  in  all  things  for  her 

season. 
For  a  declaration  of  times,  and  a  sign 
of  the  world. 

7  From  the  moon  is  the  sign  of  the 

feast  day; 
A  light  that  waneth  when  she  is  come 
to  tlie  full. 

8  The  month  is  called  after  her  name, 
Increasing  wonderfully  in  her  chang- 
ing; 

An  instrument  of  the  hosts  on  high. 
Shining   forth  in    the  firmament   of 
heaven ; 

9  The  beauty  of  heaven,  the  glory  of  the 

stars, 
An  ornament  giving  light  in  the  high- 
est places  of  the  Lord. 

10  At  the  word  of  the  Holy  One  they  will 

stand  in  =  due  order, 
And   they   will   not    faint   in    their 
watches. 

1 1  Look  ui)on  the  rainbow,  and  praise 

him  that  made  it ; 
Exceeding  beautiful  in  the  brightness 
thereof. 

12  It  compasseth  the  heaven  roundabout 

with  a  circle  of  glory : 
The  hands  of  the  Most  High  have 
stretched  It. 

13  By  his  commandment  he  maketh  the 

snow  to  fall  apace, 


And  sendeth  swiftly  the  lightnings  of 
his  judgement. 

14  By  reason  thereof  the  treasure-houses 

are  opened ; 
And  clouds  fly  forth  as  fowls. 

15  By  his    mighty  power    he    maketh 

strong  the  clouds. 
And  the  luiilstones  are  broken  small ; 

16  And  at  his  appearing  the  mountains 

will  be  shaken. 
And  at  his  will  the  south  wind  will 
blow. 

1 7  The  voice  of  his  thunder  maketh  the 

earth  to  travail ; 
So  doth  the  northern  storm  and  the 

whirlwind : 
As  birds  flying  down  he  sprinkleth  the 

snow ; 
And  as  the  lighting  of  the  locust  is 

the  falling  down  thereof: 

18  The  eye  will  marvel  at  the  beauty  of 

its  whiteness. 
And  the  heart  will  be  astonished  at 
the  raining  of  it. 

19  The  hoar  frost  also  he  poureth  on  the 

earth  as  salt ; 
And  when  it  is  congealed,  it  is  as 
points  of  thorns. 

20  The  cold  north  wind  shall  blow, 
And  the  ice  shall  be  congealed  on  the 

water : 
It  shall  lodge  upon  every  gathering 

together  of  water, 
And  the  water  shall  put  on  as  it  were 

a  breastplate. 

21  It  shall  devour  the  mountains,  and 

burn  up  the  wilderness. 
And  consume  the  green  herb  as  fire. 

22  A  mist  coming  speedily  is  the  healing 

of  all  things ; 
A  dew  coming  after  heat  shall  bring 
clieerfuhiess. 

23  By  his  counsel  he  hath  stilled  the 

deep, 
And  "  planted  islands  therein. 

24  They  that  sail  on  the  sea  tell  of  the 

danger  thereof ; 
And  when  we  hear  it  with  our  ears, 
we  marvel. 

25  Therein  be  also  those  strange  and 

wondrous  works, 
Variety  of  all  that  hath  life,  the  *  race 
of  sea-monsters. 

26  By  reason  of  him  his  end  hath  suc- 

cess. 
And  by  his  word  all  things  consist. 

27  We  may  say  many  things,  yet  shall 

we  not  attain  ; 
And  the  sum  of  our  words  is,  He  is  all. 

28  How  shall  we  have  strength  to  glorify 

him? 
For  he  is  himself  the  great  one  above 
all  his  works. 

29  The  Lord  is  terrible  and  exceeding 

great ; 
And  marvellous  is  his  power. 

30  When  ye  glorify  the  Lord,  exalt  him 

as  much  as  ye  can ; 


112 


44.  u 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


45.  8. 


For  even  yet  will  he  exceed: 

And  when  ye  exalt  him,  put  forth  your 

full  strength : 
Be  not  weary ;  for  ye  will  never  at- 
tain. 

31  Who  hath  seen  him,  that  he   may 

declare  him  ? 
And  who  shall  magnify  him  as  he  is  ? 

32  Many  things  are  hidden  greater  than 

these ; 
For  we  have  seen  but  a  few  of  his 
works. 

33  For  the  Lord  made  all  things; 
And  to  the  godly  gave  he  wisdom. 

44  I-iet  us  now  praise  famous  men, 
And  our  fathers  that  bei,'at  us. 

2  The  Lord  '  manifested  in  them  great 

glory, 
Eren  his  mighty  power  from  the  be- 
ginning. 

3  Such  as  did  bear  rule  in  their  king- 

doms, 
And  were  men   renowned  for  their 

power, 
2  Giving  counsel  by  their  understand- 

Such  as  have  brought  tidings  in  pro- 
phecies : 

4  Leader-s  of  the  people  by  their  coun- 

sels, 

And  by  their  understanding  «  men  of 
learning  for  the  people ; 

Wise  were  their  words  in  their  Instruc- 
tion: 

5  Such  as  sought  out  musical  tunes. 
And  set  forth  verses  in  writing : 

6  Rich  men  furnished  willi  ability. 
Living  peaceably  in  their  habitations : 

7  All  the.se  were  honoured  in  their  gen- 

erations, 
And  were  a  glory  in  their  days. 

8  There  be  of  them,  that  have  left  a 

name  behind  them. 
To  declare  their  praises. 

9  And  some  there  be,  which  have  no 

memorial  ; 
Who  are  perished  as  though  they  had 

not  been. 
And  are  become  as  though  they  had 

not  been  born ; 
And  their  children  after  them. 

10  But  these  were  men  of  mercy. 
Whose  righteous  deeds  have  not  been 

forgotten. 

11  With  their  seed  shall  remain  continu- 

ally a  good  inheritance ; 
Their  children  aro  *  within  the  cove- 
nants. 

12  Their  seed  standeth  fast, 

And  their  children  for  their  sakes. 

13  Their  seed  shall  riMiiain  for  ever. 
And  their  glory  shall  not  be  blotted 

out. 

14  Their  bodies  were  burled  in  peace. 
And  their  name  liveth  to  all  genera- 
tions. 

15  Peoples  will  declare  their  wisdom. 
And  the  congregation  telletb  out  their 

praise. 


118 


10  Knocli  i)leased  the  Lord,  and    was 
translated, 
lif  iiKj  an  example  of  repentance  to  all 
generations. 

17  Noah  was  found  perfect  and  right- 

eous ; 
In  the  season  of  wrath  he  was  taken 

in  exchange /or  the  world  ; 
Therefore  was  there  left  a  remnant 

inito  the  earth. 
When  the  tlood  came. 

18  Everlasting    covenants   were    made 

with  liini. 
That  all  flesh    should  no    more  be 
blotted  out  by  a  flood. 

19  Abraham  was  a  great  father  of  a  mul- 

titude of  nations ; 
And  there  was  none  found  like  him  in 
Rlory ; 

20  Who  kept  the  law  of  the  Most  High, 
And  was  taken  into  covenant  w'ith 

him : 

In  his  flesh  he  established  the  cove- 
nant ; 

And  when  he  was  proved,  he  was 
found  faithful. 

21  Therefore  he  assured  him  by  an  oath. 
That  the  nations  should  be  blessed  in 

his  seed ; 
That  he  would  multiply  him  as  the 

dust  of  the  earth. 
And  exalt  his  seed  as  the  stars, 
And  cause  them  to  inherit  from  sea 

to  sea, 
And  from  the  River  unto  the  utmost 

part  of  the  earth. 

22  In  Isaac  also  did  he  establish  like- 

wise,   for    Abraham    his    father's 
sake, 
The  blessing  of  all  men,  and  the  cove- 
nant : 

23  And  he  made  it  rest  upon  the  head  of 

Jacob ; 
He  acknowledged  him  in  his  bles.s- 

ings. 
And  gave  to  him  by  inheritance. 
And  divided  his  portions  ; 
Among  twelve   tribes  did    he   part 

them. 

46  A.nd  he  brought  out  of  him  a  man  of 

mercy. 
Which  found  favour  in  the  sight  of  all 

flesh  ; 
A  man  beloved  of  God  and  men,  even 

Moses, 
Whose  memorial  Is  bles.sed. 

2  He  made  him  like  to  the  glory  of  the 

saints. 
And  magnified  him  in  the  fears  of  his 
enemies. 

3  By  his  words  he  caused  the  wonders 

to  cease ; 
He  glorified  him  In  the  sight  of  kings ; 
He  gave  him  commandment  for  his 

people, 
And  shewed  him  part  of  his  glory. 
/ 


45.  15. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


45.  26. 


i  He  sanctified  him  in  his  faithfulness 

To  minister  unto  him,  and  to  execute 

and  meekness ; 

also  the  priest's  office. 

He  chose  him  out  of  all  flesh. 

And  bless  his  people  in  his  name. 

5  He  made  him  to  hear  his  voice, 

16  He  chose  him  out  of  all  living 

And  led  him  into  the  thick  darkness, 

To  offer  sacrifice  to  the  Lord, 

And  gave  him  commandments  face  to 

Incense,  and  a  sweet  savour,  for  a 

face, 

memorial, 

Even  the  law  of  life  and  knowledge. 

To  make  reconciliation  for  thy  peo- 

That he  might  teach  Jacob  the  cove- 

ple. 

nant, 

17  He  gave  unto  him  in  his  command- 

And Israel  his  judgements. 

ments. 
Yea,  authority  in  the   covenants  of 

6  He  exalted  Aaron,  a  holy  man  like 

judgements. 

unto  him, 

To  teach  Jacob  the  testimonies, 

Even  his  brother,  of  the  tribe  of  Levi. 

And  to  enlighten  Israel  in  his  law. 

7  He  established  for  him  an  everlasting 

1 8  Strangers    gathered    themselves   to- 

covenant. 

gether  against  him. 

And  gave  him  the  priesthood  of  the 

And  envied  him  in  the  wilderness, 

people ; 

Even  Dathan  and  Abiram  with  their 

1  Gr. 

He  '  beautified  him  with  comely  orna- 

company. 

■ 

ments, 

And  the  congregation  of  Korah,  with 

And  girded  him  about  with  a  robe  of 

wrath  and  anger. 

glory. 

19  The  Lord  saw  it,  and  it  displeased 

8  He  clothed  him  with  the  perfection  of 

him ; 

exultation ; 

And  in  the  wrath  of  his  anger  they 

And  strengthened  him  with  apparel 

were  destroyed : 

2Gr. 

of  2  honour. 

He  did  wonders  upon  them. 

strength. 

The  linen  breeches,  the    long  robe. 

To  consume  them  with  flaming  fire. 

and  the  ephod. 

20  And  he  added  glory  to  Aaron, 

9  And  he  compassed  him  with  pome- 

And gave  him  a  heritage : 

granates  of  gold. 

He  divided  unto  him  the  firstfruits  of 

And  with  many  bells  round  about. 

the  increase ; 

To  send  forth  a  sound  as  he  went, 

And  first  did  he   prepare  bread  in 

To  make  a  sound  that  might  be  heard 

abundance : 

in  the  temple, 

2 1  For  they  shall  eat  the  sacrifices  of  the 

For  a  memorial  to  the  children  of  his 

Lord, 

people ; 

Which  he  gave  unto  him  and  to  his 

10  With  a  holy  garment,  with  gold  and 

seed. 

blue  and  purple,  the  work  of  the 

22  Howbeit  in  the  land  of  the  people  he 

embroiderer. 

shall  have  no  inheritance, 

With  an  oracle  of  judgement,  even 

And  he  hath  no  portion  among  the 

with  the  Urim  and  Thummim ; 

people : 

1 1  With  twisted  scarlet,  the  work  of  the 

For  he  himself  is  thy  portion  and  in- 

craftsman; 

heritance. 

With  precious  stones  graven  like  a 

signet,  in  a  setting  of  gold,  the  work 

23  And  Phinehas  the  son  of  Eleazar  is 

of  the  jeweller, 

the  third  in  glory. 

For  a  memorial  engraved  in  writing, 

In  that  he  was  zealous  in  the  fear  of 

after  the  number  of  the  tribes  of 

the  Lord, 

Israel ; 

And  stood  fast  in  the  good  forward- 

12 With  a  crown  of  gold  upon  the  mitre. 

ness  of  his  soul  when  the  people 

s  Gr.  an 

^having  graven  on  it,  as  on  a  signet. 

turned  away. 

engrav- 
ing of  a 
signet  of 

HOLINESS, 

And  he  made  reconciliation  for  Is- 

An ornament  of  honour,  a  work  of 

rael. 

tioliness. 

might. 

24  Therefore  was  there  a  covenant  of 

The  desires  of  the  eyes,  goodly  and 

peace  established  for  him. 

beautiful. 

That   he  should   be   leader   of   the 

13  Before  him  there  never  have    been 

^  saints  and  of  his  people ; 

»0r, 

any  such ; 

That  he  and  his  seed 

sanc- 
tfuirp 

No  stranger  put  them  on,  but  his  sons 

Should  have  the  dignity  of  the  priest- 

only, and  his  offspring  perpetually. 

hood  for  ever. 

14  His  sacrifices  shall  be  wholly  con- 

25 Also  he  made  a  covenant  with  David 

sumed 

the  son  of  Jesse,  of  the  tribe  of 

Every  day  twice  continually. 

Judah ; 

*Gt. 

15  Moses  *  consecrated  him. 

The  inheritance  of  the  king  is  his 

filled  his 

And  anointed  him  with  holy  oil : 

alone  from  son  to  son ; 

It  was  unto  him  for  an  everlasting 

So  the  inheritance  of  Aaron  is  also 

covenant, 

unto  his  seed. 

And  to  his  seed,  all  the  days  of  hea- 

26 Ood  give  you  wisdom  in  yoiu-  heart 

ven, 

To  judge  his  people  in  righteousness, 

114 


46.  11 

ECCLESIASTICUS. 

47.  6. 

That  their  good  things  be  not  abol- 

And who  turned  not  away  from  the 

ished, 

Lord, 

And  tkat  their  glory  endure  for  all 

May  their  memorial  be  blessed. 

their  generations. 

12  May  their  bones  flourish  again  out  of 
their  place, 

iGr. 

46  ■foshna  the  son  of  •  Nun  was  valiant 

And  may  the  name  of  them  that  have 

Alar*. 

in  war, 

been   honoured    be  renewed  upon 

And  was  the  suct-essor  of  Moses  in 

their  children. 

Iiropliecies  : 

Who  accord i lit;  to  his  name  was  made 

13  Samuel,  the  prophet  of  the  Lord,  be 

Kicat 

loved  of  his  Lord, 

»  Gr.  his. 

For  the  saving  of  -  God's  elect, 

Established  a  kingdom,  and  anointed 

To  take  vengeance  of  the  enemies 

princes  over  his  people. 

that  rose  up  against  them, 

14  Uy  the  law  of  the  Lord  he  judged  the 

That  lie  might  give  Israel  their  inherit- 

congregation. 

ance. 

And  the  Lord  visited  Jacob. 

2  How  was  ho  glorified  in   the  lifting 

15  By  his  faithfulness  he  was  proved  to 

up  his  hands, 

be  a  prophet. 

And    in    stretching    out    his    sword 

And  l)y  liis  words  he  was  known  to 

against  the  cities! 

be  faitliful  in  vision. 

3  Who  before  him  so  stood  fast? 

16  Also  wlien  his  enemies  pressed  him 

For  the   Lord    liiinself  brought    his 

round  about 

enemies  unto  him. 

He  called  upon  the  Lord,  the  Mighty 

4  Did  not  the  sun  go  back  by  his  hand? 

One, 

And  did  not  one  day  become  as  two? 

With  the  offering  of  the  sucking  lamb. 

5  He  called  upon  the  Most  High  and 

1 7  And  the  Lord  thundered  from  heaven. 

Mighty  One, 

And  with  a  mighty  sound  made  his 

When   his  foes  pressed    him  round 

voice  to  be  heard. 

about ; 

18  And  he  uttprly  destroyed  the  rulers  of 

And  the  great  Lord  heard  him. 

the  Tyrians, 

6  With  hailstones  of  mighty  power 

And  all  the  princes  of  the  Philistines. 

He  caused  war  to  break  violently  up- 

19 Also  before  the  time  of  his » long  sleep 

sGr. 

on  the  nation. 

He  made  protestations  in  the  sight  of 

aga-lonf 
sleep. 

a  See 

And  3  in  the  going  down  he  destroyed 

the  Lord  and  his  anointed. 

Joshua 
X.  U. 

them  that  resisted ; 

I  have  not  taken  any  man's  goods,  so 

That  the   nations    might  know    his 

much  as  a  shoe: 

«Gr. 

*  armour. 

And  no  man  did  accuse  him. 

IKinoply. 

How  that  he  fought  in  the  sight  of 

20  And  after  he  fell  asleep  he  prophesied, 

the  Lord; 

And  shewed  the  king  his  end. 

For  he    followed  after  the    Mighty 

And  lifted  up  his  voice  from  the  earth 

One. 

in  prophecy. 

7  Also  in  the  time  of  Moses  he  did  a 

To  l>lot  out  the  wickedness  of  the 

work  of  mercy. 

people. 

He  and  Caleb  the  son  of  .lephunneh. 

In  that  they  withstood  the  adversary. 

47  '^ntl  after  him  rose  up  Nathan 

Hindered  the  people  from  sin. 

To  prophesy  in  the  days  of  David. 

And  stilleil  the  murmuring  of  wicked- 

2 As  is  the  fat  when  it  is  separated 

ness. 

from  the  peace  offering. 

8  And  of  six  hundred  thousand  people 

So  was  David  separated  from  the  chil- 

on foot,  they  two  alone  were  pre- 

dren of  Israel. 

served 

3  He  played  with  lions  as  with  kids, 

To  bring  them  into  the  heritage. 

And  with  bears  as  with  lambs  of  the 

Even  into  a  land  flowing  with  milk 

flock. 

and  honey. 

4  In  his  youth  did  he  not  slay  a  giant. 

9  Also  the   Lord    gave  strength  unto 

And  take  away  reproach   from  the 

Caleb, 

people, 

And  it  remained  with  him  unto  his 

When  he  lifted  up  his  hand  with  a 

old  age ; 

sling  stone. 

So  that  he  entered  upon  the  height  of 

And  beat  down  the  boasting  of  Goli- 

the land. 

ath? 

And  his  seed  obtained  it  for  a  herit- 

5 For  he  called  upon  the  Most  High 

age: 

Lord : 

10  That  all  the  children  of  Israel  might 

And  he  gave  him  strength  in  his  right 

see 

hand. 

That  it  is  good    to  walk  after  the 

To  slay  a  man  mighty  in  war, 

Lord. 

To  exalt  the  horn  of  his  people. 
6  So  they  glorifled  him  for  his  ten  thou- 

11 Also  the  judges,  every  one  by    his 

sands. 

name. 

And  praised  him  for  the  blessings  of 

All  whose  hearts  went  not  a  whoring. 

the  Lord, 

115 


47.  22. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


48.  13. 


In  that  there  was  given  him  a  diadem 

And  he  gave  a  remnant  unto  Jacob, 

of  glory. 

And  unto  David  a  root  out  of  him. 

7  For  he  destroyed  the  enemies  on  every 

side, 

23  And  so  rested  Solomon  with  his  fa- 

And brought  to  nought  the  Philistines 

thers  ; 

his  adversaries, 

And  of  his  seed  he  left  behind  him 

Brake  their  horn  in  pieces  unto  this 

Kehoboam, 

day. 

Even  the  foolishness  of  the  people, 

8  In  every  work  of  his  he  gave  thanks 

"  and  one  that  lacked  understanding, 

to  the  Holy  One  Most  High  with 

Who  made  the  people  to  revolt  by  his 

words  of  glory ; 

counsel. 

"With  his  whole  heart  he  sang  praise, 

Also  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 

And  loved  him  that  made  him. 

Who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

9  Also  he  set  singers  before  the  altar. 

And  gave  unto  Ephraim  a  way  of  sin. 

And  to  make  sweet  melody  by  their 

24  And  their  sins  were  multiplied  exceed- 

iThe 

music.' 

ingly. 

remain- 
der of 
this 

10  He  gave  comeliness  to  the  feasts, 

To  remove  them  from  their  land. 

And  set  in  order  the  seasons  to  per- 

25 For  they  sought  out  all  manner  of 

verse  is 

fection. 

wickedness. 

omitted 
by  the 

While  they  praised  his  holy  name. 

Till   vengeance   should   come   upon 

best  au- 

And the  sanctuary  sounded  from  early 

them. 

thorities. 

morning. 

11  The  Lord  took  away  his  sins. 

48  Also  there  arose  Elijah  the  prophet 

And  exalted  his  horn  for  ever ; 

as  fire. 

And  gave  him  a  covenant  of  kings, 

And  his  word  burned  like  a  torch : 

And  a  throne  of  glory  in  Israel. 

2  Who  brought  a  famine  upon  them. 
And  by  his  zeal  made  them  few  in 

12  After  him  rose  up  a  son,  a  man  of 

number. 

understanding ; 

3  By  the  word  of  the  Lord  he  shut  up 

And  for  his  sake  he  dwelt  at  large. 

the  heaven : 

13  Solomon  reigned  in  days  of  peace ; 

Thrice  did  he  thus  bring  down  fire. 

And  to  him  God  gave  rest  round  about, 

4  How  wast  thou  glorified,  0  Ehjah,  iu 

That  he  might  set  up  a  house  for  his 

thy  wondrous  deeds ! 

name. 

And  who  shall  glory  like  unto  thee? 

And  prepare  a  sanctuary  for  ever. 

5  Who  did  raise  up  a  dead  man  from 

14  How  wise  wast   thou  made  iu  thy 

death, 

youth. 

And  from  ^  the  place  of  the  dead,  by 

3Gr. 

And  filled   as   a   river  with   under- 

the word  of  the  Most  High : 

Hadet, 

standing  ! 

6  Who  brought  down  kings  to  destruc- 

15 Thy  soul  covered  the  earth. 

tion. 

sGr. 

And  thou  fllledst  it  with  ^  dark  para- 

And honourable  men  from  their  bed : 

parables 

bles. 

7  Who  heard  rebuke  in  Sinai, 

of 
riddles. 

16  Thy  name  reached  unto  the  isles  afar 

And    judgements    of   vengeance   in 

off; 

Horeb : 

And  for  thy  peace  thou  wast  beloved. 

8  Who  anointed  kings  for  retribution. 

17  For  thy  songs  and  proverbs  and  para- 

And prophets  to  succeed  after  him : 

bles, 

9  Who  was  taken  up  in  a  tempest  of  fire, 

And   for    thine    interpretations,  the 

In  a  chariot  of  fiery  horses  : 

countries  marvelled  at  thee. 

10  Who  was  recorded  for  reproofs  in 

18  By  the  name  of  the  Lord  God, 

their  seasons, 

Which  is  called  the  God  of  Israel, 

To  pacify  anger,  before  it  brake  forth 

Thou  didst  gather  gold  as  tin, 

into  wrath ; 

And  didst  multiply  silver  as  lead. 

To  turn  the  heart  of  the  father  unto 

19  Thou  didst  bow  thy  loins  unto  women, 

the  son. 

And  in  thy  body  thou  wast  brought 

And  to  restore  the  tribes  of  Jacob. 

into  subjection. 

11  Blessed  are  they  that  saw  thee. 

20  Thou  didst  blemish  thine  honour, 

And  they  that  have  been  beautified 

And  profane  thy  seed. 

with  love ; 

To  bring  wrath  upon  thy  children  ; 

For  we  also  shall  surely  hve. 

And  I  was  grieved  for  thy  folly  : 

21  So  that  the  sovereignty  was  divided. 

12  Elijah  it  was,  who  was  wrapped  in  a 

And  out  of  Ephraim  ruled  a  disobedi- 

tempest: 

ent  kingdom. 

And  Elisha  was  filled  with  his  spirit; 

22  But  the  Lord  will  never  forsake  his 

And  in  all  his  days  he  was  not  moved 

mercy ; 

by  the  fear  of  any  ruler. 

And  he  will  not  destroy  any  of  his 

And  no  one  brought  him  into  subjec- 

works. 

tion. 

*  Or,  iVo 

Nor  blot  out  the  posterity  of  his  elect ; 

13  *  Nothing  was  too  high  for  him ; 

word 

And  the  seed  of  him  that  loved  him  he 

And  when  he  was  laid  on  sleep  his 

over- 

will  not  take  away ; 

body  prophesied. 

him 

116 


49.  2. 

ECCLESIASTICUS.                                     49.  16. 

14  A3  in  liis  lifo  he  did  wonders. 

And  took  ^way  the  abominations  of 

So  in  deatli  were  his  worlis  marvel- 

iniquity. 

lous. 

;?  Ilf  set  his  heart  right  toward    the 

15  For  all  this  the  people  repented  not, 

Lorii ; 

And  tlicy  departed  not  from  their  sins, 

In  the  days  of  wicked  men  he  made 

Till    they  were  carried   away  as  a 

godliness  to  prevail. 

spoil  from  their  land, 

And  were  seattereil  through  all  the 

4  Except    David    and    Hezekiah    and 

earth ; 

Josiah, 

And  the  people  was  left  very  few  in 

All  committed  trespass: 

numlier. 

For  tliey  forsook  the  law  of  tlie  Most 

And  a  ruler  was  left  in  the  house  of 

High ; 

David. 

The  kings  of  Judah  failed. 

16  Some  of  them  did  that  which  was 

5  For    they  gave  their    *  power    unto 

«Qr. 

pleasliif^  It)  God, 

others. 

horn. 

And  some  multiplied  sins. 

And  their  glory  to  a  strange  nation. 
6  They  set  on  fire  the  chosen  city  of 

17  Hezekiah  fortitied  his  city, 

tlie  sanctuary, 

•  Sorae 

And  brought  in  '  water  into  the  midst 

And  made  her  streets  desolate,  as  it 

ancient 
authori- 
ties, np- 
parently 
by  a  con- 

of  them : 

was  \uritten  by  the  hand  of  Jere- 

He digged  the  sheer  rock  with  iron, 

miah. 

And  builded  up  wells  for  waters. 

7  For  they  entreated  him  evil ; 

18  In  his  days  Sennaelierib  came  up. 

And  yet  he  was  sanctified  in  the  womb 

read 

And  sent  Rabshalieli,  and  departed ; 

to  be  a  prophet. 

Oog. 

And   he   lifteil   up  his  hand  against 

To  root  out,  and  to  afflict,  and  to 

Sion, 

destroy ; 

And  boasted  great  things  in  his  arro- 

And  in  like  manner  to  build  and  to 

gancy. 

plant. 

19  Then  were   their   hearts  and    their 

8  It  was  Ezekiel  who  saw  the  vision  of 

hands-shaken, 

glory, 

And  they  were  in  pain,  as  women  in 

Which  God   shewed    him  upon  the 

travail ; 

chariot  of  the  cherubim. 

20  And  they  ealled  upon  the  Lord  which 

9  For  verily  he  remembered  the  ene- 

is merciful. 

mies  in '  storm. 

3  Or. 

Spreading    forth    their   hands  unto 

And  to  do  good  to  them  that  directed 

rain. 

him : 

their  ways  aright 

And  the  Holy  One  heard  them  speed- 

10 Also  of  the  twelve  prophets* 

*The 

ily  out  of  heaven. 

May  the  bones  flourish  again  out  of 

remain- 

And  delivered  them  by  the  hand  of 

their  place. 

this  line 

Isaiah. 

And  he  comforted  Jacob, 

i3  omit- 
ted by 
the  best 

21  He  smote  the  camp  of  the  Assyrians, 

And  delivered  them  by  confidence  of 

And  his  angel  utterly  destroyed  them. 

hope. 

authori- 

22 For   Hezekiali   did    that  which  was 

ties. 

pleasing  to  the  Lord, 

1 1  How  shall  we  magnify  Zerubbabel  ? 

And  was  strong  in  the  ways  of  David 

And  he  was  as  a  signet  on  the  right 

his  father, 

liand : 

Which  Isaiah  the  prophet  command- 

12 So  was  Jesus  the  son  of  Josedek  : 

ed, 

Who  in  their  days  builded  the  house. 

Who  was  great  and  faithful  in  his 

And  exalted  a  <•  people  holy  to  the 

«  Some 
ancient 
authori- 

vision. 

Lord, 

23  In  his  days  the  sun  went  backward  ; 

Prepared  for  everlasting  glory. 

ties  read 

And  he  added  life  to  the  king. 

13  Also  of  Nehemiah  the  memorial  is 

temple. 

24  He  saw  by  an  excellent  spirit  what 

great ; 

should  come  to  pass  at  the  last ; 

Who  raised  up  for  us  the  walls  that 

And  he  comforted  them  that  mourned 

were  fallen, 

in  Sion. 

And  set  up  the  gates  and  bars. 

25  He  shewed  the  things  that  should  be 

And  raised  up  our  homes  again. 

to  the  end  of  time, 

And  the  hidden  things  or  ever  they 

14  Xo  man  svas  created  upon  the  earth 

came. 

such  as  was  Knoch ; 
For  he  was  taken  up  from  the  earth. 

49  The  memorial  of  Josiah  is  like  the 

15  Neither  was  tliere  a  man  born  like 

composition  of  incense 

unto  Joseph, 

Prepared  by  the  work  of  the  apothe- 

A governor  of  his  brethren,  a  stay  of 

cary: 

the  people : 

It  shall  be  sweet  as  honey  in  every 

Yea,  his  bones  were  visited. 

mouth. 

16  Shem  and  Seth  were  glorified  among 

And  as  music  at  a  banquet  of  wine. 

men  ; 

2  He  behaved  himself  uprightly  in  the 

And  above  every  living  thing  in  the 

conversion  of  the  people, 

creation  is  Adam. 

50.  15.                                    ECCLESIASTICUS.                                    50.  29. 

A   sweet-smelling   savour   unto   the 

50  ^*  was  Simon,  the  son  of  Onias,  the 

Most  High,  tlie  King  of  all. 

lOr, 

'  great  priest, 

16  Then  shouted  the  sons  of  Aaron, 

high 

Who  in  his  life  repaired  the  house. 

They  sounded  the  trumpets  of  beaten 

And   in  his    days  strengthened   the 

work. 

temple : 

They  made  a  great  noise  to  be  heard, 

2  And  by  him  was  built  from  the  foun- 

For a  remembrance  before  the  Most 

dation  the   height  of  the  double 

High. 

wall, 

17  Then  all  the  people  together  hasted. 

The  lofty  underworks  of  the  inclosure 

And  fell  down  upon  the  earth  on  their 

of  the  temple : 

faces 

3  In  his  days  the  cistern  of  waters  was 

To  worship  their  Lord,  the  Almighty, 

2  The 

2  diminished, 

God  Most  High. 

text  here 
seems 

The  brasen  vessel  in  compass  as  the 

18  The  singers  also  praised  him  with 

to  be 

sea. 

their  voices ; 

corrupt. 

4  It  u'as  he  that  took  thought  for  his 

In  the  whole  house  was  there  made 

people  that  they  should  not  fall. 

sweet  melody. 

3  Gr.  to 

And  fortitied  the  city  ^  against    be- 

19 And  the  people  besought  the  Lord 

besiege  : 
that  is, 

sieging  : 

Most  High, 

as  to  be- 

5 How  glorious  was  he  when  the  peo- 

In prayer  before  him  that  is  merci- 

sieging 
it. 

ple  gathered  round  him 

ful, 

«Gr. 

At  his  coming  forth  out  of  the  ■•  sanc- 

Till the  6  worship  of  the  Lord  should 

8Gr, 

house  of 

tuary  ! 

be  ended ; 

adon^ 
ment. 

the  veil. 

6  As  the  morning  star  in  the  midst  of  a 

And  so  they  accomplished   his  ser- 

cloud, 

vice. 

As  the  moon  at  the  full : 

20  Then  he  went  down,  and  lifted  up  his 

7  As  the  sun  shining  forth  upon  the 

hands 

temple  of  the  Most  High, 

Over  the  whole  congregation  of  the 

And  as  tlie  rainbow  giving  light  in 

children  of  Israel, 

clouds  of  glory : 

To  give  blessing  unto  the  Lord  with 

8  As  the  flower  of  roses  in  the  days  of 

his  lips, 

new /Vu/7s, 

And  to  glory  in  his  name. 

As  lilies  at  the  waterspring, 

21  And  he  bowed  himself  down  in  wor- 

As the  shoot  of  the  frankincense  tree 

ship  the  second  time, 

in  the  time  of  summer : 

To  declare  the  blessing  from  the  Most 

9  As  fire  and  incense  in  the  censer, 

High. 

As  a  vessel  all  of  beaten  gold 

Adorned  with  all  manner  of  precious 

22  And  now  bless  ye  the  God  of  all. 

stones: 

Which  everywhere  doeth  great  things, 

10  As  an  olive  tree  l)udding  forth  fruits, 

Which  exalteth  our  days  from  the 

And  as  a  cypress  growing  high  among 

womb. 

the  clouds. 

And  dealeth  with  us  according  to  his 

1 1  When  he  took  up  the  robe  of  glory, 

mercy. 

And  put  on  the  perfection  of  exulta- 

23 May  he  grant  us  joyfuhiess  of  heart. 

tion. 

And  that  peace  may  be  in  our  days  in 

In  the  ascent  of  the  holy  altar. 

Israel  for  the  days  of  eternity : 

He  made  glorious  the  precinct  of  the 

24  To  intrust  his  mercy  with  us ; 

sanctuary. 

And  let  him  deliver  us  in  his  time ! 

12  And  when  he  received  the  portions 

out  of  the  priests'  hands, 

25  With  two  nations  is  my  soul  vexed. 

Himself  also  standing  by  the  hearth 

And  the  third  is  no  nation  : 

of  the  altar, 

26  They  that  sit  upon  the  mountain  of 

His    brethren    as   a   garland   round 

'Samaria,  and  the  Philistines, 

■>  Ac- 

about him. 

And  that  foolish  people  that  dwelleth 

cording 
to  some 

He  was  as  a  young  cedar  in  Libanus ; 

in  Sichem. 

ancient 

And  as  stems  of  palm  trees  compass- 

versions. 

ed  they  him  round  about. 

27 1   have   » written   in   this  book  the 

8  Gr. 

13  And  all  the  sons  of  Aaron  in  their 

instruction  of   understanding   and 

graven. 

glory. 

knowledge. 

And  the  Lord's  offering  in  their  hands. 

I  Jesus,  the  son  of  Sirach  Eleazar,  of 

before  all    the  congregation  of  Is- 

Jerusalem, 

rael. 

Who  out  of  his  heart  poured  forth 

14  And  finishing  the  service  at  the  al- 

wisdom. 

9Gr. 

tars. 

28  Blessed  is  he  that  shall  be  exercised 

footstep. 
10  The 
remain- 

That he  might  adorn  the  offering  of 

in  these  things ; 

the  Most  High,  the  Almighty, 

And  he  that  layeth  them  up  in  his 

der  of 

15  He  stretched   out  his    hand  to  the 

heart  shall  become  wise. 

this 
verse  is 

«Gr. 

^cup. 

29  For  if  he  do  them,  he  shall  be  strong 

omitted 

cup  of 

And  poured  of  the  blood  of  the  grape  ; 

to  all  things: 

by  the 

Vbation. 

He  poured  out  at  the  foot  of  the  altar 

For  the  light  of  the  Lord  is  his  ^guide.^" 

thoritioa 

118 


51.   12. 


ECCLESIASTICUS. 


51.  30. 


A  Prayer  of  Jesus  the  sou  of  Siracli. 

51 1  will  give  tliaiilis  unto  thee,  O  Lord, 

0  Kins;, 

And  will  jiraise  tliee,  God  my  Saviour: 
I  do  trive  llianl^s  unto  tiiy  name : 

2  For    tliou    wast    my    protector    and 

helper. 
And    didst   deliver  my   body  out  of 

destrui-lion. 
And  out  of  tlie  snare  of  a  slanderous 

toufiue, 
From  lilts  tliat  for^'e  lies, 
And  wast  my  helper  hefore  them  that 

stood  liy ; 

3  And  didst  deliver  me,  according  to 

the  abundance  of  thy  mercy,  and 

(/ri'dtne.ss  of  tiiy  name. 
From  tiie  gnashings  o/  teeth  ready  to 

devour. 
Out  of  the  hand  of  such  as  sought  my 

life. 
Out  of  the  manifold  afflictions  which 

1  had : 

4  From  the  choking  of  a  fire  on  every 

side. 
And  out  of  tlie  midst  of  lire  which  I 
kindled  not ; 

5  Out  of  the  depth  of  tlie  belly  of  '  the 

grave, 
And  from  an  unclean  tongue, 
And  from  lying  words, 

6  The  blander  of  an  unrighteous  tongue 

unto  the  king. 
My  soul  drew  near  even  unto  death, 
And  my  life  was  near  to*  the  grave 

beneath. 

7  They  compassed  me  on  every  side, 
And  there  was  none  to  help  me. 

I  teas  looking  for  the  succour  of  men, 
And  it  was  not. 

8  And    I    remembered   thy   mercy,   0 

Lord, 
And  tliy  working  which  hath  been 

from  everlasting. 
How  thou  deliverest  them  that  wait 

for  thee. 
And  savest  them  out  of  the  hand  of 

the  enemies. 

9  And  I  lifted  up  my  supi)li<'ati<in  from 

the  earth. 
And   prayed    for    deliverance    from 
death. 

10  I  called  upon  the  Lord,  the  Father  of 

my  Lord, 
That  he  would  not  forsake  me  in  the 

days  of  affliction. 
In  the  time  when  there  was  no  help 

against  the  proud. 

11  I  will  praise  thy  name  continually, 
And  will    sing  praise  with    thanks- 
giving; 

And  my  supplication  was  heard  : 

12  For  thou  savedst  me  from  destruction. 
And  deliveredst  me    from   the   evil 

time: 


Therefore    will    I   give   thanks   and 

praise  unto  thee. 
And  bless  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

13  When  I  was  yet  young, 
Or  ever  I  went  abroad, 

1  sought  wisdom  openly  in  my  prayer. 

14  Before  the  temple  I  asked  for  her, 
And  I  will  seek  her  out  even  to  the 

end. 

15  From  her  flower  as  from  the  ripening 

grai)e  my  heart  delighted  in  her: 
]\Iy  foot  trod  in  uprightness, 
From  my  youth  I  tracked  her  out. 
l(i  I  bowed  down  mine  ear  a  little,  and 
received  her, 
And  found  for  myself  much  instruc- 
tion. 
17  I  profited  in  her  : 

Unto  him  that  giveth  me  wisdom  I 
will  give  glory. 
IS  For  I  purposed  to  practise  her. 
And  1  was  zealous  for  that  which  is 

good ; 
And  1  shall  never  be  put  to  shame. 

19  iSIy  soul  hath  wrestled  in  her. 
And  in  my  doing  1  was  exact:     . 

I  spread  forth  my  hands  to  the  heaven 

above. 
And  bewailed  my  ignorances  of  her. 

20  I  set  my  soul  aright  unto  her, 
And  in  pureness  I  found  her. 

I  gat  me  a  heart  joined  with  her  from 

the  begininng: 
Tlierefore  shall  I  not  be  forsaken. 

21  My  inward  part  also  was  troubled  to 

seek  her : 
Therefore  have  I  gotten  a  good  pos- 
session. 

22  The  Lord  gave  me  a  tongue  for  my 

reward; 
And  I  will  praise  him  therewith. 


Draw  near  unto  me,  ye  unlearned. 

And  lodge  in  the  house  of  instruction. 

Say,  wherefore  are  ye  lacking  in  these 
things. 

And  your  souls  are  very  thirsty? 

I  opened  my  mouth,  and  spake. 

Get  her  for  yourselves  without  money. 

Put  your  neck  under  the  yoke. 

And  let  your  soul  receive  instruc- 
tion: 

She  is  hard  at  hand  to  find. 

Pehold  with  your  eyes. 

How  that  I  laboured  but  a  little. 

And  found  for  myself  much  rest. 

Get  you  instruction  with  a  great  sum 
of  silver. 

And  gain  nuich  gold  by  her. 

May  your  soul  rejoice  in  his  mercy. 

And  niay  ye  not  be  put  to  shame  in 
praising  him. 

Work  your  work  before  the  time 
Cometh, 

And  in  his  time  he  will  give  you  your 
reward. 


119 


BARUCH. 


1  And  these  are  the  words  of  the  book, 
which  Baruch  the  son  of  Nerias,  the 
son  of  Maaseas,  the  son  of  Sedekias, 
the  son  of  Asadias,  the  son  of  HelUias, 

2  wi'ote  in  Babylon,  in  tlie  fifth  year, 
mid  in  the  seventh  day  of  tlie  month, 
wliat  time  as  tlie  Chaldeans  took  Je- 

Srnsaleni,  and  bnrnt  it  with  fire.  And 
Barneh  did  read  the  words  of  this 
book  in  the  hearing  of  Jeclionias  the 
son  of  Joakim  king  of  Judah,  and  in 
the  hearing  of  all   the  people  that 

4  came  to  hear  the  book,  and  in  the 
hearing  of  the  mighty  men,  and  of  the 
kings'  sons,  and  in  the  hearing  of 
the  elders,  and  in  the  hearing  of  all 
the  people,  from  the  least  unto  the 
greatest, even  of  all  them  that  dwelt  at 

5  Babylon  by  the  river  Sud.  And  they 
wept,  and  fasted,  ^and  prayed  before 

6  the  Lord ;  they  made  also  a  collection 
of  money  according  to  every  man's 

7  power :  and  they  sent  it  to  Jerusalem 
unto  Joakim  the  high  priest,  the  son 
of  Helkias,  the  son  of  Saloni,  and  to 
the  priests,  and  to  all  the  people 
which  were  found  with  him  at  Jeru- 

8  salem,  at  the  same  time  when  he  took 
the  vessels  of  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
that  had  been  carried  out  of  tlie  tem- 
ple, to  return  them  into  tlie  land  of 
Judah,  the  tenth  day  of  tlie  month 
Sivan,  namely,  silver  vessels,  which 
Sedekias  the  son  of  Josias  king  of  Ju- 

9  dah  had  made,  after  that  Nabucho- 
donosor  king  of  Babylon  had  carried 
away  Jechonias,  and  the  princes,  and 
the  captives,  and  the  mighty  men,  and 
the  people  of  the  land,  from  Jerusa- 
lem, and  brought  them  unto  Babylon. 

10  And  they  said.  Behold,  we  have  sent 
you  money;  buy  you  therefore  with 
the  money  burnt  offerings,  and  sin  of- 
ferings, and  incense,  and  prepare  an 
oblation,  an<l  offer  upon  the  altar  of 

1 1  the  Lord  our  God ;  and  pray  for  the 
life  of  Nabuchodonosor  king  of  Baby- 
lon, and  for  the  life  of  Baltasar  his 
son,  that  their  days  maybe  -as  the 

12  days  of  heaven  above  the  earth:  and 
the  Lord  will  give  us  strength,  and 
lighten  our  eyes,  and  we  shall  live 
under  the  shadow  of  Nabuchodonosor 
king  of  Babylon,  and  under  the  sha- 
dow of  Baltasar  his  son.  and  we  shall 
serve  them  many  days,  and  find  fa- 

13  vour  in  their  sight.  Pray  for  us  also 
unto  the  Lord  our  God,  for  we  have 
sinned  against  the  Lord  our  God ;  and 
unto  this  day  the  wrath  of  the  Lord 
and  his  indignation  is  not  turned  from 

14  us.     And   ye  shall  read    this  book 


which  we  have  sent  unto  you,  to  make 
confession  in  the  house  of  the  Lord, 
upon  the  day  of  the  feast  and  on  the 
days  of  the  solemn  assembly. 

15  And  ye  shall  say,  To  the  Lord  our 
God  belongetli  righteousness,  hut  un- 
to us  confusion  of  face,  as  at  this  day, 
unto  the  men  of  Judah,  and  to  the  in- 

16  habitants  of  Jerusalem,  and  to  our 
kings,  and  to  our  princes,  and  to  our 
priests,  and  to  our  prophets,  and  to 

17  our  fathers  :  for  that  we  have  sinned 

18  before  the  Lord,  and  disobeyed  him, 
and  have  not  hearkened  unto  the 
voice  of  the  Lord  our  God,  to  walk  in 
the  commandments  of  the  Lord  that 

19  he  hath  set  before  us :  since  the  day 
that  the  Lord  brought  our  fathers  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  unto  this  pre- 
sent day,  we  have  been  disobedient 
unto  the  Lord  our  God,  and  we  have 
dealt  unadvisedly  in  not  hearkening 

20  unto  his  voice.  Wherefore  the  plagues 
clave  unto  us,  and  the  curse,  which 
the  Lord  commanded  Mose»  his  ser- 
vant to  pronounce  in  the  day  that  he 
brought  our  fathers  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  to  give  us  a  land  that  floweth 
with  milk  and  honey,  as  at  this  day. 

21  Nevertlieless  we  hearkened  not  unto 
the  voice  of  the  Lord  our  God,  accord- 
ing unto  all  the  words  of  the  prophets, 

22  whom  he  sent  unto  us  :  but  we  walked 
every  man  in  the  imagination  of  his 
own  wicked  heart,  to  serve  strange 
gods,  and  to  do  that  which  is  evil  in 

2  the  sight  of  the  Lord  our  God.  There- 
fore the  Lord  hath  made  good  his 
word,  which  he  pronounced  against 
us,  and  against  our  judges  that  judged 
Israel,  and  against  our  kings,  and 
against  our  princes,  and  against  the 

2  men  of  Israel  and  Judah,  to  bring 
upon  us  great  plagues,  such  as  never 
happened  under  the  whole  heaven, 
^as  it  came  to  pass  in  Jerusalem, 
according  to  the  things  that  are  writ- 

3  ten  in  the  law  of  Moses ;  that  we  should 
eat  every  man  the  flesh  of  his  own  son, 
and  every  man  the  flesh  of  his  own 

4  daughter.  Moreover  he  hath  given 
them  to  be  in  subjection  to  all  the 
kingdoms  that  are  round  about  us,  to 
be  a  reproach  and  a  desolation  among 
all  the  people  round  about,  where  the 

5  Lord  hath  scattered  them.  Thus  were 
they  cast  down,  and  not  exalted,  be- 
cause we  sinned  against  the  Lord  our 
God,  in  not  hearkening  unto  his  voice. 

6  To  the  Lord  our  God  belongeth  right- 
eousness :  but  unto  us  and  to  our  fa^ 
thers  confusion  of  face,  as  at  this  day. 


BARUCH. 


3.  8. 


7  For  all  these  plasues  are  come  upon 
us,  wliich  tlie  Lord  liiitli  proiiounoed 

8  against  us.  Vet  have  we  not  iiitiealeil 
the  favour  of  the  J/orU,  in  lurniu); 
every  one  from  the  thoughts  of   his 

DvNicked  liearl.  Ther<-lore  hath  the 
Lord  kepi  wateh  over  the  i)lai;iies,and 
the  \a)\\\  lialh  lirought  tlunt  upon  us; 
for  the  Lord  is  righteous  in  all  his 
works  wliieli  lie  liatii  eonuuanded  us. 

10  Yet  vNe  have  not  hearkened  unto  his 
voiee,  to  walk  in  the  eonimandnients 
of  the  Lord  that  he  hath  set  before 
us. 

11  And  now,  O  Lord,  thou  God  of  Israel, 
that  hast  brought  thy  people  out  of 
the  land  of  1-gypt  w  itli  a  mighty  hand, 
and  with  signs,  and  with  wonders,  and 
with  great  power,  and  with  a  high 
arm,  and  hast  gotten  thyself  a  name, 

12  as  at  this  ilay :  <)  J>ord  our  (iod,  we 
have  sinneil,  we  have  done  migodly, 
we   have   dealt  unrighteously  in  all 

13  thine  ordinances.  Let  thy  wrath  turn 
from  us  -.  for  we  are  but  a  few  left 
among  the  heathen,  where  thou  hast 

14  scattered  us.  Hear  our  prayer,  O 
Lord,  and  our  petition,  and  deliver  us 
for  thine  own  sake,  and  give  us  favour 
in  the  sight  of  them  w  liich  have  led  us 

15  away  captive :  that  all  the  earth  may 
know  that  thou  art  the  Lord  our  Ood, 
because    Israel  and   his  posterity  is 

16  called  by  thy  name.  O  Lord,  look 
down  from  thine  holy  house,  and  con- 
sider us:  incline  thine  ear,  0  Lord, 

17  and  hear:  open  thine  eyes,  and  be- 
hold: for  the  dead  that  are  in  'the 
grave,  whose  breath  is  taken  from 
their  bodies,  will  give  unto  the  Lord 

18  neither  glory  nor  righteousness:  but 
the  soul  that  is  greatly  vexed,  which 
goeth  stooping  and  feel>le,  and  the 
eyes  that  fail,  and  the  hungry  soul, 
will  give  thee  glory  and  righteousness, 

19  0  Lord.  For  we  do  not  i)resent  our 
supplication  before  thee,  O  Lord  our 
God,   for    the    righteousness    of    our 

20  fathers,  and  of  our  kings.  For  thou 
hast  sent  thy  wrath  and  thiue  indig- 
nation upon  us.  as  thou  hast  spoken 
by  thy  servants  the  prophets,  sailing, 

21  Thus  saitli  the  Lord,  How  your  shoul- 
ders to  serve  the  king  of  Baliylon,  and 
remain  in  the  land  that  1  gave  unto 

22 your  fathers.  Hut  if  ye  will  not  hear 
the  voice  of  the  Lord,  to  serve   the 

23  king  of  Babylon,  I  will  cause  to  cease 
out  of  the  cities  of  .Judah,  and  from 
without  Jerusalem,  the  voice  of  mirth, 
and  the  voice  of  gladness,  the  voice  of 
the  bridegroom,  and  the  voice  of  the 
bride;  and  the  whole  hind  shall  be 

24  desolate  w  itlmnt  inlial>itant.  But  we 
would  not  hearken  luito  tliy  voice,  to 
serve  the  king  of  Babylon  :  therefore 
hast  thou  made  good  thy  words  that 
thou  spakest  by  thy  servants  the  pro- 
phets, nam  eh/,  that  the  l)ones  of  our 
kings,  and  the  liones  of  our  fathers, 


121 


should  be  taken  out  of  their  places. 

25  And,  lo,  they  are  cast  out  to  the  heat 
by  (lay,  and  to  the  frost  by  night,  and 
they  (lied  in  great  miseritss  by  fannne, 

20  by  sword,  and  by  -pestilence.  And 
the  house  which  is  called  by  thy  name 
hast  thou  laid  ira.iti ,  as  at  this  day, 
for  the  wickedness   of  the  house  of 

27  Israel  and  the  house  of  .ludah.    Yet, 

0  l>ord  our  God,  thou  hast  dealt  with 
us  after  all  thy  kindness,  and  .accord- 

28  ing  to  all  that  great  mercy  of  thine,  as 
thou  spakest  hy  thy  servant  iSloses  In 
the  day  when  thou  ditlslconunand  him 
to  write  thy  law  l)efore  the  children  of 

29  Israel,  saying,  If  ye  will  not  hear  my 
voice,  surely  this  very  great  multitude 
shall  be  turned  into  a  small  itiimhcr 
among  the  nations,  where  I  will  scat- 

;i()  ter  them.  For  I  know  that  they  will 
not  hear  me,  because  it  is  a  stifTneeked 
people:  but  in  the  land  of  their  caF> 

Sltivity  they  shall  lay  it  to  heart,  and 
shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  their 
God :  anil  I  will  give  them  a  lieart, 

o2  and  ears  to  hear:  and  they  shall  praise 
me  in  the  land  of  their  (captivity,  and 

33  think  upon  my  name, and  shall  retuin 
from  their  stiff  neck,  and  from  their 
wicked  deeds:  for  they  shall  remem- 
ber the  way  of  their  fathers,  which 

34  sinned  before  the  I^ord.  And  I  will 
bring  them  again  into  the  land  which 

1  sware  unto  their  fathers,  to  Abra- 
ham, to  Isaac,  and  to  Jacob,  and  they 
shall  be  lords  of  it :  and  I  will  increase 
them,  and  they  shall  not  be  dimin- 

35  isheii.  And  I  will  make  an  everlast- 
ing covenant  with  them  to  be  their 
(iod,  and  they  shall  be  my  people : 
and  I  will  no  more  remove  my  people 
of  Israel  out  of  the  laud  that  I  have 
given  them. 

3  O  Lord  Almighty,  thou  God  of  Is- 
rael, the  soul  in  anguisli,  the  troubled 

2  spirit,  crieth  unto  thee.  Hear,  O 
Lord,  and  have  mercy  ;  for  thou  art  a 
merciful  God:  yea.  have  mercy  upon 
us,  because  we  have  sinned  before 

3  thee.     For  thou  sittest  as  king  for 

4  ever,  and  we  perish  evermore.  O 
Lord  Almighty,  thou  God  of  Israel, 
hear  now  the  prayer  of  ■"•the  dead  Is- 
raelites, and  of  the  children  of  them 
which  were  sinners  before  thee,  that 
hearkened  not  unto  the  voice  of  thee 
their  God:  for  the  which  cause  tliese 

5  plagues  clave  unto  us.  Remember 
not  the  iniquities  of  our  fathers:  but 
remember  thy  power  and  thy  name 

i^n<>l^■  at  this  time.  For  thou  art  the 
Lord  our  (iod,  and  thee,  O  Lord,  will 

7  we  praise.  For  for  this  <;ause  thou 
hast  ptit  thy  fear  in  our  hearts,  *  to  the 
intent  that  we  slioidd  call  u)>on  thy 
name  :  and  we  will  praise  thee  in  our 
caiitivity,for  we  have  ■called  to  mind 
all  the  iniquity  of  our  fathers,  that 

8  sinned  before  thee.  Behold,  we  are  yet 
this  day  in  our  captivity,  where  thou 


3.  32. 


BARUCH. 


4.  1$. 


hast  scattered  us,  foi-  a  reproach  and 
a  curse,  and  to  l)e  subject  to  penalty, 
according  to  all  the  iniquities  of  our 
fathers,  which  departed  from  the 
Lord  our  God. 
9  Hear,  O  Israel, the  commandments  of 
life:  give  ear  to  understand  wisdom. 

10  How  happeneth  it,  O  Israel,  that  thou 
art  in  thine  enemies'  land,  that  thou 
art  waxen  old  in  a  strange  country, 
that  thou  art  defiled  with  the  dead, 

11  that  thou  art  counted  with  them  that 

12  f/o  down  into  '  the  grave  1    Thou  hast 

13  forsaken  the  fountain  of  wisdom.  For 
if  thou  hadst  walked  in  the  way  of 
God,  thou  shouldest  have  dwelled  in 

14  peace  for  ever.  Learn  where  is  ^  wis- 
dom, where  is  strength,  where  is  under- 
standing ;  that  thou  mayest  know  also 
where  is  length  of  days,  and  life,  where 
is  the  light  of  the  eyes,  and  peace. 

15  Who  hath  fouml  out  her  place?  and 
who  hath  come  into  her  treasuries? 

16  AVhere  are  the  princes  of  the  heathen, 
and  such  as  ruled  the  beasts  that  are 

17  upon  the  eartli;  they  that  had  their 
pastime  with  the  fowls  of  the  air,  and 
they  that  hoarded  up  silver  and  gold, 
wherein  men  trust ;  and  of  whose  get- 

]  8  ting  there  is  no  end  ?  For  they  that 
3  wrought  in  silver,  and  were  so  care- 
ful, and  whose  works  are  past  finding 

19  out,  they  are  vanished  and  gone  down 
to  ■  the  grave,  and  others  are  come  up 

20  in  their  steads.  Younger  men  have 
seen  the  light,  and  dwelt  upon  the 
earth :  but  the  way  of  knowledge  have 

21  they  not  known,  neither  understood 
they  the  paths  thereof:  neither  have 
their  children  laid  liold  of  it :  they  are 

22  far  off  from  niieir  way.  It  hath  not 
been  heard  of  in  Canaan,  neither  hath  it 

23  been  seen  in  Teman.  The  sons  also  of 
Agar  that  seek  understanding,  which 
are  in  the  land,  the  merchants  of  Mer- 
ran  and  Teman,  and  the  authors  of 
fables,  and  the  searchers  out  of  under- 
standing; none  of  these  have  known 
the  way  of  wisdom,  or  remembered 

24  her  paths.  O  Israel,  how  great  is  the 
house  of  God !  and  how  large  is  the 

25  place  of  his  possession!  great,  and 
hath  none  end;  high,  and  unmeasur- 

26  able.  There  were  tlie  giants  born  that 
were  famous  of  old,  great  of  stature, 

27  rnirf  expert  in  war.  These  did  not  God 
choose,  neither  gave  he  the  way  of 

28  knowledge  unto  them  :  so  they  per- 
ished, because  they  h 'id  no  ^wisdom, 
they  perished  through  their  own  fool- 

29  ishness.  Who  hath  gone  up  into 
heaven,  and  t:iken  her,  and  brought 

30  her  down  from  the  clouds  ?  Who  hath 
gone  over  the  sea,  and  found  her,  and 

31  will  bring  her  for  choice  gold?  There 
is  none  that  knoweth  her  way,  nor 
any  that    comprehendeth   her  path. 

32  But  he  that  knoweth  all  things  know- 
eth her,  he  foinid  her  out  with  his 
understanding:  he  that  prepared  the 


earth  for  evermore  hath  filled  it  with 
33  fourfooted  beasts  :  he  that  seudeth 
forth  the  light,  and  itgoeth;  he  called 
34 it,  and  it  obeyed  him  with  fear:  and 
the  stars  shined  in  their  watches,  and 
were  glad:  when  he  called  them,  they 
said.  Here  we  be ;  they  shined  with 
gladness  unto  him  that  made  them. 

35  This  is  our  God,  onrf  there  shall  none 
other  be  accounted  of  in  comparison 

36  of  him.  He  hath  found  out  all  the 
way  of  knowledge,  and  hath  given  it 
unto  Jacob  his  servant,  and  to  Israel 

37  that  is  beloved  of  him.  Afterward 
did  she  appear  upon  earth,  and  was 
conversant  with  men. 

4  This  is  the  book  of  the  command- 
ments of  God,  and  tlie  law  that  en- 
dureth  for  ever :  all  they  that  hold  it 
fast  are  appoiiiferl  to  life:  but  such 

2  as  leave  it  shall  die.  Turn  thee,  O  Ja- 
cob, and  take  hold  of  it :  walk  towards 
her  shining  in  the  presence  of  the  light 

3  thereof.  Give  not  thy  glory  to  an- 
other, nor  the  things  that  are  profita- 
ble unto  thee  to  a  strange   nation. 

4  O  Israel,  happy  are  we :  for  the  things 
that  are  pleasing  to  God  are  made 

5  known  unto  us.  Be  of  good  cheer, 
my  people,  the  memorial   of  Israel. 

6  Ye  were  sold  to  the  nations,  but  not 
for  destruction:  because  ye  moved 
God  to  wrath,  ye  were  delivered  unto 

7  your  adversaries.  For  ye  provoked 
him  that  made  you  by  sacrificing  unto 

8  demons,  and  not  to  God.  Ye  forgat 
the  everlasting  God,  that  brought  you 
up;  ye  grieved  also  Jerusalem,  that 

9  nursed  you.  For  she  saw  the  wrath 
that  is  come  upon  you  from  God,  and 
said.  Hearken,  ye  vomen  that  dwell 
about  Sion :    for  God  hath  brought 

10  upon  me  great  mourning  ;  fori  have 
seen  the  captivity  of  my  sons  and 
daughters,  which  the  Everlasting  hath 

1 1  brought  upon  them.  For  with  joy  did 
I  nourish  them;  but  sent  them  away 

12  with  weeping  and  mourning.  Let  no 
man  rejoice  over  me,  a  widow,  and 
forsaken  of  many  :  for  the  sins  of  my 
children  am  I  left  desolate ;  because 
they  turned  aside  from  the  law  of 

13  God,  and  had  no  regard  to  his  statutes, 
neither  walked  tliey  in  the  ways  of 
God's  commandments,  nor  trod  in  the 
paths  of  discipline  in  his  righteous- 

14  ness.  Let  them  that  dwell  about  Sion 
come,  and  remember  ye  the  captivity 
of  my  sons  and  daughters,  which  the 
Everlasting  hath  brought  upon  them. 

15  For  he  hath  brought  a  nation  upon 
them  from  far,  a  shameless  nation, 
and  of  a  strange  language,  "who 
neither  reverenced  old  man,  nor  pitied 

16  child.  And  they  have  carried  away 
the  dear  beloved  sons  of  the  widow, 
and  left  her  that  was  alone  desolate 

17  of  her  daughters.    But  I,  what  can  I 

1 8  help  you  ?  For  he  that  brought  these 
plagues  upon  you  will  deliver    you 


122 


5.  2. 


BARUCH. 


6.  11. 


HI  from  tlio  hand  of  your  enemies.  Go 
your  way.  ( )  my  cliildren,  po  your  way : 

20  for  I  am  k-ft  (iVsolate.  I  liave  put  off 
the  garment  of  peaee,  and  put  upon 
me  tlie  sackidotli  of  my  petition :  I 
will  cry  unto  tlie  Everla.sting  as  hjiig 

21  as  I  live.  Be  of  good  eheer,  O  my 
children,  ery  unto  Cod,  and  lie  shall 
deliver  you  from  tlie  power  and  hand 

22  of  the  enemies.  For  1  have  trusted 
in  the  Kverlasting.  that  he  will  save 
you ;  and  joy  is  come  unto  me  from 
the  Holy  One,  heeause  of  l\w.  mercy 
which  shall  soon  come  unto  you  '  from 

23  the  Everlasting  your  Saviour.  For  I 
sent  you  out  with  mourning  and  weep- 
ing: hut  (Jod  will  give  you  to  me 
again  with  joy  and  glailness  for  ever. 

24  For  like  as  now  they  that  dwell  about 
Sion  have  seen  your  captrvity  :  so 
shall  they  see  shortly  your  .salvation 
from  -  our  (Jod,  which  shall  come  upon 
you  with  great  glory,  and  brightness 

25  of  the  Everlasting.  My  children,  suf- 
fer patiently  the  wrath  that  is  come 
upon  you  from  (Jod  :  for  thine  enemy 
hath  persecuted  thee ;  but  shortly 
thou  slialt  see  his  destruction,  and 

26  Shalt  tread  upon  their  necks.  My 
delicate  ones  have  gone  rough  ways; 
they   were    taken    away  as   a  flock 

27  carried  off  by  the  eneniies.  Be  of 
good  cheer,  ()  my  children,  and  ('ry 
unto  CJod  :  for  ye  shall  be  remember- 
ed of  him   that  hath  brought  thcfie 

28  fhin;/s  upon  you.  For  as  it  was  your 
mind  to  go  astray  from  God  :  so,  re- 
turn and  seek  him  ten  times  more. 

2fl  For  he  that  brought  these  plagues 
upon  you  shall  bring  you  everlasting 

30  joy  again  with  your  salvation.  Be  of 
good  cheer,  O  Jerusalem :  for  he  that 
called  thee  by  name  will  comfort  thee. 

31  Miserable  are  they  that  afllicted  thee, 

32  and  rejoiced  at  thy  fall.  Miserable 
are  the  cities  which  thy  children 
served  :  miserable  is  she  that  received 

33  thy  sons.  For  as  she  rejoiced  at  thy 
fall,  and  was  glad  of  thy  ruin :  so  shall 
she  be  grieved  for  her  own  desolation. 

34  And  I  will  take  away  her  exultation 
in  her  great  multitude,  and  her  boast- 
ing shall   be   turned   into  mourning. 

3.5  For  fire  shall  come  upon  her  from  the 
Everlasting,  long  to  endure  ;  and  she 
shall  be  inhabited  of  ^devils  for  a 
great  time. 

36  O  Jerusalem,  look  about  thee  toward 
the  east,  and    behold    the    joy  that 

37  conieth  unto  thee  from  (lod.  Lo,  thy 
sons  come,  whom  thou  .sent est  away, 
they  come  gathered  together  from  the 
east  to  the  west  at  the  word  of  the 
Holy  One,  rejoicing  in  the  glory  of 

I  God.  Put  off,  O  .Jerusalem,  the  gar- 
ment of  thy  mourning  and  aftliction, 
and  put  on  the  comeliness  of  the  glory 

!  that  romcth  from  God  for  ever.  Cast 
about  thee  the  robe  of  the  righteou.s- 
ness  which  cometh  from  God;   set  a 


diadem  on  thine  head  of  the  glory  of 

3  the  Everlasting.  For  God  will  shew 
thy  brightness  unto  evei'y  rri/ion  un- 

4  der  heaven.  F"or  thy  name  shall  be 
called  of  God  for  ever  The  peace  of 
righteousness,  and  The  glory  of  godli- 

.5  ness.  Arise,  O  Jerusalem,  and  stand 
upon  the  height,  and  look  about  thee 
toward  the  east,  and  behold  thy  chil- 
dren gathered  from  the  going  down  of 
the  sun  unto  the  rising  thereof  at  the 
word  of  the  Holy  One,  rejoicing  that 

6  God  hath  remembered  them.  For 
they  went  from  thee  on  foot,  being 
led  away  of  their  enemies :  but  <iod 
bringeth  them  in  unto  thee  borne  on 
high  with  glory,  *  as  on  a  royal  throne. 

7  For  Cod  hath  ajipointed  that  every 
high  mountain,  and  the  everlasting 
hills,  should  be  made  low,  and  the 
valleys  filled  up,  to  make  plain  the 
ground,  that  Israel  may  go  safely  in 

8  the  glory  of  God.  Moreover  the  woods 
and  every  sweet-sinclling  tree  have 
overshadowed  Israel  by  the  conunaiid- 

!>ment  of  God.  For  God  shall  lead 
Israel  with  joy  in  the  light  of  his  glory 
with  the  mercy  and  righteousness  that 
cometh  from  him. 


THE  EPISTLE   OF  JEREMY. 

6  A  copy  of  an  epistle,  which  Jeremy 
sent  unto  them  which  were  to  be  led 
captives  into  Babylon  by  the  king  of 
the  Babylonians,  to  certify  them,  as  it 
was  connnanded  him  of  God. 

2  Because  of  the  sins  which  ye  have 
committed  before  God,  ye  shall  be  led 
away  cai)tives  into  Babylon  by  Nairn- 
chodonosor  king  of  the  Babylonians. 

3  So  when  ye  be  come  unto  Babylon, 
ye  shall  remain  there  many  years, 
and  for  a  long  season,  even  for  seven 
generations:  and  after  that  I  will 
bring  you  out  peaceably  from  thence. 

4  But  now  shall  ye  see  in  Babylon  gods 
of  silver,  and  of  gold,  and  of  wood, 
borne  upon  shoulders,  which  cause  the 

.5  nations  to  fear.  Beware  therefore  that 
ye  in  no  wise  become  like  unto  the 
strangers,  neither  let  fear  take  ludd 
upon  you  because  of  thcni,  when  ye 
see  the  multitude  before  them  and 

6  behind  them,  worshipping  them.  But 
say  ye   in   your  hearts,  O   Lord,  we 

7  must  worship  thee.  For  mine  angel 
is   with  you,  ■''and  I  myself  do  care 

8  for  your  "souls.  For  their  tonprue  is 
polished  by  the  workman,  and  they 
themselves  are  overlaid  with  gold  and 
with  silver  :  yet  are  they  but  false, and 

9  cannot  speak.  And  taking  gold,  as  it 
were  for  a  virgin  that  loveth  to  go 
gay,  they  make  crowns  for  the  heads 

10  of  their  gods:  and  sometimes  also  the 
priests  convey  from  their  gods  gold 
and  silver,  and  bestow  it  upon  them- 

1 1  selves ;  and  will  even  give  thereof  to 


6.  29. 


BARUCH. 


6.  51. 


the  common  harlots :  and  they  deck 
them  as  men  with  garments,  even  the 
gods  of  silver,  and  gods  of  gold,  and  of 

12  wood.  Yet  cannot  these  gods  save 
themselves  from  rust  and  moths, 
though  they  be  covered  with  purple 

13  raiment.  They  wipe  their  faces  be- 
cause of  the  dust  of  the  temple,  which 

14  is  thick  upon  them.  And  he  that 
cannot  put  to  death  one  that  ofEend- 
etli  against  him  holdeth  a  sceptre,  as 
though  he  were  judge  of  a  country. 

15  He  hath  also  a  dagger  in  his  right 
hand,  and  an  axe :  but  cannot  deliver 

16  himself  from  war  and  robbers.  Where- 
by they  are  known  not  to  be  gods: 

17  therefore  fear  them  not.  For  like  as 
a  vessel  that  a  man  useth  is  nothing 
worth  when  it  is  broken ;  even  so  it 
is  with  their  gods:  when  they  be  set 
up  in  the  temples  their  eyes  be  full  of 
dust  through  the  feet  of  them  that 

18  come  in.  And  as  the  courts  are  made 
sure  on  every  side  upon  him  that 
offendeth  the  king,  as  being  committed 
to  suffer  death;  eren  so  the  priests 
make  fast  their  temples  with  doors, 
with   locks,  and   bars,  lest  they  be 

19  carried  off  by  robbers.  They  light 
them  candles,  yea,  more  than  for 
themselves,  whereof  they  cannot  see 

20  one.  They  are  as  one  of  the  beams 
of  the  temple ;  and  men  say  their 
hearts  are  eaten  out,  when  things 
creeping  out  of  the  earth  devour  both 
them  and  their  raiment :   they  feel 

2 lit  not  when  their  faces  are  blacked 
through  the  smoke  that  cometh  out 

22  of  the  temple:  upon  their  bodies  and 
heads  alight  bats,  swallows,  and  birds ; 
and   in   like   manner  the  cats  also. 

23  Whereby  ye  may  know  that  they  are 
no    gods :    therefore    fear  them  not. 

24  Notwithstanding  the  gold  wherewith 
they  are  beset  to  make  them  beautiful, 
except  one  wipe  off  the  rust,  they  will 
not  shine :  for  not  even   when  they 

25  were  molten  did  they  feel  it.  Things 
wherein  there  is  no  breath  are  bought 

26  at  any  cost.  Having  no  feet,  they  are 
borne  upon  shoulders,  whereby  they 
declare  unto  men  that  they  be  nothing 

27  worth.  They  also  that  serve  them 
are  ashamed :  for  if  they  fall  to  the 
ground  at  any  time,  they  cannot  rise 
up  again  of  themselves :  neither,  if 
one  set  them  upright,  can  they  move 
of  themselves :  neither,  if  they  be  set 
awry,  can  they  make  themselves 
straight:  but  the  offerings  are  set 
before  them,   as  if  they  were  dead 

28  men.  And  the  things  that  are  sacri- 
ficed unto  them,  their  priests  sell  and 
spend  ;  and  in  like  manner  their  wives 
also  lay  up  part  thereof  in  salt ;  but 
unto  the  poor  and  to  the  impotent  will 

29  they  give  nothing  thereof.  The  men- 
struous  woman  and  the  woman  in 
childbed  touch  their  sacrifices  :  know- 
ing therefore  by  these  things  that  they 


30  are  no  gods,  fear  them  not.  For  how 
can  they  be  called  gods?  because 
women  set  meat  before  the  gods  of 

31  silver,  gold,  and  wood.  And  in  their 
temples  the  priests  '  sit  on  seats, 
having  their  clothes  rent,  and  their 
heads  and  beards  shaven,  and  nothing 

32  upon  their  heads.  They  roar  and  cry 
before  their  gods,  as  men  do  at  the 

33  feast  when  one  is  dead.  The  priests 
also  take  off  garments  from  them,  and 
clothe  their  wives  and  children  withal. 

34  Whether  it  be  evil  that  one  doeth  unto 
them,  or  good,  they  are  not  able  to 
recompense  it:  they  can  neither  set 

35  up  a  king,  nor  put  him  down.  In  like 
manner,  they  can  neither  give  riches 
nor  money :  though  a  man  make  a 
vow  unto  them,  and  keep  it  not,  they 

36  will  never  exact  it.  They  can  save  no 
man  from  death,  neither  deliver  the 

37  weak  from  the  mighty.  They  cannot 
restore  a  bliud  man  to  his  sight,  nor 

38  dehver  any  tliat  is  in  distress.  They 
can  shew  no  mercy  to  the  widow,  nor 

39  do  good  to  the  fatherless.  They  are 
like  the  stones  that  be  hewn  out  of 
the  mountain,  ^/lese  gods  of  wood,  and 
that  are  overlaid  with  gold  and  with 
silver :  they  that  minister  unto  them 

40  shall  be  confounded.  How  should  a 
man  then  think  or  say  that  they  are 
gods,  when  even  the  Chaldeans  them- 

4 1  selves  dishonour  them  ?  Who  if  they 
shall  see  one  dumb  that  cannot  speak, 
they  bring  him,  and  intreat  him  to 
call  upon  Bel,  as  though  he  were  able 

42  to  understand.  Yet  they  cannot  per- 
ceive this  themselves,  and  forsake 
them :  for  they  have  no  nnderstand- 

43  ing.  The  women  also  with  cords  about 
them  sit  in  the  ways,  burning  bran 
for  incense :  but  if  any  of  them,  drawn 
by  some  that  passeth  by,  lie  with  him, 
she  reproaeheth  her  fellow,  that  she 
was  not  thought  as  worthy  as  herself, 

44  nor  her  cord  broken.  Whatsoever  is 
done  among  them  is  false :  how  should 
a  man  then  think  or  say  that  they 

45 are  gods?  They  are  fashioned  by 
carpenters  and  goldsmiths:  they  can 
be  nothing  else  tlian  the  workmen 

46  will  have  them  to  be.  And  they  them- 
selves that  fashioned  them  can  never 
continue  long;  how  then  should  the 
things  that  are  fashioned  by  them  ? 

47  For  they  have  left  lies  and  reproaches 

48  to  them  that  come  after.  For  when 
there  cometh  any  war  or  plague  upon 
them,  the  priests  consult  with  them- 
selves, where  they  may  be  hidden  with 

49  them.  How  then  cannot  men  under- 
stand that  they  be  no  gods,  which  can 
neither   save  themselves  from  war, 

50  nor  from  plague  ?  For  seeing  they  be 
but  of  wood,  and  overlaid  with  gold 
and  with  silver,  it  shall  be  known 

51  hereafter  that  they  are  false  :  and  it 
shall  be  manifest  to  all  nations  and 
kings  that  they  are  no  gods,  but  the 


124 


1.  5. 


SONG   OF  THE   THREE   CHILDREN. 


1.  8. 


works  of  men's  liaiids,  and  that  there 

52  is  no  work  of  liod  in  tlieni.  VVlio 
then    may   not  know   tlial  tliey  are 

53  no  Kods?  l''or  neillier  can  they  set 
np  a   king   in  a  lanil,  nor  give  rain 

54  unto  men.  Neltlier  ean  tiiey  judge 
tlieir  own  cause,  nor '  redress  a  wrong, 
being  unaliie:  for  they  are  as  crows 

55  between  heaven  and  eartli.  For  even 
when  lire  falleth  ni)on  tlie  house  of 
gods  of  wood,  or  overlaid  witii  gold  or 
with  silver,  their  priests  will  llee  away, 
and  escape,  hut  they  themselves  shall 

56  be  burnt  asunder  lil<e  beams.  More- 
over they  cannot  withstand  any  king 
or  enemies:  how  should  a  man  then 
allow  or  think   tliat   they   be   gods? 

57  Neither  are  tlmse  gods  of  wood,  and 
overlaid  with  silver  or  with  g(dd,able 
to  escape  either  frnni  tliieves  or  rob- 

58  bers.  Whose  gold,  and  silver,  and 
garments  wherewith  they  are  clothed, 
they  that  are  strong  will  take  from 
them,  and  go  away  withal :  neither 
shall  they  be  able  to  help  themselves. 

69  Therefore  it  is  better  to  be  a  king 
tliat  sheweth  his  manhood,  or  else  a 
vessel  In  a  house  protitable  for  that 
whereof  the  owner  shall  have  need, 
than  such  false  gods  ;  or  even  a  door 
in  a  house,  to  keep  the  things  sale 
that  be  therein,  than  such  false  gods; 
or  a  pillar  of  wood  in  a  i)alace,  tlian 

60  such  false  gods.  For  sun,  and  moon, 
and  stars,  being  bright  and  sent  to  do 

61  their  offices,  are  obedient.  Likewise 
also  the  lightning  when  it  glittereth 
is  fair  to  see ;  and  after  th(!  same 
manner    the  wind    also   bloweth  in 


every  eoimtry.  And  when  God  com- 
mandeth  the  clouds  to  go  over  the 
wliole  world,  they  do  as  they  are 
biilden.  And  the  liif  sent  from  aliove 
to  consume  mountains  and  woods  do- 
etli  as  it  is  conunanded  :  but  these  are 
to  be  likened  unto  them  neither  in 
shew  nor  power.  Wherefore  a  man 
should  neither  think  nor  say  that  tliey 
are  gods,  seeing  they  are  able  neither 
to  judge  causes,  nor  to  do  good  unto 
men.  Knowing  therefore  that  they 
are  no  gods,  fear  them  not.  For  they 
can  neither  curse  nor  bless  kings : 
neither  can  they  shew  signs  in  the 
heavens  among  the  nations,  nor  shim; 
as  the  sun,  nor  give  light  as  the  moon. 
The  beasts  are  better  than  they:  for 
they  can  get  under  a  covert,  and  ludp 
themselves.  In  no  wise  then  is  it 
manifest  unto  us  that  they  are  gods  : 
therefore  fear  them  not.  For  as  a 
scarecrow  in  a  garden  of  cucumbers 
that  keepeth  nothing,  so  are  their 
gods  of  wooil,  and  overlaid  with  gold 
and  with  silver.  Likewise  also  their 
gods  of  wood,  and  overlaid  with  gold 
and  with  silver,  are  like  to  a  white 
thorn  in  an  orcliard,  that  every  l)ird 
sitteth  upon  ;  as  also  to  a  dead  body, 
that  is  cast  forth  into  the  dark.  Antl 
ye  shall  know  them  to  be  no  gods  by 
the  ^bright  purjile  that  rottetli  upon 
them  :  anil  they  themselves  afterward 
shall  be  consumed,  and  shall  be  a  re- 
proach in  the  country.  I?etter  there- 
fore is  the  just  man  that  hath  none 
idols:  for  he  shall  be  far  from  re- 
proach. 


THE   SONG   OF  THE 

THREE  HOLY  CHILDREN, 

Wliich  followeth  in  the  third  Chapter  of  DANIEL  after  this  place,— /e//  doivn 
bound  into  the  vudst  of  the  burniva  fiery  furnace.  —  Verse  23.  That  which 
followeth  is  not  in  the  Hebrew,  to  wit,  And  they  walked  —  mito  these  words, 
Then  JVeltuchadnezzar  —  VQVSe  24. 


1  And  they  walked  in  the  midst  of  the 
fire,  praising  God,  and  blessing  the 

2  Lord.  Then  Azarias  stood, and  ])rayed 
on  this  maimer ;  ami  oi)ening  his 
mouth    in  the   midst  of  tlie  fire  said, 

3  Blessed  art  thou,  ()  I,or(i.Ihou  God  of 
ourfathers,  'and  worthy  to  be  praised; 
andthy  name  isglorilied  for  evermore : 

4  for  thou  art  righteous  in  all  the  things 
that  thou  hast  done :  yea,  true  are  all 
thy  works,  and  thy  ways  are  rigid, 

6  and  all  thy  judgements  truth.  In  all 
the  things  that  thou  hast  brought 
upon  us,  and  upon  the  holy  city  of 


our  fathers,  even  Jerusalem,  thou  hast 
executed  true  judgements:  for  accord- 
ing to  truth  and  justice  hast  thou 
brought  all  these  things  ui)on  us  be- 

6  cause  of  our  sins.  For  we  hiive  sinned 
and  committed  inifiuity,  in  departing 

7  from  thee.  In  all  things  have  we 
trespassed,  and  not  obeyed  thy  com- 
niandnients.  nor  kept  them,  neither 
done  as  thou  hast  commanded  us,  that 

8  it  might  go  well  with  us.  Wherefore 
all  that  thou  hast  brought  upon  us, 
and  everytliing  that  thou  h;ist  done 
to  us,  thou  hast  done  in  true  judge- 


126 


1.  29. 


SONG   OF  THE   THREE   CHILDREN. 


1.  61. 


9  meiit.  And  thou  didst  deliver  us  into 
the  hands  of  lawless  enemies,  and 
most  hateful  forsakers  o/  God,  and  to 
an  unjust  king,  and  the  most  wicked 

10  in  all  the  world.  And  now  we  cannot 
open  our  mouth  ;  shame  and  reproach 
have  befallen  thy  servants,  and  them 

1 1  that  worship  thee.  Deliver  us  not  up 
utterly,  for  thy  name's  sake,  neither 

12  disannul  thou  thy  covenant:  and  cause 
not  thy  mercy  to  depart  from  us,  for 
the  sake  of  Abraham  that  is  beloved 
of  thee,  and  for  the  sake  of  Isaac  thy 

ISservaut, and  Israel  thy  holy  one;  to 
whom  thou  didst  promise,  that  thou 
wouldest  multiply  their  seed  as  the 
stars  of  heaven,  and  as  the  sand  that 

14  is  upon  the  sea  shore.  For  we,  O  Lord, 
are  become  less  than  any  nation,  and 
be  kept  under  this  day  in  all  the  world 

15  because  of  our  sins.  Neither  is  there 
at  this  time  prince,  or  prophet,  or 
leader,  or  burnt  offering,  or  sacrifice, 
or  oblation,  or  incense,  or  place  to 
offer  before  thee,  and  to  find  mercy. 

16  Nevertheless  in  a  contrite  heart  and 
a  humble  spirit  let  us  be  accepted ; 

17  like  as  in  the  burnt  offerings  of  rams 
and  bullocks,  and  like  as  in  ten  thou- 
sands of  fat  lambs ;  so  let  our  sacrifice 
be  in  thy  sight  this  day,  and  grant 
that  we  may  wholly  go  after  thee,  for 
they  shall  not  be  ashamed  that  put 

18  their  trust  in  thee.  And  now  we 
follow  thee  with  all  our  heart,  we  fear 

19  thee,  and  seek  thy  face.  Put  us  not 
to  shame :  but  deal  with  us  after  thy 
kindness,  and  according  to  the  multi- 

20  tude  of  thy  mercy.  Deliver  us  also 
according  to  thy  marvellous  works, 
and  give  glory  to  thy  name,  O  Lord  : 
and  let  all  them  that  do  thy  servants 

21  hurt  be  confounded ;  and  let  them  be 
ashamed  of  all  their  '  power  and 
might,  and  let  their  strength  be  bro- 

22  ken  ;  and  let  them  know  that  thou  art 
the  Lord,  the  only  God,  and  glorious 
over  the  whole  world. 

23  And  the  king's  servants,  that  put 
them  in,  ceased  not  to  make  the  fur- 
nace hot  with  naphtha,  pitch,  tow,  and 

24  small  wood  ;  so  that  the  flame  stream- 
ed forth  above  the  furnace  forty  and 

25  nine  cubits.  And  it  spread,  and 
burned    those    Chaldeans    whom  it 

26  found  about  the  furnace.  But  the 
angel  of  the  Lord  came  down  into 
the  furnace  together  with  Azarias 
and  his  fellows,  and  he  smote  the 
flame  of  the  fire  out  of  the  furnace ; 

27  and  made  the  midst  of  the  furnace 
as  it  had  been  a  moist  whistling 
wind,  so  that  the  fire  touched  them 
not  at  all,  neither  hurt  nor  troubled 
them. 

28  Then  the  three,  as  out  of  one  mouth, 
praised, and  glorified,  and  blessed  God 

29  in  the  furnace,  saying.  Blessed  art 
thou,  O  Lord,  thou  God  of  our  fathers  : 
and  to  be  praised  and  exalted  above 


30  all  for  ever.  And  blessed  is  thy 
glorious  and  holy  name :  and  to  be 
praised    and  exalted    above  all  for 

31  ever.  Blessed  art  thou  in  the  temple 
of  thine  holy  glory  :  and  to  be  praised 
and    glorified    above    all    for    ever. 

32  Blessed  art  thou  that  beholdest  the 
depths, and  sittest  upon  the  cherubim : 
ami  to  be  praised  and  exalted  above 

33  all  for  ever.  Blessed  art  thou  on  the 
throne  of  thy  kingdom :  and  to  be 
praised  and  ^  extolled  above  all  for 

34  ever.  Blessed  art  thou  in  the  firma- 
ment of  heaven:  and  to  be  praised 
and  glorified  for  ever. 

35  O  all  ye  works  of  the  Lord,  bless  ye 
the  Lord  :  praise  and  exalt  him  above 

36  all  for  ever.  O  ye  heavens,  bless  ye 
the  Lord:  praise  and  exalt  him  above 

37  all  for  ever.  O  ye  angels  of  the  Lord, 
bless  ye  the  Lord ;  praise  and  exalt 

38  him  above  all  for  ever.  O  all  ye  waters 
that  be  above  the  heaven,  bless  ye 
the  Lord :  praise  and  exalt  him  above 

39 all  for  ever.  0  all  'ye  powers  of  the 
Lord,  bless  ye  the  Lord  :  praise  and 

40  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever.  O  ye 
sun  and  moon,  bless  ye  the  Lord  : 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

410  ye  stars  of  heaven,  bless  ye  the 
Lord:  praise  and  exalt    him   above 

42  all  for  ever.  O  every  shower  and 
dew,  bless  ye  the  Lord :  praise  and 

43  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever.  O  all  ye 
winds,  bless  ye  the  Lord  :  praise  and 

44  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever.  0  ye  fire 
and  heat,  bless  ye  the  Lord :  praise 

47  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever.^  ^  O 
ye  nights  and  days,  bless  ye  the  Lord : 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

48  O  ye  light  and  darkness,  bless  ye  the 
Lord  :  praise  and  exalt  him  above  all 
for  ever.  O  ye  cold  and  heat,  bless  ye 
the  Lord :  praise  and  exalt  him  above 

50  all  for  ever.  •*  O  ye  frost  and  snow, 
bless  ye  the  Lord :  praise  and  exalt 

5 1  him  above  all  for  ever.  O  ye  lightnings 
and  clouds,  bless  ye  the  Lord :  praise 

52  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever.  O  let 
the  earth  bless  the  Lord  :  let  it  praise 

53  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever.  O  ye 
mountains  and  hills,  bless  ye  the  Lord: 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever. 

54  O  all  ye  things  that  grow  on  the  earth, 
bless  ye  the  Lord  :  praise  and  exalt 

56  him  above  all  for  ever.  '  O  sea  and 
rivers,  bless  ye  the  Lord  :  praise  and 

55  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever.  O  ye 
fountains,  bless  ye  the  Lord  :  praise 

57  and  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever.  O  ye 
whales,  and  all  that  move  in  the  wa- 
ters, bless  ye  the  Lord :  praise  and 

58  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever.  O  all  ye 
fowls  of  the  air,  bless  ye  the  Lord : 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  all  for 

59  ever.  O  all  ye  beasts  and  cattle, 
bless  ye  the  Lord :  praise  and  exalt 

60  him  above  all  for  ever.  O  ye  children 
of  men,  bless  ye  the  Lord  :  praise  and 

61  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever.     '  O  let 


1.  u. 


HISTORY   OF   SUSANNA. 


Israel  bless  the  Lord:    praise    and 

62  exalt  him  above  all  for  ever.  O  ye 
priests  '  of  the  Lord,  liless  ye  the 
Lord:  praiso  and  exalt  liim  above  all 

63  for  ever.  ()  yo  servants  '  of  the  Lord, 
bless  ye  the  Lord :   praise  and  exalt 

64  him  above  all  for  ever.  <)  ye  spirits 
and  souls  of  the  righteous,  bless  ye  the 
Lord  :  i)raise  and  exalt  him  above  all 

65  for  ever.  O  ye  that  are  holy  and 
humble  of  heart,  bless  ye  the  lyord : 
praise  and  exalt  him  above  a  II  lor  ever. 

66  0  Ananias,  Azarias,  and  Misael,  bless 


ye  the  Lord :  praise  and  exalt  him 
above  all  forever :  for  he  hath  resiuied 
ns  from  -  hell,  and  saved  ns  from  the 
hand  of  death:  he  hath  delivered  us 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  furnace  rmd 
burning  flame,  even  out  of  the  midst 

67  of  the  fire  hath  he  delivered  us.  <) 
give  thanks  unto  the  Lord,  for  he  is 
good  :  for  his  merey  rndnrrl/i  for  ever. 

68()all  ye  that  worship  the  Lord,  liless 
the  God  of  gods,  praise  him,  and  give 
him  thanks :  for  his  mercy  endurcth 
for  ever. 


1.  27. 


s  Or.  the 
Hude». 


THE 


HISTORY  OF   SUSANNA, 

Set  apart  from  the  beginning  of  DANIEL,  because  it  is  not  in  the  Hebrew,  as 
neither  the  Narration  of  liel  and  the  Dragon. 


1  There  dwelt  a  man  in  Babylon,  and 

2  his  nanie  was  Joakim  :  and  he  took  a 
wife,  w-hose  name  was  Susanna,  the 
daughter  of  Helkias,  a  very  fair  wo- 
man, and  one  that  feared  the  Lord. 

3  Her  parents  also  were  righteous,  and 
taught  tlieir  daughter  according  to  the 

4  law  of  Moses.  Now  .Foakim  was  a 
great  rich  man,  and  had  a  fair  garden 
joining  inito  his  house:  and  to  him 
resorted  tiie  Jews;  because   he   was 

5  more  honourable  than  all  others.  And 
the  same  year  there  were  appointed 
two  of  the  ancients  of  the  people  to 
be  judges,  such  as  the  Lord  spake  of, 
that  wickedness  came  from  Babylon 
from   ancient  judges,  who  were  ac- 

6  counted  to  govern  the  ijeojile.  These 
kept  much  at  .loakim's  house  :  and  all 
that  had  any  suits  in  law  came  unto 

7  them.  Now  when  the  people  departed 
away  at  noon,  Susanna  went  into  her 

8  husband's  garden  to  walk.  And  the 
two  elders  beheld  her  going  in  every 
day,  and  walking;  and  they  were  in- 

9 flamed  with  love  for  her.  And  they 
perverted  their  own  mind,  and  turned 
away  their  eyes,  that  they  might  not 
look  unto  heaven,  nor  remember  just 

10  judgements.  And  albeit  they  both 
were  wounded  with  her  love,  yet 
durst  not  one  shew  another  his  grief. 

1 1  For  they  were  ashamed  to  declare 
their  lust,  that  they  desired  to  have  to 

12  do  with  her.  Vet  they  watched  jeal- 
ously from    day  to  day   to  see  her. 

13  And  the  one  said  to  the  other.  Let  us 

14  now  go  home  :  for  it  is  dinner  time.  So 
when  they  were  gone  out.  they  parted 
the  one  from  the  other,  and  turning 
back  again  they  came  to  the  same 
place ;  and  aft€r  that  they  had  asked 
10*  ] 


15 


16 


17 


18 


21 


one  another  the  cause,  they  acknow- 
ledged their  lust :  and  then  appointed 
they  a  time  both  together,  when  they 
might  find  her  alone.  And  it  fell  out, 
as  they  watched  a  lit  day,  she  went  in 
as  aforetime  with  two  maids  only,  and 
she  was  desirous  to  wash  herself  in 
the  garden :  for  it  w;is  hot.  And  there 
\vas  nobody  there  save  the  two  elders, 
that  had  hid  themselves,  and  watched 
her.  Then  she  said  to  her  maids.  Bring 
me  oil  and  washing  balls,  and  shut  the 
garden  doors,  that  I  may  wash  me. 
And  they  did  as  she  bade  them,  and 
shut  the  garden  doors,  and  went  out 
themselves  at  the  side  doors  to  fetch 
the  things  that  she  had  commanded 
them :  and  they  saw  not  the  elders, 
because  they  were  hid.  Now  when  the 
maids  \vere  gone  forth,  the  two  elders 
rose  up,  and  ran  unto  her,  saying.  Be- 
hold, the  garden  doors  are  shut,  that 
no  man  can  see  us,  and  we  are  in  love 
with  thee  ;  therefore  consent  unto  us, 
and  lie  with  us.  If  thou  wilt  not,  we 
will  bear  witness  against  thee,  that  a 
young  man  was  with  thee:  and  there- 
fore thou  didst  send  away  thy  maids 
from  tliee.  Then  Susanna  sighed,  and 
said,  I  iirn  straitened  on  every  side: 
for  if  I  do  this  thing,  it  is  death  unto 
me  :  and  if  I  do  it  not,  I  cainiot  cscjipe 
your  hands.  It  is  better  for  me  to  fall 
into  your  hands,  and  not  do  it,  than 
to  sin  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord.  With 
that  SusaniKi  cried  with  ii  loud  voice: 
and  the  two  elders  cried  out  against 
her.  Then  r;in  the  one,  and  ojjened  the 
garden  doors.  So  when  the  servants 
of  the  house  heard  the  cry  in  the  gar- 
den, they  rushed  in  at  the  side  door,  to 
see  what  had  befallen  her.    But  when 


1.  48. 


HISTORY   OF   SUSANNA. 


1.  64. 


the  elders  had  told  their  tale,  the  ser- 1  49  Israel?    Return  again  to  the  place  of 


vants  were  greatly  ashamed :  for  there 
was  never  such   a   report   made    of 

28  Susanna.  And  it  caine  to  pass  on  tlie 
morrow,  when  tlie  people  assembled 
to  her  husband  Joakim,  the  two  elders 
came  full  of  their  wicked  intent  against 

29  Susanna  to  put  her  to  death ;  and  said 
before  the  people.  Send  for  Susanna, 
the   daugliter   of    Helkias,   .Toakim's 

30  wife.  So  they  sent ;  and  she  came  with 
her  father  and  mother,  her  children, 

3 land  all  her  kindred.  Now  Susanna 
was    a    very    delicate    woman,    and 

32  beauteous  to  behold.  And  these 
wicked  men  commanded  her  to  be  un- 
veiled, (for  she  was  veiled)  that  tliey 

33  might  be  filled  with  her  beauty.  There- 
fore her  friends  and  all  tliat  saw  her 

34  wept.  Then  the  two  elders  stood  up  in 
the  midst  of  the  people,  and  laid  their 

35  hands  upon  her  head.  And  slie  weep- 
ing loolved  up  toward  heaven  :  for  her 

36  heart  trusted  in  the  Lord.  And  the 
elders  said,  As  we  walked  in  the  garden 
alone,  this  icoman  came  in  with  two 
maids,  and  shut  the  garden  doors,  and 

37  sent  tlie  maids  away.  Then  a  young 
man,  Avho  there  was  hid,  came  unto 

38  her,  and  lay  witli  her.  And  we,  being 
in  a  corner  of  the  garden,  saw  tin's 

39  wickedness,  and  ran  unto  them.  And 
when  we  saw  them  together,  the  man 
we  could  not  hold  :  for  he  was  stronger 
than  we,  and  opened  the  doors,  anil 

40  leaped  out.  But  having  taken  this 
tvoman,  we  asked  who  the  young  man 
was,  but  she  would  not  tell  us  :  these 

41  things  do  we  testify.  Then  the  as- 
sembly believed  them,  as  those  tliat 
were  elders  of  the  people  and  judges : 

42  so  they  condemned  her  to  death.  Then 
Susanna  cried  out  with  a  loud  voice, 
and  said,  O  everlasting  God,  that 
knowest  the  secrets,  that  knowest  all 

43  things  before  they  be  :  thou  knowest 
that  they  have  borne  false  witness 
against  me,  and,  behold,  I  must  die  ; 
whereas  I  never  did  such  things  as 
these  men  have  maliciously  invented 

44  against  me.    And  the  Lord  heard  her 

45  voice.  Therefore  when  she  was  led 
away  to  l)e  put  to  death,  God  raised 
up  the  holy  spirit  of  a  young  youth, 

46  whose  name  was  Daniel :  and  he  cried 
witli  a  loud  voice,  I  am  clear  from  the 

47  blood  of  this  woman.  Then  all  the 
people  turned  them  toward  him,  and 
said.  What  mean  these  words  that 

48  thou  hast  spoken  ?  So  he  standing  in 
the  midst  of  them  said.  Are  ye  such 
fools,  ye  sons  of  Israel,  that  without 
examination  or  knowledge  of  the  truth 
ye  have  condemned  a  daughter  of 


judgement :  for  these  have  borne  false 

50  witness  against  her.  Wlierefore  all 
tlie  people  turned  again  in  haste,  and 
the  elders  said  unto  hhii,  Come,  sit 
down  among  us,  and  shew  it  us,  seeing 
God  liath  given  tliee  the  honour  of  an 

51  elder.  Then  said  Daniel  unto  them. 
Put  tliem  asunder  one  far  from  an- 

52  other,  and  1  will  examine  them.  So 
when  tliey  were  put  asunder  one  from 
another,  he  called  one  of  them,  and 
said  unto  him,  O  thou  that  art  waxen 
old  in  wickechiess,  now  are  thy  sins 
come  home  to  thee  which  thou  hast 

53  commiltcid  aforetime,  in  pronouncing 
unjust  judgement,  and  condemning 
the  innocent,  and  letting  the  guilty  go 
free ;  albeit  tlie  Lord  saitli,  The  inno- 
cent and  righteous  shalt  thou  not  slay. 

54  Now  then,  if  thou  sawest  her,  tell  me, 
Under  what  tree  sawest  thou  them 
companying  together?  Who  answered, 

55  Under  a  mastick  tree.  And  Daniel 
said.  Right  well  hast  thou  lied  against 
thine  own  head ;  for  even  now  the 
angel  of  God  hath  received  the  sen- 
tence of  God  and  shall  cut  thee  in 

56  two.  So  he  put  him  aside,  and  com- 
manded to  bring  the  other,  and  said 
unto  him,  O  thou  seed  of  Canaan,  and 
not  of  Judah,  beauty  hath  deceived 
thee,  and   lust  liath   perverted  thine 

57  heart.  Thus  have  ye  dealt  with  the 
daughters  of  Israel,  and  they  for  fear 
companled  with  you :  but  the  daughter 
of  Judah  would  not  abide  your  wicked- 

58ness.  Now  therefore  tell  me,  Under 
what  tree  didst  thou  take  them  com- 
panying together?     Who  answered, 

59  Under  a  holm  tree.  Then  said  Daniel 
unto  him.  Right  well  hast  thou  also 
lied  against  thine  own  head  ;  for  the 
angel  of  God  waiteth  with  the  sword 
to  cut  thee  in  two,  that  he  may  de- 

60  stroy  you.  With  tliat  all  the  assembly 
cried  out  with  a  loud  voice,  and  bless- 
ed God,  who  saveththem  that  hope  in 

61  him.  And  they  arose  against  the  two 
elders,  for  Daniel  had  convicted  them 
of   false    witness    out   of  their  own 

62  mouth:  and  according  to  the  law  of 
Moses  they  did  unto  them  in  such 
sort  as  they  maliciously  intended  to 
do  to  their  neighbour :  and  they  put 
them  to  death,  and  the  innocent  blood 

63  was  saved  the  same  day.  Therefore 
Helkias  and  his  wife  praised  God  for 
their  daughter  Susanna,  with  Joakim 
her  husband,  and  all  the  kindred,  be- 
cause there  was  no  dishonesty  found 

64  in  her.  And  from  that  day  forth  was 
Daniel  had  in  great  reputation  in  the 
sight  of  the  people. 


128 


BEL   AND   THE   DRAGON. 


1  And  king  Astyagos  was  gatliered  to 
his  fatliers,   and  Cyrus  the  Persian 

2  receiveii  liis  ivingdoni.  And  i:)aiiiel 
Uved  with  the  l<ing,  anil  was  lionomeil 

3  above  all  his  friiMuls.  Now  the  Bahy- 
lonians  had  an  idol,  called  Bel,  and 
there  were  spent  upon  him  every  day 
twelve  great  measures  of  luie  Hour, 
and  forty  sheei),  and   six   firkins  of 

4  wine.  And  tiie  king  did  honour  to  it, 
and  went  daily  to  worship  it:  hut 
Daniel  worshii>ped  his  own  Ood. 
And  the   king   said   unto  him.  Why 

5  dost  thou  not  worship  Hel?  And  he 
said.  Because  1  may  not  do  honour 
to  idols  made  with  hands,  but  to  the 
living  God,  who  hath  created  the 
heaven  and  the  earth,  and  hath  sov- 

6ereignty  over  all  flesli.  Then  sai<l 
the  king  unto  him,  Tliinkest  thou  not 
that  Bpl  is  a  living  god  ?  or  seest  thou 
not  how  nmch  he  eateth  and  drinketh 

7  every  day  ?  Then  Daniel  laughed,  and 
said,  O  king,  he  not  deceived  :  for  this 
is  but  clay  within,  and  brass  without, 
and  did  never  cat  or  driid<  anything. 

8  So  the  king  was  wroth,  and  called  for 
his  priests,  and  said  unto  tlicni,  If  ye 
tell  me  not  who  this  is  that  devoureth 

9  these  expenses,  ye  shall  die.  But  if 
ye  can  sliew  me  that  Bel  devoureth 
them,  then  Daniel  shall  die :  for  he 
hath  spoken  blasphemy  against  Bel. 
And  Daniel  said  unto  the  king.  Let  it 

10  be  according  to  thy  word.  Now  the 
priests  of  Bel  were  threescore  and  ten, 
beside  their  wives  and  children.  And 
the  king  went  with  Daniel  into  the 

11  temple  of  Bel.  So  Bel's  priests  said, 
Lo,  we  will  get  us  out :  but  thou,  O 
king,  set  on  the  meat,  and  mingle  the 
wine  and  set  it  forth,  and  shut  the 
door  fast,  and  seal  it  with  thine  own 

12  signet;  and  when  thou  comest  in  the 
morning.  If  thou  find  not  that  Bel  hath 
eaten  ui>  all,  we  will  suffer  death: 
or  else  Daniel,  that  speaketh  falsely 

13  against  us.  And  they  little  regarded 
It :  for  under  the  table  they  had  made 
a  privy  entrance,  whereby  they  en- 
tered in  continually,  and  consumed 

14  those  things.  And  it  came  to  ))ass, 
when  they  were  gone  forth,  the  king 
set  the  meat  before  Bel.  Now  Daniel 
had  commanded  his  servants  to  bring 
ashes,  and  they  .strewed  all  the  temple 
iritli  tluiii  In  the  presence  of  the  king 
alone:  then  went  they  out.  and  shut 
the  door,  and  sealed  it  with  the  king's 

15  signet,  and  so  departed.  Now  in  the 
night  came  the  priests  with  their 
wives  and  children,  as  they  were  wont 


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20 


21 


23 


20 


to  do,  and  did  eat  and  drink  up  all.  In 
the  morning  betime  the  king  arose, 
and  Daniel  with  him.  And  the  king 
said,  Daniel,  are  the  seals  whole  v 
And  he  said.  Yea,  O  king,  they  be 
whole.  And  as  soon  as  he  had  opened 
the  door,  the  king  looked  ujjon  the 
table,  and  cried  with  a  loud  voice, 
Great  art  thou,  O  I'.el,  and  with  thee 
is  no  deceit  at  all.  Then  laughed 
Daniel,  and  held  the  king  that  he 
should  not  go  in.  and  said.  Behold 
now  the  pavement,  and  mark  well 
whose  footsteps  are  these.  And  the 
king  said,  I  see  the  footsteps  of  men, 
women,  and  children.  An(l  then  the 
king  was  angry,  and  took  the  priests 
with  their  wives  and  children,  who 
shewed  him  the  privy  doors,  where 
they  came  in,  and  consumed  such 
things  as  were  upon  the  table.  There- 
fore the  king  slew  them,  and  delivered 
Bel  into  Daniel's  power,  who  over- 
threw him  and  his  temple. 

And  in  that  same  place  there  was  a 
great '  dragon,  whicli  they  of  Babylon 
worshipped.  And  the  king  said  unto 
Daniel,  Wilt  thou  also  say  that  this 
is  oi"  brass?  lo,  he  liveth,  and  eateth 
and  drinketh  ;  thou  canst  not  say  that 
he  is  no  living  god :  therefore  worship 
him.  Then  said  Daniel,  I  will  wor- 
ship the  Lord  my  God :  for  he  is  a 
living  God.  But  give  me  leave,  0 
king,  and  I  shall  slay  this  dragon 
without  sword  or  staff.  The  king 
said,  I  give  thee  leave.  Then  Daniel 
took  pitch,  and  fat,  and  hair,  and  did 
seethe  them  together,  and  made  lumps 
thereof :  this  he  put  in  the  dragon's 
mouth,  so  the  dragon  did  eat  and 
burst  in  sunder :  and  TJdnul  said,  Lo, 
these  are  the  gods  ye  worship.  When 
they  of  Babylon  heard  that,  they 
took  great  indignation,  and  conspired 
against  the  king,  saying.  The  king  Is 
become  a  Jew,  and  he  hath  pulled 
down  Bel,  and  slain  the  dragon,  and 
put  the  priests  to  the  sword.  So  they 
came  to  the  king,  and  said.  Deliver 
us  Daniel,  or  else  we  will  destroy  thee 
and  thine  house.  Now  when  the  king 
saw  that  they  pressed  hini  sore,  being 
constrained,  the  king  delivered  Dan- 
iel unto  them :  who  east  him  into 
the  lions'  den :  where  he  was  six  days. 
And  In  the  den  there  were  seven 
lions,  and  they  had  given  them  every 
day  two  <'arcases,  and  two  sheep: 
which  then  were  not  given  to  them,  to 
the  intent  they  might  devour  Daniel. 

Now  there  was  in  Jewry  the  prophet 


129 


THE   PRAYER   OF   MANASSES. 


*  Habakkuk,  who  had  made  pottage, 
and  had  broken  bread  into  a  bowl, 
and  was  going  into  the  field,  for  to 

34  bring  it  to  the  reapers.  But  the  angel 
of  the  Lord  said  unto  Habalclvuk,  Go 
carry  tlie  dinner  that  thou  hast  into 
Babylon  unto  Daniel,  in  the  lions'  den. 

35  And  Habalckuk  said,  Lord,  I  never 
saw    Babylon;    neitlier  do    I  know 

36  where  the  den  is.  Then  the  angel  of 
the  Lord  toolv  him  by  the  crown,  and 
lifted  liim  up  by  tlie  hair  of  his  head, 
and  with  the  blast  of  his  l)reath  set 

37  him  in  Babylon  over  the  den.  And 
Habakkuk  cried,  saying,  O  Daniel, 
Daniel,  take  tlie   dinner  which  God 

38  hath  sent  thee.     And   Daniel   said, 


Thou  hast  remembered  me,  O  God: 
neither  hast  tliou  forsaken  them  that 

39  love  thee.  So  Daniel  arose,  and  did 
eat :  and  tlie  angel  of  God  set  Habak- 
kuk in  his  own  place  again  immedi- 

40ately.  Upon  the  seventh  day  the 
king  came  to  bewail  Daniel:  and 
when  he  came  to  the  den,  he  looked 
in,  and,  behold,  Daniel   was  sitting. 

41  Then  cried  the  king  with  a  loud  voice, 
saying,  Great  art  thou,  O  Lord,  thou 
God  of  Daniel,  and  there  is  none  other 

42  beside  thee.  And  he  drew  him  out, 
and  cast  those  that  were  the  cause  of 
his  destruction  into  the  den :  and  they 
were  devoured  in  a  moment  before 
his  face. 


THE 


PRAYER  OF   MANASSES 

KING   OF   JUDAH, 

WHEN  HE  WAS  HOLDEN  CAPTIVE  IN  BABYLON. 


O  Lord  Almighty,  that  art  hi  heaven, 
thou  God  of  our  fathers,  of  Abraham, 
and  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  and  of  their  right- 
eous seed ;  who  hast  made  heaven  and 
earth,  with  all  the  ^ ornament  thereof; 
who  hast  bound  the  sea  by  the  word  of 
thy  commandment ;  who  hast  shut  up 
the  deep,  and  sealed  it  by  thy  terrible 
and  glorious  name  ;  whom  all  things  fear, 
yea,  tremble  before  thy  power;  for  the 
majesty  of  thy  glory  cannot  be  borne, 
and  the  anger  of  thy  threatening  toward 
sinners  is  importable :  thy  merciful  pro- 
mise is  unmeasurable  and  unsearchable ; 
for  thou  art  the  Lord  Most  High,  of  great 
compassion,  longsuffering  and  abundant 
in  mercy,  and  repentest  -  of  bringing  evils 
upon  men.  ^  Thou,  O  Lord,  according  to 
thy  great  goodness  hast  promised  repent- 
ance and  forgiveness  to  them  that  have 
sinned  against  thee  :  and  of  tliine  infinite 
mercies  hast  appointed  repentance  luilo 
sinners,  that  they  may  be  saved.  Thou 
therefore,  O  Lord,  that  art  tlie  God  of 
the  just,  hast  not  appointed  repentance 
to  the  just,  to  Abraham,  and  Isaac,  and 
Jacob,  whicli  have  not  sinned  against 
thee ;  but  thou  hast  appointed  repentance 
unto  me  that  am  a  sinner :  for  I  have 
sinned  above  the  number  of  the  sands  of 


the  sea.  My  transgressions  are  multi- 
plied, *  0  Lord :  my  transgressions  are 
multiplied,  and  I  am  not  worthy  to  be- 
hold and  see  the  height  of  heaven  for  the 
multitude  of  mine  iniquities.  I  am  bowed 
down  with  many  iron  bands,  that  I  can- 
not lift  up  mine  head  ^  by  reason  of  my 
sins,  neither  have  I  any  respite :  for  I 
have  provoked  thy  wrath,  and  done  that 
which  is  evil  before  thee :  "  I  did  not  thy 
will,  neither  kept  I  thy  commandments : 
I  liave  set  up  abominations,  and  have 
multiplied  '  detestable  things.  Now 
therefore  I  bow  the  knee  of  mine  heart, 
beseeching  thee  of  grace.  I  have  sinned, 
O  Lord,  I  have  sinned,  and  I  acknow- 
ledge mine  iniquities  :  but,  I  humbly  be- 
seech thee,  forgive  me,  O  Lord,  forgive 
me,  and  destroy  me  not  with  mine  iniqui- 
ties. Be  not  angry  with  me  for  ever,  by 
reserving  evil  forme;  neither  condemn 
me  into  the  lower  parts  of  the  earth. 
For  thou,  *  O  Lord,  art  the  God  of  them 
tliat  repent ;  and  in  me  thou  wilt  shew 
all  thy  goodness :  for  thou  wilt  save  me, 
tliat  am  unv/orthy,  accoi'ding  to  thy  great 
mercy.  And  I  will  praise  thee  for  ever 
all  the  days  of  my  life :  for  all  the  host  of 
heaven  doth  sing  thy  praise,  and  thine  is 
the  glory  for  ever  and  ever.    Amen. 


THE    FIRST    BOOK    OF    THE 

MACCABEES. 


1  And  it  came  to  pass,  after  that  Alex-    17 
aiuler    the    Maoeiloiiiaii,   the    sou  of  | 
Phihp,  who  eanie  out  of  the  hiiiil  of  [ 
Cliittim,  and  smote  Darius  l<iii}j:of  the    18 
Persians  ami  Medes,  it  vitmc  tu  luiss, 
after   he  had   smitten  liim,  tliat    lie 
reigned  in  his  stead,  in  foiiucr  time, 

2  over  '  Greece.    And  he  foutjlit  many    19 
battles,  and  won  many  strongliolds, 

3  and  slew  the  kinjrs  of  the  earth,  and 
went  through  to  the  ends  of  the  earth,    20 
and  tool\  spoils  of  a  multitude  of  na- 
tions.  And  the  earth  was  (juiet  hefore 
him,  and  he  was  exalted,  aii<l  liis  heart 

4  was   lifted   up,  and   he   gatlicred  to-    21 
gether  an  exceeding  stri>ng  host,  and 
ruled  over  countries  and  nations  and 
principalities,  antl  they  hecame  trihu- 

5  tary  unto  him.  And  after  these  thins^s 
he  fell  9ick,  and  perceived   that  he 

6  should  die.  .\nd  he  called  his  ser- 
vants, which  were  hououialde,  which 
had  been  brought  uji  witli  him  liom  his 
youth,  anil  lie  divided  unto  them  his 

7  kingdom,  while  he  was  yet  alive.  And 
Alexander  reigned  twelve  years,  and 

8  he  died.    And  his  servants  bare  rule, 

9  each  one  in  his  place.    And  they  did    24 
all  put  diadems  upon  themselves  after 
that  he  was  dead,  and  so  <lid  their  sons 
after  them  many  years  :  and  they  nnd- 
tiplied  evils  in  the  earth. 

10  And  there  came  forth  out  of  them  a 
sinful  root,  Antiochus  Kpiplianes,  son    2G 
of  .\ntiochus  the  king,  who  had  been 
a  hostage  at  Rome,  and  he  reigned  in 
'the  hundreil  ami  tliirty  and  seventh    27 
year  of  the  kingdom  of  tlie  (ireeks. 

11  In  those  days  came  there  forth  out 
of  Israel  transgress. rs  of  the  law,  an<l    28 
persuaded  many,  saying.  Let   us   go 
and  make  a  covenant  with  the  ''Gen- 
tiles that  are   round  about  us ;    for    29 
since  we  were  |)arted  from  them  many 

12  evils  have  befallen  us.  And  the  saying 

13  was  good  in  their  eyes.    Ami  certain 
of  the  people  were  forward  livroin  and    30 
went  to  the  king,  and  he  gave  them 
licence  to  do  after  the  ordinances  of 

14  the^Gentiles.  AndMhey  builtaphiee 
of  exercise  in  .lerusalem  according  to 

Ijthelawsof  the   'Gentiles;  and  they    31 
made  themselves  uncircumcised,  and 
forsook  the  holy  covenant,  and  joincil 
themselves  to  the  ^  tientiles,  and  sold  j  32 
themselves  to  do  evil.  I 

IG   And  the  kingdom  was  well  ordered    33 
in    the    sight  of   Antiochus,  and   he  j 
thought  to  reign  over  Kgypt,  that  he 
might  reign  over  the  two  kingdoms.  I 

131 


And  he  entered  into  Egy|)t  with  a 
'great  nudtitude,  with  chariots,  and 
with  elci>hanls,  and  with  horsemen, 
and  with  a  great  '■  navy  ;  and  he  made 
war  against  I'tolemy  king  of  Egyiit; 
and  rtolemy  was  iiut  to  shame  before 
him,  and  tied  ;  and  many  fell  wounded 
to  death.  And  tlifv  got  i)ossession  of 
the  strong  cities  in  tlic  laud  of  Egypt; 
and  he  took  the  spoils  of  l';gyi)t. 

And  Antiochus,  after  that  he  had 
smitten  Egypt,  returned  in  "  the  hun- 
dred and  forty  and  third  year,  and 
went  ui)  against  Israel  and  Jerusalem 
with  a  •'■' great  nudtitude,  and  entered 
presumptuously  into  the  sanctuary, 
and  took  the  golden  altar,  and  the 
candlestick  of  ll>e  light,  and  all  that 
pertained  thereto,  and  the  table  of 
the  shewbrciKl,  and  the  cui)s  to  pour 
withal,  and  the  bowls,  and  the  golden 
censers,  and  tlic  veil,  and  the  crowns, 
and  the  adorning  of  gold  w  hich  was  on 
the  face  of  the  temple,  and  he  scaled 
it  all  oft'.  And  he  took  the  silver  and 
the  goUl  and  the  i)recious  vessels ; 
and  he  took  the  hidden  treasures 
which  he  found.  And  when  he  had 
taken  all,  he  went  away  into  his  own 
land,  and  he  made  a  great  slaughter, 
and  si)ake  very  presumptuously.  And 
there  came  great  mourning  upon  Is- 
rael, in  every  place  where  they  were  ; 
and  the  rulers  and  elders  groaned, 
the  virgins  and  young  men  were  made 
feeble,  and  the  be;inty  of  the  women 
was  changed.  Every  bridegroom  took 
up  lamentation,  she  th:»t  sat  in  the 
marriage  chandx'r  was  in  heaviness. 
And  the  land  was  moved  for  the  in- 
habitants thereof,  and  ;ill  the  house 
of  Jacob  was  elothed  with  shame. 

And  'after  "  two  full  years  the  king 
sent  a  chief  collector  of  tribute  unto 
the  cities  of  Judah,  and  he  came  unto 
Jerusalem  with  a  ^' great  nudtitude. 
And  he  spake  wonls  of  peace  unto 
them  in  subtilty,  and  they  gave  him 
credence:  and  he  fell  upon  the  city 
suddeidy,  and  smote  it  very  sore,  and 
destroyed  much  people  out  of  Israel. 
And  he  took  the  spoils  of  tlu- city,  and 
set  it  on  lire,  and  pidlcil  down  the 
houses  thereof  and  the  walls  thereof 
on  every  side.  And  they  led  captive 
the  women  and  the  children,  and  the 
cattle  they  took  in  possession.  And 
they  builded  the  city  of  David  with 
a  great  and  strong  wall,  with  strong 
towers,  and  it  became  unto  them  a 


1.  55. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


2.  17. 


34  citadel.  And  they  put  there  a  shiful 
nation,  transgressors  of  tlie  law,  and 
they  strengthened  tliemselves  therein. 

35  And  tliey  stored  up  arms  and  victuals, 
and  gathering  together  the  spoils  of 
Jerusalem,  they  laid  them  up  there, 

36  and  they  became  a  sore  snare  :  and  it 
became  a  place  to  lie  in  wait  in  against 
the  sanctuary,  and  an  evil  adversary 

37  to  Israel  continually.  And  they  shed 
innocent  blood  on  every  side  of  the 
sanctuary,  and  defiled  the  sanctuary. 

38  And  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  fled 
because  of  them  ;  and  she  became  a 
habitation  of  strangers,  and  she  be- 
came strange  to  them  that  were  born 
in  her,  and  her  children  forsook  her. 

39  Her  sanctuary  was  laid  waste  like  a 
wilderness,  '  her  feasts  were  turned 
into  mourning,  her  sabbaths  into  re- 
proach, her    honour    into   contempt. 

40  According  to  her  glory,  so  was  her 
dishonour  multiplied,  and  her  high 
estate  was  turned  into  mourning. 

41  And  king  Antiochus  wrote  to  his 
whole  kingdom,  that  all  should  be 

42  one  people,  and  that  each  sliould  for- 
sake his  own  laws.  And  all  the  na- 
tions agreed  according  to  the  word  of 

43  the  king ;  and  many  of  Israel  con- 
sented to  his  worship,  and  sacrificed 
to  the  idols,  and  profaned  the  sabbath. 

44  And  the  king  sent  letters  by  the  hand 
of  messengers  unto  Jerusalem  and 
the  cities  of  Judah,  that  they  should 

45  follow  laws  strange  to  the  land,  and 
should  forbid  whole  burnt  offerings 
and  sacrifice  and  drink  offerings  in 
the  sanctuary ;   and  should  profane 

46  the  sabbaths  and  feasts,  and  pollute 
the  sanctuary  and  them  that  were 

47  holy ;  that  they  should  build  altars, 
and  temples,  and  shrines  for  idols, 
and  should  sacrifice  swine's  flesh  and 

48  unclean  beasts:  and  that  they  should 
leave  their  sons  unclrcumeised,  that 
they  should  make  their  souls  abomin- 
able with  all  manner  of  uncleanness 

49  and  profanation  ;  so  that  they  might 
forget  the  law,  and  change  all  the  or- 

50dinances.  And  whosoever  shall  not 
do  according  to  the  word  of  the  king, 

51  he  shall  die.  According  to  all  these 
words  wrote  he  to  his  whole  kingdom  ; 
and  he  appointed  overseers  over  all  the 
people,  and  he  commanded  the  cities 
of   Judah  to   sacrifice,  city  by  city. 

52  And  from  the  peoi)le  were  gathered 
together  unto  them  many,  every  one 
that  had  forsaken  the  law ;  and  they 

53  did  evil  things  in  the  land  ;  and  they 
made  Israel  to  hide  themselves  in 
every  place  of  refuge  which  they 
had. 

54  And  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  Chislev, 
in  2  the  hundred  and  forty  and  fifth 
year,  they  builded  an  abomination  of 
desolation  upon  the  '  altar,  and  in  the 
cities  of  Judah  on  every  side  they 

55  builded   idol    '  altars.    And   at   the 


doors  of  the  houses  and  in  the  streets 

56  they  burnt  incense.  And  they  rent 
in  pieces  the  books  of  the  law  which 

57  they  found,  and  set  them  on  fire.  And 
wheresoever  was  found  witii  any  a 
book  of  the  covenant,  and  if  any  con- 
sented to  the  law,  the  king's  sentence 

58  delivered  him  to  death.  Thus  did 
they  in  their  might  unto  Israel,  to 
those    that    were    found    month    by 

59  month  in  the  cities.  And  on  the  five 
and  twentietli  day  of  the  month  they 
sacrificed  upon  the  ifio!  ^  altar,  which 

60  was  upon  the  ^  altar  of  God.  And 
*  the  women  that  had  circumcised 
their  children  they  put  to  death  ac- 

61  cording  to  the  conmiandment.  And 
they  hanged  their  babes  about  their 
necks,  and  destroyed  their  houses, 
and  them  that  had  circumcised  them. 

62  And  many  in  Israel  were  fully  re- 
solved and  confirmed  in  themselves 

63  not  to  eat  unclean  things.  And  '*  they 
chose  to  die,  that  they  might  not  be 
defiled  with  the  meats,  and  that  they 
might  not  profane  the  holy  covenant : 

64  and  they  died.  And  there  came  ex- 
ceeding  great  wrath  upon  Israel. 

2  lu  those  days  rose  up  Mattathias  the 
son  of  John,  the  son  of  Simeon,  a  priest 
of  tlie  sons  of  Joarib,  from  Jerusalem ; 

2  and  he  dwelt  at  Modin.  And  he  had 
five  sons,  ''  John,  who  was  surnamed 

3  Gaddis ;    Simon,    who    was    called 

4  Thassi ;  Judas,  who  was  called  Mac- 

5  cabsens  ;  Eleazar,  who  was  called 
Avaran ;  Jonathan,  who  was  called 
Apphus. 

6  And  he  saw  the  blasphemies  that 
were  committed  in  Judah  and  in  Jeru- 

7  salem,  and  he  said. 

Woe  is  me  !  wherefore  was  I  born  to 
see  the  destruction  of  my  people,  and 
the  destruction  of  the  holy  city,  and 
to  dwell  there,  when  it  was  given  into 
the  hand  of  tlie  enemy,  the  sanctuary 

8  into  the  hand  of  aliens  ?  Her  temple 
is  become  as  a  man  '  that  was  glori- 

9ous:  her  vessels  of  glory  are  carried 
away  into  captivity,  her  infants  are 
slain  in  her  streets,  her  young  men 

10  with  the  sword  of  the  enemy.  What 
nation  hath  not  inherited  her  palaces, 
and  gotten  possession  of  her  spoils? 

11  her  adorning  is  all  taken  away;  in- 
stead of  a  free  woman  she  is  become 

12  a  bond  woman  :  and,  behold,  our  holy 
things  and  our  beauty  and  our  glory 
are  laid  waste,  and  the  Gentiles  have 

13  profaned  them.  Wherefore  should 
we  live  any  longer? 

14  And  Mattathias  and  his  sons  rent 
their  clothes,  and  put  on  sackcloth, 
and  mourned  exceedingly. 

15  And  the  king's  officers,  that  were 
enforcing  the  apostasy,  came  into  the 

16  city  Modin  to  sacrifice.  And  many  of 
Israel  came  unto  them,  and  Mattathias 
and  his  sons  were  gathered  together. 

17  And  the  king's  officers  answered  and 


132 


2.  36. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


2.  58. 


spake  to  Mattjitliiiis.sayiiiK,  Thou  art ' 
a  ruler  auil  an  lioui)ural)le  anti  great    37 
man   in   lliis  city,  aud  streuKtheued  1 

ISwitli  sons  and  hrctlireii :  now  there- 
fore couie  thou  first  and  do  tlie  com-  38 
miuuhueiit  of  tlie  kin;;,  as  all  the 
nations  have  done,  and  the  men  of 
Judali,  and  they  tliat  remain  in  .le- 
rusalem:  and  thou  and  tiiy  lionse 
shall  he  ill  the  ininiber  of  the  kiiifi's 
'  l'"rieiuls,aiid  tlmu  and  tliy  suns  sliall  39 
be  honoured  with  silver  and  k  'Id  and 

19many  ^'ifts.  And  Mattathias  answered  40 
and  said  witli  a  loud  voiee,  If  all  the 
nations  that  arc  In  tlie  house  of  the 
kiiifi's  dumiiik)ii  hearken  unto  him,  to 
fall  away  each  one  from  the  worship 
of  ills  fathers,  and  have  made  (diolec    41 

20  to  follow  his  eommaudmeiits.  yet  will 
1  and  my  sons  and  my  brethren  walk 

21  in  the  covenant  of  our  fathers.    -  Hea- 
ven forbid  that  we  should  forsake  the 

"^'^  law  and  the  ordinances.     We  will  not    42 
hearken   to  the  kiiifi's  words,  to  go 
aside  from  our  worship,  oil  the  right 
hand,  or  on  the  left. 

23  And  when  he  had  left  si)eaking  these    43 
wortls.  there  came  a  Jew  in  the  sight 
of  all  to  sacrifice  on  the  altar  which 
was  at  Modin,  according  to  the  king's  i  44 

24  commaiidment.    And  Mattathias  saw 
it,  and  his  zeal  was  kindled,  and  his] 
reins  trembled,  and  he  shewed  forth    4.5 
his  wrath  according  to  judgement,  ami  ] 

25  ran,  and  slewliim  upon  the  altar.  And    4(j 
the  king's  officer,  who  compelled  men  1 
to  sacrifice,  he  kllleil  at  that  time, and  [ 

26  pulled  down  tlie  altar.  And  he  was  47 
zealous  for  the  law,  even  as  I'hiiielias 
ilid  unto  Zimri  the  son  of  Salii.  And  48 
Mattathias  cried  out  in  the  city  with 
a  loud  voice,  saying.  Whosoever  is 
zealous  for  tin;  law.  and  maintaineth 
the  covenant,  let  him  come  forth  after 

28  me.    And  he  and   his  sons  fled  into    49 
the  mountiiins,  and  forsook  all  that 
they  had  in  the  city. 

29  Then  many  that  sought  after  justice 
and  judgement  went  down  into  the 

30  wilderness,  to  dwell  there,  they,  and    50 
their  sous,  and  their  wives,  and  tlieir 
cattle  ;  because  evils  were  multiplied 

31  upon    them.      And   it  was    told    the    .51 
king's    officers,   and  the  forces  that 
were  in  .Jerusalem,  the  city  of  David, 
that  certain  men,  who  liad  broken  the 
king's  commandment,  were  gone  down    52 
into  the  secret  places  in  the  wilder- 1 

32ness;and  many  pursued  after  them.    53 
and  having  overtaken  them,  they  en- 
camped against    them,  and  set    the 
battle  in  array  against  them  on  the    54 

33  sabbath  day.  And  they  said  unto  j 
them.  Thus  far.  Come  forth,  and  do  ' 
according  to  the  word  of  the  king,  and    n't 

34  ye  shall  live.    And  they  said.  We  will    5() 
not  come  fortii,  neither  will  we  do  the 
word  of  the  king,  to  profane  the  sab-    57 

3.5  bath  day.    And  they  hasted  to  give  ] 
36  them  battle.  And  they  answered  them  ;  58 

133 


not,  neither  cast  they  a  stone  at  them, 
nor  stopped  up  the  secret  places,  say- 
ing, l.el  us  die  all  ill  our  innocency: 
heaven  and  earth  witness  over  us,  that 
ye  put  us  to  death  without  trial.  And 
they  rose  up  against  them  in  battle  nn 
the  sabbath,  and  they  died,  they  and 
their  wives  and  their  children,  and 
their  cattle,  to  the  number  of  a  thou- 
sand ^  souls. 

And  .Mattathias  and  his  friends  knew 
it,  anil  they  mourned  over  them  ex- 
ceedingly. And  one  said  to  another, 
if  we  all  do  as  our  brethren  have  done, 
and  fight  not  against  the  Gentiles  for 
our  lives  and  our  ordinances,  they  will 
now  (|uickly  destroy  us  from  o(f  the 
earth.  Aii<i  they  took  counsel  on  that 
day,  saying,  Whosoever  shall  come 
against  us  to  battle  on  the  sabbath 
day,  let  us  fight  against  him,  and  we 
shall  in  no  wise  all  die,  as  our  brethren 
dieil  in  the  secret  places.  Then  were 
gathered  together  unto  them  a  com- 
pany of  ■•  Hasida'ans,  mighty  men  of 
Israel,  every  one  that  offered  himself 
willingly  for  the  law.  And  all  they 
that  fled  from  the  evils  were  added  to 
them,  and  became  a  stay  unto  them. 
And  they  mustered  a  host,  and  smote 
sinners  in  their  anger,  and  lawless  men 
in  tlieir  wrath:  and  the  rest  Hed  to  the 
Gentiles  for  safety.  And  Mattathias 
and  his  friends  went  round  about, and 
juilled  down  the  altars;  and  they  cir- 
cumcised by  force  the  children  that 
were  uiicircumcised,  as  many  as  they 
found  in  the  coasts  of  Israel.  And  they 
imrsued  after  the  sons  of  i)ride,  and 
the  work  prospered  in  their  hand.  And 
they  rescued  the  law  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  Gentiles,  and  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  kings,  neither  ''suffered  they  the 
sinner  to  triumph. 

And  the  days  of  Mattathias  drew 
near  that  he  should  die,  and  be  said 
unto  his  sons, 

Now  have  pride  and  rebuke  gotten 
strength,  and  a  season  of  overthrow, 
and  wrath  of  iiKiignation.  And  now. 
my  children,  be  ye  zealous  for  the  law, 
and  give  your  lives  for  the  covenant 
of  your  fathers.  And  call  to  remem- 
brance the  deeds  of  our  fathers  which 
they  did  In  their  generations;  and 
receive  great  glory  and  an  everlasting 
name.  Was  not  .Vbraham  found  faith- 
ful in  temptation,  and  it  was  reckoned 
unto  him  for  righteousness?  .Joseph 
in  the  time  of  his  ilistress  kept  the 
commandment,  and  became  lord  of 
Kgypt.  Phlnehas  our  father,  for  that 
he  was  zealous  exceedingly,  obtained 
the  covenant  of  an  everlasting  jiriest- 
hood.  .Joshua  for  fulfilling  the  word 
became  a  judge  in  Israel.  Caleb  for 
bearing  witness  in  the  congregation 
obtained  a  heritage  in  the  land.  David 
for  being  merciful  inherited  the  throne 
of  a  kingdom  for  ever  and  ever.  Elijah, 


3.  11. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


3.   .30. 


for  that  he  was  exceeding  zealous  for 
the  law,  was  taken  up  into  heaven. 

59  Hananiah,  Azariah,  Mishael,  believed, 
and  were    saved  out  of   the    flame. 

60  Daniel  for  his  innocency  wasdelivered 

61  from  the  mouth  of  lions.  And  thus 
consider  ye  from  generation  to  genera- 
tion, that  none  that  put  their  trust  in 

62  him  shall  want  for  strength.  And  be 
not  afraid  of  the  words  of  a  sinful 
man  ;  for  his  glory  shall  be  dung  and 

63  worms.  To-day  he  shall  be  lifted  up, 
and  to-morrow  he  shall  in  no  wise 
be  found,  because  he  is  returned  unto 
his  dust,  and  his  thought  is  perished. 

64  And  ye,  my  children,  be  strong,  and 
shew  yourselves  men  in  behalf  of  the 
law ;  for  therein  shall  ye  obtain  glory. 

65  And,  behold,  Simon  your  brother.  I 
know  that  he  is  a  man  of  counsel ; 
give  ear  unto  him  alway :  he  shall 

66  be  a  father  unto  yon.  And  .Judas 
Maccal><Teus,  he  hath  been  strong  and 
mighty  from  his  youth:  he  shall 
be  your  captain,  and  '  shall  fight  the 

67  battle  of  the  people.  And  take  ye  unto 
you  all  the  doers  of  the  law,  and  avenge 

68  the  wrong  of  your  peojile.  Render  a 
recompense  to  the  Gentiles,  and  take 
heed  to  the  commandments  of  the  law. 

69  And  he  blessed  them,  and  was  gather- 

70  ed  to  his  fathers.  And  he  died  in  -  the 
hundred  and  forty  and  sixth  year,  and 
his  sons  buried  him  in  the  sepulchres 
of  his  fathers  at  Modin,  and  all  Israel 
made  great  lamentation  for  him. 

3  And  his  son  .Judas,  who  was  called 
2  ]\Iaccabaeus,  rose  up  in  his  stead.  And 
all  his  bretliren  helped  him.  and  so  did 
all  they  that  clave  unto  his  father,  and 
they  fought  with  gladness  the  battle  of 
.3  Israel.  And  he  gat  his  people  great 
glory,  and  put  on  a  breastplate  as  a 
giant,  and  girt  his  warlike  harness 
about  him,  and  set  l)attles  in  array, 
protecting  the  army  with  his  sword. 

4  And  he  was  like  a  lion  in  his  deeds, 
and  as  a  lion's  wheh)  roaring  for  prey. 

5  And  he  pursued  the  lawless,  seeking 
them  out,  and  he  Inunt  up  those  that 

6  troubled  his  people.  And  tlie  lavvdess 
shrinik  for  fear  of  him,  and  all  the 
workers  of  lawlessness  were  sore  trou- 
bled, and  salvation  prospered  in  his 

7  hand.  And  he  angered  many  kings, 
and  made  .Jacob  glad  with  his  acts,  and 

8  his  memorial  is  blessed  for  ever.  And 
he  went  aliont  among  the  cities  of 
.Judah,and  destroyed  the  ungodly  'out 
of  the  land,  and  turned  away  wrath 

9 from  Israel:  and  he  was  renowned 
unto  the  utmost  part  of  the  earth,  and 
he  gathered  together  such  as  were 
ready  to  perish. 
10  And  Apolloniusgatheredthe  Gentiles 
together,  and  a  great  host  from  Sa- 
il maria,  to  fight  against  Israel.  And 
Judas  perceived  it,  and  he  went  forth 
to  meet  him,  and  smote  him,  and  slew 
him  :  and  many  fell  wounded  to  death. 


12  and  the  rest  fled.  And  they  took  their 
spoils,  and  .Judas  took  the  sword  of 
Apollonius,  and  therewith  he  fought 
all  his  days. 

13  And  Seron,  the  commander  of  the 
host  of  Syria,  heard  say  that  Judas 
had  gathered  a  gathering  and  a  con- 
gregation of  faithful  men  with  him, 

14  and  of  such  as  went  out  to  war ;  and 
he  said,  I  will  make  myself  a  name 
and  get  me  glory  in  tlie  kingdom ;  and 
I  will  flght  against  .Judas  and  them 
tliat  are  with  him,  that  set  at  nought 

15  the  word  of  the  king.  And  there  went 
up  with  him  also  a  mighty  army  of  the 
ungodly  1  o  help  him,  to  take  vengeance 
on  the  children  of  Israel. 

16  And  he  came  near  unto  the  going  up 
of  Bethhoron,  and  Judas  went  forth  to 

17  meet  him  with  a  small  company.  But 
when  they  savv^  the  army  coming  to 
meet  them,  they  said  unto  Judas, 
Wliat?  shall  we  be  able,  being  a  small 
company,  to  flght  against  so  great  and 
strong  a  multitude?  and  we  for  our 
part  are  faint,  having  tasted  no  food 

18  this  day.  And  .Judas  said.  It  is  an 
easy  thing  for  many  to  be  shut  up  in 
the  hands  of  a  few ;  and  with  *  heaven 
it  is  all  one,  to  save  by  many  or  by 

19 few:  for  victory  in  battle  standeth 
not  in  the  multitude  of  a  host ;  but 

20  strength  is  from  heaven.  They  come 
unto  us  in  fulness  of  insolence  and 
lawlessness,  to  destroy  us  and  oin* 
wives  and  oiu-  children,  for  to  spoil 

21  us  :  but  we  figlit  for  our  lives  and  our 

22  laws.  And  he  himself  will  discomfit 
them  before  our  face :  but  as  for  yon, 
be  ye  not  afraid  of  them. 

23  Now  when  he  had  left  off  speaking, 
he  leapt  suddenly  upon  them,  and 
Seron  and  his  anny  were  discomfited 

24  before  him.  And  they  pursued  them 
in  the  going  down  of  Bethhoron  unto 
the  plain,  and  there  fell  of  them  about 
eight  hundred  men ;  but  the  residue 
fled  into  the  land  of  the  Philistines. 

25  And  the  fear  of  Judas  and  his  bre- 
thren, and  the  dread  of  them,  began 
to  fall  upon  the  nations  round  about 

26  them :  and  his  name  came  near  even 
unto  the  king,  and  every  nation  told 
of  the  battles  of  Judas. 

27  But  when  king  Antiochus  heard 
these  words,  he  was  full  of  indigna- 
tion :  and  he  sent  and  gathered  to- 
gether all  the  forces  of  his  realm,  an 

28  exceeding  strong  army.  And  he  open- 
ed his  treasury,  and  gave  his  forces 
pay  for  a  year,  and  commanded  them 

29  to  be  ready  for  every  need.  And  he 
saw  that  the  money  failed  from  his 
treasures,  and  that  the  tributes  of  the 
country  were  small,  because  of  the 
dissension  and  plague  which  he  had 
brought  upon  the  land,  to  the  end  that 
he  might  take  away  the  laws  which 

30  had  been  from  the  first  days  ;  and  he 
feared  that  he  should  not  have  enough 


134 


3.  45. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


4.  a 


as  at  other  times  for  the  charp;es  iuul 
the  gifts  which  he  gave  aforetime 
with  a  liheral  liand,  and  lie  ahoumled 
above  the  kings  tliat  were  l)efore  liim. 

31  And  lie  was  exi-eedinKly  rerjilexed  in 
his  mind,  and  lie  determineii  to  go 
into  Persia,  and  to  tatce  tlie  tril)ntes 
of  tlie  countries,  and  to  gather  nmch 

32  money.  And  he  left  Lysias,  an  lion- 
onral>le  man,  and  one  of  tlie  seed 
royal,  to  lie  ovei'  the  alTairs  of  the 
king  from  the  river   ICnphrates  unto 

33  the  horders  of  Kgypt.and  to  bring  up 
his    son    Aiitiochus,  until    he    came 

34  again.  And  lie  delivered  unto  liim  the 
half  of  his  forces,  and  the  eleiiliants, 
and  g;ive  him  charge  of  all  tlie  things 
tliat  he  would  have  done,  and  con- 
eerning  them  that  dwelt  in  .ludieaaiid 

35  in  Jerusalem,  that  he  shouM  send  a 
host  against  them,  to  root  out  and 
destroy  the  strength  of  Israel,  and  tiie 
remnant  of  .lerusalem,  anrl  to  take 
away  their  memorial  from  the  plai'C  ; 

36  and  that  he  shuiild  make  stranL^crs  to 
dwell  in  all  their  co.ists,  jiml  slioulil 

37  divide  their  land  to  them  hy  lot.  And 
the  king  took  the  half  that  remained 
of  the  forces,  and  removed  from  Anti- 
och,  fnim  his  royal  city,  '  the  hundred 
and  forty  and  seventh  year;  iind  he 
passed  over  the  river  Euphrates,  and 
went  through  the  upper  countries. 

38  And  Lysias  chose  Ptolemy  the  son  of 
Dorynienes,and  Nieanor,and  Gorgias, 
mighty  men  of  the  king's  'Friends; 

39  and  witli  them  he  sent  forty  thousand 
footmen,  and  seven  thousand  horse,  to 
go  into  the  land  of  .Judali,  and  to  de- 
stroy it,  according  to  the  word  of  the 


citadel,  the  Gentiles  lodged  therein; 
and  joy  was  taken  away  from  Jacob, 
and   the   pipe  and   the   harp  ceased. 

4(i  And  they  gathered  themselves  to- 
gether, and  came  to  Mizpeh,  over 
against  .lerusalem  ;  for  in  .Mi/peh  was 
there  a  place  of  prayer  aforetime  for 

47  Israel.  And  they  fasted  that  day,  and 
put  on  sackidolli,  and  jmi  ashes  upon 

4 S  their  heads,  and  rent  their  clothes, and 
laid  open  the  hook  of  the  law,  con- 
cerning wliiidi  the  Gentiles  were  wont 
to  inquire,  seeking  the  likenesses  of 

4!l  their  iilols.  And  they  l)rought  the 
priests'  garments,  and  the  tirstfruits, 
and  the  titlies  :  and  they  stirred  up  the 
Nazirites,  who  had  accomplished  their 

.todays.  And  they  cried  aloud  toward 
heaven,  saying,  What  shall  we  do  with 
these  men,  and  whither  shall  we  carry 

51  them  away?  And  thy  holy  place  is 
trodden  down  and  ])rofaned,  and  thy 
priests  are  in  heaviness  and  brought 

52  low.  And,  behold,  the  Gentiles  are 
assembled  together  against  us  to  de- 
stroy us :  thou  knowest  what  things 

5o  they  imagine  against  us.  How  shall 
we  be   able  to  stand    before  them, 

54  except  thou  be  our  help?  And  they 
sounded  with  the  trumpets, atld  cried 
with  a  loud  voice. 

55  And  after  this  Judas  appointed  lead- 
ers of  the  people,  caiitaiiis  of  thou- 
sands, and  captains  of  hundreds,  and 
captains  of  fifties,  and  captains  of 

56  tens.  And  he  said  to  them  that  were 
building  houses,  and  were  betrothing 
wives,  ainl  were  planting  vineyards, 
and  were  fearful,  tliat  they  should 
return,  each  man   to  his  own  house. 


40  king.  And  they  removed  with  all  [  57  according  to  the  law.  And  the  army 
their  host,  and  came  and  pitched  near  removed,  and  encamped  tipon  the 
unto  Kmmaus  in  the  plain  country. 


41  And  the  merchants  of  the  country 
heard  the  fame  of  them,  and  took 
silver  and  gold  exceeding  much,  with 
'fetters,  and  came  into  the  camp  to 
take  the  children  of  Israel  for  ser- 
vants: and  there  were  added  unto 
them  the  forces  of  Syria  and  of  the 
land  of  the  ■•  Philistines. 

42  And  .ludas  and  his  brethren  saw  that 
evils  were  multiplied,  and  that  the 
forces  were  encainping  in  tlieir  bor- 
ders ;  and  they  took  knowledge  of  the 
king's  words  which  he  had  command- 
ed, to  destroy  the  people  and  make  an 

43  end  of  them  ;  and  they  said  each  man 
to  his  neighbour.  Let  us  raise  uii  the 
ruin  of  our  people,  and  let  us  fight  for 

44  our  people  and  the  holy  place.  .\nd 
the  congregation  was  gathered  to- 
gether, that  they  might  he  ready  for 
battle,  and  that  they  might  pray,  and 

45  ask  for  mercy  and  compassion.  And 
.lerusalem  was  without  inhabitant  as 
a  wilderness,  there  was  none  of  her 
offspring  that  went  in  ov  went  out ; 
and  the  sanctuary  was  trodden  down, 
and  the  sons  of  strangers  were  in  the 


8  south  side  of  Emmans.  And  Judas 
said,  Gird  yourselves,  and  be  valiant 
mcn,;nun)e  in  readiness  against  the 
morning,  tliat  ye  may  figlit  with  these 
Gentiles,  that  are  assenililed  together 
against  us  to  destroy  us,  and  our  holy 

59  place  :  for  it  is  better  for  us  to  die  in 
battle,  than  to  look  upon  the  evils  of 

60  our  nation  and  the  holy  place.  Nev- 
ertheless, as  may  be  the  will  in  hea- 
ven, so  shall  he  do. 

4  And  Gorgias  took  five  thousand  foot- 
men, and  a  thousand  chosen  horse, 

2  and  the  army  removed  by  night,  that  it 
might  fall  upon  the  army  fif  the  .Tews 
and  smite  them  suddenly  :  and  the 
men  of  the  citadel  were  his  guides. 

.'!  And  .ludas  heard  thereof,  and  remov- 
ed, he  and  the  valiant  men,  that  he 
might  smite  the  king's  host  which  was 

4  at  j:mmaiis,  while  as  yet  the  forces 

5  were  dispersed  from  the  camp.  And 
florgias  came  into  the  camp  of  .Iiidas 
by  night,  and  found  no  man  ;  and  he 
sought  them  in  the  mountains;  for  he 

6  said,  These  men  flee  from  us.  And  as 
soon  as  it  was  day,  Judas  appeared  in 
the  plain  with  ttiree  thousand  men: 


4.  28, 


I.  MACCABEES. 


4.  4a. 


howbeit  they    had  not  armour  nor 

7  swords  to  their  minds.  And  they  saw 
the  camp  of  the  Gentiles  strong  and 
fortified, and  horsemen  compassing  it 
round  about ;  and  these  were  expert  in 

8  war.  And  Judas  said  to  the  men  that 
were  with  him,  Fear  ye  not  their  mul- 
titude, neither  be  ye  afraid  of  their 

9  onset,  liemember  how  our  fathers 
were  saved  in  the  Ked  sea,  when  Pha- 

10  raoh  pursued  them  with  a  host.  And 
now  let  us  cry  unto  heaven,  if  he  will 
have  us,  and  will  remember  the  cove- 
nant of  our  fathers,  and  destroy  this 

1 1  army  before  our  face  to-day :  and  all 
the  Gentiles  shall  know  that  there 
is  one  who  redeemeth  and  saveth  Is- 

12  rael.  And  the  strangers  lifted  up  their 
eyes,  and    saw    them  coming    over 

13 against  them:  and  they  went  out  of 
the  camp  to  battle.  And  they  that 
were  with  Judas  sounded  their  trum- 

14  pets,  and  joined  battle,  and  the  Gen- 
tiles were  discomfited,  and  fled  into 

15  the  plain.  But  all  the  hindmost  fell 
by  the  sword :  and  they  pursued  them 
unto  '  Gazara,  and  unto  the  plains  of 
Idumaea  and  Azotus  and  Jamnia,  and 
there  fell  of  them  about  three  thou- 

16  sand  men.  And  Judas  and  his  host 
returned  from  pursuuig  after  them, 

17  and  he  said  unto  the  people,  Be  not 
greedy    of  the   spoils,  inasmuch  as 

18  there  is  a  battle  before  us  ;  and  Gor- 
gias  and  his  host  are  nigh  unto  us  in 
the  mountain.  But  stand  ye  now 
against  our  enemies,  and  fight  against 
them,  and  afterwards  take  the  spoils 

19  with  boldness.  While  Judas  was  yet 
making  an  end  of  these  words,  there 
appeared  a  part  of  them  looking  out 

20  from  the  mountain  :  and  they  saw  that 
their  host  had  been  put  to  flight,. and 
that  the  Jews  were  burning  the  camp ; 
for  the  smoke  that  was  seen  declared 

21  what  was  done.  But  when  they  per- 
ceived these  things,  they  were  sore 
afraid  ;  and  perceiving  also  the  army 
of  Judas  in  the  plain  ready  for  battle, 

22  they  fled  all  of  them  into  the  land  of 
2.3  the  2  Philistines.  And  Judas  returned 

.to  spoil  the  camp,  and  they  got  much 
gold,  and  silver,  and  blue,  and  sea 

24  purple,  and  great  riches.  And  they 
returned  home,  and  sang  a  song  of 
thanksgiving,  and  gave  praise  "  unto 
heaven ;  because  }i.is  mercy  is  good, 
because  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

25  And  Israel  had  a  great  deliverance 
that  day. 

26  But  the  strangers,  as  many  as  had 
escaped,  came  and  told  Lysias  all  the 

27  things  that  had  happened  :  but  when 
he  heard  thereof,  he  was  confounded 
and  discouraged,  because  neither  had 
such  things  as  he  would  been  done 
unto  Israel,  nor  had  such  tilings  as 
the  king  commanded  him  come  to 
pass. 

28  And  in  the  next  year  he  gathered 


together  threescore  thousand  chosen 
footmen,  and  five  thousand  horse,  that 

29  he  might  subdue  them.  And  they 
came  into  Idumsea,  and  encamped  at 
Bethsura ;  and  Judas  met  them  with 

30  ten  thousand  men.  And  he  saw  that 
the  army  was  strong,  and  he  prayed 
and  said, 

Blessed  art  thou,  O  Saviour  of  Israel, 
who  didst  quell  the  onset  of  the 
mighty  man  by  the  hand  of  thy  ser- 
vant David,  and  didst  deliver  the  army 
of  the  -  Philistines  into  the  hands  of 
Jonathan  the  son  of  Saul,  and  of  his 

3 1  armourbearer  :  shut  up  this  army  in 
the  hand  of  thy  people  Israel,  and  let 
them  be  ashamed  for  their  host  and 

32  their  horsemen :  give  them  faintness 
of  heart,  and  cause  the  boldness  of 
their  strength  to  melt  away,  and  let 

33  them  quake  at  their  destruction  :  cast 
them  down  with  the  sword  of  them 
that  love  thee,  and  let  all  that  know 
thy  name  praise  thee  with  thanksgiv- 
ing. 

34  And  they  joined  battle ;  and  there  fell 
of  the  army  of  Lysias  al>out  five  thou- 
sand men,  and  they  fell  down  over 

35  against  them.  But  when  Lysias  saw 
that  his  array  was  put  to  flight,  and 
the  boldness  that  had  come  upon  them 
that  were  with  Judas,  and  how  they 
were  ready  either  to  live  or  to  die 
nobly,  he  removed  to  Antioch,  and 
gathered  together  hired  soldiers,  that 
he  might  come  again  into  Judaea  with 
even  a  greater  company. 

36  But  Judas  and  his  brethren  said,  Be- 
hold, our  enemies  are  discomfited  :  let 
us  go  up  to  cleanse  the  holy  place, 

37  and  to  dedicate  it  afresh.  And  all  the 
army  was  gathered  together,  and  they 

38  went  up  vmto  mount  Sion.  And  tliey 
saw  the  sanctuary  laid  desolate,  and 
the  altar  profaned,  and  the  gates 
burned  up,  and  shrubs  growing  in  the 
courts  as  in  a  forest  or  as  on  one  of 
the  mountains,  and  the  priests'  cham- 

39  bers  pulled  down ;  and  they  rent  their 
clothes,  and  made  great  lamentation, 

40  and  put  ashes  upon  their  heads,  and 
fell  on  their  faces  to  the  ground,  and 
*  blew  with  the  ^  solenm  trumpets,  and 

41  cried  toward  heaven.  Then  Judas 
appointed  certain  men  to  tight  against 
those  that  were  in  the  citadel,  imtil  he 
should  have  cleansed  the  holy  place. 

42  And  he  chose  blameless  priests,  such 

43  as  had  pleasure  in  the  law  :  and  they 
cleansed  the  holy  place,  and  bare  out 
the  stones  of  defilement  into  an  un- 

44  clean  place.  And  they  took  counsel 
concerning  the  altar  of  burnt  ofi:erings, 
which  had  been  profaned,  what  they 

45  should  do  with  it :  and  there  came  in- 
to their  mind  a  good  counsel,  that  they 
should  pull  it  down,  lest  it  should  be 
a  reproach  to  them,  because  the  Gen- 
tiles had  defiled  it :  and  they  pulled 

46  down  the  altar,  and  laid  up  the  stones 


136 


5.  2. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


5.  19. 


in  tlie  niouiituiii  of  the  lioiuse  in  a 
convenient  place,  until  there  sliuiiUl 
cuuie  a  propliet  to  t;ive  an  answer  eon- 

47  cerninK  tlieni.  And  they  tooli  whole 
stones  acuonliiiK  lo  the  law,  and  built 
a  new  altar  alter  the  lashion  ol  the 

48  former  ;  and  they  hullt  the  holy  place, 
and  the  inner  parts  of  the  house;  and 

49  they  hallowed  the  com'ts.  And  they 
made  the  holy  vessels  new,  and  they 
brought  the  candlestick,  and  the  altar 
of  burnt  ollerinu'sand  of  incense,  and 

50  the  table,  into  the  temple.  And  they 
burned  incense  upon  the  altar,  and 
they  lifihled  the  lamps  that  were  npon 
tile  candlestick,  and  thoy  {?ave  lijilit 

51  in  the  temple.  And  they  set  loaves 
upon  the  talde,  ami  spread  out  the 
veils,  and  linished  all  the  works 
which  they  made. 

52  And  they  rose  np  early  in  the  morn- 
ing, on  the  live  and  twentieth  day  of 
the  ninth  month,  which  is  the  month 
Clilslev,  in  '  the  hundred  anil    forty 

53  and  eighth  year,  and  offered  sacrifice 
according  to  the  law  npon  the  new 
altar  of   burnt  offerings  which  they 

54  had  made.  At  what  time  and  on  what 
day  the  Gentiles  had  profaned  it, even 
on  that  dui/  was  it  dedicatiid  afresh, 
with  songs  and  harps  and  kites,  and 

55  with  cymbals.  And  all  the  people  fell 
upon  their  faces,  and  worshipiied.and 
2  gave  i>raise  unto  heaven,  which  had 

5G  given  them  good  success.  And  they 
kept  the  dedication  of  the  altar  eight 
days,  and  offered  burnt  offerings  with 
gladness,  and  sacrificed  a  sacrifice  of 

57  deliverance  and  praise.  And  they 
decked  the  forefront  of  the  temjile 
with  crowns  of  gold  ;iiid  small  shields, 
and  dedicated  afresh  the  gates  and  the 
priests'  chambers,  and  made  doors  for 

58  them.  And  there  was  exceeding  great 
gladness  among  the  people,  and  the 
reproach  of  the  ({entiles  was  turned 

59  away.  And  Judas  and  his  brethren 
and  the  whole  congregation  of  Israel 
ordained,  that  the  days  of  the  dedica- 
tion of  the  altar  should  be  kept  in 
their  seasons  from  year  to  year  by  the 
space  of  eight  days,  from  the  five  and 
twentieth  day  of  the  month  Cliislev, 

60  with  gladness  and  joy.  And  at  that 
season  they  builded  up  the  mount  Sion 
with  high  walls  and  strong  towers 
round  about,  lest  haply  the  (Jentiles 
should  come  and  tread  them  down,  as 

61  they  had  done  aforetime.  And  he  set 
there  a  force  to  keep  it.  and  they 
fortified  IJethsurato  keep  it ;  that  the 
people  might  have  a  stronghold  over 
against  Idunia»a. 

6  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  Gen- 
tiles round  about  heard  that  the  altar 
was  built, and  the  sanctuary  dedicated 
as  aforetime,  they  wore  exceeding 
2  wroth.  And  they  took  counsel  to  de- 
stroy the  race  of  Jacob  that  was  in 
the  midst  of  them,  and  they  began  to 


slay  and  destroy  among  the  people. 

3  And  Judas  fought  against  the  children 
of  Esau  in  lduma;a  at  Akrabattine, 
because  they  besieged  Israel:  and  he 
smote  them  with  a  great  .slaughter, 
and   brought  down   their  pride,  and 

4  took  their  siioils.  And  he  remembered 
the  wickedness  of  the  children  of 
^  lia'an,  who  were  unto  the  people  a 
snare  and  a  stumbliiigblock,  lying  In 

r>  wait  for  them  in  the  ways.  And  they 
were  shut  up  l)y  lilm  in  the  towers; 
and  he  encauiped  against  them,  and 
destroyed  lliem  utterly,  and  burned 
with  lire  the  t(jwers  of  the  place,  with 

6  all  that  were  therein.  And  he  passed 
over  to  the  children  of  Amnion,  and 
found  a  mighty  band,  and  much 
people,    with    Timotbeus    for    their 

7  leader.  And  he  fought  many  battles 
with  them,  and  they  were  discomlUed 
before  his  face ;  and  he  smote  tlieni, 

8  and  gat  possession  of  Jazer,  and  the 
*  villages  thereof,  and  returned  again 
into  JiuUf  a. 

9  And  the  Gentiles  that  were  in  (iilead 
gathered  themselves  together  against 
the  Israelites  tliat  were  on  their  bor- 
ders, to  destroy  them.    And  they  fled 

10  to  the  stronghold  of  Dathema,  and 
sent  letters  unto  .Indas  and  his  bre- 
thren, saying.  The  Gentiles  that  are 
round  aliont  us  are  gathered  together 

1 1  against  us  to  destroy  us :  and  they  are 
preparing  to  come  and  get  jiossession 
of  the  strowghold  whereunto  we  are 
fled  for  refuge,  and  Timothens  is  the 

12  leader  of  their  host.  Now  therefore 
come  and  deliver  us  from  their  hand, 

13  for  many  of  us  are  fallen.  And  all 
our  brethren  that  were  in  the  land  of 
^  Tubias  have  been  put  to  death ;  and 
they  have  carried  into  captivity  their 
wives  and  their  children  and  their 
stuff ;  and  they  destroyed  there  about 

14  a  thousand  men.  wiiile  the  letters 
were  yet  reading,  behold,  there  came 
other  messengers  from  Galilee  with 
their  clothes  rent,  bringing  a  report 

15  after  this  wise,  saying.  That  there 
were  gaihered  together  against  them 
those  of  Ptolemais,  and  of  Tyre,  and 
of  Sidon,  and  all  Galilee  of  the  "Gen- 
tiles, to  consume  them. 

16  Now  when  Judas  and  the  people 
heard  these  words,  there  assembled 
together  a  great  congregation,  to  con- 
sult what  they  should  do  for  their 
brethren,  that  were  in  tribulation, and 

17  were  assaulted  of  them.  And  Judas 
said  unto  Simon  his  brother.  Choose 
thee  out  men,  and  go  and  deliver  thy 
brethren  that  are  in  (ialilee,  hut  I  and 
.Fonathan  my  brother  will  go  into  the 

18l;uid  of  Gllead.  And  he  left  Joseph 
the  son  of  Zacharlas,  and  Azarlas,  as 
leaders  of  the  peo|)le.  with  the  rem- 
nant of  the  host,  in  Jud;ea,  for  to  keep 

19  it.  And  he  gave  commandment  unto 
them,  saying.  Take  ye  the  charge  of 
137  ^' 


5.  36. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


5.  52. 


this  people,  and  tight  uo  battle  with 
the  Gentiles  until  that  we  come  again. 

20  And  unto  Simon  were  divided  three 
thousand  men  to  go  into  Galilee,  but 
unto  Judas  eight  thousand  men  to  go 
into  the  land  of  Gilead. 

21  And  Simon  went  into  Galilee,  and 
fought  many  battles  with  the  Gentiles, 
and   the   Gentiles   were   discomfited 

22  before  him.  And  he  pursued  them 
unto  tlie  gate  of  I'tolemais  ;  and  there 
fell  of  the  Gentiles  about  three  thou- 
sand men,  and  he  took  their  spoils. 

23  And  they  took  to  them  those  that 
were  in  Galilee,  and  in  Arbatta,  with 
their  wives  and  their  children,  and  all 
that  they  had,  and  brought  them  into 
Judaea  with  great  gladness. 

24  And  Judas  Maccabseus  and  his  bro- 
ther Jonathan  passed  over  Jordan, 
and  went  three  days'  journey  in  the 

25  wilderness ;  and  they  met  with  the 
Nabathseans,  and  these  met  them  in  a 
peaceable  manner,  and  told  them  all 
things  that  had  befallen  their  brethren 

26  in  the  land  of  Gilead:  and  how  that 
many  of  them  were  shut  up  in  Bosora, 
and  Bosor,  and  Alema,  '  Casphor, 
Maked,  and  ^  Carnaim ;  all  these  cities 

27 are  strong  and  great:  and  how  that 
they  were  shut  up  in  the  rest  of  the 
cities  of  the  lantl  of  Gilead,  and  that 
to-morrow  they  have  appointed  to 
encamp  against  the  strongliolds,  and 
to  take  them,  and  to  destroy  all  these 

28  men  in  one  day.  And*  Judas  and  his 
army  turned  suddenly  by  the  way  of 
the  wilderness  unto  Bosora ;  and  he 
took  the  city,  and  slew  all  the  males 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and  took 
all  their  spoils,  and  burned  the  city 

29  with  fire.  And  he  removed  from 
thence  by  night,  and  went  till  he  came 

30  to  the  stronghold.  And  the  morning 
came,  and  they  lifted  up  their  eyes, 
and,  behold,  much  people  which  could 
not  be  numbered,  bearing  ladders  and 
engines  of  war,  to  take  the  stronghold; 
and  they  were  fighting  against  them. 

31  And  Judas  saw  that  the  battle  was 
begun,  and  that  the  cry  of  the  city 
went  up  to  heaven,  with  trumpets  and 

32  a  great  sound,  and  he  said  unto  the 
men  of  his  host.  Fight  this  day  for 

33  your  brethren.  And  he  went  forth 
behind  them  in  three  companies,  and 
they  sounded  with  their  trumpets,  and 

34  cried  out  in  prayer.  And  the  army  of 
Timotheus  perceived  that  it  was  Mae- 
cabpeus,  and  they  fled  from  before 
him  :  and  he  smote  them  with  a  great 
slaughter;  and  tliere  fell  of  them  on 
that  day  about  eight  thousand  men. 

35  And  he  turned  aside  to  Mizpeh  and 
fought  against  it,  and  took  it,  and 
slew  all  the  males  thereof,  and  took 
the  spoils  thereof,  and  burned  it  with 

3G  fire.  From  thence  he  removed,  and 
took  s  Casphor,  Maked,  Bosor,  and  the 
other  cities  of  the  land  of  Gilead. 


37  Now  after  these  things  Timotheus 
gathered  anotherarmy,  and  encamped 
over    against    Kaphon    beyond    the 

38  brook.  And  Judas  sent  men  to  espy 
the  army  ;  and  they  brought  him  word, 
saying,  All  the  Gentiles  that  be  round 
about  us  are  gathered  together  unto 

39  them,  an  exceeding  great  host.  And 
they  have  hired  Arabians  to  help 
them,  and  are  encamping  beyond  the 
brook,  ready  to  come  against  thee  to 
battle.  And  Judas  went  to  meet  them. 

40  And  Timotheus  said  unto  the  captains 
of  his  host,  when  Judas  and  his  army 
drew  nigh  unto  the  brook  of  water,  If 
he  pass  over  first  unto  us,  we  shall 
not  be  able  to  withstand  him ;  for  he 

41  will  mightily  prevail  against  us:  but 
if  he  be  afraid,  and  encamp  beyond 
the  river,  we  will  cross  over  unto  liira, 

42  and  prevail  against  him.  Now  when 
Judas  came  nigh  unto  the  brook  of 
water,  he  caused  the  scribes  of  the 
people  to  remain  by  the  brook,  and 
gave  commandment  unto  them,  say- 
ing. Suffer  no  man  to  encamp,  but  let 

43  all  come  to  the  battle.  And  he  crossed 
over  the  first  against  them,  and  all  the 
people  after  him :  and  all  the  Gentiles 
were  discomfited  before  his  face,  and 
cast  away  their  arms,  and  fled  unto 

44  the  temple  at  ^  Carnaim.  And  they 
took  the  city,  and  burned  the  temple 
with  fire,  together  with  all  that  were 
therein.  And  Carnaim  was  subdued, 
neither  could  they  stand  any  longer 
before  the  face  of  Judas. 

45  And  Judas  gathered  together  all  Is- 
rael, them  that  weie  in  the  land  of 
Gilead,  from  the  least  unto  the  great- 
est, and  their  wives,  and  their  chil- 
dren, and  their  stuff,  an  exceeding 
great  army,  that  they  might  come  into 

46  the  land  of  Judah.  And  they  came  as 
far  as  Ephron,  and  this  same  city  was 
great,  and  it  iras  in  the  way  as  they 
should  go,  exceeding  strong:  they 
could  not  turn  aside  from  it  on  the 
right  hand  or  on  the  left,  but  must 
needs  pass  through  the  midst  of  it. 

47  And  they  of  tlie  city  shut  them  out, 
and  stopped  up  the  gates  with  stones. 

48  And  Judas  sent  unto  them  with  words 
of  peace,  saying.  We  will  pass  through 
thy  land  to  go  into  our  own  land,  and 
none  shall  do  you  any  hurt,  we  will 
only  pass  by  on  our  feet.    And  they 

49  would  not  open  unto  him.  And  Judas 
commanded  proclamation  to  be  made 
in  the  army,  that  each  man  should 
encamp  in  tlie  place  where  he  was. 

50  And  the  men  of  the  host  encamped, 
and  fought  against  the  city  all  that 
day  and  all  that  night,  and  the  city 

51  was  delivered  into  his  hands;  and  he 
destroyed  all  the  males  with  the  edge 
of  the  sword,  and  rased  the  city,  and 
took  the  spoils  thereof,  and  passed 
through  the  city  over  them  that  were 

52  slain.    And  they  went  over  Jordan 


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6.  -JO. 


into  the  gieiit  plain  over  agaiiisl  Betli- 

53  . slum.  Anil  Judas  gatliereil  together 
those  that  lagged  behind,  and  encour- 
aged the  people  all  the  way  through, 
until  he  eanie  into  the  land  of  Judah. 

54  And  they  went  up  to  mount  Sion  with 
gladness  and  joy,  anil  ollereil  wlKde 
burnt  otteriiii^s,  because  not  so  nnich 
as  one  of  them  was  slain  until  they 
returned  in  peace. 

55  And  in  the  days  when  Judas  and 
Jonathan  were  in  tlie  laud  of  (iilead, 
and  Simon  his  brother  in  CJalilee  be- 

5t)  fore  Ptoleinais,  Joseph  the  son  of 
Zacharias,  and  Azarias,  rulers  of  the 
host,  heard  of  their  exploits  and  of  the 

57  war,  what  things  they  had  ilone ;  and 
they  said.  Let  us  also  get  us  a  name, 
and  let  us  go  light  against  the  Gentiles 

58  that  are  round  about  us.  And  they 
gave  charge  unto  the  mim  of  the  host 
that  was  with  them,  and  went  toward 

5'JJamnia.  And  Gorgias  and  his  men 
came  out  of  the  city  to  meet  them  in 

60  battle.  And  Joseph  ami  Azarias  were 
put  to  flight,  and  were  pursued  unto 
the  borders  of  Jud;ea;  and  there  fell 
on  that  day  of  the  people  of  Israel 

61  about  two  thousind  men.  And  there 
was  a  great  overthrow  among  the  peo- 
ple, because  they  liearl<ened  not  unto 
Judas  anil  his  Inethren,  tliinking  to  do 

62  some  exi)li/it.  Kut  they  were  not  of  tlie 
seed  of  those  men,  by  whose  hand 
deliverance  was  given  unto  Israel. 

63  And  the  man  Judas  and  his  brethren 
were  glorified  exceedingly  in  the  sight 
of  all  Israel,  and  of  all  the  Gentiles, 
wheresoever  their  name  was  heard  of ; 

64  and  men  gathered  together  unto  them, 
acclaiming  them. 

65  And  Judas  and  his  brethren  went 
forth,  and  fought  against  the  children 
of  Esau  in  the  land  toward  the  south; 
and  he  smote  Hebron  and  the  '  villages 
thereof,  and  pulled  ilown  the  strong- 
holds thereof,  and  burned  the  towers 

66  thereof  round  about.  -Vnd  he  removed 
to  go  into  the  land  of  the  -  I'hilistnies, 

67  and  he  went  through  ^Samaria.  In 
that  day  certain  priests,  desiring  to 
do  exploits  tliere,  were  slain  in  battle, 
when  as  Mie  went  out  to  battle  nnad- 

6S  visedly.  And  Judas  turned  aside  to 
Azotus,  to  the  land  of  the  -  Philistines, 
and  pulled  down  their  altars,  and 
burned  the  carved  images  of  their 
gods  with  fire,  and  took  the  spoil  of 
their  cities,  and  returned  into  the 
land  of  Judah. 
Q  And  king  Antiochus  was  journeying 
through  the  u|)|)er  countries  ;  and  he 
heard  say,  that  in  Klymais  in  Persia 
there  was  a  city  renowned  for  riches, 
2  for  silver  and  gold  ;  and  that  the  tem- 
ple which  was  in  it  was  rich  exceed- 
ingly, and  that  therein  were  golden 
shields,  and  breastplates,  and  arms, 
which  Alexander,  son  of  Philip,  the 
Macedonian  king,  who  reigned  first 


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among  the  Greeks,  left  behind  there. 
And  he  came  and  sought  to  take  the 
city,  and  to  pillage  it;  and  he  was  not 
able,  because  tlie  thing  was  known  to 
them  of  the  city,  ami  they  rose  up 
against  him  to  battle :  anu  he  fled, 
and  removed  thencse  with  great  heavi- 
ness, to  return  >nito  l'.al)ylon. 

And  there  came  one  bringing  him 
tidings  into  Persi;i,  that  the  armies, 
which  went  against  the  land  of  .lu 
dab,  had  been  put  to  flight ;  and  that 
Lysias  went  first  with  a  strong  host, 
and  was  put  to  shame  before  them  ; 
and  that  they  had  waxed  strong  by 
reason  of  arms  and  power,  and  with 
store  of  spoils,  which  they  took  from 
the  armies  that  they  had  cut  oil ;  and 
that  they  had  pulled  down  the  abom- 
ination which  he  had  built  upon  the 
altar  that  was  in  Jerusalem ;  and  that 
they  had  compassed  about  the  sanc- 
tuary with  high  walls,  as  before,  and 
Hethsura,  his  city.  And  it  came  to 
pass,  when  the  king  heard  these 
words,  he  was  astonished  and  moved 
exceedingly :  and  he  laid  him  down 
upon  his  bed,  and  fell  sick  for  grief, 
because  it  had  not  befallen  him  as  he 
looked  for.  And  he  was  there  many 
days,  because  great  grief  was  renewed 
upon  him,  and  he  made  account  that 
he  should  die.  And  he  called  for  all 
his  'Friends,  and  said  unto  them. 
Sleep  departeth  from  mine  eyes,  and 
my  heart  faileth  for  care.  And  I  said 
in  my  heart,  Unto  what  tribulation 
am  I  come,  and  how  great  a  flood  is 
it,  wherein  I  now  am  !  for  I  was  gra- 
cious and  beloved  in  my  power.  But 
now  I  remember  the  evils  whicii  I  did 
at  Jerusalem,  and  that  I  took  all  the 
vessels  of  silver  and  gold  that  w'ere 
therein,  and  sent  forth  to  destroy  the 
inhabitants  of  Judah  without  a  cause. 
I  i>erceive  that  on  this  account  these 
evils  are  come  upon  me,  and,  behold, 
I  perish  through  great  grief  in  a 
strange  land.  And  he  called  for 
Philip,  one  of  his  '^^  Friends,  and  set 
him  over  all  his  kingdom,  and  gave 
him  his  diadem,  and  his  robe,  and  his 
signet-ring,  to  the  end  he  should  bring 
.\ntiochus  his  son,  and  nourish  him 
\i|)  that  be  might  be  king.  And  king 
Antiochus  died  there  in  "  the  hundred 
and  forty  and  ninth  year.  And  Lysias 
knew  that  the  king  was  dead,  and  he 
set  up  Antioclnis  his  son  to  reign, 
whom  he  h  id  nourished  up  being 
young,  and  he  called  his  name  Fu- 
pator. 

And  they  that  were  in  the  citadel 
shut  up  Israel  round  about  the  sanc- 
tuary, and  sought  always  their  liurt, 
and  the  strengthening  of  the  Gentiles. 
And  Judas  thought  to  destroy  them, 
and  called  all  the  people  together  to 
besiege  them.  And  they  were  ga- 
thered together,  and  besieged  them 


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6.  55. 


in  '  the  hundred  and  fiftieth  year,  and 
he  made  mounds  to  shoot  from,  and 

21  engines  of  war.  And  there  came  forth 
some  of  them  that  were  shut  up,  and 
there  were  joined  unto  them  certain 

22  ungodly  men  of  Israel.  And  they 
went  unto  the  king,  and  said,  How 
long  wilt  thou  not  execute  judgement, 

23 and  avenge  our  brethren?  We  were 
willing  to  serve  thy  father,  and  to 
walk  after  his  words,  and  to  follow 

24 his  commandments;  and  for  this 
cause  the  children  of  our  people  be- 
sieged 2  the  citadel,  and  were  alien- 
ated from  us  ;  but  as  many  of  us  as 
they  could  light  on  they  slew,  and 

25  spoiled  our  inheritances.  And  not 
against  us  only  did  they  stretch  out 
their  hand,  but  also  against  all  their 

26  horders.  And,  behold,  they  are  en- 
camped this  day  against  the  citadel 
at  Jerusalem,  to  take  it :  and  the  sanc- 
tuaryand  Bethsura  have  they  fortified. 

27  And  if  ye  are  not  beforehand  with 
them  quickly,  they  will  do  greater 
things  than  these,  and  thou  shalt  not 
be  able  to  control  them. 

28  And  when  the  king  heard  this,  he 
was  angry,  and  gathered  together  all 
his  3  Friends,  ei-en  the  rulers  of  his 
host,  and  them  that  were  over  the 

29  horse.  And  there  came  unto  him 
from  other  kingdoms,  and  from  isles 
of  the  sea,  bands  of  hired  soldiers. 

30  And  the  number  of  his  forces  was 
a  hundred  thousand  footmen,  and 
twenty  thousand  horsemen,  and  two 
and  thirty  elephants  trained  for  war. 

31  And  they  went  through  Idumsea, 
and  encamped  against  Bethsura,  and 
fought  against  it  many  days,  and  made 
engines  of  war ;  and  they  o/  Bethsura 
came  out,  and  burned  them  with  fire, 

32  and  fought  valiantly.  And  Judas  re- 
moved from  the  citadel, and  encamped 
at    Bethzacharias,  over  against   the 

33  king's  camp.  And  the  king  rose  early 
in  the  morning,  and  removed  his  army 
*  at  full  speed  along  the  road  to  Beth- 
zacharias, and  his  forces  made  them 
ready  to  battle,  and  sounded  with  the 

34  trumpets.  And  they  shewed  the  ele- 
phants the  blood  of  grapes  and  mul- 
berries, that  they  might  prepare  them 

35  for  the  battle.  And  they  divided  the 
beasts  among  the  phalanxes,  and 
they  set  by  each  elephant  a  thousand 
men  armed  with  coats  of  mail,  and 
helmets  of  brass  on  their  heads ;  and 
for  each  beast  were  appointed  five 

36  hundred  chosen  horsemen.  These 
were  ready  beforehand,  wheresoever 
the  beast  was ;  and  whithersoever 
the  beast  went,  they  went  with  him ; 

37  theydeparted  not  fromhim.  And  tow- 
ers of  wood  were  upon  them,  strong 
and  covered,  one  upon  each  beast, 
girt  fast  upon  him  with  cunning  con- 
trivances ;  and  upon  each  be.ast  were 
two  and  thirty  valiant  men  that  fought 


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upon  them,  beside  his  Indian  (and  the 
residue  of  the  horsemen  he  set  on 
this  side  and  that  side  at  the  two 
parts  of  the  army),  striking  terror 
into  the  enemy,  and  protected  by  the 
phalanxes.  Now  when  the  sun  shone 
upon  the  shields  of  gold  and  brass, 
the  mountains  shone  therewith,  and 
blazed  like  torches  of  fire.  And  a 
part  of  the  king's  army  was  spread 
upon  the  high  mountains,  and  some 
on  the  low  ground,  and  they  went  on 
firmly  and  in  order.  And  all  that 
heard  the  noise  of  their  multitude, 
and  the  marching  of  the  multitude, 
and  the  rattling  of  the  arms,  did 
quake :  for  the  army  was  exceeding 
great  and  strong.  And  Judas  and  his 
army  drew  near  for  battle,  and  there 
fell  of  the  king's  army  six  hundred 
men.  And  Eleazar,  who  was  called 
Avaran,  saw  one  of  the  beasts  armed 
with  royal  breastplates,  and  he  was 
higher  than  all  the  beasts,  and  the 
king  seemed  to  be  upon  him ;  and  he 
gave  himself  to  deliver  his  people, 
and  to  get  him  an  everlasting  name ; 
and  he  ran  upon  him  courageously 
into  the  midst  of  the  phalanx,  and 
slew  on  the  right  hand  and  on  the 
left,  and  they  parted  asunder  from 
him  on  this  side  and  on  that.  And  he 
crept  under  the  elephant,  and  thrust 
him  from  beneath,  and  slew  him ;  and 
the  elejihant  fell  to  the  earth  upon 
him,  and  he  died  there.  And  they  saw 
the  strength  of  the  kingdom,  and  the 
fierce  onset  of  the  hosts,  and  turned 
away  from  them. 

But  they  of  the  king's  army  went  up 
to  Jerusalem  to  meet  them,  and  the 
king  encamped  toward  Judaea,  and 
toward  mount  Sion.  And  he  made 
peace  with  them  of  Bethsura ;  and  he 
came  out  of  the  city,  because  they  had 
no  food  there  to  endure  the  siege, 
because  it  was  a  sabbath  to  the  land. 
And  the  king  took  Bethsura,  and  ap- 
pointed a  garrison  there  to  keep  it. 
And  he  encamped  against  the  sanc- 
tuary many  (lays ;  and  set  there 
moimds  to  shoot  from,  and  engines  of 
war,  and  instruments  for  casting  fire 
and  stones,  and  pieces  to  cast  darts, 
and  slings.  And  they  also  made  en- 
gines against  their  engines,  and 
fought  for  many  days.  But  there 
were  no  victuals  in  the  sanctuary, 
because  it  was  the  seventh  year,  and 
they  that  fled  for  safety  into  Judaea 
from  among  the  Gentiles  had  eaten 
up  the  residue  of  the  store ;  and  there 
were  but  a  few  left  in  the  sanctuary, 
because  the  famine  prevailed  against 
them,  and  they  were  scattered,  each 
man  to  his  own  place. 

And  Lysias  heard  say,  that  Philip, 
whom  Antiochus  the  king,  whiles  he 
was  yet  alive,  appointed  to  nourish  up 
his  son  Antiochus,  that  he  might  be 


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7.  28. 


66  kiiiK,  was  reliinu'd  li<nii  I'ersia  and 
Media,  and  with  iiiin  the  foiTCS  tliat 
went  with  the  kin^,  and  tliat  lie  was 
seukiiin  to  take  unto  him  the  Kovern- 

57  ment.  And  he  made  haste,  and  Rave 
consent  lo  depart ;  and  he  said  to  the 
kini;  and  tlie  leaders  of  the  host  and 
to  the  men.  We  decay  daily,  and  inn- 
food  is  scant,  and  the  place  where  we 
encamp  is  stion;;,  aiul  the  atl'airs  ol 

5S  tlie  l<in;,'dom  lie  upon  us:  now  tlicre- 
fore  let  us  nive  tlie  ri^lit  hand  to  these 
men.  ami  make  |)eace  with  them  and 

59wilh  all  tlieir  nation,  and  covenant 
with  them,  that  they  shall  walk  alter 
their  own  laws,  as  aforetime:  for  he- 
cause  of  their  laws  which  we  .-iliol- 
Ished  they  were  ansercd,and  did  all 

60  these  thinjis.  And  the  sayin-;  pleased 
the  king  and  the  princes,  and  he  sent 
unto  tliem  to  make  peace;  and  they 

61  accepted  thereof.  And  the  kiim  and 
the  princes  sware  unto  them :  there- 
upon they  came  forth  from  the  stronii- 

62  hold.  And  the  kins;  entered  into 
mount  Sion  :  and  he  saw  the  strenuth 
of  the  place,  and  set  at  nought  the 
oatli  wliicli  he  luul  sworn,  and  save 
commandment  to  iiull  down  the  wall 

63  round-  ahont.  And  he  removed  in 
haste, and  returned  unto  Antioeh,  and 
fotuid  I'hilip  master  of  the  city;  and 
he  fought  jigainst  him,  and  took  the 
city  hy  force. 

7  In  '  the  hundred  and  one  and  fiftieth 
year  Demetrius  the  son  of  Seleucus 
came  forth  from  Kome,  and  went  up 
with  a  few  men  unto  a  city  by  the  sea, 

2  ami  reigned  there.  And  it  came  to 
pass,  when  he  would  go  into  tlie  house 
of  the  kingdom  of  his  fathers,  that  the 
army  laid   hands  on  Antiochus  and 

3  Lysias,  to  hring  them  unto  him.  And 
the  thing  was  known  to  him,  and 
lie  said.   Shew  me  not    their    faces. 

4  And  the  army  slew  them.  And  De- 
metrius sat  upon  the  throne  of  his 

6  kingdom.  And  there  came  unto  him 
all  the  lawless  and  ungodly  men  of 
Israel ;  and  Alcinuis  was  their  leader. 

6  desiring  to  he  high  priest ;  and  they 
accused  the  people  to  the  king,  say- 
ing, iludas  and  his  hrethren  have  de- 
stroyed   all    thy    friends,    and    have 

7  scattered  us  from  our  own  land.  Now 
therefore  send  a  man  whom  tlioii 
trustest,  and  let  him  go  and  see  all 
the  liavock  which  he  hath  maile  of  us, 
and  of  the  king's  country,  and  hmr 
he  hath  punished  them  and  all  that 

8  helped  them.  And  the  king  chose 
Hiicdiides,  one  of  the  king's  -  Friends, 
who  was  ruler  in  the  country  beyond 
the  river,  and  was  a  great  man  in  the 
kingdom,  and   faithful  to   the   king. 

9  Anil  lie  sent  him.  and  that  ungodly 
Al(!inins,  and  made  sure  to  him  the 
high  priesthood,  and  he  commanded 
him  to  take  vengeance  upon  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel 


10  And  they  removed,  and  came  with 
a  great  host  into  the  land  of  .Judah, 
and  he  sent  messengers  to  Judas  and 
his    brethren   with    words    of   peace 

11  ileceittully.  And  they  gave  no  heed 
to  their  words  ;  lor  they  saw  tiiatthey 

12  were  come  with  ii  great  host.  And 
there  were  gathered  together  unto 
Alcimus  and  Hacchiiies  a  company  of 

l.'i  scribes,  to  seek  for  justice.  And  the 
^  Hasidaaiis  were  the  first  among  the 
chililren  of  Jsrael  that  sought  peace 

14  of  them;  for  they  said,  (Mie  that  is 
a  priest  of  the  seed  of  A;iron  is  come 
with  the  forces,  and  he  will  do  us  no 

1.")  wrong.  And  he  spake  with  them 
words  of  peace,  and  sware  unto  them, 
saying,  We  will  seek  the  hurt  neither 

liiof  you  nor  your  friends.  And  they 
gave  him  credence  :  and  he  laid  hands 
on  threescore  men  of  them,  and  slew 
them  in  one  day,  according  to  the 
word  which  the  iisitimist  wrote, 

17  *  The  flesh  of  thy  saints  did  they 

ca»t  out. 
And  their  blood  did  they  shed  round 

about  .Jerusalem; 
And  there  was  no  man  to  luiry  them. 

18  And  the  tear  ami  the  dread  of  them 
fell  upon  all  the  people,  for  they  said, 
There  is  neither  truth  nor  judgement 
in  them  ;  for  they  have  broken  the 
covenant  and   the   oath   which   they 

1 9  sware.  And  Bacchides  removed  from 
.Jerusalem,  and  encamped  in  Hezeth  ; 
and  he  sent  and  took  many  of  tlie  de- 
serters that  were  with  him,  and  cer- 
tain  of  the  people,  and  he  slew  them, 

20  (iiid  cast  them  into  the  great  pit.  And 
he  made  sure  the  country  to  Alcinnis, 
and  left  with  liim  a  force  to  aid  him  ; 
and  Baccliides  went  away  unto  the 
king. 

21  And  Alcimus    strove  for   his  high 

22  priesthood.  And  there  were  gathered 
unto  him  all  they  that  troubled  their 
people,  and  they  got  the  mastery  of 
the  land  of  .Judah,  and  ilid  great  hurt 

23  in  Israel.  And  .Judas  .saw  all  the  mis- 
chief that  Alcimus  and  his  company 
had  done  among  the  children  of  Israel, 

24  even  above  the  Gentiles,  and  he  went 
out  into  all  the  coasts  of  .Tmla^a  round 
about,  and  took  vengeance  on  the  men 
that  had  deserted  from  him,  and  they 
were  restrained  from  going  forth  into 

2."»  the  country,  lint  when  Alcimus  saw 
that  .Judas  and  his  company  waxed 
strong,  and  knew  that  he  was  notable 
to  withstand  them,  he  returned  to  the 
king,  and  brought  evil  accusations 
against  them. 

26  '■  And  the  king  .sent  Nicanor,  one  of 
liis  honourable  princes,  a  man  that 
hated  Israel  and  was  their  enemy,  and 
commanded  him  to  destroy  the  people. 

27  .-Viid  Nicanor  came  to  .Jerusalem  with 
a  great  host;  and  he  sent  unto  Judas 
and    his    brethren    deceitfully   with 

28  words  of  peace,  saying,  Let  there  be 


141 


7.  46. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


I  12. 


no  battle  between  me  and  you  ;  I  will 
come  with  a  few  men,  that  I  may  see 
20  your  faces  in  peace.  And  he  came  to 
Judas,  and  they  saluted  one  another 
peaceably.  And  the  enemies  were 
ready  to  take   away  Judas  by  vio- 

30  lence.  And  the  thing  was  known  to 
Judas,  ton-it,  that  he  came  unto  him 
with  deceit,  and  he  was  sore  afraid  of 
him,  and  would  see  his  face  no  more. 

31  And  Nicanor  knew  that  his  counsel 
was  discovered ;  and  he  went  out  to 
meet  Judas  in  battle  beside  Capharsa- 

32  lama;  and  there  fell  of  Nicanor's  side 
about  '  five  hundred  men,  and  they 
fled  into  the  city  of  David. 

33  And  after  these  things  Nicanor  went 
up  to  mount  Sion :  and  there  came 
some  of  the  priests  out  of  the  sanc- 
tuary, and  some  of  the  elders  of  the 
people,  to  salute  him  peaceably,  and 
to  shew  him  the  whole  burnt  sacrilice 
that  was  being  offered  for  the  king. 

34  And  he  mocked  them,  and  laughed  at 
them,  and  2  entreated  them  shamefully, 

35  and  spake  haughtily,  and  sware  in  a 
rage,  saying,  Unless  Judas  and  his 
army  be  now  delivered  into  my  hands, 
it  shall  be  that,  if  I  come  again  in 
peace,  I  will  burn  up  this  house :  and 

36  he  went  out  in  a  great  rage.  And  the 
priests  entered  in,  and  stood  liefore 
the  altar  and  the  temple;  and  they 

37  wept,  and  said, Thou  didst  choose  this 
house  to  be  called  by  thy  name,  to  be 
a  house  of  prayer  and  supplication 

38  for  thy  people :  take  vengeance  on 
this  man  and  his  army,  and  let  them 
fall  by  the  sword :  remember  their 
blasphemies,  and  suffer  them  not  to 
live  any  longer. 

39  And  Nicanor  went  forth  from  Jeru- 
salem, and  encamped  in  Bethhoron, 
and  there  met  him  the  host  of  Syria. 

40  And  Judas  encamped  in-Adasawith 
three  thousand  men  :  and  Judas  pray- 

4 led  and  said.  When  they  that  came 
from  the  king  blasphemed,  thine  an- 
gel went  out,  and  smote  among  them 
a   hundred   and   fourscore  and   five 

42  thousand.  Even  so  discomfit  thou 
this  army  before  us  to-day,  and  let  all 
the  rest  know  that  he  hath  spoken 
wickedly  against  thy  sanctuary,  and 
judge  thou  him  according  to  his  wick- 

43  edness.  And  on  the  thirteenth  day  of 
the  month  Adar  the  armies  joined 
battle :  and  Nicanor's  army  was  dis- 
comfited, and  he  himself  was  the  first 

44  to  fall  in  the  battle.  Now  when  his 
army  saw  that  Nicanor  was  fallen,  they 

45  cast  away  their  arms,  and  fled.  And 
they  pursued  after  them  a  day's  jour- 
ney from  Adasa  until  thou  comest  to 
'  Gazara,  and  they  sounded  an  alarm 
after  them  with  the  *  solenm  trumpets. 

46  And  they  came  forth  out  of  all  the 
villages  of  Judasa  round  about,  and 
^closed  them  in;  and  these  turned 
them  back  on  those,  and  they  all  fell 


by  the  sword,  and  there  was  not  one 

47  of  them  left.  And  they  took  the  spoils, 
and  tlie  booty,  and  they  smote  off 
Nicanor's  liead,  and  his  right  hand, 
which  he  stretched  out  so  haughtily, 
and  brought  tliem,  and  ^  hanged  them 

48  up  beside  Jerusalem.  And  the  people 
was  exceeding  glad,  and  they  kejit 
that  day  as  a  day  of  great  gladness. 

49  And  "they  ordained  to  keep  this  day 
year  by  year,  to  vit,  the  thirteentii 

50  day  of  Adar.  And  the  land  of  Judah 
had  rest  *a  little  while. 

8  And  Judas  heard  of  the  fame  of  the 
Romans,  that  they  are  valiant  men, 
and  have  pleasure  in  all  that  join 
themselves  unto  them,  and  make 
amity  with  all    such  as  come  unto 

2  them,  and  that  they  are  valiant  men. 
And  they  told  him  of  their  wars  and 
exploits  which  they  do  among  the 
Gauls,  and  how  that  they  conquered 
them,  and  brfiught  them  under  tri- 

3  bute ;  and  what  things  they  did  in 
the  land  of  Spain,  that  they  might 
become  masters  of  the  mines  of  silver 

4  and  gold  which  were  there  ;  and  how 
that  by  their  policy  and  persistence 
they  conquered  all  the  place  (and  the 
place  was  exceeding  far  from  them), 
and  the  kings  that  came  against  them 
from  the  uttermost  part  of  the  earth, 
until  they  had  discomfited  them,  and 
smitten  them  very  sore;  and  how  the 
rest  give  them  tribute  year  by  year: 

5  and  Philip,  and  Perseus,  king  of  Chit- 
tim,  and  them  that  lifted  up  them- 
selves against  them,  did  they  discom- 
fit in  battle,  and  conquered    them : 

6  Antiochus  also,  the  great  king  of 
Asia,  who  came  against  them  to 
battle,  having  a  hundred  and  twenty 
elephants,  with  horse,  and  chariots, 
and  an  exceeding  great  host,  and  he 

7  was  discomfited  by  them,  and  they 
took  him  alive,  and  appointed  that 
both  he  and  such  as  reigned  after  him 
should  give  them  a  great  tribute,  and 
should  give  hostages,  and  a  parcel  of 

8  land,  to  irit,  the  country  of  India,  and 
Media,  and  l.ydia,  and  of  the  goodliest 
of  their  countries  ;  and  they  took  them 
from    him,  and  gave    them  to  king 

OEumenes:  and  how  they  of  Greece 
took    counsel    to  come  and  destroy 

10 them;  and  the  thing  was  known  to 
them,  and  tliey  sent  against  them  a 
cajitain,  and  fought  against  them,  and 
many  of  them  fell  down  wounded  to 
deatii,  and  they  made  captive  their 
wives  and  their  children,  and  spoiled 
them,  and  conquered  their  land,  and 
pulled  down  their  strongholds,  and 
spoiled  them,  and  brought  them  into 

11  bondage  unto  this  day  :  and  the  resi- 
due of  the  kingdoms  and  of  the  isles, 
as  many  as  rose  up  against  them  at 
any  time,  they  destroyed  and  made 

12 them  to  be  their  servants;  but  with 
their  friends  and  such  as  relied  upon 


I.  MACCABEES. 


9.  12. 


them  they  ke|)t  amity  ;  and  they  coii- 
quereil  the  kiiij^doiiis  lliat  were  iii{;li 
ami  those  lli;it  were  far  otl,  ami  all 
that  heard  of  their  fame  were  afraid 

13  of  them  :  moreover,  whomsoever  tliey    29 
will  to  siiceour  and  to  make  kings, 
these  do  they  make  kinj^s ;  and  whom-  I  30 
soever  they  will,  do  they  depose  ;  and 

14  they  are  exalted  exceedingly :  and 
for  all  this  none  of  them  tlid  ever 
put  on  a  diadem,  neither  did  they 
clothe  themselves  willi  purple,  to  be 

15  magnified  thereby:  and  Imwtliey  liad    31 
made  for  themselves  a  senate  house,  [ 
and  day  by  day  three   hundred  and 
twenty  men  sat  in  council,  consult- 
ing alway  for  the  people,  to  the  end 

lU  they  nnght  be  well  ordered:  and  32 
how  they  commit  tlieir  government 
to  one  man  year  l)y  yeai',  tliat  lie 
should  rule  over  them,  and  be  lord 
over  all  their  country,  and  all  are 
obedient  to  that  one,  and  there  is 
neither  envy  nor  emulation  among 
them. 

17  And  Judas  chose  Eupolemus  the  son 
of  John,  the  son  of  Accos,  and  Jason 
the  son  of  Kleazar.  and  sent  them  to 
Konie,  to  make  a  league  of  amity  and 

18  confederacy  with  them.aiul  that  they 
should  take  the  yoke  from  them  ;  for      3 
they   sasv   that  the   kingdom  of  the 
(i reeks  did   kee|)  Israel  in  bondage. 

19  And  they  went  to  Kome(and  the  way 
was  exceeding  long),  and  they  entered 
into  the  senate  house,  and  answered 

20  and  said,  Judas,  who  is  also  (•((?/e(/ 
Maccabjeus,  and  his  brethren,  ami  the 
people  of  the  Jews,  have  sent  us  unto 
you,  to  make  a  confederacy  and  peace 
with  you,  and  that  we  might  be  regis- 
tered your  confederates  and  friends. 

21  And  the  thing  was  well-pleasing  in 

22  their  sight.  And  this  is  the  copy  of 
the  writing  which  they  wrote  back 
again  on  tables  of  brass,  and  sent  to 
Jerusalem,  that  it  might  be  with  them 
there  for  a  memorial  of  peace  and  con- 
federacy : 

23  Good  success  be  to  the  Romans,  and 
to  the  nation  of  the  Jews,  by  sea  and 
by  land  for  ever :  the  sword  also  and 

24  the  enemy  be  far  from  them.  But  if 
war  arise  for  Home  tirst,  or  any  of 
their  confederates  in  all  their  domin- 

i  ion,  the  nation  of  the  Jews  shall  help 
them  as  confederates,  as  the  occasion 
shall  prescribe  to  them,  with  all  their  10 
2U  heart:  and  unto  them  that  make  war 
upon  them  tliey  sliall  not  give,  neither 
supply,  food,  arms,  money,  or  ships,  as 
it  hath  seemed  good  unto  Home,  and 
they  shall  keep  their  ordinances  with-     1 1 

27  out  taking  anything  therefore.  In  the 
same  manner,  moreover,  if  war  come 
first  upon  the  nation  of  the  Jews,  the 
Romans  shall  help  them  as  confeder- 
ates with  all  their  soul,  as  the  occasion 

28  shall  prescribe  to  them  :  and  to  them 
that  are  confederates  vith  their  foes  i  12 

143 


tliere  shall  not  be  given  food,  arms, 
money,  or  ships,  as  it  hath  seenied 
good  unto  Rome  ;  and  they  shall  keep 
these  ordinances,  and  that  without  de- 
ceit. According  to  these  words  have 
the  Romans  made  a  covenant  thus 
with  the  people  of  the  Jews.  Hut  if 
hereafter  the  one  party  and  the  other 
shall  take  counsel  to  add  or  diminish 
anything,  they  shall  do  it  at  their 
pleasure,  and  whatsoever  they  shall 
add  or  take  away  shall  be  established. 
And  as  touching  the  evils  which  king 
Demetrius  doeth  unto  them,  we  have 
written  to  him,  s:iying,  Wherefore 
hast  thou  made  thy  yoke  heavy  upon 
our  friemls  and  confederates  the 
Jews?  If  therefore  they  plead  any 
more  against  tliee,  we  will  do  them 
justice,  and  fight  with  thee  by  sea 
and  by  land. 

And  Demetrius  heard  that  Nicanor 
was  fallen  with  his  forces  in  battle, and 
he  sent  Bacchides  and  Alcimus  again 
into  the  land  of  Jndah  a  second  time, 
and  the  right  wing  of  hi.s  armi/  with 
them :  and  they  went  by  the  way  that 
leadetli  to  Gilgal,  and  encamped 
against  Mesaloth,  which  is  in  Arbela, 
and  gat  possession  of  it,  and  destroy- 
ed much  people.  And  the  first  month 
of  '  the  hundred  and  fifty  and  second 
year  they  encamped  against  Jerusa- 
lem :  and  they  removed,  and  went  to 
Berea,  with  twenty  thousand  footmen 
and  two  thousand  horse.  And  Judas 
was  encamped  at  Elasa,  and  three 
thousand  chosen  men  with  liini :  and 
they  saw  the  multitude  of  tlie  forces, 
that  they  were  many,  and  they  feared 
exceedingly  :  and  many  slipped  away 
out  of  the  army ;  there  were  not  left 
of  them  more  than  eight  hundred  men. 
And  Judas  saw  that  his  army  slipped 
away,  and  that  the  battle  pressed  ixp- 
on  him,  and  he  was  sore  troubled  in 
heart,  for  that  he  had  no  time  to 
gather  them  together,  and  he  waxed 
faint.  And  lie  said  to  them  that  were 
left.  Let  us  arise  and  go  up  against 
our  adversaries,  if  peradventnre  we 
may  be  able  to  fight  with  them.  And 
they  would  have  dissuaded  him,  say- 
ing. We  shall  in  no  wise  be  able  :  but 
let  us  rather  save  our  lives  now:  let 
us  return  again,  ive  and  our  brethren, 
and  fight  against  them:  but  we  are 
few.  And  .Judas  said.  Let  it  not  be  so 
that  I  should  do  this  thing,  to  flee 
from  them :  and  if  our  time  is  come, 
let  us  die  manfully  for  our  brethren's 
sake,  and  not  leave  a  cause  of  re- 
proach against  our  glory.  And  the 
host  removed  from  the  camp,  and 
stood  to  encounter  them,  and  Uie 
horse  was  parted  into  two  companies, 
and  the  slingers  and  the  archers  went 
before  tlie  host,  and  all  the  nughty 
men  that  fo\ight  in  the  front  of  the 
battle.     But   Bacchides  was  in  the 


9.  33. 


L  MACCABEES. 


9.  53. 


right  wing ;   and  the  phalanx  drew    34 
near  on  the  two  parts,  and  they  blew  j 

13  with  their  trumpets.  And  the  men  35 
of  Judas'  side,  even  they  sounded 
with  their  trumpets,  and  the  earth 
shook  with  the  shout  of  the  armies, 
and  the  battle  was  joined,  and  con- 
tinued from  morning  until  evening.    36 

14  And  Judas  saw  that  Baccliides  and 
the  strength  of  his  army  were  on  the 
riglit  side,  and  there  went  witli  him  all 

15  that  were  brave  in  heart,  and  the  right    37 
wing  was  discomfited  by  tliem,  and  he 
pursued  after  them  unto  the  mount 

IGAzotus.  And  they  tliat  were  on  tlie 
left  wing  saw  tliat  tlie  right  wing  was 
discomfited,  and  they  turned  and  fol- 
lowed upon  the  footsteps  of  Judas  and  I  38 

17  of  those  that  were  with  him  :  and  the 
battle  waxed  sore,  and  many  on  both 

18  parts  fell   wounded   to  death.    And    39 

19  Judas  fell,  and  tlie  rest  fled.  And 
Jonathan  and  Simon  took  Judas  their 
brother,  and  buried  him  in  the  sepul- 

20  chre  of  his  fathers  at  Modin.  And 
they  bewailed  him,  and  all  Israel 
made  great  lamentation  for  him,  and    40 

21  mourned  many  days,  and  said.  How 
is  the  mighty  fallen,  the  saviour  of 

22  Israel !    And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Judas,  and  his  wars,  and  the  valiant 
deeds  which  he  did,  and  his  greatness,    41 
they  are  not  written;  for  they  were 
exceeding  many.  42 

23  And  it  came  to  pass  after  the  death 
of  Judas,  that  the  lawless  put  forth 
their  heads  in  all  the  coasts  of  Israel, 
and  all  they  that  wrought  iniquity    43 

24  rose  up  (in  those  days  was  there  an 
exceeding  great  famine),  and  the  coun-    44 

25  try  went  over  with  them.  And  Bac- 
chides  chose  out  the  ungodly  men, 
and  made  them  lords  of  the  country. 

26  And  they  sought  out  and  searched 
for  the  friends  of  Judas,  and  brought 
them  unto  Bacchides,  and  he  toolc 
vengeance  on  them,  and  used  them 

27  despitefnlly.     And  tliere  was  gi'eat 
tribulation  in  Israel,  such  as  was  not    46 
since  the  time  that  no  prophet  ap- 

28peared    unto    them.     And    all    the    47 
friends  of  Judas  were  gathered  to- 
gether, and  they  said  unto  Jonathan, 

29  Since  thy  brother  Judas  hath  died,  we    48 
have  no  man  like  him  to  go  forth 
against  our  enemies  and  Bacchides, 
and  among  them  of  our  nation  that 

30  hate    us.      Now  therefore   we    have    49 
chosen  thee  this  day  to  be  our  prince 
and  leader  in   his  stead, ,  that  thou    50 

31  mayest  fight  our  battles.  And  Jona- 
than took  the  governance  upon  him 
at  that  time,  and  rose  up  in  the  stead 
of  his  brother  Judas. 

3&  And   Bacchides    knew    it,   and   he 
33  sought  to  slay  him.    And  Jonathan,    51 
and  Simon  his  brother,  and  all  that 
were  with  him,  knew  it ;  and  they  fled    52 
into  the  wilderness  of  Tekoah,  and 
encamped  by  the  water  of  the  pool    53 

141 


Asphar.  And  Bacchides  knew  it  on 
the  sabbath  day,  and  came,  he  and 
all  his  army,  over  Jordan.  And  Jona- 
than sent  his  brother,  a  leader  of  the 
multitude,  and  besought  his  friends 
the  Nabathseans,  that  they  might 
leave  with  them  their  l^aggage,  which 
was  much.  And  the  children  of  .Jam- 
bri  came  out  of  Medaba,  and  took 
John,  and  all  that  he  had,  and  went 
their  way  with  it. 

But  after  these  things  they  brought 
word  to  Jonathan  and  Simon  his  bro- 
ther, that  the  children  of  Jambri  were 
making  a  great  marriage,  and  were 
bringing  the  InMde  from  Nadabath 
with  a  great  train,  a  daughter  of  one 
of  the  great  nobles  of  Canaan.  And 
they  remembered  John  their  brother, 
and  went  up,  and  hid  themselves  un- 
der the  covert  of  the  mountain  :  and 
they  lifted  up  their  eyes,  andsaw,  and, 
behold,  a  great  ado  and  nuich  baggage  : 
and  tlie  luMdegroom  came  forth,  and 
his  friends  and  liis  lirethren,  to  meet 
them  with  timbrels,  and  minstrels,  and 
many  weapons.  And  they  rose  up 
against  them  from  their  ambush,  and 
slew  them,  and  many  fell  wounded  to 
death,  and  the  remnant  fled  into  the 
mountain,  and  they  took  all  their 
spoils.  And  the  marriage  was  turned 
into  mourning,  and  the  voice  of  their 
minstrels  into  lamentation.  And  they 
avenged  fully  the  blood  of  their  bro- 
ther, and  tiu-ned  back  to  the  marsh  of 
Jordan. 

And  Bacchides  heard  it,  and  he  came 
on  the  sabbath  day  unto  the  banks  of 
Jordan  with  a  great  host.  And  Jona- 
than said  to  his  company.  Let  us  stand 
up  now  and  fight  for  our  lives,  for  it  is 
not  u'ith  IIS  to-day,  as  yesterday  and 
the  day  before.  For,  beliold,  the  battle 
is  before  us  and  behind  us;  moreover 
the  water  of  the  Jordan  is  on  this  side 
and  on  that  side,  and  marsh  and  wood ; 
and  thei-e  is  no  place  to  turn  aside. 
Now  therefore  cry  unto  heaven,  that 
ye  may  be  delivered  out  of  the  hand 
of  your  enemies.  And  the  battle  was 
joined,  and  Jonathan  stretched  forth 
his  hand  to  smite  Bacchides,  and  he 
turned  away  back  from  him.  And 
Jonathan  and  they  that  were  with  him 
leapt  into  the  Jordan,  and  swam  over 
to  the  other  side :  and  they  did  not 
pass  over  Jordan  against  them.  And 
there  fell  of  Bacchides'  company  that 
day  about  a  thousand  men  ;  and  he  re- 
turned to  Jerusalem.  And  they  builded 
strong  cities  in  Judsea,  tiie  stronghold 
tiiat  was  in  Jericho,  and  Emmaus,  and 
Bethboron,  and  Bethel,  and  Timnath, 
Pharathon,  and  Tephon,  with  high 
walls  and  gates  and  bars.  And  in 
them  he  set  a  garrison,  to  vex  Israel. 
And  he  fortified  the  city  Bethsura,  and 
Gazara,  and  the  citadel,  and  put  forces 
in  them,  and  store  of  victuals.    And 


9.  70. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


10.  18. 


he  took  the  sons  of  the  chief  men  of 
tlie  country  for  hostiiKCS,  and  put 
them  in  ward  in  tlie  citadel  at  Jeru- 
salem. 

54  And  in  '  the  hundred  and  fifty  and 
third  year,  in  tlie  second  month,  Al- 
cimus  commanded  to  pull  down  the 
wall  of  the  inner  court  of  tlie  sanc- 
tuary; he  pulled  down  also  the  works 

55  of  the  prophets;  and  he  lie^aii  to  i)iill 
down.  At  that  time  was  .\lcinnis 
stricken, and  his  works  were  hindered; 
and  his  mouth  w;is  slop|ieil,  and  he 
was  taken  with  a  |>alsy,  and  he  could 
no  more  speak    anything  ami    t;ive 

56  order  conccniiiiK  his  house.  And  Al- 
eimns  died   at  tli;it  time  with   threat 

57  torment.  And  Bacchiiles  saw  that  .\1- 
cimus  was  dead,  and  he  returned  to 
the  king:  and  the  land  of  .Judah  had 
rest  two  years. 

58  And  all  the  lawless  men  took  coun- 
sel, saying.  Behold,  Jonathan  and  they 
of  his  part  are  dwelling  at  case,  and  in 
security  :  now  therefore  we  will  bring 
Bacchides,  and  he  shall  lay  hands  on 

59  them  ail  in  one  night.  And  they  went 

60  and  consulted  with  him.  And  he  re- 
moved, and  came  with  a  great  host, 
and  sent  letters  privily  to  all  his  con- 
federates that  were  in  Judaa,  that 
they  should  lay  h;inds  on  Jonathan 
and  those  tli;it  were  with  him :  and 
they  could  not,  because  their  counsel 

61  was  known  unto  them.  And  tlteythct 
were  of  JonatlKuCs  part  laid  hands  on 
about  fifty  of  the  men  of  the  country, 
that  were  authors  of  the  wickedness, 

62  and  he  slew  them.  And  Jonathan, 
and  Simon,  and  they  th:it  were  with 
him,  gat  them  away  to  Bethbasi, which 
is  in  the  wilderness,  and  he  built  up 
that  which  had  been    pulled   down 

63  thereof,  and  they  made  it  strong.  And 
Baeehi<ies  knew  it,  and  he  gathered 
together  all  his  multitude,  and  sent 
word  to  them  th;it  were  of  Judsea. 

64  And  he  went  and  encami^ed  against 
Bethbasi,  and  fought  against  it  many 

65  days,  and  made  engines  of  war.  And 
Jonathan  left  his  brother  Simon  in 
the  city,  and  went  forth  into  the  coun- 

66  try,  and  he  went  with  a  few  men.  And 
he  smote  Odomcra  and  his  brethren, 
and  the  children  of  Phasiron  in  their 

67  tent.  And  they  began  to  smite  them, 
and  to  go  up  with  their  forces.  Anil 
Simon  and  they  that  were  with  him 
went  out  of  the  city,  and  set  on  lire 

68  the  engines  of  war,  and  fought  against 
Bacchides,  and  he  was  discomfitetl  by 
them,  and  they  afflicted  him  sore  ;  for 
his  counsel  wiis  in  vain,  and  his  iii- 

69  road.  And  they  were  very  wroth  with 
the  law  less  men  that  gave  him  counsel 
to  come  into  the  country,  and  they 
slew  many  of  them.  And  he  took  couii- 

TOsel  to  ilcpart  into  his  own  land.  And 
Jonathan  had  knowledge  thereof,  and 
sent  ambassadors  unto  him,  to  the 


end  that  they  should  make  peace  with 
him,  and  that  he  shouUI  restore  unto 

71  them  the  captives.  And  he  accepted 
the  thing,  and  did  according  to  liis 
words,  and  sware  unto  him  that  he 
would  not  seek  his  hurt  all  the  days 

72  of  his  life.  And  he  restored  unto  him 
the  captives  whiith  he  had  taken 
aforetime  out  of  the  land  of  Judah, 
and  he  returned  and  departed  into 
his  own  land,  and  came  not  any  more 

73  into  their  borders.  And  the  sword 
ceased  from  Israel.  And  Jonathan 
dwelt  at  Miclimash  ;  and  Jonathan 
began  to  judge  th»>  peoi)lc;  and  he 
destroyed  the  ungodly  out  of  Israel. 

10  And  ill  =  the  Inmdrcd  and  sixtieth 
year  Alexander  Kpiphaiies,  the  son  of 
Antiochus,  went  up  and  took  posses- 
sion of  I'tolemais  :  and  they  received 

2  him,  and  he  reigned  there.  And  king 
Demetrius  heard  thereof,  and  he 
gathered  together  exceeding  great 
forces,  and  went  forth  to  meet  hira  in 
battle. 

?>  And  Demetrius  sent  letters  unto 
,lon;illiaii  with  words  of  peace,  so  as 

4  to  magnify  him.  For  be  said.  Let  us 
be  beforehand  to  make  peace  with 
them,  ere  he  make  peace  with  Alex- 

Sander  against  us  :  for  he  will  remem- 
ber all  the  evils  that  we  have  dr)ne 
against  him,  and  unto  his  brethren 

6  and  unto  his  nation.  And  he  gave  him 
authority  to  gather  together  forces, 
and  to  provide  arms,  and  that  he 
should  be  his  confederate :  and  he 
commanded  that  they  should  deliver 
up  to  him  the  hostages  that  were  In 
the  cit;idel. 

7  Ami  Jonathan  came  to  Jerusalem, 
and  read  the  letters  in  the  audience  of 
all  the  people,  and  of  them  that  were 

8  in  the  citadel  :  and  they  were  sore 
afraid,  when  they  heard  that  the  king 
had  given  him  authority  to  gather 

9  together  a  host.  And  they  of  the 
citadel  delivered  up  the  hostages  unto 
Jonathan,  and  he  restored  them  unto 

10  their  parents.  And  Jonathan  dwelt 
in  Jerusalem,  and  began  to  build  and 

11  renew  the  city.  And  he  commanded 
tliem  that  did  the  work  to  build  the 
walls  and  the  mount  Sion  round  about 
with  "Square  stones  for  defence;  and    a  Sothe 

12  they  did  so.    And  the  strangers,  thiit    J[;;^'*j"„".' 
were  in  the  strongholds  whicdi  BacchI-    fephns. 

13de9  had   built,  fled  away ;  and  each    ^,^/"'"'' 
man  left  his  place,  and  departed  Into    ;,'^^. 

14  his  own  land.  Only  at  Bethsura  were 
there  left  certain  of  those  that  had  for- 
saken the  law  and  the  commandments; 
for  it  was  a  place  of  refuge  unto  them. 

15  And  king  Alex:inder  heard  all  the 
promises  which  Demetrius  h;id  .sent 
unto  Jonathan  :  and  they  told  him  of 
the  battles  and  the  valiant  deeds  which 
he  and  his  brethren  had  done,  and  of 

16  the  toils  which  they  had  endured  ;  and 
he  said,  Shall  we  find  such  another 


145 


10.  34. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


10.  48. 


man?  and  now  we  will  make  him  our 
171  Friend  and  confederate.  And  he 
wrote  letters,  and  sent  them  unto 
him,  according  to  these  words,  say- 
ing, 

18  King  Alexander  to  his  brother  Jona- 

19  than,  greeting :  We  have  heard  of  thee, 
that  thou  art  a  mighty  man  of  valour, 

20  and  meet  to  be  our  '  Friend.  And 
now  we  have  appointed  thee  tliis  day 
to  be  high  priest  of  thy  nation,  and  to 
be  called  the  king's  '  Friend  (and  he 
sent  unto  him  a  purple  robe  and  a 
crown  of  gold),  and  to  take  our  part, 
and  to  keep  friendship  with  us. 

21  And  Jonathan  put  on  the  holy  gar- 
ments in  the  seventh  month  of  ^  the 
hundred  and  sixtieth  year,  at  the 
feast  of  tabernacles,  and  he  gathered 
together  forces,  and  provided  arms  in 
abundance. 

22  And  Demetrius  heard  these  things, 

23  and  he  was  grieved,  and  said.  What  is 
this  that  we  liavedone,tliat  Alexander 
hath  been  beforehand  with  us  in  estab- 
lishing friendship  with  the  Jews,  to 

24  strengthen  himself  ?  I  also  will  write 
unto  them  words  of  encouragement 
and  of  honour  and  of  gifts,  that  they 

25  may  be  with  me  to  aid  me.  And  he 
sent  unto  them  according  to  these 
words  : 

King  Demetrius  unto  the  nation  of 

26  the  Jews,  greeting  :  Forasmuch  as  ye 
have  kept  your  covenants  with  us, 
and  continued  in  our  friendship,  and 
have  not  joined  yourselves  to  our 
enemies,  we  have  heard  hereof,  and 

27  are  glad.  And  now  continue  ye  still  to 
keep  faith  with  us,  and  we  will  recom- 
pense unto  you  good  things  in  return 

28  for  your  dealings  with  us,  and  will 
grant  you  many  immunities,  and  give 

29  you  gifts.  And  now  do  I  free  you,  and 
release  all  the  Jews,  from  the  tributes, 
and  from  the  customs  of  salt,  and  from 

30  the  crowns.  And  instead  of  the  third 
part  of  the  seed,  and  instead  of  the 
half  of  the  fruit  of  the  trees,  which 
falleth  to  me  to  receive,  I  release  it 
from  this  day  and  henceforth,  so  that 
I  will  not  take  it  from  the  land  of 
Judah,  and  from  the  three  govern- 
ments whicli  are  added  thereunto  from 
the  country  of  Samaria  and  Galilee, 
from  this  day  forth  and  for  all  time. 

31  And  let  Jerusalem  he  holy  and  free, 
and  her  borders ;  the  tenths  and  the 

32  tolls  also.  I  yield  up  also  my  author- 
ity over  the  citadel  which  is  at  Jeru- 
salem, and  give  it  to  the  high  priest, 
that  he  may  appoint  in  it  such  men  as 

33  he  shall  choose  to  keep  it.  And  every 
soul  of  the  Jews,  that  hath  been  car- 
ried captive  from  the  land  of  Judah 
into  any  part  of  my  kingdom,  I  set  at 
liberty  without  price  ;  and  let  all  remit 

34  the  tributes  of  their  cattle  also.    And 
■     jail  the  feasts,  and  the  sabbaths,  and 

new  moons,  and  appointed  days,  and 


three  days  before  a  feast,  and  three 
days  after  a  feast,  let  them  all  be 
days  of  immunity  and  release  for  all 
the  Jews  that  are  in  my  kingdom. 
3.5  And  no  man  shall  have  authority  to 
exact  from  any  of  tliem,  or  to  trouble 

36  them  concerning  any  matter.  And  let 
there  be  enrolled  among  the  king's 
forces  about  thirty  thousand  men  of 
the  Jews,  and  j)ay  shall  be  given  unto 
them,  as  belongeth  to  all  the  king's 

37  forces.  And  of  them  some  shall  be 
placed  in  the  king's  great  strongholds, 
and  some  of  them  shall  be  placed  over 
the  affairs  of  the  kingdom,  which  are 
of  trust :  and  let  those  that  are  over 
them,  and  their  rulers,  be  of  them- 
selves, and  let  them  walk  after  their 
own  laws,  even  as  the  king  hath  com- 

38  manded  in  the  land  of  Judah.  And  the 
three  governments  that  have  been 
added  to  Judaea  from  the  country  of 
Samaria,  let  them  be  added  to  Judaea, 
that  they  may  be  reckoned  to  be  un- 
der one,  that  they  may  not  obey  other 

39authority  than  the  high  priest's.  As 
for  Ptolemais,  and  the  land  pertaining 
thereto,  I  have  given  it  as  a  gift  to 
the  sanctuary  that  is  at  Jerusalem, 
for  the  expenses  that  befit  the  sanc- 

40tuary.  And  I  give  every  year  fifteen 
thousand  shekels  of  silver  from  the 
king's  revenues  from  the  places  that 

41  are  convenient.  And  all  the  overplus, 
which  they  that  manage  the  king's 
affairs  paid  not  in  as  in  the  first  years, 
they  shall  give  from   henceforth  to- 

42  ward  the  works  of  the  house.  And 
beside  this,  the  five  thousand  shekels 
of  silver,  which  they  received  from 
the  uses  of  the  sanctuary  from  the 
revenue  year  by  year,  this  also  is  re- 
leased, because  it  appertaineth  to  the 

43  priests  that  minister.  And  whoso- 
ever shall  flee  unto  the  temple  that 
is  at  Jerusalem,  and  be  found  within 
all  the  borders  thereof,  whether  one 
owe  moneys  to  the  king,  or  any  other 
matter,  let  them  go  free,  and  all  that 

44  they  have  in  my  kingdom.  And  for 
the  building  and  renewing  of  the 
works  of  the  sanctuary  the  expense 
shall  be  given  also  out  of  the  king's 

4.5  revenue.  And  for  the  building  of  the 
walls  of  Jerusalem,  and  the  fortifying 
thereof  round  about,  shall  the  expense 
be  given  also  out  of  the  king's  reve- 
nue, and  for  the  building  of  the  walls 
in  Judaea. 

46  Now  when  Jonathan  and  the  people 
heard  these  words,  tliey  gave  no  cre- 
dence unto  them,  nor  received  them, 
because  they  remembered  the  great 
evil  which  he  had  done  in  Israel,  and 
that  he  had  afflicted  them  very  sore. 

47  And  they  were  well  pleased  with 
Alexander,  because  he  was  the  first 
that  spake  words  of  peace  unto  them, 
and  they  were  confederate  with  him 

48  always.     And    king   Alexander   ga- 


10.  65. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


10.  84. 


thered  together  great  forres,  and  eii- 

49  camped  over  against  Demetrius.  And 
the  two  kings  joined  battle,  and  tlie 
army  of  Alexander  (led;  ;md  Deme- 
trius followed  after  liiin.aiid  |ire\  ailed 

50  against  tliem.  AntI  lie  slrenfitliened 
the  battle  exceedingly  until  the  sun 
went  down  :  anil  Demetrius  fell  that 
day. 

61  And  Alexander  sent  ambassadors  to 
Ptolemy  king  of  Kgypt  aeeording  to 

62  these  words,  saying,  Korasnnieli  as  I 
am  returned  to  my  kingiiom,  and  am 
set  on  the  throne  of  my  fathers,  and 
have  gotten  the  dominion,  and  have 
overthrown  Demetrius,  and  have  got- 

63  ten  i)os,session  of  our  eouutry  ;  ye;i, 
I  joined  battle  with  him,  and  he 
and  his  army  were  diseonitited  by  us, 
and  we  sat  upon  the  throne  of  his 

54 kingdom:  now  also  let  us  establish 
amity  one  with  the  other,  and  give  me 
now  thy  daughter  to  wife  :  and  I  will 
make  afflnity  with  thee,  and  will  give 
both  thee  and  her  gifts  worthy  of  thee. 

55  And  Ptolemy  the  king  answered,  say- 
ing, Happy  is  the  day  wherein  thou 
didst  return  into  the  laud  of  thy 
fathers,  and  diilst  sit  ou  the   throne 

56  of  then'  kingdom.  And  now  will  I  do 
to  thee,  as  thou  hast  written :  but 
meet  me  at  Ptolemais,  that  we  may 
see  one  another;  au<l  I  will  make 
affinity  with  thee,  even  as  thou  hast 

57  said.  And  Ptolemy  went  out  of 
Egypt,  himself  and  Cleopatra  his 
daughter,  and  came  unto  Ptolemais 
in  'the  hundred  and  threescore  and 

58 second  year:  and  king  Alexander 
met  him,  and  he  bestowed  on  him  his 
daughter  Cleopatia,  and  celebrated 
lier  marriage  at  Ptolemais  with  great 
pomp,  as  the  manner  of  kings  is. 

59  And  king  Alexander  wrote  unto  Jo- 
nathan, that  he  should  come  to  meet 

60  him.  And  he  went  with  pomp  to 
Ptolemais,  and  met  the  two  kings,  and 
gave  them  and  their  =  Friends  silver 
and  gold,  and  many  gifts,  and  found 

61  favour  in  their  sight.  And  there  were 
gathered  together  against  him  certain 
pestilent  fellows  out  of  Israel,  men 
that  were  transgressors  of  the  law,  to 
complain  against  him:  and  the  king 

62  gave  no  heed  to  them.  And  the  king 
commanded,  and  they  took  oft'  Jona- 
than's garments,  and  clothed  him  in 

63  purple  :  and  thus  they  did.  And  the 
king  made  him  sit  with  him,  and  said 
unto  his  princes.  Go  forth  with  him 
into  the  midst  of  the  city,  and  m;ike 
proclamation,  that  no  man  complain 
against  him  of  any  matter,  and  let  no 
man  trouble  him  for  any  manner  of 

64  cause.  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
they  that  complained  against  liim  saw 
his  glory  according  as  the  herald 
made  proclamation,  and  smr  him 
clothed  in  purple,  they  all  fled  away. 

65  And  the  king  gave  him  honour,  and 


wrote  him  among  his  'Chief  Friends, 
and  made  him  a  captain,  and  gover- 

(Wiiior  of  a  province.  And  Jonathan 
returned  to  Jerusalem  with  peace 
and  gladness. 

t>7  And  in  Mhe  hundred  and  threescore 
and  lifth  year  came  Demetrius,  son  of 
Demetrius,  out  of  Crete  into  the  land 

68  of  his  fathers:  and  king  Alexander 
heard  thereof,  and  he  w;is  grieved  ex- 
ceedingly, and  returned  unto  Antioch. 

()!>  .\nd  Demetrius  appointed  Apollonius, 
who  was  over  Ctelesyria,  and  he 
gathered  together  a  great  host,  and 
eni^amped  in  Jamnia,  and  sent  unto 
Jonathan  the  high  priest,  saying, 

70  Thou  ;il<)ne  liftest  u))  thyself  against 
us,  but  I  am  lia<I  in  derision  antl  in  re- 
prt)ach  because  of  thee.  And  why  dost 
thou  vaunt  thy  power  against  us  in  the 

71  mountains?  Now  therefore,  if  thou 
trustest  in  thy  forces,  come  down  to  us 
into  the  plain,  and  there  let  us  try  the 
matter  together;  for  with  me  is  the 

72  power  of  the  cities.  Ask  and  learn 
who  1  am,  and  the  rest  that  help  us ; 
and  they  say,  Your  foot  c;uinot  stand 
before  our  face  ;  for  thy  fathers  have 
been  twice  put  to  flight  in  their  own 

73  land.  And  now  thou  shalt  not  be  able 
to  abide  the  horse  and  such  a  host  as 
this  in  the  plain,  where  is  neither  stone 
nor  flint,  nor  place  to  flee  unto. 

74  In'ow  when  Jonathan  heard  the  words 
of  Apollonius,  he  was  moved  in  his 
mind,  and  he  chose  out  ten  thousand 
men,  and  went  forth  from  Jerusalem, 
iind  Simon  his  brother  met  him  for  to 

7.5  help  him.  And  he  encamiied  against 
Joppa:  and  they  of  the  city  shut  him 
out,  because  Apollonius  had  a  garrison 

76  in  Joppa:  and  they  fought  against  it. 
And  they  of  the  city  were  afraid,  and 
opened  unto  him  :  and  Jonathan  be- 

77  came  master  of  Joppa.  And  Apollo- 
nius heard,  and  he  gathered  an  army 
of  three  thousand  horse,  and  a  great 
host,  and  went  to  Azotus  as  though  he 
were  on  a  journey,  and  therewithal 
drew  onward  into  the  plain,  because 
he   had   a   multitude    of    horse,   and 

78  trusted  therein.  And  he  pursued  after 
him  to  Azotus,  and  the  armies  joined 

70  battle  ■'■.  And  Apollonius  had  left  a 
thousand  horse  behind  them  privily. 

80  And  Jonathan  knew  that  there  was  an 
amhnshment  behind  him.  And  they 
compassed  round  his  army,  and  cast 
their  darts  at  the  people,  from  morn- 

81  ing  tmtil  evening :  but  the  people  .stood 
still,  as  Jonathan  commanded  them  : 

82  and  their  horses  were  wearied.  And 
Simon  drew  forth  his  host,  and  Joined 
battle  with  the  i)halanx  (for  the  horse- 
men  were  spent),  and  they  were  dis- 

83  comfited  by  him,  and  fled.  And  the 
hf>rsemen  were  scattered  in  the  plain, 
and  they  fled  to  Azotus,  and  entered 
into  Beth-dagon,  their  idol's  temple, 

84  to  save  them.selves.    And  Jonathan 


11.  13. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


11.  33. 


burned  Azotus,  and  the  cities  round 
about  it,  and  took  tlieir  spoils ;  and 
the  temple  of  Dagon,  and  them  that 

85  fled  into  it,  he  burned  with  fire.  And 
they  that  had  fallen  by  the  sword, 
with  them  that  were  burned,  were 

86  about  eight  thousand  men.  And  from 
thence  Jonathan  removed,  and  en- 
camped against  Ascalon,  and  they  of 
the  city  came  forth  to  meet  him  with 

87  great  pomp.  And  Jonathan,  with  them 
that  were  on  his  side,  returned  unto 

88  Jerusalem,  having  many  spoils.  And 
it  came  to  pass,  when  king  Alexander 
heard  these  things,  he  honoured  Jona- 

89  than  yet  more  ;  and  he  sent  unto  him 
a  buckle  of  gold,  as  the  use  is  to  give 
to  such  as  are  of  the  kindred  of  the 
kings :  aud  he  gave  him  Ekron  and  all 
the  coasts  thereof  for  a  possession. 

11  Aud  the  king  of  Egypt  gathered  to- 
gether great  forces,  as  the  sand  which 
is  by  the  sea  shore,  and  many  ships, 
and  sought  to  make  himself  master 
of  Alexander's  kingdom  by  deceit,  and 

2  to  add  it  to  his  own  kingdom.  And 
he  went  forth  into  Syria  with  words 
of  peace,  and  they  of  the  cities  opened 
unto  him,  and  met  him ;  for  king 
Alexander's  commandment  was  that 
they  should  meet  him,  because  he  was 

3  his  father  in  law.  Now  as  he  entered 
into  the  cities  of  Ptolemais,  he  set  his 
forces  for  a  garrison  in  each  city. 

4  But  when  he  came  near  to  Azotus, 
they  shewed  him  the  temple  of  Dagon 
burned  with  fire,  and  Azotus  and  the 
suburbs  thereof  pulled  down,  and  the 
bodies  cast  abroad,  aud  them  that  had 
been  burned,  whom  he  burned  in  the 
war,  for  they  had  made  heaps  of  them 

6  in  his  way.  And  they  told  the  king 
what  things  Jonathan  had  done,  that 
they  might  cast  blame  on  him :  and 

6  the  king  held  his  peace.  And  Jona- 
than met  the  king  with  pomp  at  Joppa, 
and  they  saluted  one  another,  and 

7  they  slept  there.  And  Jonathan  went 
with  the  king  as  far  as  the  river  that 
is  called  Eleutherus,  and  returned  to 

8  Jerusalem.  But  king  Ptolemy  became 
master  of  the  cities  upon  the  sea  coast, 
unto  Seleucia  which  is  by  the  sea,  and 
he  devised  evil   devices  concerning 

9  Alexander.  And  he  sent  ambassadors 
unto  king  Demetrius,  saying.  Come, 
let  us  make  a  covenant  with  one  an- 
other, and  I  will  give  thee  my  daughter 
whom  Alexander  hath,  and  thou  shalt 

10  reign  over  thy  father's  kingdom  ;  for 
I  have  repented  that  I  gave  my 
daughter  unto  him,  for  he  sought  to 

11  slay  me.    And  he  cast  blame  on  him, 

12  because  he  coveted  his  kingdom.  And 
taking  his  daughter  from  him,  he  gave 
her  to  Demetrius,  and  was  estranged 
from  Alexander,  and  their  enmity  was 

13  openly  seen.  And  Ptolemy  entered 
into  Antioch,  and  put  on  himself  the 
^dem  of  Asia ;  and  he  put  two  dia- 


dems upon  his  head,  the  diadem  of 
14:  Egypt  and  that  of  Asia.    But  king 
Alexander  was  in  Cilicia  at  that  sea- 
son, because  they  of  those  parts  were 

15  in  revolt.  Aud  Alexander  beard  of  it, 
and  he  came  against  him  in  war :  and 
Ptolemy  led  forth  his  host,  and  met 
him  with  a  strong  force,  and  put  him 

16  to  flight.  And  Alexander  fled  into 
Arabia,  that  he  might  be  sheltered 
there  ;  but  king  Ptolemy  was  exalted. 

17  Aud  Zabdiel  the  Arabian  took  off 
Alexander's  head,  and  sent  it  to  Ptol- 

18emy.  And  king  Ptolemy  died  the 
third  day  after,  and  they  that  were  in 
his  strongholds  were  slain  by  them 

19  that  were  in  the  strongholds.  And 
Demetrius  reigned  in  'the  hundred 
and  threescore  and  seventh  year. 

20  In  those  days  Jonathan  gathered 
together  them  of  Judaea,  to  take  the 
citadel  that  was  at  Jerusalem :  and  he 
made  many  engines  of  war  against  it. 

21  And  certain  that  hated  their  own  na- 
tion, men  that  transgressed  the  law, 
went  unto  the  king,  aud  reported  to 
him  that  Jonathan  was  besieging  the 

22  citadel.  And  he  heard,  and  was  an- 
gered ;  but  when  he  heard  it,  he  set 
forth  immediately,  and  came  to  Ptole- 
mais, and  wrote  unto  Jonathan,  that 
he  should  not  besiege  it,  and  that  he 
should  meet  him  and  speak  with  him 

23  at  Ptolemais  with  all  speed.  But 
when  Jonathan  heard  this,  he  com- 
manded to  besiege  it  still:  and  he 
chose  certain  of  the  elders  of  Israel 
and  of  the  priests,  and  put  himself 

24  in  peril,  and  taking  silver  and  gold 
and  raiment  and  divers  presents  be- 
sides, went  to  Ptolemais  unto  the 
king.    And  he  found   favour  in   his 

25  sight.  And  certain  lawless  men  of 
them  that  were  of  the  nation  made 

26  complaints  against  him,  and  the  king 
did  unto  him  even  as  his  predecessors 
had  done  unto  him,  and  exalted  him 

27  in  the  sight  of  all  his -Friends,  and 
confirmed  to  him  the  high  priest- 
hood, and  all  the  other  honours  that 
he  had  before,  and  gave  him  preemi- 
nence   among   his   •''Chief    Friends. 

28  And  Jonathan  requested  of  the  king, 
that  he  would  make  Judaea  free  from 
tribute,  and  the  three  *  provinces,  and 
the  country    of    Samaria;    and    pro- 

29  mised  him  three  hundred  talents.  And 
the  king  consented,  and  wrote  letters 
unto  Jonathan  concerning  all  these 
things  after  this  manner : 

30  King  Demetrius  unto  his  brother 
Jonathan,  and  unto  the  nation  of  the 

3 1  Jews,  greeting :  The  copy  of  the  letter 
which  we  wrote  unto  Lasthenes  our 
kinsman  concerning  you,  we  have 
written  also  unto  you,  that  ye  may  see 

32  it.    King  Demetrius  imto  Lasthenes 

33  his  father,  greeting :  We  have  deter- 
mined to  do  good  to  the  nation  of  the 
Jews,  who  are  our  friends,  and  ob- 


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11.  46. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


11.  63. 


sbi/eil  the  passages  of  the  city,  and 

47  began  to  tight.  And  the  king  CHlleil 
thu  Jews  lo  lielp  him,  and  tliey  were 
gatliercd  together  unto  liini  all  atonce, 
and  ihey  (lls|)ersed  themselves  In  the 
city,  and  slew  that  day  to  the  numher 

48  of  a  hundred  thousand.  And  they  set 
the  city  on  lire,  and  gat  many  spoils 

4!Hhat  d;iy,  and  saved  the  king.  And 
they  of  the  eity  saw  that  the  .lews  had 
made  themselves  masters  of  the  city 
as  they  would,  and  they  waxed  faint 
in  their  hearts,  and  they  cried  out  to 
the  king  with    supplication,  saying, 

SOtiive  us  thy  liglit  hand,  and  let  the 
Jews  cease  from  lighting  against  us 

51  and  the  city.  And  they  cast  away 
their  arms,  and  made  jieace  ;  and  the 
Jews  were  glorilled  in  the  sight  of  the 
king,  and  before  all  that  were  in  his 
kingdom;  and  they  returned  to  Je- 

52  rusalem,  having  many  sjioils.  And 
king  Demetrius  sat  on  the  throne  of 
his  kingilom,  and  the  land  was  quiet 

5.'i  before  him.  And  he  lied  in  all  that 
he  spake,  and  estranged  himself  from 
Jonathan,  and  recompensed  him  not 
according  to  the  benefits  with  which 
he  had  recompensed  him,  and  afliicted 
him  exceedingly. 

64  Now  after  this  Tryphon  returned, 
an«l  with  him  the  young  child  Antio- 
clnis ;  and  he  reigned,  and  put  on  a 

55  diadem.  And  there  were  gathered 
unto  him  all  the  forces  which  Deme- 
trius had  sent  away  with  disgrace,  and 
they  fought  against  him,  and  he  fled 

5()  and  was  put  to  the  rout.  And  Tryphon 
took  the  elephants,  and  became  mas- 

57  ter  of  Antioeh.  And  the  young  Anti- 
ochiis  wrote  unto  Jonathan,  saying,  I 
confirm  nnto  thee  the  high  priesthood, 
and  appoint  thee  over  the  four  govern- 
ments, and  to  be  one  of    the  king's 

58 '  Friends.  And  he  sent  unto  him 
golden  vessels  and  furniture  for  the 
table,  and  gave  him  leave  to  drink  in 
golden  vessels,  and  to  be  clothed  in 
purple,  and  to  have  a  golden  fniekle. 

5!)  And  his  brother  Simon  he  made  cap- 
tain from  the  Ladder  of  Tyre  unto  the 

60  borders  of  l<:gypt.  And  Jonathan  went 
forth,  and  took  his  Journey  beyond  the 
river  and  through  the  cities;  and  all 
the  forces  of  Syria  gatliered  them- 
selves unto  him  for  to  be  his  confed- 
erates. And  he  came  to  AscaIon,and 
they  of  the  city  met  him  honourably, 
me  men  who  shall  tight  for  me  ;  for  all  61  And  he  departed  theuce  to  Gaza,  and 
44  my  forces  are  revolted.  And  Joua- 1  they  of  Gaza  shut  him  out;  and  he 
tluin  sent  him  tliree  thousand  valiant  |  laid  siege  unto  it,  and  burned  the  sub- 
men  unto  Antioeh  :  and  they  came  to  nrbs  thereof  with  fire,  iind  spoiled 
the  king,  and  the  king  was  glad  at    62  them.     And  they  of  Gaza  made  re- 


serve what  is  just  tow;ird  us,  because 

34  of  their  good  will  toward  us.  We  h:ive 
conllrmeil  thereiore  unto  them  the 
borders  of  Judaea,  and  also  the  three 
governments  of  Aplneremaauii  l.ydda 
and  Uamathaim  (tJicse  were  added 
unto  Judaea  froui  the  country  of  Sa- 
maria), and  all  things  appertaining 
unto  them,  for  all  such  jis  do  s;u'rHife 
in  Jerusalem,  instead  of  the  king's 
dues  which  the  king  received  of  tliem 
yearly  :iforetlme  from  the  produce 
of  the  earth  auci  the  fruits   of   trees. 

35  And  as  for  the  oilier  thiugs  lli:it  per- 
tain unto  us  from  henceforth,  of  the 
tenths  and  the  tolls  that  pertain  unto 
us,  and  the  saltpits,  ami  the  (^rowns 
that  pertain  unto  us,  ;ill  these  we  will 

36  bestow  upon  them.  And  not  one  of 
these  things  shall  be  annulled  from 

37  this  time  forth  ami  for  ever.  Now 
therefore  be  careful  to  nuike  a  copy 
of  these  things,  and  let  it  be  given 
unto  Jonathan,  and  let  it  be  set  up 
on  the  holy  mount  in  a  meet  and  con- 
spicuous place. 

38  And  king  Demetrius  saw  that  the 
land  w;is  quiet  before  him,  and  that 
no  resistance  was  made  to  him,  and 
he  sent  away  ;ill  his  forces,  each  man 
to  his  own  place,  except  thu  foreign 
forces,  which  he  had  rtiised  from  the 
isles  of  the  (i  entiles:  and  all  the  forces 

39  of  his  fathers  hated  him.  Now  Try- 
phon was  of  those  who  aforetime 
had  been  of  Alexander's  part,  and  he 
saw  that  all  the  forces  nua-mured 
against  Demetrius,  and  he  went  to 
Imalcue  the  Ar;il)ian,  who  was  nour- 
ishing up  .Vntiochus  the  young  child 

40  of  Alexander,  and  pressed  sore  upon 
him  that  he  should  deliver  him  mito 
him,  that  lie  might  reign  in  his  father's 
stead  :  and  he  told  him  all  that  De- 
metrius had  done,  and  the  hiitred 
wherewith  his  forces  hated  him  ;  and 
he  abode  there  many  days. 

41  And  Jonathan  sent  unto  king  De- 
metrius, that  he  should  east  out  of 
Jerusalem  them  of  the  citadel,  and 
them  that  were  in  the  strongholds; 
for  they  fought  against   Israel  cou- 

42  tinually.  And  Demetrius  sent  unto 
Jonathan,  saying.  I  will  not  only  do 
this  for  thee  and  thy  nation,  but  I 
will  greatly  honour  tiiee  and  thy  na- 

43  tion.ifl  find  fjiir  occasion.  Now  there- 
fore thou  Shalt  do  well,  if  thou  send 


45  their  coming.  And  they  of  the  city 
gathered  themselves  together  Into  the 
midst  of  the  city,  to  the  number  of  a 
hundred  and  twenty  thousand  men, 
and  they  were    minded  to    slay  the 

46  king.    And  the  king  fled  into  the  court 


quest  unto  Jonathan,  and  he  gave 
them  his  right  liand,  and  took  the 
sons  of  their  princes  for  hostages,  and 
sent  them  away  to  Jerus;ilem ;  and  he 
passed  through  the  country  as  far  as 
Dam:i»cns. 


of  the  palace,  and  they  of  the  city  i  63   And  Jonathan  heard  that  Demetrius' 


H» 


12.  8. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


12.  27; 


princes  were  come  to  Kedesh,  which  is 
ill  Galilee,  with  a  great  host,  purposing 

64  to  remove  him  from  his  office  ;  and  he 
went  to  meet  tliem,  but  Simon  his 

65  brother  he  left  in  the  country.  And  Si- 
mon encamped  against  Bethsura,  and 
fought  against  it  many  days,  and  shut 

66  it  up :  and  they  made  request  to  him 
that  he  would  give  them  his  riglit 
hand,  and  he  gave  it  to  them  ;  and  he 
put  them  out  from  thence,  and  took 
possession  of  the  city,  and  set  a  gar- 

67  rison  over  it.  And  Jonathan  and  his 
army  encamped  at  the  water  of  Gen- 
nesareth,  and  early  in  the  morning 
they  gat  them  to  the  plain  of  Hazor. 

68  And,  behold,  an  army  of  strangers  met 
him  in  the  plain,  and  they  laid  an 
ambush  for  him  in  the  moiuitains,  but 

69  themselves  met  him  face  to  face.  But 
they  that  lay  in  ambush  rose  out  of 
their  places,  and  joined  battle;  and 
all  they  that  were  of  Jonathan's  side 

70  fled  :  not  one  of  them  was  left,  except 
Mattathias  the  son  of  Absalom,  and 
Judas  the  son  of  Chalphi,  captains  of 

Tithe  forces.  And  Jonathan  rent  his 
clothes,  and  put  earth  upon  his  head, 

72  and  prayed.  And  he  turned  again  unto 
them  in  battle,  and  put  them  to  the 

73  rout,  and  they  lied.  And  they  of  his 
side  that  tied  saw  it,  and  returned 
unto  him,  and  pursued  with  him  unto 
Kedesh  unto  their  camp,  and  they 

74  encamped  there.  And  there  fell  of  the 
strangers  on  that  day  about  three 
thousand  men :  and  Jonathan  re- 
turned to  Jerusalem. 

12  And  Jonathan  saw  that  the  time 
served  him,  and  he  chose  men,  and 

,  sent  them  to  Rome,  to  confirm  and 
renew  the  friendship   that  they  had 

2  with  them.  And  to  the  Spartans,  and 
to  other  places,  he  sent  letters  after 

3  the  same  manner.  Antl  they  went 
unto  Rome,  and  entered  into  the  sen- 
ate house,  and  said,  Jonathan  the  high 
priest,  and  the  nation  of  the  Jews, 
have  sent  us,  to  renew  for  them  the 
friendship  and  the  confederacy,  as  in 

4  former  time.  And  they  gave  them 
letters  unto  the  men  in  every  place, 
that  they  should  bring  them  on  their 
way  to  the  land  of  Judah  in  peace. 

5  And  this  is  the  copy  of  the  letters 
which  Jonathan  wrote  to  the  Spar- 
tans : 

6  Jonathan  the  high  priest,  and  the 
senate  of  the  nation,  and  the  priests, 
and  the  rest  of  the  people  of  the  Jews, 
unto    their    brethren    the    Spartans, 

7  greeting :  Even  before  this  time  were 
letters  sent  unto  Onias  the  high  priest 
from  ^  Arius,  who  was  reigning  among 
you,  to  signify  that  ye  are  our  bre- 
thren, as  the  copy  here  underwritten 

Ssheweth.  And  Onias  entreated  hon- 
ourably the  man  that  was  sent,  and 
received  the  letters,  wherein  declara- 
tion was  made  of  confederacy  and 


9  friendship.  Therefore  we  also,  albeit 
we  need  none  of  these  things,  having 
for  our  encouragement  the  holy  books 

10  which  are  in  our  hands,  have  assayed 
to  send  that  we  might  renew  our  bro- 
therhood and  friendship  with  you,  to 
the  end  that  we  should  not  become 
estranged  from  you  altogether:  for 
long  time  is  passed  since  ye  sent  unto 

1 1  ns.  We  therefore  at  all  times  with- 
out ceasing,  both  in  our  feasts,  and  on 
the  other  convenient  days,  do  remem- 
ber you  in  the  sacritices  which  we 
offer,  and  in  our  prayers,  as  it  is  right 
and  meet  to  be  mindful  of  brethren  : 

12  and  moreover  are  glad  for  your  glory. 

13  But  as  for  ourselves,  many  afflictions 
and  many  wars  have  encompassed  us, 
and  the  kings  that  are  round  about  us 

14  have  fought  against  us.  We  were  not* 
minded  therefore  to  be  troublesome 
unto  you,  and  to  the  rest  of  our  con- 
federates and  friends,  in  these  wars ; 

15  for  we  have  the  help  which  is  from 
heaven  to  help  ns,  and  we  have  been 
delivered  from  our  enemies,  and  our 

16  enemies  have  been  brought  low.  We 
chose  therefore  Numenius  the  son  of 
Antiochus,  and  Antipater  the  son  of 
Jason,  and  have  sent  them  unto  the 
Romans,  to  renew  the  friendship  that 
we  had  with  them,  and  the  former  con- 

17  federacy.  We  commanded  them 
therefore  to  go  also  unto  you,  and  to 
salute  you,  and  to  deliver  you  our 
letters   concerning  the  renewing  of 

18//'te/irfs/(('jjand  our  brotherhood.  And 
now  ye  shall  do  well  if  ye  give  us  an 
answer  thereto. 

19  And  this  is  the  copy  of  the  letters 
wliich  they  sent  to  Onias  : 

20  Arius  king  of  the  Sfiartans  to  Onias 

21  the  chief  priest,  greeting:  It  hath 
been  found  in  writing,  concerning  the 
Spartans  and  the  Jews,  that  they  are 
brethren,  and  that  they  are  of  the 

22  stock  of  Abraham  :  and  now,  since 
this  is  come  to  om-  knowledge,  ye 
shall  do  well  to  write  unto  us  of  your 

23  -  prosperity.  And  we  moreover  do 
write  on  our  part  to  you,  that  your 
cattle  and  goods  are  ours,  and  ours 
are  yours.  We  do  command  there- 
fore that  they  make  report  unto  you 
on  this  wise. 

24  And  Jonathan  heard  that  Demetrius' 
princes  were  returned  to  light  against 
him  with  a  greater  host  than  afore, 

25  and  he  removed  from  Jerusalem,  and 
met  them  in  the  country  of  Hamath; 
for  he  gave  them  no  respite  to  set  foot 

26  in  his  country.  And  he  sent  spies 
into  his  camp,  and  they  came  again, 
and  reported  to  him  that  they  were 
appointed  in  such  and  such  a  way  to 
fall  upon  them  in  the  night  season. 

27  But  so  soon  as  the  sun  was  down, 
Jonathan  commanded  his  men  to 
watch,  and  to  be  in  arms,  that  all  the 
night  long  they  might  be  ready  for 


a  Or. 

peace. 


150 


12.  45. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


13.  10. 


battle :  and  he    put   forth    sentinels 

28  round  about  the  Ciunp.  Aiul  the  ad- 
versaries heard  that  Jonathan  and  his 
men  were  ready  for  battle,  and  they 
feared,  and  trembled  in  their  hearts, 
and  they  kindled  lires  in  their  canii)'. 

29  But  .Jonathan  and  his  men  knew  it 
not  till  the  morning;  for  they  saw  the 

30  lights  burning.  Antl  .Jonathan  pur- 
sued after  them,  and  overtook  them 
not;  for  they  were  gone  over  the  river 

31  Elentlierns.  And  .Jonatlian  turned 
aside  to  the  Araliians,  who  are  called 
Zabadajans.and  smote  them,  and  took 

32  their  spoils.  And  he  set  out  from 
thence,  and  came  to  Damascus,  and 
took  liis  journey  through  all  the  conn- 

33  try.  Ami  Simon  went  forth,  and  took 
his  journey  as  far  as  Ascalon,  and  the 
stronghohls  that  were  near  unto  It. 
And   he  turned  aside  to  .Topim,  and 

34  took  possession  of  it ;  for  he  had  heard 
that  they  were  minded  to  deliver  the 
stronghold  unto  the  men  of  Uenie- 
trins ;  and  he  set  a  garrison  there  to 
keep  it. 

35  And  Jonathan  returned,  and  called 
the  elders  of  the  peojile  together  ;  and 
he  took  counsel   with  them  to  build 

36  strongholds  in  Judiea,  and  to  make 
the  walls  of  .Jerusalem  higher,  and  to 
raise  a  great  mound  between  the 
citadel  and  the  city,  for  to  separate 
it  from  the  city,  that  so  it  might 
be  all  alone,  that  men  might  neither 

37  buy  nor  sell.  And  they  were  gathered 
together  to  build  the  city,  and  there 
fell  down  part  of  the  wall  of  the  brook 
that  is  on  the  east  si(le,antl  he  repair- 
ed that  which  is  called  Chaphenatha. 

38  And  Simon  also  built  Adida  in  the 
*  plain  country,  and  made  it  strong, 
anti  set  up  gates  and  bars. 

39  And  Tryphon  sought  to  reign  over 
Asia  and  to  put  on  himself  the  diadem, 
and  to  stretch  forth  his  hand  against 

40  Antiochus  the  king.  And  he  wasafraid 
lest  haply  .Jonathan  should  not  suffer 
him,  and  lest  he  slKtuld  tight  against 
him ;  and  he  sought  a  way  how  to  take 
him,  that  he  might  destroy  him.  And 
he  removed,  and  came  to  Bethshan. 

41  And  Jonathan  came  forth  to  meet  him 
with  forty  thousand  men  chosen  for 

42  battle,  and  can)e  to  Bethshan.  And 
Tryphon  saw  that  he  came  with  a 
great  host, and  he  was  afraid  tastretch 

43  forth  his  liand  against  him :  and  he 
received  him  honour;ibly,  and  com- 
mended him  unto  all  his^  Friends,  and 
gave  him  gifts,  and  connnanded  his 
forces  to  be  obedient  unto  him,  as  unto 

44  himself.  And  he  said  inito  Jonathan, 
Why  hast  thou  put  all  this  people 
to  trouble,  seeing   there   is  no  war 

45  betwixt  us?  And  now  send  them 
away  to  their  homes,  but  choose  for 
thyself  a  few  men  who  shall  be  with 
thee,  and  come  thou  with  me  to  Pto- 
lemais,  and  I  will  give  it  up  to  thee, 
11  1 


and  the  rest  of  the  strongholds  and 
the  rest  of  the  forces,  and  all  the 
king's  officers  :  and  1  will  retmn  and 
depart;  for  this  is  the  c;iuse  of  my 

46  coming.  And  he  put  trust  in  him, 
and  (lid  (?ven  as  he  said,  and  sent 
away  Ids  forces,  and  they  departed  in- 

47  to  the  kind  of  Judah.  But  he  reserved 
to  himself  three  thousand  men,  of 
whom  he  left  two  thousand  in  Galilee, 
but    one  thousand    went  with    him. 

48  Now  as  soon  as  Jonathan  entered  into 
Btolem;iis,tliey  of  J^toleniais  shut  the 
gates,  :in(l  laid  luinds  on  him;:ind 
all  them  that  came  in  with  him  they 

49  slew  with  tlu'  sword.  And  Tryphon 
sent  forces  and  horsemen  into  Galilee, 
and  into  the  great  plain,  to  destroy  all 

50  Jonathan's  men.  And  they  perceived 
tluit  he  was  taken  and  had  perished, 
and  they  tluit  were  with  him  ;  and 
they  encoiu'aged  one  auothei',  and 
went   on   their    way   close   together, 

51  prepared  to  fight.  And  they  that 
followed  upon  them  saw  that  they 
were  ready  to  fight  for  their  lives,  and 

52  turned  back  again.  And  they  all  came 
in  peace  into  the  laud  of  Judah,  and 
they  mourned  for  .f ouath;ui,  and  them 
that  were  with  liiui,  and  they  were  sore 
afraid  ;  and  all  Israel  mourned  with 

53  a  great  mourning.  And  all  the  ({en- 
tiles that  were  round  ;ibout  them 
sought  to  destroy  them  utterly  :  for 
they  said.  They  have  no  ruler,  nor  any 
to  help  them  :  now  therefore  let  us 
fight  against  them,  and  take  away 
their  memorial  from  among  men. 

13  And  Simon  heard  that  Tryphon  had 
gathered  together  a  mighty  host  to 
come   into  tlie    land   of   .Judah,  and 

2  destroy  it  utterly.  And  he  saw  that 
the  people  trembled  and  was  in  great 
fear ;  aiul  he  went  up  to  Jerusalem, 

3  and  gathered  the  people  together ;  and 
he  encouraged  them,  and  said  unto 
them.  Ye  yourselves  know  all  the 
things  th;it  I,  and  my  bi-ethreu,  and 
my  father's  house,  have  done  for  the 
laws;ind  the  sanctuary, , and  the  lj;ittli's 
and  the  distresses  which  we  have  seen : 

4  by  reason  hereof  all  my  brethren  have 
perished  for  Israel's  sake,  and  I  am 

5  left  alone.  And  now  be  it  far  from 
me,  that  1  should  s|)are  mine  own  life 
in  any  time  of  affliction ;  for  I  am  not 

6  better  than  my  brethren.  Howbeit  I 
will  take  vengeance  for  my  nation,  and 
for  the  sanctuary,  and  for  our  wives 
and  children  ;  because  all  the  Gentiles 
are  gathered  to  destroy  us  of  very 

7  hatred.  And  the  spirit  of  the  people 
revived,  as  soon  as  they  heard  these 

8  words.  And  they  answered  with  a 
loud  voice,  saying,  Thou  ;irt  our  leailer 
instead  of  .Judas  ami  .Jonathan  thy 

9  brother.  Fight  thou  our  battles,  and 
all  that  thou  shalt  say  unto  ns,  that 

10  will  we  do.  And  he  gathered  together 
all  the  men  of  war,  and  made  baste 


13.  29. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


13.  47. 


to  finish  the  walls  of  Jerusalem,  and 

11  he  fortified  it  round  about.  And  he 
sent  Jonathan  the  son  of  Absalom, 
and  with  him  a  great  host,  to  Joppa: 
and  he  east  out  them  that  were  there- 
in, and  abode  there  in  it. 

12  And  Tryphon  removed  from  Ptole- 
mais  with  a  mighty  host  to  enter  into 
the  land  of  Judah,  and  Jonathan  was 

13  with  him  in  ward.  But  Simon  en- 
camped at  Adida,  over  against  the 

14  plain.  And  Tryphon  knew  that  Simon 
was  risen  up  instead  of  his  brother 
Jonathan,  and  meant  to  join  battle 
with  him,  and  he  sent  ambassadors 

15  unto  him,  saying,  It  is  for  money 
which  Jonathanthybrotherowed  unto 
the  king's  treasure,  by  reason  of  the 
offices  whicli  he  had,  that  we  hold 

16  him  fast.  And  now  send  a  hundred 
talents  of  silver,  and  two  of  his  sons 
for  hostages,  that  when  he  is  set  at 
liberty  he  may  not  revolt  from  us. 

17  and  we  will  set  him  at  liberty.  And 
Simon  knew  that  they  spake  unto  him 
deceitfully ;  and  he  sendetli  the  money 
and  the  children,  lest  peradventure  he 
should  procure  to  himself  great  hatred 

18  of  the  people,  and  they  should  say, 
Because  I  sent  him  not  the  money  and 

19  the  children,  he  perished.  And  he 
sent  the  children  and  the  hundred 
talents.    And  he  dealt  falsely,  and  did 

20  not  set  Jonathan  at  liberty.  And  after 
tliis  Tryphon  came  to  invade  the  land, 
and  destroy  it,  and  he  went  round 
about  by  the  way  that  leadeth  unto 
Adora :  and  Simon  and  his  army 
marched  over  against  him  to  every 

21  place,  wheresoever  he  went.  Now 
they  of  the  citadel  sent  unto  Tryphon 
ambassadors,  hastening  him  to  come 
unto  them  through  the  wilderness,  and 

22  to  send  them  victuals.  And  Tryphon 
made  ready  all  his  horse  to  come :  and 
on  that  night  there  fell  a  very  great 
snow,  and  he  came  not  by  reason  of 
the  snow.   And  he  removed,  and  came 

23  into  the  country  of  Gilead.  But  when 
he  came  near  to  Bascama,  he  slew 
Jonathan,  and  he  was  buried  there. 

24  And  Tryphon  returned,  and  went 
away  into  his  own  land. 

25  And  Simon  sent,  and  took  the  bones 
of  Jonathan  his  brother,  and  buried 
him  at  Modin,  the  city  of  his  fathers. 

26  And  all  Israel  made  great  lamentation 
over  lum,  and  mourned  for  him  many 

27  days.  And  Simon  built  «  ?«.o?u(mc)i/ 
upon  the  sepulchre  of  his  father  and 
his  brethren,  and  raised  it  aloft  to  the 
sight,  with  polished  stone  behind  and 

28  before.  And  he  set  up  seven  pyra- 
mids, one  over  against  another,  for 
his  father,  and  his  mother,  and  his 

29  four  brethren.  And  for  these  he  made 
cunning  devices,  setting  about  them 
great  pillars,  and  upon  the  pillars  he 
fashioned  '  all  manner  of  arms  for  a 
perpetual  memory,  and   beside  the 


•  arras  ships  carved,  that  they  should 
be  seen  of  all  that  sail  on  the  sea. 

30  This  is  the  sepulchre  which  he  made 
at  Modin,  and  it  is  there  unto  this  day. 

31  Now  Tryphon  dealt  deceitfully  with 
the  young  king  Antiochus,  and  slew 

32  him,  and  reigned  in  his  stead,  and  put 
on  himself  the  diadem  of  Asia,  and 
brought  a  great  calamity  upon  the 

33  land.  And  Simon  built  the  strong- 
holds of  Judsea,  and  fenced  them 
about  with  high  towers,  and  great 
walls,  and  gates,  and  bars ;  and  he 
laid  up  victuals  in  the  strongholds. 

34  And  Simon  chose  men,  and  sent  to 
king  Demetrius,  to  the  end  he  should 
give  the  country  an  immunity,  because 
all  that  Tryphon  did  was  to  plunder. 

35  And  king  Demetrius  sent  unto  him 
according  to  these  words,  and  an- 
swered him.  and  wrote  a  letter  unto 
him,  after  this  manner: 

36  King  Demetrius  unto  Simon  the  high 
priest  and  ^  Friend  of  kings,  and  unto 
the  elders  and  nation  of  the  Jews, 

37  greeting:  The  golden  crown,  and  the 
palm  branch,  which  ye  sent,  we  have 
received :  and  we  are  ready  to  make  a 
2  stedfast  peace  with  you,  yea,  and  to 
write  unto  our  officers,  to  grant  im- 

38  munities  unto  you.  And  whatsoever 
things  we  confirmed  unto  you,  they 
are  confirmed;  and  the  strongholds, 
which  ye  have  builded,  let  them  be 

39  your  own.  As  for  any  oversights  and 
faults  committed  unto  this  day,  we 
forgive  them,  and  the  crown  which  ye 
owed  us :  and  if  there  were  any  other 
toll  exacted  in  Jerusalem,  let  it  be 

40  exacted  no  longer.  And  if  there  be 
any  among  you  meet  to  be  enrolled 
in  our  court,  let  them  be  enrolled,  and 
let  there  be  peace  betwixt  us. 

41  In  *  the  hundred  and  seventieth  year 
was  the  yoke  of  the  heathen  taken 

42  away  from  Israel.  And  the  people 
began  to  write  in  their  instruments 
and  contracts,  In  the  first  year  of 
Simon  the  great  high  priest  and  cap- 
tain and  leader  of  the  Jews. 

43  In  those  days  he  encamped  against 
^  Gazara,  and  compassed  it  round 
about  with  armies;  and  he  made  an 
engine  of  siege,  and  brought  it  up  to 
the  city,  and  smote  a  tower,  and  took 

44  it.  And  they  that  were  in  the  engine 
leaped  forth  into  the  city ;  and  there 

45  was  a  great  uproar  in  the  city  :  and 
they  of  the  city  rent  their  clothes,  and 
went  up  on  the  walls  with  their  wives 
and  children,  and  cried  with  a  loud 
voice,  making  request  to  Simon  to  give 

46  them  '''  his  right  hand.  And  they  said, 
Deal  not  with  us  according  to  our 
wickednesses,  but  according  to    thy 

47  mercy.  And  Simon  was  reconciled 
nnto  them,  and  did  not  fight  against 
them :  and  he  put  them  out  of  the 
city,  and  cleansed  the  houses  wherein 
the  idols  were,  and  so  entered  into  it 


152 


14.  10. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


14  27. 


48  withsinpiii!:  and  RivInK  imilse.  And 
he  put  all  unclertMiR'ss  oiic  of  it,  and 
placed  in  it  such  iia-n  as  would  keep 
the  law,  and  made  it  slronjjer  than  it 
was  before,  and  built  therein  a  dwell- 
inir  place  for  himself. 

40  But  they  of  the  citadel  in  Jerusalem 
were  hindered  from  Koinn  forth,  and 
from  goiuK  into  tlie  country,  ami  from 
buyintt  and  selling;  and  they  hungered 
exceedingly,  and  a  great  number  of 

50  them  perished  through  famine.  And 
they  cried  out  to  8lmon,  that  he  shoulil 
give  them  his  rigid  hand  ;  and  he  gave 
it  to  them  :  and  he  put  them  out  from 
thence,  and  he   cleansed  the  citadel 

51  from  Its  pollutions.  And  he  entered 
Into  It  on  the  three  and  twentieth  day 
of  the  second  month,  in  '  the  hundred 
and  seventy  uud  lir.st  year,  witli  praise 
and  palm  branches,  and  with  harps, 
anrl  with  cymbals,  and  with  viols,  and 
with  hymns,  and  with  songs  :  because 
a  great  enemy  was  destroyed  out  of 

52  Israel.  And  he  ordained  that  they 
should  keep  that  day  every  year  with 
gladness.  And  the  hill  of  the  temple 
that  was  by  the  citadel  he  made 
stronger  than  before,  and  there  he 

53  dwelt,  himself  and  his  men.  And 
Simon  saw  tliat  John  his  son  was  a 
valiant  man,  and  he  made  him  leader 
of  all  his  forces :  and  he  dwelt  in 
Gazara. 

14  And  in  -the  hundred  and  seventy 
and  second  year  king  Demetrius  ga- 
thered his  forces  together,  and  went 
into  Media,  to  get  him  help,  that  he 

2  might  liglit  against  Tryphon.  And  Ar- 
saces,  the  king  of  Persia  and  ]Media, 
heard  that  Demetrius  was  come  into 
his  borders,  and  he  sent  one   of  his 

3  princes  to  take  him  alive  :  and  he  went 
and  smote  the  army  of  Demetrius,  and 
took  him,  and  brouglithlm  to  Arsaces; 
and  he  put  him  in  ward. 

4  And  the  land  had  rest  all  the  days  of 
Simon  :  and  he  sought  the  good  of  his 
nation;  and  hisautliorltyand  his  glory 
was  well-pleasing  to  them  all  his  days. 

5  And  amid  all  his  glory  he  took  .loppa 
for  a  haven,  and  made  it  an  entrance 

6 for  the  isles  of  the  sea;  and  he  en- 
larged the  borders  of  his  nation,  and 

7  gat  possession  of  the  country ;  and  he 
gathereil  together  a  great  number  of 
captives,  and  gat  the  dominion  of 
Gazara,  and  Bethsura,  and  the  citadel, 
and  he  took  away  from  it  its  nncleaii- 
Tie9ses;and  there  was  none  that  re- 

8  sisted  him.  And  they  tilled  their  land 
in  peace,  and  the  land  gave  her  in- 
crease, and   the   trees  of  the  plains 

9  their  fruit.  The  ancient  men  sat  In  the 
streets,  they  communed  all  of  them 
together  of  good  things,  and  the  young 
men  put  on  glorious  and  warlike  ap- 

lOparel.  He  provided  victuals  for  the 
cities,  ftuil  furnished  them  with  •''all 
manner  of  munition,  until  the  name  of 


his  glory  was  named  imto  the  end  of 

lithe   earth.     He  made  peace  In  the 

land,  and   Israel  rejoiced  with  great 

12  Joy :  and  they  sat  each  man  under  his 
vine  and  his  flg  tree,  and  there  was 

13  none  to  make  them  afraid  :  and  there 
ceased  in  the  land  any  that  fought 
against  them:   aiul   the   kings    were 

14  discomfited  In  those  days.  And  he 
strengthened  all  those  of  his  peojile 
that  were  brought  low ;  the  law  he 
searched  out,  and  every  lawless  and 

15  wicked  person  he  took  away.  He 
glorified  the  sanctuary,  and  the  ves- 
sels of  the  temple  he  multiplied. 

16  And  it  was  heard  at  Rome  that  Jona- 
than was  dead,  and  even  unto  .Sparta, 

17  and  they  were  exceeding  sorry.  But 
as  soon  as  they  heard  that  his  brother 
Simon  was  made  high  priest  In  his 
stead,  and  ruled  the  country,  and  the 

18  cities  therein,  they  wrote  tmto  him  on 
tables  of  brass,  to  renew  with  him  the 
friendship  and  the  confederacy  which 
tliey  had  confirmed  with  Judas  and 

19 Jonathan  his  brethren;  and  they 
were  read  before  the  congregation  at 

20  Jerusalem.  And  this  is  the  copy  of 
the  letters  which  the  Spartans  sent: 

The  rulers  of  the  Spartans,  and  the 
city,  luito  Simon  the  high  priest,  and 
unto  the  elders,  and  the  priests,  and 
the  residue  of  the  people  of  the  Jews, 

21  oiu'  brethren,  greeting ;  The  ambassa- 
dors that  were  sent  unto  our  people 
made  report'to  us  of  your  glory  and 
honour:  and  we  were  glad  for  their 

22  coming,  and  we  did  register  the  things 
that  were  spoken  by  them  In  the 
*  inil)lic  records  after  this  manner : 
Kumenius  son  of  Antiochus,and  Anti- 
pater  son  of  Jason,  the  Jews'  ambas- 
sadors, came  unto  us  to  renew  the 

23  friendship  they  had  with  us.  And  it 
pleased  the  people  to  entertain  the 
men  honourably,  and  to  put  the  copy 
of  their  words  in  the  °  public  records, 
to  the  end  that  the  people  of  the 
Spartans  might  have  a  memorial 
thereof :  moreover  they  wrote  a  copy 
of  these  things  unto  .Simon  the  high 
priest. 

24  After  this  Simon  sent  Numenlus  to 
Kome  with  a  great  shield  of  gold  of  a 
thousand  pound  weight,  in  order  to 
cimflrm  the  confederacy  with  them. 

25  But  when  the  people  heard  these 
things,  they  said.  What  thanks  shall 

26  we  give  to  Simon  and  his  sons?  for 
he  and  his  brethren  and  the  house 
of  his  father  have  made  themselves 
strong,  and  have  chased  away  in  fight 
tlie  enemies  of  Israel  from  them,  and 

27  confirmed  liberty  to  "Israel.  And 
they  wrote  on  tables  of  brass,  and  set 
them  upon  pillars  in  mount  Sion:  and 
tids  Is  the  copy  of  the  writing  : 

On  the  eighteenth  day  of  Elul,  in 
'the  hundred  and  seventy  ami  second 
year,  and  this  is  the  third  year  of 


163 


14.  42. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


15.  8. 


28  Simon  the  high  priest,  *  iu  Asaramel, 
in  a  great  congregation  of  priests  and 
people  and  princes  of  tlie  nation,  and 
of  the  elders  of  the  conntry,  ^was  it 

29  notified  unto  us  :  Foi-asinuch  as  often- 
times there  have  been  wars  in  the 
country,  but  Simon  the  son  of  Matta- 
thias,  the  son  of  the  sons  of  Joarib, 
and  his  brethren,  put  themselves  in 
jeopardy,  and  withstood  the  enemies 
of  their  nation,  that  their  sanctuary 
and  the  law  might  be  established,  and 
glorified  their  nation  with  great  glory : 

30  and  Jonathan  assembled  their  na- 
tion together,  and  became  their  high 
priest,  and  was  gathered  to  his  peo- 

3 1  pie  :  and  their  enemies  purposed  to 
invade  their  country,  that  they  might 
destroy  their  country  utterly,  and 
stretch  forth  their  hands  against  their 

32  sanctuary:  then  rose  up  Simon,  and 
fought  for  his  nation,  and  spent  much 
of  his  own  substance,  and  armed  the 
valiant  men  of  his  nation,  and  gave 

33  them  wages  :  and  he  fortified  the 
cities  of  .Judaea,  and  Bethsura  that 
lieth  upon  tlie  borders  of  Judsea, 
where  the  arms  of  the  enemies  were 
aforetime,  and  set  there  a  garrison  of 

34  Jews:  and  he  fortified  Joppa  which 
Is  upon  the  sea,  and  Gazara  which  is 
upon  the  borders  of  Azotus,  wherein 
the  enemies  dwelt  aforetime,  and 
placed  Jews  there,  and  set  therein  all 
things  convenient  for  the  reparation 

35  thereof :  and  the  people  saw  the 
8  faith  of  Simon,  and  the  glory  which 
he  thought  to  bring  unto  his  nation, 
and  they  made  him  their  leader  and 
high  priest,  because  he  had  done  all 
these  things,  and  for  the  justice  and 
the  faith  which  he  kept  to  his  nation, 
and  for  that  he  sought  by  all  means 

36  to  exalt  his  people :  and  in  his  days 
things  prospered  in  his  hands,  so  that 
the  Gentiles  were  taken  away  out  of 
their  country,  and  they  also  that  were 
in  the  city  of  David,  they  that  were  in 
Jerusalem,  who  had  made  themselves 
a  citadel,  out  of  which  they  issued, 
and  polluted,  all  things  round  about 
the    sanctuary,   and  did   great   hurt 

37  unto  its  purity  ;  and  he  placed  Jews 
therein,  and  fortified  it  for  the  safety 
of  the  country  and  the  city,  and  made 

38  high  the  walls  of  Jerusalem :  and  king 
Demetrius  confirmed  to  him  the  high 
priesthood  according  to  these  things, 

39  and  made  him  one  of  his  *  Friends, 
and  honoured  him  with  great  honour ; 

40  for  he  had  heard  say,  that  the  Jews 
had  been  called  by  the  Romans  friends 
and  confederates  and  brethren,  and 
that  they  had  met  the  ambassadors  of 

41  Simon  honourably  ;  and  that  the  Jews 
and  the  priests  were  well  pleased  that 
Simon  should  be  their  leader  and 
high  priest  for  ever,  until  there  should 

42  arise  a  faithful  prophet ;  and  that  he 
should  be  captain   over   them,  and 


should  take  charge  of  the  sanctuary, 
to  set  them  over  their  works,  and  over 
the  country,  and  over  the  arms,  and 
over  the  strongholds  ;  and  that  he 
should  take  charge  of  the  sanctuary, 

43  and  that  he  should  be  obeyed  by  all, 
and  that  all  instruments  in  the  country 
should  be  written  in  his  name,  and 
that  he  should  be  clothed  in  purple, 

44  and  wear  gold ;  and  that  it  should  not 
be  lawful  for  any  of  the  people  or  of 
the  priests  to  set  at  nought  any  of 
these  things,  or  to  gainsay  the  words 
that  he  should  speak,  or  to  gather  an 
assembly  in  the  country  without  him, 
or  to  be  clothed  in  purple,  or  wear  a 

45  buckle  of  gold ;  but  whosoever  should 
do  otherwise,  or  set  at  nought  any  of 
these  things,  he  should  be  liable  to 

46  punishment.  All  the  people  consent- 
ed to  ordain  for  Simon  that  he  should 

47  do  according  to  these  words;  and  Si- 
mon accepted  hereof,  and  consented 
to  be  high  priest,  and  to  be  captain 
and  ''  governor  of  the  Jews  and  of  the 
priests,  and  to  be  protector  of  all. 

48  And  they  commanded  to  put  this 
writing  on  tables  of  brass,  and  to  set 
them  up  within  the  precinct  of  the 
sanctuary  in  a   conspicuous    place ; 

49  and  moreover  to  put  the  copies  there- 
of in  the  treasury,  to  the  end  that 
Simon  and  his  sons  might  have  them. 

15  And  Antiochns  son  of  Demetrius 
the  king  sent  letters  from  the  isles  of 
the  sea  unto  Simon  the  priest  and 
5  governor  of  the  Jews,  and  to  all  the 

2  nation ;  and  the  contents  thereof  were 
after  this  manner: 

King  Antiochns  to  Simon  the  chief 
priest   and    °  governor,   and   to  the 

3  nation  of  the  Jews,  greeting:  Foras- 
much as  certain  pestilent  fellows  have 
made  themselves  masters  of  the  king- 
dom of  our  fathers,  but  my  purpose 
is  to  claim  the  kingdom,  that  I  may 
restore  it  as  it  was  before ;  and  more- 
over I  have  raised  a  multitude  of 
foreign  soldiers,  and  have  prepai'ed 

4  ships  of  war;  moreover  I  am  minded 
to  land  in  the  country,  that  I  may 
punish  them  that  have  destroyed  our 
country,  and  them  that  have  made 
many  cities  in  the  kingdom  desolate : 

5  Now  therefore  I  confirm  unto  thee  all 
the  exactions  which  the  kings  that 
were  before  me  remitted  unto  thee, 
and  whatsoever  gifts   besides   they 

6  remitted  unto  thee :  and  I  give  thee 
leave  to  coin  money  for  thy  country 

7  with  thine  own  stamp,  but  that  Jeru- 
salem and  the  sanctuary  should  be 
free  :  and  all  the  arms  that  thou  hast 
prepared,  and  the  strongholds  that 
thou  hast  built,  which  thou  hast  in 
thy  possession,  let  them  remain  unto 

8 thee:  and  everything  owing  to  the 
king,  and  the  things  that  shall  be 
owing  to  the  king  from  henceforth 
and  for  evermore,  let  them  be  remit- 


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I.  MACCABEES. 


1^.  i\. 


9 ted  Tinto  thee:  moreover,  wlicn  we 
sliall  liave  establislieil  our  kingdom, 
we  will  glorify  thee  and  thy  nation 
and  the  temple  with  great  glory,  so 
that  your  glory  shall  he  made  mani- 
fest in  all  the  earth. 

10  In  '  the  hnndre(l  and  seventy  and 
fourth  year  went  Antioehus  forth  into 
the  land  of  his  fathers ;  and  all  the 
forces  eame  together  unto  him,  so  that 
there  were  few  men   with    Tryphon. 

11  And  king  Antioehus  pursue<l  him, 
and  =  he  eame,  as  he  fled,  unto  Dor, 

12  wliieh  is  by  the  sea  :  for  he  knew  that 
troubles  were  come  upon  him  all  at 
once,  and    that    his  forces   had    for- 

losaken  him.  And  Antioehus  encamped 
against  Dor,  and  with  him  a  hundred 
and  twenty  thousand  men  of  war,  and 

Height  thousand  horse.  And  he  com- 
passed the  city  round  about,  and  the 
ships  joined  in  the  attack  from  the 
sea  ;  and  he  vexed  the  city  by  land 
and  sea,  and  suffered  no  man  to  go 
out  or  in. 

15  And  Numenius  and  his  company 
came  from  Rome,  having  letters  to 
the  kings  and  to  the  countries,  where- 
in were  written  these  things: 

16  Lucius,  consul  of  the  Romans,  unto 
liking  Ptolemy,  greeting :    The  Jews' 

ambassadors  came  unto  us  as  our 
friends  and  confederates,  to  renew 
the  old  friendship  and  confederacy, 
being  sent  from  Simon  the  high  i)riest, 
and   from  the   people   of    the  Jews: 

18  moreover  they   brought  a  shield  of 

19  gold  of  a  thousand  pound.  It  pleased 
us  therefore  to  write  unto  the  kings 
and  unto  the  countries,  that  they 
should  not  seek  their  hurt,  nor  fight 
against  them,  and  their  cities,  and 
their  country,  nor  be  confederates 
with    such    as    fight   against   them. 

20  Moreover  it  seemed  good   to  us  to 

21  receive  the  shield  of  them.  If  there- 
fore any  pestilent  fellows  have  fled 
from  their  country  unto  you,  deliver 
them  unto  Simon  the  high  priest,  that 
he  may  take  vengeance  on  them  ac- 
cording to  their  law. 

22  And  the  same  things  wrote  he  to  De- 
metrius the  king,  and  to  Attains,  and 

2.3  to  Arathes,  and  to  Arsaces,  and  unto 
all  the  countries,  and  to  ^Sampsa- 
mes,  and  to  the  Spartans,  and  unto 
Delos,  and  unto  Myndos,  and  luito 
Sicyon,  and  unto  t^aria,  and  unto 
Samos,  and  unto  Pami>hylia,  and  unto 
Lycia,  and  unto  Halicarnassus,  and 
unto  Rhodes,  and  unto  Phaselis,  and 
unto  t'os,  and  unto  Side,  and  unto 
Aradus,  and  (;ortyna,and  f'iddns,  and 

24  Cyprus,  and  Cyrene.  But  the  copy 
hereof  they  wrote  to  Simon  the  high 
priest. 

25  But  Antioehus  the  king  encamped 
against  Dor  the  second  day,  bringing 
his  forces  up  to  it  continually,  and 
making  engines  of  war,  and  he  shut  up 


2t)  Tryjihon  from  going  in  or  out.  And 
Simon  sent  him  two  thousand  chosen 
men  to  light  on  his  side;  and  silver, 
and  g(dd,  and  inslrunn'uts  of  war  in 

27  abundance.  .\nd  be  would  not  receive 
them,  but  set  at  nought  all  the  cove- 
nants which  he  had  made  with  him 
aforetime,  and   was  estranged   from 

28  him.  And  he  sent  unto  him  Atheno- 
bius,  one  of  his  *  Friends,  to  commune 
with  him,  saying, 

Ye  hold  possession  of  Joppa  and 
(iazara,  and  tlu;  citadel  that  is  in 
Jerusalem,    cities    of    my    kingdom. 

29  The  borders  thereof  ye  have  wasted, 
and  done  great  hurt  in  the  land,  and 
got  the  dominion  of  many  places  in 

?)0  my  kingdom.  Now  therefore  deliver 
up  the  cities  which  ye  have  taken, 
and  the  tributes  of  the  places  whereof 
ye  have  gotten  dominion  without  the 

3 1  borders  of  Judsea :  or  else  give  me  for 
them  five  hundred  talents  of  silver ; 
and  for  the  harm  that  ye  have  done, 
and  the  tributes  of  the  cities,  other 
five  hundred  talents:  or  else  we  will 
come  and  subdue  you. 

32  And  .\thenobius  tlie  king's  *  Friend 
came  to  Jerusalem ;  and  he  saw  the 
glory  of  Simon,  and  the  cupboard  of 
gold  and  sifver  vessels,  and  his  great 
attendance,  and  he  was  amazed ;  and 
he  reported  to  him  the  king's  words. 

33  And  Simon  answered,  and  said  unto 
him. 

We  have  neither  taken  other  men's 
land,  nor  have  we  possession  of  that 
which  appertaineth  to  others,  but  of 
the  inheritance  of  our  fathers ;  liow- 
heit,  it  was  had  in  i)ossession  of  our 
enemies  wrongfully  for  a  certain  time. 

34  But  we,  having  opportunity,  hold  fast 
3.j  the  inheritance  of  our  fathers.    But 

as  touching  Joppa  and  Gazara,  which 
thou  demandest,  they  did  great  harm 
among  the  people  throughout  our 
country,  we  will  give  a  hunilred  tal- 
ents for  them. 
And  he  answered  him  not  a  word, 

30  but  returned  in  a  ra.ge  to  the  king, 
and  reported  unto  him  these  words, 
and  the  glory  of  Simon,  and  all  that 
he  had  seen:  and  the  king  was  ex- 

37ceeding  wroth.  But  Tryphon  em- 
barked on  board  a  ship,  and  fled  to 
Orthosia. 

38  And  the  king  appointed  Cendebaeus 
chief  captain  of  the  sea  coast,  and 
gave  him   forces  of  foot  and  horse : 

39  and  he  commanded  him  to  encamp 
beff)re  Judaea,  and  he  eummanded  him 
to  build  uj)  Kidroii,  and  to  fortify  the 
gates,  and  that  he  should  flghtagainst 
the  peoi)le  :  but  the  king  pursneil  Trj'- 

40  phon.  And  Cendeba'us  came  to  Jam- 
nia,  and  began  to  provoke  the  people, 
and  to  invade  Judaea,  and  to  take  the 

4 1  people  captive,  and  to  slay  them.  And 
he  built  KIdron,  and  set  horsemen 
there,  and  forces  of  foot,  to  the  end 


155 


16.  12. 


I.  MACCABEES. 


16.  24. 


that  issuing  out  they  might  make  out- 
roads  upon  the  ways  of  Judsea,  ac- 
cording as  the  king  commanded  him. 
16  And  John  went  up  from  Gazara,  and 
told  Simon  his  father  wliat  Cendebfeus 

2  was  doing.  And  Simon  called  his  two 
eldest  sons,  Judas  and  John,  and  said 
unto  them,  I  and  my  brethren  and  my 
father's  house  have  fought  the  battles 
of  Israel  from  our  youth,  even  unto 
this  day ;  and  things  have  prospered 
in  our  hands,  that  we  should  deliver 

3  Israel  oftentimes.  But  now  I  am  old, 
and  ye  moreover,  by  his  mercy,  are  of 
a  sufftcieut  age  :  be  ye  instead  of  me 
and  my  brother,  and  go  forth  and 
fight  for  our  nation ;  but  let  the  help 
which  is  from  heaven  be  with  you. 

4  And  he  chose  out  of  the  country 
twenty  thousand  men  of  war  and 
horsemen,    and    they    went   against 

5  Cendebjeus,  and  slept  at  Modin.  And 
rising  up  in  the  morning,  they  went 
into  the  plain,  and,  behold,  a  great 
host  came  to  meet  them,  of  footmen 
and  horsemen :  and  there  was  a  brook 

6  betwixt  them.  And  he  encamped 
over  against  them,  he  and  his  people : 
and  he  saw  that  the  people  were 
afraid  to  pass  over  the  brook,  and  he 
passed  over  first,  and  the  men  saw 

7  him,  and  passed  over  after  him.  And 
he  divided  the  people,  and  set  the 
horsemen  in  the  midst  of  the  footmen : 
but  the  enemies'  horsemen  were  ex- 

Sceeding  many.  And  they  sounded 
with  the  trumpets ;  and  Cendebseus 
and  his  army  were  put  to  the  rout, 
and  there  fell  of  them  many  wounded 
to  death,  but  they  that  were  left  fled 

9  to  the  stronghold :  at  that  time  was 
Judas  John's  brother  wounded :  but 
John  pursued  after  them,  till  he  came 
unto  Kidrou,  which  Cendebceus  had 
10 built;  and  they  fled  unto  the  towers 
that  are  in  the  fields  of  Azotus;  and 
he  burned  it  with  fire  ;  and  there  fell 
of  them  about  two  thousand  men. 
And  he  returned  Into  Judjea  in  peace. 

11  And  Ptolemy  the  son  of  Abubus  had 
been  appointed  captain  for  the  plain 
of  Jericho,  and  he  had  much  silver  and 

12  gold ;  for  he  was  the  high  priest's  son 


13 


14 


15 


16 


17 


19 


22 


24 


in  law.  And  his  heart  was  lifted  up, 
and  he  was  minded  to  make  himself 
master  of  the  country,  and  he  took 
counsel  deceitfully  against  Simon  and 
his  sons,  to  make  away  with  them. 
Now  Simon  was  visiting  the  cities 
that  were  in  the  country,  and  taking 
care  for  the  good  ordering  of  them; 
and  he  went  down  to  Jericho,  himself 
and  Mattathias  and  Judas  his  sons, 
in  '  the  hundred  and  seventy  and 
seventh  year,  in  the  eleventh  month, 
the  same  is  the  month  Sebat :  and  the 
son  of  Abubus  received  thesn  deceit- 
fully into  the  little  stronghold  that  is 
called  Dok,  which  he  had  built,  and 
made  them  a  great  banquet,  and  hid 
men  there.  And  when  Simon  and 
his  sons  had  drunk  freely,  Ptolemy 
and  his  men  rose  up,  and  took  their 
arms,  and  came  in  upon  Simon  into 
the  banqueting  place,  and  slew  him, 
and  his  two  sons,  and  certain  of  his 
servants.  And  he  committed  a  great 
iniquity,  and  recompensed  evil  for 
good.  And  Ptolemy  wrote  these 
things,  and  sent  to  the  king,  that  he 
should  send  him  forces  to  aid  him,  and 
should  deliver  him  their  country  and 
the  cities.  And  he  sent  others  to 
Gazara  to  make  away  with  John: 
and  unto  the  captains  of  thousands  he 
sent  letters  to  come  unto  him,  that  he 
might  give  them  silver  and  gold  and 
gifts.  And  others  he  sent  to  take  pos- 
session of  Jerusalem,  and  the  mount 
of  the  temple.  And  one  ran  before 
to  Gazara,  and  told  John  that  his  fa- 
ther and  brethren  were  perished,  and 
he  hath  sent  to  slay  thee  also.  And 
wlien  he  heard,  he  was  sore  amazed; 
and  he  laid  hands  on  the  men  that 
came  to  destroy  him,  and  slew  them ; 
for  he  perceived  that  they  were  seek- 
ing to  destroy  him. 
And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  John,  and 
of  his  wars,  and  of  his  valiant  deeds 
which  he  did,  and  of  the  building  of 
the  walls  which  he  huilt,  and  of  his 
doings,  behold,  they  are  written  in 
the  2  chronicles  of  his  high  priesthood, 
from  the  time  that  he  was  made  high 
priest  after  his  father. 


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THE    SECOND    BOOK    OF   THE 

MACCABEES. 


1  The  brethren,  the  Jews  that  are  in 
Jenisaleni  and  lliey  that  are  in  the 
coiuitry  of  JuUaja.seiul  greeting  to  tlie 
brethren,  the  Jews  that  are  tlu'ouKh- 
out    Kgypt,    iind    uinli.    tlnui    ^ood 

2  peace:  antl  may  Goti  do  good  unto 
you,  and  remember  liis  I'ovenant  with 
Abraliani  and  Isaac  ami  Jacob,  his 

3  faithful  servants;  and  give  you  all 
a  heart  to  worship  him  and  do  his 
'pleasure  with  a  great  heart  and  a 

4  willing  soul ;  and  open  your  heart  in 
his  law  and  in  his  statutes,  and  make 

5  peace,  and  hearken  to  your  supplica- 
tions, antl  be  reconciled  with  you,  and 

C  not  forsake  you  in  an  evil  time.    And 

7  now  we  here  are  i)raying  for  you.  In 
the  reign  of  Demetrius,  in  the  hundred 
threescore  and  ninth  year,  we  the 
Jews  huve  already  written  unto  you 
in  the  tribulation  and  in  the  extrem- 
ity that  hath  come  upon  us  in  these 
years,  from  the  time  that  Jason  and 
his  company  revolted  from  the  holy 

8  land  and  the  kingdom,  and  set  the 
-gate  on  fire,  and  shed  innocent  blood  : 
and  we  besought  the  Lord,  and  were 
heard ;  and  we  offered  sacrifice  and 
meal  offerlnrj,  and  we  lighted  the 
lamps,  and  we  set  forth  the  =sliew- 

9  bread.  And  now  see  that  ye  keep  the 
days  of  the  feast  of  tabernacles  of 

10  the  month  Chislev.  Written  in  the 
hundred  fourscore  and  eighth  year. 

They  that  are  in  Jerusalem  and  they 
that  are  in  Juditaand  the  senate  and 
Judas,  unto  Aristobulus,  king  I'to- 
lemy's  teacher,  who  is  also  of  the 
stock  of  the  anointed  priests,  and  un- 
to the  Jews  that  are  in  Egypt,  send 

11  greeting  and  health.  Having  been 
saved  by  God  out  of  great  perils,  as 
men  arrayed  against  a  king,  we  thank 

12  him  greatly.  For  liimself  cast  forth 
into  Persia  them  that  arrayed  them- 
selves *  of/aiiist  us  in  the  holy  city. 

13  For  when  the  prince  was  come  there, 
and  the  army  with  him  that  seemed 
irresistible,  they  were  cut  to  pieces 
in  the  temple  of  Nanaea  by  the  treadi- 

14ery  of  Nantea's  priests.  For  Antio- 
chus,  on  the  pretence  that  he  would 
marry  her,  came  into  the  place,  he 
and  his  "Friends  that  were  with  him, 
that  they  might  take  a  great  part  of 
the  treasures  in  name  of  a  dowry. 

15  And  when  the  priests  of  N'anaea's 
temple  had  set  "the  treasures  forth, 
and  he  was  come  there  w  ith  a  small 


company  within  the  wall  of  the  pre- 
cincts, they  shut  to  the  temple  when 
l(i  Antiochus  was  come  in  :  and  opening 
the  secret  door  of  the  panelled  cieling, 
they  threw  stones  and  •  struck  down 
the  prince, and  they  hewed  "/jtm  ««*/ 
hU  cvinpunij  in  pieces,  and  smote  of! 
their  heads,  and  east  them  to  those 

17  that  were  without.  Blessed  be  our 
God  in  all  things,  who  gave  fur  a 
prey  them  that  had  conunitted  luipi- 
ety. 

18  Wliereas  we  are  now  about  to  keep 
the  purilicatiou  of  the  temple  in  the 
inoiUh  Chislev,  on  the  live  and  twen- 
tieth day,  we  thought  it  necessary  to 
certify  you  thereof,  that  ='ye  also  may 
keep  a  feast  of  tabernacles,  and  ume- 
morial  of  the  fire  which  was  giren 
when  Nehemiah  offered  sacrifices, 
after  that  he  had  builded  both  the 

19  temple  and  the  altar.  For  indeed 
when  our  fathers  were  about  to  be 
led  into  the  land  of  Persia,  the  godly 
priests  of  that  time  took  of  the  fire  of 
the  altar,  and  hiil  it  privily  in  the 
hollow  of  a  well  that  was  without 
water,  wherein  they  made  it  sure,  .so 
that  the  i>lace  was  unknown  to  all 

20  men.  Xow  after  many  years,  when  it 
pleased  God,  Nehemiah,  having  re- 
ceived a  charge  from  the  king  of 
Persia,  sent  in  quest  of  the  fire  the  de- 
scendants of  the  priests  that  hid  it. 
When  they  declared  to  us  that  they 

21  had  found  no  fire,  but  thick  water,  he 
commanded  them  to  draw  out  thereof 
and  bring  to  him  :  aiwl  when  '"  the  sac- 
rifices had  been  offered  on  tlie  altar, 
Nehemiah  commanded  the  priests  to 
sprinkle  with  the  water  both  the  wood 

22  and  the  things  laid  thereupon.  And 
when  it  was  done,  and  some  time  had 
passed,  and  the  sun  shone  out,  which 
before  was  hid  with  clouds,  there  was 
kindled  a  great  blaze,  so  that  all  men 

23  marvelled.  And  the  jjriests  made  a 
prayer  while  the  sacrifice  was  con- 
suming, both  the  priest'^  and  all  o<^ers, 
Jonathan  leading  and  the  restanswer- 

24  lug,  as  Nehemiah  did.  And  the 
prayer  was  after  this  manner: 

O  Lord,  Lord  God,  the  Creator  of  all 
things,  who  art  terrible  and  strong 
and  righteous  and  merciful,  who  alone 

25  art  King  and  gracious,  who  alone  sup- 
pliest  every  need,  who  alone  art  right- 
eous and  almighty  and  eternal,  thou 
that  savest  Israel  out  of  all  evil,  who 
madest  the  fathers  thy  chosen,  and 


2.   8. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


2.  22. 


26  didst  sanctify  them :  accept  the  sacri- 
fice for  all  tliy  people  Israel,  and  guard 
thine  own  portion,  and  consecrate  it. 

27  Gather  together  our  Dispersion,  set 
at  liberty  them  that  are  in  bondage 
among  the  heathen,  look  upon  them 
that  are  despised  and  abhorred,  and 
let  the  heathen  lino  w  that  thou  art  our 

28  God.  Torment  them  tiiat  oppress  us 
and  in  arrogancy  shamefully  entreat 

29  us.  Plant  thy  people  in  thy  holy 
place,  even  as  Moses  said. 

30  And  thereupon  the  priests  sang  the 

31  hymns.  And  as  soon  as  the  sacrifice 
was  consumed,  then  Kehemiah  com- 
manded '  to  pour  on  great  stones  the 

32  water  that  was  left.  And  when  this 
was  done,  a  flame  was  kindled  ;  ^  but 
when  the  light  from  the  altar  =  shone 
over  against  it,  all   was  consumed. 

33  And  when  tlie  matter  became  known, 
and  it  was  told  the  king  of  the  Per- 
sians, that,  in  the  place  where  the 
priests  that  were  led  away  had  hid 
the  fire,  there  appeared  the  water, 
wherewith  also  Nehemiah  and  they 
that  were  with  him  purified  the  saeri- 

34  fice,  then  the  king,  inclosing  the  place, 
made  it  sacred,  after  he  had  proved 

35  the  matter.  And  when  the  king  would 
shew  favour  to  any,  he  would  take 
from  them  many  presents  and  give 

36  them  some  of  this  u-ater.  And  Ne- 
hemiah and  they  that  were  with  him 
called  this  thing  Nephthar,  which  is 
by  interpretation.  Cleansing  j  but 
most  men  call  it  Nephthai. 

2  It  is  also  found  in  the  records,  that 
Jeremiah  the  prophet  commanded 
them  that  were  carried  away  to  take  of 
the  fire,  as  hath  been  signified  above: 

2  and  how  that  the  prophet  charged 
them  that  were  carried  away,  having 
given  tliem  the  law,  that  they  should 
not  forget  the  statutes  of  the  Lord, 
neither  be  led  astray  in  their  minds, 
when  they  saw  images  of  gold  and 
silver,  and    tlie  adornment  thereof. 

3  And  with  other  such  words  exhorted 
he  them,  that  the  law  should  not  de- 

4  part  from  their  heart.  And  it  was 
contained  in  the  writing,  that  the  pro- 
phet, being  warned  of  God,  command- 
ed that  the  tabernacle  and  the  ark 
should  follow  with  him,  *  when  he 
went  forth  into  the  mountain  where 
Moses  went  up  and  beheld  the  herit- 

5  age  of  God.  And  Jeremiah  came  and 
found  ''  a  chamber  in  the  rock,  and 
there  he  brought  in  the  tabernacle, 
and  the  ark,  and  the  altar  of  incense ; 

6  and  he  made  fast  the  door.  And  some 
of  those  that  followed  with  him  came 
there  that  they  might  mark  the  way, 

7  and  could  not  find  it.  But  when  Jere- 
miah perceived  it,  he  blamed  them, 
saying.  Yea  and  the  place  shall  be  un- 
known until  God  "  gather  the  people 

8  again  together,  and  mercy  come  :  and 
then  shall  the  Lord    disclose  these 


things,  and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  shall 
be  seen,  and  the  '  cloud. 
As  also  it  was  shewed  with  Moses ; 
as  also  Solomon  besought  that  the 
place  might  be  consecrated  greatly, 
9  and  it  was  also  declared  that  he,  hav- 
ing wisdom,  offered  a  sacrifice  of  dedi- 
cation, and  of  the  finishing  of  the 
temple ;  so   ice  would  have  it  now. 

10  As  Moses  prayed  unto  the  Lord,  and 
fire  came  down  out  of  heaven  aud 
consumed  the  sacrifice,  even  so  prayed 
Solomon  also,  and  the  fire  c»,me  down 
and   consumed  the  burnt  offerings ; 

ll(*and  Moses  said.  Because  the  sin 
offering  had  not  been  eaten,  it  was 
consumed  in  like  manner  with  the 

12  rest ;)  and  Solomon  kept  the  eight 
days. 

13  And  the  same  things  were  related 
^  both  in  the  public  archives  and  in 
'"  the  records  that  concern  Nehemiah ; 
and  how  he,  founding  a  library,  ga- 
thered together  the  books  about  the 
kings  and  prophets,  and  the  books  of 
David,  and  letters  of  kings  about  sa- 
il ered  gifts.  And  in  like  manner  Judas 

also  gathered  together  for  us  all  those 
xvritings  that  had  been  scattered  by 
reason  of  the  war  that  befell,  and  they 

1 5  are  still  with  us.  If  therefore  ye  have 
need  thereof,  send  some  to  fetch  them 
unto  you. 

16  Seeing  then  that  we  are  about  to 
keep  the  purification,  we  write  unto 
you;  ye  will  therefore  do  well  if  ye 

17  keep  the  days.  Now  God,  who  saved 
all  his  people,  and  restored  the  herit- 
age to  all,  and  the  kingdom,  and  the 

18  priesthood,  and  the  hallowing,  even 
as  he  promised  through  the  law,  —  in 
God  have  we  hope,  that  he  will  quick- 
ly have  mercy  upon  us,  and  gather  us 
together  out  of  "  all  the  earth  into  the 
holy  place :  tor  he  delivered  us  out  of 
great  evils,  and  purified  the  place. 


19  Now  the  things  concerning  Judas 
Maccabseus  and  his  brethren,  and  the 
purification  of  the  "  great  temple,  and 

20  the  dedication  of  the  altar,  and  further 
the  wars  against  Antiochus  Epipha- 

21  nes,  and  Eupator  his  son,  and  the 
manifestations  that  came  from  heaven 
unto  those  that  vied  with  one  another 
in  manful  deeds  for  the  religion  of  the 
Jews ;  so  that,  being  but  a  few,  they 
'5  rescued  the  whole  country,  and  chas- 

22  ed   the    barbarous    multitudes,   and 


6.  5. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


3.   18. 


recovered  again  the  temple  reiiowiieil 
all  the  world  over,  and  freed  the  city, 
and  restored  the  laws  whii-h  were  like 
to  be  overthrown,  seeing  the  Lord  be- 
came '  gracions  nnto  lliem   with  all 

23  forbea ranee :  //(cse  lliii>;fs,/8ai/,v/hWh 
have  been  declared  by.lasonof  Cyrene 
in  five  books,  we  will  assay  to  abridge 

24  in  one  work.  For  having  in  view  tlie 
confused  mass  of  the  iHiml)ers,  and 
the  "  diftienlty  which  awaiteth  them 
that  would  enter  into  the  narratives 
of  the  history,  by  reason  of  the  abun- 

25  dance  of  the  matter,  we  were  careful 
that  they  who  choose  to  read  may  be 
attracted,  and  that  they  who  wish  well 
to  our  cause  may  find  it  easy  to  recall 
^u-hut  lie  hare  iniKeii,  ^nd  that  all 

26  readers  may  have  profit.  And  al- 
though to  us,  who  have  taken  upon  us 
the  painful  labour  of  the  abridgement, 
the  task  is  not  easy,  but  «  matter  of 

27  sweat  and  watching  (even  as  it  is  no 
light  thing  unto  him  that  prepareth  a 
banquet,  and  seeketh  the  benefit  of 
others) ;  yet  for  the  sake  of  the  grati- 
tude of  the  many  we  will  gladly  en- 

28  dure  the  painful  labour,  leaving  to  the 
historian  the  exact  handling  of  every 
particutar,  and  again  *  having  no 
strength  to  ^^  fill  in  the  outlines  of  our 

29  abridgement.  For  as  the  master- 
linilder  of  a  new  house  must  care  for 
the  whole  '"'structure,  and  again  he 
that  undertaketh  to  '  decorate  and 
paint  it  must  seek  out  the  things  fit 
for  the  adorning  thereof;  even  so  I 

30  think  it  is  also  with  us.  To  occupy 
the  ground,  and  to  '  indulge  in  long 
discussions,  and  to  be  curious  in  par- 
ticulars, beconieth  the  first  author  of 

31  the  history  :  but  to  strive  after  brevity 
of  expression,  and  to  avoid  a  laboured 
fulness  in  the  treatment,  is  to  be 
granted  to  him  tliat  would  bring  a 

32  writing  into  a  new  form.  Here  then 
let  us  begin  the  narration,  only  adding 
thus  much  to  that  which  hath  been 
already  "said  ;  for  it  is  a  foolish  thing 
to  make  a  long  prologue  to  the  Iiistory, 
and  to  abridge  the  history  itself. 


3  Whe-v  the  holy  city  was  inhabited 
with  all  peace,  and  the  laws  were  kei)t 
very  well,  because  of  the  godliness  of 
Onias  the  high  priest,  and  his  hatred 

2  of  wickedness,  it  came  to  pass  that 
even  the  kings  themselves  did  honour 
the  place, and  glorify  the  temple  with 

3  the  noblest  presents  ;  insonuieh  that 
even  Seleucus  the  king  of  Asia  of  his 
own  revenues  bare  all  the  costs  be- 
longing to  the  services  of  t lie  sacrifices. 

4  But  one  Simon  of  the  tribe  of  Ben- 
jamin, having  been  made  guardian  of 
the  temple,  fell  out  with  the  tiigh  priest 
about  the '"  ruling  of  the  market  in  the 

5  city.  And  when  he  could  not  over- 
12*  1 


12 


14 


15 


16 


17 


come  Onias,  he  gat  him  to  Apollonius 
the  son  of  "  Thrasseus,  wlio  at  that 
time  was  governor  of  Cwlesyria  and 
Plifvuicia:  and  he  brought  him  woril 
how  that  the  treasury  in  .Jerusalem 
was  full  of  untold  sums  of  money,  so 
that  the  multitude  of  the  funds  was 
innumerable,  and  that  they  did  not 
per'ain  to  the  account  of  the  sacrifices, 
but  that  it  was  i)ossible  that  these 
should  fall  under  tlie  king's  power. 
Anil  when  Apollonius  met  the  king, 
he  informed  him  of  tlie  money  where- 
of he  had  been  told ;  and  the  kiiif/ 
appointed  Heliodorus,  wlio  was  his 
chancellor,  and  sent  him  with  a  com- 
mandment to  accomplish  the  removal 
of  the  aforesaid  money.  So  forthwith 
Heliodorus  took  his  journey,  under  a 
colour  of  visiting  the  cities  of  Cu-lesy- 
ria  and  Pha'tiicia,  but  in  fact  to  exe- 
cute the  king's  purpose.  And  when 
he  was  come  to  Jerusalem,  and  had 
been  courteously  received  by  the  high 
priest  "  of  the  city,  he  laid  liefore 
'"  them  an  account  of  the  information 
which  had  been  given  him,  and  de- 
clared wherefore  he  was  come;  and 
he  inquired  if  in  truth  these  things 
were  so.  And  the  high  priest  explain- 
ed to  liiin  that  there  were  in  the  trea- 
sury deposits  of  widows  and  orphans, 
and  moreover  some  money  belonging 
to  Hyrcanus  the  son  of  Tobias,  a  man 
in  very  high  place,  "  and  that  tlie  rase 
iras  not  as  that  impious  Simon  falsely 
alleged  ;  and  that  in  all  there  were 
four  hundred  talents  of  silver  and  two 
hundred  of  gold ;  and  that  it  was  alto- 
gether  impossible  that  wrong  should 
be  done  unto  them  that  had  put  trust 
in  the  holiness  of  the  i)Iace,and  in  the 
majesty  and  inviolable  sanctity  of  the 
temple,  honoured  over  all  the  world. 
But  '■'  Heliodorus,  because  of  the 
king's  comniandnients  given  him,  said 
that  in  any  case  this  »ir>/(c// must  be 
confiscated  for  the  king's  treasury. 
So  having  appointed  a  day,  he  entered 
in  to  direct  the  inquiry  concerning 
these  matters ;  and  there  was  no  small 
distress  throughout  the  whole  city. 
And  the  priests,  prostrating  them- 
selves before  the  altar  in  their  jiriestly 
garments, and  lookinr/  toward  heaven, 
called  upon  him  that  gave  the  law 
concerning  dejiosits,  that  he  should 
preserve  tliese  treasures  safe  for  those 
that  had  deposited  them.  And  who- 
soever saw  the  mien  of  the  high  priest 
was  wounded  in  mind;  for  his  (!otnite- 
nance  and  the  change  of  his  (-olour 
betrayed  the  distress  of  his  soul.  For 
a  terror  and  a  shuddering  of  the  bo<ly 
had  come  over  the  man.  whereby  the 
pain  that  was  in  his  heart  was  plainly 
shewn  to  them  that  looked  u|)on  him. 
And  they  that  were  in  the  houses 
rushed  flocking  out  to  make  a  nniver- 
sal  supplication,  because  the  place 


3.  33. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


4  9. 


19  was  like  to  come  into  contempt.  And 
the  women,  girt  with  saclicloth  under 
tlieir  breasts,  tin-onged  the  streets,  and 
the  virgins  tliat  were  liept  in  ward  ran 
together,  some  to  tlie  '  gates,  others 
to  tlie  walls,  and  some  loolved  out 

20  through  the  windows.  And  all,  streteli- 
ing  forth  their  hands  toward  heaven, 

21  made  their  solemn  supplication.  Then 
it  would  have  pitied  a  man  to  see  tlie 
multitude  prostrating  themselves  all 
mingled  together,  and  tlie  expectation 
of  the  high  priest  in  his  sore  distress. 

22  While  therefore  they  called  upon  the 
Almighty  Lord  to  keep  the  things  in- 
trusted to  them  2  safe  and  sure  for 

23  those  that  had  intrusted  them,  Helio- 
dorus  went  on  to  execute  that  which 

24  had  been  decreed.  But  when  he  was 
already  present  there  with  his  guards 
over  against  the  treasury,  the  Sove- 
reign of  spirits  and  of  all  authority 
caused  a  great » apparition,  so  that  all 
that  had  presumed  to  come  in  witli 
him,  stridden  with  dismay  at  the  power 
of  God,  fainted  and  were  sore  afraid. 

25  For  there  was  seen  by  them  a  horse 
with  a  terrible  rider  upon  him,  and 
adorned  with  beautiful  trappings,  and 
he  rushed  fiercely  and  smote  at  Helio- 
dorus  with  his  forefeet,  and  it  seemed 
that  he  that  sat  upon  the  horse  had 

26  complete  armour  of  gold.  Two  other 
also  appeared  unto  him,  young  men 
notable  in  their  strengtli,  and  beautiful 
in  their  glory,  and  splendid  in  their 
apparel,  who  stood  by  him  on  either 
side,  and  scourged  him  unceasingly, 
inflicting  on  him  many  sore  stripes. 

27  And  when  he  had  fallen  suddenly  unto 
the  ground,  and  great  darkness  had 
come  over  him,  his  crnnrds  caught  him 

28  up  and  put  him  into  a  litter,  and 
carried  him,  him  that  had  just  now 
entered  with  a  great  train  and  all  his 
guard  into  the  aforesaid  treasury, 
himself  now  brought  to  utter  help- 
lessness, manifestly  made  to  reeog- 

29nise  the  sovereignty  of  God.  And  so, 
while  he,througli  the  working  of  God, 
speechless  and  bereft  of  all  hope  and 

30  deliverance,  lay  prostrate,  they  bless- 
ed the  Lord,  that  made  marvellous  his 
own  place ;  and  the  temple,  which  a 
little  afore  was  full  of  terror  and 
alarm,  was  filled  with  joy  and  gladness 
after  the  Almighty  Lord  appeared. 

31  But  quicl'Cly  certain  of  Heliodorus's 
familiar  friends  besought  Onias  to  call 
upon  the  Most  High,  and  grant  life  to 
him  who  lay  quite  at  the  last  gasp. 

32  And  the  high  priest,  secretly  fearing 
lest  the  king  might  come  to  think  that 
some  treachery  toward  Heliodorus 
had  been  perpetrated  by  the  Jews, 
brought  a  sacrifice  for  tlie  deliverance 

33  of  the  man.  But  as  the  high  priest 
was  making  the  propitiation,  the  same 
young  men  api)eared  again  to  Helio- 
dorus, arrayed  in  the  same  garments ; 


and  they  stood  and  said,  Give  Onias 
the  high  priest  great  thanks,  for  for 
his  sake  the  Lord  hath  granted  thee 

34  life ;  and  do  thou,  since  thou  hast  been 
scourged  from  heaven,  publish  unto 
all  men  the  sovereign  majesty  of  God. 
And  when   they  had   spoken   these 

35  words,  they  vanished  out  of  sight.  So 
Heliodorus,  having  offered  a  sacrifice 
unto  the  Lord  and  vowed  *  great 
vows  unto  him  that  had  saved  his  life, 
and  having  graciously  received  Onias, 
returned  with  his  host  to  the  king. 

36  And  he  testified  to  all  men  the  works 
of  the  ■'great  God  which  he  had  be- 
held with  his  eyes. 

37  And  when  the  king  asked  Heliodo- 
rus,  what  manner  of  man  was  fit  to 
be  sent  yet  once  again  to  Jerusalem, 

38  he  said.  If  thou  hast  any  enemy  or 
conspirator  against  the  state,  send 
him  tliitlier,  and  thou  shalt  receive 
him  back  well  scourged,  if  he  even 
escape  with  his  life;  because  of  a 
trutli  there  is  about  the  place  a  power 

39  of  God.  For  he  that  hath  his  dwelling 
in  heaven  himself  hath  his  eyes  upon 
that  place,  and  helpeth  it ;  and  them 
that  come  to  hurt  it  he  smiteth  and 
destroyeth. 

40  And  such  was  the  history  of  Helio- 
dorus and  the  keeping  of  the  treasury. 

4  But  the  aforesaid  Simon,  he  who  had 
given  information  of  the  money,  and 
had  betrayed,  his  counti-y,  slandered 
Onias,  sayinr/  that  it  was  he  who  had 
incited  Heliodorus,  and  made  himself 

2  the  author  of  these  evils.  And  him 
that  was  the  benefactor  of  tiie  city, 
and  the  guardian  of  his  fellow-country- 
men, and  a  zealot  for  the  laws,  he 
dared  to   call  a  conspirator  against 

3  the  state.  But  when  the  growing 
enmity  Ijetween  them  waxed  so  great, 
that  even  murders  were  perpetrated 
throtigh  one  of  ^  Simon's  trusted  fol- 

4  lowers,  Onias,  seeing  the  "  danger  of 
the  contention,  and  that  '  ApoUonlus 
the  son  of  Menestheus,  the  governor 
of  Coelesyria  and  Phoenicia,  was  in- 

5  creasing  Simon's  malice,  betook  him- 
self to  the  king,  not  to  lie  an  accuser 
of  his  fellow-citizens,  but  loolving  to 
the  good  of  all  the  *  people,  both  pub- 

6  he  and  private ;  for  lie  saw  that  with- 
out the  king's  providence  it  was  im- 
possible for  the  state  to  obtain  peace 
any  more,  and  that  Simon  would  not 
cease  from  his  madness. 

7  But  when  Seleucus  was  deceased, 
and  Antiochus,  who  was  called  Epi- 
phanes,  succeeded  to  the  kingdom, 
Jason  tlie  brother  of  Onias  supplanted 

8  his  brother  in  the  high  priesthood,  hav- 
ing promised  unto  the  king  at  an  au- 
dience three  hundred  and  threescore 
talents  of  silver,  and  out  Of  another 

9  fund  eighty  talents ;  and  beside  this, 
he  undertook  to  assign  a  hundred  and 
fifty  more,  if  it  might  be  allowed  him 


160 


4.  22. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


4.  3Q. 


'tlirouKli  tlie  kind's  autliorily  to  set 
him  uj)  a  (irtck-  place  o(  exercise  and 
form  a  lioily  of  youtlis  lo  Oo  traliird 
</i(?re/7i,aiul  (o  lefisler  tiie  iiilialiitaiils 
of  Jeriisaleiii  as  cilittnti  of  Aiitioi/li. 

10  And  wlit-ii  the  liliig  liad  Kivmi  assent, 
and  he  had  trotten  possession  of  tiie 
ofliee,  lie  forthwith  bronuht  over  them 
of  his  own  raee  to  the  (ireek  fashion. 

11  And  setting  aside  the  rojaloi'dinances 
of  special  favom'  to  the  Jews,  granted 
by  the  means  of  .lolin  thu  fatlier  of 
Enpolemns,  who  went  on  the  aml)as- 
sage  to  the  liomans  for  friendsiiip  and 
alliance, and  seeking  tooverthrow  tlie 
lawful  nioiles  of  \iU',  he  lironght  in  new 

1'2  customs  forliiddeii  l)y  the  law  :  for  he 
eagerly  estahlislied  a  drrc/i  i)lHce  of 
exercise  inider  the  citadel  itself;  and 
eauseil  the  nohlest  of  the  young  men 

13  to  wear  the  (.'/rc/r  cap.  And  thus  there 
was  an  extreme  of  Greek  fashions,  and 
an  advance  of  an  alien  religion,  l>y  rea- 
son of  the  exceetiing  profanenes.s  of 
Jason,  that  ungodly  man  and  no  high 

14  priest ;  so  that  the  priests  had  no  more 
any  zeal  for  the  services  of  the  altar: 
but  despising  the  sanctuary,  and  neg- 
lecting the  sacrifices,  they  hastened 
to  -enjoy  that  which  was  unlawfully 
provided  in  the  pahestra,  after  the 

15  summons  -' of  the  discus;  making  of 
no  account  tlie  honours  of  their  fa- 
thers, and  thinking  the  glories  of  the 

16  Greeks  best  of  all.  By  re;isoa  where- 
of sore  caliimity  beset  them;  and  the 
men  whose  ways  of  living  they  e;ir- 
uestly  followed,  ;iud  unto  whom  they 
desired  to  be  maile  like  in  all  things. 
these  they  had  to  be  their  enemies  and 

17  to  punish  them.  For  it  is  not  a  light 
thing  to  do  impiously  against  the  laws 
of  God:  but  Mliese  tilings  the  time 
following  shall  declHre, 

18  Now  when  certain  games  that  came 
every  fifth  yejir  were  kept  at  Tyre,  and 

19  the  king  was  present,  tlie  vile  Jason 
sent  sacred  envoys,  'as  being  Anti- 
ochians  of  Jerusalem,  bearing  three 
hundred  drachmas  of  silver  to  the 
sacrifice  of  Hercules,  wliich  even  the 
bearers  thereof  thought  not  right  to 
use  for  amj  sacrifice,  because  it  was 
not  fit,  but  to  "expend  on  another 

20  charge.  And  though  in  the  purpose 
of  the  sender  this  inoneij  nax  for  the 
sacriflce  of  Hercules,  yet  on  account 
of 'present  circumstances  it  went  to 
the  equipment  of  the  galleys. 

21  Now  when  Apollouius  the  son  of 
Menestheus  was  sent  into  Kgypt  for 
the  *  enthronement  of  htvlewy  Philo- 
metor  as  king,  Antiochus,  learning 
that  Ptaleinii  had  shewn  himself  ill 
affected  toward  his  st;vte,took  thought 
for  the  security  of  his  realm  ;  where- 
fore, going  by  sea  to  Joppa,  he  trav- 

22  elled  on  to  Jerusalem.  And  being 
magnificently  received  by  .Fason  and 
the   city,  he   was   brought   in    with  I 


torches  and  shoutings.  This  done,  he 
afterward  led  his  army  down  into 
riiuiiicla. 

23  Now  after  a  space  of  three  years 
Jason  sent  Menehuis,  the  aforesiiid 
Simon's  brother,  to  bear  the  money 
unto  the  king,  and  to  '•'make  reports 
eoucerning  some  necessary  matters. 

24  J'nt  he  lielug  commended  to  the  king, 
and  '"having  gloriiied  "himself  '- Dy 
the  display  of  his  authority,  got  tin? 
high  ))riesthood  for  hiniseir,  outl)i<l- 
ding  Jason  by  three  hundred  talents 

25  of  silver.  And  having  received  the 
royal  mandates  he  came  lo  Jeruaulrm, 
bringing  nothing  worthy  the  higli 
priesthood,  but  having  the  piission  of 
a  cruel  tyrant,  and  the  rage  of  a  s;iv- 

2<i  age  beast.  And  whereas  Jason,  who 
had  supplanted  his  own  brother,  was 
snp|)lantetl  by  another  and  driven  as 
a  fugitive  Into  tlie  country  of  the  Am- 

27monites,  Menelaus  had  possession  of 
the  ollice  :  but  of  the  money  that  hail 
been  promised  to  the  king  nothing 
'•  was  duly  pai<l,  anil  that  tliougli 
.Sostratus  the  governor  of  the  citadel 

2b  demanded  it  <  for  unto  him  appertained 
the  gathering  of  tlie  revenues);  for 
which  cause  they  were  lioth  called  by 

29  the  king  to  his  presence.  And  Mene- 
laus lelt  his  own  brotlier  I.ysimachiis 
for  his  '^  deputy  in  the  high  priest- 
hood; and  Sostratus/*'//  Crates,  who 
w;is  over  the  CyiM'iaiis. 

30  Now  while  such  was  the  stjite  of 
things,  it  came  to  jiass  that  they  of 
Tarsus  and  Mallus  made  insurrection, 
because  they  were  to  be  given  as  a 
present  to  Antiochis.  tlie  king's  con- 

31cubine.  The  king  therefore  came /o 
Oilifia  in  all  h;iste  to  settle  matters, 
leaving  for  his  '<  deputy  Andronicus, 

32  a  man  of  high  rank.  And  Menelaus, 
supposing  tliat  he  hjiil  gotten  ;i  favour- 
able oiiportunity,  presented  to  Andro- 
nicus certain  vessels  of  gold  belonging 
to  the  temple,  which  he  had  stolen : 
other  rcMtn'ls  also  he  had  already  sold 
into  Tyre  and  the  cities  round  about. 

33  And  when  Onii.  ■  li;id  sure  knowledge 
of  lliix,  he  sliarjily  reproved  him,  hav- 
ing witlidviiwn  himself  into  a  sanctu- 
ary iu  Daplinc,  that  lietli  by  Antioch. 

3i\Vliorefore  :\Ienel:»ns,  taking  Andro- 
nicusapjirt, prayed  him  "•■tokillOniiis. 
And  coming  to  Onias,  and  '"  being  per- 
suaded to  use  treachery,  and  being 
received  as  a  friend.  Audrottints  gjive 
him  his  right  hand  with  oaths  o/fulil- 
id/,  and,  though  he  was  suspected  Inj 
him.so  persuadecl  him  to  come  forth 
of  the  .sanctuary;  and  forthwith  he 
"despatched  him  withmit  regard  of 

35  justice.  For  the  which  cause  not  only 
.lews,  but  many  also  of  the  other 
nations,  had  indignation  and  dis- 
pleasure at    the    iiujust    murder  of 

3Gthe  man.  And  when  the  king  was 
come  back  again  from  the  places  in 


4.  49. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


5.  12. 


Cilicia,  the  Jews  that  were  *  in  the  | 
city    pleaded    before    him    against  \  50 
Andronicus  (the  Greeks  also  joining  ' 
with  them  in  hatred  of  the  wicked- 
ness), urging  that    Onias  had  been 

37  wrongfully  slain.  Antiochus  therefore 
was  heartily  sorry,  and  was  moved  to 
pity,  and  wept,  because  of  the  sober 
and  well  ordered  life  of  him  that  was 

38  dead;  and  being  inflamed  with  pas- 
sion, forthwith  he  stripped  off  An- 
dronicus's  purple  robe,  and  -  rent  off 
his  under  garments,  and  when  he  had 
led  him  round  through  the  whole  city 
unto  that  very  place  where  he  hail 
committed  impiety  against  Onias, 
there  he  put  the  murderer  out  of  the 
way,  the  Lord  rendering  to  him  the 
punishment  he  had  deserved. 

39  Now  when  many  sacrileges  had  been 
committed  in  the  city  by  Lysimachus 
with  the  consent  of  Menelaus,  and 
when  the  bruit  thereof  was  spread 
abroad  outside,  the  people  gathered 
themselves  together  against  Lysima- 
chus,  after  many  vessels  of  gold  liad 

40  been  already  dispersed.  And  when 
the  multitudes  were  rising  against 
/i((«,  and  were  filled  with  anger,  Ly- 
simachus  armed  about  tln-ee  tlionsand 
men,  and  with  unrighteous  violence 
began  the coxjiict, one  Hauran,  a  man 
far  gone  in  years  and  no  less  also  in      6 

41  madness,  leading  the  attack.  But 
when  they  perceived  the  assault  of 
Lysimachus,  some  caught  up  stones, 
others  logs  of  wood,  and  some  took 
handfuls  of  the  ashes  that  lay  near, 
and  they  flung  them  all  pell-mell 
upon  Lysimachus  and  them  that  were 

42  with  him;  by  reason  of  which  they 
wounded  many  of  them,  and  some 
they  struck  to  the  ground,  and  all  of 
them  they  forced  to  flee,  but  the  au- 
thor of  tlie  sacrilege  himself  they 
killed  beside  the  treasury. 

43  But  touching  these  matters  there  was 
an  accusation  laid  against  Menelaus. 

44  And  when  the  king  was  come  to  Tyre, 
the  three  men  tint  were  sent  by  the 
senate  pleaded  the  cause  before  him. 

45  But  Menelaus,  seeing  himself  now 
defeated,  promised  much  money  to 
Ptolemy  tlie  son  of  Dorynienes,  that 

46  he  might  win  over  the  king.  Wliere- 
upon  Ptolemy  taking  the  king  aside 
into  a  cloister,  as  it  were  to  take  the 
air,  brought  him  to  be    of   another 

47  mind  :  and  him  that  was  the  cause  of  \  10 
all  the  evil,  Menelaus,  he  discharged  j 
from  the  accusations  ;  but  tliose  hap- 
less men,  who,  if  they  had  pleaded  \ 
even  before  Scythians,  would  have    11 
been  discharged  uncondemned,  them 

48  he  sentenced  to  death.  Soon  then  did 
they'  that  were  spokesmen  for  the 
city  and  the  families  of  Israel  and  the 
holy  vessels  suffer  that  unrighteous    12 

49  penalty.  For  wliich  cause  even  certain 
Tyrians,  moved  with  hatred   of  the 

162 


wickedness,  provided  magnificently 
fortheir  burial.  But  Menelaus  through 
the  covetous  dealings  of  them  that 
were  in  power  remained  still  in  his 
oftice,  2  cleaving  to  wickedness,  *  as  a 
great  conspirator  against  his  fellow- 
citizens. 

Now  about  this  time  Antiochus  made 
his  second  inroad  into  Egypt.  And  it 
so  befell  that  throughout  all  the  city, 
for  the  space  of  almost  forty  days, 
there  appeared  in  the  midst  of  the 
sky  horsemen  in  swift  motion,  weai"- 
ing  robes  inwrought  with  gold  and 
carrying  spears,  equipped  in  troops 
for  battle ;  and  drawing  of  swords ; 
and  on  the  other  side  squadrons  of 
horse  in  array;  and  encounters  and 
^pursuits  of  \)ot\\  armies;  and  shak- 
ing of  shields,  and  multitudes  of 
lances,  and  casting  of  darts,  and 
flashing  of  golden  trappings,  and  gird- 
ing on  of  all  sorts  of  armour.  Where- 
fore all  men  besought  that  the  •>  vision 
might  have  been  given  for  good. 

But  when  a  false  rumour  had  arisen 
that  Antiochus  was  deceased,  Jason 
took  not  less  than  a  thousand  men, 
and  suddenly  '  made  an  assault  upon 
the  city  ;  and  they  that  were  upon  the 
wall  being  routed,  and  the  city  being 
now  at  length  well  nigh  taken,  Mene- 
laus took  refuge  in  the  citadel.  But 
Jason  slaughtered  his  own  citizens 
without  mercy,  not  considering  that 
good  success  against  kinsmen  is  the 
greatest  ill  success,  but  supposing 
himself  to  be  setting  ui>  trophies  over 
enemies,  and  not  over  fellow-country- 
men. The  office  hoivever  he  did  not 
get,  but,  receiving  shame  as  the  end 
of  his  conspiracy,  he  passed  again 
a  fugitive  into  the  country  of  the 
Ammonites.  At  the  last  therefore  he 
met  with  a  miserable  end :  having 
been  ^  shut  up  at  the  court  of  Aretas 
the  prince  of  the  Arabians,  fleeing 
from  city  to  city,  pursued  of  all  men, 
hated  as  an  apostate  from  the  laws, 
and  held  in  abomination  as  the 
butcher  of  his  country  and  his  fellow- 
citizens,  he  was  cast  forth  into  Egypt : 
and  he  that  had  driven  many  from 
their  own  country  into  strange  lands 
perished  himself  in  a  strange  land, 
having  crossed  the  sea  to  the  Lacedae- 
monians, as  thinking  to  find  shelter 
there  because  they  were  "  near  of  kin ; 
and  he  that  had  cast  out  a  multitude 
unbmied  had  none  to  mourn  for  him, 
nor  had  he  any  funeral  at  all,  or 
l)lace  in  the  sepulchre  of  his  fathers. 

Now  when  tidings  came  to  the  king 
concerning  that  which  was  done,  he 
thought  that  Judaea  was  in  revolt ; 
whereupon  setting  out  from  Egypt  in 
a  furious  mind,  he  took  the  city  by 
force  of  arms,  and  commanded  his 
soldiers  to  cut  down  without  mercy 
such  as  came  in  their  way,  and  to  slay 


5.   -25. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


6.  12. 


13  such  as  went  iii>  upon  the  houses  ;  and 
there  was  killiuf?  of  younp  and  old, 
making  away  of  boys,  women,  and 
children,  slaying  of  virgins  and  in- 

14  fants.  And  in  all  the  three  days  of 
the  slait(ihti-r  there  were  destroyed 
fourscore  tliousand,  ichcrevf  forty 
thousand  were  slain  in  close  combat, 
and  no  fewer  were  sold   than   slain. 

15  But  not  content  with  this  he  presumed 
to  enter  into  the  most  lu)ly  temple  of 
all  the  earth,  having  Menelaus  for  his 
guide  (him  that  liad  proved  himself 
<i  traitor  both  to  tlie  laws  and  to  his 

16  country),  even  taking  the  sacreil  ves- 
sels with  his  polluted  liands,  and  drag- 
ging down  with  liis  profane  liands 
the  offerings  that  had  been  dedicated 
by  other  kings  to  the  augmentation 
and  glory  and  honour  of  the  place. 

17  And  Antiochus  was  lifted  up  in  mind, 
not  seeing  that  because  of  the  sins 
of  them  that  dwelt  in  the  city  the 
Sovereign  Lord  had  been  provoked  to 
anger  a  little  while,  and  therefore  his 
eye  was  then  turned  away  from  the 

18  place.  But  had  it  not  so  been  that 
they  were  already  holden  by  many 
sins,  this  man,  even  as  Heliodorus 
who  was  sent  by  Seleucus  the  king 
to  view  the  treasury,  would,  so  soon 
as  he  pressed  forward,  have  been 
scourged  and  turned   back  from  his 

ly  daring  deed.  Mowbeit  the  Lord  did 
not  choose  tlie  nation  for  the  place's 
sake,  but  the   place  for  tlie   nation's 

20  sake.  Wherefore  also  tlie  place  itself, 
having  partaken  in  the  calamities  that 
befell  the  nation,  did  afterward  share 
in  its  benefits;  and  the  place  which 
was  forsaken  in  the  wrath  of  the  Al- 
mighty was,  at  the  reconciliation  of 
the  great  Sovereign,  restored  again 
with  all  glory. 

21  As  for  Antiochus,  when  he  liad  car- 
ried away  out  of  the  temple  a  thousand 
and  eiglit  luiudred  talents,  he  departetl 
in  all  haste  unto  Antioch,  weening  in 
his  arrogancy  to  make  the  land  navi- 
gable and  the  sea  passable  by  foot, 

22  because  his  heart  was  lifted  up.  And 
moreover  lie  left  governors  to  aftllct 
tlie  race:  at  Jerusalem,  Philip,  by 
race  a  Phrygian,  and  in  character 
more    barbarous   than  him  that  set 

23  him  there  ;  and  at  (Jerizim,  Androni- 
cus;  and  besides  these,  Menelaus, 
who  worse  than  all  the  rest  exalted 
himself  against  his  fellow-citizens. 
And  liaving  a  malicious  mind  '  toward 
the    Jews    -  uhotn  he   had  inadr  his 

24  citizens,  he  sent  that  ^  lord  of  pollu- 
tions Apollonius  with  an  army  of  two 
and  twenty  thousand,  commanding 
him  to  slay  all  those  that  were  of  full 
age,  and  to  sell  the  women  and  the 

25  younger  men.  And  he  coming  to  .le- 
rusalem,  and  playing  the  man  of 
peace,  waited  till  the  holy  day  of  the 
sabbath,  and  tinding  the  Jews  at  rest 


from  work,  he  commanded  iiis  men  to 
2(3  parade  in  arms.  And  he  put  to  the 
sword  all  them  that  came  forth  to  the 
spectacle;  and  running  into  the  city 
with  the  armed  men  he  slew  great 
27  multitudes.  But  Judas,  who  is  also 
called  Maccabanis,  with  nine  others 
or  tliereabout,  withdrew  himself,  and 
with  his  company  ke]it  himself  aliv(; 
ill  the  mountains  after  the  manner  of 
wild  beasts  ;  and  they  continued  feed- 
ing on*  such  poor  herbs  as  grew  there, 
that  they  might  not  be  partakers  of 
the  thrcaleiieil  pollution. 
Q  And  not  long  after  this  the  king  sent 
forth  ^'  an  old  uiau  of  Athens  to  (!ompel 
the  Jews  to  depart  from  the  laws  of 
their  fathers,  and  not  to  live  after  the 

2  laws  of  God;  and  also  to  pollute  the 
.sanctuary  in  .lerusaleni.and  to  call  it 
by  the  name  of "  Jupiter  01ym|jius,  and 
to  call  the  saiietnarii  in  (lerizim  liy 
the  name  of^  Jupiter  the  I'rotector  of 
strangers,  even  as  they  •  were  that 

3  <lwelt  in  the  place.  But  sore  and 
utterly  grievous  was  tlie  visitation  of 

4  this  evil.  For  the  temple  was  tilled 
with  riot  and  revellings  by  the  hea- 
then, who  »  dallied  witii  harlots,  and 
had  to  do  with  women  within  the  sa- 
cred precincts,  and  moreover  brought 
inside  things  that  were  not  befitting; 

5  and  "  the  place  of  sacrifice  was  tilled 
with  those  abominable  things  which 

(ihad  been  prohibited  by  the  I;iws.  And 
a  mail  coiilil  neitlier  keep  the  salibath, 
nor  observe  tlie  feasts  of  tlie  fathers, 
nor  so  much  as  confess  himself  to  be 

7  a  Jew.  And  on  the  day  of  the  king's 
birth  every  month  they  were  led  along 
with  bitter  constraint  to  e;it  of  the 
sacrifices ;  and  when  the  •"  feast  of 
Bacchus  came,  they  were  compelled 
to  go  in  procession  in  honour  of "  Bac- 

8chus,  wearing  wreaths  of  ivy.  And 
there  went  out  a  decree  to  the  neigh- 
bouring Greek  cities,  by  the  sugges- 
tion of  Ptolemy,  that  they  should 
observe  the  same  conduct  against  the 
Jews,  and  should  make  tiiem  eat  of 

9 the  sacrifices;  and  that  they  should 
slay  such  as  did  not  choose  to  go  over 
to  the  Greek  rites.  So  the  present 
10 misery  was  for  all  to  see:  for  two 
women  were  brought  up  for  having 
circumcised  their  children  ;  and  these, 
when  they  had  led  them  publicly 
round  about  the  city,  with  the  babes 
hung   from   their   lireasts,  they   east 

11  down  heaillong  from  the  wall.  And 
others,  that  hail  run  together  into  the 
caves  near  by  to  keep  the  seventh 
(lay  secretly,  being  betraye<l  to  Philip 
were  all  burnt  together,  because  they 
scrupled  to  defend  themselves,  from 
regard  to  the  honour  of  that  most 
solemn  day. 

1 2  I  beseech  therefore  those  that  read 
this  book,  that  they  be  not  discou- 
raged because  of  the  calamities,  but 


6.  28. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


7.  9. 


aecount  that  these  punishments  were 
not  for  the  destruction,  but  for  the 

13  chastening  of  our  race.  For  indeed 
that  those  wlio  act  impiously  be  not 
let  alone  any  long  time,  but  straiglit- 
way  meet  witli  retribution,  is  a  sign 

14  of  great  beneficence.  For  in  the  case 
of  the  other  nations  the  Sovereign 
Lord  doth  with  longsuffering  forbear, 
imtil  that  he  punish  them  when  they 
have  attained  unto  the  full  measure 
of  their  sins  ;  but  not  so  judged  he  as 

15  touching  us,  that  he  may  not  take 
vengeance  on  us  afterward, '  wlien  we 
he  come  unto  the  -height  of  our  sins. 

16  Wherefore  he  never  withdraweth  his 
mercy  from  us  ;  but  though  he  chas- 
teneth  with  calamity,  yet  doth  he  not 

17  forsake  his  own  people.  Howbeit  let 
this  tliat  we  have  spoken  suffice  to 
put  you  in  remembrance;  but  after 
these  few  words  we  must  come  to  the 
narrative. 

18  Eleazar,  one  of  the  principal  scribes, 
a  man  already  well  stricken  in  years, 
and  of  a  noble  countenance,  was  com- 
pelled to  open  his  mouth  to  eat  swine's 

19  flesh.  But  he.  welcoming  death  witli 
renown  rather  than  life  with  pollution, 
advanced  of  his  own  accord  to  the 
instrument  of  torture,  but  first  spat 

20  forth  theflesh,comingforirard  as  men 
ought  to  come  that  are  resolute  to 
repel  such  things  as  not  eren  for  the 
natural  love  of  life  is  it  lawful  to  taste. 

21  But  they  that  had  tlie  charge  of  that 
forbidden  sacrificial  feast  took  the 
man  aside,  for  the  acquaintance  which 
of  old  times  they  had  with  him,  and 
privately  besought  him  to  bring  flesh 
of  his  own  providing,  such  as  was 
befitting  for  him  to  use,  and  to  make 
as  if  he  did  eat  of  the  flesh  from  the 
sacrifice,  as  had  been  commanded  by 

22  the  king ;  that  by  so  doing  he  might 
be  delivered  from  death,  and  for  his 
ancient  friendship  with  them  might  be 

23  treated  kindly.  But  he,  having  formed 
a  high  resolve,  and  one  that  became 
his  years,  and  the  dignity  of  old  age, 
and  the  gray  hairs  *  which  he  had 
reached  with  honour,  and  his  excellent 
*  education  from  a  child,  ^  or  rather 
that  became  the  holy  "  laws  of  God's 
ordaining,  declared  his  mind  accord- 
ingly, bidding  them  quickly  send  him 

24  unto  Hades.  For  it  becometh  not  our 
years  to  dissemble,  said  he,  that 
throur/h  this  many  of  the  young 
should  suppose  that  Eleazar,  the  man 
of  fourscore  years  and  ten,  had  gone 

25  over  unto  an  alien  religion ;  and  so 
they,  by  reason  of  my  dissimulation, 
and  for  the  sake  of  this  brief  and 
momentary  life,  should  be  led  astray 
because  of  me, '  and  thys  I  get  to  my- 
self a  pollution  and  a  stain  of  mine 

26  old  age.  For  even  if  for  tlie  present 
time  I  shall  remove  from  me  the  pun- 
ishment of  men,  yet  shall  I  not  escape 


the  hands  of  the  Almighty,  either  liv- 

27  ing  or  dead.  Wherefore,  by  manfully 
parting  with  my  life  now,  I  will  shew 

28  myself  worthy  of  mine  old  age,  and 
*  leave  behind  a  noble  ensample  to 
the  young  to  die  willingly  and  nobly  a 
glorious  death  for  the  reverend  and 
holy  laws.  And  when  he  had  said 
these  words,  he  went  straightway  to 

29 the  instrument  of  torture.  "And 
when  tliey  changed  the  good  will  they 
bare  him  a  little  before  into  ill  will, 
because  i"  these  words  of  his  were,  as 

30  they  thought,  sheer  madness,  and 
when  he  was  at  the  point  to  die  with 
the  »  stripes,  he  groaned  aloud  and 
said.  To  the  Lord,  that  hath  the  holy 
knowledge,  it  Is  manifest  that,  where- 
as I  might  have  been  delivered  from 
death.  I  endure  sore  pains  in  my  body 
by  being  scourged;  but  in  soul  I 
gladly  suffer  these  things  for  my  fear 

31  of  him.  So  this  man  also  died  after 
this  manner,  leaving  his  death  for  an 
ensample  of  nobleness  and  a  memo- 
rial of  virtue,  not  only  to  the  young 
but  also  to  the  great  body  of  his 
nation. 

7  And  it  came  to  pass  that  seven  bre- 
thren also  with  their  mother  were  at 
the  king's  command  taken  and  shame- 
fully handled  with  scourges  and  cords, 
to  compel  them  to  taste  of  the  abomin- 

2  able  swine's  flesh.  But  one  of  them 
made  himself  the  spokesman  and  said, 
What  wouldest  thou  ask  and  learn 
of  us  ?  for  we  are  ready  to  die  rather 
than  transgress  the  laws  of  our  fa- 

3  thers.  And  the  king  fell  into  a  rage, 
and  commanded    to  heat  pans  and 

4  caldrons  :  and  when  these  forthwith 
were  heated,  he  commanded  to  cut 
out  the  tongue  of  him  that  had  been 
their  spokesman,  iind  to  scalp  him, 
and  to  cut  off  his  extremities,  the  rest 
of  his  brethren  and  his  mother  look- 

5  ing  on.  And  when  he  was  utterly 
^2  maimed,  the  kinfi  commanded  to 
bring  him  to  the  fire,  being  yet  alive, 
and  to  fry  him  in  the  pan.  And  as 
the  vapour  of  the  pan  spread  far,  they 
and  their  mother  also  exhorted  one 
another  to  die  nobly,  saying  thus : 

6  The  Lord  God  heholdeth,  and  in 
truth  is  ^'  intreated  for  us,  as  Moses 
declared  in  "  his  song,  which  witness- 
eth  against  the  peojtie  to  their  faces, 
saying.  And  he  shall  be  ''  intreated 
for  his  servants. 

7  And  when  the  first  had  died  after 
this  manner,  they  brought  the  second 
to  the  mocking;  and  they  pulled  off 
the  skin  of  his  head  with  the  hair  and 
asked  him.  Wilt  thou  eat,  before  thy 

8  body  be  punished  in  every  limb  ?  But 
he  answered  in  the  language  of  his 
fatliers  and  said  to  tliem.  No.  Where- 
fore he  also  underwent  the  next  tor- 
ture in  succession,  as  the  first  had 

9  done.    And  when  he  was  at  the  last 


164 


7.  24. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


7.  38. 


gasp,  he  said,  Tliou,  niisereiiiit,  dust 
rolfiise  us  out  of  this  picseut  life,  but 
the  KiuK  of  the  world  sluitl  raise  up 
us,  wliti  hiive  dii'il  lor  liis  laws,  unto 
an  eternal  renewal  of  life. 

10  And  alter  him  was  tlie  iliird  made  a 
mockiiiji-stocl;.  And  wheu  he  was  re- 
quired, lie  quickly  j)ut  out  his  tongue, 
and  stretched    forth  his    hands  cou- 

11  raKeously,  and  nobly  said.  From  hea- 
ven I  possess  these  ;  and  for  his  law  s' 
Bake  i  contemn  these;  and  from  him 
I  hope  to  receive  these  back  atiaiii : 

12  Insonmcli  that  the  kiiii:  Inmsolf  and 
they  that  were  with  him  were  aston- 
ished at  the  young  man's  soul,  for  that 
he  nothing  regarded  the  pains. 

13  And  when  he  loo  was  dead,  they 
shamefully  handled  and  tortured  the 

14  fourth  in  like  manner.  And  being 
come  near  unto  death  he  said  thus: 
It  is  good  to  die  at  the  hands  of  men 
and  look  for  the  hopes  which  are 
gii'en  by  God,  that  we  shall  be  raised 
up  again  by  him ;  for  as  for  thee,  thou 
Shalt  have  no  resurrection  unto  life. 

15  And  next  after  him  they  brought  the 
fifth,  and   sliamefully   handled    him. 

16  But  lie  looked  toward  '  the  king  and 
said.  Because  thou  hast  authority 
among  men,  though  thou  art  thyself 
corruptible,  thou  doest  what  thou 
wilt ;  yet  think  not  that  our  race  hath 

17  been  forsaken  of  God;  but  hidd  thou 
on  thy  way,  and  behold  his  sovereign 
majesty,  how  it  will  torture  thee  and 
thy  seed. 

18  And  after  him  they  brought  the 
sixth.  And  when  he  was  at  the  point 
to  die  he  said.  Be  not  vainly  deceived, 
for  we  suffer  these  things  for  our  own 
doings,  as  sinning  against  our  own 
God :  marvellous  things  are  eome  to 

19 pass;  but  think  not  thou  that  thou 
Shalt  be  unpunished,  having  assayed 
to  tight  against  God. 

20  But  above  all  was  the  mother  mar- 
vellous and  worthy  of  honourable 
memory;  for  when  she  looked  on 
seven  sons  perisliing  within  the  space 
of  one  ilay,  she  bare  tha  sU/ht  with  a 
good  courage  for  the  hopes  that  she 

21  hnd.irt  on  the  Lord.  And  she  exhort- 
ed each  one  of  them  in  the  language 
of  their  fathers,  tilled  with  a  noble 
temper  and  stirring  up  her  womanish 
thought  with  manly  passion,  saying 

22  unto  them.  I  know  not  how  ye  came 
Into  my  womb,  neither  was  it  I  that 
bestowed  on  you  your  *  spirit  and  your 
life,  and  it  was  not  1  that  brought  Into 
order  the  fust  elements  of  each  one 

2."?  of  you.  Therefore  tlie  Crejitor  of  the 
world,  who  fashioned  the  '  generation 
of  man  and  devised  the  '  generation  of 
all  things,  in  mercy  givetli  back  to  you 
again  both  your  =  spirit  and  your  life, 
as  ye  now  contemn  your  own  selves 

24  for  his  laws'  sake.  But  .Vntloehus, 
thinking  himself  to  be  despised,  and 


suspecting  the  reproachful  voice, 
whilst  the  youngest  w;is  yet  alive  did 
not  only  make  his  appeal  to  him  by 
words,  but  also  at  llie  same  time  pro- 
mised with  oaths  tliat  he  would  enrich 
him  and  *  raise  him  to  high  estate,  if 
he  would  turn  Iroin  tlie  ciitilmnK  of  his 
fathers,  and  that  he  would  take  hhn 
for  his'' Friend  and  intrust  him  with 

25alTairs.  But  when  the  young  man 
would  in  no  wise  give  heed,  the  king 
called  unto  him  his  mother,  and  ex- 
horted hertluil  slie  would  counsel  the 

'2(1  lad  to  save  himself.  And  w  hen  he  liad 
exhorted  her  with  many  words,  she 

27  undertook  to  persuade  her  son.  lUil 
bending  toward  him,  laughing  the 
cruel  tyrant  to  scorn,  she  spake  thus 
in  the  language  of  her  fathers:  My 
Son,  have  pity  upon  me  that  carried 
thee  nine  months  in  my  womb,  and 
gave  thee  suck  three  years,  and  nour- 
ished and  brought  thee  up  unto  this 

28 age,  and  sustained  thee.  I  beseech 
thee,  my  child,  to  lift  thine  eyes  unto 
the  heaven  and  the  earth,  and  to  see 
all  things  tliat  are  tlierein,  ;iiid  thus 
to  recognise  that  God  made  tliem  not 
of  things  that  were, ami  that  the  race 
of  men  in  this  wise  conieth  into  being. 

29  Fear  not  this  butcher,  but,  proving 
thyself  worthy  of  thy  brethren,  accept 
thy  death,  that  in  the  mercy  of  God 
I  may  receive  thee  again  with  thy 
brethren. 

30  But  before  she  had  yet  ended  speak- 
ing, the  young  man  said,  Whom  wait 
ye  for?  I  obey  not  the  commnndment 
of  the  king,  but  I  hearken  to  the  com- 
mandment of  the  l;iw  that  was  given 

31  to  our  fathers  through  Moses.  But 
thou,  that  hast  devised  all  manner  of 
evil  against  the  Hebrews,  slialt  in  no 

32  wise  escape  the  hands  of  God.  For 
we  are  suffering  because  of  our  own 

33  sins  ;  and  if  for  rebuke  and  chastening 
our  living  Lord  hath  been  angered  a 
little  while,  yet  shall  he  again  be  re- 

34  concilcd  with  his  own  servants.  But 
thou,  O  unholy  man  and  of  all  most 
vile,  be  not  vainly  lifted  up  in  thy  w  ild 
pride  with  uncertain  hopes, raising  thy 
hand  agiiinst  the  heavenly  children; 

3.5  fornot  yet  hast  thou  escaped  the  judge- 
ment of  the  Almighty  God  tliat  sreth 

Stia/f  fhiii'/s.  For  these  our  brethren, 
having  endured  a  ■"■  short  pain  that 
bringeth  everlasting  life,  have  now 
•  died  under  God's  covenant ;  but  thon, 
through  the  judgement  of  God,  shalt 
re(!eive  in  just  uioasure  the  i)enallles 

37  of  thine  arrogancy.  But  I,  as  my  bre- 
tliren.  give  up  l)oth  body  aii<l  soul  for 
the  laws  of  our  fathers,  c-illiiig  upon 
God   that  ho   may   speedily   become 

"  gr:iclous  to  the  nation ;  and  th.at  tboii  I 
amidst  trials  and  plagues  mayest  eon- 

38  fess  that  he  alone  is  God  ;  and  that  in 
me  and  my  brethren  » thou  niayest 
stay  the  wrath  of  the  Ahnighty,  which 


16S 


8.  11. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


I  24. 


hath  been  justly  brought  upon  our 

39  whole  race.  But  the  khig,  falling  into 
a  rage,  handled  him  worse  than  all  the 
rest,  being  exasperated  at  his  mock- 

40  ing.  So  he  also  died  pure /row!  pollu- 
tion, putting  his  whole  trust  in  the 
Lord. 

41  And  last  of  all  after  her  sons  the 
mother  died. 

42  Let  it  then  suffice  to  have  said  thus 
much  concerning  the  enforcement  of 
sacrificial  feasts  and  the  kinr/s  ex- 
ceeding barbarities. 

8  But  Judas,  who  is  also  called  Macca- 
bseus,  and  they  that  were  with  him, 
malving  tlieir  way  privily  into  the  vil- 
lages, called  unto  them  their  kinsfolk ; 
and  taking  unto  them  such  as  had  con- 
tinned  in  tbe  Jews'  religion,  gathered 

2  together  as  many  as  six  thousand.  And 
tliey  called  upon  the  Lord,  beseech- 
ing him  to  look  upon  the  people  that 
was  oppressed  by  all ;  and  to  have 
compassion  on  the  sanctuary  also 
that  had  been  profaned  by  the  ungod- 

3  ly  men  ;  and  to  have  pity  on  the  city 
also  that  was  suffering  ruin  and 
ready  to  be  made  even  with  the 
ground ;  and  to  hearken  to  the  blood 

4  that  cried  inito  him ;  and  to  remember 
also  the  lawless  '  slaughter  of  the  in- 
nocent infants,  and  -  the  blasphemies 
that  liad  been  committed  against 
his  name  ;  and  to  shew  his  hatred  of 

5  wickedness.  And  when  Maccabasus 
had  trained  his  men  for  service,  the 
heathen  at  once  found  him  irresist- 
ible, for  that  the  wrath  of  the  Lord 

6  was  turned  into  pity.  ^  And  coming 
unawares  he  set  fire  to  cities  and  vil- 
lages. And  in  winning  back  the  most 
important  positions,  putting  to  flight 

7  no  small  number  of  the  enemies,  he 
specially  took  advantage  of  the  nights 
for  such  assaults.  And  his  courage 
was  loudly  talked  of  everywhere. 

8  But  when  Philip  saw  the  man  gain- 
ing ground  by  little  and  little,  and  in- 
creasing more  and  more  in  his  pro- 
sperity, he  wrote  unto  Ptolemy,  the 
governor  of  Coelesyria  and  Phoenicia, 
that  he    should  support    the  king's 

9  cause.  And  P^o?e?)i?/ quickly  appoint- 
ed Nicanor  the  son  of  Patroclus,  one 
of  the  kinr/'s  *  Chief  Friends,  and  sent 
him,  in  command  of  no  fewer  than 
twenty  thousand  of  all  nations,  to  de- 
stroy the  whole  race  of  .Jndsea ;  and 
with  him  he  joined  Gorgias  also,  a 
captain  and  one  that  had  experience 

10  in  matters  of  war.  And  Nicanor  ^  un- 
dertook by  the  scile  of  the  captive 
Jews  to  make  up  for  the  king  the  tri- 
bute of  two  thousand  talents  which  he 

11  was  to  pay  to  the  Romans.  And  im- 
mediately he  sent  unto  the  cities 
upon  the  sea  coast,  inviting  them  to 
buy  Jewish  "  slaves,  promising  to 
allow  fourscore  and  ten  '^  slaves  for 
a  talent,  not  expecting  the  judgement 


that  was  to  follow  upon  him  from  the 
Almighty. 

12  But  tidings  came  to  Judas  concern- 
ing the  inroad  of  Nicanor ;  and  when 
he  communicated  to  them  that  were 
with  him  the  presence  of  the  army, 

13  they  that  were  cowardly  and  distrust- 
ful of  the  judgement  of  God   '  ran 

14  away  and  left  the  country.  And 
others  sold  all  that  was  left  over  to 
them,  and  withal  besought  the  Lord 
to  deliver  them  that  had  been  sold  as 
slaves  by  the  impious  Nicanor  or  ever 

15  he  met  them  ;  and  this,  if  not  for  their 
own  sakes,  yet  for  the  covenants  made 
with  their  fathers,  and  because  he 
had  called  them  by  his  reverend  and 

16  glorious  name.  And  Maccabseus  ga- 
thered his  men  together,  six  thousand 
in  nmnber,  and  exhorted  them  not  to 
be  stricken  with  dismay  at  the  enemy, 
nor  to  fear  the  great  multitude  of  the 
heathen  who  came  wrongfully  against 

1 7  them ;  but  to  contend  nobly,  setting 
before  their  eyes  the  outrage  that 
had  been  lawlessly  perpetrated  upon 
the  holy  place,  and  the  shameful 
handling  of  the  city  that  had  been 
turned  to  mockery,  and  further  the 
overthrow  of  the  mode  of  life  received 

18  from  their  ancestors.  For  they,  said 
he,  trust  to  arms,  and  withal  to  deeds 
of  daring;  but  we  trust  on  the  Al- 
mighty God,  since  he  is  able  at  a 
beck  to  cast  down  them  that  are  com- 
ing against  us,  and  even  the  whole 

19  world.  And  moreover  he  recounted 
unto  them  the  help  given  from  time 
to  time  in  the  days  of  their  ancestors, 
both  the  help  given  in  the  days  of 
Sennacherib,  how  that  a  hundred  four- 

20  score  and  five  thousand  perished,  and 
the  help  given  in  the  laud  of  Baby- 
lon, even  the  battle  that  was  fought 
against  the  '  Gauls,  how  that  they 
came  to  the  engagement  eight  thou- 
sand in  all,  with  four  thousand  Mace- 
donians, and  how  that,  the  Macedo- 
nians being  hard  pressed,  the  'six 
thousand  destroyed  the  hundred  and 
twenty  thousand,  because  of  the  suc- 
cour which  they  had  from  heaven, 

2 1  and  took  great  booty.  And  when  he 
had  with  these  words  made  them  of 
good  courage,  and  ready  to  die  for 
the  laws  and  their  country,  he  divided 

22  his  army  into  four  parts ;  '"  appointing 
his  brethren  to  be  with  himself  leaders 
of  the  several  bands,  to  vit,  Simon 
and  Joseph  and  Jonathan,  giving 
each  the  command  of  fifteen  hundred 

23  men,  and  moreover  Eleazar  also : 
then,  having  read  aloud  the  sacred 
book,  and  having  given  as  watch- 
word, THE  HELP  OF  GoD,  leading  the 
first  band  himself,  he  joined   battle 

24  with  Nicanor.  And,  since  the  Al- 
mighty fought  on  their  side,  they  slew 
of  the  enemy  above  nine  thousand, 
and  wounded  and  "  disabled  the  more 


166 


36. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


12. 


part  of  Nicanor's  army,  anil  compelled 

25  all  to  flee ;  and  tliey  took  the  money 
of  those  that  had  come  there  to  buy 
them.  Anil  after  they  had  pursued 
them  for  some  '  distance,  they  re- 
turned, heing  constrained  l)y  the  time 

26  of  the  day ;  for  it  was  the  da>  before 
the  sabl)atli,  and  for  this  cause  they 
made   no  effort   to  chase   tliem    far. 

27  *  And  when  tliey  had  gathered  » the 
arms  of  tlie  enemy  toj;ether,  and  had 
stripped  off  their  spoils,  they  occupied 
themselves  about  the  salibath,  bless- 
ing and  thanking  the  Lord  exceed- 
ingly, who  had  saved  them  unto  this 
day,  for  that  he  had  caused  a  begin- 
ning of  mercy  to  distil  upon  them. 

28  And  after  the  sabbath,  when  they 
had  given  of  the  spoils  to  the  ♦  maimed, 
and  to  the  widows  and  orphans,  the 
residue  they  distributed  among  theni- 

29  selves  and  their  children.  And  when 
they  had  accomplished  these  things, 
and  had  made  a  common  supplic;i- 
tlon,  they  besought  the  merciful  Lord 
to  be  wholly  reconciled  with  his  ser- 
vants. 

30  And  having  had  an  encounter  with 
the  forces  of  Timotheus  and  Bac- 
chides,'  they  killed  above  twenty 
thousand  of  them,  and  made  them- 
selves masters  of  strongholds  exceed- 
ing high,  and  divided  very  much  plun- 
der, giving  the  *  maimed  and  orphans 
and  widows,  and  moreover  the  aged 
also,  an  equal  share  with  themselves. 

31 -And  when  they  had  gathered  the 
arms  •'^  of  the  enemy  together,  they 
stored  them  all  up  carefully  in  the 
most  important  positions,  and  the 
residue  of  the  spoils  they  carried  to 

32  Jerusalem.  And  they  killed  the 
"phylarch  of  Timotheus"s  forces,  a 
most  unholy  man,  and  one  who  had 

33  done  the  Jews  much  hurt.  '  And  as 
they  kept  the  feast  of  victory  in  the 
'city  of  their  fathers,  they  burned 
those  that  had  set  the  s.acred  "  gates 
on  fire,  mid  nmofig  thnn  Callisthenes, 
who  had  fled  into  '"an  outhouse  ;  and 
80  they  received  the  meet  reward  of 
their  impiety. 

34  And  the  thrice-accursed  Nicanor, 
who  had  brought  the  thousand  mer- 

35  chants  to  buy  the  Jews /or  slaves,  be- 
ing through  the  help  of   the    Lord 
humbled  by  them  who  in  his  eyes 
were  held  to  be  of  least  account,  i>ut 
off  his  glorious  api'arel,  and  possituf  [ 
through  the  midland,  "shunning  all  | 
company  like  a  fugitive  slave,  arrived  ' 
at  .\ntioch,  "having,  «.<  he  thouffht. 
had  the  greatest  possible  good  for- ! 
tune,  though  his  host  was  destroyed,  i 

36  And  he  that  had  taken  upon  him  to 
make  tribute  sure  for  the  Romans  by 
the  captivity  of  the  men  of  .Jerusalem 
published  abroad  that  the  Jews  had 
One  who  fought  for  them,  and  that 
"  because  this  was  so  the  Jews  were 

16 


invulnerable,  because  they  followed 
the  laws  ordained  by  him. 

9  Now  about  that  time  it  befell  that 
Antiochus  had  returned  '•  in  disorder 

2  from  the  region  of  Persia.  For  he 
had  entered  into  the  city  called  Pcr- 
sepolis,  and  he  assayed  to  rob  ''■  a 
tenii)le  and  to  hold  down  the  city. 
Whereupon  there  was  an  onset  of  tlic 
nudtitudes,  and  ^"  Aiitiorlnis  finrl  liis 
men  turned  to  make  defence  with 
arms ;  and  it  came  to  pass  that  Antio- 
chus was  put  to  flight  by  the  people 
of  the  country  and  broke  up  his  camp 

3  with  disgrace.  And  while  he  wa.s  at 
Ecbatana,  news  was  brought  him 
what  had  happened  unto  Nicanor  and 

4  the  forces  of  Timotheus.  And  being 
lifted  up  "by  his  passion  he  thought 
to  make  the  Jews  suffer  even  for  the 
evil-doing  of  those  that  had  put  him 
to  rout.  Wherefore,  the  judgement 
from  heaven  even  now  accompanying 
him,  he  gave  order  to  his  charioteer 
to  drive  without  ceasing  and  despatch 
the  journey;  for  thus  he  arrogantly 
spake  :  I  will  make  Jerusalem  a  com- 
mon graveyard  of  Jews,  when  I  come 

5  there.  But  the  All-seeing  Lord,  the 
God  of  Israel,  smote  him  with  a ''  fatal 
and  invisible  stroke;  and  as  soon  as 
he  had  ceased  speaking  this  word,  an 
incurable  pain  of  the  bowels  seized 
him,  and  bitter  torments  of  the  inner 

6  parts ;  and  that  most  justly,  for  he 
had  tormented  other  men's  bowels 
with  many  and   strange    sufferings. 

7  But  he  in  no  wise  ceased  from  his 
rude  insolence ;  nay,  still  more  was 
he  filled  with  arrogancy,  breathing 
fire  in  his  passion  against  the  Jews, 
and  commanding  to  haste  the  jour- 
ney. But  it  came  to  pass  moreover 
that  he  fell  from  his  chariot  as  it 
rushed  along,  and  having  a  grievous 
fall  was  racked  in  all  the  members  of 

8  his  body.  And  he  that  but  now  sujv 
posed  himself  to  have  the  waves  of 
the  sea  at  his  bidding,  so  vainglorious 
was  he  beyontl  the  condition  of  a  man, 
and  that  thought  to  weigh  the  heights 
of  the  mountains  in  a  balance,  was 
now  brought  to  the  ground  and  car- 
ried in  a  litter,'"  shewing  unto  all  that 

9  the  power  was  manifestly  God's ;  so 
that  out  of  the  body  of  the  impious 
man  worms  swarmed,  and  while  he 
was  still  living  in  anguish  and  jiains, 
his  flesh  fell  off.  and  by  reason  of  the 
stench  all  the  army  turned  with  loath- 

10  ing  from  his  corruption.  .\nd  the  man 
that  a  little  afore  supposed  himself 
to  touch  the  stars  of  heaven,  no  one 
could  endure  to  carry  for  his  intoler- 

11  able  stench.  Hereupon  therefore  he 
began  in  great  part  to  cease  from  his 
arrogancy,  being  broken  in  spirit, 
and  to  come  to  knowledge  under  the 
scourge  of  God,  his  pains  increasing 

12  every  moment.  And  when  he  himself 


9.  26. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


10.  12. 


could  not  abide  his  own  smell,  he  said 
these  words :  It  is  right  to  be  subject 
unto  God,  and  that  one  who  is  mortal 
should   not  ^be  minded  arrogantly. 

13  And  the  vile  man  vowed  unto  the  Sove- 
reign Lord,  who  now  no  more  would 
have  pity  upon  him,  saying  on  this 

14  wise :  that  the  holy  city,  to  the  which 
he  was  going  in  haste,to  lay  it  even  with 
the  ground  and  to  -  make  it  a  common 

15  graveyard,  he  would  declare  free ;  and 
as  touching  the  Jews,  whom  he  had 
decided  not  even  to  count  worthy  of 
burial,  but  to  cast  them  out  to  the 
beasts  with  their  infants,  for  the  birds 
to  devour,  he  would  make  them  all 

16  equal  to  citizens  of  Athens;  and  the 
holy  sanctuary,  which  before  he  liad 
spoiled,  he  would  adorn  with  goodliest 
oflEerings,  and  would  restore  all  the 
Sacred  vessels  many  times  multiplied, 
and  out  of  his  own  revenues  would 
defray  the  charges  that  were  required 

17  for  the  sacrifices ;  and,  beside  all  this, 
that  he  would  become  a  Jew,  and 
would  visit  every  inhabited  place,  pub- 

18  lishing  abroad  the  might  of  God.  But 
when  his  sufferings  did  in  no  wise 
cease,  for  the  judgement  of  God  had 
come  upon  him  in  righteousness,  hav- 
ing given  up  all  hope  of  himself,  he 
wrote  uuto  the  Jews  the  letter  writ- 
ten below,  having  the  nature  of  a 
supplication,  to  this  effect: 

19  To  the  worthy  Jews,  his  fellow-citi- 
zens, Antiochus,  king  and  general, 
wisheth  much  joy  and  health  and  pro- 

20  sperity.  ^  May  ye  and  your  children 
fare  well;  and  your  affairs  shall  be 
to  your  mind.    Having  my  hope   in 

21  heaven,  I  remembered  with  affection 
your  honour  and  good  will  toward  ?«e. 
Betuming  out  of  the  region  of  Persia, 
and  being  taken  with  a  noisome  sick- 
ness, I  deemed  It  necessary  to  take 
thought  for  the  common  safety  of  all. 

22  not  despairing  of  myself,  but  having 
great  hope  to  escape  from  the  sick- 

23  ness.  But  consideri.ig  that  my  father 
also,  at  what  time  he  led  an  army  into 
the  upper  country,  appointed  his  snc- 

24:Cessor,to  the  end  that,  if  anything  fell 
out  contrary  to  exijectatiou,  or  if  any 
unwelcome  tidings  were  brought,  they 
that  remained  in  the  country,  know- 
ing to  whom  the  state  had  been  left, 

25  might  not  be  troubled ;  and,  beside  all 
this,  observing  how  that  the  princes 
that  are  borderers  and  neighbours 
unto  my  kingdom  watch  opportuni- 
ties, and  look  tor  the  future  events  I 
have  appointed  my  son  Antiochus  to 
be  king,  whom  I  often  committed  and 
commended  to  most  of  you,  when  I 
was  hastening  unto  the  upper  pro- 
vinces; and  I  have  written  to  him  what 

26  is  written  below.  I  exhort  you  there- 
fore and  beseech  you,  having  in  your 
remembrance  the  benefits  done  to  you 
in  common  and  severally,  to  preserve 


each  of  you  your  present  good  will 

27  toward  me  and  my  son.  For  I  am  per- 
suaded that  he  in  gentleness  and  kind- 
ness will  follow  my  purpose  and  treat 
you  with  indulgence. 

28  So  the  murderer  and  blasphemer, 
having  endured  the  sorest  sufferings, 
even  as  lie  had  dealt  with  other  men, 
ended  his  life  among  the  mountains 
by  a  most  piteous  fate  in  a  strange 

29  land.  And  Philip  his  foster-brother 
conveyed  the  body  home;  and  then, 
fearing  the  son  of  Antiochus,  he  be- 
took himself  to  Ptolemy  Philometor  in 
Egypt. 

10  And  Maccabaeus  and  they  that  were 
with  him,  the  Lord  leading  them  on, 
recovered  the  temple  and  the  city; 

2  and  they  pulled  down  the  altars  that 
had  been  built  in  the  marketplace  by 
the  aliens,  and  also  the  walls  of  sacred 

3  iuclosnres.  And  having  cleansed  the 
sanctuary  they  made  another  altar  of 
sacrifice;  and  ■'striking  stones  and 
taking  fire  out  of  them,  they  offered 
sacrifices,  after  tJiey  had  ceased  for 
two  years,  and  burned  incense,  and 
lighted  lamps, and  set  forth  the  shew- 

4  bread.  And  when  they  had  done  these 
things,  they  fell  prostrate  and  be- 
sought the  Lord  that  they  might  fall 
no  more  into  such  evils;  but  that,  if 
ever  they  should  sin,  they  might  be 
chastened  by  him  with  forbearance, 
and  not  be  dehvered  unto  blasphem- 

5  ing  and  barbarous  heathen.  Now  on 
the  same  day  that  the  sanctuary  was 
profaned  by  ahens,  upon  that  very 
day  did  it  come  to  pass  that  the  cleans- 
ing of  the  sanctuary  was  made,  even 
on  the  five  and  twentieth  day  of  the 

6  same  month,  which  is  Chislev.  And 
they  kept  eight  days  with  gladness  in 
the  manner  of  the  feast  of  tabernacles, 
remembering  how  that  ^not  long 
afore,  during  the  feast  of  tabernacles, 
they  were  wandering  in  the  mountains 
and  in  the  caves  after  the  manner 

7  of  wild  beasts.  Wherefore  bearing 
wands  wreathed  with  leaves,  and  fair 
boughs,  and  palms  also,  they  offered 
up  hymns  of  thanksgiving  to  him  that 
had  prosperously  brought  to  pass  Uie 

8  cleansing  of  his  own  place.  They  or- 
dained also  with  a  common  statute 
and  decree,  for  all  the  nation  of  the 
Jews,  that  they  should  keep  these 
days  every  year. 

9  And  '•  such  was  the  end  of  Antiochus, 

10  who  was  called  Epiplianes.  But  now 
will  we  declare  what  came  to  pass 
under  Antiochus  named  '  Eupator, 
who  proved  himself  a  trm- son  of  that 
ungodly  man,  and  will  gather  up 
briefly  the  *  successive  evils  of  the 

11  wars.  For  this  man.  when  he  suc- 
ceeded to  the  kingdom,  appointed  one 
Lysias  to  be  chancellor,  and  supreme 
governor  of  Coelesyria  and  Phoenicia. 

12  For  Ptolemy  that  was  called  Macron, 


16S 


10.  25. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


11.  2. 


setting  an  example  of  observing  jus- 
tice towtiril  tlie  .lews  becuuae  of  tlie    20 
wrong  liiat  liad  been  done  unto  liif  ni, 
entleavoured  to  'conduct  liis  ilealings 

13  witli  tliein  on  peaceful  terms.  Where- 
upon   being   accused    by   the    kimj's 

•  Friends  before  Kupator,  and  hear-  l  27 
ing  hinisolf  called  iraiior  at  every 
.  turn,  because  he  liad  al>und()ned  Cy- 
prus which  I'hilonietor  had  iulrusted 
to  liiin,  anil  had  willidrawn  hiuiself 
unto  Antlochus  (■('//»'(/  ICpipliancs,  and  26 
'failing  to  uphold  the  honour  of  his 
oflice,  he  took  poison  an<l  made  away 
with  hiniscit'. 

14  IJut  (iorgias,  when  he  was  made 
governor  of  the  district,  inaiutaincd  a 
force  of  mercenaries,  and  at  every 

15  turn  kept  up  war  with  the  Jews.  And  i  2'J 
together  with  him  the  Idumajansalso, 
being  masters  of  important  strong- 
holds, harnssod  the  Jews  I  and  receiv- 
ing unto  them  those  tiiat  hail  taken 
refuge  there  from  Jerusalen),  they  as-    30 

IG  sayed  to  keep  up  war.  lint  Maccabseus 
and  his  men,  having  matle  solemn  sup- 
plication and  besought  God  to  fight  on 
their  side,  rushed   upon   the  stroug- 

17  holda  of  the  Idumieans;  and  assault- 
ing them  vigorously  they  made  them- 
selves masters  of  the  positions,  and 
kept  off  all  tliatfouglit  upon  the  wall,  31 
and  slew  those  that  fell  in  their  way, 
and  killed  no  fewer  than  twenty  thou- 

18  sand.    And  because  no  less  than  nine    32 
thousand  were   (led  into  two  towers 
exceeding  strong  ami  having  all  things 

Idneeded  for  a  siege,  Maccabaeus,  having    33 
left  Simon  and  Joseph,  and  Zacchseus 
bealUesand  them  that  were  with  him, 
a  force  suflicieiit  to  besiege  them,  fie-  ■  34 
parted  himself  unto  places  where  he 

20  was  most  needed.     But  Sinu)n  and 
they  that  were  with  him,  yielding  to    35 
covetousness,  were  bribed  by  certain 
of  those  that  were  In  the  towers,  and 
receiving  seventy  thousand  drachmas 

21  let  some  of  them  slip  away.  But 
when  word  was  brought  to  Macca- 
baeus of  what  was  done,  he  gathered 
the  leaders  of  the  i)eople  together,  36 
and  accused  tliose  men  of  having  sold 
their  brethren  for  money,  by  setting 
their  enemies  free  to  jif/lii  against 

22  them.  So  he  slew  these  men  for  hav- 
ing turned  traitors,  and  forthwith  took 

23  possession  of  the  two  towers.     And 
prospering  with  his  arms  in  all  things 
lie  took  In  hand,  he  destroyed  in  tlie    37 
two  strongholds  more  than   twenty 
tlionsand. 

24  Now  Timotlieus.w  ho  had  been  before    38 
defeated  by  the  .lews,  having  gathered 
together  foreign  forces  in  great  multl-  , 
tudes,  and  having  collected  the  ♦  horse-  j 
men  which  belonged  to  Asia,  not  a  few, 
came  as  though  he  would  take  Juda?a    H 

25  by  force  of  arms.  But  as  he  drew  near,  j 
Maccab;eus  and  his  men  sprinkled 
earth  upou  their  beads  and  girded  {    2 

169 


their  luina  with  sackcloth,  in  suppli- 
cation to  God,  and  falling  down  upon 
the  step  in  iri)ut  of  the  altar,  be- 
sought him  to  become  "gracious  to 
them,  anil  '■  be  an  enemy  to  their  ene- 
mies and  an  adversary  to  their  adver- 
saries, as  the  law  ileclareth.  And  ris- 
ing from  their  prayer  they  took  up 
their  arms,  and  advanced  some  dis- 
tance fi-om  the  city ;  and  when  they 
had  come  near  to  their  enemies  they 
■  halted.  And  when  the  dawn  was 
now  spreading,  the  two  armie.n  joined 
battle ;  the  one  part  having  this,  be- 
side their  virtue,  for  a  pledge  of  suc- 
cess and  victory,  that  they  had  lied 
unto  the  Lord  for  refuge,  the  others 
making  their  passion  their  leader  in 
the  strife.  But  when  the  battle  wax- 
ed strong,  there  appeared  out  of  hea- 
ven unto  their  adversaries  five  men  on 
horses  with  bridles  of  gold,  in  splendid 
array;  "  and  two  of  them,  leading  on 
the  Jews,  and  taking  Maccaba'us  in 
the  midst  of  them,  and  covering  him 
with  their  own  armour,  guarded  him 
from  wounds,  while  on  the  adversaries 
they  shot  forth  arrows  and  thunder- 
bolts ;  by  reason  whereof  they  were 
blinded  and  thrown  into  confusion, 
and  were  cut  to  pieces,  filled  with  be- 
wilderment. And  there  were  slain 
twenty  thousand  and  five  hundred, 
beside  six  humlred  horsemen. 

But  Timotheus  himself  fled  into  a 
strongliold  called  (iazara,  a  fortress  of 
exceeding  strength,  'Chuereas  being 
in  command  there.  But  Maccabaeus 
and  his  men  were  glad  and  laid  siege 
to  the  fortress  four  and  twenty  days. 
And  they  that  were  within,  trusting  to 
the  strength  of  the  place,  blasphemed 
exceedingly,  and  hurled  forth  impious 
words.  But  at  dawn  of  the  five  and 
twentieth  day  certain  young  men  of 
the  company  of  Maccabaeus,  inflamed 
with  passion  because  of  the  blasphe- 
mies, assaulted  the  wall  with  mascu- 
line force  and  with  '"furious  passion, 
and  cut  down  whosoever  came  in  their 
way.  Antl  others  climbing  up  in  like 
manner,  while  t/ir  liesicr/ed  were  dis- 
tracted with  tlieni  that  hod  made 
their  way  within,  set  fire  to  the  tow- 
ers, and  kindling  fires  burned  the 
blasphemers  alive ;  while  others  broke 
open  the  gates,  and,  having  given  en- 
trance to  the  rest  of  the  baml,  occui)ied 
the  city.  And  they  slew  Timotheus. 
who  was  hidden  in  a  cistern,  and  his 
brother  Clioereas,  and  ApoUopliines. 
And  when  they  had  aci-omplislied 
these  things,  they  blessed  the  Lord 
with  hynms  and  thanksgivings,  him 
svho  doeth  great  benefits  unto  Israel, 
and  givetli  them  the  victory. 

Now  after  a  very  little  time  Lysias, 

the  king's  guardian  and  kinsman  and 

chancellor,  being  sore  displeased  for 

the  things  that  had  ooine  to  iiasa,  col- 

ii' 


11.  17. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


11.  35. 


lected  about  fourscore  thousand /oof- 
men  and  all  his  horsemen  and  came 
against  the  Jews,  thinking  to  make 
the  city  a  place  for  Greeks  to  dwell 

3  in,  and  to  levy  tribute  on  the  temple, 
as  1  on  the  other  sacred  places  of  the 
nations,  and  to  put  up  the  high  priest- 

4  hood  to  sale  every  year ;  holding  in  no 
account  the  might  of  God,  but  puffed 
up  with  his  ten  thousands  of  footmen, 
and  his  thousands  of  horsemen,  and 

5  his  fourscore  elephants.  And  coming 
into  Judaea  and  drawing  near  to  Beth- 
suron,  which  was  a  strong  place  and 
distant  from  Jerusalem  about  "five 

6  leagues,  he  pressed  it  hard.  But  wlien 
Maccabffius  and  his  men  learned  that 
he  was  besieging  the  strongholds,  they 
and  all  the  people  with  lamentations 
and  tears  made  supplication  unto  the 
Lord  to  send  a  good  angel  to  save 

7  Israel.  And  Maccabaeus  himself  took 
up  arms  fii-st,  and  exhorted  the  others 
to  jeopard  themselves  together  with 
him  and  succour  their  brethren  ;  and 
they  sallied  forth  with  him  right  will- 

8  iugly.  And  as  they  were  there,  close 
to  Jerusalem,  there  appeared  at  their 
head  one  on  horseback  in  white  ap- 
parel, brandishing  ^  weapons  of  gold. 

9  And  they  all  together  praised  the 
merciful  God,  and  were  yet  more 
strengthened  in  heart :  being  ready  to 
*  assail  not  men  only  but  the  wildest 

10  beasts,  and  walls  of  iron,  they  ad- 
vanced in  array,  having  him  that  is  in 
heaven  to  fight  on  their  side,  for  the 

1 1  Lord  had  mercy  on  them.  And  hurling 
themselres  like  lions  upon  the  enemy, 
they  slew  of  them  eleven  thousand 
foottneii  and  sixteen  hundred  horse- 

12  men,  and  forced  alU/ie  rest  to  Hee.  But 
the  more  part  of  them  escaped  wound- 
ed and  naked  ;  and  Lysias  also  him- 

13  self  escaped  by  shameful  flight.  But 
as  he  was  a  man  not  void  of  under- 
standing, weighing  with  himself  the 
defeat  which  had  befallen  him,  and 
considering  that  the  Hebrews  could 
not  be  overcome,  because  the  Almighty 
God  fought  on  their  side,  he  sent  again 

14  unto  them,  and  persuaded  them  to 
come  to  terms  on  condition  that  all 
their  rights  were  acknowledged,  and 
''promised  that  he  would  also  per- 
suade the  king  to  become  their  friend. 

15  And  Maccabaeus  gave  consent  upon 
all  the  conditions  which  Lysias  pro- 
posed to  him,  being  careful  of  the 
common  good;  for  whatsoever  ?•*>- 
guests  Maccabaeus  delivered  in  writing 
unto  Lysias  concerning  the  Jews  the 

16  king  allowed.  For  the  letters  written 
unto  the  Jews  from  Lysias  were  to 
this  effect: 

I^ysias  unto  the  *  people  of  the  Jews, 

17  greeting.     John  and  Absalom,  who 
were  sent  from  you,  having  delivered  i 
the  '  petition  written  below,  made  re- 
quest concerning  the  things  signified  I 

17 


18  therein.  What  things  soever  there- 
fore had  need  to  be  brought  before 
the  king  I  declared  to  him,  and  what 

19  things  were  possible  he  allowed.  If 
then  ye  will  preserve  your  good  will 
toward  the  state,  henceforward  also 
will  I  endeavour  to  contribute  to  your 

20  good.  » And  on  this  behalf  I  have 
given  order  in  detail,  both  to  these 
men  and  to  those  that  are  sent  from 

21  me,  to  confer  with  you.  Fare  ye  well. 
Written  in  the  hundred  forty  and 
eighth  year,  on  the  four  and  twentieth 
day  of  the  month  "  Dioscorinthius. 

22  And  the  king's  letter  was  in  these 
words : 

King  Antiochus  unto  his  brother  Ly- 

23  sias,  greeting.  Seeing  that  our  father 
passed  unto  the  gods  having  the  wish 
that  the  subjects  of  his  kingdom 
1"  should  be  undisturbed  and  give 
themselves  to  the  care  of  their  own 

24  affairs,  we,  having  heard  that  the 
Jews  do  not  consent  to  our  father's 
purpose  to  turn  them  unto  the  customs 
of  the  Greeks,  but  choose  rather  their 
own  manner  of  living,  and  make  re- 
quest that  the  customs  of  their  law  be 

25  allowed  unto  them,  —  choosing  there- 
fore that  this  nation  also  should  be 
free  from  ^^  disturbance,  we  determine 
that  their  temple  be  restored  to  them, 
and  that  they  live  according  to  the 
customs  that  were  in  the  days  of  their 

26  ancestors.  Thou  wilt  therefore  do 
well  to  send  messengers  unto  them  and 
give  them  the  right  hand  of  friend- 
ship, that  they,  knowing  our  mind, 
may  be  of  good  heart,  and  gladly  oc- 
cupy themselves  with  the  conduct  of 
their  own  affairs. 

27  And  unto  the  nation  the  king's  letter 
was  after  this  manner : 

King  Antiochus  to  the  senate  of  the 
Jews  and  to  the  other  Jews,  greeting. 

28  If  ye  fare  well,  we  have  our  desire: 
we  ourselves  also  are  in  good  health. 

29  Menelaus  informed  us  that  yourdesire 
was  to  return  home  and  follow  your 

30  own  business.  They  therefore  that 
depart  home  up  to  the  thirtieth  day 
of  Xanthicus  shall  have  our  ^^friend- 

31  ship,  with  full  permission  that  the 
Jews  use  their  own  proper  meats  and 
obserre  their  own  laws,  even  as  here- 
tofore ;  and  none  of  them  shall  be  in 
any  way  molested  for  the  things  that 

32  have  been  ignorantly  done.  Moreover 
I  have  sent  Menelaus  also,  that  he 

33  may  encourage  you.  Fare  ye  well. 
Written  in  the  hundred  forty  and 
eighth  year,  on  the  fifteenth  day  of 
Xanthicus. 

34  And  the  Romans  also  sent  unto  them 
a  letter  in  these  words  : 

Quintus  Memmius  and  Titus  Mani- 
us,  ambassadors  of  the  Romans,  unto 

35  the  people  of  the  Jews,  greeting.  In 
regard  to  the  things  which  Lysias  the 
king's  kinsman  granted  you,  we  also 


12.   12. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


12.  24. 


36  give  consent.  But  as  for  the  things 
which  hf  jiKigt'cl  slioiild  be  referred  to 
the  king,  semi  one  forthwith,  after  ye 
have  advised  tliereof,  tliat  we  may 
publish  such  thrm-.t  as  lietlt  your 
case;  for  we  ;ire  on  our  way  to  An- 

37  tioch.  Wherefore  send  some  witli 
speed,  that  we  also  may  learn  what  is 

38  your  mind.  'Farewell.  Il'rittdi  in 
the  hundred  forty  and  eighth  year,  on 
the  llfteenth  ilay  of  Xantliicus. 

12  So  when  these  covenants  had  been 
made,  Lysias  departed  unto  the  king, 
and  the  Jews  went  about  their  hus- 
bandry. 

2  But  certain  of  the  governors  of  dis- 
tricts, Timotheus  and  Apollonius  the 
»onai  Genna'us, and  Hieronynnisalso 
and  Deniophon,and  beside  ttiem  Nica- 
uor  the  governor  of  Cyprus,  would 
not  suffer  them  to  enjoy  tranquillity 

3  and  live  in  peace.  And  men  of  Jop])a 
perpetrated  this  great  impiety  :  they 
invited  the  Jews  that  dwelt  among 
them  to  go  with  their  wives  and  chil- 
dren into  the  boats  which  they  had 
provided,  as  though  tliey  had  no  ill 

4  will  towards  them  ;  and  when  -'  the 
Jews,  2  relying  on  the  common  decree 
of  the  city,  accepted  the  inritittidii, 
as  men  desiring  to  live  in  jjcace  and 
suspecting  nothing,  they  took  tln-m 
out  to  sea  and  drowneil  tlieni,  in 
number  not  less  than  two  hundred. 

5  But  when  Judas  heard  of  the  cruelty 
done  unto  his  fellow-countrymen,  giv- 
ing command  to  the  men  that  were 

6  with  him  ami  calling  upon  God  tlie 
righteous  .ludge,  he  came  against  the 
murderers  of  his  brethren,  and  set 
the  haven  on  Are  by  night,  and  burned 
the  boats,  and  put  to  the  sword  those 

7  that  had  fled  thither.  Hut  when  the 
town  was  closed  in/ainst  Uini,\\e  with- 
drew, intending  to  come  again  to  root 
out  the  whole  community  of  the  men 

8  of  Joppa.  Rut  learning  that  the  men 
of  Jamnia  were  minded  to  do  in  like 
manner  unto  the  Jews  that  sojourned 

9  among  them,  he  fell  upon  the  Jam- 
nites  also  by  night,  and  set  fire  to  the 
haven  togetiier  with  the  fleet,  so  that 
the  glare  of  the  light  was  seen  at  .le- 
rusalem,  two  hundreil  and  forty  fur- 
longs distant. 

10  Now  when  they  had  drawn  off  nine 
furlongs  from  thence,  as  they  marched 
against  Timotheus.  a  ho^t  of  Ara- 
bians attacked  him,  no  fewer  than 
five  thousand. /"<(o;»i';(  and   live  hun- 

lldred  horsemen.  And  when  a  soic 
battle  had  been  fought,  and  .ludas 
and  his  company  by  the  help  of  God 
had  good  success,  the  nomads  being 
overcome  besought  Judas  to  grant 
them  friendship,  promising  to  give 
him  cattle,  and  to  help  *  his  people  in 

12  all  other  ways.  So  J\ulas,  thinkinu' 
that  they  would  indeed  be  profttaljle 
in    many  things,  agreed   to  live    in 


peace     with     them;     and    receiving 
pledges  of  friendship  they  departed 

13  to  their  tents.  And  he  also  fell  upon 
a  certain  city  '  Gepliyrun,  strong  and 
fenced  about  with  walls,  ;ind  inluibitr 
ed  by  a  mixed  nuiltitude  of  divers 
nations ;  and   it    was  named  Caspin. 

14  IJut  they  that  were  within,  trusting 
to  the  strength  of  the  walls  and  to 
tlicir  store  of  provisions,  beliaved 
tliemselves  ruilely  toward  .luilasand 
them  that  were  with  him,  riiiling,  and 
furtlicrmore  blaspheming  and  speak- 

15  ing  impious  words.  lUit  Judas  and 
his  company,  calling  upon  the  great 
Sovereign  of  the  world,  who  without 
rams  and  cuiuiing  engines  of  war 
hurled  down  .lericho  in  tlie  times  of 
Joshua,    rushed    wildly    against   the 

10  wall :  and  having  taken  the  city  by 
the  will  of  God,  they  made  unspeaka- 
ble slaughter,  insomuch  that  the  ad- 
joining lake,  which  was  two  furlongs 
broad,  appeared  to  be  filled  with  tlie 
deluge  of  blood. 

17  And  when  they  had  drawn  off  seven 
humlred  and  lifty  furlongs  from 
thence,  they  made  their  way  to  Cha- 
rax,  unto   the  .lews  that  are  called 

IH'Tubieni.  And  Timotheus  they  found 
not  in  occui>ation  of  tliat  district,  for 
he  bad  tlien  departed  from  the  district 
without  af«-oiiiplisliing  anything,  but 
had  left  behind  a  garrison,  and  that 
a  very  strong  one,  in  a  certahi  post. 

19  But  Dositheus  and  Sosipater,  who 
were  of  Maccab»us's  captains,  sallied 
forth  and  destroyed  those  that  had 
been  left  by  Timotheus  in  the  strong- 

'20  hold,  above  ten  thousand  men.  And 
iMaccabietis,  ranging  his  own  army  by 
bands,  set  ■*  these  two  over  the  bands, 
and  marched  in  haste  against  Timo- 
tlieus,  who  had  with  him  a  hundred 
and  twenty  thousand  footmen  and  two 
tliousand  and  five  hundred  horsemen. 

21  But  when  Timotheus  heard  of  the 
inroad  of  Judas,  he  at  once  sent  away 
the  women  and  the  children  ami  also 
the  baggage  into  the  fortres.i  called 
•Carniou;  for  the  place  was  hard  to 
besiege  and  dinicult  of  access  by  rea- 
son   of    the    n:irrowness    of   the  ap- 

22  proaches  on  all  sides.  But  when  the 
band  of  Judas,  who  led  the  van, 
appeared  in  sight,  and  when  terror 
came  upon  the  enemy  and  fear,  be- 
cause the  manifestation  of  him  who 
beholdeth  all  things  came  upon  them, 
they  fleil  amain,  carried  this  way  and 
that,  so  that  they  were  often  hurt  of 
their  own  men,  and  pierced  with  the 

2.'<  points  of  their  swords.  And  Judas 
continued  the  pursuit  the  more  hotly, 
]>utting  the  wicked  wretches  to  the 
sword,  and  he  destroyed  as  many  as 

24  thirtv  thousand  men.  Hut  Timotheus 
himself,  falling  in  with  the  company 
of  Dositheus  and  Sosipater,  besought 
them  with  much  'crafty  guile  to  let 


•  The 
relation 
between 
the 

■lamei 
ileiihy- 
run  and 
Vatpin 
IK  un- 
known, 
mill  pcr- 
IrnpH  the 
(irii-k 
tuxt  la 
ciirrupt. 
CiiMipare 
(lepli- 
run,  the 
nunie  of 
u  citv  of 
(iilead 
iiit-n- 
tloiird 
bv  Poly- 
biiis. 

V.  70.  yj  i 

mid 
1  Mocc. 

v.  2t;,a(j. 


»Thati«, 

»»n  nl' 
T<ih  :  nee 
Judp  xi. 
.'I,  -i  Sum. 
X.  6,  and 
compare 
1  Mace. 
V.  13. 


'  Com- 
pare 
Car- 


•Or. 
juffglerp 


12.  38. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


13.  5. 


him  go  with  his  life,  because  he  had 
in  his  power  the  parents  of  many  of 
them  and  the  brethren  of  some :  ^  other- 
wise, said  he,  little  regard  will  ^he 

25  shewn  to  these.  So  when  he  had  with 
many  words  conttrmed  the  agreement 
to  restore  them  without  hurt,  they  let 
him  go  that  they  might  save  their 
brethren. 

26  And  Judas,  marching  against  *Car- 
nion  and  the  temple  of  Atergatis,  slew 
five  and  twenty  thousand    persons. 

27  And  after  he  had  put  these  to  flight 
and  destroyed  them,  he  marched 
against  Ephron  also,  a  strong  city, 

*  wherein  were  multitudes  of  people 
of  all  nations ;  and  stalwart  young 
men  placed  « on  the  walls  made  a 
vigorous  defence  ;  and  there  were 
great   stores   of   engines   and  darts 

28  there.  But  calling  upon  the  Sove- 
reign who  with  might  breaketh  in 
pieces  the  ^  strength  of  '  the  enemy, 
they  got  the  city  into  their  hands,  and 
slew  as  many  as  twenty  and  five 
thousand  of  them  that  were  within. 

29  And  setting  out  from  thence  they 
marched  in  haste  against  Scythopo- 
lis,  which  is  distant  from  Jerusalem 

30  six  hundred  furlongs.  But  when  the 
Jews  that  were  settled  there  testified 
of  the  good  will  that  the  Scythopo- 
litans  had  shewn  toward  them,  and  of 
their  kindly  bearing  toward  them  in 

31  the  times  of  their  misfortune,  they 
gave  thanks,  and  further  exhorted 
them  to  remain  well  affected  toward 
the  race  fou  the  future  ;  and  they 
went  up  to  Jerusalem,  the  feast  of 
weeks  being  close  at  hand. 

32  But  after  the /eas^  called  Pentecost 
they  marched  in  haste  against  Gor- 

33  gias  the  governor  of  Idumaea  :  and  he 
came  out  with  three  thousand  footmen 

34  and  four  hundred  horsemen.  And 
when  theyhad  set  themselves  in  array, 
it  came  to  pass  that  a  few  of  the  Jews 

35  fell.    And  a  certain  Dositheiis,  one 

*  of  Eacenor's  company,  who  was  on 
horseback  and  a  strong  man,  pressed 
hard  on  Gorgias,  and  taking  hold  of 
his  cloke  drew  him  along  by  main 
force;  and  while  he  was  minded  to 
take  the  accursed  man  alive,  one  of 
the  Thracian  horsemen  bore  down 
upon  him  and  disabled  his  shoulder, 
and  so  Gorgias  escaped  unto  ^  Marisa. 

36  And  when  they  that  were  with  Es- 
dris  had  been  figliting  long  and  were 
wearied  out,  Judas  called  upon  the 
Lord  to  shew  himself,  fighting  on 
their  side  and  leading  the  van  of  the 

37 battle;  and  then  in  the  language  of 
his  fathers  he  raised  the  battle-cry 
joined  with  hymns,  and  rushing  un- 
awares upon  the  troops  of  Gorgias 
put  them  to  flight. 

38  And  Judas  gathering  his  aniiy  came 
unto  the  city  of  '"  Adullam ;  and  as 
the  seventh  day  was  coming  on,  they 


purified  themselves  according  to  the 
custom,  and  kept  the  sabbath  there. 

39  And  on  the  day  following,  i^at  which 
time  it  had  become  necessary.  Judas 
and  his  company  came  to  take  up  the 
bodies  of  them  that  had  fallen,  ^^and 
in  company  with  their  kinsmen  to 
bring  them  back  unto  the  sepulchres 

40  of  their  fathers.  But  under  the  gar- 
ments of  each  one  of  the  dead  they 
found  '=  consecrated  tokens  of  the 
idols  of  Jamnia,  which  the  law  forbids 
the  Jew.s  to  have  aught  to  do  with ; 
and  it  became  clear  to  all  that  it  was 
for  this  cause  that  they  had  fallen. 

41  All  therefore,  blessing  the  works  of 
the  Lord,  the  righteous  Judge,  who 
maketh  manifest  the  things  that  are 

42  hid,  betook  themselves  unto  supplica- 
tion, beseeching  that  the  sin  commit- 
ted might  be  wholly  blotted  out.  And 
the  noble  Judas  exhorted  the  multi- 
tude to  keep  themselves  from  sin,  for- 
somuch  as  they  had  seen  before  their 
eyes  what  things  had  come  to  pass 
because  of  the  sin  of  them  that  had 

43  fallen.  And  when  he  had  made  a 
collection  man  by  man  to  the  sum  of 
two  thousand  drachmas  of  silver,  he 
sent  unto  Jerusalem  to  offer  a  sacri- 
fice for  sin,  doing  therein  right  well 
and    honourably,    in   that  he    took 

44  thought  for  a  resurrection.  For  if  he 
were  not  expecting  that  they  that  had 
fallen  would  rise  again,  it  were  super- 
fluous and  idle  to  pray  for  the  dead. 

45  (And  if  lie  did  it  looking  unto  an  hon- 
ourable memorial  of  gratitude  laid  up 
for  them  that  ^  die '"  in  godliness,  holy 
and  godly  was  the  thought.)  "Where- 
fore he  made  the  propitiation  for  them 
that  had  died,  that  they  might  be  re- 
leased from  their  sin. 

13  In  the  hundred  forty  and  ninth  year 
tidings  were  brought  to  Judas  and  his 
company  that  Antiochus  Eupator  was 
coming  with  great  multitudes  against 
2Jud£ea,  and  with  him  Lysias  his 
guardian  and  chancellor, '"each  hav- 
ing a  Greek  force,  a  hundred  and  ten 
thousand  footmen,  and  five  thousand 
and  three  hundred  horsemen,  and  two 
and  twenty  elephants,  and  three  hun- 
dred chariots  armed  with  scythes. 

3  And  Menelaus  also  joined  himself 
with  them,  and  with  great  dissimula. 
tiou  encouraged  Antiochus,not  for  the 
saving  of  his  country,  but  because  he 
thought  that  he  would  be  set  over  the 

4  government.  But  the  King  of  kings 
stirred  up  the  "  passion  of  Antiochus 
against  the  wicked  wretch ;  and  when 
Lysias  informed  him  that  this  man 
was  the  cause  of  all  the  evils,  the  Hng 
commanded  to  bring  him  unto  Beroea, 
and  *  to  put  him  to  death  after  the 

5  manner  of  that  place.  Now  there  is 
in  that  place  a  tower  of  fifty  cubits 
high,  full  of  aslies,  and  it  had  all 
round  it  a  '^  gallery '"  descending  sheer 


13.  20. 


II.  MACCABf:ES. 


14.  8. 


6ou  every  side  into  the  ashes.  Here 
him  that  is  guilty  of  sacrilege,  or  hatli 
attained  a  preeniiuenee  in  any  other 
evil  deeds,  they   '  all   push   forward 

7  into  destruction.  By  such  a  fate  it 
befell  the  hrenker  of  the  law,  Jlene- 
lans,  to  die.  without  obtaining  so 
much  as  a  'jrai.e  in  the  earth,  and 

8  that  riyht  justly ;  for  inasnnich  as 
he  had  perpetrated  many  sins  -against 
the  altar,  whose  fire  and  wliose  ashes 
were  holy,  in  ashes  did  he  receive  his 
death. 

9  Now  the  king,  ^  infuriated  in  spirit, 
was  coming  witli  intent  to  inflict  on 
the  Jews  the  very  worst  of  the  sufl'er- 
iugs  that   had  hefallen  /hmi    in  his 

10 father's  tinn>.  But  wiien  Judas  heard 
of  these  things,  he  gave  charge  to  the 
multitude  to  call  upon  the  l..or(l  day 
ami  uight, /vc.-rcf/n/if/ /(/;/(,  if  ever  at 
any  other  time,  so  now  to  succour 
them  that  were  at  the  point  to  lie  de- 
prived of  the  law  and  their  country 

11  and  the  holy  temple,  and  not  to  sufter 
the  peo|de  that  had  iteen  luit  now  a 
little  while    revived  to  fall  into  the 

12  hands  of  those  profane  he:ttlien.  So 
when  they  had  all  done  tlie  same 
thing  togetlier,  *  beseeching  the 
merciful  Lord  with  weeping  and  fast- 
ings and  prostration  for  three  days 
without  ceasing,  Judas  exhorted  tliem 
and  commanded  they  shoultl  join  him 

1.3 /o»'  service.  And  having  gone  apart 
with  the  elders  he  resolved  that,  be- 
fore the  king's  army  slmuld  enter 
into  Judaea  and  make  themselves 
roasters  of  the  city,  they  shoultl  go 
forth  and  try  the  matter  in  ,tif/ltt  by 

14  the  help  of  =  (iod.  And  committing 
the  decision  to  the  '^  Lord  of  the 
world,  and  exhorting  them  that  were 
with  him  to  contend  nobly  even  unto 
death  for  laws,  temple,  city,  country, 
"connnonwealth.  he  pitched  his  camp 

15  by  .Modin.  And  having  given  out  to 
his  men  the  watchworii,  viotoisv  is 
God's,  with  a  chosen  body  of  the 
bravest  young  men  lie  fell  upon  the 
camp  by  niglit  atid  itoivl rated  to  tlic 
king's  'tent,  and  slew  '  of  the  "army 
as  many  as  two  thousand  men,  and 
'brought  down  the  chiefest  elephant 
with  him  that  was  in  llie  '"  tower  ujion 

16  him.  And  at  last  they  filled  the 
'army  with   terror  and   alarm,  and 

17  departed  with  good  sui-cess.  And  this 
had  liecu  accomi)lishe(l  wlien  the  day 
was  but  now  dawning,  because  of  the 
Lord's  protection  that  gave  "  Judas 
help. 

18  But  the  king,  hanng  had  a  taste  of 
the  exceeding  boldness  of  the  Jews, 
made   attempts  by   stratagem   upon 

19  their  positions,  anrl  -upon  a  strong 
fortress  of  the  .Jews  at  Bethsura;  he 
advanced,  was   turned   back,  failed, 

20  was  defeated.  And  Judas  conveyed 
such  things  as  were  necessary  unto 


lil  them  that  were  within.  But  Khodo- 
cus,  from  the  Jewish  rank."*,  made 
known  to  the  enemy  the  secrets  <■>/  his 
countrymen.    Ho  was  sought  (Hit,  and 

22  taken,  and  shut  up  in  prison.  The 
king  treated  with  them  In  Bethsura 
the  second  time,  gave  his  hand,  took 
theirs,  departed,  attacked  the  forces 

23  of  Judas,  was  put  to  the  worse,  heard 
that  I'hilip  wlio  had  been  left  as 
chancellor  in  Antioch  had  become 
reckless,  was  confounded,  made  to  the 
Jews  an  overture  of  peace,  stdimitted 
himself  and  sware  to  acknowledge  all 
their  rights,  came  to  terms  with  them 
and   ottered    sacrifice,  honoured   tlie 

24  sanctuary  and  the  place,  shewed  kind- 
ness and  graciously  received  INIac- 
cabffius,  left  Hegemonides  governor 
from  rtolemais  even  unto  the  '^  Ger- 

25  renians,  came  to  Ftolemais.  The  men 
of  I'tolemais  were  displeaseii  at  the 
treaty,  for  they  had  excee<ling  gieat 
indignation  a>raittfit  the  .lews  -.  thoy  de- 
sired to  annul  the  articles  of  the  agree- 

26  ment.  Lysias  '^came  forward  to 
speak,  made  the  best  defence  that 
was  possible,  persuaded,  pacilied, 
made  them  well  aflectcd,  departed 
unto  Antioch.  This  was  the  issue  of 
tlie  inroad  and  departure  of  the  king. 

14  Now  after  a  space  of  three  years 
tidings  were  brought  to  Judas  and  his 
company  that  Demetrius  the  son  of 
Seleucus,  having  sailed  into  the  haven 
of  Tripolis  with  a  mighty  host  and  a 

2  fleet,  had  gotten  possession  of  the 
country,  having  made  away  with  An- 
tioclius  and  Lysias  his  guardian. 

3  But  one  Alcimus,  who  had  formerly 
been  high  jiriest.  and  had  wilfully  pol- 
luted himself  in  the  times  when  there 
was  no  mingling  \rlth  the  fienti/es, 
considering  that  there  was  no  deliver- 
ance for  him  in  any  way,  nor  any  more 

4  access  unto  the  holy  altar,  came  to 
king  Demetrius  in  about  the  hundred 
and  one  and  fiftieth  year,  presenting 
to  him  a  chaplet  of  gold  and  a  palm, 
and  bcsifle  these  .>!nwe  of  the  festal 
olive  boughs  of  the  temple.    And  for 

5  that  day  he  helil  his  peace  :  but  hav- 
ing gotten  oiiportunity  to  further  his 
own  madness,  being  callefl  by  Deme- 
trius into  a  meeting  of  his  conm-il.  and 
asked  how  the  Jews  stood  affected 
and  what  they  purposed,  he  answered 

6  thereunto.  Those  of  the  Jews  that  be 
called  "  Hasid?pans,  whose  leader  is 
.Judas  Maccaba-us,  keep  Up  war.  and 
are  seditious,  not  suffering  the  king- 

7  dom  to  ttnd  tranquillity.  Wherefore, 
having  laid  aside  mine  ancestral 
glory,  I  mean  the  high  priosthoo<l,  I 

8am  now  come  ''hither;  first  for  the 
unfeigned  care  I  have  for  the  things 
that  concern  the  king,  and  secondly 
because  I  liave  regard  also  to  mine 
own  fellow-citizens  :  for,  through  the 
unadvised  dealing  of  those  of  whom 


14.  24. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


14.  37. 


I  spake  before,  our  whole  race  is  in  no 
9  small  misfortune.  But  do  tliou,  O 
king,  having  informed  thyself  of  these 
things  severally,  take  thought  both  for 
our  country  and  for  our  race,  which 
'■  is  surrounded  by  foes,  according  to 
the  gracious  kindness  with  which  thou 

10  receivest  all.  For  as  long  as  Judas  re- 
maineth  alive,  it  is  impossible  that  the 

1 1  state  should  find  peace.  And  when  he 
had  spoken  such  words  as  these,  at 
once  -  the  rest  of  the  kim/'s  '  Friends, 
having  ill  will  against  Judas,  inflamed 

12  Demetrius  yet  more.  And  forthwith 
appointing  Nicanor,  who  had  been 
master  of  the  elephants,  and  making 
him  governor  of  Judaea,  he  sent  him 

13  forth,  giving  him  written  instructions 
to  make  away  with  Judas  himself  and 
to  scatter  them  tliat  were  with  him, 
and  to  set  up  Alcimus  as  high  priest 

14  of  the  *  great  temple.  And  ^  those  in 
Judaea  that  ''had  before  driven  Judas 
into  exile  thronged  to  Nicanor  in 
flocks,  supposing  that  the  misfortunes 
and  calamities  of  the  Jews  would  be 
successes  to  themselves. 

15  But  when  the  .feus  heard  of  Niea- 
nor's  inroad  and  the  assault  of  the 
heathen,  they  sprinkled  earth  ^ipoii. 
their  heads  and  made  solemn  suppli- 
cation to  him  who  had  established  his 
own  people  for  evermore,  and  who  al- 
way,  making  manifest  his  presence, 
upholdethf/iew;  that  are  his  own  por- 

16  tion.  '  And  when  the  leader  had  given 
/(is commands,  he  straightway  setteth 
out  from  thence,  and  joiueth  battle 
with  them  at  a  village  called  Lessau. 

17  But  Simon,  the  brother  of  Judas,  had 
encountered  Nicanor,  *yet  not  till 
late,  having  received  a  check  by  rea- 
son of  the  sudden  consternation  caus- 
ed by  his  adversaries. 

18  Nevertheless  Nicanor,  hearing  of  the 
manliness  of  them  that  were  with 
Judas,  and  their  courage  in  fighting 
for  their  country,  shrank  from  bring- 
ing the  matter  to  the  decision  of  the 

19  sword.  Wherefore  he  sent  Posidonius 
and  Theodotus  and  Mattathias  to  give 

20  and  receive  pledges  of  friendship.  So 
when  these  proposals  had  been  long 
considered,  and  the  leader  had  made 
the  °  troops  acquainted  therewith, 
and  it  appeared  that  they  were  all  of 
like  mind,  they  consented  to  the  cove- 

21  nants.  And  they  appointed  a  day  on 
which  to  meet  together  by  themselves. 
And  a  litter  was  borne  forward  from 

22  each  army;  they  set  chairs  of  state  ; 
Judas  stationed  armed  men  ready  in 
convenient  places,  lest  haply  there 
should  suddenly  be  treachery  on  the 
part  of  the  enemy;  they  held  such 

23  conference  as  was  meet.  Nicanor 
tarried  in  Jerusalem,  and  did  nothing 
to  cause  disturbance,  but  dismissed 
the  flocks  of  people  that  had  gathered 

24  together.    And  he  kept  Judas  always 


in    his  presence ;   he  had   gained  a 

25  hearty  affection  for  the  man  ;  he  urged 
him  to  marry  and  beget  children  ;  he 
married,  settled  quietly,  took  part  in 
common  lite. 

26  But  Alcimus,  perceiving  the  good 
will  that  was  betwixt  them,  i°  and 
having  got  possession  of  the  cove- 
nants that  had  been  made,  came  unto 
Demetrius  and  told  him  that  Nicanor 
was  ill  affected  toward  the  state,  for 
he  had  appointed  that  conspirator 
against  his  kingdom,  Judas,  to  be  his 

27  successor.  And  the  king,  falling  into 
a  rage,  and  being  exasperated  by  the 
calumnies  of  that  most  wicked  man, 
wrote  to  Nicanor,  signifying  that  he 
was  displeased  at  the  covenants,  and 
commanding  him  to  send  Maccabaeus 
prisoner  unto   Antioch  in  all  haste. 

28  And  when  this  message  came  to  Ni- 
canor, he  was  confounded,  arid  was 
sore  troubled  at  the  thought  of  annul- 
ling the  articles  that  had  been  agreed 
upon,  the  man  having  done  no  wrong ; 

29  but  because  there  was  no  dealing 
against  the  king,  he  watched  his  time 
to  execute  this   purpose  by   sti-ata- 

30  gem.  But  Maccabaeus,  when  he  per- 
ceived that  Nicanor  was  behaving 
more  harshly  in  his  dealings  with  him, 
and  that  he  had  become  ruder  in  his 
customary  bearing,  understanding 
that  this  harshness  came  not  of  good, 
gathered  together  not  a  few  of  his 
men,  and  concealed  himself  from  Ni- 
canor. 

31  But  the  other,  ^'when  he  became 
aware  that  he  had  been  bravely  de- 
feated by  the  stratagem  of  "  Judas, 
came  to  the  *  great  and  holy  temple, 
while  the  priests  were  offering  the 
usual  sacrifices,  and  commanded  them 

32  to  deliver  up  the  man.  And  when  they 
declared  with  oaths  that  they  had  no 
knowledge  where  the  man  was  whom 

33  he  sought,  he  stretched  forth  his  right 
hand  toward  tlie  sanctuary,  and  sware 
this  oath  :  If  ye  will  not  deliver  up  to 
me  Judas  as  a  prisoner,  I  will  lay  this 
13  temple  of  God  even  with  the  ground, 
and  will  break  down  the  altar,  and  I 
will  erect  here  a  lemple  unto  "  Bacchus 

34  for  all  to  see.  And  having  said  this 
he  departed.  But  the  priests,  stretch- 
ing forth  their  hands  toward  heaven, 
called  upon  him  that  ever  fighteth  for 

35  our  nation,  in  these  words  :  Thou,  ^^  O 
Lord  of  the  universe,  who  in  thyself 
hast  need  of  nothing,  wast  well  pleas- 
ed that  a  sanctuary  of  thy  "'habitation 

36  should  be  set  among  us ;  so  now,  O 
holy  Lord  of  all  hallowing,  keep  un- 
defiled  for  ever  this  house  that  hath 
been  lately  cleansed. 

37  Now  information  was  given  to  Ni- 
canor against  one  Eazis,  an  elder  of 
Jerusalem,  "as  being  a  lover  of  his 
countrymen  and  a  man  of  very  good 
report,  and  one  called  Father  of  the 


15.  7. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


15.  20. 


Jews  for  his  good  will  tovard  them. 

38  For  in  the  former  times  when  there 
was  no  mingling  iritli  tlie  (Untiles  he 
had  lieen  accused  of  clrurini/  to  llie 
Jews'  religion,  and  had  jeoiiarded 
body  and  life  with  all  earnestness  for 

39  the  religionof  the  Jews.  And  Xicanor, 
wishing  to  make  evident  the  ill  will 
that  he  hare  unto  the  Jews,  sent  above 

40  five  hundred  soldiers  to  take  him  ;  for 
lie  thought  by  taking  him  to  inllicl  a 

41  calamity  upon  them.  iUit  when  the 
'  troo|)s  were  on  the  point  of  taking 
the  tower,  and  were  forcing  the  iloor 
of  the  court,  and  bade  bring  lire  aviil 
burn  the  doors,  he  being  surrounded 
on  every  side  fell  upon   his   sword, 

42  choosing  rather  to  die  nobly  than  to 
fall  into  the  hands  of  the  wicked 
wretches,  and  sutler  outrage  unworthy 

43  of  his  own  nobleness:  but  since  he 
missed  His  stroke  through  the  excite- 
ment of  the  struggle,  and  the  crowds 
were  now  rushing  within  the  door,  he 
ran  bravely  up  to  the  wall  and  cast 
himself    down    manfully  among  the 

44  crowds.  But  as  they  quickly  gave 
back,  a  space  was  made,  and  he  fell  on 

45  the  middle  of  =  his  side.  And  having 
yet  breath  within  him,  and  being  in- 
flamed with  passion,  he  rose  up,  and 
though  his  blood  gushed  out  in 
streams  and  his  wounds  were  griev- 
ous, he  ran  through  the  crowds,  and 

46  standing  upon  a  steep  rock,  when  as 
his  blood  was  now  well  nigh  spent, 
he  drew  forth  his  l)owels  tliroii'jh  the 

■  icouiul,  and  taking  them  in  both  his 
hands  he  shook  them  at  the  crowds  ; 
and  calling  upon  him  who  is  Lord  of 
*the  life  and  the  *  siiiiit  to  restore 
him  'these  again,  he  thus  died. 
15  But  Nicanor,  hearing  that  Judas  and 
his  company  were  in  the  region  of 
Samaria,  resolved  to  set  upon  them 
with  all  security  on  the  day  of  rest. 

2  And  when  the  Jews  that  were  com- 
pelled to  follow  him  said,  O  destroy 
not  so  savagely  and  barbarously,  but 
give  due  glory  to  the  day  which  he 
that  beholdeth  all  things  hath  '■  hon- 
oured and  hallowed  above  tit  In- r  (hii/s ; 

3  then  the  thrice-accursed  wretch  asked 
if  there  were  a  Sovereign  in  heaven 
that  had  connnanded  to  keep  the  sab- 

4  bath  day.  And  when  they  declared, 
There  is  the  Lord,  living  himself  a 
Sovereign  in  heaven,  who  bade  us  ob- 

5  serve  the  seventh  day  ;  then  saith  the 
other,  I  also  am  a  sovereign  upon  the 
earth, "  who  noiv  command  to  take  up 
arms  and  execute  the  king's  business. 
Nevertheless  he  prevailed  not  to  exe- 
cute his  *  cruel  purpose. 

6  And  Nicanor,  "  bearing  himself 
haughtily  in  all  vaingloriousness,  had 
determined  to  set  up  a  monument  of 
complete  victory  over  Judas  and  all 

7  them  that  were  with  him :  but  Macca- 
bseus  still  trusted  unceasingly,  with  all 

1 


hope  that  he  shoulii  obtain  help  from 
8  the  Lord.  And  he  e.xhoried  his  com- 
pany not  to  l)e  learfid  at  tiie  '"  inroad 
of  the  healluMi,  Imt,  keeiiiiig  in  niiud 
the  lu'l|i  wliich  of  old  tlu-y  had  oft- 
times  received  from  heaven,  so  now 
also  to  look  for  the  victory  which 
would  come  inito  them  from  the  Al- 
9 mighty;  antl  comforting  them  out  of 
the  law  and  the  prophets,  and  withal 
putting  them  in  mini!  of  llie  conllicts 
tliat   they  had   maintained,  he  made 

10  them  more  eager/or  l/ii-  bultlr.  And 
when  he  had  rouseil  their  "  spirit,  he 
gave  them  A/a  eonunands,  at  the  same 
time  i)ointing  out  the  perlidionsness  of 
the  heathen  and  their  breach  of  their 

1 1  oaths.  And  arming  each  one  of  them, 
not  so  much  with  the  sure  defence  of 
shields  and  spears  as  witli  the  encou- 
ragement///a?  lietli  in  good  words,and 
moreover  relating  to  them  a  dream 
1-  worthy  to  be  believed,  he  made  them 

12  all  exceeding  glad.  And  the  vision  of 
WvAt  ilrt'dia  was  this:  //<•  saic  Onias, 
him  that  was  high  jiriest,  a  noble  and 
good  man,  reverend  in  bearing,  yet 
gentle  in  manner  and  well-si)oken,  and 
exercised  from  a  child  in  all  points 
of  virtue,  with  outstretched  hands  in- 
voking Olessiiu/s  on  the  whole  body  of 

13  the  Jews:  thereupon  lie  saic  a  man 
appear,  of  venerable  age  and  exceed- 
ing glory,  and  wonderful  and  most 
majestic  was  the  dignity  around  him : 

14  and  Onias  answered  and  said.  This 
is  the  lover  of  the  brethren,  he  who 
prayeth  much  for  the  people  and  the 
holy  city,  Jeremiah   the   i)roi)het  of 

IT)  Ood  :  and  Jeremiah  stretching  forth 
his  right  hand  delivered  to  Judas 
a  sword  of  gold,  ami  in    giving    it 

ly  addressed  liim  thus.  Take  the  holy 
sword,  a  gift  from  God,  wherewith 
thou  Shalt  smite  down  the  adversaries. 

17  And  being  encouraged  by  the  words 
of  Judas,  which  were  of  a  lofty  strain, 
and  able  to  incite  unto  virtue  and  to 
stir  the  souls  of  the  young  unto  manly 
courage,  they  determined  '••  not  to 
carry  on  a  campaign,  but  nobly  to 
bear  down  upon  the  encnn/.  i\i\d  light- 
ing iKind  to  hand  with  all  courage 
liring  the  matter  to  an  issue,  because 
the  city  and  the  sanctuary  and  the 

18  temple  were  in  danger.  For  their 
fear  for  wives  and  children,  and  fur- 
thermore for  brethren  and  kinsfolk, 
was  in  less  accoinit  with  them;  but 
greatest  and  first  was  their  fear  for 

19  the  consecrated  sanctuary.  And  they 
also  that  were  shut  up  in  the  city  were 
in  no  light  distress, being  troubled  l)e- 
cause  of  the  encounter  in  the  open 
ground. 

20  And  when  all  were  now  waiting  for 
the  decision  of  the  issue,  and  the  ene- 
my had  already  joined  battle,  and  the 
army  had  been  set  in  array,  and  the 
"elephants  "■brought  back  to  aeon- 


15.  31. 


II.  MACCABEES. 


15.  39. 


1  Or, 

in  line 
2Gr. 
niuHi- 
tucles. 
3  Gr. 
beasts. 


♦  Gr. 

camp. 


»  Or,  be- 
wilder- 
ment 


venient  post,  and  the  horsemen  drawn 

21  up  ^on  the  flank,  Maccabaeus,  per- 
ceiving the  presence  of  the  -  troops, 
and  the  various  arms  with  which  they 
were  equipped,  and  tire  savageness  of 
the  ^  elepliants,  holding  up  liis  hands 
unto  heaven  called  upon  the  Lord 
that  worketh  wonders,  recognising 
that  success  cometh  not  by  arms,  but 
that,  according  as  the  Lord  shall 
judge,  he  gaiueth  the  victory  for  them 

22  that  are  worthy.  And  calling  upon 
God  he  said  after  this  manner :  Thou, 
O  Sovereign  Lord,  didst  send  thine 
angel  in  the  time  of  Hezekiah  king  of 
Judaea,  and  he  slew  of  the  *  host  of 
Sennacherib  as  many  as  a  hundred 

23  fourscore  and  five  thousand  ;  so  now 
also,  O  Sovereign  of  the  heavens,  send 
a  good  angel  before  us  to  bring  terror 

24  and  trembling :  through  the  greatness 
of  thine  arm  let  them  he  stricken  with 
dismay  that  with  blasphemy  are  come 
hither  against  thy  holy  people.    And 

25  as  he  ended  with  these  words,  Nicanor 
and  his  company  advanced  with  trum- 

26. pets  and  pteans ;  but  Judas  and  his 
company  joined  battle  with  the  enemy 

27  with  invocation  and  prayers.  And  con- 
tending with  their  hands,  and  praying 
unto  God  with  their  hearts,  they  slew 
no  less  than  thirty  and  five  thousand 
men,  being  made  exceeding  glad  by 
the  manifestation  of  God. 

28  And  when  the  engagement  was  over, 
and  they  were  returning  again  with 
joy,  they  recognised   Nicanor  lying 

29  dead  in  full  armour ;  and  there  arose 
a  shout  and  -•  tumult,  and  then  they 
blessed  the    Sovereign  Lord  in  the 

30  language  of  their  fathers.  And  he 
that  in  all  things  was  in  body  and  soul 
the  foremost  champion  of  his  fellow- 
citizens,  he  that  kept  through  life  the 
good  will  of  his  youth  toward  his 
countrymen,  commanded  to  cut  off 
Nicanor's  head,  and  his  hand  with  the 
shoulder,  and  bring  them  to  Jerusalem. 

31  And  when  he  had  arrived  there,  and 
had  called  his  countrymen  together 


and  set  the  priests  before  the  altar, 
he  sent  for  them  that  were  in  the 

32  citadel :  and  shewing  the  head  of  the 
vile  Nicanor,  and  the  hand  of  that 
profane  man,  which  with  proud  brags 
he  had  stretched  out  against  the  holy 

33  house  of  the  Almighty,  and  cutting 
out  the  tongue  of  the  impious  Nicanor, 
he  said  that  he  would  give  '•  it  by  pieces 
to  the  birds,  and  hang  up  the  'rewards 
of  his  madness  over  against  the  sanc- 

34  tuary.  And  they  all  looking  up  unto 
heaven  blessed  *  the  Lord  who  had 
manifested  himself,  saying.  Blessed  be 
he  that  hath  preserved  his  own  place 

35  undeflled.  And  he  hanged  Nicanor's 
head  and  shoulder  from  the  citadel,  a 
sign,  evident  unto  all  and  manifest, 

36  of  the  help  of  the  Lord.  And  they  all 
ordained  with  a  common  decree  in  no 
wise  to  let  this  day  pass  undistin- 
guished, but  to  mark  with  honour  the 
thirteenth  day  of  the  twelfth  month  (it 
is  called  Adar  in  the  Syrian  tongue), 
the  day  before  the  day  of  Mordeeai. 


37  This  then  having  been  the  issue  of 
the  attempt  of  Nicanor,  and  the  city 
having  from  those  times  been  held  by 
the  Hebrews,  I  also  will  here  make  an 

38  end  of  my  book.  And  If  /  have  written 
well  and  to  the  point  in  my  story,  this 
is  what  I  myself  desired;  but  if  meanly 
and  indifferently,  this  is  all  I  could  at 

39 tain  unto.  For  as  it  Is  "distasteful 
to  drink  wine  alone  and  in  like  manner 
again  to  drink  water  alone, '"  while 
the  mingling  of  wine  with  water  at 
once  ^1  giveth  full  pleasantness  to  the 
flavour ;  so  also  the  fashioning  of  the 
language  delighteth  the  ears  of  them 
that  read  the  story. 
And  here  shall  be  the  end. 


e  Or, 
i?iem 
1  The 
Greek 
text  here 
is  per- 
ha|>8 
corrupt. 
8  Or, 
the 


»  Or, 

hurt/xd 

10  Or. 
but  even 
as. 

11  Or, 
adchtji 
delight 
to  the 
benefit 


The  end  of  Apocrypha. 


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PREFACE 


This  edition  of  the  Revised  New  Testament  of  1881  embodies  a  pur- 
pose entertained  by  many  members  of  the  American  Revision  Committee 
almost  from  the  publication  of  the  work.  The  list  of  passages  in  which 
the  New  Testament  Company  dissented  from  the  decisions  of  their  Eng- 
lish  associates,  when  it  was  transmitted  to  them,  bore  the  heading,  "  The 
American  New  Testament  Revision  Company,  having  in  many  casos 
yielded  their  preference  for  certain  readings  and  renderings,  present  the 
following  instances  in  which  they  differ  from  the  English  Company,  as 
in  their  view  of  sufficient  importance  to  be  appended  to  the  revision, 
in  accordance .  with  an  understanding  between  the  Companies." 

The  knowledge  of  the  existence  of  these  suppressed  deviations  natu- 
rally stirred  a  desire  that  they  should  be  made  accessible  to  at  least  the 
American  public.  This  desire,  especially  on  the  part  of  those  whose  gen- 
erous interest  in  the  Avork  from  its  inception  had  enabled  the  American 
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pledge  their  support  for  fourteen  years  to  the  editions  issued  by  the  Uni- 
versity Presses  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge.  But  the  reiterated  suggestion 
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having  met  with  favor,  they  acceded  to  the  overtures  of  the  Messrs.  Nelson 
and  engaged  in  preparing  gratuitously  the  desired  edition,  to  be  issued 
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appeared  in  the  work  as  published  in  1881  which  were  preferred  by  the 
American  revisers.  The  Appendix  of  that  edition,  however,  was  not  only 
hastily  compiled  under  pressure  from  the  University  Presses,  but  its  neces- 
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exclusion  of  many  suggestions  that  the  American  Company  held  to  be  nf 
interest  and  importance.  These,  amounting  in  the  aggregate  to  a  consider- 
able number,  have  been  incorporated  in  the  present  edition.  The  oppor- 
tunity has  been  taken  also  to  introduce  not  a  few  alterations,  individually 

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of  slight  importance,  yet  as  a  body  contributing  decidedly  to  the  perfection 
of  the  work.  But  the  survivors  of  the  New  Testament  Company  have  not 
felt  at  liberty  to  make  new  changes  of  moment  which  were  not  favorably 
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In  the  delicate  matter  of  rendering  the  names  of  the  several  coins  that 
occur  in  the  New  Testament,  we  have  departed  somewhat  from  our  Eng- 
lish brethren.  For  the  Greek  Xeirrov  the  term  "  mite  "  has  been  retained, 
and  for  KoBpdvTr)<;  the  rendering  "  farthing  "  (see  Mk.  xii.  42).  But  ddo-dptov 
has  been  translated  "  penny  "  (Matt.  x.  29  ;  Lk.  xii.  G) ;  while  in  thirteen 
out  of  the  sixteen  instances  where  in  the  edition  of  1881  the  Greek  BrjvdpLov 
was  represented  by  this  English  word,  the  term  "  shilling  "  has  been  sub- 
stituted, not  only  as  corresponding  more  nearly  to  the  coin's  relative  value, 
but  also  because  "  penny,"  according  to  its  modern  use,  is  in  some  cases 
highly  inappropriate  (see  Matt.  xx.  2  ;  Lk.  x.  35  ;  Rev.  vi.  6).  In  the  three 
remaining  instances  (Matt.  xxii.  19  ;  Mk.  xii.  15  ;  Lk.  xx.  24),  the  Greek 
name  of  the  coin  has  been  introduced,  in  order  to  meet  the  obvious  require- 
ment of  the  context.  Where  the  English  value  of  coins  is  given  in  the 
margin,  we  have  added  the  equivalents  in  our  national  currency  ;  but  in 
the  case  of  the  talent  (Matt,  xviii.  24)  what  is  believed  to  be  a  more  accu- 
rate valuation  has  been  given. 

In  formal  particulars,  this  new  edition  will  show  but  slight  and  infre- 
quent deviations  from  its  predecessor.  The  division  of  the  text  into  para- 
graphs in  that  edition  has  not  been  often  departed  from  ;  and  then  chiefly 
in  cases  where  the  same  matter  is  found  in  more  than  one  of  the  Gospels, 
and  hence  uniformity  of  division  seemed  desirable.  Further,  in  the 
Epistles  and  the  Revelation  the  more  decided  transitions  to  a  new  topic 
have  been  indicated  by  leaving  a  line  blank.  The  somewhat  ponderous 
and  peculiar  system  of  punctuation  of  the  original  edition  has  been  in  the 
main  adhered  to  ;  although,  pursuant  to  the  principle  there  followed,  a 
comma  has  here  and  there  been  dropped  which  seemed  likely  to  obstruc\ 
the  reader,  and  the  gradations  of  thought  have  been  occasionally  indicated 
more  distinctly  by  substituting  a  semicolon  for  the  overworked  colon. 
The  titles  of  the  books,  which  in  the  former  edition  were  given  as  printed 
in  1611,  have  been  somewhat  abbreviated,  at  the  dictate  of  convenience, 
and  agreeably  to  usage,  ancient  as  well  as  modern.  They  have  been  altered 
only  in  the  few  instances  where  the  former  heading  was  erroneous  (as  in 
the  case  of  the  Epistle  to  the  Hebrews),  or  apt  to  mislead  (as  in  the  case  of 
the  Book  of  Acts),  or  hardly  intelligible  to  the  ordinary  reader  (as  the 
"  General "  in  the  heading  of  some  of  the  shorter  Epistles),  or  founded  in  a 
misapprehension  (as  in  the  case  of  "  Saint "  prefixed  to  the  names  of  the 
Evangelists).  Moreover,  the  alternate  title  of  the  New  Testament,  and  the 
mode  of  printing  the  headings  of  the  Four  Evangelists'  narratives,  are 
designed  to  recall  to  mind  the  inherent  signification  and  primitive  use  of 
the  terms  "  Testament "  (compare  Hebrews  ix.  15  f .)  and  "  Gospel."     In 

iv 


PEEFACE 

the  Book  of  Revelation,  also,  the  "Glorias,"  "Trisagia,"  etc.,  have  been 
marked  tyi)()Krai)hic;illy. 

In  dealing  ^vith  the  LanKua.i^'e,  the  American  revisers  have  endeavored 
to  act  with  becoming  deference  and  reserve.  A  few  archaisms,  such  as 
"  how  that  "  "  for  to,"  "  the  which,"  "  howbeit,"  etc.,  which  arc  becoming 
nncouth  to  a  modern  ear,  have  been  generally  although  not  invariably 
discarded.  Not  a  few  of  the  instances  of  the  supei-fluous  use  of  "  do  and 
''  did  "  as  auxiliaries,  of  "  that "  as  equivalent  to  "  that  which,"  and  the  bke, 
have  also  been  removed ;  and  current  usage  has  been  recognized  in  the 
case  of  forms  which  King  James's  revision  employed  indiscriminately,  as 
-beside"  and  "besides"  (see  Luke  xvi.  26;  xxiv.  21).  But  in  making 
these  and  other  slight  changes,  the  American  editors  have  not  forgotten 
that  they  were  dealing  with  a  venerable  monument  of  English  usage,  and 
have  been  careful  not  to  obliterate  the  traces  of  its  historic  origin  and 
descent. 

The  two  most  obvious  departures  of  this  edition  from  that  of  1881  con- 
sist in  the  addition  of  references  to  parallel  and  illustrative  Biblical  pas- 
sages and  of  running  heading's  to  indicate  the  contents  of  the  pages. 

The  references  have  been  selected  in  the  main  from  a  numerous  col- 
lection provisionally  attached  to  the  text  at  one  stage  of  the  preparation  of 
the  original  work,  but  withheld  at  the  time  of  its  publication.    In  selecting 
them  however,  other  similar  collections  and  the  better  commentaries  have 
not  been  neglected  ;  but  the  aim  has  been  to  avoid  multiplying  them  to 
such  a  degi-ee  as  to  embarrass  or  discourage  a  student.     Accordingly,  reter- 
ences  which  may  be  said  to  be  of  a  hortatory  or  dogmatic  character  have 
been  compai^atively  neglected,  as  belonging  less  to  the  study  of  Scriptirre 
than  to  its  application,  whether  in  the  realm  of  thought  or  of  life.     On  the 
other  hand,  prominence  has  been  given  to  those  which  illustrate  national 
customs,  characteristic  phrases,  peculiarities  of  vocabulary  or  style  corre- 
spondences  between  different  Biblical  books,  and  the  like.     Some  attempt 
has  been  made,  also,  to  group  references  topically  ;  as  for  example,  in  the 
cie  of  Matthew's  allusions  to  the  "  words"  of  Christ ;  of  the     we     sec- 
t^ns  in  \cts;  of  the  use  of  "brethren"  in  addressing  Christians  on  the 
one  hand,  and  Jews  on  the  other;  of  "Jews"  as  employed  in  a  national 
and  a  We.;.rchical  reference  ;  and  the  like.     In  order  further  to  lessen  the 
number  of  "superiors"  tending  to  distract  a  readers  eye,  the  different 
references  belonging  to  a  verse  have  often  been  consolidated,  with  the 
result  occasionally  that  in  the  given  group  of  passages  one  may  illustrate 
one  part  of  a  verse,  another  another.     References  printed  m  italics  desig- 
nate parallel  passages  ;  in  such  cases  the  comprehensive  reference  is  gener- 
ally ield  to  sulfice  for  all  details  falling  within  the  limits  of  the  parallels, 
especially  in  the  Gospels.     In  many  cases,  however,  striking  aphorisms 
partSularly  when  not  found  in  all  of  the  jwallel  nan-atives,  have  received 
a  notation  of  their  own.     As  the  references  constitute  an  apparatus  mainh 
?or  Bn^^ical  studv,  and  as  their  selection  has  been  inevitably  influenced 
somewhat  by  modern  exegetical  opinion,  they  have  be^n  separated  from 
trcitationsand  express  allusions  for  which  the  sacred  .s-riter  is  respon- 
se ^ 


PEEKACE 

sible,  by  printing  this  latter  class  with  Roman  chapter-numerals  and  setting' 
them  at  the  foot  of  the  page. 

Notwithstanding  the  caution  —  as  wise  perhaps  as  prudent  —  which  led 
the  English  Committee  wholly  to  omit  the  headings  of  chapters  and  pages, 
and  in  spite  of  the  disfavor  which  has  been  the  fate  of  many  attempts  to 
furnish  them  from  the  days  of  Dr.  Blayney,  who,  with  four  assistants,  pro- 
duced a  set  which  speedily  fell  into  neglect,  it  has  been  deemed  best  to 
equip  the  present  edition  with  running  headlines,  which  may  serve  in  some 
sort  instead  of  a  detailed  Table  of  Contents,  and  as  landmarks  to  a  reader 
familiar  with  the  text.  In  preparing  them  it  has  been  the  constant  aim  to 
avoid  as  far  as  possible  all  pre-commitments,  whether  doctrinal  or  exegeti- 
cal ;  and  with  this  object  in  view,  the  forms  of  statement  employed  have 
been  drawn  in  the  main  from  the  Biblical  text.  Often  a  fragmentary 
quotation  which  might  serve  as  a  catchword  or  reminder  of  a  well-known 
passage  has  been  deemed  sufficient.  The  limitations  of  space  have  fre- 
quently compelled  a  partial  selection  from  the  contents  of  a  given  page,  the 
continuation  of  a  heading  from  one  page  to  the  next,  or  even  the  entry  of 
the  kernel  of  a  statement  on  a  page  adjoining  that  on  which  it  appears  in 
the  text.  Slight  displacement  in  such  a  case  seemed  preferable  to  total 
omission. 

It  is  not  superfluous  to  mention  expressly  the  fact  that  in  this  edition 
the  variant  readings  and  renderings  are  placed  at  the  foot  of  the  pages,  but 
in  as  close  juxtaposition  as  possible  with  the  passages  to  which  they  relate. 
The  reader's  attention  is  thereby  drawn  to  the  circumstance  that  some 
degree  of  uncertainty  still  cleaves,  in  the  judgment  of  scholars,  either  to 
the  text  of  the  passage  before  him,  or  to  its  translation,  or  to  both.  Accord- 
ingly, when  he  remembers  that,  by  the  rule  of  procedure  which  the 
Committee  followed,  the  translation  of  1611  held  its  place  in  every  instance 
until  an  alteration  commanded  the  votes  of  two-thirds  of  the  revisers,  it  will 
become  evident  to  him  that  a  rendering  given  in  the  margin  may  have  com- 
mended itself  to  a  majority,  while  still  falling  short  of  the  degree  of 
approval  necessary  to  enable  it  to  supplant  the  text.  It  is  known  that  this 
was  the  case  in  a  considerable  number  of  instances,  of  which  the  established 
term  "  Comforter  "  as  the  appellation  of  the  Holy  Spirit  in  the  fourteenth 
chapter  of  the  Gospel  of  John  is  a  notable  representative. 

The  present  volume,  it  is  believed,  will  on  the  one  hand  bring  a  plain 
reader  more  closely  into  contact  with  the  exact  thought  of  the  sacred  writers 
than  any  version  now  current  in  Christendom,  and  on  the  other  hand  prove 
itself  especially  serviceable  to  students  of  the  Word.  In  this  belief  the 
editors  bid  it  anew  God-speed,  and  in  the  realization  of  this  desired  result 
they  will  find  their  all-sufficient  reward. 


vi 


THE  GOSPEL: 

ACCORDING    TO 

MATTHEW 


Genealogy  of  Jesus.    Birth  of  Jesas.    Visit  of  the  Slagi 


1^  The  book  of  the  -  generation 
of  Jesus  Christ,  "the  son  of 
David,  *^the  son  of  Abraham. 

2  Abraham  begat  Isaac ;  and 
Isaac  begat  Jacob  ;  and  Jacob  be- 
^at  Judali  and  his  brethren  ;  3  and 
.Tudah  begat  Perez  and  Zerah  of 
Tamar ;  and  **  Perez  begat  Hezron ; 
and  Hezron  begat  ^  Ram ;  4  and 
^  Ram  begat  Amminadab;  andAm- 
minadab  begat  Nahshon;  and  Nah- 
shon  begat  Salmon  ;  5  and  Salmon 
begat  Boaz  of  Rahab;  and  Roaz 
begat  Obed  of  Ruth  ;  and  Obed  be- 
gat Jesse  ;  6  and  Jesse  begat  David 
the  king. 

And  David  *  begat  Solomon  of 
her  that  had  been  the  wife  of  Uriah ; 
7  and  Solomon  -'begat  Rehoboam  ; 
and  Rehoboam  begat  Abijah  ;  and 
Abijah  liegat  *  Asa  ;  8  and  *  Asa 
begat  Jehoshaphat ;  and  Jehosha- 
phat  begat  Joram  ;  and  Joram  be- 
gat Uzziah  ;  9  and  Uzziah  begat 
Jotham  ;  and  Jotham  begat  Ahaz  ; 
and  Ahaz  begat  Hezekiah  ;  10  and 
Hezekiah  begat  Manasseh ;  and  !Ma- 
nasseh  begat  *Amon;  and  °Amon 
begat  Josiah  ;  1 1  and  Josiah  begat 
Jechoniah  and  his  brethren,  at  the 
time  of  the  ^'carrying  away  to 
Babylon. 

1 2  And  after  the  ^^  carrying  away 
to  Babylon,  Jechoniah  begat  '  She- 
altiel ;  and  ^  Shealtiel  begat  Zerub- 
babel ;  13  and  Zerubbabel  begat 
Abiud  ;  and  Abiud  begat  Eliakim  ; 
and  Eliakim  begat  Azor ;  1 4  and 
Azor  begat  Sadoc  ;  and  Sadoc  begat 
Achim ;  and  Achim  begat  Eliud : 
15  and  Eliud  bogat  Eleazar  ;  and 
Eleazar  begat  Matthan ;  and  Mat- 
than  begat  Jacob;  16  and  Jacob 
begat  Joseph  the  husband  of  Mary, 
of  whom  was  born  Jesus,  *who  is 
called  Christ. 

1  Or,  The  genealoQv  of  Jesus  Christ 
»  Or,  birtfi  :  as  in  ver.  18.  '  Or.  Aram. 

*  dr.  Asaph.  ^  Gr.  Amos. 

«  Or,  removal  to  Babylon        '  Gr.  Salathiel. 
31 


"  2  S.  7.  12- 
IH ;  Pb.  8<>, 
3f.;13'J.ll; 
Is.  9.  6  f . ; 

11.  1;  Lk. 

1.  32,  6!l; 
Ju.  7.  42 ; 
Actul3.23; 
Rom.  1.  3 ; 
Kev.22.1<i; 
comp.  ch. 
H.  27 

6  0611.22.11; 

Gal.  3.  16 
"^  ver.  1-6 : 

Luke  3.  34- 

32 
d  ver.  3-6 : 

eonip. 

Ruth  4. 18- 

22 ;  1  Chr. 

2.  1-15 

«  2  S.  11.  27  ; 

12.  24 
/I  Chr.  3. 

10  ff. 
'■'  2  K.  24. 

14  f . ;  Jer. 

27.  20;  ver. 

17 
!>■  ch.  27. 17, 

22; 

comp.  Lk. 

2.  11;  Jn. 

4.  25 


*Lk.  1.  27; 

comp.  ch. 

12.  46 
k  Lk.  1.  35 
'Lk.  1.  31; 

2.21 
"■  Lk.  2.  11 ; 

Acts  13. 23; 

Jn.  1.  29 


"  Comp. 
ver.  21 
"  Lk.  2.  4- 


1 7  So  all  the  generations  from 
Abraham  unto  David  am  fourteen 
generations  ;  and  from  David  unto 
the  **"  carrying  away  to  Babylon 
fourteen  generations  :  and  from  the 
•^^  carrying  away  to  Babylon  unto 
the  Christ  fourteen  generations. 

18  Now  the  « birth  "of  Jesus 
Christ  was  on  this  wise  :  When  his 
'  mother  Mary  had  been  betrothed 
to  Joseph,  before  they  came  to- 
gether she  was  *  found  with  child 
of  the  Holy  Spirit.  1  y  And  Joseph 
her  husband,  being  a  righteous 
man,  and  not  willing  to  make  her 
a  public  example,  was  minded  to 
put  her  away  privily.  20  But  when 
he  thought  on  these  things,  behold, 
an  angel  of  the  Lord  appeared  unto 
him  in  a  di-eam,  saj'ing,  Joseph, 
thou  son  of  David,  fear  not  to  take 
unto  thee  Mary  thy  wife  :  for  that 
which  is  ^"conceived  in  her  is  of 
the  Holy  Spirit.  21  And  she  shall 
bring  forth  a  son  ;  and  '  thou  shalt 
call  iiis  name  Jests;  for  it  is  he 
that  "shall  save  his  people  from 
their  sins.  22  Now  all  this  is  come 
to  pa.ss,  that  it  might  be  fulfilled 
which  was  spoken  by  the  Lord 
through  the  prophet,  saying, 

23  "  Behold,  the  virgin  shall  be  with 

child,  and  shall  bring  forth  a 

son. 

And   they  shall  call  his  name 

^'  Immanuel ; 

which  is,   being   interpreted,  God 

with  us.    24  And  Joseph  arose  from 

his  sleep,  and  did  as  the  angel  of 

the  Lord  comman<lod  him,  and  took 

unto  him  his  wife  ;  25  and  knew  her 

not  till  she  had  brought  forth  a 

son  :  and  "he  called  his  name  Jr.srs. 

r)       Now  when  Jesus  was  "born 

^^  in  Bethlehem  of  Jud.-ea  in  the 

days  of  *  Herod  the  king,  behold, 

"  Or,  generation  :  as  in  ver.  1. 

»  Some  ancient  authorities  read  of  the  Christ. 

JOOt.  b'OOflr-,,.  "I«.Vli.  14. 

>'  Gr.  Emmanutl. 


2.2 


MATTHEW 


3.4 


Flight  into  Egypt.    Slanghter  of  tlie  Innocents.    Return  to  Nazaretli.    Preaciiing  of  the  Baptist 


^  Wise-men  from  the  east  came  to 
Jerusalem,  saying,  2  '^  Where  is  he 
that  is  born  "King  of  the  Jews'? 
for  we  saw  *his  star  in  the  east, 
and  are  come  to  ^worship  him. 
3  And  when  Herod  the  king  heard 
it,  he  was  troubled,  and  all  Jeru- 
salem with  him.  4  And  gathering 
together  all  the  chief  priests  and 
scribes  of  the  people,  he  inquired 
of  them  where  the  Christ  should 
be  born.  5  And  they  said  unto 
him,  ''In  Bethlehem  of  Judaea:  for 
thus  it  is  written  through  the 
prophet, 
6  *And  thou  Bethlehem,   land  of 

Judah, 
Art  in  no  wise  least  among  the 

princes  of  Judah  : 
For  out  of  thee  shall  come  forth 

a  governor. 
Who  shall  be  ''shepherd  of  my 

Keople  Israel. 
en  Herod  privily  called  the 
^  Wise-men,  and  learned  of  them 
exactly  ^what  time  the  star  ap- 
peared. 8  And  he  sent  them  to 
Bethlehem,  and  said.  Go  and  search 
out  exactly  concerning  the  young 
child ;  and  when  ye  have  found  him, 
bring  me  word,  that  I  also  may 
come  and  ^worship  him.  9  And 
they,  having  heard  the  king,  went 
their  way ;  and  lo,  the  star,  which 
they  saw  in  the  east,  went  before 
them,  till  it  came  and  stood  over 
where  the  young  child  was.  1 0  And 
when  they  saw  the  star,  they_  re- 
joiced with  exceeding  great  joy. 
1 1  And  they  came  into  the  house 
and  saw  the  young  child  with 
^  Mary  his  mother ;  and  they  fell 
down  and  worshipped  him ;  and 
opening  their  treasures  they  offered 
unto  him  gifts,  gold  and  frankin- 
cense and  myrrh.  12  And  being 
-''warned  of  God  in  a  dream  that 
they  should  not  return  to  Herod, 
they  departed  into  their  own  coun- 
try another  way. 

13  Now  when  they  were  de- 
parted, behold,  an  angel  of  the 
Lord  ^appeareth  to  Joseph  in  a 
dream,  saying,  Arise  and  take  the 
young  child  and  his  mother,  and 
flee  into  Egypt,  and  be  thou  there 
until  I  tell  thee :  for  Herod  will 
seek  the   young  child  to  destroy 

1  Gr.  Magi.  Compare  Esther  1.  13 ;  Dan.  2.  12 ; 
Acts  13.  fi.  8. 

"  Or,  Wliere  is  the  King  of  the  Jews  that  is 
bomf 

3  The  Greek  word  denotes  an  act  of  reverence 
whether  paid  to  a  creature  (see  ch.  4.  9  ;  18.  26),  or 
to  the  Creator  (see  ch.  4.  10).  *  Mic.  v.  2. 

6  Or,  the  time  of  the  star  that  appeared 


«  Jer.  23.  5  ; 

30.  9; 

Zech.  9.  9 ; 

ch.  27.  11 ; 

Lk.  19.  33; 

23.  38 ;  Ju. 

1.49 
b  Num.  24. 

17;  Rev. 

22.  16 
<=  .In.  7.  42 
d  See  Jn. 

21.  16 
«ch.  1.  18; 

see  ch.  12. 

46 
/  ver.  22 ; 

Acts  10. 

22 ;  Heb.  8. 

5;  11.  7; 

comp.  13, 

19 ;  Lk.  2. 

26 
9  ver.  19 ; 

comp.  12 


'  ver.  13 ; 
comp.  ver. 
12,  22 


fc  See  ver.  12 


'  Lk.  1.  26 


'"  See  Mk. 

1.24 
"  ver.  1-12 : 

Mark  1. 

3-8;  Luke 

3.  2-17 ; 

comp. 

Jn.  1.  6-8, 

19-28 
"  Judg.  1. 

16;  comp. 

Josh.  15. 

61 
P  ch.  4.  17 
9  Comp. 

Dan.  2.  44 ; 

ch.  4.  17; 

6. 10  ;  10.  7 ; 

comp.  Mk. 

1.  15:  Lk. 

10.  9  f. ;  U. 

20 ;  21.  31 ; 

comp.  4.  23 
"■  Comp.  Jn. 

1.  23 
''2K.  1.  8; 

comp. 

Zech.  13.  4 


him.  14  And  he  arose  and  took 
the  young  child  and  his  mother  by 
night,  and  departed  into  Egypt ; 
15  and  was  there  until  the  death 
of  Herod  ;  that  it  might  be  fulfilled 
which  was  spoken  by  the  Lord 
through  the  prophet,  saying,  ®  Out 
of  Egypt  did  I  call ''  my  son. 

16  Then  Herod,  when  he  saw 
that  he  was  mocked  of  the  ^Wise- 
men,  was  exceeding  wroth,  and 
sent  forth,  and  slew  all  the  male 
children  that  were  in  Bethlehem, 
and  in  all  the  borders  thereof,  from 
two  years  old  and  under,  according 
to  the  time  which  he  had  exactly 
learned  of  the  ^  Wise-men.  1 7  Then 
was  fulfilled  that  which  was  spoken 
through  Jeremiah  the  prophet,  say- 
ing, 

1 8  ^  A  voice  was  heard  in  Ramah, 
Weeping  and  great  mourning, 
Rachel  weeping  for   her  chil- 
dren ; 
And    she  would   not   be   com- 
forted, because  they  are  not. 
19  But  when  Herod  was  dead, 
behold,  an  angel  of  the  Lord  'ap- 
peareth  in  a  di^eam  to  Joseph  in 
Egypt,  saying,  20  Arise  ana  take 
the  young  child  and  his  mother, 
and  go  into   the    land  of   Israel : 
for  they  are  dead  that  sought  the 
young   child's    life.      21    And    he 
arose  and    took  the    young  child 
and  his  mother,  and  came  into  the 
land  of  Israel.     22   But  when  he 
heard  that  Archelaus  was  reigning 
over   Judaea  in  the    room   of   his 
father  Herod,  he  was  afraid  to  go 
thither  ;  and  being ''  warned  of  God 
in  a  dream,  he  withdrew  into  the 
parts  of  Galilee,  23  and  came  and 
dwelt  in  a  city  called  ^Nazareth; 
that  it  might   be  fulfilled   which 
was    spoken    through    the  proph- 
ets,  ^that  he  should  be  called  a 
'"  Nazarene. 

3  And  "in  those  days  cometh 
John  the  Baptist,  preaching  in 
"tha  wilderness  of  Judaea,  saying, 
2  p  Repent  ye ;  for  *  the  kingdom 
of  heaven  is  at  hand.  3  For  this 
is  he  that  vi'^as  spoken  of  through 
Isaiah  the  prophet,  saying, 
"The  voice  of  one  crying  in  the 

wilderness, 
*■  ]\Iake  ye  ready  the  way  of  the 

Lord, 
Make  his  paths  straight. 
4  Now  John  himself  had  'his  rai- 
ment of  camel's  hair,  and  a  leathern 


6  Hos.  xi.  1. 

7  Jer.  xxxi.  15. 


8  Isa.  xi.  1  in  the  Heb.  t 
» Isa.  il.  3. 


3.5 


MATTHEW 


4.16 


Baptiam  of  Jesus.    The  Temptation.    Jesos  retire*  to  fialilee 


girdle  about  his  Icjins ;  and  his 
rood  was  "locusts  and  wild  honey. 

5  Then  went  out  unto  him  .leru- 
salem,  and  all  Judiea,  and  all  *  tho 
region  round  about  the   Jordan ; 

6  and  they  were  baptized  of  him 
in  the  river  Jordan,  confessing  their 
sins.  7  But  when  he  saw  many 
of  the  "Pharisees  and '' Sadducees 
coming  ^  to  his  baptism,  he  said 
unto  them,  Ye  'oll'spring  of  vipers, 
who  warned  you  to  llee  from  ■''  the 
wrath  to  come?  8  Bring  forth 
therefore  fruit  '■>  worthy  of  -repent- 
ance :  9  and  think  not  to  say 
within  yourselves,  ''  We  have  Abra- 
ham to  our  father  :  for  I  say  unto 
you,  that  God  is  able  of  these  stones 
to  raise  up  children  unto  Abraham. 
10  And  even  now  the  axe  lieth  at 
the  root  of  the  trees  :  '  every  tree 
therefore  that  bringeth  not  forth 
good  fruit  is  liewn  down,  and  cast 
into  the  fire.  11*1  indeed  baptize 
you  •'  in  water  unto  repentance  :  but 
he  that  cometh  after  me  is  might- 
ier than  I,  whose  shoes  1  am  not 
*  worthy  to  bear  :  'he  shall  baptize 
you  ^  in  the  Holy  Spirit  and  in  hre  : 
12  whose  '"fan  is  in  his  hand, 
and  he  will  thoroughly  cleanse 
his  threshing-floor ;  and  he  will 
"  gather  his  wheat  into  the  garner, 
but  the  chafF  he  will  burn  up  with 
"unquenchable  fire. 

13  ^Then  cometh  Jesus  'from 
Galilee  to  the  Jordan  unto  John, 
to  be  baptized  of  him.  14  But 
John  would  have  hindered  him. 
saying,  I  have  need  to  be  baptized 
of  thee,  and  comest  thou  to  me? 
15  But  Jesus  answering  said  unto 
him.  Suffer  ''  it  now  :  for  thus  it  be- 
cometh  us  to  fulfil  all  righteousness. 
Then  he  suilbreth  him.  16  And 
Jesus,  w;hen  he  was  baptized,  went 
up  straightway  from  the  water : 
and  lo,  the  heavens  were  opened 
"unto  him,  and  Mie  saw  the  Spirit 
of  God  descending  as^a  dove,  and 
coming  upon  him;  17  and  lo,  a 
voice  out  of  the  heavens,  saying, 
''This  is  my  beloved  Son,  in  whom 
I  am  well  pleased. 

4  'Then  was  Jesus  led  up  of 
the  Spirit  into  the  wilderness 
to  be  tempted  of  the  devil.  2  And 
when  he  had  "  fasted  forty  days  and 
forty  nights,  he  afterward  hun- 
gered.    3  xVnd  '  the  tempter  came 

'  Or,  for  baptism  '  Or.  your  repentance 

'  Or,  with         *  Or.  .n/JTicienl.         '  Or,  ine 
•  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  vnio  him. 
1  Or,    Thus  U  my  Son  ;    my  beloved  %n  whom 
1  am  well  pleased.    See  cb.  12. 18. 


"  Lev.  11.  22 

!•  Lk.  ;i.  3 

"^  Coiiip. 
cli.  2.(.  13, 
10  ;  Iti.  1  ff. 

d  Coinp.  cli. 

22.  23 ;  IB. 

1  «.;  Acts 
4.  1  ;  5.  17; 

23.  6  tr. 

"  ch.  12.  34  ; 

23.  33 
/ITh.  1.10 
"  Acts  2(j.  20 
''  Jn.  8.  33,  3;i 
'  ch.  7.  19 
*:  See  Jn.  1. 

26 
'  Jn.  1.33 
'"  Lk.  3.  17  ; 

conip.  Is. 

30.  24 
"  cli.  13.  30 
"  Mk.  9.  43, 

48 
P  ver.  13-17  : 

M'lrkl.  ti- 
ll ;  Lnkf:  3. 

21,22; 

conip.  Jn. 

1.  31-34 
''  ch.  2.  22 
'■  Jn.  1.  32 
'  c)i.  12.  18  ; 

17.  5 ;  Mk. 

9.  7  ;  Lk. 

9.  35  ; 

comp.  Is. 

42.1 
t  vcr.  1-11 : 

Murk  1.12, 

13  ;  lukx 

4.  1-13 
"  Comp.  Ex. 

34.  28 : 

1  K.  19.  8 
"  1  Th.  3.  5 


'^  Often :  for 
example, 
14.  33;  26. 
63;  27.54; 
Mk.  3.  11 ; 
5.  7  ;  Lk.  1. 
35  ;  4.  41 ; 
22.  70 ;  Ju. 
1.  34,49; 
5.  25 ;  9. 
3,5  ;  20.  31  ; 
Acts  9.  20  ; 
Rom.  1.4; 
2  Cor.  1. 
19 ;  Gal.  2. 
20 ;  Hob.  4. 
14:  7.  3; 

1  Jn.  3.  8  ; 
5.  10  ff.  ; 
Rev.  2.  18 

V  ch.  27.  53 ; 

Neh.  11. 1, 

18 ;  comp. 

Dan.  9.  24 
•1  Clir.  21. 

1:  Job]. 

(>-9,  12 ;  2. 

1-4,  6,  7  ; 

Zech.  3.  1, 

2 :  Mt.  12. 

26  ;  IG.  23  ; 

Mk.  1.13; 

3.  23,  26 ; 

4.  15;  8. 

33 ;  Lk.  10. 
18;  11.18; 
13.  16 ;  22. 
3.  31  ;  Jn. 
13.  27  ; 
Acts  5.  3; 
26.  18 ; 
Kom.  16. 
20  ;  1  Cor. 

5.  ft  :  7.  5  ; 

2  Cor.  2. 
11:  11.  14; 
12.  7;  ITh. 

s 


and  said  unto  him.  If  thou  art  'the 
Son  of  God,  command  that  the.se 
stones  become  "bread.  4  But  he 
answered  and  said.  It  is  written, 
"Man  shall  not  live  by  bread  alone, 
but  by  every  word  that  nroceedeth 
out  of  the  mouth  of  (Jod.  5  Then 
the  devil  taketh  him  into  "the  holy 
city  ;  and  he  set  him  on  the  '"pin- 
nacle of  the  temple,  G  find  saith 
unto  him.  If  thou  art  -"the  Son  of 
rjod,  cast  tliyself  down :  for  it  is 
written, 

"  He  shall  give  his  angels  charge 
concerning  thee : 
and, 

On  their  hands  they  shall  bear 
thee  up. 

Lest  haply  thou  dash  thy  foot 
against  a  stone. 
7  Jesus  said  unto  him,  Again  it  is 
written,  '"Thou  shalt  not  make  trial 
of  the  Lord  thy  God.  8  Again, 
the  devil  taketh  him  unto  an  ex- 
ceeding high  mountain,  and  show- 
eth  him  all  the  kingdoms  of  the 
world,    and    the    glory    of    them ; 

9  and  he  said  unto  him.  All  these 
things  will  I  give  thee,  if  thou 
wilt  fall  do\yn  and  '''worship  me. 

10  Then  saith  Jesus  unto  him. 
Get  thee  hence,  '  Satan  :  for  it 
is  written,  '^Thou  shalt  worship 
the  Lord  thy  God,  and  him  only 
shalt  thou  serve.  1 1  Then  the 
devil  leaveth  him  ;  and  behold, 
"angels  came  and  ministered  unto 
him. 

12  Now  when  he  heard  that 
*  John  was  delivered  uj),  'he  with- 
drew into  Galilee  ;  13  and  leaving 
Xazareth,  he  canie  and  ''dwelt  in 
Capernaum,  which  i.s  by  the  sea, 
in  the  borders  of  Zebulun  and 
Xaphtali :  14  that  it  might  be  ful- 
filled which  was  spoken  through 
Lsaiah  the  prophet,  saying, 

15  "The  land  of  Zebulun  and  the 

land  of  Xaphtali, 
'"  Toward  the  sea,  beyond  the 

Jordan, 
Galilee  of  the  ''Gentiles, 

16  The  people  that  sat  in  dark- 

ness 
Saw  a  great  light, 

2.  18;  2Th.  2.  9;  1  Tim.  1.20;  5.  15;  Rev.  2.9,13, 
24  ;  3.  9  ;  12.  9  ;  20.  2,  7  "  ch.  26.  53  ;  Lk.  22.  ii 
'ch.  14.  3;  Mk.  1.  14;  Lk.  3.  20;  comp.  Jn.  3.  24 
^.Mk.1.14;  X,k.4.14;  comp.  .In.  1.  43;  2.11  <<  Mk. 
1.  21 ;  2.  1 ;  Lk.  4.  23,  31 ;  Jn.  2.  12 ;  4.  46  f.  ;  comp. 
ch.  11.  23  

»GT.loavet.        >  Dt.  viii.  S.        •«  Or.  wino. 
"  Ps.  xei.  11. 12.  "Dt.  vi.  16. 

"  See  manrtnal  note  on  ch.  2.  2.        >«  Dt.  vi.  11 
>i  I«.  U.  1.  2.         i*^  Ur.  T/ie  way  oj  the  sea. 
>7  Gr.  natioru :  and  so  elsewhere. 


4.17 


MATTHEW 


5.21 


Jesns  calls  the  Foar.    The  Sermon  on  the  Mount.    The  Beatitades.    The  Disciples  and  the  World.    Jesus  comes 


And  to  them  that  sat  in  the 

region  and  shadow  of  death, 
To  them  did  Hght  spring  up. 

17"  From  that  time  began  J  esus 
to  preach,  and  to  say,  *  Repent  ye  ; 
for  the  *  kingdom  of  heaven  is  at 
hand. 

18  ''And  walking  by  'Hhe  sea 
of  Galilee,  he  saw  two  bi-ethren, 
*  Simon  who  is  called  Peter,  and 
Andrew  his  brother,  casting  a  net 
into  the  sea ;  for  they  were  fishers. 
19  And  he  saith  unto  them.  Come 
ye  after  me,  and  I  will  make  you 
fishers  of  men.  20  And  they 
straightway  left  the  nets,  and 
followed  him.  21  And  going  on 
from  thence  he  saw  two  other 
brethren,  ^-^  .Tames  the  son  of  Zebe- 
dee,  and  .John  his  brother,  in  the 
boat  with  Zebedee  their  father, 
mending  their  nets ;  and  he  called 
them.  22  And  they  straightway 
left  the  boat  and  their  father,  and 
followed  him. 

23  And  ".Jesus  went  about  ^in 
all  Galilee,  ''teaching  in  their  syna- 
gogues, and  'preaching  the  ''gos- 
pel of  the  kingdom,  and  *  healing 
all  manner  of  disease  and  all  man- 
ner of  sickness  among  the  people. 
24  And  the  report  of  him  went 
forth  '  into  all  Syria  :  and  they 
brought  unto  him  all  that  were 
sick,  holden  with  divers  diseases 
and  torments,  ■*_'"  possessed  with 
demons,  and  "epileptic,  and  "pal- 
sied ;  and  he  healed  them.  25 
And  _  there  ''  followed  him  great 
multitudes  from  Galilee  and  *De- 
<^apolis  and  Jerusalem  and  .Judaea 
•iindfroin  ''  beyond  the  -Jordan. 

5*  And  seeing  the  multitudes, 
he  went  up  into  '  the  moun- 
tain :  and  when  he  had  sat  down, 
his  disciples  carae_  unto  him: 
2  and  he  "opened  his  mouth  and 
taught  them,  saying, 

3  ''  Blessed  are  the  poor  in 
spirit :  for  "^  theirs  is  the  kingdom 
of  heaven. 

4  ^  Blessed  are  "they  that  mourn : 
for  they  shall  be  comforted. 

5  Blessed  are  -  the  meek  :  for 
they  shall  inherit  the  earth. 

6  Blessed  are  "  they  that  hunger 
and  thirst  after  righteousness  :  for 
they  shall  be  filled. 

7  Blessed  are  the  merciful :  for 
they  shall  obtain  mercy. 

1  Or,  Jacob    -  Some  ancient  authorities  read  he. 
3  Or,  good  tidings  :  and  so  elsewhere. 
■*  Or,  demoniacs 

6  Some  ancient  authorities  transpose  ver.  4 
and  5. 


«Mk.  1.  14, 

15 
6  See  ch.  3.  2 

'  ver.  lS-22 : 

2U ;  comp. 
Lk.  .5.2-11: 
Jn.  1.  40-J2 
dch.  13.  29; 
Mk.  7.  al ; 
.In.  6.  1 ; 
comp.  Lk. 

5.  1 
^ch.  10.2; 

16.  18 ;  Jn. 

1.  40,  42 
/ch.  10.  2; 

comp. 

2U.  20 
9  Mk.  1.  39  ; 

Lk.  4. 15,44 
''  ch.  9.  35  ; 

13.  54  ;  JVnt. 

1.  21;  e.  2; 
Lk.  4.  15; 

6.  6;  13. 10; 
Jn.  6.  59 : 

18.  20.  See 
Mk.  10.  1 

"  ch.  9.  35  ; 

Mk.  1.  14 ; 

comp.  eh. 

24.  14 ;  Lk. 

4.  43;  8.1; 

16.  16 ; 

Acts  20. 25; 

28.  31 ; 

comp.  ch. 

3   2 
tch.8.  16; 

9.  35 ;  14. 
14;  15.30; 

19.  2;  21. 
14;Mlc.  1. 
34  ;  3.  10 ; 
Lk.  4.40; 

7.  21; 
couui. 
Acts  10.  38 

'  Lk.  2.  2  ; 
Acts  15.  23, 
41 ;  IS.  18  ; 
20.3;  21.3; 
Gal.  1.21. 
Comp. 
Mk.  7.  26 
"'ch.8.16.28, 
33  ;  9.  32 ; 
12.  22 ;  15. 
22 ;  Mk.  1. 
32 ;  5.  15, 
16,  18 ;  Lk. 

8.  36 ;  Jn. 
111.  21 

«  ch.  17. 15 
0  ch.  8.  6 :  9. 

2,  6 ;  Mk. 
2.3,4,5,9; 
Lk.  5.  24 

P  Mk.  3.  7.  8  ; 

Lk.  6.  17 
't  Mk.  5.  20 ; 

7.  31 
'"  ver.  15 
'  chh.  ,5-7 : 

comp.  Lk. 

6.  20-49 
«Mk.  3.  13; 

Lk.  9.  28  : 

.Tn.  6.  3,  15. 

Comp.  Lk. 

6.17 
"Acts  8.  35; 

10.  34  ;  18. 
14 ;  comp. 
ch.  13.  35 

"  ver.  3-12 : 

comp.  Lk. 

6.  20-23 
^  ver.  10  ;  19. 

14  ;  25.  34  ; 

Mk.  10. 14  ; 

Lk.  6.  20; 

22.  29  f . 
vis.  61.  2; 

4 


8  Blessed  are  ''  the  pure  in  heart : 
for  "  they  shall  see  God. 

9  Blessed  are  the  peacemakers : 
for  •*  they  shall  be  called  sons  of 
God. 

10  Blessed  are  they  that  have 
been  '^  persecuted  for  lighteous- 
ness'  sake  :  for  •'theirs  is  the  king- 
dom of  heaven.  11  Blessed  are 
ye  when  men  shall  ■''reproach  you. 
and  persecute  you,  and  say  all 
manner  of  evil  against  you  falsely, 
for  my  sake.  12  Rejoice,  and  be 
exceeding  glad :  for  great  is  your 
reward  in  heaven :  for  ^  so  perse- 
cuted they  the  prophets  that  were 
before  you. 

1 3  Ye  are  the  salt  of  the  earth  : 
but  ''if  the  salt  have  lost  its  saA'or, 
wherewith  shall  it  be  salted  (  it 
is  thenceforth  good  for  nothing, 
but  to  be  cast  out  and  trodden 
under  foot  of  men.  14  Ye  are 
'the  light  of  the  world.  A  city 
set  on  a  hill  cannot  be  hid.  1.5 
*  Neither  do  men  light  a  lamp,  and 
put  it  under  the  Dushel,  but  on 
the  stand  ;  and  it  shineth  unto  all 
that  are  in  the  house.  16  Even 
so  let  your  light  shine  before  men  ; 
that  they  may  'see  your  good 
works,  and  '"glorify  your  Father 
who  is  in  heaven. 

17  Think  not  that  I  came  to 
destroy  the  law  or  the  prophets : 
1  came  not  to  destroy,  but  to 
fulfil.  18  For  verily  I  say  unto 
you,  "  Till  _  heaven  and  earth  pass 
away,  one  jot  or  one  tittle  shall  in 
no  wise  pass  away  from  the  law, 
till    all    tilings    be    accomplished. 

1 9  Whosoever  therefore  shall  break 
one  of  these  least  commandments, 
and  shall  teach  men  so,  shall  be 
called  least  in  the  kingdom  of 
heaven :  but  whosoever  shall  do 
and  teach  them,  he  shall  be  called 
great  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

20  For  I  say  unto  you,  that  except 
your  righteousness  shall  exceed 
the  righteousness  of  the  scribes  and 
Pharisees,  j^e  shall  in  no  wise  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

21  "Ye  have  heard  that  it  was 
said  to  them  of  old  time,  ^  Thou 
slialt  not  kill ;  and  whosoever  .shall 

comp,  Jn.  16.  20;  Rev.  7.  17     '  Ps.  37.  11     "  Is.  55. 

I,  2;  comp.  Jn.  4.  14;  6.  48  ff.  :  7.  37 f>  Ps.  24.  4 

"  Heb.  12.  14  ;  1  Jn.  3.  2 ;  Rev.  22.  4  d  Rom.  8.  14 ; 
comp.  ver.  45 ;  Lk.  6.  35  "1  Pet.  3. 14  /I  i ~et.  4.  l4 
y  2  Chr.  36.  16  ;  ch.  23.  37  ;  Acts  7.  52  ;  1  Th.  2.  15; 
.Tas.  5.  10 ;  comp.  Heb.  11.  33  ff.  ''  Mk.  9.  50  ;  Lk. 
14.  S4f.    >  Comp.  .Jn.  8.  12    *  Mk.  4.  21 ;  Lk.  8.  16  ; 

II.  33  '  Comp.  1  Pet.  2. 12  "'  See  ch.  9.  8  "  Lk 
16.  17  ;  comp.  ch.  24.  35    "  Comp.  ver.  27,  33,  38,  43 


«  Ex.  XX.  13 ;  Dt.  v.  17. 


5  0O 


MATTPIEW 


6.5 


to  Tulfll  tbe  Law  and  the  Prophets.    Of  Enmity,  of  Adultery,  of  Oaths,  of  Retaliation,  of  liOve  to  Enemies,  of  Aims 


kill  shall  be  in  danger  of  "the 
judgment :  22  but  1  say  unto  you, 
that  every  one  who  is  angry  witli 
his  brother  '  shall  be  in  danger  of 
"  the  judgment ;  and  whosoever 
shall  say  to  his  brother,  -ilaca, 
shall  be  in  danger  of  *  the  council ; 
and  whosoever  shall  say,  ^Thou 
fool,  shall  be  in  danger  ''of  the 
*>  =  hell  of  hre.  23  If  therefore  thou 
art  ortering  thy  gift  at  the  altar, 
and  there  remein  barest  that  thy 
brother  hath  aught  against  thee, 

24  leave  there  thy  gift  before  the 
altar,  and  go  thy  way,  first  be 
reconciled  to  thy  brother,  and 
then    come    and    oft'er    thy   gift. 

25  ''Agree  with  thine  adversary 
quickl.v,  while  thou  art  with  him 
in  the  way ;  lest  haply  the  adver- 
sary deliver  thee  to  the  judge, 
and  the  judge  "deliver  thee  to 
the  officer,  and  thou  be  cast  into 

?rison.  26  Verily  I  say  unto  ihev, 
hou  shalt  by  no  means  come  out 
thence,  till  thou -have  paid  the  last 
farthing. 

27  ''\e  have  heard  that  it  was 
said,  'Thou  shalt  not  commit  adul- 
tery :  28  but  I  say  unto  you,  that 
every  one  that  looketh  on  a  woman 
to  lust  after  her  hath  committed 
adultery  with  her  already  in  his 
heart.  29  And  'if  thy  right  eye 
causeth  thee  to  stumble,  pluck  it 
out,  and  cast  it  from  thee  :  for  it 
is  profitable  for  thee  that  one  of 
thy  members  should  perish,  and 
not  thy  whole  body  be  cast  into 
*  ^  hell.  30  And  "  if  thy  right  hand 
causeth  thee  to  stumble,  cut  it  ofi', 
and  cast  it  from  thee :  for  it  is 
profitable  for  thee  that  one  of  thy 
members  should  perish,  and  not 
thy  whole  body  go  into  *^hell. 
31  It  was  said  also,  *  Whosoever 
shall   put  away  his  wife,  let  him 

five  her  a  writing  of  divorcement : 
2  '  but  1  say  unto  you,  that  every 
one  that  putteth  away  his  wife,  sav- 
ing for  the  cause  of  fornication, 
maketh  her  an  adulteress :  and 
whosoever  shall  marry  her  when  she 
is  put  away  committeth  adultery. 

o3  Again,  *ye  have  heard  that 
it  was  said  to  them  of  old  time, 
"Thou  shalt  not  forswear  thyself, 

1  Many  ancient  authorities  insert  <ritbout 
cauie.  -  An  expreasion  of  contempt. 

s  Or,  iforefi,  a  Hebrew  expression  of  condem- 
nation. '  <^r.  iiitio  or  into. 

5  Gr.  Gehenna  of  fire. 

*  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  delirtr  the. 

•  Ex.  XX.  14  :  Dt.  V.  18. 

8  Gr.  Qehenrtn.  '■'  Dt.  xxix-.  1,  .1. 

lojjev.  xix.  12  ;  Num.  xxx.  2;  Dt.  xxiii.  21. 


"  Oomp.  Dt. 

Hi.  18 ; 

2  CUr.  19. 

&t. 
(-  ch.  10.  17  ; 

2B.  5» ; 

Ml{.  13.  !) ; 

\\.'m\  \h. 

I  ;  Lit.  2.'. 
6U;  Ju.  11. 
47 ;  Acts  4. 
15 ;  5.  -.'1, 
(Sec.  ;  ti.  12, 
&c.  ;  22. 
30 ;  23.  1, 
&c.  ;  24. 
20 

"  ver.  29  f. ; 

10.  23 ;  18. 

y  ;  23.  15, 

33 ;  Mk.  9. 

43  ff.  ;  Lk. 

12.  5 ;  Jas. 

3.6 
rfLk.l2.58f. 
'  Comp. 

ver.  21,  33, 

38,43 
/ch.  18.  9; 

Mk.  !).  47  ; 

comp.  ch. 

17.  27 
"  See  ver.  22 
''  ch.  18.  8  ; 

Mk.  9.  43  ; 

comp.  ch. 

17.27 
'  ch.  19.  9  ; 

Jik.  10. 

II  f .  ;  Lk. 
IG.  18 ; 
comp. 

I  Cor.  7. 

II  f. 

*•"  Comp. 
ver.  21,  27, 
38,  43 ;  ch. 
23.  IGff. 


'  Jas.  5.  12 
"'  cli.  23.  22  ; 

Is.  BB.  1 
"  Is.  66. 1 ; 

comp. 

Acts  7.  49 
"  Ps.  43.  2 
J'ch.  6. 13; 

13.  19,  38  ; 

Jn.  17.  V, ; 

Ep!i.  6.  lij; 

2  Til.  3.  3  ; 

1  .Jn.  2. 

13f.  :3. 12; 

5.  18  f. 
1  Comp. 

ver.  21,  27, 

33.  43 
■■  ver.  39-12 : 

Luk-  (;.  29. 

30.    Comp. 

1  Cor.  6.  7 
»  Lk.  6.  34  f. 
'  Com] 

ver. 

33.  3R 
"  I>k.  6. 

27  f.  : 

comp.  23. 

.■i4 ;  Acts  7. 

fiO 
•  See  ver.  9 
•'^  Lk.  8.  32 
y  Comp. 

Lev.  19.  2 
'  ver.  ."i.  16  ; 

ch.  23.  .'. 
"  ver.  h,  16  ; 

comp.  Lk. 

6.  24 


on. 
21, 27., 


but  shalt  perform  unto  tlie  Lord 
thine  oaths :  34  but  1  say  unto 
you,  '  ISwear  not  at  all  ;  neither 
by  the  heaven,  for  it  is '"  the  throne 
of  God  ;  35  nor  by  the  earth,  for 
it  is  the  "footstool  uf  his  feet;  nor 
^' by  Jerusalem,  for  it  is  "the  city 
of  the  great  King.  36  Neither 
shalt  thou  swear  by  thy  head,  for 
thou  canst  not  make  one  hair 
white  or  black.  37  '-  But  let  your 
speech  be.  Yea,  yea ;  Nay,  nay : 
and  whatsoever  is  more  than  these 
is  of  ^■'  ■^  the  evil  one. 

38  »Ye  have  heard  that  it  was 
said.  An  ^^eye  for  an  eye,  and  a 
tooth  for  a  tooth  :  39  but  1  say 
unto  you,  Kesist  not  '^  him  that  is 
evil  :  but  ''whosoever  smiteth  thee 
on  thy  right  cheek,  turn  to  him 
the  other  also.  40  And  if  any  man 
would  go  to  law  with  thee,  and 
take  away  thy  coat,  let  him  have 
thy  cloak  also.  41  And  whoso- 
ever shall  "*  compel  thee  to  go  one 
mile,  go  with  him  two.  42  'Give 
to  him  that  asketh  thee,  and  from 
him  that  would  borrow  of  thee 
turn  not  thou  away. 

43  'Ye  have  heard  that  it  was 
said,  "  Thou  shalt  love  thy  neigh- 
bor, and  hate  thine  enemy  :  44  but 
1  say  unto  you,  "Love  your  enemies, 
and  pray  tor  them  that  persecute 
you  ;  45  that  ye  may  be  "sons  of 
your  Father  who  is  in  heaven  :  for 
he  maketh  his  sun  to  rise  on  the 
evil  and  the  good,  and  sendeth 
rain  on  th.e  just  and  the  unju.st. 

46  For  ""if  ye  love  them  that  love 
jn)u,  what  reward  have  ye  %  do  not 
even    the    '** publicans    the   .samel 

47  And  if  ye  salute  your  brethren 
only,  what  do  ye  more  than  others  1 
do  not  even  the  Centiles  the  same? 

48  *Ye  therefoi-e  shall  be  perfect, 
as  your  heavenly  Father  is  perfect. 

6  Take  heed  that  ye  do  not 
your  righteousness  before  men, 
'  to  be  seen  of  them :  else  ye  have 
no  reward  with  your  Father  who 
is  in  heaven. 

2  When  therefore  thou  doest 
alms,  sound  not  a  trumpet  before 
thee,  as  the  hypocrites  do  in  the 
synagogues  and  in  the  streets, 
that  they  •  may  have  glory  of  men. 
"  Verily  I  say  unto  you.  They  have 
received  their  reward.    3  But  when 

11  Or,  townrti 

12  Some  ancient  authorities  read  But  your 
tpferh  shnll  he.      13  Or,  evil :  as  in  ver.  39  ;  vl.  IS. 

n  Ex.  xxi.  24  ;  Lev.  xxiv.  20  ;  Dt.  xix.  21. 

>'  Or,  evil        "  Gr.  impress.        i:  Lov.  xJx.  18. 

18  That  is,  coUectort  or  renter*  of  Soman  taxes- 


6.4 


MATTHEW 


6.34 


Of  Prayer.    The  lord's  Prayer.    Of  Fasting.    Of  Trufi  Treasure.    Of  the  Inii«r  Light.    Of  Anxiety 


thou  doest  alms,  let  not  thy  left 
hand  know  what  thy  right  hand 
doeth  :  4  that  thine  alms  may  be 
in  secret :  and  "thy  Father  who 
seeth  in  secret  shall  recompense 
thee. 

5  And  when  ye  pray,  ye  shall 
not  be  as  the  hypocrites  :  for  they 
love  to  *  stand  and  pray  in  the 
synagogues  and  in  the  corners  of 
the  streets,  that  they  "  may  be 
seen  of  men.  "^  Verily  I  say  unto 
you.  They  have  received  their  re- 
ward. 6  But  thou,  when  thou 
prayest,  enter  into  thine  inner 
chamber,  and  having  shut  thy 
door,  pray  to  thy  Father  who  is  in 
secret,  and  "  thy  Father  who  seeth 
in    secret  shall    recompense  thee. 

7  And  in  praying  use  not  vain 
repetitions, _  as  the  Gentiles  do: 
for  they  think  that  they  shall  be 
heard   for  their  -''much   speaking. 

8  Be  not  therefore  like  unto  them  : 
for  ^''your  Father  knoweth  what 
things  ye  have  need  of,  before  ye 
ask  nim.  9  ''After  this  manner 
therefore  pray  ye :  Our  Father 
who  art  in  heaven.  Hallowed  be 
thy  name.  10  'Thy  kingdom  come. 
Thy  will  be  done,  as  in  heaven,  so 
on  earth.  II*'  Give  us  this  day 
^our  daily  bread.  12  And  forgive 
us  our  debts,  as  we  also  have  for- 
given our  debtors.  _  13  And  bring 
us  not  into  temptation,  but  deliver 
us  from  ^'the  evil  one.*  14  '"For 
if  ye  forgive  men  their  trespasses, 
your  heavenly  Father  will  also 
forgive  you.  15  But  if  ye  forgive 
not  men  their  trespasses,  neither 
will  your  Father  forgive  your 
trespasses. 

1 6  Moreover  "  when  ye  fast,  be 
not,  as  the  hypocrites,  of  a  sad 
countenance :  for  they  disfigure 
their  faces,  that  they  may  be  seen 
of  men  to  fast.  "  Verily  I  say  unto 
you.  They  have  received  their  re- 
ward. 17  But  thou,  when  thou 
fastest,  anoint  thy  head,  and  wash 
thy  face  ;  18  that  thou  be  not  seen 
of  men  to  fast,  but  of  thy  Father 
who  is  in  secret :  and  ^  thy  Father, 
who  seeth  in  secret,  shall  recom- 
pense thee. 

19  Lay  not  up  for  yourselves 
treasures  upon  the  earth,  where 
moth  and  rust  consume,  and  where 

1  Some  ancient  authorities  read  God  your 
Father. 

-  Or.  our  bread  for  the  coming  day.  Or,  our 
nfeilful.  Iirrarl  <*  Or,  evil 

'  Many  authorities,  some  ancient,  but  with 
variations,  add  For  thine,  is  (fie  tcingdom,  and  the 
power,  and  the  glory,  for  ever.    Amen. 


"■  ver.  6.  18 
6Mk.  n. 

25  ;  Lk.  18. 

11,13 
"^  ver.  2,  16 ; 

ch.  23.  5 
d  ver.  2,  16 ; 

cornp.  Lk. 

6.  24 
«  ver.  4,  18 
/Comp. 

1  K.  18. 

261; 

Ecclus.  7. 

14 
*  Comp. 

ver.  32 
A  ver.  9-13 : 

Luke  11. 

2-4 
i  Comp.  ch. 

3.  2 
k  Prov.  30.  8 
'  See  ch.  5. 

37 
'«  Mk.  11. 

25  f .  ; 

comp.  ch. 

18.35 
"  Comp.  Is. 

68.5 
°  ver.  2 
P  ver.  4,  6 


9  ch.  19.  21 ; 

Lk.  12.  33  ; 

comp. 

1  Tim.  6. 

19 
>"  Lk.  12.  34 

*  ver.  22,  23  : 
Luke  11. 
34,  35 

*  Comp.  ch. 
20. 15 ;  Mk. 
7.  22 

"  Lk.  16.  13 
"  Lk.  16.  9, 

11,13 
^  ver.  25-33 : 

Luke  12. 

22-31 
V  ver.  27,  28, 

31,  34  ;  Lk. 

10.  41  ;  12. 

11,  22; 
Phil.  4.  6 ; 
comp. 

1  Pet.  5.  7 

*  ch.  10.29  ff. 
"  Comp.  Ps. 

39.  5 
b  1  K.  10.  4-7 


"  ch.  8.  26  ; 
14.  31 ;  16.  8 


rf  Comp. 
ver.  8 


'  Comp.  ch. 
19.  28 ;  Mk. 
10.  29  £.  ; 
Lk.  18. 
29  f.; 
1  Tim.  4.  8 


thieves  ^  break  through  and  steal : 
20  but  lay  up  for  yourselves  *  treas- 
ures in  heaven,  where  neither 
moth  nor  rust  doth  consume,  and 
where  thieves  do  not  ®  break 
through  nor  steal:  21  for  ''where 
thy  treasure  is,  there  will  thy 
heart  be  also.  22  *  The  lamp  of 
the  body  is  the  eye :  if  therefore 
thine  eye  be  single,  thy  whole 
body  shall  be  full  of  light.  23  But 
if  '  thine  eye  be  evil,  thy  whole 
body  shall  be  full  of  darkness.  If 
therefore  the  light  that  is  in  thee 
be  darkness,  how  great  is  the  dark- 
ness !  24  "No  man  can  serve  two 
masters :  for  either  he  will  hate 
the  one,  and  love  the  other ;  or 
else  he  will  hold  to  one,  and  de- 
spise the  other.  Ye  cannot  serve 
God  and  "mammon.  25  "^ There- 
fore I  say  unto  you.  Be  not  ^anx- 
ious for  your  life,  what  ye  shall  eat, 
or  what  ye  shall  drink  ;  nor  yet 
for  your  body,  what  ye  shall  put 
on.  Is  not  the  life  more  than  the 
food,  and  the  body  than  the  rai- 
ment 1  26  ^Behold  the  birds  of  the 
heaven,  that  they  sow  not,  nei- 
ther do  they  reap,  nor  gather  into 
barns ;  and  your  heavenly  Father 
feedeth  them.  Are  not  ye  of  much 
more  value  than  they^  27  And 
which  of  you  by  being  2' anxious 
can  "  add  one  cubit  unto  ^  the  meas- 
ure of  his  life  1  28  And  why  are 
ye  ^anxious  concerning  raiment? 
Consider  the  lilies  of  the  field, 
how  they  grow ;  they  toil  not, 
neither  do  they  spin  :  29  yet  I  say 
unto  you,  that  even  *  Solomon  in 
all  his  glory  was  not  arrayed  like 
one  of  these.  30  But  if  God  doth 
so  clothe  the  grass  of  the  field, 
which  to-day  is,  and  to-morrow  is 
cast  into  the  oven,  shall  he  not 
much  more  clothe  you,  "O  ye  of 
little  faith '?  31  Be  not  therefore 
■"  anxious,  saying.  What  shall  we 
eaf?  or.  What  shall  we  drink?  or. 
Wherewithal  shall  we  be  clothed  \ 

32  For  after  all  these  things  do 
the  Gentiles  seek ;  for  ''  your 
heavenly  Father  knoweth  that  ye 
have    need    of    all    these    things. 

33  But  seek  ye  first  his  kingdom, 
and  his  righteousness ;  and  *all 
these  things  shall  be  added  unto 
you.  34  Be  not  therefore  2' anx- 
ious for  the  morrow :  for  the  mor- 
row will  be  anxious  for  itself. 
Sufficient  unto  the  day  is  the  evil 
thereof. 


6  Gr.  dig  through. 


6  Or,  his  stature 


7.1 


MATTHEW 


8.7 


or  Judging  OUirrsv    The  (iuldtn  Kule.    The  Two  Wa)^.    The  Two  FouodatioBs.    The  Goromeaded  Centurion 


7"  Judge  not,  that  ye  be  not 
judged.  2  For  with  what 
jiulginciit  ye  judge,  ye  sliall  bo 
judged:  and  ''with  wl)at  measure 
ye  uiete,  it  shall  be  ineaisured  unto 
you.  3  And  vvliy  beholdest  thou 
the  mote  that  is  in  thy  brotlier  s 
eye,  but  considerest  not  the  beam 
tliat  is  in  thine  own  eye?  4  Or 
how  wilt  thou  say  to  thy  brotlier, 
l^et  me  cast  out  the  mote  out  of 
thine  eye ;  and  lo,  the  beam  is  in 
thine  own  eye '?  5  Thou  hypocrite, 
cast  out  lii'st  the  beam  out  of  thine 
own  eye ;  and  then  shalt  thou  see 
clearly  to  cast  out  the  mote  out  of 
thy  brothers  eye. 

b  Give  not  that  which  is  holy 
unto  the  dogs,  neither  cast  your 
pearls  before  the  swine,  lest  haplj'^ 
they  trample  them  under  their  feet, 
and  turn  and  rend  you. 

7  ''Ask,  and  ''it  shall  be  given 
you ;  .se(^k,  and  ye  shall  find ;  knock, 
and  it  shall  be  opened  unto  you : 
8  for  every  one  that  asketh  reeeiv- 
eth  ;  and  he  that  seeketh  findeth ; 
and  to  him  that  knocketh  it  shall 
be  opened.  9  Or  what  man  is  there 
of  you,  who,  if  his  son  shall  ask 
him  for  a  loaf,  will  give  him  a  stone  ; 
10  or  if  he  shall  ask  for  a  fish,  will 
give  him  a  serpent  1  1 1  If  ye  then, 
being  evil,  know  how  to  give  good 
gifts  unto  your  children,  how  rnuch 
more  shall  your  Father  who  is  in 
heaven  give  good  things  to  them 
that  ask  him?  12  "All  things 
therefore  whatsoever  ye  would  that 
men  should  do  unto  you,  even  so 
do  ye  also  unto  them  :  for  •''this  is 
the  law  and  the  prophets. 

13  "Enter  ye  in  by  the  narrow 
gate  :  for  wide  '  is  trie  gate,  and 
broad  is  the  way,  that  leadeth  to 
destruction,  ana  many  are  they 
that  enter  in  thereby.  14  "For 
narrow  is  the  gate,  and  straitened 
the  wajf,  that  leadeth  unto  life,  and 
few  are  they  that  find  it. 

1.5  Beware  of  '|  false  prophets, 
who  come  to  you  in  sheep's  cloth- 
ing, but  inwardly  are  'ravening 
wolves.  16  *  l^y  their  fruits  ye 
shall  know  them.  Do  men  gather 
grapes  of  thorns,  or  figs  of  thistles  1 

17  iCven  so  every  good  tree  bring- 
eth  forth  good  fruit ;  but  the  cor- 
rupt tree  bringeth  forth  evil  fruit. 

18  A  good  tree  cannot  bring  forth 
e\il  fruit,  neither  can  a  corrupt 

1  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  U  the  gale. 
'  Many  ancient  authorities  read  Mow  narrow 
ii  the  gaie,  Ac. 


"  ver.  t-5 : 

Luke  ti. 

37  1".  .11  f. 
k  Mk.  4.  -Zi  ; 

Lk.  H.  as 
<^  ver.  7-U  ; 

Luke  n. 

y-13 
d  ch.  18.  19  ; 

21.'.'-J;  .hi. 

11.  13;  1.0. 

7,  IB ;  IB. 

23  f . ;  Jas. 

I.  ^  f.  ; 
IJn.  3.22; 
5.  14  f . ; 
comn.  Mk. 

II.  24 

'  Lk.  B.  31 ; 

com  p. 

Tob.  4.  15 
/  eh.  22.  40 ; 

comp.  Gal. 

5. 14 ;  Rom. 

13.  6  If. 
3  Lk.  13.  24 
''  ch.  24. 11, 

24;Mk.  13. 

22 ;  Lk.  6. 

2fi;  Acts 

13.6; 

2  Pet.  2.  1 ; 

1  Jn.  4.  1 : 

Rev.lB.i;;; 

1!».20;  2(1. 

10 
'  Kzek.  22. 

27;  Acts  20. 

29 ;  comp. 

Jn.  10.  12 
*  ver.  20 ;  12. 

33 ;  Lk.  6. 

44  ;  comp. 

Jas.  3.  12 


'ch.  .3.  10; 

comp.  Lk. 

13.7 
"'  Lk.  6.  46 
"  Comp.  25. 

11  f.  ;  Lk. 

13.  25  If. 
"  See  ch.  10. 

15 
P  ch.  25.  41 ; 

Lk.  13.  27 ; 

comp.  I's. 

6.8 
9  ver.  24-27 : 

Luk-e  B.  47- 

40 ;  comp. 

Jas.  1.22-25 
■•ch.  11.1; 

13.  .53;  19. 

1;  26. 1 
•  ch.  13.  54  ; 

22.33;Mk. 

I.  22  ;  6.  2  ; 

II.  13;  Lk. 
4.  32 ;  Jn. 
7.46 

'  ver.  2-4 : 

A^ar^  1.40- 

44 ;  Lukfi  5. 

12-14 
"  ch.  9.  18 : 

15.  25;  18. 

2B ;  20.  20  ; 

Jn.  9.  38 ; 

Acts  10.  25 
'•ch.9.  30: 

12.16;  17. 

9;  Mk.l. 

44:3. 12;  5. 

43:  7.  36; 

8.  30  ;  9.  0  ; 

Lk.  4.  41 : 

8.  56  ;  9.  21 
'Mk.  1.44; 

Lk.  5.  14  ; 

17.  14 
V  ver.  S-13 : 

Luke  7.  1- 

10 
'Seech  4.24 


tree  bring  forth  good  fruit.  19 
'  Every  tree  that  bringeth  not  forth 
good  fruit  is  hewn  down,  and  cast 
into  the  lire.  '20  'I'herefore  *  by 
their  fruits  ye  shall  know  them. 
21  '"Not  every  one  that  saith  unto 
me.  Lord,  Lord,  shall  enter  into  the 
kingdom  of  heaven  ;  but  he  that 
doetli  the  will  of  my  Father  w^ho  is 
in  heaven.  22  "Many  will  say  to 
me  in  "that  day.  Lord,  Lord,  did 
we  not  pioi)hesy  by  thy  name,  and 
by  thy  name  east  out  demons,  and 
bj'  thy  name  do  many  "mighty 
works  ^  23  And  then  will  1  pro- 
fess unto  them,  I  never  knew  you  : 
^depart  from  me,  ye  that  work 
iniquity. 

24  ''  Every  one  therefore  that 
heareth  these  words  of  mine,  and 
doeth  them,  shall  be  likened  unto 
a  wise  man,  who  built  his  house 
upon  the  rock  :  25  and  the  rain 
descended,  and  the  fioods  came,  and 
the  winds  blew,  and  beat  upon  that 
house ;  and  it  fell  not :  for  it  was 
founded  upon  the  rook.  26  And 
every  one  tnat  lieareth  these  words 
of  mine,  and  doeth  them  not,  shall 
be  likened  unto  a  foolish  man,  who 
built  his  house  upon  the  sand : 
27  and  the  rain  descended,  and  the 
floods  came,  and  the  winds  blew, 
and  smote  upon  that  house ;  and  it 
fell :  and  great  was  the  fall  thereof. 

28  ""And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Jesus  had  finished  these  words, 
'  the  multitudes  were  astonished 
at  his  teaching  :  29  for  he  taught 
them  as  one  haying  authority,  and 
not  as  their  scribes. 

8  And  when  he  was  come  down 
from  the  mountain,  great  mul- 
titudes followed  him.  2  And  be- 
hold, 'there  came  to  him  a  leper 
and  *"  worshipped  him,  saying. 
Lord,  if  thou  wilt,  thou  canst 
make  me  clean.  3  And  he  stretched 
forth  his  hand,  and  touched  him, 
saj'ing,  I  will ;  be  thou  made  clean. 
And  straightway  his  leprosy  was 
cleansed.  4  And  Jesus  saith  unto 
him,  ° "See  thou  tell  no  man;  but 
'go,  show  thyself  to  the  priest, 
and  ofl'er  the  gift  that  Moses  com- 
manded, for  a  testimony  unto  them. 
5  And  "  when  he  was  entered  into 
Capernaum,  there  came  unto  him  a 
centurion,  beseeching  him,  6  and 
.saying.  Lord,  my  "servant  lieth  in 
the  house  '  sick  of  the  palsy,  griev- 
ously tormented.     7  And  he  saith 

'  Gr.  powers.     *  Bee  mar^nal  note  on  ch.  2.  2. 
5  Lev.  xiii.  49 ;  xiv.  2  If.  •  Or,  boy 


8.8 


MATTHEW 


9.4 


Peter's  Wife's  Mother  cured,  and  others.    Disciplesliip  exactiog.    The  Tempest  stilled.    A  Paralytic  cared 


unto  him,  I  will  come  and  heal  him. 
8  And  the  centurion  answered  and 
said,  Lord,  I  am  not  ^  worthy  that 
thou  shouldest  come  under  my  roof ; 
but  only  say  "^the  word,  and  my 
^servant  shall  be  healed.  9  For  I 
also  am  a  man  *  under  authority, 
having  under  myself  soldiers  :  and 
I  say  to  this  one,  Go,  and  he  goeth  ; 
and  to  another.  Come,  and  he  com- 
eth  ;  and  to  my  *  servant.  Do  this, 
and  he  doeth  it.  10  And  when 
Jesus  heard  it,  he  marvelled,  and 
said  to  them  that  followed,  Verily 

I  say  unto  you,  ^  I  have  not  found 
so  great  faith,  no,  not  in  Israel. 

I I  And  I  say  unto  you.  that  many 
"  shall  come  from  the  east  and  the 
Vvest,  and  shall  "sit  down  with 
Abraham,  and  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  in 
the  kingdom  of  heaven :  1 2  but 
*the  sons  of  the  kingdom  shall  be 
cast  forth  into  "the  outer  dark- 
ness :  **  there  shall  be  the  weeping 
and  the  gnashing  of  teeth.  1 3  And 
Jesus  said  unto  the  centurion,  Go 
thy  way ;  as  "  thou  hast  believed, 
so  be  it  done  unto  thee.  And  the 
^servant  was  healed  in  that  hour. 

14  •''And  when  Jesus  was  come 
into  Peter's  house,  he  saw  his 
wife's  mother  lying  sick  of  a  fever. 
15  And  he  touched  her  hand,  and 
the  fever  left  her ;  and  she  arose, 
and  ministered  unto  him.  16  And 
when  even  was  come,  they  brought 
unto  him  many  *^  possessed  with 
demons  :  and  he  cast  out  the  spirits 
with  a  word,  and  ''healed  all  that 
were  sick  :  1 7  that  it  might  be  ful- 
filled which  was  spoken  through 
Isaiah  the  prophet,  saying,  "Him- 
self took  our  infirmities,  and  bare 
our  diseases. 

18  Now  when  Jesus  saw  great 
multitudes  about  him,  'he  gave 
commandment  to  depart  unto  the 
other  side.  19  *And  there  came 
^"a  scribe,  and  said  unto  him. 
Teacher,  I  will  follow  thee  whith- 
ersoever thou  goest.  20  And  Jesus 
saith  unto  him,  The  foxes  have 
holes,  and  the  birds  of  the  heaven 
have  ^^  nests  ;  but  '  the  8on  of  man 
hath  not  where  to  lay  his  head. 
21  And  another  of  the  disciples 
said  unto  him,  Lord,  sufifer  me  first 
to  go  and  bury  my  father.     22  But 

1  (rT.  sufficip.nt.     -  Gr.  with  a  word.     3  Or,  hoy 
*  Some  ancient  authorities  insert  set :   as  in 

Lk.  7.  8.  =  Or.  bond ser pant. 

''•  Many  ancient  authorities  read  With,  no  man 

ill  Israel  have  I  found  so  great  faith.. 

7  Gr.  recline.  s  Or,  demoniacs 

9  Is.  liii.  4.  10  Gr.  one  scribe. 

11  Gr.  lodging-places. 


«  Lk.  13.  29. 

Oomp.  Is. 

49.  VI ;  .59. 

19 ;  Mai.  1. 

11 
(>  Comp.  eh. 

13.  38 
"  ch.  22. 13 ; 

25.  30 
d  ch.  13.  42, 

50  ;  22.  13  ; 

24.  51 ;  25. 

30 ;  Lk.  13. 

23 
"ch.  9.29. 

See  ch.  9. 

22 
/  ver.  14-16 : 

Mark  \.  29- 

34 ;  Luke  4. 

38-41 
9  See  ch.  4. 

24 
''  See  ch.  4. 

23 ;  ver.  33 
t  Mk.  4.  35  ; 

Lk.  8.  22 
k  ver.  19-22': 

Luke  9.  57- 

60 
I  Often ;  for 

example, 

9.  6;  12.  8, 

32,40;  13. 

41 ;  16.  13, 

27  f .  ;  17.  9  ; 

19.  28 ;  26. 

64 ;  Mk.  8. 

38 ;  Lk.  12. 

8 ;  18.  8: 

21.  .•i6;  Jn. 

1.  51  ;  3. 

13  f .  :  fi.  27  ; 

12. 34;  Acts 

7.66. 

Comp. 

Dan.  7.  13 


"'ch.g.  9; 

Mk.  2.  14 ; 

Lk.  9.  59 ; 

Jn.  1.  43; 

21.19 
«  ver.  23-27 : 

Mark  4. 

36-41; 

Luke  8. 

22-25 
"  ch.  6.  30  ; 

14.  31 ;  16.  8 
^  ver.  28-34 : 

Mark  5.  1- 

17 ;  Luke  8. 

26-37 
9  Judg.  11. 

12;  2  S.  16. 

10  ;  19.  22 ; 

1  K.  17.  18  ; 
2K.  3.  13; 

2  Chr.  35. 
21  ;  Mk.  1. 
24  ;  5.  7  ; 
Lk.  4.  34 ; 
8.  28 ;  Jn. 
2.4 

»•  ch.  4. 13. 

Comp.  Mk. 

5.  21  ? 
'  ver.  2-8 : 

Mark  2.  3- 

12;  Luke 

5.  18-26 
<  See  ch.  4. 

24  :  ver.  6 
"  ver.  22  ;  14. 

27 ;  Mk.  6. 

50 ;  10.  49  ; 

Jn.  16.  33  ; 

Acts  23.  U 
"  Mk.  2.  5, 

9 ;  Lk.  5. 

20,  23 ;  7.  48 
*  ch.  12.  25 ; 

Lk.  6.  8 ;  9. 

47 

8 


Jesus  saith  unto  him,  "*  Follow  me  ; 
and  leave  the  dead  to  bury  their 
own  dead. 

23  "And  when  he  was  entered 
into  a  boat,  his  disciples  followed 
him.  24  And  behold,  there  arose 
a  great  tempest  in  the  sea,  inso- 
much that  the  boat  was  covered 
with  the  waves  :  but  he  was  asleep. 
2.5  And  they  came  to  him,  and 
awoke  _  him,  saying.  Save,  Lord ; 
we  perish.  26  And  he  saith  unto 
them.  Why  are  ye  fearful,  "O  ye 
of  little  faith  %  Then  he  arose,  and 
rebuked  the  winds  and  the  sea ; 
and  there  was  a  great  calm.  27 
And  the  men  marvelled,  saying. 
What  manner  of  man  is  this,  that 
even  the  winds  and  the  sea  obey 
him  1 

28  ^  And  when  he  was  come  to 
the  other  side  into  the  country  of 
the  Gadarenes,  there  met  him  two 
**'' possessed  with  demons,  coming 
forth  out  of  the  tombs,  exceed- 
ing fierce,  so  that  no  man  could 
pass  by  that  way.  29  And  behold, 
they  cried  out,  saying,  «  What  have 
we  to  do  with  thee,  thou  Son  of 
Godl  art  thou  come  hither  to  tor- 
ment us  before  the  time  1  30  Now 
there  was  afar  off  from  them  a  herd 
of  many  swine  feeding.  31  And 
the  demons  besought  him,  saying. 
If  thou  cast  us  out,  send  us  away 
into  the  herd  of  swine.  32  And 
he  said  unto  them.  Go.  And  they 
came  out,  and  Avent  into  the  swine  : 
and  behold,  the  whole  herd  rushed 
down  the  steep  into  the  sea,  and 
perished  in  the  waters.  33  And 
they  that  fed  them  fled,  and  went 
away  into  the  city,  and  told  every- 
thing, and  what  was  befallen  to 
them  that  were  *"  possessed  with 
demons.  34  And  behold,  all  the 
city  came  out  to  meet  Jesus:  and 
when  they  saw  him,  they  besought 
him  that  he  would  depart  from 
their  borders. 

9  And  he  entered  into  a  boat, 
and  crossed  over,  and  came 
into  ''his  own  city.  2  *And  be- 
hold, they  brought  to  him  a  man 
'sick  of  the  palsy,  lying  on  a  bed  : 
and  Jesus  seeing  their  faith  said 
unto  the  sick  of  the  palsy,  ^^  Son, 
"  be  of  good  cheer ;  "  thy  sins  are 
forgiven.  3  And  behold,  certain  of 
the  scribes  said  within  themselves. 
This  man  blasphemeth.  4  And 
Jesus    """  knowing  their  thoughts 

12  Gr.  Child. 

IS  Many  ancient  authorities  read  seeing. 


9.5 


MATTHEW 


9.35 


Matthew  is  called,  and  makes  a  Feast.    Cure  of  the  Ruler's  Daughter.    Two  Blind  Hen  cured 


said,  Wlierefore  think  yo  evil  in 
your  hearts  {  5  For  whicn  is  easier, 
to  say,  "  Tliy  sins  are  forgiven  ;  or 
to  sny.  Arise,  and  walk  {  6  But 
that  ye  may  know  that  ''the  ISon  of 
man  hath  authority  on  earth  to 
forgive^  sins  (then  saith  he  to  the 
''sick  of  tlie  palsy).  Arise,  and  take 
up  thy  bed,  and  go  unto  thy  house. 
7  And  lie  arose,  and  departed  to 
liis  house.  8  But  when  the  multi- 
tudes saw  it,  they  were  afraid,  and 
''gloriHed  God,  who  had  given  such 
authority  unto  men. 

9  *  And  as  Jesus  passed  by  from 
thence,  he  saw  a  man,  called 
•''Matthew,  sitting  at  the  place  of 
toll  :  and  he  saith  unto  him,  ^Fol- 
low me.  And  he  arose,  and  fol- 
lowed him. 

10  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he 
^  sat  at  meat  in  the  house,  behold, 
many  -publicans  and  sinners  came 
and  sat  down  with  Jesus  and  his 
disciples.  1 1  And  when  the  Phar- 
isees saw  it,  tlrey  said  unto  his 
disciples,  /"Why  ^  eateth  your 
Teacher  with  the  "  publicans  and 
sinners'?  12  But  wlien  he  heard 
it,  he  said,  'They  that  are  ^ whole 
have  no  need  ot  a  physician,  but 
they  that  are  sick.  13  But  go  ye 
and  learn  *  what  this  meaneth,  ■*  I 
desire  mercy,  and  not  sacrifice : 
for  'I  came  not  to  call  the  right- 
eous, but  sinners. 

1-4  Then  come  to  him  the  dis- 
ciples of  John,  saying.  Why  do  we 
and  '"the  Pharisees  fast  *oft,  but 
thy  disciples  fast  notl  15  And 
Jesus  said  unto  them.  Can  the 
"sons  of  the  bridechamber  mourn, 
as  long  as  the  bridegroom  is  with 
them?  but  the  days  will  come, 
when  the  bridegroom  shall  be 
taken  away  from  them,  and  then 
will  they  fast.  16  And  no  man 
putteth  a  piece  of  undressed  cloth 
upon  an  old  garment ;  for  that 
which  should  fill  it  up  taketh  from 
the  garment,  and  a  worse  rent  is 
made.  17  Neither  do  7nen  put 
new  wine  into  old  ^wine-skins: 
else  the  skins  burst,  and  the  wine 
is  spilled,  and  the  skins  perish  : 
but  they  put  new  wine  into  fresh 
wine-skins,  and  both  are  preserved. 

18  "While  he  spake  these  things 
unto  them,  behold,  there  came  *a 

1  Gr.  reilirfil :  and  so  always. 
»  See  marprinal  note  on  cli.  5.  46. 
»GT.strfmg.  <  Hos.  vi.  6. 

s  Some  ancient  authorities  orait  nfl. 

•  That  is,  rnmpiiniiois  of  the  bridegroom. 
7  That  ia  skins  used  a-f  bottles. 

•  Gr.  one  ruler.    Compare  Mk.  5.  22. 


"  Mk.  2.  5. 

9;  Lk.  S. 

2U,23;  7.  4S 
l>  See  ch.  8. 

20 
'  See  ch.  4. 

24 ;  vor.  2 
d  ch.  a.  16  ; 

15.31;  Mk. 

2.  12;  Lk. 

2.  20 ;  5.  2.'i, 

2B;  7.  IG; 

1,1.  13 ;  17. 

15  ;  23. 47  ; 

Jn.  16.  8 ; 

Acts  4.  21 ; 

11.  18;  21. 

20 ;  2  Cor. 

9.13;  Gal. 

1.24 
'  ver.  9-17 : 

Mark-  2. 

14-22 ; 

Luke  5. 

27-38 
/ch.  10.  3; 

Mk.  3.  IS  ; 

Lk.  (>.  ].">; 

Acts  1.  13. 

Comp. 

Mk.  2.  14 
'J  See  ch.  8. 

22 
'ich.  11.  19; 

Mk.  2.  IK  ; 

Lk.  5.  30 ; 

13.  2 
i  Mk.  2.  17  ; 

Lk.  .'i.  31 
*:  ch.  12.  7 
'  Mk.  2.  17  ; 

Lk.5.  32; 

comp. 

1  Tim.  Mr) 
'"  Lk.  IS.  12 
"  vcr.  18-26  : 

M:irk  5. 

22-43 ; 

Luke  8. 

41-56 


"Seech.  8.2 
P  Num.  15. 

38 ;  Dt.  22. 

12 :  ch.  14. 

36 ;  23.  5 
1  Comp.  ch. 

14.36;  Mk. 

3.10;  Lk. 

6.  19 

"■  See  ver.  2 

'  Mk.  5.  34  ; 

10.  52 ;  Lk. 

7.  50 ;  8. 
48  ;  17.  19  ; 
18.  42. 
Comp. 
ver.  29 ; 
15.  28 

'  Comp. 

2Chr.  a5. 

25  ;  ,Ier.  9. 

17;  16.  6; 

Ezek.  24. 

17 
"  Jn.  11.13; 

comp. 

Acts  20. 10 
"  ver.  31  ; 

ch.  4.  24 ; 

14.  1  ;  Mk. 
1.  28,  45  ; 
Lk.  4.  14. 
37  ;  .5.  15  ; 
7.  17 

'  ch.  12.  23  ; 

15.  22 ;  20. 
30.31;  21. 
9.  15  :  22. 
42;  Mk.  10. 
47,  48  ;  12. 
a5 :  Lk.  18. 
38,  39  ;  20. 
41  f. 
Comp.  1.1 

9 


ruler,  and  ""worshipped  him,  say- 
ing. My  daughter  is  even  now 
ilead  :  but  come  and  lay  thy  hand 
upon  her,  and  she  shall  live.  19 
And  Jesus  arose,  and  followed  him. 
and  .so  (lid  his  discii)les.  20  Ana 
behold,  a  woman,  who  had  an  issue 
of  blood  twelve  years,  came  l)ehind 
him,  and  touched  ''the  border  of 
his  gai'ment :  2 1  for  she  said  within 
herself.  If  I  do  but  ''touch  his 
garment,  I  shall  be  '"made  whole. 
22  But  Jesus  turning  and  seeing 
her  said,  Djiughtcr,  ''be  of  good 
cheer  ;  '  thy  faith  hath  ''  made  thee 
whole.  And  the  woman  was  '"  made 
whole  from  that  hour.  23  And 
when  Jesus  came  into  the  ruler's 
house,  and  saw  '  the  tlute-players, 
and  the  crowd   making  a  tumult, 

24  he  said,  (Jive  place:  for  the 
damsel  "is  not  dead,  but  sleepeth. 
And  they  laughed  him  to  scorn. 

25  But  when  the  crowd  was  put 
forth,  he  entered  in,  and  took  her 
by  the  hand  ;  and  the  damsel  arose. 
2(>  And  '"'the  fame  hereof  went 
forth  into  all  that  land. 

27  And  as  Jesus  passed  by  from 
thence,  two  blind  men  followed 
him,  crying  out,  and  saying.  Have 
mercy  on  us,  thou  •'son  of  David. 
28  And  Avhen  he  was  come  into 
the  house,  the  blind  men  came  to 
him  :  and  Jesus  saith  unto  them. 
Believe  ye  that  I  am  able  to  do 
this?  Tliey  say  unto  him.  Yea, 
Lord.  29  Then  touched  he  their 
eyes,  saying,  *  According  to  your 
faith  be  it  done  unto  you.  30  And 
their  eyes  were  opened.  And 
Jesus  ^*^  strictly  charged  them,  say- 
ing. See  that  no  man  know  it. 
31  But  they  went  forth,  and 
"spread  abroad  his  fame  in  all  that 
land. 

32  And  as  they  went  forth,  be- 
hold, "there  was  brought  to  him  a 
dumb  man  *  possessed  with  a  de- 
mon. 33  And  when  the  demon 
was  cast  out,  the  dumb  man  spake : 
and  tlie  multitudes  marvelled,  say- 
ing, *"  It  was  never  so  seen  in  Israel. 
31  But  the  Pharisees  said,  "''By 
the  prince  of  the  demons  castetn 
he  out  demons. 

35  And  Jesus  went  about  all  the 
cities  and  the  villages,  'teaching  in 

"  Comp.  ver.  22 ;  8.  13  •  See  ch.  8.  4  "  Comp. 
ch.  12.  22,  24  (<  See  ch.  4.  24  '  Mk.  2.  12  <*  ch.  12. 
24  ;  Mk.  .1.  22  ;  Lk.  11. 15  ;  comp.  Jn.  7.  20  f .  'Sea 
ch.  4.  23  

9  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  2.  2. 

'<>  Or,  :i<7iefl(  ^^  Or,  saved  thee 

liQr.  this  fame.        »»  Or,  *<«m/»        "  Or. /« 


9.36 


MATTHEW 


10.29 


A  Preaching  Tour.    The  Twelve  Apostles :  —  Commissioned  ;  Cautioned  ;  Eneonraged ; 


their  synagogues,  and  "preaching 
the  ^gospel  of  the  kingdom,  and 
"  healing  all  manner  of  disease  and 
all  manner  of  sickness.  36  But 
when  he  ''saw  the  multitudes,  he 
was  moved  with  compassion  for 
them,  ''because  they  were  dis- 
tressed and  scattered,  as  sheep  not 
having  a  shepherd.  37  Then  saith 
he  unto  his  disciples,  *"  The  harvest 
indeed  is  plenteous,  but  the  labor- 
ers are  few.  38  "  Pray  ye  therefore 
the  Lord  of  the  harvest,  that  he 
send  forth  laborers  into  his  harvest. 
-^  /\  •''And  he  called  unto  him 
Xv/  his  twelve  disciples,  and 
gave  them  authority  over  unclean 
spirits,  to  cast  them  out,  and  to 
^  heal  all  manner  of  disease  and  all 
manner  of  sickness. 

2  ''  Now  the  names  of  the  twelve 
apostles  are  _  these :  The  first, 
'Simon,  who  is  called  Peter,  and 
'  Andrew  his  brother  ;  '^  *  James  the 
son  of  Zebedee,  and  John  his 
brother;  3  'Philip,  and  Bartholo- 
mew; "Thomas,  and  "Matthew 
the  ^  publican  ;  '^ "  James  the  son  of 
Alphseus,  and  ^Thaddseus ;  4  Si- 
mon the  *  Canansean,  and  *  Judas 
Iscariot,  who  also  ®  betrayed  him. 

5  *■  These  twelve  Jesus  sent  forth, 
and  charged  them,  saying.  Go  not 
into  any  way  of  the  Gentiles,  and 
enter  not  into  any  city  of  the  '  Sa- 
maritans :  6  but  go  rather  to  'the 
lost  sheep  of  the  house  of  Israel. 

7  And  as  ye  go,  preach,  saying, 
"The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  at  hand. 

8  Heal  the  sick,  raise  the  dead, 
cleanse  the  lepers,  cast  out  demons  : 
freely  ye  received,  freely  give.  9 
"  Get  you  no  gold,  nor  silver,  nor 
brass  in  your  ^  purses  ;  10  no  wallet 
for  your  journey,  neither  two  coats, 
nor  shoes,  nor  staff:  for  ^the 
laborer  is  worthy  of  his  food. 
11  And  into  whatsoever  city  or 
village  ye  shall  enter,  search  out 
who  in  it  is  worthy ;  and  there 
abide  till  ye  go  forth.  12  And  as 
ye  enter  into  the  house,  ^  salute  it. 
1 3  And  if  the  house  be  worthy,  let 
your  peace  come  upon  it :  but  if  it 
be  not  worthy,  let  your  peace  re- 
turn to  you._  14  And  wliosoever 
shall  not  receive  you,  nor  hear  your 
words,  as  ye  go  forth  out  of  that 
house  or  that  city,  '  shake  off  the 
dust  of  your  feet.  15  Verily  I  say 
unto  you,  "It  shall  be  more  toler- 

1  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  4.  23.       2  Or,  Jacob 

3  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  5.  46. 

*  Or,  Zealot.    See  Lk.  6.  15 ;  Acts  1. 13. 

6  Or,  delivered  him  up  *  Gr.  girdles. 


'^  See  ch.  4. 

23 
<>  See  ch.  4. 

23;  Mk.l. 

14 
<"  See  ch.  14. 

14  ;  15.  32  ; 

Mk.  6.  34 ; 

8.2 
d  Mk.  6.  34  ; 

Num.  27. 

17  ;  Ezek. 

34.  .5  ; 

Zech.  10.  2 
«  Lk.  10.  2 
/Mk.  3.  IS- 
IS ;  6.  7 
^  Comp.  ch. 

9.  35; 

Lk.  9.  1 

*  ver.  2-4 : 
Mark  3. 16- 
I'J;  Luke  6. 
14-16 ; 
Arts  1.  13 

i  See  ch.  4. 
18 

*  ch.  4.  21 

'  Comp.  Jn. 

1.45  If. 
"'  Jn.  11. 16  ; 

14.  5 ;  20. 

24  ff.  ;  21. 2 
"  See  ch.  9.  9 
"  Mk.  15.  40 
P  Mk.  3. 18 ; 

comp.  Lk. 

6.  16; 

Acts  1.  13 
9  Lk.  22.  3  ; 

Jn.  6.  71  ; 

13.  2,  26 ; 

comp.  ch. 

26.  14 
••  Mk.  6.  7  ; 

Lk.  9.  2 
''2K.  17. 

241f.  ;  Lk. 

9.  52 ;  10. 

33  ;  17. 16 ; 

Jn.  4.  9, 

39  f . ;  8. 48  ; 

Acts  8.  25 
t  ch.  15.  24 
"  See  ch.  3.  2 
'"  ver.  9-15 : 

JH/trk  6.  8- 

11 ;  Luke 

9.  3-5 ;  10. 

4-12; 

comp.  22. 

35 
^'l  Cor.  9.14; 

1  Tim.  5. 18 
y  1  S.  25.  6  ; 

comp.  Ps. 

122.  7,  8 
'  Acts  13.  51 
«  ch.  11.  22, 

24 


b  ch.  11.  24  ; 

2  Pet.  2.  6 ; 

Jude  7 
"ch.  11.22, 

24 ;  12.  36  ; 

Acts  17. 

31 ;  2  Pet. 

2.  9;  3.  7; 

1  Jn.  4.  17  ; 

Jude  6 ; 

comp.  ch. 

7.22; 

1  Th.  5.  4  ; 

Heb.  10.  25 
d  Lk.  10.  3 
"  Gen.  3. 1 ; 

Rom.  16. 

19 ;  comp. 

ch.  24.  45 
/Comp. 

Hos.  7.  11 
»  See  ch.  5. 

22 
h  ch.  23.  34  ; 

10 


able  for  the  land  of  *  Sodom  and 
Gomorrah  in "  the  day  of  judgment, 
than  for  that  city. 

16  ''Behold,  I  send  you  forth  as 
sheep  in  the  midst  of  wolves :  be 
ye  therefore  "  wise  as  serpents,  and 
^•^harmless  as  doves.  17  But  be- 
ware of  men  :  for  they  will  deliver 
you  up  to  "  councils,  and  ''  in  their 
sjaiagogues  they  will  scourge  you  ; 

18  yea  and  before  governors  and 
kings  shall  ye  be  brought  for  my 
sake,  for  a  testimony  to  them  and 
to  the  Gentiles.  1 9  *  But  when 
they  deliver  you  up,  *  be  not  anx- 
ious how  or  what  ye  shall  speak : 
for  it  shall  be  given  you  in  that 
hour  what  ye  shall  speak.  20  For 
'  it  is  not  ye  that  speak,  but  the 
Spirit  of  your  Father  that  speak- 
eth  in  you.  21  ""And  brother  shall 
deliver  up  brother  to  death,  and 
the  father  his  child :  and  children 
shall  rise  up  against  parents,  and 
*  cause  them  to  be  put  to  death. 
22  And  "ye  shall  be  hated  of  all 
men  for  my  name's  sake :  but  °  he 
that  endureth  to  the  end,  the  same 
shall  be  saved.  23  But  when  they 
''persecute  you  in  this  city,  flee 
into  the  next :  for  verily  I  say  unto 
you.  Ye  shall  not  have  gone  through 
the  cities  of  Israel,  » till  the  Son  of 
man  be  come. 

24  ""A  disciple  is  not  above  his 
teacher,  nor  a  ^servant  above  his 
lord.  25  It  is  enough  for  the  dis- 
ciple that  he  be  as  his  teacher,  and 
the  ^  servant  as  his  lord.  '  If  they 
have  called  the  master  of  the  house 
^'''Beelzebub,  how  much  more  them 
of  his  household!  26  "Fear  them 
not  therefore :  "for  there  is  nothing 
covered,  that  shall  not  be  revealed  ; 
and  hid,  that  shall  not  be  known. 
27  ^What  I  tell  you  in  the  dark- 
ness, speak  ye  in  the  light ;  and 
what  ye  hear  in  the  ear,  proclaim 
^  upon  the  house-tops.  28  And  be 
not  afraid  of  them  that  kill  the 
body,  but  are  not  able  to  kill  the 
soul :  but  rather  'fear  him  who  is 
able  to  destroy  both  soul  and  body 
in  ""hell.     29  *Are  not  two  spar- 

Mk.  13.  9 ;  Acts  5.  40  ;  22.  19  ;  26.  11.    Comp.  Lk. 

12.  11  '  ver.  19-22 :  Mark  13.  11-13  ;  Luke  21. 12-17 
fc  Comp.  ch.  6.  25       '  Lk.  12.  12  ;  comp.  Acts  4.  8 ; 

13.  9  :  2  Cor.  13.  3  "*  ver.  35,  36  "  ch.  24.  9  ;  comp. 
Jn.  15.  18ff.  "ch.  24.  13  ''ch.23.  34  «  See  ch.  16 
27  f .  >"  Lk.  6.  40  ;  Jn.  13.  16  ;  15.  20  »  Comp.  9.  34 
<  2  K.  1.  2;  ch.  12.  24,  27  ;  Mk.  3.  22:  Lk.  11.  15, 18, 

19  "  ver.  26-33 :  Luke  12.  2-9  "  Mk.  4.  22 ;  Lk.  8. 
17  ;  12.  2  ^  Lk.  12.  3  »  Comp.  ch.  24. 17  '  Heb. 
10.  31    "  See  ch.  5.  22    b  Comp.  Lk.  12.  6 


'!  Or,  simple 

8  Or,  put  them  to  death 

9  6r.  oondservant. 


to  Gr.  Beelzehitl. 
11  Gr.  Gehenna. 


10.30 


MATTHEW 


11.20 


Cost  of  the  Service ;  its  Rewards.    Kesiseugrers  from  tiip  Baptist.    Jesos  extols  him 


rows  sold  for  a  jjenny  ?  and  not  one 
of  them  shall  tall  on  the  ground 
without  your  Father  :  30  but  "the 
very  hairs  of  your  head  are  all 
numbered.  31  Fear  not  therefore  : 
'ye  are  of  more  value  than  many 
sparrows.  32  Every  one  tlierefore 
who  shall  confess  '  me  before  men, 
-''him  will  1  also  confess  before 
my  Father  who  is  in  heaven. 
33  But  "^  whosoever  shall  deny  me 
before  men,  him  will  1  also  deny 
before  my  Father  who  is  in  heaven. 

3-i  'Think  not  that  I  came  to 
'  send  peace  on  the  earth :  I  came 
not  to  ^.send  peace,  but  a  sword. 
35  For  I  came  to  set  •''a  man  at 
variance  against  his  father,  and 
the  daughter  against  her  mother, 
and  the  daughter  in  law  against 
her  mother  in  law :  30  -^and  a 
man's  foes  shall  be  they  of  his 
own  household.  37  "He  that  lov- 
eth  father  or  mother  more  than 
me  is  not  worthy  of  me ;  and  he 
that  loveth  son  or  daughter  more 
than  me  is  not  worthy  of  me. 
38  And  ''  he  that  doth  not  take  his 
cross  and  follow  after  me,  is  not 
worthy  of  me.  39  '  He  that  •*  find- 
eth  his  life  shall  lose  it ;  and  he 
that  'loseth  his  life  for  my  sake 
shall  find  it. 

40  *He  that  receiveth  you  re- 
ceiveth  me,  and  '  he  that  receiA^eth 
me  receiveth   him   that   sent  me. 

4 1  He  that  receiveth  a  prophet  in 
the  name  of  a  prophet  shall  receive 
a  prophet's  reward :  and  he  that 
receivetli  a  righteous  man  in  the 
name  of  a  righteous  man  shall  ve- 
ceive  a   righteous    man's  reward. 

42  Anfl  '"  wliosoever  shall  give  to 
drink  unto  one  of  these  little  ones 
a  cup  of  cold  water  only,  in  the 
name  of  a  disciple,  verily  I  say 
unto  you  he  shall  in  no  wise  lose 
his  reward. 

n"And  it  came  to  pass  when 
.lesus  had  finished  commanfl- 
ing  his  twelve  disciples,  he  departed 
thence "  to  teach  and  preach  in  their 
cities. 

2 ''Now  when  '.John  heard  in 
the  prison  the  vyorks  of  the  Christ, 
he  sent  by  his  disciples  3  and 
said  unto  him.  Art  thou  "■  he  that 
Cometh,   or  look  we  for  another? 

4  And  Jesus  answered  and  said 
unto  them,  Oo  and  tell  .John  the 
things    which    ye    hear    and    see  : 

5  'the  blind   receive   their  sight, 

»  Or.  in  me.         *  Or.  in  him.         '  Cr.  east. 
*  Or,  found  '  Or,  lost 


"Lk.  21.18; 

comp.  1  S. 

14.45; 

2  S.  14.11; 

IK.  1.52; 

Acta  27.  34 
f>  Comp.  ch. 

12.  12 
'  Rev.  3.  5  ; 

comp.  Lk, 

12.  8 
■'2  Tim.  2. 

12;  comp. 

Mk.  8.  ;i»; 

Lk.  9.  2t) 
«  ver.  34,  35  : 

Luke  12. 

51-53 
/ver.  21; 

Mic.  7.  6 
"  Lk.  14.  26 
''  oil.  16.  24  ; 

Mk.  8.  34; 

Lk.  !t.  23; 

14.27 
'  ch.  16.  25; 

Mk.  8.  3.5  ; 

Lk.  9.  24 : 

17.  33  ;  Ju. 

12.  25 
k  Lk.  10.  16 ; 

Jn.  13.20; 

comp.  ch. 

18.5;  Gal. 

4.14 
'  Mk.  9.  37  ; 

Lk.  9.  48 ; 

comp.  Jn. 

12.  44 
'"  Mk.  9.  41 ; 

comp.  ch. 

25.  40 
"  See  ch.  7. 

2.-i 
"  Corap.  ch. 

9.  35 
1'  ver.  2-19 : 

Luke  7.  18- 

35 
9ch.  14.  3; 

Mk.  6.  17 ; 

comp.  Lk. 

9.  7  rt. 
>•  .In.  6.  14  ; 

11.  27; 

Heb.  10. 

37 ;  comp. 

ver.  10 ; 

Ps.  lis.  26 
'  Comp.  Is. 

35.  5  I.  ; 

61.  1 


'  ch.  13.  21, 

.57  ;  24.  in  ; 

26.  31;  Mk. 

6.  3;  Jn.  6. 

61;  16.  1; 

comp.  ch. 

5.  2.) 
"  ch.  3. 1 
'ch.  14.5: 

21.26;  Lk. 

1.76;  20.6 
^Mk.  1.  2 
"  Lk.  16.  16 
'Mai.  4.5; 

ch.  17.  10- 

13 ;  Mk.  9. 

11-13;  Lk. 

I.  17;  Jn. 
1.21 

"  ch.  13.  9, 
43;  Mk.  4. 
9,  23 ;  Lk. 
8.  8;  14.  35; 
Rev.  13.  9; 
comp. 
Kev.  2.  7, 

II,  17.29; 
3.  6,  13,  22 

l>  ch.  3.  4 
<^  Lk.  1. 15 
JJn.  7.  20: 
8.  48  f .  52 ; 

11 


and  the  lame  walk,  the  lepers  are 
clean.sed,  and  the  deaf  hear,  and 
the  dead  are  raised  up,  and  the 
poor  have  "good  tidings  preached 
to  them.  C  And  blessed  is  he, 
whosoever  shall  find  'no  occasion 
of  stumbling  in  me. 

V  And  as  these  went  their  way, 
Jesus  began  to  say  unto  tlie  mul- 
titudes concerning  John,  \Vliat 
went  ye  out  into  "the  wilderness 
to  behold  1  a  reed  shak(>n  with  the 
wind"?  8  But  what  went  ye  out 
to  see?  a  man  clotlied  in  soft  rai- 
mentl  Behold,  they  that  wear 
soft  raiment  are  in  kings'  houses. 
9  "But  wherefore  went  ye  out"? 
to  see  'a  prophet  1  Yea,  I  say 
unto  5'ou,  and  much  more  than  a 
prophet.  10  This  is  he,  of  whom 
it  is  written, 

'*  Behold,  I  send  my  messenger 
before  thy  face, 

Who  shall  prepare  thy  way  be- 
fore thee. 
11  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  Among 
them  that  are  born  of  women 
there  hath  not  ai-isen  a  greater 
than  John  the  Baptist:  yet  he  that 
is  "but  little  in  the  kingdom  of 
lieaven  is  greater  than  he.  12 
And  2' from  the  days  of  Jt)hn  the 
Baptist  until  now  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  suffereth  violence,  and  men 
of  violence  take  it  by  force.  13 
For  "all  the  pronhets  and  the  law 
prophesied  until  John.  14  And 
if  ye  are  willing  to  receive  '"  it, 
this  is  'Elijah,  that  is  to  come. 
1.5  "He  that  hath  ears  "to  hear, 
let  him  hear.  16  But  whereunto 
shall  I  liken  this  genei-ation?  It 
is  like  unto  childien  sitting  in  the 
marketplaces,  who  call  unto  their 
fellows  17  and  .say,  We  piped  unto 
you,  and  ye  did  not  dance ;  we 
wailed,  and  ye  did  not  '•'mourn. 
18  For  John  came  neither ''eating 
nor  ''drinking,  and  they  .say,  ''He 
hath  a  demon.  1 9  The  Son  of  man 
came  eating  and  diinking.  and  they 
.say,  liehold,  a  gluttonous  man  and 
a  winebibber,  'a  friend  of  '^ publi- 
cans and  sinners  !  And  wi.sdom  "is 
justified  by  her  '*  works. 

20  Then    began    he  to   upbraid 

10.  20 ;  comp.  ch.  9.  34     •  ch.  9.  U  ;  Lk.  15.  2 

«  Or,  the  nri.ti>tl 

'  Many  aiicient  authorities  read  But  what  went 
ye  out  to  see  f  a  pmiilirt  f 

••Mai.  iii.l.  '  (;r. /r."fr.  w  Or,  him 

"  Some  ancient  aiitlioritieg  omit  to  hear. 

12  Or.  bent  tlifhre.i-^t. 

IS  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  5.  46.         '*  Or,  irni, 

19  Many  ancient  authorities  read  children  :  a» 
in  Lk.  7.  ». 


11.21 


MATTHEW 


12.20 


Jesas  upbraids  certain  Cities;  gives  Thanks.    " Come  nnto  me."    "Lord  of  tbe  Sabbath."    A  Cure  on  the  Sabbath 


the  cities  wherein  most  of  his 
•*  mighty  works  were  done,  because 
they  repented  not.  21"  Woe  unto 
thee,  Chorazin!  woe  unto  thee, 
*Bethsaida!  for  if  the  /  mighty 
works  had  been  done  in  "  Tyre 
and  "  Sidon  which  were  done  in 
you,  they  would  have  repented 
long  ago  in  ''sackcloth  and  ashes. 
22  But  I  say  unto  you,  'it  shall 
be  more  tolerable  for  "  Tyre  and 
'^ Sidon  in  ■'the  day  of  judgment, 
than  for  you.  23  And  thou,  ''Ca- 
pernaum, shalt  thou  be  exalted 
unto  heaven  ?  thou  shalt  " ''  go 
down  unto  '  Hades :  for  if  the 
^mighty  works  had  been  done  in 
*  Sodom  which  were  done  in  thee, 
it  would  have  remained  until  this 
day.  24:  But  I  say  unto  you  that 
'it  shall  be  more  tolerable  for  the 
land  of  *  Sodom  in  '"  the  day  of 
judgment,  than  for  thee. 

25  "At  that  season  Jesus  "an- 
swered and  said,  I  ^  thank  thee, 
O  P  Father,  Lord  of  heaven  and 
earth,  that  *thou  didst  hide  these 
things  from  the  wise  and  under- 
standing, and  didst  reveal  them 
unto  baibes  :  26  yea,  ^  Father,  *  for 
so  it  was  well-pleasing  in  thy 
sight.  27  '"All  tilings  have  been 
delivered  unto  me  of  my  Father : 
and  no  one  knoweth  the  Son, 
save  the  Father  ;  neither  doth  any 
know  the  Father,  '  save  the  Son, 
and  he  to  Avhomsoever  the  Son 
willeth  to  reveal  him.  28  '  Come 
unto  me,  all  ye  that  labor  and  ai'e 
heavy  laden,  and  I  will  give  you 
rest.  29  Take  my  yoke  upon  you, 
and  "  learn  of  me ;  for  I  am  meek 
and  lowly  in  heart :  and  "  ye  shall 
find  rest  unto  your  souls.  30  For 
my  yoke  is  easy,  and  my  burden 
is  light. 

'I  r>  ^  At  that  season  Jesus  went 
_La^  on  the  sabbath  day  through 
the  grainfields ;  and  his  disciples 
were  hungry  and  began  to  2' pluck 
ears  and  to  eat.  2  But  the  Phari- 
sees, when  they  saw  it,  said  unto 
him,  Behold,  thy  disciples  do  that 
which  -  it  is  not  lawful  to  do  upon 
the  sabbath.  3  But  he  said  unto 
them, ^  Have  ye  not  read  what  David 
did,  when  he  was  hungry,  and  they 
that  were  with  him  ;  4  how  he 
entered  into  the  house  of  God,  and 
*ate  the  showbread,  which  it  was 
not  lawful  for  him  to  eat,  neither 

1  Gr.  powers. 

''■  Many  ancient  authorities  read   6e  brought 
^icn.       3  Or,  praise      ••  Or,  thai      ^  1  S.  xxi.  6. 
6  Some  ancient  authorities  read  they  ale. 


«  ver.  21-23 : 
Luke  10. 
13-15 

6  Mk.  6.  45 ; 

8.  22  ;  Ll£. 

9.  10;  Jn. 
1. 44  ;  12.  21 

«  ver.  22 ; 

oh.  15.  21 ; 

Mk.  3.  8 ; 

7.  24,  31 ; 

Lk.  G.  17 ; 

Acts  12. 

20;  comp. 

Lk.  4.  26; 

Acts  27 .  3 
d  See  Rev. 

11.3 
"■ch.  10.  15; 

ver.  24 
/  See  ch.  10. 

15 
»  See  ch.  4. 

13 
''  Comp.  Is. 

14.  13,  15 ; 

Ezek.  2(i. 

20;  31.14; 

32.  18,  24 
>  ch.  16.  18  ; 

Lk.  10.  15 ; 

16.  23 ; 

Acts  2.  27, 

31 ;  Rev. 

I.  18;  6.  8; 

20.  13  f . 
k  See  ch. 

10.  15 
'ch.  10.15; 

ver.  22 
'"  See  ch. 

10.  15 
"  ver.  25-27 : 

Luh'  10. 

21,  22 

"  See  Acts 

3.  12 
P  Lk.  22.  42 ; 

23.  34 ;  Jn. 

II.  41 ;  12. 
27,  2i 

1  Comp. 

1  Cor.  1. 

26  If. 
••  ch.  28.  18 ; 

Jn.  3.  35 ; 

13.3;  17.  2 
■' Jii.7.29;10. 

15  ;  17.  25 
'  Comp.  Jn. 

7.  37 ;  Jer. 

31.  25 
"  Comp.  Jn. 

13.15; 

Eph.  4.  20 ; 

Phil.  2.  5 ; 

1  Pet.  2.  21; 

1  Jn.  2.  6 
"  Jer.  6.  16 
^ver.  1-8: 

Mm-k  2. 

23-2S : 

Luke  6. 1-5 
y  Dt.  23.  25 
'  Comp. 

ver.  10 ; 

Lk.  13. 14 ; 

14.  3 ;  Jn. 

5.  10  ;  7. 

23;  9.16 


"  ver.  41,  42 
6  See  ch.  8. 

20 ;  ver.  32, 

40 
•^  ver.  9-14 : 

Afnrk  3. 

1-6;  Lulce 

6.  6-11 
d  Comp.  ch. 

10.  31 
«  ch.  26.  4  : 

Mk.  14.1; 

Lk.  22.  2 ; 

comj).  Jn. 

12 


for  them  that  were  with  him,  but 
only  for  the  priests  1  _  5  Or  have 
ye  not  read  in  the  law,  "that  on  the 
sabbath  day  the  priests  in  the 
temple  profane  the  sabbath,  and 
are  guiltless  %  6  But  I  say  unto 
you,  that  "  one  "  greater  than  the 
temple  is  here.  7  But  if  ye  had 
known  what  this  meaneth,  ®I  de- 
sire mercy,  and  not  sacrifice,  ye 
would  not  have  condemned  the 
guiltless.  8  For  *  the  Son  of  man 
is  lord  of  the  sabbath. 

9  "  And  he  departed  thence,  and 
went  into  their  synagogue  :  10  and 
behold,  a  man  having  a  ^vithered 
hand.  And  they  asked  him,  say- 
ing, "  Is  it  lawful  to  heal  on  the 
sabbath  day'?  that  they  might 
accuse  him.  11  And  he  said  unto 
them,  What  man  shall  there  be  of 
you,  that  shall  have  one  sheep,  and 
if  this  fall  into  a  pit  on  the  saobath 
day,  will  he  not  lay  hold  on  it,  and 
lift  it  out?'  12  ''How  much  then 
is  a  man  of  more  value  than  a 
sheep !  Wherefore  it  is  lawful  to 
do  good  on  the  sabbath  day.  13 
Tlien  saith  he  to  the  man,  Stretch 
forth  thy  hand.  And  he  stretched 
it  forth  ;  and  it  was  restored  whole, 
as  the  other.  14  But  the  Phari- 
sees went  out,  and  "took  counsel 
against  him,  how  they  might  de- 
stroy him. 

15  And  Jesus  perceiving  it  with- 
drew from  thence  :  and  many  fol- 
lowed him  ;  and  •''he  healed  them 
all,  16  and  "charged  them  that 
thej^  should  not  make  him  known  : 
17  that  it  might  be  fulfilled  which 
was  spoken  through  Isaiah  the 
prophet,  saying, 

^"18  Behold,  my  "  servant  whom  I 
have  chosen ; 
''  My  beloved  in  whom  my  soul 

is  well  pleased  : 
'  I  will  put  my  Spirit  upon  him. 
And  he  shall  declare  judgmeiit 
to  the  ^-  Gentiles. 

19  He    shall    not   strive,  nor   cvj 

aloud ; 
Neither  shall  any  one  hear  his 
voice  in  the  streets. 

20  A    bruised   reed    shall   he  not 

break. 
And  smoking  flax  shall  he  not 
quench, 

7.  30,  44;  8.  59;  10.  31,  39;  11.  53  /See  ch.  4.  23 
!' Seech.  8.  4    a  ch.  3. 17  ;  17.  5    "  Lk.  4. 18 ;  Jn.  3.  34 


7  Num.  xxviii.  9, 10.  8  Gr.  a  greater  thing 

9  Hos.  vi.  6.  10  Is.  xlii.  1  ff. 

11  See  marginal  note  on  Acts  3.  13. 

12  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  4. 16. 


12.21 


MATTHEW 


12.48 


Jesns  h(aU  Many.    Rrfutes  tlie  Pharisees'  Ciiluniiiy.    Tlic  Craring  Tor  Sipns  rebuked 


Till   he    send    forth    judgment 

unto  victory. 
21  "And    in    his   name    shall  the 

'  Gentiles  liope. 
22  ''Then  was  brouj^lit  unto  him 
'■^one  "possessed  with  a  demon, 
blind  and  dumb :  and  he  liealea 
him,  insonmcli  that  the  dumb 
man  spake  and  saw.  23  And  all 
the  multituiles  were  amazed,  and 
stiid,  Can  this  be  the  ''son  of 
David?  24  But  when  the  Phari- 
sees heard  it,  they  said,  This  man 
doth  not  cast  out  ilemons,  but 
'''by  ^-^ Beelzebub  the  prince  of 
the  demons.  '2o  ■'  And  *  knowing 
their  thoughts  he  .said  unto  them, 
Every  kingdom  divided  against 
it.self  is  brought  to  desolation ; 
and  evei-y  city  or  house  divided, 
against  itself  shall  not  stand:  26 
and  if  '  Satan  casteth  out  '  ISatan, 
he  is  divided  against  himself ;  how 
then  shall  his  kingdom  stand] 
27  And  if  I  =*"  by  ■•'Beelzebub  cast 
out  demons,  *^by  whom  do  your 
sons  cast  them  out]  therefore 
shall  they  be  your  judges.  28 
But  if  I  ■' Dj'  tlie  Spirit  of  God  cast 
out  demons,  then  is  the  kingdom 
of  God  come  upon  you.  29  Or 
how  can  one  enter  into  the  house 
of  the  strong  man,  and  spoil  his 
goods,  except  he  first  bind  the 
strong  wwn  ]  and  then  he  will 
spoil  his  house.  30  '  He  that  is 
not  with  me  is  against  me;  and  he 
that  gathereth  not  with  me  scatter- 
eth.  31  '"Therefore  I  say  unto  you. 
Every  sin  and  blasphemy  shall 
be  forgiven  unto  men ;  but  the 
blasphemy  against  the  Spirit  shall 
not  be  forgiven.  32  And  whoso- 
ever shall  speak  a  word  against 
the  Son  of  man,  it  shall  be  for- 
given him ;  but  whosoever  shall 
sneak  against  the  Holy  Spirit,  it 
snail  not  be  forgiven  him,  neither 
in  "this 'world,  nor  in  that  which 
is  to  come.  3.3  Either  make  the 
tree  good,  and  its  fruit  good ;  or 
make  the  tree  corrupt,  and  its 
fruit  corrupt :  for  "  the  tree  is 
known  bj'^  its  fruit.  34  ''Ye  off- 
spring of  vipers,  how  can  ye,  being 
evil,  speak  good  things'?  'for  out 
of  the  abundance  of  the  heart  the 
mouth  speaketh.  3-")  The  good 
man  out  of  his  good  treasure 
bringeth  forth  good  things :  and 
the  evil  man  out  of  his  evil  treas- 
ure   bringeth    forth    evil    things. 

1  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  4. 15.    2  Or,  a  demoniac 
»  Or,  in  *  Gr.  BeeUebul.       *  Or,  aye 


"  Rom.  15. 12 

"  ver.  2>,  24 : 

Liikr  li. 

14,  i:.. 
Coiiip.  ch. 
9.  a2,  34 

"  See  ch.  4. 

24 
•'  See  ch.  9. 

'■  See  ch.  9. 

34 
/Seech.  10. 

25 
'J  ver.  25-29 : 

Mark3.'ii- 

27 ;  liike 

11.  17-22 
I'  See  ch.  9.  4 
'  See  ch.  4. 

lu 
*•■  Comp. 

Act.tl9.  13 
'Lk.  ll.J.:i; 

ccmp.  Mk. 

9.  40 ;  Lk. 

9.  50 
"'  ver.  31,  32  : 

comp.  Slk. 

3.  2>i-30 ; 
Lk.  12.  10 

"  Wk.  10.  30  ; 
Lk.  10.  8 ; 
18.  30 ;  20. 
34,  35 ; 
Epli.  1.  21  ; 
1  Tim.  (i. 
17;  2  Tim. 

4.  10 ;  Tit. 
2. 12 ;  Heb. 
6.  5.    See 
ch.  13.  22 
and  13.  31) 

"  See  ch.  7. 

IH 
P  ch.  3.  7  ; 

23.  33 
«  ver.  34,  .35  : 

comp.  Lk. 

6.  45 ;  ch. 

15.  IS : 
Eph.  4.  29 ; 
J.1S.  3.  2- 
12  ;  1  S.  24. 
13 


>■  See  ch.  10. 

15 
'ch.  16.  1; 

Mk.  8.  11. 

12;  Lk.ll. 

16 ;  Jn.  2. 

18 ;  6.  30  ; 

comp. 

ICor.  1.22 
t  ver.  39-J2 : 

luk>- 11. 

29-32. 

Comp.  ch. 

16.  4 
"  Joii.  1.  17 
"•  See  ch.  8. 

20 
'  See  ch.  16. 

21 
y  Jon.  1.  2 
-  .Ion.  3.  5 
"  ver.  6.  42 
M  K.  10. 1; 

2  Chr.  9.  1 
'  ver.  fi.  41 
d  ver.  43-45  ; 

luke  11. 

24-26 
'  2  Pet.  2.  20 
/  ver. 46-50 : 

ifark-3.il- 

.35;  /jikfi 

8.  19-21 
0  ch.  1.  13  ; 

2. 1 1ff.  ;  13. 

M;  Lk.  1. 

43;  2.  33  f. 

48,  51 ;  Jn. 

2.  1,  5,  12  ; 

13 


3G  And  I  say  unto  you,  that  every 
idle  word  t]iat  men  shall  .speak, 
they  shall  give  account  thereof  in 
"■  the  day  of  iudgment.  37  P'or  by 
thy  words  thou  shalt  be  justifieci, 
and  by  thy  words  thou  shalt  be 
condeiuiied. 

.■>8  Then  certain  of  the  scribes 
and  Pharisees  answered  him,  say- 
ing, Teacher,  '  we  would  see  a 
sign  from  thee.  39  But  he  an- 
swered and  .said  unto  them,  'An 
evil  and  adulterous  generation 
seeketh  after  a  sign ;  and  there 
shall  no  sign  be  given  to  it  but  the 
sign  of  Jonah  the  prophet:  40  for 
as  "Jonah  was  three  days  and  three 
nights  in  the  belly  of  the  "whale  ; 
so  shall  'the  Son  of  man  be  •'three 
days  and  three  nights  in  the  heart 
of  the  earth.  41  *The  men  of 
Nineveh  shall  stand  up  in  tlie 
judgment  with  this  generation, 
and  shall  condemn  it:  for  ^they 
repented  at  the  preaching  of  Jonah ; 
and  behold,  '"  a  greater  than  Jonah 
is  here.  42  ''The  queen  of  the 
south  shall  rise  up  in  the  judgment 
with  this  generation,  and  shall  con- 
demn it :  for  she  came  from  the 
ends  of  the  earth  to  hear  the  wis- 
dom of  Solomon;  and  behold,  ''"a 
greater  than  Solomon  is  here.  43 
^But  the  unclean  spirit,  when® he 
is  gone  out  of  the  man,  passeth 
through  waterless  places,  seeking' 
rest,  and  findeth  it  not.  44  Then 
'^he  saith,  1  will  return  into  my 
house  whence  I  came  out ;  ana 
when  "he  is  come,  *he  findeth  it 
emptj%  swept,  and  garni.shed.  45 
Then  goeth  ®he,  and  taketh  with 
"himself  .seven  other  spirits  more 
evil  than  "himself,  and  they  en- 
ter in  and  dwell  there:  and  "the 
last  state  of  that  man  becometh 
worse  than  the  first.  Even  so 
shall  it  be  also  unto  this  evil  gen- 
eration. 

46  -^  While  he  was  yet  speaking 
to  the  multitudes,  behold,  his 
^mother  and  his  *  brethren  stood 
without,  seeking  to  speak  to  him. 
47  '"Anfl  one  .said  unto  him.  Be- 
hold, thy  "mother  and  thj' ''  breth- 
ren stand  without,  seeking  to  speak 
to  thee.  48  But  he  answered  anfl 
said  unto  him  that  told  him.  Who 
is  my  mother?  and   who  are  my 

19.25f.;  Acts  1.14  »ch.l3.5.5;  Mk.  6.  3;  Jn.2.12; 
7.  3, 5, 10  ;  Acts  1.  14  ;  1  Cor.  9.  5  ;  comp.  GtO.  1. 19 


«  Gr.  Sfa-monxler.  '  Gr.  more  Ihan^ 

8  Or,  it  "  Or.  itself 

10  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  ver.  47. 


12.49 


MATTHEW 


13.29 


Jesas  teaches  in  Parables  —the  Sower.    The  Reason  for  Parables,    Parable  of  the  Sower  explained.    The  Tares 


brethren'?  49  And  he  stretched 
forth  his  hand  towards  his  dis- 
ciples, and  said,  Behold,  my  mother 
and  my  brethren  !  50  For  whoso- 
ever shall  do  the  will  of  my  Father 
who  is  in  heaven,  he  is  my  brother, 
and  sister,  and  mother. 
^  O  On  that  day  went  Jesus 
_LO  out  of  "the  house,  and  sat 
*by  the  sea  side.  2  And  there 
were  gathered  unto  him  great  mul- 
titudes, so  that  '■  he  entered  into  a 
boat,  and  sat ;  and  all  the  multi- 
tude stood  on  the  beach.  3  And 
he  spake  to  them  many  things 
in  ^  parables,  saying.  Behold,  the 
sower  went  forth  to  sow ;  4  and  as 
he  sowed,  some  seeds  fell  by  the 
way  side,  and  the  birds  came  and 
devoured  them :  5  and  others  fell 
upon  the  rocky  places,  where  they 
had  not  much  earth  :  and  straight- 
way they  sprang  up,  because  they 
had  no  deepness  of  earth  :  6  and 
when  the  sun  was  risen,  they  were 
scorched  ;  and  because  they  had  no 
root,  they  withered  away.  7  And 
others  fell  upon  the  thorns  ;  and 
the  thorns  grew  up  and  choked 
them :  8  and  others  fell  upon  the 
good  ground,  and  yielded  fruit, 
some  a  *  hundredfold,  some  sixty, 
some  thirty.  9  ^  He  that  hath  ears  \ 
let  him  hear. 

10  And  the  disciples  came,  and 
said  unto  him.  Why  speakest  thou 
unto  them  in  parables?  11  And 
he  answered  and  said  unto  them, 
^  Unto  you  it  is  given  to  know 
the  mysteries  of  the  kingdom  of 
heaven,  but  to  bhem  it  is  not  given. 
12  ''For  whosoever  hath,  to  him 
shall  be  ^iven,  and  he  shall  have 
abundance :  but  whosoever  hath 
not,  from  him  shall  be  taken  away 
even  that  which  he  hath.  13 
Therefore  speak  I  to  them  in  para- 
bles ;  because  '  seeing  they  see  not, 
and  hearing  they  hear  not,  neither 
do  they  understand.  14  And  unto 
them  is  fulfilled  the  prophecy  of 
Isaiah,  which  saith, 

■^  *  By  hearing  ye  shall  hear,  and 
shall  in  no  wise  understand; 

And  seeing  ye  shall  see,   and 
shall  in  no  wise  perceive  : 
15  For  this  people's  heart  is  waxed 
gross, 

And  their  ears  are  dull  of  hear- 
ing, 

And  their  eyes  they  have  closed ; 

1  Some  ancient  authorities  add  here,  and  in 
ver.  43,  to  hear  :  as  in  Mk.  4.  9  ;  Lk.  8.  8. 

2  Is.  vi.  9, 10. 


«  ver.  36 ;  9. 

28 ;  comp. 

Mk.  3.  19 
f>  ver.  1-15 : 

Mark  4. 

1-12;  Luke 

8.  4-10 
<^  Comp.  Lk. 

5.  3 

d  Comp. 

ver.  10  ff.  ; 

Mk.  4. 

2  ff.  ;  etc. 
^  ver.  23 ; 

Gen.  26.  12 
/  See  ch.  11. 

15 
3  ch.  19.  11  ; 

20.  23 ; 

comp.  Jn. 

6.  65 ; 
ICor. 
2.10;  Col. 

1.  27  ;  1  Jn. 

2.  20,  27 

h  ch.  25.  29 ; 

Mk.  4.  25 ; 

Lk.  8.  18 ; 

19.26 
iJer.  5.21; 

Ezek.  12. 

2 ;  comp. 

Is.  42.  19, 

20 ;  Dt. 

29.4 
fc  Mk.  4.  12  ; 

Lk.  8.  10 ; 

Jn.  12.  40 ; 

Acts  28.  26, 

27  ;  comp. 

Rom.  10. 

16;  11.  8 


'  ver.  16, 17  : 
Ltike  10. 
23,24 
'"  Comp.  Jn. 
8. 56 :  Heb. 
11.  13; 

1  Pet.  1. 
10-12 

"  ver.  18-23 : 

Mark  4. 

13-20 ; 

Luke  8.  Il- 
ls 
"  Comp.  4. 

23 
P  See  ch.  5. 

37 
1  See  ch. 

11.6 
••Mk.  4.19; 

Rom.  12. 

2;  ICor.l. 

20;  2.6,8; 

3.18; 

2  Cor. 

4.  4 ;  Gal. 

1.  4  ;  Eph. 

2.  2.  See 
ch.  12.  32  ; 
and  13.  39 

»  Comp.  19. 

23  ;  1  T.  6. 

9,  10,  17 
« ver.  8 
"  ver.  31,  33, 

45,  47 ;  18. 

23  ;  20.  1 ; 

22.  2 ;  25. 

1 ;  Mk.  4. 

30 ;  Lk.  13. 

18.20 
"  Comp. 

Mk.  4.  26- 

29 


24 


Lest  haply  they  should  perceive 

with  their  eyes, 
And  hear  with  their  ears. 
And    understand    with    their 

heart. 
And  should  turn  again. 
And  I  should  heal  them. 
16  'But  blessed  are  your  eyes,  for 
they  see ;  and  your  ears,  for  they 
hear.  17  For  verily  I  say  unto 
you,  that  '"  many  prophets  and 
righteous  men  desired  to  see  the 
things  which  ye  see,  and  saw  them 
not ;  and  to  hear  the  things  which 
ye  hear,  and  heard  them  not.  18 
"Hear  then  ye  the  parable  of  the 
sower.  1 9  When  any  one  heareth 
"the  word  of  the  kingdom,  and 
understandeth  it  not,  then  cometh 
■^the  evil  one,  and  snatchethaway 
that  which  hath  been  sown  in  his 
heart.  This  is  he  that  was  sown 
by  the  way  side.  20  And  he  that 
was  sown  upon  the  rocky  places, 
this  is  he  that  heareth  the  word, 
and  straightway  with  joy  receiveth 
it ;  21  yet  hath  he  not  root  in  him- 
self, but  endureth  for  a  while ;  and 
when  tribulation  or  persecution 
ariseth  because  of  the  word, 
straightway  he  *  stumbleth.  22 
And  he  that  was  sown  among  the 
thorns,  this  is  he  that  heareth  the 
word ;  and  the  care  of  ''  the  ^  world, 
and  the  "  deceitfulness  of  riches, 
choke  the  word,  and  he  becometh 
unfruitful.  23  And  he  that  was 
sown  upon  the  good  ground,  this 
is  he  that  heareth  the  word,  and 
understandeth  it ;  who  verily  hear- 
eth fruit,  and  bringeth  forth,  some 
'a  hundredfold,  some  sixty,  some 
thirty. 

24  Another  parable  set  he  before 
them,  saying,  "The  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  likened  unto  "a  man  that 
sowed  good  seed  in  his  field :  25 
but  while  men  slept,  his  enemy 
came  and  sowed  *  tares  also  among 
the  wheat,  and  went  away.  26  But 
when  the  blade  sprang  up  and 
brought  forth  fruit,  then  appeared 
the  tares  also.  27  And  the  ^ser- 
vants of  the  householder  came  and 
said  unto  him.  Sir,  didst  thou  not 
sow  good  seed  in  thy  field  %  whence 
then  hath  it  tares'?  28  And  he 
said  unto  them,  ®An  enemy  hath 
done  this.  And  the  ®  servants  say 
unto  him.  Wilt  thou  then  that  we 
go  and  gather  them  up'?  29  But 
he  saith,  Nay  ;  lest  haply  while  ye 

3  Or,  age      <  Or,  darnel      '  Gr.  bondservants. 
6  Gr.  A  man  that  is  an  enemy. 


13.30 


MATTHEW 


13.  58 


The  nustard  Seed.    Hk  LeiiTtn.    Parable  of  Uie  Tares  eiplained.    The  Hid  Tr«a«are.    Teaches  at  Kaiareth  and  is  rejected 


Efather  up  the  t^ires,  ye  roc^t  up  the 
wheat  with  them.  30  Let  both 
{?row  togetlier  until  the  harvest : 
and  in  the  time  of  the  harvest  1 
will  say  to  the  reapers,  (gather  up 
first  the  tares,  and  bind  them  in 
bundles  to  burn  them;  but  "gather 
the  wheat  into  my  barn. 

31  Another  parable  set  he  before 
them,  saying,  *■  "^  The  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  like  unto  ''a  grain  of 
nmstard  s(>ed,  which  a  man  took, 
and  sowed  in  his  field:  32  which 
indeed  is  less  than  all  seeds;  but 
when  it  is  grown,  it  is  greater  than 
the  herbs,  and  becometh  a  tree,  so 
that "  the  birds  of  the  lieaven  come 
and  lodge  in  the  branches  thereof. 

33  Another  parable  spake  he 
unto  them;  *'-'The  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  like  unto  leaven,  which 
a  woman  took,  and  hid  in  -'three 
'measures  of  meal,  till  it  was  all 
leavened. 

34  All  these  things  spake  Jesus 
in  parables  unto  the  multitudes ; 
and  f  without  a  parable  spake  he 
nothing  unt^)  them :  35  that  it 
might  be  fulfilled  which  was  spoken 
through  the  prophet,  saying, 

■■^I  will  open  my  mouth  in  para- 
bles ; 

I  will  utter  things  hidden  from 
the  foundation  ^  of  the  world. 

36  Then  he  left  the  multitudes, 
and  went  into  ^  the  house :  and 
his  disciples  came  unto  him,  say- 
ing, '  Explain  unto  us  the  parable 
of  the  tares  of  the  field.  37  And 
he  answered  and  said.  He  that 
soweth  tlie  good  seed  is  *  the  Son 
of  man ;  38  and  the  field  is  the 
world  ;  and  the  good  seed,  these 
are  '  the  sons  of  the  kingdom  ;  and 
the  tares  are  "*  the  sons  of  "  the  evil 
one  ;  39  and  the  enemy  that  sowed 
them  is  the  devil :  and  the  harvest 
is  * "  the  end  of  the  world  ;  and  the 
reapers  are  angels.  40  As  there- 
fore the  tares  are  gathered  up  and 
burned  with  fire ;  so  shall  it  be  in  the 
■*  "end  of  the  world.  41  *  The  Son 
of  man ''  shall  send  forth  his  angels, 
and  they  shall  gather  out  of  his 
kingdoni  all  thmgs  that  cause 
stumbling,  and  them  that  do  iniq- 
uity. 4 2  and  ''  shall  cast  them  into 
the  furnace  of  fire  :  •"  there  shall  be 
the  weeping  and  the  gnashing  of 
teeth.      43  Then  shall  the   right- 

1  The  word  in  the  Greek  denotes  the  Hebrew 
seali,  a  measure  containinR  nearly  a  peck  and  a 
half.  -  1*8.  Ixxviii.  2. 

3  Many  ancient  authorities  omit  of  the  world. 

'-  Or,  the  consinnmation  oj  the  age 


"  ch.  3.  12 
'  vor.  31,  32  : 

M<trk  4. 

30-32 ; 

Luke  13. 

18,  IM 
"^  See  ver.  24 
<t  ch.  17.  20  ; 

Lk.  17.  H 
'  Comp.  Ps. 

104.  12  : 

Ezek.  17. 

23  ;  31.  U  ; 

Dan.  4.  12 
/Gen.  13.6; 

comp. 

Judg.  6. 

19  ;  I  S.  1. 

24 
^  Mk.  4.  34  ; 

comp.  Jn. 

10.  6 ;  16. 

25 
''  ver.  1 
'  Comp.  ch. 

15.  15 
*  See  ch.  8. 

20 
'  Comp.  ch. 

8.  12 
"•  Ju.  8.  44  ; 

Acts  13. 

10;lJu.  3. 

10 
"  See  ch.  5. 

37 
"  ver.  40,  49  ; 

24.  3  ;  28. 

20 ;  1  Cor. 

10.  11 ; 

Heb.  9.  2fi. 

See  ch.  12. 

32  and  13. 

22 
y  ch.  24.  31 
«  ver.  50 
^  See  ch.  8. 

12 


'  See  ch.  11. 

15 
'  ver.  46 
"  ver.  44 
■'  See  ver. 

39,40 


■  See  ch.  7. 

28 


V  ver.  .54-58 ; 

i/arfc6.1-6 
'  See  ch.  4. 

23 
"  See  ch.  7. 

28 


6  See  ch.  12 
46 


'  >Ut.  6.  3 


d  See  ch. 
11.6 

'  Mk.  6.  4  : 
Lk.  4.  24 : 
Jn.  4.  44 


15 


cous  shine  forth  as  the  sun  in  the 
kingdom  of  their  Father.  'He 
that  hath  ears'',  let  him  hear. 

44  ""The  kingdom  of  heaven  ia 
like  unto  a  treasure  hidden  in  the 
field  ;  which  a  man  found,  and  hid; 
and  "in  his  joy  lie  goelii  aiui  '  sell- 
eth  all  that  he  hath,  and  buyeth 
tliat  field. 

45  Again,  'the  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  like  unto  a  man  that  is 
a  raercliant  seeking  goodly  pearls  : 
46  and  having  found  one  pearl  of 
great  i)rice,  he  went  and  .sold  all 
that  he  had,  and  bought  it. 

47  Again,  "the  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  like  unto  a  "net,  that 
was  cast  into  the  sea,  and  gathered 
of  every  kind  :  48  which,  when  it 
was  tilled,  they  drew  up  on  the 
beach  ;  and  they  sat  down,  and 
gathered  the  good  into  vessels,  but 
the  bad  they  cast  away.  49  So 
shall  it  be  in  ** '  the  end  of  the 
world :  the  angels  shall  come  forth, 
and  sever  the  wicked  from  among 
the  righteous,  50  and  "shall  cast 
them  into  the  furnace  of  fire : 
''there  shall  be  the  weeping  and 
the  gnashing  of  teeth. 

51  Have  ye  understood  all  these 
things  %  They  say  unto  him.  Yea. 
52  And  he  said  unto  them,  There- 
fore every  scribe  who  hath  been 
made  a  disciple  to  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  like  unto  a  man  that  is 
a  householder,  who  bringeth  forth 
out  of  his  treasure  things  new  and 
old. 

53  ^And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
•Jesus  had  finished  these  parables, 
he  departed  thence. 

54  *And  coming  into  his  own 
country  he  'taught  them  in  their 
synagogue,  insomuch  that  "  they 
were  astonislied,  and  said.  Whence 
hath  this  man  this  wisdom,  and 
these  "mighty  works?  55  Is  not 
this  the  carpenter's  son  !  is  not 
''  his  mother  called  Mary  I  and  hi.s 
''  brethren.  '"  James,  and  Joseph, 
and  Simon,  and  Judas?  56  And 
''his  sisters,  are  they  not  all  with 
us?  Whence  then  hath  this  man 
all  these  things  \  57  And  they 
were  "''offended  in  liim.  But 
Je-sus  said  unto  them,  'A  prophet 
is  not  without  honor,  save  in  his 
own  country,  and  in  his  own  house. 
58  And  he  did  not  many  '■'  mighty 

5  See  ver.  9.  •  Or,  for  joy  thereof 

'  Gr.  drag-net. 

8  Or,  the  ronxummation  of  the  age 

9  Gr.  pi»rrr.i.  •"  Or,  Jicob 
1        11  Gr.  caxued  to  stumble. 


14.1 


MATTHEW 


14.36 


John  the  Baptist  beheaded.    The  Five  Thousand  fed.    Jesns  walks  on  the  Water.    Jesns  in  Gennesaret 


works  there  because  of  their  un- 
belief. 

M^At  that  season  *  Herod 
the  tetrarch  heard  the  re- 
port concerning  Jesus,  2  and  said 
unto  his  servants,  "This  is  John 
the  Baptist ;  he  is  risen  from  the 
dead ;  and  therefore  do  these 
powers    work     in     him.       3    For 

*  Herod  had  laid  hold  on  John, 
and  bound  him,  and  put  him 
''in  prison  for  the  sake  of  "Hero- 
dias,    his    brother    Philip's    wife. 

4  For  John  said  vinto  him,  -^It  is 
not  lawful  for  thee  to  have  her. 

5  And  when  he  would  have  put 
him  to  death,  he  feared  the  multi- 
tude, because  they  counted  him 
as  ^a  prophet.  6  But  when 
Herod's  birthday  came,  the  daugh- 
ter of  "  Herodias  danced  in  the 
midst,  and  pleased  *  Herod.  7 
Whei'eupon  he  promised  with  an 
oath  to  give  her  whatsoever  she 
should  ask.  8  And  she,  being  put 
forward  by  her  mother,  saith, 
Give  me  here  on  a  platter  the 
head  of  John  the  Baptist.  9  And 
the  king  was  grieved  ;  but  for  the 
sake  of  his  oaths,  and  of  them 
that  sat  at  meat  with  him,  he 
commanded  it  to  be  »iven  ;  1 0  and 
he  sent  and  beheaded  John  in  the 

Krison.  11  And  his  head  was 
rought  on  a  platter,  and  given  to 
the  damsel  :  and  she  brought  it  to 
her  mother.  12  And  his  disciples 
came,  and  took  up  the  corpse,  and 
buried  him  ;  and  they  went  and 
told  Jesus. 

13  ''Now  when  Jesus  heard  it, 
he  withdrew  from  thence  in  a 
boat,  to  a  desert  place  apart :  and 
when  the  multitudes  heard  thereof, 
they  followed  him  ^  on  foot  fr-m 
the  cities.  14  And  he  came  forth, 
and  *saw  a  gi^eat  multitude,  and 
lie  had  compassion  on  them,  and 

*  healed  their  sick.  15  And  when 
even  was  come,  the  disciples  came 
to  him,  saying,  The  place  is  desert, 
and  the  time  is  already  past ;  send 
the  multitudes  away,  that  they 
may  go  into  the  villages,  and  buy 
themselves  food.  16  But  Jesus 
said  unto  them,  They  have  no  need 
to  go  away  ;  give  ye  them  to  eat. 
17  And  they  say  unto  him.  We 
have  hei*e  but  ^  five  loa\  es,  and  two 
fishes.  18  And  he  said.  Bring 
them  hither  to  me.  19  And  he 
commanded  the  multitudes  to  ^sit 
down  on  the  grass ;  and  he  took 

1  Or,  by  land  2  Q-r.  recline. 


"  ver.  1-12 : 

Mark  6. 

14-29  ;  ver. 

1,  2 :  Luke 

9.7-9 
t>  See  " ;  also 

Mk.  8.  15 ; 

Lk.  3.  1, 

1   ;  8.  3 ; 

13.  31     23. 

7f.  Hi.  1  ; 

A  ts  4.  27  ; 

12.  1 
"    li.  16. 14  ; 

Mk.  B.  14  ; 

Lk.      7 
d  See  ch.  4. 

12:  11.  2 
•^  Mk.  6.  17. 

19,22;  Lk. 

3.19 
/Lev.  18. 

16 ;  20.  21 
"  See  ch. 

11.9 
h  ver.  13-21 : 

Mark  6. 

32-44; 

L»/,t9. 

10-17 ; 

Jo)ui  6. 

1-13; 

comp.  ch. 

15.  32-38 
!  Seech. 9. 36 
«••  Seech. 4.23 
'  ch.  16.  9 


>"  1  S.  9.  13  ; 

ch.  15.  36; 

26.26;Mk. 

6.  41;  8.  7; 

14.  22  ;  Lk. 

24.  30 : 

Acta  27. 

35 ;  see 

Rom.  14.6. 
"ch.  16.  9; 

Mk.  6.  43 ; 

8.  19 ;  Lk. 

9.  17 ;  Jn. 
6.13 

"  ver.  22-33 : 

Mark  6. 

45-51 ; 

John  6. 15- 

21 
PMk..  6.46; 

Lk.  6.  12 ; 

9.  28; 

comp. 

Jn.  6.  15 
''  Comp. 

Mk.  13.  35; 

see  ch.  24. 

43 
*■  Comp.  Lk. 

24.  37 
"  See  ch.  9.  2 
t  ch.  17.  7  : 

28.10;Mk. 

6.  50  ;  Lk. 

5.  10  :  12. 
32 ;  .Tn.  6. 
2'>:  Rev. 
1.  17; 
comp.  ch. 
28.  5 ;  Lk. 
1.13,  30;  2. 
10 

«  ch.  6.  30  ; 

8.26;  16.8 
"  See  ch.  4.  3 
^ver.  34-36: 

Mark  6. 

53-56 ; 

comp.  Jn. 

6.  24,  25 

y  Mk.  6.  53  ; 
Lk.  5.  1 


16 


the  five  loaves,  and  the  two  fishes, 
and  looking  up  to  heaven,  he 
*"  blessed,  and  brake  and  gave  the 
loaves  to  the  disciples,  and  the 
disciples  to  the  multitudes.  20  And 
they  all  ate,  and  were  filled :  and 
they  took  up  that  which  remained 
O'er  of  the  broken  pieces,  twelve 
"baskets  full.  21  And  they  that 
did  eat  were  about  five  thousand 
men,  besides  women  and  children. 
22  "And  straightway  he  con- 
strained the  disciples  to  enter  into 
the  boat,  and  to  go  before  him 
unto  the  other  side,  till  he  should 
send  the  multitudes  away.  23  And 
after  he  had  sent  the  multitudes 
a\Yay,  ^  he  went  up  into  the  moun- 
tain apart  to  pray  :  and  when  even 
w'as    come,   he    was    there   alone. 

24  But  the  boat  ^  was  now  in  the 
midst  of  the  sea,  distressed  by  the 
waves  ;  for  the  wind  was  contrary. 

25  And  in  *the  fourth  watch  of 
the  night  he  came  unto  them, 
walking  upon  the  sea.  26  And 
when  the  disciples  saw  him  walking 
on  the  sea,  they  were  troubled, 
saying.  It  is  "■  a  ghost ;  and  they 
cried  out  for  fear.  27  But  straight- 
way Jesus  spake  unto  them,  say- 
ing, *  Be  of  good  cheer ;  it  is  I ; 
*  be  not  afraid.  28  And  Peter 
answered  him  and  said.  Lord,  if 
it  be  thou,  bid  me  come  unto  thee 
upon  the  waters.  29  And  he  said. 
Come.  And  Peter  went  down  from 
the  boat,  and  walked  upon  the 
waters  *  to  come  to  Jesus.  30  But 
when  he  saw  the  ®  wind,  he  was 
afraid ;  and  beginning  to  sink, 
he  cried  out,  saying.  Lord,  save 
me.  31  And  immediately  Jesus 
stretched  forth  his  hand,  and  took 
hold  of  him,  and  saith  unto  him, 
"  O  thou  of  little  faith,  wherefore 
didst  thou  doubt  %  32  And  when 
they  were  gone  up  into  the  boat, 
the  wind  ceased.  33  j^jid  they 
that  were  in  the  boat  '^v/orshipped 
him,  saying.  Of  a  truth  thou  art 
"  the  Son  of  God. 

34  ""  And  when  they  had  crossed 
over,  they  came  to  the  land,  unto 
'-'  Gennesaret.  35  And  when  the 
men  of  that  place  knew  him,  they 
sent  into  all  that  region  round 
about,  and  brought  unto  him  all 
that  were  sick ;  36  and  they  be- 
sought him  that  they  might  only 

3  Some  ancient  authorities  read  urns  many  Jul' 
longs  distant  frovi  the  land. 

■^  Some  ancient  authorities  read  and  came. 
6  Many  ancient  a\ithorities  add  strong. 
^  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  2.  2. 


15.1 


MATTHEW 


15.35 


Oerrmonial  and  Rral  Dcfllrment.    The  CanaaiiKisli  Woman.    Jesns  retnrns  to  Galilee.    The  Fonr  Thoosand  Ted 


touch  "  the  burder  of  his  garment : 
and  as  many  as  *  touclied  were 
made  whole. 

1p^  "  Then  there  come  to  Jesus 
fj  ''from  .Jerusalem  Pharisees 
and  scribes,  sayin;j:,  2  Why  do  thy 
disciples  traiisj:rrrss  the  tradition 
of  the  elders  i  for  they ''  wash  not 
fcheir  hands  when  they  eat  bread. 
.3  And  he  answered  and  said  unto 
them,  Why  do  ye  also  transgress 
tlie  commandment  of  God  because 
of  your  tradition  ?  4  For  God  said, 
^  Honor  thy  father  and  thy  niother: 
and,"  He  that  speaketh  evil  of  father 
or  mother,  let  him  ''die  the  death. 
5  But  ye  say,  ^Vhosoever  shall  say 
to  his  father  or  his  mother,  That 
wherewith  thou  mightest  have  been 
lirofited  by  me  is  given  to  God ; 
G  he  shall  not  honor  his  father  ^ 
And  ye  have  made  void  the  'word 
of  God  because  of  your  tradition. 

7  Ye  hypocrites,  well  did  Isaiah 
prophesy  of  you,  saying, 

8  "This  people  honoretn  me  with 

their  lips ; 
But  their  heart  is  far  from  me. 

9  But  in  vain  do  they  worship  me. 
Teaching  as  their  -^doctrines  the 

precepts  of  men. 

10  And  he  called  to  him 'the  mul- 
titude, and  said  unto  them,  Hear, 
and  understand :  11  ^  Not  that 
which  entereth  into  the  mouth  de- 
fileth  the  man ;  but  that  which 
l)r<)ceedeth  out  of  the  mouth,  this 
dehleth  the  man.  12  Then  came 
the  disciples,  and  said  unto  him. 
Knowest  thou  that  the  Pharisees 
were  ^olFendcd,  when  they  heard 
this  saying?  13  But  he  answered 
and  said,  ''Every  "plant  which  my 
heavenly  Father  i)lanted  not,  shall 
be  rooted  up.  14  Let  them  alone  : 
'they  are  blind  guides.  And  *  if 
the  blind  guide  the  blind,  both 
shall  fall  into  a  pit.  15  And  Peter 
answei-ed  and  said  unto  him.  '  De- 
clare unto  us  the  parable.  16  And 
he  said.  Are  ye  also  even  yet  with- 
out understanding?  17  Perceive 
ye  not.  that  whatsoever  goeth  into 
the  mouth  passeth  into  the  belly, 
and  is  cast  out  into  the  draught "J 

18  But  "*the  things  which  proceed 
out  of  the  mouth  come  forth  out  of 
the  heart :  and  they  defile  the  man. 

19  "  For  out  of  the  heart  come  forth 

1  Ex.  XX.  12 ;  Dt.  v.  16. 

2  Ex.  ixi.  17  ;  I/ev.  xx.  9.  ^  Or.  surely  dif 
*  Some  ancient  authorities  add  or  his  mother. 
s  Some  ancient  autliorities  read  lav>. 

«Ia.  xxix.  13. 

1  Gr.  caused  to  stumble.         *  Gr.  planting. 


"  See  cli.  9. 

211 
*  Comp.  cli. 

9.  21 ;  Mk. 

3.  lU ;  (i. 

56  ,  8.  22 ; 

Lk.  «.  IS) 
'  ver.  1-20 : 

Mar/:  7.  1- 

23 
d  Mk.  3.  22  ; 

7.  1; 

comp.  Jn. 

I.  19 ;  Acts 
2.).  7 

'  Comp.  Lk. 

II.  3» 

/  Col.  2.  22 
"  Comp. 
Arts  10. 

14,  I,-); 
ver.  18 ; 

1  Tim.  4.  3 
"  Comp. 
Is.  (iO.  21 ; 
«.  3;  J(i. 

15.  2 ; 

1  Cor.  3.  9 
■  ch.  2  3.  16, 

24 
'  Lk.  6.  39 
'  Comp.  cli. 

13.  36 
'"  Mk.  7.  20. 

Comp.  ch. 

12.  34 
"  Comp. 

Gal.  5. 

19  tf. 

"  ver.  21-28 : 

Mark  7. 

24-30 
''  See  ch.  U. 

21 
1  See  ch.  C. 

27 
■"  Comp.  ch. 

4.24 
"  ch.  10.  C 
'  See  ch.  8.  2 
"  Comp.  ch. 

9.  22 
"•  ver.  29  31 : 

comp.  Mk. 

7.  31-37 
'  See  ch.  4. 

18 


V  See  ch.  4. 
23 


■  See  ch.  9. 8 


<■  ver.  .'(2-39  : 

Mark  8. 

1-10; 

comp.  ch. 

14.  13-21 
b  See  ch.  9. 

36 


evil  thoughts,  murders,  adulteries, 
fornications,  thefts,  fal.se  witness, 
railings:  20  the.se  ai-e  the  things 
which  defile  the  man  ;  but  to  eat 
with  unwashen  hands  dctileth  not 
the  man. 

21  "And  .Jesus  went  out  thence, 
and  withdrew  into  the  parts  of 
"Tyre  and /'.Sidon.  22  And  behold, 
a  Canaanitish  woman  came  out 
from  those  bordei's,  and  cried,  say- 
ing, Have  mercy  on  me,  O  Lord, 
thou ''son  of  David;  my  daughter 
is  grievously  ''ve.xed  with  a  demon. 
23  J  )ut  he  answered  her  not  a  word. 
And  his  disciples  came  and  besought 
him,  saying.  Send  her  away ;  for 
she  crieth  after  us.  24  But  he  an- 
swered and  said,  1  was  not  sent  but 
unto  'the  lost  sheep  of  the  liouse 
of  Israel.  2.5  But  she  came  and 
'"  M'orshipped  him,  saying.  Lord, 
help  me.  26  And  he  answx^rea 
and  said.  It  is  not  meet  to  take  the 
children's  ^° bread  and  cast  it  to  the 
tlogs.  27  But  she  said.  Yea,  Lord  : 
for  even  the  dogs  eat  of  the  crumbs 
which  fall  from  their  masters'  table. 
28  Then  Jesus  answered  and  said 
unto  her,  O  woman,  "great  is  thy 
faith  :  be  it  done  untt)  thee  even  as 
thou  wilt.  And  her  daughter  was 
healed  from  that  hour. 

29  'And  .lesus  departed  thence, 
and  came  nigh  unto  'the  sea  of 
Galilee  :  and  he  went  up  into  the 
mountain,  and  sat  there.  30  And 
there  came  unto  him  great  multi- 
tudes, having  with  them  the  lame, 
blind,  dumb,  maimed,  and  many 
others,  and  thev  cast  them  down 
at  his  feet;  and  *he  healed  them  : 
31  insomuch  that  the  multitude 
wondered,  when  they  .saw  the  dumb 
sneaking,  the  maimed  whole,  and 
the  lame  walking,  and  the  blind 
seeing:  and  they  'glorified  the 
God  of  Israel. 

32  "And  Jesus  called  unto  him 
his  disciples,  and  .said,  *!  have  com- 
passion on  the  multitude,  because 
they  continue  with  me  now  three 
days  and  have  nothing  to  eat :  and 
I  would  not  .send  them  away  fast- 
ing, lest  haply  they  faint  on  the 
wa.y.  33  .\n<l  the  disciples  .say 
unto  him.  AVhence  should  we  have 
so  many  l<iaves  in  a  desert  place  as 
to  fill  so  great  a  multitude?  34  And 
Jesus  said  unto  them,  How  many 
loaves  have  yel  And  they  .said. 
Seven,  and  a  few  small  fishes. 
35  And  he  commanded  the  multi 

»  See  niareiual   note  on  ck  2.  2.        1"  Or,  loaf 


17 


15.36 


MATTHEW 


16.27 


A  Si''n  from  Heaven  asked  for.    The  leaven  of  the  Pharisees  and  Saddacees.    The  Passion,  Resurrection,  and  Coming  foretold 


tude  to  sit  down  on  the  ground ; 
36  and  he  took  the  seven  loaves 
and  the  fishes ;  and  he  "gave  thanks 
and  brake,  and  gave  to  the  disci- 
ples, and  the  disciples  to  the  multi- 
tudes. 37  And  they  all  ate,  and 
were  filled  :  and  they  took  up  that 
which  remained  over  of  the  broken 
pieces,  seven  *  baskets  full.  38  x'Vnd 
they  that  did  eat  were  four  thou- 
sand men,  besides  women  and  chil- 
dren. 39  And  he  sent  away  the 
multitudes,  and  entered  into  "^  the 
boat,  and  came  into  the  borders  of 
^  Magadan. 

"1  ^  *And  the -^Pharisees  and 
XO  Sadducees  came,  and  trying 
him  tasked  him  to  show  them  a  sign 
from  heaven.  2  But  he  answered 
and  said  unto  them,  ^''When  it  is 
evening,  ye  say.  It  ivill  be  fair 
weather :  for  the  heaven  is  red. 
3  And  in  the  morning.  It  will  be 
foul  weather  to-da.v :  for  the  heaven 
is  red  and  lowering.  Ye  know  how 
to  discern  the  face  of  the  heaven ; 
but  ye  cannot  discern  the  signs  of 
the  times.  4  \  An  evil  and  adul- 
terous generation  seeketh  after  a 
sign  ;  and  there  shall  no  sign  be 

fiven    unto    it,    but^  the    sign    of 
onah.     And    he    left   them,   and 
departed. 

5  And  the  disciples  came  to  the 
other  side  and  forgot  to  take  -bread. 
6  And  Jesus  said  unto  them,  Take 
heed  and  *  beware  of  the  leaven  of 
the  -^Pharisees  and  Sadducees.  7 
And  they  reasoned  among  them- 
selves, saying,  ^We  took  no '-^  bread. 
8  And  Jesus  perceiving  it  said,  '  O 
ye  of  little  faith,  why  reason  ye 
among  yourselves,  because  ye  have 
no  '^ bread'?  9  Do  ye  not  yet  per- 
ceive, neither  remember  ™the  five 
loaves  of  the  five  thousand,  and 
how  many  ''"baskets  ye  took  up^ 
10  Neither  "the  seven  loaves  of 
the  four  thousand,  and  how  many 
*^  baskets  ye  took  upl  11  How  is 
it  that  j^e  do  not  perceive  that  I 
spake  not  to  you  concerning  ^ bread  1 
But  *  beware  of  the  leaven  of  the 
■''  Pharisees  and  Sadducees.  1 2  Then 
understood  they  that  he  bade  them 
not  beware  of  tbe  leaven  of  "^  bread, 
but  of  the  teaching  of  the -^Phari- 
sees and  Sadducees. 

13  'Now  when  Jesus  came  into 

1  The  following  words,  to  the  end  of  ver.  3,  are 
omitted  by  some  of  the  most  ancient  and  other 
important  authorities.  2  Qx.  loaves. 

3  Or,  It  is  bermise  we  took  no  bread 
•»  Basket  in  ver.  9  and  10  represents  different 
Sreek  words. 


"  Comp.  ch. 

14.  19 
<>  cli.  16.  10  ;■ 

Mk.  8.  8, 

20  ;  comp. 

Acts  9.  25 
'^  Comp. 

Mk.  3.  9 
d  Comp. 

Mk.  ».  10 
«  ver.  1-12 : 

Mark  8. 

11-21 
/ver.  6,11, 

12.    See 

ch.  3.  7 
9  See  ch.  12. 

38 
h  Comp.  Lk. 

12.  54  f . 
'  ch.  12.  39 
*:  ver.  11 ; 

Mk.  8.  13 ; 

Lk.  12. 1 
'  ch.  6.  30  ; 

8.  26  ;  14.  31 
"'  ch.  14.  17- 

21 
"  See  ch.  14. 

20 
"  ch.  15.  34- 

38 
P  See  ch.  15. 

37 
9  ver.  13-16 : 

Mark  S.  21- 

29;  Luke 

9. 18-20 


»•  Mk.  8.  27 
«  See  ch.  8. 

20 ;  ver. 

27,28 
t  See  ch. 

14.2 
«  Mk.  6.  15 ; 

Lk.  9.  8 ; 

comp.  ch. 

17. 10 ;  Jn. 

1.21 
"  ver.  20 ; 

Jn.  11.  27 ; 

comp.  ch. 

1.  16 
^See  ch.  4.  3 
y  Ps.  42.  2  ; 

cli.  26.  63 ; 
Acts  14. 
15;  Rom. 
9.26;  2Cor. 
3.  3  ;  6.  16  ; 
1  Th.  1. 
9 ;  1  Tim. 
3.  15;  4. 
10 ;  Heb.  3. 
12  ;  9.  14  ; 
10.  31 ;  12. 
22;  Rev. 
7.  2 
'  Jn.  1.  42  ; 

21.  15-17 
"  1  Cor.  15. 

50 ;  Gal.  1. 
16;  Eph. 
6. 12 ;  Heb. 

2.  14 

b  See  ch.  4. 

18 
'  See  ch.  11. 

23 
rf  Comp.  Is. 

22.  22 ; 
Rev.  1. 18 ; 
3.7 

f  ch.  18.  18; 

comp.  Jn. 

20.  23 
/Mk,  8.  30; 

Lk.  9.  21  ; 

comp.  ch. 

8.4 
v  ver. 21-28 : 

Mark  8.  31- 

9.  1 ;  Luke 

9.  22-27 

X8 


the  parts  of  "  C^esarea  Philippi,  he 
asked  his  disciples,  saying.  Who  do 
men  say  "  that  *  the  Son  of  man  is  1 
14  And  they  said,  Some  say  'John 
the  Baptist ;  some,  "  Elijah  ;_  and 
others,  Jeremiah,  or  one  of  the 
prophets.  15  He  saith  unto  them. 
But  who  say  ye  that  I  am  1  1 6  And 
Simon  Peter  answered  and  said, 
Thou  art  ''  the  Christ,  ""  the  Son  of 
^  the  living  God.  17  And  Jesus  an- 
swered and  said  unto  him.  Blessed 
art  thou,  ^  Simon  Bar- J  onah:  for 
"  flesh  and  blood  hath  not  revealed 
it  unto  thee,  but  my  Father  who  is 
in  heaven.  18  And  I  also  say  unto 
thee,  that  thou  art  '*'' Peter,  and 
upon  this  ■^rock  I  will  build  my 
church ;  and  the  gates  of  "  Hades 
shall  not  prevail  against  it.  19  1 
will  give  unto  thee  "  the  keys  of  the 
kingdom  of  heaven  :  and  "  whatso- 
ever thou  shalt  bind  on  earth  shall 
be  bound  in  heaven ;  and  whatso- 
ever thou  shalt  loose  on  earth  shall 
be  loosed  in  heaven.  20  -^Theii 
charged  he  the  disciples  that  they 
should  tell  no  man  that  he  was 
"the  Christ. 

21  ^  From  that  time  began  ^  Jesus 
to  show  unto  his  disciples,  that  he 
must  go  unto  Jerusalem,  and  *  suf- 
fer many  things  of  "the  elders  and 
chief  priests  and  scribes,  and  be 
killed,  and  the  third  day  be  raised 
up.  22  And  Peter  took  him,  and 
began  to  rebuke  him,  saying,  "Be 
it  far  from  thee.  Lord :  this  shall 
never  be  unto  thee.  23  But  he 
turned,  and  said  unto  Peter,  Get 
thee  behind  me,  '  Satan :  thou  art 
a  stumbling-block  unto  me  :  for 
thou  mindest  not  the  things  of 
God,  but  the  things  of  men.  24 
Then  said  Jesus  unto  his  disciples, 
If  any  man  would  come  after  me, 
let  him  deny  himself,  and  *  take  up 
his  cross,  and  follow  me.  25  For 
'  whosoever  would  save  his  life  shall 
lose  it :  and  whosoever  shall  lose 
his  life  for  my  sake  shall  find  it. 
26  For  what  shall  a  man  be  prof- 
ited, if  he  shall  gain  the  whole 
world,  and  forfeit  his  life  1  or  what 
shall  a  man  give  in  exchange  for 
his  life"?    27  For  the  ™Son  of  man 


h  ch.  17.  9,  12,  22  f.  ;  20.  18  f.  ;  27.  63  ;  Mk.  9. 12,  31 ; 
Lk.  17.  25  ;  18.  32  :  24.  7  ;  comp.  ch.  12.  40 ;  Jn.  2. 19 
'  See  ch.  4. 10  k  See  ch.  10.  38  '  See  ch.  10.  39 
'"  See  ch.  8.  20 


5  Many  ancient  authorities  read  that  I  the  Son 
of  man  am..    See  Mk.  8.  27  ;  Lk.  9.  18. 
fi  Gr.  Petros.  7  Gr.  pelra. 

8  Some  ancient  authorities  read  Jesus  Christ. 
*  Or,  God  /have  mercy  on  thee 


16.28 


MATTHEW 


ia3 


Tbe  Transfiguratioa.    The  Trae  Eiyah.    The  Epileptic  Boy.    The  Power  tf  Faitb.    The  Temple  Tax 


"  shall  come  in  the  glory  of  his 
Father  with  his  angels  ;  and  *■  then 
shall  he  render  unto  every  man 
according  to  his  '  deeds.  28  Verily 
1  say  unto  you,  Tliere  are  some  of 
them  that  stand  here,  who  shall  in 
no  wise  taste  of  death,  till  they  see 
■"the  !Son  of  man  "coming  in  his 
kingdom. 

-1  'T  ''  And  after  six  days  Jesus 
JL  I  taketh  with  him  "Peter,  and 
■James,  and  John  his  brotlier,  and 
bringeth  them  up  into  a  high  moun- 
tain apart:  2  and  he  was  traus- 
tigurea  before  them ;  and  his  face 
did  shine  as  the  sun,  and  his  gar- 
ments became  white  as  the  light. 
3  And  behold,  there  appeared  unto 
them  Moses  and  Elijah  talking  with 
him.  4  And  Peter '^answered,  and 
said  unto  Jesus,  Lord,  it  is  good  for 
us  to  be  here  :  if  thou  wilt,  "I  will 
make  here  three  ^  tabernacles  ;  one 
for  thee,  and  one  for  !Moses,  and 
one  for  Elijah.  5  While  he  was 
yet  speaking,  behold,  a  bright 
cloud  overshadowed  them  :  and  oe- 
hold,  ^  a  voice  out  of  the  cloud,  say- 
ing, 'This  is  mv  beloved  Son,  in 
whom  I  am  well  pleased;  liear  ye 
him.  6  And  when  the  disciples 
lieard  it,  they  fell  on  their  face, 
and  were  sore  afraid.  7  And  Jesus 
came  and  touched  them  and  said. 
Arise,  and  *  be  not  afraid.  8  And 
lifting  up  their  eyes,  they  saw  no 
one,  save  Jesus  only. 

9  '  And  as  they  were  coming 
down  from  the  mountain.  Jesus 
conimanded  them,  saying,  '"Tell  the 
vision  to  no  man,  until  "  the  Son 
of  man  be  °  risen  from  the  dead. 
10  And  his  cHsciplcs  asked  him, 
saying.  Why  then  say  the  scribes 
that ''Elijah  must  first  come?  11 
And  he  answered  and  said,  Elijah 
indeed  cometh.  and  shall  restore 
all  things  :  12  but  I  say  unto  you, 
that  EMjah  is  come  alreaxly,  and 
they  knew  him  not,  but  did  unto 
him  whatsoever  they  would.  Even 
so  shall  "  the  Son  of  man  also  suffer 
of  them.  1 3  Then  understood  the 
disciples  that  he  spake  unto  them 
of  Jolin  the  P>ai)tist. 

14  "And  \yhen  they  were  come 
to  the  multitude,  there  came  to 
him  a  man,  kneeling  to  him,  and 
saying,  15  Lord,  have  mercy  on 
my  son  :  for  he  is  ''epileptic,  and 
sutfereth  grievously ;  for  oft-times 
he  falleth  into  the  fire,  and  oft- 
times  into  the  water.     IG  And   I 

1  Gr.  doing.  -  Or,  Jacob        '  Or,  bool/tj 


"  ch.  10.  2a; 
24.  3,27,;i7, 
3!t ;  26.  64  ; 
Mk.  8. 
38  f.;  13. 
26 ;  Lk.  21. 
27;  Actsl. 
11  ;  1  Cor. 

15.  23 ; 
ITh.l.  10; 
4.  16; 

2  Th.  1.  7, 
10  ;  2.  1,  8  ; 
Jas.  5.  7f.  ; 
2ret.l.l6; 
3.  4,  12 ; 

1  Ju.  2.  28  ; 
Rev.  1.  7  ; 
couip.  Ju. 
21.  22 

b  Ps.  62.  12  ; 
Prov.  24. 
12;  Rom.  2. 
6 ;  14.  12  ; 

2  Cor.  .5. 
10 ;  Eph. 
6.8;  Col. 
3.  2.5 ;  Rev. 

2.  23  ;  20. 
12 ;  22. 12  ; 
com  p. 

1  Cor.  3.  13 
«  Seech. 8. 20 
dver.  1-8: 

Mark  9. 

2-8:    Luke 

9.  28-36 
'ch.  26.  37  : 

Mk.  5.  37 ; 

comp.  13.  3 
/  See  Acts 

3.  12 

"  Comp. 

Mk.  9.  5 ; 

Lk.  9.  33 
''  2Pet.l.l7f. 
'  See  cb .  3. 

17 
t  See  ch.  14. 

27 
'  yer.  9-13 : 

Mark  9. 

9-13 
'"  Seech.  8.4 
"  ver.  12,  22  ; 

see  ch.  8. 

20 
"  See  ch.  16. 

21 
P  See  ch.  11. 

14  ;  comp. 

16.  14 
«ver.  14-19: 

Jffirk  9. 
14-28;  ver. 
14-18: 
Luke  9. 
37-42 
••  ch.  4.  24 


•ch.  21.21  f.; 

Mk.  11. 

23  f.:  Lk. 

17.6 
'ch.  13.  31; 

Lk.  17.  6 
"  ver.  9  ; 

comp.  1 

Cor.  13.  2 
''  Comp. 

Mk.  9.  23 ; 

Jn.  11.  40 
'  ver.  t2.  23  : 

Mark  9.  30- 

.32;  Luke 

9.  44-45 
V  See  cli.  16. 

21  :  and 

ver.  9 
'F,x.  30.13; 

3'<.  26 
"  Rom.  13.  7 
(■  ch.  22.  17, 

19 
"  ch.  5.  29, 

19 


brought  liim  to  thy  disciples,  and 
they  could  not  cure  him.  17  And 
Jesus  answered  and  said,  O  faith- 
less and  perverse  generation,  how 
long  slialf  1  be  with  you  ?  how  long 
shall  1  bear  witli  you?  bring  him 
hither  to  me.  18  And  Jesus  re- 
buked him  ;  and  the  demon  went 
out  of  him  :  and  the  boy  w  as  cured 
from  that  liour. 

19  Then  came  the  'disciples  to 
Jesus  apart,  and  said,  W  by  could 
not  we  cast  it  out?  20  And  he 
saith  unto  them,  Because  of  your 
little  faith  :  for  verily  1  say  unto 
you,  'If  ye  have  faitli  as  'a  giain 
of  rnustard  seed,  ye  shall  say  unto 
"this  mountain,  Kemove  hence  to 
yonder  place  ;  and  it  shall  remove  ; 
and  'nothing  shall  be  impossible 
unto  you.'' 

22  -"And  while  they  ^ abode  in 
Galilee,  Jesus  said  unto  tliem,  The 
Son  of  man  shall  be  ''  delivered  up 
into  the  liands  of  men  ;  23  and 
^they  shall  kill  him,  and  the  third 
day  lie  shall  be  raised  up.  And 
they  were  exceeding  sorry. 

24  And  when  they  were  come 
to  Capernaum,  they  that  received 
'  the  "  half-shekel  came  to  Peter, 
and  said.  Doth  not  your  teacher 
pay 'the  "half-shekel  ?  25  He  saith, 
Vea.  And  when  he  came  into  the 
house,  Jesus  spake  first  to  him, 
saying.  What  thinkest  thou,  Simon  i 
the  kings  of  the  earth,  from  whom 
do  they  receive  "toll  or  *  tribute? 
from  tneir  sons,  or  from  stran- 
gers? 26  And  when  he  said, 
From  strangers,  Jesus  said  unto 
him,  Therefore  the  sons  are  free. 
27  But,  lest  we  •■  cause  them  to 
stumble,  go  thou  to  the  sea,  and 
cast  a  hook,  and  take  up  the  fish 
that  first  cometh  up ;  and  when 
thou  hast  opened  his  mouth,  thou 
shalt  find  a  ** shekel:  that  take, 
and  give  unto  them  for  me  ana 
thee. 

-i  O  /In  that  hour  came  the 
JLO  disciples  unto  Jesus,  saying, 
Who  then  is  "greatest  in  the  king 
dom  of  heaven  ?  2  And  he  called 
to  him  a  little  child,  and  set  him 
in  the  midst  of  them,  3  and  said, 

30;  18.  6,  8.  9  ;  Mk.  9.  42,  43,  45.  47  ;  Lk.  17.  2  ;  Jn. 
6.  61  ;  1  Cor.  8. 13  d  ver.  1-5  :  Mark  9.  33-37  ;  Luke 
9.  4«>-48  

*  Manv  aiitlioritief),  some  ancient,  insert  ver. 
21  Bill  l/iU  kinil  yurth  not  out  save  by  prayer  and 
faslinij.    See  Mk.  9.  29. 

'  Some  ani-ient  authorities  read  wer«  galfiering 
themselvet  logi-thtr.  '  See  ch.  10.  4. 

'  Or.  didnu  hiti'i.  Comp.  marginal  note  on  Lk< 
15.  8.  »  Gr.  Uater.  »  Gr.  greater. 


18.4 


MATTHEW 


18.30 


The  (Juestion  of  Rank.    Of  Stumbling-blocks.    The  Lost  Sheep.    Duty  towards  Offenders.    The  Unmerciful  Servant 


Verily  I  say  unto  you,  Except  ye 
turn,  and  "  become  as  little  chil- 
dren, ye  shall  in  no  wise  enter  into 
the  kingdom  of  heaven.  4  Whoso- 
ever therefore  shall  humble  him- 
self as  this  little  child,  the  same  is 
the  ^  greatest  in  the  kingdom  of 
heaven.  5  And  whoso  shall  re- 
ceive one  such  little  child  in  my 
name  receiveth  me  :  6  but  *  whoso 
shall "  cause  one  of  these  little  ones 
that  believe  on  me  to  stumble,  it  is 
profitable  for  him  that  "  a  great 
millstone  should  be  hanged  about 
his  neck,  and  that  he  should  be 
sunk  in  the  depth  of  the  sea. 

7  Woe  unto  the  world  because 
of  occasions  of  stumbling  !  for  '^  it 
must  needs  be  that  the  occasions 
come ;  but  woe  to  that  man  through 
whom  the  occasion  coineth  !  8  And 
*■  if  thy  hand  or  thy  foot  "  causeth 
thee  to  stumble,  cut  it  off,  and  cast 
it  from  thee  :  it  is  good  for  thee 
to  enter  into  life  maimed  or  halt, 
rather  than  having  two  hands  or 
two  feet  to  be  cast  into  the  eternal 
fire.  9  And  ■''if  thine  eye '^ causeth 
thee  to  stumble,  pluck  it  out,  and 
cast  it  from  thee :  it  is  good  for 
thee  to  enter  into  life  with  one  eye, 
rather  than  having  two  eyes  to  be 
cast  into  the  ^^  hell  of  fire.  10  See 
that  ye  despise  not  one  of  these 
little  ones  :  for  I  say  unto  you,  that 
in  heaven  ''their  angels  do  always 
behold  the  face  of  my  Father  who 
is  in  heaven.''  12  How  think  ye? 
'  if  any  man  have  a  hundred  sheep, 
and  one  of  them  be  gone  astray, 
doth  he  not  leave  the  ninety  and 
nine,  and  go  unto  the  mountains, 
and  seek  that  which  goeth  astray  1 
13  And  if  so  be  that  he  find  it, 
verily  I  say  unto  you,  he  rejoiceth 
over  it  more  than  over  the  ninety 
and  nine  which  have  not  gone 
astray.  14  Even  so  it  is  not  ^the 
will  of  ^your  Father  who  is  in 
heaven,  that  one  of  these  little 
ones  should  perish. 

15  And  *  if  thy  brother  sin 
^against  thee,  go,  show  him  his 
fault  between  thee  and  him  alone  : 
if  he  hear  thee,  thou  hast  gained 
thy  brother.  16  But  if  he  hear 
thee  not,  take  with  thee  one  or  two 

1  Gr.  greater. 

2  Gr.  a  millstone  turned  by  an  ass. 

3  Gr.  Gehenna  of  fire. 

*  Many  authorities,  some  ancient,  insert  ver. 
11  For  the  Son  of  man  came  to  save  that  whirh 
was  lost.     See  Lk.  19.  10. 

s  Gr.  a  thing  willed  before  your  Father. 

s  Some  ancient  authorities  read  my. 

t  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  against  thee. 


«ch.  19.  14, 
Mk.  10. 15 ; 
Lk.  IS.  17  ; 
comp. 

1  Cor.  14. 
20 ;  1  Pet. 

2  2 

6  Mk.  9.  42  ; 

Lk.  17.  2  ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  8. 12 
"  See  ch.  17. 

27 
d  Lk.  17.  1 ; 

1  Cor.  11. 
19;  IT.  4.1 

«  ch.  5.  30 ; 

Mk.  9.  43 ; 

comp.  ch. 

17.  27 
/cb.  5.  29; 

Mk.  y.  47  ; 

comp.  ch. 

17.  27 
9  See  ch.  5. 

22 
h  Comp. 

Acts  12. 

15;  Lk.  1. 

19 ;  Rev.  S. 

2  ;  2  K.  25. 
19;  1  K.  10. 
8 ;  Tob.  12. 
15 

'  ver.  12-14  : 

comji.  Lk. 

15.  4-7 
«■■  Lk.  17.  3  ; 

comp.  Gal. 

6.  1 ;  2  Th. 

3. 15 ;  Jas. 

5.  19 ;  Lev. 

19.  17  ; 

Ecclus.  19. 

13  tf. 


'  Dt.  19. 
15 ;  Ju.  8. 
17  ;  2  Cor. 
13.  1; 
ITim.  5. 
19;  Heb. 
10.  28 
"'  Comp. 

1  Cor.  6. 
Iff. 

"  Comp. 

2  Th.  3.  6, 
14  f. 

"  ch.  16. 19 ; 

Jn.  20.  23 
P  See  ch.  7.  7 
1  ver.  15 
>•  Lk.  17.  4 
"  Comp. 

Gen.  4.  24 
t  See  ch.  13. 

24 
"  ch.  25. 19 
"Lk.  7.  42 
^  Comp.  Ex. 

21.  2 ;  Lev. 

25.  39  ;  2  K. 

4.  1 ;  Neh. 

5.5 
V  See  ch.  8.  2 


more,  that  'at  the  mouth  of  two 
witnesses  or  three  every  word  may 
be  established.  17  And  if  he  re- 
fuse to  hear  them, '"  tell  it  unto  the 
**  church :  and  if  he  refuse  to  hear 
the  "  church  also,  "  let  him  be  unto 
thee  as  the  Gentile  and  the  ®  pub- 
lican. 18  Verily  1  say  unto  you, 
"  What  things  soever  ye  shall  bind 
on  earth  shall  be  bound  in  heaven  ; 
and  what  things  soever  ye  shall 
loose  on  earth  shall  be  loosed  in 
heaven.  19  Again  I  say  unto  you, 
that  if  two  of  you  shall  agree  on 
earth  as  touching  anything  that 
they  shall  ask,  ^it  ^^  shall  be  done 
for  them  of  my  Father  who  is  in 
heaven.  20  For  where  two  or 
three  are  gathered  together  in  my 
name,  there  am  I  in  the  midst  of 
them. 

21  Then  came  Peter  and  said  to 
him.  Lord,  ''  how  oft  shall  my 
brother  sin  against  me,  and  I  for- 
give him"?  until  ''seven  times'?  22 
Jesus  saith  unto  him,  I  say  not 
unto  thee.  Until  seven  times  ;  but, 
Until  ^^''' seventy  times  seven.  23 
Therefore  is '  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
likened  unto  a  certain  king,  who 
would  "  make  a  reckoning  with  his 
'-servants.  24  And  when  he  had 
begun  to  reckon,  one  was  brought 
unto  him,  that  owed  him  ten  thou- 
sand ^^  talents.  25  But  forasmuch 
as  he  "  had  not  wherewith  to  pay, 
his  lord  commanded  him  'to  be 
sold,  and  his  wife,  and  children, 
and  all  that  he  had,  and  payment 
to  be  made.  26  The  "  servant 
therefore  fell  down  and  •'^^  wor- 
shipped him,  saj'ing,  Lord,  have 
patience  with  me,  and  I  will  pay 
thee  all.  27_  And  the  lord  of  tnat 
"servant,  being  moved  with  com- 
passion, released  him,  and  forgave 
him  the  '"  debt.  28  But  that  "ser- 
vant went  out,  and  found  one  of 
his  fellow-servants,  who  owed  him 
a  hundred^' shillings:  and  he  laid 
hold  on  him,  and  took  him  by  the 
throat,  saying.  Pay  what  thou 
owest.  29  So  his  fellow-servant 
fell  down  and  besought  him,  say- 
ing, Have  patience  with  me,  and  I 
will  pay  thee.     30  And  he  would 

8  Or,  congregation 
3  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  5.  46. 
1"  Gr.  shall  become. 

11  Or,  seventy  times  and  seven 

12  Gr.  bondservants. 

13  This  talent  was  probably  worth  about  £200, 
or  $1000.  i-*  Gr.  bondservant. 

IS  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  2.  2.        16  Gr.  loan. 

17  The  word  in  the  Greek  denotes  a  coin  worth 
about  eight  pence  half-penny,  or  nearly  seven- 
teeu  cents. 


20 


18.31 


MATTHEW 


19.24 


JesDs  leaves  Galilee  for  Jud^a.    The  Qaestion  about  Divorre.    Jesiis  rereives  Little  Children.    The  Peril  of  Rirhes 


not :  but  went  and  cast  him  into 
prison,  till  he  should  pay  that 
which  was  due.  31  So  wlien  his 
fellow-servants  saw  what  was  done, 
they  were  exceeding  sorry,  una 
came  and  told  unto  their  lord  all 
that  was  done.  .S2  Then  his  lord 
called  him  unto  him,  and  saith  to 
him,  Thou  wicked  '  servant,  1  for- 
gave thee  all  that  debt,  because 
thou  besoughtest  me  :  3.3  shouldest 
not  thou  also  have  had  mercy  on 
thy  fellow-servant,  even  as  I  had 
mercy  on  thee  f  .3-i  And  his  lord 
was  wroth,  and  delivered  him  to 
the  tormentors,  till  he  should  pay 
all  that  was  due.  35  "So  shall  also 
my  heavenly  Father  do  unto  you, 
if  ye  forgive  not  every  one  his 
brother  from  your  hearts. 
■i  O  *And  it  came  to  pass 
J-  fJ  when  .Jesus  had  finislicd 
these  words,  he  departed  from 
Galilee,  and  ""came  into  the  bor- 
ders of  Judfea  beyond  the  .Jordan  : 
2  and  great  nmltitudes  followed 
him ;  and  ''  he  healed  them  there. 
3  And  there  came  unto  him 
^  Pharisees,  trying  him,  and  saying, 
'  Is  it  lawful  fo7'  a  man  to  put  away 
his  wife  for  every  cause  f  4  And 
he  answered  and  said.  Have  ye  not 
read,  ^that  he  who  ^made  them  from 
the  beginning  made  them  male  and 
female,  5  and  said,  ^•''For  this  cause 
shall  a  man  leave  his  father  and 
mother,  and  shall  cleave  to  his 
wife  ;  and  "  the  two  shall  become 
one  flesh?  6  So  that  they  are  no 
more  two,  but  one  flesh.  What 
therefore  God  hath  joined  together, 
let  not  man  put  asunder.  7  They 
say  unto  him,  "Why  then  did  Moses 
command  to  give  a  bill  of  divorce- 
ment, and  to  put  her  away  1  8  He 
saith  unto  them,  Moses  for  your 
hardness  of  heart  suffered  you  to 
put  away  your  wives  :  but  from  the 
oeginning  it  hath  not  been  so.  9 
And  1  say  unt<»  you,  *  Wliosoever 
shall  put  away  his  wife,  "except 
for  fornication,  and  shall  marry 
another,  committeth  adultery : 
*and  he  that  marrieth  her  when 
she  is  put  away  committeth  adul- 
tery.     10   The  disciples  say  unto 

1  Or.  bondxenanl. 

2  Many  autuonties,  some  ancient,  insert  Ihe. 
a  Can.  i.  27:  v.  2. 

*  Some  ancient  authorities  read  created. 

'fJpu.  ii.24.  "••  in.  xxiv.  1-4. 

7  Some  anoirnt  authorities  read  anvinri  for  Ihe 
cause  0/  far  ucalion,  mahelh  her  an  a'fulleress: 
AS  in  cU.  h.  32. 

•^  The  following  words,  to  the  end  of  the  verse, 
are  omitted  by  some  ancient  authorities. 


"  See  cli.  6. 

14 
*  See  ch.  7. 

28 
'  ver.  1-!) : 

Mark  10. 

1-12 
<'  See  ch.  4. 

23 
'  ch.  5.  31 
/  Eph.  i.  31 
"  1  Cor.  6.  1« 
A  See  ch.  5. 

32 


•  Comp. 

1  Cor.  7. 
7  It.  17 

*  See  ch.  13. 
11 

'  ver.  13-15 : 

Mar/:  ID. 

13-16 ; 

Luke  18. 

15-17 
"*  ch.  IS.  3 : 

Mk.  10.  15; 

Lk.  18.  17; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  14. 

20 :  1  Pet. 

2.  2 
"  See  ch.  5.  3 
"ver.  lK-2a: 

Mark  10. 

17-30 ; 

Luke  18. 

18-30 ; 

comp. 

Lk.  10.  25- 

28 
P  See  ch.  25. 

m 

'Lev.  18.  5; 
Neh.  9.  29; 
Ezek.  20. 
21 


*■  comp.  ch. 

15.4 
'  ch.  22.  39  ; 

comp.  ch. 

7.12 


t  Lk.  12.  33 ; 

comp.  16. 

9 ;  Acts  2. 

45  ;  4.  34  f. 
"  ch.  6.  20 


"  Comp.  ch. 
13.22:  Mk. 
1(1.  23  {.  ; 
Lk.  18.  24 

'SHi.  10.  2.5; 
Lk.  18.  25 


him.  If  the  case  of  the  man  is  so 
with  his  wife,  it  is  not  expedient 
to  marr\\  11  But  he  .said  unto 
them,  '  Not  all  men  can  receive 
this  .saying,  but  *they  to  whom 
it  is  givi'ii.  12  For  there  are 
eunuchs,  that  were  .so  born  from 
their  mothers  womb  :  and  there 
are  eunuchs,  that  were  made  eu- 
nuchs by  men :  and  there  are 
eunuchs,  that  made  them.selves  eu- 
nuchs for  the  kingdom  of  heaven's 
sake.  He  that  is  able  to  receive  it, 
let  him  receive  it. 

1 3  '  Then  were  there  brought 
unto  him  little  children,  that  he 
should  lay  his  hands  on  tnem,  and 
pray  :  and  the  disciples  rebuked 
them.  14  But  Jesus  said.  '"Suffer 
the  little  children,  and  forbid  them 
not,  to  come  unt(^  me  :  for  ^to  such 
belongeth  "  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 
1 5  And  he  laid  his  hands  on  them, 
and  departed  thence. 

16  "And  behold,  one  came  to 
him  and  said,  '"Teacher,  what  good 
thing  shall  1  do,  that  1  may  nave 
" eternal  life  1  1 7  And  he  said  unto 
him,  ''Why  askest  thou  me  concern- 
ing that  which  is  good  ?  One  there 
is  who  is  good  :  but  *  if  thou  would- 
est  enter  into  life,  keep  the  com- 
mandments. 18  He  saith  unto  him. 
Which!  And  .Tesus  said,  '-Thou 
shalt  not  kill,  Thou  shalt  not  com- 
mit adultery.  Thou  shalt  not  steal. 
Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  witness, 
19  *■  Honor  thy  father  and  thy 
mother;  and,  '^'Thou  shalt  love  thy 
neighbor  as  thyself.  20  The  young 
man  .saith  unto  him.  All  thesethings 
have  I  observed  :  what  lack  1  yet  I 
21  .Jesus  said  unto  him,  If  thou 
wouldest  be  perfect,  go, 'sell  that 
which  thou  hast,  ana  give  to  the 
poor,  and  thf)u  shalt  have  "treas- 
ure in  heaven:  and  come,  follow 
me.  22  But  when  the  young  man 
hejird  the  saying,  he  went  away 
sorrowful ;  for  he  was  one  that  had 
great  possessions. 

23  And  .Jesus  .said  unto  his  dis- 
ciples, Veril.v  I  say  unto  .vou,  'It is 
hard  for  a  rich  man  to  enter  into 
the  kingdom  of  heaven.  24  And 
again  1  .say  unto  you,  'It  is  ea.sier 
for  a  camel  to  go  through  a  needles 
eye,  than  for  a  rich  man  to  enter 

9  Or,  of  .fuch  U 

1"  Some  ancient  autlioritles  read  Good  Teacher. 
See  Mk.  10.  17  :  Lk.  18.  18. 

11  Some  ancient  authorities  read  Why  calle.^l 
thnu  me  good  f  \one  it  good  save  one,  even  God. 
St-e  Mk.io.  IS;  Lk.  IS.  19. 

12  Kx.  IX.  12-16 ,  Dt.  v.  16-20. 
"  Lev.  xix.  18. 


21 


19.25 


MATTHEW 


20.27 


Rewav-d  of  Self-sacrifice.    The  Laborers  in  the  Vineyard.    The  Passion  a  Third  Time  foretold 


into  the  kingdom  of  God.  25  And 
when  the  disciples  heard  it,  they 
were  astonished  exceedingly,  say- 
ing, Who  then  can  be  saved  1  26 
And  Jesus  looking  upon  them  said 
to  them,  "  With  men  this  is  impos- 
sible ;  but  with  God  all  things  are 
possible.  27  Then  answered  Peter 
and  said  unto  him,  Lo,  we  have  left 
all,  and  followed  thee ;  what  then 
shall  we  havel  28  And  Jesus  said 
unto  them.  Verily  I  say  unto  you, 
that  ye  who  have  followed  me,  in 
the  regeneration  when  *  the  Son  of 
man  shall  sit  on  the  throne  of  his 
glory,  "^  ye  also  shall  sit  upon  twelve 
thrones,  judging  the  twelve  tribes 
of  Israel.  29  And  **  every  one  that 
hath  left  houses,  or  brethren,  or 
sisters,  or  father,  or  mother,  ^  or 
children,  or  lands,  for  my  name's 
sake,  shall  receive  '■^a  hundred- 
fold, and  shall  inherit  eternal 
life.  30  ^  But  many  shall  be  last 
that  are  first ;  and  first  that  are 
last. 

^f\  1  For  -^the  kingdom  of 
^yj  heaven  is  like  unto  a  man 
that  was  a  householder,  who  went 
out  early  in  the  morning  to  hire 
laborers  into  his  '■>  vineyard.  2 
And  when  he  had  agreed  with  the 
laborers  for  a  ^shilling  a  day,  he 
sent  them  into  his  vineyard.  3 
And  he  went  out  about  the  third 
hour,  and  saw  others  standing  in 
the  marketplace  idle  ;  4  and  to 
them  he  said.  Go  ye  also  into  the 
vineyard,  and  whatsoever  is  right 
I  will  give  you.  And  they  went 
their  way.  5  Again  he  went  out 
about  the  sixth  and  the  ninth  hour, 
and  did  likewise.  6  And  about  the 
eleventh  hour  he  went  out,  and 
found  others  standing ;  and  he 
saith  unto  them.  Why  stand  ye  here 
all  the  day  idlel  7  They  say  unto 
him,  Because  no  man  hath  hired  us. 
He  saith  unto  them.  Go  ye  also  into 
the  vineyard.  8  And  when  *  even 
was  come,  the  lord  of  the  vineyard 
saith  unto  his  'steward.  Call  the 
laborers,  and  pay  them  their  hire, 
beginning  from  the  last  unto  the 
first.  9  And  when  they  came  that 
were  hired  about  the  eleventh  hour, 
they  received  every  man  a  ^shilling. 
10  And  when  the  first  came,  they 
supposed  that  they  would  receive 
more ;  and  they  likewise  received 
every  man  a  ^shilling.      11    And 

1  Many  ancient  authorities  add  or  wife :  as  in 
Lk.  18.  29. 

2  Some  ancient  authorities  read  manifold. 

3  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  18.  28. 


°  Gen.  18. 

14 ;  Job  42. 

2 ;  Jer.  32. 

17;  Zech. 

8.6;  Mk. 

10.  27 ;  Lk. 

18.  27  ; 

comp.  1. 

37 
b  ch.  25.  31 
"=  Lk.  22.  30 ; 

comp. 

Rev.  3.  21 ; 

4.  4;  11. 16; 

20.4 
d  Mk.  10. 

29  f . ;  Lk. 

18.  29  f .  : 

comp.  en. 

6.  33 
«  ch.  20. 16 ; 

Mk.  10.  31 ; 

Lk.  13.  30 
J  See  ch.  13. 

24 
■"  ch.  21.  28, 

h  Lev.  19.  13 
"  Comp.  Lk. 
8.3 


*;  Comp. 

Jon.  4.  8 ; 

Lk.  12.  55 ; 

Jas.  1.  11 
'  ch.  22.  12 ; 

26.  50 
""  See  ch.  6. 

23 ;  Mk.  7. 

22 ;  comp. 

Dt.  15.  9 
"  See  ch.  19. 

30 
"  ver.  17-19 : 

Mark  10. 

32-34 ; 

Luke  18. 

31-33 
P  See  ch.  16. 

21 
9  ch.  27.  2  ; 

comp. 

Acts  2.  23 ; 

3. 13  ;  4.  27  ; 

21.  11 
•■  ver.  20-28 : 

Mnrk  10. 

35^5 
'  ch.  4.  21 ; 

10.  2 
t  See  ch.  8.  2 
"  Comp.  ch. 

19.  28 
"  ch.  26.  39, 

42 ;  Lk.  22. 

42 ;  Jn.  18. 

11 ;  comp. 

Is.  61.  17, 

22;  Jer. 

49.  12 
■"  Comp. 

Acts  12.  2 ; 

Rev.  1.  9 
y  See  ch.  13. 

11 
'  ch.  25.  34 


"ver.  25-28: 
comp. 
Lk.  22. 
25-27 


h  ch.  23. 11 ; 
Mk.  9.  35 ; 
10.43 


when  they  received  it,  they  mur- 
mured against  the  householder,  12 
saying  These  last  have  spent  but 
one  hour,  and  thou  hast  made  them 
equal  unto  us,  who  have  borne  the 
burden  of  the  day  and  *^  the  *  scorch- 
ing heat.  1 3  But  he  answered  and 
said  to  one  of  them,  'Friend,  I  do 
thee  no  wrong :  didst  not  thou 
agree  with  me  for  a  ^shilling  1  14 
Take  up  that  which  is  thine,  and 
go  thy  way ;  it  is  my  will  to  give 
unto  this  last,  even  as  unto  thee. 

15  Is  it  not  lawful  for  me  to  do 
what  I  will  with  mine  own  1  or  is 
thine  '"eye  evil,  because  I  am  good  1 

16  So  "  the  last  shall  be  first,  and 
the  first  last. 

1 7  °  And  as  .Jesus  was  going  up 
to  Jerusalem,  he  took  the  twelve 
disciples  apart,  and  on  the  way  he 
said  unto  them,  18  Behold,  we  go 
up  to  Jerusalem ;  and  the  Son  of 
man  ^  shall  be  ^  delivered  unto  the 
chief  priests  and  scribes  ;  and  they 
shall  condemn  him  to  death,  19 
and  ^  shall  deliver  him  unto  the 
Gentiles  to  mock,  and  to  scourge, 
and  to  crucif  j?^ :  and  ^  the  third  day 
he  shall  be  raised  up. 

20  'Then  came  to  him  the  mother 
of  *the  sons  of  Zebedee  with  her 
.sons,  '' '  worshipping  him,  and  ask- 
ing a  certain  thing  of  him.  21 
And  he  said  unto  her,  What  would- 
est  thou  1  She  saith  unto  him.  Com- 
mand that  these  my  two  sons  "  may 
sit,  one  on  thy  right  hand,  and  one 
on  thy  left  hand,  in  thy  kingdona. 
22  But  Jesus  answerea  and  said. 
Ye  know  not  what  ye  ask.  Are  ye 
able  "to  drink  the  cup  that  I  am 
about  to  drink"?  They  say  unto 
him.  We  are  able.  23  He  saith 
unto  them,  ^  My  cup  indeed  ye  shall 
drink  :  but  to  sit  on  nay  right  hand, 
and  on  my  left  hand,  is  not  mine  to 
give  ;  "  but  it  is  for  thetn  for  whom 
it  hath  been  ^prepared  of  my 
Father.  24  And  when  the  ten 
heard  it,  they  were  moved  with 
indignation  concerning  the  two 
brethren.  25  "But  Jesus  called 
them  unto  him,  and  said.  Ye  know 
that  the  rulers  of  the  Gentiles  lord 
it  over  them,  and  their  great  ones 
exercise  authority  over  them.  26 
Not  so  shall  it  be  among  you : 
''but  whosoever  would  become  great 
among  you  shall  be  your  ^  minister  ; 
27   and  whosoever  would  be  first 

*  Or,  hot  u-ind  5  gee  ch.  10.  4. 

«  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  2.  2. 
J  Or,  servant 


22 


20.28 


MATTHEW 


21.24 


Tin  Two  Blind  Men  at  JeiiHio.    The  Triumphal  Entry.    The  Traders  cast  oat  of  the  Temple.     Jesns'  inthority  qoestioned 


among  you  shall  bo  your  '  servant : 
28  even  as  "  the  Sou  of  man  *came 
not  to  be  ministeieil  unto,  but  to 
minister,  and  to  give  his  lite  a  ran- 
som for  many. 

29  ''And  as  they  went  out  from 
Jericho,  a  j;reat  multitude  followed 
him.  30  And  behold,  two  blind 
men  sitting  by  the  way  side,  wlien 
they  heiird  that  Jesus  was  passing 
by,  cried  out,  saying,  Lord,  ''have 
mercy  on  us,  thou  ".son  of  David. 
31  And  the  multitude  rebuked 
them,  that  they  should  hold  their 
peace :  but  they  cried  out  the  more, 
saj'ing,  Lord,  ha\  e  mercy  on  us, 
thou  "son  of  David.  32  And  Jesus 
stood  still,  and  called  them,  and 
said.  What  will  ye  that  I  should  do 
unto  you  ?  33  They  say  unto  him. 
Lord,  that  our  eyes  may  be  opened. 
34  And  Jesus,  being  moved  with 
compavssion,  touched  their  eyes ; 
and  straightway  they  received 
their  sight,  aiul  followed  him. 
O 'I  /And  when  they  drew 
^  -L  nigh  unto  Jerusalem,  and 
came  unto  Bethphage,  unto  "  the 
mount  of  Olivas,  then  Jesus  sent 
two  disciples,  2  saying  unto  them, 
Go  into  the  village  that  is  over 
against  you,  and  straightway  ye 
shall  lina  an  ass  tied,  and  a  colt 
with  her :  loose  them,  and  bring 
them  unto  me.  3  Ana  if  any  one 
say  aught  unto  you,  ye  shall  say. 
The  Lord  hath  need  of  them ;  and 
straightway    he    will    send    them. 

4  ''Xow  this  is  come  to  pass, 
that  it  might  be  fulfilled  which 
was  spoken  through  the  prophet, 
saying, 

5  -  Tell  ye  the  daughter  of  Zion, 
Behold,   thy  King  cometh  unto 

thee, 
Meek,  and  riding  upon  an  ass. 
And  upon  a  colt  tne  foal  of  an 

ass. 

6  And  the  disciples  went,  and  did 
even    as    .Tesus    appointed    them, 

7  and  bi'ought  the  ass,  and  the 
colt,  and  put  on  them  their  gar- 
ments ^  and  he  sat  thereon.  8  And 
the  most  part  of  tlie  multitude 
•spread  their  garments  in  the  way; 
and  others  cut  brandies  from  the 
trees,  and  spread  them  in  the  wa.y. 
9  And  the  multitudes  that  went 
before  him,  and  that  followed, 
cried,  sapng,  *  Hosanna  to  the  '  son 
-of  David :  *  Blessed  rs  he  that 
-cometh  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  : 
Hosanna 'in  the  highest.     10  And 

1  Gr.  bortdiervaiii.       '  Is.  Iril.  11 ;  Zech.  ix.  9. 


'  Bee  ch.  8. 


when  he  \yas  come  into  Jerusalem, 
all  the  city  was  stirred,  saying, 
Who  is  this?  11  And  tlie  multi- 
tudes .said.  This  is  "' the  prophet, 
Jesus,  from  "Nazareth  of  Galilee. 

12  "And  Jesus  entered  into  the 
temple  "of  God,  and  cast  out  all 
them  that  sold  and  bought  in  the 
temple,  and  overthrew  the  tables 
of  tlie  *  money-changers,  and  the 
seats  of  them  that  sold  ^the  doves; 
13  and  he  saitli  unto  them.  It  is 
written,  ""My  house  shall  be  called 
a  house  of  prayer :  *  but  ye  make 
it  a  den  of  robbers.  14  And  the 
blind  and  the  lame  came  to  him  in 
the  temjile ;  and  ''he  healed  them. 
1 5  But  when  the  chief  priests  and 
the  scribes  saw  the  wonderful 
things  that  he  did,  and  the  chil- 
dren that  were  crying  in  the  temple 
and  saying,  Hosanna  to  the  'son 
of  David  ;  they  were  moved  with 
indignation,  IG  and  said  unto  him, 
Hearest  thou  what  these  are  say- 
ing 1  And  Jesus  saith  unto  them. 
Yea  :  did  ve  never  read,  "Out  of  the 
mouth  of  babes  and  sucklings  thou 
hast  perfected  praise  1  1 7  And  he 
left  them,  and  went  forth  out  of 
the  city  to  'Bethany,  and  lodged 
there. 

18  'Now  in  the  morning  as  he 
returned  to  the  city,  he  hungered. 
19  And  seeing  'a  fig  tree  by  the 
way  side,  he  came  to  it,  and  tound 
nothing  thereon,  but  leaves  onlv; 
and  he  saith  unto  it.  Let  there  be 
no  fruit  from  thee  henceforward 
for  ever.  And  immediately  the 
fig  tree  withered  away.  20  And 
wnen  the  disciples  .saw  it,  they 
marvelled,  sapng.  How  did  the 
Hg  tree  inimecliately  wither  away] 
21  And  Jesus  answered  and  said 
unto  them,  Verily  I  saj-  unto  you, 
"If  ye  have  faith,  and  doubt  not, 
ye  snail  not  only  do  what  is  done 
to  the  tig  tree,  but  even  if  ye  shall 
say  unto  this  mountain.  Be  thou 
taken  up  and  c;ist  into  the  sea,  it 
shall  be  done.  22  And  'all  things, 
whatsoever  ye  shall  ask  in  prayer, 
believing,  ye  shall  receive. 

23  'And  w^h«'n  he  was  come  into 
the  temple,  the  chief  priests  and 
the  elders  of  the  peojile  came  unto 
him  as  he  was  teaching,  and  said. 
By  what  autliority  doest  thou  these 
things '?  and  who  gave  thee  tliis 
authority?   24  And  Jesus  answered 

3  Many  ancient  authorities  omit  o/  Ood. 
*  la.  Ivi   7.  «P8.  viii.  2. 

i>  Jer.  vii.  11.  "  Or,  a  singlt 


23 


21.25 


MATTHEW 


22.9 


Parable  of  the  Two  Sons.    Of  the  Wicked  Hnsbandmen.    The  Marriage  Fea^t  and  Slighted  Invitatien 


and  said  unto  them,  I  also  will  ask 
you  one  ^  question,  which  if  ye  tell 
me,  I  likewise  will  tell  you  by  what 
authority  I  do  these  things.  25  The 
baptism  of  John,  whence  was  if? 
from  heaven  or  from  meni  And 
they  reasoned  with  themselves,  say- 
ing. If  we  shall  say.  From  heaven  • 
he  will  say  unto  us.  Why  then  did 
ye  not  believe  him '?  26  But  if  we 
shall  say.  From  men ;  we  fear  the 
multitude  ;  for  all  hold  John  as  "  a 
prophet.  27  And  they  answered 
Jesus,  and  said.  We  know  not. 
He  also  said  unto  them.  Neither 
tell  I  you  by  what  authority  I  do 
these  things.  28  But  what  think 
ye^  A  man  had  two  "sons  ;  and  he 
came  to  the  first,  and  said,  ^Son, 
go  work  to-day  in  the  *  vineyard. 
29  And  he  answered  and  said,  I 
will  not :  but  afterward  he  repented 
himself,  and  went.  30  And  he  came 
to  the  second,  and  said  likewise. 
And  he  answered  and  said,  I  go, 
sir:  and  went  not.  31  Which  of 
the  two  did  the  will  of  his  father  '\ 
They  say.  The  first.  Jesus  saith 
unto  them,  Verily  I  say  unto  you, 
that  *-■  the  ^  publicans  and  the  har- 
lots go  into  the  kingdom  of  God  be- 
fore you.  32  For  John  came  unto 
you  in  the  way  of  righteousness, 
and  ye  believed  him  not ;  but/  the 
'^  publicans  and  the  harlots  believed 
him :  and  ye,  when  ye  saw  it,  did  not 
even  repent  yourselves  afterward, 
that  ye  might  believe  him. 

33  Hear  another  parable:  ''There 
was  a  man  that  was  a  householder, 
who  -^planted  a  *  vineyard,  and  set  a 
hedge  about  it,  and  digged  a  "wine- 

f)ress  in  it,  and  '■>  built  a  tower,  and 
et  it  out  to  husbandmen,  and ''  went 
into  another  country.  34  And  when 
the  season  of  the  fruits  drew  near, 
he  '  sent  his  ^  servants  to  the  hus- 
bandmen,  to    receive  ''his    fruits. 

35  And  the  husbandmen  took 
his  ^servants,  and  beat  one,  and 
killed  another,  and  stoned  another. 

36  Again,  he  *  sent  other  ^  servants 
more  than  the  first :  and  they  did 
unto  them  in  like  manner.  37  But 
afterward  he  sent  unto  them  his 
son,  saying.  They  will  reverence 
my  son.  38  But  the  husbandmen, 
when  they  saw  the  son,  said  among 
themselves.  This  is  the  heir  ;  come, 
let  us  kill  him,  and  take  his  inheri- 
tance.   39  And  they  took  him,  and 

I  Gr.  word.       2  Gr.  children.       3  Qr.  Child. 

*  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  5.  46. 

'  Gr.  bondservants.  «  Or,  the  fruits  of  it 


"  See  ch.  11. 

9 ;  conip. 

Mk.  6.  20 
b  ver.  33 ; 

ch.  20.  1 
'  Lk.  7.  29, 

37-50 
d  Lk.  3.  12 
«  ver.  33-46 : 

Mark  12. 

1-12;  Luke 

20.  9-19 
/Ps.  80.8; 

Is.  5.  1  ff. 
!'  Is.  5.  2 
h  ch.  25.  14 
i  ch.  22.  3 
k  ch.  22.  4 


I  Comp.  ch. 

8.  11  f. ; 

Acts  13. 

46  ;  18. 6 ; 

28.  28 
"'  Acts  4. 11 ; 

1  Pet.  2.  7  ; 

comp. 

Rom.  9.  33 


"  ver.  26 

"  ver.  11 
P  See  Acts 
3.  12 

9  ver.  2-14 : 

comp. 

Lk.  14. 

16-24 
'■  See  ch.  13. 

24 
'  ch.  21.  34 


« ch.  21.  36 


'  Ezek.  21. 
21 ;  Obad. 
14 

24 


cast  him  forth  out  of  the  vineyard, 
and  killed  him.  40  When  there- 
fore the  lord  of  the  vineyard  shall 
come,  what  will  he  do  unto  those 
husbandmen  1  41  They  say  unto 
him.  He  will  miserably  destroy 
those  miserable  men,  and  '  will 
let  out  the  vineyard  unto  other 
husbandmen,  who  shall  render 
him    the   fruits   in   their   seasons. 

42  Jesus  saith  unto  them.  Did  ye 
never  read  in  the  scriptures, 

^'"The  stone  which  the  builders 

rejected. 
The  same  was  made  the  head  of 

the  corner  ; 
This  was  from  the  Lord, 
And    it    is    marvellous    in    our 

eyes '? 

43  Therefore  say  I  unto  you.  The 
kingdom  of  God  shall  be  taken 
away  from  you,  and  shall  be  given 
to  a  nation  bringing  forth  the  fruits 
thereof.  44  *And  he  that  falleth 
on  this  stone  shall  be  broken  to 
pieces  :  but  on  whomsoever  it  shall 
tall,  it  will  scatter  him  as  dust. 
45  And  when  the  chief  priests  and 
the  Pharisees  heard  his  parables, 
they  perceived  that  he  spake  oi 
them.  46  And  when  they  sought 
to  lay  hold  on  him,  they  "feared 
the  multitudes,  because  they  took 
him  for  a  "  prophet. 

4~)  (T)  And  Jesus  ^  answered  and 
^  «J  spake  again  in  parables  unto 
them,  saying,  2  * ''  The  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  likened  unto  a  certain 
king,  who  made  a  marriage  feast 
for  his  son,  3  and  'sent  forth  his 
^  servants  to  call  them  that  were 
bidden  to  the  marriage  feast :  and 
they  would  not  come.  4  Again  he 
'  sent  forth  other  ^  servants,  saying. 
Tell  them  that  are  bidden.  Behold, 
I  have  made  ready  my  dinner  ;  my 
oxen  and  my  fatlings  are  killed, 
and  all  things  are  ready  :  come  to 
the  marriage  feast.  5  But  they 
made  light  of  it,  and  went  their 
ways,  one  to  his  own  farm,  an- 
other to  his  merchandise ;  6  and 
the  rest  laid  hold  on  his  ®  servants, 
and  treated  them  shamefully,  and 
killed  them.  7  But  the  king  was 
wroth  ;  and  he  sent  his  armies,  and 
destroyed  those  murderers,  and 
burned  their  city.  8  Then  saith 
he  to  his  '  servants.  The  wedding 
is  ready,  but  they  that  were  bidden 
were  not  worthy.  9  Go  ye  there- 
fore unto  "  the  partings  of  the  high- 

^  Ps.  cxviii.  22  f . 

8  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  ver.  44. 


22.10 


MATTHEW 


23.2 


Captious  Qaestions :  —  Tribate  to  Ca-sar  i    Is  thero  a  Resurrection  t    Uliiih  is  the  Great  Commandment  t 


ways,  and  as  many  as  ye  shall  find, 
bid  to  the  marriage  feast.  10  And 
those  ^servants  went  out  into  the 
highways,  and  gathered  together 
all  as  many  as  they  found,  both 
bad  and  good :  and  the  wedding 
was  filled  with  guests.  1 1  But 
when  the  king  came  in  to  behold 
the  guests,  he  saw  there  "a  man 
who  had  not  on  a  wedding-gar- 
ment:  12  and  he  saith  unto  him, 
'Friend,  how  earnest  thou  in  hither 
not  having  a  wedding-garment  t 
And  he  was  speechless.  13  Then 
the  king  said  to  the  "servants. 
Bind  him  hand  and  foot,  and  cast 
him  out  into  '  the  outer  darkness  : 
"  there  shall  be  the  weeping  and 
the  gnashing  of  teeth.  14  For 
many  are  ''called,  but  few  ''chosen. 
15  "  Then  went  the  Pharisees,  and 
took  counsel  how  they  might  en- 
snare him  in  his  talk.  16  And  they 
send  to  him  their  disciples,  with 
the  •'^Herodians,  saying.  Teacher, 
we  know  that  thou  art  true,  and 
teachest  the  way  of  God  in  truth, 
and  carest  not  for  any  one :  for 
thou  regardest  not  the  person  of 
men.  17  Tell  us  therefore,  What 
thinkest   thou  1     Is   it   lawful    to 

five  ^tribute  unto  ''Cjesar,  or  notl 
8  But  Jesus  perceived  their  wick- 
edness, and  said.  Why  make  ye  trial 
of  me,  ye  hypocrites!  19  Show 
me  the  "tribute  money.  And  they 
brought  unto  him  a  ^denarius.  20 
And  he  saith  unto  them,  ^\'hose 
is  this  image  and  superscription? 
21  They  say  unto  him,  Csesar's. 
Then  saith  he  unto  them,  '  Render 
therefore  unto  Caesar  the  things 
that  are  Cnesar's  ;  and  unto  God 
the  things  that  are  God's.  22  And 
when  they  heard  it,  they  marvelled, 
and  *  left  him,  and  went  away. 

23  'On  that  day  there  came  to 
him  "Sadducees,  ^"they  that  say 
that  there  is  no  resurrection :  and 
they  asked  him,  24  saying.  Teacher, 
Moses  said,  *  If  a  man  die,  having  no 
children,  his  brother  *  shall  marry 
his  wife,  and  raise  up  seod  unto  his 
brother.  2.0  Now  there  were  with 
us  seven  brethren  :  and  the  first 
married  and  deceased.^  and  having 
no  seed  left  his  wife  unto  bis 
brother ;  26  in  like  manner  the 
second  also,  and  the  third,  unto 

1  Gr.  Itondserranls.  *  Or,  ministers 

»  S«e  luargiual  note  on  ch.  18.  28. 
••  Many  ancient  authorities  read  satfing. 
»  I)t.  XXV.  5. 

6  Gr.  shall  perform  the  duty  of  a  /tusband's 
brother  to  hit  tcife. 


"  Comp. 

2  K.  10.  22 
>  ch.  20.  la  ; 

2U.  oO 
'  See  ch.  8. 

12 
rf  Kev.  17. 

H  ;  comp. 

2  Pet.  1. 

10  ;  ch.  24. 

22 
<■  ver.  \f>--ii : 

Mark  12. 

l;)-17 ; 

Luke  20. 

20-2G 
/Mlt.  3.6; 

12.  13. 

Comp. 

Mk.  S.  15 
'■'  ch.  17.  26 
A  Lk.  2. 1 ; 

3.  1 

•  Wk.  12. 17  ; 
Lk.  20.  25 ; 
comp. 
Bom.  13.  7 

*  Mk.  12.  12 
'  ver.  23-33 : 

Hark  12. 

18-27  ; 

Luke  20. 

27-40 
'"  See  ch.  3.  7 
'■  Acts  23.  8 


°  Comp.  Jn. 

20. ;» 

''  Comp.  ch. 

24.  3S  ;  Lk. 

17.  27 
9  See  ch.  7. 

28 
»•  ver.  34-4Q : 

Mark  12. 

28-31 ; 

comp.  Lk. 

10.  2.V28 

•  Lk.  7.  30  ; 
10.  25;  11. 
45,  46,  r,2 ; 
14.3;  Tit. 

3.  13 

<  ch.  19.  19  ; 

comp. 

Gal.  5. 14 
"  See  ch.  7. 

12 
"  ver.  41-46 : 

MarkVi. 

3.V37  : 

Luke  20. 

41-44 
"^  See  ch.  9. 

27 
V  Rev.  1.  10  ; 

4.  2; 

comp.  2  S. 
2?,.  2 

*  Acts  2. 

34  f . ;  Heb. 

1.  13 ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.    lf>. 

25  : 

Heb.  10. 

13  :  1  Pet. 

3.  22. 

Comp.  ch. 

26.  W  : 

MU.  10.  10 
°  Mk.  12.  34  ; 

Lk.  14.  6 ; 

20.  40 
l>  ver.  1-7  : 

Mark  12. 

38.  .10 : 

Luke  20. 

45,  46 
'  Comp. 

T.7.r  7,  6. 

25 ;  Neh.  8. 

4;  Dt. 

33.  3  f. 


26 


the  '  seventh.  27  And  after  them 
all,  the  woman  died.  28  In  the 
resurrection  therefore  whose  wife 
shall  she  he  of  the  seven  (  for  they 
all  had  her.  21)  But  Jesus  answered 
and  said  unto  them.  Ye  do  err, 
"not  knowing  the  scriptures,  nor 
the  power  of  God.  30  For  in  the 
resurrection  they  neither  ^  marry, 
nor  are  given  in  marriage,  but  are 
as  angels'*  in  heaven.  31  But  as 
touching  the  resurrection  of  the 
dead,  have  ye  not  read  that  which 
was  spoken  unto  you  l)y  God,  say- 
ing, 32  "I  am  the  God  of  Abraham, 
and  the  God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God 
of  Jacob?  God  is  not  the  God  of 
the  dead,  but  of  the  living.  33  And 
when  the  multitudes  heard  it, "  they 
were  astonished  at  his  teaching. 

34  *■  But  the  Pharisees,  when  they 
heard  that  lie  had  put  "theSaddu- 
cees  to  silence,  gathered  themselves 
together.  35  And  one  of  them,  'a 
lawj-er,  asked  him  a  question,  try- 
ing him  :  36  Teacher,  which  is  the 
great  commandment  in  the  law? 
37  And  he  said  unto  him,  ^"Thou 
shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with 
all  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul, 
and  with  all  thy  mind.  38  This  is 
the  great  and  first  commandment. 
39  "And  a  second  like  unto  it  is 
this,  ^^'Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor 
as  thyself.  40  "  On  these  two  com- 
mandments the  whole  law  hangeth, 
and  the  prophets. 

41  'Now  while  the  Phari.sees 
were  gathered  togt;ther,  Jesus 
asked  them  a  question,  42  say- 
ing. What  think  ye  of  the  Christ  1 
whose  son  is  he?  T'^ey  say  unto 
him,  ^  The  Ron  of  David.  43  He 
saith  unto  them.  How  then  doth 
David  •"  in  the  Spirit  call  him  Lord, 
saying, 

44  '-''The  Lord  .said  unto  my  Lord. 
Sit  thou  on  my  right  hand. 
Till  1  put  thine  enemies  under- 
neath thy  feet? 

45  If  David  then  calleth  him  Lord, 
how  is  he  his  son?  46  And  "no 
one  was  able  to  answer  him  a 
word,  neither  durst  any  man  from 
that  day  forth  ask  him  any  more 
questions. 

r>  Q  ^  Then  spake  Jesus  to  the 
^md  O  multitudes  and  to  his  dis- 
ciples. 2  saying.  "The  scribes  and 
the   Phari.sees  sit  on  Moses'  seat : 

"  Or.  set  en. 

e  Manv  ancient  authorities  add  of  Ood. 
9  P:x.  I'ii.  6.  i»Dt.  vi.  5. 

11  Or,  Aytd  a  second  is  like  unto  it.  Thou  shall 
love  &c.  "  Lev.  lix.  18.  "  Pg.  ex.  1. 


23.3 


MATTHEW 


23.35 


Pharisaism  exposed ;  warned  against ;  denoanced:  —the  Seven  Woes 


3  all  things  therefore  whatsoever 
they  bid  you,  these  do  and  observe  : 
but  do  not  ye  after  their  works ; 
for  they  say,  and  do  not.  4  Yea, 
" they  bind  heavy  burdens  ^  and 
grievous  to  be  borne,  and  lay  them 
on  men's  shoulders  ;  but  they  them- 
selves will  not  move  them  with 
their  finger.  5  But  all  their  works 
they  do  *  to  be  seen  of  men :  for 
they  ''make  broad  their  phylacte- 
ries, and  enlai'ge  ''the  borders  of 
tJteir  garments,  6  and  ^  love  the  chief 
place  at  feasts,  and  the  chief  seats 
in  the  synagogues,  7  and  the  salu- 
tations in  the  marketplaces,  and  to 
be  called  of  men,  •''Rabbi.  8  But 
»  be  not  ye  called  •''Rabbi :  for  one 
is  your  teacher,  and  all  ye  are 
brethren.  9  And  call  no  man  your 
father  on  the  earth :  for  ^  one  is 
your  Father,  '^even  he  who  is  in 
heaven.  10  Neither  be  ye  called 
masters :  for  one  is  your  master, 
even  the  Christ.  11  'But  he  that 
is  *  greatest  among  you  shall  be 
your  ^servant.  12  And  ''whoso- 
ever shall  exalt  himself  shall  be 
humbled ;  and  whosoever  shall 
humble  himself  shall  be  exalted. 

1 3  '  But  woe  unto  you,  scribes  and 
Pharisees,  hypocrites '  '"  because 
ye  shut  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
®  against  men :  for  ye  enter  not  in 
yourselves,  neither  suffer  ye  them 
that  are  entering  in  to  enter.® 

15  Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and 
Pharisees,  hypocrites  !  for  ye  com- 
pass sea  and  land  to  make  one 
"proselyte;  and  when  he  is  be- 
come so,  ye  make  him  twofold  more 
a  son  of  '' "  hell  than  yourselves. 

16  Woe  unto  you,  ye  *  blind 
guides,  that  say,  *  Whosoever  shall 
swear  by  the  "^  temple,  it  is  nothing  ; 
but  whosoever  shall  swear  by  the 
gold  of  the  '^  temple,  he  is  '^  a  debtor. 
1 7  Ye  fools  and  blind  :  for  '"  which 
is  greater,  the  gold,  or  the  *  temple 
that  hath  sanctified  the  gold  1  18 
And,  Whosoever  shall  swear  by  the 
altar,  it  is  nothing  ;  but  whosoever 
shall  swear  by  the  gift  that  is  upon 
it,  he  is  ^  a  debtor.  1 9  Ye  blind  : 
for  'which  is  greater,  the  gift,  or 
the  altar  that  sanctifieth  the  giff? 

1  Many  ancient  authorities  omit  and  grievous 
to  be  borne.  2  (jj..  the  heavenly. 

3  Gr.  greater.        *  Or,  minister       '=>  Gr.  before. 

6  Some  authorities  insert  here,  or  after  ve.r.  12, 
ver.  14  Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  P/iaruees, 
hypocrites  J  for  ye  devour  widoios^  houses,  even 
while  for  nrsretence  ye  make  long  prayers :  there- 
fore ye  shall  receive  greater  condemnation.  See 
Mk.  12.  40  ;  Lk.  20.  47.  7  Gr.  Gehenna. 

3  Or,  sanctuary  :  as  in  ver.  35. 

9  Or,  bound  by  his  oath 


°  Lk.  11.  46  ; 

comp. 

Acts  15. 10 
b  ch.  6.  1,  6, 

IB 
<^Ex.  13.  9; 

Dt.  «.  8 ; 

11.  18 
<*  See  ch.  9. 

20 
"^Lk.ll.  43; 

comp.  14. 

7  ;  20.  4B 
/ver.  8  ;  ch. 

26.  25,  4» ; 
Mk.  9.  5 ; 
11.  21 ;  14. 
45 ;  Jn.  1. 
38,  49  ;    3. 
2,  26 ;  4. 
31 ;  6.  25 ; 
9.2;  11.8; 
comp.  Mk. 
10.  51 ;  Jn. 
20.  16 

!>  Jas.  3.  1 
A  ch.  6.  9  ; 

7.11 
>  See  ch.  20. 

26 
*  Lk.  14. 11 ; 

18.14 
'  ver  15, 

(16,)  23,  25, 

27,  2i) 

'"  Lk.  11.  ,52 
"  Acts  2.  10  ; 

6.  5  ;  13.  43 
"  See  ch.  5. 

22 
P  ver.  24 ; 

ch.  15.  14 
1  Comp.  ch. 

5.  33-35 
""  Comp.  Ex. 

30.  29 
'  Comp.  Ex. 

29.37 


« 1  K.  8.  13  ; 

Ps.  26.  8 ; 

132.14 
"  ch.  5.  34 
"  See  ver. 

13 ;  Lk.  11 

42 
^  ver.  16 
y  Lk.  11. 

39  £. ; 

comp.  Mk. 

7.4 
^  Lk.  11.  44  ; 

comp. 

Acts  23.  3 
"Lk.ll.  47f. 


b  Acts  7. 
51  f . ;  ver. 
34,  37 

•=  ch.  3.  7 


d  ver.  34-36 : 
comp.  Lk. 
11.  49-51 

"  2  Chr.  36. 
15,16 

/  See  ch.  10. 

17 
s  ch.  10.  23 


h  Gen.  4. 

8ff. ;  Heb. 

U.  4 
*  Comp. 

Zech.  1.  1 
k  2  Chr.  24. 

21 


20  He  therefore  that  sweareth  by 
the  altar,  sweareth  by  it,  and  by 
all  things  thereon.  2 1  And  he  that 
sweareth  by  the  "  temple,  sweareth 
by  it,  and  by  him  that  'dweileth 
therein.  22  And  he  that  sweareth 
by  the  heaven,  sweareth  "by  the 
throne  of  God,  and  by  him  that 
sitteth  thereon. 

23  "Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and 
Pharisees,  hypocrites  !  for  ye  tithe 
mint  and  ^"  anise  and  cummin,  and 
have  left  undone  the  weightier  mat- 
ters of  the  law,  justice,  and  mercy, 
and  faith :  but  these  ye  ought  to 
have  done,  and  not  to  have  left  the 
other  undone.  24  Ye  ■'  blind  guides, 
that  strain  out  the  gnat,  and  swal- 
low the  camel ! 

25  Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and 
Pharisees,  hypocrites!  for  ^ye 
cleanse  the  outside  of  the  cup  and 
of  the  platter,  but  within  they  are 
full  from  extortion  and  excess. 
26  Thou  blind  Pharisee,  *  cleanse 
first  the  inside  of  the  cup  and  of 
the  platter,  that  the  outside  thereof 
may  become  clean  also. 

27  /  Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and 
Pharisees,  hypocrites !  for  ye  are 
like  unto  whited  sepulchres,  which 
outwardly  appear  beautiful,  but  in- 
wardly are  full  of  dead  men's  bones, 
and  of  all  uncleanness.  28  Even 
so  ye  also  outwardly  appear  right- 
eous unto  men,  but  inwardly  ye  are 
full  of  hypocrisy  and  iniquity. 

29  "Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and 
Pharisees,  hypocrites  !  for  ye  build 
the  sepulchres  of  the  prophets,  and 
garnisn  the  tombs  of  the  righteous, 
30  and  say.  If  we  had  been  in  the 
days  of  our  fathers,  we  should  not 
have  been  partakers  with  them 
in  the  blood  of  the  prophets.  31 
Wherefore  ye  witness  to  yourselves, 
that  *  ye  are  sons  of  them  that  slew 
the  prophets.  32  Fill  ye  up  then 
the  measure  of  your  fathers.  33  Ye 
serpents,  "ye  offspring  of  vipers, 
how  shall  ye  escape  the  judgment 
of  ^"hein  34  ''Therefore,  behold, 
*I  send  unto  you  prophets,  and 
wise  men,  and  scribes :  some  of 
them  shall  ye  kill  and  crucify  ;  and 
some  of  them  shall  ye  •''scourge  in 
your  synagogues,  and  ^'persecute 
from  city  to  city :  35  that  upon 
you  may  come  all  the  righteous 
blood  shed  on  the  earth,  from  the 
blood  of  ''Abel  the  righteous  unto 
the  blood  of  Zachariah '  son  of  Bara- 
chiah,  whom  *  ye  slew  between  the 

10  Or,  dill 


26 


23.36 


MATTHEW 


24.30 


Luuieiit  over  Jerusalem.    Uestruttiou  of  the  Temple  foretold.    The  Signst  of  the  Cumiug 


sanctuary  and  the  altar.  36  Verily 
1  say  unto  you,  All  these  thiiij:cs 
shall  come  uix>ii  "this  gt^neration. 

37  ' O. Jerusalem, -lerusaleni,  that 
''killeththe  proijhets,  and  slonetli 
them  that  are  sent  unto  her  !  how 
often  woukl  1  have  gathered  thy 
children  together,  ''even  as  a  hen 
gathereth  her  chickens  under  her 
wings,  and  ye  would  not  I  3t<  Be- 
hold, 'your  house  is  let't  unto  you 
^desolate.  39  For  J  say  unto  you. 
Ye  shall  not  see  me  heneet'orth,  till 
ye  shall  say,  'Bles.sed  is  he  that 
Cometh  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 
^A  -'And  Jesus  ''went  out 
A^  *i  from  the  temple,  and  was 
going  on  his  way ;  and  his  dis- 
ciples came  to  him  to  show  him  the 
buildings  of  the  temple.  '2  But  he 
answered  and  said  unto  them,  8ee 
ye  not  all  these  things?  verily  1 
sajr  unto  you,  'There  shall  not  be 
left  here  one  stone  upon  another, 
that  shall  not  be  thrown  down. 

3  And  as  he  sat  on  *  the  mount 
of  Olives,  the  disciples  came  unto 
him  privately,  saying,  Tell  us. 
when  shall  these  things  be]  ana 
what  s/utll  lie  the  sign  of  'thy 
'^coming,  and  of  ^'"the  end  of  the 
world  I  i  And  Jesus  answered  and 
said  unto  them.  "  Take  heed  that  no 
man  leiid  you  astray.  .")  For "  many 
shall  come  in  my  name,  saying,  I 
am  the  Christ ;  and  shall  leatl  many 
astray.  6  And  ye  shall  hear  of 
wars  and  rumorS  of  wars  ;  see  that 
ye  be  not  troubled  :  for  these  things 
must  needs  come  to  i)ass ;  but  the 
end  is  not  yet.  7  For ''  nation  shall 
rise  against  nation,  and  kingdom 
against  kingdom  ;  and  there  shall 
be  ''famines  and  earthquakes  in 
divers  places.  8  But  all  these 
things  are  the  beginning  of  ti'avail. 
9  ''Then  shall  they  deliver  you  up 
unt^)  tribulation,  anfl  shall  kill  you  : 
and  '.ve  shall  he  hat<'d  of  all  the 
nations  for  my  name's  sake.  10 
And  then  .shall  many  'stumble, 
and  shall  ''deliver  up  one  another, 
and  shall  hate  one  another.  1 1  And 
many  "false  prophets  shall  arise, 
and  shall  lead  many  astray.  12 
And  Ix^cause  iniquity  shall  be  mul- 
tiplied, the  love  of  the  many  shall 
wax  cold.  13  "liut  he  that  endui-- 
eth  to  the  end.  the  same  shall  be 
saved.  1+  And  Hhis  'gosiiel  of 
the  kingdom  *  shall  be  preached  in 

1  Some  aiiripnt  authoritiea  omit  dfsoln/e. 

-  Ur.  i>rrx-iicr. 

'  Or,  //le  Cfiii.itiiiunation  of  Ihf  ngr 

<  See  ch.  U».  4.  *  Or,  thtsf  good  lutings 


"  Comp.  10. 

23  ;  24.  34 
I'  ver.  37-39 : 

Liik'  13. 

34,  3.i 
'  See  oil.  5. 

12 
d  2  Esdr.  1. 

3U ;  comp. 

Kuth  2.  12 
'Comp.  IK. 

9.7t.;  Jer. 

/ch.  21.  9; 

Ps.  118.  26 
■'  ver.  1-51 : 

Mark  13 ; 

Lvke  21. 

5-3t> 
'•  Comp.  ch. 

21.  23 

'  Lk.  l!l.  44 
k  See  ch.  21. 

1 
'  ver.  27,  37, 

3!».    See  oil. 

IB.  27  f. 
"'  See  ch.  13. 

3.') 
"  Jer.  2!).  8 
"  ver.  24  ; 

1  Ju.  2.  IS  : 
comp.  ver. 
11  ;  Acts  5. 
36  f.;  IJii. 
4.  3 

''  Comp. 

2  Chr.  15. 

6  :  Is.  19.  2 
''  Comp. 

Acts  U.  28 
"■  eh.  lU.  17  ; 

.III.  If.  2 
'  cli.  10.  22  ; 

comp.  .lu. 

15.  18  ff. 

'  See  ch.  11. 

6 
"  ver.  24.  See 

ch.  7.  15 
'•  cl>.  lU.  22 
^  Comp.  cli. 

4.  23 
y  Rom.  10. 

18 :  Col.  1. 

6,23 

-•  Lk.  •:.  1 ; 
4.  5  :  Acts 
11.2b;  17. 
6,  31  ;  19. 

27  ;  Rom. 
10.18;  Heb. 

I.  •■ ;  2.  5  ; 
Rev.  3.  10; 

16.  14 

"  1  Mace.  1. 

54 ;  6.  7 
f>  Acts  6. 

13  f. ;  21. 

28  ;  comp. 
Jn.  11.48; 
Lk.  21.  20; 
Mk.  13.  14 

••Mk.  13.  14; 

romp. 

Rev.  1.  3 
d  ch.  10.  27  ; 

Lk.  5.  19 ; 

12.  3;  Acts 

10.  9 ; 

comp.  1  S. 

9.  2.i  ;  2  S. 

II.  2 

"  Lk.  23.  29 
/Dan.  12.  1; 

.loel  2.  2 ; 

ver.  29 
"  ver.  24,  31  ; 

comp.  ch. 

22.  U<Or.). 
See  Lk.  18. 
7 

'•  Lk.l7.23f. 
'  8ee  .In.  4. 

27 


the  whole '''world  for  a  testimony 
unto  all  the  nations;  and  then 
shall  the  end  come. 

l-'j  V\'hen  thereforti  ye  see  the 
"abomination  of  desolation,  which 
was  "spoken  of  through  Daniel  the 
prophet,  stiinding  in  '*''the  holy 
place  ("let  him  that  readeth  under- 
stand), IG  then  let  them  tliat  are 
in  J  uda'a  Hee  unto  the  mountains  : 
17  let  him  that  is  on  ''  tlu;  housetop 
not  go  down  to  take  out  the  things 
that  are  in  his  house:  lf>  and  let 
him  that  is  in  the  held  not  return 
back  to  take  his  cloak.  19  But 
*-■  woe  unto  them  that  are  with  child 
and  to  them  that  give  suck  in  those 
days  !  '20  And  pray  ye  that  your 
tlight  be  not  in  the  winter,  neither 
on  a  .sabbath  :  21  for  then  shall  be 
■'^great  tribulation,  such  as  hath 
not  been  from  the  beginning  of  the 
world  until  now,  no,  nor  ever  shall 
be.  22  And  except  those  days  had 
been  .shortened,  no  tlesh  would  have 
been  saved:  but  for  'the  elect's 
sake  those  days  shall  be  shortened. 
23  ''  Then  if  any  man  shall  say  unto 
.you,  Lo,  here  is  the  Christ,  or. 
Here;  believe  '■'it  not.  2-1  For 
there  shall  ari.se  false  Christs,  and 
"  false  projihets,  and  shall  show 
great  'signs  and  wonfiers  ;  so  as  to 
lead  astray,  if  possible,  even  "  the 
elect.  25  Behold,  I  have  told  you 
beforehand.  26  if  therefore  they 
shall  say  unto  you,  liehold,  he  is  in 
the  wilderness ;  go  not  forth  :  Be- 
hold, he  is  in  the  inner  chambers  ; 
believe  ^"it  not.  27  ''For  as  the 
lightning  cometh  forth  from  the 
east,  and  is  seen  even  unto  the  west ; 
so  .shall  be  the  -*  coming  of  the 
'  Son  of  man.  28  '"  Wheresoever 
the  carcase  is,  theie  will  the 
"eagles  be  gathered  together. 

29  ]^>ut  immediately  after  the 
"tribulation  of  tho.se  days  "the  sun 
shall  be  darkened,  and  the  moon 
shall  not  give  her  light,  and  ''the 
stars  shall  f;ill  from  heaven,  and 
the  powers  of  the  he^ivens  shall  be 
shaken  :  30  and  then  shall  appear 
tlie  ''sign  of  the  Sf>n  of  man  in 
heaven :    and    then    shall    all    the 

48 ;  comp.  2  Th.  2.  9  i  ver.  3,  37.  S9 ;  see  ver.  3 
'  ch.  8.  2(»  ■"  Lk.  17.  37 ;  comp.  .lob  39.  .W ;  Hab. 
1.  8  :  Erek.  39.  17  "  ver.  21  "  Is.  13.  10  ;  24.  23  j 
Ezek.  32.  7  ;  .loel  2.  10.  31 ;  3.  U> ;  Acts  2.  20  ;  comp. 
Am.  5.  20:  8.  9:  Zeph.  1.  15;  Rev.  6.  12;  8.  12 
''  Rev.  ti.  13 ;  comp.  Is.  34.  4  '  ver.  3  ;  comp.  Dau. 
7.13;  Rev.  1.  7 


'•  Gr.  ivhnhited  rarlh. 
'  Dan.  ix.  27;  xi.  81;  xH.  11. 
*  Or,  n  lio'y  pincf      »  Or.  him 
»  Or,  viitlure* 


»o  Or,  them 


24.31 


MATTHEW 


25.  ir 


lesson  from  the  Fig  Tree.    Faithrul  and  Dnfaithfnl  Servants  and  their  Reward.    The  Ten  Virgins 


tribes  of  the  earth  mourn,  and  they 
shall  see  "the  8on  of  man  coming 
on  the  clouds  of  heaven  with  power 
and  great  glory.  3 1  And  'he  shall 
send  forth  his  angels  ^  with  -a  great 
sound  of  ''a  trumpet,  and  thej'  shall 
gather  together  his  ''elect  from  *-'  the 
tour  winds,  ■'from  one  end  of  heaven 
to  the  other. 

32  Now  from  the  fig  tree  learn 
her  parable :  when  her  branch  is 
now  become  tender,  and  putteth 
forth  its  leaves,  ye  know  that  the 
summer  is  nigh ;  33  even  so  ye 
also,  when  ye  see  all  these  tilings, 
know  ye  that  ^he  is  nigh,  even  ^at 
the  doors.  34  Verily  I  say  unto 
you,  ''This  generation  shall  not 
pass  away,  till  all  the^se  things  be 
accomplished.  35  '  Heaven  and 
earth  shall  pass  away,  but  my 
words  shall  not  pass  away.  36  But 
''  of  that  day  and  hour  knoweth  no 
one,  not  even  the  angels  of  heaven, 
''neither  the  8on,  but  the  Father 
only.  37  'And  as  we?-e  the  days 
of  Noah,  so  shall  be  the  ^^  coming 
of  the  Son  of  man.  33  For  as  in 
those  days  which  were  before  the 
flood  they  were  eating  and  drink- 
ing, '"marrying  and  giving  in 
marriage,  until  the  day  that  Noah 
entered  into  the  ark,  39  and  they 
knew  not  until  the  flood  came, 
and  took  them  all  away ;  so  shall 
be  the '' "  coming  of  the  Son  of  man. 

40  Then  shall  two  men  be  in  the 
field  ;  one  is  taken,  and  one  is  left : 

41  "two  women  shaU  he  grinding 
at  the  "mill;  one  is  taken,  and  one 
is  left.  42  ^ Watch  therefore:  for 
ye  know  not  on  what  day  your 
Lord  Cometh.  43  *^  But  know  this, 
that  ^  if  the  master  of  the  house 
had  known  in  what  *  watch  the 
thief  was  coming,  he  w^ould  have 
watched,  and  would  not  have  suf- 
fered his  house  to  be  "broken 
through.  44  Therefore  ^  be  ye  also 
ready  ;  for  in  an  hour  that  ye  think 
not  "■  the  Son  of  man  cometh. 

45  *Who  then  is  the  'faithful 
and  "  wise  *  servant,  whom  his  lord 
*'hath  set  over  his  household,  to 
give  them  their  food  in  due  sea- 
son'? 46  Blessed  is  that '' servant, 
whom  his  lord  when  he  cometh 
shall  find  so  doing.  47  Verily  I 
say  unto  you,  that  "he  will  set  him 

1  Many  ancient  authorities  read  with  a  great 
trumpet^  and  they  shall  gather  <tc. 

-  Or,  a  trumpet  of  great  sound  3  Or,  ii 

*  Many  authorities,  some  ancient,  omit  neither 
the  Son.     =  Gv.  presence.     *  Or,  But  Hiis  ye  kno'r 

^  Gr.  digged  through.  8  Gr.  bondservant. 


«  ver.  3,  37, 

39  ;  see 

ch.  Hi.  27 

b  ch.  13.  41 

"13.27.13; 

1  Cor.  15. 

i  Th.  4.  16 ; 

2  Esdr.  6. 
23  ;  comp. 
Ex.  19.  lb ; 
Is.  27.  13  ; 
Zech.9. 14; 
Rev.  8.2; 
11.15; 
also 
Heb.  12.  19 

tl  See  ver.  22 
"Dan.  7.  2; 

Zech.  2.  B ; 

see  liev.  7. 

1 
/Dt.  4.  32 
<J  Jas.  5.  9  ; 

Rev.  3.  20 
A  ch.  16.  28  ; 

comp.  10. 

23 ;  23.  36 
i  Mk.  13.  31 ; 

Lk.  21.  33 ; 

comp.  ch. 

5.  13 
k  Mk.  13.  32 ; 

comp. 

Act.-.  1.  7 
'  Lk.  17. 

26  f.; 

comp. 

Gsn.  6.  5 ; 

7.  6-23 
"'  Comp.  22. 

30 
"  Lk.  17.  35 
"  Comp. 

Pt.  24. 

6;  Ex.  11. 

5;  Is.  47.  2 
P  ver.  43,  44  ; 

25.  10,  13  ; 

Lk.  12. 

3Jf.  ; 

comp.  21. 

36 
9  Lk.  12.  38  ; 

c!i.  14.  25  ; 

Mk.  6.  48; 

comp.  13. 

"■  ver.  27 
'ver.  45-51 : 

Lnh'12. 

42-46 
t  ch.  23.  21, 

23 ;  Lk.  16. 

10 
"  ch.  7.  24  ; 

10.  16 ;  25. 

2ff. 
"  ch.  25.  21, 

23 


^  See  ch.  8. 

12 
y  See  ch.  13. 

24 
*  Ju.  18.  3  ; 

Acts  20.  8; 

Rev.  4.  5 ; 

8.  10  (Gr.) 
°  Comp.  24. 

42  tf. 
b  Comp.  Lk. 

12.  35  f. 
"  Lk.  13.  25  ; 

comp.  ch. 

7.  21  tt'. 
ri  ver.  14-30 : 

comp. 

Lk.  19. 

12-27 
^  ch.  21.  33 
/  ch.  18.  24  ; 

comp.  Lk. 

19.  13 

28 


over  all  that  he  hath.  48  But  if 
that  evil ''  servant  shall  say  in  his 
heart,  l\Ly  lord  tarrieth  ;  49  and 
shall  begin  to  beat  his  fellow-ser- 
vants, and  shall  eat  and  drink  with 
the  drunken  ;  50  the  lord  of  that 
•*  servant  shall  come  in  a  day  when 
he  exDCcteth  not,  and  in  an  hour 
when  he  knoweth  not,  51  and  shall 
^cut  him  asunder,  and  appoint 
his  portion  with  the  hypocrites : 
^  there  shall  be  the  weeping  and  the 
gnashing  of  teeth. 

2pr  Then  shall  ^'the  kingdom 
tJ  of  heaven  be  likened  unto 
ten  virgins,  who  ^  took  their 
^"^  lamps,  and  went  forth  to  meet 
the  bridegroom.  2  And  five  of 
them  were  foolish,  and  five  wei^e 
"wise.  3  For  the  foolish,  when 
they  took  their  ^^  lamps,  took  no  oil 
with  them  :  4  but  the  "  wise  took 
oil  in  their  vessels  with  their 
^"  lamps.  5  Now  while  the  bride- 
groom tarried,  they  all  slumbered 
and  slept.  6  But  at  midnight 
there  is  a  cry,  Behold,  the  bride- 
groom !  Come  ye  forth  to  meet 
him.  7  Then  all  those  virgins 
arose,  and  trimmed  their  ^°  lamps. 
8  And  the  foolish  said  unto  tlie 
wise,  Give  us  of  your  oil ;  for  our 
"  lamps  are  going  out.  9  But  the 
"wise  answered,  saying,  Perad- 
venture  there  will  not  be  enough 
for  us  and  you :  go  ye  rather  to 
them  that  sell,  and  buy  for  your- 
selves. 10  And  while  they  went 
away  to  buy,  the  bridegroom 
came  ;  and  they  that  were  "  ready 
went  in  with  him  to  ''  the  marriage 
feast :  and  "  the  door  was  shut. 
1 1  Afterward  came  also  the  other 
virgins,  sajring,  "  Lord,  Lord,  open 
to  us.  12  But  he  answered  and 
said,  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  I 
know  you  not.  13  "Watch  there- 
fore, for  ye  know  not  the  day  nor 
the  hour. 

14  "^For  it  is  as  when  a  man, 
"  going  into  another  country,  called 
his  own  "servants,  and  delivered 
unto  them  his  goods.  15  And 
unto  one  he  gave  five  -^talents,  to 
another  two,  to  another  one ;  to 
each  according  to  his  several 
ability ;  and  he  *  went  on  his 
journey.  16  Straightway  he  that 
received  the  five -^talents  went  and 
traded  with  them,  and  made  other 
five  talents.  17  In  like  manner  he 
also  that  received  the  two  gained 

9  Or,  severely  scourge  him         lo  Or,  torches 
11  Gr.  bondservants. 


25.18 


MATTHEW 


26.3 


The  Talenti.    The  Jndgment 


other  two.  1 8  But  he  that  received 
the  one  went  away  anrl  difiged  in 
the  earth,  and  hid  his  lord  s  money. 

19  Now  after  a  long  time  the  lord 
of  those  'servants  coineth,  and 
"maketh   a  reckoning  with  them. 

20  And  he  that  received  the  live 
*  talents  came  and  brought  other 
five  talents,  saying,  Lord,  thou  de- 
liveredst  unto  me  five  talents :  lo, 
I  have  gained  other  live  talents. 

21  His  lord  said  unto  him,  Well 
done,  good  and  'faithful  -  servant : 
thou  hast  been  faithful  over  a  few- 
things,  I  will  set  thee  over  many 
things  ;  enter  thou  into  the  joy  of 
thy  lord.  22  And  lie  also  that 
receiveil  the  two  *  talents  came  and 
said.  Lord,  thou  deliveredst  unto 
me  two  talents  :  lo,  I  have  gained 
other  two  talents.  23  His  lord 
said  unto  him.  Well  done,  good  and 
'faithful  -servant :  thou  hast  been 
faithful  over  a  few  things,  I  will 
set  thee  over  many  things ;  enter 
thou  into  the  joy  of  thy  lord.  2i 
And  he  also  that  had  received  the 
one  *  talent  came  and  said,  Lord,  I 
knew  thee  that  thou  art  a  hard 
man,  reaping  where  thou  didst  not 
sow,  and  gathering  -where  thou 
didst  not  scatter ;  25  and  I  was 
afraid,  and  went  away  and  hid  thy 
talent  in  the  earth :  lo,  thou  hast 
thine  own.  26  But  his  lord  an- 
swered and  said  unto  him,  Thou 
wicked  and  slothful  -servant,  thou 
knewest  that  I  reap  where  I  sowed 
not,  and  gather  whei'e  I  did  not 
scatter;  27  thou  oughtest  there- 
fore to  have  put  my  money  to  the 
bankers,  ana  at  my  coming  I 
should  have  received  back  mine 
own  with  interest.  28  Take  ye 
away  therefore  the  talent  from 
him,  and  give  it  unto  him  that 
hath  the  ten  talents.  29  "Tor 
unto  every  one  that  hath  shall  be 

given,  and  he  shall  have  abun- 
ance :  but  from  him  that  hath 
not,  even  that  which  he  hath  shall 
be  taken  away.  30  And  cast  ye 
out  the  unprofitable  -servant  into 
*the  outer  darkness:  'there  .shall 
be  the  weeping  and  the  gnashing 
of  teeth. 

31  But  when  ■'the  Son  of  man 
shall  come  in  his  glory,  and  all 
the  angels  with  him,  ttien  ■''.shall 
he  sit  on  the  throne  of  his  glory : 
32  and  before  him  shall  he  gatli- 
ered  all  the  nations :  and  he  shall 
separate  them  one  from  another, 

1  Gr.  bondservants.  *  Or.  bondservant. 


"  ch.  IS.  23 
>•  ch.  IS.  24  ; 

cuiiip.  Lk. 

I'j.  la 
'  ver.  2.) ; 

see  ch.  24. 

ib.  47 
''  See  ch.  13. 

\i 
'  See  ch.  8. 

\i 
t  See  ch.  IC. 

27  f. 
"  ch.  19.  28 


''  Conip. 

K;;ek.  34. 

17,  20 
I  Coiim. 

1  K.  2.  19  ; 

I's.  4.->.  y 

*  Comp. 
Eccl.  10.  2 

'  Lk.  12.  32 ; 
1  Cor.  H.  9  ; 
15.  .50;  (Jal. 

5.  21 ;  Jas. 
2. .') ;  comp. 
ch.  5.  3 ; 
19.  29 

"'  Lk.  11.  .50; 
Heb.  4.  3  ; 

9.  2(> ;  Rev. 
13.  8  ;  17. 8  : 
comp.  Jn. 
17.24; 
Epii.  1.  4: 
lFot.1.20; 
comp.  ch. 
13.  3.5 

"  Is.  53.  7  ; 

Ezek.18.7, 

1« ;  .Tas.  2. 

15.  16 
"Job  31.  32; 

Heb.  13.  2 
P  Ecclus.  7. 

35 
« .Tas.  1.  27 
'■2Titn.l. 

16  f. 

•  ver.  34 : 
Lk.  19.38; 
Rev.  17. 
14 ;  19.  16 

'  Comp.  ch. 

10.  42 ; 
Heb.  6.  10 ; 
Prov.  19. 
17 

«  ch.  7.  23 
"  Mk.  9.  48 ; 

Lk.  16.  24 ; 

Jude  7 
'  Rev.  12.  9  ; 

comp.  ch. 

4.  10 
V  Comp. 

Dan.  12.2; 

Jii.5.  S); 

Acts  24. 15 
'  ch.  19.  29  ; 

Jn.  3.  15  f. 

36 :  5.  24  ; 

6.  27.  40.  47. 
54;  17.  2  f.; 
Acts  13.  48, 
48;  llom.2. 
7  ;  5.  21  ;  «. 
2.! ;  Gal.  6. 
8;  lJn.5. 

11.  &c. 

"  See  ch.  7. 

28 
i>  ver.  2-5 : 

Mnrk\K. 

1.2;  l.uk,' 

22.  1.2 
'Jn.  11.55; 

13.  1 
djn.  11.47 


j>8 


"as  the  shepherd  separateth  the 
sheen  from  the  goats;  33  and  lie 
shall  set  the  sheep  'on  his  right 
han(l,  but  the  goats  'on  the  left. 
31:  Then  shall  the  King  .say  unto 
them  on  his  right  hand.  Come,  ye 
blessed  of  my  Father,  '  inherit 
the  kingdom  pnujared  for  you 
'"from  the  foundation  of  the 
world :  35  for  "  I  was  hungry, 
and  ye  gave  me  to  eat ;  1  was 
thirsty,  and  ye  gave  me  drink ; 
°  I  was  a  stranger,  and  ye  took  me 
in ;  36  "  naked,  and  ye  clothed 
me;  ^'I  was  sick,  and  ye  'visited 
me ;  •■  I  was  in  prison,  and  ye 
came  unto  me.  37  Then  shall 
the  righteous  answer  him,  saying, 
Lord,  when  saw  we  thee  hungry, 
and  fed  thee  %  or  athirst,  ana 
gave  thee  drink  \  38  And  when 
saw  w;e  thee  a  stranger,  and  took 
thee  in  %  or  naked,  and  clothed 
theel  39  And  when  saw  we  thee 
sick,  or  in  pri.son,  and  came  unto 
thee?  40  And  'the  King  shall 
answer  and  say  unto  them,  Verily 
I  .say  unto  you,  'Inasmuch  as  ye 
did  it  unto  one  of  these  my  bretli- 
ren,  even  these  least,  j'e  dicf  it  unto 
me.  41  Then  shall  he  say  also 
unto  them  on  tlie  left  hand,  ^ "  De- 
part from  me,  ye  cursed,  into  the 
■  eternal  fire  whicli  is  prepared  for 
'the  devil  and  his  angels:  42  for 
I  was  hungry,  and  ye  did  not  give 
me  to  eat ;  I  was  thirsty,  and  ye 
gave  me  no  drink ;  43  I  was  a 
stranger,  and  j-e  took  me  not  in  ; 
naked,  and  ye  clothed  me  not ; 
sick,  and  in  prison,  and  ye  visited 
me  not.  44  Then  shall  they  also 
answer,  sajang.  Lord,  when  saw 
we  thee  hungry,  or  athirst,  or  a 
stranger,  or  nalced,  or  sick,  or  in 
prison,  and  did  not  minister  unto 
thee?  45  Then  shall  he  answer 
tliem,  .saying.  Verily  I  say  unto 
you,  Inasmuch  as  ye  did  it  not 
unto  one  of  these  least,  ye  did  it 
not  unto  me.  46  And  the.se  shall 
go  away  into  *  eternal  punishment : 
liut  the  righteous  into '  eternal  life. 
O  f^  "  And  it  came  to  pass. 
j^  \J  when  .Jesus  had  finishefl 
all  these  words,  he  said  unto  his 
disciples,  2  'Ye  know  that  after 
two  days  'the  ])a.s.soyer  cometh. 
and  the  Son  of  man  is  ''delivered 
ui)  to  be  crucified.  3  ''Then  were 
gathered  together  the  chief  priests 
and  the  elders  of  the  people,  unto 

3  Or.  Depart  from  mt  under  a  curse 
<  See  ch.  10.  4. 


26.4 


MATTHEW 


26.36 


The  Plot  to  kill  Jesus.    The  Precious  Ointment.    The  Bargain  of  Jodas.    The  Supper.    Peter's  Denial  foretold 


"■  the  court  of  the  high  priest,  who 
was  called  *  Caiaphas ;  4  and  they 
"  took  counsel  together  that  they 
might  take  Jesus  by  subtlety,  and 
kill  him.  5^  But  they  said,  Not 
during  the  feast,  ''lest  a  tumult 
arise  among  the  people. 

6  ^  Now  when  Jesus  was  in 
•''Bethany,  in  the  house  of  Simon 
the  leper,  7  there  came  unto  him 
a  woman  having  ^  an  alabaster 
cruse  of  exceeding  precious  oint- 
ment, and  she  poured  it  upon  his 
head,  as  ^he  sat  at  meat._  8  But 
when  the  disciples  saw  it,  they 
had  indignation,  saying.  To  what 
purpose  is  this  waste"?  9  For  this 
ointment  might  have  been  sold 
for  much,  and  given  to  the  poor. 
10  But  Jesus  perceiving  it  said 
unto  them.  Why  trouble  ye  the 
woman  ^  for  she  hath  wrought  a 
good  work  upon  me.  1 1  For  ^  ye 
nave  the  poor  always  with  you ; 
but  me  ye  have  not  always.  12 
For  in  that  she  ^  poured  this  oint- 
ment upon  my  body,  she  did  it 
''to  prepare  me  for  burial.  13 
Verily  I  say  unto  you,  'Whereso- 
ever ■*  this  gospel  shall  be  preached 
in  the  whole  world,  that  also  which 
this  woman  hath  done  shall  be 
spoken  of  for  a  memorial  of  her. 

14  *Then  one  of  the  twelve,  who 
was  called  'Judas  Iscariot,  went 
unto  the  chief  priests,  15  and  said, 
What  are  ye  willing  to  give  me. 
and  I  will  ^  deliver  him  unto  you  1 
And  "'they  weighed  unto  him  thirty 
pieces  of  silver.  1 6  And  from  that 
time  he  sought  opportunity  to  ®  de- 
liver him  unto  them. 

17  "Now  on  the  first  day  of  "un- 
leavened bread  the  disciples  came 
to  Jesus,  saying.  Where  wilt  thou 
that  we  make  ready  for  thee  to  eat 
the  passover?  18  And  he  said, 
Go  into  the  city  to  ^such  a  man, 
and  say  unto  him.  The  Teacher 
saith,  »  My  time  is  at  hand  ;  I  keep 
the  passover  at  thy  house  with  my 
disciples.  1 9  And  the  disciples  did 
as  Jesus  appointed  them  ;  and  they 
made  ready  the  passover. 

20  '■  Now  when  even  was  come, 
he  was  **  sitting  at  meat  with  the 
twelve  '^ disciples;  21  and  as  they 
were  eating,  he  said,  '  Verily  I 
say  unto  you,  that  one  of  you 
shall  ^  betray  me.      22  And  they 

1  Or,  a  flask    -  Or,  reclined  at  table    3  Gr.  cast. 
*  Or,  these  good  lidinqs  s  See  ch.  10.  4. 

^  Or,  reclining  at  table 

'  Many  authorities,  some  ancient,  omit  dis- 
ciples. 8  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  10.  4. 


"  ver.  58,  69  ; 

Mk.  14.  54, 

66  ;  15.  16  ; 

Lk.  11.  21 ; 

22.  55  ;  Jn. 

18.  15  ; 

comp.  ch. 

27.  27 
b  ver.  57 ; 

Lk.  3.  2 : 

Jn.  11.  49 ; 

18.  13,  14, 

24,  2S  ; 

Acts  4.  6 
<'  See  ch.  12. 

14 
d  ch.  27.  24 
'■  ver.  6-13 : 

Mark  14. 

3-H  ;  comp. 

Jn.  12. 

1-8 ;  Lk.  7. 

37-39 
/See  ch.  21. 

17 
!'  Mk.  14.  7  ; 

Jn.  12.  8 ; 

Dt.  15.  11 
'<  See  Jn.  19. 

40 
'  Mk.  14.  9 
k  ver.  14-16 : 

Mark  14. 

10, 11 ; 

luke  22. 

3-6 
'  ch.  10.  4  ; 

ver.  25,  47 ; 

ch.  27.  3  ; 

Jn.  6.  71 ; 

12.  4  ;  13. 
26 ;  Acts  1. 
16 

'"  Comp. 

Zech.  11. 

12 ;  Ex. 

21.  32 
"  ver.  17-19  : 

Mark  14. 

12-16 ; 

Luke  22. 

7-13 
°  Ex.  12. 

18-20 
P  Mk.  14. 13  ; 

Lk.  22.  10 
9  Comp.  Jn. 

7.  6,  8 
""  ver.  20-24 : 

Mark  14. 

17-21 
«  Lk.  22. 

21-23  ;  Jn. 

13.  21  f . 


<  Jn.  13.26; 

comi).  18 
"  ver.  31,  54, 

56  ;  Mk.  9. 

12 ;  Lk.  24. 

25-27,  46  ; 

Acts  17. 

2f.;  26. 

22f.;lCor. 

15.  3;  1  Pet. 

1.  10  f. 
"  Mk.  14.  21 ; 

comp.  ch. 

18.7 
•■"  See  ver.  14 
y  See  ch.  2;i. 

7  ;  ver.  49 
"  ver.  64  ;  27. 

11 ;  Lk.  22. 

70 
"  ver.  26-29 : 

Mark  14. 

22-25;  Luke 

22.  17-20  ; 

1  Cor.  11. 

23-25 ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  10.16 
b  See  ch.  14. 

19 

30 


were  exceeding  sorrowful,  and  be- 
gan to  say  unto  him  every  one. 
Is  it  I,  Lord  1  23  And  he  answered 
and  .said, '  He  that  dipped  his  hand 
with  me  in  the  dish,  the  same  shall 
^betray  me.  24  The  Son  of  man 
goeth,  "even  as  it  is  written  of 
him :  but  woe  unto  that  man 
through  whom  the  Son  of  man  is 
*  betrayed  !  ''  good  were  it  ^  for 
that  man  if  he  had  not  been  born. 
25  And  ^  Judas,  who  '^  betrayed 
him,  answered  and  said,  Is  it  I, 
"  Rabbi  'I  He  saith  unto  him,  ^  Thou 
hast  said. 

26  "  And  as  they  were  eating, 
Jesus  took  ^^  bread,  and  *  blessed, 
and  brake  it ;  and  he  gave  to  the 
disciples,  and  said,  Take,  eat ;  this 
is  my  body.  27  And  he  took  "a 
cup,  and  gave  thanks,  and  gave 
to  them,  saying.  Drink  ye  all  of 
it;  28  for  ''this  is  my  blood  of 
the  ^^  covenant,  which  is  poured 
out  for  "^  many  unto  remission  of 
sins.  29  But  I  say  unto  you, 
1  shall  not  drink  henceforth  of 
this  fruit  of  the  vine,  until  that 
day  when  I  drink  it  new  with 
you  in  my  Father's  kingdom. 

30  "And  when  they  had  sung 
a  hymn,  they  went  out  into  •'^the 
mount  of  Olives. 

31  Then  saith  Jesus  unto  them. 
All  ye  shall  be  /  offended  in  me 
this  night :  for  it  is  written,  ^^I  will 
smite  the  shepherd,  and  the  sheep 
of  the  flock  shall  be  ''scattered 
abroad.  32  But  after  I  am  raised 
up,  'I  will  go  before  you  into 
Galilee.  33  But  Peter  answered 
and  said  unto  him.  If  all  shall  be 
^■'offended  in  thee,  I  will  never  be 
^^  offended.  34  Jesus  said  unto 
him,  'Verily  I  say  unto  thee, 
that  '  this  night,  before  the  cock 
crow,  thou  shalt  deny  me  thrice. 
35  Peter  saith  unto  him,  '"Even  if 
I  must  die  with  thee,  yet  will  I 
not  deny  thee.  Likewise  also  said 
all  the  disciples. 

36  "Then  cometh  Jesus  with 
them  unto  ^^  a  place  called  "  Geth- 
semane,   and  saith  unto  his  disci- 

"  Comp.  Heb.  9.  20  d  See  ch.  20.  28  «  ver.  30-35 : 
Mark  14.  26-31;  Lnke  22.  31-34  /See  ch.  21.  1 
■'  See  cli.  11.  6  >>■  Comp.  Jn.  16.  32  *  ch.  28.  7,  10, 
16  ;  Mk.  16.  7  k  Jn.  13.  38  ;  ver.  75  '  Comp.  Mk. 
14.  30  "'  Jn.  13.  37  "  ver.  36-46  :  Mark  14.  32-42  ; 
Lnke  22.  40-46  »  Mk.  14.  32 ;  comp.  Lk.  22.  39  ;  Jn. 
18.  1 

9  Gr.  for  him  if  thai  man.  i"  Or,  a  loaf 

11  Some  ancient  authorities  read  the  cup. 

12  Many  ancient  authorities  insert  neii). 

13  Zech.  xiii.  7.  n  Gr.  caused  to  stumble. 
16  Gr.  an  enclosed  piece  of  ground. 


26.37 


MATTirEW 


26.68 


6ethfi«inan«.    Tlif  Betraval  aud  Seiiare.    Tbc  Trial  Itefore  tlie  Kanhedria 


pies,  Sit  ye  here,  while  I  go  yonder 
and  pruy.  37  And  he  took  with 
him  "  Peter  and  the  two  sons  of 
Zebedee,  and  began  to  be  sorrow- 
ful and  sore  troubled.  38  Then 
saith  he  unto  theui,  ''^ly  soul  is 
exceeding  sorrowful,  even  unt^) 
death  :  abide  ye  here,  and  ''  wat  ch 
with  me.  39  And  he  went  for- 
ward a  little,  and  fell  on  his  face, 
and  prayed,  saying,  My  Father,  if 
it  be  jiossible,  let  "^  this  cup  pass 
away  from  me  :  ''  nevertheless,  not 
as  I  will,  but  as  thou  wilt.  40  And 
he  Cometh  unto  the  disciples,  and 
findeth  them  sleeping,  and  saith 
unto  Pet^jr,  What,  could  ye  not 
■'watch  with  me  one  hour  "J  41 
^^\V^it<^h  and  pray,  that  ye  enter 
not  into  tem])tation  :  "the  spirit 
indeed  is  willing,  but  the  llesh  is 
weak.  42  Again  a  second  time  he 
went  away,  and  prayed,  saying, 
My  Father,  if  this  ''cannot  jjass 
away,  except  L  drink  it,  *  thy  will 
be  done.  43  And  he  came  again 
and  found  them  sleeping,  for  their 
eyes  were  heavy.  44  And  he  left 
them  again,  and  went  away,  and 
prayed  a  third  time,  saying  again 
the  same  words.  45  Then  cometh 
he  to  the  disciples,  and  saith  unto 
them,  ■^  Sleep  on  now,  and  take 
vour  rest :  behold,  ^  the  hour  is  at 
nand,  and  the  Son  of  man  is  ^be- 
trayed into  the  hands  of  sinners. 
46  Arise,  let  us  be  going :  behold, 
he  is  at  hand  that  ^betrayeth  me. 

47  'And  while  he  yet  spake,  lo, 
*  Judas,  one  of  the  twelve,  came, 
and  with  him  a  great  multitude 
with  swords  and  staves,  from  the 
chief  priests  and  elders  of  the  peo- 

Kle.  48  Now  he  that  ^betrayed 
im  gave  them  a  sign,  saying, 
"Whomsoever  I  shall  kiss,  that  is 
he :  take  him.  49  And  straight- 
way he  came  to  Jesus,  and  said. 
Hail,   'Rabbi;    and    *  kissed    him. 

50  And  Jesus  said  unto  him, 
•"  Friend,  do  that  for  which  thou 
art  come.  Then  they  came  and 
laid  hands  on  Jesus,  and  took  him. 

51  And  l^hold,  "one  of  them  that 
were  with  Jesus  stretched  out  his 
hand,  and  drew  his  "sword,  and 
smote  the  '"servant  of  the  high 
priest,    and    struck    off    his    ear. 

52  Then  saith  Jesus  unto  him. 
Put  up  again  thy  sword  into  its 
place  :  for  "  all  they  that  take  the 

I  Or,  Watch  ye,  rmd  prav  (fiat  ye  enter  not 
■  Or,  It'j  j/f  sleep  on,  then,  and  lake  your  rust  / 
«  See  mar^nal  note  on  ch.  10.  4. 
*  Gr.  kissed  him  much.  '•  Gr.  tjondsen.ant. 

31 


"ch.  17.  1  ; 

Mk.  5.  37  ; 

cuuip.  ch. 

4.  21 
'•.111.  12.  27 
'■  ver.  4(1,  41 
<l  See  ch.  2u. 

'  \er.  42 ; 

Mk.  14.  8C. ; 

Lk.  22.42; 

Jii.  (i.  ;i8 
/vir.  :« 
vMk.  14.33 
AMk.  11.  41  ; 

.hi.  12.  27  i 

13.  1 

I  ver.  47-56: 

J/./r/.^14. 

43- JO ; 

Luke  22. 

47-J3 ; 

John  18. 

3-11 
*  See  ver.  14 
'  See  ch.  23. 

7  ;  ver.  25 
""  ch.  20.  13  ; 

22.12 
"  Comp.  .7n. 

16. 10;Mk. 

14.  47  i  Lk. 
22.  50 

»  Lk.  2'2.  38 
P  Comp. 

Gen.  9.  6 ; 

Rev.  13. 10 


1  Comp. 

Mk.  .'5.  9, 

1.^ ;  Lk.  8. 

30 
""  Comp.  ch. 

4.  11 

•  Sec  ver.  24 
<  Comp. 

Mk.  12.  3i; 
14.  4i»;  Lk. 
4.  20 .  W. 
47  ;  20.  1  ; 

21.  37  ;  Ju. 

7.  14,  28 ; 

8.  2,20; 
18.20 

«  ver.  57-68 : 

Marl:  14. 

53-65; 

John  18. 

12  f .  19-24 
"  See  ver.  3 
•^  Comp.  Jn. 

18. 15 
y  See  ver.  3 
-  ch.  5.  25  ; 

Jn.  7.  32, 

45f .  ;  18.  3  ; 

Ac.  ;  19.  6  ; 

Acts  5.  22, 

2fi 
"  See  ch.  5. 

6  i>t.  19. 15 
"  ch.  ■27.  4tl ; 

Mk.  14. 

53  ;  15.  29  ; 

Jn.  2.  19  ; 

comp. 

Acts  6.  14 
<«  ch.  27.  12, 

14  ;  Jn. 

19.  9 

*■  ver.  63-66 : 
romp.  Lk. 

22.  t.f-71 
/Lev.  5.1 
"See  ch.l6. 

16 
''  See  ch.  4.  3 
'  See  ver.  3ft 

*  See  oh.  16. 
27  f. 

'  Mk.  14.  63  ; 
Num.  14. 
fi ;  Acts  14. 
14 

31 


.sword  shall  perish  with  the  sword. 
r>3  Or  tiiinkcst  thou  that  I  cannot 
beseech  my  Father,  and  he  shall 
even  n(»w  si-nd  me  more  than 
twelve  ^  legions  of  ''angels'?  54  How 
then  should  "the  scriptures  be  ful- 
lilicd,  that  thus  it  must  V)e'f  55  In 
that  hour  said  Jesus  to  the  multi- 
tudes. Are  ye  come  out  as  against 
a  robber  with  swords  and  staves 
to  seize  me'i  I  'sat  daily  in  the 
temple  teaching,  and  ye  took  me 
not.  56  But  all  this  is  come  to 
pa.ss,  that  'the  scriptures  of  the 
prophets  might  l)e  fullilled.  Then 
all  the  disciples  left  him,  and  lied. 
57  "And  they  that  had  taken 
Jesus  led  him  away  to  the  /i<j7ise  of 
"  Caiaphas  the  high  priest,  where 
the  scribes  and  the  elders  were 
gathered  together.  58  But  -^  Peter 
followed  him  afar  olf,  unto  the 
"court  of  the  high  pi-iest,  and 
entered  in,  and  sat  with  the  ''offi- 
c;ers,  to  see  the  end.  59  Now  the 
chief  priests  and  the  whole  "coun- 
cil sought  false  witness  against 
Jesus,  tnat  they  might  put  him  to 
death ;  60  and  they  found  it  not, 
though  many  false  witnesses  came. 
But  afterward  came  ''two,  61  and 
said.  This  man  said,  'I  am  able  to 
destroy  the  "temple  of  God,  and 
to  build  it  in  three  days.  62  And 
the  high  priest  stood  up,  and  said 
unto  him,  Answerest  thou  nothing^ 
what  is  it  which  these  witness 
against  thee  'i  63  But  ''Jesus  held 
his  peace.  "And  the  high  priest 
said  unto  him,  1  •'^ adjure  thee  by 
"the  living  God,  that  thou  tell  us 
whether  thou  art  the  Christ,  "the 
Son  of  God.  64  Jesus  saith  unto 
him,  '  Thou  hast  said  :  neverthel&ss 
I  say  unto  you.  Henceforth  ye 
shall  see  the  Son  of  man  sitting 
at  the  right  hand  of  Power,  ana 
''coming  on  the  clouds  of  heaven. 
05  Then  the  high  priest  '  rent  his 
garments,  saying.  He  hath  spoken 
blasphemy  :  what  further  need 
have  we  of  witnesses'?  behold,  now 
ye  have  he^rd  the  blasphemy: 
66  what  think  ye?  They  an- 
swered and  .s,aid.  '"We  is  "worthy 
of<leath.  67  "Tiion  f lid  tliey" spit 
in  his  face  and  bufl'et  him  :  and 
.some  smote  him  "wTth  the  palms 
of  their  hands,  (iS  saying,  "Proph- 

"  Lev.  24.  16  ;  Jn.  19.  7  "  ver.  67.  68 :  comp.  Lk. 
22.  63-65  ;  Jn.  18.  22  *  ch.  27. 30 ;  Mk.  10.  34  >  Mk. 
14.  65;  Lit.  22.64 


*  Or,  unmetHnry :  a*  in  ch.  38.  S-^ ;  27.  9. 

^  Gr.  liable  to.  8  Or,  wUh  rods 


26.69 


MATTHEW 


27.26 


Peter's  Tliree  Denials.    Jesns  delivered  op  to  Pilate.    The  End  of  Jndas.    Jesas  before  Pilate 


esy  unto  us,  thou  Christ :  who  is 
he  that  struck  theel 

69  "Now  Peter  was  sitting  with- 
out in  the  *  court :  and  a  maid 
came  unto  him,  saying,  Thou  also 
wast  with  Jesus  the  Gahlsean. 
70  But  he  denied  before  them  all, 
saying,  I  know  not  what  thou 
sayest.  7 1  And  when  he  was  gone 
out  into  the  porch,  another  maid 
saw  him,  and  saith  unto  them  that 
were  there.  This  man  also  was  with 
Jesus  of  Nazareth.  72  And  again 
he  denied  with  an  oath,  I  know 
not  the  man.  73  And  after  a  little 
while  they  that  stood  by  came  and 
said  to  Peter,  Of  a  truth  thou  also 
art  one  of  them ;  "  for  thy  speech 
maketh  thee  known.  74  Then 
began  he  to  curse  and  to  swear,  I 
know  not  the  man.  And  straight- 
way the  cock  crew.  75  And  Peter 
remembered  the  word  which  Jesus 
had  said,  ''Befoi'e  the  cock  crow, 
thou  shalt  deny  me  thrice.  And 
he  went  out,  and  wept  bitterly. 
O  ^  "  Now  when  morning  was 
^  I  come,  all  the  chief  priests 
and  the  elders  of  the  people  took 
counsel  against  Jesus  to  put  him 
to  death  :  2  and  they  bound  him, 
and  led  him  away,  and  -^delivered 
him  up  to  ^  Pilate  the  governor. 

3  Then  ''Judas,  who  ^betrayed 
him,  when  he  saw  that  he  was  con- 
demned, repented  himself,  and 
brought  back  'the  thirty  pieces 
of  silver  to  the  chief  priests  and 
elders,  4  saying,  I  have  sinned  in 
that  I  ^  betrayed  '^  innocent  blood. 
But  they  said.  What  is  that  to  us  ? 
*see  thou  to  it.  5  And  he  cast 
down  the  pieces  of  silver  into  '  the 
sanctuary,  and  departed  ;  and  '"  he 
went  away  and  hanged    himself. 

6  And  the  chief  priests  took  the 

{)ieces  of  silver,  and  said.  It  is  not 
awful  to  put  tnem  into  the  ^treas- 
ury, since  it  is  the  price  of  blood. 

7  And  they  took  counsel,  and 
bought  with  them  the  potter's 
field,  to  bury  strangers  in.  8 
"Wherefore  that  field  was  called, 
The  field  of  blood,  unto  this  day. 
9  Then  was  fulfilled  that  which 
was  spoken  through  Jeremiah  the 
prophet,  saying,  '^And  ®they  took 
the  thirty  pieces  of  silver,  the  price 
of  him   that  was   priced,  ^whom 

1  See  marginal  note  on  cb.  10.  4. 

2  Many  ancient  authorities  read  righteous. 

3  Gr.  corbanas,  that  is,  snored  treasury. 
Comp.  Mk.7.  U.     *  Zech.  xi.  12,  13.     ^  Or,  I  took 

*  Or,  whom  they  priced  on  the  part  of  the  sons 
0/  Urael 


°-  ver.  69-75 : 

Mark  14. 

66-72; 

Luke  22. 

55-62; 

John  18. 

16-18,  25-27 
b  See  ver.  3 
<=  Mk.  14.  70  ; 

Lk.  22.  .59  ; 

comp.  Jn. 

18.  26 
rf  ver.  34 
''Mk.15.  1; 

Lk.  22.  66 ; 

Jn.  18.  23 
/  See  ch.  20. 

19 
a  Lk.  3. 1 ; 

13.  1 ;  23. 

12 ;  Acts  3. 

13;  4.  27; 

1  Tim.  6. 

13,  &c. 
h  See  cb.  26. 

14 
^  ch.  26.  15 
*-"  ver.  24 
'  Lk.  1.  9, 

21,  &.c.  ; 

comp.  ch. 

26.61 

marg. 
^  Comp. 

Acts  1.  18 
"  Comp. 

Acts  1.  19 


"  ver.  11-14 : 

Mark  15. 

2-5 ;  Luke 

23.  2,  3  ; 

John  18. 

29-38 
P  See  ch.  2.  2 
9  See  ch.  26. 

25 
■"  ch.  26.  63 ; 

Jn.  19.  9 
'  See  ver. 

12 ;  Mk. 

15.  5 ;  Jn. 

19.9; 

comp.  Lk. 

23.  9 
(  ver.  15-26 : 

Mark  15. 

6-15;  Luke 

23.  [17J-25; 

comp.  Jn. 

18.  39-19. 

16 
"  See  ch.  1. 

16 ;  ver.  22 
"  Jn.  19.  13  ; 

Acts  12.  21 

marg.  ;  18. 

12,  16  f .  ; 

25.  6, 10, 17 
^  ver.  24 
y  Comp.  ch. 

1.  20 ;  2. 

12  f .  19,  22 ; 

Gen.  20.6; 

31.  11 ; 

Num.  12. 

6 ;  Job  33. 

15 
'  Acts  3. 14 
°ch.  26.5 
f-  Dt.  21. 

6-^ 
"  ver.  19 
<*  ver.  4 
'  Comp. 

Josh.  2.19; 

Acts  5.  28 

/Mk.  15. 15; 
Jn.  19.  1 ; 
comp.  Lk. 
23.16 


32 


certain  of  the  children  of  Israel  did 
price ;  10  and  ''  they  gave  them 
tor  the  potter's  field,  as  the  Lord 
appointed  me. 

11  "Now  Jesus  stood  before  the 
governor  :  and  the  governor  asked 
him,  saying,  Art  thou  the  ^King  of 
the  Jews  1  And  Jesus  said  unto 
hira,  *Thou  sayest.  12  And  when 
he  was  accused  by  the  chief  priests 
and  elders,  *■  he  answered  nothing. 
13  Then  saith  Pilate  unto  him, 
Hearest  thou  not  how  many  things 
they  witness  against  thee '?  14  And 
"  he  gave  him  no  answer,  not  even 
to  one  word :  insomuch  that  the 
governor  marvelled  greatly.  15 
'■  Now  at  *  the  feast  the  governor 
was  wont  to  release  unto  the  mul- 
titude one  prisoner,  whom  they 
would.  16  And  they  had  then  a 
notable  prisoner,  called  Barabbas. 
17  When  therefore  they  were 
gathered  together,  Pilate  said  unto 
them.  Whom  will  ye  that  I  release 
unto  you^  Barabbas,  or  Jesus  "who 
is  called  Christ  1  18  For  he  knew 
that  for  envy  they  had  delivered 
him  up.  19  And  "while  he  was 
sitting  on  the  judgment-seat,  his 
wife  sent  unto  him,  saying.  Have 
thou  nothing  to  do  with  that 
^  righteous  man  ;  for  I  have  suffered 
many  things  this  day  '^  in  a  dream 
because  of  him.  20  Now  the  chief 
priests  and  the  elders  persuaded 
the  multitudes  that  they  should 
^ask  for  Barabbas,  and  destroy 
Jesus.  21  But  the  governor  an- 
swered and  said  unto  them,  Which 
of  the  two  will  ye  that  I  releasQ 
unto  you  %  And  they  said,  Barab- 
bas. 22  Pilate  saith  unto  them, 
What  then  shall  I  do  unto  Jesus 
"who  is  called  Christ "?  They  all 
say.  Let  him  be  crucified.  23  And 
he  said.  Why,  what  evil  hath  he 
done  1  But  they  cried  out  exceed- 
ingly, saying.  Let  him  be  crucified. 
24  So  when  Pilate  saw  that  he  pre- 
vailed nothing,  but  rather  that  "  a 
tumult  was  arising,  he  took  water, 
and  *  washed  his  hands  before  the 
multitude,  saying,  I  am  innocent 
^of  the  blood  of  this  "^  righteous 
man  ;  ''see  ye  to  it.    25  And  all  the 

Eeople  answered  and  said,  *His 
lood  be  on  us,  and  on  our  children. 
26  Then  released  he  unto  them 
Barabbas;  but  Jesus  he/ scourged 
and  delivered  to  be  crucified. 

^  Some  ancient  authorities  read  /  gave. 

8  Or,  a  feast 

9  Some  ancient  authoritiea  read  of  this  bloodi 
see  ye  &c. 


27.27 


MATTHEW 


27.61 


The  Mockery    The  Craclfiuon.    The  Death  of  Josos.    Jesns  laid  io  the  Tomb 


27  "Then  tlie  soldiers  of  the 
governor  took  Jesus  into  'the 
Praitoriuni,  and  },Mthered  unto 
him  the  whoh^  '-""b.ind.  28  And 
they  ''striiJiJetJ  liim,  and  ''put  on 
him  a  scarlet  robe.  2"J  ''And  they 
platted  a  erowu  of  tliorns  and  put 
it  ujion  his  lieiid,  and  a  reed  in 
his  right  liand  ;  and  they  kneeled 
down  uefore  him,  and  mocked  him, 
saying,  "Hail,  King  of  the  Jews! 
30  And  -'tliey  spat  ujwn  him,  and 
took  the  reed  and  smote  him  on 
the  head.  31  'And  when  they  had 
mocked  him,  tliey  took  off  from 
him  the  robe,  and  put  on  him  his 
garments^  and  led  him  away  to 
crucify  hnn. 

32  ''And  as  they  came  out,  they 
found  a  man  of  '  Cyrene,  Simon  by 
name  :  him  they  *  compelled  to  go 
toith  them,  that  he  might  bear  his 
cross. 

33  *And  when  they  were  come 
unto  a  place  called  'Golgotha, 
that  is  to  say.  The  place  of  a  skull, 

34  they  gave  him  '"  wine  to  drink 
mingled  with  gall :  and  when  he 
had  tasted  it,  he  would  not  drink. 

35  And  when  they  had  crucified 
him,  they  parted  his  garments 
among  them,  casting  lots  ;  36  and 
tliey  sat  and  "  watclied  him  there. 

37  And  they  set  up  over  his  head 
his  accusation  written,  "This  is 
Jesus   the    King   of   the   Jews. 

38  Then  are  there  crucified  with 
him  two  robbers,  one  on  the  right 
hand  and  one  on  the  left.  39  And 
they  that  passed  by  railed  on  him, 
^wagging  their  heads,  40  and  say- 
ing, ^Thou  that  destroyest  the 
*  temple,  and  buildest  it  in  three 
days,  save  thyself  :  *■  if  thou  art  the 
Son  of  God,  come  down  from  the 
cross.  41  In  like  manner  also 
the  chief  priests  mocking/////*,  with 
the  scribes  and  elders,  said,  42  'He 
saved  others ;  "  himself  he  cannot 
save.  '  He  is  the  King  of  Israel ; 
''let  him  now  come  down  from  the 
cross,  and  we  will  believe  on  him. 
43  "  He  trusteth  on  God ;  let  him 
deliver  him  now,  if  he  desireth 
him :  for  he  said,  I  am  the  Son  of 
God.  44  "And  the  robbers  also 
that  were  crucified  with  him  cast 
upon  him  the  same  reproach. 

45  ■'Now  from  the  sixth  hour 
there  was  darkness  over  all  the 
''land  until  the  ninth  hour.    46  And 

I  Or,  palace    See  Mk.  IS.  16.  -  Or,  cohort 

»  Some  ancient  authorities  read  clothrd. 
■•  Gr.  impressed.  '  Or,  sanctuary 

«  Or,  can  he  not  save  hirmelf  t  '  Or,  eartU 


"  ver.  27-31 : 

Mark  15. 

lB-20 
tju.  18.28, 

33;  19.  9; 

comp.  oh. 

26.  3 
"  See  Acta 

in.  1 
<'Mk.  15.17; 

.Ju.  19.  2 
"■  Mk.  15. 18  ; 

.Ju.  19.  1 
/c.h.  2«.  67; 

Mk.  10.  34 ; 

14.  6.5 ;  15. 

19 
'■'  Mk.  15.  20 
''ver.  32: 

itarh  15. 

21;  Luke 

23.  26 ; 

comp.  Jn. 

19.  17 
•  Acts  2.  10 ; 

6.9;  11. 

20  ;  13.  1 
*■■  ver.  33-44 : 

Murk  15. 

22-32 ; 

Luke  23. 

33-43; 

John  19. 

17-24 
'  Jn.  19.  17  ; 

comp.  Lk. 

23.  33  and 

marg. 
'"  Comp. 

Mk.  15.  23 
"  ver.  54 
"  Comp. 

Mk.  15.  26 ; 

Lk.  23.  38 ; 

Jn.  19.  19 
P  Mk.  15.  29 ; 

Job  16.  4  ; 

Ps.  22.  7  ; 

109.  25 ; 

Lam.  2. 15 
9  eh.  26.  61 
""  ver.  42 
'  Mk.  15.  31 ; 

Lk.  23.  85 
<  Jn.  1.  49  ; 

12.  13 ; 

comp.  ver. 

37  ;  Lk.  23. 

37 
"  Wisd.  2. 

16  ff.; 

Ps.  22.  8 
"  Comp.  Lk. 

23.  39-43 
^  ver.  45-56 : 

Mark  15. 

33-41  ; 

Luke  23. 

44-49 


y  Mk.  15.  36 ; 

Lk.  23.  36 ; 

Jn.  19.  29 
•Mk.l5.  37; 

Lk.  23.  46 ; 

comp.  Jn. 

19.  30 
"ver.  51-56: 

Markla. 

38-41; 

comp.  Lk. 

23.  4i-49 
6Mk.  15.  3S; 

Lk.  23.  45 ; 

comp.  Ex. 

26.  31  flf.  : 

Heb.  9.  3 
'  ver.  54 
<*  See  Acts  7. 

60 
'  See  ch.  4.  5 
/  Mk.  15.  39  ; 

Lk.  23.  47 
"  ver.  36 
A  S«e  ch.  4. 

33 


about  the  ninth  hour  Jesus  cried 
with  a  loud  voice,  .saying,  "Eli,  Eli, 
lamasabachthani?  that:.:,  My  God, 
my  God,  "  why  hast  thou  forsaken 
me?  47  And  some  of  them  that 
stood  there,  when  they  heard  it, 
said.  This  man  calleth  Elijah. 
48  And  *  straightway  one  of  them 
ran,  and  took  a  sponge,  and  filled 
it  with  vinegar,  and  put  it  on  a 
reed,  and  gave  him  to  drink.  49 
And  the  rest  said,  Let  be ;  let  us 
see  whether  Elijah  cometh  to  save 
him."*  50  And  Jesus  'cried  again 
with  a  loud  voice,  and  yielded  up 
his  si)irit.  51  "And  behold,  'the 
veil  of  the  ''temple  was  rent  in  two 
from  the  top  to  the  bottom ;  and 
"  tlie  earth  did  quake ;  and  the 
rocks  were  rent;  52  and  the  tombs 
were  opened  ;  and  many  bodies  of 
the  saints  that  had  ''  fallen  asleep 
were  raised  ;  53  and  coming  forth 
out  of  the  tombs  after  his  resur- 
rection they  entered  into  *  the 
holy  city  and  appeared  unto  many. 

54  -'^Now  the  centurion,  and  they 
that  were  with  him  'watching 
Jesus,  when  they  .saw  ''the  earth- 
quake, and  the  things  that  were 
done,  feared  exceedingly,  saying. 
Truly  this  was  "the  '^Son  of  God. 

55  'And  many  women  were  there 
beholding  from  afar,  who  had  fol- 
lowed Jesus  from  Galilee,  *  minis- 
tering unto  him  :  56  among  whom 
was  '  Mary  Magdalene,  and  Mary 
the  mother  of  '-James  and  Joses, 
and  "'the  mother  of  the  sons  oi 
Zebedee. 

57  "And  when  even  was  come, 
there  came  a  rich  man  from  Arima- 
thtea,  named  Joseph,  who  also  him- 
self was  Jesus'  disciple:  58  this 
man  went  to  Pilate,  and  asked  for 
the  body  of  Jesus.  Then  Pilate 
commanded    it    to    be    given    up. 

59  And  Joseph  took  tlie  oody,  and 
wrapped  it  in  a  clean  linen  cloth, 

60  and  laid  it  in  his  own  new  tomb, 
which  he  had  hewn  out  in  the  rock  : 
and  he  rolled  "a  great  stone  to  the 
door  of  the  tomb,  and  departed. 

61  And    'Mary    Magdalene    was 

3  ;  comp.  ver.  43  •  Mk.  15.  40  f.;  comp.  Lk.  23.  49 ; 
Jn.  19.  &  *  Lk.  8.  2,  3  ;  comp.  Mk.  15.  41  '  cli.  -28. 
1  ;  Mk.  15.  40,  47  :  16.  9  ;  Lk.  8.  2 ;  Jn.  19.  2.5 ;  20. 
1,18  "'cb.20.  20  "  ver.  57-61 :  J/a?A- 15.  42-47  ; 
Luke  23.  50-56 ;  John  19.  38-42  "  Mk.  16.  4  ;  ver. 
66 ;  cb.  28.  2 


8  Ps.  xxii.  1. 

9  Or,  u-hy  didst  thou  forsake  me  t 

10  Many  ancient  authorities  add  And  another 
took  a  spear  and  pierced  his  side,  and  there  came 
out  trater  and  blood.    See  Jn.  19.  34. 

u  Or.  a  ton  of  Qod  w  Or,  Jacob 


27.62 


MATTHEW 


28.20 


The  Empty  SepaUhre.    The  Sanhedrin's  Falsehood.    The  Final  Interdew  and  Commission 


there,  and  the  other  Mary,  sitting 
over  against  the  sepulchre. 

62  Now  on  the  morrow,  which 
is  the  day  after  "  the  Preparation, 
the  chief  priests  and  the  Pharisees 
were  gathered  together  unto  Pilate, 

63  saying.  Sir,  we  remember  that 
that  deceiver  said  while  he  was  yet 
alive,  *  After  three  days  I  rise  again. 

64  Command  therefore  that  the 
sepulchre  be  made  sure  until  the 
third  day,  lest  haply  his  disciples 
come  and  steal  him  away,  and  say 
unto  the  people.  He  is  risen  from 
the  dead  :  and  the^  last  error  will 
be  worse  than  the  first.  65  Pilate 
said  unto  them,  ^  Ye  have  a  °  guard  : 
go,  '^make  it  as  sure  as  ye  can. 
66  So  they  went,  and  made  the 
sepulchre  sure,  ''sealing  "the  stone, 
*  the  guard  being  with  them. 

O  O  ■'^Now  late  on  the  sabbath 
w  O  day,  as  it  began  to  dawn 
toward  the  first  day  of  the  week, 
came  ^  Mary  Magdalene  and  the 
other  Mary  to  see  the  sepulchi'e. 
2  And  behold,  there  was  a  great 
earthquake ;  for  ''  an  angel  of  the 
Lord  descended  from  heaven,  and 
came  and  rolled  away  "the  stone, 
and  sat  upon  it.  3  'His  appear- 
ance was  as  lightning,  and  his  rai- 
ment white  as  snow  :  4  and  for 
fear  of  him  the  watchers  did  quake, 
and  became  as  dead  men.  5  And 
the  angel  answered  and  said  unto 
the  women,  ''  Fear  not  ye ;  for  I 
know  that  ye  seek  .Jesus,  who  hath 
been  crucified.  6  He  is  not  here ; 
for  he  is  risen,  'even  as  he  said. 
Come,  see  the  place  ^  where  the 
Lord  lay.  7  And  go  quickly,  and 
tell  his  disciples,  He  is  risen  from 
the  dead ;  and  lo,  he  goeth  before 
you  "'  into  Galilee ;  there  shall  ye 
see  him  :  lo,  I  have  told  you.  8 
And  they  departed  quickly  from 


1  Or,  Tfrlce  a  guard 

2  Gr.  make  it  sure,  as  ye  knoiv. 

s  Many  ancient  authorities  read  where  he  lay. 


"  MU.  15.  42  ; 

Lk.  23.  54; 

Ju.  19.  14, 

31,  42 
b  See  ch.  16. 

21 
"^  ver.  66;  ch. 

28.  11 
d  Dan.  6.  17 
•^  Mk.  16.  4 ; 

ver.  60: 

ch.  28.  2 
/ver.  1-8: 

Mark  16. 1- 

8  ;  Luke  24. 

1-lU. 

Comp. 

Jn.  20.  1-8 
f  See  ch.  27. 

56,61 
''  Comp. 

Lk.  24.  4 ; 

Jn.  20.  12 
'  Comp. 

Dan.  7.  9 ; 

10.  6 ;  Mk. 

9.  3 ;  Ju. 

20.  12 ; 

Acts  1.  10 
*:  ver.  10  ;  ch. 

14.  27 
'  ch.  27.  63. 

Comp.  12. 

40 ;  16.  21 
'"  ch.  26.  32  ; 

ver.  10,  16 


"  Jn.  20.  17  ; 

comp. 

Rom.  8. 

29 :  Heb. 

2. 11  f.  17 
"  ch.  27.  2 
P  ch.  9.  31 ; 

Mk.  1.  45 
9  ch.  27.  8 
^  See  Mk. 

16.11 
»  cli.  26.  64 ; 

comp.Dan. 

7.  13  f.  ; 

Kom.  14. 9 ; 

Eph.  1.  20- 

22;  Phil.  2. 

9  f.  ;  Col. 

2.10:1  Pet. 

3.  22.    See 

ch.  11.  27 
<Mk.l6.15f. 
"  ch.  13.  52  ; 

comp. 

Acts  14.  21 
"  Lk.  24.  47  ; 

comp.  ch. 

25.  32 
*  Comp. 

Acts  2.  38 ; 

8.16;  Rom. 

6.  3  ;  1  Cor. 

1. 13. 15  ff . ; 

Gal.  3.  27 
y  ch.  18.  20 ; 

Acts  18.  10 
'  See  ch.  13. 

39 


the  tomb  with  fear  and  great  joy 
and  ran  to  bring  his  disciples  word. 
9  And  behold,  Jesus  met  them,  say- 
ing. All  hail.  And  they  came  and 
took  hold  of  his  feet,  and  ■*  wor- 
shipped him.  10  Then  saith  Jesus 
unto  them,  ^Fear  not :  go  tell  "my 
brethren  that  they  depart  "'into 
Galilee,  and  there  shall  they  see 
me. 

11  Now  while  they  were  going, 
behold,  some  of  "the  guard  came 
into  the  city,  and  told  unto  the 
chief  priests  all  the  things  that 
were  come  to  pass.  1 2  And  when 
they  were  assembled  with  the 
elders,  and  had  taken  counsel,  they 
gave  much  money  unto  the  sol- 
diers, 1 3  saying.  Say  ye,  His  disci- 
ples came  by  night,  and  stole  him 
away  while  we  slept.  14  And  if 
this  ^come  to  "the  governor's  ears, 
we  will  persuade  him,  and  rid  you 
of  care.  1 5  So  they  took  the  money, 
and  did  as  they  were  taught :  and 
this  saying  was  ^spread  abroad 
among  the  Jews,  and  continueth 
»  until  this  day. 

16  But  the  eleven  disciples  went 
™into  Galilee,  unto  the  mountain 
where  Jesus  had  appointed  them. 
17  And  when  they  saw.  him,  they 
^worshipped  him;  but  ''some 
doubted.  18  And  Jesus  came  to 
them  and  spake  unto  them,  saying, 
'All  authority  hath  been  given 
unto  me  in  heaven  and  on  earth. 
19  'Go  ye  therefore,  and  "make 
disciples  of  "  all  the  nations,  *  bap- 
tizing them  into  the  name  of  the 
Father  and  of  the  Son  and  of  the 
Holy  Spirit :  20  teaching  them  to 
observe  all  things  whatsoever  I 
commanded  you  :  and  lo,  '^  I  am 
with  you  ®  always,  even  unto  ''  ^  the 
end  of  the  world. 

*  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  2.  2. 

5  Or,  come  to  a.  hearing  before  the  governor 

6  Gr.  all  the  days. 

1  Or,  the  consummation  of  the  age 


84 


ACCORDING  TO  MARK 


Prearhing  of  the  Baptist.    Baptism  of  JesDs.    Temptation  of  Jesus,    lie  preacLes  in  (liililce.    Teaches  in  Capernanm 


IThe  beginning  of  the  '  gospel 
of  Jesus  Ciirist,  - "  the  ISon  of 
God. 

2   *Even    as    it    is    written   ^in 
Isaiah  the  prophet, 
^•^^  Behold,  I  send  my  messenger 

before  thy  face, 
Wlio  shall  pre^)are  thy  way  ; 

3  *''  The  voice  ot  one  crying  in  the 

wilderness. 
Make  ye  ready  the  way  of  tlie 

Lord, 
Make  his  paths  straight; 

4  John  came,  who  baptized  in  the 
wilderness  and  •■preac'lied  the  bap- 
tism of  repentance  unto  ■''remission 
of  sins.  5  And  there  went  out 
unto  him  all  the  country  of  Juda?a, 
and  all  they  of  Jerusalem ;  and 
they  were  baptized  of  him  in  the 
river  Jordan,  confessing  their  sins. 
6  And  John  was  clothed  with 
camel's  hair,  and  had  a  leathern 

ffirdle  about  his  loins,  and  did  eat 
ocusts  and  wild  honey.  7  And  he 
preached,  saying.  There  cometh 
after  me  he  that  is  mightier  than 
I,  the  latchet  of  whose  shoes  I  am 
not  ''worthy  to  stoop  down  and 
unloose.  8  I  baptized  you  ^in 
water ;  but  he  shall  baptize  you 
'  in  the  Holy  Spirit. 

9  ^And  it  came  to  pass  in  those 
days,  that  Jesus  ''came  from  Naz- 
areth of  Galilee,  and  was  baptized 
of  John  *in  the  Jordan.  10  And 
straightway  coming  up  out  of  the 
water,  he  saw  the  heavens  rent 
asunder,  and  the  Spirit  as  a  dove 
descending  upon  him:  11  and  a! 
voice  came  mit  of  the  heavens, 
'Thou art  my  li-  loved  Son,  in  thee 
I  am  well  pleased. 

1:1  *An(l  straightway  the  Spirit 
driveth  him  forth  into  the  wilder- 
ness. 13  And  he  was  in  the  wil- 
derness forty  days  tempted  of 
'  Satan  ;  and  he  was  with  the  wild 

I  Or,  good  tidings  :  ami  so  elsewliere. 
ii  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  tlte  Son  of 
God. 
■i  Some  anoient  authorities  read  in  thr  prophet). 
<  Mai.  iii.  1.  •'  I"-  xl-  3. 

6  Gr.  sufficient.         J  Or.  w'"'         *  Gr.  tnto. 


"  See  Mt.  4. 

3 
l>  ver.  2-8 : 

Matthew  3. 

1-11; 

Luke  3.  2- 

16 
'^Mt.  11.10; 

Lk.  7.  27 
d  Mt.  3.  3  ; 

Lk.  3.  4 ; 

Ju.  1.  23 
'  Acts  13.  24 
/Lk.  1.  77 
'J  ver.  9-11 : 

Maltltew  3. 

13-17  ; 

Luke  3.  21, 

•22 
ft  Comp.  Mt. 

2.  23  (Lk.  2. 

51) 
■  Lk.  3.  22  ; 

see  Mt.  3. 

17 
k  ver.  12, 13  : 

Matthewi. 

1-11;  Luke 

4.  1-13 
'  See  Mt.  4. 

lU 


"'  Mt.  4.  12 
"  See  Mt.  4. 

23 
»  Gal.  4.  4  ; 

Eph.  1.  10; 

lTim.2.  b; 

Tit.  1.  3 
P  Conip. 

Acts  20.  21 
«ver.  1(>-2U: 

Matthew  4. 

18-22  ; 

comp.  Lk. 

5.2-11;  Jn. 

1.  40-42 

^  ver.  21-23 : 

Lukit  4.  31- 

37 
'  See  Mt.  4. 

23 ;  ver.  39 ; 

ch.  10.  1 
t  See  Mt.  7. 

28 
"  See  Mt.  8. 

20 
'  ch.  10.  47  ; 

14.  67 ;  16. 

fi ;  Lk.  4. 

34  ;  24.  19  ; 

comp.  Mt. 

2.  23 ;  Acts 
24.5 

"  Lk.  4.  34  ; 
Jn.  6.  (.0  ; 
comp.  Lk. 
1.  3.') ;  Acta 

3.  14 

V  ch.  10.  24, 
32;  com;). 
14.  33;  10. 
5,6 


beasts ;  and  the  angels  ministered 
unto  him. 

14  "'Now  after  John  was  deliv- 
ered up,  Jesus  came  into  Galilee, 
"preacning  the  'gospel  of  God, 
15  and  saying,  "The  time  is  ful- 
filled, and  the  kingdom  of  God  is 
at  hand :  p  repent  ye,  and  believe 
in  the  '  gosjjel. 

16''  And  passing  along  by  the 
sea  of  Galilee,  he  saw  Simon  and 
Andrew  the  brother  of  Simon 
casting  a  net  in  the  sea ;  for 
they  were  fishers.  17  And  Jesus 
said  unto  them,  Come  ye  after  me, 
and  I  will  make  you  to  become 
lishers  of  men.  18  And  straight- 
way they  left  the  nets,  and  fol- 
lowed him.  19  And  going  on  a 
little  further,  he  saw  ^James  the 
son  of  Zebedee,  and  John  his 
brother,  who  also  were  in  the 
boat  mendin":  the  nets.  20  And 
straightway  lie  called  them  :  and 
they  left  their  father  Zebedee  in 
the  boat  with  the  hired  servants, 
and  went  after  him. 

21  ""And  they  go  into  Caper- 
naum :  and  straightway  on  the 
sabbath  day  'he  entered  into  the 
synagogue  and  taught.  22  And 
'thej'  were  astonished  at  his  teach- 
ing :  for  he  taught  them  as  haying 
authority,  and  not  as  the  scribes. 

23  And  straightway  there  was  in 
their  synagogue  a  man  with  an 
unclean  spirit ;  and  he  cried  out, 

24  saying,  "\\'hat  have  we  to  do 
with  thee,  Jesus  thou  'Nazarenel 
art  thou  come  to  destroy  us?  I 
know  thee  who  thou  art,  •'the 
Holy  One  of  C!od.  25  And  Jesus 
rebuked  ^"him,  .saying.  Hold  thy 
peace,  and  come  out  of  him. 
26  And  the  unclean  sjiirit,  "  tear- 
ing him  and  crying  with  a  loud 
voice,  came  out  of  him.  27  And 
they  were  all  *  amazed,  insomuch 
that  they  questioned  among  them- 
selves, saying.  What  is  thist  a  new 
teaching!  with  authority  he  com- 
mandetii  even  the  unclean  spirits, 

»  Or,  Jacob       w  Or,  it       u  Or,  convuttirtg 


1.28 


MARK 


2.14 


Jesos  heals  Simon's  Wife's  Mother.    Seeks  Retirement.    Cleanses  a  Leper.    Heals  a  Paralytic 


and  they  obey  him.  28  And  the 
report  of  him  went  out  straight- 
way everywhere  into  all  the  region 
of  Galilee  round  about. 

29  "And  straightway,  ^  M'hen 
they  were  come  *out  of  the  syna- 
gogue, they  came  into  the  house  of 
Simon  and  Andrew,  with  "James 
and  John.  30  Now  Simon's  wife's 
mother  lay  sick  of  a  fever ;  and 
straightway  they  tell  him  of  her : 
31  and  he  came  and  took  her  by 
the  hand,  and  raised  her  up  ;  and 
the  fever  left  her,  and  she  minis- 
tered unto  them. 

32  ''And  ''at  even,  '^when  the 
sun  did  set,  they  brought  unto 
him  all  that  were  sick,  and  them 
that  were  ^ "  possessed  with  demons. 
33  And  all  the  -^city  was  gathered 
together  at  the  door.  34  And  he 
^  healed  many  that  were  sick  with 
divers  diseases,  and  cast  out  many 
demons ;  and  he  suffered  not  the 
demons  to  speak,  because  they 
knew  him"*. 

35  ''  And  in  the  morning,  a  great 
while  before  day,  he  rose  up  and 
went  out,  and  departed  into  a 
desert   place,   and   there  'prayed. 

36  And  Simon  and  they  that  were 
with    him    followed     after    him ; 

37  and  they  found  him,  and  say 
unto  Jiim,   All    are    seeking  thee. 

38  And  he  saith  unto  them.  Let 
us  go  elsewhere  into  the  next 
towns,  that  I  may  preach  there 
also  ;  lor  to  this  end  carpe  I  forth. 

39  *And  he  went  into  their 
synagogues  throughout  all  Gali- 
lee, preaching  and  casting  out 
demons. 

40  'And  there  cometh  to  him 
a  leper,  beseeching  _  him,  ^and 
™  kneeling  down  to  him,  and  say- 
ing unto  him,  If  thou  wilt,  thou 
canst  make  me  clean.  41  And 
being  moved  v/ith  compassion, 
he  stretched  forth  his  hand,  and 
touched  him,  and  saith  unto 
him,  I  will ;  be  thou  made  clean. 
42  And  straightway  the  leprosy 
departed  from  him,  and  he  was 
made  clean.  43  And  he  ^strictly 
charged  him,  and  straightway 
sent  him  out,  44  and  saith  unto 
him,  "See  thou  say  nothing  to 
any  man:  but  "go  show  thyself 
to  the  priest,   and  offer   for    thy 

1  Some  ancient  authorities  read  when  he  was 
come,  out  of  the  synagogue,,  tie  came  &c. 

2  Or,  Jacob  3  Or,  demoniacs 

*  Many  ancient  authorities  add  to  be  Christ. 
See  Lk.  i.  41. 

5  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  and  kneeling 
down  to  him.  *  Or,  sternly 


''ver.  29-31: 

Matthew  8. 

14, 15;  Luke 

4.  38,  39 
Sver.  21,23 
'^  ver.  32-34 : 

Mat!fieir  8. 

16,17;  Luke 

4.  40,  41 
d  Comp.  Mt. 

8.  16 ;  Lk. 

4.  40 

"  See  Mt.  4. 

24 
/ver.  21 
'■^  See  Mt.  i. 

23 
fc  ver.  35-38 : 

Luke  4.  42, 

43 
'  Lk.  5.  16  ; 

see  Mt.  14. 

23 
k  See  Mt.  4. 

23 ;  comp. 

ver.23;ch. 

3.  1 
'  ver.  40-44 : 

Matthew  8. 

2-4 ;  Luke 

5.  12-14 

'"  ch.  10.  17  ; 

comp.  Mt. 

8.  2 ;  Lk.  5. 

12 
"  See  Mt.  8. 

4 
"  Comp.  Mt. 

8.4 


P  Lk.  5.  15  ; 

see  Mt.  28. 

15 
*  Comp.  ch. 

2.  2, 13;  3. 7; 

Lk.  5.  17  ; 

Jn.  6.  2 
'' ver.  13;  see 

ch.  1.  45 
'  ver.  3-12 : 

Matthew  9. 

2-8;  Lu/:e 

5.  18-26 
« See  Mt.  4. 

24 
"  Comp.  Lk. 

5.  19 
''SeeMt.9.2 
"  Is.  43.  25 


y  See  Mt.  9. 

8 
"  Mt.  9.  33 


"  See  ch.  1. 
45 

i>  ver.  14-17 : 

Matthew  9. 

9-13 ;  Luke 

5.  27-32 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

9.9 


cleansing  the  things  which  Moses 
''commanded,  for  a  testimony  unto 
them.  45  But  he  went  out,  and 
began  to  '' publish  it  much,  and 
to  ^spread  abroad  the  ** matter, 
insomuch  that  ^  Jesus  could  no 
more  openly  eiiter  into  "a  city,  but 
was  without  in  desert  places  :  and 
*they  came  to  him  from  every 
quarter. 

2  And  when  he  entered  again 
inljo  Capernaum  after  some 
days,  it  was  noised  that  he  was 
"  in  the  house.  2  And ""  many  were 
gathered  together,  so  that  there 
was  no  longer  room  for  them,  no, 
not  even  about  the  door :  and 
he  spake  the  word  unto  them. 
3  '  And  they  come,  bringing  unto 
him  a  man '  sick  of  the  palsy,  borne 
of  four.  4  And  when  they  could 
not  ^^come  nigh  unto  him  for  the 
crowd,  they  "uncovered  the  roof 
where  he  was  :  and  when  they  had 
broken  it  up,  they  let  down  the 
^^bed  whereon  the  'sick  of  the 
palsy  lay.  5  And  Jesus  seeing 
their  faith  saith  unto  the  sick  of 
the  palsy,  "  Son,  *■  thy  sins  are  for- 
given. 6  But  there  were  certain 
of  the  scribes  sitting  there,  and 
reasoning  in  their  hearts,  7  Why 
doth  this  man  thus  speak  1  he  blas- 
phemeth :  ^  who  can  forgive  sins 
but  one,  even  God  1  8  And  straight- 
way Jesus,  perceiving  in  his 
spirit  that  they  so  reasoned  within 
themselves,  saith  unto  them.  Why 
reason  ye  these  things  in  your 
hearts?  9  Which  is  easier,  to  say 
to  the  'sick  of  the  palsy.  Thy  sins 
are  forgiven ;  or  to  say,  Arise, 
and  take  up  thy  ^*bed,  and  walk"? 
10  But  that  ye  may  know  that 
the  Son  of  man  hath  authority  on 
earth  to  forgive  sins  (he  saith  to 
the  sick  of  the  palsy),  11  I  say 
unto  thee,  Arise,  take  up  thy  ^^  bed, 
and  go  unto  thy  house.  12  And 
he  arose,  and  straightway  took  up 
the  ^^bed,  and  went  forth  before 
them  all ;  insomuch  that  thej'' 
were  all  amazed,  and  *  glorified 
God,  saying,  ^  We  never  saw  it  on 
this  fashion. 

»  13  And  he  went  forth  again  by 
the  sea  side;  and  "all  the  multi- 
tude resorted  unto  him,  and  he 
taught  them.  14  *And  as  he 
passed  by,  he  saw  "  Levi  the  son  of 
Alphfeus  sitting  at   the    place  of 

1  Lev.  xiii.  49  ;  xiv.  2  ff .  8  Qx.  word. 

e  Gr.  he.       I"  Or,  the  city  u  Or,  at  liome 

12  Many  ancient  authorities  read  bring  him 

unto  him.  13  Or,  pallet  i^  Gr.  Child. 


2.16 


MARK 


3.14 


Jeniu  ralU  Levi.    Of  Fasting.    "  Lord  of  the  Sabbath."    A  Car«  on  the  Sabbath.    Many  art  htaled 


toll,  and  he  saith  unto  him,  "Fol- 
low me.  And  he  arose  and  fol- 
lowed him. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  he 
wa.s  sitting  at  meat  in  his  house, 
and  many  'publicans  and  sinners 
sat  down  with  Jesus  and  his  dis- 
ciples :  for  there  wele  many,  and 
they  followed  him.  IG  And  "the 
scribes -of  the  Pharisees,  when  they 
saw  that  he  was  eating  witli  tlu> 
.sinners  and  'publicans,  said  unto 
his  disciples,  ■"How  is  it  that  he 
eateth'*and  drinketh  with  'publi- 
cans and  sinners?  17  And  when 
.Jesus  heard  it,  he  saith  unto  them, 
''They  that  are  *  whole  have  no  need 
of  a  physician,  but  they  that  are 
sick  :  I  came  not  to  call  the  right- 
eous, but  sinners. 

18  *And  John's  disciples  and  the 
Pharisees  were  fasting :  and  they 
come  and  say  unto  him.  Why  do 
John's  di.sciples  and  the  disciples 
of  the  Pharisees  fast,  but  thy  disci- 
ples fast  noti  'll>  And  Jesussaid 
unto  them.  Can  the  "sons  of  the 
bridechamber  fast,  while  the  bride- 
gi-oomis  with  themi  as  long  as  they 
have  the  bridegroom  with  them, 
they  cannot  fast.  20  But  -'the 
days  will  come,  when  the  bride- 
groom shall  be  tak(^n  away  from 
them,  and  then  will  they  fast  in 
that  day.  21  No  man  seweth  a 
piece  of  undressed  cloth  on  an  old 
garment:  else  that  which  should 
hll  it  up  taketh  from  it,  the  new 
from  the  old,  and  a  worse  rent  is 
made.  22  And  no  man  putteth 
new  wine  into  old  '  wine-skins ; 
else  the  wine  will  burst  the  skins, 
and  the  wine  perLsheth,  and  the 
skins :  but  thfj  put  new  wine  into 
fresh  wine-skins. 

23  "And  it  came  to  pass,  that 
he  was  going  on  the  sabbath  day 
through  the  graintields ;  and  his 
disciples  "began,  as  they  went,  to 
"  pluck  the  eiirs.  24  And  the 
Pharisees  said  unto  him.  Behold, 
*  why  do  they  on  the  sabbath  day 
that  which  is  not  lawfuH  25  And 
he  .''aid  unto  them,  "Did  ye  never 
read  what  David  did,  when  he  had 
need,  and  was  hungry,  he,  and  they 


1  That  la,  eoUrclorx  or  renters  of  Roman  taxes. 
a  Some  aucieut  authorities  read  and  the  Phari- 
sees. 

3  Or,  Heeatelh  .  .  .  sinners. 

*  Some  aucieut  authorities  omit  and  drinketh. 
iGr.  .ttrimi;. 

•  That  U.  coinpnnion.^  of  the.  bridegroom. 
'  That  is,  skint  used  as  bottles.  _ 

8  Or.  began  to  make  their  ivay  pluclnng. 
»  X  S.  xii.  6. 


V  See  Mt.  4. 

2.1 
=  ch.  a.  29, 

34  ;  Lk.  7. 

21 
"  ch.  6.  56  ; 

8.  22 ;  see 

Mt.  9.  21  ; 

14.36 
t>  See  Mt.  4. 3 
"'SeeMt.8.4 


d  Lk.  6. 12 : 
com  p.  Mt. 

a.  1 

•  Mt.  10.  1 ; 
ch.  6.  7; 
Lk.  9.  1 


that  were  wi  th  him  1  26  How  he  en- 
tered into  the  house  of  God  '*when 
*Abiathar  was  higii  priest,  and  ate 
the  showbread,  which  it  is  not  law- 
ful to  Ciit  save  for  the  priests,  and 
gave  also  to  them  that  were  with 
himi  27  And  he  said  unto  them, 
'The  sabbath  was  made;  for  man, 
ami  "not  man  for  the  sabbath:  '26 
so  that  the  tSon  of  man  is  lord  even 
of  the  sabbath. 

*^  "And  he  "entered  again  into 
f^  the  synagogue;  and  there  was 
a  man  there  who  had  his  hand 
withered.  2  And  'they  watched 
liim,  wln'ther  he  would  heal  him  on 
the  .sabbath  day;  »that  they  might 
accuse  him.  3  And  he  saith  unto 
the  man  that  had  his  hand  Nvith- 
ered,  "Stand  forth.  4  And  he 
saith  unto  them.  Is  it  lawful  on  th© 
sabbath  day  to  do  good,  or  to  do 
harm  1  to  save  a  life,  or  to  kill  ? 
But  they  held  their  peace.  5  And 
when  he  had  ''kjoked  round  about 
on  them  with  anger,  being  grieved 
at  the  hardening  of  their  heart,  he 
saith  unto  the  man,  Stretch  forth 
thy  hand.  And  he  stretched  it 
forth ;  and  his  hand  was  restored. 
6  And  the  Pharisees  went  out,  and 
straightway  with  the  'Herodians 
took  counsel  against  him,  how  they 
might  destroy  nim. 

7  'And  Jesus  with  his  disciples 
withdrew  to  the  sea  :  and  "a  great 
multitude  from  Galilee  followed ; 
and  from  Ju(!:va,  8  and  from  Jeru- 
salem, and  from  "Idumaa,  and  be- 
yond the  Jordan,  and  about 'Tyre 
and  Sidon,  a  great  multitude,  hear- 
ing '-what  great  things  he  did, 
came  unto  him.  9  And  he  spake 
to  his  disciples,  that  a  little  boat 
should  wait  on  him  because  of  the 
crowd,  le.st  they  should  throng  him : 
10  for  he  had  ^healed  many;  inso- 
much that  as  many  as  had  '^-plagues 
'"*  pressed  upon  him  that  they  might 
"touch  him.  11  And  the  unclean 
spirits,  whensoever  they  beheld 
him,  fell  down  before  him,  and 
cried,  .saying.  Thou  art  *  the  Son  of 
(Jod.  12  And  he  '"charged  them 
much  that  they  should  not  make 
him  known. 

13  And  he  goeth  up  into  ''the 
mount.ain.  ann  'calleth  unto  him 
whom  he  himself  would  ;  and  they 
went   unto  him.      14  And   ho  ap 

10  Rome  anHent  authoritiea  read  in  the  days  of 
AInalhar  the  hioh  priest. 

11  Or.  Ari-u  into  the  midst. 

W  Or,  all  the  things  that  he  did 

"  Gr.  scourges.  i*  Gr.  fell. 


37 


3.15 


MARK 


4.16 


The  Twelve  are  chosen.    Calomny  of  the  Scribes  rcfated.    Syiritaal  Kinship  more  than  Natoral.    The  Reason  for  Parables 


pointed  twelve/  that  they  might 
be  with  him,  and  that  he  might 
send  tliem  forth  to  preach,  15  and 
to  have  authority  to  cast  out 
demons  :  16*^"  and  Simon  he  sur- 
named  Peter ;  1 7  and  ^  James 
the  son  of  Zebedee,  and  John  the 
brother  of  ^  James ;  and  them  he 
surnamed  Boanerges,  which  is, 
Sons  of  thunder:  18  and  Andrew, 
and  Philip,  and  Bartholomew,  and 
Matthew,  and  Thomas,  and  *  James, 
the  son  of  Alplijeus,  ana  Thaddneus 
and  Simon  the  ^  Canana^an,  1 9  and 
Judas  Iscariot,  who  also  ''betrayed 
him. 

And  he  cometh  ^'into  a  house. 
20  And  "the  multitude  cometh 
together  again,  **  so  that  they  could 
not  so  much  as  eat  bread.  2 1  And 
when  "  his  friends  heard  it,  they 
Avent  out  to  lay  hold  on  him:  for 
they  said,  -^He  is  beside  himself. 
22  And  the  scribes  that  came  down 
"from  Jerusalem  said.  He  hath 
■"'Beelzebub,  and,  *'By  the  prince 
of  the  demons  casteth  he  out  the 
demons.  23  *And  he  called  them 
unto  him,  and  said  unto  them  in 
'■  parables.  How  can  '"Satan  cast  out 
Satan  1  24  And  if  a  kingdom  be 
divided  against  itself,  that  kingdom 
cannot  stand.  25  And  if  a  house 
be  divided  against  itself,  that  house 
Avill  not  be  able  to  stand.  26  And 
if  "*  Satan  hath  risen  up  against  him- 
self, and  is  divided,  he  cannot  stand, 
but  hath  an  end.  27  "But  no  one 
can  enter  into  the  house  of  the 
strong  man,  and  spoil  his  goods, 
except  he  first  bind  the  strong  man ; 
and  then  he  will  spoil  his  house. 
28  "Verily  I  say  unto_  you.  All 
their  sins  shall  be  forgiven  unto 
the  sons  of  men,  and  their  blasphe- 
mies wherewith  soever  they  shall 
blaspheme:  29  but  whosoever  shall 
blaspheme  against  the  Holy  Spirit 
hath  never  forgiveness,  but  is  guilty 
of  an  eternal  sin  :  30  because  they 
said.  He  hath  an  unclean  spirit. 

31  ^And  there  come  his  mother 
and  his  brethren;  and,  standing 
without,  they  sent  unto  him,  calling 
him.  32  And  a  multitude  was  sit- 
ting about  him ;  and  tliey  say  unto 
him.  Behold,  thy  mother  and  thy 
brethren  without  seek  for  thee. 
33  And  he  answereth  them,  and 

1  Some  ancient  authorities  add  w/wm  also  he. 
named  apostles.    See  Lk.  6.  13  ;  comp.  ch.  6.  30. 

2  Some  ancient  authorities  insert  and  he  op- 
pointed  twelve.  3  Or,  Jacob 

<  Or,  Zealot    See  Lk.  6.  15 ;  Acts  1.  13. 

5  Or,  delivered  him  up  «  Or,  home 

1  Gr.  Beelzebul.  «  Or,  Jn 


"  ver.  16-19 : 

Maltliew 

lU.  2-4  ; 

Lake  6.  14- 

Ib ;  Acts  1. 

13.    See 

tlie  names 

iu 

Matthew's 

list. 
>>  Comp.  ch. 

2.1;  7. 17; 

9.  23 

'  Comp.  ch. 

1.45; 

ver.  7 
rf  ch.  6.  31 
'  Comp. 

ver.  31  f . 
/Comp.  Jn. 

10.  20 : 
Acts  26.  24 

^  See  Mt. 

15.  1 
h  See  Mt.  10. 

25 ;  comp. 

11.  18 

i  See  Mt.  9. 

34 
fc  ver.  23-27 : 

Matthew 

12.  23-29  ; 
Luke  11. 
17-22 

I  ch.  4.  2  : 
comp.  Mt. 

13.  3  if.  ; 
ch.4.  2fl. ; 

(tC. 

'"  See  Mt.  4. 

10 
"  Comp.  Is. 

49.  24,  25 
0  ver.  2S-30 : 

comp.  Mt. 

12.  31,  32  ; 

Lk.  12.  10 
1'  ver.  31-35  : 

Matthew 

12.  46-50 ; 

Luke  8. 19- 

21 


9  ver.  1  12: 

Matthew 

13.  1-15  ; 

Luke  S.i- 

10 
'■ch.2.  13; 

3.7 
»  See  Mt.  11. 

15 :  ver.  23 
UCor.  5. 

12  f.;  Col. 

4.  5  ;  1  Th. 

4.12; 

1  Tim.  3.  7 
"  See  ver.  2  ; 

ch.  3.  23 
"  See  Mt.  13. 

14 
*  ver.  13-20 : 

Matthew 

13. 18-23 ; 

Luke  8. 11- 

15 


saith.  Who  is  my  mother  and  my 
brethren'?  34  And  looking  round 
on  them  that  sat  round  about  him, 
he  saith.  Behold,  my  mother  and 
my  brethren  !  35  For  whosoever 
shall  do  the  will  of  God,  the  same 
is  my  brother,  and  sister,  and 
mother. 

4«And  again  he  began  to 
teach  '"by  the  sea  side.  And 
there  is  gathered  unto  him  a  very 
great  multitude,  so  that  he  entered 
into  a  boat,  and  sat  in  the  sea ;  and 
all  the  multitude  were  by  the  sea 
on  the  land.  2  And  he  taught 
them  many  things  in  '  parables, 
and  said  unto  them  in  his  teach- 
ing, 3  Hearken  :  Behold,  the  sower 
went  forth  to, sow:  4  and  it  came 
to  pass,  as  he  sowed,  some  seed  fell 
by  the  way  side,  and  the  birds  came 
and  devoured  it.  5  And  other  fell 
on  the  rocky  ground,  where  it  had 
not  much  earth ;  and  straightway 
it  sprang  up,  because  it  had  no 
deepness  of  earth :  6  and  when  the 
sun  was  risen,  it  was  scorched ; 
and  because  it  had  no  root,  it  with- 
ered away,  7  And  other  fell  among 
the  thorns,  and  the  thorns  grew  up, 
and  choked  it,  and  it  yielded  no 
fruit.  8  And  others  fell  into  the 
good  ground,  and  yielded  fruit, 
growing  up  and  increasing ;  and 
brought  forth,  thirtyf old,  and  sixty- 
fold,  and  a  hundredfold.  9  And  he 
said,  'Who  hath  ears  to  hear,  let 
him  hear. 

10  And  when  he  was  alone,  they 
that  were  about  him  with  the 
twelve  asked  of  him  the  pai'ables. 
11  And  he  said  unto  them.  Unto 
you  is  given  the  mystery  of  the 
kingdom  of  God:  but  unto  'them 
that  are  without,  all  things  are 
done  "  in  parables  :  1 2  "  that  seeing 
they  may  see,  and  not  perceive ; 
and  hearing  they  may  hear,  and  not 
understand ;  lest  haply  they  should 
turn  again,  and  it  should  be  for- 
given them.  13  ^And  he  saith 
unto  them,  Know  ye  not  this  para- 
ble"? and  how  shall  ye  know  all  the 
parables'?  14  The  sower  soweth 
the  word.  15  And  these  are  they 
by  the  way  side,  where  the  word  is 
sown  ;  and  when  they  have  heard, 
straightway  cometh  '"Satan,  and 
taketh  away  the  word  which  hath 
been  sown  in  them.  16  And  these 
in  like  manner  are  they  that  are 
sown  upon  the  rocky  places,  who, 
when  they  have  heard  the  word, 
straightway  receive  it  with   joy; 


38 


4.17 


MARK 


5.10 


idmonition  to  hear.    The  Serret  Growth  of  the  Seed.    The  Mustard  Seed.    The  Storm.    The  Cera.sene  Demoniac 


17  and  they  have  no  root  in  them- 
selves, but  endure  for  a  while; 
then,  when  tribulation  or  persecu- 
tiun  arisetii  because  of  the  word, 
straightway  thev  stumble.  18  And 
others  are  they  that  are  sown  among 
the  tiiorns;  these  are  they  that 
have  heard  ti\e  word,  19  and  the 
cares  of  "the  '  world, and  the  deceit- 
fuhiess  of  riches,  and  the  lusts  of 
other  things  entering  in,  choke  tlie 
word,  and  it  becometh  unfruitful. 
20  And  tliose  are  tliej'  that  were 
sown  upon  the  good  ground  ;  such 
as  hear  the  word,  and  accept  it, 
and  bear  fruit,  thirt.vfold,  and  sixty- 
fold,  and  a  hundredfold. 

21  And  he  said  unto  them,  *Is 
the  lamp  brought  to  be  put  under 
the  bushel,  or  under  the  bed,  and 
not  to  be  put  on  the  stand  1  '22  "  For 
there  is  nothing  iiid,  save  that  it 
should  be  manifested  ;  neitlier  was 
anything  made  secret,  but  that  it 
should  come  to  light.  23  ''  If  any 
man  hath  ears-  to  hear,  let  him 
hear.  24  And  he  said  unto  tliem. 
Take  heed  what  ye  hear  :  '  with 
what  measure  ye  mete  it  shall  be 
measured  unto  you ;  and  more 
shall  be  given  unto  you.  25  -''For 
he  that  hath,  to  him  s^iall  be  given  : 
and  he  that  hath  not,  from  him 
shall  be  taken  away  even  that 
which  he  hath. 

26  And  he  said,  ^So  is  the  king- 
dom of  God,  as  if  a  man  should  cast 
seed  upon  the  earth  ;  27  and  should 
.sleep  and  rise  night  and  day,  and 
the  seed  should  spring  up  and  grow, 
he  knoweth  not  how.  28  The  earth 
-Wareth  fruit  of  herself;  first  the 
blade,  then  the  ear,  then  the  full 
grain  in  the  ear.  29  But  when 
the  fruit  '^is  ripe,  straightway  he 
••putteth  forth  the  sickle,  because 
the  harvest  is  come. 

.30  *And  he  said,  How  shall  we 
•liken  the  kingdom  of  God?  or  in 
what  parable  shall  we  set  it  forth  ? 

31  ^It  is  like  a  grain  of  mustard 
seed,  which,  when  it  is  sown  upon 
the  earth,  though  it  be  less  than  all 
the  seeds  that  are  upon  the  earth, 

32  yet  when  it  is  sown,  groweth 
up,  and  becometh  greater  than  all 
the  herbs,  and  putteth  out  great 
branches  ;  so  that  the  birds  of  the 
heaven  can  lodge  under  the  shadow 
thereof. 

33  And  with  many  such  parables 
spake  he  the  word  unto  them,  as 

1  Or,  age        *  Or.  yiehieth        s  Or,  alloweth 
«  Or,  sendeth  forth  »  Gr.  At  u  nto. 


"  See  Mt.  13. 

■ii 

l>  Alt.  .5.  15  ; 

Lk.  8.  16; 

11.  3a 
<■  Mt.  10.  26  ; 

Lk.  8.  17 ; 

l>.  2 
''  ver.  9 ;  see 

Mt.  U.  1.^ 
'Mt.  7.  2: 

Lk.  «.  3S 
/  See  Mt.  13. 

12 
"  ver.  26-2<l : 

tomp.  Mt. 

13.  24-30 
'■  ver.  30-32 : 

Mallhev 

13.  31,  32 : 

/,i/A.rl3.1(3, 

1!) 
•  See  Mt.  13. 

24 


*  Mt.  13.  34  ; 

comp.  .In. 

10. 6  ;  le.  25 
'  ver.  a5-ll : 

Matthew 

8.18,23-27; 

Luke  8.  22- 

25 
"*  ver.  1 ;  ch. 

5.  2,  21 ; 

coinp.  3.  9 


"  ver.  1-17  : 
Matthew 
8.  28-34 ; 
Lulx  8.  26- 
37 


0  ch.  1.  23 


P  See  Mt.  8. 

29 
lSeeMt.4.  3 
»•  Lk.  8.  28  ; 

Acts  16. 17; 

Heb.  7.  1 


'  ver.  15 : 
comp.  Mt. 
26.  53 ;  Lk. 
8.30 


they  were  able  to  hear  it ;  34  and 
*  without  a  parable  spake  he  not 
unto  them  :  but  privately  to  his 
own  di.sciples  he  expounded  all 
things. 

35  '  And  on  that  day,  when  even 
was  come,  he  saith  unto  them.  Let 
us  go  over  unto  the  other  side. 
3G  And  letiving  the  multitude, 
they  take  him  with  them,  even  as 
he  was, '"in  the  boat.  And  other 
boats  were  with  him.  37  And 
there  ari.seth  a  great  storm  of  wind, 
and  the  waves  beat  into  the  boat, 
insomuch  that  the  boat  was  now 
filling.  38  And  he  himself  was  in 
the  stern,  asleep  on  the  cushion  : 
and  they  awake  him,  and  say  unto 
him,  Teacher,  carest  thou  not  that 
we  perish  1  39  And  he  awoke,  and 
rebuked  the  wind,  and  said  unto 
the  sea.  Peace,  be  still.  And  the 
wind  ceased,  and  there  was  a  great 
calm.  40  And  he  .said  unto  them. 
Why  are  ye  fearful  1  have  ye  not 
yet  faith  I  41  And  they  feared 
exceedingly,  and  said  one  to  an- 
other, Who  then  is  this,  that  even 
the  wind  and  the  sea  obey  him  ? 

5"  And  they  came  to  the  other 
side  of  the  sea,  into  the  country 
of  the  Gerasenes.  2  And  when  he 
was  come  out  of '"  the  boat,  straight- 
way there  met  him  out  of  the  tombs 
a  man  "with  an  unclean  spirit, 
3  who  had  his  dwelling  in  the 
tombs :  and  no  man  could  any 
more  bind  him,  no,  not  with  a 
chain  ;  4  because  that  lie  had  been 
often  bound  with  fetters  and  chains, 
and  the  chains  had  been  rent  asun- 
der by  him,  and  the  fetters  broken 
in  pieces  :  and  no  man  had  strength 
totamehiin.  5  And  always,  night 
and  day,  in  the  tombs  and  in  the 
mountains,  he  was  crying  out,  and 
cutting  him.self  with  stones.  6  And 
when  he  saw  Jesus  from  afar,  he 
ran  and  "worshipped  him  ;  7  and 
crying  out  with  a  loud  voice,  he 
saith,  ''  AN  hat  have  1  to  do  with 
thee,  Jesus,  thou  ''8on  of  ''the  Most 
High  God  \  I  atljure  thee  by  God. 
torment  me  not.  8  For  he  said 
unto  him.  Come  forth,  thou  unclean 
si)irit,  out  of  the  man.  9  And  he 
asked  him,  What  is  thy  name  ? 
And  he  .saith  unto  him.  My  name 
is  '  Legion ;  for  we  are  many. 
10  And  he  besought  him  much 
that  he  would  not  send  them  away 

6  The  Greek  word  denotes  an  act  of  reverence, 
whether  paid  to  a  creature  (see  Mt.  4.  9;  16.  2r>l 
or  to  the  Creator  (see  Mt.  4.  10). 


39 


5.11 


MAEK 


5.43 


Jairas's  Daughter.    The  Woman  with  an  Issue  of  Blood.    The  Danght«r  raised 


out  of  the  country.  1 1  Now  there 
was  there  on  the  mountain  side  a 
great  herd  of  swine  feeding.  12  And 
they  besought  him,  saying,  Send  us 
into  the  swine,  that  we  may  enter 
into  them.  1 3  And  he  gave  them 
leave.  And  the  unclean  spirits 
came  out,  and  entered  into  the 
swine :  and  the  herd  rushed  down 
the  steep  into  the  sea,  in  mtmher 
about  two  thousand  ;  and  they 
were  drowned  in  the  sea.  14  And 
they  that  fed  them  fled,  and  told  it 
in  the  city,  and  in  the  country. 
And  they  came  to  see  what  it  was 
that  had  come  to  pass.  15  And 
they  come  to  Jesvis,  and  beh9ld 
^  him  that  was  "  possessed  with 
demons  sitting,  *  clothed  and  ''in 
his  right  mind,  even  him  that  had 
the  ''legion  :  and  they  were  afraid. 
16  And  they  that  saw  it  declared 
unto  them  how  it  befell  ^  him  that 
was  "possessed  with  demons,  and 
concerning  the  swine.  17  And 
they  began  to  beseech  him  to  de- 
part from  their  borders.  18"  And 
as  he  was  entering  into  the  boat, 
^  he  that  had  been  "  possessed  with 
demons  besought  him  that  he 
might  be  with  him.  19  And  he 
suffered  him  not,  but  saith  unto 
him.  Go  to  thy  house  unto  thy 
friends,  and  tell  them  how  great 
things  the  Lord  hath  done  for  thee, 
and  hoiu  he  had  mercy  on  thee. 
20  And  he  went  his  way,  and  be- 
gan to  publish  in  ■''Decapolis  how 
great  things  .Jesus  had  done  for 
him  :  and  all  men  marvelled. 

21  ^  And  when  .Jesus  had  crossed 
over  again  in  ''  the  boat  unto  the 
other  side,  a  great  multitude  was 
gathered  unto  him ;  and  he  was 
'by  the  sea.  22  ^And  there  Com- 
eth one  of  '  the  rulers  of  the  syna- 
gogue, Jairus  by  name ;  and  seeing 
him,  he  falleth  at  his  feet,  23  and 
beseecheth  him  much,  saying.  My 
little  daughter  is  at  the  point  of 
death  :  /  p7xty  thee,  that  thou  come 
and  '"lay  thy  hands  on  her,  that 
she  may  be  '^  made  whole,  and  live. 
24  And  he  went  with  him ;  and  a 
great  multitude  followed  him,  and 
they  thronged  him. 

25  And  a  woman,  who  had  an 
issue  of  blood  twelve  years,  26  and 
had  suffered  many  things  of  many 
physicians,  and  had  spent  all  that 
she  had,  and  was  nothing  bettered, 
but  rather  grew  worse,  27  having 
heard  the  things  concerning  Jesus, 

1  Or,  the  demoni€ui  '  Or,  saved 


"  ver.  16, 18 ; 

see  Mt.  4. 

24 
i>  Comp.  Lk. 

8.27 
<^  JLk.  8.  35 
d  See  ver.  9 
'  ver.  18-20 : 

Luke  8.  38, 

39 
/ch.  7.  31; 

Mt.  4.  25 
£'  Mt.  9.  1?: 

Lk.  8.  40? 
*  Comp.  ch. 

4.  36 
'  Comp.  ch. 

4.1 
tver.  22-43: 

Matthew 

9. 18-26 ; 

Luke  8.  41- 

56 
;  ver.  35,  36, 

38 ;  Lk.  8. 

49  ;  13.  14  ; 

Actsl3.15; 

18.  8,  17. 

Comp.  Mt. 

9.  18 
"'  ch.  6.  5  ;  7. 

32;  8.23; 

16.  18 ;  Lk. 

4.  40:  13. 

13 ;  Acts  9. 

17  ;  28.  8  ; 

comp. 

Acts  6.  6 


"  ver.  34 ; 

seech.  3.10 
°  See  Lk.  5. 

17 
P  See  Mt.  9. 

22 
9Lk,  7.  50; 

8.  48; 

comp. 

Acts  16. 

36 ;  Jas.  2. 

16 
"■  See  ver.  22 
*  Lk.  8.  50 
t  Mt.  17. 1 ; 

26.37 


came  in  the  crowd  behind,  and 
touched  his  garment.  28  For  she 
said.  If  I  touch  but  his  garments, 
I  shall  be  "made  whole.  21)  And 
straightway  the  fountain  of  her 
blood  was  dried  up ;  and  she  felt  in 
her  body  that  she  was  healed  of  her 
^ "  plague.  30  And  straightway  Je- 
sus, perceiving  in  himself  that "  the 
power  proceeding  from  him  had 
gone  forth,  turned  him  about  in  the 
crowd,  and  said.  Who  touched  my 
garments'?  31  And -his  disciples 
said  unto  him.  Thou  seest  the  mul- 
titude thronging  thee,  and  sayest 
thou,  ^Vho  touched  me?  32  And 
he  looked  round  about  to  see  her 
that  had  done  this  thing.  33  But 
the  woman  fearing  and  trembling, 
knowing  what  had  been  done  to 
her,  came  and  fell  down  before 
him,  and  told  him  all  the  ti'uth. 
34  And  he  said  unto  her,  Daugh- 
ter, *thy  faith  hath  '^made  thee 
whole ;  ^  go  in  peace,  and  be  whole 
of  thy  '^"  plague. 

35  While  he  yet  spake,  they  come 
from  "■  the  ruler  of  the  synagogue's 
house,  saying.  Thy  daughter  is  dead: 
why  troublest  thou  the  Teacher  any 
further  1  36  But  Jesus,  "  not  heed- 
ing the  word  spoken,  saith  unto 
*■  the  ruler  of  the  synagogue,  *  Fear 
not,  only  believe.  37  And  he  suf- 
fered no  man  to  follow  with  him, 
save  *  Peter,  and  ®  James,  and  John 
the  brother  of  "^  James.  38  And 
they  come  to  the  house  of  ''the 
ruler  of  the  synagogue ;  and  he 
beholdeth  a  tumult,  and  many 
weeping  and  wailing  greatly. 
39  And  when  he  was  entered  in, 
he  saith  unto  them.  Why  make  ye 
a  tumult,  and  weep?  the  child  is 
not  dead,  but  sleepeth.  40  And 
they  laughed  him  to  scorn.  But 
he,  having  put  them  all  forth,  tak- 
eth  the  father  of  the  child  and  her 
mother  and  them  that  were  with 
him,  and  goeth  in  where  the  child 
was.  41  And  taking  the  child  by 
the  hand,  he  saith  unto  her,  Talitha 
cumi ;  which  is,  being  interpreted. 
Damsel,  "I  say  unto  thee.  Arise. 
42  And  straightway  the  damsel 
rose  up,  and  walked ;  for  she  was 
twelve  years  old.  And  they  were 
amazed  straightway  with  a  great 
amazement.  43  And  he  "charged 
them  much  that  no  man  should 
know  this :  and  he  commanded  that 
something  should  be  given  her  to  eat. 


8  Gr.  scourge. 
*  Or,  saved  thee 


5  Or,  overhearing 
«  Or,  Jacob 


40 


6.1 


MARK 


6.31 


Jt'sus  tt'atbes  at  Aiiziireth  and  b  rtyected.    The  Twelve  sent  fortb.    Herod's  Coacern  about  Jesus.    Tbe  Baptuit  bebeaded 


6  "And  he  went  out  from 
thence;  and  lie  coraeth  into 
'his  own  country;  and  his  disciples 
follow  him.  2  And  when  the  sah- 
bath  was  come,  he  began  '  to  teach 
in  the  synagogue  :  aiul  ' ''  many 
hearing  him  were  astonished,  say- 
ing, Wlience  luith  this  man  these 
things'?  and.  What  is  the  wisdom 
tlmt  is  given  unto  this  man,  and 
what  mean  such  -'mighty  works 
wrought  by  his  hands?  3  Is  not 
this  ''the  carpenter,  -^the  son  of 
Mary,  and  brother  of  ^.Jaiues,  and 
Joses,  and  Judji-s,  and  Simon'?  and 
are  not  "  hLs  sisters  here  with  us  ? 
And  they  were  ^''otieniled  in  him. 

4  And  Jesus  said  unto  them,  'A 
prophet  is  not  without  honor,  save 
m  *hi8  own  country,  and  among 
his  own  kin,  and  in  his  own  house. 

5  And  he  could  tliere  do  no  "mighty 
work,  save  that  he  'laid  his  hands 
uixjn  a  few  sick  folk,  and  healed 
them.  6  Aiid  he  marvelled  be- 
cause of  their  "unbelief. 

'"  And  he  went  round  about  the 
villages  teaching. 

7  "  And  "  he  calleth  unto  him  the 
twelve,  and  began  to  send  them 
forth  by  ''  two  and  two ;  and  he 
gave  them  authority  over  the  un- 
clean spirits  ;  8  » and  he  charged 
them  that  they  should  take  nothing 
for  their  journey,  save  a  staflt"  only  ; 
no  bread,  no  wallet,  no  "  money  in 
their  'purse;  9  but  to  go  shod  with 
sandals:  and,  mul  he,  put  not  on 
two  coats.  10  And  he  said  unto 
them.  Wheresoever  ye  enter  into 
a  house,  there  abide  till  ye  depart 
thence.  1 1  And  whatsoever  place 
shall  not  receive  you,  and  they 
hear  you  not,  as  ye  go  forth  thence, 
'shake  off  the  dust  that  is  under 
your  feet  for  a  testimony  unto 
thein.  12  'And  they  went  out, 
and  preached  that  men  should  re- 
pent. 13  And  they  cast  out  many 
demons,  and  '  anointed  with  oil 
many  that  were  sick,  and  healed 
them. 

14  "And  king  Herod  heard  thereof \ 
for  his  name  had  become  known: 
and  "he  .said,  'John  the  Baj)tizer 
is  risen  from  the  dead,  and  there- 
fore do  these  powers  .vork  in  him. 
15  But  others  said.  It  is  ^Elijah. 
And  others  said,  It  i»  •'a  prophet, 
even  as  one  of  the  prophets.    1  b  Jjut 

1  Some  ancient  authorities  insert  th*. 

2  Or.  pon-rrf.  ^  Or,  Jacuh 

i  Gt.  caused  to  xlumlile.  . 

5  Or.  poiinr.  '•  Or.  hrnxs.  '  Gr.  gtrdU. 

a  Some  auoient  authorities  read  Uiey. 


"  ver.  \-6 : 
Matthew 

13.  54-.'i8 
i'Llt.4.  1(>. 

'I'i  \  coiiip. 

Mt.  13.  54, 

67 
<•  S«e  Mt.  4. 

23;  comp. 

cli.  Ul.  1 
>'  See  Mt.  7. 

•J8 
''  comp.  Mt. 

li.  53 
/  See  Mt.  12. 

46 
'■'  Mt.  13.  56 
''  See  Mt.  11. 

6 
•  See  Mt.  13. 

67 
*■  See  ver.  1 
'  See  cli.  5. 

23 
'"  Mt.  .0.  35  ; 

Lk.  13.  22 ; 

lornp.  ch. 

1.39;  10.  1 
"  ver.  7-11 : 

MiUtheie 

W.  1,  i)-U ; 

Lnk,'  9.  1, 

3-5 ;  comp. 

Lit.  10.  4-11 
"011.3.  13; 

Mt.lO.  1,5; 

Lk.  9.  1 
''  Lk.  10.  1 
''  Mt.  10.  10 
'■  Mt.  10.  14 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

11.  1;  Lk. 

!l.  6 
'  Jas.  5.  14 
"  ver.  14-29 : 

Malthfw 

14.  1-12. 
ver.  14  Ifi: 
Liihe  !l.  7-0 

"  See  Mt.  14. 

2 
''  See  Mt.  16. 

14 ;  comp. 

ch.  8.  28 
y  See  Mt.  21. 

11 


'  See  Mt.  14. 

3 
"  See  Mt.  14. 

4 
^  Comp.  Mt. 

21.26 
'  Comp. 

Esth.  1.  3 ; 

2.  18 
<i  Lk.  3.  1 
"  Esth.  5.  8, 

6;  7.  2 


/Lk.9.  in 
■'  Mt.  10.  2 

fronip.  ch. 

3.  14  lu 

Or.l;  Lk. 

6. 13  ;  ».  10  ; 

17.  5 ;  22. 

14  ;  24.  10  ; 

Acts  1.  2, 

26,  iSc. 


41 


Herod,  when  he  heard  thereof, 
.said,  John,  whom  I  beheadexl,  he 
is  nsen.  17  For  Heiud  him.self 
had  sent  forth  and  laid  hold  upon 
John,  and  })ound  him  in  pri.son  for 
the  sake  uf  -  Herod ias,  his  brother 
Philips  wife;  for  he  had  married 
her.  1 8  For  John  said  unto  Herod, 
'^  It  is  not  lawful  for  thee  to  have 
thy  brother's  wife.  19  And  '  He- 
rodias  set  herself  against  him,  and 
desired  U\  kill  him  ;  and  she  could 
not;  20  for  ''Herod  feared  John, 
knowing  that  he  was  a  righteous 
and  holy  man,  and  kept  him  safe. 
And  when  he  hciard  hini,  he  ''  was 
much  pci])lexed:  and  he  heard  him 
gladly.     21    And  when  a  conven- 


ient day  was  come,  that  Herod  on 

'   Y"  ma 
lords,  and  the  '"high  captains,  and 


his  bi 


lay  wa 
rthdaj 


'  made  a  supper  to  his 


the  chief  men  ''of  (Jalilee  :  22  and 
when  ''  the  daughter  of  '  Herodias 
herself  came  in  and  danced,  ^'-she 
pleased  Herod  and  them  that  sat 
at  meat  with  him  ;  and  the  king 
said  unto  the  dam.sel,  Ask  of  me 
Avhatsoever  thou  wilt,  and  1  will 
give  it  thee.  23  And  he  sware 
unto  her,  Whatsoever  thou  shalt 
ask  of  me,  1  will  give  it  thee,  unto 
"  the  half  of  my  kingdoni.  24  And 
she  went  out,  and  said  unto  her 
mother.  What  shall  I  ask  %  And 
she  said.  The  head  of  John  the 
Baptizer.  25  And  she  came  in 
straightway  with  haste  unto  the 
king,  and  asked,  saying,  1  will 
that  thou  forthwith  give  me  on  a 
platter  the  head  of  John  the  Bap- 
tist. 2G  And  the  king  was  ex- 
ceeding sorry  ;  but  for  the  sake  of 
his  oatlis,  and  of  them  that  sat  at 
meat,  he  would  not  reject  her.  27 
And  straightway  the  king  sent 
forth  a  soldier  of  his  guard,  and 
commandexl  to  bring  his  head  :  and 
he  went  and  beheaded  him  in  the 
prison,  28  and  brought  his  head  on 
a  platter,  and  gave  it  to  the  dam- 
sel ;  and  the  damsel  gave  it  to  her 
mother.  29  And  when  his  dis- 
ciples heard  tlurcof,  they  came  and 
took  up  his  corpse,  and  laid  it  in  a 
tomb. 

30  'And  the  "apostles  gather 
them.selves  together  unto  Jesus; 
and  they  told  him  all  things,  what- 
soever tlie.v  had  done,  and  whatso- 
ever they  had  taught.     31  And  he 

0  Many  ancient  authorities  road  did  many 
thingt. 

JO  Or,  mUilary  IribHtifs^  _   Gr.  rhilinrclm. 

>>  Some  ancient  autliorities  read  hh  daughter 
Herodiaa.  "  Or,  it 


6.32 


MARK 


7.6 


The  Five  Thousand  fed.    Jesus  walks  on  the  Sea,    In  fiennesaret 


saith  unto  them,  Come  ye  your- 
selves apart  into  a  desert  place, 
and  rest  a  while.  For  there  were 
many  coming  and  going,  and  "  they 
had  no  leisure  so  much  as  to  eat. 

32  *And  they  went  away  in  ''the 
boat    to    a    desert    place    apart. 

33  And  the  people  saw  them  going, 
and  many  knew  them,  and  they 
ran  together  there  ^  on  foot  from 
all  the  cities,  and  outwent  them. 

34  And  he  came  forth  and  ''saw  a 
great  multitude,  and  he  had  com- 
passion on  them,  because  *  they 
were  as  sheep  not  having  a  shep- 
herd :  and  he  began  to  teach  them 
many  thinga.  35  And  when  the 
day  was  now  far  spent,  his  dis- 
ciples came  unto  him,  and  said. 
The  place  is  desert,  and  the  day  is 
now  far  spent ;  36  send  them  away, 
that  they  may  go  into  the  country 
and  villages  round  about,  and  buy 
themselves  somewhat  to  eat.  37 
But  he  answered  and  said  unto 
them,  Give  ye  them  to  eat.  -^And 
they  say  unto  him,  Shall  we  go 
and  buy  two  hundred  ^"shillings' 
worth  of  bread,  and  give  them  to 
eat  1  38  And  he  saith  unto  them, 
How  many  loaves  have  ye  1  go  and 
see.  And  when  they  knew,  they 
say,  Five,  and  two  fishes.  39  And 
he  commanded  them  that  all  should 
^  sit  down  by  companies  upon  the 
green  grass.  40  And  they  sat 
down  in  ranks,  by  hundreds,  and 
by  fifties.  41  And  he  took  the 
five  loaves  and  the  two  fishes,  and 
looking  up  to  heaven,  he  ''blessed, 
and  brake  the  loaves  ;  and  he  gave 
to  the  disciples  to  set  before  them ; 
and  the  two  fishes  divided  he 
among  them  all.  42  And  they  all 
ate,  and  were  filled.  43  And  they 
took  up  broken  pieces,  twelve  '  bas- 
ketfuls,  and  also  of  the  fishes.  44 
And  they  that  ate  the  loaves  were 
*five  thousand  men. 

45  'And  straightway  he  con- 
strained his  disciples  to  enter  into 
•"  the  boat,  and  to  go  before  him 
unto  the  other  side  to  "  Bethsaida, 
while  he  himself  sendeth  the  mul- 
titude away.  46  And  after  he  had 
"  taken  leave  of  them,  he  departed 
*into  the  mountain  to  pray.  47 
And  when  even  was  come,  the  boat 
was  in  the  midst  of  the  sea,  and  he 
alone  on  the  land.     48  And  seeing 

1  Or,  by  land 

-  The  word  in  the  Greek  denotes  a  coin  worth 
about  eight  pence  half-penny,  or  nearly  seven- 
teen  cents. 

8  Gr.  recline. 


"  ch.  3.  20 
b  ver.  32-J4  : 

Matthew 

14. 13-21 ; 

Luke  y.  10- 

17 :  John  G. 

5-13. 

Comp.  ch. 

8.  2-a 
"^  ver.  45 ; 

comp.  ch. 

3.  y.     See 

ch.  4.  36 
il  See  Mt.  y. 

36 
«  See  Mt.  9. 

36 
/  Jn.  6.  7 
'J  Mt.  IS.  23  ; 

Lk.  7.  41 
''  See  Mt.  14. 

19 
'■  See  Mt.  14. 

20 
k  Comp.  Mt. 

14.  21 
'  ver.  45-51 : 

Miitllieto 

14.  22-32; 

John  6.  15- 

21 
"'  See  ver.  32 
"  See  Mt.  11. 

21 ;  corup. 

ch.  8.  22 
"  Acts  IS.  18, 

21 ;  2  Cor. 

2.  13 
P  See  Mt.  14. 

23 


9  Comp.  ch. 

13.  35 ;  Mt. 
24.  43 

'■SeeMt.9.2 
'  See  Mt.  14. 

27 
'  See  ver.  32 
"  ch.  8.  17  ff. 
"  Comp. 

Rom.  11.  7 
^  ver.  53-56 : 

Matthew 

14.  34-36; 
comp. 

Jn.  6.  24. 25 
y  See  ch.  3. 

10 
*  See  Mt.  9. 

20 
<»  ver.  1-23 : 

Matthew 

15.  1-20 

(>  See  Mt.  15. 

1 
'^  ver.  5  : 

Acts  10. 14, 

28;  11.8; 

Rom.  14. 

14;  Heb. 

10.  29;  Rev. 
21.  27; 
comp.  Mt. 
15.  2 ;  Lk. 

11.  38 

d  ver.  5,  8,  9, 
13 ;  Bee 
Gal.  1.  14 

^  See  Mt.  23. 
25 

/  ver.  2 


42 


them  distressed  in  rowing,  for  the 
wind  was  contrary  unto  them, 
about  the  *  fourth  watch  of  the 
night  he  cometh  unto  them,  walk- 
ing on  the  sea  ;  and  he  would  have 
passed  by  them  :  49  but  they,  when 
they  saw  him  walking  on  the  sea, 
supposed  that  it  was  a  ghost,  and 
cried  out ;  50  for  they  all  saw 
him,  and  were  troubled.  But  he 
straightway  spake  with  them,  and 
saith  unto  them,  ''Be  of  good  cheer  : 
it  is  I ;  *  be  not  afraid.  51  And  he 
went  up  unto  them  into  '  the  boat ; 
and  the  wind  ceased :  and  they  were 
sore  amazed  in  themselves  ;  52  for 
"  they  understood  not  concerning 
the  loaves,  but  their  heart  "was 
hardened. 

53  •'^  And  when  they  had  *  crossed 
over,  they  came  to  the  land  unto 
Gennesaret,  and  moored  to  the 
shore.  54  And  when  they  were 
come  out  of  the  boat,  straightway 
the  people  knew  him,  55  and  ran 
round  about  that  Avhole  region, 
and  began  to  carry  about  on  their 
''  beds  those  that  were  sick,  where 
they  heard  he  was.  56  And  where- 
.soever  he  entered,  into  villages,  or 
into  cities,  or  into  the  country, 
they  laid  the  sick  in  the  market- 
places, and  besought  him  that  they 
might  ^  touch  if  it  were  but  ^the 
border  of  his  garment :  and  as 
many  as  touched  ''  him  were  made 
whole. 

7"*  And  there  are  gathered  to- 
gether unto  him  the  Pharisees, 
and  certain  of  the  scribes,  who 
had  come  ''from  Jerusalem,  2  and 
had  seen  that  some  of  his  disciples 
ate  their  bread  with  '' "  defiled,  that 
is,  unwashen,  hands.  3  (For  the 
Pharisees,  and  all  the  Jews,  except 
they  wash  their  hands  ®  diligently, 
eat  not,  holding  the  "*  tradition  of 
the  elders  ;  4  and  -ivhen  they  come 
from  the  marketplace,  except  they 
^ bathe  themselves,  they  eat  not; 
and  many  other  things  there  are, 
which  they  have  received  to  hold, 
^"washings  of  "cups,  and  pots,  and 
brasen  vessels".)  5  And  the  Phari- 
sees and  the  scribes  ask  him,  Why 
walk  not  thy  disciples  according 
to  the  '^  tradition  of  the  elders, 
but  eat  their  bread  with  ''■''defiled 
hands  1    6  And  he  said  unto  them, 

*  Or,  crossed  over  to  the  land,  they  came  unto 
Oennesaret 

5  Or,  pallets  6  Or.  it  '  Or,  common 

8  Or,  up  to  the  elbow    Gr.  n-ilh  the  fist. 

9  Gr.  baptize.  Some  ancient  authorities  read 
sprinkle  themselves.  i"  Gr.  baptizings. 

11  Many  ancient  authoritiea  add  anacouctU*. 


7. 


MARK 


8.3 


Cercmunbl  and  Real  Drflleui^iit.    The  Syropboeiiidaii  IVoinun.    Cure  uf  a  Deaf-mute 


Well  did  Isaiah  prophesy  of  you 
hypocrites,  as  it  is  written, 

'This  people  honoreth  me  with 
their  lips. 

But  their  heart  is  far  from  me. 

7  But  ill  vain  do  they  worship  me, 
Teachinj;:  as  their  doctrines  the 

precepts  of  men. 

8  Ye  leave  the  commandment  of 
God,  and  hold  fast  the  "tradition 
of  men.  9  And  he  said  unto  them, 
Full  well  do  ye  reject  the  command- 
ment of  Goil,  that  ye  may  keep 
your  "tradition.  lU  For  Moses 
said,  -Honor  thy  father  and  thy 
mother ;  and,  He  that  speaketli 
evil  of  father  or  mother,  let  him 
'die  the  death:  11  but  ye  say,  if 
a  man  shall  say  to  his  father  or 
liis  mother.  That  wherewith  thou 
inightest  have  been  prohted  by  me 
is  *  Corban,  that  is  to  say,  Given  to 
God;  12  ye  no  longer  sutler  him 
bo  do  augnt  for  his  father  or  his 
mother  ;  1 3  making  void  the  word 
of  God  by  your  "  tradition,  which 
ye  have  delivered  :  and  many  such 
like  things  ye  do.  1 4  And  he  called 
to  him  the  multitude  again,  and 
said  unto  them.  Hear  me  all  of 
you,  and  understand:  15  there  is 
nothing  from  without  the  man, 
that  going  into  him  can  defile  him  ; 
but  the  things  which  proceed  out 
of  the  man  are  those  that  defile 
the  man.'*  17  And  when  he  was 
entered  "into  the  house  from  the 
multitude,  ''his  disciples  asked  of 
him  the  parable.  18  And  he  saith 
unto  them.  Are  ye  so  without  un- 
derstanding also  i  Perceive  ye  not, 
that  whatsoever  from  without  go- 
eth  into  the  man,  it  cannot  defile 
him  ;  19  because  it  goeth  not  into 
his  heart,  but  into  nis  belly,  and 
goeth  out  into  the  draught?  Thin 
he  said,  'making  all  meats  -''clean. 
20  And  he  said.  ''That  which  pro- 
ceedeth  out  of  the  man,  that  defil- 
eth  the  man.  21  For  from  within, 
out  of  the  heart  of  men,  ^evil 
thoughts  proceed,  fornications, 
thefts,  murders,  adulteries,  22  cov- 
etings,  wickednesses,  deceit,  la.s- 
civiousness.  an  ''evil  eye,  railing, 
pride,  foolishness  :  23  all  these  evil 
things  proceed  from  within,  and 
defile  the  man. 

24   'And  from  thence  he  arose, 

1  Is.  xxix.  1.3. 

i  Ex.  XX.  12 :  Dt.  v.  16 ;  Ex.  xxi.  17 ;  Lev.  xx.  9, 

3  Or,  surely  dif 

4  Many  aucient  authorities  insert  ver.  \6  If  nvy 
man  hath  ears  to  hmr,  \fl  liirn  hear.  See  ch.  4.  9. 
23.  »  Gr.  thoughts  that  are  evil. 


"  ver.  5,  8,  9, 

1^ ;  see 

Gal.  1.  14 
6  Lev.  1.  2 

\c.(Heb.); 

Sit.  27.  6 

niarg. 
<■  ch.  9.  28  ; 

lomp.  2. 1 ; 

a.  19 

<'  Coiup.  Mt. 

15.  IS 
'  See  Rom. 

14.  1-12; 
Col.  2.  l(i 

/Conip.  Lk. 

11.41: 

Acts  10. 10; 

11.9 
"  Sit.  15.  18  ; 

ver.  23 
''  Comp.  Mt. 

6.  2a  ;  2U.  15 
•  ver.  24-30 : 

Mfitlliew 

15.  21-28 


*  SeeMt.  11. 
21 ;  ver.  31 


<  ver.  31-37 : 

Mu/lhi'W 

15.  29-31 

"'  See  Mt.  4. 

18 

"  ch.  5.  20  ; 
Mt.  4.  25 


''Seech.5.23 
I'  ch.  8.  23 


■  See  Mt. 

8.4 


'  ch.  1.  45 


« ver.  1-9 : 
loomp.  (). 
;!2-44»  J/'i/- 
///cu' 15.32- 
39 

"  See  Sit.  9. 
36;  comp. 
6.34 


43 


and  went  away  into  the  borders  of 
*Tyre  "and  ISidon.  And  he  en- 
tered into  a  hou.se,  and  would  have 
no  man  know  it ;  and  he  could  not 
be  hid,  25  But  .straightway  a 
woman,  whose  little  daugliter  had 
an  unclean  sjnrit,  having  heard  of 
him,  came  and  fell  down  at  his  feet. 
2G  Now  the  woman  was  a  "Greek, 
a  Syrophttnician  by  race.  And  she 
besought  him  that  he  would  ca.st 
forth  the  demon  out  of  her  daugh- 
ter. 27  And  he  said  unto  her.  Let 
the  children  fiist  be  filled  :  for  it 
is  not  meet  to  take  the  children's 
"bread  and  cast  it  to  the  dogs. 
28  But  she  answered  and  saith 
unto  him,  Yea,  Lord ;  even  the 
dogs  under  the  table  eat  of  the 
children's  crumbs.  29  And  he  said 
unto  her.  For  this  saying  go  thy 
way ;  the  demon  is  gone  out  of  thy 
daughter.  30  And  she  went  away 
unto  her  house,  and  found  the  child 
laid  u]jon  the  bed,  and  the  demon 
gone  out. 

31  'And  again  he  went  out  from 
the  borders  of  *Tj're,  and  came 
through  jSidon  unto  '"the  sea  of 
Galilee,  through  the  midst  of  the 
boi'ders  of  "  Decapoli.s.  32  And 
they  bring  unto  him  one  that  was 
deaf,  and  had  an  impediment  in 
his  speech ;  and  they  oeseech  him 
to  "lay  his  hand  upon  him.  33  And 
''he  took  him  aside  tiom  the  multi- 
tude privately,  and  put  his  fingers 
into  nis  ears,  and  he  ''spat,  and 
touched  his  tongue  ;  34  and  look- 
ing Uf)  to  heaven,  he  ''sighed,  and 
saith  unto  him^  Ephnhatha,  that  is. 
Be  opened.  35  And  his  ears  were 
opened,  and  the  bond  of  his  tongue 
was  loosed,  and  he  spake  plain. 
36  And  ''he  charged  them  that 
they  should  tell  no  man  :  but  the 
more  he  charged  them,  so  much 
the  more  a  great  deal  they  'pub- 
lished it.  37  And  they  were  be- 
ycmd  measure  astonished,  saying. 
He  hath  done  all  things  well;  he 
maketh  even  the  deaf  to  hear,  and 
the  dumb  to  .speak. 

8  In  those  days,  when  there 
was  again  a  great  multitude, 
and  they  had  nothing  to  eat,  'he 
called  unto  him  his  disciples,  and 
.saith  unto  them,  2  "  I  have  com- 
passion on  the  multitude,  because 
they  continue  with  me  now  three 
days,  and  have  nothing  to  eat : 
3   and  if  I  send  them  away  fast- 

''  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  riTitl  Sidon. 
'  Or,  UmtUe  °  Or,  hnf 


8.4 


MARK 


a38 


The  Foar  Thousand  fed.    The  Demand  for  a  Sign.    The  Leaven  of  the  Pharisees.    Confession  of  Peter.    The  Passion 


ing  to  their  home,  they  Avill  faint 
on  the  way ;  and  some  of  them  are 
come  from  far.  4  And  his  disciples 
answered  him,  Whence  shall  one  be 
able  to  fill  these  men  with  ^  bread 
here  in  a  desert  place  ?  5  And  he 
asked  them.  How  many  loaves  have 
ye  1  And  they  said,  ISeven.  6  And 
he  commandeth  the  multitude  to 
sit  down  on  the  ground:  and  he 
took  the  seven  loaves,  and  having 
given  thanks,  he  brake,  and  gave 
to  his  disciples,  to  set  before  them; 
and  they  set  them  before  the  mul- 
titude. 7  And  they  had  a  few  small 
fishes:  and  "having  blessed  them, 
he  commanded  to  set  these  also 
before  them.  8  And  they  ate,  and 
were  filled:  and  they  took  up,  of 
broken  pieces  that  remained  over, 
seven  *  baskets.  9  And  they  were 
about  four  thousand:  and  he  sent 
them  away.  10  And  sti'aightway 
he  entered  into  the  boat  with  his 
disciples,  and  came  into  the  parts 
of "  Dalmanutha. 

1 1  ''And  the  Pharisees  cam£  forth, 
and  began  to  question  witn  him, 
'  seeking  of  him  a  sign  from  heaven, 
trying  him.  12  And  he  ^sighed 
deeply  in  his  spirit,  and  saith,  Why 
doth  this  generation  seek  a  sign? 
verily  I  say  unto  you,  There  shall 
no  sign  be  given  unto  this  genera- 
tion. 13  And  he  left  them,  and 
again  entering  into  the  boat  de- 
parted to  the  other  side. 

1  i  And  they  forgot  to  take  bread ; 
and  they  had  not  in  the  boat  with 
them  more  than  one  loaf.  15  And 
he  charged  them,  saying,  *  Take 
heed,  beware  of  the  leaven  of  the 
Pharisees  and  the  leaven  of ''  Herod. 

16  And  they  reasoned  one  with  an- 
other, -  saying,  ^  We  have  no  bread. 

17  And  Jesus  perceiving  it  saith 
unto  them,  Why  reason  ye,  because 
ye  have  no  bread?  'do  ye  not  yet 
perceive,  neither  understand  1  have 
ye  your  heart  hardened  1  1 8  Hav- 
ing eyes,  see  ye  notl  and  having 
ears,  hear  ye  not?  and  do  ye  not 
remember  1  1 9  When  I  brake  *  the 
five  loaves  among  the  five  thousand, 
how  many  * '  baskets  full  of  broken 

Eieces  took  ye  up  ?  They  say  unto 
im.  Twelve.  20  And  when  '"  the 
seven  among  the  four  thousand, 
how  many  ■* "  basketf uls  of  broken 

1  Gr.  loaves. 

-  Some  ancient  authorities  read  because  they 
had  no  bread. 

3  Or,  It  is  because  we  have  no  bread. 

*  Basket  in  ver.  19  and  20  representa  different 
Greek  words. 


»  See  Mt.  14. 

19 
*  ver.  20;  see 

Mt.  15.  37 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

15.  sy 

d  ver.  11-21 : 
Matthew 

16.  1-12 

'  See  Mt.  12. 

/ch.  7.  34 
9  Mt.  16.  6  ; 

Lk.  12. 1 
h  See  Mt.  14. 

1.     Comp. 

Mt.  22. 16 
i  Comp.  cli. 

6.  52 
k  ch.  6.  41-44 
'  See  Mt.  14. 

20 
""  ver.  6-9 
"  ver.  8 


"  See  Mt.  11. 

21 :  comp. 

ch.  6.  45 
P  See  ch.  3. 

10 
9  ch.  7.  33 
*"  See  ch.  5. 

23 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

8.4 
« ver.  23 
«  ver.  27-29 : 

Matthew 

16.  13-lB ; 

luke  9.  18- 

20 
"  Mt.  16.  13 
^  See  ch.  6. 

14 


V  Mt.  16.  20  ; 

Lk.  9.  21 ; 

comp.  Mt. 

8.4 
^  ver.  31-9.1: 

Matthew 

16.  21-28 ; 

Luke  9.  22- 

27 
"SeeMt.  16. 

21 


b  Jn.  18.  20 ; 
comp.  10. 
24;  11.  14; 
16.  2.5,  29 
(in  Gr.) 


=  See  Mt.  4. 
10 


d  See  Mt.  10. 

38 
'  See  Mt.  10. 
39 


/Lk.  9.  26; 
comp.  Mt. 
10.  33  ; 
Heb.  U.  16 


pieces  took  ye  up  1  And  they  say 
unto  him.  Seven.  21  And  he  said 
unto  them,  '  Do  ye  not  yet  under- 
stand ? 

22  And  they  come  unto  "Beth- 
saida.  And  they  bring  to  him  a 
blind  man,  and  beseech  him  to 
^  touch  him.  23  And  he  took  hold 
of  the  blind  man  by  the  hand,  and 
« brought  him  out  of  the  village  ; 
and  when  he  had  « spit  on  his  eyes, 
and  ''laid  his  hands  upon  him,  he 
asked  him,  Seest  thou  aught  1  24 
And  he  looked  up,  and  said,  I  see 
men ;  for  I  behold  them  as  trees, 
walking.  2.5  Then  again  he  laid 
his  hands  upon  his  eyes ;  and  he 
looked  stedfastly,  and  was  restored, 
and  saw  all  things  clearly.  26  And 
he  sent  him  away  to  his  home,  say- 
ing, *Do  not  even  enter  into  'the 
village. 

27  "And  Jesus  went  forth,  and 
his  disciples,  into  the  villages  of 
"  Ceesarea  Philippi :  and  on  the  way 
he  asked  his  disciples,  saying  unto 
them.  Who  do  men  say  that  I  am  1 
28  *And  they  told  him,  saying, 
John  the  Baptist :  and  others,  Eli- 
jah ;  but  others,  One  of  the  proph- 
ets. 29  And  he  asked  them.  But 
who  say  ye  that  I  am  1  Peter  an- 
swereth  and  saith  unto  him.  Thou 
art  the  Christ.  30  And  *  he  charged 
them  that  they  should  tell  no  man 
of  him. 

31  ^  And  he  began  to  teach  them, 
that  "the  Son  of  man  must  suffer 
many  things,  and  be  rejected  by 
the  elders,  and  the  chief  priests, 
and  the  scribes,  and  be  killed,  and 
after  three  days  rise  again.  32  And 
he  spake  the  saying  *  openly.  And 
Peter  took  him,  and  began  to  re- 
buke him.  33  But  he  turning 
about,  and  seeing  his  disciples, 
rebuked  Peter,  and  saith.  Get  thee 
behind  me,  "  Satan  ;  for  thou  mind- 
est  not  the  things  of  God,  but  the 
things  of  men.  34  And  he  called 
unto  him  the  multitude  with  his 
disciples,  and  said  unto  them.  If 
any  man  would  come  after  me,  let 
him  deny  himself,  and  **  take  up  his 
cross,  and  folloAv  me.  35  For "  who- 
soever would  save  his  life  shall  lose 
it ;  and  whosoever  shall  lose  his  life 
for  my  sake  and  the  ^  gospel's  shall 
save  it.  36  For  what  doth  it  profit 
a  man,  to  gain  the  whole  world, 
and  forfeit  his  life?  37  For  what 
should  a  man  give  in  exchange  for 
his  life  ?    38  For  -^whosoever  shall 

i  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  1.  1. 


44 


9.1 


MAKK 


9.30 


R«)iarrection  and  Comint;  rorftold.    The  Transflgoration.    The  True  Elijah.    Care  or  the  Epileptie  Bo; 


bo  ashamed  of  mo  and  of  my  words 
in  this  adulterous  and  sintul  gen- 
eration, "tlie  Son  of  man  also  snail 
be  ashamt^d  of  him,  when  he  ''com- 
eth  in  the  glory  of  liis  Father  with 

9  the  holy  angels.  1  And  he  said 
unto  them,  ''  N'orily  i  say  unto 
you.  There  are  some  here  ot  them 
that  stand  by,  who  shall  in  no 
wise  taste  of  death,  till  they  see 
the  kingdom  of  God  come  with 
power. 

2  ''And  after  six  days  Jesus 
taketh  with  him  "Tcter,  and 
^  James,  and  John,  and  bringeth 
them  np  into  a  high  mountain 
apart  by  themselves  :  and  he  was 
transfigured  before  them ;  3  and 
'  his  garments  became  glistering, 
exceeding  white,  so  as  no  fuller  on 
earth  can  whiten  them.  4  And 
there  appeared  unto  them  Elijah 
with  Moses  :  and  they  were  talking 
with  Jesus.  5  And  refer  answer- 
eth  and  saith  to  Jesus,  ■''llabbi,  it 
is  good  for  us  to  be  here  :  and  '■>  let 
us  make  three  -tabernacles;  one 
for  thee,  and  one  for  JNIoses,  and 
one  for  Elijah.  G  For  he  knew  not 
what  to  answer ;  for  they  became 
sore  afraid.  7  And  there  came  a 
cloud  overshadowing  them  :  and 
there  came  ''a  voice  out  of  the 
cloud,  •  This  is  m5'  beloved  Son  : 
liear  ye  him.  8  And  suddenly 
looking  round  about,  they  saw  no 
one  any  more,  save  Jesus  only  with 
themselves. 

9  *And  as  thej'  were  coming 
down  from  the  mountain,'  he 
'charged  them  that  they  should 
tell  no  mail  what  things  they  had 
seen,  save  when  the  Son  of  man 
should  have  risen  again  from  the 
dead.  10  And  they  kept  the  say- 
ing, questioning  among  themselves 
what  the  rising  again  from  the 
dead  should  mean.  1 1  And  they 
asked  him,  saying,  *  How  is  it 
that  the  scribes  say  that  '"  Elijah 
must  first  come?  12  And  he  s<iid 
unto  them,  Elijah  indeed  cometh 
first,  and  restoreth  all  things  :  and 
how  is  it  written  of  "the  Son  of 
man,  that  "he  should  suffer  many 
things  and  be  set  at  nought? 
13  But  I  say  unto  you,  that  Ehjah 
is  come,  and  tliey  have  also  done 
unto  him  whatsoever  they  would, 
even  as  it  is  written  of  him. 

14  p  And  when  they  came  to  the 
disciples,  they  saw  a  great  mul- 


«  See  Mt.  8. 
20 

*  See  Mt.  !(!. 
27  ;  coinp. 
ch.  la.  26 ; 
Lk.  i).  27 

'  ver.  2-8 : 
Matt  hi:  w 
17.  1-8; 
Lxike  9.  28- 

d  See  ch.  5. 
37 

*  See  Mt. 
28.  3 

/See  Mt. 

2a.  7 
»  Comp.  Mt. 

17.  4  ;  Lk. 

9.  33 
A  2  Pet.  1. 

17  f. 
>  ch.  1.  11  ; 

see  Mt.  3. 

17 

*  ver.  9-13 : 
Matthrw 
17.  9-13 

'ch.5.  43;7. 

31) ;  comp. 

8.  30 ;  see 

Mt.  8.  4 
»"  See  Mt.  11. 

14 
"  ver.  31 
0  Comp.  Mt. 

16.  21  ;  see 
Mt.  26.  24 

I'ver.  14-23: 
Mall}irw 

17.  14-19 ; 
Luke  9.  37- 
42 


1  Or,  Jacob 

«  Or,  The  scribes  say  . 


«  Or,  booths 


1  ch.  14.  33  ; 

16.  5,  6 


'  Comp.  Mt. 
17.  21) ;  Jn. 
11.40 


t  ch.  7. 17 ; 
comp.  ch. 
2.1 


'  ver.  30-32 : 
Matthfw 
17.  22,  23 : 
Luke  9.  43- 
4S 


45 


titude  about  them,  and  scril)es 
que.stioning  with  them.  15  And 
straightway  all  the  multitude, 
when  they  saw  him,  were  "  greatly 
amazed,  and  running  to  him 
saluted  him.  16  And  he  asked 
them.  What  question  ye  with 
them?  17  And  one  of  the  mul- 
titude answered  him,  Teacher,  I 
brought  unto  thee  my  son,  who 
hath  a  duml)  spirit ;  18  and  where- 
soever it  taketh  him,  it  ''dasheth 
him  down :  and  h(^  toameth,  and 
grindeth  his  teeth,  and  pineth 
away  :  and  I  spake  to  thy  disciples 
that  they  should  cast  it  out;  and 
they  were  not  able.  19  And  he 
answereth  them  and  saith,  O  faith- 
less generation,  how  long  shall  I 
be  with  you  ?  how  long  shall  I 
bear  with  you?  bring  him  unto 
me.  20  And  they  brought  him 
unto  him  :  and  when  he  saw  him, 
straightway  the  spirit  ®tare  him 
grievouslj'' ;  and  he  fell  on  the 
ground,  and  wallowed  foaming. 
21  And  he  asked  his  father.  How 
long  time  is  it  since  this  hath  come 
unto  him  ?  And  he  said,  I'rom  a 
child.  22  And  oft-times  it  hath 
cast  him  both  into  the  fire  and  into 
the  waters,  to  destroy  him  :  but  if 
thou  canst  do  anything,  have  com- 
passion on  us,  and  help  us.  23  And 
Jesus  said  unto  him.  If  thou  canst ! 
''AH  things  are  possible  to  Jiim  that 
believeth.  24  Straightway  the 
father  of  the  child  cried  out,  and 
said*^,  I  believe ;  help  thou  mine 
unbelief.  2-5  And  when  .Jesus  saw 
that 'a  multitude  came  running  to- 
gether, he  rebuked  the  unclean 
spirit,  saying  unto  him.  Thou 
dumb  and  deaf  spirit,  I  command 
thee,  come  out  of  him,  and  enter 
no  more  into  him.  26  And  having 
cried  out,  and  "torn  him  much, 
he  came  out:  and  the  hoy  became 
as  one  dead  ;  in.somuch  that  the 
more  part  said.  He  is  dead.  27  But 
.Jesus  took  him  bj'  the  hand,  and 
raised  him  up ;  and  he  aro.se. 
28  And  when  he  was  come  'into 
the  house,  his  disciples  asked  him 
privatelj',  '' IJov  is  it  that  we  could 
not  cast  it  out?  29  And  he  said 
unto  them.  This  kind  can  come  out 
by  nothing,  save  by  prayer  ^ 

30  "And  they  went  forth  from 
thence,  and  passed  through  Gali- 

<  Or,  rcndelh  him    See  Mt.  7.  6. 

s  Or,  <•■,)> inlsr.1    Sc;e  ch,  1.  26. 

»  Many  ancient  aiithoritirB  aJd  nilh  tears. 

7  Or,  tiiyiii^,   !*''■  f.-'iul'l  nnl  cast  it  out. 

8  Mauy  ancient  authorities  add  and  fasting. 


9.  31 


MARK 


10.15 


The  Passion  again  foretold.    Dispute  alont  Rank.    The  Unknown  Wonder-worker.    In  Jndaea  and  Peraa.    ({nestions  about 


lee ;  and  he  would  not  that  any 
man  should  know  it.  31  For  he 
taught  his  disciples,  and  said  unto 
them,  "The  Son  of  man  is  deliv- 
ered up  into  the  hands  of  men,  and 
they  shall  kill  him  ;  and  when  he 
is  killed,  after  three  days  he  shall 
rise  again.  32  But  'they  under- 
stood not  the  saying,  and  were 
afraid  to  ask  him. 

33  ''And  they  came  to  Caper- 
naum :  and  when  he  was  in  **  the 
house  he  asked  them,  What  were 
ye  reasoning  on  the  way  ?  3-i  But 
they  held  their  peace  :  for  "-'  they 
had  disputed  one  with  another  on 
the  way,  who  tvas  the  -greatest. 
35  And  he  sat  down,  and  called 
the  twelve ;  and  he  saith  unto 
them,  -^  If  any  man  would  be  first, 
he  shall  be  last  of  all,  and  ^ser- 
vant of  alL  36  And  he  took  a 
little  childj  and  set  him  in  the 
midst  of  them  :  and  taking  him 
in  his  arms,  he  said  unto  them, 
37  "  Whosoever  shall  receive  one 
of  such  little  children  in  my  name, 
receiveth  me:  and  whosoever  re- 
ceiveth  me,  receiveth  not  me,  but 
him  that  sent  me. 

38  ''John  said  unto  him.  Teacher, 
we  saw  one  casting  out  demons  in 
thy  name ;  and  '  we  forbade  him, 
because  he  followed  not  us.  39  But 
Jesus  said.  Forbid  him  not :  for 
there  is  no  man  who  shall  do  a 
^  mighty  work  in  my  name,  and  be 
able  quickly  to  speak  evil  of  me. 
40  '^For  he  that  is  not  against  us 
is  for  us.  41  For  '  whosoever  shall 
give  you  a  cup  of  water  to  drink, 
^because  ye  are  Christ's,  verilj^  I 
say  unto  you,  he  shall  in  no  wise 
lose  his  reward.  42  And  '"whoso- 
ever shall  cause  one  of  these  little 
ones  that  believe  ®  on  me  to  stum- 
ble, it  were  better  for  him  if  ^a 
great  millstone  were  hanged  about 
his  neck,  and  he  were  cast  into  the 
sea.  43  And  "if  thy  hand  cause 
thee  to  stumble,  cut  it  off:  it  is 
good  for  thee  to  enter  into  life 
maimed,  rather  than  having  thy 
two  hands  to  go  into  ®°hell,  into 
the  ''unquenchable  fire.^  45  And 
if  thy  foot  cause  thee  to  stumble, 
cut  it  off:  it  is  good  for  thee  to 
enter  into  life  halt,  rather  than 
having  thy  two  feet  to  be  cast  into 

1  See  ch.  3. 19.      2  Qr.  greater.      3  Or,  minUfer 

*  Gr.  power.  ^  Gr.  in  nnme  that  ye  are. 
«  Many  ancient  authorities  omit  on  me. 

1  Gr.  [/  mUhtone  turned  by  an  ass. 

*  Gr.  Gehenna. 

9  Ver.  44  and  46  (which  are  identical  with  ver. 
48)  are  omitted  by  the  best  ancient  authorities. 


"ver.  12:ch. 

8.  31 ;  see 
Mt.  16.  21 

b  Comp.  Lk. 

2.  50  ;  9.  45  ; 
18.  34  ;  Ju. 
12.  16 

«  ver.  33-37 : 
Matthew 
(17.  24)  18. 
1-S  ;  Luke 

9.  46-48 

d  Comp.  ch. 

3.  19 

"  Lk.  22.  24  ; 

comp.  ver. 

50 
/  See  Mt.  20. 

26 
"  See  Mt.  10. 

40 
''  ver.  38-40 : 

Luke  9.  49, 

50 
»■  Comp. 

Num.  11. 

27-29 
t  SeeMt.  12. 

30 
'  Mt.  10.  42 
"'  Mt.  18.  6 ; 

Lk.  17.  2 ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  8.  12 
"  Mt.  5.  30  ; 

18.  8; 

comp.  17. 

27 
°  See  Mt.  5. 

22 
P  Mt.  3.  12 ; 

see  Mt.  25. 

41 


9  Mt.  5.  29  ; 

18.  9; 
comp.  17. 
27 

'■  I&.  66.  24  ; 

comp. 

Judith  16. 

17;  Ecclus. 

7.  17 
»  Mt.  f>.  13  ; 

Lk.14.  34f. 
<  Col.  4.  6 
"  Comp.  ver. 

34  ;  lioui. 

12.  18  ;  2 

Cor.  13. 11; 

1  Th.  5.  13 
"  ver.  1-12 : 

Matthew 

19.  1-9 

"  cb.  1.  21 ; 
2.  13;  4.  2; 
6.  2,  6,  34  ; 
12.  35  ;  14. 
49.  See  Mt. 

4.  23  ;  26.  55 
V  Comp.  Mt. 

19.  8 
«  ch.  13.  19  ; 

2  Pet.  3.  4 
"  Gen.  1.  27  ; 

5.  2 

6  Gen.  2.  24 
"  See  Mt.  5. 

32 
rf  Comp. 

1  Cor.  7. 

11,13 
«  ver.  13-16: 

Matthew 

19.  13-15  ; 

Lnl-e  18. 

15-17 
/SeeMt.  5.  3 
'J  Mt.  18.  3  ; 

19.  14  ;  Lk. 

18.  17 ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  14. 

20 ;  1  Pet. 

2.  2 

46 


^"hell.  47  And  »if  thine  eye 
cause  thee  to  stumble,  cast  it  out : 
it  is  good  for  thee  to  enter  into  the 
kingdom  of  God  with  one  eye, 
rather  than  having  two  eyes  to  be 
cast  into  * "  hell ;  48  ''  where  their 
worm  dieth  not,  and  ^  the  fire  is 
not  quenched.  49  For  every  one 
shall  be  salted  with  fire".  50  Salt 
is  good  :  but '  if  the  salt  have  lost 
its  saltness,  wherewith  will  j^^e 
season  it?  'Have  salt  in  your- 
selves, and  "be  at  peace  one  with 
another. 

'\  f\  "And  he  arose  from  thence, 
J- V/  and  Cometh  into  the  borders 
of  Judtea  and  beyond  the  Jordan: 
and  multitudes  come  together  unto 
him  again  ;  and,  ''as  he  was  wont, 
he  taught  them  again. 

2  And  there  came  unto  him 
Pharisees,  and  asked  him,  Is  it 
lawful  for  a  man  to  put  away  his 
wife  %  trying  him.  3  And  he  an- 
swered and  said  unto  them,  ^^  What 
did  Moses  command  you  %  4  And 
they  said,  Moses  suffered  to  write 
a  bill  of  divorcement,  and  to  put 
her  away.  5  But  Jesus  said  unto 
them,  ^For  your  hardness  of  heart 
he  wrote  you  this  commandment. 
6  But '  from  the  beginning  of  the 
creation,  "Male  and  female  made 
he  them.  7  *For  this  cause  shall 
a  man  leave  his  father  and  mother, 
^•^  and  shall  cleave  to  his  wife ; 
8  and  the  two  shall  become  one 
flesh :  so  that  they  are  no  more 
two,  but  one  flesh.  9  What  there- 
fore God  hath  joined  together,  let 
not  man  put  asunder.  10  And  in 
the  house  the  disciples  asked  him 
again  of  this  matter.  11  And  he 
saith  unto  them,  ''Whosoever  shall 
put  away  his  wife,  and  marry  an- 
other, committeth  adulters'-  against 
her:  12  and  ''if  she  herself  shall 
put  away  her  husband,  and  marry 
another,  she  committeth  adultery. 

13  ^And  they  were  bringing 
unto  him  little  children,  that  he 
should  touch  them  :  and  the  dis- 
ciples rebuked  _  them.  14  But 
when  Jesus  saw  it,  he  was  moved 
with  indignation,  and  said  unto 
them.  Suffer  the  little  children  to 
come  unto  me  ;  forbid  them  not : 
•^for^^to  such  belongeth  the  king- 
dom of  God.  1 5  Verily  I  say  unto 
you,  ^Whosoever  shall  not  receive 

1"  Many  ancient  authorities  add  and  every  sac- 
riflce  shall  be  salted  with  salt.    See  Lev.  2.  13. 

11  Dt.  x.xiv.  1,  3. 

1-  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  and  shall 
cleave  to  his  wife.  i*  Or,  of  such  is 


10.  16 


MARK 


10.  44 


Divorce.    Jesns  Messes  LitUe  Cliildrrn.    The  Peril  of  Rirhes.    The  Request  of  the  Sons  of  Zebedee 


the  kingdom  of  God  as  a  little 
child,  he  shall  in  no  wise  enter 
therein.  IG  And  he  "  took  them  in 
his  arms,  and  blessed  them,  laying 
his  hands  iii)on  them. 

1 7  *  And  as  he  was  going  forth 
'  into  the  way,  there  ran  one  to 
him,  and  ''kneeled  to  him,  and 
asked  him,  Good  Teacher,  what 
shall  I  do  that  I  may  ''  inherit 
eternal  life  ?  18  Antl  Jesus  said 
unto  him,  Why  callest  thou  me 
goodl  none  is  good  save  one,  even 
God.  19  Thou  knowest  the  com- 
mandments, -Do  not  kill.  Do  not 
commit  adultery,  Do  not  steal,  Do 
not  bear  false  witness.  Do  not 
defraud.  Honor  thy  father  and 
mother.  20  And  he  said  unto 
him.  Teacher,  ''all  these  things 
have  I  observed  from  my  youth. 
21  And  Jesus  looking  upon  him 
loved  him,  and  said  unto  him. 
One  thing  thou  lackest :  go,  sell 
whatsoever  thou  hast,  and  give  to 
the  poor,  and  thou  shalt  have 
^  treasure  in  heaven :  and  come, 
follow  me.  22  But  his  counte- 
nance fell  at  the  saying,  and  lie 
went  away  sorrowful :  for  he  was 
one  that  had  great  possessions. 

23  And  Jesus  looked  round 
about,  and  saith  unto  his  di.scinles, 
"  How  hardly  shall  they  that  have 
riches  enter  into  tlie  kingdom  of 
God  !  2-4  And  the  disciples  ''  were 
amazed  at  his  words.  But  Jesus 
answereth  again,  and  saith  unto 
them.  Children,  how  hard  is  it 
^for  them  that  trust  in  riches  to 
enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God  ! 
25  •  It  is  easier  for  a  camel  to  go 
through  a  needle's  eye,  than  for  a 
rich  man  to  enter  into  the  king- 
dom of  God.  26  And  they  were 
astonished  exceedingly,  saying 
*  unto  him,  Then  who  can  be 
saved?  27  Jesus  looking  ujwn 
them  .saith,  *  With  men  it  is  im- 
possible, but  not  with  God  :  for 
all  things  are  possible  with  God. 
28  '  Pettr  began  to  say  unto  him, 
Lo,  we  have  left  all,  and  have  fol- 
lowed tliee.  29  Jesus  said,  Verily 
I  say  unto  you,  ""There  is  no  man 
that  hath  left  hftuse,  or  brethren, 
or  sisters,  or  mother,  or  father,  or 
children,  or  lands,  for  my  .sake, 
and  for  the  'gospel's  sake,  30  but 
he  shall  receive  a  hundredfold  now 

1  Or.  on  his  irnii      «  Ex.  xx.  12-16  :  Dt.  v.  16-20. 

3  Some  aiirient  authorities  oiiiit  f'/r  t/ieiii  that 
trust  in  richfis. 

*  Many  ancient  authr>ritips  renrl  amrma  them- 
selves. ^  See  margiuol  note  on  ch.  1. 1. 


"  ch.  9.  36 
t>  vcr.  17-;!1 : 

Al'ilthew 

I'.i.  li;  ;i() ; 

/,»/,■«  18. 

18-30 
<^  See  ch.  1. 

40 
«'  I.k.  10.  25; 

18.18; 

coiiip. 

Acts  20. 

■£>,  Knh.l. 

18  ;  1  Pet. 

1.4;  &c.  ; 

see  Mt.  25. 

34 
'  Corap.  Mt. 

1!».  20 
/Mt.  <i.  20 
"  See  Mt.  19. 

23 
A  See  ch.  1. 

27 
'  Mt.  10.  24 
k  See  Mt.  li). 

2(> 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

4.  20-22 
""  Mt.  lit.  29  ; 

Lk.  18. 

2!)f.  ; 

coinp.  Mt. 

6.  33 


»  See  Mt.  12. 

32 
«  See  Mt.  19. 

30 
P  ver.  32-34 : 

Mntthric 

20.  17-10  ; 

L<iI:p  18. 

31-33 
'Seech.  1. 

27 
"■ch.  8.  31; 

9.  12 
•  Mt.  26.  67  ; 

27.  30 ;  ch. 

14.  65  ; 

comp.  Mt. 

16.  21 ;  ch. 

9.31 
t  ver.  35-45 : 

Mntllieiv 

20.  2<>-28 
"  Comp.  Mt. 

19.  28 
"  See  Mt.  20. 

»^  Lk.  12.  50 


y  Comp. 
.Acts  12.  2 ; 
Rev.  1.  9 


■  Comp.  Mt. 
13.11 

'  ver.  42-45  : 
comp.  Lk. 
22.  2&-27 


6  See  Mt.  20. 
26  ;  comp. 
ch.  9.  35 


47 


in  this  time,  hou.ses,  and  brethren, 
and  sisters,  and  mothers,  and  chil- 
dren, and  lands,  with  persecutions: 
and  in  "  the  "  world  to  come  eternal 
life.  31  But  "many  iltat  arc  first 
shall  be  last ;  and  the  last  first. 

32  ''And  they  were  on  the  way, 
going  up  to  Jerusalem  ;  and  Jesus 
was  going  before  them  :  and  they 
'  were  amazed  :  and  they  that  fol- 
lowed were  afraid.  And  he  took 
again  the  twelve,  and  began  to 
tell  them  the  things  that  were  to 
happen  unto  him,  33  sayivg,  Be- 
hold, we  go  up  to  Jerusalem  ;  and 
''the  Son  of  man  shall  be  delivered 
unto  the  chief  priests  and  the 
scribes ;  and  they  shall  condemn 
him  to  death,  and  shall  deliver 
him  unto  the  Gentiles:  34  and 
they  .shall  mock  him.  and  'shall 
spit  upon  him,  and  siiall  scourge 
him,  and  .shall  kill  him  ;  and  after 
three  days  he  shall  rise  again. 

35  '  And  there  come  near  unto 
him  "James  and  John,  the  .sons  of 
Zebedee,  saying  unto  him,  Teacher, 
we  would  that  thou  shoaldest  do 
for  us  whatsoever  we  shall  ask  of 
thee.  36  And  he  said  unto  them, 
What  would  ye  that  I  should  do 
for  you"?  37  And  they  said  unto 
him.  Grant  unto  us  that  we  "may 
sit,  one  on  thy  right;  hand,  and 
one  on  thj/  left  hand,  in  thy  glory. 
38  But  Jesus  said  unto  them,  \e 
know  not  what  ye  ask.  Are  ye 
able  'to  drink  the  cup  that  I 
drink  1  or  ''to  be  bai)tized  with 
the  baptism  that  I  am  baptized 
with  1  39  And  they  said  unto 
him.  We  are  able.  And  Jesus  .said 
unto  them,  The  cup  that  I  drink 
•'ye  shall  drink;  and  with  the 
baptism  that  1  am  bajttized  withal 
shall  ye  be  baptized  :  40  but  to  sit 
on  m.v  right  hand  or  on  vn/  left 
hand  is  not  mine  to  give;  'but  it 
is  for  them  for  whom  it  hath  been 
prepared.  41  "And  when  the 
ten  heard  it,  they  began  to  be 
moved  with  indignation  concern- 
ing ^James  and  John.  42  And 
Jesus  called  them  to  him,  and  saith 
unto  them.  Ye  know  that  they 
who  are  accounted  to  rule  over 
the  Gentiles  lord  it  over  them ; 
and  their  great  ones  exercise 
authority  over  them.  43  But  it 
is  not  so  among  you  :  *but  whoso- 
ever would  become  great  among 
you,  shall  be  your  *  minister; 
44  and  whosoever  would  be  first 

*  Or,  age  1  Or,  Jacob  •  Or,  servant 


10.45 


MAKK 


11.  23 


Blind  Bartimaens  cared.    The  Triampbal  Entr)'.    The  Fig  Tree  cursed.    The  Cleansing  of  the  Temple.    The  Puwer  of  Faith 


among  you,  shall  be  ^  servant  of 
all.  45  For  the  Son  of  man  "also 
came  not  to  be  ministered  unto, 
but  to  minister,  and  to  give  his 
life  a  ransom  for  many. 

46  ''And  thejr  come  to  Jericho: 
and  ''as  he  went  out  from  Jericho, 
with  his  disciples  and  a  great 
multitude,  the  son  of  Tim^eus, 
Bartimfeus,  a  blind  beggar,  was 
sitting  by  the  way  side.  47  And 
when  he  heard  that  it  was  Jesus 
the  ''Nazarene,  he  began  to  cry 
out,  and  fay,  Jesus,  thou  ^son 
of  David,  nave  mercy  on  me. 
48  And  many  rebuked  him,  that 
he  should  hold  his  peace :  but  he 
cried  out  the  more  a  great  deal. 
Thou  ^  son  of  David,  have  mercy 
on  me.  49  And  Jesus  stood  still, 
and  said,  Call  ye  him.  And  they 
call  the  blind  man,  saying  unto 
him,  •'^Be  of  good  cheer:  rise,  he 
calleth  thee.  50  And  he,  casting 
away  his  garment,  sprang  up,  and 
came  to  Jesus.  51  And  Jesus 
answered  him,  and  said.  What 
wilt  thou  that  I  should  do  unto 
thee"?  And  the  blind  man  said 
unto  him,  ^^Rabboni,  that  I  may 
receive  my  sight.  52  And  Jesus 
said  unto  him.  Go  thy  way;  ''thy 
faith  hath  "made  thee  whole. 
And  straightway  he  received  his 
sight,  and  followed  him  in  the 
way. 

n'And  when  they  draw 
nigh  unto  Jerusalem,  unto 
Bethphage  and  *  Bethany,  at  'the 
mount  of  Olives,  he  sendeth  two 
of  his  disciples,  2  and  saith  unto 
them,  Go  your  way  into  the  vil- 
lage that  is  over  against  j^ou  :  and 
straightway  as  ye  enter  into  it,  ye 
shall  find  a  colt  tied,  whereon  no 
man  ever  yet  sat ;  loose  him,  and 
bring  him.  3  And  if  any  one  say 
unt©  yoii,  Why  do  jq  this  %  say 
ye.  The  Lord  hath  need  of  him ; 
and  straightway  he  ■*  will  send  him 
*^back  hither.  4  And  they  went 
away,  and  found  a  colt  tied  at  the 
door  without  in  the  open  street ; 
and  they  loose  him.  5  And  certain 
of  them  that  stood  there  said  unto 
them,  What  do  ye,  loosing  the  coif? 
6  And  they  said  unto  them  even 
as  Jesus  had  said :  and  they  let 
them  go.  7  ™And  they  bring  the 
colt  unto  Jesus,  and  cast  on  him 
their  garments ;  and  he  sat  upon 


1  Gr.  hondj;ervant. 

2  See  John  20.  16. 
8  Or,  saved  thee 


*  dr.  sendeth. 
'  Or,  again 


°-  See  Mt.  20. 

28 
b  ver.  46-52 : 

Matthew 

20.  29-34 ; 
Luke  18. 
35-43 

"  Comp.  Lk. 

IS.  35  ;  19. 1 
d  See  ch.  1. 

24 
<■  See  Mt.  9. 

/SeeMt. 

9.  2 
9  Jn.  20.  16 ; 

comp.  Mt. 

23  7 
h  See  Mt.  9. 

22 
i  ver.  1-10 : 

Matthew 

21.  1-9  : 
Luke  19. 
29-38 

k  See  Mt.  21. 

17 
'  See  Mt. 

21.1 
"■  ver.  7-10 : 

John  12. 

12-15 


»  See  Mt. 

21.  9 
«  Mt.  21. 12 
P  Mt.  21.  17 
1  ver.  12-14 

(20-24) : 

Mattliew 

21. 18-22 
»■  ver.  15-18 : 

Matthew 

21.  12-16; 

Luke  19. 

45-47  ; 

comp.  Jn. 

2.  13-16 


'  Comp.  ch. 

12.  12  ;  Mt. 
21.  4(i ;  Lk. 

20.  19 ;  Ju. 
7.  1 

«  See  Mt.  7. 

28 
«  Lk.  21.  37  ; 

comp.  Mt. 

21.  17 ;  ver. 
11 

"  ver.  20-24 
(see  ver. 
12-14) : 
Matthew 
21.  19-22 

^  See  Mt. 
23.7 


y  Mt.  17.  20  ; 
21.  21  f . 


^ 


him.  8  And  many  spread  their 
garments  upon  the  way ;  and 
others  ''branches,  which  they  had 
cut  from  the  fields.  9  And  they 
that  went  before,  and  they  that 
followed,  cried,  "  Hqsanna ;  Blessed 
is  he  that  cometh  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord :  10  Blessed  is  the  king- 
dom that  cometh,  the  kingdom  of 
our  father  David  :  Hosanna  "  in  the 
highest. 

11  And  "he  entered  into  Jeru- 
salem, into  the  temple  ;  and  when 
he  had  looked  round  about  upon 
all  things,  it  being  now  eventide, 
^'he  went  out  unto  Bethany  with 
the  twelve. 

12  «And  on  the  morrow,  when 
they  were  come  out  from  Bethany, 
he  hungered.  13  And  seeing  a  fig 
tree  afar  off  having  leaves,  he  came, 
if  haply  he  might  find  anything 
thereon :  and  when  he  came  to  it, 
he  found  nothing  but  leaves  ;  for  it 
was  not  the  season  of  figs.  14  And 
he  answered  and  said  unto  it,  No 
man  eat  fruit  from  thee  hencefor- 
ward for  ever.  And  his  disciples 
heard  it. 

1 5  *■  And  they  come  to  Jerusalem : 
and  he  entered  into  the  temple,  and 
began  to  cast  out  them  that  sold 
and  them  that  bought  in  the 
temple,  and  overthrew  the  tables 
of  the  moneychangers,  and  the 
seats  of  them  that  sold  the  doves ; 
16  and  he  would  not  suffer  that 
any  man  should  carry  a  veasel 
through  the  temple.  17  And  he 
taught,  and  said  unto  them.  Is  it 
not  written,  ^  My  house  shall  be 
called  a  hc)use  of  prayer  for  all  the 
nations  1  ®  but  ye  have  made  it  a 
den  of  robbers.  18  And  the  chief 
priests  and  the  scribes  heard  it, 
and  "sought  how  they  might 
destroy  him :  for  they  feared  him, 
for  'all  the  multitude  was  aston- 
ished at  his  teaching. 

19  And  ""every  evening  "he 
went  forth  out  of  the  city. 

20  "And  as  they  passed  by  in 
the  morniiig,  they  saw  the  fig  tree 
withered  away  from  the  roots.  2 1 
And  Peter  calling  to  remembrance 
saith  unto  him,  ^Eabbi,  behold, 
the  fig  tree  which  thou  cursedst 
is  withered  away.  22  And  Jesus 
answering  saith  unto  them,  *  Have 
faith  in  God.  23  Verily  I  say 
unto    you,    Whosoever    shall    say 

s  Gr.  layers  of  :earex.  1  Is.  Ivi.  7. 

8  Jer.  vii.  11.         >*  Gr.  takenever  evening  camei 
1°  Some  ancient  authoritiea  read  they. 


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12.19 


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unto  this  muuntiiin,  Be  thou  taken 
up  and  cast  into  tlie  sea  ;  and  shall 
nut  doubt  in  his  heart,  but  shall 
believe  tliat  what  he  saith  comet  h 
to  pass ;  he  shall  have  it.  24 
Therefore  1  say  unto  you,  "  All 
thing's  \vhatsoe\er  ye  pray  and 
ask  for,  believe  that  ye  '  receive 
theui,  and  ye  shall  liave  them. 
'2o  And  whensoever  ye  *  stand 
l)raying,  ■■  forgive,  if  ye  have 
aught  against  any  one  ;  that  your 
Father  also  who  is  in  lieaven  may 
forgive  you  your  trespasses. - 

27  And  thej'  come  again  to  Jeru- 
salem :  ''and  as  he  was  walking  in 
the  temple,  there  come  to  him  the 
chief  priests,  and  the  scribes,  and 
the  elders  ;  28  and  they  said  unto 
him.  By  what  authority  doest  thou 
these  things  ]  or  who  gave  thee  this 
authority  to  do  these  things  ?  29 
And  Jesus  said  unto  them,  I  will 
ask  of  you  om?  "'question,  and  an- 
swer me,  and  I  will  tell  you  by 
what  authority"!  flo  these  things. 
30  The  baptism  of  John,  was  it 
from  heaven,  or  from  men  ?  ans\ver 
me.  31  And  they  reasoned  with 
themselves,  saj'ing.  If  we  shall  say, 
From  heaven  ;  lie  will  say,  Why 
then  did  ye  not  believe  him'?  32 
■•  But  should  we  «iy,  From  men  — 
they  feared  the  people :  *  for  all 
verdy  held  John  to  be  a  prophet. 
33  And  they  answered  Jesus  and 
say.  We  know  not.  And  Jesus 
saith  unto  them.  Neither  tell  I 
you  by  what  authority  1  do  these 
things. 

tiT)  *  And  he  l^egan  to  speak 
^  unto  them  in  parables.  -'A 
man  planted  a  vineyard,  and  set 
a  hedge  about  it,  and  "  digged  a 
pit  for  the  winepress,  and  built  a 
tower,  and  let  it  out  tt>  husband- 
men, and  went  into  another  coun- 
try. 2  And  at  the  season  he  sent 
to  the  husbandmen  a  ''servant, 
that  he  might  receive  from  the 
husbandmen  of  the  fruits  of  the 
vineyard.  3  And  they  t(Hjk  him, 
and  oeat  him,  and  sent  him  away 
empty.  4  And  again  he  .sent  unto 
tliem  another  ".servant;  and  him 
the.y  wounded  in  the  hetid,  and 
handle<^l  shamefullj^.  5  And  he 
sent  another;  and  him  they  killed  : 

>  Or.  rrrrivfd. 

-  Many  ancient  authorities  add  ver.  2r.  Rut  if 
yerf')  not  fnrflire.  n''ilhry  \riV  ynur  Fallitr  irlio  i? 
*n  heaven  forgive  your  Iretpcus't.  Comp.  Mt.  6. 
15  ;  IS.  ai.  3  Gr.  'ront. 

*  Or,  But  ahnll  irr  say.  From  m«»  f 

5  Or,  for  all  held  Ju/in  to  be  a  prophet  indeed 

6  Qr.  bondservant. 


"  See  Mt.  7. 

7f. 
I-  See  Mt. 

6.5 
■=  Mt.  6.  14  ; 

Ecclus. 

2S.  2 
'I  ver.  «-33 : 

Mullhciv 

21.  2;J-27  ; 

LuJ.c  20. 

1-8 
"  Coinp.  3. 

23;  4:2tT. 
/ver.  1-12: 

Alnllhew 

21.  33-46  ; 

Luhe  20. 

9-1'J 
"  Is.  5.  2 


'•  See  ch.  11. 
18 


I-  ver.  13-17 : 
ilattliew 
22.  1^22 ; 
lukp.  20. 
20-26 

'  See  Mt.  22. 

16 
'"  Lk.  11.  54 


'  Bee  Mt.  22. 
21 


'  ver.  18-27  : 
Mnllhew 

a.  2:i-.-!;i : 

Luhr  20. 
27-38 


49 


and  many  others  ;  beating  some, 
and  killing  some.  6  He  had  yet 
one,  a  bclo\ed  son  :  he  sent  him 
last  unto  them,  .saying,  They  will 
reverence  my  son.  7  But  those 
husbandmen  said  among  them- 
selves. This  is  the  heir ;  come,  let 
us  kill  him,  antl  the  inheritance 
shall  Ijo  ours.  8  And  they  took 
him,  and  killed  him,  and  csist  him 
forth  out  of  the  vineyard.  9  What 
therefore  will  the  lord  of  the  vine- 
yard do?  he  will  come  and  destroy 
the  husbandmen,  and  will  give  the 
vineyard  u  nto  others.  1 0  Have  ye 
not  read  even  this  scripture  : 

^The  stone  which  tlie  builders 
rejected. 

The  same  was  made  the  head  of 
the  corner ; 

1 1  This  %vas  from  the  Lord, 

And  it  is  marvellous  in  our 
eves'? 

12  And  ''they  sought  to  lay  hold 
on  him;  and  thej' feared  the  mul- 
titude ;  for  they  perceived  that 
he  spake  the  parable  against 
them :  and  '  they  left  him,  and 
went  away. 

13  *Ana  they  send  unto  him 
certain  of  the  Pharisees  and  of 
the  '  Herodians,  that  they  might 
'"catch  him  in  talk.  14  And  when 
they  were  come,  they  say  unto 
him.  Teacher,  "we  know  that  thou 
art  true,  and  carest  not  for  any 
one ;  for  thou  regardest  not  the 
person  of  men,  out  of  a  truth 
teachest  the  way  of  God :  Is  it 
lawful  to  give  tribute  unto  Ciesar, 
or  nof?  15  Shall  we  give,  or  shall 
we  not  give^  But  he,  knowing 
their  hypocrisy,  saic'.  unto  them. 
Why  make  ye  trial  of  mel  bring 
me  a"*  denarius,  that  I  may  see  it. 
16  And  they  brought  it.  And  he 
saith  unto  them,  Who.se  is  this 
image  and  superscription  ?  And 
they  said  unto  him,  Ca'siir's.  17 
And  Jesus  s;iid  unto  them,  "  Render 
unto  Oe.sar  the  things  that  are 
CaiSiirs,  and  unto  Gotl  tlie  things 
tiiat  are  Uod's.  And  they  mar- 
velled greatly  at  him. 

18  "And  there  come  unto  him 
Sadducees,  \f\\o  say  that  there  is 
no  resurrection :  and  they  asked 
him,  saying,  19  Teacher,  Moses 
wrote  unto  us,  "If  a  man's  brother 
die.  and  leave  a  wife  behind  him, 
and  leave  no  child,  that  his  brother 
should  take  his  wife,  and  raise  up 

•■  Ps.  cxviii.  23  f. 

e  See  margLual  note  on  ch.  6.  t7.      >  Dt,  xxv.  & 


12.20 


MARK 


13.6 


Is  there  a  Resarrection  i    The  Qnestioo  of  Jesas.    The  Widow's  Mites.    The  Destruction  of  Jerusalem 


seed  unto  his  brother.  20  There 
were  seven  brethi-en  :  and  the  first 
took  a  wife,  and  dying  left  no 
seed;  21  and  the  second  took  her, 
and  died,  leaving  no  seed  behind 
him  ;  and  the  third  likewise  :  22 
and  the  seven  left  no  seed.  Last 
of  all  the  woman  also  died.  23  In 
the  resurrection  whose  wife  shall 
she  be  of  them  1  for  the  seven  had 
her  to  wife.  24  Jesus  said  unto 
them.  Is  it  not  for  this  cause  that 
ye  err,  that  ye  know  not  the  scrii> 
tures,  nor  the  power  of  God  1  25 
For  when  they  shall  rise  from  the 
dead,  they  neither  marry,  nor  are 
given  in  marriage ;  but  are  as 
angels  in  heaven.  26  But  as 
touching  the  dead,  that  they  are 
raised ;  have  ye  not  read  in  the 
book  of  Moses,  "  in  the  place  con- 
cerning the  Bush,  how  God  spake 
unto  him,  saying,  ^  I  am  the  God 
of  Abraham,  and  the  God  of  Isaac, 
and  the  God  of  Jacob "?  27  *  He  is 
not  the  God  of  the  dead,  but  of 
the  living :  ye  do  greatly  err. 

28  ''And  one  of  the  scribes 
came,  and  heard  them  question- 
ing together,  and  ''knowing  that 
he  had  answered  them  well,  asked 
him.  What  commandment  is  the 
first  of  ain  29  Jesus  answered. 
The  first  is  .■^Hear,  O  Israel ;  =*The 
Lord  our  God,  the  Lord  is  one : 
30  and  thou  shalt  love  the  Lord 
thy  God  ^with  all  thy  heart,  and 
''  with  all  thy  soul,  and  "*  with  all 
thy  mind,  and  *  with  t.11  thy 
strength.  31  The  second  is  this, 
'Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as 
thyself.  There  is  none  other  com- 
mandment greater  than  these,  32 
And  the  scribe  said  unto  him.  Of 
a  truth.  Teacher,  thou  hast  well 
said  that  "  he  is  one  ;  and  •''  there 
is  none  other  but  he  :  33  and  to 
love  him  with  all  the  heart,  and 
with  all  the  understanding,  and 
with  all  the  strength,  and  to  love 
his  neighbor  as  himself,  ^  is  much 
more  than  all  whole  burnt-ofter- 
ings  and  sacrifices.  34  And  when 
Jesus  saw  that  he  answered  dis- 
creetly, he  said  unto  him.  Thou 
art  not  far  from  the  kingdom  of 
God.  ''And  no  man  after  that 
durst  ask  him  any  question. 

35  *And  Jesus  answered  and 
said,  as  he  *  taught  in  the  temple, 
How    say    the    scribes    that    the 

lEx.  ii».6.  ant.  VI,  4fiP. 

3  Or,  The  Lord  is  out  God ;  the  Lord  is  one 

*6i./rom.  6  i^v.  xix.  18. 


°  Lk.  20.  37  ; 

comp. 

Rom.  11.  2 
b  Mt.  22.  32  ; 

Lk.  20.  38 
<'  ver.  28-34 : 

Matt  lie  w 

22.  34-10 ; 

comp. 

Lk.  10.  25- 

28  ;  20.  39  f . 
d  Lk.  20.  39 ; 

comp.  Mt. 

22.  34 
<■  ver.  29 

marg. 
/  Dt.  4.  35 
!'  1  S.  15.  22  ; 

Hos.  6.  6 ; 

Mic.  6. 

6-8 ;  Mt. 

9.  13:  12.7 
A  See  Mt.  22. 

40 
■  ver.  35-37 : 

Mailhew 

22.  41-46 ; 

Luke  20. 

41-44 
fc  See  Mt.  26. 

55  ;  comp. 

ch.  10.  1 


'  See  Mt.  9. 

27 
"'  Comp.  Jn. 

12.9 
"  ver.  38-40 : 

Matthew 

23.  1-7 ; 

Luke  20. 

45-47 
"Lk.  11.43; 

see  Mt. 

23.  6 
V  Lk.  20.  47 
9  ver.  41  -44  : 

Luke  21. 

1^ 
'■Jn.  8.  20 
*  Comp. 

2  K.  12.  9 

(Lk.  8.43; 

15.  12,  30 ; 

21.  4 
"  ver.  1-37 : 

Matthew 

24;  Luke 

21.  5-36 


"  Lk.  19.  44 


"  See  Mt.  21. 
1 

"  Comp.  Mt. 
17.1 


'  See  Jn. 
24 


60 


Christ  is  the  ^  son  of  David  %  36 
David  himself  said  in  the  Holy 
Spirit, 

®  The  Lord  said  unto  my  Lord, 
Sit  thou  on  my  right  hand, 
Till  I  make  thine  enemies  ^  tho 
footstool  of  thy  feet. 
37  David  himself  calleth  him  Lord; 
and  whence  is  he  his  son?     And 
•* '"  the  common  people  heard  him 
gladly. 

38  "  And  in  his  teaching  he  said, 
Beware  of  the  scribes,  who  desire 
to  walk  in  long  robes,  and  to  have 
"salutations  in  the  marketplaces, 

39  and  chief  seats  in  the  syna- 
gogues, and  chief  places  at  feasts : 

40  ^they  that  devour  widows' 
houses,  ''and  for  a  pretence  make 
long  prayers  ;  these  shall  I'eceive 
greater  condemnation. 

4 1  *  And  he  sat  down  over  against 
"■  the  treasury,  and  beheld  how  the 
multitude  *  cast  ^°  money  into  the 
treasury  :  and  many  that  were  rich 
cast  in  much.  42  And  there  came 
"  a  poor  widow,  and  she  cast  in  two 
mites,  which  make  a  farthing.  43 
And  he  called  unto  him  his  dis- 
ciples, and  said  unto  them.  Verily 
I  say  unto  you,  This  poor  widow 
cast  in  more  tnan  all  they  that  are 
casting  into  the  treasury  :  44  for 
they  all  did  cast  in  of  their  super- 
fluity ;  but  she  of  her  want  did 
cast  in  all  that  she  had,  even  all 
her  'living. 

-j  O  "  And  as  he  went  forth  out 
_L  O  of  the  temple,  one  of  his  dis- 
ciples saith  unto  him.  Teacher,  be- 
hold, what  manner  of  stones  and 
what  manner  of  buildings  !  2  And 
Jesus  said  unto  him,  Seest  thou 
these  great  buildings?  "there  shall 
not  be  left  here  one  stone  upon 
another,  which  shall  not  be  thrown 
down. 

3  And  as  he  sat  on  '  the  mount 
of  Olives  over  against  the  temple, 
*  Peter  and  ^"  James  and  John 
and  Andrew  asked  him  privately, 
4  Tell  us,  when  shall  these  things 
be?  and  what  shall  he  the  sign 
when  these  things  are  all  about 
to  be  accomplished  ?  5  And  Jesus 
began  to  say  unto  them.  Take 
heed  that  no  man  lead  you  astray. 
6  Many  shall  come  in  my  name, 
saying,  '■  I  am  he ;   and  shall  lead 

«  Ps.  ex.  1. 

7  Some  ancient  authorities  read  underneath  thy 
feet. 

8  Or,  the  great  multitude 

»  Or,  even  while  for  a  pretence  they  make 

w  Gr.  brass.  "  Or.  one.  ^  Or.  Jacoi 


13.7 


MARK 

Tbe  Messianic  Coming.    Lesson  Trom  the  Fig  Tree.    Watrhhlnesi  arged 


14.2 


many  astray.  7  And  when  ye 
shall  hear  ot  wars  antl  rumors  of 
wars,  be  not  troubled  :  these  t/tinys 
must  needs  come  to  pass ;  but 
the  end  is  not  yet.  8  For  nation 
shall  rise  against  nation,  and  king- 
dom against  kingdom  ;  tiicre  shall 
be  eartliquakt's  in  divers  places ; 
there  shall  be  famines :  these 
things  are  the  beginning  of  trav- 
ail. 

9  But  take  ye  heed  to  your- 
selves :  for  they  shall  "  deliver  you 
up  to  councils ;  and  '  in  syna- 
goj^ues  shall  ye  be  beaten ;  and 
before  governors  and  kings  shall 
ye  stJind  for  my  sake,  for  a  testi- 
mony unto  them.  10  ''And  the 
^gospel  must  first  be  preached  unto 
all  the  nations.  11  ''And  when 
they  lead  you  to  jxulginent,  and 
deliver  you  up,  be  not  anxious 
beforehand  what  ye  shall  speak  : 
but  whatsoever  shall  be  given  you 
in  that  hour,  that  speak  ye ;  for 
it  is  not  ye  that  sijeak,  but  the 
Holy  Spirit.  \'l  And  brother  shall 
^deliver  up  brother  to  death,  and 
the  father  his  child  ;  and  children 
shall  rise  up  against  parents,  and 
^  cause  them  to  be  put  to  death. 
13  And  *ye  shall  be  hated  of  all 
men  for  my  names  sake  :  but  he 
that  endureth  to  the  end,  the  same 
shall  be  saved. 

14  But  ''when  ye  see  the  abomi- 
nation of  desolation  standing 
where  he  ought  not  (let  him  that 
readeth  understand),  then  let 
them  that  are  in  Judaea  flee  unto 
the  mountains  :  15  and  let  him 
that  is  on  the  housetop  not  go 
down,  nor  enter  in,  to  take  any- 
thing out  of  his  house  :  IG  and  let 
him  that  is  in  the  field  not  return 
back  to  take  his  cloak.  17  But 
woe  unto  them  that  are  with  child 
and  to  them  that  give  suck  in 
those  days  !  IH  And  pray  ye  that 
it  be  not  in  the  winter.  10  For 
those  days  shall  be  tribulation, 
.such  as  there  hath  not  been  the 
like  "from  tlie  beginning  of  the 
creation  which  God  created  until 
now,  and  never  shall  be.  1*0  And 
except  the  Lord  had  shortened  the 
days,  no  flesh  would  have  been 
saved ;  but  for  the  elect's  sake, 
whom  he  chose,  he  shortened  the 
days.  21  And  then  if  any  man 
shall  say  unto  you,  Lo,  here  is 
the  Christ;  or,  Lo,  there;  believe 

1  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  1.  1. 

«  See  ch.  3. 19.  '  Or,  pat  them  to  death 


"  Mt.  1(1.  17 
I-  See  Mt.  10. 

17 
"  Comp.  Mt. 

•J4.  14 
J  ver.  11-13: 

Matt  hi- w 

10.  lif-'J2 ; 

J.ukr.  21. 

12-17 
•  See  Jn.  15. 

21 
/Mt.  2.1. 15 
'•'  oh.  10.  6 


*  See  .Mt.  7. 

l.'i 
'  Mt.  24.  24. 

See  Jn.  4. 

4S 


*  See  Mt.  16. 
27 ;  ch.  8. 
38 


'  Mt.  24.  36  ; 
comp. 
Acts  1.7 


Eph.  6. 
18;  Col.  4. 
2 


"  ver.  37 ; 
see  Mt.  24. 

42 


"  romp.  ch. 

14.  30 
f  ch.  6.  48 : 

comp.  Mt. 

14.  2) 
■?  See  Rom. 

13.  11 
>■  ver.  1.  2  : 

MnHheic 

2H.  1-f> : 

L'ikf  22. 

1.2 
•Jn.  11.55; 

13.1; 

comp. 

ver.  12 
'SeeMt.l2. 

14 


^it  not:  'I'l  for  there  shall  arise 
false  (Jhrists  and  ''false  prophets, 
and  shall  show  'signs  and  'won- 
ders, that  they  may  lead  astray, 
if  po.ssible.  the  elect.  23  But  take 
ye  heed  :  behold,  1  have  told  you 
all  things  beforehand. 

2-1  l>ut  in  tho.se  da.vs,  after  that 
tribulation,  the  sun  sliall  be  dark- 
ened, and  the  moon  shall  not  give 
her  light,  25  and  tlie  stars  sliall 
be  falling  from  heaven,  and  the 
powers  tliat  are  in  the  heavens 
sliall  be  shaken.  20  And  tiien 
shall  they  see  the  Son  of  man 
*  coming  in  clouds  with  great 
power  and  glory.  27  And  then 
shall  he  send  forth  the  angels, 
and  shall  gather  together  his  elect 
from  the  four  Avinds,  from  the 
uttermost  part  of  the  earth  to  the 
uttermost  part  of  heaven. 

28  Now  from  the  fig  tree  learn 
her  parable  :  when  her  branch  is 
now  become  tender,  and  putteth 
forth  its  leaves,  ye  know  tnat  the 
summer  is  nigh ;  29  even  .so  ye 
also,  when  ye  see  tliese  things 
coming  to  pass,  know  ye  that 
'he  is  nigh,  even  at  the  doors. 
30  Verily  I  say  unto  you.  This 
generation  shall  not  pass  away, 
until  all  the.se  things  be  accom- 
plished. 31  Heaven  and  earth 
shall  pass  away :  but  my  word.s 
shall  not  pa.ss  away.  32  'But  of 
that  day  or  that  hour  knoweth  no 
one,  not  even  the  angels  in  heaven, 
neither  the  Son,  but  the  Father. 

33  Take  ye  heed,  '"watch  '^and 
pray  :  for  ye  know  not  when  the 
time  is.  34  It  is  as  >r/iev  a  man, 
sojourning  in  another  country, 
having  left  his  house,  and  given 
authority  to  his  '.servants,  to  each 
one  his  work,  commanded  also 
the  porter  to  watch.  35  "  Watch 
therefore  :  ff)r  ye  know  not  when 
the  lord  of  tlie  house  corneth, 
whether  at  even,  or  at  midnight, 
or  at  "cockcrowing,  <)r  ^in  the 
morning  ;  36  lest  coming  suddenly 
he  find  you  "sleeping.  37  And 
what  I  say  unto  you  I  say  unto 
all,  "Watch. 

-f  y\  *■  Now  after  two  days  was 
J_T!  the  feast  of  'the  passover 
and  the  unleavened  bread :  and 
the  chief  priests  and  the  scribes 
'sought  how  they  might  take  him 
with  subtlety,  and  kill  him :  2  for 

<  Or.  him  'Or^t/ 

•■'  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  and  pray. 

'<  Gr.  bondtervanls. 


51 


14.3 


MAEK 


14.32 


The  Predous  Ointment.    The  Bargain  of  Jndas.    The  Betrayal  predicted.    The  last  Sapper.    Peter's  Denial  foretold 


they  said,  Not  during  the  feast, 
lest  haply  there  shall  he  a  tumult 
of  the  people. 

3  "  And  while  he  was  in  *  Beth- 
any in  the  house  of  Simon  the 
leper,  as  he  sat  at  meat,  there 
came  a  woman  having  ^  an  alabas- 
ter cruse  of  ''ointment  of  "pure 
nard  very  costly ;  and.  she  brake 
the  cruse,  and  poured  it  over  his 
head.  4  But  there  were  some 
that  had  indignation  among  them- 
selves, saying.  To  what  purpose 
hath  this  waste  of  the  ointment 
been  madel  5  For  this  ointment 
might  have  been  sold  for  above 
three  hundred  ^  shillings,  and  given 
to  the  poor.  And  they  murmured 
against  her.  6  But  Jesus  said, 
Let  her  alone ;  why  trouble  ye  her  '? 
she  hath  wrought  a  good  work 
on  me.  7  ''For  ye  ^.ave  the  poor 
always  with  you,  and  whensoever 
ye  will  ye  can  do  them  good :  but 
me  ye  have  not  always.  8  She 
hath  done  what  she  could ;  *  she 
hath  anointed  my  body  beforehand 
for  the  bxirying.  9  And  verily  I 
say  unto  you,  -^Wheresoever  the 
^gospel  shall  be  preached  through- 
out the  whole  world,  that  also 
which  this  woman  hath  done  shall 
be  spoken  of  for  a  memorial  of 
her. 

10  »And  Judas  Iscariot,  ®*he 
that  was  one  of  the  twelve,  went 
away  unto  the  chief  priests,  that 
he  might  "^  deliver  him  unto  them. 
11  And  they,  when  they  heard  it, 
were  glad,  and  promised  to  give 
him  money.  And  he  sought  how 
he  might  conveniently  ''deliver 
him  tinto  them. 

1 2  '  And  on  the  first  day  of 
*  unleavened  bread,  when  they 
'sacrificed  the  passover,  his  disci- 
ples say  unto  him.  Where  wilt 
thou  that  we  go  and  make  ready 
that  thou  mayest  eat  the  passover  1 
1.3  And  he  sendeth  two  of  his 
disciples,  and  saith  unto  them,  Go 
into  the  city,  and  there  shall  meet 
you  a  man  bearing  a  pitcher  of 
water  :  follow  him  ;  1 4  and  where- 
soever he  shall  enter  in,  say  to  the 
master  of  the  house.  The  Teacher 
saith,  Where  is  my  '"guest-cham- 
ber, where  I  shall  eat  the  passover 
with  my  disciples'?  15  And  he 
will  himself  show  you  a  large 
upper  room  furnished  and  ready : 

1  Or,  a  flask  2  Or,  liquid  nard 

3  See  marginaJ  note  on  ch.  6.  37. 

*  See  marginal  note  on  oh.  1. 1. 

'  Gr.  the  one  of  the  twelve.         *  See  ch.  3. 19. 


"  ver.  3-9 : 

Matthew 

26.  6-13 ; 

comp. 

Lk.  7.  37- 

39  ;  Jn. 

12.  1-8 
b  See  Mt.  21. 

17 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

26.  6f.;  Jn. 

12.  3 
d  Mt.  26.  11 ; 

Jn.  12.  8 ; 

Dt.  15. 

11 
'  See  Jn.  19. 

40 
/Mt.  26. 13 
:'  ver.  10, 11 : 

Matthew 

26.  14-16 ; 

Luke  22.  3- 

6 
h  Jn.  6.  71 
<  ver.  12-16 : 

Matthew 

26.  17-1!) ; 

Luke  22. 

7-13 
k  Mt.  26.  17 
'  Lk.  22.  7  ; 

1  Cor.  5.  7  ; 

Dt.  16. 

5.     Comp. 

ch.  14.  1 
"^  Lk.  22.  11 ; 

comp.  2.  7 

Gr. 


"  ver.  17-21 : 
Matthew 
26.  20-24 ; 
Luket'.n, 
21-23  ; 
comp. 
John  13. 
18  ff. 

"  ver.  22-25 : 
Matthew 
26.  26-29  ; 
iuAe  22.17- 
20 ;  1  Cor- 
inthians 
11.  23-25 ; 
comp.  10. 
16 

P  See  Mt.  14. 
19 

«  Mt.  26.  30 

>■  See  Mt.  21. 
1 

'  ver.  27-31 : 
Matthew 
26.  31-35 


<  Comp.  Mt. 

26.  34 
"ver.  68,72; 

Jn.  13.  38 


"  ver.  32-^2 : 
Matthew 
26.  36-46 ; 
Luke22. 
40-46 


and  there  make  ready  for  us. 
16  And  the  disciples  went  forth, 
and  came  into  the  city,  and  found 
as  he  had  said  unto  them :  and 
they   made    ready    the    passover. 

17  "And  when  it  was  evening  he 
cometh  with  the  twelve.  18  And 
as  they  'sat  and  were  eating, 
Jesus  said.  Verily  I  say  unto  you, 
One  of  you  shall  ^  betray  me, 
even  he  ;that  eateth  with  me. 
19  They  began  to  be  sorrowful, 
and  to  say  unto  him  one  by  one, 
Is  it  I?  20  And  he  said  unto 
them,  It  is  one  of  the  twelve,  he 
that  dippeth  with  me  in  the  dish. 
21  For  tne  Son  of  man  goeth,  even 
as  it  is  written  of  him  :  but  woe 
unto  that  man  through  whom  the 
Son  of  man  is  '^betrayed  !  good 
were  it  ''for  that  man  if  he  had 
not  been  born. 

22  "And  as  they  were  eating, 
he  took  ^'^  bread,  and  when  he  had 
■^blessed,  he  brake  it,  and  gave 
to  them,  and  said,  Take  ye :  this 
is  my  body.  23  And  ne  took 
a  cup,  and  when  he  had  given 
thanks,  he  gave  to  them  :  and  they 
all  drank  of  it.  24  And  he  said 
unto  them,  This  is  rny  blood  of  the 
"covenant,  which  is  poured  out 
for  many.  25  Verily  I  say  unto 
you,  I  shall  no  more  drink  of  the 
fruit  of  the  vine,  until  that  day 
when  I  drink  it  new  in  the  king- 
dom of  God. 

26  «And  when  they  had  sung 
a  hymn,  they  went  out  unto  *■  the 
mount  of  Olives. 

27  'And  Jesus  saith  unto  them, 
All  ye  shall  be  ^"  offended  :  for  it 
is  written,  ^"  I  will  smite  the  shep- 
herd, and  the  sheep  shall  be  scat- 
tered abroad.  28  Hqwbeit,  after 
I  am  raised  up,  I  will  go  before 
you  into  Galilee.  29  But  Peter 
said  unto  him.  Although  all  shall 
be  ^"  offended,  yet  will  not  I. 
30  And  Jesus  saith  unto  him, 
Verily  I  say  unto  thee,  that  thou 
*  to-day,  even  this  night,  before 
"  the  cock  crow  twice,  shalt  deny 
me  thrice.  31  But  he  spake  ex- 
ceeding vehemently.  If  I  must  die 
with  thee,  I  will  not  deny  thee. 
And  in  like  manner  also  said  they 
all. 

32  "And  they  come  unto  "  a  place 

t  Gr.  reclined. 

8  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  .3. 19. 

0  Gr.  for  him  if  that  man.  •<>  Or,  a  loaf 

11  Some  ancient  authorities  insert  new. 

12  Gr.  caused  to  stumble.  i'  Zech.  liiL  7. 
14  Gr.  an  enclosed  inece  of  ground. 


62 


14.35 


MARK 


14.67 


CfthMinane.    Tb*  Betrayal.    Th«  Trial  b«f«re  tb«  Xanhcdrio 


which  was  named  (u'llisi'iiiane : 
and  he  saith  unto  his  disciples,  !Sit 
ye  here,  \yliile  1  uray.  S',i  And  he 
taketh  with  him  reter  and  'James 
and  .John,  and  l)efj:an  to  be  "Ki't'^tly 
aniaztnl,  and  sore  trou hied,  ii-4  And 
he  saith  unto  tliem,  ''My  soul  is 
exceeding  sorrowful  even  unto 
death  :  ahide  ye  here,  and  watch. 
35  Anil  he  went  forward  a  little, 
and  fell  on  the  ground,  and  prayed 
that,  if  it  were  possible,  'the  hour 
miglit  pass  away  from  him.  3G 
And  he  said,  ''Abba,  Father,  all 
thinj^s  are  possible  unto  thee ;  re- 
move this  cup  from  me :  '  howbeit 
not  what  I  will,  but  what  thou 
wilt.  37  And  he  cometh,  and  find- 
eth  them  sleeping,  and  saith  unto 
Peter,  Simon,  sleepest  thou  1  cf)uld- 
est  thou  not  watcn  one  hour  ■?  3S 
'^■^  Watch  and  pray,  that  ye  enter 
not  into  temptation :  the  spirit 
indeed  is  willing,  but  the  flesn  is 
weak.  39  And  again  he  went 
away,  and  prayed,  sjij'ing  the  same 
words.  40  And  again  he  came, 
and  found  them  sleeping,  for  their 
eyes  were  very  heavy ;  and  they 
knew  not  what  to  answer  him. 
41  And  he  cometh  the  third  time, 
and  saith  unto  them,  ''Sleep  on 
now,  and  take  your  rest :  it  is 
enough  ;  ^  the  hour  is  come  ;  behold, 
the  oon  of  man  i.s  ■•  betrayed  into 
the  hands  of  sinners.  42  Arise,  let 
us  be  going  :  behold,  he  that  *  be- 
trayeth  me  Ls  at  hand. 

43  *And  straightway,  while  he 
yet  spake,  cometh  .Judas,  one  of 
the  twelve,  and  with  him  a  multi- 
tude with  swords  and  staves,  from 
the  chief  priests  and  the  scriV)es 
and  the  elders.  44  Now  he  that 
*  betrayed  him  had  given  them  a 
token,  sjiying.  Whomsoever  I  shall 
kiss,  that  is  he  :  take  him,  and  lead 
him  away  safely.  4.5  And  when  he 
was  come,  straiglitway  he  came 
to  him,  and  Siiith,  '  Kabbi ;  and 
''kissed  him.  46  And  they  laid 
hands  on  him,  and  took  him.  47 
But  a  certain  one  of  them  that 
stood  by  drew  his  sword,  and 
smote  the  "servant  of  the  high 
priest,  and  struck  oflF  his  ear. 
48  And  Jesus  answered  and  said 
unto  them.  Are  ye  come  out,  as 
against  a  robber,  with  swords  and 
staves  to  seize  me  149  1  was  daily 

1  Or,  Jacob 

2  Or,  Wi7lch  ve,  find  pray  that  ye  enter  nni 

"  Ot,  On  ve  sleep  on.  then,  and  take  your  rext  f 

♦  See  mafginal  note  on  ch.  3.  l^. 

6  Gr.  kissed  him  much.  •  Gr.  bondservant. 


"ch.B.  15; 

lli.  6,  6 
l-Mt.  26.  38; 

Ju.  U.  27 
*■  ver.  41. 

Sue  Mt.  26. 

15 
d  Rom.  S.  15 ; 

Gal.  -1.  C 
'  See  Alt.  26. 

3» 
/  Mt.  26.  41 
•'  ver.  S.") 
A  ver.  43-50 : 

jUaitlii'w 

26.  47  .56  ; 

iuie  22.47- 

53 ;  Jolm 

18.  3-U 
>  See  Mt.  23. 

7 


fc  ch.  12.  35 
'  ver.  .')3-6') : 

Malt/tew 

26.  57-68  ; 

John  18. 

12  f.  li»-24 
'"  Coiup. 

ver.  6S 
"  See  Mt.  26. 

S 
"  ver.  67  ; 

.In.  18.  18 
''  See  Mt.  5. 

22 

1  ch.  15.  29  ; 
see  Mt.  26. 
61 


■■  See  Mt.  26. 

63 
'ver.  61-63: 

Mntthrw 

26.  63  ff.; 

Luke  22. 

67-71 


»  Mt.  26.  65  ; 
Acts  14. 
14 ;  Num. 
14.6 


'  See  ch.  10. 

34 ;  Mt.  26. 

67 
'  ?;sth.  7.  8 
V  Mt.  26.  fW  ; 

Lk.  22.  M 
-  ver.  •«;-72 : 

Uallhew 

26.  6!^75  ; 

Luke  22. 

.56-62; 

Jnitu  IS. 

16-lS,  25-27 
"  ver.  .54 


with  you  *  in  the  temple  teiichin^, 
and  ye  took  me  not :  but  thin  is 
i((me  that  the  scriptures  might  be 
fulfilled.  50  And  they  all  left  him, 
and  fled. 

5 1  And  a  certain  young  man  fol- 
lowed with  him,  having  a  linen 
cloth  cast  about  him,  over  his 
naked  body:  and  they  lay  lujld  on 
him ;  52  but  he  left  the  linen 
cloth,  and  fled  naked. 

53  'And  they  led  Jesus  away  to 
the  high  priest :  and  there  come 
together  with  him  all  the  chief 
priests  and  the  elders  and  the 
.scribes.  54  And  I'eter  had  fol- 
lowed him  afar  off,  '"even  within, 
into  "  the  court  of  the  high  priest ; 
and  he  was  sitting  with  the  officers, 
and  "warming  him.self  in  the  light 
of  tlie  Jive.  55  Now  the  chief 
priests  and  the  whole  ''council 
sought  witness  against  Jesus  to  put 
him  to  death ;  and  found  it  noc. 
56  For  many  bare  false  witness 
against  him,  and  their  witne^ss 
agreed  not  together.  57  And  there 
stood  up  certain,  and  bare  false 
witness  against  him,  saying,  58 
We  heard  him  say,  •'  I  will  destroy 
this  "temple  that  is  made  with 
hands,  and  in  three  days  I  will 
build  another  made  without  hands. 
59  And  not  even  .so  did  their  wit- 
ness agree  together.  60  And  the 
high  priest  stood  up  in  the  midst, 
and  fisked  Jesus,  saving,  Answer- 
est  thou  nothing?  what  is  it  which 
these  witness  against  tliee?  61 
""But  he  held  his  peace,  and  an- 
swered nothing.  'Again  the  high 
priest  asked  him,  and  saith  unto 
him.  Art  thou  the  Christ,  the  Son 
of  the  Blessed?  62  And  Jesus 
.said,  I  am:  and  ye  shall  see  the 
Son  of  man  sitting  at  the  right 
hand  of  I'ower,  and  'coming  with 
the  clouds  of  heaven.  63  And  the 
high  priest  "rent  his  clothes,  and 
saith.  What  further  need  have  we  of 
witnesses?  64  Ye  have  heard  the 
blasphemy:  what  think  ye?  And 
they  all  condemned  him  to  be 
*  worthy  of  death.  65  And  some 
began  to  "spit  on  him,  and  'to 
cover  his  face,  and  to  butt'et  him, 
and  to  say  unto  him,  "Prophesy: 
an<l  the  ofKcers  received  him  with 
"blows  of  their  hands. 

66  'And  as  Peter  was  beneath  in 
"  the  court,  there  cometh  one  of  the 
maids  of  the  high  priest;  67  and 

T  Or,  sanctuary  8  Gr.  liabU  tO, 

»  Or,  stTvket  of  rods 


63 


14.68 


MARK 


15.32 


Peter's  Denial.    Jesas  before  Pilate.    Not  Jesas,  but  Barabbas,    The  Dlocl^erf.    The  Cradfixion 


seeing  Peter  "warming  himself,  she 
looked  upon  him,  and  saith,  Thou 
also  wast  with  the  'Nazarene,  even 
Jesus.  68  But  he  denied,  saying, 
^  I  neither  know,  nor  understand 
what  thou  sayest :  and  he  "  went 
out  into  the '"  porch ;  ^  and  '*  the  cock 
crew.  G9  And  the  maid  saw  him, 
and  began  again  to  say  to  them 
that  stood  by.  This  is  one  of  them. 
70  But  "  he  again  denied  it.  And 
after  a  little  while  again  they  that 
stood  by  said  to  Peter,  Of  a  truth 
thou  art  one  of  them ;  •'^for  thou 
art  a  Galilaean.  71  But  he  began 
to  curse,  and  to  swear,  I  know  not 
this  man  of  whom  ye  speak.  72 
And  straightway  the  second  time 
the  cock  crew.  And  Peter  called 
to  mind  the  word,  how  that  Jesus 
said  unto  him,  Before  ''the  cock 
crow  twice,  thou  shalt  deny  me 
thrice.  ''And  when  he  thought 
thereon,  he  wept. 

■^  pf  ^  And  straightway  in  the 
XO  morning  the  chief  pi'iests 
with  the  elders  and  scribes,  and 
the  whole  ''council,  held  a  consul- 
tation, and  bound  Jesus,  and  car- 
ried him  away,  and  delivered  him 
up  to  Pilate.  2  ''  And  Pilate  asked 
him,  Art  thou  the  King  of  the 
Jews'?  And  he  answering  saith 
unto  him.  Thou  sayest.  3  And  the 
chief  priests  accused  him  of  many 
things.  4  And  Pilate  again  asked 
him,  saying,  Answerest  thou  noth- 
ing *?  behold  how  many  things  they 
accuse  thee  of.  5  But  Jesus  *  no 
more  answered  anything ;  inso- 
much that  Pilate  marvelled. 

6  'Now  at®  the  feast  he  used  to 
i-elease  unto  them  one  prisoner, 
whom  they  asked  of  him.  7  And 
there  was  one  called  Barabbas, 
lying  bound  with  them  that  had 
made  insurrection,  men  who  in 
the  insurrection  had  committed 
murder.  8  And  the  multitude 
went  up  and  began  to  ask  him  to 
do  as  he  was  wont  to  do  unto  them. 
9  And  Pilate  answered  them,  say- 
ing. Will  ye  that  I  release  unto  you 
the  King  of  the  Jews^  10  For  he 
perceived  that  for  envy  the  chief 
priests  had  delivered  him  up.  1 1 
But  the  chief  priests  stirred  up  the 
multitude,  '"  that  he  should  rather 
release  Barabbas  unto  them.  12 
And    Pilate  again   answered   and 

1  Or,  /  veilhor  hnoiv,  nor  n.nde.rstand  ■  thou, 
lohat  smji'st  thou  ?  2  Gr.  forecourt. 

^  Many  ancient  authorities  omit  and  the  cock 
crew.  1  Or,  And  he  began  to  weep 

5  Or,  a  feast 


"  ver.  54 
b  See  ch.  1. 

•H 
■^  ver.  54 
rf  ver.  ao,  72 
'  ver.  (>S 
/Mt.  26.  73; 

Lk.  22.  69 
'J  See  Mt. 

27.1 
h  See  Mt.  5. 

22 
i  ver.  2-5 : 

Matthew 

21.  n-14; 

Luke  23.  2, 

3 ;  John 

18.  29-38 
k  See  Mt.  27. 

12 
'  ver.  6-15 : 

Matthew 

27.  15-26 ; 

Luke  23. 

18-25 ; 

John  18. 

39-19.  16 
"'  Acts  3.  14 


"  See  Mt.  27. 

26 
°  ver.  16-20 : 

Matthew 

27.  27-31 
P  See  Mt.  27. 

27  ;  comp. 

26.  3 
1  See  Acts 

10.1 


'ver.  21: 
Matthew 
27.  32 : 
Luke  S3.  26 


'  ver.  22-32 : 
Matthew 
27.  33-44  ; 
Luke2i.ZZ- 
43;  John 
19.  17-24 

<  Jn.  19. 17  ; 
comp.  Lk. 
23.  33  and 
marg. 

"  Comp.  Mt. 
27.  34 

"  See  Jn.  19. 
24 

"  Comp.  Jn. 
19. 14;  ver. 
33 

y  See  Mt.  27. 
37 


'  See  Mt.  27. 

39 
"  ch.  14.  58 


b  Mt.  27.  42 ; 
Lk.  23.  35 


54 


said  unto  them.  What  then  shall  I 
do  unto  him  whom  ye  call  the  King 
of  the  Jews'?  13  And  they  cried 
out  again.  Crucify  him.  14  And 
Pilate  said  unto  them,  Why,  what 
evil  hath  he  done  I  But  they  cried 
out  exceedingly.  Crucify  him.  15 
And  Pilate,  wishing  to  content  the 
multitude,  released  unto  them 
Barabbas,  and  delivered  Jesus, 
when  he  had  "  scourged  him,  to  be 
crucified. 

16  "And  the  soldiers  led  him 
away  within  ^the  court,  which  is 
the  ®  Prtetorium ;  and  they  call 
together  the  whole  '^*bana.  17 
And  they  clothe  him  with  purple, 
and  platting  a  crown  of  thorns, 
they  put  it  on  him ;  1 8  and  they 
began  to  salute  him.  Hail,  King  of . 
the  Jews  !  19  And  they  smote  his 
head  with  a  reed,  and  spat  upon 
him,  and  bowing  their  knees  *  wor- 
shipped him.  20  And  when  they 
had  mocked  him,  they  took  on 
from  him  the  purple,  and  put  on 
him  his  garments.  And  they  lead 
him  out  to  crucify  him. 

21''  And  they  "  compel  one  pass- 
ing by,  Simon  of  Cyrene,  coming 
from  the  country,  the  father  of 
Alexander  and  Rufus,  to  go  with 
them,  that  he  might  bear  his  cross. 

22  'And  they  bring  him  unto 
the  place  'Golgotha,  which  is, 
being  interpreted.  The  place  of  a 
skull.  23  And  they  offered  him 
"  wine  mingled  with  myrrh :  but 
he  received  it  not.  24  And  they 
crucify  him,  and  part  his  garments 
among  them,  "casting  lots  upon 
them,  what  each  should  take.  25 
And  it  was  the  ^  third  hour,  and 
they  crucified  him.  26  And  the 
superscription  of  his  accusation 
was  written  over,  ^  the  King  of  the 
Jews.  27  And  with  him  they  cru- 
cify two  robbers  ;  one  on  his  right 
hand,  and  one  on  his  left.^°  29  And 
they  that  passed  by  railed  on  him, 
^  wagging  their  heads,  and  saying, 
Ha !  thou  that  "  destroyest  the 
"  temple,  and  buildest  it  in  three 
days,  30  save  thyself,  and  come 
down  from  the  ci'oss.  31  In  like 
manner  also  the  chief  priests  mock- 
ing him  among  themselves  with  the 
scribes  said,  *  He  saved  others ; 
^'^  himself  he  cannot  save.     32  Let 

0  Or.  palace  ?  Or,  cohort 

s  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  5.  6.      '^  Gr.  imprest!. 

10  Many  ancient  authorities  insert  ver.  28  And 
the  scripture  wn.i  fulfilled,  which  saith.  And  hi 
was  reckowd  with  transgressors.    See  Lk.  22.  37. 

11  Or,  sanctuary 

12  Or,  can  he  not  save  himself  i 


15.33 


MARK 


IG.  14 


The  Death  of  Jesus.    The  Entombment.    The  Empty  Tomb.    The  Risen  Oue  -  appears  t<.  Mary  Magdalen.  ;  to  the  Two 


the  Christ,  "the  King  of  Israel, 
now  come  down  from  the  cross 
tliat  we  may  see  and  believe.  And 
*thej'  that  were  crucilied  with  him 
reproached  him. 

o3  "^And  when  the  '^  sixth  hour 
was  come,  there  was  darkness  over 
the  whole  'land  until  the  ''ninth 
hour.  34;  And  at  the  ''ninth  hour 
Jeisus  cried  with  a  loud  voice. 
'Eloi,  Eloi,  lama  sabachtliani  ? 
which  is,  being  interpreted,  -iMy 
God,  my  God,  •'why  hast  thou  for- 
saken mel  35  And  some  of  them 
that  stood  by.  when  they  heard 
it,  said.  Behold,  he  calleth  Elijah. 
3G  And  one  ran,  and  lilling  a  sponge 
full  of  vinegar,  i)ut  it  on  a  reed, 
and  gave  him  to  drink,  saying.  Let 
be  ;  let  us  see  whether  Elijah  com- 
eth  to  take  hira  down.  37  -^And 
Jesus  uttered  a  loud  voice,  and  gave 
up  the  ghost.  38  "And  the  veil  of 
the  ■*  temple  was  rent  in  two  from 
the  top  to  the  bottom.  39  ''And 
when  the  centurion,  who  stood  by 
over  against  him,  saw  that  he  ^so 
gave  up  the  ghost,  he  said.  Truly 
this  man   was  Hhe   Son   of  God. 

40  'And  there  were  also  women 
beholding  from  afar  :  among  whom 
ivere  both  JNIary  JNIagdalene,  and 
Mary  the  mother  of  ^  James  *  the 
^  less  and  of  Joses,  and  '  Salome  ; 

41  who,  when  he  was  in  Galilee, 
followed  him,  and  ""ministered  unto 
him  ;  and  many  other  women  that 
came  up  with  him  unto  Jerusalem. 

42  "And  when  even  was  now 
come,  because  it  was  "the  Prepara- 
tion, that  is,  the  day  before  the 
sabbath,  43  there  came  Joseph  of 
Arimathfea,  a  ^councillor  "of  hon- 
orable estate,  who  also  himself  was 
"■  looking  for  the  kingdom  of  God  ; 
and  he  'boldly  went  in  unto  Pilate, 
and  asked  for  the  body  of  Jesus. 
44  And  Pilate  marvelled  if  he  were 
already  dead  :  and  calling  unto  him 
the  centurion,  he  asked  him  whether 
he'had  been  any  while  dead.  45 
And  Nvhen  he  learned  it  of  'the 
centurion,  he  granted  the  corpse 
to  Joseph.  4G  And  he  Iwught  a 
linen  cloth,  and  taking  him  down, 
wound  him  in  the  linen  cloth,  and 
laid  him  in  a  tomb  which  had  been 
hewn  out  of  a  rock ;  and  he  rolled 

J  Or,  earlh  a  Ps.  xxii.  1. 

3  Or,  why  ilidat  thon  forsake  me  t 

*  Or,  sancliinrij 

*  Many  aucient  authorities  read  so  cried  out, 
and  pave  up  the  g/tost.  6  Or,  n  .inn  of  Qod 

7  Or,  Jacob  «  6r.  little. 

°  Many  ancient  authorities  read  were  already 
dead. 


"  See  Mt.  27. 

it ;  couip. 

ver.  2sS 
>>  ver.  a? : 

comp.  Mt. 

27.  44  ;  Lk. 

2;j.  3'J-4J 
'ver.  ;i;i-41: 

Mat  the  ID 

27.  4,')-,-,6 ; 

Luh'  2a. 

44-4.1 
•'  Mt.  27. 

4.5  f.  ;  Lk. 

23.  44  ; 

comp.  ver. 

"  Coiup.  Ps. 

22.  1  ;  Mt. 
27.  46 

/  Mt.  27.  50  ; 

Lk.  2a.  4(i ; 

.lu.  lit.  30 
"  See  Mt.  27. 

51 ;  Lk.  23. 

4') 
ft  Mt.  27.  54  ; 

Lk.  T.i.  47 ; 

ver.  45 
'  ver.  40,  41 : 

Matthew 

27.  55  f .  : 

comp.  Lk. 

23.  4'J ;  Jn. 
19.  25 

*•■  Comp.  Lk. 

19.  3  ■.' 
'  ch.  16.  1 
"'  See  Mt.  27. 

55  f. 
"  ver.  42-47 : 

ilatthfw 

27.  57-61  ; 

Luke  23. 

50-56; 

John  19. 

3.8-42 
"  See  Mt.  27. 

62 
P  Comp.  Lk. 

23.  51 
«  Acts  13. 

50  ;  17.  12  ; 

f  oinp.  Mt. 

27.  .57 
>•  Lk.  23.  51 ; 

also  2.  25, 

38 :  comp. 

Mt.  27.  57 ; 

.In.  19.  38 
•  Comp.  Jn. 

19.  38 
'  ver.  39 


"  ch.  16.  1 ; 
ver.  40. 
See  Mt. 

27.  56 

'■  ver.  1-8 : 
Matthew 

28.  1-8  ; 
Luke  24.  1- 
10 ;  comp. 
Jn.  20. 

1-8 
"  ch.  15.  47 
y  Lk.  23.  .56  ; 

Jn.  19.  39  f. 

*  ver.  3,  4  : 
ch.  1.5.  46: 
see  Mt.  27. 
BO 

"  Comp. 

Jn.  20.  11, 

12 
6  See  ch.  9. 

15 
«  See  ch.  1. 

24 
d  Mt.  28.  6  : 

Lk.  24.  6 

•  See  Mt.  26. 
32 ;  ch.  14. 
28 


55 


a  stone  against  the  door  of  the 
toinb  47  And  "Alary  .Magdalene 
and  Mary  the  viotker  of  Joses  be- 
lield  where  he  was  laid. 
^  /*  'And  when  the  sabbath 
^  r  M^^'^^  P'i«t,  'Mary  Magdalene, 
an(l  .Mary  the  mother  of  "James, 
and  Salome,  "bought  spices,  that 
they  might  come  and  anoint  him. 
2  And  very  early  on  the  first  day 
ot  the  week,  they  come  to  the  tomb 
wlien  the  sun  was  risen.  3  And 
they  were  saying  among  them- 
selves, VVho  shall  roll  us  away  Hhe 
stone  from  the  door  of  the  tomb? 
4  and  lookin^^  up,  they  see  that  the 
stone  IS  rolled  back :  for  it  was  ex- 
ceeding great.  5  And  "entering 
into  the  tomb,  they  .saw  a  young 
man  sitting  on  the  right  side,  ar- 
rayed in  a  white  robe ;  and  they 
''were  amazed.  6  And  he  saith 
unto  them,  *Be  not  amazed:  ye 
.seek  Jesus,  the  ''Nazarene,  who 
hath  been  crucified  :  "  he  is  risen ; 
he  is  not  here  :  behold,  the  place 
where  they  laid  him  !  7  But  go, 
tell  his  disciples  and  Peter,  "He 
goeth  before  you  into  Galilee: 
there  shall  ye  see  him,  as  he  said 
unto  you.  8  And  they  went  out, 
and  fled  from  the  tomb ;  for  trem- 
bling and  astonishment  had  come 
upon  them  :  and  they  said  nothing 
to  any  one ;  for  they  were  afraid. 

9  ^"  Now  when  he  was  risen  early 
on  the  first  day  of  the  week,  he 
appeared  first  to  -^Mary  Magdalene, 
from  whom  he  had  cast  out  seven 
demons.  10  "She  went  and  told 
them  that  had  been  with  him.  as 
they  mourned  and  wept.  1 1  And 
they,  when  they  heard  that  he  was 
alive,  and  had  been  seen  of  her, 
''disbelieved. 

12  And  after  the.se  things  'he  was 
manifested  in  another  form  *unto 
two  of  them,  as  they  walked,  on 
their  way  into  the  country.  13  And 
they  went  away  and  told  it  unto  the 
rest:  neither  "believed  they  them. 

1 4  And  afterward  '  he  was  mani- 
fested '  unto  the  eleven  themselves 
as  they  .sat  at  meat ;  and  he  up- 
braided them  with  their  ''  unbelief 

/.Tn.  20.  14:  see  Mt.  27.  56  ''Jn.20. 18  *  ver 
13,  14  ;  Lk.  24.  11 :  comp.  41  :  Jn.  20.  25 ;  Mt.  28.  17 
'  ver.  14;  Jn.  21.  1,  14  *  Lk.  24.  13-35  'Comp. 
Lk.  24.  36  ;  Ju.  20.  19,  26  ;  1  Cor.  15.  5 


'»  The  two  oldest  Greek  manuscripts,  and  some 
other  authorities,  omit  from  ver.  9  to  the  end. 
Some  other  authorities  have  a  different  ending  to 
the  Gospel. 


16.15 


MARK 


16.20 


The  Risen  One  —  appears  to  the  Eleven  ;  is  received  ap  into  Heaven 


and  hardness  of  heart,  because  they 
believed  not  them  that  had  seen 
him  after  he  was  risen.  15  And 
he  said  unto  them,  "Go  ye  into  all 
the  M^orld,  and  preach  the  ^  gospel 
to  the  whole  creation.  16  'He 
that  believeth  and  is  baptized  shall 
be  saved  ;  but  he  that  disbelieveth 
shall  be  condemned.  1 7  And  these 
signs  shall  accompany  them  that 
believe :  "  in  my  name  shall  they 
cast  out  demons  ;  they  shall  **  spe-ak 
with  '-^new  tongues  ;  18  they  shall 
*  take  up  serpents,  and  if  they  drink 

1  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  1. 1. 

2  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  new. 


"  Mt.  28.  19 
b  Jn.  3.  18, 

36 ;  comp. 

Acts  16.  31 
"  Comp.  ch. 

9.  38  ;  Lk. 

10.  17 ; 
Acts  5.  16 ; 
8.  7;  16.  18; 
19.  12 

d  Corap. 

Acts  2.  4 ; 

10.  46 :  19. 

6 ;  1  Cor. 

12.  10,  26, 

30  ;  13.  1 ; 

14.  2,  &c. 
'  Comp. 

Lk.  10.  19; 

Acts  28. 3-5 


/  See  ch.  5. 
23 


any  deadly  thing,  it  shall  in  nowise 
hurt  them  ;  they  shall  ^lay  hands 
on  the  sick,  and  they  shall  recover. 
1 9  So  then  the  Lord  Jesus,  after 
he  had  "  spoken  unto  them,  ''  was 
received  up  into  heaven,  and  *  sat 
down  at  the  right  hand  of  God. 
20  And  they  went  forth,  and 
preached  everywhere,  the  Lord 
working  with  them,  and  confirm- 
ing the  woid  by  the  signs  that 
followed.    Amen. 


9  Comp.  Acta  1.  3  a  Corap.  Lk.  9.  51 ;  24.  51 ;  Jn. 
6.  62  ;  20.  17  ;  Acts  1.2;  1  Tim.  3.  16  '  Lk.  22.  69 ; 
Acts  7.  65  f.  ;  Rom.  8.  34  ;  Eph.  1.  20  ;  Col.  3.  1 ; 
Heb.  1.  3  ;  8. 1 ;  10. 12  ;  12.  2 ;  1  Pet.  3.  22 


56 


ACCORDING  TO  LUKE 


r refill  c.    Ilirtli  or  tlie  Bnptist  foretold 


1  Forasmuch  as  many  have 
taken  in  hand  to  draw  up  a 
narrative  concerning  those  matters 
which  "  have  been  '  t'ultilled  among 
us,  '2  even  as  they  deUvered  them 
unto  us,  who  *from  the  beginning 
w^ere  "eyewitnesses  and  ''ministers 
of  *tlie  word,  3  it  seemed  good  to 
me  also,  •'^ having  traced  the  course 
of  all  things  accurately  from  the 
first,  to  write  unto  thee  "  in  order, 
''most excellent 'Theophilus;  4  that 
thou  mightest  know  the  certainty 
concerning  the  -  things  ^  wherein 
thou  *  wast  instmcted. 

5  There  was  'in  the  days  of 
Herod,  king  of  Judtea,  a  certain 
priest  named  Zacharias,  of  the 
""  course  of  Abi  iah :  and  he  had  a 
wife  of  the  daughters  of  Aaron,  and 
lier  name  was  Elisabeth.  6  And 
they  were  both  "righteous  before 
God,  walking  in  all  the  command- 
ments and  ordinances  of  the  Lord 
"blameless.  7  And  they  had  no 
child,  because  that  Elisabeth  was 
barren,  and  they  both  were  7ioiv 
*  well  stricken  in  years. 

8  Now  it  came  to  pass,  while  ''he 
executed  the  priest  s  office  before 
God  in  the  order  of  his  course, 
9  according  to  the  custom  of  the 
priest's  office,  his  lot  was  '  to  enter 
into  the  ^temple  of  the  Lord  and 
burn  incense.  10  And  the  whole 
multitude  of  the  people  were  pray- 
ing "■  without  at  the  hour  of  incense. 

11  And  there  amoearefl  unto  him 
•an  angel  of  the  Lord  standing  on 
the  right  side  of  the  altar  of  incense. 

12  And  Zacharias  was  troubled 
when  he  saw  hrm,  and  fear  fell 
uix)n  him.  13  But  the  angel  .said 
unto  him,  '  Fear  not,  Zacharias  : 
because  thy  supplication  is  heard, 
and  thy  wife  Elisabeth  shall  bear 
thee  a  .son,  and  "thou  shalt  aiU  his 
name  John.  14  And  thou  shalt 
have  joy  and  gladness  ;  and  many 

1  Or,  fully  estnblithed  *  rjr.  rvordt. 

3  Or,  irh^'rh  Ihnii  irnxt  tauqht  by  n-nril  ofmmilh 
*QT.adiancedintheirday*.     ^Oi,  tanclwiry 


"  (See  Gr. 
in)  Uoin. 
4.  21 ;  14. 
5;  Col.  4. 
12;  2  Tim. 
4.  5,  17  ; 
conip.  Col. 

2.  2  ;  1  Th. 

1.  5 ;  Heb. 
6.  U  ;  10. 
22 

fc  Jn.l5.  27; 

comp. 

Acts  1. 

21  f. 
<^  2  Pet.  1. 

1«;  1  Jn. 

1.1 
d  Acts  26. 

16 ;  1  Cor. 

4.  1  ; 

comp. 

Heb.  2.  3 
•■Mk.  4.14; 

16.  20  ; 

Acts  8.  4 ; 

14.  25  ;  16. 

6  ;  17.  11 
/I  Tim.  4. 

6  ;  2  Tim. 

3.  10  (in 
Gr.) 

"Acts  11.  4; 
18.23 

*  Comp. 
Acts  23. 
26 ;  24.  3  ; 
26.  2.j 

•  Acts  1.  1 
k  Acts  IS. 

20  ;  Kom. 

2.  IS; 

1  Cor.  14. 

19 ;  Gal.  6. 

6(Gr.) 
'  Mt.  2.  1 
'^  1  Chr.  24. 

10 
"  Gen.  7. 1 ; 

comp. 

.\cts  2.  25 ; 

8.  21 
"Phil.  2. 15; 

3.  6;  ITh. 
3.  i;i(Gr.) 

PI  Chr.  24. 

19 ;  2  Chr. 

8.  14;  31.2 
9  Fx.  30.  7  f. 
■■  Comp. 

Lev.  16.  17 
'  ch.  2.  9  ; 

see  Acts  5. 

19 
«  ver.  30 : 

comp.  Mt. 

14.  27 
"  ver.  60,  63 


"  Nnm.  6.  3 ; 

JudK.  13. 

4:  Mt.  11. 

18;  ch.  7. 

.13 
'  ver.  76 
"  See  Mt.  11. 

14 
'  ver.  26 ; 

Dan.  8. 

67 


shall  rejoice  at  liis  birth.  15  For 
he  shall  be  great  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord,  and  he  shall  "drink  no  wine 
nor  "strong  drink  ;  and  he  shall  be 
filled  with  the  Holy  Spirit,  even 
from  his  mother's  womb.  16  And 
many  of  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
he  turn  unto  the  Lord  their  God. 

17  And  he  shall  "■'go  before  his 
face  in  the  spirit  and  power  of 
"Elijah,  to  turn  the  hearts  of  the 
fathers  to  the  children,  and  the 
disobedient  to  walk  in  the  wisdom 
of  the  just ;  to  ""  make  ready  for  the 
Lord  a  people  prepared  for  him. 

18  And  Zacharias  said  unto  the 
angel,  Whereliy  shall  I  know  this  ? 
for  1  am  an  old  man,  and  my  wife 
'*well  stricken  in  years.  19  And 
the  angel  answering  said  unto  him, 
I  am  '  Gabriel,  that  "  stand  in  the 
presence  of  God  ;  and  1  was  sent  to 
speak  unto  thee,  and  to  bring  thee 
these  good  tidings.  20  And  be- 
hold, thou  shalt  be  silent  and  not 
able  to  speak,  until  the  day  that 
these  things  shall  come  to  pass, 
because  thou  believedst  not  my 
words,  which  shall  be  fulfilled  in 
their  season.  21  And  the  people 
were  waiting  for  Zacharias,  and 
they  marvelled  "while  he  tarried 
in  the  ^temple.  22  And  v  hen  he 
came  out,  he  could  not  speak  unto 
them  :  and  they  perceived  that  he 
had  seen  a  vision  in  the  ''temple : 
and  he  *  continued  making  signs 
unto  them,  and  remained  dumb. 
23  Anrl  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
days  of  his  ministration  were  ful- 
fille<I,  he  departed  unto  his  hou.se. 

24  And  after  these  days  Elisa- 
beth his  wife  conceived  ;  and  she 
hid  her.self  five  months,  saying, 
25  Thus  hath  the  Lord  done  unto 
me  in  the  days  wherein  he  looked 
uix)n  7ne,  to  "take  away  my  reproach 
among  men. 

16 ;  9.  21  "Bee  Mt.  18.  XO  b  ver.  62  '  Gen.  30. 
23  :  Is.  4.  1        

•  Gr.  sikera. 

'  Some  ancient  authorities  read  come  nigh 
before  his  face.         "  Or.  advanced  in  her  days. 

*  <St,  at  hi*  larrying 


1.26 


LUKE 


1.61 


Birth  of  JesBS  foretold.    The  Annanciation.    Mary  visits  Elisabeth.    The 'Magnificat.'    Kaming  of  the  Baptist 


26  Now  in  the  sixth  month  the 
angel  "  Gabriel  was  sent  from  God 
unto  a  city  of  Galilee,  named  *  Naz- 
areth, 27  to  "a  virgin  betrothed  to 
a  man  whose  name  was  Joseph,  ''of 
the  house  of  David ;  and  the  virgin's 
name  was  Mary.  28  And  he  came 
in  unto  her,  and  said,  Hail,  thou 
that  art  ^  highly  favored,  the  Lord 
is  with  thee'^.  29  But  she  "was 
greatly  troubled  at  the  saying,  and 
cast  in  her  mind  what  manner  of 
salutation  this  might  be.  30  And 
the  angel  said  unto  her,  ■''Fear  not, 
Mary:  for  thou  hast  found  ^ fa v^or 
with  God.  31  And  behold,  thou 
shalt  conceive  in  thy  womb,  and 
bring  forth  a  son,  and  "shalt  call 
his  name  Jesus.  32  He  shall  be 
great,  and  shall  be  called  the  Son 
of  *  the  Most  High :  and  the  Lord 
God  shall  give  unto  him  the  throne 
of  his  father  David:  33  'and  he 
shall  reign  over  the  house  of  Jacob 
'  for  ever ;  *^  and  of  liis  kingdom 
there  shall  be  no  end.  34  And 
Mary  said  unto  the  angel.  How 
shall  this  be,  seeing  I  know  not  a 
man*?  35  And  the  angel  answered 
and  said  unto  her, '  The  Holy  Spirit 
dhall  come  upon  thee,  and  the  power 
of  ""the  Most  High  shall  overshadow 
thee  :  wherefore  also  ^"  the  holy 
thing  which  is  begotten®  shall  be 
called  "the  Son  of  God.  36  And 
behold,  Elisabeth  thy  kinswoman, 
she  also  hath  conceived  a  son  in 
her  old  age ;  and  this  is  the  sixth 
month  with  her  that  ''was  called 
barren.  37  For  ^no  word  from 
God  shall  be  void  of  power.  38  And 
Mary  said.  Behold,  the  ^handmaid 
of  the  Lord  ;  be  it  unto  me  accord- 
ing to  thy  word.  And  the  angel 
departed  from  her. 

39  And  Mary  arose  in  these  days 
and  went  into  *  the  hill  country  with 
haste,  into  a  city  of  Judah  ;  40  and 
entered  into  the  house  of  Zacharias 
and  saluted  Elisabeth.  41  And  it 
came  to  pass,  when  Elisabeth  heard 
the  salutation  of  Mary,  the  babe 
leaped  in  her  womb  ;  and  Elisabeth 
was  *■  filled  with  the  Holy  Spirit ; 
42  and  she  lifted  up  her  voice  with 
a  loud  cry,  and  said.  Blessed  art 
thou  among  women,  and  blessed  is 
the  fruit  of  thy  womb.     43  And 

1  Or,  endued  with  grace 

2  Many  ancient  authorities  add  blessed  art  thou 
among  women.    See  ver.  42. 

3  Or,  grace  *  Gr.  ii/itn  (he  ages. 

'"  Or,  that  which  is  to  be  born  shall  be  called 
holy,  the  Son  of  God. 

5  Some  ancient  authorities  insert  of  thee. 
1  Or,  is  **  Gr.  bondmaid. 


"  See  ver.  19 
b  Mt.  2.  23 
"  Mt.  1. 18 
rf  Mt.  1.  16, 

20;  ch.2.4 
*  Comp. 

ver.  12 
/ver.  13; 

comp.  Mt. 

14.27 
S'Mt.  1.21, 

25;  ch.  2. 

21 
h  ver.  35,  76 ; 

ch.  6.  35; 

Acts  7.  48. 

See  Mk. 

5.7 
'SeeMt.  1.1 
*■■  Comp.  Mt. 

28.  18; 

Dan.  2.  44; 

7.  14,  18,  27 
;  Mt.  1.  13 
'"  See  ver.  32 
"  Comp. 

Mk.  1.  24 
"  See  Mt. 

4.  3 
P  Comp.  Mt. 

19.  26 
1  ver.  65 ; 

comp. 

Josh.  20. 7 ; 

21.  11 
"■  ver.  67 


•  Comp.  ch. 
2.11 

t  ver.  48 ; 

comp. 

ver.  20 
"  ver.  46-53 : 

1  Samuel 

2.  1-10 
"  Ps.  34.  2  f. 
■^  Ps.  35.  9 
-"1  Tim.  1.1; 

2.  3  ;  Tit.  1. 

3;  2.  10;?. 

4  ;  Judo  25 

*  ver.  45 

"  Ps.  98.  1 ; 
118.  13 


*  Comp. 
Gen.  17. 
19  ;  Ps.  132. 
11 ;  Gal.  3. 
16 


"  Gen.  19. 19 


rfGen.  17. 
12 ;  Lev. 
12.  3;ch.2. 
21 ;  Phil. 
3.5 


■  ver.  13,  63 


58 


whence  is  this  to  me,  that  the 
mother  of  *my  Lord  should  come 
unto  me  'I  44  For  behold,  when 
the  voice  of  thy  salutation  came 
into  mine  ears,  the  babe  leaped  in 
my  womb  for  joy.  45  And  '  blessed 
is  she  that  "  believed  ;  for  there 
shall  be  a  fulfilment  of  the  things 
which  have  been  spoken  to  her 
from  the  Lord.  46  And  Mary 
said, 

"  My   soul   "  doth   magnify  the 
Lord, 

47  And  ■'my  spirit  hath  rejoiced  in 

^  God  my  Saviour. 

48  For  he  hath  looked  upon  the 

low  estate  of  his  "  handmaid  : 
For    behold,    from    henceforth 
all  generations  shall  call  me 
^  blessed. 

49  For  he  that  is  mighty  hath  done 

to  me  great  things  ; 
And  holy  is  his  name. 

50  And  his  mercy  is  unto  genera- 

tions and  generations 
On  them  that  fear  him. 

51  "He  hath  showed  strength  with 

his  arm ; 
He  hath  scattered    the   proud 
^"in  the  imagination  of  their 
heart. 

52  He  hath  put  down  princes  from 

their  thrones. 
And  hath  exalted  them  of  low 
degree. 

53  The  hungry  he  hath  filled  with 

good  things ; 
And  the  rich  he  hath  sent  empty 
away. 

54  He  hath  given  help  to  Israel  his 

servant, 
That  he  might  remember  mercy 

55  (*As  he  spake  unto  our  fathers) 
Toward  Abraham  and  his  seed 

for  ever. 

56  And  Mary  abode  with  her 
about  three  months,  and  returned 
unto  her  house. 

57  Now  Elisabeth's  time  was  ful- 
filled that  she  should  be  delivered  ; 
and  she  brought  forth  a  son. 
58  And  her  neighbors  and  her 
kinsfolk  heard  that  the  Lord  had 
"  magnified  his  mercy  towards  her  ; 
and  they  rejoiced  with  her.  59  And 
it  came  to  pass  on  "*  the  eighth  day, 
that  they  came  to  circumcise  the 
child  ;  and  they  would  have  called 
him  Zacharias,  after  the  name  of 
his  father.  60  And  his  mother  an- 
swered and  said,  Not  so;  but  ''he 
shall  be  called  John.  61  And  they 
said  unto  her.  There  is  none  of  thy 

9  Or,  believed  that  there  shall  be        w  Or,  by 


1.62 


LUKE 


2.15 


The  '  BeDedirtns.'    The  Birtb  of  Jesns.    The  Shepherds  and  the  Angels 


kindred  that  is  called  by  this  name. 
62  And  they  "made  signs  to  his 
father,  what  he  would  have  him 
called.  G.i  And  he  asked  for  a 
writing  tablet,  and  wrote,  saying, 
''His  name  is  John.  And  tliey  mai-- 
velled  all.  G-t  "  And  his  mouth  was 
opened  immediately,  and  his  tongue 
loosed,  and  lie  spake,  blessing  God. 
6.5  And  fear  came  on  all  that  dwelt 
round  about  tiiem  :  and  all  these 
sayings  were  noised  abi'oad  through- 
out all  '  the  hill  country  of  .Jud;ea. 
66  And  all  that  heard  them  laid 
them  up  in  their  heart,  saying. 
What  tlien  shall  this  child  be  ( 
For  "the  hand  of  the  Lord  was 
with  him. 

67  x\.nd  his  father  Zacharias 
■'^was  filled  with  the  Holy  (Spirit, 
and  ^prophesied,  saying, 

68  Blessed  be  the  Lord,  the  God 

of  Israel; 
For  he  hath  visited  and  wrought 
*  redemption  for  his  people, 

69  And  hath  raised  up  a  'horn  of 

salvation  for  us 
In  the  house  of  *his    servant 
David 

70  ('  As  he  spake  by  the  mouth  of 

his  holy  prophets  '"  that  have 
been  from  of  old), 

71  "Salvation  from  our   enemies, 

and    from    the   hand    of    all 
that  hate  us; 

72  "To  show  mercy  towards   our 

fathers, 
^And    to    remember    his    holy 
covenant ; 

73  «Tiie  oath  which  he  sware  unto 

Abraham  our  father, 

74  To  grant  unto  us  that  we  being 

delivered  out  of  the  hand  of 
our  enemies 
Should     serve     him     without 
fear. 

75  In  holiness  and  righteousness 

before  him  all  our  days. 

76  Yea  and  thou,  child,  shalt  be 

called    the  ■■  prophet  of  '  the 
Most  High: 
For  thou  'shalt  go  before  the 
face    of   the  Lord   to  'make 
ready  his  ways ; 

77  To  give  knowledge  of  salvation 

unto  his  people 
In  "  the  remission  of  their  sins, 

78  Because  of  the  Hender  mercy 

of  our  God, 
'^Whereby  "the  dayspring  from 
on  high  ^ shall  visit  us, 

79  'To  shine  upon  them  that  sit 

1  Or,  heart  of  mprry  »  Or.  Wher'-in 

t  MJuiy  ancient  authorities  read  hatk  vitittd  ui. 


"  ver.  22 
0  ver.  1.),  60 
'  vor.  20 
^  See  ver.  33 
■■  Acts  n.  21 
/  ver.  41 
'J  Comp. 

Joel  2.  23 
''  cli.  2.  3S  ; 

Heb.  a.  12  ; 

comp.  ver. 

71  ;  Acts 

1.  K 
'  1  S.  2.  1, 

10 ;  I's.  18. 

2  :  8!).  17  ; 

132.  17  : 

Kzek.  2J. 

21; 

comp. 

Ecclus. 

47.  5.  7, 11 
*:  See  Mt. 

1.  1 
'  Rom.  1.  2 
"•  Acts  .i.  21 
"  Comp. 

ver.  68 
"  Mic.  7.  20 
P  Ps.  105. 

8  f.  ;  106. 

45 
9  Gen.  22. 

IB  ff. 
"■  See  Mt. 

11.9 
'  See  ver.  32 
<  ver.  17 
"  Mk.  1.  4  ; 

Jer.  31.  34 
"  Comp. 

Mai.  4  2: 

Eph.  5. 14 ; 

2  Pet.  1. 19 
'  Comp.  Is. 

9.  2  ;  .59.  8 ; 

Mt.  4.  16 

y  ch.  2.  40 
'  Comp.  ch. 

3.  1;  Mt. 

22.  17 
"  See  Mt.  24. 

14 
b  See  Mt.  4. 

24 
'ch.  1.27 
dch.  1.  U; 

see  Acts  5. 

19 
'  ch.  24.  4  ; 

Act3l2.  7 
/Comp.  Mt. 

14.  27 


i'Jn.  4.42: 

Acts  5.  31  ; 

comp.  Mt. 

1.21 
fc  Mt.  16. 16, 

2(1;  Jii.  11. 

27  ;  comp. 

Mt.  1.  16 
■  Acts  2.  36: 

10.  3H : 

comp.  ch. 

1.43 
*  1  S.  2.  .34  ; 

2  K.  19.  29; 

20.  8  f .  ;  Is. 

7.  11,14 
'  cli.  19.  33  : 

comp.  Mt. 

21.9 
■"  Comp.  ch. 

3.  •22;  Eph. 

1.9;  Phil. 

2.  13 


in  darkness  and  the  shadow 

of  death; 
To  guide  our  feet  into  the  way 

of  peace. 
80  "And    the   child    grew,   anci 
waxed  strong  in  spirit,  and  was  in 
the  deserts  till  the  day  of  his  show- 
ing unto  Israel. 

fc^  Now  it  came  to  pass  in  those 
w  days,  there  went  out  a  decree 
from  'Caesar  Augustus,  that  "all 
"•the  world  should  be  enrolled.  2 
This  was  the  first  enrolment  made 
when  C^uirinius  was  governor  of 
*  Syria.  3  And  all  went  to  enrol 
themselves,  every  one  to  his  own 
city.  4  And  Joseph  also  went  up 
from  Galilee,  out  of  the  citj'  of 
Nazareth,  into  Judjea,  to  the  city 
of  David,  which  is  called  Bethle- 
hem, because  "  he  was  of  the  house 
and  family  of  David;  5  to  enrol 
himself  with  Mary,  who  was  be- 
trothed to  him,  being  great  with 
child.  6  And  it  came  to  pass, 
while  they  were  there,  the  days 
were  fulhlled  that  she  should  be 
delivered.  7  And  she  brought 
forth  her  firstborn  son;  and  she 
wrapped  him  in  swaddling  clothes, 
and  laid  him  in  a  manger,  because 
there  was  no  room  for  them  in  the 
inn. 

8  And  there  were  .shepherds  in 
the  same  country  abiding  in  the 
field,  and  keeping  *  watch  oy  night 
over  their  flocK.  9  And  "*  an  angel 
of  the  Lord  '  stood  by  them,  and  the 
glory  of  the  Lord  shone  round  about 
them :  and  they  were  sore  afraid. 
10  And  the  angel  said  unto  them, 
•''Be  not  afraid;  for  behold,  I  bring 
you  good  tidings  of  great  joy  which 
shall  be  to  all  the  people:  11  for 
there  is  born  to  you  this  day  in  the 
citv  of  David  a  ^Saviour,  who  is 
«  "  Christ '  the  Lord.  1 2  And  *  this 
u  the  sign  unto  you :  Ye  shall  find  a 
babe  wrapped  in  swaddling  clothes, 
and  lying  in  a  manger.  13  And 
suddenly  there  was  with  the  angel 
a  multitude  of  the  heavenly  host 
praising  God,  and  saying, 

14  'Glory  to  God  in  the  highest. 
And    on    earth    "peace    among 

*men  "in   whom  he  is   well 
pleased. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
angels  went  away  from  them  into 
heaven,  the  shepherds  said  one  to 

<  Gr.  thf  inhnb'li'ii  fnrth. 
'■■  Or.  Jiight-unlrh'-s         *  Or,  Anointed  Lord 
'  Many  ancient  authorities  read  peace,  good 
plenxKrr  nmong  in^n. 

»  Gr.  men  of  good  pteoiure. 


69 


2.16 


LUKE 


2.47 


The  Saming  of  Jesns.    His  Froiientation  ia  tbe  Temple.    The '  Sane  dimittis.'    The  Boy  Jesus  in  the  Temple 


jinother,  Let  us  now  go  even  unto 
Bethlehem,  and  see  this  ^  thing  that 
is  come  to  pass,  which  the  Lord  hath 
made  known  unto  us.  1 6  And  they 
came  with  haste,  and  found  both 
Mary  and  Joseph,  and  the  babe 
lying  in  the  manger.  1 7  And  when 
they  saw  it,  they  made  known 
concerning  the  saying  which  was 
spoken  to  them  about  this  child. 
1 8  And  all  that  heard  it  wondered 
at  the  things  which  wei-e  spoken 
unto  them  by  the  shepherds.  19 
But  Mary  "  kept  all  these  ^  sayings, 
pondering  them  in  her  heart.  20 
And  the  shepherds  returned,  'glori- 
f ying  and  praising  God  for  all  the 
things  that  they  had  heard  and 
seen,  even  as  it  was  spoken  unto 
them. 

21  And  when  "^  eight  days  wei'e 
fultilled  for  circumcising  him,  "^his 
name  was  called  Jesus,  which  was 
so  called  by  the  angel  before  he  was 
conceived  in  the  womb. 

22  And  when  the  days  of  their 
purification  ^according  to  the  law  of 
Moses  were  fulfilled,  they  brought 
him  up  to  Jerusalem,  to  present 
him  to  the  Lord  23  (as  it  is  written 
in  the  law  of  the  Lord,  •*  Every  male 
that  openeth  the  womb  shall  be 
called  holy  to  the  Lord),  24  and  to 
offer  a  sacrifice  according  to  that 
which  is  said  in  the  law  of  the  Lord, 
^  A  pair  of  turtledoves,  or  two  young 
pigeons.  25  And  behold,  there  was 
a  man  in  Jerusalem,  whose  name 
was  Simeon;  and  this  man  was 
*  righteous  and  devout,  •''looking  for 
the  consolation  of  Israel :  and  the 
Holy  Spirit  was  upon  him.  26 
And  ^  it  had  been  revealed  unto 
him  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  that  he 
should  not  ''  see  death,  before  he 
had  seen  the  Lord's  Christ.  27 
And  he  came  in  the  Spirit  into  the 
temple:  and  when  the  parents 
brought  in  the  child  Jesus,  'that 
they  might  do  concerning  him  after 
the  custom  of  the  law,  28  then  he 
received  him  into  his  arms,  and 
blessed  God,  and  said, 

29  Now  lettest  thou  thy  ^servant 

*  depart,  "^  Lord, 
'According    to    thy    word,    in 
peace ; 

30  For  mine  eyes  have  ™seen  thy 

salvation, 

31  Which  thou  hast  prepared  be- 

fore the  face  of  all  peoples ; 

1  Or,  saying        2  Or,  things        3  Lev.  xii.  2-6. 
4  Ex.  xiii.  2,  12.  6  Lev.  xii.  8  ;  v.  U. 

*  Gr.  bondservant.  1  Gr.  Master. 


°  ver.  51 
b  See  Mt. 

9.  8 
"  See  ch.  1. 

5a 
<1  See  eh.  1. 

31 
*■  Comp.  ch. 

1.6 
/ver.  33; 

ch.  23.  51; 

comp.  Mk. 

15.  43 
"  Comp.  Mt. 

2  12 
A  Ps.  89.  48  ; 

Heb.  11.  5 ; 

comp.  Jn. 

8.  51 
'  ver.  22 
k  ComD. 

Tob.'3.  6 
'  ver.  26 
'"  Is.  52.  10 ; 

ch.  3.  6 


"  Is.  42.  6  ; 
49.  6;  Acts 

13.  47 ;  26. 
23 

"  See  Mt.  12. 

46 
P  Comp.  Mt. 

21.  44  , 

1  Cor.  1. 

23  ;  2  Cor. 

2.  16; 

1  Pet.  2.  8 
9  Comp. 

Acts  21.  9; 

ver.  38 
'^  Josh.  19. 

24 
'  Comp. 

1  Tim.  5.  9 
<  ch.  5.  33 ; 

comp. 

Acts  13.  3 ; 

14.  23 ; 

1  Tim.  5.  5 
"  ver.  25 ; 

comp.  ch. 

1.68 
"  ver.  51 ; 

ch.  4.  16 ; 

see  ch.  1. 

26 ;  Mt.  2. 

23 
*  ch.  1.  80  ; 

comp. 

ver.  52 
y  Ex.  23. 15  ; 

Dt.  16. 

1-6 

'  Ex.  12. 15 


60 


32  "A  light  for  ^ revelation  to  the 

Gentiles, 
And  the  glory  of   thy  people 
Israel. 

33  And  his  father  and  "his  mother 
were  marvelling  at  the  things 
which  were  spoken  concerning 
him  ;  34  and  Simeon  blessed  them, 
and  said  unto  Mary  "his  mother, 
Behold,  this  child  is  set  for  -Pthe 
falling  and  the  rising  of  many  in 
Israel ;  and  for  a  sign  which  is 
spoken  against ;  35  yea  and  a 
sword  shall  pierce  through  thine 
own  soul ;  that  thoughts  out  of 
many  hearts  may  be  revealed.  36 
And  there  was  one  Anna,  a  *  proph- 
etess, the  daughter  of  Phanuel,  of 
*■  the  tribe  of  Asher  (she  was "  of  a 
great  age,  "having  lived  with  a 
husband  seven  years  from  her 
virginity,  37  and  she  had  been  a 
widow  even  unto  fourscore  and 
four  years),  who  departed  not  from 
the  temple,  worshipping  with  *  fast- 
ings and  supplications  night  and 
day.  38  And  coming  up  at  that 
very  hour  she  gave  thanks  unto 
God,  and  spake  of  him  to  all  them 
that  were  "  looking  for  the  redemp- 
tion of  Jerusalem.  39  And  when 
they  had  accomplished  all  things 
that  were  according  to  the  law  of 
the  Lord,  they  returned  into  Gali- 
lee, to  "  their  own  city  Nazareth. 

40  "^And  the  child  grew,  and 
waxed  strong,  ^"filled  with  wis- 
dom :  and  the  grace  of  God  was 
upon  him. 

41  And  his  parents  went  every 
year  to  .Jerusalem  at  *  the  feast  of 
the  passover.  42  And  when., he 
was  twelve  years  old,  they  went 
up  after  tlie  custom  of  the  feast: 
43  and  when  they  had  ^fulfiUea 
the  days,  as  they  were  returning, 
the  boy  Jesus  tarried  behind  in 
Jerusalem  ;  and  his  parents  knew 
it  not ;  44  but  supposing  him  to 
be  in  the  company,  they  went  a 
day's  journey ;  and  they  sought 
for  hipa  among  their  kinsfolk  and 
acquaintance :  45  and  when  they 
found  him  not,  they  returned  to  Je- 
rusalem, seeking  for  him.  46  And 
it  came  to  pass,_  after  three  days 
they  found  him  in  the  temple,  sit- 
ting in  the  midst  of  the  "teachers, 
both  hearing  them,  and  asking 
them  questions :  47  and  all  that 
heard    him    were    amazed   at    his 

8  Or,  i/ie  unveiling  of  the  Gentiles 

'■>  Gr.  advanced  in  many  days. 
ii*  Gr.  becoming  full  of  wisdom. 
II  Or,  doctors   See  ch.  5. 17 ;  Acta  5.  34. 


2.48 


LUKE 


3.23 


Tbe  Baptist  apptkn  tod  prearbeii ;  •nB0Dac«8  tbe  Christ ;  reproves  Herod  and  is  imprlioned.    Baptism  of  Jesas 


understanding  and  his  answers. 
48  And  when  they  saw  him,  they 
were  astonished  ;  and  "  his  mother 
said  unto  him,  'Son,  why  hast 
thou  thus  dealt  with  us  <  behold, 
*  thy  father  and  1  sought  thee 
sorrowing.  49  And  he  said  unto 
them,  How  is  it  that  ye  sought 
me?  knew  ye  not  that  1  must  be 
^in  my  Father's  house?  50  And 
'  they  understood  not  the  saying 
which  he  spake  unto  them.  51 
And  he  went  down  with  them, 
and  came  to  "*  Nazareth ;  and  he 
was  subject  unto  them:  and  "his 
mother  *■  kept  all  these  ^  sayings  in 
her  heart. 

52  And  Jesus  advanced  in  wis- 
dom and  ■'stature,  and  in  *-'' favor 
with  God  and  men. 

3  Now  in  the  fifteenth  year  of 
the  reign  of  Tiberius  Ciesar, 
"Pontius  Pilate  being  governor  of 
Judiea,  and  ''  Herod  being  tetrarch 
of  Galilee,  and  his  brother  Philip 
teti^arch  of  the'  region  of  Itunea 
and  Trachonitis,  and  Lysanias  te- 
trarch of  Abilene,  2  in  the  high- 
priesthood  of '  Annas  and  *  Caiaphas, 
'the  word  of  God  came  unto  .John 
the  son  of  Zacharias  in  the  wilder- 
ness. 3  And  he  came  into  all  '"the 
region  round  about  the  Jordan, 
preaching  the  baptism  of  repent- 
ance unto  remission  of  sins ;  4  as 
it  is  written  in  the  book  of  the 
words  of  Isaiah  the  prophet, 

"The  voice  of  one  crying  in  the 
wilderness, 

Make  ye  ready  the  way  of  the 
Lord, 

Make  his  paths  straight. 

5  Every  valley  shall  be  iilled, 
And    every  mountain   and   hill 

shall  be  brought  low ; 
And  the  crooked  shall  become 

straight, 
And  the  rough  ways  smooth  ; 

6  And  all  flesh  shall  "  see  the  salva- 

tion of  God. 
7  He  said  therefore  to  the  mul- 
titudes that  went  out  to  l>e  bap- 
tized of  him.  Ye  offspring  of  vipers, 
who  warnefl  you  to  fli'c  from  the 
wrath  to  come?  8  Bring  forth 
therefore  fruits  worthy  of  ^repent- 
ance, and  "begin  not  to  say  within 
yourselves,  We  have  Abraham  to 
our  father :  for  I  say  unto  you, 
that  God  is  able  of  these  stones  to 

»  Or.  Child. 

2  Or,  ahnnt  my  Father's  busirn'xfi  Gr.  in  the 
thmps  of  my  Father.  *  Or,  things 

<  Or,  age  ^  Or,  graet         «  Is.  il.  8  if. 

'  Or,  yoitr  repentaaice 
33 


"  Bee  Mt.  12. 

4(1 
b  ell.  3.  23  i 

4.  22 ; 

coiup.  ver. 

4» 
<•  See  Mk.  9. 

32 
<*  ver.  3» 
'  ver.  19 
/  See  ver.  40 
"  See  Mt.  27. 

A  See  Mt.  14. 
1 

•  Jn.  18.  13, 
24:  Acts 
4.6 

*  See  Mt.  2«. 
3 

'  ver.  3-10 : 

Mattliew 

3.  1-10 ; 

Murk  1.  3-5 
"*  Mt.  3.  5 
"  See  ch.  2. 

30 
"  ch.  5.  21 ; 

13.  25,  26 ; 

14.9 


P  Jn.  1.  19  f. 

9  ver.  16. 17  : 
Matthew 
3.  11,12; 
Mark  1. 
7,8 


'"Comp.  Is. 
30.  2f 


'  Mk.  9.  43. 
48 


t  See  Mt.  14. 
3 :  Mk.  6. 
17 

"  ver.  1 ;  see 

Mt.  14.  1 
"  Jn.  3.  24 

*  ver.  21,  22 : 

M'ltlhew  3. 

13-17 ; 

Mark  1.  9- 

11 
y  cli.  5.  Ifi  : 

it.  18,  2Sf.; 

see  Mt.  14. 

23 

'  See  Mt.  3. 
17 


'  Mt.  4. 17  ; 
Acts  1. 1 


raise  up  children  unto  Abraham. 
9  And  even  now  the  axe  also  lieth 
at  the  root  of  the  trees  :  every  tree 
therefore  that  bringcth  not  forth 
good  fruit  is  hewn  down,  and  cast 
into  the  tire.  10  And  the  multi- 
tudes asked  him,  saying.  What 
then  must  we  do?  1 1  And  he 
answered  and  said  unto  them.  He 
thiit  hath  two  coats,  let  him  impart 
to  him  that  hath  none  ;  and  he  that 
hath  food,  let  him  do  likewise.  12 
And  there  came  also  "  publicans  to 
be  baptized,  and  they  said  unto 
him,  Tejicher,  what  must  we  do? 
13  And  he  said  unto  them,  Extort 
no  more  than  that  which  is  ap- 
pointed you.  14  And  '■'soldiers 
also  asked  him,  saying.  And  we, 
what  must  we  do  ?  And  he  said 
unto  them,  Extort  from  no  man  by 
violence,  neither  accuse  any  one 
wrongfully ;  and  be  content  with 
your  wages. 

15  And  as  the  people  were  in 
expectation,  and  all  men  reasoned 
in  their  hearts  concerning  John, 
p  whether  haply  he  were  the  Christ ; 
16  *John  answered,  saying  unto 
them  all,  I  indeed  baptize  you  with 
water ;  but  there  cometh  he  that  is 
mightier  than  I,  the  latchetof  whose 
shoes  I  am  not  ^"worthy  to  unloose: 
he  shall  baptize  you  "  in  the  Holy 
Spirit  and  in  fire:  17  whose  ''fan 
is  in  his  hand,  thoroughly  to  cleanse 
his  threshing-floor,  and  to  gather 
the  wheat  into  his  garner;  but  the 
chaff  he  will  burn  up  with  'un- 
quenchable fire. 

18  With  many  other  exhorta- 
tions therefore  preached  he  '-good 
tidings  unto  the  people;  19  but 
'  Herod  the  tetrarch,  being  reproved 
by  him  for  'Herodias  his  brother's 
wife,  and  for  all  the  evil  things 
which  "Herod  had  done,  20  added 
this  also  to  them  all,  tliat  'he  shut 
up  .John  in  prison. 

21  *Now  it  came  to  pass,  when 
all  the  people  were  baptized,  that, 
Jesus  also  having  been  baptized, 
and  Spraying,  the  heaven  %yas 
opened,  22  and  the  Holy  Spirit 
de.scended  in  a  bodily  form,  as  a 
dove,  upon  him,  and  a  voice  came 
out  of  lieaven,  'Thou  art  my  be- 
loved Son ;  in  thee  I  am  well 
pleased. 

23  And  Jesus  himself,  "  when  he 
began  to  teach,  was  about  thirty 

»  That  is,  colUctors  or  renters  of  Roman  taxes. 
»  Gr.  soldiers  on  service.       i"  Or.  srtgicinil. 
u  Or,  with  u  Or,  the  gospel 


61 


3.24 


LUKE 


4.18 


(■enealogy  of  Jesns.    Temptation  of  Jesos.    Jesas  returns  to  fialilee.    Preaches  at  lazareth 


years  of  age,  being  the  son  (as  was 
supposed)  of  "Joseph,  the  son  of 
HeH,  2-i  the  son  ot  Matthat,  the 
son  of  Levi,  the  son  of  Melchi,  the 
son  of  Jannai,  the  son  of  Joseph, 
25  the  son  of  Mattathias,  the  son 
of  Amos,  the  son  of  Nahum,  the 
son  of  Esli,  the  son  of  Naggai,  26 
the  son  of  Maath,_  the  son  of  Mat- 
tathias, the  son  of  ISemein,  the  son 
of  Josech,  the  son  of  Joda,  27  the 
son  of  Joanan,  the  son  of  Rhesa, 
*  the  son  of  ZerubbabeU  the  son  of 
^  Shealtiel,  the  son  of  Neri,  28  the 
son  of  Melchi,  the  son  of  Addi, 
the  son  of  Cosam,  the  son  of 
Elmadam,  the  son  of  Er,  29  the 
son  of  Jesus,  the  son  of  Ehezer, 
the  son  of  Jorim,  the  son  of 
Matthat,  the  son  of  Levi,  30  the 
son  of  Symeon,  the  son  of  Judas, 
the  son  of  Joseph,  the  so??,  of 
Jonam,  the  son  of  EHakim,  31 
the  son  of  Melea,  the  son  of 
Menna,  the  son  of  Mattatha,  the 
son  of  Nathan,  the  so/«-  of  David, 

32  "the  son  of  Jesse,  the  son  of 
Obed,  the  son  of  Boaz,  the  son 
of  "^Salmon,  the  son  of  Nahshon, 

33  the  son  of  Amminadab,  ^  the  son 
of  ^Ai-ni,  the  so?i  of  Hezron,  the 
son  of  Perez,  the  son  of  Judah,  34 
the  sow,  of  Jacob,  the  son  of  Isaac, 
''the  son  of  Abraham,  the  so?t  of 
Terah,  the  son  of  Nahor,  35  the 
son  of  Serug,  the  son  of  Revu  the 
son  of  Peleg,  the  son  of  Eber, 
the  son.  of  Shelah,  36  the  son 
of  Cainan,  the  son  of  Arphaxad, 
the  son  of  Shern,  *the  son  of 
Xoah,  the  son  of  Lamech,  37  the 
son  of  Methuselah,  the  sow  of 
Enoch,  the  son  of  Jared,  the  son 
of  Mahalaleel,  the  son  or  Cainan, 
38  the  son  of  Enos,  the  son  of 
Seth,  the  so?i  of  Adam,  the  son  of 
God. 

4  ■'And  Jesus,  full  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  ^  returned  from  the  Jor- 
dan, and  was  led  in  the  Spirit  in 
the  wilderness  2  during  forty  days, 
being  tempted  of  the  devil.  And 
he  did  eat  nothing  in  those  days : 
and  when  they  were  completed,  he 
hungered.  3  And  the  devil  said 
unto  him,  If  thou  art  the  Son  of 
God,  command  this  stone  that  it 
become  ^bread._  4  And  Jesus  an- 
swered unto  him,    It  is  written, 

1  Gr.  Snlalhiel. 

-  Some  ancient  authorities  write  Sala. 
3  Many  ancient  authorities  insert  the  sen  of 
A'imin  :  and  one  writes  Admin  for  Amminadab. 
<  Some  ancient  authorities  write  Aram,. 
»  Or,  o  loaf 


"ver.  2$-27: 
comp.  Mt. 
1.  16-13 

f"  Mt.  1.  12 

°  ver.  32-34  : 
Matthew  1. 
6-1 

d  ver.  34-36 : 
Genesis  11. 
26-10; 
1  Chroni- 
cles 1. 27-24 

« ver.  36-38 : 
Genesis  5. 
32-3 ; 

1  Chroni- 
cles 1.  4-1 

/  ver.  1-13 : 
Matthew  i. 
1-11 ;  Mark 
1.  12,  13 

«  ch.  3.  3,  21 


h  Mt.  4.  8-10 
i  See  Mt.  24. 

14 
fc  Comp. 

1  Jn.  5. 19 
'  Mt.  4.  5-7 


"  ver.  37 ; 

see  Mt.  9. 

26 
o  See  Mt.  4. 

23 


P  ch.  2.  3!),  51 


9  Comp.  Mt. 

13.  54  ;  Mil. 

6.  If. 
''  Comp. 

Acts  J  3. 

14-16 


'Mt.l2.  IS; 
comp.  11. 
5  ;  Jn.  3.  34 


62 


^  Man  shall  not  live  by  bread  alone. 
5  *  And  he  led  him  up,  and  showed 
him  all  the  kingdoms  of  "'the  world 
in  a,  moment  of  time.  6  And  the 
devil  said  unto  him.  To  thee  will 

I  give  all  this  authority,  and  the 
glory  of  them :  *  for  it  hath  been 
delivered  unto  me  ;  and  to  whom- 
soever I  will  I  give  it.  7  If  thou 
therefore  wilt  ^  worship  before 
me,  it  shall  all  be  thine.  8  And 
Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
him.  It  is  written.  Thou  shalt 
worship  the  Lord  thy  God,  and 
him  only  shalt  thou  serve.  9  'And 
he  led  him  to  Jerusalem,  and  set 
him  on  the  ^pinnacle  of  the  tem- 
ple, and  said  unto  him,  If  thou 
art  the  Son  of  God,  cast  thyself 
down  from  hence:  10  for  it  is 
written, 

^°He  shall  give  his  angels  charge 
concerning  thee,  to  guard 
thee : 

II  and. 

On  their  hands  they  shall  bear 

thee  up. 
Lest  haply  thou  dash  thy  foot 
against  a  stone. 
1 2  And  Jesus  answering  said  unto 
him.  It  is  said,  "  Thou  shalt  not 
make  trial  of  the  Lord  thy  God. 

1 3  And  when  the  devil  had  com- 
pleted every  temptation,  he  de- 
parted fi'om  him  ^"for  a  season. 

14  And  "'Jesus  returned  in  the 
power  of  the  Spirit  into  Galilee : 
and  a  "fame  went  out  concerning 
him  through  all  the  region  round 
about.  15  And  he  "taught  in 
their  synagogues,  being  glorified 
of  all. 

'  16  And  he  came  to  ^Nazareth, 
where  he  had  been  brought  up : 
and    *he    entered,   as  his  custom 
was,  into    the  synagogue  on   the 
sabbath    day,   and    ''stood   up    to 
read.     17    And    there   was    deliv- 
ered unto  him  "the  book  of  the 
prophet  Lsaiah.      And  he  opened 
the  "book,  and  found  the  place 
where  it  was  written, 
18  ^' *  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  is  upon 
me, 
^^  Because  he  anointed  me   to 
preach  ^"good  tidings  to  the 
•poor: 

He  hath  sent  me  to  proclaim 
release  to  the  captives, 

«  Dt.  viii.  3.  1  Gr,  the  inhabited  earth. 

8  The  Greek  word  denotes  an  act  of  reverence, 
whether  paid  to  a  creature,  or  to  the  Creator 
(comp.  marginal  note  on  Mt,  2.  2).         ^  Gr.  icitiQ. 
10  Ps.  xci.  11, 12.         "  Dt.  vi.  16.        12  Or.  untH 
13  Or.  a  roll  "  Or,  roll  is  jg.  bti.  1  f . 

i«  Or,  Wlierefore         i?  Or,  the  gospel 


4.19 


LUKE 


5.3 


And  is  cast  oat    it  Capernaam  earn  a  Demoniac  and  Simon's  Wife's  Mother.    Shans  Publicity.    Preaches  in  Galilee 


And  recovering  of  sight  to  the 

blind, 
To  set  at  liberty  them  that  are 

bruised, 

19  "To    proclaim    the   acceptable 

year  of  the  Lord. 

20  And  he  ^  closed  the  '  book,  and 
gave  it  back  to  the  attendant,  and 
"sat  down  :  and  the  eyes  ot"  all  in 
the  synagogue  were  fastened  on 
him.  2 1  And  he  began  to  say  unto 
them.  To-day  hath  this  scripture 
been  f  ultilled  in  your  ears.  22  And 
all  bare  him  witness,  and  wondered 
at  the  words  of  grace  which  pro- 
ceeded out  of  his  mouth  :  and  tney 
said,  ''Is  not  this  Joseph's  son  I 
23  And  he  said  unto  them.  Doubt- 
less ye  will  say  unto  me  this 
parable,  Physician,  heal  thyself : 
whatsoever  we  have  heard  dune  'at 
Capernaum,  do  also  here  in  -^  thine 
own  country.  24  And^  he  said. 
Verily  I  say  unto  you,  "  No  prophet 
is  acceptable  in  his  own  countrj'. 

25  But  of  a  truth  I  say  unto  you. 
There  were  many  widows  in  Israel 
*  in  the  days  of  Elijah,  when  the 
heaven  was  shut  up  three  years 
and  six  months,  when  tiiere  came 
a  great  famine  over  all  the  land  ; 

26  and  unto  none  of  them  was 
Elijah  sent,  but  'only  to  -Zare- 
phath,  in  the  land  of  *8idon,  unto 
a  woman  that  was  a  widow.  27  And 
there  were  many  lepers  in  Israel  in 
the  time  of  Elisha  the  prophet ;  and 
none  of  them  was  cleansed,  but 
'only  Naaman  the  Syrian.  28  And 
they  were  all  filled  with  wrath  in 
the  synagogue,  as  they  heard  these 
things ;  29  and  they  rose  up,  and 
™cast  him  forth  out  of  the  city,  and 
led  him  unto  the  brow  of  the  hill 
whereon  their  city  was  built,  that 
they  might  throw  him  down  head- 
long. 30  But  he  "passing  through 
the  midst  of  them  went  his  way. 

31  And  "he  came  down  to  ^Ca- 
pernaum, a  city  of  Galilee.  And 
he  was  teaching  them  on  the  sab- 
bath day:  32  and  ''they  were  as- 
tonished at  his  teaching;  for  ""his 
word  was  with  authority.  33  And 
in  the  synagogue  there  was  a  man, 
that  had  a  snirit  of  an  unclean 
demon ;  and  he  cried  out  with  a 
loud  voice,  34  ^  Ah !  '  what  have 
we  to  do  with  thee,  Jesus  thou 
'  Nazarene  ?  art  thou  come  to  de- 
stroy usl  I  know  thee  who  thou 
art,  "the  Holy  One  of  God.  3.5 
And  Jesus  *  reouked  him.  saying, 

1  Or,  roll        «  Gr.  Sarepia.        ^  Or,  Lei  alone 

32 


"  L«T.  25. 10 
I"  ver.  17 
'  See  Mt.  26. 

diComp.  Mt. 

13.55;  Mk. 

b.  3;  Ju.U. 

42 
«  Mt.  4.  13  ; 

Mk.  1. 

21  ff.  ;  2. 

1  ff. ;  Ju. 

4.  4G  ff. ; 
comp. 
ver.  35  flf. 

/  ver.  IG ; 

ch.  2.  39, 

51  ;  8Pe 

Mk.  H  1 
i'Mt.  13.  .'>-; 

Mk.  «.  4  ; 

Jn.  4.44 
hi  K.  17.  1; 

18.  1 ;  Jaa. 

5.  17 

■  1  K.  17.  9 
«■■  Comp.  Mt. 

11.21 
'  2  K.  5.  1-14 
""  Comp. 

Acts  7.  58  ; 

Num.  1.^. 

35;  Heb. 

13.  12 
"  Coiiip.  Jn. 

10. 3y 
0  ver.  31-37 : 

A/ark  1. 

21 -'2S 
P  See  Mt.  4. 

13 ;  comp. 

ver.  23 
9  See  Mt.  7. 

23 
••  ver.  36 ; 

comp.  Jn. 

7.  46 
•  See  Mt.  8. 

2J 
<  See  Mk.  1. 

24 
"  See  Mk.  1. 

•24 
«  ver.  39.  41 ; 

Mt.  8.  26  ; 

Mk.  4.  39; 

ch.  8.  24 


*  See  ver.  S2 
y  ver.  14 

'  ver.  38,  39  : 

Malthewi. 

14,  15; 

Mark  1. 

2!t-31 
°  Mt.  4.  24 
'  ver.  ;(.'),  41 
'  ver.  40, 11 : 

Mattheu! 

8.  16, 17  ; 

Mark  1. 

32-34 
d  Comp. 

Mk.  1.  32 
•SeeMk.5. 

23 
/SeeMt.  4. 

23 
"  See  Mt. 

4.  3 
fc  See  ver  3.5 

•  Mk.  1.  34; 
comp.  Mt. 
8.  4 

t  ver.  42,43: 

MnrkX. 

.15  33 
'  Comp. 

Mk.  1.  38 
"•  See  Mt.  4. 

23 
"  ver.  1-11 : 

corap.  Mt. 

4.  18-22 ; 

63 


Hold  thy  peace,  and  come  out  of 
him.  And  when  the  demon  had 
thrown  him  down  in  the  midst,  he 
came  out  of  him,  iiaving  dune  him 
no  hurt.  30  And  amazement  came 
upon  all,  and  they  spake  together, 
one  with  another,  saying.  What  is 
^tliis  word?  for  'with  authority 
and  iiower  he  commandeth  the 
unclean  siiirits,  and  they  come  out. 
37  And/  there  \vent  forth  a  rumor 
concerning  him  into  every  place  of 
the  region  round  about. 

38  -And  he  ro.se  up  from  the 
synagogue,  and  entered  into  the 
house  of  Simon.  And  Simon's 
wife's  mother  was  "liolden  with  a 
great  fever ;  and  they  besought 
him  for  her.  39  And  he  stood  over 
her,  and  ''rebukecl  the  fever;  and 
it  left  her :  and  immediately  she 
rose  up  and  ministered  unto  them. 

40  "And  when  ''the  sun  was  set- 
ting, all  the.v  that  had  any  sick 
with  divers  diseases  brought  them 
unto  him;  and  he 'laid  his  hands 
on  every  one  of  them,  and  •'healed 
them.  41  And  demons  also  came 
out  from  many,  crying  out,  and 
saying,  Thou  art  "  the  Son  of  God. 
And  "rebuking  them  'he  suffered 
them  not  to  speak,  becau.se  they 
knew  that  he  was  the  Christ. 

42  *And  when  it  was  day,  he 
came  out  and  went  into  a  desert 
place :  and  the  multitudes  sought 
after  him,  and  came  unto  him,  and 
would  have  stayed  him,  that  he 
should  not  go  from  them.  43  liut 
he  said  unto  them,  I  must  preack 
**  the  good  tidings  of  the  kingdom 
of  God  to  the  other  cities  also  : '  for 
therefore  was  I  sent. 

44  And  he  was  preaching  in  the 
synagogues  "'of  ''Galilee. 

5  "Now  it  came  to  pass,  while 
the  multitude  pressed  upon 
him  and  heard  the  word  of  God, 
that  he  was  standing  by  *the  lake 
of  Gennesaret ;  2  and  he  saw  two 
boats  standing  by  the  lake :  but 
the  fishermen  liad  gone  out  of 
tliem,  and  were  washing  their  nets. 
3  And  *  he  entered  into  one  of  the 
boats,  which  was  Simon's,  and  asked 
him  to  put  out  a  little  from  the 
land.  And  he  sat  flown  and  taught 
the   multitudes  out   of   the  boat. 

Mk.  1. 16-20  :  Jn.  1.  40-42  °  Num.  34. 11  ;  Dt.  3.V. : 
JoBh.  12.  3  ;  13.  T,.  See  Mt.  4.  18  *-  Comp.  Mt.  13. 
2;  Mk.4.  1 


<  Or,  this  word,  that  with  aulhnrily  .  .  .  eomt 
out  f  *  Or,  the  gospel 

»  Very  tnttoj  ancient  authorities  read  Judaea 


5.4 


LUKE 


5.34- 


The  Vonderfal  Dranght  of  Fishes.    Jesns  cleanses  a  Leper.    Calls  Levi.    Is  blamed  for  associating  with  Sinners 


4  And  when  he  had  left  speaking, 
he  said  unto  Simon,  Put  out  into 
the  deep,  and  "let  down  your  nets 
for  a  draught.  5  And  Simon  an- 
swered and  said,  *  Master,  we  toiled 
all  night,  and  took  nothing :  but  at 
thy  word  I  will  let  down  the  nets. 
6  And  when  they  had  done  this, 
they  inclosed  a  great  multitude  of 
fishes ;  and  their  nets  were  break- 
ing ;  7  and  they  teckoned  unto 
their  partners  in  the  other  boat, 
that  they  should  come  and  help 
them.  And  they  came,  and  filled 
both  the  boats,  so  that  they  began 
to  sink.  8  But  Simon  Peter,  when 
he  saw  it,  fell  down  at  Jesus'  knees, 
saying.  Depart  from  me;  for  I  am 
a  sinful  man,  O  Lord.  9  For  he 
was  amazed,  and  all  that  were  with 
him,  at  the  draught  of  the  fishes 
which  they  had  taken  ;  10  and  so 
were  also  ^  James  and  John,  sons  of 
Zebedee,  who  were  partners  with 
Simon.  And  Jesus  said  unto  Simon, 
"  Fear  not ;  from  henceforth  thou 
shalt '"  "*  catch  men.  1 1  And  when 
they  had  brought  their  boats  to 
land,  "they  left  all,  and  followed 
him. 

12  -^And  it  came  to  pass,  while 
he  was  in  one  of  the  cities,  behold, 
a  man  full  of  leprosy :  and  when 
he  saw  .Jesus,  he  fell  on  his  face, 
and  besought  him,  saying.  Lord, 
if  thou  wilt,  thou  canst  make  me 
clean.  L3  And  he  stretched  forth 
his  hand,  and  touched  him,  saying, 
I  will ;  be  thou  made  clean.  And 
straightway  the  leprosy  departed 
from  him.  14  And  he  charged  him 
to  tell  no  man  :  but  go  thy  way. 
and  show  thyself  to  the  priest,  and 
offer  for  thy  cleansing,  ^  according 
as  Moses  commanded,  for  a  testi- 
mony unto  them.  15  But  so  much 
the  more  went  abroad  ^  the  report 
concerning  him :  and  great  multi- 
tudes came  together  to  hear,  and 
to  be  healed  of  their  infirmities. 
16  But  he  withdrew  himself  in  the 
deserts,  and ''  prayed. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass  on  one 
of  those  days,  that  he  was  teach- 
ing ;  and  '  there  were  Pharisees 
and  *  doctors  of  the  law  sitting  by, 
who  were  'come  out  of  every  vil- 
lage of  Galilee  and  Judsea  and 
Jerusalem  :  and  "'  the  power  of  the 
Lord  was  with  him  Ho  heal.  18 
"And  behold,  men  bring  on  a  bed 

1  Or,  Jacnb  2  Gr.  take  alive. 

*  L'iv.  xiii.  49  ;  xiv.  2  ff. 

■•Gr.  that  he  shou/d  heal.  Many  ancient 
authorities  read  that  fae  should  heal  ihem. 


"■  Comp.  Jn. 
21.  6.  and  3 

*  Gr.  as  in 
ch.  8.  24, 
45 ;  9.  33, 
49  ;  17.  13, 
only 

<=  See  Mt. 

14.  -27 
d  Comp. 

2  Tim.  2.  26 
'  Mt.  4.  20, 
22 :  Mk.  1. 

15.  20 ;  ch. 
5.  2S; 
comp.  Mt. 
19.29 

/ver.  12-14: 

Matthew  8. 

2-4 ;  Mark 

1.40-44 
:'  See  Mt.  9. 

2S 
h  See  Mt.  14. 

23 ;  Mk.  1. 

35 ;  cli.  6. 

12 
i  Comp.  Mt. 

15.1 

*  Comp.  ch. 
2.46 

I  Comp. 

Mk.  1.  45 
"^  Mk.  5.  30  ; 

ch.  6.  19 ; 

8.46 
"  ver.  1^26  r 

Matthew 

9.  2-8 ; 

Mark  2. 

S-12 


"  See  Mt.  24. 

17 
P  Comp. 

Mk.  2.  4 
9  See  Mt. 

9.2 
""  See  ch.  3.  8 
»  Is.  43.  25 
t  See  Mt.  4. 

24 
"  See  Mt. 

9.  8 
"ch.  7.  16; 

comp.  1.  65 
==  ver.  27-39 : 

Matthew 

9.  9-17 ; 

J/ari- 2.14- 

22 
y  See  Mt. 

9.  9 
'  See  ver.  11 
°Comp.  ch. 

15.1 

!>  Ooncp. 
Mk.  2. 16  ; 
Acts  23.  9 


<^  Mt.  9.  12, 
13:  Jlk. 
2.  17 


d  Comp.  Mt. 
9.  14 ;  Mk. 
2.18 


a  man  that  was  palsied :  and  they 
sought  to  bring  him  in,  and  to  lay 
him  before  him.  1 9  And  not  find- 
ing by  what  ^vay  they  might  bring 
him  in  because  of  the  multitude, 
they  went  up  to  "the  housetop, 
and  let  him  down  ^through  the 
tiles  with  his  couch  into  the  midst 
before  Jesus.  20  And  seeing  their 
faith,  he  said,  Man,  « thy  sins  are 
forgiven  thee.  21  And  the  scribes 
and  the  Pharisees  *■  be^an  to  reason, 
saying,  ^Vho  is  this  that  speaketh 
blasphemies  1  'Who  can  forgive 
sins,  but  God  alone  ?  22  But  Jesus 
perceiving  their  °  reasonings,  an- 
swered and  said  unto  them,  •"  Why 
reason  ye  in  your  hearts  ?  23  Which 
is  easier,  to  say.  Thy  sins  are  for- 
given thee ;  or  to  say.  Arise  and 
walk  1  24  But  that  ye  may  know 
that  the  Son  of  man  hath  authority 
on  earth  to  forgive  sins  (he  said 
unto  him  that  was  'palsied),  I  say 
unto  thee.  Arise,  and  take  up  thy 
couch,  and  go  unto  thy  house.  25 
And  immediately  he  rose  up  before 
them,  and  took  up  that  whereon  he 
lay,  and  departed  to  his  house,  "  glo- 
rifying GcKi.  26  And  amazement 
took  hold  on  all,  and  they  "glorified 
God ;  and  they  were  filled  *  with 
fear,  saying,  We  have  seen  strange 
things  to-day. 

27  ^And  after  these  things  he 
went  forth,  and  beheld  a  "^  publican, 
named  ^  Levi,  sitting  at  the  place 
of  toll,  and  said  unto  him.  Follow 
me.  28  And  he  ^forsook  all,  and 
rose  up  and  followed  him. 

29  And  2' Levi  made  him  a  great 
feast  in  his  house :  and  there  was 
a  great  multitude  of  "''publicans 
and  of  others  that  were  sitting  at 
meat  with  them.  30  And  ^ the  Phar- 
isees and  *  their  scribes  murmured 
against  his  disciples,  saying,_Why 
do  ye  eat  and  drink  with  the  'pub- 
licans  and  sinners'?  31  And  Jesus 
answering  said  unto  them,  ""They 
that  are  '■'in  health  have  no  need 
of  a  physician ;  but  they  that  are 
sick.  32  I  am  not  come  to  call 
the  righteous  but  sinners  to  re- 
pentance. 

33  And  they  said  unto  him, 
'^  The  disciple.s  of  John  fast  often, 
and  make  supplications  ;  likewise 
also  the  discix)les  of  the  Pharisees  ; 
but  thine  eat  and  drink.  34  And 
Jesus  said  unto  them.  Can  ye  make 

5  Or,  questionings  ^  Or,  What 

'  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  3.  12. 

»  Ot,  the  Pharisees  and  the  scribes  among  ihent 

*  Gr.  sound. 


64 


5. 35  LUKE  6. 27 

OfFastiiig.    "Lord  of  the  Sabbath."    Jesas  beaU  on  the  Sabbatb.    Cbtoses  tbe  Twelve.    The  Beatitudci 


the  'sons  of  the hride-chaiiiber  fast, 
while  the  bridegrouin  i.s  with  thein  ( 
35  "  But  tlie  days  will  coiiu' ;  and 
when  the  bridegrouin  sliall  be 
taken  away  from  tlieni,  then  will 
they  fa.st  in  those  day.s.  'M  And 
he  spake  also  a  jjaiable  unto  tliein : 
No  man  lendeth  a  piece  from  a 
new  garment  and  putteth  it  upon 
an  old  garment ;  else  he  will  rend 
the  new,  and  also  tiie  piece  from 
the  new  will  not  a;,'rce  with  the 
old.  37  And  no  nian  putteth  new 
wine  into  old  -'  wine-skins  ;  el.se  the 
new  wine  will  burst  the  skins,  and 
itself  will  bo  spilled,  and  the  skins 
will  perish.  38  But  new  wine  must 
be  put  into  fresh  wine-skins.  39 
And  no  man  liavinfj  drunk  old 
mine  desireth  new ;  for  he  saith, 
The  old  is  ^good. 

6*  Now  it  came  to  pass  on  a 
•"sabbiith,  that  he  was  going 
through  the  grainfields  :  and  his 
disciples  '"plucked  the  ears,  and 
did  eat,  rubbing  them  in  their 
hands.  _  2  But  certain  of  the  Phar- 
isees Sciid,  Why  do  ye  that  wliich 
''it  is  not  lawful  to  do  on  the  sab- 
bath day  1  3  And  Jesus  answering 
them  said,  "Have  ye  not  read  even 
this,  what  David  aid,  when  lie  was 
hungry,  he,  and  tliey  that  were 
with  him ;  4  how  lie  entered  into 
the  house  of  God,  and  took  and  ate 
the  showbread,  and  gave  also  to 
them  that  were  with  him  ;  which  it 
is  not  lawful  to  eat  save  for  the 
priests  alone  ]  5  And  he  said  unto 
them,  The  Son  of  man  is  lord  of 
the  sabbath. 

6  'And  it  came  to  pass  -^on 
another  sabbath,  that  he  entered 
into  ^  the  synagogue  and  taught : 
and  there  was  a  man  there,  and 
his  riglit  liand  was  withered.  7  And 
the  scribes  and  the  Pharisees 
*  watched  him,  whether  he  would 
heal  on  the  sabbath ;  that  tlie.y 
might  find  how  to  accuse  him.  8 
But  he  '  knew  their  thoughts ;  and 
he  said  to  the  man  that  had  his 
hand  withered.  lUse  up,  and  stand 
forth  in  the  midst.  And  he  arose 
and  stood  forth.  9  And  Jesus  said 
unto  them,  I  ask  you.  Is  it  lawful 
on  the  sabbath  to  do  good,  or  to  do 
harm?  to  .save  a  life,  or  to  destroy 
it  ?  10  And  he  *  looked  round  about 
on  them  all,  and  said  unto  him, 

1  That  is,  comrtfivirmx  nf  the  bridrgroom. 

»  That  is.  .'/:/">  v.^rl  at  hnlltff. 

s  Many  ancient  authorities  rpad  bftl^r. 

*  Manv  ancient  authorities  insert  lecond-first. 

*1S.  ixi.  6. 


"  Coiup-  Ml. 

U.  Ij  ; 

Wk.  2.  20; 

ch.  17.  22 
fc  ver.  l-,j  : 

Mitlthrio 

12. 1-t) : 

Mark  i. 

2-J-28 
'  Dt.  23.  25 
''  See  Mt. 

12.  2 
'  vcr.  O'-ll : 

MaUliew 

12.  9-U ; 

J/'/W,  3. 1-6 

/V,T.  I 

"  Seu  Alt.  4. 

23 
h  Seo  Mk. 

3.  2 
t  S^.-  Mt. 

!).  4 
fc  M!:.  3.  5 


'  See  Mt. 

.'..  1 
'"  Mt.  14.  23  ; 

ch.9.  2S; 

comp.  9. 

li;  5.10 
"vcr.  13-16: 

Ma'theio 

ID.  2-4  ; 

J/aiA-3.16- 

19;  Arts 

1.1.').    (See 

the  names 

in  Mat- 
thew's 

list.) 
»  See  Mk.  C. 

30 
P  See  Mt. 

9.  9 
«  Comp. 

ver.  12 
»■  Mt.  4.  25  ; 

Mk.  3.  7,  8 

•  See  Mt. 
11.21 

«  Mk.  3. 10  ; 

comp.  Mt. 

9.  21 ;  14.  3G 
"  See  ch.  ."5. 

17 
"  ver.  20-23 : 

comp.  Mt. 

5.  .•!-12 

*  See  Mt. 
5.3 


"  Comp.  .Tn. 
9.  22 ;  16.  2 


'  Mai.  4.  2 


"  Jas.  5. 1  ; 

comp.  ch. 

Hi.  r, 
>>  Comp.  Mt. 

6.2 


■  See  Mt. 
15 


iStretch  forth  thy  hand.  And  he 
did  so :  and  his  liand  was  restored. 
1 1  But  they  were  filled  with  ''mad- 
ness; and  coMHiiuued  one  with  an- 
other wiiat  they  niiglit  do  to  Jesus. 

12  And  it  came  to  pa.ss  in  these 
days,  that  lie  went  out  into  'the 
mountain  to  '"pray;  and  he  con- 
tinued all  night  in  prayer  to  God. 
13  And  when  it  was  day,  " he  called 
his  disciples;  and  lie  chose  from 
them  twelve,  whom  also  he  named 
"apostles:  li  JSinion.whom  he  also 
named  Peter,  _  and  Andrew  liis 
brother,  and  "James  and  John, 
and  Philip  and  Bartholomew,  15 
and  ^'Matthew  and  Thomas,  and 
'James  the  S(m  of  Ali)ha^us,  and 
Simon  who  w;is  called  the  Zealot, 
IG  and  Judas  the  ^ son  of  "James, 
and  Judas  Iscariot,  who  became  a 
traitor  ;  1 7  and  he  *  came  down 
with  them,  and  stood  on  a  level 
place,  and  ""a  great  multitude  of 
his  disciples,  and  a  great  number 
of  the  people  from  all  Juda-a  and 
Jerusalem,  and  the  sea  coast  of 
'Tyre  and  'Sidon,  who  came  to 
licar  liim,  and  to  be  healed  of  their 
diseases ;  18  and  they  that  were 
troubled  with  unclean  spirits  were 
healed.  19  And  all  the  multitude 
sought  to  '  touch  him  ;  for  "  power 
came  forth  from  him,  and  healed 
them  all. 

20  And  he  lifted  up  his  eyes  on 
liis  disciples,  and  said, '  Blessed  are 
ye  poor :  for  ""  yours  is  the  king- 
dom of  God.  21  Blessed  are  ve 
that  hunger  now  :  for  ye  shall  be 
ill  led.  Blessed  are  ye  that  weep 
now :  for  ye  shall  laugh.  22  Blessed 
are  ye,  wlien  m<'n  shall  liate  you, 
and  when  they  shall  *  separate  you 
from .J.heir  compain/,  and  reproach 
you,  and  cast  out  your  name  as 
evil,  for  the  Son  or  man's  sake. 
23  llejoice  in  that  day,  and  "^leap 
foi'jo!/:  for  biholdj  your  reward  is 
great  in  heaven;  tor  in  the  same 
manner  did  their  fathers  unto  the 
prophets.  24  But  woe  unto  "you 
that  are  rich  !  for  ''  j'e  have  received 
your  consolation.  25  Woe  unto 
you,  ye  that  are  full  now !  for  ye 
shall  hunger.  Woe  unto  you,  ye 
tliat  laugh  now  !  for  ye  sliall  mourn 
and  weep.  26  Wo(>  nnto  you.  wlien 
all  men  shall  speak  well  or  you  ! 
for  in  the  same  manner  did  their 
fathers  to  the  "false  prophets 

27  But  I  say  unto  you  that  hear. 


•  OT,/ooHs/inr'.f 

»  Or,  brother. 


"  Or,  Jacob 
Bee  Jude  1. 


66 


6.28 


LUKE 


7.8 


Of  Love  to  Enemies  (the '  Golden  Rale ').    Of  Self-knowledge.    The  Two  Bnilders.    The  Commended  Centnrion 


"Love  your  enemies,  do  good  to 
them  that  hate  you,  28  bless  them 
that  curse  you,  "pray  for  them 
that  despitefully  use  you.  29  'To 
him  that  smiteth  thee  on  the_  one 
cheek  otfer  also  the  other  ;  and  from 
him  that  taketh  away  thy  cloak 
withhold  not  thy  coat  also.  30 
Give  to  every  one  that  asketh  thee ; 
and  of  him  that  taketh  away  thy 
goods  ask  them  not  again.  3 1  ''And 
as  ye  would  that  men  should  do  to 
you,  do  ye  also  to  them  likewise. 

32  And  '■  if  ye  love  them  that  love 
you,  what  thank  have  ye  %  for  even 
sinners  love  those  that  love  them. 

33  And  if  ye  do  good  to  them  that 
do  good  to  you,  what  thank  have 
ye  1  for  even  sinners  do  the  same. 

34  *And  if  ye  lend  to  them  of 
whom  ye  hope  to  receive,  what 
thank  have  ye  1  even  sinners  lend 
to  sinners,  to  receive  again  as  much. 

35  But  •'^love  your  enemies,  and  do 
them  good,  and  lend,  ^ never  de- 
spairing ;  and  your  reward  shall 
be  great,  and  ye  shall  be  «'  sons  of 
*  the  Most  High :  for  he  is  kind 
toward  the  unthankful  and  evil. 

36  Be  ye  merciful,  even  as  your 
Father  is  merciful.  37  '  And  judge 
not,  and  ye  shall  not  be  judged : 
and  condemn  not,  and  j^e  shall  not 
be  condemned  :  *  release,  and  ye 
shall  be  released :  38  give,  and  it 
shall  be  given  unto  you ;  '  good 
measure,  pressed  down,  shaken  to- 
gether, running  over,  shall  they 
give  ™  into  your  bosom.  For  with 
what  measure  ye  mete  it  shall  be 
measured  to  you  again. 

39  And  he  spake  also  a  parable 
unto  them,  "Can  the  blind  guide 
the  blind?  shall  they  not  both 
fall  into  a  pit^  40  "The  disciple 
is  not  above  his  teacher  :  but  every 
one  when  he  is  perfected  shall  be 
as  his  teacher.  41  And  why  be- 
holdest  thou  the  mote  that  is  in 
thy  brother's  eye,  but  considerest 
not  the  beam  that  is  in  thine  own 
eye?  42  Or  how  canst  thou  say 
to  thy  brother,  Brother,  let  me 
cast  out  the  mote  that  is  in  thine 
eye,  when  thou  thyself  beholdest 
not  the  beam  that  is  in  thine  own 
eye"?  Thou  hypocrite,  cast  out  first 
the  beam  out  of  thine  own  eye,  and 
then  shalt  thou  see  clearly  to  cast 
out  the  mote  that  is  in  thy  brother's 
eye.  43  ^  For  there  is  no  good  tree 
that  bringeth  forth  corrupt  fruit ; 

1  Some  ancient  authorities  read  despairing  of 
Tio  man. 


"  Mt.  5.  44  ; 

ver.  35 
b  ver.  29,  30 : 

Matthew 

5.  39-42 
"  Mt.  7.  12 
>'  Mt.  .5.  46 
■■  Mt.  5.  42 
/  ver.  27 
'J  Comp.  Mt. 

5.  9 
''  See  ch.  1. 

;i2 

i  ver.  37-42 : 

Matthew 

7.  1-5 
t  ch.  23.  16  ; 

Acts  3. 13 ; 

comp.  Mt. 

6.14 
'  Mi.  4.  24 
'"  P.S.  79.  12  ; 

Is.  65.  6,  7  ; 

Jer.  32.  13 
"  Mt.  15.  14 
"  See  Mt.  10. 

24 
P  ver.  43,  44  : 

Mat/hfw  7. 

16,  18,  20 


«  See  Mt.  7. 

16 
••  Mt.  12.  35 
»  See  Mt.  12. 

34 
t  Mt.  7.  21 ; 

comp. 

Mai.  1.  6 
"  ver. 47-49 : 

Maltliew  7. 

24-27 


"  Comp.  Mt. 
7.23 

*  ver.  1-10 : 
Matthews. 
5-13 


y  Comp.  Mt. 
8.5 


66 


nor  again  a  corrupt  tree  that  bring 
eth  forth  good  fruit.  44  *  For  each 
tree  is  known  by  its  own  fruit.  For 
of  thorns  men  do  not  gather  figs, 
nor  of  a  bramble  bush  gather  they 
grapes.  45  ""The  good  man  out 
of  the  good  treasure  of  his  heart 
bringeth  forth  that  which  is  good  : 
and  the  evil  man  out  of  the  evil 
treasure  bringeth  forth  that  which 
is  evil :  'for  out  of  the  abundance 
of  the  heart  his  mouth  speaketh. 

46  And  'why  call  ye  me.  Lord, 
Lord,  and  do  not  the  things  which 
I  say  1  47  "  Every  one  that  com- 
eth  unto  me,  and  heareth  my 
words,  and  doeth  them,  I  will 
show  you  to  whom  he  is  like :  48 
he  is  like  a  man  building  a  house, 
who  digged  and  went  deep,  and 
laid  a  foundation  upon  the  rock : 
and  when  a  flood  arose,  the  stream 
brake  against  that  house,  and  could 
not  shake  it :  ^  because  it  had  been 
well  builded.  49  But  he  that 
^heareth,  and  ^ (doeth  not,  is  like 
a  man  that  built  a  house  upon 
the  _  earth  without  a  foundation  ; 
against  which  the  streana  brake, 
and  straightwas''  it  fell  in ;  and 
the  ruin  of  that  house  was  great. 

7  "After  he  had  ended  all  his 
sayings  in  the  ears  of  the 
people,  "^he  entered  into  Caper- 
naum. 

2  And  a  certain  centurion's  ®  ser- 
vant, who  was  ®dear  unto  him,  was 
sick  and  at  the  point  of  death.  3 
And  when  he  heard  concerning 
Jesus,  ^  he  sent  unto  him  elders  of 
the  Jews,  asking  him  that  he  would 
come  and  save  his  *  servant.  4 
And  they,  when  they  came  to 
Jesus,  besought  him  earnestly, 
saying.  He  is  worthy  that  thou 
shovildest  do  this  for  him  ;  _  5  for 
he  loveth  our  nation,  and  himself 
built  us  our  _  synagogue.  6  And 
Jesus  went  with  them.  And  when 
he  was  now  not  far  from  the  house, 
the  centurion  sent  friends  to  him, 
saying  unto  him.  Lord,  trouble  not 
thyself  ;  for  I  am  not  ^  worthy  that 
thou  shouldest  come  under  my  roof  : 
7  wherefore  neither  thought  I  my- 
self worthy  to  come  unto  thee  :  but 
say  "the  word,  and  my  ''servant 
shall  be  healed.  8  For  I  also  am 
a  man  set  under  authority,  having 
under  myself  soldiers :  and  I  say 

2  Many  ancient  authorities  read  for  it  had  been 
founded  upon  the  rock  :  as  in  Mt.  7.  25. 

3  Gr.  heard.  *  G-r.  did  not.  6  Qx.  bondxervant. 
6  Or,  precious  to  him  Or,  honorable  with  him 
1  Gr.  tuffident.    »  Gr.  leith  a  word.     »  Or,  Aoji 


7.9 


LUKE 


7.38 


Th«  Widow  of  Saiirs  Son.    The  Baptist's  Deputation.    The  Baptist  extolled 


to  this  one,  Go,  and  he  goelh  ;  and 
to  another.  Come,  and  he  coineth  ; 
and  to  my  '  servant,  Do  this,  and 
he  doeth  it.  9  And  when  Jesus 
lieard  these  thin^^s,  lie  marvelled  at 
lum,  and  turned  and  said  unto  the 
multitude  that  followed  him,  1  saj' 
unto  you,  "  I  have  not  found  so 
great  faith,  no,  not  in  Israel.  10 
And  they  that  were  sent,  return- 
ing? to  the  house,  found  the  '  ser- 
vant whole. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass  "soon 
afterwanls,  that  he  went  to  a  city 
called  Nain;  and  his  disciples  went 
with  him,  and  a  great  nmltitude. 
12  Now  when  he  drew  near  to  the 
gate  of  the  city,  behold,  there  was 
carried  out  one  that  was  dead,  the 
only  son  of  his  mother,  and  she  was 
a  widow  :  and  much  people  of  the 
city  was  with  her.  13  And  when 
'  the  Lord  saw  lier,  he  had  com- 
pjission  on  her,  and  said  unto  her, 
\N'eep  not.  l-t  And  he  came  nigh 
and  touched  the  bier :  and  tne 
bearers  stood  still.  And  he  said. 
Young  man,  1  say  unto  thee. 
Arise.  15  And  he  that  was  dead 
sat  up,  and  began  to  speak.  And 
he  gave  him  to  his  mother.  1 6  And 
'fear  took  hold  on  all:  and  they 
''  glorified  God,  saying,  A  great 
'prophet  is  arisen  among  us  :  and, 
God  hath  visited  his  people.  17 
•'And  this  report  went  forth  con- 
cerning him  in  the  whole  of  Judaea, 
and  all  the  region  round  about. 

18 ''And  the  disci nles  of  John 
told  him  of  all  these  things. 
19  And  John  calling  unto  hnn 
^  two  of  his  disciples  sent  them  to 
*the  Lord,  saying,  Art  thou  he 
that  Cometh,  or  look  we  for  an- 
other ]  20  And  when  the  men 
were  come  unto  him,  they  said. 
John  the  Baptist  hath  .sent  us  unto 
thee,  saying.  Art  thou  he  that  Com- 
eth, or  look  we  for  another  ?  21  In 
that  hour  he  ''cured  many  of  dis- 
eases and  ^'plagues  and  evil  spirits ; 
and  on  many  that  were  blind  he 
bestowed  sight.  22  And  he  an- 
swered and  said  unto  them.  Go 
and  tell  John  the  things  which  ye 
have  seen  and  heard  ;  tlie  blind  re- 
ceive their  sight,  the  lame  walk, 
the  lepers  are  cleansed,  and  the 
deaf  hear,  the  dead  are  raised  up,  the 
poor  have ''good  tidings  preached  to 
them.     23  And  blessed  is  he,  who- 

1  6r.  boiufxrrinnf. 

2  Many  ancient  authorities  read  on  the  veil 
day.  3  Or.  certain  two.  *  Gr.  scournes. 

»  Or,  the  gospel 


"Mt.  8.  10; 

conip.  vor. 

50 
>>  ver.  19;cli. 

10.  1;  11.  1, 
3i» ;  12.  42  ; 
13.15;  17. 
5,  6  ;  18.  li ; 
W.  8  ;  2'J. 
til ;  24.  34  ; 
Jn.  4.  1  :  6. 
23 ;  11.  2 

"  th.  5.  26 
''See  Mt.!i.8 
■  See  Mt.  21. 

11 ;  comp. 

ver.  .■!!• 
/  See  Mt.  9. 

2(> 
"ver.  18-35: 

ilallhew 

11.  2-lil 

A  See  Mt.  4. 

23 
'  See  Mk.  3. 

10 


*Mt.  11.10; 
Mk.  1.  2 


'  ver.  35 
"'  ch.  3.  12  : 

comp.  Mt. 

21.  32 
"  Acts  18. 

25 ;  19.  3 
"  See  Mt.  22. 

»5 


''Seech.l. 
15 


'  ver.  ST-.-W  : 
comp.  Mt. 
2li.  6-13 ; 
Mk.  14.  3- 
9;  also 
Ju.  12. 1-8 


67 


soever   shall    ihid   no  occasion  of 
stumblin"?  in  me. 

24  And  when  the  messengers  of 
John  were  departed,  he  began  to 
•say  unto  the  multitudes  concern- 
ing John,  What  went  ye  out  into 
the  wilderness  to  behold'?  a  reed 
shaken  with  the  wind  'I  2")  liut 
what  went  ye  out  to  .see?  a  man 
clothed  in  soft  raiment?  Behold, 
they  that  are  gorgeously  appar- 
elled,^ and  live  delicately,  are  in 
king.s'  courts.  2G  But  what  went 
ye  out  to  see?  a  prophet?  Yea,  1 
say  unto  you,  and  much  more  than 
a  prophet.  27  This  is  he  of  whom 
it  is  written, 

"*^  Behold,  I  .send  my  messenger 
before  thy  face. 

Who  shall  prepare  thy  way  before 
thee. 
28  I  say  unto  you,  Among  them 
that  are  born  of  women  tnere  is 
none  greater  than  John  :  yet  he 
that  is  J  but  little  in  the  kingdom 
of  God  is  greater  than  he.  29  And 
all  the  people  when  they  heard, 
and  the  *  publicans, 'justihed  (jod, 
•'"'being  baptized  with  "the  bap- 
tism of  John.  30  But  the  Phari- 
sees and  the  °  lawyers  rejected  for 
themselves  the  counsel  of  God, 
'"being  not  baptized  of  him. 
31  Whereunto  then  shall  I  liken 
the  men  of  this  generation,  and  to 
what  are  they  like?  32  They  are 
like  unto  children  that  sit  in  the 
marketplace,  and  call  one  to  an- 
other ;  who  say,  \^'e  piped  unto 
you, .  and  ye  did  not  dance ;  we 
wailed,  and  ye  did  not  weep. 
33  For  John  the  Baptist  is  come 
''eating  no  bread  nor  drinking 
wine ;  and  ye  say.  He  hath  a  de- 
mon. 34  Tne  Son  of  man  is  come 
eating  and  drinking  :  and  ye  .say, 
Behold,  a  gluttonous  man,  and  a 
winebii)l)er,  a  friend  of  '"publicans 
and  sinners!  35  And  wisdom  "''is 
justified  of  all  her  chilflien. 

36  And  one  of  the  Pharisees 
desired  him  that  he  would  eat  with 
him.  And  he  entered  into  the 
Pharisee's  hou.se,  and  '-'.sat  down  to 
meat.  37  ""And  behold,  a  woman 
who  was  in  the  city,  a  sinner;  and 
when  she  knew  that  he  was  '^sit- 
ting at  meat  in  the  Pharisee's 
house,  she  brought  '^an  alabaster 
cruse  of  ointment,  38  and  stand- 

«Mal.  lii.l.  iQt.  leaser. 

»  Soe  niarjdnal  note  on  ch.  3. 12. 
»  Or,  /inrmy  hern  '"  Or.  fi'i/  baring  been 

•1  Or,  i/'fl.'  1*  Or,  rrdined  al  (able 

IJ  Or,  reclining  at  table     •'  Or,  afla$k 


7.39 


LUKE 


a  17 


Jesas  anointed  by  a  Sinful  Woman.   The  Ministering  Women.    Tlie  Parable  of  the  Sowtr.   The  Parible  explained.   Lesson  from 


ing  behind  at  his  feet,  weeping, 
she  began  to  wet  his  feet  with  her 
tears,  and  wiped  them  with  the 
hair  of  her  head,  and  ^kissed  his 
feet,  and  anointed  them  with  the 
ointment.  39  Now  when  the 
Pharisee  that  had  bidden  him  saw 
it,  he  spake  within  himself,  saying. 
This  man,  if  he  were  ^"a  prophet, 
would  have  perceived  who  and 
what  manner  of  woman  this  is  that 
toucheth  him,  that  she  is  a  sinner. 
40  And  Jesus  answering  said  unto 
him,  Simon,  I  have  somewhat  to 
say  unto  thee.  And  he  saith, 
Teacher,  say  on.  41  A  certain 
lender  had  two  debtors  :  the  one 
owed  five  hundred  ^  *  shillings,  and 
the  other  fifty.  42  When  they 
''had  not  tuherewith  to  pay,  he  for- 
gave them  both.  Which  of  them 
therefore  will  love  him  most  1 
43  Simon  answered  and  said.  He, 
I  suppose,  to  whom  he  forgave  the 
most.  And  he  said  unto  him.  Thou 
hast  rightly  judged.  44  And  turn- 
ing to  the  woman,  he  said  unto 
Simon,  Seest  thou  this  woman  1  I 
entered  into  thy  house,  thou  '^  gav- 
est  me  no  water  for  my  feet :  but 
she  hath  wetted  my  feet  with  her 
tears,  and  wiped  them  with  her 
hair.  45  Thou  *  gavest  me  no  kiss  : 
but  she,  since  the  time  I  came  in, 
hath  not  ceased  to  ^kiss  my  feet. 
46  -^My  head  with  oil  thou  didst 
not  anoint :  but  she  hath  anointed 
my  feet  with  ointment.  47  Where- 
fore I  say  unto  thee.  Her  sins,  which 
are  many,  are  forgiven  ;  for  she 
loved  much :  but  to  whom  little 
is  forgiven,  the  same  loveth  little. 
48  And  he  said  unto  her,  ^Thy 
sins  are  forgiven.  49  And  they 
that  ^  sat  at  rneat  with  him  began 
to  say  ^within  themselves.  Who 
is  this  that  even  forgiveth  sins? 
50  And  he  said  unto  the  woman, 
''  Thy  faith  hath  saved  thee  ;  '  go  in 
peace. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass  soon 
afterwards,  that  ne  _  went 
about  through  cities  and  villages, 
^  preaching  and  bringing  the  ^  good 
tidings  of  the  kingdom  of  God,  and 
with  him  the  twelve,  2  and  'cer- 
tain women  who  had  been  healed 
of  evil  spirits  and  infirmities : 
'  Mary  that  was  called  Magdalene, 

1  Gr.  hissed  much. 

2  Some  ancient  authorities  read  the  prophet. 
See  Ju.  1.  21,  25. 

3  The  word  in  the  Greek  denotes  a  coin  worth 
about  eight  pence  half -penny,  or  nearly  seven- 
teen cents.        *  Gr.  kiss  much.        '  Gr.  reclined. 

«  Or,  among  ?  Or,  gospel 


"  ver.  16 ; 
Jn.  4.  19 

t>  Mt.  18.  28 ; 

Mk.  6.  37 
'  Mt.  18.  25 
d  Gen.  18.  4  ; 

19.  2 J  43. 

24 ;  Judg. 

19.  21 ;  1 

Tim.  5.  10 
«  2  S.  15. 5 
/Ps.  23.5; 

Eccl.  9.  8 ; 

comp.  2  S. 

12.  2U ; 

Dan.  10.  3 
"  See  Mt.  9. 

2 
h  Comp.  Mt. 

9.22 
i  ch.  8.  48  ; 

see  Mk.  5. 

84 
*-■  Comp.  Mt. 

4.23 
'  See  Mt. 

27.  55  f. 

comp.  ch. 

23.  4» 


>"  See  Mt. 

14.1 
"  Comp.  Mt. 

20.  8 
"  ver. 4-8 : 

Matthew 

13.  2-9 ; 

Mark  i.  1-9 
P  See  Mt.  11. 

15 
4  ver.  9-15 : 

Matthew 

13.  10-23  ; 

Mark  4. 

10-20 
*■  See  Mt. 

13.  11 
»  See  Mt.  13. 

14 
«  Comp. 

1  Pet.  1. 

23 


'  Mt.  5.  15  ; 
Mk.  4.  21 ; 
ch.  11.  33 


'ch.  12.  2; 
Mt.  10.  26 : 
Mk.  4.  22 


from  whom  seven  demons  had  gonf^ 
out,  3  and  Joanna  the  wife  of  Chu' 
zas  ™ Herod's  "steward,  and  Su- 
sanna,  and  many  others,  who 
ministered  unto  ^  them  of  their 
substance. 

4  "And  when  a  great  multitude 
came  together,  and  they  of  every 
city  resorted  unto  him,  he  spake 
by  a  parable :  5  The  sower  went 
forth  to  sow  his  seed :  and  as  he 
sowed,  some  fell  by  the  way  side ; 
and  it  was  trodden  under  foot,  and 
the  birds  of  the  heaven  devoured 
it.  6  And  other  fell  on  the  rock ; 
and  as  soon  as  it  grew,  it  withered 
away,  because  it  had  no  moisture. 
7  And  other  fell  amidst  the  thorns : 
and  the  thorns  grew  with  it,  and 
choked  it.  8  And  other  fell  into 
the  good  ground,  and  grew,  and 
brought  forth  fruit  a  hundredf9ld. 
As  he  said  these  things,  he  cried, 
p  He  that  hath  ears  to  hear,  let  him 
hear. 

9  *And  his  disciples  asked  him 
what  this  parable  might  be. 
10  And  he  said,  ''Unto  you  it  is 
given  to  know  the  mysteries  of  the 
kingdom  of  God  :  but  to  the  rest  in 
parables  ;  *  that  seeing  they  may 
not  see,  and  hearing  they  may  not 
understand.  11  Now  the  parable 
is  this :  *  The  seed  is  the  word  of 
God.  12  And  those  by  the  way 
side  are  they  that  have  heard  ; 
then  Cometh  the  devil,  and  taketh 
away  the  word  from  their  heart, 
that  they  may  not  believe  and  be 
saved.  13  And  those  on  the  rock 
are  they  who,  when  they  have 
heard,  receive  the  word  with  joy ; 
and  these  have  no  root,  who  for  a 
while  believe,  and  in  time  of  temp- 
tation fall  away.  14  And  that 
which  fell  among  the  thorns,  these 
are  they  that  have  heard,  and  as 
they  go  on  their  way  they  are 
choked  with  cares  and  riches  and 
pleasures  of  this  life,  and  bring  no 
fruit  to  perfection.  15  And  that 
in  the  good  ground,  these  are  such 
as  in  an  honest  and  good  heart, 
having  heard  the  word,  hold  it 
fast,  and  bring  forth  fruit  with 
®  patience. 

16  And  "no  man,  when  he  hath 
lighted  a  lamp,  covereth  it  with 
a  vessel,  or  putteth  it  under  a 
bed  ;  but  putteth  it  on  a  stand, 
that  they  that  enter  in  may  see 
the  light.     17*"  For  nothing  is  hid, 

8  Many  ancient  authorities  read  him. 

9  Or,  stedj'astness 


68 


8.18 


LUKE 


8.43 


the  Lamp.    Spiritul  .linship  mtrt  tku  Kktarkl.    Tki  Stora  on  tht  Lake.    The  Genuene  Demoniu.    Jiirns's  Daagbter 


that  shall  not  be  made  manifest ; 
nor  anything  secret,  that  shall  not 
be  known  and  come  to  lifrht.  KS 
Take  heed  therefore  how  ye  hear  : 
"for  whosoever  hath,  to  him  shall 
Ikj  given  ;  and  whosoever  hath  not, 
from  him  shall  be  taken  away  even 
that  which  he  '  thinketh  he  hath. 

19  *And  there  came  t©  him  his 
mother  and  brethren,  and  th(>y 
could  not  come  at  him  for  the 
crowd.  20  And  it  was  told  him, 
Thy  mother  and  thy  brethren 
stand  without,  desiring  to  see 
tliee.  21  But  he  answered  and 
said  unto  them,  My  mother  and 
my  brethren  are  these  "  that  hear 
the  word  of  God,  and  do  it. 

22  "^Now  it  came  to  pass  on 
one  of  those  days,  that  he  en- 
tered into  a  boat,  himself  and  his 
disciples ;  and  he  said  unto  them. 
Let  us  go  over  unto  the  other  side 
of  "the  lake:  and  they  launched 
forth.  23  But  as  they  sailed  he 
fell  asleep  :  and  there  came  down 
a  storm  of  wind  on  "  the  lake  ;  and 
they  ^yere  filling  with  ivater,  and 
were  in  jeopardy.  24  And  they 
came  to  him,  and  awoke  him, 
saying,  -^  Master,  master,  we  perish. 
And  he  awoke,  and  "rebuked  the 
wind  and  the  raging  of  the  water  : 
and  they  ceased,  and  there  was  a 
calm.  25  And  he  said  unto  them. 
Where  is  your  faith  1  And  being 
afraid  they  marvelled,  saying  one 
to  another,  Who  then  is  this,  that 
he  comraandeth  even  the  winds 
and  the  water,  and  they  obes' 
him] 

2G  "And  they  arrived  at  the 
country  of  the  -Gerasenes,  which 
is  over  against  Galilee.  27  And 
when  he  was  come  forth  upon 
the  land,  there  met  him  a  certain 
man  out  of  the  city,  who  had 
demons ;  and  for  a  long  time  he 
had  worn  no  clothes,  and  abode 
not  in  av;/  house,  but  in  the 
tombs.  28  And  when  he  saw 
Jesus,  he  cried  out,  and  fell  down 
before  him,  aiul  with  a  loud  voice 
said,  'What  have  I  to  do  with  thee, 
Jesus,  thou  fcjon  of  *  the  Most  High 
God?  1  beseech  thee,  torment  me 
not.  29  For  he  was  commanding 
the  unclean  spirit  to  come  out  from 
the  man.  > or -'oftentimes  it  had 
seized  him  :  and  he  was  kept  under 
guard,  and  bound  with  chains  and 

»  Or,  -ii-evielb  In  hare 

'Many  aiu-ient  authorities  read  Oergesenei; 
others,  Gn'idrents  :  and  bo  in  ver.  37. 
3  Or,  0/  a  long  time 


"  See  Mt.  13. 

12 ;  comp. 

ch.  19.  26 
b  ver.  lSl-21 : 

iiattliew 

V>.  4t;-50 ; 

Mark  3. 

31-35 
"^ch.  11.28 
d  ver.  22-25 : 

Matthew 

8.  23-27 ; 

Marki.X- 

41 
'  ver.  22 ; 

see  ch.  6. 

If. 
/  See  ch.  5. 5 
"  See  ch.  4. 

39 
A  ver.  26-37  : 

JUiitthew 

8.  2S-31 : 

Mark  b.  1- 

17 
•  See  Mt.  8. 

2J 
<:  See  Mk. 

5.  7 


'  Comp.  Mt. 

26.  53 
"'  Rom.  10. 

7:  Rev.  9. 

1  f.  11:  11. 

7  ;  17.  8 ; 

20.  1,  3 


"  Comp.  ch. 
10.  39 


"  See  Mt.  4. 
24 


P  ver.  38,  39 : 
Mark  5. 
18-20 


«  Comp.  Mt. 

9. 1 ;  Mk. 

.5.  21 
'■  ver.  41-.'J6 : 

M'iflhew9. 

lS-2(i ; 

Mark  5. 

22-43 
'  ver.  49 ; 

see  Mk.  5. 


69 


fetters ;  and  breaking  the  bands 
asunder,  he  was  driven  of  the 
demon  into  the  dcseits.  30  And 
Jesus  asked  him,  \\'hat  is  thy 
name  ]  And  he  said,  '  Legion  ;  for 
many  demons  were  entered  into 
him.  31  And  the j' entreated  him 
that  he  would  not  command  them 
to  depart  into '"the  abyss.  32  Now 
there  was  there  a  herd  of  many 
swine  feeding  on  the  mountain: 
and  they  entreated  him  that  lie 
would  give  tliem  leave  to  enter 
into  them.  And  he  gave  them 
leave.  33  And  the  demons  came 
out  from  the  man,  and  entered 
into  the  swine :  and  the  herd 
rushed  down  the  steep  into  'the 
lake,  and  were  dj-owned.  34  And 
when  they  that  fed  them  saw 
what  had  come  to  pass,  they  fled, 
and  told  it  in  the  city  and  in  the 
country.  35  And  they  went  out 
to  see  w  hat  had  come  to  pass  ;  and 
they  came  to  Jesus,  and  found  the 
man,  from  whom  the  demons  were 
gone  out,  sitting,  clothed  and  in 
his  right  mind,  "at  the  feet  of 
.lesus :  and  they  were  afraid.  36 
And  they  that  saw  it  told  them 
how  he  that  was  "  possessed  with 
demons  was  ''made  whole.  37 
And  all  the  people  of  the  coun- 
try of  the  Gerasenes  round  .about 
asked  him  to  depart  from  them ; 
for  they  were  holden  with  great 
fear :  and  he  entered  into  a  boat, 
and  returned.  38  ^But  the  man 
from  whom  the  demons  were  gone 
out  prayed  him  that  he  might  be 
with  him:  but  he  sent  him  away, 
saying,  39  Return  to  thy  hou.se, 
and  declare  how  great  things  God 
hath  done  for  thee.  And  he  went 
his  way,  publishing  throughout  the 
whole  city  how  great  things  Jesus 
had  done  for  him. 

40  "And  as  Jesus  returned,  the 
multitude  ^yelcomed  him  ;  for  they 
were  all  waiting  for  him.  41''  And 
behold,  there  came  a  man  named 
Jairus,  and  he  was  'a  ruler  of  the 
synagojjue :  and  he  fell  down  at 
Jesus'  feet,  and  besought  him  to 
come  into  his  hou.se  ;  42  for  he  had 
an  only  daughter,  alwut  twelve 
years  of  age,  and  she  was  d.ying. 
But  as  he  went  the  multitudes 
thronged  him. 

43  And  a  woman  having  an  issue 
of  blood  twelve  years,  who  'had 

*  Or.  .tavfd 

'  bome  ancient  authorities  omit  had  tptnl  all 
her  living  upim  phi/*icians,  and. 


8.44 


LUKE 


9.19 


The  Woman  with  an  Issue  of  Blood.    The  Daughter  raised.    Herod's  Perplexitj'.    The  Five  Thonsaod  fed.    Peter's 


spent  all  her  "living  upon  physi- 
cians, and  could  not  be  healed  of 
any,  44  came  behind  him,  and 
touched  the  border  of  his  gar- 
ment :  and  immediately  the  issue 
of  her  blood  stanched.  45  And 
Jesus  said,  Who  is  it  that  touched 
me'?  And  when  all  denied,  Peter 
said,  ^  and  thej^  that  were  with 
him,  *  Master,  the  multitudes 
press  thee  and  crush  thee.  46 
But  Jesus  said.  Some  one  did 
touch  me;  for  I  perceived  that 
''power  had  gone  forth  from  me. 
47  And  when  the  woman  saw  that 
she  was  not  hid,  she  came  trem- 
bling, and  falling  down  before 
him  declared  in  the  presence  of 
all  the  people  for  what  cause  she 
touched  him,  and  how  she  was 
healed  immediately.  48  And  he 
said  unto  her.  Daughter,  **  thy  faith 
hath  "  made  thee  whole ;  *  go  in 
peace. 

49  While  he  yet  spake,  there 
Cometh  one  from  •''  the  ruler  of  the 
synagogue's  house,  saying.  Thy 
daughter  is  dead  ;  trouble  not  the 
Teacher.  50  But  Jesus  hearing  it, 
answered  him,  "  Fear  not :  only  be- 
lieve, and  she  shall  be  *made  whole. 
5 1  And  when  he  came  to  the  house, 
he  suffered  not  any  man  to  enter  in 
with  him,  save  Peter,  and  John,  and 
JameSj  and  the  father  of  the  maiden 
and  her  mother.  52  And  all  were 
weeping,  and  ''bewailing  her:  but 
he  said.  Weep  not ;  for  she  is  not 
dead,  but  *  sleepeth.  53  And  they 
laughed  him  to  scorn,  knowing  that 
she  was  dead.  54  But  he,  taking 
her  by  the  hand,  called,  saying, 
Maiden,  arise.  55  And  her  spirit 
returned,  and  she  rose  up  imme- 
diately :  and  he  commanded  that 
something  be  given  her  to  eat.  56 
And  her  parents  were  amazed :  but 
he  *  charged  them  to  tell  no  man 
what  had  been  done. 

9  'And  he  called  the  twelve 
together,  and  gave  them  power 
and  authority  over  all  demons,  and 
to  cure  diseases.  2  And  he  sent 
them  forth  to  ™  preach  the  kingdom 
of  God,  and  to  heal  ''the  sick.  3 
And  he  said  unto  them,  "Take 
nothing  for  your  journey,  "  neither 
staff,  nor  wallet,  nor  bread,  nor 
money ;  neither  have  two  coats. 
4  And  into  whatsoever  house  ye 
enter,  there  abide,  and  thence  de- 

1  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  and  they  that 
were  with  him.        '^  Or,  saved  thee       ^  Or,  saved 
*  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  the  sick. 


»  See  Mk. 

12.44 
6  See  ch.  5. 

5 
'^  See  ch.  5. 

17 
d  See  Mt.  9. 

22 
0  ch.  7.  50 : 

see  Mk.  5. 

34 
/  ver.  41 
■'  Mk.  6.  36 
''  ch.  23.  27  ; 

Mt.  11.  17 

Gr. 
•Jn.  11.13 
k  See  Mt. 

8.  4 
'  Mt.  10.  5  ; 

Mk.  6.  7 
'"  Comp.  Mt. 

10.7 
"  ver.  3-5 : 

Mai  the  w 

10.  9-15 ; 

Mark  6.  8- 

11 ;  comp. 

ch.  10.  4- 

12 ;  22.  35 
0  Mt.  10.  10  ; 

Mk.  6.  8 ; 

comp.  ch. 

22.  35  f . 


P  Acts  13. 

51 ;  see  ch. 

10.  11 
«  ch.  8.  1 ; 

Mk.  6. 12 
*■  ver.  7-9 : 

Matthew 

14.1,2; 

comp. 

Mk.  6. 

14  f. 
«  See  Mt.  14. 

1 ;  comp. 

ch.  3. 1  ;  13. 

31 ;  23.  7 
<  See  Mt. 

14.2 
"  See  Mt. 

16.14 
"  ch.  23.  8 
^  Mk.  6.  30 
y  See  Mk.  6. 

30 
'  ver.  10-17 : 

Matthew 

14.  13-21; 

Mark  6. 

32-44;  John 

6.5-13 
"  See  Mt.  11. 


21 

b  Mk.  6.  39 

'  See  Mt.  14. 

20 

d  ver.  lS-20 : 

Matthew 

IS.  13-16 ; 

Marki.21- 

29 

*■  Comp.  Mt. 

14.23;  ch. 

6.  12 ;  ver. 

28 

part.  5  And  as  many  as  receive 
you  not.  when  ye  depart  from  that 
city,  ■''  shake  off  the  dust  from  your 
feet  for  a  testimony  against  them. 
6  And  they  departed,  and  went 
throughout  the  villages,  *  preach- 
ing the  *  gospel,  and  healing  every- 
where. 

7  *■  Now  '  Herod  the  tetrarch 
heard  of  all  that  was  done  :  and  he 
was  much  perplexed,  because  that 
it  was  saici  by  some,  that  'John 
was  risen  from  the  dead  ;  8  and  by 
some,  that  "  Elijah  had  appeared : 
and  by  others,  that  one  or  the  old 
prophets  was  risen  again.  9  And 
Herod  said,  John  I  beheaded  :  but 
who  is  this,  about  whom  I  hear 
such  things'?  And  "he  sought  to 
see  him. 

10  ^And  the  "apostles,  when 
they  were  returned,  declared  unto 
him  what  things  they  had  done. 
"  And  he  took  them,  and  withdrew 
apart  to  a  city  called  "Bethsaida. 
11  But  the  multitudes  perceiving 
it  followed  him :  and  he  welcomed 
them,  and  spake  to  them  of  the 
kingdom  of  God,  and  them  that 
had  need  of  healing  he  cured.  12 
And  the  day  began  to  wear  away  ; 
and  the  twelve  came,  and  said  unto 
him.  Send  the  multitude  away,  that 
they  may  go  into  the  villages  and 
country  round  about,  and  lodge, 
and  get  provisions :  for  we  are 
here  in  a  desert  place.  13  But 
he  said  unto  them.  Give  ye  them 
to  eat.  And  they  said.  We  have 
no  more  than  five  loaves  and  two 
fishes  ;  except  we  should  go  and 
buy  food  for  all  this  people.  14 
For  they  were  about  five  thousand 
men.  And  he  said  unto  his  disci- 
ples. Make  them  ®sit  down  'in 
companies,  about  fifty  each.  15 
And  they  did  so,  and  made  them 
all  "^sit  down.  16  And  he  took  the 
five  loaves  and  the  two  fishes,  and 
looking  up  to  heaven,  he  blessed 
them,  and  brake  ;  and  gave  to  the 
disciples  to  set  before  the  multi- 
tude. 17  And  they  ate,  and  were 
all  filled  :  and  there  was  taken  up 
that  which  remained  over  to  them 
of  broken  pieces,  twelve  "  baskets. 

18  ''And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he 
was  Spraying  apart,  the  disciples 
were  with  him :  and  he  asked 
them,  saying,  Who  do  the  multi- 
tudes say  that  I  am  1  19  And  they 
answering  said,  John  the  Baptist  ; 
but  others  say,  Elijah  ;  and  others, 

5  Or,  good  tidings  «  Gr.  recline. 


70 


9.20 


LUKE 


9.  4» 


Confession.    The  Passion  foretold.    The  Transflgoration.    The  Epileptic  Boy.     The  Son  of  Man's  Fate.     Dispute  about  Rank 


that  one  of  the  old  prophets  is  risen 
again.  20  And  he  said  unto  them. 
But  who  say  ye  that  i  am  {  And 
Peter  answerin;^'  said,  "Tlie  Christ 
of  Giod.  21  But  he  'charged  them, 
and  commanded  tlwm  to  tell  this  to 
no  man ;  22  ''saying,  ''The  Son  of 
man  must  suffer  many  things,  and 
be  rejected  of  the  elders  and  chief 
priests  and  .scribes,  and  be  killed, 
anfl  the  third  day  be  raised  up. 
23  And  he  .said  unto  all,  If  any 
man  would  come  after  me,  let  him 
deny  him.self,  and  '  take  up  his 
cross  daily,  and  follow  me.  24  For 
•'^  who.soever  would  save  his  life 
shall  lose  it ;  but  whosoever  shall 
lose  his  life  for  my  sake,  the  same 
shall  save  it.  25  For  wliat  is  a 
man  profited,  if  he  gain  the  whole 
world,  and  ■'  lose  or  forfeit  his  own 
.self  \  26  *  For  whosoever  shall  be 
a,shamed  of  me  and  of  rny  words, 
of  him  shall  the  8on  of  man  be 
ashamed,  when  he  cometh  in  his 
own  glory,  and '  the  glory  of  the 
Father,  and  of  the  holy  angels. 
27  But  I  tell  you  of  a  truth, 
•There  are  some  of  them  that 
stand  here,  who  shall  in  no  wise 
taste  of  death,  till  they  sec  the 
kingdom  of  God. 

28  *And  it  came  to  pass  about 
eight  days  after  the.se  sayings,  that 
he  took  with  him  '  Peter  and  John 
and  James,  and  "'  went  up  into  the 
mountain  "to  pray.  29  And  as  he 
was  "praying,  the  fashion  of  his 
countenance  "was  altered,  and  his 
raiment  became  white  and  dazzling. 
30  And  behold,  there  talked  with 
him  two  men,  who  were  Moses  and 
Eliiah  ;  31  who  appeared  in  glory, 
and  spake  of  his  '''decease  which 
he  was  about  to  accomplish  at  Jeru- 
salem. 32  Now  Peter  and  they 
that  were  with  him  *were  heavy 
with  sleep :  but  "  when  they  were 
fully  awake,  they  saw  his  glory, 
and  the  two  men  that  stood  with 
him.  33  And  it  came  to  pass,  as 
they  were  parting  from  him,  Peter 
SJiia  unto  Jesus,  "■  Master,  it  is  good 
for  us  to  be  here  :  and  'let  us  make 
three  ^tabernacles;  one  for  thee, 
and  one  for  Moses,  and  one  for 
Elijah:  'not  knowing  what  he 
said.  34  And  while  he  said  these 
things,  there  came  a  cloud,  and 
overshadowed  them  :  and  they 
feared  as  they  entered  into  the 
cloud.     3-5  And  "a  voice  came  out 


1  Or,  departure 

-  Or,  fuiving  Temained  awake 


'  Or,  booths 


"  Comp.  Jn. 

6.  68  f. 
6  Mt.  16.  20  ; 

Mk.  8.  ao ; 

comp.  Mt. 

8.4 
"  ver.  2J-27 : 

Altiillifw 

16.  21-23  ; 
Mark  8. 
31-9.  1 

rf  See  Mt.  16. 

21  ;  ver.  44 
•  See  Mt.  lU. 

38 
/  See  Mt.  10. 

;u 

V  Heb.  10.  34 

tnarg. 
'>  Comp.  ch. 

12.  y ;  Mt. 

10.  33 
■  See  Mt.  16. 

28 
k  ver.  23-36 : 

iinltlirio 

17.  1-3  ; 
Marl:  9.  2-8 

'  See  Mt. 

17.  1 
""  Comp.  Mt. 

5.  1 
»  ch.  3.  21 ; 

5. 16  ;  6. 12  ; 

ver.  18 
"  Comp. 

Mk.  16.  12 

Or. 
''  2  Pet.  1.  \h 
''  Mt.  26.  43  ; 

Mk.  14.  40 
»•  See  oh.  5. 

.5 ;  ver.  49 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

17.  4 ;  Mk. 

9.  5 
'  Comp. 

Mk.  9.  6 
»  2  Pet.  1. 

17  f. 


"  See  Mt.  3. 

17  ;  ch.  3. 

22 
^  Mt.  17.  9  ; 

Mk.  9.  9  f. 
V  ver.  ;f7-42 : 

Ma  ft  hew 

17.  14-18  ; 

Marh  9. 

14-27 
-  2  Pet.  1.  16 
"  ver.  43-45 : 

Matthew 

17.  22  f.  ; 

Mark  9.  30- 

32 
b  ver.  22 
"  See  Mk.  9. 

32 
<*  ver.  46-48  : 

Mattliew 

IS.  IS; 

J/fltr/;  9.  3.3- 

37 
•  See  Mt. 

9.  4 

/SeeMt.  10. 

4(1 
i'ch.22.  26 


A  ver.  49,  50 : 

Mark  9. 

.33-40 
•  See  ch.  h. 

6 ;  ver.  33 


of  the  cloud,  saying,  "This  is  *my 
Son.  mv  chosen  :  hear  ye  him.  36 
And  wlien  the  voice  "came,  Jesus 
was  found  alone.  And  ■'  they  held 
their  peace,  and  told  no  man  in 
those  days  any  of  the  things  which 
they  had  seen. 

37  ^And  it  came  to  pass,  on  the 
next  day,  when  they  were  come 
down  from  the  mountain,  a  great 
multitude  met  him.  38  Aiul  be- 
hold, a  man  from  the  multitude 
cried,  saying,  TeachCi',  1  be.seech 
thee  to  look  upon  my  son ;  for  he 
is  mine  only  child  :  39  and  behold, 
a  spirit  taketh  him,  and  he  sud- 
denly crieth  out;  and  it  ^teareth 
him  that  he  foameth,  and  it  hardly 
departeth  from  him,  bruising  him 
sorely.  40  And  I  besought  thy 
disciples  to  ca.st  it  out;  and  they 
could  not.  41  And  Jesus  answered 
and  said,  O  faithless  and  perverse 
generation,  how  long  shall  I  be 
with  you,  and  bear  with  you? 
bring  hither  thy  son.  42  And  as 
he  was  yet  a  coming,  the  demon 
'  dashed  him  down,  and  **  tare  him 
grievously.  Bu_t  Jesus  rebuked  tlie 
unclean  spirit,  and  healed  the  boy, 
and  gave  him  back  to  liis  father. 
43  And  they  were  all  astonished 
at  the  '  majesty  of  God. 

"But  while  all  were  marvelling 
at  all  the  things  ^yhich  he  did,  he 
said  unto  his  disciples,  44  Let 
these  words  sink  into  your  ears : 
*  for  the  Son  of  man  shall  be  '•'  de- 
livered up  into  the  hands  of  men. 
45  But  ''they  understood  not  this 
.saying,  and  it  was  concealed  from 
them,  that  they  should  not  per- 
ceive it ;  and  they  were  afraid  to 
ask  him  about  this  saying. 

46  •'And  there  aro.se  a '"reasoning 
among  them,  which  of  them  was 
the  "  greatest.  47  But  when  Jesus 
'saw  the  '"rea-soning  of  their  heart, 
he  took  a  little  child,  and  set  him 
l)y  his  side,  48  and  .said  unto  them, 
''Whosoever  shall  receive  this  little 
child  in  my  name  receiveth  me : 
and  whosoever  shall  receive  me 
receiveth  him  that  sent  me:  *'for 
he  that  is  '-least  among  you  all,  the 
same  is  great. 

49  ''And  John  answered  and  said, 
''Master,  we  saw  one  casting  out 
demons  in  thy  name;  and  we  for- 
bade him,  becau.se  he  followeth  not 

*  Many  ancient  authorities  read  my  beloved 
Son.    See  Mt.  17.  .5  ;  Mk.  9.  7.  »  Ori  irns  past 

'  Or,  conrnlsel/i  7  Or,  rent  htm 

•  Or.   convtilseil  »  Or,  t>etTayed 

^0  Ot,  questioning    ^^  Or.  greater.    "  Or. /w»r 


71 


9.  5Q 


LUKE 


10.21 


Inhospitable  Samaritans.    Discipleslilp  exacting.    The  Seventy  sent  forWi.    The  Return  of  the  Seventy.    TheJoy  of  J«sn« 


with  us.  50  But  Jesus  said  unto 
him,  Forbid  him  not :  "  for  he  that 
is  not  against  you  is  for  you. 

51  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
days' ^  were  well-nigh  come  that  *he 
should  be  received  up,  he  stedf astly 
set  his  face  "to  go  to  Jerusalem,  52 
and  sent  messengers  before  his  face : 
and  they  went,  and  entered  into 
a  village  of  the  "*  Samaritans,  to 
make  ready  for  him.  53  And  they 
did  not  receive  him,  "because  his 
face  was  as  though  he  were  going  to 
Jerusalem.  54  And  when  his  dis- 
ciples •''James  and  John  saw  this, 
they  said,  Lord,  wilt  thou  that  we 
bid  fire  to  come  down  from  heaven, 
and  consume  them'-'?  55  But  he 
turned,  and  rebuked  them^.  56 
And  they  went  to  another  village. 

57  And  ■''as  they  went  on  the 
way,  ''a  certain  man  said  unto  him, 
I  will  follow  thee  whithersoever 
thou  goest.  58  And  Jesus  said 
unto  him,  The  foxes  have  holes, 
and  the  birds  of  the  heaven  have 

*  nests  ;  but  '  the  Son  of  man  hath 
not  where  to  lay  his  head.  59  And 
he  said  unto  another,  *  Follow  me. 
But  he  said.  Lord,  suffer  me  first 
to  go  and  bury  my  father.  60  But 
he  said  unto  nim,  Leave  the  dead 
to  bury  their  own  dead ;  but  go 
thou  and  'publish  abroad  the  king- 
dom of  God.  61  And  another  also 
said,  I  will  follow  thee.  Lord ;  but 
'"first  suffer  me  to  bid  farewell  to 
them  that areatmyhouse.  62  But 
Jesus  said  unto  him,  "  No  man, 
having  put  his  hand  to  the  plow, 
and  looking  back,  ls  fit  for  the 
kingdom  of  God. 

-\  t\  Now  after  these  things 
_Lv/  "the  Lord  appointed  sev- 
enty ^  ^  others,  and  sent  them  *  two 
and  two  before  his  face  into  every 
city  and  place,  whither  he  himself 
was  about  to  come.  2  And  he  said 
unto  them,  ''  The  harvest  indeed  is 
plenteous,  but  the  laborers  are  few : 

Eray  ye  therefore  the  Lord  of  the 
arvest,  that  he  send  forth  laborers 
into  his  harvest.    3  Go  your  ways  ; 

*  behold,  I  send  you  forth  as  lambs 
in  the  midst  of  wolves.  4  'Carry 
no  purse,  no  wallet,  no  shoes ;  and 
salute  no  man  on  the  way.     5  And 

1  Gr.  were  being  fnlflVfd. 

2  Many  ancient  authorities  add  even  as  Elijah 
did.    Comp.  2  K.  1.  10-r2. 

3  Some  ancient  authorities  add  and  said.  Ye 
know  not  what  manner  of  spirit  ye  are  of.  Some, 
but  fewer,  add  also  For  the  Son  of  man  came 
not  to  destroy  men^s  lives  but  to  save  them.  Comp. 
ch.  19. 10  ;  Jn.  3. 17  ;  12.  47.     *  Gr.  lodging-places. 

i  Many  ancient  authorities  add  arid  two  :  and 
TO  in  ver.  17. 


"  See  Mt.  12. 

30 ;  comp. 

ch.  11.  23 
b  See  Mk. 

16.  19 

■^  Comp.  ch. 

13.  22  ;  17. 

11;  18.31; 

19.  11,  28 
d  See  Mt.  10. 

5 ;  comp. 

ch.  10.  33 ; 

17.  16 ;  Jn. 
4.  4 

«  Jn.  4.  9 
/Comp. 

Mk.  3.  17 
"  ver.  51 
h  ver.  57-60 : 

Matthew 

8.  19-22 

i  See  Mt.  8. 

20 
«-■  See  Mt.  8. 

22 
'  Mt.  4.  23 
"'  Comp. 

1  K.  19.  20 
"  Comp. 

Phil.  3. 

13 
"  See  ch.  7. 

13 
P  Comp.  ch. 

9.  1  f.  b2 
1  Mk.  6.  7 

<"  Mt.  9.  37, 

38 ;  comp. 

Jn.  4.  35 

'  Mt.  10.  16 

'  ver.  4-12 ; 

comp.  Mt. 

10.  9-14 ; 
Mk.  6.8- 
11 ;  ch.  9. 
3-5 


"  Mt.  10.  10  ; 

1  Cor.  9.14; 

1  Tim.  5. 18 
"  Comp.  1 

Cor.  10.  27 
^  Comp.  Mt. 

3.2;  10.7; 

ver.  11 
y  Mt.  10.  14  ; 

Mk.  6.  U ; 

ch.  9.  5 
'  Mt.  10.  15  ; 

11.24 
"  See  Mt.  10. 

15 
b  ver.  13-15 : 

Matthew 

11.  21-23 
'  See  Mt.  11. 

21 
d  See  Rev. 

11.  3 

«  See  Mt.  4. 

13 
/  See  Mt.  11. 

23 
0  Mt.  10.  40 ; 

Jn.  l;;.  20; 

comp.  Gal. 

4.14 
t^  Comp.  Jn. 

12.  48  ; 

1  Th.  4.  8 
i  See  Mk. 

16.17 
k  See  Mt.  4. 

10 
t  Comp. 

Mk.  16.  18 
'"  Ex.  32.  32  ; 

Ps.  at.  28  ; 

Is.  4.  3  ; 

Ezek.  13. 

9 ;  Dan.  12. 

1 ;  Phil.  4. 

3 ;  Heb.  12. 

23 ;  Rev. 

72 


into  whatsoever  house  ye  shall 
''enter,  first  say.  Peace  be  to  this 
house.  6  And  if  a  son  of  peace  be 
there,  your  peace  shall  rest  upon 
"  him  :  but  it  not,  it  shall  turn  to 
you  again.  7  And  in  that  same 
house  remain,  eating  and  drinking 
such  things  as  they  give  :  for  "  the 
laborer  is  worthy  of  his  hire.  Go 
not  from  house  to  house.  8  And 
into  whatsoever  city  ye  enter,  and 
they  receive  you,  "  eat  such  things 
as  are  set  before  you :  9  and  heal 
the  sick  that  are  therein,  and  saj;- 
unto  them,  •'The  kingdom  of  God 
is  come  nigh  unto  you.  10  But 
into  whatsoever  city  ye  shall  enter, 
and  they  receive  you  not,  go  out 
into  the  streets  thereof  and  say, 
11  ^Eveii  the  dust  from  your  city, 
that  cleaveth  to  our  feet,  we  wipe 
off  against  you  :  nevertheless  know 
this,  that  -^the  kingdom  of  God  is 
come  nigh.  12  1  say  unto  you,  ^  It 
shall  be  more  tolerable  in  that  day 
for  "  Sodom,  than  for  that  city.    13 

*  Woe  unto  thee,  "  Chorazin !  woe 
unto  thee,  "  Bethsaida !  for  if  the 

*  mighty  works  had  been  done  in 
"  Tyre  and  Sidon,  which  were  done 
in  you,  they  would  have  repented 
long  ago,  sitting  in  '^  sackcloth  and 
ashes.  14  But  it  shall  be  more  tol- 
erable for  "  Tyre  and  Sidon  in  the 
judgment,  than  for  you.  15  And 
thou,  'Capernaum,  shalt  thou  be 
exalted  unto  heaven'?  thou  shalt 
be  brought  down  unto  •''Hades. 
16  ^He  that  heareth  you  heareth 
me ;  and  ''  he  that  rejecteth  you 
rejecteth  me  ;  and  he  that  rejecteth 
me  rejecteth  him  that  sent  me. 

17  And  the  seventy  returned 
with  joy,  saying.  Lord,  even  'the 
demons  are  subject  unto  us  in  thy 
name.  18  And  he  said  unto  them, 
I  beheld  *  Satan  fallen  as  lightning 
from  heaven.  19  Behold,  I  have 
given  you  authority  to  '  tread  upon 
serpents  and  scorpions,  and  over  all 
the  power  of  the  enemy  :  and  noth- 
ing shall  in  any  wise  hurt  you.  20 
Nevertheless  in  this  rejoice  not,  that 
the  spirits  are  subject  unto  you ;  but 
rejoice  that  '"  your  names  are  writ- 
ten in  heaven. 

21  "In  that  same  hour  he  re- 
joiced ®in  the  Holy  Spirit,  and 
said,  I   ^Hhank   thee,    0   Father, 

3.  5 ;  13.  8 :  17.  8 ;  20.  12,  15  ;  21.  27  "  ver.  21,  22  : 
Matthew  11.  25-27 


«  Or,  enter  first,  say      '  Or,  it      *  Gr.  powtrr 
»Oz,tV  u  Or,  praite 


10.22 


LUKE 


11.8 


The  CMd  Sanaritao.    Martha  and  Vary.    Th«  Lord's  Tracer.    EHroiiraeenKnt  to  Fravrr 


Lord  of  heaven  and  earth,  that 
thou  didst  hide  these  thin^js  fi-om 
the  wise  and  understanding,  aiul 
ditlst  reveal  tlieni  unto  Imbes  :  yen. 
Fattier ;  '  tor  so  it  was  w(?ll-t)lea.s- 
iug  in  thy  sight.  '22  All  tninss 
have  b(ien  deUvered  unto  lueof  my 
Father:  and  no  one  knoweth  who 
the  .Sou  is,  save  the  Father;  and 
who  the  Father  is,  save  the  8on. 
and  lie  to  whomsoever  the  Son 
willetb  to  reveal  h/'oi.  2'.i  "And 
turning  to  the  disciples,  he  said 
privately,  Blessed  are  the  eyes 
whieh  see  the  things  that  ye  .see : 
24  for  1  say  unto  you,  that  many 
propht^ts  and  kings  desired  to  see 
the  things  which  ye  see.  and  .saw 
thera  not;  and  to  hear  the  things 
whicli  ye  hear,  and  heai"d  them 
not. 

25  *And  behold,  a  certain  'law- 
yer stood  up  and  made  trial  of  him. 
saying.  Teacher,  what  shall  I  do  to 
inherit  eternal  life  ?  26  And  he 
.said  unto  him.  What  is  written  in 
the  law!  how  readest  thou?  27 
And  he  answering  said,  ^Thou  shalt 
love  the  Lord  tny  God  ^with  all 
thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul, 
and  with  all  thy  strength,  and  with 
all  thy  mind  ;  *and  thy  neighbor  as 
thyself.  28  And  he  said  unto  him. 
Thou  hast  answered  right:  "this 
do,  and  thou  shalt  live.  29  Hut 
he,  d&siring  't*")  iu.stify  himself, 
said  unto  Jesus,  And  who  is  my 
neighlv)r]  30  .Jesus  made  answer 
and  said.  A  certain  man  was^going 
down  from  .lerusalem  to  Jericiio ; 
and  he  fell  among  robl)ers,  who 
both  strippefl  him  and  heat  him, 
and  departed,  leaving  him  half 
de-ad.  31  And  Ijy  chance  a  cer- 
tain priest  was  going  down  that 
way  :  and  when  he  saw  him,  he 
passed  by  on  the  other  side.  .32 
And  in  like  manner  a  Levite  also, 
when  he  came  ti»  the  place,  anrj 
saw  liim,  ]»assed  bj'  on  the  other 
.side.  33  But  a  certain  ''Samari- 
tan, as  he  journeyed,  came  where 
he  was  :  anrl  wlien  he  saw  him,  he 
was  moved  with  compassion.  34 
and  came  to  him.  and  liouiul  up 
liis  wounds,  pouring  an  t/i/'in  oil 
and  wine ;  and  he  set  him  on  his 
own  bejxst,  and  brought  him  to  an 
inn,  and  took  care  of  him.  3.5  And 
on  the  morrow  he  took  out  two 
^shillings,  and  gave  them  to  the 
host,  and  said.  Take  care  of  him  ; 

1  Or,  Ihn!  »  Dt  vi.  5  »  Or.  frnm. 

«  Lev.  xix.  18.     »Se*m»rKin»lnoteoaeh.  7.tL 


"  \-<>r  23.  ^■i  : 

IJ.  ll>,  17 
»  v»-r.  ii-iS : 

Mall  hew 

23.  ai-W  ; 

Miirk  12. 

28  a; 

coniiii  Mt. 

IS.  Ui-lS 
■^  See  Mt. 

12.  ■£> 
'(■  See  Mt.  W. 

17 
'  cl>.  1(>.  14 
/Comp.  ch. 

lii.  U  ;  la. 

28 
'^SeeMt.lO. 

6  ;  ch.  i».  62 


^  ver.  40  f .  ; 

.In.  11.1.5, 

l»ff.  30,  3a; 

12.  2 
■ ver  42 ; 

•111.  11.  1  f. 

19f.2H,31f. 

4.5  ;  12.  3 
*■  Comp.  ch. 

U.  3.5  ;  see 

Acts  22.  3 


'  See  Mt.  6. 

"'  Comp.  Jn. 
fi.  27  ;  Ps. 

27.4 


'  See  ch.  7. 
13 


"  ver.  2-4 : 
Miilt/ieui  6. 
9-13 

P  Comp. 
Acts  17.  11 


9  Comp.  ch. 
13.  i  marg. 


73 


and  whatsoever  thou  spendesi 
more,  I,  wiien  1  come  ijack  again, 
will  repay  thet\  3G  Which  or 
these  three,  thinkest  thou,  jjroved 
neighlxH-  unto  hiin  that  tVll  among 
the  robbers  ?  'M  And  he  said.  He 
that  showed  mercy  on  iiiin.  Ard 
•lesus  said  unto  him,  Go,  and  do 
thou  likewise. 

38  Now  as  the.v  went  on  their 
way,  he  entered  into  a  ceilain  vil- 
lage :  and  a  certain  woman  named 
''Marthii  received  him  into  her 
house.  3y  And  she  had  a  sister 
called  *Mary,  who  also 'sat  at  the 
Lord's  feet,  and  heard  his  word. 
40  But  '^Martha  was  "cumbered 
about  much  serving;  and  she 
came  up  to  him,  and  said.  Lord, 
dost  thou  not  care  that  my  sister 
did  leave  me  to  .serve  alone]  bid 
her  therefore  that  she  help  me.  41 
But  the  Lord  answered  and  said 
unto  her, '"Martha,  Martha,  thou 
art  'anxious  and  troubled  about 
many  thing.s :  42  "'"but  one  thing 
is  needful:  for  Olary  hath  chosen 
the  good  part,  which  shall  not  be 
taken  away  from  her. 

UAnd  it  came  to  pass,  as 
he  was  praying  in  a  certjiin 
nlace,  that  when  ne  cea.sed,  one  of 
his  di.sciples  said  unto  him,  "I>»rd, 
teach  us  to  pray,  even  as  .John  also 
taught  his  di.sciples.  2  And  he 
.said  unto  them,  "When  ye  pi-ay, 
say,  ® Father,  Hallowed  be  thy 
name.  Thy  kingdom  come.'"  3 
Give  us  ''day  b.v  day  "our  daily 
bread.  4  And  forgive  us  our  sins  ; 
for  we  ourselves  also  forgive  every 
one  that  ''  is  indebted  to  us.  And 
bring  us  not  into  temjitation'^ 

b  And  he  said  unto  them.  Which 
of  you  shalt  ha%ea  frienfl,  and  shall 
go  unto  him  at  midnight,  and  .say 
to  him.  Friend,  lend  me  three 
loaves;  6  for  a  friend  of  mine  is 
come  to  me  from  a  journey,  and  1 
have  nothing  to  .set  before  him;  7 
and  he  from  within  shall  answer 
and  say,  Trouble  me  not  :  the  door 
is  now  shut,  and  my  chilflren  are 
with  me  in  l>ed ;  1  cannot  rise  and 
give    theet      8    1    .say    unto    you, 

0  Or.  dUtrnrM. 

7  A  few  ancient  authorities  read  Martha,  Mar- 
tha,  Iho'i  arl  troublel ;   ilnry  halh  r/io'fri  <fr. 

»  Man  V  anrient  authorities  read  tmtfftr  things 
are  nciljul.  or  onr. 

»  Many  ancient  authorities  read  Our  Father, 
who  art  in  /ifnrrn.    See  Mt  6.  9 

10  Many  ancient  authorities  add  T/ty  u-ill  be 
donr,  03  171  hraren.  sn  un  rarth      See  Mt  6  10. 

11  Or  our  lireo'l  for  Iht  cniing  day.  Or,  ovr 
nffdf'ilbread:  asinMt  K  M. 

"  Many  ancient  authorities  add  bnt  deliver  tu 
/rom  the  evil  on*  (or,  Jrom  «vil).    8«e  Mt.  •.  19. 


11.9 


LUKE 


11.38 


Calamay  of  the  Jews  refuted.    The  Craving  for  Signs  rebaked.    Pharisaism  exposed 


Though  he  will  not  rise  and  give 
him  because  he  is  his  friend,  yet 
"  because  of  his  importunity  he  will 
arise  and  give  him  ^  as  many  as  he 
needeth.     9   And  I  say  unto  you, 

*  Ask,  and  it  shall  be  given  you ; 
seek,  and  ye  shall  find  ;  knock,  and 
it  shall  be  opened  unto  you.  10 
For  every  one  that  asketh  receiv- 
eth  ;  and  he  that  seeketh  findeth ; 
and  to  him  that  knocketh  it  shall 
be  opened.  11  And  of  which  of 
you  that  is  a  father  shall  his  son 
ask  ^a  loaf,  and  he  give  him^  a 
stone  1  or  a  fish,  and  he  for  a  fish 
give  him  a  serpent  1  12  Or  if  he 
shall  ask  an  egg,  will  he  give  him  a 
scorpion'?  13  ""If  ye  then,  being 
evil,  know  how  to  give  good  gifts 
unto  your  children,  how  much  more 
shall  your  heavenly  Father  give  the 
•^  Holy  Spirit  to  them  that  ask  him  1 

14  ''And  he  was  casting  out  a 
demon  that  was  dumb.  And  it 
came  to  pass,  when  the  demon  was 
gone  out,  the  dumb  man  spake ; 
and  the  multitudes  marvelled.  15 
But  some  of  them  said,  ^-^By 
"*  ^  Beelzebub  the  prince  of  the 
demons  casteth  he  out  demons. 
16  And  others,  trying  hi))h  ''sought 
of  him  a  sign  from  heaven.  17 
*But  he,  knowing  their  thoughts, 
said  unto  them.  Every  kingdom 
divided  against  itself  is  brought  to 
desolation ;  ®  and  a  house  divided 
against  a  house  falleth.     18  And  if 

*  Satan  also  is  divided  against  him- 
self, how  shall  his  kingdom  stand  ? 
because  ye  say  that  I  cast  out 
demons  ^ by  *^  Beelzebub.  19  And 
if  I  *  by  ■*'' Beelzebub  cast  out 
demons,  by  whom  do  your  sons 
cast  them  ouf?  therefore  shall  they 
be  your  judges.  20  But  if  I  by  the 
'finger  of  God  cast  out  demons, 
then  is  '"the  kingdom  of  God  come 
upon  you.  21  When  the  strong 
niaji  fully  armed  guardeth  his  own 
"court,  his  goods  are  in  peace  :  22 
but  when  a  stronger  than  he  shall 
come  upon  him,  and  overcome  him, 
he  taketh  from  him  his  whole  armor 
wherein  he  ti^usted,  and  divideth 
his  spoils.  23  °  He  that  is  not  with 
me  is  against  me  ;  and  he  that  gath- 
ereth  not  with  me  scattereth.  24 
^The  unclean  spirit  when  "he  is 
gone  out  of  the  man,  passe th 
through  waterless  places,  seeking 
rest,  and  finding  none,  ®he  saith, 

1  Or,  whatsoever  thingn 

2  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  a  loaf,  and  tie 
give  him  a  stone  f  or.     3  Or,  In     *  Gr.  Beelzebul. 

6  Or,  and  house  falleth  upon  house       *  Or,  it 


"■  Comp.  ch. 

18.1-6 
6  ver.  9-13 : 

Matthew!. 

7-U 
'^  Comp.  ch. 

18.  7  f . 
d  Comp.  Mt. 

7.11 
*  ver.  14, 15  : 

Malt  lie  w 

12.  22,  24  ; 

comp.  Mt. 

9.  32-34 
/SeeMt.  9. 

34 
'J  See  Mt.  10. 

25 
h  See  Mt.  12. 

38 
'  ver.  17-22 : 

Matthew 

12  2-7-29  • 

Murk  3.  ' 

23-27 
fc  See  Mt.  4. 

10 
'  Ex.  8.  19 
"'  See  Mt,  3.  2 
"  See  Mt. 

2(j.  3 
0  Mt.  12  30 
J' ver.  24-26: 

Matthew 

12.  43-45 


'  Comp.  ch. 

23.  2a 
»■  ch.  8.  21 
» ver.  29-32 : 

Matthew 

12.  3»-42 
t  ver.  16 ;  see 

Mt.  12.  38 


'  ch.  8. 16 ; 
Mt.  5.  15 ; 
SIk.  4.  21 


'  ver.  34,  35  : 

Matlheii' 
6.  22,  23 


*  Comp.  Mt. 
15.  2 ;  Mk. 
7.  3f. 

74 


I  will  turn  back  unto  my  house 
whence  I  came  out.  25  And  when 
''he  is  come,  ''he  findeth  it  swept 
and  garnished.  26  Then  goeth 
•*  he,  and  taketh  to  him  seven  other 
spirits  more  evil  than  ^  himself ; 
and  they  enter  in  and  dwell  there  : 
and  the  last  state  of  that  man  be- 
Cometh  worse  than  the  first. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he 
said  these  things,  a  certain  woman 
out  of  the  multitude  lifted  up  her 
voice,  and  said  unto  him,  'Blessed 
is  the  womb  that  bare  thee,  and 
the  breasts  which  thou  didst  suck 
28  But  he  said.  Yea  rather,  blessed 
are  ''they  that  hear  the  word  of 
God,  and  keep  it. 

29  And  when  the  multitudes 
were  gathering  together  unto  him, 
he  began  to  say,  'This  generation 
is  an  evil  generation:  it  *  seeketh 
after  a  sign ;  and  there  shall  no 
sign  be  given  to  it  but  the  sign  of 
Jonah.  30  For  even  as  Jonah  be- 
came a  sign  unto  the  Ninevites,  so 
shall  also  the  Son  of  man  be  to 
this  generation.  31  The  queen  of 
the  south  shall  rise  up  in  the  judg- 
ment with  the  men  ot  this  genera- 
tion, and  shall  condemn  them  :  for 
she  came  from  the  ends  of  the  earth 
tohear  the  wisdom  of  Solomon;  and 
behold,  ®a  greater  than  Solomon  is 
here.  32  The  men  of  Nineveh  shall 
stand  up  in  the  judgment  with  this 
generation,  and  shall  condemn  it : 
for  they  repented  at  the  preaching 
of  Jonah ;  and  behold,  ^a  greater 
than  Jonah  is  here. 

33  No  "man,  when  he  hath 
lighted  a  lamp,  putteth  it  in  a 
cellar,  neither  under  the  bushel, 
but  on  the  stand,  that  they  which 
enter  in  may  see  the  light.  34 
"  The  lamp  of  thy  body  is  thine 
eye :  when  thine  eye  is  single,  thy 
whole  body  also  is  full  of  light ; 
but  when  it  is  evil,  thy  body  also 
is  full  of  darkness.  35  Look  there- 
fore whether  the  light  that  is  in 
thee  be  not  darkness.  36  If  there- 
fore thy  whole  body  be  full  of  light, 
having  no  part  dark,  it  shall  be 
wholly  full  of  light,  as  when  the 
lamp  with  its  bright  shining  doth 
give  thee  light. 

37  Now  as  he  spake,  a  Pharisee 
asketh  him  to  ''dine  with  him: 
and  he  went  in,  and  sat  down  to 
meat.  38  And  when  the  Phari- 
see saw  it,  he  marvelled  that  he 
had  not  first  *  bathed  himself  be- 

1  Or,  itself     8  Gr.  more  than.     »  Gr.  brea1(fast. 


11.39 


LUKE 


12.15 


and  denounced  :  —  Six  Woes.    Ilis  Enemies  seek  to  nnsiiare  him.    Charge  to  the  Disriples 


fore  Minnor.  .39  And  "the  Lord 
said  unto  him,  Now  *ye  the  Phari- 
sees cleanse  tlie  outside  of  the  cup 
and  of  the  platter ;  but  your  in- 
ward part  is  full  of  extortion  and 
wickedness.  40  "  Ye  foolish  ones, 
did  not  he  that  made  the  outside 
make  the  inside  also]  41  But 
''  give  for  alms  those  things  which 
'^are  within  ;  and  behold,  all  things 
are  "clean  unto  you. 

42  -^But  woe  unto  you  Phari- 
sees !  for  ye  "  tithe  mint  and  rue 
and  every  herb,  and  pass  over  ius- 
tice  and  the  love  of  God :  but 
these  ought  ye  to  have  done,  and 
not  to  leave  tlie  other  undone.  43 
Woe  unto  you  Pharisees !  for  ye 
''  love  the  chief  seats  in  the  syna- 
gogues, and  the  salutations  in  the 
marketplaces.  44  '  Woe  unto  you ! 
for  ye  are  as  the  tombs  which  ap- 
pear not,  and  the  men  that  walk 
over  theni  know  it  not. 

45  And  one  of  the  *  lawyers 
answering  saith  unto  him,  Teacner, 
in  saying  this  thou  reproachest  us 
also.  46  And  he  said,  Woe  unto 
you  *  lawyers  also  !  for  '  ye  load 
men  with  burdens  grievous  to  be 
borne  and  ye  yourselves  touch 
not  the  burdens  with  one  of  your 
lingers.  47  '"  Woe  unto  you  !  for 
ye  build  the  tombs  of  the  prophets, 
and  your  fathers  killed  them.  48 
So  ye  are  witnesses  and  consent 
unto  the  works  of  your  fathers : 
for  they  killed  them,  and  ye  build 
tfieir  tomhs.  49  Therefore  also  said 
"  the  wisdom  of  God,  "  I  will  send 
unto  them  pi-ophets  and  apostles ; 
and  some  of  them  they  shall  kill  and 
persecute  ;  50  that  the  blood  of  all 
the  prophets,  which  was  shed  ^  from 
the  foundation  of  the  world,  may 
be  required  of  this  generation  ;  51 
from  the  blood  of  Abel  unto  the 
blood  of  Zachariah,  who  perished 
between  the  altar  and  the  "sanctu- 
ary :  yea,  1  say  unto  you,  it  shall 
be  required  of  this  generation.  52 
Woe  unto  you  *  lawyers  I  for  ye  took 
away  the  key  of  knowledge :  ''  ye 
entered  not  in  yourselves,  and 
them  that  were  entering  in  ye 
hindei'ed. 

53  And  when  he  was  come  out 
fi-om  thence,  the  scribes  and  the 
Pharisees  began  to  ^  press  upon 
him  vehemently,  and  to  provoke 
him  to  speak  of  '  many  things  ;   54 

I  Or.  breah-fast.        2  Or,  yf  can       »  Gr.  hoiue. 
<  Or,  set  themselves  vehemently  against  him 
'  Or,  more 


"  See  ch.  7, 

b  Mt.  23  2r,  f. 
•^  ch.  12.  2(1 ; 

1  Cor.  15. 

3(i 
<'  cli.  12.  3:j ; 

coini).  16.  y 
'  Coiiip 

Mk.  7.  19 ; 

Tit.  1.  15 
/Mt.  23.23 
"  ch.  18.  12 
'•Mt.  23.  6  f.; 

Mk.  12. 

38  f;  ch. 

20.  46 ; 

conip.  14.  7 
•■  Mt.  23.  27 
*-■  ver.  46,  52  ; 

see  Mt.  22. 

35 
'  Mt.  23.  4 
"'  Mt.  23. 

2:1  tr. 

"  Comi). 

1  Cor.  1.  24, 

30 ;  Col.  2. 

3 
"  ver.  49-51 : 

coinp. 

Mt.  23.  34- 

36 
P  See  Mt. 

25.  34 
«  Mt.  23. 13 


•■  Acts  23. 

21  ;  ch.  20. 

20     Comp. 

Mk.  3.  2 
'  MH.  12.  13 
<  Mt.  16.  6, 

lUr.;  Mk. 

8.  15 

"  ver.  2-9 : 

Matthew 

10.  26-33 
"  ch.  8.  17  ; 

Mt.  10.  26 ; 

Mk.  4.  22 
^  Mt.  10.  27. 

See  Mt.  24. 

17 
y  .In.  15. 13- 

15 
'  Heb.  10.  31 
"  See  Mt.  5. 

b  Comp.  Mt. 

^0.  29 
<^  See  Mt.  10. 

30 
<'  Comp.  Mt. 

10.  32 ; 

ch.  lo.  10 ; 

Rom.  10.  9 

*  Comp.  ch. 

9.  26. 

See  Mt.  10. 

33 
/Comp.  Mt. 

12.  31.  32 ; 

Mk.  3.  2S- 

30 
"  Corap.  Mt. 

10.  17 

f^  ver.  22. 
See  Mt.  6. 
25 :  10.  19 ; 
Mk.  13.  11 ; 
comp.  ch. 
21.  14 

■  See  Mt.  10. 
20 ;  comp. 
ch  21.  15 

*  Comp. 
Mio.  6  8; 
Rom.  2.  1, 
3 ;  9.  20 

I  Comp. 
1  Tim.  6. 
6-10 


75 


"■  laying  wait  for    him,   'to   catch 
.something  out  of  his  mouth. 

Iiy  In  the  mean  time,  when 
^  *the  many  thou.sands  of  the 
inultitude  were  gathered  together, 
insomuch  that  they  trod  one  upon 
another,  he  began  to  ".say  unto  his 
disciples  first  of  all,  'iicware  ye  of 
the  leaven  of  the  Phari.sees  which 
is  hypocrisy.  2  ""But  there  is 
nothing  covered  up.  that  shall  not 
be  revealed ;  and  liid,  that  shall 
not  be  known.  3  Wherefore  what- 
soever ye  have  .said  in  the  darkness 
shall  be  heard  in  the  light ;  and 
what  ye  have  spoken  in  the  ear  in 
the  inner  chambeis  shall  be  pro- 
claimed upon  ^  the  housetops.  4 
And  I  say  unto  you  *my  friends. 
Be  not  afraid  of  them  that  kill  the 
body,  and  after  that  have  no  more 
that  they  can  do.  5  But  I  will 
warn  you  whom  ye  shall  fear : 
^  Fear  him,  who  after  he  hath 
killed  hath  *  power  to  cast  into 
" "  hell ;  yea,  I  say  unto  you.  Fear 
him.  6  Are  not '  five  sparrows  sold 
for  two  pence'?  and  not  one  of  them 
is  forgotten  in  the  sight  of  God.  7 
'^^But  the  ver.y  hairs  of  your  head 
are  all  numbered.  Fear  not :  ye 
are  of  more  value  than  many  spar- 
rows. 8  And  I  say  unto  you.  Every 
one  who  shall  confess  ^"me  before 
men,  "him  shall  the  Son  of  man 
also  confess  "^  before  the  angels  of 
God  :  9  but  "he  that  denieth  me  in 
the  presence  of  men  shall  be  denied 
''  in  the  presence  of  the  angels  of 
God.  10  ■'And  every  one  who  shall 
speak  a  word  against  the  Son  of 
man,  it  shall  be  forgiven  him  :  but 
unto  him  that  blaspliemeth  against 
the  Holy  Spirit  it  shall  not  be  for- 
given. 11  And  when  they  bring 
you  before  "the  synagogues,  and 
the  rulers,  and  the  authorities,  be 
not  ''anxious  how  or  what  ye  shall 
answer,  or  what  ye  shall  sa.v  :  1 2  for 
'the  Holy  Spirit  shall  teach  .vou  in 
that  very  hour  what  ye  ought  to 
say. 

1 3  And  one  out  of  the  multitu Jo 
.said  unto  him,  Teacher,  bid  my 
brother  divide  the  inheritance  with 
me.  14  But  lie  .said  unto  him, 
*.Uan,  who  made  me  a  judge  or  a 
divider  over  .vou  I  15  And  he  said 
unto  them,  '  Take  heed,  and  keep 
yourselves  from  all  covetousncss : 


«  Or.  the  myriads  of. 

^  Or,  say  iinlo  his  disciples.  First  of  all  be- 
ware ye  *  Or,  authority  ^  Or.  (Jehenna. 
10  Or.  m  me.                 "  Or.  m  him. 


12.16 


LUKE 


12.47 


Of  Covetonsness :  the  Rich  Fool.    Of  Earthly  Anxiety :  the  Trae  Treasure.    Watchfulness  eigoined.    Of  Faithful  and 


^  for  a  man's  life  consisteth  not  in 
the  abundance  of  the  things  which 
he  possesseth.  16  And  he  spake 
a  parable  unto  them,  saying,  The 
ground  of  a  certain  rich  man 
brought  forth  plentifully  :  1 7  and 
he  reasoned  within  himself,  say- 
ing. What  shall  I  do,  because  I 
have  not  where  to  bestow  my 
fruits^  18  And  he  said.  This  will 
I  do :  I  will  pull  down  my  barns, 
and  build  greater  ;  and  there  will 
I  bestow  all  my  grain  and  my 
goods.  19  And  I  will  say  to  my 
'^soul,  ^Soul,  "thou  hast  much 
goods  laid  up  for  many  years ; 
take  thine  ease,  eat,  drink,  be 
merry.  20  But  God  said  unto 
him,  *Thou  foolish  one,  this  night 
^ "  is  thy  "  soul  required  of  thee  ; 
and  ^  the  things  which  thou  hast 
prepared,  whose  shall  they  be?  21 
So  is  he  that  'layeth  up  treasure 
for  himself,  and  is  not  rich  toward 
God. 

22  And  he  said  unto  his  disci- 
ples, -^Therefore  I  say  unto  you, 
Ee  not  anxious  for  your  *  life,  what 
ye  shall  eat ;  nor  yet  for  your  body, 
what  ye  shall  put  on.  23  For  the 
*life  is  more  than  the  food,  and  the 
body  than  the  raiment.  24  Con- 
sider the  "ravens,  that  they  sow 
not,  neither  reap ;  which  have  no 
store-chamber  nor  ''  barn ;  and  God 
feedeth  them  :  of  how  much  more 
value  are  ye  than  the  birds !  25 
And  which  of  you  by  being  anxious 
can  add  a  'cubit  unto  ^the  measure 
of  his  life  1  26  If  then  ye  are  not 
able  to  do  even  that  which  is  least, 
why  are  ye  anxious  concerning  the 
resfl  27  Consider  the  lilies,_how 
they  grow :  they  toil  not,  neither 
do  they  spin ;  yet  I  say  unto  you, 
Even  *  Solomon  in  all  his  glory  was 
not  arrayed  like  one  of  these.  28 
But  if  God  doth  so  clothe  the  grass 
in  the  field,  which  to-day  is,  and 
to-morrow  is  cast  into  the  oven ; 
how  much  more  shall  he  clothe  you, 
'  O  ye  of  little  faith  ?  29  And  seek 
not  ye  what  ye  shall  eat,  and  what 
ye  shall  drink,  neither  be  ye  '"of 
doubtful  mind.  30  For  all  these 
things  do  the  nations  of  the  world 
seek  after  :  but  your  Father  know- 
eth  that  ye  have  need  of  these 
things.     3 1  Yet  seek  ye  ®  his  king- 

1  Or,  for  even  in  a  man's  abundance,  his  life  is 
not  from  tlie  things  which  he  possesseth 

-  Or,  life  3  Gr.  they  require  thy  soul. 

*  Or,  soul  5  Or,  his  stature 

6  Many  ancient  authorities  read  the  kingdom 
Of  God. 


"  Comp. 

Eccl.  IL  9 ; 

Ecclus.  11. 

19 
b  Jer.  17.  11 ; 

ch.  11.  40 
«  Job  27.  8 
d  Ps.  39.  6 
''  Comp. 

ver.  33 
/ver.  22-31: 

Matthew 

6.  25-33 
'  Job  38.  41 
ft  ver.  18 
'  Comp.  Ps. 

39.5 
*  1  K.  10.  4-7 
'  See  Mt.  6. 

30 
'"  Comp.  Mt. 

6.  31 


"  See  Mt.  6. 

"  See  Mt.  14. 

27 
P  Comp.  Jn. 

21.  15-17 
«  Comp. 

Eph.  1.  5,  9 
>•  See  Mt. 

19.  21 ;  ch. 

18.  22 ; 

comp.  11. 

41 
"  Mt.  6.  20  ; 

comp.  ver. 

'21 
1  Mt.  6.  21 
"  ver.  35,36: 

comp.  Mt. 

25.  1  tf. 
"  Comp. 

Eph.  6.  14; 

1  Pet.  1.  13 
^  See  Mt.  24. 

42 
y  ch.  17.  8  ; 

Jn.  13.  4 
-  See  Mt.  24. 

43 
"  ver.  39,  40  : 

Matthew 

24.  43,  44 
b  Mt.  6.  19 
"  Comp.  ch. 

21.36;  Mk. 

13.  33 
d  Comp. 

ver.  47,  48 
'  See  ch.  7. 

13 
/ver.  42-46: 

Matthew 

24.  45-51 
c  Comp.  Mt. 

24.  45 :  ch. 

16.  1  tf. 
A  ver.  42 


76 


dom,  and  "these  things  shall  be 
added  unto  you.  32  "Fear  not, 
^  little  flock  ;  for  it  is  "  your  Father's 
good  pleasure  to  give  you  the  king- 
dom. 33  *■  Sell  that  which  ye  have, 
and  give  alms  ;  make  for  yourselves 
purses  which  wax  not  old,  •  a  treas- 
ure in  the  heavens  that  faileth 
not,  where  no  thief  draweth  near, 
neither  moth  destroyeth.  34  For 
'  where  your  treasure  is,  there  will 
your  heart  be  also. 

35  "Let  your  "loins  be  girded 
about,  and  your  lamps  burning ; 
36  and  be  ye  yourselves  like  unto 
men  looking  for  their  lord,  when 
he  shall  return  from  the  marriage 
feast ;  that,  when  he  cometh  and 
knocketh,  they  may  straightway 
open  unto  him.  37  Blessed  are 
those  ^servants,  whom  the  lord 
when  he  cometh  shall  find  '  watch- 
ing: verily  I  say  unto  you,  that 
*he  shall  gird  himself,  and  make 
them  sit  down  to  meat,  and  shall 
come  and  serve  them.  38  And  if 
he  shall  come  in  the  ^second  watch, 
and  if  in  the  ^  third,  and  find  them 
so,  blessed  are  those  servants.  39 
^''But  know  this,  that  if  the  mas- 
ter of  the  house  had  known  in 
what  hour  the  thief  was  coming, 
he  would  have  watched,  and  not 
have  left  his  house  to  be  ^*  broken 
through.  40  "  Be  ye  also  ready : 
for  in  an  hour  that  ye  think  not 
the  Son  of  man  cometh. 

41  And  Peter  said.  Lord,  speak- 
est  thou  this  parable  unto  us,  or 
even  "^unto  alii  42  And  'the 
Lord  said,  ^  Who  then  is  ^'^  the  faith- 
ful and  wise  "steward,  whom  his 
lord  shall  set  over  his  household,  to 
give  them  their  portion  of  food  in 
due  season  1  43  Blessed  is  that 
^^'' servant,  whom  his  lord  when  he 
cometh  shall  find  so  doing.  44  Of 
a  truth  I  say  unto  you,  that  he  will 
set  him  over  all  that  he  hath.  45 
But  if  that "  servant  shall  say  in  his 
heart.  My  lord  delayeth  his  com- 
ing ;  and  shall  begin  to  beat  the 
menservants  and  the  maidservants, 
and  to  eat  and  drink,  and  to  be 
drunken;  46  the  lord  of  that  "  ser- 
vant shall  come  in  a  day  when  he 
expecteth  not,  and  in  an  hour  when 
he  knoweth  not,  and  shall  ^^  cut  him 
asunder,  and  appoint  his  portion 
with  the  unfaithful.     47  And  that 

"  Gr.  bonrl'!ervanfs. 

8  Or,  But  this  ve  ktiow     9  Gr.  digged  thro'igh. 
10  Or,  the  faithful  steward,  the  tetse  man  whom 
&c.  11  Gr.  bondservant. 

12  Or,  severely  scourge  Mm 


ia48 


LUKE 


13.18 


Uufaitkfal  Serruts.   Jesos  the  Divider.    The  ^igm  of  the  Times.    Coll  to  Repentante.    The  Barren  Fig  Tree,    i  Care  oo  the 


'  servant,  wlio  know  hi.s  lord'.s  will, 
and  made  not  ready,  nor  did  accord- 
ing to  his  will,  .shall  l>e  "  beaU'ii 
with  ma,uy  utrioi s  ;  4S  IjuL  lio  lliat 
'' kiKiw  not,  an(I  did  thin^^s  worthy 
of  stripe.s,  .shall  be  beaten  with  few 
Hripei^.  "  And  to  wh<  )nis<x'ver  much 
is  given,  of  him  .shall  much  be  re- 
quu't^  :  and  to  whom  they  connnit 
much,  of  him  will  they  ask  the 
more, 

4y  I  came  to  cast  fire  upon  the 
earth  ;  and  -what  do  1  desire,  if  it 
is  alrejidy  kindled  ?  50  Ijut  1  have 
a  ''baptism  to  be  baptized  with; 
and  how  am  1  strait<.Mied  till  it  be 
accomplishtd  !  51  'Think  ye  that 
1  am  come  to  gi\e  peace  in  the 
earth  I  i  tell  you.  Nay  ;  but  rather 
division:  02  for  there  shall  be  from 
henceforth  five  in  one  house  di- 
vided, three  against  two,  and  two 
against  three.  53  They  shall  be 
iHvided,  ■''father  against  son,  and 
.son  against  father  ;  mother  against 
daughter,  and  daughter  against  her 
mother  ;  mother  in  law  ag-ainst  her 
daughter  in  law,  and  daughter  in 
law  against  lierniother  in  law. 

5-i  And  he  said  to  the  multitudes 
also,  "  When  ye  .see  a  cloud  rising  in 
the  west,  straightway  ye  say,  There 
Cometh  a  shower  ;  and  so  it  cometh 
to  VKiss.  5.5  And  when  ye  see  a  south 
wind  blowing,  ye  say.  There  will  be 
a  •'* .scorching  heat;  and  it  cometli 
to  pass.  50  Ye  hypocrites,  'ye 
know  how  to  ■*  interpret  the  face  of 
the  earth  and  the  heaven  ;  but  how 
is  it  that  ye  know  not  how  to ''in- 
terpret this  time  1  57  And  *^  why 
even  of  yourselves  judge  ye  not 
what  is  right  1  58  For  '  as  thou  art 
going  witn  thine  adversary  before 
tlie  magisti-ate,  on  the  w;ay  give 
diligence  to  be  quit  of  liim  ;  le.st 
haply  he  drag  thee  unto  the  judge, 
and  the  judge  sliall  deliver  thee  to 
the  *  officer,  and  the  ''officer  .shall 
cast  thee  into  prison.  59  I  say 
unto  thee.  Thou  shalt  by  no  means 
cx)me  out  thence,  till  thou  have  paid 
the  very  la.st  '"mite. 

to  Now  there  were  some  pres- 
O  ent  at  that  very  .season  who 
told  him  of  the  Oaliheans,  whose 
blocxl  "  Pilate  had  mingled  with 
their  .sacrifices.  2  And  hean.swered 
and  said  unto  them,  "Think  ye  that 
these  Oalihvans  were  sinners  above 
all  the  GaUl«ans,  because  they  have 

1  Or.  b<miispr\<ant. 

2  Or,  hoir  wmM  I  that  it  irfre  alremlii  Hndlfd  I 
*0t,  hot  wind     «Gr.  i/TMW.     t>  Ot.  etacfor. 


"  in.  2.5. 2 

^  L«v.  ,5.  17  ; 
Mum.  16. 

"■  Ooiup.  Mt. 

i;i.  12 

<l  Mk.  10.  38 
'  ver.  ill -M  : 

Matllicw 

W.  34-36 
/Mic.  7.  b; 

Mt.  10.  21 
'J  Oomp.  Mt. 

IS.  2  I. 
I'  Coiiip.  Mt. 

20.  12 

>  Mt.  16.  3 
*•■  Comp.  ch. 

21.  30 

'  ver.  .W,  59  : 

Mat/hew 

5.  25,  26 
"'  Mk.  12.  42 
"  See  Mt. 

27.2 
"  Comp.  Jn. 

9.  2f. 


P  Is.  8.  6 

(comp. 

Neh.  3. 1.5); 

Jn.  9.  7.  11 
«  Comp.  Mt. 

6.  12 ;  ch. 
11.4 

>■  Mt.  21.  19 
'  Mt.  3.  10  ; 

7.  19 ;  ch. 
3.9 

<  See  Mt.  4. 

23 
"  ver.  16 


'  See  Mk.  5. 

23 


^SeeMt.9.8 
v  See  Mk.  5. 

■  Comp.  Mt. 

12.  2 ;  ch. 

14.  3 
<"  Ex.  20.  9 ; 

Dt.  5.  13 


I-  See  ch.  7. 
13 


<1  Comp.  ch. 

19.9 
«  See  Mt.  4. 

10 ;  comp. 

▼er.  11 


"  ver.  \H,  19  : 
Mnllhew 
13  31.  .TJ; 
Mnrki. 
30-.32 

A  See  Mt  13. 
24;  ver.  20 

77 


.suffered  these  things  J  3  I  tell  you, 
Nay  :  but,  except  ye  repent,  ye 
shall  all  in  like  manner  perish.  4 
Or  those  eighteen,  upon  whom  the 
tower  in/'Siloam  fell,  and  killed 
them,  think  ye  that  they  were 
'' ^  otl'enders  above  all  the  men  that 
dwell  in  Jerusalem"?  5  1  tell  you, 
Nay :  but,  except  ye  repent,  ye 
shall  all  likewise  perish. 

G  And  he  spake  this  parable ;  A 
certain  man  had  "^a  fig  tree  planted 
in  his  vineyard  ;  and  he  came  .seek- 
ing fruit  thereon,  and  found  none. 
7  And  he  said  unto  the  vinedresser. 
Behold,  these  three  j'ears  1  come 
seeking  fruit  on  this  fig  tree,  and 
find  none  :  "cut  it  down  ;  why  doth 
it  also  cuiuIkt  the  ground  ?  8  And 
he  answering  .saith  unto  him.  Lord, 
let  it  alone  this  year  also,  till  1  shall 
dig  about  it,  and  dung  it :  9  and  if 
it  bear  fruit  thenceforth,  tvell ;  but 
if  not,  thou  shalt  cut  it  down. 

lU  i\jid  he  was  'teaching  in  one 
of  the  synagogues  on  the  sabbath 
day.  11  And  behold,  a  woman 
that  had  "a  spirit  of  infirmity  eigh- 
teen years  ;  and  she  was  bowed  to- 
gether, and  could  in  no  wise  lift 
herself  up.  12  And  when  Jesus 
saw  her,  he  called  her,  and  said  to 
her.  Woman,  thou  art  loosed  from 
thine  infirmity.  13  And  he  'laid 
his  hands  upon  her  :  and  immedi- 
ately she  was  made  straight,  and 
■'^  glorified  God.  14  And  *  the  ruler 
of  the  synagogue,  being  moved  with 
indignation  Decaus(>  .Je.sus  ^had 
healefl  on  the  sabbath,  answered 
and  saiil  to  the  multitude,  "There 
are  six  days  in  which  men  ought  to 
work  :  in  them  therefore  come  and 
be  healed,  and  not  on  the  day  of 
the  sabbath.  15  But  ''the  Lord 
answered  him,  and  said,  ^'e  hypo- 
crites, "^doth  iK)t  each  one  of  you 
on  the  sabbath  loose  his  ox  or  his 
{iss  from  the  'stall,  and  lead  him 
away  to  watering t  16  And  ought 
not  this  woman,  being  ''a  d.augh- 
ter  of  Abraham,  whom  'Satan  had 
bound,  lo,  thrKt  eighteen  years,  to 
have  been  loo.sed  from  this  bond  on 
the  day  of  the  sabbath  I  17  And 
a.s  he  said  these  things,  all  his  ad- 
versaries were  put  to  shame :  and 
•''all  the  multitiule  rejoiced  for  all 
the  glorious  tilings  that  were  done 
by  him. 

18  f  He  said  therefr>re,  *Unto 
what  is  the  kingfloni  of  (!od  like? 
and   whereunto  shall    I    liken    it' 


«  Or.  debtors. 


7  Qt.  moHgtr. 


13.19 


LUKE 


14.14 


Sabbath  defended.     The  Narrow  Door.     Lament  over  Jerusalem.     Jesns  heals  on  the  Sabbath,     lesson  for  Guests,     lesson 


19  It  is  like  unto  a  grain  of  mus- 
tard seed,  which  a  man  took,  and 
cast  into  his  own  garden ;  and  it 
grew,  and  became  a  tree ;  and  the 
birds  of  the  heaven  lodged  in  the 
branches  thereof. 

20  And  again  he  said,  "Where- 
unto  shall  I  Hken  the  kingdom  of 
Godl  21  *It  is  like  unto  leaven, 
which  a  woman  took  and  hid  in 
'three  ^measures  of  meal,  till  it 
was  all  leavened. 

22  And  he  went  on  his  way 
through  cities  and  villages,  teach- 
ing, and  ''journeying  on  unto  Jeru- 
salem. 23  And  one  said  unto  him, 
Lord,  are  they  few  that  are  saved  1 
And  he  said  unto  them,  24  "Strive 
to  enter  in  by  the  narrow  door  :  for 
many,  I  say  unto  you,  shall  seek  to 
enter  in,  and  shall  not  be  '^able. 
25  When  once  the  master  of  the 
house  is  risen  up,  and  {hath  shut 
to  the  door,  and  ye  •'  begin  to  stand 
without,  and  to  knock  at  the  door, 
saying,  *  Lord,  open  to  us ;  and  he 
shall  answer  and  say  to  you,  *I 
know  you  not  whence  ye  are ;  26 
then  shall  ye  «'  begin  to  say.  We  did 
eat  and  drink  in  thy  presence,  and 
thou  didst  teach   in   our  streets ; 

27  and  he  shall  say,  I  tell  you,  *I 
know  not  whence  ye  are ;  '■  depart 
from  me,  all  ye  workers  of  iniquity. 

28  '"  There  shall  be  the  weeping  and 
the  gnashing  of  teeth,  when  ye 
shall  see  Abraham,  and  Isaac,  and 
Jacob,  and  all  the  prophets,  in  the 
kingdom  of  God,  and  yourselves 
cast  forth  without.  29  And  they 
"  shall  come  from  the  east  and  west, 
and  from  the  north  and  south,  and 
shall  ^  sit  down  in  the  kingdom  of 
God.  30  And  behold,  "there  are 
last  who  shall  be  first,  and  there 
are  first  who  shall  be  last. 

31  In  that  very  hour  there  came 
certain  Pharisees,  saying  to  him, 
Get  thee  out,  and  go  hence :  for 
^  Herod  would  fain  kill  thee.  32 
And  he  said  unto  them,  Go  and  say 
to  that  fox.  Behold,  I  cast  out  de- 
mons and  perform  cures  to-day  and 
to-morrow,  and  the  third  day  I  *  «am 
perfected.  33  Nevertheless  *■  I  must 
go  on  my  way  to-day  and  to-rnorrow 
and  the  day  following :  for  it  can- 
not be  that  a  'prophet  perish  out 
of  Jerusalem.  34  'O  Jerusalem, 
Jerusalem,  that  killeth  the  proph- 
ets, and  stoneth  them  that  ai"e  sent 

1  See  marginal  note  on  Mt.  13.  33. 

2  Or,  ahle,  wlien  once  s  Gr.  recline. 
*  Or,  end  my  course 


°-  See  Mt.  13. 

24;  ver.  20 
fr  ver.  20,  21 : 

Mattkvw 

13.  33 
"^  See  Mt.  13. 

33 
rf  See  ch.  9. 

51 
■^  Mt.  7.  13 
/  Mt.  25.  10 
'J  See  ch.  3.  8 
ft  Mt.  25.  11 ; 

comp.  7.  22 
«  ver.  27  ; 

Mt.  7.  23 ; 

25.  12 
k  ver.  25 
'  Mt.  25.  41 
'"  See  Mt.  8. 

12 
"  Mt.  8.  11 
"  See  Mt.  19. 

30 
i>  See  Mt.  14. 

l;cb.  3.  1; 

9.  7  ;  23.  7 
9  Comp. 

Heb.  2.  10 ; 

5.  9  ;  7.  28 
"■  Comp.  Jn. 

11.  j 
*  See  Mt.  21. 

11 
t  ver.  34,  35 : 

Matihexv 

23.  37-39 ; 

comp.  ch. 

19.41 


«  See  Mt. 

23.  37 
■"  Ps.  118.  26  ; 

Mt.  21.  9 ; 

ch.  19.  38 
•^  See  Mk. 

3.  2 
y  See  Acts 

-  See  Mt.  22. 

35 
"  Comp.  Mt. 

12.  2 ;  ch. 

13.14 
b  ch.  13.  15 
■=  See  Mt.  22. 

46 ;  comp. 

ch.  20.  40 
d  See  Mt. 

23.6 
*■  Comp. 

Prov.  25. 

6,7 
/  See  ch.  3.  8 


-"  ch.  18.  14  ; 
Mt.  23.  12 


unto  her  !  how  often  would  I  have 
gathered  thy  children  together, 
"even  as  a  hen  gathereth  her  own 
brood  under  her  wings,  and  ye 
would  not !  35  Behold,  your  house 
is  left  unto  5'ou  desolate  :  and  I  say 
unto  you,  Ye  shall  not  see  me,  until 
ye  shall  say,  "Blessed  is  he  that 
Cometh  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

MAnd  it  came  to  pass,  when 
he  went  into  the  house  of 
one  of  the  rulers  of  the  Pharisees 
on  a  sabbath  to  eat  bread,  that 
^  they  were  watching  him.  2  And 
behold,  tliere  was  oefore  him  a 
certain  man  that  had  the  dropsy. 
3  And  Jesus  ^answering  spake 
unto  the  lawyers  and  Pharisees, 
saying,  "  Is  it  lawful  to  heal  on  the 
sabbath,  or  not  1  4  But  they  held 
their  peace.  And  he  took  him,  and 
healed  him,  and  let  him  go.  5  And 
he  said  unto  them,  *  Which  of  you 
shall  have  ®an  ass  or  an  ox  fallen 
into  a  well,  and  will  not  straight- 
way draw  him  up  on  a  sabbath 
day?  6  "And  they  could  not  an- 
swer again  unto  these  things. 

7  And  he  spake  a  parable  unto 
those  that  were  bidden,  when  he 
marked  how  ''they  chose  out  the 
chief  .seats  ;  saying  unto  them, 
8  When  thou  art  bidden  of  any 
man  to  a  marriage  feast,  ® "  sit  not 
down  in  the  chief  seat ;  lest  haply 
a  more  honorable  man  than  thou 
be  bidden  of  him,  9  and  he  that 
bade  thee  and  him  shall  come  and 
say  to  thee.  Give  this  man  place ; 
and  then  thou  shalt  ■''begin  with 
shame  to  take  the  lowest  place. 
10  Bvit  when  thou  art  bidden,  go 
and  sit  down  in  the  lowest  place ; 
that  when  he  that  hath  bidden  thee 
Cometh,  he  may  say  to  thee.  Friend, 
"  go  up  higher :  then  shalt  thou 
have  glory  in  the  presence  of  all 
that  ''  sit  at  meat  with  thee.  1 1 
'J  For  every  one  that  exalteth  him- 
self shall  be  humbled  ;  and  he  that 
humbleth  himself  shall  be  exalted. 

1 2  And  he  said  to  him  also  that 
had  bidden  him.  When  thou  makest 
a  dinner  or  a  supper,  call  not  thy 
friends,  nor  thy  brethren,  nor  thy 
kinsmen,  nor  rich  neighbors  ;  lest 
haply  they  also  bid  thee  again,  and 
a  recompense  be  made  thee.  13 
But  when  thou  makest  a  feast,  bid 
the  poor,  the  maimed,  the  lame, 
the  blind :   1 4  and  thou  shalt  be 


6  Many  ancient  authorities  read  a  son.     See 
ch.  13.  15.  6  Gr.  rfcline  not. 

7  Gr.  recline.    Comp.  ch.  7.  36,  37,  marg. 


78 


14.15 


LUKE 


15.12 


for  HosU.    The  Sligbted  lavitation.    l>uciplesbip  exacting.    God's  Interest  in  Sinners :  —  The  Lost  Sheep  ;  the  Lost  Piece 


blessed;  because  they  have  not 
wherewith  to  reconiijense  thee :  for 
thou  shalt  be  recompensed  in  "the 
resurrection  of  the  just. 

15  And  wlien  one  of  them  that 
^  sat  at  meat  with  liim  heard  these 
things,  he  said  unto  him,  *Ble.ssed 
is  he  that  sliall  eat  bread  in  the 
kingdom  of  Uod.  IG  lUit  lie  said 
unto  him,  "A  certain  man  made  a 
great  supper  ;  and  he  bade  many  : 
17  and  he  sent  forth  liis  "servant 
at  supper  time  to  say  to  them  that 
■were  bidden.  Come;  for  all  tilings 
are  now  ready.  18  And  they  all 
with  one  consent  began  to  make 
excuse.  The  first  said  unto  him,  I 
have  bought  a  field,  and  1  must 
needs  go  out  and  see  it ;  I  pray 
thee  have  me  excused.  19  And 
another  said,  I  have  bought  five 
yoke  of  oxen,  and  I  go  to  prove 
them ;  I  pray  thee  have  me  ex- 
cused. 20  And  another  said,  ''I 
have  married  a  wife,  and  therefore 
1  cannot  come.  '  'Jl  And  the  -ser- 
vant came,  and  told  his  lord  these 
things.  Then  the  master  of  the 
house  being  angry  said  to  his  -ser- 
vant. Go  out  quickly  into  the 
streets  and  lanes  of  the  city,  and 
bring  in  hither  the  poor  and 
maimed  and  blind  and  lame. 
2'2  And  the  ^servant  said.  Lord, 
what  thou  didst  command  is  done, 
and  yet  there  is  room.  2.3  And  the 
lord  said  unto  the  '■^servant,  (Jo  out 
into  the  highways  and  hedges,  and 
constrain  them  to  come  in,  that 
my  house  may  be  filled.  24  For  I 
say  unto  you,  that  none  of  those 
men  that  were  bidden  shall  taste 
of  my  supper. 

25  Now  there  went  with  him 
great  multitudes:  and  he  turned, 
and  said  unto  them,  2(3  'If  anv 
man  cometh  unto  me,  and  hateth 
not  his  own  fatlier,  and  mother, 
and  wife,  and  children,  and  breth- 
ren, and  sisters,  yea,  and  his  own 
life  also,  he  cannot  be  my  disciple. 
27  Whosoever  doth  not  •'bear  his 
own  cross,  and  come  after  me, 
cannot  be  my  disciple.  28  For 
which  of  you,  desiring  to  build  a 
tower,  dotn  not  first  sit  down  and 
count  the  cost,  whether  he  have 
ivherewith  to  con\]:>\etP  it]  29  Lest 
haply,  when  he  hath  laid  a  founda- 
tion, and  is  not  al)le  to  finish,  all 
that  behold  begin  to  mock  him, 
30    saying.    This    man    began    to 

1  Or.  reclined.    Comp.  ch.  7.  36,  37,  marg. 
a  Gr.  boTuUervant. 


I  See  Mt.  9. 
U 


'  ver.  4-7  : 
comp.  ?.It. 
18.  12-14 


'  Comp. 
ver  f ;  Mt. 
10.32 


79 


build,  and  was  not  able  to  finish. 

31  Or  what  king,  as  he  goeth  tc 
encounter  another  king  in  war, 
will  not  sit  down  first  and  take 
counsel  whether  he  is  able  with  ten 
thousand  to  meet  him  that  cometh 
against  him  with  twenty  thousand? 

32  Or  else,  while  the  other  is  yet 
a  great  way  oil',  he  sendeth  an  am- 
bassage,  and  asketh  conditions  of 
peace.  33  80  therefore  whosoever 
he  be  of  you  that  ^renouiiceth  not 
all  that  he  hath,  he  cannot  be  my 
disciple.  34  Salt  therefore  is  good : 
but  "if  even  the  salt  have  lost  its 
savor,  wherewith  shall  it  be  sea- 
soned? 35  It  is  fit  neither  for  the 
land  nor  for  the  dunghill :  men  cast 
it  out.  •'  He  that  hatli  ears  to  hear, 
let  him  hear. 

1p^  Now  all  the  ^*  publicans 
tJ  and  sinners  were  drawing 
near  unto  him  to  hear  him.  2  And 
both  the  Pharisees  and  the  scribes 
murmured,  saying,  This  man  re- 
ceiveth  sinners,  and  'eateth  with 
them. 

3  And  he  spake  unto  them  this 
parable,  saying,  4  '"  What  man  of 
you,  having  a  hundred  sheep,  and 
having  lost  one  of  them,  doth  not 
leave  the  ninety  and  nine  in  the 
wilderness,  and  go  after  that  which 
is  lost,  until  he  find  if?  5  And 
when  he  hath  found  it,  he  layeth  it 
on  his  shoulders,  rejoicing.  6  And 
when  he  cometh  home,  he  calleth 
together  his  friends  and  his  neigh- 
bors, saying  unto  them.  Rejoice 
with  me,  for  I  have  found  my  sheep 
which  was  lost.  7  1  say  unto  you, 
that  even  so  there  shall  be  joy  in 
heaven  over  one  sinner  that  re- 
penteth,  more  than  over  ninety  and 
nine  righteous  persons,  who  need 
no  repentance. 

8  Or  what  woman  having  ten 
••pieces  of  silver,  if  she  lose  one 
piece,  doth  not  light  a  lamp,  and 
sweep  the  house,  and  seek  dili- 
gently until  she  find  it?  9  And 
when  she  hath  found  it,  she  call- 
eth together  her  friends  and  neigh- 
bors, saying.  Rejoice  with  me,  for  I 
have  found  the  piece  which  I  had 
lost.     10  Even  so,  I  say  unto  you, 


there  is  joy  "in  the  presence  of  the 

angels  or  ( 

repenteth. 


od  over  one  sinner  that 


Tl  And  he  said,  A  certain  man 
had  two  sons  :  1 2  and  the  younger 

*  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  3.  12. 
« i\T.  drachma,  a  coin  worth  about  eight  oence, 
or  sixteen  cents. 


15.13 


LUKE 


16.10 


of  SUver ;  the  Prodigal  Son.    The  Uorighteons  Steward 


of  them  said  to  his  father,  Pather, 
give  me  "  the  portion  of  ^  thy  sub- 
stance that  falleth  to  me.  And 
he  divided  unto  them  his  *hving. 
13  And  not  many  days  after,  the 
younger  son  gatnered  all  together 
and  took  his  journey  into  a  far 
country ;  and  there  he  wasted  his 
substance  with  riotous  living.  14 
And  when  he  had  spent  all,  there 
arose  a  mighty  famine  in  that 
country ;  and  he  began  to  be  in 
want.  15  And  he  went  and  joined 
himself  to  one  of  the  citizens  of 
that  country ;  and  he  sent  hirn 
into  his  iields  to  feed  swine.  16 
And  he  would  faiu  -have  tilled  his 
belly  with  ^the  husks  that  the 
swine  did  eat :  and  no  man  gave 
unto  him.  17  But  when  he  came 
to  himself  he  said,  How  many 
hired  servants  of  my  father's  have 
bread  enough  and  to  spare,  and  I 
perish  here  with  hunger !  18  1 
will  arise  and  go  to  my  father,  and 
will  say  unto  him,  Father,  I  have 
sinned  against  heaven,  and  in  thy 
sight :  1 9  I  am  no  more  worthy  to 
be  called  thy  son  :  make  me  as  one 
of  thy  hired  servants.  20  And  he 
arose,  and  came  to  his  father.  But 
while  he  was  yet  afar  off,  his  father 
saw  him,  and  was  moved  with  com- 
passion, and  ran,  and  "fell  on  his 
neck,  and  ^kissed  him.  21  And  the 
son  said  unto  him,  Father,  I  have 
sinned  against  heaven,  and  in  thy 
sight :  I  am  no  more  worthy  to  be 
called  thy  son  ^  22  But  the  father 
said  to  his  "^servants.  Bring  forth 
quickly  ''  the  best  robe,  and  put  it 
on  him ;  and  "  put  a  ring  on  his 
hand,  and  shoes  on  his  feet :  23 
and  bring  the  fatted  calf,  and  kill 
it,  and  let  us  eat,  and  make  merry : 
21  for  this  my  son  was  •'^dead,  and 
is  alive  again ;  he  was  lost,  and  is 
found.  And  they  began  to  be 
merry.  25  JSTow  his  elder  son  was 
in  the  field :  and  as  he  came  and 
drew  nigh  to  the  house,  he  heard 
music  and  dancing.  26  And  he 
called  to  him  one  of  the  servants, 
and  inquired  what  these  things 
might  be.  27  And  he  said  unto 
him,  Thy  brother  is  come  ;  and  thy 
father  hath  killed  the  fatted  calf, 
because  he  hath  received  him  safe 
and  sound.     28  But  he  was  angry, 

1  Gr.  the.. 

2  Many  ancient   authorities    read    have   been 
ailed.  s  Gr.  the  pods  of  the  caroh  tree. 

<  Or.  kissed  him  much.    See  ch.  7.  38,  45. 

5  Some  ancient  authorities  add  make  me  as  one 
V  thy  hired  servants.    See  ver.  19. 

6  Gr.  bondservants. 


"  Dt.  21.  17 
b  See  Mk. 

12.  44  ;  ver. 

30 
"  Gen.  45. 

14  ;  46.  29  ; 

Acts  20.  37 
<i  Comp. 

Zech.  3.  4  ; 

Rev.  6.  11 
'  Comp. 

Gen.  41.  42 
/ver.  32; 

Mt.  8.  22 ; 

ch.  9.  60 ; 

1  Tim.  5. 

6 ;  Eph.  2. 

1,  5  ;  5.  14  ; 

Col.  2.  13 ; 

comp. 

Rom.  11.  15 


«  ver.  12. 

Comp. 

Prov.  29.  3 
ft  See  ver.  24 


f  ch.  15.  13 


k  See  Mt.  12. 

32  ;  ch.  20. 

34 
'  Jn.  12.  36  ; 

Eph.  5.  8  ; 

1  Th.  5.  5 
™  Comp.  Mt. 

19.  21 ;  ch. 

11.  41 ;  12. 

33 
"  ver.  11,  13  ; 

Mt.  G.  24 
"  Comp. 

ver.  4 
'•  Mt.  2.5.  21, 

23 


m 


and  would  not  go  in :  and  his  father 
came  out,  and  entreated  him.  29 
But  he  answered  and  said  to  liis 
father,  Lo,  these  many  years  do  I 
serve  thee,  and  I  never  transgressed 
a  commandment  of  thine ;  and  yet 
thou  never  gavest  me  a  kid,  that  I 
might  make  merry  with  my  friends : 
30  but  when  this  thy  son  came,  who 
hath  devoured  thy  *' living  with  har- 
lots, thou  killedst  for  him  the  fatted 
calf.  31  And  he  said  unto  him, 
^Son,  thou  art  ever  with  me,  and 
all  that  is  mine  is  thine.  32  But 
it  was  meet  to  make  merry  and 
be  glad :  for  this  thy  brother  was 
''  dead,  and  is  alive  again  ;  and  ivas 
lost,  and  is  found. 
^  /^  And  he  said  also  unto  the 
X\j  disciples.  There  was  a  certain 
rich  man,  who  had  a  steward  ;  and 
the  same  was  accused  unto  him  that 
he  was  'wasting  his  goods.  2  And 
he  called  him,  and  said  unto  him. 
What  is  this  that  I  hear  of  theel 
render  the  account  of  thy  steward- 
ship ;  for  thou  canst  be  no  longer 
steward.  3  And  the  steward  said 
within  himself.  What  shall  1  do, 
seeing  that  my  lord  taketh  away 
the  stewardship  from  me  1  I  have 
not  strength  to  dig ;  to  beg  1  am 
ashamed.  4  I  am  resolved  what 
to  do,  that,  when  I  am  put  out  of 
the  stewardship,  they  may  receive 
me  into  their  houses.  5  And  call- 
ing to  him  each  one  of  his  lord's 
debtors,  he  said  to  the  first.  How 
much  owest  thou  unto  my  lord? 
6  And  he  said,  A  hundred  *  meas- 
ures of  oil.  And  he  said  unto  him, 
Take  thy  ®bond,  and  sit  down 
quickly  and  write  fifty.  7  Then 
said  he  to  another.  And  bow  much 
owest  thou  1  And  he  said,  A  hun- 
dred ^"^  measures  of  wheat.  He  saith 
unto  him.  Take  thy  ^  bond,  and 
write  fourscore.  8  And  his  lord 
commended  "  the  unrighteous  stew- 
ard because  he  had  done  wisely: 
for  the  sons  of  ''  this  ^'^  world  are  for 
their  own  generation  wiser  than  the 
'sons  of  the  light.  9  And  I  say 
unto  you,  ™Make  to  yourselves 
friends  ^^by  means  of  the  "mam- 
mon of  unrighteousness ;  that, 
when  it  shall  fail,  "they  may  re- 
ceive you  into  the  eternal  taber^ 
nacles.     10  ^He  that  is  faithful  in 

1  Gr.  Cfnld. 

s  Gr.  baths,  the  bath  being  a  Hebrew  measure. 
See  Ezek.  45.  10,  11,  14.  »  Gr.  writings. 

1"  Gr.  cnrs,  the  cor  being  a  Hebrew  measure. 
See  Ezek.  45.  14. 

11  Gr.  the  steward  of  unrighteousness. 

12  Or,  age  »*  Gr.  out  of, 


16.11 


LUKE 


17.10 


PharLiuic  Seirrigbt«oa<iueiis.    Of  Divorce.    The  Ricb  fliui  auU  Laiarm.    Of  Stauibliiig-blockii.    OfFuith 


a  very  little  is  faithful  also  in 
much  :  ami  he  that  is  uurighteous 
iji  a  v(>ry  little  is  unrighteous  also 
ill  much.  1 1  It"  therefore  ye  have 
not  Ix^en  faithful  in  the  unright- 
eous "luauuuon,  who  will  eomiuit  to 
your  trust  tlie  true  ric/wt<t.  12  And 
if  ye  have  not  been  faithful  in  that 
which  is  another  s.  who  will  give 
you  tluit  which  is  your  own  1  13 
*No"si'j'vantciin  serve  two  masters : 
for  either  he  will  hate  the  one,  and 
love  the  other;  or  else  he  will  hohi 
to  one,  and  despise  the  other.  Ye 
Ciuinot  servo  God  and  "manunon, 

1-i  xVnd  the  Pharisees,  who  were 
'lovers  of  money,  hearu  all  these 
things;  and  they  "^scotled  at  him. 
lo  And  he  said  unto  them,  Ye  are 
they  that  'justify  yoursehes  in  the 
sight  of  men;  but -^ God  knoweth 
your  hearts  :  for  that  which  is  ex- 
alted among  men  is  an  abomination 
in  the  sight  of  God.  IG  ^  The  law 
ami  the  prophet.s  icere  until  John  : 
from  that  time  *  the  •''gosi>el  of  the 
kingdom  of  God  is  pre^ached,  and 
every  man  entei-eth  violently  into 
it.  17  '  But  it  is  easier  for  heaven 
and  earth  to  pass  away,  than  for 
one  tittle  of  the  law  to  fall. 

1 8  *  FiVery  one  that  putteth  away 
his  wife,  and  mariieth  another, 
committeth  Jidultery:  and  he  that 
marrieth  one  that  is  put  away  from 
a  husband  et^mmitteth  adulter5\ 

19  Now  there  was  a  certain  rich 
man,  and  he  was  clothed  in  puriile 
and  fine  linen,  ""faring  sumptuously 
every  liay :  "20  and  a  certain  beggar 
named  Lazarus  'was  laid  at  jiis 
gate,  full  of  .sores,  21  and  desirinjir 
to  be  fed  with  the  crnm'>»  that  fell 
from  the  rich  man's  *;able ;  yea, 
even  the  dogs  eame  and  licked  his 
sores.  22  And  it  eame  to  pass, 
that  the  beggar  died,  and  that  he 
was  carried  away  by  the  angels  into 
"'Abrahams  bosom:  and  the  rich 
man  also  died,  and  was  buriefl. 
23  And  in  "  Hades  hi"  lifted  up  his 
eyes,  Ijeing  in  torments,  and  seetJi 
Abraham  afar  off,  riul  Lazarus  in 
his  bosom.  24  And  he  cried  and 
said, "  Father  Abraham,  have  mercy 
on  me,  and  send  Ijazarus,  that  he 
may  dip  the  tip  of  his  finger  in 
water,  and  cool  ny  tongue;  for  I 
am  in  anguish  in  ''this  fiarae.  25 
But  Abraham  said,  '"  Son,  remember 

1  Somu  auoient  auUiorities  read  our  ovn. 

2  Gr,  l)oits<'hoki-»<'ri'\n(. 

3  Or,  niin.i  Hdini/x  :  oorap  rh  3.  18. 

«  Or,  living  in  m'r'.h  and  eplendor  every  dot 
*  Gr.  Cluld. 


*  Comp.  ch. 
12.  37 


81 


that  "thou  in  thy  Lifetime  re- 
ceivedst  thy  good  things,  and  Laza- 
rus in  like  manner  evil  things  :  but 
now  here  he  is  comforted,  and  thou 
art  in  anguish.  2G  And  "  liesides 
all  this,  between  us  and  you  there 
is  a  grea.t  gulf  fixed,  that  they  that 
would  i)ass  from  hence  to  yctu  may 
not  be  able,  and  that  none  may  cross 
over  from  thence  to  us.  27  And  he 
said,  I  pray  thee  therefore,  father, 
that  thou  wouldest  send  him  to  my 
fathers  house ;  28  for  1  have  five 
brethren;  that  he  may  ''testify 
unto  them,  lest  they  also  come 
into  this  place  of  torment.  29  But 
Abraham  saith,  They  have  'Moses 
and  the  prophets ;  let  them  hear 
them.  30  And  he  said.  Nay,  'fa^ 
ther  Abraham  :  but  if  one  go  to 
them  from  the  dead,  they  will  re- 
pent. 31  And  he  said  unto  him, 
If  they  liear  not  Moses  and  the 
prophets,  neither  will  they  be  per- 
suaded, if  one  rLse  from  the  dead. 
"i  ^  And  he  said  unto  his  dis- 
JL  I  ciples,  "  It  is  impossible  but 
that  occasions  of  stumbling  should 
come ;  but  woe  unto  him,  througl. 
whom  they  come  !  2  ''  It  were  well 
for  him  if  a  millstone  were  hanged 
about  his  neck,  and  he  were  thrown 
into  the  sea,  rather  than  that  he 
should  cause  one  of  these  little  ones 
to  stumble.  3  Take  lieed  to  your- 
selves:  'if  thy  brother  sin,  rebuke 
him  ;  and  if  he  repent,  forgive  him. 
4  And  if  he  sin  against  thee  *seven 
times  in  the  day,  and  seven  times 
turn  again  to  thee,  saying,  I  repent ; 
thou  shalt  forgive  liim. 

5  And  -the  apostles  said  unto 
"  the  Lord,  Increase  our  faitli. 
6  And  "  the  Lord  said,  If  ye  had 
faith  as  ''a  grain  of  mustanl  seed, 
ye  would  .siiy  unto  this  'sycamine 
tree,  Be  thou  rooted  up,  and  be 
thou  planted  in  the  .sea ;  and  it 
would  obey  you.  7  But  who  is 
there  of  you,  having  a  ''servant 
plowing  or  keeping  sheep,  that  will 
say  unto  him,  when  he  is  come  in 
from  the  field.  Come  straightway 
and  sit  down  to  me^it ;  8  and  will 
not  rather  siiy  unto  him,  ''Make 
ready  wherewith  I  may  sup,  and 
gird  thyself,  and  serve  me,  till  I 
have  eaten  and  drunken  ;  and  after- 
ward thou  shait  eat  and  drink? 
9  Doth  he  thank  the  '  .servant  be- 
cause he  did  the  things  that  were 
commanded]  10  Even  so  ye  also, 
when   ye  shall   have  done  all  the 

e  Or,  i'n  ail  Iftete  Ihingt      t  Gr.  bondstrvatU. 


17.11 


LUKE 


18.8 


The  Samaritan  Leper.    The  Gomiug  of  the  Kingdom.    The  Importunate  Widow  and  the  Unrighteous  Judge 


things  that  are  commanded  you, 
say,  \Ve  are  unprofitable  \servants  ; 
we  have  done  tnat  which  it  was  our 
duty  to  do. 

1 1  And  it  came  to  pass,  ^as  they 
were  "on  the  way  to  .Jerusalem, 
that  *he  was  passing  ^  along  the 
borders  of  Samaria  and  Galile^. 
1 2  And  as  he  entered  into  a  certain 
village,  there  met  him  ten  men  that 
were  lepers,  who  "stood  afar  off: 
1.3  and  they  lifted  up  their  voices, 
saying,  Jesus,  ^  JMaster,  have  mercy 
on  us.  li  And  when  he  saw  them, 
he  said  unto  them,  "Go  and  show 
yourselves  unto  the  priests.  And 
it  came  to  pass,  as  they  went,  they 
were  cleansed.  15  And  one  of  them, 
when  he  saw  that  he  was  healed, 
turned  back,  with  a  loud  voice 
-''glorifying  God;  16  and  he  fell 
upon  his  face  at  his  feet, ^giving 
him  thanks  :  and  he  was  a  ^  Samari- 
tan. 1 7  And  Jesus  answering  said, 
"\Vere  not  the  ten  cleansed*?  but 
where  are  the  mnel  18  '^Were 
there  none  found  that  returned 
to  •''give  glory  to  God,  save  this 
^stranger"?  19  And  he  said  unto 
him.  Arise,  and  go  thy  way :  "  thy 
faith  hath  ^  made  thee  whole. 

20  And  being  asked  by  the  Phari- 
sees, 'when  the  kingdom  of  God 
Cometh,  he  answered  them  and  said. 
The  kingdom  of  God  cometh  not 
with  *  observation  :  21  neither  shall 
'they  say,  Lo,  here  !  or,  There  !  for 
lo,  the  kingdom  of  God  is  "^  within 
you. 

22  And  he  said  unto  the  disci- 
ples, ™  The  days  will  come,  when  ye 
shall  desire  to  see  one  of  the  days 
of  the  Son  of  man,  and  ye  shall  not 
see  it.  23  "And  they  shall  say  to 
you,  Lo,  there !  Lo,  here !  go  not 
away,  nor  follow  after  them:  24 
"  for  as  the  lightning,  when  it  light- 
eneth  out  of  the  one  part  under  the 
heaven,  shineth  unto  the  other  part 
under  heaven  ;  so  shall  the  Son  of 
man  be  *in  his  day.  2-5  ^But  first 
must  he  suiFer  many  things  and 
be    rejected    of    this    generation. 

26  » And  as  it  came  to  pass  ""in  the 
days  of  Noah,  even  so  shall  it  be 
also  in  the  days  of  the  Son  of  man. 

27  They  ate,  they  drank,  they  mar- 
ried, they  were  given  in  marriage, 
until  the  day  that  Noah  entered 

1  Gr.  bondservants.  *  Or,  as  he  was 

3  Or,  through  the  midst  of  d'C. 
*  Or,    There   were  none  found  .  .  .  save   this 
'tranger.  ^  Or,  alien  «  Or,  saved  thee 

'■  Or,  in  the  midst  of  you 
8  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  in  his  day. 


"  See  ch.  9. 
51 

*  Comp.  ch. 

9.  52  H.  : 
Ju.  4.  3  f. 

"  Lev.  13. 

45  f. 
d  See  ch.  5.  5 
«  ch.  5.  14. 

See  Mt. 

8.  4 
/SeeMt. 

n  See  Mt. 

10.  5 

ft  See  Mt.  9. 

22 ;  ch.  18. 

42 
i  ch.  19.  11 ; 

Acts  1.  6 

*  Comp  ch. 
14.  1  (Gr.) 

'  ver.  23 
'"  Mt.  9.  15  ; 

Mk.  2.  20 ; 

ch.  5.  35 
«  Mt.  24.  23  ; 

Mk.  13.  21 ; 

comp.  ch. 

21.  8 
°  Mt.  24.  27 
P  Comp.  Mt. 

16.  21 ;  ch. 

9.  22 

9  ver.  26,  27  : 
Matthew 
24.  37-39 

••  Gen.  7 


'  Gen.  19 
<  1  Cor.  1.  7  ; 

2  Th.  1.  7  ; 

1  Pet.  1.  7  ; 

comp  Col. 

3.  4  ;  1  Jn. 

2.  28; 

1  Pet.  4. 

13 ;  Mt.  16. 

27 
"  Mt.  24. 17, 

18;  Mk. 

13.  15  f.  ; 

comp.  ch. 

21.  21 
"  Gen.  19.  26 
"  See  Mt.  10. 

y  Mt.  24.  41 
'  See  Mt. 

24.  28 
°  Comp.  ch. 

11.  5-10 
6  See  2  Cor. 

4  1 
'  ver.  4 ; 

comp.  ch. 

20.  13 ; 

Heb.  12.  9 
d  Comp.  ch. 

11.  8 
« 1  Cor.  9. 

27  (Gr.) 
/  See  ch.  7. 

13 
9  Rev.  6.  10 
ft  Mt.  24.  22  ; 

Rom.  8.  33 ; 

Col.  3. 12 ; 

2  Tim.  2. 
10;  Tit.  1.1 

■  2  Pet.  3.  9 


82 


into  the  ark,  and  the  flood  came, 
and  destroyed  them  all.  28  Like- 
wise even  as  it  came  to  pass  in  "the 
days  of  Lot ;  they  ate,  they  drank, 
they  bought,  they  sold, they  planted, 
they  builded ;  29  but  in  the  day 
that  Lot  went  out  from  Sodom  it 
rained  fire  and  brimstone  from 
heaven,  and  destroyed  them  all : 
30  after  the  same  manner  shall  it 
be  in  the  day  that  the  Son  of  man 
'is  revealed.  31  In  that  day,  he 
that  shall  be  "  on  the  housetop,  and 
his  goods  in  the  house,  let  him  not 
go  down  to  take  them  away  :  and 
let  him  that  is  in  the  field  likewise 
not  return  back.  32  "Remember 
Lot's  wife.  33  *  Whosoever  shall 
seek  to  gain  his  life  shall  lose  it : 
but  whosoever  shall  lose  his  life 
shall  ^preserve  it.  34  I  say  unto 
you.  In  that  night  there  shall  be 
two  men  on  one  bed  ;  the  one  shall 
be  taken,  and  the  other  shall  be 
left.  35  *  There  shall  be  two 
women  grinding  together  ;  the  one 
shall  be  taken,  and  the  other  shall 
be  left."  37  And  they  answering 
say  unto  him.  Where,  Lord  %  And 
he  said  unto  them,  ^  Where  the  body 
is,  thither  will  the  ^^  eagles  also  be 
gathered  together. 
^  O  And  he  spake  a  parable 
JlO  unto  them  to  the  end  that 
they  "ought  always  to  pray,  and 
not  to  *  faint ;  2  saying.  There  was 
in  a  city  a  judge,  who  feared  not 
God,  and  "regarded  not  man: 
3  and  there  was  a  widow  in  that 
city ;  and  she  came  oft  unto  him, 
saying,  ^'"  Avenge  me  of  mine  adver- 
sary. 4  And  he  would  not  for  a 
while :  but  afterward  he  said 
within  himself,  Though  I  fear  not 
God,  nor  "  regard  man ;  5  yet 
**  because  this  widow  troubleth  me, 
I  will  avenge  her,  ^*  lest  she  " "  wear 
me  out  by  her  continual  coming. 

6  And  •''the  Lord  said.  Hear  what 
^^the     unrighteous     judge     saith. 

7  And  shall  not  God  ^avenge  his 
''elect,  that  cry  to  him  day  and 
night,  ^®and  yet  he  is  'longsunering 
over  them  *?  8  I  say  unto  you,  that 
he  will  avenge  them  speedily.  Nev- 
ertheless, when  the  Son  of  man 

9  Gr.  save  it  alive. 

10  Some  ancient  authorities  add  ver.  36  There 
shall  be  two  men  in  the  field ;  the  one  shall  be 
taken,  and  the  other  shall  be  left.    Mt.  24.  40. 

11  Or,  vultures 

12  Or,  Do  me  justice  of :  and  so  in  ver.  5,  7,  8. 

13  Or,  test  at  last  by  her  coming  she  wear  me  out 
1*  Gr.  bruise. 

15  Gr.  thf.iudge  of  unrighteousness. 

w  Or,  and  is  he  sloiv  to  punish  on  their  behalf  t 


18.9 


LUKE 


18.43 


The  Phariseo  and  the  Pobliran.    Little  diildren  rerrirrd.    The  Peril  of  Rirhrs.    Jesns  a^in  foretells  hit  Fate.    Tlie  Blind  Man 


Cometh,  "shall  he  find  '  faith  on  the 
eartli  ( 

9  And  he  spake  also  this  para- 
ble unto  certain  who  *  trusted  in 
themselves  that  they  were  right- 
eous, and  "■  set  "all  others  at  nought: 

10  Two  men  ''went  up  into  the 
temple  to  pray  ;  the  one  a  Phari- 
see, and    the   other   a  ''publican. 

11  The  Pharisee  "stood  and  prayed 
thus  with  himself,  God,  I  thank 
thee,  that  I  am  not  as  the  rest  of 
men,  extortioners,  unjust,  adulter- 
ers, or  even  as  this  ■'  nublican.  12  1 
/^fast  twieeintheweeK:  I-' give  tithes 
of  all  that  I  get.  1.'^  But  the  ='pub- 
lican,  '  standing  afar  otf,  ''  would 
not  lift  up  so  much  as  his  eyes 
unto  heaven,  but  'smote  his  breast, 
saying.  Ciod,  ''be  thou  merciful  to 
me^a  sinner.  14  1  say  unto  you. 
This  man  went  down  to  his  house 
justified  rather  than  the  other:  *  for 
everyonethatexalteth  himself  shall 
be  humbled  :  but  he  that  humbleth 
himself  shall  be  exalted. 

15'  And  they  were  bringing  unto 
him  also  their  babes,  that  lie  should 
touch  them :  but  when  the  disciples 
saw  it,  they  rebuked  them.  16  But 
Jesus  called  them  unto  him,  saying. 
Suffer  the  little  children  to  come 
unto  me,  and  forbid  them  not : 
for  "to  such  belongeth  the  king- 
dom of  God.  17  A'erily  I  say 
unto  you,  '"  AAHiosoever  shall  not 
receive  the  kingdom  of  God  as  a 
little  child,  he  shall  in  no  wise 
enter  therein. 

18  "And  a  certain  ruler  asked 
him.  saying.  Good  Teacher,  what 
shall  I  do  to  inherit  eternal  life  ? 
19  And  .Tesus  said  unto  him,  Why 
callest  thou  me  good  ?  none  is  good, 
save  one,  ei'en  God.  20  Thou  know- 
est  the  commandments,  "Do  not 
commit  adultery.  Do  not  kill.  Do 
not  steal.  Do  not  l>ear  false  wit- 
ness. Honor  thy  fatlier  and  mother. 

21  And  he  said.  All  these  things 
have  I  observed  from  my  youth  up. 

22  And  wlien  Jesus  heard  it,  he 
Siiid  unto  liim.  One  thing  thou 
lackest  yet:  "sell  all  that  thou 
hast,  ana  distribute  unto  the  poor, 
and  thou  slialt  have ''treasure  in 
lieaven  :    and    come,     follow    me. 

23  But  when  he  heard  these 
things,  he  became  exceeding  .sor- 
rowful ;    for   he    was    very    rich. 


1  Or,  fhefnith 


3  See  marKiiial  note  on  ch.  3.  1 
<  Or,  he  thou  iirojriliated 


«  Or.  Ihf  rett. 


'  Or,  Ihf  sinner 

7  fix.  IX.  12-16 ;  Dt.  V.  16-20 


•Or,  of  such  is 


"  Comp.  ch. 

17  •-'(i  a 

i>  Conip.  cl). 
l(i.  V) 

'  COMip. 

Kom.  14.  3, 
10 
''  Acts  S.  1  ; 
2  K.  20.  5, 
8 :  coinp. 
1  K.  10  5 

*  Mt  6  5  ; 
Mk.  n.  2o. 
Comp.  Lk. 
22  41 

/  Mt.  9.  14 
'^ch.  11.42 

*  Ezr.  !l.  6 

<  cli.  2a.  48 

*  ch.  14  11 ; 
Mt,  23.  12 

'  ver.  1.V17  : 

Matthew 

lit.  13-1.') ; 

Mark  10. 

l.i-16 
"■  Mt.  18.  3  : 

19.  14 :  Mk. 

10.  15 ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  14. 

20 ;  1  Pet. 

2.2 
"  ver  18-30 : 

Mat /hew 

li).  16-2!) ; 

M'irk  10. 

17-30 ; 

comp.  ch. 

10.  2i-23 
"  ch.  12.  33  : 

see  Mt.  19. 

21 
P  Mt.  6.  20 


1  Mt.  19.  23  ; 

Mk.  10. 

23  f. 
•■  Mt  19.  24  ; 

Mk.  10.  2.i 
'  See  Mt.  19. 

26 
'  Comp.  ch. 

.'..  11 
"  Mt.  19.  29  ; 

Mk.  10. 

2>)f. ; 

comp.  Mt. 

6.  33 
»'  See  Mt.  12. 

32 
'  ver.  31-33 : 

Mat  I  hew 

20.  17-19 ; 

Mark  10. 

32-34 
"  See  ch.  9. 

51 
'  Ps.  22. ;  Is. 

53  ;  kc. 
"  See  Mt.  16. 

21 
6  See  Mk  9. 

32 ;  ch.  9. 

45 
<=  ver.  3.5-«3 : 

Matthew 

20  2.4-34 ; 

Mark  10. 

411-52 
<<  Comp.  Mt. 

2tl.  2>l ;  Mk. 

10.  46 ;  ch. 

19.  1 
•  ver.  39 ; 

see  Mt.  9. 

27 
/ver.  38 
"  See  Mt.  9. 

22 

hSeeMt. 
9.8 


83 


21  Aiid  Jesus  seeing  him  said, 
'  How  hardly  shall  they  that  have 
riches  enter  into  the  kingdom  of 
God!  25  For  ''it  is  easier  for  a 
camel  to  enter  in  through  a  needle's 
eye,  than  for  a  rich  man  to  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  Ciod.  26  And 
they  that  heard  it  saitl.  Then  who 
can  be  saved  I  27  But  he  said, 
"The  things  which  are  impossible 
with  men  are  possible  witn  God. 

28  And  Peter  said,  Lo,  '  we  have 
left  "our  own,  and  followed  thee. 

29  And  he  said  unto  them.  Verily 
I  say  unto  you,  "There  is  no  man 
that  hath  left  house,  or  wife,  or 
brethren,  or  parents,  or  children, 
for  the  kingdom  of  God's  sake, 
.'iO  who  shall  not  receive  manifold 
more  in  this  time,  and  in'  the^world 
to  come  eternal  life. 

31  'And  he  took  unto  him  the 
twelve,  and  said  unto  them.  Be- 
hold, *we  go  up  to  Jerusalem,  and 
■'all  the  things  that  are  written 
through  the  jtrophets  shall  be  ac- 
eonii)lished  unto  the  .Son  of  man. 
',V1  "For  he  shall  be  '"delivered  up 
unto  the  Gentiles,  and  shall  be 
mocked,  and  shamefully  treated, 
and  spit  upon  :  3.'i  and  they  shall 
scourge  and  kill  him:  and  the  third 
day  he  shall  rise  again.  34  And 
*"  they  understood  none  of  these 
things ;  and  this  saying  was  hid 
from  them,  and  they  jjcrceived  not 
the  things  that  were  said. 

35  ""And  it  came  to  pass,  ''as  he 
drew  nigh  unto  Jericho,  a  certain 
blind  man  sat  by  the  way  side  beg- 
ging :  36  and  hearing  a  multitude 
going  by,  he  inquired  what  this 
meant.  37  Ana  they  told  him, 
that  Jesus  of  Nazareth  pa.s.seth 
by.  38  And  he  cried,  .saying, 
Jesus,  thou  ""son  of  David,  nave 
mercy  on  me.  39  Anfl  they  that 
went  before  rebuked  him,  that  he 
should  hold  his  i)eace  :  but  he  cried 
out  the  more  a  great  deal.  Thou 
■'son  of  David,  have  mercy  on  me. 
40  And  Jesus  stood,  and  com- 
manded him  to  be  brought  unto 
him  :  and  when  he  was  come  near, 
he  asked  him,  41  What  wilt  thou 
that  I  should  do  unto  thee?  And 
he  said.  Lord,  that  I  may  receive 
my  sight.  42  And  Jesus  said  unto 
him.  Receive  thy  sight :  "thy  faith 
hath  "made  thee  whole.  43  And 
immediately  he  received  his  sight, 
and  followed  him,  ''glorifying God  : 

6  Or,  our  own  homes.    See  Jn.  19.  27. 

»  Or,  age      »<>  Or,  belraj/ed       u  Or,  saved  Ihet 


19. 


LUKE 


19.35 


at  Jericho.    Zacchaeas  the  Fablican.    The  Parable  of  the  Ponads.    The  Triumphal  Entry 


and  "  all  the  people,  when  they  saw 
it,  gave  praise  unto  God. 
■i  (Jk      And  he  *  entered  and  was 
_L«^  passing     through     Jericho. 

2  And  behold,  a  man  called  by 
name  Zacchteus ;  and  he  was  a 
chief  publican,   and  he  was  rich. 

3  And  he  sought  to  see  Jesus  who 
he  was;  and  could  not  for  the 
crowd,  because  he  was  little  of 
stature.  4  And  he  ran  on  before, 
and  climbed  up  into  a  ""sycomore 
tree  to  see  him  :  for  he  was  to  pass 
that  way.  5  And  when  .Jesus  came 
to  the  place,  he  looked  up,  and  said 
unto  him,  Zacchfeus,  make  haste, 
and  come  down  ;  for  to-day  I  must 
abide  at  thy  house.  6  And  he 
made  haste,  and  came  down,  and 
received  him  joyfully.  7  And  when 
they  saw  it,  they  all  murmured,  say- 
ing, He  is  gone  in  to  lodge  with  a 
man  that  is  a  sinner.  8  And  Zac- 
chaeus  stood,  and  said  unto  ''the 
Lord,  Behold,  Lord,  the  half  of  my 
goods  I  give  to  the  poor ;  and  if 
I  have  ^wrongfully  exacted  aught 
of  any  man,  I  restore  {fourfold.  9 
And  Jesus  said  unto  him.  To-day  is 
salvation  come  to  this  house,  foras- 
much as  he  also  is  -'a  son  of  Abraham. 
10  For  ''the  Son  of  man  came  to  seek 
and  to  save  that  which  was  lost. 

11  And  as  they  heard  these 
things,  he  added  and  spake  a  para- 
ble, because  *  he  was  nigh  to  Jeru- 
salem, and  because  they  supposed 
that  *  the  kingdom  of  God  was  im- 
mediately to  appear.  12  He  said 
therefore,  'A  certain  nobleman 
went  into  a  far  country,  to  receive 
for  himself  a  kingdom,  and  to  re- 
turn. 13  And  he  called  ten  ^ser- 
vants of  his,  and  gave  them  ten 
^pounds,  and  said  unto  them.  Trade 
ye  herewith  till  I  come.  14  But  his 
citizens  hated  him,  and  sent  an  am- 
bassage  after  him,  saying.  We  will 
not  that  this  man  reign  over  us. 
15  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
was  come  back  again,  having  re- 
ceived the  kingdom,  that  he  com- 
manded these  ^  servants,  unto 
whom  he  had  given  the  money,  to 
be  called  to  him,  that  he  might 
know  what  they  had  gained  by 
trading.  16  And  the  first  came 
before  him,  saying.  Lord,  thy 
pound  hath  made  ten  pounds 
more.  17  And  he  said  unto  him. 
Well   done,   thou    good   ^  servant : 

1  6r  bondxervonti. 

2  Minn,  }iere  translated  a  pound,  is  equal  to  one 
hundred  drachmas.     See  ch.  15.  8. 

*  G-r.  bondaervant. 


"  ch.  13.  17 ; 

comp.  ch. 

9.  43  ;  19.  37 
b  See  oh.  18. 

35 
<=  1  K.  10.  27 ; 

1  Chr.  27. 
28 ;  2  Chr. 
1. 15  ;  9.  27 ; 
Ps.  78.  47  ; 
Is.  9.  lU ; 
comp.  ch. 
17   6(?) 

rf  See  ch.  7. 

13 
«  ch.  3. 14 

(Gr.) 
/  Comp.  Ex. 

22.  1 ;  Lev. 

6.  5 ;  Num. 

5. 7     See 

2  S.  12.  « 

^  Comp.  ch. 

3.  8  ;  13.  16 ; 

Rom.  4. 16 ; 

Gal.  3.  7 
h  See  MX. 

18.  11 

marg. 
'  See  ch.  9. 

51 
fc  ch.  17.  20 
'  ver.  12-27 : 

comp.  Mt. 

26.  14-30 


■  ch.  16. 10 


"  See  Mt.  13. 
12 ;  ch.  8. 
18 


"  ver.  14 


P  Comp.  Mt. 
22.  7 ;  ch. 
20.  16 


'•  ver.  29-38  : 

Matthew 

21.  1-9 ; 

Mark  11. 

1-10 
»  See  Mt.  21. 

17 
<  ch.  21.  37; 

Acts  1. 12 


"  ver. 35-38 : 
John  12. 
12-15 


34 


because  thou  wast  found  "'faithful 
in  a  very  little,  have  thou  authority 
over  ten  cities.  1 8  And  the  second 
came,  saying.  Thy  pound.  Lord, 
hath  made  live  pounds.  19  And 
he  said  unto  him  also.  Be  thou  alsa 
over  five  cities.  20  And  ^another 
came,  saying.  Lord,  behold,  here  h 
thy  pound,  which  I  ke^t  laid  up  in 
a  napkin  :  2 1  for  I  feared  thee, 
because  thou  art  an  austere  man : 
thou  takest  up  that  which  thou 
layedst  not  down,  and  reapest  that 
which  thou  didst  not  sow.  22  He 
saith  unto  him.  Out  of  thine  own 
mouth  will  I  judge  thee,  thou 
wicked  ^servant.  Thou  knewest 
that  I  am  an  austere  man,  taking 
up  that  which.  I  laid  not  down,  and 
reaping  that  which  I  did  not  sow ; 
23  then  wherefore  gavest  thou  not 
my  money  into  the  bank,  and  ®I  at 
my  coming  should  have  required  it 
with  interest  1  24  And  he  said  unto 
them  that  stood  by.  Take  away  from 
him  the  pound,  and  give  it  unto  him 
that  hath  the  ten  pounds.  25  And 
they  said  unto  him.  Lord,  he  hath 
ten  pounds.  26  "  I  say  unto  you, 
that  unto  every  one  that  hath  shall 
be  given ;  but  from  him  that  hath 
not,  even  that  which  he  hath  shall 
be  taken  away  from  him.  27  But 
"these  mine  enemies,  that  would 
not  that  I  should  reign  over  them, 
bring  hither,  and  ^ slay  them  before 
me. 

28  And  when  he  had  thus  spoken, 
he  « went  on  before,  Agoing  up  to 
Jerusalem. 

29  And  it  came  to  pass,  ""Avhen 
he  drew  nigh  unto  Bethphage  and 
'Bethany,  at  the  mount  that  is 
called  '■  olivet,  he  sent  two  of  the 
disciples,  30  saying.  Go  your  way 
into  the  village  over  against  you ; 
in  which  as  ye  enter  ye  shall  find 
a  colt  tied,  whereon  no  man  ever 
yet  sat :  loose  him,  and  bring  him. 
31  And  if  any  one  ask  you.  Why 
do  ye  loose  him  *?  thus  shall  ye  say, 
The  Lord  hath  need  of  him.  32 
And  they  that  were  sent  went 
away,  and  found  even  as  he  had 
said  unto  them.  33  And  as  they 
were  loosing  the  colt,  tlie  owners 
thereof  said  unto  them,  Why  loose 
ye  the  coif?  34  And  they  said, 
The  Lord  hath  need  of  him.  35 
And  they  brought  him  to  Jesus : 
"  and  they  threw  their  garments 
upon     the    colt,    and    set    Jesus 

<  Gr.  (he  other. 

5  Or,  /  should  have  gone  and  required 


19.36 


LUKE 


20.19 


itiOi  weeps  OTer  Jerasalem.    CleansM  the  Temple.    Jesns'  lutliority  questioned.    The  Parable  of  the  Uoiibanduien 


thereon.  36  And  as  he  went,  they 
spread  their  garments  in  the  way. 
37  And  as  he  was  nuw  drawing 
nigh,  even  at  the  descent  of  "the 
mount  of  Ohyes,  the  whole  muhi- 
tude  of  the  disciples  began  to  re- 
joice and  *  pRii.se  God  witli  a  loud 
voice  for  all  the  ^mighty  works 
which  they  ha<l  seen  ;  3S  .saying, 
'  Blessed  /.s  the  *'  King  that  cometh 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord  :  peace  in 
heaven,  and  '  glory  in  the  highest. 

39  •'And  some  of  the  Pharisees 
from  the  multitude  said  unto  him. 
Teacher,     rebuke     thy    di.sciples. 

40  And  he  answered  and  said,  I 
tell  you  that,  if  these  shall  hold 
their  peace,  ^the  stones  will  viy 
out. 

41  And  when  he  drew  nigh,  he 
saw  the  city  and  *  wei)t  over  it, 

42  saying,  '^  If  thou  hadst  known 
in  ''this  aay,  even  thou,  the  things 
which  belong  unto  ^  peace !  but 
now  they  are  hid  from  thine  eyes. 

43  For  the  days  shall  come  upon 
thee,  when  thine  enemies  shall 
'cast  up  a  *bank  about  thee,  and 
*  compass  thee  round,  and  keep 
thee  ui  on  every  side,  44  and  shall 
dash  thee  to  the  ground,  and  thy 
children  within  thee ;  and  '  they 
shall  not  leave  in  thee  one  stone 
upon  another ;  because  thou  knew- 
est  not  "*the  time  of  thy  visitation. 

45  "And  he  entered  into  the 
temple,  and  began  to  cast  out  them 
that  sold,  46  saying  unto  them. 
It  is  written,  ""And  mv  house  shall 
be  a  house  f>f  prayer :  but  ^  ye  have 
made  it  a  den  of  robbers. 

47  And  ^he  was  teaching  daily 
in  the  temple.  But  the  chief 
priests  and  the  scribes  and  the 
principal  men  of  the  lieople "  sought 
to  destroy  him  :  48  and  they  could 
not  find  what  they  might  do:  for 
the  people  all  hung  upon  him, 
listening. 

C}f\  'And  it  came  to  pass,  on 
.^  V/  one  of  the  days,  as  ''  he  was 
teaching  the  people  in  the  temple, 
and  'preaching  the  "gospel,  there 
'came  upon  him  the  chief  priests 
and  the  scribes  with   the  elders ; 

2  and  they  spake,  saying  unto  him. 
Tell  us  :  By  what  authority  doest 
thou  these  things  1  or  who  is  he 
that   gave    thee    this    authority? 

3  Andhe  answered  and  said  unto 

1  Gr.  powers.        »  Or.  0  t^nt  thou  hadst  known 
S  Some  ancient  authorities  read  thin  thy  day. 

*  Some  ancient  authorities  read  thyoencf. 

*  Gr.  palutadf.         '  Is  In  7  "  Jer.  ni    U. 
'  Or,  good  tidings  ■  comp.  ch.  3.  18. 


y  Comp.  ch. 

l!l.  T,  ;  806 
Mt.  'Jl.  41 ; 
Mk.  12.9 
'  Rom.  S.  4. 
t),  .il ;  B  '.', 
1.5:7.  7,  l,i; 
9.  14  ;  11.  1, 
11 :  1  Cor. 
6.  \h :  Gal. 
2.  17  :  3. 21 ; 
(i.  14  (Or.) 

"  Comp. 

Eph.  2.  20; 

1  Pet  2  6 
6  Mt.  21. 44 


them,  I  also  will  ask  you  a  *  ques- 
tion ;  and  tell  me :  4  The  baptism 
of  John,  was  it  from  heiiven,  or 
from  men  I  5  And  they  reasoned 
with  them.selv-es,  .Siiying,  If  ^ye 
shall  .say.  From  heaven ;  he  will 
say,  Why  did  ye  not  believe  him] 
6  But  if  we  shall  .say,  From  men; 
all  the  peoi)le  will  stone  us :  for 
they  are  persuadtxl  that  .John  was 
a  "prophet.  7  And  they  ansNvered, 
that  they  knew  not  whence  it  was. 
8  And  Jesus  said  unto  them. 
Neither  tell  I  you  by  what  author- 
ity I  do  these  things. 

9  "And  he  began  to  speak  unto 
the  people  this  parable :  A  man 
l)lanted  a  vineyard,  and  let  it  out 
to  husbandmen,  and  went  into 
another  country  for  a  long  time. 
1 0  And  at  the  season  he  sent  unto 
the  husbandmen  a  '"servant,  that 
they  should  give  him  of  the  fruit 
of  the  vineyard  :  but  the  husband- 
men beat  him,  and  sent  him  away 
empty.  11  And  he  sent  yet  an- 
other '"servant :  and  him  also  they 
beat,  and  handled  him  shamefully, 
and  sent  him  away  emijty.  1 2  And 
he  sent  yet  a  third :  and  him  also 
they  wounded,  and  cast  him  forth. 
13  And  the  lord  of  the  vineyard 
said.  What  shall  I  do "?  I  will  send 
my  beloved  son ;  it  may  be  they 
will ""  reverence  him.  14  But  when 
the  husbandmen  .saw  him,  they 
reasoned  one  with  another,  saying, 
This  is  the  heir;  let  us  kill  him, 
that  the  inheritance  may  be  ours. 
15  And  they  cast  him  forth  out 
of  the  vineyard,  and  killed  him. 
What  therefore  will  the  lord  of  the 
vineyard  do  unto  them?  16  He 
will  come  and  ■"  desti-oy  these  hus- 
bandmen, and  will  give  the  vine- 
yard unto  others.  And  when  they 
heard  it,  they  said,  "'(iod  forbid. 

17  But  he  looked  upon  them,  and 
said.  What  then  is  this  that  is 
written, 

'■-The  stone  which  the  builders 

rejected. 
The  s<ime  was  made  "  the  head  of 

the  corner  ? 

18  *  Every  one  that  falleth  on  that 
stone  shall  1h>  broken  to  pieces; 
but  on  whomsoever  it  shall  fall,  it 
will  scatter  him  as  dust. 

19  And  the  scribes  and  the  chief 
priests  ""sought  to  lay  hands  on 
him  in  that  very  hour;  and  they 
feared   the  people:   for  they   per- 


'  Or.  word. 
w  Gr.  bondservant. 


n  Gr.  Bf  il  not  so. 
12  Ps.  cxvjii.  22. 


86 


20.20 


LUKE 


21.9 


Captious  Questions:  —  Pay  Tribute  to  Ciesar  ?    Is  there  a  Eesnrrection  ?    The  Widow's  Mites.     The  Destruction  of  Jerusalem 


ceived  that  he  spake  this  parable 
against  them.  20  "*And  they 
watched  him,  and  sent  forth  spies, 
who  feigned  themselves  to  be  right- 
eous, "^that  they  might  take  hold 
of  his  speech,  so  as  to  deliver  him 
up  to  the  ^  rule  and  to  the  authority 
of  ''the  governor.  21  And  they 
asked  him,  saying.  Teacher,  we 
know  that  thou  sayest  and  teachest 
rightly,  and  acceptest  not  the  per- 
son of  any,  but  of  a  truth  teachest 
the  way  of  God :  22  Is  it  lawful 
for  us  "  to  give  tribute  unto  Caesar, 
or  not  1  23  But  he  perceived  their 
craftiness,  and  said  unto  them, 
2-1  Show  me  a  ^denarius.  Whose 
image  and  superscription  hath  it  % 
And  they  said,  Csesar's.  25  And 
he  said  unto  them.  Then  -^render 
unto  Caesar  the  things  that  are 
Caesar's,  and  unto  God  the  things 
that  are  God's.  26  And  they  were 
not  able  to "  take  hold  of  the  saying 
before  the  people :  and  they  mar- 
velled at  his  answer,  and  held  their 
peace. 

27  ^  And  there  came  to  him  cer- 
tain of  the  Sadducees,  they  that 
say  that  there  is  no  resurrection ; 

28  and  they  asked  him,  saying, 
Teacher,  ^  Moses  wrote  unto  us,  that 
if  a  man's  brother  die,  having  a 
wife,  and  he  be  childless,  his 
brother  should  take  the  wife,  and 
raise  up   seed    unto   his    brother. 

29  There  were  therefore  seven 
brethren :  and  the  first  took  a 
wife,  and  died  childless  ;  _  30  and 
the  second  :  3 1  and  the  third  took 
her  ;  and  likewise  the  seven  also 
left  no  children,  and  died.  32  Af- 
terward the  woman  also  died.  33 
In  the  resurrection  therefore  whose 
wife  of  them  shall  she  be  %  for  the 
seven  had  her  to  wife.  34  And 
Jesus  said  unto  them,  The  sons  of 
''  this  ^  world  marry,  and  are  given 
in  marriage  :  35  but  they  that  are 
accounted  worthy  to  attain  to 
*  that  ^  world,  and  the  resurrection 
from  the  dead,  neither  marry,  nor 
are  given  in  marriage :  36  for 
neither  can  they  die  any  more  : 
for  they  are  equal  unto  the  angels  ; 
and  are  'sons  of  God,  being  sons 
of  the  resurrection.  37  But  that 
the  dead_  are  raised,  even  Moses 
showed,  in  ^^Hhe  place  concerning 
the  Bush,  when  lie  calleth  the 
Lord   the  God  of  Abraham,  and 

1  Or,  ruling  power 

*  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  7.  41. 

*  Dt.  XXV.  5.  *  Or,  age  *  Ex.  iii.  6. 


"  ver.  20-26 : 
Matthew 
22.  15-22  ; 
Mark  12. 
13-17 

*  See  Mk.  3. 
2 

"^  ch.  11.  54  ; 

ver.  26 
d  See  Mt.  27. 

«  ch.  23.  2  ; 

Mt.  17.  25 
/SeeMt.  22. 

21 ;  Mk.  12. 

17 
'J  ver.  27-40 : 

Matthew 

22.  23-33 ; 

Mark  12. 

18-27 
h  See  Mt.  12. 

32;  ch.  16. 

8 
i  Comp. 

Rom.  8. 

16  f.;  1  Jn. 

*  Mk".  12.  26 

I  Mt.  22.  32  ; 

Mk.  12.  27 
"*  Comp. 

Rom.  14.  8 
"  See  Mt.  22. 

46 ;  comp. 

ch.  14.  6 
"  ver.  41-44  : 

Matthew 

22.  41-46  ; 
Mark  12. 
35-37 

P  See  Mt.  9. 

27 
9  ver.  45-47: 

Matthew 

23.  1-7 ; 
Mark  12. 
38-40 

»■  ch.  11.  43  ; 
comp.  14.  7 

*  ver.  1-4  : 
Mark  12. 
41-44 

«  Mk.  12.  42 
"  See  Mk. 
12.  44 

"  ver.  5-36 : 
Matthew 
24  ;  Mark 
13 


"^  See  ch.  19. 
44 


y  See  Jn.  8. 

24 
'  Comp.  ch. 

17.23 


the  God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of 
.Jacob.  38  '  Now  he  is  not  the 
God  of  the  dead,  but  of  the  living  : 
for  ™all  live  unto  him.  39  And 
certain  of  the  scribes  answering 
said,  Teacher,  thou  hast  well  said. 
40  For  "they  durst  not  any  more 
ask  him  any  question. 

41°  And  he  said  unto  them,  How 
say  they  that  the  Christ  is  *  David's 
son"?  42  For  David  himself  saith 
in  the  book  of  Psalms, 

"  The  Lord  said  unto  my  Lord, 
Sit  thou  on  my  right  hand, 

43  Till  I  make  thine  enemies  the 

footstool  of  thy  feet. 

44  David  therefore  calleth  him 
Lord,  and  how  is  he  his  sonj 

45  *  And  in  the  hearing  of  all  the 
people  he  said  unto  his  disciples, 
46  Beware  of  the  sci'ibes,  ''who  de- 
sire to  walk  in  long  robes,  and  love 
salutations  in  the  marketplaces, 
and  chief  seats  in  the  synagogues, 
and  chief  places  at  feasts  ;  47  who 
devour  widows'  houses,  and  for  a 
pretence  make  long  prayers  :  these 
shall  receive  greater  condemnation. 
O'i  'And  he  looked  up,  ^and 
iU  i  saw  the  rich  men  that  were 
casting  their  gifts  into  the  treas- 
ury. 2  And  he  saw  a  certain  poor 
widow  casting  in  thither  'two 
mites.  3  And  he  said,  Of  a  truth 
I  say  unto  you.  This  poor  widow 
cast  in  more  than  they  all :  4  for 
all  these  did  of  their  superfluity 
cast  in  unto  the  gifts ;  but  she  of 
her  want  did  cast  in  all  the  "  living 
that  she  had. 

5  *'And  as  some  spake  of  the 
temple,  how  it  was  adorned  with 
goodly  stones  and  offerings,  he 
said,  6  As  for  these  things  which 
ye  behold,  the  days  will  come,  in 
which  -^  there  shall  not  be  left  here 
one  stone  upon  another,  that  shall 
not  be  thrown  clown.  7  And  they 
asked  him,  saying.  Teacher,  when 
therefore  shall  these  things  be  1  and 
what  shall  he  the  sign  ^vhen  these 
things  are  about  to  come  to  pass  % 
8  And  he  said.  Take  heed  that  ye 
be  not  led  astray :  for  many  shall 
come  in  my  name,_  saying,  "  I  am 
he\  and.  The  time  is  at  hand:  ^go 
ye  not  after  them.  9  Axid  when  ye 
shall  hear  of  wars  and  tumults,  be 
not  terrified  :  for  these  things  must 
needs  come  to  pass  first ;  but  the 
end  is  not  immediately. 


6  Pa.  ex.  1. 

"  Or,  and  saw  them  that . 
were  rich. 


treasury,  and  thef 


2L  10 


LUKE 


22.7 


and  the  Messiaoic  Coining.    Lesson  from  the  Fig  Tree.    The  Rulers  pict  to  kill  Jesas.    The  Bargain  of  Judas 


^10  Then  said  he  unto  them, 
Nation  sliall  rise  atrainst  nation, 
and  kingdom  af^ainst  kiiifjjdoni ; 
1 1  and  there  shall  be  |j:rt'at  earth- 
quakes, and  in  divers  places  fam- 
ines and  pestilences ;  and  there 
shall  be  terrors  and  great  signs 
fi-oni  heaven.  12  Ikit  before  all 
these  things,  "they  shall  lay  their 
hands  on  you,  and  shall  persecute 
you,  delivering  you  up  to  the 
synagogues  and  prisons,  ^  bringing 
you  before  kings  and  governors  for 
my  names  sake.  '  13  It  shall  turn 
out  unto  you  for  a  testimony.  14 
'►Settle  it  therefore  in  your  hearts, 
not  to  meditate  betVirehand  how  to 
answer:  15  for  ''1  will  give  you  a 
mouth  and  wisdom,  which  all  your 
adversaries  shall  not  be  able  to 
withstand  or  to  gainsay.  16  But 
ye  shall  be  -  delivered  up  even  by 
parents,  and  brethren,  and  kins- 
lolk,  and  friends  ;  and  some  of  you 
^  shall  they  cause  to  be  put  to  death. 
17  And  ye  shall  be  hated  of  all 
men  for  my  name's  sake.  18  And 
"not  a  hair  of  your  head  shall 
perish.  19  •'In  your  ''patience  ye 
shall  win  your  ®  souls. 

20  But  when  ye  see  Jerusalem 
"  compassed  with  armies,  then  know 
that    her    desolation   is    at    hand. 

21  Then  let  them  that  are  in  Judjea 
ilee  unto  the  mountains ;  and  let 
them  that  are  in  the  midst  of  her 
depart  out ;  and  "  let  not  them  that 
are  in  the  country  enter  therein. 

22  For  these  are  'days  of  ven- 
geance, that  all  things  which  are 
wi-itten  may  be  fuliilled.  23  Woe 
unto  them  that  are  with  child  and 
to  them  that  give  suck  in  those 
days  !  for  *  there  shall  be  great  dis- 
tress upon  the  "land,  and  wrath 
unto  this  people.  24  And  they 
shall  fall  by '  the  edge  of  the  sword, 
and  shall  be  led  captive  into  all  the 
nations:  and  '"Jerusalem  shall  be 
"trodden  down  of  the  Gentiles, 
until  "the  times  of  the  Gentiles  be 
fulfilled. 

25  And  there  shall  be  signs  in 
sun  and  moon  and  stars  ;  and  upon 
the  earth  distress  of  nations,  in  per- 
plexity for  the  roaring  of  the  sea 
and  the  billows;  20  men  "fainting 
for  fear,  and  for  expectation  of  the 
things  which  are  coming  on  *the 
world :  for  the  i>owers  of  the 
heavens  shall  be  shaken.     27  And 

1  Gr.  you  being  hrnnghl.  s  Or,  bflrnyd 

3  Or,  shall  they  put  to  de/rlh  *  Or,  fted/nstness 

»  Or,  lives  «  Or,  earth  1  Or,  expiring 

•  Or.  the  inhabited  earth. 


"  ver.  12-17 : 

Matthew 

10.  1!»-2J; 

Mark  U. 

11-ia 
I*  Couip, 

Piiil.  1.  VI 
<■  (ih.  !■-'.  11 
<'  Comp.  ch. 

1.'.  12 
«  See  Mt,  10. 

aO ;  ch.  12. 

7 
/  Comp. 

Mt.  10.22; 

24  13 ; 

Roiu.  2.  7 ; 

5.  a  i.\  .las. 

I.  a :  Heb. 
10.  ao ; 

2  Pet.  1.  6 

f  ch.  ly.  4a 

''  Comp.  ch. 

17.  ai 
i  Is.  oa.  4  ; 

Hos.  y.  7  ; 

comp. 

Dan.  9. 

24  27 
*-"  Comp. 

Daii.  8.  19 ; 

1  Cor.  7.  26 
'  Gen.  34. 

26 ;  Ex.  17. 

13,  &c.: 

Heb.  11.  34 
"•  Comp.  Is. 

63.  IS;  Daii. 

8.  13 ;  Rev. 

II.  2 

"  Kev.  11.  2 ; 

1  Mace.  3. 

4.5,  il  ;  4.  60 
°  Tob.  14.  5  ; 

Rom.  11.  25 


P  Mt.  24.  30  ; 

Mk.  13.  26 ; 

see  Mt.  16. 

27  ;  26.  64 
«  Comp.  ch. 

18.  7 
*■  Comp.  ch. 

12.  57 
'  See  Mt.  3. 

'  Mt.  5.  18  ; 

ch.  16.  17 
"  Comp   Mt. 

24.  42,  44  ; 

ch.  12.  40, 

45 ;  Mk.  i. 

19  ;  1  Th.  5. 

2ff 
^'  Mk.  13.  33  ; 

comp.  ch. 

12.  40 
'  Comp.  ch. 

1.  19 ;  Rev. 

7.  9  :  8  2  ; 

11  4.  \c. 
y  See  Mt.  26. 

55 
'  Mk.  U.  19 
"  Comp.  Mt. 

21.  1 
b  Jn.  8.  2 
'  ver.  1,  2  : 

Miiilliew 

26.  2-5 : 

Marl:  14. 

1.2 
d  Jn   U.  55  ; 

13  1 

•  See  Mt.  12. 
14 

/ver  3-6: 
Mallhfw 
26  14-16; 
J/nrk- 14. 
10.  11 

f  See  Mt.  4 
10 ;  Jn.  13. 
2.27 

*  ver.  52 ; 

87 


''then  shall  they  see  the  Son  of  man 
coming  in  a  cloud  with  power  and 
great  glor.v.  28  l)Ut  when  these 
things  l)egin  to  come  to  pa.ss,  look 
up,  and  lift  up  your  heads  ;  because 
''  your  redi'mittion  draweth  nigh. 

29  And  he  spake  to  them  a  para- 
ble: Behold  the  hg  tree,  and  all  the 
trees:  30  when  the.v  now  shoot 
forth,  ye  see  it  and  ''Know  of  your 
own  selves  that  the  summer  is  now 
nigh.  31  Even  so  ye  also,  when  ye 
see  these  things  coming  to  pass, 
know  ye  that '  the  kingdom  of  God 
is  nigh.  32  Verily  i  .say  unto  you. 
This  generation  shall  not  pass  away, 
till  all  things  be  accomplished. 
33  'Heaven  and  earth  shall  pass 
away  :  but  my  words  shall  not  pass 
away. 

34  "  But  take  heed  to  yourselves, 
lest  haply  your  hearts  be  over- 
charged with  surfeiting,  and 
drunkenness,  and  cares  of  this  life, 
and  that  day  come  on  you  suddenly 
as  a  snare :  35  for  so  shall  it  come 
upon  all  them  that  dwell  on  the  face 
of  all  the  earth.  36  But 'watch  ye 
at  every  season,  making  supplica- 
tion, that  ye  may  prevail  to  escape 
all  these  things  that  shall  come  to 
pass,  and  to  "^  stand  before  the  Son 
of  man. 

37  And  every  day  he  was  "  teach- 
ing in  the  temple;  and  'every 
night  he  went  out,  and  lodged  in 
"the  mount  that  is  called  Olivet. 
38  And  all  the  people  came  *  early 
in  the  morning  to  him  in  the  tem- 
jjle,  to  hear  him. 

r>r>  •'Now  the  feast  of  un- 
^  ^  leavened  bread  drew  nigh, 
which  is  called  the  **  Passover. 
2  And  the  chief  priests  and  tlie 
scribes  "sought  how  they  might 
put  him  to  death  ;  for  they  feared 
the  people. 

3  ■''And  ■'  Satan  entered  into  Judas 
who  was  called  Iscariot,  being  of 
the  number  of  the  twelve.  4  And 
he  went  away,  and  communed  \yith 
the  chief  priests  and  ''captains,  how 
he  might  '•'deliver  him  unto  them. 
5  And  they  were  glad,  and  cove- 
nanted to  give  him  nvme.v.  6  And 
lie  consented,  and  .sought  oppor- 
tunity to  "deliver  him  unto  them 
'"in  tlie  absence  of  the  multitude. 

7  'And  the  day  of  unleavened 
bread  came,  on   which  *  the  pass- 

comp  AcU  4  1 :  5  24.  26 :  1  Chr  9.  11 ;  Neh.  11.  11 
■  ver  7-13 :  Matthew  26. 17-19 ;  Mark  14. 12-16  *  Set 
Mk.  14.  12 


>  Or,  betray 


>«  Or,  without  lumuU 


22.8 


LUKE 


22.40 


The  Last  Sapper.    StriTe  abont  Rank.    Peter's  Denial  foretold.    The  Apostles'  Changed  Condition.    Oethsemane 


over  must  be  sacrificed.  8  And  he 
sent  "Peter  and  John,  saying,  Go 
and  make  ready  for  us  the  pass- 
over,  that  we  may  eat.  9  And  they 
Baid  unto  him,  Where  wilt  thou  that 
we  make  ready?  10  And  he  said 
unto  them.  Behold,  when  ye  are 
entered  into  the  city,  there  shall 
meet  you  a  man  bearing  a  pitcher 
of  water  ;  follow  him  into  the  house 
whereinto  he  goeth.  11  And  ye 
shall  say  unto  the  master  of  the 
house.  The  Teacher  saith  unto  thee. 
Where  is  the  guest-chamber,  where 
I  shall  eat  the  passover  with  my 
disciples'?  12  And  he  will  show 
you  a  large  upper  room  furnished  : 
there  make  ready.  13  And  they 
went,  and  found  as  he  had  said 
unto  them :  and  they  made  ready 
the  passover. 

14  *And  when  the  hour  was 
come,  he  sat  down,  and  "the 
apostles  with  him.  15  And  he 
said  unto  them.  With  desire  I  have 
desired  to  eat  this  passover  with 
you  before  I  suffer :  1 6  for  I  say 
unto  you,  I  shall  not  eat  it,  "*  until 
it  be  fulfilled  in  the  kingdom  of 
God.  17  "And  he  received  a  cup, 
and  ■''when  he  had  given  thanks, 
he  said.  Take  this,  and  divide  it 
among  yourselves:  18  for  ''I  say 
unto  you,  I  shall  not  drink  from 
henceforth  of  the  fruit  of  the  vine, 
until  the  kingdom  of  God  shall 
come.  1 9  And  he  took  *  bread,  and 
■'^when  he  had  given  thanks,  he 
brake  it,  and  gave  to  them,  saying. 
This  is  my  body  ^  which  is  given 
for  you :  this  do  in  remembrance 
of  me.  20  And  the  cup  in  like 
manner  after  supper,  saying.  This 
cup  is  the  *new  covenant  in  my 
blood,  even  that  which  is  'poured 
out  for  you.  21  *But  behold,  the 
hand  of  him  that  ^betrayeth  me 
is  with  me  on  the  table.  22  For 
the  Son  of  man  indeed  goeth,  'as 
it  hath  been  determined  :  but  woe 
unto  that  man  through  whom  he 
is  '^  betrayed  !  23  And  they  began 
to  question  among  themselves, 
which  of  them  it  was  that  should 
do  this  thing. 

24  And  there  arose  also  ™a  con- 
tention among  them,  which  of 
them  was  accounted  to  be  ■*  great- 
est. 25  "And  he  said  unto  them, 
The  kings  of  the  Gentiles  have 
lordship  over  them  ;  and  they  that 

1  Or,  a  loaf 

2  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  which,  is  given 
for  you  .  .  .  which  is  poured  out  for  you. 

3  See  rer.  4.  *  Gr.  greater. 


«  Acts  3.  1, 
n  ;  4.  13, 
19  ;  8.  14  ; 
comp.  Gal. 

2.  9 

i-Mt.  26.  20; 

Mk.  14.  17 
"^  See  Ml£.  6. 

30 
d  Comp.  ver. 

18,  30 ;  ch. 

14  lo ; 
,  Rev.  19.  9 
«  ver.  17-20 : 

Matthew 

26.  26-29 ; 

Mark  14. 

22-25;  1 

Corin- 
thians 11. 

23-25 ; 

comp.  10. 

16 
/  See  Mt.  14. 

19 
3  Mt.  26.  29  ; 

Mk.  14.  25 
ft  1  Cor.  11. 

25 ;  2  Cor. 

3.  6 ;  Heb. 
9.  15;  8.  8; 
comp.  Jer. 
31.  31 ;  Ex. 
24.  8  (Heb. 
8.  13) 

i  Mt.  26.  28  ; 

Mk.  14.  24 
k  ver.  21-23 : 

Matthfw 

26.  21-24 ; 

Mark  14. 

18-21. 

Comp.  Jn. 

13.  18,  21, 

22,  26 
(  Acts  2.  23  ; 

4.  28  ;  10. 
42  ;  17.  31 

'"•  Mk.  9.  34  ; 

ch.  9.  46 
«  ver.  25-27 : 

Matthew 

20.  25-28  ; 

Mark  10. 

42-45 


"  ch.  9.  48 
P  1  Pet.  5.  5 
«  ch.  12.  37 
'■  Comp.  Mt. 

20.  28 
'  Heb.  2.  18  ; 

4.  15 

'  Comp.  Mt. 

5.  3; 

2  Tim.  2. 12 
"  See  ver.  16 
"  See  Mt.  19. 

28 
■^  See  Mt.  4. 

10.    Comp. 

Job  1.6-12; 

2.  1-6 
V  Am.  9.  9 
=  Jn.  17.  9, 

15 
"  Comp.  Jn. 

2L  15-17 
b  ver.  33,  34  : 

Matthew 

26.  33-35  ; 

if  ark  14. 

29-31  ; 

Johnn. 

37,  38 
'  Comp.  ch. 

9.  3  ft'.  ;  10. 
4;  Mt. 

10.  9  f .  ; 
Mk.  6.  8 

rf  Comp  Jn. 

17.  4  ;  19.  30 
'  Comp.  ver. 

36,49 
/  Comp.  Mti. 

88 


have  authority  over  them  are 
called  Benefactors.  26  But  ye 
sIwM  not  be  ^o:  "  but  he  that  is  the 
greater  among  you,  let  him  become 
as  *  the  younger ;  and  he  that  is 
chief,  as  he  that  doth  serve.  27 
For  «  which  is  greater,  he  that  ^  sit- 
teth  at  meat,  or  he  that  serveth"? 
is  not  he  that  ^sitteth  at  meat? 
but  *■  I  am  in  the  midst  of  you  as 
he  that  serveth.  28  But  ye  are 
they  that  have  continued  with  me 
in  my  "temptations;  29  and  ''1 
appoint  unto  you  a  *  kingdom, 
even  as  my  Father  appointed  unto 
me,  30  that  ye  may  "eat  and  drink 
at  my  table  in  my  *  kingdom  ;  and 
"  ye  shall  sit  on  tlirones  judging  the 
twelve  tribes  of  Israel. 

31  Simon,  Simon,  behold,  ^Satan 
^  asked  to  have  you,  that  he 
might  *sift  you  as  wheat:  32 
but  I  ^made  supplication  for  thee, 
that  thy  faith  fail  not ;  and 
do  thou,  when  once  thou  hast 
turned  again,  "establish  thy  breth- 
ren. 33  ''And  he  said  unto  him. 
Lord,  with  thee  I  am  ready  to  go 
both  to  prison  and  to  death.  34 
And  he  said,  I  tell  thee,  Peter,  the 
cock  shall  not  crow  this  day,  until 
thou  shalt  thrice  deny  that  thou 
knowest  me. 

35  And  he  said  unto  them, 
"When  I  sent  you  forth  without 
purse,  and  wallet,  and  shoes, 
lacked  ye  anything?  And  they 
said,  Nothing.  36  And  he  said 
unto  them.  But  now,  he  that  hath 
a  purse,  let  him  take  it,  and  like- 
wise a  wallet ;  ^  and  he  that  hath 
none,  let  him  sell  his  cloak,  and 
buy  a  sword.  37  For  I  say  unto 
you,  that  this  which  is  written 
must  be  fulfilled  in  me,  ^And  he 
was  reckoned  with  tran.sgressors : 
for  *that  which  concerneth  me 
hath  1"  fulfilment.  38  And  they 
said.  Lord,  behold,  here  are  two 
"  swords.  And  he  said  unto  them. 
It  is  enough. 

39  •''Ana  he  came  out,  and  went, 
^  as  his  custom  was,  unto  '"  the 
mount  of  Olives  ;  and  the  disciples 
also  followed  him.  40  *  And  when 
he  was  at  the  place,  he  said  u:nto 

26.  30  ;  Mk.  14.  26  ;  Jn.  18.  1  »  ch.  21.  37  *  See 
Mt.  21  1  '  ver.  40-46 :  Matthew  26.  36^6 ;  Mark 
14.  32-42 


5  Gr.  reclineth. 

*  Or,  /  appoint  unto  you,  even  ar  my  Father 
appointed  unto  me  a  kingdom,  that  ye  may  eat 
and  drink  d-c.  7  Or,  obtained  you  by  asking 

8  Or,  and  he  that  hath  no  sionrd,  let  him  sell 
his  cloak,  and  buy  one.     » Is.  liii.  12.     w  Gr.  end. 


22.41 


LUKE 


23.5 


The  Betrayal.    Peter's  Denial.    The  llockerj.    Th«  Trial  bei'oi  e  tlie  Saahedria.    ieaai  brouglit  before  I'ilate 


them,  "  Pray  that  ye  enter  not  into 
teiiii)tati()ii.  41  And  lie  was  parted 
tVoiii  tlicin  about  a  stones  cast  ; 
and  ho  ''kneeled  down  and  prayotl, 
4J  sjiyiii-?,  Fatlier,  it"  tiiou  be  will- 
ins,  remove  this  "cup  tVoin  me: 
''nevertheless  not  my  will,  but 
thine,  be  done.  43  ^  And  there 
appeared  unto  him  an  'anfj:»d  from 
heavon,  strenKlheniag  him.  41 
And  'being  in  an  a;ionj'  he  prayed 
more  earnestly  ;  and  his  sweat 
became  as  it  were  great  drops 
of   blood    tailing    down   upon   the 

fTt)unii.  45  And  when  he  rose  up 
rom  his  prayer,  he  came  unto  the 
disciples,  and  found  them  sleeping 
for  sorrow,  4G  and  said  unto  them, 
Why  sleep  ye"?  rise  and  ^iiiay, 
thiit  ye  enter  not  into  temjjtation. 
47  ''  While  he  yet  spake,  beliold. 
a  multitude,  and  he  that  was  called 
Judas,  one  of  the  twelve,  went 
before  them ;  and  he  tlrew  near 
unto  Jesus  to  kiss  him.  48  ]'>ut 
Jesus  said  unto  liini,  Judas,  -'be- 
trayest  thou  the  Hon  of  man  with 
a  kiss?  49  And  when  they  that 
were  about  him  saw  what  would 
follow,  they  said,  Lord,  shall  we 
smite  with  the  'sword  i  50  And  a 
certain  one  of  them  smote  the  -'ser- 
vant of  the  high  priest,  and  struck 
oft'  his  right  ear.  51  But  Jesus 
answered  and  said,  Suffer  ye  fhein 
thus  far.  And  he  touched  his  ear, 
and  healed  him.  52  And  Jesus 
said  unto  the  chief  priests,  and 
*  captains  of  the  temple,  antl 
elders,  that  were  come  against 
him.  Are  ye  come  out,  'as  against 
a  robber,  with  swords  and  8tave.s  l 
53  When  I  wjvs  daily  with  you  in 
the  temple,  ye  stretcned  not  forth 
your  hands  against  me  :  but  this  is 
your  hour,  and  the  power  of  dark- 
ness. 

54  ™And  they  seized  him,  and 
led  him  m/'d;/,  and  brought  him 
into  the  high  priest's  house.  But 
"Peter  followed  afar  off.  55  "And 
when  tliey  hail  kindled  a  fire  in 
the  midst  of  ''the  court,  and  had 
sat  down  together,  Peter  .sat  in  the 
miflst  of  them.  5G  And  a  certain 
maid  seeing  him  as  he  sat  in  the 
light  of  the  fire,  and  looking  sted- 
fastly  upon  him,  said.  This  jnan 
also  was  with  him.  57  But  he 
denied,  saying,  Woman,  I  know 
him  not.  5S  And  after  a  little 
while  '  another  saw  him,  and  said, 

1  Many  ancient  authorities  omit  ver.  43,  -14. 
a  See  ver.  4.  a  Gr.  bondservant. 


«  ver.  46: 

comp.  Mt. 

b.  13 
>>  Comp.  Mt. 

26.  *l;  Mk, 

14.  35  ;  uli. 

18.  11 
"  See  Mt.  ->0. 

■t> 
d  Soe  Mt.  2ti. 

■M 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

4.  11 
/  Comp. 

Heb.  6.  7 
■'  ver.  40 
''  vur.  47-53 : 

Matthew 

•ila.  47-.W  ; 

Mnrk  14. 

4;^.'JU ; 

John  18. 

3-U 
(  Comp.  ver. 

38 
*■•  ver.  4 
'  ver.  ."7 
'"  Mt.  2li.  57  ; 

Mk.  14.  f).) 
"Mt.  •.'(>.  SS; 

Mk.  14.  .'i4  ; 

Ju.  18.  \h 
"  ver.  'to-^2 : 

Jfatlfieir 

•><i.  6a-7,') ; 

Mark  14. 

6(i-72  ; 

John  18. 

ltj-18,  25- 

27 
'"  See  Mt. 

2«  3 
*  Corap.  Jn. 

18.  26  Y 


>■  Mt.  26.  73  ; 

Mk.  14.  70 
'  See  ch.  7. 

13 
«  ver.  34 
"  ver.  63-65 ; 

comp.  Mt. 

2H.  67  t  ; 

Mk.  14.  65  ; 

.)n  18.  2'J  f. 
''  Mt.  26.  6S  ; 

Mk.  14.  65 
'  ."Mt.  27.  3a 

Gr. 
V  Mt.  27. 

1  f .  ;  Mk. 

15.  1 ; 

comp.  Ju. 

18.  28 
-  Acta  22.  5 

Gr. 
"  See  Mt.  5. 

22 
i>  ver.  67-71 : 

comp.  Mt. 

26  «:i-66: 
Mk  14.  61- 
63 :  .In.  18. 
rt-21 

«  .Mt.  26.  64  : 
Mk.  U.  62; 
see  16  19 

d  See  Mt. 

4  3 

«.Mt  27.  11  ; 

ch.  23.  3  ; 

romp.  Mt. 

2<r  64 
/Mt.  27.  2: 

Mk  15  1  ; 

Jn   13.  28 
»  ver.  2,  3  : 

Matthew 

27  11-14; 
Mark  15.  2- 

5  ;  John  18. 
2I-.T7 

*  ver.  14 
'  Comp  ch. 
20.  22 ;  Ju. 

89 


Thou  also  art  oTve  of  them.  But 
Peter  said,  Man,  1  am  not.  59  And 
after  llie  space  of  about  one  hour 
anoti)(;r  contidently  allirnied,  say- 
ing, L)f  a  truth  this  man  also  was 
with  him;  ""for  he  is  a  Galila^an. 
GO  But  Peter  said,  Man,  1  know 
not  what  thou  sayest.  And  imme- 
tliately,  while  he  yet  spake,  the 
cock  crew.  61  And  'the  Lord 
turned,  and  looked  upon  I'eter. 
And  Peter  remembi-red  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  how  that  he  said  unto 
him,  'Before  the  cock  crow  this 
day  thou  shalt  deny  me  thrice. 
62  And  he  went  out,  and  wept 
bitterly. 

63  "  And  the  men  that  held 
^Jestis  mocked  him,  and  l)eat  him. 

64  And  they  blindfolded  him,  and 
asked  him,  saying,  *  Prophesy : 
who  is  he  that  struck  theel  65 
And  many  other  things  spake  they 
against  him,  •"  reviling  him. 

66  "And  as  soon  as  it  was  day, 
'the  assembly  of  the  elders  of  the 
people  was  gathered  together,  both 
chief  priests  and  scribes  ;  and  they 
led  him  away  into  their  "council, 
saying,  67  *lf  thou  art  the  Christ, 
tell  us.  But  he  said  unto  them, 
if  I  tell  you,  ye  will  not  believe: 

65  and  it  I  ask  yoit,  ye  will  not 
answer.  69  "  But  from  henceforth 
shall  the  Son  of  man  be  seated  at 
the  right  hand  of  the  power  of 
God.  70  And  they  all  said.  Art 
thou  then  '^  the  Son  of  Cod  I  And 
he  said  unto  them,  '^"Ye  say  that 

1  am.  71  And  they  said.  What 
further  need  have  we  of  witness  1 
for  we  ourselves  have  heard  from 
his  own  mouth. 

iy  O  And  the  whole  company 
.^  O  of  them  rose  up,  and 
'brought      him      before      Pilate. 

2  *  And  thej'  began  to  accuse  him, 
saying,  We  found  this  man  ''i)er- 
verting  our  nation,  and  '  forbid- 
ding to  give  tribute  to  C:rsar,  and 
.saying  that  he  himself  is  Christ  a 
king.  3  And  Pilate  asked  him, 
saying,  Art  thou  the  King  of  the 
Jews  I  And  he  answered  him 
and  said,  *Thou  sayest.  4  And 
Pilate  said  unto  the  chief  priests 
and  the  multitudes,  '  I  find  no 
fault  in  this  man.  5  P>ut  they 
were  the  more  urgent,  saying.  He 
stirreth    up    the  people,   teaching 

18.  33  ff  ;  19  12  ;  Acts  17  7  *  Sec  ch.  22.  70  « ver 
14,  22  ;  Mt.  27.  23 ;  .Mk.  V>.  14  ;  Jn.  18.  38 ;  19.  4,  6 


*Qt  him.  *  Or,  Fe  tay  it,  becaiue  1 1 


23.6 


LUKE 


23.41 


Jesns  before  Herod.    Again  before  Pilate  and  sentenced.    Tbe  Crocifiiioii 


throughout  all  Judaea,  and  "  begin- 
ning from  Galilee  even  unto  this 
place.  6  But  when  Pilate  heard 
it,  he  asked  whether  the  man  were 
a  GaliliBan.  7  And  when  he  kne\v 
that  he  was  of  Herod's  jurisdiction, 
he  sent  him  unto  *  Herod,  who 
himself  also  was  at  Jerusalem  in 
these  days. 

8  Now  when  Herod  saw  Jesus, 
he  was  exceeding  glad :  for  "  he 
was  of  a  long  time  desirous  to  see 
him,  because  he  had  heard  con- 
cerning him ;  and  he  hoped  to  see 
some  ^  miracle  done  by  him.  9 
And  he  questioned  him  in  many 
words ;  but  ''  he  answered  him 
nothing.  10  And  the  chief  priests 
and  the  scribes  stood,  vehemently 
accusing  him.  11  And  Herod 
with  his  soldiers  set  him  at  nought, 
and  mocked  him,  and  '^  arraying 
him  in  gorgeous  apparel  sent  him 
back  to  Pilate.  1 2  And  •'Herod  and 
Pilate  became  friends  with  each 
other  that  very  day :  for  before  they 
were  at  enmity  betiween  themselves. 

13  And  Pilate  called  together 
the  chief  pi'iests  and  the  "  rulers 
and  the  people,  14  and  said  unto 
them,  Ye  brought  unto  me  this 
man,  as  one  that  ''perverteth  the 
people :  and  behold,  I,  haying  ex- 
amined him  before  you,  *  found  no 
fault  in  this  man  touching  those 
things  whereof  ye  accuse  him : 
15  no,  nor  yet  *  Herod:  for  "^he 
sent  him  back  unto  us ;  and  be- 
hold, nothing  worthy  of  death 
hath  been  done  by  him.  16  1  will 
therefore  *  chastise  him,  and  release 
him.^  18  But  they  cried  out  all 
together,  saying,  'Away  with  this 
man,  and  release  unto  us  Barab- 
bas  :  — 19  one  who  for  a  certain 
insurrection  made  in  the  city,  and 
for  murder,  was  cast  into  prison. 

20  And  Pilate  spake  unto  them 
again,   desiring  to  release   Jesus ; 

21  but  they  shouted,  saying.  Cru- 
cify, crucify  him.  22  And  he  said 
unto  them  the  thii'd  time.  Why, 
what  evil  hath  this  man  done"? 
I  have  found  no  cause  of  death  in 
him  :  I  will  therefore  '"chastise  him 
and  release  him.  23  But  they  were 
urgent  with  loud  voices,  asking 
that  he  might  be  crucified.  And 
their  voices   prevailed.      24    And 

1  Gr.  sign. 

2  Many  ancient  authorities  read  /  sent  you  to 
him. 

>  Many  ancient  autliorities  insert  ver,  17  Nojv 
hi'  mu.ftnei'ds  relpose  unto  them  at  the  feast  one 
prisoner.  Comp.  Mt.  27.  15  ;  Mk.  15.  6  ;  Jn.  18.  39. 
Otliers  add  the  same  words  after  ver.  19. 


«  See  Mt.  4. 

12 
b  See  Mt.  14. 

1 ;  Mk.  6. 

14  ;  comp. 

oh.  3.  1 ;  9. 

7  ;  13.  31 
<^  ch.  9.  9 
d  Comp.  Mt. 

27.  11!,  14  ; 

Mk.  15.  5 ; 

Jn.  19.  9 

*  Comp.  Mt. 
27.  28 

/Comp. 

Acts  4.  27 
»  ver.  35 ; 

Jn.  7.  26, 

4S  ;  12.  42  ; 

Acts  3.  17 ; 

4.  5,  8  ;  13. 

27 
ft  ver.  2 
'  See  ver.  4 

*  Comp.  Mt. 
27.  2B ;  Mk. 

15.  15  ;  Ja. 
19. 1  ;  Acts 

16.  37 ;  ver. 
22 

I  ver.  18-25 : 
Matthew 
27.  15-26 ; 
Mark  15. 
6-15; 
comp. 
Jn.  18. 
39-19.  16 
•"■  ver.  16 


"  ver.  26 : 
M.i/fhew 
27.  32  ; 
Mar/c  15. 
21 ;  comp. 
Jn.  19.  17 

0  See  Mt.  27. 
32 

P  ch.  8.  52 

1  Mt.  24.  19  ; 
ch.  21.  23 ; 
comp.  cli. 
11.  27 

>■  Hos.  10.  8  ; 

Rev.  6.  16 ; 

comp.  Is. 

2. 19,  20 
»Mt.  27.  38; 

Mk.  15.  27  ; 

Jn.  19.  18 
(ver.  33-43: 

Mali /tew 

27.  33-44 ; 

Mark  15. 

22-32  ; 

Jo/ni  19. 

17-24 
"  See  Mt.  11. 

23 ;  ch.  22. 

42 
"  Jn.  19.  24 
^  See  ver.  13 
y  Comp.  Mt. 

27.  43 
'  See  Mt.  27. 

48 
"  Comp.  Mt. 

27.  37  ;  Mk. 

15.  26 ;  Jn. 

19.  19 
b  ver.  39-43 : 

comp.  Mt. 

27.  44 ;  Mk. 

15.  32 
"  ver.  35,  37 


90 


Pilate  gave  sentence  that  what  they 
asked  for  should  be  done.  25  And 
he  released  him  that  for  insurrec- 
tion and  murder  had  been  cast  into 
prison,  whom  they  asked  for ;  but 
Jesus  he  delivered  up  to  their  will. 

26  "And  when  they  led  him 
away,  they  laid  hold  upon  one 
Simon  of  "  Gyrene,  coming  from 
the  country,  and  laid  on  him  the 
cross,  to  bear  it  after  Jesus. 

27  And  there  followed  him  a 
great  multitude  of  the  people, 
and  of  women  who  ^bewailed  and 
lamented  him.  28  But  Jesus  turn- 
ing unto  them  said.  Daughters  of 
Jerusalem,  weep  not  for  me,  but 
weep  for  yourselves,  and  for  your 
children.  29  For  behold,  the  days 
are  coming,  in  which  they  shall 
say,  « Blessed  are  the  barren,  and 
the  wombs  that  never  bare,  and 
the  breasts  that  never  gave  suck. 
30  Then  shall  they  begin  to  '".say 
to  the  mountains,  Fall  on  us ;  and 
to  the  hills.  Cover  us.  31  For  if 
they  do  these  things  in  the  green 
tree,  what  shall  be  done  in  the  dry  1 

32  *And  there  were  also  two 
others,  malefactors,  led  with  him 
to  be  put  to  death. 

33  'And  when  they  came  unto 
the  place  which  is  called  *  The 
skull,  there  they  crucified  him, 
and  the  malefactors,  one  on  the 
right  hand  and  the  other  on  the 
left.  34  ^  And  Jesus  said,  ■* Father, 
forgive  them  ;  for  they  know  not 
what  they  do.  And  parting  his 
garments  among  them,  they  "cast 
lots.  35  And  the  people  stood 
beholding.  And  the  "^  rulers  also 
scoffed  at  him,  saying.  He  saved 
others ;  ^  let  him  save  himself,  if 
this  is  the  Christ  of  God,  his 
chosen.  36  And  the  soldiers  also 
mocked  him,  coming  to  him,  ^offer- 
ing him  vinegar,  37  and  saying, 
2' If  thou  art  the  King  of  the  Jews, 
save  thyself.  38  And  there  ^yas 
also  a  superscription  over  him, 
"This  is  the  King  of  the  Jews. 

39  *And  one  of  the  malefactors 
that  were  hanged  railed  on  him, 
saying.  Art  not  thou  the  Christ? 
^save  thyself  and  us.  40  But  the 
other  answered,  and  rebuking  him 
said,  Dost  thou  not  even  fear  God, 
seeing  thou  art  in  the  same  con- 
demnation?    41   And   we   indeed 

*  According  to  the  Latin,  Calvary,  which  has 
the  same  meaning. 

5  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  And  Jesus 
said.  Father,  forgive  them;  for  they  know  noi 
what  they  do. 


23.42 


LUKE 


24.19 


The  Death  of  JesDS.    The  Eutomlmeut.    The  Euipty  Tumb.    The  Interview  od  the  Way  to  Eiuumusi 


justly :  for  we  receive  the  due 
reward  of  our  deetls :  but  this 
mail  hath  done  nothing  amiss. 
42  And  he  said,  Jesus,  reinember 
me  when  thou  c<.»niest  '  in  tliy 
kingdom.  43  And  lie  said  unto 
him,  V'erilj'  I  say  unto  thee,  To-day 
shalt  thou  be  with  me  in  "  Paradise. 

44  'And  it  was  now  about  'the 
sixth  hour,  and  a  darkness  came 
over  the  whole  -'land  until  the 
ninth  hour,  45  ^the  sun's  light 
failing:  and  ''the  veil  of  the 
*  temple  was  rent  in  the  midst. 
46  '^And  Jesus,  'crying  with  a 
loud  voice,  said,  Father,  into  thy 
hands  1  commend  my  spirit :  and 
having  said  this,  he  gave  up  the 
ghost.  47  ■''And  when  the  cen- 
turion^ saw  what  was  done,  he 
"glorified  God,  saying,  Certainly 
this  was  a  righteous  man.  48  And 
all  the  multitudes  that  came  to- 
gether to  this  sight,  when  they 
oeheld  the  things  that  were  done, 
returned  *smitiiig  tlieir  breasts. 
49  'And  all  his  acquaintance,  and 
'  the  women  that  followed  with 
him  from  Galilee,  stood  afar  off, 
seeing  these  tilings. 

50  *And  behold,  a  man  named 
Joseph,  who  was  a  'councillor,  a 
good  and  righteous  man  51  (he 
had  not  consented  to  their  counsel 
and  deed),  a  man  of  Arimatha'a, 
a  city  of  the  Jews,  who  was  ""look- 
ing for  the  kingdom  of  God :  52 
this  man  went  to  Pilate,  and  asked 
for  the  body  of  Jesus.  53  And  he 
took  it  down,  and  wrapped  it  in 
a  linen  cloth,  and  laid  him  in  a 
tomb  that  was  hewn  in  stone, 
where  never  man  had  yet  lain. 
54  And  it  was  the  day  of  "the 
Preparation,  and  the  sabbath  ^drew 
on.  55  And  "the  women,  who  had 
come  with  him  out  of  (Jalilee,  fol- 
lowed after,  and  beheld  the  tomb, 
and  how  his  bod.v  was  laid.  56 
And  they  returned,  and  ^prepared 
spices  and  ointments. 

And  on  the  sabbath  they  rested 
accoi'ding  to  "the  commandment. 
r>  J  1  '■But  on  the  first  day  of 
^^  the  week,  at  early  dawn, 
they  came  unto  the  tomb,  bring- 
ing the  spices  which  they  had 
prepared.  2  And  they  found  the 
stone  rolled  away  from  the  tomb. 
3  And  they  entered  in,  and  found 

•  Some  ancient  authorities  read  into  thy 
kingilom.  -Ov.enrlh 

■*  Gt  thf  .tnnfniUrtn.        <  Or,  xiiiirtuary 
4  Or.  And  tcfien  Jesus  had  rrl^'d   with  a  loud 
voioe,  hjt  said  *  Or.  began  to  dawn. 


"  2  Cor.  12. 

4  ;  Kev.  2. 

7 ;  comp. 

Gen.  2.  S 

&c.  (Sept.) 
6  ver.  41-4SJ : 

Matthew 

27.  4.'i-j(j ; 

Mark  15. 

3;i-41 
'  Comp.  Jn. 

19.  14 
d  Sue  Mt.  27. 

'  Mt.  27.  50  ; 

Mk.  15.  37 ; 

Jn.  li).  ail 
/  Mt.  27.  54  ; 

Mil.  15.  3!» 
"  Sue  Mt.  9. 

8 
h  ch.  18.  13  : 

comp.  8.  52 
'■  Comp.  Mt. 

27.  55f.; 

Mk.  15. 

40  f.;  ch. 

8.  2:  Jn. 

19.  25 
i-  ver.  50-56 : 

Matthew 

27.  57-til ; 

Mark  15. 

42-47; 

John  19. 

38-42 
'  Mk.  15.  43 
"'  Mk.  15.  43  ; 

see  ch.  2. 

25 
"  Mk.  15.  42  : 

see  Mt.  27. 

62 
°  See  ver.  49 
1'  See  Mk. 

16.  1 ;  ch. 

24,  1 

1  Ex.  20.  10 

•■  ver.  1-10 : 

Matthew 

25.  1-8 ; 
Mark  16. 
1-8 :  comp. 
Jn.  20.  1-8 


•  Acts  1.  21 ; 
comp.  ch. 
7.  13 

(  Jn.  20.  12 
"  ch.  2.  9  ; 

Acts  12.  7 
*'  See  Mk. 

16.  6 
''Mt    17. 

22  f.:  Mk. 

9.  30  f.;  ch. 

9.  44 ;  ver. 

44 
'J  See  Mt.  16. 

21 ;  ver.  46 
'^  Jn.  2.  22 
"  Comp.  Mt. 

27.  56 
<>  See  Mk.  6. 

30 
'  See  Mk. 

16.  11 
rf  .Tn.  20.  3-6 

•  .In.  20.  in 
/  Mk  16.  12 
'J  Comp   Jn. 

20.  14 :  21. 
4 ;  comp. 
ver.  31 


not  the  body  ^of  'the  Lord  Jesus. 
4  And  it  came  to  pass,  while  they 
were  perplexed  thereabout,  behold, 
'two  men  "stood  by  them  in  daz- 
zling apparel :  5  and  as  they  were 
affrightetl  and  bowed  down  their 
faces  to  the  earth,  they  said  unto 
them,  Why  seek  ye  "the  living 
among  the  dead"?  6  "He  is  not 
here,  but  'is  risen  :  remember  how 
he  spake  unto  you  ■'when  he  was 
yet  in  Galilee,  7  saying  that  "the 
Son  of  man  must  be  delivered  up 
into  the  hands  of  sinful  men,  and 
be  crucified,  and  the  thiid  day  rise 
a^ain.  8  And  'they  remenioered 
his  words,  9  and  returned  ^"from 
the  tomb,  and  told  all  these  things 
to  the  eleven,  and  to  all  the  rest. 
10  Now  they  were  "  ilary  ^iagda- 
lene,  and  Joanna,  and  Alary  the 
itwther  of  James :  and  the  other 
women  with  them  told  the.se  things 
unto  ''  the  apostles.  1 1  And  these 
words  appeared  in  their  sight  as 
idle  talk;  and  they  'disbelieved 
them.  12  "But  Peter  arose,  and 
''i"an  unto  the  tomb;  and  ''stoop- 
ing and  looking  in,  he  seeth  the 
linen  cloths  by  themselves  ;  and  he 
'-departed  '  to  his  home,  wondering 
at  that  which  was  come  to  pass. 

13  And  behold,  ■'two  oi  them 
were  going  that  very  day  to  a 
village  named  Emmaus,  which 
was  threescore  furlongs  from  Jeru- 
.salem.  14  And  they  communed 
with  each  other  of  all  these  things 
which  had  happened.  15  And  it 
came  to  pa.ss,  wliile  they  communed 
and  questioned  together,  that  Jesus 
himself  drew  neai-,  and  went  with 
them.  16  But  ^  their  eyes  were 
holden  that  they  slK)uld  not  know 
him.  17  And  he  said  unto  them, 
'^  What  communications  are  these 
that  ye  have  one  with  Jinother,  as 
ye  walk]  And  the.v  stood  still, 
looking  sad.  18  And  one  of  theni. 
named  Cleopas,  answering  said 
unto  him,  '^Dost  thou  alone  so- 
journ in  Jerusalem  and  not  know 
the  things  which  are  come  to  pa.ss 
there  in  these  days?  19  Ana  he 
said  unto  them.  What  things  \  And 
they  said  unto  him,  The  things  con- 

"  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  of  the  Lord 
Je.tvs.  ■  Gr.  Aim  that  liviih. 

9  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  He  is  not  here, 
but  is  rixen. 

w  Some  ancient  authorities  omit/rom  the  tomb. 

11  Rome  ancii'iit  authorities  omit  ver.  12. 

WOr,  drjxjrt'.l.  iro'i./riinr/  iritl,  liimsetf 

13  Gr  What  uords  are  these  that  ye  exchange 
one  >cith  nnulher. 

1*  Or,  Doft  thou  soiofirn  alone  in  Jerutalem 
and  knowest  thou  nut  l/te  things 


91 


24.20 


LUKE 


24.53 


The  Appearance  in  Jernsalem.    Last  Words.    The  Ascension 


serning  "Jesus  the  Nazarene,  who 
vras  a  *  prophet  mighty  in  deed  and 
word  before  God  and  all  the  people : 
20  and  how  the  chief  priests  and 
our "  rulers  delivered  him  up  to  be 
condemned  to  death,  and  crucified 
him.  21  But  we  hoped  that  it  was 
he  who  should  '^  redeem  Israel.  Yea 
and  besides  all  this,  it  is  now  the 
third  day  since  these  things  came 
to  pass.  22  Moreover  certain  women 
of  our  company  amazed  us,  "having 
been  early  at  the  tomb ;  23  and 
when  they  found  not  his  body,  they 
came,  saying,  that  they  had  also 
seen  a  vision  of  angels,  who  said 
that  he  was  alive.  24  And  certain 
of  them  that  were  with  us  went  to 
the  tomb,  and  found  it  even  so  as 
the  women  had  said  :  but  him  they 
saw  not.  25  And  he  said  unto 
them,  O  foolish  men,  and  slow  of 
heart  to  believe  Mn  all  that  •''the 
prophets  have  spoken!  26  ''Be- 
hooved it  not  the  Christ  to  suffer 
these  things,  and  to  enter  into  his 
glory'?  27  And  beginning  from 
''  Moses  and  from  all  the  '  prophets, 
he  interpreted  to  them  in  all  the 
scriptures  the  things  concerning 
himself.  28  And  they  drew  nigh 
unto  the  village,  whither  they  were 
going  :  and  *  he  made  as  though  he 
would  go  further.  29  And  they 
constrained  him,  saying,  Abide 
with  us ;  for  it  is  toward  evening, 
and  the  day  is  now  far  spent.  And 
he  went  in  to  abide  with  them.  30 
And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  had 
sat  down  with  them  to  meat,  he 
took  the  "  bread  and  '  blessed  ;  and 
breaking  it  he  gave  to  them.  31 
And  their  ™eyes  were  opened,  and 
they  knew  him ;  and  he  vanished 
out  of  their  sight.  32  And  they  said 
one  to  another,  Was  not  our  heart 
burning  within  us,  while  he  spake  to 
us  in  the  way,  while  he  "  opened  to 
usthescripturesi  33  And  they  rose 
up  that  very  hour^  and  returned  to 
Jerusalem,  and  "found  the  eleven 
gathered  together,  and  ^  them  that 
were  with  them,  34  saying,  *The 
Lord  is  risen  indeed,  and  'hath  ap- 
peared to  Simon.  35  And  they  re- 
hearsed the  things  that  ha.pj)ened  in 
the  way,  and  how  *  he  was  known  of 
them  in  the  breaking  of  the  bread. 
36  And  as  they  spake  _  these 
things,  *he  himself  stood  in  the 
midst   of    them,  ^and   saith  unto 

1  Or,  after  2  Or,  loaf 

*  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  and  saith  unto 
Ihem,  Peace  be  unto  you. 


"  See  Mk.  1. 

24 
b  See  Mt.  21. 

11 
"  ch.  23.  13 
d  Comp.  ch. 

1.  63 
*  ver.  1  ff. 
/  See  Mt.  26. 

24 
!'ver.7,44£e.; 

Heb.  2.  10 ; 

1  Pet.  1.  U 
h  Comp. 

Gen.  3,  15 ; 
12.  3,  &c.; 
Num.  21.  9 
(Jn.  3.  14) ; 
fit.  18. 
15  (Jn.  1. 
45);  com  p. 
Jn.  5.  46 
'  Comp. 

2  Sam.  7. 
12-16:  Is.  7. 

14  (Mt.  1. 
23) ;  9.  1  f. 
(Mt.  4. 

15  f.)  ;  42. 
(Mt.  12.  18 
ff.);  53. 

(Mt.  8.  17 ; 

Lk.  22.  37) ; 

Dan.  7.  13 

(Mt.  24.  30, 

&c.):  Mic. 

6.  2  (Mt.  2 

6);  Zech. 

9.  9  (Mt.  21. 

5);  comp. 

Acts  13.  27 
k  Mk.  6.  48 
'  See  Mt.  14. 

19 
"'  ver.  16 
'•'  ver.  45 
°  Mk.  16.  13 
J'  Comp. 

Acts  1.  14 
9  See  ver.  6 
'•  1  Cor.  15.  5 
"  ver.  30  f. 
«SeeMk.l6. 

14 


«  Jn.  20.  19, 

21,  26 

"  Comp.  Mt. 

14.  26;  Mk. 

6.  49 
'^  Jn.  20.  20, 

27 
y  1  Jn.  1.  1 ; 

comp.  Jn. 

20.  27 
-  See  ver.  11 
"  Jn.  21.  5 
b  Acts  10.  41 
"  ch.  9.  22, 

44f.;13. 

31-34 ;  22. 

37 
rf  See  ver.  27 
'•  I's.  2. 

(Acts  13. 

33) :  Ps.  16. 

(Acts  2. 

27) ;  Ps. 

22.  (Mt.  27. 
34-46) ;  Ps. 
69.  (Jn.  19. 
28  If.);  Ps. 
72.  ;  110. 
(Mt.  22. 
431);  118. 
(Mt.  21.  42) 

/  ver.  32 ; 

comp. 

Acts  16. 

14 ;  1  Jn. 

5.  20 ;  2 

Mace.  1.  4 
c  ver.  26,  44 
ft  ver.  7 

92 


them,  "Peace  be  unto  you.  37  But 
they  were  terrified  and  affrighted, 
and  sui^posed  that  they  beheld  "a 
spirit.  38  And  he  said  unto  them, 
Why  are  ye  troubled  1  and  where- 
fore do  questionings  arise  in  your 
heart  1  39  ""See  my  hands  and  my 
feet,  that  it  is  I  myself:  2/ handle 
me,  and  see  ;  for  a  spirit  hath  not 
flesh  and  bones,  as  ye  behold  me 
having.  40  ^And  when  he  had 
said  this,  ""he  showed  them  his 
hands  and  his  feet.  41  And  while 
they  still  ^disbelieved  for  joy,  and 
wondered,  he  said  unto  them, 
"Have  ye  here  anything  to  eat? 
42  And  they  gave  him  a  piece  of 
a  broiled  fish  ®.  43  And  he  took  it, 
and  *  ate  before  them. 

44  And  he  said  unto  them,  "These 
are  my  words  which  I  spake  unto 
you,  while  I  was  yet  with  you,  that 
all  things  must  needs  be  fulfilled, 
which  are  written  in  the  ''law  of 
Moses,  and  "^  the  prophets,  and  "  the 
psalms,  concerning  me.  45  Then 
■'opened  he  their  mind,  that  they 
might  understand  the  scriptures ; 
46  and  he  said  unto  them,  ''Thus 
it  is  written,  that  the  Christ  should 
suffer,  and  ''rise  again  from  the 
dead  the  third  day ;  47  and  that 
'  repentance  *'  and  remission  of  sins 
should  be  preached  in  his  name 
unto  ^'all  the  'nations,  beginning 
from  Jerusalem.  48  Ye  are  '  wit- 
nesses of  these  things.  49  And  be- 
hold, "'  I  send  forth  the  promise  of 
my  Father  upon  you :  but  "tarry 
ye  in  the  city,  until  ye  be  clothed 
with  power  from  on  high. 

50  And  he  led  them  out  until 
thet/  vjere  over  against  "  Bethany : 
and  he  lifted  up  his  hands,  and 
blessed  them.  51  And  it  came  to 
pass,  while  he  blessed  them,  he 
parted  from  them,  ^and  ^was  car- 
ried up  into  heaven.  52  And  they 
^worshipped  him,  and  returned  to 
Jerusalem  with  great  joy :  53  and 
were  continually  in  the  temple, 
blessing  God. 

'  Acts  5.  31 ;  10.  43 ;  13.  38 ;  26.  18  t  Mt.  28.  19 
'  Acts  1.  8,  22  ;  2.  32  ;  3.  15 ;  4.  33  ;  5.  32  ;  10.  39,  41 : 
13.  31 ;  1  Pet.  5. 1  ™  See  Jn.  14.  26  "  Acts  1.  4 
"  See  Mt.  21. 17 ;  comp.  Acts  1, 12    i'  See  Mk.  16. 19 


*  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  ver.  40. 

6  Many  ancient  authorities  add  and  a  honey- 
comb. 6  Some  ancient  authorities  read  unto. 

7  Or,  nations.    Beginning  from,  Jerusalem,  ye 
are  witnesses 

8  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  and  was  car- 
rieii  up  into  heaven. 

9  Some  ancient  authorities  omit   worshipped 
him,  and.    Sen  marginal  note  on  ch.  4.  7. 


ACCORDING  TO  JOHN 


The  Prolo^ae.    The  Baptist's  Disclaimer.    The  Baptist's  Testimony 


1"In  the  beginning  was  *the 
Word,  and  the  Worffwius  '"with 
God,  and  ''the  Word  was  CJod.  2 
The  same  was  in  the  Ijeginning 
with  God.  3  ''All  things  were 
made  through  him ;  and  witlutut 
him  'was  not  anything  made  that 
hiith  been  made.  4  ''In  him  was 
life;  and  the  life  was  "the  light  of 
men.  5  And  "the  light  shineth  in 
the  darkness ;  and  the  darkne.ss 
"apprehended  it  not.  6  There  came 
a  man,  sent  from  ( Jod,  whose  name 
was  'John.  7  The  same  came  *for 
witness,  that  he  might  bear  witness 
of  the  light,  'that  all  might  believe 
through  him.  8  "'He  was  not  the 
light,  but  catne  that  he  might  bear 
witness  of  the  light.  9  ^  There  was 
"the  true  light,  even  tlie  light  which 
lighteth  ■'every  man,  coming  into 
the  world.  10  He  was  in  the  world, 
and  "  the  world  was  made  through 
him,  and  the  world  knew  him  not. 
11  He  came  unto  ^his  own,  and 
they  that  were  his  own  received 
him  not.  12  But  as  many  as  re- 
ceived him,  to  them  gave  he  the 
right  to  become  "children  of  God, 
even  ^to  them  that  believe  on  his 
name  :  13  «  who  were  •*  born,  not  of 
"  blood,  nor  of  the  will  of  the  flesh, 
nor  of  the  will  of  man,  but  of  God. 
14  And  ""the  Word  ''becivme  flesh, 
and  ^' dwelt  among  us  (and  '  we  be- 
held his  glory,  glory  as  of  ''the  only 
begotten  from  the  Father),  full  of 
"  grace  and  ■'  truth.  1 5  John  '  bear- 
eth  witness  of  him,  and  crieth,  say- 
ing, "This  was  he  of  whom  I  said, 
■"  He  that  cometh  after  me  is  be- 
come before  me:  'for  he  was  "be- 
fore me.  16  For  of  his  "fulness  we 
all  received,  and  '- grace  for  grace. 

1  Or,  teat  not  tmythinq  mo'le.  That  uhich  hath 
bem  made  iia.r  liff  in  him  ;  and  the  life  ic. 

*  Or,  overcame    See  ch.  12.  35  iGr  ). 

^  Or.,  the  true  light,  which  litihtelh  eiteryman, 
was  cominti  *  Or,  every  man  as  he  cometh 

5  Or.  his  own  thinns.  «  Oi,  begotten 

'  Gr.  bloods.  i  Gr.  tabernacled. 

9  Or,  an  only  begotten  from  a  father  Comp. 
Heb.  11. 17. 

i"  Some  ancient  authorities  read  (this  was  he 
that  said).  "  Gr  first  in  regard  of  me. 

M  Or,  grace  upon  grace 


"  Gen.  1.  1  ; 

Ouiup. 

Col.  1.  17 ; 

1  .In.  1.  1 
6  ver.  1-1 ; 

Hev.  19.  13 
'  1  .In.  1.  2  ; 

comp.  ell. 

17.5 
<i  Comp. 

Plill.  2.  6 
'  vor.  lU ; 

1  Cor.  8.  6  ; 

Col.  1.  IG; 

Heb.  1.  2 
/ch.  5.  2«: 

comp.  11. 

2.-> ;  14.  6 
"ch.  8.  12; 

9.  r, ;  12.  46 

*  Comp.  ch. 
3.  1!) 

'ReeMt.3. 1 
k  ver.  15,  19, 

32;  ch.3. 

2G ;  5.  33 
'  Comp.  ver. 

12;  .\ct8 

19.  4 ;  Gal. 

3.  2e 
•"  ver.  20 
"  1  Jn.  2.  8 
°  Coaip.  ch. 

11.52; 

Gal.  3.  26 
P  Sue  ver.  7  ; 

ch.  3.  18 : 

IJn.  5.  13; 

comp.  3.  23 
«oh.  3.  5f.; 

1  ret.  1. 

23 ;  .las.  1. 

18 :  1  Jn. 

2.  29  ;  3.  9 
*■  Comp. 

Rom.  1.  3 ; 
O.il.  4.  4 ; 
Pliil.  2. 
7f.;  1 
Tim.  3.  16; 
Heb.  2.  14 ; 
1  Jn.  1. 

1  f.;  4.  2; 
2Jn.  7 

•  Comp. 
Rev.  21.  3 

'  Lk.  9.  32  ; 
ch.  2.  11 ; 
17.  22,  24  ; 

2  ret.  1. 
16  f.;  IJn. 
1.1 

"  ver.  17 ; 

Rom.  5. 

21 :  6.  14 
»  ch.  8.  ,32 ; 

14.  6 ;  18. 

37 
"  ver.  7 
V  ver.  27,  30  ; 

Mt.  3.  11 
'  ver.  30 
"  Eph.  1.  23  ; 

3.  19  :  4. 

13 :  Col.  1. 
19;  2.  9 


*  Ch.  7. 19 
93 


1 7  For  *  the  law  was  given  through 
Moses;  "grace  and  "truth  came 
through  Jesus  Christ.  18  ''No  man 
hath  seen  God  at  any  time  ;  "''the 
only  begotten  Son,  who  is  in  "the 
bosom  of  the  Fatlier,  ^  he  hath  de- 
clared hi'/ii. 

19  And  this  is  'the  witness  of 
John,  when  "  the  Jews  sent  unto 
him  "from  Jerusalem  priests  and 
Levites  to  ask  him.  Who  art  thou  ? 
20  And  he  confessed,  and  denied 
not ;  and  he  confessed,  '  1  am  not 
the  Christ.  21  And  they  asked 
him.  What  then?  Art  thou  *  Eli- 
jah i  And  he  saith,  1  am  not.  Art 
thou  'the  prophet ]  And  he  an- 
swered, No.  22  They  said  there- 
fore unto  him,  Who  art  thou  1  that 
wo  may  give  an  answer  to  them 
that  sent  us.  What  sayest  thou  of 
thy.self?  23  He  .said,  '"I  am  the 
voice  of  one  crying  in  the  wilder- 
ness. Make  straight  the  way  of  the 
Lord,  as  '■'said  Isaiah  the  prophet. 
24  "*  And  they  had  been  sent  from 
the  Pharisees.  25  And  they  asked 
him,  and  said  unto  him,  Why  then 
baptizest  thou,  if  thou  art  not  the 
Chri.st,  neither  Elijah,  neither  '  the 
prophet]  26  John  answered  them, 
saying,  "I  baptize  '"in  water:  in 
the  midst  of  you  standeth  one  whom 
ye  know  not,  27  evfu  "  he  that  com- 
eth after  me,  the  "  latchet  of  whose 
shoe  I  am  not  worthy  to  unloo.se. 
28  These  things  were  done  in 
'"Bethany  ''beyond  the  Jordan, 
where  John  was  baptizing. 

29  On  the  morrow  he  seeth  Jesus 

'T.x.  33.  20;  ch.  6.  46;  Col.  1.  15:  1  Tim.  6.  16; 
1  Jn.  4.  12  ''  ch.  3.  16. 18  ;  1  Jn.  4.  9  '  Comp.  ch. 
13  23  ;  Lk.  16.  22  /  Comp  cli.  3.  11  "  ch  2.  18, 
21 ;  5  1(1,  15  f.  18  ;  6.  41,  52  ;  7  1.  11,  13.  15,  S.5 :  8.  22, 
48.  52.  57 ;  9.  18.  22  :  10.  24.  31.  33 ;  ic.  ''  Comp. 
Mt.  15.  1  '  ch  3  28 ;  cf.  Lk.  3  15  t  *  Comp  Mt. 
11.  14  ;  16.  14  '  Dt.  18.  15.  18  ;  ver  Z'l ;  comp  Mt. 
21.  11  '"  Comp.  Mt.  3.  3  :  Mk  1.  3  ;  Lk.  3  4  "  Mt. 
3  11 ;  Mk.  1.  8  ;  Lk.  3.  Hi ;  AcU  1.  5  »  Mk.  1.  7  ; 
Lk.  3.  16  ;  coup.  Mt.  3.  11    f  ch.  3.  26 ;  10.  40 


13  Many  very  ancient  authorities  read  Oodonly 
begotten.  i'  Is  xl.  3. 

"  Or,  And  certain  had  hen  .<ent  from  among 
the  Phnrisfes.  '"'  Or,  with 

I'  Many  ancient  authorities  r(>ad  Bethabarak, 
I  aome  Belharabah.    Comp.  Josh.  15.  6,  61 ;  18.  23 


1.30 


JOHN 


2.10 


Disciples  of  th«  Baptist  follow  Jesus.    Philip  and  Nathanael.    The  Marriage  in  Cana 


coming  unto  him, and  saith,  Behold, 
"the  Lamb  of  God,  that  ^*taketh 
away  the  sin  of  the  world  !  30  This 
is  he  of  whom  I  said,  "After  me 
Cometh  a  man  who  is  become  before 
me  :  '^  for  he  was  -  before  me.  3 1 
And  I  knew  him  not  ;^  but  that  he 
should  be  made  manifest  to  Isi-ael, 
for  this  cause  came  I  baptizing  ^in 
water.  32  And  John  "bare  wit- 
ness, saying,  ^'I  have  beheld  the 
Spirit  descending  as  a  dove  out  of 
heaven ;  and  it  abode  upon  him. 
33  And  I  knew  him  not:  but  he 
that  sent  me  to  baptize  ^  in  water, 
he  said  unto  me,  Upon  wdiomsoever 
thou  shalt  see  the  Spirit  descend- 
ing, and  abiding  upon  him,  the 
same  is  ^  he  that  baptizeth  *  in  the 
Holy  Spirit,  oi  And  I  have  seen, 
and  have  borne  witness  that  this  is 
''  the  Son  of  God. 

3.5  xlgain  'on  the  morrow  John 
was  standing,  and  two  of  his  disci- 
ples ;  36  and  he  looked  upon  Jesus 
as  he  walked,  and  saith,  Behold, 
*the  Lamb  of  God!  37  And  the 
two  disciples  heard  him  speak,  and 
they  followed  Jesus.  38  And  Jesus 
turned,  and  beheld  them  following, 
and  saith  unto  them,  What  seek  ye '? 
And  they  said  unto  him,  'Rabbi 
( which  is  to  say,  being  interpreted, 
Teacher),  where  abidest  thou  1  39 
He  saith  unto  them,  Come,  and  ye 
shall  see.  They  came  therefore  and 
saw  where  he  abode ;  and  they 
abode  with  him  that  day:  it  was 
about  the  tenth  hour.  40  '"  One  of 
the  two  that  heard  .John  speak,  and 
followed  him,  was  Andrew,  Simon 
Peter's  brother.  41  He  findeth  first 
his  own  brother  Simon,  and  saith 
unto  him,  We  have  found  the  "  Mes- 
siah (which  is,  being  interpreted, 
■*  Christ).  42  He  brought  him  unto 
Jesus.  .Jesus  looked  upon  him,  and 
said,  Thou  art  Simon  the  son  of 
^ "  John  :  thou  shalt  be  called  -^  Ce- 
phas (which  is  by  interpretation, 
^»  Peter). 

43  ''On  the  morrow  he  was 
minded  to  go  forth  into  "Galilee, 
and  he  findeth  'Philip:  and  Jesus 
saith  unto  him,  "Follow  me.  44 
Now  *  Philip  was  from  "  Bethsaida, 
of  the  city  of  Andrew  and  Peter. 
4-5  '  Philip  findeth  '^  Nathanael,  and 
saith  unto  him,  We  have  found 
him,  of  whom  *  Moses  in  the  law, 

1  Or,  b'are'h  the  sin 

2  Gr.  first  in  reonrd  of  me.  8  Or,  with 

*  That  is.  Anointed.     Comp.  Ps.  2.  2. 
*Gr.  Jnanei :  called  in  Mt.  16.  17,  Jonah. 

*  That  is,  Hock  or  St<me. 


"■  Is.  53.  7  ; 

ver.  36 ; 

Acts  8.  32 ; 

comp. 

IPet.  1. 19; 

Rev.  5.  6, 

8,121;  6. 

1,  ice. 
6  IJu.  3.  5  ; 

comp.  Mt. 

1.  21 
«ver.  27,  30; 

Mt.  3.  11 
rf  ver.  15 
•■  ver.  7 
/Mt.  3.  16; 

Mk.  1.  10 ; 

Lis.  3.  22 
9  Mt.  3.  11 ; 

Mk.  1.  8 ; 

Lk.  3.  Iti ; 

Acts  1.  5 
h  ver.  43 ; 

see  Mt.  4.  3 
'  ver.  29 
k  See  ver.  29 
'  See  Mt.  23. 

7  f . ;  ver. 

49 
'"  ver.  40-42 : 

comp.  Mt. 

4.  18-22 ; 

Mk.  1.  16- 

20 :  Lk.  5. 

2-11 
"  Dan.  9.  25 

marg.  ;  ch. 

4.  25 
0  ch.  21.  15- 

17 
P  1  Cor.  1. 

12 ;  3.  22 ;  9. 

5  ;  15.  5  ; 

Gal.  1.  18 ; 

2.  9, 11, 14 
9  Mt.  16,  18 
"■  ver.  35 ; 

comp.  29 
'  Comp. 

ver.  2S ; 

Mt.  4.  12 ; 

ch.  2.  11 
t  See  Mt.  10. 

3.  ver.  44- 
48 :  ch.  6.  5, 
7  ;  12.  21  f.  ; 
14.  8  f . 

"  See  Mt.  8. 

22 
"  See  Mt.  11. 

21 
•^  ver.  46-49 : 

ch.  21.  2 
y  See  Lk.  24. 

27 


'  Mt.  2  23 
"  Lk.  3.  23  ; 

2.  4S  ;  4.  22  ; 

ch.  6.  42 
*  Comp.  ch. 

7.  41,  52  (?; 
"  Comp. 

Rom.  9.  4 
d  See  ver. 

38 
*'  ver.  34 
/Comp.  Mt. 

2  2-27  42  ■ 

Mk.  15.  32  ; 

ch.  12. 13 
S'  Ezek.  1.  1 ; 

Mt.  3.  16 : 

Lk.  3.  21  : 

Acts  7.  56 ; 

10.  11  : 

Rev.  19.  11 
h  Gen.  28.  12 
i  See  Mt.  8. 

20 
fc  ch.  1.  29, 

35,  43 
'  ver.  11 ; 

ch.  4.  46  ; 

21.2 

94 


and  ^the  prophets,  wrote,  Jesus 
of  ^  Nazareth,  "  the  son  of  Joseph. 
46  And  Nathanael  said  unto  him,_ 
*  Can  any  good  thing  come  out  of 
Nazareth  ■?  '  Philip  saith  unto  him, 
Come  and  see.  47  Jesus  saw  Na- 
thanael coming  to  him,  and  saith 
of  him.  Behold,  an  '^ Israelite  indeed, 
in  whom  is  no  guile  !  48  Nathanael 
saith  unto  him.  Whence  knowest 
thou  me  1  Jesus  auswei'ed  and  said 
unto  him.  Before  'Philip  called 
thee,  when  thou  wast  under  the 
fig  tree,  I  saw  thee.  49  Nathanael 
answered  hirn,  ''Babbi,  thou  art 
"  the  Son  of  God  ;  thou  art  ^  King 
of  Israel.  50  Jesus  answered  and 
said  unto  him.  Because  I  said  unto 
thee,  I  saw  thee  underneath  the  fig 
tree,  belieyest  thou '?  thou  shalt  see 
greater  things  than  these.  51  And 
he  saith  unto  hirn.  Verily,  verily,  I 
say  unto  you.  Ye  shall  see  ^  the 
heaven  opened,  and  '•the  angels 
of  God  ascending  and  descending 
upon  'the  Son  of  man. 
O  And  *  the  third  day  there  was 
/^  a  marriage  in '  Cana  of  Galilee  ; 
and  the  '"mother  of  Jesus  was  there : 

2  and  Jesus  also  was  bidden,  and  his 
"  disciples,  to  the  marriage.  3  And 
when  the  wine  failed,  the  mother 
of  Jesus  saith  unto  him.  They  have 
no  wine.  4  And  Jesus  saith  unto 
her,  "  Woman,  ^  what  have  I  to  do 
with  theel  'mine  hour  is  not  yet 
come.  5  His  '"  mother  saith  unto 
the  servants,  Whatsoever  he  saith 
unto  you,  do  it.  6  Now  there  were 
six  waterpots  of  stone  set  there 
Rafter  the  Jews'  manner  of  purify- 
ing, containing  two  or  three  firkins 
apiece.  7  Jesus  saith  unto  them. 
Fill  the  waterpots  with  water.  And 
they  filled  them  up  to  the  brim. 

8  And  he  saith  unto  them.  Draw 
out  now,  and  bear  unto  the  "^  ruler 
of  the  feast.     And  they  bare  it, 

9  And  when  the  ruler  of  the  feast 
tasted  the  water  **now  become 
wine,  and  knew  not  whence  it  was 
(but  the  servants  that  had  drawn 
the  water  knew),  the  ruler  of  the 
feast  calleth  the  bridegroom,  10  and 
saith  unto  him,  Every  man  setteth 
on  first  the  good  wine ;  and  when 
7)ien  'have  drunk  freely,  then  that 

">  See  Mt.  12.  46     "  ch.  1.  40-49  :  ver.  12, 17,  22 ;  ch. 

3  22:  4.  2,  8,  27  ff.  ;  6.  8,  12,  16,  22,  24  ;  comp.  ch.  6. 
60  f.  66  ;  7.  3  ;  8.  31,  &c.  "  ch.  19.  28  P  See  Mt.  8. 
29  1  Comp.  7.  6,  8,  30  ;  8.  20  ""  Comp.  Mk.  7. 
3  f .  ;  ch.  3.  25  »  ch.  4.  46  '  Mt.  24.  49  ;  Lk.  12  45  ; 
Acts  2.  15 ;  1  Cor.  11.  21 ;  Eph.  5. 18 ;  1  Th.  5.  7  ;  Rev. 
17.  2,  6 


?  Or,  steward 


8  Or,  that  it  had  bemme 


2.11 


JOHN 


3.  r. 


The  Cleansio);  of  the  Temple.    Many  id  Jcrusaleui  believe.    Sicodemns  visits  Jesas.     "  God  so  loved  the  world  " 


which  is  worse :  thou  hast  kept  the 
good  wine  until  now.  11  This  be- 
giiininjj;  of  his  "signs  did  Jesus  in 
Cana  of  'Galilee,  and  manifested 
his  ''glory;  and  his  disciples  be- 
lieved on  him. 

12  After  this  he  went  down  to 
''Capernaum,  lie,  and  his  ' mother, 
and  his  "  brethren,  and  his  ■''disci- 
ples ;  and  there  they  abode  not 
many  days. 

13  Anil  '  thepassover  of  the  Jews 
was  at  hand,  and  Jesus ''  went  up  to 
Jerusalem.  14  'And  he  found  in 
the  temple  those  that  sold  oxen  anti 
sheep  and  doves,  and  the  changers 
of  money  sitting  :  15  and  he  made 
a  scourge  of  cords,  and  cast  all  out 
of  the  temple,  both  the  sheep  and 
the  oxen ;  and  he  poured  out  the 
changers'  money,  and  overthrew 
their  tables ;  IG  and  to  them  that 
sold  *the  doves  he  said.  Take  these 
things  hence ;  make  not  '  my  Fa- 
ther's house  a  house  of  merchandise. 
17  His 'disciples  remembered  that 
it  was  written,  'Zeal  for  thy  house 
shall  eat  me  up.  18  '"The  Jews 
therefore  answered  and  said  unto 
him,  "  What  sign  showest  thou  unto 
us,  seeing  that  thou  doest  these 
things?  19  Jesus  answered  and 
said  unto  them,  "Destroy  this 
■^temple,  and  in  three  days  I  will 
raise  it  up.  20  '"The  Jews  there- 
fore said, ''  Forty  and  six  years  was 
this  -temple  in  building,  and  wilt 
thou  raise  it  up  in  three  days  1 
2 1  Rut  he  spake  of  ''  the  -  temple 
of  his  body.  22  When  therefore 
he  was  raised  from  the  dead,  his 
■''disciples  "■  remembered  that  he 
spake  this  ;  and  they  believed  'the 
scripture,  and  the  word  which 
Jesus  had  said. 

23  Now  when  he  was  in  Jeru- 
salem at  'the  passover,  during  the 
feast,  many  believed  on  his  name, 
"beholding  his  signs  which  he  did. 
24  But  Jesus  did  not  trust  himself 
unto  them,  for  that  he  knew  all 
men,  2.5  and  because  he  needed  not 
that  any  one  shoukl  bear  witness 
concerning  ^man;  'for  he  himself 
knew  what  was  in  man. 

3  Now  there  was  a  rnan  of  the 
Pharisees,  named  'Nicodemus, 
a  *  ruler  of  the  Jews:  2  the  same 
came  unto  him  by  night,  and  said 
to  him,  'Rabbi,  we  know  that  thou 
art  a  teacher  come  from  God  ;  for 
no  one  can  do  these  "signs  that 


1  Ps.  btix.  9. 

»  Or,  a  man  ;  for 

33 


»  Or.  snnrtiiary 
.  .  the  tiutn. 


'  ver.  23 ; 
ch.  3.  2 ;  4. 

64  ;  6.  2. 14, 

26,  30  ;  7. 
31  ;  !).  Hi ; 
1(1.  41  ;  11. 
47  ;  12.  Ih, 
37  ;  '.'U.  30 

(•ch   1.43 
'  See  ch.  1. 

14 
•'  Mt.  4.  13 
'  See  Mt.  12. 

4I> 
.'  See  ver.  2 
•■'  ch.  C.  4  ;  11. 

5o ;  comp. 

5.  1 

maw.  (?) 
''  Dt.  16. 

l-ti ;  Lk.  2. 

41 ;  ver.  23 
'  ver.  14-lG : 

see 

Miitlhew 

21.  12  ff.  ; 

Murk  U. 

15-17  ; 

Lvke  19. 

4jf  :corap. 

Mai.  3.  1  If. 
^  See  Mt.  21. 

12 
'  Comp.  Lk. 

•>.  4;t 
'"  See  ch.  1. 

19 
"  See  Mt.  12. 

3H 
"  Jit.  20.  61 ; 

27.  4U ;  Mk. 
14.  5S  ;  15. 
29 ;  comp. 
Acts  6.  14 

P  Comp. 

Kzr.  .5.  16 
'  Comp. 

1  Cor.  6.  19 
"■  Lk  24.  8  ; 

ch.  12.  16 ; 

comp.  ver. 

17  ;  14.  -26 
'  Comp.  Ps. 

16.  10 ;  ch. 

20.  9 ;  Lk. 

24.  26  f.  ; 

Acts  13. 

33 
'  ver.  13 
"  See  ver.  U 
"ch.  6.  61, 

64  ;  13.  11 ; 

Mt.  9.  4  ; 

comp.  vh. 

\  42,  47 
'  ch.  ( .  50  ; 

19.  39 
y  See  Lk.  23. 

13 ;  comp. 

ch.  7.  26, 

48 
'  See  Mt.  23. 

7 ;  ver.  26 


"  Acts  10. 

38 ;  comp. 

ch.  9.  33 ; 

10.  33 ;  14. 

10  f.  ;  Acta 

2.  22 
6 1  Pet  1. 

23  :  comp. 

2  Cor. 

5.17 
'  ver  5 :  Mt. 

19  24  :  21. 

31  :  Mk  9. 

47  :  10.  14  f. 

*C 
d  Kzek.  36. 

25-27  ; 

romp. 

Eph  5.  26; 

Tit.  3.  5 
•  Ch.  1.  13 ; 

95 


thou  doest,  except  "God  l>e  with 
him.  3  Jesus  answered  and  said 
unto  him,  \'erily,  verily,  I  say  unto 
thee.  Except  one  'be  born  ''anew, 
he  cannot  see "  the  kingdom  of  God. 
4  Nicodemus  saith  unto  him.  How 
can  a  man  be  born  when  he  is  old  ? 
can  he  enter  a  second  time  into  his 
mothers  womb,  and  be  born  '{  b  Je- 
sus answered,  Nerily,  vi'rily,  I  say 
unto  tliee,  Except  one  be  born  of 
''water  and  the  Spirit,  he  cannot 
enter  into  Hhe  kingdom  of  God. 
G  'That  which  is  born  of  the  tlesh 
is  flesh ;  and  that  which  is  born  of 
the  Spirit  is  spirit.  7  Marvel  not 
that  1  said  unto  thee.  Ye  must  be 
born  ""anew.  8  '^■'The  wind  blow- 
eth  where  it  will,  and  thou  hearest 
the  voice  thereof,  but  knowest  not 
whence  it  cometh,  and  whither  it 
goeth :  so  is  every  one  that  is  born 
of  the  Spirit.  9  Nicodemus  an- 
swered and  said  unto  him,  How 
can  these  things  be?  10  Jesus  an- 
swered and  said  unto  him.  Art 
thou  »the  teacher  of  Israel,  and 
understandest  not  these  things  1 
11  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  thee, 
'•  We  speak  that  which  we  know, 
and  "bear  witness  of  that  which 
we  have  seen  ;  and  'ye  receive  not 
our  witness.  12  If  I  told  you 
earthly  things  and  ye  believe  not, 
how  shall  ye  believe  if  1  tell  you 
heavenly  things'?  13  And  *no  one 
hath  ascended  into  heaven,  but 
'he  that  descended  out  of  heaven, 
even  ""the  Son  of  man,  ®who  is  in 
heaven.  14  And  as  "Moses  lifted 
up  the  serpent  in  the  wilderness, 
even  so  must  '"  the  Son  of  man 
"be  lifted  up;  15  that  whosoever 
"  believeth  may  ^in  him  have  eter- 
nal life. 

16  For  God  so 'loved  the  world, 
that  he  'gave  his  'only  begotten 
Son,  that  whosoever  '  believeth  on 
him  should  not  perish,  but  have 
eternal  life.  17  For  (iod  ".sent  not 
the  Son  into  the  world  'to  judge 

1  Cor.  15  50  /  Comp.  Eccl  11  5 ;  Ezek.  37.  9  ;  P«. 
K!.')  7  I'  Lk  2  46  ;  comp  5.  17  :  Acts  5.  34  'i  ch.  7. 
16  f.  ;  8  2(i.  -28  :  12  49  ;  14  24  :  comp.  ch.  1.  18  ■  ver. 
\!i  *  Prov.  30.  4  ;  comp.  I>t  30.  12  ;  Acts  2.  34  : 
Rom.  10.  6 ;  Eph.  4  9  '  ver.  31  ;  ch.  6.  38,  42 
•"  See  Mt.  8.  20  "  Num.  21.  9  "  ch  8.  28  :  12.  34 
P  ch.  20.  31 :  1  .In.  5  11-13     ''  Rom  5  8 ;  Eph.  2.  4  ; 

2  Th.  2  16 : 1  Jn  4  10 :  Rev  15'"  Rom  8  32 ;  iJa 
4  9      •  ch.  1   18  :  ver.  18  ;  iJn  4  9      '  ver  36  ;  ch. 

6  40  ;  11   -Ih  f      '■'  ver  34  :  ch.  5  .36,  ."»;  6.  2<).  38,  57  ; 

7  29  :  8  42  ;  10.  36  ;  11.  42  :  17.  3.  8,  18,  21.  23.  25  ;  20. 
21      "  ch.  8.  15 ;  12.  47 ;  comp.  Lk.  19.  10  ;  iJn.  4.  14 


*  Or,  from  abore    See  ver.  31 :  ch.  19.  11 ;  Ja«. 
1.  17  :  3.  15.  17.  »  Or.  Tflf  SpiHt  l>rrathelh 

*  Many  ancient    authorities   omit   who   t>   in 
heaven.  '  Or,  believeth  in  him  may  have 


3.18 


JOHN 


4.15 


Jesus  and  Jobn  baptize.    The  Baptist's  Final  Testimony.    The  Witness  from  Heaven,    The  Samaritan  Woman 


the  world ;  but  that  the  world 
should  be  saved  through  him.  18 
•^He  that  believeth  on  him  is  not 
judged  :  he  that  believeth  not  hath 
been  judged  already,  because  he 
hath  not  believed  on  the  name  of 
*the  only  begotten  Son  of  God. 
19  And  this  is  the  judgment,  that 
Hhe  light  is  come  into  the  world, 
and  men  loved  the  darkness  rather 
than  the  light ;  for  "^  their  works 
were  evil.  20  "For  every  one  that 
Moeth  evil  hateth  the  light,  and 
Cometh  not  to  the  light,  lest  his 
works  should  be -reproved.  21  But 
he  that-^doeth  the  truth  cometh  to 
the  light,  that  his  works  may  be 
made  manifest,  "that  they  have 
been  wrought  in  God. 

22  After  these  things  came  Jesus 
and  his  ^disciples  into  the  land  of 
Judaea ;  and  there  he  tarried  with 
them,  and  ''baptized.  23  And 
John  also  was  baptizing  in  ^non 
near  to  Salim,  because  there'* was 
much  water  there  :  and  they  came, 
and  were  baptized.  24  For  'John 
was  not  yet  cast  into  prison.  25 
There  arose  therefore  a  questioning 
on  the  part  of  John's  disciples  with 
a  Jew  about  *  purifying.  26  And 
they  came  unto  John,  and  said  to 
him,  '  Rabbi,  he  that  was  with  thee 
"'beyond  the  Jordan,  to  whom 
thou  "hast  borne  witness,  behold, 
the  same  baptizeth,  and  all  men 
come  to  him.  27  John  ansv/ered 
and  said, "  A  man  can  receive  noth- 
ing, except  it  have  been  given  him 
from  heaven.  28  Ye  yourselves 
bear  me  witness,  that.  I  said,  ^I 
am  not  the  Christ,  but,  that  I  am 
sent  before  him.  29  He  that  hath 
the  bride  is  *  the  bridegroom  :  but 
the  friend  of  the  bridegroom,  that 
standeth  and  heareth  hirn,  rejoiceth 
greatly  because  of  the  bridegroom's 
voice  :  this  my  ""  joy  therefore  is 
made  full.  30  He  must  increase, 
but  1  must  decrease. 

3 1  '  He  that  cometh  from  above 
is  above  all :  he  that  is  of  the  earth 
is  of  the  earth,  and  'of  the  earth 
he  speaketh:  ^*he  that  cometh 
from  heaven  is  above  all.  32  What 
he  hath  seen  and  heard,  of  that  he 
"beareth  witness;  and  "no  man 
receiveth  his  witness.  33  He  that 
hath  received  his  ^\'itness "  hath  set 
his  seal  to  this,  that  God  is  true. 

1  Or,  practiseth  2  Or,  convicted 

3  Or,  because  *  Gr.  were  many  icaters. 

''■  Some  ancient  authorities  read  he  that  cometh. 

from  heaven  beareth  witness  of  what  he  hath  seen 

and  heard. 


"  Comp. 

Mk.  16. 16 ; 

ch.  5.  24 
l>  ch.  1.  18  ; 

1  Jn.  4.  9 
'^  Comp.  ch. 

1.  4;  8.  12; 

9.  5;  12.  46 
<'  ch.  7.  7 
"  ver.  20,  21 : 

comp. 

Eph.  5.  11, 

13 
..'  1  Jn.  1.  6 
■'  See  ch.  2.  2 
''  ch.  4.  1,  2 
'  See  Mt.  4. 

12 
''■  See  ch.  2.  6 
'  ver.  2  ;  see 

Mt.  23.  7 
'"  See  cb.  1. 

28 
"  See  ch.  1.  7 
"ICor.  4.  7; 

comp. 

Heb.  5.  4 
P  ch.  1.  20,  23 
9  Comp.  Mt. 

25.  1 ;  9.  15 
•■  ch.  15.  11 ; 

16.  24 ;  17. 

13 ;  Phil. 

2.2;  IJn. 

1.4;  2  Jn. 

12 
"  See  ver. 

13 ;  ch.  8. 

23 
t  Comp. 

1  Ju.  4.  5 
"  ver.  11 
"  ch.  6.  27  ; 

Rom.  4. 

11 ;  15.  28  ; 

1  Cor.  9.  2; 

2  Cor.  1. 
22 ;  Eph.  1. 
13  ;  4.  30  ; 

2  Tim.  2. 
19 ;  Rev.  7. 
3-8 


^  See  ver.  17 
^  Mt.  12.  18  ; 

Lk.  4.  13 ; 

Actsl.  2; 

10.38 
'  ch.  5.  20  ; 

17.2;  see 

Mt.  28.  18 
"  See  ver.  16 
b  Comp. 

Acts  14.  2  ; 

Heb.  3.  18 
■^  See  Lk.  7. 

13 
d  ch.  3.  22, 

26 ;  comp. 

I  Cor.  1.  17 
'  See  ch.  2.  2 
/ch.  3.22 

"  ch.  2.  11  f. 
''  Comp.  Lk. 

9.52 
1  Gen.  33. 

19  ;  48.  22  ; 

Josh.  24. 

32;  ver.  12 
t:  ver.  5,  X9 
'  Ecclus.  50. 

25  f.:  Mt. 

10.  5; 

comp.  ch. 

8.  48; 

Ezr.  4.  3-6, 

II  ff. 
"'ch.  7.  37 f.; 

Rev.  21.6; 

22.17 
"  ver.  6 
"ch.  6.  35; 

7  38 
P  See  Mt.  25. 

46;ch.6.27 


34  For  he  whom  God  hath  *sent 
speaketh  the  words  of  God :  ^  for 
he  giveth  not  the  Spirit  by  meas- 
ure. 35  'The  Father  loveth  the 
Son,  and  hath  given  all  things  into 
his  hand.  36  He  that  "believeth 
on  the  Son  hath  eternal  life ;  but 
he  that "  *  obeyeth  not  the  Son  shall 
not  see  life,  but  the  wrath  of  God 
abideth  on  nim. 

4  When  therefore  ''the  Lord 
knew  that  the  Phariseas  had 
heard  that  Jesus  was  rnaking  and 
■^  baptizing  more  disciples  than 
John  2  (although  "*  Jesus  himself 
baptized  not,  but  his  'disciples), 
3  he  -^left  Judaea,  and  departed 
^  again  into  Galilee.  4  And  he 
must  needs  pass  through ''  Samaria. 
5  So  he  cometh  to  a  city  of  *  Sama- 
ria, called  Sychar,  near  to  the  par- 
cel of  ground  that  '  Jacob  gave  to 
his  son  Joseph :  6  and  Jacob's 
■^  well  was  there.  Jesus  therefore, 
being  wearied  with  his  journey, 
sat  "^thus  by  the  'well.  It  was 
about  the  sixth  hour.  7  There 
cometh  a  woman  of  Samaria  to 
draw  water  :  Jesus  saith  unto  her. 
Give  me  to  drink.  8  For  his  "  dis- 
ciples were  gone  away  into  *the 
city  to  buy  food.  9  The  f  Samari- 
tan woman  therefore  saith  unto 
him,  How  is  it  that  thou,  being  a 
Jew,  askest  drink  of  me,  who  am 
a  Samaritan  woman  1  (^  For  '  Jews 
have  no  dealings  with  Samaritans.) 
10  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
her.  If  thou  knewest  the  gift  of 
God,  and  who  it  is  that  saith  to 
thee,  Give  me  to  drink ;  thou 
wouldest  have  asked  of  him,  and 
he  would  have  given  thee '"■  living 
water.  1 1  The  woman  saith  unto 
him,  ^°Sir,  thou  hast  nothing  to 
draw  with,  and  the  well  is  deep : 
whence  then  hast  thou  that  "*  living 
water  ?  12  Art  thou  greater  than 
our  father  Jacob,  who  "gave  us  the 
well,  and  drank  thereof  himself, 
and  his  sons,  and  his  cattle?  13 
Jesus  answered  and  said  unto  her, 
Every  one  that  drinketh  of  this 
water  shall  thirst  again:  14  but 
whosoever  drinketh  of  the  water 
that  I  shall  give  him  "shall  never 
thirst ;  but  the  water  that  I  shall 
give  him  shall  become  in  him  a 
well  of  water  springing  up  unto 
''eternal  life.     15  The  woman  saith 

*  Or,  believeth  not 

'  Gr.  spring :  and  so  in  ver.  14 ;  but  not  in  ver. 
11,  12.  s  Or,  nx  he  was    Comp.  ch.  13.  25 

9  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  For  Jews  have 
no  dealings  with  SaitMritans.  w  Of,  Lord 


4.16 


JOHN 


4.50 


"  One  s«weth,  and  another  reapetb."    fflany  Samaritans  believe.    " I  prophet  in  his  own  country."    The  Care 


unto  him. '  Sir,  "  give  me  this  water, 
that  I  thirst  not,  neitlier  come  all 
the  way  hither  to  draw.  IG  Jesus 
saith  unto  her.  Go,  call  thy  lius- 
band,  and  come  hither.  17  The 
svoman  answered  and  said  unto 
him,  1  have  no  husband.  Jesus 
saith  unto  her,  Tiiou  saidst  well, 
I  have  no  husband:  18  tor  thou 
hast  had  five  husbands ;  and  he 
whom  thou  now  hast  is  not  thy 
husband  :  this  hast  thou  said  truly. 
19  The  woman  saith  unto  him, 
'Sir,  I  perceive  tliat  thou  art  ''a 
prophet.  20  ''Our  fathers  wor- 
shipped in  ''this  mountain;  and 
ye  say,  that  "in  Jerusalem  is  the 
place  where  men  ought  to  worship. 
21  Jesus  saith  unto  her,  ^Voman, 
believe  me,  •'the  hour  cometh,  when 
''neither  in  this  mountain,  nor  in 
Jerusalem,  shall  ^  ye  worship  the 
Father.  22  ''  Ye  worship  that 
which  ye  know  not :  we  worship 
that  which  we  know;  for  'salva- 
tion is  from  the  Jews.  23  But 
*the  hour  cometh,  and  now  is, 
when  the  true  worshippers  shall 
worship  the  Father  'in  spirit  and 
truth:  'for  such  doth  the  Father 
seek  to  be  his  worshippers.  24 
^  God  is  a  Spirit :  and  they  that 
worship  him  must  worship  '  in 
spirit  and  truth.  25  The  woman 
saith  unto  him,  I  know  that  "^  i\Ies- 
siah  cometh  ("he  that  is  called 
Christ):  when  he  is  come,  he  will 
declare  unto  us  all  things.  2G 
Jesus  saith  unto  her,  "  I  that  speak 
unto  thee  am  Jte. 

21  And  upon  this  ^ came  his ''dis- 
ciples ;  and  thej"  marvelled  that  he 
was  speaking  with  a  woman ;  yet 
no  man  said.  What  seekest  thou  l 
or.  Why  speakest  thou  with  herl 
28  So  the  woman  left  her  water- 
pot,  and  went  away  into  the  city, 
and  saith  to  the  people,  29  Come, 
see  a  man,  '  who  told  me  all  things 
that  ever  I  did  :  '  can  this  be  the 
Christ  ?  30  They  went  out  of  the 
city,    and    were    coming   to    him. 

31  In  the  mean  while  the  disciples 
nrayed  him,   saying,   'Rabbi,  eat. 

32  But  he  said  unto  them,  I  have 
meat  to  eat  that    ye    know    not. 

33  The  'disciples  therefore  said 
one  to  another.  Hath  any  man 
brought  him  awf/A^  to  eat  1  34-  Jesus 
saith  unto  them,  ^Iy  meat  is  to 
"do    the    will  of   him    that    sent 

J  Or,  Lord 

*  Or,  for  such  the  Father  alto  seekelh 

*  Or,  Qod  is  spirit 


"  Comp.  ch. 

6.  ;i4 

6  866  111.21. 

11.    Comp. 

Lk.  7.  39 
''(ieii.  3;i. 

'J(i'.'  (comp. 

ver.  12) 
<'  Dt.  11.  2!); 

Josh.  8.  S.i 
'  Comp.  Lk. 

9.53 
/ch.  5.  28; 

16.  2; 

comp.  ver. 

23  ;  ft.  2.j  ; 

16.  32 

'J  Mai.  1.  11  ; 

1  Tim.  2.  8 

''  Comp.  2  K. 

17.  2»-41 
■Is.  2.  3; 

Rom.  3. 

1  f.;  y.  4  f. 
*  ch.  5.  2o  ; 

16.  32 ; 

comp.  ver. 

21  ;  5.  28 ; 

16.  2 
'  Comp. 

Phil.  3.  3 
'"  See  ch.  1. 

41 
"  Comp.  Mt. 

1.  16 
"  See  ch.  8. 

24  ;  comp. 
9.  35-37 

''  ver.  8 
«  See  ch.  2.  2 
'■  ver.  17  f . 
'  Comp.  ch. 

7.  26.  31 : 
Mt.  12.  23 

<  See  Mt.  23. 

7 
»  ch.  5.  30  ; 

6.  38 


"  ch.  5.  36  ; 

17.4; 

comp.  19. 

28,  30 
^  See  Lk.  10. 

y  1  Cor.  9. 

IT  f.  (Gr.) 
■  Rom.  1.  13 
"  ver.  14 
b  Comp.  Job 

31.  8;  Mic. 

6.  15 
'  ver. .%  8 
d  ver.  29 
"  1  Jii.  4.  14  ; 

comp. 

1  Tim.  4. 
10 ;  Lk.  2. 
11:  Acts 

5.  31 :  13.  23 
/ver.  40 

V  See  Mt.  13. 

.57 
A  ch.  2.  23 
'  Seech.  2.1 
*  ch.  2.  9 
'  ch.  2  12  ; 

see  Lk.  4  23 
"'  ver.  3.  54 
"Dan. 4  2f.; 

6.  27  :  .Mt. 
24.  24 ;  Mk. 
13  22 : 
Acta  2.  19, 
22,  43  ;  4 
30 :  5.  12  : 
6.  8 ;  7.  36  ; 
14.  3 :  l.V 
12  :  Rom. 
1.5  19  : 

2  Cor.  12. 
12 :  2  Th.  2. 
9;  Heb  2. 
4 ;  comp. 

1  Cor.  1.  22 

97 


me,  and  to  "accomplish  his  work. 
35  Say  not  ye,  There  are  yet  four 
months,  and  then  cometh  the 
harvest?  behold,  I  say  unto  you, 
Lift  up  your  eyes,  and  look  on  the 
fields,  that  they  are  *  white  already 
""unto  harvest.  3G  He  that  reap- 
eth  receiveth  "  wages,  and  gather- 
eth  ^  fruit  unto  "life  eternal;  that 
he  that  sowethand  he  that  reapeth 
niay  rejoice  together.  37  For  here- 
in is  the  saying  true,  *One  .sow- 
eth,  and  another  reapeth.  38  I 
sent  you  to  reap  that  whereon 
ye  have  not  labored  :  others  have 
labored,  and  ye  are  entered  into 
their  labor. 

39  And  from  "that  city  many 
of  the  Sarnaritans  believed  on  him 
because  of  the  word  of  the  woman, 
who  testified,  ''He  told  me  all 
things  that  ever_  I  did.  40  So 
when  the  Samaritans  came  unto 
him,  they  besought  him  to  abide 
with  them :  ancJ  he  abode  there 
two  days.  41  And  many  more 
believed  becau.se  of  liis  word ; 
42  and  they  said  to  the  woman. 
Now  we  believe,  not  because  of 
thy  speaking :  for  we  have  heard 
for  ourselves,  and  know  that  this 
is  indeed  "the  Saviour  of  the 
world. 

43  And  after  •''the  two  days  he 
went  forth  from  thence  into  Gal- 
ilee. 44  For  Jesus  himself  testi- 
fied, that  ^a  prophet  hath  no 
honor  in  his  own  country.  45  So 
when  he  came  into  Galilee,  the 
Galila^ans  received  him,  ''having 
seen  all  the  tilings  that  he  did  in 
Jerusalem  at  the  feast :  for  they 
also  went  unto  the  feast. 

46  He  came  therefore  again  unto 
'  Cana  of  Galilee,  *  where  he  made 
the  water  wine.  And  there  was  a 
certain  *  nobleman,  whose  son  was 
sick  at 'Capernaum.  47  When  he 
heard  that  Jesus  was  come  ""out 
of  Judspa  into  Galilee,  he  went 
unto  him,  and  besought  Am  that 
he  would  come  down,  and  heal  his 
son  ;  for  he  was  at  the  point  of 
death.  48  Jesus  therefore  said 
unto  him.  Except  ye  see  "  signs  and 
"  wonders,  ye  will  in  no  wi.se  be- 
lieve. 49  The  *  nobleman  saith 
unto  him,  '  Sir,  come  down  ere  my 
child  die.  50  Jesus  saith  unto 
liim.  Go  thy  wa.y  :  thy  son  liveth. 
The  man  belie verl  the  word  that 
Jesus  spake  unto  him,  and  he  went 

*  Or,  irhile  unto  harvest.  Already  he  that 
reaveth  Ac.  *  Or,  king^t  officer 


4.51 


JOHN 


5.29 


in  Capernaom.    The  Care  at  Bethesda.    Jesns  censored  for  Sabbath-breaking;  makes  his  Defence; 


his  way.  51  And  as  he  was  now 
going  down,  his  ^  servants  met  him, 
saying,  that  his  son  lived.  52  8o 
he  inquired  of  them  the  hour  when 
he  began  to  amend.  They  said 
therefore  unto  him,  Yesterday  at 
the  seventh  hour  the  fever  left 
him.  53  So  the  father  knew  that 
it  was  at  that  hour  in  which  Jesus 
said  unto  him.  Thy  son  liveth  :  and 
himself  believed,  and  "his  whole 
house.  54  This  is  again  the 
*  second  '  sign  that  Jesus  did,  hav- 
ing ''come  out  of  Judsea  into 
Galilee. 

5      After  these  things  there  was 
^  a  feast  of  the  Jews  ;  and  Jesus 
went  up  to  Jerusalem. 

2  Now  there  is  in  Jerusalem  by 
*the  sheep  gate  a  pool,  which  is 
called  -^in  Hebrew  *  Bethesda,  hav- 
ing five  porches.  3  In  these  lay  a 
multitude  of  them  that  were  sick, 
blind,  halt,  withered".  5  And  a 
certain  man  was  there,  who  had 
been  thirty  and  eight  years  in  his 
infirmity.  6  When  Jesus  saw  him 
lying,  and  knew  that  he  had  been 
now  a  long  time  in  tliat  case,  he 
saith  unto  nim,  Wouldest  thou  be 
made  whole  1  7  The  sick  man 
answered  him,  ^Sir,  I  have  no 
man,  when* the  water  is  ti^oubled, 
to  put  me  into  the  pool :  but 
while  I  am  coming,  another  step- 
peth  down  before  me.  8  Jesus 
saith  unto  him,  *  Arise,  take  up 
thy  ^bed,  and  walk.  9  And 
straightway  the  man  was  made 
whole,  and  took  up  his  "^bed  and 
walked. 

*  Now  it  was  the  sabbath  on  that 
day.  10  So  *the  Jews  said  unto 
him  that  was  cured.  It  is  the  sab- 
bath, and  '  it  is  not  lawful  for  thee 
to  take  up  thy  ^  bed.  1 1  But  he 
answered  them,  He  that  made  me 
whole,  the  same  said  unto  me. 
Take  up  thy  ''bed,  and  walk.  12 
They  asked  him.  Who  is  the  man 
that  said  unto  thee,  Take  up  thy 
^bed,  and  walk?  13  But  he  that 
was  healed  knew  not  who  it  was  ; 
for  Jesus  had  conveyed  himself 
away,  a   multitude    being  in  the 

1  Gr.  hondservants. 

2  Many  ancient  authorities  read  the  feast. 
(Comp.  ch.  2.  13?) 

3  Some  ancient  authorities  read  Bethsaida, 
others  Beihzailta. 

*  Many  ancient  authorities  insert,  wholly  or  in 
part,  icailing  for  the  moving  of  the  water :  4  for 
an  anoH  of  the  Lord  went  down  at  certain  seasons 
into  the  pool,  and  troubled  the  water:  whosoever 
then  first  after  the  troubling  of  the  water  stepped 
in  wa^s  made  whole,  with  whatsoever  disease  he 
was  holden.  s  Or,  l,ord  ^  Or,  pallet 


"  Corap. 

Acts  11.  14 
i>  ch.  2.  11 
'^  See  ch.  2. 

11 
rf  ver.  45  f . 
'  Neh.  3.  1, 

32  ;  12.  39 
/ch.  19.  13, 

17,  20 ;  20. 

16;  Rev.  9. 

11 ;  16.  16 ; 

comp. 

Acts  21.  40 
S'  ver.  4  in 

marg. 
''  Mt.  9.  6  ; 

Mk.  2.  11; 

Lk.  5.  24 
i  ch  9.  14 
*  ver,  1.5,  16, 

18 ;  see  ch. 

1.  19 
'  Neh.  13. 

19 ;  Jer.  17. 

211; 

comp  ch. 

7.  23  ;  9. 16 ; 

see  Mt.  12. 

2 


"■  ch.  8.  11 ; 
comp.  Mi. 

2.  5 

"  Comp. 

Ezr.  9.  14 
"  Comp. 

ver.  16 ; 

see  ch.  7. 1 
P  ch.  10.  33  ; 

comp.  19.  7 
1  ver.  30 ; 

ch.  8.  28 ; 

comp.  12. 

49 ;  14.  10 
■"  Comp.  ch. 

3.  35 

'  ch.  14.  12 
<  Rom.  4. 17 ; 

8.  11 

«  ch.  U.  25 
"  ver.  27  ;  ch. 

9.  39 ;  Acts 

10.  42;  17. 
31 

"  Comp.  Lk. 
10.  16 ; 
1  Jn.  2.  23 


V  Comp.  ch. 

3.  18  ;  12. 

44 :  20.  31 ; 

1  Jn.  5.  13 
"  ch.  3.  18 
"  1  Jn.  3.  14 

*  See  ch.  4. 

23;  comp. 

ver.  28 ; 

ch.  4.  21 
<^  See  Lk.  15. 

24 
<i  Comp.  ch. 

6.  60  ;  8.  43, 

47  ;  9.  27 
^  See  ch.  1. 

4 ;  comp. 

6.57 


/Seech.  4. 

21 
!>  Ch.  11.  24  ; 

1  Cor.  15. 

52 
h  Dan.  12.  2  : 

Acts  24. 15; 

comp.  Mt. 

25.  46 


place.  14  Afterward  Jesus  find- 
eth  him  in  the  temple,  and  said 
unto  him.  Behold,  thou  art  made 
whole  :  '"  sin  no  more,  "  lest  a  worse 
thing  befall  thee.  15  The  man 
went  away,  and  told  *the  Jews 
that  it  was  Jesus  who  had  made 
him  whole.  16  And  for  this  cause 
*the  Jews  persecuted _  Jesus,  be- 
cause he  did  these  things  on  the 
sabbath.  17  But  Jesus  answered 
them.  My  Father  worketh  even  un- 
til now,  and  I  work.  18  For  this 
cause  therefore  *the  Jews  "sought 
the  more  to  kill  him,  because  he 
not  only  brake  the  sabbath,  but 
also  called  God  his  own  Father, 
'"making  himself  equal  with  God. 
1 9  Jesus  therefore  answered  and 
said  unto  them.  Verily,  verily,  I 
.say  unto  you,  *The  Son  can  do 
nothing  of  himself,  but  what  he 
seeth  the  Father  doing :  for  what 
things  soever  he  doeth,  these  the 
Son  also  doeth  in  like  manner.  20 
''For  the  Father  loveth  the  Son, 
and  showeth  him  all  things  that 
himself  doeth  :  and  *  greater  works 
than  these  will  he  show  him,  that 
ye  may  marvel.  21  For  as  the 
Father  raiseth  the  dead  and  'giv- 
eth  them  life,  even  so  "the  Son 
also  giveth  life  to  whom  he  will, 
22  For  neither  doth  the  Father 
judge  any  man,  but  "he  hath  given 
all  judgment  unto  the  Son  ;  23  that 
all  may  honor  the  Son,  even  as  they 
honor  the  Father.  *  He  that  honor- 
eth  not  the  Son  honoreth  not  the 
Father  that  sent  him.  24  Verily, 
verily,  I  say  unto  you.  He  that 
heareth  my  word,  and  ^believeth 
him  that  sent  me,  hath  eternal  life, 
and  ^cometh  not  into  judgment, 
but  hath  "passed  out  of  death  into 
life.  25  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto 
you,  *The  hour  cometh,  and  now 
is,  when  ''the  dead  shall  hear  the 
voice  of  the  Son  of  God  ;  and  they 
that ''  '*  hear  shall  live.  26  For  as 
the  Father  hath  life  in  himself, 
even  so  "  gave  he  to  the  Son  also  to 
have  life  in  himself :  27  and  he 
gave  him  authority  to  "execute 
judgment,  because  he  is  a  son  of 
man.  28  Marvel  not  at  this:  for 
-^the  hour  cometh,  in  which  ''aU 
that  are  in  the  tombs  shall  hear 
his  voice,  29  and  shall  come  forth ; 
''they  that  have  done  good,  unto 
the  resurrection  of  life ;  and  they 
that  have  ®  done  evil,  unto  the  res- 
urrection of  judgment. 

7  Or,  hearken  »  Or,  practited 


08 


5.30 


JOHN 


6.19 


confutes  Uis  CeDsorers.    The  Five  Thouaud  fed 


30  "I  can  of  myself  do  nothing  : 
as  I  hear,  1  judge:  and  *ray  judg- 
ment is  riglitoous ;  because  I  seek 
not  mine  own  will,  but  "the  will  of 
him  that  sent  me.^  31  '' If  1  bear 
witness  of  myself,  my  witness  is 
not  true.  32  It  is  'another  that 
beareth  witness  of  me  ;  and  I  know 
that  the  witness  which  he  witness- 
eth  of  me  is  true.  33  Ye  have 
sent  unto  John,  and  he  •''hath 
borne  witness  unto  the  truth.  34 
But  ^the  witixess  which  I  receive 
is  not  from  man :  howbeit  I  say 
these  things,  that  ye  may  be 
saved.  35  He  was  ''  the  lamp  that 
burnetii  and  shineth  ;  and  ye  'were 
\yilling  to  rejoice  for  a  season  in  liis 
light.  36  But  the  witness  which  I 
have  is  greater  than  that  of  John  ; 
for  *  the  works  whi.h  the  Father 
hath  given  me  '  to  accomplish,  the 
very  works  that  I  do,  bear  witness 
of  me,  that  the  Fatlier  '"hath  sent 
me.  37  And  the  Father  that  sent 
me,  "  he  hath  borne  witness  of  me. 
Ye  have  neither  heard  hLs  voice  at 
any  time,  nor  seen  his  form.  38 
And  ye  have  not  "his  word  abiding 
in  you:  for  whom  he  '"sent,  him 
ye  believe  not.  39  ^^Ye  search 
the  scriptures,  because  ye  think 
that  in  tliem  ye  have  eternal  life  ; 
and  *  these  ai'e  they  which  bear 
witness  of  me ;  40  and  ye  will  not 
come  to  me,  that  ye  may  have  life. 

41  'I  receive  not  glory  from  men. 

42  But  T  know  you,  that  j-e  have 
not  the  love  of  God  in  yourselves. 

43  I  am  come  in  my  Father's 
name,  and  j-e  receive  me  not:  "if 
another  shall  come  in  his  own 
name,  him  ye  will  receive.  44 
How  can  ye  oelieve,  who  'receive 
■glory  one  of  another,  and  "the 
glory  that  cometh  from  -"the  only 
God  ye  seek  not?  45  Think  not 
that  I  v/ill  accuse  j^ou  to  the 
Father  :  there  is  one  that  accuseth 
you,  even  'Moses,  on  whom  ye  have 
set  your  hope.  46  For  if  ye  be- 
lieved Moses,  ye  would  believe  me; 
for  *  he  wrote  of  me.  47  But 'if  ye 
believe  not  his  writings,  how  shall 
ye  believe  my  words  1 

6  After  these  things  "Jesus 
went  away  to  the  other  side 
of  *the  sea  of  Galilee,  which  is 
't?ie  sea  of  Tiberias.  2  And  a 
great  multitude  followed  him.  be- 
cause they  beheld  the  ''signs  which 
he  did  on  them  that  were  sick.      3 

1  Or,  Search  the  acrip/ure.i 

3  Some  ancient  authorities  read  the  only  one. 


"  ver.  19 
i>  ch.  8.  16 
<^  ch  4.  M  ; 

b  38 
d  Coinp.  cli. 

8.  14 

"■  ver.  37 
/  See  ch.  1.  7 
'•'  1  Ju.  5.  y ; 

ver.  32 
''  Comp. 

Kcclus.  4S. 

1  ;  2  S  21. 

17  :  2  Pet. 

1  l!l 
•  Coiiip. 

Mk.  1.  5 
I'  ch.  in  25, 

3S;  14.  11; 

15  24 ; 

coiiip  ch. 

2.  23 ;  Mt. 

11.  4 
'  See  ch.  4. 

34 
"*  See  ch.  3. 

17 
"  ch.  8.  18 ; 

comp. 

Lk.  24.  27 
"  1  Jn.  2.  14 
''  Comp.  ch. 

7.  52 ; 

Rom.  2. 

17  ff. 
1  Lk.  24  2.5, 

27 ;  Acta 

13.  27 

*"  ver.  44 ; 

see  ch.  7. 18 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

24.5 
'  ver.  41 
"  Rom.  2.  29 
«'  cli.  17.  3 ; 

see  1  Tim. 

1.  17 

'  Comp.  ch. 

9.  2S ;  Rom. 

2.  17 

V  See  Lk.  24. 

27 
'  Comp.  Lk. 

IB.  29.  31 
"ver.  1-13: 

Malt  hew 

14.  13-21 ; 
Afnr/cS. 
32-44 ; 
Luke  9.  10- 
17 

6  See  Mt.  4. 

18 ;  comp. 

Lk.  5.  1 
"  ch.  21.  1  ; 

comp.  ver. 

23 
d  Seech.  2.11 


'ver.  15: 

comp.  Mt. 

5.  1 
/  See  ch.  2. 

13 
"  See  ch.  1. 

43 
A  Comp. 

2  Cor.  13.  5 

and  Rev. 

2.  2  in  Gr. 

•  Mk  fi  37 

*  See  ch.  2.  2 
'  ch.  1.  40 

'"  ch  21.  9. 

1(1. 13 ;  ver. 

11 
"  Comp. 

ver.  4 : 

Mk.  6.  39 
"  Comp.  Mt. 

14  21 
''  ver.  23 ; 

Mt.  15.  3fi 
1  See  Mt.  14. 

20 

99 


And  Jesus  went  up  into  *  the  moun- 
tain, and  there  he  .sat  with  his  dis- 
ciples. 4  Now  -^the  passover,  the 
feast  of  the  Jews,  wus  at  hand. 
5  .lesus  therefore  lifting  up  his 
eyes,  and  seeing  that  a  great  mul- 
titu(l(^  cometh  unto  him,  saith  unto 
/'Philip,  Whence  are  we  to  buy 
•'bread,  that  these  may  eaf?  6 
And  this  he  said  to  *  i)rove  liim  : 
for  he  himself  knew  what  he  would 
do.  7  ^  Philip  answered  liiiu,  'Two 
hundred  ''shillings'  worth  of  -'bread 
is  not  sufficient  for  them,  tliat  every 
one  may  take  a  little.    8  One  of  his 

*  disciples,  'Andrew.  .Simon  Peter's 
brother,  saith  unto  him,  9  There  is 
a  lad  here,  who  hath  five  barley 
loaves,  and  two  "'fishes:  but  what 
are  these  among  so  many  1  10 
Jesus  said.  Make  the  people  sit 
down.  Now  there  was  "  much 
grass  in  the  place.  So  the  men 
sat  down,  in  number  about  "five 
thousand.  1 1  Jesus  therefore  took 
the  loaves;  and  ^having  given 
thanks,  he  distributed  to  them 
that  were  set  down  ;  likewise  also 
of  the  '"fishes  as  much  as  they 
would.  12  And  when  they  were 
filled,  he  saith  unto  his  /disciples. 
Gather  up  the  broken  pieces  wliich 
remain  over,  that  nothing  be  lost. 
13  So  they  gathered  them  up,  and 
tilled  twelve  'baskets  with  broken 
pieces  from  the  five  barley  loaves, 
which  remained  over  unto  them 
that  had  eaten.  14  When  there- 
fore the  people  saw  the  *sign 
which  he  did,  they  said,  This  is  of 
a  truth  the  ''  propliet  that  cometh 
into  the  world. 

15  Jesus  therefore  perceiving 
that  they  were  about  to  come  and 
take  him  by  force,  'to  make  him 
king,  '  withdrew  again  into  "  the 
mountain  himself  alone. 

16  And  when  evening  came,  his 

*  disciples  went  down  unto  the  sea; 

17  and  they  entered  into  a  boat, 
and  were  going  over  the  .sea  ""unto 
Capernaum.  And  it  was  now  dark, 
and  Jesus  had  not  yet  come  to  them. 

18  And  the  sea  was  rising  by  rea- 
son of  a  preat  wind  that  blew.  19 
When  therefore  they  had  rowed 
about  five  and  twenty  or  thirty 

"■ch.  1.  21;  Mt  11  3:  21  11  'Comp.  ch  18. 
36  f .  '  ver.  15-21 :  Malt  here  14  22-23 :  Mark  6.  46-51 
"  ver.  3    "  Comp.  Mk.  6.  45 ;  ver.  24, 59 


s  Gr.  loaves. 

♦  The  word  in  the  Greek  denotes  a  com  worth 
about  eight  pence  halfpenny,  or  nearly  seventeen 
cents.  ^  Some  ancient  authorities  read  signt. 


6.20 


JOHN 


6.51 


JesDs  walks  on  the  Sea;  discourses  on  the  Bread  of  Lire.    The  Jews  ca\il,  and  dispate  with  one  another 


furlongs,  they  behold  Jesus  walk- 
ing on  the  sea,  and  drawing  nigh 
unto  the  boat:  and  they  were 
a,fraid.  20  But  he  saith  unto 
them,  It  is  I ;  ^  be  not  afraid.  2 1 
They  were  willing  therefore  to  re- 
ceive him  into  the  boat:  and 
.straightway  the  boat  was  at  the 
land  whither  they  were  going. 

22  On  the  morrow  ''the  multi- 
tude that  stood  on  the  other  side 
of  the  sea  saw  that  there  was  no 
other  ^boat  there,  save  one,  and 
that  Jesus  "entered  not  with  his 
disciples  into  the  boat,  but  that  his 
disciples  went  away  alone  23  (how- 
beit  there  came  '^  boats  from  **  Tibe- 
rias nigh  unto  the  place  where  they 
ate  the  bread  after  "  the  Lord  •'^had 
given  thanks) :  24  when  the  multi- 
tude therefore  saw  that  Jesus  was 
not  there,  neither  his  disciples,  they 
themselves  got  into  the  ^  boats, 
and  ^  came  to  Capernaum,  seeking 
Jesus.  25  And  when  they  found 
him  on  the  other  side  of  the  sea, 
they  said  unto  him,  ''  Rabbi,  when 
earnest  thou  hither?  26  Jesus 
answered  them  and  said,  Verily, 
verily,  I  say  unto  you.  Ye  'seek 
me,  not  because  j^e  saw  *  signs,  but 
because  ye  ate  of  the  loaves,  and 
were  filled.  27  '  Work  not  for  the 
food  which  perisheth,  but  for  the 
food  which  abideth  unto  '"eternal 
life,  which  "the  Son  of  man  shall 
give  unto  you  :  for  him  the  Father, 
even  God,  "hath  sealed.  28  They 
said  therefore  unto  him,  What  must 
we  do,  that  we  may  work  the  works 
of  God  1  29  Jesus  answered  and 
said  unto  them.  This  is  ^  the  work 
of  God,  that  ye  believe  on  him 
whom  *he  «hath  sent.  30  They 
said  therefore  unto  him,  ""What 
then  doest  thou  for  a  *sign,  that 
we  may  see,  and  believe  thee  1 
what  workest  thou?  _  31  'Our 
fathers  ate  the  manna  in  the  wil- 
derness ;  as  it  is  written.  He  '*  gave 
them  bread  out  of  heaven  to  eat. 
32  Jesus  therefore  said  unto  them, 
Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  It 
was  not  Moses  that  gave  you  the 
bread  out  of  heaven ;  but  my 
Father  giveth  you  the  true  bread 
out  of  heaven.  33  For  the  bread 
of  God  is  that  which  "  cometh  down 
out  of  heaven,  and  giveth  life  uato 
the  world.  34  They  said  therefore 
unto  him,  Lord,  evermore  "  give  us 

1  Gr.  IWle  boat.    «  Gr.  Uf/U  h^nfi.    8  Or,  he  fnt 
<Neh.  ix.  15;   Ei.  xvi.  4,  li;  Ps.  Ixxviu.  24; 
OTT.  40. 


"  See  Mt.  14. 

l>  ver.  2 
<^  ver.  15  ff. 
d  Cump. 

vei'.  1 
«  See  Lk.  7. 

U 
/ver.  11 
v  ver.  17,  59  ; 

comp.  Mt. 

14.  34 ;  Mk. 

6.53 
''  See  Alt.  23. 

7 

'  ver.  24 
*:  ver.  2, 14, 

30 
'  Is.  55.  2 
"'  ver.  40,  47, 

54 ;  ch.  3. 

15  f .  ;  4. 14  ; 

10.  28 ;  17. 

2f. 
"  See  Mt.  8. 

20  ;  ver. 

53.62 
"  See  eh.  3. 

P  Comp. 

ITh.  1.  3; 

Jas.  2.  22 ; 

1  Jn.  3.  23  ; 

Rev.  2.  26 
«  See  ch.  3. 

17 
••  See  Mt.  12. 

33 
'  Comp. 

ver.  2,  14, 

26 
t  Ex.  16.  21 ; 

Num.  11. 

8 ;  ver.  49, 

58 
"  ver.  50 ; 

comp.  ver. 

41 
"  Comp.  ch. 

4.15 


»  ver.  48.  51 

V  ch.  4.  14 

•  ver.  28 
"  ver.  3:) ; 

ch.  17.  2, 

24 
b  See  ch.  3. 

13 
<"  See  Mt.  26. 

d  ch.  4.  34  ; 

5.  30 
"  ver.  29 
/ch.  17.  12; 

18.  9 

V  ver.  40,  44, 
54 ;  comp. 
ch.  11.  24; 
Mt.  10.  15 

'"  ch.  12.  45 ; 

comp.  14. 

17,  W 
■  See  ch.  3. 

16 

•  See  ch.  1. 
19;  ver. 

'  ver.  51,  58  ; 

comp.  ver. 

33 
'"  Lk.  4.  22 
"  Comp.  ch. 

7.  27  f. 
0  ver.  3"?,  62 
P  Jer.  31.  3  ; 

Hos.  n.  4; 

ch.  12.  32 ; 

ver.  65 
9  ver.  39 
"■  Comp. 

Acts  7.  42; 

]3.  40;  see 

Heb.  8.  11 

•  1  Th.  4.  9  ; 

100 


this  bread.  35  Jesus  said  unto 
them,  ^I  am  the  bread  of  life:  he 
that  cometh  to  me  shall  not  hunger, 
and  he  that  believeth  on  me  ^  shall 
never  thirst.  36  But  ^I  said  unto 
you,  that  ye  have  seen  me,  and  yet 
believe  not.  37  "All  that  which 
the  Father  giveth  me  shall  come 
unto  me  ;  and  him  that  cometh  to 
me  I  will  in  no  wise  cast  out.  38 
For  '  I  am  come  down  from  heaven, 
"  not  to  do  mine  own  will,  but  "^  the 
will  of  him  that '' sent  me.  39  And 
this  is  the  will  of  him  that  sent  me, 
that  of  "all  that  which  he  hath 
given  me  I  should  -^ lo.se  nothing, 
but  should  ''rai.se  it  up  at  the  last 
day.  40  For  this  is  the  will  of  my 
Father,  that  every  one  that  ''be- 
holdeth  the  Son,  and  *  believeth  on 
him,  should  have  eternal  life  ;  and 
^  I  will  ='  I'aise  him  up  at  the  last  day. 
41  *The  Jews  therefore  mur- 
mured concerning  him,  because  he 
said,  I  am  the  bread  which  'came 
down  out  of  heaven.  42  And  they 
said,  '"  Is  not  this  Jesus,  the  son  of 
Joseph,  Avhose  father  and  mother 
"  we  know  1  how  doth  he  now  say, 
"I  am  come  down  out  of  heaven? 
43  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
them.  Murmur  not  among  your- 
selves. 44  No  man  can  come  to 
me,  except  the  Father  that  sent  me 
p  draw  him :  and  I  will  *  raise  him 
up  in  the  last  day.  45  It  is  wi-it- 
ten  ''in  the  prophets,  ®And  they 
shall  all  be '  taught  of  God.  Every 
one  that  hath  heard  from  the 
Father,  and  hath  learned,  cometh 
unto  mo.  4G  'Not  that  any  man 
hath  seen  the  Father,  save  he  that 
is  from  God,  he  hath  seen  the 
Father.  47  verily,  verily,  I  say 
unto  you.  He  that  believetn  "hath 
eternal  life.  48  "  I  am  the  bread  of 
life.  49  ^Your  fathers  ate  the 
manna  in  the  wilderness,  and  they 
died.  50  This  is  the  bread  which 
■'  cometh  down  out  of  heaven,  that 
a  man  may  eat  thereof,  and  "  not 
die.  51  "^I  am  the  living  bread 
which  "came  down  out  of  heaven  : 
if  any  man  eat  of  this  bread,  "  he 
sliall  live  for  ever :  yea  and  the 
bread  which  I  will  give  is  *  my  flesh, 
"  for  the  life  of  the  world. 

see  Phil.  3. 15 :  comp.  1  Jn.  2.  27  <  See  ch.  1.  18 
"  ver.  47,  51,  58  ;  see  ch.  3.  36  ;  5.  24  ;  11.  26  "  ver. 
35,  51  *  ver.  31,  58  v  ver.  33  '  ver.  35,  48  "  ver. 
41,  53  6  ver.  53-56  "  Comp.  ch.  1.  29 ;  3.  14  f . ;, 
Heb.  10. 10 ;  1  Jn.  4. 10 


5  Or,  Ihat  I  should  raise  him  up 

6  Is.  liv.  13 ,  (Jer.  xxii.  34  7). 


6.52 


JOHN 


7.17 


Many  0i«iple8  desert    Peter's  "To  whom  shall  we  got"    The  Brethren  of  Jesos  carp  st  him.    Opinions  concerning 


52  "The  Jews  therefore  *  strove 
one  with  another,  saying.  How  can 
this  man  Ljive  us  hisllesh  to  eat! 
53  Jesus  therefore  said  unto  them, 
Verily,  verily,  1  say  unto  you, 
Except  ye  eat  the  flesh  of  "  the  8on 
of  man  and  drink  his  blood,  ye  have 
not  life  in  yourselves.  54  He  that 
eateth  my  flesh  and  drinketh  my 
blood  hatli  eternal  life  ;  and  i  will 
"'raise  him  up  at  the  last  day.  55 
For  ray  flesh  is  '  meat  indeed,  and 
my  blood  is  "drink  indeed.  5t3  He 
that  eateth  my  flesh  and  drinketh 
my  blood  'abideth  in  me,  and  1  in 
him.  57  As  the  -^living  Father 
'sent  me,  and  I  live  because  of  the 
Father;  so  he  that  eateth  me,  he 
also  shall  live  because  of  me.  56 
This  is  the  bread  which  *  came  down 
out  of  heaven :  not  as  'the  fathers 
ate,  and  died  ;  he  that  eateth  this 
bread  *  shall  live  for  ever.  59  These 
things  said  he  '  in  "  the  synagogue, 
as  he  taught  '"in  Capernaum. 

60  Many  therefore  of  his  "dis- 
ciples, when  they  heard  this,  said, 
"'rliis  is  a  hard  saying ;  who  can 
hear/ it?  61  But  Jesus /knowing 
in  himself  that  his  disciples  mur- 
mured at  this,  said  unto  them.  Doth 
this  "cause  you  to  stumble?  62 
What  then  if  ye  should  behold  "the 
Son  of  man  *"  ascending  where  he 
was  before'?  63  'It  is  the  spirit 
that  giveth  life;  the  flesh  proHteth 
nothing:  'the  words  that  I  have 
spoken  unto  you  are  spirit,  and  are 
life.  64  But  there  are  "some  of 
you  that  believe  not.  For  Jesus 
•"knew  from  the  beginning  who 
they  were  that  believed  not,  and 
•'who  it  was  that  should  ^betray 
him.  65  And  he  said,  For  this 
cause  have  I  *said  unto  you,  that 
no  man  can  come  unto  me,  ex- 
cept 4t  be  given  unto  him  of  the 
Father. 

66  Upon  this  many  of  his  "dis- 
ciples "  went  back,  and  walked  no 
more  with  him.  67  Jesus  said 
therefore  unto 'the  twelve,  Would 
ye  also  go  away  ?  68  "Simon  Peter 
answered  him.  Lord,  to  whom  shall 
we  go?  thou  "hast  the  ''words  of 
eternal  life.  69  And  we  have  be- 
lieved and  know  that  thou  art  'the 
Holy  One  of  God.  TO  Jesus  an- 
swered them,  •'^Did  not  I  choo.se 
you  *  the  twelve,  and  one  of  you  is 
"a  devil?     71    Now  he  spake  of 


1  Or.  trw  mftit. 
»  Gr.  tru'  drink. 
3  Or,  a  synagogue 


'•  Or,  him 

'  Or,  d'lirrr  h<m  up 

•  Or,  hoit  xco/rdt 


"  Seech.l. 
IM;  ver.  41 

*  Corap.  cli. 
il.  IG;  lU. 
19 

'  ver.  27,  53, 
C2 ;  bee 
Mt.  8.  20 

<<  See  ver.  39 

*  ch.  15.  4  f. ; 
1  Jii.  2.  24  ; 
3.  24  ;  4. 

15  f.; 

coiiip.  ch. 

17.  23 
/Coiup.  Mt. 

16.  16;  ch. 

5.  26 
"  See  ver. 

29,  38 ;  ch. 

3.  17 
A  ver.  41,. "il ; 

coiup.  ver. 

33 
>  ver.  31,  49 

*  ver.  47,  .')1, 
58;  see  ch. 
3.  36  ;  5. 
24;  U.  26 

'SeeMt.4. 

23 
'"  See  ver.  24 
"  See  ch.  2. 

2 :  ver.  66  ; 

7.3 
"  ver.  62 
'■•ver.  64 
1  See  Mt.  11. 

6 
"■  See  Jlk. 

l(i.  19 ; 

coup.  ch. 

3.  13 
'2  Cor.  3.6 
'  ver.  68 
"  ver.  60,  66 
''  See  ch.  2. 

25 
^  ver.  71 ; 

ch.  13.  11  ; 

see  Mt.  10. 

4 
"  ver.  37.  44 
-  Comp.  Mt. 

13.  U;   ch. 

3   27 
"  ver.  60,  64 
^  ver.  70  f .  ; 

20.  24 ;  Mt. 

10.  2 ; 

comp.  ch. 

2.  2 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

16.  16 
d  ver.  63 : 

comp.  ch. 

12.  49  f . ; 
17.8;  Acts 
5.20 

'  See  Mk.  1. 

24 
/ch.  15.  16, 

19 
"  Comp.  ch. 

13.  2.  27  ;  8. 
44 ;  17.  12 


Judas  ^the  son  of  Simon  Iscariot, 
for  he  it  was  that  '  should  '  betray 
him,  bnny  *one  of  'the  twelve. 

7  And  after  these  things  Jesus 
'walked  in  Galilee:  for  he 
would  not  walk  in  Judaea,  because 
'"the  Jews  "sought  to  kill  him. 
"2  Now  the  feast  of  the  Jew.s.  "the 
feast  of  tabernacles,  was  at  liand. 

3  His ''brethren  therefore  said  unto 
him.  Depart  hence,  and  go  into 
Judiea,  that  thy  "discinles  also  may 
behold  thy  works  which  thou  doest. 

4  For  no  man  doeth  anything  in 
secret,  'and  himself  sceketh  to  be 
known  openly.  If  thou  doest  these 
things,  manifest  thy.self  to  the 
world.  5  For  even  his  ''brethren 
did  not  believe  on  him.  6  Jesus 
therefore  saith  unto  them,  ''My 
time  is  not  yet  come ;  but  your 
time  is  always  ready.  7  'The 
world  cannot  hate  you ;  but  me  it 
hateth,  because  1  testify  of  it,  that 
'  its  works  are  evil.  8  Go  ye  up 
unto  the  feast:  I  go  not  up**  unto 
this  feast;  because  "my  time  is  not 
yet  fulflUed.  9  And  having  said 
these  things  unto  them,  he  abode 
still  in  Galilee. 

10  But  when  his ''brethren  were 
gone  up  unto  the  feast,  then  went 
he  also  up,  not  publicly,  but  as  it 
were  in  secret.  1 1  ""  The  Jews 
therefore  'sought  him  at  the  feast, 
and  said.  Where  is  he?  \'2  Ana 
there  was  much  murmuring  among 
the  multitudes  concerning  him: 
•'.some  .said,  He  is  a  good  man; 
others  .said.  Not  so,  but  he  leadeth 
the  multitude  astray.  13  Yet  no 
man  spake  openly  oi  him  for  ''fear 
of  the  Jews. 

14  But  when  it  was  now  the 
midst  of  the  feast  Jesus  went  up 
into  the  temple,  and  Haught.  lo 
'"The  Jews  therefore  marvelled, 
saying.  How  knoweth  this  man 
"letters,  having  never  learned? 
16  Jesus  therefore  answered  them, 
and  said,  *My  teaching  is  not  mine, 
but  his  that  sent  me.  17  'If  any 
man  willeth  to  do  his  will,  he  shall 
know  of  the  teaching,  whether  it 
is  of  Gfxl,  or  whether  1  speak  from 

comp.  Dt.  16.  16  ^See  Mt.  12.  46;  ver.  b,  10; 
comp.  Mk.  3  21  «  S«»e  cli.  6.  60  "•  Comp.  Mt.  2». 
18 ;  ver.  8,  30  ;  see  <h.  2.  4  '  See  ch.  15.  IS  f. 
'rh.3.  mf.  "  Comp.  ver.  6  'ch  11.  5fi  'ver. 
40-43  "  ch.  19.  38  :  20.  19  ;  comp.  9.  22 ;  12.  42 
-  ver.  28 ;  see  Mt.  26.  55  "  Comp.  Acts  26.  24 
(Gr.  >  »  See  ch.  3.  11  '  Comp.  ch.  3.  21  ;  8.  43  f.  ; 
Pb.  25.  9,  14  ;  Prov.  3.  32  ;  Dan.  12.  10 


'  Some  ancient  authorities  read  and  tteketh  H 

to  he  /rnirtrn  iijxrilv 

»  Mauy  ancient  authorities  add  yri. 


7.18 


JOHN 


7.52 


him  divided.    His  Adversaries  astenished  and  his  Action  vindicated.    "If  any  man  thirst."    " lever  man  so  spalc« " 


myself.  18  He  that  speaketh  from 
himself  "  seeketh  his  own  glory : 
but  he  that  seeketh  the  glory  of 
him  that  sent  him,  the  same  is 
true,  and  no  unrighteousness  is  in 
him.  19  *Did  not  Moses  give  you 
the  law,  and  yet  none  of  you  doeth 
the  law'?  Why  '^seek  ye  to  kill 
me?  20  The  multitude  answered, 
<*  Thou  hast  a  demon  :  who  seeketh 
to  kill  theel  21  Jesus  ansM-ered 
and  said  unto  them,  I  did  ''one 
work,  and  ye  all  marvel  because 
thereof.  22  -^  Moses  hath  given  you 
circumcision  (not  that  it  is  of 
Moses,  but  of  ^  the  fathei;s) ;  and  on 
the  sabbath  ye  circumcise  a  man. 
23  ^\i  9f  man  receiveth  circum- 
cision on  the  sabbath,  that  the  law 
of  Moses  may  not  be  broken  ;  are 
ye  wroth  with  me,  because  I  made 
^a  man  every  whit  whole  on  the 
sabbath^  24  *  Judge  not  accord- 
ing to  appearance,  but  judge  right- 
eous judgment. 

25  Some  therefore  of  them  of 
Jerusalem  said.  Is  not  this  he 
whom  they  seek  to  kill  1  26  And 
lo,  he  speaketh  openly,  and  they 
say  nothing  unto  him.  *  Can  it  be 
that '  the  rulers  indeed  know  that 
this  is  the  Christ  *?  27  Howbeit 
"  we  know  this  man  whence  he  is  : 
but  when  the  Christ  cometh,  no 
one  knoweth  whence  he  is.  28 
Jesus  therefore  cried  in  the  temple, 
"teaching  and  .saying,  ™Ye  both 
know  me,  and  know  whence  I  am  ; 
and  "  I  am  not  come  of  myself,  but 
he  that  sent  me  is  true,  whom  ye 
know  not.  29  ^ I  know  him;  be- 
cause « I  am  from  him,  and  *■  he  sent 
me.  30  They  "^  sought  therefore  to 
take  him :  and  no  man  laid  his 
hand  on  him,  because  his  'hour 
was  not  yet  come.  31  But  of  the 
multitude  "  many  believed  on  him  ; 
and  they  said,  "When  the  Christ 
shall  come,  will  he  do  more  "  signs 
than  those  which  this  man  hath 
done'?  32  The  Pharisees  heard  the 
multitude  murmuring  these  things 
concerning  him ;  and  the  chief 
priests  and  the  Pharisees  sent  *  offi- 
cers to  Hake  him.  33  Jesus  there- 
fore said,  "  Yet  a  little  while  am  I 
with  you,  and  *  I  go  unto  him  that 
sent  me.  34  "Ye  shall  seek  me, 
and  shall  not  find  me :  and  where 
I  am,  ye  cannot  come.  35  '^The 
Jews  therefore  said  among  them- 
selves, "Whither  will  this  man  go 
that  we  shall  not  find  him  %  will  he 

I  Gr.  a  whole  man  sound. 


°  Comp.  ch. 

5.  41 ;  8. 

50,  54 ;  12. 

43 
ftch.  1.17 
'  See  ver.  1 ; 

Mk.  11. 18 
d  ch.  8.  48  f. 

52;  10.  20; 

see  Mt.  11. 

IS 
"  f  er.  23  ;  ch. 

5.  2-9, 16 
/Lev.  12.  3 
y  Gen.  17. 

10  tf. ;  21. 
4 ,  Acts 
7.  8 
ft  Conip.  Mt. 
12.  2 ,  ch. 

6.  10 

i  Comp. 
Lev.  19. 
15;  Is.  11. 
3;  Zech. 

7.  9  ;  ch. 
8.15 

*:  Comp. 

ver.  31 ; 

ch.  4.  29 
'  See  Lk.  23. 

13 ;  comp. 

ch.  3.  1 
""  ch.  6.  42  ; 

ver.  41  f .  ; 

comp.  9. 

29 
"  ver.  14 

0  ch.  8.  42 
P  ch.  8.  55  ; 

17.  25 ;  see 
Mt.  11.  27 

1  ch.  6.  46 

*"  See  ch.  3. 

17 
»  ver.  32,  44  ; 

10.  39 ; 

comp.  Mt. 

21.46 
e  ch.  8.  20 ; 

comp.  ver. 

6 
»  ch.  S.  30 ; 

10.  42 ;  11. 

45 ;  12.  11, 

42 ;  comp. 

2.23 
"  ver.  26 
''  See  ch.  2. 

11 
y  ver.  45  f . 

See  Mt.  26. 

58 
^Comp.  Mt. 

12.  14 

«  ch.  12.  3.5  ; 

13.  33 ;  14. 
19 ;  16.  16- 
19 

l>  ch.  16.  5, 
10,  17,  23  ; 
comp.  ch. 

14.  12,  28  , 
20.  17 

«  ver.  36 ; 

ch.  8.  21 ; 

13.  33 
rf  ver.  1 
<■  ch.  8.  22 


/  2  Mace.  1. 

27  ;  Jas.  1. 

1  ;  1  Pet. 

1. 1 ;  comp. 

in  the  Gr. 

Ps.  147.  2 ; 

Is.  11.  12 ; 

56.8; 

Zeph.  3. 

10 
9  ch.  12.  20  ; 

Acts  14. 1 ; 

17. 4 ;  18. 

4 ;  Rom.  1. 

16,  &c. 

102 


go  unto  ^the  Dispersion  -among 
» the  Greeks,  and  teach  "  the  Greeks '? 
36  What  is  this  word  that  he  said, 
"Ye  shall  seek  me,  and  shall  not 
find  me ;  and  where  I  am,  ye  can- 
not come? 

37  Now  on  *the  last  day,  the 
great  day  of  the  feast,  Jesus  stood 
and  cried,  saying,  *If  any  man 
thirst,  let  him  come  unto  me  and 
drink.  38  He  that  believeth  on 
me,  *as  the  scripture  hath  said, 
^from  within  him  shall  flo%y  rivers 
of '  living  water.  39  But  this  spake 
he  "'  of  the  Spirit,  which  they  that 
believed  on  him  were  to  receive : 
■* for  "the  Spirit  was  not  yet  given; 
because  Jesus  was  not  yet  'glori- 
fied. 40  Some  of  the  multitude 
therefore,  when  they  heard  these 
words,  said.  This  is  of  a  truth  ^  the 
prophet.  41  Others  said.  This  is 
the  Christ.  But  some  said.  What, 
''  doth  the  Christ  come  out  of  Gali- 
lee'? 42  "^Hath  not  the  scripture 
said  that  the  Christ  cometh  or  *■  the 
seed  of  David,  and  from  Bethlehem, 
the  village  where  David  was*?  43 
So  Hhere  arose  a  division  in  the 
multitude  because  of  him.  44  And 
'some  of  them  would  have  taken 
him ;  but  no  man  laid  hands  on 
him. 

45  The  "officers  therefore  came 
to  the  chief  priests  and  Pharisees  ; 
and  they  said  unto  them.  Why  did 
ye  not  bring  liim  1  46  The  "  officers 
answered,  "  Never  man  so  spake. 
47  The  Pharisees  therefore  an- 
swered them.  Are  ye  *also  led 
astray  1  48  ^  Hath  any  of  *  the 
rulers  believed  on  him,  or  of  the 
Pharisees'?  49  But  this  multitude 
that  knoweth  not  the  law  are  ac- 
cursed. 50  "  Nicodemus  saith  unto 
them  (he  that  came  to  him  before, 
being  one  of  them),  51  'Doth  our 
law  judge  a  man,  except  it  first 
hear  from  himself  and  know  what 
he  doeth  "?  52  They  answered  and 
said  unto  him,  «Art  thou  also  of 

h  Lev.  23.  36 ;  Num.  29.  35  ;  Neh.  8. 18  •  Comp. 
cli.  4.  10, 14  ;  6.  35  *  Comp.  Is.  44.  3  ;  55.  1 ;  58. 11, 
&c.  (?)  'Seech.  4. 10  "' Comp.  Joel  2.  28 ;  ch.  1. 
33  "  Acts  1.  4f.;  comp.  2.  4,  33 ;  19.  2  ;  ch.  20.  22 
"  ch.  12.  16,  23  ;  13.  31  f .  ;  16.  14  ;  17.  1  J'  See  Mt. 
21.  11 ;  comp.  ch.  1.  21  9  ver.  52 ;  comp.  ch.  1. 
46(?)  'Mt.  1.  1;  2.  5f.  ;  Lk.  2.  411.  '  ch.  10.  19  ; 
comp.  9.  16  '  ver.  30  "  ver.  32  "  See  Mt.  7.  28 
■^  ver.  12  y  Comp.  ch.  12.  42  -  See  Lk.  23. 13 ;  ver. 
26  "  ch  3.  1  ;  19.  39  b  Ex.  23. 1 ;  Dt.  17.  6;  19.  15 ; 
Prov.  13.  13  ;  comp.  Acts  23.  3 


2  Gr.  of.  3  Gr.  out  of  his  belly. 

■»  Some  ancient  authorities  read  for  the  Bol) 
Spirit  was  not  yet  given. 
i2  8.  vii.  12ff.  ;Mic.  V.  2. 


7.53 


JOHN 


8.33 


[The  Woman  taken  iu  Adaltcry.]    "  I  am  the  li^ht  of  the  world."    "  He  that  sent  me  is  with  me  " 


Galilee  ?     Search,    and    '  see    that 
"  out  o£  GaUlee  ariseth  no  prophet. 


53  ^  [And  they  went  every  man 

8  unto  his  own  house :  1  but 
Jesus  went  unto  ''the  mount 
of  Olives.  2  And  early  in  tlie 
morning  he  came  again  into  the 
temple,  and  all  the  people  came 
unto  him  ;  and  '  he  sat  down,  and 
taught  them.  3  And  the  scribes 
and  the  Pharisees  bring  a  woman 
taken  in  adultery  ;  and  having  set 
her  in  the  midst,  4  they  say  unto 
him.  Teacher,  this  woman  hath 
been  taken  in  adultery,  in  the  very 
act.  5  ^  Now  in  the  law  Moses  com- 
manded us  to  stone  such :  what 
then  sayest  thou  of  her  I  6  And 
this  they  said,  ''trying  lum,  "that 
they  might  have  xvhereof  to  accuse 
him.  But  Jesus  stooped  down,  and 
with  his  linger  wrote  on  the  ground. 
7  But  when  they  continued  asking 
him,  ■'he  lifted  ap  himself,  and  said 
unto  them,  "  He  that  is  without  sin 
among  you,  let  him  *  first  cast  a 
stone  at  her.  8  And  again  he 
stooped  down,  and  with  his  finger 
wrote  on  the  ground,  i)  And  they, 
when  they  lieard  it,  went  out  one  by 
one,  beginning  from  the  eldest,  even 
unto  the  last :  and  Jesus  was  left 
alone,  and  the  woman,  where  she 
was,  in  the  midst.  10  And  Jesus 
■'lifted^  up  himself,  and  said  unto 
her,  Woman,  where  are  they?  did 
no  man  condemn  thee  ?  1 1  And  she 
said.  No  man.  Lord.  And  Jesus  said, 
*  Neither  do  I  condemn  thee :  go  thy 
way ;  from  henceforth  *sin  no  more.] 


12  Again  therefore  Jesus  spake 
unto  them,  saying,  'I  am  the  light 
of  the  world  :  '"  he  that  followeth 
me  shall  not  walk  in  the  darkness, 
but   shall  have   the   light  of  life. 

13  The  Pharisees  therefore  said 
unto  him,  "Thou  beare.st  witness 
of  thyself;  thy  witness  is  not  true. 

14  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
them,  "Even  if  1  bear  witness  of 
myself,  my  witness  is  true ;  for  I 
know  ^whence  I  came,  and  whither 
I  go;  but  ^ ye  know  not  whence  I 
come,  or  whither  I  go.  15  ''Ye 
judge  after  the  flesh  ;  '  I  judge  no 
man.  1 6  Yea  and  '  if  I  judge,  my 
judgment  is  true ;   for  1  am  not 

1  Or,  see:  for  out  of  Oalilei'  Ar. 

2  Most  of  the  ancient  authorities  omit  John  7. 
53-a.  U.  Those  which  contain  it  vary  much  from 
each  other.  *  Lev.  xx.  10 ;  Dt.  uii.  'il  t. 


"  Yet  eoinp. 

■i  K.  !•».  25 
6  See  Mt. 

21.1 
'  See  lit. 

2().  55 ;  ver. 

20 
<l  Mt.  16.  1  ; 

19.  3 ;  22. 

18,35;Mk. 

8.  11  ;  10. 

2  :  12.  15  , 

lik.  10.  25 ; 

11.16 
'  See  Mk.  3. 

2 
/ver.  10 
"  Comp.  Mt. 

7.  1  ;  Rom. 

2.  1 

'■  Goiup.  Dt. 

17.  7 

'  Comp.  ch. 

3.  17 

*  cli.  5.  14 
'  ch.  1.  4  ; 

comp.  12. 

35 
'"  Comp.  Mt. 

5.  14 

"  Comp.  ch. 

6.  31 

"  Comp.  ch. 

18.  37  ; 
Rev.  1.  5 ; 
3.  14 

'•  ch.  13.  3  ; 

16.  23  i 

comp.  ver. 

42 
9  Comp.  ch. 

7.  28  ;  9.  29 
•■  1  S.  16.  7  ; 

ch.  7.  24 
'  See  ch.  3. 

17 
'  ch.  5.  30 


"  See  Mt.  18. 

Hi 
"  ch.  5.  37  ; 

comp. 

1  Jn.  5  9 
"  ch.  14.  7  ; 

16.  3. 

Comp.  7. 

28;  14.  9; 

Ter.  55 
V  Mk.  12.  41, 

43 ;  Lk. 

21.1 
'  See  ch.  7. 

14.    Conip. 

ver.  2 
"  oh.  7.  30 
"  See  ch.  7. 

34 
'  ver.  24 
d  See  ch.  1. 

19 ;  ver. 

48.  52.  57 
'  Comp.  ch. 

7.35 
/  Comp.  ch. 

3.  31 
»  1  Jn.  4.  5 

*  ch.  17.  14, 
16 

•  ver.  28 ; 
Mk.  1,3.6; 
Lk.  21.  3 
(comp. 
Mt.  24.  5) ; 
ch.  4.  28: 
13.  19 

k  ch.  7.  28 ; 

comp.  3.  33 
'  Comp.  ch. 

12.  49  :  15. 

15 ;  ver.  40 
""  ch.  3.  14  ; 

12.  32 
"  See  ch.  5. 

19  :  comp. 

S.  11 

103 


alone,  but  I  and  the  Father  that 
sent  me.  17  Yea  and  in  your  law 
it  is  written,  '' that  the  witness  of 
"  two  men  is  true.  18  1  am  he  tliat 
beareth  witness  of  myself,  and  "the 
Father  that  sent  me  beareth  wit- 
ness of  me.  19  Tiiey  said  there- 
fore unto  him.  Where  is  thy  Father? 
Jesus  answered.  Ye  know  neither 
me,  nor  my  Father:  ^if  ye  knew 
me,  ye  would  know  my  Father  also. 
20  These  words  spake  he  in  *  the 
treasury,  as  -he  taught  in  the  tem- 
ple :  and  no  man  took  him  ;  because 
"  his  hour  was  not  yet  come. 

21  He  said  therefore  again  unto 
them,  1  go  away,  and  ''ye  shall 
seek  me,  and  "^ shall  die  in  your  sin  : 
whither  I  go,  j^e  cannot  come.  22 
''The  Jews  therefore  said,  Will  he 
kill  himself,  that  he  saith, "  Whither 
1  go.  ye  cannot  come  ?  23  And  he 
said  unto  them,  -'Ye  are  from  be- 
neath ;  1  am  from  above  :  ^  ye  are 
of  this  world  ;  ''  1  am  not  of  this 
world.  24  I  said  therefore  unto 
you,  that  ye  "shall  die  in  your  sins  : 
for  except  ye  believe  that '  1  am  he, 
"  ye  shall  die  in  your  sins.  25  They 
.said  therefore  unto  him,  ^Vho  art 
thou  '\  Jesus  said  unto  tlieni,  "'Even 
that  which  I  have  also  .spoken  unto 
you  from  the  beginning.  2(5  I  have 
many  things  to  speak  and  to  judge 
concerning  you  :  how  belt  *he  that 
sent  me  is  true;  and  'the  things 
which  I  heard  from  him,  these 
speak  I  unto  the  world.  27  They 
perceived  not  that  he  spake  to  them 
of  the  Father.  28  Jesus  therefore 
said.  When  ye  have '"  lifted  u])  the 
Son  of  man,  then  shall  ,ye  know 
that  '''I  am  he,  and  that  "I  do 
nothing  of  myself,  but  as  the 
Father  taught  me,  I  speak  these 
things.  29  And  he  that  sent  me  is 
with  me ;  "he  hath  not  left  me  alone : 
for  ^1  do  always  the  things  that  are 
pleasing  to  him.  30  As  he  spake 
these  things, ■'many  believed  on  nim. 

31  Jesus  therefore  said  to  those 
Jews  that  had  believed  him,  "■  if  ye 
abide  in  my  word,  then  are  ye  trulv 
my  ' di.sciples ;  32  and  'ye  .shall 
know  the  truth,  and  "the  truth 
shall  make  you  free.  33  They  an- 
swered unto  him,  •  We  are  Abra- 

" Ter.  16;  ch.  16.  32  »•  Comp.  oh.  4.  34  'Beech. 
7,  31  •■  ch.  15.  7  ;  2  Jn.  9  •  See  ch.  2.  2  <  Comp. 
oh.  1.  14,  17  "  ver.  36 ;  comp.  Kom.  8.  2 ;  2  Cor.  3. 
17  ;  Gal.  5.  1, 13 ;  Jas.  2.  12 ;  1  Pet.  2. 16  •  ver.  37. 
39  ;  Mt.  3.  9 


♦  Comp  Dt  xix  15  :  xvli.  6. 
•■■  Or,  Mlogetlier  that  which  I  aho  tpenk  uvi'\ 
you.  '  Or,  Y  am  he  :  and  1  ilo 


8.34 


JOHN 


9.7 


The  Troe  Children  of  Abraham.    The  Han  born  blind 


ham's  seed,  and  have  never  yet 
been  in  bondage  to  any  man  :  how 
sayest  thou,  Ye  shall  be  made  free? 
34  Jesus  answered  them.  Verily, 
verily,  I  say  unto  you,  "Every  one 
that  committeth  sin  is  the  bond- 
servant of  sin.  35  And  *  the  bond- 
servant abideth  not  in  the  house 
for  ever  :  "  the  son  abideth  for  ever. 

36  If  therefore  the  Son  ''  shall  make 
you  free,  ye  shall  be  free  indeed. 

37  I  know  that  ye  are  "Abraham's 
seed;  yet  ^ye  seek  to  kill  me,  be- 
cause my  word  '  hath  not  free  course 
in  you.  38  I  speak  the  things  which 
I  have  seen  with  "  my  Father :  and 
ye  also  do  the  things  which  ye 
heard  from  "your  father.  39  They 
answered  and  said  unto  him,  *  Our 
father  is  Abraham.  Jesus  saith 
unto  them,  *  If  ye  ^  were  Abraham's 
children,  *ye  would  do  the  works 
of  Abraham.  40  But  now  -^ye  seek 
to  kill  me,  a  man  that  hath  'told 
you  the  truth,  which  I  heard  from 
God  :  this  did  not  Abraham.  4 1 
Ye  do  the  works  of  ^your  father. 
They  said  unto  him,  We  were  not 
born  of  fornication  ;  *  we  have  one 
Father,  even  God.  42  Jesus  said 
unto  them.  If  God  were  your  Father, 
'  ye  would  love  me :  ""  for  I  came 
forth  and  am  come  from  God  ;  for 
"  neither  have  I  come  of  myself,  but 
"he  sent  me.  43  Why  do  ye  not 
*  understand  ^my  speech?  Even 
because  ye  cannot  *  hear  my  Avord. 
44  ""Ye  are  of  ^ your  father  the 
devil,  and  the  lusts  of  your  father 
it  is  'your  will  to  do.  'He  was 
a  murderer  from  the  beginning, 
and  standeth  not  in  the  truth, 
because  "  there  is  no  truth  in  him. 
®  When  he  speaketh  a  lie,  he  "  speak- 
eth  of  his  own  :  for  he  is  a  liar,  and 
the  father  thereof .  45  But  because 
''I  say  the  truth,  ye  believe  me  not. 
46  Which  of  you  convicteth  me  of 
sin  %  If  "^  I  say  truth,  .why  do  ye 
not  believe  mel  47  *  He  that  is  of 
God  heareth  the  words  of  God  :  for 
this  cause  ye  hear  ther)x  not,  because 
ye  are  not  of  God.  48  'The  Jews 
answered  and  said  unto  him.  Say 
we  not  well  that  thou  art  a  "Sa- 
maritan, and  ''hast  a  demon?  49 
Jesus  answered,  I  ''have  not  a  de- 
mon ;  but  I  honor  my  Father,  and 
ye  dishonor  me.     50  But  ''I  seek 

1  Or,  hath  no  place  in  you. 

2  Or,  the  Flit  her  :  do  ye  nl.to  therefore  the  things 
which  ye  fieord/rom  the  Father.         3  Qr.  are. 

*  Some  ancient  authorities  read  ye  do  the  works 
of  Abraham.  5  Or,  Icnoiv 

«>  Or,  When  one  speaketh  a  tie,  he  speaketh  of 
his  own :  for  his  father  also  is  a  liar. 


''RoiH.e. 

16 :  2  Pet. 

2  19 
b  Gen.  21. 

10;  Gal.  4. 

30 
"^  Lk.  15.  31 
d  ver.  32 
<^  ver.  37,  39 ; 

Mt.  3.  9 
/ver.  40 ; 

see  ch.  7.  1 
»  ver.  41,  44 
''  Comp. 

Rom.  9.  7 ; 

Gal.  3  7 
»  Comp. 

ver.  26 
fc  Dt.  32.  6  ; 

Is.  63. 

16 ;  64.  8 
'  1  Jn.  5.  1 
'"  ch.  13  3  ; 

16.  28,  30 ; 

17.8 
«  ch.  7.  28 
°  See  ch.  3. 

17 
P  ver.  33,  39, 

41,  &c. 
9  Comp.  ch. 

5.  25 
>•  1  Jn  3.  8 

*  Comp.  cli. 
7.  17 

t  Gen.  3.  4  ; 

comp. 

1  Jn.  3  8, 

15 ;  Wisd. 

2.  24 
«  1  Jn.  2.  4 
"  Comp.  Mt. 

12.  34 
^  See  ch.  18. 

37 
y  Comp. 

1  Jn.  4.  6 

*  See  ch.  1. 
19 

«  See  Mt.  10. 

5;  ch.4.  9 
b  See  ch.  7. 

20 
«ch.5.  41; 

comp.  ver. 

54 


rfch  14  23; 

15.  21);  17. 
6 ;  comp. 
ver.  65 

"Lk  2  26; 
Heb.  11.  5; 
comp.  Mt. 

16.  28 ; 
Heb.  2. 

9 ;  ver.  52 
/  See  ver. 

61 
"  Comp.  ch. 

4.  12 
h  Comp. 

ver.  50 
■  See  ch.  7. 

39 
*  ver.  19  ; 

see  15.  21 

ch.  7.  29 
""  Comp.  ver. 

44 
"  ch  15.  10  ; 

comp.  ver. 

51 
"  ver.  37,  39 
P  Comp  Mt. 

13.  17  ; 

Heb  11.13 
9  Comp  ch. 

17.  5,  24  ; 
1.  1 

>•  ch.  10.  31 ; 

11.8. 

Comp.  Mt. 

12.  14 
•  ch.  12.  36 

104 


not  mine  own  glory :  there  is  one 
that  seeketh  and  judgeth.  51 
Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you.  If  a 
man  ''keep  my  word,  he  shall  never 
'see  death.  52  ^The  Jews  said 
unto  him.  Now  we  know  that  thou 
''hast  a  demon.  Abraham  died, 
and  the  prophets  ;  and  thou  sayest. 
If  a  man  '*keep  my  word,  he  shall 
never  -^  taste  of  death.  53  ^Art 
thou  greater  than  our  father  Abra- 
ham, who  died  1  and  the  prophets 
died :  whom  makest  thou  thyself  ? 

54  Jesus  answered,  ''If  I  glorify 
myself,  my  glory  is  nothing  :  'it  is 
my  Father  that  glorifieth  me;  of 
whom  ye  say,  that  he  is  your  God  ; 

55  and  *  ye  have  not  known  him : 
'  but  I  know  him ;  and  if  I  should 
say,  I  know  him  not,  I  shall  be  like 
unto  you,  ™a  liar:  'but  I  know 
him,  and  "keep  his  word.  56  "Your 
father  Abraham  ^rejoiced  ''to  see 
my  day ;  and  he  saw  it,  and  was 
glad.  57  ^  The  Jews  therefore  said 
unto  him.  Thou  art  not  yet  fifty 
years  old,  and  hast  thou  seen  Abra- 
ham? 58  Jesus  said  unto  them. 
Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you.  Be- 
fore Abraham  was  born,  « I  am. 
59  They  ""  took  up  stones  therefore 
to  cast  at  him :  but  Jesus  ^ '  hid 
himself,  and  went  out  of  the  tem<v 
ple^. 

9  And  as  he  passed  by,  he  saw 
a  man  blind  from  his  birth. 
2  And  his  disciples  asked  him,  say- 
ing, '  Rabbi,  who  sinned,  "this  man, 
or  his  "parents,  that  he  should  be 
born'  blind  ?  3  Jesus  answered. 
Neither  did  this  man  sin,  nor  his 
parents:  but  ^ that  the  works  of 
God  should  be  made  manifest  in 
him.  4  We  must  work  the  works 
of  him  that  sent  me,  »' while  it  is 
day:  the  night  cometh,  when  no 
man  can  work.  5  When  I  am  in 
the  world,  I  am  Hhe  light  of  the 
world.  6  When  he  had  thus 
spoken,  he  "spat  on  the  ground, 
and  made  clay  of  the  spittle,  ^"  and 
anointed  his  eyes  witn  the  clay, 
7  and  said  unto  him.  Go,  wash  in 
''  the  pool  of  Siloam  (which  is  by 
interpretation.    Sent).       He    went 

'  See  Mt.  23.  7  "  Comp.  ver.  34  ;  Lk.  13.  2 ;  Acts 
28  4  ;  Wisd.  8.  19  f.  "  Ex.  20.  5  "  Comp.  ch.  11.  4 
''  ch.  11.  9  ;  12.  35 ;  comp.  7.  33  ;  Gal.  6.  10  -  ch.  1. 
4  ;  8.  12  ;  12.  46  "  Mk.  7.  33  ;  8.  23  b  ver.  11 ;  see 
Lk.  13.  4 


'  Or,  that  he  should  see 

8  Or,  was  hidden,  and  went  &e. 

9  Many  ancient  authorities  add  and  going 
through  the  midst  of  them  went  his  way  and  so 
passed  by.  , ,  . 

10  Or,  and  with  the  clay  thereof  anointed  his  eyti 


9.8 


JOHN 


las 


The  Pharisees  rross-qnrstion  him.    Jesns  looks  ap  the  Oatrast 


away  therefore,  and  waslied,  and 
"  came  seeing.  8  The  neignbor.s 
therefore,  and  they  that  saw  him 
atoretime,  that  he  was  a  beggar, 
said.  Is  not  this  he  tliat  *sat  and 
begged?  9  Others  said.  It  is  he: 
others  said.  No,  but  he  is  Uke  him. 
He  said,  I  am  he.  10  They  said 
therefore  unto  him.  How  then  were 
thine  eyes  opened?  11  He  an- 
swered. The  man  that  is  called 
Jesus  made  clay,  and  anointed 
mine  eyes,  and  said  unto  mo.  Go 
to  "Siloam,  and  wasli :  so  I  went 
away  and  waslied,  and  I  received 
sight.  12  And  they  said  unto  him, 
Where  is  he?  He  saith,  I  know 
not. 

13  They  bring  to  the  Pharisees 
him  that  aforetime  was  blind.  H 
**  Now  it  was  the  sabbath  on  the 
day  when  Jesus  made  the  clay,  and 
opened  his  eyes.  15  *  Again  there- 
fore the  Pharisees  also  asked  him 
how  he  received  his  sight.  And  he 
.said  unto  them,"  He  put  clay  upon 
mine  eyes,  and  I  washed,  ana  I  see. 
16  Some  therefore  of  the  Pharisees 
said,  •'^This  man  is  not  from  God, 
because  he  keepeth  not  the  sabbath. 
But  others  said.  How  can  a  man 
that  is  a  sinner  do  such  ''signs? 
And  ''there  was  a  division  among 
them.  17  They  say  therefore  unto 
the  blind  man  'again.  What  sayest 
thou  of  him,  in  that  he  opened 
thine  eyes?  And  he  said.  He  is  a 
*  prophet.  18  'The  Jews  therefore 
(\i(\  not  believe  concerning  him, 
that  he  had  been  blind,  and  had 
received  his  sight,  until  they  called 
the  parents  of  him  that  had  re- 
ceived his  sight,  1 9  and  asked  them, 
.saying,  Is  this  your  son,  who  j-e  say 
was  born  blind  ?  how  then  doth  he 
now  see?  20  His  parents  answered 
and  said.  We  know  that  this  is  our 
son,  and  that  he  was  born  blind  : 
21  but  how  he  now  seeth,  we  know 
not ;  or  who  opened  his  eyes,  we 
know  not :  ask  him  ;  he  is  of  age ; 
he  shall  speak  for  himself.  22  These 
things  said  his  parents,  becau.se  they 
"'feared  the  Jews :  for  the  Jews  "had 
agreed  already,  that  if  any  man 
should  confess  him  to  be  Christ,  "lie 
should  be  put  out  of  the  synagogue. 
23  Therefore  said  his  parents, ''  He 
is  of  age ;  ask  him.  2-4  So  they 
called  a  second  time  the  man  that 
was  blind,  and  said  unto  him,  'Give 
glory  to  God  :  we  know  that  ''this 
man  is  a  sinner.  25  He  therefore 
answered,  Whether  he  is  a  sinner, 


"  cli.  11.  37 
i>  Comp. 

Acts  3.  2, 

10 
'  Seo  ver.  7 
d  cli.  5.  9 
'  ver.  10 
/Comp,  Mt. 

12.  2 
"  See  ch.  2. 

11 
A  Comp.  ch. 

6  52  ;  7.  43 ; 

1(».  19 
1  Comp.  ver. 

15 
k  See  Mt.  21. 

U 
'  See  ch.  1. 

19 ;  ver.  22 
'"  Comp.  ch. 

7.  13 
"  Comp.  ch. 

7.  4.V^')2 
"ch,  12.42; 

lt>.  2. 

Comp.  Lk. 

6.  22 
P  ver.  21 
9  .Josh.  7. 

19 ;  1  EsUr. 

9.  8 ;  comp. 

Kzr.  10. 

11;  Rev. 

11.  13 
•■  ver.  16 


•  ver.  15 

<  See  ch.  5. 

25 
"  Comp.  ch. 

5.  45; 

Rom.  2. 17 
'■  ch.  8.  14 
^  Job  27.  8  f . ; 

35.  13 :  Ps. 

34.  15  f .  ; 

66.  13  ;  145. 

19;  Prov. 

15.  29  ;  28. 

9 ;  Is.  1. 15 ; 

Jaa.  S. 

16  ff. 
S'ver  16; 

comp.  ch. 

.^  2 
'  Comp. 

ver.  2 
"  Comp. 

ver.  22,  35 ; 

3  Jn.  10 
6  See  Mt. 

4  3 

■^  Comp. 

Rom.  10.  14 
rf  oh.  4.  26 

•  See  Mt. 
8  2 

/  ch.  5.  22, 
27 ;  3.  19 
"  Lk  4.  18 
''  Mt  13.  13; 
l.i  14 

•  Comp. 
Rom  2.  19 

•  Comp.  ch. 
15.  22,  24 

I  Comp. 
Prov.  26. 12 


'"  ver.  8 
"  ver.  11  f. 


'  ver.  4  f .  16, 
27 


I  know  not:  one  thing!  know,  that, 
whereas  1  was  blind,  now  I  see. 
20  They  .said  therefore  unto  him. 
What  did  he  to  thee?  how  opened 
he  thine  eyes?  27  He  answered 
them, '  I  told  you  even  now,  and  ye 
did  not 'hear;  wherefore  would  yo 
hear  it  again  ?  would  ye  also  become 
his  di.sciples?  2cS  And  they  reviled 
him,  anclsaid.  Thou  art  his  disciple; 
but  "we  are  disciples  of  Moses.  29 
We  know  that  God  hath  spoken 
unto  Moses :  but  as  for  this  man, 
"  we  know  not  whence  he  is.  30  The 
man  answered  and  said  unto  them. 
Why,  herein  is  the  marvel,  that  ye 
know  not  whence  he  is,  and  yet  lie 
opened  mine  eyes.  31  We  know 
that  -^  God  heareth  not  sinners  •  but 
if  any  man  be  a  worshipper  of  God, 
and  do  his  will,  him  he  heareth. 
32  Since  the  world  began  it  was 
never  heard  that  any  one  opened 
the  eyes  of  a  man  born  blind.  33 
"  If  this  man  were  not  from  Gt)d,  he 
could  do  nothing.  34  They  an- 
swered and  said  unto  him,  'Thou 
M^ast  altogether  born  in  sins,  and 
dost  thou  teach  us?  And  they 
•"cast  him  out. 

35  Jesus  heard  that  they  had 
"cast  him  out:  and  finding  him, 
he  said.  Dost  thou  believe  on  ^  the 
*  Son  of  God?  36  He  answeretl  and 
said,  And  'who  is  he.  Lord,  that  I 
may  believe  on  him?  37  Jesus  said 
unto  him,  Thou  hast  both  .seen  liim, 
and  ''he  it  is  that  speaketh  witn 
thee.  38  And  he  said.  Lord.  I  be- 
lieve.    And  he ''^"  worshipi>ea  him. 

39  And  Jesus  said, -Tor  iudgmem; 
came  I  into  this  world,  that  '■>  they 
that  see  not  may  see;  and  thai 
''  the.v  that  see  may  become  blind. 

40  Tho.se  of  the  Phari.sees  who 
were  with  him  heard  these  things, 
and  said  unto  him,  'Are  we  also 
blind?  41  Jesus  said  unto  them, 
^  If  ye  were  blind,  ye  would  have 
no  sin:  but  now  ye  say,  'We  see: 
your  sin  remaineth. 

^  f\  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto 
WJ  you.  He  that  entereth  not 
by  the  door  into  the  fold  of  the 
sheep,  but  climbeth  up  some  other 
way,  the  same  is  "'a  thief  and  a 
robber.  2  But  he  that  entereth 
in  by  the  door  is  ^"the  shepherd 
of  the  sheep.  3  To  him  the  porter 
openeth  ;  and  the  .sheep  hear  "his 
voice  :  and  he  calleth  his  own  sheep 

1  Many  auclent  authorities  read  (he  Hon  of  Mar^ 
i  Tlie  Oreek  word  denotes  an  act  of  reverence, 
whether  paid  to  a  creature  (as  here)  or  to  the 
Creator  (see  ch.  4.  20>.  ^  Or,  a  shepfieni 


106 


10.4 


JOHN 


10.39 


Parable  of  the  Sheep-fold.    The  fiood  Shepherd.    Opiuioas  again  divided.    The  Feast  of  the  Dedication 


by  name,  and  "leadeth  them  out. 
4  When  he  hath  put  forth  all  his 
own,  he  goeth  before  them,  and 
the  sheep  follow  him :  for  they 
know  *  his  voice.  5  And  a  stranger 
will  they  not  follow,  but  will  tiee 
from  him  :  for  they  know  not  *  the 
voice  of  strangers.  6  This  ^"par- 
able spake  Jesus  unto  them :  but 
they  understood  not  what  things 
they  were  which  he  spake  unto 
them. 

7  Jesus  therefore  said  unto  them 
again.  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto 
you,  I  am  "^the  door  of  the  sheep. 
8  All  that  came  -befoi'e  me  are 
"  thieves  and  robbers :  but  the 
sheep  did  not  hear  them.  9  ''I 
am  the  door ;  by  me  if  any  man 
enter  in,  he  shall  be  saved,  and 
shall  go  in  and  go  out,  and  shall 
find  pasture.  10  The  thief  cometh 
not,  but  that  he  may  steal,  and 
kill,  and  destroy :  I  came  that 
they  •''may  have  life,  and  may 
^have  it  abundantly.  11  ^I  am 
the  good  shepherd :  the  good 
shepherd  '^layeth  down  his  life 
for  the  sheep.  12  He  that  is  a 
hireling,  and  not  a  'shepherd, 
whose  own  the  sheep  are  not, 
beholdeth  the  wolf  coming,  and 
leaveth  the  sheep,  and  fleeth,  and 
the  wolf  snatcheth  them,  and  scat- 
tereth  them:  13  Ae  fleeth  because 
he  is  a  hireling,  and  careth  not 
for  the  sheep.  14  *  I  am  the  good 
shepherd;  and 'I  know  mine  own, 
and  mine  own  know  me,  15  even 
as  ™  the  Father  knoweth  me,  and 
I  know  the  Father;  and  "I  lay 
down  my  life  for  the  sheep.  16 
And  "other  sheep  I  have,  which 
are  not  of  this  fold :  them  also  I 
must  ■*  bring,  and  they  shall  hear 
my  voice  ;  and  ^  they  shall  become 
^one  flock,  *one  shepherd.  17 
Therefore  doth  the  Father  love 
me,  because  I  "lay  down  my  life, 
that  I  may  take  it  again.  18  ''No 
one  ^taketh  it  away  from  me,  but 
I  "  lay  it  down  of  myself.  I  have 
^  power  to  lay  it  down,  and  I  have 
"  power  to  take  it  again.  '  This 
commandment  received  I  from  my 
Father. 

1 9  '  There  arose  a  division  again 
among  the  Jews  because  of  these 
words.    20  And  many  of  them  said, 

1  Or.  proverb 

*  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  before  m«. 

3  Or,  have  abundance  *  Or,  lead 

'  Or,  there  shall  be  one  flock 

'  Some  ancient  authorities  read  took  it  away. 

7  Or,  right 


°-  Comp. 
ver.  1) 
(>  ver.3,5,16, 

■^  Comp.  cli. 

16.  -'a,  29 ; 

2  Pet.  2.  22 
d  Comp- 

ver.  1  f.  9 
^  ver.  1 ; 

comp.  Jer. 

23.  1  f .  ; 

Ezek.  34. 

2£f. 
/  Comp.  ch. 

6.  40 
Syer.  14: 

comp.  Is. 
40.  11 ; 
Ezek.  34. 
11-16,  23  i 
Heb.  13. 
20;  IPet. 
5.  4 ;  Rev. 

7.  17 

ft  ver,  15,  17, 

18 ;  1  Jn.  3. 

16;  comp. 

cli.  15.  13 
i  ver.  2 
*  See  ver.  11 
'  ver.  27 
"'  Mt.  11.  27 
"  ver.  11, 17, 

18 
°  Comp.  Is. 

56.  8 
P  Comp.  ch. 

11.  52 ;  17. 

20  f .  ;  Eph. 

2.  13-18 ; 

1  Pet.  2.  25 
«  Comp. 

Ezek  34. 

23 ;  37.  24 
"-  Comp.  Mt. 

26.  53 ;  ch. 

2.  19  ;  5.  26 
'  Comp.  ch. 

14.  31 ;  15. 

10 ;  PliU.  2. 

8 ;  Heb.  5.  8 
«  ch.  7.  43  ; 

comp.  9.  16 


"  See  ch.  7. 

20 
"  Comp. 

Mk.  3.  21 
^  See  Mt.  4. 

24 
y  Comp.  ch. 

9.  32  f.  ; 
Ex.  4.  11 

•^  1  Mace.  4. 
59 ;  2  Mace. 

10.  5  f . 

"  Acts  3.  U  ; 

5.  12 

6  See  ch.  1. 

19  ;  ver.  31, 

33 
"  Comp.  ch. 

16  25 ;  Lk. 

22.  67 
d.  Comp.  ch. 

8.  56,  58 

*  See  ch.  5. 
36 ;  ver.  38 

/Comp.  ch. 

8.47 
3  ver.  16 ; 

see  ver.  4 
h  ch.  17.  2  f.  ; 

1  Jn.  2.  25 ; 

5.11 

*  Comp.  ch. 

6.  37,  39 

*  Comp. 
WiscT  3. 1 

'  Comp.  ch. 

17.  2f  tf. 
"*  See  ch.  8. 

59 
"  Lev.  24.  16 


He  "  hath  a  demon,  and  "  is  mad ; 
why  hear  ye  him  1  21  Others  said. 
These  are  not  the  sayings  of  one 
■'  possessed  with  a  demon.  *  Can  a 
demon  open  the  eyes  of  the  blind  1 
22  **And  it  was  Hhe  feast  of  the 
dedication  at  Jerusalem  :  23  it  was 
winter;  and  Jesus  was  walking  in 
the  temple  in  "Solomon's  ^ porch. 
24  *  The  Jews  therefore  carne  round 
about  him,  and  said  unto  him,  How 
long  dost  thou  hold  us  in  suspense? 
If  thou  art  the  Christ,  tell  us 
"  plainly.  25  Jesus  answered  them, 
■*!  told  you,  and  ye  believe  not: 
"  the  works  that  I  do  in  my  Father's 
name,  these  bear  witness  of  me. 
26  But  ye  believe  not,  because 
•''ye  are  not  of  my  sheep.  27  My 
sheep  "hear  my  voice,  and  'I  know 
them,  and  they  follow  me  :  28  and 
I  give  unto  them  ''  eternal  life ; 
and  they  shall  never  perish,  and 
'no  one  shall  snatch  them  out  of 
*my  hand.  29  -"^  My  Father,  who 
hath  given  them  unto  me,  is  greater 
than  all ;  and  no  one  is  able  to 
snatch  "  them  out  of  *  the  Father's 
hand.  30  'I  and  the  Father  are 
one.  31  The  Jews  "•  took  up  stones 
again  to  stone  him.  32  Jesus  an- 
swered them.  Many  good  works 
have  I  showed  you  from  the 
Father ;  for  which  of  those  works 
do  ye  stone  me'?  33  The  Jews 
answered  him.  For  a  good  work 
we  stone  thee  not,  but  for  "blas- 

Ehemy ;  and  because  that  thou, 
eing  a  man,  "  makest  thyself  God. 
34  Jesus  answered  them.  Is  it  not 
written  in  ^  j'^our  « law,  ^^  I  said.  Ye 
are  godsl  35  If  he  called  them 
gods,  unto  whom  the  word  of  God 
came  (and  the  scriptui'e  cannot  be 
broken),  36  say  ye  of  him,  whom 
the  Father  -^^ •■  sanctified  and  "sent 
into  the  world.  Thou  blasphemest : 
because  I  said,  *I  am  the  Son  of 
Godi  37  "If  I  do  not  the  works 
of  my  Father,  believe  me  not. 
38  But  if  I  do  them,  though  ye 
believe  not  me,  believe  "  the  works : 
that  ye  may  know  and  understand 
that  ^the  Father  is  in  me,  and  I 
in  the  Father.    39  *They  sought 

"ch.  .5. 18  P  Comp.  ch.  8. 17  9  Comp.  ch.  12.  34; 
15.  25  ;  Rom.  3.  19 ;  1  Cor.  14.  21  »"  Comp.  ch.  6.  69 ; 
Jer.  1.  5  ;  Ecclus.  45.  4 ;  49.  7  "  See  ch.  3.  17 
f  Comp.  ver.  30  ;  ch.  5.  17  f.  «  Comp.  ch.  15.  24 ; 
ver.  25  "  ver.  25 ;  ch.  14.  U  *  ch.  14.  10  f.  20 ;  17. 
21,  23     y  See  ch.  7.  30 


8  Some  ancient  authorities  read  At  thai  time 
was  the  feast.  9  Or,  portico 

10  Some  ancient  authorities  read  That  which 
my  Father  hath  given  unto  me.  i^  Or,  augrht 

12  Ps.  Ixxxii.  6.  18  Or,  consecrated 


106 


10.40 


JOHN 


U.  34 


Jesu  gots  igtia  to  Pfrtta.    Jtsos  hetre  or  tbe  SiokneKs  of  Unros.    Batees  Latanis  from  the  Dead 


again  to  take  him:  and  "he  went 
forth  out  of  their  hand. 

40  And  he  went  away  *  again 
beyond  the  Jordan  into  the  place 
where  John  was  at  the  first  baptiz- 
ing ;  and  there  he  abode.  41  And 
many  came  unt-o  him ;  and  they 
said,  John  indeed  did  no  ''sign:  but 
^all  things  whatsoever  John  spake 
of  this  man  were  true.  42  And 
•many  bejieved  on  hiin  there. 

nNow  a  certain  man  was 
sick.  Lazarus  of  ■'Bethany, 
of  the  village  of  Mary  and  her 
sister  ^  Martlia.  2  And  it  was 
that  Mary  who  *  anointed  '  the 
Lord  with  ointment,  and  wiped 
his  feet  with  her  hair,  whose 
brother  Lazarus  was  sick.  3  The 
sisters  therefore  sent  unto  him, 
saying,  'Lord,  behold,  *  he  whom 
thou  lovest  is  sick.  4  But  when 
Jesus  heard  it,  he  said.  This  sick- 
ness is  not  unto  death,  but  for  '  the 
glory  of  God,  that  the  fSon  of  God 
may  be  glorified  thereby.  5  Now 
Jesus  loved  "*  Martha,  and  her  sis- 
ter, and  Lazarus.  G  When  there- 
fore he  heard  that  he  was  sick,  he 
abode  at  that  time  two  days  in  the 
place  where  he  was.  7  Then  after 
this  he  stiith  to  the  disciples,  "  Let 
us  go  into  Judjea  again.  8  The 
disciples  say  unto  him,  "RabVji, 
the  Jews  were  but  now  seeking 
^  to  stone  thee ;  and  goest  thou 
thither  again  1  9  Jesus  answered, 
«Are  there  not  twelve  hours  in 
the  day?  If  a  man  walk  in  the 
day,  he  stumbleth  not,  because  he 
seeth  the  light  of  this  world.  10 
But  if  a  man  walk  in  the  night, 
he  stumbleth,  because  the  light  is 
not  in  him.  11  These  things  spake 
he :  and  after  this  he  saith  unto 
them,  Our  'friend  Lazarus  'is 
fallen  asleep  ;  but  I  go,  that  I  may 
awake  him  out  of  sleep.  12  The 
disciples  therefore  said  unto  him, 
Lord,  if  he  is  fallen^  asleep,  he 
will  ^recover.  13  Xow  'Jesus 
had  spoken  of  his  death  :  but  they 
thougnt  that  he  spake  of  taking 
rest  in  sleep.  1 4  Then  Jesus  there- 
fore said  unto  them  plainly,  Laz- 
arus is  dead.  15  And  I  am  glad 
for  your  sakes  that  I  was  not 
there,  to  the  intent  ye  may  be- 
lieve; nevertheless  let  us  go  unto 
him.  16"  Thomas  therefore,  who 
is  called  ^"Didymus,  said  unto  his 
fellow-disciples,  Let  us  also  go, 
that  we  may  die  with  him. 

»  Or.  be  saved.  *  That  ia,  Ttcin. 


"  Comp  ch. 

8.  59 ;  Lk. 

4.  30 
f-ch.  1.  28 
'  See  ch.  2. 

11 
<l  ch.  1.  27, 

30,  34 ;  3. 

27-30 
'  See  ch.  7. 

31 
/SeeMt.  21. 

17  ;  ver.  13 
■'  ver.  5, 

l!i  ti. :  see 

Lk.  10.  38 
''  ch.  12.  3 ; 

couip.  Lk. 

7,  38 
'  See  Lk.  7. 

13 ;  ver.  3, 

21,  32 ; 

comp.  ch. 

13.  13  f. 
*•'  Comp. 

ver.  6, 11, 

36 
'  ver.  40 ; 

comp.  ch. 

H.  3;  10.  38 
"'  See  ver.  1 
"  Comp.  ch. 

1(1  40 
"  See  Mt. 

23.  7 
''  ch.  10.  31 ; 

see  8.  59 
'  Comp.  Lk. 

13.  33 ;  ch. 

ft.  4  ;  12.  35 
""  Comp. 

ver.  5 
'  Mt.  27  52  ; 

ilk.  5.  39  ; 

ver  13 ; 

see  Acts 

7.  BO 
'Mt.  9.  24; 

Lk.  8.  52 
"  Mt.  10.  3  ; 

Mk.  3.  18 ; 

Lk.  6.  15 ; 

ch.  14  5 ; 

20.  20-28 ; 
Acts  1  13 

'■  ch.  20.  24  ; 

21.  2 


'  ver.  39 
y  See  ver.  1 
'  See  ch  1. 

19 ;  ver.  8 
"  ver  31  : 

.Job  2  11 ; 

comp. 

1  S.  31.  13  ; 

1  Chr.  10. 
12;  Judith 
16,  24 

'  Comp  Lk. 

10.  38-42 
'  See  ver.  2 
d  ver.  .T2 ; 

comp 

ver.  37 
'  ver  41 f  ; 

comp  S  31 
/  Dan   U  i, 

2  Mace  7 
14 ;  comp. 
Acts  24. 
15 ;  .In.  5. 
28f 

"  Comp  oh 

1.  4  :  5.  26; 

6.  39  f .  ; 

Rev.  1   18 
'"Seech.  6. 

47,  50,  51  ; 

8  .M 
•  Mt  16  16  ; 

comp.  Lk. 

2.11 
*ch  6.  14 
I  ver.  30 

107 


1 7  So  when  Jesus  came,  he  found 
that  he  had  been  in  the  tomb  -^four 
days  already.  18  Now  ^  Bethany 
^yas  nigh  unto  Jeru.salem,  about 
fifteen  furlongs  oft';  19  and  many 
of  'the  Jews  had  come  to  "Martha 
and  Mary,  "to  console  them  con- 
cerning their  brother.  20  ''Martha 
therefore,  when  she  heard  that 
Jesus  was  coming,  went  and  met 
him:  but  ''Mary  still  sat  in  the 
house.  21  Martlia  therefore  .said 
unto  Je.sus,  ''Lord,  '*if  thou  hadst 
been  here,  my  brother  had  not 
died.  22  And  even  now  1  know 
that,  "whatsoever  thou  shalt  ask 
of  God,  God  will  give  thee.  23 
Jesus  saith  unto  her.  Thy  brother 
shall  rise  again.  24  Martha  saith 
unto  him,  •'I  know  that  he  shall 
rise  again  in  the  resurrection  at 
the  last  day.  25  Jesus  said  unto 
her,  fl  am  the  resurrection,  and 
the  life :  he  that  believeth  on  me, 
though  he  die,  yet  shall  he  live ; 
26  and  whosoever  liveth  and  be- 
lieveth on  me  ''shall  never  die. 
Believest  thou  thisl  27  8he  saith 
unto  him.  Yea,  Lord  :  I  have  be- 
lieved that  thou  art  'the  Christ, 
the  Son  of  God,  even  *he  that  com- 
eth  into  the  world.  28  And  when 
she  had  said  this,  she '  went  away, 
and  called  Mary  ^her  sister  secretly, 
saying,  ""The  Teacher  is  here,  and 
calletn  thee.  29  And  she,  when 
she  heard  it,  arose  quickly,  and 
went  unto  him.  30  (Now  Jesus 
was  not  yet  come  into  the  village, 
but  "  was  still  in  the  place  where 
Martha  met  him.)  31  "The  Jews 
then  who  wei-e  with  her  in  the 
house,  and  >'  were  consoling  her, 
when  they  saw  Mary,  that  she 
rose  up  quickly  and  went  out, 
followed  her,  supposing  that  she 
was  going  unto  the  tomo  to  ■*  weep 
there.  32  Mary  therefore,  when 
she  came  where  Jesus  was,  and 
saw  him,  fell  down  at  his  feet, 
sa.ving  unto  him,  'Lord,  'if  thou 
hadst  been  here,  my  brother  had 
not  died.  33  When  Jesus  there- 
fore saw  her  "  \yeeping,  and  'the 
Jews  also  '"  weeping  who  came  with 
her,  he  "'groaned  in  the  spirit, 
ana  ''"was  troubled,  34  and  said, 

""  Mt  26  18 :  Mk  14  14  ;  Lk  22  11 ;  comp  ch  13  1} 
"  ver  20  »  See  ver.  19 ;  ver.  33  ''  ver.  19  «  Se« 
ver.  2  "■  See  ver.  21  •  See  ver.  19  '  ver.  38  "  Comp. 
ch  12.  27 ;  13.  21 


>  Or,  hfT  tisler,  saying  secretly 

*  Gr.  wail.  6  Qt.  teailin<j. 

«  Or,  tens  m<n<*(i  icilh  indignation  in  the  spirit 

'  Or.  troubled  himself. 


11.35 


JOHN 


12.8 


la  Consequence  the  Pharisees  plot  to  pot  JesDS  to  Death.    Jesns  withdraws  to  Ephraim.    The  Inointiiig  at  Bethany 


Where  have  ye  laid  him'?  They 
say  unto  him,  Lord,  come  and  see. 
35  Jesus  "  wept.  36  *  The  Jews 
therefore  said.  Behold  how  he 
"loved  him  !  37  But  some  of  them 
said,  Could  not  this  man,  who 
•*  opened  the  eyes  of  him  that  was 
blind,  have  caused  that  this  man 
also  should  not  die  1  38  Jesus 
therefore  again  ^ "  groaning  in  him- 
self Cometh  to  the  tomb.  Now  it 
•was  ^a  cave,  and  •'^a  stone  lay 
^against  it.  39  Jesus  saith.  Take 
ye  away  the  stone.  Martha,  the 
sister  of  him  that  was  dead,  saith 
unto  him.  Lord,  by  this  time  ^the 
body  decayeth ;  for  he  hath  been 
dead  ^  four  days.  40  Jesus  saith 
unto  her,  *  Said  I  not  unto  thee, 
that,  if  thou  belie vedst,  thou  should - 
est  see  the  glory  of  God  1  4 1  So 
they  took  away  the  -^  stone.  And 
Jesus  '  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  said, 

*  Father,  I  thank  thee  that  thou 
heardest  me.  42  And  I  knew  that 
thou  hearest  me  always:  but  'be- 
cause of  the  multitude  that  stand- 
eth  around  I  said  it,  that  they  may 
believe  that  '"  thou  didst  send  me. 
43  And  when  he  had  thus  spoken, 
he  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  Lazarus, 
come  forth.  44  He  that  was  dead 
came  forth,  "bound  hand  and  foot 
with  ^grave-clothes  ;  and  "his  face 
was  bound  about  with  a  napkin. 
Jesus  saith  unto  them,  Loose  him, 
and  let  him  go. 

4.5  ''Many  therefore  of  the  Jews, 
'who  came  to  Marv  and  ''beheld 
°that  which  he  did,  believed  on 
him.  46  But  some  of  them  went 
away  to  the  'Pharisees,  and  told 
them  the  things  which  Jesus  had 
done. 

47  'The  chief  priests  therefore 
and  the  Pharisees  'gathered  a 
"council,  and  said.  What  do  we? 
for  this  man  doeth  many  "signs. 

48  If  we  let  him  thus  alone,  all 
men  will  believe  on  him :  and  the 
Romans  will  come  and  take  away 
both  our  ^  place  and  our  nation. 

49  But   a   certain    one    of    them, 

*  Caiaphas,  '  being  high  priest  that 
year,  said  unto  them.  Ye  know 
nothing  at  all,  50  nor  do  ye  take 
account  that  "it  is  expedient  for 
you  that  one  man  should  die  for 
the  people,  and  that  the  whole 
nation  perish  not.     51  Now  this 

1  Or,  being  moved  with  indignation  in  himself 

2  Or,  upon  3  Or.  he  stinketh. 
*  Or,  grave-bands 

^  Many  ancient  authorities  read  the  things 
vhich  he  did. 


"  Comp,  Lk. 

I'J  41 

(where  Gr 

as  in  ver. 

33  marg  ) 
b  See  ver.  19 
'  Comp, 

ver.  3 
d  cli.  9.  7 
'  ver.  33 
/Comp  Mt. 

27   HO ;  Mk. 

15  46  ;  Lk. 

24  2  .  ch. 

20  1 
"  ver.  17 
>!■  ver.  4, 

23  ff. 

'  ch  17. 1 ; 

comp 

Acts  7.  55 
k  See  Mt. 

11.  25 

'  Comp  ch. 

12.  30 ;  17. 
21 

'"  See  ch.  3. 

17 
"  See  ch.  19. 

40 
"  Comp.  ch. 

20  7 
P  See  ch.  7. 

31 
«  ver.  19 ; 

comp  ch. 

12  17  f. 
•"  ch.  2.  23 
'  ver.  57 ; 

comp  ch. 

7.  32.  45 
'  Mt.  26.  3 
"  See  Mt.  5 

22 
"  See  ch.  2. 

11 
"  Comp.  Mt, 

24  15  ; 

1  Esdr.  8. 
78: 

2  Mace.  5. 
19  f. 

y  Mt.  26.  3 
^  ver,  51  ; 

ch,  13,  13 
"ch,  18  14 


<>  Comp, 

Ex.23,  30; 

Num  27. 

21  ;  1  S. 

23  9  ;  30,  7  ; 

Ezr.  2  63 
<^  ch,  10  16 
d  Mt.  26  4 
"ch  7,  1 
/2Chr,  13. 

19  mare,  ? 
^  Mt,  26 

1  f ,  ;  Mk. 

14,  1 ;  Lk, 

22,  1 :  ch. 

12  1 ;  13  1 ; 

see  ch.  2. 

13 
h  Num  9. 

10 ;  2  Chr, 

30  17  f,  ; 

comp,  ch. 

13,  28 
'  ch  7,  11 
*  See  ver,  47 
'  ver  1-8 : 

comp  Mt. 

26  6-13 ; 

ADt,  14, 

3-9 ;  also 

Lk.  7.  37- 

39 
"'  See  ch  11. 

55 ;  comp. 

ver,  12.  20 
"  See  Mt.  21. 

17  ;  comp. 

ch.  11.  43  {. 

108 


he  said  not  of  himself:  but  ^  being 
high  priest  that  year,  he  *  prophe- 
sied that  Jesus  should  die  for  the 
nation ;  52  and  not  for  the  nation 
only,  but  that  he  might  also  ''gather 
together  into  one  the  children  of 
God  that  are  scattered  abroad. 
53  So  from  that  day  forth  they 
''took  counsel  that  they  might  pui 
him  to  death. 

54  Jesus  therefore  *  walked  no 
more  openly  among  the  Jews,  but 
departed  thence  into  the  country 
near  to  the  wilderness,  into  a  city 
called  ^Ephraim  ;  and  there  he  tar- 
ried with  the  disciples.  55  Now 
'^the  passover  of  the  Jews  was  at 
hand  :  and  many  went  up  to  Jeru- 
salem out  of  the  country  before  the 
passover,  ''to  purify  themselves. 
56  They  'sought  therefore  for 
Jesus,  and  spake  one  with  another, 
as  they  stood  in  the  temple.  What 
think  ye  ?  That  he  will  not  come 
to  the  feast "?  57  Now  *the  chief 
priests  and  the  Pharisees  had  given 
commandment,  that,  if  any  man 
knew  where  he  was,  he  should  show 
it,  that  they  might  take  hirn. 
'j  O  'Jesus  therefore  six  days 
X^  before  '"the  passover  came 
to  "Bethany,  where  Lazarus  was, 
whom  Jesus  raised  from  the  dead. 
2  So  they  made  him  a  supper  there : 
and  "Martha  served;  but  Lazarus 
was  one  of  them  that  ®  sat  at  meat 
with  him.  3  ^Mary  therefore  took 
a  pound  of  ointment  of  "*pure 
nard,  very  precious,  and  anointed 
the  feet  of  Jesus,  and  wiped  his 
feet  with  her  hair :  and  the  house 
was  filled  with  the  odor  of  the 
ointment.  4  But  ''Judas  Iscariot, 
one  of  his  disciples,  that  should 
**  betray  him,  saith,  5  Why  was  not 
this  ointment  sold  for  three  hun- 
dred ^shillings,  and  given  to  the 
poor?  6  Now  this  he  said,  not 
because  he  cared  for  the  poor  ;  but 
because  he  was  a  thief,  and  '  having 
the  '"bag  "took  away  'what  was 
put  therein.  7  Jesus  therefore  said, 
'-  Suffer  her  to  keep  it  against  "  the 
day  of  my  burying.  8  "For  the 
poor  ye  have  always  with  you  ;  but 
me  ye  have  not  always. 

0  See  Lk.  10  38  p  See  ch.  11.  2  «  Mk.  14.  3 
-■  Comp,  ch,  6,  71  '  ch,  13,  29  <  Comp,  Lk,  8,  3 
"  See  ch.  19.  40     "  Mt,  26.  11 ;  Mk.  14.  7 ;  Dt.  15.  11 


7  Or,  liquid  nard 


«  Gr.  reclined. 

8  Or.  deliver  him  up 

8  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  6.  7. 

11  Or,  carried  what  wa.i  put  therein. 

n  Or,  Let  her  alone :  it  was  that  she  might  keep  tt 


10  Or,  box 


12.9 


JOPIN 


12.39 


Lazaros  also  plotted  agaiest.    The  Triumphal  Entry.    The  La.st  Public  Disroorae  of  Jesns.    The  Evangelist'^  Retrospect 


9  The  "  common  people  therefore 
of  the  Jews  learned  that  he  wa-s 
there :  and  they  came,  not  for 
Jesus'  sake  onlj-,  but  that  they 
might  see  Lazarus  also,  ''whom  he 
had  raised  from  tlie  dead.  10  liut 
the  chief  priests  took  counsel  that 
they  might  put  Lazarus  also  to 
death  ;  1  I  because  that "  by  rearjon 
of  him  ''many  of  the  Jews  went 
away,  and  believed  on  Jesus. 

12  On  the  morrow  '"a great  mul- 
titude that  had  come  to  •'^  the  feast, 
when  they  heard  that  Jesus  was 
coming  to  Jerusalem,  13  took  the 
'branches  of  the  palm  trees,  and 
went  forth  to  meet  him,  and  cried 
out,  *  Hosanna  :  Blessed  is  he  that 
Cometh  in  the  name  of  the  Lord, 
even  the  '  King  of  Israel.  1-1  And 
Jesus,  having  found  a  young  ass. 
sat  thereon;  as  it  is  written,  15 
■  Fear  not,  daughter  of  Zion  :  be- 
hold, thy  King  cometh,  sitting  on 
an  ass's  colt.  IG  *  These  things 
understood  not -his  disciples  at  tiie 
first :  but  when  Jesus  '  was  glori- 
fied, then  remembered  they  that 
these  things  were  written  of  him, 
and  that  they  had  done  these 
things  unto  him.  17  '"The  multi- 
tude therefore  that  was  with  him 
when  he  called  Lazarus  out  of  the 
tomb,  and  raised  him  fi-om  the 
dead,  bare  witness.  18  "For  this 
cause  also  the  multitude  went  and 
met  him,  "for  that  they  heard  that 
he  had  done  this  sign.  19  The 
Pharisees  therefore  said  among 
themselves,  ^JJehold  how  ye  pre- 
vail nothing  ;  lo,  the  world  is  gone 
after  him. 

20  Now  there  were  certain 
'Greeks  among  those  that  went 
up  to  worship  at  ^the  feast:  21 
these  therefore  came  to  •'  f^hilip, 
who  was  of  *■  Bethsaida  of  Galilee, 
and  asked  him,  saying.  Sir,  we 
would  see  Jesus.  22  Philip  cometh 
and  telleth  'Andrew:  Andrew 
cometh,  and  Philip,  and  they  tell 
Jesus.  23  And  Jesus  answereth 
them,  saying,  'The  hour  is  come, 
that  the  Son  of  man  should  'be 
glorified.  24  Verily,  verily,  I  say 
unto  you,  '  Except  a  grain  of  wheat 
fall  into  the  earth  and  die,  it  abid- 
eth  by  itself  alone ;  but  if  it  die, 
it  beareth  much  fruit.  2.'3  "  He 
that  loveth  his  ■•  life  loseth  it ;  and 

1  Some  ancient  authorities  read  the  common 
people.    See  ver.  9.  '  Zech.  ix.  9. 

3  Or,  l>  behold 

*  i  life  in  these  places  represents  two  different 
Greek  words. 

66 


°  Comp  Mk. 

12  U7 :  ver. 

1.'  iiiarg. 
i>  ch  a. 

43  f  :  ver. 

I,  17  f. 

«  ver.  18  ; 

coiiip  ch. 

11.4if. 
«'  See  ch  7. 

31  ;  comp 

II.  42 

'  ver  12-1.'): 

Miill/iew 

21.4-9; 

JJiirk  11. 

7-lU:  Luke 

19  35-38 
/ver.  1 
■'  Cunip. 

1  Mace.  13. 

51 
''  Comp.  Ps. 

118.  25  f. 
'  See  ch.  1. 

49 
*:  See  Mk.  9. 

32  ;  comp 
ch  2  22  ; 
14   20 

'  See  ch.  7. 

3 1 ;  ver  23 
"'  ch.  11.  42 
"  comp  Lk. 

IH  37; 

ver.  12 
"  See  ver.  11 
p  See  ch.  7. 

3.1 
1  See  ch.  1. 

44 
■•ch   1  44; 

comp.  Mt. 

11.  21 
'  Comp.  ch. 

13.  1.32; 
17  1 ;  Mt. 
26  45;  Mk. 

14.  35,  41 
<  1  Cor   15 

36 ;  comp 
Rom.  14  9 
"  See  Mt.  Ui. 
39 


'•  Lk  14  26 
'ch   14  3; 

17.  24 ; 

comp. 

2  Cor.  5.  8  ; 
Phil.  1.  23  ; 

1  Th.  4  17 
i*  1  S.  2.  30  ; 

P»  91  15 ; 
comp.  Lk. 
12.  37 

*  Mt  26  38  ; 
Mk.  14  34; 
see  ch.  11. 
33 

"  See  Mt.  11 

25 
I'  See  ver.  23 
'  Comp.  Mt 

3  17;  17.5; 
Mk.  1  U  ; 
0.  7  ;  Lk  3. 
22 :  9.  3.5 

rf  Acts  23  9 
'  cli.  11.  42 
/ch  16  11; 

comp  ch. 

3.  19  ;  9.  39 
"  ch  14   30  ; 

16  11; 

2  Cor  4  4  ; 
Eph  2  2 ; 
comp  6 

12 ;  1  Jn.  4. 

4  ;  5.  19 

*  ch.  3  14  ; 

5  28 ;  Ter. 
S4 

*  Comp.  cb. 
6.44 

109 


he  that  "hateth  his  ''life  in  this 
world  shall  keep  it  unto  Mife  eter- 
nal. 20  If  any  man  serve  me,  let 
him  follow  me;  and  •'where  I  am, 
tliere  shall  also  my  servant  he :  if 
any  man  serve  me,  him  will  the 
Father  *  honor.  27  'Now  is  my 
soul  troubled;  and  what  shall  1 
say  ?  "  Father,  save  me  from  ^  this 
"hour.  But  for  this  cause  came  I 
unto  this  hour.  28  "Father,  glo- 
rify thy  name.  There  came  there- 
fore a  ""  voice  out  of  heaven,  saying. 
I  have  both  glorified  it,  and  will 
glorify  it  again.  29  The  multitude 
theretore,  that  stood  by,  and  heard 
it,  said  that  it  had  thundered: 
others  said.  ''An  angel  hath  spoken 
to  him.  30  Jesus  answered  and 
said,  "^^This  voice  liath  not  come 
for  my  sake,  but  for  your  sakes. 
31  -^Now  is  ^the  judgment  of  this 
world:  now  shall  "the  prince  of 
this  world  be  cast  out.  o2  And  I, 
if  I  "be  lifted  up* from  the  earth, 
will  'draw  all  men  unto  myself. 
33  But  this  he  said,  *  signifying 
by  what  manner  of  death  he  should 
die.  34:  The  multitude  therefore 
answered  him,  We  have  heard  out 
of  '  the  law  that  "'  the  Christ  abideth 
for  ever  :  and  how  sayest  thou.  The 
"Son  of  man  must  be  ''lifted  up? 
who  is  this  "Son  of  man  %  35  Jesus 
therefore  said  unto  them,  "  Yet  a 
little  while  is  ''the  light  ® among 
you.  *  Walk  while  ye  have  the 
light,  that  darkness  overtake  you 
not:  and  he  that  ''walketh  in  the 
daikness  knoweth  not  whither  he 
goeth.  36  While  ye  have  the  light, 
'  believe  on  the  light,  that  ye  may 
become  'sons  of  light. 

These  things  spake  Jesus,  and  he 
departed  and  '""hid  himself  from 
them.  37  But  though  he  had  done 
so  many  'signs  before  them,  yet 
they  believed  not  on  him  :  38  that 
the  word  of  Isaiah  the  prophet 
might  be  fulfilled,  which  he  spake, 

''■'Lord,  who  hath  believed  our 
report  1 

And  to  whom  hath  the  arm  of 
the  Lord  been  revealed  ? 
39  For  this  cause  they  could  not 
believe,  for  that  Lsaiah  said  again, 

*  Corap  ch.  18  32 ;  21  19  «  See  ch.  10.  34  "  Ps. 
110  4 ;  Is  9  7  ;  Ezek  37  2.5  ;  Dan.  7.  14  "  See  Mt. 
8  20  "See  eh.  7.  33  ;  comp  9.  4  ;  1  .In.  2. 10  z-  See 
ver  46  ''  Kph.  5  8  ;  comp  Gal.  6  10  •"  1  Jn.  1.  6: 
2.11  'See  ver  46  '  See  Lk  16.  8;  comp  ch  8. 12 
"  Comp.  ch. 8.  59    "See  ch.  2. 11    '  Rom.  10. 16 


«  Or.  hour  f  »  Or,  in 

1  Or.  a  judgment    i"  Or,  wnt  hidden  from  them 

»  Or,  cut  of  u  la.  liii.  L 


12.  40 


JOHN 


13.21 


The  Evangelist's  Retrospect,    Jesns  sums  ap  hjs  Claims.    Jesas  washes  the  Disciples'  Feet 


40  ^ "  He  hath  blinded  their  eyes, 

and  he  *  hardened  their  heart ; 
Lest  they  should  see  with  their 

eyes,  and  perceive  with  their 

heart. 
And  should  turn, 
And  I  should  heal  them. 

41  These  things  said  Isaiah,  be- 
cause 'he  saw  his  glory;  and  ''he 
spake  of  him.  42  Nevertheless 
even  of  "the  rulers-^ many  believed 
on  him  ;  but/  because  of  the  Phar- 
isees they  did  not  confess  '^  it,  lest 
they  should  be  ''  put  out  of  the 
synagogue:  43  'for  they  loved  the 
glory  that  is  of  men  more  than 
the  glory  that  is  of  God. 

44  And  Jesus  cried  and  said, 
*  He  that  believeth  on  me,  believ- 
eth  not  on  me,  but  on  him  that 
sent  me.  45  And  'he  that  behold- 
eth  me  beholdeth  him  that  sent 
me.  46  '"I  am  come  a  light  into 
the  world,  that  whosoever  believ- 
eth on  me  may  not  abide  in  the 
darkness.  47  And  if  any  man 
hear  my  sayings,  and  keep  them 
not,  I  judge  him  not:  for  "I  came 
not  to  judge  the  world,  but  to  save 
the  world.  48  "He  that  rejecteth 
me,  and  receiveth  not  my  sayings, 
hath  one  that  judge th  him  :  *■  the 
word  that  I  spake,  the  same  shall 
judge  him  in  *the  last  day.  49 
'  For  I  spake  not  from  myself  ;  but 
the  Father  that  sent  me,  *  he  hath 
given  me  a  commandment,  what 
I  should  say,  and  what  I  should 
speak.  50  And  I  know  that  '  his 
commandment  is  life  eternal ;  the 
things  therefore  which  I  speak, 
"  even  as  the  Father  hath  said  unto 
me,  so  I  speak. 

■^  O  Now  before  the  feast  of 
_LO  "the  passover,  Jesus  know- 
ing that  ■'his  hour  was  come  that 
he  should  depart  out  of  this  world 
■"  unto  the  Father,  having  loved  his 
own  that  were  in  the  world,  he 
loved  them  ^  unto  the  end.  2  And 
during  supper,  ^the  devil  having 
already  put  into  the  heart  of 
"Judas  Iscariot,  Simon's  sow,  to 
•*  betray  him,  3  Jesus,  *  knowing 
that  the  Father  had  given  all 
things  into  his  hands,  and  that 
"  he  came  forth  from  God,  and 
goeth  unto  God,  4  riseth  from 
supper,  and  layeth  aside  his  gar- 
ments ;  and  he  took  a  towel,  and 
"*  girded  himself.  5  Then  he  pour- 
eth  water  into  the  basin,  and  be- 


1  l8.  vi  10 

2  Or,  him 


3  Or,  <o  th.e  u/ ter7no.it. 
*  Or,  deliver  him  up 


"  See  Mt.  13. 

14  f. 
>>  Comp. 

Mk.  b.  52 
=  Is.  ti  1  tt. 
<i  Comp.  Lk 

24.  27 
"  See  Lk.  23. 

13 
/Comp  ch. 

7.  4b ;  ver. 
11 

0  ch.  7.  13 
A  See  ch.  9 

22 
'  ch  5.  41,  44 
*  Comp  Mt. 

10.  40 ;  ch. 

5  24 

1  ch.  14  9 

™  ch.  1.  4  ;  3. 
19  ;  8.  12 ; 

9.  5 ;  see 
ver.  35  f . 

"  See  ch.  3. 
17 ;  comp. 

8.  15  f . 

°  Comp.  Lk. 

10.  16 

P  Comp  Dt. 

18.  18  f. ; 

ch.  5. 

45  ff  ;  8  47 
9  Comp.  Mt. 

10   15 
'■  See  ch.  3. 

11 
'  See  ch.  14. 

31  ;  comp. 

17.  8 
'  Comp.  ch. 

6.  68 
"  ch.  8.  28 
"  See  ch.  11. 

55  and  2.  13 
'^  See  ch.  12. 

23 
y  ch.  16.  28  ; 

comp. 

ver.  3 
'  Comp.  ch. 

6.  70 ;  ver. 

27 
"  See  ch.  6. 

71 
b  See  ch.  3. 

35 
"  See  ch.  8. 

42 
i  Comp.  Lk. 

12.  37 


« See  Lk.  7. 

44 
/  Oomp. 

ver.  f2  ff. 
9  Comp.  Dt. 

12.  12 ;  2  S. 

20.  1  ;  1  K. 

12.  16 
A  ch.  15.  3 
'  See  ch.  6. 

64 ;  comp. 

ver.  2 
*  ver.  4 
'  See  ch.  11. 

""  See  ch  11. 

'2 ;  comp. 

1  Cor.  12. 

3 ;  Phil.  2. 

11 
"  Comp. 

1  Pet  5.  3 
°  See  Mt.  10. 

24 
P  Comp. 

2  Cor.  8. 
23 ;  PhU.  2. 
25 

«  Lk.  11.  28  ; 

Jas.  1.  25 ; 

comp.  Mt. 

7.  24  ff. 
■■  ver.  10  f. 

110 


gan  to  *wash  the  disciples'  feet, 
and  to  wipe  them  with  the  towel 
wherewith  he  was  girded.  6  So 
he  Cometh  to  Simon  Peter.  He 
saith  unto  him,  Lord,  dost  thou 
wash  my  feef?  7  Jesus  answered 
and  said  unto  him,  What  I  do  thou 
knowest  not  now ;  but  thou  shalt 
understand  {hereafter.  8  Peter 
saith  unto  him.  Thou  shalt  never 
wash  my  feet.  Jesus  answered 
him,  If  I  wash  thee  not,  ^thou 
hast  no  part  with  me.  9  Simon 
Peter  saitli  unto  him.  Lord,  not  my 
feet  only,  but  also  my  hands  ana 
my  head.  10  Jesus  saith  to  him. 
He  that  is  bathed  needeth  not  ^  save 
to  wash  his  feet,  but  is  clean  every 
whit :  and  *  ye  are  clean,  but  not 
all.  11  For  'he  knew  him  that 
should  ^  betray  him  ;  therefore  said 
he,  Ye  are  not  all  clean. 

1 2  So  when  he  had  washed  their 
feet,  and  *  taken  his  garments,  and 
•"sat  down  again,  he  said  unto 
them.  Know  ye  what  I  have  done 
to  you"?  13  Ye  call  me,  'Teacher, 
and,  ™  Lord :  and  ye  say  well ;  for 
so  1  am.  14  If  I  then,  "the  Lord 
and  the  Teacher,  have  washed  your 
feet,  ye  also  ought  to  wash  one 
another's  feet.  15  For  I  have 
given  you  "  an  example,  that  ye  also 
should  do  as  I  have  done  to  you. 

16  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you, 
°  A  ^  servant  is  not  greater  than  his 
lord  ;  neither  ^''one  that  is  sent 
greater  than    he    that    sent    him. 

17  If  ye  know  these  things, 
''  blessed  are    ye    if    ye   do    them. 

1 8  *■  I  speak  not  of  you  all :  I  know 
whom  I  ^  have  *  chosen  :  but  *  that 
the  scripture  may  be  fulfilled,  ^° "  He 
that  eateth  "  my  bread  lifted  up 
his  heel  against  me.  19  From 
henceforth  "I  tell  you  before  it 
come  to  pass,  that,  when  it  is  come 
to  pass,  ye  may  believe  that  "  I  am 
he.  20  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto 
you,  » He  that  receiveth  whomso- 
ever I  send  receiveth  me ;  and  he 
that  receiveth  me  receiveth  him 
that  sent  me. 

2 1  When  Jesus  had  thus  said,  he 
-was  troubled  in  the  spirit,  and 
testified,  and  said.  Verily,  verily, 

'  ch.  6.  70  ;  15.  16,  19  '  ch.  17.  12 ;  19.  24,  36  ;  comp. 
15.  25  ;  18.  32  "  ver.  18,  21,  22,  26  :  comp.  Mt.  26. 
21  ff . ;  Mk.  14.  18  ff  ;  Lk.  22.  21  ff.  "  ch.  14.  29  ;  16  4 
"=  See  ch.  8.  24  "  Mt.  10.  40  ;  Lk.  10. 16 ;  comp.  GaL 
4.  14    -  See  ch.  11.  33 

5  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  save,  and  his 
feel.  6  (Jr.  reclined.  '  Gr.  bondservant. 

s  Gr.  an  apostle.        ^  Or,  chose        lo  pg.  xli.  9. 

11  Many  ancient  authorities  read  his  bread 
with  me. 


13.22 


JOHN 


14.16 


Jesos  points  oat  tlie  Bctrajer.    Tbc  New  ComoiaBdineot    Pater's  Doniat  foretold.    Tlie  Farawell  Discourse 


I  say  unto  you,  that  "one  of  you 
shall  '  betray  nie.  22  The  disciples 
looked  one  on  iinotlier,  "doubting 
of  whom  he  spake.  l.*3  There  was 
at  the  table  reclining  in  *  Jesus' 
bosom  one  of  his  disciples,  "'whom 
Jesus  loved.  2^  Simon  Peter 
therefore  beckoneth  to  liim,  and 
saith  unto  him,  Tell  us  who  it  is 
of  whom  he  speaketh.  l'-3  He 
''leaning  back,  as  he  was.  on  Jesus 
breast  saith  unto  him.  Lord,  who 
is  it?  26  Jesus  therefore  answer- 
eth,  **  He  it  is,  for  whom  1  shall  dip 
the  sop,  and  give  it  him.  fcjo  when 
he  had  dipped  the  sop,  he  taketh 
and  giveth  it  to  Judas,  'the  sou  of 
Simon  Iscariot.  27  And  after  the 
sop,  then  -^entered  ''►Satan  into 
him.  Jesus  therefore  saith  unto 
him.  What  thou  doest,  do  quicklj'. 
28  Now  no  man  at  the  table  knew 
for  what  intent  he  spake  this  unto 
him.  29  For  some  thought,  be- 
cause Judas  ''had  the  "bag,  that 
Jesus  said  unto  him.  Buy  what 
things  we  have  need  of  'for  the 
feast;  or,  that  he  should  *give 
something  to  the  poor.  30  He 
then  having  received  the  sop  went 
out  straightway :  and  '  it  was 
night. 

31  When  therefore  he  was  gone 
out,  Jesus  saith.  Now  ^is  '"the  Son 
of  man  "glorified,  and  "God  ^is 
glorified  in  him;  32  and  ^God 
shall  glorify  him  in  himself,  and 
straightway  shall   he  glorify  him. 

33  'Little  children,  '"yet  a  little 
while  I  am  with  you.  'Ye  shall 
seek  me :  and  as  I  said  unto  the 
Jews,  Whither  I  go,  ye  cannot 
come ;   so    now    I    say    unto   5'ou. 

34  A  'new  commandment  I  give 
unto  you,  "  that  ye  love  one  an- 
other;  ""'even  as  I  have  loved  you, 
that  ye  also  love  one  another. 
3.5  "  By  this  shall  all  men  know  that 
ye  are  my  disciples,  if  ye  have  love 
one  to  another. 

36  Simon  Beter  saith  unto  him, 
Lord,  whither  goest  thou!  Jesus 
answered,  *  Whither  1  go,  thou 
canst  not  follow  me  now ;  but 
Hhou  shalt  follow  afterwards. 
37  Peter  saith  unto  him.  Lord, 
why  cannot  I  follow  thee  even 
nowl  "I  will  lay  down  my  life 
for  thee.  38  Jesus  answereth.  Wilt 
thou  lay  down  thy  life  for  me] 
Verily,  verily,   I   say   unto   thee, 

»  Or,  driivtr  me  up.         »  Or.  box        *  Or,  iras 
*  Or,  evfn  as  I  loved  you,  that  ye  also  may  love 
one  another. 


"  ver.  18,21, 

22,26: 

comp.  Mt. 

26.21  tr.; 

Mk.  14. 

IS  II.;  r.k. 

22.  21  a. 
i>  See  ch.  1. 

18 
<^cli.  19.26; 

20.  2  ;  21.  7, 

20 
-'  oh  21.  20 
'Seech. 6  71 
/  Lk  22.  3  ; 

coiup. 

ver.  2 
"  See  Mt.  4. 

10 
A  ch  12.  6 
'  ver.  1 
>■•  Comp.  ch. 

12.  5 

'  Comp  Lk. 

22  53 
'"  See  Mt.  8. 

20 
"  See  ch.  7. 

39 

0  Ch.  14.  13 ; 
comp.  17. 
4;  i  Pet. 
4.  11 

P  Comp.  ch. 
17.  1 

1  See  1  Jn. 
2  1 

•■  See  ch.  7. 

33 
'  See  ch.  7. 

34 
'  1  Jn.  2. 

7  f.  ,  3  11, 

23 ;  2  Jn. 

5 ;  comp. 

ch.  15.  12, 

17 
"  Lev.  19. 

18  ;  1  Th. 

4.  9  ;  1  Pet 

1.  22  ;  1  Jn 

4.  7  :  Heb 

13.  1 ;  see 
Gal.  5.  14  : 
comp.  Mt. 
5  44 

'  Eph.  5.  2  ; 

1  Jn.4.  lOf 
•^  Comp 

1  Jn.  3.  14  ; 

4   20 
"ver.  33; 

comp.  ch. 

14.  2  ;  Iti.  5 
-  oil  21. 

18  f.; 


"  ver.  37,  38  : 

Miitthew 

26  33-35 ; 

Mark  14. 

29-31  ; 

Lnke  22. 

3:i,  34 
'•  ch   IS  27  : 

comp.  Mk 

14.  30 
<^  ver.  27 ; 

comp.  ch. 

16  22.  24 
■'  ch.  13  33, 

36 
••  ver.  1«.  23 
/See  ch   12. 

26 
!'  See  ch.  11. 

16 
''  Comp.  ch. 

10  9; 

Rom.  !>  2 ; 

Heb  10. 

20 ;  Eph.  2. 

13 

HI 


*  The  cock  shall  not  crow,  till  thou 
hast  denied  me  thrice. 

UM^et  not  your  heart  be 
troubled:  ^believe  in  God, 
believe  also  in  me.  2  In  my 
leather's  house  are  many  "man- 
sions ;  if  it  were  not  so,  I  would 
have  told  you  ;  for  ''  I  go  to  pre- 
pare a  place  for  you.  3  And  if  I 
go  and  prepare  a  jilace  for  you,  "  1 
come  again,  and  will  receive  you 
unto  myself;  tliat  ^ where  I  am, 
there  ye  may  be  also.  4  "And 
whither  I  go,  ye  know  the  way. 

5  ^Thomas  saith  unto  him.  Lord, 
we  know  not  whither  thou  goest  ; 
liow  know  we  the  way?  6  Jesus 
.saith  unto  him,  I  am  *the  way, 
and  '  the  truth,  and  ^  the  life :  no 
one  coraeth  unto  the  Father,  but 
**  by  me.  7  '  If  ye  had  known 
me,  ye  would  have  known  my 
Father  also :  from  henceforth  ye 
'"know  him,  and  have  ".seen  him. 
8  "Philip  saith  unto  him.  Lord, 
show  us  the  Father,  and  it  sutti- 
ceth  U.S.  9  Jesus  saith  unto  him. 
Have  I  been  so  long  time  with 
you,  and  dost  thou  not  know  me, 
Philip?  ^he  that  hath  seen  me 
hath  seen  the  Father;  how  sayest 
thou.  Show  us  the  Father?  10 
Believest  thou  not  that  *  I  am  in 
the  Father,  and  the  Father  in  me  ? 
''the  words  that  I  say  unto  you  I 
speak  not  from  my.self  :  but  the 
lather  abiding  in  me  doeth  his 
works.  1 1  Believe  me  that  « I  am 
in  the  Father,  and  the  Father  in 
me:  or  else  '  believe  me  for  the  very 
works'  sake.  12  Verily,  verily,  I 
say  unto  you,  He  that  believeth  on 
me,  the  works  that  I  do  shall  he 
do  also  ;  and  'greater  wcjrks  than 
these  shall  he  do;  because  "I  go 
unto  the  Father.  13  And  'what- 
soever ye  shall  ask  in  my  name, 
that  will  I  do,  that  "  the  Father 
may  be  glorified  in  the  Son.  14 
If  ye  shall  ask  ®  anything  *  in  my 
name,  that  will  I  do.  15  'If  ye 
love  me,  ye  will  keep  my  command- 
ments.    16  And  I  will  '"pray  the 

'  See  ch  1.  14  *  See  ch  1  4  ;  11  25  ;  comp  1  Jn. 
.1  20      '  See  ch.  8  19      '"  1  Jn.  2  13      "  Comp  ch. 

6  46  "See  ch  1.  43  ^  ch  12  45:  comp  1  14: 
Col  1  15 ;  Heb.  13  'See  ch.  10.  38  ;  ver  11,  20 
■^  Comp  ver.  24  ;  ch.  5  19  "See  ch.  5.  36  '  ch.  5. 
20 ;  comp.  4.  37  f.  "  Comp.  ch.  7.  33  ;  ver.  28  ''  See. 
Mt.  7.7  '  See  ch.  13.  31  "  Comp.  ch.  l.V  16 ;  16. 
'23  f.  '  ver.  21,  23 ;  comp.  ch.  15.  10 ;  IJa.  S.  I ; 
2  Jn.  6 


»  Or,  y  brlin<e  in  God        *  Or,  ntndinq-plaoff 
1  Many  ancient  authorities  read  And  tvhilher  / 
go  ye  know,  and  the  uny  ye  know.     »  Or,  througk 
^Many  ancient  authoritiea  add  me. 
10  Or.  make  request  of. 


14. 17  JOHN 

The  "  Comforter  "  promised.    "  I  am  the  True  Vine."    "  Te  are  my  Friends " 


15.16 


Father,  and  he  shall  give  you  an- 
other ' "  Comforter,  that  he  may  be 
with  you  for  ever,  17  even  'the 
Spirit  of  truth  :  "  whom  the  world 
cannot  receive ;  for  it  beholdeth 
him  not,  neither  knoweth  him  :  ye 
know  him ;  for  he  abideth  with 
you,  and  shall  be  in  you.  18  I 
will  not  leave  you  ^  desolate :  "*  I 
come  unto  you.  19  "Yet  a  little 
while,  and-^the  world  beholdeth  me 
no  more  ;  but  ye  behold  me:  "be- 
cause I  live,  *ye  shall  live  also. 
20  *  In  that  day  ye  shall  know  that 
*  I  am  in  my  Father,  and  ye  in  me, 
and  I  in  you.  2 1  *  He  that  hath 
my  commandments,  and  keepeth 
them,  he  it  is  that  loveth  me  :  and 
'he  that  loveth  me  shall  be  loved 
of  my  Father,  and  I  will  love  him, 
and  will  '"manifest  myself  unto 
him.  22  "Judas  (not  Iscariot)  saith 
unto  him,  Lord,  what  is  come  to 
pass  "  that  thou  wilt  manifest  thy- 
self unto  us,  and  not  unto  the 
world'?  23  Jesus  answered  and 
said  unto  him,  *  If  a  man  love  me, 
he  will  ^  keep  my  word  :  and  *  my 
Father  will  love  him,  and  we  *■  will 
come  unto  him,  and  make  our 
abode  with  him.  24  He  that  lov- 
eth me  not  'keepeth  not  my 
words:  and  'the  word  which  ye 
hear  is  not  mine,  but  the  Father's 
who  sent  me. 

25  These  things  have  I  spoken 
unto  you,  while  yet  abiding  with 
you.  26  But  the ^  "  Comforter, 
even  the  Holy  Spirit,  "whom  the 
Father  will  send  in  my  name, 
*he  shall  teach  you  all  things,  and 
"bring  to  your  remembrance  all 
that  I  said  unto  you.  27  ^  Peace 
I  leave  with  you  ;  my  peace  I  give 
unto  you  :  not  as  the  world  giveth, 
give  I  unto  you.  "Let  not  your 
heart  be  troubled,  neither  let  it  be 
fearful.  28  *  Ye  heard  how  I  said 
to  you,  I  go  away,  and  "  I  come 
unto  you.  If  ye  loved  me,  ye 
would  have  rejoiced,  because  ''I  go 
unto  the  Father:  for  "the  Father 
is  greater  than  I.  29  And  now  -^I 
have  told  you  before  it  come  to 
pass,  that,  when  it  is  come  to  pass, 
ye  may  believe.  30  I  will  no  more 
speak  much  with  you,  for  "the 
prince  of  the  world  cometh  :  and 
'he  hath  nothing  ""in  me;  31  but 
that  the  world  may  know  that  I 
love  the  Father,  and  as  '  the  Father 

1  Or,  Advocate    Or,  Hel-per    Gr.  Paraclete. 
5  Or,  orphans  3  Or,  and  ye  shall,  live. 

♦  Or,  in  me.    31  But  that  &c.  .  .  .  Ida,    arise 


"  ver.  26 ; 

ch.  15.  26 : 

16.  7  ;  1  Jn. 

2.  1  marg. ; 

comp.  ch. 

7.  39; 

Rom.  8.  26 
b  ch.  15.  26  ; 

16.  13  ; 
IJn.  4.  6; 

5.  7 

<^  1  Cor.  2.  14 
d  ver.  3,  23 
« See  ch.  7. 

33 
/ch.  16.16. 

22 
"  Comp.  ch. 

6.  57 

A  ch.  16.  23, 

26 
•  Seech.  10. 

38 ;  ver.  11, 

20 
k  ver.  15,  23 ; 

comp.  ch. 

15.  10 ; 

IJn.  5.  3; 

2  Jn.  6 
'  ch.  16.  27 ; 

ver.  23 
"^  Comp.  Ex. 

33.  18  f .  ; 

Prov.  8. 

17,  Wisd. 
1.2 

"  Lk.  6.  16  ; 

Acts  1.  13; 

comp.  Mt. 

10.  3 
"  Comp. 

Acts  10.  40, 

41 
P  See  ch.  8. 

51 ;  1  Jn. 

2.5 
«  See  ver.  21 
»•  Rev.  3.  20  ; 

Eph.  3.  17 ; 

1  Jn.  2.  24  ; 

Rev.  21.  3; 

see  2  Cor. 

6.  16  for 

O.T. 
»  See  ver.  23 
(  ver.  10; 

ch.  7.  16 
"  See  ver.  16 
"  Comp.  ch. 

1.  33 ;  15. 
26  ;  16.  7  ; 
Lk.  24.  49 ; 
and  esp. 
Acts  2.  33 

^ch.l6. 
13  f . ;  1  Jn. 

2.  20,  27 

y  See  ch.  2. 

22 
'  ch.  16.  33  ; 

Col.  3.  15; 

comp. 

Phil.  4.  7. 

See  ch.  20. 

19 
"  ver.  1 
b  ver.  2-4 
"  ver.  3,  18 
d  See  ver.  12 
'  Comp.  ch. 

10.29; 

Phil.  2.  6 
/Seech.  13. 

19 
i/ Seech.  12. 

31 
''  Comp. 

Heb.  4.  15 
'  Comp. 

ch.  10. 18  ; 

12.  49 


*  Comp.  ch. 
13.  1  with 
18.1 

112 


gave  me  commandment,  even  so  I 

do.     Arise,  *  let  us  go  hence. 

'I   pT       'I  am  the  true  vine,  and 

X  ^  my  Father  is  the  "*  husband- 
man. 2  Every  branch  in  me  that 
beareth  not  fruit,  he  taketh  it 
away :  and  every  branch  that  bear- 
eth fruit,  he  cleanseth  it,  that  it 
may  bear  more  fruit.  3  Already 
"  ye  are  clean  because  of  the  word 
which  I  have  spoken  unto  you. 
4  °  Abide  in  me,  and  I  in  you.  As 
the  branch  cannot  bear  fruit  of 
itself,  except  it  abide  in  the  vine ; 
so  neither  can  ye,  except  ye  abide 
in  me.  5  I  am  the  vine,  ye  are 
the  branches :  He  that  abideth  in 
me,  and  I  in  him,  the  same  ^  bear- 
eth much  fruit :  for  apart  from  me 
ye  can  do  nothing.  6  If  a  man 
abide  not  in  me,  he  is  *  cast  forth 
as  a  branch,  and  is  withered  ;  and 
they  gather  them,  and  cast  them 
into  the  fire,  and  they  are  burned. 

7  If  ye  abide  in  me,  and  my  words 
abide  in  you,  ''ask  whatsoever  ye 
will,  and  it  shall  be  done  unto  you. 

8  '  Herein  ^  is  my  Father  glorified, 
•^  that  ye  bear  much  fruit ;  and  so 
'shall  ye  be  my  disciples.  9  Even 
as  "the  Father  hath  loved  me,  I 
also  have  loved  you  :  abide  ye  in 
my  love.  10  "If  ye  keep  my  com- 
mandments, ye  snail  abide  in  my 
love ;  even  as  "^  I  have  kept  ray 
Father's  commandments,  and  abide 
in  his  love.  1 1  *  These  things  have 
I  spoken  unto  you,  that  my  joy 
may  be  in  you,  and  that  your  ^  joy 
may  be  made  full.  12  This  is  "my 
commandment,  that  ye  love  one 
another,  even  as  I  have  loved  you. 
1 3  *  Greater  love  hath  no  man  than 
this,  that  a  man  "  lay  down  his  life 
for  his  friends.  14  Ye  are  my 
**  friends,  if  "  ye  do  the  things  which 
I  command  you.  15  No  longer  do 
I  call  you  ''  servants  ;  for  the  *  ser- 
vant knoweth  not  what  his  lord 
doeth :  but  I  have  called  you 
friends ;  for  -'all  things  that  I 
heard  from  mj'^  Father  I  nave  made 
known  unto  you.     16  "Ye  did  not 

'  Comp.  Is.  5.  1  ff.  ;  Ezek.  19.  10  ff.  ;  Ps.  80.  8  ff.  ; 
Mt.  21.  33  ff.  "'  Comp.  Mt.  15.  13;  Rom.  11.  17; 
1  Cor.  3.  9  "  ch.  13.  10 ;  17.  17  ;  comp.  Eph.  5.  26 
"  ver.  4-7  :  1  Jn.  2.  6  and  see  ch.  6.  56  f  Comp. 
ver.  16  1  ver.  2  ""  See  Mt.  7.  7  and  ver.  16  '  Mt. 
5. 16  <  See  ch.  8.  31  "  ch.  17.  23,  24,  26  ;  see  ch.  3. 
35  "  Comp.  ch.  14.  15  ^  Comp.  ch.  8.  29  »  ch. 
17.  13  '  ch.  3.  29  "  See  ch.  13.  34  ;  ver.  17  b  Rom. 
5.  7f.  <^Comp.  ch.lO.  11  rfLk.  12.  4  ^  Mt.  12.  50 
/  Comp.  ch.  8.  26 ;  16. 12  9  ver.  19 ;  ch.  6. 70 ;  comp. 
13. 18  

5  Or,  tvas 

6  Many  ancient  authorities  read  that  ye  hear 
much  fruit,  and  be  my  disciples. 

1  Gr.  bondservants,  «  Gr.  bondservant. 


15.17 


JOHN 


16.20 


"  It  is  eipedirnt  for  yon  that  I  go  away  " 


choose  me,  but  T  chose  you,  and 
appointed  you,  that  ye  snould  go 
and  "bear  fruit,  and  that  your 
fruit  should  abide  :  that  ''  whatso- 
ever ye  shall  ask  of  the  Father  in 
my    name,   lie    may  give    it    you. 

17  These  things ''I  command  you, 
that    ye    may    love   one   another. 

18  "If  the, world  hateth  you,  'ye 
know  that  it  hath  hated  me  before 
it  hated  you.  19  •  J  f  ye  were  of  the 
world,  the  world  would  love  its 
own :  but  because  ye  are  not  of  the 
world,  but  •'I  chose  you  out  of  the 
world,  "  therefore  the  world  hateth 

fou.  20  Remember  the  word  that 
said  -into  you,  *  A  -servant  is  not 
greater  than  his  lord.  If  they  per- 
secuted me,  'they  will  also  perse- 
cute you;  if  they* kept  my  word, 
they  will  keep  j^ours  also.  21  But 
all  these  things  wull  they  do  unto 
you  ' for  mj'  names  sake,  "' because 
they  know  not  him  that  sent  me. 
22  "If  1  had  not  come  and  spoken 
unto  them,  they  had  not  had  sin  : 
but  now  they  have  no  excuse  for 
their  sin.  23  He  that  hateth  me 
hateth  my  Father  also.  24  "If  I 
had  not  done  among  them  "the 
works  which  none  other  did,  they 
had  not  had  sin :  but  now  have 
they  both  seen  and  hated  both  me 
and  my  Father.  25  But  this  com- 
eth  to  JXI.SS,  that  the  word  may  be 
fulfilled  that  is  written  in  their 
^law,  ^They  hated  me  without  a 
cause.  26  But  when  the  ■''Com- 
forter is  come,  ''whom  I  will  send 
unto  you  from  the  Father,  even 
'the  Spirit  of  truth,  which  ^pro- 
ceedeth  from  the  Father,  '  he  shall 
bear  witness  of  me:  27  ^and  "ye 
also  bear  witness,  because  ye  have 
been  with  me'  from  the  beginning. 
^  f\  '  These  things  nave  I 
jL\J  spoken  unto  you.  that  ye 
should  not  be  caused  to  -'stumble. 
2  They  shall  '  put  you  out  of  the 
synagogues :  yea,  "  the  hour  Com- 
eth, that  ''whosoever  killeth  you 
shall  think  that  he  offereth  service 
unto  God.  3  And  these  things 
will  they  do,  '"  because  they  have 
not  known  the  Father,  nor  me. 
4  But  these  things  have  I  spoken 
unto  you,  "that  when  their  hour 
is  come,  ye  may  remember  them, 
how  that  I  told  you.  And  these 
things  I  said  not  unto  you  "from 

1  Or,  know  ve  '  Gr.  bondservant. 

3Ps.  XXXV, 'l»;  lxix.4. 

*0t,  Ailiiicnte    Or,  I/flper    Gr.  Paraclete. 

'  Or,  goeth  fortfi  from 

'  Or,  and  bear  ye  alto  wUneu 


"  Comp. 
ver.  5 
ft  See  ch.  14. 

13  ;  16.  23  ; 
comp. 
ver.  7 

'  ver.  12 
''  ch.  7.  7  ; 

1  Jn.  3.  13 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

10.  22 ; 

24.9 
/ver.  16 
!'  ch.  17.  14 
''  See  ch.  13. 

16 
'  1  Cor.  4. 

12 :  2  Cor. 

4.9;2Tim. 

3.  12 
*■■  Comp.  ch. 

8.  51 

'  Mt.  10.  22  ; 
24.9;  Mk. 
13.13;  Lk. 
21.  12,  17; 
comp. 
Acts  4. 17 ; 
5.41;  9. 

14  ;  26.  9 ; 
1  Pet.  4. 
14;  Rev. 

2.  3 

'"  ch.  16.  3  ; 
comp.  8. 
l!l,  55 ;  17. 
2i  ;  Acts  3. 
17;  1  Jn. 

3.  1 

"  Comp.  ch. 

9.  41 ;  ver. 
24 

"  See  ch.  5. 
36;  comp. 

10.  37 

P  See  ch.  10. 

34 
«  See  ch.  14. 

16 
'■  See  ch.  14. 

26 
'  See  ch.  14. 

17 
'  1  Jn.  5.  7 
"  ch.  19.  35  ; 

21.  24; 

1  Jn.  1.  2  ; 

4.  14 ;  see 
Lk.  24.  48 

''  Seo  Lk. 

1.  2 
'  ch.  15. 18- 

27 
V  See  Mt. 

11.6 
-  See  ch.  9. 

22 
"  See  ch.  4. 

21  ;  comp. 

ver.  25 
*  Acts  26.  9- 

11 ;  comp. 

Is.  66.  5; 

Rev.  6.  9 
'  Comp.  ch. 

13.  19 


rf  See  ch.  7. 

33  ;  ver. 

10, 17,  2S 
'  ch.  13.  36  ; 

14.5 
/ver.  22; 

comp.  ch. 

14.  1 
»  ch.  15.  22, 

24 
A  Comp. 

Acts  3. 14 ; 

7.  ,52:   17. 

31 ;  1  Pet. 

3.18 
I  ver.  5 
*  See  ch.  12. 

31 


the  beginning,  because  I  was  with 
you.  5  But  now  "I  go  unto  him 
that  sent  me ;  and  none  of  you 
asketh  me,  '  VVhither  goest  thou? 
G  P>ut  because  I  have  spoken  these 
things  unto  you,  -^sorrow  hath 
filled  your  heart.     7  Nevertheless 

I  tell  you  the  truth  :  It  is  expe- 
dient for  you  that  I  go  away;  for 
if  I  go  not  away,  the  •*»  Comforter 
will  not  come  unto  you ;  but  if  1 
go,  ''I  will  send  him  unto  you. 
8  And  he,  when  he  is  come,  will 
convict  the  world  in  respect  of 
sin,  and  of  righteousness,  and  of 
iudgment :  9  of  sin,  "  because  they 
believe  not  on  me;  10  of  ''right- 
eousness, because  *I  go  to  the 
Father,  and  ye  behold  me  no  more  ; 

II  *of  judgment,  because  the 
prince  or  this  world  hath  been 
judged.  12  I  have  yet  many 
things  to  say  unto  you,  but  ye 
cannot  bear  them  now.  13  How- 
beit  when  he,  Hhe  Spirit  of  truth, 
is  come,  he  shall  '"guide  you  into  all 
the  truth  :  for  he  shall  not  speak 
from  himself;  but  what  things 
soever  he  shall  hear,  these  shall 
he  speak :  and  he  shall  declare 
unto  you  the  things  that  are  to 
come.  14  He  shall  "glorify  me: 
for  he  shall  take  of  mine,  and  shall 
declare  it  unto  you.  15  "All  things 
whatsoever  the  Father  hath  are 
mine :  therefore  said  I,  that  he 
taketh  of  mine,  and  .shall  declare 
it  unto  you.  16  ''A  little  while, 
and  "  ye  behold  me  no  more  ;  ana 
again  a  little  while,  and  ''.ve  shall 
see  me.  17  Sovie  of  his  disciples 
therefore  said  one  to  another. 
What  is  this  that  he  saith  unto 
us,  'A  little  while,  and  ye  behold 
me  not ;  and  again  a  little  while, 
and  ye  shall  see  me  :  and.  Because 
'1  go  to  the  Father  1  18  They  said 
therefore.  What  is  this  that  he 
saith.  A  little  while'?  We  know 
not  what  he  saith.  19  'Jesus  per- 
ceived that  they  were  desirous  to 
ask  him,  and  he  said  unto  them, 
Do  ye  inquire  among  yourselves 
concerning  this,  that  I  said,  A  lit- 
tle while,  and  ye  behold  me  not, 
and  again  a  little  while,  and  ye 
shall  .see  mel  20  Verily,  verily,  I 
say  unto  you,  that  "ye  shall  weep 
<ind  lament,  but  the  world  shall 
rejoice :  ye  shall  be  sorrowful,  but 
■your  sorrow  shall  be  turned  into 

'  See  ch.  14.  17  "•  ch.  14.  26  "  See  ch  7.  39  "  cli. 
17.  1»  ''  See  ch.  7.  33  «  ver.  1&-24  i  comp,  ch.  14. 
16-24  "■  ver.  22  •  Ter.  16  '  Comp  ch  6,  61 ;  Mk. 
9.  32    "  Mk.  16. 10 ;  Lk.  23.  27    «  ch,  20.  20 


113 


16.21 


JOHN 


17.16 


"  Be  of  Good  Cheer;  I  have  overcome  the  World."    The  Farewell  Prayer 


joy.  21  "A  woman  when  she  is  in 
travail  hath  sorrow,  because  her 
hour  is  come  :  but  when  she  is  de- 
livered of  the  child,  she  remember- 
eth  no  more  the  anguish,  for  the 
joy  that  a  man  is  born  into  the 
world.  22  And  *  ye  therefore  now 
have  sorrow :  but  '  I  will  see  you 
again,  and  your  heart  shall  rejoice, 
and  your  joy  no  one  taketh  away 
from  you.  2-i  And  '^  in  that  day 
*ye  shall  ^ask  me  no  question. 
Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  ■'If 
ye  shall  ask  anything  of  the  Fa- 
ther, he  will  give  it  you  in  my 
name.  24  ^  Hitherto  have  ye  asked 
nothing  in  my  name :  ask,  and  ye 
shall  receive,  that  your  ''joy  may 
be  made  full. 

25  These  things  have  I  spoken 
unto  you  in  '^'dark  sayings:  *the 
hour  cometh,  when  I  shall  no  more 
speak  unto  you  in  "'dark  sayings, 
but  shall  tell  you  plainly  of  the 
Father.  26  '^  In  that  day  -=  ye  shall 
ask  in  my  name :  and  I  say  not  unto 
you,  that  I  will  ^pray  the  Father 
lor  you;  27  for  'the  Father  him- 
self loveth  you,  because  ye  have 
loved  me,  and  ™  have  believed  that 
"I  came  forth  from  the  Father. 
28  "I  came  out  from  the  Father, 
and  am  come  into  the  world : 
again,  I  leave  the  world,  and  "  go 
unto  the  Father.  29  His  disciples 
say,  Lo,  now  speakest  thou  plainly, 
and  speakest  no  ^'dark  saying. 
30  Now  know  we  that  thou  know- 
est  all  things,  and  needest  not  that 
any  man  should  ask  thee  :  by  this 
we  "'  believe  that  thou  "  earnest  forth 
from  God.  31  Jesus  answered  them, 
Do  ye  now  believe?  32  Behold, 
^the  hour  cometh,  yea,  is  come, 
that  *ye  shall  be  scattered,  every 
man  to  ""his  own,  and  shall  leave 
me  alone  :  and  j/et '  I  am  not  alone, 
because  the  Father  is  with  me,  3.3 
These  things  have  I  spoken  unto 
you,  that '  in  me  ye  may  have  peace. 
"In  the  world ■j'^e  have  tribulation  : 
but  "  be  of  good  cheer ;  *  I  have 
overcome  the  world. 
■i  'T  These  things  spake  Jesus  ; 
JL  f  and  *  lifting  up  his  eyes  to 
heaven,  he  said.  Father,  the  hour 
is  come  ;  ^  glorify  thy  Son,  that  the 
Son  may  glorify  thee :  2  even  as 
"thou  gavest  him  authority  over 
all  flesh,  that  ^*to  all  whom  thou 

1  Or,  ask  me  nothing    Comp   ver.  26 :  ch.  14. 

13, 20  2  Or,  parables 

3  Gr.  make  rfgtiest  of.  *  Or,  parable 

*  Gr.  w/iatsoever  thou  hast  given  Mm,  to  them 

he&c. 


°-  Comp.  Ib. 
13  8,21.  i\ 
26.  17  ;  66 
7  ;  Hos.  13 
13;  Mic  4. 
9 ;  1  Th. 
5.  3 

*  ver.  6 

'^  See  ver.  16 
d  ver.  26 ; 

see  ch  14 

20 

*  Comp. 
ver.  19,  30 

/ch  V>  16 
»  ch  14.  14 
''  See  ch.  3 

29 ,  comp. 

15.  11 
'  ver.  29  ; 

comp.  ch. 

10.  6 ;  see 

Mt.  13.  34 
k  See  ver.  2 
'  ch  14  21, 

23 
'"  ver.  30 ; 

comp.  2  U 
"  See  ch.  8. 

42 ;  comp. 

ver.  30 
"  ver.  5, 10, 

17 ;  ch.  13. 

1.  3 

P  See  ch.  4 

23  ;  comp. 
ver.  2,  25 

9  Mt.  26.  31 ; 

comp. 

Zech.  13.  7 
"■  See  ch.  19. 

» See  ch.  8. 

29 
«  See  ch.  14. 

27 
"ch.  15  18fif 
"  See  Mt.  9.  2 
^  Comp. 

Rom.  8. 

37  ;  2  Cor. 

2.  14  ;  4. 
7  ff.  ;  6. 

4  ff. ;  Rev. 

3.  21 ;  12. 
11 

V  See  ch.  11. 

41 
-  Comp  ch. 

7.  39 ;  13. 

31  f. 
"  See  ch,  3. 

35 
6  ver.  6,  9, 

24  ;  ch.  6. 
37,39 


"  See  ch.  10. 

d  ch.  5.  44 
"  See  ch.  3. 

17 ;  ver.  8, 

18,  21,  23, 

25 
/Comp.  ch. 

13.  31 
■''  See  ch.  4. 

34 ;  comp. 

Lk.  22.  37 
''  See  ver.  1 
I  Comp.  ch. 

1.  1:  8.  58; 

Phil.  2.  6 ; 

ver.  24 
k  ver.  26 
'  ver.  9 
™  See  ch.  8. 

51 
"  See  ch.  6. 

68 ;  12.  49 
"  ver.  14,  26 ; 

ch  15.  15 
P  See  ch.  8. 

42  ;  16.  27, 

30 

114 


hast  given  him,  "  he  should  give 
eternal  life.  3  And  this  is  life  eter- 
nal, that  they  should  know  thee 
'^  the  only  true  God,  and  him  whom 
"  thou  didst  send,  even  Jesus  Christ. 
i  '\  glorified  thee  on  the  earth, 
'  having  accomplished  the  work 
which  thou  hast  given  me  to  do. 
5  And  now.  Father,  ''  glorify  thou 
me  with  thine  own  self  with  the 
^lory  which  1  had  *with  thee  be- 
fore the  world  was.  6  *I  mani- 
fested thy  name  unto  the  men 
whom  *  thou  gavest  me  out  of  the 
world  :  '  thine  they  were,  and  thou 
gavest  them  to  me  ;  and  they  have 
'"  kept  thy  word.  7  Now  they  know 
that  all  things  whatsoever  thou 
hast  given  me  are  from  thee  :  8  for 
"  the  words  which  "  thou  gavest  me 
"  I  have  given  unto  them  ;  and  they 
received  thein,  and  knew  of  a  truth 
that  ^  I  came  forth  from  thee,  and 
they  believed  that  *  thou  didst  send 
me.  9  "'I ''pray  for  them  :  ''I* pray 
not  for  the  world,  but  for  tnose 
whom  *  thou  hast  given  me ;  for 
'they  are  thine  :  10  and  *all  things 
that  are  mine  are  thine,  and  thine 
are  mine  :  and  I  am  glorified  in 
them.  11  And  I  am  no  more  in 
the  world,  and  'these  are  in  the 
world,  and  "  I  come  to  thee.  "  Holy 
Father,  keep  them  in  thy  name 
^  which  thou  hast  given  me,  that 
"  they  may  be  one,  even  as  we  are. 
12  While  I  was  with  them,  I  kept 
them  in  thy  name  '  which  thou 
hast  given  me :  and  I  guarded 
them,  and  "not  one  of  them  per- 
ished, but  *the  .son  of  perdition; 
^that  the  scripture  might  be  ful- 
filled. 13  But  now  "I  come  to 
thee  ;  and  ^  these  things  I  speak  in 
the  world,  that  they  may  have  my 
'■joy  made  full  in  themselves.  14  1 
have  given  them  thy  word ;  and 
•''the  world  hated  them,  because 
"  they  are  not  of  the  world,  even  as 
I  am  not  of  the  world.  15  1^  pray 
not  that  thou  shouldest  take  tnem 
*  from  the  world,  but  that  thou 
.shouldest  keep  them  *from  ^''the 
evil  one.  16  'They  are  not  of  the 
world,  even  as  I  am  not  of  the  world. 

1  Comp  Lk.  22.  32 ;  ch.  14. 16  "■  Comp.  ver.  20  f. ; 
Lk.  23.  34  "  ch.  18.  15  <  ch.  13.  1  "  ver  13  ;  comp. 
ch.  7.  33  "  Comp.  ver.  25  ^  Comp  Phil.  2.  9 ;  Rev. 
19.  12  ;  ver.  6  "  ver.  21  f.  :  comp.  Rom.  12.  5  ;  Gal. 
3.  28  ^  Comp.  Phil.  2.  9  :  Rev.  19. 12  ;  ver.  6  "  ch. 
6.  39 ;  18.  9  !>  Comp.  ch.  6  70  "=  ver.  13 ;  comp. 
ch.  7.  33  rfch.  15.  11  «Seech.  3.  29  /ch.  15. 19 
"  ver.  16 ;  ch.  8.  23    ^  See  Mt.  5.  37    •  ver.  14 


*  Gr.  make  request. 
7  Ps.  xU.  9  ? 


8  Gr.  out  of. 
»  Or,  evil 


17.17 


JOHN 


18.20 


The  Betrtral.    The  Seiinre.    Peter's  First  Denial.    Jtma  qoettioned  hy  the  lligh  Priest 


17  '"Sanctify  them  in  the  truth: 
thy  word  is  truth.  18  As  *thou 
didst  send  me  into  the  world, "  even 
so   sent  I  them    into    the    world. 

19  And  for  their  sakes  1  '"^  sanc- 
tify myself,  that  they  themselves 
also  may  be  "sanctified  'in  truth. 

20  Neither  for  these  only  do  1 
"pray,  but  for  them  also  that  be- 
lieve on   me  through  their  word ; 

21  that  they  may  all  be  one  ;  -'even 
as  thou.  Father,  art  in  me.  and  I  in 
thee,  that  they  also  may  be  in  us : 
'that  the  world  may  believe  that 
'thou  didst  send  me.     22  And  the 

*  glory  which  thou  hast  given  me  1 
have  given  unto  them ;  that  they 
may  be  one,  even  as  we  are  one ; 
23  ^1  in  them,  and  thou  in  me, 
that  they  may  be  perfected  into 
one ;  that  the  world  may  know 
that  ""thou  didst  send  me,  and 
'  lovedst  them,  even  as  thou  lovedst 
me.  24  Father,  *I  desire  that 
*they  also  whom  thou  hast  given 
me  '  be  with  me  where  1  am,  that 
they  may  behold  my  ''glory,  which 
thou  hast  given  me :  for  thou 
lovedst  me  before  "*  the  foundation 
of  the  world.  25  O  "  righteous  Fa- 
ther, "the  world  knew  thee  not, 
but  I  knew  thee ;  and  these  knew 
that  *  thou  didst  send  me  ;  26  and 
Pl  made  known  unto  them  thy 
name,  and  will  make  it  known ; 
that  « the  love  wherewith  thou 
lovedst  me  may  be  in  them,  and  I 
in  them. 

1  Q  When  Jesus  had  spoken 
JLO  these  ^yords,  ''he  went  forth 
with  his  disciples  over  'the  ^  brook 

*  Kidron,  wliere  was  'a  garden,  into 
which  he  entered,  himself  and  his 
disciples.  2  Now  Judas  also,  who 
**  betrayed  him,  knew  the  place  :  for 
Jesus  "oft-timea  resorted  thither 
with  his  disciples.  3  'Judas  then, 
having  received  ^  the  '  band  of  koI- 
diers,  and  *  officers  from  the  chief 
priests  and  the  Pharisees,  cometh 
thither  with  lanterns  and  torches 
and  weapons.  4  Jesus  therefore, 
"knowing  all  the  things  that  were 
coming  ujxjn  him.  went  forth,  and 
saith  unto  them.  *  Whom  seek  ye? 
5  They  answered  him,  Jesus  of 
Nazareth.  Jesus  saith  unto  them, 
I  am  he.  And  Judas  also,  who 
®  betrayed  him,  was  standing  with 

1  Or,  Consecrate  »  Or.  make  ren^'tl- 

8  6r.  that  which  thon  hast  given  me,  I  desire 
that  where  I  am,  theu  aho  mat/  bi-  uilh  me.  Ihal 
&c.  *  Or.  ravine    Gr.  iiinler-torrent. 

5  Or,  of  the  Cedars 

<  Or,  delirered  Mm  up  '  Or.  cohort 


"  Corap.  cli. 
l.V  3 

*  See  ver.  3, 
8,  21,  '.'3, 
25  ;  ch.  3. 
17 

"  cli.  20.  21 ; 

CODip    Mt. 

10.  r,  ■  ch. 
4.  38 
•i  Coiup.  ch. 
15.  13 

*  2  Cor.  7. 
14  ;  Col.  1. 
6  ;  IJn.  3. 
18 

/  See  ch.  in 
38  ;  ver  23 ; 

COQip 

ver  11 
"  Comp. 

ver.  8 
A  ver  24 ; 

comp.  ch. 

1  14 
"  See  ch.  16. 

27 

*  See  ver.  2 
'  See  ch.  12. 

26 
"*  See  Mt.  25. 

34  ;  comp. 

ver  ■"> 
"  Comp  ver. 

11;  IJu. 

1  9 

"  See  ch.  7. 

2!) ;  V>.  21 
'•  ver.  6 
«  See  ch.  15. 

9 
•■  Mt  26  30, 

36  ;  Mk.  14 
26,  32 ;  Lk. 

22  39 

'  2  Sam.  15. 

23  ;  1  K  2 

37  ;  15   13  ; 

2  K  23.  4, 
6,12; 

2  Chr.  15 

16;  29.  16; 

30. 14  ;  Jer. 

31   40 
(  Mt.  26  36  ; 

Mk  U.■S^; 

ver,  26 
"  Corap.  Lk 

21.  37  ;  22. 

39 
"ver.  3-U: 

Mat  I  he  IV 

26.  47-56  ; 

Mark  14. 

43-50 ; 

tide  22. 

47-63 
'ver.  12; 

see  .\ct8 

10  1 
«  See  ch.  7. 

32 ;  ver  12, 

18 
'  See  Mt  25. 

1  aod 

marg 
"  Comp  ch. 

6  64  ;  13.  1, 

11 
b  ver  7 


"ch.  17.  12 
rf  Comp  Mt 

2H.  .51  ;  Mk 

14  47 

•  See  Mt.  20. 
22 

/ver  12  f  : 
comp  Mt. 
26.  57  ff. 

'  ver.  3 

''  See  ver.  J 

'  ver.  24 ; 
see  Lk.  3  2 

*  See  Mt.  26. 

116 


them.  G  When  therefore  he  said 
unto  them,  1  am  /le,  they  went 
backward,  and  fell  to  the  ground. 
7  Again  therefore  he  asked  them, 
*  Whom  seek  ye  ?  And  they  said, 
Jesus  of  Nazareth.  8  Jesus  an- 
swered, I  told  you  that  1  am  he ; 
if  therefore  ye  .seek  me,  let  these 
go  their  way:  9  that  the  word 
mi^ht  be  fulrilled  which  he  spake, 
''Of  those  whom  thou  hast  given 
me  I  lost  not  one.  10  Simon  reter 
therefore  ''having  a  swoid  drew  it, 
and  struck  the  high  priest's  "ser- 
vant, and  cut  off  his  right  ear. 
Now  the  **  servant's  name  was  Mal- 
chus.  11  Jesus  therefore  .said  unto 
Peter,  Put  up  the  sword  into  the 
sheath  :  *  the  cup  which  the  Father 
hath  given  me,  snail  1  not  drink  itl 
12  -^So  "  the  "  band  and  the  ^  chief 
captain,  and  the  ''officers  of  the 
Jews,  seized  Jesus  and  bound  him, 

13  and  led  him  to  'Annas  first ;  for 
he  was  father  in  law  to  *Caiaphas, 
who  was  high    priest    that    year. 

14  Now  Caiaphas  was  he  that  gave 
counsel  to  the  Jews,  that  'it  was 
expedient  that  one  man  should  die 
for  the  people. 

15  And  "  Simon  Peter  followed 
Jesus,  and  .<!o  did  another  disciple. 
Now  that  disciple  was  known  unto 
the  high  priest,  and  entered  in 
with  Jesus  into  "the  court  of  the 
high  priest;  16  "but  Peter  was 
standing  at  the  door  without.  8o 
the  other  disciple,  who  was  known 
unto  the  high  prie.st,  went  out  and 
spake  unto  her  that  kept  the  door, 
and  brought  in  Peter.  17  ^The 
maid  therefore  that  kept  the  door 
saith  unto  Peter,  "Art  thou  also 
one  of  this  man's  di.sciples'f  He 
saith,  I  am  not.  18  Now  the  *"  ser- 
vants and  the  ''officers  were  stand- 
ing there,  "^having  made  "'a  fire  of 
coals;  for  it  was  cold;  and  they 
were  warming  them.'^elves:  and 
Peter  also  was  with  them,  stand- 
ing and  warming  himself. 

19  'The  high  priest  therefore 
asked  .Jesus  of  his  disciples,  and 
of  his  teaching.  20  Jesus  answered 
him,  1  "  have  spoken  openly  to  tlie 

3  :  ch  U  49.  4l  '  ch  11  50  "•  Comp  Mt  26  58  . 
Mk.  14  S4  :  Lk  22  54  "  See  Mt  26.  3 ,  ver.  24,  28 
"ver.  16-18:  MaUluio  26  69  f. ;  Mark  14.  66-<>8 ; 
l.vke  22.  ^5-57  '■  Acts  12.  13  ''  ver.  25  ^  Comp. 
Mk.  14.  54.  67  •  ch  21.  9  '  ver  19  24  :  comp  Aft. 
2«.  .59-68 ;  Mk.  14.  55-65  ,  Lk.  22  6»-;i  "  ch.  7.  26  ; 
comp.  8.  26 


f  Or.  honilservnnl. 

9  Or,  military  tritmne       Or.  ekilitreh. 
I'iQT.bondtertHtnts.        ^^  Qt.  afirt  of  eharcoal. 


18.21 


JOHN 


19.10 


Peter's  Sei-ond  and  Third  Denial.    Jesns  before  Pilate.    "  Behold,  the  Man  ! " 


world  ;  I  ever  "  taught  in  '  syna- 
gogues, and  *  in  the  temple,  where 
all  the  Jews  come  together  ;  and  in 
secret  spake  I  nothing.  21  Why 
askest  thou  me?  ask  them  that 
have  heard  me,  what  I  spake  unto 
them :  behold,  these  know  the 
things  which  I  said.  22  And  \vhen 
he  had  said  this,  one  of  the  ""officers 
standing  by  "*  struck  Jesus  '^  with  his 
hand,  saying,  Answerest  thou  the 
high  priest  so  1  23  "^  Jesus  answered 
him.  If  I  have  spoken  evil,  bear 
witness  of  the  evil :  but  if  well, 
why  smitest  thou  me'?  24  -^ Annas 
therefore  sent  him  bound  unto 
•^Caiaphas  the  high  priest. 

25  "Now ''Simon  Peter  was  stand- 
ing and  warming  himself.  They 
said  therefore  unto  him,  '  Art  thou 
alsooTieof  his  disciples?  He  denied, 
and  said,  I  am  not.  26  One  of  the 
*  servants  of  the  high  priest,  being 
a  kinsman  of  him  *  whose  ear  Peter 
cut  off,  saith.  Did  not  I  see  thee 
in  'the  garden  with  him?  27 
Peter  therefore  denied  again:  and 
straightway  "  the  cock  crew. 

28  "They  lead  Jesus  therefore 
from  -^Caiaphas  into  "the  ^Prseto- 
rium :  and  it  was  early ;  and  they 
themselves  entered  not  into  "the 
^  Praetorium,  that  ^  they  might  not 
be  defiled,  but  might  eat  the  pass- 
over.  29  « Pilate  therefore  went 
out  unto  them,  and  saith.  What 
accusation  bring  ye  against  this 
man  1  30  They  answered  and  said 
unto  him.  If  this  man  were  not  an 
evil-doer,  we  should  not  have  de- 
livered him  up  unto  thee.  3 1  Pilate 
therefore  said  unto  them.  Take  him 
yourselves,  and  judge  him  accord- 
ing to  your  law.  The  Jews  said 
unto  him.  It  is  not  lawful  for  us  to 
put  any  man  to  death:  32  that  "■  the 
word  of  Jesus  might  be  fulfilled, 
which  he  spake,  signifying  by  what 
manner  of  death  he  should  die. 

33  Pilate  therefore  "entered  again 
into  the  •*  Prfetorium,  and  called 
Jesus,  and  said  unto  him, '  Art  thou 
the  King  of  the  Jews?  34  Jesus 
answered,  Sayest  thou  this  of  thy- 
self, or  did  others  tell  it  thee  con- 
cerning me?  35  Pilate  answered. 
Am  I  a  Jew?  Thine  own  nation 
and  the  chief  priests  delivered  thee 
unto  me :  what  hast  thou  done  ? 
36  Jesus  answered,  _"My  kingdom 
is  not  of  this  world  :  if  my  kingdom 
were  of  this  world,  then  would  my 


°  See  Mt.  4. 

2'i ;  comp. 

cl).  6.  59 
6  Mt.  26  55 
'  See  ver.  3 
rf  ch.  19.  3 
*■  Comp.  Mt. 

5.  3S) ;  Acts 
23.  2-5 

/  See  ver.  13 

y  ver.  25-27  : 

Matthew 

26.  71-75 ; 
Mark  14. 
69-72 ; 
Luke  22. 
5S-62 

''  ver.  IS 
'  ver.  17 
k  ver.  10 
'  See  ver.  1 
"'  ch.  13.  3S 
"Mt.  27.  2; 

IVIk.  15.  1 ; 

Lk.  23.  1 
"  ver.  33  ; 

19.  9  ;  see 

Mt.  27.  27 
P  Comp.  ch. 

11.  55  ; 

Acts  11.  3 
1  ver. 29-38  : 

Matthew 

27.  11-14  ; 
Mark  15. 
2-5 ;  Luke 
23.  2,  3 

'•ch.12. 

32  f.  ; 

comp.  3. 

14  ;  8.  23  ; 

Mt.  20.  19  ; 

26.  2 ;  Mk. 

10.  33  f . ; 

Lk.  18.  32f. 
*  Comp. 

ver.  28,  29 ; 

19.9 
t  Lk.  23.  3  ; 

comp.  ch. 

19.12 
"  Comp.  ch. 

6.  15 ;  Mt. 
26.  53 ;  Lk. 
17.21 


>  6r.  synagogue. 
*  Or,  with,  a  rod 


3  Or.  bondservants. 
*  Or,  palace 


"  Mt.  27.  11 ; 

Mk.  15.  2 ; 

Lk.  22.  70 ; 

23.  3 
"  ch.  3.  32  ; 

8.  14; 

comp.  1. 14 
i'ch.8.  47; 

1  Jn.  4.  6 
^ch.  19.  4  ; 

comp.  ver. 

"  See  Lk.  23. 

4  ;  ch.  19.  4 
t>  ver.  39-19. 

16:  Mnt- 

thew  27. 

15-18,  20- 

23;  Mark 

15.  6-15  ; 

Lnkp  23. 

18-25 
"  Acts  3.  14 
rf  See  Mt.  27. 

26 
«  Mt.  27.  27- 

30;  Mk. 

15.  16-19 
/Mt.  27.  29; 

Mk.  15.  18 
»ch.  18.  22 
Ach.  18.  38; 

ver.  6.  See 

Lk.  23.  4 
'  See  ver.  2 
*ch.  18.  3; 

see  Mt.  26 

.58 
'  ch.  18.  38  ; 

116 


^servants  fight,  that  I  should  not 
be  deHvered  to  the  Jews:  but  now 
is  my  kingdom  not  from  hence.  37 
Pilate  therefore  said  unto  him.  Art 
thou  a  king  then  ?  Jesus  answered, 
•*  '■  Thou  sayest  that  I  am  a  king.  To 
this  end  have  I  been  born,  and  to 
this  end  am  I  come  into  the  world, 
that  ■'I  should  bear  witness  unto 
the  truth.  *  Every  one  that  is  of 
the  truth  heareth  my  voice.  38 
Pilate  saith  unto  him,  What  is 
truth  ? 

And  when  he  had  said  this,  he 
^went  out  again  unto  the  Jews, 
and  saith  unto  them,  "I  find  no 
crime  in  him.  39  'But  ye  have  a 
custom,  that  I  should  release  unto 
you  one  at  the  passover :  will  ye 
therefore  that  I  release  unto  you 
the  King  of  the  Jews?  40  They 
cried  out  therefore  again,  saying, 
"  Not  this  man,  but  Barabbas.  Now 
Barabbas  was  a  robber. 
-\  {\  Then  Pilate  therefore  took 
-L  %J  Jesus,  and  ^  scourged  him. 
2  "  And  the  soldiers  platted  a  crown 
of  thorns,  and  put  it  on  his  head, 
and  arrayed  him  in  a  purple  gar- 
ment ;  3  and  they  came  unto  him, 
and  said,  ^Hail,  King  of  the  Jews  ! 
and  they  ''struck  him  ''with  their 
hands.  4  And  Pilate  *went  out 
again,  and  saith  unto  them,  Behold, 
I  oring  him  out  to  you,  that  ye  may 
know  that  *  I  find  no  crime  in  him. 
5  Jesus  therefore  came  out,  '  wear- 
ing the  crown  of  thorns  and  the 
purple  garment.  And  Pilate  saith 
unto  them.  Behold,  the  man!  6 
When  therefore  the  chief  priests 
and  the  *  officers  saw  him^  they  ci'ied 
out,  saying,  Crucify  him,  crucify 
Jiim !  Pilate  saith  unto  them.  Take 
him  yourselves,  and  crucify  him: 
for  '  I  find  no  crime  in  him.  7  The 
Jews  answered  him,  ™We  have  a 
law,  and  by  that  law  he  ought  to 
die,  because  he  "made  himself  the 
Son  of  God.  8  When  Pilate  there- 
fore heard  this  saying,  he  was  the 
more  afraid ;  9  and  he  "entered 
into  the  ^Prsetorium  again,  and 
saith  unto  Jesus,  Whence  art  thou? 
But  ''Jesus  gave  him  no  answer. 
10  Pilate  therefore  saith  unto  him, 
Speakest  thou  not  unto  me?  know- 
est  thou  not  that  I  have  *  power  to 

ver.  6  ;  see  Lk.  23.  4  "■  Lev.  24. 16 ;  Mt.  26.  63-66 
"  ch.  5.  18  ;  10.  33  »  ch.  18.  33  P  Mt.  26.  63  ;  27- 
12,  14  ;  comp.  ch.  18.  34-37 


6  Or,  officers :  as  in  ver.  3, 12, 18,  22. 

6  Or,  Thou  sayest  it,  because  I  am  a  king. 

t  Or,  viitk  rods  »  Or,  authority 


19.11 


JOHN 


19.38 


The  erodOxioo.    "  Bthold,  thy  Son  ! 


"  Behold,  tbv  Mother  ! 


'  It  is  flnished. "    "k  Bone  of  Him  shall  not  be  broken  ' 


release  thee,  and  have  'power  to 
crucify  thee?  11  Jesus  answered 
hi  in,  "Thou  wouldest  have  no '  power 
aj^jainst  me,  except  it  were  given 
thee  from  above :  therefore  '"he  that 
delivereci  me  unto  thee  hath  greater 
sin.  12  I'pon  ihis  Pilate  sought  to 
release  him  :  but  the  J  e ws  cried  out, 
saying,  "If  thou  release  this  man, 
thou  art  not  Ciesar's  friend :  every 
one  that  maketh  himself  a  king 
^sneaketh  against  Caesar.  1 3  When 
Pilate  therefore  heard  these  words, 
he  brought  .Jesus  out,  and  ''sat  down 
on  the  judgment-seat  at  a  place 
called  The  Pavement,  but  'in  He- 
brew, (iabbitha.  14  Now  it  was 
•'the  Preparation  of  the  passover: 
it  was  about  the  -'sixth  hour.  And 
he  saitl\  unto  the  .lews,  Behold, 
*your  King!  15  They  therefore 
cried  out,  'Away  with  hi»i,  awav 
with  hiiH,  crucify  him  !  Pilate  saitn 
unto  thera,  Shall  I  crucify  your 
King?  The  chief  priests  answered. 
We  nave  no  king  but  C^iesar.  16 
Then  therefore  he  ^delivered  him 
unto  them  to  be  crucitied. 

17  'They  took  Jesus  therefore: 
and  he  went  out,  ""bearing  the  cross 
for  himself,  unto  the  place  called 
"The  place  of  a  skull,  which  is  called 
"in  Hebrew  Golgotha:  18  where 
they  crucified  liim,  and  with  him 
Ptwo  others,  on  either  side  one,  and 
Jesus  in  the  midst.  19  And  I'ilate 
wrote  a  title  also,  and  put  it  on 
the  cross.  And  there  was  written, 
«Jesus  of  Naz.vuktu,  ''tiik  King 
OF  THE  Jews.  20  Tliis  title  there- 
fore read  many  of  the  Jews,  -'for  the 
place  where  .lesus  was  crucified  was 
nigh  to  the  city ;  and  it  was  written 
"in  Hebrew,  and  in  Latin,  and  in 
Greek.  21  The  chief  priests  of  the 
Jews  therefore  said  to  Pilnte,  W'rite 
not,  ''The  King  of  the  Jews;  but, 
that  he  said,  I  am  ""King  of  the 
Jews.  22  Pilate  answered,  'What 
I  have  written  I  have  written. 

23  'The  soldiers  therefore,  when 
they  had  crucified  Jesus,  took  his 
garments  and  made  "four  parts,  to 
every  soldier  a  part:  and  also  the 
■•coat:  now  the  ^coat  was  without 
.seam,  woven  from  the  top  through- 
out. 24  They  .said  therefore  one 
to  another,  "Let  us  not  rend  it,  but 
cast  lots  for  it,  whose  it  shall  be: 
'that  the  .scripture  might  be  ful- 
filled, which  saith, 


1  Or,  aufhn 
3  Or. 
crueifi- 

*  Or,  tunic 


\  for  l/if  place  of  the  ci 
>rt  irns  nigh  at  hand 


2  Or.  oppnseth  Cvsnr 


Dr.  np 
ty  wht 


ere  Jesus  was 


"  Rom.  13.  1 
''Oh.  18.  131. 

M  ff.  •, 

comp 

Actb  3  13 
"  Lk.  23.  2; 

couip.  cU. 

IS   33  It 
<'  See  Mt.  27. 

la 
"■  See  ch.  b 

2;  ver.  17, 

20 
/  See  Mt.  27. 

62 ,  ver. 

31.42 
'■'  Comp. 

Mk.  15.  2.^ ; 

Mt.  27.  45 
''  ver.  1»,  21 
'  Lk  2.!.  18 
*■  Mt.  27.  K  ; 

Mk.  15  1); 

Lk.  23.  2.5 
(  vor.  17-24  : 

ifti/lhew 

27.  33-14  ; 

M'irklo. 

22-32 ; 

liike  23. 

33-43 
"'  See  Lk  14. 

27  :  comp. 

Mt.  27.  32; 

Mk.  15.  21; 

Lk.  23.  26 
"  Comp.  Lk. 

23.  33  and 

marg. 
"  See  ver  13 
P  See  Lk  23. 

32 
5  Comp.  Mt. 

27.  37  ;  Mk. 

15.  26 ;  Lk. 

23.  38 
■■  ver.  14,  21 
'  Comp. 

Gen  43. 

14;  Esth. 

4    16. 

1  Mace.  13. 

.18 
f  Mt.  27.  a5  , 

Mk.  15  24  ; 

Lk.  23.  34 
"  Comp. 

Acts  12.  4 
'•  .Mt.  '27.  3'.; 

Mk.  15  24 ; 

Lk   23.  34  ; 

comp  Ex. 

■2i.  32 
•^  ver.  28, 

3b  f. 


V  Comp.  Mt. 

27.  .M  f.  , 

Mk    15 

40  f .  ;  Lk 

23  49 
'SeeMt  12. 

46 
"  Lk.  24.  18? 
fc  cli.  20.  1, 

18,  Lk. 

8.2 
'  See  ch.  13. 

23 
''  ch    2.  4 
'Lk   18.29 

marg. ;  cli. 

1.  11  ;  16 

32;  Afts 

21.  6  (Or.) 
/rh   13   1; 

17    4 
■J  ver.  24, 

36  f. 
*  ver.  20,  .10  : 

comp.  Mt. 

27.  48.  50 , 

Mk.  IS. 

36  f.  ;  Lk. 

23.  36 

117 


•'  They     parted     my 
among  them, 


garments 


And  upon  my  vesture  did  they 
cast  lots. 
2.")  These  things  therefore  the  sol- 
diers did.  "But  there  were  stand- 
ing by  the  cross  of  Jesus  'his 
mother,  and  his  mother's  sister, 
.Mary  the  wife  of  "Clopas,  and 
''Mai'y  Magdalene.  26  When  Jesus 
theiefore  saw  his  mother,  and  'the 
disciple  standing  l)y  whom  he  loved, 
he  saith  unto  his  mother,  ''Woman, 
l)ehold,  thy  son  '  27  Then  saith  he 
to  the  disciple.  Behold,  thy  mother! 
And  from  that  hour  the  disciple 
took  her  unto 'his  own  liorne. 

28  After  this  Jesus,  ^knowing 
that  all  things  are  now  finishecH 
•^''that  the  scripture  might  beaccom- 
I)lished,  saith,  1  thirst.  29  There 
was  set  there  a  ves.sel  full  of  vine- 
gar:  so  "they  put  a  sponge  full 
of  the  vinegar  upon  hyssop,  and 
brought  it  to  his  mouth.  30  When 
Jesus  therefore  had  received  the 
vinegar,  he  said,  'It  is  finished: 
and  ne  bowed  his  head,  and  *gave 
up  his  spirit. 

31  The  Jews  therefore,  because 
it  was  'the  i^reparation,  that  '"the 
bodies  should  not  remain  on  the 
cross  upon  the  .sabbath  (for  the  day 
of  that  .sabbath  was  a  "high  day), 
asked  of  J^ilate  that  their  legs 
might  be  broken,  and  that  they 
might  be  taken  away.  32  The 
soldiers  therefore  came,  and  brake 
the  legs  of  the  first,  and  of  the 
other  that  "was  crucified  with  him  : 
33  but  when  they  came  to  Jesus, 
and  saw  that  he  was  dead  already, 
they  brake  not  his  legs :  34  howbeit 
one  of  the  soldiers  with  a  spear 
pierced  his  side,  and  straightway 
there  came  out  ''  blood  and  water. 
3.5  And  he  that  hath  seen  hath 
''borne  witness,  and  his  witness  is 
true  :  and  he  knoweth  that  he  saith 
tiue,  that  ye  al.so  may  believe.  36 
For  these  things  came  to  pass, 
""■that  the  .scripture  might  be  ful- 
filled, A  bone  of  him  shall  not  be 
''l:)roken.  37  And  again  another 
scripture  saith,  "They  shall  look  on 
him  whom  they  pierced. 

38  '  And  after  these  things  Joseph 

<  Seech.  17.  4  tMt.  27.50.  Ws.  15  37.  Lk.  23  46 
'  ver.  14.  42  '"  Dt.  21.  23 ;  .loeh.  8.  29.  10.  26  f. 
"Ex  12.16  "ver.  18  '' Comp.  IJn.  5  6, 8  «  See 
rh  15.  27  .  comp.  21.  24  "■  ver.  24.  28  •  ver.  38-42; 
Mallfieu)  27.  57-61  ;  Mark  15.  42-J7  :  Luke  23.  50-5fl 


6  Ps.  xxii.  18.  6  Ps.  Ixix.  21. 

:  Ex.  xii  46:  Num.  Ix.  12;  Po.  xxxiv  20. 
•  Or.  crushed  *  Zech.  xli.  10. 


19.39 


JOHN 


20.25 


The  Entombment.     The  Visit  to  the  Tomb.     "  Woman,  why  weepest  thou  ^ "      "  Peace  be  unU  fon."     Thomas  incredolons 


of  Arimathaea,  being  a  disciple  of 
Jesus,  but  "  secretly  for  *  fear  of  the 
Jews,  asked  of  Pilate  that  he  might 
take  away  the  body  of  Jesus  :  and 
Pilate  gave  him  leave.  He  came 
therefore,  and  took  away  his  body. 
39  And  there  came  also  "  Nicode- 
mus,  he  who  at  the  first  came  to 
him  by  night,  **  bringing  a  ^  mix- 
ture of  "myrrh  and  aloes,  about  a 
-'hundred  pounds.  40  So  they 
took  the  body  of  Jesus,  and  abound 
it  in  ''linen  cloths  with  the  spices, 
as  the  custom  of  the  Jews  is  to  bury. 
41  Now  in  the  place  where  he  was 
crucified  there  was  a  garden  ;  and 
in  the  garden  a '  new  tomb  *  wherein 
was  never  man  yet  laid.  42  There 
then  because  of  the  Jews'  '■  Prepara- 
tion (for  the  tomb  was  "'nigh  at 
hand)  they  laid  Jesus. 
^f\  "Now  on  the  first  day  of 
^  \J  the  week  cometh  °  Mar j' 
Magdalene  early,  while  it  was  yet 
dark,  unto  the  tomb,  and  seeth 
''the  stone  taken  away  from  the 
tomb.  2  She  runneth  therefore, 
and  cometh  to  Simon  Peter,  and  to 
the  other  « disciple  whom  Jesus 
loved,  and  saith  unto  them,  ''They 
have  taken  away  the  Lord  out  of  the 
torn  b,  and  we  know  not  where  they 
have  laid  him.  3  *  Peter  therefore 
went  forth,  and  the  other  disciple, 
and  they  went  toward  the  tomb. 
4  And  they  ran  both  together :  and 
the  other  disciple  outran  Peter,  and 
came  first  to  the  tomb ;  5  and  'stoop- 
ing and  looking  in,  he  seeth  the 
"  linen  cloths  lying  ;  yet  entered  he 
not  in.  6  Simon  Peter  therefore 
also  cometh,  following  him,  and 
entered  into  the  tomb ;  and  he  be- 
holdeth  the  linen  cloths  lying,  7  and 
'the  napkin,  thatwas  upon  his  head, 
not  lying  with  the  "linen  cloths,  but 
rolled  up  in  a  place  by  itself.  8  Then 
entered  in  therefore  the  other  dis- 
ciple also,  who  ■'^came  first  to  the 
tomb,  and  he  saw,  and  believed. 
9  For  as  yet  *  they  knew  not  the 
scripture,  ^that  he  must  rise  again 
from  the  dead.  1 0  So  the  disciples 
went  away  again  ■*  unto  their  own 
home. 

11  *  But  Mary  was  standing 
without  at  the  tomb  weeping :  so, 
as  she  wept,  she  "  stooped  and 
looked  into  the  tomb ;  1 2  and  she 
beholdeth  **  two  angels  in  white  sit- 
ting, one  at  the  head,  and  one  at 
the  feet,  where  the  body  of  Jesus 
had  lain.     13  And  they  say  unto 

1  Some  ancient  authorities  read  roll. 


"  Comp. 
Mk.  15.  43 

b  See  ch.  7. 

13 
'  See  ch.  3. 1 
rf  See  Mk. 

16.1 
- "  Ps.  45.  8  ; 

Prov.  7. 

17  ;  S.  S. 

4.  14  ;  Mt. 

2.  11 
/Comp.  ch. 

12.  3 
9  Comp.  ch. 

11.  44;  Mt. 

26.  12; 

Mk.  14.  8 
h  ch.  20.  .5, 

7 ;  Lk.  24. 

12 
■  Mt.  27.  60 
k  Lk.  23.  53 
'  ver.  14,  31 
""■  ver,  20,  41 
"  ver.  l-» : 

comp.  Mt. 

28.  1-8  ; 

Mk.  16. 

1-8 ;  Lk. 

24.  1-10 
°  See  ch.  19. 

25 ;  ver. 

18 
P  Mt.  27.  60, 

66  ;  28.  2  ; 

Mk.  15.  46 ; 

16.  3  f .  ; 

Lk.  24.  2 ; 

ch.  11.  38 
«  See  ch.  13. 

23 
'"  ver.  13 
*  ver.  3-10 ; 

comp.  Lk. 

24.  12 
'  ver.  11 
"  ch.  19.  40 
"  Comp.  ch. 

11.44 
"  ver.  4 
y  Comp.  Mt. 

22.  29 ;  ch. 

2.  22 
^  Lk.  24. 

26  ff.  46 
«  Lk.  24.  12 
>>  Comp. 

Mk.  16.  5 
"  ver.  5 
rf  Lk.  24.  4  ; 

comp.  Mt. 

28.  2  f.  ; 

Mk.  16.  5 


"  ver.  15 
/  ver.  2 
I'  See  Mk. 

16.9; 

comp.  Mt. 

28.9 
''  Comp.  ch. 

21.4 
*  ver.  13 
k  See  ch.  5.  2 
'  Mk.  10.  51 ; 

comp.  Mt. 

23.7 
"'  See  Mt. 

28.  10 
"  Comp.  ch. 

7.  33 ;  Mk. 

16. 19 ;  see 

oh.  12.  26 
"  ver.  1 
-PMk.  16.10; 

comp.  Lk. 

24.  10,  23 
9  See  ch.  7. 

13 
''  ver.  21,  26  ; 

Lk.  24.  36 ; 

comp.  ch. 

14.  27 
'  Lk.  24.  39, 

118 


her,  "Woman,  why  weepest  thou"? 
She  saith  unto  them,  Because 
•'they  have  taken  away  my  Lord, 
and  I  know  not  where  they  have 
laid  him.  14  When  she  had  thus 
said,  she  turned  herself  back,  and 
"  beholdeth  Jesus  standing,  and 
''knew  not  that  it  was  Jesus. 
15  Jesus  saith  unto  her,  'Woman, 
why  weepest  thou  1  whom  seekest 
thou  1  She,  supposing  hirn  to  be 
the  gardener,  saith  unto  him.  Sir, 
if  thou  hast  borne  him  hence,  tell 
me  where  thou  hast  laid  him,  and 
I  will  take  him  away.  16  Jesus 
saith  unto  her,  Mary.  She  turn- 
eth  herself,  and  saith  unto  him  *in 
Hebrew,  '  Rabboni ;  which  is  to 
say,  Teacher.  1 7  Jesus  saith  to  her, 
-  Touch  me  not ;  for  I  am  not  yet 
ascended  unto  the  Father  :  but  go 
unto  ™my  brethren,  and  say  to 
them,  I  "ascend  unto  my  Father 
and  your  Father,  and  my  God  and 
your  God.  18  "Mary  Magdalene 
cometh  and  ^telleth  the  disciples, 
I  have  seen  the  Lord  ;  and  that 
he  had  said  these  things  unto  her. 

19  When  therefore  it  was  even- 
ing, on  that  day,  the  first  day  of 
the  week,  and  when  the  doors  were 
shut  where  the  disciples  were,  for 
''  fear  of  the  Jews,  Jesus  came  and 
stood  in  the  midst,  and  saith  unto 
them, ''Peace  6e  unto  you.  20  And 
when  he  had  said  this,  *  he  showed 
unto  them  his  hands  and  his  side. 
The  disciples  therefore  '  were  glad, 
when  they  saw  the  Lord.  21  Jesus 
therefore  said  to  them  again, "" Peace 
be  unto  you :  "  as  the  Father  hath 
sent    me,    even    so   send    I    you. 

22  And  when  he  had  said  this,  he 
breathed  on  them,  and  saith  unto 
them,  Receive  ye  the  Holy  Spirit : 

23  "whose  soever  sins  ye  forgive, 
they  are  forgiven  unto  them ; 
whose  soever  sins  ye  retain,  they 
are  retained. 

24  But  •'^Thomas,  one  of  «'the 
t\velve,  called  ^""Didymus,  was  not 
with  them  when  Jesus  came.  25  The 
other  disciples  therefore  said  unto 
him.  We  have  seen  the  Lord.  But 
he  said  unto  them.  Except  I  shall 
see  in  *his  hands  the  print  of  the 
nails,  and  put  my  finger  into  the 
print  of  the  nails,  and  put  my  hand 
into  "  his  side,  '  I  will  not  believe. 

40 ;  ch.  19.  34  t  ch.  16.  20,  22  «  See  ch.  17. 18 
"  Mt.  18.  18  ;  comp.  16.  19  *  See  ch.  11. 16  v  See 
ch.  6.  67    "  ver.  20    "  ver.  20    t>  See  Mk.  16. 11 


*  Or,  Take  not  hold  on  me     »  That  is,  Twin. 


20.26 


JOHN 


21.21 


'•  Jly  Lord  and  my  Cod."   The  Writer's  Object.    The  Epilogue:  —  the  Ippearanre  at  the  Sea  of  Tiberias.    "Lovest  thou  mc  V 


2G  And  after  eij^'ht  days  again 
his  disciplas  were  witliiu,  and 
Thomas  with  them.  Jesus  cum- 
etli,  the  doors  being  shut,  and 
stood  in  the  midst,  and  said,  "Peace 
be  unto  you.  27  Tiien  saith  he  to 
Thomas,  ""Jleaeh  hither  thy  tinger, 
and  see  my  hands;  and  reach  hitlier 
thy  hand,  ami  nut  it  into  my  side  : 
and  be  not  faitnli'ss,  but  believing. 
28  Thomas  answered  and  said  unto 
him,  My  Lord  and  my  God.  29  Je- 
sus saith  unto  him.  Because  thou 
hast  seen  me,  '  thou  hast  believed  : 
'^  blessed  are  they  that  have  not 
seen,  and  yet  have  believed. 

30  "*  Many  other  "signs  therefore 
did  Jesus  in  the  presence  of  the  di.s- 
ciples,  which  are  not  written  in  this 
book  :  31  but  these  are  written, 
•''that  ye  may  believe  that  Jesus  is 
the  Christ,  "the  Son  of  God;  and 
that  ''believing  ye  may  have  life  in 
his  name. 

O'l  After  tTiese  things  Jesus 
^  _L  •manifested  himself  *a"ain  to 
the  disciples  at '  the  sea  of  Tiberias ; 
and  he  manifested  himself  on  this 
wise.  2  There  were  together  Simon 
Peter,  and  '"Thomas  called  -Didy- 
mus,  and  "  Nathanael  of  "  Cana  in 
Galilee,and''the.so«sofZebedee,and 
two  other  of  his  disciples.  3  Simon 
Peter  saith  unto  them,  I  go  a  fishing. 
They  say  unto  him.  We  also  come 
with  thee.  They  went  forth,  and  en- 
tered into  the  boat ;  and  ''that  night 
they  took  nothing.  4  But  when  day 
was  now  breaking,  .Jesus  stood  on 
the  beach  :  yet  the  disciples  'knew 
not  that  it  was  Jesus.  5  Jesus 
therefore  saith  unto  them.  Chil- 
dren, 'have  ye  aught  to  eat?  They 
answered  him.  No.  6  And  he  said 
unto  them,  '  Cast  the  net  on  the 
right  side  of  the  boat,  and  ye  shall 
find.  They  cast  therefore,  and  now 
they  were  not  able  to  draw  it  for 
the  multitude  of  fishes.  7  "  That 
disciple  therefore  whom  Jesus  loved 
saith  unto  Peter,  It  is  the  Lord.  So 
when  Simon  Peter  heard  that  it 
was  the  Lord,  he  girt  his  coat  about 
him  (for  he  ^  was  naked),  and  cast 
himself  into  the  sea.  8  But  the 
other  disciples  came  in  the  little 
boat  (for  they  were  not  far  from 
the  land,  but  about  two  hundred 
cubits  off),  dragging  the  net  full  of 
fishes.      9   So  when  they  got  out 

1  Or,  hast  thou  believed  '  '  That  is,  Ticin. 

3  Or,  had  on  his  undergarment  only  Comp.  cb. 
13.  4  ;  Is.  20.  2  ;  Mic.  1.  8,  11. 


"  ver.  21,  26  ; 

Lk.  24. :«; ; 

coiup.  cli. 

U.  27 
b  Comp. 

ver.  25  ; 

Lk.  24.  40 
<^  1  Pet.  1.  8 
''cb.  21.25 
•■  See  ch.  2. 

U 
/ch.  19.  35 
"SeeMt. 

4.  3 

''  eh.  3.  15 
<  ver.  14  ; 

comp.  Mk. 

10.  12 
k  ch.  20.  19, 

20 
'  ch.  6.  1 
'"  See  ch.  11. 

10 
"  See  ch.  1. 

45  ff. 
"  See  ch.  2. 1 
''  Mt.  4.  21  ; 

Mk.  1.  I'l ; 

Lk.  .■).  10 
''  Comp.  Lk. 

••ch.  20.14; 

see  Lk.  24. 

10 
'  Lk.  24.  41 
'  Comp.  Lk. 

5.  4lf. 

"  See  ch.  13. 
23 ;  ver.  20 


"  ch.  18.  18 
'  ver.  10,  13  ; 

comp.  6.  9, 

11 
V  ver.  15 
-  ver.  9 
"  ch.  20.  19, 

26 
b  ch.  13.  37  ; 

comp.  Mt. 

20.  33  : 

Mk.  14.  29 
"^  Comp.  Lk. 

12.  32 
>(Mt.  2.  6; 

Acts  20. 
28  ;  1  Pet. 
5.  2 ;  Rev. 
7.  17 
•  Comp.  ch. 

13.  38 
/ch.  16.  30 
«  Comp. 

ver.  16 


*  Comp.  ch. 

12.  33  ;  18. 

32 
>  2  Pet.  1. 14 


k  9^e  Mt.  8. 

22 :  16.  24  ; 

ver.  22 
'  See  ver.  7 

""  ch.  13.  25 


upon  the  land,  they  see  ''a  "fire  of 
coals  there,  and  '^■'fish  laid  thereon, 
and  "bread.  10  Jesus  saith  unto 
them,  Bring  of  the  "  fish  which  ye 
have  now  taken.  11  Simon  Peter 
therefore  went  ''up,  and  drew  the 
net  to  land,  full  of  great  fishes,  a 
hundred  and  fifty  and  three :  and 
for  all  there  were  so  many,  the  net 
was  not  rent.  12  Jesus  .saith  unto 
them.  Come  ami  *  break  your  fast. 
And  none  of  the  disciples  durst  in- 
quire of  him.  Who  art  thou?  know- 
ing that  it  was  the  Lord.  13  Jesus 
Cometh,  and  taketh  Hhe  *  bread,  and 
giveth  them,  and  the^'fish  likewise. 
14  This  is  now  the  "  third  time  that 
Jesus  was  manifested  to  the  di.sci- 
ples,  after  that  he  was  risen  from 
the  dead. 

15  So  when  they  had  "broken 
their  fast,  Jesus  saith  to  Simon 
Peter,  Simon,  so7i  of  "John,  '"''lov- 
est thou  me  more  than  these  1  He 
saith  unto  him,  Yea,  Lord ;  thou 
knowest  that  I  "  love  thee.  He 
saith  unto  him,  Feed  "my  lambs. 
1 G  He  saith  to  him  again  a  second 
time,  Simon,  son  of  ^  John,  '"lovest 
thou  me?  He  saith  unto  him.  Yea, 
Lord ;  thou  knowest  that  I  "  love 
thee.  He  saith  unto  him,  ''Tend 
my  sheep.  17  He  saith  unto  him 
the  third  time,  Simon,  .sow  of  "  John, 
"lovest  thou  me?  Peter  was  grieved 
because  he  said  unto  him  'the  third 
time,  "Lovest  thou  me?  And  he 
said  unto  him.  Lord,  ^thou  know- 
est all  things  ;  thou  ''"knowest  that 
I  "love  thee.  Jesus  saith  unto  him, 
"Feed  my  sheep.  18  Verily,  verily, 
I  say  unto  thee.  When  thou  wast 
young,  thou  girdedst  thy.sclf,  and 
walkedst  whither  thou  wouldest : 
but  when  thou  shalt  be  old,  thou 
shalt  stretch  forth  thy  hands,  and 
another  shall  gird  thee,  and  carry 
thee  whither  thou  wouldest  not. 
19  Now  this  he  spake,  ''signifj'-ing 
by  'what  manner  of  death  he  should 
glorify  God.  And  when  he  had 
spoken  this,  he  saith  unto  him, 
*  Follow  me.  20  Peter,  turning 
about,  seeth  'the  disciple  whom 
.Jesus  loved  following ;  who  also 
"*  leaned  back  on  his  oreast  at  the 
supper,  and  said,  I^ord,  who  is  he 
that  'Mietrayeth  thee?  21  Peter 
therefore  seeing  him  saith  to  Jesus, 

4  Or.  a  fire  of  chnrmal.  '  Or,  a  fish 

«  Or,  a  lonf         T  Or,  aboard  »  Or,  loaf 

» (Jr.  Joanes.    See  ch.  1.  42,  margin. 
10  n  i^rve  in  these  places  represents  two  differ- 
ent Oreek  words. 

u  Or,  percrii-est  »3  Or,  delivereth  thee  up 


119 


21.22 


JOHN 


2*.  25 


The  Authentication 


Lord,  ^and  what  shall  this  man  do"? 
22  Jesus  saith  unto  him,  If  I  will 
that  he  tarry  "  till  I  come,  what  is 
that  to  thee  1  *  follow  thou  me.  23 
This  saying  therefore  went  forth 
among  ''the  brethren,  that  that 
disciple  should  not  die :  yet  Jesus 
said  not  unto  him,  that  he  should 
not  die ;  but.  If  I  will  that  he  tarry 
■"till  I  come,  what  is  that  to  thee"? 

1  Gr.  and  this  man,  what  ? 


'  1  Cor.  4.  5 ; 
11.  26 ;  Jaa. 
5.  7 ;  Rev. 

2.  25 ;  see 

Mt.l6.27f. 
>  See  Mt.  8. 

22  ;  16.  24 ; 

ver.  22 
'  See  Acts  1. 

15 

'■  See  ch.  15. 
27 
'  ch.  20.  30 


24  This  is  the  disciple  that 
■^beareth  witness  of  these  things, 
and  wrote  these  things :  and  we 
know  that  his  witness  is  true. 

25  And  there  are  also  *many 
other  things  which  Jesus  did,  the 
which  if  they  should  be  written 
every  one,  I  suppose  that  even  the 
world  itself  would  not  contain  the 
books  that  should  be  written. 


120 


THE  ACTS 


The  Introdortion.    The  Asronsion.    "The  Upper  Chamler."    The  Fate  of  Jadas 


IThe  '  former  treatise  I  made, 
O  "Theophilus,  concerning  all 
that  Jesus  *  began  both  to  do  and 
to  teach,  2  until  the  day  in  which 
lie  "  was  received  up.  after  that  he 
''had  given  commandment  through 
the  Holy  Spirit  unto  *'  the  apostles 
whom  he  had  •''chosen  :  3  to  whom 
"he  also  '^showed  himself  alive 
after  liis  passion  by  many  proofs, 
ajipeariug  unto  them  by  the  space 
of  forty  days,  and  speaking  ''the 
things  concerning  the  kingdom  of 
God :  4  and,  *  being  assembled  to- 
gether with  them,  he  charged  them 
'  not  to  depart  from  Jerusalem,  but 
to  wait  for  *  the  promise  of  the 
Father,  which,  saul  he,  ye  heard 
from  me  :  5  for  'John  indeed  bap- 
tized with  water  •  but  ye  shall  be 
baptized  *  in  the  Holy  Spirit  '"  not 
many  days  hence. 

6  rhey  therefore,  when  they 
were  come  together,  asked  him, 
saying,  Lord,  "dost  thou  at  this 
time  restore  the  kingdom  to  Israel? 
7  And  he  said  unto  them,  It  is  not 
for  you  to  know  times  or  seasons, 
which  "the  Father  hath  ''set  within 
his  own  authority.  8  But  ye  shall 
receive  power,  '"when  the  Holy 
Spirit  is  come  upon  you  :  and  ye 
snail  be  ^my  ^vltnesses  both  in 
Jerusalem,  and  in  all  Jud?ea  and 
".Samaria,  and  unto  ''the  uttermost 
part  of  the  earth.  9  And  when  he 
had  said  these  things,  as  they  were 
looking,  'he  was  taken  up;  and  a 
cloud  received  him  out  of  their 
sight.  10  And  while  they  were 
looking  stedfastly  into  heaven  as 
he  went,  behold  '  two  men  stood  by 
them  in  white  apparel ;  11  who 
also  said,  "  Ye  men  of  Galilee,  why 
startd  ye  looking  into  heaven  ?  this 
Jesus,  who  ""was  received  up  froni 
you  into  heaven,  shall  so  |' come  in 
like  manner  as  ye  beheld  him  going 
into  heaven. 

]  2  Then    'returned    they    unto 


'  Gr.  nr</. 
H  Or.  pr<:''entP't. 
*  Or,  eating  with  them 
35 


*  Or.  with 

*  Or,  appointtfl  by 


"  Lk.  1.  3 
b  Lk.  3.  23 
'  See  Mk. 

16.  19  ; 

ver.  i),  11, 

22 
rf  Mt.  2S. 

1!)  f. ;  Mk. 

16.  1.5 ;  Ju. 

20.  21  f.  ; 

conip.  ch. 

1(1.  42 
'  See  Mk.  6. 

3i>  (and  so 

elsewhere) 
/See  Jii.  13. 

18 ;  comp. 

ch.  lu.  41 
»  Mt.  28. 17  ; 

Mk.  16. 12, 

14  ;  Lk.  24. 

34,  3ii ;  Jn. 

20.  19,  26 ; 

21.1.14; 

1  Cor.  1.5. 

5-7 
'«  Comp.  ch. 

8. 12 ;  19. 

8 ;  28.  23, 

31 
•  Lk.  24.  49 
*ch.  2.  33; 

comp.  .In. 

14.  16,26; 

V,.  26 
'ch.  11.16; 

see  Mt.  3. 

11 
>"  ch.  2.  1-4 
"  Mt.  17.  11 ; 

Mk.  H.  12 ; 

Lk.  17.  20; 

19.  11 
"  Mt.  24.  36  ; 

Mk.  13.  32 
P  See  Lk. 

24.  48 ; 

Jn.  1.5.  27 
«  cli.  8.  1,  5, 

14 
■■  Mt.  28.  19  ; 

Mk.  16. 15 ; 

comp.  Col. 

1.  23; 

Rom.  10. 

18 
"  See  ver.  2 
'  Comp.  Lk. 

24.  4  ;  Jn. 

20. 12 
"  ch.  2.  7  : 

comp.  13. 

31 
"  See  Mt.  16. 

?7f.  ; 

comp.  ch. 

3.21 
'  Lk.  24.  50. 

52 


V  Comp.  Mt. 

21.1 
'  ch.  9.  37. 

39  ;  20.  8  ; 

comp. 

Mk.  14.  15; 

Lk.  22.  12 

121 


Jerusalem  from  the  *  mount  called 
Olivet,  which  is  nigh  unto  Jeru- 
salem, a  sabbath  day's  journey  off. 
13  And  Avhen  they  were  come  in, 
they  went  up  into  Hhe  upper 
chamber,  where  they  were  abid- 
ing;  "both  Peter  and  John  and 
•^ James  and  Andrew,  Philip  and 
Thomas,  Bartholomew  and  Mat- 
thew, ^  James  the  son  of  Alphseus, 
and  Simon  the  Zealot,  and  *  Judas 
the  ''son  of  ''James.  14  These  all 
with  one  accord  ''continued  sted- 
fastly in  prayer,  "^with  ''the  women, 
and  i\Iary  tne  ^mother  of  Jesus, 
and  with  his  'brethren. 

1 5  And  in  these  days  Peter  stood 
up  in  the  midst  of  'the  brethren, 
and  said  (and  there  was  a  multi- 
tude of  ^persons  gathered  together^ 
about  a  hundred  and  twenty),  lb 
Brethren,  it  was  needful  that  "the 
scripture  should  be  fulfilled,  which 
tiie  Holy  Spirit  spake  befoi-e  by  the 
mouth  of  David  concerning  Judas, 
"  who  was  guide  to  them  that  took 
Jesus.  17  For  he  was  'numbered 
among  us,  and  received  his  '"por- 
tion in  '-this  ministry.  18  (Now 
this  man  'obtained  a  field  with 
'"the  reward  of  his  iniquit.v;  and 
falling  headlong,  he  burst  asunder 
in  the  midst,  and  all  his  bowels 
gushed  out.  19  And  it  became 
known  to  all  the  dwellers  at  Jeru- 
.salem ;  insomuch  that  in  "their 
language  that  field  was  called 
Akeldama,  that  is.  The  field  of 
blood.)  20  For  it  is  written  in  the 
book  of  Psalms, 

"ver.  13:  Mnflln'w  10.  2-4:  ifnrh  3.  lfi-19 ;  LvVe 
fi.  14-16.  ^Seethe  names  in  M.-itthew's  list.)  ''See 
Jn.  14.  22  "^ch.  2.  42 ;  6.  4 ;  Rom.  12.  12;  Col. 
4.  2;  comp.  Eph.  6.  18  •' Lk.  8.  2  f .  'See  Mt. 
12.  46  /Jn.  21.  -23:  ch.  6.  3;  9.  30:  10.  23;  11.  1, 
12  2;):  12. 17;14.  2;1.5. 1,  3.  22.  23.  32f.40:  16.2.40; 
17  K,  10,  14  ;  18.  18.  27  ;  21.  7. 17  :  22.  5 ;  28.  14  f.  Ac. 
See  I?om.  1.  13 ;  comp.  ch.  11.  26  '  ver.  20 ;  comp. 
Jn.  13.  18  :  17.  12  ''  Ml.  26.  47  ;  Mk.  14.  43;  Lk.  22. 
47;Jn.  18.  3  •Jn.6  70  1.  1- ver.  25  :  ch.  20.  24  ;  21. 
19  '  Comp.  Mt.  '27.  3-10  •"  Mt.  26.  14  f.  "  Comp. 
ch.  21.  40  ;  Mt.  27.  8 


«  Or,  Jacob  '  Or.  brother    See  Jude  1. 

8  Or.  with  certain  women 

»  Gr.  names.    See  Rev.  3.  i.  lo  Or,  iot 


1.21 


THE  ACTS 

The  Choice  of  Matthias.    The  Day  of  Pentecost.    Peter's  Discourse 


2.22 


^Let  his    habitation  be   made 
desolate, 

And  let  no  man  dwell  therein  : 
and, 

■^  His  ^  office  let  another  take. 
21  Of  the  men  therefore  that  hare 
companied  with  us  all  the  time  that 
"the  Lord  Jesus  went  in  and  went 
out^amongus,  22  *  beginning  from 
the  baptism  of  John,  unto  the  day 
that  he  "was  received  up  from  us, 
of  these  must  one  become  a  ''  wit- 
ness with  us  of  his  resurrection. 

23  And  they  put  forward  two, 
Joseph  called  Barsabbas,  who  was 
surnamed  Justus,  and  "Matthias. 

24  And  they  'prayed,  and  said, 
Thou,  Lord,  ''who  knowest  the 
hearts  of  all  men,  show  of  these 
two  the  one  whom  thou  hast 
chosen,  25  to  take  the  place  in 
''this  ministry  and  'apostleship 
from  which  Judas  fell  away,  that 
he  might  go  to  his  own  place. 
26  And  they  *gave  lots  "for  them  ; 
and  the  lot  fell  upon  "  Matthias ; 
and  he  was  numbered  with  'the 
eleven  apostles. 

2  And  when  "'the  day  of 
Pentecost  ^  was  now  come, 
they  were  all  together  in  one 
place.  2  And  suddenly  there 
came  from  heaven  a  sound  as  of 
the  rushing  of  a  mighty  wind, 
and  it  filled  "all  the  house  where 
they  were  sitting.  3  And  there 
appeared  unto  them  tongues  ^  part- 
ing asunder,  like  as  of  fire  ;  and  it 
sat  upon  each  one  of  them.  -4  And 
they  were  all "  filled  with  the  Holy 
Spirit,  and  began  to  ^  speak  with 
other  tongues,  as  the  Spirit  gave 
them  utterance. 

5  Now  there  were  dwelling  at 
Jerusalem  Jews,  ^  devout  men, 
from  every  nation  under  heaven. 
6  And  when  '"  this  sound  was 
heard,  the  multitude  came  to- 
gether, and  were  confounded,  be- 
cause that  every  man  heard  them 
speaking  in  his  own  language.  7 
And  *they  were  all  amazed  and 
marvelled,  saying,  Behold,  ai'e  not 
all  these  that  speak  *  Galiljeans '? 
8  And  how  hear  we,  every  man 
in  our  own  language  wherein  we 
were  born"?  9  Parthians  and 
Medes  and  Elamites,  and  the 
dwellers  in  Mesopotamia,  in  Ju- 
dsea  and  "Cappadocia,  in  "Pontus 

iPs.  lxix.25.  2Ps.  cix.  8. 

3  Gr.  overxeemhip.         *  Or,  over         ^  Or,  vnto 

6  Gr.  wax  bfing  fvl filled. 

'  Or,  parting  among  them  Or,  distributing 
tUtmsa/uef 


"  Lk.  24,  3 
b  Mk.  1.  1-4 
■^  See  ver.  2 
rf  ver.  8  ;  ch. 

2.  32 
"  ver.  26 
/Comp.  ch. 

6.  6  ;  13.  3  ; 

14.23 
^  ch.  15.  8  ; 

Rom.  8. 

27  ;  1  S.  16. 

7 ;  Jar.  17. 

10 
ft  See  ver.  17 
'  Comp. 

Rom.  1.  5 ; 

1  Lor.  t».  2; 

Gal.  2.  8 
*••  Lev.  16.  8  ; 

Josh.  14. 

2 ;  1  S.  14. 

41  f.  ;  Neh. 

10.  34  ;  11. 

1,  &c. 

Comp. 

ProT.  16. 33 
'  ch.  2.  14 
"'  ch.  20. 16  ; 

1  Cor.  16. 
8  ;  comp. 
Lev.  23. 
15  f .  ; 
Tob.  2.  1 ; 

2  Mace. 
12.  32 

"  Comp.  ch. 

4.31 
"  ch.  4.  8, 31 ; 

9.  17;  13.  9, 

52 ;  comp. 

1.  5,  8  ;  6.  3, 

5  ;  7.  55  ;  8. 

17  ;  11.  15, 

&c. ; 

comp  also 

Mt.  10.  20 
P  Comp. 

Mk.  16.  17; 

1  Cor.  12. 

10  f.  ;  14.  21 
9  ch.  8.  2  ; 

Lk.  2.  25 
•■  ver.  2 
'  ver.  12 
'  See  ch.  1. 

11 ;  comp. 

Mt.  26.  73 
"  1  Pet.  1.  I 
"IPet.  1.  1; 

comp.  ch. 

18.  2 


'  ch.  6.  9  ; 
16.  6 ;  19. 
10,  &c.  ; 

20.  4,  >.^-c.  ; 

21.  27  :  24. 
18  ;  27.  2  ; 
Rom.  16. 
5 ;  1  Cor. 
16.  19 ; 

2  Cor  1. 

8 ;  2  Tim. 

1.15;  Rev. 

1.4 
y  ch.  16.  6  ; 

18.23 
'  ch.  13. 13  : 

14.  24  ;  15. 

38  ;  27.  5 
"  See  Mt.  27. 

32 
*>  Comp.  ch. 

17.21 
«  See  Mt.  23. 

15 
rf  ver.  7 
'  Comp. 

1  Cor.  14. 23 
/ch.l.  26 
9  See  1  Th. 

5.7 
A  Rom.  10. 13 
'  ch.  10.  38  ; 

122 


and  •'Asia,  10  in  "Phrygia  and 
'Pamphylia,  in  Egypt  and  the 
parts  of  Libya  about  "  Cyrene,  and 
^  sojourners  from  Rome,  both  Jews 
and  "proselytes,  11  Cretans  and 
Arabians,  we  hear  them  speaking 
in  our  tongues  the  mighty  works 
of  God.  12  And  ''they  were  all 
amazed,  and  were  perplexed,  say- 
ing one  to  another,  What  meaneth 
this  1  13  But  others  mocking  said, 
'  They  are  filled  with  new  wine. 

14  But  Peter,  standing  up  with 
•^the  eleven,  lifted  up  his  voice,  and 
spake  foith  unto  them,  saying,  Ye 
men  of  Judtea,  and  all  ye  that 
dwell  at  Jerusalem,  be  this  known 
unto  you,  and  give  ear  unto  my 
words.  15  For  these  are  not 
drunken,  as  ye  suppose ;  ''  seeing 
it  is  ^H*  the  third  hour  of  the  day  ; 

16  but  this  is  that  which  hath  been 
spoken  through  the  prophet  Joel : 

1 7  *  And  it  shall  be  in  the  last  days, 

saith  God, 

I  will  pour  forth  of  my  Spirit 
upon  all  tlesh  : 

And  your  sons  and  your  daugh- 
ters shall  prophesy, 

And  your  young  men  shall  see 
visions, 

And  your  old  men  shaU  dream 
dreams : 

18  Yea  and  on  my  ^servants  and 

on  my  ^°  handmaidens  in  those 
days 
Will  I  pour  forth  of  my  Spirit ; 
and  they  shall  prophesy. 

1 9  And  I  will  show  wonders  in  the 

heaven  above, 

And  signs  on  the  earth  be- 
neath; 

Blood,  and  fii'e,  and  vapor  of 
smoke : 

20  The  sun  shall  be  turned  into 

darkness. 
And  the  moon  into  blood, 
Before    the    day  of   the   Lord 

come. 
That  great  and  notable  day : 

21  And  it  shall  be,  that  **  whoso- 

ever shall  call  on  the  name  of 
the  Lord  shall  be  saved. 

22  Ye  men  of  Israel,  hear  these 
words:  'Jesus  of  Nazareth,  *a 
man  approved  of  God  unto  you 
by  "mighty  works  and  'wonders 
and  '  signs  which  God  did  by  him 
in    the    midst    of    you,    even    as 

comp.  ch.  3.  6  :  4.  10  ^  Comp.  Jn.  3.  2  '  ver.  19, 
43 ;  see  Jn.  4.  48 


8  Joel  11.  28  fl. 

9  Gr.  bondmen. 


1"  Gr.  bondmaidens. 
u  Gr.  povien. 


2.23 


THE   ACTS 


3.4 


Its  Results.    Tht  Brotherhood  or  Believers.    Core  of  the  Lame  Be^ar  at  the  Door  "  Dcautinil  " 


ye  yourselves  know ;  23  him,  1)6- 
ing  delivered  ui)  by  the  "deter- 
minate counsel  and  foreknowledge 
of  God,  *  ye  by  the  hand  of  'law- 
less men  did  crucify  and  slay : 
24  whom  "God  raised  up,  having 
loosed  the  pangs  of  de^th :  be- 
cause it  "*  was  not  po.ssible  that  he 
should  be  holden  of  it.  25  For 
David  saith  concerning  him, 

'I  beheld  the  Lord  always  be- 
fore my  face ; 

For  he  is  on  my  right  hand, 
that  I  should  not  be  moved  : 

26  Therefoi-o  my  heart  wjus  glad, 

and  my  tongue  rejoiced ; 
Moreover  my  tlesh   also   shall 
^  dwell  in  hope  : 

27  Because  thou  wilt  not  leave  my 

soul  unto  'Hades, 
■''Neither    wilt   thou    give    thy 
Holy  One  to  see  corruption. 

28  Thou  madest  known  unto  me 

the  ways  of  life  ; 
Thou    shalt   make    me  full   of 
gladness  ''^vith   thy  counte- 
nance. 

29  Brethren,  I  nmy  say  unto  you 
freely  of  the  •'  patriarch  David,  that 
he  both  *died  and  'was  buried,  and 
*  his  tomb  is  with  us  unto  this  day. 

30  Being  therefore  'a  prophet,  and 
knowing  that  "'God  had  sworn  with 
an  oath  to  him,  that  of  the  fruit  of 
his  loins  ^he  would  set  one  upon 
his  throne;  31  he  foreseeing  this 
spake  of  the  resurrection  of  the 
Christ,  that  neither  was  he  left 
unto  'Hades,  nor  did  his  flesh  .see 
corruptif)n.  32  This  Jesus  did 
•God  raise  up,  'whereof  we  all 
are  "witnesses.  33  Being  there- 
fore ''"by  the  right  hand  of  God 
exalted,  and  ''having  received  of 
the  Father  'the  promise  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  he  hatn  ''poured  forth 
this,  wnich  ye  see  and  hear.  34 
For  David  ascended  not  into  the 
heavens  :  but  he  saith  himself, 

^'The  Lord  said  unto  my  Lord, 
Sit  thou  on  my  right  hand, 

35  Till  I  make  thine  enemies  the 

footstool  of  thy  feet. 

36  Let  ^all  the  'house  of  Israel 
therefore  know  assuredly,  that 
God  hath  made  him  both  "Lord 
<aud  Christ,  this  .Jesus  ''whom  ye 
crucified. 

37  Now  when  they  heard   this, 
they  were  pricked  in  their  heart, 

»  Or,  m*n  tHttimii  the  Intr    See  Rom.  2.  12. 

»Ps.  XTi.Stf.  ^  Or,  of  whom 

3  Or,  tnhfnwr!)t  1  Or,  nt 

*  Or,  in  thy  prrxenee         *  Pb.  ex.  1. 

-  Or,  one  should  sit  *  Or,  every  house 


"  oh.  3.  18  , 

i.  iW.  iVo.  ; 

see  Lk.  'J'J. 

22  ;  1  i'et. 

1.  20 
I"  oh.  3.13; 

Lk.  24.  2U 
'  ver.  32  : 

ch.  3.  l.'i, 

2ti ;  4.  10 ; 

5.  30;  10. 

40 ;  13.  30, 

33,  34,  37  : 

17.  31 ; 

Rom.  4. 

24  ;  6.  4  ;  8. 

11  ;  10.  9  ; 

1  Cor.  6. 
14  ;  l.'i.  15  ; 

2  Cor.  4. 
14;  (Jal.  1. 
1  ;  Kph.  1. 
20 ;  Col.  2. 
12;  ITh. 
l.lft;Heb. 
13.  20 ; 

1  Pet.  1.  21 
d  Comi).  Jn. 

20.  s» 
«  See  Mt.  11. 

23 ;  ver.  31 
/  ch.  13.  3,5 
i'  ch.  7.  8  f. : 

Heb.  7.  4 
A  ch.  13.  36 
•■  1  K.  2.  10 
t  Comp. 

Neh.  3.  If. 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

22.  43 
•"  2  S.  7. 

12  f.  ;  Ps. 
8.4.  3  f.  ; 
132.  U 

"  See  ch.  1.8 
"ch.  5.  31  ; 

comp.  Mk. 

16.  ly 
P  Seech.  1.4 
«  Gal.  3.  14  ; 

comp.  Jn. 

7.  39 
"■  ver.  17 ; 

ch.  10.  45 
'  See  Mt. 

22.  44  f . 
*  Kzek.  36. 

22,  32,  37  ; 

4.').  6 
"  Lk.  2.  U 
"  ver.  2S 


■^  Comp.  Lk. 

3.  10.  12,  14 
y  cU.  .!.  W  ; 

5.  31 ;  20. 

21 ;  comp. 

Lk.  24.  47 ; 

Mk.  1.  1.5 

•  ch.  8.  12, 
IK;  22.  Ifi; 
comp.  Mk. 
IK.  16 

"  Rom.  9.  4  ; 
l8.  44.  3  ; 
.54.  13;  .57. 
I'l ;  .loel  2. 
S2 ;  comp. 
Eph.  2.  12 

*  (  omp. 
Kpli.  2. 13, 
17 

«  See  Lk.  Ifi. 

as 

d  in.  .12.  .5  ; 

Phil.  2. 15 , 

comp.  Mt. 

17.  17 
'  ch.  J.  23  , 

7.  14;  27. 

37;  Rom 

1.3.  1  ; 

1  Pet.  3. 

20;  comp. 

Rev.  16.  3 

123 


and  said  untt)  Peter  and  the  rest 
of  the  apostles.  Brethren,  ""what 
shall  we  do'i  38  And  Peter  said 
unto  them,  *  Repent  ye,  and  be 
'  baptized  o^'ery  one  of  you  in  the 
name  of  Jesus  Christ  unto  the  re- 
mis.sion  of  your  sins  ;  and  ye  shall 
receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 
39  For  to  you  is  "the  piomise,  and 
to  your  children,  and  to  all  that  are 
''atar  off,  even  as  many  as  the  Lord 
our  God  shall  call  unto  him.  40 
And  with  many  other  words  he 
'testified,  and  exhorted  them,  .say- 
ing, Save  yourselves  from  this 
''crooked  generation.  41  They 
then /"that  received  his  word  were 
baptized :  and  there  were  added 
Jimto  them  in  that  day  about  three 
thou.sand  'souls.  42  And  they 
-^ continued  stedfastly  in  the  apos- 
tles' teaching  and  "  fellowship,  in 
"  the  breaking  of  bread  and  ^  the 
prayers. 

43  And  fear  came  upon  every 
.soul  :  and  many  ''  wonders  and 
signs  were  done  through  the  apos- 
tles^^.  44  And  all  that  believed 
were  together,  anfl  'had  all  things 
common ;  45  and  they  *  sold  their 
possessions  and  goods,  and  parted 
them  to  all,  according  as  any  man 
had  need.  46  'And  day  b,v  day, 
continuing  stedfastly  with  one 
accord  in  the  temi)le,  and  'break- 
ing bread  at  home,  they  took  their 
food  with  gladness  and  singleness 
of  heart,  47  praising  God,  and 
'"having  favor  with  all  the  i)eople. 
And  the  Lorfl "  added  ^"Ho  them  day 
by  day  'tho.se  that  '''were  .saved. 
*>  No^v  ^  Peter  and  John  were 
*y  going  up  into  the  temple  at 
'the  hour  of  nrayer,  Uingtho  ninth 
h/)nr.  2  And  ''a  certiiin  man  that 
was  lame  from  his  mother's  womb 
was  carried,  whom  they  'laid  daily 
at  the  door  of  the  temple  which  is 
called  Beautiful,  'to  ask  alms  of 
them  that  entered  into  the  temple; 
3  who  seeing 'PetoM- and  John  about 
to  go  int<)  the  temple,  asked  to 
receive  an   alms.      4    And    Peter, 

/ See  ch.  I.  14  "  Lk.  24.  30 ;  ch.  20.  7 ;  1  Cor.  10. 
16 ;  ver.  4";  »  See  ver.  22  '  oh.  4.  .12  ,  comp.  37 ; 
5.  2  k  <omp.  Mt.  19.  21;  e\\.  4.  34  <  ch.  5.  42 
'"  See  ch.  ,5.13  "  ver.  41 ;  ch.  ■>■  14  ;  C.  1.  7  ;  11.  24  ; 
comp.  4.  4  ,  !».  31,  3.5,  42;  11.  21  .  14.  1,  21  ;  16.  ,5 ;  17. 
12  °  Comp.  I  Cor.  1.  18  "  See  Lk.  '22.  K ;  ver.  3, 
4.  U  "  Comp.  Ps.  *5.  17  ;  ch.  10.  .30 ;  Mt.  27.  48 
•■  ch.  14.  8  "  Comp.  Lk.  16.  20  <  ver.  10 ;  comp. 
Jn.  9.  H 


1"  Or,  hnrinn  Tn-fUfi  "  Or,  in  fftloirship 

I'i  Many  ancient  authorities  add  inycni.taiCTn; 


anii  grfai  fear  wns  ujion  nil 
^*  Or,  were  being  saved 


W  Gr  together 


3.5 


THE  ACTS 


4.7 


Peter's  Disconrse.    Peter  and  John  are  arrested;  brought  before  the  Sanhedrin; 


"  fastening  his  eyes  upon  him,  with 
John,  said,  Look  on  us.  5  And  he 
gave  heed  unto  them,  expecting  to 
receive  something  from  them.  6 
But  Peter  said,  Silver  and  gold 
have  I  none ;  but  what  I  have, 
that  give  I  thee._  *In  the  name  of 
Jesus  Christ  of  Nazareth,  walk. 
7  And  he  took  him  by  the  right 
hand,  and  raised  him  up :  and  im- 
mediately his  feet  and  his  ankle- 
bones  received  strength.  8  ""And 
leaping  up,  he  stood,  and  began  to 
walk;  and  he  entered  with  them 
into  the  temple,  walking,  and  leap- 
ing, and  praising  God.  9  And  ''■  all 
the  people  saw  him  walking  and 
praising  God:  10  and  they  took 
knowledge  of  him,  that  it  was  he 
that  "sat  for  alms  at  the  Beautiful 
Gate  of  the  temple;  and  they  were 
filled  with  wonder  and  amazement 
at  that  which  had  happened  unto 
him. 

11  And  as  he  held  ■'' Peter  and 
Jo.hn,  all  the  people  ran  together 
unto  them  in  the  '  ^  porch  tnat  is 
called  Solomon's,  greatly  wonder- 
ing. 12  And  when  Peter  saw  it, 
he  ''answered  unto  the  people.  Ye 
men  of  Israel,  why  marvel  ye  at 
this  "  man  ]  or  why  fasten  ye  your 
eyes  on  us,  as  though  by  our  own 

Sower  or  godliness  we  had  made 
im  to  walkl  13  *The  God  of 
Abraham,  and  of  Isaac,  and  of 
Jacob,  *the  God  of  our  fathers, 
hath  glorified  his  ^ '  Servant  Jesus  ; 
whom  ™  ye  delivered  up,  and  denied 
before  the  face  of  "  Pilate,  when  he 
had  "determined   to   release  him. 

14  But  ye  denied  ^the  Holy  and 
Righteous  One,  and  « asked  for  a 
murderer  to  be  granted  unto  you, 

15  and  killed  the  ■*'' Prince  of  life  ; 
whom  '  God  I'aised  from  the  dead ; 
*  whereof  we  are  'witnesses.  16 
And  **by  faith  "in  his  name  hath 
his  name  made  this  man  strong, 
whom  ye  behold  and  know :  yea, 
the  faith  which  is  through  him  hath 
given  him  this  perfect  soundness  in 
the  presence  of  you  all.  17  And 
now,  ;:rethren,  I  know  that  'in 
ignorance  ye  did  it,  as  did  also 
your  "^rulers.  18  But  the  things 
which  *  God  foreshowed  by  the 
mouth  of  all  the  prophets,  Hhat 
his  Christ  should  sufter,  he  thus 
fulfilled.  19"  Repent  ye  therefore, 
and  turn  again,  that  your  sins  may 

1  Or,  portico  *  Or,  thing 

3  Or,  Child  See  Mt.  12.  18  ;  Is.  42.  1 ;  62.  13 ;  53. 
11.  *0t.  Author  i  Or,  of  whom 

«  Or,  on  the  ground  of 


"  ch.  10.  4 
b  cb.  4.  10  ; 

comp.  ver. 

16 ;  2.  22 
'  c\x.  14.  10 
d  Comp.  ch. 

4.  16,  21 
'  ver.  2 ; 

comp.  Jn. 

9.8 
/See  Lk. 

22.  8 ;  ver. 
3,4 

-"  ch.  5.  12  ; 

Jn.  10.  23 
A  Mt.  11.  25  ; 

17.  4  :  22. 

1 ;  Lk.  14. 

3  ;  ch.  5.  8  •, 

10.46 
'  Mt.  22.  32 
k  ch.  5.  30  ; 

7.  32;  22. 

14 ;  comp. 

Ex.  3.  13, 

15 
'  ver.  26 ; 

ch.  4.  27,  30 
'"  ch.  2.  23  ; 

Mt.  20.  19 ; 

Jn.  19.  11 
"  See  Mt. 

27.  2 
°  See  Lk. 

23.  4 

P  Comp. 

Mk.  1.24; 

ch.  4.  27  ; 

7.  62 ;  see 

2  Cor.  5. 

21 
9  Mt.  27.  20  ; 

Mk.  1.5.  11 ; 

Lk.  23.  18- 

25 
>■  ch.  5.  31 ; 

comp. 

Heb.  2. 10; 

12.  2 

■'  See  ch.  2. 

24 
t  See  Lk.  24. 

43 
"  Comp. 

ver.  6 
"  Comp.  Lk. 

23.  34 ;  ch. 

13.  27  ;  26. 
9 ;  see  Jn. 
15.  21 ; 
Eph.  4.  18 

^  See  Lk.  23. 

13 
y  See  ch.  2. 

23 
•  See  Lk.  24. 

27 ;  comp. 

ch.  17.  3; 

26.23 
"  See  ch.  2. 

38  ;  26.  20 


6  Comp. 

2  Th.  1.  7  ; 

Heb.  4. 

IH. 
«  ch.  1. 11 
rf  Comp.  Mt. 

17.11; 

Rom.  8.  21 
"Lk.  1.  70 
/ch.  7.  37 
y  ch.  2.  41 
'■  Comp.  ch. 

2.  39 
'  Comp. 

Rom.9.4f. 
*  ch.  13.  46  , 

Rom.  1. 

16 ;  2.  9  f . ; 

comp.  Mt. 

15.  24 ;  Jn. 

4.  22 
'  See  Lk. 

22.4 

124 


be  blotted  out,  that  so  there  may 
come  *  seasons  of  refreshing  from 
the  presence  of  the  Lord ;  20  and 
that  he  may  send  the  Christ  who 
hath  been  appointed  for  you,  even 
Jesus  :  21  "^  whom  the  heaven  must 
receive  until  the  times  of  "'resto- 
ration of  all  things,  whereof  "God 
spake  by  the  mouth  of  his  holy 
prophets  that  have  been  from  of 
old.  22  Moses  indeed  said,  '{A 
prophet  shall  the  Lord  God  raise 
up  unto  you  from  among  your 
brethren,  '^like  unto  me;  to  him 
shall  ye  hearken  in  all  things  what- 
soever he  shall  speak  unto  you. 
23  *And  it  shall  be,  that  every 
"  soul  that  shall  not  hearken  to  that 
prophet,  shall  be  utterly  destroj^ed 
from  among  the  people.  24  Yea 
and  ^all  the  prophets  from  Samuel 
and  them  that  followed  after,  as 
many  as  have  spoken,  ^  they  also 
told  of  these  days.  25  Ye  are ''  the 
sons  of  the  prophets,  and  of  the 
'covenant  which  God  ^° made  with 
your  fathers,  saying  unto  Abraham, 
"  And  in  thy  seed  snail  all  the  fami- 
lies of  the  earth  be  blessed.  _  26 
Unto  you  *  first  God,  having  '  raised 
up  his  ^Servant,  .sent  him  to  bless 
you,  in  turning  away  every  one  of 
.you  from  your  iniquities. 

4  And  as  they  spake  unto  the 
people,  ^'-the  priests  and  'the 
captain  of  the  temple  and  "'  the  Sad- 
ducees  "came  upon  them,  2  being 
sore  troubled  because  they  taught 
the  people,  and  proclaimed  "in 
Jesus  the  resurrection  from  the 
dead.  3  And  they  laid  hands  on 
them,  and  ^  put  them  in  ward  unto 
the  morrow :  for  it  was  now  even- 
tide. 4  But  many  of  them  that 
heard  the  word  believed  ;  and  » the 
number  of  the  men  came  to  be 
about  five  thousand. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
morrow,  that  their  ''rulers  and 
elders  and  scribes  were  gathered 
together  in  Jerusalem ;  6  and 
'Annas  the  high  priest  ivas  there, 
and  'Caiaphas,  and  John,  and 
Alexander,  and  as  many  as  were 
of  the  kindred  of  the  high  priest. 
7  And  when  they  had  set  them  in 

"'  See  Mt.  3.  7  «  See  Lk.  20. 1 ;  ch.  6. 12  "  Comp. 
ch.  17. 13  ;  see  3. 15  p  ch.  5. 18  «  Comp.  ch.  2.  41 
■■  See  Lk.  25.  13  ;  ver.  8  '  See  Lk.  3.  2  '  See 
Mt.  26.  3 


7  Dt.  xviii.  15.  8  Or,  as  he  raised  up  me 

9  Dt.  xviii.  19.  10  Gr.  covenanted. 

11  Gen.  xii.  3  ;  xxii.  18  ;  xxvi.  4 ;  xiviii.  14. 

12  Some  ancient  authorities  read  the  chief 
priests. 


4.8 


THE  ACTS 


4.34 


threatened,  and  let  ^o.    The  Disriples  unite  in  Praise  and  Prayer.    Believers  had  All  Things  common 


the  midst,  they  iiKjuiivd,  l!.v  what 
power,  or  iu  wluit  naim',  have  ye 
d(jne  this  ?  iS  'I'lieu  l\'ter,  "  hlled 
witli  the  Holy  S^)i^•it,  said  unto 
them.  Ye  '' rulers  ot  tlie  peoi^le,  and 
elders,  9  it  we  this  day  are  ex- 
amined concerning  'a  ^t)()d  deed 
done  to  an  imijotent  man,  '  by 
wliat  means  this  man  is  made 
wliole ;  10  be  it  known  unto  you 
all,  and  to  all  the  people  of  Israel, 
that ''in  tlie  name  ot"  Jesus  Christ 
ot"  Nazareth,  whom  ye  cruciiied, 
whom  '  CJoil  raised  from  the  dead. 
enen  in  ^"him  doth  this  man  stand 
here  before  you  whole.  11  •'He  is 
^the  stone  which  was  "  set  at  nought 
of  you  tiie  builders,  which  was 
made  the  head  of  the  corner.  12 
And  in  ''  none  other  is  there  salva- 
tion :  for  neither  is  there  any  other 
name  under  heaven,  that  is  given 
among  men,  wherein  we  must  be 
saved. ^ 

13  Now  when  they  beheld  the 
'boldness  of  *  Peter  and  John,  and 
had  perceived  that  they  were  un- 
learned and  ignorant  men,  they 
marvelled;  and  'they  took  knowl- 
edge of  them,  that  they  had  been 
with  Je.sus.  1-i  And  seeing  the 
man  that  was  hea,led  standing  with 
them,  they  could  say  nothing 
against  it.  15  But  when  they  had 
commanded  them  to  go  aside  out  of 
the  '"council,  they  cf)nferred  among 
themselves,  16  saying,  "What  shall 
we  do  to  these  men  ?  for  that  indeed 
a  "notable  ■'miracle  hath  been 
wrought  through  them,  is  manifest 
to  all  that  dwell  in  Jerusalem  ;  and 
we  cannot  deny  it.  1 7  But  that  it 
spread  no  further  amongthe  jjeople, 
let  us  threaten  them,  that  they 
speak  henceforth  to  no  man  ^in 
this  name.  IS  And  they  called 
them,  and  'cliarged  them  not  to 
speak  at  all  nor  teach  in  the  name 
oi  Jesus.  19  But  ""reter  and  John 
answered  and  said  unto  tliem, 
» Whether  it  is  right  in  the  sight 
of  God  to  hearken  unto  you  rather 
than  unto  God,  judge  ye :  20  for 
•we  cannot  but  si)eak  the  things 
which  we  saw  and  heard.  21  And 
they,  when  they  had  further 
threatened  them,  let  them  go,  find- 
ing nothing  how  they  might  pun- 
ish them,  '  oecause  of  the  people ; 
for  all  men  "glorified  God  for  that 
which  was  done.  22  For  the  man 
was  more  than  forty  years  old,  on 


1  Or,  in  whom 
*0r,  IfiiMuane 


3  Ps.  cxviii.  22. 
*  Ot.  sijfn. 


"  ch.  i;t.  !) ; 

see :;.  4 
I-  Soe  Lk.  2.1. 

l.'i ;  ver.  .i 
'  ch.  3.  7  f. 
•J  Bee  ch.  3. 

b ;  comp. 

2.  22 
'  Bee  ch.  2. 

24 
;  See  Mt. 

21.  42 
"  Mk.  9.  12 
''  Comp. 

1  Tiui.  2. 

.5;  Mt.  1. 

21  ,  ch.  10. 

43 
'  See  ver.  31 
k  See  Lk.  2-2. 

«  ;  ver.  W 
'  Couip.  Ju. 

'"  See  Mt.  5. 

22 
"  Comp.  Ju. 

11.  47 
"  ch.  3.  7-10 
''  Comp.  Ju. 

V).  21 
'  Comp.  ch. 

5.  2Sf. 
"■  See  ver.  13 
'  Comp. 

1  Cor.  !t.  16 
'  ch.  5.  26 
"  See  Mt. 

9.8 


''  Comp.  ch. 

1   1« 
^  Comp. 

Dau.  9. 

24  f.  ;  Lk. 

4.  18;  cU. 

10.  38 ; 

Heb.  1.  9 
"  ver.  30 ; 

see  ch.  3. 

13 
-  See  Mt. 

14.  1 
"  Lk.  23.  12  ; 

sec  Mt. 

27.2 
(-  See  Mt.  20. 

19 
'  See  ch.  2. 

23 
'I  Phil.  1.  14 
'ver.  13,31  ; 

comp.  cli. 

14.  3 
/See  Jn.  4. 

4S 
■'  Comp.  ch. 

2.  1 
"  See  ch.  2. 4 


<  ch.  2.  44 
fc  ch.  1.  8 


'  Comp.  Lk. 
24.48 


whom  this  ^miracle  of  healing  was 
wrought. 

23  And  being  let  go,  they  came 
to  their  own  company,  and  reported 
all  that  tiie  cliief  i)riests  and  the 
elders  had  said  unto  them.  21 
And  they,  when  they  heard  it, 
lifted  up  their  voice  to  (Jod  with 
pne  accord,  and  said,  O  ''Lord, 
"thou  that  didst  make  the  heaven 
and  the  earth  and  the  .sea,  and  all 
that  in  them  is:  '2o  'who  '  b.v  the 
Holy  Spirit,  Oy  the  mouth  of  our 
father  David  thy  servant,  didst 
say, 

"Why  did  the  ® Gentiles  rage. 
And  the  peoples  '^imagine  vain 

things  1 
2G  The    kings    of    the   earth    set 

themselves  in  array. 
And  the  rulers  were  gathered 

together. 
Against  the  Lord,  and  against 

his  '^  •'Anointed : 
27  for  of  a  truth  in  this  city 
against  thy  holy  '-'* Servant  Jesus, 
Axdiom  thou  didst  anoint,  both 
'  Herod  and  "  Pontius  Pilate,  with 
''the  "Gentiles  and  the  peoples  of 
Israel,  were  gathered  together. 
2iS  to  do  whatsoever  thy  hand  and 
"thy  counsel  foreordained  to  come 
to  pass.  29  And  now.  Lord,  look 
upon  their  threatenings  :  and  grant 
unto  thy '■'servants  to  ''speak  thy 
word  with  all  'boldness,  30  while 
thou  stretchest  forth  thy  hand  to 
heal :  and  tliat  •'^ signs  and  •'^ won- 
ders may  be  done  through  the  name 
of  thy  holy  '-^"Servant  Jesus.  31 
And  when  they  had  prayed,  the 
"place  was  shaken  wherein  they 
were  gathered  together ;  and  they 
were  all  ''filled  with  the  Holy 
Spirit,  and  they  ''spake  the  word 
ot  God  with  '  boldness. 

32  And  the  multitude  of  them 
tliat  beheved  were  of  one  heart  and 
soul  :  and  not  one  (//(/nut  .said  that 
aught  of  the  things  which  he  pos- 
.se.ssed  was  his  own  ;  but  'they  nad 
all  things  common.  33  And  *  with 
great  power  gave  the  apostles  their 
'  witness  of  the  resurrection  of  tlie 
Lord  Jesus  '■* :  and  great  grace  was 
upon  them  all.  34  For  neither  was 
there  anmnc;  them  any  that  lacked  : 
for  as  many  as  were  possessors  of 


*  Gr.  Mnster.      "  O'.  ihnii  art  h>'  thai  did  mni* 
'  The  Greek  text  iu  this  clause  is  somewhijt 
uncertain.  ••  Ps.  ii.  1.  2.  '  Gr.  unliona. 

10  Or.  wfdi'atp  i'  Gr.  Christ. 

u  Or,  Chilli    See  marginal  note  on  ch.  3.  13. 
"Or.  bc^ds'rriintf. 
><  Some  ancient  authorities  add  Christ. 


125 


4.35 


THE   ACTS 


5.  2t 


Barnabas's  Gift.    Ananias  and  Sapphira.    Believers  are  mnltiplied.    Tbe  ipostles,  again  imprigened, 


lands  or  houses  "sold  them,  and 
brought  the  prices  of  the  things 
that  were  sold,  35  and  ''laid  them 
at  the  apostles'  feet :  and  "  distribu- 
tion was  made  unto  each,  accord- 
ing as  any  one  had  need. 

36  And  Joseph,  who  by  the 
apostles  was  surnamed  ''Barnabas 
(which  is,  being  interpreted,  Son 
of  ^ "  exhortation),  a  Levite,  a  man 
of  -^Cyprus  by  race,  37  having  a 
field,  sold  it,  and  brought  the 
money  and  '■>  laid  it  at  the  apostles' 
feet. 

5  But  a  certain  man  named 
Ananias,  with  Sapphira  his 
wife,  sold  a  possession,  2  and 
''kept  back  part  of  the  price,  his 
wife  also  being  privy  to  it,  and 
brought  a  certain  part,  and  *laid 
it  at  the  apostles'  feet.  3  But 
Peter  said,  Ananias,  why  hath 
'"'Satan  filled  thy  heart  to  ^lie  Ho 
the  Holy  Spirit,  and  to  ™  keep  back 
part   or    the    price    of  the    land  ? 

4  While  it  remained,  did  it  not 
remain  thine  own "?  and  after  it 
was  sold,  was  it  not  in  thy  power  1 
How  is  it  that  thou  hast  conceived 
this  thing  in  thy  heart  1  thou  hast 
not  lied  unto  men,  but  '  unto  God. 

5  And  Ananias  hearing  these  words 
"  fell  down  and  gave  up  the  ghost : 
and  "  great  fear  came  upon  all  that 
heard  it.  6  And  the  *  young  men 
arose  and  ^wrapped  him  round, 
and  they  carried  him  out  and 
buried  him. 

7  And  it  was  about  the  space  of 
three  hours  after,  when  his  wife, 
not  knowing  what  was  done,  came 
in.  8  And  Peter  *  answered  unto 
her.  Tell  me  whether  ye  sold  the 
land '■for  so  much.  And  she  said. 
Yea,  for  so  much.  9  But  Peter 
said  unto  her.  How  is  it  that  ye 
have  agreed  together  to  'try  'the 
Spirit  of  the  Lordi  behold,  the 
feet  of  them  that  have  buried  thy 
husband  are  at  the  door,  and  they 
shall  carry  thee  out.  10  And  she 
"fell  down  immediately  at  his  feet, 
and  gave  up  the  ghost :  and  the 
young  men  came  in  and  found  her 
dead,  and  they  carried  her  out  and 
buried  her  by  her  husband.  1 1  And 
"great  fear  came  upon  the  whole 
church,  and  upon  all  that  heard 
these  things. 

12  And  by  the  hands  of  the 
apostles    were    many   'signs    and 

1  Or,  consolatinn  See  Lk.  2.  25 ;  ch.  9.  31 ;  15. 
»  I ;  2  Cor.  1.  3-7,  in  the  Gr.  2  Or,  deceive. 

3  Gr.  younger. 


"■  ComD.  Mt. 

la.  21" ;  ch. 

2.  45 
6  ver.  37  ; 

ch.  5.  2 
"  Couip.  ch. 

b.  1 ;  2.  45 
rf  ch.  9.  27  ; 

11.  22,  30  ; 

12.  2-5  ; 
13.-15.  • 

1  Cor.  9.  6  ; 

Gal.  2. 1,  9, 

13;  Col.  4. 

10 
''ch.  13.15; 

1  Cor.  14. 

3  ;  1  Th.  2. 

3 ;  comp. 

ch.  2.  40  ; 

11.  23 
/  Comp.  ch. 

11.  19  f.  ; 

13.  4  ;  15. 
39  ;  21.  3, 
16 ;  27.  4 

9  ver.  35 ; 

ch.  5.  2 
A  ver.  3 
'  ch.  4.  35,  37 
i  See  Mt.  4. 

10 ;  comp. 

Lk.  22.  3  : 

Jn.  13.  2,  27 
'  Comp. 

ver.  4,  9 
'"  ver.  2 
"  ver.  10  ; 

comp. 

Ezek.  11. 

13 
°  ver.  11 ; 

ch.  2.  43 
P  Comp.  Jn. 

19.40; 

Ecclus.  38. 

16 
9  See  ch.  3. 

12 
''  ver.  2 
"  Comp.  ch. 

15.  10 
«  See  Ju.  4. 

48 


"  ch.  3.  11  ; 

Jn.  10.  23 
"  eh.  2.  47  ; 

comp.  4.  21 
="  See  2  Cor. 

6.  15 
y  ch.  2.  47  ; 

11.24 
^  Comp.  ch. 

19.12 
"  See  ch. 

15.5 
b  See  Mt.  3. 

7  ;  comp. 

ch.  4.  1 
"  ch.  4.  3 
d  Mt.  1.  20, 

24  ;  2.  13, 

19  ;  28.  2 ; 

Lk.  1.  11 ; 

2.  9  ;  ch.  8. 

26 ;  12.  7, 

23  ;  comp. 

10.  3;  27.  23 
"  Comp.  Jn. 

6.  63,  68 
/Comp.  Jn. 

8.  2 
J'ch.  4.  6 
A  See  Mt.  5. 

22 ;  ver.  27, 

34,41 
i  1  Mace.  12. 

6 ;  2  Mace. 

1.10;  4.  44; 

Judith 

4.  8  ;  1.5.  8 
«:  See  Mt.  26. 

58 ;  ver.  26 
'  See  ch.  4. 

126 


'  wonders  wrought  among  the  peo- 
ple :  and  they  were  all  with  one 
accord  in  "Solomon's  "* porch.  _  13 
But  of  the  rest  durst  no  man  join 
himself  to  them :  howbeit  "  the 
people  magnified  them;  14  ''and 
"  believers  were  the  more  ^  added  to 
the  Lord,  multitudes  both  of  men 
and  women:  15  in.somuch  that 
they  even  carried  out  the  sick  into 
the  streets,  and  laid  them  on  beds 
and  ®  couches,  that,  as  Peter  came 
by,  ^at  the  least  his  shadow  might 
overshadow  some  one  of  them. 
16  And  there  also  came  together 
the  multitude  from  the  cities  round 
about  Jerusalem,  bringing  sick 
folk,  and  them  that  were  vexed 
with  unclean  spirits :  and  they 
were  healed  every  one. 

17  But  the  high  priest  rose  up, 
and  all  they  that  were  with  him 
(which  is  "the  sect  of  Hhe  Sad- 
ducees),  and  they  were  filled  with 
jealousy,  18  and  laid  hands  on  the 
apostles,  and  "put  them  in  public 
ward.  19  But  ''an  angel  of  the 
Lord  by  night  opened  the  prison 
doors,  and  Brought  them  out,  and 
said,  20  Go  ye,  and  stand  and 
speak  in  the  teniple  to  the  people 
all "  the  words  of  tnis  Life.  2 1  And 
when  they  heard  this,  they  entered 
into  the  temple  ■''about  daybreak, 
and  taught.  But "  the  high  priest 
came,  and  they  that  were  with 
him,  and  called  ''the  council  to- 
gether, and  all  Hhe  senate  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  sent  to  the 
prison-house  to  have  them  brought. 
22  But  *the  ofiicers  that  came 
found  them  not  in  the  prison  ;  and 
they  returned,  and  told,  23  saying, 
The  prison-house  we  found  shut  in 
all  safety,  and  the  keepers  stand- 
ing at  the  doors  :  but  when  we  had 
opened,  we  found  no  man  within. 
24  ISTow  when  '  the  captain  of  the 
temple  and  the  chief  priests  heard 
these  words,  they  were  much  per- 
plexed concerning  them  whereunto 
this  would  grow.  25  And  there 
came  one  and  told  them.  Behold, 
the  men  whom  ye  put  in  the  prison 
are  in  the  temple  standing  and 
teaching  the  people.  26  Then 
went  '"the  captain  with  "the  officers, 
and  brought  them,  but  without 
violence  ;  for  "  they  feared  the  peo- 

1 ;  ver.  26  "'  See  ver.  24  "  See  ver.  22  "  ch.  4. 
21 ;  see  ver.  13 


*  Or,  portico 

5  Or,  and  Iffre.  were  the  more  (idded  to  them 
believing  on  ttie  Lord  •  Or,  pallets 


5i2T  THE  ACTS 

are  divinely  liheriited  and  preidi.    fiamaUel'H  Advifc.    The  Seven  ehosen.    Priests  beeome  Disciples 


6.9 


pie,  IcKt  they  should  be  stoned. 
'2,1  Aud  wheu  they  luid  brought 
them,  they  set  them  before  "  the 
council.  And  the  high  priest  asked 
them,  28  saying,  We  ''strictly 
charged  you  not  to  teach  in  this 
name  :  antl  behold,  ye  have  tilled 
Jerusalem  with  your  teaching,  and 
''intend  to  bring  this  man's  blood 
upon  us,  29  But  Peter  and  the 
apostles  answered  and  said,  ''\\e 
must  obey  God  rather  than  men. 
30  "  The  God  of  our  fathers  -^raised 
up  Jesus,  whom  ye  ^slew,  hanging 
hnn  on  a  tree.  31  ''Him  did  God 
exalt  /  with  his  right  hand  to  be 
a  'I'rince  and  a  *  (Saviour,  to  give 
'repentance  to  Israel,  and  remis- 
sion of  sins.  32  And  we  are  '"wit- 
nesses- of  these  ^things;  ''and 
"so  is  the  Holy  Spirit,  whom 
God  hath  given  to  them  that  obey 
him. 

33  But  they,  when  they  heard 
this,  were  "cut  .to  the  heart,  and 
M'cre  minded  to  slay  them.  34  But 
there  stood  up  one  in  *the  council, 
a  Pharisee,  named  « GamaHel,  a 
•■doctor  of  the  law,  had  in  honor 
of  all  the  people,  and  commanded 
fcq  put  the  men  forth  a  little  while. 
35  And  he  said  unto  them.  Ye  men 
of  Israel,  take  heed  to  yourselves 
as  touching  these  men,  what  j'e 
are  about  to  do.  36  For  before 
these  days  rose  up  Theudas,  'giv- 
ing himself  out  to  be  somebody ; 
to  whom  a  number  of  men,  about 
four  hundred,  joined  themselves : 
who  was  slain ;  and  all,  as  many 
as  obeyed  him,  were  dispersed, 
and  came  to  nought.  37  After  this 
man  rose  up  Judas  of  Galilee  in 
the  days  ot  'the  enrolment,  and 
drew  away  S07ne  of  the  people  after 
him  :  he  also  perished  ;  and  all,  as 
many  as  obeyed  him,  were  scattered 
abroad.  38  And  now  I  say  unto 
you.  Refrain  from  these  men,  and 
let  them  alone  :  for  if  this  counsel 
or  this  work  "be  of  men,  it  will  be 
overthrown  :  39  but  if  it  is  of  God, 
ye  will  not  be  able  to  overthrow 
them  ;  lest  haply  ye  be  found  even 
to  be  "fighting  against  God.  40 
And  to  him  they  agreed  :  and  when 
they  hiui  called  the  apo.stles  unto 
them,  th^y  ■'beat  them  and  charged 
them  not  to  speak  in  the  name  of 
Jesus,  and  let  them  go.    41  They 

»  Or,  at 

2  Some  ancient  authorities  add  in  him. 
8  Gr.  xayinijx. 

*  Some  ancient  authorities  read  and  Ood  hath 
given  the  Boly  Spirit  to  them  that  obey  him. 

34 


"  See  Mt.  .'>. 
'i'i ;  ver.  Jl, 

;i4, 41 

'-  oil.  4.  18 
«  ch.  2.  23, 

S6 ;  ;i.  14  f .  ; 

couij).  7. 

52 ;  Mt.  23. 

3i;  27.  26 
J  Ch.  4.  W 
"  See  clj.  3. 

13 
/  See  ch.  2. 

24 
"  ch.  10.  sn ; 

comp.  13. 

2'J ;  Oal.  3. 

13 ;  1  Pet. 

2.  24 

*  See  ch.  2. 
33 

'  See  cli.  3. 
\h 

*  See  Lk.  2. 
11 

«  Lk.  24.  47  ; 

coiup.  ch. 

2.  3S 
"'  See  Lk.  24. 

48 
"  Comp.  Jn. 

15.  26 ;  ch. 

15.  28  ; 

Rom.  8. 

16;  Ueb. 

2.4 
"oh.  7.  54; 

comp.  2.  'Xl 
P  See  ver.  21 
«  ch.  22.  3 
'■Lk.2.46; 

5.17 
'ch.  8.  9; 

comp. 

Gal.  2.6; 

6.  3 
<  Comp.  Lk. 

2.2 
"  Comp. 

Mk.  11.  30 
"  Comp.  ch. 

11.  17; 

Prov.  21. 

30 
"^  See  Mt. 

10.  17 


*!  Pet.  4. 14, 

16 
'  See  Ju.  15. 

21 
"  ch.  2.  46 
frch.  8.  35; 

11.  2U;  17. 

18;  Gal.  1. 

16 
'  ver.  7 ;  see 

ch.  2.  47 
d  See  ch.  11. 

26 

•  oh.  9.  29 : 
U.20niarg. 

fi  Cor.  11. 
22 ;  PhU. 

3.  5 

"  Comp.  ch. 

9.  39,  41 ; 

see  1  Tim. 

S.  3 
'i  Comp.  ch. 

4.  35  ;  11. 
29 

■  Seech.  1. 
15 ;  comp. 
Jn.  21.  23 

*  Comp.  ch. 
2.4 

'  See  ch.  1. 

14 
"*  ver.  8  ff. ; 
ch.  11. 19 ; 
22.  20 
"  ver.  3 ; 

ch. 


comp. 
11.2? 

127 


therefore  departed  from  the  pros 
enco  of  the.  ^'council,  "rejoicing 
that  thej'  w'em  counted  worthy 
to  sutler  dishonor  -for  the  Xame. 
42  "  And  cA-ery  tlay,  in  the  temple 
and  at  home,  they  ceA.s(>d  not  to 
teach  and  to  '**  preach  Jesus  as  the 
Christ. 

t*  Now  in  those  day.s,  when  "the 
'  number  of  the  ''disciples  was 
multiplying,  there  arose  a  mur- 
muring of  the  "'Grecian  Jews 
against  the  -^Hebrews,  because 
their  ''widows  were  neglected  in 
''the  daily  ministration.  2  And 
the  twelye  called  the  multitude 
of  the  disciples  unto  them,  and 
said.  It  is  not  'fit  that  we  should 
forsake  the  word  of  God,  and 
**  serve  tables.  3  *Look  ye  out 
therefore,  'brethren,  from  among 
you  seven  men  of  good  report,  *full 
of  the  Spirit  Jind  of  wisdom,  whom 
we  may  appoint  over  this  business. 
4  But  we  will  'continue  stedfastly 
in  nrayer,  and  in  the  ministry 
of  the  word.  5  And  the  saying 
pleased  the  whole  multitude  :  and 
they  chose  ""Stephen,  a  man  "full 
of  faith  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
and  "Philip,  and  Prochorus,  and 
Nicanor,  and  Timon,  and  Parme- 
nas,  and  Nicolaus  a  ^proselyte  of 
'  Antioch  ;  6  whom  they  set  oefore 
the  apostles :  and  when  they  had 
'■prayed,  they  'laid  their  hands 
upon  them. 

7  And  '  the  word  of  God  in- 
creased ;  and  "^  the  number  of  the 
disciples  multiplied  in  Jeru.salero 
exceedingly  ;  and  a  great  company 
of  the  priests  were  obedient  to  "the 
faith. 

8  And  Stephen,  full  of  grace  and 
power,  wrought  great  "wonders 
and  "signs  among  the  people. 
9  But  there  arose  certain  oi  them 
that  were  of  the  synagogue  called 
the  synaqogne  of  tne  '"Libertines, 
and  of  the  ""Cyrenians,  and  of  the 
"Alexandrians,  and  of  them  of 
'Ciliciaand  "Asia,  disputing  with 

•  ch.  8.  5  flP. ;  21.  8  P  See  Mt.  23. 15  'Seech.  11.  W 
"•Seech.  I.  24  'ch.  13  »;  I  Tim.  4  14;  2 Tim. 
1.  6;  comp.  Num.  8.  10;  27.  18;  Dt.  34.  9;  comp. 
ch.  8.  17  tf. ;  •).  17  ;  19.  6;  Heb.  6.  2  ;  see  Mk.  5.  23 
I  ch.  12.  24  ;  19.  20  »  Comp.  ch.  13.  8  ;  14.  22  :  Gal. 
1.  23;  6.  lU;  Jude3.  20  'SeeJii.  4.  48  'Comp. 
ch.  2.  10 ;  see  Mt.  27.  32        "  Comp.  ch.  18.  24,  ic. 

•  Comp.  ch.  15.  23,  41 :  21.  39 ;  22.  ;i ;  23.  84  ;  2(.  6  ; 
~   ■         -  ■  Comp.  ch.  16.  6;  19.  10  i  21.  27;  24. 


Oal.  1.  21 
13,  &c. 


s  Gr.  bring  good  tidings  of. 
15.  «  Crr.  Helirnitl.i 


Seeoh.  13.  32;  14. 
"  Gr.  pleasing. 
'  Or,  minister  to  Infile.t 
'  Some  ancient  autboritles  read  But,  brethren, 
look  ye  out  from  amoim  you.         i"  Op,  Fretdm«» 


6.10 


THE  ACTS 


7.27 


Stephen  seized.    He  makes  his  Defence 


Stephen.  10  And  they  were  not 
able  to  withstand  the  wisdom  and 
the  Spirit  by  which  he  spake. 
11  Then  they  suborned  men,  who 
said,  We  have  heard  him  speak 
blasphernous  words  against  Moses, 
and  against  God.  12  And  they 
stirred  up  the  people,  and  the 
elders,  and  the  scribes,  and  "  came 
upon  him,  and  seized  him,  and 
brought  him  into  *the  council, 
13  and  set  up  "^  false  witnesses, 
who  said.  This  man  ceaseth  not  to 
speak    words    against    this    ''holy 

Klace,  and  the  law  :  14  for  we  have 
eard  him  say,  that  ^  this  Jesus  of 
Nazareth  shall  destroj'^  this  place, 
and  shall  change  •''the  customs 
which  Moses  delivered  unto  us. 
15  And  all  that  sat  in  the  *  coun- 
cil, fastening  their  eyes  on  him, 
saw  his  face  as  it  had  been  the  face 
of  an  angel. 

7      And   the   high   priest    said. 
Are  these  things  sol    2  And 
he  said, 

^  Brethren  and  fathers,  hearken  : 
*The  God  of  glory  'appeared  unto 
our  father  Abraham,  when  he  was 
in  Mesopotamia,  before  he  dwelt  in 
Haran,  3  and  said  unto  him,  *Get 
thee  out  of  thy  land,  and  from  thy 
kindred,  and  come  into  the  land 
which  I  shall  show  thee.  4  'Then 
came  he  out  of  the  land  of  the 
Chaldseans,  and  dwelt  in  Haran : 
and  '  from  thence,  when  his  father 
was  dead,  God  removed  him  into 
this  land,  wherein  ye  now  dwell : 
5  and  he  gave  him  none  inheritance 
in  it,  no,  not  so  much  as  to  set  his 
foot  on  :  and  "*  he  promised  that  he 
would  give  it  to  him  in  possession, 
and  to  his  seed  after  him,  when  a.s 
yet  he  had  no  child.  6  And  "  God 
spake  on  this  wise,  that  his  seed 
should  sojourn  in  a  strange  land, 
and  that  they  should  bring  them 
into  bondage,  and  treat  them  ill, 
four  hundred  years.  7  And  the 
nation  to  which  they  shall  be  in 
bondage  will  I  judge,  said  God : 
and  "after  that  shall  they  come 
forth,  and  serve  me  in  this  place. 
8  And  he  ^  gave  him  the  covenant 
of  circumcision:  and  so  "^ Abraham 
begat  Isaac,  and  circumcised  him 
the  eighth  day ;  and  '"  Isaac  begat 
Jacob,  and 'Jacob  the  twelve  'pa- 
triarchs. 9  And  the  patriarchs, 
"moved  with  jealousy  against  Jo- 
seph, sold  him  into  Egypt  :  and 
God  was  with  him,  10  and  deliv- 
ered him  out  of  all  his  afflictions. 


"  ch.  4. 1 ; 
Lk.  20. 1 

6  See  Mt.  5. 

22 
"^  Mt.  26.  59- 

61 ;  comp. 

ch.  7.  58 
d  See  Mt.  24. 

15 ;  ch.  21. 

28;  comp. 

ch.  25.  8 
^  See  Mt.  26. 

61 
./  ch.  15. 1 ; 

21.  21 ;  26. 

3 ;  28.  17 
a  ch.  22.  1 
''  Ps.  29.  3  ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  2.  8 
•  Gen.  U. 

31 ;  15. 

7,  &c. 
k  Gen.  12.  1 
I-  Gen.  12. 5 
"'  Gen.  12.  7  ; 

17.  8,  &c. 
"  Gen.  15. 

13  f. 
o  Ex.  3.  12 
P  Gen.  17. 

10  ff. 
9  Gen.  21. 

2-4 
>•  Gen.  25.  26 
"  Gen.  29. 

31  ff.;  30. 

5  ff. ;  35. 

23  ff. 
<  Comp.  ch. 

2.  29 
"  Gen.  37. 11, 

28  ;  45.  4  ; 

39.  2,  21  f. 


"  Gen.  39. 

21 ;  41.  40- 

46 ;  Ps.  105. 

21 
•^  Gen.  41. 

54  f.  ;  42.  5 
V  Gen.  42.  2 
^  Gen.  45. 

1-4 
"  Gen.  45. 

9f. 
t>  Comp. 

Gen.  46. 

26  f.;  Ex. 

1.5:  Dt. 

10.  22 
"  See  ch.  2. 

41 
d  Gen.  46.  5 ; 

49.  33 ;  Ex. 

1.  6 
'  Comp. 

Gen.  23. 

16 ;  50.  13  ; 

with  Gen. 

33.  19 ; 

.Tcsh.  24.  32 
/Ex.  1.  7f. 
f  Ex.  1.  10  f. 

16  ff. 
h  Ex.  2.  2 
>Ex.2.5f.l0 
*  Comp. 

1  K.  4.  30  ; 

Is.  19.  11 
'  Ex.  2, 11  f . 
"*  Ex.  2. 13  f. 


«  Ex.  2.  14 ; 
ver.  35 


128 


and  "gave  him  favor  and  wisdom 
before  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt ;  and 
he  made  him  governor  over  Egypt 
and  all  his  house.  1 1  Now  -^  there 
came  a  famine  over  all  Egypt  and 
Canaan,  and  great  affliction :  and 
our  fathers  found  no  sustenance. 

12  But  when  ^  Jacob  heard  that 
there  was  grain  in  Egyjit,  he  sent 
forth  our   fathers   the  first   time. 

1 3  And  at  the  second  time  ^  Joseph 
was  made  known  to  his  brethren ; 
and  Joseph's  race  became  manifest 
unto  Pharaoh.  14  And  "Joseph 
sent,  and  called  to  him  Jacob  his 
father,  and  all  his  kindred,  *  three- 
score and  fifteen  ';  souls.  15  And 
■*  Jacob  went  down  into  Egypt ;  and 
he  died,  himself  and  our  fathers ; 
1 6  and  they  were  carried  over  unto 
"Shechem,  and  laid  in  the  tomb 
that  Abraham  bought  for  a  price 
in  silver  of  the  sons  of  ^  Hamor  in 
Shechem.  17  But  as  the  time  of 
the  promise  drew  nigh  which  God 
vouchsafed  unto  Abraham,  •'^the 
people  grew  and  multiplied  in 
Egypt,  18  till  there  arose  another 
king  over  Egypt,  who  knew  not 
Joseph.  19  The  same  ''dealt  craft- 
ily with  our  race,  and  ill-treated 
our  fathers,  that  ^  they  should  cast 
out  their  babes  to  tne  end  they 
might  not  ^  live.  20  At  which  sea- 
son *  IMoses  was  born,  and  was  *  ex- 
ceeding fair ;  and  he  was  nourished 
three  months  in  his  father's  house  : 

21  and  when  he  was  cast  out, 
'Pharaoh's  daughter  took  him  up, 
and  nourished  him  for  her  own  son. 

22  And  Moses  was  instructed  in  all 
*  the  wisdom  of  the  Egyptians  ;  and 
he  was  mighty  in  his  words  and 
works.  23  But  when  he  was  well- 
nigh  forty  years  old,  '  it  came  into 
his  heart  to  visit  his  brethi'en  the 
children  of  Israel.  24  And  seeing 
one  of  them  suffer  wrong,  he  de- 
fended him,  and  avenged  him  that 
was  oppressed,  smiting  the  Egyp- 
tian :  25  and  he  supposed  that  his 
brethren  understood  that  God  by 
his  hand  was  giving  them  ®  deliver- 
ance ;  but  they  understood  not. 
26  ™  And  the  day  following  he  ap- 
peared unto  them  as  they  strove, 
and  would  have  set  them  at  one 
again,  saying.  Sirs,  ye  are  breth- 
ren ;  why  do  ye  wrong  one  to  an- 
other? 27  But  he  that  did  his 
neighbor  wrong  "  thrust  him  away, 

1  Gr.  Emmor.  2  Or,  he 

3  Gr.  he  presi'rred  alive. 
*  Or,  fair  unto  God    Comp.  2  Cor.  10.  4. 
5  Or,  salvation 


7.28 


THE   ACTS 


7.66 


Stephen's  Defcnre  continued;  he  is  stoned 


saying,  Who  made  thoe  a  ruler  and 
a  judge  over  us  l  28  Wouldest  thou 
kill  me,  as  thou  killedst  the  i^'gyp- 
tian  yesterday?  29  And  "  Closes 
fled  at  this  saying,  aiul  became  a 
sojournei'  in  the  hind  of  Miilian. 
where  he  begat  two  sons.  'M  And 
when  fortj'  years  were  t'ultilled,  ''an 
angel  appeared  to  him  in  the  wil- 
derness of  mount  Sinai,  in  a  flame 
of  lire  in  a  bush.  31  And  whc>n 
Moses  saw  it,  he  wondered  at  the 
sight :  and  as  he  drew  near  to  be- 
hold, there  came  a  voice  of  the 
Lord,  32  'I  am  the  God  of  thy 
fa,thers,  the  God  of  Abraham,  and 
of  Isaac,  and  of  Jacob.  And  Moses 
treml>led,  and  durst  not  behold. 
33  And  the  Lord  said  uiito  him, 
■*  Loose  tiie  shoes  from  thy  feet :  for 
the  place  whereon  thou  standest 
is  holy  ground.  34  "  i  have  surely 
seen  the  affliction  of  my  people  that 
is  in  Egypt,  and  have  heard  their 
groaning,  and  I.  am  come  down  to 
deliver  them:  and  -^now  come.  I 
will  sepd  thee  into  Egypt.  35  This 
Moses  whom  they  "I'efused,  saying, 
Who  made  thee  a  ruler  and  a  judge? 
him  hath  God  sent  io  be  both  a 
ruler  and  a  deliverer  with  the 
hand  of  the  angel  that  appeared 
to  him  in  the  bush.  36  *This  man 
led  them  forth,  having  wrought 
'wonders  and  'signs  in  Egypt,  and 
in  the  lied  sea.  and  *  in  the  wilder- 
ness forty  years.  37  This  is  that 
Moses,  who  said  unto  the  cliildren 
of  Israel,  '•''A  prophet  shall  God 
raise  up  unto  you  from  among  your 
brethren,  ^like  unto  me.  38  This 
is  he  that  was  in  '"the  ''church  in 
the  wilderness  with  "  the  angel 
that  spake  to  him  in  the  mount 
Sinai,  and  with  our  fathers :  who 
received  "living  ^oracies  to  give 
unto  us :  39  to  whom  our  fathers 
would  not  be  obedient,  but « thrust 
him  from  them,  and  turni^d  bacif 
in  their  hearts  unto  Egypt,  40  saj^- 
ing  unto  Aaron,  "■  Make  us  gods  that 
shall  go  before  us :  for  as  for  this 
Moses,  who  led  us  forth  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  we  know  not  what 
is  become  of  him.  41  And  'the.v 
made  a  calf  in  those  days,  and 
brought  a  sacrifice  unto  the  idol, 
and  rejoiced  in  '  the  works  of  their 
hands.  42  But  God  "turned,  and 
gave  them  up  to  serve  the  host  of 
heaven  ;  as  it  is  written  in  the  book 
of  the  pi'ophets, 

1 6r.  redeemer.  3  Or,  as  he  rained  up  me 

'  Dt.  xviii.  15.  *  Or,  congregation 


•'Ex.2.1-),22 
ft  Kx.  ;t.  1  i. 
'  Ex.  3.  6 
■<  Ex.  3.  5 
'  Kx.  3.  7 
/  Ex.  3.  10 
•'  Seo  ver.  27 
''  Ex.  12.  41 ; 

33.  1; 

com  p. 

Heb.  8.  !> 
■  Kx.  7.  3  ; 

Bee  Ju.  4. 

Hi 
*  Ex.16.  35; 

Num.  14. 

33  ;  Pa.  H5. 

8-10;  Heb. 

3.  8  f.  ;  ver. 

42;  ch.  13. 

18 
'  ch.  3.  22 
'"  Couip.  Ex. 

li».  17 
"  Oomp. 

ver.  53 
"  Couip. 

l)t.  32.  47  ; 

Heb.  4.  12 
i'Kom.  3.  2; 

Heb.  5.  12 ; 

1  Pet.  4.  11 
9  Num.  14. 

3f. 
'■Ex.32. 1.23 
'  Ex.  32.  4,  U 
'  See  Kev. 

!).  20 
"  Josh.  24. 

ai» :  1b.  63. 

1(1;  .ler.  1!). 

13;  Ezek. 

20.  30 


"  See  ver.  36 
"  Ex.  25.  8, 
9 ;  Z>i.  21 
V  Josli.  3. 

14  tf .  ;  18. 
1 ;  23.  a  ; 
24.  18  ; 
Dt.  32.  49  ; 
Ps.  44.  2  f. 

'2S.  7.8£f.  ; 

Ps.  1.32. 

1-5 ;  comp. 

ch.  13.  22 
"  1  K.  8.  20 
b  See  Lk.  1. 

32 
"^  Comp.  Mt. 

5.  34  f . 
•f  Ex.  32.  9  ; 

33.  3,  5  ; 

Lev.  26. 

41 ;  Num. 

27.  14  ;  Is. 

63. 10 :  Jer. 

6. 10  ;  9.  26 

•  2  Clir.  36. 

15  f.  :  Mt. 
23.  31,  37  ; 
see  5.  12 

/ch.22.  14; 
comp.  3. 
14  ;  1  Jn. 

2.  1 

"  Comp.  ch. 

3.  14  ;  see 
5.28 

A  ver.  38 : 
Cal.  3.  19; 
Heb.  2.  2 ; 
comp. 
Dt.  .33.  2 
(Sept.) 

•  ch.  5.  33 

t  See  ch.  2.  4 
'  See  Jn.  11. 

41 
'"  See  Mk. 

16.  19 
"  See  Jn.  1. 

51 

129 


°Did  ye  offer  unto  me  slain 
beasts  and  sacri flees 

"Forty  years  in  the  wilderness, 
O  hou.sc  of  [sra(!n 

43  And  ye  took  up  the  tabernacle 

of  Moloch, 

And  the  star  of  the  god  Re- 
phan, 

The  flgures  which  ye  made  to 
worship  them  : 

And  I  will  carry  you  away  be- 
yond Babylon. 

44  Our  fathers  had  ^  the  tal)ernacle 
of  the  testimony  in  the  wilderness, 
even  as  he  appointed  who  spake 
unto  jNIoses,  that  he  should  make  it 
according  to  the  ligure  that  he  had 
seen.  45  Which  ahso  our  fathers, 
in  their  turn,  *  brought  in  with 
**  Joshua  when  they  entered  on  the 
possession  of  the  '  nations,  that  God 
thrust  out  before  the  face  of  our 
fathers,  unto  the  days  of  David  ; 
40  ^who  found  favor  in  the  sight 
of  God,  and  asked  to  And  a  habita- 
tion for  the  God  of  Jacob.  47  But 
"Solomon  built  him  a  house.  48 
Howbeit  Hhe  Most  High  dwelleth 
not  in  houses  made  with  hands  ;  as 
saith  the  prophet, 

49  ■* "  The  neaven  is  my  throne. 
And  the  earth  the  footstool  of 

my  feet : 
What  manner  of  house  will  ye 

build  me  1  saith  the  Lord  : 
Or  what   is   the   place   of  my 

rest? 

50  Did  not  my  hand  make  all  these 

things  1 

51  Ye  "^  stirt"necked  and  uncir- 
cumcised  in  heart  and  ears,  ye  do 
always  resist  the  Holy  Spirit:  as 
your  fathers  did,  so  do  ye.  52 
'Which  of  the  prophets  aid  not 
your  fathers  persecute?  and  they 
killed  them  that  showed  before  of 
the  coming  of 'the  Righteous  One; 
of  whom  -'ye  have  now  become 
betrayers  and  murdei-ers ;  53  ye 
who  received  the  law  "as  it  was 
''ordained  by  angels,  and  kept  it 
not. 

54  Now  when  they  heard  the.se 
thing.s,  they  were  'cut  to  the  heart, 
and  the.v  gnashed  on  him  with 
their  teeth.  55  But  he,  being  *  full 
of  the  Holy  Spirit,  'looked  up  sted- 
fastly  into  heaven,  and  saw  the 
glory  of  (ji'^)d,  and  Jesus  standing 
'"on  the  right  hand  of  God,  5(5  and 
said.    Behold,   I  .see  "  the  heavens 

5  AmoH  v.  2.5  IT.      ''Or.  Jesuit.    Comp.  Heb  4.  8. 
-  Or,  dnttiles    Comp.  ch.  4.  25.      «  Is.  Ixvi.  1  f. 
>  Or,  «.'  the  ordinance  of  angels    Or.  unto  ordU 
nances  of  angels. 


7.57 


THE   ACTS 


8.27 


The  Charcli  persecuted  and  scattered.    Siinon  the  Sorcerer.    Peter  and  John  preach  to  many  Samaritan  Villages 


opened,  and  "  the  Son  of  man  stand- 
ing on  the  right  hand  of  God.  57 
But  they  cried  out  with  a  loud 
voice,  and  stopped  their  ears,  and 
rushed  upon  him  with  one  accord  ; 
58  and  they  *cast  him  out  of  the 
city,  and  stoned  him :  and  "  the 
witnesses  ''laid  down  their  gar- 
ments at  the  feet  of  'a  young  man 
named  Saul.  59  And  they  stoned 
Stephen,  -'calling  upon  the  Lord, 
and  saying.  Lord  .Jesus,  receive  my 
spirit.  60  And  he  "  kneeled  down, 
and  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  Lord, 
''lay  not  this  sin  to  their  charge. 

8  And  when  he  had  said  tliLs,  he 
'  fell  asleep.  1  And  *  Saul  was 
consenting  unto  his  death. 

And  there  arose  on  that  day 
a  great  persecution  against  *the 
church  which  was  in  Jerusalem ; 
and  they  were  all '  scattered  abroad 
throughout  the  regions  of  Judsea 
and  '"  Samaria,  except  the  apostles. 
2  And  devout  men  buried  Stephen, 
and  made  great  lamentation  over 
him.  3  But  "  Saul  laid  waste  the 
church,  entering  into  every  house, 
and  "dragging  men  and  women 
committed  them  to  prison. 

4  They  therefore  that  ^  were  scat- 
tered abroad  went  about  \*  preach- 
ing the  word.  5  And  *■  Philip  went 
down  to  the  city  of  Samaria,  and 
proclaimed  unto  them  the  Christ. 
6  And  the  multitudes  gave  heed 
with  one  accord  unto  the  things 
that  were  spoken  by  Philip,  when 
they  heard,  and  saw  the  signs  which 
he  did.  7  "^  For  from  many  of  those 
that  had  'unclean  spirits,  they 
came  out,  crying  with  a  loud  voice  : 
and  many  that  were  '  palsied,  and 
that  were  lame,  were  healed.  8  And 
there  was  "  much  joy  in  that  city. 

9  But  there  was  a  certain  man, 
Simon  by  name,  who  beforetime  in 
the  city  used  "  sorcery,  and  amazed 
the  ^  people  of  Samaria,  -^  giving  out 
that  himself  was  some  great  one : 
10  to  whom  they  all  gave  heed, 
from  the  least  to  the  greatest,  say- 
ing, *  This  man  is  that  power  of  God 
which  is  called  Great.  1 1  And  they 
gave  heed  to  him,  because  that  of 
long  time  he  had  amazed  them 
with  his  "sorceries.  12  But  when 
they  believed    Philip  ^^  preaching 

good  tidings  concerning  the  king- 
om  of  God  and  the  name  of  Jesus 
Christ,  they  were  "baptized,  both 

1  Comp.  marg.  note  on  ch.  5.  42. 

2  Or,  For  many  of  those  that  had  uncJenn 
spirits  thai  cried  with  a  loud  voice  came  forth 

8  Gr.  nation. 


"  See  Mt.  8. 

20 
b  Lev.  24. 14, 

16 ;  comp. 

Ui.  i.  2a 
■^  Comp.  ch. 

6.  13  ;  Dt. 

13.  y  f . ; 

17.  7 
<l  ch.  22.  20 
'  ch.  8.  1  i 

22.  20 ; 

comp.  26. 

10 
/Comp.  ch. 

9.  14,  21 ; 

22.  iK; 
Kom.  10. 
12, 13f.  ; 
ICor.  1.  2; 
2  Tim.  2.  22 

'J  See  Lk.  22. 

41 
''  Mt.  5.  44  ; 

comp.  Lk. 

23.  34 

i  Dau.  12.  2 ; 
Mt.  27.  52 ; 
Jn.  11. 
11  f .  ;  ch. 
13.  36 ; 
1  Cor.  15. 
6,  IS,  20 ; 

1  Th.  4. 
13  ff.; 

2  Pet.  3.  4 
*-Seech.9.31 
'  ver.  4  ;  ch. 

11.19 
"'ch.  1.8; 

ver.  5, 14 ; 

comp.  y.  il 
"  ch.  y.  1,  13, 

21 ;  22.  4, 

19;  26. 

10  f.;  ICor. 

15.  9 ;  Oal. 

1.  13 ;  Phil. 

3.6:lTim. 

1.13 
"  Comp. 

Jas.  2.  6 
P  See  ver.  1 
«ver.l2;ch. 

15.  35 
"■  See  ch.  6. 

5 ;  ver.  26, 

30,  &c. 
'  Comp. 

Mk.  16. 17 
t  See  Mt.  4. 

24 
"  ver.  39 ; 

comp.  Jn. 

4.  40-42 
"  ver.  11 : 

ch.  13.  6 
"  See  ch.  5. 

36 
"  Comp.  ch. 

14. 11 ;  28.  6 
'  ver.  4 ; 

comp.  ch. 

1.  3 
"  Seech. 2. 33 


*>  ver.  6 

"^  Comp.  ch. 

10.  11 
rf  ver.  1 
'  See  Lk. 

22.  8 
/ch.  2.  38: 

comp.  IS.  2 
6"  See  Mt.  28. 

19 
'i  See  ch.  6. 

6 ;  Mk.  6. 

23 
i  Comp.  ch. 

2.4 
*ch.  2.  38; 

comp.  Mt. 

10.  8 ;  Is. 

55.  1 ;  2  K. 

130 


men  and  women.  13  And  Simon 
also  himself  believed :  and  being 
baptized,  he  continued  with  Philip ; 
and  beholding  ''signs  and  '^ great 
^  miracles  wrought,  he  was  amazed. 
1 4  Now  when  ''  the  apostles  that 
were  at  Jerusalem  heard  that  Sa- 
mai'ia  had  received  the  word  of 
God,  they  sent  unto  them  "Peter 
and  John  :  15  who,  when  they  were 
come  down,  prayed  for  them,  •''that 
theymight  receive  the  Holy  Spii'it: 
16  for  as  yet  it  was  fallen  upon 
none  of  them  :  only  they  had  been 
"baptized  into  the  name  of  the 
Lord  Jesus.  17  Then  ''laid  they 
their  hands  on  them,  and  they  '  re- 
ceived the  Holy  Spirit.  18  Now 
when  Simon  saw  that  through  the 
laying  on  of  the  apostles'  nands 
the  ^  Holy  Spirit  was  given,  he 
offered  tnem  money,  19  saying, 
Give  me  also  this  power,  that  on 
whomsoever  I  lay  my  hands,  he 
may  receive  the  Holy  Spirit.  20  But 
Peter  said  unto  him,  Thy  silver 
perish  with  thee,  because  thou  hast 
thought  *  to  obtain,  the  gift  of  God 
with  money.  21  Thou  hast  'nei- 
ther part  nor  lot  in  this  ^  matter  : 
for  thy  heart  is  not  '"  right  before 
God.  22  Repent  therefore  of  this 
thy  wickedness,  and  pray  the  Lord, 
if  perhaps  the  thought  of  thy  heart 
shall  be  forgiven  thee.  23  For  I  see 
that  thou  '  art  in  the  gall  of  bitter- 
ness and  in  "  the  bond  of  iniquity. 
24  And  Simon  answered  and  said, 
Pray  ye  for  me  to  the  Lord,  that 
none  of  the  things  which  ye  have 
spoken  come  upon  me. 

25  They  therefore,  when  they  had 
"  testified  and  spoken  ^  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  returned  to  Jerusalem, 
and  ^  '^  preached  the  gospel  to  many 
villages  of  the  ''Samaritans. 

26  But  *an  angel  of  the  Lord 
spake  unto  'Philip,  saying,  Arise, 
and  go  ®  toward  the  south  unto  the 
way  that  goeth  down  from  Jeru- 
salem unt<)  "  Gaza :  the  same  is 
desert.  27  And  he  arose  and  went : 
and  behold,  "a  man  of  Ethiopia,  a 

5. 16 ;  Dan.  5.  17  '  Ct  10.  9 ;  12. 12,  &c. ;  comp. 
Eph.5.  5  "Ps.  78.  37  "  Is.  .58.  6  °  See  Lk.  16.  2S 
P  See  ch.  13. 12  i  ver.  40  ''  Comp.  Mt.  10.  5  "  See 
ch.  5.  19 ;  oomp.  ver.  29  '  See  ver.  5  "  Comp. 
Gen.  10.  19,  &c.    "  Ps.  68.  31 ;  87.  4 ;  Is.  56.  3  If. 


*  Or.  powers. 

6  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  Holy. 

^  Gr.  word. 

"  Or,  wilt  become  gall  for,  a  gall  root)  of  hitter- 
rtexs  and  a  bond  of  iniquity.  Comp.  Dt.  29.  18  j 
Heb.  12.  15. 

8  Gr.  brought  good  tidings.    Comp.  ch.  5.  42. 

9  Or,  at  noon    Comp.  ch.  22.  6. 


8.28 


TKE  ACTS 


9.17 


Pkilip  and  tlie  Ptliiopiaii  Eanacli.    Tbe  Conversion  or  Saul,  who  is  visited  by  Ananias 


eunuch  of  giVcat  authority  under 
Cundace,  queen  of  the  Ethiopians, 
who  was  over  all  her  treasure,  who 
'had  come  to  -lerusaleiu  to  woi'- 
ship  ;  26  and  he  was  returning  and 
sitting  in  his  chai'iot,  and  was  read- 
ing the  propiiet  Isaiah.  21)  And 
*tne  Spirit  said  unto  Philip,  Go 
near,  and  join  thyself  to  this 
chariot.  30  And  Thilip  ran  to 
him,  and  heard  him  reading  Isaiah 
the  prophet,  and  said,  L'nderstand- 
est  thou  what  thuu  readest  I  31 
And  he  said,  How  can  1,  except 
some  one  shall  guide  mel  And  he 
besought  Philip  to  come  up  and  sit 
with  him.  32  Now  the  passage  of 
the  scripture  which  he  was  reading 
was  this, 

^  He  was  led  as  a  sheep  to  the 
slaughter ; 

And  as  a  lamb  before  his  shearer 
is  dumb, 

So  he  openetli  not  liis  mouth  : 

33  In  his  humiliation  his  judgment 

was  taken  a%\ay  : 

His  generation  who  shall  de- 
clare ! 

For  his  life  is  taken  from  the 
earth. 

34  And  the  eunuch  answered 
Philip,  and  said,  I  pray  thee,  of 
whom  speaketh  the  prophet  this? 
of  himself,  or  of  some  other]  35 
And  Philip  "opened  his  mouth,  and 
''beginning  from  this  scripture, 
* '  preached  unto  him  Jesus.  36  And 
as  they  went  on  the  way,  they  came 
unto  a  certain  water;  and  the  eu- 
nuch saith,  liehold,  here  ik  water ; 
•''what  doth  hinder  me  to  be  bap- 
tized V  38  And  he  conmianded  the 
chariot  to  stand  still :  and  they  both 
went  down  into  the  water,  V)oth 
Philip  and  the  eunuch  ;  and  he  bap- 
tized him.  39  And  when  they  came 
up  out  of  the  wat<?r,  -'the  Spirit  of 
the  Lord  caught  away  Philip  ;  and 
the  eunuch  saw  him  no  more,  for 
he  went  on  his  way  rejoicing.  40 
But  Philip  was  found  at  ''Azotus: 
and  passing  through  he  ^'preached 
the  gospel  to  all  the  cities,  till  he 
csime  to  *  Ca'sarea. 

9  'But  Saul,  yet  ""breathing 
threatening  and  slaughter 
against  the  disciples  of  the  Lord, 
went  unto  the  high  priest.  2  and 
asked  of  him  "  lettors  to  "  Damas- 

1  Is.  liii.  7  f .  2  See  inarR.  notp  on  eh.  5.  42. 

»  Some  ancient  authorities  insert,  wholly  or  in 
prirt,  ver.  37  And  Philip  xaid.  If  Ifinii  lir/iere.il 
iii/fi  nil  thy  heart,  thnu  mayexl.  Artii  hf  answrnl 
and  said,  I  believe  that  Jrsus  Christ  is  the  Son  of 
Ood. 


"  Corap. 

1  K.  S. 

41  f.  :  Jn. 

Yl.  20 
l>  ch.  10.  19  ; 
11.  12  ;  13. 

2  ;  21).  23  i 

21.  11  ; 
comp.  Id. 
6,  7  ;  28.  2J ; 
Ueb.  3.  7 ; 
ver.  39 

"  Sei!  Mt. 

<'  Lk.  24.  27  ; 

couip.  ch. 

17.  2 ;  18. 

28 ;  23.  23 
'  See  ch.  S. 

42 
/ch.  10.  47 
"  1  K.  18. 12; 

2  K.  2.  It) ; 

Ezek.3.12, 

14;  8.  3; 

11.  1,  24  ; 

43.5; 

conip. 

2  Cor.  12.  2 
''  Comp. 

.losh.  11. 

22  ;  1  S.  5. 

I,  A:c. 

'  ver.  25 
*:ch.  9.30; 

10.  1,  24  ; 

II.  11;  12. 
19  ;  13.  22  ; 
21.8,16; 
23.  23.  33; 
25.1,4,6,13 

'  ver.  1-22 : 
comp.  ch. 

22.  3-16;  2C. 
9-18 

'"  See  ch.  8. 

3 ;  ver.  13, 

21 
"ch.  22.  5; 

26.  10; 

comp.  ver. 

14,  21 
"  Gen.  14. 15, 

\c. ;  2  Cor. 

11.  32 : 
Gal.  1.  17 


V  Comp.  Mt. 

10.  17 
^ch.  19.  9, 

23  ;  22.  4  ; 

24.  14,  22  ; 

comp.  esp. 

18.  25  f .  ; 

Jn.  14.  6 
"■  Comp. 

1  Cor.  15.  8 
'  Comp.  ch. 

22.  7  ;  26. 14 
<  ver.  16 
"  Comp.  ch. 

26.  14 
"  Comp.  ch. 

22.  9  (.Fn. 

12.  29  f.) 
'  Comp.  ch. 

22.  U ;  ver. 

18 
^  ch.  22.  12 
'Ph.10.3.17, 

19;  11.  5; 

12.  9  ;  16. 

9  f . :  18.  9 
"  ver.  30;  ch. 

11.  25;  21. 
.•» ;  22.  3 

6  ver.  17;  (we 

Mk.5.  23; 

comp.  ch. 

6.  6 
'Seech. 8.  3 
''  ver.  .12,  41 ; 

ch.  26.  10; 

Rom.  1.  7 ; 

15.  '25  f .  31 ; 

131 


cus  unto  ^the  synagogues,  that  if 
he  found  any  that  were  of  ''the 
Way,  whether  men  or  women,  he 
might  bring  them  bound  to  .Jeru- 
salem. 3  And  as  he  jtHuncyed,  it 
came  to  pass  that  he  drew  nigh 
unto  Damascus:  and  '' suddenly 
there  shone  round  about  him  a 
light  out  of  heaven:  4  and  "he 
fell  upon  the  earth,  and  heard  a 
voice  saying  unto  him,  Saul,  Saul, 
why  persecutest  thou  niel  -5  Ana 
he  said.  Who  art  tliou,  Lordl  And 
he  i<aid,  I  am  Jesus  whom  thou  per- 
secutest :  6  but  rise,  and  enter  into 
the  city,  and  '  it  shall  be  told  thee 
what  thou  must  tlo.  7  And  the  men 
that  journeyed  with  him  "stood 
speechless,  '  hearing  the  ''voice,  but 
beholding  no  man.  8  And  Saul 
arose  from  the  earth  ;  and  '  when 
his  eyes  were  opened,  he  saw  noth. 
ing  ;  and  they  led  him  by  the  hand, 
and  brought  him  into  "  Damascus. 
9  And  he  was  three  days  with- 
out  sight,  and  did  neither  eat  nor 
drink. 

1 0  Now  there  was  a  certain  dis- 
ciple at  "Damascus,  named  *'Ana- 
nias  ;  and  the  Lord  said  unto  him 
in  '  a  vision,  Ananias.  And  he  said. 
Behold,  1  am  here.  Lord.  11  And 
the  Lord  aaid  unto  him.  Arise,  and 
go  to  the  street  which  is  called 
Straight,  and  inquire  in  the  house 
of  Judas  for  one  named  Saul,  a  man 
of  "  Tarsus  :  for  behold,  he  prayeth  ; 
12  and  he  hath  seen  a  man  named 
Ananias  coming  in,  and  ''  laying  his 
hands  on  him,  that  he  might  re- 
ceive his  sight.  13  But  Ananias 
answered,  Lord,  I  have  heard  from 
many  of  this  man,  ""how  much  evil 
he  did  to  ''  thy  saints  at  Jerusalem  : 
14  and  here  he  "hath  authority 
from  the  chief  piiests  to  bind  all 
that -'call  upon  tliy  name.  15  But 
the  Lord  .said  unto  him.  Go  thy 
way :  for  "he  is  a  *  chosen  vessel 
unto  me,  to  be.ar  my  name  before 
''  the  Gentiles  and  '  kings,  and  the 
children  of  Israel:  10  for  *I  will 
show  him  how  many  things  he 
must  sutler  for  my  names  .sake. 
1 7  And  Ananias  departed,  and  eu- 

16.  2. 1.5 ;  1  Cor.  L  2.  *c. ;  Wisd.  5.  5  •  ver.  2, 21 
/See  ch.  7.  .59  "Comp.  oh.  13.  2;  Rom.  1.  1; 
(lal.  1.  15:  Eph.  3.  7  ;  also  Rom.  9.  23  ''  Kom.  1. 
5  margr. ;  11.  13  ;  15.  16  ;  Gal.  1.  16 ;  2.  7  ff.  ;  Fph.  3. 
2.  8 ;  1  Tim.  2.  7  ;  2  Tim.  4.  17 ;  comp.  ch.  22.  21 ;  26. 
17  '  ch.  25  22  f.  ;  26.  1,  32 ;  comp.  2  Tim.  4.  18 
«r  ch.  20.  23 :  21.  11  (comp.  4  and  13) ;  1  Th.  3.  3  ;  esp. 
2  Cor.  6.  4  f. ;  11.  23-27 


*  Or,  sound 


<  6r.  veufi  of  election. 


9.18 


THE  ACTS 


10.3 


Sanl  preaches  at  Damascns.    He  escapes  the  Jews'  Plot,  and  is  sent  to  Tarsus.    Peter  cores  Emus,  and  raises  Dorcas 


tered  into  the  house ;  and  "  laying 
his  hands  on  him  said,  *Brothei- 
Saul,  the  Lord,  even  Jesus,  who  ap- 
peared unto  thee  in  the  way  which 
thou  earnest,  hath  sent  me,  that 
thou  may  est  receive  thy  sight,  and 
he  "tilled  with  the  Hoiy_  iSpirit. 
IS  And  straightway  there  fell  from 
his  eyes  as  it  were  scales,  and  he  re- 
ceived his  sight ;  and  he  arose  and 
was  baptized ;  1 9  and  he  took  food 
and  was  strengthened. 

And  ''he  was  certain  days  with 
*  the  disciples  that  were  at  Damas- 
cus. 20  And  straightway  'in  the 
synagogues  he  proclaimed  Jesus, 
that  he  is  ^  the  Son  of  God.  2 1  And 
all  that  heard  him  were  amazed, 
and  said,  Is  not  this  he  that  in 
Jerusalem  ''made  havoc  of  them 
that 'called  on  this  name]  and  he 
had  come  hither  for  this  intent, 
that  he  might  bring  them  bound 
before  the  chief  priests.  22  But 
Saul  increased  the  more  in  strength, 
and  confounded  the  Jews  that  dwelt 
at  Damascus,  proving  that  this  is 
the  Christ. 

23  And  when  *many  days  were 
fulfilled,  'the  Jews  took  counsel  to- 
gether to  kill  him :  24  but  ™  their 
plot  became  known  to  Saul.  And 
"  they  watched  the  gates  also  day 
and  night  that  they  might  kill 
him :  25  but  his  disciples  took 
him  by  night,  and  let  him  down 
through  the  wall,  lowering  him  in 
a  "basket. 

26  And  p  when  he  was  come  to 
Jerusalem,  he  assayed  to  join  him- 
self to  "the  disciples :  and  they  were 
all  afraid  of  him,  not  believing  that 
he  was  a  disciple.  27  But  » Bar- 
nabas took  him,  and  brought  him 
to  the  apostles,  and  declared  unto 
them  how  he  had  ''  seen  the  Lord  in 
the  way,  and  that  he  had  spoken  to 
him.  and  how  'at  Damascus  he  had 
'preached  boldly  in  the  name  of 
Jesus.  28  And  he  was  with  them 
going  in  and  going  out  at  Jerusa- 
lem, 29  'preaching  boldly  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord  :  and  he  spake 
and  disputed  against  the  ';"Grecian 
Jews ;  but  they  were  seeking  to  kill 
him.  30  And  when  "  tlie  brethren 
knew  it,  they  brought  him  down  to 
^Csesarea,  and  *sent  him  forth  to 
""  Tarsus. 

3 1  So  "the  church  throughout  all 
Judsea  and  Galilee  and  Samaria  had 
peace,  being  -edified;  and,  walking 
"in  the  fear  of  the  Lord  and  ^in  the 

1  Gr.  Hellenists.    2  Gr.  builded  up.    3  Or,  by 


"  ver.  12  ; 

see  Mk.  5. 

23 ;  comp. 

ch.  6.  6 
b  Ch.  22.  13 
"■  See  cli.  2.  4 
rf  cli.  2o.  2U 
^  See  oil.  11. 

26  ;  ver.  26, 

33 
/ch.  13.  5, 

14  ;  14.  1 ; 

17.2,10,17; 

1^.4,  lj;ia. 

8 :  comp. 

16.  13 ;  23. 

17 
s  See  Mt.  4. 

3;  cb.  13. 

33 ;  comp. 

ver.  22 
'<  See  ch.  8. 

3;  ver.  13; 

Gal.  1.  13, 

23 
i  See  ver.  14 
>''  Comp. 

Gal.l.l7,lS 
'  See  1  Th. 

2.  IS 
"  ch.  20.  3, 

19 :  23.  12, 

30  :  23. 3 
"  2  Cor.  11. 

32  f. 
"  See  Mt.  15. 

37 
t'  ch.  22.  17- 

20  ;  26.  20 
2  Seech. 4. 36 
'"  ver.  3-6 
« ver.  20,  22 
'  ver.  2'J ; 

comp.  ch. 

4.  13,2) 

"  See  ch.  6. 1 
"■'  Scecb.  1.1-5 
^  Seech. 8. 40 
"  Comp. 

Gal.  1.  21  ? 
^  ver.  11 
"  Coiup.  ch. 

5.  11;  8.  1; 
16.5 


'  See  ver.  13 
'  1  Slacc.  11. 

34  :  comp. 

1  Cbr.  8. 

12;  Ezr.  2. 

33;  Neh.7. 

37 ;  11.  35 
d  1  Chr.  5. 

16 ;  27.  29  ; 

S.  S.  2.  1 ; 

Is.  33.  9  ; 

33.  2 ;  65. 

10 
''ch.  U.21; 

see  2.  47  ; 

comp.  ver. 

42 
/Josh.  19. 

46  ;  2  Chr. 

2.  16 ;  Ezr. 

3.  7  ;  Jon. 
1.  3;  comp. 
ver.  3i, 

42  f.  ;  ch. 

10.  5,  8,  23, 

32;  11.. 3, 13 
»  ver.  3a ; 

see  ch.1.13 
li  See  ch.  11. 

26 
>  See  ch.  6.  1 
*  Comp.  Mt. 

9.23 
I  ch.  7.  60  ; 

see  Lk.  22. 

41 
"*  Comp. 

Mk.  5.  41 
"  See  ver.  35 
"  ch.  10.  6 

132 


comfort  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  was  mul- 
tiplied. 

32  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  Peter 
went  throughout  all  parts,  became 
down  also  to  ''the  saints  that  dwelt 
at  ''Lydda.  33  And  there  he  found 
a  certain  n]an  named  ^neas,  who 
had  kept  his  bed  eight  years ;  for 
he  was  palsied.  3i  And  Peter  said 
unto  him,  yEneas,  Jesus  Christ  heal- 
eth  thee  :  arise,  and  make  thy  bed. 
And  straightway  he  arose.  35  And 
all  that  dwelt  at  ""Lydda  and  in 
''Sharon  saw  him,  and  they '^ turned 
to  the  Lord. 

36  Now  there  was  at  •''Joppa  a 
certain  disciple  named  Tabitha 
which  by  interpretation  is  called 
*  Dorcas :  this  woman  was  full  of 
good  works  and  almsdeeds  which 
.she  did.  37  And  it  came  to  pass 
in  those  days,  that  she  fell  s^ck, 
and  died  :  and  when  they  had 
washed  her,  they  laid  her  in  an 
'upper  chamber.  38  And  as  Lydda 
was  nigh  unto  •''Joppa,  ''the  disci- 
ples, hearing  that  Peter  was  thei'e, 
sent  two  men  unto  him,  entreating 
him.  Delay  not  to  come  on  unto  us. 

39  And  Peter  arose  and  went  with 
them.  And  when  he  was  come, 
they  brought  him  into  the  "upper 
chamber :  and  all  the  'widows  stood 
b.v  him  weeping,  and  showing  the 
coats  and  garments  which  Dorcas 
made,  while  she  was   with  them. 

40  But  Peter  ^  put  them  all  forth, 
and  '  kneeled  down,  and  prajj^ed ; 
and  turning  to  the  body,  he  said, 
'"  Tabitha,  ari.se.  And  sne  opened 
her  eyes  ;  and  when  she  saw  Peter, 
she  sat  up.  41  And  he  gave  her 
his  hand,  and  raised  her  up;  and 
calling  *  the  saints  and  '  widows,  he 
presented  her  alive.  42  And  it 
became  known  throughout  all 
•'Joppa:  and  "many  believed  on 
the  Lord.  43  And  it  came  to  pass, 
that  he  abode  many  days  in  ■'Joppa 
with  "one  Simon  a  tanner. 

Now  there  was  a  certain 
man  in  p  Cresarea,  Cornelius 
by  name,  a  centurion  of  'the  ^band 
called  the  Italian  band,  2  a  devout 
man,  and  ''one  that  feared  God 
with  all  his  house,  who  *gave  much 
alms  to  the  people,  and  prayed  to 
God  always.  3  He  saw  'in  a  vision 
openly,  as  it  were  about  "the  ninth 

''  See  ch.  8.  40 ;  ver.  24  «  Mt.  27.  27  ;  Mk.  15.  16 ; 
Jn.  18.  3, 12  ;  ch.  21.  31 ;  27.  1  -"  ver.  22,  35  ;  comp. 
ch.  13.  16,  26  -  Comp.  Lk.  7.  4  f.  t  See  ch.  9.  10, 
ver.  17, 19    "  See  ch.  3.  1 


*  That  is,  Gazelle. 


5  Or,  cohort 


10.4 


THE  ACTS 


10.3d 


Cornelius  the  Crntarion.    Peter's  Vision.    Messengers  arrive  from  Cornelias.    Peter  returns  with  them  and  preaches 


hour  of  the  day.  "an  angel  of  God 
coming  in  unto  nini,  and  .sayinj^  to 
him,  Cornelius.  4  And  he, ''fasten- 
ing his  eyes  upon  him,  and  being 
atli-ighteu,  said,  What  is  it,  Lord  J 
And  he  said  unto  him,  Tliy  prayers 
and  thine  alms  'are  gone  up  ''  for  a 
memorial  before  Cod.  5  And  now 
send  men  to  "  Joppa,  and  fetch  one 
Simon,  who  is  surnamed  Peter : 
6  he  lodgeth  with  •'one  iSimon  a 
tanner,  whose  liouse  is  by  the  sea 
side.  7  And  when  the  angel  that 
spake  unto  him  was  departed,  he 
called  two  of  his  household-ser- 
vants, and  a  devout  soldier  of  them 
that  waited  on  him  continually ; 
8  and  having  rehearsed  all  things 
unto  them,  he  sent  them  to^Joppa. 

9  Now  on  the  morrow,  as  they 
were  on  their  journey,  and  drew 
nigh  unto  the  city,  "  Peter  went  up 
upon  ''  the  housetop  to  pray,  about 
'tlie  sixth  hour:  10  and  he  became 
hungry,  and  desired  to  eat :  but 
while  they  made  readj%  he  *feil 
into  a  trance  ;  1 1  and  he  behold- 
eth  'the  heaven  opened,  and  a  cer- 
tain vessel  descending,  as  it  were  a 
great  sheet,  let  down  by  four  cor- 
ners upon  the  earth:  12  wherein 
were  all  manner  of  fourfooted 
beasts  and  ci-eeping  things  of  the 
earth  and  birds  of  the  heaven. 
13  And  there  came  a  voice  to  him, 
Rise,  Peter;  kill  and  eat.  1-1  But 
Peter  said.  Not  so,  '"  Lord ;  for  "1 
have  never  eaten  anything  that  is 
common  and  unclean.  15  And  a 
voice  came  unto  him  again  the  sec- 
ond time,  "What  Cod  hath  cleansed, 
make  not  thou  common.  16  And 
this  was  done  thrice:  and  straight- 
way the  vessel  was  received  up  into 
heaven. 

17  Now  while  Peter  was  much 
perplexed  in  himself  what  ^the  vi- 
sion which  he  had  seen  mightmean, 
behold,  ''  the  men  that  were  sent 
by  Cornelius,  having  made  inquiiy 
for  Simon's  house,  stood  before 
the  gate,  18  and  called  and  asked 
whether  Simon,  %vho  was  surnamed 
Peter,  were  lodging  there.  1'.)  And 
while  Peter  thouglit  on  ^the  vision, 
'the  Spirit  said  unto  him,  P>ehold, 
three  men  seek  thee.  20  But  arise, 
and  get  thee  down,  and  'go  with 
them,  nothing  doubting:  for  I  liave 
sent  them.  21  And  Peter  went 
down  to  the  men,  and  said.  Behold, 
I  am  he  whom  ye  seek :  what  is  the 
cause  wherefore  ye  ai"e  come?  22 
And  they  said,  Cornelius  a  centu- 


"  See  ch.  5. 

lu 
b  ch.  3.  4 
'  Comp. 

Rev.  8.  4 
rf  Coiiip.  Mt. 

•X>.  \i  ; 

rhil.4.  1«; 

lleb.  «.  lU; 

Tob.  12. 

12;  Kccliis. 

45.  16 
'  See  ch.  9. 

36 
/ch.  9.  43 
"  ver.  9-32 : 

ch.  11.  5-14 
A  See  Mt.  24. 

17  ;  comp. 

.ler.  W.  13; 

32.  2.t ; 

Zeph.  1.  5 
'  Comp.  ver. 

3 ;  Ps.  55. 

17 
t  ch.  22.  17  ; 

comp.  11.5 
'  See  Ju.  1. 

51 
""  Comp.  Mt. 

8.  2  11  ;Ju. 

4.  11  «.  ; 

ch.  9.  5; 

22.  8,  .to. 
"  ver.  28 ; 

Ezek  4. 

14  ;  ]  )aii. 

1.  8  ;  Tob. 

1.  10  f.  ; 

Lev.  11. ; 

20.  25  ; 

Dt.  14.  4-20 
"  Comp. 

Mk.  7.  19  ; 

kom.  14. 

14  ;  1  Cor. 

10.  25  £f.  ; 

1  Tim.  4. 

4f.  ;Tit.  1. 

15 ;  Jit.  15. 

11 
P  See  ver.  3 
''  ver.  8 
>■  See  ch.  8. 

29 
'  Comp.  ch. 

15.  7-9 


'  See  "er.  2 
"  See  Mt.  2. 

12 
"  Comp. 

Mk.  8.  .TS  ; 

Lk.  9.  2!) ; 

Rev.  14.  10 
•^  cli.  11.  14 
'J  ver.  45 ; 

see  ch.  11. 

12 
-  Seech.l. 

15 
"  ver.  1 :  see 

ch.  8  40 
6  See  Mt.  8.2 
«  Rev.  19  10; 

22.  8  f . : 

comp.  ch. 

14.  15 
rf  ver.  24 
'ch.  11.  3; 

comp  .In 

4.  9  ;  18.  28 
/ver.  14  f  ; 

comp.  35 ; 

ch.  15.  9 
"  ver.  9.  22  f. 
A  ver.  3 ;  ch. 

3.  1 
'  ver.  30-32 : 

comp.  ver. 

3-r. 
I  See  ch.  9. 

3« 
'  See  Mt. 

5.2 

133 


rion,  a  righteous  man  and  'one 
that  fearetn  Cod,  and  well  reported 
of  by  all  the  nati<jn  of  the  Jews. 
"  was  warned  oJ'Go'l  l)y  a  'holy  angel 
to  .send  for  thee  into  his  house,  and 
to  hear  ^  words  from  thee.  23  So 
he  called  tlieni  in  and  lodged  them. 
xVnd  on  tlie  morrow  he  aiose  and 
went  forth  with  them,  and  "certain 
of  'the  brethren  from  'Joppa  ac- 
companied him.  24  And  on  the 
morrow  ^  they  entered  into  "  Csesa- 
rea.  And  Cornelius  was  waiting 
for  them,  having  called  together 
his  kinsmen  and  his  near  friends. 
25  And  when  it  came  to  p:tss  that 
Peter  entered,  Cornehus  met  him, 
and  fell  down  at  his  feet,  and  '''' wor- 
shipped him.  20  But  Peter  raised 
him  up,  saying,  ''Stand  up;  I  my- 
self also  am  a  man.  27  And  as  he 
talked  with  him,  he  went  in,  and 
tindeth     ''  many     come    together : 

28  and  he  said  unto  them,  Ye 
yourselves  know  ^how  ""it  is  an  un- 
lawful thing  for  a  man  that  is  a  Jew 
to  join  himself  or  come  unto  one  of 
another  nation;  and  yet  •''unto  me 
hath  God  showed  that  I  should  not 
call  any  man  common  or  unclean : 

29  wherefore  also  1  came  Avithout 
gainsaying,  when  I  was  sent  for. 
1  ask  therefore  with  what  intent 
ye  sent  for  me.  30  And  Cornelius 
said,  ^Four  days  ago,  until  this 
hour,  I  was  keeping  *the  ninth 
hour  of  prayer  in  my  house ;  aiid 
behold,  'a  man  stood  before  me  in 
bright  apparel,  31  and  .saith,  Cor- 
nelius, thy  pi-ayer  is  heard,  and 
thine  alms  are  had  in  remembrance 
in  the  sight  of  God.  32  Send 
therefore  to  *  Joppa,  and  call  unto 
thee  Simon,  who  is  surnamed 
Peter ;  he  lodgeth  in  the  house 
of  Simon  a  tannei',  by  the  sea  side. 

33  Forthwith  therefore  I  .sent  to 
thee  ;  and  thou  hast  well  done  that 
thou  art  come.  Now  therefore  we 
are  all  here  present  in  the  sight  of 
Cod,  to  hear  all  things  that  have 
been  commaiuled  tliee  of  the  Lord. 

34  And  Peter  'opened  his  mouth, 
and  said. 

Of  a  truth  I  perceive  that  ^God 
is  no  respecter  of  persons  :  35  but 
"in  every  nation  he  that  "feareth 

"•  Dt.  in.  17 :  2  Chr.  19.  7  :  Rom.  2  II :  Gal.  2  6; 
Eph.  6  9:  Col.  3  25:  1  IVt  1.  17:  oomp  1  Eadr. 
4.  39 ;  Ecclus.  4.  27    "  ver.  28   "  Comp.  ver.  2 


1  Some  ancient  authorities  read  he. 
-  'i'lie  Greek  word  tlenotes  an  art  of  reverence 
whether  paid  to  a  creature  or  to  the  Creator, 
s  Or,  how  unlawful  it  iifora  man  Jcc. 


10.36  THE  ACTS 

The  Hearers  receive  tlie  Holy  Spirit.    At  Jerusalem  Peter  justifies  his  Coiidnct 


1L19 


him,  and  worketh  righteousness, 
is  acceptable  to  him.  36  ^The 
word  which  he  sent  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  "preaching  'good 
tidings  of  *  peace  by  Jesus  Christ 
(he  is  ""Lord  of  all) — 37  that  say- 
ing ye  yourselves  know,  which  was 
Eublished  throughout  all  Judaea, 
eginning  from  Galilee,  after  the 
baptism  which  John  preached  ; 
38  ev^n  ''Jesus  of  Nazareth,  how 
God /anointed  him  with  tlie  Holy 
Spirit  and  with  power :  ^  who  went 
about  ^  doing  good,  and  healing 
all  that  were  oppressed  of  the 
devil ;  »  for  ^  God  was  with  him. 
3^  And  we  are  ''  witnesses  of  all 
things  which  he  did  both  in  the 
country  of  the  Jews,  and  in  Jeru- 
salem ;  whom  also  they  'slew, 
hanging  him  on  a  tree.     40  Him 

*  God  raised  up  the  third  day,  and 
gave  him  to  be  made  manifest, 
41  /not  to  all  the  people,  but  unto 
^  witnesses  that  were  chosen  before 
of  God,  even  to  us,  ™  who  ate  and 
drank  with  him  after  he  rose  from 
the  dead.  42  And  he  "charged  us 
to  preach  unto  the  people,  and  to 
"  testify  that  this  is  he  who  is  -^  or- 
dained of  God  to  be  the  *  Judge  of 
the  living  and  the  dead.  43  To 
him  bear  'all  the  prophets  witness, 
that  through* his  name  every  one 
that  believeth  on  him  shall  receive 
remission  of  sins. 

44  While  Peter  yet  spake  these 
words,  ^the  Holy  Sjjirit  fell  on 
all  them  that  heard  the  word. 
45  And  "they  of  the  circumcision 
that  believed  were  amazed,  as 
many  as  came  with  Peter,  because 
that  on  the  .  Gentiles  also  was 
"poured  out  the  gift  of  the  Holy 
Spirit.     46    For  they  heard  them 

*  speak  with  tongues,  and  magnify 
God.  Then  ^answered  Peter,  4Y 
^Can  any  man  forbid  the  water, 
that  these  should  not  be  baptized, 
who  "have  received  the  Holy 
Spirit  as  well  as  we  1     48  And  he 

*  commanded  them  to  be  barjtized 
*in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ. 
Then  prayed  they  him  to  tarry 
certain  days. 

nNow  the  apostles  and  "^  the 
brethren  that  were  in  Judfea 
heard  that  the  Gentiles  also  had 
received  the  word  of  God.  2  And 
when  Peter  was  come  up  to  Jeru- 
salem, /they  that  were  of  the  cir- 
cumcision   contended    with    him, 

1  Many  ancient  authorities  read  He  sent  the 
■•ford  unto.  2  Or,  the  gospel 


"  Comp.  13. 

32 
b  Lk.  1.  79  ; 

2.14; 

Rom.  5.  J  ; 

Eph.  2.  17 
"  Rom.  10. 

12;  ch.  2. 

36 ;  Mt.  28. 

18 
d  ch.  2.  22 
"  See  ch.  4. 

26 
/  See  Mt.  4. 

23 
»  Jn.  3.  2 
'I  See  Lk.  24. 

48;  ver.41 
'  See  ch.  5. 

30 
k  See  ch.  2. 

24 
'  Comp.  Jn. 

14.  19,  22 ; 

15.  27 
™Lk.  24.43; 

ch.  1.  4 

marg. 
"  See  ch.  1. 2 
"  See  Lk.  16. 

28 
P  See  Lk.  22. 

22 
9  2Tim.  4.  1; 

IPet.  4.  5; 

Jn.  5.  22, 

27 ;  comp. 

ch.  17.  31 
"■  Seech.  3. 18 
■'  Lk.  24.  47  ; 

comp.  ch. 

2.  38 ;  4.  12 
'ch.ll.  15; 

15.8 
"  See  ver.  23 
"  ch.  2.  33, 

33 
■^  ch.  2.  4  ;  19. 

6 ;  comp. 

Mk.  16.  17 
!/ Seech  3.12 
-  ch.  8.  36 
"  ver.  44  f.  ; 

ch.  11.  17  ; 

15.  8  ; 

comp.  2.  4 
*>  Comp. 

1  Cor.  1. 

14-17 
<=  ch.  2.  38 ; 

8.  16;  19.  5 
d  See  ch.  1. 

15 
«  ch.  in  45 


/Comp.  Mt. 

0.11;  Gal. 

2.  12 ;  see 

cli.  10.  28 
^'SeeLk.  1.3 
!<■  ver.  5-14  : 

ch.  10.  9-32 
'  See  ch.  9. 

10 
fc  See  ch.  10. 

15 
'  See  ch.  8. 

40 
™  See  ch.  8. 

29 
"ch.  15.  9: 

comp. 

Rom.  3  22 
"  See  ch.  10. 

23 
f  ch  10.  22 
«  ch.  10.  2  ; 

16.  15,  31- 

34  ;  IS.  8 ; 

comp  Jn. 

4.  53  ;1  Cor. 

1.  16 
"■  See  ch.  10. 

44 
*  ch.  2.  4 

134 


3    saying,   •'Thou    wentest    in    to 
men  uncircumcised,  and  didst  eat 
with  them.      4  But  Peter  began, 
and    expounded    the   matter   unto 
them  Jva.  order,  saying,  5  *I  was 
in  the  city  of  Joppa  praying  :  and 
in  a  trance  I  saw  'a  vision,  a  cer- 
tain vessel  descending,  as  it  were 
a  great  sheet  let  down  from  heaven 
by  four  corners  ;  and  it  came  even 
unto   me :  6  upon  which  when  I 
had  fastened  mine  eyes,  I  consid- 
ered, and  saw  the  fourfooted  beasts 
of  the  earth  and  wild  beasts  and 
creeping  things  and  birds  of  the 
heaven.      7  And    I    heard    also   a 
voice  saying  unto  me.  Rise,  Peter  ; 
kill  and  eat.     8  But  I  said,    Not 
so.  Lord  :  for  nothing  common  or 
unclean    hath    ever    entered    into 
my    mouth.      9  But  a   voice   an- 
swered   the   second    time    out    of 
heaven,  *  What  God  hath  cleansed 
make  not  thou  common.     10  Ana 
this  was  done  thi-ice  :  and  all  were 
drawn     up     again     into     heaven. 
11    And    behold,   forthwith   three 
men    stood    before    the    house   in 
which  we  were,  having  been  sent 
from  '  Cpesarea  unto  me.     1 2  And 
"'  the  Spirit  bade  me  go  with  them, 
"making     no     distinction.      Ana 
"these   six    brethren    also   accom- 
panied me;    and  we  entered  into 
the  man's  house :  1 3  and  he  told 
us    how    he   had    seen    the   angel 
standing  in  his  house,  and  saying. 
Send  to  Joppa,  and  fetch  Simon, 
whose  surname  is  Peter;  14  who 
shall    speak     unto    thee   ^  words, 
whereby  thou  shalt  be  saved  thou 
and  «all  thy  house.     15  And  as  I 
began  to  speak,  '■the  Holy  Spirit 
fell  on  them,  even  'as  on  us  at  the 
beginning.     1 6  And  I  remembered 
the  word  of  the  Lord,  how  he  said, 
'  John  indeed  baptized  with  water; 
but  ye  shall  be  baptized  =*in  the 
Holy    Spirit.       17    If   then  »God 
gave  unto  them   the  like  gift  as 
he  did  also  unto  us,  when  we  be- 
lieved on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
"who  -was   I,   th'&,t    I  could  with- 
stand God?    18    And  when   they 
heard  these  things,  they  held  their 
peace,  and  ^glorified  God.  saying, 
Then    to    the    Gentiles   also  hath 
God  granted  2' repentance  unto  life. 
19   'They   therefore   that   were 
scattered  abroad  upon  the  tribu- 

'  ch.  15       «  See  ch.  10.  45,  47       "  Comp.  ch.  5.  3f 
^  See  Mt.  9.  8    !'  Comp.  2  Cor.  7.  10    '  ch.  8. 1,  4 


*  Or,  witk 


11.20 


THE   ACTS 


12.16 


The  Disr^es  are  culled  "  Cliristiuus  "  in  Aiitiorh.    ilerod  Agrippa  1.  kills  James  and  imprisons  Peter,  whom  an  .\n«;el  lihi  rates 


latiou  that  arose  about  tStei)heii 
travelled  as  far  as  "riiu'iiicia,  am! 
'Cyprus,  and  "Antioch,  speaking 
the  word  to  uoiie  sa\e  only  to 
Jews.  20  But  there  were  souk 
of  them,  men  of  'Cyprus  and 
''Cyrene,  wlio,  when  they  were 
come  to  "^Antioch,  spake  unto  the 
' '  Greeks  also,  "■'  prwichint?  the  Lord 
Jesus.  21  And  -'the  hand  of  tlie 
Lord  was  with  them  :  and  ''a  great 
number  that  believed  turned  unto 
the  J^ird.  22  And  the  report  con- 
cerning tliem  came  to  the  ears  of 
the  church  which  was  in  .Jeru- 
salem: and  they  sent  forth  'Bar- 
nabas JUS  far  a.s  ^  Antioch  :  23  who, 
when  he  was  come,  and  had  seen 
*the  grace  of  Cod,  was  glad;  and 
he  e.xhorted  them  all,  -'that  with 
purpose  of  heart  they  would  cleave 
unto  the  Lord  :  24  for  he  was  a 
good  man,  and  'full  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  and  of  faith  :  and  '"much 
people  was  added  iiuto  the  Lord. 
25  And  he  went  forth  to  "Tarsus 
to  seek  for  Saul ;  26  and  when  he 
had  found  him,  he  brought  him 
unto  '^Antioch.  And  it  came  to 
pass,  that  even  for  a  whole  year 
they  were  gathered  together  ^  with 
the  chun-li.  and  taught  much  peo- 
ple;  aiul  tliat  "the  disciples  were 
called  ''  Christians  tirst  in  "' Antioeh. 
27  Now  in  these  days  there 
«came  down  "■  prophets  from  Jeru- 
salem unto  '^Antioch.  28  And 
there  stood  up  one  of  them  named 
•Agabus,  ami  signified  by  the 
Spirit  that  tiiere  should  be  a  great 
famine  over  'all  ^  the  world :  which 
came  to  ])ass  in  the  days  of  "  Clau- 
dius. 29  And  "  the  di.sciples,  every 
man  according  to  his  abihty,  deter- 
mined to  send  "relief  unto  *'the 
brethren  that  dwelt  in  Judava : 
30  ^  which  also  they  did,  sending 
it  to  the  -"elders  by  the  hand  of 
'Barnabas  arid  Saul. 

Iiy  Now  about  that  time 
ii^  Herod  the  king  put  forth 
his  hands  to  afflict  certain  of  the 
church.  2  And  he  ^killed  James 
the  brother  f)f  Jolm  with  the 
sword.  3  And  when  he  .saw  that 
it  "  pleased  the  Jews,  he  proceeded 
to  seize  Peter  also.  And  those 
were  *the  days  of  unleavened 
bread.    4  And  when  he  had  taken 

1  Many  ancient  nuthorities  read  Greeicni  Jm-a. 
See  ch.  6.  1.  2  See  nmrginal  note  on  oh.  5.  Vl 

■>  Some  ancient  authorities  read  tliat  lliey  iroulil 
cleave  nn'n  the  ptirp"''f  of  theii-  heiirl  in  the  Lord. 

*  Gr.  I'.i  ■''  Or.  t/ie  inhnbHed  earth. 

*  Or.  for  ministry.    Comp.  ch.  6. 1 . 


"  ch.  15.  3  ; 

■ii.  -i 
li  See  ch.  4. 

36 
<^  ver.  20,  2-.', 

a7;ch. «.  5; 

13.  1 ;  14. 
2b;  L>. 

22  f .  311,  3.5  ; 

IS.  22 ; 

Gal.  2.  11 
<ich.  2.  10; 

6.  'J;  13.  1; 

aeoMt.  27. 

32 
■■  See  Jn.  7. 

■.i:, 
I  Soe  ch.  5. 

42 
:'  Lk.  1.  66 
*  Conip.  (di. 

2.  47 
'  See  cli.  4. 

36 
*ch.  13.  4S; 

14.  2i; ;  15. 
411 ;  romp. 
211.  24,  32 

'  See  ell. 

2.4 
"'  cli.  h.  14  ; 

see  2.  47  ; 

comp.  ver. 

21 
"  See  ch.  9. 

11 
"  ch.  6.  1  f .  ; 

a.  lU,  26, 3S; 

ver.  2!) ;  13. 

82 ;  14.  20, 

22,  28,  &c. ; 
coiiip.  .In. 
2  2,  olso 
ch.  9.  25 ; 
1.15 

''  ch.  26  28  : 

1  Pet.  4   1« 
'  Comp.  ch. 

18.  22 
••  See  oh  13. 

1  ;  comp. 

2.  17  ;  Lk. 

11.  43 ; 

1  Cor.  12. 

10,  2S  f .  kc. 
•ch.  21.  1ft 
«  See  Mt.  24. 

14 
"ch.  18.  2 
^'  See  ver.  1 
^  ch.  12.  25 
y  ch.  14.  23  ; 

\h.  2,  4,  6, 

22  f . :  16.  4  ; 

20. 17  ;  21. 

18  :  1  Tim. 

5.  17, 19  ; 

Tit.  1.  5 ; 

Jas.  5  14 ; 

1  Pet.  5.  1 ; 

2  .In.  1 ; 
8  .In.  1 

*  Mt.  4.  21 ; 

comp. 

Mt.  20.  23 
"  Comp.  ch. 

24.  27  ;  2.5. 

9 
(>  Ex.  12.  15 ; 

23.  15 ;  ch. 
20.6 


'  comp.  Ju. 

19.  23 
d  Mk.  14. 1  ; 

see  ver.  3 
'ch  21.33 
/Seech  5. 

19 
"Lk.  2.  9; 

24.4 

*  Comp.  ch. 
16.26 

*  See  ch.  9. 
10 

135 


him,  he  put  him  in  iirison,  and 
delivered  him  to  four  "  (iiiaternions 
of  soldiers  to  guard  him  ;  intending 
cifter  ''the  I'a.ssover  to  bi'ing  him 
forth  to  the  people,  h  Peter  there- 
fore was  kept  in  the  prison  :  but 
pra.ver  was  made  earnestly  of  the 
church  unto  Cod  for  him.  6  And 
when  Herod  was  about  to  bring 
him  forth,  the  same  night.  Peter 
was  sleeping  between  two  soldiers. 
'  bound  with  two  chains :  ana 
guards  before  the  door  kept  the 
prison.  7  And  behold,  •''an  angel 
of  the  Lord  "stood  by  him,  and  a 
light  shined  in  the  cell  :  >uid  he 
sinote  Peter  on  the  side,  and  awoke 
him,  saying,  Bi.se  up  quickly.  And 
'*  his  chains  fell  oil  from  his  liands. 
8  And  the  angel  said  unto  him. 
Gird  thyself,  and  bind  on  thy 
sandals.  And  he  did  so.  And  he 
.saith  unto  him,  Ca.st  thy  garment 
about  thee,  and  follow  me.  9  And 
he  went  out,  and  followed  ;  and  he 
knew  not  that  it  wa»s  true  which 
was  done  'by  the  angel,  but 
thought  he  saw  'a  vision.  10  And 
when  they  were  past  the  first  and 
the  second  guarci,  they  came  unto 
the  iron  gate  that  leadeth  into  the 
city ;  which  *  opened  to  them  of  its 
own  accord  :  and  they  went  out, 
and  passed  on  through  one  street : 
and  straightway  the  angel  departea 
from  him.  1 1  And  when  Peter 
'was  come  to  himself,  he  said. 
Now  I  know  of  a  truth,  that  "'the 
Lord  hath  sent  forth  his  angel  and 
delivered  me  out  of  the  hand  of 
Herod,  and  from  all  the  expecta- 
tion of  the  people  of  the  Jews. 
12  And  when  he  had  considered 
tlie  tkinff,  he  came  to  the  house  of 
Mary  the  mother  of  ".lohn  whose 
surname  was  Mark  :  where  many 
were  gathered  togethei-  and  "were 
praying.  13  And  when  he  knocked 
at  the  door  of  the  gate,  *a  maid 
came  to  answer,  named  Bhoda. 
14  And  when  she  knew  IVter's 
voice,  she  opened  not  the  gate  ''  for 
.ioy,  but  ran  in.  and  told  that  Peter 
sto<xl  before  the  gate.  1.5  And 
they  said  unto  her.  Thou  art  mad. 
But  she  confidently  affirmed  that 
it  was  even  so.  And  they  said.  It 
is  'his  angel.     16  But  Peter  con- 

i-Comp.  oh.  5.  19;  16.  26  'Comp.  Lk.  15.  17 
"•  Comp.  Dan.  3  28;  6.  22  "  ver.  25 ;  ch.  13  f>, 
13 ;  15.  J7,  39  ;  CoL  4.  10 ;  2  Tim  4.11;  Philem.  24  : 
1  Pet.  5.  13  «  ver.  5  ''  Jn.  18.  16  f .  «  Lk.  24.  4i 
'■  See  Mt.  18. 10 


T  Or.  through. 


12.17 


THE  ACTS 


13.16 


Herud's  Terrible  Death.    In  Cyprus  Eljmas  made  blind  and  Sergias  Paolos  converted.    John  Hark  quits  Panl 


tinued  knocking :  and  when  they 
had  opened,  they  saw  him,  and 
were  amazed.  17  But  he,  "beck- 
oning unto  them  with  the  hand 
to  hold  their  peace,  declared  unto 
them  how  the  Lord  had  brought 
him  forth  out  of  the  prison.  And 
he  said,  Tell  these  things  unto 
*  James,  and  to  "the  brethren. 
And  he  departed,  and  went  to 
another  place.  18  Now  as  soon  as 
it  was  day,  there  was  no  small  stir 
among  the  soldiers,  what  was 
become  of  Peter.  19  And  when 
Herod  had  sought  for  him,  and 
found  him  not,  he  examined  the 
guards,  and  commanded  that  they 
ohould  "^  be  ^  put  to  death.  And  he 
went  down  from  Judaea  to  "  Csesa- 
rea,  and  tarried  there. 

20  Now  he  was  highly  displeased 
with  them  of  -^Tyre  and  ■''Sidon  : 
and  they  came  with  one  accord  to 
him,  and,  having  made  Blastus  the 
king's  cnamberlain  their  friend, 
they  asked  for  peace,  because''  their 
country  was  fed  from  the  king's 
country.  21  And  upon  a  set  day 
Herod  arrayed  himself  in  royal 
apparel,  and  sat  on  the  ^throne, 
and  made  an  oration  unto  them. 
22  And  the  people  shouted,  saying. 
The  voice  oi  a  god,  and  not  of  a 
man.  23  And  immediately  ''an 
angel  of  the  Lord  smote  him,  be- 
cause he  gave  not  God  the  glory: 
and  he  'was  eaten  of  worms,  and 
gave  up  the  ghost. 

24  But/ the  word  of  God  grew 
and  multiplied. 

25  And  '  Barnabas  and  '  Saul  re- 
turned ^from  Jerusalem,  /when 
they  had  fulfilled  their  ministra- 
tion, taking  with  them  "John 
whose  surname  was  Mark. 

-\  O  Now  there  were  at  "An- 
JLO  tioch,  in  the  *' church  that 
was  there,  «  prophets  and  *■  teachers, 
'Barnabas,  and  Symeon  that  was 
called  Niger,  and  Lucius  of  "Gyrene, 
and  Manaen  the  fostex'-brother  of 
'  Herod  the  tetrarch,  and  '  Saul. 
2  And  as  they  ministered  to  the 
Lord,  and  fasted,  "  the  Holy  Spirit 
said.  Separate  me  'Barnabas  and 
'Saul  for  "the  work  whereunto  I 
have  called  them.  3  Then,  when 
they  had  fasted  and  "Sprayed  and 
^laid  their  hands  on  them,  Hhey 
sent  them  away. 
4  So  they,  being  "sent  forth  by 

1  Gr.  led  avay  to  death. 

i  Or,  judgment-seat    See  Mt.  27. 19. 

3  Many  ancient  authoritief  read  to  Jerusalem. 


"  ch.  13.  16 ; 

19.  33  ;  21. 

40 
t>  ch.  15.  13 ; 

21.  18 ;  1 

Cor.  15.  7 ; 

Gal.  1.19; 

2.  9,  IJ ; 
comp.Mk. 
6.  3 

°  See  ch.  1. 

15 
d  Comp.  ch. 

16.  27 ;  27. 

42 
"  See  ch.  8. 

40 
/  See  Mt.  11. 

21 
!'  Comp. 

1  K.  5.  11 ; 
Ezr.  3.  7 ; 
Ezek.  27. 
17 

A  See  ch.  5. 
19 :  comp. 

2  S.  24.  l(i ; 
2  K.  19.  35 

!  2  Mace.  9. 9 
'•■  ch.  6.  7  ;  19. 

20 
'  ch.  13. 

1  ff.  ;  see 

4.  36 
"■  ch.  11.  30 
"  See  ver.  12 
"  See  ch.  11. 

19 
P  ch.  11.  26 
"i  ch.  U.  27  ; 

15.  32 ; 

1  Cor.  14. 

29,  32,  37  ; 

comp.  ch. 

19.  6;  21. 9; 

1  Cor.  U. 

4  f .  ;  13.  2, 

8f. 
>■  1  Cor.  12. 

23  f.;  Eph. 

4.  11; 

comp. 

Rom.  12. 

6  f. ;  Jag. 

3.  1 

'  See  Mt.  27. 

32 ;  ch.  11. 

20 
<  See  Mt.  14. 

1 
"  See  ch.  8. 

29 ;  ver.  4 
"  Comp.  ch. 

9.  15 
■'  See  ch.  1. 

21 
V  See  ch.  6. 6 
*  Comp.  ch. 

14.  26;  ver. 

4 
«  ver.  2  f . 


6  See  ch.  4. 

3S 
<=  See  ch.  9. 

20;  ver.  14 
d  See  ch.  12. 

12 
*■  Comp.  ch. 

/SeeMt.  7. 

15 
y  ver.  8,  12 ; 

ch.  18.  12; 

19.  3B 
h  See  ch.  6.  7 
ich.i.S; 

see  2.  4 
k  See  Mt.  13. 

38;  comp. 

Jn.  8.  44 
I  Hob.  14.  9  ; 

comp. 

2  Pet.  2. 15 
"^  Ex.  9.  3 ; 

136 


the  Holy  Spirit,  went  down  to 
Seleucia ;  and  from  thence  they 
sailed  to  *  Cyprus.  5  And  when 
they  were  at  Salamis,  they  pro- 
claimed the  word  of  God  in  "the 
synagogues  of  the  Jews  :  and  they 
had  also  ''John  as  their  attendant. 
6  And  when  they  had  gone  through 
the  whole  island  unto  raphos,  they 
found  a  certain  ■*"  sorcerer,  a  •'^  false 
prophet,  a  Jew,  whose  name  was 
Bar-Jesus ;  7  who  was  with  the 
''proconsul,  Sergius  Paulus,  a  man 
of  understanding.  The  same  called 
unto  him  Barnabas  and  Saul,  and 
sought  to  hear  the  word  of  God. 
8  But  Elymas  the  /sorcerer  (for 
so  is  his  name  by  interpretation) 
withstood  them,  seeking  to  turn 
aside  the  "proconsul  from  ''the 
faith.  9  But  Saul,  who  is  also 
called  Paul,  'filled  with  the  Holy 
Spirit,  fastened  his  eyes  on  him. 
1 0  and  said,  O  full  of  all  guile  and 
all  villany,  thou  *son  of  the  devil, 
thou  enemy  of  all  righteousness, 
wilt  thou  not  cease  to  pervert  'the 
right  ways  of  the  Lord?  11  And 
now,  behold,  "*  the  hand  of  the  Lord 
is  upon  thee,  and  thou  shalt  be 
blind,  not  seeing  the  sun  *for  a 
season.  And  immediately  there  fell 
on  him  a  mist  and  a  darkness  ;  and 
he  went  about  seeking  some  to  lead 
him  by  the  hand.  12  Then  the 
■'  pi'oconsul,  when  he  saw  what  M^as 
done,  believed,  being  astonished  at 
"  the  teaching  of  the  Lord. 

13  Now  Paul  and  his  company 
set  sail  from  "  Paphos,  and  came  to 
^Perga  in  'Pamphylia:  and  ''John 
departed  from  them  and  returned 
to  Jerusalem.  14  But  they,  pass- 
ing through  from  Perga,  came  to 
'Antioch  of  "Pisidia;  and  they 
went  into  'the  synagogue  on  "the 
sabbath  day,  and  sat  down.  15 
And  after "  the  reading  of  the  law 
and  ^the  prophets  *the  rulers  of 
the  synagogue  sent  unto  them, 
saying.  Brethren,  if  ye  have  any 
word  of  exhortation  for  the  people, 
say  on.  16  And  Paul  stood  up.  and 
-  beckoning  with  the  hand  said. 

Men  of  Israel,  and  "  ye  that  fear 

1  S.  5.  6  f . :  Ps.  32.  4  ;  comp.  Job  19.  21 ;  2  Mace.  6. 
26 ;  Heb.  10.  31  "  Comp.  ver.  49 ;  ch.  8.  25 ;  15.  35  f. ; 
19.  10,  20  "  ver.  6  J'  ch.  14.  25  i  ch.  2.  10  ;  14.  24  ; 
15.  38 ;  27.  5  "•  ch.  14.  19,  21  ;  2  Tim.  3.  U  (not  ch. 
11.  20,  &c.)  '  ch.  14.  24  t  See  ch.  9.  20  ;  ver.  5 
"  ver.  42,  44  ;  ch.  16  13  ;  18.  4  ;  comp.  17.  2  ''  ch. 
15.  21 ;  comp.  2  Cor.  3. 14  f.  ^  ver.  27  «  See  Mk. 
5.  22    ^  See  ch.  12.  17    "  Comp.  ch.  10.  2 ;  ver.  26 


4  Gr.  Magus :  as  in  Mt.  2. 1, 7, 16.       b  Or,  until 


laiT 


THE   ACTS 


13.46 


Pkol'i  Address  tt  intioch  of  Pisidla.    Asktd  to  speak  on  the  next  Sabbath 


God,  hearken  :  17  The  God  of  this 
people  Israel  "chose  our  fathers, 
and  exalted  the  people  when  they 
sojourned  in  the  land  of  Kgypt, 
and  with  a  high  arm  led  he  them 
forth  out  of  it.  18  Anil  for  about 
*the  time  of  forty  years  '  ''as  a  nurs- 
ing-father bare  he  them  in  the 
wilderness.  19  And  ''when  he  had 
destroyed  "seven  nations  in  the 
land  of  Can;ian,  he  •'gave  the)n 
their  land  for  an  inheritance,  for 
'about  four  hundred  and  fifty 
years:  20  and  after  these  things 
ne  *  gave  the/n  judges  until  *  ISamuel 
the  prophet.  '21  And  afterward 
they  *  asked  for  a  king:  and   God 

!:ave  unto  them  '8aul  the  son  of 
vish,  a  man  of  the  tribe  of  Benja- 
min, for  the  space  of  forty  years. 

22  And  \yhen  he  had  '"removed 
him,  he  raised  up  David  to  be  their 
king;  to  whom  also  he  bare  wit- 
ness and  Sfiid,  - 1  have  found  "  David 
the  son  of  Jesse,  a  man  aftei-  my 
heart,  who  shall  do  all  my  ^will. 

23  "Of  this  man's  seed  hath  God 
p according  to  promise  brought 
unto    Israel    »a    Saviour,    Jesus; 

24  when  "■  John  had  first  preached 

*  before  his  coming  the  baptism  of 
repentance  to  all  the  people  of 
Israel.  25  And  as  John  *was  ful- 
filHng  his  cour.se,  'he  said.  What 
suppose  ye  that  T  am?  I  am  not 
he.  But  behold,  there  conieth  one 
after  me  the  shoes  of  whose  feet 
I  am  not  worthy  to  unloo.se.  26 
Brethren,  children  of  the  stock  of 
Abraham,  and  those  among  you 
that  fear  God,  to  us  is  the  weird  of 
"this  salvation  .sent  forth.  27  For 
they  that  dwell  in  Jeru.salem,  and 
their  "rulers,  'because  they  knew 
him  not,  nor  the  voices  of  *the 
prophets  which  are  'read  every 
saboath,  fulfilled  them  by  con- 
demning h it}}.  2H  A nd  though  they 
found  no  cause  of  death  in  him,  yet 
"asked  they  of  Pilate  that  he  should 
be  slain.     29  And  when  they  had 

*  fulfilled  all  things  that  were  writ- 
ten of  him,  ""they  took  him  down 
from  ''the  tree,  and  laid  him  in  a 
tomb.  30  But  God  'raised  him 
from  the  dead:  31  and  he  was  seen 
for  many  days  of  them  that  came 
up  with  nim  •'from  Galilee  to  Jeru- 
salem, who  are  now  ^  his  witnesses 
unto  the  people.  32  And  we  *  bring 
you  good  tidings  of  'the  promi.se 

1  Many  ancient  authorities  read  snfferfd  he 
their  manners  in  the  wihierness.    See  Dt.  9.  7. 
» 1  S.  xiii.  14  :  Ps.  Ixxxix.  20.  »  Gr.  uHls. 

♦  Gr.  before  thejace  of  hi*  entering  in. 


"  Dt.  7.  6-8  ; 

Ex.6.  1, 

6;  13.  14. 

16 ;  ch.  7. 

17  ff. 
(>  See  ch.  7. 

a6 
"  Ut.  1.  31 
•'  See  ch.  7. 

45 
'  Dt.  7.  1 
/Josh.  I'J. 

51 ;  Pa.  78. 

V  Comp. 

Judg.  11. 

26 ;  1  K. 

6.  1 
A  Judg.  2.  16 
'  ch.  3.  24 
«•■  1  S.  8.  5 
'  1  S.  10.  1  ; 

9.  If. 
"•  1  S.  15.  23, 

26,  28 ;  16. 

1,13 
"  Comp.  ch. 

7.46 
"SeeMt.1.1 
^  Comp.  ver. 

32  f. 
«  See  Lk.  2. 

11  ;  Jn.  4. 

42 
"•  Mk.  1. 1-4 ; 

comp.  ch. 

1.  22  :  19.  4 
'  ch.  20.  24 
<  Jn.  1.  20, 

27  ;  comp. 

Mt.3.  11; 

Jlk.  1.7; 

Lk.  3.  16 
"  ch.  28.  28  ; 

comp.  .5. 

20;  4.12; 

ver.  46 : 

Jn.  6.  68 
"■■  ^ee  Lk.  23, 

13 
"  See  ch.  3. 

17 
y  See  Lk.  24. 

27 

•  ver.  l.'i 

"  See  ch.  3. 

14 
*>  Comp.  ch. 

26.  22 
'  Comp.  Lk. 

23.63 
d  See  ch.  5. 

30 

•  ver.  33,  34, 
37  ;  see  ch. 
2   24 

/  See  ch.  1. 

11 
»  See  Lk.  24. 

48 
h  ch.  .5.  42  ; 

14.  1.5 
■  ch.  26.  6  ; 

Rom.  1.  2; 

4.13;  9.4; 

comp.  ver. 

23 


k  ch.  2.  27 
'  ch.  2.  29 
"'  Comp.  ver. 

•22 ;  20.  27 
"Seech. 8.1; 

1  K.  2.  10 
"  Lk.  24.  47  ; 

comp.  ch. 

2.  .38 
P  Rom.  3. 28; 

in.  4  ;  see 

ch.  10.  43 
1  Jn.  6.  45  ; 

comp.  ch. 

7.42;  Lk. 

24.  44 
'■  See  ver.  14 

137 


made  unto  the  fathers,  33  that  God 
liath  fulfilled  the  same  unto  our 
children,  in  that  he  'raised  up 
Jesus;  as  al.so  it  is  written  in  the 
second  psalm,  ''Thou  art  my  8on. 
this  day  have  I  begotten  thee.  34 
And  as  concerning  that  he^rai.sed 
iiim  up  from  the  dead,  now  no 
more  to  return  to  corruption,  he 
hath  spoken  on  this  wise,  "I  will 
give  you  the  holy  and  sure  bletmivgs 
of  David.  35  Becau.se  he  saith  also 
in  another  jmi/m,  '*Thou  wilt  not 
give  thy  Holy  One  to  see  corrup- 
tion. 36  For  'David,  after  he  had 
**in  his  own  generation  served  '"the 
counsel  of  God,  "fell  asleep,  and 
was  laid  unto  his  fathers,  and  .saw 
corruption:  37  but  he  whom  God 
'■  raised  up  saw  no  corrujition. 
38  Be  it  known  unto  you  therefore, 
brethren,  that  "through  this  man 
is  proclaimed  unto  you  remi.'^sion 
of  sins  :  39  and  by  him  ^ every  one 
that  believeth  is  justified  from  all 
things,  from  which  ye  could  not  be 
justified  by  the  law  of  Moses.  40 
Beware  therefore,  lest  that  come 
upon  you  which  is  spoken  ''  in  thfl 
prophets : 

41  ^Behold,  ye  despisers,  and  won- 
der, and  '"perish  ; 
For  I  work  a  w  ork  in  your  days, 
A  work  which  ye  shall  in  na 
wise  believe,  if  one  declare  it' 
unto  you. 
42  And  as  they  went  out,  they 
besought  that  these  words  might 
be  spoken  to  them  the  next  ''sab- 
bath.     43    Now  when   the    syna- 
gogue broke  up,  many  of  the  Jews 
and  of  the  "devout  'pro.selytes  fol- 
lowed Paul  and   Barnabas;    who, 
speaking  to  them,  urged  them  to 
continue  in  "the  grace  of  God. 

44  And  the  next  "sabbath  al- 
most the  whole  city  was  gathered 
together  to  hear  the  word  of  "  God. 
45  But  when  'the  Jews  saw  the 
multitudes,  they  were  filled  with 
jealousy,  and  contradicted  the 
things  which  were  spoken  by  Paul, 
and  '-'blasphemed.  46  And  Paul 
and  Barnabas  sj)ake  out  boldly,  and 
said.  It  was  necessary  that  the  word 

'  ver.  50 ;  ch.  17  4, 17 :  comp.  16. 14  ;  18.  7  <  Se« 
Mt.  23.  15  "  See  rh.  11.  23  *^  See  ver.  14  *  ver. 
50;  ch.  14.  2,  4,  5,  19 ;  see  1  Th.  2.  IB 


»Ps.  ii.7.  •  Is.  Iv.  3.  ?P8.  xvi.  m 

f  Or.  servfd  his  oicn  generation  by  the  covntm 
nf  Ood.  fell  asleep  Or, sTied  his  oicn  generation^ 
fell  asleep  by  the  cminsel  nf  Ood  »  Hab.  i.  5. 

io  Or,  ranish  atray    Jas.  4.  14. 

11  Many  ancient  authorities  read  the  Lord,       I 

IS  Or,  railed 


13.47 


THE   ACTS 


14.22 


They  arc  opposed,  "  turn  tt  the  tfentiles,"  and  are  cast  out.    At  Lystra  the  Snltitudes  wonW  do  Sacrifice  to  them 


of  God  should  "first  be  spoken  to 
you.  Seeing  ye  thrust  it  from  you, 
and  judge  yourselves  unworthy  of 
eternal  life,  lo,  *we  turn  to  the  Gen- 
tiles. 47  For  so  hath  the  Lord 
commanded  us,  saying, 

^I  have  set  thee  for  a  4ightof  the 
Gentiles, 

That  thou  shouldest  be  for  sal- 
vation unto  the  uttei'most  part 
of  the  earth. 
48  And  as  the  Gentiles  heard  this, 
they  were  glad,  and  glorified  '*the 
word  of  '■^  God :  and  as  many  as 
were  "ordained  to  eternal  life  be- 
lieved. 49  And  ''the  word  of  the 
Lord  was  spread  abroad  through- 
out all  the  region.  50  But  -^the 
Jews  urged  on  the  ^devout  women 
''of  honorable  estate,  and  the  [chief 
men  of  the  city,  and  stirred  up  a 
persecution  against  Paul  and  Bar- 
nabas, and  cast  them  out  of  their 
borders.  51  But 'they  shook  off"  the 
dust  of  their  feet  against  them, 
and  came  unto  ^Iconium.  52  And 
the  disciples  were  'filled  with  joy 
and  with  the  Holy  Spirit. 
-i  A  And  it  came  to  pass  in 
J_'Tt  *Iconium  that '"they  entered 
together  into  the  synagogue  of  the 
Jews,  and  so  spake  "that  a  great 
multitude  both  of  Jews  and  of 
*  Greeks  believed.  2  But -^ the  Jews 
that  were  ''disobedient  stirred  up 
the  souls  of  the  Gentiles,  and  made 
them  evil  affected  against  *the 
brethren.  3  Long  time  therefore 
they  tarried  there  '^  speaking  boldly 
in  the  Lord,  Avho  bare  witness  unto 
the  word  of  his  grace,  granting 
'signs  and 'wonders  to  be  done  by 
their  hands.  4  'But  the  multitude 
of  the  city  was  divided ;  and  part 
held  with  ■''the  Jews,  and  part  with 
"the  apostles.  5  And  when  there 
was  made  an  onset  both  of  the 
Gentiles  and  of  '^the  Jews  with 
their  rulers,  to  treat  them  shame- 
fully and  to  "stone  them,  6  they 
became  aware  of  it,  and  fled  unto 
the  cities  of  -^Lycaonia,  2/ Lystra 
and  'Derbe,  and  the  region  round 
about:  7  and  there  they^" preached 
the  gospel. 

8  And  at  ^Lystra  there  sat  *a 
certain  man,  impotent  in  his  feet, 
a  cripple  from  his  mother's  womb, 
who  never  had  walked.  9  The 
same  heard  Paul  speaking:  who, 
""fastening  his  eyes  upon  him,  and 

1  Is.  xlix.  fi. 

2  Many  ancient  authorities  read  tht  Lord. 

3  See  marginal  note  on  cb.  5.  42. 


"  See  ch.  3. 

26;  comp. 

ver.  5, 14  ; 

ch.  9.  20 
6  ch.  18.  6  ; 

22.  21 ;  26. 

20  ;  28.  28  ; 

comp.  li). 

9  ;  9.  15 
<^  See  Lk.  2. 

d  Comp.  ver. 

12 
f  Rom.  8. 

2S  ii'.  ; 

Eph.  1.  4f. 

U 
/ver.  4.5;  ch. 

14.  2,  4,  5, 

19 ;  see 

1  Th.  2.  16 
V  ver.  43 ; 

ch.  17. 

4,17; 

comp.  16. 

14  ;  18.  7 
fc  See  Mk. 

Y-,.  43 
i  Mt.  10.  14  ; 

comj).  ch. 

18.  6 
fcch.14.1.19, 

21 ;  16.  2; 

2  Tim.  3. 
11 

'  Comp.  ell. 

2.  4 
'"  ch.  13.  5 
"  Comp.  ch. 

2.47 
"  See  Jn.  7. 

35 ;  eomi). 

ch.  18.  4 
P  Comp.  Jn. 

3.36 
9  See  ch.  1. 

15 
'•ch.4.29f.; 

20.  32 : 

Heb.  2.  4 
'  See  Jn.  4. 

43 
<  Comp.  ch. 

17.  4  f. ;  19. 

9 ;  2S.  24 
"  ver.  4,  14 
"  Comp.  ver. 

19 
^  ver.  6,  11 
y  ver.  8,  21 ; 

ch.  16.  If.; 

2Tim.  3. 11 
^  ver.  20;  ch. 

16.  1 ;  20.  4 
"ver.  21;  ch. 

16.  10 ; 

comp.  ver. 

15 
6  cb.  3.  2 
"^  ch.  3.  4  ; 

10.4 


d  Comp.  Mt. 

9.  28 

"  ch.  3.  8 
/Comp.  ch. 

8.  10;  28.  6 
!» Dan.  2.  46 
''  Num.  14. 

6 ;  Mt.  26. 

65 ;  Mk.  14. 

63 
<  Jas.  5.  17  ; 

comp.  ch. 

10.  26 ; 
Wifsd.  7.  3 

^  cli.  13.  32  ; 

comp.  ver. 

7,  21 
'  Dt.  32. 

21 ;  1  S.  12. 

21 ;  Jer.  8. 

19;  14.22; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  8.  4 


seeing  that  he  had  **  faith  to  be 
made  whole,  10  said  with  a  loud 
voice.  Stand  upright  on  thy  feet. 
"And  he   leaped  up  and  walked. 

11  And  when  the  multitude  saw 
what  Paul  had  done,  they  lifted  up_ 
their  voice,  saying  in  the  speech  of 
■'Lycaonia,  •'The  gods  are  come 
down  to  us  in  the  likeness  of  men. 

12  And  they  called  Barnabas, 
■* Jupiter;  and  Paul,  '^Mercury,  be- 
cause he  was   the    chief    speaker. 

13  And  the  priest  of  Jupiter  whose 
temple  was  before  the  city,  brought 
oxen  and  garlands  unto  the  gates, 
and  ^  would  have  done  sacrifice  with 
the  multitudes.  14  But  when  "the 
apostles,  Barnabas  and  Paul,  heard 
of  it,  they  ''rent  their  garments,  and 
sprang  forth  among  the  multitude, 
crying  out  15  and  saying.  Sirs,  why 
do  ye  these  things  1  We  also  ai'e 
'men  of  like  ''passions  with  you, 
and  *  bring  you  good  tidings,  that 
ye  should  turn  from  these  'vain 
things  unto  a  '"living  God,  who 
"made  the  heaven  and  the  earth 
and  the  sea,  and  all  that  in  them 
is :  1 6  who  in  the  generations  gone 
by  "suffered  all  the  ''nations  to 
^walk  in  their  own  ways.  17  And 
yet  *he  left  not  himself  without 
witness,  in  that  he  did  good  and 
'■gave  you  from  heaven  rains  and 
fruitful  seasons,  filling  your  hearts 
with  food  and  gladness.  18  And 
with  these  sayings  scarce  re- 
strained they  the  multitudes  from 
doing  sacrifice  unto  them. 

19  But  there  came  "Jews  thither 
from  'Antioch  and  "Iconium:  and 
having  persuaded  the  multitudes- 
they  "stoned  Paul,  and  dragged 
him  out  of  the  city,  supposing  that 
he  was  dead.  20  But  as  Hhe  disci- 
ples stood  round  about  hirn,  he  rose 
up,  and  entered  into  the  city  :  and 
on  the  morrow  he  went  forth  with 
Barnabas  to  2' Derbe.  21  And  when 
they  had  *^  preached  the  gospel  ta 
that  city,  and  had  "made  many  dis^ 
ciples,  they  returned  to  ^  Lystra, 
and  to  "Iconium,  and  to  *Antioch, 
22  confirming  the  souls  of  *the  dis- 

"*  See  Mt.  16.  16  "  Ex.  20.  11 ;  Ps.  146.  6  ;  Rev.  14, 
7;  comp.  ch.  4.  24;  17.  24  "Comp.  ch.  17.  M 
''  Comp.  Mic.  4.  5  :  Ps.  81.  12  «  Comp.  ch.  17.  26  f . ; 
Rom.  1.  19  f.  >•  Dt.  11. 14  ;  Job  5.  10 ;  Ps.  65.  10  f. ; 
Ezek.  34.  26  f.  ;  Joel  2.  23  »  ch.  13.  45  '  See  ch. 
13.  14 ;  ver.  21 ;  comp.  ver.  26  "  See  ch.  13.  51 ; 
ver.  1,  19,  21  "  Comp.  ver.  5  ;  2  Cor.  11.  25 ;  2  Tim 
3. 11  ^  See  ch.  11.  26  ;  ver.  22,  28  *  See  ver.  6 
-  ver.  7    "  See  cb.  2.  47    i>  See  ver.  6 


<  Gr.  Zens.       5  Gr.  Hermes.       6  Qr,  nature 

7  Or,  Gentiles    See  ch.  4.  25. 

i  Qi.  brought  the  q&od  tidings.    Comp.ch.S.  42. 


14.23 


THE   ACTS 


15.21 


HMtile  Jews  caase  Paul  to  be  stoned.    The  DepDtation  to  Jerusalem  and  Conferenre.    James  gives  Jodgmriit 


ciples,  exhorting  them  to  continue 
in  "the  t'nith,  and  that  'througli 
many  tribulations  we  must  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  God.  23  And 
when  ""they  had  ajjpointed  for  them 
•'elders  in  eveiy  ehui'ch,  and  hiid 
■■prayed  with  fasting,  tliey  •'com- 
mended them  to  tlie  Lord,  on  whom 
they  had  beUeved.  l' 4  And  they 
pa.ssed  tln-ough  ^Pisidia,  and  came 
to^Pamphyiia.  25  And  when  they 
had  si)oken  the  word  in  'Perga,  tliey 
went  down  to  AttaHa;  '26  and 
thence  they  sailed  to*Antioch,  from 
'whence  they  had  been  "'committed 
to  the  grace  of  God  for  the  work 
which  they  had  fulfilled.  27  And 
when  they  were  come,  and  had 
gathered  the  church  together,  they 
"rehear.sed  all  things  that  God  had 
done  with  them,  and  that  he  had 
opened  a  "door  of  faitli  unto  the 
Gentiles.  2H  And  they  tarried  no 
little  time  with  -''the  disciples. 

1^  And  '^certain  men  came 
fj  down  from  Judiea  and  taught 
''the  brethren,  myinri.  Except  ye  be 
'circumcised  after  'the  custom  of 
Moses,  ye  cannot  be  saved.  2  And 
when  Paul  and  Barnabas  had  no 
small  dissension  anrl  "questioning 
with  them,  "the  hrethren  appointed 
that  Paul  and  Barnabas,  and  cer- 
tain other  of  them,  should  go  up 
to  Jerusalem  unto  the  •''apostles 
and  elders  about  this  question.  3 
They  therefore,  being  ^Drought  oti 
their  way  by  the  church,  passed 
through  botli  *  Phoniicia  and  tSa- 
maria,  "declaring  the  conversion  of 
the  Geiitiles :  and  they  caused  great 
joy  unto  all  ""the  brethren.  4  And 
when  they  were  come  to  .Jerusalem, 
they  were  received  of  the  church 
ana  'tiie  apostles  and  the  elders, 
and  they  "  rehearsed  all  things  that 
God  had  done  with  them.  5  But 
there  rose  up  certain  of  ''the  sect  of 
the  "Pharisees  who  belie_ved,  say- 
ing. It  is  needful  to  'circumcise 
them,  and  to  charge  them  to  keep 
the  law  of  Moses. 

6  And  •'the  apostles  and  the 
elders  were  gathered  togetjier  to 
consider  of  this  matter.  7  And 
when  there  had  been  much  "ques- 
tioning, Peter  rose  up,  and  said 
unto  them, 

Brethren,  ye  know  that  '  a  good 
while  ago  ''Gcxl  made  choice  among 
you,  that  by  my  mouth  the  Gentiles 
should  hear  the  word  of  ""the  -gos- 
pel, and  believe.     8  i\.nd  God.-'who 

1  Or.  from  early  days.        *  Or,  good  Udingt 


"Seech.  6.7 
bju.  16.  33; 

1  Th.  3.  3  , 

2  Tim.  3. 
12 ;  comp. 
Mk.  10.  3U, 
Jn.  15.  1«, 
20:  1  Pet. 
2.  21 ;  Rev. 

1.  'J ;  and 
ch.  9.  Itj 

<^ait.  1.5; 

coiiip. 

2  Cor.  8.  19 
•'  See  cli.  11. 

30 
•cli.  13.  3; 

comp.  1.  24 
/cli.  20.  32 
»ch.  13.  14 
''  See  cli.  13. 

13 
'  ch.  1.V13 
*  See  ch.  11. 

19 
'  ch.  13.  3 
'"  ch.  15.  40  ; 

see  ch.  11. 

23 
"  ch.  15.  4  ; 

comp.  ch. 

15.  3.  12 ; 

21.  W 

"  1  Cor.  16. 
9 ;  2  Cor. 

2.  12  ;  Col. 
4.  3;  Rev. 

P  See  ch.  11. 

26 ;  ver.  20, 

22 
1  ver.  24 
'  See  ch.  1. 

15 ;  ver.  3, 

22.  32 

'  ver.  5 ; 

Gal.5.  2f. ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  7. 

18 ;  Gal.  2. 

11,14 
'  Seech. 6. 14 
"  ver.  2,  7 
"  Comp. 

Gal.  2.  2 
•^  ver.  4, 6,22, 

23 ;  ch.  16. 

4  ;  see  ch. 

11.30 
y  ch.  20.  33  ; 

21.5; 

Rotu.  15. 

24  ;  comp. 

ICor.  16.  6, 

ll;2Cor.  1. 

16 ;  Tit.  3. 

13  ;  3  .In.  6 
-  See  ch.  11. 

19 
"  Comp.  ch. 

14.  27  ;  ver. 

4,12 
*•  Comp.  ch. 

5.17;  24.5, 

14  ;  26.  5 ; 
28.  22 

'  Se'e''Mt.  3. 

7 ;  comp. 

ch.  26.  5 
>*  Comp.  ch. 

10.  l;i  f. 
'  ch.  20.  24 
/Seech.  1.24 


'■'  Pee  ch.  10. 
47 

*  Comp.  ch. 
10.  28,  34  ; 
11.12 

'  ch.  10.  43 

*  Comp.  ch. 
5.  9 

'  Comp.  Mt. 
23.  4  ;  Gal. 
5.1 

139 


knoweth  the  heart,  bare  them  wit- 
ness, -'giving  them  the  Holy  Spirit, 
even  as  he  did  unto  us;  9  and  ''he 
made  no  flistinction  between  us  and 
them,  'cleansing  their  hearts  by 
faith.  10  Now  therefore  whj' 
^make  ye  trial  of  God,  that  ye 
should  put  a  yoke  upon  the  neck 
of  the  disciples  which  'neithei'  our 
fathers  nor  we  were  able  to  bear'? 
1 1  But  we  believe  that  we  shall  be 
.saved  through  '"the  grace  of  the 
Lord  .lesus,  in  like  manner  as  they. 

12  And  all  the  multitude  kept 
silence;  and  they  hearkened  unto 
liarnabas  and  Paul  "rehe^irsing 
what  "signs  and  "wonders  God 
had  wrought  among  the  Gentiles 
through  them.  13  And  after  they 
had  held  their  peace,  "James  an- 
swered, saying. 

Brethren,  hearken  unto  me:  14 
''Symeon  hath  rehear.sed  how  first 
God  visited  the  ^Gentiles,  to  take 
out  of  them  a  people  for  his  name. 

15  And  to  this  agree  the  words  of 
•'the  prophets;  as  it  is  written, 

16  •'After    these    things    ""I    will 

return, 
And    I    will    build    a.gain    the 

tabernacle   of    David,    which 

is  fallen  ; 
And    I    will    build   again    the 

ruins  thereof. 
And  I  will  set  it  ujd: 

17  That  the  residue  of  men  may 

seek  after  the  Lord, 
And  all   the  ^Gentiles,   'upon 
whom  my  name  is  callecf. 

18  Saith  the  Lord,  ^  who  'niaketh 

these  things  known  from  of 
old. 

19  Wherefore  "my  judgment  is, 
that  we  trouble  not  them  that 
from  among  the  Gentiles  turn  to 
God  ;  20  but  that  we  "write  unto 
them,  that  they  abstain  from  the 
"pollutions  of  idols,  and  from 
fornication,  and  from  'what  is 
strangled,  and  from  blood.  21  For 
"  Mo.ses  from  generations  of  old 
hath  in  every  city  them  that  preach 

"'  Rom.  5.  15 ;  comp.  3.  24  ;  2  Cor.  13  14  ;  Eph.  2. 
.-►-8  "  See  .In.  4.  48  "  S<'e  ch.  12.  17  »- 2  Pet.  1.1 
mare.  ;  comp.  ver.  7  ''  Comp.  cli.  13.  40  "■  Comp. 
.ler.  12.  15  '  .las.  2.  7  marg.  ;  Sept.  of  I)t.  28.  10 ; 
Is.  03.  19  ;  .Ter.  14.  !l ;  Dan.  9.  19,  ic.  '  Is,  45.  2t 
"  Comp.  ver.  28  ;  ch,  21,  25  •'  ver.  29 :  comp.  Dau. 
1.  8  ;  Tob.  1.  10  f .  :  Wisd.  14.  26  f .  ;  1  Cor.  8.  7-13  ; 
10.  7  f,  14-28  ;  Rev.  2.  14,  20  '  Gen,  9.  4  ;  Lev.  3. 
17  ;  7.  26 ;  17.  10,  14  :  19.  26 ;  Dt.  12.  16,  2J ;  18.  23,- 
1  S.  14,  33    "  ch,  13.  15  ;  2  Cor.  3.  14  f. 


3  See  raarpinal  note  on  ch.  4,  25. 

4  Am,  ix.  11,  12. 

s  Or,  trho  doeth  these  Ihinris  which  were  knoicn 
itc.  *  Or,  enjoin  them 


15. 


THE   ACTS 


16.9 


Depatatiou  and  Letter  to  Autioch.    Its  Reception.    Paul  and  Barnabas  disagree  about  Mark.    Paul  chooses  Timothy 


him,  being  read  in  the  synagogues 
every  sabbath. 

22  Then  it  seemed  good  to  "the 
apostles  and  the  elders,  with  the 
whole  church,  to  choose  men  out 
of  their  company,  and  send  them 
to  ''  Antioch  with  Paul  and  Barna- 
bas ;  namelii,  Judas  called  Barsab- 
bas,  and  ''Silas,  chief  men  among 
''the  brethren:  23  and  they  wrote 
thus,  by  them,  ^"The  apostles  and 
the  elders,  brethren,  unto  ''the 
brethren  who  are  of  the  Gentiles 
in  *  Antioch  and  "  Syria  and  ^  Cili- 
cia,  -'greeting:  24  Forasmuch  as 
we  have  heard  that  ''  certain  '  who 
went  out  from  us  have  'troubled 
you  with  words,  subverting  your 
souls ;  to  whom  we  gave  no  com- 
mandment;  25  *it  seemed  good 
unto  us,  having  come  to  one  accord, 
to  choose  out  men  and  send  them 
unto  you  with  our  beloved  Bar- 
nabas and  Paul,  26  men  that  have 
*  hazarded  then-  lives  for  the  name 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  27  We 
have  sent  therefore  '"Judas  and 
"  Silas,  who  themselves  also  shall 
tell  you  the  same  things  by  word 
of  mouth.  28  For  *it  seemed  good 
to  "  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  to  ^  us,  to 
lay  upon  you  no  greater  burden 
than  these  necessary  things :  29 
that  ye  abstain  from  '^  things  sac- 
rificed to  idols,  and  from  'blood, 
and  from  ''things  strangled,  and 
from  ''  fornication ;  from  which 
if  ye  keep  yourselves,  it  shall  be 
well  with  you.     Fare  ye  well. 

30  So  they,  when  they  were  dis- 
missed, *  came  down  to  Antioch  ; 
and  having  gathered  the  multitude 
together,  they  delivered  the  epistle. 

31  And  when  they  had  read  it, 
they  reioiced  for  the  ^  consolation. 

32  And  '"Judas  and  "Silas,  being 
themselves  also  "prophets,  ''ex- 
horted ''the  brethren  with  many 
words,  and  confirmed  them.  33 
And  after  they  had  spent  some 
time  there,  they  were  dismissed 
"in  peace  from  the  brethren  unto 
those  that  had  "sent  them  forth.'' 
3.5  But  ""Paul  and  Barnabas  tar- 
ried in  Antioch,  teaching  and 
*^  preaching  Hhe  word  of  the  Lord, 
with  many  others  also. 

36  And  after  some  days  Paul 
said  unto  Barnabas,  Let  us  I'eturn 

1  Or,  Th"  ajioHles  andthi'  elder  hrethrfn 

2  So'ue  ancient  authorities  omit  who  icen/  nvt. 

3  Or,  exkorlation  *  Or,  comforted 

6  Some  ancient  authorities  insert,  with  varia- 
tions, ver.  34  Bnt  it  seemed  good  uvto  Silas  to 
abide  there.      ^  Comp.  margiiial  note  on  ch.  5.  42. 


"  See  ver.  2 
*>  See  ch.  11. 

20  (not  13. 

14,  &c.) 
<=  ver.  27,  32, 

40 ;  ch.  16. 

l!l,  25,  2a  ; 

n.  4,  Ul, 

14  f.  ;  18.5; 

comp. 

2  Cur.  1.19; 

1  Th.  1.  1  ; 

2Th.  1.  1; 

1  Pet.  5. 12 
«'  See  ver.  1 
'  See  Mt.  4. 

24  ;  comp. 

ver.  41 ; 

Gal.  1.  21 
/  See  ch.  6.9 
'J  ch.  23.  26  ; 

Jas.  1.1; 

comp. 

2  Ju.  10  f . 
''  ver.  1 

■  Gal.  1.  7  ; 

5.  10 
k  ver.  28 
'  ch.  9. 

23  if. ;  14. 19 
'"  ver.  22,  32 
"  See  ver.  22 
"  ver.  8 ; 

comp.  ch. 

.5.32 
fi  ver.  19,  25 
9  ver.  20 
>"  ver.  20 
•'  ver.  22  f . 
<  Seech. 13.1 
«  Mk.  5.  34  ; 

ch.  16.  36  ; 

1  Cor.  16. 

11 ;  comp. 

Heb.  11.  31 
"  ver.  22 
■'^  cli.  12.  25 
V  See  ch.  8. 4 
'  See  ch.  13. 

12 


"  ch.  13.  4, 

13,  14.  .'il ; 

14.  6,  24  f. 
!>  See  ch.  12. 

12 
<^  See  ch.  13. 

13 
d  Col.  4.  10  ; 

see  ch.  12. 

12  ;  ver.  37 
"  See  ch.  4. 

36 
/  See  ver.  22 
"  ch.  14.  26  ; 

see  ch.  11. 

23 
''  See  Mt.  4. 

24 ;  comp. 

vor.  23 
'Seech.  6.9 
k  See  ch.  14. 

6 
'  ch.  17. 

14  f. :  IS. 

5  ;  19.  22  ; 

20.  4;  Rom. 

16.  21 ; 

1  Cor.  4. 
17  :  16.  in  ; 

2  Cor.  1.  1, 
19 ;  Phil.  1. 
1  ;  2.  19  ; 
Col.  1.1; 

1  Th.  1. 1 ; 
3.  2,  6; 
2Th.l.  1; 
1  Tim.  1. 
2,  18  :  6. 
20  :  2  Tim. 
1.  2; 

Pliilem.  1 ; 
Heb.  13.  23 
"'  2  Tim.  1. 
5 ;  3.  15 

U9 


now  and  visit  the  brethren  in 
"  every  city  wherein  we  proclaimed 
-  the  word  of  the  Lord,  and  see  how 
they  fare.  37  And  Barnabas  was 
minded  to  take  with  them  *John 
also,  who  was  called  Mark.  38  But 
Paul  thought  not  good  to  take  with 
them  him  who  "withdrew  from 
them  from  Pamphylia,  and  went 
not  with  them  to  the  work.  39 
And  there  arose  a  sharp  contention, 
so  that  they  parted  asunder  one 
from  the  other,  and  Barnabas  took 
''  Mark  with  him,  and  sailed  away 
unto  "  Cyprus :  40  but  Paul  chose 
•'Silas,  and  went  forth,  being  ^com- 
mended by  the  brethren  to  the 
grace  of  the  Lord.  41  And  he 
went  through  ''  Syria  and  '  Cilicia, 
confirming  the  churches. 
■i  /^  And  he  came  also  to 
i  O  *  Derbe  and  to  *  Lystra  : 
and  behold,  a  certain  disciple  was 
there,  named  'Timothy,  the  son 
of  '"  a  Jewess  that  believed ;  but  his 
father  was  a  Greek.  2  The  same 
was  well  reported  of  by  "the  breth- 
ren that  were  at  *  Lystra  and  "  Ico- 
nium.  3  Him  would  Paul  have  to 
go  forth  with  him ;  and  he  ^  took 
and  circumcised  him  because  of 
the  Jews  that  were  in  those  parts  : 
for  they  all  knew  that  his  father 
was  a  Greek.  4  And  as  they  went 
on  their_  way  through  the  cities, 
they  delivered  them  *the  decrees 
to  keep  which  had  been  ordained 
of  ""the  apostles  and  *  elders  that 
were  at  Jerusalem.  5  So  'the 
churches  were  strengthened  'in 
the  faith,  and  "increased  in  num- 
ber daily. 

6  And  they  went  through  ®the 
region  of  "Phrygia  and  ^Galatia, 
having  been  forbidden  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  to  speak  the  word  in  *  Asia  ; 
7  and  when  they  were  come  over 
against  'Mysia,  they  assayed  to  go 
into  "  Bithynia ;  and  the  *  Spirit  of 
Jesus  suffered  them  not ;  8  and 
passing  by  ^  Mysia,  they  came 
down  to  "  Troas.  9  And  "^  a  vision 
appeared  to  Paul  in  the  night : 
There  was  a  man    of  '^  Macedonia 

"  ver.  40  "  See  ch.  13.  51  p  Comp.  Gal.  2.  3  «  ch. 
15.  23  f .  "-  See  ch.  15.  2  "  See  ch.  11.  30  '  Comp. 
rh.  9.  31  "  See  ch.  2.  47  "  ch.  2.  10  ;  18.  23  '•  ch. 
11.23;  ICor.  16.  1:  Gal.  1.  2 ;  3.  1 ;  2  Tim.  4.  10; 
1  Pet.  1.  1  'J  See  ch.  2.  9  -  ver.  8  "1  Pet.  1.  1 
'■  Lk.  24,  49  ;   Rom.  8.  9 ;  Gal.  4.  6 ;   Phil.  1.  19  ■ 

1  Pet.  1.  11 ;  comp.  oh.  8.  29    <'  ver.  11  ;  ch.  20.  5  f.; 

2  Cor.  2.  12  ;  2  Tim.  4.  13  d  See  ch.  9.  10  "  ver.  10, 
12  ;  ch.  18.  5  ;  19.  21  f .  29 ;  20.  1,  3 ;  27.  2  ;  see  Rom. 
15.  26 


7  Or,  in  faith 

8  Or,  Pkrygia  and  the  region  of  Galatia 


16.10 


THE  ACTS 


16.37 


Paul  at  Pbilippi.    Lydia.    The  Softthsaung  Maid  exorcised.    Paol  and  Silas  beatrii  and  ioiprlsoned.    The  Jailor  beromrs  a 


Standing,  beseeching  him,  and 
saying,  C'ome  over  into  Macedonia, 
and  help  us.  10  And  when  he 
had  seen  "  the  vision,  straightway 
*  we  sought  to  go  foith  into  Mace- 
donia, concluding  that  Ciod  had 
called  us  to  * '  preach  the  gospel 
unto  them. 

1 1  iSetting  sail  therefore  from 
'' Troas,  we  made  'a  siraigiit  course 
to  Samothrace,  and  the  day  fol- 
lowing to  Neapolis;  lii  and  from 
thence  to  ■'Philii)pi,  which  is  a  city 
of  ^Macedonia,  the  first  of  the  dis- 
trict, ''a  Jfoman  colony:  and  \yc 
were  in  this  city  tarrying  certain 
days.  13  And_  on  'the  sabbath 
day  we  went  forth  without  the 
gate  by  a  river  side,  "  where  we 
supposed  tliere  was  a  place  of 
prayer ;  and  we  sat  down,  and 
spake  unto  the  women  that  were 
come  together.  14  And  a  certain 
woman  named  Lydia,  a  seller  of 
purple,  of  the  city  of  ^  Thyatira. 
'one  that  worsliipned  God,  heard 
us:  "whose  heart  tlie  Lord  openefl 
to  give  heed  unto  the  things  which 
were  spoken  by  Paul.  15  And 
when  she  was  baptized,  and  "her 
household,  she  besought  us,  say- 
ing. If  ye  liave  judged  me  to  be 
faithful  to  the  Lord,  come  into  my 
house,  and  abide  the-re.  And  she 
constrained  us. 

16  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  we 
were  going  to/  the  place  of  prayer, 
that  a  certain  maid  liaving  ^''a 
spirit  of  divination  met  us,  who 
brought  her  masters  much  gain  by 
soothsaying.  17  The  same  follow- 
ing after  Paul  and  us  cried  out, 
saying.  These  men  are  "*  servants 
of  *the  Most  High  God,  who  pro- 
claim unto  you  *  the  way  of  salva- 
tion. 18  And  this  she  did  for 
many  dtays.  But  Paul,  being  sore 
troubled,  turned  and  said  to  the 
spirit,  I  charge  thee  ""in  the  name 
oi  Jesus  Christ  to  come  out  of 
her.  And  it  came  out  that  very 
hour. 

19  Rut  when  her  masters  saw 
that  the  hope  of  their  "gain  was 
*gone,  they  laid  hold  on  'Paul 
and  Silas,  and  "dragged  them  into 
the  marketplace  before  the  rulers, 
20  and  when  they  had  brought 
them  unto  the  ''magistrates,  they 
said,   These  men,  being  Jews,   do 

1  6r.  bring  the  (jnod  tuiingi>.    Seo  ch.  5.  42. 

2  Many  authorities  reati  uhfre  va^  xcont  to  be 
ice.  ■•  Gr.  n  spirit,  n  Pijthon. 

*Qt.  bondservants.    sOr,  (iirnv   ^  dr.  comeoul. 
7  Gr.  prcetors  :  comp.  ver.  22.  X>,  36,  38. 


"  See  ch.  9. 

Ill 
I-  ('•we")fh. 

16.  H)-17  ; 

■M.  .i-15 ;  21. 

1-1S;27. 

1-26.  Iti 
'  See  ch.  14. 

d  ver.  8  ;  cU. 

2.1.  5  f .  ; 

2Cor.2. 12; 

2  Tim.  4. 13 
'■<:h.21.  1 
J  <;li.  2U.  (i ; 

Phil.  1.  1 ; 

1  Th.  2.  2 
«  ver.  >J,  10 ; 

ch.  18.  5; 
1!).  21  f.  29 ; 
2U.  1,3;  27. 

2  :  Bee 
Kom.15.  26 

h  Comp. 

ver.  21 
■  See  ch.  13. 

14 
*Rev.  Ml; 

2.  IS,  24 

I  ch.  18.  7  ; 

comp.  13. 43 
'"  Comp.  Lk. 

24.  40 
«  Sco  ch.  11. 

!4 
"  rnr.  13 
•''  Comp. 

Lev.  19. 

31  ;  20.  6. 

27  ;  Pt.  18. 

11 :  1  S.  23. 

3,  7  :  2  K. 
21.  6; 

1  Chr.  10. 

13;  Is.  8. 19 
9  See  Mk.  5. 

7 
'"  Comp. 

Mk.  16.  17 
'  ver.  16  ; 

comp.  ch. 

19.  2.3  f . 
(ch.lj.  40; 

ver.  2j,  2 ) ; 

comp.  ch. 

1.5.  22 
"  Comp.  ch. 

17.61;  21. 

30 ;  .las.  2. 

6 ;  ch.  8.  3 


"  Comp. 

Esth.  3.  8 
^  ver.  12 
V  2  Cor.  11. 

2.5 ;  comp. 

1  Ih.  2.  2 
'  ver.  27,  36 
<■  Job  13.  27  ; 

33.  n ;  Jer. 

20.  2  f.;  29. 

26 

*  Pee  ver.  19 
'  Seo  Eph. 

,■■).  11 
tl  Comp.  ch. 
4.  31 

•  See  ch.  12. 
10 

/Comp.  ch. 

12.  7 
"  Comp.  ch. 

12.  19 
A  Comp.  ch. 

2.  37  ;  22.  10 
'  Comp. 

Mk.  16.  16 
tSee  ch.ll. 

14  ;  ver.  l.'> 
'  ver.  2.5 
"•  See  ch.  11. 

14 ;  ver.  15 
"  See  ch.  15. 

33 

141 


exceedingly  trouble  our  city,  21 
and  'set  forth  customs  whicli  it  is 
not  lawful  for  us  to  receive,  or  to 
observe,  being  •'^Komans.  22  And 
the  multitude  rose  uj)  together 
against  them:  and  tlie  "magis- 
trates rent  their  garments  ofJ 
them,  and  commanded  to  ''lieat 
them  with  rods.  23  And  when 
they  had  laid  many  stripes  upon 
them,  they  cast  I  hem  into  pri.son, 
charging  Hhe  jailor  to  keep  them 
safely  :  24  w  ho,  having  rec-eived 
such  a  chai-ge,  cast  them  into  the 
inner  prison,  and  made  their  feet 
fast  in  "the  stocks.  25  Rut  about 
midnight  ''Paul  and  Silas  were 
praying  and  "singing  hymns  unto 
God,  and  the  prisoners  were  lis- 
tening to  them  ;  26  and  suddenly 
''there  was  a  great  earthquake, 
so  that  the  foundations  of  the 
prison-house  were  shaken  :  and 
immediately  'all  the  doors  were 
opened  ;  and  cverj-  ones  •''bands 
were  loosed.  27  And  ^the  jailor, 
lieing  roused  out  of  sleep  and  see- 
ing the  prison  doors  open,  drew 
his  sword  and  was  about  ^to  kill 
himself,  supposing  that  the  pris- 
oners had  escaped.  28  Rut  Paul 
cried  with  a  loud  voice,  saying. 
Do  thyself  no  harm  :  for  avc  are  all 
here.  29  And  he  called  for  lights 
and  sprang  in,  and,  trembling 
for  fear,  fell  down  before  'Paul 
and  Silas,  30  and  brought  them 
out  and  said.  Sirs,  ''what  must  I 
do  to  be  saved  1  31  And  they  said. 
'Relieve  on  the  Lord  Jesus,  ana 
thou  shalt  be  saA^ed,  thou  and  *thy 
house.  32  And  they  spake  the 
word  of  ®  the  Lord  unto  him,  w^th 
all  that  were  in  liis  house.  33  And 
he  took  them  '  the  same  hour  of  the 
night,  and  washed  their  stripes ; 
and  was  baptized,  he  and  all  his, 
immediately.  34  And  he  brought 
them  up  into  his  house,  and  .set 
"food  before  them,  and  rejoiced 
greatly,  with  '"all  his  house,  '"hav- 
ingbelicvcd  in  God. 

35  Rut  when  it  was  day,  the 
''magistrates  .sent  the  ".serjeants. 
.saying.  Let  tliose  men  go.  .36  And 
'the  jailor  reported  the  words  to 
Paul,  nat/inr/,  Tlie  ^magistrates  have 
sent  to  let  you  go:  now  therefore 
come  forth,  and  go  "in  peace.  37 
But  Paul  said  unto  them,  They  have 
beaten  us  publicly,  uncondemned, 

>  Some  ancient  authorities  read  Ood. 
9  Or.  a  table.  m  Or,  /taring  believed  Ood 

n  Gr.  lictors. 


16.38 


THE  ACTS 


17.23 


Believer  and  the  Magistrates  sappliant.    Paol  and  Silas  at  TLessalonica  and  at  Beroea.    Paal  at  itbens.    Paul's  Speech 


"men  that  are  Romans,  and  have 
cast  us  into  prison  ;  and  do  they 
now  cast  us  out  privily  1  nay  veiiiy ; 
but  let  them  come  themselves  and 
bring  us  out.  38  And  the  ^Ser- 
jeants reported  these  words  unto 
the  -  magistrates :  and  *  they  feared 
when  tiiey  heard  that  they  were 
Romans ;  39  and  they  came  and 
besought  them ;  and  when  they 
had  brought  them  out,  they  asked 
them  '-■  to  go  away  from  the  city. 
40  And  they  went  out  of  the 
prison,  and  entered  into  the  house 
of  '^  Lydia :  and  when  they  had  seen 
*the  brethren,  they  '^  comforted 
them,  and  departed. 
■^  f^  Now  when  they  had  passed 
X  I  through  Amphipolis  and 
Apollonia,  they  came  to  •''Thessa- 
lonica,  where  was  a  synagogue  of 
the  Jews:  2  and  Paul,  ^as  his  cus- 
tom was,  went  in  unto  them,  and 
for  three  ^''sabbath  days  reasoned 
with    them    from  'the  scriptures, 

3  opening  and  alleging  that ''  it  be- 
hooved the  Christ  to  suffer,  and  '  to 
rise  again  from  the  dead  ;  and  that 
"*this  Jesus,  -whova,  said  he,  1  pro- 
claim   unto    you,    is    the    Christ. 

4  "And  some  of  them  were  per- 
suaded, and  consorted  with  "Paul 
and  Silas;  and  of  the  ■''devout 
« Greeks  a  great  multitude,  and  of 
the  *■  chief  women  not  a  few.  5  But 
'the  Jews,  being  moved  with  jeal- 
ousy, took  unto  them  certain  vile 
fellows  of  the  rabble,  and  gather- 
ing a  crowd,  set  the  city  on  an 
uproar ;  and  assaulting  the  house 
of  *,Jason,  they  sought  to  bring 
them  forth  to  the  people.  6  And 
vv^hen  they  found  them  not,  they 
"  dragged  .Jason  and  certain  breth- 
ren before  the  rulers  of  the  city, 
crying.  These  that  have  turned 
^ "  the  world  upside  down  are  come 
hither  also;  7  whom  Jason  ""hath 
received:  and  these  all  act  ^con- 
trary to  the  decrees  of  Caesar,  say- 
ing that  there  is  another  king,  one 
Jesus.  8  And  they  troubled  the 
multitude  and  the  rulers  of  the 
city,  when  they  heard  these  things. 
9  And  when  they  had  taken  secu- 
rity from  '  Jason  and  the  rest,  they 
let  them  go. 

10  And  "the  brethren  irnmedi- 
ately  sent  away  *  Paul  and  Silas  by 
night  unto "  Beroea :  who  when  they 
were  come  thither  went  into  ''the 

1  Gr.  Hctors.  *  Gr.  prwlors.    See  ver.  20. 

8  Or,  erhorlpd  *  Or,  weeks 

6  Gr.  the  inhabited  earth. 


"  ch.  22.  25- 

b  ch.  22.  29 
■^  Coiiip.  ilt. 

8.  a4 

d  ver.  14 

'  ver.  2  ;  see 

ch.  1.  15 
/ver.  11,  13; 

ch.  27.  2  ; 

Phil.  4.  16 ; 

2  Tim.  4. 

10  ;  comp. 

ch.  20.  4 ; 

1  Th.  1.  1 ; 

2Th.  1.  1 
«  See  ch.  9. 

20  ;  ver.  10, 

17 
A  See  ch.  13. 

14 
'  See  ch.  8. 

35 
«;  See  ch.  3. 

IS 
I  Jn.  20.  9 
™ch.  9.  22; 

18.  5,  28 
"  See  ch.  14. 

4 
"  ver.  10;  ch. 

15.  40 ;  see 
ch.  15.  22  ; 
ver.  14  f . 

P  ver. 17  ; 

see  ch.  13. 

43 
«  See  Jn.  7. 

35 
»■  ch.  13.  50 
'^  ver.  13 ; 

see  1  Th. 

2.  16 
«ver.  6,7,9; 

Rom.  16. 

21(?) 
"  Comp.  ch. 

16.  19  f . 
"  ver.  31 ; 

see  Mt.  24. 

14 
"  Comp.  Lk. 

10. 38 ;  Jas. 

2.  25 
-"  See  Lk.  23. 

2 
"  See  ver.  5 
"  ver.  6, 

14  f .  ;  see 

ch.  1.  15 
b  See  ver.  4 
'^  ver.  13;  ch. 

20.  4 
d  See  ver.  2 


''  See  ver.  1 
/  See  ch.  2. 

47 
f  ch.  13.  50 
''SeeMk.15. 

43 
>  ver.  4,  10  ; 

see  ch.  15. 

22 
'•  ch.  16.  1 
'  Comp.  ch. 

15.  3 
™  ver.  16, 

21  f .  ;  ch. 

18.  l;lTh. 

3.  1 
"  See  ver.  14 
o  ch.  18.  5 
P  See  eh.  9. 

20 ;  comp. 

ver.  2 
9  See  ver.  4 
*"  Comp. 

1  Cor.  4. 
10;  1.  20 

*  See  ch.  4. 

2  ;  ver.  31  f. 
'  Comp.  ch. 

23.19 
"  ver.  22 


synagogue  of  the  Jews.  11  Now 
these  were  more  noble  than  those 
in  "  Thessalonica,  in  that  they  re- 
ceived the  word  with  all  readiness 
of  mixid,  examining  the  scriptures 
daily,  whether  these  things  were 
so.  12  •'Many  of  them  therefore 
believed  ;  also  of  the  Greek  "  women 
''of  honorable  estate,  and  of  men, 
not  a  few.  13  But  when  the  Jews 
of  "Thessalonica  had  knowledge 
that  the  word  of  God  was  pro- 
claimed of  Paul  at  "  Beroea  also, 
they  came  thither  likewise,  stirring 
up  and  troubling  the  multitudes. 

14  And  then  immediately  "the 
brethren  sent  forth  Paul  to  go  as 
far  as  to  the  sea:  and  *  Silas  and 
^  Timothy  abode  there  still.  1 5  But 
'they  that  conducted  Paul  brought 
him  as  far  as  '"  Athens :  and  receiv- 
ing a  commandment  unto  "  Silas 
and  Timothy  that  they  should 
"  come  to  him  with  all  speed,  they 
departed. 

16  Now  while  Paul  waited  for 
them  at  ™  Athens,  his  spirit  was 
provoked  within  him  as  he  beheld 
the  city  full  of  idols.  17  So  he 
reasoned  *in  the  synagogue  with 
the  Jews  and  the  « devout  persons, 
and  in  the  marketplace  every  day 
with  them  that  met  him.  18  And 
certain  also  of  the  Epicurean  and 
Stoic  philosophers  encountered 
him.  And  some  said,  What  Avould 
"■  this  babbler  say?  others.  He  seem- 
eth  to  be  a  setter  forth  of  '^  strange 
"  gods :  because  he  **  preached  *  Jesus 
and  the  resurrection.  1 9  And  they 
'took  hold  of  him,  and  brought 
him  *'unto  ^°"the  Areopagus,  say- 
ing. May  we  know  what  "this  new 
teaching  is,  which  is  spoken  by 
thee"?  20  For  thou  bringest  cer- 
tain strange  things  to  our  ears :  we 
would  know  therefore  what  these 
things  mean.  21  (Now  all  the 
Athenians  and  the  strangers  ^so- 
journing there  ^^  spent  their  time  in 
nothing  else,  but  either  to  tell  or 
to  hear  some  new  thing.)  22  And 
Paul  stood  in  the  midst  of  the 
Areopagus,  and  said. 

Ye  men  of  2/ Athens,  in  all  things 
I  perceive  that  ye  are  ^^  very  '  reli- 
gious.    23  For  as  I  passed  along, 

"  Comp.  Mk.  1.  27     *  Comp.  ch.  2. 10     »  See  ver. 

15  "  Comp.  ch.  25.  19 


<li2 


6  Or,  foreiqn  divinities  "  Gr.  di"mor,s. 

s  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  5. 42.    9  Or.  before 

10  Or,  the  hill  of  Mars 

11  Or,  had  leisure  for  nothing  else 
I*  Or,  somewhat  superstitious 


17.24 


THE   ACTS 


18.16 


its  EHect.    Paul  at  Corinth.    Treachcs  iu  the  .Syjutgogae.    Breaks  witli  the  Jews.    Faal  is  brought  before  Callio 


and  observed  the  "objects  of  your 
worship,  I  found  also  an  nltar  with 
this  inscription.  To  an  I  nknowx 
God.  W  Jial  llurefore  'yi;  worship 
in  ignorance,  thi.s  i  set  forth  unto 
you.  24  'The  God  that  made  the 
world  and  all  things  tlierein,  he, 
being  "^  Lord  of  heaven  and  earth, 
'dweileth  not  in  'temples  made 
with  hands  ;  25  neither  is  he  served 
by  men's  hands,  ■'as  though  he 
n-eded  anything,  seeing  he  himself 
giveth  to  all  life,  and  breath,  and 
all  things  ;  2G  and  '  he  made  of  one 
every  naticwi  of  men  to  dwell  on  all 
the  face  of  the  earth,  having  "de- 
termined their  api)ointecl  seasons, 
and  the  bounds  of  tlieir  habitation  ; 
:^7  that  they  should  seek  God,  if 
hapl.y  they  might  feel  after  him 
and  find  nim,  'though  he  is  not 
far  from  each  one  of  us:  28  for  *in 
him  we  live,  and  move,  and  have 
our  being ;  as  certain  even  of  your 
own  poets  'have  said, 

For  we  are  also  his  offspring. 
29  Being  then  the  oll'spring  of  God, 
we  ""ought  not  to  think  that  "the 
Godhead  is  like  unto  gold,  or  sil- 
ver, or  stone,  graven  by  art  and 
device  of  man.  30  "The  times  of 
ignorance  therefore  God  "over- 
looked ;  but  ■''now  he  'commandeth 
men  that  they  shoidd  all  every- 
where repent:  31  inasmuch  as  he 
hath  appointed  ''&  day  in  Avhich 
""he  will  judge  ^^  the  world  in  right- 
eousness '"  bj^  ^  the  man  whom  he 
hath  'ordained;  whereof  he  hath 
given  assurance  unto  all  men,  in 
that  he  "  hath  raised  him  from  the 
dead. 

32  Now  when  they  heard  of  'the 
resuiTection  of  the  dead,  ^  some 
mocked  ;  but  others  sjiid.  We  will 
hear  thee  concerning  this  yet  again. 
33  Thus  Paul  went  out  from  among 
them.  3-i  But  certain  men  clave 
unto  him,  and  l^elieved :  among 
whom  also  was  Dionysius  the  •'Are- 
oijagite,  and  a  woman  named 
l3amaris,  and  others  with  them. 
-i  Q  AftiM-  these  things  he  de- 
JLO  parted  from  "Athens,  and 
came  to  -  Corinth.  2  And  lie  found 
a  certain  .lew  named  "Aquila,  a 
man  of  *Pontiis  by  race,  lately 
c<mte  from  '"Italy,  with  his  wife 
"  Priscilla.  because  ''Claudius  had 
commanded  all  the  .Tews  to  depart 
from   Eome :    and  he    came    unto 

1  Or,  sanctuaries  2  Or.  (hnl  rrhirh  is  'iirrnf 

'  Some  ancient  authorities  r«id  di-clnr^lh  lo 
men.  «  Or.  the  inhabited  earth. 

6  Ge.  m.  ^  Or,  a  man 


"  2  Th.  2.  4 

iiiiirB. 
*  Couip.  Ju. 

A. -Si 
°  l3.  42.  5  ; 

see  ch.  14. 

d  Mt.  U.  25  ; 

comp. 

l)t.  10.  14  ; 

Pb.  IV>.  16 
■•  lU.  7.  48 
/Ps.  50.  10- 

I'J  :  comp. 

Job  22.  2 
"Mai.  2.10 
''  Dt.  S2.  8  ; 

Job  12.  23 
'  IH.  4.  7  ; 

Jer.  23. 

2;!  f.  ; 

couip.  14.17 
«••  Job  12. 10  ; 

iJan.  5.  23 
'  Comp. 

AratuB, 

Phx-nom. 

5  ;  C'leaii- 

tbes, 

Hynm  in 

.Fov.  b 
""  Is.  40. 

18  ff.; 

comp. 

Rom.  1.  23 
"  Comp.  ver. 

23 
°  Comp.  ch. 

14.  Iti  ; 

Rom.  3.  25 
P  Lk.  24.  47  ; 

ch.2H.  20: 

Tit.  2.  11  f. 
''  Seo  Mt.  10. 

15 
'•Jn.5.  22, 

•27  ;  ch.  10. 

42 ;  comp. 

Pa.  9.  8 ; 

%.  13  ;  9«.  9 
'  See  Mt.  2t. 

14  ;  ver.  (> 
'  Comp.  Lit. 


"  Seo  ch.  2. 

24 
"  ver.  18,  31 
■^  Comp. 

ver.  \%  22 
"Seo^li.  17. 

15 
«  ch.  1!).  1  ; 

ICor.  1.2; 

2  Cor.  1.  1, 

23 ;  2  Tim. 

4.20; 

oomp.  ver. 

8  :  2  Cor. 

(>.  11 
"ver.  1.8.26; 

Rom.  16. 

3 ;  1  Cor. 

16.  19 ; 

2Tim.4. 19 
>•  oil.  2.  9 
'^ch.27. 1,6; 

ITeb.  n.  24 
<'cb.  U.  2,i 

•  Ch.  20.  34  ; 
1  Cor.  4. 
12 ;  1  Th. 

2.  9  ;  2  Til. 

3.  :  comp. 
1  Cor.  <). 
11:2  Cor. 
11.7;  12. 
13 ;  1  Th. 

4   11 
f^pe  ch.  9. 

20 :  ver.  19 
'J  S<-e  ch.  13. 

14 
A  Ch.  14.  1 
'  ch.  17. 14  ; 

143 


them ;  3  and  because  he  was  o£ 
the  same  tnide,  he  abode  with 
theni,  and  'they  wrought;  for  by 
tiieir  trade  they  were  tentmakers. 
\  And  he  reasoned  -'in  the  syna- 
gogue every  "sabbath,  and  'per- 
suaded ''.Jews  and  Greeks. 

a  But  when  'iSilas  and  Timothy 
*  came  down  from  '^lacedonia,  Paul 
was  constrained  by  the  word,  '"  tes- 
tifying to  the  Jew^s  that  ".Jesus 
was  the  Christ.  G  And  when  they 
opposed  themselves  and  "  blas- 
phemed, he  "shook  out  his  raiment 
and  said  unto  them,  ^Your  blood 
1)6  upon  your  own  heads ;  1  am 
(dean :  from  henceforth  1  w  ill  go 
''unto  the  Gentiles.  7  And  he  de- 
i)arted  thence,  and  went  into  the 
house  of  a  certain  man  niimed  Titus 
Justus,  'one  that  worshipped  God, 
whose  house  joined  haid  to  the 
synagogue.  8  And  'Crispus,  'the 
ruler  of  the  synagogue,  "■'  beheved 
in  the  Lord  "with  all  his  house; 
and  many  of  the  '  Corinthians  hear- 
ing believed,  and  were  baptized. 
9  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Paul  in 
the  ni^ht  by  'a  vision.  Be  not 
afraid,  out  speak  and  hold  not  thy 
peace  :  10  for  1  am  with  thee,  and 
no  man  shall  set  on  thee  to  harm 
thee :  for  1  liave  much  people  in 
this  city.  11  And  he  dwelt  there 
a  year  and  six  months,  teaching 
the  word  of  God  among  them. 

12  But  when  Gallic  was  •'pro- 
consul of  *'Achaia,  'the  Jews  with 
one  accord  rose  up  against  Paul 
and  brought  him  before  "  tlie  judg- 
ment-seat. 13  saying.  This  man 
persuadeth  men  to  worship  God 
contrary  to  ''  the  law.  1  \  But 
when  Paul  was  about  to  ""fipen  his 
mouth,  Gallio  said  unto  the  .Jews, 
If  indeed  it  were  a  matter  or 
wrong  or  of  wicked  villany,  O  ye 
•Tews,  reason  would  that  J  should 
bear  with  you  :  15  but  if  they  are 
''questions  about  w'ords  and  names 
and  your  own  law,  look  to  it  your- 
selves ;  T  am  not  minded  to  be  a 
judge  of  these  matters.     IG  And 

see  15.  K :  16. 1  *  ch.  17.  15  '  See  ch.  16.  9  "  ch. 
20.  21  ;  see  Lk.  16.  28  "gee  ch.  17.  8 :  ver.  28 
"  Comp.  Neh75.  13  ;  ch.  13.  51  ^'  2  S.  1.  16  ;  1  K. 
2.  33 ;  Krek.  18.  13 ;  33.  4,  6,  8  ;  Mt.  27.  2.5 ;  comp. 
rh.  20.  2H  '' See  rh.  13.  46  *"  ch.  16.  14  ;  comp.  ch. 
13.43  •  1  Cor.  1.  14  '  Pee  Mk.  .5.  22  "  See  rh.  U. 
14  "  Sen  eh.  9.  10  '  ?-•?  oh.  U.  7  "  ver.  27  :  oh. 
19.  21  :  Rom.  15.  26  ;  1  Cor.  16.  15  ;  2  Cor  1.  1  ;  9.  2 ; 
11.  10  ;  1  Til.  1.  7  f.  '  See  1  Til.  2.  16  "  See  Mt.  27. 
19  >>  ver.  15  ;  comp.  Jn.  19.  7  '  See  Mt.  5.  2  J  ch. 
23.  29 ;  -25.  19 


^  Or.  sonoht  in  -nerrvnite.. 
»  Gr.  believed  Lhe  Lord. 


8  Or,  Tiilci 


18.17 


THE  ACTS 


19.16 


Sails  for  Syria.    Apollos,    Panl  and  the  Baptist's  Disciples.    Paul  in  the  Scliool  of  Tyrannns.    Exorcists  mastered 


he  drove  them  from  "the  judg- 
ment-seat. 17  And  they  all  laid 
hold  on  *Sosthenes,  "the  ruler  of 
the  synagogue,  and  beat  him  be- 
fore "  the  judgment-seat.  And  Ga.l- 
lio  cared  for  none  of  these  things. 

18  And  Paul,  having  tarried 
after  this  yet  many  days,  ''took 
his  leave  of  "the  brethren,  and 
sailed  thence  for -^  Syria,  and  with 
him  •'  Priscilla  and  '[  Aquila  :  hav- 
ing *  shorn  his  head  in  'Cenchreje  ; 
'^for  he  had  a  vow.  19  And  they 
came  to  *^Ephesus,  and  he  left  them 
there:  but  he  himself  entered  into 
Hhe  synagogue,  and  reasoned  with 
the  Jews.  20  And  when  they 
asked  liim  to  abide  a  longer  time, 
he  consented  not;  21  but  ''taking 
his  leave  of  them,  and  saying,  I 
will  return  again  unto  you  ™if  God 
will,  he  set  sail  from  *  Ephesus. 

22  And  when  he  had  landed 
at  "  Caesarea,  he  went  up  and 
saluted  the  church,  and  went 
down  to  "Antioch.  23  And  hav- 
ing spent  some  time  there,  he  de- 
parted, and  went  through  the 
region  of  ^  Galatia,  and  ^  Phrygia, 
in  order,  establishing  all  the  dis- 
ciples. 

24  Now  a  certain  Jew  named 
«  Apollos,  an  "■  Alexandi'ian  by  race, 
^  an  eloquent  man,  came  to  *  Ephe- 
sus ;  and  he  _was  mighty  in  the 
scriptures.  25  This  man  had  been 
^  instructed  in '  the  way  of  the  Lord ; 
and  beingfervent  in  spirit,  he  spake 
and  taught  accurately  the  things 
concerning  Jesus,  knowing  only 
*the  baptism  of  John:  26  and  he 
began  to  speak  boldly  in  the  syna- 
gogue. But  when  ■'  Priscilla  and 
^^  Aquila  heard  him,  they  took  him 
unto  them,  and  exjxtunded  unto 
him  "the  way  of  God  more  accu- 
rately. 27  And  when  he  was 
minded  to  pass  over  into  "  Achaia, 
'^the  brethren  encouraged  him,  and 
wrote  to  ^the  disciples  to  receive 
him :  and  when  he  was  come,  he 
^helped  them  much  that  had  be- 
lieved through  grace ;  28  for  he 
powerfully  confuted  the  Sews*  and 
that  publicly,  showing  "^by  the 
scriptures  that  "Jesus  was  the 
Christ. 

"1  O  And  it  came  to  pass, 
JL  ^J  that,  while  *  Apollos  was 
at  *  Corinth,  Paul  having  passed 
through  the  "  upper  country  came 

I  Or,  a  learned  wan 
-  Gr.  taught  by  worrt  of  mouth. 
3  Or,  helped  much  throxigh  grace  them,  that  had 
believed  *  Or,  showing  publicly 


"  See  Mt.  27. 

19 
6  1  Cor.  1.1? 
■^  See  ver.  8 
d  See  Mk.  6. 

46 
•■  See  ch.  1. 

15 ;  ver.  27 
/SeeMt.  4. 

24 
"  ver.  2,  26 
''  Num.  6.  2, 

5,9,18;ch. 

21.  24 
I  Rom.  16.  1 
'■:  ver.  21,  24  ; 

ch.  19.1,17, 

2o  (23,  34 

f.);20.16f. 

(21.  29) ; 

1  Cor.  15. 

32  ;  16.  8  ; 

Eph.  1.  1 : 

ITim.  1.  3; 

2Tim.  1. 

IS  ;  4.  12  ; 

Rev.  1.  11  ; 

2.  1 
'  See  ver.  4 
'"  1  Cor.  4. 

19  ;  16.  7  ; 

Heb.  6.  3 ; 

Jas.  4.  15 ; 

comp. 

Rom.  1. 

10;  15.  32 ; 

1  Pet.  3. 

17 
"  See  ch.  8. 

40 
"Seech.  11. 

19 
v  See  ch.  16. 

6 
«  ch.  19.  1 ; 

1  Cor.  1. 

12  ;  3.  5,  6, 

22  ;  4.  6 ; 

16.  12 ; 

Tit.  3.  13 
»•  ch.  6.  9 
'  Comp.  ch. 

9.  2 ;  ver. 

26 
<  Comp.  Lk. 

7.  29 ;  ch. 

19.  3 
"  Comp. 

ver.  25 
"  See  ver. 

12 ;  comp. 

19.1 
^  See  ver. 

IS 
■"  See  ch.  11. 

26 
^  See  ch.  8. 

35 
"  See  ver.  5 
i>  See  ch.  18. 

1 
"  Comp.  ch. 

IS.  23 


d  Comp.  ch. 

8.  1.1  f.  ;11. 

16  f. 
"  Comp.  Jn. 

7  39 
/  See  ch.  13. 

24 
^  Comp.  Jn. 

1.7 
h  ch.  8.  12, 

16 ;  see  10. 

48 
i  See  ch.  6. 

6.  esp.  8. 17 
k  ch.  2.  4  ; 

10.  46 ; 

comp.  Mk. 

16.  17 
'  Comp.  ch. 

13.  1 
"*  See  ch.  9. 

144 


to  *  Ephesus,  and  found  certain  dis- 
ciples :  2  and  he  said  unto  them, 
''iJid  ye  receive  the  Holy  Spirit 
when  ye  believed  1  And  they  said 
unto  him.  Nay, "  we  did  not  so  much 
as  hear  whether  ^the  Holy  Spirit 
was  given.  3  And  he  said.  Into 
what  then  were  ye  baptized  1  And 
they  said,   '  Into   John's  baptism. 

4  And  Paul  said,  -'^John  baptized 
with  the  baiJtism  of  repentance, 
saying  unto  the  people  "  that  they 
should  believe  on  him  that  shoula 
come  after  him,  that  is,  on  Jesus. 

5  And  when  they  heard  this,  they 
were  ''baptized  into  the  name  of 
the  Lord  Jesus.  6  And  when  Paul 
had  '  laid  his  hands  upon  them,  the 
Holy  Spirit  carue  on  them  ;  and 
they  *  spake  with  tongues,  and 
'prophesied.  7  And  they  were  in 
all  about  twelve  men. 

8  And  he  entered  into  '"the  syna- 
gogue, and  spake  boldly  for  the 
space  of  three  months,  reasoning 
and  persuading  as  to  "the  things 
concerning  the  kingdom  of  God. 
9  But  when  "some  were  hardened 
and  disobedient,  speaking  evil  of 
''  the  Way  before  the  multitude,  he 
departed  from  them,  and  separated 
''the  disciples,  reasoning  daily  in 
the  school  of  Tyrannus.  10  And 
this  continued  for  the  space  of 
*■  two  years ;  so  that  all  they  that 
dwelt  in  *Asia  heard  'the  word  of 
the  Lord,  both  Jews  and  Greeks. 

1 1  _  And  God  wrought  "  special 
^  miracles  by  the  hands  of  Paul : 

12  "insomuch  that  unto  the  sick 
were  carried  away  from  his  body 
handkerchiefs  or  aprons,  and  the 
diseases  departed  from  them,  and 
•^  the  evil  spirits  went  out.  1 3  But 
certain  also  of  the  strolling  Jews, 
^exorcists,  took  upon  them  to  name 
over  them  that  had  the  evil  spirits 
the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  say- 
ing, I  adjure  you  by  Jesus  whom 
Paul  preacheth.  1 4  And  there  were 
seven  sons  of  one  Sceva,  a  Jew,  a 
chief  priest,  who  did  this.  15  And 
the  evil  spirit  answered  and  said 
unto  them,  Jesus  I  "^  know,  and  Paul 
I  know  ;  but  who  are  ye "?  16  And 
the  man  in  whom  the  evil  spirit  was 
leaped  on  tliem,  and  mastered  both 

20  ;  comp.  18.  26  «  See  ch.  1.  3  "  See  ch.  14.  4 
''  See  ch.  9.  2:  ver.  23  «  See  ch.  11.  26 ;  ver.  30 
''  Comp.  ver.  8  ;  ch.  20.  31  "  See  ch.  16.  6 :  ver.  22, 
26,  27  '  Comp.  ch.  13.  12  ;  ver.  20  "  Comp.  ch. 
8.  13  "  Comp.  ch.  5.  15  *  Comp.  Mk.  16.  17 
y  Comp.  Mt.  12.  27  ;  Lk.  11. 19 

5  Or,  there  is  a  Holy  Spirit 

6  Gr.  powers.  7  Or,  recogrUsO 


19.17 


THE   ACTS 


20.3 


Hagirians  barn  their  Books.    Demetriu  and  the  Silversmiths  stir  np  a  Riot.    Pail  leaves  Ephesas  for  Greece 


of  them,  and  prevailed  against 
them,  so  that  tliey  lied  out  of  that 
house  naked  and  wounded.  17  And 
this  became  known  to  all,  both 
Jews  and  Greeks,  that  dwelt  at 
"Ephesus;  and  fear  fell  upon  them 
all.  and  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesu.s 
was  magnitied.  18  Many  also  of 
them  that  had  believed  came,  con- 
fes.sing.  and  declaring  their  deeds. 
1 9  Ana  not  a  few  of  them  tliat  prac- 
tised magical  arts  brought  their 
books  together  and  burned  them  in 
the  sight  of  all ;  and  they  counted 
the  price  of  them,  and  found  it  fifty 
thousand  *  pieces  of  silver.  20  So 
mightily  'grew  •'the  word  of  the 
Lord  and  prevailed. 

21  Now  after  these  things  were 
ended,  Paul  purposed  in  the  spirit, 
'  when  he  nacl  passed  through 
■''^^Macedonia  and  "Achaia,  to  'go 
to  Jerusalem,  saying.  After  I  have 
been  there,  *  I  must  also  see  Rome. 
22  And  havijig  sent  into  -' ^Mace- 
donia  two  of  '  them  that  ministered 
unto  him,  '"Timothy  and  "Erastus, 
he  himself  staj-ed  in  "Asia  for  a 
while. 

23  And  about  that  time  there 
arose  no  small  stir  concerning  ^'  the 
Way.  24  For  a  certain  man  named 
Demetrius,  a  silversmith,  who  made 
silver  shrines  of  '  Diana,  ''  brought 
no  little_business  unto  the  crafts- 
men ;  25  whom  he  gathered  to- 
gether, with  the  workmen  of  like 
occupation,  and  said.  Sirs,  ye  know 
that  by  this  business  we  have  our 
wealth.  26  And  ye  see  and  hear, 
that  not  alone  at  "Ephesus,  but 
almost  throughout  all  "Asia,  this 
Paul  hath  persuaded  and  turned 
away  much  people,  saying  that 
'they  are  no  gods,  that  are  made 
with  hands :  27  and  not  only  is 
there  danger  that  this  our  trade 
come  into  disrepute  ;  but  also  that 
the  temple  of  the  great  goddess 
^  Diana  be  made  of  no  account,  and 
that  she  should  even  be  deposed 
from  her  magnificence  whom  all 
"Asia  and  -' the  world  worshippeth. 
28  And  when  they  heard  this  they 
were  filled  with  wrath,  and  cried 
out,  saying.  Great  i-'<  '  Diana  of  the 
"  Ephesians.  29  And  the  city  was 
filled  with  the  confusion  :  jind  they 
rushed  with  one  accord  into  the 
theatre,  having  seized  '  Gains  and 
"Aristarchus,  men  of  "Macedonia, 
Pauls  'companions  in  travel.  30 
And    when    Paul    was    minded    to 

1  Or.  Artemis.  '  Or.  the  inhabited  earth. 

30 


"  See  ch. 

18.  Ill 
b  Lk.  l.'i.  8 

and  iiiiirs;. 
<■  ch.  B. ;  ;  f.'. 

24 
i'  See  ver.  10 
'  1  Cor.  16. 

5  ;  coiiip. 

fh.  20.  1 
/  Hoiii.  15. 

2ti ;  1  Th. 

l.Tf. 
"  See  ch.  16. 

y :  ver.  22, 

29 
''  See  ch.  18. 

12 
'  ch.  20.  le, 

22:  21.  15; 

Koni.  15. 

25  :  2  Cor. 

1.  16 
*  Kom.  15. 

24,  28 ; 

comp.  ch. 

23.  11 
'  ver.  29 ; 

comp.  eh. 

13.  5  ;  20. 

34  ;  2  Cor. 

8.  19 
'"  See  ch.  16. 

1 
"  Rom.  16. 

23  (V) ; 

2  Tim.  4. 
20  (V) 

"  See  ver.  10 
''  See  ver.  9 
1  Comp.  ch. 

16.  16, 19  f. 
>•  ch.  17.  29  ; 

1  Cor.  8. 

4  ;  10.  19  ; 

comp. 

Dt.  4.  28 ; 

Pa.  115.  4  ; 

Is.  44.10- 

20 ;  Jer.  10. 

3  ff.  ;  Rev. 
0.  20 

»  See  Mt.  24. 

14 
'  Not  ch.  20. 

4 
"  ch.  20.  4  ; 

27.  2 ;  Col. 

4.  10; 

Philem.  24 


''  See  ver.  9 
■^  ch.  21.  34 
v  See  ch.  12. 

17 
-  Rom.  2.  22 
"Seech.  13. 7 


6  See  ch.  11. 
26 


d  See  cli.  16. 
9 ;  ver.  3 


'  See  ch  9 
24  ;  ver.  19 


enter  in  unto  the  people,  "the  dis- 
ciples suHered  him  not.  31  And 
certain  al.so  of  the  "'Asiarchs,  being 
his  friends,  .sent  unto  him  and  be- 
.souglit  him  not  to  adventure  him- 
st'lf  into  the  theatre.  32  •'Some 
therefore  cried  one  thing,  and  some 
anothi'r :  for  the  assembly  was  in 
confusion  ;  and  the  more  part  knew 
not  wherefore  thev  were  come  to- 
gether. 33  '*And  they  brought 
Alexander  out  of  the  multitude, 
the  Jews  putting  him  forward. 
And  Alexander  *  beckoned  with 
the  hand,  and  would  have  made  a 
defence  unto  the  jjeople.  34  But 
AN  hen  they  perceived  that  he  was 
a  Jew%  all  with  one  voice  about  the 
.'^pace  of  two  hours  cried  out,  Great 
iti '  Diana  of  the  l'>)hesians.  35  And 
wjien  the  townclerk  had  guieted 
the  multitude,  lie  saith,  }  e  men 
of  "Ephesus,  what  man  is  there 
who  knoweth  not  that  the  city  of 
the  Ephesians  is  temple-keeper  of 
the  great  ^  Diana,  and  of  the  image 
which  fell  down  from  '^  Jupiter  1 
3G  Seeing  then  that  these  things 
cannot  be  gainsaid,  ye  ought  to 
be  quiet,  and  to  do  nothing  rash. 
37  For  ye  have  brought  hither 
these  men,  Avho  are  neither  M'ob- 
bers  of  temples  nor  bla8i)hemers  of 
our  goddess.  38  If  therefore  I  )eme- 
trius,  and  the  craftsmen  that  are 
with  him,  have  a  matter  against 
any  man,  ""the  courts  are  open,  and 
there  are  "proconsuls  :  let  them  ac- 
cuse one  another.  39  But  if  ye  seek 
anything  about  other  matters,  it 
shall  be  settled  in  the  regular  as- 
sembly. 40  For  indeed  we  are  in 
danger  to  be  'accused  concerning 
this  day's  i-iot,  there  being  no  cause 
for  it:  and  as  touching  it  we  sliall 
not  be  able  to  give  account  of  this 
concour.se.  41  And  when  he  had 
thus  spoken,  he  dismissed  the  as- 
.sombly. 

r)/\  And  after  the  uproar 
— wV/  ceased,  Paul  having  sent 
for  ''the  disciples  and  ejaiorted 
them,  took  leave  of  them,  and  de- 
parted 'to  go  into  ''Macedonia. 
2  And  when  he  luul  gone  through 
those  parts,  and  had  given  them 
much  exhortation,  he  came  into 
Greece.  3  And  when  he  had  spent 
three  months  there,  and  'a  plot  was 

»  That  is.  officers  havine  charpe  of  festival*  &c. 
in  the  Roman  province  of  Asia. 

<  Or,  Ami  some  of  the  mtitHltide  instrucird 
Alrrntider  '-  Or,  henven 

0  Or,  court  days  are  kept 

1  Or,  accused  of  riot  concerning  this  day 


145 


20.4 


THE   ACTS 


20.31 


On  his  Ketnrn  Paul  tarries  at  Troas.    At  liletas  bids  Farewell  to  the  Elders  of  EphesM 


laid  against  him  by  the  Jews  as  he 
was  about  to  set  sail  for  "Syria, 
he  determined  to  return  through 
'Macedonia.  4  And  there  accom- 
panied him  ^  as  far  as  "  Asia,  Sopa- 
ter  of  ''  Beroea,  the  son  of  Pyrrhus ; 
and  of  the  *  Thessalonians,  -^  Aiis- 
tarchus  and  Secundus  ;  and  "  Gains 
of  ''Derbe,  and  'Timothy;  and  of 
'Asia;  *Tychicus  and  'Trophimus. 

5  But  these  "had  gone  before,  and 
were  waiting  for  '"us  at  "Ti'oas. 

6  And  '"we  sailed  away  from 
"Philippi  after  ^the  days  of  un- 
leavened bread,  and  came  vinto 
them  to  "  Troas  in  live  days ;  where 
we  tarried  seven  days. 

7  And  upon  "  the  tirst  day  of  the 
week,  when  '"  we  were  gathered  to- 
gether to  ''break  bread,  Paul  dis- 
coursed with  them,  intending  to 
depart  on  the  morro\v ;  and  pro- 
longed his  speech  until  midnight. 
8  And  there  were  many  •  lights  in 
the  '  upper  chamber  where  we  were 
gathered  together.  9  And  there 
sat  in  the  window  a  certain  young 
man  named  Eutychus,  borne  do\vn 
with  deep  sleep ;  and  as  Paul  dis- 
coursed yet  longer,  being  boi^ne 
down  by  his  sleep  he  fell  down  from 
the  third  story,  and  was  taken  up 
dead.  10  And  Paul  went  down, 
and  "fell  on  him,  and  embracing 
him  "said.  Make  ye  no  ado  ;  for  his 
life  is  in  him.  11  And  when  he 
was  gone  up,  and  had  ''  broken  the 
bread,  and  eaten,  and  had  talked 
with  them  a  long  while,  even  till 
brea,k  of  day,  so  he  departed.  12 
And  they  brought  the  lad  alive, 
and  were  not  a  little  comforted. 

13  But  ""we,  going  before  to  the 
ship,  set  sail  for  Assos,  there  in- 
tending to  take  in  Paul :  for  so  had 
he  appointed,  intending  himself  to 
go  ^by  land.  14  And  when  he  met 
us  at  Assos,  we  took  him  in,  and 
came  to  Mitylene.  15  And  sailing 
from  thence,  we  came  the  following 
day  over  against  Chios ;  and  the 
next  day  we  touched  at  Samos ; 
and  ^the  day  after  we  came  to 
*  Miletus.  16  For  Paul  had  de- 
termined to  sail  past  ^Ephesus, 
that  he  might  not  have  to  spend 
time  in  "Asia;  for  he  was  hasten- 
ing, if  it  were  possible  for  him,  Ho 
be  at  Jerusalem  "  the  day  of  Pente- 
cost. 

1  Many  ancient  authorities  ouiit  as  far  as  Asia. 

2  Many  ancient  authorities  read  came,  and  tcere 
waiting.  3  Or,  on  fool 

■•  Many  ancient  authorities  insert  having  tar- 
ried at  Trogyllium. 


«  See  Mt.  4. 

24 
b  See  cli.  16. 

9 ;  ver.  1 
«  See  oh.  16. 

6 ;  ver.  16, 

18 
d  ch.  17.  10 
•■  Comp.  cli. 

17.  1 
/  See  cli.  19. 

2rf 
!'  Not  cli.  19. 

29 
1^  Seech.  14. 6 
'  Seech.  16.1 
*  Eph.  6.  21 ; 

Col.  4.  7  ; 

2  Tim.  4. 

12 ;  Tit.  3. 

12 
;  ch.  21.  29  ; 

2  Tim.  4.  20 
"'  ver.  6-lo  ; 

see  ch.  16. 

10 
"Seech.ie.S 
"  See  ch.  16. 

12 
P  See  ch.  12. 

3 
9  1  Cor.  16. 

2 ;  comp. 

Rev.  1.  10 
'■  See  ch.  2. 

42  ;  ver.  11 
^  See  Mt.  25. 

1 
t  See  ch.  1. 

13 
"  Comp. 

1  K.  17.  21 ; 

2  K.  4.  34 

"  Comp.  Mt. 

9.  23  f .  ; 

Mk.  6.  39 
="  ver.  17  ; 

2  Tim.  4. 20 
y  See  ch.  18. 

19 
'  ch.  19.  21 ; 

ver.  22 ; 

comp.  ver. 

6 ;  1  Cor. 

16.8 
«  See  ch.  2.  1 


b  See  ch.  11. 

30 
"  ch.  IS.  19  ; 

19.  1,  10. 

Comp.  ver. 

4,16 
d  See  ver.  3 
'  ver.  27 
/  ch.  18.  5  ; 

see  Lk.  16. 

28  ;  comp. 

ver.  23,  24 
'J  See  ch.  2. 

38  ;  comp. 

11.  18  ;  26. 

20 
A  ch.  24.  24 ; 

26.  IS  ; 

Eph.  1.  15  ; 

Col.  2.  5 ; 

Philem.  5 
"  See  ver. 

16 ;  comp. 

ch.  17.  16 
*  See  ch.  8. 

29 
'  See  ch.  9. 

16  ;  21.  33 
"»  ch.  21.  13 
"  Ch.  13.  25 
"  Comp.  ch. 

1.17 
P  See  ch.  11. 

23 ;  ver.  32 
1  ch.  28.  31 ; 

comp.  Mt. 

4.  23 
'•  ch.  18.  6 

146 


1 7  And  from  Miletus  he  sent  to 
*  Ephesus,  and  called  to  him  *  the 
''elders  of  the  church.  18  And 
when  they  were  come  to  him,  he 
said  unto  them. 

Ye  yourselves  know,  ''from  the 
first  day  that  I  set  foot  in  Asia, 
after  what  manner  1  was  with  you 
all  the  time,  19  serving  the  Lord 
with  all  lowliness  of  mind,  and 
with  tears,  and  with  trials  which 
befell  me  by  ''  the  plots  of  the  Jews ; 
20  how  I  'shrank  not  from  declar- 
ing unto  you  anything  that  was 
profitable,  and  teaching  you  pub- 
licly, and  from  house  to  house,  21 
•'testifying  both  to  Jews  and  to 
Greeks  "repentance  toward  God, 
and  *  faith  toward  oui'  Lord  Jesus 
•^Christ.  22  And  now,  behold,  *I 
go  bound  in  the  spirit  unto  Jeru- 
salem, not  knowing  the  things  that 
shall  befall  me  there  :  23  save  that 
*the  Holy  Spirit'  •'^testifieth  unto 
me  in  every  city,  saying  that 
'  bonds  and  afflictions  abide  me. 
24  But  '"I  hold  not  my  life  of  any 
account  as  dear  unto  myself,  ''so 
that  I  may  "accomplish  my  course, 
and  "the  ministry  which  I  received 
from  the  Lord  Jesus,  to  •'^ testify  the 
^gospel  of  -^the  grace  of  God.  25 
And  now,  behold,  1  know  that  ye 
all,  among  whom  I  went  about 
''preaching  the  kingdom,  shall  see 
ray  face  no  more.  26  Wherefore  I 
testify  unto  you  this  day,  that  '"  I 
am  pure  from  the  blood  of  all  men. 
27  For  I  'shrank  not  from  declar- 
ing unto  you  the  whole  '  counsel  of 
God.  28  Take  heed  unto  your- 
selves, and  to  all  "the  flock,  in 
which  the  Holy  Spirit  hath  made 
you  "bishops,  to  feed  "the  church 
of  ^"the  Lord  which  ^  he  "  purchased 
with  his  own  blood.  29  I  know 
that  after  my  departing  "grievous 
wolves  shall  enter  in  among  you, 
not  sparing  "  the  flock ;  30  and 
from  among  your  own  selves  shall 
men  arise,  speaking  perverse 
things,  to  draw  away  ^  the  disciples 
after  them.  31  Wherefore  watch 
ye,  remembering  that  by  the  space 

'  ver.  20  '  ch.  13.  36  "  ver.  29  ;  Lk.  12.  32  ;  1  Pet. 
5.  2  f. ;  comp.  Jn.  21.  1.5-17  "  See  Mt.  16. 18  ;  Rom. 
16.  16  :  comp.  1  Cor.  10.  32  ^  Eph.  1.  7, 14  ;  Tit.  2. 
14  ;  1  Pet.  1.  19  ;  2.  9 ;  Rev.  5.  9  ^  Ezek.  22.  27  ; 
Mt.  7. 15    '  See  ch.  11.  26 


5  Or,  presbyters 

6  Many  ancient  authorities  omit  Christ. 

7  Or,    in    comparison    of    accomplishing    my 
course         «  Or,  good  tidinfjs        ^  Or,  overseers 

I'J  Some  ancient  authorities,  including  the  two 
oldest  manuscripts,  read  Ood.      "  Gr.  acquired. 


20.32 


THE  ACTS 


21.22 


I'aul  continues  Ills  Voyage  and  tonrbeii  at  Tyr«.    At  Ciesarea  Agakiu  rorctellx  liis  Captivity.    His  Ketrption  at  Jerasalem 


of  "three  years  1  ceased  not  to  ad- 
monish every  one  nijjht  and  day 
'with  tears.  32  And  now  I't-om- 
meud  5'ou  to  M  iud,  and  to  ''the 
word  of  his  grace,  which  is  able  to 
"build  U'>>^'  up,  and  to  give  yua  -^the 
Inheritance  among  all  them  that 
are  sanctified.  33  "  i  coveted  no 
man's  silver,  or  gold,  or  apparel. 
34  Ve  yourselves  know  that  ''these 
hands  ministered  unto  mj'  necessi- 
ties, and  to  'them  that  were  witli 
me.  35  In  all  things  I  gave  you 
an  example,  that  so  laboring  ye 
ought  to  help  the  weak,  antl  to 
remember  the  words  of  the  I-iord 
Jesus,  that  he  himself  said,  It  is 
more  blessed  to  give  than  to  receive. 

36  And  when  he  had  thus  sjxiken, 
he  *  kneeled  down  and  prayed  with 
them  all.  37  And  they  all  wept 
sore,  and  'fell  on  Paul's  neck  and 
kissed  him,  38  sorrowing  most  of 
all  for  '"the  word  which  he  had 
siJoken,  that  they  should  behold 
his  face  no  more.  And  they 
"  brought  him  on  his  way  unto  the 
ship. 

iy  'i  And  when  it  came  to  pass 
w  _L  that  "  we  were  parted  from 
them  and  had  set  sail,  we  came 
with  >'&  straight  course  unto  Cos, 
and  the  next  day  unto  Rhodes,  and 
from  thence  unto  Patara :  2  and 
having  found  a  ship  crossing  over 
unto  ''Phcvnicia,  we  went  aboard, 
and  set  sail.  3  And  when  we  had 
come  in  sight  cf  ""CsTii'us,  leaving 
it  on  the  left  hand,  we  sailed  unto 
'Syria,  and  landed  at  'Tyre;  for 
"  there  the  ship  was  to  unlade  her 
burden.  4  And  having  found  '  the 
disciples,  we  tarried  there  seven 
days:  and  these  said  to  Paul 
'through  the  Spirit,  that  he  should 
not  set  foot  in  .Jerusalem.  5  And 
when  it  came  to  pass  that  we  had 
accomplished  the  days,  we  departed 
and  went  on  our  journey  ;  and  they 
all,  with  wives  and  children, 
*  brought  us  on  our  way  till  we  were 
out  of  the  city  :  and  *  kneeling  down 
on  the  V)each,  we  nrayed,  and  bade 
each  other  farewell ;  6  and  we  went 
on  board  the  ship,  but  they  re- 
turned '  home  again. 

7  And  when  we  had  fini.shed  the 
voyage  from  'Tyre,  we  arrived  at 
Ptolemais ;  and  we  saluted  "the 
brethren,  and  abode  with  them  one 
day.  8  And  on  the  morrow  we  de- 
parted, and  came  unto  *Ca^sarea: 
and    entering    into   the    house    of 

I  Some  ancieut  authorities  read  the  Lord. 


"  Conip.  cli. 

1!(.  1,  8,  lU; 

•H.  17 
b  ver.  19 

■•  ch.  14.  -a 

rfcli.  14.  3; 

comp.  ver. 

24 
'  Coup.  ch. 

9.31 
/ch.  26.  18; 

Eph.  1.  14 ; 

5.  5  ;  Col. 

1.13;  3.24; 

Heb.  9. 1.5 ; 

1  Pet.  1.  4 
"  Comp. 

1  Cor.  9.  4- 

IS  ;  2  Cor. 

U.7-12;12. 

14-18;  1  Til. 

2.  .0  f. 
A  See  ch.  18. 

3 
'■  See  ch.  19. 

*ch.  9.40; 

21.  h ;  see 

I.k.  22.  41 
'  See  Lis.  15. 

20 
"■  ver.  2.'> 
"  See  ch.  1.5. 

3 
"("we") 

rer.  1-18 : 

see  eh.  IB. 

1(1 
r  ch.  16.  11 
■2  Seech.  11. 

19 :  comp. 

ver.  3 
*"  See  ch.  4. 

nfi  ;  ver.  Ifi 
'  See  Mt.  4. 

24 
'ch.l2.  20; 

ver.  7 
"  ver.  2 
"  ver.  16 : 

808  11.26 

'  ver.  11 ;  20. 

23 
y  See  ch.  15. 

3 
'  See  Jn.  19. 

27 
"  See  ch.  1. 

1');  ver.  17 
i>  See  ch.  S. 

40;  ver.  IG 


"^  See  ch.  6.  5 
rf  Kph.  4.  11 ; 

2  Tim.  4.  5 
'  Comp.  ch. 

13.  1  ;  Lk. 

2.  3B; 

1  Cor.  11.  5 
/ch.  11.  28 
"  Comp.  1  K. 

22.  11 ;  Is. 

20.  2 ;  Jer. 

13.  1-11 ; 

19.  1.  11 ; 
Ju.  18,  &c. 

"  See  ch.  8. 

29 
•■  See  ch.  9. 

16 ;  comp. 

ver.  33 

*  Comp.  Mt. 

20.  19 

'  ver.  l.'i 
"'  ch.  211.  24 
"  See  ch.  •'>. 

41  :  9.  IC 
°  Comp.  Lk. 

22.  42 
P  ver.  12 
'  See  ver.  4 
""  See  ch.  4. 

36;  ver.  3 

•  ch.  15. 

7  marg. 

147 


"■  Philip  the  ''evangelist,  who  was 
•^qne  of  the  seven,  we  abode  with 
him.  9  Now  this  man  had  four 
virgin  daughters,  n\  ho  'prophesied. 
lU  And  as  we  tarried  theie  some 
days,  there  came  down  from  .ludiea 
a  certain  pi'ophet,  named  •'Agabus. 
11  And  coming  to  us,  and  ''taking 
Pauls  girdle,  he  bound  hi)  own  feet 
and  hands,  and  .said.  Thus  ''saith 
the  Holy  Spirit,  So  .sliall  the  Jews 
at  Jerusalem  '  Ijind  the  man  that 
owneth  this  girdle,  and  *  shall  de- 
liver him  into  the  hands  of  the 
Gentiles.  12  And  when  we  heard 
these  things,  both  we  and  they  of 
that  place  besought  him  'not  to  go 
up  to  Jerusalem.  13  Then  Paul 
answered,  What  do  ye,  weeping  and 
breaking  my  heart?  for  '"I  am  ready 
not  to  be  bound  only,  but  also  to 
die  at  Jeru.salem  for  "the  name  of 
the  Lord  Jesus.  14  And  when  he 
would  not  be  persuaded,  we  ceased, 
saying,  "The  will  of  the  Lord  be 
done. 

15  And  after  these  days  we '^  took 
up  our  baggage  and  ''went  up  to 
Jerusalem.  IG  And  there  went 
with  us  also  certain  of  '^  the  disciples 
from  ''  Ciesarea,  ^bringing  witk  tliem 
one  Mnason  of  *■  Cyprus,  an  '  early 
disciple,  with  whom  we  should 
lodge. 

17  And  when  we  were  come  to 
Jerusalem,  '  the  brethren  received 
US  gladly.  18  And  the  day  follow- 
ing Paul  went  in  with  us  unto 
"James;  and  all  *'the  elders  were 
present.  19  And  when  he  had  sa- 
luted them,  he  •'rehearsed  one  by 
one  the  things  which  God  had 
wrought  among  the  Gentiles 
through  his  '' ministry.  20  And 
they,  when  they  heard  it,  'kIotI- 
fied  God  ;  and  they  said  unto  liim. 
Thou  seest,  brother,  how  many 
^thousands  there  are  among  the 
Jews  of  them  that  have  ])elieved  ; 
and  thej'  are  all  "zealous  for  the 
law :  2 1  and  they  have  been  in- 
formed concerning  thee,  that  thou 
''teachest  all  the  Jews  who  are 
among  the  Gentiles  to  for.sake 
Moseti,  telling  them  "^  not  to  circum- 
ci.se  their  rhfldren.  neither  to  walk 
after  ''the  customs.     22  Wliat  is  it 

'  See  ch.  1.  15 :  Ter.  7  "  See  ch  12  17  '  See  ch. 
U.  30  'Seech.  14  27  !/ Comp.  ih.  1. 17  'See 
Mt.  9.  8  "  ch.  15.  1 ;  22.  .1 ;  Rom.  in.  2 ;  Gal.  1.  l4 
(•  ver.  28  '  Comp.  ch.  15.  19  ff.  ;  1  Cor.  7.  18  f. 
d  See  ch.  6. 14 

«  Or,  wiadf  ready 

3  Or,  bringing  us  to  one  Mnaton  Ac. 

*  Or.  mvnads. 


21.23 


THE  ACTS 


22.  r 


nobbed  in  the  Temple,  he  is  rescaed  by  the  Chief  Captain.    Addresses  the  People, 


therefore  1  they  will  certainly  hear 
that  thou  art  come.  23  Do  there- 
fore this  that  we  say  to  thee :  We 
have  four  men  that "  have  a  vow  on 
them ;  24  these  take,  and  ''purify 
thyself  with  them,  and  be  at  charges 
for  them,  that  they  may  "shave 
their  heads :  and  all  shall  know 
that  there  is  no  truth  in  the  things 
whereof  they  have  been  informed 
concerning  thee ;  but  that  thou 
thyself  also  walkest  orderly,  keep- 
ing the  law.  25  But  as  touching 
the  Gentiles  that  have  believed,  we 
^  wrote, "  giving  judgment  that  they 
should  keep  themselves  from  things 
sacrificed  to  idols,  and  from  blood, 
and  from  what  is  strangled,  and 
from  fornication.  26  Then  Paul 
"took  the  men,  and  the  next  day 
*  purifying  himself  with  them  ''went 
into  the  temple,  declaring  the  ful- 
filment of  the  days  of  purification, 
until  the  oifering  was  offered  for 
every  one  of  them. 

27  And  when  "the  seven  days 
were  almost  completed,  -^the  Jews 
from  "Asia,  when  they  saw  him 
in  the  temple,  stirred  up  all  the 
multitude  and  laid  hands  on  him, 
28  crying  out.  Men  of  Israel,  help  : 
''This  is  the  man  that  teacheth  all 
men  everywhere  against  the  people, 
and  the  law,  and  this  place ;  and 
moreover  he  brought  Greeks  also 
into  the  temple,  and  hath  'defiled 
this  ''  holy  place.  29  For  they  had 
before  seen  with  him  in  the  city 
*Trophimus  the  'Ephesian,  whom 
they  supposed  that  Paul  had  brought 
into  the  temple.  .30  And  all  the 
city  was  moved,  and  the  people  ran 
together ;  and  they  laid  hold  on 
Paul,  and  '"dragged  him  out  of  the 
temple  :  and  straightway  the  doors 
were  shut.  31  And  as  they  were 
seeking  to  kill  him,  tidings  came 
up  to  the  ^  chief  captain  of  the 
■*"band,  that  all  Jerusalem  was  in 
confusion.  32  And  forthwith  he 
"took  soldiers  and  centurions,  and 
ran  down  upon  them :  and  they, 
when  they  saw  the  ^ chief  captain 
and  the  soldiers,  left  off  beating 
Paul.  33  Then  the  *  chief  captain 
came  near,  and  laid  hold  on  him, 
and  commanded  him  to  be  ^  bound 
with  » two  chains ;  and  inquired 
who  he  was,  and  what  he  had  done. 

1  Or,  enjoined  Many  ancient  authorities  read 
sei>t. 

2  Or,  took  the  men  the  next  day,  and  purifying 
him.ielf  &r. 

3  Or,  military  tribune    Gr.  chUiarch. 
*  Or,  cohort 


"  See  ch.  18. 

IS 
b  ver.  26 ;  ch. 

24.  18 ; 

comp.  Jn. 

11.  65 
"  Ch.  15.  19  f. 

23 
d  Num.  6. 

13;  ch. 

24.  18 
°  Oomp. 

Num.  6.  9, 

13-20 
/ch.  24.  18; 

comp.  20. 

19 
'-'  See  ch.  16. 

6 
''  Comp.  ch. 

6.  13 
i  ch.  24  6  ; 

see  Mt.  24. 

15  ;  ch.  6. 

13  f. 
k  See  ch.  20. 

4 
'  Comp.  ch. 

18.  19 

"'  ch.  26.  21 : 

comp.  2  K. 

11.  15 ;  ch. 

16.  19 
"  See  ch.  10. 

1 
°  ch.  23.  27 
P  ch.  20.  23  ; 

comp.  ver. 

11 ;  22.  29  ; 

26.  29:  28. 

20 ;  2  Tim. 

1.  16  ;  2.  9  ; 

seeEph.  6. 

20 
9  ch.  12.  6 

''  ch.  19.  32 

*  ver.  37  ;  22. 
24  ;  23. 10, 
16,32 

'  ver.  40 
"  ch.  22.  22  ; 
comp.  Lk. 

23.  18 ;  Ju. 

19.  15 

"  Comp.  ch. 

5.  36 
^  Comp.  Mt. 

24.  26 

y  ch.  22.  3 ; 
(*fO  ch.  9. 
11 

*  See  ch.  6.  9 
"  See  ch.  12. 

17 

*  cli.  22.  2  ; 
26.  14  ; 
comp.  ch. 
1.  19 ;  see 
Jn.  5.  2 

<=  ch.  7.  2 
rf  See  ch.  21. 
40 

*  ver.  3-16 . 
comp.  ch. 

9.  1-22 ;  26. 
9-18 

/ch.  21.  39 
B  Dt.  33.  3  ; 

2  K.  4.  37  ; 

comp.  Lk. 

10.  39 

h  ch.  5.  34 
•■  ch.  26.  5  : 

Phil.  3.  6 ; 

comp.  ch. 

23.  6 

*  See  ch.  21. 
20 

'  See  ch.  8. 

3 ;  ver. 

19  f. 
"*  See  ch.  9.  2 
"  ch.  9  1 
o  Lk.  22. 


34  And  'some  shouted  one  thing, 
some  anotlier,  among  the  crowd: 
and  when  he  could  not  know  the 
certainty  for  the  uproar,  he  com- 
manded him  to  be  brought  into 
'the  castle.  35  And  when  he  came 
upon  *  the  stairs,  so  it  was  that  he 
was  borne  of  the  soldiers  for  the 
violence  of  the  crowd ;  36  for  the 
multitude  of  the  people  followed 
after,  crying  out,  "Away  with  him. 
37  And  as  Paul  was  about  to  be 
brought  into  '  the  castle,  he  saith 
unto  the  ^  chief  captain,  May  I  say 
something  unto  thee  1  And  he  said, 
Dost  thou  know  Greek "?  38  Art 
thou  not  then  "  the  Egyptian,  who 
before  these  days  stirred  up  to  sedi- 
tion and  led  out  -^into  the  wilder- 
ness the  four  thousand  men  of  the 
Assassins  1  39  But  Paul  said,  ^T 
am  a  Jew,  of  Tarsus  in  ^  Cilicia,  a 
citizen  of  no  mean  city :  and  I  be- 
seech thee,  give  me  leave  to  speak 
unto  the  people.  40  And  when  he 
had  given  him  leave,  Paul,  stand- 
ing on  '  the  stairs,  "  beckoned  with 
the  hand  unto  the  people ;  and 
when  there  was  made  a  great  si- 
lence, he  spake  unto  them  in  the 
*  Hebrew  language,  saying. 


2 


O       "  Brethren     and     fathers, 
w  hear  ye  the  defence  which 


I  now  make  unto  you. 

2  And  when  they  heard  that  he 
spake  unto  them  in  the  ''Hebx'ew 
language,  they  were  the  more 
quiet :  and  he  saith, 

3  "I  am  •'a  Jew,  born  in  ^Tarsus 
of  ^Cilicia,  but  brought  up  in  this 
city,  "  at  the  feet  of  ''  Gamaliel,  in- 
structed according  to  the  'strict 
manner  of  the  law  of  our  fathers, 
being  zealous  for  God,  even  as  *  ye 
all  are  this  day  :  4  and  ^  I  perse- 
cuted this  '"Way  unto  the  i:iea<.h, 
binding  and  delivering  into  pris- 
ons both  men  and  women.  5  'Ls 
also  "  the  high  priest  dotli  Var  me 
witness,  and  al'  ''the  3state  of  the 
elders  .  from  whom  cilso  I  ^  received 
letters  unto  -the  brethren,  and 
journeyed  to  'Damascus  to  bring 
them  also  that  were  there  unto 
Jerusalem  in  bonds  to  be  punished. 
6  *  And  it  came  t*";  pass,  that,  as  I 
made  my  journey,  and  drew  nigh 
unto  Damascus,  about  noon,  sud- 
denly there  shone  from  heaven  a 
great  light  round  abou I;  me.  7  And 
I  fell  unto  the  ground,  and  heard  a 

66  (Gr.) ;  1  Tim.  4.  14  (Gr.) ;  comp.  ch.  5.  21  (Gr.) 
P  ch.  9.  2  «  ch.  2.  29  ;  3.  17  ;  13.  26  ;  23. 1 ;  28.  17, 
21 ;  Rom.  9.  3  >"  See  ch.  9.  2  •  ver.  6-11 :  chap.  9. 
3-8  :  26. 12-18 


148 


22.8 


THE   ACTS 


23. 


till  they  clamor  for  his  Drath.    ilis  Roman  Citizenship  saves  him  from  the  Srourge.    Paul  before  the  Saohedrin 


voice  saying  unto  me,  Saul,  Saul, 
why  persecutcst  ihou  me  ?  <S  And 
1  answered,  \\  lio  ;ut  thou,  Lord! 
And  he  Sciid  unto  me,  1  am  "Jesus 
of  Nazaretii,  wliom  tiiou  persecut- 
est.  y  And  they  that  were  with 
me  *  beheld  imieed  tlie  li^ht,  but 
they  "heard  not  the  vt>ice  of  iiim 
that  spake  to  me.  10  And  1  said, 
•'What  shall  i  do,  Lord  I  And  the 
Lord  said  unto  me.  Arise,  and  go 
into  Damascus;  and  there  it  shall 
be  told  thee  of  all  things  which  are 
appointed  iov  thee  to  do.  1 1  And 
when  1  'could  not  see  for  the  glory 
of  that  light,  being  led  by  the  hand 
of  them  that  were  with  me  i  came 
into  Damascus.  1 2  And  one  ■''Ana- 
nias, a  devout  man  according  to  the 
law,  '■>  well  reported  of  by  all  the 
Jews  that  dwelt  there,  13  came 
unto  me,  and  staTiding  by  me  said 
unto  me,  *J5rother  Saul,  receive 
tiiy  sight.  And  'in  that  very  hour 
I  'looked  up  on  him.  14  And  he 
said,  *The  God  of  our  fathers  hath 
'appointed  thee,  to  know  his  will, 
and  to  '"see  the  "Righteous  One, 
and  to  hear  a  voice  from  his  mouth. 
1.")  For  thou  shalt  be  "a  witness  for 
him  unto  all  men  of  ''what  thou 
hast  seen  and  heard.  1 G  And  now 
why  tarriest  thou?  'arise,  and  be 
baptized,  and  "■  wash  away  thy  sins, 
•calling  on  his  name.  17  And  it 
came  to  pa.ss,  that,  when  1  had  '  re- 
turned to  Jerusalem,  and  while  I 
prayed  in  the  temple,  I  "tell  into  a 
trance,  18  and  saw  him  saying  unto 
me,  'Make  haste,  and  get  thee 
quickly  out  of  Jerusalem  ;  because 
tJiey  will  not  receive  of  thee  tes- 
timony concerning  me.  19  And  I 
said,  Lord,  they  themselves  know 
that  •'I  imprisoned  and  "beat  in 
every  synagogue  them  that  believed 
on  thee:  20  and  -when  the  blood 
of  Stephen  thy  witness  was  shed,  I 
also  was  standing  by,  and  consent- 
ing, and  keeping  the  garments  of 
them  that  slew  him.  21  And  he 
said  unto  me,  Depart :  for  I  will 
send  thee  forth  far  hence  "  unto  the 
Gentiles. 

22  And  they  gave  him  audience 
untp  this  word  :  and  they  lifted  up 
their  voice,  and  said,  *Away  with 
such  a  fellow  from  the  earth  :  for 
''it  is  not  fit  that  he  should  live. 
23  xVnd  as  they  cried  out,  and 
''  threw  off  their  garments,  and  ""cast 
dust  into  the  air,  24  the -chief  cap- 

1  Or,  received  my  sight  and  looked  upon  him. 
*  Ot,  military  tribune    Gr.  cJiiliarch. 


"  ch.  26.  9 
b  Coiiip.  ch. 

2«.  la 

'  Comp.  cli. 

•J.  7 
''  Couip.  cli. 

Iti.  'M 
'cU.ii.  8 
/ch.  i).  10 
'■>  Couip.  ch. 

6.  a  :  10.  :'J 
'■  ch.  ;).  17 
<  ch.  [).  IS 
«;  Seech  3.13 
'cli.  9.  15; 

26  16 
'"ch.'J.  17; 

26.  16 ; 

1  Cor.  9. 1 ; 

U.  8 
"  See  ch.  7. 

62 
0  ch.  23. 11 ; 

26.  16 
>'  ver.  14 
«  ch.  It.  18 
■■  1  Cor.  6. 

11;  Heb. 

10.  22 ;  see 

ch.  2.  3S ; 

co:i'p. 

Kph.  5.  26 
*  See  ch.  7. 

59 
'  ch.  9.  26  ; 

26.  211 
"  ch.  10.  10 
''  Comp.  ch. 

9.  2J 
"^  Seech.  8. 

3  ;  ver.  4 
V  ch.  26.  11 ; 

see  Mt.  10. 

17 
-  ch.  7.  .58  f.  ; 

8.  1 ;  26.  10 
"  Comp.  ch. 

9.  15 

b  See  ch.  21. 

36 :  coiiij). 

1  Th.  2.  16 
'ch.25.  24 
d  Comp.  ch. 

7.58 
■■  2  S.  16.  13 


/Seech.  21. 

34 
■'  ver.  29 
''  ch.  16.  37 
'  ver.  24 
*  ch.  16.  38 
'  ver.  24  f. 
"'  ch.  23.  28 
"  Comp.  ch. 

21.  3.) 
"  See  Mt.  5. 

22 
''  ch.  22.  30  ; 

ver.  6,  15, 

20,28 
1  See  ch.  22. 

5 
•"oh.  24.  16; 

2  Cor.  1. 

12;  2  Tim. 

1  3 
'  ch  24.  1 
<  Comp.  .In. 

18  22 
"  Mt.  2.1.  27 
'■  I..<>v.  19. 15; 

Dt.  2.5.  2  ; 

comp.  Jn. 

7.  .51 
'  Mt.  22  23  ; 

see  3.  7 
y  ch.  26.  5  : 

Phil.  3.  5 
'  ch.  24.  15, 

21 ;  26.  8 


149 


tain  commanded  him  to  be  brought 
into  'the  ca.stle,  bidding  that  he 
should  be  ;'e.\aniin(  d  I ly  .scourging, 
that  he  might  know  for  what  cause 
they  so  shouted  against  him.  25 
And  when  they  had  ti(;d  liim  up 
•'with  the  thong.s,  Taul  said  unto 
the  centurion  that  st(,»od  by,  Is  it 
lawful  for  you  to  scoui'ge  ''a  man 
tliat  isalioman.and  uncoiidennied ! 
2G  And  when  the  centurion  lieard 
it,  he  went  to  the  "chief  captain 
and  told  him,  saying  What  art 
thou  about  to  do  I  for  this  man  is  a 
lloman.  27  And  the -chief  captain 
came  and  .said  unto  him,  Tell  me, 
art  thou  a  Ixoman  I  And  he  said, 
Yea.  2S  And  the  '-'chief  captain 
answered.  With  a  great  sum  ob- 
tained 1  this  citizenship.  And  Paul 
said,  jjut  1  am  a  A'oman  born.  29 
They  then  that  were  about  to  'ex- 
amine him  straightway  departed 
from  him:  and  the  -'chief  captain 
also  *  was  afraid  when  he  knew  that 
he  was  a  IJoinan,  and  because  he 
had  'bound  him. 

30  But  on  the  morrow,  '"desiring 
to  know  the  certainty  wherefore 
he  was  accused  of  the  Jews,  he 
"  loosed  him,  and  conmianded  the 
chief  priests  and  all  "the  council 
to  come  together,  and  brought  Paul 
down  and  set  him  before  them. 
6)  O  And  Paul,  looking  sted- 
^^  O  fastly  on  ■''the  council,  said. 
I  Brethren, '  I  have  lived  before  Gocl 
in  all  good  conscience  until  this 
day.  2  And  the  high  priest '  Ana- 
nias commanded  them  that  stood 
by  him '  to  .smite  him  on  the  mouth. 
3  Then  said  Paul  unto  him,  God 
shall  smite  thee,  "thou  whitefl 
wall:  and  'sittest  thou  to  judge 
me  according  to  the  law,  and  com- 
mandest  me  to  be  smitten  contrary 
to  the  law '{  4  And  they  that  stood 
by  said,  Kevilest  thou  God's  high 
priest  1  5  And  Paul  said,  I  knew 
not,  brethren,  that  he  was  high 
jiriest :  for  it  is  written,  ■*  Thou  shalt 
not  speak  evil  of  a  ruler  of  thy  peo- 
r)le.  6  But  when  Paul  perceived 
that  the  one  part  were  'Saddu- 
cees  and  the  other  JMiari.see.s,  he 
ciied  out  in ''the  council, 'Brethren, 
*  I  am  a  I^harisee,  a  son  of  Phari- 
sees :  touching 'the  hope  and  res- 
urrection of  the  dead  I  am  called 
in  question.  7  And  when  he  had 
so  .said,  there  arose  a  dissension 
between  the  l-'harisees  and  Saddu- 
cees ;  and  the  assembly  was  divided. 

8  Or, /or  *  Ex.  xxii.  28. 


23.8 


THE  ACTS 


23.35 


To  thwart  the  Jews'  Plot,  lie  is  sent  to  Caesarea.    Letter  of  Claadins  Lysias  to  Felix 


8  For  "  the  Sadducees  say  that  there 
is  no  resurrection,  neither  angel, 
nor  spirit ;  but  the  Pharisees  con- 
fess Doth.  9  And  there  arose  a 
great  clamor :  and  some  of  *  the 
scribes  of  the  Pharisees'  part  stood 
up,  and  strove,  saying, "  We  find  no 
evil  in  this  man :  and  "*  what  if  a 
spirit  hath  spoken  to  him,  or  an 
angel  1  10  And  when  there  arose 
a  great  dissension,  the  ^  chief  cap- 
tain, fearing  lest  Paul  should  be 
torn  in  pieces  by  them,  commanded 
the  soldiers  to  go  down  and  take 
him  by  force  from  among  them, 
and  bring  him  into  ''the  castle. 

11  And -^  the  night  following  the 
Lord  stood  by  him,  and  said,  "'Be 
of  good  cheer :  for  ''  as  thou  hast 
'testified  concerning  me  at  Jeru- 
salem, so  must  thou  bear  *  witness 
also  at  Rome. 

12  And  when  it  was  day,  *the 
Jews  banded  together,  and  '  bound 
themselves  under  a  curse,  saying 
that  they  would  neither  eat  nor 
drink  till  they  liad  killed  Paul. 
13  And  they  were  more  than  forty 
that  made  this  conspiracy.  1 4  And 
they  came  to  the  chief  priests  and 
the  eldei"s,  and  said.  We  have 
'bound  ourselves  under  a  great 
curse,  to  taste  nothing  until  we 
have  killed  Paul.  15  Now  there- 
fore do  ye  with  '"  the  council  signify 
to  the  ^  chief  captain  that  he  bring 
him  down  unto  you,  as  though  ye 
would  judge  of  liis  case  more  ex- 
actly :  and  we,  before  he  comes 
near,  are  ready  to  slay  him.  16 
But  PauFs  sister's  son  heard  of 
their  lying  in  wait,  ^and  he  came 
and  entered  into  ^the  castle  and 
told  Paul.  17  And  Paul  called 
unto  him  one  of  the  centurions, 
and  said,  Bring  this  young  man 
unto  the  ^  chief  captain ;  _  for  he 
hath  something  to  tell  him.  18 
So  he  took  him,  and  brought  him 
to  the  '  chief  captain,  and  saith, 
Paul  "  the  prisoner  called  me  unto 
him,  and  asked  me  to  bring  this 
young  man  unto  thee,  who  hath 
something  to  say  to  thee.  1 9  And 
the  ^  chief  captain  took  him  by 
the  hand,  and  going  aside  asked 
him  privately.  What  is  it  that  thou 
hast  to  tell  me  1  20  And  he  said, 
"  The  Jews  have  agreed  to  ask  thee 
to  bring  down  Paul  to-morrow  unto 
""the  council,  as  though  thou  would- 

1  Or,  mUitary  tribune    Gr.  chiliarch. 
*  Or,  having  come  in  upcm  them,  and  he  en- 
tered &o. 


"  Mt.  22.  23  ; 

see  3.  7 
b  Mk.  2. 16 ; 

Lk.  5.  30 
"  Comp.ver. 

29 
d  Comp.  ch. 

22.  6  If.  ; 

Jn.  V>.  29 
«  See  ch.  21. 

3-t ;  ver.  16, 

32 
/Comp.  ch. 

18.  9 

y  See  Mt.  9. 

2 
''  Comp.  ch. 

19.  21 

'  ch.  28.  23  ; 

see  Lk.  16. 

28 
*:  ver.  30 ; 

comp.  ch. 

9.  23  ;  1  Th. 

2.  16 
'  ver.  14,  21 
'"  ch.  22.  30  ; 

ver.  1,  6, 

20,28 
"  See  Eph.  3. 

1 
°  ver.  14  f . 


v  Lk.  11.  54 
9  ver.  12,  14 
""  See  ch.  8. 

40 ;  ver.  33 
»  ver.  26,  33  ; 

ch.  24.  1.  3, 

10 ;  25.  14 
(ch.  24.  3; 

26.  25 ; 

comp.  Lk. 

1.  3 
"  See  ch.  15. 

23 
"  ch.  21.  32  f. 
"  Comp.  ch. 

22.  25-29 
y  ch.  22.  30 
^  Comp. 

ver.  10 
«  ch.  18.  15  ; 

comp. 

25.  19 

b  ch.  25.  25  ; 

26.  31  ;  28. 
IS ;  comp. 
ver.  9 

"  ver.  20  f. 

d  ver.  12;  see 

ch.  9.  24 

"  ver.  35 ; 
comp.  ch. 
24.  19 ;  25. 
16 


/ver.  23 
^  See  ver.  10 


h  ch.  25.  1 


>  ch.  21.  39  ; 
see  6.  9 


160 


est  inquire  somewhat  more  exactly 
concerning  him.  21  Do  not  thou 
therefore  yield  unto  them_ :  for 
there  *  lie  in  wait  for  him  of  them 
more  than  forty  men,  who  have 
"  bound  themselves  under  a  curse, 
neither  to  eat  nor  to  drink  till  they 
have  slain  him  :  and  now  are  they 
ready,  looking  for  the  promise  from 
thee.  22  So  the  ^  chief  captain  let 
the  young  man  go,  charging  him, 
Tell  no  man  that  thou  hast  signi- 
fied these  things  to  me.  23  And 
he  called  unto  him  two  of  the  cen- 
turions, and  said.  Make  ready  two 
hundred  soldiers  to  go  as  far  as 
*■  Cfesarea,  and  horsemen  threescore 
and  ten,  and  spearmen  two  hun- 
dred, at  the  third  hour  of  the  night : 
24  and  fie  bade  them  provide  beasts, 
that  they  might  set  Paul  thereon, 
and  bring  him  safe  unto  '  Felix  the 
governor.  25  And  he  wrote  a  let- 
ter after  this  form  : 

26  Claudius  Lysias  unto  the 
'most  excellent  governor  Felix, 
"greeting.  27  This  man  was 
seized  by  the  Jews,  and  "  was 
about  to  be  slain  of  them,  when 
"I  came  upon  them  with  the  sol- 
diers and  rescued  him,  ^having 
learned  that  he  was  a  Roman. 
28  And  » desiring  to  know  the 
cause  wherefore  they  accused  him, 
^I  ^brought  him  down  unto  their 
'"council:  29  whom  I  found  to  be 
accused  about  "questions  of  their 
law,  but  to  have  *  nothing  laid  to 
his  charge  worthy  of  death  or  of 
bonds.  30  And  when  it  was 
"  shown  to  me  that  there  would  be 
■*  a  plot  ■•  against  the  man,  1  sent 
him  to  thee  forthwith,  charging 
"  his  accusers  also  to  speak  against 
him  before  thee.® 

31  So  the  soldiers,  as  it  was 
commanded  them,  took  Paul  and 
brought  him  by  night  to  Antipa- 
tris.  32  But  on  the  morrow  they 
left -^  the  horsemen  to  go  with  him, 
and  returned  to ^ the  castle  :  33  and 
they,  when  they  came  to  '"  Caesarea 
and  delivered  the  letter  to  'the 
governor,  presented  Paul  also  be- 
fore him.  34  And  when  he  had 
read  it,  he  asked  of  what ''  province 
he  was ;  and  when  he  understood 
that  *he  was  of  Cilicia,  35  I  will 
hear  thee  fully,  said  he,  when  thine 

3  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  /  brought  him 
down  unto  their  council.  . 

4  Many  ancient  authorities  read  against  the 
man  on  their  part,  I  sent  him  to  thee,  charg- 
ing &c. 

s  Many  ancient  authorities  add  Farewell. 


24;  1 


THE  ACTS 


25.3 


Pad  is  kept  ia  Ward,  is  arraigned,  arraspd  by  Tertulliu,  and  makes  his  Dpfence.    Felix  leaves  bim  in  Bonds 


"  accusers  also  are  come :  and  he 
commanded  him  to  be  *kept  in 
Herod's  'palace. 

^  A  .And  after  '"five  days  tlie 
jmJ  JL  liiKh  priest  ''Ananias  came 
down  with  certain  elders,  and  loit/i 
an  orator,  one  Tertullus  ;  and  they 
informed  ""the  governor  against 
Paul.  2  And  when  he  was  called, 
Tertullus  began  to  accuse  him, 
saj^ing, 

Seeing  that  by  thee  we  enjoy 
much  peace,  and  that  by  thy 
pro\  idence  evils  are  corrected  for 
this  nation,  3  we  accept  it  in  all 
ways  antl  in  all  places,  -^most  ex- 
cellent Felix,  with  all  thankful- 
ness. 4  But,  that  I  be  not  further 
tedious  unto  thee,  I  entreat  thee  to 
hear  us  of  thy  clemency  a  few  words. 
5  For  we  have  found  this  man  ^a 
pestilent  fellow,  and  a  mover  of 
insurrections  among  all  the  Jews 
throughout  -the  world,  and  a  ring- 
leader of  the  "  sect  of  the  Naza- 
renes  :  6  who  moreover  assayed  to 
•profane  the  temple:  on  whom  also 
we  laid  hold  :  *  8  from  whom  thou 
wilt  be  able,  by  examining  him  thy- 
self, to  take  knowledge  of  all  these 
things  whereof  we  accuse  liim.  9 
And  *the  Je\v3  also  joined  in  the 
charge,  affirming  that  these  things 
were  so. 

10  And  when  "the  governor  had 
beckoned  unto  him  to  speak,  Paul 
answered. 

Forasmuch  as  I  know  that  thou 
hast  been  of  many  years  a  judge 
unto  this  nation,  I  cheerfully  make 
my  defence:  11  seeing  that  thou 
canst  take  knowledge  that  it  is  not 
more  than  'twelve  days  since  I 
went  up  to  worship  at  Jerustdem  : 

1 2  and  '"  neither  in  the  temple  did 
they  find  me  disputing  with  any 
man  or  "stin-ing  up  a  crowd,  nor 
in  the  synagogues,  nor  in  the  city. 

13  "Neither  can  they  prove  to  thee 
the  things  whereof  they  now  accuse 
mo.  14  But  this  I  confess  unto 
thee,  that  after  ^the  Way  which 
they  call  a  "  sect,  so  serve  I ''  the 
God  of  our  fathers,  'believing  all 
things  which  are  according  to  the 
law,  and  which  are  written  in  the 
proiDhets:  15  having  hope  toward 
Goo,  which  '  these  also  themselves 
*look  for,  that  there  shall  be  a  rea- 

1  Gr.  Prirtorhim.         »  dr.  the  mhabiled  earth. 

3  Some  ancieutauthorities  insert  and  ueirotitd 
barenikgfd  him  acrvrding  to  onr  laa>.  7  Bnt  Iht 
chiff  captain  Ly.tias  came,  and  with  greol  rio- 
lence  took  him  away  out  of  our  handu,  8  com- 
nmtiding  his  accusers  to  come  be/ore  thee. 

*  Or,  accept 


"  ver.  dU ; 

coiup-  cli. 

24.  lU  ;  25. 

Ifi 
*  ( 'omp.  ch. 

24.  27 
'  See  ver.  11 
■'  ch.  2a.  2 
°  See  ch.  2'i. 

24 
/  ch.  23.  2(> ; 

2ii   25 
"  1  Maco.  10. 

Kl  ;  15.  21 
1  See  ch.  15. 

!> ;  vor.  14 
■  ch.  21.  2» 

*  See  1  Th. 
2.  16 

'  Coiiip.  ch. 

21.  IS,  27. 

and  ver.  1 
""  ch  25.  8 
"  ver.  18 
"  ch.  25.  7 
P  ver.  22  ; 

see  ch.  9.  2 
9  See  ch.  3. 

13 
*■  Comp.  ch. 

2.5.  8 ;  2fi. 

4  ff.  22  t  ; 

28.23 

•  Coinp. 
Dan.  12.2; 
Jn.  5.  28  f. ; 
11. 24 ;  eee 
ch.  23.  6 


t  See  ch.  23. 

1 
"  Comp.  ch. 

2".  31 

*  Rom.  15. 
25-23 ; 

1  Cor.  16 
1-4;  2  Cor. 

8.  l-i  ;  9. 
1,  2. 12 ; 
couip.  ell. 
11  29  f.; 
Gal.  2.  1(1 

^  ch.  21.  26 
■v  ver.  12 
'  ch.  21.  27 
"  See  ch.  23. 

30 
6  See  Mt.  5. 

22 
"  ch.  2.f.  6  ; 

comp.  ver. 

15 
<>  See  ver.  14 
'  Comp.  ch. 

23.  35 
/Comp.  ch. 

28.  16 
"  Comp.  ch. 

23. 16;  27.  3 
'i  See  ch.  20. 

21 
■  Tit.  2.  12 
«:Gal  .5  23; 

2  Pet.  1.6; 
comp.  Tit. 
1.8 

'  ch.  10  42 
"■  Comp 
ver  17 
"  ch  2.5.  1,  4, 

9,  12  \c.  ; 
26.  24  f .  32 

0  ch.  2.5.  9  ; 
comp. 
12.3 

P  Comp.  ch. 
23.  35 ;  25. 
14 

1  ch.  23.  34 
•■  See  ch.  8. 

40 ;  ver.  4, 
6,13 

•  ch.  24.  1  ; 
ver.  15 

151 


urrection  both  of  the  just  and  un- 
just. 16  ^Herein  'I  also  exercise 
myself  to  liave  a  conscience  void 
of  ofl'ence  t<jward  Gofl  and  men 
always.  17  Now  "after  some 
years  1  'came  to  bring  alms  to  my 
nati(ni,  and  oileriiigs :  18  "amidst 
which  they  found  me  'purified 
in  the  temple,  with  no  *  crowd,  nor 
yet  \yith  tumult:  but  theie  were 
cei'tain  *  Jews  from  Asia  —  1  9  who 
ought  to  have  been  here  before 
thee,  and  to  "make  accusation,  if 
th(>y  had  aught  against  me.  20 
Or  el.se  let  these  men  themselves 
sjiy  what  wrong-doing  they  found 
when  1  stood  before  'the  council, 
21  except  it  be  for  this  one  voice, 
that  "  I  cried  standing  among 
them,  Touching  the  lesurrection 
of  the  dead  I  am  called  in  question 
before  you  this  day. 

22  But  Felix,  having  more  exact 
knowledge  concerning  ''the  Way, 
deferred  them,  saying,  WhenLysias 
the  1  chief  captain  shall  come  down, 
I  will  determine  your  matter.  23 
xVnd  he  ga^e  order  to  the  centurion 
that  he  should  be  "^kept  in  charge, 
and  should  ^have  indulgence  ;  ana 
not  Ix)  forbid  any  of  '  his  friends  to 
minister  unto  him. 

24  But  after  certain  days,  Felix 
came  with  Drusilla,  "his  wife,  who 
was  a  Jewess,  and  .'■ent  for  Paul, 
and  heard  him  concerning  ''  the 
faith  in  Christ  Jesus.  25  And  as 
he  reasoned  of  'righteousness,  and 
*  self-control,  and  'the  judgment  to 
come,  Felix  was  terrified,  and  an- 
swered. Go  thy  way  for  tJiis  tinie ; 
and  when  1  have  a  convenient 
season,  I  will  call  thee  unto  me. 
26  He  hoped  withal  that  '"  money 
would  be  given  Iiim  of  Paul :  where- 
fore also  he  sent  for  him  theoftener, 
and  communed  witli  him.  27  But 
when  two  years  were  fulfilled,  Felix 
wa.s  succeeded  by  Porciiis  "  Fes- 
tus:  and  "desiring  to  gain  favor 
with  the  Jews,  Felix  leit  Paul  ^in 
bond.s. 

iy  pT'  Festus  therefore,  *  haying 
^t>  come  into  'the  province, 
after  three  days  went  up  to  Jeru- 
salem from  ''Ciesarea.  2  And  the 
chief  priests  and  the  in-incipal  men 
of  the  Jews  'informe<l  him  against 
Paul ;  and  they  l^esought  him.  3 
asking  a  favor  against  him,  that 
he  would  send  for  him  to  Jeru-sa- 

^  Or,  On  this  acmunt    '  Or,  in  (irenenting  w/Mi 

'  Or,  militnnj  triliurir    Gr  chiliarch. 

"  Gr.  /ii.«  ifm  uife 

»  Or,  having  entereit  upon  M*proviac9 


25.4 


THE  ACTS 


26.2 


Festns  gives  Panl  a  Hearing,  who  appeals  to  Caesar.    Festos  tells  Kin^  Igrippa  of  the  Case, 


lem ;  "  laying  a  plot  to  kill  him  on 
the  way.  4  Howbeit  Festus  ''an- 
swered, that  Paul  ""was  kept  in 
charge  at  '*C?esarea,  and  that  he 
himself  was  about  to  depart  thkher 
shortly.  5  Let  them  therefore,  saith 
he,  that  are  of  power  among  you  go 
down  with  me,  and  if  there  is  any- 
thing amiss  in  the  man,  let  them 
accuse  him. 

6  And  when  he  had  tarried 
among  them  not  more  than  eight 
or  ten  days,  he  went  down  unto 
■*  Cpesarea ;  and  on  the  morrow  he 
sat  on  *  the  judgment-seat,  and 
commanded  Paul  to  be  brought. 
7  And  when  he  was  come,  the  J  ews 
that  had  come  down  from  Jeru- 
salem stood  round  about  him, 
bringing  against  him  •''many  and 
grievous  charges  ''which  they  could 
not  prove;  8  while  Paul  said  in  his 
defence,  ''Neither  against  the  law 
of  the  Jews,  nor  against  the  temple, 
nor  against  Caesar,  have  I  sinned  at 
all.  9  But  Festus, '  desiring  to  gain 
favor  with  the  Jews,  answered  Paul 
and  said,  *Wilt  thou  go  up  to  Jeru- 
salem, and  there  be  judged  of  these 
things  before  me"?  10  But  Paul 
said,  I  am  standing  before  Ctesar's 
'judgment-seat,  where  I  ought  to 
be  judged :  to  the  Jews  have  I  done 
no  wrong,  as  thou  also  very  well 
knowest.  11  If  then  I  am  a  wrong- 
doer, and  have  committed  anything 
worthy  of  death,  I  refuse  not  to  die ; 
but  if  none  of  those  things  is  true 
whereof  these  accuse  me,  no  man 
can  ^ give  me  up  unto  them.  I 'ap- 
peal unto  Caesar.  1 2  Then  Festus, 
when  he  had  conferred  with  ""  the 
council,  answered.  Thou  hast  ap- 
pealed unto  Caesar :  unto  Caesar 
shalt  thou  go. 

1 3  Now  when  certain  days  were 
passed,  Agrippa  the  king  ^and 
Bernice  arrived  at  **  Caesarea,  -and 
saluted  Festus.  14  And  as  they 
tarried  there  many  days,  Festus 
laid  Paul's  case  before  the  king, 
saying,  There  is  a  certain  man 
"  left  a  prisoner  by  Felix ;  1 .5  about 
whom,  when  I  was  at  Jerusalem, 
the  chief  priests  and  the  elders  of 
the  Jews  "informed  me,  asking  for 
sentence  against  him.  16  To  whom 
I  ^answered,  that  it  is  not  the  cus- 
tom of  the  Romans  to  ^  give  up  any 
man,  before  that  *  the  accused  have 
the  accusers  face  to  face,  and  have 
had  opportunity  to  make  his  de- 

1  Gr.  grant  me  hy  favor, 
a  Or,  naving  saluted 


"  See  ch.  9. 
24 

t>  ver.  16 

"  ch.  24.  23 

d  See  ch.  8. 
40 ;  ver.  1, 
6,13 

«  See  Mt.  27. 
19 ;  ver.  10, 
17 

/Comp.  ch. 
24.  5  f . 

s  ch.  24.  13 

A  Ch.  24.  12  ; 
28.  17 ; 
comp. 
6.  13 

i  ch.  24.  27  ; 
comp.  12.  3 

k  ver.  20 

'  ver.  21,  2.5  ; 
ch.  26.  32 ; 
28.19 

"'  Adifferent 
body  from 
that  men- 
tioned ch. 
4.  15  and 
subse- 
quently 
(eg.,  24. 20) 

"  See  ch.  24. 
27 

"  ch.  24.  1 ; 
ver.  2 

P  ver.  4  f . 

9  See  ch.  23. 
30 


*■  Comp.  ch. 
18.  15 ;  23. 
29 

*  Comp.  ch. 
17.  22 

<  ver.  9 
"  See  ver. 

11  f. 
"  Comp.  ch. 

9.  15 

*  ver.  13;  ch. 
26.30 


V  Comp. 
ver.  2,  7 


'  See  ch.  23. 
29 


fence  concerning  the  matter  laid 
against  him.  17  When  therefore 
they  were  come  together  hei*e,  I 
made  no  delay,  but  on  the  next 
day  sat  on  "the  judgment-seat,  and 
commanded  the  man  to  be  brought. 
18  Concerning  whom,  when  the 
accusers  stood  up,  they  brought  no 
charge  of  such  evil  things  as  I  sup- 
posed; 19  but  had  certain  ''ques- 
tions against  him  of  their  own 
^*  religion,  and  of  one  Jesus,  who 
was  dead,  whom  Paul  affirmed  to 
be  alive.  20  And  I,  'being  per- 
plexed how  to  inquire  concerning 
these  things,  asked  whether  he 
would  go  to  Jerusalem  and  there 
be  judged  of  these  matters.  21 
But  when  Paul  had  "appealed  to 
be  kept  for  the  decision  of  *the 
emperor,  I  commanded  him  to  be 
kept  till  I  should  send  him  to 
Caesar.  22  And  "Agrippa  said 
unto  Festus,  I  also  ^coulu  wish  to 
hear  the  man  myself.  To-morrow, 
saith  he,  thou  shalt  hear  him. 

23  So  on  the  morroAv  when 
"^  Agrippa  was  come,  and  "^  Bernice, 
with  great  pomp,  and  they  were 
entered  into  the  place  of  hearing 
with  the  ^  chief  captains  and  the 
principal  men  of  the  city,  at  the 
command  of  Festus  Paul  was 
brought  in.  24  And  Festus  saith, 
King  Agrippa,  and  all  men  who 
are  here  present  with  us,  ye  be- 
hold this  man,  about  whom^all  the 
multitude  of  the  Jews  made  suit 
to  me,  both  at  Jerusalem  and  here, 
crying  that  ^he  ought  not  to  live 
any  longer.  25  But  I  found  that 
he  had  committed  "nothing  worthy 
of  death:  and  as  he  himself  "ap- 
pealed to  ^  the  emperor  I  determined 
to  send  him.  26  Of  whom  I  have 
no  certain  thing  to  write  unto  my 
lord.  Wherefore  I  have  brought 
him  forth  before  you,  and  specially 
before  thee,  king  Agrippa,  that,, 
after  examination  had,  I  may  have 
somewhat  to  write.  27  For  it 
seemeth  to  me  unreasonable,  in 
sending  a  prisoner,  not  withal  to 
signify  the  charges  against  him. 
O/^  And  "Agrippa  said  unto 
^yJ  Paul,  Thou  art  permitted 
to  speak  for  thyself.  Then  Paul 
stretched  forth  his  hand,  and 
made  his  defence : 

2    I  think  myself   happy,   king- 
Agrippa,  that  I  am  to  make  my 

'  Or,  s'lprrstition 

*  Gr.  t/te  Augustus.  5  Or^  was  wishing- 

6  Or,  military  tribunes    Gr.  chxKarcht. 


152 


26.3 


THE   ACTS 


26.29 


before  whom  Paol  makes  his  Defcuce.    Fcstus  rails  bioi  mad 


defence  before  thee  this  day  toucli- 
iiig  all  the  things  whereof  1  am 
accused  by  the  Jews  :  3  'especially 
because  thou  art  expert  in  all  "cus- 
toms and  questions  whicli  aie 
among  the  Jews:  whereture  1  be- 
seech thee  to  hear  me  patiently. 
4  *"  My  manner  of  life  then  from  my 
youth  up,  which  was  fioiu  the  be- 
ginning among  mine  own  nation 
and  at  JerusaUin,  know  all  the 
Jews;  5  having  knowledge  of  me 
from  the  tirst,  if  ihey  be  willing 
to  testify,  that  'after  the  straitest 
''sect  of  our  religion  I  lived  a 
'  Pharisee.  6  And  now  I  stand  here 
to  be  judged  -^for  the  hoi)e  of  ^the 
promise  made  of  (iod  unto  our 
lathers;  7  unto  which  y>ro?«/se; ''our 
twelve  tribes, earnestly  serving  God 
night  and  day,  hoi)e  to  attain.  And 
concerning  this'^hope  1  am  'accused 
by  the  Jews,  O  king!  8  Why  is  it 
judged  incredible  with  you.  *if  God 
doth  raise  the  dead;  9  'I  verily 
thought  with  myself  that  I  ought 
to  do  many  things  contrary  to  ""the 
name  of  Jesus  of  Nazareth.  lU 
And  this  I  also  "did  in  Jerusalem: 
and  I  both  shut  up  many  of  the 
saints  in  prisons,  having  "received 
authority  from  the  chief  priests, 
and  when  they  were  put  to  death 
I  ^gave  my  vote  against  them.  1 1 
And  'punishing  them  oftentimes 
in  all  the  synagogues,  I  strove  to 
make  them  blaspheme;  and  being 
•■exceedingly  mad  against  them,  1 
persecuted  them  'even  unto  foreign 
cities.  12  -Whereuiion  'as  I  jour- 
neyed to  Damascus  with  the  au- 
thority and  commission  of  the 
chief  priests,  13  at  m.idday,  O 
king,  I  saw  on  the  way  a  light 
from  heaven,  above  the  brightness 
of  the  sun,  shining  round  about  me 
and  them  that  journeyed  with  me. 
1-4  And  when  we  were  "all  fallen  to 
the  earth,  I  heard  a  voice  saying 
unto  me  in  the  'Hebrew  language, 
Saul,  Saul,  why  persecutest  thou 
•axel  it  is  hard  for  thee  to  kick 
against  Hhe  goad.  15  And  I  said, 
AVho  art  thou.  Lord]  And  the 
Lord  said,  I  am  Jesus  whom  thou 
persecutest.  16  l^ut  arise,  and 
■'stand  upon  thy  feet:  for  to  this 
end  have  I  appeared  unto  thee,  to 
"appoint  thee  a  'minister  and  "a 
•witness  both  of  the  things ''wherein 
thou  hast  seen  me,  and  of  the  things 

>  Or,  bfcauf  Ihou  nrl  experially  rrpert 
«  Or,  On  tpfiir/i  erro'id  I ^ ''•.«'''?"•'. 

*  Many  ancient  authorities  read  w/itcn  thou 
hattteen. 


"  Comp  cli. 

B.  14  ;  2o. 

lit ;  ver.  7 
(■  Gal.  1 

13  f.;  Phil. 

a.  5 
'  See  ch.  22. 

a 
<i  See  ch.  1.5. 

r> 
'  ch.  23.  6 
/ch.  28.  20; 

coin  p. 

■:i.  15 
:'  See  ch.  13. 

32 
'•  C'omp.Jas. 

1.  1 
I  ver.  2 
^  Comp.  ch. 

2a  G 
'  1  Tim.  1. 

13;  Ju.  16. 

2 
'"  Comp.  Jii. 

IS  21 
"  See  ch.  8. 

3 ;  il.  13 
"  Comp.  ch. 

9.  If. 
T  ch.  22.  20 
«  ch.  22.  19  ; 

see  Alt.  10. 

17 
••ch.  9  1 

•  ch.  2^2  5 

« ver.  12-18 : 
chnp.  9.  3- 
8  ;  ■>:>.  6-11 

"  Comp.  ch. 
9.  7 

•  See  ch.  21. 
40 

'  Ezek.  2.  1 ; 

Dan.  10.  11 
y  See  ch.  22. 

14 
••Lk.  1.2 
-'  See  ch.  22. 

15 


I-  .ler.  1.  8. 

19 
■^  1  Chr.  16. 

3.') ;  comp. 

ch.  9.  15 
dis.  35.  .5; 

42  7,  16 ; 

Eph.  5.  8 ; 

Col.  1.  l;j : 

1  I'et  2.  9 
'  Jn.  1.  h  : 

Eph.  5  8 ; 

Col  1.12f  ; 

1  Th.  6  b  : 

1  I'et.  2.  9 
/SeeJlt.  4. 

lu 
"  Lk.  24.  47  ; 

ch.  2  3S 
A  See  ch.  20. 

32 
>  Pee  ch.  20. 

21 
»• « h  9.  19  ff 
'  ch.W  2(1-29; 

2-2.  17-20 
""  See  ch.  13. 

46  ;  oud  9. 

15 
"  ch. 3  19 
"Mt.  3  8; 

Lk.  a.  8 
P  ch.  21.  27. 

30 
'rh.  21   31 
"•SeeLk.lB 

23 
•  See  ch   10. 

43;  24.  14 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

2(>  24  ;  ch. 

3   IS 
"  1  Cor  IS. 

20,  23 ;  Col. 

153 


wjierein  I  will  appear  unto  thee; 
17  ''delivering  thee  *■  from  the  peo- 
ple, and  from  the  Gentiles,  unto 
whom  1  .send  thee,  18  to  ''open 
their  eyes,  '  that  they  may  turn 
from  "darkness  to  liglit  and  from 
the  power  of  -^Satan  unto  Cod, 
tliat  they  may  receive  » remission 
of  sins  and  an ''inheritance  among 
them  that  are  .sanctiiied  by  'faith 
in  nie.  19  Wherefore,  C)  king 
Agrij)pa,  I  was  not  disobedient 
unto  the  heavenly  vision  :  20  but 
declared  both  *  to  them  of  Damas- 
cus hrst,  and  'at  Jerusalem,  and 
throughout  all  the  country  of  Ju- 
d:ea,  and  also  "'to  the  Gentiles,  that 
they  slujuld  "rejjent  and  turn  to 
God,  doing  works  "worthy  of  ''re- 
pentance. 21  For  this  cause  the 
Jews ''seized  me  in  the  temple,  and 
assayed  ''to  kill  me.  22  Having 
therefore  obtained  the  help  that  is 
from  God,  I  stand  unto  this  day 
''testifj'ingboth  to  small  and  great, 
sayin.g  nothing  but  "what  '  the 
prophets  aiid  Moses  did  .say  should 
come;  23  "how  'that  the  Chri.st 
^must  suffer,  ami  'ho\y  that  "he 
first  b.v  the  resurrection  of  the 
dead  should  proclaim  'liglit  both 
to  the  people  and  to  the  Gentiles. 
24  And  as  he  thus  inade  his 
defence,  Festus  saith  with  a  loud 
voice,  Paul,  thou  art  mad;  thy 
much  'learning  "is  turning  thee 
mad.  25  But  Paul  saith,  1  am  not 
mad,  "niost  excellent  Festus;  but 
speak  forth,  words  of  truth  and 
sol)erness.  20  For  tlie  king- know- 
cth  of  these  things,  unto  wliom  also 
I  speak  freely:  for  1  am  persuaded 
that  none  of  these  things  is  hidden 
from  him ;  for  this  hath  not  been 
done  in  a  corner.  27  KingAgrippa, 
Ijelievest  thou  the  piophetsf  I 
know  that  thou  believest.  28  And 
Agrippa.sYf/(/  unto  Paul.  "'With  but 
little  persuasion  thou  wouldestfain 
make  me  a  "  Christian.  29  And 
Paul  w/V/,  1  would  to  God,  that 
"whether  with  little  or  with  much, 
not  thou  only,  but  also  all  that  hear 
me  this  day,  might  become  such  as 
1  am,  except  these  'bonds. 

f?pe  Lk.  2.  S2 :  comp.  2  Cor.  4.  4 


1. 18 :  Rev.  1  5 
•In.  7.  15  ;  co: 
Comp.  ver.  3 


'.In.  1.  15 :  comp  2  Tim.  3.  15       i-  ch.  23.  26 ;  24. 
^Seech.U.  26    »  See  ch.  31.  S3 


«  Or,  fMr  repentance 


»  Or,  lo  him  thrm 

1  Or.  if    Or,  vhelher 

«  Or,  M  giibjerl  lo  tuffrring 

>  (Jr.  turnrlh  Ihrr  lo  mwlnest. 
I"  Or,  In  a  lilllr  time  lliou  Ac 
'»  Or,  both  in  little  and  in  great,  i.e.,  in  all  re- 
spects 


26.30 


THE  ACTS 


27.28 


Paul  might  have  been  set  at  Liberty  bat  for  Ms  Appeal.    Paul  sails  for  Italy.    The  Voyage  Dangeroas 


30  And  "the  king  rose  up,  and 
the  governor,  and  Bernice,  and  they 
that  sat  with  them:  31  and  when 
they  had  withdrawn,  they  spake 
one  to  another,  saying,  ''This  man 
doeth  nothing  worthy  of  death  or 
of  bonds.  '62  And  Agrippa  said 
unto  Festus,  This  man  might  have 
been  ^set  at  Hberty,  if  he  had  not 
''appealed  unto  Csesar. 
O  >Y  And  when  it  was  deter- 
^  9  mined  that  "  we  ^should  sail 
for  ^  Italy,  they  delivered  Paul  and 
certain  other  prisoners  to  a  cen- 
turion named  Julius,  of  the  Au- 
gustan ^''band.  2  And  embarking 
in  a  ship  of  Adramyttium,  which 
was  about  to  sail  unto  the  places 
on  the  coast  of  'Asia,  we  put  to 
sea,  *  Aristarchus,  a  '  Macedonian 
of  "^  Thessalonica,  being  with  us. 
3  And  the  next  day  we  touched 
at"Sidon:  and  Julius  "treated  Paul 
kindly,  and  ''gave  him  leave  to  go 
unto  his  friends  and  -^refresh  him- 
self. 4  And  putting  to  sea  from^ 
thence,  we  sailed  under  the  lee  of 
'Cyprus,  because  ''the  winds  were 
contrary.  5  And  when  we  had 
sailed  across  the  sea  which  is  off 
'Cilicia  and  'Pamphylia,  we  came 
to  Myra,  a  city  of  Lycia.  6  And 
there  the  centurion  found  a  "ship 
of  Alexandria  sailing  for  ^Italy; 
and  he  put  us  therein.  7  And 
when  we  had  sailed  slowly  many 
days,  and  were  come  with  difficulty 
over  against  Cnidus,  "the  wind  not 
*  further  suffering  us,  we  sailed 
under  the  lee  of  -^  Crete,  oyer 
against  Salmone;  8  and  with  diffi- 
culty *  coasting  along  it  we  came 
unto  a  certain  place  called  Fair 
Havens  ;  nigh  whereunto  was  the 
city  of  Lasea. 

9  And  when  much  time  was 
spent,  and  the  voyage  was  now 
dangerous,  because  -the  Fast  was 
now  already  gone  by,  Paul  admon- 
ished them,  10  and  said  unto  them, 
Sirs,  I  perceive  that  the  voyage 
will  be  with  "  injury  and  much  loss, 
not  only  of  the  lading  and  the 
ship,  but  also  of  our  lives.  11  But 
the  centurion  gave  more  heed  to 
the  *  master  and  to  the  owner  of  the 
ship,  than  to  those  things  which 
were  spoken  by  Paul.  12  And 
because  the  haven  was  not  com- 
modious to  winter  in,  the  more 
part  ^dvised  to  put  to  sea  from 
thence,  if  by  any  means  they  could 

1  Or,  cohort  2  Qx.  receive  attention. 

8  Or,  suffering  us  to  get  there 


«  ch.  25.  23 

i-  See  ch.  23. 

2M 
<=  ch.  28.  13 
d  See  ch.  23. 

11 
"("we  ") 

ver.  1-2S. 

16 :  see  ch. 

16.  10 
/ch.  25.  12, 

25 
«  See  ch.  18. 

2 ;  ver.  6 
h  See  ch.  10. 

1 
■■  See  ch.  2. 9 
k  See  ch.  IS). 

29 
'  Comp.  ch. 

16.  y 

'"  See  ch.  17. 

1 
«  See  Mt.  11. 

21 
"  Comp.  ver. 

43 
P  Comp.  ch. 

24.  23 
9  See  ch.  4. 

36 
■■  ver.  7 
«  See  ch.  6.  9 
«  See  ch.  13. 

13 
«  ch.  28.  11 
"  Comp.  ver. 

4 
"  ver.  12  f. 

21 ;  Tit.  1. 

5 ;  comp. 

ch.  2  11  ; 

Tit.  1.  12 
y  ver.  13 

(Or.) 
^  Lev.  16.  29- 

31  ;  23.  27- 

29 ;  Num. 

29.  7 
"  ver.  21 
b  Rev.  18.  17 


"^  ver.  8(Gr.) 
ri  Comp. 

Mk.  4.  37 
''  ver.  26,  29 
/  Comp  ver. 

38 ;  Jon.  1. 

5 
■'  ver.  10 
''  ver.  25,  36 
'  Comp.  ch. 

23.  11 :  18. 

9  ;  2  Tim. 

4.17 
*  Comp.  ch. 

5.  19 
'  Rom.  1.  9 
"^  Comp.  23. 

11 

"  ver.  44  ; 
yet  comp. 
ver.  31,  42 


iM 


reach  Phoenix,  and  winter  there; 
which  is  a  haven  of  ^  Crete,  look- 
ing ** north-east  and  south-east.  1 3 
And  when  the  south  wind  blew 
softly,  supposing  that  they  had  ob- 
tained their  purpose,  they  weighed 
anchor  and  "  sailed  along  -^  Crete, 
close  in  shore.  14  But  after  no 
long  time  there  ''  beat  down  from 
it  a  tempestuous  wind,  which  is 
called  Euraquilo :  15  and  when 
the  ship  was  caught,  and  could 
not  face  the  wind,  we  gave  way  to 
it,  and  were  driven.  16  And  run- 
ning under  the  lee  of  a  small  island 
called  ®  Cauda,  we  were  able,  with 
difficulty,  to  secure  the  boat:  17 
and  when  they  had  hoisted  it  up, 
they  used  helps,  under-girding  the 
ship  ;  and,  fearing  lest  they  should 
"  be  cast  upon  the  Syrtis,  they  low- 
ei'ed  the  gear,  and  so  were  driven. 
18  And  as  we  labored  exceedingly 
with  the  storm,  the  next  day  they 
began  to  -^  throw  the  freight  over- 
board;  19  and  the  third  day  they 
cast  out  with  their  own  hands  the 
®  tackling  of  the  ship.  20  And 
when  neither  sun  nor  stars  shone 
upon  us  for  many  days,  and  no 
small  tempest  lay  on  us,  all  hope 
that  we  should  be  saved  was  now 
taken  away.  21  And  when  they 
had  been  long  without  food,  then 
Paul  stood  forth  in  the  midst  of 
them,  and  said,  "Sirs,  ye  should 
have  hearkened  unto  me,  and  not 
have  set  sail  from  "  Crete,  and  have 
gotten  this  "injury  and  loss.  22 
And  now  I  exhort  you  to  be 
''of  good  cheer ;  for  there  shall  be 
no  loss  of  life  among  you,  but  onlv 
of  the  ship.  23  For  'there  stood 
by  me  this  night  *an  angel  of  the 
God  whose  I  am,  '  whom  also  I 
serve,  24  saying.  Fear  not,  Paul ; 
™  thou  must  stand  before  Caesar : 
and  lo,  God  hath  granted  thee 
"all  them  that  sail  with  thee.  25 
Wherefore,  sirs,  be  ''  of  good  cheer : 
for  I  believe  God,  that  it  shall  be 
even  so  as  it  hath  been  spoken  unto 
me.  26  But  we  must  ®  be  cast  upon 
a  certain  "  island. 

27  But  when  the  fourteenth 
night  was  come,  as  we  were  driA'^en 
to  and  fro  in  the  sea  of  Adria, 
about  midnight  the  sailors  sur- 
mised that  they  were  drawing 
near  to  some  country :  28  and 
they  sounded,  and  found  twenty 

*  Gr.  rfo^rn  the  south-west  wind  and  down  the 
north-west  wind. 

^  Many  ancient  authorities  read  Clauda. 
''  Or,  furniture 


27.29 


THE  ACTS 


28.14 


Tbe  Shipwrtrk.    They  roach  Laiid  at  Kclita.    Paul  is  ent«rtHiDrd  by  Pnltlias.    Th«  Voyage  resumed 


fathoms  ;  and  after  a  little  space, 
they  souiuled  a^ain,  and  found  fif- 
teen fathoms.  21)  And  fearing  lest 
haply  we  slioukl  "  be  east  ashore  on 
rocky  ffrouuti,  they  let  go  four  an- 
chors from  the  stern,  and  'wished 
for  the  day.  30  AncJ  as  tlie  sailors 
were  seeking  to  flee  out  of  the  ship, 
and  had  lowered  ''the  boat  into 
the  se^,  under  color  as  though  they 
would  lay  out  anclua's  from  the 
foreship,  31  i'aul  siiid  to  the  cen- 
turit)n  and  to  the  soldiers,  Except 
these  abide  in  the  ship,  ye  cannot 
be  saved.  32  Then  the  soldiers  cut 
away  the  "ropes  of  the  boat,  and 
let  her  fall  off.  33  And  while  the 
day  was  coming  on,  Paul  besought 
them  all  to  take  some  food,  saying. 
This  day  is  the  fourteenth  day  tliat 
ye  wait  and  continue  fasting,  hav- 
ing taken  nothing.  34  Wherefore 
I  beseech  you  to  take  some  food  : 
for  this  is  for  your  safety :  for 
''there  shall  not  a  liair  perish  from 
the  head  of  any  of  you.  35  And 
when  he  had  said  this,  anfl  had 
taken  bread,  he  'gave  thanks  to 
God  in  tlie  presence  of  all ;  and  he 
brake  it,ana  began  to  eat.  36  Then 
were  they  all  -^of  g«:K)d  cheer,  and 
themselves  also  took  fo(xl.  37  And 
we  were  in  all  in  the  ship  two  hun- 
dred threescore  and  sixteen  -'souls. 
38  And  when  they  had  eaten 
enough,   they  lightened  the  ship, 

*  throwing  out  the  wheat  into  the 
sea.      39    And  when   it  was  day, 

•  they  knew  not  the  land  :  but  they 
perceived  a  certnin  bay  with  a 
beach,  and  they  took  counsel 
whetiier  they  could  -drive  the  ship 
upon  it.  40  And  casting  off  *  the 
anchoi's,  they  left  them  in  the  sea, 
at  the  same  time  loosing  the  bands 
of  the  rudders ;  and  hoisting  up 
the  foresail  to  tlie  wind,  they  made 
for  the  beach.  41  Rut  lighting 
upon  a  place  where  two  se^is  met, 
they  ran  the  vessel  aground  ;  and 
the  foreship  struck  and  remained 
unmoveable,  but  the  stern  began 
to  break  up  by  the  violence  of  the 
loavex.  42  And  the  soldiers'  coun- 
sel was  to  'kill  the  prisoners,  lest 
any  of  them  should  swim  out.  and 
escape.  43  But  the  centurion, 
"desiring  to  .save  Paul,  stayed 
them  from  theirpurpo.se;  and  com- 
manded that  they  who  could  swim 
should  cast  themselves  overboard, 

1  Or,  vrnvd 

s  Sonif  ancient  authorities  read  Vring  the  ship 
sckfe  to  shore. 


"  ver.  17.  26 

*  ver.  lli 

'  .In   ■>. 

l.MGr.) 
^  See  Mt.  10. 

*  See  Mt.  14. 
ly 

/  ver.  22,  25 
■'  See  cU.  2. 
41 


oinp. 
j;  Joi 


IS ;  Jon.  1. 

5 
■  Comp.  ch. 

28.1 
*  ver  29 
'  Comp.  ch. 

12.  lU 
"'  Comp. 

ver.  i 


ver.  22,  31 
» " we" : 

comp.  ch. 

27.  1  (see 

16.  10) 
P  Comp.  ch. 

27.  ;k» 
ich.  27.26 
•■  Rom  1. 

14  ;  1  Cor. 

14  U;  Col. 

3.11  :  ver.  4 
'  Comp. 

Rom.  14.  1 
'  Comp.  Lk. 

].).  2,  4 
"  Wisd.  1.  8 ; 

14.  31 
"  Mk.  16.  18 
^  See  ch.  14. 

11 


V  Comp.  ch. 

9.  40 ;  Jas. 

5.  14  f . 
'  See  Mk. 

5.2a 


°  ch.  27.  6 


and  get  first  to  the  land  ;  44  and 
the  rest,  .some  on  i)lanks,  and  some 
on  othtr  tilings  from  the  ship 
And  so  it  eame  to  pass,  that "  they 
all  escaped  safe  to  the  land. 
O  O  And  when  "we  were 
j^  O  escaped,  ^then  we  knew 
tliat '  the  island  was  called  •'^lelita. 
2  And  'the  barb;irians  showed  us 
no  common  kindness :  for  they 
kindled  a  tire,  and  'received  us 
ail,  because  of  the  present  rain, 
and  becau.se  of  the  cold.  3  But 
when  Paul  had  gathered  a  bundle 
of  sticks  and  laid  them  on  the  tire, 
a  viper  came  out  *  by  reason  of  the 
heat,  and  fastened  on  his  hand. 
4  And  when  ""the  barbarians  saw 
the  voiomovs  creature  hanging  from 
his  hand,  they  said  one  to  another, 
'  No  doubt  this  man  is  a  nmrderer, 
whom,  though  he  hath  escaped 
from  the  sea,  yet  "Justice  hath  not 
suffered  to  live.  5  Howbeit  "he 
shook  olFthe  creature  into  the  fire, 
and  took  no  harm.  6  But  they 
expected  tliat  he  would  liave  swol- 
len, or  fallen  down  dead  suddenly  ; 
but  when  they  were  long  in  expec- 
tation and  beheld  nothing  ami.s3 
come  to  him,  they  changed  their 
minds,  and  ^said  that  he  was  a 
god. 

7  Now  in  the  neighborhood  ot 
that  place  were  lands  belonging 
to  the  chief  man  of  the  island^ 
named  Publius ;  who  received  us, 
and  entertained  us  three  days 
courteously.  8  And  it  was  so, 
that  the  father  of  I'ublius  lay  sick 
of  fever  and  d5'.sentery :  unto  whom 
Paul  entered  in,  and  *pi'a.ved,  and 
'laying  his  hands  on  nim  healed 
him.  9  And  when  this  wa.s  done, 
the  rest  also  that  had  diseases  in 
the  island  came,  and  were  cured : 
10  who  also  honored  us  with  many 
honors  ;  and  when  we  sailed,  they 
put  on  board  such  things  as  we 
neederl. 

1 1  And  after  three  months  we 
set  sail  in  'a  shij)  of  Alexandria 
which  had  wintered  in  the  island, 
whose  sign  was  ''The  'i'win  Broth- 
ers. 12  And  toucliing  at  Syra- 
cuse, we  t.irriefl  there  three  days. 
13  And  from  thence  we  ®made  a 
circuit,  and  arrived  at  Bhegium 
and  after  one  day  a  south  wine 
sprang  up,  and  on  the  second  day 
we    came    to    Puteoli ;    1 4    wher«» 

'  Some  anciont  ftiithoritles  read  MeKlene. 

*  Or.  fmm  the  hrnt  '■■  Gr.  IHo'ritri. 

*  Some  ancieut  authorities  read  cait  loose. 


155 


28.15 


THE  ACTS 


28.31 


The  Arrival  in  Rome.    Panl  addresses  the  Leading  Jews.    He  preaches  in  Rome  Two  Tears 


we  found  "  brethren,  and  were  en- 
treated to  tarry  with  them  seven 
days :  and  so  we  came  to  Rome. 
1 5  And  from  thence  the  "  brethren, 
when  they  heard  of  us,  came  to 
meet  us  as  far  as  The  Market  of 
Appius  and  The  Three  Taverns ; 
whom  when  Paul  saw,  he  thanked 
God,  and  took  courage. 

16  And  when  we  entered  into 
Rome,  ^  Paul  was  *  suffered  to  abide 
by  himself  v/ith  the  soldier  that 
guarded  him. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass,  that 
after  three  days  he  called  togetlier 
"those  that  were  'the  chief  of  the 
Jews :  and  wh.en  they  were  come 
together,  he  said  unto  them,  I, 
"^  brethren,  "  though  I  had  done 
nothing  against  the  people,  or  •'^the 
customs  of  our  fathers,  yet  was 
delivered  prisoner  from  Jerusalem 
into  the  hands  of  the  Romans  : 
18  who,  when  they  had  examined 
me,  ''desired  to  set  me  at  liberty, 
because  there  was  ''  no  cause  of 
death  in  me.  19  But  when  the 
Jews  spake  against  it,  I  was  con- 
strained to  '  appeal  unto  Cjesar ; 
not  that  I  had  aught  whereof  to 
accuse  my  nation.  20  For  this 
cause  therefore  did  I  ^  entreat  you 
to  see  and  to  speak  with  me :  for 
*  because  of  the  hope  of  Israel  I  am 
bound  with  'this  chain.  21  And 
they  said  unto  him.  We  neither 
received  letters  from  Jud?ea  con- 
cerning thee,  nor  did  any  of  ''the 
brethren  come  hither  and  report 
or  speak  any  harm  of  thee.  22 
But  we  desire  to  hear  of  thee  what 
thou  thinkest :  for  as  concerning 
this  ™sect,  it  is  known  to  us  that 
everywhere  "it  is  spoken  against. 

23  Andwhenthey  had  appointed 
him  a  day,  they  came  to  him  into 

I  Some  ancient  authorities  insert  the.  cfnturion 
delivered  the  prisoners  /n  the  Chief  of  the  camp: 
but  &c,  2  Or,  those  that  were  of  the  Jews  f  rat 

3  Or,  call  for  you,  to  see  and  to  speak  with  you 


"  See  ch.  1. 

15 
f"  Coinp.  ch. 

24.  23 
"  Comp.  ch. 

13.  511 ;  25.  2 
''  See  ch.  22. 

5 
"  See  ch.  25. 

8 
/  See  ch.  6. 

14 
0  ch.  26.  32 
ft  See  ch.  23. 

29 
'  See  ch.  25. 

11 
k  ch.  26.  6  f. 
'  See  ch.  21. 

33 
"'  ch.  24.  14 
"  Comp. 

1  Pet.  2. 

12  ;  3.  16  ; 

4.  14, 16 


0  Pliilem.  22 
>'  See  Lk.  16. 

28  ;  comp. 

ch.  1.  3  ;  23. 

11 
9  See  ch.  8. 

""  See  ch.  14. 

4 
'  ver.  26,  27 : 

see  Mt.  13. 

14  f. 


'  See  ch.  13. 

26  ;  Ps.  !I8. 

3 ;  Lk.  2. 

30 
"  See  ch.  13. 

46 ;  and  9. 

15 


^  Comp.  Mt. 

4.  23 ;  ch. 

20. 25 ;  ver. 

23 
^  2  Tim.  2.  9 


"  his  lodging  in  great  number ;  to 
whom  he  expounded  the  matter, 
^testifying  the  kingdom  of  God, 
and  persuading  them  concerning 
Jesus,  both  U'rora  the  law  of  Moses 
and  from  the  prophets,  from  morn- 
ing till  evening.  2-i  And  ''some 
believed  the  things  which  were 
spoken,  and  some  disbelieved. 
25  And  when  thej^  agreed  not 
among  themselves,  they  departed 
after  that  Paul  had  spoken  one 
word.  Well  spake  the  Holy  Spirit 
through  Isaiah  the  prophet  unta 
j^our  fathers,  26  saying, 

■*  Go  thou  unto  tnis  people,  and 

say, 
'  By  hearing  ye  shall  hear,  and 

shall  in  no  wise  understand  ; 
And  seeing  ye   shall  see,   and 

shall  in  no  wise  perceive  : 
27  For  this  people's  heart  is  waxed 

gross, 

ears    are    dull    of 


And    their 
hearing. 

And     their 
closed ; 

Lest   haply 


eyes     they    have 


they   should   per- 
ceive with  their  eyes. 
And  hear  with  their  ears. 
And     understand    with     their 

heart. 
And  should  turn  again. 
And  I  should  heal  them. 
28  Be  it  known  therefore  unto  you, 
that 'this  salvation  of  God  is  sent 
"  unto  the  Gentiles  :  they  will  also 
hear.° 

30  And  he  abode  two  whole 
years  in  his  own  hired  dwelling, 
and  received  all  that  went  in  unto 
him,  31  'preaching  the  kingdom 
of  God,  and  teaching  the  things 
concerning  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
■'with  all  boldness,  none  forbid- 
ding him. 

4  Is.  vi.  9,  10. 

5  Some  ancient  authorities  insert  ver.  29  And 
when  he  had  said  these  words,  the  Jews  departed, 
having  much  disputing  among  themselves. 


166 


THE   EPISTLE   OF    PAUL   TO   THE 
ROMANS 


Salaktion.    Personal  Explanations.    The  Gospel.    The  eentiles'  Seed  of  Righteoosness 


IPaul,  a  ^servant  of  Jesus 
Christ,  "called  to  he  an  apostle, 
'' separated  unto  ""the  'gospel  of 
God,  2  which  he  "*  promised  afore 
through  his  '  prophets  in  the  holy 
scriptures,  3  concerning  his  Stui. 
wlio  was  born  'of  the  seed  of  David 
''according  to  the  tlesh,  4  wlio  was 
^declared  to  be  ''the  Son  of  God 
'''with  power,  according  to  the 
spirit  of  holiness,  by  the  resurrec- 
tion 'from  the  dead;  even  Jesus 
Christ  9ur  Lord,  5  through  whom 
we  received  grace  and  'apostleship, 
unto  'obedience  "of  faitli  among 
"all  the  "nation's,  for  his  name's 
sake;  6  among  whom  are  ye  also, 
"  called  to  be  Jesus  Christ's :  7  to  all 
that  are  in  Eomo,  "beloved  of  God, 
J'  called  to  be '[  saints  :  "  Grace  to  you 
and  peace  from  God  our  Father 
and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

8  First,  'I  thank  my  God 
through  Jesus  Christ  for  you  all, 
^that  'your  faith  is  proclaimed 
throughout  the  whole  world.  9 
For  "God  is  my  witness,  whom  I 
"serve  in  my  spirit  in  the  "gospel 
of  his  Son,  how  unceasingly  ""i 
make  mention  of  you,  always  in 
my  prayers  10  making  request,  if 
by  any  means  now^  at  length  I  may 
be  prosi^ered  ^  by  ^  the  will  of  God 
to  come  unto  you.  1 1  For  '  I  long 
to  see  you,  that  I  may  impart  unto 
you  some  spiritual  gift,  to  the  end 
ye  may  be  established  ;  1 2  that  is. 
that  I  with  you  may  be  comforted 
^"in  you,  each  of  us  by  the  other's 
faith,  both  yours  and  mine.  13 
And  "  T  would  not  have  yon  igno- 
rant, *  brethren,  that  oftentimes  T 
'■purposed  to  come  unto  you  (and 
was  hindered  hitherto),  that  I 
might  have  some  ''fruit  '"in  you 
also,  even  as  '"in  the  rest  of  the 
Gentiles.     14  "I  am  debtor  both  to 


1  Gr.  hondservnnt. 

-  Gr.    aood  lidincis :    and  so  eisewhere.     See 
marginal  note  on  Mt.  4.  23.  3  Qr.  rlvlr-rmined. 

<  Or,  in     •■■  Or,  of  the  dead     «  Or.  to  Ihe  fnitk 
'  Or,  Gentiles  s  Or,  l>^cai/.'e 

*  Or.  tn.  10  Or,  among 


"  1  Cor.  1.  1 ; 

coiup.  S).  1 ; 

2  Cor.  1.  1 
f>  See  Acts'J. 

i!> ;  comp. 

13.  2  ; 

Gal.  1.  1.5 
"  Mk.  1.  14  ; 

ch.  15.  IG  ; 

2  Cor.  11. 

7  ;  1  Th.  2. 

2,  8,  9  ; 

1  Pet.  4. 

17  :  comp. 

2  Cor.  2. 
12 

rf  Tit  1.  2 
••  Lk.  1.  70  ; 

ch.  3.  21 ; 

l»j.  26 
/.See  Mt.  1.1 
"ch.  4.  1; 

a.  3.  5 ; 

1  Cor.  10. 

18  ;  comp. 
Jii.  1.  14 

'•  See  Mt.  4.  3 
'  Comp. 

Acts  10. 

38  ;  13.  33  ; 

17.  31 ;  26. 

23 

*  See  Acts  1. 
2.3 ;  comp. 
<;al  1.  16 

'ch.  16.  2S; 

comp. 

Acts  6.  7 
"'  See  Acts  9. 

1.5 
"  Comp. 

Jude 1 ; 

Rev.  17.  14 
"  1  Th.  1.  4  ; 

ch.  5.  .5  ff.  ; 

8.  no 

PI  Cor.  1.2; 

comp  24  ; 

ch  8.  28  ff. 
9  See  .\ct8 

9.  13 
••ICor.  1.  3; 

2  Cor.  1.  2 ; 
Gal.  1.3; 
Kph.  1.  2 ; 
Phil.  1.  2 ; 
Col.  1.  2 ; 

1  Th.  1.  1 ; 
2Th.  12: 

1  Tim.  1.2; 
2Tim.  1.2; 
Tit   1.  4 ; 
Philem.  3; 

2  Jii.  3 ; 

2  Pet.  1.  2  ; 
comp. 
Num.  6. 
2.5  f . 

•  1  Cor.  1.  4  ; 
Kph.  1. 

15  f.  :  Pliil. 
1.  3 :  Col. 
1.3f. ; 
ITh.  1.  2; 
2. 13;  2  Til. 
1.  3  ;  2.  13 ; 
2  Tim.  1.  3 ; 
Philom.  4 
•ch.  16.19; 

157 


Greeks  and  to  'Barbarians,  both  to 
the  wise  and  to  the  fooli.sh.  15 
So,  ''as  much  as  in  me  is,  1  am  ready 
to  "  ''preach  the  gospel  to  you  also 
that  are  in  Kome. 

16  For  I  ain  not  *  ashamed  of  the 
"gospel :  for/it  is  the  power  of  God 
unto  salvation  to  every  one  that 
believeth  ;  to  the  'Jew  first,  and 
also  to  '"the  Greek.  1 7  For  therein 
is  revealed  "a  righteousness  of  God 
from  faith  unto  faith  :  as  it  is  wi'it- 
ten,  '-But  "the  righteous  shall  live 
'^  by  faith. 

18  For  '^''the  wrath  of  God  is 
revealed  fi-om  hea\en  against  all 
ungodliness  and  unrighteousness 
of  men,  who  '"''hinder  the  truth  in 
umighteousne.ss  ;  1 9  because  '"  that 
which  is  known  of  God  is  manifest 
in  them ;  for  God  manifested  it  unto 
them.  20  For  the  invisible  things 
of  him  'since  the  creation  of  the 
world  are  clearly  seen,  'being  per- 
ceived through  the  tilings  that  are 
made,  ewew  his  everlasting  power 
and  divinity ;  '"that  they  may  be 
without  excuse:  21  because  that, 
knowing  God,  they  glorified  him 
not  as  God,  neither  gave  thanks; 
l)ut  became  "vain  in  their  reason- 
ings, and  their  senseless  heart  was 
darkened.  22  '] Professing  them- 
sehes  to  be  wise,  they  became 
fools,  23  and  'changed  the  glory 
of  the  incorruptible  God  for  the 

romp.  Acts  28  22  "  ch.  9.  1 ;  2  Cor.  1.  23 :  11.  31 ; 
Phil.  1.  6  ;  1  Th.  2.  .5,  10  "  Act*  24  14  ;  2  Tim.  1.  3 
■^  Eph.  1.  16 ;  Phil  1.  3  f. ;  1  Th.  1.  2  £. ;  2  Tim.  1.  3 ; 
Philem.  4  "  ch.  15.  32 ;  Acts  18  21  -  ch.  15.  23 ; 
Acts  19.  21  "  ch.  11.  25 ;  1  Cor.  10  1 :  12.  1 ;  2  Cor. 
1  3;  ITh.  4.  13  fc  ch.  7.  1;  1  Cor.  1.  10;  14.  20.26: 
Gnl.  3  15;  see  .\ct8  1.  15  '  ch.  15.  22  f  :  comp. 
Acts  19.  21  ''  Jn.  4.  36  ;  comp.  15.  16 :  Phil  1.  22  ; 
Col.  1.  6  '  Comp.  1  Cor  9  16  /See  Acts  28.  2 
"  Comp.  ch.  12  18  '■  ch  15.  20  '  Comp.  2  Tim.  1. 
8, 12,  IB  ^  1  Cor.  1.  18,  24  '  See  Acts  3.  26 ;  ch. 
2.  y  '"  See  Jn.  7.  3.5  "  ch.  3.  21 :  Phil.  3.  9 ;  see 
ch.  9.  30  "  Gal  3.  11  ;  Heb.  10.  38  ''  Eph.  6.  6 ; 
Col  3.  6:  comp  ch.  5.  9  v2Th.  2  6  t  (Gr.) 
"■  Acts  14.  17  ;  17.  24  ff  •  Comp  Mk.  10.  6  <  Ps. 
19.  16  :  .I'>l.  12.  7-9  :  .ler.  5.  21  f.  "  2  K.  17  15;  Jer. 
2.  5  soc  Eph.  4.  17  f.  •■  Jer.  10  14  ;  1  Cor.  1.  20 
'  P».  iU6  20 ;  Jer.  2.  U  ;  Acta  17.  29;  Wisd.  12.  24  ;  13. 


n  Gr.  brino  good  tidings.    Comp.  ch.  10.  16  f. 
12  Hab  ii  4.  '■'  Gr.  7roin.  >*  Or.  n  wrath 

»■•  Or,  hold  the  truth    Comp.  1  Cor.  7.  30  (Gr.;. 
16  Or,  to  that  they  are 


1.24 


ROMANS 


2.18 


The  Jews'  Keed  of  the  Same,    Their  Greater  Advantages  of  no  IvaB 


likeness  of  an  image  of  corruptible 
man,  and  of  birds,  and  four-rooted 
beasts,  and  creeping  things. 

24  Wherefore  "^God  gave  them 
up  in  the  lusts  of  their  hearts  unto 
uncleanness,  that  their  bodies 
should  be  *  dishonored  among 
themselves:  25  for  that  they  ex- 
changed the  truth  of  God  for  a 
4ie,  and  worshipped  and  served 
the  creature  rather  than  the  Crea- 
tor, ''who  is  blessed  ^for  ever. 
Amen. 

26  For  this  cause  "  God  gave 
them  up  unto  ^ "  vile  passions : 
f(jr  their  women  changed  the  nat- 
ural use  into  that  which  is  against 
nature :  27  and  likewise  also  the 
men,  leaving  the  natural  use  of  the 
woman,  burned  in  their  lust  one 
toward  another,  /men  with  men 
working  unseemliness,  and  receiv- 
ing in  themselves  that  recompense 
of  their  error  which  was  due. 

28  And  even  as  they  ^  refused  to 
have  God  in  their  knowledge,  "  God 
gave  them  up  unto  a  reprobate 
mind,  to  do  those  things  which  are 
not  fitting ;  29  being  filled  with 
all  unrighteousness,  wickedness, 
covetousness,  maliciousness  ;  full  of 
envy,  murder,  strife,  deceit,  malig- 
nity ;  ^  whisperers,  30  backbiters, 
■*  ''hateful  to  God,  insolent,  haughty, 
boastful,  inventors  of  evil  things, 
'disobedient  to  parents,  31  with- 
outunderstanding,  covenant-break- 
ers, *  without  natural  affection, 
unmerciful :  32  who,  knowing  the 
ordinance  of  God,  that  they  that 
practise  such  things  are  worthy  of 
'death,  not  only  do  the  same,  but 
also  ™  consent  with  them  that  prac- 
tise them. 

2  Wherefore  thou  art  "with- 
out excuse,  "O  man,  whoso- 
ever thou  art  that  judgest:  for 
wherein  ^'thou  judgest  ^another, 
thou  condemnest  thyself ;  for  thou 
that  judgest  dost  practise  the  same 
things.  2  "And  we  know  that  the 
judgment  of  God  is  according  to 
truth  against  them  that  practise 
such  things.  3  And  reckonest 
thou  this,  "O  man,  who  judgest 
them  that  practise  such  things, 
and  doest  the  same,  that  thou 
shalt  escape  the  judgment  of  God  'l 
4  Or  despisest  tnou  » the  riches  of 
his ''  goodness  and '  forbearance  and 

'  Gr,  unto  the.  ages. 

2  Gr.  passions  of  dishonor. 

8  Gr.  did  not  apvmve. 

*  Or,  haters  of  God  s  Q-r.  the  other. 

6  Many  ancient  authorities  read  For. 


'  longsuffering,  not  knowing  that 
"  the  goodness  of  God  leadeth  thee 
to  repentance"?  5  but  after  thy 
hardness  and  impenitent  heart 
'treasurest  iip  for  thyself  wrath 
^  in  the  day  of  wrath  and  revelation 
of  the  righteous  judgment  of  God  ; 
6  "who  will  render  to  every  man 
according  tO  his  works  :  7  to  them 
that  by  ' '  patience  in  well-doing 
seek  for  "glory  and  honor  and  *in- 
corruption,  "^ eternal  life:  8  but 
unto  them  that  are  '^  factious,  and 
"obey  not  the  truth,  but  obey  un- 
righteousness, shall  be  wrath  and 
indignation,  9  -'tribulation  and 
anguish,  upon  every  soul  of  man 
that  worketh  evil,  of  the  Jew  «' first, 
and  also  of  the  Greek;  10  but 
"glory  and  honor  and  peace  to 
every  man  that  worketh  good,  to 
the  Jew  ''first,  and  also  to  the 
Greek  :  1 1  for  '  there  is  no  respect 
of  persons  with  God.  12  For  as 
many  as  **  have  sinned  '^without  the 
law  shall  also  perish  without  the 
law  :  and  as  many  as  *  have  sinned 
under  the  law  shall  be  judged  by 
the  law ;  13  for  '  not  the  hearers  of 
the  law  are  ®just  before  God, 
but  thedoers  of  the lawshallbe^"  jus- 
tified; 14  (for  when  Gentiles  that 
have  not  the  law  do  "  by  nature  the 
things  of  the  law,  these,  not  hav- 
ing the  law,  are  the  law  unto  them- 
selves ;  15  in  that  they  show  "the 
work  of  the  law  written  in  their 
hearts,  their  conscience  bearing 
witness  therewith,  and  "their 
^Hhoughts  one  with  another  accus- 
ing or  else  excusing  them);  16  in 
the  day  when  "God  "shall  judge 
the  secrets  of  men,  -''according  to 
my  ■'^  gospel,  by  Jesus  Christ. 

17  But  if  thou  bearest  the  name 
of  a  Jew,  and  *  restest  upon  the 
law,  and  gloriest  in  God,  18  and 
knowest  ^^his  will,  and  ^''''approv- 
est  the  things  that  are  excellent, 
being  instructed  out  of  the  law, 

'  Comp.  2  Th.  2.  12  /ch.  8.  35  » 1  Pet.  4.  17 ; 
comp.  Acts  3,  26  ;  ch.  1.  16  ^  Comp.  ver.  9  '  See 
Arts  10.  34  «-•  1  Cor.  9  21:  Acta  2. 23  raarg.  Comp. 
Wisd.  17.  2  '  Jas.  1.  22  f.  2-5  ;  comp.  Mt.  7.  21,  24  If.  : 
Jii  13.  17  ""  Comp.  ver.  15  ;  ch.  1.  19  :  Acts  10.  35 
"  Comp.  ver.  14,  27  "  Acts  10  42 :  17.  31 ;  comp. 
ch  3.  6  :  14.  10  p  ch.  16  25  ;  2  Tim,  2.  8 ;  comp. 
1  Cor.  15.  1 ;  Gal.  1.  11 ;  1  Tim.  1.  11  i  ver.  23  ;  cL 
9.  4  ;  comp.  Mic.  3.  11 ;  Jn.  5.  45    ""  Phil.  1.  10 


1  Or,  stedfn.'ifness 

8  Gr.  sinn-ed.  '  Or,  righleous 

1"  Or,  accounted  righteous :  and  so  elsewhere. 

11  Or,  their  thoughts  accusing  or  else  excusing 
theTii  one  icith  another 

12  Or,  rm.?on /■'I  a'  2  Cor.  10.  5.  t^  Or,  judgeth 
1^  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  1. 1.  is  Or,  the  Wili 
16  Or,  dost  distinguish  the  things  that  diffpr 


2.19 


ROMANS 


3.21 


Superiority  in  Trivilc^e  does  not  dimiiiisli  Guilt    Jew  aud  Geutile  alike  under  Siii,  aii  the  Scriptures  tesUfy 


19  and  art  confident  that  thou  thy- 
self art  a  guide  of  the  blind,  a  light 
of  tliem  that  are  in  (Jarkness,  20  '  a 
corrector  of  the  fooli.sh,  a  teacher 
of  babes,  having  in  the  law  "the 
form  of  knowledge  and  of  the  truth  ; 
21  thou  therefore  'that  teachest 
another,  teachest  thou  not  thyself? 
thou  that  preacliest  a  man  should 
not  steal,  dost  tliou  sceal  .'  22  thou 
that  sayest  a  man  should  nc^t  com- 
mit adultery,  dost  thou  commit 
a(hdtery  ?  thou  that  abhorrest 
idols,  dost  thou  'rob  temples? 
23  thou  who '' glories t  in  the  law, 
through  thy  transgression  <jf  the 
law  dishonorest  thou  Ciod?  24 
For  the  name  of  God  is  blasphemed 
among  the  Gentiles  "because  of 
you,  -even  as  it  is  written.  25  For 
circumcision  indeed  profiteth,  if 
thou  be  a  •''doer  of  the  law :  but 
if  thou  be  a  transgressctr  of  the 
law,  '  thy  ciicumcision  is  become 
uncircumcision.  26  ''  If  therefore 
•the  uncircumcision  *keep  the 
ordinances  of  the  law,  shall  not 
his  uncircumcision  be  reckoned  for 
circumcision '!  27  and  shall  not 
•the  uncircumcision  which  is  by 
nature,  if  it  fulfil  tlie  law,  'judge 
thee,  who  with  the  letter  and  cir- 
cumcision art  a  transgressor  of  the 
law  1  28  For '"  he  is  not  a  Jew  who 
is  one  outwardly ;  neither  is  that 
circumcision  which  is  outward  in 
the  flesh  :  29  but  "  he  is  a  Jew 
who  is  one  inwardly  ;  and  circum- 
cision is  that  of  the  heart,  in  "the 
spirit  not  in  tlie  letter ;  ''  whose 
praise  is  not  of  men,  but  of  God. 

3  What  atlvantage  then  hath 
the  Jewl  or  what  is  the  profit 
of  circumcision  ]  2  Much  every 
way:  first  of  all,  tliat  "'they  were 
intrusted  with  the  "■  oracles  of  God. 
3  For  what  if  'some  were  without 
faith?  shall  their  want  of  faith 
make  of  none  effect  the  faithful- 
ness of  God  ?  4  * '  God  forbid  :  yea, 
let  God  be  found  true,  but  every 
man  "a  liar  ;  a.s  it  is  written, 

••That  thou  mightest  be  justified 

in  thy  words. 
And  mightest  prevail  when  thou 
comest  into  judgment. 

5  But  if  our  unrighteousness  'com- 
mendeth  the  righteousness  of  God, 
'what  shall  we  say?  Is  God  un- 
righteous who  visiteth  with  wrath  ? 
("I  speak  after  the  manner  oi  men.) 

6  ^'God  forbid  :  for  then  how  shall 

1  Or,  nn  ins/nietor  '  la.  lii.  5. 

*  Gr.  Jie  it  not  to :  and  so  elsewberei     *  Fb>  li.  4. 
35 


'God  judge  the  world]  7  "But  if 
"the  truth  of  G()d  through  my  lie 
abounded  unto  his  glory,  ''why  am 

I  also  still  judged  as  a  sinner? 
8  and  why  not  (as  we  are  slander- 
ously reported,  and  as  some  affirm 
that  we  say),  ''Let  us  do  evil,  that 
good  may  comei  whose  condemna- 
tion is  just. 

9  What  then?  ''are  we  better 
than  they]  No,  in  no  wise:  for 
we  before  laid  to  the  charge  both 
of  'Jews  and  •'^C Greeks,  that  they 
are  ''all  under  sin  ;  10  as  it  is  writ- 
ten, 

"  There  is  none  righteous,  no,  not 
one; 

I I  There  is  none  that  understand- 

eth. 

There  is  none  that  seeketh  after 
God; 
12  They   have    all    turned   aside, 
they  are  together  become  un- 
profitable ; 

There  is  none  that  doeth  good, 
no,  not  so  much  as  one: 
13"  Their  throat  is  an  open  sepul- 
chre ; 

With  their  tongues  they  have 
used  deceit : 

*The  poison    of  asps  is  under 
their  lips : 

14  ®  Whose  niouth  is  full  of  cursing 

and  bitterness : 

15  '"Their  feet  are  swift  to  shed 

blood  ; 

16  Destruction  and  misery  are  in 

their  ways ; 

17  And    the  way    of   peace   have 

they  not  known  : 

18  "  There  is  no  fear  of  God  before 

their  e.yes. 

19  Now  we  know  that  what 
things  soever  the  ''  law  saith,  it 
speaketh  to  'them  that  are  under 
the  law  ;  that  every  mouth  may 
be  stopped,  and  *all  tlie  world 
may  be  brought  uniler  the  iudg- 
ment  of  God:  20  because  '-'by 
"the  works  of  the  law  shall  no 
flesli  be  '^ju.stificd  in  his  sight;  for 
''"'through  the  law  cometh  the 
knowledge  of  sin. 

21  Hut  now  apart  from  the  law 
"a  righteousness  of  CJod  hath  been 
manifested,   being   "witnessed   by 

"'  ch.  7  7  ;  comp  ch.  4.  IS  ;  5  13.  2n  "  See  Ch.  1. 
17  ;  9.  30    •  Comp.  ch.  1.  2 ;  Acta  10.  43 


'  Many  ancient  aiithoritieB  read  For. 


«  Pa.  xiv  1  ff.  ;  liii.  1  IT. 

8  Pa.  0X1.  3.         »  Pa.  x.  7. 
"  Pa.  xxx^i.  1. 
1*  Or,  wurkt  of  law 
>«  Or,  atxmmttd  righleotu 


7  Pa.  V.  9. 

»o  la.  lix.  7  t 

w  Gr.  out  of. 

v>  Or,  through  latt 


3.22 


EOMANS 


4.19 


Tbe  Divine  Method  of  Rescue;  exemplified  in  David  and  Abraham 


the  law  and  the  prophets  ;  22  even 
the  "  righteousness  of  God  through 
*  faith  ^""in  Jesus  Christ  unto  ''all 
^  them  that  believe ;  for  "  thei'e  is 
no  distinction ;  23  for  all  "■'have 
sinned,  and  fall  short  of  the  glory 
of  God ;  24  being  justified  freely 
■''by  his  grace  through  '' the  re- 
aemption  that  is  in  Christ  Jesus : 
25  whom  God  set  forth  ^to  he  'a 
propitiation,  through  faith,  *  in  his 
blood,  to  show  his  righteousness 
because  of  the  'passing  over  of 
the  sins  done  aforetime,  in  the 
"'forbearance  of  God;  26  for  the 
showing,  /  say,  of  his  righteous- 
ness at  this  present  season :  that 
he  might  himself  be  ^  just,  and  the 
^justifier  of  him  that  ''hath  faith 
Mn  Jesus.  27  Where  then  is  the 
"glorying]  It  is  excluded.  By 
°  what  manner  of  law  %  of  works  % 
Nay :  but  by  a  law  of  faith.  28 
-IP  w^e  reckon  therefore  that  a  man 
is  justified  by  faith  apart  from 
*the  works  of  the  law.  29  Or 'is 
God  the  God  of  Jews  only?  is  he 
not  the  God  of  Gentiles  also  ]  Yea, 
of  Gentiles  also :  30  if  so  be  that 
'God  is  one,  and  'he  shall  justify 
the  circumcision  ^by  faith,  and  the 
uncircumcision  ^^  through  faith. 

31  Do  we  then  make  "the  law  of 
none  effect  ^°  through  faith  %  '  God 
forbid  :  nay,  we  "  establish  "  the 
law. 

4  What  then  shall  we  say 
'^that  Abraham,  ^^our  fore- 
father, hath  found  "according  to 
the  flesh]  2  For  if  Abraham 
was  justified  ^by  works,  he  hath 
whereof  to  glory  ;  but  ^  not  toward 
God.  3  For  what  saith  the  scrip- 
ture] "And  ^Abraham  believed 
God,  and  it  was  reckoned  unto 
him  for  righteousness.  4  Now  to 
him  that  ^worketh,  the  reward 
is  not  reckoned  as  of  grace,  but 
as  of  debt.  5  But  to  him  that 
worketh  not,  but  "believeth  on 
him  that  justifieth  the  ungodly, 
his  faith  is  reckoned  for  righteous- 
ness. 6  Even  as  David  also  pro- 
nounceth  blessing  upon  the  man, 
unto  whom  God  reckoneth  right- 
eousness apart  from  works,  7  saying, 

1  Or,  of 

2  Some  ancient  authorities  add  and  upon  all 

*  Gr.  sinned.  *  Or,  to  be  propitiatory 

5  See  ch.  2.  13,  mare.      «  Gr.  is  of  faith. 

7  Many  ancient  authorities  read  Far  we  reckon. 

8  Or,  works  of  law  9  Gr.  out  of.    Gal.  3.  8. 
i»  Or,  through  the  faith    Gal.  2.  16.      n  Or,  law 

12  Some  ancient  authorities  read  of  Abraham, 
our  forefather  according  to  the  flesh  ? 

13  Or,  our  forefather  according  to  the  flesh  hath 
found  f  I*  Gen.  xv.  6. 


"  See  ch.  1. 

17 ;  9.  30 
b  ch.  4.  5 
"^  Acts  3.  16  ; 

Gal.  2.  16, 

20  ;  3.  22  ; 

Eph.  3.  12 
d  ch.  4.  11, 

16 ;  10.  4 
<^  ch.  10.  12  ; 

comp.  Gal. 

3.  23  ;  Col. 

3.  11 

/  See  ver.  9 
"  ch.  4.  4  f. 

16;  Eph. 

2.  8 
ft  Eph.  1.  7  ; 

Col.  1.  14 ; 

Heb.  9.  15  ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  1.  30 
•  1  Jn.  2.  2  ; 

4.  10 

k  Comp. 

1  Cor.  5.  7  ; 

Heb.  9.  14, 

28 ;  1  Pet. 

1. 19 ;  Rev. 

1.  5,  &c. 
'  Acts  17.  30; 

14.  16 
"<■  ch.  2.  4 
"  ch.  2.  17, 

23  ;  comp. 

4.  2 ;  1  Cor. 

1.  29  If. 
0  ch.  9.  31 

P  ver.  20,  21 ; 
see  Acts 
13.  39 ; 
Eph.  2.  9 ; 
comp.  Jas. 

2.  20,  24,  '26 
9  ch.  9.  24  ; 

10.  12 ;  15. 

9  ;  Gal.  3. 

28 ;  comp. 

Acts  10. 

34  f. 
"•  ch.  10.  12 
«  ch.  4.  11  f. 

16;  Gal. 

3.  8  ;  see 
ch.  3.  22 

t  See  Lk.  20. 

16 ;  ver.  4 

"  Comp.  ch. 

4.  3  ;  8.  4  ; 
Mt.  .5.  17 

"  See  ch.  1.  3 

(comp. 

Ecclus.  44. 

19  tf.) 
^  Comp. 

1  Cor.  1.  31 
y  ver.  9,  22  ; 

Gal.  3.  6 ; 

Gen.  15.6; 

Jas.  2.  23; 

comp. 

Ecclus.  44. 

19  ff.  ; 

lMacc.2.53 
''oh.  11.  6 
"  ch.  3.  22  ; 

comp.  Jn. 

6.  29 


b  2  Cor.  5. 19 
<^  ch.  3.  30 
rf  See  ver.  3 
«  Gen.  17. 

10  f. 
/See  Jn.  3. 

33 
9  ver.  16  f .  ; 

comp.  Lk. 

19  9 
h  See  ch.  3. 

22 ;  ver.  16 
i  Comp.  ch. 

9.  8 ;  Gal. 

3.16 
*  Gen.  17.  4- 

160 


^^  Blessed  are  they  whose  iniqui- 
ties are  forgiven, 
And  whose  sins  are  covered. 

8  Blessed    is    the    man   to    whom 

the    Lord    will    not    *  reckon 
sin. 

9  Is  this  blessing  then  pronounced 
upon  ''the.  circumcision,  or  upon 
the  uncircumcision  also]  for  ''we 
say.  To  Abraham  his  faith  was 
reckoned  for  righteousness.  10 
How  then  was  it  reckoned]  when 
he  was  in  circumcision,  or  in  un- 
circumcision] Not  in  circumci- 
sion, but  in  uncircumcision :  11 
and  he  *  received  the  sign  of  cir- 
cumcision, ^a,  seal  of  the  righteous- 
ness of  the  faith  which  he  had 
while  he  was  in  uncircumcision : 
that  he  might  be  "the  father  of 
''all  them  that  believe,  though 
they  be  in  uncircumcision,  that 
righteousness  might  be  reckoned 
unto  them ;  1 2  and  the  father  of 
circumcision  to  them  who  not  only 
are  of  the  circumcision,  but  who 
also  walk  in  the  steps  of  that  faith 
of  our  father  Abraham  which  he 
had  in  uncircumcision.  13  For 
not  ^^  through  the  law  was  'the 
promise  to  Abraham  or  to  his  seed 
*  that  he  should  be  heir  of  the 
world,  but  through  the  righteous- 
ness of  faith.  14  For  'if  they  that 
are  of  the  law  are  heirs,  faith  is 
made  void,  and  the  promise  is 
made  of  none  effect :  15  for  "'  the 
law  worketh  wrath;  but  "where 
there  is  no  law,  neither  is  there 
transgression.  16  For  this  cause 
it  is  of  faith,  that  it  may  he  accord- 
ing to  "  grace  ;  to  the  end  that  the 
promise  may  be  sure  to  ^  all  the 
seed  ;  not  to  that  only  which  is  of 
the  law,  but  to  that  also  which 
is  of  the  faith  of  Abraham,  who 
is  "  the  father  of  us  all  1 7  (as  it  is 
written,  "A  father  of  many  ria- 
tions  have  I  made  thee)  before  him 
whom  he  believed,  even  God,  *who 
giveth  life  to  the  dead,  and  ''call- 
eth  the  "things  that  are  not,  as 
though  they  were.  18  Who  in 
hope  believed  against  hope,  to  the 
end  that  he  might  become  'a 
father  of  many  nations,  according 
to  that  which  had  been  spoken,  ^*So 
shall  thy  seed  be.     19  And  with- 

6 ;  22.  17  f.  '  Gal.  3. 18  •"  ch.  7.  7, 10-25  ;  1  Cor. 
15.  56  ;  Gal.  3. 10  "  See  ch.  3.  20  »  See  ch.  3.  24 
P  See  ver.  11 ;  ch.  9.  8  ;  15.  8  «  Jn.  5.  21  ''  Comp. 
Is.  48. 13 ;  51.  2 ;  Wisd.  11.  25    *lCor.  1.  28    «  ver.  17 


15  Ps.  xxxii.  1  f. 

16  Or,  through  law 


17  Gen.  xvii.  5. 

18  Gen.  XT.  3. 


4.20 


ROMANS 


5.21 


The  Blessedness  of  the  Justified.    Adam  and  Christ  contrasted 


out    being  weakened  in    faith  he 
considered  his  own  body  '  now  "  as 

ffood  as  dead  (*  he  being  about  a 
lundred  years  old),  and  "  tlie  dead- 
ness  ot"  iSarah's  -womb;  20  yet, 
looking  unto  tlie  nroniise  of  God, 
he  wavered  not  through  unbelief, 
but  waxed  strong  through  faith, 
''giving  glory  to  God,  21  and 
'being  fully  assured  that  -^what 
he  had  promised,  he  was  able  also 
to  perforin.  22  Wherefore  also  •' it 
was  reckoned  unto  him  for  right- 
eousness. 23  Now  ''it  was  not 
written  for  his  sake  alone,  that  it 
was  reckoned  unto  him ;  24  but 
for  our  sake  also,  unto  whom  it 
shall  be  reckoned,  'who  believe 
on  him  that  *  raised  .lesus  our 
Lord  from  the  dead,  25  who  was 
'delivered  up  for  our  trespasses, 
and  was  '"raised  for  our  justifi- 
cation. 

5"  Being  therefore  justified 
'by  faith,  *''we  have  peace 
with  God  through  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ ;  2  through  whom  also  we 
have  ''had  our  access  *by  faith 
into  this  grace  ''  wherein  we  stand  ; 
and  ''  we  '  rejoice  in  hope  of  the 
glory  of  God.  3  /  And  not  only 
so,  but  *we  also  "'rejoice  in  our 
tribulations :  knowing  that  tribu- 
lation worketh  '  stedfastness  ;  4 
and  '  stedfastness,  "  approvedness  ; 
and  approvedness,  hope :  5  and 
hope  '  putteth  not  to  shame ;  be- 
cause tne  love  of  God  hath  been 
^•'shed  abroad  in  our  hearts 
through  the  Holy  Spii-it  which 
was  given  unto  us.  6  For  while 
we  were  yet  "  weak.  -  in  due  season 
'Christ  died  for  the  ungodly.  7 
For  scarcely  for  a  righteous  man 
will  one  die  :  for  peradventure  for 
the  good  man  some  one  would  even 
dare  to  die.  8  But  God  "com- 
mendeth  "  his  own  love  toward  us, 
in  that,  while  we  were  yet  sinners, 
'  Christ  died  for  us.  9  Much  more 
then,  being  now  justified  '" "  by  his 
blood,  shall  we  be  saved  ''from  the 
wrath  of  God  through  him.  10 
For  if,  while  we  were  '  enemies,  we 
were  reconciled  to  God  through 
the  death  of  his  Son,  much  more, 
being  reconciled,  shall  we  be  saved 
"•''by  his  life  ;  1 1  ""and  not  only  so, 

>  Many  ancient  authorities  omit  nnw. 

9  Or,  icmnb :  y^n,  <tv.  »  Or.  (mi  of. 

*  Manv  ancient  niifliorities  read  l^t  ru  have. 

*  Some  anciMit  authorities  omit  by  faith. 

*  Or,  I't  iix  rrjnice 
7  Gr.  iilory.     Ver.  U  :  Heb.  3.  6. 


'  Or,  let  lu  also  rejoice 
*  Gr.  poured  out. 


»•  Gr.  in. 


"  Heb.  11.  12 
b  Oeii.  17.  17 
'  Oeu.  18.  11 
<'  SeeMt.  ».8 
-ch.  14.  5 
/Gen.  18. 

14  ;  comp. 

Heb.  11.  lit 
"  See  ver.  y 
'•  ch.  15.  4  ; 

1  Cor.  9. 

»  i.  ;  10.  11 ; 

2  Tim.  3. 
Itif. 

'  oil.  10.  9  ; 

1  Pet.  1.  21 
*•'  See  Acts  2. 

24 
'  ch.  5.  6,  8  ; 
8.  32; 
couip  Gal. 

2.  2U ;  Eph. 

'"  I'Cor.  15. 

17 ;  2  Cor. 

5.  15: 

comp.  ch. 

5.  18 
"  ch.  3.  2S 
"  Comp. 

ver.  U 
P  Eph.  2.  18  ; 

3.  12 , 
comp. 
Heb.  10. 

la  f . ;  1  Pet. 

3.  18 
«  1  Cor.  15.  1 
"■  ver.  ll;ch. 

8.  23;  9. 10; 

2  Cor.  «    Iff 
»  Mt.  5.  12  ; 

comp.  Jas. 
1.  2f. 
<  See  Lk.  21. 


"  but  we  also  rejoice  in  God  through 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  through 
whom  we  have  now  received  *the 
reconciliation. 

12  Therefore,  as  through  ''one 
man  sin  entered  into  the  world, 
and  '  death  through  sin  ;  and  *  so 
death  pas.sed  unto  all  men,  for 
that  all  sinned  :  —  13  for  until  the 
law  sin  was  in  the  world  ;  but 
'sin  is  not  imputed  when  there  is 
no  law.  14  Nevertheless  death 
reigned  from  Adam  until  Moses, 
even  over  them  that  had  not 
sinned  '"after  the  likeness  of 
Adams  transgre.ssion,  who  is  a 
"figure  of  him  that  was  to  come. 
15  But  not  as  the  trespass,  so  also 
is  the  free  gift.  For  if  by  the 
trespass  of  "the  one  ''the  many 
died,  much  more  did  the  grace 
of  God,  and  the  gift  by  "  the  grace 
of  the  one  man,  Jesus  Christ, 
abound  unto ''the  many.  16  And 
not  as  through  one  that  sinned, 
so  is  the  gift :  for  ''  the  judgment 
came  of  one  unto  condemnation, 
but  the  free  gift  came  of  many 
trespasses  unto  ^'^  justification.  17 
For  if,  by  the  trespass  of  the  one, 
death  reigned  ''  through  the  one ; 
much  more  shall  they  that  receive 
the  abundance  of  grace  and  "of 
the  gift  of  righteousness  'reign 
in  life  through  the  one,  even  Jesus 
Christ.  18  !So  then  as  through 
"one  trespass  the  judgment  cauie 
unto  all  mm  to  condemnation ; 
even  so  through  one  'act  of  right- 
eousness the  free  gift  came  unto  all 
men  to  "justification  of  life.  19 
For  as  through  the  one  man's  dis- 
obedience ''the  many  'were  made 
sinners,  even  .so  tlbrough  'the 
obedience  of  the  one  shall  ''the 
many  be  made  righteous.  20  And 
'^■"the  law  came  in  besides,  that 
the  trespass  might  abound ;  but 
whore  sm  abounded,  'grace  did 
abound  more  exceedingly  :  21  that, 
as  "sin  reigned  in  death,  even  so 
might '' grace  reign  through  right- 
eousness unto  eternal  life  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

■  ch.  6  23  ;  1  Cor.  15.  .W  ;  Jas  1  15  ;  Wisd.  1.  13-1« 
I-  ver.  14,  19,  21  ;  1  Cor.  15.  22  '  See  ch.  4.  IS 
'"  Ho8.  6.  "  '1  Cor.  15.  45  "  ver.  12. 18  f  ver. 
19  ;  comp.  18  «  .Kctts  15.  11  "■  Comp.  1  Cor.  11. 
;«  (Gr  )  '  Comp.  2  Tim  2.  12 ;  Rev.  22.  4  <  See 
man;  '»  "  ch.  4  2.5  '  ver.  12  ;  ch  11  32  '  Comp. 
Pliil  2.  8  vCt»\.  3.  19;  see  ch.  3.  20 ;  7.  7  f. 
-•  Comp.  ch.  6.  1 ;  1  Tim.  1.  14  "  Comp.  ver.  12, 14 
>>  See  Jn.  !•  17  ;  comp.  ch.  6.  23 

>•  Or.  hxil  alto  at/yrying.    Comp.  rer.  2. 

12  I  ;r.  an  act  nfririntroiignrs*.    Rev.  15.  4  .  IB.  8 

13  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  of  the  gift. 
H  Or,  lato 


6.1 


ROMANS 


7.6 


The  Believer  dead  to  Sin  bat  alive  nnto  God.    Crace  and  Sia  lacompatible.  The  Believer  is  dead  to  tbe  Law  and  alive  nnto  God 


6  "What  shall  we  say  thent 
Shall  we  'continue  in  sin. 
that  grace  may  abound'?  2  "God 
forbid.  We  who  ''  died  to  sin,  how 
shall  we  any  longer  live  therein  1 
3  Or  are  ye  ignorant  that  all  we  who 
were  ''baptized  into  'Christ  Jesus 
were  baptized  into  his  death"?  4 
We  were  ^  buried  therefore  with 
him  through  baptism  into  death  : 
that  like  as  Christ  was  *  raised  from 
the  dead  through  the  '  glory  of  the 
Father,  so  we  also  migiit  walk  in 
*  newness  of  life.  5  For  'if  \ve 
have  become  ^  united  with  /w»i  in 
the  likeness  of  his  death,  we  shall 
be  also  in  the  likeness  of  his  resur- 
rection ;  6  knowing  this,  that  our 
'"old  man  was  "crucitied  with  hiia, 
that  the  "body  of  sin  might  be 
done  away,  that  so  we  should  no 
longer  be  in  bondage  to  sin ;  7  for 
^he  that  hath  died  is  ^justified 
from  sin.  8  But  '  if  we  died  with 
Christ,  we  believe  that  we  shall 
also  live  with  him ;  9  knowing 
that  Christ  being  ''raised  from 
the  dead  dieth  no  more ;  '  death 
no  more  hath  dominion  over  him. 
10  For  ^the  death  that  he  died, 
he  died  unto  sin  '^once:  but  ^the 
life  that  he  liveth,  he  liveth  unto 
God.  11  Even  so  reckon  ye  also 
yuurselves  to  be  'dead  unto  sin, 
but  alive  unto  God  in  Christ  Jesus. 

12  Let  not  sin  therefore  "reign 
in  your  mortal  body,  that  ye  should 
obey  the  lusts  thereof:  13  neither 
"present  your  members  unto  sin 
as  ^  instruments  of  unrighteous- 
ness ;  but  ■" present  yourselves  unto 
God,  as  ahve  from  the  dead,  and 
your  members  as  ''instruments  of 
righteousness  unto  God.  14  For 
s'sin  shall  not  ^have  dominion  over 
you  :  for  "  ye  are  not  under  law, 
but  *  under  grace. 

15  What  thenl  ''shall  we  sin, 
because  we  are  not  under  law,  but 
under  grace  1  '^  God  forbid.  1 6 
*Know  ye  not,  that  to  whom  ye 
present  yourselves  as  ^servants 
unto  obedience,  his  ®''' servants 
ye  are  whom  ye  obey ;  whether 
of  ^sin  unto  death,  or  of  obedi- 
ence unto  righteousness^  17  But 
''  thanks  be  to  God,  "  that,  whereas 
ye    were  ®  servants   of  sin,  ye  be- 

1  Or.  united  with  the   likeness  .  .     with   the 

«  Or,  released  Comp.  Ecclus.  26.  29  (Gr.)  ;  ch. 
7. 1.  a  Or.  in  that 

*  Gr.  once  for  all.    Heb.  7.  27. 
s  Or,  weapons    Comp.  2  Cor.  10.  4. 
6  Gr.  bonilsenmnts. 
1  Or,  that  ye  were  -.  ,  .  but  ye  became 


"  Comp.  ch. 

3.  5 

b  ver.  15 ; 
comp.  ch. 

"^  See  Lk.  20 

lb ;  ver.  15 

d  ver.  U ;  ch. 

7.  4, 6;  Gal 
2.  19 :  Col. 
2.  2U  ;  3.  3  : 

1  Pet.  2.  24 
«  See  Mt.  28. 

19 
/Acts  2.  33; 

8.  16;  1:). 
5 ;  Gal.  3. 
27 

y  Col.  2.  12 
''  See  Acts  2. 

24  ;  ver.  9 
'  Comp.  Ju. 

11.  4U ; 

2  Cor.  13.  4 
*  Comp  ch. 

7.6;  2  Cor. 

5.  17 ;  Gal. 

6.  15 ;  Kph. 

4.  23  f.  ; 
Col.  3.  10 

'  2  Cor.  4. 
10 ;  Phil.  3. 
Ill  f .  ;  Col. 

2.  12  ;  3.  1 
"'Eph.  4.  22; 

Col.  i  9 
"  Gal  2.  20 ; 

5.  24 ;  6. 14 
"  Comp.  ch. 

7.  24 

P  1  Pet.  4  1 
«  2  Tim.  2. 

11 ;  comp. 

2  Cor.  4. 

10 ;  ver.  4 
"■  See  Acts  2. 

24 ;  ver.  4 
»  Rev.  1.  13 
'  ver.  2 ; 

ch.  7.  4,  6  ; 

Gal.  2.  19  ; 

Col.  2.  20 ; 

3.  3  ;  1  Pet. 

2.  24 

"  ver. 14 
"  ch.  7.  5  ; 
comp  Col. 

3.  5 :  ver. 
16,19 

^  ch.  12.  1 ; 

2  Cor.  5. 

14  f .  ;  1  Pet. 

2.  24 
y  ch.  8  2,  12 
"  ver.  12 
"  Comp  ch. 

7.  4,  6 ; 

Gal.  4.  21; 

ch.  5.  18 
l>  ch.  5. 17,  21 
"  ver.  1 
d  See  Lk.  20. 

16 ;  ver.  2 
'ch.  11.2, 

1  Cor.  3. 
16  ;  5  6  ; 

6  2.  3, 9, 15, 
18, 19;  9. 13, 
24 
/  See  Jn.  8. 
34 :  comp. 

2  Pet  2.  19 
'J  ver.  21,  23 
''  Comp.  ch. 

1.  8 ;  see 
2  Cor.  2.  14 


•  Comp. 
2Tim.  1.  13 

*  Comp.  ch. 
8.2;  Jn.  8. 
32 ,  vei'.  22 

'  See  ch.  3.  5 
"'  See  ver.  13 
"  ver.  16 ; 

lfi2. 


came  obedient  from  the  heart  to 
that  ^ '  form  of  teaching  whereunto 
ye  were  delivered;  IS  and  being 
''  made  free  from  sin,  ye  became 
''servants  of  righteousness.  19  'I 
speak  after  the  manner  of  men 
because  of  the  intirmity  of  your 
desh :  for  "'  as  ye  presented  your 
members  as  servants  to  unclean- 
ness  and  to  iniquity  unto  iniquity, 
even  .so  now  present  j'our  members 
as  servants  to  righteousness  unto 
sanctification.  20  For  "  when  ye 
were  ''  servants  of  sin,  ye  were  free 
in  regard  of  righteousness.  21 
What  "  fruit  then  had  ye  at  that 
time  in  the  things  whereof  ye  are 
now  ashamed  ?  for  the  end  of  those 
things  is  ^  death.  22  But  now 
being  *made  free  from  sin  and 
become  '^  servants  to  God,  ye  have 
your  *■  fruit  unto  sanctification, 
and  *  the  end  eternal  life.  23  For 
the  wa^es  of  ^sin  is  death  ;  but  the 
free  gift  of  God  is  'eternal  life  in 
Christ  Jesus  our  Lord. 

7  Or  are  ye  ignorant,  "breth- 
ren (for  I  speak  to  men  who 
know  ^  the  law),  that  the  law  hath 
dominion  over  a  man  for  so  long 
time  as  he  liveth?  2  For  "the 
woman  that  hath  a  husband  is 
bound  by  law  to  the  husband  while 
he  liveth  ;  but  if  the  husband  die, 
she  is  discharged  from  the  law  of 
the  husband.  3  So  then  if,  while 
the  husband  li^-eth,  .she  be  joined 
to  another  man,  she  shall  be  called 
an  adulteress  :  but  if  the  husband 
die,  she  is  free  from  the  law,  so 
that  she  is  no  adulteress,  though 
she  be  joined  to  another  man.  4 
Wherefore,  my  brethren,  ye  also 
were  ""made  dead  *to  the  law 
'through  the  body  of  Christ;  that 
ye  should  be  joined  to  another, 
even  to  him  who  was  raised  from 
the  dead,  that  we  might  bring 
forth  fruit  unto  God.  5  For  when 
we  were ''in  the  flesh,  the  ^"sinful 
passions,  which  were  *  through  the 
law,  wrought  "  in  our  members  to 
bring  fortn  fruit  unto  death.  6 
But  now  we  have  been  "^  discharged 
from  the  law,  having  "  died  to  that 

Mt.  6.  24  "  ch.  7.  5 ;  comp.  Jer.  12.  13  ;  Ezek.  16, 
63  Pver.  16,  23;  ch.  1.  32;  8.  6,  13;  Gal.  6.  8; 
comp.  ch.  5.  12  »1  Cor.  7.  22 ;  1  Pet.  2.  16 
■"  Comp.  ch.  7.  4  '1  Pet.  1.  9  i  ch.  5.  21 ;  8.  39  ; 
see  Mt.  25.  46  «  See  ch.  1.  13  "1  Cor.  7.  39 
•^  ver.  6  ;  see  ch.  6.  2  "  Gal.  2.  19 ;  5.  18 ;  comp. 
ch.  8.  2  ^  Col.  1.  22  <■  ch.  8.  8  f . ;  comp.  2  Cor.  10. 9 
I"  ver.  7  f.    «  ch.  6. 13,  21,  23    dver.  2    «ch.  6.2 


8  Or,  pattern  s 

io  Gr.  paisicms  of  tin*. 


9  Or,  law 


7.7 


ROMANS 


8.13 


The  Inward  ConQict.    Christ  Jesus  lirings  Dcliveraace.    There  is  now  no  Condemuation 


wherein  we  were  held  ;  so  that  we 
serve  in  "newness  of  *the  spirit, 
and  not  in  oldness  of  the  letter. 

7  "What  shall  we  say  then?  Is 
the  law  sin  ?  ''God  fnrl)id.  How- 
beit,  "^l  had  not  known  sin,  except 
through  '  the  law :  for  I  had  not 
known  ■■^covetin*?,  except  the  law 
had  said,  ^Thou  shalt  not  -'covet: 
8  but  sin,  •'finding  occasion, 
wrought  in  mo  ;' through  the  coni- 
niandjnent  all  manner  of  -'covet- 
ing: for''  apait  from  '  the  law  sin  ?'.< 
dead.  9  And  1  was  alive  apart 
from  Hhe  law  once  :  but  when  the 
commandment  came,  sin  revived, 
and  I  died  ;  10  and  the  command- 
ment, which  7i'as  'unto  life,  this 
I  found  to  be  unto  death  :  11  for 
sin,  -^ finding  occasion,  "through 
the  commandment  *■  beguiled  me, 
and  through  it  slew  me.  12  '.So 
that  the  law  is  holy,  and  the  com- 
mandment holy,  and  righteous,  and 
good.  13  Did  then  that  which  is 
^ood  become  death  unto  me^  "^  God 
torbitl.  But  sin,  that  it  might  be 
shown  to  be  sin,  by  working  death 
to  me  through  that  which  is  good  ; 
—  that  through  the  commandment 
sin  might  become  exceeding  sinful. 
14  For  we  know  that  the  law  is 
'"spiritual:  but  I  am  "'carnal,  "sold 
"under  sin.  15  For  that  which  I 
'do  ''I  know  not:  for  'not  what  I 
would,  that  do  1  practise  ;  but  what 
I  hate,  that  I  do.  16  But  if  what 
I  would  not,  that  I  do,  1  consent 
unto  'the  law  that  it  is  good.  17 
8o  now  ''it  is  no  more  1  that  '*do 
it.  but  sin  which  dwelleth  in  me. 
lo  For  I  know  that  in  me,  that 
is,  in  my  Mlesh,  dwelleth  no  good 
thing :  for  to  will  is  present  with 
me,  but  to  •'do  that  which  is  good 
h  not.  19  For  'the  good  which  1 
would  I  do  not :  but  the  evil  which 
I  would  not,  that  I  practise.  l!0 
But  if  what  I  would  not,  that  I  do, 
""it  is  no  more  I  that  ''do  it,  but  sin 
which  dwelleth  in  me.  21  I  finrl 
then  ''"the  law,  that,  to  me  who 
would  do  good,  evil  is  present. 
22  For  1  delight  "^in  the  law  of 
God  after  "the  inward  man:  2:? 
but  I  see  'a  different  law  in  my 
members,  warring  against  the 
*law  of  my  mind,  and  bringing 
me  into  captivity  "under  "the  law 
of  sin  which  is  in  my  members. 

I  Ot,  Inw      1  Or,  hist      ^  Ex.  xx.  17 ;  Dt.  v.  21. 
<Gr.  u-orh.  .„  ,, 

s  Or,  in  regard  of  the  law    Comp.  ver.  12,  14. 

6  Or.  tri/h.  ,      .  . 

7  Or.  in.    Many  ancient  authorities  read  to. 


°  See  ch.  6.  4 
!>  See  ch.  2. 

2!) 
'  See  cli.  3.  5 
''  See  Lk.  20. 

1« 
'  See  ch.  3. 

2(1 :  4.  1.') ; 

,1.  2« 
/  ver.  11 
«  vSoe  ch.  3. 

20  ;  vor.  U 
''  1  Cor.  15. 

M 
'  Lev  18.  5 ; 

ch.  1(1  5; 

GiU.  .-i.  12; 

comii.  Lk. 

111.  2-( 
*•■  Coiiip. 

Gen.  3  13 
'  ver.  lii; 

1  Tim.  1.  8 
"•  1  Cor  3. 1, 
"  Comp.  \  K. 

21.211,2-5; 

2K.n.  17; 

1  M.1CC.  1. 

l.i ;  roini>. 

ch.  fi.  6  ; 

G.il.  4   3 
"  See  ch.  3. !) 
I'  Comp.  Jn. 

IV  15 
1  G.il.  5.  17  ; 

ver.  I'J 
'"  ver  211 
'  Comp. 

ver.  2o ; 

ell.  8.  3; 

Jn.  3.  6 
'  See  ver.  15 
"  Comp. 

ver.  23,  25 ; 

ch.  8.  2 
••2  Cor.  4. 

IG;  Eph. 

3.  16; 

1  Pet.  3.  4 
'  Comp. 

Gal.  5.  17  ; 

Jns.  4.  1  ; 

1  Pet.  2. 

11 ;  ch.  6. 

19 
V  ver.  23 


'  Comp.  ch. 

6  <i ;  Col. 

2.11 
"ch.  8.2 
!>  1  Cor.  15. 

57 
'  ver.  34 ; 

comp.  ch. 

5   Iti 
<i  ver.  n  f. 
'  ver.  2,  11. 

3a ;  ch.  16. 

3 
/Comp. 

1  Cor.  15. 

45 
"  ch.  (i.  14, 

18;  7.  4; 

comp.  .Ju. 

8  32.  an 

h  Heb.  10. 
1  If.  ;  see 

.^.•t8l3  .w 

-  Heb  7   is  ; 

rh.  7   18  f. 
I-  Phil.  2.  7  ; 

Heb.  2  14. 

17  ;  4.  10 
'Lk.  1    (!; 

Fee  ch.  2. 

26 
"■  Gal.  5.  16, 

25 
"  Gal.  5. 19- 

21 
"  ( ;al  5.  22- 

f  Gal.  6.  8 
163 


24  Wretched  man  that  T  am  !  who 
shall  deliver  me  out  of  "-'the  body 
of  this  °  death  i  20  '■>  1  *  thank  God 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.  Ho 
then  I.  of  myself  with  the  mind, 
indeed,  serve  the  law  of  God  ;  but 
with  the  Hesh  "  the  law  of  sin. 

8  There  is  therefore  now  no 
"condemnation  to  them  that 
arc ''in  '' Christ  .Jesus.  2  For  •'^ the 
law  of  tlie  .Si)irit  of  life  in  ''(.'hrist 
Jesus  "made  me  free  rrom  the  law 
of  sin  and  of  death,  ."i  For '' what 
the  law  could  not  do,  '"in  that  it 
'  was  weak  through  the  flesh,  God, 
sending  his  own  8on  in  *tlie  like- 
ness of  ".sinful  flesh  '-and  for  sin, 
condemned  sin  in  the  flesh:  4  that 
the  ''"ordinance  of  the  law  might 
be  fulfilled  in  us,  who  '"walk  not 
after  the  flesh,  but  after  the  Spirit. 
5  For  they  that  ai'e  after  the  flesh 
mind  "the  things  of  the  flesh  ;  but 
they  that  are  after  the  Spirit  "the 
things  of  the  Spirit.  6  ^  For  the 
mind  of  the  flesh  is  "death  ;  but 
the  mind  of  the  Spirit  is  life  and 
peace:  7  because  the  mind  of  the 
flesh  is  ''enmity  against  God;  for 
it  is  not  .subject  to  the  law  of  God. 
neither  indeed  can  it  be:  8  ana 
they  that  are  'in  the  flesh  cannot 
plea.se  (iod.  9  But  ye  are  not  'in 
the  flesh  but  in  the  Spirit,  if  .so  be 
that  the  S|)irit  of  God 'dwelleth  in 
you.  But "  if  any  man  hath  not  the 
Spirit  of  Christ,  he  is  none  of  his. 
10  And  "if  Christ  is  in  you,  the 
body  is  clead  because  of  .^^in :  V)ut 
the  spirit  is  life  because  of  right- 
eousness. 11  But  if  the  Spirit  of 
him  that  'raised  up  Jesus  from 
the  dead  dwelleth  in  you,  "he  that 
raised  up  'Christ  Jesus  from  the 
dead  shall  give  life  also  to  your 
mortal  bodies '^through  his  Spirit 
that  dwelleth  in  you. 

12  So  then,  brethren,  we  are 
debtors,  not  to  the  fleshj  to  live 
after  the  flesh:  l,"i  for  'if  ye  live 
after  the  flesh,  ye  must  die  ;  but  if 
by  the  Spirit  5'e  "put  to  death  the 
"*  deeds  of  the  body,  j'e  shall  live. 

1  See  rh.  6.  21  ,  ver  13  "■  Jns.  4.  4  'See  ch  7.  5 
'ver  11 ;  1  Cor.  3.  16  ;  G.  l;i :  2  Cor  6  16 ;  2  Tim  1. 
14  :  comp.  Jn.  14.  23  "  Jn  14.  17  :  Gtil  4.  6;  Phil. 
1.  19  :  1  Jn.  4.  13  ■•  Gal  2.  20  ;  Eph.  3  17  ;  Col.  I. 
27  :  comp.  Jn  17.  23  '  See  AcU  2.  24;  ch  6.  4 
>  Jn.  5.  21    '  See  ver.  6    "  Col.  3  5 


*  Or,  this  h'lilu  of  (lenlh 

»  Many  ancieiit  anthoritle.t  read  Bui  thanks  be 
to  O'o'l.    Comp.  ch.  6.  17. 

In  Or,  vherrin  •>  Gr.  flesh  of  tin. 

13  Or,  a»'l  a«  an  offering  fur  .tin  Lev.  7.  37  ko. 
Heb.  1ft.  6  &<•  "  Or,  requirement 

i<  Many  ancient  authorities  read  because  of. 

>^  Gr.  aoin\is. 


8.14 


EOMANS 


9.1 


The  Spirit  of  Adoption.     Pledge  of  Complete  Redemption.    "  Who  shall  separate  ns  fi-om  Christ's  love  ? "    The  Apostle's 


14  For  as  many  as  are  "led  by  the 
Spirit  of  God,  these  are  'sons  of 
God.  15  For  ye ''received  not  the^ 
spirit  of  bondage  again  unto  fear  T' 
but  ye  '^  received  the  spirit  of  adop- 
tion, "whereby  we  cry,  "  Abba,  Fa- 
ther. ■  1 6  The  Spirit  himself -^beareth 
witness  with  our  spirit,  that  we  are 

*  children  of  God:  l7  and  if  chil- 
dren, then  '''heirs_;^'  heirs  of  God, 
and  joint-heirs  wiui  Christ ;  ''if  so 
be  that  we  suffer  with  him,  that  we 
may  be  also  glorified  with  him. 

18  For  I  reckon  that  the  suffer- 
ings of  this  present  time  'are  not 
worthy  to  be  compared  with  the 

*  glory  which  shall  be  revealed  to 
us-ward^'*^  19  For  the  'earnest  ex- 
pectation of  the  creation  waiteth 
tor  ™  the  revealing  of  the  *  sons  of 
God.  20  For  the  creation  "  was 
subjected  to  "  vanity,  not  of  its 
own  will,  but  f  by  reason  of  him 
who  subjected  it,  ^in  hope  21  that 
"the  creation  itself  also  shall  be 
delivered  from  the  bondage  of  cor- 
ruption into  the  liberty  of^the  glory 
of  the  children  of  God.  -2^2  For 
we  know  that  *■  the  whole  creation 
'groaneth  and  travaileth  in  pain 
Hogether  until  now.  23  'Ana  not 
only  so,  but  ourselves  also,  who 
have  "  the  first-fruits  of  the  Spirit} 
even  we  ourselves  "groan  witlini 
ourselves,  ^waiting  for  our  adop- 
tion, to  wit,  ■"  the  redemption  of  our 
body.  24  For  ^^in  hope  were  we 
!aved :  but  "  hope  that  is  seen  is 
Qot  hope:  *for  who  ''hqpeth  for 
that  which  he  seeth'?  25  But  "if 
we  hope  for  that  which  we  see  not, 
then  ao  we  with  •*  patiencq/  wait 
for  it. 

26  And  in  like  manner  the  Spirit 
also  helpeth  our  infirmity:  for  ''we 
know  not  how  to  pray  as  we  ought ; 
but  ■*  the  Spirit  himself  maketh  in- 
tercession for  its  Avith  groanings 
which  cannot  be  uttered ;  27  and 
"  he  that  searcheth  the  hearts  know- 
eth  what  is  ^  the  mind  of  the  Spirit, 
"^  because  he  ■''  maketh  intercession 
for  the  saints  according  to  the  will 
of  God.  28  And  we  know  that  to 
them  that  love  God  ^''all  things 
work  together  for  good,  even  to 
them  that  are  'called  according  to 
his  purpose.   29  For  whom  he  *fore- 

1  Or,  in  hope  ;  because  the  creation  &c. 

2  Or,  with  us  8  Or,  hri 

^  Many  ancient  authorities  read  for  what  a  man 
seeth,  why  doth  he  yet  hope  for  f 

5  Some  ancient  authorities  read  airaiteth. 

6  Or,  stedfnstness  7  Or,  that 

8  Some  ancient  authorities  read  Ood  worketh 
all  things  with  them  for  good. 


"  Gal.  5.  18 
t>  Hos.  1.  10 

(ch.9.  26), 

Mt.  5.  9 ; 

Jn.  1.  12 ; 

2Cor.6.18; 

Gal.  3.  26 ; 

1  Jn.  3.  1 ; 

Rev.  21.  7  ; 

ver.  16,  19 ; 

ch.  9.  8 
<^2Tim.l.  7; 

comp. 

Heb.  2.  15 
rf  Gal.  4.  5  f. ; 

coiup.  ver. 

23 
^Mk.  14.  36; 

Gal.  4.  6 
/Comp. 

Acts  5.  32 
»  Gal.  4.  7  : 

comp.  Acta 

20.  32 ; 
Gal.  3.  29 ; 
Eph.  3.  6 ; 
Tit.  3.  7  ; 
Heb.  1.  14 ; 
Rev.  21.  7 

h  2  Cor.  1.  5, 
7 ;  Phil.  3. 
10:  2  Tim. 
2. 12;  1  Pet. 

4.  13, 
comp.  Col. 
1.  24 

'  2  Cor.  4. 

17  ;  comp. 

1  Pet.  4. 

13 
k  Col.  3.  4  ; 

Tit.  2.  13 ; 

1  Pet.  5.  1  ; 

comp.  1.  5 
'  Phil.  1.  20 
'"  1  Cor.  1. 

7  f.  ;  Col. 

3.  4  ;  1  Pet. 

1.  7,  13  ; 

1  Jn.  3.  2  ; 
comp.  ver. 
18,  ref.  «■ 

»  Gen.  3.  17- 

19 
°  Comp.  Ps. 

39.  6  f . ; 

Eccl.  1.  2 
''  Gen.  3. 17  ; 

5.  29 

9  Comp. 
Acts  3.  21 ; 

2  Pet.  3. 
13;  Rev. 

21.  1 

""  Comp. 

Wisd.  5. 

17 ;  19.  6 
'  Oomp.  Jar. 

12.  4,  11 
<  See  ch,  5.  3 
"  See  2  Cor. 

1.  22 ; 

comp.  ver. 

16 
"  2  Cor.  5. 

2,4 
^  ver.  19,  25  ; 

comp.  15 ; 

Gal.  5.  5 
y  See  ch.  7. 

24 
-  Comp. 

ver.  20  ; 

1  Th.  5.  8  ; 
Tit,  3.  7 

"  2  Cor.  5.  7 

^cf .  4.  IS) ; 

Heb.  11.  1 

6  1  Th.  1.  3 

"  Comp.  Mt. 

20.  22 ; 

2  Cor.  12.  8 
<i  Comp.  Jn. 

14.  16; 
Eph.  6. 18  ; 

164 


knew,  he  also  'foreordained  to  he 
'"conformed  to  the  image  of  his 
Son,  that  he  might  be  the  "first 
born  among  many  brethren :  30  and 
whom  he  'foreordained,  them  he 
also  '  called :  and  whom  he  called, 
them  he  also  "justified  :  and  whom 
he  justified,  them  he  also -^glorified. 
31  *What  then  shall  we  say  to 
these  thing.s  1  *■  If  God  is  for  us, 
who  is  against  US'?  32  He  that 
'spared  not  his  own  Son,  but  'de- 
livered him  up  for  us  all,  now  shall 
he  not  also  with  him  freely  give  us 
all  things'?  33  Who  shall  lay  any- 
thing to  the  charge  of  "  God's  elect  ? 
^"It  is  God  that  justifieth  ;  34  who 
is  he  that  ^  condemneth  i  "  It  is 
Christ  Jesus  that  "  died,  yea  rather, 
that  was  ''raised  from  the  dead,  who 
is  "at  the  right  hand  of  God,  who 
also  *  maketh  intercession  for  us. 
35  Who  shall  separate  us  from 
Hhe  love  ^^of  Christ^  shall  ''tribu- 
lation, or  anguish,  or  'persecution, 
or "  famine,  or  "nakedness,  or  "peril, 
or  sword '?    36  Even  as  it  is  written, 

^^•^For  thy  sake  we  are  killed  all 
the  day  long ; 

We  were  accounted  as  sheep  for 
the  slaughter. 
37  Nay,  in  all  these  things  we  are 
more  than  ''conquerors  through 
^  him  that  loved  us.  38  For  I  am 
persuaded,  that  neither '  death,  nor 
life,  nor  'angels,  nor  principalities, 
nor  'things  present,  nor  things  to 
come,  nor  powers,  39  nor  height, 
nor  depth,  nor  any  other  ^*  creature, 
shall  be  able  to  separate  us  from 
'"the  love  of  God,  which  is  "in 
Christ  Jesus  our  Lord. 

9"  I  say  the  truth  in  Christ,  I 
lie  not,  my  conscience  bearing 

ver.  15  f.  «  Ps.  139. 1  f. ;  Lk.  16. 15 ;  Rev.  2.  23  ;  see 
Acts  1.24  /Comp.  ver.  6  •' Comp.  ver.  34  ft  ver. 
32  i  ver.  30 ;  ch,  9.  24  ;  1  Cor.  1.  9 ;  Gal.  1.  6,  15  ; 
5,  8  ;  Eph,  1. 11 ;  3.  11 ;  2  Th.  2.  14  ;  Heb.  9, 15;  1  Pet. 
2.  9 ;  3.  9  ;  see  ch.  11.  29    *  ch.  11.  2  ;  1  Pet.  1. 2,  20 , 

comp.  2  Tim.  1,  9  ;  1  Cor.  8.  3 '1  Cor,  2. 7 ;  Eph. 

1.  5,  11 ;  comp.  ch.  9,  23  '"  1  Cor.  15.  49  ;  Phil.  3. 
21 ;  Col.  3. 10  ;  1  Jn.  3.  2  "  Col,  1,  18  ;  Heb.  1.  6 
"  1  Cor,  6,  11  P  Jn,  17,  22  ;  1  Cor.  2.  7  ;  ver,  21 ;  ch. 
9.  23  «  Comp.  ch.  3.  5 ;  4.  1  ^  Ps.  118.  6  ;  comp. 
Mt.  1.  23  'See  Jn.3.  16;  ch.  5.  8  '  See  ch.  4.  25 
«  See  Lk.  18.  7  "  Is.  50.  8  f .  ^  ver.  1  v  See  ch.  5. 
6  f.  =  See  Acts  2.  24  "  See  Mk.  16.  19  >>  Heb.  7. 
25 ;  ver.  27  ;  comp.  Heb.  9.  24  ;  1  Jn.  2.  1  "  Comp. 
ver.  37  f .    <i  See  ch  2. 9  ;  comp,  2  Cor.  4,  8    "1  Cor. 

4.  11 ;  2  Cor.  11,  26  £.  /I  Cor.  4,  9  ;  15.  30  f .  ;  2  Cor. 
1.  9;  4.  10  f.  ;  6.  9;  11.  23;  comp.  Acts  20  24 
"  Conrp.  1  Cor.  1,5.  .57  :  Jn.  16  33    ''  Gal,  2.  20  ;  Eph, 

5,  2  :  Rev.  1.  5  a  Cor.  3.  22  *  Comp.  1  Cor.  15. 
24  ;  Eph.  1.  21 ;  1  Pet,  3.  22  '1  Cor.  3.  22  '"  See  ch, 
5.  8       "  See  ver.  1       -  2  Cor.  11,  10;  Gal,  1,  20; 

1  Tim.  2,  7  ;  see  ch.  1.  9  J 


9  Or,  Shall  God  that  justifieth  T 
i»  Or,  Shall  Christ  Jesus  that  died,  .  .  .  usi 
11  Some  ancient  authorities  read  ojf  God. 
la  Ps,  xUv.  22,  13  Or,  creation 


9.2 


ROMANS 


9.31 


Sorrow  for  Israel.    God  makes  a  Choice  among  his  Chosen  Dues.    The  Law's  RighteoDsness  and  that  of  Faith  contrasted 


witness  with  me  in  the  Holy  Spirit, 
2  that  i  have  great  sorrow  ana  un- 
ceasing pain  in  my  heart,  .'i  For 
"i  could  '  wish  tiiat  1  myself  were 

*  anathema  from  Christ  tor  my 
brethren's  sake,  my  kinsmen  ''ac- 
cording to  the  tlesh :  4  wlio  are 
'  Israelites  ;  whose  is '  the  adoption, 
and  ^  the  glory,  and  ^  the  covenants, 
and  ''  the  giving  of  tiie  law,  and 
'_  the  service  of  Gwl,  and  *  the  prom- 
ises ;  5  whose  are  '  the  fathers,  and 
"of  whom  is  Christ  as  concerning 
the  -Hesh,  "who  is  over  all,  "God 
^blessed  ^for  ever.    Amen. 

6  Bub  it  is  not  as  though  'the 
word  of  God  hatli  come  to  nought. 
'For  they  are  not  all  Israel,  that 
are  of  Israel :  7  neither,  '  because 
they  are  Abraham's  seed,  are  they 
all  children:  but,  '"In  Isaac  shall 
thy  .seed  be  called.  8  That  is,  it 
is  not  the  children  of  the  Hosh  that 
are  "  children  of  (jod  ;  but  the  'chil- 
dren of  the  promise  are  reckoned' 
for  a  seed.  9  For  this  is  a  word  of 
promise,  *  According  to  this  season 
will  I  come,  and  Sarah  shall  have 
a  son.  10  ""And  not  only  .so;  but 
s'llebecca  also  having  conceived  by 
one,  ('i'e«-  by  our  father  Isaac  —  11 
for  f/ie  chillren  being  not  yet  born, 
neither  having  done  anything  good 
or  bad,  that  'the  purpose  of  God 
according  to  election  might  stand, 
not  of  works,  but  of  him  that  enll- 
eth,  12  it  was  said  unto  her,  ®The 
elder  shall  serve  the  younger.  13 
Even  as  it  is  written,  "Jacob  I 
loved,  but  Esau  I  hated. 

14    "What   shall   we   say  then? 

*  Is  there  unrighteousness  with  God  ? 
*God  forbid.  15  For  he  saith  to 
Moses,  "  I  will  have  mercy  on  whom 
I  have  mercy,  and  1  will  have  com- 
passion on  whom  I  have  compas- 
sion. 16  So  then  it  is  not  of  him 
that  willeth,  nor  of  him  that ''  run- 
neth, but  of  «(Jod  that  hath  mercy. 
17  For  the  scripture  saith  unto 
Pharjioh,  '^  For  this  very  puij)ose  did 
I  raise  thee  up,  that  1  might  show 
in  thee  my  power,  and  that  my 
name  might  be  published  abroad  in 
all  the  earth.  IH  So  then  he  hatli 
mercy  on  whom  he  will,  and  whom 
he  will  he  '^hardeneth. 

19  *Thou  wilt  say  then  unto  me, 

*  Why  doth  he  still  find  fault  1    For 

'  Or,  p^ay 

2  Or.  tirsh  ;  he  who  is  over  nil.  Ood,  be  bleved 
for  frer.  *  Oen.  xxv,  23. 

■i  Gr.  nnUt  thf  noes.  '  Mai.  i  2  f. 

4  Gen.  xxi.  12.  «  Kx.  xxiiii.  19. 

&  Oen.  xviii.  10.  *  Ex.  ix.  16. 


"  Comp.  Ex. 

32.  U 
i>  1  Cor.  12. 

3  ;  IB.  2.' ; 

Gal.  1.  s  f. 
'ch.  11.  H; 

Ki>li.  b.  :> ; 

comp.  ch. 

1.  3 
<i  Comp.  ver. 

ti 
•  Ex.  4.  22  ; 

comp.  cb. 

8.  Ij 
/  Ex  40.  34  ; 

IK   8   11  ; 

Ezek.  1.  2b; 

comp. 

Heb  9  5 
"Gen   17.  2; 

l)t.  2)*.  14  , 

Epb  2   12  ; 

Wisd  13. 

22;2.Macc 

8.  l.'j;  Lk. 

1.  72 ;  .\cts 

3.  2o.  .>  c 

^  Dt.  4  13  f  ; 

Ps.  117  W 
'  Hub.  y  1. 

6,  .S:c  ; 

comp  Dt. 

7  «i;14.  If. 
»•  See  Acts 

2  W):  13 

32 ;  Epb  2. 

12 
'cb.  11.28: 

see  Acts  3. 

13 
'"Mt.  1  1-16; 

cb.  1.  3 
"  Col.  1.  16- 

l.t 
"  Ju.  1.  1 ; 

comp.  Col. 

2  9 
I*  See  ch.  1. 

2i 
«  Corap. 

Num.  -23. 

19 
""ch.  2.  2'?f.  ; 

Gal.  6.  Hi ; 

comp.  Jn. 

1.  47 
'  G.il.  4.  23  ; 

comp.  .In. 

8.  33,  3-) 
'  Heb.  11.  18 
"  See  cb.  8. 

14 
'■  ch.  4.  13, 

16 ;  Gal.  3. 

29 :  4.  28  ; 

comp 

Heb  11  n 
'  See  ch.  5  3 
V  Gen  25.  21 
-  See  cb.  8. 

23 ;  comp. 

4.  17 

"  See  ch.  3.  5 
l>2Chr.  19. 

7  ;  comp. 

oh.  2  11 
'  See  Lk.  20. 

16 
d  See  Gal.  2 

2 
'  Epb  2  8 
/Ex.  4.21  : 

7   3:  9   12; 

in  Jil.  27  ; 

11.10; 

14.  4.  17  : 

I>t.  2   30; 

Jo8h.  11 

20 ;  romp 

.In.  12  W : 

ch.  11.  7, 

25 
"ch.  11  19; 

comp 

1  Cor.  15. 

105 


'who  withstandeth  his  -vill  ]  20 
Nay  but,  *0  man,  who  art  thou 
that '  repliest  against  God  i  "'  Shall 
the  thing  formed  say  to  him  that 
formed  it.  Why  didst  thou  make 
me  thus  (  21  Or  hath  not  the  pot- 
ter a  light  over  the  clay,  from  the 
same  lump  to  make  one  part  a  vessel 
unto  honor,  and  another  unto  dis- 
honor'i  22  What  if  God,  '"willing 
to  show  his  wrath,  and  to  make  his 
power  known,  endured  with  much 
"longsullerin^  ves.sels  of  wrath 
"fitted  unto  uestruction  :  23  "and 
that  he  might  make  known  ''the 
riches  of  his  glory  uiion  "vessels  of 
mercy,  whicii  he  ''afore  prepared 
unto  gk>ry,  24  even  us,  whom  he 
also  'called,  'not  from  the  Jews 
only,  but  also  from  the  Gentiles] 

25  As  he  saith  also  in  Hosea, 
'-"I  vfiU  call   that  my  people, 

which  was  not  my  people  ; 
And  her  beloved,  that  was  not 
beloved. 

26  "And  it  shall   be,   that  in  the 

place  where  it  was  said  unto 
them.  Ye  are  not  my  people. 
There  shall  they  be  called  sons 
of  'the  living  God. 

27  And  Isaiah  crieth  concerning 
Israel,  '''  If  the  number  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Lsrael  be  ■'as  the  .sand  of 
the  sea,  it  is  ^the  remnant  that 
shall  be  saved :  2<S  for  the  Lord  will 
execute  his  word  ujjon  the  earth, 
finishing  it  ami  cutting  it  short. 
29  And,  as  Isaiah  hath  .said  be- 
fore, 

''Except  'the  Lord  of  Sabaoth 

had  left  us  a  seed, 

"  We  had  become  as  Sodom,  and 

had    been    made    like    unto 

Gomorrah. 

30    "What    shall   we   say  then  1 

That  the  (ientiles,    who   followed 

not  after  right^Ktusness,  attained  to 

righteousness,  even  'the  righteou.s- 

ne.ss   which    is    of   faith:    31    but 

Israel,  ''following  after  a  law  of 


3.5  :  Jas  2.  18     "  Comp  ch.  J  7  - 
lob  9.  12  :  Dan.  4  3.5      <•  Sec  cb 


2  Chr.  20.  6  ; 
1   '  .lob  33.  IS 


ch.  8.  28   ...  _ - 

"  See  Mt.  16  16  '  Gen.  22  17  ;  Ho»  1  10  *  ch. 
11  .5  '  Jas.  .5  4  "  Dt  29  2:1 :  In  13.  19 :  Jer.  49. 
13;  50.  411.  .\m.  4  11 


*•  See  ver.  14 


13  ;  SH  411.  Ain.  *  11  "  r>ee  ver.  n  ■  ch.  10.  6,' 
Gnl  2.  16 :  3  24 ;  Phil.  3  9 ;  Hob.  11.7:  comp.  ch. 
1  17 :  3.  21  f.  ''  Is.  51. 1 ,  ch.  10.  2f. ,  U.  7 ;  oomp> 
ver   30 ;  10.  20 


1"  Or.  althoufih  irUling 
■  I  Scrap  ancient  authoriUen  omit  and. 
n  H08  ti.  23.  "  U.  X.  22 f. 

"  H08. 1.  10.  ^  i»  U.  1.  9. 


9.32 


EOMANS 


11. 


Israel  responsible  for  tiieir  Own  Rejection.    That  Rejection  not  total 


righteousness,  did  not  "arrive  at 
that  law.  32  Wherefore?  'Be- 
cause they  sought  it  not  by  faith, 
but  as  it  were  by  works.  They 
stumbled  at  *  the  stone  of  stum- 
bling ;  33  even  as  it  is  written, 
^Behold,  I  lay  in  Zion  a  stone 

of  stumbling  and  a  rock  of 

olfeuce : 
"And  he  that  believeth  on  ^  him 

•^  shall  not  be  put  to  shame. 
-|  r\  Brethren,  my  heart's  '*de- 
JLv/  sire  and  my  supplication  to 
God  is  for  them,  that  they  may  be 
saved.  2  For  I  bear  them  witness 
that  they  have  ''a  zeal  for  God,  but 
not  according  to  knowledge.  3 
For  being  ignorant  of -^  God's  right- 
eousness, and  ^  seeking  to  establish 
their  own,  they  did  not  subject 
themselves  to  the  righteousness  of 
God.  4  For  ''  Christ  is  the  end  of 
the  law  unto  righteousness  to 
'every  one  that  believeth.  5  For 
Moses  writeth  that  '"  the  man  that 
doeth  the  righteousness  which  is  of 
the  law  *  shall  live  thereby.  6  But 
'  the  righteousness  which  is  of  faith 
saith  thus,  ''Say  not  in  thy  heart, 
Who  shall  ascend  into  heaven? 
(that  is,  to  bring  Christ  down :)  7 
or.  Who  shall  descend  into  the 
"abyss?  (that  is,  to  "bring  Christ 
up  from  the  dead.)  8  But  what 
saith  it?  ''The  word  is  nigh  thee, 
in  thj'  mouth,  and  in  thy  heart : 
that  is,  the  word  of  faith,  which  we 
preach  :  9  ®  because  "  if  thou  shalt 
^confess  with  thy  mouth  Jesus  as 
Lord,  and  shalt  ^  believe  in  thy 
heart  that  »God  raised  him  from 
the  dead,  thou  shalt  be  saved :  10 
for  with  the  heart  man  believeth 
unto  righteousness ;  and  with  the 
mouth  confession  is  made  unto  sal- 
vation. 11  For  the  scripture  saith, 
10 r  Whosoever  believeth  on  him  shall 
not  be  put  to  shame.  1 2  For  '  there 
is  no  distinction  between  Jew  and 
Greek  :  for  the  same  Lord  is  '  Lord 
of  "all,  and  is  rich  unto  all  that 
call  upon  him :  1 3  for,  ""  Whosoever 
shall  call  upon  the  name  of  the 
Lord  shall  be  saved.  14  How  then 
shall  they  call  on  him  in  whom 
they  have  not  believed  ?  and  how 
shall  they  believe  in  him  ''whom 
they  have  not  heard  ?  and  how  shall 
they  hear    without  ^a    preacher? 

1  Or,  Becanxfi.  doing  it  not  by  fnUh,  but  n.i  V 
wre  by  works,  thry  x'umhli'd  2  is.  xxviii.  16. 

3  Or,  it     *  (iv.  gooitplf'dsure.       5  Lev.  xviii.  5. 

6  Dt.  XXX.  12  f.        -  Dt.  XXX.  14.        »  Or,  that 

9  Some  ancient  authorities  read  c^mfess  the 
word  with  thy  mouth,  that  Jesus  Is  Lord 

10  Is.  xxTlii.  16.  11  Joel  ii.  32. 


"  Comp. 

C4al.  5.  4 
b  1  Pet.  2.  6, 

8 
"  ch.  10.  11 
rf  Comp.  ch. 

5.  5 
^  See  Acts 

21.  20 
/Saech.  1. 

17 
'J  Is.  51.  1 : 

ch.  a.  31  f . ; 

11.  7; 

comp.  ch. 

9.  30 ;  ver. 
20 

''  Comp. 

Gal.  3.  24 ; 

4.  5  ;  ch.  7. 

1^ 
'■  See  ch.  3. 

22 
k  Neh.  9.  29  ; 

Ezek.  20. 

11,  13.  21 ; 

see  ch.  7. 

10 
'  See  ch.  9. 

30 
"'  See  Lk.  8. 

31 
"  Heb.  13.  20 
"  Mt.  10.  32  ; 

Lk.  12.  8 ; 

comp. 

ch.  14.  9  ; 

1  Cor.  12. 

3 ;  Phil.  2. 

11 
P  ch.  4.  24  ; 

comp. 

Acts  16.  31 
«  See  Acts 

2.24 
'•ch.9.  33 
'  See  ch.  3. 

22 ;  comp. 

29 
t  See  Acts 

10.  36 

"  See  ch.  3. 

29 
"  Acts  2.  21 ; 

see  7.  59 
^  Eph.  2.  17  ; 

4.  21 
y  Comp. 

Acts  8.  31 ; 

Tit.  1.  3 


-  Comp.  ch. 

1. 16 ;  15. 

20 
"  See  ch.  3.  3 
''  Jn.  12.  38 
•^  Comp. 

Gal.  3.  2.  5 
rf  Col.  3.  16 
<■  Col.  1.  6, 

23  :  1  Th. 

1.  8 ;  comp 

ch.  1.  8 
/ch.  11.  11, 

14 
"  ch.  9.  30 
his.  12  22 ; 

Jer  31   37 : 

33.  24-26 
i  See  Lk.  20. 

16 
k  2  Cor.  11 

22 ;  Phil.  3. 

5 
'  Ps.  94.  14 
'"  See  cli.  8. 

29 
"  See  ch.  6. 

16 
0  ch.  9.  27  : 

comp.  2  K. 

19.  4 
P  ch.  4.  4 
«  See  ch.  9. 

31 


15  and  how  shall  they  preach,  ex- 
cept they  be  sent?  even  as  it  is 
written,  '"-  How  beautiful  are  the 
feet  of  them  that  ^  bring  '^  glad  tid- 
ings of  good  things ! 

16  But  they  "did  not  all  hearken 
to  the  "glad  tidings.  For  Isaiah 
saith,  ^^'Lord,  who  hath  believed 
our  report?  17  So  belief  cometh 
of  "hearing,  and  hearing  by  '^the 
word  of  Christ.  18  But  I  say. 
Did  they  not  hear?    Yea,  verily, 

■"^ "  Their  sound  went  out  into  all 
the  earth, 

And  their  words  unto  the  ends 
of  ^"  the  world. 

1 9  But  I  say.  Did  Israel  not  know  ? 
First  Moses  saith, 

^'^  I  will -^provoke  you  to  jealousy 
with  that  which  is  no  nation. 

With  a  nation  void  of  under- 
standing will  I  anger  you. 

20  And  Isaiah  is  very  bold,  and 
saith, 

^'^^I   was    found   of  them  that 

sought  me  not ; 
I  became  manifest  unto  them 

that  asked  not  of  me. 

21  But  as  to  Israel  he  saith,  ^All 
the  day  long  did  I  spread  out  my 
hands  unto  a  disobedient  and  gain- 
saying people. 

nl  say  then,  Did  God  ''cast 
off  his  people  ?  '  God  forbid. 
For  ''  I  also  am  an  Israelite,  of  the 
seed  of  Abraham,  of  the  tribe  of 
Benjamin.  2  God  'did  not  ca;.t 
off  his  people  which  he  '"  foreknew. 
"  Or  know  ye  not  what  the  scripture 
-'  saith  -^  of  Elijah  ?  how  he  plead- 
eth  with  God  against  Israel :  3 
Lord,  they  have  killed  thy  proph- 
ets, they  have  digged  down  thine 
altars  ;  and  I  am  left  alone,  and 
they  seek  my  life.  4  But  what 
■^  saith  the  answer  of  God  unto  him  ? 
I  have  left  for  myself  seven  thou- 
sand men,  who  have  not  bowed  the 
knee  to  Baal.  5  Even  so  then  at 
this  present  time  also  there  is"  a 
remnant  according  to  the  election 
of  grace.  6  But  ''if  it  is  by  grace, 
it  is  no  more  of  works :  otherwiise 
grace  is  no  more  grace.  7  What 
then  ?  That  which  *  Israel  seeketh 
for,  that  he  obtained  not;  but  the 
election  obtained  it,  and  the  rest 
were  ''hardened  :  8  according  as  it 

^  Mk.  6.  52 ;  2  Cor.  3.  14;  ver.  25 ;  see  ch.  9.  18 


wis.  1U.7. 

n  Or,  gonpet  is  Is.  liii.  1. 
1"  Gr.  the  inhabited  earth. 
1!"  Is.  Ixv.  1.  M  Is.  Ixv.  2. 
22  Or-  in    Comn  Mk.  12.  26. 


13  Or,  a  oo^pel 
16  Ps.  xik.  4. 
J8  Dt.  xxxii.  21. 
«  1  K.  xix.  10. 
23 1  K.  xii.  18. 


11.9 


ROMANS 


11.36 


Israel's  Loss  the  Gentiles'  Gain.    Their  Tartiul  Apostasy  proludes  Final  Salvation 


is  written, ' "  God  gave  them  a  spirit 
of  stupor,  eyes  that  tliey  should  not 
.see,  and  ears  that  tliey  should  not 
hear,  unto  this  very  day.  1)  And 
David  saith, 

-  Let  their  table  be  made  a  snare, 
and  a  trap. 

And  a  stumblingblock,   and  a 
recompense  unto  them  : 
10  Let  their  eyes  be  tlarkened,  that 
they  may  not  st^e. 

And  bow  thou  down  their  back 
always. 
11  *  I  say  then.  Did  they  stum- 
ble that  they  might  fall!  'God 
forbid  :  but  Toy  their  ^fall  ''salva- 
tion is  come  unto  the  Gentiles, 
to  'provoke  them  to  jealousy. 
12  Now  if  their  fall  is  the  riches 
of  the  world,  and  their  loss  the 
riches  of  the  Gentiles  ;  how  much 
more  their  -^fulness!  13  iJut  I 
speak  to  you  that  are  Gentiles. 
Inasmuch  then  as  ;'  I  am  an  apostle 
of  Gentiles,  [  glorify  mj^  ministi-y  ; 

14  if  by  anjj^  means  1  may  ''pro- 
voke to  jealousy  them  t/iat  are  ''  my 
flesh,  and  may  'save  some  of  them. 

15  For  if  the  casting  away  of  them 
is  the  *  reconciling  of  the  world, 
what  shall  the  receiving  of  them  he, 
but  'life  from  the  dead?  16  And 
if  the  '"fu'stfruit  is  holy,  so  is  the 
lump:  and  if  the  root  is  holy,  so 
are  the  bi-anche.s.  17  But  if  some 
of  the  "  branches  were  broken  off, 
and  "thou,  being  a  wild  olive,  wast 
grafted  in  among  them,  and  didst 
become  partaker  with  them  ''of 
the  root  of  the  fatness  of  the 
olive  tree;  18  glory  not  oyer  the 
branches  :  but  if  thou  gloriest,  ^it 
is  not  thou  that  bearest  the  root, 
but  the  root  thee.  19  ''Thou  wilt 
say  then,  Branches  were  broken 
oft,  that  I  might  be  grafted  in. 
20  Well;  by  their  unbelief  they 
were  broken  oil",  and  thou  ""stand- 
est  by  thy  faith.  'Be  not  high- 
minded,  but  fear  :  21  for  if  God 
spared  not  the  natural  branches, 
neither  will  he  spare  thee.  22  Be- 
hold then  the  goodness  and  se- 
verity of  God  :  toward  them  that 
fell,  severity;  but  toward  thee, 
God's 'goodness,  "if  thou  continue 
in  his  goodness :  otherwise  thou 
also  "shalt  be  cut  off.  23  And 
they  also,  'if  they  continue  not 
in  their  unbelief,  shall  be  grafted 
in  :  for  God  is  able  to  graft  them 

1  Is.  xjtix.  10 :  Dt.  xxix.  4.         ^  Pa.  Ixix.  22  f. 

^OTjriapns.-!    Conip   ch.5.  15ff. 
«  Many  ancient  authorities  read  of  trie  root  and 
«/  the  fatness. 


"  ("omp.  Mt. 
1.;.  laf. 

>>  ver.  1 

<^  See  JLk.  20. 

Ill 
«'  Acts  28.  28 
'  cli.  10.  19  ; 

ver.  14 
/  See  ver.  25 
"  See  Acts 

!».  15 
''  See  oh.  9. 

'i ;  conip. 

Oen  2!(. 

14  :  2  S.  19. 

12  f. 
'  I  Cor.  7. 16; 

9  22; 

1  Tim.  1. 

10  .24; 
2Tini.  1.  9; 
Tit.  3.  5 , 
com  p. 

1  Cor,  1.  21 
*■  Comp.  ell. 

b.  11 
'  Comp.  LU. 

l-").  24,  32 
'"  Num.  15. 

1811'  :Neli. 

10.  ;f7  ; 

Kzeit  44. 

30 
".ler.  11.  16; 

conip.  Jn. 

l.i.  2 
"  Comp. 

p:pti.  2. 

lltf. 
''  Comp.  Jn. 

4.  22 
''  See  ch.  9. 

19 
•"2  Cor.  1.24; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  10. 

12  ;  ch.  5. 

•  Comp.  ch. 
12  10 ; 

1  Tim.  6. 
17  ;  1  Pet. 
1.  17 

'  See  ch.  2.  4 
"  1  Cor.  15. 

2  ;  Heb.  3. 
(i.  14 

"  Comp.  Jn. 
15.  2 

*  2  Cor.  3.  16 


V  See  ch.  1. 

13 
-"  ch    16.  25  ; 

1  Cor.  2.  7- 
10 ;  Eph.  3. 
3-5,  9 ; 
comp.  Mt. 
13  U 

"  ch.  12.  16 
*■  See  ver.  7 
'  ver.  12  ;  see 

Lk.  21.24; 

comp.  Jn. 

10.  16 
rf  Conip 

Heb.  8.  10, 

12 
•  ch.  5.  10 
/  ch.  9  5  ; 

com  p. 

Dt  7.  8 ; 

10.  15 
flCor.  1  26; 

Kph   1.  18; 

4  1.4: 

Phil   3   14  ; 

2Th.  1.  11; 

2Tim.l  9; 

Hell  3  1; 

2  Pet  1  10; 
see  ch.  8. 28 


A  ( 


omp. 
Heb  7.  21 
Gal  3. 

197 


in  again.  21  For  if  thou  wast  cut 
out  of  that  which  is  by  nature  a 
wild  olive  tree,  and  wast  gi-afted 
contrary  to  nature  into  a  good 
olive  tree;  Ikjw  much  more  shall 
these,  which  are  tlie  natural 
6r(inchei9,  be  grafted  into  their 
own  olive  tree  i 

25  For  "1  would  not,  brethren, 
have  you  ignorant  of  this  'niy.s- 
tery,  lest  ye  be  "wise  in  your  own 
conceitSj  tnat  a  *  hardening  in  iiart 
hath  befallen  Israel,  until  tlie''ful- 
ne.ss  of  the  Gentiles  he  come  in ; 

26  and  so  all  Israel  shall  be  saved  : 
even  as  it  is  written, 

^There  .shall  come  out  of  Zion 
the  Deliverer ; 

He  shall  turn  away  ® ungodli- 
ness from  Jacob : 

27  ''  ''And  this  is "  my  covenant  unto 

them. 
When  I  shall  take  away  their 
sins. 

28  As  touching  the  *  gospel,  they 
are  'enemies  for  your  sake:  but  as 
touching  the  election,  they  are  be- 
loved for  •'the  fathers'  sake.  29 
For  the  gifts  and  the  "calling  of 
God  ''are  not  repented  of.  .30  For 
as  ye  in  time  past  were  disobedient 
to  God,  but  now  have  obtained 
mercy  by  their  disobedience,  31 
even  so  have  the.se  also  now  been 
disobedient,  that  by  the  mercy 
shown  to  you  the.y  also  may  now 
obtain  mercy.  32  For  'God  hath 
shut  up  all  unto  di.sobedience., 
that  he  might  have  mercy  upon 
all. 

33  O  the  depth  ^"of  *the  riches 
"  both  of  the  'wisdom  and  the 
knowledge  of  God!  '"how  un- 
searchable are  his  judgments,  and 
his  ways  past  tracing  out!  34  For 
"who  hatii  known  the  mind  of  the 
Lord  1  or  who  hath  been  his  coun- 
sellor ?  35  or "  who  hath  fiist  given 
to  him,  and  it  shall  V»e  recompen.;*ed 
unto  him  again  ?  36  For  ''of  him, 
and  through  him,  and  unto  him, 
are  all  things.  "To  him  be  the 
glory  '-  for  ever.    Amen. 

22  f.  ;  see  ch  3  9*  Eph.  3.  8  :  see  ch  2.  4  '  CoL 
2  3  ;  Epli  3.  10  "*  Comp  .Tob  5.  9:  11  7  ;  15  8  ; 
Wisd  H.  13 ;  Ecclns.  18.  4  "  Is  4ii.  13  f  ;  1  Cor  2. 
16      "  .)ob  35.  7  ;  41   n       »■  1  Cor  8.  «;  11  12  .  Col. 

1  16  .  Mob.  2.  10  •'  ch.  16.  27  ;  Epli.  3.  21  ;  PhlL  4. 
20  ;  1  Tim.  1   17  ;  2  Tim.  4.  18 ;  1  Pet.  4.  11 :  5.  U ; 

2  Pet.  3.  13 ;  Judc  25  ;  Rev.  1.  6 ;  5.  13  ;  7.  12 


»  Is.  lix.  20  f.  «  Or  ungndlinfsut. 

'  Is.  xxvii.  9.        •  Ot  the  rm-nianl  from  me, 
*  Se«  ch.  10.  15. 16.  and  marfrinal  not«  on  ch.  1.  L 
l"  Or,  of  Ihe  rirhex  and  the  xr'fdom  f.r 
i^  Ot,  both  of  wisdom  ic.     mir.  unto  the  age* 


12.1 


ROMANS 


13.9 


Divers  Exhortations;  to  Self-dedication;  against  Self-conceit;  to  Itlutaal  Love;  to  Obedience  to  Ralers.    love  is  the 


-|  r)  "I  beseech  you  therefore, 
Xj-j  brethren,  by  the  mercies  of 
God,  to  *ijresent  your  bodies  a  liv- 
ing sacrifice,  holy,  ^acceptable  to 
God,  ivhich  is  your '■^  spiritual  /*  ser- 
vice. 2  And  be  not  "fashioned 
according  to  ''■  this  •*  world  :  but  be 
ye  transformed  by  the  'renewing 
of  your  mind,  that  ye  may 'prove 
what  is  Hhe  good  and  'acceptable 
and  perfect  will  of  God. 

3  For  I  say,  through  ''the  grace 
that  was  given  me,  to  every  man 
that  is  among  you,  *not  to  tiiink 
of  himself  more  highly  than  he 
ought  to  think ;  but  so  to  think  as 
to  think  soberly, '  according  as  God 
hath  dealt  to  each  man  a  measure 
of  faith.  4  For  *  even  as  we  have 
many  membei's  in  one  body,  and  all 
the  members  have  not  the  same 
office  :  5  so  we,  'who  are  many,  are 
"'one  body  in  Christ,  and  severally 
members  one  of  another.  6  And 
having  gifts  "  differing  according 
to  the  grace  that  was  given  to  us, 
whether  "  prophecy,  let  us  vrojihesy 
according  to  the  proportion  of  our 
faith ;  7  or  ^  ministry,  let  us  give 
ourselves  to  our  ministry  ;  or  he  that 
« teacheth,  to  his  teaching  ;  8  or  he 
that  ''exhorteth,  to  his  exhorting: 
he  that  giveth,  let  him  do  it  with 
•^  *  liberality  ;  'he  that  ruleth,  with 
diligence;  he  that  showeth  mercy, 
with  "cheerfulness. 

9  Let  "love  be  without  hypocrisy. 
^  Abhor  that  which  is  evil ;  cleave 
to  that  which  is  good.  10  In  ^love 
of  the  brethren  be  tenderly  affec- 
tioned  one  to  another ;  ""  in  honor 
preferring  one  another  ;  11  in  dili- 
gence not  slothful;  "fervent  in 
spirit ;  *  serving  '  the  Lord  ;  1 2  "  re- 
joicing in  hope  ;  ''patient  in  tribu- 
lation; "continuing  stedfastly  in 
prayer  ;  13  •'^ communicating  to  the 
necessities  of  the  saints  ;  * 'given  to 
hospitality.  14  ''Bless  them  that 
persecute  you ;  bless,  and  curse 
not.  15  'Rejoice  with  them  that 
rejoice  ;  weep  with  them  that  weep. 

16  ^Be  of  the  same  mind  one 
toward  another.  _  '  Set  not  your 
mind  on  high  things,  but  **  conde- 
scend to  ''' things  that  are  lowly. 
'"Be  not  wise  in  your  own  conceits. 

17  "Render  to  no  man  evil  for  evil. 

1  Gr.  v'pl'-pJpiinng. 

2  Gr.  belonying  to  the  reason. 

3  Or,  irorsMp  <  Or,  age 

*  Or,  thf  will  of  God,  even  the  thing  vhich  is 
good  an^l  acceptable  and  perfect    f<  Gr.  singleness. 

7  Some  ancient  authorities  read  the  oppor- 
hmitii.  ^  Ort.  pur  siting. 

»  G-r.  be  carried  away  with.       i"  Or,  tnem 


"  1  Cor.  1. 10 , 

2  Cor.  10. 

2 ;  Eph.  4. 

1 ;  1  i'et.  2. 

11 
6  Comp.  ch. 

6.  13,  16, 

ly ;  1  Cor. 

6.  20 ; 

comp. 

Heb.  13. 

15 ;  1  Pet. 

2.  5 
"  1  Pet.  1.  U 
d  See  Mt.  13. 

22  ;  Gal.  1. 

4  ;  comp. 

1  Jn.  2. 15 
'  Tit.  3.  5  ; 

comp. 

Eph.  4.  23 
/  Eph  5.  10  ; 

comp.  17 ; 

001.  1.  !) 

9  ch.  15.  15 ; 

1  Cor.  3. 

10  ;  15.  10  ; 

Gal.  2.  9 ; 

Eph.  3. 

7  f.  ;  comp. 

ch.  1.  5 
h  Comp.  ch. 

11.  20 ;  ver. 

16 
'  1  Cor.  7. 

17  :  2  Cor. 

10.  13 ; 
Eph.  4.  7  ; 
coiap. 

1  Pet.  4.  11 
k  1  Cor.  12. 

12-14; 

Eph.  4.  4, 

16 
'  1  Cor.  10. 

17,33 
'"  1  Cor.  12. 

20,  27  ; 

Eph.  4.  12, 

25 
"  1  Cor.  7. 

7  :  12.  4  ; 

1  Pet.  4. 

10  f.  ; 

comp.  ver. 

3 
"  1  Cor.  12. 

10;  see 

Acts  13.  1 
P  Comp. 

1  Cor.  12.  5, 
28  ;  see 
Acts  6.  1 

9  1  Cor.  12. 

28  ;  14.  26  ; 

see  Acts 

13   1 
"■  Comp. 

Acts  4.  36  ; 

11.  23;  13.15 
'  Comp. 

2  Cor.  8.  2  ; 
9.  11,13 

'  1  Tim.  5. 
17  ;  comp. 

1  Cor.  12.  28 
"  Comp. 

2  Cor.  9.  7 
"2  Cor.  6.6; 

1  Tim.  1.  5 
^lTh.5.21f. 
y  1  Th.  4  9  : 

Feb.  13.  1 ; 

2  Pet.  1.  7  ; 
comp  Jn. 
1?.  34 

^  Phil.  2.  3  ; 
comp  ch. 
13.  7;lPet. 

2.  17 

'^  Arts  18.  25 
t>  Acts  20.  19 
"  ch,  5.  2 
rf  Heb.  10.  32, 
36 

168 


°  Take  thought  for  things  honorable 
in  the  sight  of  all  men.  18  If  it  be 
possible,  ''as  much  as  in  you  lieth, 
''be  at  peace  with  all  men.  19 
"  Avenge  not  yourselves,  beloved, 
but  give  place  unto  "  the  wrath  of 
God:  for  it  is  written,  ''^'■Vengeance 
belongeth  unto  me;  I  will  recom- 
pense, saith  the  Lord.  20  But  "'if 
thine  enemy  hunger,  feed  him  ;  if 
he  thirst,  give  him  to  drink :  for 
'  in  so  doing  thou  shalt  heap  coals 
of  tire  upon  his  head.  21  Be  not 
overcome  of  evil,  but  overcome  evil 
with  good. 

-|  O  _  Let  every  "  soul  be  in  *  sub- 
_L  O  jection  to  the  higher  powers : 
for  ^there  is  no  power  but  of  God ; 
and  the  poivers  that  be  are  ordained 
of  God.  2  Therefore  he  that  resist- 
eth  the  power,  withstandeth  the 
ordinance  of  God :  and  they  that 
withstand  shall  receive  to  them- 
selves judgment.  3  For  ^rulers  are 
not  a  terror  to  the  good  work,  but 
to  the  evil.  And  wouldest  thou 
have  no  fear  of  the  power  1  do  that 
which  is  good,  and  thou  shalt  have 
praise  from  the  same  :  4  for  '^  he  is 
a  minister  of  God  to  thee  for  good. 
But  if  thou  do  that  which  is  evil, 
be  afraid  ;  for  "  he  beareth  not  the 
sword  in  vain :  for  '^he  is  a  minister 
of  God,  an  'avenger  for  wrath  to 
him  that  doeth  evil.  5  Wherefore 
!/e  must  needs  be  in  subjection,  not 
only  because  of  the  wrath,  but  also 
"for  conscience'  sake.  6  For  for 
this  cause  ye  pay  tribute  also  ;  for 
they  are  ministers  of  God's  service, 
attending  continually  upon  this 
very  thin.g.  7  ''Render  to  all  their 
dues:  ""tribute  to  whom  tribute  is 
due ;  ''custom  to  whom  custom ;  fear 
to  whom  fear ;  honor  to  whom  honor. 
8  Owe  no  man  anj'^thing,  save  to 
love  one  another :  for  "  he  that 
loveth  '^  his  neighbor  hath  fulfilled 
the  law.     9  For  this,  ^"Thou  shalt 

'  See  Acts  1. 14  /  ch.  15  25 :  1  Cor.  16  15  ;  2  Cor. 
9.  1 ;  Keb.  6. 10  «  See  1  Tim.  3.  2 :  comp.  Mt.  25.  35 
''  Mt.  5.  44  ;  Lk.  6.  28  ;  1  Cor.  4.  12  '  Job  30.  25  ; 
Heb.  13.  3 ;  Ecchis.  7.  34  *  ch.  15.  5  ;  2  Cor.  13. 11 ; 
Phil  2  2:4  2 ;  comp  1  Pet.  3.  8  '  Comp  ver.  3; 
see  ch.  11.  20     '"  ch.  11.  25  ;  Prov.  3.  7     "  Prov.  20. 

22 ;  24.  29 ;  comp.  ver.  19 "  2  Cor.  8  21    ''  Comp. 

ch.  1.  15  9  See  Ml<.  9.  50 ;  ch.  14. 19  -•  Heb.  10.  30 ; 
comp.  1  Th.  4.  6  ;  Ps.  94.  1  -'  Prov.  25.  21  f . ;  comp. 
Mt.  5.  44  ;  Lk.  6.  27  <  Comp.  2  K.  6.  22  "  See 
Acts  2.  41  "  Tit.  3.  1  ;  1  Pet.  2.  13  f.  "'Jn.W.  11: 
comp.  Dan.  2.  21 ;  4.  17  ;  Wisd.  6.  3  "1  Pet.  2.  14 
^  1  Th.  4.  6  "1  Pet.  2.  19 ;  comp.  13 ;  Eccl.  8.  2 
t>  See  Mt.  22.  21  <^  Lk.  20.  22 ;  23.  2  d  See  Mt.  17.  25 
«  Mt.  22.  39  f .  ;  Gal.  5.  14 ;  ver.  10 ;  comp.  Mt.  7. 
12 ;  Jn.  13.  34 ;  Jas.  2.  8 


11  Or,  wrath  i«  Dt.  xxxli.  35. 

13  (Prov.  XXV.  21  f.)  I*  Or,  it 

15  Gr.  the  other.    Comp.  1  Cor.  6.  i ;  10.  24  i 
Gal.  6.  4.  16  Ex.  xx.  13  ff.  ;  Dt.  v.  17  fl. 


13.  iO 


ROMANS 


14.23 


Fnlfllment  of  the  Law.    Salvation  is  at  Hand.    Furbearaurc  towards  Srrnpltis.    .Self-denial  on  behalf  of  Otiicrs 


not  commit  adultery,  Thou  shalt 
not  kill.  Thou  .shalt  not  steal, 
Thou  shalt  not  covet,  and  if  there 
be  any  other  commandment,  it  is 
summed  up  in  this  word,  namely, 
'*'rht)u  shalt  love  thy  neijjhbor  as 
th.y.self.  10  Love  worketh  no  ill 
to  his  neighbor:  ''love  therefore  is 
the  fulfilment  of  the  law. 

11  And  this,  knowing?  the  season, 
that  'already  it  is  time  for  you  to 
''awake  out  of  sleep  :  for  now  is 
'salvation  nearer  to  us  than  when 
we  'jirst  believed.  \'l  ''The  night 
is  far  spent,  and /the  day  is  at 
hand  :  let  us  therefore  cast  off  ^  the 
works  of  darkness,  and  let  us  put 
on  ''the  armor  of  lij^ht.  13  Let  us 
•walk  becomingly,  as  in  the  day; 
*not  in  revelling  and  drunkenness, 
not  in  chambering  and  wanton- 
nes.s,  not  in  strife  and  jealousy. 
14  But 'put  ye  on  the  Lord  -Jesus 
Christ,  and  make  not  pro\-ision  for 
the  flesh,  "'to  fidjll  the  lusts  thereof. 
■\  A  But  nim  tliat  is  "weak  in 
J-T"  faith  "receive  ye,  yet  not  '^for 
decision  of  scruple-s.  '1  ''One  man 
hath  faith  to  eat  all  things  :  but  he 
that  is  "  weak  eateth  herbs.  3  Let 
not  him  that  eateth  ^set  at  nought 
him  that  eateth  not ;  and  let  not 
him  that  eateth  not  *■  judge  him 
that  eateth  :  for  ( Jod  hath  "  re- 
ceived him.  4  'Who  art  thou 
that  judgest  the  ^  .servant  of  an- 
other \  to  his  own  lord  he  standeth 
or  falleth.  Yea,  he  shall  be  made 
to  stand  ;  for  the  Lord  hath  power 
to  make  him  stand.  5  'One  man 
esteemeth  one  day  above  another  : 
another  esteemeth  every  day  al'iky. 
Let  each  man  be  "fully  assured  in 
his  own  mind.  G  He  that  regard- 
eth  the  day,  regai-deth  it  unto  the 
Lord  :  and  he  that  eateth.  eateth 
unto  the  Lord,  for  he  'giveth  (!od 
thanks ;  and  he  that  eateth  not, 
unto  the  Lord  he  eateth  not,  and 
giveth  God  thanks.  7  For  none 
of  us'liveth  to  himself,  and  none 
dieth  to  himself.  8  For  whether 
we  live,  we  live  unto  the  Lord ; 
or  whetlier  we  die,  we  die  unto  the 
Lord  :  y  whether  we  live  therefore, 
or  die,  we  are  the  Lord's,  9  For 
to  this  end  "Christ  died  and  lived 
agniir,  that  he  might  be  "  Lord  of 
both  the  dead  and  the  living.  10 
But  thou,  why  dost  thou  judge 
thy  brother  1  or  thou  again,   why 

»  Or,  our  nahmtion  n^ar^T  than  when  Sro. 
8  Or,  to  finublfut  dispMtationt 
»  Or.  household-servanl. 


"  Lev.  19. 18  ; 

Mt.  W.  19 
b  Mt.  ti. 

39  f.  ;  Gal. 

5.  14  ;  ver. 


Ju.  U.  34; 
Jau.  'i.  i 
■=  1  Cor.  7. 
■a  i. ;  lU. 
11;  Jas.  5. 
8  ;  1  Fet.  4. 
7  ;  2  Pet.  a. 
9, 11 ;  1  Jn 

2.  li ;  Kev. 
1.  a  ;  2J  10 

d  1  Cor.  15. 
a  :  Kph.  5. 

14  ;  1  Th. 
5.  () ;  comp. 
Mk.  13.  37 

'  Comp. 

Acts  19.  2 : 

1  Cor.  3.  5; 

15.  2,  6ic. 
/Heb.  1U.2.V, 

iJn.  2.  8; 

comp  Rev. 

1.  3 ;  22. 10 
f  F.pli.  5.  11 
'•  2  Cor.  6  7  : 

10.  4  :  Epli 

e.  11,  13; 

1  Th.  5.  8 
'ITh.  4.  12 
1  Lk.  21.  34  ; 

Gal.  5.  21 ; 

Kph.  5.  18 ; 

1  Pet.  4.  3 
I  G.-1.1.  3.  27  : 

coinp.  Job 

2;*.  14;  Eph 

4.  -.'4  ;  Col. 

3.  10,  12 
"•Gal  5.  16: 

1  Pet.  2. 11 
"  ver.  2;  cli. 

15.1;lCor. 

8.9tf.;9.  22 
'  ver.  3  ;  ch. 

15.7; 

comp. 

Acts  28.  2; 

ch.  11.  15 
P  Comp.  ver. 

14 
9  ver.  10; 

comp.  Lk. 

18.9 
>■  See  Col.  2. 

l(i ;  ver.  10, 

13 
•Jaa.  4.  12; 

comp.  ch. 

9.  20 
'Gal.  4.  10 
"  ch.  4.  21  : 

see  Lk.  1. 

1  ;  comp. 

ver.  23 
••  1  Cor.  10. 

30 :  1  Tim. 

4.  3  f.  ;  see 
Mt.  14.19 

'  2  Cor  5. 
15:  Gal.  2. 
20:  Phil. 

1.  20  f.  ; 
comp. 

ch.  8.  as 

'  Comp. 
Phil.  1.20: 
ITh.. 5. 10: 
Rev.  14.13: 
Lk  20.  38 

'Rev.l.  18: 

2.  8 
"Pliil.  2.  11: 

see  Mt.  28. 

15  ;  comp. 
Jn.  12.  34: 
1  Th.  5. 10 


dost  thou  ''set  at  nought  thy 
brother  ?  for  ''  we  shall  all  stand 
before  the  judgment-seat  of  God. 

1 1  For  it  is  written, 

^As  1  live,  saith  the  Lord,  tome 
'"every  knee  shall  bow. 

And  every  tongue  shall  °  con- 
fess to  God. 

12  So  then  ''each  one  of  us  shall 
give  account  of  him.self  to  God. 

13  Let  us  not  therefore  "judge 
one  another  any  more :  but  judge 
ye  this  rather,  that  •'no  man  put 
a  stumblingblock  in  his  brother's 
way,    or    an    occasion    of    falling. 

14  1  know,  and  am  jjersuaded  in 
the  Lord  Je.sus,  that  "nothing  is 
unclean  of  itself:  save  that  to 
him  who ''accounteth  anytliing  to 
be  unclean,  to  him  it  is  unclean. 

15  For  if  becau.se  of  meat  thy 
brother  is  grieved,  thou  '  walkest 
no  longer  in  love.  *  Destroy  not 
with  thy  meat  him  for  whom 
Christ  died,  16  'Let  not  then 
your  good  be  evil  spoken  of:  17 
for  the  kingdom  of  God  ""is  not 
eating  and  drinking,  but  right- 
eousness and  "peace  and  "joy  in 
the  Holy  .Spirit.  LS  For  he  that 
herein  "serveth  Christ  is  ''well- 
pleasing  to  God,  and  approved  of 
men.  19  So  then  ''let  us  'follow 
after  things  which  make  for  peace, 
and  things  wherebj'  we  may  •"  edify 
one  another.  20  'Overthrow  not 
for  meat's  sake  the  work  of  God. 
"  All  things  indeed  are  clean  ;  how- 
beit  '  it  is  evil  for  that  man  who 
eateth  with  offence.  21  "It  is 
good  not  to  eat  Hesh,  nor  to  drink 
wine,  nor  tu  do  aniithinp  whei-eby 
thy  brother  stumbleth".  22  The 
faith  which  thou  hast,  have  thou 
to  thyself  before  God.  Happy  is 
he  that  '  .iudgeth  not  himself  in 
that  which  he  *'anproveth.  23 
But  'he  that  doubteth  is  con- 
demned if  he  eat,  Ix-cause  he  enteih 
not  of  faith ;  and  whatsoever  ih 
not  of  faith  is  sin''. 

Ifi :  comp.  2  Cor.  5. 10  '  Phil.  2.  10  f.  *  Mt.  li 
3fi  ■  1  Pet.  4.  6  :  Mt.  16.  27  'See  ver.  3  ;  Mt.  7. 1 
'  1  Cor.  8.  13  "ver.  2.  20:  see  .\ct8  10.  15  o  1  Cor. 
8  7  I  Eph.  •'-.  2  '  1  Cor.  8.  11  :  comp.  ver.  20 
'Comp.  1  Cor.  10.  30;  Tit.  2.  5  "'I  Cor.  8.  8 
"  Comp.  Gal.  h.  22 ;  ch.  15.  13  "  ch  16. 18  ''  2  Coi 
8.  21 :  comp.  Phil.  4.  8  :  1  Pet.  2.  12  «  Pn.  S4.  14  ; 
1  Cor.  7.  15 ;  2  Tim.  2.  21; :  Hob.  12.  14  :  •<»«  ch.  12. 
18  ■■  oh.  1.5.  2  ;  1  Cor.  10.  23  :  14.  3  f..  26  :  2  Cor.  12. 
1<» :  Eph.  4.  12.  'JS  •  Se«  rer.  15  '  1  Cor.  8.  9-12 
"  1  Cor.  8. 13    '  Comp.  1  Jn.  J.  21    *  Comp.  tw.  6 


4  T».  xlr.  23.  '  Or.  girr  praise 

«  Many  ancient  anthorities  rc»<l  ur  /t.lloir. 

'  Manv  aucieiit  authorities  »'1<1  nr  i.»  offrndfd, 
or  i.i  uri'ik.  "Or,  putlelh  to  the  trst 

»  Many  autboriU«*,  tome  Bocleat,  inaert  hers 
ch.  16,  2^27, 


15.1 


EOMANS 


15.26 


Hataal  flelpfalness  enjoined.    Matters  Personal.    Paul  asks  their  Prayers.    Commends 


•i  pf  Now  we  that  are  strong 
J-O  ought  to  bear  the  intirmi- 
ties  of  the  "weak,  and  not  to 
please  ourselves.  2  Let  each  one 
of  us  '  please  his  neighbor  for  that 
which  is  good,  unto  ''edifying. 
3  For  ''Christ  also  pleased  not 
himself;  but,  as  it  is  written, 
^The  reproaches  of  them  that  re- 
proached thee  fell  upon  me.  4  For 
*=  whatsoever  things  were  written 
aforetime  were  written  for  our 
learning,  that  through  -patience 
and  through  comfort  of  the  scrip- 
tures we  might  have  hope.  5  Now 
the  •''God  of -patience  and  of  com- 
fort grant  you  ^  to  be  of  the  same 
mind  one  with  another  according 
to  Christ  Jesus :  6  that  with  one 
accord  ye  may  with  one  mouth 
glorify  ^"the  God  and  Father  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  7  Where- 
fore '  receive  ye  one  another,  even 
as  Christ  also  received  ''you,  to 
the  glory  of  God.  8  For  I  say 
that  Christ  hath  been  made  a 
minister  of  *  the  circumcision  for 
the  truth  of  God,  that  he  might 
confirm  'the  promises  given  unto 
the  fathers,  9  and  that  '"  the  Gen- 
tiles might  ';  glorify  God  for  his 
mercy  ;  as  it  is  written, 

^Therefore  will  I  ®give  praise 
unto  thee  among  the  ^Gen- 
tiles, 

And  sing  unto  thy  name 

10  And  again  he  saith, 

^  Rejoice,  ye  '^  Gentiles,  with  his 
people. 

11  And  again, 

''Praise  the  Lord,  all  ye  '^ Gen- 
tiles ; 

And  let  all  the  peoples  praise 
him. 

12  And  again,  Isaiah  saith, 
"There  shall   be  "the   root   of 

Jesse, 
And  he   that   ariseth    to    rule 

over  the  ''  Gentiles  ; 
fOn   him    shall  the   ''Gentiles 

hope. 

13  Now  the  God  of  hope  fill  you 
with  all  *  joy  and  peace  in  believ- 
ing, that  ye  may  anound  in  hope, 
•"in  the  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

14  And  I  myself  also  am  per- 
suaded of  you,  my  brethren,  that 
ye  yourselves  are  full  of  '  good- 
ness,   filled  with  '  all    knowledge, 

1  Ps.  Ixix.  9.  2  Or,  stfidf(ist>Te-'!s 

3  Or,  Ond  and  the  Father  So  2  Cor.  1.  3 ;  11. 
31 ;  Eph.  1.  3  ;  1  Pet.  1.  3. 

■•  Some  ancient  authorities  read  us. 

5  Ps.  xviii.  49  (or  2  S.  xxii.  50). 

6  Or,  conffss     7  Gr.  nations.    Comp.  Mt.  4.  15. 
8  Dt.  xxxii.  43.      »  Ps.  cxvii.  1.      i"  Is.  xi.  10. 


"  See  ch.  14. 

1  ;  comp. 

Gal.  6.  2  ; 

1  Th.  5.  14 
b  1  Cor.  10. 

33  ;  comp. 

9.  22  ;  10. 

24  ;  2  Cor. 

13.  9 

'  ch.  14.  19  ; 

1  Cor.  10. 
23;  14.  3  f., 
26 ;  2  Cor. 

12.  19 ; 
Eph.  4.  12, 
29 

rf  2  Cor.  8.  9 
'  ch.  4.  23  f . ; 

2  Tim.  3. 16 
/2Cor.  1.  3 
"  See  ch.  12. 

16 
''  Rev.  1.  6 
'  Sae  ch. 

14.  1 

*  Comp.  Mt. 

15.  24 ;  see 
Acts  3.  26 

'  Comp.  ch. 
4.16;2Cor. 
1.20 
'"  Comp.  ch. 

3  29  ;  11. 
30 

"  See  Mt.  9. 

9 
"  Comp. 

Rev.  5.  5 ; 

22.  16 
''  Mt.  12.  21 

*  Comp.  ch. 
14.  17 

•■  ver.  19 ; 
ICor.  2.  4; 

1  Th.  1.  5 
"Eph.  5.9; 

2  Th.  1. 
11 

«lCor.  1.  5; 

13.  2; 
comp. 
8.1,7,10; 
12.8 


"  See  ch.  12. 

3 
"  ch.  11.  13  ; 

see  Acts  9. 

15 
•^  ver.  19 ; 

comp. 

20 ;  see  ch. 

1.  1 
y  Eph.  5.  2  ; 

Phil.  2.  17  ; 

comp.  ch. 

12.  1 
^  Phil.  3  3 
"  Heb.  2. 17  ; 

5.1 
i"  Comp. 

Acts  15. 

12  ;  21.  19  ; 

ch.  1.  5 ; 

2  Cor.  3.  5 
'  See  Jn.  4. 

48 
d  Acts  22. 

17-21 
'  Comp. 

Acts20.  If. 
/ch.  1.  15; 

10.  15 ; 

comp.  ver. 

16 
«  2  Cor.  10. 

15  f.  ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  3.  10 
A  ch.  1.  13  ; 

comp. 

1  Th.  2.  18 
'  See  Acts 

19.  21 ;  ch. 

1. 10  f.  ; 

170 


able  also  to  admonish  one  another, 
15  But  1  write  the  more  boldly 
unto  you  in  some  measure,  as 
putting  you  again  in  remembrance, 
because  of  ""  the  grace  that  was 
given  me  of  God,  16  that  1  should 
be  'a  minister  of  Christ  Jesus  unto 
the  ^  Gentiles,  "  ministering  the 
'-•'gospel  of  God,  that  the  ^offering 
up  of  the  Gentiles  might  be  made 
acceptable,  being  sanctified  by  the 
Holy  Spirit.  17  1  have  therefore 
my  "=  glorying  in  Christ  Jesus  in 
"things  pertaining  to  God.  18 
For  I  will  not  dare  to  speak  of 
any  ^^  things  save  those  which 
*  Christ  wrought  through  me,  for 
the  obedience  of  tlie  "Gentiles, 
by  word  and  deed,  19  in  the  power 
of  "  signs  and  "  wonders,  *■  in  the 
power  of  "  the  Holy  Spirit ;  so  that 
'*  from  Jerusalem,  and  round  about 
even  "untoIUyricum,  I  have  ^^fuliy 
preached  the  /'■  gospel  of  _  Christ ; 
20  yea,  ^®  making  it  my  aim  so  to 
^"-^  preach  the  gospel,  not  where 
Christ  was  already  named,  ^that 
I  might  not  build  upon  another 
man's  foundation;  21  but,  as  it 
is  written, 

^*They  shall  see,  to  whom  no 
tidings  of  him  came. 

And  they  who  have  not  heard 
shall  understand. 
22  Wherefore  also  ''I  was  hin- 
dered these  many  times  from  com- 
ing to  you  :  23  but  now,  having 
no  more  any  place  in  these  regions, 
and  i  having  these  many  years  a 
longing  to  come  unto  you,  24 
■whensoever  I  *  go  unto  Spain  (for 
I  hope  to  see  you  in  my  journey, 
and  to  be  '  brought  on  my  way 
thitherward  by  you,  if  first  in 
some  measure  I  shall  have  been 
'"satisfied  with  your  company)  — 
25  but  now,  I  my,  "  I  go  unto  Je- 
rusalem, "ministering  unto  the 
saints.  26  For  it  hath  been  the 
good  pleasure  of  ^Macedonia  and 
■/Achaia  to  make  a  certain  contri- 
bution for  the    poor    among    the 

comp.  ver.  29,  32  t  ver.  28  '  See  Acts  15.  3 
"'  Comp  ch.  1.  12  "  See  Acts  19.  21  "  See  Acts 
24.  17  '•  1  Cor.  16.  5 ;  2  Cor.  1.  16  :  2.  13  ;  7.  5  ;  8.  1 ; 
9.  2,  4  ;  11.  9 ;  Phil.  4.  15  ;  1  Th.  1.  7  f . ;  4.  10  ;  1  Tim. 
1.3.    See  Acts  16.  9    «  See  Acts  18. 12 ;  comp.  19. 21 


11  Gr.  minixiering  in  sacrifice. 

12  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  1.  1. 

13  Gr.  of  those  things  which  Christ  wrought  noi 
through  me. 

i-i  Many  ancient  authorities  read  the  Spirit  oj 
God.    One  reads  the  Sjririt. 

T.^  Gr.  fulfilled.    Comp.  Col.  1.  25. 

i«  Gr.  being  ambitinus.  2  Cor.  5.  9 ;  1  Thess. 
4.  11.  IV  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  1. 15. 

It  Is.  Ui.  15. 


15.27 


ROMiVNS 


16.25 


Phitke  onto  them.    Divers  Salatationt.    Diss«o$ion  and  Apostasy  warned  against.    Salntations  from  the  Apostle's  Companions 


saints  that  are  at  Jerusalem. 
27  Yea,  it  hath  been  their  good 
pleasure ;  and  their  debtcn-s  they 
are.  For  "if  the  Gentiles  have 
been  made  partakers  of  their  spirit- 
ual thirigs,  they  owe  it  to  them  also 
to  minister  unto  them  in  carnal 
things.  2."<  When  therefore  I  have 
accomplished  this,  and  *  have  sealed 
to  them  this  fruit,  1  will  '■go  on  by 
you  unto  Spain.  29  And  I  know 
that,  when  "*  I  come  unto  you,  I 
shall  come  in  the  fulness  of  the 
blessing  of  Christ. 

30  Now  I  beseech  you,  brethren, 
by  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  bj' 
*the  love  of  the  Spirit,  that  ye 
•''strive  together  with  me  in  your 
prayers  to  God  for  me;  31  that  I 
may  be  "  delivered  from  them  that 
are  disobedient  in  Judaea,  and  that 
my  *  ministration  which  /  hare  for 
Jerusalem  may  be  acceptable?  to 
the  'saints;  32  that  *I  may  come 
unto  you  in  joy  through  'the  will 
of  God,  and  together  with  you  find 
rest.  33  Now  "'  the  God  of  peace 
be  with  you  all.    Amen. 

"I  /I*  I  "commend  unto  you 
-Lw  Phoebe  our  sister,  who  is  a 
^  servant  of  the  church  that  is  at 
*Cenchreje:  2  that  ye  ^  receive 
her  in  the  Lord,  worthily  of  the 
'saints,  and  that  ye  assist  her  in 
whatsoever  matter  she  may  have 
need  of  you  :  for  she  herself  also 
hath  been  a  helper  of  many,  and  of 
mine  own  self. 

3  Salute  "Prisca  and  'Aquila 
my  fellow-workers  '^in  'Christ 
Jesus,  4r  who  for  my  life  laid  down 
their  own  necks ;  unto  whom  not 
only  T  give  thanks,  but  also  all  the 
churches  of  the  Gentiles  :  5  and 
salute  '  the  church  that  is  in  their 
hou.se.  Salute  Epjenetus  my  be- 
loved, who  is  the  "firstfruits  of 
"Asia  unto  Christ.  6  Salute  Mary, 
who  bestowed  much  labor  on  you. 
7  Salute  Andronicus  anfPJunias, 
my  •'kinsmen,  and  my  *fellow- 
prisoners,  who  are  of  note  among 
the  apostles,  who  also  have  been 
'in  Christ  before  me.  8  Salute 
Am])liatus  my  beloved  in  the  Lord. 
9  Salute  Urbanus  our  fellow- 
worker  'in  Christ,  and  Stachys 
my  beloved.  10  Salute  Apelles 
the  approved  'in  Christ.  Salute 
'them  that  ai'e  of  the  houRehohl  oi 
Aristobuhis.  11  Salute  Herodion 
my  'kinsman.      Salute    'them   of 

1  Or.  deaconess  2  Or,  Jxinia 


"  1  Cor.  9.  n 
*>  Comp.  Jii. 

3.  ;i3 
<^  ver.  2J 
•i  See  .Vets 

la.  21 ;  ch. 

1.  1(1  f.  : 

couip.  ver. 

23,  32 
'  Comp. 

Gal.  5.  22; 

Col.  1.  8 
/  Col.  4.  12  ; 

comp. 

2<;or.  1.  11 
''2';or.l.Ul; 

2  Th.  3.  2  ; 

2  Tim.  3. 

11;  4.  17 

*  ver.  25  f.  ; 
2  Cor.  8.  4  ; 
9.  1 

'  See  Acts 
9.  13 ; 

comp.  ver. 
l.i 

*  See  ver.  23 
'cli.  1.  10; 

comp.  Acts 

IS.  21 
"•  ch.  16.  20  ; 

2  Cor.  13. 

11;  Phil.  4. 

9  ;  1  Th.  5. 

23 ,  Ileb. 

13.  20 ; 

comp. 

2Th.3.  16 
"  Comp. 

2  Cor.  3.  1 
°  Acts  IS.  18 
'■  Phil.  2.  29 
«  See  Acts 

IS.  2 
"■  2  Cor.  5. 

17  :  12.  2  ; 

Gal.  1.  22 ; 

ver.  7,  9, 

10 ;  comp. 

ch.  8.  11  tf 

*  See  ch.  8. 1 
<  1  Cor.  16. 

19;  Col.  4. 

15: 

Pliilem.  2 
"  1  Cor.  16. 

15 
"  See  Acts 

Ifi.  6 

*  ver.  11.  21 ; 
Comp.  ch. 
9.  3 

VCol.  4.  10, 
Philem. 
23 

*  1  Cor.  1. 11 


"  Mk.  15. 

21  (•.') 
i>  See  ver  2 ; 

comp.  ver. 

14 
'  1  Cor.  16. 

20 ;  2  Cor. 

13  12 : 
lTh.5.  26; 
comp. 

1  Pet.  5.  14 
d  Cf<mp. 

ITim.  1. 
3;  6  3 
'Gal.  1.8f.  ; 
2Th.  3.6, 

14  ;  Tit.  3. 
10;  2  Jii. 
10 ;  comp. 
Mt.  7.  l.i 

/cli.  14.  18 
'•'  Phil.  .1.  19 
»  Col.  2.  4  ; 

2  Pet.  2.  3 
i  ch.  1.  8 

k  1  Cor.  14 
20 :  lu-e  Mt. 
10. 16 ; 

m 


the  household  of  Narcissus,  that 
are  in  the  Lord.  12  Salute  Try- 
phivna  and  Tryphosa,  who  labor 
in  the  Lord.  Salute  Persis  the 
beloved,  who  labored  much  in  the 
Lord.  1 3  Salute  "  K uf  us  the  chosen 
in  the  Lord,  and  his  mother  and 
mine.  14  Salute  Asyncritus, 
Plilogon,  Hermes,  Patrobns,  Her- 
nias, and  the  brethren  that  are 
with  them.  15  Salute  Philologus 
and  Julia,  Nereus  and  his  sister, 
and  Olympas,  and  all  *  the  saints 
that  are  with  them.  IG  ''Salute 
one  another  with  a  holj'^  kiss.  All 
the  churches  of  Christ  salute  you. 

17  Now  1  beseech  you,  brethren, 
mark  them  that  are  causing  the 
divisions  and  occasions  of  stum- 
bling, ''contrary  to  the  ^doctrine 
which  ye  learned  :^  and  "^  turn  away 
from  them.  18  For  they  that  are 
such  •''serve  not  our  Lord  Christ, 
but  "  their  own  belly ;  and  by 
their  **  smooth  and  fair  speech  they 
beguile  the  hearts  of  the  innocent. 
19  For  your  obedience  'is  come 
abroad  unto  all  men.  I  rejoice 
therefore  over  you  :  but  *  I  would 
have  you  wi.se  unto  that  which  is 
good,  and  simple  unto  that  which 
is  evil.  20  And  '  the  God  of  peace 
shall  bruise  "'  Satan  under  your 
feet  shortly. 

"  The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  be  with  you. 

21  "Timothy  my  fellow-worker 
saluteth  you  ;  and  ''  Lucius  and 
•'Jason  and  'Sosipater,  my  ■'kin.s- 
men.  22  I  Tertius,  ■'who  'write 
the  epistle,  salute  you  in  the 
Lord.  23  'Gains  my  liost,  and  of 
the  whole  church,  saluteth  you. 
"  Erastus  the  treasurer  of  the  city 
saluteth  you,  and  Quartus  the 
brother." 

25  ^'Now  to  him  that  is  able  to 
establish  you  ■'according  to  my 
'  gospel  and  the  preaching  of  Jesus 
Christ,  according  to  the  revelation 

comp.  JcT.  4.  22  '  See  ch  1.5  33  •"  See  Mt.  4. 10 
'  1  ('or.  16.  23  ;  2  Cor.  13.  14  ;  Gal.  6.  18 ;  Phil.  4. 
23  :  1  Th.  5.  23  ;  2Th.  3.  18  ;  Rev.  22.  21  "  See  /.<-  n 
16.1  '' Actsl3.  1  (?)  "J  Acts  17.  5  (?)  •■  AcW 
20.  4  (?)  •  Comp.  1  Cor.  16.  21  ;  Gal.  6.  11 ;  Col.  4. 
18  :  2  Th.  3.  17  ;  comp.  Philem.  19  '  1  Cor.  1.  14  ; 
comp.  Acts  20.  4  (?)  "  See  Acts  19.  22  ''  Compb 
Epb.  3.  20 ;  Jude  24    '  See  ch.  2.  16 


»  Or,  tenchino 

*  Or,  uho  write  the  epi.'tle  in  the  Lord,  salute 
you 

i  Some  ancient  niithoritles  inoert  here  ver.  24 
The  ijrnce  nf  mir  Lord  Jrs  /.»  Clirll  be  uith  you 
all.     Amen,  and  omit  the  liki-  wi.r<l«  in  ver.  20. 

•Pome  ancient  authorities  omit  ver.  25-21 
Comp.  the  end  o(  ch.  14 

?  See  margiual  note  on  ch.  1. 1. 


16.26 


EOMANS 

CoDcInding  Doxology 


16.27 


of  "the  mystery  which  hath  been 
kept  in  silence  through  *  times 
eternal,  26  but  now  is  manifested, 
and  ^  by  the  ''scriptures  of  the 
prophets,  according  to  the  com- 
mandment of  the  eternal  God,  is 
made  known  unto  all  the  ^  nations 

1  Gr.  throv.fh.  2  Or,  Gentiles 


"■  1  Cor.  2.  1, 
7  ,  4.  1 ; 
Eph.  1.  9  ; 

3.  3,  9  ;  6. 
19;  Col.  1. 
26  f. ;  2.  2 ; 

4.  3  ;  1  Tim. 
3.  16 ;  see 
ch.  11.  25 ; 
comp.  Mt. 
13.  35 

b  2  Tim.  1. 9  ; 


unto  ''obedience  'of  faith:  27  to 
the  only  wise  God,  through  Jesus 
Christ,  ''''to  whom  be  the  glory. 
^  for  ever.    Amen. 

Tit.  1.2    "Seech.  1.2    d Seech.  1.5  «Seech.  11.  36 


3  Or,  fo  the  faith 

<  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  to  whom. 

6  Gr.  unto  the  ages. 


172 


THE   FIRST   EPISTLE   OF   PAUL   TO   THE 

CORINTHIANS 


Salatation.    Tliiinksgiving.    Exhortation  to  Unity 


IPaul,  "called  to  he  an  aiK)stk 
of  Josus  Christ  *  througn  tlie 
will  of  God,  and  "  Sosthenes  ^  our 
''brother,  2  unto  'the  church  of 
God  which  is  at  {Corinth,  even 
them  that  are  sanctified  in  Christ 
Jesus,  "called  to  be  saints,  with  all 
that  ''  call  upon  the  name  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  every  place, 
their  Lord  and  ours:  3  'Grace  to 
you  and  peace  from  God  our 
Father  and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 
4*1  thank  "''  my  God  always 
concerning  you,  for  the  grace  of 
God  which  was  given  you  in  Christ 
Jesus ;  5  that  in  everythiiig  ye 
wei-e  'enriched  in  him,  in  all 
^""utterance  and  "'all  knowledge; 
6  even  as  "  the  testimony  of  Christ 
was  confirmed  in  you  :  7  so  that 
ye  come  behind  in  no  gift;  "wait- 
ing for  the  revelation  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ;  8  ''who  shall  also 
confirm  you  unto  the  end,  tJuit  ye 
be  unreprovable  in  "the  day  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  9  'God  is 
faithful,  through  whom  ye  were 
•called  into  the  'fellowship  of  his 
Son  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

10  Now  "I  beseech  you,  *■  breth- 
ren, through  the  name  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  that  ye  all  speak  the 
same  thing,  and  that  there  be  no 
^■'divisions  annmg  j'^ou  ;  but  that 
ye  be  perfected  together  in  "the 
same  mind  and  in  the  same  judg- 
ment. 1 1  For  it  hath  been  signi- 
fied unto  me  concerning  you,  my 
brethren,  by  'them  f hat  are  of  the 
houifehnld  ot  Chloe,  that  there  are 
contentions  among  you.  12  Now 
this  I  mean,  that  "each  one  of  you 
saith,  I  am  of  Paul ;  and  I  of 
*  ApoUos  ;  and  1  of  '  Cephas  ;  and  1 
of  Christ,  i:^  Ms  Christ  divided  ? 
was  Paul  crucified  for  you  1  or 
were  ye  **  baptized  into  the  name 

'  Gr.  the  brother. 

2  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  my. 
"Gr.  irord.  <  ftr.  srhiams. 

'  Or,  Chriit  is  divided  1  Wat  Paul  crucified 
for  you  f 


"  See  Rom. 

1.  1 
6  Rom.  15. 

3a ;  2  Cor. 

1.  1 ;  Eph. 

1.  1 ;  Col. 

1.1; 

2  Tim.  1. 

1 ,  comp. 

Rom.  1.10; 

2  Cor.  8.  5 
<•  Acts  18. 

17  (V) 
d  Comp. 

Acts  1.  15 
«  See  ch.  10. 

32 
/  See  Acts 

18.1 
"  See  Rom. 

1.  7  ;  8.  23 
'i  See  Acts 

7.  .^9 

'  See  Rom. 

1.  7 
fc  See  Rom. 

1.  8 

'  2  Cor.  9.  11 
'"  2  Cor.  8.  7  ; 

see  Rom. 

15  14 
"2  Tim,  1. 

8 ;  comp. 

2  Th.  1.  10  , 

1  Tim.  2. 
6;  Kev.  1.  2 

"Rom.g.  W, 
23  :  Piiil. 
3.  20 ;  see 
Lk.  17.  30 , 

2  Pet.  3.  12 
PPhil.  1.  6; 

Col.  2.  7  ; 
lTh.3. 13; 
5.  23 ; 
comp. 
Rom.  8.  19 
9  ch.  5.  5  ; 
2  Cor.  1. 
14  :  Phil. 
1.6,10;  2. 
16 :  1  Th. 
5.  2  ;  2  Th. 

2.  2 ;  comp. 
Lk.  17.  24 ; 
see  30 

>■  Dt.  7.  9  ; 
Is.  49.  7 ; 
ch.  10.  13 ; 
2Cor.  1. 
13  :  comp. 

1  Th.  .5  24 

2  Th.  3.  3 
•  See  Rom. 

8.  28 
tl.In.  1.  3 
"  See  Rom. 

12.  1 
•'  See  Rom. 

1.  13 
'ch  11.  18 
y  See  Rom. 

12.  16 ; 

comp. 

Phil.  1.27 
'Rom.  16. 

10  f. 

ITS 


of  Paull  14  « I  tliank  God  that  I 
'baptized  none  of  you,  save  •'Cris- 
pus  and  •''Gains;  15  lest  any  man 
should  say  that  ye  were  baptized 
into  my  name.  16  And  I  baptized 
also  the  "  household  of  Stephanas  : 
besides,  I  know  not  whether  1  bap- 
tized any  other.  17  ''For  Christ 
sent  me  not  to  bai^tize,  but  to 
"  preach  the  gospel :  '  not  in  wis- 
dom of  words,  lest  the  cross  of 
Christ  sliould  be  made  void. 

18  For  the  word  of  the  cross  is 
to  *them  that  ®  perish  '  foolishness  ; 
l:)ut  unto  us  who  ®are  saA'ed  it  is 
'"the  power  of  God.  19  For  it  is 
written, 

"  I  will  destroy  the  wisdom  of 

the  wise. 
And    the   discernment    of    the 

discerning    will    I    bring   to 

nought. 
20  "Where  is  the  wisel  where  is 
the  scribe  1  where  is  the  disputer 
of  "this  "world?  hath  not  God 
^made  fooli.sh  the  wisdom  of  «the 
world  1  21  For  seeing  that  in 
the  wisdom  of  God  « the  world 
through  its  wisdom  knew  not 
God,  it  was  ''God's  good  pleasure 
through  the  'foolishness  of  the 
'-preaching  to  'save  them  that 
believe.  22  Seeing  that 'Jews  ask 
for  signs,  and  Greeks  seek  after 
wisdom  :  2.3  but  we  preach 
""Christ  crucified,  'unto  Jews  a 

«  ch.  3.  4  ;  comp.  Mt.  23.  8-10  b  See  Acts  18.  24  ; 
ch.  3.  22       <^See  Jn.  1.  42;  ch.  3.  22 ;  9.  5 :  1.5.  5 

<i  See  Mt.  28. 19  ;  Acts  2.  38 'Acts  18.  8  /Comp. 

Rom.  16.  23  "  ch.  16.  15  (17)  ''  Comp.  Jn.  4.  2 ; 
Acts  10.  48  '  ch.  2.  1,  4,  13  :  comp.  2  Cor.  10.  10  , 
U  6  *  2  Cor.  2.  15  ;  4.  3  ;  2  Tli.  2.  10  ;  comp.  Acts 
2  47  'ver.  21.  23,  25;  ch.  2.  14;  comp.  4.  10  '"  ver. 
24  ;  Rom.  1.  16  "  Comji.  Job  12.  17  ;  Is.  19.  11  f.  ; 
33.  IS  m.arg.  "  See  Mt.  13.  22  ;  ch.  2.  6,  8  ;  3.  18, 19 
"  Rom.  1.  20  ff.  1  ver.  27  f .  ;  6.  2  ;  11.  32  :  cf  mp. 
Jn.  12.  31  :  Jas.  4.  4.  iVc.  ''  Gal.  1.  15 ;  comp.  (.  ol. 
1.  VI :  Lk.  12.  32  »  1  Tim.  4.  16  ;  2  Tim.  2.  10;  3.  15  ; 
4.  IS  ;  Heb.  7.  25 ;  Jas.  5.  20 ;  comp  Rom.  11.  14 
'  See  Mt.  12.  33  "  Comp.  ch.  2.  2 ;  GaJ.  3. 1 ;  6. 11 
'  Comp.  Lk.  2.  34  ;  1  Pet.  2.  6 


•i  Some  ancient  authorities  read  /  give  ifianht 
Hint.     '  Gt.  f>i-i)i(i  youd  lidifi'/.s.     Comp.  Mt.  11.  5. 
"  Or,  an  perishing  •'  Or,  age 

a  Or,  are  being  saved        '*  Gr.  thing  prea/ihed 
w  Is.  xxir.  14.  J'  Or,  a  Meisiah 


1  24 


I.  COKINTHIANS 


3.4 


"  Christ  the  Power  of  Cod  and  the  Wisdom  of  God."    God's  Choice  the  Worlds  Foolishness.    True  and  False  Wisdom; 


stumblingblock,  and  unto  Gentiles 
"foolishness;  24  but  unto  Hhem 
that  are  *  called,  both  Jews  and 
Greeks,  Christ "  the_  power  of  God, 
and  "^  the  wisdom  of  God.  25  Be- 
cause the  "foolishness  of  God  is 
wiser  than  men ;  and  "  the  weak- 
ness of  God  is  stronger  than  men. 

26  For  -behold  your  'calling, 
brethren,  that  ^not  many  wise 
after  the  flesh,  not  many  mighty, 
not  many  noble,  are  ralle  I:  '21  but 
*God  chose  the  foolish  things  of 
•"the  world,  that  he  might  put  to 
shame  them  that  are  wise  ;  an(i  God 
chose  the  weak  things  of  'the  world, 
that  he  might  put  to  shame  the 
things  that  are  strong  ;  28  and  the 
base  things  of  Hhe  world,  and 
the  things  that  are  despised,  did 
God  choose,  yea  -'and  Hne  things 
that  are  not,  that  he  might '  bring 
to  nought  the  things  that  ar-e  :  29 
that  ™  no  flesh  should  glory  before 
God.  30  But  of  him  are  ye  in 
**  Christ  Jesus,  who  was  made  unto 
us  •* wisdom  from  God,  *  and  "right- 
eousness and  -^  sanctification,  and 
"redemption:  31  that,  according 
as  it  is  written,  ^ ''  He  that  glorieth, 
let  him  glory  in  the  Lord. 

2  And  I,  brethren,  when  I 
came  unto  you,  came  *  not 
with  excellency  of  "^  speech  or  of 
wisdom,  proclaiming  to  you  'the 
*  testimony  of  God.  2  For  I  deter- 
mined not  to  know  anything  among 
you,  save  "Jesus  Christ,  and  him 
crucified.  3  And  I "  was  with  you 
in  "^  weakness,  and  in  2' fear,  and  in 
much  trembling.  4  And  my  ^speech 
and  my  ® preaching  were  "not  in 
persuasive  words  of  wisdom,  but 
m  demonstration  of  ^  the  Spirit  and 
of  power  :  5  that  your  faith  should 
not  *  stand  in  the  wisdom. of  men, 
but  in  "the  power  of  God. 

6  We  speak  wisdom,  however, 
among  them  that  are  "fullgrown: 
yet  a  wisdom  not  of  ""this  ^°  world, 
nor  of  the  rulers  of  ''this  ^" world, 
who  are  ^  coming  to  nought :  7  but 
-we  speak  God's  wisdom  in  a  ''mys- 
tery, even  the  wisdom  that  hath 
been  hidden,  which  God  -^foreor- 
dained before  the /"'■"  worlds  unto 
our  glory:  8  ''which  none  of  the 
rulers  of "  this  "  world  hath  known : 
for  had  they  known  it,  they  would 

■X  6t.  the  called  themselvei  2  Or,  yr  behold 

■8  Many  ancient  authorities  omit  and. 
■*Or,  botli  righteousness:  and  sanrtificaMon  and 
redemption  »  Jer.  ix.  23  f.         f'  Or,  word 

1  Many  ancient  authorities  read  mystery. 

8  Gr.  thing  preaclied.  s  (Jr.  t>e. 

M  Or,  age :  and  60  in  ver.  7. 8 ;  but  not  in  ver.  12. 


=  ver.  18.  21, 
2o ;  ch.  2. 

14  ;  comp. 
4.  10 

>>  See  Rom. 

8.  26 
'=  ver.  13 ; 

Rom.  1.  16 
d-  Gomp.  Lk. 

11.  49;  ver. 

30 
"  Comp. 

2  Uor.  13.  4 
/See  Rom. 

11.  2ti 
«  ch.  2.  8  ; 

ver.  20 ; 

comp.  Mt. 

11.  2q 
''  Jas.  2.  5 
i  See  ver.  20 
i  Rom.  4.  17 
'  ch.  2.  ti ; 

Job  34.  19  ; 

comp. 

2  Th.  2.  8  ; 

Heb.  2.  14 
'"  Eph.  2.  9 
"  ch.  4.  15  ; 

see  Rom. 

8.  1 

0  2  Cor.  5. 
21 ,  Phil. 

3.  9 ,  comp. 
Jer.  23. 

5  f.  ;  33.  16 
P  Comp.  ch. 

I.  2  ;  6.  11  , 

1  Th.  5.  23 

1  Eph.  1.  7, 
14 ;  Col.  1. 
14 ;  see 
Rom.  3.  24 

'•2  Cor.  10  17 
'  ver.  4,  13  : 

seech.  1. 17 
«  See  ver.  7 
"  Gal  (!.  14  ; 

seech.  1.23 
"  Comp. 

Acts  18.  1, 

6,12 
'^ch.  4.  10; 

2  Cor.  11. 
30  ;  12.  5, 
9  f.  ;  13.  9 

y  I.s.  19.  18  , 

Eph.  6.  5 ; 

comp. 

2  Cor.  7.  15 
'  See  Rom. 

15.  19  ; 

comp.  ch. 

4.  20 

"-  2  Cor.  4.  7  ; 

6,  7  ;  comp. 

12.9 
("Eph.  4.  13; 

Phil.  3. 

15  marg. ; 
Heb.  5.  14 ; 

6  1 

"  ch.  1.  20  ; 

see  Mt.  13. 

22 
dch.  1.28 
"  ver.  1 ;  see 

Rom.  11. 

25  ;  16  25  f . 
/  See  Rom. 

8.  2^  f. 
9  Comp. 

Heb.  1.  2  ; 

II.  3 

ft  ver.  6 ;  see 
ch.  1.  26 


>  Comp. 

Acts.  7.  2 ; 

Jas.  2.  1 
fc  Mt.  11. 

25  ;  13.  11 ; 

16.  17  ; 

Gal.  1.12; 

Eph.  3.  3,  5 

174 


not   have    crucified  '  the  Lord  o? 
glory :  9  but  as  it  is  written, 
"  Things  which    eye  saw  not, 

and  ear  heard  not. 
And  u'Idch  entered  not  into  the 

heart  of  man. 
Whatsoever    things    God    pre- 
pared   for    them    that   love 
him. 

10  ^-*But  unto  us  God  revealed 
^'^  them  'through  the  Spirit:  for 
the  Spirit  seai-cheth  all  things, 
yea,    tiie   '"deep    things    of    God. 

1 1  For  who  among  men  knoweth 
the  things  of  a  man,  save  the 
"spirit  of  the  man,  which  is  in 
him'?  even  so  the  things  of  _God 
none  knoweth,  save  the  Spirit  of 
God.  12  But  we  "received,  not 
the  spirit  of  ^  the  ^ '  world,  but  the 
spirit  which  is  from  God  •  that  we 
might  know  tjhe  things  that  were 
freely  given  to  us  of  God.  13  Which 
things  also  we  speak,  «  not  in  words 
whicli  man's  wisdom  teacheth,  but 
which  the  Spirit  teacheth ;  '®  com- 
bining spiritual  things  with  spirit- 
ual tvords.  _  14  Now  the  '*^'' natural 
man  *receiveth  not  the  things  of 
the  Spirit  of  God  :  for  they  are 
'  foolishness  unto  him  ;  and  he  can- 
not know  them,  because  they  are 
spiritually  "  judged.  1 5  But  he  that 
is  "spiritual  "*judgeth  all  things, 
and  lie  himself  is  ■'"judged  of  no 
man.  16  For  "who  hath  known 
the  mind  of  the  Lord,  that  he  should 
instruct  him'?  But  ''we  have  the 
mind  of  Christ. 

3  And  I,  brethren,  could  not 
speak  unto  you  as  unto  "  spir- 
itual, but  as  unto  *  carnal,  as  unto 
'  babes  in  Christ.  2  I  fed  you  with 
"  milk,  not  with  meat ;  for  ye  *  were 
not  yet  able  to  bear  it :  nay,  not 
even  now  are  ye  able  ;  3  for  ye  are 
yet  carnal :  for  whereas  there  is 
among  you  "jealousy  and  strife,  are 
ye  not  carnal,  and  do  ye  not  walk 
''  after  the  manner  of  men  1  4  For 
when  *  one  saith,  I   am  of  Paul ; 

'  See  Jn.  14.  26  •"  Comp.  Rom.  11.  33  ff.  "  Prov 
20.  27  "  Comp.  Rom.  8.  15  >'  See  ch.  1.  27  'J  See 
ch.  1. 17  ;  ver.  1,  4  '"  Comp.  ch.  15.  44,  46  ;  Jas.  3. 
15maTg.  ;Jude  19  marg  "  Jn.  14.  17  'Seech.l. 
18  "  ch.  3.  1 ;  14.  37  ;  Gal.  6.  1  ''  Is.  40.  13  ;  see 
Rom.  11.  34  ^  Comp.  Jn.  15.  15  •"  Rom.  7.  14  ; 
comp.  ch.  2.  14  -'  Heb.  5.  13 ;  comp.  ch.  2.  6;  Eph. 
4.  14     "  Heb.  5.  12  f.  ;  comp.  1  Pet.  2.  2      b  Jn.  16. 

12  <"  Rom.  13. 13 ;  comp.  1. 10  i. ;  11. 18  d  Comp 
ver.  4     '  ch.  1.  12 


11  Ts.  Ixiv.  4  :  Ixv.  17. 
1'^  Some  ancient  authorities  read  For. 
1  ■  Or,  it  n  See  ver.  6. 

1^  Or,  interpreting  spiritual  things  to  spiritual 
men  i""  Or,  unspiritual  Gr.  psychical, 

I"  Or,  examined  is  Or.  examineth 


3.5 


I.  CORINTHIANS 


4.11 


the  Former,  the  Corinthians  nnaWe  to  receive.    Apostles  are  Mere  laborers.    The  Apostles  Stewards,  the  lord  the  Sole  Jndge 


and  anotlier,  I  am  of  Apollos ;  are 
ye  not "  men  I  5  \V  liat  tlien  is  Apol- 
los'(  and  what  is  i'aiil  (  ''Ministers 
through  whom  ye  believed ;  and 
each  ""as  tlie  LoimI  {j;ave  to  him. 
6  ''1  planted.  'Apollos  watered ;  but 
•'^God  gave  the  iuei'ease.  7  So  then 
neither  i.s  he  that  planteth  any- 
thing, neither  he  that  watereth  ; 
but  God  that  giveth  the  increa.se. 
8  Now  he  that  planteth  and  he 
that  watereth  are  one:  but  each 
sliall  -'receive  his  own  reward  ac- 
cording to  his  own  labor.  9  For 
we  are  God's  ''t'ellow-workers :  ye 
are  God's  ^'husbandry,  Gods 
^  building. 

10  According  to  'the  grace  of 
God  which  was  given  unto  me, 
as  a  wise  masterbuilder  '"  I  laid  a 
foundation;  and  "another buildeth 
thereon.  But  1  t  each  man  take 
heed  how  he  buildeth  thereon.  1 1 
For  "  other  foundation  can  no  man 
lay  than  that  which  is  hiid,  which 
is  Jesus  Christ.  -  1  2  But  if  any  man 
buildeth  on  the  foundation  gold, 
silver,  costly  stones,  wood,  nay, 
stubble ;  1 3  ^each  man's  work  shall 
be  made  manifest :  for  « the  day 
shall  declare  it,  because  it  is  re- 
vealed in  fire;  ^and  the  fire  itself 
shall  prove  each  man's  work  of 
what  sort  it  is.  14  If  any  man's 
work  shall  abide  which  he  built 
thereon,  he  shall  *  I'eceive  a  reward. 
15  If  any  man's  work  shall  be 
burned,  he  shall  suffer  loss  ;  but  he 
himself  shall  be  saved;  yet  ''so  as 
through  fire. 

1 6  '  Know  ye  not  that '  ye  are  a 

*  temple  of  God,  and"  that  the  Spirit 
of  God  dwelleth  in  you  1  17  Iranv 
man  destroyeth  the  ^  temple  of  God, 
him  shall    God    destroy ;    for  the 

*  temple  of  God  is  holy,  *and  such 
are  ye. 

18  "Let  no  man  deceive  himself. 
'If  any  man  thinketh  that  he  is 
wise  among  you  in  ""this  ^ world, 
let  him  become  a  fool,  that  he  may 
become  wise.  1 9  For  "  the  wisdom 
of  this  world  is  foolishness  with 
God.  For  it  is  Avritten.  **  He  that 
taketh  the  wise  in  their  craftiness  : 
20  and  again,  "The  Lord  knoweth 
the  reasonings  of  the  wise,  that 
they  are  vain.  21  Wherefore  "let 
no  one  glory  in  men.  For  'all 
things  are  yours ;  22  "  whether  Paul, 

«  Or.  fW''<i  land. 

-  Or,  rmd  Park  mnn^s  work,  of  what  sort  it  is, 
Jhe  fire  shall  prove  it.  ^  Or,  nge 

s  Or,  sanctuary  *  .lob  v.  13. 

••  Or,  which  temple  ye  are        i  Ps.  xciv.  11. 
37 


"  Comp.  ver. 

;i 
t>  2  Cor.  6.  4  ; 

Kph.  X  1 ; 

Col.  1.  25 ; 

coin  p. 

Kom.  15. 

l(i ;  2  Cor. 

;;.  a,  6 ;  4. 

1  ;  5.  18  ; 

1  Tim.  1. 12 
"^  Rom.  12. 

6 ;  comp. 
ver.  10 
('  Acts  18. 
4-11,18; 
oh.  4.  15 ; 
!».  1  ;  15.  1 ; 

2  Cor.  10. 
14  f. 

'  Acts  18. 

27  ;  comp. 

ch.  1.  12 
/  Comp.  ch. 

15.  10 
'J  ver.  14  ; 

ch.  4.  5;  9. 

n  ;  comp. 

Gal.  6.  4 
ftMk.ie.  20; 

2  Cor.  6.  1 
'  Comp.  Is. 

61.  3 ;  Mt. 

15.13 
«:  Eph.  2. 

20-22 :  Col. 

2.  7;iPet. 

2.5; 

comp.  ver. 

IB 
'  See  Rom. 

12.  3  ;  ch. 

1.5.  10 
""  See  Rom. 

15.  20 ; 

comp.  ver. 

lit. 
"  Comp. 

1  Th.  3.  2 
0  Comp.  Is. 

2S.  16 ; 

1  Pel.  2. 

4  ff.  ;  Eph. 

2.  20 
''ch.  4.  5 
•J2Th.  1.7- 

10;  2  Tim. 

1.  12,  13  ; 
4. 8 ;  see 
ch.  1.8; 
Mt.  10.  15 ; 
comp.  ch. 

4.  3  mare. 
*■  Comp.  Job 

23.  10;  Ps. 

6fi.  10.  12 ; 

Jude  23 
•  See  Rom . 

6.  16 
'ch.  6.  10; 

2  Cor.  K. 
16;  Eph. 

2.  21  f.  ; 
see  Rom. 
8.  » 

"  Comp.  Is. 

5.  21 
'ch.S.  2; 

Gal.  6.  3 
>•  Seech. 1.20 
"  Comp.  ch. 

4  6 
'  Rom.  8.  32 
"  See  ch.  1. 

12 ;  comp. 

ver.  5,  6 


b  Rom.  8  38 
'  ch.  15.  23  ; 

2  Cor.  10. 

7  ;  Gal.  3. 

2!) 
d  Comp.  ch. 

11.  3  ;  15.  28 
•  See  Lk.  1. 2 

176 


or  Apollos,  oi-  Cephas,  or  the  world, 
or  ''life,  or  death,  or  things  pres- 
ent, or  things  to  come ;  all  are 
yours;  2.S  and  ''ye  are  Chri.sfs ; 
and  ''Christ  is  God's. 

4  Let  a  man  so  account  of  us, 
as  of  '■  ministers  of  Christ,  and 
•''stewards  of  ^  the  mysteries  of  God. 
2  Here,  moreover,  it  is  required 
in  stewards,  that  a  man  be  found 
faithful.  3  J!ut  with  me  it  is  a 
very  small  thing  that  1  should  be 
** judged  of  you,  or  of  man's ''judg- 
ment :  yea,  I  '"judge  not  mine  own 
self.  4  Fori  ''know  nothing  against 
my.self ;  yet  am  I  not  hereby 'jus- 
tified :  but  he  that  "  judgeth  me  is 
the  Lord.  5  Wherefore  *  judge 
nothing  before  the  time,  'until  the 
Lord  come,  who  will  both  ""  bring 
to  light  the  hidden  things  of  dark- 
ness, and  make  manifest  the  coun- 
sels of  the  hearts ;  and  then  shall 
each  man  "  have  his  praise  from 
God. 

6  Now  these  things,  brethren,  I 
have  in  a  figure  transferred  to  my- 
self and  Apollos  for  your  sakes ; 
that  in  us  ye  might  learn  not  to  go 
beyond  "the  things  which  are  writ- 
ten ;  that  no  one  of  you  be  ^puffed 
up  'for  the  one  against  the  other. 
7  For  who  maketn  thee  to  difier? 
and  ""what  hast  thou  that  thou  didst 
not  receive'?  but  if  thou  didst  receive 
it,  whj'  dost  thou  glory  as  if  thou 
hadst  not  received  iti  8 'Already 
are  ye  filled,  already  ye  are  become 
rich,  ye  have  come  to  reign  with- 
out us:  yea  and  1  would  that  ye 
did  reign,  that  we  also  might  reign 
with  you.  9  For,  I  think,  God 
hath  set  forth  us  the  apostles  last 
of  all,  as  men  'doomed  to  death  : 
for  Ave  are  "made  a  spectacle  unto 
the  world,  '-both  to  angels  and 
men.  10  We  are "  fools  for  Christ's 
sake,  but  •'ye  are  wise  in  Christ; 
*  we  are  weak,  but  je  are  strong ; 
ye  have  glory,  but  we  have  dis- 
honor. 1 1  Even  unto  tliis  present 
hour  we  both  '  hunger,  and  thirst, 

/ch.9.17;  Tit.  1.7;  1  Pet.  4. 10  "  See  Rom.  11.  25; 
16.  25  "  2  Cor.  1.  12  ;  comp.  Acts  23.  1  ■  Ps.  143. 
2;Rom.  2.  13  *••  Mt.  7. 1  ;  Rom.  2.  1  <  See  Rom. 
2.  16  ;  comp.  .In.  21.  22  '"  cli.  3.  13  "  2  Cor.  10. 
IS  ;  see  Rom.  2.  29  ;  comp.  ch.  3.  8  "  Comp.  ch.  1. 
10,  31 ;  3.  19  f.  ''  ver.  18  f.  ;  ch.  8.  1 ;  13.  4,  &o. 
t  See  ch.  1.  12  ;  3.  4        -•  Jn.  3.  27  :  Rom.  12.  3,  6 ; 

1  Pet.  4.  10       »  Comp.  Rev.  3.  17  f.        '  ch.  15.  31 , 

2  Cor.  11.  23;  see  Rom.  8.  36  "  Heb.  10.  33  "See 
ch  1. 18;  comp.  Acts  17.  18,  26.  24  •'2 Cor.  11.  19: 
comp.  cli.  1.  I'J  f. ;  3.  18  ■"  2  Cor.  13.  9  ,  Bee  ch.  2.  3 
'  See  Rom.  8.  35  ;  2  Cor.  11.  23-27 


8  Or,  namined  "  Gr.  day.    See  ch.  3. 13. 

1"  Or,  examine  n  Or,  examineth 

13  Or,  and  to  angels,  and  to  men. 


4.12 


I.  COEINTHIANS 


6.7 


Their  Temper  and  tbat  of  the  Corinthians  contrasted.    Have  no  Fellowship  with  Men  of  Scandaloos  Lives 


and  are  naked,  and  are  buffeted, 
and  have  no  certain  dwelling-place ; 
12  and  we  toil,  "  working  with  our 
own  hands :  being  *  reviled,  we 
bless  ;  being  "  persecuted,  we  en- 
dure; 13  beingdefamed,weeRtreat: 
we  are  ''  made  as  the  ^  filth  of  the 
world,  the  oifscouring  of  all  things, 
even  until  now. 

14  I  write  not  these  things  to 
"shame  you,  but  to  admonish  you 
as  my  beloved  •''children.  15  For 
though  ye  have  ten  thousand 
^tutors  in  Christ,  yet  have  ye  not 
many  fathers ;  for  in  ''  Christ  Jesus 
I '  begat  you  through  the  " ''  gospel. 
16  I  beseech  you  therefore,  be  ye 
'imitators  of  me.  17  For  this 
cause  ™have  I  sent  unto  you 
"  Timothy,  who  is  my  "beloved  and 
faithful  child  in  the  Lord,  who 
shall  put  you  in  remembrance  of 
my  ways  which  are  in  Christ,  ^  even 
as  I  teach  everywhere  in  every 
church.  18  Now  some  are  *  puffed 
up,  as  though  I  were  not  *■  coming 
to  you.  1 9  But  I '  will  come  to  you 
shortly,  *  if  the  Lord  will ;  and  I 
will  know,  not  the  word  of  them 
that  are  *pufFed  up,  but  the  power. 
20  For  the  kingdom  of  God  is  "not 
in  word,  but  in  power.  21  What 
will  yel  "shall  I  come  unto  you 
with  a  rod,  or  in  love  and  a  spirit 
of  gentleness"? 

5  It  is  actually  reported  that 
there  is  fornication  among  you, 
and  such  fornication  as  is  not  even 
among  the  Gentiles,  that  one  of 
you  hath  ^  his  father's  wife.  2  And 
"ye  are  '^puffed  up,  and  "'did  not 
rather  ^  mourn,  that  he  that  had 
done  this  deed  might  be  Haken 
away  from  among  you.  3  For  1 
verily,  being  "absent  in  body  but 
present  in  spirit,  have  already  as 
though  I  were  present  judged  him 
that  hath  so  wrought  this  thing, 
4  'in  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus, 
ye  being  gathered  together,  and 
my  spirit,  "-'  with  the  power  of  our 
Lord  Jesus,  5  to  ''deliver  such  a 
one  unto '  Satan  for  the  destruction 
of  the  flesh,  that  the  sj)irit  may  be 
saved  in  ■''the  day  of  the  Lord 
"  J'«us.  6  ^  Your  glorying  is  not 
good.  ''Know  ye  not  that  *a  little 
leaven  leaveneth  the  whole  lump"? 
7  Purge  out  the  old  leaven,  that  ye 

>  Or,  refnae 

2  Gr.  good  tidings-  See  marginal  note  on  Mt. 
4.  23.  ■'  Or,  are  ve  puffed  up  f 

■i  Or,  did  y  nn>  rnther  mrmni,  .  .  .  yon  ? 
5  Some  auicient  authorities  omit  Jesus. 


"  See  Acts 

IS  3 
b  I  Pet.  3.  9 
'^  See  Ju.  15. 

20;  Rom. 

8.  35 
d  Lam.  3.  45 
"  Comp.  ch. 

6.  5 ;  15. 

34 
/2Cor  6. 

13 ;  1  Th. 

2.11; 

comp. 

2  Cor.  12. 

14;  IJn. 

2.  1 ;  3  Jn. 

4 
?  Gal.  3. 

24  f. 
h  See  ch.  1. 

30 
i  Philem. 

10 :  comp. 

Gal.  4  ly ; 

ch.  3.  8 ; 

Num.  11. 

12 
k  cb.  9. 12, 

14.  18,  23  ; 

15.  1 
'cb.  11.1; 

Pbil.  3.  17 ; 

1  Th.  1.  6  i 
comp. 
Pbil.  4.  9 ; 

2  Th.  3.  9 
'«  ch.  16.  10 
"  See  Acts 

16.1 
"  1  Tim.  1. 2, 
18 ;  2  Tim. 

1.  2 ;  comp. 
ver.  14 

P  ch.  7.  17  ; 
comp.  11. 
34  ;  14.  33  ; 

16.  1 ;  Tit. 
1.5 

«  See  ver.  6 
»■  ver.  21 
•ch.  11.  34; 

16.  5  f . ; 

comp.  8 ; 

2  Cor.  1. 

15  f .  ; 

Acts  19. 

21 ;  20.  2 
<  See  Acts 

18.21 
"  ch.  2.  4 
^2  Cor.  1. 

23  ;  2.  1,  3  ; 

12.  20 ;  13. 

2,  10 

*  Lev.  18.  8  ; 

Dt.  22.  30; 

27.  20 
V  Comp. 

2  Cor.  7. 

7-10 
'  Comp.  ver. 

13 
"Col.  2.  5; 

comp. 

1  Th.  2.  17 
6  2  Th.  3.  H 

"  Comp.  Jn. 
20.  23  ; 

2  Cor  2.  6, 
10;  13.  3, 
10 ;  1  Tim. 
5.  20 

d  Comp.  Lk. 

22.  31 ; 

1  Tim.  1. 
20 ;  Prov. 

23.  14 

^  See  Mt.  4. 

10 
/  See  ch. 

1.8 
s  Jas.  4.  16 ; 

comp. 

ver.  2 

176 


may  be  a  new  lump,  even  as  ye  are 
unleavened.  For  our  *passover 
also  hath  been  sacrificed,  even 
Christ :  8  wherefore  let  us  "keep  the 
feast,  'not  with  old  leaven,  neither 
with  the  leaven  of  malice  and  wick- 
edness, but  with  the  unleavened 
bread  of  sincerity  and  truth. 

9  1  wrote  unto  you  in  my  epistle 
to  "'have  no  company  with  fornica- 
tors ;  10  ''not  at  all  vieaning  with 
the  fornicators  of  this  world,  or 
with  the  covetous  and  extortioners, 
or  with  "idolaters;  for  then  niust 
ye  needs  go  out  of  the  world :  1 1 
but  *as  it  is,  I  wrote  unto  you  not 
to  keep  company,  if  any  man  that 
is  named  "  a  brother  be  a  fornica- 
tor, or  covetous,  or  ■''an  idolater,  or 
a  reviler,  or  a  drunkard,  or  an  ex- 
tortioner ;  with  such  a  one  no,  not 
to  eat.  1 2  For  what  have  I  to  do 
with  judging  *  them  that  are  with- 
out 1  *■  Do  not  ye  judge  them  that 
are  within  1  13  But  them  that  are 
without  God  judge  th.  *  Put  away 
the  wicked  man  from  among  your- 
selves. 

6  Dare  any  of  you,  having  a 
matter  against  his  neighbor, 
go  to  law  before  the  unrighteous, 
and  'not  before  the  saints  1  2  ''Or 
know  ye  not  that  "the  saints  shall 
judge  "  the  world "?  and  if  the  world 
is  judged  by  you,  are  ye  unworthy 
^°to  judge  the  smallest  matters'? 
3  ''Know  ye  not  that  we  shall  judge 
angels'?  how  much  more,  things 
that  pertain  to  this  life  ^  4  If  then 
ye  have  "  to  judge  things  pertain- 
ing to  this  life,  ^"do  ye  set  them  to 
judge  who  are  of  no  account  in  the 
church?  5-^1  say  this  to  move  you 
to  shame.  ^^What,  cannot  there 
be  found  among  you  one  wise  man 
who  shall  be  able  to  decide  between 
his  ^brethren,  6  but  brother  goeth 
to  law  with  brother,  and  that  be- 
fore ^unbelievers'?    7  Nay,  already 

ft  See  Rom.  6.  16      <  Gal.  5.  9  ;  comp.  Mt.  16.  6,  12  ; 

Hos  7.4 fcSeeMk.  14.12;  1  Pet.  1.  19    'Ex.12. 

19  ;  13.  7  ;  Dt.  16.  3  "*  Comp.  2  Cor.  6. 14 ;  Eph. 
5.  11  ;  2  Th.  3.  6  "  Comp.  ch.  10.  27  "  2  Th.  3.  6  ; 
comp.  Acts  1.  15  ''  ch.  10.  7,  14,  20  f .  «  See  Mk.  4. 
11  *"  Comp  ver  3-5  ;  ch.  6.  1-4  *  Comp.  ver.  2; 
Dt.  13.  5  ;  17  7,  12 ;  21.  21 ;  22.  21  &c.  «  Comp.  Mt. 
18.  17  "  See  Mt.  19.  28  ;  comp.  Dan.  7.  18,  22, 
27  ;  Wisd.  3.  8  ;  Ecclus.  4.  15  'See  ch.  1.  20  ^ch. 
15.  34  ;  (omp.  4.  14  "  See  Acts  1.  15  ;  comp.  ver.  1 
and  Acts  9.  «0    '  2  Cor.  6.  14  f .  ;  1  Tim.  5.  8 


s  Gr.  kcp  fesfivrrt. 

'  Or,  not  ahogetlier  with  the  fornicators  &c. 

8  Or,  now  I  write 

9  Gr.  the  other.    See  Rom.  13.  8. 
w  Gr.  of  the  smallest  tribunals. 

11  Gr.  tribunals  pertoiiiinq  to. 

12  Or,  set  them  .  .  .  church 

13  Or,  Is  it  so,  that  there  cannot  &e. 


6.8 


I.   CORINTHIANS 


7.17 


litipation  nnhofoming.    "  Clorify  flod  in  yonr  Body."    Conccrnins  Wedlock.    Oonccruiiig  Marriage 


it  is  altogether  'a  defect  in  you, 
that  ye  iiave  lawsuits  one  with  an- 
other. "  Why  not  rather  take 
wrons'?  why  not  rather  be  de- 
frauded I  8  Nay,  but  ye  your- 
selves do  wi-ong,  antl  defraud,  and 
that  your  ''  brethren.  'J  Or  'know 
ye  not  that  the  unrighteous  shall 
not  ''inherit  the  kingdom  of  God^ 
*lJe  not  deceived  :  -^  neither  fornica- 
tors, ru>r  idolaters,  nor  adulterers, 
nor  etl'eminate,  nor  abusers  of 
themselves  with  men,  lU  nor 
thieves,  nor  covetous,  nor  drunk- 
ards, nor  revilers,  nor  extortioners. 
shall ''  inherit  the  kingdom  of  God. 
11  And  ''such  were  some  of  you: 
but  ye  -were  ''washed,  but  ye  were 
'sanctified,  but  ye  were  *  justified 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  and  in  the  Spirit  of  our 
God. 

1:2  'All  things  are  lawful  for  me  ; 
but  not  all  things  are  expedient. 
All  things  are  lawful  for  me  ;  but  1 
will    not    be    brought    under    the 

Eower  of  any.  1 3  '"  Meats  for  the 
elly,  and  the  belly  for  meats:  but 
God  shall  "bring  to  nought  both  it 
and  them.  But  the  body  is  not  for 
fornication,  but  "for  the  Lord  ;  and 
*'the  Lord  for  the  body:  14  and 
God  both  "raised  the  Lord,  and  ''will 
raise  up  us  through  his  power.  15 
'  Know  ye  not  that  '  j'our  bodies 
are  mem  oers  of  Christ  1  shall  I  then 
take  away  the  members  of  Christ, 
and  make  them  members  of  a  har- 
lot? "God  forbid.  16  Or  'know 
ye  not  that  he  that  is  joined  to  a 
harlot  is  one  body  ?  for,  ^'The  twain, 
saith  he,  shall  become  one  flesh. 
17  But  he  that  is  joined  unto  the 
Lord  is  'one  spirit.  18  ^Flee  for- 
nication. Every  sin  that  a  man 
doeth  is  without  the  body  ;  but  he 
that  committeth  fornication  sin- 
neth  against  his  OAvn  body.  19  Or 
•know  ye  not  that  "your  body  is  a 
^temple  of  the  Holy  .'Spirit  which 
is  in  you,  which  ye  have  from  God? 
and  "ye  are  not  your  own;  20  for 
*ye  were  bought  with  a  price: 
glorify  God  therefore  in  'your  oody. 

7  Now  concerning  the  things 
w-hereof  ye  wrote:  It  is  ''good 
for  a  man  not  to  touch  a  woman. 
2  But,  because  of  fornications,  let 
each  man  have  his  own  wife,  and 
let  each  woman  have  her  own  hus- 
band.    3  Let  the  husband  render 


1  Or,  fi  loxs  to  ymi 

3  Gr.  washed  yourselves. 


^Oen.  ii.  24. 
^  Or,  sanctuary 


"  Coinp.  Mt. 

f).  ;ii)  f . 
>>  1  Th.  4.  6 
'  See  Rom. 

H.  16 
<'  ch.  1ft.  SO  ; 

Gal.  5.  21  ; 

Ep!i.  ft.  ft  ; 

coiup.Acts 

20.  32 
'ch.  15.  33; 

Gal.  6.  7  ; 
.T.-IS.  1.  1(>; 
comp.  Lk. 

21.  »; 

1  .In.  3.  7 
/  Rom.  13. 
13 !  ch.  5. 
11;  Gal.  5. 
19-21 ; 
Eph.5.  5; 

1  Tim.  1. 
10;  Rev. 

21.  8  ;  22. 15 
"ch.  12  2; 

Eph.  2. 

2  r.  ;  Col. 
3.5-7; 
Tit.  3.  3-7 

'«  See  Acts 

22.  Hi ; 
comp. 
Epli.  5.  26 

(  ch.  1.  2,  30 
*  Rom.  8.  30 
'  ch.  10.  23 
'"  Comp.  Mt. 

1.).  17 
"  Comp. 

Col.  2.  22 
"  yer.  15,  19 
f  Comp. 

Gal.  5.  24 ; 

Eph.  5,  23 
9  See  Acts 

2.  24 
»"  ch.  15.  23  ; 

see  J  n,  6. 

;!!)  f . 

'  See  ver.  3 
<  ver.  13 ; 

comi '. 

Rom.  12. 

5  ;  ch  12. 

27;  Eph. 

5.  30 
"  See  Lk.  20. 

16 
"  Mt.  19.  5  ; 

Mk.  10.  8  ; 

Eph.  5.  31 
'  .In.  17.  21- 

23;  Rom. 

8.  'J-11  ; 

G:il.  2.  20 ; 

comp.  ver. 

15 
y  2  Cor.  12. 

21  :  Eph. 

5.  3  ;  Col. 

3  5  ;  Heb. 
13.  4 ;  Bee 
ver.  !t 

'  Coinp.  Jn. 

2  21 
"  See  Rom. 

14. -£. 
l>ch.  7.23; 

Acts  20. 

28 ;  1  Pet. 

1.  18  f.  ; 

2  Pet.  2  1 ; 

Rev.  5.  9 
«  See  Rom. 

12  1; 

comp. 

Phil.  1  20 
d  ver.  8,  26 


•  Comp.  Ex. 

lit.  15;  1  S. 

21   5 
/SeeMt.  4. 

10 
K  2  Cor.  8.  8 

177 


unto  the  wife  her  due :  and  like- 
wise also  the  wif(;  unto  the  husband. 
4  The  wife  hath  not  power  over 
her  own  body,  but  the  husband : 
and  likewise  al.so  the  husband  hath 
not  power  over  his  own  body,  but 
the  wife.  5  "Defraud  ye  not  one 
the  other,  except  it  be  oy  consent 
for  a  season,  that  ye  may  give  your- 
selves unto  prayer,  and  may  be  to- 
gether again,  that  -^  Satan  tempt 
you  not  oecause  of  your  inconti- 
nency.  6  But  this  1  say  by  w-ay  of 
concession,  ^  not  of  commandment. 
7  ^Yet  1  would  that  all  men  were 
''even  as  I  myself.  Howbeit  'each 
man  hath  his  own  gift  from  God, 
one  after  this  manner,  and  another 
after  that. 

8  But  I  say  to  the  unmarried 
and  to  widows.  It  is  ''good  for 
them  if  they  abide  ''even  as  I.  9 
But  if  they  have  not  continency, 
*let  them  marry  :  for  it  is  better  to 
marry  than  to  burn.  10  But  unto 
the  married  I  give  charge,  h/ea  not 
I,  but  the  Lord,  That  the  wife  de- 
part not  from  her  husband  1 1  (but 
should  she  depart,  let  her  remain 
unmarried,  or  else  be  reconciled  to 
her  husband);  and  that  the  hus- 
band leave  not  his  wife.  12  But 
to  the  rest  say  '"I,  not  the  Lord:  If 
any  brother  hath  an  unbelieving 
wife,  and  she  is  content  to  dwell 
with  him,  let  him  not  leave  her. 
13  And  the  woman  that  hath  an 
unbelieving  husV)and,  and  he  is 
content  to  dwell  with  her,  let  her 
not  leave  her  husband.  14  For  the 
unbelieving  husband  is  sanctified  in 
the  wife,  and  the  unbelieving  wife 
is  sanctified  in  the  brother:  else 
were  your  children  unclean:  but 
now  are  they  "  holy.  1 5  Yet  if  the 
unbelieving  denarteth,  let  him  de- 
part :  the  brother  or  the  sister  is 
not  under  bondage  in  such  cases: 
but  God  hath  called  "us  "in  peace. 
16  For  how  knoAV(>st  thou,  O  wife, 
whether  thou  shalt  ^save  thy  hus- 
band (  or  liow  knf)west  thou,  O  hus- 
band, whether  thou  shalt  save  thy 
wifel  17  Only,  ''as  the  Lord  hath 
distributed  to  each  man,  as  God 
hath  called  each,  so  let  him  walk. 

f'  ver.  8  :  romp.  ch.  9.  5  '  ch.  12.  4, 11  :  see  Rom. 
12.  6 ;  comp.  ^tt  19  11  i.  «  Comp  1  Tim.  5.  14 
'  See  ver.  fi  ;  comp.  Mai.  2.  16  ;  Mt.  5.  32  ;  19.  3-9  ; 
Mk.  10.  2-12 ;  Lk  16  18  "'  See  ver.  6 ;  comp.  2  Cor. 
11. 17  "  Ezr.  9.  2  ;  Mai.  2.  1ft  "  Comp.  Rom.  14. 19 
''  1  Pet.  3.  1 ;  see  Rom.  11.  14    «  See  Rom.  12.  3 


6  Many  ancient  authorities  read  For. 
*  Many  ancient  authorities  read  you. 


7.18 


I.   CORINTHIANS 


8.6 


Concerning  Virgins.    Concerning  Tilings  sacrificed  to  Idols 


And  "so  ordain  I  in  *all  the 
churches.  18  Was  any  man  called 
being  circumcised?  let  him  not  be- 
come "uncircumcised.  Hath  any 
been  called  in  uncircumcision'?  ''let 
him  not  be  circumcised.  1 9  *  Cir- 
cumcision is  nothing,  and  uncir- 
cumcision is  nothing;  but  -^the 
keeping  of  the  commandments  of 
God.  20  "Let  each  man  abide  in 
that  calling  wherein  he  was  called. 
2 1  Wast  thou  called  being  a  bond- 
servant *?  care  not  for  it :  '  nay,  even 
if  thou  canst  become  free,  use  it 
rather.  22  For  he  that  was  called 
in  the  Lord  being  a  bondservant, 
is  ''the  Lord's  freedman:  likewise 
he  that  was  called  being  free,  is 
'Christ's  bondservant.  23  *Ye 
were  bought  with  a  price ;  become 
not  bondservants  of  men.  24 
Brethren,  ^let  each  man,  wherein 
he  was  called,  therein  abide  with 
God. 

25  Now  concerning  virgins  I 
have  'no  commandment  of  the 
Lord  :  but  I  give  my  judgment,  as 
one  that  hath  "'  obtained  mercy  of 
the  Lord  to  be  trustworthy.  26  I 
think  therefore  that  this  is  good 
by  reason  of  the  "distress  that  is 
upon  us,  namely,  that  "it  is  good 
for  a  man  "to  be  as  he  is.  27  Art 
thou  bound  unto  a  wife  %  seek  not 
to  be  loosed.  Art  thou  loosed  from 
a  wifel  seek  not  a  wife.  28  But 
shouldest  thou  marry,  thou  hast 
nob  sinned  ;  and  if  a  virgin  marry, 
she  hath  not  sinned.  Yet  such 
shall  have  tribulation  in  the  flesh  : 
and  I  would  spare  you.  29  But 
this  I  say,  brethren,  ^  the  time  *  is 
shortened,  that  henceforth  both 
those  that  have  wives  may  be  as 
though  they  had  none ;  30  and 
those  that  weep,  as  though  .they 
wept  not ;  and  those  that  rejoice, 
as  though  they  rejoiced  not ;  and 
those  that  buy,  as  though  they 
possessed  not;  31  and  those  that 
use  the  world,  as  not  « using  it  to 
the  full:  for  ""the  fashion  of  this 
world  passeth  away.  32  But  I 
would  have  you  to  be  free  from 
cares.  He  that  is  'unmarried  is 
careful  for  the  things  of  the  Lord, 
how  he  may  please  the  Lord :  33 
but  he  that  is  married  is  careful 
for  the  things  of  the  world,  how  he 
may  please  his  '*wife,    34  and  is 

1  Or,  hni  if  2  Gr.  no  to  bf. 

3  Or,  is  shortened  henceforth.,  that  both  those  £-c. 

*  Some  ancient  authorities  read  wife.  And 
there  is  a  difference  also  between  the  wife  and  the 
virgin.    She  that  is  unmarried  is  careftU  &c. 


"■  See  ch.  4. 

17 
b  ch.  14.  33  ; 

2  Cor.  8. 

18  ;  11.  23  ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  11. 

16 ;  Gal.  1. 

22  ;  1  Th.  2. 

14;2Th.  1. 

4 
"^  1  Mace.  1. 

15 
d  See  Acts 

15  1  tf. 
"  Gal.  5.  6 ;  6. 

15; 

Col.  3.11; 

comp. 

Rom.  2.  27, 

2^  ;  Gal.  3. 

28 
/Rom.  2.  25 
^  ver.  24 
A  See  Jn.  8. 

32.  30 ; 

comp. 

Philem.  16 
"  Eph.  6.  6 ; 

Col.  3.  24 ; 

1  Pet.  2.  16 
*  See  ch.  6. 

20 
'  See  ver.  6 
"'  2  Cor.  4. 1 ; 

1  Tim.  1. 
13,16 

"  Comp. 
LIi.  21.23; 

2  Th.  2.  2 
"  ver.  1,  8 
i'  See  Rom. 

13.  11  f . ; 

ver.  31 
1  ch.  9.  18 
'■  See  ver. 

29 ;  1  Jn.  2. 

17 
'  Comp. 

1  Tim.  5.  b 


t  Ecclus. 

42.  y 
"  Rom.  7.  2 
"  Comp. 

2  Cor.  6.  14 
^  See  ver.  6  ; 

comp.  25 
yver.  4,7, 

10  ;  comp. 

Acts  15.  20 
^  Comp.  ver. 

7, 10  ;  ch. 

10.  15; 
Rom.  15. 
14 

"  ch.  4.  6 
b  8ee  Rom. 

14.19 
'^  See  ch.  3. 

13 
rf  Comp.  ch. 

13.8,9,12; 

1  Tim.  6.  4 
<■  Gal.  4.  9  ; 

comp. 

Rom.  8.29; 

11.  2 ;  Ps. 
1.6;  Jer. 
1.5;  Am. 
3.2 

/ch.  10.19; 

see  Acts 

14. 15;  Gal. 

4.8 
^  ver.  6; 

Dt.  4.  35, 

39  :  6.  4 
''  2  Th.  2.  4 
'  Mai.  2. 10 ; 

Eph.  4.  6 
*••  See  Rom. 

11.  36 
'ch.  1.2; 

Eph.  4.  5 ; 

178 


divided.  So  also  the  woman  that 
is  unmarried  and  the^  virgin  is 
careful  for  the  things  of  the  Lord, 
that  she  may  be  holy  both  in  body 
and  in  spirit :  but  she  that  is  mar- 
ried is  careful  for  the  things  of  the 
world,  how  she  may  please  her  hus- 
band. 35  And  this  I  say  for  your 
own  profit ;  not  that  I  may  cast  a 
^ snare  upon  you,  but  for  that 
which  is  seemly,  and  that  ye  may 
attend  upon  the  Lord  without  dis- 
traction. 36  But  if  any  man 
thinketh  that  he  behaveth  himself 
unseemly  toward  his  '^  virgin  daugh- 
ter, if  she  be  'past  the  flower  of 
her  age,  and  if  need  so  requireth, 
let  him  do  what  he  will ;  he  sin- 
neth  not ;  let  them  marry.  37  But 
he  that  standeth  stedfast  in  his 
heart,  having  no  necessity,  but 
hath  power  as  touching  his  own 
will,  and  hath  determined  this  in 
his  own  heart,  to  keep  his  own 
^  virgin  daughter,  shall  do  well. 
38  So  then  both  he  that  giveth 
his  own  ^virgin  daughter  in  mar- 
riage doeth  well ;  and  he  that 
giveth  her  not  in  marriage  shall  do 
better.  39  "A  wife  is  bound  for  so 
long  time  as  her  husband  liveth ; 
but  if  the  husband  be  ''dead,  she 
is  free  to  be  married  to  whom  she 
will ;  only  "  in  the  Lord.  40  But 
she  is  happier  if  she  abide  as  she  is, 
^ after  my  judgment:  and  I  think 
that  I  also  have  the  Spirit  of  God. 

8  Now  concerning  ^things  sac- 
rificed to  idols  :  We  know  that 
we  all  have  *  knowledge.  Knowl- 
edge "pufleth  up,  but  love  '"'edi- 
fieth.  2  "If  any  man  thinketh 
that  he  knoweth  anything,  he 
''knoweth  not  yet  as  he  ouglit  to 
know ;  3  but  if  any  man  loveth 
God,  the  same  "is  known  by  him. 
4  Concerning  therefore  the  eating 
of  *  things  sacrificed  to  idols,  we 
know  that  •''no  idol  is  anything  in 
the  world,  and  that  "there  is  no 
God  but  one.  5  For  though  there 
be  ''that  are  called  gods,  whether 
in  heaven  or  on  earth ;  as  there 
are  gods  many,  and  lords  many ; 
6  yet  to  us  "there  is  one  God,  'the 
Father,  *of  whom  are  all  things, 
and  we  unto  him  ;  and  '  one  Lord, 
Jesus  Christ,  "  through  whom  are 

comp.  Jn.  13. 13 ;  1  Tim.  2.  5    "•  Jn.  1.  3 ;  Col.  1.  16 

5  Or,  constraint    Gr.  noose. 

6  Or,  virgin  (omitting  daughter) 

'  Gr.  fallen  asleep.    See  Acts  7.  60. 
8  Gr.  buwteth  up. 


az 


I.   CORINTHIAXS 


9.22 


Jpostolic  Liberty  aud  Paul's  Use  of  it 


all  things,  and  we  through  him.  7 
llnwbeit  there  is  not  in  all  men 
"that  kii()\\  ledge  :  hut ''some,  being 
used  until  now  to  the  idol,  eat  as 
vf  a  thing  saentieed  to  an  idol ; 
and  their  conscience  being  weak  is 
defiled.  8  Hut '  food  will  wcA, '  com- 
mend us  to  God  :  neither,  if  we  eat 
not,  ■•■'are  we  the  worse;  nor,  if  we 
eat,  ^are  we  the  belter.  9  I>ut 
■'take  heed  lest  by  any  means  this 
■*  liberty  of  yours  become  a  stum- 
blingblock  to  the  'weak.  lU  For 
if  a  man  see  thee  who  hast  "  knowl- 
edge sitting  at  meat  in  an  idol's 
temple,  will  not  his  conscience,  if 
he  is  weak,  '^lie  emboldened  to  eat 
•'  things  sacriliced  to  idols  \  1  1  For 
Hhrough  "thy  knowledge  he  that 
is  weak  -'perisheth,  the  brother  for 
whose  sake  Christ  died.  12  ''And 
thus,  sinning  against  the  brethren, 
and  wounding  their  conscience 
when  it  is  weak,  ye  sin  'against 
Christ.  13  Wherefore,  *if  meat 
causeth  my  brother  to  stumble,  I 
will  eat  no  flesh  for  evermore,  that 
I  cause  not  my  brother  to  stumble. 

9  Am  I  not '  free  %  am  I  not  an 
""apostle?  have  I  not  "seen 
Jesus  our  Lord?  are  not  ye  "my 
work  in  the  Lord  %  2  If  to  others 
I  am  not  an  apostle,  yet  at  least  1 
am  to  you  ;  for  the  ■''seal  of  mine 
*aDostle.ship  are  j'e  in  the  Lord. 
3  My  defence  to  them  that  exam- 
ine me  is  this,  -i  ''Have  we  no 
riglit  to  eat  and  to  di'ink  %  5  Have 
*we  no  right  to  lead  about  a  wife 
that  is  a  "  believer,  even  as  the  rest 
of  the  apostles,  and  the  'brethi-en 
of  the  Lord,  and  "Cephas?  6  Or 
I  only  and  "' Ijarnabas,  nave  we  not 
a  right  to  forbear  working?  7 
What  'soldier  ever  serveth  at  his 
own  charges?  who  *planteth  a 
vineyard,  and  eateth  not  the  fruit 
thereof?  or  who  feedeth  a  flock, 
and  eateth  not  of  the  milk  of  the 
flock  ?  8  Do  I  speak  these  things 
'after  the  manner  of  men?  or 
saith  not  the  law  also  the  same? 

9  For  it  is  written  in  the  law  of 
Moses,  ''"Thou  shalt  not  nnizzle  the 
ox  when  he  treadeth  out  the  corn. 
Is  it  for  *  the  oxen  that  God  careth, 

10  or  saith  he  it  "assuredl.v  for  our 
sake?  Yea,  ""for  our  sake  it  was 
"written  :  because  *  he  that  ploweth 
ought  to  plow  in  hope,  and  he  that 


1  Gr.  present. 

•  C-T.  rin  rve  lack. 

3  Gr.  iln  ire  n''OiinA. 
<  Or,  prnrfr 

*  Gr.  be  buildeU  up. 


«  Gr.  in. 
'  Gr.  s>.''/er. 
»  Dt.  XXV.  4. 
*pr,  altogether 


"  ver.  4  jr. 
t>  Rom.  14. 

n,  a  t. 
"^Koiu.H.i: 

d  Horn.  11. 

i:i,  -'1  ; 

ch.  it).  25; 

GiU.  5.  la 
'  ver.  10  f. ; 

see  Roiu. 

14.  1 
/  ver.  4, 7  ; 

comp. 

Acts  15.  20 
"  Rom.  14. 

l.i,  20 
''  Comp.  Mt. 

18.  ti;Rom. 

14.  20 
'  Coiup.  Mt. 

2.^.  4,j 
t  Rom.  14. 

21 ;  comp. 

ch.  10.  M ; 

2  Cor.  6.  3 ; 

11.  2:( 

'  ver.  19 ; 
comp.  10. 
2i) 
">  Acts  14. 

14  ;  2  Cor. 

12.  12; 

1  Th.  2.  6 ; 

1  Tim.  2.  7; 

2  Tim.  1. 
11 ;  see 
KOTll.  1. 1 

"  Acts  9.  3, 

17  ;  13.  9  ; 

22.  14,  U ; 

23. 11 ;  see 

ch.  15.  8 
"  See  cli.  3. 

6;  4.15 
!>  See  Jn.  3. 

33;  comp. 

2Cor.3.2f. 
1  Comp. 

Acts  1.  25 
*■  ver.  14  ; 

comp. 

1  Th.  2.  6, 
9;2Th.  3. 
8f. 

'  Comp.  ch. 

7.  7f. 
(  See  Mt.  12. 

4U 
«  Mt.  8.  14  ; 

see  Jn.  1. 

42 
^'  See  Acts  4. 

36 
^  Comp. 

2  Cor.  10.4; 

1  Tim.  1. 

15  ;  2  Tim. 
2.  3f. 

y  ch.  3.  6,  8  ; 

Dt.  20.  6 ; 

Prov.  27. 13 
*  See  liom. 

3  r, 
"ITim.-S.  18 
''  iTet  see 

Dt  22.1-4; 
Prov.  12. 
10,  A-c.) 
«  See  Rom. 

4  23  f. 
<i  Comp. 

2  Tim;  2.  6 

'  Comp. 

Rom.  15. 

27  ;  ver.  14 
/ver.  15.18; 

see  .\cts 

18.  3: 

comp.  20. 

»  Comp. 

2Cor.  6.  3; 

11.12 
''  See  ch.  4. 

171) 


thi'esheth,  to  thresh  in  hope  of  par- 
taking, ll  "If  we  sowed  unto  you 
spiritual  things,  is  it  a  great  mat- 
ter if  we  shall  reap  your  carnal 
thing.s?  12  If  others  partake  of 
this  right  over  you,  do  not  we  yet 
more?  Nevertheless  we  -'did  not 
use  this  right ;  but  we  bear  all 
things,  ^tluit  we  may  cause  no 
hindrance  to  the  '"''gospel  of  Christ. 
13  'Know  ye  not  that  they  that 
^minister  anout  sacred  things  eat 
of  the  things  of  the  temple,  ainl 
they  that  wait  upon  the  altar  have 
their  portion  with  the  altar?  14 
Even  so  did  'the  Lord  ordain  that 
they  that  proclaim  the  '"''gospel 
should  '"live  of  the  '"gospel.  15 
But  I  have  -''used  none  of  these 
things :  and  I  write  not  these  things 
that  it  may  be  so  done  in  m.y  Ccise  ; 
for  it  ivere  good  for  me  rather  to 
die,  than  that  any  man  shot  Id 
make  "my  gloi-ying  void.  IG  lor 
if  1  "preach  the  gospel,  I  have  notii- 
ing  to  glory  of;  for  "necessity  is 
laid  upon  me  ;  for  woe  is  unto  me, 
if  I  "preach  not  ''the  gospel.  17 
For  if  1  do  this  of  mine  own  will,  I 
have  a  p  reward  :  but  if  not  of  mine 
own  will,  I  have  a  'stewardship  in- 
trusted to  me.  18  What  then  is 
my  ^'reward  ?  That,  when  I "  preach 
the  gospel,  I  may  make  the  '"gospel 
'' without  charge,  so  as  'not  to  use 
to  the  full  my  right  in  the  '"gospel. 
19  For  though  I  was  'free  from  all 
men,  I  brought  myself  under  "bond- 
age to  all,  that  I  might  'gain  the 
moi'e.  20  And  ""to  the  Jews  I 
became  as  a  Jew  that  I  might  gain 
•lews ;  to  them  that  are  under  the 
law,  as  under  the  law.  "not  being 
my.self  under  the  law,  that  I  might 
gain  them  that  are  under  the  law  ; 
21  to  them  that  are 'without  law, 
"as  without  law,  not  being  without 
law  to  God,  Init  'under  law  to 
Christ,  that  I  might  gain  them 
that  are  without  law.  22  To  the 
"weak  I  became  weak,  that  I  might 

15 ;  ver.  14.  If..  18,  23 :  see  2  Cor.  2.  12  ■  See  Rom. 
fi.  IK  «■  I  ev.  «.  Ifi.  2() :  7.  C,  31  ft. ;  Num.  5.  9  f.  :  18. 
8-20.  31  :  Dt.  18.  1  '  Wt.  10.  10 ;  Lk.  10.  7  ;  1  Tim. 
5.  18  '"  See  ver.  4  ;  Lk.  10.  8  "  2  Cor.  11.  Ifl 
"  Rom.  1.  14  ;  comp.  Acts  9.  15  ''  ver.  18  ;  Jn.  4. 
3K  (Gr.) ;  see  ch.  3.  8  "'  See  ch.  4.  1 ;  comp.  Gal.  2. 
7  :  Kph.  3.  2  marg.  ;  Phil.  1.  16 ;  Col.  1.  25  mare. 
•■  2  Cor.  11.  7  ;  12.  13  ;  comp.  Acts  18.  3  "  ch.  7.  31,- 
see  ver.  12  '  See  ver.  1  "2  Cor.  4.  5  marg.  : 
romp.  Gal.  5.  13  ''  Mt.  18.  15 ;  1  Pet.  3.  1  '  Comp. 
Acts  16.  3:  r,l.  23-26;  Rom.  11.  14  "Gal.  2.  U 
=  Rom.  ■'.  12. 14  ■'  Comp.  Gal.  2.  3 ;  3.  2  ''  Comp. 
<^;al.  6.  2 ;  ch.  7.  22  '2  Cor.  11.  29 ;  see  Rom.  14. 
1 ;  15. 1 


1"  See  marsinal  note  on  ch.  4.  1.5. 
11  See  marginal  notu  on  ch.  1. 17. 


9.23 


I.   COEINTHIANS 


10.27 


Admonition  from  Israel's  History.    " Flee  from  idolatry."    Cliristian  liberty  not  to  be  misused 


gain  ti'ie  weak :  I  am  become  "  all 
things  to  all  men,  ''  that  I  may  by- 
all  means  "^save  some.  23  And  I 
do  all  things  for  the  '  gospel's  sake, 
that  I  may  be  a  joint  partaker 
thereof.  24:  "'Know  ye  not  that 
they  that  run  in  a  '■^race  run  all, 
but  one  receiveth  "  the  prize  1  Even 
so  -^run ;  that  ye  may  attain.  25 
And  every  man  that  "striveth  in 
the  games  exerciseth  self-coritrol 
in  all  things.  Now  they  do  it  to 
receive  a  corruptible  ''crown;  but 
we  an  incorruptible.  26  I  there- 
fore so  ^run,  as  not  vmcertainly  ;  so 
*  fight  I,  as  not  '  beating  the  air : 
27  but  I  ^bullet  *ray  body,  and 
bring  it  into  bondage  :  lest  by  any 
means,  after  that  I  ^  have  preached 
to  others,  I  myself  should  be  re- 
jected. 

1  C\  ^°^  '  ^  would  not,  breth- 
-L\-7  ren,  have  you  ignorant,  that 
our  fathers  were  all  '"  under  the 
cloud,  and  all  "passed  through  the 
sea  ;  2  and  were  all "  baptized  •'unto 
Moses  in  the  cloud  and  in  the  sea ; 
3  and  did  all  ^eat  the  same  spirit- 
ual food;  4  and  did  all  ''drink  the 
same  spiritual  _  drink :  for  they 
drank  of  a  spiritual  rock  that  fol- 
lowed them :  and  the  rock  was 
"Christ.  5  How  belt  with  most  of 
them  God  was  not  well  pleased :  for 
•"they  were  overthrown  in  the 
wilderness.  6  Now  ^these  things 
were  our  'examples,  to  the  intent 
we  should  not  lust  after  evil  things, 
as 'they  also  lusted.  7  Neither  oe 
ye  "idolaters,  as  were  some  of 
them;  as  it  is  written,  ^The  people 
sat  down  to  eat  and  drink,  and 
rose  up  to  "  play.  8  Neither  let  us 
commit  fornication,  as  *  some  of 
them  committed,  and  fell  in  one 
day  ^  three  and  twenty  thousand. 
9  Neither  let  us  make  trial  of  the 
^"Lord,  as  '  some  of  them  made  trial, 
and  perished  by  the  serpents.  10 
Neither  murmur  ye,  "as  some  of 
them  murmured,  and  *perished  by 
the  "destroyer.  11  Now  these 
things  happened  unto  them  "by 
way  of  'example ;  and  ^  they  were 
written  for  our  admonition,  upon 
whom  ^the  ends  of  the  ages  are 
come.    12  Wherefore  let  him  that 

1  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  4. 15. 

2  G-r.  raoe-coiirs".  3  Gr.  box. 
*  Gr.  hruisf.    Lk.  18.  5. 

5  Or,  finvK  bfen  a  herald  ^  Gr.  info. 

^  Or,  fhe  Christ    Comp.  Heb.  11.  26. 
s  Or,  in  th''se  thinos  they  became  figures  of  us 
9  Ex.  xxxii.  6. 

10  Some  ancient  authorities  read  Christ. 
u  Gr.  by  way  of  figure. 


"  ch.  10.  33 
b  See  Rom. 

11.  14 
"  See  Hom. 

11.14 
d  ver.  13 
"  Phil.  3. 14  ; 

Col.  2.  13 
/Heb.  12.  1; 

comp. 

2  Tim.  4.  7  ; 

see  Gal. 

2.  2 
»l'Tim.  6. 

12 ;  2  Tim. 
2.5;  4.7; 
comp. 
Eph,  6.  12 
h  2  Tim.  4.  8  ; 
Jas.  1.  12 ; 
1  Pet.  .5.  4  ; 
Rev.  2.  10 ; 

3.  11; 
comp. 
Wi.sd.  4.  2 

>  Comp.  ch. 

14.  9 

*  Co'iip. 

Rora.  8.  13 
'  See  Rom. 

1.  13 
""Ex.  13.  21; 

Ps.  105.  39 ; 

comp. 

Wisd.  10. 

17 ;  19.  7 
"  Ex.  14.  22. 

29;  Ps.6S.  6 
°  Comp. 

Rom.  6.  3  ; 

Gal.  3.  27 ; 

ch.  1.  13 
P  Ex.  16.  4, 

35 ;  Dt.  8. 

3 ;  Neh.  9. 

15,  20 ;  Ps. 
78.  24  f .  ; 
see  Jn.  6. 
31 

9  Ex.  17.  6; 

Num.  20. 

11 ;  Ps.  78. 

15 
r  Num.  14. 

29  tf.,  37; 

26.  65  ; 

Heb.  3.  17 ; 

Jude  5 
'  ver.  11 
'  Num.  11.  4, 

34 ;  Ps.  106. 

14 
"  Ex.  32.  4  ; 

comp.  ver. 

14  ;  ch.  5. 
11 

"  Ex.  32.  19 
^  Num.  25. 

Iff. 
y  Comp. 

Num.  25.  9 
"  Num.  21. 

5f. 
"  Num.  16. 

41 :  17.  5, 10 
6  Num.  16. 

49 
"Ex.  12.23; 

2S.  24.  16; 

1  Chr.  21. 

15  ;  Wisd. 
IS.  25  : 
Heb.  11.  28 

d  See  Rom. 

4.  23 
'  See  Rom. 

13.  11 


•^thinketh  he  standeth  take  heed 
lest  he  fall.  13  There  hath  no 
temptation  taken  you  but  such  as 
man  can  bear :  but  '■'  God  is  faithful, 
who  will  not  suffer  you  to  be 
''tempted  above  that  ye  are  able; 
but  will  with  the  temptation  make 
also  the  way  of  escape,  that  ye  may 
be  able  to  endure  it. 

14  Whei'efore,  my  'beloved,  flee 
from  *^  idolatry.  15  I  speak  as  to 
wise  men;  judge  ye  what  I  say. 
16  The  'cup  of  blessing  which  we 
bless,  is  it  not  a  ^-^ communion  of  the 
blood  of  Christ '2  The  ^^"' bread 
which  we  break,  is  it  not  a  ^^com- 
munion of  the  body  of  Christ  1  17 
'^seeing  that  we,  "who  are  many, 
are  one  ^*  bread,  one  body :  for  we 
all  partake  ^^  of  the  one  ^^  bread. 

18  Behold  Israel  "after  the  flesh: 
have  not  they  that  feat  the  sacri- 
fices   communion  with    the  altar'? 

19  What  say  I  then  ?  that  a,  thing 
sacrificed  to  idols  is  anything,  or 
■?  that  an  idol  is  anything?  20  But 
/  sa)/,  that  the  things  which  the 
Gentiles  sacrifice,  they  ''sacrifice 
to  demons,  and  not  to  God :  and  I 
would  not  that  ye  should  have 
communion  with  demons.  21  'Ye 
cannot  drink  the  cup  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  cup  of  demons  :  ye  cannot 
partake  of  the  table  of  the  Lord, 
and  of  *the  table  of  demons.  22 
Or  do  we  "provoke  the  Lord  to 
jealousy  1  are  we  "stronger  than  he? 

23  •'^AU  things  are  lawful;  but 
not  all  things  are  expedient.  All 
things  are  lawful ;  but  not  all 
things  ^^^edify.  24  Le/t  no  man 
^seek  his  own,  but  each  "his  neigh- 
bor's good.  25  "Whatsoever  is 
sold  in  the  shambles,  eat,  asking  no 
question  for  conscience'  sake ;  26 
for  *the  earth  is  the  Lord's,  and  the 
fulness  thereof.  27  If  '"one  of 
them  that  believe  not  biddeth  you 
to  a  feast,  and  ye  are  disposed  to  go ; 
^  whatsoever  is  set  before  you,  eat, 

'■  See  Heb.  6.  9  *  ver.  7  ;  comp.  19  f . ;  1  Jn.  5.  21 
(  Mt.  26.  27  f.  ;  ch.  11.  25  '"  Mt.  26.  26:  ch.  11. 
23  f.  :  see  Acts  2.  42  "  Rom.  12.  5  ;  ch.  12.  12  f.. 
27  ;  Eph.  4.  4.  16 ;  Col.  3.  15  "  See  Rom.  1.  3 
P  Lev.  7.  6,  14  f. ;  Pt.  12.  17  f.  "  See  ch.  8.  4  "■  Bt. 
32.  17 ;  Ps.  ine.  37  ;  Bar.  4.  7 ;  Rev.  9.  20 ;  comp. 
Gal.  4.  8  '  Comp.  2  Cor.  6.  16  «  Comp.  Is.  65.  11 
«  r>t.  32.  21  "  Eccl.  6.  10 ;  Is.  45.  9  ^  ch.  6.  12 
y  See  Rom.  14.  19  ^  ver.  33  ;  ch.  13.  5  :  Phil.  2.  21  ; 
comp.  2  Cor.  12.  14  :  see  Rom.  15.  2  "  Comp.  Acta 
10.  15 ;  ch.  8.  7  6  Ps.  24.  1 ;  comp.  50.  12  &c. ; 
1  Tim.  4.  4    "  Comp.  ch.  5. 10    d  Comp.  Lk.  10.  8 


/  See  Rom. 

11.  20 ; 

comp. 

2  Pet.  3.  17 
'  See  ch.  1.  9 
''  Comp. 

2  Pet.  2.  9 

180 


12  Or,  participation  in  l'  Or,  loaf 

i*  Or,  .seeing  that  there  is  one  bread,  we,  who  are 
manv.  are  one  body  ^^Qr.from. 

i«  Gr.  build  wa. 
17  Gr.  the  other's.    See  Rom.  13.  8. 


10.28 


I.   CORINTHIANS 


11.27 


Women  to  be  veiled.    Disorder  at  the  Lord's  Table 


asking  no  question  for  conscience' 
sake.  28  But  "if  any  man  say  unto 
you,  This  hath  been  olt'ered  in  sac- 
rifice, eat  not,  for  his  sake  that 
sliowed  it,  antl  for  conscience' 
sake :  29  conscience,  1  say,  not 
tliine  own,  but  the  others ;  for 
'wliy  is  my  liberty  judged  by 
anotner  conscience  I  3U  '  If  1  par- 
take with  thankfuhaess,  "why  am  I 
evil  spoken  of  for  that  for  which  1 
''give  thanks (  31  Whether  there- 
fore ye  eat,  or  drink,  or  'whatso- 
ever ye  do,  do  all  to  the  glory  of 
God.  32  •''Give  no  occasion  of 
stumbling,  either  to  Jews,  or  to 
Greeks,  or  to  "  the  church  of  God : 
33  even  as  I  also  *  please  all  men  in 
all  tilings,  'not  seeking  mine  own 
profit,  but  the  profit  of  the  many, 

n*  that  they  may  be  saved.     1 
'Be  ye  imitators  of  me,  even 
as  I  also  am  of  Christ. 

2  Now  "*I  praise  you  that  ye 
"remember  me  in  all  things,  and 
"hold  fast  the  traditions,  even  as  I 
delivered  them  to  you.  3  But  I 
would  have  you  know,  that  the 
p  head  of  every  man  is  Christ ;  and 
» the  head  of  the  woman  is  the 
man;  and  the  ""head  of  Christ  is 
God.  4  Every  man  praying  or 
•prophesying,  having  his  head 
covered,  dishonoreth  his  head. 
5  But  every  'woman  praying  or 
prophesying  with  her  head  un- 
veiled dishonoreth  her  head  ;  for  it 
is  one  and  the  same  thing  as  if  she 
were  "shaven.  6  For  if  a  woman 
is  not  veiled,  let  her  also  be  shorn : 
but  if  it  is  a  shame  to  a  woman  to 
be  shorn  or  shaven,  let  her  be 
veiled.  7  For  a  man  inrleed  ought 
not  to  have  his  head  veiled,  foras- 
much as  he  is  the  'image  and  glory 
of  God :  but  the  woman  is  the 
glory  of  the  man.  8  For  ''  the  man 
is  not  of  the  woman  ;  but  the  woman 
of  the  man  :  9  for  neither  was  the 
man  created  for  the  woman  ;  but 
"the  woman  for  the  man:  10  for 
this  cause  ought  the  woman  to  have 
a  it](jn  o^' authority  on  her  head,  be- 
cause of  the  angels.  11  Neverthe- 
less, neither  is  the  woman  without 
the  man.  nor  the  man  without  the 
woman,  in  the  Lord.  12  For  as 
the  woman  is  of  the  man.  so  is  the 
man  also  by  the  woman;  but  'all 
thiiigs  are  "of  God.  13  'Judge  ye 
^in  yourselves:  is  it  seemly  that  a 
woman  pray  unto  God  unveiled  1 

»  Or,  If  I  by  grace  partake  *  Or,  among 


"  Comp.  ch. 

8.  7,  10-1'2 
<>  See  ch. !». 

la ;  comp. 

Rom.  14.  l(i 
'  Comp.  ch. 

!».  1 
<'  See  Rom. 

14.  (} 

<■  Col.  3.  17  ; 

1  Pot.  4.  11 
/  See  ch.  8. 

13  ;  comp. 
Acta  24. 
16 
"  Acts  20. 
28  mai'g.  ; 
ch.  1.2;11. 
22  ;  15.  9 ; 

2  Cor.  1. 
1;  Gal.  1. 
13;  ITim. 
3.  5,  1.5 ; 
comp.  ch. 
7. 17 ;  Phil. 
3.  (i 

'■  See  oh.  9. 
22  ;  Rom. 
1.3.  2  ; 
comp.  Gal. 

1.  10 

■  ch.  13.  5  ; 

Phil.  2.21; 

comp. 

2  Cor.  12. 

14 ;  see 

Rom.  15.  2 
*-■  1  Th.  2.  IK  ; 

romp. 

Rom.  11. 14 
'  See  ch.  4. 

1« 
'"  (.'omp.ver. 

17.22 
"  ch.  4.  17  ; 

15.  2 ; 

1  Th.  1.  6  ; 

3.  6 
"  2  Th.  2.  15 ; 

3.6 
P  ICph.  1.  22; 

4. 15;  5.  23; 

Col.  1.  18 ; 

2.  19 

1  Kph.  5.  23 ; 

comp. 

Gen.  3. 16 
■■  Sue  ch.  3. 

23 
'  See  Acts 

13. 1 ;  1  Th. 

5.  20 

(  See  Lk.  2. 

36;  Acts 

21.  9; 

comp.  ch. 

14.  34 
"  Comp. 

Dt.  21.12 
"  .T;is.  3.  9  ; 

Gen.  1.  26 ; 

6.  1  ;  9.  6 

'  Gen.  2  21- 
23 :  1  Tim. 
2.  13 

y  Gen.  2.  18 

'  2  Cor.  5. 
18 

°  See  Rom. 

11.  36 

''  Comp.  Lk. 

12.  57 


"  Comp.  9. 

1-3,  6  with 

4.  5 
<t  See  ch.  7. 

17 
'  Comp.  ver. 

/See  ch.  1. 

It) :  comp. 

3  3 
»  Comp.  Mt. 

18.  7  ;  Lk. 

181 


14  Doth  not  even  nature  itself 
teach  you,  that,  if  a  man  have  long 
hair,  it  is  a  dishonor  to  him?  15 
But  if  a  woman  have  long  hair,  it 
is  a  glory  to  her:  for  her  hair  is 
given  her  for  a  covering.  16  But 
if  any  man  seemeth  to  be  conten- 
tious, ''we  have  no  such  custom, 
neither  ''  the  churches  of  God. 

17  But  in  giving  you  this  charge, 
"  I  praise  you  not,  that  ye  come  to- 
getner  not  for  the  better  but  for 
the  worse.  1 8  For  first  of  all,  when 
ye  come  together  ^in  the  church,  I 
hear  that  ■* •''divisions  exist  among 
you;  and  I  partly  believe  it.  19 
For  there  "must  oe  also  ''factions 
among  you,  ''that  they  that  are 
approved  may  be  made  manifest 
among  you.  20  When  therefore  ye 
assemole  yourselves  together,  it  is 
not  possible  to  eat  the  Lord's  sup- 
per :  21  for  in  your  eating  each 
one  taketh  before  other  his  own 
supper;  and  one  is  hungry,  and 
'another  is  drunken.  22  What, 
haA'e  ye  not  houses  to  eat  and  to 
drink  in?  or  despise  ye  the  '^^  church 
of  God,  and  'put  them  to  shame 
that  'have  not?  W^hat  shall  1  say 
to  you?  ^shall  *I  praise  you?  In 
this  I  prai.se  you  not.  23  For  '"I 
received  of  the  Lord  that  which 
also  I  delivered  unto  you,  that  "the 
Lord  Jesus  in  the  night  in  which 
he  was  "betrayed  took  bread  ;  24 
and  when  he  had  given  thanks,  he 
brake  it,  and  said.  This  is  my  bodj% 
which  ^"is  for  you:  this  do  in  re- 
membrance of  me.  25  In  like  man 
ner  also  "the  cup,  after  supper, 
saying.  This  cup  is  the  ^new  cove- 
nant in  my  blood  :  this  do,  as  often 
as  ye  drink  it,  in  remembrance  of 
me.  26  For  as  often  as  ye  eat  this 
bread,  and  drink  the  cup,  5'e  pro- 
claim the  Lord's  death  "till  he 
come.  27  Wherefore  whosoever 
shall  eat  the  bread  or  drink  the 
cup  of  the  Lord  in  an  unworthy 
manner,  shall  be  "■  guilty  of  the 
body  and  the  blood  of  the  Lord. 

17.  1 :  1  Tim.  4. 1 ;  2  Pet.  2.  1  ^  1  .Tn.  2. 19  ;  comp. 
l>t  13.  3  <  Comp.  Jnde  12  ^  See  ch.  10.  32 
'  Comp.  .Tas.  2.  6  '"  ch.  15.  3:  comp.  Gal.  1.  12: 
Col.  3  24  "  ver.  23-25 :  Mattlinv  26.  26-28 ;  Mark 
14.  22-24  ;  Luke  22.  17-20 ;  comp.  ch.  10. 16  »  See 
ch.  10.  16  ''  2  Cor.  3. 6  ;  see  Lk.  2-2.  20  «  ch.  4.  5 : 
see  Jn.  21.  22    ■"  Comp.  Heb.  10.  29 


*  Or,  in  fnvnrfgntion 

i  Gr.  .irliisni.i.  iOr.  hermet. 

"  Or,  comirfintion  '  f)r,  finve  nothing 

8  Or,  sUatl  J'jn-iii.te  you  in  thix  '  I  praise  you 
not.  "  Or,  delivered  up 

10  Many  ancient  authorities  read  is  broken  fot 
you. 


11.28 


L   CORINTHIANS 


12.28 


Concerning  Spiritual  Gifts.    Gifts  Diverse,  bnt  the  Spirit  the  Same.    The  Body  one,  the  Members  many 


28  But  let  a  man  "prove  himself, 
and  so  let  him  eat  of  the  bread, 
and  drink  of  the  cup.  29  For  he 
that  eateth  and  drinketh,  eateth 
and  drinketh  judgment  unto  him- 
self, if  he  Miscern  not  the  body. 
30  For  tliis  cause  many  among 
you  are  weak  and  sickly,  and  not 
a  few  ''sleep.  31  But,  if  we  "dis- 
cerned ourselves,  we  should  not  be 
judged.  32  But  ^when  we^  are 
judged,  we  are  "chastened  of  the 
Lord,  that  .ve  may  not  be  con- 
demned with  ''■  the  world.  33 
Wherefore,  my  brethren,  when  ye 
come  together  to  eat,  wait  one  for 
another.  34  If  any  man  is  "hun- 
gry, let  him  eat  •'^at  home;  that 
your  coming  together  be  not  unto 
judgment.  And  the  rest  will  I 
"  set  in  order  ''  whensoever  I  come. 

'i  O  Now  concerning  '  spiritual 
\-^  gifts,  brethren,  *  I  would  not 
have  you  ignorant.  2  ]  Ye  know 
that  when  ye  were  Gentiles  ye  were 
'"  led  away  unto  those  '*  dumb  idols, 
howsoever  ye  might  be  led.  3 
Wherefore  I  make  known  unto 
you,  that  no  man  speaking  "  in  the 
Spirit  of  God  saith,  Jesus  is 
''anathema;  and  no  man  can  say, 
.Jesus  is  ''Lord,  but  "in  the  Holy 
Spirit. 

4  Now  there  are  '■diversities  of 
gifts,  but  the  same  Spirit.  5  And 
there  are  diversities  of  ministra- 
tions, and  the  same  Lord.  6  And 
there  are  diversities  of  workings, 
but  the  same  "  God,  who  worketh 
all  things  in  all.  i  But  to  each 
one  is  given  the  manifestation  of 
the  Spirit '  to  profit  withal.  8  For 
to  one  is  given  through  the  Spirit 
the  word  of  "  wisdom ;  ana  to 
another  the  word  of  "knowledge, 
according  to  the  same  Spirit : 
9  to  another  ^  faith,  in  the  same 
Spirit ;  and  to  another  '■>  gifts  of 
healings,  in  the  one  Spirit ;  10  and 
to  another  workings  of  *  ^  miracles  ; 
and  to  another  "prophecy ;  and  to 
another  *discernings  of  spirits:  to 
another  divers  "  kinds  of  tongues  ; 
and  to  another  tlie  ''■  interpretation 
of  tongues  :  1 1  but  all  these  work- 
eth the  one  and  the  same  Spirit, 
'  dividing  to  each  one  severally 
even  as  he  will. 

12  For  ■''as  the  body  is  one,  and 
hath  many  members,  and  all  the 

1  Or.  discriminate.  2  Gr.  dixcriminafed. 

■'  Or,  when  toe  are  judged  of  the  Lord,  we  are 
chastened.  *  6r.  powers. 


"  2  Cor.  13. 

5 ;  Gal.  6. 

4  ;  comp. 

Mt.  26.  22 
i>  See  Acts  7. 

BO 
<"  2  S.  7.  14  ; 

Ps.  94.  12 ; 

Heb.  12. 

7-lU; 

Rev.  3.  19 
<l  See  ch.  1. 

20 
"  ver.  21 
/  ver.  22 
^  ch.  7.  17  ; 

IB.  1 ;  see 

4.  17 
''  See  ch.  4. 

1;1 
>  ch.  14.  1 ; 

comp.  ver. 

4 
t  See  Rom. 

1.13 
'  Eph.  2. 

11  f. ; 

comp. 

1  Pet.  4.  3; 

see  ch.  6. 

11 
'"  Comp. 

1  Th.  1.  9 
"  Kab.  2. 

18  f.; 
comp.  Ps. 
11.5.  5 ;  Is. 
46.  7  ;  Jer. 
10.  5 
0  1  Ju.  4. 

2  f .  ;  comp. 
Mt.  22.  43 ; 
Rev.  1. 

10,  &.C. 

P  See  Rom. 

9.  3 
«  See  .Tn.  13. 

13 ;  Rom. 

10.9 
''  See  Rom. 

12.  6f.  ; 
comp.  ver. 
11 ;  Eph.  4. 
4ff.,ll; 
Heb.  2.  4 

*  Comp.  ch. 

15.  28 ; 
Eph.  1.  23 ; 
4.  6 

t  Eph.  4.  12  ; 

comp.  ver. 

12-30;  ch. 

14.  26 
"  ch.  2.  6  ; 

comp. 

2  Cor.  1.  12 
"  Comp. 

Rom.  1.5. 

14 ;  ch.  2. 

11,16; 

2  Cor.  2. 

14;  4.  6; 

8.  7  ;  11.  6 

*  Comp.  ch. 

13.  2; 

2  Cor.  4.  13 
y  ver.  28,  30 
=  ver.  28  f .  ; 

Gal,  3.  5 
°  Comp.  ch. 

11.  4  ;  13. 
2,8 

b  Comp.  ch. 

14.  29; 

1  Jn.  4.  1 
«  ver.  28,  30  ; 
ch.  13.  1 ; 
14.  2  ff.  ; 
comp.  Mk. 

16.  17 

d  ver.  30 ; 

ch.  14.  26 
^  ver.  4  and 

ref. 
/  Rom.  12. 

182 


members  of  the  body,  being  many, 
are  one  body;  "so  also  is  Christ. 
13  For  ''in  one  Spirit  were  we  all 
baptized  into  one  body,  whether 
'Jews  or  Greeks,  whether  bond  or 
free;  and  were  all  made  to* drink 
of  one  Spirit.  14  For  'the  body 
is  not  one  member,  but  many. 
15  If  the  foot  shall  say.  Because 
I  am  not  the  hand,  I  am  not  of 
the  body  ;  it  is  not  therefore  not  of 
the  body.  16  And  if  the  ear  shall 
say,  Because  I  am  not  the  eye,  I 
am  not  of  the  body  ;  it  is  not  there- 
fore not  of  the  body.  17  If  the 
whole  body  were  an  eye,  where 
were  the  hearing  1  If  the  whole 
were  hearing,  where  were  the 
smelling'?  18  But  now  hath  God 
'"  set  the  members  each  one  of  them 
in  the  body,  "even  as  it  pleased 
him.  19  And  if  they  were  all  one 
member,  where  were  the  body? 
20  But  now  "  they  are  many  mem- 
bers, but  one  body.  21  And  the 
eye  cannot  say  to  the  hand,  I  have 
no  need  of  thee  :  or  again  the  head 
to  the  feet,  I  have  no  need  of  you. 
22  Nay,  much  rather,  those  mem- 
bers of  the  body  which  seem  to  be 
more  feeble  are  necessary  :  23  and 
those  2m7'ts  of  the  body,  which  we 
think  to  be  less  honorable,  upon 
these  we  ^  bestow  more  abundant 
honor ;  and  our  uncomely  parts  have 
more  abundant  comeliness ;  24 
whereas  our  comely  parts  have  no 
need  :  but  God  tempered  the  body 
together,  giving  more  abundant 
honor  to  that  part  which  lacked  ; 
2-5  that  there  should  be  no  schism 
in  the  body  ;  but  that  the  members 
should  have  the  same  care  one  for 
another.  26  And  whether  one 
member  suffereth,  all  the  members 
suffer  with  it ;  or  one  member  is 
"honored,  all  the  members  rejoice 
with  it.  27  Now  ye  are  ^  the  body 
of  Christ,  and '' »  severally  members 
thereof.  28  And  God  hath  ''set 
some  in  *the  church,  first  'apostles, 
secondly  "  prophets,  thirdly "  teach- 
ers, then  '*'' miracles,  then  *  gifts 
of  healings,  helps,  '^^governments, 

4  :  see  ch.  10.  17 "  ver.  27     h  Comp.  Eph.  2.  18 

<  Gal.  3.  28  ;  Col.  3.  11 ;  comp.  Eph.  2.  13-18;  Rom. 
3.  22  *  Comp.  Jn.  7.  37-39  '  ver.  20  "'  ver.  23 
"  See  ver.  11 ;  comp.  Rom.  12.  6  "  ver.  14  ;  see 
ver.  12  ''  ver.  12  ;  comp.  ch.  1.  2  ;  Eph.  1.  23 ;  4. 
12  ;  Col.  1.  18.  24  ;  2.  19  9  Eph.  5.  30  ;  see  Rom. 
12.  .5  "■  See  ver.  18  "  See  ch.  10.  32  '  Eph.  4.  11 
"  Eph.  2.  20 ;  3.  5 ;  see  Acts  13.  1  "  See  Acts  13. 1 
*  ver.  10,  29       y  ver.  9,  30       ^  Comp.  Rom.  12.  8 


5  Or,  p"t  on        7  Or,  memberx  enrh  in  his  part 
s  Or,  glorified     8  Or,  wise  counsels 


12.29 


I.   CORINTHIANS 


14.  IC' 


'The  Greatest  of  these  is  Love."    Prophesying  is  better  than  Speaking  with  Tongues 


divers  "  kinds  of  tongues.  29  Are  all 
apostles  ?  are  all  prophets  1  are  all 
fceaehers  1  are  all  ivorkevs  of  '  mira- 
cles 1  30  have  all  gitts  of  healings  ? 
do  all  speak  with  tongues?  do  all 
'interpret  (  3 1  But  ""desire  earnestly 
the  greater  gifts.  And  moreover  a 
most  excellent  way  show  1  unto  you. 
-i  O  If  1  speak  with  the 
_L  O  **  tongues  of  men  and  of 
'angels,  but  have  not  love,  I  am 
become  sounding  brass,  or  a''cUing- 
ing  cymbal.  '1  And  if  I  have  the 
gift  of  ^  prophecj-,   and    know   all 

*  ra ystei'ies  and  '  all  knowledge  ; 
and  if  I  have  *  all  faith,  so  as  to 
'remo\e  mountains,  but  have  not 
love,  I  am  nothing.  3  And  if  1 
"'  bestow  all  my  goods  to  feed  the 
poor,  and  if  I  "  give  my  body  ^  to 
DC  burned,  but  have  not  love,  it 
proliteth  me  nothing.  4  Love 
"suiiereth  long,  and  is  kind  ;  love 
fenvieth  not;  love  vaunteth  not 
itself,  is  not "  puffed  up,  5  doth  not 
behave  itself  unseemly,  ''seeketh 
not  its  own,  is  not  provoked,  'tak- 
eth  not  account  of  evil ;  G  'rejoic- 
eth  not  in  unrighteousness,  but 
"  rejoiceth  with  the  truth ;  7  ^'  bear- 
eth  all  things,  believeth  all  things, 
hopeth  all  things,  endureth  all 
things.  8  Love  never  faileth  :  but 
whether  there  be  "  prophecies,  they 
shall  be  done  away  ;  whether  there 
be  "  tongues,  the.v  shall  cease : 
whether  there  be  knowledge,  it  shall 
be  done  away.  9  For  we  '  know  in 
part,  and  we  prophesy  in  part ; 
10  but  when  that  which  is  perfect 
is  come,  that  which  is  in  part  shall 
be  done  away.  1 1  When  I  w^as  a 
child.  I  spake  as  a  child,  I  felt  as 
a  child,  1  thought  as  a  child : 
now  that  I  am  become  a  man, 
I  have  put  away  childish  things. 
12  For  now  we  "see  in  a  mirror, 

*  darkly;  but  then  ''face  to  face: 
now  I  know  in  part ;  but  then 
shall  I  know  fully  even  as  also  1 
''was  fully  known.    13  Butnowabid- 

.eth  faith,  hope,  love,  these  three; 
and  the  ^  greatest  of  these  is  ''  love. 
■\  y\  "Followafter  love;  yet-'' de- 
JLTt  sire  earnestly  ^spiritual  firi/ifs, 
but  rather  that  ye  may  ''proph- 
esy. 2  For  he  that  'speaketh  in 
a  tongue  speaketh  not  unto  men, 
but  unto  God  ;  for  no  man  ®  un- 

1  Or,  power.t. 

2  Many  ancient  authorities  read  (ha/  I  may 
glorii.  3  Or,  covereth    Comp.  1  Pet.  4.  8. 

*  Gr.  in  a  riddlf. 

^  Or.  greater.    Comp.  Mt.  18. 1,  4  ;  23. 11. 

« Or.  neareth. 


"  See  ver.  10 
b  See  ver.  10 
■^ch.H.  l,;ill 
«'  See  cU.  12. 

10 
"  Comp. 

2  Cor.  12. 

4;  Kev.  14. 

/  Comp.  Ph. 

1 JO.  a  Sept. 
»  See  Acts 

13.  1 ;  eh. 

11.  4  ;  ver. 

8;ch.l4.1, 

39  ;  comp. 

Mt.  7.  22 
ftch.  14.  2; 

IS.  51 
'■  See  Rom. 

f).  14 
*  ch.  12.  9 
'  Mt.  17.  20  ; 

21.21 
""  Comp.  Mt. 

6.  2 
"  Dan.  3.  2S; 

2  Mace.  7. 

5f. 
"  Prov.  10. 

12 ;  17.  9  ; 

1  Th.  5. 14  ; 

1  Pet.  4.  8 
''  Comp. 

Acts  7.  9 
«  ch.  4.  6 
""  See  ch.  10. 

24  ;  comp. 

Phil.  2.  21 
'  2  Cor.  5.  19 
<  Comp. 

2  Th.  2.  12 
"  Comp. 

2  .In.  4  ; 

3  Jn.  3  f. 
"ch.9.  12 

■^  See  ver.  2 
"  See  ver.  1 
-  ver.  12;  see 

ch.  8.  2 
"  Comp. 

2  Cor.  5.7; 

Phil.  3.  12; 

Jas.  1.  23 
t>  Gen.  32. 

30;  Num. 

12.8;  IJn. 

3.2; 

couip. 

2  Esdr.  7. 

93 
"^  See  ch.  8.  3 
d  Comp. 

Gal.  5.  6 
« ch.  16.  14 
/  ch.  12.  31 ; 

ver.  39 
'■'  ch.  12.  1 
ft  See  ch.  13. 

2 
■  ch.  12.  10, 

28,  30  ;  13. 

1 ;  ver. 

18  If.  26  f.  ; 

comp.  Mk. 

16.17 


k  ch.  13.  2 
'  ver.  5, 12, 

17,  26 ;  see 

Rom.  14. 19 
™  Acts  4.  36 
"  See  ch.  13. 

2 
0  Num.  11. 

29 
P  ver.  26 ; 

Eph.  1.  17 
«  See  ch.  12. 

8 
»■  ver.  26 ; 

comp. 

Acts  2.  42 ; 

Rom.  6. 17 
*  Comp. 

183 


derstandeth  ;  but  in  the  spirit  he 
speaketh  *  mysteries.  3  But  he 
that  piophesieth  speaketh  unto 
men  ' editication,  and  "'"exhorta- 
tion, and  consolation.  4  He  that 
'  speaketh  in  a  tongue  ** '  edifieth 
himself;  but  he  that  " jjrophesieth 
**'ediheth  the  church.  5  Now  I 
would  have  you  all  'speak  with 
tongues,  but  "rather  that  ye  should 
prophesy  :  and  greater  is  he  that 
prophesieth  than  he  that  'speak- 
eth with  tongues,  except  he  inter- 
pret, that  the  church  may  receive 
'edifying.  6  But  now,  brethren, 
if  I  come  unto  you  speaking  with 
tongues,  what  shall  I  profit  you, 
unless  I  speak  to  you  either  by 
way  of  *  revelation,  or  of  "knowL 
edge,  or  of  "prophesying,  or  of 
'teaching?  7  Even  things  with- 
out life,  giving  a  voice,  whether 
pipe  or  harp,  if  they  give  not  a  dis- 
tinction in  the  sounds,  how  shall  it 
be  known  what  is  piped  or  harped? 
8  For  if  'the  trumpet  give  an 
uncertain  voice,  who  sliall  prepare 
himself  for  war?  9  tSo  also  ye, 
unless  ye  utter  by  the  tongue 
speech  easy  to  be  understood,  how 
shall  it  be  known  what  is  spoken  ? 
for  ye  will  be  'speaking  into  the 
air.  10  There  are,  it  may  be,  so 
many  kinds  of  voices  in  the  world, 
and  '■^  no  kind  is  without  significa- 
tion. 11  If  then  I  know  not  the 
meaning  of  the  voice,  1  shall  be  to 
him  that  speaketh  a  "barbarian, 
and  he  that  speaketh  will  be  a  bar- 
barian "  unto  me.  1 2  So  also  ye, 
since  ye  are  zealous  of  ^^  spiritual 
gifts,  seek  that  ye  may  abound 
unto  the  'edifying  of  the  church. 
13  Wherefore  let  him  that  speak- 
eth in  a  tongue  pray  that  he  may 
interpret.  14  For  if  1  pray  in  a 
tongue,  my  spirit  prayetn,  but  my 
understanding  is  unfruitful.  15 
"  What  is  it  then  ?  I  will  pray 
with  the  spirit,  and  I  will  pray 
with  the  understanding  also  :  1  will 
^sing  with  the  spirit,  and  I  will 
sing  with  the  understanding  also. 
1 6  Else  if  thou  bless  with  the  spirit, 
how  shall  he  that  filleth  the  place 
of  '-the  unlearned  say  *the  Amen 

Num.  10.  9;  Jer.  4.  19;  Ezek.  33.  3-6;  Joel  2.  1 
'  Comp.  ch.  9.  26  "  See  Acts  28.  2  "  ver.  26  ;  comp. 
Acts  21.  22  ^  Comp.  Eph.  5. 19 ;  Col.  3. 16  "  Comp. 
in.  27.  15-26  ;  1  Chr.  lb.  36  (Ps.  106.  48) ;  Neh.  5.  13  ; 
8.  6  ;  Jer.  11.  5 ;  28.  6  ;  Tob.  8.  8  ;  Rev.  5.  14  ;  7.  12 


1  Or,  comfort  8  Gr.  buildeth  up. 

9  Or,  nolning  is  withoiU  voice 
10  Or,  in  my  case  n  Gr.  spirits. 

12  Or,  Aim  that  is  without  ffi/ts :  and  so  in  ver. 
23,  24. 


14.17 


I.   CORINTHIANS 


15.9 


Prophesying  edifies.     Decorum  in  the  Exercise  of  Gifts.    "  Let  the  Women  keep  silence."    Somiuary  of  the  Gospel 


at  thy  "  giving  of  thanks,  seeing  he 
knoweth    not  what    thou    sayest  1 

17  For  thou  verily  givest  thanks 
well,  but  the  other  is  not  ^  *  edified, 

18  I  thank  God,  I  speak  with 
tongues  more  than  you  all :  19  how- 
beit  in^  the  church  I  had  rather 
speak  five  words  with  my  under- 
standing, that  I  might  instruct 
others  also,  than  ten  thousand 
words  in  a  tongue. 

20  ^  Brethren,  Z*  be  not  children 
in  mind :  yet  in  malice  "  be  ye 
babes,  but  in  mind  be  "men.  21 
In -^  the  law  it  is  written,  ^  By  men 
of  strange  tongues  and  by  the  lips 
of  strangers  will  I  speak  unto  this 
people ;  and  not  even  thus  will 
they  hear  me,  saith  the  Lord.  22 
Wherefore  tongues  are  for  a  sign, 
not  to  them  that  believe,  but  to 
the  unbelieving :  but  "  prophesying 
is  for  a  sign,  not  to  the  unbeliev- 
ing, but  to  them  that  believe. 
23  If  therefore  the  whole  church 
be  assembled  together  and  all 
speak  with  tongues,  and  there 
come  in  men  unlearned  or  unbe- 
lieving, will  they  not  say  that ''  ye 
are  mad  'I  24  But  if  all  ^  prophesy, 
and  there  come  in  one  unbelieving 
or  unlearned,  he  is  ■*' reproved  by 
all,  he  is  judged  by  all ;  25  *  the 
secrets  of  his  heart  are  made  mani- 
fest ;  and  so  he  will  '  fall  down  on 
his  face  and  worship  God,  '"declar- 
ing that  God  is  °  among  you  indeed. 

26  "What  is  it  then,  "brethren? 
When  ye  come  together,  "each  one 
hath  a  p  psalm,  hath  a  « teach- 
ing, hath  a  ''revelation,  hath  a 
'tongue,  hath  an  "interpretation. 
Let  *all  things  be  done  unto  edify- 
ing. 27  If  any  man  speaketh  in  a 
*■  tongue,  let  it  he  by  two,  or  at  the 
most  three,  and  that  in  turn ;  and 
let  one  *ijiterpret :  28  but  if  there  be 
no  interpreter,  let  him  keep  silence 
in  the  church  ;  and  let  him  speak 
to  himself,  and  to  God.  29  And 
let  the  'prophets  speak  by  two  or 
three,  and  let  the  others  ^  "  discern. 
30  But  if  a  revelation  be  made  to 
another  sitting  by,  let  the  first  keep 
silence.  3 1  For  ye  all  can  prophesy 
one  by  one,  that  all  may  learn,  and 
all  may  be  "exhorted ;  32  and  the 
spirits  of  the  prophets  are  subject 
to  the  prophets;  33  for  God  is  not 
a  God  of  "  confusion,  but  of  peace. 

As  in  ^all  the  churches  of  the 

1  Gr.  huilded  up. 

2  fir.  offitll  age.    Comp.  ch.  2.  6. 

3  Is.  xxviii.  11  f.  ■*  Or,  convicted 

*  Or,  in     6  Gr.  discriminate,     i  Or,  comforted 


"  Mt.  15.  36 

b  ver.  4,  5, 

12,  26 ;  see 

Rom.  14. 

19 

"  See  Rom. 

1.  13 

d  Eph.  4. 14  ; 

comp. 

Heb.  5. 

12  f. 
"  Comp.  Ps. 

131.  2; 

Rom.  16. 

19  ;  1  Pet. 

2.  2  ;  see 
Mt.  18.  3 

/See  Jn.  10. 

34  ;  comp. 

ver.  34 
■'  ver.  1 
'»  Comp 

Acts  2.  13 
i  Jn.  16.  8 
k  Comp.  Jn. 

4.19 
'  Lk.  17.  16 
'"  Is.  45.  14  : 

Zech.8.  23, 

comp. 

Dan.  2.  47 ; 

Acts  4.  13 
"  See  ver. 

15 
"  Comp.  ch. 

12.  8-10 
P  Eph.  5.  19 
'  See  ver.  6 
""  See  ver.  2 
'  ver.  5,  13, 

27  f . ;  see 

ch.  12.  10 
'  Comp.  ver. 

32,  37  ;  see 

ch.  13.  2 
"  Comp.  ch. 

12.  10 
"  Comp.  ver. 

40 
"  Comp.  ch. 

4. 17 ;  see 

7.  17 


V  See  Acts 

9.  13 
-  Comp.  ch. 

11.  5,  13 
"  Conip. 

I  Tim.  2. 

II  f.  ; 

1  Pet.  3.  1 

b  Comp.  ver. 

21 
''  Comp. 

2  Cor.  10.  7 
rt  See  ch.  2. 

15 
'  Comp.  ch. 

7.40;  IJn. 

4.  6 
/  See  ch.  12. 

31 
0 ver.  1 i  see 

13.  2 
A  ver.  33 
'  Gal.  1.  11 ; 

comp 

Rom.  2.  16 
k  See  cli.  3 

6 ;  4.  15  ; 

comp. 

Rom.  2.  16 
'  Rom.  5.  2  ; 

comp. 

Rom.  11. 

20 ;  2  Cor. 

1,24 
"'  See  Rom. 

11.22 
"  Gal.  3.  4 
"  See  ch.  11. 

23 
P  Jn.  1.  29  , 

Gal.l.  4; 

Heb.  5. 1, 


*  saints,  34  let  the  women  'keep 
silence  in  the  churches  :  for  it  is 
not  permitted  unto  them  to  speak; 
but  '*  let  them  be  in  subjection,  as 
also  ®  saith  Hhe  law.  35  And  if 
they  would  learn  anything,  let 
them  ask  their  own  husbands  at 
home :  for  it  is  shameful  for  a 
woman  to  speak  in  the  church.  36 
What]  was  it  fiom  you  that  the 
word  of  God  went  forth  1  or  came 
it  unto  you  alone '? 

37  ''If  any  man  thinketh  himself 
to  be  a  prophet,  or  **  spiritual,  let 
him  take  knowledge  of  the  things 
which  1  write  unto  you,  '  that  they 
are  the  commandment  of  the  Lord. 
38  '^  But  if  any  man  is  ignorant, 
let  him  be  ignorant. 

39  Wherefore,  my  brethren,  •''de- 
sire earnestly  to  "prophesy,  and 
forbid  not  to  speak  witli  tongues. 
40  But  ''let  all  things  be  done 
decently  and  in  order. 

-i  pT  Now  '  I  make  known  unto 
JLO  you,  brethren,  the  "*  gospel 
which  I  "  preached  unto  you,  which 
also  ye  received,  'wherein  also  ye 
stand,  2  by  which  also  ye  are 
saved,  "'  if  ye  hold  fast  ^"  the  word 
which  I  "preached  unto  you,  "ex- 
cept ye  believed  "in  vain.  '3  For 
"1  delivered  unto  you  first  of  all 
that  which  also  I  received :  that 
Christ  died  ^for  our  sins  « accord- 
ing to  the  scriptures ;  4  and  that 
he  was  buried ;  and  that  he  hath 
been  '"raised  on  the  third  day  "ac- 
cording to  the  scriptures ;  5  and 
that  'he  appeared  to  "  Cephas ; 
then  "  to  the  twelve  ;  6  then  he  ap- 
peared to  above  five  hundred  breth- 
ren at  once,  of  whom  the  greater 
part  remain  until  now,  but  some 
'are  fallen  asleep;  7  then  he  ap- 
peared to  "  ^  James  ;  then  to  '  all 
the  apostles ;  8  and  last  of  all,  as 
to  the  child  untimely  born,  "he 
appeared  to  me  also.     9  For  I  am 

*  the  least  of  the  apostles,  that  am 
not  meet  to  be  called  an  apostle, 

3;  1  Pet.  2  24  9  Ts.  53.  .5-12;  see  Mt.  26.  24 ;  Lk. 
24.  25-27  ;  Acts  8.  32  f.  ;  17.  2  f . ;  26.  22  ''  See  Mt. 
16.  21 ;  Ju.  2.  21  £.  :  Acts  2.  24  '  Ps.  16.  8  ff.;  Acts 
2.  31 ;  26.  22  f.  '  Lk.  24.  34  »  ch.  1.  12  "  See  Mk. 
16.  14  *  See  Acts  7.  60 ;  ver.  IS,  20  ■"  See  Acts  12: 
17  '■  Comp.  Lk.  24.  33,  36  f. ;  Acts  1.  3  f  "  See  ch. 
9.  1 ;  comp.  Acts  9.  3-8 ;  22.  6-11 ;  26.  12-18  "  Eph. 
3. 8  ;  comp.  2  Cor.  12. 11 ;  1  Tim.  1. 15 


8  Gen.  iii.  16? 

9  MaTiy  aTicient  authorities  read  But  if  any  m<tn 
knoweth  not,  he  is  not  known.    Comp.  ch.  8.  3. 

1"  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  4.  15. 

11  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  1. 17. 

12  Gr.  xuith  what  word. 

"  Or,  without  cause  **  Or,  Jacjb 


15.10 


I.   COKTKTHIANS 


15.43 


rhrist's  Rcswrefilon  tlip  PledcP  of  onrs.    Baptisms  for  tlif  Bead.    Tlif  Rfsnrrertion  vindicated 


because  I  "persecuted  the  cluirch 
of  God.  10  But  by  niie  grace  oi 
God  1  aiii  wliat  1  am :  and  his 
grace  which  was  bestowed  upon 
me  was  not  found  '  vain ;  but  i 
•^ labored  more  abundantly  than 
they  all :  yet  'not  I,  but  tlie  grace 
of  Goil  which  was  with  me.  1 1 
Wiu'thi'r  then  it  hi'.  1  or  they,  so  we 
preach,  and  so  ye  bebeved. 

12  Now  if  Christ  is  preached 
that  he  hatli  been  raised  from  the 
dead,  how  say  some  among  j'ou 
tluit  there  "is  no  resui-rection  of 
tlie  dead  J  13  But  if  there  is  no 
resurrection  of  the  dead,  neitlier 
hath  Christ  been  raised:  14  and 
-^if  Christ  hath  not  been  i-aised, 
then  is  our  preaching  ^vain,  -your 
faitii  also  is  ^  vain.  15  Yea,  and 
we  are  found  false  witnesses  of 
God  ;  because  we  witnessed  of  God 
that  he^i'aised  up  ^Christ:  whom 
he  raised  not  up,  if  so  be  that  the 
dead  are  not  raised.  16  For  if  the 
dead  are  not  raised,  neither  hath 
Christ  been  i-aised :  1 7  and  if  Christ 
hath  not  been  raised,  j^our  faith  is 
vain  ;  *  ye  are  yet  in  your  sins.  18 
Then  they  also  that  'are  fallen 
asleep  in  Christ  have  perished.  1 9 
*lf  we  have  only  hoped  in  Christ 
in  this  life,  we  are  *oi  all  men  most 
pitiable. 

20  But  now  'hath  Christ  been 
raised  from  the  dead,  the  '"first- 
fruits  of  them  that  'are  asleep.  21 
For  since  "  by  man  came  death,  by 
man  came  .also  the  resurrection  of 
the  dead.  22  For  "as  in  Adam  all 
die,  so  also  in  ^Christ  shall  all  be 
made  alive.  23  But  each  in  his 
own  order:  Christ  '"the  firstfruits; 
then  ^  they  that  are  Christ's,  at  ''his 
*  coming.  24  Then  oowef/i  the  end, 
when  he  shall  deliver  up  ""the  king- 
dom to  "^'God,  even  the  Father: 
when  he  shall  have  abolished  'all 
rule  and  all  authoi-ity  and  power. 

25  For  he  must  reign,  "  till  he  hath 
put  all  his  enemies  under  his  feet. 

26  The  last  enemy  that  shall  be 
•abolished  is  death.  27  For,  He 
put  all  things  in  subjection  under 
his  feet.  '  But  when  he  saith,  *  f  All 
things  are  put  in  subjection,  it  is 
evident  that  he  is  excepted  who 

*  Or,  vnid  «  Rome  ancient  authorities  read  our. 

3  Or.  thi-  Chri.it. 

'  Or,  //  in  this  life  only  w  have  hoped  in 
Christ  I.K-C.  ■>  iiv.  presence. 

(•  Gr.  Ihe  God  and  Father. 

'!  Or,  Bat  ic/ien  he  xhall  have  said.  All  thinps 
are  ptU  in  suhjeition  (evidfritli/  excepting  hini 
that  did  subject  all  things  unto  hint),  when,  I  say, 
oi/  things  &c.  »  Ps.  tiU.  6. 


"  See  Acta  8. 

a 
^  See  Rom. 

Xi.  3 
"^aCor.  11. 

23,  Col.  1. 

2!) ;  1  Tim. 

4.10 
■'  Comp.  ch. 

3.6;2Ci.r. 

3.  5  ;  Phil. 
'.'.  13 

•■  Corap. 

Act.s  17. 

32  ;  23.  8 ; 

2  Tim.  2. 

18 
/ITh.  4.  14 
"  See  Acts  2. 

24 
''  See  Rom. 

4.  25 

'  1  Th.  4.  Ifi ; 

Rev.  14. 13; 

see  ver.  t; 
k  Comp.  ch. 

4.  9 ;  2  Tim. 

3.  12 
'1  Pet.l.  3: 

see  Acts  2. 

2t 
"'  ver.  23;  Bee 

Acts  -Hi. 

23  :  Rev. 

1.  5 

"  Rom.  5.  12 
"  Rom.  6. 

14-18 
I'  ver.  52 ; 

ch.  6.  14  ; 

1  Th.  4  1« 
<*  See  1  Th. 

2.  lit 

'"  Comp. 
Daii.  2.  44  ; 
7.  14,  27  ; 

2  Pet.  1.  11 
••  Eph.  5.  20 
'  Rom.  8.  .'iS 
^  Ps.  110.  1  ; 

comp.  Mt. 

22.  44 
"  2  Tim.  1. 

1(1 ;  comp. 

Rev.  20. 

14;  21  4 
^Eph.l.  22; 

Heb.  2.  8  . 

see  Mt.  11. 

27  ;  28.  18 


did  subject  all  things  unto  him. 
28  And  when  *a]l  things  have 
been  .subjected  unto  hiin,  then 
shall  the  S(m  also  himself  be  .sub- 
jected to  him  that  did  .subject  all 
things  unto  him,  that  ''God  may 
be  all  in  all. 

29  El.se  what  shall  they  do  that 
are  baptized  for  the  dead  1  If  the 
dead  are  not  raised  at  all,  why 
then  are  the.y  barttized  for  them'? 
30  why  do  we  al.'^o  stand  "  in  jeop- 
ardy every  hour?  31  [  jji-otest  by 
"that  glorying  in  you,  brethren, 
which  1  have  in  Christ  .lesus  our 
Lord,  *  I  die  daily.  32  If  after  the 
manner  of  men  I  ''fought  with 
beasts  at  "^  Ephesus,  '"  what  doth  it 
profit  me"?  If  the  dead  are  not 
raised,  "let  us  eat  and  drink,  for 
to-morrow  we  die.  33  ■''Be  not  de- 
ceived :  Evil  companionships  cor- 
rupt good  morals.  34  'Awake  to 
soberness  righteously,  and  sin  not; 
for  some  have  ''no  knowledge  of 
God  :  '  I  speak  this  to  move  you  to 
shame. 

35  But  *some  one  will  say.  How 
ai'e  Hhe  dead  raised?  and  with 
what  manner  of  body  do  they 
cornel  36  '"Thou  foolish  one,  that 
which  thou  thyself  "sowest  is  not 
quickened  except  it  die :  37  and 
tJiat  which  thou  sowest,  thou  sow- 
est not  the  body  that  shall  be,  but 
a  bare  grain,  it  may  chance  of 
wheat,  or  of  some  other  kind ;  38 
but  God  giveth  it  a  bodj^  even  as  it 

E leased  him,  and  "to  each  seed  a 
ody  of  its  own.  39  All  flesh  is 
not  the  same  flesh :  but  there  is 
one  flesh  of  men,  and  another  flesh 
of  beasts,  and  another  fle.sh  of 
birds,  ana  another  of  fi.«>hes.  40 
There  are  also  celestial  bodies,  and 
bodies  terrestrial :  but  the  glory  of 
the  celestial  is  one,  and  the  glory 
of  the  terrestrial  is  another.  41 
There  is  one  glory  of  the  sun,  and 
another  glory  of  the  moon,  and  an- 
other glory  of  the  stars ;  for  one 
star  ditiereth  from  another  star  in 
glory.  42  ^So  also  is  the  resurrec- 
tion of  the  dead.  It  is  sown  in 
'corruption;  it  is  raised  in  ''incor- 
ruption  :  43  it  is  .sown  in  di.shonor  ; 
it  is  rai.sed  in  'glory  :  it  is  sown  in 
weakness ;   it  is  raised  in  power : 

comp.  Mt.  13.  43  «  ver.  .50 ;  Rom.  8. 21 ;  Gal.  6.  8 
'•  See  Rom.  2.  7    '  Phil.  3.  21 ;  comp.  Col.  3.  4 


9  Or,  your  gloryinq 

10  Or.  what  doth  it  profit  me,  if  the  dead  are  not 
raised  f    Let  us  eat  &c. 


15.44 


I.   COEINTHIANS 


16.18 


"  0  Death,  where  is  thy  Victory  % "    The  Collection  for  Jerusalem.    Recommendations 


44  it  is  sown  a  ^  "natural  body  ;  it 
is  raised  a  *  spiritual  body.  If  there 
is  a  '  natural  body,  there  is  also  a 
spiritual  body.  45  So  also  it  is 
written,  ^The  first  man  Adam  be- 
came a  living  soul.  The  "  last 
Adam  becanie  a  ''life-giving  spirit. 
46  Howbeit  that  is  not  tirst  which 
is  spiritual,  but  that  which  is 
^  natural ;  then  that  which  is  spir- 
itual. 47  The  first  man  is  "of  the 
earth,  •'^ earthy :  the  second  man  is 
of  heaven.  48  As  is  the  earthy, 
such  are  they  also  that  are  earthy  : 
and  as  is  the  heavenly,  ^such  are 
they  also  that  are  heavenly.  49  And 
as  we  have  ''  borne  the  image  of 
the  earthy,  ^  we  '  shall  also  bear 
the  image  of  the  heavenly. 

50  Now  this  I  say,  brethren, 
that  *  flesh  and  blood  cannot  'in- 
herit the  kingdom  of  God  ;  neither 
doth  corruption  inherit  '"incorrup- 
tion.  51  Behold,  I  tell  you  a 
"mystery:  *We  all  shall  nob  sleep, 
but  we  shall  all  be  "changed,  52  in 
a  moment,  in  the  twinkling  of  an 
eye,  at  the  last  trump:  for  -Pthe 
trumpet  shall  sound,  and  Hhe  dead 
shall  be  raised  incorruptible,  and 
'we  shall  be  changed.  53  For  this 
corruptible  must  put  on  '"incorrup- 
tion,  and  this  "  mortal  must  put  on 
immortality.  54  But  when'' this  cor- 
ruptible shall  have  put  on  incorrup- 
tion,  and  this  mortal  shall  have  put 
on  immortality,  then  shall  come  to 
pass  the  saying  that  is  written, 
*"  Death  is  swallowed  up  ''in  victory. 
55  *0  death,  where  is  thy  victory  1 
O  death,  where  is  thj^  sting  1  56 
The  sting  of  'death  is  sin  ;  and 
"the  power  of  sin  is  the  law :  57 
but  "thanks  be  to  God,  who  giveth 
us  the  "^  victory  through  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ.  58  2*  Wherefore,  my 
beloved  brethren,  be  ye  stedfast, 
unmovable,  always  abounding  in 
Hhe  work  of  the  Lord,  forasmuch 
as  ye  know  that  your  labor  is  not 
"vain  in  the  Lord. 

-|  /^  Now  concerning  "the  col- 
_LO  lection  for  'the  saints,  as"! 
gave  order  to  the  churches  of 
''Galatia,  so  also  do  ye.  2  Upon 
*the  first  day  of  the  week  let  each 
one  of  you  lay  by  him  in  store,  as 
he  may  prosper,   that  ■''no  collec- 

1  Gr.  psychical.  2  Gen.  ii.  7. 

3  Many  ancient  authorities  read  let  us  also  bear. 
i  Or,  We  shall  not  all  &c. 

^  Many  ancient  authorities  omit  this  comipti- 
hle  shall  liave  put  on  incorruplion,  and. 

s  Is.  XXV.  3.  7  Or,  victoriously 

»  H08.  xiii.  14.  »  Or,  void 


"  Comp.  ch. 

2.14 
6  Comp. 

ver.  50 
"  Rom.  5.  14 
d  Jn.  5.  21 ; 

6.  57  f. ; 

Rom.  8.  2 
«  Jn.  3.31 
/Gen.  2.7; 

3.19 
y  Phil.  3. 

20  f. 
h  Gen.  5.  3 
'  See  Rom. 

8.  29 
«•■  See  Mt.  16. 

17  ;  comp. 

Jn.  3.  5  t. 
'  See  ch.  6.  9 
"'  See  Rom. 

2.  7 
"Seech.  13. 2 
"  Comp. 

2Cor.5.  2,4 
P  See  Mt.  24. 

31 
9  See  Jn.  5. 

28 
^  1  Th.  4.  15, 

17 
»  2  Cor.  5.  4 
t  See  Kom. 

5.  12 
"  Comp. 

Rom.  3.  20; 

4.  15:  7.  8 
"  See  2  Cor. 

2.^4; 
Rom.  7. 
25  marg. 
*  Comp. 
Rom.  8.  37; 
Heb.  2. 
14  f.  ;  1  Jn. 

5.  4  ;  Rev. 
21.4 

V  Comp. 

2  Pet.  3.  14 
^  ch.  16.  10 
°  See  Acts 

24.  17 
b  See  Acts 

9.13 
"  Comp.  ch. 

4.17 
d  See  Acts 

16.6 
"  See  Acts 

20.7 
/2Cor.9.4f. 


»  Comp. 

2  Cor.  8. 

18f.;2Cor. 

3.1 
''  Seech. 4. 19 
'  See  Rom. 

15.26 

*  Acts  19.  21 
'  ver.  11 ;  see 

Acts  15.  3 
™  Comp. 

2  Cor.  1. 

15  f. 
"  See  Acts 

18.21 
"  See  Acts 

18.  19 
P  See  Acts 

2.  1 
9  See  Acts 

14.  27 

>"  Acts  19.  9 

*  See  Acts 
16.  1: 
comp.  ch. 
4.  17; 

2  Cor.  1.  1 
1 1  Tim.  4. 

12 ;  comp. 

Tit.  2.  15 
"  Sse  Acts 

15.  33 

"  See  Acts 

186 


tions  be  made  when  I  come.  3  And 
when  I  arrive,  ^""whomsoever  ye 
shall  approve,  them  will  I  send 
with  letters  to  carry  your  bounty 
unto  Jerusalem:  4  and  if  it  be 
meet  for  me  to  go  also,  they  shall 
go  with  me.  5  But  I  *  will  come 
unto  you,  when  I  shall  have  passed 
through  'Macedonia;  for  I  '-pass 
through  Macedonia ;  6  but  with 
you  it  may  be  that  I  shall  abide,  or 
even  winter,  that  ye  may  '  set  me 
forward  on  my  journey  whitherso- 
ever I  go.  7  For  I  do  not  wish  to 
see  you  now  ""by  the  way;  for  I 
hope  to  tarry  a  wnile  with  you,  "if 
the  Lord  permit.  8  But  I  will 
tarry  at "  Ephesus  until  ^  Pentecost ; 
9  for  a  *  great  door  and  efifectual  is 
opened  unto  me,  and  ''there  are 
many  adversaries. 

10  Now  if  "Timothy  come,  see 
tiiat  he  be  with  you  without  fear ; 
for  he  worketh  'the  work  of  the 
Lord,  as  I  also  do  :  11  'let  no  man 
therefore  despise  him.  But  'set 
him  forward  on  his  journey  "in 
peace,  that  he  may  come  unto  me: 
for  I  expect  him  with  the  brethren. 
12  But  as  touching  "Apollos  the 
brother,  I  besought  him  much  to 
come  unto  you  with  the  breth- 
ren: and  it  was  not  at  all  "/w's 
will  to  come  now;  but  he  will 
come  when  he  shall  have  oppor- 
tunity. 

13  "^ Watch  ye,  "stand  fast  in  the 
faith,  ^quit  you  like  men,  "be 
strong.  14  Let  all  that  ye  do  be 
done  *  in  love. 

15  Now  I  beseech  you,  brethren 
(ye  know  the  "house  of  Stephanas, 
that  it  is  the  ''firstfruits  of  ^Achaia, 
and  that  they  have  set  themselves 
to  -''minister  unto  "  the _  saints),  16 
that  ''ye  also  be  in  subjection  unto 
such,  and  to  everyone  that  helpeth 
in  the  work  and  laboreth.  1 7  And 
I  rejoice  at  the  ^'■^  'coming  of  Steph- 
anas and  Fortunatus  and  Achaicus : 
for  *  that  which  was  lacking  on 
your  part  they  supplied.  18  For 
they    'refreshed    my    spirit    and 

18.  24  (ch.  1.  12;  3.  5  f .)  "^  Mt.  24.  42  *  Oal.  5.  1  ; 
Phil.  1.  27 ;  4.  1 ;  1  Th.  3.  8  ;  2  Th.  2.  15  ;  comp.  ch. 
1.5.  1  n  S.  4.  9  ;  2  S.  10.  12  :  Is.  46.  8  "  Ps.  31.  24  ; 
Eph.  6.  10;  comp.  Eph.  3.  16;  Col.  1.  11  ''  Comp. 
ch.  14. 1  "  ch.  1. 16  rf  Rom.  16.  5  «  See  Acts 
18.12  /Rom.  15. 31  »  See  ver.  1  A  Comp.  1  Th. 
5.  12 ;  Heb.  13.  17  '  Comp.  2  Cor.  7.  6  f.  *  Phil. 
2.  30 ;  comp.  2  Cor.  11.  9  '2  Cor.  7. 13 ;  Philem. 
7,  20  

w  Or,  whom.ioever  ye  shall  approve  by  letters, 
them  will  I  send  <!C'c. 

11  Or,  God's  vill  that  he  should  come  nou 
Comp.  Rom.  2.  18  marg. 

13  Gr.  presence.    2  Cor.  10. 10. 


16.19 


I.   CORINTHIANS 


16.24 


Salutations.    Benediction 


yours :  "  acknowledge  ye  therefore 
them  that  are  such. 

19  The  churches  of  *Asia  salute 
you.  "Aquila  and  Prisca  sakite 
yoii  much  in  the  Lord,  with  ''  thf 
church  that  is  in  their  house.  20 
All  the  brethren  sahite  you.  'Sa- 
lute one  anotlicr  with  a  holy  kiss. 

21  The  salutation  of  nie  Paul 
■with  ■'^mine  own  hand.     22  If  any 


"  Comp. 
Fhil.  2.  •at; 

1  Th.  5.  12 
*  See  Acts 

It).  6 
"  See  Acts 

18.  2 
d  See  Rom. 

W.  5 
'  See  Rom. 

Iti.  Ill 
/Col.  4.  18: 

2  Til.  3.  17; 
comp. 


man  loveth  not  the  Lord,  let  him 
be ''anathema.  ^*Maranatha.  23 
'  The  j,^race  of  the  Lord  .J  esus  Christ 
be  with  you.  24  My  love  be  with 
you  all  in  Christ  Jesus.    Amen. 


Rom.  16.  22  with  Gal.  6.  11  ;  Philem.  19 
lioiii.  II.  a      ft  Comp.  Rev.  22.  20 ;  Phil.  4.  5 
Rom.  l(j.  20 


"See 
iSea 


1  That  is,  0  (or  Our)  Lord,  come  t 


!»▼ 


THE   SECOND   EPISTLE   OF   PAUL   TO   THE 

CORINTHIANS 


Salntation.    "The  Cod  of  All  Comfort."    Paul's  Coiisiious  Sincerity.    Not  Fickle  in  purposing  to  revisit  them 


IPaul,  "an  apostle  of  *  Christ 
Jesus  "  through  the  will  of  God, 
and  ''Timothy  ^  our  brother,  unto 
Hhe  church  of  God  which  is  at 
■''Corinth,  with  all  the  saints  that 
are  in  the  whole  of  ^  Achaia :  '2 
''Grace  to  you  and  peace  from  God 
our  Father  and  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. 

3  *  Blessed  be  ^the  God  and 
Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
the  Father  of  mercies  and  *God  of 
all  comfort;  4  who  'comforteth  us 
in  all  our  affliction,  that  we  may  be 
able  to  comfort  them  that  are  in 
any  affliction,  through  the  comfort 
wherewith  we  ourselves  are  com- 
forted of  God.  5  For  '"as  the  suf- 
ferings of  Christ  abound  unto  us, 
even  so  our  comfort  also  aboundeth 
through  Christ.  6  But  whether 
we  are  afflicted,  it  is  "for  your  com- 
fort and  salvation ;  or  whether  we 
are  comforted,  it  is  for  your  com- 
fort, which  worketh  in  the  patient 
enduring  of  the  same  sufferings 
which  we  also  suffer:  7  and  our 
hope  for  you  is  stedfast;  knowing 
that,  "as  ye  are  partakers  of  the 
sufferings,  so  also  are  ye  of  the  com- 
fort. 8  For  ^we  would  not  have 
you  ignorant,  brethren,  concerning 
our  ■'affliction  which  befell  us  in 
''Asia,  that  we  were  weighed  down 
exceedingly,  beyond  our  power, 
insomuch  that  we  despaired  even 
of  life :  9  ^  yea,  we  ourselves 
have  had  the  ^sentence  of  death 
within  ourselves,  that  we  should 
not  trust  in  ourselves,  but  in  God 
who  raiseth  the  dead :  10  who 
'delivered  us  out  of  so  great  a 
death,  and  will  deliver  :  'on  whom 
we  have  *set  our  hope  that  he 
will  also  still  deliver  us;  11  ye 
also  "helping  together  on  our  be- 
half by  your  supplication ;  that, 
for    the    gift    bestowed    upon    us 

1  Gr.  the  brother. 

2  Or,  God  and  (lie  Father    See  Rom.  15.  6  marg. 

3  Or,  but  wp  ourselvpx  ■•  Gr.  answer. 

5  Some  ancient  authorities  read  set  our  hope  ; 
and  still  will  he  deliver  us. 


"  Eph.  1.  1 ; 
Col.  1.  1 ; 

1  Tim.  1. 1 ; 

2  Tim.  1.1; 
Tit.  1.  1 ; 
comp. 
Rom.  1.  1 ; 
Gal.  1.  1 

b  See  Gal.  3. 

"^  See  1  Cor. 

1.  1 
d  ver.  19 ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  16. 

10;  see 

Acts  16.  1 
"  See  1  Cor. 

10.  32 
/  See  Acts 

18.  1 
»  See  Acts 

18.  12 
h  See  Rom. 

1.  7 
i  Eph.  1.  3  ; 

1  Pet.  1.  3 
fc  Rom.  1.5.  5 
'  ch.  7.  6,  7, 

13;  comp. 

Is.  61.  12 ; 

66.  13 
"*  Comp.  ch. 

4.10; 

Phil.  3.  10 ; 

Col.  1.  24 
^  2  Tim.  2. 

10 ;  comp. 

ch.  4.  1.5 ; 

12.15;  Eph. 

3.1,13 
"  See  Rom. 

8.  17 
1'  See  Rom. 

1.13 
9  Acts  19. 23; 

1  Cor.  15. 

32? 
''  See  Acts 

16.  6 
'  See  Rom. 

15.  31 
(1  Tim.  4. 10 
"  Comp. 

Rom.  15. 

30;  Phil. 

1.  19; 

Philem.  22 


"  Comp.  oh. 

4. 15;9.11f. 
^  See  Acts 

23.  1; 

comp. 

ITh.  2. 10: 

Heb.  13.  13 
y  ch.  2.  17 
^  See  1  Cor. 

1.17; 

comp.  Jas. 

3.15 
«  See  1  Cor. 

1.  8 
b  Comp. 

1  Cor.  4.  19 
<^Rom.l.  11; 

15.  29 
d  Como 

188 


by  rneans  of  "many,  thanks  may 
be  given  by  many  persons  on  our 
behalf. 

12  For  our  glorying  is  this,  the 
testimony  of  ^our  conscience,  that 
in  holiness  and  "sincerity  of  God, 
^not  in  fleshly  wisdom  but  in  the 
grace  of  God,  we  behaved  ourselves 
in  the  world,  and  more  abundantly 
to  you-ward.  13  For  we  write  no 
other  things  unto  you,  than  what 
ye  read  or  even  acknowledge,  and 
I  hope  ye  will  acknowledge  "  unto 
the  end :  1 4  as  also  ye  did  ac- 
knowledge us  in  part,  that  we 
are  your  glorying,  even  as  ye  also 
are  ours,  in  "the  day  of  our  Lord 
Jesus. 

15  And  in  this  confidence  I  was 
minded  to  *come  first  unto  you, 
that  ye  might  have  a  second  '^'^  bene- 
fit; 16  and  by  you  to  ''pass  into 
''Macedonia,  and  again  from  Mace- 
donia to  come  unto  you,  and  of 
you  to  be  ■''set  forward  on  my  jour- 
ney ''unto  Judpea.  17  When  I 
therefore  was  thus  minded,  did  1 
show  fickleness'?  or  the  things  that 
I  purpose,  do  I  purpose  ''according 
to  the  flesh,  that  with  me  there 
should  be  the  yea  yea  and  the  nay 
nay?  18  But  as  'God  is  faithful, 
*our  word  toward  you  is  not  j^ea 
and  nay.  19  For  'the  Son  of  God, 
Jesus  Christ,  who  was  preached 
among  you  ''by  us,  even  "by  me  and 
"'Silvanus  and  "Timothy,  was  not 
yea  and  nay,  but  "in  him  is  yea. 
20  For  ^how  many  soever  be  the 
promises  of  God,  "in  him  is  the 
yea :  wherefore  also  through  him 
is  'the  Amen,  unto  the  glory  of 
God  through  us.  21  Now  he 
that  '■establisheth    us    with    you 

Acts  19.  21 ;  1  Cor.  16.  5-7  ^  See  Rom.  15.  26  /  See 
Acts  15.  3  ;  comp.  1  Cor.  16.  6.  11  •"  See  Acts  19.  21 
'ich.lO.  2f. ;  comp.  11.  18  'Seel  Cor.  1.9  «;  Comp. 
ch  2.  17  '  Mt.  16.  16 ;  26.  63,  ifec.  ;  see  Mt.  4.  3 
"'  1  Th.  1.  1 ;  2  Th.  1.  1 ;  1  Pet.  5.  12  ;  comp.  Acts 
15.  22  "  See  ver.  1  "  Comp.  Heb.  13.  8  p  Rom. 
15. 8  9  See  1  Cor.  14. 16 ;  comp.  Rev.  3. 14  '  1  Cor. 
1.8 


6  Or,  grace  Some  ancient  authorities  letAjoy. 

7  Gr.  through. 


1.22  II.   CORINTHIANS 

His  Visit  deferred  on  their  Acfonnt    Forgiveness  of  the  Offender.    The  Old  Ministry  and  the  Sew 


3.8 


'  in  Christ,  and  "  anointed  us,  is 
God  ;  22  -  who  also  'seiUed  us,  and 
'gave  us  the  earnest  of  the  Spirit 
in  our  liearts. 

23  But ''  1  call  God  for  a  witness 
upon  my  soul,  that  "to  spare  you 

1  forbaro  tu  come  unto  •'Corinth. 
24:  N(jt  that  ^ve  have  •'  lordship 
over  your  faith,  but  are  helpers  of 
your  joy :  for  in  ''faith  ye  ''stand 
O  fast.  1  ^  But  I  determined  this 
w  for  myself,  that  1  'would  not 
conie  again  to  you   with   sorrow. 

2  For  if  I  *make  you  sorry,  who 
then  is  he  that  maketh  me  glad  but 
he  tliat  is  made  sorry  by  mel  3 
And  1 '  wrote  this  very  thing,  lest, 
•  when  1  came,  I  should  have  sor- 
row from  them  of  whom  I  ought  to 
rejoice;  having '" confidence  in  you 
all.  that  my  joy  is  the  jo;/  of  you  all. 
4  For  out  of  much  alfliction  and 
anguish  of  heart  I  'wrote  unto  you 
with  many  tears ;  not  that  ye 
should  be  made  soi-ry,  but  that  ye 
might  know  the -love  which  1  have 
more  abunciantly  unto  you. 

5  But  "  if  any  hath  caused  sor- 
row, he  hath  caused  sorrow,  not  to 
me,  but  in  part  (that  1  press  not 
too  heavily)  to  you  all.  6  Sufti- 
cient  to  such  a  one  is  "this  punish- 
ment which  was  inflicted  by  'the 
many ;  7  so  that  contrariwise  ye 
should  ^rather  *  forgive  him  and 
comfort  him.  lest  by  any  means 
such  a  one  should  be  swallowed 
up  with  his  overmuch  sorrow.  8 
\^  herefore  I  beseech  you  to  confirm 
your  love  toward  him.  9  For  to 
this  end  also  "did  I  write,  that  I 
might  know  ''the  proof  of  you, 
"  whether  ye  are  '  obedient  in  all 
things.  10  But  to  whom  ye  for- 
give anything,  I  /orrjive  also :  for 
what  I  also  have  forgiven,  if  I  have 
forgiven  anything,  for  your  sakes 
have.  I  forgiven  it  'in  the  ** presence 
of  Christ :  11  that  no  advantage 
may  be  gained  over  us  by  "  Satan  : 
for  "we  are  not  ignorant  of  his 
devices. 

12  Now  when  I  came  to  'Troas 
for  the  °-'' gospel  of  Christ,  and 
when  a  'door  was  opened  unto 
nie  in  the  Lord.  13  1  "had  no  re- 
lief for  my  spirit,  because  I  found 

1  Or.  into.       *  Or,  seeing  thtt  he  both  sealed  us 

s  Or,  youT  fnilh 

<  Some  ancient  authorities  read  For. 

*  Gr.  the  more. 

*  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  rnlher. 

t  Some  ancient  authorities  read  uhereby. 

*  Or,  per.ton 

*  Or.  good  tidings  :  se«  marginal  note  on  Mt 
123. 


"  Comp. 

1  Ju.  -'.  jn, 

27 
l>  Sen  Ju.  ;i. 

'  cli.  5.  5  ; 

Eph.  1.  14 ; 

com  I). 

Knui.  8.  lb 
''  See  lioui. 

1. !( ;  comp 

Gal.  1.  2U 
*■  Seo  1  Cor. 

i.  I'l ; 

coiup.  ch. 

2.  1,  i 

J  cb.  1.  1 
V  1  Pet.  5.  3  ; 

comp.  ch. 

4.  ■,  ;  n.  2(1 
''  Rom.  n. 

21)  ;  comp. 

1  Cor.  15. 1 
'  Comp. 

1  Cor.  4. 
21 ;  ch.  12. 
21 

*  Comp.  ch. 
7.8 

'  Ter.  9  :  ch. 

7.  8,  12 
"'  Ga'..  o.  10  ; 

2  Th.  3.  4  ; 
rbilimi.  21 

"  Comp. 

1  Cor.  5. 

1  f .  ? 
"  Comp. 

1  Cor.  5. 

4  f.  ;comp. 

ch.7.  11 
f  Gal.  6.  1 ; 

comp. 

Eph.  4.  32 
9  See  ver. 

3f. 
'Phil.  2.  22; 

comp.  ch. 

8  2 
''ch.7.  15; 

10.  6 
'  Comp. 

1  Cor.  5.  4  ; 

ch.  4.  6  end 
"■  See  Mt.  ;. 

1(1 
"  Comp.  Lk. 

22.  31 ;  ch. 

4.  4  ;  1  Pet. 

5.  8 

*  See  Acts 
16.  8 

y  c\\.  4.  3.  4; 
8. 18  ;  9. 13  ; 
10.  14;  II. 
4,7;  ITh. 

3.  2 ;  comp. 
Rom.  1.  1 

'  See  Acts 

14.  27 
<"  ch.  7.  5 


6  oh.  7.  R, 

13  f.  :  8.  fi, 

16,  23 ;  12. 

18;  Gal.  2. 

1,3; 

2  Tim.  4. 

in  ;  Tit.  1.  4 
"  See  Mk.  6. 

4(> 
d  See  Rom. 

l'>.  26 
«  Rom.  6. 

17 ;  1  Cor. 

V,.  f>1 ;  ch. 

8. 16 ;  9.  l.i  ; 

comp. 

Rom.  1.  8 
/Comp. 

Col.  5. 

1.5  (Gr.) 
»  Eph.  .5.  2 ; 

Phil.  4.  18 ; 

comp. 

189 


3 


not  ''Titus  my  brother:  but  ''tak- 
ing my  leave  of  them,  I  went  forth 
into  "^  Alacedonia. 

14  'But  thanks  be  unto  God, 
who  always -^leadeth  us  in  triumph 
in  Christ,  and  maketh  manifest 
through  us  the  "savor  of  his 
''knowledge  in  every  place.  15 
For  we  are  a  -"sweet  savor  of 
Christ  unto  God,  in  'them  that 
'"are  saved,  and  in  them  that 
''  perish ;  1 6  *  to  the  one  a  savor 
from  death  unto  death  ;  to  the 
other  a  savor  from  life  unto  life. 
And  who  is  'suliicient  for  these 
things'?  ^  17  For  we  are  not  as  the 
many,  ^'^"' corrupting  the  word  of 
God:  but  "as  of  sincerity,  but  as 
of  God,  °in  the  sight  of  God,  speak 
we  in  Christ. 

Are  we  beginning  again  to 
^commend  ourselves  1  or  need 
we,  as  do  some,  ^epistles  of  com- 
mendation to  you  or  from  you  1  2 
'■  Ye  are  our  ei)istle,  written  in  our 
hearts,  known  and  read  of  all  men  ; 
3  being  made  manifest  that  ye  are 
an  epistle  of  Christ,  "ministered  by 
us,  written  not  with  ink,  but  with 
the  Spirit  of 'the  living  God;  not 
in  "tames  of  stone,  but  in  "tables 
f/taf  are  ^hearts  of  flesh.  4  And 
such  *  confidence  have  we  through 
Christ  to  God-ward  :  5  not  that  we 
are  sufficient  of  ourselves,  to  ac- 
count anything  as  fi-om  ourselves  ; 
but  'our  sufficiency  is  from  God; 

6  who  also  made  us  sutiicient  as 
"ministers  of  a  'new  covenant; 
not  of  ''the  letter,  but  of  the  spirit : 
for  the  letter  killeth,  but ''  the  spirit 
giveth  life.  7  But  if  the  *  ministra- 
tion of  death,  '^"written,  and  en- 
graven on  stones,  came  '■'with  glory, 
'&o  that  the  children  of  Israel  could 
not  look  stedfastl.v  upon  the  face 
of  Moses  for  the  glory  of  his  face ; 
which  f/lori/  ''^was  passing  away: 
H  how  shall  not  rathe':*  the  minis- 
tration of  the  spirit  be  with  glory? 

S.  S.  1.  3 .  Ezek.  20.  41       h  See  1  Cor.  12.  8      '  See 

I  Cor.  1.  IS     *  Comp.  Lk.  2.  34  ;  Jn.  9.  39 ;  1  Pet.  2. 

7  f.  '  rU.  3.  a  f.  '"  ch.  4.  2  ;  comp.  Gal.  1.  6-9 
"  ch.  1.  12  ;  1  Cor.  5.  8 ;  comp.  1  'J'h.  2.  4  ;  1  I'et.  4. 

II  "  ch.  12.  19  1'  ch,  5.  12  ;  10.  12,  18  ;  12.  U 
■»  Acts  18.  27;  Rom.  16. 1 ;  1  Cor.  16.  3  ''  1  Cor.  9.  2 
»Comp.  ver6  '  See  Mt.  Ki.  16  "  ver.  7:  Ex.  24. 
12  ;  31.  18 ;  32.  1.5  f.  "  Prov.  3.  3  ;  7.  3  ;  Jer.  17.  1 
■^.ler.  31.  33;  comp.  Ezek.  11.  19  v  Eph.  3.  12 
'  See  1  Cor.  1.5.  10  "  See  1  Cor.  3.  5  b  See  Lk.  22. 
20  '  See  Rom.  2.  29  d  Jn.  6.  63  ;  Rom.  7.  6  '  ver. 
9 :  Rom.  7.  5  f. ;  G.-U.  3.  in,  21  f.  ;  comp.  Rom.  4. 15 : 
5.  20   /ver.  13;  Ex.  34.  29-35 


1"  Or,  are  being  Mved  n  Or,  are  peri.^fiing 

12  Or,  making  ineic'^nndi^e  of  tff  u-ord  of  God 

Comp.  2  Pet.  2.  3.  i-  fir.  in  letters.  '♦  Gr.  in. 
>'  Or,  was  being  done  away    Comp.  1  Cor.  131 

8, 10. 


3.9 


II.   CORINTHIANS 


4.18 


'  Where  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  is,  there  is  liberty."    "  Seeing  we  have  this  Ministry,  we  faint  not ' 


9  ^  For  if  "  the  ministration  of  con- 
demnation hath  glory,  much  rather 
doth  the  *  ministration  of  right- 
eousness exceed  in  glory.  10  For 
verilj''  that  which  hath  oeen  made 
glorious  hath  not  been  made  glori- 
ous in  this  respect,  by  reason  of  the 
glory  that  surpasseth.  11  For  if 
that  which  "passeth  away  ims 
^  with  glory,  much  more  that  which 
remaineth  is  in  glory. 

12  ''Having  therefoi'e  such  a 
hope,  "^we  use  great  boldness  of 
speech,  13  and  are  not  as  Moses, 
*  who  put  a  veil  upon  his  face,  that 
the  children  of  Israel  should  not 
look  stedfastly  ■*  on  the  end  of  that 
which  ''was  passing  away:  14  but 
their  *^ minds  were  •'hardened:  for 
until  this  very  flay  at  the  ^  reading 
of  ''  the  old  covenant  the  same  veil 
■^remaineth,  it  not  being  revealed 
to  them  that  it  is  done  away  in 
Christ.  15  But  unto  this  day, 
whensoever  Moses  is  read,  a  veil 
lieth  upon  their  heart.  16  *But 
whensoever  ^  it  shall  turn  to  the 
Lord,  the  veil  is  taken  away.  17 
Now  the  Lord  is  the  Spirit:  and 
where  *the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  is, 
Hhere  is  liberty.  18  But  we  all, 
with  unveiled  face  ^  "' beholding  as 
in  a  mirror  the  "glory  of  the  Lord, 
are  "transformed  into  the  same 
image  from  glory  to  glory,  even  as 
from  ^  the  Lord  the  Spirit. 

4  Therefore  seeing  we  have 
this  *  ministry,  even  as  we  ''ob- 
tained mercy,  we  *  faint  not :  2 
but  we  have  renounced  the  hidden 
'things  of  shame,  not  walking  in 
craftiness,  nor  "  handling  the  word 
of  God  deceitfully ;  but  by  the 
manifestation  of  the  truth  "com- 
mending ourselves  to  every  man's 
conscience  in  the  sight  of  God.  3 
And  even  if  our  ^^ ^  gospel  is  ^veiled, 
it  is  veiled  in  ^  them  that  "  perish  : 
4  in  whom  "  the  god  of  *  this  ^'^  world 
hath  "blinded  the  ** minds  of  the 
unbelieving,  ^^that  the  ""*  light  of 
the  ^'^  gospel  of  the  "glory  of  Christ, 
who  is  the  •''image  of  God,  should 
not  dawn  wpon  them.  5  For  we 
preach  ^not  ourselves,  but  Christ 

I  Many  ancient  authorities  read  For  If  the 
minislraHon  of  condemnation  is  glory. 

"  Or,  i«  being  done  away    See  ver.  7  mai'g. 
3  Gr.  througli.  *  Or,  un/o 

5  Or,  loas  bfing  done  away    See  ver.  7  marg. 

6  Gr.  thoughts.    Ch.  4.  4  ;  n.  3. 

'  Or,  remaineth  unliftea ;  which  veil  is  dov/> 
away  *  Or,  a  man  shall  turn 

3  Or,  reflecting  as  a  mirror 
1"  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  2.  12. 

II  Or,  are  perishing  12  Or,  age 

13  Or,  that  they  should  not  see  the  light  .  .  .  im- 
age of  Qod  !■*  Gr.  illumination. 


"  See  ver.  7  ; 

comp.  Dt. 

27.  26 ; 

Heb.  12. 

18-21 
!>  Comp. 

Rom.  1. 

17  ;  3.  21  f. 
"  ch.  7.  4 
dch.  7.  4; 

Eph.  6.  19 ; 

comp. 

Acts  4. 13, 

2!l :  1  TU. 

2.  i 
^  ver.  7 
/  See  Rom. 

11.7; 

comp.  ch. 

4.4 

0  See  Acts 
13.  15 

''  Comp. 
ver.  6 
i  Rom.  11. 23 

*  Gal.  4.  6  ; 
comp.  la. 
61. 1  f. 

'  Ju.  8.  32  ; 

Gal.  5.  1,  13 
•"1  Cor.  13. 12 
"ch.  4.  4,  6; 

comp.  Jn. 

17.  22,  24 
"  See  Rom. 

8.  23 
P  ver.  17 

1  Comp. 

1  Cor.  3.  5 
'  See  1  Cor. 

7.25 
'  ver.  16 ; 
Lk.  IS.  1; 
Gal.  6.  9 ; 
Epli.  3.  13 ; 
comp. 

2  Th.  3.  13 
«Rom.  6.  21; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  4.  5 
"  See  ch.  2. 

17 
"  ch.  5.  11  f. 

*  Seech. 2. 12 
y  ch.  3.  14  ; 

comp. 
lCor.2.6ff. 

*  See  1  Cor. 

1.  18 ;  ch. 

2.  15 

"  See  Jn.  12. 

31 
b  See  Mt. 

13.  22 
"  Comp.  ch. 

3.  14 

d  ver.  6 ; 

comp. 

Acts  26.  IS 
'-•  ch.  3.  18  ; 

comp. 

ver.  6 
/  Col.  1.  15 ; 

comp. 

Phil.  2.  6 ; 

Heb.  1.  3 ; 

Jn.  1.  18 
9  1Th.  2.  6f. 

(comp. 

1  Cor.  4. 

15  f.) 


''  Comp. 

2  Pet.  1.  19 
>ch.  5.  1; 

2  Tim.  2. 

20 ;  2  Esdr. 

7.  88: 

comp.  Job 

4.  lil ;  10.  9  ; 

33.  6 ;  Lam. 

4.2 
*  See  1  Cor. 

2.  5; 

comp. 

190 


Jesus  as  Lord,  and  ourselves  as 
your  _^^ servants  ^*'for  Jesus'  sake. 
6  Seeing  it  is  God,  that  said,  ^''Light 
shall  shine  out  of  darkness,  who 
''shined  in  our  hearts,  to  give  the 
"''light  of  the  knowledge  of  the 
glory  of  God  in  the  face  of  Jesus 
Christ. 

7  But  v/e  have  this  treasure  in 
*  earthen  vessels,  that  the  exceed- 
ing greatness  of  *  the  power  may  be 
of  God,  and  not  from  ourselves ;  8  we 
are  '  pressed  on  every  side,  yet  not 
'"straitened;  "perplexed,  yet  not 
unto  despair ;  9  °  pursued,  yet 
not  ^''-p forsaken ;  'smitten  down,  yet 
not  destroyed  ;  10  *■  always  bearing 
about  in  the  body  the  ^®  dying  of 
Jesus,  that  "the  life  also  of  Jesus 
may  be  manifested  in  our  body. 

1 1  For  we  who  live  are  always  de- 
livered unto  death  for  Jesus'  sake, 
that  the  life  also  of  Jesus  maybe 
manifested    in   our    mortal    flesh. 

12  So  then  death  worketh  in  us, 
but  life  in  you.  13  But  having  the 
same  '  spirit  of  faith,  according  to 
that  which  is  written,  -"  I  believed, 
and  therefore  did  I  speak ;  we 
also  believe,  and  therefore  also  we 
speak;  14  knowing  that  he  that 
"  raised  up  ^^  the  Lord  Jesus  "  shall 
raise  up  us  also  with  Jesus,  and 
shall  ^present  us  with  you.  15 
For  all  things  are  ^  for  your  sakes, 
that  the  grace,  being  ^multiplied 
through  "the  many,  may  cause 
the  thanksgiving  to  abound  unto 
the  glory  of  God. 

16  Wherefore  we  ''faint  not ;  but 
tliough  our  outward  man  is  decay- 
ing, yet  our  *  inward  man  is  "re- 
newed day  by  day.  17  For  our 
''light  affliction,  which  is  for  the 
moment,  worketh  for  us  more  and 
more  exceedingly  an  eternal  weight 
of  glory ;_  18  while  we  "look  not 
at  the  things  which  are  seen,  but 
at  the  things  which  are  not  seen : 

Judg.  7.  2  '  ch.  7. 5 ,  comp.  1.8  "*  Comp.  ch. 
6.  12  "  Gal.  4.  20  "  See  Jn.  15.  20 ;  Rom.  8.  35  f. 
''  Heb.  13.  5 ;  comp.  Ps.  129.  2  «  Comp.  Pa.  37.  24 ; 
Prov.  24.  16;  Mic.  7.  8  ''See  Rom.  6.  5,  8.  36; 
comp.  Gal.  6.  17  "  See  Rom.  6.  8  '  See  1  Cor.  12. 9 
"  See  Acts  2.  24  "1  Th.  4.  14  ^  Eph.  .5.  27  ;  Col.  1. 
22  ,  Jiide  24  ;  comp.  Lk.  21.  36  ^  See  ch.  1.  6  ; 
comp.  Rom.  8.  28  -  ch.  1.  11 ;  comp.  1  Cor.  9.  19 
"  See  ver.  1  f-  See  Rom.  7.  22  <^  Comp.  Col.  3. 10  ; 
Is.  40.  29,  31  rf  Rom.  8.  18  '  ch.  5.  7  ;  comp.  Rom, 
8.  24 ;  Heb.  11.  1, 13 


15  Gr.  hondse.r rants.    Comp.  1  Cor.  9.  19. 

!'>  Some  ancient  authorities  read  through  Jesusk 

17  Gen.  i.  3. 

"  Or,  left  behind  ii>  Gr.  putting  to  death, 

20  Ps.  exvi.  10. 

2'  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  the  Lord. 

^'^  Gr.  the  more. 


5.1 


n.  CORINTHIANS 


6.7 


"  Alisent  ft'om  the  Body,  at  Home  witb  Uie  Lord."    "  In  Everything  commending  ourselves  as  Miuistei's  of  God ' 


for  tlie  things  wliich  are  seen  are 
temporal ;  but  tlie  things  which 
are  not  seen  are  eternal. 
fr^  For  we  know  that  if  the 
tJ  "earthly  house  of  our  ""tab- 
ernacle be  dissohed,  we  have  a 
buildine  from  Uod,  a  house  ""not 
made  with  hands,  eternal,  in  the 
heavens.  2  For  verily  in  this  we 
''groan,  longing  to  be  'clothetl 
upon  with  our  habitation  which 
is  from  hea\en :  3  if  so  be^  that 
being  clothed  w(;  shall  not  be  found 
naked.  4  For  indeed  we  that  are 
in  this  '  tabernacle  do  ''groan,  -  be- 
ing burdened ;  not  for  that  we 
would  be  unclothed,  but  that  we 
would  be  "clothed  upon,  that  what 
is  •''mortal  inay  be  swallowed  up  of 
life.  5  Now  he  that  wrought  us 
for  this  very  thing  is  God,  who 
'gave  unto  us  the  earnest  of  the 
Spirit.  6  Being  therefore  always 
ot  good  courage,  and  knowing  that, 
"  whilst  we  are  at  home  in  the  body, 
we  are  absent  from  tlie  Lord  7  (for 
*  we  walk  by  faith,  not  by  ^  sight); 
8  we  are  of  good  courage,  I  say, 
and  are  *  willing  rather  to  be  absent 
from  the  body,  and  'to  be  at  home 
with  the  Lord.  9  Wherefore  also 
we  ^make  it  our  aim,  whether  at 
home  or  absent,  to  be  '"well-pleas- 
ing unto  him.  10  For  we  must  all 
be  made  manifest  before  "  the  judg- 
ment-seat of  Christ ;  that  each  one 
may  receive  the  things  done  ^  in  the 
body,  according  to  what  he  hath 
done,  whether  it  be  good  or  bad. 

11  Knowing  therefore  the  "fear 
of  the  Lord,  we  persuade  men,  but 
we  are  made  manifest  unto  God  ; 
and  I  hoi)e  that  we  are  ^mado 
manifest  also  in  your  consciences. 
12  We  ai'e  not  '^ again  commending 
ourselves  unto  you,  but  speak  slh 
giving  you  ''occasion  of  glorying 
on  our  oehalf,  that  ye  may  have 
whereNvith  to  answer  them  that 
glory  in  appearance,  and  not  in 
heart.  13  For  whether  we  ®are 
'beside  ourselves,  it  is  unto  God; 
or  whether  we  are  of  sober  mind, 
it  is  unto  you.  14  For  the  love  of 
Christ  'constraineth  us;  because 
we  thus  judge,  that  "one  died  for 
all,  therefore  all  died;  15  and  he 
died  for  all,  that  they  that  live 
should  no  longer  'live  unto  them- 

1  Or,  hndily  frame    Comp.  Wiad.  9. 15. 
'  Or,  bf-ing  hurdrnfd,  in  thai  wf  would  not  be 
unclothed,  but  would  be  clothed  upon 
3Gr,  appearance. 

*  Gr.  are  ambitious.    See  Rom.  15.  20  marg. 

*  Gr.  through.  «  Or,  were 

36 


°  1  Cor.  15. 

47 :  comp. 

ch.  4.  7 ; 

Job  4.  19 
b  2  Pet.  1. 

13  f. 
'^  Corap.  Mk. 

14.  5S; 

Acts  7.  48 ; 

Hob.  9.  U, 

24 
rf  Rom.  8. 

23  ;  ver.  4 
'■  Comp. 

1  ( -or.  15. 

53  f.;  ver.  4 
/ 1  Cor.  15. 

54 
'■'  ch.  1.  22  ; 

comp. 

Rom.  8.  23 
''  Comp. 

Heb.  11. 

13  f. 
«  See  ch.  4. 

18  ;  1  Cor. 

13.  12 
*^  (Jomp. 

Phil  1.  23 
'  Comp. 

Jn.  12.  26 ; 

Ihil.  1.  23 
"'  Rom.  14. 

18  ;  Col.  1. 

10 :  1  Th. 

4.  1 
«  See  Mt.  16. 

27  ;  comp. 

Acts  10. 

42  ;  Rom. 

2.  16 ;  14. 

10, 12 ; 

Eph.  6.  8 
"  Heb.  10. 

31 ;  12.  29 ; 

Jmio  23 
^'  ch.  4.  2 
«  See  ch  3.  1 
'■  ch  1  14  ; 

Phil.  1.  26 
•  ch.  11.  1. 

16  tf .  ;  12. 

11 ;  comp. 

Mk.  3.  21 
'  Comp. 

Acts  18.  5 
"  Rom.  5. 

15  ;  6.  6  ft.  ; 

Gal.  2.  20 ; 

Cel.  3.  3 
"  Sec  Rom. 

14.  7-9 


^ch  11.18; 

Pliil.  3.  4  ; 

see  Jn.  8. 

15 
y  See  Rom. 

16.  7 
'  See  Gal.  6. 

15 ;  Jn.  3. 

3;  Rom. 

6.  4 
"  Comp.  Is. 

43.  18  f . ; 

65.  17  : 

Ep)>.  4.  24  ; 

Rev.  21.  4  f. 
b  See  1  Cor. 

n.  12 
'  Col.  1.  20  ; 

see  Rom. 

5.  10 
'i  Comp. 

1  Cor.  3.  5 
"  Comp. 

Col.  2.  9 
/Rom.  4.8; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  13.  5 
"  JCph.  6.  20  ; 

comp. 

Mai.  2.  7 
'i  Comp.  ch. 

6.1 

191 


selves,  but  unto  him  who  for  their 
sakes  died  and  rose  again.  16 
Wherefore  we  henceforth  know  no 
man  ■'after  the  tlesh  :  even  though 
we  have  known  Christ  after  the 
flesh,  yet  now  we  know  hitii  so  no 
niore.  17  Wherefore  if  any  man 
is  ^in  Christ,  ''he  is  'a  new  crea- 
ture: "the  old  things  are  passed 
awajs  behold,  they  are  become 
new.  18  But  ''all  things  are  of 
(iod,  ''who  reconciled  us  to  himself 
through  Christ,  and  gave  unto  us 
the  ''ministry  of  reconciliation  ;  19 
to  wit,  that  "God  was  in  Christ 
reconciling  the  world  unto  himself, 
•''not  reckoning  unto  them  their 
trespasses,  and  having  *  committed 
unto  us  the  word  of  reconcilia- 
tion. 

20  We  are  "ambassadors  there- 
fore on  behalf  of  Christ, ''  as  though 
God  were  entreating  by  us :  we 
beseech  you  on  behalf  of  Christ,  be 
j-e  "^  reconciled  to  God.  21  Him 
who  'knew  no  sin  he  made  to  J>e 
*  sin  on  our  behalf ;  that  we  might 
become  tlie  '  righteousness  of  God 

6  in  him.     1  And  "'working  to- 
gether xvitJh  him  "we  entreat 
also  that  ye  receive  not  "the  grace 
of  God  in  vain  2  (for  he  saith, 
"At  an  acceptable  time  I  heark- 
ened unto  thee, 
And  in  a  day  of  salvation  did  I 
succor  thee : 
behold,    now    is    the    acceptable 
time ;   behold,  now  is  the  day  of 
salvation):   3/* giving  no  occasion 
of  stumbling  in  anything,  that  our 
ministration  be  not  blamed  ;  4  but 
in  everything  '^commending  our- 
selves,  as  '"ministers  of  God,   'in 
much  '"patience,  in  afflictions,  in  ne- 
cessities, in  distresses,  5  in '  stripes, 
in  'imprisonments,  in  "tumults,  in 
labors,  in  watchings,  in  "fastings; 

6  in  purene.ss,  in  ■"  knowledge,  in 
^longsuffering,  in  kindness,  in  the 
^Holy  Spirit,  in  "love  unfeigned, 

7  in  'the  word  of  truth,  in  ''the 
power  of  God ;  ®  by  ''  the  armor  of 

t  Heb.  4.  15  ;  7.  26 ;  1  Pet.  2.  22 ;  1  Jn.  3.  5 ;  comp. 
Acts  3.  14,  &c.  fc  Rom.  8.  3 ;  Gal.  3.  13 ;  comp. 
Rom.  3.  25 ;  4.  25  '  Rom.  1. 17  ;  3.  21  f . ;  see  1  Cor. 
1.30  "' See  1  Cor.  3.  9  "  ch.  5.  20  "  Comp.  Acts 
11.  23  ''  1  Cor.  8.  9,  13  ;  9.  12  «  See  Rom.  3.  5 
•■  See  1  Cor.  3.  5 ;  comp.  2  Tim.  2.  24  f .  »  ver.  4  If. : 
comp.  ch.  4.  8-11:  11.  23-27;  12.  10;  Acts  9.  16 
'  Acts  16.  23  "  Comp.  Acts  19.  23  IT.  "  Comp. 
1  Cor.  4.  11  '  ch.  11.  6 ;  see  1  Cor.  12.  8  "  Comp. 
ch.  1.  23 ;  2. 10 ;  13. 10  -  1  Th.  1.  5 ;  see  1  Cor.  2.  4 
-  See  Rom.  12.  9      *  Comp.  cli  2. 17  ;  4.  2       '  See 

I  Cor.  2.  5       d  ch.  10.  4  ;  see  Rom.  13.  12 ;  Eph.  6. 

II  tf.  

'  Or,  there  is  a  new  creation     '  Is.  xlix.  8. 

8  Or,  placed  in  us  i*  Or,  siedfattnes 


6.8 


II.   CORINTHIANS 


7.16 


Break  with  Heatbenism.    Tbe  Coming  of  Titos  broaght  Comfort,  and  proved  yonr  fiodly  Sorrow  Salutary 


righteousness  on  the  right  hand 
and  on  the  left,  8  by  glory  and 
"dishonor,  by  *evil  report  and 
good  report ;  as  '  deceivers,  and  yet 
''true  ;  9  as  unknown,  and  yet  well 
known ;  as  ^  dying,  and  behold, 
-^we  live;  as  chastened,  and  not 
killed;  10  as  "sorrowful,  yet  al- 
ways ^  rejoicing  ;  as  ''  poor,  yet 
making  many  rich ;  as  '  having 
nothing,  and  yet  possessing  *aii 
things. 

11  'Our  mouth  is  open  unto 
you,  O  Corinthians,  our  ™  heart  is 
enlarged.  12  Ye  are  not  strait- 
ened in  us,  but "  ye  are  straitened 
in  your  own  affections.  13  Now 
for  a  "  recompense  in  like  kind  (I 
speak  as  unto  my  *  children),  be  ye 
also  enlarged. 

1 4  *  Be  not  unequally  yoked 
with  ''unbelievers:  for  what  ^fel- 
lowship have  righteousness  and  in- 
iquity s  or  what  communion  hath 
li^ht  with  darkness  "?  15  And 
what  'concord  hath  Christ  with 
^  Belial  1  or  what  portion  hath  a 
"  believer  with  an  *■  unbeliever  %  16 
And  "  what  agreement  hath  a 
^  temple  of  God  with  idols  ]  for 
we  are  "a  ^temple  of  ^the^  living 
God;  even  as  God  said,  ^I  will 
^ dwell  in  them,  and  _  "walk  in 
them  ;  and  I  will  be  their  God,  and 
they  shall  be  my  people.  17  Where- 
fore 

■•'Come  ye  out  from  among  them, 
and  be  ye  separate, 
saith  the  Lord, 

And  touch  no  unclean  thing ; 

And  I  will  receive  you, 
18  *  And  will  be  to  you  a  Father, 

And  ye  shall  be  to  me  "sons  and 
daughters, 

7  saith  the  Lord  Almighty.  1 
Having  therefore  these  prom- 
ises, ''beloved,  ''let  us  cleanse  our- 
selves from  all  defilement  of  flesh 
and  spirit,  perfecting  holiness  in 
the  fear  of  God. 

2  ''•^Open  your  hearts  to  us :  we 
wronged  no  man,  we  corrupted  no 
man,  we  took  advantage  of  no 
man.  3  I  say  it  not  to  condemn 
you  :  for  I  have  said  ^  before,  that 
ye  are  ''in  our  hearts  to  die  to- 
gether and  live  together.  4  Great 
is  my  'boldness  of  speech  toward 
you,  great  is  my  *  glorying  on 
your    oehalf:    I    am    filled   with 


1  Gr.  Beliar.  2  Or,  sanctuary 

3  Lev.  xxvi.  12 ;  Ex.  xxix.  45 ;  Ezek.  xxxvii.  27 ; 
Jer.  xxxi.  1.    <  Is.  lii.  11.    s  Ho8.  i.  10 ;  Isa.  xUii.  6. 
6  Or.  Make  room/or  us. 


"  1  Cor.  4. 10 
b  1  Cor.  4. 

13 ;  comp. 

Rom  3.  8  ; 

ch.  12.  16 
'^  Comp.  Mt. 

27.  63 
d  Comp.  ch. 

1.  13  ;  4.  2  ; 

1  Th.  2.  3  f. 

*  See  Rom. 
8  36 

/ch.  1.8.10; 

4.  11 
s  oh   7.  4  ; 

1  Th.  1.  6  , 

Phil.  2.  17  ; 

4.  4 ;  Col. 

1.  24: 

comp.  Jn. 

16.  22 
hch.6.  9; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  1.  5 
»'  Comp. 

Acts  3.  6 
fc  Rom.  3.  32; 

1  Cor.  3.  21 
I  Ezek.  33. 

22 ;  Eph.  6. 

19 
'"■  Comp.  ch. 

7.  3 ;  Is. 

60.5 
"  Comp.  ch. 

7.  2 

"  Comp. 

Gal.  4.  12 
P  Sea  1  Cor. 

4.14 
9  Dt.  22. 10 ; 

conip. 

1  Cor.  5. 

91 
»•  See  1  Cor. 

6.6 
»  Eph.  5.  7, 

U ;  1  Jn. 

1.  6 
«1  Cor.  10. 21 
»  Acts  6. 14  ; 

comp. 

1  Pot.  1.  21 
"  Comp. 

1  Cor.  10. 

21 
^  See  1  Cor. 

3.  18 
y  See  Mt.  16. 

16 
'  Comp.  Ex. 

25.  8 ;  sea 

Jn.  14.  23 
"  Comp. 

Rev.  2.  1 
b  Rev.  13.  4 
«  See  Rom. 

8.14 
d  See  Heb. 

6.9 
"  Comp. 

1  Pet.  1. 

15  f. 
/  Comp.  ch. 

6.  12  f.  ;  12. 

15 
9  ch.  G.  11  f. 
h  Phil,  1.  7 
'  ch.  3.  12 

*  ver.  14  ;  ch. 

8.  2! ; 

9.  2  f . ; 
comp.  10. 

8  ;  2  Th.  1. 
4  ;  Phil.  1. 
26 


'  ch.  1.  4 
"'  See  ch.  6. 

10 
"  ch.  2. 13  ; 

see  Rom. 

15.  26 
o  ch.  4  8 
P  Dt.  32.  25 


'comfort,  I  overflow  with  "joy  in 
all  our  affliction. 

5  For  even  when  we  were  come 
into  "Macedonia  our  flesh  had  no 
relief,  but  we  were  "afiiicted  on 
every  side ;  ^  without  wer-e  fightings, 
within  were  fears.  6  Nevertheless 
*he  that  comforteth  the  lowly, 
even  God,  ''comforted  us  by  the 
^  coming  of  '■  Titus  ;  7  and  not  by 
his  ^coming  only,  but  also  by  the 
comfort  wherewith  he  was  com- 
forted in  j^ou,  while  he  told  us  your 
longing,  your  mourning,  your  zeal 
for  me  ;  so  that  I  rejoiced  yet  more. 
8  For  though  I  'made  you  sorry 
with  my  epistle,  I  do  not  regret 
it:  though  I  did  regret  it  C^for  I 
see  that  that  epistle  made  you 
sorry,  though  but  for  a  season),  9 
I  now  rejoice,  not  that  ye  were 
made  sorry,  but  that  ye  were  made 
sorry  unto  repentance ;  for  ye  were 
made  sorry  after  a  godly  sort,  that 
ye  might  suffer  loss  by  us  in  noth- 
ing. 10  For  godly  sorrow  work- 
eth  "  repentance  '■•  unto  salvation,  a 
r-epentance  which  bringeth  no  re- 
gret :  but  the  sorrow  of  the  woi'ld 
worketh  death.  11  For  behold, 
this  selfsame  thing,  that  ye  were 
made  sorry  after  a  godly  sort,  what 
earnest  care  it  wrought  in  you,  yea 
what  clearing  of  yourselves,  yea 
what  indignation,  yea  what  fear, 
yea  what  "  longing,  yea  what  zeal, 
yea  what  ^avenging!  In  every- 
thing ye/ approved  yourselves  to 
be  pure  in  the  matter.  12  So  al- 
though '  I  wrote  unto  you,  /  wrote 
not  for  his  cause  that  "did  the 
wrong,  nor  for  his  cause  that  suf- 
fered the  wrong,  but  that  your 
earnest  care  for  us  might  be  made 
manifest  unto  j^ou  in  the  sight  of 
God.  13  Therefore  we  have  been 
'"comforted  :  and  in  our  comfort  we 
joyed  the  more  exceedingly  for  the 
joy  of  *  Titus,  because  his  *  spirit 
hath  been  refreshed  by  you  all. 
1 4  For  if  in  anything  I  have  *  glo- 
ried to  him  on  your  behalf,  I  was 
not  put  to  shame  ;  but  as  we  spake 
all  things  to  you  in  truth,  so  our 
glorying  also  which  I  made  before 
^  Titus  was  found  to  be  truth.  15 
And  his  affection  is   more  abun- 

'  ch.  1.  3  f.  '  ver.  13  '  See  ch.  2.  13 ;  comp.  rer. 
13  f.  '  Comp  ch  2.  2  "  Comp.  Acts  11. 18  '' ver.  7 
'■  ch.  2.  6  i'  Comp.  Rom.  3.  5  '  See  ver.  8 ;  ch.  2. 
3,9    "1  Cor.  5.11    ("ICor.  16. 18 


7  Gr.  presence.    Comp  2  Thnss  2.  9. 

8  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  for. 

9  Or,  unto  a  salvation  which  bringeth  no  resrtl 


192 


7.  16 


II.   CORINTHIANS 


9.5 


The  Zeal  of  lacedouia  id  miuisterioK  to  the  Saints  to  be  emulated  under  the  Guidance  of  Titus  and  his  Associates 


dantly  toward  you,  while  he  re- 
membereth  the  "obedience  of  jrou 
all,  how  with  ''fear  and  trembling 
ye  received  him.  16  1  rejoice  that 
in  everything  '  1  mn  of  good  cour- 
age concerning  you. 

8  Moreover,  brethren,  we  make 
known  to  you  the  ^race  of  God 
which  hath  been  ''given  in  the 
churclies  of  *  ^Macedonia ;  2  how 
that  in  much  proof  of  allliction  the 
abundance  of  their  joy  and  their 
deei)  povertj'  abounclod  unto  •''the 
riches  of  their  '  liberality.  3  For 
"according  to  their  power,  I  bear 
witness,  yea  and  beyond  their 
power,  they  gave  of  their  own  accord, 
\  beseeching  us  with  much  entreatj' 
in  regard  of  ''  this  grace  and  the 
fellowship  in  the  '  ministering  to 
the  saints  :  5  and  this,  not  as  we 
had  hoped,  but  first  they  *gave 
their  own  selves  to  the  Lord,  and 
to   us  through  '  the  will  of  God. 

6  Insomuch  that  we  "'exhorted 
"  Titus,  that  as  he  had  "  made  a 
beginning  before,  so  he  would  also 
complete  in  you  *  this  grace  also. 

7  But  as  ye  ''abound  "in  every- 
thing, in  faith,  and  utterance,  and 
knowledge,  and  in  all  earnestness, 
and  in  -your  love  to  us,  see  that  ye 
''abound  in  this  grace  also.  8  I 
speak  "■  not  by  way  of  command- 
ment, but  as  proving  through  the 
earnestness  oi  others  the  sincerity 
also  of  your  love.  9  For  ye  know 
*  the  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  that,  '  though  he  was  rich, 
yet  for  your  sakes  he  became  poor, 
that  ye  through  his  poverty  might 
become  rich.  10  And  herein  I 
"give  ;«y  judgment:  for  this  is 
expedient  for  you,  who  were  the 
first  to  make  a  beginning  "a  year 
ago,  not  only  to  do,  but  also  to 
will.  11  But  now  complete  the 
doing  also ;  that  as  there  was  the 
''  readiness  t9  will,  so  there  may  be 
the  completion  also  out  of  your 
ability.  12  For  if  the  readiness  is 
there,  it  is  acceptable  •"  according 
as  a  nuin  hath,  not  according  as  he 
hath  not.  13  For  /  say  not  this 
that  others  may  be  eased  and  ye 
distres.sed  ;  14  but  by  equality : 
your  abundance  being  a  s\i]}ply  at 
this  present  time  for  '  their  want, 
that  their  abundance  also  may  be- 
come a  supphj  for  -  your  want ;  that 
there   may  be  equality:    15  as  it 

>  Gt.  singleness-    See  Rom.  12  8. 

s  Some  ancient  authorities  read  our  love  toyou. 


"  See  ch.  2  9 
t>  Phil.  2. 12 ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  2   ;i 
°  See  ch.  2.  3 
•'  ver.  5 
''  See  Acta 

16.  9 
/See  Rotu. 

2.  4 
"  ver.  11 ; 

1  Cor.  16.  2 
A  Rom.  15. 

2.')  f  ;  see 

Acts  24.  17 
•  ver.  19  f.  ; 

ch.  9.  1, 

12  f  ,  see 

Rom.  15.  31 
*•■  ver.  1 
'  See  1  Cor. 

1.  1 
"*  ver.  17  ; 

ch.  12.  18 
"  ver.  16,  23  ; 

seech.  2. 13 
°  ver.  10 
J-ch.  9.  8 
«  Comp. 

1  Cor.  1.  5  ; 

12  8 ;  Rom. 

1.5.  14 
"■  1  Cor.  7.  6 
•'  ch.  13.  14 
<  Plul.  2. 

6  f .  ;  see 

Mt.  20  28 ; 

comp.  ch. 

6.  10 
"  1  Cor.  7.  25, 

40 
"  ch.  9.  2  , 

comp. 

1  Cor.  16. 

2f. 
^  ver.  12, 19  ; 

ch.  9.  2 
y  Comp. 

Mk.  12. 

43  f.  ;  Lk. 

21.  3 ;  ch. 

9.  7 
-  Comp.  ch. 

9.  12 ;  Acts 

4.  34 


"  Seech. 2. 14 
(■  Rev.  17.  17 
•^  ch.  12.  18  ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  16.  3 
''Seech.  2. 12 
•■  See  1  Cor. 

7.  17  :  4.  17 
/  See  Rom. 

5.  3 
"  Comp. 

1  Cor.  16. 

3  f .  ;  Acts 

14.  23 
''  ver.  4,  6 
'  Rom  12. 17 
^'  See  Rom. 

14.  18 

'  See  ver.  6 
"'  I'liilem.  17 
"  ver.  IS,  22 
"  PhiL  2.  25  ; 

comp.  Jn. 

13.  16 
''  Comp. 

1  Cor.  11.  7 
1  Seec!:.  7.  4 
■"  See  ch.  8. 4 
'  Comp. 

1  Th.  4.  9 
'  See  Rom. 

15.  26 

"  See  Acta 

18  12 
"  ch.  8.  10 
"  1  Cor.  16.  2 


193 


is  written,  •'  He  that  gathered  much 
had  nothing  o\  <'r ;  and  he  that 
gathered  little  had  no  lack. 

16  But  "thanks  be  to  God,  who 
*  putteth  tlie  same  earn(>st  care  for 
you  into  the  heart  of  "Titus.  17 
For  he  accepted  indeed  our  '"exhor- 
tation ;  but  being  himself  very 
earnest,  he  went  forth  unto  you  of 
his  own  accord.  1 8  And  we  have 
sent  together  with  him  "  the 
brother  whose  praise  in  the  *'' gos- 
pel is  spread  through  "all  the 
churches;  19  •'and  not  only  so, 
but  who  was  also  "appointed  by 
the  churches  to  travel  with  us  in 
the  matter  of  ''  this  grace,  which  is 
ministered  Tby  us  to  the  glory  of 
the  Lord,  ana  to  shoiv  our  -^  readi- 
ness :  20  avoiding  this,  that  any 
man  should  blame  us  in  the  mntter 
of  this  bounty  which  is  ministered 
by  us:  21  for  we  'take  thought 
for  things  honorable,  not  only  in 
"  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  but  also  in 
the  sight  of  men.  22  And  we 
have  sent  Avith  them  our  brother, 
whom  we  have  many  times  proved 
earnest  in  many  things,  but  now 
much  more  earnest,  by  reason  of 
the  great  confidence  which  lie  hath 
in  5^ou.  23  Whether  any  inquire 
about  'Titus,  he  is  my  "'partner 
and  my  fellow- worker  to  you- ward  ; 
or  our  "brethren,  they  are  the 
^ "  messengers  of  the  churches,  they 
are  ''the  glory  of  Christ.  24  ^  Show 
ye  therefore  unto  them  in  the  face 
of  the  churches  the  proof  of  your 
love,  and  of  our  « glorying  on  your 
behalf. 

9  For  as  touching  the  ^  min- 
istering to  the  saints,  '  it  is 
supei"lluous  for  me  to  write  to  you  : 
2  for  I  know  your  readiness,  of 
which  I  *  glory  on  your  behalf  to 
them  of  '  Macedonia,  that  "  Achaia 
hath  been  ^  prepared  for  "  a  year 
past ;  and  "  your  zeal  hath  stirred' 
up  **  very  many  of  them.  3  But  I 
have  sent  the  brethren,  that  our 
•'glorying  on  your  behalf  may  not 
be  made  void  in  this  respect ;  that, 
■^  even  as  I  said,  ye  may  be  pre- 
pared :  4  lest  by  any  means,  if 
there  come  with  me  any  of  '  Mace- 
donia and  find  you  unprepared,  we 
(that  we  say  not,  ye)  snouid  be  put 
to  shame  in  this  'confidence.  5  I 
thought  it  neces.sary  therefore  to 

3  Ex.  xvi.  18      *  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  2. 12. 

5  Or.  apostles. 

6  Or,  .S'loir  y  therefore  in  the  face  .  .  ,  on 
your  behalf  vnio  them. 

1  Or,  emulation  of  you         '  Qr.  the  morepartt 


9.6 


II.   CORINTHIANS 


10.15 


Your  Zeal  in  the  Matter  already  my  Boast  and  Occasion  of  Thanksgiving.    Paal's  Self-vindication 


entreat  the  "brethren,  that  they 
would  go  before  unto  you,  and 
make  up  beforehand  your  afore- 
promised  ^  *  bounty,  that  the  same 
might  be  ready  as  a  "matter  of 
'bounty,  and  '^  not  of  '^  extortion. 

6  But  this  /  say,  "He  that 
Boweth  sparingly  shall  reap  also 
sparingly ;  and  he  that  soweth 
^  Dountifully  shall  reap  also  *  boun- 
tifully. 7  Let  each  man  do  accord- 
ing as  he  hath  purposed  in  his 
heart:  •'not  ''grudgingly,  or  of 
necessity  :  for  ^  God  loveth  a  cheer- 
ful giver.  8  And  ''God  is  able  to 
make  all  grace  abound  unto  you; 
that  ye,  having  always  all  suffi- 
ciency in  everything,  may  abound 
unto  every  good  work  :  9  as  it  is 
written, 

^He  hath  scattered  abroad,  he 

hath  given  to  the  poor  ; 
His  righteousness  abideth  for 
ever. 
10  And  he  that  supplieth  'seed  to 
the  sower  and  bread  for  food,  shall 
supply  and  multiply  your  seed  for 
sowing,  and  *  increase  the  fruits  of 
your  righteousness:  11  ye  being 
'enriched  in  everything   unto  all 

*  liberality,  which  worketh  through 
us  "thanksgiving  to  God.  12  For 
the  ministration  of  this  service  not 
only  filleth  up  the  measure  of  "the 
wants  of  the  saints,  but  aboundeth 
also  '"  through  many  thanksgivings 
unto  God;  13  seeing  that  through 
the  proving  of  you  by  this  "  minis- 
tration they  ^glorify  God  for  the 
obedience  of  your  « confession  unto 
the  '  "■  gospel  of  Christ,  and  for  the 

*  liberality  of  yo^LV  contribution 
unto  them  and  unto  all ;  14  while 
they  themselves  also,  with  suppli- 
cation on  your  behalf,  long  after 
you    by  reason  of   the   exceeding 

grace  of  God  in  you.     15  'Thanks 
e    to    God    for    his    unspeakable 
'gift. 

-|  r\  Now  "I  Paul  myself  "en- 
WJ  treat  you  by  the ""  meekness 
and  gentleness  of  Christ,  I  who  "  in 
your  presence  am  lowly  among 
you,  but  being  absent  am  of  good 
courage  toward  you  :  2  yea,  I  be- 
seech you,  that  '  I  may  not  when 
present  show  courage  with  the  con- 
fidence wherewith  I  count  to  be 

1  Gr.  blessing.  2  Or,  covetousness 

8  Gr.  with  blessings.    Comp.  ver.  5. 

*  Gr.  of  sorrow.  ^  Ps.  cxii.  9. 

*  Gr.  singleness.    Comp.  ch.  8.  2. 

7  Gr.  good  tidings.  See  marginal  note  on 
ch.  2. 12. 


"  ver.  3 
i-  Gen.  .U 

11  ;  Judg. 
1.  IJ,  .!co.  ; 
comp.  ver. 
6 

"^  Comp. 

Pbil.  4.  17 
rf  Comp.  ch. 

12.  17  £. 
"  Comp. 

Prov.  11. 

24  f .  ;  22. 

9 ;  Gal.  6. 

7,9 
/Dt.  15.  10; 

1  Chr.  29. 

17  ;  Rom. 

12.  8; 

comp.  ch. 

8.12 
«  Prov.  22. 

9(Sept.); 

Ex.  25.  2  ; 

Ecclus.  35. 

9  ;  comp. 

ch.  8  12 
'i  Comp. 

Eph  3  20 
i  Is.  55.  10 
*-■  Comp. 

Hos.  10.  12 
'  1  Cor.  1.  5 
"'  Comp.  ch. 

1.  U 
"  Comp.  ch. 

8  14 
"  Comp.  ch. 

8.  4  ;  see 

Rom.  15  31 
P  See  Mt.  9.  8 
« 1  Tim.  6, 

12  f.  ;  Heb. 

3.  1 ;  4.  14  ; 
10,  23 

"■Seech.  2. 12 
'Seech.  2. 14 
t  Rom.  5. 

15  f, 
"Gal.  5.  2; 

Eph.  3  1  ; 

comp.  Col. 

1.23 
"  Comp. 

Rom.  12.  1 
^  Mt.  11.  29  ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  4. 

21 ;  Phil. 

4.  5  mare.  , 
Baruch  2. 
27  (Gr.) 

y  ver.  10 ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  2. 

3f. 
'  ch.  13.  2, 

10 ;  see 

1  Cor.  4.  21 


"  Comp. 

1  Cor.  4. 

18  f. 
i>Seech.l. 

17  ;  Rom. 

8.  4 
"  See  ch.  6. 

7 ;  comp. 

1  Cor.  9.  7  , 

1  Tim.  1. 18 
rf  Comp. 

Acts  7. 

20  marg. 
ojer.  1.  10  j 

comp.  ver. 

8  ;  ch.  13. 10 
/Comp.  Is. 

2.  11  f . 
"  Comp.  ch. 

9  13 

ft  See  ch.  2. 9 
•  Comp.  Jn. 

7.  24 ;  ch. 

5.12 

194 


bold  against  "  some,  who  count  of 
us  as  if  we  walked  ''according  to 
the  flesh.  3  For  though  we  walk 
in  the  flesh,  we  do  not  war  ''accord- 
ing to  the  tlesh  4  (for  the  "weapons 
of  our  warfare  are  not  of  the 
tlesh,  but  mighty  "^  before  God 
"to  the  casting  down  of  strong- 
holds) ;  5  casting  down  **  imagina- 
tions, and  every  •'^high  thing  that 
is  exalted  against  the  knowledge 
of  God,  and  bringing  every  thought 
into  captivitj^  to  the  ^obedience  of 
Christ ;  6  and  being  in  readiness 
to  avenge  all  disobedience,  when 
''  your  obedience  shall  be  made  full. 
7  ^ '  Ye  look  at  the  things  that  are 
before  your  face.  *if  any  man 
trusteth  in  himself  that  he  is 
Christ's,  let  him  consider  this  again 
with  himself,  that,  even  as  he  is 
Christ's,  'so  also  are  we.  8  For 
though  ™  I  should  glory  somewhat 
abundantly  concerning  our  "au- 
thority (which  the  Lord  gave  for 
building  you  up,  and  not  for  cast- 
ing you  down),  I  shall  not  be 
put  to  shame :  9  that  I  may  not 
seem  as  if  I  would  terrify  you  by 
my  letters.  10  For,  His  letters, 
they  say,  are  weighty  and  strong  ; 
but  his  bodily  presence  is  "weak, 
and  ^  his  speech  of  no  account.  1 1 
Let  such  a  one  reckon  this,  that, 
what  we  are  in  word  by  letters 
when  we  are  absent,  such  are  tve 
also  in  deed  when  we  are  present. 
1 2  For  we  are  not  bold  ^Ho  number 
or  compare  ourselves  with  certain 
of  them  that  'commend  them- 
selves :  but  they  themselves,  meas- 
uring themselves  by  themselves, 
and  comparing  themselves  with 
themselves,  are  without  under- 
standing. 13  But  we  will  not  glory 
y  beyond  our  measure,  but '  accord- 
ing to  the  measure  of  the  "prov- 
ince which  God  apportioned  to  us  as 
a  measure,  to  reach  even  unto  you. 
14  For  we  stretch  not  ourselves 
overmuch,  as  though  we  reached 
not  unto  you:  for  'we  ^^came 
even  as  far  as  unto  you  in  the 
^"gospel  of  Christ:  15  not  glory- 
ing '■beyond  our  measure,  that  is, 

k  1  Cor.  1. 12 ,  comp.  14.  37  I  ch.  11.  23 :  comp. 
1  Cor.  9.  1  :  Gal.  1.  12  '"  Comp.  ch.  7.  4  '»  ch.  13. 
10  0  1  Cor.  2.  3  ,  comp.  ch.  12.  7 ;  Gal.  4.  13  f. 
P  Comp.  1  Cor.  1.  17  ;  ch.  11.  6  «  ver.  18  ;  see  ch. 
3.  1  "^ver.  15  '  See  Rom.  12.  3 ;  ver.  15  f.  «  See 
1  Cor.  3.  6    "  See  ch.  2. 12 


8  Or,  reasonings    Rom.  2. 15. 

9  Or,  Do  ye  look        .  face  f 

1"  Gr.  to  Judge  ourselves  among,  or  to  judge  oun, 
selves  with.        11  Or,  limit    Gr.  measuring-rod. 
w  Or,  were  the  first  to  come 


10.16 


II.   CORINTHIANS 


11.26 


His  Fear  tor  their  Loyalty.    His  ipostolir  Labors  and  SofferLiKS 


in  "other  men's  labors;  but  having 
hope  that,  as  'your  faith  groweth, 
we  shall  be  "niagnilied  in  you  ac- 
cording to  uur  'province  unto 
furtlitr  abundance,  IG  so  as  to 
'"''preach  the  guspel  even  unto 
'  the  parts  beyond  you,  and  not  to 
glory  in  "another's  ^province  in 
regard  of  things  ready  to  our  hand. 
17  ''But  -^he  tliat  glorieth,  let  him 
glory  in  the  Lortl.  18  For  not  he 
that  "commendoth  himself  is  ap- 
proved, but  "  whom  the  Lord  com- 
mendeth. 

n  Would  that  ye  could  'bear 
with  me  in  a  little  *  foolish- 
ness :  ■*  but  indeed  ye  do  bear  with 
me.  2  For  I  am  jealous  over  you 
with  *a  godly  jealousy:  for  I  'es- 

foused  you  to  one  husband,  that 
might  "'present  you  as  a  pure 
virgin  to  Christ.  3  But  I  fear,  lest 
by  any  means,  as  the  "serpent  be- 
guiled Eve  in  his  craftiness,  your 
"minds  should  be  corrupted  from 
the  simplicity  and  the  purity  that 
is  toward  Christ.  4  For  if  he  that 
Cometh  preacheth  "another  Jesus, 
whom  we  did  not  preach,  or  if  ye 
receive  a  ^different  spirit,  which 
ye  did  not  receive,  or  a  *  different 
'gospel,  which  ye  did  not  accept, 
ye  do  '  well  to  '  bear  with  him.  5 
For  I  reckon  that  I  am  '  not  a  whit 
behind  *  the  very  chiefest  apostles. 

6  But  though  /  he  "  rude  in  speech, 
yet  am  I  not  in  "  knowledge  ;  "  nay, 
in  every  way  have  we  '^made  this 
manifest  unto  you  in  all  things. 

7  Or* did  I  commit  a  sin  in  abasing 
myself  that  ye  might  be  exalted, 
because  I  "preached  to  you  the 
''gospel  of  God  'for  nought  1  8  I 
robbed  other  churches,  "taking 
wages  of  them  that  I  might  min- 
ister unto  you  ;  9  and  when  I  was 

f  resent  with  you  and  was  in  want, 
was  *  not  a  burden  on  any  man  ; 
for  *"  the  brethren,  when  they  came 
from  ''Macedonia,  suppliea  the 
measure  of  my  want ;  ana  in  every- 
thing I  kept  myself  from  ''being 
burdensome  unto  you,  and  so  will 
I  keep  my-fc//.  10  "A-s  the  truth  of 
Christ  is  in  me,  no  man  shall  stop 
me  of  -^this  glorying  in  the  regions 
of  ^Achaia.      11    Wherefore  1  *be- 

1  Or,  limit    Gr.  mfn.tnrirtg-rnfi. 

•  Gr.  bring  good  tiiiings.    Comp  Mt.  11.  5. 

3  Jer.  ix.  24.         *  Or,  nay  indeed  bear  wilh  me. 

5  Gr.  ajenlnuxy  of  Gnd. 

»  Gr.  tl,onght-<.    See  ch.  3.  U. 

T  Gr.  good  tidirtgx.    Comp.  ch,  2.  12. 

'  Or,  ihnx?  pie'emitifri/  apc/les 

•  Or,  7iaij.  »n  erfrijthinrj  ne  hnve  made  it  mani- 
fett  among  all  men  I'l  you-irard 

w  Gr.  brought  good  tidings.    See  ch- 10. 16. 


"  See  Rom. 

l.i.  10 
b  2  Th.  1,  3 
'  See  Acts  5. 

U 
i'  See  Rom. 

1.  1  ;  comp. 

ch.  2.  12  ; 

U.  7 
'  Acts  li).  21 
/  See  1  Cor. 

1.  31 
"  Comp. 

ver.  12 
''  Comp. 

Rom.  2.  29 ; 

1  Cor.  4.  :> 
'  ver.  4, 

i:j  f .  ; 
comp.  Mt. 

17.  17  ; 
ver.  16 

*  ver.  17,21; 
comp.  ch. 
5.  13 

'  Ho.s.  2. 

19  f.  ;  Eph. 

5  2(5  f. 
"■  Comp.  ch. 

4.  14 
"  Gen.  3.  4, 

13  ;  1  Tim. 

2  14;  comp. 
Wisd.  2. 
24  ;  Rev. 
12.  9,  15 ; 
Jn.  8.  44; 

1  Th.  3.  5 
"  Comp. 

1  Cor.  3.  11 
P  Comp. 

Kom.  8.  15 
«(;al.  1.  6 
'■  Comp. 

Mk.  7.  9 
'  See  ver.  1 
'ch.  12  11; 

Gal.  2.  6 
"  See  1  Cor. 

1.  17 
"  See  1  Cor. 

12.  8; 

comp. 

Eph.  3.  4 
'  ch.  4.  2 
Vch.  12  13 

*  See  1  Cor. 
9.  13 ; 
Acts  18.  3 

"  Phil.  4.  1.5, 

18 ;  comp. 

1  Cor.  4. 

12 ;  9  6 
(■ch.  12. 13f., 

16 
"Acts  18.  5? 
rf  See  Rom. 

15.  26 
'  See  Rom. 

9.  1 ;  comp. 

1.  9;  ch. 

1.  23  ;  Gal. 

2.  20 

/I  Cor.  9.  15 
»  See  Acts 

18.  12 

!>■  ch.  12.  15 


'  ver.  31 : 

comp.  12. 

2  f.  ;  Rom. 

1.  9;  ch.  2. 

17 
*  Comp. 

1  Cor.  9.  12 
'  Rev.  2.  2  ; 

comp 
Acta  20. 
30  :  Gal.  1. 
7  :  2.  4  ; 
Phil.  1   15; 
Tit.l.lOf.; 

2  Pet.  2.  1 
"  Comp. 

Phil.  3.  2 

195 


cause  I  love  you  not  ?  *  God  know- 
eth.  12  But  what  1  do,  that  1  will 
do,  *that  1  may  cut  olf  "occasion 
from  them  that  desire  an  occasion  ; 
that  wheri'iii  they  glory,  they  mav 
be  found  even  as  we.  13  For  sucn 
men  are  'false  apostles,  "'deceitful 
workers,  fashioning  themselves 
into  apostles  of  Christ.  14  And 
no  marvel ;  for  even  "  Satan  fash- 
ioneth  himself  into  an  "  angel  of 
light.  1-5  It  is  no  great  thing 
therefore  if  his  ministers  also 
fashion  themselves  as  ministers  of 
righteousness  ; ''  whose  end  shall  be 
according  to  their  works. 

16  I  say  'again,  Let  no  man 
think  me  foolish ;  but  if  ye  do, 
yet  as  foolish  receive  me,  that  I 
also  may  glory  a  little.  17  That 
which  I  speak,  I  speak  ''not  after 
the  Lord,  but  as  'in  foolishness, 
in  this  confidence  of  glorying. 
18  Seeing  that '  many  glory  "  after 
the  flesh,  I  will  glory  also.  19  For 
ye  bear  with  the  foolish  gladly,  • 
'being  wise  yourselves.  20  For  ye 
bear  with  a  man,  if  he  *  bringeth 
you  into  bondage,  if  he  ^devoureth 
you,  if  he  '  taketh  you  captive,  if 
he  "  exalteth  himself,  if  he  *  smiteth 
you  on  the  face.  21  I  speak  bv 
way  of  '■  disparagement,  as  thougn 
we  had  been  ''  weak.  Yet  wherein- 
.soever  a«iy  is  'bold  (I  -^speak  in 
foolishness),  I  am  bold  also.  22 
Are  they  ^ Hebrews  1  *  so  am  I.  Are 
they  '  Israelites  1  ''so  am  I.  Are 
they  the  *  seed  of  Abraham  1  '  so 
a.m  T.  23  Are  they  "'ministers  of 
Christ?  (I  speak  as  one  beside 
himself)  I  more ;  in  "  labors  more 
abundantly,  in  "prisons  more 
abundantly,  in  ^stripes'  above 
measure,  in  'deaths  oft.  24  Of 
the  Jews  five  times  received  I 
''  forty  strijyes  save  one.  25  Thrice 
was  I  *  beaten  with  rods,  once  was 
I  'stoned,  thrice  I  suffered  ship- 
wreck, a  night  and  a  day  have  I 
been  in  the  deep ;  26  in  journey- 
ings  often,  in  perils  of  rivers,  in 
perils  of    robbers,   in  perils  from 

"  See  Mt.  4. 10  ;  com.p.  Eph.  6. 12 ;  Col.  1. 13  "  Col. 
1.12  >' Comp.  Rom.  2  6  ;  3.  8  '' ver.  1  ''Comp. 
1  Cor.  7.  12,  25  •  ver.  21  '  Pliil.  3.  3  f .  "  See  ch. 
.5.16  "iCor.  4.  10  •'Gal.  2.  4;  comp.  ch.  1.24; 
Gal.  4.  3.9;  5.  1  l*  Mk.  12.  40  =  Comp.  Lk.  5.  5  : 
ver.  3  ;  ch.  12.  16  "  Comp.  ?h.  10.  5  <■  Comp.  1 
Cor.  4.  11  <^  Comp.  ch.  6.  8  ''ch.  10. 10  ^  Comp. 
ch.  10.  2  /  ver.  17  :'  See  Acts  6.  1  />  Phil.  3.  5 
■  Rom.  9.  4  k  Gal.  •'•  16  '  Rom.  11.  1  "'  ch.  3.  6: 
see  1  Cor.  3.  5 ;  comp.  ch.  10.  7  "  See  1  Cor.  15.  id 
o  ch.  6  5  V  Acts  16.  23  ;  ch.  6.  5  «  See  Rom.  8.  Stt 
»■  Dt.  25.  3    •  Acts  16.  22    '  Acta  14.  19 


u  Or.  the  occasion  o.f  them. 


11.27 


II.   CORINTHIANS 


12.18 


Panl's  Visions  and  ReTelations.    His  Apostolic  Credentiab 


my  ^"countrymen,  in  pei'ils  from 
the  'Gentiles,  in  perils  in  the 
'city,  in  perils  in  the  wilderness, 
in  perils  in  the  sea,  in  perils  among 
**  false  brethren;  27  in  "labor 
and  travail,  in  watchings  often, 
in  -^hunger  and  thirst,  in  ^  fast- 
ings often,  in  cold  and  ''  nakedness. 
28  -Besides  those  things  that  are 
without,  there  is  that  which  press- 
eth  upon  me  daily,  anxiety  for 
'all  the  churches.  29  Who  is 
*weak,  and  I  am  not  weak'?  who 
is  caused  to  stumble,  and  I  burn 
nof?  30  If  I  must  needs  glory, 
I  will  glory  of  the  things  that  con- 
cern my  '  weakness.  31^  The  God 
and  Father  of  the  Lord  Jesus, 
"'he  who  is  blessed  ^for  evermore 
"knoweth  that  I  lie  not.  32  In 
"Damascus  the  ^^ governor  under 
Aretas  the  king  » guarded  the  city 
of  the  Damascenes  in  order  to  take 
me :  33  and  ''through  a  window  was 
I  let  down  in  a  basket  by  the  wall, 
and  escaped  his  hands. 

1r)  "^I  must  needs  'glory, 
jimJ  though  it  is  not  expedient ; 
but  I  will  come  to  visions  and 
'  revelations  of  the  Lord.  2  I  know 
a  man  "in  Christ,  fourteen  years 
ago  (whether  in  the  body,  I  know 
not ;  or  whether  out  of  the  body,  I 
know  not;  "God  knoweth),  such 
a    one   ^caught    up    even    to    the 

*  third  heaven.  3  And  I  know 
such  a  man  (whether  in  the  body, 
or  apart  from  the  body,  I  know 
not;  "God  knoweth),  4  how  that 
he  was  "^  caught  up  into  ^  Paradise, 
and  heard  unspeakable  woi'ds, 
which  it  is  not  lawful  for  a  man 
to  utter.  5  "On  behalf  of  such  a 
one  will  I  glory  :  but  on  mine  own 
behalf  I  will  not  glory,  save  in  my 

*  weaknesses.  6  For  if  I  should 
desire  to  glory,  I  shall  not  be  "^ fool- 
ish ;  "*  for  I  shall  speak  the  truth  : 
but  I  forbear,  lest  any  man  should 
account  of  me  above  that  which  he 
seeth  me  to  be,  or  heareth  from  me. 
7  And  \>Y  re-iison  of  the  exceeding 
greatness  of  the  '' "  revelations,  that 
I  should  not  be  exalted  overmuch, 
there  was  given  to  me  a  *-^  thorn 
in  the  flesh,  a  '>  messenger  of  Satan 
to  bufiet  me,  that  I  should  not  be 

1  Gr.  race.    Comp.  Acts  7. 19. 

2  Or,  Bpxide/i  the  things  which  I  omit  Or, 
Besides  the  things  thnt  come  out  of  course 

3  Or,  Ood  and  the  Father    See  Rom.  15.  6. 

■*  Gr.  unto  the  ages.  *  Gr.  ethnarch. 

6  Some  ancient  authorities  read  Now  to  glory 
is  not  expedient,  but  I  will  come  if'c. 

"  Some  ancient  authorities  read  revelations  — 
wherefore,  that  &c.  ^  Or,  stake 


"  Comp. 
Acts  9.  23 : 

13.  4o,  50 ; 

14.  5  ;  17.  5, 
13  ;  18.  12 ; 

20.  3,  19 ; 

21.  27  ;  23. 
10. 12 ;  25. 
3  ;  1  Th.  2. 
15 

i>  Comp. 

Acts  14. 5, 

19 ;  IS).  23 

ff. :  27.  42 
"^  Acts  21.  31 
d  Gal.  2.  4 
"  1  Th.  2.  9  ; 

2  Th.  3.  8 
/I  Cor.  4. 

11 ;  Phil.  4. 

12 
»  ch.  6.  5 
!>■  1  Cor.  4.  11 
'  See  1  Cor. 

7.  17 
k  See  1  Cor. 

9.22; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  8. 9, 

13 
'  See  1  Cor. 

2.  3 
"'  See  Rom. 

1.  25 

"  See  ver.  11 
"  Acts  9.  2 
P  Comp. 

1  Mace.  14. 

47,  &c. 
1  Acts  9.  24 
"■  Comp. 

Acts  9.  25 
'ch.  11.  30; 

comp.  16. 

18  ;  ver.  5, 9 
t  ver.  7 ; 

Gal.  1.  12 ; 

2.  2 ;  Eph. 

3.  3 ;  comp. 
1  Cor.  14.  6 

"  See  Rom. 

16.7 
"  See  ch. 

11.  11 
^  ver.  4  ; 

1  Th.  4. 17  ; 

Rev.  12.  5 ; 

comp. 

Acts  8.  39 ; 

Ezek.  S.  3 
V  Comp. 

Dt.  10.  14, 

&c. ;  Ps. 

148.  4  ; 

Eph.  4.  10 ; 

Heb.  4.  14 
'  See  Lk.  23. 

43 
°  See  ver.  1 
>>  See  1  Cor. 

2.  3;  ver. 

9f. 
"  ch.  11. 

16  f . ;  ver. 

11 ;  see  5. 13 
d  ch.  7.  14 
"  See  ver.  1 
/Num.  33. 

55 ;  Ezek. 

28.  24;Hos. 

2.  6 ;  Ec- 

clus.  43.  19 
"  Comp.  Job 

2.  6 ;  1  Cor. 

5.  5 ;  see 

Mt.  4.  10 


''  Comp.  Mt. 

26.44 
>  Phil.  4.  13  ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  2.  5 ; 

Eph.  3.  16 
k  Rom.  5.  3  ; 

comp.  8.  35 

196 


exalted  overmuch.  8  Concerning 
this  thing  I  besought  the  Lord 
''  thrice,  that  it  might  depart  from 
me.  9  And  he  hath  said  unto  me. 
My  grace  is  sufticient  for  thee  :  for 
my  '  power  is  made  perfect  in  weak- 
ness. Most  gladly  therefore  will  I 
rather  *  glory  in  my  weaknesses, 
that  the  power  of  Christ  may  ^  rest 
upon  me.  10  Wherefore  f  I  take 
pleasure  in  weaknesses,  in  injuries, 
in  '  necessities,  in  '"  persecutions, 
in  '  distresses,  "  for  Christ's  sake  : 
for  "when  I  am  weak,  then  am  I 
strong. 

Ill  am  become  "  foolish :  ye 
compelled  me  ;  for  I  ought  to  have 
been  commended  of  you  :  for  -^in 
nothing  was  I  behind  ^°the  very 
chiefest  apostles,  though  « I  am 
nothing.  12  Truly  the  ''signs  of 
an  apostle  were  wrought  among 
you  in  all  "  patience,  by  signs  and 
wonders  and  ^- mighty  works.  13 
For  what  is  there  wherein  ye  were 
made  inferior  to  the  rest  of  the 
churches,  except  it  be  that  'I  my- 
self was  not  a  burden  to  you?  for- 
give me '  this  wrong. 

14  Behold,  "this  is  the  third 
time  I  am  ready  to  come  to  you ; 
and  I  'will  not  be  a  burden  to 
you :  for  I  "  seek  not  yours,  but 
•"  you  :  for  the  -'  children  ought  not 
to  lay  up  for  the  parents,  but 
the  'parents  for  the  children.  15 
And  I  will  "  most  gladly  spend  and 
be  ^^  spent  for  your  souls.  If  *  I 
love  you  more  abundantly,  am  I 
loved  the  less?  16  But  be  it  so, 
I  "  did  not  myself  burden  you ; 
but,  being  crafty,  I  •*  caught  you 
with  guile.  1 7  *  Did  I  take  advan- 
tage of  you  by  any  one  of  them 
whom  I  have  sent  unto  youl  18 
I  -^exhorted  "Titus,  and  I  sent 
''the  brother  with  him.  Did  Titus 
take  any  advantage  of  you  ■?  walked 
we  not  "  in  the  same  '  spirit  1 
ivalked  toe  not  *  in  the  same  steps  1 

'ch.  6.  4  ""  2Th.  1.  4;  2Tim.  3.11  "  Comp.  ch. 
5. 15,  20       "  Comp.  ch.  13.  4       P  ch.  11.  5 ;  comp. 

1  Cor.  15.  10  «  1  Cor.  3.  7  ;  comp.  1  Cor.  13.  2  ;  15.  9 
»■  See  1  Cor.  9.  1 ;  comp  Rom.  15.  19 ;  esp.  Jn.  4.  48 
"  See  1  Cor.  9.  12,  18  ;  ch.  11.  9  ;  ver.  14  «  ch.  11.  7 
"  ch.  13.  1 :  corap.  eh.  1.  15  ;  13.  2  "  See  1  Cor.  10. 
24,  33  ^1  Cor.  9.  19  VX  Cor.  4. 14  f .  ;  Gal.  4.  19 
'  Prov.  19.  14  ;  comp.  Ezek.  34.  2  °  Comp.  ch.  1. 
6:  Rom.  9.  3  ;  Pliil.  2.  17  ;  Col.  1.  24;  1  Th.  2.  8; 

2  Tim.  2.  10  ''  ch.  11.  11  '  ch.  11.  9  d  Comp.  ch. 
11.  20  <■  Comp.  ch.  9.  5  .f  See  ch.  8.  C  s"  See  ch.  2. 
13  'i  Comp.  ch.  8. 18  '  Comp.  1  Cor.  4. 21  *  Rom. 
4.12 


9  Or,  cover  me     Gr.  spread  a  tabernacle  over 
me.    See  Rev.  7.  15. 
1"  Or,  those  preeminent  apostles 
11  Or,  stedfnstness  i^  Gr.  powers. 

1^  Gr.  spent  out.  i*  Or,  by  the  same  Sp  riH 


12.19 


II.   CORINTHIANS 


13.14 


nbi  liffl  to  ediiy.    Offenders  to  be  rigoroasly  dealt  with.    Admonitions.    Salotatioo.    Benediction 


19  ^  Ye  think  all  this  time  that 
we  are  excusing  ourselves  unto 
you.  "  In  the  si{j:]it  of  (Jod  speak 
we  in  Christ.  But  all  things,  ''be- 
loved, are  'for  your  edifying.  20 
For  1  fear,  lest  by  any  means, 
**when  I  come,  1  sliould  hnd  you 
not  such  as  I  would,  and  should 
myself  be  found  of  you  such  as  ye 
would  not;  lest  by  any  means 
tfiere  should  be  'strife,  jealousy, 
•^wraths,  "factions,  *  backbitings, 
'whisperings,  *  swellings,  -'tu- 
mults; 21  lest  again  when  I  come 
my  Cod  should  luimble  me  before 
you.  and  I  should  mourn  for  many 
of  them  that  ha\'e  "'  sinned  hereto- 
fore, and  repented  not  of  the  "  un- 
cleanness  and  fornication  and  las- 
civiousness  which  thej^  committed. 
-j  «_>  "This  is  the  third  time  I 
JL  O  am  coming  to  you.  ^  At  the 
mouth  of  two  witnesses  or  three 
shall  every  word  be  established. 
2  I  have  said  "'beforehand,  and  I 
do  say  ^beforehand,  ^as  when  I 
was  present  the  second  time,  so 
now,  being  absent,  to  them  that 
have  "•  sinned  heretofore,  and  to  all 
the  rest,  that,  'if  I  come  again,  I 
will  not  *■  spare ;  3  .seeing  that  ye 
•seek  a  proof  of  '  Christ  that  speak- 
eth  in  me  ;  who  to  you-ward  is  not 
weak,  but  is  "powerful  in  you: 
4  for  he  was  'crucified  through 
weakness,  yet  he  liveth  ^through 
the  power  of  God.  For  we  also  are 
''\yeak  ^in  him,  but  Mve  shall  live 
with   him    through    the  power  of 


»  Or,  Thinh  ye 


2  Or,  disorders 


s  Or,  plainly    Comp.  1  Theas.  3.  4. 

*  Or,  as  if  I  lorre  present  the  secmid  time,  even 
ihotigh  I  nm  no"'  absent 

*  Many  ancient  authorities  read  with. 


"  ch.  2.  17  ; 

comp. 

Rom.  9.  1 
l>  See  Heb. 

6.  y 
<^ch  10.8; 

see  Rom. 

14.  19; 

comp. 

1  I'll.  T).  11 
''ch.  2.  1-4; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  4.  21 
''  Comp. 

1  Cor.  1. 

11;  3.  3 
/Gal.  S.  20 
'■'  See  Rom. 

2.  8 ;  1  Cor. 
11.19 

A  Rom.  1.30; 

comp.  Jiis. 

4. 11;  1  Pet. 

2.1 
'  Rom.  1.  2:i 
k  Comp. 

1  Cor.  4.  6, 

18 ;  5.  2 
•'  Comp. 

ICor  14  33 
'"  ch.  13.  2 
"  Gal.  .^.  19  ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  6.  9, 

18  :  see 

Col.  3.  .■> 
°  ch.  12.  14 
P  Dt.  19. 1.5 : 

see  Mt.  18. 

16 
9  ver.  10 , 

comp. 

1  Cor.  4.  21 
""  Comp  ch. 

1.  23;  10.11 
'  Comp.  ch. 

10.  1,  10 
'  1  Cor.  5.  4  ; 

7.  40 : 
comp.  Mt. 
10.  20 

"  Comp.  ch. 

9.  &  ;  10.  4 
"  Comp. 

Phil.  2. 

7  f .  ;  1  Pet. 

3.  18 
^Rom.  1  4; 

6.  4  ;  1  Cor. 
6.  14 
y  See  1  Cor. 

2.  3  ;  ver.  9 
'  Rom.  6.  8 


God  toward  you.  5  "Try  your 
own  selves,  whether  ye  are  in  the 
faith  ;  ''prove  your  own  selves.  Or 
know  ye  not  as  to  your  own  selves, 
that  Jesus  Christ  is  in  you'l  unless 
indeed  ye  be  '^reprobate.  6  But 
I  hope  that  ye  shall  know  that  we 
are  not  reprouate.  7  Now  we  pray 
to  God  that  ye  do  no  evil ;  not  that 
we  may  appear  approved,  but  that 
ye  may  do  that  which  is  honorable, 
''though  we  be  as  reprobate,  o 
For  we  can  do  nothing  against  the 
truth,  but  for  the  truth.  9  For 
we  I'ejoice,  when  we  are  ''weak, 
and  ye  are  strong:  this  we  also 
pray  for,  even  your  "perfecting. 
10  For  this  cause  I  write  these 
things  while  absent,  ■'^that  I  may 
not  Mhen  present  deal  ''sharplj^ 
according  to  the  ''authority  which 
the  Lord  gave  me  for  builcling  up, 
and  not  for  casting  down. 

11  *  Finally,  brethren,  ^farewell, 
'  Be  perfected  ;  be  comforted  ;  *  be 
of  the  same  mind_;  '  live  in  peace  : 
and  '"  the  God  of  love  and  peace 
shall  be  with  you.  12  "Salute  one 
another  Avith  a  holy  kiss. 

13  "All  the  saints  salute  you. 

14  ^The  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  and  the  «love  of  God,  and 
the  ''communion of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
be  with  you  all. 

"Comp.  Jn. 6. 6    i-lCor.  11.  28    " Comp.  1  Cor. 

9.  27  ii  ver.  4  ;  comp.  ch.  12.  10  '  Comp.  1  Cor. 
1.  10;  ver.  11;  Eph.  4.  12;  comp.  1  Th.  3.  10 
/  Comp.  ch.  2.  3  •■'  Tit.  1.  13  '<  ch.  10.  8  ;  comp. 
1  Cor.  5.  4  ^  1  Th.  4.  1  ;  2  Th.  3.  1,  &c.  k  See  Rom. 
12.  16  '  See  Mk.  9.  ,50  "'  See  Rom.  15.  33  ;  comp. 
Eph.  6.  23  "  See  Rom.  16.  16  "  Phil.  4.  22  ''  See 
Kom.  16.  20  ;  comp.  ch.  8.  9  9  Rom.  5.  S  ;  comp. 
Jude  21    '■  Pha.  2. 1 


6  Gr.  and  that. 


1  Or,  rejoice  :  be  perf^.ted 


197 


THE   EPISTLE   OF  PAUL  TO   THE 

GALATIANS 


Salatation.    The  Galatiaas'  Apostasy  snrprising.    The  Gospel  I  preach  came  from  God;  was  not  learned  at  Jerusalem; 


iPaul,  "an  apostle  (*not  from 
men,  neither  through  ^man. 
but  "^  through  Jesus  Christ,  and 
God  the  Father,  who  ''raised  him 
from  the  dead),  2  and  all  ''the 
brethren  that  are  with  me,  unto 
•''the  churches  of  Galatia :  3  "Grace 
to  you  and  peace  "'^from  God  the 
Fatner,  and  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 

4  who  ''gave  himself  for  our  sins, 
that  he  might  deliver  us  out  of 
'this  present  evil  ^  world,  according 
to  the  ^yill  of  ^*our  God  and  Father : 

5  '  to  wnom  be  the  glory  ''  for  ever 
and  ever.     Amen. 

6  I  marvel  that  ye  are  ™so 
quickly  removing  from  "him  that 
called  you  in  the  grace  of  Christ 
unto  a  "different '^gospel;  7  'which 
is  not  another  go?.pel :  only  there 
are  some  that  ^trouble  you,  and 
would  pervert  the  ®  gospel  of 
Christ.  8  But  though  we,  or  «an 
angel  from  heaven,  snould  *  preach 
^  unto  you  any  gospel  ^'^  other  than 
that  which  we  ^  preached  unto  you, 
let  him  be  '"anathema.  9  As  we 
'have  said  before,  so  say  I  now 
again,  'If  any  man  *preacheth 
unto  you  any  gospel  ^^  other  than 
that  which  ye  received,  let  him 
be  ''anathema.  10  For  am  I  now 
"seeking  the  favor  of  men,  or  of 
God  %  or  am  I  striving  to  please 
men  ?  if  I  were  still  pleasing  men,  I 
should  not  be  a  "'servant  of  Christ. 

11  For  ""I  make  known  to  you, 
brethren,  as  touching  the  ®  gospel 
which  was  *  preached  by  me,  tnat 
it  is  *  not  after  man.  1 2  For 
'■  neither  did  I  receive  it  from 
^man,  nor  was  I  taught  it,  but  it 
came  to  me  through  "revelation 
of  Jesus  Christ.     13  For  ye  have 

1  Or,  a  man 

2  Some  ancient  authorities  read  from  Ood  our 
Father,  and  the.  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  3  Or,  age 

<  Or,  God  and  our  Father 

*  Gr.  ^l^llo  the  ages  of  the  ages. 

6  Gr.  good  tidings.  See  marginal  note  on  Mt. 
4.23. 

"  Or,  which  is  nothing  else  save  that  there  £'c. 
8  See  marginal  note  on  Mt.  11.  5. 

*  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  vnfo  vou. 

»«  Or,  contrary  to  that  "  Gr.  bondservant. 


"  Comp. 

2  Cor.  1.  1 
i>  ver.  11  f . 
"  Acts  20. 

24 ;  see 

Acts  9.  15 ; 

ver.  15  f. 
d  See  Acts 

2.  24 

*  Fliil.  4.  21 
/ 1  Cor.  16. 

1 :  see 

Acts  16.  6 
"  See  Rom. 

1.7 
A  See  Mt-  20. 

2S ;  Rom. 

4.25; 

1  Cor.  15. 
3 ;  comp. 
ch.  2.  20 

'  See  Mt.  13. 
22 ;  Rom. 
12  2 ; 

2  Cor.  4.  4 
fcPhil.  4.  20; 

1  Th.  1.  3  ; 

3.  11,  13 
'  Comp. 

Rom  11.  36 
""  Comp. 

Acts  16.  6 ; 

18.  23 ;  ch. 

4.13 
"  ch.  5.  8  ; 

ver.  15 ; 

see  Rom. 

8.28 
"  2  Cor.  11. 

4 :  comp. 

1  Tim.  1. 
3 ;  ver.  7, 
11 ;  ch.  2. 
2,  7 :  comp. 
5.14 

P  See  Acts 
15.  24  ;  ch. 
5.  10 

9  Comp. 

2  Cor.  11. 
14 

"■  See  Rom. 

9.  3 
'  Comp. 

Acts  18.  23 
'  Comp 

Rom.  16.  17 
"ITh.  2.  4; 

comp. 

ICor.  10.  33 
"  Rom.  1.  1 ; 

Phil.  1.  1 
^  1  Cor.  15. 

1 ;  comp. 

Rom.  2.  16 
y  1  Cor.  9.  8  ; 

comp.  3.  4 
'  Ter.  1 :  see 

1  Cor.  11.  23 
"  ver. 16 : 

see  1  Cor. 
2.  10: 
comp. 

2  Cor.  12. 
1 ;  ch.  2.  2 


6  Acts  26. 

41-. 


heard  of  ''my  manner  of  life  in 
time  past  in  '^the  Jews'  religion, 
how  that  beyond  measure  I  ''per- 
secuted "the  church  of  God,  and 
•^made  havoc  of  it :  14  and  I  "ad- 
vanced in  the  Jews'  religion  be- 
yond many  of  mine  own  age 
^'- among  my  countrymen,  being 
more  exceedingly  zealous  for  the 
'' traditions  of  my  fathers.  15  But 
when  it  was  'the  good  pleasure 
of  God,  who  separated  me,  even 
from  my  mother's  womb,  and 
*  called  me  through  his  grace,  16 
to  reveal  his  Son  in  me,  that  I 
might  ^'preach  him  among  the 
Gentiles ;  '"  straightway  I  con- 
ferred not  with  "  Besh  and  blood : 
17  "neither  went  I  up  to  Jeru- 
salem to  them  that  were  apostles 
before  me  :  but  I  went  away  into 
Arabia  ;  and  again  I  returned  unto 
p  Damascus. 

18  Then  « after  three  years  I 
went  up  ""to  Jerusalern  to  _^^ visit 
'Cephas,  and  tarried  with  him  fif- 
teen days.  19  But  other  of  the 
apostles  saw  I  none,  "save  ■'^' James 
the  Lord's  brother.^  20  Now  touch- 
ing the  things  which  I  write  unto 
you,  behold,  "before  God,  I  lie  not. 
21  Then  "I  came  into  the  regions 
of  •'Syria  and  ^Cilicia.  22  And  I 
was  still  unknown  by  face  unto 
^  the  churches  of  Judfea  which  were 
"in  Christ:  23  but  they  only  heard 
say.  He  that  once  persecuted  us 
now  ^  preacheth  *  the  faith  of  which 
he  once  ■''made  havoc  ;  24  and  they 
■■glorified  God  in  me. 

"  2  Mace.  2.  21 ;  8. 1 :  14.  38  <*  See  Acts  8.  3  '  See 
1  Cor.  10.  32  /  See  Acts  9.  21  !'  Comp.  Acts  22.  3 
''  Ut.  15.  2 :  Mk.  7.  3  :  comp.  Col.  2.  8 ;  Jer.  9.  14 
'  See  Acts  9.  15 :  Rom.  1.  1 ;  Is.  49.  1,  5;  Jer.  1.  5 ; 
Ecclus.  49.  7  «:  See  ver.  6  '  ch.  2.  9 :  see  Acts  9. 
15  '"  Acts  9.  20  "  See  Mt.  16.  17  °  Acts  9.  19-22 
!'  See  Acts  9.  2  i  Comp.  Acts  9.  22  f.  ''  Comp. 
Acts  9.  26  f.  '  See  Jn.  1.  42  :  ch.  2.  9,  11,  14  '  See 
Mt.  12.  46  :  Acts  12.  17  "  Comp.  Rom  9.  1 ;  2  Cor. 
1.  23  ;  U.  31  "  Comp.  Acts  9.  30?  ^  Acts  15.  23,  41 
V  See  Acts  6.  9  M  Th.  2.  14  :  comp.  1  Cor.  7.  17 
"  See  Rom.  16.  7  b  See  Acts  6.  7 ;  ch.  6. 10  'Set 
Mt.  9.  8 


12  Gr.  in  my  race.    Comp.  2  Cor.  11.  26. 

13  Or,  become  acquainted  with 

i<  Or,  but  only  i=  Or,  Jacob 


19a 


2.1 


GALATIANS 


3.5 


yet  was  eodoned  by  "  the  Three,"  and  maintained  aj;ainst  Peter.    The  Folly  of  relapsing  to  the  Law  ; 


2  Then  after  the  space  of  four- 
teen years  I  "  wont  uj)  aj^ain  to 
Jerusalem  with  *  Barnabas,  taking 
'Titusalso  with  me.  2  Ami  i  went 
up  ■*  by  revelation ;  and  I  laid  be- 
fore tnem  the  '''gospel  which  I 
preach  among  the  Gentiles  but 
privately  before  them  who  -were 
of  repute,  lest  by  any  means  1 
should  be  -^running,  or  had  run, 
in  vain.  3  But  not  even  "Titus 
who  was  with  me,  being  a  Greek, 
was  ^compelled  to  be  circumcised  : 
4  ^and  that  because  of  the  '■false 
brethren  privily  brought  in,  who 
'came  in  privily  to  spy  out  our 
*  liberty  which  we  have  in  Christ 
Jesus,  that  thej'^  might  'bring  us 
into  bondage  :  5  to  whom  ^ye  gave 
place  in  the  way  of  subjection,  no, 
not  for  an  hour ;  that  '"the  truth 
of  the  ^gospel  might  continue  with 
you.  6  But  from  those  who  -were 
"reputed  to  be  somewhat  (^whatso- 
ever they  were,  it  maketh  no  mat- 
ter to  me:  "God  accei)teth  not 
man's  person)  —  they,  I  say,  who 
were  of  repute  imparted  nothing 
to  me :  7  but  contrariwise,  when 
thev  saw  that  I  h.ad  been  ''intrusted 
with  the  '"'gospel  of  the  uncircum- 
cision,  even  as  "  Peter  with  the^  gos- 
pel of  the  circumcision  8  (for  he 
that  wrought  for  Peter  unto  the 
'apostleship  of  the  circumcision 
wrought  for  me  also  nnto  the 
Gentiles) ;  9  and  when  they  per- 
ceived '  the  grace  that  w^as  given 
unto  me,  °" James  and  '"''Cephas 
and  John,  they  who  ^were  "re- 
puted to  be  ""  pillars,  gave  to  me 
and  *  Barnabas  the  bright  hands 
of  fellowship,  that  we  should  ^go 
unto  the  Gentiles,  and  they  unto 
the  circumcision ;  1 0  only  then 
would  that  we  should  remember 
the  poor ;  "  which  very  thing  I 
was  also  zealous  to  do. 

11  But  when  ''Cephas  came  to 
*Antioch,  I  resisted  him  to  the 
face,  because  he  stood  condemned. 
12  For  before  that  certain  came 
from  "James,  he  "ate  with  the 
Gentiles ;  but  when  they  came, 
he  drew  back  and  separated  him- 
self, ''fearing  them  that  were  of 
the  circumcision.  ..13  And  the 
rest  of  the  Jews  dissembled  like- 
wise with  him ;  insomuch  that 
even  'Barnabas  was  carried  away 
with  their  dissimulation.     14  But 

1  See  marpinal  note  on  oh.  1.  6.      *  Or,  are 

'  Or,  bul  it  was  becattsr  of 

*  Or,  what  they  once  were  '  Or,  Jacob 


"  Comp. 

Acts  15.  2 
*  See  Acts 

4.  36;  ver. 

it.  la 
■^  Sei-  2  Cor. 

2  la ;  ver.  3 
''  Conip. 

Acts  U).  2  ; 

seech.  1. 12 
""  See  cli.  1.  H 
/ch.  b.  7; 

Phil  2. 16 ; 

comp. 

Rum. !). 

16 :  1  Cor. 

<J.  24  If.  ; 

Heb.  12.  1  ; 

2  Tim.  4.  7 
"  Conjp. 

Acts  16.  3 ; 

1  Cor.  9.  21 
Ach.  1.  7; 

Acts  15.  1, 
24  ;  comp. 

2  Cor.  U. 
13,26 

>  (Jomp. 

2  Pet.  2. 1 ; 

.lude  4 
ich.5. 1,13: 

comp.  Jas. 

1.25 
'  See  2  Cor. 

11.20; 

comp. 

Rom  8. 15 
"'  ver.  14 ; 

Col.  1.  5; 

comp.  ch. 

1.6 
"  ver.  2,  9  ; 

comp.  ch. 

6.  3 ;  2  Cor. 

11.5:12.11 
0  See  Acts 

10.34 
i"  1  Th.  2.  4  ; 

ITim.  1. 

11 ;  comp. 

1  Cor.  9. 17 
9ch.  1.  16; 

see  Acts 

9.15 
"■  Comp.  ver. 

9.  11,  14; 

ch.  1.  18 
'  See  Acts 

1.25 
'  See  Rom. 

12.  3 
"  See  Acts 

12. 17 ;  ver. 

12 
^  Comp.  Lk. 

22.8 
==  Rev.  3.  12 ; 

comp. 

1  Tim  3. 
15;Ecclu8. 
36.  21 

y  Comp. 

2  K.10.15; 
Ezr.  10. 10 ; 
1  Maoc.  11. 
50,  62  ;  13. 
50 

'ch.  1  16 
"  See  Acta 

24.  17 
!>  Sec  Acts 

11.  lit; 

comp  15. 1 
'  Comp. 

Act.i  11.  3 
d  Comp. 

Acts  11.  2 
'  See  ver.  1 


/Heb.  12.  13 
"  ver.  12 ; 

comp 

Acts  10.  28 
h  Phil.  3.  4  f. 
*  1  S.  !.'>.  18  ; 

199 


when  I  saw  that  they  ^  walked 
not  uprightly  according  to  '"the 
truth  of  the  'gospel,  1  said  unto 
'' Cephas  before  them  all.  If  thou, 
being  a  Jew,  *  livest  as  do  the 
Gentiles,  and  not  as  do  the  Jews, 
how  compellest  thou  the  Gentiles 
to  live  as  do  the  Jewt,'?  15  We 
being  ''Je^ys  by  nature,  and  not 
'sinners  of  the  Gentiles,  IG  yet 
knowing  that  ''a  man  is  not " justi- 
fied by  the  works  of  the  law  but 
througli  faith  in  Jesus  Christ,  even 
we  believed  on  Christ  Jesus,  that 
we  might  be  justified  by  'faith  in 
Christ,  and  not  by  the  works  of 
the  law:  because  '"by  the  works 
of  the  law  shall  no  flesh  be  justi- 
fied. 17  But  if,  while  we  sought 
to  be  justified  in  Christ,  we  our- 
selves also  were  found  "sinners,  is 
Christ  a  mini.ster  of  sin?  "God 
forbid.  18  For  if  I  build  up 
again  those  things  which  I  de- 
stroyed, I  ^  prove  myself  a  trans- 
gressor. 19  For  I  thi'ough  the 
law  «died  unto  the  law,  that  1 
might  live  unto  God.  20  1  have 
been  ''crucified  with  Christ;  and 
it  is  no  longer  I  that  live,  but 
*  Christ  liveth  in  me:  and  that 
life  which  I  now  live  in  the  flesh 
I  live  in  faith,  the  faith  which  if 
in  'the  Son  of  God,  who  "loved 
me,  and  "gave  himself  up  for  me. 
21  I  do  not  make  void  the  grace 
of  God :  for  ^  if  righteousness  is 
through  the  law,  then  Christ  died 
for  nought. 

3  0  foolish  *Galatians,  who 
did  bewitch  you,  before  whose 
eyes  Jesus  Christ  "^was  openly  set 
forth  crucified^)  2  This  only  would 
I  learn  from  you.  Received  ye  the 
Spirit  by  the  works  of  th^  law,  or 
by  the  ''"hearing  of  faitb^  3  Are 
ye  so  foolish  1  having  begun  in  the 
Spirit,  **  arp^e  now^  perfected  in 
the  flesli:^  4  Did  ya  suffer  so 
many  things  in  vain/I/  *if  it  be 
indeed  in  vain.  5  He  therefore 
that  "supplieth  to  you  the  Spirit, 

Tob.  13.  6;  Wisd.  10.  20 ;  1  Mace.  1.  34 ;  Lk.  84.  7  ; 
1  Cor.  6.  1  ^  ch.  3.  11 ;  see  Acts  13.  39  '  See  Rom. 
9.  30  '"  Rom.  3.  20 ;  comp.  Ps.  143.  2  "  Comp. 
ver.  15  °  ch.  3.  21 ;  see  Lk.  20.  16  ''  Comp.  Rom. 
3.  5  (Gr.)  «  See  Rom.  7.  4  ;  comp.  6.  2  ;  1  Cor.  9.  20 
""  See  Rom.  6.  6 ;  comp.  eh.  5.  24  ;  6.  14  "  See  Rom. 
8.  10  '  See  Mt.  4.  3  "  See  Rom.  8.  37  "  Comp.  cli. 
1.4  ^ch.  3.  21  -"  Comp.  ch.  1.  2  -  Comp.  1  Cor. 
1.  23  ,  ch.  5. 11  "  Comp.  Rom.  10.  17  "  Comp. 
1  Cor.  15.  2   '  Phil.  1. 19 ;  ccmp.  2  Cor.  9. 10 


*  Or,  acemmted  righteous :  and  so  elsewhere 
Comp.  Rom.  2.  13.  "  Or,  w.'.wi?'" 

"  Or,  do  ye  now  make  an  end  in  Ihejicsh  f 


3.6 


GALATIANS 


4.7 


which  the  Covenant  of  Faith  antedates.    The  Law  preparatory  to  the  Gospel.    Under  the  law  we  were  Wards 


and  "worketh  ^miracles  ^ among 
you,  doeth  he  it  by  the  works  of 
the  law,  or  by  the  ^'*  hearing  of 
faithl^  6  Even  as  '=  Abraham  ^be- 
lievea  God,  and  it  was  reckoned 
unto  him  for  righteousness.  7 
^Know  tlierefore  that  ''they  that 
are  of  faith,  tlie  same  are  "  sons 
of  Abraiiam.  8  And  the  scrip- 
ture, foreseeing  that  God  ''would 
justify  the  'Gentiles  hj  faith, 
preached  the  gospel  betorehand 
unto  Abraham,  saying,  '^In  thee 
shall  all  the  nations  be  blessed. 
9  8o  then  ^they  that  are  of  faith 
are  blessed  with  the  faithful  Abra- 
ham. 10  For  as  many  as  are  of 
the  works  of  the  law  are  under  a 
curse:  for  it  is  written,  ^Cm^sed 
is  every  one  who  continueth  not 
in  all  things  that  are  written  in 
the  book  of  the  law,  to  do  them. 
1 1  Now  that  ^  no  man  is  justified 
^"  by  the  law  before  God,  is  evident : 
for,  ^^"The  righteous  shall  live  by 
faith ;  1 2  and  the  law  is  not  of 
faith  ;  but,  ^" '  He  that  doeth  them 
shall  live  in  them.  13  Christ* re- 
deemed us  from  the  curse  of  the 
law,  having  become  a  curse  for 
us ;  for  it  is  written,  ^^  Cursed  is 
every  one  that  hangeth  on  ^a 
tree  :  1 4  that  '"  upon  the  Gentiles 
might  come  the  blessing  of  Abra- 
ham in  Christ  Jesus ;  that  we 
"might  receive  "the  promise  of 
the  Spirit  through  faith. 

15  ^Brethren,  «I  speak  after 
the  manner  of  men :  ''  Though  it 
be  but  a  man's  covenant,  yet 
when  it  hath  been  confirmed,  no 
one  mak^th  it  void,  or  addeth 
thereto.  1 6  Now  *  to  Abraham 
were  the  promises  spoken,  and  to 
his  seed.  He  saith  not.  And  to 
seeds,  as  of  many;  but  as  of  one, 
" '  And  to  thy  seed,  which  is  Christ. 
1 7  Now  this  I  say :  A  covenant 
confirmed  beforehand  by  God,  the 
law,  which  came  "four  hundred 
and  thirty  years  after,  doth  not 
disannul,  so  as  to  make  the  prom- 
ise of  none  effect.  18  For /'if  the 
inheritance  is  of  the  ^aw  it  is  no 
more  of  promise  :  but  ''God  hath 
granted  it  to  Abraham  by  prom- 
ise. 19  ^What  then  is  the  lawl 
It  was  added  because  of  trans- 
gressions,   till   Hhe    seed    should 


•  Gr.  poivers. 

2  Or,  in 

3  Or,  mfssaoe 

*  Gen.  XV.  6. 

5  Or,  Te  perceive 

6  Gr.  jusfifieth. 
^  Gr.  nation*. 


8  Gen.  xii.  3. 

9  Dt.  xxvii.  26. 

10  dr.  in. 

11  Hab.  ii.  4. 

•2  Lpv.  xriii.  5. 

13  Pt.  xxi.  23. 

i<  Gen.  xiii.  15  ;  xvii. 


°  Comp.  1 
Cor.  12.  10 

b  Comp. 
Rom.  10. 17 

"^  See  Rom. 

4.  3 

d  ver.  9 
'  See  Lk. 

la. »; 

comp.  ch. 

6.  16 
/  ver.  7 

y  ch.  2.  16 
''  Rom.  1. 

17  ;  Heb. 

10.  38 
'  Rom.  10.  5 
k  ch.  4.  5 
'  See  Acts 

5.  30 

'^  Rom.  4.  9, 

16 ;  comp. 

ver.  28 
"  ver.  2 
"  See  Acts 

2.  33; 

comp. 

Eph.  1.  13 
P  See  ch.  6. 

13 :  Rom. 

1. 13 ;  Acts 

1.  la 
9  See  Rom. 

3.5 
^  Comp. 

Heb.  6.  16 
'  Comp. 

Lk.  1.  .15; 

Rom.  4. 13, 

16 ;  9.  4 
t  Comp. 

Acts  3.  25 
"  Ex.  12.  40  ; 

comp. 

Gen.  15. 

13  f.;  Acts 

7.  6 

"  Rom.  4.  14 
■^  Comp. 

Heb.  6.  14 
V  See  Rom. 

5.  20 
'  ver.  16 


"■  See  Acts 

7.53 
b  Ex.  20.  19  ; 

Dt.  5.  5 
"  Comp. 

1  Tim.  2. 

5 ;  Heb.  8. 

6  ;  9.  15  , 

12.  24 

d  See  Lk.  20. 

16  ;  ch.  2. 17 
"  ch.  2  21 
/See  Rom. 

11.  32 
'J  Comp. 

1  Cor.  1.  27 
h  1  Cor.  4.  15 
i  ch.  2.  16 
tch.  4.  5; 

see  Rom. 

8.  14 
'ver.23:ch. 

4.  14  ;  5.  6, 

24;  see 

Rom.  8.  1 ; 

Eph.  1.  1 , 

Col.  1.  4  ; 

Phil.  1.  1 ; 

ITim.  1. 

12 ;  2  Tim. 

1.1:  Tit.l. 

4,  &c. 
'"  See  Mt.  28. 

19;  Rora. 

6.  3 ;  comp. 

1  Cor.  10.  2 
"  See  Rom. 

13.  14 

"  See  1  Cor. 
12  13;  Col. 
3.  11  ; 

200 


come  to  whom  the  promise  hath 
been  made ;  and  it  was  "  ordained 
through  angels  *  by  the  hand  of  a 
mediator.  20  Now  ''a  mediator 
is  not  a  mediator  of  one ;  but 
God  is  one.  21  Is  the  law  then 
against  the  promises  of  God  1 
'^  God  forbid :  for  "  if  there  had 
been  a  law  given  %yhich  could 
make  alive,  verily  righteousness 
would  have  been  of  the  law, 
22  But  the  scripture  •'^shut  up 
all  "things  under  sin,  that  the 
promise  by  faith  in  Jesus  Christ 
might  be  given  to  them  that 
believe. 

23  But  before  faith  came,  we 
were  kept  in  ward  under  the  law, 
■'shut  up  unto  the  faith  which 
should    afterwards    be     revealed. 

24  So  that  the  law  is  become  our 
''tutor  to  bring  us  unto  Christ,_that 
'  we  might  be  justified   by  faith. 

25  But  now  that  faith  is  come,  we 
are  no  longer  under  a  '  tutor.  26 
For  ye  are  all  *  sons  of  God,  through 
faith,  in  '  Christ  Jesus.  27  For  as 
many  of  you  as  were  "'  baptized  into 
Christ  did  "  put  on  Ciirist.  28 
"  There  can  be  neither  Jew  nor 
Greek,  there  can  be  neither  bond 
nor  free,  there  can  be  no  male 
and  female ;  for  p  ye  all  are  one 
man  in  'Christ  Jesus.  29  And 
if  « ye  are  Christ's,  then  are  ye 
Abraham's  seed,  heirs  according 
to  "■  promise. 

4  But  I  say  that  so  long  as 
the  heir  is  a  child,  he  diner- 
eth  nothing  from  a  bondservant 
though  he  is  lord  of  all ;  2  but  ie 
under  guardians  and  stewards 
until  the  day  appointed  of  the 
father.  3  So  we  also,  when  we 
were  children,  were  held  *  in  bond- 
age under  the  ^^ '  rudiments  of  the 
world :  4  but  when  "  the  fulness 
of  the  time  came,  God  sent  forth 
his  Son,  "born  of  a  woman,  born 
^  under  the  law,  5  that  he  might 
redeem  them  that  were  under  the 
law,  that  we  might  receive  the 
adoption  of  *  sons.  6  And  because 
ye  are  sons,  ^God  sent  forth  the 
Spirit  of  his  Son  into  our  hearts, 
cr j-ing,  ^  Abba,  Father.    7  So  that 

comp.  Rom.  3.  22  p  Comp.  Jn.  17. 11 ;  Eph.  2.  15 
1  Comp.  1  Cor.  3.  23  ''  ver.  IS;  ch.  4.  28  ;  Rom. 
9.8  "ver.  Sf.;comp.  24f.  ;  ch  2.  4  '  Col.  2.  8, 
20  ;  Heb.  5.  12 ;  ver.  9  "  See  Mk.  1.  15  "  Jn.  1. 14 ; 
Rom  1.  3;  comp.  8.  3:  Phil.  2.  7  r  Comp.  Lk. 

2.  21f.  27  yRom.  5.  5;  8.  9,16;  comp.  2  Cor.  3. 17; 
Acts  16.  7    *  Mk.  14.  36  ;  Rom.  8.  15 


15  Or,  elements   2  Pet.  3. 10, 12. 


GALATIANS 


5.10 


The  Two  Corenanti  typified  of  Old.    Adherents  of  the  Law  Boiidmeu;  Christ  sets  Free.    Hold  fast  yonr  Freedom 


thou  art  no  longer  a  bondservant, 
but  a  son ;  and  "  if  a  son,  then  an 
heir  through  God. 

8  Howbeit  at  that  time,  ' not 
knowing  Uod,  ye  were  ''in  bond- 
age to  '^tlieni  that  by  nature  are 
no  gotls  :  iJ  but  now  that  ye  have 
come  to  know  (Jod,  or  rather  to 
be  'known  by  God,  -^how  turn  ye 
back  again  to  tlie  weak  and  beg- 

garly  '^rudiments,  whereunto  ye 
esire  to  be  "^in  bondage  over 
again  I  10  Ve  ''observe  days,  and 
months,  and  seasons,  and  years. 
Ill  am  afraid  of  you,  lest  by  any 
means  1  have  bestowed  labor  upon 
you  in  vain. 

12  1  beseech  you,  '  brethren,  *  be- 
come as  I  avi,  for  1  also  am  become 
as  ye  are.  Ye  did  me  no  wrong : 
13  out  j'e  know  that  because  of  an 
infirmity  of  the  llesh  I  -preached 
the  gospel  unto  you  the  ^  first  time  : 
1-t  and  that  which  was  a  tempta- 
tion to  you  in  my  fiesh  ye  despised 
not,  nor  ■*  rejected ;  but  '  ye  re- 
ceived me  as  an  angel_  of  God,  even 
as  '"Christ  Jesus.  15  Where  then 
is  that  gratulation  ''of  yourselves  \ 
for  1  bear  you  witness,  that,  if  pos- 
sible, ye  would  have  plucked  out 
your  eyes  and  given  them  to  me. 

16  So  then  am  I  become  your 
enemy,  ®"  by  telling  you  the  truth? 

17  They  zealously  seek  you  in  no 
good  way  ;  nay,  they  desire  to  shut 
you  out,  that  j'^e  may  .seek  them. 

18  But  it  is  good  to  be  zealously 
sought  in  a  good  matter  at  all 
times,  and  "not  only  when  I  am 
present  with  you.  19  ^My  little 
childi;en,  of  whom  *  I  am  again  in 
travail  until  "■  Christ  be  formed  in 
you  —  20  but  I  could  wish  to  be 
present  with  you  now,  and  to 
change  my  tone ;  for  '  I  am  per- 
plexed about  you. 

21  Tell  me,  ye  that  desire  to  be 
under  the  law,  do  ye  not '  hear  the 
law?  22  For  it  is  written,  'that 
Al)raham  had  two  sons,  one  by  the 
handmaid,  and  one  by  the  free- 
woman.  23  ■*  Howbeit  "  the  son  by 
the  handmaid  is  born  after  the 
flesh;  but  "the  mn  by  the  free- 
woman  v'.s  horn  through  promise. 
24  ^V^lich  things  'contain  an  alle- 
gory :  for  these  women  are  two  cov- 
enants ;  one  from  ■"  mount  Sinai, 
bearing    children  unto  "^  bondage, 

1  Or.  elfmfnt.t    See  ver.  3. 

»  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  1.  8       3  Or.  former. 

*  Or  spill  I 'lit.  i  Or,  of  yours 

«  Or.  by  dfnling  truly  toUh  you    1  G«n.  iri.  15. 

8  Gen.  xxi.  2. 


"  See  Rom. 

8.  17 
(-1  Cor.  1. 

21  ;  1  Th. 

4.5;  2Th. 

1.8;  couip. 

Eph.  2.  1-.; 
'  See  ver.  a 
d  2  Chr.  13. 

9  ;  Is.  37. 
19 ;  Jer.  2. 
11  ;  1  Cor. 

8.  4f.  ; 
conip. 
10.  20 

«  See  1  Cor. 

/  Col.  2.  20 
'■'  See  ver  3 

and  marg. 
'>  Kom.  14. 

5  ;  Col.  2. 

16 
'  See  ch.  6. 

18 
*  Comp. 

2  Cor.  6. 

11,13 
'  Comp,  Mt. 

10.40; 

1  Th.  2.  13 
"'  See  ch.  3. 

26 
"  Am.  5.  10 
"  Comp. 

ver.  13  f . 
f  1  Jn.  2. 1 
4  Comp. 

1  Cor.  4. 15 
"■  Eph.  4.  13 
'  2  Cor.  4.  8 
'  Comp.  Lk. 

16.29 
"  ver.  29 ; 

see  Rom. 

9.  7 

''  ver.  28 ; 
Gen.  17. 
16  ff. ;  18. 

10  ff.;  21. 
1  ;  Heb. 
U.  U 

^  Comp. 
1  Cor.  10. 11 

y  m.  33. 2 


-  Heb.  12. 

22 ;  Rev.  3. 

12  ;  21.  2, 10 
"  See  ver.  23 
b  ch.  3.  29  ; 

Rom.  9. 

7ff. 
'  ver.  23 
d  Gen.  21.  9 
'  Comp.  ch. 

5.  11 
/Comp.  Jn. 

8.  35 
"  ch.  2.  4  ; 

ver.  13 ; 

Jn.  8.  32, 

36 ;  comp. 

Rom.  8. 15; 

2  Cor.  3. 

17 
h  See  1  Cor. 

16.  13 
'  Acts  15. 

10;  see  ch. 

2.  4 

i  See  2  Cor. 

10.  1 
'  See  Acts 

15.  1 .  ver. 

3.  6.  11 

*"  Comp   Lk. 

16.  28 

"  Rom.  2.  25 
0  2  Pet.  3. 17 ; 

Heb.  12. 

1.')  marf:. 
P  See  Rom. 

8.23; 

1  Cor.  1.  7 

201 


which  is  Hagar.  25  ^  Now  this 
Hagar  is  mount  Sinai  in  Arabia, 
and  answereth  to  the  Jerusalem 
that  now  is  :  for  she  is  in  bondage 
with  her  children.  26  But  Hhe 
Jerusalem  that  is  above  is  free, 
which  is  our  mother.  27  For  it  is 
written, 

^"Kejoice,  thou  barren  that  bear- 
est  not ; 

Break  forth  and  cry,  thou  that 
travailest  not : 

For  moi-e  ai-e  the  children  of 
the  desolate  than  of  her  that 
hath  the  husband. 
28  Now  "we,  brethren,  "as  Isaac 
was,  are  *chi]dien  of  promise.  29 
But  as  then  "  he  that  was  born 
after  the  flesh  "^  pei-secuted  him 
that  was  born  after  the  Spirit,  ^so 
also  it  is  now.  30  Howbeit  what 
saith  the  .scripture  1  ^-  Cast  out  the 
handmaid  and  her  son :  for  •'^the 
.son  of  the  handmaid  shall  not  in- 
herit with  the  son  of  the  freewoman. 
31  Wherefore,  brethren,  we  are 
not  children  of  a  handmaid,  but  of 
the  freewoman. 

5*  For  freedom  did  Christ  set 
us  free  :  *  stand  fast  therefore, 
and  be  not  entangled  again  in  a 
'yoke  of  bondage. 

2  Behold,  *I  Paul  say  unto  you, 
that,  if  ye  receive  'circumcision, 
Christ  will  profit  you  nothing.  3 
Yea,  1 '"  testify  again  to  every  man 
that  receiveth  'circumcision,  that 
he  is  a  debtor  to  "  do  the  whole  law. 

4  Ye  ai'e  ^^se^'ered  from  Christ,  ye 
who  would  be  justified  by  the  law ; 
ye  are   "fallen  away  from  grace. 

5  For  we  thr(jugh  the  Spirit  by 
faith  ^wait  for  the  hope  of  right- 
eousness. 6  For  in  ''Christ  Jesus 
•■  neither  circumcision  availeth  any- 
thing, nor  uncircumcision ;  bu*". 
'faith  "Avoiking  through  love.  7 
Ye  were  'running  well;  who  hin- 
dered you  that  ye  should  not  obey 
the  truth]  8  This  persuasion  came 
not  of  "him  that  calleth  you.  9 
"A  little  leaven  leaveneth  the 
whole  lump.  10  ''I  have  confi- 
dence  to  you-ward  in  the  Lord, 

'Seech.  3.  26  ■"  See  1  Cor.  7. 19 :  ch.  6. 15  'Comp. 
Col.  1.  4  f. ;  1  Th.  1.  3 ;  Jas.  2.  18,  20.  22  (  See  ch. 
2  2  "  See  Rom.  8.  28 ;  ch.  1.  6  "  See  1  Cor.  5.  6 
'  See  2  Cor.  2.  3 


9  Many  ancient  authorities  read  For  Sinai  is  a 
mnimlnin  in  Anibiti.  lo  Is.  liv.  1. 

11  .Many  ancient  authorities  read  ye. 

l«Gen.  ixi.  10,12. 

13  Gr.  brought  to  nought.  Comp.  Rom.  7.  2,  S 
(in  the  Gr.).  h  Or,  urought 


5.11 


GALATIAKS 


6.14 


The  Spirit  and  the  Flesh  contrary  the  One  to  the  Other.    Exhortation  to  Forbearance  and  Helpfoloess 


that  ye  "will  be  none  otherwise 
minded :  but  he  that  *  troubleth 
you  shall  bear  his  judgment,  who- 
soever he  be.  11  But  I,  brethren, 
if  I  still  preach  circumcision,  why 
am  1  still  "persecuted*?  then  hath 
''the  stumbling-block  of  the  cross 
been  done  away.     12  1  would  that 

*  they  that  unsettle  y9u  would  even 
'  ''go  beyond  circumcision. 

13  For  ye,  brethren,  were  called 
for  "  freedom  ;  ''  only  use  not  your 
freedom  for  an  occasion  to  the 
flesh,  but  through  love  '  be  servants 
one  to  another.  14  For*  the  whole 
law  is  fulfilled  in  one  word,  even  in 
this  :  ■^ '  Thou  shalt  love  thy  neigh- 
bor as  thyself .  15  But  if  ye™  bite 
and  devour  one  another,  take  heed 
that  ye  be  not  consumed  one  of 
another. 

16  But  I  say,  "Walk  by  the 
Spirit,  and  ye  shall  not  fulfil  °  the 
lust  ot  the  flesh.  1 7  For  ^  the  flesh 
lusteth  against  the  Spirit,  and  the 
Spirit  against  the  flesh ;  for  these 
are  contrary  the  one  to  the  other ; 
"that  ye  may  not  do  the  things 
that  ye  would.  18  But  if  ye  are 
•"led  by  the  Spirit,  'ye  are  not 
under  the  law.  1 9  Now  the  works 
of  the  flesh  are  manifest,  which  are 

*  these:  "fornication,  uncleanness, 
lasciviousness,  20  idolatry,  "sor- 
cery, enmities,  ^  strife,  _  jealousies, 
wraths,  '■>  factions,  divisions,  ^ '  par- 
ties, 21  envyings.  "drunkenness, 
revellings,  and  such  like  ;  of  which 
I   ^forewarn  you,   even  as  I    did 

*  forewarn  you,  that  they  who  prac- 
tise such  things  shall  not  ''  inherit 
the  kingdom  of  God.  22  But  "the 
fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  ''love,  joy, 
peace,  longsuffering,  kindness, 
goodness,  '  faithf ulnes.s,  23  meek- 
ness, -^self-control ;  against  such 
"there  is  no  law.  24  And  they 
that   are   of   ''Christ    Jesus    have 

*  crucified  the  flesh  with  the  pas- 
sions and  *  the  lusts  thereof. 

25  If  we  live  by  the  Spirit,  *by 
the  Spirit  let  us  also  walk.  ^  26 
Let  us  not  become  '"vainglorious, 
^provoking  one  another,  envying 
one  another. 

6'"-  Brethren,  even  if  a  man  be 
overtaken  ^  in  any  trespass,  ye 
who  are  " spiritual,  ^restore  such  a 
one  «in  a  spirit  of  gentleness; 
looking  to  thyself,  lest  thou  also 
be  tempted.     2  ''Bear  ye  one  an- 

1  Gr.  mutilate  themselves.   *  Or,  tell  you  plainly 

2  Lev.  xix.  18.  ^  Or,  challenging 
8  Gr.  heresiei.  ^  Or,  by 


"  Comp. 

Phil.  3.  15 ; 

ver.  7 
b  See  ch.  1. 

7 ;  comp. 

ver.  12 
'  Comp. 

ch.  4.  29 ; 

6.  12 

d  1  Cor.  1. 

23;Kom.9. 

33 
'  ver.  10 ; 

comp.  ch. 

2.  4 
/  Dt.  23.  1 
"  See  ver.  1 
h  See  1  Cor. 

8.  9  ;  1  Pet. 
2.16 

I  See  1  Cor. 

9.  19 ;  Eph. 
5.21 

ItMt.  7.  12; 

22.  40 ; 

Rom.  13.  8, 

10 ;  comp. 

ch.  6.  2 
i  Comp.  Mt. 

19.  19  ;  Jn. 

13.  34 
'"•  Comp. 

PhU.  3.  2 ; 

ver.  20 
"  Rom.  8.  4  ; 

13.  14 ;  ver. 

24  f. 
0  Eph.  2.  3  ; 

see  Rom. 

13.14 
P  Comp. 

Rom.  7. 18, 

23  ;  8.  5  ff. 
9  Rom.  7. 

15  ff. 
"■  Rom.  8.  14 
'  Rom.  6. 

14;  7.  4; 

ITim.  1.  9 
<  Comp.  Mt. 

15.  19  ; 

Rom.  13. 

13 
«  See  1  Cor. 

6.9,18; 

2  Cor.  12. 

21 
"  Rev.  21.  8 
■^  2  Cor.  12.  20 
y  See  Rom. 

2.  8  ;  .las. 

3.  14  tf. 

'  See  1  Cor. 

11   19 
"Rom.  13. 13 
b  See  1  Cor. 

<=  Comp.  Mt. 

7.  16  ff.  ; 
Rom.  6. 
21 ;  Eph. 
5.9 

rf  1  Cor.  13. 

4 ;  comp. 

Rom.  .5. 

1-5 :  Col.  3. 

12-1) 
«  Ecclus.  45. 

4 
/  See  Acts 

24.25 
9'  See  ver.  18 
A  See  ch.  3. 

26 
'  See  Rom. 

6.  6 :  comp. 

ch.  2.  20 ; 

fi.  14 
*:  See  ver. 

16  f. 
'  See  ver.  16 
""  Phil.  2.  3 ; 

comp. 

Wisd.  14. 

14 

202 


other's  burdens,  and  so  fulfil  'the 
law  of  Christ.  3  For  'if  a  man 
thinketh  himself  to  be  something 
when  he  is  nothing,  he  deceiveth 
himself.  4  But  let  each  man 
"prove  his  own  work,  and  then 
shall  he  have  his  "glorying  in  re- 
gard of  himself  alone,  and  not  of 
'his  neighbor.  5  For  *each  man 
shall  bear  his  own  **  burden. 

6  But  ^let  him  that  is  taught  in 
Hhe  word  communicate  unto  him 
that  teacheth  in  all  good  things. 
7  "  Be  not  deceived ;  *  God  is  not 
mocked :  for  "  whatsoever  a  man 
soweth,  that  shall  he  also  reap.  8 
''  For  he  that  soweth  unto  his  own 
flesh  shall  of  the  flesh  reap  *  corrup- 
tion ;  but -''he  that  .soweth  unto  the 
Spirit  shall  of  the  Spirit  reap  eter- 
nal life.  9  And  "let  us  not  be 
weary  in  well-doing :  for  in  due 
season  we  shall  reap,  if  we  ''faint 
not.  10  So  then,  "'as  we  have 
opportunity,  let  us  work  that  which 
is  good  toward  all  men,  and  espe- 
cially toward  them  that  are  of  the 
*  household  of  '  the  faith. 

11  See  with  how  large  letters  I 
"write  unto  you  "'with  mine  own 
hand.  12  As  many  as  desire  "to 
make  a  fair  show  in  the  flesh,  they 
"compel  you  to  be  circumcised; 
only  that  they  ^  may  not  be  perse- 
cuted "  for  the  cross  of  Christ.  13 
For  not  even  they  who  ^^  receive 
circumcision  do  themselves  "keep 
the  law ;  but  they  desire  to  have 
you  circumcised,  that  they  msuY 
'glory  in  your  flesh.  14  But  'far 
be  it  from  me  to  glory,  '  save  in  the 
cross  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
"through  ^^ which  the  world  hath 
been  crucified  unto  me,  and  "  I  unto 

"  See  ver.  18 ;  comp.  1  Th.  4.  1  "  See  1  Cor.  2.  15 
'"  Comp.  2  Cor.  2.  7  :  2  Th.  3.  15  ;  Heb.  12.  13  ;  .Tas. 

5.  19f.    9  1Cor.  4.  21    >"  Rom.  15.  1 ■' See  1  Cor. 

9.  21 ;  Jas  1.  25;  2  12:  comp  Rom.  8.  2  ;  2  Pet.  3.  2 
<  See  1  Cor.  3.  18  ;  2  Cor.  12.  11  ;  comp.  Acts  5.  36 
"  See  1  Cor.  11.  28  "  Comp  Phil.  1.  26  ^  Comp. 
Prov  9. 12 ;  2  Esdr.  7.  105 :  Rom.  14  12  ;  1  Cor.  3.  8 
J'l  Cor.  9  11, 14      ^  See  2  Tim.  4  2      "Seel  Cor. 

6  9  <<  Comp.  Job  13.  9  "^  Comp.  2  Cot.  9  6  d  Job 
4.  8  ;  Hos  8.  7  ;  comp.  Rom.  6.  21  •■  See  1  Cor. 
15.42  /Jas.  3  18;  comp.  Rom.  8.  11  "  See  2  Cor. 
4  1 ;  comp.  1  Cor.  15.  58       ''  Heb.  12.  3,  5  ;  Jas.  5. 

7  f. ;  comp  Mt.  10  22  '  Prov.  3.  27;  comp.  Jn.  12. 
35  k  Kph.  2.  19 ;  comp.  Heb.  3.  6  :  1  Pet.  2.  5  ;  4. 17 
'  See  Acts  6.  7  ;  ch.  1.  23  "'  See  1  Cor.  16.  21 
"  Comp.  Mt  23  27  f .  "  Comp.  Acts  15. 1  P  Comp. 
ch.  5.  11  ''  Rom.  2.  25  "■  Comp  Phil.  3.  3  *  ch.  2. 
17;  3.  21 ;  Lk.  20.  16,  (in  the  Gr.)  « 1  Cor.  2.  2 
"  See  ch.  2.  20 ;  comp.  Col.  2.  20  ^  Comp.  Rom.  6. 
2,  6 ;  ch.  2. 19  f . ;  5.  24 


?  Gr.  the.  nther.    See  Rom.  13.  8.  «  Or,  load 

9  Or,  wtiHe  1"  Or,  have  written 

11  Or,  by  reason  of 

12  Some  ancient  authorities  read  have  been  cir' 
cumcised.  **  Or,  whom 


6.  15 


GALATIANS 


6.18 


the  world.  15  For  "  neither  is  cir- 
cumcision anything,  nor  uncircum- 
cision,  but  a  *new  'creature.  16 
And  as  many  as  shall  walk  by 
this  rule,  peace  be  upon  them,  and 
mercy,  and  upon  the  "Israel  of  God. 
1 7  Henceforth  let  no  man  trouble 

i  Or,  creation 


Benediction 

"  ch.  5.  6 ; 

seel  Cor.  7. 

19 ;  conip, 

Rom.  2.  26, 

23 
b  See  2  Cor. 

5.  17; 

conip. 

Eph  2  10, 

1.5  :  4  24  ; 

Col.  a   10 
"  See  Rom. 


me;  for  I  bear  ** branded  on  my 
body  the  ''  marks  of  Jesus. 

18  ■'The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  be  ^  with  your  spirit,  ^  breth- 
ren.   Amen. 

9.  G ;  comp.  cli.  3  7. 29  :  Phil.  3.  3 <l  Comp.  Is.  44. 

.')  marg.  ;  Ezek  9.  4  :  Rev.  13  16  '  2  Cor.  4.  10; 
11.23  /  See  Rom.  16.  20  !' See  2  Tim.  4.  22  Ach. 
3.  Id ;  4. 12,  28,  31 ;  see  Rom.  1.  13 ;  Acts  1. 15 


203 


THE   EPISTLE   OF   PAUL   TO   THE 

EPHESIANS 


Salatation.    The  Blessings  of  Redemption,  wliicli  tlie  Apostle  prays  that  his  Readers  may  have  more  Mly 


IPaul,  "an  apostle  of  *  Christ 
Jesus  "through  the  will  of 
God,  to  the  ''saints  that  are  ^at 
"Ephesus,    and    -^the   faithful    in 

*  Christ  Jesus  :  2  ^  Grace  to  you 
and  peace  from  God  our  Father 
and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

3  ''Blessed  he  ^the  God  and 
Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
who  hath  blessed  us  with  every 
spiritual  blessing  in  '  the  heavenly 
•places  in  Christ:  4  even  as  *he 
chose  us  in  him  before  Hhe  foun- 
dation of  the  world,  that  we 
should  be  ™holy  and  without 
blemish  iDefore  ^  him  "  in  love :  5 
having  "foreordained  us  unto 
^adoption  as  sons  through  Jesus 
Christ  unto  himself,  » according 
to  the  good  pleasure  of  his  will, 
6  ""to  the  praise  of  the  glory  of 
his  grace,  •*  which  he  >reely  be- 
stowed on  us  in  '  the  Beloved :  7 
'in  whom  we  have  our  "redemp- 
tion "  through  his  blood,  the 
'forgiveness  of  our  trespasses,  ac- 
cording to  "  the  riches  of  his  grace, 
8  ^  which  he  made  to  abound  toward 
us  in  all  wisdom  and  prudence,  9 

*  making  known  unto  us  the  mys- 
tery of  his  will,  *  according  to  his 
good  pleasure  which  he  "  purposed 
in  him  10  unto  a  dispensation  of 

*  the  fulness  of  the  ^  times,  "  to  sum 
up  all  things  in  Christ,  the  things 
'  in  the  heavens,  and  the  things 
upon  the  earth ;  in  him,  /  say,  1 1 
in  whom  also  we  ''were  made  a 
heritage,  having  been  *  foreor- 
dained •'^ according  to  the  purpose 
of  him  who  worketh  all  things 
"after  the  counsel  of  his  will;  12 
to  the  end  that  we  should  be  ''unto 
the  praise  of  his  glory,  we  \yho  ^had 
before  hoped  in  Christ :  1 3  in  whom 
ye  also,  having  heard  '  the  word  of 

1  Some  very  ancient  authorities  omit  ai  Ephe- 
sus. 

2  Or,  God  and  the  Father    See  Rom.  15.  6  marg. 

3  Or,  him :  having  in  love  foreordained  us 

*  Or,  ivherewith  he  endued  us 
•■>  Or,  wherewith  he  abounded 

*  Gr,  seasoni,  ?  Gr.  upon.  *  Or,  have 


"  See  2  Cor. 

1.1 
b  ch.  2.  6,  7, 

10,  13,  20 ; 

3.  1,  6,  U, 

21;  Col.  1. 

4  ;  2.  6  :  4. 

12 ;  see 

Rom.  8.  1 ; 

Gal.  .3.  26 
"  See  1  Cor. 

1.  1 
d  See  Acts  9. 

13 ;  Pliil.  1. 

1 ;  Col.  1. 1 
'  See  Acts 

18.  19 
/  Comp. 

Col.  1.  2 
!'  See  Rom. 

1.  7 
A  See  2  Cor. 

1.  3 

'  ver.  20 ;  ch. 

2.  6  ;  3.  10  ; 
6.  12; 
comp. 
Phil.  3.  20 

k  2  Th.  2. 

13  f.  ; 

comp.  ch. 

2.10 
f  See  Mt.  25. 

34 
'"■  ch.  5.  27  ; 

Col.  1.22; 

comp. 

2  Tim.  1.  9 
"  ch.  4.  2, 15, 

16;  5.  2 
"  ver.  11 ; 

see  Rom. 

8.  29  f.  ; 

comp. 

Acts  13.  48 
P  See  Rom. 

8.  14  ff.  ; 

GaL  4.  5 
9  Lk.  12.  32  ; 

see  1  Cor, 

1.  21 ;  Gal. 

1.15; 

comp. 

Phil.  2. 13  ; 

Col.  1. 19 
>•  ver.  12,a4 

*  Comp. 
Mt.  3.  17 

t  Col.  1.  14 
"  ver.  14  ;  see 

ICor.  1.30; 

Rom.  3.  04 
"  See  Acts 

20.  28 ; 

comp. 

Rom.  3.  25 

*  Comp. 
Acts  2.  38 

y  See  Rom. 

2. 4  ;  comp. 

ver.  18  ; 

ch.  2.  7  ;  3. 

8, 16 ;  Col. 

1.  27 
^  See  Rom. 

16.  25  ; 

comp.  11. 

204 


the  truth,  the  ®  gospel  of  your  sal- 
vation, —  in  whom,  having  also 
believed,  y;e  were  *  sealed  with  'the 
Holy  Spirit  of  promise,  14  which 
is  an  ™  earnest  of  "  our  inheritance, 
unto  the "  redemption  oi^  God's  own 
possession,  «unto  the  praise  of  his 
glory. 

1 5  For  this  cause  I  also,  *■  having 
heard  of  the  faith  in  the  Lord 
Jesus  which  is  ^"  among  you,  and 
^^  the  love  which  ye  show  toward 
*all  the  saints,  16  'cease  not  to 
give  thanks  for  you,  "making  men- 
tion of  you  in  my  prayers  ;  17  that 
the  "  God  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
"^  the  Father  of  glory,  may  give  unto 
you  a  spirit  of  ^  wisdom  and  \  revela- 
tion in  the  knowledge  of  him  ;  18 
"having  the  eyes  of  your  heart  en- 
lightened, that  ye  may  know  what 
is  the  /hope  of  his  "calling,  what 
''the  riches  of  the  glory  of  "his  in- 
heritance in  -^the  saints,  19  and 
what  the  exceeding  greatness  of 
his  power  to  us-ward  who  believe, 
"  according  to  that  working  of  the 
''  strength  of  his  might  20  which  he 
wrought  in  Christ,  when  he  '  raised 
him  from  the  dead,  and  made  him 
to  *sit  at  his  right  hand  in  'the 
heavenly 'o^ofces,  21  far  above  ""all 
rule,  and  authority,  and  power, 
and  dominion,  and  every  "name 
that  is  named,  not  only  in  "this 

25  ;  ch.  3.  3  «  ver.  11 ;  see  Rom.  8.  28  !>  See  Mk. 
1.  15  "  Col.  1.  16,  20  ;  comp.  ch.  3.  15  ;  Phil.  2.  9  f . 
ri  ver.  14,  18  ;  Tit.  2.  14  ;  comp.  Dt,  4.  20;  9.  26,  29  ; 
32.9  "See  ver.  5  /ch.  3.  11;  Rom.  8.  28  f.  »  Rom. 
9.  11 ;  Heb.  6.  17       ft  ver.  6, 14       '  Col.  1.5;  comp. 

Acts  13.  26  ;  ch.  4.  21 k  ch.  4.  30  ;  comp.  Jn.  3.  33 

'  See  Acts  1.  4  f.  ;  2.  33  "'  See  2  Cor.  1.  22  "  See 
Acts  20.  32  "  See  ver.  7  v  Comp.  ver.  11  '  ver. 
6,  12  ^  Col.  1.  4 ;  Philem.  5 ;  comp.  Rom.  1.  8 
"  ch.  3.  18  ;  see  ver.  1  '  Comp.  Col.  1.  9  ;  Rom.  1. 
8  I.  "  See  Rom.  1.9"  Jn.  20.  17  ;  comp.  Rom.  15. 
6  and  margr.  ^  Comp.  Acts  7.  2 ;  1  Cor.  2.  8 
y  Comp.  Col.  1.  9  -  See  1  Cor.  14.  6  ^  Comp.  Acts 
26.  18 ;  2  Cor.  4.  6  ;  Heb.  6.  4  (-  ch.  4.  4  "  See 
Rom.  11.  29  d  See  ver.  7  «  ver.  11  /  Col.  1.  12 ; 
see  Acts  9.  13  !'  ch.  3.  7  ;  Phil.  3  21 ;  Col.  1.  29 
ft  ch.  6.  10  '  See  Acts  2.  24  '■■  See  Mk.  16. 19  '  See 
ver.  3  '"  Col.  1.  16  ;  oh.  3.  10  ;  comp.  Rom.  8.  38 ; 
see  Mt.  28.  18  "  Phil.  2.  9  ,  Heb.  1.  4  ;  Rev.  19. 12; 
comp.  Jn.  17.  11     "  ch.  2.  2  ;  see  Mt.  12.  32 


9  Gr.  good  tidings.    See  marginal  note  on  Mt. 
4.  23.  10  Or,  in 

11  Many  ancient  authorities  omit  the  love. 


1.22 


EPHESIANS 


3.6 


Tbeir  past  Experience  of  God's  Grace.    Aforetime  Aliens,  now  Fellow-citizens  with  the  Saints 


^  world,  but  also  in  that  which  is 
to  come  :  22  and  he  "  put  all  things 
in  subjection  under  his  feet,  and 
gave  him  to  be  'head  over  all  thiiiK« 
tothecliurch,  23  which  is  his 'body, 
the  ''fulness  of  him  that'  tilleth'all 
in  all. 

2  And  you  did  he  'make  alive, 
when  ye  were  "dead  through 
your  trespasses  and  sins,  2  wherein 
ye  *once  walked  according  to  the 
''course  of  '  this  world,  according 
to  *the  prince  of  the  ^powei's  of" 
the  air,  of  the  spirit  that  now 
worketh  in  'the  sons  of  disobedi- 
ence ;  3  among  whom  we  also  all 
"*once  lived  in  "tlie  lusts  of  our 
tlesh,  doing  the  desires  of  the  flesli 
and  of  the  "*  mind,  and  were  "  by 
nature  *  children  of  wrath,  ^even 
as  the  rest:  —  4  but  God,  being 
•■rich  in  mercy,  for  Miis  great  love 
wherewith  he  loved  us,  f)  even  when 
we  were  'dead  through  our  tres- 
passes, '  made  us  alive  together 
with  Christ  ("by  grace  have  ye 
been  saved),  6  and  'raised  us  up 
with  him,  and  *  made  us  to  sit  with 
him  in  "the  heavenly  ]t/(ices,  in 
'Christ  Jesus:  7  that  in  the  ages 
to  come  he  miglit  sliow  the  exceed- 
ing "riches  of  his  grace  in  *  kind- 
ness toward  us  in  Christ  Jesus:  8 
for  "  by  grace  have  ye  been  saved 
"through  faith;  and  that  not  of 
yourselves,  it  is  '*  the  gift  of  God  ; 
y  'not  of  works,  that  •'^no  man 
should  glory.  10  For  we  are  his 
workmanship,  ^created  in  *  Christ 
Jesus  for  ^  good  works,  which  God 
'afore  prepared  that  we  should 
*walk  in  them. 

1 1  Wherefore  remember,  that 
once  '  ye,  the  Gentiles  in  the  flesh, 
who  are  called  "'  Uncircumcision 
by  that  which  is  called  '"Circum- 
cision, in  the  flesh,  made  by  hands; 
1 2  that  ye  were  at  that  time  sepa- 
rate from  Christ,  "alienated  from 
the  commonwealth  of  Israel,  and 
strangers  from  "  the  covenants  of 
the  promise,  having  ^no  hope  and 
*witliout  (^od  in  the  world.  1." 
But  now  in  'Christ  Jesus  ye  thav 
once  were  ''far  off  are  ''made  nigh 
in  'the  blood  of  Christ.  14  For  he 
is  'our  peace,  "who made  both  one, 
and  brake  down  the  middle  wall  of 
partition,  15  having  'abolished  in 
his  flesh  the  enmity,  even  -"the  law 
of  commandments  contained  in  ordi- 


1  Or,  aof  '  Gr.  nne. 

3  Gr.  poirer.  *  Gr.  Ihoughtx. 

'•  Some  aucient  autliorities  read  tn  Christ. 


""  See  1  Cor. 

16. 27  {fr. 

Ps.  8.  6) 
^  ch.  4.  15  ; 

5.  23; 

Col.  1.18; 

2.  IM; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  11.  3 
'  ch.  4.  12  ; 

5.  3U; 
Col.  1. 18, 
24  i  2.  I'J  ; 
comp. 

1  Cor.  12. 

27 
rf  See  Jn.  1. 

l(i ;  comp. 

ch.  3.  19 
"  ch.  4.  10 
/Col.  3.  U 
"  ypT.  a ; 

Col.  2.  13 ; 

camp.  Lk. 

IS.  24,  32 
h  ver.  3, 11, 

13  ;  ch.  5. 
8 ;  Col.  3. 
7  ;  comp. 
Rom.  13. 
13 ;  1  Cor. 

6.  11; 

1  Pet.  4.  3 
'  See  ch.  i . 

21 
*•■  Comp.  ch. 

6.  12 ;  Jn. 

12.  31 
'  ch.  5.  6 
"'  See  ver.  2 
"  Gal.  5.  16  f. 
"  Comp. 

Rom.  2. 

14  ;  Gal.  2. 

P  Comp. 
Rom.  5. 
10 ;  Col.  1. 
21 ;  2  Pet. 

2.  14 

«  Rom.  5.  12, 
10  ;  1  Th. 
4.  13  ;  5.  6 

""  Comp.  ch. 
1.7 

*  See  Jn.  3. 
IK 

'  See  ver.  1 
"  ver.  8  ;  see 

Acts  15.  11 
^Col.  2.  12 
■^  Comp.  ch. 

1.  20 
V  See  ch.  1.  3 
'  See  ch.  1. 

1 ;  ver.  10, 

13 
"  See  Rom, 

2  4;ch.  1.7 
b  Tit.  3.  4 

'■  1  Pet.  1.  5 
''  Comp.  Jn. 

4.  ]0;Heb. 

6.  4 
«2Tim.  1. 

9  ;  Tit.  3. 

5  ;  comp. 

Rom.  3.  23 
/I  Cor.  1. 

29 
"  ver.  15 :  ch. 

4.  24  ;  Col. 

3.  10 

h  Tit.  2.  14 

•  ch.  1.  4 

>•'  Comp.  ch. 

4.  1 

'  See  1  Cor. 
12.  2  ; 
comp.  ch. 
5  8 
'"  Col.  2.  11, 
13 ;  comp. 
Rom.  2. 
28  f. 

20fi 


nances ;  that  he  might  '  create  in 
himself  of  the  two  "  one  new  man, 
.so  making  'peace;  16  and  might 
'reconcile  them  both  in  "one  body 
unto  God  through  the  cross,  hav- 
ing 'slain  the  enniity  tliereby :  17 
and "  he  came  and  ^  preached  ''  peace 
to  you  that  wei-e  ''far  off,  and  peace 
to  them  that  were 'nigh:  18  for 
through  him  we  both  have  ''our 
access  in  •^ono  Spirit  unto  "tlie 
Father.  19  So  then  ye  are  no 
more  *  strangers  and  sojourners, 
but  ye  are  'fellow -citizens  with 
the  saints,  and  of  the  '■  liou.sehold 
of  God,  20  being  'built  upon  '"the 
foundation   of    "  the  apostles   and 

Erophets,  "C'hrist  Jesus  himself 
eing  the  ^'chief  corner  stone;  21 
'nn  whom  ''each  several  building, 
fitly  framed  together,  groweth  into 
"■a  holy  **  temple  in  the  Lord ;  22 
in  whom  ye  also  are  "builded 
together  ^for  a  'habitation  of  God 
in  the  Spirit. 

3  For  this  cause  I  Paul,  "the 
prisoner  of  "Christ  Jesus  ^  in 
behalf  of  you  ^  Gentiles,  —  2  if  so 
be  that  ye  have  heard  of  the  "'dis- 
pensation of  that  grace  of  God 
which  was  given  me  to  you-ward  ; 
3  "how  that  'by  revelation  was 
''made  known  unto  me  ''the  mys- 
tery, "as  I  wrote  before  in  few 
words,  4  whereby,  when  ye  read, 
ye  can  perceive  •'my  understand- 
ing in  the  ''mystery  of  Christ;  5 
which  in  other  generations  was 
not  made  known  unto  the  sons  of 
men,  as  it  hath  now  been  revealed 
unto  his  holy  "apostles  and  proph- 
ets in  the  Spirit ;  6  to  wit,  that  the 

"  Comp.  Rom.  9.  4  ;  Col.  1.  21  "  Comp.  Gal.  3. 17 ; 
Heb.  8.  6  '•  Comp.  1  Th.  4.  13  9  Comp.  Gal.  4.  8 ; 
1  Th.  4.  5 ;  ch.  4.  18  ''  ver.  17  :  Acts  2.  39  ;  comp. 
Ls.  57.  19  ■'  Col.  1.  20 ;  comp.  Rom.  ,1.  ii  '  ver. 
l.T  ;  Col.  3.  15 ;  comp.  Gal.  3.  28  :  <'ol.  3.  11 ;  Is.  9.  6 
"  See  1  Cor.  12.  13  "  ver.  16  ;  Col  1.  21  f.  ^  Col. 
2. 14  ;  comp.  20 !'  Gal.  3.  2S  ;  Col.  3.  lu  f .     '  Col. 

I.  2(t,  22 ;  see  2  Cor.  5.  18  "  Con;p.  ch.  4.  4  ;  1  Cor. 
10.  17  *  ver.  15  '  Rom.  10.  14  ;  comp.  ch  4.  21 
''  Acts  10.  36  ;  comp.  ver.  14  ''  ch.  3. 12  ;  see  Rom. 
.5.  2  /  ch.  4.  4  :  1  Cor.  12.  13  "  Col  1. 12  h  ver.  12 ; 
comp.  Heb.  U.  13  :  1  Pet.  2. 11  >  Phil  3,  20 ;  comp. 
Heb  12.  22  f.  *■  See  Gal.  C.  10  '  See  1  Cor.  3.  9 
'"  Comp.  Mt.  IR.  18 :  Rev.  21  14  :  1  Cor.  3.  10  "  See 
ICor.  12.  2S;  comp.  ch.  3.  5  "  1  Cor.  3.  U  »•  Lk. 
20.  17  (Ps.  118  22) ;  1  Pet.  2.  6  as  28.  16)  ''  Comp. 
ch.  4. 15  f.  :  Col.  2.  19  >•  See  1  Cor.  3. 16  f.  '  See 
1  Cor.  3.  9,  16  ;  2  Cor.  6.  16  '  See  ch.  3  17  "  AcU 
23.  IS ;  ch.  4  1  ;  2  Tim.  1.  8  ;  Philem.  1,  9  ;  comp. 
23  '■  See  Gal  5  24  -^  ver.  13  ;  2  Cor.  1  6  J'  ver  3 
-  Col.  1.  2.^ ;  1  Tim.  1.  4  ;  comp.  ch.  1.  10;  ver.  9 
"  Comp.  Acts  22  17,  21 ;  26.  16  ff.  >>  See  Gal.  1. 12 
'  See  ch.  1.  9  ;  comp.  ver.  4,  9  •'  ver.  4,  9  ;  ch.  6. 
19;  Col.  1.  26  f.  ;  esp.  4.  3;  Rora.  10.  25;  comp. 

II.  25  '  ch.  1.  9  f.  ?  (comp.  Heb.  13.  22  ;  1  Pet.  5.  12) 
.'  Comp.  2  Cor.  11.  6 


*  Or.  brought  good  tiding-^  of  pfacf.    Comp.  Mt. 
11.  5.        "  Gr.  every  building.        >>  Or,  sanctuam 

*  Gr.  into.  w  Or,  ttetcarcUhip 


3.  7 


EPHESIAl^S 


4.16 


"  The  Love  of  Christ  which  passeth  Knowledge."    "  The  Stature  of  the  Fulness  of  Christ " 


Gentiles  are  "  f ellow-lieh'S,  and  *  fel- 
low-members of  the  body,  and  "  fel- 
low-partakers of  the  promise  in 
■*  Christ  Jesus  through  the  ^  gospel, 
7  *whereof  I  was  made  a  •''minister, 
according  to  the  gift  of  •"  that  grace 
of  God  which  was  given  me  ''accord- 
ing to  the  working  of  his  power.  8 
Unto  me,  who  am  *less  than  the 
least  of  all  saints,  Avas  this  grace 
given,  to  '^ "  preach  unto  the  Gen- 
tiles the  unsearchable  '  riches  of 
Christ ;  9  and  to  ^  make  all  men 
see  what  is  the  dispensation  of  the 
*"  mystery  which  for  ages  hath  been 

*  hid  in  God  °  who  created  all  things ; 
10  to  the  intent  that  now  unto  the 
^principalities  and  the  powers  in 
« the  heavenly  places  might  be 
''made  known  through  the  church 
the  manifold  'wisdom  of  God,  11 
'according  to  the  ■* eternal  purpose 
which  he  purposed  in  "*  Christ  Jesus 
our  Lord:  12  in  whom  we  have 
"boldness  and  'access  in /confi- 
dence through  ^our  faith  in  him. 
1 3  Wherefore  I  ask  that  f  ye  may 
not  ^faint  at  my  tribulations  ^  for 
you,  which  "^  are  your  glory. 

14  For  this  cause  I  "^bow  my 
knees  unto  the  Father,  15  from 
whom  every  ^family  in  heaven  and 
on  earth  is  named,  16  that  he 
would  grant  you,  according  to  *the 
riches  of  his  glory,  that  ye  may  be 

*  strengthened  with  power  through 
his  Spirit  in ''the  inward  man;  17 
that  *  Christ  may  dwell  in  your 
hearts  through  faith;  to  the  end 
that  ye,  being  -''rooted  and 
"grounded  in  love,  18  may  be 
strong  to  apprehend  with  *  all  the 
saints  what  is  'the  breadth  and 
length  and  height  and  depth,  19 
and  to  know  *the  love  of  Christ 
which  '  passeth  knowledge,  that  ye 
may  be  '"filled  unto  all  the  "fulness 
of  God. 

20  "Now  unto  him  that  is^able 
to  do  exceeding  abundantly  above 
all  that  we  ask  or  think, « according 
to  the  power  that  worketh  in  us,  2 1 
"■unto  him  he  the  glory  in  the  church 
and  in  Christ  Jesus  unto  ^all  gen- 
erations for  ever  and  ever.    Amen. 

4      1  therefore,  *the  prisoner  in 
the  Lord,  'beseech  you  to  "walk 

'  Gr.  good  tidinn^-     See  Mt.  4.  23  marg. 

2  Gr.  bring  good  tidings  of  the  &c.  Comp.  ch. 
2.17. 

'  Some  ancient  authorities  read  bring  to  light 
what  is.  *  Gr.  purpose  of  the  ages. 

6  Or,  the  faith  of  him  «  Or,  /  7  Or,  is 

8  Gr.  fatherhood. 

9  Gr  all  the  generations  of  the  age  of  tlie  ages. 


"  Gal.  3.  29 
t>ch.  2.16 
'^  Comp.  ch. 

5.  7 

d  See  Gal.  5. 

24 ;  ver.  1 
■^  Col.  1.  23, 

25 
/Seel  Cor. 

3.5 
^  ver.  2 ;  see 

Rom.  12. 

3 ;  comp. 

Acts  9.  15 
h  See  ch.  1. 

19 ;  ver.  20 
!  See  1  Cor. 

15.9 

*  ver.  1  f .  ; 
see  Acts  9. 
15 

'  ver.lG;  see 

ch.  1.  7  ; 

Rom.  2.  4 
"'  ver.  4,  9  ; 

ch.  6.  19 ; 

Col.  1. 

26  f . ;  esp. 

4.  3 ;  Rom. 

16.  25 ; 

comp.  U. 

25 
"  Comp. 

Col.  3.  3 
"  Rev.  4.  11 
i'ch.  1.  21; 

6.  12 ;  Col. 

2.  10,  15 

1  See  ch.  1.  3 
*■  Comp. 

1  Pet.  1. 

12 ;  ch.  1. 

23 
'  See  Rom. 

11.  33; 

1  Cor.  2.  7 
<  See  ch.  1. 

11 
"Heb.  4. 16; 

10.  19,  35 ; 

IJn.  2.  23; 

3.  21,  &c. 
"  See  ch.  2. 

18 
=^  2  Cor.  3.  4 
y  See  2  Cor. 

4.  1 

'  Comp. 

ver.  1 
"  Comp. 

PhU.  2.  10 
f>  See  ver.  8  ; 

ch.  1.  IS 
"  Phil.  4.  13  ; 

Col.  1.11; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  16. 
13 

d  See  Rom. 

7.  22 

« Jn.  14.23; 
Rom.  8. 
9f.  ;  2  Cor. 
13.  5; 
comp.  ch. 

2  22 
/C0L2.  7; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  3  6 
."  Col.  1.  23 
h  See  ch.  1. 

15 
'  Comp. 

.Tob  11.  8  f . 

*  Comp. 
Rom.  8. 
39 ;  comp. 
35 

'  Comp. 

Phil.  4.  7 
"'  Col.  2.  10 
"  Comp.  ch. 

1.  23 
o  Comp. 

.Rom.  16.25 

206 


worthily  of  the  "calling  wherewith 
ye  were  ^called,  2  with  all  2' lowli- 
ness and  meekness,  with  longsuf- 
feriiig,  forbearing  one  another  '  in 
love ;  3  giving  diligence  to  keep 
the  unity  of  the  Spirit  in  the  "bond 
of  peace.  4  There  is  'one  body, 
and  one  Spirit,  even  as  also  ye 
were  called  in  one  "^hope  of  your 
calling;  5  ''one  Lord,  one  faith,  one 
baptism,  6  one  God  and  Father  of 
all,  ''who  is  over  all,  and  through 
all,  and  in  all.  7  But  •'unto  each 
one  of  us  was  ^the  grace  given  ''ac- 
cording to  the  measure  of  the  gift 
of  Christ.     8  Wherefore  he  saitn, 

"  When  he  ascended  on  high,  he 
'  led  captivity  captive, 

And  gave  gifts  unto  men, 
9  (Now  this,  He  *ascended,  vsdiat 
is  it  but  that  he  also  descended 
"into  'the  lower  parts  of  the 
earth?  10  He  that  descended  is 
the  same  also  that  ascended  "'far 
above  all  the  heavens,  that  he 
might  "fill  all  things.)/T[l  And  he 
"  gave  ^  some  to  be  apostles ;  and 
some,  prophets ;  and  some,  *  evan- 
gelists ;  and  some,  pastors  and 
''teachers  ;_  12  'for  the  perfecting 
of  the  saints,  unto  the  work  of 
ministering,  unto  the  building  up 
of  'the  body  of  Christ:  ,13  till  we 
all  attain  unto  "the  unity  of  the 
faith,  and  of  the "  knowledge  of  the 
Son  of  God,  unto  a  ^fullgrown  man, 
unto  the  measure  of  the  statui'e  oi 
the  2' fulness  of  Christ:  14  that  we 
may  be  ''no  longer  children,  "  tossed 
to  and  fro  andf  carried  about  with 
every  wind  of  doctrine,  by  the 
sleignt  of  men,  in  'craftiness,  after 
the  "^ wiles  of  error ;  15  but  ^^  speak- 
ing truth  ''in  love,  may  *grow  up 
in  all  things  into  him,  who  is  the 
'head,  even  Christ;  16  from  whom 
'■>  all  the  body  fitly  framed  and  knit 

f  Oomp.  2  Cor.  9.  8  «  See  ver.  7  '  See  Rom.  11.  36 
■''  See  ch.  3.  1    «  See  Rom.  12.  1     "  Col  1.  10  ;  1  Th. 

2  12  ;  comp.  ch.  2  10 ;  Col  2.  6 "  See  Rom.  11. 

29  "  See  Rom.  8.  28  f.  v  Col.  3.  12  f .  '  See  ch.  1.  4 
"  Comp.  Col.  3.  14  f .  ft  See  ch.  2.  16,  18  ;  comp. 
1  Cor.  12.  4  ff.  «  ch.  1.  18  <i  See  1  Cor.  8.  6  "■  See 
Rom.  11.  36 ;  comp.  Col.  1.  16  /Comp.  1  Cor.  12. 
7,  11  w  ch.  3.  2  h  See  Rom.  12.  3  '  Judg  5.  12  ; 
comp.  Col.  2.  15  fc  Comp.  .Tn,  3.  13  '18.44.23; 
comp.  Ps.  63.  9  ™  Heb  4.  14  ;  7.  26 ,  9.  24 ;  comp. 
ch.  1.  20  f.  «  See  ch.  1.  23  "  ver.  8  p  See  1  Cor. 
12.  28;  Acts  13.  1  «  Se^  Acts  21.  8  »"  See  Acts  13.  1 
'  See  2  Cor.  13.  9  t  See  ch.  1.  23 ;  1  Cor  12.  2'i 
"  Comp.  ver.  3,  5  "  Corap.  ch.  1.  17  ;  Phil.  3.  10; 
.Tn.  6.  69  ^  Heb.  5.  14  ;  comp.  1  Cor.  14.  20 :  Col.  1. 
28  y.Tn.  1.  16;  Gal.  4.  19;  comp.  ch.  1  23  «  See 
1  Cor.  14.  20  "■  Comp  Jas.  1.  6  ;  Jude  12  6  Comp. 
1  Cor.  3.  19  ;  2  Cor.  4.  2 ;  11.  3  "  ch.  fi.  11  d  See  ch. 
1.  4  «  Comp.  ch.  2.  21  / See  ch.  1.  22  »  Col.  2.  19i 
see  Kom.  12.  4  f .  ;  comp.  1  Cor.  10.  17 


10  Ps.  Ixviii.  18. 

•1  Some  ancient  authorities  inaert  first. 

15  Or,  dealing  truly 


4.17 


EPHESIANS 


5.17 


Sundry  Idmonitions :  "  pnt  on  the  lew  Man  " ;  "  walk  in  Love  " ;  "  as  Children  of  Light " ;  "  redeeming  the  Time  " 


together  ^  through  that  which 
every  joint  supplieth,  according  to 
the  working  in  due  measure  of  each 
several  part,  maketli  the  increase 
of  the  body  unto  the  building  up 
of  itself  "  in  love./ 

17  *This  1  say  therefore,  and 
'  testify  in  the  Lord,  ''  lliat  ye  no 
longer  walk  as  the  Gentiles  also 
walk,  in  the  'vanity  of  their  mind, 
18  being -^darkened  in  their  under- 
standing, alienated  from  "the  life 
of  Ood,  because  of  the  ''ignorance 
that  is  in  them,  because  of  the 
■hardening  of  tiieir  heart;  19  who 
*  being  past  feeling  'gave  them- 
selves up  to  "•  lasciviousness,  '~  to 
work  all  uncleanness  with  ^greedi- 
ness. 20  But  ye  did  not  so  "learn 
Christ;  21  if  so  be  that  ye  "heard 
him,  and  were  ^taught  in  him,  even 
as  truth  is  in  Jesus:  22  that  ye 
"put  away,  as  concerning  your  for- 
mer manner  of  life,  the  *■  old  man, 
that  waxeth  corrupt  after  the  'lusts 
of  deceit ;  23  and  that  ye  be  '  re- 
newed in  the  spirit  of  your  mind, 
24  and  "  put  on  the "  new  man,  '^  that 
""after  God  hath  been  created  in 
righteousness  and  holiness  of  truth. 

25  Wherefore,  "putting  away 
falsehood,  ^^speak  ye  truth  each 
one  with  liis  neighbor :  for  we  are 
'members  one  of  another.  26  '^"  Be 
ye  angry,  and  sin  not :  let  not  *the 
sun  go  down  upon  your  ^ wrath: 

27  neither  "give  place  to  the  devil. 

28  Let  him  that  stole  steal  no 
more:  but  rather  ''let  him  labor, 
'working  with  his  hands  the  thing 
that  is  good,  •'that  he  may  have 
whereof  to  give  to  him  that  hath 
need.  29  Let  no  ^corrupt  speech 
proceed  out  of  your  mouth,  but 
such  as  is  good  tor  *'' edifying  as 
the  need  maj'  be,  that  it  may  give 
grace  to  them  that  hear.  30  And 
'grieve  not  the  Holy  Spirit  of  God, 
in  whom  ye  were  *  sealed  unto  the 
day  of  redemption.  31  'Let  all 
bitterness,  and  wrath,  and  anger, 
and  clamor,  and  railing,  be  ""put 
away  from  you,  with  all  "  malice : 
32  .and  "be  ye  kind  one  to  an- 
other, tenderhearted,  forgiving 
each  other,  ^even  as  God  also  in 
Christ  forgave  ®you. 

5       ■'Be  ye  therefore  imitators  of 
God,  as  beloved  children;  2  and 

1  Gr.  /hroitoh  fvr^i  joint  of  I  fie  stipply. 

«  Or,  fn  mnkf  n  trnile  of 

'  Or.  rovflouxnes^    Comp  ch.  5.  3  •  Col.  3.  5. 

*  Or.  tha'  ix  nfler  Ood.  n-eated  •fr. 

»  Zech.  viii   Ifi      «  Fs  iv.  4.     7  Gr.  provocation. 
8  Gr.  tfifi  Imil.tlrig  tip  of  Ihe  need. 

*  Many  ancient  authorities  read  us. 

38 


"  See  ch.  1.  4 
0  Col  2.  4 
'  See  Lk.  16. 

28 
rf  See  ch.  2. 

2 ;  cump. 

ver.  22 
'  Comp. 

Roiu.  1. 

21 ;  Col.  2. 

IS :  1  Pet. 

1.  iS; 

2  Pet.  2.  13 
/  Rom.  1.  21 
'■'  Comp.  ch. 

2.  1,  12 
A  Acts  17. 

30 ;  Heb.  5. 
2 ;  i).  7 
niavc:.  ; 
1  Pet.  1. 
14 ;  comp. 
Acts  J.  17; 
1  Cor.  2.  8 

•  SIk.  3.  5  ; 
comp. 
Rom.  11.  7, 
2,5 ;  2  Cor. 
3.14 

*  Comp. 

1  Tim.  4.  2 
'  See  Rom. 

1.24 
"'  See  Col.  3. 

5 
"  See  Mt.  11. 

29 
0  Rom.  10. 

14 :  see  ch. 

2.17; 

comp.  ch. 

1.13;  Col. 

1.5 
P  Col.  2.  7 
'I  ver.  25,  31 ; 

Col.  3  8 ; 

Hob.  12. 

1  (Gr.) ; 

J.-18.  1.  21 ; 

1  Pet.  2  1 
*■  See  Rom. 

6.  G 

'  2  Cor.  11. 

3 ;  Heb.  3. 

13 
<  Rom.  12.  2 
"  See  Rom. 

13.  14 
"Col.  3.10; 

comp. 

Rom.  6.  4 ; 

7.  6;  12.  2; 

2  Cor.  5.  17 
^  Seech.  2. 10 
V  Zech  8. 

10;  Col.  3. 

9  ;  comp. 

ver.  15 
'  See  Rom. 

12.  5 
<»  Ps.  4.  4 

marg. 
6  I)t.  24.  15 
"^  Jas.  4.  7  ; 

comp. 

Rom.  12.  19 
d  Comp. 

Acts  20. 

35 ;  1  Cor. 

4.  12 ;  Gal. 

6.  10 
•ITh 

2Th 

11  f.; 

comp.  Tit. 

3.  8, 14 

(marc  1 
/Comp.  Lk. 

3  11;  ITh. 

4  12 

9  ch  .5  4  ; 
Col.  3  8  : 
romp   Mt. 
12.  34 

*  3ee  Rom. 

207 


4  11  ; 

,  3.8, 


"■  walk  in  love,  even  as  Christ  also 
'l(fved  you,  and  'gave  himself  up 
for  '"us,  an  "offering and  a  sacrifice 
to  God  for  an  'odor  of  a  sweet  smelL 

3  But  'fornication,  and  all  un- 
cleanness, or  covetousness,  let  it 
not  even  be  named  among  you,  as 
becometh  saints;  4  nor-'filthiness, 
norfoolish  talking,  or  jesting,  which: 
"are  not  befitting:  but  rather  ^giv- 
ing  of  thanks.  5  For  this  ye  know 
of  a  surety, that  "  no  fornicator,  nor 
unclean  person,  nor  covetous  man, 
wlio  is  an  idolater,  hath  any  inher- 
itance in  the  kingdom  ''of  Christ 
and  God.  6  "  Let  no  man  deceive 
you  with  empty  words :  for  because 
of  these  things  cometh  ''the  wrath 
of  God  upon  "  the  sons  of  disobedi- 
ence. 7  Be  not  ye  tlierefore  -'par- 
takers with  them;  8  for  *'ye  were 
once  ''darkness,  but  are  now  light 
in  the  Lord :  walk  as  'children  of 
light  9  (for  *the  fruit  of  the  light  is 
in  all  'goodness  and  righteousness 
and  truth),  10  "'proving  what  is 
well-pleasing  unto  the  Lord ;  1 1  and 
"have  no  fellowship  with  the  un- 
fruitful "works  of  ''darkness,  but 
rather  even  "^reprove  them ;  12  for 
the  things  which  are  done  by  them 
in  secret  it  is  a  shame  even  to  speak 
of.  13  But  all  things  '^when  they 
are  ^^  reproved  are  made  manifest  by 
the  light :  for  everything  that  is 
made  manifest  is  light.  14  Where- 
fore'"/te  saith,  '-''Awake,  thou  that 
sleepcst,  and  arise  from  'the  dead, 
and  Christ  "  shall  shine  upon  thee. 

15  Look  therefore  carefully  how 
ye  "walk,  not  ""as  unwise,  but  as 
wise;  16  '* -^ redeeming  the  time, 
because  "the  days  are  evil.  17 
wherefore  be  ye  not  foolish,  but 
'understand  what  the  will  of  the 

14.  19 ;  comp.  Col.  4.  6;  Eccl.  10.  12  '  Is.  63.  10 ; 
comp.  1  Th.  5.  19  *  ch.  1.  13 ,  comp.  Jn.  3.  33 
'  Comp.  Col.  3.  8.  19 ,  Rom.  3.  14  '"  Comp  ver.  22 
"  1  Pet.  2.  1  marg.  "  Col.  3.  12  f.  ;  comp  1  Cor. 
13  4;  1  Pet.  3.  8      P  Mt.  6.  14  f. ;  comp.  2  Cor.  2.  10 

''  ch.  4.  32  ;  comp.  IJt.  6.  3ii ;  Mt.  5.  48 "■  Rom.  14. 

15  ;  comp  Col.  3.  14  »  See  Jn.  13.  34  ;  Rom.  8.  37 
<  ver  '25 ;  Gal.  2.  20 ;  comp.  Rom.  4.  2,5;  .In.  6.  51 
"  Heb.  7.  27  ;  9.  14  ;  10.  10,  12  "  Comp.  2  Cor.  2.  14 ; 
Ex.  29.  18,  25  '  See  Col  3.  5  v  Comp.  Rom.  1.  28 
-  ver  20  "  See  1  Cor.  6.  9  ;  comp.  Col  3. 5  t>  Comp. 
Col.  i.  13  "^  Comp.  Col.  2.  8  d  See  Rom.  1.  18; 
Col.  3  6  '  ch.  2.  2  ,  Col.  3  6  /Comp  ch.  3.  6 
"  See  ch  2  2  ''  See  Acts  26  IS  :  Col.  1.  12  f  >  See 
T.k  16  fi;  .In  12  36;  comp.  Rom.  13.  12  *  See  Gal. 
5  22  '  See  Rom.  15.  14  '"  Rom.  12.  2  "  1  Cor.  5.  9 ; 
2Cor.  6.  14  o  Rom.  13.12  '' 1  Tim.  5.  20  '' Jn  3. 
■iflf  >•  Comp.  Is  51.  17  :  52.  1 ;  60  1.  &c.  (?)  'See 
Rom  13  11  (Seech.  2.1  "Comp  Lk.  I.i8t. 
'■  See  vcT  2  '  Col.  4  5  v  Comp  ch.  6.  13 1  Gal 
1  4    •  Rom.  12.  2;  Col.  1.  9  ;  comp.  1  Th.  4.  3 


10  Some  ancient  authorities  read  you. 

11  Or,  ronrict  "-  Or,  convicted 
"(?).    Comp.  1  Tim.  iii.  16. 

»<  Gr.  buying  up  the  opportunity. 


5.18 


EPHESIANS 


6.16 


Dtmestic  Duties :  —  Wives  and  Husbands,  Cliildren  and  Parents,  Servants  and  Masters.    "  Pot  on  the  irmor  of  God ' 


Lord  is.  18  And  "  be  not  drunken 
with  wine,  wherein  is  'riot,  but  be 
^filled  ^vith  the  Spirit;  19 ''speak- 
ing "^  one  to  another  in  "  psahxis  and 
■''liymns  and  spiritual  ^ songs,  ''sing- 
ing and  making  melody  with  your 
heart  to  the  Lord ;  20  '  giving 
thanks  always  for  all  things  in  the 
name  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  to 
^  ^'  God,  even  the  Father  ;  2 1  '  sub- 
jecting yourselves  one  to  another 
in  the  '"fear  of  Christ. 

22  "Wives,  "  be  in  subjection  unto 
your  own  husbands, -p  as  unto  the 
Lord.  23  For  ''the  husband  is  the 
head  of  the  wife,  as  Christ  also  is 
the  '"head  of  the  church,  being 
himself  Hhe  saviour  of  the  body. 
24:  But  as  the  church  is  subject  to 
Christ,  ■*  so  let  the  wives  also  be  to 
their  husbands  in  everything.  2.5 
*  Husbands,  love  your  wives,  even 
as  Christ  also  loved  the  church, 
and  "gave  himself  ui)  for  it;  26 
"  that  he  might  sanctify  it,  having 
"^ cleansed  it  by  the® ^washing  of 
water  with  Hhe  word,  27  that  he 
mi^ht  "  present  the  church  to  him- 
self a  glorious  chuych,  not  having 
spot  or  v/rinkle  or  any  such  thing: 
but  that  it  should  be  Mioly  and 
without  blemish.  28  Even  so 
ought  husbands  also  to  '  love  their 
own  wives  as  their  own  bodies. 
He  that  loveth  his  own  wife  loveth 
himself  :  29  for  no  man  ever  hated 
his  own  flesh  ;  but  nourisheth  and 
cherisheth  it,  even  as  Christ  also 
the  church ;  .30  because  we  are 
"  members  of  his  ^  body.  31  ®*Fqr 
this  cause  shall  a  man  leave  his 
father  and  mother,  and  shall 
cleave  to  his  wife ;  and  the  two 
shall  become  one  flesh.  32  This 
mystery  is  great ;  but  I  speak 
m.  regard  of  Christ  and  of  the 
church.  33  Nevertheless  do  ye 
also  severally  'love  each  one  his 
own  wife  even  as  himself ;  and 
let  the  wife  see  that  she  ■'"fear  her 
husband. 

6^  Children,  obey  your  parents 
in  the  Lord :  for  this  is  right. 
2  ''Honor  thy  father  and  mother 
(which  is  the  first  commandment 
with  promise),  3  that  it  may  be 
well  with  thee,  and  thou  *  may  est 
live  long  on  the  ^  earth.  4  And, 
ye  ''  fathers,  provoke  not  your  chil- 
dren to  wrath  :  but  '  nurture  them 

1  Or,  in  spirit  2  Or,  to  yourselves 

3  Gr.  the  God  and  Father. 
<  Or,  so  are  the  wives  also  ^  6r.  laver. 

6  Gen.  ii.  24.  ?  Ex.  xx.  12  ;  Dt.  v.  16. 

8  Or,  shall  »  Or,  land 


"  Prov.  20. 
1;23.  311; 
comp. 
Rom.  13. 
13 ;  1  Cor. 

5.  11 ;  1  Th. 

6.  7 

b  2  Mace.  6. 

4 ;  Tit.  1. 

6 ;  1  Pet. 

4.4 
"  Comp.  Lk. 

1.  15 
dCol.  3.  16; 

comp.  Jas. 

.■5.  13 
<■  1  Cor.  14. 

26 
/  Acts  16.  25 
^  Rev.  5.  9 
A  See  1  Cor. 

14.  15 

'  ver.  4 ; 
Col.  3.  17 ; 
see  Rom. 

1.  8,  &c. 

t  See  1  Cor. 

15.  24 

'  Gal  5.  13  ; 

1  Pet.  5.  5  ; 
comp. 
Pliil.  2.  3 

'"  Comp. 

2  Cor.  5.  U 
"  ver.  22  to 

ch.  6.  9 : 
Coloss.  3. 
18  to  4.  1 
•>  1  Cor.  14. 
34  f .  ;  Tit. 

2.  5  ;  1  Pet. 
3.1 

P  ch.  6.  5 
9  See  1  Cor. 

11.  3 
'■  See  ch.  1. 

22 
'  Comp. 

1  Cor.  6. 13 
t  ver.  28,  33  ; 

comp. 

1  Pet.  3.  7 
"  See  ver.  2 
"  Heb.  10  10, 

14,  20 ;  13. 

12 ;  Tit.  2. 

14 
^  2  Pet.  1.  9 
y  Tit.  3.  5  ; 

comp. 

Acts  22. 

16 ;  1  Cor. 

6.  11 
'  Jn.  15.  3 ; 

17.  17 ; 

comp.  ch. 

6  17 ;  Rom. 

in.  8  f. 

°  2  Cor.  11. 
2 ;  Col.  1. 
22 ;  see 

2  Cor.  4. 
14 

b  eh.  1.  4 
<^  See  1  Cor. 

6.  15  ;  12.  27 
d  See  ch.  1. 

23 
•  Mt.  19.  5 ; 

Mk.  10.  7  f . 
/I  Pet.  3.  2, 

5  1 
s  Col.  3.  20 ; 

comp. 

Prov.  6. 

20 ;  23.  22  ; 

Ecclus.  7. 

27  1 
l>-  Col.  3.  21 
'  Comp. 

Gen.  18. 

19 ;  Dt.  6. 

7  ;  11  19  ; 
Ps.  78.  4 ; 
Prov.  22.6; 

208 


in  the  chastening  and  admonition 
of  the  Lord. 

5  ^"  *  Servants,  be  obedient  unto 
them  that  according  to  the  flesh 
are  your  "  roasters,  '  with  fear  and 
trembling,  in  singleness  of  your 
heart,  '"as  unto  Christ;  6  "not  in 
the  way  of  eyeservice,  as  "men- 
plea.sers ;  but  as  ^"^  servants  of 
Christ,  doing  the  will  of  God  from 
the  ^"  heart ;  7  with  good  will  doing 
service,  *  as  unto  the  Lord,  and 
not  unto  men  :  8  ''  knowing  that 
*  whatsoever  good  thing  each  one 
doeth,  the  same  shall  he  receive 
again  from  the  Lord,  '  whether  he 
be  bond  or  free.  9  And,  ye  ^^  mas- 
ters, do  the  same  things  unto  them, 
and  "  forbear  threatening  :  know- 
ing that  "  he  who  is  both  their 
Master  and  yours  is  in  heaven,  and 
there  is  ^no  respect  of  persons 
with  him. 

10  ^^  Finally,  ">be  strong  in  the 
Lord,  and  in  ^  the  strength  of  his 
might.  11  "  Put  on  the  whole 
armor  of  God,  that  ye  may  be  able 
to  stand  against  the  *  wiles  of  the 
devil.  12  For  our  '^  wrestling  is 
not  against  ^^ ''  flesh  and  blood,  but 
"  against  the  principalities,  against 
the  powers,  against  the  -^world- 
rulers  of  this  ^darkness,  against 
the  *  spiritual  hosts  of  wickedness 
in  '  the  heavenly  places.  1 3  Where- 
fore take  up  *  the  whole  armor  of 
God,  that  ye  may  be  able  to  '  with- 
stand in  ™  the  evil  day,  and,  having 
done  all,  to  stand.  14  Stand 
therefore,  "having  girded  your 
loins  with  truth,  and  having  "  put 
on  the  "breastplate  of  righteous- 
ness, 15  and  having  ^shod  your 
feet  with  the  preparation  of  the 
^"gospel  of  peace  ;  16  withal  tak- 
ing up  the  *  shield  of  faith,  where- 
with ye  shall  be  able  to  quench  all 
the  '■fiery  darts  of  Hhe  evil  one. 

2  Tim.  3. 15 ic  Col  3  22 :  comp.  1  Tim.  6.  1 ;  Tit. 

2.  9  '1  Cor.  2.  3  "'  ch.  5  22  "  Col.  3.  22  "  Comp. 
Gal.  1.  10    '>  1  Cor.  7  22    ''  Col.  3.  23    ''  Comp  Col. 

3.  24  «  See  Mt.  Ifi  27  ;  2  Cor  5.  10 ;  comp.  Col.  3. 
241  (1  Cor.  12.  13:  comp.  Col.  3.  11  "Comp. 
Lev.  25.  43  "  Comp.  Job  31.  13  fl  ;  Jn  13.  13  '  See 
Acts  10.  34  ;  Col  ;:  2i  ^  See  1  Cor.  16  13  ;  comp. 
2  Tim.  2.1  ^  ch  1  19  «  ver.  13  ;  see  Rom.  13.  12 
''  ch.  4.  14  '  Sp8  1  Cor.  9.  25  rf  See  Mt.  16. 17  ■■  ch. 
1.  21 ;  2.  2 ;  3  10  /See  Jn.  12.  31  ^  See  Acts  26. 
18  ;  Col.  1.  13  h  ch.  3.  10  '  See  ch.  1.  3  *  ver.  11 ; 
comp.  Judith  14.  3  ;  esp.  Wisd.  5.  17  ff.  '  Comp. 
Jas.  4.  7  '"  Comp.  ch.  5.  16  "  Is.  11.  5  ;  comp. 
Lk  12.  35  ;  1  Pet.  1.  13  "  Is.  59.  17  ;  Wisd.  5.  18 ; 
comp.  1  Th.  5.  8  f  Is.  52.  7  ;  Rom.  10.  15  «  Comp. 
1  Th.  5.  8    '■  Ps.  7.  13  ;  comp.  120.  4    «  See  Mt.  5.  37 


10  Gr.  Bondservants,    n  Gr.  lords.    12  Gr.  soul- 
13  Or,  Henceforth         i*  Gr.  be  made  powerful., 
15  Gr.  blood  and  flesh. 
w  Gr.  good  tidings.    See  Mt.  4.  23  marg. 


6.17 


EPHESIANS 


6.24 


TfchicDS  sent.    Benediction 


17  And  take  the  "lielmet  of  salva- 
tion, and  the  ''  sword  of  tlie  Spirit, 
which  is  ""the  word  of  Gocf:  18 
with  all  ''ijrayer  and  supplication 
'praying  at  all  seasons  ^in  the 
Spirit,  and  •'  watching  thereunto  in 
all  *  persevemnce  and  '  supplica- 
tion tor  all  the  saints,  19  and* on 
my  behalf,  that  utterance  may  be 
given  unto  me  ' '  in  opening  my 
mouth,  to  make  known  with  '"bold- 
ness "  the  inystery  of  the  -  gospel, 
20  for  which  I  am  an  "  ambassador 
p  in  ■'  chains  ;  that  in  it  I  may  speak 
*"  boldlj-,  » as  I  ought  to  speak. 

21  •■  I'ut  that  ye  also  may  know 
my  aftairs,   how   I  do,  'Tychicus 

'  Or,  i7i  opening mymout/t  uil/i  boldness,  ic  i)ia!ce 
krwirn       ^  Or.  good  tidings.    See  Mt  4.  23  aiaig. 
*  Gr.  a  c/utin. 


"  Is.  59.  17 
*  Heb.  4.  12  ; 

coinp.  Is. 

4;i.  2 ;  Hos. 

K.  5 
"'Heb.  6.  5; 

see  cb.  5. 

2t) 
''  I'liil   4.  G 
*■  Lk.  18.  1 ; 

Col.  1.  a; 

4.  2:lTh. 

5.  if 
/See  Rom. 

8.  2G  f. 
'•'  Mk.  13.  33 
''  See  Acte  1. 

14  (Gr.) 
'  Oomp. 

1  Tim.  2.  1 
*:  Col.  4.  3  ; 

1  Til.  5.  25 
Comp. 

2  Cor.  6.  11 
"'  See  2  Cor. 

3.  12 
"  cli.  3.  3 
"2  Cor.  5.  20; 

Philem. 

Smarg. 


'  the  beloved  brother  and  faithful 
minister  in  the  Lord,  shall  make 
known  to  you  all  things :  22 
"  whom  I  have  sent  unto  you  for 
this  very  purpose,  that  ye  may 
know  our  state,  and  that  lie  may 
"  comfort  your  hearts. 

23  •'Peace  be  to  the  brethren, 
and  *  love  with  faith,  from  God  the 
Father  and  tlie  Lord  J  esus  Christ. 
24  Grace  be  with  all  them  that 
love  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  *  with  a 
love  incorruptible. 

P  See  Acta  21.  S3 ;  28.  20 ;  Col.  4.3;  comp.  ch.  3. 1 : 
Phil.  1.  7      ''  Col.  4.  4       ■•  ver.  21,  22  :   Colo.ss.  4.  7-9 

«  See  Acts  20.  4 <  Col.  4.  7    "  Col.  4.  8    "  Col.  2. 

2  ;  4.  8  ■'  Gal.  6.  16 ;  comp.  2  Th.  3.  16;  1  Pet.  5. 14; 
see  Rom.  15.  33    ^  Comp.  Gal.  5.  6 ;  1  Th.  5.  8 


*  Or,  in  incorruption    Se«  Rom.  2.  To 


209 


THE   EPISTLE   OF   PAUL   TO   THE 
PHILIPPIANS 


Oalatation.    Thanksgiving  and  Sapplication  on  the  Readers'  Behalf.    "  To  live  is  Christ,  t«  die  is  Gain  " 


I^Paul  and  *  Timothy,  ^''ser- 
vants of  ''Christ  Jesus,  to  'all 
the  ■''saints  in  Christ  Jesus  that  are 
at  ^Philippi,  with  the  '■^''bishops 
and  '  deacons  :  2  *  Grace  to  you  and 
peace  from  God  our  Father  and 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

3  '  I  thank  my  God  upon  all  my 
remembrance  of  you,  4  always 
'"in  every  supplication  of  mine  on 
behalf  of  you  all  making  my  sup- 
plication with  joy,  5  for  your  "fel- 
lowship in  furtherance  of  the 
*"  gospel  ^from  the  first  day  until 
now ;  6  being  confident  of  this 
very  thing,  that  he  who  began  a 
good  work  in  you  will  perfect  it 
until  « the  day  of  Jesus  Christ : 
7  even  as  ''it  is  right  for  me  to 
be  thus  minded  on  behalf  of  you 
all,  because  ^I  *have  you  in  my 
heart,  inasmuch  as,  both  in  *  my 
bonds  and  in  the  "defence  and  con- 
firmation of  the  ^  "gospel,  ye  all  are 
partakers  with  me  of  grace.  8  For 
"God  is  my  witness,  how  I  long 
after  you  all  in  the  tender  mercies 
of  ''Cnrist  Jesus.  9  And  this  I 
pray,  that ""  your  lo^e  may  abound 
yet  more  and  more  in  "  knowledge 
and  all  discernment ;  10  so  that  ye 
may  ^  ^  approve  the  things  that  are 
excellent ;  that  ye  may  be  sincere 
And  void  of  offence  unto » the  day 
of  Christ ;  1 1  being  filled  with  the 
^^  fruits  of  righteousness,  which 
are  through  Jesus  Christ,  unto  the 
glory  and  praise  of  God. 

12  Now  1  would  have  you  know, 
brethren,  that  the  things  which 
havpened  unto  me  *have  fallen  out 
rather  unto  the  progi-ess  of  the 
^ "  gospel ;  1 3  so  that ''  my  bonds  be- 
came manifest  in  Christ  '^through- 
out the  whole  prjetorian  guard,  and 
to  ''all  the  rest ;  14  and  that  most 
of  the  brethren  in  the  Lord,  ^  being 

1  Gr.  bondservants.  *  Or,  overseers 

s  Gr.  gond  tidings :  and  so  elsewhere ;  see  mar- 
giiLal  note  on  Mt.  4.  23. 

*  Or,  ye  have  m''  in  your  heart 

5  Or,  distinguish  the  things  that  differ 

«  Gr.  fruit.  7  Gr.  m  the  whole  Prcetorium. 

8  Gr.  trusting  in  my  bonda. 


"  2  Cor.  1.  1 , 

Col.  1.  1 ; 

Philem.  1 ; 

comp. 

ITh.  1.  1; 

2  Th.  1.  1 
b  See  Acts 

16.  1 
■^  Comp. 

Rom.  1.  1 ; 

Gal.  1  10 
d  ver.  8  ;  ch. 

2.  5  ;  3.  3,  8, 

12,  14  ;  4.  7, 

19,  21 ;  see 

Gal.  3.  26 
<•  2  Cor.  1.  1 ; 

comp.  CoL 

1.2 
/  See  Acts 

9.  13 
"  See  Acts 

16.  12 
A  Acts 20.  28; 

1  Tim.  3. 

1  f . ;  Tit. 
1.  7,  &c. 

■  1  Tim.  3. 

8ff. 
fc  See  Eom. 

1.7 
'  See  Rom. 

1.  8 

"'  Comp. 

Rom.  1.  9 
"  Acts  2.  42  ; 

comp.  ch. 

4.  15 
"  ver.  7, 12, 

16,  27  ;  ch. 

2.  22  ;  4.  3, 
15 

P  Comp.  ch. 

2.12;  4.15; 

Acts  16. 

12-40 
1  See  1  Cor. 

1.  8  ;  ver. 

10 ;  ch.  2. 

16 
'■  Comp. 

2  Pet.  1.13 
«  2  Cor.  7.  3 
«  ver.  13  f . 

17;  see 

Acts  21. 33; 

Eph.  6.  20 
"  ver.  16 
"  See  Rom. 

1.9 
^  1  Th.  3.  12 
V  Comp. 

Col.  1  9 
'  Rom  2.  18 
"  Jas.  3.  18 
b  Comp.  Lk. 

21.  13 
'  See  ver.  7  ; 

comp. 

2  Tim.  2.  9 
rf  Comp. 

Acts  28.  30 


'  ver.  20 ; 
2  Cor.  3. 
12;  7.4; 
comp. 
Acts  4.  31 

31Q 


confident  through  ''my  bonds,  are 
more  abundantly  *boid  to  speak 
the  word  of  God  without  fear.  15 
•'^Some  indeed  preach  Christ  even 
of  envy  and  strife ;  and  some  also 
of  good  will:  16  "the  one  do  it  of 
love,  knowing  that  I  am  *set  for 
the  defence  of  the  ^ "  gospel ;  1 7 
"  but  the  other  proclaim  Christ ''  of 
faction,  not  sincerely,  thinking  to 
raise  up  affliction  for  me  in  "my 
bonds.  18  What  thenj  only  that 
in  every  way,  whether  in  pretence 
or  in  truth,  Christ  is  proclaimed; 
and  therein  I  rejoice,  yea,  and  will 
rejoice.  19  For  I  know  that  this 
shall  turn  out  to  iny_  salvation, 
'  through  your  supplication  and  the 
supply  of  *the  Spirit  of  Jesus^ 
Christ,  20  according  to  my 'earnest 
expectation  and  ™hope,  that  in 
nothing  shall  I  be  "^  put  to  shame, 
but  that  with  ''all  boldness,  as  al- 
ways, so  now  also  Christ  shall  be 
"magnified  in  my  body  "whether 
by  life,  or  by  death.  21  For  to  me 
p  to  live  is  Christ,  and  to  die  is 
gain.  22  "But  if  to  live  in  the 
flesh,  —  if  ^^  this  shall  bring  « fruit 
from  my  work,  then  ^^  what  I  shall 
choose  I  knov/  not.  23  But  I  am 
in  a  strait  betwixt  the  two,  having 
the  ''desire  to  depart  and  *be  with 
Christ ;  for  it  is  very  far  better : 
24  yet  to  abide  in  the  flesh  is  more 
needful  for  your  sake.  25  And 
'having  this  confidence,  I  know- 
that  I  shall  abide,  yea,  and  abide 
with  you  all,  for  your  progress  and 
joy  "in  the  faith;  26  that  your 
"glorying  may  abound  in  Christ 

/  Comp.  2  Cor.  11.  13  "  Comp.  1  Cor.  9.  17  ft  ch.  2. 
3 :  Rom.  2.  8  '  See  2  Cor.  1.  11  t  See  Acts  16.  7 
'  Rom.  8. 19  "'  Rom.  5.  5  ;  1  Pet.  4. 16  "  Comp. 
1  Cor.  6.  20  °  See  Rom.  14.  8  ^  Gal.  2.  20  «  See 
Rom.  1.  13  '■  Comp.  2  Cor.  5.  8 ;  2  Tim.  4.  6  '  See 
Jn.  12.  26  «ch.  2.  24  "  See  2  Cor.  5.  12 ;  comp.  7. 
4 ;  ch.  2. 16 


9  Or,  they  that  are  moved  by  love  do  it,  hiow' 
ing  &c. 

10  Or,  but  they  that  are  factious  proclaim  Christ, 
not  <tc. 

"  Or.  But  if  tn  live  in  the  fie.th  be  my  lot,  thi3 
is  the  fruit  of  my  work:  ana  what  I  shall  choose 
I  know  not        i*  Or.  this  is  for  me  fruit  of  work. 

IS  Or,  what  shall  I  choose  f         "  Or,  offaitk 


1.27 


JfliiLIPPIANS 


2.28 


Sundr)  Exhortiitions:  t«  LowUuesc  :f  Mind  — the  mind  of  Christ;  to  Zeal  and  Blamclessness.    Commendation  of 


Jesus  in  me  through  my  presence 
with  you  again.  "27  Only  '  let 
your  manner  of  life  be  "  worthy 
of  the  -* gospel  of  Christ:  that, 
whether  I  come  and  see  you  or  be 
absent,  I  may  hear  of  your  state, 
that  ye  "stand  fast  in  "^  one  spirit, 
with  one  soul  "^^ striving  ^for  the 
faith  of  the  -gospel;  28  and  in 
nothing  allVighted  by  the  adver- 
saries :  which  is  for  tliem  ■''an  evi- 
dent token  of  perdition,  but  of  your 
salvation,  and  that  from  God ;  21) 
because  to  you  ^it  hath  been 
granted  in  the  behalf  of  Christ, 
not  only  to  believe  on  him,  but  also 
to  ''suH'er  in  his  behalf  :  30  having 
the  same  'con riict  which  *  ye  saw  in 
me,  and  now  hear  to  be  in  me. 

2  If  there  is  therefore  any 
exhortation  in  Christ,  if  any 
■*  consolation  of  love,  if  any  '  fellow- 
ship of  the  Spirit,  if  any  ""tender 
mercies  and  compassions,  2  "  make 
full  my  joy,  that  ye "  be  oi  the  same 
mind,  having  the  same  love,  being 
of  one  accord,  *6f  one  mind  ;  3  do- 
ing nothing  through  ^faction  or 
through  ^vainglory,  but  in  lowli- 
ness of  mind  ''each  counting  other 
better  than  himself;  4  'not  look- 
ing each  of  you  to  his  own  things, 
but  each  of  you  also  to  the  things 
of  others.     5  '  Have  this  mind  in 

Jou,  which  was  also  in  "Chriet 
esus:  6  who,  'existing  in  the 
'form  of  God,  *  counted  not  the 
being  on  an  equality  with  God  a 
thin^  to  be  grasped,  7  but  ^ernp- 
ried  nimself,  taking  the  form  of  a 
*"  servant,  ^*  being  made  in  the 
likeness  of  men  ;  8  and  being  found 
in  fashion  as  a  man,  ^  he  humbled 
himself,  becoming  "^ obedient  even 
unto  death,  yea,  tne  '^  death  of  the 
cross.  9  'Wherefore  also  God 
'^liighly  exalted  him,  and  gave  unto 
him  'the  name  which  is  above  every 
name;  10  that  in  the  name  of 
Jesus  *  every  knee  should  bow,  of 
'things  in  heaven  and  things  on 
earth  and  ^things  under  the  earth. 
11  and  that  every  tongue  should 
confess  that  Jesus  Christ  is  *Lord, 
to  the  glory  of  God  the  Father. 

12  So  tnen,  my  beloved,  'even 
as  ye  liave  always  obeyed,  not® as 
in  my  presence  only,  but  now  much 

1  Gr.  behave  an  citizens  worlhilt/.  Comp.  ch.  3. 
20. 

2  Or.  good  //'/I'lic-'.  See  marginal  note  on  ch. 
I.  5.  •'  Or.  iiilh.  *  Or.  perxiiayion 

^  Some  ancient  authorities  read  of  the  same 
r*>Tui.      'Or  hori'lxrrrnvt        '  Gt.  becoming  in. 
*  Or,  things  of  Ihe  uorlil  below 
»  Some  ancieut  authorities  omit  as. 


"  Corap. 
Kph.  4. 1 

''  See  ch.  1.  5 
"  ch.  4.  1  ; 
comp. 

1  Cor.  16. 13 

t'CO.lLl). 

Acts  4.  32 
''  .)ude  3 
/2Th.  1.  .■> 
'J  Comp.  Jit. 

5.  12 

h  See  .\ct3 

14.  22 
■  1  Tn.  2.  2  ; 

Hob.  10. 

32;  also 

Col.  1.  2n  ; 

2. 1 ;  1  Tim. 

6.  12 ; 

2  Tim  4 

7 ;  Heb.  12. 

1  (Gr.) 

k  Acts  16. 

19-10 ;  ver. 

13 
'  2  Cor.  13. 

14  (Gr) 
•"  Col.  3.  12 
"  See  Jn.  3. 

29 
"  See  Rom. 

12.  16 ;  ch. 

4.  2 

P  Comp.  ch. 

1.17marg.; 

Rom  2.  (j 
'  Gal.  5  26 
*■  See  Rom. 

12.  10 ; 

comp. 

Eph.  5.  21 
'  (Jomp. 

Rom.  15. 

If. 
'  See  Mt.  11. 

2!) ;  CoTiip. 

Rom.  1.5,  3 
"  See  ch.  1.  1 
"  Jn.  1.  1 
*  Comp. 

2  Cor.  4  4 
y  Comp.  Jn. 

5.  18  ;  10. 
33  ;  14.  28 

'  2  Cor.  8.  9 
"  See  Mt.  20. 

2.S 
'<'  See  Jn.  1. 

14  ;  Kom. 

8  3 ;  Gal. 

4.  4;  Heb. 

2.  17 
<^  Heb.  5.  S  ; 

comp.  Mt. 

26.  39  ;  Jn. 

10.  18  ; 

Rom.  5.  19 
<'  Heb.  12.  2 
'■  See  Heb. 

1.  9 
/  See  Mt. 

28.  18: 

Acts  2.  33; 

Heb.  2.  9 
"  See  Eph. 

1.  21 
h  Rom.  14  11 
'  See  Eph. 

1   10 
fc  See  Jn.  13. 

13;  Rom. 

10.9;  14.  9 
'  Comp.  ch. 

1.5,  I.  15 

"'  Heb.  .5  9 
"  See  2  Cor. 

7.  15 

» 1  Cor.  12. 
6;  15.  10, 
comp. 
Rom.  12. 
3 ;  Heb.  13. 
21 

211 


more  in  my  absence,  work  out  your 
own  '"salvation  with  "fear  and 
trembling;  13  for  it  is  "God  who 
worketh  in  you  both  to  will  and  to 
work,  ■''for  liis  good  pleasure,  l-i 
Do  all  things  without  *murmur- 
ings  and  questionings;  15  that  ye 
may  become  '  blameless  and  harm- 
less, 'children  of  God  without 
blemish  in  the  midst  of  a  'ci-ooked 
and  perverse  generation,  among 
whom  ye  "are  seen  as  '""lights  in 
the  world,  IG  holding  forth  the 
word  of  life ;  that  1  may  have 
whereof  to  glory  in  ^the  day  of 
Christ,  that  i  did  not  ^' run  in  vain 
neither  ^  labor  in  vain.  17  Yea, 
and  if  I  am  ""offered  upon  *  the 
saci'ifice  and  service  of  your  faith, 

1  joy,  and  rejoice  with  you  all :  18 
and  in  the  same  manner  do  ye  also 
joy,  and  rejoice  with  me. 

19  But  I  hope  in  the  Lord  Jesus 
to  "sencl  "^Timothy  shortly^  unto 
you,  that  T  also  may  be  of  good 
comfort,  when  I  know  your  state. 

20  For  I  have  no  man  '  likeminded, 
who  will  care  '"  truly  for  your  state. 

21  For  they  all  -''seek  their  own, 
not  the  things  of  Jesus  Christ.  22 
But  ye  know  » the  proof  of  him 
that,  ''as  a  child  serveth  a  father, 
so  '  he  served  with  me  in  further- 
ance of  the  ^gospel.  23  ''Him 
therefore  I  hope  to  send  fc^rthwith, 
so  soon  as  I  shall  see  how  it  will  go 
with  me:  24  but  *I  trust  in  the 
Lord  that  I  myself  also  shall  come 
shortly.  2.5  But  I  counted  it 
necessary  to  send  to  you  *  Epaph- 
roditus,  my  brother  and /fellow- 
worker  and  "'fellow-soldier,  and 
your  '^"messenger  and  "minister 
to  my  need ;  26  since  he  longed 
"after  you  all,  and  was  sore 
troubled,  because  ye  had  heard 
that  he  was  sick  :  27  for  indeed  he 
was  sick  nigh  unto  death  :  but  (lod 
had  mercy  on  him  ;  and  not  on  him 
only,  but  on  me  also,  that  1  might 
not  have  sorrow  upon  sorrow.    28  I 

f  See  Eph.  1.  5  «  Comp  1  Cor.  10. 10;  1  Pet.  i.  9 
••  Lk  16:  ch.  3.  <>   '  Mt.  5. 45  ;  Eph.  5. 1    '  See  Acts 

2  40  "  Comp.  Mt.  24.  27  ''  Gen.  1. 16  "  See  ch. 
16  y  See  Gal.  2.  2  •'  Gal  4.  11  ;1  Th.  3.  5  ;  comp. 
Is.  49.  4  "  2Tim.  4.  6  :  comp.  2  Cor.  12.  15  >>  Rom. 
15.  16  ;  comp.  Num.  28  fi,  7  '  ver.  23  ''  See  ch. 
11  'Comp  1  Cor.  16.  10;  2  Tim  3.  10  /See 
1  Cor.  10  24 ;  13.5;  comp  ver  4  "  Rom.  5. 4  (Gr.) 
''  See  1  Cor.  4.  17  >  Comp.  ch.  1.  25  k  ch.  4. 18 
'  Comp.  Rom.  16  3.  9,  21;  ch.  4.  3;  Philem.  1,24, 
.<,-c.  '"  Philem.  2  "2  Cor.  8.  23 ;  comp.  Jn.  13. 16 
"  Comp.  ch.  4.  18 


1"  Gr.  luminaries.    Wisd.  13.  2 ;  comp.  Rev.  21. 
11  u  Gr.  poured  out  as  a  drink-offering. 

12  (Jr.  aeniiinelv.  '^  Gr.  apostle. 

li  Many  ancient  authorities  read  to  see  you  aU 


2.  2i? 


PHILIPPIANS 


4.5 


Timothy  and  Epaphroditas.    All  Things  Loss  for  Clirist,    The  Heavenly  Citizenship.    Exhortations.    Rejoice  and  Pray 


have  sent  him  therefore  the  more 
diligently,  that,  \yhen  ye  see  him 
again,  ye  may  rejoice,  and  that  I 
may  be  the  less  sorrowful.  29  "  Re- 
ceive him  thei'efore  in  the  Lord 
with  ail  joy ;  and  '  hold  such  in 
honor :  30  because  "for  the  work 
of  ^  Christ  he  came  nigh  unto  death, 
hazarding  his  life  to  "^  supply  that 
which  was  lacking  in  your  service 
toward  me. 

O       Finally,    my   brethren,   *re- 

0  joice  in  the  Lord.  To  write 
the  same  things  to  you,  to  me  in- 
deed is  not  irksome,  but  for  you  it 
is  safe.  '2,  Beware  of  the  -^dogs, 
beware  of  the  ''evil  workers,  be- 
ware of  the  concision :  3  for  ''  we 
are  the  circumcision,  who  '  worship 
by  the  Spirit  of  God,  and  ^  glory 
in  '  Christ  Jesus,  and  have  no  con- 
fidence in  the  desh :  4  though  "'I 
myself  might  have  confidence  even 
in  the  flesh :  if  any  other  man 
'^  thinketh  to  have  confidence  in  the 
flesh,  I  yet  more:  5  "circumcised 
the  eighth  day,  of  the  "stock  of  Is- 
rael, of  the  ^  tribe  of  Benjamin,  a 
"  Hebrew  of  Hebrews  ;  as  touching 
the  law,  »a  Pharisee;  6  as  touching 
zeal,  *■  persecuting  the  church ;  as 
touching  the  "  righteousness  which 
is  in  the  law,  found  '  blameless.  7 
Howbeit  "  what  things  were  ^  gain 
to  me,  these  have  I  counted  loss 
for  Christ.  8  Yea  verily,  and  I 
count  all  things  to  be  loss  for  the 
excellency  of  the  "knowledge  of 
'  Christ  Jesus  my  Lord  :  for  whom 

1  suffered  the  loss  of  all  things,  and 
do  count  them  but  -^refuse,  that  I 
may  gain  Christ,  9  and  be  found 
in  him,  '^not  having  *a  righteous- 
ness of  mine  own,  even  that  which 
is  of  the  law,  but  that  which  is 
through  faith  in  Christ,  ^  the  right- 
eousness which  is  from  God  ^by 
faith:  10  that  I  may  "know  him, 
and  "the  power  of  his  resurrection, 
and  the  ''fellowship  of  his  suffer- 
ings, becoming  "^  conformed  unto 
his  death ;  11  if  by  any  means  I 
may  **  attain  unto  the  resurrection 
from  the  dead.  12  Not  that  I 
have  already  *  obtained,  or  am  al- 
ready •''made  perfect :  but  I  press 
on,  if  so  be  that  I  may  "^lay  hold 
on  that  for  which  also  I  ^  was  laid 

1  Many  ancient  authorities  read  the  Lord. 

2  Or,  seemelh  3  Gr.  gains. 

*  Or,  not  having  as  my  righteousness  that  which 
is  of  the  law  *  Gr.  upon. 

s  Or,  lay  hold,  seeing  that  also  I  was  laid  hold 


"  Rom.  16.  2 
b  1  Cor.  16. 

18 
■^  Comp. 

Acts  20.  24 
d  See  1  Cor, 

16.  17  ; 

comp.  ch. 

4.10 
«  ch.  4.  4  ; 

comp.  2.  13 
/Ps.  2J.  16, 

20;  Rev. 

22.  15  ; 

comp.  Gal. 

5.  15 

"  2  Cor.  11. 

13 
h  See  Rom. 

2.  29  ;  y.  6  : 
comp.  Gal. 
6. 15 

'  Comp. 

Gal.  6.  25 
*■■  Rom.  15. 

17  :  comp. 

Ual.  6.  14 
'  ver.  12 ; 

see  ch.  1. 

1 ;  comp. 

Rom.  3.  39 
'"  Comp. 

2  Cor.  11. 

13  ;  5.  16 
"  See  Lk.  1. 

59 
°  2  Cor.  11. 

22 ;  comp. 

Rom.  11.  1 
''  Rom.  11.  1 
1  See  Acts 

22.  3  ;  23. 

6  ;  26.  5 
■■  See  Acts 

8.  3 
'  ver.  9 
'  ch.  2.  15 
"  Comp.  Lk. 

14.  33 
"  Jn.  17.  3  ; 

Eph.  4.  13 ; 

2  Pet.  1.  3  ; 

comp.  ver. 

10 ;  Jer.  9. 

23  f. 

"  Ecclus.  27, 

4 
y  Rom.  10. 

5 ;  comp. 

ver.  6 
'  See  Rom. 

9.30; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  1. 

30 
"  Comp. 

Rom.  6.  5 
b  See  Rom. 

3.  17 

'  See  Rom. 

6.  5  ;  8.  36  ; 
Gal.  6.  17 

rf  See  1  Cor. 

15  23 : 

Rev.  20. 

5f.  : 

comp. 

Acts  26.  7 
^  Comp. 

1  Cor.  9. 

24  f.  ; 

1  Tim.  6. 

12,19 
/I  Cor.  13. 

10 
s  1  Tim.  6. 

12,  19 
h  Acts  9.  5  f . 


■  Comp.  Lk. 

9.  62 
k  1  Cor.  9. 

24 ,  comp. 

Heb.  6.  f 
'  See  Rom. 


hold  on  by  '  Christ  Jesus.  1 3 
Brethren,  I  count  not  myself  ^yet 
to  have  laid  hold  :  but  one  thing 
/  do,  '  forgetting  the  things  which 
are  behind,  and  stretching  forward 
to  the  things  which    are   before, 

14  I  *  press  on  toward  the  goal 
unto  the  prize  of  the  "  '■  high  calling 
of  God  in  ""  Christ  Jesus.  1 5  Let  us 
therefore,  as  many  as  are  ^"perfect, 
be  thus  minded :  and  if  in  any- 
thing ye  are  "otherwise  minded, 
this  also  shall  ^God  reveal  unto 
you:  16  only,  whereunto  we  have 
attained,  « by  that  same  rule  let  us 
walk. 

17  Brethren,  be  ye ''imitators  to- 
gether of  me,  and  mark  them  that 
so  walk  even  as  ye  have  us  for  an 
*ensample.  18  For  'many  walk, 
of  whom  I  told  you  often,  and  now 
tell  you  even  "  weeping,  that  they 
are  the  enemies  of  'the  cross  of 
Christ :  1 9  whose  end  is  perdition, 
whose  god  is  '^  the  belly,  and  u'hose 
*  glory  is  in  their  shame,  who  ^mind 
earthly  things.  20  For  "  our  ^"  citi- 
zenship is  in  heaven  ;  whence  also 
we  *wait  for  a  Saviour,  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ:  21  who  shall  "^  fashion 
anew  the  body  of  our  humiliation, 
that  it  may  he  "^conformed  to  the 
'  body  of  his  glory,  •''according  to  the 
working  whereby  he  is  able  even  to 
"  subject  all  things  unto  himself. 

4  Wherefore,  my  brethren  be- 
loved and  ''longed  for,  niy  joy 
and  crown,  so  '  stand  fast  in  the 
Lord,  my  beloved. 

2  I  exhort  Euodia,  and  I  exhort 
Syntyehe,  to  *  be  of  the  same  mind 
in  the  Lord.  3  Yea,  I  beseech  thee 
also,  true  yokefellow,  help  these 
women,  for  they  labored  with  me 
in  the  "  gospel,  with  Clement  also, 
and  the  rest  of  my/ fellow- workers, 
whose  ™  names  are  in  the  book  of  life. 

4  "  Rejoice  in  the  Lord  always : 
again  I  will  say.  Rejoice.  5  Let 
your  ^- f ox'bearance  be  known  unto 

11.  29 ;  comp.  8.  28 :  2  Tim.  1.  9  ^  See  ver.  3 
"  See  1  Cor.  2.  6  ;  comp.  Mt.  5.  48  "  Comp.  Gal.  5. 
10  V  Eph.  1.  17  :  1  Th.  4.  9  ;  comp.  Jn.  6.  45  «  Gal. 
6. 16  ^  See  1  Cor.  4  16  ;  comp.  ch.  4.  9  '1  Pet. 
6.  3  <  See  2  Cor.  11.  13  "  Comp  Acts  20.  31 
"  Comp.  Gal.  6.  14  ^  Rom.  16.  13 ;  comp.  Tit.  1.  12 
marg.  v  Comp.  Rom.  6.  21 ;  Jude  13  -'  Rom.  8. 
5  f.  ;  Col.  3.  2  "  Eph.  2.19  ;  comp.  ch.  1.  27  marg. ; 
Col.  3. 1 ;  Heb.  12.  22      "  See  1  Cor.  1.  7     ■=  1  Cor. 

15  43-53  d  Rom.  8.  29  ;  Col.  3.  4  <■  1  Cor.  15.  43,  49 
/  See  Eph.  1. 19  »  1  Cor.  15.  28  ft  ch.  1.  8  '  See 
1  Cor.  16.  13  ;  ch.  1.  27  k  See  ch.  2. 2  '  See  ch.  2.  25 
'"  See  Lk.  10.  20     "  Comp.  ch.  3. 1 


'  Many  ancient  authorities  omit  yet. 

8  Or,  upward         »  Or,  full-grown    1  Cor.  2.  6. 

10  Or,  common  tvealth 

11  Gr,  good  tidings.    See  ch.  1.  5. 

12  Or,  gentlenest  Comp.  2  Cor.  10. 1. 


212 


4.6 


PHILIPPIANS 


4.23 


"  Whatsoever  Things  «re  True,"  etc.    "  1  Lave  learned  .  .  .  to  be  content."    Parting  Salntatiom.    LeiHiiction 


all  men.    ?The  Lord   is  at  hand. 

6  In  nothing  be  ''anxious;  but  in 
everything  by  "^ piayer  and  suppli- 
cation with  thanksgiving  let  your 
requests  be  made  known  unto  (iod. 

7  And  ''the  peace  of  Ciod,  which 
•passeth  all  understanding,  sliall 
■'^  guard  your  hearts  and  your 
"  tiioughts  in  *  Christ  Jesus. 

8  Finally,  brethren, 'whatsoever 
things  are  true,  whatsoever  things 
are  ^  honorable,  whatsoever  things 
are  just,  whatsoever  things  are 
pure,  whatsoever  things  are  lovely, 
whatsoever  things  are  f  of  good  re- 
port ;  if  there  be  any  virtue,  and  if 
there  be  any  praise,  ^  think  on 
these  things.  9  The  things  which 
ye  both  learned  and  received  and 
neard  and  saw  *  in  me,  these  things 
do  :  and  '  the  God  of  peace  shall  be 


^0 
Bi 


10  But  I  ■*  rejoice  in  the  Lord 
greatly,  that  now  at  length  ™ye 
nave  revived  your  thought  for 
me ;  ^  wherein  ye  did  indeed  take 
thought,  but  ye  lacked  opportu- 
nity. 1 1  Not  that  I  speak  in  re- 
spect of  want :  for  I  have  learned, 
in  whatsoever  state  I  am,  therein 
to  be  "  content.  12  1  know  how  to 
be  abased, -and  I  know  also  how  to 
abound :  in  everything  and  in  all 
things  have  I  learned  the  secret 
both  to  be  filled  and  to  be  "hungry, 
both  to  abound  and  to  be ''in  want. 
13  1  can  do  all  things  in  him  that 


1  Gr.  reverend. 

2  Or,  gracious 

8  Gr.  take  account  of. 


*  Gr.  rejoiced. 
&  Or,  seeing  thai 


"  Comp. 

1  «.'or  16. 

22  inarg.  ; 

lleb.  10. 

37  ;  J  as.  5. 

8f. 
i>  See  Mt.  6. 

'  Eph.  6. 13  ; 
coiup. 
1  Tim.  2. 

1  ;  5.  5 

d  Is.  26.  3  ; 

ver.  9 ;  see 

Jn.  14.  27; 

Col.  3.  15 
"  Comp. 

Eph.  3.  19 
/I  Pet.  1.5 
"  Comp. 

2  Cor.  10.  5 
h  See  cli.  1. 

1 ;  ver.  19, 

21 
•  Comp. 

Rom.  14. 

18 ;  1  Pet. 

2.  12 
<••  See  ch.  3. 

17 
'  See  Rom. 

1.5.  33 
"'  Comp. 

2  Cor.  11. 

9  with  ch. 

2.  30 
"  1  Tim.  6.  6, 

8 ;  comp. 

2  Cor.  9. 

8  ;  Heb. 

13.  5 
°  See  1  Cor. 

4.11 
P  2  Cor.  11.  9 


1  Comp. 

2  Cor.  12. 

9  :  Eph.  3. 

16 ;  Col.  1. 

11 
*■  Comp. 

Heb.  10. 

33  :  Rev. 

1.  9  (in 

Gr.) 
'  Comp.  ch. 

1.  ,5 
<  See  Rom. 

Vx  26 
"  2  Cor.  11.  9 


"  strengtheneth  me.  14  Howbeit 
ye  did  well  that  ye  had  ''fellow- 
.ship  with  my  affliction.  1.5  And 
ye  your.selves  also  know,  ye  Philip- 
pians,  that  in  *the  beginning  of 
the  "gospel,  when  I  departed  from 
'Macedonia,  no  church  had  "fel- 
lowshij)  with  me  in  the  matter  of 
giving  and  receiving  but  ye  only ; 

16  for  even  in  *|  Thessalonica  ye 
sent  once  and  again  unto  my  need. 

17  •'Not  that  1  seek  for  the  gift; 
but  I  seek  for  the  fruit  that  in- 
creaseth  to  your  account.  18  But 
I  have  all  things,  and  abound :  I 
am  filled,  having  received  from 
"  Epaphroditus  the  things  that  came 
from  you,  an  'odor  of  a  sweet 
smell,  a  sacrifice  acceptable,  well- 
pleasing  to  God.  19  And  "my 
God  shall  supply  every  need  of 
yours  according  to  his  *  riches  in 
glory  in  Christ  Jesus.  20  Now 
unto  ' "  our  God  and  Father  '^  be  the 
glory  ®for  ever  and  ever.    Amen. 

21  Salute  every  saint  in  Christ 
Jesus.  "  The  brethren  that  are 
with  me  salute  you.  22  -^AU  the 
«' .saints  salute  you,  especially  they 
that  are  of  Csesar's  household. 

23  "The  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ '  be  with  your  spirit. 

"  See  Acts  17. 1 ;  comp.  1  Th.  2.  9  ^  Comp.  2  Cor. 
9.  5  ;  1  Cor.  9.  11  f.  ^  ch.  2.  25  -  See  2  Cor.  2.  14  ; 
Eph.  5.  2  "  Comp.  2  Cor.  9.  8  >>  See  Rom.  2.  4 
<^See  Gal.  1.  4  "3  See  Rom.  11.  36  ''Gal.  1.  2 
/2Cor.  13. 13  !»  See  Acts  9. 13  (i  See  Rom.  16.  20 
«  Comp.  2  Tim.  4.  22 


6  Gr.  good  tidings.    See  ch.  1.  5. 

7  Or,  God  and  our  Father 

8  Gr.  unto  tlie  ages  of  the  ages. 


213 


THE  EPISTLE   OF  PAUL  TO  THE 

COLOSSIANS 


Salatation.    Thanksgiving  for  their  Attainments  and  Prayer  for  their  Progress.    The  Preeminence  of  the  Son 


I^Paul,  *an  apostle  of  Christ 
Jesus  '  through  the  will  of  God, 
and  ''Timothy  ^our  brother,  2  ^to 
the  ^  saints  and  faithful  brethren  in 
I'hrist  that  are  at  Colossas : •'Grace  to 
you  and  peace  from  God  our  Father. 

3  «'We  give  thanks  to  God  ''the 
Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Chi'ist, 
praying  always  for  you,  4  '  having 
heard  of  your  faith  in  Christ  Jesus, 
and  of  the  *love  which  ye  have 
coward  'all  the  saints,  5  because 
of  the  ™  hope  which  is  "  laid  up  for 
you  in  the  heavens,  whereot  ye 
"heard  before  in  the  word  of  the 
truth  of  the  ^gospel,  6  which  is 
come  unto  you ;  even  as  it  is  also 
p  in  all  the  world  bearing  *  fruit  and 
increasing,  as  it  doth  in  you  also, 
since  the  day  ye  ''heard  and  knew 
the  grace  of  God  in  truth  ;  7  even 
as  ye  learned  of  'Epaphras  our 
'beloved  fellow-servant,  who  is  a 
faithful  minister  of  Christ  on 
*our  behalf,  8  who  also  declared 
unto  us  your  "love  in  the  Spirit. 

9  For  this  cause  we  also,  "  since 
the  day  we  heard  it,  •'do  not  cease 
to  pray  and  make  request  for  you, 
that  ye  may  be  filled  with  the 
^  knowledge  of  his  will  in  all  spirit- 
ual ^wisdom  and  understanding, 
10  to  "walk  worthily  of  the  Lord 
^unto  all  *  pleasing,  *  bearing  fruit 
in  every  good  work,  and  increasing 
'^  in  the  knowledge  of  God ;  1 1 
" "  strengthened  ^  with  all  _  power, 
according  to  the  might  of  his  glory, 
unto  all  **  patience  and  "^  longsulTer- 
ing  with  joy ;  1 2  giving  thanks 
unto  *  the  Father,  who  made  ^°  us 
meet  to  be  partakers  of  •''  the  inheri- 
tance of  the  saints  in ''light;  13  who 
delivered  us  out  of  the  power  of 

1  Gr.  the  brother. 

"  Or,  to  those  that  are  at  Colosxce,  holy  and 
fnilhful  brethren  in  Christ 

*  Or.  good  tidings :  and  so  elsewhere ;  see  mar- 
ginal note  on  Mt.  4.  23. 

*  Many  ancient  authorities  read  your. 

■•  Or,  unto  all  pjeafing.  in  every  good  xvorh, 
hearing  fruit  and  increasing  &c. 

»  Or,  62/  7  Gt.  made  poiverful. 

8  Or,  in     ,  9  Or,  sledfastness 

10  Some  ancient  authorities  rend  you. 


"  See  Phil. 

1.1 
b  See  2  Cor. 

1.  1 
'  See  1  Cor. 

1.  1 
d  See  2  Cor. 

1.  1 ;  coinp. 

ITh.  3.  2; 

Pliilem. 

1 ;  Heb. 

13.23 

*  See  Acts  9. 
13;  Eph.  1. 
1;  Phil. 
1.1 

/  See  Rom. 

1.  7 ;  comp. 

oh.  4.  18 
»  See  Rom. 

1.  8 
h  Comp. 

Rom.  15.  8 

andmarg.; 

2  Cor.  1.  3 
"  See  Eph. 

1.  1.3 

k  See  Gal. 

.5.6 
'  Eph.  6.  18 
^  ver.  23 ; 

Rom.  5.  2 ; 

1  Th.  5.  8  ; 

Tit.  1.  2; 

see  Acts 

23.  6 
"  2  Tim.  4. 

8 ;  1  Pet. 

1.  4 
0  See  Eph. 

1. 13;  ver. 

6.23 
P  See  Rom. 

10.  18 ; 

1  Tim.  3. 
le ;  ver.  23 

9  See  Rom. 

1.13 
'■  Eph.  4.  21 ; 

see  ver.  .5 
»ch.  4.  12; 

Pliilem.  23 
<  Comp.  ch. 

4.7 
"  Comp. 

Rom.  15. 

30 
"  ver.  4 

*  See  Eph.  1. 
16 

"  Comp. 

Eph.  5.  17 ; 

Phil.  1.  9 
-  Comp 

Eph.  1. 17 
"  See  Eph. 

4.  1 :  comp. 

ch.  2  6 
t>  Comp. 

2  Cor.  5.  9; 
Eph.  5.  10 

<^Eph.  3.16; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  16. 

13 
d  Eph.  4.  2 
<■  Eph.  2  18 
/  See  Acts 

20.  32 

214 


^darkness,  and  translated  us  into 
the  kingdom  of  ''the  Son  of  his 
love ;  14  '  in  whom  we  have  our 
redemption,  the  forgiveness  of  our 
sins  :  1 5  who  is  the  *  image  of  the 
'  invisible  God,  the  "  firstborn  of  all 
creation;  16  for  "in  him  were  all 
things  created,  "  in  the  heavens 
and  upon  the  earth,  things  visi- 
ble and  things  invisible,  whether 
"thrones  or  dominions  or  princi- 
palities or  powers;  ^all  things 
have  been  created  through  him, 
and  unto  him  ;  17  and  he  is  *  before 
all  things,  and  in  him  all  things 
"  consist.  1 8  And  he  is  the  ""  head 
of  *  the  body,  the  church  :  who  is 
'  the  beginning,  "  the  firstborn  from 
the  dead ;  ^"  that  in  all  things  he 
might  have  the  preeminence.  19 
'^  For  it  was  "  the  good  pleasure  of 
the  Father'  that  in  him  should  all 
^ the  fulness  dwell;  20  and  through 
him  to  *  reconcile  all  things  "unto 
^^  himself,  having  made  'peace 
through  "the  blood  of  his  cross; 
through  him,  I  say,  'whether  things 
upon  the  earth,  or  things  in  the 
heavens.  21  And  you,  ''being  in 
time  past  alienated  and  enemies 
in  your  mind  in  your  evil  works, 
22  yet  now  ^^  hath  he  ^  reconciled 
in  the  ''body  of  his  flesh  through 
death,  to  ''present  you  •'^holy  and 
without  blemish  and  unreprov- 
able  before  him  :  23  if  so  be  that 
ye  continue  in  the  faith,  *  grounded 
and  stedfast,  and  not  moved 
away  from  the  ''hope  of  the  ''gospel 

"  See  Acts  26. 18 ;  comp.  Eph.  6. 12 ^  Comp.  Mt. 

3.  17;  Eph.  1.6  '  Eph  1.  7  ;  see  Rom.  3.  24  '.See 
2  Cor.  4.  4  i  1  Tim.  1.  17  ;  Heb.  11.  27 ;  see  Jn.  1.  18 
'"  ver.  17  f. ;  see  Rom.  8.  29  "  See  Eph.  1.  10 
"  See  Eph.  1.  20  f.  ;  comp.  ch.  2.  15  !>  .Jn.  1.  3 ;  see 
Rom.  11.  36 ;  1  Cor.  8.  6  «  See  Jn.  1.  1 ;  comp  8.  58 
•'  See  Eph.  1.  22  »  See  Eph.  1.  23  ;  ver.  24 ;  comp. 
ch .  2.  19  '  Rev.  3. 14  "  See  Acts  26.  23  "  See  Eph. 
1.5  ^  Jn.  1.  16  V  See  2  Cor.  5  18 :  comp  Eph.  2. 
16  =  Rom.  5. 1 ;  comp  Eph  2.  14  "  See  Eph.  2. 13 
f>  See  ver.  16  "  Comp.  Rom.  5. 10 :  Eph  2. 3 ;  comp. 
12  rf  Rom.  7.  4  <■  See  Eph.  5.  27 ;  ver.  28  /  See 
Eph.  1.  4    s'  Eph.  3.  17  ;  comp.  ch.  2. 7    *  See  vei.  5 

11  That  is.  hold  togpther. 

12  Or,  that  nmonn  alt  he  might  have  <Src. 

«  Or.  For  the  whole  fulness  of  God  was  pleased 
to  duel!  in  him        i*  Or,  into  him       is  Or,  him 

i«  Some  ancient  authorities  read  ye  have  been 
reconciled. 


1.24 


COLOSSIANS 


2.19 


Paul's  Efforts  for  the  Perfecting  of  the  Cliurrk.    Exhortation  to  Stcdfastness.    Wiiriiin^  against  Errors 


which  ye  heard,  which  was  preached 
"  in  ull  creation  under  heaven ; 
'whereof  1  Paul  was  made  a  ''min- 
ister. 

24  ''Now  I  rejoice  in  my  suffer- 
ings for  your  sake,  and  'fill  up  on 
my  part  that  which  is  lacking  of 
the  atHictiuns  of  Christ  in  my  tlcsh 
for  -^his  body's  sake,  which  is  the 
church  ;  25  '■>  whereof  I  was  made 
a  minister,  according  to  the  '  ''dis- 
pensation of  God  which  was  given 
me  to  you-ward,  to  fulfil  the  word 
of  God,  26  ere?? 'the  mystery  which 
hath  been  hid  -for  ages  and  gen- 
erations :  but  now  hath  it  been 
manifested  to  his  saints,  27  to 
whom  *  God  was  pleased  to  make 
known  what  is  '■  tne  riches  of  the 
glory  of  this  mystery  among  the 
Gentiles,  which  is  '"Cnrist  in  you, 
the  "  liope  of  glory :  28  whom  we 
proclaim,  "admonishing  every  man 
and  teaching  every  man  in  all  ^  wis- 
dom, that  we  may  *  present  every 
man  *■  perfect  in-Christ ;  29  where- 
unto  1  'labor  also,  'striving  "ac- 
cording to  his  working,  which 
worketli  in  me  ^mightily. 

0  For  I  would  have  you  know 
w  how  greatly  I  'strive  for  you, 
and  for  therti  at "  Laodicea,  and  for 
as  many  as  have  not  seen  my  face 
in  the  fiesh ;  2  that  their  'hearts 
may  be  comforted,  thej^  being  •"  knit 
together  in  love^  and  unto  all 
'riches  of  the  '''full  assurance  of 
understanding,  that  they  *may 
know  'the  mystery  of  God,  ^even 
Christ,  3  in  whom  are  all  "  the 
treasures  of  wisdom  and  knowledge 
hidden.  4  ''This  I  say,  that  no 
one  may  delude  you  with  "persua- 
siveness of  speech.     5  For  though 

1  am  **  absent  in  the  flesh,  yet  am  I 
with  x'ou  in  the  spirit,  joying  and  be- 
holding your  'order,  and  the  •''sted- 
fastness  of  your  faith  in  Christ. 

6  As  therefore  ye  received 
''Christ  Jesus  the  Lord,  so  ''walk 
in  him,  7  'rooted  and  ^  builded  up 
in  him,  and  'established  ®in  your 
faith,  even  as  ye  "'were  taught, 
abounding  ^in  tnanksgiving. 

8  ®"Take  heed  lest  there  shall 
be  any  one  that  maketh  spoil  of 
you  tnrough  his  "philosophy  and 

1  Or,  stewardship    See  1  Cor.  9.  17. 

2  Or.  from  all  aqes  &c.  6r.  from  the  ages  and 
from  tlie  (lemratiuns. 

3  Or,  in  jwwer  *  Or.  fulwss 

5  The  ancisnt  authorities  vary  much  in  the 
text  of  tliiB  passage.  '>  Or,  by 

7  Some  ancient  authorities  insert  in  it. 

8  Or,  See  whether 


"  See  ver.  6 ; 

comp.  Mk. 

IK.  16 ; 

Acts  2.  5 
l>  ver.  25 ; 

see  Kpli. 

3.  7 
'  See  I  Cor. 

;i. .') 
rf  I'hil.  2. 17  ; 

comp. 

Horn.  8. 

17 :  2  Cor. 

1.  5;  12.  15 
•  Comp. 

2  Tim.  1. 

8;  2.  10 
/  See  ver.  18 
''  See  ver.  23 
''  See  Eph. 

3.  2 

1  SeeKph.3. 
3f.  ;Rom. 
16.251; 
ch.2.  2; 

4.  3 

fc  See  Mt.  13. 

11 
'  Kph.  1. 18  ; 

3.  Hi;  see 

Eph.  1.  7 
"'  See  Rom. 

8.  10 
"  Comp. 

1  Tim.  1.  1 
0  Acts  20. 

31 ;  ch.  3. 

16 
P  1  Cor.  2. 

6f. :  comp. 

ch.  2.  3 
9  See  ver, 

22 
""  Mt.  5.  48 ; 

comp. 

Epb.  4.  13 
'  See  1  Cor. 

15.  10 
t  ch.  4.  12  ; 

comp.  2.  1 
"  See  Eph, 

1.  19; 
comp.  ch. 

2.  12 

"  ch.  4.  13, 
15f.  ;Rev. 
1.  11 

"  See  Eph. 
6.  22  ;  ch. 
4  8 :  comp, 
1  Cor.  14. 
31 

y  ver.  19 

-  Comp.  Lk. 

I.  1  (Gr.) 
"  Comp.  Is. 

11.2; 
Ecclus.  1. 
25 ;  Rom, 

II.  33 

(>  Eph.  4.  17 
'^  See  Rom. 

16  H 
rf  See  1  Cor. 

5.  3 
« 1  Cor.  14, 

40 
/IPet.  5.  9 
"  See  Gal,  3 

26 
h  See  ch.  1, 

10 
■  Eph.  3. 17 
I-  Eph.  2.  20 

see  1  Cor. 

3.  9 

'  See  1  Cor, 

1  8 
'"  Eph.  4.  21 

"  Comp. 
1  Cor.  8  9 
10  12 ;  Gal 
5.  15 ;  Heb 
3.  12 

0  Comp. 

216 


vain  deceit,  after  tlie  tradition  of 
men.  after  the  "''rudiments  of  the 
world,  and  not  after  Christ :  9  for 
in  him  dwelleth  all  the  ''fulness  of 
the  Godhead  bodily,  10  and  in  him 
ye  are  ''  made  full,  •  who  is  the  head 
of  'all  principality  and  power: 
11  in  whom  "  ye  were  also  circum- 
cised with  a  circumcision  not  made 
with  hands,  in  the  putting  off  of 
"the  body  of  the  flesh,  in  the  cir- 
cumcision of  Christ;  12  having 
been  ''buried  with  him  in  baptism, 
wherein  ye  were  also  ^raised  with 
liim  through  faith  in  the  working 
of  God,  who  '  raised  him  from  the 
dead.  13  And  you,  being  "dead 
through  j'^our  trespasses  and  the 
uncircumcision  of  your  flesh,  you, 
/  say,  did  he  ''  make  alive  together 
with  him,  having  forgiven  us  all 
our  trespasses  ;  14  having  blotted 
out  ^°'tne  bond  written  in  ordi- 
nances that  was  against  us,  which 
was  contrary  to  us :  and  "^  he  hath 
taken  it  out  o_f  the  ^vay,  nailing  it 
to  the  cross ;  15-"  having "  despoiled 
the  '  principalities  and  the  powers, 
he  ■''made  a  show  of  them  openly, 
^triumphing  over  them  in  it. 

16  Let  no  man  therefore  ''judge 
you  in  'meat,  or  in  'drink,  or  in 
respect  of  a  *  feast  day  or  a  'new 
moon  or  a  ™  sabbath  day  :  1 7  which 
are  "a  .shadow  of  the  things  to 
come ;  but  the  body  is  Christ's. 
18  Let  no  man  "rob  j^ou  of  your 
prize  ^'^by  a  ''voluntary  humility 
and  ^^worshipping  of  the  angels, 
"dwelling  in  the  things  which  he 
hath  ^^seen,  vainly  *  puffed  up  by 
his  ''fleshly  mind,  19  and  not  hold- 
ing fast  *the  Head,  from  whom  'all 
the  body,  being  supplied  and  knit 

ver    23;  1  Tim.  6.  20;  Eph.  5.  6 p  ver.  20; 

seeGal.  4.  3  «  Comp  ch.  1. 19  ;  2Cor..5. 19  '•Eph. 
3  19  *  See  Eph.  1.  21  f .  '  ver.  15  ;  see  Eph.  3  10; 
comp.  1  Cor.  15.  24  "  See  Rom.  2.  29 ;  comp.  Eph. 
2  11  ^'  Comp.  Rom.  6.  6  ;  7.  24  ;  Gal.  5.  24 ;  ch.  3.  5 
^  Rom.  6.  4  f.  "  Rom.  6.  5 ;  Eph.  2.  6 ;  comp.  ver. 
13  ;  ch.  3.  1  '  See  Acts  2.  24  "  See  Eph,  2. 1  i-  See 
Eph.  2.  1,  5 ;  comp.  ver.  12  "  Eph.  2.  15  :  comp. 
ver  20  <*  Comp.  1  Pet.  2.  24  '  Comp  Eph.  4.  8 
/Comp.  Is.  53. 12:Mt.  12.  29;  Lk.  10. 18  ;  .Tn.  12.  31 ; 
Eph,  4.  8  i'2Cor.  2.  14(Gr.)  ^  See  Rom,  14.  3 
>  Mk,  7.  19 ;  Rom,  14,  17  ;  Heb.  9.  10  *  Lev.  23.  2 ; 
Rom,  14,  5  '1  Chr,  23,  31 :  2  Chr.  31.  3 ;  Neh,  10. 
33.  .tc,  '"  JiTk.  2.  27  f.  :  see  Gal,  4.  10  f .  "  Heb.  8, 
5  ;  10. 1  "  See  1  Cor,  9.  24  ;  Pliil,  3, 14  P  ver.  23 
«  See  1  Cor.  4,  6  ""  Comp,  Rom,  8,  7  'See Eph,  1. 
22    «  Eph.  1.  23 ;  4,  16 


9  Or,  elements    See  Gal.  4.  3  marg, 

10  Or,  the  bond  that  was  against  us  by  its  ordi- 
nances 

11  Or,  having  put  off  from  himself  the  princi- 
palilifs  &c. 

n  Or,  of  lii-'<  own  mere  will,  by  humility  &c. 
13  The  Greek  word  denotes  an  act  of  reverence, 
whether  paid  to  a  creature,  or  to  the  Creator, 
n  Or,  taking  his  sland  upon 
\i  Many  authorities,  some  ancient,  insert  not. 


2.20 


COLOSSIAKS 


4.1 


"Put  on  the  Sew  Man."    Domestic  Duties  :  Wives  and  Husbands,  Children  and  Parents,  Servants  and  Masters 


together  through  the  joints  and 
bands,  increaseth  with  the  increase 
of  God. 

20  "  If  ye  died  with  Christ  from 
the  ^*  rudiments  of  the  world, "  why, 
as  though  Hving  in  the  world,  do 
ye  subject  yourselves  to  ''ordi- 
nances, 21  Handle  not,  nor  taste, 
nor  touch  22  (all  which  things  are 
""to  perish  with  the  using),  after 
the  •''precepts  and  doctrines  of 
men'?  23  Which  things  have  in- 
deed a  show  of  wisdom  in  ^will- 
worship,  and  humility,  and  ''  sever- 
ity to  the  body ;  but  are  not  of  any 
^  value  against  Hhe  indulgence  of 
the  flesh. 

3  If  then  ye  were  *  raised  to- 
gether with  Christ,  seek  the 
things  that  are  above,  where 
Christ  is,  'seated  on  the  right 
hand  of  God.  2  ™  Set  your  mind 
on  the  things  that  are  above,  not 
on  the  things  that  are  upon  the 
earth.  3  For  ye  "died,  and  your 
life  is  hid  with  Christ  in  God. 
4  When  Christ,  "who  is  ^our  life, 
shall  be  manifested,  ^then  shall 
ye  also  with  him  be  manifested 
in  glory. 

5  *Put  to  death  therefore  your 
''members  which  are  upon  the 
earth  :  '  fornication,  uncleanness, 
passion,  evil  desire,  and  covetous- 
ness,  which  is  idolatry ;  6  for 
which  things'  sake  cometh  *  the 
wrath  of  God  *upon  the  sons  of 
disobedience  :  7  ®  "  wherein  ye  also 
once  walked,  when  ye  lived  in 
these  things ;  8  but  now  do  ye 
also  "put  them  all  away:  ^ anger, 
wrath,  malice,  railing,  2/ shameful 
speaking  out  of  your  mouth :  9 
^lie  not  one  to  another;  seeing 
that  ye  have  "  put  off  the  old  man 
with  his  doings,  10  and  have  *put 
on  the  new  man,  that  is  being  "  re- 
newed unto  knowledge  ''after  the 
image  of  him  that  "  created  him : 
11  where  -^  there  cannot  be  Greek 
and  Jew,  "circumcision  and  un- 
circumcision,  ''  barbarian,  '  Scyth- 
ian, *  bondman,  freeman;  but 
'Christ  is  all,  and  in  all. 

1 2  *  Put  on  therefore,  as  *"  God's 
elect,  holy  and  beloved,  "a  heart 
of  compassion,  kindness,  "lowli- 
ness, meekness,  ^  longsuffering  • 
13  'forbearing   one   another,   and 

1  Or,  elements   See  Gal.  4.  3  marg.     2  Or,  honor 
8  Many  ancient  authorities  T%aayour. 
<  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  upon  the  sons 
of  disoliedifncr.     See  Eph.  5.  6. 

6  Or,  amongst  whom 


"  See  Rom. 

6.  2 
b  See  ver.  8 
<■  Gal.  4.  9 
d  Comp. 

ver.  14.  16 
■■  1  Cor.  6.  13 
/  Is.  2.'J.  l;i ; 

Mt.  15.  9  ; 

Tit.  1.  14 
c  ver.  18 
''  Comp. 

1  Tim.  4.  3 
i  Comp. 

Rom.  13. 

14 ;  1  Tim. 

4.  8 

*  See  eh.  2. 

12 
'  See  Mk. 

16.19 
' '  See  Phil. 

3. 19,  20 ; 

comp.  Mt. 

16.  23 
"  See  Rom. 

6.  2  ;  2  Cor. 

5.  14 ; 
comp.  ch. 
2.  20 

"  Gal.  2.  20  ; 

comp.  Jn. 

11.25 
1'  1  Cor.  1. 

7  ;  1  Pet.  1. 

13  ;  1  Ju.  2. 

28  ;  3.  2  ; 

comp. 

Phil.  3.  21 
9  Rom.  8.  13 
''  Comp.  ch. 

2.  11 
«  Mk.  7. 

21  f .  ;  Gal. 
5.  19; 

1  Cor.  6. 
9  f .  18  ; 

2  Cor.  12. 
21 ;  Eph. 
4.  19 ;  5. 
3,5 

'  See  Rom. 

1. 18  ;  Eph. 

5.6 
«  See  Eph. 

2.2 
^  See  Eph. 

4.22 
^  Comp. 

Eph.  4.  31 
y  See  Eph. 

4.  29 
^  See  Eph. 

4.  25 
"  See  Epli. 

4.22 
i  See  Eph. 

4.  24 

•=  Rom.  12. 

2 ;  2  Cor. 

4. 16 ;  Eph. 

4.23 
rf  Rom.  8.  29 
'■  Comp. 

Eph  2.  10 
/  See  Rom. 

10.  12 ; 

1  Cor.  12. 

13;  Gal. 

3.28 
y  See  1  Cor. 

7.  19  ;  Gal. 

5.  6 

h  See  Acts 

28.2 
i  2  Mace.  4. 

47 
k  Eph.  6.  8 
'  Eph.  1.  23 
"'  See  Lk. 

18.7 
"  Gal.  5. 

22  f.; 
Phil.  2.  1 ; 
Iik.1. 

216 


''forgiving  each  other,  if  any  man 
have  a  complaint  against  any ; 
'even  as  ''the  Lord  forgave  you, 
.so  also  do  ye :  14  and  above  all 
these  things  put  on  love,  which  is 
*the  bond  of  '  perf ectness.  15 
And  let  "the  peace  of  Christ  ''rule- 
in  your  hearts,  to  the  which  alsO' 
ye  were  called  in  "  one  body ;. 
and  be  ye  thankful.  16  Let  ^the. 
word  oi  ^Chi'ist  dwell  in  you 
"richly;  in  all  wisdom  ^teaching 
and  admonishing  ^°one  another- 
^with  p.salms  and  hymns  and 
spiritual  songs,  "singing  with 
grace  in   your   hearts   unto   God. 

17  And  ^whatsoever  ye  do,  ia 
word  or  in  deed,,  do  all  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  "giving 
thanks  to  God  the  Father  through 
him. 

18  ''Wives,  "be  in  subjection  to- 
your  hu.sbands,  as  is  fitting  in  the 
Lord.  19  •''Husbands,  love  your 
wives,  and  be  not  bitter  against 
them.  20  "  Children,  obey  your 
parents  in  all  things,  for  this  ia 
well-pleasing  in  the  Lord.  21 
''  Fathers,  provoke  not  your  chil- 
dren, that  they  be  not  discour- 
aged. 22  "  ^  Servants,  obey  in  all 
things  them  that  are  your  ^'^  mas- 
ters according  to  the  flesh  ;  *  not 
with  eye-service,  as  men-pleasers, 
but  in  singleness  of  heart,  fearing 
the  Lord :  23  whatsoever  ye  do, 
work  ■'^heartily,  'as  unto  the 
Lord,  and  not  unto  men ;  24 
'"knowing  that  from  the  Lord  ye 
shall  receive  the  recompense  of 
"  the  inheritance  :  ye  "  serve  the 
Lord  Christ.  25  For  ^he  that 
doeth  wrong  shall  "receive  again 
for  the  wrong  that  he  hath  done : 
and  *  there  is  no  respect  of  per- 

4  sons.  1  ^^  Masters,  render  unto 
your  "  servants  that  which  is 
just  and  ^® equal;  knowing  that 
ye  also  have  a  Master  in  heaven. 

78  marg.       «  Eph.  4.  2  ;  Pliil.  2.  3       *  2  Cor.  6.  6  ; 

comp.  1  Cor.  13.  4       «  Eph.  4.  2 "■  Eph.  4.  32  ; 

comp.  Rom.  15.  7  »  Comp.  Eph  4.  3  t  Heb.  6. 1 : 
comp.  Jn.  17.  23  "  See  Jn.  14.  27  "  See  Eph.  2.  IS 
•«  Rom.  10.  17  :  comp.  Eph.  5.  26 ;  1  Th.  1.8!'  Eph. 

5.  19  ;  ch.  1.  28  '  See  Eph.  5.  19  "  See  1  Cor.  14. 
15    blCor.  10.  31    <^  See  Eph.  5.  20 ;  ver.  15    f'ver. 

18  to  4.  1 :  Ep/)es.  5.  22  to  6.  9  "^  See  Eph.  5.  22 
/  See  Eph.  5.  25     »  Eph.  6.  1     *  Eph.  6.  4     '  Eph. 

6.  5  *•  Eph.  6.  6  '  Eph.  6.  7  '"  Comp.  Eph.  6.  8 
"  See  Acts  20.  32  ;  1  Pet.  1.4  "  See  1  Cor.  7.  22 
f  See  Eph.  6.  8    9  See  Acts  10.  34 ;  Eph.  6.  9 


6  Many  ancient  authorities  read  Christ. 

7  Gr.  arbitrate. 

8  Some   ancient   authorities  read   the  Lord: 
others,  God. 

9  Or,  richly  in  all  wisdom  :  teaching  &e. 

1"  Or,  yourselves  n  Gr.  Bondsfrvanls. 

12  Gr.  lords.  w  Gr.  from  the  soul. 

1^  Gr.  receive  again  the  wrong,     is  Gr.  eauality. 


4.2 


COLOSSIANS 


4.18 


Sudrj  AdmonitioDS.    Tychiras  and  Onesimns.    Divers  Salutations.    Autographic  Salotation,  and  Benediction 


2  "  Continue  stcdfastly  in  prayer, 
watchiu{jf  therein  with  thanksgiv- 
ing ;  3  withal  praying  ''for  us  also, 
that  (Jod  may  upon  unto  us  a  "door 
for  "^  the  word,  to  speak  ''  tlie  mys- 
tery of  Christ,  for  wliich  I  am  also 
•''in  bonds  ;  4  that  1  may  make  it 
manifest,  ■''as  I  ought  to  speak.  5 
"  Walk  in  wisdom  toward  ''  them 
that  are  without,  ''redeeming  the 
time.  G  *  Let  your  spet^ch  be  al- 
ways with  grace,  seasoned  with 
'  salt,  that  ye  may  know  how  ye 
ought  ""to  answer  each  one. 

7  "All  my  affairs  shall  "Tychicus 
make  known  unto  you,  ''the  be- 
loved brother  and  faithful  minister 
and  fellow-servant  in  the  Lord : 
8  « M'hom  I  have  sent  unto  you 
for  this  very  purpose,  that  ve 
may  know  our  state,  and  that  he 
may  ^  comfort  your  hearts  ;  9  to- 
gether with  '  Onesimus,  the  faith- 
ful and  '  beloved  brother,  "  who 
is  one  of  you.  They  shall  make 
known  unto  j'du  all  things  that 
are  done  here. 

10  *  Aristarchus  my  *  fellow- 
prisoner  .soluteth  you,  and  -"  Mark, 
the  -  cousin  of  "  Barnabas  (touch- 
ing whom  ye  received  command- 
ments ;  *if  he  come  unto  you, 
receive  him),  1 1  and  Jesus  that 
is  called  Justus,  ''who  are  of  the 
circumcision  :  these  only  are  my 
''fellow- workers     unto    the    king- 

i  Gr.  buying  up  the  opportunity. 


"  See  Acts 

1.  14; 

Eph.  6. 18 
t>  See  Eph. 

G.  19 
"  See  Acts 

14.  27 
d  See  2  Tim. 

4.  2 
•  See  Eph. 

•J.  3  esp. 

4  ;  «.  l;) 
/  See  Eph. 

(i.  20 
■"  Eph.  a.  15 
A  See  Mk. 

4.  11 
i  Eph.  5.  10 
*•■  (Jonip. 

Eph.  4.  29 
I  See  Mk.  9. 

50 
'"  Comp. 

1  Pet.  3.  15 
"  ver.  7  to  9  : 

E}>/U'S.  6. 

21,  22 
"  See  Acts 

20.  4 
1'  Eph.  6.  21  ; 

oh.  1.  7 
1  Eph.  6.  ?2 
'■  See  ch.  2.  2 
«  Philem.  10 
'  Comp.  ch. 

1.7 
"  ver. 12 
"  See  Acts 

19.  29 
"  Comp. 

Rom.  16.  7 
f  See  Acts 

13.  12 
'  Comp. 

Acts  15. 

;)7,  39 
"  See  Acts 

4.  36 
l>  Comp. 

2  Tim.  4. 11 
'^  See  Acts 

11.2 
d  Comp. 
Rom.  16.  3 


'  See  ch.  1.  7 


dom  of  God,  men  that  have  been 
a  comfoi't  unto  me.  12  "Epa- 
phras,  "  who  is  one  of  you,  a  '^  ser- 
vant of  Christ  Jesus,  saluteth  you, 
always  ■''striving  for  you  in  his 
prayers,  that  ye  may  stand  "per- 
fect and  "  fully  assured  in  all  the 
will  of  God.  13  For  I  bear  him 
witness,  that  he  hath  much  labor 
for  you,  and  for  them  in  'Laodi- 
cca,  and  for  them  in  Hierapolis. 
14  ^Luke,  the  beloved  physician, 
and  '  Demas  salute  you.  15  Salute 
the  brethren  that  are  in  *  Laoclicea, 
and  ^Nymphas,  and  "'the  church 
that  is  in  ■*  their  house.  1 6  And 
"  when  ^  this  epistle  hath  been  read 
among  you,  cause  that  it  be  read 
also  in  the  church  of  the  Laodice- 
ans  ;  and  that  ye  also  "  read  the 
epistle  from  'Laodicea.  17  And 
say  to  "Archippus,  Take  heed  to 
the  P  ministry  which  thou  hast  re- 
ceived in  the  Lord,  that  thou  fulfil 
it. 

18  »The  salutation  of  me  Paul 
with  mine  own  hand.  ''  Remember 
*  my  bonds.     '  Grace  be  with  you. 

/  See  Rom.  15.  30  "  See  ch.  1.  28  h  See  Lk.  1.  1 
and  marg.  '  See  ch.  2.  1 ;  ver.  15  f .  t  2  Tim.  4. 
11 ;  Phllem.  24  ;  see  Acts  16.  10  '  2  Tim.  4.  10  ; 
Philem.  24  •"  See  Rom.  16.  5  "  Comp.  1  Th.  5. 
27  ;  2  Th.  3.  14  "  Pliilem.  2  p  2  Tim.  4.  5  «  See 
1  Cor.  16.  21  "•  Heb.  13.  3  '  See  Phil.  1.  7  ;  ver.  3 
« 1  Tim.  6.  21 ;  2  Tim.  4.  22  ;  Tit.  3.  15  ;  Heb.  13.  25 


*  Gr.  liotidsTvant. 

3  Tlie  Greeli  may  represent  Nympha. 

^  Some  ancient  authorities  read  her. 


Gr.  the. 


217 


THE   FIRST   EPISTLE    OF   PAUL   TO   THE 

THESSALONIANS 


Salutation.    Thanksgiving  for  their  Reception  of  the  Gospel,    Reminder  of  his  Labors  among  them 


1"Paul,  and  *Silvanus,  and 
"Timothy,  unto  the  "^  church  of 
the  ThessaloniansinGodthe  Father 
and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ :  *  Grace 
to  you  and  peace. 

2  •''We  give  thanks  to  God  always 
for  you  all, ''  making  mention  of  you 
in  our  prayers ;  3  remembering 
without  ceasing  your  "work  of  faith 
and  labor  of  'love  and  ^* patience 
of  hope  in  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
before  "'our  God  and  Father;  4 
knowing,  ™  brethren  beloved  of 
God,  "  your  election,  5  ^  how  that 
our  ■* "  gospel  came  not  unto  you  in 
word  only,  but  also  ^  in  power,  and 
in  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  in  much 
^ « assurance ;  even  as  ye  know 
•"what  manner  of  men  we  showed 
ourselves  toward  you  for  your  sake. 
6  And  ye  became  '  imitators  of  us, 
and  of  the  Lord,  'having  received 
"the  word  in  much  affliction,  with 
"joy  of  the  Holy  Spirit ;  7  so  that 
ye  became  an  ensample  to  all  that 
oelieve  in  "^  Macedonia  and  in 
^Achaia.  8  For  from  you  hath 
^sounded  forth  "the  word  of  tlie 
Lord,  not  only  in  ^  Macedonia  and 
•'Achaia,  but  *in  every  place  your 
faith  to  God- ward  is  gone  forth ; 
so  that  we  need  not  to  speak  any- 
thing. 9  For  they  themselves  re- 
port concerning  us  what  manner  of 
^entering  in  we  had  unto  you  ;  and 
how  ye  "^tui-ned  unto  God  "from 
idols,  to  serve  a  •'living  and  true 
God,  10  and  to  ^wait  for  his  Son 
from  heaven,  whom  he  ''raised 
from  the  dead,  even  Jesus,  who 
'delivereth  us  from  *the  wrath  to 
come. 

2  For  yourselves,  brethren, 
know  our  'entering  in  unto 
you,  that  "*  it  hath  not  been  found 
vain :  2  but  having  suffered  before 
and  been  "shamefully  treated,  as 
ye  know,  at  "Philippi,  we  waxed 
bold  in  our  God  ^to  speak  unto  you 

1  Or,  stedfaHnexs        '  Or,  Ood  and  our  Father 
5  Or,  becniixe  our  gospel  &c. 
^  6r.  good  tidings .  and  so  elsewhere ;  see  mar- 
ginal note  on  Ml.  4.  23.  6  Qr,  fulness 


"  2  Th.  1.  1 
6  See  2  Cor. 

1  19 

"  See  Acts 

16.  1  (2  Th. 

1.  1) 
d  2  Th.  1.  1 ; 

corap. 

Acts  17.  1 
*  See  Rom. 

1.7 
/2Th.  1.  3; 

see  Rom. 

1.  8 ;  Eph. 

5.  20; 
comp.  ch. 

2.  13 

"  See  Rom. 

1.  9 

h  2  Th.  1. 11 ; 
comp.  Jn. 

6.  29 ;  Gal. 
5.6 

t  ch.  3.  G ; 

2  Th.  1. 

3  f. ;  ccmp. 
1  Cor.  13. 
13 

»:  Rom.  8. 

25 ;  15.  4 
'  See  Gal.  1. 

4 
™2Th.  2.  13; 

comp. 

Rom.  1.  7 
"2Pet.  1. 

10;  comp. 

Rom.  9.  11 
»  See  2  Cor. 

2.12; 

1  Cor.  9. 

14 ;  ch.  2. 

2.  4,  8  f . ; 

3.  2;  2  Th. 
2.  14 

P  See  Rom. 
15.  19 ; 

1  Cor.  2. 
4 ;  2  Cor. 
6.T 

9  Comp. 

Col.  2.  2 ; 

Lk.  1.  1 

(Gr.) 
"■ch.  2.  10 
» See  1  Cor. 

4.  16; 
comp. 
11. 1  f. 

«  Acts  17. 

5-10 
"  See  2  Tim. 

4.2 
"Acts  13. 

52;  comp. 

2  Cor.  6. 
10;  Gal.  5. 
22 

^  See  Rom. 

15.26 
y  See  Acts 

18.  12 
'  See  Rom. 

10.  18 
<»  2  Th.  3.  1 ; 

comp.  Col. 

3.16 
b  Rom.  1. 

8;       Cor. 

218 


the  * 'gospel  of  God  in  much  "^con- 
flict. 3  For  our  '  exhortation  is  not 
of  'error,  nor  of  "uncleanness,  nor 
in  "guile :  4  ^but  even  as  we  have 
been  approved  of  God  to  be  *  in- 
trusted with  the  ''gospel,  so  we 
speak;  ^not  as  pleasing  men,  but 
God  who  "proveth  our  hearts.  5 
For  neither  at  any  time  were  we 
found  using  words  of  flattery,  as 
j'e  know,  nor  *  a  cloak  of  covetous- 
ness,  "God  is  witness;  6  nor ''seek- 
ing glory  of  men,  neither  from  you 
nor  from  others,  when  we  might 
have  ''claimed  authority  as '^apostles 
of  Christ. _  7  But  we  were  ''•' gentle 
in  the  midst  of  you,  ^as  when  a 
nurse  cherisheth  her  own  children : 
8  even  so,  being  aflfectionately  de- 
sirous of  you,  we  were  well  pleased 
to  ''impart  unto  you,  not  the 
^'gospel  of  God  only,  but  also  our 
own  souls,  because  ye  were  become 
very  dear  to  us.  9  For  ye  remem- 
ber, brethren,  our  'labor  and 
travail:  ^working  night  and  day, 
that  we  might  not '  burden  any  of 
you,  we  preached  unto  you  the 
^*  gospel  of  God.  10  Ye  are  wit- 
nesses, and  '"God  also,  "how  holily 
and  righteously  and  unblamably 
we  behaved  ourselves  toward  you 
that  believe :  1 1  as  ye  know  how 
we  dealt  with  each  one  of  you,  as  "a 
father  with  his  own  children,  ^ex- 
horting you,  and  encouraging  you, 
and  *  testifying,  12  to  the  end  that 

2.  14;  comp.  Rom.  16.  19  «ch.  2.  1  <<  Acts 
14  15  '■  Comp.  1  Cor.  12.  2  /  See  Mt.  16.  16 
'J  See  Mt.  16.  27  f. ;  1  Cor.  1.  7  ''  See  Acts  2. 
24  1  See  Rom.  5  9  ^  Mt.  3.  7 ;  comp.  ch.  2.  16; 
5.9    'ch.  1.9    '"2Th.  1.  10    "  Phil.  1.  30;  Acts  14. 

5    °  See  Acts  16,  22-24    v  See  Acts  17. 1-9 ''  See 

Rom.  1.  1  '•  See  Phil.  1.  30  '  Acts  13. 15  <  2  Th. 
2.  11  "  ch.  4.7  "2  Cor.  4.  2  ^  2  Cor.  2.  17  ^  See 
Gal.  2.  7  ^  See  Gal.  1. 10  "■  See  Rom.  8. 27  f-  Acts 
20.  33 ;  corap.  2  Pet.  2.  3  <^  ver.  10 ;  see  Rom.  1.  9 
rf  Jn.  5.  41,  44 ;  comp.  2  Cor.  4.  5  "  See  1  Cor.  9. 
If.        /2  Tim.  2.  24.       «  Comp.  ver.  11 ;  Gal.  4.  19 

1  See  2  Cor.  12.  15 ;  comp  1  Jn.  3.  16  '  2  Th.  3.  8 ; 
comp.  Phil.  4.  16  *  See  Acts  18.  3  '2  0or.  11.  9; 
comp.  1  Cor.  9. 4  f.    "'  See  ver.  5    "  ch.  1.5;  comp. 

2  Cor  1.  12  "  See  1  Cor.  4.  14 ;  comp.  ver.  7 
P  Comp.  ch.  5. 14    «  See  Lk.  16.  28 ;  ch.  4.  6 


8  Or,  been  burdensome  ver.  9 ;  comp.  1  Cor.  9. 
4ff. 

7  Most  of  the  ancient  authoritiea  read  babts< 
Comp.  1  Cor.  14.  20. 


2.13 


I.   THESSALONIANS 


4.6 


Tbaoksginng  fur  their  Fidelity  audcr  PorseruUoa,     Prayer  on  tlieir  Bchair.    Exliortation  to  Sauiti&cation 


ye  should  "walk  woithilj'  of  God, 
who  ""calleth  yuu  into  his  own 
kin<?doiii  and  '' glory. 

13  And  tor  this  cause  we  also 
*thank  (Jod  without  ceasing,  that, 
when  ye  received  from  us  '^the 
word  ot  the  message,  even  tlie  word 
of  God,  ye  accepted  it  ^ not  as  the 
word  of  men,  but,  as  it  is  in  truth, 
the  word  of  (Jod,  ='  which  also  work- 
eth  in  you  that  believe.  1-1-  For 
ye,  brethren,  became  ''imitators  of 
'the  churclies  of  God  which  are  *in 
Judaea  in  Christ  Jesus  :  for  '  ye  also 
sull'ered  the  same  things  of  your 
own  countrymen,  "'even  as  they 
did  of  the  Jews;  15  "who  both 
killed  the  Lord  Jesus  and  "the 
prophets,  and  drove  out  us,  and 
please  not  God,  and  are  contrary 
to  all  men;  IG  ^forbidding  us  to 
speak  to  the  Gentiles  ^that  they 
may  be  saved  ;  to  ""till  up  their  sins 
always :  but  the  '  wrath  is  come 
upon  them  to  the  iittermost. 

17  But  we,  brethren,  being  be- 
reaved of  you  for  "a  short  season, 
'in  presence  not  in  heart,  endeav- 
ored the  more  exceedingly  "to  see 
your  face  with  great  desire  :  18  be- 
cause "we  would  fain  have  come 
unto  you,  I  Paul  *once  and  again  ; 
and  *8atan  '^hindered  us.  19  For 
what  is  our  hope,  or  "  joy,  or  crown 
of  glorying"?  Are  not  even  ye,  be- 
fore our  Lord  Jesus  at  his  ^^  com- 
ing ?  '20  For  ye  are  "  our  glory  and 
our  joy. 

3  wherefore  ''when  we  could 
no  longer  forbear,  we  thought 
it  good  to  be  left  behind  at "  Ath- 
ens alone;  2  and  sent  -^Timothy, 
our  brother  and  'God's  minister  in 
the  "gospel  of  Christ,  to  establish 
you,  and  to  comfort  ?/om  concerning 
your  faith ;  3  that  no  man  be 
moved  by  these  afflictions ;  for 
yourselves  know  that  ^  hereunto  we 
are  appointed.  4  For  verily,  when 
we  were  with  you,  we  told  you  "  be- 
forehand that  we  are  to  suffer 
affliction  ;  *  even  as  it  came  to  pass, 
and  ye  know.  5  For  this  cause  I 
also,  ''  when  I  could  no  longer  for- 
bear, 'sent  that  I  might  know  your 
faith,  lest  by  any  means  ^the 
tempter  had  tempted  you,  and 
'our  labor  should  be  in  vain.  6 
But   when   '"Timothy  came    even 

1  Some  ancient  authorities  read  called. 

2  Gr.  the  wnl  of  hearing.    Gal.  3.  2,  5. 

3  Or.  fi  srasoit  (if  an  h'nir. 

<  Gr.  presence.    Comp.  2  Cor.  10.  10. 
5  Some  ancient  authorities  read  felloii'-irorker 
with  trod.  6  Qr,  good  tidings :  Bee  eh.  1.  5. 

7  Or,  plaitUy 


"  See  Eph. 

4.1 
I-  ch.  h.  24  ; 

2  Th.  2.  II ; 

see  Horn. 

8  28 
"  1 1'et.  .5. 

10;  comp. 

2  Cor.  4.  (J 
''  .See  Kom. 

1.8, 

oomp.  ch. 

1.2 
'  Heb.  4.  2  ; 

comp. 

Rom.  10. 17 
/Comp. 

Gal.  4.  14; 

see  Mt.  10. 

20 
"  Comp. 

lleb.  4.  12 
h  ch.  1.  (i 
'  See  1  Cor. 

7.  17, 
comp.  10. 
.•i2 

*  See  Gal.  1. 

'  Acts  17.  5 ; 

comp.  ch. 

3.  4  ;  2  Th. 

1.  4f. 
""  Comp. 

Heb.  10. 

33  f. 
"  Lk.  24.  20 ; 

Acts  2.  23 
"Acts  7.  52, 

see  Mt.  5. 

12 
P  Acts  9.  23 , 

13.  45.  50 ; 

14.  2,  r,,  1!) ; 

17.  5,  13  ; 

18.  12;  21. 
21  f  ,  27  ; 

9  i  Cor.  10. 

33 
>"  Gen.  15. 

lb:  Dan. 

8.  23 ;  Mt. 
23.  32 

'  See  ch.  1. 

10 
f  See  1  Cor. 

5.  3 
»  ch.  3.  10 
"  Comp. 

Rom.  15.  22 
"  Phil.  4.  16 
y  See  Mt.  4. 

10 
'  Rom.  15. 

22 ;  comp. 

Rom.  1.  13 
"  Phil.  4.  1 
b  ch  3. 13 ;  4. 

15;  5.  23; 

see  Mt.  16. 

27 ;  Mk.  8. 

3S;  Jn.  21. 

22 
"  2  Cor.  1. 

14 
d  ver.  5 ; 

comp. 

Phil.  2. 19 

•  See  Acts 
17.  15  f. 

/  See  2  Cor. 
1. 1 ;  Col. 

1.  1 

I'S'^o  Acts  9. 

16;  It.  22 
''  See  ch.  2. 
14 
'  ver.  2 
*Mt.  4.3 
'See  Phil. 

2.  16: 
comp. 

2  Cor.  6.  1 
"*  Acts  18.  5 

219 


now  unto  us  from  you,  and  brought 
us  glad  tidings  of  "your  faith  and 
love,  and  that  ye  have  "good  re- 
membrance of  us  always,  longing 
to  see  us,  even  as  we  al.so  to  fee  you  ; 
7  for  this  cause,  brethren,  we  were 
comforted  over  you  in  all  our  dis- 
tress and  affliction  through  your 
faith  :  8  for  now  we  live,  if  ye 
^' stand  fast  in  the  Lord.  9  For 
''what  thanksgiving  can  we  render 
again  unto  God  for  you,  for  all  the 
ioy  wherewith  we  joyfor  yoursakes 
before  our  God  ;  10  ''  night  and  day 
praying  exceedingly  that  we  may 
'.see  your  face,  and  may  'perfect 
that  which  is  lacking  in  your  faith? 
11  "Now  may  ®*'our  God  and 
Father  ^himself,  and  our  Lord 
•Jesus,  *  direct  our  way  unto  you: 
12  and  the  Lord  make  you  to  in- 
crease and  ^abound  in  love  one 
toward  another,  and  toward  all 
men,  even  as  we  also  do  toward 
you  ;  1 3  to  the  end  he  may  "  estab- 
lish your  hearts  *  unblamable  in 
lioliness  before  ^''our  God  and 
Father,  at  ''the  ''coming  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  ^  with  all  his  saints.^" 

4*  Finally  then,  -^brethren,  we 
beseech  and  exhort  you  in  the 
Lord  Jesus,  that,  as  ye  received  of 
us  how  ye  ought  to  "walk  and  to 
''please  God,  even  as  ye  do  walk,  — 
that  ye  "^  abound  more  and  more. 

2  For  ye  know  what  "  charge  we 
gave  you  through  the  Lord  Jesus. 

3  For  this  is  the  will  of  God,  even 
your  sanctification,  that  ye  'abstain 
from  fornication  ;  4  that  ^each  one 
of  you  know  how  to  possess  himself 
of  his  own  'vessel  in  sanctification 
and  '"  honor,  5  not  in  the  "  passion 
of  lust,  even  as  the  Gentiles  who 
"know  not  God  ;  6  that  no  man 
^'"transgress,  and  ''wrong  hisbrother 
''in  the  matter:  becau.se ''the  Lord 
is  an  avenger  in  all  these  things,  as 

—  "ch.  1.3  'Comp.  1  Cor.  11.2  p  Comp.  1  Cor. 
16  13     ''ch.  12     '■2  Tim.  1.3     »ch.2  1i      'See 

2  Cor.  13.  !)  "  Comp.  2  Th.  2.  16  '  See  Gal.  1.  4 , 
ver.  13  "  ch.  4.  16:  5.  23;  2  Th.  2.  16;  3.  16;  Rev. 
21.  3  "  Comp  2  Th.  3.  5  '  Pliil.  1.  'J ;  comp.  ch. 
4.  1, 10 :  2  Th.  1.  3  "  See  1  Cor.  1.  8 ;  comp.  ver.  2 
''  See  Lk.  1.  6  "  See  ch.  2.  19  <'  Comp  Mt.  25.  31 , 
Mk.  8.  33 ;  2  Th.  1.  7  ,  but  also  ch.  4.  17  '2  Th.  3. 
1 ;  see  2  Cor.  13.  11        /ch.  5.  12:  2  Th.  1.  3 :  2.  1 ; 

3  1. 13;  see  Gal.  6.  1  '■'  See  Eph.  4.  1  '>  Comp. 
2  Cor.  5.  9  •  See  1  Cor.  C.  13  '  1  Cor  7.  2,  9 
'  1  Pet.  3.  7;  comp.  2  Cor.  4.  7  '"  Comp.  Rom.  1. 
2»  "  Comp.  Rom.  1.  26  "  See  Gal.  4.8  r  Comp. 
1  Cor.  6.  8  12  Cor.  7. 11  ■"  Heb.  1».  4 ;  compi 
Rom.  12. 19 ;  13.  4 


8  Or,  Oo'i  fiimaelf  and  our  Father 

9  Or,  (!•></  and  our  Fa/her 

in  M.iny  ancient  authorities  add  Amen. 
u  Gr.  charges.  ^  Or,  overreach 


4.7 


I.  THESSALONIAIs^S 


5.23 


Ex]iortati«n  to  mntaal  Love.    Comfort  concernmg  their  Christian  Dead.    Divers  Exhortations.    Prayer  for  them 


also  we  ^forewarned  you  and  °  testi- 
fied. 7  For  *  God  called  us  not  for 
•^  uncleanness,  but  in  sanctification. 
8  Therefore  he  that  rejecteth,  re- 
jecteth  not  man,  but  God,  who 
**  giveth  his  Holy  Spirit  unto  j^ou. 

9  But  concerning  "  love  of  the 
brethren  ye  -^have  no  need  that 
one  write  unto  you :  for  ye  your- 
selves are  *  taught  of  God  to  love 
one  another  ;  10  for  indeed  ''ye  do 
it  toward  all  the  brethren  that  are 
in  all  Macedonia.  But  we  exhort 
you,  brethren,  that  ye  'abound 
more  and  more ;  1 1  and  that  ye 
^ study  *^to  be  quiet,  and  to  'do 
your  own  business,  and  to  '"work 
with  your  hands,  even  as  we 
charged  you ;  1 2  that  ye  may 
"walk  becomingly  toward  "them 
that  are  without,  and  may  *have 
need  of  nothing. 

13  But  *we  would  not  have 
you  ignorant,  brethren,  concerning 
them  that  ''  fall  asleep ;  that  ye 
sorrow  not,  even  as  "'  the  rest,  who 
have  'no  hope.  14  For  if  we  be- 
lieve that  Jesus  died  and  rose  again, 
"even  so  "them  also  that  are  fallen 
asleep "  in  .Jesus  will  God  bring  with 
him.  1 5  For  this  we  say  unto  j^ou 
'^  by  the  word  of  the  Lord,  that  "we 
that  are  alive,  that  are  left  unto 
Hhe  ■*  coming  of  the  Lord,  shall  in 
no  wise  precede  "them  that  are 
fallen  asleep.  16  For  the  Lord 
"himself  *  shall  descend  from 
heaven,  with  "a  shout,  with  the 
voice  of  '*the  archangel,  and  with 
*the  trump  of  God  :  and  -^the  dead 
in  Christ  shall  rise  first ;  1 7  then 
*we  that  are  alive,  that  are  left, 
shall  together  with  them  be  ^caught 
up  ''  in  the  clouds,  to  meet  the  Lord 
in  the  air :  and  so  shall  we  ever 
'be  with  the  Lord.  18  Whei'efore 
^  comfort  one  another  with  these 
words. 

5  But  concerning  the  *  times 
and  the  seasons,  bi'ethren,  ye 
'have  no  need  that  aught  be  writ- 
ten unto  you.  2  For  yourselves 
know  perfectly  that  "  the  day  of 
the  Lord  so  cometh  "  as  a  thief  in 
the  night.  3  When  they  are  say- 
ing, "Peace  and  safety,  then  sudden 
^destruction  cometh  upon  them,  as 
'travail  upon  a  woman  with  child; 
and  they  shall  in  no  wise  escape. 
4  But  ye,  brethren,  are  not  in 
•■  darkness,   that   that  day  should 

1  Or,  (old  you  plainly 

2  Gr.  be  ambitious.    See  Rom.  15.  20  marg. 

3  Gr.  through.    Or,  will  God  through  Jesus 

*  Or.  presence.  *  Or,  exhort    ch.  5. 11. 


"^  See  Lk.  16. 

28 ;  ch.  2. 

11;  Heb. 

2.6 
(- 1  Pet.  1.  15 
■••  ch.  2.  3 
<l  Rom.  5.  5; 

2  Cor.  1. 

22  ;  Gal.  4. 

6;  IJn.  3. 

2-4 
*■  See  Jn.  13. 

34;  Rom. 

12.  10 
/ch.  5.  1; 

comp. 
2  Cor.  9.  1 
'■'  Jn.  6.  45  ; 

1  Ju.  2.  27  ; 
comp.  Jer. 
31.  33  f. 

A  See  ch.l.  7 
'  See  ch.  3. 

12 
*  2  Th.  3.  12 
'■  1  Pet.  4.  15 
'"  Eph.  4.  2d  , 

2  Th.  3. 
10-12 ; 
comp. 
Acta  IS.  3 

"  Rom.  13. 

13;  Col. 

4.5 
"  See  Mk.  4. 

11 
'^  Comp. 

Eph.  4  23 
'i  See  Rom. 

1.  13 

''  See  Acts 

7.60 
^  ch.  5.  6  , 

see  Eph. 

2.  3 

'  Eph.  2.  12 
"  See  Rom. 

14.  9; 

2  Cor.  4.  14 
''  1  Cor.  15. 

IS ;  comp. 

ver.  15 
■^  Comp.  1 K. 

13.  17  f.  ; 
20.  35 , 
Gal.  1. 12 : 
2  Cor.  12.  1 

y  1  Cor.  15. 

52;  comp. 

ch.  5.  10 
^  See  ch.  2. 

19 
"  See  ch.  3. 

11 
b  2  Th.  1 

ch.  1.  10 
''  Comp. 

Joel  2. 11 
'I  Comp. 

Jude  9 
'  See  Mt.  24. 

31 
/Seel  Cor. 

15.  23 ; 
corap. 
2Th.  2.1: 
Rev.  14.  13 

0  See  2  Cor. 

12.2 
h  Comp. 

Dan.  7.  13  ; 

Acts  1.9; 

Rev.  U.  12 
'  See  Jn.  12. 

26 
fc  Acts  1.  7 
'  See  ch.  4.  9 
"'  See  1  Cor. 

1.8 
"  See  Lk.  21. 

34  ;  ver.  4  ; 

2  Pet.  3. 

10;  comp. 

Rev.  3.  3; 

16.15 

220 


.  7; 


overtake  you  '' "  as  a  thief  :  5  for  ye 
are  all  *sons  of  light,  and  sons  of 
the  dcxy :  we  are  not  of  the  night, 
nor  of  '"darkness  ;  6  so  then  let  us 
not '  sleep,  as  do  "  the  rest,  but  let 
us  watch  and  "  be  sober.  7  For  they 
that  sleep  sleep  in  the  night ;  and 
they  that  are  drunken  are  -^drunken 
in  the  night.  8  But  let  us,  since 
"  we  are  of  the  day,  "  be  sober,  put- 
ting on  the  ^breastplate  of  "faith 
and  love;  and  for  a  ''helmet,  the 
''hope  of  salvation.  9  For  God 
appointed  us  not  unto  ''wrath,  but 
unto  ''the  obtaining  of  salvation 
through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  10 
;^who  died  for  us,  that,  whether  we 
"wake  or  sleep,  w'e  should  live  to- 
gether with  him.  11  Wherefore 
**  exhort  one  another,  and  ^  build 
each  other  up,  even  as  also  ye  do. 

12  But  we  beseech  you,  brethren, 
to  ''  know  them  '  that  labor  among 
you,  and  ''  are  over  you  in  the  Lord, 
and  admonish  you  ;  1 3  and  to  es- 
teem them  exceeding  highly  in  love 
for  their  work  s  sake.  '  Be  at  peace 
among  yourselves.  14  And  we  ex- 
hort you,  brethren,  admonish  "'the 
disorderly,  encourage  "the  faint- 
hearted, support  "the  weak,  be 
^  longsuffering  toward  all.  1 5  See 
that  *  none  render  unto  any  one 
evil  for  evil ;  but  always  ''follow 
after  that  which  is  good,  one  toward 
another,  and  toward  all.  16  'Re- 
joice always;  17  'pray  without 
ceasing;  18  in  everything  "give 
thanks:  for  this  is  the  will  of 
God  in  Christ  Jesus  to  you-ward. 
19  "Quench  not  the  Spirit;  20  de- 
spise not  i'' prophesyings ;  21 
^ ''  prove  all  things  ;  ''  hold  fast  that 
which  is  good ;  22  abstain  from 
every  form  of  evil. 

23  And  ^  the  God  of  peace  "him- 
self sanctif  j^  you  wholly  ;  and  may 

0  Jer.  fi.  14 :  8. 11 ;  Ezek.  13  10    p  Comp.  2  Th.  1.  9 

1  See  Jn.  16  21        ""l  Jn.  2.  S ;  comp.  Acts  26.  18 

'  See  Lk.  16.  8     '  See  Rom.  13. 11 ;  comp.  ver. 

10  "  See  Eph.  2.  3 .  ch.  4.  13  "  See  1  Pet.  1.  13 
■'■  Comp.  Acts  2.  15 ;  2  Pet.  2.  13  v  ver.  5  '  See 
Eph.  6.  14  "  See  Eph.  6.  23  6  See  Eph.  6.  17 
"  Comjp.  Rom.  8.  24  .;  See  ch.  1.  10  ^  2  Th.  2.  13  f. 
/See  Rom.  14.  9  '■'  Comp  Eph.  4.  29  A  See  1  Cor. 
16.  18 :  1  Tim.  5.  17 :  comp.  Ps.  144.  3  '  Comp. 
1  Cor.  16.  16 ;  Rom.  16.  6,  12 ;  1  Cor.  15  10  i^  See 
Heb.  13.  17  '  See  Mk.  9.  50  '"  2  Th.  3.  6,  7.  11 
"  Is.  .35.  4  (Sept.)  °  Rom.  14.  1  f.  ;  1  Cor.  8.  7  £E. 
(comp.  Rom.  15.  1)  ^  See  1  Cor.  13.  4  «  See  Rom. 
12.  17  ;  1  Pet.  3.  9  ;  comp.  Mt  .=i.  44  >"  Rom.  12.  9 ; 
ver.  21 ;  comp.  (^al.  6.  10  «  Phil.  4.  4  «  See  Eph. 
6.  18  "  Eph.  .5.  20  "  Comp.  Eph.  4.  30  ^  Comp. 
Acts  13.  1 ;  1  Cor.  14.  31  "  Comp.  1  Cor.  14,  29; 
1  Ju.  4.  1    '  See  Rom.  15.  33    "  See  ch.  3.  U 


6  Some  ancient  authorities  read  as  thieves. 
f  Or,  watch  8  Or,  comfort    ch.  4.  18. 

9  Many  ancient  authontiea  insert  but. 


5.24 


I.   THESSALONIANS 


6.2? 


Salotsition  and  Benediction 


your  "spirit  and  soul/and  body  be 
preserved  entire,  ^  without  blame 
at  ''the  'cominc  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ.  2-i  ''Faitliful  is  he  that 
'calleth  you,  who  will  also  do  it. 

25  Brethren,  •'pray  for  us'. 

26  "  Salute  all  the  brethren  with 

1  Gr.  presence. 

a  Some  aucieut  autboritieB  add  aiso. 


"  Comp,  Lk. 

1.46f. ; 

Heb.  i.  12 
b  2  Pet.  3. 

II ;  see  .las. 

1.  4 
"  See  ch.  2. 

lit 
d  See  1  Cor. 

1.  9 ;  2  Th. 

3.  3 
<■  See  ch.  2. 

12 


a  holy  kiss.  27  I  adjure  you  by 
the  Lord  that ''  this  epistle  be  read 
unto  all  the  ^'brethren. 

28  *The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  be  with  you. 

/  Eph.  6. 19 ;  2  Th.  3. 1 ;  Heb.  13.  18       »  See  Rom 

It).  16 "  See  Col.  4.  l(i      '  See  Acts  1. 15     *  See 

Rom.  16.  20 ;  comp.  2  Th.  3.  IS 

»  Many  ancient  authorities  insert  holy. 


22\ 


THE   SECOND   EPISTLE   OF   PAUL   TO   THE 

THESSALONIANS 


Salatation.    Thanksgiving  for  their  Faith  and  Fidelity.    The  Lord's  Coming  to  be  preceded  by  the  Lawless  One 


1"  Paul,  and  *  Silvanus,  and 
''Timothy,  unto  the  ''church 
of  the  Thessalonians  in  God  our 
Father  and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ ; 
2  "Grace  to  you  and  peace  from 
God  the  Father  and  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. 

3  We  are  bound  •''to  give  thanks 
to  God  always  for  you,  ^  brethren, 
even  as  it  is  meet,  for  that  your 
faith  groweth  exceedingly,  and 
the  ''love  of  each  one  of  you  all 
toward  one  another  aboundeth ; 
i  so  that  we  ourselves  'glory  in 
you  in  *the  churches  of  God  for 
your  '  patience  and  faith  *  in  all 
your  persecutions  and  in  the  afflic- 
tions which  ye  endure ;  5  which  is 
a  '  manifest  token  of  the  righteous 
judgment  of  God  ;  to  the  end  that 
ye  may  be  ™  counted  worthy  of  the 
kingdom  of  God,  for  which  ye  also 
suffer:  6  if  so  be  that  "it  is  a  right- 
eous thing  with  God  to  recompense 
affliction  to  them  that  afflict  you, 
7  and  to  you  that  are  afflicted  rest 
with  us,  "at  the  revelation  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  ^  from  heaven  *  with 
the  angels  of  his  power  *■  in  flaming 
fire,  8  rendering  vengeance  to 
them  that '  know  not  God,  and  to 
them  that  '  obey  not  the  ^  gospel 
of  our  Lord  Jesus :  9  who  shall 
suffer  punishment,  even  "*  eternal 
destruction  "from  the  face  of  the 
Lord  and  from  the  glory  of  his 
might,  10  when  he  shall  come  to 
be  -^  glorified  in  his  saints,  and  to 
be  marvelled  at  in  all  them  that 
believed  (because  our  ^testimony 
unto  you  was  believed)  in  that 
'day.  11  To  which  end  we  also 
"  pray  always  for  you,  that  our 
God  may  *  count  you  worthy  of 
your  ''calling,  and  fulfil  every  ^de- 
sire of  ''goodness  and  every  "work 
of  faith,  with  power;  12  that  the 
■'^name  of  our  Lord  Jesus  may  be 
glorified  in  you,   and  ye  in  him, 

1  Or,  stedfaslness 

2  Gr.  good  tidings:  and  so  elsewhere.  See 
marginal  note  on  Mt.  4.  23. 

3  Gr.  good  pleasure  of  goodness.    Comp.  Rom. 

10. 1. 


"ITh.  1.  1 
b  See  2  Cor. 

1.  la 

"  See  Acts 

l(i.  1(1  Th. 

1.  1.1 
dlTh.  1.  1; 

comp. 

Acts  17.  1 
*  See  Rom. 

1.  7 
/ITh.  1.  2; 

eh.  2.  i:i ; 

see  Rom. 

1.  8 ;  Eph. 
5.  20 

9  See  1  Th. 

4.  1 ;  ch. 

2.1 
h  See  1  Th. 

a.  12 
••  See  2  Cor. 

7.  4 ;  comp. 

1  Th.  2.  la 
k  See  1  Th. 

2.  14; 
comp. 

1  Cor.  7. 

17 
'  Phil.  1.  28 
"'  Lk.  20.  35 ; 

comp.  ver. 

11 
"Comp.  Ex. 

23.  22 ;  CoL 

3.  2.) ;  Heb. 
6.10 

"  See  Lk.  17. 

30 
P  See  1  Th. 

4.  16 

9  Jude  14 
>■  1  Cor.  3. 

13 ;  Heb. 

10.  27 ;  12. 

2y ;  2  Pet. 

3.  7 ;  Jude 

7 ;  Rev. 

14.  10,  &c. ; 

comp.  Ex. 

3.  2 ;  19. 18  ; 
Is.  66.  16 ; 
Ezek.  1. 
13£. ;  Dan. 
7.  9 :  Mt. 
25.  41 

'  See  Gal. 

4.  8 

t  Rom.  2.  8 
"ITh.  5.  3, 

comp. 

Phil.  3.  19 
"  Is.  2. 10, 

19,  21 ; 

comp. 

ch.  2.  8 
•'=  Jn.  17.  10; 

comp.  1 

Th.  2.12; 

Is.  49.  3 
V  1  Th.  2.  1 ; 

corap. 

1  Cor.  1.  G 
^  See  1  Cor. 

3.  13; 

comp.  Is. 

2.  11  ff. 
'■^  Col.  1.  9 
b  Comp. 

vei.  6 

222 


according  to  the  grace  of  our  God 
and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

2  Now  we  beseech  you,  ^breth- 
ren, ■*  touching  ''  the  ^  coming  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  our 
'  gathering  together  unto  him ;  2 
to  the  end  that  ye  be  not  quickly 
shaken  from  your  mind,  nor  yet  be 
troubled,  either  by  *  spirit,  or  by 
'word,  or  by  '"epistle  as  from  us, 
as  that  "the  day  of  the  Lord  is 
"just  at  hand  ;  3  *let  no  man  be- 
guile you  in  any  wise  :  for  it  will 
not  be^  except  the  "falling  away 
come  first,  and  *■  the  man  of  ''  sin  be 
revealed,    the   'son   of   perdition, 

4  he  that  opposeth  and  exalteth 
himself  against  all  *that  is  called 
God  or  '  that  is  worshipped ;  so 
that  he  sitteth  in  the  **  temple  of 
God,  "setting  himself  forth  as  God. 

5  Remember  ye  not,  that,  "  when  I 
was  yet  with  you,  I  told  you  these 
things  1  6  And  now  ye  know  ^that 
whicii  restraineth,  to  the  end  that 
he  may  be  revealed  in  his  own  sea- 
son. 7  For  ^the  mystery  of  law- 
lessness doth  already  work  :  ®  only 
there  is  "=  one  that  restraineth  now, 
until  he  be  taken  out  of  the  way, 

8  And  then  ''  shall  be  revealed  the 
lawless  one,  whom  the  Lord  ^^  Jesus 
shall  "  slay  ^  with  the  breath  of  his 
mouth,  and  bring  to  nought  by  the 
"  manifestation    of    his    \  coming ; 

9  even  he,  whose  °  coming  is  accord- 
ing to  the  working  of  *  Satan  with 

"  See  Rom.  11.  29  d  See  Rom.  15.  14  "  See 
1  Th.  1.  3      /Comp.  Phil.  2.  9  ff. ;  Is.  24.  15:  66. 

5  :  Mai.  1.  11 :'  See  ch.  1.3       ''  See  1  Th.  2. 19 

'  Mk.  13.  27  ,  comp.  1  Th.  4. 15-17  <;  Comp.  1  Cor. 
14.  32;  1  Jn.  4.  1  'ver.  15;  comp.  1  Th.  5.  2 
'"  Comp.  ch.  3.  17  "  See  1  Cor.  1.  8  "  Comp. 
1  Cor.  7.  26  P  Comp.  Eph.  5.  6  1  See  1  Tim.  4.  1 
>"  ver.  8  ;  comp.  Dan.  7.  25 ,  8.  25 ;  11.  36 ;  Rev.  13. 
5ff.  "Comp.  Ju.  17.  12  «Comp.  1  Cor  8.  5 
"  Comp.  Is.  14.  14  ;  Ezek.  28.  2  "  Comp.  1  Th.  3.  4 
^  ver.  7  -"  Comp.  Rev.  17.  5,  7  ^  Is.  11.  4 ;  comp. 
Rp  V.  2.  16 ;  19.  15  "  1  Tim.  6.  14  ,  2  Tim.  1. 10 ;  4. 1, 
8 ;  Tit.  2.  13    b  See  Mt.  4, 10 


4  Gr.  in  Itehnlf  of.  «  Gr.  presence. 

6  Many  ancient  authorities  read  lawlessness. 

I  Gr.  an  object  of  worship.     Acts  17.  23. 

8  Or,  sanctuary 

9  Or,  only  inilil  he  thai  vow  reslraineth  be  taken 
&c.  I''  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  Jesus. 

II  Some  ancient  authorities  read  consume. 


2.10 


11.   THESSALONIANS 


3.18 


Renewed  Thanksgirinp  and  Prayer  on  their  bclialf.    Divers  Exhortations.    Autographic  Attestation,  and  Benediction 


all  '  power  and  "  sijriis  and  lying 
wonders,  10  and  with  all  deceit  ot" 
unrighteousness  foi-  ''  them  that 
-perish  ;  because  they  received  not 
the  love  of  'the  truth,  that  they 
miglit  be  saved.  11  And  tor  tliis 
cause ''God  sendeth  them  a  work- 
ing of  '■  error,  that  they  should  be- 
lieve a  lie  :  12  that  they  all  might 
be  judged  who  •'^  believed  not  the 
truth,  but  '■>  had  pleasure  in  un- 
righteousness. 

1 3  *  But  we  are  bound  to  give 
thanks  to  God  always  for  you, 
'  brethren  beloved  of  the  Lord,  for 
that  *God  chose  j'^ou  ^from  the 
beginning  'unto  salvation  '"in 
sanctilication  of  the  ISpirit  and 
■•  belief  of  the  trutli :  1 4  whereunto 
he  "called  you  through  "our  ^gos- 
pel, to  the  obtaining  of  the  glory 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  15  So 
tlien,  brethren,^ stand  fast,  and 
"  hold  the  traditions  which  ye  were 
taught,  whether  *■  by  word,  or  "■  by 
epistle  of  ours.     - 

16  '  Now  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
'himself,  and  God  our  Father  who 
"  loved  us  and  gave  us  eternal  com- 
fort and  "good  nope  through  grace, 
17  ""  comfort  your  hearts  and  2' es- 
tablish them  in  every  good  work 
and  word. 

3*  Finally,  "  brethren,  *  pray 
for  us,  that  ''the  word  of  the 
Lord  mav  run  and  be  glorified, 
even  as  also  it  is  with  you  ;  2  and 
that  we  may  be  ''delivered  from 
unreasonable  and  evil  men  ;  for  all 
have  not  faith.  3  But  "the  Lord 
is  faithful,  who  shall  establish  you, 
and  guard  you  from  "-^the  evil  one. 
4  And  we  nave "  confidence  in  the 
Lord  touching  you,  that  ye  both 
*do  and  will  do  the  things  which 
we  command.  5  And  the  Lord 
'direct  your  hearts  into  the  love 
of  God,  and  into  the  ^  patience  of 
Christ. 
6  Now  we  command  you,  breth- 

'  Or.  powfir  anil  xinns  and  ivonders  of  faliehood. 

*  Or,  are  perishing 

8  Many  ancient  authorities  read  a.i  first/ncils. 

*  Or,  fail h  '  Gr.  good  tidingn :  see  ch.  1.  8. 

*  Or,  evil  '  Or,  sttdfaolness 


"Mt.  24.  24, 

Bee  Ju.  4. 

48 
b  S^-e  I  Cor. 

1.  13 
'  vor.  12 ; 

comp.  ver. 

13 
d  Rom.  1.28. 

comp. 

1  K.  22.  22 
'  Comp. 

lTh.2.  3; 

2  Tim.  4.  4 
/  Rom.  2.  8 
"  See  Rom. 

1.32; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  13,  6 
''  See  cli.  1.  3 
'  ITh.  1.4 
*:  See  Eph. 

1.411'. 
'ITh.  5.  9; 

comp. 

ITh.  2.  12; 

1  I'et.  1.5; 

1  Cor.  1. 

21 
'"  1  ret   1  2 ; 

1  Th.  4.  7 
"  1  Til.  2.  12 
»  See  1  Th. 

1.  .5 

P  See  1  Cor. 

16.  13 
9  1  Ct.r.  11. 

2 ;  comp. 

ch.  3.  0 
*■  ver.  2 
'  Comp. 

1  Th.  3. 11 
t  See  1  Th. 

3.11 
"  See  Jn.  3. 

16 
"Tit.  3.  7; 

1  Pet.  1.  3 
'  1  Th.  3.  2, 

13 
y  ch.  3.  3 
-  See  1  Th. 

4.1 
"  See  1  Th. 

4.  1 
i>  See  1  Th. 

5.25 
"-  See  1  Th. 

1.8 
rt  See  Rom. 

1.5.  31 
«  See  1  Cor. 

1. !) ;  1  Th. 

5.24 
/SooMt.  5. 

37 
»  See  2  Cor. 

2.  3 

h  1  Th.  4.  10 
'  Comp. 
1  Th.  3.  U 


*  See  1  Cor. 

5.4 
'  See  Rom. 

16.  17 ; 

1  Cor.  .S. 

U;  ver.  14 
"•  1  Th.  .5.  14  ; 

ver.  7,  11 
"  See  1 TU. 


ren,  *in  the  name  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Chri.st,  that  ye  'withdraw 
yourselves  from  every  brother  that 
walketh  '"disorderly,  and  not  after 
''the  tradition  which  ''they  re- 
ceived of  us.  7  For  yourselves 
know  how  ye  ought  to  "imitate 
us  :  for  we  behaved  not  ourselves 
(li.sorderly  among  you  ;  8  neither 
did  we  "eat  bread  for  nought  at 
any  man's  hand,  but  in  p  labor  and 
ti-avail,  <<  working  night  and  day, 
that  w^e  might  not  burden  any  or 
you  :  9  not  because  we  have  not 
''the  right,  but  to  make  ourselves 
•an  ensample  unto  you,  that  ye 
should  imitate  us.  10  For  even 
'  when  we  were  with  you,  this  we 
commanded  you,  "If  any  will  not 
work,  neither  let  him  eat.  11  For 
we  hear  of  some  that  'walk  among 
you  disorderly,  that  Avork  not  at 
all,  but  are  ""busybodies.  12  Now 
them  that  are  such  we  command 
and  ^exhort  in  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  that  with  ^quietness  they 
work,   and   eat    their  own  breadf. 

13  But  j^e,  "brethren,  'be  not 
weary  in  well-doing.  14  And  if 
any  man  obeyeth  not  our  word  by 
"this  epistle,  note  that  man,  that 
ye  ''  have  no  company  with  him,  to 
the  end  that  he  may  be  "ashamed. 
15  And  yet  -^ count  nim  not  as  an. 
enemy,  but  "admonish  him  as  a 
''  brother. 

1 6  Now  *  the  Lord  of  peace  *  him- 
self give  you  peace  at  all  times  in 
all  ways.  '  The  Lord  be  with  you 
aU. 

1 7  The  salutation  of  me  Paul 
'"with  mine  own  hand,  which  is 
the  token  in  every  epistle :  so  I 
write.  18  "The  grace  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ  be  with  you  all. 

1.  6 ;  ver.  9  "  See  1  Cor.  9.  4  p  See  1  Th.  2.  9 
''  See  Acts  18.  3  ;  Eph.  4.  28  •"  1  Cor.  9.  4  tT.  •  See 
ver.  7  '  1  Th.  3.  4  "1  Th.  4.  U  "  See  ver.  6 
^  1  Tim.  5.  13;  comp.  1  Pet.  4.  15  «  I  Th.  4.  1 
■  1  Th.  4. 11  "  See  1  Th.  4.  1  >>  Gal.  6.  9  ;  see 
2  Cor.  4.1  <^  Comp.  Col.  4.  16  d  See  ver.  0 
"  Comp.  1  Cor.  4.  14     /  Comp.  Gal.  6.  1     "1  Th.  5. 

14  '■  ver.  6;  comp.  ver.  13  '  Comp.  Rom.  15.  33 
k  See  1  Til.  3. 11  (  Ruth  2.  4  "'  See  1  Cor.  16.  21 
"  See  Rom.  16.  20 ;  comp.  1  Th.  5.  2S 

9  Some  ancient  authorities  read  jfe. 


37 


223 


THE   FIRST   EPISTLE   OF   PAUL   TO 

TIMOTHY 


SalDtation.    Charge  respecting  Misuse  of  the  Law.    Personal  Thanksgiving.    The  Charge  reenforced 


IPaul,  "an  apostle  of  *  Christ 
Jesus  "according  to  the  com- 
mandment of  ''God  our  Saviour, 
and  '  Christ  Jesus  our  "  hope ;  2 
unto  -^Timothy,  *my  true  child  in 
faith :  ''  Grace,  mercy,  peace,  from 
God  the  Father  and  *  Christ  Jesus 
our  Lord. 

3  As  I  exhorted  thee  to  tarry  at 
•Ephesus,  when  I  was  going  into 

*  Macedonia,  that  thou  mightest 
charge  certain  men  not  to  'teach 
a  different  doctrine,  4  neither  to 
give  heed  to  "fables  and  endless 
"genealogies,  which  minister  "ques- 
tionings, rather  than  ''a^Mispensa- 
tion  of  God  which  is  in  faith ;  so  do 

I  now.      5  But    the   end    of    the 

*  charge  is  love  ''  out  of  a  pure  heart 
and  a  'good  conscience  and  'faith 
unfeigned :  6  from  which  things 
some  having  ^  swerved  have  turned 
aside  unto  "  vain  talking ;  7  "  de- 
siring to  be  ""  teachers  of  the  law, 
though  they  understand  neither 
what  they  say,  nor  whereof  they 
confidently  affirm.  8  But  we  know 
that  *the  law  is  good,  if  a  man  use 
it  lawfully,  9  as  knowing  this, 
that '  law  is  not  made  for  a  right- 
eous man,  but  for  the  lawless  and 
"unruly,  for  the  *  ungodly  and  sin- 
ners, for  the  unholy  and  "profane, 
for  *  murderers  of  fathers  and  ^  mur- 
derers of  mothers,  for  manslayers, 
10  ''for  fornicators,  for  "abusers  of 
themselves  with  men,  for  -^men- 
stealers,  for  ^  liars,  for  ^  false  swear- 
ers, and  if  there  be  any  other  thing 
contrary  to  *  the  *  sound  ®  doctrine  ; 

I I  according  to  *  the  ^  gospel  of 
the  glory  of  'the  blessed  God, 
which  was  ™  committed  to  my 
trust. 

12  1  thank  him  that  '^"enabled 
me,  even  "Christ  Jesus  our  Lord, 
for  that  he  counted  me  faithful, 

*  appointing  me  to  his  service ;  1 3 

1  Or,  stewardship    See  1  Cor.  9. 17. 

2  Gr.  missed  the  mark.    ch.  6.  21 ;  2  Tim.  2.  18. 

3  Or,  smiters      ^  Gr.  healthful.     5  Or,  teaching 
6  Gr.  good  tidings.    See  Mt.  4.  23  marg. 

1  Some  ancient  authorities  read  enableth. 


"  See  2  Cor. 

1. 1 ;  comp. 

2  Tim.  1.  1 
*>  See  ver.  12 
"Tit.  1.  3 
d  See  Lk.  1. 

47 ;  Tit.  1. 

3 

*  Comp. 
Col.  1.  27 

/See  Acta 

16.  1; 

comp. 

2  Tim.  1.  2 
9  See  2  Tim. 

I.  2 ;  Tit. 
1.4 

h  2  Tim.  1. 

2;  comp. 

Tit.  1.4; 

Rom.  1.  7 
>  See  Acts 

18.13 

*  See  Rom. 
1.5.  2« 

'ch.  6.  3; 
comp. 
Rom.  16. 
17 ;  2  Cor. 

II.  4 ;  Gal. 

1.  6f. 

™  ch.  4.  7  : 

2  Tim.  4. 

4;  Tit.  1. 

14 ;  2  Pet. 

1.16 
"  Tit.  3.  9 
"ch.  6.4; 

2  Tim.  2. 

23 ;  Tit.  3. 

9 
P  See  Eph. 

3.  2 
1  ver.  18 
»"  2  Tim.  2. 

22 
» 1  Pet.  3. 

16,  21 ;  ver. 

19;  comp. 

ch.  3.  9; 

2  Tim.  1.  3 
'  2  Tim.  1.  5 
"  Comp. 

Tit.  1.  10 
"  Comp. 

.las.  3.  1 
"  Comp.  Lk. 

2.  46 

y  Ro-n.  7. 
12,16 

*  See  Gal.  5. 
23 

«  Tit.  1.  6, 10 
b  1  Pet.  4. 

18 ;  Jude  15 
"ch.  4.  7;  6. 

20;  2  Tim. 

2.  16 ;  Heb. 

12.16 
d  See  1  Cor. 

6.  9 
«  Lev.  18.  22 
/Ex.  21.  16; 

comp. 

Rev.  18.  13 
»  Rev.  21.  8, 

27 ;  22.  15 
ft  Comp. 

Mt.  5.  33 ; 

224 


though  I  was  before  a  blasphemer, 
and  "  a  persecutor,  and  injurious : 
howbeit  I  ''obtained  mercy,  be- 
cause *  I  did  it  ignorantly  in  unbe- 
lief ;  1 4  and  the '  grace  of  our  Lord 
abounded  exceedingly  with  "faith 
and  love  wliich  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 
15  "Faithful  is  the  saying,  and 
worthy  of  all  acceptation,  that 
''Christ  Jesus  came  into  the  world 
to  *  save  sinners ;  of  whom  ^  I  am 
chief :  1 6  howbeit  for  this  cause  1 
''obtained  mercy,  that  in  me  as 
chief  might  Jesus  Christ  "show 
forth  all  his  longsuffering,  for  an 
ensami^le  of  them  that  should 
thereatter  believe  on  him  unto  eter- 
nal life.  17  Now  unto  the  ''King 
^eternal,  *" immortal,  ''invisible, 
the  "only  God,  ^be  honor  and  glory 
^"  for  ever  and  ever.    Amen. 

18  This  ^charge  I  commit  unto 
thee,  ''my  child  Timothy,  according 
to  the  'prophecies  which  led  the 
way  to  thee,  that  by  them  thou 
mayest  *war  the  good  warfare; 
19  holding '  faith  and  a  good  con- 
science; which  some  having  thrust 
from  them  made  shipwreck  con- 
cerning '"the  faith  :  20  of  whom  is 
"  Hymenseus  and  "Alexander ;  whom 
I  p  deliA^ered  unto  Satan,  that  they 
might  be  '^taught  not  to  blaspheme. 

2      1  exhort   therefore,   first  of 
all,      ^^  that      *■  supplications, 

23.  16  '■  2  Tim.  4.  3  ;  Tit.  1.9;  2.  1 ;  comp.  ch.  4.  6 ; 
6.  3;  2  Tim.  1.  13;  Tit.  1.  13;  2.  2  ^-  Comp.  2  (!or. 
4.  4  '  Comp.  ch.  6. 15  "'  See  Gal.  2.  7  "  Phil.  4. 
13 ;  2  Tim.  4.  17  ;  comp.  Act.s  9.  22  "  ver.  1,  2.  15 ; 
ch.  2.  5  ;  6. 13 :  Tit.  1.  4  ;  see  Gal.  3.  26  P  See  Acts  9. 
15 1  See  Acts  8.3;  Phil.  3.6    ''  ver.  13,  16 ;  see 

1  Cor.  7.  25       ^  Comp.  Acts  26.  9       «  Rom.  5.  20; 

2  Cor.  4.  15;  comp.  1  Cor.  3.  10;  Gal.  1.  1.3-lfi 
"  2  Tim.  1.13;  comp.  1  Th.  1.  3  ;  ch.  2.  15 ;  4.  12 ;  6, 
11 ;  2  Tim.  2.  22 ;  Tit.  2.  2  "  ch.  3.  1 ;  4.  9 ;  2  Tim 
2.  11 ;  Tit.  3.8  ="  MTi.  2.  17  ;  Lk.  15.  2  £f. ;  19.  IK 
y  See  Rom.  11.  14  ^  Comp.  1  Cor.  15.  9 ;  Eph.  3.  8 
'^  Comp.  Eph.  2.  7  »  Rev.  15.  3  (Gr.)  «  ch.  6.  16 
rf  See  Col.  1.  15  «  ch.  8.  15  ;  Jude  25  ;  see  Jn.  5.  44 
/See  Rom.  11.  36;  comp.  Rom.  2.  7,  10;  Heb.  2.  7 
'J  ver.  5  h  ver.  2  i  ch.  4.  14  *  2  Cor.  10.  4  ;  2  Tim. 
2.  3  f .  ;  4.  7  ;  comp.  ch.  6.  12  '  See  ver.  5  ""  ch.  6. 
12,  21 ;  2  Tim.  2.  18  "  2  Tim,  2.  17  °  2  Tim.  4.  14 
V  1  Cor.  5.  5  1  Comp.  1  Cor.  11.  32 ;  Heb.  12.  5  ff. 
~  See  Eph.  6. 18 


8  Gr.  of  the  ages.    Comp.  Heb.  1.  2 ;  Rev.  15.  a 

9  Gr.  incorruptible. 

10  Gr.  unto  the  ages  of  the  ages. 

11  Gr.  to  make  supplications  &c. 


2.2 


I.  TIMOTHY 


4.1 


Prayer  Tor  Ralers.    Modest  Apparpi.    Cborch  OfQcials.    "The  Pillar  and  Groand  of  the  Troth."    Ipostasjr  foretold 


prayers,  intercessions,  thanksgiv- 
ings, be  made  for  all  men;  2  "for 
kings  and  all  that  are  in  high 
place  ;  that  Nve  may  lead  a  tranquil 
and  quiet  life  in  all  godliness  and 
gravity.  3  This  is  good  and  ac- 
ceptable in  the  sight  of  'God  our 
Saviour-  i  "who  would  have  all 
men  to  be  ''saved,  and  "come  to 
the  knowledge  of  the  truth.  5  For 
there  is  -^one  God,  ^oiie  mediator 
also  between  God  and  men,  himself 
''man,  Christ  Jesus,  6  who  'gave 
himself  a  ransom  for  all ;  the  *^  tes- 
timony to  be  borne  'in  its  own 
times;  7  '"whereunto  I  was  ap- 
pointed a '  preacher  and  "an  apostle 
("  I  speak  the  truth,  I  lie_  not),  a 
teacher  of  -^the  Gentiles  in  faith 
and  truth. 

8  I  "desire  therefore  that  the 
men  pray  "■  in  every  place,  '  lifting 
up  'holy  liands,  witliout  Avrath  and 
-disputing.  9  In  like  manner, 
that  "women  adorn  themselves  in 
modest  apparel,,  with  shamefast- 
ness  and  sobriety  ;  not  with  braided 
hair,  and  gold  or  ])earls  or  costly 
raiment;  10  but  (which  becom- 
eth  women  professing  godliness) 
through  good  works.  11  "Let  a 
woman  learn  in  quietness  with  all 
subjection.  12  ''But  I  permit  not 
a  wornan  to  teach,  nor  to  have 
dominion  over  a  man,  but  to  be  in 
quietness.  13  -^  For  Adam  was 
first  formed,  then  Eve;  14  and 
Adam  was  not  beguiled,  but  *'thc 
woman  being  beguiled  hath  fallen 
into  transgression :  15  but  she  shall 
be  saved  through  ''her  child-bearing, 
if  they  continue  in  ^  faith  and  love 
and  sanctiiicati(^n  with  sobrietj". 

3  *» Faithful  is  the  saying.  If 
a  man  seeketh  the  *oliice  of  a 
"bishop,  he  desireth  a  good  work. 
2  ^  The  ^  bishop  therefore  must  be 
without  reproach,  ''the  husband  of 
one  wife,  "temperate,  sober-minded, 
orderly,  ■''given  to  hospitality,  ''apt 
to  teach ;  3  ®  *  no  brawler,  no 
striker ;  but  gentle,  not  conten- 
tious, 'no  lover  of  money;  4  one 
that  *ruleth  well  his  own  house, 
hfiving  his  children  in  subjection 
with  all  gravity ;  5  (but  if  a  man 
knoweth  not  how  to  rule  his  own 
house,  how  shall  he  take  care  of 
'thechurchof  God?)  6  notanovice, 

1  Gr.  herald.  *  Or,  dnvhtina 

3  Or,  the  chiMhearing    Coinp.  Oal.  4.  4. 

*  Some  connect  the  words  Faithful  is  the  say- 
ing with  the  preceding  paragraph. 

*  Or,  ovrsf^r 

*  Or,  not  quarrelsome  over  wine 


"Ezr.  6.  10; 

comp. 

Rom.  13.  1 
6  cii.  1.  1 ; 

ecu  Lk.  1. 

47  ;  comp. 

cU.  4.  10 
"  Ezok.  IS. 

23,  31' ;  ch. 
4.  10;  Tit. 
2.11; 

2  I'et.  3.  9 ; 

see  Ju.  3. 

17 
"^  Soe  Rom. 

11.  11 
"  2  Tim.  2. 

25 ;  3.  7  ; 

Tit.  1.  1  ; 

llcb.  10.  2G 
/Rom.  3. 

30;  10.  12; 

sec  1  Cor. 

8.  4 
"  See  Gal.  3. 

20 ;  comp. 

1  Cor.  8.  6 
A  Mt.  1.  1 ; 

Ram.  1.  3 
'  See  Mt.  20. 

23;  Gal. 

1.  4 
fc  See  1  Cor. 

1.  6 
'ch.  G.  I'i; 

Tit.  1.  3 ; 

comp.  Gal. 

4.  4  ;  see 

Jlk.  1.  1.5 
"'  2  Tia.  1. 

11 ;  comp. 

c'l.  1.  11 ; 

Eph.  3.  8 
"  Sco  1  Cor. 

9.1 
"  Seo  Rom. 

9.1 
P  Sco  Acts 

9.15 
«  ch.  5.  14  ; 

ccirp. 

Phil.  1.12; 

Tit.  3.  8 

(in  Gr.) 
'".Jn.  4.  21; 

ICor.  1.2; 

coiap. 

2  Cor.  2. 
14;  ITh. 

1.  8 

»  Ts.  63.  4  ; 

Lk.  24.  50 

t  Comp.  Vs. 

24.  4;  Jas. 
4.8 

■'  1  I'ot.  3.  3 
"  1  Cor.  14. 

34 ;  comp. 

Tit.  2.  6 
»^Gcn.  2.  7, 

22 ;  comp. 

3.  l(i; 

1  Cor.  11. 
8ff. 

v  Gen.  3.  6, 
13 ;  sec 

2  Cor.  11.  3 
'  Seo  ch.  1. 

14 
"  See  ch.  1. 

15 
i>  Acts  20. 

28 : see 

Phil.  1.1 
«  ver.  2-4 : 

see  Tit.  1. 

fi-8 
dTit.  1.  6: 

oomp.  Lk. 

2.  36f. ; 
ch.5.  9 

•  ver.  11 ; 
Tit.  2.  2; 
comp. 
ver.  8 

225 


lest  being  '"puffed  up  he  fall  into 
the  '"condemnation  of  the  devil. 
7  Moreover  he  must  "have  good 
testimony  from  ^'them  that  are 
without;  lest  he  fall  into  reproach 
and  ''the  snare  of  the  devil.  8 
'Deacons  in  like  manner  must  he 
grave,  not  double-tongued,  'not 
given  to  much  wine,  'not  greedy 
of  filthy  lucre ;  9  "  holding  the 
mystery  of  the  faith  in  a  pure  con- 
science. 10  And  "let  tiiese  also 
lirst  be  proved ;  then  let  them 
serve  as  deacons,  if  they  be  blame- 
less. 11  Women  in  like  manner 
■must  he  grave,  '''not  slanderers, 
^temperate,  faithful  in  all  things. 
12  Let  ''deacons  be  -"husbands  of 
one  wife,  ^ruling  their  children  and 
their  own  houses  well.  13  For  they 
that  have  served  well  as  deacons 
"gain  to  themselves  a  good  stand- 
ing, and  great  boldness  in  the  faith 
wdiich  is  in  Christ  Jesus. 

14  These  things  write  I  unto 
thee,  hoping  to  come  unto  thee 
shortly;  15  but  if  I  tarry  long, 
that  tliou  maj'est  know  ^how  men 
ought  to  beha^•e  themselves  in  ''the 
house  of  God,  which  is  the/ church 
of  ''the  living  God,  the  ''pillar  and 
"ground  of  the  truth.  16  And 
without  controversy  great  is  •''the 
mystery  of  godline.':s ; 

^°He  who  was  "manifested  in 
the  flesh, 
''Justified  in  the  spirit, 
'  Seen  of  angels, 

*  Preached  among  the  "nations, 

'  Believed  on  in  the  woild, 

'"  Eeceived  up  in  glory. 

4      But   "the    Spirit    saith   ex- 
pressly,  that  "in  later    times 
some  shall  fall  away  from  the  faith, 

/Tit.  1.  B;  Rom.  12.  13;  Heb.  13.  2:  1  IPet.  4.  9 
!/ 2  Tim.  2.  24  '' Tit.  1.  7  ■  Hob.  13.  5;  comp.  ch. 
6.  10;  Tit.  1.  -;  ver.  8        «•■  ver.  12        '  See  1  Cor. 

10.  32;  comp.  ver.  15 '"ch.  6.  4,  2  Tim.  3.  4 

"  Comp.  ver.  7  ?  "2  Cor.  8.  21  J'  See  Mk.  4.  11 
1  2  Tim.  2.  26 ;  comp.  ch.  6.  9  ""  Phil.  1. 1 ;  ver.  12 
'  Tit.  2.  3 ;  comp.  ch.  5.  23  '  Tit.  1.  7 ;  comp.  ver. 
3:ll'et.  5.  2  "  Comp.  ch.  1.  13  ;  see  5  "Comp. 
ch.  5.  22  '  2  Tim.  3.  3 ;  Tit.  2.  3  v  See  ver.  2 
-■  ver.  4  "  Comp.  Mt.  25.  21  *  Comp.  Eph.  2. 
21  f.;  1  Cor.  3.  16;  2  Cor.  6.  Ifi ,  1  Pet.  2.  5:  4.  17 
'Comp.  ver.  5  <<  Seo  Mt.  16. 16;  ch.4. 10  'Comp. 
Gal.  2.  9 ;  2  Tim.  2. 19  /Seo  Rom.  16.  25  "  See 
.Tn.  1.  14 : 1  Pet.  1.  20 ;  1  Jn.  3.  5,  8  ft  Comp.  Rom. 
3.  4  '  Comp.  Lk.  2.  13 ;  24.  4,  &c. ;  comp.  1  Pet. 
1. 12  *  Comp.  Rom.  16.  26 :  2  Cor.  1. 1:) ;  Col.  1. 
23,  .^-c.  '2  Th.  1.  10  "■  Mk.  16.  19;  Acts  1.  9 
"  Comp.  .Tn.  16. 13:  Acts  20.  23;  21.  11:  1  Cor.  2. 
10  f .  "  Comp.  2  Th.  2.  3  tf . ;  2  Tim.  3.  1 ,  2  Pet.  3. 
3 ;  Jude  18 


y  Gr.  judgment. 

8  Or,  how  thou  oughtest  to  behave  thyself 

»  Or,  stay 

1"  The  word  Or>d,  in  place  of  He  who,  rests  on 
no  sufficient  ancient  evidence.  Some  ancient 
authorities  read  which,  U  Or,  Qentiic* 


4.^ 


I.  TIMOTHY 


5.18 


Pastoral  Directions  to  Timothy:  —respecting  Himself;  respecting  Widows;  respecting  iHflersi 


giving  heed  to_  "seducing  spirits 
and  *doctrinesof  demons,  2  through 
the  hypocrisy  of  men  that  speak 
lies,  '"-branded  in  their  own  con- 
science as  vvitli  a  hot  iron  ;  3  ''■  iov- 
bidding  to  marry,  and  comvianding 
"  to  abstain  from  meats,  which  ■''  God 
created  to  be ''received  with  thanks- 
giving by  them  that  behave  and 
know  the  truth.  4  For  ''every 
creature  of  God  is  good,  and  noth- 
ing is  to  be  rejected,  if  it  be  'J  re- 
ceived with  thanksgiving  :  5  for  it 
is  sanctified  through  'the  word  of 
God  and  prayer. 

6  If  thou  put  *the  brethren  in 
mind  of  these  things,  thou  shalt 
be  a  good  'minister  of  Christ 
Jesus,  noui'ished  in  the  words  of 
the  faith,  and  of  the  "good  doctrine 
which  thou  "hast  followed  until 
now:  7  but  refuse  "profane  and 
old  wives'  -^  fables.  And  exercise 
thyself  unto  ''  godliness :  8  for 
•■  bodily  exercise  is  profitable  ^for 
a  little;  but  *  godliness  is  profit- 
able for  all  things,  *  having  prom- 
ise of  the  life  '  which  now  is,  and 
of  that  which  is  to  come.  9  "Faith- 
ful is  the  saying,  and  worthy  of  all 
acceptation.  10  For  to  this  end 
we  labor  and  strive,  because  we 
have  'our  hope  set  on  ^the  living 
God,  who  is  *the  Saviour  of  all 
men,  specially  of  them  that  be- 
lieve. 11  ^  These  things  command 
and  teach.  12  "Let  no  man  de- 
spise thy  youth  ;  but  be  thou  *an 
ensample  to  them  that  believe,  in 
word,  in  manner  of  life,  '^in  love, 
in  faith,  in  purity.  13  "Till  I 
come,  give  heed  to  "  reading,  to 
exhortation,  to  teaching.  14  Neg- 
lect not  the  gift  that  is  in  thee, 
which  was  given  thee  -^by  proph- 
ecy, with  the  ''  laying  on  of  the 
hands  of  the  *  presbytery.  1 5  Be 
diligent  in  these  things;  give  thy- 
self wholly  to  them ;  that  thy  pi^og- 
ress  may  be  manifest  unto  all.  16 
*  Take  heed  to  thyself,  _  and  to 
thy  teaching.  Continue  in  these 
things ;  for  in  doing  this  thou 
shalt  *  save  both  thyself  and  them 
that  hear  thee. 

5  'Rebuke  not  an  "* elder,  but 
exhort  him  as  a  father;  "the 
younger  men  as  brethren :  2 
the  elder  wornen  as  mothers;  the 
younger  as  sisters,  in  all  purity. 
3  Honor  widows  that  are  "  widows 
indeed.  4  But  if  any  widow  hath 
children  or  grandchildren,  ^let 
^  Or,  seared  *  Or,  for  little 


» 1  Jn.  4.  6 
I*  Comp. 

Jas.  3.  15 
"  Comp. 

Eph.  4.  19 
d  Heb.  Vi.  4 
*■  See  Col.  2. 

16;  comp. 

Col.  2.  2;i 
/  Gen.  1.  29  ; 

y.  3 
y  ver.  4 ; 

Rom.  14. 

6 ;  1  Cor. 

10.  3U  f . 
h  Comp. 

1  Cor.  10. 
2ri 

'  Gen.  1.  25, 
31 ;  comp. 
Heb.  11.  3 

*  See  Acts 
1.  15 

'2  Cor.  11. 

23 
™  ch.  1.  10 
"  Lk.  1.  3 

(Gr); 

2  Tim.  3. 
10;  comp. 
Phil,  2.  20, 
22 

"  See  ch.  1.  9 
J'Seech.  1.  4 
9  ver.  8 ;  ch. 

6.  3,  5  f.  ; 

2  Tim.  3.  5 
"■  Comp. 

Col.  2.  23 
»  Ps.  37.  9, 

11;  Prov. 

19.  23 ;  22. 

4 ;  see  Mt. 

6.  33 
i  See  Mt.  12. 

32;  co:np. 

Mt.  6.  33 ; 

Mk.  10.  30 
"  See  ch.  1. 

15 
"  2  Oor.  1. 

10;  ch.  6. 

i; 

^  See  ch.  3. 

15 
y  See  eh.  2. 

4 ;  comp, 

Jn.  4.  42 
'  ch,  5.  7  ; 

6,  2 
"  Comp, 

1  Cor.  16. 
11 ;  Tit.  2. 
15 

6  Tit.  2.7; 

see  1  Pet. 

5.  3 
'  Comp.  ch. 

1.14 
d  ch.  3.  14 

*  Comp. 

2  Tim.  3. 
15  ff. 

/ch.  1.18 
9  ch.  5.  22 ; 

2  Tim.  1. 

6;  see 

Acts  6.  6 
h  See  (in 

Gr.)  Acts 

11.30 
t  Comp. 

Acts  20. 

28 
t  See  1  Cor. 

1,21 
'  Comp. 

Lev.  19.  32 
>"  Tit,  2.  2 
"  Tit.  2.  6 
°  ver.  5, 16 ; 

comp. 

Acts  6.  1 ; 

9.  39,  41 
P  Comp. 


them  learn  first  to  show  piety 
towards  their  own  family,  and  to 
requite  their  parents:  for  this  is 
*  acceptable  in  the  sight  of  God, 
5  Now  she  that  is  °a  widow  in- 
deed, and  desolate,  *■  hath  her  hope 
set  on  God,  and  continueth  in 
'supplications  and  prayers  night 
atid  day.  6  But  she  that  'giveth 
herself  to  pleasure  is  "dead  while 
she  liveth.  7  'These  things  also 
command,  that  they  may  be  with- 
out reproach.  8  But  if  any 
provideth  not  for  his  own,  ana 
specially  his  own  household,  he 
hath  •'"  denied  the  faith,  and  is 
worse  than  an  unbeliever.  9  Let 
none  be  ^enrolled  as  a  widow 
under  threescore  years  old,  having 
been^t\\e  wife  of  one  man,  10  well 
reported  of  for  "  good  works ;  if 
she  hath  brought  up  children,  if 
she  hath  "^used  hospitality  to 
strangers,  if  she  *hath  washed  the 
saints'  feet,  if  she  hath  "relieved 
the  aiHicted,  if  she  hath  diligently 
followed  every  good  work.  1 1  But 
younger  widows  refuse :  for  when 
they  nave  **  waxed  wanton  against 
Christ,  they  desire  to  marry;  12 
having  condemnation,  because  they 
have  rejected  their  first  ^pledge. 
1 3  And  withal  they  learn  also  to 
he  idle,  going  about  from  house  to 
house;  and  not  only  idle,  but  "tat- 
tlers also  and  •'^busy  bodies,  speaking 
"  things  which  thej''  ought  not.  14 
'T  desire  therefore  that  the  younger 
^widoivs  'marry,  bear  children,  *  rule 
the  household,  '  giA^e  no  occasion  to 
the  adversary  for  reviling:  15  for 
already  some  '"are  turned  aside  after 
"  Satan.  16  If  any  woman  that  be- 
lie veth  "hath  widows,  let  her  "re- 
lieve them,  and  let  not  the  church 
be  burdened;  that  it  may  relieve 
them  that  are  ^widows  indeed. 

17  Let  «the  elders  that  ''rule 
well  be  counted  worthy  of  double 
honor,  especially  those  who  'labor 
in  the  word  and  in  teaching.  18 
For   the    scripture    saith,   ^'Thou 

Eph.  6.  2 9  ch.  2.  3        •■  1  Pet.  3.  5;  comp. 

1  Cor.  7.  34  »  Lk.  2,  37  ;  comp.  ch  2,  1 ;  2  Tim.  1,  3 
'  Comp,  Jas,  5,  5  "  Rev,  3, 1 ;  see  Lk,  15,  24 ;  comp. 
2Tim.  3.  6  "  See  ch.  4.  11  ^  2  Tim,  2.  12 ;  Tit,  1. 
16 ;  2  Pet.  2. 1 ;  Jude  4  "  Comp.  ver.  16  '  Comp. 
ch,  3.  2  <•  Acts  9.  36  ;  ch.  6. 18  ;  1  Pet.  2. 12 ;  comp. 
Tit.  2.  7 ;  3.  8  >>  See  Lk.  7.  44 :  comp.  Jn.  13.  14 
<^  ver.  16    rf  Rev.  18.  7    "3  Jn.  10  (Gr.)     /  See  2  Th. 

3.  11  !'  Tit.  1.  11  A  See  ch.  2.  8  a  Cor.  7.  9; 
comp.  ch.  4,  3  '■  Comp.  Tit.  2.  5  '  Comp.  ch.  6.  1 
'"  Comp.  ch.  1.  20  "  See  Mt.  4.  10  "  Comp.  ver.  4 
''  See  ver,  3     1  See  Acts  11.  30 ;  ver.  19 ;  comp  ch. 

4.  14  (Gr.)  "•  See  Rom.  12.  8  » 1  Th.  5  12  <  1  Cor. 
9.9  

s  Gr.  faith.        *  Or,  women        *  Dt.  rxy.  4. 


5.19 


I.   TIMOTHY 


6.19 


respecting  Servants;  against  Dispotatioosnesg  and  Covetonsness.    Final  Admonitions 


shalt  not  muzzle  the  ox  when  he 
treadeth  out  the  corn.  And,  "The 
laborer  is  worthy  of  his  hire.  I'J 
Against  an  '"older  receive  not  an 
accusation,  except  at  the  month  of 
■■  two  or  three  witnesses.  20  Them 
that  sin  ''reprove  in  the  sight  of 
all.  '  that  the  rest  also  may  be  in 
fear.  21/1  charge  Mee  in  the 
siglit  of  God,  and  Christ  Jesus, 
and  the  elect  angels,  that  thou  ob- 
serve these  things  without '  preju- 
dice, doing  nothing  by  partiality. 
22  -'Lay  liands  hastily  on  no  man, 
neitlier  be  "  partaker  of  other  men's 
sins  :  keep  triyself  pure.  23  Be  no 
longer  a  drinker  ot  water,  but  'use 
a  little  wine  for  thy  stomach's  sake 
and  thine  often  infirmities.  24 
(Some  men's  sins  are  evident,  going 
before  unto  judgment ;  and  some 
men  also  they  *  follow  after.  25 
In  like  manner  also  -there  are 
good  works  that  are  evident;  and 
'such  as  are  otherwise  cannot  be 
hid. 

6"* Let  as  many  as  are  'ser- 
vants under  the  yoke  count 
their  own  masters  worthy  of  all 
honor,  "  that  the  name  of  God  and 
the  doctrine  be  not  blasphemed. 
2  And  they  that  have  believing 
masters,  let  them  not  despise  them, 
because  they  are  "brethren;  but 
let  them  serve  them  the  rather, 
because  tliey  that  ■*  partake  of  the 
benefit  are  believing  and  beloved. 
^  These  things  teach  and  exhort. 

3  If  any  man  'teacheth  a  dif- 
ferent doctrine,  and  consenteth 
not  to  ^"^  sound  Avords,  even  the 
words  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
and  to  the  doctrine  which  is  'ac- 
cording to  godliness ;  4  he  is 
'puffed  up,  knowing  nothing,  bvit 
® doting  about  "questionings  and 
*  disputes  of  words,  whereof  cometh 
envy,  strife,  railings,  •'evil  surmis- 
ings,  o  wranglings  of  ''men  cor- 
rupted in  mind  and  bereft  of  the 
truth,  'supposing  that  godliness  is 
a  way  of  gain.  6  "But  godliness 
with  *contentment  "is  great  gain : 
7  for  ^  we  brought  nothing  into  the 
world,  for  neither  can  we  carry 
anything  out;  8  but  *  having  food 
and  covering  'we  shall  be  there- 
with content.  9  •'But  they  that 
are  minded  to  be  rich  fall  into  a 
temptation  and  "a  snare  and  many 

1  Or,  prefermcf 

2  Gr.  the  irorks  that  are  good  are  eindenl. 

3  Gr.  brmdsrn-ants.  *  Or,  lay  hold  of 
5  Gr,  healthful  «  Gr.  Hck. 

1  Or,  in  thete  we  shall  have  enough 


"  Mt.  10.  10 ; 
Lk.  10.  - ; 

1  Cor.  !). 
14  ;  comp. 
Lev.  IM. 
13;  Dt.  24. 
15 

f>  See  .\cts 

11.  30;  ver. 
17 ;  comp. 
ch.  4.  14 
(Gr.) 

«  See  Mt.  18. 

Iti 
d  Eph.  5.  11  ; 

comp.  Gal. 

2.  14; 

2  Tim,  4.  2 
''  Comp. 

■2  Cor.  7. 
11 
.'ch.6.  13; 

2  Tim.  4. 
1 ;  2.  14  ; 
comp.  lik. 
9.  26 

'  See  ch.  4. 

14 ;  comp. 

ch.  3.  10 
ft  Eph.  5.  11 ; 

comp.  ch. 

3  "2-7 

'  See  ch.  3.  8 
*•"  Comp. 

Rev.  14.  13 
'  Comp. 

Prov.  10.  9 
"'  Tit.  2.  !) ; 

1  Pet.  2. 
18 ;  comp. 
Eph,  6,  5 

"  Tit.  2.  5 
"  Comp, 

Acts  1.  15 ; 

Gal,  3.  28 ; 

Philem. 

IB 
P  See  ch.  4. 

11 
1  See  ch  1.  3 
""  Comp.  ch. 

1.  10 
'  Tit  1.  1 
'  See  ch.  3.  6 
"  See  ch,  1.  4 
"  2  Tim.  2. 

14 ;  comp. 

Acts  18.  15 
"  Ecclus.  3. 

24 
'J  2  Tim.  3. 

8 ;  comp. 

Tit.  1.  15 
-  Comp. 

Tit.  1.  11 ; 

2  Pet.  2  3 
"ver.  &-10: 

comp.  Lk. 

12.  15-21 

!>  Phil.  4.  11 ; 

comp. 

Heb.  13.  5 
'ch.  4.8 
d  Job  1.  21 : 

Eccl.  5,  15 
'  Prov.  30.  8 
/  Prov.  15. 

27 ;  23.  4  ; 

28.  20 ; 

ver.  17 ; 

comp.  Lk. 

12.  21 
"  See  ch,  3. 7 


'i  ver,  9 ;  see 

ch.  3.  3 ; 

comp.  Col. 

3.5 
'  Comp. 

Rom.  11. 

16  ff. 
*  Comp. 

.las.  5.  19 
'  2  Tim.  3. 

17 

227 


foolish  and  hurtful  lusts,  such  as 
drown  men  in  destruction  and  per- 
tlitiou.  10  For  ''the  love  of  money 
is  a  'root  of  all  "kinds  of  evil :  whicn 
some  reaching  after  have  been  *  led 
a.stray  from  the  faith,  and  have 
pierced  themselves  through  with 
many  sorrows 

11  But  tliou,  O  -man  of  God, 
"'flee  the.se  things;  and  follow 
after  righteousness,  godliness, 
"faith,  "love,  "patience,  meekness. 

12  p  Fight  the  good  fight  of  •'  the 
faith,  May  hold  on  the  life  eternal, 
"whereunto  thou  wast  called,  and 
didst  confess  the  good  'confession 
in  the  sight  of  "many  witnesses. 

13  "I  charge  thee  in  the  sight  of 
God,  who  ^"giveth  life  to  all  things, 
and  of  ""Christ  Jesus,  who  *  before 
Pontius  Pilate  witnessed  '  the  good 
confession;  14  that  thou  keep  the 
commandment,  without  spot,  with- 
out reproach,  until  the  'appearing 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ:  15  which 
in  ""its  own  times  he  shall  .show, 
who  is  *  the  blessed  and  "only 
Potentate,  ''the  "King  of  '-kings, 
and  •''Lord  of  '-'lords;  16  ^who 
only  hath  immortahty,  ''dwelling 
in  light  unapproachable  ;  '  whom 
no  man  hath  seen,  nor  can  see: 
*  to  whom  /je  honor  and  power 
eternal.    Amen. 

17  Charge  them  that  are  rich  in 
'  this  present "  world,  that  they  '"  be 
not  highminded,  nor  "have  their 
hope  set  on  the  uncertainty  of 
riches,  but  on  God,  "who  giveth 
us  richly  all  things  to  enjoy;  18 
that  they  do  good,  that  they  be 
rich  in  ^  good  works,  *  that  they  be 
ready  to  distribute,  '^  willing  to 
communicate;  19  ''laying  up  in 
store  for  themselves  a  good  founda- 
tion against  the  time  to  come,  that 
they  may  /lay  hold  on  the  life 
which  is  life  indeed. 

"■  Comp  2  Tim.  2.  22  "  See  ch.  1. 14  «  2  Tim. 
3. 10       '■  See  1  Cor.  9.  25  f . ;  comp.  Phil.  1.  30 ;  ch. 

1  18  'See  ch.  1.  19  ''See  PhU.  3.12;  ver  19 
'  Col.  3.  15      '  See  2  Cor.  9.  13 ;  ver.  13      **  2  Tim. 

2  2 :  comp.  ch  4.  14  "  See  ch.  5.  21  ^  ch.  1. 
12,  15;  2.  5:  see  Gal.  3.  26.  &c.  "  Jn.  18.  37, 
comp.  Mt.  27.  2  '  See  2  Th.  2.  8  "  See  ch. 
2.  6  I'  Comp.  ch.  1.  11  '  See  ch.  1.  17  <<  Rev. 
19.  Ifi ;  17.  14 ;  comp.  Dt.  10.  17  '  2  Mace.  13.  4 
./Ps.  136.  3  "ch.  1.  17  '•  Ps.  104.  2;  IJii.  1.  5; 
comp.  .Jas.  1.  17  '  See  .In.  1. 18  *•  Comp  ch. 
117  '2  Tim.  4.  10 ;  Tit.  2.  12 ;  see  Mt.  12.  32 
"*  Ps.  62. 10 ;  Lk.  12.  20 ;  ver.  9 ;  comp  Rom.  11. 
20  "  See  ch.  4.  10  »  Acts  14.  17  ^  See  ch.  5. 
10  9  Comp.  Rom.  12.  8 ;  Eph.  4.  28  •"  See  Mt.  t>. 
20    •  See  ver.  12 


8  Gr.  erils.  »  Or,  stedfastness 

10  Or,  presen'eth  all  thinas  alive  u  Or,  hit 

12  Gr.  Ihe.m  that  reign  as  kings. 
1^'  Gr,  them  that  rule  as  lords. 
>4  Or,  age  ^  Or,  ready  to  sympathue 


6.20 


I.  TIMOTHY 


R21 


20  O  "Timothy,  guard  ^Hhat 
which  is  committed  unto  thee, 
turning  away  from  the  "^  profane 
laabblings  and  oppositions  of  the 
knowledge    whicn    is     falsely    so 

1  Gr.  the  deposit. 


Benediction 

«  See  ch.  1. 2 
i>  2  Tim.  1. 

12,14 
"2X1111.  2. 

16 ;  see  ch. 

1.  9 


d  Comp. 
2  Tim.  2. 18 


called;  21  which  some  professing 
''have  ^ erred  concerning  *the  faith. 

•''Grace  be  with  you. 

'Seech.  1.19   /See  Col.  4.  18 


2  Gr.  missed  the  mark. 


THE   SECOND    EPISTLE   OF   PAUL  TO 

TIMOTHY 


jalatation.    Timotby  charged  to  stir  np  the  Gift  in  him,  and  gnard  his  Trust    Onesiphorns  faithftil  amid  Desertions 


IPaul,  "an  apostle  of  *  Christ 
Jesus  ""through  the  \yill  of  God, 
according  to  the  promise  of  ''the 
life  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus,  2  to 
'Timothy,  my  beloved  •''child: 
'Grace,  mercy,  peace,  from  God  the 
Father  and  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord. 

3  ''I  thank  God,  whom  I  'serve 
from  my  forefathers  in  a  *pure 
conscience,  'how  unceasing  is  my 
remembrance  of  thee  in  my  sup- 
plications, night  and  dav  4  '"long- 
ing to  see  thee,  "remembering  thv 
tears,  that  I  may  be  filled  with 
'  ioy ;  5  having  been  reminded  of 
the  "unfeigned  faith  that  is  in 
thee ;  which  dwelt  first  in  thy 
grandmother  Lois,  and  -^thy 
mother  Eunice ;  and,  I  am  per- 
suaded, in  thee  also.  6  For  which 
cause  I  put  thee  in  remembrance 
that  thou  -stir  up  *the  gift  of 
God,  which  is  in  thee  through  the 

*  laying  on  of  my  hands.  7  For 
God  gave  us  not  ''a  spirit  of  fear- 
fulness  ;  but  of  power  and  love  and 

*  discipline.  8  'Be  not  ashamed 
therefore  of  'the  testimony  of  our 
Lord,  nor  of  me  "  his  prisoner : 
but  "suffer  hardship  with  the  "'•^gos- 
pel according  to  the  power  of  God; 
9  who  *saved  us,  and  ^called  us 
with  a  holy  "calling,  *not  accord- 
ing to  our  works,  but  according 
to  his  own  ''purpose  and  grace, 
which  was  given  us  in  ''Christ 
Jesus  'before  'times  eternal,  10 
but  ■'hath  now  been  manifested 
by  the  'appearing  of  our  Saviour 
''Christ  Jesus,  who  *  abolished 
death,  and  brought  life  and  ''im- 
mortality to  light  through  the 
''gospel,  11  'whereunto  I  was  ap- 
pointed a  "preacher,  and  an  apostle, 
and  a  teacher.  1 2  For  which  cause 
I  suffer  also  these  things :  yet  *  I 
am  not  ashamed  ;  for  I  know  him 

1  Or,  ioy  in  bring  reminded 
S  Qt.  shr  into /lame.  ^  Gr.  sobering. 

*  Gr.  good  tidings :  and  so  elsewhere.    See  mar- 
ginal note  on  Mt.  4.  23.  ■'■  Or,  long  ages  ago 
«  Gr.  I'ncorruption.    See  Rom.  2.  7. 
7  Gr.  herald. 


»  See  2  Cor. 

1. 1 
i>  ver.  2,  9, 

13;cli.2.1. 

3,  10  ;  3.  12, 

15  ;  see 

1  Tim.  1. 

12 ;  Gal.  3. 

2ti 
'  See  1  Cor. 

1.  1 
rf  Comp. 

1  Tim.  6.  19 
*■  See  Acts 

18.  1 ; 

comp. 

1  Tim,  1.  2 
/ITira.  1. 

2  ;  ch.  2.  1 ; 
Tit.  1.  4 

•"  See  1  Tim. 

1.  2 
>>  See  Rom. 

1.8 
>  Acts  24.  14 

*  Acts  23. 1 ; 
24.  16  ; 
comp. 

1  Tira.  1.  5 
'  See  Rom. 

1.  9 

"'  ch.  4.  9,  21 
"  Comp. 

Acts  20.  S7 
"  1  Tim.  1.  5 
»"  Acts  16.  1 ; 

comp.  ch. 

3.  15 

«  See  1  Tim. 

4.  14 

""  Rom.  8. 
15 ;  comp. 
Jn  14  27 

*  ver.  12,  16 : 
Mk.  8.  33 ; 
comp. 
Rom.  1.  16 

«1  Cor.  1.  6 
"  See  Eph. 

3. 1 ;  comp. 

ver.  IG 
"  ch.  2.  3,  9  ; 

4.5 

*  ver.  10 ; 
ch.  2.  8 

V  See  Rom. 

11.  14 
'  See  Rom. 

8.  28  f . 
"  See  Rom. 

11.  2!i 
I"  See  Eph. 

2.  9 

'  Rom.  8. 

2S  f . 
rf  See  ver.  1 
'Tit.  1.  2: 

see  Rom. 

16  25  ; 
comp. 
Eph.  1   4 

/Rom.  16  26 
9  Tit.  2,  11 ; 

comp. 

2Th.  2.  8; 

ch.  4.  1,8 
'"  See  1  Cor. 

15.  26; 

229 


'whom  I  have  believed,  and  I  am 
persuaded  that  he  is  able  to  '"guard 
"that  which  I  have  committed  unto 
him  against  "that  day.  13  "Hold 
the  ^pattern  of  ""sound  words 
"■which  thou  hast  heard  from  me, 
in  'faith  and  love  which  is  in 
"Christ  Jesus.  14  '"""That  good 
thing  which  was  committed  unto 
thee  guard  through  the  Holy  Spirit 
which  'dwelleth  in  us. 

15  This  thou  knowest,  that  all 
that  are  in  "Asia  "turned  away 
from  me;  of  whom  are  Phygelus 
and  Hermogenes.  16  The  Lord 
grant  mercy  unto  'the  house  of 
Onesiphorus:  for  he  oft  refreshed 
me,  and  ^was  not  ashamed  of  my 
'chain;  17  but,  when  he  was  in 
Rome,  he  sought  me  diligently, 
and  found  me  18  (the  Lord  ^rant 
unto  him  to  find  mercy  of  the 
Lord  in  "that  day) ;  and  in  how 
many  things  he  ministered  at 
"Ephesus,  thou  knowest  very  well. 

2  Thou  therefore,  my  ''child, 
''be  strengthened  in  the  grace 
that  is  in  ''Christ  Jesus.  2  And 
the  things  ''which  thou  ha.st  heard 
from  me  among  'many  witnesses, 
the  same  -^commit  thou  to  'faith- 
ful men,  who  shall  be  ''able  to 
teach  others  also.  3  "'Suffer  hard- 
ship with  me,  as  a  good  *  soldier  of 
''Christ  Jesus.  4  No  soldier  on 
service  'entangleth  himself  in  the 
affairs  of  thhs  life;  that  he  may 
plea.se  him  who  enrolled  him  as 
a  soldier.  5  And  if  also  a  man 
"'contend  in  the  games,  he  is  not 

comp.  Heb.  2.  14  f.    •  See  1  Tim.  2.  7    *  See  ver.  8 ; 

comp.  ver.  16 'Comp.  Tit.  3.  8       '"ver.  14: 

ITim.  6.  20  "  ver.  18;ch.  4.  8;  seel  Cor.  3  13  and 
1.8  "  Comp.  ch.  3.  14 ;  Tit.  1.  9  >'  Comp.  Rom.  2. 
20 :  6.  17  «  Comp.  1  Tim.  1.  10  *■  ch.  2.  2  »  See 
1  Tim.  1.  14  '  See  Rom.  8.  9  "  See  Acts  2.  9 
"  Comp.  ch.  4.  10, 11,  16  •'ch.4.  19  s- See  ver.  8 
'  See  Eph.  6.  20  "  See  Acts  18.  19 ;  comp.  1  Tim. 
1.3  i'ch.1.2  <^  Corap.  Eph.  6.  10  rf  See  ch.  1.  X 
'  Comp.  I  Tim.  6. 12  /Comp.  I  Tim.  1. 18  "Comp. 
1  Tim.  1.  12  A  Comp.  rin  Gr.)  2  Cor.  2  16;  3.  5 
■  See  ch.  1.  8  a  Comp.  1  Cor.  9.  7  ;  1  Tim.  1.  18 
'  2  Pet.  2.  20    "*  See  1  Cor.  9.  25 


«  Or,  tftal  nhicfi  he  hath  rommitled  unto  me 
Gr.  my  dfvosil.  '■'  Gr.  healtfiful. 

10  Gf.  The  good  deposit. 
"  Or,  Take  thy  i>art  in  suffering  hardship,  at  £e. 


2.6 


11.   TIMOTHY 


a9 


Reward  awaits  only  the  Faithful.    Dissuade  from  Unprofitable  Discussion.    Grievous  Times  impending 


crowned,  except  he  have  con- 
tended lawfully.  6  "The  hus- 
bandman that  laboreth  must  be 
the  first  to  partake  of  the  fruits. 
7  Consider  what  I  say ;  for  the 
Lord  shall  give  thee  understand- 
ing in  all  things.  8  Remember 
Jesus  Christ,  ''risen  from  the  dead, 
of  ''the  seed  of  David,  ''according 
to  my  ^gospel:  9  wherein  I  "suf- 
fer hardship  unto  'bonds,  as  a 
"malefactor;  but  ''the  word  of 
God  'is  not  bound.  10  There- 
fore *I  endure  all  things  for  'the 
elect's  sake,  '"that  they  also  may 
obtain  the  "salvation  which  is  in 
"Christ  Jesus  with  ■''eternal  glory. 
1 1  « Faithful  is  the  "  saying  :  For 
""if  we  died  with  him,  we  shall 
also  live  with  him :  1 2  if  we  en- 
dure, *we  shall  also  reign  with 
him :  if  we  shall  '  deny  him,  he 
also  will  deny  us:  13  if  we  are 
faithless,  "he  abideth  faithful;  for 
"he  cannot  deny  himself. 

14  Of  these  things  put  them  in 
remembrance,  "^ charging  them  in 
the  sight  of  ^the  Lord,  that  they 

*  strive  not  about  words,  to  no 
profit,  to  the  subverting  of  them 
that  hear.  15  Give  diligence  to 
present  thyself  approved  unto 
God,  a  workman  that  needeth  not 
to  be  ashamed,  ''handling  aright 
"the  word  of  truth.  16  But  'shun 
"  profane  babblings :  for  they  will 
proceed  further  in  ungodliness, 
17  and  their  word  will  ''eat  as 
doth  a  gangrene :  of  whom  is 
''Hymenseus  and  Philetus  ;  18  men 
who   concerning    the    truth    have 

*  erred,  saying  that  ^"the  resur- 
rection is  past  already,  and  over- 
throw •''the  faith  of  some.  19 
Howbeit  the  "firm  foundation  of 
God  standeth,  having  this  ''seal, 
® '  The  Lord  knoweth  them  that 
are  his  :  and,  ® ''  Let  every  one  that 
nameth  the  name  of  the  Lord  de- 
part from  unrighteousness.  20 
Now  in  a  great  house  there  are 
not  only  vessels  of  gold  and  of 
silver,  but  also  of  wood  and  of 
earth ;  and  '  some  unto  honor, 
and  some  unto  dishonor.  21  If 
a  man  therefore  purge  himself 
from  "these,  he  shall  be  a  vessel 

1  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  1.  8. 
*  Or,  saying ;  forif&c. 
3  Many  ancient  authorities  read  Ood. 
<  Or,  holding  a  sfraight  course  in  iheivord  of 
truth    Or,  rightly  dividing  the  word  of  (ruth 
s  Or,  spread 

6  Gr.  missed  the  mark.    1  Tim.  1.  6. 

7  Some  ancient  authorities  read  o  resvriec/ion. 
«Mum.  xvi.5?  sis.  xxvl.13? 


"  1  Cor.  9.  10 
*>  See  Acts 

2.  24 
"  See  Mt.  1. 1 
d  See  Rom. 

2.  16 

*  See  ch.  1. 
8  ;  ver.  3 

/  Phil.  1.  7 
"  Comp.  Lk. 
23.  32 

*  See  1  Th. 
1.  8 

'  See  Acts 
28.  31 ; 
comp.  ch. 

4.  17 

k  Col.  1.  24 
'  See  Lk.  13. 

7 :  comp. 

Tit.  1. 1 
"'  2  Cor.  1.  6  ; 

1  Th.  5.  9 
"  See  1  Cor. 

1.  21 
"  ver.  1,  3  ; 

see  ch.  1.  1 
''  2  Cor.  4. 

17 :  1  Pet. 

.5.  10 
'I  See  1  Tim. 

1.  1.5 
"■  See  Rom. 

6.  3 ;  comp. 

1  Th.  S.  10 
«  See  Lk.  22. 

29 ;  Mt.  19. 

28;  Rom. 

5. 17  ;  8. 17, 

&c. 
« See  Mt.  10. 

33 ;  1  Tim. 

5.  8 

"  See  1  Cor. 

1.9;  comp. 

Rom.  3.  3 
"  Num.  23. 

19  ;  Tit.  1.  2 
'  See  1  Tim. 

5.  21 ;  ch. 

4.1 
y  See  1  Tim. 

6. 4 ;  comp. 

ver.  23 ; 

Tit.  3.  9 
^  Rom.  6. 13 ; 

Jas.  1.  12 
"  See  Eph. 

1.  13 ;  Jas. 

1  18 
6  Tit.  3.  9 
<^  1  Tim.  6. 

20  ;  see  1.  9 
d  1  Tim  1.  20 
"  Comp. 

1  Cor.  15. 

12 
/  See  1  Tim. 

1. 19 ; 

co'Tip.  Tit. 

1.11 
■'  Comp. 

1  Tim.  3. 

l-i ;  Is.  28. 

16  f. 
ft  See  Jn,  3. 

33 
i  Jn.  10.  14  ; 

1  Cor  8.  3 
k  Lk.  13.  27  ; 

1  Cor.  1.  2 
'  Comp. 

Rom.  9.  21 
'"  ver.  IS- 
IS (?) ; 

comp. 

1  Tim.  6. 11 


»  ch.  3  17  ; 

comp. 

2  Cor.  9.  8  ; 

Eph.  2.  10 
0  1  Tim.  6. 11 
P  Comp. 

ITim  1.14 

230 


unto  honor,  sanctified,  meet  for 
the  master's  use.  "prepared  unto 
every  good  work.  22  But  "fiee 
youthful  lusts,  and  "follow  after 
righteousness,  ^  faith,  love,  peace, 
with  them  that  «call  on  the  Lord 
''out  of  a  pure  heart.  23  But 
foolish  and  ignorant  *  question- 
ings refuse,  knowing  that  they 
'gender  strifes.  24  And  "the 
Lord's  "'servant  must  not  strive, 
but  be  gentle  towards  all,  "apt 
to  teach,  forbearing,  25  '^in  meek- 
ness "  correcting  them  that  oppose 
themselves ;  *  if  peradventure  God 
may  give  them  repentance  unto 
Hhe  knowledge  of  the  truth,  26 
and  they  may  ^^  recover  them- 
selves out  of  "the  snare  of  the 
devil,  having  been  "*  taken  cap- 
tive "by  him  unto  his  will._ 

3  But  know  this,  that  'in  the 
last  days  grievous  times  shall 
come.  2  For  men  shall  be  '*  lovers 
of  self,  *  lovers  of  money,  •''boastful, 
^haughty,  ''railers,  •'^disobedient  to 
parents,  ''unthankful,  'unholy,  3 
*  without  natural  affection,  impla- 
cable, 'slanderers,  without  self- 
control,  fierce,  "no  lovers  of  good, 
i  "traitors,  "headstrong,  ^puffed 
up,  'lovers  of  pleasure  rather  than 
lovers  of  God  ;  5  holding  a  *■  form 
of  *  godliness,  but  having  'denied 
the  power  thereof :  "  from  these 
also  turn  away.  6  For  of  these 
are  they  that  "  creep  into  houses, 
and  take  captive  ''silly  women 
laden  with  sins,  led  away  _  by 
■"  divers  lusts,  7  ever  learning, 
and  never  able  to  ^come  to  the 
knowledge  of  the  truth.  8  And 
even  as  "Jannes  and  Jambres 
''withstood  Moses,  so  do  these 
also  withstand  the  truth ;  "  men 
corrupted  in  mind,  reprobate  con- 
cerning the  faith.  9  But  they 
shall    proceed    no    further :     for 

1  Comp.  Acts  7.  59  »•  1  Tim.  1.  5  *  See  1  Tim. 
6.  4  :  Tit.  3. 9  ;  comp.  ver.  14  t  Tit.  3.  9  ;  Jas  4.  1 
"ITim.  3.  3:  Tit.  1.  7  "  1  Tim.  3.  2  ^Tit.  3.  2; 
comp  Gal.  6.  1 ;  1  Pet.  3.  It  "  Comp.  Acts  8.  22 
-  See  1  Tim.  2  4  "  See  1  Tim.  3.  7  ''  Comp.  Lk. 
5  10  "  See  1  Tim.  4.  1  d  Comp  Phil.  2.  21  "  Lk 
16.  14;  comp.  1  Tim.  3.  3;  6.  10  /Rom,  1.  30 
■I  Comp.  2  Pet.  2.  10-12  >>■  Lk.  6.  35  '  1  Tim  1.  9 
k  Rom,  1.  31  '  See  1  Tim.  3.  11  "'  Comp.  Tit  1.  8 
"  Acts7.  .52  fGr.)  "  Actf  19.  36  (Gr.)  J^  See  1  Tim. 
3.  6  ''  Comp.  Pliil.  3.  19  '  Comp.  Rom  2.  20 
'Comp  1  Tim.  4.  7  <  See  1  Tim.  5.  8  "'2Th.  3.  6. 
comp  Mt.  7.  15  "  See  Jude  4  ^'  Comp.  1  Tim. 
5.  6  ;  Tit.  3.  3  »  Tit.  3.  3  "  See  ch.  2.  25  "  Comp. 
Ex.  7. 11    i>  Comp.  Acts  13.  8    «  1  Tim.  6.  5 


10  Gr.  bondservant.  "  Or,  inatruetinc 

12  Gr.  return  to  .loberness.       13  Gr.  taken  alive. 

K  Or.   by  him,  unto  the  iHll  of  God    Comp 

2  Cor.  10.  5.    Gr.  by  him,  unto  the  tviH  of  hinu 

In  the  Greek  the  two  pronouns  are  different. 


3.10 


II.   TIMOTHY 


4.22 


Inspired  Scriptare  profitable.    Charge.    My  Departure  near.    Matters  Personal.    Salatations.    Benediction 


tlieir  "folly  shall  be  evident  unto 
all  men,  ''as  theirs  also  ainie  to 
be.  10  But  thou  ''didst  follow 
my  teaching,  conduct,  purpose, 
faith,  longsull'ering,  "^  love,  '  pa- 
tience, 11  "persecutions,  'sufier- 
ings ;  what  things  befell  me  at 
"Antioch,  at  *  Iconium,  at  '  Lys- 
tra ;  what  *  persecutions  I  en- 
dured :  and  out  of  them  all  '  the 
Lord  delivered  me.  1 13  Yea,  and 
all  that  would  live  godly  in  Christ 
Jesus  '"  shal  1  sufler  persecution.  1 3 
But  evil  men  and  impostors  "  shall 
■wax  worse  and  worse,  "deceiving 
and  being  deceived.  1 4  But ''  abide 
thou  in  tne  things  which  thou  hast 
learned  and  hast  been  assured 
of,  knowing  of  "^whom  thou  hast 
learned  them  ;  1 5  and  that  « from 
a  babe  thou  hast  known  •'the 
sacred  writings  which  are  able 
to  'make  thee  wise  unto  'salva- 
tion through  faith  which  is  in 
"Christ  Jesus.  16  '"Every  scrip- 
ture inspired  of  God  is  also  profit- 
able for  teaching,  for  reprocjf,  for 
correction,  for  ''instruction  which  is 
in  righteousness :  17  that  '  the  man 
of  God  may  be  complete,  *  furnished 
completelj'  unto  every  good  work. 

4°' I  charge  thee  in  the  sight 
of  God,  and  of  Christ  Jesus, 
who  shall  "judge  the  living  and 
the  dead,  and  by  his  *  appearing 
and  his  kingdom:  2  preach  "the 
■word;  be  urgent  in  season,  out  of 
season;  * ''reprove,  rebuke,  exhort, 
with  all  *longsuftering  and  teach- 
ing. 3  For  ■'the  time  will  come 
wlien  they  will  not  endure  ^the 
^ sound ''doctrine  ;  but,  having  itch- 
ing ears,  will  heap  to  themselves 
teachers  after  their  own  lusts;  4 
and  '■  will  turn  away  their  ears 
from  the  truth,  and  'turn  aside 
unto  *■■  fables.  .5  But '  be  thou  sober 
in  all  things,  ""suffer  hardship,  do 
the  work  of  an  "evangelist,  "fulfil 
thy  ^ministry,  6  For  1  am  already 
being  ""offered,  and  the  time  of 
''my  departure  is  come.  7  *  I  have 
fouglit  the  good  fight,  I  have  fin- 
ished 'the  course,  I  have  kept  "the 
faith:  8  henceforth  there  "is  laid 
up  for  me  ""the  crown  of  righteoiis- 
ness,  which  the  Lord,  "the  right- 
eous judge,  shall  give  to  me  at 
•that  day;  and  not  to  me  only, 


1  Or,  stfdfa-'tnesa  *  Gr.  irha>  ver 

cry  scripture  is  inspirrd  nj 


nersons. 

8  Or.  Fiery  scripture  is  inspirrif  nf  God,  and 
profitnble  <  Or,  dUcipJ'ne 

'••  Or,  /  teilify,  in  the  sinht  .  .  .  dead,  both  of  his 
appearinn  d-r.  *  Or,  t>rivg  to  the  proof 

7  Gr.  healthful.  s  Or,  tench!ng 

•  G  r.  pmtred  out  as  a  drinJc-off«ring. 


"  Lk.  6. 

ll(<;r.) 
6  Ex.  7.  12; 

8.  18  ;  9. 11 ; 

comp. 

Wisl  17.  7 
"  1  Tira.  4.  6 ; 

Lk.  1. 

3(Gr.); 

comp. 

Phil.  2.  20, 

<'  i  Tim.  6.  U 
■■  2  Cor.  12. 

10 
/2Cor.  1. 

5,7 
"  See  Acts 

13.  14,  45, 
50 

/i  See  Acts 

14.  5 

'  See  Acts 

14.  19 
fc  Comp. 

2  Cor.  U. 
23-i;7 
'  See  Rom. 

15.  31 

"  See  Jn.  15. 

20;  Acts 

14.  22; 

comp. 

2  (or.  4. 

9f. 
"  ch.  2.  16 
"  Comp. 

Tit.  3.  3 
f  ch.  1.13; 

comp. 

Tit.  1.  9 
5  Comp.  ch. 

1.5 
""  Comp.  Jn. 

5.47; 

Rom.  2.  27 
'  Ps.  U9. 

98  f 
t  See'l  Cor. 

1.21 
"  See  ch.  1. 1 
"  See  Rom. 

4.  23  f . ;  15. 

4 ;  2  Pet.  1, 

20  f. 
'  1  Tim.  6. 11 
«  ch.  2.  21 ; 

comp. 

Heb.  1."!.  21 
'^ch.  2.  14; 

see  1  Tim. 

5.21 
"  See  Acts 

in.  42 

*  See  2  Th. 
2.  8;  vcr. 
8 ;  comp. 
ch.  1.  Ill 

<^Gal.  6.6; 

Col.  4.  3; 

1  Th.  1.  6 
d  Comp. 

1  Tim.  5. 
20;  Tit.  1. 
13 !  2.  15 

•ch.3.  10 
/ch.  3.  1 
"  See  1  Tim. 

1.10; 

comp.  ch. 

1.13 

*  Comp, 

2  Til.  2.  11; 
Tit.  1.  14 

■  ITim.  1.6 
«;  See  1  Tim. 

i.4 
'  See  1  Pet. 

1.  13 
"•  Spe  oh  1.  8 
"  S^-e  Acts 

21.  8 
"  Comp.  Lk. 

1.  1 
P  Col.  4. 17 ; 

231 


but  also  to  "all  them  that  have 
loved  his  *app(aring. 

9  "Give  diligence  to  come  shortly 
unto  me  :  lU  for  ''Demas  forsook 
me,  having  loved  "  this  present 
^"  world,  and  went  to •'^Thessalonica ; 
Crescens  to  "^Galatia,  ''Titus  to 
Dalmatia.  11  'Only  *  Luke  is  with 
me.  Take  'j\lark,  and  bring  him 
with  thee ;  '"for  he  is  useful  to  me 
for  ministering.     12  Buf'Tychicus 

1  sent  to  "Epliesus.  13  The  cloak 
that  I  left  at  ^'Troas  with  Carpus, 
bring  when  thou  comest,  and  the 
books,  especially  the  parchments. 
14  'Alexander  the  coppersmith 
"did  me  much  evil :  ''  the  Lord  will 
render  to  him  according  to  hia 
works:  1.5  of  whom  do  thou  also 
beware ;  for  he  greatly  withstood 
our  words.  16  At  my  first  defence 
no  one  took  my  part,  but  all  for- 
sook me :  'may  it  not  be  laid  to 
their  account.  17  But  the  Lord 
stood  by  me,  and  ''*  strengthened 
me;  that  through  me  "the  "mes- 
sage might  be  "fully  proclaimed, 
and  that  all  ^the  Gentiles  might 
hear:  and  I  was  *  delivered  out  of 
Hhe  mouth  of  the  lion.  18  The 
Lord  will  deliver  me  from  every 
evil  work,  and  will  "save  me  unto 
his  *  heavenly  kingdom:  "to  whom 
be  the  glory  ^^for  ever  and  ever. 
Amen. 

19  Salute  Prisca  and  '^Aquila, 
and  "the  house  of  Onesiphorus. 
20  ■''Erastus  remained  at  ^Corinth: 
but  Trophimus  I  left  at  ''Miletus 
sick.  21  'Give  diligence  to  come 
before  *  winter.  Eubulus  saluteth 
thee,  and  Pudens,  and  Linus,  and 
Claudia,  and  all  the  brethren. 

22  'The  Lord  be  with  thy  spirit. 
""Grace  be  with  you. 

comp.  Eph.  4. 12    'Phil.  2.17    •"  Phil  1.  23 ;  comp. 

2  I'ct.  1. 14  '  See  1  Tim.  (i.  12 ;  comp.  1  Cor.  9.  25f: ; 
i  hil.  1.  30 ;  1  Tim.  1. 18  <  See  1  Cor.  9.  24  ;  Acts  20. 
24  "  Comp.  ch.  3.  10  '•' Col.  1.  5,  1  Pet.  1.4  ^  See 
ICor.  9.26;comp.  ch.2.5    "  2  Mace.  12. 6, 41    'See 

ch.l  12 "Comp. Phil. 3. 11    fcSeever.l    •  ver. 

21 ;  Tit.  3. 12;  comp.  ch.  1.4  ri  See  Col.  4. 14  'See 
1  Tim.  6.  17  J  See  Acts  17.  1  "  See  Acts  16.  6 
'' See  2  Cor  2.  13  ■  Comp.  ch.  1. 15  *  See  Col.  4.  14 
'  See  Acts  12. 12  "•  Col.  4. 10;  comp.  ch.  2. 21  "See 
Acts  20.  4  °  See  Acts  18.  19  /-  See  Acts  16.  8 
''  1  Tim.  1.  20 ;  comp  Acts  19.  33  »"  Rom.  12. 19 ;  2.  9 
•  Acts  7.  60,  comp.  1  Cor.  13.  5  '  ch.  2.  1 ;  see 
ITim.  1.12  "Tit.  1.3  ^Comp.  rer.  5  ^  See  Acts 
9.  15 ;  comp.  Phil.  1.  12ff.  f  ch.  2.  n  .  see  Rom.  15. 
31  '  Vs.  22.  21 1  comp.  1  S.  17.  37 :  1  Jlacc.  2.  60 
"  See  1  Cor.  1.  21  '•Comp.  ver.  1 : 1  Cor  15.  50; 
Hob.  11.  16 ;  12.  22  «  See  Rom.  11.  36 ;  comp  2  Pet. 
3.  IS  d  See  Acta  IS.  2  '  ch.  1.  IG  /  See  Acts  19. 
2'2(?)  "  See  Acf  s  18.  1  A  See  A  cts  20.  15  'See 
ver.  9  k  Comp.  Tit.  3.  12  '  Gal.  6. 18  ;  PhU.  4.  23 ; 
PhUem.  25    •"  See  Col.  4. 18 


10  Or,  rrrjfr         u  Or.  Oanl         13  Qr.  showed. 
13  Or,  (jav.  me poner  i*  Or, proclamaiion 

u  Or.  wUo  the  ages  of  the  ages. 


THE   EPISTLE   OF   PAUL  TO 
TITUS 


Salutation.    <{aalifications  of  an  Elder.    Disorderly  Teachers  to  be  reproved.    Duties  of  the  Aged,  the  Tonng,  etc. 


IPaul,  "a  ^  servant  of  God,  and 
'■an  apostle  of  Jesus  Christ,  ac- 
cording to  the  faith  of "  God's  elect, 
and  ''the  knowledge  of  the  truth 
which  is  ^according  to  godliness, 
2  in  ■'^hope  of  eternal  life,  which 
God,  "who  cannot  lie,  ''pi'omised 
^  before  '  times  eternal ;  3  but  in 
^*his  own  seasons  manifested  his 
word  in '  the  *  message,  "'  wherewith 

I  was  intrusted  "according  to  the 
commandment  of "  God  our  Saviour ; 
4  to  ^  Titus,  «my  true  child  after 
'■  a  common  faith :  '  Grace  and  peace 
from  God  the  Father  and  'Christ 
Jesus  our  Saviour. 

5  For  this  cause  left  I  thee  in 
"Crete,  that  thou  shouldest  set  in 
order  the  things  that  were  want- 
ing, and  "appoint  "" elders  in  every 
city,  as  I  gave  thee  charge ;  6  2' if 
any  man  is  blameless,  the  ^nusband 
of  one  wife,  having  children  that 
believe,  who  are  not  accused  of 
"riot  or  *  unruly.  7  For  "the 
^bishop  must  be  blameless,  as ''  God-'s 
steward  ;  not "  self-willed,  not  soon 
angry,  '^•'^no  brawler,  no  striker, 
"not  greedy  of  filthy  lucre;  8  but 
*  given  to  hospitality,  'a  lover  of 
good,  sober-minded,  just,  holy,  self- 
controlled  ;  9  *  holding  to  the  faith- 
ful word  which  is  according  to  the 
teaching,  that  he  may  be  able  both 
to  exhort  in  '■  the  '  sound  ®  doctrine, 
and  to  convict  the  gainsayers. 

10  '"For  there  are  many  "unruly 
men,  "vain  talkers  and  deceivers, 
specially  *they  of  the  circumcision, 

I I  whose  mouths  must  be  stopped ; 
men  who  overthrow  whole  « houses, 
teaching  ''  things  which  they  ought 
not,  'for  filthy  lucre's  sake.  12 
'One  of  themselves,  a  prophet  of 
their  own,  said, 

"Cretans  are  always  liars,  evil 
beasts,  idle  ''gluttons. 
13  This  testimony    is    true.      For 
which  cause "  reprove  them ""  sharply, 

1  Gr.  bondservant.  *  Or,  long  ages  ago 

3  Or,  its      *  Or.,  ■proclamation      5  Or,  overseer 

6  Or,  not  quarrelsome  over  wine 
1  Gr.  healthful.     8  Or,  teaching     »  Gr.  bellies.  _ 


«  Jas,  1. 1 ; 

Rev.  1.  1 ; 

comp. 

Rom.  1. 1, 

&c. 
6  See  2  Cor. 

1.  1 
"  See  Lk.  18. 

7 
d  See  1  Tim. 

2.  4 
nXim.  6.  3 
/ch.  3.7; 

comp. 

2  Tim.  1. 1 
■J  2  Tim.  2. 13 
''  Rom.  1.  2 
'  See  2  Tim. 

1.  9 
k  See  1  Tim. 

2.  6 
'  2  Tim.  4. 

17 ;  comp. 

Rom.  16. 

25 
™  1  Tim.  1. 11 
"  1  Tim.  1.  1 
o  1  Tim.  1. 

1 ;  ch.  2. 10; 

3.  4 ;  see 
Lk,  1.  47 

P  See  2  Cor. 

2.  13 
4  See  2  Tim. 

1.  2 
>•  2  Pet.  1.  1 
'  See  Rom. 

1.7 
t  See  1  Tim 

1.  12 ; 

2  Tim.  1. 

I,  &c. 
"  See  Acts 

27.  7 ; 

comp.  ver. 

12 
"  See  Acts 

14.  23 
^  See  Acts 

II.  30 
y  ver.  6-8 : 

see  1  Tim. 
3.2-4 
^  See  1  Tim. 

3  2 
«  See  Eph. 

.5.18 
6  ver.  10 
''ITim.S.  2 
ri  See  1  Cor. 

4.1 
'  2  Pet.  2.  10 
f  1  Tim.  3.  3 
'J  See  1  Tim. 

3.  3,8 
'i  See  1  Tim. 

3.  2 
i  Comp. 

2  Tim.  3.  D 
1 1  Tim.  1. 

19 ;  2  Tim. 

1.  13;2Th. 

2.  15 
'  See  1  Tim. 

1.  10 ;  ch. 
2.1 
""  Comp. 
2  Cor.  11. 

-ja 

232 


that  they  may  be  '"*  sound  in  the 
faith,  14  not  giving  heed  to  Jewish 
^fables,  and  "commandments  of 
men  who  *turn  away  from  the 
truth.  15  ''Tothe  pure  all  things 
are  pure :  but  "^  to  them  that  are 
defiled  and  unbelieving  nothing  is 
pure;  but  both  their  "mind  and 
their  conscience  are  defiled.  16 
•^They  profess  that  they  know  God ; 
but  by  their  works  they  "deny 
him,  being  ''abominable,  and  *dis- 
obedient,  and  *unto  every  good 
work  'reprobate. 

2  But  speak  thou  the  things 
which  befit  '"the ''sound  *  doc- 
trine :  2  that  "aged  men  be 
"temperate,  grave,  "sober-minded, 
^"■^ sound  -Pin  faith,  in  love,  in 
"patience:  3  that  aged  women 
likewise  be  reverept  in  demeanor, 
'^not  slanderers  nor  ''enslaved  to 
much  wine,  teachers  of  that  which 
is  good  ;  4  that  thej'  may  train  the 
young  women  to  love  their  hus- 
bands, to  love  their  children,  5  to 
he  sober-minded,  chaste,  'workers 
at  home,  kind,  being  'in  subjection 
to  their  own  husbands,  "that  the 
word  of  God  be  not  blasphemed : 
6  ''the  younger  men  likewise  ex- 
hort to  be  "  sober-minded :  7  in  all 
things  showing  thyself  ^an  ensam- 
ple  of  good  works;  in  thy  doctrine 
showing  uncorruptness,  gravity,  8 
sound  speech,  that  cannot  be  con- 
demned; »that  he  that  is  of  the 
contrary  part  may  be  ashamed, 
having  no  evil  thing  to  say  of  us. 

"  ver.  6  "  Comp.  1  Tim.  1.  G  P  See  Acts  11.  2 
«  1  Tim.  5.  4  (iu  Gr.> ;  comp.  2  Tim.  3.  6  *■  1  Tim. 
5.  13  *  Comp.  1  Tim.  6.  5  «  Comp.  Acts  17.  28. 
The  Gr.  hexameter  is  said  to  be  taken  from  a 
work  by  the  Cretan  poet  Epimenides.  "  Acts  2. 
11;  comp.  27.  7     "ITim.  5.  20:  comp.  2  Tim.  4.  2; 

ch.  2.  10    '2Cor.  13.  10 "  ch.  2.  2    '^  See  1  Tim. 

14  "866  001.2.22  (- See  2  Tim.  4.  4  "  Comp.  Lk. 
11.  41 ;  Rom.  14.  20  d  Comp.  Rom.  14. 14,  23  «  See 
1  Tim.  6.  5  /  Comp.  1  Jn.  2.  4  »  See  1  Tim.  5.  8 
h  Rev.  21.  8  i  ch.  3.  3  *  2  Tim.  3.  17 :  ch.  3.  1 
'  2  Tim.  3.  8  '"  See  ch.  1.  9  "  Comp.  Philem.  9 
"  See  1  Tim.  3.  2  ^1  Tim.  1.  2 ;  comp.  1  Tim.  1.  14 
sSeelTim.  3.  U  'ITim.  3.  8  "Comp.  ITim. 
5.14  (See  Eph.  5.  22  «  1  Tim.  6.  1  "ITim.  5.1 
^  See  1  Tim.  4. 12    vi  Pet.  2.  12 ;  comp.  2  Th.  3.  14 


10  Gr.  healthy. 


11  Or,  stedfastness 


2.9 


TITUS 


3.15 


Intent  of  the  Sarioor's  Self-sacrifice.    Sondry  further  Injanrtions.    Directions  respecting  Indiridnals.    Benediction 


9  Exhoi-t  ^  "servants  to  be  in  sub- 
jection to  their  own  masters,  and 
to  be  well-pleasing  to  them  in  all 
things;  not  gainsaying;  10  not 
puiloining,  but  showing  all  good 
fidelity  ;  that  they  n»ay  adorn  the 
doctrine  of  *God  our  Saviour  in 
all  things.  1 1  For  the  grace  of 
Clod  -l-ith  "appeared,  ''bringing 
salvation  to  all  men,  12  instruct- 
ing us,  to  the  intent  that,  denying 
ungodliness  and  '"worldly  lusts, 
•'we  should  live  soberly  and  right- 
eously and  godly  in  "this  present 
*  world  ;  13  loolcing  for  the  olessed 
hope  and  *  appearing  of  the  glory 
'*ot  '  the  great  God  and  our  .Saviour 
Jesus  Christ;  14  who  *gave  him- 
self for  us,  'that  he  might  redeem 
us  from  all  iniquity,  and  "'purifj' 
unto  himself  a  "people  for  his  own 
possession,  "zealous  of  good  works. 
15  These  things  speak  and  ^ex- 
hort and  ''reprove  with  all  ®au- 
thority.    » Let  no  man  despise  thee. 

3  'Put  them  in  mind  'to  be  in 
subjection  to  rulers,  to  authori- 
ties, to  be  obedient,  to  be  'ready 
unto  every  good  work,  2  to  speak 
evil  of  no  man,  "  not  to  be  conten- 
tious, "to  be  gentle,  *■  showing  all 
meekness  toward  all  men.  3 /For 
we  also  once  were  foolish,  ^disobe- 
dient, '  deceived,  "scrying  *  divers 
lusts  and  pleasures,  living  in  ''mal- 
ice and  "envy,  hateful,  hating  one 
another.  4  But  when  the  ''kind- 
ness of  'God  our  Saviour,  and  his 
love  toward  man,  •'appeared,  5  "  not 
by  works  done  in  righteousness, 
wnich  we  did  ourselves,  but  ''ac- 
cording to  his  mercy  he  'saved  us, 
througn  the  "^^  washing  of  regenera- 
tion 'and  'renewing  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,   6    "*  which  he  poured  out 

»  Gr.  bonrfterranls. 

«  Or,  /itUh  appeared  to  all  men,  bringing  salva- 
tion ^  Or,  age 
*  Or,  of  our  great  Ood  and  Saviour 
5  Gr.  commiindment.  *  Or,  laver 
7  Or,  and  through  renewing 


"  See  Eph. 

6.5; 

1  Tim.  6.  1 
b  See  ch.  1.  3 
'  See  2  Tim. 

1.  10; 
comp.  ch. 
\i.  4 

<'  See  1  Tim. 

2.  4 

'  Comp. 

1  Tim.  6. 

!i:  cli.  y.  3 
/  -2  Tim.  3. 

12 
1'  See  1  Tim. 

6.  17 
h  See  2  Til. 

2.8 
'  2  ret.  1.  1 ; 

f'GIlip. 

1  Tim.  1. 1 ; 

2Tim.  1.2; 

ch.  1.4 
t  See  1  Tim. 

2.  6 
'  See  1  Pet. 

1.  ISf. 
"'Heb.  1.  3; 

9.  14;  IJu. 

1.7 
"Ex.  19.  5; 

Dt.  14.  2; 

1  Pet.  2.  9  ; 

see  liph.  1. 

11 
0  Eph.  2.  10 ; 

ch.  3.  8 ; 

1  Pet.  3.  13 
P  1  Tim.  4. 

13  ;  5.  20  ; 

Bee  2  Tim. 

4.  2 
«  See  1  Tim. 

4.  12 
""  Comp. 

2  Tim.  2. 
14 

*  See  Rom. 

13.  1 
'  See  2  Tim. 

2.  21 

"  1  Tim.  3. 

3;  1  Pet. 

2.  18 
"  See  2  Tim. 

2.  2.3 
•^  Comp, 

Rom.  11. 

30:  1  Cor. 

6.  11;  Col. 

:'..  7 
y  ch.  1.  16 
-  2  Tim.  3. 

13 
"  Rom.  6.  6, 

12 
b  2  Tim.  3. 

6;  comp. 

ch.  -2.  12 
'  Rom.  1.  29 
d  Eph.  2.  7  ; 

comp. 

Rom.  2.  4 ; 

1  Pet.  2.  3 


upon  US  "richly,  through  Jesus 
Cnrist  our  Saviour  ;  7  that,  being 
justified  by  liis  grace,  we  might  be 
made  *"  heirs  according  to  the  hope 
of  eternal  life.  8  ''  Faithful  is  the 
saying,  and  concerning  these  things 
''  I  desire  that  thou  athrm  confi- 
dently, to  the  end  that  they  who 
have  ''believed  God  may  Ije  careful 
to /*' maintain  good  works.  These 
things  are  good  and  profitable  unto 
men:  9  but  'shun  "foolish  ques- 
tionings, and  "genealogies,  and 
strifes,  and  ^figlitings  about  the 
la^y  ;  for  they  are  "  unprofitable  and 
vain.  10  ^  A  factious  man  "after  a 
fir.st  and  second  admonition  ^"''re- 
fuse ;  1 1  knowing  that  such  a  one 
is  "perverted,  and  sinneth,  being 
self-condemned. 

12  When  I  .shall  send  Arternas 
unto  thee,  or  ''Tychicus,  ""give  dili- 
gence to  come  unto  me  •'to  Nicopo- 
lis  :  for  there  I  have  determined  to 
"winter.  13  ''Set  forward  Zenas 
the  'lawyer  and  *  Aijollos  on  their 
journey  diligently,  that  nothing  be 
wanting  unto  them.  14  And  let 
'our  2^eople  also  learn  to  ^'"main- 
tain good  works  for  "  necessary 
^^ uses,  that  they  be  not  "unfruitful. 

15  ^All  that  are  with  me  salute 
thee.  Salute  them  that  love  us  *ia 
faith. 

*■  Grace  be  with  you  all. 

'  See  ch.  2.  10  /  See  ch  2.  11  "  See  Eph.  2.  9 
''  1  Pet.  1.  3 ;  comp.  Epli.  2.  4  '2  Tim.  1.  9 ;  see 
Rom.  11.  14  k  See  Eph.  5.  26;  Jii.  3.  5;  comp. 
1  Pet.  3.  21        '  Rom.  12.  2        "  See  Rom.  6.  5 

"  Comp.  Rom.  2.  4  :  1  Tim.  6. 17    "  See  Rom.  8. 

17,  24  ;  cli.  1.  2 ;  comp.  Mt.  25.  34 ;  Mk.  10.  17  ^'  See 
1  Tim.  1.  1.5  «SeelTim.  2.  8  ■"  Comp.  2  Tim.  1. 
12  »  ver.  14  ;  ch.  2.  7,  14  '2  Tim.  2,  16  "  2  Tim.  2. 
23 :  see  1  Tim.  1.4  "1  Tim.  1.  4  ^  .las.  4.  1 
y  2  Tim.  2  14  '"  See  Rom.  16.  17  "  Comp.  Mt.  18. 
l.'if.  'J  Comp.  2  Jn.  10  "^  Comp.  oli.  1.  14  rf  See 
Acts  20.  4 :  comp.  2  Tim.  4.  12  '  See  2  Tim.  4.  9 
.'  Comp.  2  Tim.  4. 10  "  Comp  2  Tim  4.  21  ''  Comp. 
Acts  l.'j.  3  '  See  Mt.  22.  .'iS  *  See  Acts  18.  24 
'  Comp.  ch.  2.  8  eud  '"  See  ver.  8  "  Comp.  Rom. 
12.  13  ;  Phil.  4.  16  "  Mt.  7.  19  ;  Phil.  1.  11 ;  Col.  1. 
10  ''  Comp.  Acts 20.  di  i  Comp.  1  Tim.  1.  2  ""See 
Col.  4.  18 


8  Or,  heirs,  according  to  hope,  of  eternal  life 

9  Or,  profess  honest  occupations 

10  Or,  avoid  i'  Or,  wants 


2S8 


THE   EPISTLE   OF   PAUL   TO 

PHILEMOIsr 


Salutation.    Thanksgiving  for  Pliilemon's  Love  and  Fellowship.    Ouesimus  no  longer  a  Servant.    Benediction 


1  "Paul,  *a  prisoner  of  "Christ 
Jesus,  and  "^  Timothy  '  our  brother, 
to  Philemon  our  beloved  and  *  fel- 
low-worker, 2  and  to  Apphia  '--^our 
sister,  and  to  "Archippus  our ''fel- 
low-soldier, and  to  'the  church  in 
thy  house:  3  *  Grace  to  you  and 
peace  from  God  our  Father  and 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

4  'I  thank  my  God  always, 
"•making  mention  of  thee  in  my 
prayers,  5  "hearing  of  ^thy  love, 
and  of  the  faith  which  thou  hast 
toward  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  toward 
all  the  saints  ;  6  that  the  fellowship 
of  thy  faith  may  become  effectual, 
in  the  "knowledge  of  every  good 
thing  which  is  in  ^  you,  unto  Christ. 
7  For  I  had  much  -^joy  and  com- 
fort in  thy  love,  because  the  hearts 
of  the  saints  have  been  'refreshed 
through  thee,  brother. 

8  Wherefore,  *■  though  I  have  all 
boldness  in  Christ  to  enjoin  thee 
that  which  is  ^befitting,  9  yet  for 
love's  sake  I  rather  'beseech,  being 
such  a  one  as  Paul  ^  the  "aged,  and 
now  "a  prisoner  also  of  "^ Christ 
Jesus:  10  I  'beseech  thee  for  my 
*  child,  whom  I  have  begotten  in 
my  bonds,  ^ "  Onesimus,  1 1  who 
once  was  unprofitable  to  thee,  but 
now  is  profitable  to  thee  and  to  me : 
1 2  whom  I  have  sent  back  to  thee 
in  his  own  person,  that  is,  my  very 
heart :  1 3  whom  I  would  fain  have 
kept  with  me,  that  in  thy  behalf 
he  might  minister  unto  me  in  the 
'  bonds  of  the  '  gospel :  1 4  but  with- 
out thy  mind  I  would  do  nothing ; 

1  Gr.  the  brother.  2  Gr.  the  sister. 

*  Or,  ttiy  lore  and  faith 

*  Many  ancient  authorities  read  us. 

5  Or,  an  ambassador,  and  notr  d'C. 

^  The  Greek  word  means  Helpful.  Comp.  ver. 
20  marg. 

'  Gr.  good  tidings.  See  marginal  note  on  Mt. 
4.23. 


"  See  Phil. 

1.1 
t>  ver.  9,  23  ; 

see  Eph. 

3.1 
"^  ver.  9,  23  ; 

see  Gal.  3. 

■X ;  1  Tim. 

1.  12 
<t  See  2  Cor. 

1. 1 ,  Col. 

1.  1 

"  ver.  24 ; 
see  Phil. 

2.  25 
/Rom.  16. 1, 

&c. 
'J  Col.  4. 17 
ft  Phil.  2.  23  ; 

coxiip 

2  Tim.  2.  3 
i  See  Rom. 

16.  5 
fc  See  Rom. 

1.  7 
'  See  Rom. 

1.8 
™  Rom.  1.  9 
"  See  Eph. 

1.  15;  Col. 

1.  4 ;  comp. 

ITh.  3.  6 

0  Phil.  1.  9  , 
CoLl.  9; 

3.  10 

"  2  Cor.  7.  4, 
13 

1  ver.  20 : 

1  Cor.  IB. 
18 :  2  Cor. 
7.13 

*■  Comp. 

2  Cor.  3. 
12;  ITh. 
2.6 

'  Comp. 

Eph.  5.  4 
'  Rom.  12.  1 
'  Tit.  2.  2 
"  See  ver.  1 
^  See  1  Cor. 

4.  14  f. 

y  Col.  4. 9 

'  Comp  ver. 
10;  Phil. 
1.7 


»i  Pet.  5.  2; 

comp. 

2  Cor.  9.  7 
6  Comp. 

Gen.  45.  5, 

8 
"  1  Cor.  7.  22 
d  Mt.  23.  8  . 

1  Tim.  6.  2 
*■  Comp. 

Eph.  6.  5 , 

Col.  3.  22 
/  2  Cor.  8. 


that  thy  goodness  should  "not  be 
as  of  necessity,  but  of  free  will. 

15  For  perhaps  *he  was  therefore 
parted  frojti  thee  for  a  season,  that 
thou  shouldest  have  him  for  ever  -, 

16  "no  longer  as  a  *  servant,  but 
more  than  a  '^servant,  ''a  brother 
beloved,  specially  to  me,  but  how 
much  rather  to  thee,  both  "  in  the 
fiesh  and  in  the  Lord.  17  If  then 
thou  countest  me  a  -^partner,  re- 
ceive him  as  mj^self .  1 8  But  if  he 
hath  v.'ronged  thee  at  all,  or  oweth 
thee  aught,  put  that  to  mine  ac- 
count ;  19  "I  Paul  write  it  with 
mine  own  hand,  I  will  repay  it : 
''  that  I  say  not  unto  thee  that  thou 
owest  to  me  even  thine  own  self 
besides.  20  Yea,  brother,  let  me 
have  "joy  of  thee  in  the  Lord  : 
'  refresh  my  heart  in  Christ. 

2 1  *  Having  confidence  in  thine 
obedience  I  write  unto  thee,  know- 
ing that  thou  wilt  do  even  beyond 
what  I  say.  22  But  withal  prepare 
me  also  '  a  lodging :  for  '"  I  hope 
that  through  "  your  prayers  "I  shall 
be  granted  unto  you. 

23^Epaphras,  my  *  fellow-pris- 
oner in ''Christ  Jesus,  saluteth  thee; 
24  and  so  (fo'Mark,  '  Aristarchus, 
"Demas,  "Luke,  my  "fellow-work- 
ers. 

25  "^The  grace  of  '"our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ  be  "  with  your  spirit. 
"  Amen. 

23 ;  comp.  ver.  6  "  See  1  Cor.  1".  '_- ;  comp.  2  Cor. 
10.  1 ;  Gal.  5.  2  *  Comp.  2  Cor.  9.  4  '  See  ver.  7 
«:  See  2  Cor.  2.  3  '  Acts  28.  23  '"  Comp.  Phil.  1. 
25;  2.  24  "  See  2  Cor.  1.  11  "Comp.  Acts 27. 
24  ;  Heb.  13.  19  "  See  Col.  1.  7  "  See  Rom.  16. 
7 ;  comp.  ver.  1  ""  See  ver.  1  '  See  Acts  12.  12 ; 
Col.  4.  10  '  See  Acts  19.  29 ;  Col.  4.  10  "  See  Col. 
4. 14  ,  2  Tim.  4.  10  f.  ^  See  ver.  1  "  See  Gal.  6i 
18    !'  See  2  Tim.  4.  22 


8  Gr.  bondservant. 

9  Or,  helj)    Comp.  ver.  10  marg. 

1"  Some  ancient  authorities  read  the. 
ii  Many  ancient  authorities  omit  Amen. 


23i 


THE   EPISTLE   TO   THE 

HEBREWS 


Goa  »  Final  Word  spoken  through  his  Son,  who  is  superior  to  tlie  An?els  and  more  to  be  heeded 


IGod,  having  of  old  time 
"spoken  unto  the  fathers  in 
'the  prophets  by  divers  portions 
and  "in  divers  manners,  2  liath 
''at  the  end  of  these  days  "spoken 
unto  us  in  '"A/s  iSon,  whom  he 
appointed  -'heir  of  all  things, 
*' through  whom  also  he  made 
the  '-''worlds;  3  who  being  the 
'effulgence  of  his  glory,  and  ^the 
very  *  image  of  his  substance,  and 
'upnolding  all  things  by  the  word 
of  his  power,  when  he  had  made 
"•purification  of  sins,  "sat  down 
on  the  right  hand  of  the  "  jNIajesty 
on  high ;  4  having  become  by  so 
much  better  than  tlie  angels,  as  he 
hath  inherited  a  more  excellent 
''name  than  they.  5  For  unto 
which  of  the  angels  said  he  at 
any  time, 

■*''  Thou  art  my  Son, 
This  day  have  I  begotten  theel 
and  again, 

^  I  will  be  to  him  a  Father, 
And  he  shall  be  to  me  a  Son  'i 
6  ®And  when  he  again  ^''bringeth 
in  the  firstborn  into  *Hhe  world 
he  saith,  ''And  let  all  the  angels  of 
God  worship  him.  7  And  of  the 
angels  he  saith, 

'"  Who  maketh  his  angels  winds. 
And  his  ministers  a  flame  of  fire  : 

8  but  of  the  Son  h^  saith, 
"'•-Thy  'throne,  O  God,  is  for 

ever  and  ever ; 
And    the    sceptre    of    upright- 
ness   is   the   sceptre  or  ^^thy 
kingdom. 

9  Thou  liast  loved   righteousness, 

and  hated  iniquity  ; 
"Therefore  God,  thy  God,  hath 

•anointed  thee 
With  the  oil  of  gladness  above 

thy  fellows. 


1 6r.  n  Snn.     s  Gr.  attes.    Comp  1  Tim.  1. 17. 

*  Or,  /hf  impress  of  his  suhsfnnce 

4  Pa.  ii.  7.  '  2  S.  vii.  14. 

•  Or,  And  ngniv.  u-lien  hf  bringfth  in 
'  Or,  s/inll  hnvf  hrnnnht  in 

8  Gr.  the  inhnbileil  earth. 

»  Dt.  xxxii.  43  Sept.  ;  comp  Ps.  xcvii.  7. 
lops.  civ.  4  "Ps.  xlv.  6f. 

U  Or.  Thy  throne  is  Qod  for  S-c. 
13  The  two  oldest  Greek  maauBcripts  read  his. 


"  ch.  J.  2  f. ; 

3.  5;  4.  8; 

5.  5  ;  11. 

18  ;  12.  25  ; 

Jn.  9.  2!) ; 

comp.  16. 

13 
1)  See  Acts 

2.  30  ;  3.  21 
"^  C'onip. 

Num.  12.  6, 

8 ;  Joel  2. 

28 
rf  Comp.  ch. 

9.  2t);lPet. 

1.  2() ;  see 
Mt.  13.  39 

■^ch.  3  6;  5. 

8;7.  2<; 

comp.  Ju. 

5.  26.  27 
/Comp.  Ps. 

2.  S ;  Mt. 
28. 18 ;  Mk. 
12.  7; 
Kom.  8. 

17  ;  ch.  2.  8 
f  Ju.  1.  3; 

Col  1.16; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  8.  6 
hch.  11.  3; 

comp. 

1  Cor,  2.  7 

'■  Wisd.  7.  26 
«••  See  2  Cor. 

4.4 
'  Comp. 

Col.  1.  17 
"'  See  Tit.  2. 

14 ;  ch.  9. 

14 
"ch.  8.  1; 

10.12;  '2. 

2 :  see  Mk. 

16.  19 
"  Comp. 

2  Pet.  1.  17 
PComp 

Eph.  1.  21; 

Phil.  2  9 
1  Acts  13. 

33;  ch.  .5.  5 
""  ch.  10  .5 
«  See  Mt.  24. 

14 
'  Comp. 

nt.  ■». 

27;  Ps  71. 
3 :  90.  1 ; 
91.  2,  9 
"  Phil.  2  9  ; 
comp.  Jn. 

10.  17 ;  ch. 
2.9 

"  Is.  61.  1,  3 


*l8  .'51.  6. 

Ecclus.  14. 

17 :  comp. 

ch.  8.  13 
y  ch.  13.  8 
•  See  Mt.  22. 

44  ;  comp. 

ver.  3 
"oh  10.  13; 

comp. 

Josh.  10.  24 

235 


10  And, 

'^  Thou,  Lord,  in  the  beginning 
didst  lay  the  foundation  or 
the  earth, 

And  the  heavens  are  the  works 
of  thy  hands  : 

1 1  They  shall  perish ;    but   thou 

continuest : 
"  And  they  all  shall  wax  old  as 
doth  a  garment  ; 

1 2  And  as  a  mantle  shalt  thou  roll 

them  up. 
As  a  garment,  and  they  shall  be 

changed : 
But  thou  art  "  the  same. 
And  thy  years  shall  not  fail. 

13  But  of  which  of  the  angels  hath 
he  said  at  any  time, 

^^^Sit  thou  on  my  right  hand, 
"  Till  1  make  thine  enemies  the 
footstool  of  thy  feet  1 

14  Are  they  not  all  *ministering 
spirits,  sent  forth  to  do  service  for 
the  sake  of  them  that  shall '  inherit 
''  salvation  1 

2  Therefore  we  ought  to  give 
the  more  earnest  heed  to  the 
tilings  that  were  heard,  lest  hanly 
"we  drift  away  from  them.  2 
For  if  the  word  •''spf)ken  through 
"angels  proved  stedfast,  and 
"  every  transgression  and  disobe- 
dience received  a  just  'recom- 
pense of  reward  ;  3  ^  how  shall 
we  escape,  if  we  neglect  S9  great 
a  ''salvation?  which  having  at 
the  first  been  •'spoken  through 
the  Lord,  was  'confirmed  unto  us 
by  them  that  heard;  4  God  also 
bearing  witness  with  them,  both 
by  "signs  and  "'wonders,  and  by 
"  manifold  powers,  and  by  '" "  gifts 
of  the  Holy  Spirit,  *  according  to 
his  own  will. 


ft  Pan.  7. 10 ,  comp  Ps.  103.  20  f.  'See  Mt.  25.  84 ; 
Mk.  10.  17  ;  Tit.  3  7  ;  comp.  ch.  6.  12  d  ch.  2.  3 ;  5. 
9 :  9.  28 ;  see  Rom  11.  14  ;  1  Cor.  1.  21  «  Prov.  3. 
21  (Sept.)  ''  See  ch.  1.  1  '■'  See  Act87.  53  '■  ch.  10. 
28  "  ch.  10.  36  ;  11.  26  *■  ch.  10.  29  ;  12.  25  '  Mk.  16. 
20;  Lk.  1.  2;  comp.  1  Jn.  1.  1  ™  See  Jn.  4.  48 
"  Mk.  6. 14  0 1  Cor.  12.  4, 11 ;  Eph.  4.  7  *  See  Eph. 
1.5 


14  Ps.  cii.  25  ff. 

i«  Gr.  distributions. 


li  Ps.  ex.  L 


2.5 


HEBREWS 


3.11 


His  Sabordination  the  better  flts  him  to  succor.    His  Saperiority  to  Moses  emphasizes  a  Warning  against  Unbelief 


5  For   not   unto  angels  did  he 

subject    ^"the     world     to     come, 

whereof   we    speak.      6    But   one 

hath  ^somewhere  "^^testified.  saying, 

-What   is    man,   that  thou   art 

mindful  of  him  1 
Or  the  son  of  man,  that  thou 
visitest  him  1 

7  Thou  madest  him  ^  a  little  lower 

than  the  angels ; 
Thou  crownedst  him  with  glory 

and  honor, 
^And   didst    set   him    over   the 

w.orks  of  thy  hands  : 

8  "^Thou   didst   put  all  things  in 

subjection  vinder  his  feet. 
For  in  that  he  subjected  all  things 
unto  him,  he  left  nothing  that  is 
not  subject  to  him.  But  now  *we 
see  not  yet  all  things  subjected  to 
him,  9  But  we  behold  him  who 
hath  been  -^made  *a  little  lower 
than  the  angels,  even  Jesus,  ^be- 
cause of  the  suffering  of  death 
''crowned  with  glory  and  honor, 
that  ^by  the  grace  of  God  he 
should  *  taste  of  death  'for  every 
man.  10  For  ""  it  became  him,  "  for 
whom  are  all  things,  and  "  through 
whom  are  all  things,  ^in  bringing 
many  sons  unto  glory,  to  make  the 
^"author  of  their  salvation  Pner- 
fect  through  sufferings.  11  For 
both  he  that  ? sanctifieth  and  they 
that  *■  are  sanctified  are  all '  of  one  : 
for  which  cause  he  is  not  ashamed 
to  call  them  'brethren,  12  saying, 

'  I  will  declare  thy  name  unto  my 
brethren. 

In  the  midst  of  the  ^congrega- 
tion will  I  sing  thy  praise. 
13  And  again,  I  will  put  my  trust 
in  him.  And  again,  **  Behold,  I  and 
the  children  whom  God  hath  given 
me.  14  Since  then  the  children 
are  sharers  in  '""flesh  and  blood, 
"he  also  himself  in  like  manner 
partook  of  the  same ;  that  "^  through 
death  he  "might  bring  to  nought 
*him  that  ^'^had  the  power  of  death, 
that  is,  the  devil  ;  15  and  "  might 
deliver  all  them  who  through  "  fear 
of  death  were  all  their  lifetime  sub- 
ject to  bondage.  16  '^  For  verily 
not  to  angels  doth  he  give  help, 
but  he  giveth  help  to  the  seed  of 
Abraham.      17    Wherefore   it  be- 

1  Gr.  the  inh<ihiled  enrtk.  2  Ps.  viii.  4  ff. 

3  0t.  for  a  little  while  lon-pr 

■»  Many  authorities  omit  And  didst  .  .  .  hands. 

*  Or,  haviwj  brought  '^  Or,  cnptain 

1  Ps.  xxji  22.      8  Or,  church     ^  Is.  viii.  17  f . 
i<^Gt.  blood  and  flesh,'E.vh.%.  12. 
ii  Or,  may  '-  Or,  hath 

i!>  Gr.  F01  veriltj  not  of  angels  dnih  he  lake  hold, 
but  he  taketh  hold  nf  Src.  Comp.  Is.  41.  9 ;  Ecclus. 
1  U.ch.  8.  9  (in  thoGr.). 


"ch.  6.  5; 

see  Mt.  24. 

14 ;  comp. 

ch.  1.  6 
b  cli.  4.  4 
<=  See  1  Th. 

4.6 
d  1  Cor.  15. 

27 
'  Comp. 

1  Cor.  15. 

25 
/  ver.  7 
9  See  Pliil.  2. 

9 ;  ch.  1.  9 
ft  Acts  2.  33 , 

3.13, 

1  Pet.  1.  21 
<  See  Jn.  3. 

16 
k  Mt.  16.  28 ; 

Jn.  8.  52 
'  Comp  ch. 

6.20:  7.  25 
""  Us..  24.  26 
"  See  Rom. 

11.  36  ■ 
"  Comp. 

Acts  3.  15 ; 

5.31 
J-ch.  5.  9;7. 

28 ;  comp. 

Lk.  13.  32 
1  ch.  13.  12 
>■  See  ch.  10. 

10 
'  Acts  17.  23 
«  Mt.  25.  40 ; 

Mk.  3. 

34f. ,  Jn. 

20.  17 
"  See  Mt.  16, 

17 
"  See  Jn.  1. 

14 ;  comp. 

ch.  7. 

13  marg. 
"^  1  Cor.  15. 

54-57 ;  see 

2  Tim.  1. 10 
yi  Jn.  3.  8; 

comp.  Jn. 
12.31 
^  Comp. 
Rom.  8.  15 


"  ver.  14 : 

Phil.  2.  7 
6ch.4. 15f. ; 

5.2 
"ch.  3.  1; 

4.  14f.  ;5. 

5,10;  6.20; 

7.  26,  28 ;  8. 

1,3;  9.  11; 

comp.  10. 

21 
d  ch.  5.  1 ; 

Rom.  15. 17 
«1  Jn.  2.  2; 

4.  10; 

comp. 

Dan.  9,  24  ; 

Ecclus.  3. 

30 
/ch.4.  15 
'■>  Comp.  ch. 

2.  11 ;  ver. 

12;  10.19; 

13.  22 ;  see 

Acts  1.  15 
h  See  Phil. 

3.14 
'  Corap.  Jn 

17.3 
k  ch.  4.  14  ; 

10.  23 ;  see 

2  Cor.  9. 13 
'  ver.  5 , 

Num.  12. 

7 ;  comp. 

Ex.  40.  16 
"'  Comp. 

2  Cor.  3. 

7-11 

236 


hooved  him  in  all  things  "to  be 
made  like  unto  his  brethren,  that 
he  might  *  become  a  merciful  and 
faithful  '■  high  priest  in  "*  things 
pertaining  to  God,  to  'make  pro- 
pitiation for  the  sins  of  the  people. 
18  "For  '«in  that  he  himself  hath 
suffered  being  •'tempted,  he  is  able 
to  succor  them  that  are  tempted. 

3  Wherefore,  ''holy  brethren, 
partakers  of  a  ''heavenly  call- 
ing, consider  '  the  Apostle  and 
"High  Priest  of  our  *  confession, 
even  Jesus ;  2  who  was  faithful  to 
him  that  '"appointed  him,  as  also 
was  '  Moses  in  all  '''  his  house. 
3  ™  For  he  hath  been  counted 
worthy  of  more  glory  than  Moses, 
by  so  much  as  he  that  '*  built  the 
house  hath  more  honor  than  the 
house.  4  For  every  house  is 
"*  builded  by  some  one ;  but  he  that 
'^  built  all  things  is  God.  5  And 
'Moses  indeed  was  faithful  in  all 
''his  house  as  "a  servant,  "for  a 
testimony  of  those  things  ^  which 
were  afterward  to  be  spoken ;  6 
but  Christ  as  *a  son,  over  "his 
house;  ''whose  house  are  we,  *if 
we  hold  fast  our  'boldness  and 
the  "glorying  of  our  "hope  firm 
unto  the  end.  7/Wherefore,  even 
as  'the  Holy  Spirit  saith, 

'^2^  To-day  if  ye  shall  hear  his 
voice, 

8  Harden  not  your  hearts,  as  in 

the  provocation, 
Like  as  in  the  day  of  the  trial 
in  the  wildi-rness, 

9  ^^  Where  your  fathers  tried  me 

by  proving  vie, 
And     saw    my    works    ^  forty 
years. 

10  Wherefore    I    was    displeased 

with  this  generation, 
And  said.  They  do  always  err 

in  their  heart : 
But   they   did   not   know   my 

ways  ; 

11  -'  *  As  I  sware  in  my  wrath, 

^  They  shall  not  enter  into  my 
rest. 

"  Ex.  14. 31 ;  Num.  12. 7,  &c. ;  Wisd.  10. 16  "  Comp. 
Dt.  18. 18  f.  P  Comp.  ch.  1.  1  «  See  ch,  1,  2  ''  See 
1  Tim.  3.  15 ;  1  Cor.  3.  16  »  See  Rom.  11.  22 ;  ver. 
14  ;  ch.  4,  14  «  ch.  4.  16 ;  10.  19,  35 ;  see  Eph.  3.  12 
"  See  Rom.  5.  2  raarg.  "  ch.  6.  11 ;  7.  19 ;  10.  23 : 
comp.  11.  1 ;  see  1  Pet.  1.  3  '^  ch.  9.  8 ;  10,  15 ;  Acts 
28.  25  y  ver.  15  ,  ch.  4.  7  '  See  Acts  7.  36  "^  ch. 
4.  3,  5  

i*  Or,  For  having  been  himself  tempted  in  that 
icherein  he  hath  suffered 

^=>  Or,  wherein  i«  Gr.  made. 

17  That  is,  Ood^s  house.    See  Num.  12.  7. 
13  Or,  established       21  Or,  ,So 
11'  Ps.  xcv.  7  ff.  22  Gr.  Jf  (hey  shall  enter. 

2"  Or,  Wherewith 


3.12 


HEBitEWS 


&4 


Only  BelieTen  entrr  into  his  Promised  Rest,    k  divlDely  appointed  High  Priest  made  perfert  throuf^h  Safferin^ 


12  "Take  heed,  brethren,  lest 
haply  there  shall  be  in  any  one 
of  you  an  evil  heart  of  unbelief,  in 
falling  away  from  ''  the  living  God  : 

13  but  "exhort  one  another  day 
by  day,  so  long  as  it  is  ealled  To- 
day ;  lest  anv  one  of  you  be 
hardened  by  the  ''deceitfulness  of 
sin :  1  i  for  we  are  become  i^ar- 
takers  ^  of  Christ,  ''  if  we  hold  fast 
the  beginning  of  our  •'confidence 
firm  unto  the  end:  15  while  it  is 
said, 

"To-day  if    ye    shall  liear    his 

voice, 
Harden  not  your  hearts,  as  in 

the  provocation. 

16  For  who,  when  they  heard,  did 
"provoke'?  nay,  ''did  not  all  they 
that  came  out  of  Egypt  by  Moses  I 

17  And  with  whom  was  he  dis- 
pleased forty  years]  was  it  not 
with  them  that  sinned,  'whose 
^bodies  fell  in  the  wilderness?  18 
And  to  whom  sware  he  f  that  they 
.should  not  enter  into  his  rest,  but 
to  them  that  were  'disobedient? 
19  And  we  see  that  they  were  not 
able  to  enter  in  because  of  '"un- 
belief. 

4  Let  us  fear  therefore,  lest 
haply,  a  promise  being  left  of 
entering  into  his  rest,  any  one  of 
you  should  seem  to  have  "come 
short  of  it.  2  For  indeed  we  have 
had  *good  tidings  preached  unto 
us,  even  as  also  they:  but  "the 
word  of  hearing  did  not  profit 
them,  because  ''it  was  not  united 
by  faith  with   them   that   heard. 

3  ®For  we  who  have  believed  do 
enter  into  that  re.st ;  even  as  he 
hath  .said, 

"**''  .^s  1  sware  in  my  wrath, 
^They  shall  not  enter  into  my 
rest : 
although  the  works  were  finished 
«from  the  foundation  of  the  world. 

4  For  he  hath  said  ''somewhere 
of  the  seventh  dai/  on  this  wise. 
-°  And  God  '  rested  on  the  seventh 
day  from  all  his  works ;  5  and  in 
this  place  again, 

^"'They  snail  not  enter  into  my 
rest. 
6  Seeing  therefore  it  remaineth 
that  some  should  enter  thereinto, 
and  they  to  whom  ^'-the  good  ti- 
dings were  before  preached  failed 

1  Or,  icifh    Comp.  ch.  1.  9 ;  ver.  6. 

*  Ps.  xcv.  7  f.       »  Gr.  limlis.       <  Or,  a  go$pfl 

*  Many  ancient  authorities  read  thry  wfre. 

«  Some  ancient  authorities  read  We  there/ore. 
yPs.  xcv.  11.  'oGen.  ii.2. 

«  Or,  So  "  Ps.  xcv.  11. 

*  Qr.  1/  they  shall  enter.     liOi,  the  gospel  was 


"  Comp.  ch. 

12.  2.5 ;  Col. 

2.8 
ft  ch.  !).  14  ; 

10.  31 ;  12. 

22 ;  see  Mt. 

It;.  IG 
"^  Comp.  cli. 

10.  tit. 
't  Coiup. 

Eph.  4.  22 
''  See  ver.  (i 
/Comp.  ch. 

11.  liCr.) 
"  Comp. 

.ler.  32. 
2!) :  44.  3, 
8.  >S,-c. 
h  Num.  14.  2, 
11,  *c. ; 
Dt.  1.  35; 
comp. 
Num.  14. 

30,  Ut.  1. 
3i;,  3S 

'  Num.  14. 

2:);  see 

1  Cor.  K).  5 
*  Num.  14. 

23 ;  Dt.  1. 

34  f.; 

comp.  ch. 

4.2 
'ch.  4.6,11; 

comp. 

Rom.  11. 

30  32 
'"Comp.  Jn. 

3.  36 
"  ch.  12.  15 
"  1  Th.  2.  13 
''ch.  3.  11 
'i  See  Mt.  25. 

34 
•"  ch.  2.  6 
•Ex.  20.11; 

31.  17,  Slc. 
« ch.  3. 11 


«  See  ch.  3. 

18;  ver.  U 
"  Comp.  P.s. 

95.  title  iu 

Sept. 
^  ch.  3.  7  f. 
y  Comp. 

Josh.  22.  4 
'Seech.  1.1 
"  Comp. 

Rev.  14.  13 
i>  See  ver.  4 
'  2  I'et.  2.  6 
•I  1  Pet.  1. 

23 ;  comp. 

Jer.  23. 

29 ;  ch.  6. 

5 ;  Eph.  5. 

26 
'  Comp. 

Acts  7.  38 
/I  Th.  2.  13 
"  Eph.  6.  17 
"  See  1  Th. 

5.  23 

•  Comp.  Jn. 
12.  48 ; 

1  Cor.  14. 
24  f. 

*  2  Chr.  16. 
!l;  Ps.  33. 
13-15 

'  Comp.  Job 

26.  6 
"•  See  ch.  2. 

17 
"  See  Eph. 

4.  10; 

comp.  ch. 

6.  2il ;  8. 1 ; 
9.  24 

"ch.e.  6;  7. 
3  ;  10.  29  ; 
see  Mt.  4. 
3 ;  comp. 
ch.  1.  2 

237 


to  enter  in  because  of  "disobedi- 
ence, 7  he  again  detineth  a  certain 
day.  To-day,  saying  'in  David  so 
long  a  time  afterward  (even  •''as 
hath  been  said  before), 

'•'To-day  if  ye  shall  hear  his  voice, 

Harden  not  your  hearts. 
8  For  *if  '^Joshua  had  given  them 
rest,  he  would  not  have  ^spoken 
afterward  of  another  day.  9  There 
remaineth  therefore  a  sabbath  rest 
for  the  peo])le  of  God.  10  For  he 
that  is  entered  into  hi.'i  rest  hath 
himself  also  "rested  from  his  works, 
as  ''God  did  from  his.  11  Let  us 
therefore  give  diligence  to  enter 
into  that  rest,  that  no  man  fall 
'''after  the  same  " example  of  "dis- 
obedience. 1 2  For  ''  the  word  of 
God  is  "living,  and  •'active,  and 
sharperthan  any  two-edged  ''sword, 
and  piercing  even  to  the  dividing 
of  '*soul  and  ''spirit,  of  both  joints 
and  marrow,  and  'quick  to  discern 
the  thoughts  and  intents  of  the 
heart.  13  And  'there  is  no  crea- 
ture that  is  not  manifest  in  his 
sight:  but  all  things  are  'naked 
and  laid  open  before  the  eyes  of 
him  with  whom  we  have  to  do. 

14  Having  then  a  great  '"high 
priest,  who  hath  "  passed  through 
the  heavens,  Jesus  "the  Son  of 
God,  let  us  hold  fast  our  ^confes- 
sion. 15  For  we  have  not  "'a  high 
priest  that  cannot  be  touched  with 
the  feeling  of  our  infirmities ;  but 
one  that  hath  been  in  all  points 
''tempted  like  as  7ve  are,  yet  "with- 
out sin.  16  Let  us  therefoi'e  'draw 
nearwith  "bokhiess  unto  the  throne 
of  grace,  that  we  may  receive 
mercy,  and  may  find  grace  to  help 
us  in  time  of  need. 

5  For  every  high  priest,  "being 
taken  from  among  men,  is  ap- 
pointed for  men  in  ''things  pertain- 
ing to  God,  that  he  may  ^offer  both 
gifts  and  sacrifices  'for  sins:  2 
"who  can  bear  gently  with  the 
''ignorant  and  'erring,  for  that  he 
himself  also  is  ''compas.sed  with  in- 
firmity ;  3  and  by  reason  thereof  is 
bound, "  as  for  the  people,  so  also  for 
himself,  to  offer  'for  sins.    4  And 

''Seech.  3.1  '  See  ch.  2.  17  '■ch.2.  18  'Sen 
2  Cor.  5.  21 :  comp.  cli.  7.  26  '  See  ch.  7.  19  "  See 
ch.  3.  6  "  Comp.  Ex.  28.  1  '  See  ch.  2.  17  »  ch. 
8.  3  f. ;  9.  9 ;  comp.  ch.  7.  27 :  10.  11  '  ch.  7.  27 ;  10. 
12;  see  1  Cor.  r>.  3  "Comp.  ch.  2.  18;  4.  IS 
'•  Comp.  ch.  9.  7  marg. ;  see  Eph.  4.  18  '  Jas.  5. 
19 ;  comp.  1  Pet.  2.  2o  •'  Comp.  ch.  7.  28  •  ch.  7. 
27  i  9.  7  ;  Lev.  9.  7  ;  16.  6 


>'  Ps.  xcv.  7  f .  1*  Or,  into    Gr.  in. 

1*  Gr.  Jesut.    Comp.  Acta  7.  45. 


S.5 


HEBREWS 


6.18 


The  Readers'  infantile  State.    "  Press  on  onto  Perfection."    God's  Immutable  Oath.    "  The  Hope  set  before  as  " 


"  no  man  taketh  the  honor  unto  him- 
self, but  when  he  is  called  of  God, 
even  *  as  was  Aaron.  5  So  Christ 
also  "glorified  not  himself  to  be 
made  a  ''high  priest,  but  he  that 

*  spake  unto  him, 

^Thou  art  my  Son, 

This  day  have  I  begotten  thee  : 

6  as  he  saith  also  in  another  2ilace, 
'■^•^Thou  art  a  priest  for  ever 
After  "  the  order  of  Melchizedek. 

7  Who  in  the  days  of  his  flesh, 
''having  offered  up  prayers  and 
supplications  with  'strong  crying 
and  tears  unto  him  that  was  *  able 
to  save  him  *from  death,  and  hav- 
ing been  heard  for  his  '  godly  fear, 

8  though  he  was  '"a  Son,  yet  learned 
"obedience  by  the  things  which  he 
suffered  ;  9  and  having  been  made 
"perfect,  he  became  unto  all  them 
that  obey  him  the  ■*  author  of  eter- 
nal salvation;  10  named  of  God 
^  a  high  priest  after  ^  the  order  of 
Melchizedek. 

11  Of  ®whom  we  have  many 
things  to  say,  and  hard  of  inter- 
pretation, seeing  ye  are  become 
dull  of  hearing.  12  For  when  by 
reason  of  the  time  ye  ought  to  be 
teachers,  ye  have  need  again  •"  that 
some  one  teach  you  ^  the  rudiments 
of  the '"first  principles  of  the  ''ora- 
cles of  God ;  and  are  become  such 
as  have  need  of  *milk,  and  not  of 
solid  food.  1 3  For  every  one  that 
partaketh  of  milk  is  ^without  ex- 
perience of  the  word  of  righteous- 
ness ;  for  he  is  a  'babe.  14  But 
solid  food  is  for  ^ "  f ullgrown  men, 
even  those  who  by  reason  of  use 
have  their  senses  y  exercised  to  '^  dis- 
cern good  and  evil. 

eWlierefore  *  leaving  ^°the  doc- 
trine of  ^  the  first  principles  of 
Christ,  let  us  press  on  unto  ""per- 
fection ;  not  laying  again  a  founda- 
tion of  repentance  from  *dead 
works,  and  of  faith  toward  God,  2 
^^of  "the  teaching  of  '^ baptisms,^ 
and  of  ''  laying  on  of  hands,  and  of 

*  resurrection  of  the  dead,  and  of 
^  eternal  judgment.  3  And  this  will 
we  do,  •''if  God  permit.  4  For  as 
touching  those  who  were  once 
^enlightened  ^^and  tasted  of  ''the 

1  Ps.  li.  7.  2  Ps.  ex.  4.         3  Or,  out  of 

■*  Gr.  cause.  *  Or,  irhich 

6  Or,  that  one  teach  you  which  are  the  rudi- 
ments 7  Gr.  beginning. 
8  Or,  inexperienced  in  9  Or,  perfect 

10  Gr.  the  word  of  the  beginning  of  Christ. 

11  OT,full  growth 

12  Some  ancient  authorities  read,  even  the 
teaching  of.  13  Or,  washings 

'■*  Or,  having  both  tasted  of .  ,  .  and  being  made 
and  having  lasted  &c. 


«  Num.  16. 
40 ;  18.  7  ; 

2  Chr.  26. 
18 

b  Ex.  28.  1 ; 

1  Chr.  23. 

13 
"  Jn.  8.  54 
<i  Comp.  ch. 

2.  17 ;  ver. 
10 

*  See  ch.  1. 

1,5 
/ch.  7.  17 
"  ver.  10 ; 

ch.  6.  20 : 7. 

(esp.  11. 17) 
h  Mt.  26.  39, 

42,  44 :  Mk. 

14.  36,  39 ; 

Lk.  22.  41, 

44 
'  Mt.  27.  46, 

50;  Mk.  15. 

34,  37 ;  Lk. 

23.46 
k  Mk.  14.  36 
'  eh.  12. 

2S  marg.  ; 

comp.  11.  7 
"'  See  ch.  1.  2 
«  See  Phil. 

2.8 
"  See  ch.  2. 

lu 
P  See  Gal. 

4.3 
«  ch.  6. 1 
"■  See  Acts 

7.  3S 
n  Cor.  3.2; 

comp. 

1  Pet.  2.  2 
'1  Cor.  3.1, 

comp.  14. 

20 ;  1  Pet. 

2.2 
"  See  1  Cor. 

2.6;  Eph. 

4.13;  ch. 

6.  1  marg. 
"  Comp. 

1  Tim.  4.  7 
^  Comp. 

Rom.  14.  1 
y  See  Phil. 

3.  l:i  f . 

'  ch.  5.  12 
"  See  ch.  5. 

14  and 

marg. 
f-ch.  9.  14; 

comp.  Ju. 

8.21 
"  Comp. 

Acts  19. 

3  f.  ;  Jn.  3. 
25 

d  See  Acta 

6.6 
<"  See  Acts 

17.  31  f. 
/  See  Acts 

18.21 
»  ch.  10.  32  , 

comp. 

2  Cor.  4.  4, 
6 

ft  Eph.  2.  8  ; 
comp.  Jn. 
4.10 


i  ch.  2.  4 ; 

comp.  Gal. 

3.  2 
*  Comp. 

1  Pet.  2.  8 
I  See  Eph. 

6.  17 
""  Comp.  ch. 

2.5 
"  ch.  10. 

261; 

corap. 

1  Jn.  5. 16 , 

238 


heavenly  gift,  and  were  made 
'partakers  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  5 
and  '^* tasted  the  good  'word  of 
God,  and  the  powers  of  ™the  age  to 
come,  6  and  then  fell  away,  it  is 
"impossible  to  renew  them  again 
unto  repentance;  ''* "seeing  they 
crucify  to  themselves  the  Son  of 
God  afresh,  and  put  him  to  an  open 
shame.  7  For  the  land  which  hath 
drunk  the  rain  that  cometh  oft 
upon  it,  and  bringeth  forth  herbs 
meet  for  them  ^  for  whose  sake  it  is 
also  tilled,  receiveth  blessing  from 
God  :  8  but  if  it  beareth  thorns  and 
thistles,  it  is  rejected  and  ''nigh 
unto  a  curse ;  whose  end  is  to  be 
burned. 

9  But,  ''beloved,  we  are  per- 
suaded better  things  of  you,  and 
things  that  "  accompany  salvation, 
though  we  thus  speak:  10  for 
'God  is  not  unrighteous  to  forget 
'  your  work  and  the  love  which  ye 
showed  toward  his  name,  in  that 
ye  "ministered  unto  the  saints,  and 
still  do  minister.  1 1  And  we  desire 
that  each  one  of  you  may  show  the 
same  diligence  unto  the  ^^ "  fulness 
of  -^  hope  even  to  the  end  :  1 2  that 
ye  be  not  sluggish,  but  ^  imitators 
of  them  who  tlirough  ^  faith  and 
patience  "  inherit  the  promises. 

1 3  For  *  when  God  made  promise 
to  Abraham,  since  he  could  swear 
by  none  greater,  he "  sware  by  him- 
self, 14  saying,  ^®  Surely  blessing  I 
will  bless  thee,  and  multiplying  I 
will  multiply  thee.  15  And  thus, 
'*  having  patiently  endured,  he  ob- 
tained the  promise.  16  *For  men 
swear  by  the  greater  :  and  in  every 
dispute  of  theirs  -''the  oath  is  final 
for  confirmation.  17  Wherein  God, 
being  minded  to  show  more  abun- 
dantly unto  ^  the  heirs  of  the  prom- 
ise ''the  immutability  of  his  counsel, 
■•^"  interposed  with  an  oath  ;  1 8  that 
by  two  immutable  things,  in  which 
'  it  is  impossible  for  God  to  lie,  we 
may  have  a  strong  encouragement, 

2  Pet.  2.  21 ;  Mt.  19.  26  "  Comp.  ch.  10.  29  PComp. 
2  Tim.  2.  6  9  Comp.  Dt.  2).  22  flf.  ''  1  Cor.  10.  14 ; 
2  Cor.  7.  1;  12.  19;  1  Pet.  2.  11;  2  Pet.  3.  1  ;  1  Jn. 
2.  7;  Jude  3  '  Prov.  19.  17;  Mt.  10.  42;  25.  40; 
comp.  Acts  10.  4  «  Comp.  1  Th.  1.  3  "  ch.  10.  32- 
34  ;  comp.  Rom.  15.  25  "  Comp.  ch.  10.  22;  see  Lk. 
1.  1  -"^  See  ch.  -i.G  «  ch.  13.  7  =2  Th.  1.  4  ;  Jas.  1. 
3;  Rev.  13.  10  "  Comp.  ch.  1.  14  >>  Comp  Gal.  ?. 
15.  13  "  Gen.  22.  16  ;  Lk.  1.  73  <i  Comp.  Gen.  12.  4 
with  21.  5  "^  Comp.  Gal.  3.  15  / Comp.  Ex,  22.  U 
"  ch.  11.  9  h  Ps.  110.  4  ;  Prov.  19.  21 ;  ver.  18  >  Tit. 
1.  2,  comp.  Num.  23.  19 


15  Or,  tasted  the  word  of  God  that  it  is  good 

16  Or,  the  white  is  Gen.  xxii.  16  f . 

17  Or,  belong  to  2o  Gr.  mediated. 

18  Or,  full  "xsurance 


6.19 


HEBREWS 


ai 


Jesos  a  High  Priest  after  Melrhiiedek's  Order.    Superseding  the  Levitiral  Order  and  Ritnal,  be  liveth  to  intercei* 


who  have  fled  for  n^f  uge  to  lay  hold 
of  "the  hope  set  before  us :  19  whicli 
we  have  as  an  anchor  of  the  soul,  a 
hope  both  sure  and  stedfast  and 
*  entering  Into  tiiat  which  is  within 
the  veil ;  20  "  whither  as  a  fore- 
runner Jesus  entered  for  us,  having 
become  a  "^  high  priest  for  ever  after 
the  order  of  Melchizedek. 

7  For  this  '  Melchizedek,  king 
of  Salem,  priest  of  -^God  Most 
High,  who  met  Abraham  i-eturning 
from  the  slaughter  of  tlie  kings  and 
blessed  him,  2  to  wdiom  also  Abra- 
ham divided  a  tenth  part  of  all 
(being  first,  by  interpretation,  King 
of  righteousness,  a?id  then  also 
King  of  Salem,  which  is,  King  of 
peace ;  3  without  father,  without 
mother,  ^without  genealogy,  having 
neither  beginning  of  days  nor  end  of 
life,  but  made  like  unto  ''  the  Son  of 
God),  abideth  a  priest  continually. 

4  Now  consider  how  great  this 
man  was,  unto  whom  Abraham, 
the  'patriarch,- gave  a  tenth  out 
oi  the  chief  spoils.  5  And  they 
indeed  of  *the  sons  of  Levi  that 
receive  the  priest's  office  have  com- 
mandment to  take  tithes  of  the 
people  according  to  the  law,  that 
IS,  of  their  brethren,  though  these 
have  come  out  of  the  loins  of  Abra- 
ham :  6  but  he '  whose  genealogy  is 
not  counted  from  them  '"  hath  taken 
tithes  of  Abraham,  and  '"hath 
blessed  him  that  "hath  the  prom- 
ises. 7  But  without  any  dispute 
the  less  is  blessed  of  the  better. 
8  And  here  men  that  die  receive 
tithes  ;  but  there  one,  "of  whom  it 
is  witnessed  that  he  liveth.  9  And, 
so  to  say,  through  Abraham  even 
Levi,  wno  receiveth  tithes,  hath 
paid  tithes;  10  for  he  was  yet  in 
the  loins  of  his  father,  when  Mel- 
chizedek met  him. 

11^  Now  if  there  was  perfection 
through  the  Levitical  priesthood 
(for  under  it  »hath  the  people  re- 
ceived the  law),  what  further  need 
ivas  there  that  another  priest  should 
arise  "■  after  the  order  of  Melchize- 
dek, and  not  be  reckoned  after  the 
order  of  Aaron  ?  12  For  the  priest- 
hood being  changed,  there  is  made 
of  necessity  a  change  also  of  the 
law.  L3  For  'he  of  whom  'these 
things  are  said  '  belongeth  to  an- 
other tribe,  from  which  no  man 
hath  given  attendance  at  the  altar. 
14  For  it  is  evident  that  our  Lord 
hath  "  sprung  out  of  Judah ;  as  to 

»  Gr.  haik  partaken  of.    See  ch.  2.  14. 
30 


°  ch.  3.  6; 

7.  l!l 
«■  Lev.  16.  2 ; 

ch.  H.  2  i. 
'  See  ch.  4. 

14 ;  coiiip. 

.III.  14.  2 
rf  See  ch.  H. 

ti ;  coiup. 

ch.  2.  17 
"  Gen.  14. 

18-20 ;  ver. 

6 
/SeeMk.  5. 

"  Cotnp. 

ver.  b 
''  ver.  28 ; 

see  ver.  1 ; 

Mt  4.  .1 
'  See  Acta 

2.  2<) 
«•■  Num.  18. 

21.26; 

2  Chr.  31. 

4f. 
'  ver.  3 
"'  See  ver.  If. 
"  Rom.  4.  13 
"  ch.  6.  6 ;  6. 

20 
1'  ver.  18  f . ; 

ch.  8.  7 
«  Comp  ch. 

9.  6  ;  10.  1 
"■  ver.  17  ; 

see  civ.  5.  (i 
'  ver.  14 
'  ver.  11 
"  Rev.  5.  5  ; 

Mt.  2.  6 

(Mic.  5.  2); 

comp.  l8. 

11.  1; 

Num.  24.17 


"  Comp.  ch. 

9.  10 

'  Comp.  ch. 

9.14 
y  ver.  21 ; 

see  ch.  5.  6 
'  ver.  11 ; 

comp. 

Rom.  8.  3 , 

Gal.  3.  21 
"ch.  9.  9;  10. 

1  ;  comp. 

Acts  13. 

39 ;  Rom. 

3.  20;  7. 

7  f . :  Gal. 

2. 16 ;  3.  21 
i>  See  ch.  3.  6 
■^  ver.  25 ; 

ch.  4.  16 ; 

10.  1,  22 : 
Lam.  3.  57 ; 
Jas.  4.  8 

<l  Num.  23. 

19  ;  1  S.  15. 

29 ,  Rom. 

11.29 
•  ver.  23  {., 

28 
/  Ps.  119. 

122 ;  Is.  38. 

14  (comp. 

EccluB.  29. 

14  ff.) 
"  See  ch.  8.  6 
1  See  1  Cor. 

1.21 
'  See  ver.  19 
*•■  See  Rom. 

8.  34; 
comp.  ch. 

9.  24 

'  See  ch.  2. 

17 
"'  See  2  Cor. 

5.  21; 

comp.  ch. 

4.1b 
"  I  Pet.  2.  22 

2S9 


which  tribe  Moses  spake  nothing 
concerning  priests.  15  And  what 
we  say  is  yet  more  abundantly 
evident,  if  after  the  likeness  of 
Melchizedek  there  ariseth  another 
priest,  16  who  hath  been  made,  not 
after  the  law  of  a "  carnal  command- 
ment, but  after  the  power  of  -^an 
"  endless  life  :  1 7  for  it  is  witnessed 
of  him, 

^*Thou  art  a  priest  for  ever 

After  the  9rder  of  ]\lelchizedek. 
18  For  there  is  a  disannulling  of  a 
foregoing  commandment  '  because 
of  its  weakness  and  unprofitable- 
ness 19  (for  "the  law  made  nothing- 
perfect),  and  a  br.'nging  in  there- 
upon of  a  better  *hope,  through 
wnich  we  "^draw  nigh  unto  God. 
20  And  inasmuch  as  it  is  not  with- 
out the  taking  of  an  oath  21  (for 
they  indeed  have  been  made  priests 
without  an  oath ;  but  he  with  an 
oath  •'by  him  that  saith  *of  him, 

^^  The  Lord  sware  and  **  will  not 
repent  himself. 

Thou  art  a  priest "  for  ever) ; 
22  bj'^  so  much  also  hath  Jesus  be 
come  the -^surety  of  "a  better  cove- 
nant. 23  And  they  indeed  have 
been  made  priests  many  in  num- 
ber, because  that  by  death  they  are 
hindered  from  continuing  :  24  but 
he,  becau.se  he  abideth  ""for  ever, 
''hath  his  priesthood  ® unchange- 
able. 25  Wherefore  also  he  is  able 
to  ''save  ^to  the  uttermost  them 
that '  draw  near  unto  God  through 
him,  seeing  he  ever  liveth  to*  make 
intercession  for  them. 

26  For  such  a '  high  priest  became 
us,  "'holy,  "guileless,  undefiled,  sep- 
arated from  sinners,  and  "made 
higher  than  the  heavens ;  27  who 
needeth  not  daily,  like  those  high 
priests,  to  ''offer  up  sacrifices,  «first 
tor  his  own  sins,  and  then  for  the 
sins  of  the  people :  for  this  he  did 
""once  for  all,  when  he  'offered  up 
himself.  28  For  the  law  appoint- 
eth  men  high  priests,  'having  in- 
firmity ;  but  the  word  of  the  oath, 
which  was  after  the  la.w,  ajjpointeth 
"a  Son,  'perfected  for  evermore. 

8      '"Now  "in  the  things  which 
we  are  saying  the  chief  point 

"  See  ch.  4.  14  r  Comp.  ch.  a.  1  i  See  ch.  5.  3 
>•  ch.  9.  12  ;  10.  10  ;  comp.  9.  28  »  Eph.  5.  2 ;  ch. 
9.  14,  28 ;  10.  10, 12  '  Comp.  ch.  5.  2  *■  See  ch.  1. 2 
"  See  ch.  2.  10 


2  (4r.  indissoluble.  *  Pa.  ex.  4. 

<  Or,  through        5  Or.  unto      "  Ps.  ex.  4. 

"  Or,  hath  a  priesthood  that  doth  not  pass  tn 
anolhfr       ^  Or,  iiivio/ntile  » Gr.  completely. 

1"  Or,  Aow  to  sum  up  what  we  are  saying : 
We  have  &c.  ^  Gr.  upon 


8.2 


HEBREWS 


a  10 


Ordinances  of  the  Former  Covenant  unable  to  perfect  the  Worshipper,  hnt  Christ  has  obtained  Eternal  Redemption 


is  this :    We   have    such    a   "  high 

Eriest,  wh^sat_dowikon  *the  right 
and  of  tKe~Elifoneo£  the  ''Majesty 
in  the  heavens,  2  a  "*  minister  of  '  the 
sanctuary,  and  of  the  *  true  taber- 
nacle, which  the  Lord -^pitched,  not 
man.     3  For  every  "high  priest  is 
appointed  "  to  offer  both  gifts  and 
sacrifices  :  wherefore  it  is  necessary 
that  this  high  priest  also  have  some- 
what to  offer.     4  Now  if  he  were  on 
earth,  he  would  not  be  a  priest  at 
all,   seeing    there   are    those    who 
"  offer  the  gifts  according  to  the 
law ;  5  who  serve  that  ivhich  is ''  a 
copy  and  'shadow  of  the  heavenly 
things,  even  as  Moses  is  *  warned 
of  God  when  he  is  about  to  -  make 
the  tabernaole  :  for,  *  See,  saith  he, 
that  thou  make  all  things  accord- 
ing to  the  pattern  that  was  showed 
thee  in  the  mount.     6    But  now 
hath  he  obtained  a  ministry  the 
more  excellent,  by  so  much  as  he 
is  also  the  'mediator  of  '"a  better 
covenant,  which  hath  been  enacted 
upon  better  promises.     7   For  "if 
that  first  covenant  had  been  fault- 
less, then  would  no  place  have  been 
sought  for  a  second.     8  For ''find- 
ing fault  with  them,  he  saith, 
®  Behold,   the   days  come,  saith 
the  Lord, 
That  I  will  ®  make  "  a  new  cove- 
nant with  the  house  of  Israel 
and  with  the  house  of  Judah ; 
9  Not  according  to  the  covenant 
that  I  made  with  their  fa- 
thers 
In  the  day  that  I  ^  took  them  by 
the  hand  to  lead  them  forth 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt ; 
For  they  continued  not  in  my 

covenant, 
And  I  regarded  them  not,  saith 
the  Lord. 

10  For  9  this  is  the  covenant  that 

'^  I  will  make  with  the  house 
of  Israel 

After  those  days,  saith  the  Lord ; 

I  will  nut  my  laws  into  their 
mind, 

And  '^  on  their  heart  also  will  I 
write  them  : 

And  I  will  be  to  them  a  God, 

And  they  shall  be  to  me  a  peo- 
ple : 

1 1  And  they  shall  not  teach  every 

man  his  fellow-citizen, 

1  Or,  holy  things  2  Or,  complete 

3  Ex.  XXV.  40. 

*  Some  ancient  authorities  read  finding  fault 
with  it,  he  saith  unto  them.  dc. 

^  Jer.  xxxi.  31  fE.  «  Gr.  accomplish. 

?  Gr.  /  will  covenant. 


°  See  ch.  2. 

n 

fc  See  oh.  1.  3 
"  See  ch.  1. 3 
d  Comp.  oh. 

10.  11 
*■  Comp.  ch. 

9.  11,  24 
/Comp.  Ex. 

33.7 
s  See  ch.  5. 

1 ;  comp. 

ver.  4 
A  ch.  9.  23 
■  See  Col.  2. 

17  ;  ch. 

10.1 
fcch.  11.  7; 

12.  25 ;  see 

Mt.  2.  12 
'Seel  Tim. 

2.  5 
"ch.  7.22; 

comp.  ver. 

8;ch.9. 15; 

12.  24 ;  see 

Lk.  22.  20 
"  See  ch.  7. 

11 
"  ver.  13 ; 

ch.  9.  15; 

12.  24 ; 

2  Cor.  3. 

6 ;  see  Lk. 

22.  20 ; 

comp.  ch. 

7.22:8.6 
P  Comp. 

ch.  2. 

16  marg. ; 

Ex.  19.  5  f. 
9ch.  10.16; 

comp, 

Rom.  11.  27 
''  Comp. 

2  Cor.  3.  3 


'  Comp.  Is. 

54.  13;  Jn. 

6.  45;  1  Jn. 

2.  27 
'  ch.  10.  17 
"  Comp.  cli. 

1.  11; 

2  Cor.  5.  17 
"  Comp. 

ver.  10 
^  Ex.  25.  8 
v  Comp. 

ver.  11.24; 

ch.  8.  2 
'  Ex.  25.  8,  9 
"  Ex.  25. 

31-39 
b  Ex.  25. 

23-29 
=  Ex.  25  30  ; 

Lev.  24. 

5  ff.  ^comp. 

Mt.  12.  4) 
d  Ex.  26. 

31-33 
'  Ex.  26.  33 
/Ex.  30. 

1-5 ;  37. 

25  f. 
!)  Ex.  25. 

10  ff.  ;  37. 

llf. 
h  Ex.  16.  32  f . 
'  Num.  17. 

10 
*  Ex.  31.  18  ; 

32.  15 ;  Dt. 

9.  9,  11, 15 
'  Ex.  25. 

18  ff. 
"'  Ex.  25. 17, 

20 
"  Num.  28.  3 
°  Comp. 

ver.  3 
P  Lev.  16. 

12  ff. 
9  Ex.  30.10; 

240 


And    every  man    his   brother. 

saying,  Know  the  Lord : 
For  *  all  shall  know  me, 
From  the  least  to  the  greatest 

of  them. 

1 2  For  I  will  be  merciful  to  their 

iniquities, 
'And  their  sins  will  I  remem- 
ber no  more. 

13  In  that  he  saith,  °A  new  cove- 
nant, he  hath  made  the  first  old. 
"But  that  which  is  becoming  old 
and  waxeth  aged  is  nigh  unto  van- 
ishing away. 

9  Now  even  the  first  covenant 
had  'ordinances  of  divine  ser- 
vice, and  -"its  sanctuary,  a  sanctuary 
« of  this  world.  2  For  there  was 
"a  tabernacle  prepared,  the  first, 
wherein  ^ivere  "the  candlestick,  and 
'  the  table,  and  ^ "  the  showbread  ; 
which  is  called  the  Holy  place. 
3  And  after  ''the  second  veil,  the 
tabernacle  which  is  called  *the 
Holy  of  holies ;  4  having  a  golden 
^"•^  altar  of  incense,  and  ^the  ark  of 
the  covenant  overlaid  round  about 
with  gold,  wherein  "  ivas  ^  a  golden 
pot  holding  the  manna,  and 
'Aaron's  rod  that  budded,  and 
*  the  tables  of  the  covenant ;  5 
and  above  it  'cherubim  of  glory 
m  overshadowing  ^^  the  mercy-seat ; 
of  which  things  we  cannot  now 
speak  severally.  6  Now  these 
things  having  been  thus  prepared, 
the  priests  "  go  in  continually  into 
Hhe  fii'st  tat:)ernacle,  accomplish- 
ing the  services;  7  but  into  "the 
second  ^the  high  priest  alone, 
9 once  in  the  year,  ""not  without 
blood,  which  he  'offereth  for  him- 
self, and  for  the  ^^' errors  of  the 
people :  8  "  the  Holy  Spirit  this 
signifying,  "  that  the  way  into  the 
holy  place  hath  not  yet  been  made 
manifest,  while  the  first  tabernacle 
is  yet  standing  ;  9  which  is  ""  a  fig- 
ure for  the  time  present ;  according 
to  which  are  ^offered  both  gifts 
and  sacrifices  that  cannot,  as  touch- 
ing the  conscience,  ^rnake  the  wor- 
shipper perfect,  10  /vemgr  only  (with 
"  meats  and  *  drinks  and  divers 
"^  washings)  "^  carnal  ordinances,  im- 

Lev.  16.  34 ;  comp.  ch.  10.  3  »"  Lev.  16. 11, 14  '  See 
ch.  5.  3  <  Num.  15.  25 ;  comp.  ch.  5.  2  "  See  ch. 
3.  7  "  ch.  10.  20 ;  comp.  Jn.  14.  6  ^  ch.  11.  19 ; 
comp.  10. 1  y  See  ch.  5.  1  ^  See  ch.  7,  19  "  Lev. 
11.  2  ff. ;  see  Col.  2. 16  *>  Comp.  Num.  6.  3  "^  Lev. 
11.  25,  &c. ;  Num.  19. 13 ;  comp.  Mk.  7.  4  d  Comp. 
ch.  7. 16  

8  Or,  are      9  Gr.  the  seltina  forth  of  the  loaves. 

10  Or,  censer    2  Chr.  26.  19 :  Ezek.  8.  11. 

11  Or,  is  12  Gr.  the  propitiatory. 
13  Gr.  ignorances.    Ecclus.  23.  2  f. 


9.  11 


HEBREWS 


10.6 


havioi;  pat  awtf  Sin  bjr  the  Sarriflce  of  Himseir.    By  this  Oue  Sarriflce  he  hath  perfected  forefer  the  Sanctified 


posed  until  "a  time  of  reforma- 
tion. 

1 1  But  Christ  havintr  come  a 
*high  priest  of  'the  "good  things 
to  come,  through  **  the  greater  and 
more  perfect  tiibernacle, "  not  made 
with  hands,  that  is  to  say,  ■'not  of 
this  creation,  12  nor  vet  througli 
'  the  bluod  of  goats  and  calves,  but 

*  through  his  own  blood,  'entered 
in  *  once  for  all  into  the  holy  place, 
having  obtained  'eternal  redemp- 
tion. 13  For  if  '"the  blood  of  goats 
and  bulls,  and  "  the  ashes  of  a  heifer 
sprinkling  them  that  have  been 
defiled,  sanctify  unto  the  clean- 
ness of  the  flesh:  14  how  much 
more  shall  *  the  blood  of  Christ, 
who  through  " "  the  eternal  Spirit 
^offered  himself  without  blemish 
unto  God,  ''cleanse ''your  conscience 
from  ""dead  works  to  serve  'the 
living  God  ?     15  And  for  this  cause 

*  he  is  the   "  mediator  of   a  "  new 

*  covenant,  that  a  death  having 
taken  place  for-  the  redemption  of 
the  transgressions  that  were  under 
the  first  ■'covenant,  they  that  have 
been    '  called    may    "  receive    the 

fromise  of '  the  eternal  inheritance. 
6  For  where  a  ^  testament  is, 
there  must  of  necessity  ^  be  the 
death  of  him  that  made  it.  1 7  For 
a  ■•  testament  is  of  force  ®  where 
there  hath  been  death  :  '  for  it  doth 
never  avail  ^vhile  he  that  made  it 
liveth.  18  Wherefore  even  the  first 
covenant  hath  not  been  dedicated 
without  blood.  1 9  For  when  every 
commandment  harl  been  "  spoken 
by  Moses  unto  all  the  people  accord- 
ing to  the  law,  *  he  took  the  "^  blood 
of  the  calves  and  the  goats,  with 
•*  water  and  scarlet  wool  and  hys- 
sop, and  sprinkled  both  '  the  book 
itself  and  all  the  T>eople,  20  saying, 
^-'This  is  the  blocKl  of  the  ^covenant 
which  God  commanded  to  you- 
ward.  21  Moreover  "the  taber- 
nacle and  all  tho  vessels  of  the 
ministry  he  sjjrinkled  in  like 
manner  with  the  blood.  22  And 
according    to    the     law,     I    may 

*  almost  say,  all  things  are  cleansed 
with  blood,  and  'apart  from  shed- 
ding of  blood  there  is  no  remis- 
sion. 

23   It  was   necessary  therefore 


•  Some  ancient  authorities  rend  the  good  things 
that  are  row.  2  Or.  his  eternal  spirit 

3  Majiy  ancient  authorities  read  our. 

*  The  (3 reek  word  here  used  signifies  both  cove- 
nant and  le.itnmrvt. 

^  Gr.  be  I'rntiyhl.  '  Gr.  nrer  the  dea-l. 

^  Or,  J  or  doth  it  ever . .  .  liveth  t     »  Ex.  uiv.  8. 


"  Comp.  oh. 

7.  12 

(-  See  ch.  2. 

17 
"^  ch.  10.  1 
rf  ver.  24  ; 

coiup.  ch. 

8.  2 
'Mk.  U.58; 

2  Cor.  5.  1 
/  Comp 

2  Cor.  i. 
18 ,  ch.  12. 
27 :  13.  14 

"Lev.  4.  3; 
16.  6,  1.5. 
(;^-c. ;  ver. 

la 
A  ver.  14  : 

ch.  13.  12 
1  ver.  24 
»:  See  ch.  7. 

'  Comp. 

ver.  15; 

ch.5.  9 
"'  ver.  12. 1!) ; 

comp.  ch. 

1(1  4 
"  N'um.  19. 

9.  17  f. 
"  Comp. 

1  Cor.  15. 
45 ;  1  Pet. 

3  18 
PEph.  5  2; 

ch.  7.  27 ; 
111.  Ill,  12 
1  Acts  Vj.  9  ; 
Tit.  2  U; 
ch.  IIP  2, 
22 :  lomp. 

1.  3 

■■  ch.  fi  1 
'  .See  Mt.  16. 

IG ,  ch.  3. 

12 
'  See  Rom. 

3.  24 
"  See  1  Tim. 

2.  5;  ch.  8. 
6 ;  12  24 

"  See  ch.  8. 8 
■^  See  Rom. 

8.  28  f . : 

ch.  3.  1; 

comp.  Mt. 

22.  3  ff. 
y  ch.  6.  15  ; 

10.  3H; 
comp.  11. 
3'J 

*  See  Acts 

20.  32 
"  See  ch.  1  1 
^Ex.  24.6iT. 
''  See  ver.  12 
<<  Comp. 

Lev.  14.  4, 

7.  &c.  ; 

Num.  19.  6. 

IS,  (tc. 
'  Comp.  Ex. 

24.7 
/Comp.  Mt. 

26.28 
9  Comp.  Ex. 

40.  9 :  24. 

6 :  Lev.  8. 

15.19;  16. 

14-16 
''  Comp. 

Lev.  5  11  f. 
■  Lev.  17.  11 


*  ch.  8.  5 
'  ch.  8.  5 
""  ver.  12 ; 

comp.  ch. 

4.14 
"ch.  8.  2 
°  ver.  12 
f"  Comp.  ch. 

7.  25 ;  Mt. 

18.10 

241 


that  the  *  copies  of  the  things  in 
the  heavens  should  be  cleansed 
with  these;  but  'the  heavenly 
things  themselves  with  better  sac- 
rifices than  these.  24  For  Christ 
'"entered  not  into  a  holy  place 
made  with  hands,  like  in  pattern 
to  "  the  true;  but  into  "heaven  it- 
self, now  ''  to  appear  before  the  face 
of  God  for  us:  25  nor  yet  that  he 
should  offer  him.self  often,  as  "  the 
high  priest  entereth  into  ""the  holy 
place  'year  by  year  with  blood  not 
his  own ;  2G  else  must  he  often 
have  suffered  since  '  the  foundation 
of  the  world:  but  now  "once  at 
"  the  "end  of  the  ages  hath  he  been 
'''manifested  to  put  away  sin  '""by 
the  sacrifice  of  him.selt.  27  And 
inasmuch  as  "  it  is  "  appointed  unto 
men  once  to  die,  and  after  this 
'^cometk  judgment;  28  so  Christ 
also,  having  been  *  once  offered  to 
'bear  the  sins  of  many,  shall  ap- 
pear ''a  second  time,  'apart  from 
sin,  to  them  that  •'wait  for  him, 
unto  ^salvation. 

-i  f\  For  the  law  having  *a 
J-Vy  shadow  of  'the  good  things 
to  come,  not  the  very  image  of  the 
things,  '"can  *  never  with  the  same 
sacrifices  year  by  year,  which  they 
offer  continually,  'make  perfect 
them  that  'draw  nigh.  2  Else 
would  they  not  have  ceased  to  be 
offered?  because  the  worshippers, 
having  been  once  clean.sed,  would 
have  had  no  more  ""  consciousness 
of  sins.  3  But  "in  those  sacrifices 
there  is  a  remembrance  made  of 
sins  year  by  year.  4  For  it  is  "im- 
possiole  that  ^the  blood  of  bulls 
and   goats  should  take  away  sins. 

5  \\lierefore  *  when  he  cometh  into 
the  world,  he  saith, 

'^Sacrifice     and     offering     thou 

wouldest  not. 
But  ""a  body  didst  thou  prepare 

for  nie ; 

6  In    whole    burnt    offerings   and 

sacrifices  for  sin  thou  hadst 
no  pleasure: 

1  See  ver.  7  "■  ver.  2 ;  ch.  10. 19  *  ver.  7  '  See 
Mt.  2.5.  &t;  ch.  4.  3  "  ver.  12 ;  ch.  7.  27  "SeeMt. 
13  39;  comp.  ch.  1.  2  '  IJn.  3.  5,  8  ^  ver.  12, 14 
-Gen.  3  19  "  2  Cor.  5.  10;  1  Jn.  4.  17  <- See  ch. 
7.  27  ''I  Pet.  2.  24  d  Acts  1.  11  *•  ch.  4. 15  /  See 
1  Cor.  1.7;  Tit.  2.  13  "  ch.  5.  9  "  See  ch.  8.  5 
'  ch.  9.  11  *  ver.  4.  11 ;  comp.  ch.  9.  9;  Rom.  8.  3 
'  See  ch.  7. 19  "•  Comp.  1  Pet.  2. 19  marg.  "  See 
ch.  9.  7  "See  ver.  1,  11  ''  ch.  9.  12  £.  «  ch.  1.  6 
"•  Comp.  1  Pet.  2.  24 ;  ch.  2. 14 ;  5.  7 


»  Or.  cm.nimmatirm  'o  Or.  by  his  sacrifict 

11  Gr.  Iiii.l  lip  for.     Col.  1.  5  ;  2  Tim.  4.  8. 
13  Many  ancient  authorities  read  they  can. 
13  Ps.  il.  6  ff. 


10.  T 


HEBREWS 


10.36 


Let  as  draw  near  with  a  True  Heart.    For  Wilful  Sin  there  is  no  Nore  Sacrifice.    Recall  Former  Constancy 


7  Then  said  I,  Lo,  I  am  come 

(In  "the  I'oll  of  the  book  it  is 

written  of  me) 
To  do  thy  will,  O  God. 

8  Saying  above,  *  Sacrifices  and 
offerings  and  ■;  whole  burnt  offer- 
ings and  sacrifices  ''for  sin  thou 
wouldest  not,  neither  hadst  pleas- 
ure therein  (the  which  are  offered 
according  to  the  law),  9  then  hath 
he  said,  "Lo,  I  am  come  to  do  thy 
will.  He  taketh  a,way  the  first, 
that  he  may  establish  the  second. 
10  ^By  which  will  we  have  been 
•^sanctified  through  "  the  offering  of 
^  the  body  of  Jesus  Christ '  once  for 
all.  1 1  And  every  "  priest  indeed 
standeth  day  by  day  ministering 
and  *  offering  oftentimes  the  same 
sacrifices,  tlie  which  'can  never 
take  away  sins :  1 2  but  he,  when 
he  had  offered  one  sacrifice  '"for 
^sins  "for  ever,  "sat  down  on  the 
right  hand  of  God';  13  henceforth 
expecting  till  ^his  enemies  be  made 
the  footstool  of  his  feet.  14  For 
by  one  offering  he  hath  « perfected 
"for  ever  them  that  are  sanctified. 

15  And  ''the  Holy  Spirit  also  bear- 
eth  witness  to  us  ;  for  after  he  hath 
said, 

16  **This  is  the  covenant  that  ®I 

will  make  with  them 
After  those  days,  saith  the  Lord : 
I  will    put   my  laws  on  their 

heart, 
And  upon  their  mind  also  will  I 

w;rite  them ; 
then  saith  he, 

1 7  '  And  their  sins  and  their  iniq- 

uities will    I    remember    no 
more. 

18  Now  where  remission  of  these 
is,  there  is  no  more  offering  for  sin. 

19  Having  therefore,  brethren, 
"boldness  to  "enter  into  the  holy 
place  by  the  blood  of  Jesus,  20  by 
•"the  way  which  he  dedicated  for 
us,  a  new  and  living  way,  through 
■"the  veil,  that  is  to  say,  his  flesh ; 
2 1  and  having  ~  a  great  priest "  over 
the  house  of  God  ;  22  let  us  *draw 
near  with  a  true  heart  in  ^ "  fulness 
of  faith,  having  our  _  hearts 
''sprinkled  from  an  evil  '^ con- 
science :  and  having  our  body 
''washed  with  pure  water,  23  let  us 
hold  fast  the  ■''confession  of  our 
'  hope  that  it  waver  not ;  for  *  he 

1  Or,  In 

2  Some  ancient  authorities  read  high  priest. 

3  Or,  sin.'!,  for  ever  sat  down  <fc. 

*  Jer.  XXXI.  33  f .  <•  Gr.  /  will  covenant. 

8  Or,  full  assurance 

"  Or,  conscience,  and  our  body  washed  wUh  pure 
water:  let  us  hold  fast 


"  Jer.  36.  2  ; 

Ezek.  2.  9  ; 

3.  1  f .  ; 

Ezr.  6.  2 

(Sept.) 
''  ver.  5  f . 
<"  Mk.  12.  33 
d  Rom.  8.  3 

marg. 
"  ver.  7 
/  See  Eph. 

5.  26 ;  ver. 
14,  29 ;  ch. 

2.  11 ;  13. 
12;  comp. 
Jn.  17.  la 

'J  ch.  7.  27  ; 
9.  14,  23; 
ver.  12 ; 
Eph.  5.  2; 
comp.  Jn. 

6.  51 

A  Comp. 

1  Pet.  2. 

24 ;  ch.  2. 

14 ;  6.  7 
!  See  ch.  7. 

27 
*•■  Comp.  ch. 

5.1 
I  See  ver.  1, 

4;  Mic.  6. 

6-8,  &c. 
"^  See  ch.  5. 1 
"  ver.  14 
°  See  ch.  1.  3 
P  See  ch.  1. 

13 
«  Comp. 

ver.  1 
''Seech.  3.7 
■'  ch.  8.  10 
'  Comp.  ch. 

8.  12 
"ver.  35; 

see  ch.  3.  6 
"  Comp.  ch. 

9.25 
"  ch.  9.  8 
V  Comp.  ch. 

6.  19  ;  9.  3 
'  See  ch.  2. 

17 
"ch.  3.  6; 

see  1  Tim. 

3.  15 

6  ver.  1 ;  see 
ch.  7.  19 

"  See  ch.  6. 
11 

dch.  12.24; 
1  Pet.  1.  2 , 
comp.  ch. 

9.  19 ; 
Ezek.  36. 
25 

'  Comp. 

Acts  22. 

16;  ICor. 

6.  11 ;  Eph. 

5.  26 ;  Tit. 

3.5;  1  Pet. 

3  21 
/  See  ch.  3. 1 
'J  See  ch.  3.  6 
h.  ch.  11.  11 ; 

see  1  Cor. 

1.  9  ;  10.  13 


'  Comp.  ch. 

13.  1 
h  See  Tit.  3. 

8 
'  Comp. 

2  Mace.  2. 
7;  Acts  2. 
42 

"^  Comp.  ch. 

3  13 

"  See  1  Cor. 

3.  13 
"  Comp.  ch. 

5.  2 ;  6. 

4-8 ;  2  Pet. 

2.  20  f. , 

242 


is  faithful  that  promised :  24  and 
let  us  consider  one  another  Ho 
provoke  unto  love  and  *good  works  • 
25  not  forsaking  our  own  'assem- 
bling together,  as  the  custom  of 
some  is,  but  '"exhorting  one  another ; 
and  so  much  the  more,  as  ye  see 
"  the  day  drawing  nigh. 

2G  For  if  we  "sin  wilfully  after 
that  we  have  received  ^  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  truth,  there  remaineth 
no  more  a  sacrifice  for  sins,  27  but 
a  certain  fearful  expectation  of 
« judgment,  and  a  * ''fierceness  of 
fire  which  shall  devour  the  adver- 
saries. 28  "A  man  that  hath  set 
at  nought  Moses'  law  dieth  with- 
out compassion  on  the  word  of  two 
or  three  witnesses:  29  'of  how 
much  sorer  punishment,  think  ye, 
shall  he  be  judged  worthy,  "who 
hath  trodden  under  foot  the  Son  of 
God,  and  hath  counted  '^the  blood 
of  the  covenant  "^  wherewith  he  was 
sanctified  ^an  unholy  thing,  and 
hath  *  done  despite  unto  the  Spirit 
of  grace'?  30  For  we  know  him 
that  said,  ^°  ^  Vengeance  belongeth 
unto  me,  I  will  recompense.  And 
again,  "The  Lord  shall  judge  his 
people.  31  It  is  a  "fearful  thing 
to  fall  into  the  hands  of  *  the  living 
God. 

32  But  call  to  remembrance  "the 
former  days,  in  which,  after  ye 
were  ''enlightened,  ye  endured  a 
great  *  conflict   of   sufferings ;    33 

Eartly,  being  •'^made  a  gazingstock 
oth  by  reproaches  and  afflictions  ; 
and  partly,  becoming  ^partakers 
with  them  that  were  so  used.  34 
For  ye  both  ''had  compassion  on 
them  that  were  in  bonds,  and  took 
'joyfully  the  spoiling  of  your  pos- 
sessions, knowing  that  ^"ye  have 
for  yourselves  *  a  better  possession 
and  an  abiding  one.  35  Cast  not 
away  therefore  your  'boldness, 
which  hath  great  ""  recompense  of 
reward.  36  For  ye  have  need  of 
'^"patience,  that,  having  done  the 

Num.  15  30  P  See  1  Tim.  2.  4  «  Jn.  5.  29  ;  ch.  9.  27 
'"  Is.  26. 11 ;  see  2  Th.  1.  7  *  Dt.  17.  2-6 ;  see  Mt.  18. 
16 ;  comp.  ch.  2.  2  '  See  ch.  2.  3  "  Comp.  ch  6.  6 
"  ch.  13.  20 ;  Mt.  26.  28,  &c.  *  See  Eph.  5.  26 ;  Rev. 
1.  5;  comp.  ch.  9.  13  f.  v  ch.  6.  4;  Eph.  4.  30; 
1  Cor.  6. 11  '  See  Rom.  12.  19  "  See  2  Cor.  5. 11 
b  See  Mt.  16.  16  ;  ch.  3. 12  "  Comp.  ch.  5.  12  rf  ch. 
6.4  «  See  Phil.  130  /I  Cor.  4.  9;  comp,  ch.  12.  4 
"  Comp.  Phil.  4. 14  (Gr.) ;  1  Th.  2. 14  h  Comp.  ch. 
13.  3  I  Comp.  Mt.  5.  12  k  Comp.  ch.  9.  15  ;  11.  16 ; 
13. 14 ,  1  Pet.  1.  4  f.  '  See  ver.  19  "'  See  ch.  2.  2 
"  ch.  12.  1 ;  see  Lk.  21. 19 


8  Or,  jealousv  '  Gr.  a  common  thing. 

10  Dt.  xxxli.  35.  »i  Dt.  xxxii.  36. 

12  Many  ancient  authorities  read  ye  have  ynur 
own  selves  for  a  better  possession  &c.  Comp.  Lk. 
9.  25 ;  21. 19.  w  Or,  stedfastness 


10.37 


HEBREWS 


11.2^ 


Faith  ilcflned  and  its  Triainpb<i  sft  forth 


will  of  God,  ye  may  "receive  the 
promise. 

37  'For  *yet  a  very  little  while, 

"  He  that  conieth  shall  come,  and 
shall  not  tarry. 

38  But  '-''my  ripchteous  one  shall 

live  by  faitli  : 
And  if  he  shrink  back,  my  soul 
hath  no  pleasure  in  him. 

39  But  we  are  not  "'of  them  that 
ijhrink  back  unto  jjcrdition;  but 
of  them  that  have  faith  unto  the 
■*  saving  of  the  soul. 

nNow  faith  is  '"assurance 
of  things  ■'hoj)ed  for,  a  '^con- 
viction of  "  things  not  seen.  2  For 
therein  ''the  elders  'had  witness 
borne  to  them.  3  _Bj'  faith  we 
understand  that  the  '*  worlds  have 
been  framed  'by  the  "'word  of  God, 
so  that  what  is  seen  hath  "  not  been 
made  out  of  things  Avhich  appear. 
4  By  faith  "  Abel  oli'ered  unto  God 
a  more  excellent  sacrifice  than  Cain, 
through  which  he  'had  witness 
borne  to  him  that  he  was  righteous, 
^God  bearing  witness  "in  respect 
of  his  ''gifts:  and  through  it  he 
'being  dead  yet  speaketh.  5  By 
faith  'Enoch  was  translated  that 
he  should  not  "see  death;  and  he 
was  not  found,  because  God  trans- 
lated him:  '"for  he  hath  had  wit- 
ness borne  to  him  that  before  his 
translation  he  had  been  well-pleas- 
ing unto  God  :  6  and  without  faith 
it  is  impossible  to  be  well-iileasing 
unto  him;  for  he  that  'conaeth  to 
God  must  believe  that  he  is,  and 
that  he  is  a  rewarder  of  them  that 
seek  after  him.  ♦?  By  faith  "Noah, 
being  "warned  of  God  concerning 
"things  not  seen  as  yet,  •" moved 
with  godly  fear,  ^prepared  an  ark 
to  the  .saving  of  his  house  ;  through 
which  he  condemned  the  world,  and 
became  heir  of  -the  righteousness 
which  is  according  to  faith.  8  By 
faith  "Abraham,  when  he  was 
called,  obeyed  to  go  out  unto  a 
place  which  he  was  to  *  receive  for 
an  inheritance ;  and  he  went  out, 
not  knowing  whither  he  went.  9 
Bv  faith  he  oecame  a  sojourner  in 
'tne  land  of  promise,  as  in  a  land 
not  his  own,  "''dwelling  intents, 

1  Hab  ii  3f.  ...  ^. 

2  Some  ancient  authorities  read  the  Hnnleous 
one.  3  Gr.  of  sfirinhng  back  .  .  .  but  of  faith. 

*  Or,  (jninimi 

s  Or,  the  (/ii  iva-tub-^tnncf  to  ^  Or,  tfst 

t  Or.  aae'i.     Corap.  1  Tim  1.  17  marg 

9  The  Greek  text  in  this  clause  is  somewhat 

nncertain.  ■i  Or,  nver/uso'ft\     ^ 

10  Or,  for  before  htf  translation  he  hath  had 

witness  borne  to  him  that  he  <ic. 
u  Or,  having  taken  up  his  abode  tn  tents 


"  See  cb.  9. 

15 
t>  Comp. 

ver.  fc: 

Rev.  22.  20 
'  See  Mt.  11. 

3 
d  Comp. 

Rom.  1. 

17;  Gal.  3. 

U 
'  ch.  3.  14 

(Gr.) 
/Seech.  3.6 
"  See  Rom. 

8.  24; 

comp. 

2  Cor.  4. 

18  ;  5.  7  : 

ver.  7,  27 
A  Comp.  ch. 

1.  1 

*  ver.  4,  39 
kch.  1.  2 

'  Gen.  1. ; 

comp.  ch. 

1.2 
"'  See  ch.  G. 

5 :  comp. 

2  I'et.  3.  5 
"  Rom.  4.  17 
°  Gen.  4  4  ; 

Mt.  2;i.  35  ; 

1  Jn.  3.  12 
P  ch.  5.  1 
9  Gen.  4. 

8-10 ;  ch. 

12.24 
"•  Gen.  5.  21- 

24;  Kccliis. 

44.  lb ;  4;t. 

14 ;  comp. 

Wisd.  4. 

10  f. 

*  See  Lk.  2. 
26;  Jn.  8. 
51 ;  comp. 
ch.  2.  9 

t  Comp.  ch. 

7.19 
«  Gen.  6. 13- 

22 
"  See  ch.  8. 

5 ;  Ecclus. 

44.  17; 

Wisd. 

10.  4. 

*  Comp.  ch. 
5.7 

y  1  Pet.  3.  20 
^  Comp. 

Gen.  6.  9 ; 

Ezek.  14. 

14,  20; 

Rom.  4. 13 ; 

9.  30 
"  Gen.  12. 

1-4 ;  Acts 

7.  2-4 ; 

Ecclus.  44. 

19-21 
(-(Jen.  12.  7 
"^  Acts  7.  5 
dGen.  12.  8; 

13.  3,18; 

18.  1,  9 


'  Ecclus.  44. 

22  i.  ; 

comp.  ch. 

6.  17 
/ch.  12.  22; 

13.  14 
"  Rev.  21. 

14  ff. 
>>  ver.  16 
■Gen  17. 

19:18.  11- 

14  ;  21.  2 
*  See  ch.  10. 

23 
'  Rom.  4.  19 
"'  Gen  15.  5  ; 

22.  17  ;  32. 

12 

243 


with  Isaac  and  Jacob,  'the  heirs 
with  him  of  the  same  promise:  10 
for  he  looked  for  ■'the  city  which 
hath  "the  foundations,  *  whose 
'"builder  and  maker  is  God.  1 1  By 
faith  even  'Sarah  herself  receiA'ed 
power  to  conceive  seed  when  she 
was  past  age,  since  she  counted 
him  *  faithful  who  had  promised: 
12  wherefore  al.so  there  sprang  of 
one,  and  'him  as  good  as  dead,  "'so 
manij  as  the  stars  of  heaven  in 
multitude,  and  as  the  sand,  which 
is  by  the  sea-shore,  innumerable. 

13  "These all  died '''in  faith,  "not 
having  received  the  promises,  but 
''having  seen  them  and  greeted 
them  from  afar,  and  having  'con- 
fessed that  they  were  strangers 
and  pilgrims  on  tne  earth.  14  For 
they  that  say  such  things  make  it 
manifest  that  they  areseekingafter 
a  country  of  their  own.  15  And  if 
indeed  tney  had  been  mindful  of 
that  country  from  which  they  went 
out,  ""they  would  have  had  oppor- 
tunity to  return.  1 G  But  now  they 
desire  a  better  conntry,  that  is,  a 
"heavenly:  wherefore  'God  is  not 
ashamed  of  them,  to  be  "called  their 
God ;  for  "he  hath  prepared  for 
them  a  city. 

17  By  faith  'Abraham,  being 
tried,  "ofii'ered  up  Isaac:  yea,  he 
that  had  gladly  "received  the 
promises  was  ofl'cring  up  his  only 
taegotten  son;  18  even  Ae '^to  whom 
it  was  said,  '"''In  Isaacshall  thy  seed 
be  called :  1 9  accounting  that  "God 
is  able  to  raise  up,  even  from  the 
dead ;  from  whence  lie  did  also  in  a 
''figure  receive  him  back.  20  By 
faith  "Isaac  blessed  Jacob  and 
Esau,  even  concerning  things  to 
come.  21  By  faith  ''Jacob,  when 
he  was  dying,  blessed  each  of  the 
sons  of  Jo.seph  ;  and  "worshipped, 
leaning  upon  the  top  of  his  staff. 
22  By  faith  Moseph,  when  his  end 
was  nigh,  made  mention  of  the  de- 
parture of  the  children  of  Israel; 
and  gave  commandment  concern- 
ing his  bones.     23  By  faith  ^ Moses, 

"  Comp.  Mt.  13.  17  0  ver.  39  P  Comp.  Jn.  8.  56 ; 
ver  27     ''  Gen.  23.  4  :  47.  9  ;  Ps.  39.  12 ;  Eph.  2.  19 ; 

1  Pet.  1.  1 ;  2.  11      •■  Comp.  Gen.  24.  6-8      '  Comp. 

2  Tim.  4  IS  '  See  Mk.  8.  38 ;  comp.  ch.  2.  U 
"  Gen.  26.  24  :  2S.  13 ;  Ex.  3  6,  V> ;  4.  5  "'  ver.  10  ; 
comp.  Rev.  21.  2  "=  Gen.  22.  1-10;  Ecclus.  44.  20; 
1  Mace.  2.  52 ;  Jas.  2.  21  v  Comp.  ver.  13  '  Rom. 
9.  7  "  Comp  Rom.  4.  21  >>  Comp  oh.  9.  9  '  Gen. 
27.  27-2!t ;  39  f .  «'  Gen.  48.  1,  5,  16,  20  •  Gen.  47. 
31  (Sept.) ;  comp.  1  K.  1.  47  /Gen.  50.  24  t. ;  comp. 
Ex.  13.  19    "  Ex.  2.  2  (comp.  Sept.) 


1*  Or,  arrhiieit 
13  Gr.  nrrording  to. 
i«  Gr.  hath  offered  up. 


14  Or,  of 

1«  Gen.  XII.  12. 


11.24 


HEBREWS 


12.9 


Past  Triamphs  should  be  Present  Inriteffleots.    The  Heavenly  Father's  Chastening  Fraitfal 


when  he  was  born,  was  hid  three 
months  by  his  parents,  because 
they  saw  he  was  a  goodly  child ; 
and  they  were  not  afraid  of  the 
''king's  commandment.  24  By 
faith  Moses,  *when  he  was  grown 
up,  refused  to  be  called  the  son  of 
Pharaoh's  daughter;  25  choosing 
rather  to  "  share  ill  treatment  with 
the  people  of  God,  than  to  enjoy 
the  pleasures  of  sin  for  a  season; 

26  ''accounting  the  reproach  of 
^Christ  greater  riches  than  the 
treasures  of  Egypt:  for  he  looked 
unto  the  'recompense  of  reward. 

27  By  faith  he  -^forsook  Egypt, 
not  "fearing  the  wrath  of  the  king: 
for  he  enduvecl,  as  ''seeing  him  who 
is  invisible.  28  By  faith  he  '" '  kept 
the  passover,  and  the  sprinkling 
of  the  blood,  that  *the  destroyer 
of  the  firstborn  should  not  touch 
them.  29  By  faith  they  'passed 
through  the  Red  sea  as  by  drj^  land : 
which  the  Egyptians  assaying  to  do 
were  swallowed  up.  30  By  faith 
"'the  walls  of  .Jericho  fell  down, 
"after  they  had  been  compassed 
about  for  seven  days.  3 1  By  faith 
"'Rahab  the  harlot  perished  not  with 
them  that  were  disobedient,  having 
received  the  spies  with  peace. 

32  And  what  shall  I  more  sayl 
for  the  time  will  fail  me  if  I  tell  of 
P  Gideon,  '^  Barak,  ''  Samson,  *  Jeph- 
thah ;  of  'David  and  "Samuel  and 
the  prophets :  33  who  through  faith 
"  subdued  kingdoms,  "  wrought 
righteousness,  *  obtained  promises, 
^stopped  the  mouths  of  lions,  34 
''quenched  the  power  of  fire,  ''es- 
caped the  edge  of  the  sword,  from 
weakness  were  made  strong,  "waxed 
mighty  in  war,  "^  turned  to  flight 
armies  of  aliens.  3.5  ''  Women  re- 
ceived their  dead  by  a  resurrection : 
and  othei's  were  ^"tortured,  not 
accepting  ^ their  deliverance;  -^that 
they  might  obtain  a  better  resur- 
rection: 36  and  others  had  trial  of 
''mockings  and  scourgings,  yea, 
moreover  of  ''  bonds  and  imprison- 
ment:  37  they  were  'stoned,  they 
were  *sawn  asunder,  they  were 
tempted,  they  were  '  slain  with  the 
sword :  they  went  about  ™  in  sheeiD- 
skins,  in  goatskins ;  being  desti- 
tute, afflicted,  "ill-treated  38  Cof 
whom  the  world  was  not  worthy), 
•p  '.vandering  in  deserts  and  moun- 
tains and   caves,  and  the  holes  of 

1  Or,  /he  Christ    Comp.  1  Cor.  10.  4. 

2  Or.  instituted    Gr.  hath  made. 

8  Or,  beaten  to  death  *  Gr.  the  redemption. 


■»  Ex.  1.  16, 

22 
>>  Ex.  2. 10, 

11  ff. 
"  Comp. 

ver.  37 
d  Comp.  Lk. 

14.  33 ; 

Phil.  3.  7  f . 
«  See  ch.  2.  2 
/Ex.  12. 

50  f .  ;  13. 

17  f.; 
comp.  2.  13 

!'  Ex.  10. 

23£.  , 

comp.  2.  14 
''  Comp. 

ver.  1,  13; 

see  Col.  1. 

15 
'  Ex  12. 

21  ff. 
k  Ex.  12.  23, 

29  f.; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  10. 
10 

'  Ex.  14. 

22-29 
'"  Josh.  6.  20 
"  Josh.  6. 

13  f. 
0  Josh.  2. 

9  ff .  ;  6.  23  ; 

Jas.  2.  25 
P  Judg.  6.-3. 
4  Judg.  4.-5. 
""  Judg.  13.- 

16. 
'  Judg.  11.- 

12. 
1 1  S.  16.  1, 

13 
"  1  S.  1.  20 
"  Comp. 

Judg.  4., 

7.,  11.,  14. ; 

2  S.  5.  17  ; 
8.  2  ;  10.  12 

^  Comp.  1  S. 

12.  4  ;  2  S. 

8.  15 
v  Comp.  2  S. 

(.  11  f. 
^  Dau.  6.  22  ; 

1  Mace.  2. 

60 ;  comp. 

Judg.  14. 

6  ;  1  S.  17. 

34 
"  Dan.  3. 

23  If.  ; 

1  Mace.  2. 

59 
6  Ex.  18.  4  ; 

1  S.  18.  11 ; 

19.  10 ;  Ps. 

144  10; 

1  K.  19. ; 

2  K.  6. 
'^  Comp. 

Judg.  7. 

21 ;  15.  8, 

15  f . :  1  S. 

17.  51  f.  ; 

2  S.  8.  1-6 ; 

10. 15  ff.  : 

1  Mace.  5. 

1-7,  21.  28  f. 
d\K.  17.  23 ; 

2K.  4.  36f. 
"  2  Mace.  6. 

18  ff.  ;  7. 

/  2  Mace.  7. 

9, 14,  23, 

29 
"  2  Mace.  7. 

1,  7,  10 
A  Gen.  39. 

20 ;  Jer.  20. 

2;  37.  15 
*  2  Chr.  24. 

21 ;  comp. 

1  K.  21.  13 

244 


the  earth.  39  And  these  all,  hav- 
ing 'had  witness  borne  to  them 
through  their  faith,  ''received  not 
the  promise,  40  God  having  ^pro- 
videcl  'some  better  thing  concern- 
ing us,  that  'apart  from  us  they 
should  not  be  made  perfect. 

to  Therefore  let  "  us  also,  see- 
w  ing  we  are  compassed  about 
with  so  great  a  cloud  of  witnesses, 
'lay  aside  every  '^weight,  and  the 
sin  which  '^  doth  so  easily  beset  us, 
and  let  us  -^run  with  **  patience 
the  race  that  is  set  before  us,  2 
looking  unto  Jesus  the  ''^author 
and  perfecter  of  ow  faith,  who  for 
the  joy  that  was  set  before  him 
"endured  the  cross,  ''despising 
shame,  and  hath  ''sat  down  at  the 
right  hand  of  the  throne  of  God. 
3  For  ''consider  him  that  hath  en- 
dured such  gainsaying  of  sinners 
against  ^"^ himself,  that  ye  wax  not 
weary,  "fainting  in  your  souls.  4 
■^Ye  have  not  yet  resisted  ^unto 
blood,  striving  against  sin :  5  and 
ye  have  forgotten  the  exhoitation 
which  reasoneth  with  you  as  with 
sons, 

"My  son,  regard  not  lightly  the 
chastening  of  the  Lord, 

Nor  "faint  when  thou  art  re- 
proved of  him ; 

6  For  ''whom  the  Lord  loveth  he 

chasteneth, 
And  scourgeth  every  son  whom 
he  receiveth. 

7  ^^It  is  for  chastening  that  ye  en- 
dure ;  'God  dealeth  with  you  as 
with  sons ;  for  what  son  is  there 
whom  his  father  chasteneth  not? 

8  But  if  ye  are  without  chasten 
ing,  *' whereof  all  have  been  made 
partakers,  then  are  ye  bastards, 
and  not  sons.  9  Furthermore,  we 
had  the  fathers  of  our  fiesh  to 
chasten   us,  and   we  'gave    them 

t  Co.ap.  2  S.  12.  31 ;  1  Chr.  20.  3  '1  K.  19.  10 :  Jer. 
26.  23  '"  Comp.  1  K.  19.  13, 19  :  2  K.  2.  8, 13  f. :  Zeeh. 
13.  4  "  Comp.  ver.  25 :  cU.  13.  3  °  Comp.  Ecclus. 
48.  12-15      1'  Comp.  1  K.  18.  4,  13 ;  19.  9 ;  1  Mace.  2. 

31 ;  2  Mace.  5.  27  :  6.  11 ;  10.  6 «  See  ver.  2    •"  ver. 

13 :  ch.  10  36  '  Comp.  ver.  16  '  Comp.  Rev.  6.  U 
"  Comp.  ch.  10.  39  "  See  Eph.  4.  22  (Gr.) :  comp. 
Rom.  13.  12  ''SeelCor.  9.  24;Gal.  2.2  "Seech. 
10.36  =  Comp.  ch.  2. 10  "  ch.  2.  9 ,  Phil.  2.  8  f . 
b  Comp.  1  Cor.  1.  18,  23  ;  ch.  13. 13  "  See  ch.  1.  3 
rf  See  Mt.  10.  24 ;  Rev.  2.  3  '  See  Gal.  6.  9  ;  ver.  5 
f  ch.  10.  32  ff . ;  13.  13  "  Comp.  Phil.  2.8:2  Maoc. 
13.  14  ''  Ps.  119.  75 ;  Judith  8.  27  ;  2  Mace.  6.  12 ; 
Rev.  3.  19  i  Dt.  8.  5 ;  2  S.  7.  14 ;  comp.  Prov.  13. 
24  ;  19.  18  ;  23.  T  3  f.  ;  Wlsd.  11.  10    *  Comp.  1  Pet.  5. 

9  '  Comp.  Lk.  18.  2 


5  Or,  foreseen  ^  Or,  encumhrance 

'  Or,  dotti  closely  cling  to  us    Or.  is  admired 
ofmnvy         ^  Or,  stedfaxtness        »  Or.  captain 

10  Many  ancient  authorities   read   ihemselvei. 
Comp.  Num  16.  38.  n  Prov.  iii.  11  f. 

12  Or,  Endure  vnto  chastening 


12.10 


HEBREWS 


13.5 


Warning  rrom  Esaa's  Case.    The  Christian's  Privileges  and  Obligations.    Sorial  and  Relijirions  Daties  enjoined 


reverence :  shall  we  not  much 
rather  be  in  subjection  unto  "the 
Father  of  J  spirits,  and  ''live'?  10 
For  they  indeed  for  a  few  days 
chastened  as  as  si-emed  good  to 
them;  but  he  for  (>»r  profit, 'that 
we  may  be  partakers  of  hi^,  holiness. 
11  All  chastening  seenieth'^for  the 
present  to  be  not  joyous  but  griev- 
ous ;  yet  afterward  it  yieldeth 
'peaceable  fruit  unto  them  that 
have  been  exercised  thereby,  eve?i 
the  fruit  of  righteousness.  12 
Wherefore  -'•'^lift  uj)  the  hands 
that  hang  down,  and  the  palsied 
knees;  13  and  ^nuike  straight 
paths  for  your  feet,  that  that  which 
IS  lame  be  not  ^turned  out  of  the 
'.vay,  but  rather  ''  be  healed. 

14  'Follow  after  peace  with  all 
men,  and  the  *sanctiiication  with- 
out which  no  man  shall  'see  the 
Lord:  15  looking  carefullj-  ■*lest 
there  be  any  man  that  ''"'falleth 
short  of  the  grace  of  God  ;  lest  any 
"root  of  bitterjiess  springing  up 
trouble  mn,  and  thereby  the  many 
be  "defiled  ;  16  ''lest  there  he  any 
**  fornicator,  or  *  profane  person,  as 
Esau,  ^who  for  one  mess  of  meat 
sold  his  own  birthright.  17  For 
ye  know  that  even  'when  he  after- 
ward desired  to  inherit  the  bless- 
ing, he  was  "  rejected  ;  for  he  found 
no  place  for  a  change  of  mind  in 
his  father,  though  he  sought  it  dili- 
gently with  tears. 

18  'For  ye  are  not  come  unto 
'' ^ a  mount  that  might  be  touched, 
and  that  burned  with  fire,  and 
unto  blackness,  and  darkness,  and 
tempest,  19  and  the  'sound  of  a 
trumpet,  and  the  "" voice  of  words; 
which  voice  they  that  heard  "  en- 
treated that  no  word  more  should 
be  spoken  unto  them ;  20  for  they 
could  not  endure  that  which  was 
enjoined,  *  If  even  a  beast  touch 
the  mountain,  it  shall  be  stoned ; 
21  and  so  fearful  was  the  appear- 
ance, that  Moses  said,  'I  exceed- 
ingly fear  and  quake:  22  but  ^ye 
are  come  unto  mount  Zion,  and 
unto  "the  city  of  ''the  living  God, 
"the  heavenly  Jerusalem,  '''and  to 
^'  **  innumerable    hosts    of   angels, 

1  Or.  our  spirit!)  -  Or.  mnhf  straight. 

»  Or,  put  nut  nf  joint         *  Or,  whether 

»  Ot,  falleth  bark  from 

*  Or,  rejected  (for  he  found  no  place  of  repent- 
ance), d-c.  Or,  reject fii ;  for  .  .  .  ij  repentance 
*e.    Comp.  ch  6.  6 ;  2  Esdr.  9.  U  :  Wisd:  12. 10. 

^  Or,  a  palpable  and  kindled  fire 

8  Ex.  xix.  12  f.  9  Dt  ix.  1<) 

1*  Or,  and  to  innumerable  hosts,  the  general 
assembly  nf  angels,  and  the  church  Ji'c. 

u  Gr.  myriads  of  angels. 


"  Num.  16. 

•U\  27.  16; 

comp. 

Kev    'n.  6 
b  Comp.  Is. 

aa.  lb 
"^  See  2  Pet. 

1.4 
rf  C'orap. 

1  Pet.  1.  6 
''  Jaa.  i. 

17  1.; 
comp.  Is. 
»J.  17  ; 

2  Tim.  4.  8 
/Comp.  Is. 

■ih.  3; 

Ecclus.  23. 

23 
"  Comp. 

IVov.  4. 

26 ;  Gal.  2. 

14 
A  J  as.  5.  16- 

comp.  Gal. 

6  1 
'  See  Rom. 

14.  19 
k  Kom.  6. 

22 ;  comp. 

ver.  in 
'  See  Mt.  5. 

8;  comp. 

ch.  9.  28 
'"  ch.  4.  1 ; 

comp. 

2  Cor.  6.  1 ; 

Gal.  h.  4 
"  Dt.  29.  18 
"Tit.  1.  15 
''oh.  13.  4 
«  See  1  Tim. 

1.9 
>■  Gen.  25. 

33  f. 
'  Gen.  27. 

30-40 
'  ver.  18  ff. : 

comp. 

2  Cor.  3. 

7-13 
"  Ex.  19.  12, 

16  ff.  ;  20. 

18 ;  Dt.  4. 

11 ;  5.  22 
"  Ex.  19.  IC, 

19 ;  20.  18  ; 

comp.  Mt. 

24.  31 
^Dt.  4.12; 

comp.  Ex. 

19.  19 
y  Ex.  20.  19  ; 

Dt.  5.  26 ; 

18.  16 
-  Rev.  14  1 
"  See  ch.  11. 

10;  comp. 

Eph.  2.  IN : 

Phil.  3.  20; 

Rev.  21.  2 
i"  See  ch.  3. 

12 
"  See  Gal.  4. 

26 ;  comp. 

ch.  11.  16 
d  Rev.  5.  11 


23  to  tlie  general  assembly  and 
''church  of  the  firstborn  who  •'are 
enrolled  in  heaven,  and  to  God 
■■'the  Judge  of  all,  and  to  the 
'*  spirits  of  just  men  made  i^erfect, 

24  and  to  Jesus  the  'mediator  of 
a  new  covenant,  and  to  the  blood 
of  *  sprinkling  thatspeaketh  better 
'-  than  '  that  o/"  Abel.  25  '"  See  that 
ye  refuse  not  him  that  "  speaketh. 
For  "  if  they  escaped  not  when  they 
''  refused  him  that  ^  warned  them  on 
earth,  nmcli  more  shall  not  we  es- 
c«i.»e  who  turn  awaj'from  him  "that 
''warneth  h'om  heaven:  26  ''whose 
voice  then  shook  the  earth :  but 
now  he  hath  promised,  saying, 
"Yet  once  more  will  1  make  to  trem- 
ble not  the  earth  only,  but  also  the 
lieaven.  27  And  this  woixl.  Yet 
once  more,  signifieth*  the  removing 
of  those  things  that  are  shaken,  as 
of  things  that  liave  been  made, 
that  those  things  which  are  not 
shaken  may  remain.  2-'^  Where 
fore,  receiving  a  '  kingdom  that 
cannot  be  shaken,  let  us  have 
'^ grace,  whereby  we  may  "offer 
service  well-pleasing  to  God  with 
'"^reverence  and  awe:  29  for  "our 
God  is  a  consuming  fire. 

-i  O  Let  ''love  of  the  brethren 
J-  O  continue.  2  Forget  not  to 
•"  show  love  unto  strangers :  for 
thereby  some  have  -entertained 
angels    unawares.      3  "  Eemember 

*  them  that  are  in  bonds,  as  bound 
with  them ;  them  that  are  ill- 
treated,  as  being  yourselves  also 
in  the  bod5\  4  "Let  marriage  l>e 
had  in  honor  among  all,  and  let  the 
bed  be  undefiled  :  ''for  fornica- 
tors and  adulterers  God  will  judge. 
5  "Be  ye  ''free  from  the  love  of 
money  ;  -'content  with  such  things 
as  ye  have :  for  himself  hath  said, 
"*I  will  in  no  wise  fail  thee,  neither 
will  I   in  any  wise  forsake  thee. 

'  See  1  Tim  2.  5 ;  ch.  8.  6  ;  9.  15  *  Comp.  ch.  9. 
19  ;  10.  22 ;  1  Pet.  1.2  '  See  ch.  11  4  "'  Comp. 
<h.  3.  12  "  See  ch.  1.  1  "  See  ch.  2.  2  f.  :  10.  28  f. 
'■  Comp.  ver.  lOiGr  )  «  See  ch.  8.  5;  U  7  ''Ex. 
19.  18;  comp.  Judp.  5.  4  f.  » :-<se  1  Cor.  7.  31; 
comp.  Rom.  8.  19,  21 ;  ch.  1.  10  ff. ;  Js.  34.  4  ;  54.  10  : 
6.^.  17      '  Comp.  Dan.  2.  44      "  ch.  13.  15 ;  comp.  21 

•  Dt.  4.  24  ;  9.  3 ;  Is.  33.  14 :  see  2  Th.  1.  7 ;  comp. 
ch.  10.  27,  n  ^  See  Rom.  12.  10  ;  i  Th.  4  9  :  1  Pet. 
1.  22  "  See  Mt.  25.  35;  Rom.  12.  13;  1  Pet.  4.  9 
'  Gen.  18.  3 ;  19.  2  "  Col.  4.  IS  b  ch.  10.  34 ;  Mt. 
2.5.  36  '  1  Cor.  7.  38 :  comp.  1  Tim.  4.  3  <l  See 
1  Cor.  6.  9 :  Oal.  5.  19.  21 ;  1  tli.  4  6  '  See  1  Tim. 
3.  3  ;  comp.  Eph.  5.  3  ;  Col.  3.  5    /  See  Phil.  4.  11 


>»0r,  than  Abel 


1*  Hae.  ii.  6. 


>s  Or,  that  in  from  heaven 

i»  Or,  thnvkfulness    Comp.  1  Cor.  10.  30. 

l<!  Or,  aodlyffor    Comp.  ch.  5.  7. 

1"  Or.  Let  your  turn  of  mind  be/ree. 

iSDt.  xxzi.  6;  Josh.  i.  5. 


13.6 


HEBEEWS 


13.25 


Prayers  and  other  Matters  Personal.    Salatation.    Benediction 


6  So  that  with  good  courage  we 
say, 

^  The  Lord  is  my  helper ;  I  will 
not  fear : 

What  shall  man  do  unto  me  ? 

7  Remember  "  them  that  had  the 
rule  over  you,  men  that  spake  unto 
you  *  the  word  of  God ;  and  con- 
sidering "  the  issue  of  their  -  life, 
''imitate  their  faith.  8  "Jesus 
Christ  is  the  same  yesterday  and 
to-day,  yea  and  ^for  ever.  9  -^Be 
not  carried  away  by  divers  and 
strange  teachings  :  for  it  is  good 
that  the  heart  ^  be  established  by 
grace;  not  by  ''meats,  'wherein 
they  that  •*  occupied  themselves 
were  not  profited.  10  We  have 
an  altar,  *  whereof  they  have  no 
right  to  eat  that  '  serve  the  taber- 
nacle. 1 1  For  ™the  bodies  of  those 
beasts  whose  blood  is  brought  into 
the  holy  place  ^  by  the  high  priest 
as  an  offering  for  sin,  are  burned 
without  the  camp.  12  Wherefore 
Jesus  also,  "  that  he  might  sanctify 
the  people  "  through  his  own  blood, 
suffered  -^  without  the  gate.  1 3  Let 
us  therefore  go  fortli  unto  him 
without  the  camp,  *  bearing  his 
reproach.  14  For  ''we  have  not 
here  an  abiding  city,  but  we  seek 
after  Hhe  city  which  is  to  come. 
i  5  '  Through  him  ^  then  let  us  offer 
up  a  "sacrifice  of  praise  to  God 
continually,  that  is,  "  the  fruit  of 
lips  which  make  confession  to  his 
name.  16  But  to  do  good  and  to 
•^communicate  forget  not:  for 
^with  such  sacrifices  God  is  well 
pleased.  17  Obey  "them  that 
nave  the  rule  over  you,  and  submit 
to  them  :  for  ^  they  watch  in  be- 
half of  your  souls,   as    they  that 

1  Ps.  cxviii.  6. 

2  Gr.  manner  of  life.  3  Gr.  unto  the  ages. 
*  Gr.  walked.  5  Gr.  through. 

^  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  then. 


°  ver.  17, 24 ; 
comp. 

1  Cor.  16. 
16 

b  Lk.  5.  1, 

&c. 
"^  Comp. 

Wisd.  2. 

17 ;  8.  8 
d  ch.  6.  12 
*■  Comp. 

2  Cor.  1. 
19 ;  ch.  1. 
12 

/Eph.  4.  14; 

comp. 

Jade  12 
"2  001.1. 

21 ;  Col.  2. 

7 
h  See  Col.  2. 

16 
!  Comp.  ch. 

9.  10 
k  Comp. 

1  Cor.  10. 
18 

'  Comp.  ch. 

8.5 
'"  Ex.  29.  14  ; 

Lev.  4.  12, 

21 ,  9.  11 ; 

16.  27; 

Num.  19. 

3,  7 
"  See  Eph. 

S.  26 , 

comp.  ch. 

2.11 
"  ch.  9.  12 
P  Comp.  Jn. 

19.  17 

9  ch.  11.  26 ; 
comp.  12. 

2  ;  Lk.  9.  23 
*■  ch.  10.  34  ; 

12.  27 
'  ch.  11.  10, 

16  ;  12.  22  ; 

comp.  2. 

5 ;  see 

Eph.  2.  19 
1 1  Pet.  2.  5 
"  Lev.  7.  12 
"  Is.  57.  19 ; 

Hos.  14. 

2  marg. 
"  See  Rom. 

12.  13 
y  Phil.  4.  18 
'  Is.  62.  6  ; 

Ezek.  3. 

17 ;  Acts 

20.  28 


"  See  1  Th. 

5.  25 
*>  See  Acts 

24.  16 ; 

1  Tim.  1.  5 


shall  give  account ;  that  they  may 
do  this  with  joy,  and  not  with 
'grief:  for  this  were  unprofitable 
for  you. 

18  "Pray  for  us  :  for  we  are  per- 
suaded that  we  have  a  *  good  con- 
science, desiring  to  live  honorably 
in  all  things.  19  And  I  exhort 
you  the  moi'e  exceedingly  to  do 
this,  Hhat  I  may  be  restored  to 
you  the  sooner. 

20  Now  ''  the  God  of  peace,  who 
''brought  again  from  the  dead  the 
•'^  great    shepherd    of     the     sheep 

*  with  "  the  bloorl  of  an  ''  eternal 
covenant,  even  our  Lord  Jesus, 
21  *make  you  perfect  in  every 
good  ^  thing  to  do  his  will,  *  work- 
ing in  ^^  us  that  '  which  is  well- 
pleasing  in  his  sight,  through 
Jesus  Christ ;  '"  to  whom  be  the 
glory  "  for  ever  and  ever.    Amen. 

22  But  "I  exhort  you,  "brethren, 
bear  with  the  "word  of  exhorta- 
tion :  for  ^  I  have  written  unto  you 
in  few  words.  23  Know  ye  that 
*our  brother  Timothy  hath  been 
set  at  liberty ;  with  whom,  if  he 
come  shortly,  I  will  see  you. 

24  Salute  all  ""them  that  have 
the  rule  over  you,  and  all  the 
'saints.  ^'^They  of  'Italy  salute 
you. 

25  "Grace  be  with  you  all. 
Amen. 

'  Comp.  Philem.  22  d  See  Rom.  15.  33  '  See  Acts 
2.  24  :  comp.  Rom.  10.  7  /  Comp.  Is.  63.  11  .marg.  ; 
Jn.  10.  11 ;  1  Pet.  2.  25  »  Zech.  9.  11 ;  ch.  10.  29 
h  Is.  55.  3  ;  Jer.  32.  40  ;  Ezek.  37.  26       '  1  Pet.  5.  10 

*  See  Phil.  2.  13  '  1  Jn.  3.  22  ;  ch.  12.  28  '"  See 
Rom.  11.  36  "  ver.  19 ;  comp.  ch.  3  13 ;  10.  25 ; 
12.  5 ;  Acts  13.  15  "  See  ch.  3.  1  ?'  Comp.  1  Pet. 
5.  12  ''  See  Acts  16.  1 ;  Col.  1. 1  ''  ver.  7  »  See 
Acts  9. 13    '  See  Acts  18.  2    "  See  Col.  4. 18 


7  Gr.  groaning.  8  Or,  by    Gr.  in. 

s  Many  ancient  authorities  read  work. 
1"  Many  ancient  authorities  read  you. 

11  Gr.  unto  the  ages  of  the  ages. 

12  Or,  The  brethren  from  &c. 


246 


THE   EPISTLE   OF 
JAMES 


Iddress  and  firceting.    Pray  in  F.-iith.    Rejoice  in  Lowliness.    Temptation  rot  from  Cod.    Be  Doers  of  the  Word 


1' "  James,  a  - ''  servant  of  God 
and  "  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
to  ''the  twelve  tribes  which  ai'e  of 
'the  Dispei'sion,  ■'•'^ greeting. 

2  "  Count  it  all  joy,  my  breth- 
ren, when  ye  fall  into  ''  manifold 

*  temptations ;  3  knowing  that 
'the  proving  of  your  *  faith  work- 
eth  *' patience.  4  And  let  *' pa- 
tience nave  its  perfect  work,  that 

J?e   may  be  '"perfect  and   entire, 
acking  in  nothing. 

5  But  if  any  of  you  "lacketh 
w;isdom,  let  him  ask  of  God,  who 
giveth  to  all  liberally  and  "up- 
oraideth  not ;  and  -f  it  shall  be 
given  him.  6  But  let  him  '^ask  in 
faith,  "■  nothing  doubting:  for  he 
that  doubteth  is  like  the  surge  of 
the  sea  'driven  by  the  wind  and 
tossed.  7  For  let  not  that  man 
think  "^that  he  shall  receive  any- 
thing of  the  Lord;  8  a  'double- 
minoed  man,  "unstable  in  all  his 
ways. 

9  "But  let  the  brother  of  low 
degree  glory  in  his  high  estate : 
10  and  the  rich,  in  that  he  is  made 
low  :  because  ""as  the  flower  of  the 
grass  he  shall  pass  away.  1 1  For 
the  sun  ariseth  with  ^  the  scorching 
wind,  and  ^withereth  the  grass; 
and  the  flower  thereof  falleth,  and 
the  grace  of  the  fashion  of  it  per- 
isheth :  so  also  sliall  the  rich  man 
fade  away  in  his  goings. 

12°  Blessed  is  the  man  that  en- 
dureth  temptation ;  for  when  he 
hath  been  approved,  he  shall  re- 
ceive *  the  crown  of  life,  which  the 
Lord  "  promised  to  them  that ''  love 
him.  13  Let  no  man  say  when  he 
is  tempted, '  I  am  tempted  '  of  God  ; 
for  God  *  cannot  be  tempted  with 

*  evil,  and  he  himself  tempteth  no 
man:  l-l  but  each  man  is '"tempted, 

I  Or,  Jacob  *  Gr.  bond>errant. 

3  Gr.  uishflh  joy.  «  Or,  trialt 
*  Or,  stedfastnrss 

6  Or,  thnt  a  doubleminded  man,  unstable  in 
all  his  ways,  shall  receive  anything  of  the  Lord 

~  QtT.frmn.  ^  Or,  is  untried  in  evil 

9  Gr.  evil  things. 

1"  Or,  tempte'i  by  his  own  lust,  being  dra\cn 
9way  by  it,  and  enticed. 


"  See  Acts 

12.  17  (?) ; 

Acts  12. 

2  (?) 
i- See  Tit.  1. 

1 
'  Horn.  1.  1 ; 

2  Pet.  1.  1 ; 

Jude  1 
il  Lk,  22.  30  ; 

Acts  26.  7 
'  1  Pet.  1.  1 ; 

comp. 

Phil.  3.  20; 

Heb.  13. 

14;  Ju.  7. 

35  (?) 
/  See  Acts 

15.23 
"  See  Mt.  5. 

12;  comp. 

Ter.  12 ; 

ch.  5.  li 
''  1  Pet.  1.  6 
i  1  Pet.  1.  7 
*•■  Comp. 

Heb.  <i.  12 
'  See  Lk.  21. 

1!) 
"'  Comp.  ch. 

3.  2 ;  Mt. 
\    5.  48  ;  Col. 
I    4.12; 

1  Til.  5.  23 
"  1  K.  3. 

y  ft'.  ; 

Prov.  2. 

3-6;  Wisd. 

9.  6 ;  comp. 

ch.  3  17 
"  Comp. 

Eccliis.  20. 

15;  41.  22 
J"  See  Mt.  7.  7 
1  See  Mt.  21. 

21 
'■Mk.  11.23; 

Acts  10.  20 
'  Comp. 

Eph.  4. 

14  (Mt.  14. 

23-311 
e  ch.  4.  8 
"  Sec  2  Pet. 

2.14 
"'  Lk.  14.  11 
^  1 1'et.  1. 

24 ;  comp. 

1  Cor.  7.  31 
y  See  Mt.  20. 

12 
'  Is.  40  7  f . ; 

Ps.  102.  4, 

11 
°  Comp,  ch. 

5.  11 ;  Lk. 

6.  22 ; 

1  Pet.  3. 

14;  4.  14 
!>  See  1  Cor. 

9.  25 
"=  ch.  2.  5 : 

Ex.  20.  6 
d  1  Cor.  2.  9 ; 

see  1  Cor. 

8  3 
•  Ecclus.  15. 

llf..20; 

comp.  Gen. 

22.1 

247 


ting     a^vay 
overflowing 
with 


when  he  is  drawn  away  by  his  own 
lust,  and  enticc^d.  15  Then  the  lust, 
•^when  it  hath  conceived,  beareth 
sin  :  and  the  "sin,  when  it  is  full- 
grown,  bringeth  forth  death.  16 
''Be  not  deceived,  'my  beloved 
brethren.  17  Every  good  "gift 
and  every  perfect  gift  is  *from 
above,  coming  down  from  'the 
Father  of  lights,  '"with  whom  can 
be  no  variation,  neither  shadow 
that  is  cast  by  turning.  1 8  Of  "  his 
own  will  he  "brought  us  forth  by 
^the  word  of  truth,  that  we  should 
be  a  kind  of  «firstfruits  of  his 
creatures. 

19  ^'^''Ye  know  this,  'my  beloved 
brethren.  But  let  every  man  be 
'swift  to  hear,  'slow  to  speak, 
"slow  to  wrath  :  20  for  "the  wrath 
of  man  worketh  not  the  righteous- 
ness of  God.  21  Wherefore  ^put- 
all  filthiness  and 
of  ^^  wickedness,  re- 
meekness  *  the  "  im- 
planted word,  which  is  able  to  save 
your  souls.  22  '  But  be  ye  doers  of 
the  word,  and  not  hearers  only,  de- 
luding your  own  selves.  23  For  if 
any  one  is  a  liearer  of  the  ^\'ord  and 
not  a  doer,  he  is  like  unto  a  man 
beholding  '''his  natural  face  "in  a 
mirror :  24  for  he  beholdeth  him- 
self, and  goeth  away,  and  straight- 
way forgetteth  what  manner  of 
man  he  was.  25  But  lie  that  look- 
eth  into  the  perfect  law,  *the  laiv 
of  liberty,  and  .w  continueth,  being 
not  a  hearer  that  forgetteth  but  a 
doer  that  worketh,  this  man  shall 

.''  Comp.  Job  15.  a5 ;  Ps.  7. 14 ;  Is.  59. 4        "Sea 

Rom.  5.  12 ;  6.  23     '•  See  1  Cor.  6.  9     •  ver.  19 ;  ch. 

2.  5:  comp.  cli.  1.  2;  2.  1.  14;  3.  1,  10;  5.  12,  19, 
comp.  ch.  4.  11 ;  see  Acts  1.  15    *■•  ch.  3.  15, 17  ;  Jn. 

3.  3  marg.  '  Ps.  136.  7  :  comp.  1  Ju.  1.  5  "*  Mai.  3 
6  "  See  Ju.  1.  13  "  Comp.  ver.  is ;  1  Pet.  1.  3,  23 
''  See  2  Cor.  6.  7 ;  Eph.  1. 13 ;  2  Tim.  2. 15  «  Jer.  2. 
3 :  Rev.  14.  4  ■•  Comp,  1  Jn.  2.  21  •  Ecclus.  5. 11 
'  Prov.  10.  19 ;  17.  27  ;  Ecclus.  4.  20  "  Prov.  16.  32 ; 
Eccl.  7.  9  "  Mt.  5.  22 ;  Eph.  4.  26  ^  See  Eph.  4.  22 . 
1  Pet.  2.1  yiPet.l.  22 f  :  comp.  Epli.  1.13  =  ver. 
22-25:  comp.  Mt.  7.  24-27  (Lk  6.  4(^49);  see  Rom. 
2.  IS ;  ch.  2  14-20  "  Comp.  1  Cor.  13  12  t-  ch.  2. 
12 ;  see  Gal.  2.  4 ;  Jn.  8.  32 ;  comp.  Rom.  8.  2 ,  GaL 
6.  2 ;  1  Pet.  2.  16 


11  Or,  givinrj 
li  Or,  Know  ye 
18  Or,  malice 


14  Or,  inborn 

15  Gr.  the  face  of  his  birth. 


1.26 


JAMES 


3.3 


Fnre  Religion  defined.    Against  over-regard  for  Wealth.    "  Faith  apart  from  Works  is  dead  " 


be  "blessed  in  his  doing.  26  If 
any  man  '■  thinketh  himself  to  be 
religious,  while  he  '  bridleth  not 
his  tongue  but  deceiveth  his  heart, 
this  man's  religion  is  vain.  27  Pure 
religion  and  undefiled  °  before  our 
God  and  Father  is  this,  to  ''visit 
*  the  fatherless  and  widows  in  their 
alFiiction,  a7id  to  keep  oneself  un- 
spotted from  -^the  world, 
r)  ^  My  brethren,  ^  hold  not ''  the 
^  faith  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 
'  the  Lord  of  glory,  with  *  respect  of 
persons.  2  For  if  there  come  into 
your  ^  synagogue  a  man  with  a  gold 
ring,  in  'hne  clothing,  and  there 
come  in  also  a  poor  man  in  ""  vile 
clothing ;  3  and  ye  have  regard  to 
him  that  weareth  the  '  fine  cloth- 
ing, and  say,  8it  thou  here  in  a 
good  place ;  and  ye  say  to  the  poor 
man.  Stand  thou  there,  or  sit  under 
my  footstool ;  4  ■*  do  ye  not  make 
distinctions  ^among  youi'selves,  and 
become  judges  "  with  evil  thoughts  1 
5  Hearken,  ^  my  beloved  brethren  ; 
did  not "  God  choose  them  that  are 
poor  as  to  the  world  to  be  ^  rich  in 
faith,  and  « heirs  of  the  kingdom 
which  he  ''promised  to  them  that 
love  him?  6  But  ye  have  dishon- 
ored the  poor  man.  Do  not  the 
rich  oppress  you,  and  themselves 
'drag  you  before  the  judgment- 
seats'?  7  'Do  not  they  blaspheme 
the  honorable  name  •'by  which  ye 
are  called'?  8  Howbeit  if  ye 
"fulfil  the  royal  law,  according  to 
the  scripture, ''  Thou  shalt  love  thy 
neighbor  as  thyself,   ye  do  well : 

9  but  if  ye  have  ''respect  of  per- 
sons, ye  commit  sin,  being  "con- 
victed by  the  law  as  transgressors. 

10  For  whosoever  shall  keep  the 
whole  law,  and  yet "  stumble  in  one 
point,  he  is  become  ^  guilty  of  all. 

1 1  For  he  that  said,  *  Do  not  com- 
mit adultery,  said  also.  Do  not  kill. 
Now  if  thou  dost  not  commit  adul- 
tery, but  killest,  thou  art  become 
a  transgressor  of  the  law.  12  So 
speak  ye,  and  so  do,  as  men  that 
are  to  be  judged  by  fa  law  of  liberty. 
13  For  ''judgment  is  without  mercy 
to  him  that  hath  showed  no  mercy  : 
mercy  glorieth  against  judgment. 

14    *What  doth   it   profit,  ^my 

1  Or,  seemeih  to  he 

*  Or,  dove,  in  accepting  persons,  hold  the  faith 
,  .  .  glory  f 

3  Or,  assembly    Comp.  Heb.  10.  25  (Gr.). 

*  Or,  are  ye  not  divided 
5  Or,  in  your  own  mind 

^  Gr.  which  was  called  upon  you  ?    See  Acts 
15. 17.  7  Lev.  xU.  18. 

8  Ex.  IX.  13 1    Dt.  T.  17  i. 


"  See  Jn.  13. 

17 
i>  Comp.  ch. 

3.  2-12 ;  Ps. 

39.  1 ;  141. 

3 ;  Ecclus. 

5.  13 
'  Kom.  2. 

13 ;  Gal.  3. 

11 
d  Mt.  25.  36  ; 

Ecclus.  7. 

35 
'  Comp. 

Dt.  14.  29  ; 

Job  31.  IG, 

17,  21 ;  Ps. 

146  9 ;  Is. 

1.  17,  23 ; 

Ecclus.  4. 

1(1 
/ch.  4.  4; 

Tit.  2.  12; 

2  Pet.  1.  4  ; 
2.20; 
comp. 
Eph.  2.2; 
Mt.  12.  32 ; 
1  Jn.  2. 
15-17 

B  See  ch.  1. 

16 
h  Comp. 

Heb.  12.  2 
ilCor.  2.  8; 

comp. 

Acts  7.  2 
<-'  ver.  9 ; 

see  Acts 

10.  34 
I  Comp.  Lk. 

23.  11 ; 

ver.  3 
™Zech.  3.  3f. 
"  Comp.  Lk. 

18. 

6  marg.  ; 

see  Jn.  7. 

24 
0  1  Cor.  1. 

27  f.  ; 

comp. 

Job  34.  19 
P  Comp  Lk. 

12.  21 ;  Rev. 

2.9 
9  See  Mt.  5. 

3  ;  25.  34 

*■  See  cb.  1. 

12 
»  Acts  8.  3 ; 

see  16.  19 
<  Comp. 

1  Pet.  4. 

16 ;  Acts 

11.26 
"  Mt.  7.  12 
"  Dt.  1.  17 
'^  ch.  3.  2  ; 

2Pet.  1  10; 

Jude  24 
y  Comp. 

Gal.  5.  3; 

Mt.  5.  19 
'  See  ch.  1. 

25 
"  Mt.  5.  7 ; 

18.32-35; 

Lk.  6. 

37  f.; 

comp. 

Prov.  21. 

13;  Ecclus. 

28.  1-5 
6  Comp.  ch. 

1.  22  ff. 


"  Mt.  25. 

35  f .  ; 

comp.  Lk. 

3.11 
dlJn.3.17f. 
« See  Gal.  5. 

6 ;  ver.  20, 

26 


brethren,  if  a  man  say  he  hath 
faith,  but  have  not  works?  can 
that  faith  save  him'?  15  "If  a 
brother  or  sister  be  naked  and  in 
lack  of  daily  food,  16  and  one  of 
you  say  unto  them,  "*  Go  in  peace, 
be  ye  warmed  and  filled  ;  and  yet 
ye  give  them  not  the  things  need- 
ful to  the  body ;  what  doth  it 
profit '?  17  Even  so  "  faith,  if  it 
have  not  works,  is  dead  in  itself. 
18  "•''Yea,  a  man  will  say,  Thou 
hast  faith,  and  I  have  works  :  show 
me  thy  ^  faith  apart  from  thy  works, 
and  I  ''by  my  works  will  'show 
thee  tny  faith.  19  Thou  belie  vest 
that  ^°  *  God  is  one ;  '  thou  doest 
well :  "  the  demons  also  believe, 
and  shudder.  20  But  wilt  thou 
know,  "O  vain  man,  that  *  faith 
apart  from  works  is  barren  *?  _  2 1 
"  Was  not  Abraham  our  father  jus- 
tified by  works,  in  that  he  offered 
up  Isaac  his  son  upon  the  altar'? 
22  "  Thou  seest  that^faith  wrought 
with  his  works,  and  by  «  works  was 
faith  made  perfect ;  23  and  the 
scripture  was  fulfilled  which  saith, 
^"'' And  Abraham  believed  God,  and 
it  was  reckoned  unto  him  for  right- 
eousness ;  ^^  and  he  was  called  '  the 
friend  of  God.  24  Ye  see  that  by 
works  a  man  is  justified,  and  not 
only  by  faith.  25  And  in  like 
manner  was  not  also  '  Rahab  the 
harlot  justified  by  works,  "in  that 
she  received  the  messengers,  and 
sent  them  out  another  way'?  26 
For  as  the  body  apart  from  the 
spirit  is  dead,  even  so 'faith  apart 
from  works  is  dead. 

3"  Be  not  many  of  you  teachers, 
^my  brethren,  knowing  that 
we  shall  receive  "heavier  judg- 
ment. 2  For  in  many  things  we 
all  *  stumble.  ^  If  any  stumbleth 
not  in  word,  the  same  is  "*  a  perfect 
man,  able  to  *  bridle  the  whole  body 
also.  3  Now "  if  we  put  the  horses' 
bridles  into  their  mouths  that  they 
may  obey  us,  we  turn  about  their 

f  See  Rom.  9. 19  f  Rom.  3.  28 ;  4.  6 :  comp.  Heb. 
11.  33  ft  Mt.  7  16  f .  ;  Gal.  5.  6  '  Comp.  ch.  3. 13 
k  Dt.  6.  4 ;  comp.  Mk.  12.  29  '  Comp.  ver.  8  '"  Mt. 
8.  29  ;  Mk.  1.  2i;  5.  7  :  Lk.  4.  34 ;  comp.  Acts  19.  15 
"  Comp.  Rom.  9.  20;  1  Cor.  15.  36  "  Gen.  22.  9,  10, 
12, 16-lS      P  Heb.  11.  17  ;  Jn.  6.  29      «  Comp.  1  Th. 

1.  3  >"  See  Rom.  4.  3  *  Comp.  Wisd.  7.  27  '  Heb. 
11.  31    "  Josh.  2.  4,  6. 15    "  Comp.  Mt.  23.  8  ;  Rom 

2.  20  f.  ;  1  Tim.  1.7^  See  ch.  1.  16 ;  ver.  10  v  Sen 
ch.  2.  10  ^  ver.  2-12 :  comp.  Mt.  12.  34-37  "  ch. 
1.  4       b  Comp.  ch.  1.  26       "  Ps.  32.  9 


9  Or,  But  some  one  tt'ill  say 
1"  Some  ancient  authorities  read  there  is  ono 
God.  11  Or,  Seest  thou  .  .  .  perfect  ? 

12  Gen.  IV.  6.  is  Is.  ili.  8 ;  2  Chr.  ii.  7. 

I      1*  Gr.  greattr. 


248 


3. 4  JAMES 

The  Tongae  to  be  bridled.    The  Wisdom  that  is  Trom  Above.    "  1  Friend  or  the  World  an  Enemy  of  God  " 


13 


whole  body  also.  4  Behold,  the 
ships  also,  though  they  are  so  great 
ana  are  driven  by  rough  winds,  are 
yet  turned  about  by  a  very  small 
rudder,  whither  the  impulse  of  the 
steersman  willeth.  5  !So  the  tongue 
also  is  a  little  member,  and  "  boast- 
eth  great  things.  *  Behold,  Miow 
much  wood  is  kindled  by  how  small 
a  fire!  G  And  "the  tongue  is  -a 
fire  :  *the  world  of  iniquity  among 
our  members  is  the  tongue,  which 
''defileth  the  whole  body,  and  set- 
teth  on  fire  the  wheel  of  *  nature, 
and  is  set  on  fire  by  ^'hell.  7  For 
every  •'kind  of  beasts  and  birds,  of 
creeping  things  and  things  in  the 
sea,  IS  tamed,  and  hath  been  tamed 
"by  ''mankind:  8  but  the  tongue 
can  no  man  tame;  it  is  a  restless 
evil  it  is  full  of  -^deadly  poison. 
9  Therewith  bless  we  "the  Lord 
and  Father ;  and  therewith  curse 
we  men,  *  wlio  are  made  after  the 
likeness  of  God:  10  *out  of  the 
same  mouth  cometh  forth  blessing 
and  cursing,  ^ly  brethren,  these 
things  ought  not  so  to  be.  11  Doth 
the  fountain  send  forth  from  the 
same  opening  sweet  water  and  bit- 
ter 1  1 2  *  can  a  fig  tree,  rny  breth- 
ren, yield  olives,  or  a  vine  figs? 
neither  ca?i  salt  water  yield  sweet. 
13  Who  is  wise  and  understand- 
ing among  you  ?  '  let  him  show  by 
his  '"good  life  his  works  in  meek- 
ness of  wisdom.  14  But  if  ye  have 
bitter  "jealousy  and  faction  in 
your  heart,  glory  not  and  lie  not 
against  "the  truth.  1-5  This  wis- 
dom is  not  a  wisdom  that  cometh 
down  pfrom  above,  but  is  'earthly, 
'"■sensual,  ""devilish.  16  For 
where  "jealousy  and  faction  are, 
there  is  confusion  and  every  vile 
deed.  17  But  the  wisdom  that  is 
^from  above  is  first  'pure,  then 
"  peaceable,  "  gentle,  easy  to  be 
entreated.  "^  full  of  mercy  and  good 
fruits,  without  "''variance,  with- 
out '  hypocrisy.  1 8  And  the  "  fruit 
of  righteousness  is  sown  in  peace 
'■-for  them  that  make  peace. 

4  Whence  conie  wars  and 
whence  rome  *  fightings  among 
you  1  come  they  not  hence,  even  of 
your  pleasures  that  ''war  in  your 

1  Or,  hnw  great  a  forest 

2  Or,  a/ire,  that  irorM  of  iniquity:  the  tongue 
is  amonii  our  membem  that  wliicti  S'f. 

3  Or,  that   unrlil   of  iniquity,  the   tongue,  ix 
among  our  membir'  tnni  irhich  S:c.       *  Of,  birth 

i  Or   Oehennn.  Gr.  ntiCure.  '  Or,  unto 

8  Or.  th'  human  vattire. 

^Ot,  natural    Or,  animal      l"  Gt.  demoniacal. 
u  Or,  doublfulnest    Or,  partiality        i»  Or,  by 


"  Comp.  Ps. 

12.  3  f . ;  73. 

8f. 
>>  Comp. 

Prov.  26. 

20  f . 
'  Vs.  120.  3, 

4 ;  Prov. 

16  27 ; 

Kcclue.  8.  3 
■'  Mt.  15.  11, 

18  f.; 

comp.  12. 

36  f. 
'  See  Mt.  5. 

22 
/  Ps.  140.  3  ; 

Kom.  3. 13 ; 

Eccl.  10. 

11  marg. 
■'  Comp.  ch. 

1  27 

*  See  1  Cor. 
11.7 

'  Comp. 
Ecclus.  28. 
12 

*  Comp.  Mt. 
7.  16 

'  Comp.  ch. 

2.  18 

'"  Comp. 

1  Pet.  2. 
12 

"  ver.  16 ; 
see  Kom. 
2.8; 
comp. 

2  Cor.  12. 
20 

"  ch.  5.  19 ; 

comp.  1. 

i8 ;  see 

1  Tim.  2.  4 
''  See  ch.  1. 

17 
«  Comp. 

1  Cor.  2.  6  ; 

3.  19 

""  Comp. 

2  Cor.  1. 
12 ;  Jude 
19 

'  Comp. 

2  Th.  2. 

9f.  ; 

1  Tim.  4. 

1 ;  Rev.  2. 

24 
'  Comp.  cli. 

4.  8;  2  Cor. 
7.  11 

"  Comp.  Mt. 

5.  9 ;  Heb. 
12.11 

"  See  Tit.  3. 
2;  Pliil.  4. 

5  marg. 
'Lk.  6.  36, 

comp.  ch. 

2.  13 
'J  ch.  2. 

4(Gr.) 
'  Rom.  12. 

9 ,  2  Cor. 

6.  6 

"  Prov.  11. 
18 ,  Is.  32. 
17;  Hos. 
in.  12 ; 
Amos  6. 
12;  Phil. 
1.  11 ;  Gal. 

6  8 

»>  Tit.  3.  9 
'  See  Rom. 

7.  23 


d  1  .Tn.  3.  15 

comp.  ch. 

5.  6 

'  1  Jn.  3.  22 

5.14 

/Is.  54.  5; 

Jer2  2; 

249 

members'?  2  Ye  lust,  and  have 
not:  ye  ''kill,  and  "covet,  and 
cannot  obtain :  ye  fight  and  war ; 
ye  have  not,  because  ye  ask  not. 
3  Ye  ask,  and  "receive  not,  be- 
cause ye  ask  amiss,  tiiat  ye  m^ 
.spend  it  in  your  pleasures.  4  Ye 
■''adulteresses,  know  ye  not  that 
the  friendship  of  "the  world  is 
''enmity  with  God^  'Whosoever 
therefore  would  be  a  friend  of  the 
world  maketh  himself  an  enemy 
of  God.  5  Or  think  ye  that  the 
scripture  '^ '^  speaketh  in  vaini 
^•^^  Doth  the  spirit  which  '''he  rnade 
to  dwell  in  us  long  unto  envying? 
6  But  '"he  giveth  ***  more  grace. 
Wherefore  the  scripture  saith, 
''*"God  resisteth  the  proud,  but  giv- 
eth grace  to  the  humble.  7  "  Be  sub- 
ject therefore  unto  God;  but  ^re- 
sist the  devil,  and  he  will  flee  from 
you.  8  «Draw  nigh  to  God,  and 
he  will  draw  nigh  to  you.  *■  Cleanse 
your  hands,  ye  sinners ;  and  "purify 
your  hearts,  ye  '  doubleminded. 
9  "  Be  atHicted,  and  mourn,  and 
weep  :  let  your  laughter  be  turned 
to  mourning,  and  your  joy  to  heay- 
ine.ss.  10  "Humble  your.selves  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and  he  shall 
exalt  you. 

11  "'Speak  not  one  against  an- 
other, ^brethren.  He  that  speak- 
eth  against  a  brother,  or 'judgeth 
his  brother,  speaketh  against  "the 
law,  and  judgeth  the  law :  but  if 
thou  judgest  the  law,  thou  art  not 
"a  doer  of  the  law,  but  a  judge. 
12  One  only  is  "the  lawgiver  and 
judge,  even  he  who  is  ''able  to  .save 
and  to  destroy  :  but  "who  art  thou 
that  judgest  thy  neighbor  1 

13  -^Come  now,  ye  that  say,  "To- 

Kzek.  16.  32;  comp.  Mt.  12.  39  ''See  ch.  1.  27 
'■  Rom  8  7  ;  1  .Tn.  2.  15  '  Jn.  15.  19 ,  comp.  Mt.  6. 
24  «••  Comp.  Num.  23.  19  '  1  Cor.  6.  19  ;  2  Cor.  6. 
16  '"  Is.  54.  7  f.  ;  comp.  Mt.  13.  12  "IPet.  5.  5; 
comp.  Ps.  138.  6 ;  Mt.  23.  12  °  Comp.  1  Pet.  5.  6 
'■  1  Pet  5.  8  f.  ;  comp.  Kpli.  4  27  ;  6.  11  f.  ''  2  Chr. 
15  2;  Zech.  1.  3:  Mai.  3.  7;  comp.  Heb.  7. 19  /Is. 
1  16  :  comp.  Job  17.  9  :  see  1  Tim.  2. 8  "  Jer.  4. 14 ; 
comp.  1  Pet.  1.  22  ;  1  Jn.  3.  3  ;  comp.  ch.  3.  17  «  ch 
18"  I.k.  6.  2.5;  comp.  Prov.  14.  13,  Neh.  8.  9 
•■  ver  6;  Job  5.  11  :  comp.  Kzek.  21.  26;  Lk.  1.  52 
^  2  Cor.  12.  20  ;  1  Pet.  2.  1 ;  comp.  ch.  5.  9  "  ch.  5. 
7,  9.  10;  comp.  ch.  1.  I6  -'  Mt.  7.  I :  Rom.  14.  4 
•■  Comp.  ch.  2.  8  (>  ch.  1.  22  '  la.  33.  22 ;  comp. 
ch  .'>  9  ■'  Mt.  10.  28  '  Rom.  14.  4  /  ch.  5.  1 
"  Prov.  27.  1 ;  Lk.  12.  18-20 


13  Gr.  ari"  jealous 

n  That  is,  who  break  your  marriage  vow  to 
Qo^  Hi  Ot.  sailhni  vatn, 

l*  Or,  The  .'Spirit  whirh  he  made  to  dwell  in  us 
he  yenmeth  for  even  unto  jealous  envy.  Comp. 
Jer"  3  14  ;  Hos.  2.  19  f.  Or.  That  SpiHl  which  he 
made  to  dwell  in  us  yeameth  for  us  even  unto 
jealo'ir  enry.  .  .  ,,  .     . 

17  Some  ancient  authorities  read  dwell etn  in  us 

iS  Gr.  a  iireater  grace.  **  Prov  iii.  34. 


4.14 


JAMES 


5.20 


The  Rich  and  Sclf-indalgent  warned.    Avoid  Oaths.    Pray  and  Praise     "  Shall  save  a  Soul  from  Death ' 


day  or  to-morrow  we  will  go  into 
this  city,  aud  spend  a  year  there, 
and  trade,  and  get  gain :  1 4  whereas 
ye  know  not  what  shall  be  on  the 
morrow.  What  is  your  life?  For 
"  ye  are  a  vapor  that  appeareth  for 
a  little  time,  and  then  vanisheth 
away.  15  'For  that  ye  ought  to 
say.  *!£  the  Lord  will,  we  shall 
botn  live,  and  do  this  or  that.  16 
But  now  ye  glory  in  your  vaunt- 
ings :  "  all  such  glorying  is  evil. 
1 7  **  To  him  therefore  that  knoweth 
to  do  good,  and  doeth  it  not,  to  him 
it  is  sin. 

5"  Come  now,  •''ye  rich,  ^  weep 
and  howl  for  your  miseries  that 
are  coming  upon  you.  2  ''Your 
riches  are  corrupted,  and  your  gar- 
ments are  moth-eaten.  3  Your 
gold  and  your  silver  are  rusted; 
and  their  rust  shall  be  for  a  testi- 
mony '^against  you,  and  shall  eat 
your  flesh  as  fire.  Ye  have  laid  up 
your  treasure  'in  the  last  days. 
4  Behold,  *  the  hire  of  the  laborers 
who  mowed  your  fields,  which  is 
of  you  kept  back  by  fraud,  crieth 
out :  and  '  the  cries  of  them  that 
reaped  have  entered  into  the  ears 
of  '"the  Lord  of  Sabaoth.  5  Ye 
have  "  lived  delicately  on  the 
earth,  and  taken  your  pleasure  ; 
ye  have  nourished  your  hearts  in "  a 
day  of  slaughter.  6  Ye  have  con- 
demned, ye  have  ^killed  *  the  right- 
eous one  ;  he  doth  not  resist  you. 

7  Be  patient  therefore,  'breth- 
ren, '  until  the  ^  coming  of  the 
Lord.  *  Behold,  the  husbandman 
waiteth  for  the  precious  fruit  of 
the  earth,  being  patient  over  it, 
until  *it  receive  "the  early  and 
latter  rain.  8  "  Be  ye  also  patient ; 
^establish  your  hearts:  for  Hhe 
^coming  of  the  Lord  is  *at  hand. 
9  ^  Murmur  not,  ''  brethren,  one 
against  another,  that  ye  be  not 
judged  :  behold,  "  the  judge  stand- 
eth  'before  the  doors.  10  Take, 
''brethren,  for  an  example  of  suf- 
fering and  of  patience,  "^  the  proph- 
ets who  spake  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord.     11  Behold,    we    call    them 


1  Gr.  Instead  of  your  saying. 
*  Or,  unto 


3  6r.  presence. 


°  Pe  102.  3  ; 

comp.  Job 

7.  7 ;  Ps. 

39.  5 ;  144. 

4;  Wisd. 

2.  4 
b  See  Acts 

18.  21 
'  Comp. 

1  Cor.  5.  6 
d  Comp.  Lk. 

12.  47  ; 

2  Pet.  2. 
21 ;  see 
Jn.  9.  41 

«  ch.  4.  13 
/  Lk.  6.  24 ; 
comp. 

1  Tim.  6.  9 
-"  Is.  13.  b  ; 

15.  3; 

Ezek.  30.  2 
h  Job  13.  23  ; 

Is.  50.  9  ; 

Mt.  6.  19  f. 
'  ver.  7,  8 
*:  Lev.  19. 

13  ;  Job  24. 

10  f  ;  Jer. 

22.  13  ; 

Mai.  3.  5 
'  Dt.  24.  15  ; 

Job  31. 

38  f .  ; 

comp.  Ex. 

2.  23 
"'  Rom.  9. 

29 
"  Lk.  16. 19  ; 

2  Pet.  2. 
13 ;  comp. 
Ezek.  16. 
49 ;  1  Tim. 
5.6 

"  Jer.  12.  3  ; 

25.  34 
P  Comp.  ch. 

4.2 
9  Comp. 

Wisd.  2. 

12,  20 ; 
Heb.  10. 
38  ;  1  Pet. 
4.  18 

•■  See  ch.  4. 

11 ;  ver.  9, 

10 
»  See  Jn.  21. 

22 ;  comp. 

1  Th.  2.  19 
<  See  Gal. 

6.  9 
"  Dt.  11.  14 ; 

Jer.  5.  24 ; 

Joel  2.  23 
"  Comp.  Lk. 

21.  19 
^  1  Th.  3  13 
y  See  Rom. 

13.  11.  12 ; 
comp. 

1  Pet.  4.  7 
'  Comp.  ch. 

4.  11 
"  ch.  4.  12  : 

see  1  Cor. 

4.  5:  Heb. 

10.  25  ; 

1  Pet.  4  5 
6  Mt.  24.  33 ; 

Mk.  13.  29 
■^  See  Mt.  5. 

12 


**  blessed  that  endured :  ye  have 
heard  of  ''the  ^patience  of  Job,  and 
have  seen  •''the  end  of  the  Lord, 
how  that  f  the  Lord  is  full  of  pity, 
and  merciful. 

12  But  above  all  things,  *my 
brethren,  'swear  not,  neither  by 
the  heaven,  nor  by  the  earth,  nor 
by  any  other  oath :  but  ^  let  your 
yea  be  yea,  and  your  nay,  nay ; 
that  ye  fall  not  under  judgment. 

13  Is  any  among  you  ^ suffering'^ 
Het  him  pray.  Is  any  cheerful? 
let  him  "'sing  praise.  14  Is  any 
among  j'^ou  sick'?  let  him  call  for 
"  the  elders  of  the  church  ;  and  let 
them  pray  over  him,  '"anointing 
him  with  oil  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord  :  15  and  the  ^pi'ayer  of  faith 
shall  *save  him  that  is  sick,  and 
the  Lord  shall ''  raise  him  up  ;  and 
if  he  have  committed  sins,  it  shall 
be  forgiven  him,  16  '  Confess 
therefore  your  sins  one  to  another, 
and  pray  one  for  another,  that  ye 
may  be  'healed.  "  The  supplication 
of  a  righteous  man  availeth  much 
in  its  working.  17  Elijah  was  "a 
man  of  like  ®  passions  with  us,  and 
^  he  prayed  ^  fervently  that  it  might 
not  rain  ;  and  it  rained  not  on  the 
earth  for  "  three  years  and  six 
months.  1 8  And  he  "Sprayed  again ; 
and  "  the  heaven  gave  rain,  and  the 
earth  brought  forth  her  fruit. 

19  My  brethren,  *if  any  among 
you  err  from  ''the  truth,  and  one 
convert  him  ;  20  '"  let  him  know, 
that  he  who  converteth  a  sinner 
from  the  error  of  his  way  shall 
"*  save  a  soul  from  death,  and  shall 
^  cover  a  multitude  of  sins. 

d  Mt.  5. 10 ;  1  Pet.  3.  14        '  Job  1  21  f. ;  2.  10 

/Job42. 10, 12  !' Ex.  34.  6 ;  Ps.  103.  8  ''Seech.  1.16 
i  Mt.  5.  34-37  k  Comp.  ver.  10  '  Ps.  50.  15  "'  Col. 
3.  16  ;  comp.  1  Cor.  14.  15    "  See  Acts  11.  30    »  Mk. 

6  13 ;  comp.  Mk.  16.  18      P  Comp.  ch.  1.  6      «  See 

1  Cor.  1.  21  ;  comp   ver.  20  (?)       "^  See  Jn.  6.  39; 

2  Cor.  4.  14  (?)  »  Mt.  3.  6:  Mk.  1.  5 ;  Acts  19.  18 : 
Ecclus.  4.  26  '  Comp.  Heb.  K  13 ;  1  Pet.  2.  24 
"  Gen.  18.  23-32,  &c.  ;  see  Jn.  9.  31 ;  comp.  2  Esdr. 

7  3(M0  "  See  Acts  14.  15  ^  1  K.  17.  1 ;  18.  1 ; 
Ecclus.  48.  3  y  Lk.  4.  25  M  K.  18.  42  "  1  K.  18.  4fl 
b  Comp  Mt.  18.  15  ;  Oal.  6.  1  '^  See  ch.  3. 14  d  See 
Rom.  11.  14  ;  1  Cor.  1.  21 ;  comp.  ch.  1.  21  *■  1  Pet. 
4.8  , 

5  Or,  endurance 

6  Or,  let  yovrs  he  the  yea,  yea,  and  the  nay,  nav 
Comp.  Mt.  5.  37.  ■  Or,  having  anointed 

8  Or,  nature  9  (Jr.  irith  prayer. 

1°  Some  ancient  authorities  read  know  ye. 


260 


THE   FIRST   EPISTLE   OF 

PETER 


Address  and  Salutatioa.    The  "  Inheritance  inrorruptikle  and  that  fadeth  not  away ' 


1° Peter,  an  apostle  of  Jesus 
Cliinst,  to  *  tlie  elect  who  are 
*"  sojourners  of  ''  the  Dispersion  in 
'Pontus,  •''Galatia,  ^  Cappadoeia, 
*  Asia,  and  '  Pithynia,  2  according 
to  the  *  foreknowledge  of  God  the 
Father,  '  in  sane  ti  Heat  ion  of  the 
(Spirit,  unto  '"obedience  and 
"sprinkling  of  the  blood  of  Jesus 
Christ:  "Grace  to  you  and  peace 
be  multiplied. 

3*  Blessed  be  Hhe  God  and 
Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
who  *  according  to  his  great  mercy 
•■  begat  us  again  unto  'a  living 
hope  by  the  '  resurrection  of  Jesus 
(Christ  from  the  dead,  4  unto  an 
"inheritance  incorruptible,  and 
undefiled,  and  that  'fadeth  not 
away,  ■"  reserved  in  heaven  for  you, 
5  who  by  the  power  of  God  are 
•'guai'dea  through  faith  unto  "a 
salvation  ready  'to  be  revealed 
in  the  last  time.  6  "  A\'herein  ye 
greatly  rejoice,  though  now  "^for 
a  little  while,  "if  neecf  be,  ye  have 
been  put  to  grief  in  •''manifold 
'trials,  7  that  "the  proof  of  your 
faith,  being  more  precious  than 
gold  that  perisheth  ''though  it  is 
proved  by  hre,  •'  may  be  found  unto 
praise  and  glory  and  honor  at  '■  the 
revelation  of  Jesus  Christ :  8  whom 
not  having  seen  ye  'love  ;  on  whom, 
"*  though  now  ye  see  him  not,  yet 
belieA'ing,  ye  rejoice  greatly  with 
joy  unspeakable  and  ^  full  of  glory  : 

9  receiving  the  "end  of  your  faith, 
even  the  salvation  of    2/our  souls. 

10  "Concerning  which  salvation 
the  prophets  sought  and  searched 
diligently,  who  ^prophesied  of  the 
«  grace  that  k/iouM  come  unto  j'ou  : 

11  sciirching  what  time  or  what 
manner  of  time  ''the  Spirit  of 
Christ  which  was  in  them  did 
point  unt(j,  when  it  ''testified  be- 
forehand the  sufferings  ■*  of  Christ, 
and  the  glories  that  should  follow 
them.  12  To  whom  it  was  re- 
vealed, that  not  unto  themselves, 

1  Or,  God  and  the  Father   See  Rom.  \b  6  niarg. 

2  Or,  templalions     »  Gr.  glorified.     *  Gr.  unto. 


"  2  Pet.  1. 1 
I'  See  Mt.  24. 

22  ;  Lk. 

18.  7 
'  See  cli.  2. 

11 
d  See  Jas.  1. 

K?) 
"  See  -icts 

2.9 
/  See  Acta 

16,  6 
"  See  Acts 

2.9 
''  See  Acts 

2.  9 
'  See  .Vets 

Iti.  7 
*  See  Rom. 

8.  21) ; 

comp.  ver. 

20 
'  2  Th.  2. 

13 
'"  ver.  1-1.  22 ; 

Rom.  1.5; 

«.  16 ;  16. 

19 
"  See  Heb. 

10.  22 ;  12. 

24 
"  2  Pet.  1.  2 
P  See  2  Cor. 

1.  3 
«Tit.  3.  5; 

comp. 

Gal.  6.  IG 
•■  ver.  23 ; 

comp.  Jas. 

1.  18 
"ver.  13,21; 

ch.  3  5, 1  ■) ; 

see  Heb.  3. 
.6;2Th.  2. 

16 ;  comp. 

1  .Tn.  3.  3 
t  ch.  3.  21 ; 

see  1  Cor. 

1.5.  20 
"  See  Acts 

20.  32 ; 

Rom.  8. 

17 ;  Col.  3. 

24 
••  ch.  r,.  4  ; 

Wisd.  6  12 
==  See  2  Tim. 

4.  8;  comp. 

Heb.  11. 

16 
V  Pliil.  4.  7  ; 

comp.  Jii. 

10.  28 
'■  Eph.  2.  8 
"  See  1  Cor. 

1.  21  ;  2  Th. 

2.  13 

b  ch.  4.  13 ; 
!>.  1 ;  see 
Rom.  8.  IS 

'  Rom.  5.  2 

''  ch.  S.  10 

'  Comp.  ch. 

3  17 
/Jas.  1   2; 

comp.  ch. 

4  12 
"Jas.  1.  3 

A  Job  23. 10 ; 
Ps.  66.  10; 

2e\ 


but  unto  you,  did  they  minister 
these  tilings,  which  now  have  been 
announced  unto  you  through  them 
that  ^"preached  the  gospel  unto 
you  ^  by  '  the  Holy  Spirit  sent  forth 
from  heaven  ;  which  things  "  angela 
desire  to  look  into. 

13  Wherefore  "girding  up  the 
loins. of  your  mind,  •'^be  sober  and 
set  your  ^hope  perfectly  on  the 
"  grace  that ''  is  to  oe  brought  unto 
you  at  *the  revelation  of  Jesus 
Christ;  14  as  children  of  ^obedi- 
ence, not  "fashioning  yourselves 
according  to  your  former  lusts  in 
the  time  of  your  *  ignorance:  15 
but® like  as  ''he  who  called  you  is 
holy,  ''be  ye  yourselves  also  holy 
"  in  all  manner  of  living ;  1 6  be- 
cause it  is  written,  '*Ye  shall  be 
holy;  for  I  am  holy.  17  And  if 
ye  /call  on  him  as  Father,  who 
«'  without  respect  of  per.sons  ''  judg- 
eth  according  to  each  man's  work, 
pass  the  time  of  your  'sojourning 
in  '^  fear  :  18  knowing  that  ye  were 
'redeemed,  not  with  corruptible 
things,  with  silver  or  gold,  from 
your  "'vain  manner  of  life  handed 
down  from  your  fathers  ;  1 9  but 
with  precious  "  blood,  as  of  a  "lamb 
without  blemi.sh  and  without  spot, 
even  the  blood  of  Christ :  20  who 
was  ^foreknown  indeed  before 
*the  foundation  of  the  world,  but 

Prov.  17.  3 ;  Is.  48. 10 ;  Zeoh.  13.  9 ;  Mai.  3.  3 ;  comp. 
1  Cor  3.  13  '  Rom.  2.  7, 10  ;  2  Cor  4  17  ;  Heb.  12. 
U  i:  ver.  13:  ch.  4.  13;  see  Lk.  17.  30  'Comp. 
Eph.  3.  19  '"  Jn.  20.  29  "  Rom.  6.  22  "  ver.  10-12: 
comp.  Mt.  13.  17  :  Lk.  10.  24  i'  See  Mt.  26.  24 ;  Lk. 
24.27,44     '' ver.  13  ;  comp.  Col.  3.  4     ""Rom.  8.  9; 

cump.  2  Pet.  1.  21 »  ver.  2-5  ;  ch  4.  6    «  Acts  2. 2-4 

"  Comp  Lk.  2.  13  ;  Eph.  3.  10  : 1  Tim.  3.  16  '■  See 
Eph.  6.  14  '  ch.  4.  f;  5.  8  ;  1  Th.  5.  6.  8 ;  2  Tim.  4. 
5;  comp.  Rom.  12.  3;  Tit.  2  6  v  Comp.  ver.  3 
-"  See  ver.  2  "  Rom.  12  2 ;  comp.  ch.  4.  2  f.  i>  See 
Eph.  4.  18  <^  1  Th.  4.7:1  Jn.  3.  3  <<  Comp.  2  Cor 
7.1  '  Jas.  3. 13  /  Ps.  89.  26  ;  Jer.  3.  19 ;  Mai.  1  6 : 
Mt.  6.  9  ■■'  See  Acts  10.  34  h  See  Mt.  16.  27  ■  See 
oil.  2.  n  ,  Eph.  2.  19  k  ch.  3.  15  :  2  Cor.  7. 1 :  comp. 
Heb.  12.  28  '  Is.  52.  3  :  1  Cor.  6.  20 :  Tit.  2.  14 ; 
Heb.  9.  12 ,  2  Pet.  2.  1 :  see  Mt.  20.  28  "'  See  Eph. 
4.17  "  .\ct8  20.  28 ;  comp.  ver.  2  "  See  Jn.  1.29: 
Heb.  9. 14  ''  See  Acts  2.  23 :  comp.  ver.  2 :  Eph.  L 
4  ;  Rev.  13.  8    «  See  Mt.  25.  34 


*  Gr.  brought  good  tidings.    Comp.  Mt.  11.  5. 
'■'  Gr  in.  7  Gr.  is  being  broughL 

«  Or.  like  the  Holy  One  who  called  you 
»  Lev.  xi.  44  f . ;  xii.  2 ;  ix.  7. 


1.21 


I.   PETER 


2.20 


"  Ye  are  an  Elect  Race,  a  Royal  Priesthood,  a  Holy  Kation."    Be  subject  to  Human  Ordinances  for  the  lord's  Sake 


was  "  manifested  at  the  end  of  the 
times  ''for  j^our  sake,  21  who 
through  him  are  "^believers  in  God, 
that  raised  him  from  the  dead, 
and  ^  gave  him  glory  ;  so  that  your 
faith  and  "hope  might  be  in  God. 
22  Seeing  ye  have  •''purified  your 
souls  in  your  '^obedience  to  the 
truth  unto  unfeigned  ''  love  of  the 
brethren,  love  one  another  '  from 
the  heart  fervently :  23  having 
been  '  begotten  again,  *  not  of  cor- 
ruptible seed,  but  of  incorruptible, 
through  '  the  word  of  '"  God,  which 
liveth  and  abideth.     24  For, 

^  '"■  All  flesh  is  as  grass. 

And  all  the  glory  thereof  as  the 
flower  of  grass. 

The  grass  withereth,   and  the 
flower  falleth : 
25  But    the   ''  word    of    the    Lord 

abideth  for  ever. 
And  this  is  "  the  ■*  word  of  good 
tidings  which  was  ^preached  unto 
you. 

2  "Putting  away  therefore  all 
®  wickedness,  and  all  guile, 
and  hypocrisies,  and  envies,  and 
all  ^  evil  speakings,  2  «as  newborn 
babes,  long  for  the  ''spiritual  ''milk 
which  is  without  guile,  that  ye 
may  *  grow  thereby  unto  salvation  ; 
3  it  ye  have  '  tasted  "  that  the  Lord 
is  gracious  :  4  unto  whom  coming, 
a  living  stone,  "rejected  indeed  of 
men,  but  with  God  elect,  *  precious, 
5  ""ye  also,  as  living  stones,  are 
built  up  "^a  spiritual  house,  to  be 
a  holy  ^priesthood,  to  "offer  up 
spiritual  sacrifices,  acceptable  to 
God  through  Jesus  Christ.  6  Be- 
cause it  is  contained  in  ^"scripture, 
"  *  Behold,  I  lay  in  Zion  a  "  chief 
corner  stone,  elect,  ^  precious : 
And  he  that  believeth  on  ^-  him 
shall  not  be  put  to  shame. 
yisdj^Qj.  yQ^j  therefore  that  be- 
lieve is  the  "  preciousness :  but  for 
such  as  disbelieve, 

^^"The  stone  which  the  builders 

"  rejected. 
The  same  was  made   the  head 
of  the  corner ; 
8  and, 

^®A  stone  of  stumbling,   and  a 
rock  of  offence ; 

*  Many  ancient  authorities  read  from  a  clean 
heart.    Comp.  1  Tim.  1.  5. 

2  Or,  God  who  liveth    Comp.  Dan.  6.  26. 

3  Is.  xl.  6  ff.         •»  Gr.  Haying.        s  See  ver.  12. 

6  Or,  malice    1  Cor.  14.  '20. 

7  Gr.  belonging  to  the  reason.     Comp.  Rom. 
12.  1.  8  Or,  honorable 

9  Or,  a  spiritual  house  for  a  holy  prifsthnod 
10  Or,  a  scripture  n  Is.  xxviii.  16. 

12  Or,  it  13  Or,  In  your  sight 

1*  Or,  honor       i*  Pa.  ciTiii.  22.      is  Is.  viii.  14. 


■»  See  Heb. 

9.  26 
6  Heb.  2.  14 
'  See  Rom. 

4.  24  ;  10.  9 
d  Heb.  2.  9 ; 

comp. 
1  Tim.  3. 
IG;  Ju.  17. 

5.  24 

"  See  ver.  3 
/Comp. 

Jas.  4.  8 
»  See  ver  2 
h  See  Jn.  13. 

34;  Rom. 

12.10; 

Heb.  13.  1 ; 

comp.  oh. 

2.  17  ;  3.  8 

i  See  ver.  3 ; 
comp.  Jn. 

*  Jn.  1.  13 
'  See  Heb. 

4.  12 
'"  See  Jas.  1. 

10  f. 
"  Heb.  6.  .5 
"  See  EpU. 

4.  22.  25, 

31 ;  Jas.  1. 

21 
V  See  Jas.  4. 

11 
9  Comp.  Mt. 

18.  3 ;  19. 

14 ;  aik,  10. 

Vr, ;  Lk.  18. 

17 ;  1  Cor. 

14.  20 
'•  See  1  Cor. 

3.2 
'  Comp. 

Eph.  4. 

1.5  f. 
'  Comp. 

Heb.  6.  5 
"  Comp.  Ps. 

34.  8 ;  Tit. 

3.  4 

"  ver.  7 

^  See  1  Cor. 

3.  9 
y  See  1  Tim. 

3.  15 : 

comp.  Gal. 

6.  10 

-  ver.  9 ; 
comp.  Is. 
61.  6 :  66. 
21;  Rev. 

1  6 

"  Heb.  13. 

15 ;  comp. 

Rom.  15. 16 
6  ver.  6,  8  : 

see  Rom. 

9.  32,  33 ; 

10.11 
<=  See  Eph. 

2.  20 
rf  ver.  7,  8  : 

see  2  Cor. 

2  13 

'  See  Mt.  21. 
42;  comp. 
Lk.  2.  34 


./'Seel  Cor. 

1  23 ;  Gal. 
5.11 

-"  Comp. 

Rom.  9.  22 
''Dt.  10.  15; 

Is.  43.  20  f. 
<  Ex.  19.  6 ; 

Dt.  7.  6 
*  See  Tit.  2. 

14 
'  See  Acta 

26.  18; 

comp.  Is. 

42.  16 ; 

2  Cor.  4.  6 

252 


'"■^for  they  ^^  stumble  at  the  word, 
being  disobedient:  ^whereunto 
also  they  were  appointed.  9  But 
ye  are  ''an  elect  race,  a  royal 
^  priesthood,  a  '  holy  nation,  *  a 
people  for  God's  own  possession, 
that  ye  rnay  show  forth  the  excel- 
lencies of  him  who  called  you  '  out 
of  darkness  into  his  marvellous 
light:  10  '"who  in  time  past  were 
no  people,  but  now  are  the  people 
of  God :  who  had  not  obtained 
mercy,  but  now  have  obtained 
mercy. 

11  "Beloved,  "I  beseech  you  as 
^sojourners  and  pilgrims,  to  ab- 
stain from  *  fleshly  lusts,  which 
*■  war  against  the  soul ;  1 2  *  having 
your  behavior  seemly  among  the 
Gentiles ;  _  that,  wherein  they 
'speak  against  j^ou  as  evil-doers, 
they  may  by  your  good  works, 
which  they  behold,  "  glorify  God 
"in  the  day  of  visitation. 

13  •'Be  subject  to  every  ^® ordi- 
nance of  man  for  the  Lord's  sake  : 
whether  to  the  king,  as  supreme ; 
14  or  unto  governors,  as  sent -''by 
him  ^for  vengeance  on  evil-doers 
and  ^  for  praise  to  them  that  do 
well.  15  For  "so  is  the  will  of 
God,  that  by  well-doing  ye  should 
''put  to  silence  the  ignorance  of 
foolish  men:  16  as  "free,  and  not 
^^  using  5'our  freedom  for  a  cloak 
of  •*  wickedness,  but  as  "*  bondser- 
vants of  God.  1 7  "  Honor  all  men. 
''Love  the  brotherhood.  *Fear 
God.    ''  Honor  the  king. 

18  ^"'Servants,  be  in  subjection 
to  your  masters  with  all  fear  ;  not 
only  to  the  good  and  *  gentle,  but 
also  to  the  f reward.  19  For  this 
is  -^acceptable,  if  for  'conscience 
'^^  toward  God  a  man  endureth 
griefs,  suffering  wrongfully.  20 
For  what  glory  is^  it,  if,  when  ye 
sin,  and  are  Duffeted  for  it,  ye 
shall  take   it   patiently  1   but    if, 

'"  Hos.  1. 10 ;  2.  23 ;  Rom.  9. 25 ;  comp.  10. 19  "  SeC 
Heb  6.  9  ;  ch.  4.  12  "  See  Rom.  12.  1  i'  Lev.  25.. 
23 ;  Ps.  39.  12 ;  ch.  1.  17  :  Heb.  11.  13 ;  comp.  Eph. 
2.  19  9  Rom.  13.  14  ;  Gal.  5.  16,  24  "•  Comp.  Jas, 
4  1  »  Comp.  ver.  15;  ch.  3.  16;  2  Cor.  8.  21;  Phil, 
2  15  ;  Tit.  2.  8  i  See  Acts  28.  22  «  ch.  4.  11, 16; 
Mt.  5.  16 ;  see  9.  8  ;  .Tn.  13.  31  "  Is.  10.  3 ;  Lk.  19.  44 
■' See  Rom.  13.  1  »  Rom.  13.  4  =  Rom.  13.  3  "See 
ch.  3.  17  f>  Comp.  ver.  12  "  See  Jn.  8.  32 ;  Jas.  1.  25 
''  1  Cor.  7.  22 ;  comp.  Rom.  6.  22  "  Comp.  Rom. 
12.  10;  1.3.7  /Seech.  1.22  c  Prov.  24.  21  '' Prov. 
24.  21 ;  comp.  Mt.  22.  21 ;  ver.  13  '  See  Eph.  6.  5 
*:  See  Jas.  3.  17       '  ch.  3. 14, 17 ;  comp.  Rom,  13,  5 


17  Gr,  who. 

IS  Or,  stumble,  being  disobedient  to  the  word 

19  Gr.  creation.  22  Or.  Household-servants, 

20  Gr.  through.  23  Gr.  grace. 

21  Gr.  having.  »*  Gr.  of. 


2.21 


I.   PETER 


3.21 


Dirertious :  to  Servants  ;  to  Wives ;  to  Dosbands ;  to  All.    The  Blessedness  ofsaffering  for  Righteoasness'  Sake 


"  when  ye  do  well,  and  suffer  fcrr 
it,  ye  shall  take  it  patiently,  tnis 
is  'acceptable  with  God.  lil  For 
*  hereunto  were  ye  called:  '' be- 
cause Christ  also  suH'erefl  for  you, 
leaving  you  ''an  example,  that  ye 
should  follow  his  steps:  22  who 
'did  no  sin,  neither  was  guile 
found  in  his  mouth  :  '1\\  who,  when 
he  was  •''reviled,  reviled  not  again; 
wlien  he  su tiered,  threatened  not ; 
but  committed  -himself  to  him  that 
judgeth  righteously :  24  who  his 
own  self  ^^  uare  our  sins  in  his  body 
upon  ''the  tree,  that  we,  '  having 
died  unto  sins,  might  live  unto 
righteousness;  *by  whose  ''stripes 
ye  were  'healed.  25  For  ye  were 
"•going  astray  like  sheep ;  but  are 
now  returned  unto  the  "  Shepherd 
and  ^Bishop  of  your  souls. 
*J>  "In  like  manner,  ye  wives, 
O  Pl>e  in  subjection  to  your  own 
husbands ;  that,  even  if  any  obey 
not  the  word,  they  may  without 
the  word  ''be  gained  by  the  ''be- 
havior of  their  wives ;  2  beholding 
your  chaste  ^behavior  cmvijled  with 
fear.  3  'Whose  adorning  let  it 
not  be  the  outward  adorning  of 
braiding  the  hair,  and  of  wearing 
jewels  of  gold,  or  of  putting  on  ap- 
parel ;  4  nut  let  it  be  'the  hidden 
man  of  the  heart,  in  the  incor- 
ruptible o/5?ja/r(  of  a  meek  and 
quiet  spirit,  which  is  in  the  sight 
of  God  of  great  price.  5  For  after 
this  manner  aforetime  the  holy 
women  also,  'who  hoped  in  God, 
adorned  themselves,  being  in  sub- 
jection to  their  own  "husbands:  6 
as  Sarah  obeyed  Abraham,  "calling 
him  lord:  whose  children  ye  now 
are,  if  ye  do  well,  and  ai'e  not  *'  put 
in  fear  by  any  terror. 

7  '  Ye  nusbands,  in  like  manner, 
dwell  with  ]/onr  ?^'/»ic.s  according  to 
knowledge,  giving  honor  ''unto  the 
woman,  as  unto  the  weaker  "vessel, 
as  being  also  joint-heirs  of  the  grace 
of  life ;  to  the  end  that  your 
prayers  be  not  hindered. 

8  Finally,  'l>e  ye  all  likeminded, 
^"compassionate,  "loving  as  breth- 
ren, 'tenderhearted,  'humble- 
minded  :  9  ''not  rendering  evil  for 
evil,  or  'reviling  for  reviling;  but 

>  Gr.  (^are.  •  Or,  his  cause 

3  Or.  carried  up  ...  to  the  tret;  Comp.  Col. 
2.  14  ;  1  Mace.  4.  53  (Gr.).  *  Gr.  ^n/iV. 

•'■  Or,  OversfT       «  Or.  manner  of  life    ver.  16. 

"  Or,  /iti.thiin'lx  (as  S'lrnh  .  .  .  ye  are  become), 
dointj  well,  nnd  not  being  afraid 

9  Or,  afraid  trilh 

9  Gr.  unto  the  female  vessel,  as  voeaker. 
i*  Gr.  sympathetic. 


"  ch.  3.  17 
6  ch.  3.  y  ; 

see  Acts 

14.  a-.' 
<■  ch.  3.  18  ; 

4.  1,  13 

<i  See  Mt.  11. 
'.•» ;  IG.  24 

*  Is.  53.  9  ; 
see  2  Cor. 
0.21 

/ch.  3.  9; 

Is.  53.  7 ; 

lleb.  12.  3 
"  Ib.  bS.  4, 

11  ;  comp. 

1  Cor.  15. 

3;  Heb.  9. 

28 
'»  See  Acts 

h.  30 
I  See  Rom. 

().  2 ;  comp. 

13 

*  Is.  53.  5 
'  Heb.  12. 

13 ;  Jas.  5. 

16 
'"  Is.  53.  6 
"  See  Jn.  10. 

11;  ch.  5.  4 
"ch.  2. 18; 

comp. 

ver.  7 
P  See  Eph. 

5.22 
«  1  Cor.  9.  19 
""ITim.  2. 

9 ;  comp. 

Is.  3.  18  tf. 

*  See  Rom. 
7.  22 

<  See  1  Tim. 

5.  5; 

comp.  ch. 
1.  3 

"  Gen.  18.  12 
''  Comp.  ver. 

14 
'^  See  Eph.  5. 

25 ;  Col.  3. 

19 
y  See  1  Th. 

4.4 
-  See  Rom. 

12.  16 
"  Comp.  ch. 

1.  22 
<>  Eph  4.  32 
'  Comp. 

Eph.  4.  2 ; 

PhU.  2.  3; 

ch.  5.  5 
•i  See  Rom. 

12.  17  ; 

1  Th.  5.  15 
'  See  ch.  2. 

23;  comp 

1  Cor.  4.  12 


/Lk.  6.  28; 
Rom.  12. 

14  :  1  Cor. 
4.12 

"Seech.  2  21 
'■  Gal.  3.  14  : 

Heb.  6.  14 ; 

comp.  12. 

17 
■  Prov.  16.  7 
k  Se<!  ch.  2. 

19  ff.  ;  4. 

15  f. 

'  See  Jas.  5. 

11 
">  Is.  8  12  f.  ; 

comp.  ver. 

6 
"  Comp.  ch. 

1.  3 

"  Comp. 

Col.  4.  6 
P  S.-e  ch.  1.  3 
«  See  2  Tim. 

2.  2.5 

253 


contrariwise  ^blessing;  for  "here- 
unto were  ye  called,  that  ye  should 
''inherit  a  l)le.ssing.     10  For, 
"  He  that  would  love  life, 
And  see  good  days. 
Let  him  refrain  his  tongue  from 

evil, 
And  his  lips  that  they  speak  no 
guile : 

11  And  let  him  turn  away  from 

evil,  and  do  good; 
Let  him  seek  peace,  and  pursue 
it. 

12  For  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  are 

upon  the  righteous. 
And  his  ears  unto  their  suppli- 
cation : 
But  the  face  of  the  Lord  is  upon 
them  that  do  evil. 
1 3  And  'who  is  he  that  will  harm 
you,  if  ye  be  zealous  of  that  which 
is  good  1  14  But  even  if  ye  should 
^sufi'er  for  righteousness'  sake, 
'  blessed  are  ye :  and  '"  fear  not  their 
fear,  neither  be  troubled;  15  but 
sanctify  in  your  hearts  "Christ  as 
Lord :  being  ready  alwavs  "  to  give 
answer  to  every  man  that  asketh 
you  a  reason  concerning  the  ■^hope 
that  is  in  you,  yet  "with  meekness 
and  ""fear  :  16  having  a 'good  con- 
science; that,  wherein  'ye  are 
spoken  against,  they  may  be  put  to 
sliame  who  revile  your  good  man- 
ner of  life  in  Christ.  17  For  "it  i.s 
better,  "if  the  will  of  God  should 
so  will,  that  ye  suffer  for  well-doing 
than  for  evil-doing.  18  Becau.se 
■"Christ  also  '^suffered  for  sins 
"once,  the  righteous  for  the  un- 
righteous, that  he  might  'bring  us 
to  God;  being  put  to  death  "in  the 
flesh,  but  made  alive  ^  in  the  spirit ; 
19  in  which  also  he  went  and 
''preached  unto  the  spirits  in 
prison,  20  that  aforetime  were  dis- 
obedient, when  the  '  longsuffering 
of  God  ''  waited  in  the  days  of 
Noah,  while  ''  the  ark  was  a  prepar- 
ing, '* wherein  few,  that  is,  •'eight 
"souls,  were  saved  through  water: 
21  "which  al.so  "after  a  true  like 
ness  doth  now  save  you,  even  bap- 

•■  See  ch.  1.  17  •  ver.  21  ;  see  1  Tim.  1.  5 ;  Heb.  13. 
T8  '  Comp.  ch.  2.  12.  15  "  ch.  2.  20;  4.  15  f.  '■  ch. 
1.  6  ;  2.  15  ;  4.  19 ;  comp.  Acts  18.  21  '  See  ch.  2.  21 
"  Heb.  9.  26.  28  :  10.  10  -  See  Rom.  5.  2 ,  Eph.  3. 
12  "  ch.  4.  1 ;  Col.  1.  22  fc  ch.  4.  6  <=  See  Rom.  2. 
4  d  Gen.  6  3.  5. 13  f.  <■  See  Heb  11.  7  /  2  Pet.  2. 
5;  comp.  Gen.  8.  18  "  See  Acts  2.  41 ;  comp.  ch. 
1  9.  -22 ;  2.  25  ;  4.  19  *  See  Tit.  3.  5  ;  comp.  Acts 
16.  33  

»l  Ps  xxxiv  12  ff. 

n  Many  ancient  authorities  read  died. 
1^  Or.  ntio  which  friv,  that  w,  eight  souls,  were 
broMfiht  safely  through  water 
w  Or,  in  the  antitype 


3.22 


I.   PETEE 


5.5 


"  So  longer  live  to  the  Lusts  of  Men  bnt  to  the  Will  of  God."     "  As  Partakers  of  Christ's  Sufferings,  rejoice " 


tism,  "  not  the  putting  away  o£  the 
filth  of  the  flesh,  but  the  inter- 
rogation of  a  ''good  conscience 
toward  God,  through  "the  resur- 
rection of  Jesus  Christ:  22  ''who 
is  on  the  right  hand  of  God,  '^  hav- 
ing gone  into  heaven  ;  -^angels  and 
authorities  and  powers  being  made 
subject  unto  him. 

4  Forasmuch  then  as  ^Christ 
suffered  in  the  flesh,  ''arm  ye 
yourselves  also  with  the  same 
'-'mind;  for  'he  that  hath  suffered 
in  the  flesh  hath  ceased  ^  from  sin ; 
2  *that  '*ye  no  longer  should  live 
'  the  rest  of  your  time  in  the  flesh 
to  the  lusts  of  men,  but  to  the  will 
of  God.  3  For  "*  the  time  past  may 
suflice  to  have  wrought  the  desire 
of  the  Gentiles,  and  to  have  "walked 
in  lasciviousness,  lusts,  winebib- 
bings,  revellings,  carousings,  and 
abominable  idolatries :  4  wherein 
they  think  it  strange  that  ye  run 
not  with  them  into  the  same  ^ex- 
cess of  "  riot,  ''speaking  evil  of  you: 
5  who  shall  give  account  to  nim 
that  is  ready  to  judge  »the  living 
and  the  dead.  6  For  unto  this 
end "  was  ''the  gospel  preached  even 
to  the  dead,  that  they  might  be 
judged  indeed  according  to  men  in 
the  flesh,  but  live  according  to  God 
in  the  spirit. 

7  But '  the  end  of  all  things  is  at 
hand :  be  ye  therefore  of  sound 
mind,  and  'be  sober  unto  'Sprayer  : 
8  above  all  things  being  "fervent 
in  your  love  among  yourselves ; 
for  "love  covereth  a  multitude  of 
sins:  9  •'using  hospitality  one  to 
another  without  ^^ murmuring :  10 
'  according  as  each  hath  received  a 
gift,  ministering  it  among  your- 
selves, as  good  "stewards  of  the 
manifold  grace  of  God  ;  11  ''if  any 
man  speaketh,  f^peaking  as  it  were 
"  oracles  of  God ;  if  any  man  min- 
istereth,  7ninistering  as  of  "*  the 
strength  which  God  supplieth : 
that  *in  all  things  God  may  be 
glorified  through  Jesus  Christ, 
■^  whose  is  the  glory  and  the  domin- 
ion ^  for  ever  and  ever.     Amen. 

1 2  '^  Beloved,  think  it  not  strange 
concerning  the  ''fiery  trial  among 
you,  which  cometh  upon  you  to 
prove  you,  as  though  a  strange 
thing  happened  unto  you:  13  but 

1  Or,  inquiry    Or,  appeal  2  Or,  thought 

3  Some  ancient  authorities  read  unto  sins. 

*  Or,  he  no  longer  .  .  .  his  time  '^  Or,  flood 

6  Or,  toere  the  good  tidings  preached 

1  Gr.  prayers.     ^  Gr.  unto  the  ages  of  the  ages. 


"  See  Heb. 

9. 14  ;  10.  22 
^  ver.  16 ; 

see  1  Tim. 

1.  5 ;  Heb. 

13.  18 
'  ch.  1.  3 
d  See  Mis. 

16.  I'J 
«  See  Heb. 

4.  14  •  6.  20 
/  See  Rom. 

8.  38  1. ; 
comp. 
Heb.  1.  6 

"  See  ch.  2. 

21 
''  Comp. 

Eph.  6.  13 

*  Rom.  6.  7 
*-■  Rom.  6.  2 ; 

Col.  3.  3 
'  Comp.  ch. 

1.  14 

"'  1  Cor.  12.  2 
"  See  Rom. 

13.  13; 

Eph.  2.  2; 

4.  17  ff. 

"  See  Eph. 

5.  18 

P  See  ch.  3. 

16 
«  Acts  10. 

42 :  2  Tim. 

4. 1 ;  comp. 

Rom.  14.  9 
'■  ch.  1. 12 ; 

3.19 

*  See  Rom. 
13.11; 
comp.  Jas. 
5.  8 ;  Heb. 

9.  26;  1  Jn. 

2.  18 

« See  ch.  1. 

13 
"  See  ch.  1. 

22 
"  Prov.  10. 

12 ;  Jas.  5. 

20:  comp. 

1  Cor.  13. 

4tf. 
^  1  Tim.  3. 

2 ;  see 

Heb.  13.  2 
y  Comp. 

Phil.  2. 14 
'  Rom.  12. 

6f. 
°-  See  1  Cor. 

4.  1 

6  1  Th.  2.  4 ; 

comp.  Tit. 

2.  1,15; 

Heb.  13.  7 
"  See  Acts 

d  Eph.  6.  10 : 
comp.  1. 19 

"l.Cor.  10. 
31 ;  see  ch. 
2.  12 

/Rev.  1.6; 

5.  13; 
comp.  ch. 
5. 11 ;  see 
Rom.  11.  36 

B  See  ch.  2. 

11 
/i  Comp.  ch. 

1.  6f. 


i  Phil.  3.  10 ; 

comp. 

2  Cor.  1.  5  ; 

4.  10;  see 

Rom.  8.  17 
k  See  ch.  1. 

7;  5.1 
'  Comp. 

2  Tim.  2. 

12 
'"  Jn.  15.  21 ; 

2H 


insomuch  as  ye  are  *  partakers  of 
Christ's  sufferings,  rejoice  ;  that  at 
the  *  revelation  of  his  glory  also  '  ye 
may  rejoice  with   exceeding   joy. 

14  If  ye  are  reproached  ''for  '"the 
name  of  Christ,  "blessed  a-re  ye; 
"  because  the  Spirit  of  glory  and 
the  Spirit  of  God  resteth  upon  you. 

15  For  ''let  none  of  you  suffer  as 
a  murderer,  or  a  thief,  or  an  evil- 
doer, or  as  "a  meddler  in  other 
men's  matters :  1 6  but  if  a  man 
suffer  as  a  '"Christian,  let  him  not 
be  ashamed ;  but  let  him  '  glorify 
God  in  this  name.  17  For  the  time 
is  come  for  judgment  'to  begin  at 
"the  house  of  God  :  and  if  it  begin 
"first  at  us,  what  s/ia^^  be  the  end  of 
them  ^  that  obey  not  the  ^°  ^  gospel 
of  God"?  18  x\nd  4f  the  righteous 
is  scarcely  saved,  where  shall  the 
"ungodly  and  sinner  appear?  19 
Wherefore  let  them  also  that  suffer 
according  to  ''the  will  of  God  com- 
mit their  souls  in  well-doing  unto  a 
faithful  Creator. 

5  ''The  elders  therefore  among 
you  I  exhort,  who  am  a  ''fel- 
low-elder, and  a  ^  witness  of  the 
sufferings  of  Christ,  who  am  also 
■^a  partaker  of  the  glory  that  shall 
be  revealed :  2  Tend  ^  the  flock  of 
God  which  is  among  you,  "  exercis- 
ing the  oversight,  ''not  of  con- 
straint, but  willingly,  ^'-^  according 
to  the  will  of  God;  'nor  yet  for 
filthy  lucre,  but  of  a  ready  mind ; 

3  neither  as  *  lording  it  over  the 
charge  allotted  to  you,  but  making 
yourselves  'ensamples  to  the  flock. 

4  And  when  the  chief  '"Shepherd 
shall  be  manifested,  ye  shall  receive 
the  "crown  of  glory  that  "fadeth 
not  away.  5  ^^  Likewise,  ye 
''younger,  «be  subject  unto  the 
elder.    Yea,  all  of  you  gird  your- 

ver.  16 ,  comp.  Heb.  11 .  26  "  Mt.  5. 11 ;  Lk.  6.  22 ; 
Acts  5.  41  "  Comp  2  Cor.  4.  10  f.  16  f  ch.  2. 19  f.  ; 
3.  17  'i  1  Th.  4. 11 ;  2  Th.  3. 11 ;  1  Tim.  5. 13  '  See 
Acts  6.  41 ;  comp.  Acts  28.  22;  Jas.  2. 7  »  See  ver.  11 
'  Jer.  25.  29 ;  Ezek.  9.  6 ;  Amos  3.  2  "  See  1  Tim. 
3.  15 ;  Heb.  3.  6 ;  ch.  2.  5  "  See  Rom.  2.  9  ^  2  Th 
1.8  y  See  Rom.  1.  1  '  Prov.  11.  31 ;  Lk.  23.  31 
"  See  1  Tim.  1.  9  ^  See  ch.  3. 17  '  See  Acts  11.  30 
rf  Comp.  2  Jn.  1 ;  3  Jn.  1  'See  Lk.  24.  48  ;  comp. 
Heb.  12.  1  /  See  ch.  1.  5,  7  ,  4.  13 ;  comp.  Rev.  1.  9 
'■'  ,Tn.  21.  16;  Acts  20.  28  (Gr.)  ''  See  Philem.  14 
'  See  1  Tim.  3.  8  k  Ezek.  34.  4 ;  Mt.  20.  25  f  '  Pliil. 
3.  17  ;  1  Th.  1.  7  ;  2  Th.  3.  9  ;  1  Tim.  4.  12 ;  Tit.  2.  7  ; 
comp.  Jn.  13. 15  '"  See  ch.  2.  25  "  See  1  Cor.  9.  2S 
°  See  ch.  1. 4  >>  Lk.  22.  26 ;  comp.  1  Tim.  5.1  «  See 
Eph.  5.  21 

9  Gr.  in. 

10  Gr.  good  tidings.    See  Mt.  4.  23  marg. . 
n  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  exercising  the 
oversight. 

12  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  according  tu 
the  will  of  God. 

13  Or,  Likewise  .  .  .  elder;  yea,  all  of  you  OJie 
to  another.     Gird  yourselves  wUh  humuity 


5.6 


I.   PETER 


5.14 


Diverii  ExbortatioDS.    Salutations.    Benediction 


selves  with  "humility,  to  serve  one 
another:  for  *(Jod  resisteth  the 
proud,  but  giveth  grace  to  the 
humble.  6  *"  Humble  yourselves 
therefore  under  the  mighty  hand 
of  God,  that  he  may  exalt  you  in 
due  time;  7  casting  all  your  ''anx- 
iety upon  him,  because  he  careth 
for  you.  8  '' l>c  sober,  -'be  watch- 
ful: your  adversary  ^the  devil, 
as  a  roaring  *lion,  walketh  about, 
seeking  whom  he  may  devour : 
9  "whom  withstand  'stedfast  in 
'your  faith,  knowing  that  /the 
same  sull'erings  are  -'accomplished 
in  your  -'brethren  who  are  in  the 
world.  10  And  the  'Ciod  of  all 
grace,  who  '"called  you  unto  his 
"eternal  glory  in  Christ,  after  that 
ye  have  suffered  "a  little  while, 
shall  himself  ■'^perfect,  « establish. 


1  Or.  /he 

3  Or.  being  accomplished. 


3Gr  brotherhood. 
*  Or,  resfore 


"  C'orap.  cli. 

3.  6 

6  Prov.  3. 

34 ;  see 

Jaa.  4.  6 
<^  Ja».  4.  10 
d  See  Mt.  G. 

■2!) 
'  See  cli.  1. 

13 
/  Mt.  24.  42 
"  See  Jas. 

4.7 
''  See  2  Tim. 

4.  17 

■  Col.  2.  ,'5 
*  See  Acts 

14.22; 

coinp. 

Heb.  12.  8 
'  Coinp.  cli. 

4.  1(1 
'"  1  Cor.  1.  9  ; 

see  1  Th. 

2.  12 
"  2  Cor.  4. 

17 ;  see 

2  Tim.  2.  lU 
"  ch.  1.  (j 
P  1  Cor.  1. 

10;  Heb. 

13.  21 
«  Rom.  16. 


strengthen''  you.  11  'To  him  be 
the  dominion  "for  ever  and  ever. 
Amen. 

12  By  'Silvanus,  ''our  faithful 
brother,  as  1  account  him; 'I  have 
written  unto  you  brielly,  exhort- 
ing, and  testifying  that  this  is 
"the  true  grace  of  God  :  'Lstand  ye 
iast-tlietein.  13  "She  that  is  in 
Babylon,  elect  together  with  yo'n, 
saluteth  you  ;  and  so  doth  "  Mark 
my  son.  14  *' Salute  one  another 
with  a  ki.ss  of  love. 

^  Peace  be  unto  you  all  that  are 
in  Christ. 

V>\  2Th. 2. 17:  3.  3, &c. ''See Rom.  11.  36;  comp. 

ch.  4.  n  "  See  2  Cor.  1.  19  '  Comp.  Heb  13.  22 
"  Comp.  ch.  1.  13 ;  4.  10 ;  see  Acts  11.  23  "  Comp. 
1  Cor.  15.  1  ^  See  Acts  12.  12  v  See  Rom.  16. 16 
'  See  Eph.  6.  23 


5  Many  ancient  authorities  add  settle. 

6  Gr.  unto  tlie  agen  of  the  iKh's.  '  Gr.  the. 
8  That  is,  The  church,  or,  The  sister. 


58 


265 


THE  SECOND   EPISTLE   OF 

PETER 


Address  and  Salntation.    "  Be  not  idle  nor  nufruitful. "    "  We  were  Eyewitnesses  of  Ms  Majesty ' 


1^  Simon  Peter,  a  ^ "  servant 
and  ''apostle  of  Jesus  Christ,  to 
them  that  have  obtained  ^a  '^like 
precious  faith  with  us  in  ^  the 
righteousness  of  ■*' our  God  and  the 
Saviour  Jesus  Christ :  2  -^  Grace  to 
you  and  peace  be  multiphed  in 
^the  knowledge  of  God  and  of 
Jesus  our  Lord;  3  seeing  that  his 
''divine  power  hath  granted  unto 
us  all  things  that  pertain  unto  life 
and  godliness,  through  the  ^knowl- 
edge of  him  that '  called  us  ^  by  his 
own  glory  and  virtue ;  4  whereby 
he  hath  granted  unto  us  his  pre- 
cious and  exceeding  great  *  prom- 
ises ;  that  through  these  ye  may 
become  'partakers  of  ®the  divine 
nature,  having  ""escaped  from  the 
"corruption  that  is  in  "the  world 
by  lust.  5  Yea,  and  for  this  very 
cause  adding  on  your  part  all  dili- 
gence, in  your  faith  ^'supply  *  vir- 
tue ;  and  in  your  virtue  ''knowledge ; 
6  and  in  your  knowledge  *  self-con- 
trol ;  and  in  your  self-control  ^ '  pa- 
tience ;  and  in  your  ''  patience 
"  godliness  ;  7  and  in  yoiir  godli- 
ness *"  brotherly  kindness;  and  in 
your  ^brotherly  kindness  love.  8 
For  if  these  things  are  yours  and 
abound,  they  make  you  to  be  not 
idle  nor  "^  unfruitful  unto  ^  the 
knowledge  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ.  9  For  he  that  lacketh 
these  things  is  *  blind,  "seeing  only 
what  is  near,  having  forgotten  the 
^cleansing  from  his  old  sins.  10 
Wherefore,  brethren,  give  the  more 
diligence  to  make  your  "  calling 
and  *  election  sure :  for  if  ye  do 
these  things,  ye  shall  never  "  stum- 
ble :  11  for  thus  shall  be  ''richly 
*  supplied  unto  you  the  entrance 
into  ^the  eternal  kingdom  of  our 
^  Lord  and  Saviovir  Jesus  Christ. 
12  Wherefore  ''I  shall  be  ready 

1  Many  ancient  authorities  read  Symeon.  See 
Acts  15.  14,  -  6r.  bondservant. 

3  Gr.  an  equally  precimis. 

*  Or,  ovr  Ond  and  Saviour  Comp.  ver.  11 ;  2. 
20;  3.  18;  Tit.  2.  13. 

5  Some  ancient  authorities  read  ihrnuali  glory 
and  virtup.  «  Or,  a  '  Or,  stedfaMness 

8  Gr.  love  of  the  brethren.     '  Or,  closing  Ais  eyes 


"  Roiu.  1.  1 ; 

Phil.  1.  1 ; 

Jude 1 : 

comp.  Jas. 

1.  1 
b  1  Pet.  1.  1 
"  Rom.  1. 

12 ;  2  Cor. 

4.  13; 

corap.  Tit. 

1.4 
d  Comp. 

Rom.  3. 

21-26 
<■  See  Tit.  2. 

13 
/I  Pet.  1.  2; 

see  Rom. 

1.  7 

P  ver.  3,  8  ; 

ch.  2.  20; 

3.  18; 

comp.  Jn. 

17.  3 ;  see 

Phil.  3.  8 
ft  Comp. 

1  Pet.  1.  5 
i  Comp. 

ITh.  2.12; 

2  Th.  2.  14  ; 
1  Pet.  a.  10 

*  Comp.  ch. 
3.  9,  13 

'  Comp 

Eph.  4.  13, 

24;  Heb. 

12.10; 

1  .Jn.  3.  2 
"  ch.  2. 18, 

20 
"  ch.  2.  19 
"  See  Jas.  1. 

27 
P  Comp. 

ver.  11 
9  Comp. 

ver.  3 
"•001.2.  3; 

comp.  ver. 

2 

*  See  Acts 
24.  2.5 

(  See  Lk.  21. 

19 
"  Comp. 

ver.  3 
"  See  Rom. 

12,  10, 

1  Pet.  1.  22 
•"^  Col.  1.  10 
y  Comp. 

1  .Tn.  2.  11 
^Eph.  .5.  26; 

see  Tit.  2. 

14 
"  See  Rom. 

11.  29; 

comp.  ver. 

3 :  see  Mt. 

22.  14 
>>  Comp. 

1  Th.  1.  4 
=  Jude  24 ; 

comp.  ch. 

3  17 :  see 
Jas.  2.  10 

d  See  Rom. 

2.  4; 
ITim. 

256 


always  to  put  you  in  remembrance 
of  these  tilings,  though  ye  know 
them,  and  are  established  in  Hhe 
truth  which  is  with  you.     13  And 

1  think  it  *  right,  as  long  as  I  am  in 
'this  tabernacle,  to  '"stir  you  up 
by  putting  you  in  remembrance ; 
14:  knowing  that  "the  putting  off 
of  my  tabernacle  cometh  swiftly, 
"  even  as  our  Lord  Je.sus  Christ  sig- 
nified unto  me.  1 5  Yea,  I  will  give 
diligence  that  at  every  time  ye 
may  be  able  after  my  ^''''decease  to 
call  these  things  to  remembrance. 
16  For  we  did  not  follow  cunningly 
devised  *  fables,  when  we  made 
known  unto  you  the  *■  power  and 
"  coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
but  we  were  *  eyewitnesses  of  his 
majesty.  1 7  For  he  ^^  received 
from  God  the  Father  honor  and 
glory,  when  there  was  borne  such 
'  a  voice  to  him  by  the  "  Majestic 
Glory,  This  is  my  beloved  Son,  in 
whom  I  am  well  pleased  :  18  and 
this  voice  we  ourselves  heard  borne 
out  of  heaven,  when  we  were  with 
him  in  the  "holy  mount.  19  And 
we  have  ""the  word  of  prophecy 
made  more  ^sure;  whereunto  ye  do 
well  that  je  take  heed,  as  unto  'a. 
lamp  shining  in  a  "dark  place, 
until  the  "day  dawn,  and  the  ''day- 
star  arise  "  in  your  hearts  :  20 
''  knowing  this  _  first,  that  *  no 
prophecy  of  scripture  is  of  ^'pri- 
vate interpretation.  21  For  ■''no 
prophecy  ever  ^^came  by  the  will 
of  man  :  but  men  spake  from  God, 
being  ^  moved  by  the  Holy  Spirit. 

fi.  17  «  Comp.  ver.  5  /See  2  Tim.  4. 18  c  ch. 
2.  20  ;  3.  18  'i  Jude  .5 ;  comp.  Phil.  3  1 ;  1  Jn.  2.  21 
'  Comp.  Col.  1.  5f.  ;  2  Jn.  2     A:  Phit.  1. 7     '  See 

2  Cor.  .5.  1,  4  ;  ver.  14  "■  ch.  3.  1  «  Comp.  2  Tim. 
4.  6 ;  2  Cor.  5.  1  "  Comp.  .Tn.  13.  36 ;  21. 19  p  Lk. 
9.  31  «  See  1  Tim.  1.  4 ;  comp.  ch.  2.  3  "■  Comp. 
Mk.  13.  26 ;  14.  62  ;  1  Th.  2.  19  •  Mt.  17.  1  ff. ;  Mk. 
9  2  ff.  :  Lk.  9.  28  ff.  <  Mt.  17.  5 ;  Mk.  9.  7  ;  Lk.  9. 
a5     "  Comp.  Heb.  1.  3     "  Comp  'Ex.  3.  5 ;  Josh.  5. 

15  ^  1  Pet.  1.  10  f.  V  Comp.  Heb.  2.  2  -'2  Esdr. 
12.  42 ;  comp.  Ps.  119.  105      "  Lk.  1.  78      »  Rev.  22. 

16  '=2Cor.  4.  6  rfch.3.  3  "  Comp.  Rom.  12.  6 
/  Comp.  Jer.  23.  26 ;  2  Tim.  3.  16  "1  Pet.  1.  11 ; 
comp.  2  S.  23.  2 ;  Lk.  1.  7C ;   \ct8 1.  16  ;  3. 18 

10  Or,  departure  l'  Gr.  squalid. 

11  Gr.  presence.  l<  Or,  special 

1*  Gr.  having  received.        i^  (jp.  was  brought 


2.1 


II.   PETER 


2.22 


False  Teachers  Mi  Bondservants  of  Corraptioa  warned  against 


iy  But  there  arose  "false  proph- 
mJ  ets  also  among  the  people,  as 
'"among  you  also  there  shall  be 
■^ false  teachers,  who  shall  ''privilj^ 
bring  in  ^'destructive  heresies, 
■'deuj'iag  even  the  ^Master  that 
*  bought  them,  bringing  upon  them- 
selves swift^  destruction.  2  And 
many  shall  follow  their  'lascivious 
doings;  by  reason  of  whom  *the 
way  of  the  truth  shall  be  'evil 
spoken  of.  3  And  in  "'covetous- 
ness  shall  they  with  "feigned 
words  "make  merchandise  of  you : 
^wlKise  sentence  now  from  of  old 
lingereth  not,  and  their  destruc- 
tion slumbereth  not.  4  For  "if 
God  spared  not  angels  when  they 
sinnecf,  but  -cast  them  down  to 
^hell,  and  ''committed  them  to 
■•pits  of  darkness,  to  be  reserved 
unto  judgment ;  5  and  spared  not 
'the  ancient  world,  but  preserved 
'Noah     with     seven     others,     *a 

Ereacher  of  righteousness,  when 
e  brought  a  "liood  upon  the 
world  of  the  ungodly;  6  and 
"turning  the  cities  of  Sodom  and 
Gomorrah  into  ashes  condemned 
them  with  an  overthrow,  having 
made  them  an  'example  unto 
tho.se  that  should  *'live  ungodly; 
7  and  /'delivered  righteous  Lot, 
sore  distressed  by  the  'lasciWous 
life  of  "  the  wicked  8  (for  that 
■■righteous  man  dwelling  among 
them,  in  seeing  and  hearing, 
^vexed  hifi  righteous  .soul  from 
day  to  day  with  their  lawless 
deeds):  9  '"the  Lord  knoweth  how 
to  deliver  the  godly  out  of  temp- 
tation, and  to  keep  the  unright- 
eous under  punishment  unto  ''the 
day  of  judgment;  10  but  chiefly 
them  that  "walk  after  the  flesh  in 
the  lust  of  defilement,  and  -'de- 
spise dominion.  Daring,  ^self- 
willed,  they  tremble  not  to  '  rail 
at  ^dignities:  11  *  whereas  angels, 
though  greater  in  might  find 
power,  bring  not  a  railing  judg- 
ment against  them  before  the 
Lord.  12  But  'the.se.  as  crea- 
tures without  reason.  *born  *mere 
animals  ®  to  be  taken  and  de- 
stroyed, railing  in  matters  whereof 
they  are  ignorant,  shall  in  their 
"destroying  surely  be  destroyed. 
13  suffering  wrong  as  'the  hire  of 

1  Or,  .^T'f  i/'  p-'^'difion 

2  Or,  cn-'f  t'irnt  jvf"  thn'rjpnns      ^  Gr.  Tnrfnni.':. 
'  SoTTie ancient  autliorities  read  rhnins     Comp. 

WisJ.  17. 17  ■"■  Or.  a  hernld. 

"  Or.  tnrmfvffd.    '  Or.  glnrii's.    '  Or.  natural. 
9  Or,  lo  take  iimi  to  d's'lroij 
V  Or,  corruption    Comp.  1  Tim.  6.  9. 


■»  Dt.  13. 
1  ff. ;  Jer. 

6.  13,  ic. 
»  Comp. 

1  Tim.  4. 
1  ;  see  Mt. 

7.  1.^ 

•■a  Cor.  11. 13 
■'  (Jal.  2.  4  ; 

.lude  4 
'  Com  p. 

1  Cor.  11. 

19;Oal.  5. 

'20 
/ .)  ude  4 
"  Rev.  K.  10 
''  See  1  Cor. 

(i.  20 
'  Comp. 

Geii.  M. 

/)  ff. :  Jude 

4 ;  ver.  2, 

7,  18 
«:  Comp. 

Acte  16. 

17 ;  22.  4 ; 

24.  14 
'  (Gr.)  Rom. 

2.  24 ; 

1  Tim.  fi.  1 
"'  ver.  14: 

see  1  Tim. 

(>.  b :  comp. 

Jude  16 
"  Comp. 

Kom.  16. 

18;  ch.  1. 

16 
"  Comp. 

2  Cor.  2. 
17  marg. ; 
1  Th.  2  5 

r  Comp.  Dt. 

;i2.  -ih 
1  Comp. 

Gen.  6. ; 

Jude  6 
""  Comp. 

Rev.  20. 

If. 
»ch.  3.  6; 

comp. 

Ezek.  26. 

20 
(  Pee  1  Pet. 

3.20 
«  ch.  3.  6 
"  Gen.  19. 

24 :  Jude  7 
"  Jude  7 ; 

Mt.  10.  15 ; 

11.  23 : 

Koiu.  9. 

20  (Is.  1.  9) 
V  Comp. 

Judo  15 
'Goal".  IG, 

2!l,  Wlsd. 

10.6 
"  cli   3.  17 
b  Wisd.  19. 

17 ;  comp. 

Hob.  11.4 
'•  1  Cor.  10. 

IS:  comp. 

Rev.  3.  10 
d  See  Mt.  10. 

l.-> ;  Judo  6 
'ch.  3.  3: 

Jude  16,  18 
/.lude  8: 

comp.  Ex. 

22.  2S 
!' Tit.  1.7 
h  Jude  9 

•  Jude  10 

*  Comp. 
Jer.  12.  3 ; 
Col.  2.  22 

'  ver.  1.3 


"•  See  Rom. 

13.  i:i 
"  Comp. 

1  Th.  5.  7 


wrong-doing;  men  that  count  it 
pleasure  to  "'revel  in  the  "day- 
time, spots  and  blemishes,  ""revel- 
ling in  their  ''deceivings  "while 
they  feast  with  you;  14  having 
eyes  full  of  '-a<lultery,  and  that 
cannot  cease  from  sin ;  ''enticing 
''unstedfast  souls;  having  a  heart 
exercised  ''in  covetousncss;  'chil- 
dren of  cursing;  15  forsaking 'the 
right  way,  they  went  astray,  hav- 
ing followed  "the  way  of  Balaam 
the  son  of  ^'Beor,  who  loved  'the 
hire  of  wrong-doing;  IG  but  he 
was  rebuked  for  his  own  tians- 
gression:  /a  dumb  ass  sjwike  with 
man's  voice  and  stayed  the  mad- 
ness of  the  prophet.  17  These 
are  "springs  without  water,  and 
mists  driven  by  a  storm;  ^for 
whom  the  blackness  of  darkness 
hath  been  reserved.  18  For,  utter- 
ing "great  swelling  zforr/s  of  ''van- 
ity, they  ^entice  in  the  lusts  of 
the  flesh,_by  '"lasciviousness,  those 
who  are  just  ''escaping  from  them 
that  live  in  error;  19  promising 
them  liberty,  while  they  them- 
selves are  bondservants  of  cor- 
ruption; for  "of  ^''whom  a  man  is 
overcome,  of  the  same  is  he  also 
brought  into  bondage.  20  For 
if,  after  they  have  ''escaped  the 
defilements  of  the  world  through 
^the  knowledge  of  ''^the  ''Lord 
and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  they 
are  again  'entangled  therein  and 
ovei'come,  *the  last  state  is  be- 
come worse  with  them  than  the 
first.  21  'For  it  were  better  for 
them  not  to  have  known  the  way 
of  righteousness,  than,  after  know- 
ing it,  to  turn  back  from  "'the 
holy  commandment  "delivered  unto 
them.  22  It  has  happened  unto 
them  according  to  the  true  prov- 
erb, '^  The  dog  turning  to  his  own 
vomit  again,  and  the  sow  that 
had  washed  to  wallowing  in  the 
mire. 

"  Jude  12;  comp.  1  Cor.  11.  21  P  ver.  IS  •'  Comp. 
Jas.  1.  8 ;  ch.  3.  16  ""  bee  ver.  3  "  Comp.  Eph.  2.  3 
<  Comp.  Acts  13.  10  "  Num.  22.  .\  7  ;  Dt.  23.  4 ; 
Noh.  13.  2;  Jude  11;  comp  Rev.  2  14  'ver.  13 
"  Num.  22.  21,  23.  28,  30  f.  "  Comp.  Jude  12 
=  .Tndel3  °  Jude  16  6  See  Eph.  4.  17  ■  See  ver.  2 
rf  ver  20;  see  ch.  1  4  '  Rom.  6.  16;  see  Jn.  8.  34 
.'Pee  ver.  18  "  Poe  ch.  1.  2  *  ch.  1.  11 :  3. 18 
•  2  Tim.  2.  4  k  Mt.  12.  45 .  Lk  11.  26  '  Comp. 
Ezek.  18.  24 .  Heb,  6.  4  ff. ,  10  26  f.  ;  Jas.  4.  17 
"'  ch.  3.  2 ,  comp.  Gal.  6.  2 ,  1  Tim.  6.  14     "  Jude  3 


11  Some   ancient  authorities  read  Inrr.feasii^ 
Comp.  Jude  12.  '^  Gr.  nn  adulteress. 

i^  IVIanv  ancient  authorities  read  Bo.ior. 
n  Or,  irbnt 

!■•  Many  ancient  authorities  read  our. 
16  Prov.  xxvi.  11. 


257 


3.1 


II.   PETER 


3.18 


Mockers  and  their  Destiny.    "  The  Day  of  the  Lord  will  come  as  a  Thief,"    Exhortation  to  Stedfastness.    Doxology 


3  This  is  now,  "beloved,  the 
second  epistle  that  I  write 
unto  you;  and  in  both  of  them 
I  ''stir  up  your  sincere  mind  by 
putting  you  in  remembrance ;  2 
that  ye  should  "remember  the 
words  which  were  spoken  before 
by  ''the  holy  prophets,  and  ^the 
commandment  of  the  Lord  and 
Saviour  through  your  apostles : 
3  -^knowing  this  first,  that  ^"in 
the  last  days  ''mockers  shall  come 
with  mockery,  ^walking  after 
their  own  lusts,  4  and  saying, 
*  Where  is  the  promise  of  his 
"'coming  1  for,  from  the  day  that 
the  fathers  '"fell  asleep,  all  things 
continue  as  they  were  "from  the 
beginning  of  the  creation.  5  For 
this  they  wilfully  forget,  that 
there  were  heavens  from  of  old, 
and  an  earth  "compacted  out  or 
water  and  ^amidst  water,  ^by  the 
word  of  God ;  6  by  which  means 
»the  world  that  then  was,  being 
overflowed  with  water,  ''perished: 
7  but  ^the  heavens  that  now  are, 
and  the  earth,  by  the  same  word 
have  been  *  stored  up  for  'fire, 
being  reserved  against  "the  day 
of  judgment  and  destruction  of 
ungodly  men. 

8  But  forget  not  this  one  thing, 
"beloved,  that  one  day  is  with  the 
Lord  as  a  thousand  years,  and  "a 
thousand  years  as  one  day.  9 
^The  Lord  is  not  slack  concerning 
his  promise,  as  some  count  slack- 
ness ;  but  ^is  longsufiering  to  you- 
ward,  ^not  wishing  that  any  should 
perish,  but  that  all  should  come  to 
repentance.  10  But  "the  day  of 
the  Lord  'will  come  as  a  thief; 
in  the  which  'the  heavens  ''shall 
pass  away  with  a  great  noise,  and 
the  ^''elements  shall  be  dissolved 
with  fervent  heat,  and  "the  earth 
and  the  works  that  are  therein 
shall  be  ^burned  up.     11  Seeing 

1  Gt.  in  the  last  of  the  days. 

2  Gr.  presence.  »  Or,  through 

4  Or,  stored  with  fire  *  Or,  heavenly  bodies 

^  The  most  ancient  manuscripts  read  dis- 
covered. 


"  ver.  8, 14, 

17 ;  see 

1  Pet.  2. 11 
6ch.  1.  U 
"  Jude  17 
dLk.  1.  70; 

Acts  3.  21 ; 

comp. 

Eph.  3.  5 
*ch.  2.  21; 

comp. 

Gal.  b.  2 : 

ITim.  b.l4 
/  ch.  1.  20 
'J  See  1  llm. 

4.  1; 
comp. 
Heb.  1.  2 

h  Jade  18 
'  See  ch.  2. 

10 
k  Comp.  Is. 

5.  W; 

Jer.  17.  15 ; 
Ezek.  11. 

3 ;  12.  22, 

27 ;  Mai.  2. 

17 ;  Mt.  24. 

48 
'  Comp. 

ver.  12 ; 

see  1  Xh. 

2.  19 
'"  See  Acts 

7.  CO 
"  See  Mk. 

10.6 
«  Col.  1. 

17  (Gr.); 

Ps.  24.  2; 

136.  6 
^Gen.  1.6, 

9;  Heb. 

11.  3 
9  Comp.  ch. 

2.5 
*■  Gen.  7. 

21  f. 
'  ver.  10, 12 
'  Comp.  Is. 

66.  15; 

Dan.  7. 

9  f . ;  see 

2Th.  1.7; 

Heb.  12.  29 
"  See  Mt.  10. 

15 :  1  Cor. 

3.13, 

Jude  7 
"  Ps.  90.  4 
^  Hab.  2.  3 ; 

Heb.  10. 

37  ;  comp. 

Rom.  13. 11 
y  Comp. 

Rom.  2.  4  ; 

Rev.  2.  21 
^  1  Tim.  2. 

4  ;  Rev.  2. 

21,  Wisd. 

11.23 
"  See  1  Cor. 

1.  8 
b  See  1  Th. 

5.2; 

comp.  Mt. 

24.  43 ; 

Rev.  3.  3 ; 


that  these  things  are  thus  all  to  be 
dissolved,  what  manner  of  persons 
ought  ye  to  be  in  all  holy  living 
and  godliness,  12  •'^looking  for  and 
'earnestly  desiring  the  ^coming 
of  the  day  of  God,  by  reason  of 
which  'the  heavens  being  on  fire 
shall  be  dissolved,  and  the  ^''ele- 
ments  shall  melt  with  fervent 
heat'?  13  But,  according  to  his 
^promise,  we  look  for  ''new  heav- 
ens and  a  new  earth,  Svherein 
dwelleth  righteousness. 

14  '■Wherefore,  'beloved,  seeing 
that  ye  look  for  these  things,  give 
diligence  that  ye  may  be  '"round 
in  peace,  "  without  spot  and  blame- 
less in  his  sight.  15  And  account 
that  the  "longsuffering  of  our  Lord 
is  salvation  ;  even  as  ^^our  beloved 
brother  Paul  also,  ^according  to 
the  wisdom  given  to  him,  wrote 
unto  you;  16  as  also  in  all  his 
epistles,  speaking  in  them  of 
'  these  things  ;  *  wherein  are  some 
things  hard  to  be  understood, 
whicli  the  ignorant  and  'unsted- 
fast  wrest,  as  they  do  also  "the 
other  scriptures,  unto  their  own 
destruction.  17  Ye  therefore,  'be- 
loved, knowing  these  things  before- 
hand, "beware  lest,  being  carried 
aAvay  with  ^the  error  of  *the 
wicked,  ye  ^fall  from  your  own 
stedfastness.  18  But  grow  in  the 
grace  and  "  knowledge  of  our  ^  Lord 
and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ.  "To 
him  be  the  glory  both  now  and 
•^for  ever.    Amen. 


16. 15  "  Mt.  24.  35 ;  Rev.  21. 1  <J  Is.  34.  4  ;  comp. 
24.  19 ;  Mic.  1  4,  &c.  ;  see  Gal.  4.  3  marg.     '  ver.  7 

/  See  1  Cor.  1.  7    ^  Is.  65.  17  ;  66.  22    h  Rev.  21. 

1 ;  comp.  Rom.  8.  21  '  Is.  60.  21 ;  65.  25 ;  comp. 
Rev.  21.  27  *  Comp.  ch.  1.  10 ;  1  Cor.  15.  .58  '  See 
ver.  1  '"  Comp.  1  Pet.  1.  7  "  Phil.  2.  15  ;  1  Tim. 
6.  14;  Jas.  1.  27;  see  1  Th.  5.  23  "See  ver.  9 
v  Comp.  Acts  9.  17;  15.  25 ;  ch.  3.  2  '1  Cor.  3. 
10  ;  Eph.  3.  3  ''  Comp.  ver.  14  *  Comp.  Heb. 
5.  11  '  See  ch.  2.  14  «  Comp  Is.  28.  13 ;  ver.  2 
'•  1  Cor.  10.  12  ^  Comp.  ch.  2  18  v  ch.  2.  7  ^  Rev. 
2.  5  "  See  ch.  1.  2  ^  ch.  1. 11 ;  2.  20  "  See  Rom. 
11.  36;  comp.  2  Tim.  4. 18 ;  Rev.  1.  6 


7  Or,  hastening 

8  Gr.  unto  ttie  day  of  eternity.    Ecclus.  18. 10. 


THE   FIRST   EPISTLE  OP 

JOHN 


Introdnction.    "  Walk  in  the  light 

IThat  which  was  "  from  the 
beffinninfjc,  that  which  we  have 
'heard,  that  which  we  have  "seen 
«vith  our  eyes,  that  which  we  ''be- 
held, and  our  hands  "  handled,  con- 
cerning the  '-'Word  of  life  2  (and 
"the  life  was  manifested,  and  we 
have  "seen,  and  ^  bear  witness,  and 
declare  unto  you  the  life,  'liic 
eternal  life,  which  was^ "  with  the 
Father,  and  was  "manifested  unto 
us);  3  that  which  we  have  "seen 
and  *  heard  declare  we  unto  you 
also,  that  ye  also  may  ha^-e  fellow- 
ship with  us  :  yea,  and  our  'fellow- 
ship is  with  the  Father,  and  with 
his  Son  Jesus  Christ :  4  and  '"these 
things  we  write,  that  "^our  "joy 
may  be  made  full. 

5  And  °  this  is  the  message  which 
we  have  lieard  from  him  and  an- 
nounce unto  you,  that  ^God  is 
light,  and  in  him  is  no  darkness  at 
all.  6  ''If  we  say  that  we  have 
fellowship  with  him  and  walk  in 
the  darkness,  we  ''lie,  and  'do  not 
the  truth :  7  but  if  we  'walk  in  the 
light,  as  "he  is  in  the  light,  we 
have  fellowship  one  with  another, 
and  'the  blood  of  Jesus  his  Son 
cleanseth  us  from  all  sin.  8  "^  If  we 
say  that  we  have  no  sin,  we  de- 
ceive ourselves,  and  the  ^  truth  is 
not  in  us.  9  ^  If  we  confess  our 
sins,  he  is  faithful  and  righteous  to 
forgive  us  our  sins,  and  "to  cleanse 
us  from  all  unrighteousness.  10 
'  If  we  say  that  we  have  not  sinned, 
we  "make  him  a  liar,  and  *his 
word  is  not  in  us. 

2  "My  little  children,  ■*  these 
things  write  I  unto  you  that 
ye  may  not  sin.  And  if  any  man 
sin,  "we  have  an  "-^Advocate  with 
the  Father,  Jesus  Christ  the  right- 
eous :  2  and  he  is  » the  propitiation 

>  Or,  wr>rd    Comp.  Aots  5.  20. 
5  Manv  ancient  authorities  read  your. 
sor,  rom/orter    Jn.  14.  16.    Or,  Helper    Gr. 
Paraclete, 


even  as  He  walked."    The  Contrasted  Darkness 


"  See  Jn.  1. 
If.; 
comp.  oh. 

2.  13, 14 
b  ver.  3 ; 

comp. 

Acts  4.  20 
■^  ver.  2 ;  Jn. 

19.  35 ; 

2  Pet.  1.  16 
<*  Jn.  1.  14; 

ch.  4. 14 
"Lk.  24.  39; 

Jn.  20.  27 
/Jn.  1.1,4 
"  Ju.  1,  4 : 

Rom.  16. 

26 : 1  Tim. 

3.  16; 

1  Pet  1. 
20 ;  comp. 
ch.  3.  5,  8 ; 
S.  20 

''  ch.  4. 14  ; 

see  Jn.  15. 

27 
•'  Comp.  ch. 

2.  25  ;  5,  11, 

13,  20 ;  see 

Jn.  10.  28 ; 

17.3 
k  See  Jn.  1. 1 
'  Jn.  17.  3, 

21 : 1  Cor. 

1.9 
"•ch.  2.  1 
"  See  Ju.  3. 

29 
°  ch.  3.  11 ; 

comp.  Jn. 

1.  19 

P  1  Tim.  6. 

16 ;  Jas.  1. 

17 
9  Oomo.  Jn. 

8.  12; 

2  Cor.  6 

14  ;  Eph.  5. 
8  ;  sec  ch. 

2.  11 

•■  Jn.  8.  55 ; 
comp.  ch. 

2.  4  ;  4.  20 
'  Jn.  3.  21 

<  Is.  2.  .■• 
"  See  I  Tim. 

6.10 
"  Hob.  9. 14  ; 

Rev.  7.  14; 

comp.  Tit. 

2  14 

'  Jobl.V14; 
Prov.  20. 
9 :  Rom.  3. 
10  IT. ;  Jas. 

3  2 
•'ch.2.  4; 

Jn.  8.  44 
'  Pa.  32.  5 ; 

Prov.  28. 

13 
°  Comp.  ch. 

5.  1ft;  Jn. 

3.  33 

6  See  ch.  2. 
14 

259 


for  our  sins  ;  and  not  for  ours  only, 
but  also  ''for  the  whole  world,  o 
And  'hereby  we  know  that  we 
^know  him,  if  we  'keep  his  com- 
mandments. 4  He  that  saith,  '"I 
*know  him,  and  keetjeth  not  his 
ooinnia admen ts,  is  a  "liar,  and  "the 
truth  is  not  in  him  ;  5  but  whoso 
^'keepeth  his  word,  in  him  verily 
hath  the  "love  of  God  been  per- 
fected. '  Hereby  we  know  that  we 
are  in  him  :  6  he  that  saith  he 
''abideth  in  him  "ought  himself  also 
to  walk  even  as  he  walked. 

7  'Beloved,  "no  new  command- 
ment write  1  unto  you,  but  an  old 
commandment  which  ye  had  *'from 
the  beginning :  the  old  command- 
ment is  the  word  which  ye  heard. 

8  Again,  ^a  new  commandment 
write  I  unto  you,  which  thing  is 
true  in  him  and  in  you  ;  because 
2' the  darkne.ss  is  pa.ssing  away, 
and  ^  the  true  light  already  shinetn. 

9  He  that  saith  he  is  in  the  light 
and  "  hateth  his  *  brother,  is  in  the 
darkness  even  until  now,  10  "He 
that  loveth  his  brother  abideth  in 
the  light,  and  there  is  no  occasion 
of  stumbling  in  him.  11  But  he 
that "  hateth  his  brother  is  in  the 
darkness,  and  ''  walketh  in  the 
darkness,  and  knoweth  not  whither 
he  goeth,  because  the  darkness 
hath  ''blinded  his  eyes. 

12  1  write  unto  you,  my  ■'little 
children,  because  ^your  sins  are 
forgiven  you  for  his  name's  sake. 
13  I  write  unto  you,  fathers,  be- 
aver. 12.  28;  ch.  3.  7,  18;  4.  4;  5,  21:  Jn.  13.  33; 
Oal.  4.  19  rf  Comp.  ch.  1.  4  '  Rom.  8.  34  ;  1  Tim. 
2  5 :  Heb.  7.  25  :  9.  24    /  See  Jn.  14.  16    i*  ch.  4.  10 ; 

see  Rom.  3.  25 ;  Heb.  2.  17 A  ch.  4, 14  ;  see  Jn.  4. 

42 ;  11.  .51  f,  '  ver.  5  ;  ch.  3  24  ;  4.  13 :  5  2  «■■  ver.  4 ; 
ch.  3.  6;  4.7  f.  '  ch.  3.22.24,5.  3;  Jn.  14.  15;  15, 
10;Rev.  12.17:14.  12.  "' Tit.  1.  16  "  Sec  ch.  1.  6 
"  See  ch.  1.  8  p  See  Jn.  14  23  «  ch.  4. 12  >•  See 
Jn.  15.  4  »  Jn.  1.1.  15 ;  r>  10 ;  1  Pet.  2.  21  '  ch.  3.  2, 
21 ;  4.  1.  7,  11 ;  see  Heb.  6.  9  "  ch.  3  11,  23  :  4,  21 ; 
2  Jn.  5  "  ver.  24 ;  3.  11 ;  2  Jn.  .5.  6  ■^  See  Jn.  13.  34 
"Eph.  5  8:  ITli.  .5.  4f.  :  see  Rom.  13  12  '  Jn.1,9 
"  ver.  11 :  ch.  3.  15  ;  4.  20  '■  ch.  3.  10,  16 ;  4.  20  f. : 
comp.  Acts  1.  15  '  ver.  10, 11 :  comp.  Jn.  11.  9  and 
ref.  rf  Jn.  12.  3.5 :  see  ch.  1.  ('.  '  Cnmp.  2  Cor.  4.  4 ; 
2  Pet.  1.9  /See  ver.  1  "  1  Cor.  6.  U;  see  Acts  13. 36 


2.14 


I.  JOHN 


3.9 


"Lore  not  the  World."    "Abide  in  the  Son,  and  in  the  Father."    Righteonsness  and  Brotherly  Love  the  Harks  of 


cause  ye  know  him  "who  is  from 
the  beginning.  I  write  unto  you, 
young  men,  because  ''ye  have  over- 
come "^  the  evil  one.  '  I  have  written 
unto  j^ou,  Httle  children,  because 
''ye  know  the  Father.  14  'I  have 
written  unto  you,  fathers,  because 
j^e  know  him  "  who  is  from  the  be- 
ginning. ^  I  have  written  unto 
you,  young  men,  because  ye  are 
*  strong,  and  the  ^  word  of  God 
abideth  in  you,  and  ^  ye  have  over- 
come the  evil  one.  15  Love  not 
''the  world,  neither  the  things  that 
are  in  the  world.  'If  any  man 
love  the  world,  the  love  of  the 
Father  is  not  in  him.  16  For  all 
that  is  in  the  world,  *the  lust  of 
the  flesh  and '  the  lust  of  the  eyes 
and  '"  the  vainglory  of  life,  is  not  of 
the  Father,  but  is  of  the  world.  1 7 
And  "  the  world  passeth  away,  and 
the  lust  thereof  :  but  he  that  doeth 
the  will  of  God  abideth  for  ever. 

18  Little  children,  "it  is  the  last 
hour :  and  as  ye  heard  that  •''anti- 
christ Cometh,  *  even  now  have 
there  arisen  many  antichrists ; 
whereby  we  know  that  it  is  the 
last  hour.  19  ''They  went  out 
from  us,  but  they  were  not  of  us ; 
for  if  they  had  been  of  us,  they 
would  have  continued  with  us  :  but 
they  went  out,  *  that  they  might  be 
made  manifest  'that  they  all  are 
not  of  us.  20  And  ye  have  an 
'anointing  from  "the  Holy  One, 
*and  "ye  know  all  things.  21  I 
have  not  written  unto  you  because 
ye  know  not  the  trutla,  but  ^  be- 
cause ye  know  it,  and  ■*  because  no 
lie  is  ^of  the  truth.  22  Who  is 
the  liar  but  ^  he  that  denieth  that 
Jesus  is  the  Christ "?  This  is  ^the 
antichrist,  even  he  that  denieth 
the  Father  and  the  Son.  23  "  Who- 
soever denieth  the  Son,  the  same 
hath  not  the  Father :  he  that  con- 
fesseth  the  Son  hath  the  Father 
also.  24  As  for  j'ou,  let  that  abide 
in  you  which  ye  heard  'from  the 
beginning.  If  that  which  j^e  heard 
from  the  beginning  abide  in  you, 
ye  also  ''shall  abide  in  the  Son, 
and  in  the  Father.  2-5  And  ''this 
is  the  promise  which  he  promised 
^us,  eye?i  the  life  eternal.  26  These 
things  have  I  written  unto  you 
concerning  them  that  would  *lead 
you  astray.     27  And  as  for  you, 

1  Or,  /  urote  2  Or,  that  not  all  are  of  us 

3  Some  very  ancient  authorities  read  and  ye  all 
knorv.  *  Or,  that 

'  iSome  ancient  authorities  read  you. 


"  See  ch.  1. 1 
6  ver.  14; 
comp.  ch. 

4.  4  ;  5. 

4  f .  ,  Rev. 

2.  7 :  see 

Jn.  16.  33 
<^  See  Mt.  5. 

37 :  ver. 

14 ,  ch.  3. 

12 ;  5.  18  f. 
d  ver.  3 ;  Jn. 

14.7 
«  Eph.  6.  10 
/ch.  1.  10; 

Jn.  ."i.  38; 

comp.  8.  37 
V  See  ver.  13 
A  See  Ja.s.  1. 

27 ;  comp. 

Rom.  12.  2 
'  Jas.  4.  4 

*  Rom.  13. 
14;  Eph. 

2.  3 :  1  Pet. 

2.  11 
'  Prov.  27.  20 
'"  Jas.  4.  16 
"  1  Cor.  7.  31 

*  See  Rom. 
13.  11 ; 

1  Tim.  4. 
1 ;  1  Pet. 
4.7 

P  ver.  22 ; 
ch.  4.  3; 

2  Jn.  7; 
comp.  Mt. 
24.  5,  24 

1  ch.  4.  1,  3  ; 

comp.  Mil. 

13.22 
>"  Acts  20.  30 
'  Comp. 

1  Cor.  11. 19 
t  ver.  27 ; 

2  Cor.  1.  21 
"See  Mk.  1. 

24 ;  comp. 
Acts  10.  33 
"  ver.  27 ; 
comp. 
Prov.  28. 
5 ;  see  Mt. 

13.  11 ;  Jn. 

14.  26 ; 

1  Cor.  2. 
15  f. 

^  Comp. 
Jas.  1.  19 ; 

2  Fet.  1. 

12 ;  Jude  5 
i'ch.  3.  19; 
comp.  Jn. 

8,  44 ;  13. 
37 

^ch.  4.  3; 

2  Jn.  7 
<'ch.4.  1.5; 

5.  1 ;  2  Jn. 

9 ,  comp. 
Jn.  8.  19; 
16.  3  ;  17.  3 

i>  See  ver.  7 
"  See  ch.  1. 

3 ;  comp. 

Jn.  14.  23; 

2  Jn.  9 
d  Jn.  3.  15 ; 

6.  40 ;  see 
ch.  1.  2 

"ch.  3.7; 
comp. 
2  Jn.  7 


/  See  ver. 

20 ;  comp. 

Jn.  14.  16 
B  See  Jn.  14. 

26 ;  1  Cor. 

2.  12  ;  1  Th. 

4.  9 
h  Ju.  14.  17 

•  See  ver.  1 

*  ch.  3.  2 ; 

260 


the  /"anointing  which  ye  received 
of  him  abideth  in  you,  and  ye  need 
not  that  any  one  teach  you  ;  but  as 
his  anointing  ^teacheth  you  con- 
cerning all  things,  *and  is  ''true, 
and  is  no  lie,  and  even  as  it  taught 
you,  ''  ye  abide  in  him.  28  And 
now,  my  'little  children,  abide  in 
him ;  that,  if  he  *  shall  be  mani- 
fested, we  may  have  '  boldness,  and 
'"not  be  ashamed  *  before  him  at 
his  ^ *' coming.  29  If  ye  know  that 
"he  is  righteous,  ^"ye  know  that 
every  one  also  that  doeth  right- 
eousness ^is  begotten  of  him. 

3  Behold  4  what  manner  of  love 
the  Father  hath  bestowed  upon 
us,  that  we  should  be  called  ^  cnil- 
dren  of  God ;  and  such  we  are. 
For  this  cause  the  world  knoweth 
us  not,  because  'it  knew  him  not. 
2  '  Beloved,  now  are  we  *■  children 
of  God,  and  "it  is  not  yet  made 
manifest  what  w^e  stiall  be.  We 
know  that,  if  "  he  *  shall  be  mani- 
fested, we  shall  be  "  like  him ;  for 
we  shall  "^see  him  even  as  he  is.  3 
And  every  one  that  hath  this  ^hope 
set  on  him  ^purifieth  himself,  even 
as  he  is  pure.  4  Every  one  that 
doeth  sin  doeth  also  lawlessness ; 
and  "■  sin  is  lawlessness.  5  And  ye 
know  that  he  *  was  manifested  to 
^^ "  take  away  sins  ;  and  **  in  him  is 
no  sin.  6  Whosoever  abideth  in 
him  "  sinneth  not :  whosoever  sin- 
neth  hath  not  seen  him,  neither 
1-^^ knoweth  him.  7  i]/(/ ^little  chil- 
dren, let  no  man  ''  lead  you  astray  ; 
'  he  that  doeth  righteousness  is 
righteous,  even  as  he  is  righteous : 

8  he  that  doeth  sin  is  *  of  the  devil ; 
for  the  devil  sinneth  from  the  be- 
ginning. To  this  end  was  '  the  Son 
of  God  'manifested,  '"that  he  might 
destroy  the  works    of    the    devil. 

9  Whosoeveris  -^begotten  oi  God 
"doeth    no  sin,  because    his  seed 

see  Col.  3.  4  ;  Lk.  17.  30  '  ch.  3.  21 ;  4.  17;  .14; 
see  Eph.  3.  12  '"  Comp.  Mk,  8.  38  "  See  1  Th. 
2.19  "  ch.  3.  7 ;  .Tn.  7.  18  ^' ch.  3.  9;  4.  7  ;  5.  1,  4, 
18  (3  Jn.  11) ;  Jn.  1. 13  ;  3.  3  «  ch.  4.  10 ;  Jn.  3.  16 
'■  ver.  2, 10 ;  Jn.  1. 12 ;  11.  52 ;  see  Rom.  8.  16  *  See 
Jn.  15.  21 ;  16.  3 ;  comp.  Jn.  15.  18  <  See  ch.  2.  7 
"  See  Rom.  S.  19 ;  comp.  23  f.  "  See  Rom.  8.  29  ; 
2Pet.  1.  4  -^  Jn.  17.  24 ;  2  Cor.  3.  18  "Rom.  15. 12; 
comp.  1  Pet.  1.  3  ^2  Cor.  7.  1 ;  2  Pet.  3.  13  f.  ; 
comp.  ch.  2.  6  ;  Jn.  17.  19  "  ch.  5.  17  ;  comp.  Rom. 
4.15  (J  Seech.  1.2,  ver.  8  =  Jn.  1.  29  ;  1  Pet.  1. 
18-20 ;  see  ch.  2.  2  <l  See  2  Cor.  5.  21 ,  comp.  ch. 
2.  29  «  See  ver  9  /  See  ch.  2.  3 ;  comp.  3  Jn.  11 
"  See  ch.  2. 1  ''  See  ch.  2.  26  '  ch.  2.  29  *  ver.  10 ; 
Mt.  13.  38 ;  Jn.  8.  44  '  See  Mt.  4.  3  '"  Jn.  16. 11 ; 
see  12.  31  "  ver.  6 ;  ch.  5. 18  ;  comp.  Jas.  1.  18 ; 
1  Pet.  1.  23         

6  Or,  so  it  is  true  and  is  7io  li« ;  and  even  as  &c. 
'  Or,  abide  ye  *  Gr.  from  him. 

9  G-r.  presence.  !•>  Or,  know  ye         n  Or,  it 

1*  Or,  bear  sins  i3  Or,  hath  known 


3.10 


I.  JOHN 


4.15 


Sod's  Children.    "Lot  ns  leve  in  Deed  and  in  Troth."    "The  Spirit  orTruth,  and  th«  Spirit  of  Error."    "Cod  is  Love' 


abideth  in  him  :  and  he  cannot  sin, 
because   he    is    bt'protten    of    God. 

10  In  this  the  "ciiilth-enof  God 
are  niaiiife.st,  and  the  'children  of 
the  devil :  who80«ner  doetli  not 
righteousness  is  not  of  God,  neither 
he  that  Mt)veth  not  his  "'brother, 

1 1  •  For  tliis  is  the  ines.sa^e •'■which 
ye  heard  from  the  l)egininng,  ^ihat 
we  should  love  one  anoth«'r:  12 
not  as  "Cain  was  of  'the  evil  one, 
and  slew  his  brqtlier.  And  where- 
fore slew  he  him'l  Rtxause  *hi8 
works  were  evil,  and  his  brother's 
riKhteous. 

13  Marvel  not,  brethren,  if  'the 
workl  hateth  you.  14  We  know 
that  we  liave  "'  passed  out  of  death 
into  life,  "because  we  love  the 
brethren.  He  that  loyeth  not 
abideth  in  death.  15  Whosoever 
"  hateth  his  brother  is  a  murderer  : 
and  ye  know  that  ^  no  murderer 
^hath  eternal  life  abiding  in  him. 
tB  Hereby  know  we  love,  because 
•belaid  down  his  life  for  us:  and 
•"we  ought  to  lay  down  our  lives 
for  the  '  brethren.  17  l>ut '  who.so 
hath  the  world's  goods  and  behold- 
eth  his  brother  in  need,  and  "shut- 
teth  up  his  compassion  from  him, 
"how  doth  the  love  of  God  abide  in 
him?  IS  My  ^Httle  children,  let 
us  not  love  in  word,  neither  with 
the  tongue ;  but  in  deed  and 
"truth.  19  Hereby  .shall  we  know 
that  we  are  -of  the  trutli,  and  shall 
^  assure  our  heart  -  before  him  : 
20  becaxjse  if  our  heart  condemn 
us,  God  is  greater  than  our  heart, 
and  knoweth  all  things.  21  "  13e- 
loved,  if  our  heart  cond(>mn  us  not, 
we  have  ''  boldness  toward  God ; 
22  and  'whatsoever  we  ask  we 
receive  of  him,  because  we  ''  keep 
his  commandments  and  do  *  the 
things  that  are  pleasing  in  his 
sight.  23  And  tnis  is  his  com- 
mandment, that  we  should  ^'be- 
heve  i!i  "the  name  of  his  Son  Jesus 
Christ,  and  love  one  another,  even 
as  '■  he  gave  us  commandnsent.  24 
And  he  that  ''keepi'th  his  com- 
mandments 'abideth  in  him,  and 
he  in  him.  And  '  hereby  we  know 
that  'he  abi<leth  in  us,  by  the 
Spirit  which  he  gave  us. 

4      "Beloved,  believe  not  every 
"*  spirit,  but  prove  the  spirits, 
•whether  they  are  of  God  ;  because 

I  Or  nermade.    Comp  Mt.  28.  14. 
*  Or.  before  him.  uhereinsoever  our  heart  con- 
demn vs  :  hfraii.'-'  God  Jtc. 
^  Gr.  believe  the  name. 


"  vor.  1,2; 

.111.  1.  V>, 

U.  -I'i ;  8fie 

Koni.  8.  16 
>>  vor.  8 :  Mt. 

13.  ai ;  Jn. 

8.  44 
'(■11.4.8; 

comp. 

Rom.  13. 

8  tf .  ,  Col. 

?.  14; 

I  Tiin.  1.  5 
d  Comp.  ch. 

2.  9 

*  See  ch.  1  .■> 
/  See  ch.  2.  7 
"  .rii.  13. 

34  f;  15. 
12;  comp. 
th  4.  7, 

II  f.  21 ; 
■J  .In.  5 

'"(ieii,  4.8 
'cii.  '2.  13  f  , 

see  Mt.  5. 

37 

*  Ps.  38.  20  , 
Frov.  2». 
ll»;  Wisd. 
2.  12:  Jn. 
8.  40.  41 

'See  .In.  15. 

18,  17.  14 
'"  .In.  5.  24 
"ch.  2.  10, 

comp.  Ju. 

13.  3) 
"Mt..^.  21f. ; 

coii'p.  Jn. 

8.44 
'"  Oal.  5. 

20  f. .  Rev. 

21.8 
«  Jn.  15.13, 

comp.  10. 

11 

*■  C-OTCp. 

Phil.  2.  17 ; 

1  Th.  2.  8 

'  Comp.  ch. 

2.9 
t  Jas.  2.  15  f. 
"  Comp.  Dt. 

15.7 
"  Comp.  ch. 

4.  20 

*  ver.  7  :  see 
ch.  2.  1 

y  2  Jn.  1 ; 

3  Jn.  1 
=  See  ch.  2. 

21 
"  See  ch.  2.  7 
b  cli.  5.  14  ; 

see  ch  2.  28 
<=  Job  22. 

26  f.  ;  Mt. 

21.22.  see 

7.  7  ;  Jn.  9. 

31 
d  See  ch.  2.  3 
"■  Jn.  8.  29: 

Heb.  13  h 
/Jn.  6.  29 
"  Jn.  1.  12. 

2.  2S  ;  3.  13 
'i  Jn.  13.  34  ; 

15  12; 

comp.  ch. 

2  8 
■Ch.2.6,24. 

4. 1.5 .  see 
Jn.  6.  56 ; 
in.  ;(8 
*ch.  4.  13. 
Jn.  14.  17 , 
Rom.  8.  9, 
14,16,  ece 
ITh.  4.  8 
'  See  ch.  2.  5 
'"  Jer.  29.  8  , 
see  1  Cor. 
12.  10, 
2Th.  2.  2; 

261 


"  many  false  prophets  are  gone  out 
into  the  world.  2  Hereby  know 
ye  the  .Spirit  of  God  :  "every  spirit 
that  ^'confe.s.seth  that "  .Jesus  Christ 
is  come  in  the  tlesh  is  of  God  :  3 
and  every  spirit  that  ^ "  confesseth 
not  .Jesus  is  not  of  God  :  and  this 
is  the  cpirit  of  the  'antichrist, 
whereof  ye  have  heard  that  it  com- 
cth  ;  and  'now  it  is  inthe  world 
already.  4  Ye  are  of  God,  my 
"little  children,  and  "  xiave  over- 
come them  :  because  •"  greater  is  he 
that  is  in  you  than  *  he  that  is 
in  the  world.  5  -They  are  of  the 
world  :  thciefoi-e  speak  they  an  of 
the  world,  and  the  world  heiueth 
them.  6  "  Vv  e  are  of  God:  ""he 
that  knoweth  God  heareth  us;  "he 
who  is  not  of  God  heareth  us  not. 
\\y  this  we  kiio\v  ''the  spirit  of 
ti'uth,  and  "  the  spirit  of  error. 

7  •''  Beloved,  let  us  "  love  one 
anotlier :  for  love  is  of  God ;  and 
''every  one  that  loveth  is  '  begotten 
of  God,  and  '  knoweth  God.  8  He 
that  loveth  not  knoweth  not  God  ; 
for  'God  is  love.  9  Herein  was 
the  love  of  God  manifested  ^'"in 
us,  that  "God  hath  sent  his  only 
begotten  Son  into  the  world  that 
we  might  live  through  liim.  10 
Herein  is  love,  "not  that  we  loved 
God,  but  that  "he  loved  us,  and 
sent  his  Son  to  he  i' the  propitiation 
for  our  sins.  11  •'Beloved,  if  God 
so  loved  us,  "  we  akso  ought  to  love 
one  another.  1 2  •'  No  man  hath  be- 
held God  at  any  time  :  if  we  love 
one  another,  God  abideth  in  us,  and 
his  ""love  is  perfected  in  us:  13 
'  hereby  we  know  that  we  abide  in 
him  and  he  in  us,  because  he  hath 
given  us  of  his  Spirit.  14  And  we 
have  beheld  and  '  bear  witnes.s  that 
the  Father  hath  "  sent  the  Son 
to  be  the  Saviour  of  the  world. 
1.5  ''Whosoever  shall  confess  that 
'Jesus  is   the   Son   of   God,  God 

comp.  ITh.  5.20 1. "ch.2.18,  Jer.  14. 14  ;  2Pet. 

2.  1  "  Comp.  1  Cor.  12.  3  '■  ch.  2.  23  «  ch.  1.  2 , 
Jn.  1.  14  "^2  Jn.  7 ;  comp.  ch.  2.  22  '  See  cli.  2. 
22 .  comp  18  '  ch.  2.  18 .  comp.  2  Th.  2.  .')-7  (?) 
"  See  ch.  2. 1      "  See  ch.  2  13      ^  ch.  3.  20;  comp. 

2  K.  2.  16 ;  Rom.  8.  31  >■  Sf^e  Jn.  12.  31  -  Comp. 
Jn.  1.5.  19;  17.  14,  IB  "  ver.  4;  comp.  Jn.  8.  23 
>>  Jn.  8.  47 ;  10.  3  ff. :  18.  37  "  Comp.  I  Cor.  14.  »7 
dSeeJn.  14.  17  '  Comp.  1  Tim.  4.  1  /Seech.  2.7 
"Seech.  3. 11  '•  ch.  5.  1  ■  See  ch  2.  29  t  See  ch. 
2.  3 .  comp.  1  Cor  8.  3  '  ver.  16 ;  comp  ver.  7 
"  Comp.  ver.  16;  Jn.  9.  3  "  See  Jn.  3. 16  f. ;  comp. 
ver.  10:ch.5  11  "Rom.  5.  8.  10;  comp.  ver.  19 
f  See  ch.  2.  2  ''  See  Jn.  1.  18 ;  1  Tim.  6.  16  :  comp. 
ver.  20     ''  See  ch.  '2.  5  ;  comp.  ver.  17  f.     •  See  en. 

3  24 ;  Rom  8.  9  '  ch.  1.  2 ;  see  Jn  15.  27  »  Jn.  3. 
17,  see  4.  42;  ch.  2.  2  "Seech.  2.  23  *  ch.  5.  5 ; 
comp.  3  23;  4.  2  ,  5.  1 ;  Rom.  10.  9 

4  Some  ancient  authorities  read  annulletk 
Jetxu.  ^  Or,  in  our  cast 


4.16 


I.   JOHN 


5.21 


'  ne  that  abideth  in  Love  abideth  in  God."    "  If  we  ask  anytkiog  according  to  His  Will,  He  heareth  as  " 


"abideth  in  him,  and  he  in  God. 
16  And  'we  know  and  have  be- 
lieved the  love  which  God  hath 
^ "  in  us.    '^  God  is  love ;  and  he  that 

*  abideth  in  love  abideth  in  God, 
and  God  abideth  in  him.  17 
Herein  is-^love  made  perfect  with 
us,  that  we  may  have  "  boldness  in 
"  the  day  of  judgment ;  because  'as 
he  is,  even  so  are  we  in  this  world. 
18  There  is  no  fear  in  love :  but 

*  perfect  love  casteth  out  fear,  be- 
cause fear  hath  punishment ;  and 
he  that  feareth  is  not  -^made  per- 
fect in  love.  1 9  '  We  love,  because 
he  first  loved  us.  20  ""If  a  man 
say,  I  love  God,  and  "hateth  his 
brother,  he  is  a  "  Har  :  for  ^  he  that 
loveth  not  his  brother  whom  he 
hath  seen,  ■^»  cannot  love  God 
whom  he  hath  not  seen.  21  And 
'■  this  commandment  have  we  from 
him,  that  he  who  loveth  God  'love 
his  brother  also. 

5*  Whosoever  believeth  that 
Jesus  is  the  Christ  is  "  begotten 
of  God  :  and  whosoever  loveth  him 
that  begat "  loveth  him  also  that  is 
begotten  of  him.  2  ^Hereby  we 
know  that  ^we  love  the  children 
of  God,  when  we  love  God  and  do 
his  commandments.  3  For  ^  this  is 
the  love  of  God,  that  we  "  keep  his 
commandments  :  and  *  his  com- 
mandments are  not  grievous.  4 
For  whatsoever  is  "begotten  of 
God  "  overcometh  the  world :  and 
this  is  the  victory  that  hath  over- 
come the  world,  even  our  faith. 
5  And  who  is  he  that  overcometh 
the  world,  but  he  that  ''believeth 
that  Jesus  is  the  Son  of  God^  6 
This  is  he  that  came '  by  water  and 
blood,  even  Jesus  Christ ;  not  ^with 
the  water  only,  but  *with  the  water 
and  ^  with  the  blood.  7  And  it  is 
•''the  Spirit  that  beareth  witness, 
because  the  Spirit  is  the  truth. 
8  For  there  are  "three  who  bear 
witness,  the  Spirit,  and  the  water, 
and  the  blood :  and  the  three  agree 
in  one.  9  ''  If  we  receive  the  wit- 
ness of  men,  the  witness  of  God  is 
greater :  for  the  witness  of  God  is 
this,  that  'he  hath  borne  witness 
concerning  his  Son.  10  He  that 
believeth  on  the  Son  of  God  *  hath 
the  witness  in  him  :  he  that  believ- 

1  Or,  in  our  case 

2  Many  ancient  authorities  read  hoio  can  ne 
love  Ood  whom  he  halh  not  seen  f  3  Gr.  in. 


"  See  ch. 

2.  24  ;  3.  24 
l>  Jn.  6.  69 

'  Comp. 

ver.  9 ; 

Jn.  9.  3 
d  ver.  8 ; 

comp. 

ver.  7 
*  ver.  12  f. 
/See  ch.  2. 

5;  comp. 

ver.  12 
»  See  ch.  2. 

28 
A  See  Mt.  10. 

15 
t  Comp.  ch. 

2.0;  3.1,7, 

16;  comp. 

,Tn.  17.  22 
fc  Rom.  8. 

15 :  Gal.  4. 

301. 
I  ver.  10 
'"  ch.  1.  6,  8, 

10 ;  ch.  2. 

4 
"  .See  ch.  2. 

9,11 
0  See  ch.  1. 

6 
P  Comp.  ch. 

3.  17 

9  See  ver. 
12:  comp. 

1  Pet.  1.  8 
»■  Mt.  5. 

43  f. ,  22. 

37  tf. ,  Jn. 

13.  34  ; 

comp. 

Lev.  19.  13 
»  See  ch.  3. 

11 
tch.  4.  2, 

see  15 ; 

comp.  ch. 

2.  22  f . 
"  Comp. 

ver.  4,  IS ; 

see  ch.  2. 

29 ,  Jn.  1. 

13;  3. 

3  marg. 
"  Jn.  8.  42 
^  See  ch.  2. 

5 
y  See  ch.  3. 

14 
^  Jn.  14.  15 ; 

comp. 

2  Jn.  6 

«  See  ch.  2. 

3 
but.  11.  30; 

comp.  23. 

4 
"  See  ch.  2. 

13 ;  4.  4 
d  S^ee  ch.  4. 

15 ;  comp. 

ver.  1 
"  Jn.  19.  34 
/Jn.  15.26; 

16.  13-15 

(comp.  Mt. 

3.  16  f.  ?) 

9  See  Mt.  18. 

16 
h  Jn.  5.  34, 

37 ;  8.  18 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

3.  17 ;  Jn. 

5.  32,  37 
t:  Rom.  8. 16 : 

Gal.  4.  6; 

comp. 

Rev.  12. 17 


eth  not  God  hath  'made  him  a 
liar  ;  because  he  hath  not  believed 
in  the  witness  that  God  hath  borne 
concerning  his  Son.  11  And  the 
witness  is  this,  that  God  gave  unto 
us  ™  eternal  life,  and  "  this  life  is  in 
his  Son.  12  "  He  that  hath  the  ^ 
Son  hath  the  life ;  he  that  hath 
not  the  Son  of  God  hath  not  the 
life. 

13^  These  things  have  I  written 
unto  you,  that  ye  may  know  that 
ye  have  '"eternal  life,  even  unto 
you  that  « believe  on  the  name  of 
the  Son  of  God.  14  And  this  is 
''the  boldness  which  we  ha^e 
toward  him,  that,  "if  we  ask  any- 
thing according  to  his  will,  he 
heareth  us :  15  and  if  we  know 
that  he  heareth  us  whatsoever  we 
ask,  'we  know  that  we  have  the 
petitions  which  we  have  asked  of 
him.  16  If  any  rnan  see  his 
brother  sinning  a  sin  not  unto 
death,  '*"he  shall  ask,  and  God  will 
give  him  life  for  them  that  sin  not 
unto  death.  "  There  is  ^  a  sin  unto 
death :  *  not  concerning  this  do  I 
say  that  he  should  make  request. 
17  *  All  unrighteousness  is  sin : 
and  -  there  is  *a  sin  not  unto  death. 

18  'We  know  that  "whosoever 
is  begotten  of  God  sinneth  not ; 
but  he  that  was  begotten  of  God 
'keepeth  "^himself,  and  '^the  evil 
one  **  toucheth  him  not.  1 9  '  We 
know  that  ''we  are  of  God,  and  •'the 
whole  world  lieth  in  the  evil  one. 

20  And  '  we  know  that  ^  the  Son 
of  God  is  come,  and  hath  ''given 
us  an  understanding,  that  we 
know  'him  that  is  true,  and  we 
*  are  in  him  that  is  true,  even  in  his 
Son  Jesus  Christ.  '  This  is  the 
true  God,  and  '"eternal  life.  21 
3Iy  "little  children,  guard  your- 
selves from  "  idols. 

(  ch.  1. 10 ;  comp.  Jn.  3. 18, 33    *"  ver.  13, 20 ,  see 

ch  1  '2  ;  2.  25 ;  comp.  ch.  4.  9  "  See  Jn.  1. 4  "  Jn. 
3.  15  f .  36       P  Jn.  20.  31       «  See  ch.  3.  23      »■  ch.  3. 

21  f.  ;  see  ch.  2.  28  '  ch.  3.  22 ;  see  Mt.  7.  7  :  Jn. 
14.  13  (  ver.  18,  19,  20  "  Jas.  5.  15  "  Heb.  6.  4-6 , 
10.  26;  comp.  Num.  15.  30  ^  Comp.  Jer.  7.  16, 
14.  11  V  See  ch.  3.4  -  Comp.  ch.  2.  1  f.  ;  ver.  16 
"■  See  ch.  3.  9  >>  Comp.  Jas.  1.  27  ;  Jude  21  "^  See 
ch.  2. 13  ri  Comp.  Jn.  14. 30  ''  See  ch.  4.  6  /  Comp. 
Jn.  12.  31 :  17.  15 ;  Gal.  1.  4  !'  ver.  5 :  comp.  Jn.  8.  42 
h  Comp.  Lk.  24.  45  '  Jn.  17.  3  ,  Rev.  3.  7  *'  Qomp 
Jn.  1.  18 ;  14.  9  ;  ch.  2.  23  ;  Rev.  3.  7  '  Comp.  ch. 
1.  2  '"  See  ver.  U  "  See  ch.  2. 1  °  1  Cor.  10. 7, 
14,  ITh.  1.  9 

*  Or,  he  shall  ask  and  shall  give  him  life,  even 
to  them  d-c.  *  Or,  sin 

^  Some  ancient  authorities  read  him. 


2&% 


THE   SECOND   EPISTLE   OF 
JOHN 


SalntatioD.    "Walk  after  His  Commandments."    "Abide  in  the  Teaching  of  Christ"    Farewell 


1  "The  elder  unto  the  "elect 
^ "  lady  and  her  children,  whom  I 
**  love  in  truth ;  and  not  I  only, 
but  also  all  they  that  •"know  the 
truth;  2  for  •''the  truth's  sake 
which  abideth  "in  us,  and  it  shall 
be  ''  with  us  for  ever :  3  '  Grace, 
mercy,  peace  shall  be  with  us,  from 
God  the  Father,  and  from  Jesus 
Christ,  the  Son  of  the  Father,  in 
truth  and  love. 

4*1  rejoice  greatly  that  I  have 
found  certain  oi  thy  children  walk- 
ing in  truth,  even  as  we  received 
commandment  from  the  Father. 
5  And  now  I  beseech  thee,  Madj% 
'not  as  though  I  wrote  to  thee 
a  new  commandment,  but  that 
which  we  had  'from  the  beginning, 
that  we  "*  love  one  another.  6  And 
"  this  is  love,  that  we  should  \yalk 
after  his  commandments.  This  is 
the  commandment,  "even  as  ye 
heard  '  from  the  beginning,  that 
ye  should  walk  in  it.  7  For  ^  many 
Receivers  are  » gone  forth  into  the 
world,  et'e?!  they  that  'confess  not 
that  Jesus  Christ  cometh  in  the 
flesh.     This  is  ^the  deceiver  and 

»  Or,  Cyria 


"3  Jn.  1; 

comp. 

1  Pet.  5.  1 ; 

see  Acts 

11.  30 
b  ver.  13 ; 

comp. 

Rom.  16. 

13  (Gr.); 

1  Pet.  5.  13 
'  ver.  5 
<'  1  Jn.  3.  18  , 

3  Jn.  1; 

comp. 

ver.  3 
'Jn.8.  32; 

comp. 

1  Tim.  2.  4 
/  See  2  Pet. 

1.  12 
»  See  1  Jn. 

1.8 

*  Comp.  Jn. 
14.  16 

•  See  1  Tim. 
1.2; 
comp. 
Rom.  1.  7 

«•■  3  Jn.  3  f. 
'  See  1  Jn. 

2.7 
"'  See  1  Jn. 

3.  11 

"  See  1  Jn. 

5.3; 

comp.  2.  5 
0  1  Jn.  2.  24 
P  1  Jn.  2.  26 
''  1  Jn.  4.  1 ; 

coMip.  2.  19 
'■  See  1  Jn. 

4.  2f. 


'  See  1  Jn. 
2.13 


the  '  antichrist.  8  '  Look  to  your- 
selves, "  that  ye  '^  lose  not  the  things 
which  *we  have  wrought,  but  that 
ye  receive  a  full  reward.  9  Who- 
soever ^  goeth  onward  and  ^  abideth 
not  in  the  teaching  of  Christ,  hath 
not  God :  he  that  abideth  in  the 
teaching,  the  same  hath  both  the 
Father  and  the  Son.  10  If  any 
one  cometh  unto  you,  and  bringeth 
not  this  teaching,  ''receive  him  not 
into  7/our  house,  and  give  him  no 
greeting :  1 1  for  he  that  giveth 
him  greeting  *'partaketh  in  his 
evil  works. 

1 2  '  Having  many  things  to  write 
unto  you,  I  would  not  tvrite  them 
with  paper  and  ink  :  but  I  hope  to 
come  unto  you,  and  to  speak  face 
to  face,  that  your  "joy  may  be 
made  full.  13  The  children  of 
thine  *  elect  sister  salute  thee. 

«  Mk.  13.  9  «  Heb.  10.  3-5 ;  comp.  1  Cor.  3.  8  "  Jn. 
8.  31 ;  comp.  7. 16 ;  1  Jn.  2.  23  -^  See  Rom.  16.  17 ; 
comp.  1  K.  13. 16  f.  y  1  Tim.  .■>.  22 ;  comp.  Jude  23 
'  ver.  12  ;  3  Jn.  13,  14  "1  Jn.  1.  4  ;  see  Jn.  3.  29 

<>  comp.  ver.  1 

2  Or,  destrox) 

8  Many  ancient  authorities  read  ye. 

*  Or,  takelh  the  lead    Comp.  3  Jn.  9. 


2fi3 


THE   THIRD   EPISTLE   OF 

JOHIST 


Address  to  Gains.    Prayer  for  his  Prosperity.    "  Re  tiiat  doeth  good  is  of  God."    "  Peace  be  onto  Tliee " 


1  "  The  elder  unto  Gaius  the  be- 
loved, whom  I  *  love  in  truth. 

2  Beloved,  I  pray  that  in  all 
things  thou  mayest  prasper  and  be 
in  health,  even  as  thy  soul  prosper- 
eth.  3  For  I  ^"rejoiced  greatly, 
when  ''brethren  came  and  bare 
witness  unto  thy  truth,  even  as 
thou  "  walkest  in  truth.  4  Greater 
joy  have  I  none  than  '^  this,  to  hear 
of  *my  children  "walking  in  the 
truth. 

5  Beloved,  thou  doest  a  faithful 
work  in  whatsoever  thou  doest 
toward  them  that  are  **  brethren 
and -^strangers  withal ;  6  who  bare 
witness  to  thy  love  before  the 
chv\rch  :  whom  thou  wilt  do  well 
to  "set  forward  on  their  journey 
''worthily  of  God  :  7  because  that 
for  the  sake  of  '  the  Name  they 
went  forth,  *  taking  nothing  of  the 
Gentiles.  8  We  therefore  ought 
to  welcome  such,  that  we  may  be 
fellow- workers  ^  for  the  truth. 

9  I  wrote  somewhat  unto  the 
church :  but  Diotrephes,  who 
loveth  to   have  the  'preeminence 

1  Or,  rejoice  greatly,  when  l/rethren  come  and 
bear  tcitncss 

2  Or,  these  tilings,  that  I  may  hear 

3  Or,  with 


"  See  2  Jn.  1 
b  1  Jn.  3.  18 ; 

2Ju.  1 
<^  2  Jn.  4 
d  ver.  5,  10 ; 

see  Acts 

1.  15; 

couip. 

(ial.  6.  10 
«  See  1  Ju.  2. 

1 ;  comp. 

1  Cor.  4. 
14  f.; 

2  Cor.  6. 
13;  Gal.  4. 
19  ;  1  Th. 
2.11; 

1  Tim.  1. 

2  ;  2  Tim. 
1.  2: 
Philem.  10 

/Comp. 

Rom.  12. 

la;  Heb. 

13.  2 
^  Comp. 

Acts  15.  3 : 

Tit.  3.  13 
ft  1  Th.  2. 12  ; 

comp. 

Ool.  1.  10 
i  Acts  5.  41 ; 

see  Jn.  1.^). 

21 ;  comp. 

Phil.  2.  9 
*:  See  Acts 

20.  33,  35 
'  Comp. 

2  Jn.  9 

marg. 


Comp. 
2  Jn.  12 
'  See  ver.  5 ; 


among   them,    receiveth    us    not. 

10  Therefore,  '"if  I  come,  I  will 
bring  to  remembrance  his  works 
which  he  doeth,  prating  against 
us  with  wicked  words :  and  not 
content  therewith,  neither  doth 
he  himself  "  receive  the  "^  brethren, 
and  them  that  would  he  forbiddetn 
and "  casteth  them  out  of  the  church. 

1 1  Beloved,  ^  imitate  not  that 
which  is  evil,  but  that  which  is 
good.  *  He  that  doeth  good  is  of 
God  :  '■  he  that  doeth  evil  hath  not 
seen  God.  1 2  Demetrius  *hath  the 
witness  of  all  7)ien,  and  of  the  truth 
itself  :  yea,  we  also  bear  witness  ; 
and  '  thou  knowest  that  our  witness 
is  true. 

13"!  had  many  things  to  write 
unto  thee,  but  I  am  unwilling  to 
write  them  to  thee  with  ink  and 
pen :  14  but  I  hope  shortly  to  see 
thee,  and  we  shall  speak  face  to 
face.  "Peace  be  unto  thee.  The 
friends  salute  thee.  Salute  the 
friends  ^  by  name. 

0  Comp.  Jn.  9.  34    P  Ps.  34.  14 ;  37.  27,  &c.    1 1  Jn. 

2.  29 ;  3.  10    >"  1  Jn.  3.  (J    »  Comp.  Acts  6.  3 ;  1  Tim. 

3.  7  '  Jn.  21.  24 ;  comp.  13.  35  "  2  Jn.  12  "  1  Pet. 
5.  14 ;  see  Eph.  6.  23 ;  comp.  Jn.  20. 19, 21, 26  '^  Jn. 
10.3 


964 


THE   EPISTLE   OF 
JUDE 


(itneral  Salatation.     "  FoDtend  earnestly  for  the  Faitli."    The  Warnings  of  History  to  the  Ungodly 


1  '"Jude,  a  ■'*  servant  of  Jesus 
Christ,  and  brotlier  of  *  James,  *  to 
"  them  that  are  called,  beloved  in 
God  the  Father,  and  ''  kept  for 
Jesus  Christ:  '2  'Merej'  unt,o  you 
and  peace  and  love  •'  be  multiplied. 

3  "  Beloved,  while  I  was  giving 
all  diligence  to  write  unto  you  of 
our  *  common  salvation,  i  was  con- 
strained to  write  unto  you  exhort- 
ing j'ou  to  'contend  earnestly  for 
*  the  faith  which  was  once  for  all 
'delivered  unto '"the  saints.  4  For 
there  are  certain  men  "  crept  in 
privily,  ei'en  they  who  were  of  old 
""written  of  beforehand  unto  this 
condemnation,  ungodly  men,  turn- 
ing ^the  grace  of  our  C!od  into 
" lasciviousness,  and  ''denying  "^ our 
only  Master  and  Lord,  Jesus  Christ. 

5  Now  I  desire  to  'put  you  in 
remembrance,  though  '  ye  know 
all  things  once  for  all,  that  "the 
Lord,  "having  saved  a  people  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  ^afterward 
destroyed  them  that  believed  not. 
6  And  "angels  that  kei)t  not  tlieir 
own  principality,  but  left  their 
proper  habitation,  he  hath  ""  kept 
in  everlasting  bonds  under  dark- 
ness unto  the  judgment  of  the 
great  day.  7  Even  as  "Sodom  and 
tromori-ah,  and  the  -cities  about 
them,  having  in  like  manner  with 
these  given  themselves  over  to 
fornication  and  "gone  after  strange 
flesh,  are  set  forth  '■'as  an  '"example, 
sulTering  the  ''punishment  of  eter- 
nal fire.  8  "\  et  in  like  manner 
these  also  in  their  dreamings ''de- 
file the  flesh,  and  ''  set  at  nought 
dominion,  and  ''rail  at  ^"dignities. 
9  But  ''Michael  -''the  archangel, 
when  contending  'with  the  devil 
he   disputed   about  '■'  the  body  of 

1  Gr.  Judas.     '  Gr.  hond-i^rrnnt.       *  Or,  Jaroh 
<  Or,  to    them    that    are   beloved   in    God   the 
Father,  and  kept  for  Jesu.i  Chi-i.st,  being  called 
5  Or,  S't /'irHi 

•■  Or,  the  only  Master,  and  ntir  l^ird  Jesus  Christ 
?  Manv  very  ancient,  authorities  read  Jesus. 

8  Gr.  tlie  second  time. 

9  Or,  as  on  example  of  eternal  fir',  suffering 
■punishment  i"  Gr.  qlones. 


"  Mt.  13.  55  ; 

JAk.  6.  3 

(comp. 

Lk.  K.  16; 

Ju.  14.  22 ; 

Acts  1. 

13  V) 
i>  See  Rom. 

1.  1 
"  See  Rom. 

1.  6f. 
d  Jn.  17. 

11  f.; 

comp.  ver. 
21 ;  1  Pet. 
1.5 

«Gal.  6.  Ifi; 

1  Tim.  1.  2, 
&c. 

/I  Pet.  1.2; 

2  Pet.  1.  2 
"  See  Heb. 

6.  9  ;  ver. 

17,  20 ; 

comp.  1 
''  Comp. 

Tit.  1.  4 
■  See  1  Tim. 

6.  12 
«••  ver.  2(1 ; 

see  Acta 

6,  7 
I  2  Pet.  2.  21 
"'  Sfe  Acts 

9.  13 

"  2  Tim.  3. 

6 ;  comp. 

Gal.  2.  4 
°  Comp. 

1  Pet.  2.  8 
''  See  Acts 

11.  23 
9  Comp. 

2  Pet.  2.  7 
"■  2  Pet.  2.  1 ; 

comp. 
2  Tim.  2. 
12;  Tit.  1. 
16;lJu.  2. 

•2'P«t.  1. 

12  f. ;  3. 1  f. 
'  Seel  Jn.2. 

20 
"  See  1  Cor. 

10.  ,V10 ; 
Heb.  3. 
16  f. 

"  2  Pet.  2.  4 
^  2  Pet.  2.  9 
y  2  Pet.  2.  6 
*"  Dt.  29.  23  ; 
Hos.  11.  8 
"  See  2  Pet. 

2.  2 

6  See  2  Pet. 

2.6 
'  See  Mt.  25. 

41 ;  2  Th. 

1.  8  f.  ; 

2  Pet.  3.  7 
<*  Comp. 

2  Pet.  2.  10 
'  Dan  10. 

13.  21 ;  12. 

1 ;  Kev. 

12.  7 
/ITh.  4.16; 

26d 


Moses,  durst  not  bring  against  him 
a  railing  judgment,  but  said,  *  The 
Lord  rebuke  thee.  lU  But  'these 
rail  at  whatsoever  things  they  know 
not :  and  *  ^yhat  they  understand 
naturally,  'like  the  ci-eatures  with- 
out reason,  in  these  things  are  they 
"destroyed.  11  Woe  unto  them! 
for  they  went  in  '  the  way  of  Cain, 
and  ^'-ran  riotously  in  "'the  error 
of  Balaam  for  hire,  and  "perished 
in  the  gainsaying  of  Korah.  12 
These  are  they  who  are  ^'^  hidden 
rocks  "in  your  love-feasts  when 
they  feast  with  you.  ''shepherds 
that  without  fear  feed  themselves  : 
'^ clouds  without  water,  ''carried 
along  by  winds ;  autumn  trees 
without  fruit,  twice  dead,  'Tjlucked 
up  by  the  roots;  13  'wild  waves 
of  the  sea,  foaming  out  "  their 
own  "  shame  ;  wandering  stars, 
'for  whom  the  blackness  of  dark- 
ness hath  been  reserved  for  ever. 
li  And  to  these  also  ■''Enoch,  the 
seventh  from  Adam,  prophesied, 
saying,  *'  Behold,  the  Lord  came 
with  ^^ten  thousands  of  his  holy 
ones,  15  Ho  execute  judgment 
upon  all,  and  to  convict  all  the  un- 
godly of  all  their  works  of  ungod- 
liness which  they  have  ungodly 
wrought,  and  of  all  the  hard 
things  which  "  ungodly  sinners 
have  spoken  against  him.  16 
These  are  *murmurers,  complain- 
ers,  ''walking  after  their  lusts  (and 
their  mouth  speaketh  ''  great  swell- 
ing tt'07'ds),  showing  respect  of  per- 
sons "  for  the  sake  of  advantage. 

comp.  2  Pet.  2. 11    "  Comp.Dt  34.6 AZech.3.2 

'  2  Pet.  2.  12  *■  Comp.  Phil.  3.  19  '  Gen.  4.  3-6 ; 
comp.  Heb.  11.  4  :  1  .In.  3.  12  "■  See  2  Pet.  2.  15 ; 
comp.  Num.  31.  16:  Rev.  2.  14  "  Num.  16.  1-3.  31- 
35  "  2  Pet.  2.  13  and  marg. ;  comp  1  Cor.  11.  20  ff. 
P  Ezek.  34.  2,  8, 10  «  Prov.  2i.  14  :  comp.  2  Pet  2 
17  "■  Eph.  4  14  '  Comp.  Mt.  15  13  <  Is.  57.  20 
"  See  Phil.  3. 19  •' 2  Pet.  2. 17  ;  romp.  ver.  6  'Gen. 
5.  13,  21  ff.  "  Dt.  .W.  2  ;  see  Mt.  16. 27  ;  comp.  Dan. 
7.  10 ;  Heb.  12.  22    -  Comp.  2  Pet.  2.  6  if.    "  Comp. 

1  Tim.  1.  9  fc  Num.  16.  11,  41  :  see  1  Cor.  10. 10 
'  See  2  Pet.  2.  10 ;  ver.  18     J  2  Pet.  2.  18     '  Comp 

2  Pet.  2.  3  

11  Or,  corrupted    Comp.  2  Pet.  2.  12  marg. 

12  Or,  last  themselves  airny  Ihroinjh 
1^1  Or,  spots  !^  Gr.  .yha^nes. 
i*  Gr.  his  holy  rityriads. 


JUDE 


'  Keep  yourselves  in  tbe  Lore  of  fiod. "    Benediction 


17  But  ye,  "beloved,  *  remem- 
ber ye  the  words  which  have  been 
spoken  before  by  "the  apostles  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ;  18  that 
they  said  to  you,  **  In  the  last  time 
there  shall  be  mockers,  "walking 
after  ^  their  own  ungodly  lusts. 
19  These  are  they  who  make 
separations,  --^sensual,  having  not 
the  Spirit.  20  But  ye,  "beloved, 
''building  up  yourselves  on  your 
most  holy  "  faith,  ''  praying  in  the 
Holy  Spirit,  21  keep  yourselves 
in  the  love  of  God,  *  looking  for 
the  meres'^  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
unto  eternal  life.     22  ^Andonsome 

1  Gr.  their  own  lusls  of  ungodlinesses. 

2  Or,  natural    Or,  animal 

3  The  Gr.  text  in  this  passage  (And  .  .  .  fire)  is 
somewhat  uncertain.  Some  ancient  authorities 
read  And  some  refute  n'hile  they  dispute  with  you. 
Comp.  1  Tim.  5.  20 ;  Tit.  1.  9. 


"  See  ver.  3 
b  2  Pet.  3.  2 
'  Comp. 

Heb.  2.  3 
d  2  Pet.  J.  3  ; 

comp. 

Acta  20. 

29 ;  1  Tim. 

4.1; 

2  Tim.  3. 

1  f.  ;  4.  3 
'  See  ver. 

16 ;  comp. 

ver.  4 
/Comp. 

1  Cor.  2. 

14  f.  ;  Jas. 

3.  15 
9  Col.  2.  7  ; 

1  Th.  5.  11 
A  Eph.  6.  13 
i  Tit.  2.  13  ; 

Heb.  9.  28 ; 

2  Pet.  3.  12 


k  Am.  4.  11 ; 

Zech.  3.  2 ; 

comp. 

1  Cor.  3. 

15 
I  Comp. 


have  mercy,  *who  are  in  doubt;  23 
and  some  save,  *  snatching  them 
out  of  the  fire;  and  on  some  have 
mercy  with  fear ;  '  hating  even  the 
garment  spotted  by  the  flesh. 

24  ™Now  unto  him  that  is  able 
to  guard  you  from  stumbling,  and 
to  "  set  you  before  the  presence  of 
his  glory  without  blemish  in  "ex- 
ceeding joy,  25  to  the  ^only  « God 
our  Saviour,  through  Jesus  Christ 
our  Lord,  '^be  glory,  majesty,  domin- 
ion and  power, '  before  all  time,  and 
now,  and  ^  for  evermore.     Amen. 

Rev.  3.  4 ;  Zech.  3  3  f.  ™  See  Rom.  16.  25  "See 
2Cor.  4.  14  "IPet.  4.  13  i' See  Jn.  5.  44 : 1  Tim. 
1. 17  9  See  Lk.  1.  47  ■■  See  Rom.  11.  36  ^  Comp, 
Heb.  13.  8 


4  Or,  while  they  dispute  with  you 
*  Gr.  unto  all  the  ages. 


296 


THE   REVELATION   OF   JOHN 


Tbe  Kevelatioo  of  Jesas  Christ :  Blessed  be  that  readetb,  heareth,  keepeth.    To  the  Seven  Chnrches ; 


IThe  Revelation  of  Jesus 
Christ,  which  "  God  '  gave  him 
to  *sho\v  unto  his  -servants,  even 
'the  things  wliich  must  shortly 
come  to  pass  :  and  he  sent  and  sig- 
nified ^it  ''by  his  anj^el  unto  his 
servant  "John  ;  '2.  who  bare  witness 
of  -^the  word  of  God,  and  of  "the 
testimony  of  Jesus  Christ,  even  of 
all  things  that  he  saw.  3  *  Blessed 
is  he  that  readeth,  and  they  that 
hear  the  words  of  the  jjrophecy,  and 
keep  the  things  that  are  written 
therein  :  'for  the  time  is  at  hand. 

4  'John  to  *the  seven  churches 
that  are  in  'Asia:  '"Grace  to  you 
and  peace,  from  "him  who  is  and 
who  was  and  *  who  is  to  come ; 
and  from  "  the  seven  Spirits  that 
are  before  his  throne ;  5  and  from 
Jesus  Christ,  who  is  ^the  faithful 
witness,  the  » firstborn  of  the  dead, 
and  the  ''ruler  of  the  kings  of  the 
earth.  Unto  him  that  '  loveth  us, 
and  *  loosed  us  from  our  sins  "^bj^ 
his  blood  ;  6  and  he  made  us  to  he 
a  'kingdom,  to  he  'priests  unto 
""his  God  and  Father;  'to  him  6e 
the  glory  and  the  dominion  '^for 
ever  and  ever.  Amen.  7  Behold, 
he  '  Cometh  with  the  clouds  ;  and 
*  every  eye  shall  see  him,  and  they 
that  pierced  him  ;  and  all  the  tribes 
of  the  earth  shall  'mourn  over  him. 
Even  so.  Amen. 

8  I  am  "the  Alpha  and  the 
Jmega,    saith    the    *  Lord     God, 

^"who  is  and  who  was  and  ''who 
is  to  come,  the  Almighty. 

9  "^  I  John,  your  'brother  and 
■''partaker  with  you  in  the  tribula- 
tion and  ^  kingdom  and  '"*  patience 
which  are  in  Jesus,  was  in  the  isle 
that  is  called  Patmos, '  for  the  word 
of  God  and  the  testimony  of  Jesus. 
10  I  was  *  in  the  Spirit  on  '  the 

I  Or,  gnv  unto  him,  to  show  nntn  his  fervintx 
the  thinhx  &c.  2  Or.  Iiondservnnls. 

3  Or,  them  *  Or,  who  coineth 

'•  Many  authorities,  some  ancient,  read  washed. 
Heb.  *J.  14  :  conip.  ch.  7.  14.        *  Gr.  in. 

T  Or,  God  nn<i  his  Father 

»  Gr.  unto  the  nrtes  of  the  ages.  Many  ancient 
muthorities  omit  of  the  ages. 

'-'  Or,  he  who  1"  Or,  stdfastriets 


"  Conip.  ch. 

5.  7 ;  Jn. 

17.8 
i>  fli.  22.  6 
<^  ver.  la ; 

oomp. 

Dan.  2. 

2S  f . 
^  ell.  17.  1, 

cSL-c. ;  19. 

yf.  :21.  9; 

22.  16 
'ver.  -1,9; 

ch.  22.  8 
/  ver.  9 ; 

ch.  6.  9 ; 

20.4; 

comp.  12. 

17;lCor. 

1.6 
f  ch.  12.  17 
''ch.22.  7; 

see  Lk.  11. 

23 
'ch.  22. 10; 

comp.  3. 

11 ;  22.  7, 

12 ;  see 

Rom.  13. 

11 
«■•  ver.  20 ; 

see  U 
'  See  Acts 

2.9 
"*  See  Rom. 

I.  7 

"  ver.  8  :  ch. 

4.8; 

comp. 

Ex.  3. 14 

(Sept.); 

ch.  11.  17; 

16.  5 ;  ver. 

17:  Heb. 

13.8;  Is. 

41.4 
"ch.  3.  1;  4. 

5;5  6; 

comp.  Is. 

II.  2;  ch. 
8.2 

P  ch.  3. 14  ; 
Jn.  8.  14 ; 

18.  37 ; 
comp. 

1  Tim.  6. 

13 ;  ch.  19. 

11 
9  1  Cor.  15. 

20 ;  Col.  1. 

18 
••ch.  17.  14; 

19.  16 ; 

1  Tim.  6. 

15 ;  comp. 

Ps.  89.  27 ; 

Dan.  2.  47 
•  See  Rom. 

8.37 
<ch.5.  10; 

20.6; 

1  Pet.  2.  5. 

9 ;  comp. 

Ex.19.  6, 

Is.  61.  6 
"  Rom.  15.  6 
"  See  Rom. 

11.  3« 
'  See  .Mt. 

16.  27  f . ; 

267 


Lord's  day,  and  I  heard  behind  me 
a  great  voice,  "'as  of  a  trumpet  11 
saving,  "  What  thou  seest,  write  in 
a  book  and  send  it  to  tlie  "seven 
churches  :  unto*'Ephesus,  and  unto 
"Smyrna,  and  unto  *■  Pergamum, 
and  unto  'Thyatira,  and  unto 
'Sardis,  and  unto  "Philadelphia, 
and  unto  '  Laodicea.  12  And  I 
turned  to  see  the  voice  that  spake 
with  me.  And  having  turned  I 
saw  "^ seven  golden  "candlesticks; 

13  and  ^in  the  midst  of  the  '^can- 
dlesticks one  'like  unto  a  son  of 
man,  "clothed  with  a  garment 
down  to  the  foot,  and  *girt  about 
at  the  breasts  with  a  golden  girdle. 

14  And  his  head  and  nis  "  hair  were 
white  as  white  wool,  white  as  snow; 
and  ''his  eyes  were  as  a  flame  of 
fire;  15  and  his  *feet  like  unto 
burnished  brass,  as  if  it  had  been 
refined  in  a  furnace  ;  and  his  -^ voice 
as  the  voice  of  many  waters.  16 
And  he  had  in  his  right  hand 
"seven  stars  :  and  out  of  his  mouth 
proceeded  a  ''sharp  two-edged 
sword:  and  his  'countenance  was 
as  *the  sui..  shineth  in  his  strength. 
17  And  when  I  saw  him,  I  'fell  at 
his  feet  as  one  dead.  And  he  "'  laid 
liis  right  hand  upon  me,  saj'ing, 
"  Fear  not ;  "I  am  the  first  and  the 
last,  18  and  the  •''Living  one;  and 
I  ''^«was  dead,  and  behold,  I  am 
alive  "for  evermore,  and  I  have 

24.  30  ;  comp.  Dan.  7. 13  "  Zech.  12.  10;  comp. 
Ju.l9.  37  -Comp.  Lk.  23.  28  "  ch.21.  6:  22.  13; 
comp.  Is.  41.  4  b  ch.  4.  8  ;  11. 17  :  15.  3  ;  16.  7  ;  21. 
22;  comp.  19  6  "  See  ver.  4  <' See  ver.  1  *  See 
Acts  1.  15  /2  Cor.  1.  7  ;  Phil.  4.  14  ;  comp.  Mt.  20. 
23 ;  see  Acts  14.  22  "  See  ver.  6 ;  comp.  2  Tim.  2. 12 
''ch.  3.  10;  comp.  2Th.  J.  5  'See  ver.  2  «:ch.4. 2; 
comp.  17.  3 :  21.  10 ;  see  Mt.  22.  43       '  Acts  20.  7  (?) 

'"ch.4  1    "  ver.  19  ;  comp.  2    "ver.  4, 20    I'ch. 

2.1;  see  Acts  18. 19  '/ch.2.8  '•ch.2.12  ''ch.2.18, 
24 ;  see  Acts  16.  14  '  ch.  3.  1.  4  "  ch.  3.  7  "^'ch.  3. 
14  ;  see  Col.  2.  1  '^  ver.  20  ;  ch.  2.  1 ;  comp.  Ex.  2.5. 
37  :  37.  23 :  Zech.  4.  2  •"  ch.  2.  1  -  ch.  14. 14 ;  Ezek. 
1.  26 ;  Dan.  7.  13 ;  10.  IG  "  Dan.  10.  5  i>  ch.  15.  6 
'  Dan.  7.  9  «'  ch.  2.  18 ;  19.  12 ;  comp.  Dan.  7.  9  ;  10. 
6  <^ch.  2.  18;  Ezek.  1.7:  Dan.  in.  6  /ch.l4.  2;19. 
6:Ezek.  43.  2  "  ver.  20:  ch.  2.  1 ;  3.  1  "ch.2.12, 
16  :  19.  15  ;  Is.  49.  2 :  comp.  Heb.  4.  12  •  Mt.  17.  2 ; 
comp.  ch.  10.  1  >■■  .Tudc.  5  31  '  Comp.  Dan.  8.  17  ; 
10  9.  10.  15  '"  Comp.  Dan.  8.  IS :  in  10,  12  "  See 
Mt.  14.  27  ;  17.  7  "  ch.  2.  8 ;  22.  13  ;  Is.  41.  4 :  44.  l^ ; 
48.12  >'Lk.24.5;comp.  ch.  4.9f.  «ch.  2.8;Rom. 
6.  9 ;  comp.  ch.  10.  6 ;  15.  7 


11  Gr.  Inmpstands. 

13  Gr.  wnto  the  aget  of  the  OQe*. 


12  Gr.  becamt. 


1.19 


EEVELATION 


2.20 


JBessage  to  the  Chnrcli  in  Ephesns ;  to  the  Church  in  Smyrna ;  to  the  Church  in  Pergamnm  ;  to  the  Church  in  Thyatira ; 


"the  keys  of  death  and  of  Hades. 
19  *  Write  therefore  "the  things 
which  thou  sawest,  and  the  things 
which  are,  and  the  things  which 
shall  come  to  pass  ''  hereafter ;  20 
the  °  mystery  of  the  •''seven  stars 
which  thou  sawest  '  in  my  right 
hand,  and  the  ^  seven  golden  -can- 
dlesticks. The  •''seven  stars  are  the 
angels  of  *  the  seven  churches :  and 
the  seven  '^ '  candlesticks  are  seven 
churches. 

Cy  To  the  angel  of  the  church  in 
i-Mf  *Ephesus  write: 

These  things  saith  he  that  hold- 
eth  '  the  seven  stars  in  his  right 
hand,  he  that  walketh  "'in  the 
midst  of  the  seven  golden  ^can- 
dlesticks :  2  "  I  know  thy  works, 
and  thy  toil  and  ^patience,  and 
that  thou  canst  not  bear  evil  men, 
and  didst "  try  them  that  call  them- 
selves'' apostles,  and  thes'  are  not, 
and  didst  find  them  false;  3  and 
thou  hast  ^  patience  and  didst  bear 
«  for  mj?-  name's  sake,  and  hast  not 
grown  weary.  4  But  I  have  this 
against  thee,  that  thou  didst ''  leave 
thy  first  love.  5  llemember  there- 
fore whence  thou  art  fallen,  and 
'  repent  and  '  do  the  first  works  ; 
or  else  I  come  to  thee,  and  will 
move  thy  ■*"  candlestick  out  of  its 
place,  except  thou  repent.  6  But 
this  thou  hast,  that  thou  hatest  the 
«vorks  of  the  "Nicolaitans,  which  I 
also  hate.  7  ^  He  that  hath  an  ear, 
let  him  hear  what  the  Spirit  saith 
to  the  churches.  ^To  him  that 
overcometh,  to  him  will  I  give  to 
eat  of  ^  the  tree  of  life,  which  is  in 
the  ^ "  Paradise  of  God. 

8  And  to  the  angel  of  the  church 
in  '  Smyrna  write : 

These  things  saith  "  the  first  and 
the  last,  who  "''was  dead,  and  lived 
again:  9  I  know  thy  Hribulation, 
and  thy  -^poverty  (but  thou  art 
■''rich),  and  the  'blasphemy  of  them 
that  "  say  they  are  Jews,  and  they 
are  not,  but  are  a  synagogue  of 
''  Satan.  1 0  Fear  not  the  things 
which  thou  art_  about  to  sufier : 
behold,  the  devil  is  about  to  cast 
some  of  you  into  prison,  that  ye 
may  be  '  tried  ;  ®and  ye  shall  have 
*  tribulation  *ten  days.  Be  thou 
'faithful  unto  death,  and  I  will  give 
thee  ""the  crown  of  life.     11   ^He 

1  Gr.  upon.  2  Gr.  lampsfands. 

3  Or,  stedfastness  *  Gr.  lampstand. 

=  Or,  qnrden  :  as  in  Gen.  2.  8. 
s  Gr.  bfcame.  '  Or,  reviling 

8  Some  ancient  authorities  read  and  may  have. 

9  Gr.  a  tribulation  of  ten  days 


"  Comp.  ch. 

9. 1 ;  20. 1 ; 

Job  38. 17  ; 

see  Mt.  16. 

19;  11.  23 
6  ver.  11 
'^  ver.  12-16 
d  ch.  4.  1 
'  See  Rom. 

11.  25 
/  ver.  16;ch. 

2.  1;  3.  1 
»  ver.  12 ; 

ch.  2.  1 ; 
comp.  Ex. 
2.').  37  ;  37. 
23 ;  Zech. 

4.  2 

ft  ver.  4,  see 

11 
>  Comp.  Mt. 

5.  14  f. 

k  See  cli.  1. 

11 
'  See  ch.  1. 

16 
™  See  ch.  1. 

12  f. 
"  ver.  19  ;  ch. 

3.  1,  8, 15 
°lJn.  4.  1; 

comp.  Ju. 

P  See  2  Cor. 

11.  13 

1  See  Jn.  15. 

21 
♦■  Mt.  24.  12 ; 

comp. 

Jer.  2.  2 
'  ver.  16.  22 : 

ch.  3.  3,  19 
'  ver.  2 ; 

comp. 

Heb.  10.  32 
"  ch.  1.  20  : 

comp  Mt. 

5.  14  tf.  ; 

Phil.  2.  15 
"  ver.  15 
^  ver.  11. 17, 

29;ch.  3.  6, 

13,22; 

comp.  13. 

9 ;  see  Mt. 

11.15 
y  ver.  11, 17, 

26 ;  ch.  3. 

5,  12,  21 ; 

21.  7 

♦  ch.  22.  2, 
14 ;  Gen.  2. 

9  (3.  22) ; 
2  Esdr.  8. 
52 ;  comp. 
Prov.  3. 
18 ;  11.  30 ; 
13.  12 ,  15. 4 

"  Ezek.  31.  8 
(Sept.);  see 
Lk.  23.  43 

b  ch.  1.  11 

"  See  ch.  1. 
17 

d  See  ch.  1. 
IS 

*  Comp.  eh. 
1.9 

/  2  Cor.  6. 

10  :  8.  9  ; 
Jas.  2.  5 

'  ch.  3.  9 
''  ver.  13,  24  ; 

see  Mt.  4. 

10 
'  Comp.  ch. 

3. 10 ;  13. 

1411. 
T'  Comp. 

Dan.  1. 12, 

14 
'  ver.  13 ;  ch. 

17.  14; 

comp.  ch. 

12.  11 

268 


that  hath  an  ear,  let  him  hear  what 
the  Spirit  saith  to  the  churches. 
"  He  that  overcometh  shall  not  be 
hurt  of  the  "second  death. 

1 2  And  to  the  angel  of  the  church 
in  "Pergamum  write : 

These  things  saith  he  that  hath 
^  the  sharp  two-edged  sword :  1 3  I 
know  where  thou  d\yellest,  even 
where ''  Satan's  throne  is  ;  ciiid  thou 
boldest  fast  mj;  name,  and  didst 
not  deny  *my  faith,  even  in  the 
days  ^'^of  Antipas  my  'witness, 
my  'faithful  one,  who  was  killed 
among  you,  *  where  Satan  dwell- 
eth.  1 4  But  *  I  have  a  few  things 
against  thee,  because  thou  hast 
there  some  that  hold  the  "teach- 
ing of  Balaam,  who  taught  Balak 
to  cast  astumblingblock  before  the 
children  of  Israel,  *'to  eat  things 
sacrificed  to  idols,  and  to  commit 
fornication.  15  So  hast  thou  also 
some  that  hold  the  teaching  of  the 
^Xicolaitans  in  like  manner.  16 
*  Kepent  therefore  ;  or  else  '  I  come 
to  thee  quickly,  and  I  will  make 
war  against  them  with  "  the  sword 
of  my  mouth.  1 7  *  He  that  hath 
an  ear,  let  him  hear  what  the 
Spirit  saith  to  the  churches.  '  To 
him  that  overcometh,  to  him  will  I 
give  of  the  hidden  **  manna,  and  I 
will  give  him  a  white  stone,  and 
upon  the  stone  a  ''new  name  writ- 
ten, •''which  no  one  knoweth  but  he 
that  receiveth  it. 

1 8  And  to  the  angel  of  the  church 
in  "  Thyatira  write : 

These  things  saith  *the  Son  of 
God,  'who  hath  his  eyes  like  a 
flame  of  fire,  and  his  feet  are  like 
unto  burnished  brass  :  19  *  I  know 
thy  works,  and  thy  love  and  faith 
and  ministry  and  ^patience,  and 
that  thy  last  works  are  more  than 
the  first.  20  But  'I  have  this 
against  thee,  that  thou  sufferest 
^^the  woman  "'Jezebel,  who  call- 
eth  herself  a  prophetess  ;  and  she 
teacheth  and  seduceth  my  ^'-ser- 
vants "to  commit  fornication,  and 
to  eat  things    sacrificed  to  idols. 

"■  See  1  Cor.  9.  25 ;  ch.  3. 11 "  ch.  20  6,  esp.  14 ; 

21.8  "eh.  1.11  P  ver.  16;  sevj  ch.  1. 10  «  ch.  M. 
12  ;  comp.  1  Tim.  5.  8  ""  ch.  1  o  ,  11.  3 :  17.  6  mare. ; 
Acts  22  20  *  Comp.  ver.  9  '  Comp.  ver.  20  "  See 
2  Pet.  2.  15  I'  ver.  20 ;  Acts  15.  29  .  1  Cor.  10.  2v' 
■'  ver.  6  ■'  See  ver.  5  =  Comp.  ch.  22.  7,  20  "  See 
ch.  1. 16  ;  comp.  2  Th.  2.  8  f"  See  ver.  7  "  See  ver.  7 
•(Jn.  6.  491  ^  Is.  56.  5  ,  62.  2  ;  65.  15  /ch.  19. 12. 
comp.  ch.  14.  3  •'  ver.  24 ;  see  ch.  1.  11  >>■  See  Mt. 
4.  3  i  See  ch.  1.  14  f.  *^  See  ver.  2  '  Comp.  ver.  14 
'"IK.  16.31,  21.25,2K.  9.  7 

10  The  Greek  text  here  is  somewhat  uncertain. 

11  Many  authorities,  some  ancient,  read  thy 
wife.  ^  Gr.  bojidservants. 


2.21 


REVELATION 


3.15 


to  the  Uiarcb  u  Sordis  ;  t«  the  Church  in  Philadelphia  ;  to  the  Church  in  Laodicea 


21  And  "I  gave  her  time  that  she 
should  repent ;  and  she  ''  willeth 
not  to  repent  of  her  fornication. 

22  iJehokl,  i  cast  her  into  a  bed, 
and  Irfiein  that  "commit  adultery 
with  her  into  great  tribuhition, 
except  they  repent  of  '  lier  works. 

23  And  1  will  kill  her  children 
with  "death;  and  all  the  churches 
shall  know  that  I  am  he  that 
''aeairheth  the  reins  and  hearts: 
and  1  will  give  unto  each  one  of 
you  according  to  your  works.  21 
But  to  you  1  say,  to  the  rest  that 
are  in  ''I'hyatira,  as  many  as  have 
not  this  teaching,  who  know  not 
the  '^deep  things  of  >Satan,  as  they 
are  wont  to  say  ;  I  "cast  upon  you 
none  other  burden.  25  Neverthe- 
less ''that  which  ye  have,  hold  fast 
'till  I  come.  2G  And  *he  that 
overcometh,  and  he  that  keepeth 
my  works  'unto  tlie  end,  to  him 
will  I  give  '"authority  over  the 
'nations:  27  and  he  shall  "rule 
them  with  a  rod  of  ^iron,  °as  the 
vessels  of  the  potter  are  broken  to 
shivers :  as  I  also  have  received  of 
my  Father :  28  and  I  will  give  him 
^the  morning  star.  29  "He  that 
hath  an  car,  let  him  hear  what  the 
Spirit  saith  to  the  churches. 

3  And  to  the  angel  of  the 
church  in  ''Sardis  write  : 
These  things  Siiith  he  that  hath 
'the  seven  Spirits  of  God,  and  'the 
seven  stars:  "I  know  thy  works, 
that  thou  hast  a  name  that  thou 
livest,  and  thou  art  "dead.  2  J>c 
thou  watchful,  and  establish  the 
things  that  remain,  which  were 
ready  to  die  :  for  I  have  ^  found  no 
works  of  thine  perfected  before  my 
God.  3  *  lleracmber  therefore  how 
thou  hast  received  and  didst  hear  ; 
and  keep  it,  and  ■'  repent.  If  there- 
fore thou  shalt  not  watch,  ''I  will 
come  'as  a  thief,  and  thou  shalt 
not  know  "what  hour  I  will  come 
upon  thee.  4  J5ut  thou  hast  a  few 
*names  in  ''Sardis  that  did  not  ''de- 
file their  garments  :  and  they  shall 
walk  with  me  ''in  white;  for  they 
are  worthy.  5  '  He  that  overcom- 
eth shall  thus  be  arrayed  in -'white 
garments;  and  I  will  in  no  wise 
"blot  his  name  out  of  the  book  of 
life,  and  ''I  will  confess  his  name 
before  my  Father,  and  before  his 

1  Maiiy  ancient  authorities  read  th£ir. 

2  Or.  I'-stilfnce    Sept.,  Ex.  5.  3,  &c. 

3  Or,  Gf utiles 

<  Or,  iron  ;  as  vessels  of  the  potter,  are  they 
broken  ,  ,        :,    , 

^  Maay  ancient  authorittea  read  not  found  thy 
toorks. 

40 


0  Rom.  2.  4  ; 
•.>  Pet.  ;i.  9 

f>cli.  9.  20f.  ; 

IH.  9.11; 

Uom.  2.  5 
■^ch.  17.2; 

18.  9 
rfP3.7.9;26. 

2 ;  139.  1  ; 

Jor.  11.  20; 

17.  10 ;  see 

Lk.  16.  Ij; 

KcU  1  24 ; 

PiOui.  8. 

27 ;  conip. 

Mt.  11).  27 

*  Sue  ver.  18 
/  Comp. 

1  Cor.  2.  10 
"  Comp. 

Acts  l.i.  28 
h  ch.  3.  U 
■See  Jn.21. 

22 
*•■  See  ver.  7 
'  bee  Mt.lO. 

2.' ;  Hob.  3. 

6 
"'  Ps.  2.  8  ; 

comp.  ch. 

3.  21 ;  20.  4 
"ch.  12.5; 

l;i.  15 
°  la.  30.  14  ; 

Jor.  19.  11 
''  Comp.  ch. 

22.  16 ; 

1  .In.  3.  2 

1  See  ver.  7 
*"  See  cU.  1. 

11 

*  Seech.  1.4 
« See  ch.  1. 

16 
"  ver.  8,  15 ; 

Bee  ch.  2.  2 
"  See  1  Tiin. 

5.  6 

*  ch.  2.  5, 

y  Comp.  ch. 

2  5 
'ch.16.  15, 

see  1  Th. 

5.  2  ;  2  Pet. 

3.  10 
<■  See  Mt.  24. 

43 
b  ch.  11. 

13  luarg. ; 

Act3  1. 

15  mare. 
'  Jiide  23 
rf  ver.  5,  13; 

ch.  4.  4;  6. 

11;  7.  9, 

13  f . ;  19. 

14 ;  comp. 

19.8; 

Eccles.  9. 

8 ,  2  Esdr. 

2.40 
'  See  ch.  2.  7 
/  See  ver.  4 
»  ch.  13.  8 ; 

17.  8 ;  20. 

12.  15 ;  21. 

27 ;  comp. 

Lk.  10.  211 
A  Mt.  10.  32 , 

Lk.  12.  8 


'  See  ch.  2. 7 
«••  ch.  1.  11 
'  ch.  6.  10 
"'  ver.  14 ; 

ch.  19.11; 

see  1  Jq.  5. 

20 
"  Ib.  22.  22 ; 

Mt.  16.  19; 

comp.  ch. 

1.  18,  Job 

12.  14 
°  Bee  ver.  1 
J"  See  Acta 

269 


angels.  6  'He  that  hath  an  ear, 
let  him  hear  what  the  Spirit  saith 
to  the  churches. 

7  Aiid  to  the  angel  of  the  church 
in  *  Philadelphia  write  : 

These  things  saith  'he  that  is 
holj-,  '"he  that  i.s  true,  he  that  hath 
"the  key  of  David,  he  that  openeth 
and  none  shall  shut,  and  that  shut- 
teth  and  none  openeth  :  8  "1  know 
thy  works  (behold,  I  have "  set  be- 
fore thee  ^'a  door  opened,  which 
none  can  shut),  that  thou  hast  a 
little  power,  and  didst  keep  my 
word,  and  'didst  not  deny  my 
name.  9  Behold,  I  give  or  ''the 
synagogue  of  Satan,  of  them  that 
say  tliey  are  Jevs,  and  they  are 
not,  but  do  lie ;  behold,  I  will 
make  them  to 'come  and  "worship 
before  thy  feet,  and  to  know  that 
'I  have  loved  thee.  10  Because 
thou  didst  "keep  the  word  of  'my 
**  patiences  *I  also  will  keep  thee 
from  tlie  hour  of  ^* trial,  that  Jiour 
wliich  is  to  come  upon  the  whole 
"*  ^world,  to  "try  "them  that  dwell 
upon  the  earth.  11  ''1  come 
quickly:  ''hold  fast  that  which 
thou  hast,  that  no  one  take  thy 
•*  crown.     12"  He  that  overcometh, 

1  will  make  him  a  -'pillar  in  the 
'-temple  of  my  God,  and  he  .shall 
go  out  thence  no  more :  and  1  will 
write  upon  him  the  "name  of  my 
Go(hand''the  name  of  the  city  of 
ray  God,  'the  new  Jerusalem,  which 
Cometh  down  out  of  heaven  from 
my  God,  and  mine  own  *new  name. 
13  'He  that  hath  an  ear,  let  him 
hear  what  the  Spirit  saith  to  the 
churches. 

1 4  And  to  the  angel  of  the  church 
in  '"Laodicea  write : 

Tliese  things  saith  "the  Amen, 
"  the  faitliful  and  true  w;itness,  -''  the 
l)eginning  of  the  creation  of  God: 
15  "I  know  thy  works,  that  thou 
art  neither  cold  nor  hot:  ""I  would 

1(27  '»ch.2.13  '■Seech.2.9  •  Is.  4.5.  14 ;  49.  28 ; 
W.  14  '  Is.  43.  4 ;  comp.  Jn  17.  23  "  Comp.  ver. 
8 :  Jn.  17.  6    "  Comp.  cli   1.  9    ^2  Pet.  2  U  :  coiup. 

2  Tim.  2. 12  *  Comp.  ch.  3.  10  -  ch.  16.  14  :  see 
Mt.  24.  14  "ch.e.  10;  8.  13;  11.10:  13.8.  14:  17.8 
b  ch.  22.  7, 12,  20 ;  see  ch.  1.3  <^  ch.  2.  2-.  d  ch. 
2.10  'See  ver  5  .'1  K.  7.  21 ,  comp  Jer.  1. 18  ; 
seeGal.  2.  9  "  ch.  14.  1  ;  22.  4  '•  ch.  21.  2;  Ezek. 
48.  3.5  '  ch.  21.  2.  10  ;  see  Gal.  4.  26;  Heb.  13.  14 
k  See  ch.  2.  17  '  See  ver.  6  "'  See  ch.  1.  11  "  Is. 
6.5.  16  marg.  ;  comp.  2  Cor.  1.  20  "  Ste  ch.  1.  5; 
comp.  ver.  7  ''  Jn.  1.  3  ,  Col.  1.  18 ,  ch.  21.  6  ;  22. 
13  (?) ;  comp.  Gen.  49.  3  ,  Ot  21  17 :  Prov.  8. 22  marg. 
1  See  ver.  1      ''  Comp.  Rom.  12.  11 


«  6r.  given. 

T  Tlie  Greek  word  denotes  an  act  of  reverence, 
whether  paid  to  a  creature,  or  to  the  Creator. 

8  Or,  atedfnstness  *  Or,  temptation 

10  Gr.  inhabited  earth.         H  Or,  tempt 
•8  Or,  sanctuary 


3.16 


REVELATION 


5.6 


The  Tbrone  in  Heaven.    The  Book  sealed  with  Seven  Seals 


thou  wert  cold  or  hot.  16  So  be- 
cause thou  art  lukewarm,  and 
neither  hot  nor  cold,  I  will  spew 
thee  out  of  my  mouth.  17  Be- 
cause thou  sayest,  "1  am  i"ich,  and 
have  gotten  riches,  and  have  need 
of  nothing  ;  and  knowest  not  that 
thou  art  the  wretched  one  and 
miserable  and  poor  and  blind  and 
naked:  18  I  counsel  thee  to  *buy 
of  me  ''gold  refined  by  fire,  that 
thou  mayest  become  rich;  and 
'^  white  garments,  that  thou  mayest 
clothe  thyself,  and  that "  the  shame 
of  thy  nakedness  be  not  made 
manifest;  and  eyesalve  to  anoint 
thine  eyes,  that  thou  mayest  see. 
19  •''As  many  as  I  love,  I  reprove 
and  chasten  :  be  zealous  therefore, 
and  ^  repent.  20  Behold,  I  stand 
''at  the  door  and  'knock:  if  any 
man  hear  my  voice  and  open  the 
door,  *I  will  come  in  to  him,  and 
will  sup  with  him,  and  he  with  me. 
21  'He  that  overcometh,  I  will 
give  to  him  ™to  sit  down  with  me  in 
my  throne,  as  "I  also  overcame, 
and  sat  down  with  my  Father  in 
his  throne.  22  "He"  that  hath  an 
ear,  let  him  hear  what  the  Spirit 
saith  to  the  churches. 

4  After  ^  these  things  I  saw, 
and  behold,  "a  door  opened  in 
heaven,  and  the  first  voice  that  I 
heard,  a  voice  'as  of  a  trumpet 
speaking  with  me,  one  saying, 
^Come  up  hither,  and  I  will  'show 
thee  the  things  which  must  ^  come 
to  pass  hereaf  ter._  2  Straightway  I 
was  "  in  the  Spirit :  and  behold, 
there  was  "a  throne  set  in  heaven, 
and  ^one  sitting  upon  the  throne  ; 
3  and  he  that  sat  was  to  look  upon 
like  a  ^jasper  stone  and  a  ^sardius: 
and  ther^e  ivas  a  "rainbow  round 
about  the  throne,  like  an  *  emerald 
to  look  upon.  4  And "  round  about 
the  throne  ivere  "^four  and  twenty 
thrones :  and  upon  the  thrones  / 
miv  "four  and  twenty  elders  "'sit- 
ting, arrayed  in  -' white  garments  ; 
and  on  their  heads  "  crowns  of  gold. 

5  And  out  of  the  throne  proceed 
''lightnings  and  voices  and  thun- 
ders. And  there  were  'seven  lamps 
of  fire  burning  before  the  throne, 
which  are  *  the  seven  Spirits  of  God ; 

6  and  before  the  throne,  as  it  were 
a^'sea  of  glass  like  vmto  crystal; 
and  in  the  midst  ^of  the  throne, 

1  Or,  come  to  pass.    After  these  things  straight- 
way &c.  2  O'-,  glassv  sea 
s  Or,  before    See  ch.  7.  i7  ;  comp.  5.  6. 


"  Hos.  12.  8 ; 

Zech.  11. 

6 ;  1  Cor. 

4.  8;  comp. 

Mt.  5.  i 
b  Is.  55.  1 ; 

comp.  Mt. 

13.  44 
<=  See  1  Pet. 

1.7 
d  See  ver.  4 
"  ch.  16.  15 
/See  Heb. 

12.  6 ; 

comp. 

ICor.  11.  32 
9  See  ch.  2. 5 
ft  Jit.  24.  33  ; 

,1as.  5.  9 
«  Lk.  12.  36  ; 

comp.  Ju. 

10.  3 

fc  Jn.l4.  23 
'  See  ch.  2.  7 
'"■  ch.  20.  4  i 

comp.  2. 

26 ;  see 

Mt.  13.  2S ; 

2  Tim.  2. 12 
"ch.  5.  5;  6. 

2;  17.14; 

see  Jn.  16. 

33 
"Seech.  2.7 
P  Comp.  ch. 

1.  12  tt'.  10 
5  Comp.  ch. 

19.  11 , 

Ezek.  1.  1 
>"  ch.  1.  10 
'  ch.  11.  12 
<ch.  1.  ly; 

22.6 
"Seech.  1.10 
"  ver.  9  f.  ; 

1  K.22.19; 

Is.  6.  1 ; 

Ezek.  1. 

26:  Dau. 

7.9 
"  See  ver.  9 
y  ch.  21.  U 
^  ch.  21.  20 
"  Ezek,  1. 

28 ;  comp. 

ch.  10.  1 
b  ch.  21.  19 
"^  ver.  6  :  ch. 

6.  11  ;  7.  11 
rfch.  11.  16 
"  ver.  10 ; 

ch.  5.  6,  8, 

14 ;  19.  4 
/ch.  3.18 
y  ver.  10 
ftch.  8.  5; 

11.  19 ;  16. 
IS ;  comp, 
E.\.  19.  16 

■  Zech.  4.  2; 

comp.  Ex. 

23.  37 
fc  Seech.  1.4 
'  ch.  15.  2  ; 

comp.  ch. 

21.  18,  21 ; 

Ezek.  1.  22 


""  See  ver.  4 
"  Ezek.  1.  5  ; 

ver.  8  f.  ; 

ch.  5.  6, 

&c. ;  6. 

1,  6  ;  7.  11 . 

14.  3 ,  15. 

7  ;  19.  4 
"  Comp. 

Ezek.  1. 

18 ;  10.  12 
P  Comp. 

Ezek.  1. 

10;  10.  14 
«  Is.  6.  2 
•■  ch.  14.  11 
•  Is.  6,  3 

270 


and  ""round  about  the  throne, 
"four  living  creatures  "full  of  eyes 
before  and  behind.  7  ■f  And  the 
first  creature  was  like  a  lion,  and 
the  second  creature  like  a  calf,  and 
the  third  creature  had  a  face  as  of 
a  man,  and  the  fourth  creature 
u>as  like  a  fiying  eagle.  8  And  the 
"four  living  creatures,  having  each 
one  of  them  «six  wings,  are  "full  of 
eyes  round  about  and  within  :  and 
*■  they  have  no  rest  day  and  night, 
saying, 
'  Holy,  holy,  holy,  is  the  *  Lord 
God,  the  Almighty,  "who  was 
and  who  is  and  *  who  is  to  come. 
9  And  when  the  living  creature.s 
shall  give  glory  and  honor  and 
thanks  to  him  that  "si tteth  on  the 
throne,  to  ^him  that  liveth  ^for 
ever  and  ever,  10  the  *four  and 
twenty  elders  shall  ''fall  down  be- 
fore him  that "  sitteth  on  the  throne, 
and  shall  worship  ""  him  that  liveth 
^for  ever  and  ever,  and  shall  cast 
their  "crowns  before  the  throne, 
saying, 

11  *  Worthy  art  thou,  our  Lord 
and  our  God,  to  receive  the 
glory  and  the  honor  and  the 
power:  for  thou  "^ didst  create 
all  things,  and  because  of  thy 
will  they  were,  and  were 
created. 

5  And  I  saw  ®  in  the  right  hand 
of  him  that  ''sat  on  the  throne 
a  "book  written  within  and  on  the 
bade,  -^ close  sealed  with  seven  seals. 
2  And  I  saw  a  ^strong  angel  pro- 
claiming with  a  great  voice.  Who 
is  worthy  to  open  the  book,  and  to 
loose  the  seals  thereof?  3  And  no 
one  ^  in  the  heaven,  or  on  the  earth, 
or  under  the  earth,  was  able  to 
open  the  book,  or  to  look  thereon. 
4  And  I  wept  much,  because  no 
one  was  found  worthy  to  open  the 
book,  or  to  look  thereon :  5  and 
one  of  the  elders  saith  unto  me. 
Weep  not ;  behold,  the  '  Lion  that 
is  *ot  the  tribe  of  Judah,  the  'Hoot 
of  David,  hath  overcome  to  open 
the  book  and  the  seven  seals 
thereof.      6    And    I    saw   ^in    the 

'  See  ch.  18  "  See  ch.  1,4  "  ver.  2 ;  comp.  Is. 
6.  1  ;  Ps.  47.  8  ^  ch.  10.  6  ;  15,  7  ;  Dt.  32.  40  ;  Dan. 
4.  34  ;  12.  7  V  gee  ver.  4  -  ch.  5.  8, 14 ;  7,  11  .  11. 
IB  ;  19.  4  «  ver.  4  b  ch.  5.  12  ;  comp.  1.6'  ch.  10. 
6  ;  14.  7  ;  see  Acts  14,  15  <*  ver.  7,  13  ;  see  cU.  4.  9 
0  Ezek.  2.  9, 10  /Is.  29.  11 ,  Dan.  12.  4  s/ch.  10.  1: 
18,  21  h.  Comp.  ver,  13 ;  Phil.  2,  10  ■  Gen.  49,  9 
i-  See  Heb,  7.  14  '  ch.  22. 16;  Is.  11.  1,  10;  comp. 
Rom.  15.  12 

*  Or,  icho  cometh 

^  6r.  wito  the  ages  of  the  ages.  «  Gr.  on. 

7  Or,  between  the  throne  with  the  four  living 
creatures,  and  the  elders 


5.7 


REVELATION 


6.11 


The  OpeDin^  of  the  Seals :  the  Firyt  Seal ;  Second  Seal ;  Third  Seal ;  Fourth  Seal  ;  Fifth  Seal 


midst    of    tlie  throne   and  of  the 
"four     living     creatures,    and     in 
the  midst  ot  *the  elders,  a  'Lamb 
standing,   as   thoujjch   it   had    bt-en 
''shiin,   naving  .se\en  'horns,  and 
•^ seven  eyes,  which  are  "the  'seven 
Spirits  of  God,  sent  fortli  into  all 
the  earth.     7   And  he  came,  and 
he  -taketh  *  it  out  of  the  rif^ht  hand 
of    him   that  ''sat  on  the  throne. 
8  And    when    ho    had    taken    tlie 
book,   the    "four   living    creatui'es 
and  the  *four  and   twenty  cUlers 
'fell  down  before  the  "Lamb,  hav- 
ing each  one  a  ^harp,  and  'golden 
bowls  full  of  incense,  which  are  the 
•■"  prayers  of    the   saints.      9    And 
they  sing  a  "  new  song,  saying, 
°  Worthy  art  thou  to  take  the 
book,   and    to   open  the  seals 
thereof:    for  tliou  wast  ''slain. 
and  didst  ^pui'chase  unto  God 
with  thj'^  blood  men  of  » every 
tribe,  and  tongue,  and  people, 
and    nation,    10    and    madest 
tliem    to   be    unto  our  God    a 
"■  kingdom  and    ''priests;    and 
they 'reign  upon  the  earth. 
1 1  And  I  saw,  and  I  heard  a  voice 
of  many  angels  'round  about  the 
throne  and  the  "  living  creatures 
and  the  *  elders:  and  tlie  number 
of  them  was  "ten  thousand  times 
ten  thousand,    and    thousands    of 
thousands ;  1 2  saying  with  a  great 
voice, 
'■  Worthy  is   the   ""Lamb   that 
hath  been  "^  .slain  to  receive  the 
power,  and  riches,  and  wisdom. 
and    might,    and    honor,    and 
glory,  and  blessing. 

13  And  '  every  created  thing  which 
is  in  the  heaven,  and  on  the  earth, 
and  under  the  earth,  and  on  the 
sea,  and  all  things  that  are  in  them, 
heard  I  saying. 

Unto  him  that  *sitteth  on  the 
throne,  and  unto  the  "Lamb, 
*  he  the  blessing,  and  the  honor, 
and  the  glory,  and  the  domin- 
ion, ^for  ever  and  ever. 

14  And  the  "four  living  creatures 
said,  'Amen.  And  the  *  elders 
•fell  down  and  ''worshipped. 

6  And  I  .saw  when  the  "Lamb 
opened  one  of  "  the  seven  seals, 
and  I  heard  one  of  the  *  four  living 
creatures  saying  as  with  a  "voice 
of  thunder.  Come*.     2  And  I  saw, 

1  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  seven. 

»Gr.  halh  taken. 

»  Gr.  unio  the  ages  nj  the  age.t. 

*  See  inarKiiial  iiote  on  ch.  3.  9. 

*  Some  ancient  authorities  add  and  see. 


"  ver.  8.  n, 
14  ;  seech. 
4.  b 

*  vor.  8,  14  , 
see  ch.  4. 
4 

'  ver.  8, 
12  f.,  &o.  ; 
ch.  13.  8, 
tie.  :  see 
Jn.  1.  » 

<i  ver.  9,  12  ; 
ch.  13.  8 

*  Coiup. 
Dan.  3.  3{. 

/Zech.  3.  9; 

4.  10 
I'  See  cli.  1.  4 
''  Seo  ver.  1 
'  See  ch.  4. 

1(1 
*ch.  14.2, 

13.  2 
'  (  omp.  ch. 

l.'i.  7 
'"  ch.  8.  3  f . ; 

I's.  141.  2 
"  ch.  14.  3, 

comp.  1.5. 

3 ;  I's.  40. 

3;  93.  1; 

1«.  1,  Is. 

42.  10 
"  Comp.  ch. 

4.  11 

»  ch.  14.  3  f .  ; 

see  1  Cor. 

6.  20 
1  ch.  7.  9  : 

11.9;  13. 

7 ;  14.  6  ; 

comp.  10. 

11;  17.  1.'); 

Dan.  3.  4 ; 

5.  19,  (ic. 
•■Seech.  1.6 
»  See  ch.  20. 

4  ;  comp. 

3.  21 
<  See  ch.  4.  4 
"Dan.  7.  10; 

comp.  ch. 

9.16;  Heb. 

12  22' 

Jude  14 
"  Comp.  ch. 

1.6;  4.  11; 

ver.  9 
'Phil.  2.  10; 

comp. 

ver.  3 
y  Comp. 

Rom.  11. 

36 :  ch.  1. 6 
'  1  Cor.  14. 

16;  ch.  7. 

12;  19.  4 
"  See  ch.  5.  1 
>>  See  ver.  6 
'  ch.  14.  2  ; 

19.6 


<*  ch.  19.  11 ; 

comp. 

Zech.  1.  8 ; 

6.  3f. 
'ch.  14.14, 

comp.  9.  7 ; 

19.  12  ; 

Zech.  G.  11 
/  Comp.  ch. 

3.  21 
0  ch.  4.  7 
A  Zeoh.  1.8; 

6.2 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

10.  34 
*  Zech.  6.  2 
'  Comp. 

Kzek.  4. 

16 
'"  See  ch.  4. 

6f. 
"ch.  7.  3.  9. 

4 

271 


and  behold,  a  "^  white  horse,  and  he 
that  sat  thereon  had  a  bow  ;  and 
there  was  given  unto  him  "  a  crown : 
and  he  came  forth  •'conquering,  and 
to  conquer. 

3  And  when  he  opened  the 
second  seal,  I  heard  the  "  second 
living  creature  saying.  Cornel 
\  And  another  hor^a  came  forth, 
''a  red  horse:  and  to  him  that  sat 
thereon  it  was  given  to '  take ''  peace 
from  the  earth,  and  that  they 
should  slay  one  another  :  and  there 
was  given  unto  him  a  gi-eat  sword. 

5  And  when  he  opened  the  third 
seal,  I  heard  the  "  third  living 
creature  saying.  Come*.  And  1 
saw,  and  behold,  a  ^  black  horse ; 
and  he  that  sat  thereon  had  a 
'  balance  in  his  liand.  6  And  [ 
heard  as  it  were  a  voice  in  the 
midst  of  the  "'four  living  creatures 
saying,  ^  A  measure  of  wheat  for  a 
*  shilling,  and  three  measures  of 
barlev  for  a  "shilling;  and  the  oil 
and  the  wine  "  hurt  thou  not. 

7  And  when  he  opened  the 
fourth  seal,  1  heard  the  voice  of 
the  ^fourth  living  creature  saying, 
Come*.  8  And  1  saw,  and  benold, 
a  "  pale  horse  :  and  ne  that  sat 
upon  him,  his  name  was  ^  Death  ; 
and  ''  Hades  followed  with  him. 
And  there  was  given  unto  them 
authority  over  the  fourth  part  of 
the  earth,  "to  kill  with  sword, 
and  with  famine,  and  with  "  death, 
and  by  the  wild  beasts  of  the 
earth. 

9  And  when  he  opened  the  fifth 
seal,  I  saw ''underneath  the  'altar 
the  '  souls  of  them  that  had  been 
slain  "for  the  word  of  God,  and  for 
the  "testimony  which   they  held  : 

10  and  they  cried  with  a  great 
voice,  saying,  ^  How  long,  O  *  Mas- 
ter, tlie  '  holy  and  true,  dost  thou 
not  "judge  and  avenge  our  blood 
on  *them  that  dwell  on  the  earth  ? 

1 1  And  "  there  was  given  them  to 
each  one  a  white  robe  ;  and  it  was 

"  Comp.  Zech.  6.  3  ''  ch.  1.  18  :  20. 13  f. ;  comp. 
Prov  .^.  5 ;  Hos.  13.  14  ;  see  Mt.  11.  23  «  Comp. 
Jer.  15.  2  f.  ;  24.  10;  29.  17  f..  \c.  ;  Ezek.  5.  12. 17  ; 
14.  21.  &c.  •"  Comp.  Ex.  29.  12  ;  Lev.  4.  7  :  Jn.  16.  2 
"ch.  14. 18,  16.  7  (ch.  20.  4  "  ch.  1.  2,  9  'See 
ch.  12.  17  -^  Zech.  1.  12  ;  2  Esdr  4.  33  v  2  Pet. 
2  1  ;  comp.  Lk.  2.  29  -'  See  ch.  3.  7  °  ch.  19.  2 : 
Dt.  32.  43;  Ps.  79.  10;  Lk.  18.  7  6  See  ch.  3.  10 
'ch.  3.  5;  7.  9,  see  ch.  3.  4 


«  Some  ancient  authorities  read  ihe  peace  of 
the  earth. 

"Or.  A  choenir  {i.e.  about  a  quart)  of  irheal 
for  a  jAi//nJ!7  — implying  great  scarcity.  Comp. 
"I':zek.4.  16  f.  .  5.  IK. 

«  See  marginal  note  on  Mt.  lH.  28. 

>  Or,  pesiUence    Comp.  ch.  2.  23  marfi 


6.12 


REVELATION 


7.15 


The  Opening  of  tlie  Sixth  Seal.    The  Servants  of  God  sealed.     The  Countless  Multitude  before  the  Throne 


said  unto  them,  that  they  should 
"  rest  yet  for  a  Kttle  time,  *  until 
their  fellow-servants  also  and  their 
brethren,  who  should  be  killed  even 
as  they  were,  should  Miave  ""ful- 
tilled  their  course. 

12  And  I  saw  when  he  opened 
the  sixth  seal,  and  there  was  a 
great  "^earthquake  ;  and  ^the  sun 
became  black  as  -^sackcloth  of  hair, 
and  the  whole  moon  became  as 
blood  ;  1 3  and  ^  the  stars  of  the 
heaven  fell  unto  the  earth,  ''as  a 
tig  tree  casteth  her  unripe  figs 
when  she  is  shaken  of  a  great 
wind.  14  And  'the  heaven  was 
removed  as  a  scroll  when  it  is 
rolled  up  ;  and  *  every  mountain 
and  island  were  moved  out  of  their 
places.  15  And  Hhe  kings  of  the 
earth,  and  the  princes,  and  the 
^  chief  captains,  and  the  rich,  and 
the  strong,  and  every  bondman 
and  freeman,  hid  themselves  in  the 
caves  and  in  the  rocks  of  the  moun- 
tains ;  1 6  and  they  '"  say  to  the 
mountains  and  to  the  rocks,  Fall 
on  us,  and  hide  us  from  the  face 
of  him  "  that  sitteth  on  the  throne, 
and  from  the  "  wrath  of  the  Lamb : 
17  for  ^the  great  day  of  their 
wrath  is  come  ;  and  '  who  is  able  to 
stand  1 

7  After  this  I  saw ''  four  angels 
standing  at  the  'four  corners  of 
the  earth,  holding  'the  four  winds 
of  the  earth,  "  that  no  wind  should 
blow  on  the  earth,  or  on  the  sea, 
or  upon  any  tree.  2  And  I  saw 
another  angel  ascend  "from  the 
sunrising,  having  the  -^  seal  of  /  the 
living  God  :  and  he  cried  with  a 
great  voice  to  the  ""four  angels  to 
whom  it  was  given  to  hurt  the 
earth  and  the  sea,  3  saying,  '^  Hurt 
not  the  earth,  neither  the  sea,  nor 
the  trees,  till  we  shall  have  "sealed 
the  ^  servants  of  our  God  on  their 
*  foreheads.  4  And  I  heard  the 
"  number  of  them  that  were  sealed, 
''a  hundred  and  forty  and  four 
thousand,  sealed  out  of  every  tribe 
of  the  children  of  Israel : 

5  Of    thvj    tribe    of    Judah    ivere 

sealed  twelve  thousand  ; 
Of  the  tribe  of  Reuben  twelve 

thousand ; 
Of     the    tribe    of     Gad    twelve 

thousand  ; 

6  Of   the   tribe  of   Asher   twelve 

thousand  ; 

1  Some  ancient  authorities  read  be  fulflUed  in 
number.     2  Esdr.  4.  36. 

2  Or,  military  tribunes    Gr.  cMliarclis. 
8  Gr.  bondservants. 


"ch.  14.  13; 

comp. 

2Th.  1.7; 

Heb.  4.  10 
b  Comp. 

Heb.  11. 

40 
■-■  Comp. 

Acts  20. 

21 ;  2  Tim. 

4.7 
<ich.  8.5; 

11.  13 ;  16. 

18 ;  comp. 

Mt.  24.  7 
'  See  Mt.  24. 

29 
/Is.  50.  3; 

comp.  Mt. 

11.  21 
^  Comp.  ch. 

8.  10  ;  9.  1 ; 
see  Mt.  24 
29 

''  Comp.  Is. 

34.4 
i  Is.  34.  4  ; 

ch.  20.  11 ; 

21.1;  see 

2  Pet.  3. 

10 
J-ch.  16.  20; 

comp.  la. 

54.  10 ; 

Jer.  4.  24 ; 

E^elr.  38. 

20;  Nah. 

1.5 
'  Is.  2.  10  f . 

19,  21 ; 

comp.  24. 

21 ;  ch.  19. 

18 
""  See  Lk.  23. 

30;  comp. 

ch.  9.  6 
"  See  ch.  4. 

9;  5.1 
"  Comp. 

Mk.  3.  5 
P  Is.  63.  4  ; 

Jer.  30.  7 ; 

,Ior;ll.  15; 

2.  1 1.  11, 

31;  Zeph. 

1.  14  1. ; 

comp,  ch. 

16.  14 
9  Ps.  76.  7  ; 

Kah.  1.  6; 

Mai.  3.  3 : 

Lk.  21.  36 
"■  Comp.  ch. 

9.  14 

'  ch.  20.  8  ; 

Is.  U.  12; 

comp. 

Ezek.  7.  2 
t  Jer.  49.  36  ; 

Zech.  6.  5  ; 

see  Mt.  24. 

31 
"  Comp. 

ver.  3:  ch. 

8.7:9.4 
"  ch.  16.  12 ; 

comp.  Is. 

41.2 
"  ch.  9.  4 ; 

comp. 

ver.  3 
ySeeMt.16. 

18 
'  See  ch.  6.  6 
«  ver.  3-8 : 

see  Ju.  3. 

b  ch.  14.  1 ; 

22.  4 ; 

Ezek.  9.  4, 

6 ;  comp. 

ch.  13.  16 ; 

14.  9  ;  20.  4 
«  ch.  9,  16 
<*  ch.  14.  1,  3 

272 


Of  the  tribe  of  Naphtali  twelve 

thousand ; 
Of  the  tribe  of  Manasseh  twelve 

thousand  ; 

7  Of    the  tribe  of  Simeon  twelve 

thousand ; 
Of   the   tribe   of    Levi   twelve 

thouscind  ; 
Of  the  tribe  of  Issachar  twelve 

thousand  ; 

8  Of  the  tribe  of  Zebulun  twelve 

thousand ; 
Of  the  tribe    of  Joseph  twelve 

thousand  ; 
Of    the  tribe  of  Benjamin  were 

sealed  twelve  thousand. 
9  After  these  things  I  saw,  and 
behold,  a  great  ''multitude,  which 
no    man    could    number,    out    of 
-^  every  nation    and    of   all   tribes 
and  peoples  and  tongues,  standing 
=' before  the  throne  and  ''before  the 
Lamb,   arrayed    in    '  white    robes, 
and  *  palms  in  their  hands  ;  10  and 
they  cry  with  a  great  voice,  saying, 
'  Salvation  unto  our  God  ''  who 
sitteth  on  the  throne,  and  unto 
the  Lamb. 
1 1  And  all  the  angels  were  stand- 
ing "'round  about  the  throne,  and 
about  ™the   elders  and  the  "four 
living  creatures ;    and    they   "  fell 
before  the  throne  on  their  faces, 
and  worshipped  God,  12  saying, 
■^Amen:  *«  Blessing,  and  glory, 
and  wisdom,  and  thanksgiving, 
and    honor,    and    power,    and 
mighty  be  unto  our  God  ^for 
ever  and  ever.    ^Amen. 
13  And    one   of    the   elders   'an- 
swered,   saying   unto    me,    These 
that  are    ari-ayed    in    the   'white 
robes,  'who  are  they,  and  whence 
came  they'?     14  And  I  "^say  unto 
him,  ]My  lord,  thou  knowest.    And 
he  said  to  me.  These  are  they  that 
come  out  of  the  'great  tribulation, 
and  they  "  washed  their  robes,  and 
made  them  '  white  in  the  ''  blood  of 
the  Lamb.     15  Therefore  are  they 
•"  before  the  throne  of   God ;   and 
they  *  serve  him  day  and  night  in 
his  ''  y  temple  :  and  ^  he  that  sitteth 
on    the    throne    shall    spread    his 

"  2  Esdr.  2. 42  /  See  ch.  5. 9   "  ver.  1-5   ''  Comp. 

ch.  22.  3  '  See  ch.  6.  11 ;  comp  ver.  14  *■  Comp.  • 
Lev.  23.  40 ;  2  Mace.  10.  7  '  ch.  12  10 ;  19.  1 ;  comp. 
Ps.  3.  8  "'  See  ch.  4. 4  "  See  ch.  4  6  "  See  eh. 
4.  10  P  See  ch.  5.  14  i  ch.  5.  12  ""  See  Acts  3.  12 
"  2  Esdr.  2.  44  t  See  Mt.  24.  21  "  ch.  22. 14  ;  comp. 
Zech.  3.  3-5  "  Heb.  9  14  ;  1  Jn.  1.  7  "  ch.  22  3 ; 
comp.  ch.  4.8  "  ch.  11.  19;  comp.  21.  22  *  See 
ch.  4.9  

*  Gr.  The  blensing,  and  the  glory  &c. 

5  Gr.  unto  the  ages  of  the  ages. 

6  Gr.  have  said.  '  Or,  MrtrfMory 


7.  16 


REVELATION 


9.9 


Tbe  Seventh  Seal.    The  Golden  Censer.    The  First  Inpel  soonds  ;  the  Second  ;  the  Third  ;  the  Foorth  ;  the  Fifth 


" talxrnacle  over  them.  16  ''They 
sliall  hunger  no  more,  neither 
thirst  any  more  ;  neither  shall  the 
sun  strike  u])on  tliem,  nur  any 
heat:  17  for  the  J^amb  that  is  in 
the  midst  'of  the  throne  shall  be 
their  "shepherd,  and  shall  guide 
them  unto  fountiiins  of  •'  waters  of 
life:  and  "(Jod  shall  wipe  away 
every  <"ear  from  their  eyes. 

8  And  when  he  opened  the 
•'seventh  seal,  there  followed 
a  "silence  in  heaven  about  the 
space  of  half  an  hour.  2  And  1 
saw  *the  .seven  angels  that  stand 
before  God  ;  and  there  were  given 
unto  them  seven  'trumiiets. 

3  And* another  angel  came  and 
stood  -over  the  'aUar,  having  a 
"•golden  censer;  and  there  was 
given  unto  him  much  "incense, 
that  he  should  ^add  it  unto  the 
"  prayers  of  all  tlie  saints  upon  the 
"golden  altiir  which  was  before 
the  thrcme.  4  And  ''  the  smoke  of 
the  incense,  ^with  the  prayers 
of  the  saints,  went  up  before  God 
out  of  the  angel's  hand.  5  And 
the  angel  ^taketh  the  censer  ;  and 
he  "Idled  it  with  the  fire  of  the 
altar,  and  ""cast  it "  upon  the  earth  : 
and  there  followed  'thunders,  and 
voices,  and  lightnings,  and  an 
'  earthquake. 

6  "And  the  seven  angels  that 
had  the  seven  trumpets  prepared 
themselves  to  sound. 

7  And  the  first  sounded,  and 
there  followed  "hail  and  fire,  min- 
gled with  blood,  and  they  were 
cast  "^upon  the  earth:  and  ""the 
third  part  of  the  earth  was  burnt 
up,  and  •'the  third  part  of  the 
*  trees  was  burnt  up,  and  all  green 
"grass  was  burnt  up. 

8  And  the  second  angel  sounrled, 
and  as  it  were  a  great  'mountain 
burning  with  fire  was  cast  into  the 
sea :  and  '  the  third  part  of  the  "sea 
became  blood ;  9  and  there  died 
'the  third  part,  of  the  creatures 
■which  were  in  the  sea.  even  they 
that  had  life  ;  and  the  third  part  of 
the  *  sliips  wa<s  destroyed. 

10  And  the  third  angel  sounded, 
and  thei'e  'fell  from  lieaven  a  great 
star,  bui"ning  as  a  torch,  and  it  fell 
upon  the  '  third  part  of  the  rivers, 
and  upon  the  ''fountains  of  the 
waters;  11  and  the  nnrne  of  the 
star    is    called    Wf)rmwood :    antl 

>  Or,  hrfore  See  ch.  4.  6 ;  comp.  5.  6. 
»  Or,  at  i  Or.  fialfi  taken, 

3  6r.  (five  •  Or,  into 

»Or,/w 


"ch.  21.  ,1; 

comp. 

Lev.Jfi.  U; 

Ezek.  37. 

27 ;  Ju.  1. 

14 
b  Is.  1!).  10  ; 

r«.  121.  . 'if. 
<■  Pa  23.  1  f . ; 

Mt.  2.  G ; 

ijue  Jn.  ll). 

11 
<'  ch  21.  G ; 

22.  1 ; 

coiijp.  Jn. 

4.  14 
'ch.  21.  4; 

Is.  2,').  8 ; 
comp.  Mt. 

5.  4 

/ch.  5.  1:  6. 

I,  3,  S,  7,  !), 
12 

"  Comp.  ch. 

3.  9,  kc. 
It  vcr.  H-U: 

ch.  I).  1,13; 

II.  l.'i ; 
camp.  ch. 

1.  4 ;  Tob. 
12.  I.') ;  see 
Mt.  18.  10 

<  Comp. 

2  Esdr.  6. 
23 ;  1  Cor. 
1.5.  52 ; 

1  Th.  4.  16 
*■■  Comp.  ch. 

7.2 
'  ch.  6.  9  ; 

comp. 

Am.  9.  1 
"»  Heb.  !).  4 
"  ch.  5.  8 
"  Ex.  30.  I, 

3  ;  Num. 
4. 11 ;  ver. 
5;  ch.  a.  13 

P  Ps.  141.  2 
1  Lev.  16.  12 
"■  Comp. 

Ezek.  10.  2 
•"  See  ch.  4.  5 

<  See  ch.  6. 
12 

"  ver.  2 
"  Ezek.  3.9. 

22 ;  comp. 

Is.  28.  2 ; 

Joel  2.  30 
"'ver.  7-12: 

comp. 

cli.  il.  15, 

IS  ;  12.  4  ; 

Zoch.  13. 

8.9 
y  Comp. 

ch.  y.  4 
'  Jer.  .51.  25 
"  cli.  IG.  3  ; 

comp.  11. 

6;  Ex.  7. 

17  ff. 
i>  Comp.  Is. 

2.  IG 

■  ch.  9.  1; 
comp.  Is. 
14.  12  ;  ch. 

6.  13 

rf  ch.  14.  7  ; 
IG.  4 


'  Jer.  9. 15  ; 

23.  15 ; 

comp. 

2  Esdr.  5.  9 
/Seech.  B. 

12  f .  : 

comp.  Ex. 

10.  21  ff.  ; 

2  Esdr.  5.  4 
"ch.  14.  6; 

lit.  17 
A  Uomp.  ch. 

9.  12 ;  11. 

273 


the  -^  third  pai-t  of  the  waters  Ije- 
came  '  wormwood  ;  and  many  men 
died  of  the  waters,  because  they 
were  made  bitter. 

1 2  And  the  f(jurth  angel  sounded, 
and  the  •'third  pai't  of  •''the  sun  was 
smitten,  and  the  third  part  of  the 
•'moon,  and  the  •'third  part  of  the 
^  stars  ;  that  the  •'  third  part  of  them 
should  be  darkened,  and  the  day 
should  not  shine  for  the  ■"  third  pnvt 
of  it,  and  the  night  in  like  manner. 

13  And  I  saw,  and  1  heard  ^an 
eagle,  Hying  in  ''mid  heaven,  say- 
ing with  a  gi-eat  voice,  ''  ^Voe,  woe, 
woe,  for  'them  that  dwell  on  the 
earth,  by  reason  of  the  other  voices 
of  the  trumpet  of  the  *  three  angels, 
who  are  yet  to  sound. 

9  And  the  *  fifth  angel  sounded, 
and  I  saw  a  '  star  fi-om  heaven 
fallen  unto  the  earth  :  and  there 
was  given  to  him  the  "'  key  of  the 
l)it  of  the  "abyss.  2  And  he  opened 
the  pit  of  the  abyss ;  and  there 
went  up  a  ".smoke  out  of  the  pit,  as 
the  smoke  of  a  great  furnace  ;  and 
''  the  sun  and  the  air  were  darkened 
by  reason  of  the  smoke  of  the  pit. 
3  And  out  of  the  smoke  came  forth 
''  locusts  upon  the  earth  ;  and  power 
was  given  them,  as  the  ''scorpions 
of  the  earth  have  power.  4  And 
it  was  said  unto  tnem  that  they 
should  not  'hurt  the  'grass  of  the 
earth,  neither  ans'  green  thing, 
neither  any  tree,  but  only  .such 
men  as  have  not  the  "seal  of  God 
on  their  foreheads.  5  And  it  was 
given  them  that  they  should  not 
kill  them,  but  that  they  should  be 
tormented  "five  months  :  and  their 
torment  was  as  the  torment  of  a 
'scorpion,  when  it  striketh  a  man. 

6  And  in  those  days  'men  shall 
seek  death,  and  shall  in  no  wise 
find  it :  and  they  shall  desire  to 
die,  and  death  fleeth  from  them. 

7  And  the'**shapes  of  the  locu.sts 
were  like  unto  horses  previa  red  for 
war;  and  upon  their  heads  as  it 
were  crowns  like  unto  gold,  and 
their  faces  weie  as  men's  faces.  8 
And  they  had  hair  as  the  hair  of 
women,  and  their  *  teeth  were  as 
the  teeth  of  lions.  9  And  they  liad 
breastplates,  as  it  were  breastplates 

14 :  12.  12  '  See  ch.  H  10  *  ver.  2  /  ch.  8. 10 
'"Seech.  1.13  "  See  Lk.  8.  31 ;  ver  2, 11  "Comp. 
Gen.  19.  »;  Ex    19.  18       J- Comp.  Joel  2.  2,  II 

1  ver.  7  :  comp  Ex.  10.  12-15       "■  ver.  5, 10;  comp. 

2  Chr.  10,  11,14;  Ezek.  2  6  '  See  ch.  6.  6  '  ch 
8.7  "ch.  7.  2,  3  "ver.  10  *  Job  3.  21 ;  7.  15  ;  Jer 
8.  3 ;  comp.  ch.  6.  16    »  Joel  2.  4    -  Joel  1.  6 


7  Gr.  one  eagle. 


8  Gr.  likenettet. 


9.10 


REVELATION 


11.1 


The  Sixth  Angel  soands.     The  Angel  with  the  Little  Book.     The  Book  eaten  op 


of  iron ;  and  the  °  sound  of  their 
wings  was  as  the  sound  of  chariots, 
of  many  horses  rushing  to  war.  10 
And  they  have  tails  hke  unto  *"  scor- 
pions, and  stings ;  and  in  their 
"tails  is  their  power  to  hurt  men 
''five  months.  11  They  have  over 
them  as  king  the  angel  of  the 
*  abyss:  Iva  name  in  -'Hebrew  is 
^  Abaddon,  and  in  the  Greek  tongue 
he  hath  the  name  ^  Apollyon. 

12''  The  first  Woe  is  past :  behold, 
there  come  yet  two  Woes  hereafter. 

13  And  the  sixth  angel  sounded, 
and  I  heard  '^a  voice  from  the 
•horns  of  the  *  golden  altar  which 
is  before  God,  14  one  saying  to  the 
sixth  angel  that  had  the  trumpet, 
Loose  the  'four  angels  that  are 
bound  at  the  '"great  river  Eu- 
phrates. 15  And  the  four  angels 
were  "loosed,  that  had  been  pre- 
pared for  the  hour  and  day  and 
month  and  year,  that  they  should 
kill  the  "third  part  of  men.  16 
^Lnd  the  number  of  the  armies  of 
the  horsemen  was  twice  ^  ten  thou- 
sand times  ten  thousand  :  « I  heard 
the  number  of  them.  17  And  thus 
I  saw  the  horses  *"  in  the  vision,  and 
them  that  sat  on  them,  having 
breastplates  as  of  fire  and  of  hya- 
cinth and  of  *  brimstone :  and  the 
heads  of  the  horses  are  as  the  heads 
of  lions  ;  and  '  out  of  their  mouths 
proceedeth  fire  and  smoke  and 
'brimstone.  18  By  these  three 
plagues  was  the  "  third  part  of  men 
killed,  by  the  "  fire  and  the  smoke 
and  the  brimstone,  which  proceeded 
out  of  their  mouths.  19  For  the 
power  of  the  horses  is  in  their 
mouth,  and  in  their  tails  :  for  their 
tails  are  like  unto  serpents,  and 
have  hftads ;  and  with  them  they 
hurt.  20  And  the  rest  of  mankind, 
who  were  not  killed  with  these 
plagues,  "repented  not  of  the ''works 
of  their  hands,  that  they  should 
not  ^*  worship  demons,  and  ^the 
idols  of  gold,  and  of  silver,  and  of 
brass,  and  of  stone,  and  of  wood ; 
which  can  neither  see,  nor  hear, 
nor  walk:  21  and  they  "rei^ented 
not  of  their  murders,  nor  of  their 
"  sorceries,  nor  of  their  'fornication, 
nor  of  their  thefts. 
^  r\  And  I  saw  another  *"  strong 
Xv/  angel  ''coming  down  out  of 
heaven,  arrayed  with  a  cloud  ;  and 
the  *  rainbow  was  upon  his  head, 
and  •'^his  face  was  as  the  sun,  and 

1  That  is,  Destroyer.  *  Gr.  one  voice. 

3  See  marginal  nbte  on  ch.  3.  9. 


°  Joel  2.  5 ; 

comp.  Jer. 

47.  3 
t>  ver.  3,  5  ; 

comp. 

2  Chr.  10. 

n,  14; 

Ezek.  2.  6 
"  ver.  19 
d  ver.  5 
*  See  Lk.  8. 

31;  ver.  1 

2 
/ch.  16.  16; 

see  .Jn.  5.  2 
s  Job  itj.  G  ; 

28.  22 

marg. ;  31. 

12  iiiarg.  ; 

Ps.  8^.  11 

marg.  ; 

Prov.  15. 

11,  &c. 
ft  See  cli.  8. 

13 ;  comp. 

ch.  11.  14 
>  Ex.  -iO.  2  f . 

10 
fc  ch.  8.  3 
'  Comp.  ch. 

7.  1 
"'  Gen.  15. 

13;  Dt.  1. 

7,  Josh.  1. 

4;ch.lti.  12 
"  Comp.  ch. 

2ti.  7 
0  ver.  18 ; 

see  cii.  8.  7 
P  See  ch.  5. 

11 
«  ch.  7.  4 
*■  Comp. 

Dau.  8.  2; 

9.21 
'  ver.  18 ;  ch. 

14.  10;  19. 

20 ;  20.  10  ; 

21.8 
i  ch.  11.  5 
"  ver.  17 
'"  See  ch.  2. 

21 
=»  Dt.  4.  28  ; 

Jer.  1.  16; 

Mic.  5.  13; 

Wisd.  14. 

8;  Acts  7. 

41 
y  See  1  Cor. 

10.  20 
'  Ps.  115. 

4-7;  135. 

1.5-17  ; 

Dan.  .5  23 ; 

WisU.  13. 

10-19 
"■  Is.  47.  9, 

12 ;  ch.  18. 

23 
f>  Comp.  c)i. 

17.  2,  5 
"  See  ch.  5.  2 
d  ch.  18.  1 ; 

20.  1 
'  See  ch.  4.  3 
/ch.  1.  16; 

comp.  Mt. 

17.  2 


"  Comp.  ch. 

1.15 
h  ver.  8-10 ; 

comp.  ch. 

5.1 
i  ver.  5,  8 
k  .Is.  31.  4  ; 

Hos.  11. 

10 ;  2  Esdr. 

11. 37; 12. 31 
'  Comp.  ch. 

4.  5;  Ps. 

29.  3-9 
^  ch.  1. 11, 

19 

274 


his  ^  feet  as  pillars  of  fire  ;  2  and  he 
had  in  his  hand  a ''  little  book  open  : 
and  he  set  \  his  right  foot  upon  the 
sea,  and  his  left  upon  the  earth ; 
3  and  he  cried  with  a  great  voice, 
*  as  a  lion  roareth :  and  when  he 
cried,  the  '  seven  thunders  uttered 
their  voices.  4  And  when  the  seven 
thunders  uttered  their  voices,  '"I 
was  about  to  write  :  and  I  "  heard 
a  voice  from  heaven  saying,  "Seal 
up  the  things  which  the  seven 
thunders  uttered,  and  write  them 
not.  5  And  the  angel  that  I  saw 
standing  upon  the  sea  and  upon 
the  earth -^  lifted  up  his  right  hand 
to  heaven,  6  and  sware  by  ^him 
that  liveth  *for  ever  ana  ever, 
who  ''created  the  heaven  and  the 
things  that  are  therein,  and  the 
earth  and  the  things  that  are 
therein,  ^  and  the  sea  and  the  things 
that  are  therein,  that  'there  shall 
be  ''delay  no  longer :  7  but  in  the 
days  of  the  voice  of  the  'seventh 
angel,  when  he  is  about  to  sound, 
then  is  finished  "the  mystery  of 
God,  according  to  the  good  tidings 
which  he  declared  to  his  "^  servants 
the  prophets.  8  And  "the  voice 
which  I  heard  from  heaven,  /  heard 
it  again  speaking  with  me,  and 
saying.  Go,  take  -^  the  book  which 
is  open  in  the  hand  of  the  angel 
that  ^standeth  upon  the  sea  and 
upon  the  earth.  9  And  I  went 
unto  the  angel,  saying  unto  him 
that  he  should  give  me  the  little 
book.  And  he  saith  unto  me,  ^  Take 
it,  and  eat  it  up  ;  and  it  shall  make 
thy  belly  bitter,  but  in  thy  mouth 
it  shall  be  sweet  as  honey.  10  And 
I  took  the  little  book  out  of  the 
angel's  hand,  and  ate  it  up  ;  and  it 
was  in  my  mouth  sweet  as  honey : 
and  when  I  had  eaten  it,  my  belly 
was  made  bitter.  11  And  Hhey 
say  unto  me.  Thou  must  "  prophesy 
again  **  over  *  many  peoples  and 
nations  and  tongues  and  "  kings. 

nAnd  there  was  given  me  a 
''reed  like  unto  a  rod:  ^and 

"  ver.  8  "  Dan.  8.  26 ;  12.  4,  9 ;  comp.  ch.  22.  IC 
''Gen.  14.  22;  Ex.  6.  8:  Num.14.  30:  Dt.  32.  40; 
Ezek.  20.  5,  &c.  ;  Dan.  12.  7  «  See  ch.  4.  9  ''  See 
ch.  4.  11  »  Comp.  ch.  6.  11 ;  12.  12;  16.  17;  21.  « 
<ch.  11.  15  "Comp.  Am.  3.7;  Rom.  16.  25  "  ver.  4 
^  ver.  2  y  Ezek.  2.  8 ;  3.  1-3 ;  comp.  Jer.  15.  16 
'  Comp.  ch.  11.  1  "  Comp.  Ezek.  37.  4,  9  "  Comp. 
ch.5.  9  "Comp.  ch.  17. 10,12  <i  ch.  21. 15f.;  Ezek. 
40.  3-42.  20  ;  comp.  Zech.  2.  1 


4  Gr.  unto  the  ages  of  the  ages. 

5  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  and  the  sea  and 
the  things  that  are  therein. 

"  Or,  time  "!  Gr.  bondservants, 

8  Or,  concerning    Comp.  Jn.  12.  16. 

9  Gr.  saying. 


11.2 


KEVELATION 


12.3 


The  Fate  oflhe  City  and  the  femple.    The  "  Two  Witnesses."    The  Seventh  Angel  sounds.    The  Woman,  the  Dragon, 


"one  said,  Rise,  and  measure  the 
^  temple  ot  (Jod,  and  tlie  altar,  and 
them  tluvt  worsliin  therein,  li  And 
tlie  ''court  which  is  without  the 
'temple  "leiive  without,  and  meas- 
ure it-  not :  tor  "it  hatii  been  givin 
unto  the  Miations  :  and  '' ilie  holy 
city  shall  tliey  'tread  under  foot 
■^t'ortj'  and  two  months.  3  And  i 
■will  trive  unto  my  two  ^  witnesses, 
and  they  shall  prophesy  a  'thou- 
sand two  hundred  and  threescore 
days,  clothed  in  ''.sackcloth.  4 
These  are  the  '  two  olive  trees  and 
the  two  ■'candlesticks,  standing  be- 
fore the  Lord  of  the  earth.  5  And 
if  any  man  desireth  to  hurt  them, 
*lire  procetjdeth  out  of  their  mouth 
and  devoureth  their  enemies;  and 
if  any  man  shall  desire  to  hurt 
tliem.  'in  this  manner  must  he  be 
killed.  6  These  have  the  power  to 
"*  shut  the  heaven,  that  it  rain  not 
during  "the  days  of  their  prophecy : 
and  they  have  power  over  the 
waters  to  "  turn  them  into  blood, 
and  to  smite  the  earth  with  every 
plague,  as  often  as  they  shall  de- 
sire. 7  And  wlien  they  shall  have 
finished  their  testimony,  ^  the  beast 
"that  Cometh  up  out  of  the  "■  abyss 
shall  'make  "war  with  them,  and 
overcome  them,  and  kill  them.  8 
And  their  *dead  bodies  lie  in  the 
street  of  the  'great  city,  which 
spiritually  is  called  ".Sodom  and 
'EgyiJt,  where  also  their  Lord  was 
crucihed.  9  And  from  among  ^  the 
peoples  and  tribes  and  tongues  and 
nations  do  men  look  upon  their 
"dead  bodies  three  days  and  a  half, 
and  *sufter  not  their  dead  bodies 
to  be  laid  in  a  tomb.  10  And '  they 
that  dwell  on  the  earth  rejoice  over 
them,  and  make  merry ;  and  they 
shall  "  send  gifts  one  to  another  ; 
because  thes  ^  two  prophets  tor- 
mented ^them  that  dwell  on  the 
earth.  1 1  Anrl  after  the  three 
days  and  a  half  *the  breath  of  life 
from  God  entered  into  them,  and 
they  stood  upon  their  feet ;  and 
great  fear  fell  ui)on  them  that  be- 
held theni.  12  And  they  heard  a 
great  voice  from  heaven  saying 
unto  them.  ""Come  up  hither.  And 
they  ''went  un  into  heaven  in  the 
cloud ;  and  their  enemies  beheld 
them.  13  And  in  that  hour  there 
was  a  great  'earthquake,  and  the 
tenth  part  of  the  city  fell ;    and 


1  Or,  .lanctufjry 
»  Or.  C'ist  withiovi. 
s  Or,  OerUilM 


*  Or.  lampMands. 
'  Gr.  carcase. 


"  Comp. 
th.  10. 11 

I*  Kick.  40. 

17.  -.'D 

"■  See  Lk.  '21. 

•Jl 
J  Is.  -,2  1 ; 

Mt.  T,.  hi; 

see  4.  ft ; 

com  p.  ch. 

21.  •-'.  10; 

•SI.  IJ 
"  See  Lk.  21. 

24 
/ch.  12.  6; 

13.  5; 

coinp. 

Dan.  7.  25 ; 

12.  7 

"  See  ch.  2. 

lli ;  comp. 

1.5 
''  Geu.  37. 

34  ;  2  S.  3. 

31 ;  1  K.  21. 

27  ;  2  K. 

lit.  I  f.  ; 

Neh.  9.  1 ; 

Esth.  4.  1 ; 

Ps.  69.  11 ; 

Joel  1.  13 ; 

Jou.  3.  5  f. 

8 
'Zcch.  4.  3, 

11,  14; 

comp.  Ps. 

52.  8 ;  Jer. 

11.  16 
*•■  Comp.  ch. 

9.  17  f  ; 

2  K.  1.  10- 

12 ;  .Jer.  5. 

14 ;  Ecclus. 

4.S.  1,  3 
'  Comp. 

Num.  IG. 

2;»,  3.) 
'"  See  Lk.  4. 

•25 
"  ver.  3 
"  See  ch.  8.  8 
''  ch.  13.  1  ff. 
«  Comp.  ch. 

13.  1 

"■  See  ch.  9.  1 
'ch.  13.7; 

comp. 

Dau.  7.  21 
'  Comp.  ch. 

14.  8 :  16. 
19;  17.  18; 

18.  2, 10, 16, 
13,  19,  21 

"  Is.  1.9,10; 

3.  9  ;  Jer. 

23.  14 ; 

Ezek.  16. 

46,49 
"  Ezek.  23. 

3.  8,  19,  27 
"  ch.  10.  11 ; 

sec  ch.  5.  9 
V  Ps.  79.  2  f . ; 

comp.  1  K. 

13.  2-> 
*  See  ch.  3. 

10 
"  Neh.  8.  10, 

12;  r.sth. 

9.  19.  22 
I)  Ezek.  37. 

5.  9,  10,  14 
"^ch.  4.  1 
rf  Comp 

2  K.  2  11  , 

Actsl.  9 
•ch.  6.  12; 

8.  5 ;  16. 

18,  ver. 

19 


/ch.  14  7; 
16.  9  ;  19. 
7  ,  gee  Jn. 
9,  24 


there  were  killed  in  the  earthquake 
•^  seven  thousand  perscnis  :  and  the 
rest  were  alfrighted.  and  •'gave 
glory  to  the  "God  of  heaven. 

1-t  The  second  ''Woe  is  past: 
behold,  the  third  Woe  cometh 
quickly. 

15  And     the     'seventh     angel 
sounded ;      and      there     followed 
^  great  voices  in  heaven,  and  they 
said, 
'The  kingdom  of  the  world  is 
become    the    kingdaiii    of    our 
Lord,  and  of  "'his  Christ:  and 
"he  shall  reign  ^for  ever  and 
ever. 

16  And  the  four  and  twenty  el- 
ders, who  "  sit  before  God  on  their 
thrones,  ^fell  upon  their  faces  and 
worshipped  God,  17  saying, 

We  give  thee  thanks, » O  Lord 
God,  the  Almighty,  who  art 
and  who  wast ;  because  thou 
hast  taken  thy  great  power, 
and  didst  ''reign.  18  Ana 
Hhe  nations  were  wroth,  and 
thy  wrath  came,  and  'the  time 
of  the  dead  to  be  judged,  and 
the  time  to  give  their  reward 
to  thy  ®'' servants  the  proph- 
ets, and  to  the  saints,  and  to 
them  that  fear  thy  name,  "the 
small  and  the  great ;  and  to 
destroy  them  that  destroy  the 
earth. 

19  And  'there  was  opened  the 
^  temple  of  God  that  is  in  heaven  ; 
and  there  was  seen  in  his  '  temple 
"the  ark  of  his  coyenant ;  and  there 
followed  'lightnings,  and  voices, 
and  thunders,  and  an  earthquake, 
and  "  great  hail. 

-\  iy  And  a  great  '  sign  was 
i  ^  seen  "  in  heaven  :  "*  a  woman 
'arrayed  with  the  sun,  and  the 
moon  under  her  feet,  and  upon 
her  liead  a  crown  of  twelve  stars  ; 
2  and  she  was  with  child  ;  and  she 
'crieth  out,  travailing  in  birth, 
and  in  pain  to  be  (.lelivered.  3 
And  there  was  seen  ^another  sign 

"ch.lfi.  11  *  ch  9. 12  :  see  ch.  8.  13  >  Comp.  ch. 
10.  7  ;  see  ch.  8.  2  *  cli.  16.  17  ,  19.  1  '  Comp.  ch. 
12.  10  '"  Acts  4.  2G  marg.  (Ps.  2.  2)  "  Dau.  2.  44 ; 
7.  14,  27  ;  Lk.  1.  33  "  cli.  4.  4  ;  comp.  .Mt.  19.  28 
''ch  4.  10  «  Seech.  1.8  >■  Comp.  ch.  19.  6  *  Ps. 
2.  1  '  ch.  20.  12  ;  comp.  Dan.  7.  10  "  ch.  10.  7  ; 
comp.  16.  6  "  ch.  13.  16  ;  19  5  ;  Ps.  115.  13  '  ch. 
15.  5  ;  comp.  4.  1  "  See  Hob  9.  4  ;  comp.  2  Mace. 
2.1-8  -Seech.  4.5  "  ch.  16.  21  *  ver.  3  ;  comp. 
Mt  24.  30  '  ch.  11,  19  >'  Comp.  Gal  4.  26 ,  2  £sdr. 
9.  38-10.  59    '  Ps.  104.  2  :  8.  S.  6.  10    /  Comp.  Is.  26, 

17  ;  66.  6-9 ;  Mic.  4.  9, 10    "  Comp.  ver.  1 ;  ch.  15.  U 


«  Gr.  names  of  men,  seven  thousand,    Compt 
ch.  3.  4.  "  Gr.  unto  the  ayes  of  tlie  ages. 

« Gr.  bondservants. 


276 


12.4 


EEVELATldK 


13.7 


and  the  Child.    War  in  Heaven;  renewed  on  Earth.    The  Beast  coming  oat  of  the  Sea 


in  heaven  :  and  behold,  a  great  red 
"  dragon,  having  *  seven  heads  and 
"ten  horns,  and  upon  his  heads 
•*  seven  diadems.  4  And  his  tail 
draweth  the  °  third  part  of  the 
stars  of  heaven,  and  did -^  cast  them 
to  the  earth  :  and  the  "  dragon 
stanJeth  before  the  woman  that  is 
about  to  be  delivered,  that  when 
she  is  delivei'ed  "he  me.y  devour 
her  child.  5  And  she  was  deliv- 
ered of  a  son,  a  man  child,  who  is 
to  ''  rule  all  the  ^  ruitions  with  a  rod 
of  iron  :  and  her  child  was  *  caught 
up  unto  God,  and  unto  his  tin-one. 
6  And  the  woman  fled  into  the 
wilderness,  where  she  hath  a  place 
prepared  of  God,  that  there  they 
may  nourish  her  ''a  thousand  two 
hundred  and  threescore  das^s. 

7  And  there  was  war  in  heaven  : 
'Michael  and  his  angels  going  forth 
to  war  with  the  "dragon  ;  and  the 
dragon  warred   and  ™  his  angels ; 
S  and  they  prevailed  not,  neither 
was  their  place  found  any  more  in 
heaven.     9  And  the  great  "  dragon 
was  cast  down,  the  old  "serpent, 
he   that    is  called  the   Devil  and 
"  Satan,  the  ^  deceiver  of  the  whole 
"  world  ;  he  was  '^  cast  down  to  the 
earth,   and    his    angels   were  cast 
down  with  him.     10  And  I  heard 
"■  a  great  voice  in  heaven,  saying, 
^Now  is  come  the  'salvation, 
and  the  power,  and  the  'king- 
dom of  our  God,  and  the  au- 
thority of  his  Christ :  for  the 
"  accuser    of   our   brethren    is 
cast  down,  who  accuseth  them 
before  our  God  day  and  night. 
1 1  And   they  "  overcame    him 
because  of  ^the  blood  of  the 
Lamb,    and    because    of    ^  the 
word  of  their  testimony ;  and 
they  ^  loved  not  their  life  even 
unto  death.    1 2  Therefore  "  re- 
joice, O  lieavens,  and  *ye  that 
^ dwell  in  them.     ''Woe  for  the 
earth  a.nd  for  the  sea  :  because 
"^  the  devil  is  gone  down  unto 
you,  having  great  wrath,  know- 
ing that  he  hath  but  "a  short 
time. 

13  And  when  the  ■''dragon  saw 
that  he  was  cast  down  to  the  earth, 
he  persecuted  *the  woman  that 
brought  forth  the  man  child.  14 
And  there  were  given  to  the  woman 
the  ''  two  wings  of  the  great  eagle, 
that  she  might  fly  'into  the  wilder- 

1  Or,  Gentiles  2  Or.  rnhabifed  eartk. 

3  Or,  Now  is  the  salvation,  and  the  power,  and 
the  kingdom,  become  our  God^s,  and  the  authority 
is  become  his  Christ's  *  Gt.  tabernacle. 


"  ver.  4,  7, 

esp.  9,  13, 

16  f .  ;  ch. 

13.  2,  4, 

11 ;  16.  13  ; 

20.  2 ; 

coiiip.  Is. 

27.1 
b  eh.  13.  1 ; 

17.  3,7, 

9ff. 
"  ch.  13.  1 ; 

17.  12,  16 , 

D.".n.  7.  7, 

20,24 
d  Coiup.  cli. 

13.  1 ;  19. 

12 
«  See  ch.  8. 

7,12 
/Dan.  8.10 
y  Comp.  Mt. 

2.  lo 
h  See  ch.  2. 

27 
'  See  2  Cor. 

12.2 
fcch.  11.  3; 

comp.  13.  5 
'  See  Jude  9 
"'  Mt.  25.  41 
"  yer.  15 ; 

ch.  20.  2; 

Wisd.  2. 

24 ;  comp. 

Gen.  3.  1; 

2  Cor.  11.  3 
°  See  Mt.  4. 

10;  25.41 
P  ch.  20.  3,  8, 

10 ;  comp. 

13.  14 

4  Comp.  Lk. 

10.18;  Jn. 

12.  31 
*■  Comp.  ch. 

11.15 

*  See  ch.  7. 
10 

'  Comp.  ch. 

11.  15 
"  Job  1.  11 , 

2.  5 ,  Zech. 

3. 1 ;  comp. 

Lk.  22.  31 ; 

1  Pet.  5.  8 
"ch.  1.5.  2; 

gee  Ju.  16. 

33  ;  1  Jn.  2. 

13 

*  See  ch.  7. 
14 

"  Comp.  ch. 

6.9 
'  Comp.  ch. 

2.  10 ;  Lk. 

14.  26 
"ch.  18.  20: 

Ps.  96.  11 ; 

Is.  44.  23 
b  ch.  13.  6 
"^  ch.  8.  13 
d  ver.  9 
"  See  ch.  10. 

6 
/  See  ver.  3 
y  ver.  5 
ftEx.  19.  4; 

Dt.  32.  11 ; 

Is.  40.  31 
i  ver.  6 


h  Dan.  7.  25  ; 

12.7 
'  Ho8.  5.  10 ; 

Is.  59.  19 
""  ch.  11.  7  ; 

13.7 
"  Gen.  3.  15 
"ch.  14.12; 

see  1  Jn. 

2  3 
Poll.  1.2,  6. 

9  (14.  12) ; 

19.  10 

276 


ness  unto  her  place,  where  she  is 
nourished  for  *a  time,  and  times, 
and  half  a  time,  from  the  face  of 
the  serpent.  1  -5  And  the  "serpent 
cast  out  of  his  mouth  after  the 
woman  water  'as  a  river,  that  he 
might  cause  her  to  be  carried  away 
by  the  stream.  16  And  the  earth 
helped  the  woman,  and  the  earth 
opened  her  mouth  and  swallowed 
up  the  river  which  the  dragon  cast 
out  of  his  mouth.  17  And  the 
dragon  waxed  wroth  v/ith  the 
woman,  and  went  away  to  '"make 
war  with  the  rest  of  her  "  seed,  that 
"keep  the  commandments  of  God, 
and  ^  hold  the  testimon  y  of  Jesus  : 
-i  O  1  and  ^he  stood  upon  the 
X  O  sand  of  the  sea. 

And  I  saw  a  » beast  coming  up 
out  of  the  sea,  having  'ten  horns 
and  *■  seven  heads,  and  on  his 
horns  "ten  diadems,  and  upon  his 
heads  '  names  of  blasphemy.  2 
And  the  beast  which  1  saw  was 
"like  unto  a  leopard,  and  his  feet 
were  as  the  feet  of  "a  bear,  and  his 
mouth  as  the  mouth  of  "  a  lion : 
and  the  -^dragon  gave  him  his 
power,  and  his  2' throne,  and  great 
authority.  3  And  I  saiv  one  of  his 
heads  as  though  it  had  been  *^  smit- 
ten unto  death ;  and  his  ^  death- 
stroke  was  healed :  and  the  whole 
earth  "  wondered  after  the  beast ; 
4  and  they  "^  worshipped  _  the 
•^dragon,  because  he  -^gave  his  au- 
thority unto  tJie  beast ;  and  they 
■^  worshipped  the  beast,  saying. 
'Who  is  like  unto  the  beast  1  ana 
who  is  able  to  war  with  him'?  5 
and  there  was  given  to  him  a 
mouth  "-speaking  great  things  and 
blasphemies  ;  and  there  was  given 
to  nim  authority  ^  to  continue 
''forty  and  two  months.  6  And 
he  opened  his  mouth  for  blasphe- 
mies against  God,  to  blaspheme 
his  name,  and  his  tabernacle,  even 
''them  that  ■'dwell  in  the  heaven. 
7  ^And  it  was  given  unto  him  to 
-^make  war  with  the  saints,  and  to 

9  ver.  14,  15 ;  ch.  15.  2  ;  16. 13 ;  comp.  11.  7  ;  17.  8 ; 
Dan.  7.  3  ;  2  Ksdr.  11.  1  •"  See  ch.  12,  3  *  Comp. 
ch.  12.  3  ;  17.  12  <  ch.  17.  3 ;  comp.  Dan.  7.  8 ;  11.  36 
"Dan.  7.  6;  comp.  Hos.  13.  7  f.  "Dan.  7. 5  ^  lian. 
7.4!'  Comp.  ch  2.  13  ;  18. 10  ^  ver.  12 ;  comp  14 
"  ch.  17.  8  6  Comp.  ch.  13.  18  ;  Ex.  1.5.  11 ;  Is.  46.  5 
"=Dan.  7,  8,  11,  20,  25:  11.  36;  comp.  2  Th.  2.  3  f. 
d  See  ch.  11.  2    «  ch.  12.  12 ;  comp.  7. 15    /  ch.  11.  7 


5  Some  ancient  authorities  read  /  .•^tood  &c. 
connecting  the  clau.se  with  what  follows. 

s  Gr.  slain.  '  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  3.  9. 

8  Or,  to  do  his  works  dvri»g    See  Dan.  11.  28. 

9  Some  ancient  antborities  omit  And  il  was 
given  .  .  .  overcome  them. 


13.8 


REVELATION 


14.10 


Tbe  B«a.st  rommi;  ont  of  the  Earth.    The  Lamb  on  Mount  Zion.    The  Heavenly  Proclamations 


m'ercome  them  :  ;iii(l  thoro  was 
iriyen  to  him  authority  over  "every 
tribe  and  people  and  tongue  and 
nation.  8  And  all  that  ''dwell  on 
the  earth  shall  '  worship  him,  even/ 
one  'whose   name  hath    not   been 

*  written  ''from  the  foundation  of 
the  world  in  the  book  of  life  of 
*the  Lamb  tiiat  hath  been  slain.  U 
•''If  any  man  hath  an  ear,  let  him 
hear.  lU  "'"If  any  man  *  is  for 
captivity,  into  captivity  he  goeth  : 
''it  any  man  shall  kill  with  the 
sword,  with  the  sword  must  he  bo 
killed.  Here  is  'the  "patience  and 
the  faith  of  the  saints. 

1 1  And  *  i  saw  another  beast 
coming  up  out  of  the  earth ;  and 
he  had  '  two  horns  like  unto  a 
lamb,  and  he  spake  as  a  '"dragon. 
12  And  he  '"exerciseth  all  the  au- 
thority of  the  first  beast  "in  his 
sight.  And  he  maketh  *■  the  earth 
jind  them  that  dwell  therein  to 
'"worship  the  first  beast,  whose 
p  death-stroke  was  healed.  1 3  And 
he  »doeth  great  signs,  that  he 
should  even  make  ""lire  to  come 
dowti  out  of  heaven  upon  the  earth 
in  the  sight  of  men.     14  And  he 

*  deceivetn  *  them  that  dwell  on  the 
earth  by  reason  of  '  the  signs  which 
it  was  given  him  to  do  "  in  the  sight 
of  the  beast ;  saying  to  them  tnat 
dwell  on  the  eartn,  that  they  should 
make  an  image  to  the  beast  who 
hath  the  ''stroke  of  the  sword  and 
lived.  15  And  it  was  given  unto 
him  to  give  breath  to  it,  even  to 
the  image  of  the  beast,  ®that  the 
image  of  the  beast  should  both 
speak,  and  cause  that  "as  many  as 
should  not ' "  worship  the  image  of 
the  beast  should  be  killed.  16  And 
he  causeth  all,  'the  small  and  the 
great,  and  the  rich  and  the  poor, 
and  the  free  and  the  bond,  that 
there  be  given  them  a  ""mark  on 
their  right  hand,  or  upon  their 
forehead ;  1 7  and  that  no  man 
should  be  able  to  buy  or  to  sell, 
save  he  that  hath  the ''mark,  even 
"the  name  of  the  beast  or  'the 
number  of  his  name.  18  "Here  is 
wisdom.  He  that  hath  understand- 
ing, let  him  count  the  number  of 
the  beast ;  for  it  is  the  number  *of 

1  S«e  marginal  note  on  ch.  3.  9. 

2  Or.  wrilten  in  thr  book  .  .  .  slain  from  (he 
fcunda/ion  of  the  wnrhl. 

i  The  Greek  text  in  this  verse  ia  somewhat 
uncertain.  *  Or,  leadeth  into  captivity 

'  Or.  flPdfnftvcss 

"  Some  ancient  authorities  read  that  n'rn  the 
iffage  of  the  beast  should  speak  ;  and  he  tluill  cause 
die 


"  See  ch.  5  !) 
6  ver.  \1,  14; 

see  3.  lU 
'  See  ch.  3.  .5 
■'  cli,  17.  8  ; 

see  Mt.  'iS. 

34 
"  See  ch.  h.  G 
/Comp.  ch. 

2.7 
'J  t'omp.  Ta. 

33.  1 ;  Jer. 

15.  2;  43. 11 
'■  Geu.  i).  G ; 

Mt.  26.  52; 

coiiip.  ch. 

11.18 
'  See  Heb. 

«>.  12; 

comp.  cli. 

14.  12 
*•■  Comp. 

Tor.  1, 14; 

ch.  lU.  13 
'  Comp. 

Dan.  8.  3 
'"  ver.  4 
"  ver.  14; 

ch.  19.  20 
"  ver.  \'> ; 

ch.  14.  9, 

11;  16.  2; 

ly.  20 ;  20. 4 
''  ver.  3 
«ch.  1!).  20; 

comp.  IG. 

14;  Mt.  24. 

24 
'■  tomp.  eh. 

2u.  y ■  IK. 

15.  3S ;  Lk. 
9.54; 
comp.  ch. 
11.  5 

'  See  eh.  12. 

9 
'2Th.2.  9f. 
"  Comp. 

Daii.3.  3ff. 
"  ch.  11.  18 ; 

19.  5,  IS 
^ch.  14.9; 

20.  4 ;  see 
Gal.  6.  17 ; 
comp.  ch. 
7.  3 

V  ch.  14. 11 
'  ch.  15.  2 
"  Comp.  ch. 

17.9 
*>  Comp.  ch. 

21.17 


<^Ps.  2.  6; 

Heb.  12. 

22;  comp. 

2  Esdr.  2. 

42-47 
rf  ver  3 ;  ch. 

7.4 
'  See  ch.  3. 

12 
/  See  cli.  7.  3 
•■'  See  ch.  1. 

15 
'I  See  ch.  6.  1 
'  See  ch.  .0.  8 
*  See  ch.  5.  9 
'  Seech.  4.  6 
"'  Sop  ch.  4.  4 
"  See  ch.  2. 

17 
"  See  ch.  5.  9 
P  Mt  19. 

12r.'i; 

comp.  ch. 

3.  4  ;  2  Cor. 

11.2;  Eph. 

5   '>7 
9ciir7.  17; 

comp  ch. 

;t.  4;  17   14 
'■  See  .las.  1. 

IS;  comp. 

Hi-h.  12.  23 
•£11 


a  man:  and  his  number  is  "Six 
hundred  and  sixty  and  six. 
■i  A  And  I  saw,  and  behold, 
jLjt  «the  Lamb  standing  on  the 
'■  mount  Zion,  and  with  him  a  ''hun- 
dred and  forty  and  four  thousand, 
having  'his  name,  and  the  '  iiame 
of  his  Father,  written  •'on  their 
foreheads.  2  And  I  heard  a  voice 
from  heaven,  as  "  the  voice  of  many 
waters,  and  as  the ''  A^oice  of  a  gi'eat 
thunder :  and  the  voice  which  I 
heard  was  as  the  voire  of  'harpers 
harijing  with  their  harps:  3  and 
they  sing  as  it  were  *a  new  song 
before  the  throne,  and  before  the 
4'our  living  creatures  and  the 
'"elders  :  and  "no  man  could  learn 
the  song  save  the  ''hundred  and 
forty  and  four  thousand,  even  they 
that  had  been  "purchased  out  of 
the  earth.  4  ^' These  are  they  thai; 
were  not  defiled  with  women ;  for 
they  are  virgins.  These  are  they 
that  *  follow  the  Lamb  whitherso- 
ever he  goeth.  These  were  "pur- 
chased from  among  men,  to  be  ''the 
lirstfruits  unto  Cod  and  unto  the 
Lamb.  5  And  'in  their  mouth  was 
found  no  lie :  they  are  '  without 
blemish. 

6  Arid  I  saw  another  angel  flying 
in  ''mid  heaven,  having  **"  eternal 
good  tidings  to  proclaim  unto 
^them  that  ®  dwell  on  the  earth, 
and  unto  ^  every  nation  and  tribe 
and  tongue  and  people;  7  and  he 
saith  with  a  great  voice,  ''Fear 
God,  and  "  give  him  glory  ;  for  the 
hour  of  his  judgment  is  come  :  and 
^worship  him  that  *made  the 
heaven  and  the  earth  and  sea  and 
"  fountains  of  waters. 

8  And  another,  a  second  angel, 
followed,  saying,  ''Fallen,  fallen  is 
'  Babylon  the  great,  that  hath 
■''made  all  the  nations  to  drink  of 
the  ^  wine  of  tlie  wrath  of  her  for- 
nication. 

9  And  another  angel,  a  third, 
followed  them,  saying  with  a  great 
voice.  If  any  man  "'worshippeth 
the  beast  and  his  '  image,  and  re- 
ceiveth  a  *  mark  on  his  forehead,  or 
upon  his  hand,    10  he  also  .shall 


'Zeph.  3.  13;  comp.  Ps.  32.  2 :  Mai.  2.  fi:  Jn.  1.  47; 
1  Pet.  2.  22  '  Jude  24 ;  comi)  Heb.  9. 14 ;  1  Pet. 
1.  19  "  ch.  8.  13  "  ch.  10.  7  :  1  Pet.  1.  25  -^  eh. 
;i.  10  y  See  ch.  5.  9  -  ch.  !•=>.  4  "  See  ch.  11.  IS 
'J  See  ch.  4.  11  "  See  ch.  8. 10  <i  oh.  18.  2 ;  Is.  21. 
9  ;  Jer.  51.  8  '  ch.  16.  19  ;  17.  5 ;  18.  10 :  comp.  Daa. 
4.  30  .'Jer.  51.  7  ■'  ch.  18.  3 ;  17.  2,  4  h  ver.  11 ;  see 
ch.  13. 12    ■  ver.  U ;  ch.  13.  14  f.    «-■  See  ch.  13.  16 

7  Some  ancient  authorities  read  S>i  hundred 
and  siifeen. 

*  Or,  an  eternal  gospel  »  Gr.  tit. 


14.11 


EEVELATION 


16.2 


"  Ble.ssed  are  the  Dead."    The  Winepress  of  ^od's  Wrath.    Seven  Angels  with  Seren  Plagnes,  and  their  Commission 


drink  of  the  "  wine  of  the  wrath  of 
God,  which  is  '  prepared  unmixed 
*  in  the  cup  of  his  anger ;  and  he 
shall  be  tormented  with  "■'  tire  and 
brimstone  in  the  presence  of  the 
•'holy  angels,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  Lamb  :  1 1  and  the  *  smoke 
of  their  torment  goeth  up  ~  for  ever 
and  ever ;  and  •''  they  have  no  rest 
day  and  night,  they  that  ^^  worship 
the  beast  and  his ''  image,  and  whoso 
receive th  the  'mark  of  his  name.  1 2 
Here  is  *  the  ■*  patience  of  the  saints, 
they  that'  keep  the  commandments 
of  God,  and  ™the  faith  of  Jesus. 

13  And  I  heard  a  voice  from 
heaven  saying,  Write,  "  Blessed  are 
the  dead  wlio  "die  *in  the  Lord 
•p  from  henceforth  :  yea,  » saith  the 
Spirit,  that  they  may  ''rest  from 
their  labors  ;  for  their  '  works  fol- 
low with  them. 

14  And  I  saw,  and  behold,  a 
'  white  cloud  ;  and  on  the  cloud  / 
saw  one  sitting  "  like  unto  a  son  of 
man,  having  on  his  head  a  golden 
•crown,  and  in  his  hand  a  sharp 
sickle.  1  -5  And  another  angel  *came 
out  from  the  ^  temple,  crying  with  a 
great  voice  to  him  that  sat  on  the 
cloud,  '■'  Send  forth  thy  sickle,  and 
reap  :  for  the  hour  to  reap  is  come; 
for  the  ''harvest  of  the  earth  is 
"ripe.  16  And  he  that  sat  on  the 
cloud  cast  his  sickle  upon  the  earth ; 
and  the  earth  was  reaped. 

17  And  another  angel  ""came 
cmt  from  the  ''temple  which  is  in 
heaven,  he  also  having  a  sharp 
sickle.  1 8  And  another  angel  came 
out  from  "the  altar,  *he  that  hath 
power  over  fire  ;  and  he  called  with 
a  great  voice  to  him  that  had  the 
sharp  sickle,  saying,  ^Send  forth 
thy  sharp  sickle,  and  gather  the 
clusters  of  the  vine  of  the  earth  ; 
"for  her  grapes  are  fully  ripe.  _  19 
And  the  angel  cast  his  sickle  into 
the  earth,  and  gathered  the  ^vin- 
tage of  the  earth,  and  cast  it  into 
''the  winepress,  the  great  ivinem-eRs, 
of  the  wrath  of  God.  20  And  the 
winepress  was  trodden  *  without 
the  city,  and  there  came  out -'blood 
from  the  winepress,  even  unto  the 
bridles  of  the  horses,  as  far  as  a 
thousand  and  six  hundred  furlongs. 
'\  hC  And  I  saw  ^  another  sign 
-L  ^--^  in  heaven,  great  and  marvel - 

1  Gr.  mingled.  2  Qr.  unto  ages  of  ages. 

3  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  3.  9. 

*  Or,  .tfedfas'nefs 

*  Or,  in  the.  Lord.  From  h/ivceforth,  yea,  saith 
ihe  Spirit  «  Or,  sanctuary 

^  Gr.  become  dry.  8  Qx.  vine. 


«  ch.  16.  19  ; 
comp.  ly. 
15 ;  Is.  ol. 
17 ;  Jer.  25. 
15  f.  27 

*  Comp  ch. 
13.  6 ;  Ps. 
75.  8 

'  Comp.  ch. 
19.  2u ;  20. 

10,  14  f . ; 
21.8; 
Ezek.  38. 
22;  see 

2  Th.  1.  7 
d  aik.  8.  38 
'  Comp.  ch. 

15.  9,  18 ; 
19.  3  ;  Is. 
34.  8-10 

/ch.  4.  8 
y  ver.  9 ; 

see  ch.  13. 

12 
h  ver.  9 ; 

ch.  13.  14  f. 
'  See  ch.  13. 

17 
i  See  ch.  13. 

10 
'  See  ch.  12. 

17 
™  Comp.  ch. 

2.  13 
"  ch.  20.  6 
"  1  Cor.  15. 

13  ;  1  Th.  4. 

16 
P  Oomp.  ch. 

11.  18 

9  ch.  2.  7 ; 

22.  17 
»■  See  ch.  6. 

11  ;  Heb. 

4.  9f. 
'  Comp. 

1  Tim.  5. 

25 
'  Comp.  Mt. 

17.  5 
"  See  ch.  1. 

13 
"  See  ch.  6. 

2 ;  comp. 

Ps.  21.  3 

*  ver.  17  ; 
cU.  15.  6; 
16, 17  ;  see 

11.  19 

y  ver.  18 ; 

Mk.  4.  29 ; 

Joel  3.  13 
=  Jit.  13. 

39-41  ; 

comp. 

Jer.  51.  33 
"  See  ch.  6. 

9 ;  comp. 

8.  3 

*  Comp.  ch. 

16.  8 

"  Joel  3.  13 
rf  ch.  19.  15  ; 

comp.  Is. 

63.  2  f. 
'  Comp. 

Heb.  13. 

12;ch.  11.8 
/Gen.  49. 

11 ;  Dt.  32. 

14 
^  Comp.  ch. 

12.  1,  3 


h  ver.  6-8 ; 

ch.  16.  1 ; 

17.  1 ;  21.  9 
•  Comp. 

Lev.  26. 

21,  &c. 
k  Comp.  ch. 

9  20 
'  See  ch.  4. 6 
"  See  ch.  12. 

11 

278 


lous,  ''seven  angels  having  'seven 
plagues,  which  are  *  the  last,  for  in 
them  is  finished  the  wrath  of  God. 
2  And  I  sjiw  as  it  were  a  " '  sea  of 
glass  mingled  with  lire  ;  and  them 
that  '"  come  otf  victorious  from  the 
"  beast,  and  from  "  his  image,  and 
from  the  ^number    of    his   name, 
standing  ^^  by  the  ® '  sea  of  glass, 
having  '^  harps  of  God.     3  And  they 
sing  the  ^  song  of  Moses  '  the  "  ser- 
vant of  God,  and  the  '  song  of  the 
Lamb,  saying, 
"Great  and  marvellous  are  thy 
works,  "O  Lord  God,  the  Al- 
mighty ;  righteous  and  true  are 
thy  ways,  thou  *  King  of  the 
^^  ages.     4  ^  Who  shall  not  fear, 
O  Lord,  and  glorify  thy  name  % 
for  thou  only  art  holy  ;  for  ^  all 
the    nations    shall    come    and 
'^ worship  before  thee  ;  for  thy 
"  righteous  acts  have  been  made 
manifest. 

5  And  after  these  things  I  saw, 
and  *  the  "  temple  of  the  "^  taber- 
nacle of  the  testimony  in  heaven 
was  opened:  6  and  there  ''came 
out  from  the  ^  temple  the  *  seven 
angels  that  had  the  seven  plagues, 
arrayed  "  with  •''preciOMs  stone,  pure 
and  bright,  and  "girt  about  tlieir 
breasts  with  golden  girdles.  7  And 
one  of  the  ''  four  living  creatures 
gave  unto  the  *  seven  angels  seven 
'  golden  bowls  full  of  the  *  wrath  of 
God,  who  '  liveth  "  for  ever  and 
ever.  8  And  the  ^  temple  was  filled 
with  ™ smoke  from  the  glory  of  God, 
and  from  his  power  ;  and  none  was 
able  to  enter  into  the  *  temple,  till 
the  seven  plagues  of  the  seven 
angels  should  be  finished. 
"1  /I?  And  I  heard  a  great  voice 
JLv_^  out  of  *the  ®  temple,  saying 
to  the  *  seven  angels.  Go  ye,  and 
"pour  out  the*  seven  bowls  of  the 
wrath  of  God  into  the  earth. 
2  And  the  first  went,  and  poured 

"  See  ch.  13.  1  "  ch.  13.  14  f .  P  ch.  13.  17  1  See 
oh.  5.  8  "■  E.x.  15  1  ff.  "  Josh.  22.  5,  &c.  ;  see  neb. 
3.5  <  ch.  5.  9  f .  12  f.  "  Dt.  32.  3  f .  ;  Ps.  Ill  2  ; 
139.  14  ;  Hos.  14.  9  "  See  ch.  1.  8  "  See  1  Tim. 
1.  17  marg.  y  ch.  14.  7 ;  Jer.  10.  7  ^  Ps.  86  9  ; 
comp.  Is.  66.  23  "  Comp.  ch.  19.  8  *>  See  ch.  11.  19 
"^  Ex.  38.  21 ;  Num.  1.  50 ;  comp.  Heb.  8  5  ;  ch.  13.  6 
<i  See  ch.  14.  15  ^  See  ver.  1  /  Ezek.  28.  13  '^'  ch. 
1.  13  h  See  ch.  4.  6  "  Comp.  ch.  5.  8  *  ver.  1  ; 
see  ch.  14.  10  '  See  ch.  4.  9  "'  E.t.  19.  18 ,  Is.  H.  4  ; 
comp.  Ex.  40.  34  f. ;  Lev.  16  2 ;  IK.  8.  10  f .  ;  2  Chr. 
5. 13  f .  "  ver.  2  ff. ;  Ps.  79.  6 ;  Jer.  10.  25 ;  Ezek. 
22.  31 ;  Zeph.  3.  8 


9  Or,  gtas.»/  .lea  i"  Or,  upon 

11  Gr.  oondsfrvant. 

12  Many  ancient  authorities  read  nations.    Set 
10.7. 

IS  Many  ancient  authorities  read  in  linen,    db, 
19.  8.  n  Gr.  unto  the  ages  of  the  ages. 


16.3 


REVELATION 


17.  3 


Wrath  poured  opon  the  Earth,  the  Sea,  the  Rivers,  the  San,  the  Throne  of  the  Beast,  the  Euphrates,  and  the  Air 


out  his  bowl  "into  tlie  earth  ;  and 

*  it  became  a  noisome  and  grievous 
*sore  upon  the  men  "that  had  the 
mark  of  the  beast,  and  that  •^  wor- 
shipped his  image. 

3  And  tlie  second  poured  out  his 
bowl ''  into  the  sea  ;  and  '  it  became 
blood  as  of  a  dead  man  ;  and  every 

*  living  soul  died,  even  the  things 
that  were  in  the  sea. 

4  And  the  third  poured  out  his 
bowl  into  the  ' riveis  and  the  foun- 
tains of  the  waters  ;  '*  and  '  it  ^  be- 
came blood.  5  And  1  heard  the 
angel  of  the  waters  sjxying,  "  Kiglit- 
eous  art  thou,  ^  who  art  and  who 
wast,  thou  •  Holy  One,  because 
thou  didst  thus  *^.iudge  :  6  for  they 
poured  out  'the  blood  of  saints  and 
prophets,  and  "'  blood  hast  thou 
given  them  to  drink :  they  are 
worthj'.  7  And  I  heard  "  the  altar 
saying,  Yea,  O  "Lord  God,  the 
Almighty,  ^  true  and  righteous  are 
thy  judgments. 

8  And  the  fourth  poured  out 
his  bowl  upon  "the  sun;  ''and  it 
was  given  unto.  ®  it  to  scorch  men 
with  fire.  9  And  men  were 
scorched  with  great  heat :  and 
they  '  blasphemed  the  name  of 
God  who  hath  the  power  over 
these  plagues  ;  and  they  'repented 
not  to  "  give  him  glorj\ 

10  And  the  fifth  poured  out  his 
bowl  upon  the  "tlirone  of  the 
beast ;  and  his  kingdom  was 
'darkened ;  and  they  gnawed 
their  tongues  for  pain,  1 1  and 
they  •  blasphemed  the  "  God  of 
heaven  because  of  their  pains  and 
their  *  sores  ;  and  they  '  repented 
not  of  their  works. 

12  And  the  sixth  poured  out 
bis  bowl  upon  the  ^  great  river, 
the  river  Euphrates;  and  "the 
water  thereof  was  dried  up,  that 
*the  way  might  be  made  ready 
for  the  kings  that  come "  from  the 
sunrising.  13  And  I  saw  cryming 
out  of  the  mouth  of  the  ''dragon, 
and  out  of  the  mouth  of  the  *beast, 
and  out  of  the  mouth  of  the  ;'^ false 
prophet,  three  "  unclean  spirits,  as 
it  were  ^  frogs :  1 4  for  they  are 
'  spirits  of  demons,  *  working 
signs;  which  go  forth  ''unto  the 
kings    of   the   'whole   *  world,    to 

1  Or,  thire  cam''. 
*  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  3.  9. 
3»ir.  fOul  rif  life. 

<  Some  ancient  authorities  read  and  they 
became. 

5  Or,  judge.  Seeau.rf  they  .  .  .  prophets,  thou 
hnst  given  them  blood  also  to  drink 

■>  Or,  him     '  Or,  upon     »  Or.  inhabited  earth. 


"  Comp. 

cU.  8.  7 

*  ver.  11 ; 
comp. 
Ex.  U  9-U; 
Dt.  28.  ao 

«  ch.  13. 

15-17 ;  14.  9 
d  Comp. 

ch.  B.  8  f .  ; 

K.X.  7. 

17-L'l ; 

comp. 

ch.  n.6 
'  See  ch. 

8.  lu 
/Ex.  7. 

17-20 ; 

comp. 

ch.  11.  6 
"  See  Ju.  17. 

23 
''  See  ch.  11. 

17 
'  oh.  15.  4 
k  ell.  (i.  10 
'  ch.  1-!.  24  : 

comp.  17.  6 
"*  Comp.  Is. 

4:».  26 ;  Lk. 

11.  49-.J1 
"ch.  6.  9; 

11.18 
"  See  ch.  1. 8 
''ch.  19.2; 

comp. 

15.3 
9  Comp.  ch. 

6.  12 
*"  Comp.  ch. 

14.  IS 

*  ver.  11,  21 
'  S.>e  ch.  2. 

21 
"  See  ch.  11. 
IJ 

*  ch.  13.  2 
'  Comp.  8. 

12 ;  9.  2 ; 
E.\.  10. 
21  f .  :  Is.  8. 
22;  Wisd. 
17.  21 
V  ch.  11.  13 

*  See  ch.  9. 
14 

"  Comp.  Is. 
11.  15  f.  : 
44.  27 ;  .Ter. 
61.  32,  3(); 
2  E.sdr.  13. 
4:'.  ll. 

*  Comp.  Is. 
41.  2,  25; 
4«.  11 

'=  See  ch.  7.  2 
d  See  ch.  12. 

3 
"  See  ch.  13. 

1 
/ch.  19.  20; 

20.  10  ; 

comp.  13. 

11,14 
i'ch.  IS  2 
'»  Comp.  Ex. 

8.  6 
■  Comp. 

1  Tim.  4.  1 

*  ch.  13.  13 
'  See  ch.  3. 

10 


"ch.  20.8; 

romp.  17. 

14  :  19.  19 ; 

1  K.  22. 

21-23 
"  See  ch.  6. 

17 
"  See  ch.  3. 

3,11 
P  Lk.  12  37 
1  ch.  3  18 
"•  ch  19.  19 

279 


•"gather  them  together  unto  the 
war  of  the  "great  day  of  God,  the 
Almighty.  15  (Behold,  "l  come 
as  a  thief.  ^Blessed  is  he  that 
watcheth,  and  keepeth  his  gar- 
ments, "lest  he  walk  naked,  and 
they  see  his  shame.)  16  And  they 
"■gathered  them  together  into  the 
place  which  is  called  "in  Hebrew 
"  Har-'  Magedon. 

17  And  the  seventh  poured  out 
his  bowl  upon  "the  air ;  and  there 
came  forth  a  "great  voice  out  of 
the  ^"■'temple,  from  the  throne, 
.saying,  "It  is  done:  18  and  there 
were  '  lightnings,  and  voices,  and 
thunders  ;  and  there  was  "a  great 
earthquake,  *such  as  was  not  since 
'Hhere  wore  men  upon  the  earth, 
so  great  an  earthquake,  so  might.y. 
19  And  ""the  great  city  was  di- 
vided into  three  parts,  and  the 
cities  of  the  '-^nations  fell:  and 
''Babylon  the  great  was  "remem- 
bered in  the  sight  of  God,  to  give 
unto  her  •''the  cup  of  the  wine  of 
the  fierceness  of  his  wrath.  20 
And  "every  island  fled  away,  and 
the  mountains  were  not  found. 
21  And  ''great  hail,  every  stone 
about  the  weight  of  a  talent,  Com- 
eth down  out  of  heaven  upon 
men :  and  men  '  blasphemed  God 
because  of  the  *  plague  of  the  hail ; 
for  the  plague  thereof  is  exceeding 
great. 

'i  'T  ^And  there  came  one  of 
JL  I  the  "'seven  angels  that  had 
the  "seven  bowls,  and  spake  with 
me,  saying,  Come  hither,  I  will 
show  thee  "the  judgment  of  the 
''great  harlot  that  '^sitteth  upon 
many  waters ;  2  with  whom  ''  the 
kings  of  the  earth  committed  forni- 
cation, and  'they  that  dwell  in 
the  earth  were  '  made  drunken 
with  the  wine  of  her  fornication. 
3  And  "he  carried  me  away  "in 
the  Spirit  ""into  a  wilderness  :  and 
1   saw  a  woman    sitting    upon   a 


•  See  ch.  9.  11  <  .Tu^lg.  .">.  10  :  2  K.  23.  29  f . ;  2  Chr. 
»5.  22 ;  comp.  Zech  12. 11  "  Comp  Eph.  2.  2  "  <h. 
11.15  'See  oh  14.15  I' ch.21.  B;  comp.  10.  «  'See 
oh.  4.  5  "  See  ch.  6.  12  b  Dan.  12.  1 ;  Mt.  24  21 
"^  ch.  17.  18 ;  13.  10,  IS  f .  21 :  comp.  11.  8  d  See  ch. 
14.  8  '  ch.  18.  5  /  See  oh.  14.  10  "  See  cli.  6.  14  ; 
comp  20. 11  ''  ch.  U.  19 ;  comp.  8.  7  ■  ver.  9. 11 
t  Comp.  Ex.  9.  18-25  '  ch.  21.  9  ;  see  1.  1  "'  See 
ch.  15.  1  "  ch  15.  7  "  Comp.  ch  16.  19  P  ver  5. 
15  f. ;  ch.  19.  2 :  Nah  3  4  :  comp.  Is.  1.  21 ;  Jer  2.  20 
''  See  ver.  15 :  comp.  Jer.  51. 13  ''  ch.  18.  3,  9  .  comp. 
2.22  "  ver.  8 ;  see  3.  10  '  See  ch.  14.  8  "  ch.  21.  10 
"  Comp.  ch.  1.  10    *  ch.  12.  «,  14 ,  comp.  21.  10 


»  Or,  Ar-Mngrdon.  "  Or,  sane'vary 

II  Some  ancient  authorities  read  t/it'rf  wot  a 
man.  «  Or,  QentUet 


17.  i 


REVELATION 


18.7 


Tbe  "  Mystery  "  of  tke  Scarlet  Woman  and  Beast  interpreted.    The  Fall  and  Desolation  or  Babylon:  its  Eiteut; 


"  scarlet-colored  beast,  ^  full  _  of 
*  names  of  blasphemy,  having 
''seven  heads  and  ten  horns.  4 
And  the  woman  ''was  arrayed  in 
purple  and  scai-Iet,  and  '■'decked 
with  gold  and  precious  stone  and 
pearls,  having  in  her  hand  'a 
golden  cup  full  of  abominations, 
^even  the  unclean  things  of  her 
fornication,  5  and  upon  her  fore- 
head a  name  written,  ■^•'Mystery, 
^Babylon  the  Gkeat,  the  Mother 

OF     THE     HaULOTS     AND     OF     ''THE 

Abominations  of  the  Earth.  6 
And  I  saw  the  woman  drunken 
with  the  '  blood  of  the^  saints,  and 
with  the  blood  of  the  ^  martyrs  of 
Jesus.  And  when  I  saw  her,  I 
wondered  with    a   great   wonder. 

7  And  the  angel  said  unto  me, 
Wherefore  didst  thou  wonder  1  I 
will  tell  thee  the  -^mystery  of  the 
woman,  and  of  the  beast  that 
carrieth  her,  which  hath  the 
''seven  heads  and  the  ten  horns. 

8  The  beast  that  thou  sawest  *  was, 
and  is  not ;  and  is  about  to  '  come 
up  out  of  the  "'abyss,  *^and  to  "go 
into  perdition.  Ana  "they  that 
dwell  on  the  earth  shall  ^wonder, 
thei/  « whose  name  hath  not  been 
written  "^  in  the  book  of  life  ^  from 
the  foundation  of  the  world,  when 
they  behold  the  beast,  how  that 
*he  was,  and  is  not,  and  *  shall 
come.  9  *Here  is  the  ^mind  that 
hath  wisdom.  The  'seven  heads 
are  seven  mountains,  on  which 
the  woman  sitteth  :  10  and  ^°they 
are  seven  "  kings :  the  five  are 
fallen,  the  one  is,  the  other  is  not 
yet  come  ;  and  when  he  cometh, 
he  must  continue  a  little  while. 
1 1  And  the  beast  that  *  was,  and 
is  not,  is  himself  also  an  eighth, 
and  is  of  the  seven ;  and  he 
"goeth  into  perdition.  12  And 
the  'ten  horns  that  thou  sawest 
are  ten  kings,  who  have  received 
no  kingdom  as  yet ;  but  they  re- 
ceive authority  gs  kings,  with  the 
beast,  *for  one  hour.  13  These 
have  ^one  mind,  and  they  give 
their  power  and  authority  unto 
the  beast.  14  These  shall  ^war 
against  the  Lamb,  and  the  Lamb 
shall  "overcome  them,  for  he  is 
*Lord  of  lords,  and  ''King  of 
kings ;  and  "  they  also  shall  over- 

1  Or,  names  full  of  blasphemij       ''■  Gr.  gild-fd. 

3  Or,  and  of  the  unclean  things 

<  Or,  a  mystery,  Babylon  thf  Great 

'■>  Or,  nitnessex    See  ch.  2.  13. 

''  Some  ancient  siithorities  read  and  he  goeth. 

'  (Jr.  on.  »  Gr.  shall  be  present. 

>  Or,  meaning  i"  Or,  t/tere  are 


"  Comp.  ch. 

18. 12,  16 ; 

Mt.  '27.  2S 
b  See  ch.  13. 

1 
'^  ver.  7,  9, 

12,  16;  see 
12  3 

<i  ch.  18.  16 ; 

comp.  12 ; 

Ezek.  28. 

13 
^Jer.  51.  7-, 

comp.  ch. 

IS.  o 
/  ver.  7 ; 

2  Th.  2.  7 ; 
comp.  ch. 
1.  2U 

''  See  ch.  14. 

8 ;  16.  19 
A  comp.  ver. 

'  See  ch.  16. 
6 

*  ver.  11 ; 
comp.  13. 
3,  12,  14 

'  ch.  11.  7  ; 

comp.  13.  1 
™  See  ch.  9. 

1;  13.  1 
"  ver.  11 ; 

comp.  13. 

10 
"  See  ch.  3. 

10 
P  ch.  13.  3 
'Seech.  3.5 
'■  ch.  13.  3  : 

see  Mt.  25. 

34 
'  Comp.  ch. 

13.  18 

*  See  ver.  3 
"  Comp.  ch. 

10.  11 
"  ver.  16 ; 
see  12.  3 ; 
comp.  13.  1 

*  Comp.  fh. 
18. 10, 17, 19 

y  Comp. 

ver.  17 
'  Comp.  ch. 

Ifi.  14 
"  Comp.  ch. 

3  21 
6ch.  19.  16; 

see  1  Tim. 
6.  1.5 
"  See  ch.  2. 
10  f. 


d  Comp.  Mt. 

22.  14 
"  ver.  1 ; 

comp.  Is. 

8.  7 ;  Jer. 

47.  2 
/Seech.  5. 9 
"  ch,  13.  17, 

19 
h  Ezek.  16. 

37,  39 
i  cb.  19.  18 
fc  ch.  18.  8 
'2  Cor.  8.16 
"*  Comp. 

ver.  13 
"  ch.  10  7 
°  See  ch.  16. 

19  ;  comp. 

11.8 
P  Comp.  ch. 

17.  1,  7 
9  See  ch.  10. 

1 
"  Ezek.  43.  2 
*  See  ch.  14. 

8 
«  Comp.  Is. 

13.  21 1. ; 

34.  11,  IS- 
IS ;  Jer.  50. 

288 


co7ne  that  are  with  him,  **  called 
and  chosen  and  faithful.  15  And 
he  saith  unto  me.  The  'waters 
which  thou  sawest,  where  the 
harlot  sitteth,  are  '^peoples,  and 
multitudes,  and  nations,  and 
tongues.  16  And  the  'ten  horns 
which  thou  sawest,  and  the  beast, 
these  shall  hate  the  harlot,  ana 
shall  make  her  ^desolate  and 
''naked,  and  shall  'eat  her  flesh, 
and  shall  *  biu-n  her  utterly  with 
fire.  17  For  'God  did  put  in 
their  hearts  to  do  his  mind,  and 
to  "'  come  to  one  mind,  and  to  give 
their  kingdom  unto  the  beast, 
until  the  "  words  of  God  should  be 
accomplished.  18  And  the  woman 
whom  thou  sawest  is  "  the  great 
city,  which  '^reigneth  over  the 
kings  of  the  earth. 

1Q  After  these  things  I  saw 
O  ^  another  angel  *  coming 
down  out  of  heaven,  having  great 
authority;  and  the  earth  was 
''lightened  with  his  glory.  2 
And  he  cried  with  a  mighty 
voice,  saying,  'Fallen,  fallen  is 
Babylon  the  great,  and  'is  become 
a  habitation  of  demons,  _  and  a 
^"  hold  of  every  "  unclean  spirit,  and 
a  '-^  hold  of  every  unclean  and  hate- 
ful bird.  .3  For  "  by  "  the  "  wine 
of  the  wrath  of  her  fornication  all 
the  nations  are  fallen ;  and  "  the 
kings  of  the  earth  committed  for- 
nication with  her,  and  the  ^mer- 
chants of  the  earth  waxed  rich  by 
the  power  of  her  ^'^'^  wantonness.  _ 

4  And  I  heard  another  voice 
from  heaven,  saying,  "■  Come  forth, 
my  people,  out  of  her,  that  ye 
have  no  fellov/ship  with  her  sins, 
and  that  ye  receive  not  of  her 
plagues :  .5  for  her  sins  ^®  have 
*  reached  even  unto  heaven,  and 
God  hath  "remembered  her  iniq- 
uities. 6  ''Render  unto  her  even 
as  she  rendered,  and  double  tinto 
her  the  double  according  to  her 
works :  in  the  *  cup  which  she 
mingled,  min":le  unto  her  double. 
7  -^iflow  much  soever  she  glori- 
fied herself,  and  ^  waxed  "  wanton, 

39  ;  51.  37  ;  Zeph.  2.  14  f.  «  ch.  16.  13  "  See  ch. 
It.  8  ^  ver.  9  ;  see  ch.  17.  2  'J  ver.  11, 15 ;  comp. 
19.  23  ;  Ezek.  27.  9-25  -  Comp.  ver.  7,  9 ;  1  Tim. 
5. 11  "  Is.  52.  11 ;  Jer.  50.  8  ;  51.  6,  9,  45 ;  2  Cor.  6.  17 
>>  Jer.  51.  9  "  ch.  16.  19  d  Ps  137.  8  ;  Jer.  50.  15,  29 
"  Comp.  ch.  17.  4     /  Comp.  Ezek.  28.  2-8 


11  Gr.  hath  a  kinqdom.  12  Qr,  prison 

i-i  Some  authorities  read  of  the  wine  .  .  .  havt 
drunk. 

14  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  the  wine  of. 

15  Or,  tuiriry  16  Or,  clave  togeihtf 
17  Or,  luxurious 


18.8 


REVELATION 


19.4 


its  Coiypl«teiiei>!i  syiDbolhrd.     The  Feurroid  llallelDJah 


SO  much  give  her  of  torment  and 
mourning :  for  she  saitli  in  iier 
heart,  "  1  sit  a  queen,  and  am  no 
widow,  and  shall  in  no  wise  see 
mourning.  8  Tlierefore  'in  one 
day  shall  her  plagues  conie,  death, 
and  mourning,  and  famine;  and 
siie  shall  be  'utterly  burned  with 
lire ;  for  "^  strong  is  '■  the  Lord  God 
who  judged  her.  9  And  'the 
kings  of  the  earth,  who  connnitted 
fornication  and  -^ lived  -wantonly 
with  her,  shall  •'  weep  and  wail 
over  her,  when  they  ''look  upon 
the  smoke  of  her  burning,  10 
'standing  afar  off  for  the  fear  of 
her  torment,  saying,  *Woe,  woe, 
'the  great  city,  J'abylon,  the 
strong  city  I  for  in  '"  one  hour  is 
thy  judgment  come.  1 1  And  the 
"merchants  of  the  earth  "weep 
and  mourn  over  her,  for  no  man 
buyeth  their  ^merchandise  any 
more;  12  ^merchandise  of  ^gold, 
and  silver,  and  i>recious  stone, 
and  pearls,  and  tine  linen,  and 
purple,  and  silk,  and  scarlet ;  and 
all  thyine  wood,-  and  every  vessel 
of  ivory,  and  every  vessel  made  of 
most  precious  wood,  and  of  brass, 
and  iron,  and  marble  ;  13  and  cin- 
namon, and  ■'spice,  and  incense, 
and  ointment,  and  frankincense, 
and  wine,  and  oil,  and  fine  flour,  and 
wheat,  and  cattle,  and  sheep ;  and 
merchandise  of  horses  and  chariots 
and  *  slaves;  and  "^^  souls  of  men. 
11  And  the  fruits  which  thj-  soul 
lusted  after  are  gone  from  thee, 
and  all  things  that  were  daintj' 
and  sumptuous  are  perished  from 
thee,  ana  men  shall  find  them  no 
more  at  all.  15  The  "merchants  of 
•■  these  things,  who  were  made  rich 
by  her,  shall '  stand  afar  off  for  the 
fear  of  her  torment,  weei)ing  and 
mourning;  16  saying,  'Woe,  woe, 
'  the  great  city,  she  that  "  was  ar- 
rayed in  fine  linen  and  purjjle  and 
scarlet,  and  "decked  with  gold  and 
precious  stone  and  pearl !  1 7  for 
in  '"one  hour  so  great  riches  is 
made 'desolate.  And  "" every  ship- 
master, and  every  one  that  saileth 
any  whither,  and  mariners,  and  as 
manyas^gain  their  living  by  sea, 
•st<x)d  afar  off,  18  and  "cried  out 
as  they  ''looked  upon  the  smoke  of 
her  burning,  saying,  '  What  citjf  is 
like  '  the  great  city  1    1 9  And  they 

1  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  'h/"  Lord. 

*  Or,  hii'irion^lg  *  (jr.  cargo. 

4Gr.  nmomum. 

6  Gr.  bodies.    Gen.  3fi.  6  (Sept. ) . 

«  Or,  Uvea     ?  Gr.  gilded.      '  Gr.  u-ork  the  sea. 


•'  Ib.  47.  7  f.  ; 

Zepli.  2.  15 
t-Is.  47.  !); 

Jer.  50. 

31  f.  ; 

comp.  ver. 

U 
•^  cli.  17.  16 
''  Comp. 

Jer.  60.  34 : 

ch.  11.17  f. 
"  ver.  9 ; 

seech.  17. 2 
/Comp. 

ver.  3,  7 ; 

1  Tim.  5. 

11 
■'  Comp. 

Ei:ek.  26. 

16  i. ;  27.  35 
''  ver.  18 ; 

comp.  ch, 

14.11;  13.3 
'  ver.  l.">,  17 
k  ver.  16,  1!( 
'  ver.  IG,  18, 

19,  21 ;  see 

11.8;  16.19 
'"  ver.  17, 19  ; 

CH.  17.  12 ; 

comp. 

ver.  8 
"  ver.  3.  15  ; 

comp.  19. 

23 ;  Ezek. 

27.  9-25 
"  EM-k.  27. 

27-34 
''  Comp. 

ch.  17.  4; 

Ezek.  27. 

12-22 
1  Comp. 

Ezek. 

27.  13 ; 

1  Chr. 

5.  21marg.; 

1  Tim.  1.19 
""  ver.  12,  13 
'  See  ver.  10 
t  ver.  10, 19 
"  ch.  17.  4 
"  ver.  19 ; 

ch.  17.  16 
^  Ezek.  27. 

2Sf. 
y  Ezek.  27. 

30 
=  Ezek.  27. 

32 ;  comp. 

ch.  13.  4 


cast  "dust  on  their  heaxls,  and  cried, 
weeping  and  mourning,  saying, 
'  AVoe,  woe,  the  great  city,  wherein 
all  tliat  had  their  ships  in  the  sea 
were  *  made  rich  by  reason  of  her 
costliness  !  for  in  '"one  hour  is  she 
made  '  de.solate.  20  "^  Kejoice  over 
her,  thou  heaven,  and  ye  saints, 
and  ''  ye  apostles,  and  ye  prophets  ; 
for  "God  hath  judged  your  judgment 
on  her. 

21  And  ®a  •''strong  angel  ''took 
up  a  stone  as  it  were  a  great  mill- 
stone and  cast  it  into  the  sea,  say- 
ing. Thus  with  a  mighty  fall  sliall 
Babylon,  '  the  great  city,  be  cast 
down,  and  shall  be  found  no  more 
at  all.  22  And  ''  the  voice  of  harp- 
ers and  minstrels  and  flute-players 
and  trumpeters  shall  be  heard  no 
more  at  all  in  thee ;  and  no  crafts- 
man, '"  of  whatsoever  craft,  shall  be 
found  any  more  at  all  in  thee ;  and 
the  'voice  of  a  mill  shall  be  heard 
no  more  at  all  in  thee  ;  23  and  the 
light  of  a  lamp  shall  shine  no  more 
at  all  in  thee ;  and  the  ^  voice  of  the 
bridegroom  and  of  the  bride  shall 
be  heard  no  more  at  all  in  thee :  for 
thy  'merchants  were  the  princes  of 
the  earth;  for  "witli  thy  sorcery 
were  all  the  nations  deceived.  24 
And  in  her  was  found  the  "blood 
of  prophets  and  of  saints,  and  of 
"all  that  have  been  slain  upon  the 
earth. 

■4  (^  '  After  the.se  things  I  heard 
J_  t/  as  it  were  a  ''  great  voice  of  a 
great  multitude  in  heaven,  saying, 

*  Hallelujah;  ''Salvation,  and 
•glory,  and  power,  belong  to  our 
God  :  2  for  '  true  and  righteous 
are  his  "judgments  ;  for  he  hath 
judged  the  "great  harlot,  her 
that  corrupted  the  earth  with 
her   fornication,   and  he  hath 

*  avenged  tlie  bljod  of  his  "  ser- 
vants at  her  hand. 

3  And  a  second  time  they  ^'^say, 
■'Hallelujah.  And  her  *  smoke  go- 
eth  up  '^  for  ever  and  ever.  4  And 
the  nour  and  twenty  elders  and 
the  "  four  living  creatures  *  fell 
down  and  worshipped  God  t;hat 
sitteth     on    the     throne,    saying, 

G ;  comp.  17.  6  "  Comp.  :^rt.  23.  35  P  ver.  6 ;  see 
ch.  11.  15 ;  comp.  Jer.  51.  48  i  ver.  3, 4, 6 :  Ps.  104. 
35  marg.,  &c.  ;  lob.  13.  18  ""  See  ch.  7.  10  '  Comp. 
ch.  4  11  t  See  ch.  Ifi.  7  "  Ccmp.  ch.  6.  10  "  See 
ch.  17.  1  ^  ch.  18.  20 ;  16.  ti ;  Dt.  32.  « ;  2  K.  9.  7 
v  See  ch.  14.  U  '  See  ch.  4.  4  10  "See  ch.  4. 6 
t>  See  ch.  4. 10 


9  Gr.  one. 

1"  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  of  whaUoevef 
craft.        11  Gr.  bond-ierrants.       13  Gr.  have  said, 
13  Gr.  unto  the  ages  of  the  ages. 


19.5 


EEVELATION 


20.4 


The  "  Word  of  God  "  appears.    Birds  of  Prey  invited  to  a  Feast.    Satan  bound 


"  Amen  ;  *  Hallelujah.  5  And  a 
voice  came  forth  from  the  throne, 

saying, 

"  Give  praise  to  our  God,  all  ye 

his  ^servants,  ''ye  that  fear  him, 

the  small  and  the  great. 

6  And  I  heard  as  it  were  *the  voice 

of  a  great  multitude,  and  as  •''the 

voice  of  many  waters,  and  as  the 

'  voice  of  mighty  thunders,  saying, 

*  Hallelujah  :  for  the  ''  Lord  our 
God,  the  Almighty,  reigneth. 
7  Let  us  rejoice  and  be  exceed- 
ing glad,  and  let  us  'give  the 
glory  unto  him  :  for  *the  mar- 
riage of  the  Lamb  is  come,  and 
his  'wife  hath  made  herself 
ready.  8  And  it  was  given 
unto  her  that  she  should  array 
herself  in  "'  fine  linen,  bright 
and  pure  :  for  the  fine  linen  is 
the  "  righteous  acts  of  the  saints. 

9  And  "he  saith  unto  me,  ^  Write, 

*  Blessed  are  they  that  are  bidden 
to  the  marriage  supper  of  the 
Lamb.  And  he  saith  unto  me, 
'These   are    true    words    of    God. 

10  And  'I  fell  down  before  his 
feet  to  ^  worship  him.  '  And  he 
saith  unto  me.  See  thou  do  it  not : 
I  am  a  "fellow-servant  with  thee 
and  with  thy  brethren  that "  hold 
the  testimony  of  Jesus:  "worship 
God  :  for  the  testimony  of  Jesus  is 
the  spirit  of  prophecy. 

1 1  And  I  saw  ^  the  heaven 
opened ;  and  behold,  a  ^  white 
horse,  and  he  that  sat  thereon 
^  called  ^  Faithful  and  True  ;  and 
in  "righteousness  he  doth  judge 
and  make  war.  1 2  And  his  *  eyes 
are  a  flame  of  fire,  and  upon  his 
head  are  many  "  diadems  ;  and  he 
hath  a  '*name  written  which  no 
one  kno^veth  but  he  himself.  13 
And  he  is  arrayed  in  a  *  garment 
■*  sprinkled  with  blood :  and  his 
name  is  called  ■''The  Word  of  God. 
14  And  the  armies  which  are  in 
heaven  followed  him  upon  white 
horses,  clothed  in  "  fine  linen, 
''white  and  pure.  15  And ''out  of 
his  mouth  proceedeth  a  sharp 
sword,  that  'with  it  he  should 
smite  the  nations  :    and  he  shall 

*  rule  them  with  a  rod  of  iron  :  and 
'  he  treadeth  the  ®  winepress  of  the 
fierceness  of  the  wrath  of  God,  the 
Almighty.  16  And  he  hath  on  his 
garment  and  on  his  thigh  "*  a  name 

1  Gr.  bondsf.riantf:. 

2  See  marfcinal  note  on  ch.  3.  9. 

3  Some  ancient  authorities  omit  cnUeif. 

*  Some  ancient  authorities  read  diprfd  in. 

''  8-r.  winepress  of  the  wine  of  the  fierceness. 


°-  See  ch.  5. 

14;  comp. 

Ps.  106.  48 

and  marg. 
f>  ver.  3,  6  ; 

Ps.  104. 

35  marg., 

&c.  ;  Tob. 

13.18 
<=  Ps.  134.  1 ; 

135.  1 
d  See  ch.  11. 

IS 

*  ver.  1 ;  see 
ch.  11.  15; 
comp. 
Jer.  51.  48 

/See  ch.  1. 

15 
P  8ee  ch.  6.  1 
ft  Comp.  ch. 

1.8 
'  See  ch.  11. 

13 

*  ver.  9 ;  Mt. 
22.  2 ;  25. 
10 ;  Lk.  12. 
36,  &c. ; 
Jn.  3.  29 ; 
Eph.  5.  23, 
32 

'  ch.  21.  2; 

comp.  Jit. 

1.20;  ch. 

21.  9 
"■  ver.  14 ; 

oomp  15. 

6  marg. 
"  Comp.  ch. 

15.  4 
"  Comp. 

ver.  10; 

ch.  17.  1 
P  Comp.  ch. 

1.  19 
9  Lk,  14.  15 ; 

comp.  22. 

16 
*■  Comp.  ch. 

21.  5  ;  22.  6 ; 

also  17.  17 
"  ch.  22.  8 
t  ch.  22.  9  ; 

see  Acts 

10.  2ij 
«  ch.  1.  1  f. 
"  See  ch.  12. 

17 

*  Comp  ch. 
4.  1 ;  see 
Jn.  1.  .n 

y  ver.  10,  21 ; 

see  ch.  6.  2 
'  See  ch.  3. 

14 
°  Is.  11.  4 
>>  See  ch.  1. 

14 
"  Comp.  ch. 

6.  2 ;  12.  3 
d  ver.  16 ; 

see  ch.  2. 17 
"  Is.  63.  3 
/See  Jn.  1.1 
"  Comp.  ch. 

3.  4 ;  ver.  8 
h  See  ch.  1. 

16;  ver.  21 
i  Comp.  Is. 

11.4;  2  Th. 

*:  See  ch.  2. 

27 
'  ch.  14.  19, 

20 


■"  See  ch.  17. 

14 
"  ver.  21 
"  See  ch.  8. 

13 
P  Jer.  12.  9  ; 

Ezek.  39. 

17 ;  comp. 

1  S.  17.  44 

282 


written,  ""King  of  Kings,  and  Lord 

OF   LoitDS. 

1 7  And  I  saw  ®  an  angel  standing 
in  the  sun ;  and  he  cried  with  a 
loud  voice,  saying  to  "  all  the  birds ; 
that  fly  in  °  mid  heaven,  ^  Come  and 
be  gathered  together  unto  the'great 
supper  of  God ;  18  that  ye  may  ""eat 
the  flesh  of  kings,  and  the  flesh  of 
''  captains,  and  the  flesh  of  mighty 
men,  and  tlie  flesh  of  horses  and  of 
them  that  sit  thereon,  and  the  flesh 
of  all  men,  *both  free  and  bond,  and 
'  small  and  great. 

19  And  I  saw  "the  beast,  and 
"the  kings  of  the  earth,  and  their 
armies,  gathered  together  to  make 
war  against  him  tnat  *sat  upon 
the  horse,  and  against  his  army. 
20  And  the  beast  was  taken,  and 
with  him  the  ^  false  prophet  that 
^wrought  the  signs  "in  nis  sight, 
wherewith  he  *  deceived  them  that 
had  received  the  "mark  of  the 
beast  and  them  that  ^  "*  worshipped 
his  image :  they  two  were  cast 
alive  into  the  *lake  of  •''fire  that 
burneth  with  brimstone:  21  and 
the  rest  were  killed  with  the  sword 
of  him  that  ^sat  upon  the  horse, 
even  the  sword  which  "came  forth 
out  of  his  mouth  :  and ''  all  the  birds 
were  filled  with  their  flesh. 
r)/A  And  I  saw  'an  angel  com- 
i^v/  ing  down  out  of  heaven, 
having  the  *  key  of  the  abyss  and  a 
great  chain  *in  his  hand.  2  And 
he  laid  hold  on  the  'dragon,  the 
old  serpent,  which  is  the  Devil  and 
Satan,  and  "*  bound  him  for  a  thou- 
sand years,  3  and  cast  him  into 
the  "aoyss,  and  shut  it,  and  "sealed 
it  over  him,  that  he  should  ^deceive 
the  nations  no  more,  until  the  thou- 
sand years  should  be  finished :  after 
this  he  must  be  loosed  for  a  little 
time. 

4  And  I  saw  'thrones,  and  ''they 
sat  upon  them,  and  *  judgment  was 
given  unto  them :  and  /  saw  '  the 
souls  of  them  that  had  been  "be- 
headed for  the  "testimony  of  Jesus, 

1  Comp.  Is.  34.  6 ;  Jer.  46.  10  *■  Comp.  Ezek.  39. 
18-20  ■>  Comp.  ch.  6. 15  «  ch.  11.  18 ;  13.  16;  comp. 
ver.  5  "ch.  11.  7;  seel3.  1  "  ch.  16.  14, 16  ■'ver. 
11,  21  y  See  ch.  16.  13  '  See  ch.  13.  13  "  ch.  13. 12 
''Ch.  ]3.  14  >=  See  ch.  13.  16  f.  rf  See  ch.  13. 15  (12) 
'  ch.  20.  10,  14  f . ;  21.  8  /  See  ch.  14.  10 ;  comp.  Is 
30.  33  ;  Dan.  7.  11  «  ver.  15  A  ver.  17  ■  See  ch. 
10.  1  fc  See  ch.  1.  18  ;  9. 1  '  See  ch.  12.  9  '"  Conip. 
Is.  24.  22 ;  2  Pet.  2.  4 ;  Jude  6  "  See  ver.  1  "  Dan. 
6.  17 ;  comp.  Mt.  27.  66  ^  ver.  8,  10 ;  see  ch.  12.  9 
1  Dan.  7.9'"  Comp.  ch.  3.  21 ;  Mt.  19.  28  »  Dan.  7. 
22  ;  see  1  Cor.  6.  2    '  ch.  6.  9     "  ch.  6.  9     "  ch.  1.  f 


6  Gr.  one, 

V  Or,  military  tribunes    Gr.  chUiarcht, 

8  Gr.  upon. 


20.5 


REVELATION 


21.10 


The  Millennial  Reign.    Satan  loosed.    Final  Judgment.    THE  CONSUMMATION:  a  Mew  Ileaven  and  a  Sew  Earth 


and  for  the  word  of  (Jod,  and  sucii 
as  '"worshipped  not  the  beast,  nei- 
ther liis  image,  and  received  not 
the  *mark  upon  their  forehead  and 
upon  tlieir  hand;  and  they  "lived, 
and  ''reigned  witli  Christ  a  thou- 
sand years.  5  The  i-est  of  the  dead 
lived  not  until  the  thousand  years 
should  be  finished.  "  This  is  the 
first  resurrection.  6  •'Blessed  and 
holy  is  he  that  hath  part  in  the 
first  resurrection  :  over  these  the 
'  second  death  hath  no  ^  power  ; 
but  they  shall  be  "priests  of  God 
and  of  Christ,  ancf  shall  '^  reign 
with  him  "'a  thousand  years. 

7  And  when  the  thousand  years 
are  finislied,  Satan  shall  be  'loosed 
out  of  his  prison,  8  and  shall  come 
forth  to  *  deceive  the  nations  which 
are  in  the  'four  corners  of  the 
earth,  ""Gog and  Magog,  to  "gather 
them  together  to  the  war :  the 
number  of  whom  is  as  the  "sand 
of  the  sea.  9  And  they  ^  went  up 
over  the  breadth  of  the  earth,  and 
compassed  the » camp  of  the  saints 
about,  and  the  *■  beloved  city  :  and 
'  fire  came  down  ■*  out  of  heaven, 
and  devoured  them.  10  And  'the 
devil  that '  deceived  them  was  cast 
into  the  "lake  of  fire  and  brim- 
stone, where  are  also  the  "  beast 
and  the  "false  prOphet;  and  they 
shall  be  'tormented  day  and  night 
^for  ever  and  ever. 

11  And  I  saw  a  great  white 
^throne,  and  him  that  sat  upon 
it,  from  whose  face  ^the  earth  and 
the  heaven  fled  away  ;  and  "  there 
was  found  no  place  for  them,  lii 
And  I  saw  the  dead,  the  *gr."at 
and  the  small,  standing  before  tne 
throne  ;  and  " books  were  opened  : 
and  another  book  was  opened, 
which  is  ''  the  Look  of  life  :  and  the 
dead  "were  judged  out  of  the 
things  which  were  written  in 
the  books,  •'according  to  their 
works.  13  And  the  sea  gave  up 
the  dead  that  were  in  it ;  and 
"death  and  Hades  ''gave  up  the 
dead  that  were  in  them  :  and  they 
were  judged  every  man  •'according 
to  their  works.  14  And  ^  death 
and  Hades  were  cast  into  "the 
lake  of  fire.  This  is  the  'second 
death,  even  the  lake  of  fire.  IT) 
And  if  any  was  not  found  written 
in  ''the  book  of  life,  he  was  cast 
into  the  lake  of  fire. 

1  See  marpnnal  note  on  rh.  3.  9.    *  Or,  authority 

8  Some  anoient  authoritips  read  the. 

*  Some  ancient  anthorities  insert/rom  Ood. 

*  Gr  unto  the  agei  of  the  aga. 


283 


iy  'i  And  1  saw  '  a  new  heaven 
w  _L  and  a  new  earth  :  for  '  the 
lirst  heaven  and  the  first  earth  are 
passed  away ;  and  the  sea  is  no 
more.  2  And  i  saw  ''"'the  holy 
city,  "new  Jerusalem,  "coming 
down  out  of  heaven  from  GocT 
''made  ready  as  a  bride  adorned 
for  her  husband.  3  And  1  heard 
a  great  voice  out  of  the  throne  say- 
ing. Behold,  "the  tabernacle  of 
God  is  with  men,  and  he  shall 
'"■dwell  with  them,  and  they  shall 
be  his  peoples,  and  God  himself 
shall  be  with  them,  ^mul  be  their 
God  :  4  and  he  shall  '  wipe  away 
every  tear  from  their  eyes ;  and 
'  death  shall  be  no  more ;  "  neither 
shall  there  be  mourning,  nor  cry- 
ing, nor  pain,  any  more  :  "the  first 
things  are  passed  away.  5  And 
•'^he  that  sitteth  on  the  throne 
said.  Behold,  I  "make  all  things 
new.  And  he  saith,  ^  Write  :  for 
"  these  words  are  faithful  and  true. 
6  And  he  said  unto  me,  '■  They  are 
come  to  pass.  I  am  the  "Alpha 
and  the  Omega,  the  beginning  and 
the  end.  *1  will  give  unto  him 
that  is  athirst  of  the  fountain  of 
the  "water  of  life  freely.  7  ''He 
that  overcometh  shall  inherit  these 
things  ;  and  "  I  will  be  his  God, 
and  lie  shall  be  my  son.  8  •'But 
for  the  fearful,  and  unbelieving, 
and  abominable,  and  mui-derers, 
and  fornicators,  and  sorcerers,  and 
idolaters,  and  all  liars,  their  part 
shall  be  in  <'  the  lake  that  burneth 
with  fire  and  brimstone  ;  which  is 
the  *  second  death. 

9  'And  there  came  one  of  the 
seven  angels  who  had  the  *  seven 
bowls,  who  were  laden  with  the 
'  seven  last  plagues ;  and  he  spake 
with  me,  saying,  '"Come  hither,  I 
will  show  thee  the  "  bride,  the  wife 
of  the  Lamb.  10  And  "he  carried 
me  away  p  in  the  Spirit  to  a  moun- 

12;  comp.  ver.  10  "  ver.  10;  corap  Heb.  11. 10, 16 
P  ver.  9 ;  ch.  2i  17 ,  see  ch.  19.  7  :  comp  Is.  61.  10 
''  Lev.  26.  11  f.  ;  Ezek.  37.  27  ;  48.  y) ;  see  ch.  7.  15  . 
comp.  Heb.  8.  2  ""  See  Jn.  U.  23  ;  2  Cor.6. 16  'See 
ch.  7.  17  '  ch.  20.  14 :  comp.  1  Cor.  15.  26  "  Is.  2.V 
8 ;  35.  10 ;  51.  11 ;  65.  19  '■'  See  2  Cor.  5.  17  ;  comp. 
Ileb.  12.  27  *  ch.  20.  11 ;  see  ch.  4.  9  s/ch.  22.  6: 
see  19.  9  -  ch.  16.  17  ;  comp.  10.  6  "  Sec  ch.  1.  8 , 
22.  13  b  ch.  22. 17 :  Is.  65.  1 :  Jn.  4.  10 ;  comp.  ch. 
7.17  «Seech.  7. 17  <<  See  ch.  2.  7  "ver.  3;  28. 
7.  14  ;  see  2  Cor.  6  Ifi,  18  /  ver.  27  ;  ch.  22.  15  ;  see 
1  Cor.  6.  9 ,  Gal.  5.  IS)  21  ;  ch.  9.  21  "  See  ch.  19.  20 
"  See  ch.  2. 11  •  ch  17.  1  k  di.  15.  7  '  See  ch  15  1 
'"  ch.  17.  1  "  ver.  2  ;  ch.  19.  7  "  ch.  17.  3 ;  Ezek 
40.  2 ;  2  Esdr.  13.  35  f.    ^  Comp.  ch.  1.  10 

*  Or,  the  holy  city  Jerusalem  coming  down  neir 
out  of  heaven  '  Gr.  tabernacle. 

"  borne  ancient  authorities  omit,  and  be  their 
Ood. 

»  Or,  Write,  These  words  are  faithful  and  trv-.. 


21.11 


EEVELATION 


22. 


Tbe  Holy  City  coming  down  ont  of  Heaven.    "Dio  Temple  therein."    The  River  of  Life.    "  Blessed  is  he  that  keepcth 


tain  great  and  high,  and  showed 
me  "the  holy  city  Jerusalem,  com- 
ing down  out  of  heaven  from  God, 
1 1  having  *  the  glory  of  God :  her 
^  light  was  like  unto  a  stone  most 
precious,  as  it  were  a  "jasper  stone, 
clear  as  "  crystal :  1 2  having  a 
wall  great  and  high ;  "  having 
twelve  "-Agates,  and  at  the  'Agates 
twelve  angels  ;  and  names  written 
thereon,  which  are  the  names  of 
the  twelve  tribes  of  the  children 
of  Israel :  13  on  the  east  were 
three  ^  gates ;  and  on  the  north 
three  ^  gates ;  and  on  the  south 
three  '''gates ;  and  on  the  west  three 
Agates.  14  And  the  wall  of  the 
city  had  ''twelve  foundations, 
and  on  them  twelve  names  of  the 

*  twelve  apostles  of  the  Lamb. 
15  And  he  that  spake  with  me 
had  for  a  measure  a  golden  'reed 
to  measure  the  city,  and  the 
^'' gates  thereof,  and  the  wall 
thereof.  16  And  the  city  lieth 
foursquare,  and  the  length  thereof 
is  as  great  as  the  breadth  :  and  he 
measured  the  city  with  the  reed, 
twelve  thousand  furlongs :  the 
length  and  the  breadth  and  the 
height  thereof  are  equal.  1 7  And 
he  measured  the  wall  thereof,  a 
hundred  and  forty  and  four  cubits, 
according  to  the  measure  'of  a  man, 
that  is,  of  '"an  angel.  18  And  the 
building  of  the  wall  thereof  was 
"  jasper  :  and  the  city  was  "  pure 
gold,  like  unto  pure  "glass.  19 
p  The  foundations  of  the  wall  of 
the  city  were  adorned  with  all 
manner  of  precious  stones.  The 
firsc  foundation  was  "jasper;  the 
second,  ^  sapphire  ;  the  thii-d,  chal- 
cedony ;  the  fourth,  « emerald;  20 
the    fifth,    sardonyx ;    the    sixth, 

*  sardius  ;  the  seventh,  chrysolite  ; 
the  eighth,  beryl-  the  ninth,  to- 
paz ;  the  tenth,  chrysoprase ;  the 
eleventh,  *  jacinth;  the  twelfth, 
amethj'st.  21  And  the  twelve 
^ ''  gates  were  twelve  ""  pearls  ;  each 
one  of  the  several  'Agates  was  of 
one  pearl:  and  the  street  of  the 
city  was  "pure  gold,  'as  it  were 
transparent  "glass.     22  And  I  saw 

*  no  "^  temple  therein :  for  the  '  Lord 
God  the  Almighty,  and  the  "Lamb, 
are  the  ^  temple  thereof .  2-3  And 
the  city  "hath  no  need  of  the  sun, 
neither  of  the  moon,  to  shine  upon 
it :    for    *  the    glory    of    God    did 


1  Gr.  luminary. 

2  Gr.  portals. 

*  Or.  tajns  lazuli 


<  Or,  sapphire 

5  Or,  transparent  as  glass 

«  Or,  sauctuary 


°-  See  ver.  2 
b  ch.  15.  8  ; 

ver.  23 ; 

comp. 

Is.  60.  1  f . ; 

Ezek,  43. 

2  ;  ch.  22. 

5 
"=  ver.  18, 19 ; 

ch.  4.  3 
d  ch.  4.  6 
«  Ezek.  48. 

31-34 
/ver.  15,21, 

25 ;  ch. 

22.  14 

»  Eph.  2.  20  ; 

Heb.  U.  10 
h  Comp. 

Acts  1.  26 
I  See  ch. 

11.1 
*  ver.  21,  25  ; 

see  ver.  12 
'  Comp.  Di. 

3. 11 ;  ch. 

13.  18 
•*  ver.  9 
"  ver.  21 
"See  ch.  4.6 
P  Comp.  Is. 

54.  11  f .  ; 
ver.  19,  20 : 
comp.  E.x. 

23.  17-20; 
Ezek.  28. 
13 

9  ch.  4.  3 
""  Comp. 

ch.  17.  4 : 

Is.  54.  12 
'  Jn.  4.  21 ; 

comp.  Mt. 

24   2 
t  See  ch.  1.  8 
"  See  ch.  5. 

6 :  7.  17 ; 

14.  4,  &c. 
"  Is.  60.  19, 

20 ;  comp. 

24.  23 ;  ver. 
25;ch. 
22.5 


==18.  60.  3,5; 

comp.  en. 

22.2 
y  Ps.  72. 

10  f . ;  Is. 

49.  23 ;  60. 

16 ;  ver.  26 
'  Is.  60.  11 
"  ch.  22.  5  ; 

comp.  ver. 

23 ;  Zech. 

14.7 
b  ch.  22. 

14  f.; 

comp.  Is. 

62.  1; 

Ezek.  44. 

9 ;  Zech. 

14.  21 
«  See  ch.  3.  5 
d  ch.  21.  9  ; 

ver.  6 ;  see 

ch.  1.  1 
«  Ps.  46.  4 ; 

Ezek.  47.  1 
/ver.  17; 

see  ch.  7. 

17 
"  Comp.  ch. 

4.  6 
h  ch.  21.  21 
i  Ezek.  47. 

12 
k  ver.  14, 19  ; 

see  ch.  2.  7 
I  Ezek.  47. 

12 
'"  Zech.  14. 11 
"  Comp.  ch. 

21.  3,  23 
"ch.  7.  15 

284 


lighten  it,  'and  the  lamp  thereof 
is  the  "Lamb.  24  And  ^the  na- 
tions shall  walk  ^  amidst  the  light 
thereof :  and  the  *  kings  of  the 
earth  bring  their   glory    into   it. 

25  And  "^  the  '''gates  thereof  ^ shall 
in  no  wise  be  shut  by  day  (for 
"  there  shall  be  no  night   there) : 

26  and  ''they  shall  bring  the  glory 
and  the  honor  of  the  nations  into 
it :  27  and  *  there  shall  in  no  wise 
enter  into  it  anything  ^  unclean,  or 
he  that  ^'^  maketh  an  abomination 
and  a  lie:  but  only  they  that  are 
"written  in  the  Lamb's  book  of 
r)r>  life.  1  And  ''he  showed 
jaJ  j^  me  a  "river  of  •''water  of 
life,  bright  "  as  crystal,  proceeding 
out  of  the  throne  of  God  and  of 
"  the  Lamb,  2  in  the  midst  of  ''  the 
street  thereof.  And  'on  this  side 
of  the  river  and  on  that  was  ^"  *  the 
tree  of  life,  bearing  twelve  ^'^  man- 
ner of  fruits,  yielding  its  fruit 
every  month :  and  the  '■  leaves  of 
the  tree  were  for  the  healing  of 
the  nations.  3  And  '"there  shall 
be  "  no  curse  any  more  :  and  "  the 
throne  of  God  and  of  the  Lamb 
shall  be  therein :  and  his  -^^  ser- 
vants shall  "  serve  him ;  4  and 
they  shall  •''  see  his  face ;  and  his 
^  name  shall  be  on  their  ''  foreheads. 
5  And  'there  shall  be  night  no 
more ;  and  they  need  '  no  light 
of  lamp,  neither  light  of  sun ;  for 
the  Lord  God  shall  give  them 
light:  and  they  shall  "reign  -^"for 
ever  and  ever. 

6  And  ''he  said  unto  me,  "These 
words  ai"e  faithful  and  true  :  and 
the  Lord,  the  -^God  of  the  spirits 
of  the  prophets,  ^  sent  his  angel  to 
show  unto liis  ^''servants  the  things 
which  must  shortly  come  to  pass. 
7  And  behold,  '1  come  quickly. 
"Blessed  is  he  that  keepeth  *the 
words  of  the  prophecy  of  this 
book. 

8  And  "  I  John  am  he  that  heard 
and  saw  these  things.     And  when 

P  See  Mt.  5.  8 ;  comp.  Ps.  17.  15  ;  42.  2  1  ch.  14. 1 
'■  See  ch.  7.  3  '  ch.  21.  25  ;  Zech.  14.  7  '  ch.  21.  2? 
«  Dan.  7.  18,  27  ;  see  ch.  20.  4 ;  Mt.  19.  28  ;  Kom.  5. 
17,  &c.  "  ch.  21.  5  ;  see  19.  9  ^  Comp.  1  Cor.  14. 
32  ;  Heb.  12.  9  "  ver.  16 ;  see  ch.  1. 1  '  ver.  12,  20 ; 
ch.  3.  11 ;  comp.  1.3;  3.  3 ;  16.  15  "  ch.  1.  3 ;  comp. 
16.  15  b  ver.  10,  18  f. ;  comp.  9  ;  ch.  1. 11  'See 
ch.  1.  1 

7  Or,  and  the  Lamh,  the  lamp  thereof 

8  Or,  by  »  Gr.  common.  lo  Or,  doeth 
n  Or,  tne  Lamb.     In  the  midst  of  the  street 

thereof,  and  on  either  side  of  the  river,  was  the 
tree  o'f  life  Ac.    12  Or,  a  tree    13  Or,  crops  offrmi 
n  Or,  no  more  anything  accursed 

15  Gr.  bondservants. 

16  Gr.  unco  the  ages  of  the  ages. 


22.  y 


REVELATION 


22.23 


the  Words  of  this  Book."    Final  Testliuony,  Invitation,  Warning,  Promise.    Benediction 


I  heard  and  saw,  "  I  fell  do^vn  to 
^worship  before  the  feet  of  the 
angel  that  showed  nie  these  thinys. 
9  And  "  he  saith  unto  nie,  kSee  thou 
do  it  not:  i  am  a  ''fellow-servant 
with  thee  and  with  thy  brethren 
the  prophets,  and  with  them  that 
keep  the  words  of  '"  this  book : 
'  worship  God. 

10  And  he  saith  unto  me,  ''Seal 
not  up  "-"the  words  of  the  prophecy 
of  this  book;  'for  the  tmie  is  at 
hand.  11  ^He  that  is  unright- 
eous, let  him  do  unrighteousness 
"still:  and  he  that  is  filthy,  let 
him  be  made  filthy  -still:  and 
he  that  is  righteous,  let  him  do 
righteousness  -'  still :  and  he  tlmt 
is  holy,  let  him  be  made  holy 
'still.  12  Behold,  "I  come 
quickly;  and  my  ^''reward  is 
with  me,  'to  render  to  each  man 
according  as  his  work  is.  13  I 
am  the  *  Alpha  and  the  Omega, 
'  the  first  and  the  last,  "'  the  begin- 
ning and  the  end.  14  Blessed 
are  they  that  "  wash  their  robes, 
that  the.v  may  have  ''the  right  to 
come  to  "the  tree  of  life,  and  may 
''enter  in  by  the  *" gates  into  the 
city.  15  ''Without  are  the  "dogs, 
and  tlie  sorcerers,  and  the  forni- 
cators, and  the  murderers,  and 
the  idolaters,  and  every  one  that 
loveth  and  ''maketh  a  lie. 


1  See  marginal  note  on  ch.  3.  9 


3  Or,  wages 


2  Or,  yel  more  •>  Or,  wages 

*  Or,  the  authority  over    Comp.  ch.  6.  8. 

5  6r.  portals.        «  Or,  doelh    Comp.  ch.  21.  27 


"  ch.  19.  10 
*  Comp.  ch. 

1.  1 
'  ver.  Id, 

laf. ; 

couip.  9 ; 

ch.  f  11 
<i  Comp.  ch. 

10.  4 ; 

Dan.  8.  2G; 

2  Esdr.  14. 

46 
■■  See  ch.  1.  3 
/  Ezek.  3. 

27 ;  Dan. 

12.  10 
!'  See  ver.  7 
''  l6.  40.  10 ; 

1)2.11 
■  ch.  2.  2;i ; 

Jcr  17.10; 

see  Mt.  10. 

27 
«••  See  ch.  1.  8 
'  See  ch.  1. 

17 
'"  ch.  21.  6 
"  See  ch.  7. 

14 
"  See  ver.  2 
>>  See  ch.  21. 

27 
•>  See  ch.  21. 

12 
■■ch.  21.8; 

1  Cor.  6. 

9  f . ;  Gal. 

5.  19  If.  ; 

comp.  Bit. 

8.  12 
«  Comp.  Dt. 

23.  IS :  Mt. 

7.  6  ;  Phil. 

3.  2 


'ch.  1.  1 
"  ver.  6 ;  see 

ch.  1.  1 
"ch.  1.4, 

11 ;  3.  22 
"  See  ch.  5.  5 

y  Mt.  1. 1 

'  See  ch.  2. 

28 ;  comp. 

Mt.  2.  2 
"  ch.  2.  7  ; 

14.13 
f-  ch.  21.  9  : 


16  'I  Jesus  have  sent  ''mine 
angel  to  testify  unto  you  these 
things  '"for  the  churches.  1  am 
■'the  root  and  the  "ofl'spring  of 
David,  the  bright,  Hhe  morning 
star. 

17  ^And    the   "Spirit  and  the 

*  bride  say,  Come.  And  he  that 
lu-areth,  let  him  .say.  Come.  And 
■■he  that  is  athirst,  let  him  come: 
he  that  will,  let  him  take  the 
**  water  of  life  freely. 

18  1  testify  unto  every  man  that 
heareth  'the  words  of  the  piojihecy 
of  this  book.  If  any  mjm  shall  'add 
"unto  them,  God  sIimH  add  ''unto 
him  -"the  plagues  wiiich  are  writ- 
ten in  'this  book  :  19  and  if  any 
man  shall  'take  away  from  the 
'  words  of  the  book  of  this  proph- 
ecy, God  shall  take  away  his  part 
from  "the  tree  of  life,  and  out  of 
the  holy  city,  '"''which  are  writ- 
ten in  this  book. 

20  He  who  '' te.stifieth  these 
things  saith.  Yea :  *  I  come 
quickly.  Amen :  'come,  Lord 
Jesus. 

21  '"The  ^race  of  the  Lord 
Jesus "  be  ^"'  with  the  saints. 
Amen. 

see  ch.  21.  2  «  See  ch.  21.  6  d  See  ch.  7.  17; 
ver.  1  "■  See  ver.  7  /  Dt.  4.  2 ;  12.  32 ;  comp.  Prov. 
30.6    »  ch.  15.  fr-16.  21     '■  ch.  21.  10-22.  5     «  ch.  1.  2 

*  See  ver.  7  '  Comp.  1  Cor.  10.  22  marg.  "*  See 
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INDEX   TO   NELSON'S   BIBLE   ATLAS. 


/llbaps  aiiD  plans. 

L  Ancient  World,  showinR  the  probable  Distributioa  of  the  Nations  after  the  Flood,     /use*— Canaan 
in  the  Time  of  the  r»triarch3. 

2.  EoYPT  AND  THE  SiNAi  pENiNsui.A,  With  the  JouiTieyings  of  the  Israelites.     I nset—Uoreh  and  !Sinai. 

3.  Ca.naas  as  divide^l  anions  the  Twelve  Tribes.     Ing-i  -The  r)ominif)n8  of  David  and  Solomon. 

4.  Assyria    am>  otiieu   CotNTiUEs   w.unstsr,   Canaan,   illustrating   the  Captivity  of    the   Jews. 

/;u<'(— The  Kin;^duni3  of  Judah  and  Israel. 

5.  Palesti.se.     From  the  raised  Map  constructed  from  the  Surveys  of  the  Palestine  Exploration  Fund. 

6.  Palestine.     Northern  Division. 

7.  Palkstine.     Central  Division. 

8.  Palestine,     .'^outhern  Division. 

9.  Palkstine,  illustrating  the  New  Testament.    Inset — Palestine  under  the  Maccabees. 

10.  Ancient  Jerusalem  and  Modern  Jerusalem. 

11.  Environs  ok  .Iekusalem. 

I'J.  Scene  of  Paul's  Joirnevs,  and  of  the  Early  Churches. 


Xist  ot  JSiblical  IHames, 

WITH  FIGURES  AND  LETTERS  INDICATING  THEIR  SITUATION  ON  THE  MAPS. 

yiYTB.— Figures  in  bold  type  indicate  tlu  numbers  of  the  Maps ;  the  other  fi'jures  and  letters  denote  the 
squares  of  the  Maps  where  the  places  are  to  be  found :— thus,  Antinch  {in  Syria) — 4  -  2  A  ;  12  -  2  (J— 
ajijifiirs  on  Map  4  in  the  square  2  A,  and  on  Map  12  in  the  square  2  0. 

Tlie  Publishers  have  to  acknowlcd'je  the  help  given  by  Profi;ssor  Sayce  in  preparing  the  Map  of  the 
Ancient  World  and  the  Map  of  Egypt  and  Siiuii ;  Colonel  fonder,  R.E.,  v;ho  has  edited  the  Maps  of 
Palestine,  Jerusalem,  and  Assyria  ;  Sir  Charles  Wilson,  who  has  prepared  the  Map  illiistrating  the 
Travels  of  St.  Paul :  and  George  Armstrong,  Esq..  Secretary  to  tfie  Palestine  Exploration  Fund,  who  has 
given  the  use  of  phutftjraphs  (//li.s-  rai.-nd  .Map  tf  Palestine. 

The  Maps  in  \ELS  jS'S  BIBLE  ATLAS  have  been  specially  prepared  and  engraved  from  tlie  latest 
su  rveys. 


A  bans,  or  Amanah.  river  3  -  1  E 
AVianias,  N.,  or  .\)>ana  .  3  -  1  E 
Abarim,  mountains  of  .  3  -  5  D 
Abdon,  or  Hebron  (Asher)  3  -  2  C 
A  bel-beth-niaachah  =  Abel-mai  m 


Abel-meholah   . 

Abel-shittim 

Abez    .       .       .       . 

Abila    .       .       .       . 

Abilene 

Abu  Hindi,  W. 

Abu  Nejein.  W. 

Abu  Rumail.  J. 

Accaron,  or  Kkron  . 

Accho  (  =  Ptolema.ft) 


3  -  3  C 1 


Aceldama  .... 
Acliaia  .... 
Achshaph  .... 
Achzib,  or  Ecdippa  (.\sher) 


Actium 
Adadah 
Adam 
.\daniah 
Adami 
Adasa 

Adida(  =  Hadid) 
Adoraim 
Adramyttium   . 
Adria 
Adullam     . 
1 


3  -  6  i; :  8  -  1  B 


:  6  -  1  D;  9  -  1  E 
; 6  -  1  D;  9  -  1  E 
;  8  -  1  D;  9  -  6D 
;6-2A;9-2C 

3  -  2D;  6  -  2B: 

9  -  2D 
3  -4D;  7  -2  C 

7  -  3  C;  8  -  1  D 

6  -  3  A 

.        .        7  -  ID 

6  -  1  C;  9  -  1  E 

.       11  -  4  C 

.       .       11  -  5  A 

2  -  oH 

8  -  1  B; 9 -5  B 

4  -  I  D;  4  -  3  A; 
6-3A;12-3F 

10  -  4  B 
.      12  -  2  C 

6  -  3  A 
3  -  2  C ;  6  -  2  A ; 

9  -  2  C 

12  -  2  C 

3  -  0  C;  8  -  3  C 

3  - 4D; 7 -3  0 

7  -  1  C 
3  -  3D; 8  -  3  B 

11  -  2  B 
7  -  3  A 

:  8  -  2  B 

12  -  2  D 
12-2  1! 
;9  -  5  B 


3  -  6B 


Adumraim 8-lC;11-3C 

.EKaeum,  mare 12  -  2  D 

.■l-:non 7  -  2  B ;  9  -  4  C 

Aere  es  Sunamein    .       .     3-2E;6-2D;9-2E 
Africa 1, 12 


Agade 

.■Vhava  (=Ivah) 

Ahlab 

Ai,  or  Hai,  or  Aiath 


Ajalon  (Dan) 

Ajalon,  valley  of 

Akabah.  gulf  of 

.A.kra  (.lerusalein) 

Akrabbira,  ascent  of 

.\kron 

.\lema 

Alenieth,  or  .Alnion 

Alexandria 

Aluion,  or  Alemeth 

Alush 

Alya,  W.     . 

.'Vmalekites 

Amanos,  mountains 

Amathus    . 

Ammon 

Amorites 


5  C;8 
7 


1  B; 
3  A; 


3  -  fi  C ;  8  -  3  C ; 


.        .        .        .        4      2  C 

.       .        .       .        4-  2  B 

.       .       .       .        6  -  2  B 

3-6C;  7  -  3  B;  9  -  5  C: 

11  -  1  B 

9  -  5  C 

8  -  1  B 

2  -4  F 

10  -  3D 
9-6  0 
8  -  1  B 
6-  3  C 

1  C ;  11  -  3  B 

I  A;12  -  4  E 

1  C;  11  -  3  B 

2  -4  E 

11  -  5  C 
2  -  3  F 
4-lA 
7  -  2  C 
7  -3D 
4  -3A 


4H: 


.'•.  I ) :  4 
3  II;  2 


3  A; 
Hi; 


.\ni)>hii>ulis 12  -  1  C 


.-Vmasia 
.\ma8tris 
Anab    . 
.\naharath 
Ananiah 


12  -  1  F 
12  -  1  F 
8  -  2B 
7  -  I  B 
11  -3  B 


INDEX  TO  NELSON'S  BIBLE  ATLAS. 


Anathoth    .        .3-5C;8-lC;9-5C;11-3B 

Ancyra 12  -  1  F 

Aner 7-2B 

Anim 8-2B 

Anthedon  9  -  6  A 

Anti-Lebanon  3  -  6  E 

Antiochi,  Regnum 12  -  2  F 

Antioch  (in  Pisidia) 12  -  2  E 

Antioch  (in  Syria)    .       .       .       .     4  -  2  A  ;  12  -  2  G 

Antipatris 7-3A;9-4B 

Antonia  (Jerusalem) 10  -  2  E 

Aphek 3-3D;6-3B 

Apollonia   .        .        .        .7-2A;9-4B;12-lC 

Appii  Forum 12  -  1  A 

Aqueduct  (.lerusalbia) 10  -  3  E 

Aqueduct  from  Solomon's  Pools  10  -  4  A ;  10  -  4  D 
Ar  of  Moab  (  =  Rabbath-Moab)    .      3-6D;8-3D; 

9  -  6D 

Arab 8-2B 

Arabah  .  .  .  .  3-7C;4-3A;9-7C 
Arabia         .       .1-4E;4-3B;9-6E;12-3G 

Arad 3-6C;8-3C;9-6C 

Aram,  or  Syria 1-3D;4-lD 

Ararat,  mount 1-3E;4-lC 

Araxes,  river 4  -  1  C 

Arba,  see  Kii'jath-arba—ITeljron. 

Arbattis 7-3B 

Arbela  (Decapolis)  .       .   3-3D;6-3B;7-lD; 

9  -  3D 

Arbela 4  -  2  C 

Archelaia 9-4C 

Archi 7-3B;11-lA 

Argob 3-3E 

Ariana 1  -  3  F 

Armenia  Minor 12  -  2  G 

Armenian  Quarter  (Jerusalem)  .  .  .  10  -  3  A 
Anion,  river  .  .  .  3-6D;8-2D;9-6D 
Aroer,  on  the  Arnon       .   2-lG;3-6D;8-2D; 

9  -6D 
Aroer (Judah)   .       .       .    3-6B;8-3B;9-6B 

Arpad 4-2A 

Arphaxad 1-4D 

Arainoe  (=Medinet  el  Faiyum)   .       .       .        2  -  3  B 

Arumah 7-3B 

Arvad 3-6E;4-2A 

Ascalon 9-6B 

Ascension,  cb  HI  ch  of  the      .       .       .       .      10  -  2  C 

Ashan 8-2B 

Ashdod (=Azotus)  .       .    3-5B;4-lD;4-3A; 
8  -  1  A;  9  -  5  B 

Ashdothpisgah 8  -  1 D 

Asher,  allotment  of 3  -  3  C 

Ashkelon,  or  Askelon    .     3-5B;4-3A;8-lA 

Ashkenaz 1  -  3  E 

Ashteroth-karnaim         .     3-3E;6-3C;9-3E 

Asia 1  U,  E,  F 

Asia  (Roman  province) 12  -  2  E 

Askelon,  or  Ashkelon  .  3-5B;4-3A:8-lA 
Asshur  (Assyria)      .       .       .       .       1-3D;4-2B 

Assos 12  -  2  D 

Ataroth 7-3B 

Ataroth  (Reuben)     .       .       .       .      3-5D;8-2D 

Athens 12  -  2  ( 

Attalia 12  -  2  E 

Aulem e-lB 

Auranitia 9-3E 

Avims,  or  Avites 1-3H 

Awaj,  Nahr  el.  .  .  3-2E;6-lD;9-2E 
Arun  Mousa  (=Moses'  Well)       .       .       .        2  -  3  D 

Azmaveth 11  -  3  B 

Azotus (=Ashdod)  .       .     8-lA;9-6B;9-GE 

Azotus,  mount 7  -  3  B 

Azzah 1-3G 

2 


Baalath 7-3B 

Baal-hazor 7  -  3  B 

Baal-meon,  or  Beth-meon     .       .       .       .        8  -  1  D 

Baal-shalisha 7  -  2  B 

Baal-tamar 11  -  2  B 

Baal-zephon 2  -  2  D 

Babel 1-3D 

Babylon  (Egypt) 2  -  2  C 

Babylon 4-3C 

Babylonia 4  -  3  C 

Bactauaia 7-lC;9-3D 

Bactriana 1-3F 

Bamoth-baal 8  -  1  D 

Barada,  Nahr  el       .  3-lE;6-lD;9-lE 

Bashan  3-2E;4-lD;4-3A;6-2C;9-2E 
Bath-zacharias  ,       .       .       .     8-lC;11-5A 

Beerolh  (  =  Berea)  .  .  .  .  7-3B;11-lB 
Beersheba  .        .       .       .2-lF;3-6B;4-3A; 

8-3B;9-6B 

Behistun 4-2C 

Beit  Fejjar 11  -  6  A 

Beit  Iksa 11  -  3  A 

Beit  Tamir 11  -  5  B 

Beitunia 11  -  2  A 

Beneberak 3-4B;7-3A 

Bene  Hezir,  tomb  of  the  (Jerusalem)  .  10  -  3  P 
Benjamin,  allotment  of  .  .  .  .  3-50 
Beracah,  valley  of.       .       .       .     8-lB;11-6A 

Berea  (=Beeroth) 11  -  1  B 

Bered 3-gB;8-3A;9-6B 

BeruL-a  (Macedonia) 12  -  1  C 

Berolhah 1-2H;3-6B 

Berytus 4-2A 

Beten 6-3A 

Bethabara 7-lC;9-3D 

Beth-anath 6  -  2  B 

Beth-anoth 8  -  2  C 

Bethany  .  .  .  .8-lC;9-5C;11-4B 
Beth-aven,  wilderness  of       .       .       .       .       11  -  1  0 

Beth-barah 7  -  1  G 

Beth-car 11  -  4  A 

Beth-dagon  (Asher)         .     3-3C;6-3A;9-3C 

Beth-dagon(Dan) 7-3A 

Beth-e!  (=Luz)  .       ,       .     1-3  H;  3-6  0;  7-3  B; 

9  -  5  0 ;  11  -  1  B 

Bether  (=Bittir) 11  -  4  A 

Beth-gamul 3  -  5  D 

Beth-haran 8  -  1 D 

Beth-hoglah 8  -  1 D 

Beth-horon.  lower  .  .  3-5C;7-3B;9-50 
Beth-horon,  upper  .       .     3-5C;7-3B;8-lO; 

9-5C;11-2A 
Beth-jesimoth  .  .  .  3-5D;8-lD;9-6D 
Bethlehem         .    3-50;8-l0;9-5  0;11-6B 

Belhleliem  of  Zebulun 6  -  3  A 

Beth-meon,  or  Baal-meon     .       .       .       .        8  -  1 D 

Beth-nimrah 3-6D;7-30 

Beth-peor 3-6D;8-lD 

Bethphage 11  -  3  B 

Bethsaida  Julias  .  .  .  .  6-3B;9-3D 
Beth-shean  (=Scythopolis)    .        .      3-4C;7-lC; 

9-4  0 
Beth-shemesh  .       .       ,     3-5B;8-lB;9-6B 

Beth-shittah 7  -  1  0 

Beth-tappuah 8  -  2  B 

Bethulia 7-2B 

Beth-zanita 6  -  2  A 

Beth-zur 8-2B;11-6A 

Bezek 7-2B 

Bezer 3-5D;8-2B 

Bezetha 10  -  2  B ;  10  -  2  E 

Birket  ea  Sultan  at  Jerusalem  .  .  .  10-3A 
Birket  Mamilla  at  Jerusalem      .       .       .      10-2A 


INDEX  TO  NELSON'S  BIBLE  ATLAS. 


Bithynia 12 

Bitter  Ijikes 2 

l!ittir(  =  Betlitr) 11 

Blaik  Sea 1 

Bozruh  lEdom)  .  3  -  7  D;  9 

Bozrah,  or  Uustra  (Moab\    3  -  3  E;  4  -  1  J);  9 

Breikut,  Kh 11 

Britannia 1 

ISriuxlisium 12 

Burkali 11 

Byzantium 12 

Cabul 3 

Ca^sarea  .    7  -  1  A  ;  9  -  4  15  ;  12 

Ciwsarea  K^appailocia) 12 

Cajsarea  I'hiliijpi,  or  I'aneas        .       6-2B;9 

Cain 8 

Cairo 2 

Calali  (Niniroud) 4 

Caledonia 1 

Callirrlioe 8-lD;9 

Calneh 4 

Calvary 10 

Cana  of  Galilee         .       .  6-3B;9 

Canaan        .       .  1-3D;2-lG;4 

Canaanites 1 

Canopus     2 

Capernaum 6  -  3  B  ;  9 

Caphar  Hananiah 9 

Caphar  Suba 9 

Caphtor,  or  Land  of  11am     1  -  3  C ;  1  -  3  D ;  2 

Caphtorim 1 

Capitolias 7 

Cappadooia  .'  .    4  -  i  A  ;  12 

Carclieniish  (.Terablus) 4 

Carmel  (Judali)  .    3-6C;8-2C;9 

Carniel,  mount    1-2II;3-3C;3-6E;4- 

4-3A;6-3A;9 

Casius,  mount 2 

Casluhim 1 

Caspian  Sea 1 

Cauda 12 

Cedron, ««  Kidron 11 

Cedron  Gederah 8 

Cenchrea,  or  Cenchre« 12 

Cephallenia 12 

Chalcefion 12 

Chalcis 12 

ChaUlea 4 

Chebar,  river 4 

Cliephar.  or  Hammon,  or  Ai        ...       11 

Chephirah 8  -  1  B;  11 

Chesalon 8 

Chesulloth .        3 

Chinneretb,  Bea  of.       .    1-2H;3-3l>;3- 
4  -  1 D; 6 

Chios 12 

Chot« 7 

Chorazin 6-3B;9 

Cbo/eba 8  -  2  C  :  11 

Christian  Quarter  (Jerusalem!     ...      10 
Cilicia  .  4  -  1  A  ;  12  -  2  F ;  12 

Cimbrica 1 

Citadel  at  .lenisalem 10 

Clauda,  »<e  Cauda 12 

CniduB 12 

Cola 7 

ColoBsm 12 

Conduit  at  Jenisalem 10 

Corcyra 12 

Corinth 12 

Comer  Gate  (Jerusalem)       ....      10 

Cos,  or  Coos 12 

3 


-  1  E 

-  2  1) 

-  4  .\ 

-  3D 

-  7D 

-  3K 

-  0  A 

-  2  A 

-  1   IJ 

-  2  15 

-  1  K 

-  3  (' 

-  3  F 

-  2  F 

-  2  1) 

-  2  C 

-  2  C 

-  2  B 

-  2  A 
-61) 

-  3  0 

-  2  E 

-  3  (; 

-  3  A 

-  2  11 

-  1  B 
-3D 

-  3  C 

-  4  B 

-  1  C 
-3D 

-  1  D 

-  2  F 

-  1  A 

-  a  V 

ID; 

-  3  C 

-  1  E 
-3D 

-  3  E 

-  3  1) 

-  4  C 

-  1  B 

-  2C 

-  2  C 

-  1  E 

-  3  F 

-  3  C 

-  2  B 

-  1  B 

-  3  A 

-  1  B 

-  3  C 
•  OE: 

-  3  B 

-  2D 

-  2  C 
-3D 
■  6  A 

-  2  A 

-  3G 

-  2  B 

-  3  A 

-  3  D 

-  2  D 

-  2  (" 

-  2  E 

-  3  A 
3  B 

-20 

-  3D 

-  2D 


Crete 12  -  3  D 

Cusli  (  =  Ethiopia) 1-4D 

Cyprus 12  -  3  P 

C'yrenaica 12  -  4  0 

Cyreiie 12  -  3  C 

Cythera 12  -  2  C 

Cyzicus 12  -  1  E 


Dabbiisheth 

Daberatli     .        .    3-3C;6-3B;7-lB 

Dalniatia 

Damascus  1-2H;3-lE;3-6E 

4-  ID;  6  -  1  1);  9  -  IE;  9-  6E; 
Damascus  (>ate  at  Jerusalem 
Damascus  Street  (Jerusalem) 

Dametha 

Damietta 

Dan,  allotment  of 

Dan,  or  Laish       3  -  2  D  ;  3  -  G  E ;  4  -  2  A 
6  -  2B 
Dan 


jaan 

Dannah       

Daphmu  (=Talipanhe8) 

Daroma 

David,  tomb  of  (Jerusalem) 
David  Street  (J eru.saleni) 


Dead  Sea 
Debir   . 
Decapolis   , 
Dedan 
Deir  Ibzia  . 
Deir  Yesin 
Derbe 
Diblath 
Dibon     2  - 


1  G;  4 
6B;  8  - 


3  A  ;  8  -  2  C 

2  B  ;  9  -  6  B 

.       7  -  IC 


1G:3-CD;4-3A;8-2D; 


Dimnah  (=Rimmon) 

Dion 

Docus 

Dodanim 

Dophkah    

Dor,  or  Dora      .... 
Dothan       .       .    3  -  4  C:  4 

Duniah 

DunK  <  !ate  (Jerusalem) 
Dyrrachium      .       .       .       . 


7-  ID 


.      7  -  1  A 

3  A  ;  7  -  2  B 

.       3  -  6B 


-  2A 
-3  0 

-  1  B 
-2A; 

-  3G 

-  2  B 
-2B 

-  3D 

-  1  G 
-5  B 

ID; 

-  2D 

-  2  A 

-  2  B 

-  2D 
-6  B 

-  3A 

-  3  B 
-6  C 

-  3  G 

-  3D 

-  4  E 

-  1  A 

-  3A 

-  2  F 

-  2  B 
-6D 

-  3B 

-  4D 
-3B 
-30 

-  4  E 
-3B 
-4  0 

-  23 

-  3  B 

-  1  B 


Ebal,  mount 

Ecbatana.  northern 

Ecbatana,  southern 

Ecdipiia,  or  Achzib 

Ed 

Ed  Dekakin,  W, 

Edora 

Edrei   . 

E({lon  . 

Egypt 

Ecyiit,  river  of 

Ek  rebel       . 

Ekron 

Elah,  valley  of 

Elam    . 

El  A  mama.  Tell 

El  .^reis.  Wady 

ElArish,  W.      . 

El  Arrub     . 

Klalb 

El  .^uwaj,  W. 

Kl  .Awaj.  Nalir 

El  Barada.  Nahr 

El  Biar,  W. 

Eleileh 

Eleasa 


1  -  3  II ;  3  -  4  C  ; 
7  -  2  B 


.     2  -  2t;;  3  -  7D 

BE;  6  -  2  B;  7  -  1  I) 

.      3  -  6  B  ;  8  -  2  B 


3  -  5  n 

-  5  C  ;  8  -   1   15 
1  -  3E 


2  E  ;  6  -  1  D 


3  -  61);  8  -  ID 


4  -  1  D; 

;  9  -  4  O 

4-10 

4-2  0 

9-20 

7-3  0 

11  -  4  0 

;4-3A 

;  9  -  3  E 

;  9  -  5  B 

1.  2,  12 

;  3  -7D 

7  -  3  B 

;  7  -  3  A 

;  9-  6  0 

;4-2D 

2  -  6  B 

11  -  5  C 

2  -  IE 

11  -6  B 

;  3-7  B 

11  -  4  C 

;  9  -  2  E 

6  -  ID 

11  -  6  A 

;9-6D 

11  -2A 


INDEX  TO  NELSON'S  BIBLE  ATLAS. 


Eleph 11 

El  Faiyum,  Medinet 2 

Elghor 7-3C;9 

ElHesy,  TeU 8 

Elim 2 

El  Kelb,  W 11 

El  Khudr 11 

El  Kubeibeh 11 

El  Leja  (  =  Trachonitis)  .       .       .      6  -  2  D ;  9 

El  Leja,  W 2 

El  Loz,  Kh 11 

El  Medinah,  Wady 11 

El  Meizerib 6 

El  Menka,  W 11 

EI  Muallak,  W 11 

Elon 7 

Elon-beth-haman 11 

Eltekeh       .  .       .       .       .       7-3B;8 

El  War,  W 11 

ElWelejeh 11 

Emims 1 

Emmaus  (=Nicoi)olis)  .  .  .  8-lB;9 
Encampment  by  the  Red  Sea  ...  2 
Endor  .  .        .     3-3C;7-lB;9 

Engannim  (=Ginsea)  .  .  .  3 -40;  7 
En-gedi  .  .  .  .  3-6C;8-2C;9 
English  Cemetery  at  Jerusalem  .  .  10 
English  Church  at  Jerusalem      ...      10 

En  Haddah 7 

EnNar,  AVady(=Kidron)     ....       11 

En  Nukra 6 

En-rimnion        .       .       .     3-6B;8-2B;9 

En  Rogel 10 

En-sheniesh 11 

Entappuah 7  -  3  B  ;  9 

Ephesus 12 

Ephraim,  allotment  of 3 

Ephraim,  mount  .  .  3-'lC;7-3B;9 
Ephraim  (=Ophrah)  .  .  .  7-3B;9 
Ephraim  Gate  (Jerusalem)   ....      10 

Ephrath 1 

Erech 4 

Eridhu .4 

Esdraelon,  plain  of  .  3-3C;7-lB;9 
Eshtemoa  .       .  3-6C;8-2B;9 

EsSened 2 

Essenes,  gate  of  (Jerusalem)        ...      10 

Es  Sheikh,  Wady 2 

Etam 8  -  2  B ;  11 

Etham 2 

Ethel,  W 2 

Ether 8 

EtTin,  W 7 

EtTireh 11 

Euboea 12 

Euphrates,  river      .       .       .       .       1  -  3  D ;  4- 

Europa 1-2B;1 

Ezion-geber 2 

Fair  Havens 12 

Faiyum 2 

Farah.W 11 

Fayran        2 

Fish  Gate  (Jerusalem) 10 

Fountain  Gate  (Jerusalem)  ....  10 

Gad,  allotment  of 3 

Gadara 7-lC;9 

Gadda 7 

Galatia 12 

Galilee         .        .6-3B;9-3C;9-6E;12 

Galilee,  Sea  of 6  -  3  B ;  9 

Gallia 1 

Gallim 11 

4 


3  B 

3  B 
5D 
2  B 
3D 

1  A 
•5A 

3A 

•  3  E 
4H 

4  A 

2  B 
■3  C 

6B 
6  C 
3B 

2  A 

1  B 
6B 

■  4  A 
3H 
6  B 

•3E 

3  C 

•  1  B 
6  C 

-  4  A 

-  3A 

-  1  B 

■  4  C 

■  3  C 
6  B 

-  3  E 
-4  C 

•  4  C 

-  2D 

■  4  C 

•  4  C 

■  5  C 

-  3D 
-3H 
-3  C 
-3  C 

-  3  C 
-6  C 
-4  J 
-4D 

-  SH 

-  5  B 

-  2D 

-  4  J 

2  B 

-  2  B 

-  2  A 

-  2D 

-  2  B 

-  •-'  C 

-  3  F 

-  3  D 

-  3  B 
-3  0 

-  4  E 

-  2  E 

-  4E 

-4D 

-  3D 

-  3D 

-  2  F 

-  3  F 
-3D 
-2B 
-4B 


Gamala 6 

Gath  .        .       .       .     4-3A;8-lB;9 

Gath-hepher 6 

Gatin  6 

Gaulonitis 6  -  3  C ;  9 

Gaza      2-lF;3-6A;3-7E;4-3A;4- 

8  -  2A; 9 

Gazara 9 

Geba,  Gaba,  or  Gibeah  (Benjamin)   3  -  50;  7  - 

8  -  1  C ;  11 

Geba 7 

Gebal  .       .       .       .      1-2H;3-6E;4 

Gederah 8  -  1  B ;  11 

Gedor  .       .       .       .     3-5C;8-lB;11 

Gedrosia '      .       .         1 

Genuesaret,  lake  of  .  .  .  6  -  3  B  ;  9 
Gerar  1  -3G,3-6A;4-3A;8-2A;9 
Gerasa        .       .       .       .     3-4D;7-2D:9 

Gergesenes 6  -  3  B ;  9 

Gerizim,  mount        .       .    1-3H;3-4C;4- 

7  -  2B;  9 

Germanla 1 

Geshur 3-2D;6 

Gethsemane 10  -  2  C ;  10 

Gezer  .       .       .     3-5B;7-3A;S 

Gharbeh,  Wady 2 

Gibbethon 7 

Gibeah  of  Phinehas  .  .  .  3  -  4  C  ;  7 
Gibeah,  Geba,  or  Gaba  .  .  .  8  -  1  B  ;  11 
Gibeon    3-5C;7-3B;8-lC;9-5C;11 

Gihon  (En  Rogel) 10 

Gilboa,  mount  .  .     1-3H;3-4C;4- 

7-lB;  9 
Gilead  3-4D:4-3A;7-20;9-4D;9 
Gilgal  (Benjamin)    .       .     2-lG;3-50:7 

8  -  10;  9 
Gilgal  (Ephraim)  .  .  3-40;7-3B;9 
Gilgal  (near  R.  Kanah)  .       .       .       3-4B;7 

Gimzo 7 

Ginfea  (=Engannim)       .       ,       .      7  -  1  B ;  9 

Girgashites 1 

Gitta 7 

Golan  .        ,  .       .       3-3D;6 

Golden  Gate  (Jerusalem)      ....      10 

Gomer 1 

Gophna 9  -  5  0 ;  11 

Goshen 2 

Gozan 4 

Great  Desert 3 

Great  Sea  (Mediterranean)  .  .  .  .  1, 2, 
(iureirat,  W 2 

Hadad-rimmon         .       .       .       .       7  -  1 B ;  9 

Hadriaticum,  Mare 12 

Hai,  Ai,  or  Aiath  3-6C;7-3Bj9-5C;11 

Haifa 6 

Hajj,  way  of  the 2 

Hala 4 

Halah 4 

Halhul 8 

Hali(=Aloth) 6 

Halys,  Fl 12 

Ham,  land  of  (=Egypt)  ....         1 

Hamath 3-6E;4 

Hamis,  W 11 

Hanimath 3-3D;6 

Hammon     .        .        .        .      3-20;6-2A;9 

Hannathon 3  -  3  0  ;  6 

Hannina,  W 11 

Haphraim 7 

Haram  Area,  Jerusalem       ....      10 

Haran 1  -  3  D ;  4 

Harosheth        .      .      .     3-3C;6-3A;9 


-3B 

-5B 

-3B 

-  2A 

-3D 

-  ID; 

-  5A 

-  6  E 

-  3B; 

-  2B 

-  2B 

-  2A 

-  2B 

-  6A 

-  4  F 

-3D 

-6A 

-4D 

-3D 

-  ID; 

-4  0 

-2B 

-  1  G 

-2F 

-  1  B 

-  3H 

-3B 

-2B 

-  2B 

-2B 

-3E 

-ID; 

-  4  0 

-6E 

-3  0; 

-5  0 

-4  C 

-2A 

-3A 

-4  0 

-3H 

-3B 

-3  0 

-  2B 

-2D 

-  IB 

-2  0 

-  2  B 

-  6E 

,9,12 

-4H 

-30 

-IB 

-  1  B 

-  3A 

-  3E 

-23 

-2  0 

-  2  B 

-  2A 

-  1  F 

-2H 

-2A 

-  1  A 

-3B 

-2  0 

-3B 

-3B 

-  1  B 

-2B 

-  IB 

-SC 

INDEX  TO  NELSON'S  BIBLE  ATLAS. 


Hasnioneans,  palace  of  (JeruRaleiu)  .  .  10  -  3  K 
ilaunin  .     3-3E;6-3C;6-3D;7-lU 

Hiivilah  (Arabia) 1-41) 

Ilavilah{Cush) 1  -  6  1> 

llavothjair 3  -  3  K 

Il.izeroth 2  -  4  K 

llazor  .    3  -  2C;  6  -  2U;  9  -  2  C;11  -  3  B 

Hebron,  or  Abdon  (Asher)  .  .  .  3  -  2  C  ;  6  -  2  A 
Hebron  (Juiluli)       .       .    2  -  1  O  ;  3  -  r.  C  :  4  -  1  D ; 

4  -  3  A  ;  8  -  2  B  ;  9  -  5  C 

Hedeibeh,  J 2  -  4  .1 

Helena,  tomb  of       .       .       .       .   10  -  1  A  :  10  -  1  D 

Heliopolis 12  -  4  E 

Hena 4-21? 

Hermon,  mount      .       .     1  -  2  H  ;  3  -  2n  ;  3  -  6  K; 

4-2A;6-lO;9-2l) 

Herortis,  Regnum 12  -  4  F 

lleroilium  .  11  -  n  B 

lluroil's  (Jate  at  Jerusalem  .  .  .  .  10  -  2  B 
Herod's  Palace  (Jerusaleni)  .  .  .  10  -  3  D 
Heshbon     .       .1-3U;2-lG;  3-50:3-7  E; 

4  -  3  A ;  8  -  1  Li  ;  9  -  5  r> 

Hezron 3-7B 

Hibernia 1  -  2  A 

Hieromax.  river       .       .     3-3D;6-3C;9-3D 

Hilen.  orHolou 8-2B 

Hill  of  Evil  Council 1C  -  4  A 

Hinnom,  valley  of  .  10  -  4  A ;  10  -  4  D ;  11  -  4  B 
Hippicus,  tower  of  (Jerusalem)  .       .       .      10  -  3  U 

Hippos 6-3B;9-3n 

Hispania 1  -  3  A 

Hittites 1  -  2H 

Hivites 1  -  2H 

Holon,  or  Hilen     - 8-2B 

Hor,  mount 4-3A 

(see  Jebel  Madurah  and  Jebel  Xeby  Haroon.) 

Horeb 2-4E 

Horem        .       .       .       .      3-2C;6-2B;9-2C 

Hormah 2-2F 

Horse  Gate  (Jerusalem)  .  .  .  .  10  -  3  E 
Hukkok 3-3C;6-3B 

Ibleam 7  -  1  C 

Iconium 12  -  2  F 

Idumsa      .       .       .       .S-3B:9-6C;12-4F 

Ijon 3-2D:  6-lB:9-2D 

Illyricum 12  -  1  (J 

India  (Intra  Gansem) 1-4G 

India  (Extra  Gangem) 1  -  4H 

Indian  Ocean 1  -  5  F 

Indus,  river 1  -  4  F 

Internum,  Mare 12 

Ionium,  Mare 12  -  2  B 

Iron 6  -  2  B 

Irpeel 11  -  2  K 

Israel,  kingdom  of  .       .       .      3-GE;4-ir) 

Issachar,  allotment  of 3-30 

Italy 1  -  3  B;  12  -  1  A 

Iturea 6  -  2  C :  9  -  2  E 

Ivah(  =  Ahava) 4-2B 

Jabbok.  river  .  3-4l):4-lI):  7-2C;9-4n 
Jabesh-Gilead   .  .     3  -  4  1) ;  7  -  1  (' ;  9  -  4  1) 

Jabneel 6-3B:7-lC 

Jabneel,  or  Jabneb  (=Jamnia)    .     3  -  5  B;  7  -  3  A  ; 
8  -  1  B:  9  -  5  B 

Jacob's  Well 7  -  2  B 

Jaffa  Gate  at  Jenisalem        .       .  10  -  3  A 

Jamnia(=Jabneel)         .       .       .       9-5B:9-8K 

Janoah 6  -  2  B 

Janohah 7-3B 

JaDum        •       •       > 8-2C 

Japhia 7-lB 

Japho,  or  Joppa       .       .      1-3H;3-4B;7-SA 
5 


Jarmuth  (Judah) 8  -  I  B 

Jarmuth(=Kemeth) 7-2B 

Jattir 3  -  6  B ;  8  -  2  B  ;  9  -  r,  B 

Jav.iii 1-3C 

Jazer 8-lD 

Jebel  Madurah  (Mount  Hor?)  .  .  .  2-2G 
Jebel  Neby  Haroon  (Mount  Hor?)     2-2G;4-3A 

Jebusites 1  -  3 II 

Jehoshaphat,  valley  of  .       .    10  -  2  C;  11  -  3  B 

Jebud 3  -  4  B 

Jericho       .        .  2  -  1  G  ;  3  -  ."i  C;  4  -  1  D;  4  -  3  A  ; 
7  -  3  ( ' ;  8  -  1  C  ;  9  -  6  0 

Jeruel,  wilderness  of 11  -  6  B 

Jerusalem,  or  .-^alem 1-311 

Jerusalem  2-lG;3-.^C;3-7E;4-3A;4-lD: 
8-lC;9-6C;9-6E;11-3B;12-4F 

Jeshanah 7-3B 

Jesbimon   .       .       .       .      3-iC;8-2C;9-50 

Jeshua 8-3B 

Jewish  Quarter  (Jerusalem)  .  .  .  10  -  3  B 
Jezreel  (Issachar)  3-3C;4-lD;7-lB;9-30 
Jezreel,  valley  of  .  .  3-3C;7-lB:9-3C 
Joah's  Well  (Jerusalem)        .       .       .       .      10  -  4  B 

JoKbehah 3-4D;7-3D 

Jokneam  of  Carmel        .       .       .      3-3C;7-l3 

JokUn 1-4D 

Joppa (=Japho)  .    3  -  4  B;  3  -  7  E;  4  -  l  D; 

7  -  3  A :  9  -  4  B ;  9  -  G  E:  12  -  3  P 

Jordan 1,  3,  4,  6,  7,  8,  9 

Jordan,  plain  of 1  -  3  H 

Joseiih's  Tomb 7  -  2  B 

Jmlaa  .8-lB;9-CE;9-6C;12-4F 

Judah,  allotment  of 3  -  5  B 

Judah,  kingdom  of         .       .       .      3-7D;4-lD 

Judah,  wilderness  of 3-5  0 

Judea,  desert  of 9  -  5  C 

JutU 8-2B 

Kadesh  .       .       .     3-6E;4-3A;4-lD 

Kadesh-barnea  .       .       .       2-2F;4-3A 

Kadesh  of  the  Hittites  .       .       .      4-2A;4-lD 

Ka<imonites 1  -  2  H 

Kanah 3-2C;6-2A 

Kanah,  river 3-4C;7-3B 

Kanata 6  -  3.D 

Kanath 4-lD 

Karkar 4  -  2  A 

Kashi 4  -  2  D 

Katharina,  Jebel 2  -  4  H 

Kedesh 6-3B 

Kedesh.  Kishon 7  -  I  B 

Kedesh-Naphtali     .       .      3-2D;6-2B;9-2D 

Kenath 3-6E 

Kerioth 4-lD 

Khalasa 8-3A 

Kidron.  brook  3-ot';8-lC;9-oC;11-4C 
Kidron.  valley  of     .  .    10-4B;10-4E 

K  ir  of  Moab      .    2  -  1  G  ;  3  -  6  D ;  8  -  3  D .  9  -  6  D 

Kiriathaim 3-6Di8-2D 

Kiriath 11  -  3  A 

Kirjath-arba 1  -3H 

Kirjath-jearim  .  .  3-.Tt';8-lB:9-6C 
Kishon,  river    .       .       .      3-3C;6-3A;9-30 

Kittim 1-3D 

Kurdistan 4  -  I  C 

Kutha 4-30 

LachiBh       .       .    2-lF;3-5B:8-2B:9-6B 

Laish 1  -  2  H 

Laish,  orDan    .    3-2D;3-6E;6-2B;9-2D 

Lake  Timsah 2  -  2  D 

Laodicea 4-SA;12-2E 

Lasea 12  -  SD 


INDEX  TO  NELSON'S  BIBLE  ATLAS. 


Lebahim 1 

Lebanon,  mount      .       .    1-2H;  3-2D;3- 
4-2A;4-lD;6-lB;9 

Lebanon,  valley  of 4 

Leboda 6-lD;9 

Lebonah     7 

Lemnos 12 

Leontes,  river   .       .       .      3-2C;6-lA;9 

Leptis  Majtna 12 

Leucas 12 

Libya,  or  Africa 

Lofl(=Lydda) 3-5B;7 

Lud 1 

Lndim 1 

Luz(=Bethel)  .       .       .     1-3H;3-5C;7- 
9  -  6  C ;  11 

Luz  (Judg.  1.  26) 6 

Lycaonia 12 

Lycia  12 

Lydda(=Lod) 7-3A;9 

Lystra 12 

Macedonia 1  -  3  C ;  12 

Machserus 8-2D;9 

Madai 1 

Madmannah 8 

Madurah,  Jebel 2 

JIagdala 6-3B;9 

Mahanaim         .     1-3H;3-4D;4-lD;7 

Makkedah         8 

Mamre 3 

Manire,  plain  of 8 

Manahath 11 

Manasseh 3 

Manasseh,  allotment  of         ....        3 

Maon 3-6C:8-2C;9 

Marah 2 

Maresliah  .       .       .       .     3-6B;8-2B;9 

Masada 8-2C;9 

Masiog,  mount 4 

Maskhuteh,  Tell  el  (  =  rithom)    ...        2 

Mauritania 1 

Mechash,  W 11 

Medeba      .       .       .       .     3-5D;8-lD;9 

Media 4 

Medinet  el  Faiyum  (  =  Arsinoe)   ...        2 
Megiddo     .       .    3-3C;4-3A;7-lB;9 

Me-jarkon 3 

Melita 12 

Melos 12 

Memphis,  or  Noph 2 

Menzaleh.  lake 2 

Merom,  waters  of    .       .    1  -  2  H  ;  3  -  2  D  ;  4  - 
6-  2B;  9 

Meronoth 11 

Me<iha 1 

Meshech 1 

Mesopotamia 4 

Michmash         .       .       .    3-5C;7-3B;8- 
9  -  5  0;  11 

Midianites 2 

Migdal-el 6 

Migdol 2 

Miletus 12 

Millo  (Jerusalem) 10 

Minni 1 

Mitylene 12 

Mizpeh 7 

Mizraim  (=Egypt)    .  .       1  -  4  D ;  2 

Moab    .       .        .     2-lG;3-6D;4-3A;8 

Moeris,  lake 2 

Moesia  Superior 12 

Mohammedan  Cemetery  at  Jerusalem     •      10 
6 


-3B 

-  6E; 

-2D 

-  ID 

-  2  E 

-3B 

-2D 

-  2C 

-  3  A 

-2  C 

1,  12 

-  3  A 

-3  C 

-  3  C 

-3B; 

-  1  B 

-  2  B 

-  2  F 

-2  E 

-5  B 

-2  F 

-  1  C 

-  5D 

-3  E 

-2  B 

-2G 

-3  C 

-3D 

-1  B 

-5  C 

-2B 

-4B 

-3E 

-4  C 

-6  C 

-3D 

-  5  B 

-6  C 

-  1  B 

-2D 

-  3A 

-6  C 

-5D 

-2D 

-3  B 

-  3  C 

-  4  B 

-  3A 

-2D 

-  3  C 

-  1  D 

-ID; 

-2D 

-  fi  A 

-  4D 

-  3D 

-2B 

-  1  C; 

-  2  C 

-  4  F 

-  2  B 

-  2  D 

-  2D 

-  3  E 

-  3  E 

-  2D 

-2D 

-  3  C 

-3D 

-  3  B 

-  1  C 

-2B 

Mohammedan  Quarter  (Jerusalem)  .       .      10  -  2  B 
Moreh.  hillof    .        .        .      3-3C:7-lB;9-3C 

Moriah 10  -  3  B  ;  10  -  3  E 

Moses'  Well 2  -  3  D 

Mount  Zagros 4  -  2  C 

Mount  Zion  Street  (Jerusalem)  .       .      10  -  3  B 

Mozah 11  -  3  A 

Musurr,  W 11  -  6  A 

Myra 12  -  2  E 

Mysia 12 -2D 

Naamah 7-3A;8-lB 

Naarath 7-3C 

Nahallal 6-3B 

Nain 7-lB;9-3C 

Nairi,  lands  of 4  -  1  B 

Nakhl,  castle 2  -  3  E 

Naphtali,  allotment  of 3  -  3  G 

Naphtulum 1-40 

Nasor,  plain  of         .       .     3-2D;6-2B;9-2D 
Nazareth    .        .       .       .     6-3A;7-lB;9-3G 

Neaiiolis 12  -  I  D 

Nebaioth 1-4D 

Nelfallat 7-3A 

Nebo 8-lB 

Nebo,  mount     .        .        .2-lG;3-6D;4-2D: 
8  -  1  D;  9  -  5D 

Neby  Haroon,  Jebel 2  -  2  G 

Negeb 3-6B 

Nepbtoah 8-lC;11-5A 

Netophah 11  -  4  B 

Neve 6-20 

Nezib 8-2B 

Ngab  Hawa 2  -  3  G 

Nicopolis  (=Emmaus)    .       .       .       8-lB;9-5B 

Nile,  river 1-4D;2-3C 

Nimroud  (Calah) 4  -  2  B 

Nineveh 1-3D;4-lB 

Niphates,  mount 4  -  1  B 

Noph,  or  Memphis 2-30 

Numidia 1-3B 

Offence,  mount  of 10  -  4  0 

Old  Gate  (Jerusalem) 10  -  2  D 

Olives,  mount  of      .       .     3-5C;8-lC;9-5C; 
10  -  2  G  ;  10  -  2  F  ;  11  -  3  B 

On 2-20 

Ono 7-3A 

Oiihel 10-3  B;  10-3  B 

Ophni 7-3B:11-lB 

Ophrah  (Ephraim)   .       .      3-6C;7-3B;  11-10 

Ophrah,  or  Ophra 7  -  2  B 

Orfa,  or  Edessa 4  -  1  B 

Orontes,  river   . 4  -  2  A 

Padan-aram 1-3D;4-2B 

Palmyra  (=Tadnior) 3-6E 

PaniPhylia 12  -  2  E 

Paneas  (=C!esarea  Philippi)         .       .       .        6-2B 

Panormus  .        . 12  -  2  A 

Paphlagonia 12  -  1  F 

Pajihos 12  -  3  F 

I'arah 11  -  3  0 

Paran.  wilderness  of      .       .       .       2-2E;3-7E 

Parthia 1-3E 

Patara 12  -  2  E 

Pathrnsim 1  -  4  D 

Patmos 12  -  2  D 

Pella 7-lC;9-4D 

Peiusium 2-lD;12-4P 

Penuel        .       .     1-3H;3-4D;7-3C;9-4D 

Peri«a 9-4D;12-3G 

Perga  ...  12  -  2  E 


INDEX  TO  NELSON'S  BIBLE  ATLAS. 


Percamum,  or  PerKamos       .       .       .       .      12  -  2  D 

Pcrizzites  1  -  3H 

Persepolia 1  -  4  E  ;  4  -  3  I) 

Persia 1-3i;;4-3l) 

Persian  Oulf 1  -  4  E 

Pessiuus 12  -  i  E 

Petra 2  -  2  O  ;  12  -  4  F 

Phaena  Aplinitli      .       .  6-2l):9-2E 

Pharpar.  rivvr  .       .       .     3  -  I  E;  6  -  1  1>;  9  -  1  E 

Pha8;t>lis 9-4C 

Pbenicia,  Pbuenicia,  or  I'lienice       3  -  2  C ;  6  -  1  A  ; 
9-2C;9-  6E;12  -3(; 

Phiala.  b.ke 6      2  C 

Phila.lplpliia(=Ral)bath-ammon)     7  -  3  11;  9     •'.  D 

Philadelphia  (Lydia) 12  -  2  K 

Philippi 12  -  1  I) 

Philistia     .        .     2  -  1  K :  3  -  S  R ;  8  -  2  A  ;  9  -  f.  B 
Philistines,  or  Philistiin       1-4(;;1-3U;2-lF 

Phtenix.  or  Phen.ee 12  -  3  D 

PhryKia 12  -  2  E 

Phut 1-3A 

Pi-liahiroth 2  -  2D 

Pirathon 7  -  2  B 

Pispah.  mount  .       .       .     3-sD:8-l  11:9-50 

Pisidia 12  -  2  F 

Pithom(=Tellel  Mriskhuteh)      .        .       .        2  -2D 

Plain.  .Sea  of  the 4- 2D 

Polenionis.  Kejniutn 12  -  I  C 

Pontua  F^uxinus 12  -  1  F 

Pontus  and  I'ontus  fJplaticus     .       .       .      12  -  1  F 
Prophets,  tombs  of  the         .       .       .       .      10  -  3  C 

Propontis 12  -  1  E 

Psephinus 10  -  2  D 

Ptoleniaia  (=Acchr.l  6  -  3  A  ;  9    3  C  -.  9  -  (i  E ;  12  -  3  F 

Putedli 12  -  1  A 

Pyramids  of  Egypt         2  -  3  C 

Quicksands  (Syrtis  Major)    .       .       .       .      12  -  4  H 

Raamah 1-4E 

Kabbathanimon  3-.'>D:  3-GE;4-lD:7-3D 

Rabbathnioab(  =  Arof  Moab)     .     3-6D:3-7E: 

8-3D;9-6D 

Rabbith 7-2B 

Rachel's  Tomb 11  -  4  B 

RaKaba 7-2C 

Railway  Station  at . I erusalem     .  10  -  4  A 

Rakkon 3-43;7-3A 

R.-inia 7-3B 

Ramah  (Asher)         .       .     3-2C;6-2B;9-2C 
Ramah  (Beni.iinin)  .        .        .        .      8  -  1  C ;  11  -  2  B 

Ramah  (Naphtali) 6-3  B 

Ram  Allah 11  -  2  B 

Ramathmizpeh       .       .     3  -  :;  K;  7  -  1  D;  9  -  3  E 

Rameses 2-2C 

Ramoth-gilead      3-4l>;4-lD;7-2D;9-4D 
Red  Sea  .  2-5E 

Reholjoth   .       .    3-6B;4-2B;8-3A:9-6B 

Rephaim,  valley  of 11  -  4  B 

Rephaiins 1  -  2  H 

Rephidim 2  -  I  K ;  2  -  4  II 

Resen 4  -  2  B 

Reuben,  allotment  of 3  -  .5  D 

Rezpeh 4-2B 

Rhenium 12  -  2  A 

Rhodea 12  -  2  D 

Rimmon(  =  Dimnah)  3  -  3  C;  6  -  3  B;  9  -  3  C 

Rimnion.  the  rock  (Benjamin)     .       .       .        7-3B 
Rock,  dome  of  the  (Jerusalem)   .       .       .      10  -  2  B 

Rock  Oreb 7  -  3  C 

Rock  Rimmon      3  -  6  C ;  7  -  3  B :  9  -  ..  C ;  11  -  I  C 

Rome 12  -  1  A 

Roaetta 2-lB 

Russian  Mission  at  .TcniPalem    .        .       .       10  -  2  A 
7 


St.  Stephen's  (Jate  (Jerusalem) 

Sais 

Salamis 

Salcah 

Salem,  or  Jerusulcni 

Salim 

Salmone 

Salt,  city  of       ...       . 


3  -  u  E 


Salt  Sea 
Samarab 
Samaria 


1  -  311;  3  -  (iC;  3 


3A 

eE 


10  -  IC; 


IC 


.  3-4C;4-lD;4 
9  -  4  C  ;  9 

Samoa 

Samr  et  Tiniyeh 

.Sardis 

Sareitta,  or  Zarephath    .       .       .      C 

Sarmatia 

Scandinavia 

Scopus,  mount 
Scythia       .... 
Scythopolis  (=Beth-shean) 

Seba 

Sechu  .... 

Seir.  Mount  (=Edom)     .       .       .       2  -  2  G 

Seleucia 

Semechonitis,  lake  (  =  Water8  of  Merom) 

Sephar        

Sepharvaim 

Sejpphoria 6  -  3  .\ 

Sepulchre.  Churcli  of  the  Holy    . 

Serial,  mount 

Serbonia,  lake 

Shafat 

Shalem,  or  Salim 

Shamir 

Shaphir 

Sharon,  plain  of       .       .     3  -  4  B ;  7  -  2  A 

Sharuhen 3  -  G  B 

Shel)a 

Sheba(=Ophir) 

Sheba  (Simeon) 

Shechem,  or  Sychem      .    1  -  ?.  1  f :  3  -  4  ( " 

4-3A;7-2B 
Shepherds'  Field 
Sliei-afat      . 


3-40 


Sliihon 

Shiloh 

Shinar 

Shittim,  vallev  of    .       .     3-5D 

Shnncm  .     3  -  3  C : 4  -  l  D 

Shur  (E),'>n>t),  and  Way  of  Shur  . 

Shur,  or  Seir 

Shushan  (=Susa) 

SidoD,  see  Zidon 


6  -  3B 

7  •  3  B 
1  -  3  D 

8  -  ID 
7-  IB 


Sidoniana 

Silicia 

Siloara,  pool  of 

Siloam,  village 

Simeon,  allotment  of 

Sin,  wilderness  of 

Sinai,  mount    . 

Sinitea 

Si  nope        . 

Sippar 

Si  rah  Well 

.Smyrna 

SoV)a    . 


Socoh 
.Sopdiana    . 
Sorek,  valley  of 
Succoth 
Sunz    . 


211: 
•ID; 


fi  E : 
1  C; 


10  -  4  B 

10  -  3  B; 


8  -  I  B 
2  -  2  0  ;  3  -  4  1 ) ;  7  -  2  C 


-  2  B 

-  2  B 

-  3  F 

-  1  I) 

-  311 

-  4  0 

-  3D 

-  0  C 
-2  G 

-  20 

2B: 

-  3  F 
2D 
4G 
2  E 
2  G 
2D 
1  B 

1  p 

2  E 
4  G 
4D 
2  B 

-  1  B 

-  2  F 

2  B 
4  E 

-  3  C 

3  C 

2  B 

4  E 

-  ID 

3  B 
2  B 

-  2  B 

1  B 

4  B 

2  A 

-  4  E 
-4D 
-3B 

ID; 
-4  O 

-  1  0 

-4B 

-  1  B 
4  C 

3  C 
-oD 

3  C 
-2D 
G 
-3D 
2  A; 

3  P 
2H 

■2A 

4  B 

-  4  E 
6B 
4  E 
4H 

2  II 

1  F 

3  G 

2  B 
2D 

3  A 
1  B 

-  3  F 
:,  B 
4D 

-3D 


INDEX  TO  NELSON'S  BIBLE  ATLAS. 


Suez  Canal 

Suez,  Uulf  of     .       .       , 

Surar,  W 

Susiaua 

Sychar        ... 

Sychem,  or  Shechem 

Syracuse 12  -  2  B 

Syria 3-6E;9-6E;12-3G 

Syria  (=Aram)         .       .       .       .      4-2A;4-lD 

Syrian  Desert  4  -  2  B 

Syrtis  Major  (=The  Quicksands)       .       .      12  -  4  B 


.  .  .  2  -  2D 
2  -  4  E 
11  -  4  A 
4  -  3D 
4C;7-2B;9-4C 
7  -  2  B 


Taanach      .       .       .       .     3-3C;7-lB 

Taanath-shiloh 

Tabor,  mount       1-3ll;3-3C;4-lD; 

7  -  IB 

Tabriz 


3  -  6E 


1  E 


-  1 


4 

6  -  1  D; 
4  -  1  A; 
C;  9-  5  C 


C;  7 


Tatimor  (  =  Palmyra) 

Talipanhes  (  =  Daphn8e) 

Tamireh.  W. 

Tan  is,  or  Zoan 

Taprobane  (=Ophir) 

Tarentum  . 

Tarichaese  . 

Tarshish     . 

Tarsus  (( iilicia) 

Taura,  Nabr.  or  Pharpar  3 

Taurus,  mount 

Tekoa  .    3  -  5  C ; 8 

Tekoa,  wilderness  of 

Tema  .... 

Temple  at  Jerusalem 

Temple  Street  (Jerusalem) 

ThapsacuB  (=Tipbsah) 

Tbebez 

Tliessalia    . 

Thessalonica     . 

Thimnathah 

Thracia 

Thyatira     . 

Tiberias 

Tigris,  river 

Timnath,  or  Timnah 

Timnatliah 

Timnatb-serah  , 

Timsah,  lake 

Tiphsah  (=Thai)sacus) 

Tiras    .... 

Tirzah 

Tob      .       .       .       . 

Tophel        .        ,    2-2G;3-7D;3-7E 

Tower  that  lieth  out,  the  (Jerusalem) 

Trachonitis  (=E1  Leja)  .       .       .      6  -  2  D 

Tripolis 4  -  2  A  ; 

Troas 

Trogyllium 

Tubal 

Tuscum,  Mare 

Tyre      1  -  2  H ;  3 


6  -  3B 
1  -  3D 
3-5B 


3-  4C 

E;4  -  2B 


C;  7  -  2  B 
3  -  3D 


2  C  ;  3  -  6  y, ;  4  ■ 
6  -  1  A;  9 


2  A; 
2C: 


-3  0 

-  2  B 

-  3B; 

-  3  C 

-  ]  C 

-  2  A 
-2D 

-  5  C 

-  2  C 
-5G 

-  1  B 

-  3D 

-  3A 

-  2  F 

-  1  E 

-  2  F 
-6B 
-6  0 
-4D 

-  3  E 

-  3  B 

-  6  E 
-40 

-  2  0 

-  1  0 

-  3B 

-  1  D 

-  2D 
-3D 
-30 

-  IK 
-40 

-  3B 
-2D 

-  2B 
-30 
-4  0 

-  1  0 
-7D 

-  3  K 

-  3  E 

-  3  F 

-  2D 
-2D 
-3D 

-  2  A 
ID; 

-  3  F 


Tyropeon  Valley  (Jerusalem)      .   10  -  3  B;  10  -  3  E 

Tyrus 7-30 

Tyrus,  Ladder  of     .       .     3-2C;6-2A;9-2C 

Ummah 6-2A 

Umm  Alawi,  J 2  -  4  J 

Umin  Loz,  J 2  -  3  J 

Umm  Sbomer 2  -  4  E 

Urof  theCbaldees  .       .       .        1-3E;4-3C 

Urartu 4-lC 

Urumiyah,  lake 4  -  1  C 

Uz 1  -  4  D 

Van,  lake 4-lB 

Via  Dolorosa 10  -  2  B 

Walls  of  Jerusalem 10 

Water  (iate  (Jerusalem)       .       .       .       .      10  -  3  E 

Well  of  Harod 7  -  1  B 

Wilderness  of  Beth-aven      .       .       .       .       11  -  1  C 

Wilderness  of  Jeruel 11  -  6  B 

Wilderness  of  Judab 3-60 

Wilderness  of  Judea 9  -  5  C 

Wilderness  of  Paran      .       .       .       2-2E;3-9E 

Wilderness  of  Sin 2  -  4  E 

Wilderness  of  Sinai 2  -  4  E 

Wilderness  of  Tekoa 11  -  6  C 

Wilderness  of  Zin    .       .       .       .       2-2F;3-7C 

Yagur 8-lA 

Yam  Suph 2  -  2  D 

Yarmuk,  river 7-lO;9-3D 

Yazur 7-3A 

Zaanaim,  plain  of 6  -  3  B 

Zacynthus 12  -  2  C 

Zamzummim,  or  Zuzim        .       .       .       .         1  -  3H 

Zanoah  (Josh.  lA.  34) 8  -  1  B 

Zanoah  (Josh.  15.  60) 8  -  2  B 

Zaphon  Amatha      .       .       .       .       6-3B;7-lC 

Zarephath 3-20 

Zarthan      .  7-30 

Zawatin,  W 2-4H 

Zebulun,  allotment  of 3-30 

Zephath 3-7C 

Zered,  brook      .       .       .     2-lG;3-6D;9-6D 

Zered,  valley 8  -  3  D 

Zereda 11  -  1  B 

Zidon,  see  Sidon       .       .       .       .       3-lC;6-lB 
Ziklag  .     3-6B;8-3B;9-6B 

Zin,  wilderness  of.       .       .       .       2-2F;3-7C 

Zion 10  -  3  A;  10  -  3  B 

Zion  Gate  (Jerusalem) 10  -  3  B 

Ziph 3-6  0;  8-2  0;  9-60 

Ziz,  cliff  of 8-20 

Zoan,  or  Tanis 2-20 

Zoar 3-6D;8-:D;9-5D 

Zoheleth 10  -  4  E 

Zorah 3-5B;8-lB;9-5B 

Zorava 6-3D;9-3E 

Zuzim,  or  Zamzummim        ....        1  -  3H 


REFERENCES  TO   PLAN   OF   MODERN  JERUSALEM. 


1.  Grotto  of  Jeremiah. 

2.  Church  of  the  Tomb  of  the  Virgin. 

3.  Pool  of  Bethesda. 

4.  St.  Anne's  Church. 

5.  Tower  of  Antonia. 

6.  Austrian  Hospice. 

7.  Latin  Convent. 

8.  Goliath's  (\astle. 

9.  Latin  Patriarchate. 

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10.  Greek  Convent. 

11.  Pool  of  Hezekiah. 

12.  Kni,i,'hts  of  St.  John  Hospital. 

13.  Bazaars. 

14.  Tower  of  David,  Hippicus. 

15.  Barracks. 

16.  Armenian  Convent. 

17.  Jewish  Synagogue. 

18.  Jews'  Wailing  Place. 


19.  Mosque  El  Aksa. 

20.  Solomon's  Porch. 

21.  Tombof  Jehoshaphat. 

22.  Tomb  of  Absalom. 

23.  Tomb  of  St.  James. 

24.  Tomb  of  Zechariah. 

25.  Fountain  of  the  Virgin. 

26.  Lepers'  Village 

27.  House  of  Caiaphaa. 


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